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 * ... that deafblind author Morrison Heady (pictured) invented assistive devices throughout his life, including a self-opening gate, a steam-powered embossing press, and a "talking glove"?
 * ... that the commercial success of Juluka's "Scatterlings of Africa" enabled band co-founder Johnny Clegg to leave his academic position as an anthropologist and become a full-time musician?
 * ... that the Santa Fe Freight Building in Fort Worth, Texas, was redeveloped as a market space with restaurants in 2002 and then as a university satellite campus in 2007?
 * ... that the Global Certification Commission has certified the eradication of wild poliovirus in five of the six WHO regions, with the exception of the Eastern Mediterranean Region?
 * ... that political consultant Andy Spahn said that Cuba is "nothing like" how it has been portrayed by U.S. politicians?
 * ... that "Einer ist unser Leben" ("One is our Life"), a hymn with text written by Lothar Zenetti in 1973, was recommended for a regional ecumenical service in 2020?
 * ... that a 1998 inquest found that the killing of Alton Manning was unlawful, and a judicial review found that the decision to not bring charges was flawed, but no charges have yet been filed?
 * ... that when the 2,500-seat Bridges Auditorium was completed in Claremont, California, in 1931, its capacity was equal to the population of the entire city?


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