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Burma

... that Burma the elephant (pictured) once escaped Auckland Zoo?
... that the dance drama Rain of Flowers Along the Silk Road used movements inspired by cave paintings?
... that Sher Machado created a League of Legends tournament exclusively for transgender people?
... that Capote Falls is the highest waterfall in Texas, and the only location where Hinckley's columbine occurs in the wild?
... that the Legend of Aphroditian identifies the Greek goddess Hera with the Virgin Mary?
... that a bishop complained to the pope that Princess Alice of Antioch refused to share her raiding spoils with him?
... that streets in a neighborhood in Mexico were renamed after concepts and projects associated with Andrés Manuel López Obrador?
... that state representative Karl Bohnak, referring to his former profession, said that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was one of the most challenging places in the U.S. to forecast the weather?
... that Efrim Menuck, the guitarist of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, likened the composition of Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven to film editing?