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This user is a translator and proofreader from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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St. George Utah Temple

... that a lightning strike on the St. George Utah Temple (pictured) was interpreted by Latter-day Saint officials as a beyond-the-grave request from a former church leader to change the design?
... that Amman was renamed Philadelphia around 255 BC by a Greek ruler who was nicknamed Philadelphus for marrying his sister?
... that museum director Nawala Al-Mutawalli guarded the Iraq Museum with an AK-47 prior to the Battle of Baghdad?
... that Fred Verity and colleagues invented an automatic pivot or bearing for looking glasses?
... that Lady Gaga considered changing Mayhem into a grunge record after completing "Perfect Celebrity"?
... that models walked the outline of an inverted pentagram for the occult-inspired runway show of Alexander McQueen's In Memory of Elizabeth Howe, Salem, 1692 (Fall/Winter 2007)?
... that 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Sophiane Méthot began gymnastics after watching Stick It?
... that African ginger is used by the Zulu people to protect against lightning and snake bites?
... that before it was good to be the GOAT, it was actually bad to be a goat?

Picture of the day

Roosilawaty (born Surayi Pendidikan; April 15, 1936 – February 25, 2009) was an Indonesian actress and dancer. She appeared in her first films in 1956, in Tiga Dara as a dancer and in the lead role in Tjatut. This was the beginning of a successful career, and she continued to appear in Indonesian films until 1963. She retired from acting and, after a period as a florist, subsequently founded Les Sphinx Promotion, an agency for artistic talent, in 1972. This photograph shows Roosilawaty c. 1960.Photograph credit: Tati Studios; restored by Chris Woodrich

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