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31 May 2006

19:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Sergei Lemeshev

...that, in the1940s, the female fans of the Soviet tenorSergei Lemeshev(pictured), often quarrelled with the fans of his rival,Ivan Kozlovsky?
...that the highest distinction among theCaloyers, aGreek monastic order, involves spending one's entire life alone, confined in a cave on top of a mountain?
...thatJesuitFilippo Salvatore Gilij proposed one of the earliest classifications ofSouth American language families?
...thatcamelot is a wovenfabric that might have originally incorporatedcamel orgoat hair?
...that in order to subdue theheresy ofImiaslavie, theRussian Empire sent two transport ships and agunboat toMount Athos inGreece, and stormed theSt. Panteleymon Monastery?
...that theCapitoline Games ofAncient Rome became so popular that the Romans counted periods of time by them, rather than their previous unit oflustrum?

30 May 2006

18:06, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

...that one of the peaks ofMount Kilimanjaro was named in honor of the pioneeringScottish Victorian photographerJohn Thomson?
...that theCallippic cycle was a 76-year cycle used to align thelunar calendar with thesolar year more accurately than the famousMetonic cycle?
...thatIlsa Konrads, former editor ofBelle, was anAustralian Olympic swimmer who set 12 world records?
...thatHMSOcean never anchored inBritish waters during her entire period of active service in theRoyal Navy?
...thatmanifest and latent functions and dysfunctions aresociological concepts for understanding the hidden reasons for actions andcustoms?
...thatStravinsky wrote his 1948Mass partially in response to themasses of Mozart, which he called "rococo-operatic sweets-of-sin"?

00:21, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatManege Square(pictured) replaced a maze of tippling houses andtaverns, traditionally known as "the belly ofMoscow"?
...thatLucy Hobbs Taylor was the first femaledentist in theUnited States?
...thatAristotle believed that avital heat was produced in theheart, causingblood to boil and expand outward into thearteries with each pulsation?
...thatMartin-Paul Samba went from being a favouredGerman collaborator to a fearedrebel leader incolonial Cameroon?
...that the infantRed-bellied Lemur rides on both mother and father, but after age 33 days, only the father offers transport?
...thatWilliam Hawkins Polk, brother of PresidentJames Polk, was aU.S. Representative and ambassador to theKingdom of Naples?

29 May 2006

00:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theLand Run of 1889 resulted in the founding of bothOklahoma City andGuthrie, whose populations grew from zero to over 10,000 in less than a day?(pictured: Flag of Oklahoma)
...that the circulation of majorSoviet sports newspaperSovetsky Sport has declined from 5,000,000 in 1988 to 122,903 in 2006?
...thatThe Marine Mammal Center has rescued over 12,000sea otters,sea lions,dolphins and other species, but also produces important scientific discoveries regardingmarine chemistry?
...that a17th century Polish politicianMikołaj Sienicki held the office ofmarshal of the Sejm nine times and was called a 'PolishDemosthenes' for hisoratory skills?
...thatKarl Zinsmeister, a U.S. journalist and the new top domestic policy advisor to U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush, wrote a book-lengthMarvel comic book on theIraq War?
...that1970'sSuper Typhoon Joan, the largest storm of the season in size, is the strongest typhoon ever to hit thePhilippines?
...thatMorris Fidanque de Castro, a life-long government servant, was the firstGovernor of the U.S. Virgin Islands who was born in the territory?

28 May 2006

11:33, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

...that 19th-centuryMyriorama and movingpanorama shows entertained audiences with stories of travel, adventure, and historic events scrolling past on huge rolls of paintedcanvas?(pictured: myriorama poster)
...thatFrancisco Portusach Martínez was appointed acting-Governor of Guam after the capture of the island by theU.S. Navy in1898 because he was the onlyU.S. citizen living there?
...thatBreakfast in the Ruins is the secondnovel byMichael Moorcock to featureKarl Glogauer as itsprotagonist, the other beingBehold the Man?
...thatLarch Wood (Railway Cutting) cemetery inBelgium was designed bySir Edwin Lutyens and contains the grave of the playwrightAlan Bennett's uncle?
...thatjazz trombonist Kai Winding's song "Time Is on My Side" became a U.S. top ten hit forThe Rolling Stones in 1964, and has been covered byMichael Bolton,Wilson Pickett,Paul Revere & the Raiders andVanessa Carlton, among others as recently as 2005?
...that takingphotos with aperspective correction or "tilt and shift" lens can mitigate the effect of verticalperspective?

27 May 2006

20:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

...that the intensity of atropical cyclone(pictured) is usually determined by theDvorak technique using only visible and infraredsatellite images?
...thatCorinthian brass was a priceless metalalloy allegedly created as the city's hoard ofprecious metals melted together during theburning of Corinth in 146 BC?
...that Irish American mob informantDanny Greene drove agreen car, wore green jackets, and had hisunion office repainted and recarpeted in green?
...thatDracorex hogwartsia was adinosaur named for its resemblance to theHungarian Horntail, adragon inJ.K. Rowling'sHarry Potter series?
...thatHoward T. Markey, the first chief judge of theU.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and a major general in theAir Force Reserve, asked his nursing home staff to alternate calling himjudge andgeneral?
...that although the tinyHochstetters frog ofNew Zealand has notail, it hasatavistic tail-waggingmuscles?

00:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

...that roars fromlions andtigers in themenagerie atExeter Exchange in centralLondon scared horses in the street outside?
...that the manor ofRopsha, nearSaint Petersburg, was the scene of tortures, aregicide, and the honeymoon of aGrand Duchess of Russia?
...that more than 200,000 railroad workers participated in theGreat Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886, and the strike's collapse directly led to the formation of theAmerican Federation of Labor?
...thatDogs Trust, aBritish animal welfare charity, providedAA wardens with pistols to painlesslyeuthanise animals injured in road accidents?
...that the1635Treaty of Sztumska Wieś between thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth andSweden was of much interest to contemporaryEuropean diplomacy?

25 May 2006

23:23, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theNeues Museum inBerlin, which was almost completely destroyed inWorld War II, will be reopened in 2009, and exhibit the bust ofNefertiti(pictured)?
...thatSal Castro was the teacher that inspiredMexican American students toprotest unequal conditions inLos Angeles Unified School District schools, resulting in the 1968East L.A. walkouts?
...that the1996 season of the Super 12 was the first season of professionalrugby union in the southern hemisphere following aUS$550,000,000 deal betweenSANZAR andNews Corporation?
...thatWilliam H. Hastie was the firstAfrican American to be appointed judge of a Federal District court (of theVirgin Islands); to be appointed to aU.S. Court of Appeals (Third Circuit); and to beGovernor of the Virgin Islands?
...that theEuropean Maritime Safety Agency was founded in 2002 to help preventmaritime accidents andmarine pollution, in response to theEstonia,Erika andPrestige sea disasters?

12:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatMadagascar dry deciduous forests (such as Anjajavy Forest, pictured right) contain manyendangered andendemic species oflemurs,boas, andchameleons?

24 May 2006

02:53, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
...thatRobinow syndrome is an extremely raregenetic disorder whose facial deformities were described by Meinhard Robinow with the termfetal facies, due to the resemblance of some patients' faces to that of afetus?
...thatJakub Uchański, a 16th-centuryprimate of Poland, was suspected ofheresy and summoned to appear before theinquisition inRome?
...thatBenjamin Franklin Tilley, the firstAmerican governor of American Samoa, was put on trial and removed from office for allegedly receiving amassage from a native?
...that a regional park established to protectNevėžis Riverecosystem inLithuania also breedswisents?
...that the motif of "La Paloma," written bySebastián Iradier inCuba around 1863, can be traced back to an episode during theGreco-Persian Wars in 492 BCE?

23 May 2006

17:52, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

...that, althoughMozart never visitedKroměříž, much of theAcademy Award-winning filmAmadeus was filmed atthe local episcopal residence(pictured)?
...thatA Perfect Vacuum, a 1971 book by Polish authorStanisław Lem, is ananthology of imaginaryreviews of nonexistent books?
... that the disputedSir Creek, atidal estuary, has prevented India and Pakistan from setting a permanent maritime boundary in theArabian Sea?
...thatHarry Pursey started his career as aboy seaman in theRoyal Navy, retired with the rank ofCommander, and served as aMember of Parliament for twenty-five years?
...thatHarvard's prestigious annualDudleian lectures, endowed in 1750 for denouncing the supposed errors ofCatholicism, were held by the Catholic CardinalCarlo Maria Martini in 1998?
...thatDutch football managerClemens Westerhof is credited with turning theNigerian national team into a perennial powerhouse in African football, having guided them to victory in the1992 African Cup of Nations as well as their firstFIFA World Cup participation in 1994?

04:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

...that the historical painting called theBlack Admiral(pictured), long thought to depict anAfrican-American Revolutionary War officer, has now been discovered to be a1970s fraud?
...that partly because of issues highlighed by theLondon matchgirls strike of 1888, theSalvation Army opened up its own match factory in Bow, London in 1891, which used harmless redphosphorus and paid better wages?
...thatJoseph Wallace Oman, a futureGovernor of the United States Virgin Islands, was awarded aNavy Cross duringWorld War I for commanding the seizedGerman SSVaterland (renamed theUSSLeviathan), and delivering almost 120,000 troops to the war effort in Europe?
...that during theFrench Revolution, the lawyer defendingMarie Antoinette,Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde, came under such suspicion for the able defense he made, that he was forced to defend himself before theComité de sûreté générale?
...that the2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, a regiment of theBritish Indian Army, uniquely possessed anHonorary Colour granted for service underGeneral Lake in 1803 and employed an additionaljemadar to carry it?

