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Scene from Orphan Rescues Grandfather

... that Zhou Jianyun pawned his wife's jewellery to make Orphan Rescues Grandfather (scene pictured), saving his studio?
... that Verificado 2018 was a fact-checking collaboration between at least 90 organizations to counter disinformation during the 2018 Mexican federal election?
... that Tommy Suggs recommended using Also sprach Zarathustra as his college football team's entrance music, because he saw Elvis Presley do it first?
... that "unusual choices" at Liliget Feast House included wind-dried salmon and pan-fried oolichans?
... that Rada Dyson-Hudson was denied academic tenure at Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University despite her academic record and capabilities?
... that the Jiangwan Racecourse hosted horse races, a golf club, and prisoners of war?
... that a manuscript of the New Testament was bound in the wrong order, which a scholar decried: "the bookbinder has messed everything up"?
... that Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi was a fan of the series as a child?
... that the backflip ban in figure skating was lifted in 2024 alongside other "somersault type jumps"?