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Common starlilies

... that the spring blooming wildflower common starlily (pictured) develops its seeds underground?
... that singer Ano joined You'll Melt More! without an interview at the invitation of the group's producer?
... that a Chinese short story about a man's friendship with a rock may have been inspired by the painter Mi Fu, who was reportedly obsessed with rocks?
... that the efforts of oil industry lobbyist Donald Pearlman to prevent the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol were dramatized in the 2024 play Kyoto?
... that the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is to present several tracks "laden thick with double entendre", including "Ich komme"?
... that Trump wrote a letter to Ali Khamenei in an effort to initiate new nuclear negotiations with Iran?
... that in 2004 the Wasps Women's coach Giselle Mather waited until the end of a match to go to hospital despite going into labour before half-time?
... that a Minnesota radio station forbade its announcers from saying what songs they had just played?
... that the fictitious subject of a hoax Wikipedia article was a nominee to be on an English £50 note?