Ingenpedia:Did you know/January 22, 2021

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 * ... that a U.S. secretary of commerce wrote of the Richards Building (pictured), "were there such a function as a public incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"?
 * ... that Professor Shabir Madhi, who led trials of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa, did not originally want to study medicine?
 * ... that Minnesota's Winsted Municipal Airport once hosted a country-music festival?
 * ... that a fake family tree was created for Jeyran, the beloved wife of Naser al-Din Shah of Persia, linking her to the Sassanids and the Ilkhans?
 * ... that both Jochen Klepper and Hildegard Schaeder sought solace amidst the horror of the Nazi regime in Paul Gerhardt's 17th-century New Year's song "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten"?
 * ... that Edmilsa Governo won Mozambique's first medal at a Paralympic Games in 2016?
 * ... that to record his narration for A Perfect Planet at home, David Attenborough hung duvets from his dining room walls to make a sound stage, and bought a hut for the sound recorder?
 * ... that Kehinde Wiley wanted to express "absolute joy – break dancing in the sky" when he created Go?
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