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• ... that '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_muonium true muonium]''' is a theoretically predicted exotic atom made up of an antimuon and a muon which has yet to be observed, but may have been generated in the collision of electron and positron beams?
• ... that cryptologist and author '''[[Herbert Yardley (nonfiction)|Herbert Yardley]]''' (13 April 1889 – 7 August 1958) founded and led the Black Chamber, a secret American government cryptographic organization which broke Japanese diplomatic codes, furnishing American negotiators with significant information during the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922?


• ... that '''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequentia_mirabilis consequentia mirabilis]''''' was a pattern of argument popular in 17th century Europe that first appeared in a fragment of [[Aristotle (nonfiction)|Aristotle]]'s ''Protrepticus'': "If we ought to philosophise, then we ought to philosophise; and if we ought not to philosophise, then we ought to philosophise (i.e. in order to justify this view); in any case, therefore, we ought to philosophise."?
• ... that art critic and alleged math criminal '''[[The Eel]]''' used a portable wormhole generator to escape [[The Nacreum]], a transdimensional prison constructed from artificially intelligent [[Nacre (nonfiction)|nacre]]?


• ... that art critic and alleged math criminal '''[[The Eel]]''' used a portable wormhole generator to escape [[The Nacreum]], a transdimensional prison constructed from artificially intelligent [[Nacre (nonfiction)|nacre]]?
• ... that engineer and explorer '''[[Richard Trevithick (nonfiction)|Richard Trevithick]]''' (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) pioneered steam-powered transport by road and rail, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive?

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• ... that cryptologist and author Herbert Yardley (13 April 1889 – 7 August 1958) founded and led the Black Chamber, a secret American government cryptographic organization which broke Japanese diplomatic codes, furnishing American negotiators with significant information during the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922?

• ... that art critic and alleged math criminal The Eel used a portable wormhole generator to escape The Nacreum, a transdimensional prison constructed from artificially intelligent nacre?

• ... that engineer and explorer Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) pioneered steam-powered transport by road and rail, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive?