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St. Hripsime Church

... that St. Hripsime Church (pictured), standing for 1,400 years, has many earthquake-resistant features?
... that Sasami changed her sound for a third time for her third album Blood on the Silver Screen?
... that Japan's celebrity chimpanzee Rita, who dressed as a geisha and smoked cigarettes, became a wartime "propaganda icon"?
... that despite being known as "lucky" by colleagues, journalist David Griffin died in an airplane crash?
... that the Japanese live-action television drama adaptation of Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was first broadcast in Taiwan before being broadcast in its home country?
... that a yeshiva student turned magician went from practicing card tricks in his free time to performing for major league baseball teams?
... that an Olympic gymnast lost her gold medal after the women's artistic individual all-around because she used Nurofen, which contains pseudoephedrine, to treat her common cold?
... that the Scottish painter Carole Gibbons had her first US exhibition in her eighties?
... that because the Green Bay Packers were named after a canned meat company, PETA called on the team to change their name?