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Conestoga wagon on display

... that of the 146 Conestoga wagons (pictured) employed by the Braddock Expedition in the French and Indian War, only one remained intact by the campaign's end?
... that the Yogini with a Mynah Bird has the attributes of an ascetic as well as a princess?
... that artist Dan Hays uses what he calls "the tactile, flawed and time-consuming medium of painting" to reproduce the effect of a low-resolution JPEG?
... that the owner of a South Carolina TV station admitted, "I'm not a broadcaster"?
... that after serving as Malawi's first speaker of the assembly following independence, Alec Nyasulu was a tobacco farmer?
... that the "white rose" in The Valiant Girl White Rose refers to both its star and character, but neither share a name?
... that in 1860, engineer Andreas Kordellas helped restart operations at an ancient Athenian mine?
... that in "Skin of My Teeth", Demi Lovato declared that she barely escaped death?
... that for some time the penguin Happy Feet got more media attention than New Zealand Prime Minister John Key?