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First	That the seat of the Crannogmen is Greywater Watch.[1][2]
Second	That Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell, is the natural daughter of Lord Harmen Uller.[3][4][5]
Third	House Templeton may be distantly related to House Stark through a sister of Eddard Stark's grandfather.[6]
Fourth	The first Clegane was knighted because he saved Lord Tytos Lannister from a lioness and lost a leg and three dogs in the effort.[7]
Fifth	Robert I's warhammer was made by Donal Noye.[8]
Sixth	The Brave Companions are a band of mercenaries comprised of criminals and outcasts from many nations.[9]
Seventh	The religion of the Drowned God dates from before the Andal Invasion.[10]
Eighth	The deserter of the Night's Watch that Eddard Stark executed in the beginning of A Game of Thrones was Gared, one of the men who was with Ser Waymar Royce in the prologue?[11]
Ninth	Anguy the Archer, a member of the Brotherhood Without Banners[5], won the archery competition[12] that was held in Eddard Stark's honor in King's Landing when he became Hand to King Robert Baratheon? References and Notes ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 21, The Queenmaker. ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 40, Princess In The Tower. ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn, Page 419. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 18, Sansa. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 60, Sansa. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 21, page 197, Jaime ↑ Westeros Important events from the past ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 21, Tyrion. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard.
Tenth	When Sansa Stark was betrothed to Joffrey Baratheon, Petyr Baelish proposed betrothing Robb Stark to Myrcella Baratheon when she came of age[1]?
Eleventh	Eddard Stark's grandfather was named Edwyle Stark?[2]
Twelfth	The Lannisters once owned a Valyrian sword called Brightroar?[3]
Thirteenth	Quhuru Mo, the captain of the Cinnamon Wind which transported Sam Tarly and Maester Aemon from Braavos to Oldtown, was the same person that told Daenerys Targaryen the news of Robert Baratheon's death?[4][5][6]
Fourteenth	The Sand Snakes were the cousins of Rhaegar Targaryen's son Aegon and daughter Rhaenys?[7]
Fifteenth	The heir of a Dothraki khal is named the khalakka?[8]
Sixteenth	Tywin Lannister's wife, Lady Joanna, was also his cousin?[9]
Seventeenth	Princess Rhaenys Targaryen named her little black kitten Balerion?[10]
Eighteenth	The lords of House Arryn only lived in the Eyrie during the summer, but moved down to the Gates of the Moon when winter came?[11]
Nineteenth	Since Aegon's Landing three hundred years ago Harrenhal has been the seat of nine different noble houses?
Twentienth	House Tarly's seat is called Horn Hill?[12]
Twenty-First	Daemon Blackfyre, a Great Bastard, was Targaryen on both sides?[13]
Twenty-Second	The Port of Ibben, an icy port far to the north, is lit by beacons burning whale oil?[14]
Twenty-Third	Brienne of Tarth found a shield in the armory of Evenfall Hall displaying the same arms as that of Ser Duncan the Tall?[15]
Twenty-Fourth	The Lord of House Royce wears bronze armor, reputedly thousands of years old, worked with runes that are supposed to ward him from harm?[16]
Twenty-Fifth	The former ruling Princess of Dorne planned to wed her children Princess Elia or Prince Oberyn to one of Lord Tywin's children, or both of them to his twins?[17]
Twenty-Sixth	Brienne of Tarth had three siblings, none of which survived childhood? Her brother Galladon drowned, and her sisters Arianne and Alysanne died as infants.[18]
Twenty-Seventh	Mance Rayder used to be a Ranger of the Night's Watch?[19]
Twenty-Eighth	Littlefinger fought for the hand of Catelyn Tully when he was "scarcely" 15, challenging Brandon Stark, who was 20.[20]
Twenty-Ninth	"Valar Morghulis" is a well-known phrase in High Valyrian, and means "All men must die".[21]
Thirtieth	Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell were lovers.[22][23]
Thirty-First	Dothraki emerged from the Dothraki Sea, about 400 years ago, following the Doom of Valyria.[24]
Thirty-Second	3,000 years ago the wildlings led by Gendel and Gorne, managed to evade the Night's Watch and infiltrate the North in great numbers using a network of tunnels that extended under the Wall.[25]
Thirty-Third	The dwarf woman, Penny, and her brother Oppo make their living as entertainers who ride atop a pig (Pretty Pig) and a dog (Crunch) while mock fighting each other as Groat and Penny after the two smallest coins.[26]
Thirty-Fourth	Wyman Manderly has the titles: Lord of White Harbor, Warden of the White Knife, Shield of the Faith, Defender of the Dispossessed, Lord Marshal of the Mander, and A Knight of the Order of the Green Hand.[27]
Thirty-Fifth	Did you know that construction of the Red Keep was finished by Maegor the Cruel, who rounded up everyone who’d had a hand in its construction and had them killed, to preserve its secrets.[20][10][28][29]
Thirty-Sixth	Did you know that the Iron Throne was made following the War of Conquest, made from the swords of the defeated kings, melted by Aegon's dragon the Black Dread.[30] All the kings of the Seven Kingdoms have used it since.
Thirty-Seventh	Did you know that the Ancient Books of Asshai prophecized the return of Azor Ahai, following a long summer marked by bleeding stars.[31]
Thirty-Eighth	Did you know that Aegon the Conqueror dated the beginning of his reign from the day the High Septon anointed him as king in Oldtown? That calendar is used to this day.[32]
Thirty-Ninth	Did you know that everything written about the Age of Heroes, the Dawn Age, and the Long Night originates from stories written down by septons thousands of years later.[33]
Fortieth	Did you know that Martin originally intended to have a five or six year gap between the events of book 3 and book 4. However, the plan was scrapped.[34]
Forty-First	Brienne of Tarth was once betrothed to Ser Ronnet Connington[35]
Forty-Second	Valyrian roads[36], The Wall.[37], Titan of Braavos[37], and the triple walls of Qarth[38] are among the nine wonders listed in Wonders Made by Man written by Lomas Longstrider, the famous traveler.
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