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31 March 2006

12:42, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

...that the termCicisbei refers to legal and generally respected companions and often lovers of married women in eighteenth-centuryItaly?
...that researchers are studying the waters ofSoap Lake inWashington with the hope of learning aboutlife on Mars?
...that theCity of London Yeomanry was a regiment of the BritishTerritorial Army which served at various times as acavalry,infantry,artillery,anti-aircraft, andarmoured unit, and now forms asquadron of theRoyal Corps of Signals?
...thatGeorge Mason University basketball coachJim Larranaga motivated his players in their2006 NCAA regional final by telling them their opponents from theUniversity of Connecticut didn't know whatconference they were in?

30 March 2006

17:58, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatRusumo Falls was a significant site during the1994 Rwandan genocide as thousands of dead bodies flowed underneath the bridge while a simultaneous stream ofrefugees crossed over it, fleeing intoTanzania to escape the fighting?
...thatJan Andrzej Morsztyn, now recognized as one of the leading poets ofPolish baroque, considered his career as acourtier much more important than that of a poet?
...that, before he wasPresident of the United States,Herbert Hoover was married at theRoyal Presidio Chapel inMonterey, California?
...thatPerry Greeley Holden was the firstprofessor ofagronomy in theUnited States?

05:30, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatAmantaní, an island onLake Titicaca, is also known as the "Island of theKantuta", thenational flower ofPeru andBolivia?
...thatJean Armand de Lestocq, a Frenchphysician, wielded immense influence on the foreign policy ofRussia during the early reign ofEmpress Elizabeth?
...that whenJester Center was built in 1969, it was the largestdormitory inNorth America, the largest building inAustin, Texas, and the largest building project by theUniversity of Texas at Austin?
...that theLieven princely family claims descent fromCaupo of Turaida, one of the firstLivonians to convert toChristianity?
...that we know aboutLatin profanity from bothgraffiti atPompeii, and from the poems ofMartial,Catullus, andHorace?

29 March 2006

17:31, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatRepnin Sejm of1767-68 inPoland was so named after theRussian Empire ambassador Nicholas Repnin, who coerced theSejm (Polishparliament) into accepting his demands?
...that the recentCapitol Hill massacre is regarded as the worst mass-killing inSeattle since the1983 Wah Mee Massacre?
...that theGolden Charter of Bern — thebull that madeBerne,Switzerland, anImperial Free City in1218 — is now considered to have beenforged decades later by the Bernese themselves to confirm the rights they had seized?
...thatAdwaita, the reportedly 255-year-oldAldabra Giant Tortoise that recently died inKolkata zoo, was a pet ofRobert Clive, theCommander-in-Chief, India ofBritish East India Company?

05:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatCuicocha is acrater lake in theEcuadorian Andes which was created by a massivePhreatic eruption in the11th century BC?
...thatLantian Man, who was discovered inChina in1963, precededPeking Man by several hundred thousand years?
...thatThe Impressions' 1967 single"We're a Winner", written byCurtis Mayfield, was a socially conscious song which became an anthem for theAmerican Civil Rights movement?
...thatADMA, a chemical found in human blood, produces adverse effects that may lead tocardiovascular disease,diabetes anderectile dysfunction?

28 March 2006

08:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatEmperor Paul ofRussia ordered the name of his mistressAnna Lopukhina to be given to warships and to be inscribed on the standards of hisLeib Guard?
...that the seal emblazoned on theflag of Nashville, Tennessee displays a Native American holding askull that is believed to beOconostota, former leading Chief of theCherokee Nation?
...that theWestfield Brandon is one of fiveshopping malls in theU.S. state ofFlorida managed by theAustralian Westfield Group?
...that in anengagement on Lake Huron, a smallBritish force captured twoAmerican gunboats in the summer of 1814?

27 March 2006

18:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

...that thearrano beltza, the black eagleflag of theBasque nationalist movement, derives from theseal used bySancho III of Navarre a thousand years ago?
...thatsoil conservation was first practiced by thePhoenicians, and today it embraces disciplines such ashydrology,microbiology andsoil chemistry research?
...thatNorth Berwick Harbour was built in the 12th century as a ferry port forSt. Andrews bound pilgrims, while Pagans believe "Satan himself" once worshipped on the Harbour's "Auld Kirk Green"?
...that whileAleksandra Pakhmutova composed pieces for thesymphony orchestra and aballet, her fame in the formerSoviet Union rests primarily on 400 songs she composed back in the1960s and1970s?
...thatDeneb is the only character to appear in all four of Quest's video games in theOgre Battle series?

05:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatNatalia Goncharova, the wife of the poetAlexander Pushkin, was rumoured to have had a liaison withNicholas I of Russia after the death of her husband?
...that in the 26 uses of thePage playoff system in championshipcurling tournaments, only once has a third- or fourth-placed team won the tournament?
...thatSarat Chandra Bose, the brother ofSubhash Chandra Bose attempted to obtain independence for a unitedBengal withMuslim leaderHuseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in1947?
...that theWashington Hebrew Congregation is aReform Jewish congregation in theDistrict of Columbia that has operated continuously since its formation onApril 25,1852, by twenty-one members?
...that the long-runningGerman TV showAktenzeichen XY... ungelöst is the only Germantelevision format to have entered theUnited States, where it is produced byFox asAmerica's Most Wanted?

26 March 2006

07:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatPolish bishopJózef Andrzej Załuski, foundedZałuski Library, one of the largest18th century European libraries?
...that theKorzhenevskaya Peak inTajikistan is one of the five "Snow Leopard Peaks" of the formerSoviet Union?
...that an estimated 892Edsel Bermudastation wagons were produced before the model was dropped after a single year of production?
...that famous Russian painterIlya Repin contributed to theRussian connections in Australia by helping to create theOrthodox Church ofSaint Vladimir on Robertson Road inSydney?
...thatGessius Florus became theRoman procurator ofJudea due to his wife's friendship withEmperor Nero's wifePoppaea?

25 March 2006

13:56, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theRoyal Navy operated a secret training andanti-submarine warfare base atSeacliff inScotland duringWorld War I?
...thatAndrey the Elder, brother ofIvan III, sponsored the construction of the first stone edifices in his capital,Uglich?
...thatHistoric Jamestowne is aNational Historic Site on Jamestown Island on theJames River atJamestown, Virginia operated by theColonial National Historical Park of theU.S. National Park Service?
...that theAzerbaijani singerMuslim Magomayev, who sang with great success atLa Scala and theParis Olympia, was not allowed to pursue an international career by the Soviet Ministry of Culture?

24 March 2006

19:16, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

...that thePeruvian villagePísac gets its name from a ruinedIncan citadel which represents the wing of apartridge?
...thatMarcos Daniel is the highest placedBrazilian tennis player onATP's ranking despite not winning any official ATP tournament?
...that the1859McLane-Ocampo Treaty would have given theUnited States extensivefree trade andtransit rights acrossMexico and the right of militaryintervention, in exchange for a$4 million loan to theBenito Juarez government then fighting acivil war, but was never ratified byCongress?
...that automatedCPR machines such asAutoPulse are used to treatcardiac arrest in bothhumans andanimals?
...that in the course of theCrimean War, the British and French Navies undertook three attemptsto lay a siege to the town ofTaganrog?
...that the official death date of the Soviet statesmanNikolai Bryukhanov (1878-1938) was changed to1943 as part ofKhruschev's policy to minimize the scope of theGreat Purge by falsifying the dates of its victims' deaths?

03:33, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theChinese House inPotsdam wasFrederick the Great's attempt to follow the contemporaryChinese fashion, which originated inFrance?
...that diamond magnateWoolf Barnato won the24 Hours of Le Mans three times, and in 1930 won a race across France in hisBentley againstLe Train Bleu?
...that theTV Land Awards have been awarded annually since2003 by theTV Land network to reward classictelevision?
...thatNew Mexico'sCarson National Forest, named afterKit Carson, containsAnasazi artifacts?
...that theglobal stratotype for thePrecambrian-Cambrian boundary is a cliff atFortune Head, southeasternNewfoundland?
...thatTom Stoppard's playRough Crossing is a loose adaptation ofHungarian dramatistFerenc Molnár'sPlay at the Castle?

