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This user is a translator and proofreader from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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Manchurian hare

... that the Manchurian hare (pictured), unusually among hare species, is a forest dweller?
... that Robert J. O'Brien said that he did not drink alcohol, despite owning a saloon and being elected as alderman by a district containing more than 250 bars?
... that no one knows where the Oval Office Swedish ivy came from?
... that multiple dancers were arrested at the Capitol Theatre in San Francisco for allegedly not wearing bras during striptease numbers?
... that a village in Japan claims that it was Jesus's resting place?
... that Olympians Alice Lord and Richmond Landon later married after meeting each other on the ship ride to the 1920 Summer Olympics?
... that Sofia Gubaidulina combined the Passion narrative according to John with texts from the Book of Revelation when she composed her 2000 Johannes-Passion?
... that scientists from the Institutum Divi Thomae raised silkworms at Saint Gregory Seminary during World War II as a form of economic warfare against Japan?
... that Wall Street Plaza is not on Wall Street?

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The blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans) is a damselfly, belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. I. elegans can reach a body length of 27–35 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in) and a wingspan of about 35 millimetres (1.4 in). Adult male blue-tailed damselflies have a head and thorax patterned with blue and black, while females come in a variety of colour forms. This pair of blue-tailed damselflies was photographed while mating in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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