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30 September 2005

11:50, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatGreen Spring Plantation inJames City County was home ofSir William Berkeley, who served three non-consecutive terms asgovernor of theVirginia Colony, and for whomBerkeley Plantation is named?
...that a youngAruna Asaf Ali had to commence theQuit India Movement in1942 as all the major leaders were arrested the night before to prevent them from reaching the venue?
...that theNivelle Offensive duringWorld War I involved around 1.2 millionFrench troops and over 7,000 guns?
...thatAmerican comics writer and artistDon Rico started his creative career in theWorks Progress Administration Federal Art Project during theGreat Depression?

29 September 2005

23:18, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatBatman's Treaty was atreaty made between settlerJohn Batman(pictured) and localWurundjeri elders in1835 for the sale of land aroundPort Phillip and that it was one of the few attempts made by whitesettlers to negotiate withAustralian Aborigines?
...that the1970 Ancash earthquake and thelandslide that followed killed at least 47,194 people and was the worstnatural disaster ever recorded in thehistory of Peru?
...thatHerman Ashworth was the fourth person to drop his appeals since theU.S. state ofOhio resumed thedeath penalty in1999?
...thatIndonesian women's rights organisationGerwani was banned whenGeneral Suharto becamePresident in1965?
...thatA. R. R. A. P. W. R. R. K. B. Amunugama has more initials than any other first-classcricketer?

10:12, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

...that theTorre del Oro, a watchtower constructed in the 13th century by theAlmohad dynasty, protected the entrance toSeville's port with a large chain that stretched underwater from the tower's base across the river to stop unwanted ships?
...thatW. G. Collingwood,John Ruskin's secretary and assistant was a noted scholar ofNorse history and art?
...that during the1976 Pacific hurricane season three consecutive storms made landfall?
...thatVicente Leñero, a prominentMexican novelist, journalist and playwright, was a screenwriter forEl Crimen del Padre Amaro, one of Mexico's all-time highest grossing films?
...that theU.S. Navy has been trainingBottlenose Dolphins to subdueterrorists as part of theCetacean Intelligence Mission?

28 September 2005

23:32, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

...that theextinct Australiandromornithids, which included the largestbirds known, are related toducks and geese?
...that SirConrad Hunte was aWest Indian cricketer who in1965 set the record (550 runs) for the highestTest series aggregate score without scoring acentury?
...that when the eight-mileTexas and Northern Railway began operations in1948, it was designated aClass I railroad, in the same class as giants like thePennsylvania Railroad?
...thatCarmen Boullosa is a leadingMexican novelist, poet, and playwright whose award-winning playTeatro herético satirically addresses the issue ofgender roles?

27 September 2005

23:50, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

...that in 1915,Hollywood actressAnita King became the first female to ever drive an automobile across the continentalUnited States alone and whose only companions, according to theLos Angeles Times, were "arifle and asix shooter"?
...thatValrhona, a company based in the small town of Tain l'Hermitage in theRhône Valley inFrance, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-qualitychocolate?
...that theLaw for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, which was passed by theNazi regime onApril 7,1933, prohibitedJews and political opponents of the Nazis from working as civil servants?
...it is estimated that more than 85 percent of all business information exists asunstructured data, commonly appearing ine-mails,memos,reports,letters,presentations andWeb pages?

11:53, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatElizabeth Taylor made her London stage debut in1982 at theVictoria Palace Theatre in a revival ofLillian Hellman's playThe Little Foxes?
...thatAdolf Hitler was aself-proclaimed vegetarian and had a largegreenhouse built to keep him supplied with fresh fruits and vegetables throughoutWorld War II?
...thatJohn W. Peoples, Jr. tried to have his execution carried out byelectric chair instead oflethal injection?
...thatScience Service used to broadcast information from itsScience News magazine on theradio?
... thatIgor Spassky, the head of theRussian Rubin Design Bureau, was the chief designer of 187submarines (91diesel-electric and 96nuclear) as well asHalliburton oil platforms and the marine part of theSea Launch complex?

26 September 2005

18:56, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

...that theCasino Goa inGoa is the only legal casino inIndia?
...thatLancelot Blackburne was thought to have spent time in theCaribbean as abuccaneer as a young man, and lived openly with hismistress whilstArchbishop of York?
...thatNağaybäkTatars ofRussia constructed their own Paris, withEiffel Tower?
...that the currentGerman Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and YouthRenate Schmidt was forced to quit school at the age of seventeen because of apregnancy?
...thatvirtual plagues can infect and kill the characters in amassively multiplayer online role-playing game and are usually caused by unexpected problems with theprogramming code?

