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Lord Baltimore penny

... that the Lord Baltimore penny (pictured) was the first copper coin issued for circulation in the Thirteen Colonies?
... that Major General Carlos Brewer asked to be demoted to colonel so he could command combat troops during World War II, because he was too old to command a division as a general?
... that the previews of Spec Ops: The Line, a game that depicts Dubai in a state of destruction, were banned in the United Arab Emirates?
... that Lin Duo, the new governor of China's landlocked Gansu Province, was a navy submariner?
... that "Road Rage" by the Welsh band Catatonia was nominated for best song at the Q Awards, the Brit Awards, and the Ivor Novello Awards?
... that Dame Lesley Fallowfield was the UK's first professor of psycho-oncology?
... that in promos for the series finale of Veronica Mars, The CW billed it as aseason finale, even though the series had already been cancelled?
... that Japanese Emperor Hirohito had a Liverpudlian cousin named Paddy Murphy?