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...that Johannes Rietstap (pictured) was the founder of modern heraldic theory in The Netherlands?
...that in almost 100 years of existence, Ireland King of Arms granted only three coats of arms?
...that the office of Garter Principal King of Arms was created for William Bruges around 1415?
...that Ralph Bigland worked as a cheesemaker across Europe before becoming an officer of arms and eventually Garter Principal King of Arms?
...that in 2005, Adam Bruce (pictured) became the first herald appointed to Clan Donald of Scotland in 510 years?
...that Sausenburg Castle (pictured) in Germany was destroyed in 1678 by the army of French Marshall Creque during the Franco-Dutch War?
...that from 1897 until his retirement in 1908, American cricketer John Lester (pictured) led the batting averages of the Philadelphians?
...that Nabisco's bakery in Chicago Lawn was the biggest in the world when it opened in 1941?
...that George Patterson's (pictured) score of 271 is the highest total in a single innings for a cricketer from a non-Test nations?
...that Richmond Herald, Lawrence Dalton, embezzled tabards from the Royal Household in 1547?
...that English herald Thomas Hawley's (pictured) records contain the first preserved account of a heraldic visitation?
...that a power struggle between Thomas Benolt and Thomas Wriothesley in 1530 almost brought an end to the College of Arms?
...that Ranji Hordern took 34 out of 51 wickets in three matches for the Philadelphians in their 1909 tour of Jamaica?
...that Clarenceux King of Arms Stephen Leake appointed his thirteen year old son Chester Herald in 1752?
...that American John Thayer is the only known first-class cricketer to have died on the RMS Titanic?
...that Thomas Lant called the College of Arms "a company full of discord and envy?"
...that Gilbert Jessop called Henry Scattergood (pictured) America's greatest wicket-keeper?
...that John Ives (pictured) was elected a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society by the age of 21?
...that Roseland Christian School (pictured) changed from a completely Dutch-American student body in 1884 to a completely African American one by the mid 1980s?
...that Philadelphian Nelson Graves was only 14 years old when he made his first-class cricket debut?
...that English-born cricketer Arthur Wood (pictured) had to satisfy a five year residency requirement before he was allowed to play with the Philadelphians?
...that Chicago theater-owner Tony DeSantis survived two near-fatal explosions in his life?
...that Timothy Christian School was forced to move from Cicero, Illinois to enroll African American students?
...that Garter King of Arms William Segar (pictured) was imprisoned for confirming a coat of arms to someone who was not a gentleman?
...that Milwaukee Hawks player Don Boven (pictured) fouled out of six consecutive NBA games in 1952–a record that still stands?
...that the Punjabi magnate Sir Malik Umar Hayat Khan (pictured) was an honorary aide-de-camp to King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI?
...that as Chief Herald of India, Osmond Barnes (pictured) proclaimed Queen Victoria Empress of India at Delhi in 1877?
...that although clansmen or clanswomen of a Scottish clan may wear a Scottish crest badge, the actual crest and motto within the badge are the sole property of their chief?
... that the only current British medal to retain the head of Queen Victoria on its obverse is the Service Medal of the Order of St John (pictured)?

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