Dr. Dan
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- ... that Song Zhenzhong (pictured), the son of Song Qiyun and Xu Linxia, was detained by the Kuomintang before his first birthday and executed at the age of eight?
- ... that Napoleon III was buried in St Mary's Church, Chislehurst, before his remains were moved to Farnborough Abbey 15 years later?
- ... that Sankar Montoute became the first NFL player from Trinidad and Tobago in 1987?
- ... that a San Francisco–area radio station sometimes had to be quiet to avoid disturbing patients at a nearby dentist's office?
- ... that Bethwel Henry was the first Micronesian to receive a degree in his field, and served as a United Nations delegate at the age of 25?
- ... that the novel Bloody Bread, about the struggles of Polish immigrants in the US, was briefly criticized by communist censors for "glorifying the United States"?
- ... that Leonardo DiCaprio was set to star in the film adaptation of Leonardo da Vinci?
- ... that the fishing cat mainly inhabits wetlands and preys predominantly on fish?
- ... that Ewa Ligocka cooked another mathematician's goose?
Precious anniversary
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Thank you for quality contributions, based on historic knowledge and language skills, to articles about people, places, music, wording with precision and reducing excess with a focus on content and accuracy, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (30 April 2010)!
Two years ago, you were the 439th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Three years ago, you were recipient no. 439 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- Very kind of you!_ Dr. Dan (talk) 18:28, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Four years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- Es ist schön, sich noch einmal zu erinnern. Danke vielmals._Dr. Dan (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- seven years now! ;) - ja, schön --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
- Lebt noch. Danke._Dr. Dan (talk) 20:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
- good to know --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
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sad to have had to contribute to the obit above, - miss her, and too many --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 29 March 2021 (UTC)