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30 April 2006

19:04, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatMoscow City Hall, built in the1890s to the tastes of the Russianbourgeoisie, was converted byCommunists into the CentralLenin Museum after its rich interior decoration had been plastered over?
...thatLydia Sokolova, born inWanstead as Hilda Munnings, was the principalcharacter dancer of theBallets Russes and the first English ballerina in the company?
...that during theBattle of Hel, one of the longest battles in the 1939Polish September Campaign,Polish forces temporarily separated thepeninsula from the mainland, forming an island?
...thatGreyfriars Kirkyard, famed for its association withGreyfriars Bobby, is haunted by the spirit of "Bluidy Mackenzie" and featured in the early photography ofDavid Octavius Hill andRobert Adamson?
...that whenEdwin J. Cohn gave public demonstrations of the newly-inventedblood fractionation machine, he used his own freshly-drawnblood which, when the machine exploded after clogging, led to the first several rows of the audience being covered in blood?

07:45, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theCapitoline Wolf, theicon of thefounding of Rome, is actually anEtruscan bronzestatue depicting a she-wolf suckling the infant twinsRomulus and Remus?
...thatMozambican journalistCarlos Cardoso was murdered while investigating theprivatization of the country's largestbank?
...that althougharchaeologists in Singapore have discovered manyartifacts, they do not have government support for their work, and there is no centralised place to store the artifacts?
...that theBattle of Zhuolu, fought in the26th century BC and the second recorded battle inChinese history, is often considered a pivotal moment in the establishment of theHan Chinese civilization?
...thatNikolay Glazkov, aSoviet poet, is credited with having coined the termsamizdat, which has come to be internationally known?

29 April 2006

07:27, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatBurg Pfalzgrafenstein, acastle in theRhine thatVictor Hugo described as a “ship of stone”, also used itswell as adungeon?
...that on Christmas Eve 1942, in theTatsinskaya Raid, theRed Army's 24th Tank Corps captured the German airfield that was conducting theStalingrad relief airlift?
...that theYellow-shouldered Blackbird, a birdendemic to thearchipelago ofPuerto Rico, engages inanting, a behavior in which birds rubants on their feathers?
...that themummified remains of outlawHazel Farris helped raise funds for theBessemer Hall of History inBessemer, Alabama?
...thatThe Stewardesses, the most profitable3-D film in history, was notorious for still being edited during the first year of its showing in theaters?
...that French singerÉdith Piaf dedicated her recording of the song, "Non, je ne regrette rien", to theFrench Foreign Legion?

28 April 2006

06:45, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

...that, during half a millennium, theCroÿ family produced twocardinals, sevenbishops, ninefield marshals, twentygenerals, and thirty two knights of theOrder of the Golden Fleece?
...that the5th New York Volunteer Infantry suffered 330 casualties, including 120 dead, in eight minutes at theSecond Battle of Bull Run, the largest number of fatalities received by any federal infantry unit in the entireAmerican Civil War?
...that theRegimen sanitatis Salernitanum, amedieval didactic poem, was considered a scholarly medical work that was seriously discussed until the19th century?
...that inMiller v. Jackson theCourt of Appeal of England and Wales found that acricket club was liable innegligence andnuisance whensixes were hit over theboundary onto neighbouring property, and that it is best known for the lyrical dissenting judgment ofLord Denning,MR?

27 April 2006

07:14, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theEnglish Sundew, acarnivorous plant with wide distribution in thenorthern hemisphere, originated from a hybrid involving a plant with localized distribution in theGreat Lakes area?
...thatpitcher-outfielderClint Hartung was hyped asCooperstown-bound but played so poorly for theNew York Giants that his name has become synonymous with rookies who flop?
...thatProtmušis is aquizbowl competition that has been taking place inVilnius,Lithuania since1997?
...that a private citizen,Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, entirely funded the construction of theMahim Causeway, a major throughfare connecting the island city ofMumbai (Bombay) with its north-western suburbs?
...that theKryvbas economic region inUkraine is one of the largestiron ore andsteel industry centers inEurope?

