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• ... that Italian physician '''[[Filippo Mazzei (nonfiction)|Filippo Mazzei]]''' befriended Thomas Jefferson, and the two men started what became the first commercial vineyard in the Commonwealth of Virginia?<br> | • ... that Italian physician '''[[Filippo Mazzei (nonfiction)|Filippo Mazzei]]''' befriended Thomas Jefferson, and the two men started what became the first commercial vineyard in the Commonwealth of Virginia?<br> | ||
• ... that '''[[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]]''''s computation of Santa Claus' flight path unexpectedly revealed a new [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which computes the brightness of Rudolph the Reindeer's red nose?<br> | • ... that '''[[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]]''''s computation of Santa Claus' flight path unexpectedly revealed a new [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which computes the brightness of Rudolph the Reindeer's red nose?<br> | ||
• ... that astronomer '''[[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]]''''s pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates was initially met with skepticism but was confirmed over subsequent decades? | • ... that astronomer '''[[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]]''''s pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates was initially met with skepticism but was confirmed over subsequent decades? | ||
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• ... that Italian physician Filippo Mazzei befriended Thomas Jefferson, and the two men started what became the first commercial vineyard in the Commonwealth of Virginia?
• ... that Enrico Fermi's computation of Santa Claus' flight path unexpectedly revealed a new Gnomon algorithm function which computes the brightness of Rudolph the Reindeer's red nose?
• ... that astronomer Vera Rubin's pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates was initially met with skepticism but was confirmed over subsequent decades?