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Vaknin, Sam, 1961-

"The First Book of Factoids"

The Encarta: "The statute made it a
federal crime, punishable by life imprisonment, to kidnap a person and
transport that person to another state. This law was amended in 1934
making conspiracy to commit a kidnapping also a federal crime. In 1968
the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated that section of the Lindbergh Act
that gave the jury the power to recommend the death penalty for
kidnapping."

http://www.lindberghtrial.com/

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/

http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/
Lloyd's of London
The world's most famous insurance market, Lloyd's of London, started
in a coffee house owned by one, Edward Lloyd.
The coffee house was situated on the Thames bank in Tower Street,
close to all the maritime and shipping activities. It was a well
known establishment and is mentioned in contemporary documents as
early as 1688.
Lloyd himself had nothing to do with insurance.
http://www.lloydsoflondon.co.uk/entrypoints/her_index_gi.htm
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (1898-1976) was an agronomist. During the
reign of Lenin and Stalin years in the Soviet Union, he became the
chief proponent of the work of the self-taught plant breeder Ivan
Vladimirovich Michurin (1855-1935) and his brand of Lamarckism - a
pre-Darwinian theory of evolution of the species proposed in the
French scientist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829).


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