26 April 2006

14:03, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theWillow Tearooms, designed byCharles Rennie Mackintosh, is the most famous of many newGlasgow tearooms opened in the early 20th century due to the emergence of theTemperance movement ?
...that in theBattle of Gdynia during thePolish September Campaign, the German armed forces capturedGdynia, an important port and industrial center of theSecond Polish Republic?
...that theSS leaderFelix Landau temporarily spared the life of the Jewish artistBruno Schulz, because Landau liked his art and wanted the artist to paint a set of murals for his young son's bedroom?
...that theFord Mustang SSP, in addition to being advertised by Ford as "chasingPorsches for a living", was also used as a pursuit car for theLockheed U2 spy plane?
...that inthe Night Attack skirmish,Vlad III Dracula is said to have been "one of the first European crusaders to use gunpowder in a deadly artistic way"?

25 April 2006

23:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

...that abull terrier namedStubby attained the rank ofsergeant duringWorld War I?
...thatKongara Jaggayya was the firstIndian film actor to be elected directly to theParliament?
...thatCamille Gravel, aLouisiana Democrat andcivil rights advocate, was highly influential in state and national politics despite never holding office?
...that theUruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s distinctly similar to theBritish Invasion, with rock bands fromUruguay rapidly gaining popularity inArgentina?
...that theBattle of the Lower Dnieper is considered to be one of the largestbattles in world history, involving almost 4,000,000 men on both sides and stretching on afront 1,400 kilometers wide?

06:30, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatmicrodistrict was a primary structural element of the residential area construction used in theSoviet Union?
...that SaintThomas Becket professed to owe a "debt of gratitude" toMargaret of Navarre, who was theregent ofSicily between1166 and1171?
...that less than ateaspoon of apesticide of theToxicity Class I (EPA system) can kill an adult person?
...thatWitold Dzierżykraj-Morawski, acolonel of thePolish Army, was one of the many prisoners murdered byNazi Germany inMauthausen-Gusen concentration camp?
...thatTroy VII is an archaeological layer ofTroy associated with the city's destruction during the legendaryTrojan War?

23 April 2006

17:49, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theSenyavin Islands ofMicronesia werenamed afterDmitry Senyavin, who destroyed theOttoman Fleet in theBattle of Athos in1807?
...thatThe Tanganyika Riflesmutinied in1964, seizing control ofTanganyika for days before surrendering to theRoyal Marines?
...that thecalls of theRed-throated Ant-Tanager, a noisypasserine bird native to theCaribbean, include a scoldingraaah or nasalpip pik, and the song is a throaty whistledcherry quick cherry quick cherry quick cherry quick?
...thatJefferson Pier inWashington, D.C. was asurvey monument for the firstmeridian of theUnited States, replacing one set byThomas Jefferson in1793, and that it was later used as amooring bollard on thePotomac River?
...that, during theBattle of Königsberg,German troops were subjected toSoviet propaganda, telling them that they were trapped in apocket and that their resistance was pointless?

22 April 2006

12:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

... thatIsaac Newton was so unhappy with the publication of hisArithmetica Universalis, he considered buying all the copies of the first edition so he could destroy them?
...that a pioneerautomobile manufacturer,August Duesenberg, went bankrupt after his failure to sell his firstmass produced vehicle, although hisrace cars had won seven of the first ten places in the 1920Indianapolis 500-mile race?
...that theBattle of Domašov during theSeven Years' War was the first big military success ofErnst Gideon von Laudon, which madePrussian KingFrederick the Great finish the siege ofOlomouc and leaveMoravia?
...thatRobin Philipson, former President of theRoyal Scottish Academy, was particularly renowned for hiscockfight paintings?
...that in1132George of Antioch was given the titleammiratus ammiratorum, which translates asAdmiral of Admirals inmodern English, but meantEmir of Emirs to contemporaries?

21 April 2006

10:31, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

...that the world's earliest-knownreservoirs were constructed by the people of the ancient city ofDholavira, which is located on an island inKutch?
...that, in thehistory of wound care, theAncient Greeks were the first to differentiate between acute and chronicwounds, calling them "fresh" and "non-healing", respectively?
...that thesepoys lost theCentral India Campaign (1858) because most of their officers were elderly men who had attained rank through seniority while seeing little action and receiving no training as leaders?
...that theBirdsville Races inQueensland,Australia used to have separateraces for horses that ategrass and those that atecorn?
... that theBogomil bishopNicetas went toLombardy in order to throw doubts on theCathars's spiritual succession to theApostles?

