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"Poor Maria" from A Sentimental Journey

... that one 18th-century reader was so offended by some chapters of Laurence Sterne's 1768 novel A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (scene pictured) that they glued the pages shut?
... that only two people are known to have seen Du Toit's torrent frog alive?
... that Jeanne Trevor's name was misspelled on the cover of her first album?
... that the Sitaleshwar Temple remained a place of worship even when it was in ruins?
... that the comet C/1975 T2 (Suzuki–Saigusa–Mori) was independently discovered by five observers within the span of half an hour?
... that viewers of an Indiana TV station's newscast in 1995 could send emails to the presenter live on air?
... that the diary of Erich Lassota von Steblau is an important primary source on the 16th-century Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ukraine?
... that nearly half of the wins achieved in 2024 by the San Jose State Spartans women's volleyball team were by forfeit?
... that Japan's oldest expressway is intended to be transformed into a park?