Wikipedia:Recent additions#17 June 2018

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... that the National Windrush Monument (pictured) features a family standing on a pile of suitcases and "surveying their new country"?
... that a drawing of a dog was promoted by the president of El Salvador, caused an unaffiliated song to peak on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, and got its original creator doxxed?
... that the naturalised German Mandenga Diek was denied funds to return to his native Cameroon because he wanted to bring his German wife?
... that Chicago's tornado siren has been described as creepier than the city's actual tornadoes?
... that a snowstorm resulted in Mickey Volcan and Garry Howatt becoming the first active players to officiate a National Hockey League game?
... that Església de Sant Serni de Canillo has the tallest bell tower in Andorra?
... that the director of the lesbian film The First Girl I Loved based the plot on true stories gathered from all-girls school graduates he interviewed?
... that butcher Leo Franciosi was also a four-time Olympian?
... that a homily written by Pseudo-Evodius features Jesus and the devil competing in a fishing tournament in the desert?

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... that the swamp rabbit (pictured) is both territorial and a great swimmer?
... that no other month in a calendar year starts with the same day of the week as June?
... that Samantha Kane led an unsuccessful takeover bid for Sheffield United F.C. and, after a gender transition, was interviewed to become its chief executive?
... that the first version of the Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge was heavily damaged by a tornado during construction?
... that medicine dean Sjahriar Rasad was accused of being involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Indonesian president Sukarno?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court is currently deciding whether the family who lived in a house wrongly raided by the FBI may sue the government?
... that Romanian sports shooter Petre Cișmigiu demanded the elimination of a pension gap between Olympic and non-Olympic champions, such as himself?
... that the novel Looking Glass Girl was launched at Coventry Central Library to highlight the threat of 17 libraries in the city closing?
... that John P. Morris won a strike by hiding pigeons in fur coats?

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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?