20 April 2006

16:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

...that in his poemDushenka, the 18th-centuryUkrainian-born poetIppolit Bogdanovich changed the setting ofApuleius's story aboutCupid and Psyche to a contemporaryRussian village?
... that the 1065-m longČrni Kal viaduct on theA1 highway is the longestviaduct inSlovenia?
... that abouchon is a type of traditionalrestaurant inLyon, serving suchdelicacies as pig's head cheese, tripe soup andandouillette?
... thatPeter the Great was the principaleditor of theVedomosti, the firstnewspaper printed inRussia?
... thatHugh Green received theWalter Camp Award and theLombardi Award, and was elected to theCollege Football Hall of Fame in1996?

18 April 2006

21:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

... that theNeo-Renaissancearchitectural style encompasses such dissimilar structures as theOpera Garnier andHôtel de Ville inParis, theNational Theatre inPrague, theReichstag inBerlin,Mentmore Towers nearLondon,Vladimir Palace inSaint Petersburg, and thePublic Library inBoston?
... that the111th Fighter Escadrille of thePolish Air Force successfully foiled an attack by theGerman Luftwaffe about an hour beforeWorld War II broke out inWesterplatte ?
... thatYueh Hai Ching Temple is the oldestTaoist temple inSingapore, andChinese Emperor Guang Xu presented aplaque to the temple in1907?
... thatWill Jefferson is probably the tallest professionalcricketer ever, at about 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall?
... thatPhilip II of Macedon used theSocial War (357-355 BC) as an opportunity to further the interests of hisMacedonian Empire in theAegean region?

17 April 2006

18:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

... that thechoir ofStavropoleos Church, anEastern Orthodox church in centralBucharest,Romania, sings (neo-)Byzantine music, now a rare occurrence for churches in Romania?
... thatArthropleuridea is anextinct class ofmyriapods which includes, at over 2 meters long, the largest terrestrialarthropods that ever lived?
... that KingJames IV of Scotland once usedMingarry Castle as a stronghold for fighting offclan Donald in the late15th century?
... that some call theAtchison County Historical Museum the "world's smallestpresidential library"?
... that during theAmerican Civil War, an earlyUnion steam torpedo boat,USSSpuyten Duyvil, was used to clear obstructions soPresident Lincoln could visit theConfederate capital ofRichmond, Virginia afterGeneral Lee's withdrawal?

02:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

... thatFrench-born artistJan Piotr Norblin is famous inPoland for illustrating many important historical moments of the last years of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and is considered one of the most importantpainters of thePolish Enlightenment?
... that theCanadian Parliament Buildings have housedseveral dozen stray cats since the1970s?
... that the2005-06 World Sevens Series inrugby sevens will be the first in seven seasons ofthe competition to be won by a team other thanNew Zealand?
... thatAustralia has aNational Public Toilet Map, allowing users to locate the 14,000 publictoilets across the country to four decimal places oflatitude andlongitude?

16 April 2006

09:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

...that CountNikolay Kamensky, aRussian commander in theRusso-Turkish War, 1806-1812, died after catching a fever on the battlefield?
...thatBASICODE programs were broadcast byradio for recording ontocompact audio cassettes, and could run on nearly all 8-bithome computers of the1980s?
...that theSardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial, which is located in theMoti Shahi Mahal inAhmedabad, was built by EmperorShahjahan and was formerly the residence of theGovernor ofGujarat?
...that in the 1936Siege of the Alcázar, around 1000Spanish Nationalists inToledo held amedieval castle for two months despite aerial and artillerybombardments and a sustained assault by 8000Republican troops?
...that theMiddle Awash is a site along theAwash River ofEthiopia in which some of the most famous extincthominids have been discovered?

15 April 2006

09:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatPeter of Eboli, a monk fromEboli, wrote the first book on thetherapeutic properties ofspa mineral waters around 1220?
...that aMercedes roadster was colloquially named after a wealthyGerman call girl,Rosemarie Nitribitt, who was murdered inFrankfurt in1957?
...thatStamp mills, first used during theRenaissance in such diverse industries aspaper making,oil-seed processing, andore refining, work to crush their material by repeatedly dropping heavy weights on them?
...thatIvan Shuvalov, who was a favourite ofEmpress Elizabeth, 27 years his senior, used his influence at court to establish the first permanenttheatre,university, andacademy of arts inRussia?
...that despite inherent design flaws, thePolish Navy ordered twoWicher-class destroyers from a French shipyard in order to help secure a line ofcredit for thePolish government?