11:16, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

...that the1994 Rwandan genocide led to aGreat Lakes refugee crisis, which ended when nearly two millionrefugees returned toRwanda at the start of theFirst Congo War?
...that theShell Lake murders were committed by Victor E. Hoffman three weeks after his release from amental hospital and that he claimed to have had fought theDevil just before committing the murders?
...that theBattle of Garibpur fought betweenIndia andPakistan preceded the official start of theIndo-Pakistani War of 1971, and was the first battle wheredog fighting occurred overEast Pakistan?
...thatMaurice Tillet was disfigured byacromegaly from a young age, but cashed in on his appearance by becoming an early wrestler?
...that despite its federal mandate to provide onlyintercity rail service,Amtrak operated theCalumetcommuter train betweenChicago, Illinois and theIndiana suburb ofValparaiso from1979 to1991?

25 September 2005

13:46, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

...that the obscureT-44 Soviet mediumtank, designed and first built inKharkiv,Ukraine, was the missing link between theT-34 ofWWII and theT-54/55 series of theCold War?
...that passengers aboardJetBlue Airways Flight 292 were able to watch their own malfunctioningaircraft circleLos Angeles International Airport on thesatellite television screens at each seat until the flight crew disabled the system in preparation for the aircraft's successfulemergency landing?
...that more than one thousand people arecaned in Singapore each year using abamboo cane that has been soaked in water overnight to prevent splitting?
...thatEgyptian actorFarid Shawki starred in 361 films?
...thatHarry Thomas Thompson, a formeryeoman of theUnited States Navy, was the first American to be convicted ofespionage sinceWorld War I?

23 September 2005

12:02, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatPatience Cooper, anAnglo-Indian actress, was the first to play a double role in anIndian film?
...the originalNorfolk Southern Railway was a small regionalrailroad inVirginia andNorth Carolina for 98 years before it became thenamesake of the currentNorfolk Southern Railway in1982?
...that, as atribute toArthur Stace, theSydney Harbour Bridge was lit up with the word "Eternity" as the newmillennium began?
...that the first evergolden goal was scored in theCromwell Cup final atBramall Lane,Sheffield in1868, givingSheffield Wednesday a 1-0 victory?
...thatCharles Butler McVay III, commander of theUSSIndianapolis, was blamed when it was lost at sea in1945 and only finally exonerated by theUnited States Congress posthumously in2000?

22 September 2005

22:47, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

...that the1985Nairobi Agreement called for aceasefire between theUgandan government andrebels, thedemilitarization of thecapital (Kampala) and the absorption of the rebel leadership into the government?
...that the newly-discoveredtrans-Neptunian object2003 UB313 is native to a distant region of oursolar system known as thescattered disc?
...that in2004, the world spent US$896,235 million onmilitary expenditures and theU.S. military budget constituted 41 percent of this, placing the nation at the top of thelist of countries by military expenditures?
...thatIthaa iinMaldives is the world's first and only underwaterrestaurant?
...thatSubramanian Swamy worked towards normalizingSino-Indian relations and persuadedChinese leaderDeng Xiaoping to open theKailash Mansarovar inTibet toHindu pilgrims fromIndia?

08:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

...that actorMona Darkfeather, promoted as the firstNative American movie star, was actually ofEnglish andMestizo ancestry and a member of the prominentSouthern California Workman family?
...thatBaqa'a is the largestrefugee camp forPalestinians inJordan?
...thatHenry Perky invented a machine to produceshredded wheat breakfast cereal and that he made his fortune selling the cereal rather than the machine?
...that in1855 theHoward Association ofNorfolk, Virginia received contributions during theyellow fever epidemic from theU.S. Gulf Coast areas and that 150 years later, they sent $50,000 of leftover funds toLouisiana to help withHurricane Katrina relief?

20 September 2005

23:43, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Buckingham Branch Railroad

...that theBuckingham Branch Railroad in CentralVirginia was formed in1989 and has expanded from a 16-mile railroad to operate over 200 miles of track?
...that theFlying Dragon is alizard that has skin membranes which it uses to glide distances over 7metres?
...that American photographerGeorge W. Ackerman took over 50,000 photographs during a nearly 40-year career with theUnited States Department of Agriculture?
...thatSerbia and Montenegro andItaly were co-hosts of the2005 European Volleyball Championship?

11:37, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Emancipation Oak at Hampton University in Phoebus, Virginia

...that theEmancipation Oak located on the campus ofHampton University is where theVirginia Peninsula's black community gathered in1863 to hear the firstSouthern reading ofPresident Abraham Lincoln'sEmancipation Proclamation?
...that the modernArms of the Principality of Wales are based on those borne by the13th century Welsh princeLlywelyn the Great?
...thatDravidar Kazhagam formed in1944 was the first fullyDravidian party inIndia?
...thatconiferTorreya taxifolia was one of the firstplant species listed asendangered in theUnited States?