22 May 2006

14:43, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Mundum Neriyathum

...that theMundum Neriyathum(pictured) is a remnant of the ancientsaree worn by women in theSouth Indian state ofKerala including theNair community noted for theirmatrifocality?
...thatLT United'sEurovision Song Contest 2006 entry "We Are The Winners" was so well-received by theLithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, that the group were invited to his Presidential Office to perform the song live for him?
...that the firstpilgrimage made byChristopher Columbus upon discoveringAmerica was to theRoyal monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe, the principal house of the monastic order of theHieronymites?
...thatYakov Kulnev, a Russian general killed in action duringNapoleon's invasion of Russia, was reputed to live in poverty, in order to emulate the soldiers of Roman antiquity that were his ideal?
...that the seal ofBaruch ben Neriah, a legendary6th century BCE scribe and disciple of theBiblical prophet Jeremiah, was found imprinted on two claybullae excavated in 1975 and 1996?
...that theBasilica of Begoña inBilbao,Spain has 24 bells, each imported fromSwitzerland?

03:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

...that schools of traditional Japanese arts such asGo,calligraphy,tea ceremony,Noh theatre andmartial arts are based on a hereditary system of grand masters calledIemoto?(pictured: Sen no Riky?, founder of 3 schools of arts)
...thatEastley End House, inSurrey, was used as a base for "burglar-hunting" parties?
...that with some 150,000 customers per day, theSeventh-Kilometer Market outside ofOdessa,Ukraine, is among the largestmarkets of the world and consists almost entirely ofshipping containers?
...thatGarry Parker ran the full length of the pitch atWembley Stadium to score a goal forNottingham Forest in the final of theSimod Cup againstEverton in1989, which Forest won 4-3?
...that legislation concerningslavery in ancient Greece allowed guardians of unmarried women who lost theirvirginity to sell them as slaves?

21 May 2006

13:33, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theCross-Harbor Rail Tunnel(map at right) is a proposedunderwater tunnel forrail transport offreight between centralNew Jersey and southernNew York City,United States?
...thatTanaka Shosuke is the first recorded Japanese to have travelled to the Americas in1610, on the Japanese-built shipSan Buena Ventura?
... that in the case ofSue v Hill, theHigh Court of Australia decided that theUnited Kingdom was a "foreign power" toAustralia, recognising Australia's complete independence?
...that during theIberian War,Kavadh I tried to make peace with the new emperorJustinian I by attempting to have Justinian adopt his sonKhosrau I?
...thatKirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of theRepublic of Kalmykia and head of theWorld Chess Federation, built the multi-million dollarChess City complex for hosting internationalchess tournaments?
...that after winningGermany's onlyEurovision victory in1982 with a record margin,Nicole performed her reprise of the winning song "Ein Bisschen Frieden" in four differentlanguages?

02:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

...that a group of angry American colonists inspired by theBoston Tea Party gave the owner of a tea ship,Peggy Stewart(pictured) the option to burn his ship or behanged onOctober 19,1774?
...thatMichael Moorcock wrote the bookThe City in the Autumn Stars in tandem withThe Laughter of Carthage, one during the day, and the other at night?
...thatergs are huge (> 125 km²) fields ofsand dunes and that approximately 85% of all the Earth's mobile sand is found in ergs that are larger than 32,000 km²?
...thatcracker butterflies acquired their name because of the unusual sound that males produce as part of their territorial displays?
...that advanced practitioners ofJapanese tea ceremony are awarded ceremonialtea names that may incorporate the names of animals, trees or flowers, natural phenomena, or personal characteristics, or may be based on Buddhist teachings?
...thatRichie Evans holds the record for the mostNASCAR championships with nine NASCAR Modified championships, including his posthumous championship in 1985, the first year of theWhelen Modified Tour?

20 May 2006

02:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

... that the first commission of printmakerHashiguchi Goyo (pictured right, Goyo'sKamisuki) was to organize the layout and illustrations ofNatsume Sōseki's novelI Am a Cat?
...that the oldest remaining structure showing the establishment ofBuddhism in Australia are twobodhi trees planted bySinhalese immigrants onThursday Island in the 1890s?
...thatHarold Hardwick, anAustralian swimming gold medallist at the1912 Olympics, was also a nationalboxing champion and later an army colonel?
...that throughout theSecond World War, there were four formations that carried the name ofPolish 8th Infantry Division and two of them existed simultaneously?
...that theMacHeths were aGaelic kindred who raised several rebellions against theScotto-Norman kings ofScotland in the12th and13th centuries?
...that Broadway producerJed Harris was the inspiration for bothLaurence Olivier's interpretation ofRichard III, andWalt Disney's Big Bad Wolf?

