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Nicolaas van Wijk

... that Nicolaas van Wijk (pictured), after helping to provide humanitarian aid during World War I, called the Partitions of Poland "an offense against God"?
... that the Rescatemos a David y Miguel memorial was installed seven years ago today in response to a kidnapping that occurred thirteen years ago today?
... that Carol and Eric Hafner ran for five United States House of Representatives seats for states in which they did not live, and mostly had not visited?
... that the first modern Chinese play was based on an American novel and staged in Tokyo?
... that ketchup chips were introduced in the 1970s along with other flavours such as grape and orange?
... that the military glider Tsybin Ts-25 was considered for use as a civilian airliner?
... that the futurist novel Man of Smoke, according to a scholar, contains a hidden legal code for readers to piece together?
... that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet became the lowest-rated mainline entries in the franchise's history due to performance issues at launch?
... that Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi opened the first commercial movie theater in Iran, only for it to be banned within a month?