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• ... that Thelma Keane (pictured) was not only the inspiration for "Mommy" in The Family Circus, but also headed the negotiations in which her husband, cartoonist Bil Keane, regained full copyrights to the comic strip?
• ... that British TV presenter Dermot O'Leary once played as a punt returner for the Colchester Gladiators?
• ... that the Minden Press-Herald, a daily newspaper in Minden, Louisiana, was not established until 1966 though an earlier Minden Herald dates to 1849?

Source

1. 4 June 2008, Main Page appearance.
2. 1 June 2008, Main Page appearance.
3. 2 June 2008, Main Page appearance.