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31 May 2005

11:51, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

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...thatJoseph Rainey became the firstblack person to serve in theUnited States House of Representatives onDecember 12,1870?
...that theRunyang Bridge and theJiangyin Suspension Bridge are the two largestsuspension bridges inChina and the fourth and sixthlargest suspension bridges in the world?
...thatBrancaleon, a15th century Venetian painter who gained fortune, fame and notoriety in his adopted home ofEthiopia, is an example of early contacts betweenEurope andsub-Saharan Africa?
...that the short-livedMaryland Constitution of 1864emancipated the state'sslaves and disenfranchised Marylanders who fought for or supported theConfederacy?
...that the1st century Greek historianNicolaus of Damascus reported the embassy of holy men fromIndia to theLevant,Athens andRome during the time ofJesus?

30 May 2005

17:00, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatTell Halaf inSyria contains the archaeological remains of aNeolithic culture characterized by glazedpottery painted with geometric and animal designs?
...thatFala,Franklin D. Roosevelt's belovedScottish terrier and one of the most famouspresidential pets, has abronze statue in his likeness at theFranklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial?
...thatLeo Abse (born1917) was aLabour Member of Parliament largely responsible for legalising malehomosexual relations in theUnited Kingdom?
...thatNippon Steel Corporation, theJapanese steelmaking giant, once ventured intomushroom cultivation in an earnest bid to avoidlayoffs?

29 May 2005

14:48, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

...that theBlister Beetles are so named because they secretecantharidin, apoison causingblistering of the skin andpainful swelling if consumed?
...thatIndian-bornEnglish cricketerHugh Bartlett died whilst watching a cricket match atHove in1988?
...that inGreek mythology,Antiope was the onlyAmazon known to have married?
...that theMetallurgical Laboratory at theUniversity of Chicago built the firstnuclear reactor and achieved a self-sustainingnuclear reaction in December 1942?

27 May 2005

23:37, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

...that theScottish composer andpianistRonald Stevenson composed an 80-minutepassacaglia for solopiano based on the four-notemotif D-E♭-C-B?
...that backlash from the1897Lattimer Massacre inPennsylvania, an important event in theU.S. history of labor relations, resulted in the addition of some 15,000 new members ofUnited Mine Workers of America union?
...thatfootballerAntonín Panenka famously scored the winningpenalty forCzechoslovakia in the1976 European Championship final againstWest Germany by chipping the ball?
...thatextension conflicts helped giveMacintosh computers a reputation forinstability before the release ofMac OS X?

25 May 2005

23:52, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

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...thatJinnah House was theMumbai residence ofMohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder ofPakistan and is the centre of a property dispute?
...thatAustralian tennis playersTodd Woodbridge andMark Woodforde, known asThe Woodies, are the most successful men's doubles pair in history, winning a record sixWimbledon titles?
...that theIowa Interstate Railroad is being considered forhigh speed passenger train service betweenWyanet, Illinois, andIowa City?
...thatMicrophallus is agenus ofparasitic trematode, some species of which are notable for the manipulation of the behaviour and growth of their hosts?
...thatWilliam Bergsma wrote anopera about a dog who turned into a man in 1920sMoscow as the result of a crazy experiment?

10:37, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

... thatDidiereaceae is a family ofcactus-likeflowering plants that make up thespiny thickets ofMadagascar?
... that thefeministMadeleine Pelletier (1874–1939) was the first femalepsychiatrist inFrance and that shedressed as a man toprotest the oppression of women?
... that theDelaware Basin inTexas containsfossilised coral reefs from thePermian era?
... thatHarvey Hubbell (1857–1927) invented theelectrical power plug?
... thatGilbert Mabbot (1622–1670) was a pioneeringjournalist during theEnglish Civil War who also served as an official licenser of the press?

23 May 2005

22:18, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatKen Loach's1995 filmLand and Freedom tells the story of aBritish volunteer who joins thePOUM militia and fights for theRepublicans in theSpanish Civil War?
...that theVietnam War protest song "War," originally recorded bythe Temptations, wasMotown artistEdwin Starr's onlynumber-one hit?
...thatTemple Beth-El, built in1876, is the oldestsynagogue in theU.S. state ofFlorida?