23 March 2006

17:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

...that due to the legend which states that "as long asDavie Poplar doesn't fall, theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will continue to prosper," the tree has been filled withcement?
...that the scarf worn by members of theYoung Pioneers, the nationalyouth organization of theCommunist Party of China, corresponds to a triangle that is missing from one of its flags?
...that theHarold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering of thePennsylvania State University, founded in 1908, was the firstindustrial engineering department in the world?
...that theBoy Scouts of America50-Miler Award, given to those whohike orpaddle 50 or moremiles, is designed to encourage personalfitness,self-reliance, and a practical understanding ofconservation?
...thatMarcel Boulestin, who appeared on theBBC's experimentaltelevision broadcasts in 1937 was the first televisionchef?

06:09, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

...that environmentalnoise health effects place millions of people at risk ofhearing loss,cardiovascular disease or even abnormalfetal development?
...that the playFifth of July byLanford Wilson explores the disillusionment of former Americananti-war activists in the wake ofVietnam andWatergate?
...thatSurendranath Banerjea founded theIndian National Association, the first Indian political organization inBritish-ruled 19th-centuryIndia?
...thatLangley Park makesPerth the only city in the world whereaircraft can land in thecentral business district?
...that CommanderEdwin Taylor Pollock became the first Americangovernor of the U.S. Virgin Islands by beating the commander of theUSSOlympia in arace toSaint Thomas?

22 March 2006

17:30, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theWhite House Tee Ball Initiative was created byPresident George W. Bush to promotebaseball andsoftball by allowing youthTee Ball events on the grounds of theWhite House in2001?
...thatPrasoon Joshi, an award-winningadvertising executive is also alyricist forBollywood movies?
...that theVanessa Carlton song "A Thousand Miles" became popular amongstU.S. troops serving in the2003 Invasion of Iraq, and was the most requested song on the radio stationBFBS Middle East in April 2003?
...that only 6% of Pacifichurricanes make landfall on theUnited States, and that the state ofArizona isaffected by a tropical cyclone only about once every five years?
...thatLudwig Fahrenkrog was aGerman artist who founded one of the firstneopagan religious groups, theGermanic Faith-Community, in 1907?
...thatGideon Brecher (1797 -1873) was aJewish Austrian physician andwriter who wrote what is most likely the first scholarly article oncircumcision,Die Beschneidung der Israeliten, etc., in1845?

08:29, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatMarie Palace (1839-44) was the lastNeoclassical imperialpalace to be constructed inSaint Petersburg,Russia?
...that some elements of theJules Verne adventure storyTwo Years' Vacation are to be found inWilliam Golding'sLord of the Flies, written 66 years later?
...thatSatyajit Ray, the notedIndian film director, alsowrote popular fiction, especiallydetective stories andscience fiction inBengali?
...that acuttie-stool is theLowland Scots name for a three leggedstool that was thrown byJenny Geddes at the Dean ofSt Giles High Kirk, in protest at the introduction ofAnglican style prayer books in 1637?
...thatBeekman Winthrop, the thirdAmerican Governor of Puerto Rico, was a direct descendant of bothJohn Winthrop, the firstGovernor of Massachusetts, andJohn Winthrop, the Younger, the firstGovernor of Connecticut?

21 March 2006

17:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

...that the French inventorFélix du Temple accomplished in1874 a short flight with his steam-powered aircraftMonoplane, often considered the first manned powered flight in history?
...thatSillustani is a pre-Incan burial ground with burial towers known aschullpas?
...that when theBritish Army attacked theAgra Fort in1803, acannon ball fired by the artillery struck theTakht-i-Jahangir (throne ofJahangir), but only caused a superficial crack on one side?
...thatParlophone's "?" trademark, made famous onThe Beatles UK records, is actually not theBritish pound sign, but a Germanic "L" for the Lindstrom inCarl Lindstrom Company?
...that thoughthe territories of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth decreased from 1620s tillits end, the number of itsprovincial governors kept increasing, as theoffices of a lost province could not be dissolved?

03:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatBalchug island oppositeMoscow Kremlin takes its name from theTatar word for "marsh"?
...thatSanford N. McDonnell, the chairman emeritus ofMcDonnell Douglas Corporation, is also a past national president of theBoy Scouts of America?
...that mostknights of theMiddle Ages worechausses as leg protection?
...thatTony Saunders was the first player selected in theexpansion draft whenMajor League Baseball added teams in 1997?
...thatGeorgia’s capitalTbilisi functioned as the center of anIslamicemirate under theArab rule from736 to1122?
...that historianDoane Robinson conceived of the idea ofMount Rushmore in order to attract greatertourism toSouth Dakota?

20 March 2006

17:10, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatImbabura is an inactivestratovolcano in northernEcuador which is revered in localfolklore as a protective parent?
...that theRonald Reagan Trail is a collection of highways in centralIllinois that connect villages and cities that were of importance to formerUnited States President Ronald Reagan?
...that in1978, the nitrate-base film vaults of both theUS National Archives andGeorge Eastman House autoignited?
...that theVietnamese "poet of love"Xuân Diệu wrote a poem about the love affair between theFrench poetsArthur Rimbaud andPaul Verlaine, fueling speculations that he himself washomosexual?
...that theWashoe Theater inAnaconda, Montana was the lastArt Deco theater constructed in the United States?
...thatAlonso Manso was the firstbishop to arrive in theNew World and also the first Inquisitor General of the Indies?

03:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

... that a1906 football match between a team of youngsters fromKraków and the troupe ofBuffalo Bill's Wild West Show is one of the milestones in thehistory of football in Poland?
...that thehistory of Berne, theSwiss capital, begins not with her founding in1191, but with theHelvetian oppidumBrenodor thatCaesar conquered in theGallic Wars?
...thatSir Henry Segrave's accomplishments inspired theSegrave Trophy, which is awarded to theBritish subject who accomplishes the most outstanding demonstration of the possibilities of transport by land, sea, air or water?
...that theboojum phenomenon insuperfluidity physics is named after an imaginary monster in apoem byLewis Carroll?

19 March 2006

10:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
...that in1977,K. Leroy Irvis ofPennsylvania became the firstBlack American to serve as aspeaker of the house in anystate legislature in theUnited States?
...thatThe Falling Man is a photograph byRichard Drew depicting a man who had jumped from theWorld Trade Center during theSeptember 11, 2001 terrorist attacks inNew York?
...that the eminent Russianculinary writerWilliam Pokhlebkin was in fact a notable expert in the history ofdiplomacy, but also the author ofA History of Vodka, and that his name was thought to be apen name?

07:59, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
...thatDoe Lang, who performed onBroadway and appeared in TV soaps, also authored best-sellingself-help books and is the president of an image consulting firm?

17 March 2006

18:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatRoadway air dispersion modeling was developed in the late 1960s and applied to two controversial major highway court cases in Virginia and New Jersey by 1971?
...thatEdwin Maher was the first non-Chinese television journalist to be a news anchor on China's state-runChina Central Television?
...that the plot of the award-winningStar Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Inner Light" is similar to that of the Japanese folktaleThe Dream of Akinosuke?
...thatUniversity of Texas at Austin professorJonathan Sessler developed molecules called "texaphyrins," used to treat neoplastic and cardiovascular disease and named after their resemblance to thestate flag of Texas?

11:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatSaint Stephen of Perm invented thePermian alphabet for theKomi people in order to facilitate their education and eventual conversion toChristianity?
...thata recent cricket match saw therecord for highest team total for a singleinnings inOne-day Internationals broken by both the teams, and has been called the greatest ODI match ever by much of thecricket media?
...that theprosauropod dinosaurEfraasia was misidentified at least four times before being recognized as a separategenus?
...thatHakeem Olajuwon was the last player to be namedMost Outstanding Player of theNCAA men's basketball tournament while playing for a team that failed to win the title, earning the honor in the1983 tournament?

04:56, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

...that while the gold ceiling mosaics that gave the basilica ofSan Pietro in Ciel d'Oro inPavia its name are no longer present, it still contains tombs such as those of SaintAugustine mentioned byDante inIl Paradiso?
...that theDaytona Beach Road Course was the site of fifteenworld land speed records, and the course was instrumental in the formation ofNASCAR?
...that theBattle of Krasny Bor was aWorld War II battle in which neutralSpain assistedGermany with an all volunteerinfantry division?
...thatApple Computer'sPowerBook 5300 got the nickname "HindenBook" after theLithium ion batteries used in the original design were shown to burst into flames under certain circumstances?

