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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?