14 April 2006

07:28, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

...that a workingsteam clock is located in theGastown district ofVancouver, British Columbia?
...that theAshfork-Bainbridge Steel Dam, one of only 3 suchsteel dams built in the United States, and located in theKaibab National Forest, is the only one still in service?
...that it took thirty railway cars to move theFersman Mineralogical Museum collections fromSaint Petersburg toMoscow in1934?
...that theSplittail, acyprinid fish native to theCentral Valley inCalifornia, is the sole living member of its genus?
...thatcanoe racerJosefa Idem, a1984 Olympic bronze medalist forWest Germany, later took anItalian citizenship and became the first female Olympic medalist in canoeing for her new country?
...that theBobby Goldsboro song "Honey" (1968), Goldsboro's first and only number-one hit on the U.S.Billboard Pop Singles Chart, frequently appears on "worst songs of all time" lists?

13 April 2006

16:12, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

...that the modern states ofArmenia andAzerbaijan occupy those territories that were conquered byIvan Paskevich fromPersia during theRusso-Persian War, 1826-1828?
...that theTrinity Church is a permanent building inAntarctica and the most southern church in the world?
...that theGujarat Vidyapith was founded in 1920 byMahatma Gandhi as a means to establish an education system for allIndians free ofBritish rule?
...thatmellah is a walledJewish quarter of a city inMorocco, an analogue of theEuropean ghetto?
...that theKirghiz novelThe Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years takes place over the course of one day and chronicles efforts of twocosmonauts, one American and one Soviet, to make contact withintelligent life from anotherplanet?
...that the reforms of theGreat Sejm in thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, based on theFrench revolution, were annulled by the military intervention of theRussian Empire?

12 April 2006

07:58, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

...that a detailedDevelopment Guide Plan exists for each ofSingapore's 55urban planning areas?
...that theRed Army conducted the successfulToropets-Kholm Operation in January 1942, threatening to encircle German Army Group Centre?
...that theculture of medieval Poland, the earliest stage ofPolish culture, was heavily influenced by theCatholic Church?
...thatWomen Strike for Peace played a crucial role in bringing down theHUAC and were acknowledged by bothU Thant andJohn F. Kennedy as a factor in the adoption of theLimited Test Ban Treaty?
...that theBharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, anIndian farm labourers movement, claims a membership of over 2.5 million?
...that theFrench light cruiserMarseillaise was sabotaged by her own crew onNovember 27,1942, in order to prevent theGermans from capturing the ship?

11 April 2006

13:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theGeneral Union of Syrian Women released a ground-breaking report on domestic violence against women in April 2006?
...thatBud Neill was aScottish newspapercartoonist whose best lovedstrip was set in "Calton Creek", a fictionalArizona outpost of thewild west populated withGlaswegians, including Sherriff "Lobey Dosser" who rode a two-legged horse?
...thatMasjid Omar Kampong Melaka is the oldestmosque in Singapore and was established in 1820, just a year after theBritish set up a trading post inSingapore?
... that theIllawarra Steam Navigation Company carrying passengers and freight fromSydney to the south coast ofNew South Wales,Australia, between 1850 and 1955, was known as the 'Pig and Whistle line' because it was said that the fleet ships would wait an hour for a pig but not a minute for a passenger?

01:17, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theScottish Fisheries Museum inAnstruther contains 66,000 exhibits, includingReaper, a 104-year old restoredfifie herring drifter?
...thatWilliam Hamilton, asurgeon ofBritish East India Company, cured theMughal emperorFarrukhsiyar from recurrent illness, thereby hastening the process of achieving the grant that allowed the company to legally trade inIndia?
...that thePrivat Group is one of the fewUkrainian companies that ownindustries in theUnited States?
...that thePeking Plan saved threedestroyers of thePolish Navy from imminent destruction at the beginning of theSecond World War?
...thatThe University of Texas School of Law has been involved in two separatecourt cases, one of which reached theSupreme Court, which significantly redefineduniversity admissions criteria across theUnited States?
...that theRusso-Persian War of 1796 was cancelled byTsar Paul I within one month after his ascension to theRussian throne?

