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- ... that mining engineer William H. Shockley found specimens that were used to describe Aquilegia shockleyi (pictured) and Lupinus shockleyi?
- ... that the only surviving autograph pages of one of Bach's chorale cantatas ended up in three libraries on two continents?
- ... that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador in March 2025 due to an "administrative error" by the U.S. government?
- ... that the Oregon Garden obtained the Gordon House because of a misunderstanding?
- ... that a statue of German-born missionary Johann Gottlieb Schwarz was commissioned by Prabowo Subianto, later president of Indonesia?
- ... that the murder of Patricia Jeschke resulted in the longest prison tenure for a wrongfully convicted American woman?
- ... that Belize's Toledo Progressive Party was accused of being funded by the government of Guatemala?
- ... that swimmer Yuri Hosei was studying at a restaurant when she learned that she had qualified to represent Palau at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
- ... that instead of drinking liquor with prospective clients, Arthur Harrison Motley sent them notes written in red pencil crayon, 10,000 times a year?
The Auxiliary Territorial Service was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed on 9 September 1938 as a successor to the First World War-era Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, and existed until 1 February 1949, when it was merged into the Women's Royal Army Corps. This photograph shows ATS members working on a Churchill tank in 1942.Photograph credit: Lt. Taylor, War Office official photographer; restored by Adam Cuerden
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