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From Wikipedia's newest articles: Three Crosses in Vilnius, Lithuania سانچہ:*mp... that Three Crosses (pictured) were built on the same hill in Kalnai Park as the Crooked Castle, destroyed during the Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)? سانچہ:*mp... that John Isaacs, signed out of high school by the all-Black New York Renaissance team, led the Rens over the Oshkosh All-Stars to win the first World Professional Basketball Tournament, held in 1939? سانچہ:*mp... that the critically endangered Philippine eagle is the namesake of the Agila 2 communications satellite? سانچہ:*mp... that a civil rights lawsuit brought by Andrew W. Cooper led to the election of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress? سانچہ:*mp... that sex workers across the world have organised since the mid-1970s to demand sex workers’ rights, including the decriminalisation of prostitution and equal protection under the law? سانچہ:*mp... that Senegalese long jumper and triple jumper Ndiss Kaba Badji was the only person from his country to reach a final at the 2008 Summer Olympics? سانچہ:*mp... that the Irish romantic comedy Little White Lie followed the attempts of an actor to attract the attention of a television presenter by pretending he was a psychiatrist? سانچہ:*mp... that prior to becoming a chocolatier, Louis Barnett trained birds of prey at a falconry centre to gain permission to keep a pet eagle owl?

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