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Sam Kee Building

... that the Sam Kee Building (pictured), recognized by Guinness World Records as the narrowest commercial building in the world, was built on a bet between two businessmen?
... that a group of 25 women disfigured by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima traveled to the United States in the 1950s to receive reconstructive surgery?
... that Mary Sheffield is the youngest elected member and the youngest president in the Detroit City Council's history?
... that fans speculated that Charli XCX wrote "Sympathy Is a Knife" about Taylor Swift and her relationship with Matty Healy?
... that the capture of the crusader Bertrand of Toulouse by Muslims was blamed by an anonymous monk on the "treachery" of Queen Melisende and Countess Hodierna?
... that the Chinook Indian Nation became a federally recognized tribe in 2001, but had its status revoked the following year?
... that Liang Sishun published an anthology of Chinese poetry in 1908, when she was about fifteen years old?
... that Eoscorpius, despite living hundreds of millions of years ago, has been noted for its similarity to modern scorpions?
... that a Greek academic compared the Frankish Tower in Athens with the droppings of birds of prey?