10 April 2006

03:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatBohdan Khmelnytsky's sonYurii, who spent half his adult life as amonk, was repeatedly proclaimedHetman ofUkraine by various foreign powers?
...that theJugendweihe is asecular alternative toconfirmation inGermany and became aSocialist pledge in theatheist GDR?
...that completion of theWest Coast Highwayviaduct — the longest inSingapore — was delayed for more than two years because of thecontractor's financial problems?
...thatCharles Schepens, an influentialophthalmologist and regarded by many in the profession as "the father of modernretinal surgery", was also a leader in theNazi resistance movement?
...thatKatie Melua agreed to re-record her song "Nine Million Bicycles" (2005) in response to criticisms from physicistSimon Singh, who described itslyrics as "an insult to a century ofastronomical progress"?

9 April 2006

17:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatLinimo inAichi,Japan claims to be the world's first commercial automated"Urban Maglev" train, but it has to be shut down when it is toowindy?
...that thewars in Lombardy, fought betweenVenice andMilan from 1425 to the signing of theTreaty of Lodi in 1454, mark the emergence of five great Italian territorial states and the European concept of "balance of power"?
...thatMoritz Daniel Oppenheim, aGerman Jewish painter, is considered "the first Jewish painter" because his work was informed by his cultural and religious roots at a time when many of his contemporaries chose to convert?
...that many cases ofnuclear espionage are thought to have occurred since theManhattan Project?
...thatHenrik Hybertsson was theshipbuilder responsible for building theRegalskeppet Vasa, which sank on itsmaiden voyage and is now on display inVasa Museum inStockholm,Sweden?

09:56, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatStanisław Mokronowski was the fourth person to receive theVirtuti Militari, the highest Polishmilitary decoration?
...thatRobert Triffin predicted the reasons for the collapse of theBretton Woods System over ten years before it happened?
...thatDoctor Who spoofs range from a 1964 noveltyChristmas single by theGo-Go's called "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With ADalek" to two sketches onSaturday Night Live?
...that theWarsaw Arsenal was the scene of heavy fighting during theWarsaw Uprising of 1794?
...thatCatherine II'sInstruction to the Legislative Assembly was banned in pre-revolutionary 18th-centuryFrance as a "libertarian book"?

8 April 2006

17:38, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theSir Arthur Clarke Awards recogniseBritish achievement in thespace industry, and that the awards have the same proportions as themonolith from Clarke's2001: A Space Odyssey?
...that theFinnish Communist leaderArvo Tuominen broke with theSoviet Union during theWinter War and ordered theFinnish Communists not to assist theRed Army?
...that theEMAS has been so effective in monitoring traffic conditions onSingapore'sexpressways that theLTA removed mostSOS telephones from the expressways as a result?
...that theVanessa Carlton song "White Houses" (2004) provided the inspiration for acharity which aimed to raise money forHabitat for Humanity International?

03:43, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatCarrollton Viaduct inBaltimore, Maryland is the world's oldestrailway bridge still in use, and that itscornerstone was laid onJuly 4,1828?
...thatAnna Marly originally wroteChant des Partisans, the song that became the anthem of theFrench Resistance following the prohibition ofLa Marseillaise, inRussian?
...that the village ofCellardyke inFife,Scotland, is the site of the first confirmed case ofH5N1 avian flu in theUnited Kingdom, and was once home to a 200-strongfishing fleet?
...thatmethoxychlor is used as aninsecticide instead of the chemically relatedDDT because it apparently does not lead tobioaccumulation?
...that theAlcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, apart from being the seat of theSpanish Inquisition was also the meeting place betweenColumbus andIsabella before he made his voyage to theNew World in1492?

7 April 2006

17:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

...that1985's only super typhoon,Super Typhoon Dot, is the sixth-most intensetropical cyclone in terms of wind speed to affectBicol Region,Philippines between1947 and2004?
...that the explorerPeter Semenov of Tian Shan presided over theRussian Geographical Society for more than 40 years?
...thatPZL-230 Skorpionattack aircraft, cancelled in 1992, was one of the most ambitious airplane projects ofPoland?
...that ColonelPeter Egerton Warburton was a British explorer who crossed theGreat Sandy Desert inWestern Australia in 1873 bycamel?

05:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatGerman artistJohnny Friedlaender, after surviving internment inNazi concentration camps, taughtCarcan andBoulanger and continued his own career to gain international recognition?
...that aKatsa is a field intelligence officer of theMossad who collects information and runs agents, similar to the case officer of theCIA?
...that more than 30 km² of theLosiny Ostrov National Park forest fall within the boundaries ofMoscow?
...that retiredU.S. Air Force generalJohn Chain is the chairman of the board ofNorthrop Grumman, director ofR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and director ofConAgra Foods, Inc.?

