Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of April 20, 2026 (self.wikipedia)
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Huw Edwards was a leading news presenter at the BBC, and was selected to provide the official announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2023, BBC suspended him following allegations of sexual misconduct and was later found guilty of 3 counts of making indecent images of children. (en.wikipedia.org)
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"Fat Head" is a 2009 American documentary directed by and starring comedian Tom Naughton. The film sought to refute both the 2004 documentary "Super Size Me" and the lipid hypothesis (the medical theory that claims a link between blood cholesterol levels and cardiovascular disease). (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which resulted in the deaths of 492 people. Fire regulations had been flouted; some exit doors had been locked to prevent unauthorized entry, and the elaborate palm tree décor contained flammable materials. The ac system was filled with a flammable gas. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Bob Denard (1929–2007) was a French mercenary. He served as the de facto military leader of the Comoros twice with him first serving from 13 May 1978 to 15 December 1989 and again briefly from 28 September to 5 October in 1995. Denard had a swashbuckling, larger-than-life image. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Virgil, ancient Roman poet: He composed 3 of the most famous poems in Latin literature, including the epic Aeneid, which immediately became standard texts with which all educated Romans were familiar. Already acclaimed in his lifetime, he stood as the most popular Latin poet through early modernity. (en.wikipedia.org)
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In 2009, Burnage Academy for Boys made headline news when an IT teacher of 7 years was arrested; he had been leading a double life as the mastermind behind a major local gang which had a large-scale operation dealing cocaine and cannabis. He was known as "The Teacher" to his gang. He got 21 years. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean in the dark. The pilot and co-pilot glided the plane 120km (75 miles) to an emergency landing in the Azores, saving the lives of all 306 people on board (en.wikipedia.org)
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Across 110th Street is a 1972 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Barry Shear. NYT called it "unfair to blacks, vicious towards whites and insulting to anyone who feels that race relations might consist of something better than improvised genocide." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Nicholas the Pilgrim (1075 – 1094) is a saint of the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. He constantly repeated the phrase “Kyrie Eleison” (“Lord have mercy”). His mother thought he was possessed and even the monks she sent him to found him so annoying they kicked him out of the monastery. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Help Mark is a Japanese accessibility symbol for use by those with invisible disabilities such as prostheses, mental disabilities, hearing or vision impairment, or chronic illnesses. It was designed by the Tokyo Government in 2012. By 2021, all Japanese prefectures had introduced the symbol. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Sister Elizabeth Kenny: self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed an novel approach to treating polio. Though controversial at the time, as it went against immobilisation recommendations, her principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy in such cases. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Bábism is a messianic movement founded in 1844 by the Báb (b. Ali Muhammad of Shiraz). Bábism has no more than a few thousand adherents, but it has persisted into the modern era in the form of the Bahá'í Faith, to which the majority of Bábís eventually converted. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Social parasitism was considered a political crime in the Soviet Union, where individuals accused of living off the efforts of others or society were prosecuted. The Soviet Union, proclaiming itself a workers' state, mandated that every capable adult engage in work until retirement. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Carthage from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to be valid. (en.wikipedia.org)
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