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• ... that F.I.B.S. is the earliest backgammon server on the internet and has been actively operating since July 19, 1992?
• ... that Nicholas Christofilos designed the Astron fusion power machine while selling elevators?
• ... that between 1930 and 1933, the Russian battleship Parizhskaya Kommuna (pictured) carried a Heinkel aircraft catapult?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/February, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.