• ... that at 12–14 metres (39–46 ft) in length, Oxalaia (artist's impression pictured) is the largest-known theropod dinosaur from Brazil?
• ... that during World War II, Lieutenant General John C. H. Lee had his own railroad train?
• ... that the Thai mining town of Pilok was so harshly inaccessible that its ore had to be transported by elephant?
• ... that a bobblehead of Sister Jean, the chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, sold for more than $300 on eBay?
• ... that war in the Horn of Africa may have contributed to the decline of the little brown bustard?
• ... that Puerto Rican actress Sol Miranda created a one-woman show about her immigrant experience in Peekskill, New York?
• ... that Peniscola Castle, in the Valencian Community of Spain, was used as a papal residence by the Antipope Benedict XIII?
• ... that after a future philologist's older brother reportedly shot their missionary mother, their reverend father said he would not let the facts be known?

Hurricane Erika was a weak hurricane that struck extreme northeastern Mexico near the Texas-Tamaulipas border in mid-August of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Initially, Erika was not designated a hurricane by the National Hurricane Center as initial data suggested winds of 70 mph (115 km/h) at peak intensity; only after later analysis was it revised to Category 1 intensity. While Erika's precursor disturbance was moving across Florida, it dropped heavy rainfall. In south Texas, Erika produced moderate winds of 50 to 60 mph (80 to 95 km/h) along with light rain, causing minor and isolated wind damage in the state. In northeastern Mexico, Erika produced moderate rainfall, resulting in mudslides and flooding, and two people were killed when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters.
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