19 September 2005

23:00, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatHendrick ter Brugghen was the artist primarily responsible for introducing the style ofCaravaggio intoDutch painting?
... that theOld Well atUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is aneoclassical rotunda modelled after the Temple of Love at thePalace of Versailles?
...that theincisors ofblesmols are visible even when their mouths are closed?
...thatAustralian swimmerFanny Durack was considered to be the world's greatest female swimmer from1910 until1918?

18 September 2005

22:56, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

American Burying Beetle

...that theendangeredAmerican Burying Beetle is one of the onlybeetle species that exhibits parental care?
...that theUniversity of Dhaka is the oldest and largest public University inBangladesh?
...that at 23.8 hours,The Hazards of Helen is believed to be the longestmotion picture serial ever made?
...thatNicolas-Charles Bochsa, who helped found theRoyal Academy of Music in1822, was only inLondon because he had fledFrance five years earlier to avoid prosecution for multiple counts offorgery andfraud?
...thatFort Story atCape Henry inVirginia Beach, Virginia was the site of the first landing of theJamestown settlers in1607, and theCape Henry Lighthouse, first in the U.S., in1792?

15 September 2005

23:05, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

...that theStavelot Triptych is a12th century masterpiece ofMosan art created to display pieces of theTrue Cross?
...that there have been sixIndian Ocean Island Games, the latest being held on the isle ofMauritius in2003?
...thatDuke University anthropologist Anne Allison worked as a hostess girl for four months while researchingNightwork, her study ofwhite-collar entertainment clubs inJapan?
...thatNeuromarketing is a new field ofmarketing that usesfunctional magnetic resonance imaging to scan consumers'brains in order to determine which products theysubconsciously like?
...thatchange of venue is thelegal term for moving ajury trial away from a location where a fair and impartialjury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about acrime and/or thedefendant?

14 September 2005

23:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatRaj Ghat and other memorials are sometimes consideredIndia's modern day equivalent ofWestminster Abbey?
...that the remains ofMungo Man are the oldest anatomically modern human remains found inAustralia?
...that the anti-smuggling activities of theBritish frigate HMSRose in1775, provoked theRhode Island government to commission the first warship, theSloop-of-war Providence, in what became theU.S. Navy?
...that "Blue Tail Fly" or "Jimmy Crack Corn" is ablackface minstrel song dating from the 1840s, and that on the surface, it is a blackslave's lament over his master's death; the subtext is that he is glad his master is dead, and may have killed him by deliberate negligence?

13 September 2005

22:36, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

...that thePerth Mint is the oldest operatingmint inAustralia and that it has produced over 4,500 tonnes of refinedgold which represents about 3.25 percent of the total tonnage of gold ever produced?
...that in1910 theKalem Company became the firstAmerican film studio to ever make amotion picture outside the United States when a film crew went on location inIreland?
...that there were three morecancelled Apollo missions planned to land on theMoon afterApollo 17?
...thatIndra Lal Roy of theRoyal Air Force becameIndia's firstflying ace after he achieved 10 victories in thirteen days duringWorld War I?

12 September 2005

23:56, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

...that during the1878 flood in Miskolc,Hungary, the water level rose 50 cm per minute and in some parts of the city water was 4 to 5 m high?
...that the firstU.S. stateagricultural experiment station was established atWesleyan University inConnecticut in1875?
...that theJudean date palm, which was thought to have died out around1 CE, was resurrected using a singleseed found in the palace ofHerod the Great onMount Masada in southernIsrael?
...that thenaval victory ofTravancore State overDutch East India Company in theBattle of Colachel in1741 is considered the first example of anAsian power defeating aEuropean navy?

00:06, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

...that in the next five years, 40,000African soldiers will be trained to conduct peace support operations andhumanitarian relief under theAfrican Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program?
...that in1982, 68 kg ofgold bars were stolen in a robbery that became known as thePerth Mint Swindle, and that seven years later 55 kg of the gold was found dumped outside aPerth television station?
...that theIsles of Scilly and theNetherlands fought theThree Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War from1651 to1986, and that not a single shot was fired during this war?
...thatCaesar Augustus, his wifeLivia and numerous other members ofJulio-Claudian dynasty were entombed in theMausoleum of Augustus?

8 September 2005

23:50, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatErnst Litfaß was the inventor of the free-standingadvertising column which bears his name?
...thatRosa Montero is a leading author of contemporaryfeminist literature and a senior journalist forSpain's largest newspaper,El País?
...thatHazelwood power station is the single largest source ofcarbon dioxide emissions inAustralia, although it is only the sixth-largestpower station?
...that the name of theCongolese writerTchicaya U Tam'si meanssmall paper, which speaks for a country inZulu?
...that silent film actorHarrison Ford and present-day starHarrison Ford each have a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame?

