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that Melissa Leilani Larson's play Pilot Program
imagines a future where members of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are asked to
practice polygamy again?
... that the Qarhan Playa's Bieletan subbasin –
including the Suli, South Suli, Dabiele, and
Xiaobiele salt lakes – is China's largest source of
brine lithium?
... that for his role in the annexation of Crimea in
2014, Yevgeny Bushmin was awarded the medal
"For the Return of Crimea" by Russia, and placed
under sanctions by the United States?
... that the Union Literary Institute was
established after the Indiana General Assembly
barred African Americans from attending public
schools?
... that wheelchair rugby co-inventor Duncan
Campbell is nicknamed "the Quadfather"?
the driving of the "last spike" in
Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1916 – In the congressional elections,
Jeannette Rankin became the first
woman elected to the United States
House of Representatives.
1949 – Oil was discovered in the
Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan,
leading to the construction of Neft
Daşları, the world's first offshore oil
platform.
1987 – Singapore's first Mass Rapid
Transit line was opened (train pictured),
beginning with train services between
Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh stations.
Ibn Hazm (b. 994) · Paul Sandby (d. 1809) · Ellen
Stewart (b. 1919)
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The Pool of Bethesda is a pool of water in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, on the path of the Beth Zeta Valley. It is
known from the New Testament story of healing the paralytic at Bethesda, from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John;
the gospel describes a pool in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Until
the 19th century, there was no evidence outside of John's gospel for the existence of this pool; therefore, scholars
argued that the gospel was written later, probably by someone without first-hand knowledge of the city of Jerusalem, and
that the pool had only a metaphorical, rather than historical, significance. In the 19th century, archaeologists discovered
the remains of a pool fitting the description in the gospel.