19 May 2006

12:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatHeart Mountain(pictured) in Wyoming, USA, was transported to its current location by the largestlandslide ever discovered, approximately 50 million years ago?
...thattent pegging is one of only tenequestrian disciplines officially recognised by theInternational Equestrian Federation?
...that theUniversity of Liberia, founded in1862, is the oldest institute of higher learning inWest Africa?
...thatan unnamed hurricane in October, 1804 brought up to three feet ofsnow to parts ofNew England?
...thatWojciech Bartosz Głowacki, apeasant, became aPolish national hero after he captured aRussian cannon during theBattle of Racławice?
...that one of theSunken Forests of New Hampshire off the coast ofRye,New Hampshire, hasn't been above the surface of theAtlantic Ocean since1978?

01:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theTransport typeface was created for use onBritish road signs(pictured) following the introduction of themotorway network?
...that people with aSchatzki ring can develop sudden crushingchest pain, often termed the "steakhouse syndrome", if they do not chew their food properly?
...that theSansenke, or "three houses of Sen," the three mainschools of Japanese tea ceremony, are all associated with 16th-century tea masterSen no Rikyu and his descendents?
...the movieSpy Game depicts aburn bag, albeit used in an unintended manner?
...thatJim Roper was credited withNASCAR's first Strictly Stock (nowNEXTEL Cup) win after apparent winnerGlenn Dunnaway was found to have illegally modified springs?
...that, althoughCatherine II of Russia wishedSophia Cathedral inTsarskoye Selo to remind her of theHagia Sophia, the church was built in an austerePalladian style?

18 May 2006

16:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

...that each kind ofnut inmixed nuts must compose between 2% and 80% of the totalweight to pass inspection by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration?
...thatDuke Kahanamoku won the 100m freestyle at the1912 Olympics after the eventual silver medallistCecil Healy lobbied against Duke's semifinal disqualification for turning up late?
...thatPatrick Carr's statement that British troops were not to blame in theBoston Massacre was the first use of the "dying declaration" exception to the general inadmissibility ofhearsay evidence?
...that the unanimous decisionHolmes v. South Carolina (reversing the conviction of a man who was barred from arguing that another man committed the crime) was the first decision written bySamuel Alito as aSupreme Court Justice?
...thatJames W. Patterson, aSenator fromNew Hampshire, was a professor ofmathematics,astronomy, andmeteorology?
...thatBattlefield Baseball, aJapanese film, features elements of thesports,martial arts andhorror genres, as well as including threemusical numbers?

05:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatSuper Typhoon Chanchu of2006(pictured) was only the secondsuper typhoon recorded in theSouth China Sea?
...thatUkrainian politicianMykola Tomenko is also anAfghan war veteran and a notedhistorian?
...thatDomenico Gabrielli, one of the first composers to write solo music for thevioloncello, was himself a virtuoso cello player and earned himself the Italian dialect nicknameMinghino dal viulunzeel among his contemporaries?
...thatRodney J. Baxter, known for theYang-Baxter equation instatistical mechanics, was the first doctoral graduate intheoretical physics from theAustralian National University?
...thatDominican baseball playerTetelo Vargas led the Dominican Republic's winter baseball league in1952, hitting for an average of .350 at the age of 46?

17 May 2006

15:53, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Georgia: 12th century

...that, during theMongol invasions of Georgia, QueenRusudan of Georgia informedPope Honorius III that theMongols werepagans, notChristians, as thought on account of their fightingMuslims?(pictured: Kingdom of Georgia)
...thatTheNationwide Project was amedia audience research project at theUniversity of Birmingham that influencedmedia andcultural studies?
...thatJohn Konrads, anOlympic gold-medal winning swimmer who set 26 individual world records, later became theAustralasian director ofL'Oréal?
...that in theKasabach-Merritt syndrome, tumours of blood vessels can cause life-threatening bleeding complications in infants?
...that theAgony of Doha is a term used by fans of theJapanese national football team to refer to the1994 FIFA World Cup qualification match where Japan lost its World Cup place toSouth Korea?

16 May 2006

21:43, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatMerritt-Chapman & Scott, a marine salvage and construction firm, investigated theUSSMaine sinking in 1898, sank theUSSMoody in 1933, and raised theNormandie in 1943?(pictured: MC&S Salvage Tug)
...that, once completed, theStateline Wind Project on theOregon-Washington border in theUnited States will be the largestwind farm in the world?
...that in thePolish legislative election, 1947, thecommunist-controlledPolish government, advised by specialists fromSoviet Ministry for State Security, ensured its victory byvote rigging?
...that in the 1848Moray Firth fishing disaster on the east coast ofScotland, 124 boats sank and 100 fishermen perished, leading to a major redesign of fishing boats in the following years?
...thatLaurynas Gucevičius was the first professionalLithuanian architect in thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and is the most famous representative of Lithuanianclassicism?
...that thecritical behaviour of thespherical model instatistical mechanics has been solved for arbitrary real positive dimensions, and is the same for dimensions greater than four?

12:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

... that theKisdon Force(pictured) is not an elite military unit, but rather awaterfall inNorth Yorkshire,England?
...thatHell Below, a 1933WW I film, set the pattern for manyWW II submarine dramas, and featured the deliberate sinking ofUSSMoody, slated for destruction by theLondon Naval Treaty?
...thatMukh O Mukhosh (The face and the mask), directed by Abdul Jabbar Khan, is the first full-lengthBengali language feature film to be produced in the erstwhileEast Pakistan, which later becameBangladesh?
...thatover-illumination, the use of unnecessarily intense light, not only wastes 1.5 billionbarrels ofoil per year, but is also linked to increased incidence ofheadache,fatigue,stress,coronary artery disease anderectile dysfunction?
... that theArabic poetAbdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz ruled ascaliph of theAbbasid dynasty for only a single day before he wasstrangled to death?
...that theSan Francisco garter snake is anendangered species capable ofdigesting toxicnewts but is not found inSan Francisco?

15 May 2006

21:34, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatchaki(pictured), tea caddies forJapanese tea ceremonies, are traditionally made fromwood,bamboo, orceramic, and are classified by material, shape and the type oftea they are designed to hold?
...thatErnst Reuter, after having not been approved by theSoviets as the elected mayor of post-warBerlin, became the first mayor of the non-Soviet controlled part of the city,West Berlin?
...thatMakhir of Narbonne was aBabylonian-Jewish scholar who settled inNarbonne,France at the end of the8th century, and his descendants were leaders of the localJewish community who bore the title of "nasi" (prince)?
...that the nucleus of the 13,000manuscripts that are just part of theBiblioteca Marciana ofVenice, is made up from the personal library ofPetrarch and the collection ofCardinal Bessarion?
...thatJohn Davies, theU.S. District Court judge who presided over the trial of a group ofLAPD officers in theRodney King incident, won gold forAustralia in the200m breaststroke at the1952 Olympics?

07:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatship tracks(pictured) areclouds that form around theexhaust released by ships and appear as long strings over the ocean?
...thatPatience Dabany, formerFirst Lady ofGabon, is also a successfulrecording artist?
...that the firstmizuya (水屋, literally "water room") was created by 16th-centuryJapanese tea master Sen no Rikyu for histea room?
...that, as a result of theTreaty of Yazhelbitsy, the medieval state ofMuscovy doubled in size?
...thatHulk Hogan's Pastamania was arestaurant located in theMall of America and created by theWWE's Hulk Hogan, and that it failed spectacularly?

14 May 2006

15:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Smolensk streets after liberation

...that, during the two-monthSecond Battle of Smolensk, theRed Army broke through theGerman defense setup, recapturedSmolensk, and started to liberate occupiedBelarus?
...that themovieThe Iron Ladies is based on a real-life team oftranssexuals andhomosexuals that won theThai nationalvolleyball tournament?
...that theUnited States has anumerical system ofbicycle routes (similar to thesystem for roads and highways), which hasn't been expanded since its creation in1982?
...that although the director ofBollywood comedyMalamaal Weekly has offered money to anyone who can show that it is not an original work, several reviewers have labelled it aremake ofWaking Ned?
...that theSoviet censors initially discouraged the performance of"The Victory Day", one of the most popularRussian songs to come out ofWorld War II?

13 May 2006

20:14, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

...that the 44 hour and 54 minute transit time of the 1905Scott Special betweenLos Angeles, California, andChicago, Illinois, wasn't beaten in regular railway operations until the 1937 launch of theSuper Chief?
...that there is a dispute over when theChief Whip's powers governing the votes of theBarisan Nasional's Members ofthe Malaysian Parliament are in force?
...that theCarnac stones, with over 3000 neolithicmenhirs, contain the largeststone rows of its kind in the world?
...that the17th centuryField Cathedral of the Polish Army was one of many buildings destroyed by theLuftwaffe during theWarsaw Uprising, and was restored to its former glory between 1946 and 1960?
...thatDJ Gruff, pioneer ofItalian hip hop, was forced to retract a song violently attackingArticolo 31, another Italian hip hop band?
...that theYuba Goldfields, said to resembleintestines from the air, are a bizarre collection of gravel mountains, ponds, and streams that remained a major source of gold long after theCalifornia Gold Rush?

13:12, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Rex, presidential dog

...thatRex,Ronald Reagan's petCavalier King Charles Spaniel, lived at theWhite House in a lavishdoghouse decorated with framed portraits of the First Family?
...that, althoughLouis IX of France won theSaintonge War againstEngland, he chose not to annexGuyenne on account of dynastic sensibilities?
...that the shortestbinomial name of a species isIa io, which belongs to theGreat Evening Bat?
...thatCreigh Deeds lost the 2005 race forAttorney General of Virginia by only 323 votes out of almost two million cast?
...thatKevin Berry, former Pictorial Editor of theSydney Morning Herald, won the 200m butterfly at the1964 Summer Olympics?
...that theReverend John Thomson, distinguishedlandscape painter and formerminister ofDuddingston Kirk, is often credited with originating the famousScots adage "We’re a' Jock Tamson’s bairns"?

00:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatMichigan State University academic programs include the United States' first University-levelpackaging program?
...that theIndigenous Australian languages had no written form untilcolonisation, when they weretranscribed into the Latin alphabet?
...that according toThomas Carlyle,Prussia's victory in the minorBattle of Hoyerswerda wrecked the1759 campaign of the anti-Prussian coalition in theSeven Years' War?
...thatLord Simon of Glaisdale ended his career as aLaw Lord andcross-bench life peer, but was earlier aConservative MP who held threeministerial positions?
...thatKevin O'Halloran, aswimming gold medallist at the1956 Summer Olympics, died after accidentally tripping and shooting himself?
...that theSwiss municipalityRüegsau is connected to its neighborHasle bei Burgdorf by what is probably the longestwooden arch bridge inEurope, at a length of 58.5 meters?

12 May 2006

14:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theMafeking Cadet Corps, volunteer boy cadets in theSiege of Mafeking, are sometimes seen as the forerunners of theScouts, and were depicted on one of the only Britishstamps not to depict themonarch?
...that dead cats were reportedly thrown into the grave of "Rape-master General"Colonel Francis Charteris?
...thatNASA terraforming expertChristopher McKay has explored theGobi Desert,Siberia andAntarctica to studyextremophilic life forms?
...that tickets bought for the ceremonial opening ofKiev Republican Stadium scheduled forJune 22,1941 were still valid 7 years later, as the event was "postponed until after theVictory" due to theNazi invasion to the USSR?
...that in theShanghai ghetto, a part of the city occupied byImperial Japan, about 20,000German and Austrian Jews escapedthe Holocaust?
...thatgraves in Singapore are exhumed 15 years afterburial, and the remains arecremated or re-buried?

12 May 2006

02:36, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
...that thePeruvian song "El Cóndor Pasa" was popularised by a 1970 cover version bySimon and Garfunkel, although the originalQuechua lyrics were entirely re-written?
...that in the aftermath of theDefence of the Polish Post in Danzig, in thePolish September Campaign of 1939, all the Polish civilians who had held out for 15 hours against theSS-led assault were executed?

11 May 2006

16:31, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

...that the vagaries of theCouesnon River placeMont Saint-Michel inNormandy rather thanBrittany?
...that until the1990s, theHeckler & Koch MP5 and theUzi were the only weapons designed outside of theUnited States that were as widespread inHollywood productions as the U.S.-producedColt M1911 pistols,M16 assault rifles,Tommy Guns andrevolvers?
...thatMarie Selipha Sesenne Descartes, better known simply asSesenne, was aSaint Lucian singer and cultural icon who was awarded theBritish Empire Medal in 1972?
...that thesnipers of theKremlin Regiment killed a total of more than 1,200 German soldiers and officers during theSoviet-German War?
...thatbowls playerWillie Wood was the first athlete to compete in 7Commonwealth Games, despite being barred from the 1986 games in his home country ofScotland for refusing to reclassify as an amateur?

10 May 2006

18:14, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theRussian Futurists 1912manifesto,A Slap in the Face of Public Taste, argued that past artists such asPushkin,Dostoevsky andTolstoy should be "heaved overboard from the steamship of modernity"?
...thatMichael Matz, who trained the 2006Kentucky Derby winnerBarbaro, saved the lives of four children on the ill-fatedUnited Airlines Flight 232 in 1989, and also carried theU.S. flag at the1996 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies?
...that the statues ofSt. Andrew andSamson from theFountain of Samson inKiev were stored in a museum before the beginning ofWWI, saving them from destruction by theBolsheviks?
...thatMartyn J. Fogg, a doctoral student inplanetary science at theUniversity of London and adental surgeon, wrote the firsttechnical book onterraforming andplanetary engineering?
...that the unconventionally namedBoots Mallory was a teenagedancer andmodel who appeared inHollywood films of the 1930s, largely as a result of her good looks?

9 May 2006

15:06, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatMiss Cranston pioneered the social phenomenon oftea rooms, introducing "fairyland"-like interiors designed byCharles Rennie Mackintosh?
...that thewar between Russia and Sweden from1741 to1743 involved a change of ruling dynasties in both countries?
...that throughout thedevelopment of science, many ideas have beenobliterated by incorporation?
...that theStrépy-Thieu boat lift inBelgium is the tallestboat lift in the world at 73 metres high and has a structural mass of 200,000 tonnes?
...thatRuparel College inMumbai,India boastsnuclear physicist Anil Kakodkar and formerMiss World Aishwarya Rai among its alumni?