16 March 2006

18:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

...that "The Grange" inUpper Manhattan was the only home ever owned byAlexander Hamilton, and that he died only two years after theFederal style house was completed in1802?
...that theGreat Rose Bowl Hoax was a1961 prank by students at theCalifornia Institute of Technology that was broadcast byNBC to an estimated 30 million viewers in theUnited States?
...thatcosmonauts such asGrigori Nelyubov, dismissed from theSoviet space program, wereairbrushed out of official photographs, leading to earlyCold War speculation of failed missions even when the actual reasons for dismissal were sometimes mundane?
...that during theGothic War in the4th century, theGoths killed aRoman Emperor, destroyed aRoman army and laid waste large tracts of the RomanBalkans?

06:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theRibbon of Saint George is worn inRussia onVictory Day as an act of commemoration of the Soviet victory in theGreat Patriotic War?
...that theWissenschaft des Judentums or "the scientific investigation of Judaism", was a19th century movement byJewish philosophers inBerlin premised on using scientific methods to analyze the origins of Jewish traditions?
...that a house was held to be haunted bypoltergeists as a matter of law in the 1991New York caseStambovsky v. Ackley, making theNyack, New York house the only legally haunted house in the United States?
...that theBritish Rail flying saucer was an unbuiltnuclear fusion poweredspace craft, proposed andpatented in the1970s byBritish Rail?

15 March 2006

18:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theASTRA National Museum Complex includes 90 hectares of exhibits aboutTransylvania, but also includes objects such as anAncient Egyptian mummy?
...thatNorway's firstregional theatre, theHålogaland Teater, used to be housed in a disusedmargarine factory in theArctic Circle town ofTromsø?
...that severalTurkic nomads of theKipchak clan settled inGeorgia in1118 andserved in the Georgian military ranks for nearly two centuries?
...thatHurricane Felix in 1995 was a moderately powerful hurricane that, despite not making landfall, caused severe beach erosion and 8 deaths along theEast Coast of the United States?

04:42, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theAscension Convent in theMoscow Kremlin, known as a traditional burial place of Muscovitetsarinas, was dismantled in1929 to make room for the Red Commanders School?
...that folkloristKathryn Tucker Windham's most famous book,13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, is named after aghost that Windham believed haunted her home?
...thatWilliam Burnet,Governor ofNew Jersey andNew York, obtained his position of governorship by trading his job as comptroller of the customs withRobert Hunter?
...that over 5,000Rosenwald Schools in theUnited States were built primarily for the education ofAfrican Americans with funds donated byJulius Rosenwald, who was part-owner ofSears, Roebuck and Company?

14 March 2006

08:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

... that thespangenhelm was the most popular war helmet in Europe and the Middle East during the earlyMiddle Ages?
...thatJanuary 26th, which in1950 became theRepublic Day of India, was also the day of the promulgation ofPurna Swaraj Declaration in1930?
... that the Soviet ideologue and foreign ministerDmitri Shepilov denouncedjazz androck music as "wild cave-men orgies" and the "explosion of basic instincts and sexual urges"?
... that the nameJapanese War Tuba was a name applied to the acoustic locators used byJapan duringWorld War II?
... thatRichard Ingoldesby,Governor of New Jersey, caused the defeat of a bill to raise 200 men for an invasion ofCanada in order to remove theQuakers from all public offices in New Jersey?

13 March 2006

17:27, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

...that rumour had it thatHugh Owen Thomas, pioneer of Britishorthopaedic surgery, would attack people and break their bones in order to reset them?
...that therace movie, agenre of films produced forblack audiences and featuring black casts, was very popular among African Americans in theUnited States between1915 and1945?
...that thealuminum smelting plant inTursunzade is the largest aluminum manufacturing plant inCentral Asia?
...that the oldest written constitution of a Greek city was discovered in an inscription atDreros inCrete?
...that theCouncil of Nablus, held in thecrusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in1120, established punishments foradultery,bigamy,homosexuality, and sexual relations withMuslims?

10:13, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theAllies broke through the largestGerman entrenched position inWorld War One at theBattle of the Hindenburg Line?
...that the compound4-ethylphenol, produced by the spoilageyeastBrettanomyces, can makewine smell likeband-aids?
...thatjazz singerIlse Huizinga is known in theNetherlands as theFirst Lady of Jazz?
...that thePickens County Courthouse inCarrollton, Alabama is famous for the ghostly image of a murdered man's face that can be seen in one of its windows?
...that theAfghan Church inMumbai was built to commemorate the dead of theFirst Afghan War of1838?
...that theAncient Greeks creditedBroteas, the ugly son ofTantalus, with an ancient rock-cut cliff-face carving of theGreat Mother of the Gods in modernTurkey?

02:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theGreat Atlanta fire of 1917 destroyed 300 acres and nearly 2,000 buildings and was put out with help fromfire engines as far away asKnoxville, Tennessee?
...thatJerry Reuss was one of a few players inMajor League Baseball history to play in four different decades?
...thatSuper typhoon Nancy is one of theeight typhoons to receive a special name from theJapan Meteorological Agency?
...that the recently discovered deep-seadecapodKiwa hirsuta was dubbed theyeti crab by its discoverers on account of its hairy appearance?
...thatMatvei Muranov was one of the fewOld Bolsheviks to survive theGreat Purge?

10 March 2006

17:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

...that although thePark Theatre was considered the highest-class playhouse inNew York,Edgar Allan Poe criticized it for being infested byrats?
...thatStephanie von Hohenlohe, aJew, was a close friend ofHitler and according to aMI6 report, perhaps the only woman who could exercise influence on him?
...that thedocu-dramaThe Road to Guantanamo, depicting the incarceration of three British detainees atGuantanamo Bay, is the first film to be released simultaneously in theatres, on DVD and on the Internet?
...that the earlycontact lens pioneerAugust Müller demonstrated his technique for grindingscleral lenses by correcting his own severemyopia?
...thatRamy Brooks, a competitor in the 1,049mi 2006 Iditarod dog sled race acrossAlaska, is one of the fewNative Alaskans competing in the event?

11:03, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

...that a steam-powered locomotive built specifically by theNew York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1893 for itsEmpire State Express passenger train was the first manmade object on wheels to exceed 100 miles-per-hour?
...that at its first yearsKiev Zoo had to move its animals into the food storage of the mainKiev railway station for the winter?
...that an agent of theMalaysian Special Branch so successfully infiltrated theMalayan Communist Party that he was in turn ordered by them to infiltrate the Special Branch?
...thatTom Cousineau was drafted first overall in the1979 NFL Draft by theBuffalo Bills, but never played a game with them?
...thatBonnybridge, forming part of the "Falkirk Triangle" inScotland, is considered by manyUFO enthusiasts to be world's number one UFO hotspot, with around 300 sightings every year?

03:40, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

...that inlocal gigantism, parts of a limb can take gigantic shapes, without affecting other parts of the body?
...thatBhulabhai Desai negotiated a secret power-sharing deal withLiaquat Ali Khan in1945 that would have prevented thepartition of India and the creation ofPakistan?
...that theRenaissance composerCornelis Verdonck wrote the only knownmotet written to be performed on the back of anelephant?
...that while thefemale andmale sexual organs ofCongdon silktassel are on separate plants, it is the pendant male catkins that are more showy?
...that anIndo-Corinthian capital is aBuddhist adaption of the GreekCorinthian capital, often incorporating images of theBuddha?

9 March 2006

14:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theLübeck Cathedral collapsed during an Allied bomb raid in1942 but was subsequently restored?
...that theGerman hip-hop crewFünf Sterne Deluxe made their 1999 comeback with the single "Ja Ja..., deine Mudder", a German take onthe dozens?
... thatStony Clove Notch, apass in theCatskill Mountains, was once so narrow that it could only be traversed by people walking in singlefile?
...theSiege of Compiègne wasJoan of Arc's final military action?
...thatbotanistTomitaro Makino, despite dropping out of grammar school, named over 2500 plants and is known as the "Father of Japanese Botany"?

04:09, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theCossack Hetman and the laterMuscovite voyevodaPetro Doroshenko signed a treaty withSultan Mehmed IV recognizing theCossack Hetmanate as avassal of theOttoman Empire?
...that until1988, a woman could apply for and receive anAustralian Passport in her future married name, before she was actually married?
...that theItalian scholarGirolamo Maggi wrote and illustrated two detailedtreatises, from memory, while chained in a dungeon inIstanbul?
...that a fall ofred rain in Kerala in2001 might have containedmicrobes ofextraterrestrial origin?
...that theMexican actressLeticia Palma's dispute withJorge Negrete led to the end of a career described as "one of the most interesting presences" of thecinema of Mexico?

