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Pyramidal tomb at Horvat Midras

... that a stepped pyramid at Horvat Midras (pictured) has been identified as the remnant of a monumental family tomb from Second Temple Judea?
... that American poet Gladys Cromwell took her own life alongside her twin sister by jumping off a ship while returning home from World War I?
... that attempted crimes with no chance of success are still punishable by law in Germany?
... that the developers of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 added an easy mode so that Jennifer English could play it?
... that as of 2023 only about 150 people had been diagnosed with Skraban–Deardorff syndrome?
... that Johann Voldemar Jannsen was rebuked by the Estonian nationalist movement that he helped to found, only for a song he wrote to become Estonia's national anthem?
... that the head of a labor union was jailed during the 1979 New York prison guards' strike and guarded by members of his union?
... that Dan Muse was a history teacher before becoming a hockey coach?
... that French drag queens carried the Olympic flame in 2024?