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Song Zhenzhong

... that Song Zhenzhong (pictured), the son of Song Qiyun and Xu Linxia, was detained by the Kuomintang before his first birthday and executed at the age of eight?
... that Napoleon III was buried in St Mary's Church, Chislehurst, before his remains were moved to Farnborough Abbey 15 years later?
... that Sankar Montoute became the first NFL player from Trinidad and Tobago in 1987?
... that a San Francisco–area radio station sometimes had to be quiet to avoid disturbing patients at a nearby dentist's office?
... that Bethwel Henry was the first Micronesian to receive a degree in his field, and served as a United Nations delegate at the age of 25?
... that the novel Bloody Bread, about the struggles of Polish immigrants in the US, was briefly criticized by communist censors for "glorifying the United States"?
... that Leonardo DiCaprio was set to star in the film adaptation of Leonardo da Vinci?
... that the fishing cat mainly inhabits wetlands and preys predominantly on fish?
... that Ewa Ligocka cooked another mathematician's goose?