... that the ant Cephalotes alveolatus (pictured) is distinguished by its clubbed hairs?
... that Soviet economist Dimitri Navachine, assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
... that in his Viola Sonata entitled Sonata ebraica ("Hebrew Sonata"), Graham Waterhouse quotes the Yiddish song "Oyfn Pripetshik"?
... that Frieda Fraser and Edith Williams corresponded for 24 years before they were able to acquire a home to live together in 1941?
... that the National Film Awards in various categories have been presented to the films Doghi (Other Social Issues), Vastupurush (Best Feature Film in Marathi), Devrai (Environment Conservation/Preservation), Samhita (Best Music Direction), Astu (Best Dialogue) and Kaasav (Best Feature Film), all by filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar?
... that the first tests of the British hydrogen bomb programme were hailed as a triumph but in fact were failures?
... that Oscar Lerman produced The Stud, The Bitch, and two children with Jackie Collins?
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