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St. George Utah Temple

... that a lightning strike on the St. George Utah Temple (pictured) was interpreted by Latter-day Saint officials as a beyond-the-grave request from a former church leader to change the design?
... that Amman was renamed Philadelphia around 255 BC by a Greek ruler who was nicknamed Philadelphus for marrying his sister?
... that museum director Nawala Al-Mutawalli guarded the Iraq Museum with an AK-47 prior to the Battle of Baghdad?
... that Fred Verity and colleagues invented an automatic pivot or bearing for looking glasses?
... that Lady Gaga considered changing Mayhem into a grunge record after completing "Perfect Celebrity"?
... that models walked the outline of a pentagram for the occult-inspired runway show of Alexander McQueen's In Memory of Elizabeth Howe, Salem, 1692 (Fall/Winter 2007)?
... that 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Sophiane Méthot began gymnastics after watching Stick It?
... that African ginger is used by the Zulu people to protect against lightning and snake bites?
... that before it was good to be the GOAT, it was actually bad to be a goat?