6 April 2006

17:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

...that the m/42Swedish military bicycle became so popular when it was sold as surplus that a company was created to produce copies of it almost 50 years after production ended?
...thatRaul Macias, aCuban-Mexican boxer parlayed his popularity into a successful career intelenovelas?
...thatReturn from the Stars is regarded as the most optimistic ofStanisław Lem science fiction utopian novels?
...thatMarguerite Porete, author of the mystical textThe Mirror of Simple Souls, was burnt at the stake for heresy in1310?
...that despite its name, theAustralian Mathematics Competition receives entries from 38 countries and that the students are ranked with respect to other students in their states, not all ofAustralia?
...that theChontalMaya ofTabasco,Mexico, consider themselves the direct descendants of theOlmec civilization?

03:17, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

...that across was found amidst the debris of theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks?
...thatChandra Prakash Mainali, who led an armedMaoist revolt in easternNepal in1971, later served as Minister of Local Development in1994-95?
...that theflèche is an aggressivefencing attack generally used with thefoil andépée weapons, and is actually illegal to use with thesabre underUSFA rules?
...that in their final mission ofWorld War II,No. 453 Squadron RAAF escorted the aircraft that returnedQueen Wilhelmina to theNetherlands after she spent three years in exile inBritain?
...thatJohn Weston became a published poet after retiring from his post asAmbassador to the United Nations?

5 April 2006

18:02, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

...that during theMoscow Uprising of 1682, two maternal uncles of the 9-year-oldtsar Peter I werelynched in his presence?
...that the1963 Federal Election in Australia was the first election where allIndigenous Australians could vote?
...thatWilliam G. McGowan underwent aheart transplant while serving as chairman ofMCI Communications?
...that theNigerian Baptist Convention is the third largest Baptist convention of theBaptist world?
...thatNig Cuppy, having scored five runs against theChicago Colts onAugust 9 1895, holds the record for most runs scored by apitcher in a major leaguebaseball game?

05:43, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theAlexander Nevsky Cathedral(pictured), by the time of its construction in1912 was the tallest building inWarsaw,Poland, but was demolished less than 15 years after its construction, in the mid-1920s?
...thatPhilip J. Perry, theGeneral Counsel for theU.S. Department of Homeland Security, is the son-in-law ofVice President Dick Cheney?
...that theirony mark is an atypicalpunctuation mark that, along with others, has been featured in someFrench artistic and literary publications to denote typographically different meanings in sentences?
...that theKaroo National Park inSouth Africa is a leading force in the resettling of theBlack Rhinoceros andRiverine Rabbit back into the wild?
...that theMillennium Monument inNovgorod, weighing more than 65 tons, incorporates bronze sculptures of 129 eminent figures inRussian history?

4 April 2006

18:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatAmerican painterJulian Scott entered the Third Vermont Regiment duringAmerican Civil War at the age of 15 and four years later was awarded theCongressional Medal of Honor?
...thatvideokeratography is anon-invasive medical imaging technique for mapping the surface topology of thecornea?
...that theNorthland Center opened in1954 and was theUnited States' first suburbanshopping mall?
...that theMutsun language, became an extinctNative American language in1930 mainly because of the Spanish missionaries who made the Mutsun learn theSpanish language?
...that theKingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge opened in 1921 to completeU.S. Route 9W, was built in part by a femalewelder?
...that theRussian clownSlava Polunin celebrated the 20th anniversary of his theater by organizing its funerals?

05:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

...that the decoration of the9th-century AsturianLa Cava Bible is limited to fourcrosses, elaborateinitials, and frames surroundingexplicits and titles?
...that the songJustified and Ancient, byThe KLF (and their aliasThe JAMs), featured regularly in their work from 1987 to 1991, and was a statement of rebellion inspired by characters fromThe Illuminatus! Trilogy novels?
...that theBattle of Lechaeum was the first battle inancient Greek history in which heavy infantry, orhoplites, were defeated by spear throwers, orpeltasts?
...thatSir Richard Wild, at the age of 54, was the youngestChief Justice of New Zealand since1875?
...that theChurch of the Twelve Apostles in theMoscow Kremlin was consecrated in1656 as a domestic church ofPatriarch Nikon?
...that theAutumn of Nations, which began inPoland, marked the end of theCold War?

