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Woljeonggyo

... that Woljeonggyo (pictured) was an 8th-century bridge that was recreated in 2018?
... that Fatima Payman is the first elected woman to wear a hijab in Australia’s parliament?
... that Turkey approved the expansion of a coal-fired power station while also bidding to host the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference?
... that the Yiddish poet Shmuel Hurvits quit his job as a teacher to become a street paver due to an ideological appreciation for manual labor?
... that the majority of extrasolar planets in fiction are inhabited by native species?
... that Wu Yun wrote a treatise on immortality but apparently declined to discuss the subject with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang?
... that Notre Dame's win in the 2025 Orange Bowl American football game made Marcus Freeman the first Asian and first Black head coach to earn a spot in an FBS national championship game?
... that Panchiko released their first studio album, Failed at Math(s), more than 20 years after the band's formation?
... that Scrat, who appears in many films in the Ice Age franchise, was originally intended to be killed in the introduction of the first film?