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Grave of Kyai Maja

... that the grave (pictured) of Javanese spiritual leader Kyai Maja at his exile near Lake Tondano has become a site for pilgrimages?
... that a North Carolina TV station was originally named after its attorney?
... that the anti-Francoist guerrilla Marcelino Massana pranked the Civil Guard captain who was trying to kill him by paying for his coffee?
... that the 1940–1941 Vilnius Yiddish daily Vilner Emes followed Soviet orthography and thus did not use the final forms of Hebrew letters?
... that Maxine Fluharty was "practically born with a field hockey stick in her hands"?
... that the filming sets of A New Old Play were visibly fake, with shaking white fabrics and plastic bags used to mimic turbulent waves?
... that Laurie Schipper, who was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 2022, testified to support a woman who murdered her abusive husband?
... that Sobrevivendo no Inferno by Racionais MC's, which critiques police violence and systemic racism in Brazil, was required reading for a university entrance examination?
... that lawyer Jefferson Fisher went viral after sharing short videos providing practical communication tips recorded in his parked pickup truck in Silsbee, Texas?