09:00, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

... thatBigleaf hydrangeas bloom in different colors depending on the soilpH?
... thatHampshire County Cricket Club has produced threeEnglish national cricket captains in its 141-year history?
... thatPaula Ackerman was the first woman to serve as arabbi in theUnited States?
... thatBritish actressStephanie Beacham played anun on AmericansitcomSister Kate after playing the glamorous Sable Colby on the dramaDynasty?

07:26, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
... thatKuttanad inKerala,India, is the country's only region belowsea level?

22 May 2005

18:26, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

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... thatKentucky State University, with 2,300 students, is the smallest of the publicstate universities in theU.S. state ofKentucky?
... that theFTSE 100-listed companyHays plc dates back to the1600s, when they ownedwarehouses andwharves on theRiver Thames?
... that the predecessor to theImperial Russian Navy first sailed during theSecond Azov campaign of1696 underPeter the Great?
... thatWilli Münzenberg (1889–1940) was known as "The Red Millionaire" because he ran a whole network of publishing and business companies, all dedicated to his Workers International Relief organisation and to promoting socialism.

20 May 2005

20:06, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatbishopWilliam McKendree (1757–1835) earned thenickname "Father of WesternMethodism" for his travels through his vastsee ofVirginia,Tennessee,Missouri, andIllinois?
... thatsilent E is a convention inEnglish spelling added to the ends of words, that makesshort vowels long?
... that until it waslooted in1204 during theFourth Crusade, theChurch of the Holy Apostles was the busiestplace of worship inConstantinople?
... that in the1977 filmThat Obscure Object of Desire directed byLuis Buñuel, the leading role of Conchita is played by twoactresses andvoiced by a third?

11:58, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

... that the groupportraitBanquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Münster byDutch painterBartholomeus van der Helst (1613–1670) was considered by SirJoshua Reynolds to be the finest he had seen?
... that the1868 encounter betweenKasuga andKaiyō was the firstnaval battle between two modern fleets inJapan?
... that theChilean football clubCobreloa reached the finals ofSouth America's principal club competition, theCopa Libertadores, in1981, only four years after the club's founding?
... thatPalwankar Baloo was aDalit (also calledUntouchable) who helped break down theIndian caste system with his prowess atcricket?

18 May 2005

16:16, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatGraham Berry (1822–1904), 11thPremier of Victoria, attempted to break the power of theVictorian Legislative Council, the stronghold of the landowning class?
...that in theNational Lacrosse League ofNorth America, theCoach of the Year Award is named after the lateLes Bartley?
...thatCarl Zuckmayer wrote the script for the1930 movieDer Blaue Engel starringMarlene Dietrich?
...thatQuantum praedecessores was apapal bull issued on1 December 1145 byPope Eugenius III, calling for aSecond Crusade?
...that theMann Gulch fire of1949 was awildfire inMontana which claimed the lives of 13firefighters?

17 May 2005

22:50, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatDutch admiralEgbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604–1655) keptMaarten Tromp's standard raised to maintain morale after the latter died in theBattle of Scheveningen in1653?
...thatinfectious salmon anemia is aviral disease ofAtlantic Salmon which affectsfish farms inCanada,Norway, andScotland?
...that theSpinifex people are the lastAboriginal nomadic people inAustralia, taking their name from theSpinifex grass that survives in thedesert?
...that thehistory of Swansea includes anepidemic ofyellow fever in1865, the onlyoutbreak of that disease on theBritish mainland?
...thatRalph Samuelson inventedwater skiing in1922?

20:17, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
...thatInfectious Salmon Anaemia is aviral disease ofAtlantic Salmon which affectsfish farms inCanada,Norway, andScotland?
... that theSpinifex People are the lastAboriginal nomadic people inAustralia, taking their name from theSpinifex grass that survives in thedesert?
... that theHistory of Swansea includes anepidemic ofyellow fever in1865, the onlyoutbreak of that disease on theBritish mainland?

08:29, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatspatiotemporal gene expression refers to the patterns in whichgenes are expressed in differenttissues as anorganism develops?
...that only five people have beendecoratedHero of Belarus, the highest title that can be bestowed on a citizen ofBelarus?
...thatJean Kambanda, prime minister ofRwanda during the1994 Rwandan Genocide, is the first and onlyhead of government to plead guilty togenocide?
...thatAriwara no Narihira (825–880) was one ofsix waka poets named in the preface to the greatHeian period poetry collectionKokin-wakashu?