3 April 2006

17:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

...thatKajetan Sołtyk, 18th centuryBishop of Cracow, an important politician in thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, was eventually declared insane by his political opponents and removed from power?
...thatSouvenir of Their Visit to America was the firstBeatles' EP released in America, but did not chart?
...that theAzerbaijani geologistFarman Salmanov, who discovered hugeoil fields of WesternSiberia in1961, was awarded the title ofHero of Socialist Labor at the unusually young age of 37?
...that theFoxglove was chosen as thecounty flower for four differentU.K.counties in a competition run by the plant conservation charityPlantlife in 2002?
...that afterEgyptian land reform individual land ownership inEgypt was limited to a maximum of 200feddans?
...that at the end ofWorld War II, ten German nuclear scientists were detained andwiretapped at a house in England as part ofOperation Epsilon in order to determine how close the Nazis had come to building anatomic bomb?

04:29, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

...that the city ofTashkent was formerly surrounded by a 25-kilometer-long wall featuringtwelve city gates?
...thatDining in refers to a formal military dinner, a practice thought to have begun in16th Century England in monasteries and universities, adopted by theBritish Army during the18th Century and revived in theU.S. Military duringWorld War II?
...thatArcady Boytler was born inRussia but produced some of the most successfulfilms of theGolden age of the cinema of Mexico?
...that whilenoise mitigation consists of numerous strategies to reduce environmental sound levels, a major breakthrough is thehybrid vehicle in moderate speed operation?
...that while the monthly average rainfall forOahu inAugust is 0.8inches,1959'sHurricane Dot dumped 2.66 inches of rain over the island?
...that theRussian imperialField MarshalPeter Lacy started his military career at the age of 13,defending Limerick during theWilliamite war in Ireland?

2 April 2006

15:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

...that before restoringferry service across theHudson River betweenNewburgh andBeacon,NY Waterway had to strengthen the boat'shull so it could withstand riverice?
...that although the parents ofJuan Bautista Rael, aStanford University professor and folklorist, sent him away for schooling due to limited educational options in their town, he focused his academic career on the folk plays and religious songs of that region?
...that such characters of medievalromance asPalamedes,Dinadan, andLamorak make their first appearance in theprose romance of Tristan?
...that in1827, the only open pitamber mine in the world was established inYantarny?
...that theRussian AdmiralSamuel Greig died days after his most famous victory—theBattle of Hogland?
...thatSaint Jack, a 1979 fictionfilm about aprostitute inSingapore and the onlyHollywood film about Singapore to be shoton location, was banned in the country until 2006?

03:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

...that theOstrog Bible of1580 was the first complete printed edition of theBible in aSlavic language?
...that theArctic Region Supercomputing Center is the northernmostsupercomputer cluster in the world?
...thatWerowocomoco was the chief village of thePowhatan Confederacy inVirginia where CaptainJohn Smith of Jamestown was rescued from execution byPocahontas, daughter ofChief Powhatan?
...that thepseudonymous author of the defunctleft-wing muckraker blogMedia Whores Online has not yet been identified?
...thatProclamation of Połaniec from 1794, abolishingserfdom inPoland, is regarded as the most famouslegal act of theKościuszko Uprising?
...that theSanta Fe Pacific Railroad was a subsidiary of theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway that operated inArizona,New Mexico andCalifornia fromJuly 1,1897 tillJuly 1,1902?

00:04, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

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...thatQueen Elizabeth II(pictured) once worked as a lorry driver?
...thatBritish Rail had a design for aflying saucer?
...that consumers ofcasu marzu, aSardinian cheese, are advised to wear eye protection while enjoying it, since the livemaggots inhabiting the cheese can jump 15 cm?
...that inSweden, a court ruled that thenameBrfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 was unacceptable?

1 April 2006

03:15, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

...that the firstSlavonic translations of the Bible were prepared bySaints Cyril and Methodius in the9th century?
...that the level ofcopyright protection of photographs in Switzerland depends, among other things, on whether the image constitutes an "individual expression ofthought"?
...that there were six claimants for the title ofRoman Emperor in theYear of the Six Emperors (AD 192–193)?
...that theGlasgow Inner Ring Road was only half complete when it was abandoned in1980, leaving several incompletejunctions, one of which ends abruptly in mid-air?
...that J.S. Bach's renownedGoldberg Variations was named for 14-year-old virtuoso harpsichordist and composerJohann Gottlieb Goldberg?

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