8 May 2006

22:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theGaylord Building, key to building theI&M Canal, was restored so successfully thatRonald Reagan presented Gaylord Donnelly, millionaire grandson of a former owner, with the President's Award for Historic Preservation?
...thatPablo Picasso'sDora Maar au Chat, a 1941 portrait of Picasso's mistressDora Maar, recently sold for $95.2 million, making it one of themost expensive paintings in the world?
...that disqualification protests were lodged againstClare Dennis, the winner of the 200 mbreaststroke at the1932 Summer Olympics, on the grounds of her "inappropriate" costume, which exposed hershoulderblades?
...thatIndia'sOperation Meghdoot to capture theSiachen Glacier in 1984 was the first assault launched in the world's highestbattlefield?
...that newly-launchedFirst News, a British weekly newsmagazine for children with a unique focus on current events, is headed by "editorial overlord" and ex-Mirror editorPiers Morgan?
...thatHuron University, the first institute of higher education to grant a degree in the then-Dakota Territory, closed in 2005 after 123 years of existence and had its assetsauctioned off?

09:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatactinoform clouds form a distinct leaf-like or spokes-on-a-wheel pattern, and can spread out to over 300 kilometers across?
...thatIsrafil Mamedov, the firstAzeri Hero of the Soviet Union, killed about seventy Germans, including three officers, during theBattle of Moscow onDecember 3,1941?
...thatFort Massachusetts onShip Island was used as a staging area by theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War, and that more than 230 Union troops were buried there?
...that controlledwater landings orditchings by commercialairliners, whilst rare, can often be survived by passengers and crew?
...that the final episode ofKamen Rider Stronger, aJapanese tokusatsu television series, features appearances from the main characters of every previous series in thefranchise?
...that in1988 the Greek passenger ferry,City of Poros, was the victim of aterrorist attack by members of theAbu Nidal Organisation which left nine tourists dead and 98 injured?

7 May 2006

06:59, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theMoorish Revival spread around the globe as a preferred style of 19th-centurysynagogue architecture because theMudéjar style was associated with the golden age ofJewry in medieval MuslimSpain?
...that following theMississauga train derailment of 1979, nearly 250,000 people had to be evacuated for up to five days while toxic chemicals that had spilled onto the railway tracks were cleaned up?
...thatEscape from Paradise, a book which documents aSingaporean woman's divorce, was removed frombookstores andlibraries in the country in 2002, even after it had been reviewed in the Singapore press?
...that inPersia,non-Muslims were considered to benajis (ritually unclean) byShi'a Muslims, and were not allowed to go outside in rain or snow for fear that some impurity could be washed from them onto a Muslim?
...that theFunicular dos Guindais was originally built to carry cargo - includingport wine - from the Ribeira quayside to the centre ofPorto, and is now a tourist attraction and one of the world's steepest counter-balanced cable railways?

6 May 2006

14:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theParachute Jump, an 80-m steel tower, was relocated toConey Island two years after the1939 New York World's Fair?
...thatforensic electrical engineering is a branch offorensic engineering whose primary role is to investigate whether afire was caused by the failure of anelectrical appliance?
...that theMerton Thesis holds thatProtestantism had significant influences on the course of thescientific revolution?
...thatSara Christian was the first woman to compete in aNASCAR race, the only woman to have a Top Five finish, and the recipient of the 1949 United States Drivers's Association Woman Driver of the Year award?
...that the character of Betts, played byAndrew Paul, was the only inmate seen to be released from theborstal–albeit temporarily–during the controversial BritishfilmScum?
...thatprisoners of theIraqi Special Tribunal are transported inarmored buses calledRhino Runners?

5 May 2006

20:36, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

...that the audience of theDorset Garden Theatre inRestoration London found it fashionable and convenient to arrive by boat, thereby avoiding the crime-ridden area ofAlsatia?
...thatDmitry Pavlov, who was appointed to the rank ofGeneral of the Army in 1941, was the highest-rankingSoviet commander to be executed for military incompetence during theWorld War II, only to be exonerated in 1956?
...thatrail transportation in Okinawa dates back to 1902, when the island's first line started operations to haulsugarcane, but theOkinawa Monorail is the only line still in operation?
...thatHöhlgangsanlage 8, built inJersey duringWorld War II under theoccupation of the Channel Islands byGerman forces, was a partially completed underground hospital complex with over 1 km oftunnels?
...that according to theMarlovian theory ofShakespearean authorship, works attributed toWilliam Shakespeare were actually written by playwrightChristopher Marlowe, who faked his own death in 1593 to continue writing under a Shakespearepseudonym?
...thatLivadia Palace, a summer retreat of the last Russiantsar, was the setting of the 1945Yalta Conference between theBig Three?

4 May 2006

21:23, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

...that theWaldo-Hancock Bridge, designed byDavid B. Steinman in 1931, came in so far under budget that another bridge was built with the money saved?
...thatOlaus Johannis Gutho (d. 1516), who was a student at the newly foundedUniversity of Uppsala from 1477 until at least 1486, and later became a monk in theAbbey of Vadstena, left seven bound volumes of lecture notes that have been preserved until today?
...thatCorippo, despite being a contender forSwitzerland's smallestmunicipality with a population of only 17, has its ownwebsite,coat of arms,mayor andtown council?
...that three years afterAnders Uppström had published his edition of the 6th-centuryCodex Argenteus, a dying library janitor presented him with tenleaves that had been missing from the manuscript for over two decades?
...that theFree Economic Society, founded at the instigation ofCatherine II of Russia in1765, was briefly closed down by the imperial Russian authorities in1900 amid accusations of fomenting revolutionary upheaval?
...thatNovgorod's medieval riverpirates, calledushkuiniki, wreaked havoc along theVolga River as far downstream asKazan andAstrakhan?

09:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

...that since the floods of 2004-2005, the riparian areas ofHendrick Island have been choked by debris from upstream in theDelaware River?
...that theEnglish composerAnthony Payne, who completed a version ofElgar's third symphony, has also composed a version of Elgar's incompletePomp and Circumstance March No. 6?
...that the media reports thatDeborah Freund,Vice Chancellor andProvost for Academic Affairs atSyracuse University, is to replaceAlbert Carnesale as thechancellor ofUCLA?
...thatNerima Daikon Brothers is a raremusical comedy formatanime series that pokes fun atJunichiro Koizumi,Michael Jackson,Bae Yong Joon, and other contemporary topics in Japan?
...that theInternational Cricket Council awardedAustralia andNew Zealand the hosting rights to the2015 Cricket World Cup because they were sufficiently impressed with their2011 bid which lost to Asia by 7 votes?
... that theTennessee State Museum has one of the largest collections in theUnited States of weapons, flags, and uniforms from theAmerican Civil War?

3 May 2006

23:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

...that the affair betweenTeresa Bagioli Sickles andPhilip Barton Key was the motive for the murder committed by Teresa's husband, who became the first person to successfully use theinsanity defense in U.S. legal history?
...that, during theRusso-Swedish War, 1656-1658, theRussians had to lift their siege ofRiga after foreign officers of the Russianflotilla had defected to the other side?
...thatDavid Clyde was the first person selected in the1973 MLB Draft and signed to a $125,000 bonus, the highest bonus ever given to a draft pick at the time?
...thatNikolai Skoblin was a general in the counterrevolutionaryWhite Russian army, a leader of theexpatriate Russian All-Military Union, a Bolshevik double-agent, and a Gestapo agent?
...that theChesed-El Synagogue, built in 1905, is the secondsynagogue for theJewish community inSingapore, and was one of the first places to usegaslights in Singapore?

14:50, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

...that Russian sculptorAnna Golubkina used the same model for her sculpture,The Old Age, asAuguste Rodin had used for his sculpture,The Thinker, 14 years earlier?
...thatFrank Beaurepaire, aLord Mayor ofMelbourne, member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly and multi-millionaire tyre businessman was a six-timeOlympic medallist in swimming who set 15 world records in his swimming career?
...thatThe Masked Ridermascot ofTexas Tech University wears a black and red outfit and rides his blackhorse around to enthuse fans of theTexas Tech Red Raiders?
...thatMichelle Ford was the first woman to win individualswimming medals at theOlympics in two distinct specialized strokes?
...that theLake Tanganyika passenger ferryMVLiemba began its life as a German warship in World War I, spent eight years on the bottom of the lake, and later portrayed theEmpress Luisa in the filmThe African Queen?
...that the houses at RomanBulla Regia inTunisia were built in two levels, a ground level to catch winter sun and a subterranean one round an openatrium for coolness in summer?

2 May 2006

18:50, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
...thatCedric Griffin, the onlyUniversity of Texas football player ever to return a blockedfield goal for atouchdown, wasdrafted by theMinnesota Vikings?
...that firing ofAnna Walentynowicz, a Polish freetrade union activist, was one of the events that led to the giant wave ofstrikes in Poland and eventually the creation ofSolidarity?
...thatCyclone Mala was the strongesttropical cyclone in theBay of Bengal tobe named, although several unnamed cyclones have been stronger?
...that whenRollie Free rode hismotorcycle to aland speed record in1948, he was wearing only aSpeedo bathing suit, a shower cap, and a pair of borrowedsneakers?
...thatGustav Adolf von Götzen, aGerman explorer andGovernor ofGerman East Africa, was the first European to set foot inRwanda?

1 May 2006

18:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

...thatReaper, a 105-year-old historicFifie herring drifter, nearly sank off the north east coast ofEngland after being restored and put back into service as amuseum ship?
...that theKremlin stars, crowningfive towers of theMoscow Kremlin since the1930s, are made ofruby glass?
...thatJohn Devitt was awarded a gold medal in the 100m freestyle at the1960 Summer Olympics inRome despite all three timekeepers awarding a faster time to the silver medallist?
...that thePurba Banglar Sarbahara Party, aMaoist group, took part in theLiberation War of Bangladesh but continued armed activities after the independence of the country?
...thatWładysław Filipkowski, aPolish resistance fighter and commander of theLwów Uprising againstNazi Germany occupiers in 1944, was soon afterwards arrested by theSoviet NKVD and imprisoned for three years?

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