Wikipedia:Recent additions#14 May 2010

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... that Kitty Marion (pictured) was force-fed over 200 times during a hunger strike?
... that the North Korean destroyer Choe Hyon is the largest ship constructed for the Korean People's Navy?
... that after the release of High and Low, director Akira Kurosawa received telephone calls imitating his film that threatened to kidnap his daughter?
... that May Bradford Shockley is why Silicon Valley is where it is?
... that the conservation of a goat might endanger the survival of Aquilegia paui{{-?}}
... that Joy Laking predicted in a school writing assignment that within ten years she would be making a living as an artist?
... that the Taiwanese restaurant chain Formosa Chang drew inspiration from McDonald's for its non-greasy atmosphere and corporate practices?
... that Haridas Mitra had his death sentence commuted after the intervention of Mahatma Gandhi?
... that "Steve's Lava Chicken" recently became the shortest song to enter the UK Top 40?