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...that the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was inscribed on the World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of Central European Baroque artistic expression"?
... that the report Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic found that the "effect of smoking on the public finance balance in the Czech Republic in 1999 was positive"?
... that footballer Petr Vrabec won six Czechoslovak league titles with Sparta Prague?
... that a 1926 voyage to Java inspired Czech poet Konstantin Biebl for the remainder of his life?

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...that the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was inscribed on the World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of Central European Baroque artistic expression"?
...that, although Mozart never visited Kroměříž, much of the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus was filmed at the local episcopal residence?
...that the Sedlec Ossuary is a chapel decorated with the bones of 40,000 people?
...that in 1990, Czech and Slovak politicians "fought" the Hyphen War, a political battle over whether "Czechoslovakia" should be spelled with a hyphen?
... that in 2005 UNESCO proclaimed the Moravian male recruit dance verbuňk as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind?
... that the report Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic found that the "effect of smoking on the public finance balance in the Czech Republic in 1999 was positive"?
... that the Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic is the highest award presented by the Czech Minister of Defence?
... that the World War II idea of Polish-Czechoslovakian confederation was eventually discarded by the Czechs, whose leader chose instead to believe in the Soviet Union promises of alliance?
... that the leftist Czechoslovak Chemical Workers' Union was expelled from the OSČ trade union centre in 1922?
... that in 2013, the Czech Republic plans to directly elect its president for the first time in its history?
... that Czech international footballer Patrik Gedeon went to play club football in Liechtenstein in the middle of his career?
... that, having played 465 league matches, Jaroslav Šilhavý holds the record for the most appearances in top-flight Czech football?
... that footballer Petr Vrabec won six Czechoslovak league titles with Sparta Prague?
... that Jan Maroši scored directly from a corner for Sigma Olomouc in a 1992–93 UEFA Cup match against Juventus?
... that Czech international footballer Jan Suchopárek dislocated his shoulder while attempting a bicycle kick?
... that Czech actress Anna Letenská was killed by the Nazis for her alleged participation in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich?
... that Miroslav Tyrš, the founder of Czech national sport movement Sokol, was born into a German family?
... that Josef Jiří Kolár was the first to begin a systematic translation of Shakespeare's plays into Czech?
... that Czech Karel Robětín was not only an Olympian and national tennis champion but also an international paper industry tycoon?
... that a 1926 voyage to Java inspired Czech poet Konstantin Biebl for the remainder of his life?

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