4th-century sharin-seki

• ... that Japanese art during the Kofun period included carriage-wheel (example pictured) and hoe-shaped stone "bracelets"?
• ... that Mabel Dole Haden got her law degree at Howard University after not being able to afford to complete her bachelor's degree there?
• ... that Zhou Enlai reportedly enjoyed watching the play Li Huiniang, while Mao Zedong did not?
• ... that the Philippines' gold medal at the 2025 Asian Winter Games was also its first medal at a games?
• ... that "Hardwired" was interpreted as a statement on the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential election?
• ... that Kevin Jefferson started kindergarten at age 3, high school at 12, college at 16, and made his NFL debut at 20?
• ... that Vince McMahon reportedly attempted to buy the rights to a documentary on his career?
• ... that David Szymanski, the developer of Iron Lung, is set to cameo in a film adaptation directed by Markiplier?
• ... that the painting Christ's Entry into Jerusalem was once cut from its frame and dragged "like a wet blanket" to save it from a fire?

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