16 May 2005

15:51, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

...that theEastern Newt changes itsskin colour from bright red to olive green when it becomes an adult, and is known as thered eft before adulthood?
...that becauseAdelaide del Vasto wasdivorced by KingBaldwin I of Jerusalem in1117, her sonRoger II of Sicily refused to give assistance to theCrusader states during theSecond Crusade?
...that thedecoration of the 1877 Papal Tiara includes 540pearls, 68rubies, 37emeralds, and many otherprecious stones?
...that theBattle of Bun'ei in1274 wasMongol emperorKublai Khan's first attempt to invadeJapan?

15 May 2005

17:20, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

...that whenLady Frances Brandon failed to marry her daughterLady Jane Grey toEdward VI of England, she plotted instead to raise Jane to the throne by means of acoup d'état in1553?
...that theEuropean White Elm is distinguished from other Europeanelms by its long flower stems?
...that theFree French corvetteAconit was awarded theOrdre de la Libération for her service inWorld War II?
...that the incorrectclimatological theory that "rain follows the plow" was promoted in the1870s to justify the settlement of the aridGreat Plains of the American West?

14 May 2005

20:06, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

... thatPancho Barnes was a pioneer of women'saviation and owner of theRancho Oro Verde Fly-Inn Dude Ranch?
... that theHumboldt Squid is a large, aggressive predatorysquid which can grow to 2 m long and weigh 40 kg?
... thatGötz von Berlichingen, aknight of theHoly Roman Empire, wore aprosthetic hand made ofiron after losing his hand in thesiege ofLandshut in1508?
... that theSwabian War of1499 was fought between theOld Swiss Confederacy and theemperor Maximilian I and hisSwabian League?

13 May 2005

23:30, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

...that the malepink salmon develops a large hump on its back when it is time tospawn, leading to the species nickname "humpie"?
...that a freakdecompression accident on board theoil rigByford Dolphin in1983 literally caused a man toexplode?
...thatScottish cyclistRobert Millar finished fourth in the1984 Tour de France, the best ever finish by aBritish cyclist?
...thatMarcus Loew, whose family's poverty forced him to give up on schooling and go to work at age nine, became the owner of the largest chain ofmovie theaters in theUnited States and the founder ofMGM Studios?

10:14, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatStarry Night Over the Rhone, painted byVincent van Gogh in1888, shows theconstellation Ursa Major over theRhone atArles?
...that whenTheodora Comnena married KingBaldwin III of Jerusalem in1158, herdowry was 100,000hyperpyra?
...that the rice blastfungusMagnaporthe grisea destroys enoughrice to feed more than 60 million people annually, and that its spores were prepared as an anti-plantbiological weapon duringWorld War II?
...thatBuzzie Bavasi was thegeneral manager of theBrooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers for eighteen years, helping the team win their first fourWorld Series championships?

12 May 2005

21:56, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatcloud-busters claim to useenergy from theirbrain's prefrontal lobe to dissipateclouds?
...that the firstwitches persecuted by theInquisition believed inMadonna Oriente, theMoon goddess?
...thatElsie Tanner was a core character on the Britishsoap operaCoronation Street for over twenty years?
...that in1945, entrepreneurLeonard Shoen foundedU-Haul, firstAmerican cargo trailer-rental company?

11:15, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

...that theDutch shipBrederode was the flagship of theUnited Provinces in the six largest battles of theFirst Anglo-Dutch War?
...that Dutch maritime painterSimon de Vlieger was influential in the move away from the monochromegrisaille to a more colourful style of sea painting?
...thatMalin Space Science Systems is aSan Diego,California company that operates the camera on theMars Global Surveyor?
...thatVideo-Enhanced Grave Markers turnheadstones into talking video displays for the deceased?

11 May 2005

09:49, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

...that some original sources onmedieval hunting contain detailed instructions on how to capture aunicorn?
...thatBrooklyn Brewery hiredMilton Glaser, best known as the creator of the logo for theI Love New York campaign, to create their company logo?
...thatJosiah Belden was a member of the first party to use theCalifornia Trail, and the firstmayor ofSan Jose, California?
...thatProject Exile was a program of prosecuting illegalgun offenses in federal court, helping reduce gun violence inRichmond, Virginia?

10 May 2005

01:17, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
...that thePlague of Athens devastated ancientAthens in430 BC, perhaps leading ultimately to the city's defeat in thePeloponnesian War?

