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... that Benjamin Motte published many famous works such as Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (pictured) and the first English edition of Isaac Newton's Principia, an edition that became the standard translation for over 200 years?

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 [[Image:Gullivers travels.JPG|100x100px|An early edition of Gullivers travels, published by Benjamin Motte]]
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 {{*mp}}... that '''[[Benjamin Motte]]''' published many famous works such as [[Jonathan Swift]]'s ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' and the first English edition of [[Isaac Newton]]'s ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica|Principia]]'', an edition that became the standard translation for over 200 years?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Pseudococcus viburni|obscure mealybug]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Pest (organism)|pest]] of [[vineyard]]s in [[New Zealand]] and [[California]], is believed to have been [[Introduced species|introduced]] from [[Australia]] or [[South America]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Pseudococcus viburni|obscure mealybug]]''', a [[Pest (organism)|pest]] of [[vineyard]]s in [[New Zealand]] and [[California]], is believed to have been [[Introduced species|introduced]] from [[Australia]] or [[South America]]?
 {{*mp}}... that the present-day city of [[Davenport, Iowa]] is named after '''[[George Davenport]]''', a 19th century American frontiersman, trader and US Army officer?
 {{*mp}}... that the [[Tamil film]] '''''[[Thyagabhoomi (1939 film)|Thyagabhoomi]]''''' is the only Indian film banned by the [[British Raj]] for propagating the cause of [[Indian independence movement|India's freedom struggle]]?