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Williams in 2018

... that Mona Williams (pictured) said her degree from Stanford University was called a "wanky Yankee" degree when she arrived in New Zealand?
... that the 1992 comic book storyline "Man and Wolf", in which Captain America is transformed into a werewolf, has been described as "one of the most bizarre moments of the core Marvel Universe"?
... that Abram Kofman was the first Ancient Greek–Esperanto translator, publishing translated sections of the Iliad in 1895?
... that interviews collected for a Boston College oral history project were used in two murder trials?
... that after learning to write with Inuktitut syllabics to help Catholic missionaries learn her language, Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk wrote one of the first Inuktitut-language novels?
... that John Seigenthaler hosted a literary interview program which ran for 42 years on Nashville Public Television?
... that in high school, tennis player Sara Daavettila went an entire season without losing a game?
... that Pachelbel's Canon is notorious for being widespread in pop music, but it actually isn't?