8 March 2006

12:52, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatKlarälven,Sweden's longest river, was the last Swedish river wherelog driving was practiced, ending in1991?
...thatHieronymus Bosch paintings helped inspire theSurrealist movement?
...thatBlanton C. Winship, a veteran ofSpanish-American War andWorld War I survived an assassination attempt while he wasGovernor of Puerto Rico in 1938?
...thatTran Duc Thao, aVietnamese philosopher, attempted to reconcileMarxist philosophy'sdialectical materialism withHusserlian phenomenology?
...thatgastric lymphoma is the most commonlymphoma affecting thegastrointestinal tract?

04:56, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatPeter Joseph Lenné's gardening academy inPotsdam was the first school to formally teach garden architecture?
...thatMustelus hacat is a species ofsmooth-hound shark discovered in 2003 in theSea of Cortez, off the coast ofMexico?
...that theEpiscopal Diocese of Dallas was formed inDecember 20,1895, when the Missionary District of NorthernTexas was granteddiocesan status and that it now includes more than seventyparishes and schools in the diocese?
...that inIslam,Tahrif is the charge thatJewish andChristian holy books have been subject to change, alteration orforgery?

7 March 2006

15:40, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatAnna of Kashin, aRussian medieval princess, was twicecanonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives?
...thatClarence L. "Biggie" Munn wasMichigan State University's most successfulfootball coach with a winning percentage of 85.7 over seven years, including a 28-game winning streak fromOctober 14,1950 throughOctober 17,1953?
...that theEnglish Canal was a partially completedcanal project started in1864 that would connect theiron ore fields in northernSweden with theGulf of Bothnia?
...thatThe Exile, the firstAfrican American talking film, was a semi-autobiographical film about a Black rancher inSouth Dakota, with elements of interracial romance and some nightclub scenes set inChicago?

03:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatCatherine the Great wrote several comedies and an operalibretto for the productions of theHermitage Theatre inSaint Petersburg?
...thatJatin Das, anIndian freedom fighter, died after sixty three days ofhunger strike demanding rights for prisoners and undertrials inLahore jail in1929?
...thatThe Observatory, aSingaporean space rock band released their firstalbum packaged as adiary, complete with torn pages and paperclipped photos?
...thatNKVD officialYakov Blumkin organised and personally took part in an expedition to find theShambhala, a mystical kingdom hidden in theHimalayas?
...that theSanssouci Picture Gallery is the oldest extantmuseum built for aGerman ruler?

6 March 2006

12:58, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theIberian Ribbed Newt's ability to keep livesperm in itscloaca for up to 5 months was a reason it was chosen to be flown intospace?
...thatPublic Square inCleveland, Ohio became lit with electricstreet lights as early as1879 ?
...thatRough Castle Fort is the best preservedRoman fort along theAntonine Wall?
...that theS500 was the first productioncar fromHonda?
...that theendangered subspeciesCalifornia Clapper Rail, achicken-sized bird that rarely flies, has chicks that can swim when they are just two hours old?
...that the1934 jazz standard "Stars Fell on Alabama" was inspired by theLeonid meteor shower that was observed inAlabama a century earlier, in1833?
...thatS. R. Rao led theexcavations ofDwaraka — the mythical city ofKrishna submerged in theArabian Sea?

00:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
...thatPreparing for Emergencies was aBritish Home Office programme to increase public safety after several major disasters, including theMadrid bombings,SARS outbreak andUK foot and mouth crisis?

4 March 2006

00:25, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatJoseph McCoy was a 19th centurycattle baron who is often cited as the inspiration for the phrase "The Real McCoy" because he made good on his pledge to Texasranchers to get them a good price for theirLonghorn cattle if they drove them fromTexas toKansas on theChisholm Trail?

3 March 2006

20:21, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

...that in1998, a study proposed to relocateJordanhill railway station, a station currently located inGlasgow,Scotland near theJordanhill Campus of theUniversity of Strathclyde and theJordanhill School that opened in1887?

17:16, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatItalo Santelli is widely considered to be the "father of modernsabre fencing"?
...that theReesor Siding 1963 Strike which left 3 people dead, was the deadliest confrontation in Canadian labour history?
...thatJarilo was a majorProto-Slavic deity ofvegetation,fertility andspring, also associated withwar andharvest?
...that the fleets ofGisulf II of Salerno sometimes turned topiracy againstAmalfi andPisa?

05:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

...that theBlack slug is the only species ofslug that when disturbed contracts into a hemispherical shape and starts rocking from side to side to confuse predators?
...thatBob Dylan's infamous performance of "Maggie's Farm" at the1965 Newport Folk Festival was seen by his band'sorganist Al Kooper as "sort of a disaster"?
...that theBrazilian city ofCorumbaíba was founded after a local rancher saw a white wolf, which, according to a legend, would give him good luck, and then built a chapel thanking his luck?
...thatIn re Debs was a1895 Supreme Court case that resulted in an unanimous ruling affirming the right of theUnited States government to issue aninjunction to haltstrikes affectinginterstate commerce andU.S. Mail?

2 March 2006

17:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Gene Autry, a singing cowboy in films

...that the typicalsinging cowboys of earlyWestern films werewhite hat wearing clean-shaven heroes with the habit of showing their emotions in song?
...that theScintillant Hummingbird has bronze-green upperparts and a rufous and black-striped tail?
...that thepostminimalist artist,Gabriel Orozco, once sliced aCitroën DS into three pieces length-wise, removed the central piece and then re-attached the two sides leading to an arrow-likeautomobile?
...that theRaj Bhavan inKolkata - the seat of theGovernor-General during theRaj - was built on the lines ofKedleston Hall,Derbyshire?
...that the firstNavy Minister ofImperial Russia,Nikolay Mordvinov, started his career serving onEnglish ships inAmerica?

09:52, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

... that theArgo Merchant, a derelict oil tanker, ran aground only 25 miles offNantucket Island in1976, causing one of the largestoil spills in history?
...that through therec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderatedUsenet newsgroup,Babylon 5 creator and writerJ. Michael Straczynski is often credited as being the first TV producer todirectly engage with his fans on the internet, and have their comments impact the look and feel of his work?
... that the Soviet generalValentin Varennikov, one of the members of the State Emergency Committee which organized theSoviet coup attempt of 1991, was eventually acqutted by the Russian court and took a seat in theState Duma?
...that theNational Resources Commission controlled 70% of Chinese industry inRepublican China?

01:58, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

...that the Russian administratorPavel Kiselyov was responsible for the creation of an important transport artery inBucharest - aboulevard which now bears his name?
...that theRosenbaum House is the only building designed byFrank Lloyd Wright in theU.S. state ofAlabama?
...that theOttawa rules are a set of guidelines for doctors to aid them in deciding if a patient withfoot orankle pain should be offeredX-rays to diagnose a possiblebone fracture?
...that each year in the U.S., several sites completesoil contamination clean-up by usingmicrobes thateat up toxic chemicals in soil?

01:48, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
...that onJanuary 21,2006Ilan Halimi, aFrench Jew, waskidnapped by a gang ofMuslim immigrant youths and subsequently tortured to death, with the motive being eithermoney oranti-Semitism?

1 March 2006

17:32, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatVasyl Avramenko is often referred as "Thefather of theUkrainian dance"?
...that theWomen's Royal Australian Naval Service was a non-combat branch of theRoyal Australian Navy that recruited women, in order to alleviate manpower shortages resulting from men being assigned to combat roles duringWorld War II?
...thatSzymon Konarski was a 19th-century Polish radical politician who believed in a revolution of all peoples of theRussian Empire that was to bring freedom and democracy to all?
...that theAthénée Palace hotel inBucharest,Romania, now aHilton, may have been Europe's most notorious den of spies in the years leading up toWorld War II, and only slightly less so during theCold War?

03:47, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

...thatdimethyl dicarbonate or DMDC is a colourless liquid with a sharp odour, which is used as abeverage preservative orsterilant?
...thatRussia won the1804-1813 Russo-Persian War, because of its superiortechnology, despitePersia upscaling its efforts at the end of the war, and declaring it aholy war?
...that the call ofMangrove Black Hawk is a distinctive pipingspink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink...?
...thatnational legislative elections will be held inThailand onApril 2,2006, following the decision byPrime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to dissolve the lower house of the Thai legislature, the House of Representatives?
...thatBill Ashdown is the only person to have playedfirst-class cricket both before theFirst World War and after theSecond World War?

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