9 May 2005

23:13, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatNGC 3314 is a pair of almost perfectly overlappingspiral galaxies, givingastronomers a unique opportunity to observe the properties ofinterstellar dust?
...thatShowmen's Rest inForest Park, Illinois is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery where members of acircus troupe were interred following theHammond circus train wreck in1918?
...thatSarah Brady became an advocate ofgun control and led actions to reduce gun violence after her husbandWhite House Press Secretary James Brady sustained a disabling head wound during theReagan assassination attempt in1981?

21:50, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

... thatcitrus plantation ownerJulia Tuttle owned the land upon whichMiami,Florida was built, and that she gave half her land toHenry Flagler to entice him to build a station for theFlorida East Coast Railroad there?
... thatProject Aqua was a proposedhydroelectric scheme for the lowerWaitaki River inNew Zealand that would have diverted up to 77% of the river's flow into a separatecanal?
... that different stages of the fishparasiteMyxobolus cerebralis were originally thought to be three different organisms in two differentclasses?
... thatJack Clement discovered and recorded futureRock and Roll Hall of Fame singerJerry Lee Lewis forSun Records whileSam Phillips was away on a trip?

8 May 2005

16:39, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

...that theParadesi Synagogue, built by theMalabar Yehudan people, is the oldestsynagogue in theBritish Commonwealth of nations?
...that theSlovenian folk instrumentbird-scaring rattle is used to drive birds fromvineyards?
...that the astronomerTycho Brahe calculated products quickly usingProsthaphaeresis, a17th century algorithm exploiting trigonometric identities?
...thatJohn Ritter made one of his first film appearances in the1972 horror filmThe Other?

7 May 2005

19:09, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

...that the principles ofbird flight are the same as used inaircraft, withlift being provided by anaerofoil?
...that bypassing as a man,Isobel Gunn became in1806 the first woman ofEuropean descent employed by theHudson's Bay Company inRupert's Land?
...thatFred Gipson was an Americanauthor best remembered for creating a fictionaldog featured in a book and the classic1957 movieOld Yeller?
...that the English politicianCharles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun fought a duel withJames Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton inHyde Park onNovember 15 1712 which resulted in the deaths of both men?

6 May 2005

19:42, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatLover's Leap is a name given to a number of locations of greatheight wherelegends take place involving couples leaping to their mutualdeath?
...thatFrench painterAdélaïde Labille-Guiard was ordered to destroy her royal portraits after theFrench Revolution?
...that admiralMichiel de Ruyter saved theUnited Provinces from invasion in the twoBattles of Schooneveld in June1673?
...that 11 of the 13 members of theHong Kong cricket team died when their steamship, SSBokhara, was lost in atyphoon in1892?

5 May 2005

13:43, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

...that theNational Socialist Motor Corps was a motorized paramilitary group of theNazi Party, numbering almost 500,000 in membership?
...that ReverendMother SuperiorDolores Hart is the onlynun to be anAcademy Award-voting member of theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
...thatHollywood producerWilliam Goetz'sracehorse "Your Host" won the1950 Santa Anita Derby?
...thattime discipline is the set ofsocial andeconomic rules, conventions, customs, and expectations abouttime and its measurement?

4 May 2005

09:15, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

...that theIceland hotspot is partly responsible for the frequentvolcanic eruptions andgeothermal activity experienced inIceland?
...thatZara Yaqob was the firstEmperor ofEthiopia (1434–1468) to send adiplomatic mission toEurope?
...that inHindu mythology,Meenakshi was born with threebreasts, fish-eyes and a smell offish?
...that thecomposer Zbigniew Preisner wrote the titlemusic for the monumentalBBC documentaryPeople's Century, which spans 26 parts?

2 May 2005

09:00, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

...thatFrench painterCharles-André van Loo was the principal court painter toLouis XV of France?
...thatEnglish explorerJames Knight died on an expedition in search of theNorthwest Passage in1719?
...thatJoseph Cornelius O’Rourke, anIrish Countborn in Estonia, became a Russian Lieutenant General, and was honoured with a statue inBelgrade for his victory over theOttoman Empire in 1810?
...thatAmerican golferTony Lema died when the plane he was travelling in crashed into agolf course?
...that theTruro murders are among the earliest reportedserial killings inAustralia?

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