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Production logo of Mingxing

... that the Mingxing Film Company (logo pictured) paid off a gangster so that it could release Fate in Tears and Laughter?
... that brickmason Donum Montford likely purchased his own freedom from slavery and became a prominent slave-owner?
... that Brazil's Ministry of Education threatened legal action against the Portuguese Wikipedia over the article for its minister?
... that a Japanese man raised more than 1,000 Korean orphans during the Japanese occupation of Korea?
... that although over half a million troy ounces of gold have been mined from Valdez Creek, surveys suggest that more is likely undiscovered?
... that Katerina Clark wrote "a brave and intelligent study of the Soviet novel"?
... that during Frank Ocean's performance of "Close to You" at FYF Fest in 2017, giant screens live-streamed Brad Pitt acting out a phone conversation backstage?
... that Aon v Australian National University overturned a precedent that encouraged litigation-prolonging amendments to pleadings?
... that vehicles in Star Trucker still look like American semi-trucks from the 1970s, despite having technology such as warp drivers and maglocks?