13:22, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

...that the famousWallace fountains inParis were provided by English philanthropistRichard Wallace as a source of free water for the poor?
...that theUniversity Students' African Revolutionary Front was a political student group formed in1967 at theUniversity of Dar es Salaam inTanzania?
...that the only remaining instance of active use of thedeath penalty inEurope is incapital punishment in Belarus?
...thatFort Atkinson was the firstU.S. Army post established west of theMissouri River?

7 September 2005

23:31, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

...that theGrandfather's House mentioned in the song "Over the River and Through the Woods" is a realhouse on theMystic River inMedford,Massachusetts?
...thatHershey Chocolate Company was the primary producer ofUS Armymilitary chocolaterations duringWorld War II?
...that theshipwreck of theHMSOrpheus was the biggest maritime disaster inNew Zealand history?
...thatSuhrawardy Udyan inDhaka was the scene ofMujibur Rahman's historic speech onMarch 7,1971 that eventually led toBangladesh'sLiberation War?
...that the1980s CBS sitcomFrank's Place was set inNew Orleans,Louisiana?

00:03, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

...thatJimmy Matthews is the onlyTest cricketer to have bowled twohat tricks in one match, a feat achieved during the1912 Triangular Tournament inEngland?
...thatGreen Mountain onAscension Island is one of the world's very few large-scale artificial forests?
...that during the1970s theNew York Philharmonic'sYoung People's Concerts were broadcast live onCBS duringprimetime and was syndicated in over 40 countries?
...that in a landmark case,Dutch-bornJetta Goudal, one of the biggest Hollywood movie stars of the 1920s, successfully sued herfilm studio forbreach of contract?

6 September 2005

00:04, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

...that there have been many attempts todeliver mail by rocket, but none have met with much success?
...thatRuth Riley, anall-star center in theWomen's National Basketball Association, also wrote achildren's book?
...thatGingee Fort inTamil Nadu,India was called the "Troy of the East" by theBritish for its inaccessibility and is one of the few forts still surviving in the state?
...thatDavid Bergelson was aYiddish language writer, who believed that the future of Yiddish literature lay in theSoviet Union and that he moved there fromBerlin whenAdolf Hitler came to power inGermany, but was ultimately executed duringJosef Stalin'santi-semitic campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans"?

5 September 2005

06:05, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

...that recently-retiredindigenous Australian rules footballerDarryl White was once approached by a member of an opposing team before leaving the field immediately after a match for a photograph with his hero?
...that in theUkrainian Canadian internment of 1914 to 1920, about five thousandUkrainian immigrants fromAustro-Hungary were classified "aliens of enemy nationality", and interned in twenty-four work camps throughoutCanada?
...thatJack Broughton was the first person to develop a set of rules forboxing?
...that "Flood," the sixth episode ofThe Young Ones, was the only one of the twelve episodes made which did not feature a live band during the show, instead using alion tamer?

2 September 2005

22:18, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

...that theBlack Seminoles are descendants of freeAfrican Americans and fugitive slaves traditionally allied withSeminole Indians inFlorida andOklahoma?
...that land under cultivation has grown from under 400,000acres in1976 to more than eight million acres in1993 thanks to theirrigation in Saudi Arabia?
...that theU.S. maintainsborder preclearance facilities at a number of foreign ports and airports, whereby travellers pass through immigration and customs before boarding their plane or boat?
...that, beforeWayne Rooney made his debut inFebruary 2003,England's youngest ever football player wasJames F. M. Prinsep, who had held therecord for more than 123 years?

00:22, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

...that thesoybean cyst nematode is a significant pest affectingsoybean production on three continents?
...thatMassimo Morsello was the most prominentfar right Italian songwriter?
...thatEddie Gilbert was anAustralian Aboriginal cricketer who bowledDon Bradman out for aduck during a match in 1933 and was later described by Bradman as the fastest bowler he'd ever faced?
...that theTucson Bird Count monitors bird diversity at almost 1000 sites in urbanTucson,Arizona and is among the largest urban biological monitoring programs in the world?

1 September 2005

11:07, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

... that theanabolic steroidOxandrolone was grantedorphan drug status in treatment ofalcoholic hepatitis,Turner's syndrome andHIV wasting syndrome?
...that teams in theInternational Basketball League scored nearly 130 points per game in its first season?
...that aNorthern Ireland naming dispute has existed since1922, after the secession of theIrish Free State from theUnited Kingdom?
...that theRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award isIndia's highest sporting honour?

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