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31 July 2007

22:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the date of thetranslation(pictured) of aChristian saint'srelics was often observed as a separatefeast day?
...that in 1926, authorHelen Dore Boylston andLaura Ingalls Wilder's daughter,Rose Wilder Lane, drove fromParis toAlbania in aModel T Ford called "Zenobia"?
...that somecatfishes of thesubfamilyGlanapteryginae live exclusively insand?
...that just as there is a "Fifth Beatle,"Phillip Wilcher is called the "fifth Wiggle" for leavingThe Wiggles shortly before they became Australia's highest grossing entertainers?
...that writer and publisherBernard d’Abrera is a ferventcreationist who blames environmental problems on the "waste" of studyingevolution?
...thatBernard de Neufmarché was the first of theNorman conquerors ofWales, who annexed theKingdom of Brycheiniog toEngland?
...that the great-granddaughter ofMahatma Gandhi,Leela Gandhi, is a senior lecturer atLa Trobe University in the English program?

11:33, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the two versions ofManfred on the Jungfrau,a watercolour by John Martin (pictured) andan oil by Ford Madox Brown, were painted just five years apart?
...that on28 April 1285 atGirona,Jean Cholet crownedCharles of Valois with hisgalero and pronounced himKing of Aragon, earning Charles the affectionate monikerroi du chapeau (king of the hat)?
...thatEd Trice, creator of thechess variant known asGothic Chess, helpedJonathan Schaeffer solve the game ofcheckers, the largest game ever solved?
...that the Australiansolicitor andpolitician,Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott was aFreemason, and theGrand Master of theUnited Grand Lodge of NSW and ACT?
...that all four deaths in the thirty annualChicago Marathons have occurred in the last ten years?
...that whenNizah Morris, anAfrican American transgender woman, was murdered, the medical examiner immediately labeled it ahomicide, but thePhiladelphia police took over a month to do so?
...thatJeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of theWorld Series of Poker, won twoEmmy Awards for the work he did asNASCAR's marketing director?

30 July 2007

23:25, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

...that severalBritish Royal Air Force Stations were used by theU.S.Strategic Air Command(emblem pictured) for almost 20 years?
...that Thai actorMitr Chaibancha died while filming a stunt for the final scene of the 1970 film,Insee thong?
...thatHouston Hall at theUniversity of Pennsylvania was America's first student union?
...that the lastarchbishop of Bordeaux of theHundred Years' War,Pey Berland, built annexed tothe cathedral a tower that still bears his name: theTour Pey Berland?
...thatEast Perth Cemeteries' first recorded burial was of Private John Mitchell from the63rd regiment who died on6 January 1830?
...that thepraetorian prefecture of Africa, aByzantine province established after theVandalic War, saw continuous warfare and two major military mutinies during its first 15 years of existence?
...that mostspecies ofcatfishes of thesubfamilySarcoglanidinae are small andtransparent?
...thatMozart was a frequent guest at the villaBertramka on the outskirts ofPrague and that the house is now amuseum in his memory?

07:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatSingapore'sBurmese Buddhist Temple has the largest whitemarble statue of theBuddha (pictured) outside ofMyanmar?
...that in 2006Gibraltar was granteda new constitution, giving it a modern constitutional relationship with theUnited Kingdom?
...thatOscar the Cat was featured in theNew England Journal of Medicine for his purported ability to predict the impending death of theterminally ill?
...that when severely disturbed,catfish of thegenusAcrochordonichthys may release a milky-whitemucus-like substance that can kill other fish?
...thatAbraham Lincoln helped bury the dead atKellogg's Grove following the secondBattle of Kellogg's Grove during theBlack Hawk War?
...that the online business termEnterprise 2.0 originated with Participate SystemsCEO Alan Warms in 2001 and has spawned an annual collaborative technologies conference of the same name?
...that children who turn 16 during the validity of aFamily Railcard may still travel at child fares until the card expires?

00:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theJerusalem city hall atSafra Square(pictured) was rebuilt in 1993 with help from Brazilian-Lebanese financierEdmond J. Safra?
...that theDuncan Hunter presidential campaign, 2008 has been endorsed by bothChuck Yeager andAnn Coulter?
...thatEd Bruneteau was traded twice to theDetroit Red Wings within two years?
...that the children's groupThe Wiggles, Australia's most successful entertainers, havefranchised their image and songs to groups in Taiwan and South America?
...that the winners at the inauguralWorld Series of Poker Europe in September, 2007, will receive the firstWSOP bracelets ever awarded outside of Las Vegas?
...thatAuburn Tigers offensive coordinatorAl Borges wrote both a book and an instructional video titledCoaching the West Coast Quarterback?
...that members of thegenusBreitensteinia have a longer body than otherstream catfishes due to an increase in number ofvertebrae?

29 July 2007

11:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatRaine Island, a vegetated coralcay located off the North coast ofAustralia, harbours the largest population ofGreen Turtles(pictured) in the world and is the most significant seabird rookery in theGreat Barrier Reef?
...that in terms ofpolitical ideology, Americaneconomists tend to beliberal?
...thatoleoresin extracted fromByadgi chilli is used in makingnail polish andlipstick?
...thatlibrary@esplanade isSingapore's firstpublic library for theperforming arts?
...thatIraqi world-classwrestler andweightlifterKadhem Sharif attempted to use a sledgehammer to bring down the statue ofSaddam Hussein atBaghdad'sFirdos Square?
...thatUniversity Hall,Northwestern University's oldest building, is composed ofJoliet limestone - the same kind used to build theChicago Water Tower?

00:27, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the influence of singerJeff Tweedy's side groupLoose Fur onWilco's 2002 albumYankee Hotel Foxtrot led to the dismissal of two other Wilco members?
...that the homosexual relationship betweenBianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone only became a major on-screen plot line onAll My Children after the series fans demanded it?
...that theCleeves Cove caves were used as a refuge for the localCovenanters, a religious group seeking religious freedom, during the time of their persecution byCharles II's government?
...thatJohnny Ramensky was aScottish criminal who used hissafe-cracking abilities to help theBritish Army?
...that in 1999,John Pollack quit his job as aCongressional speechwriter to build aboat made entirely out ofcorks?
...thatState Route 69(road sign pictured) in theU.S. state ofUtah was renumbered State Route 38 in 1993, due tosign theft caused by oneconnotation of the number?
...thatcatfish of thegenusLeporacanthicus are also known asvampire plecostomus because of the presence of very long teeth on their upper jaw?

28 July 2007

11:31, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
...that Russian parliamentarianVasily Maklakov is suspected of having procured the poison that was used to murderGrigori Rasputin?
...thatChristopher Wright, one of the conspirators in theGunpowder Plot, could be the source of the letter that betrayed the plan?
...that theSingapore Declaration, one of the two most importantconstitutional documents of theCommonwealth of Nations, is thought to have been unenforceable until theHarare Declaration twenty years later?
...that besides writing 3000 songs during his life,Clifford Grey also competed for theUnited States inbobsledding while still aBritish citizen?
...that theEsplanade inCalcutta, which formed a favourite promenade for "elegant walking parties" in the eighteenth century, now sees some 200,000 to 300,000 vehicles pass through duringrush hour?

00:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the windowless skyscraper at33 Thomas Street(pictured) inNew York City was designed to resistnuclear fallout and be self-sufficient for up to two weeks?
...thatWilliam Gaskell, husband of the well-known Victorian novelistElizabeth Gaskell, was a pioneer in the education of theworking classes?
...thatTan Howe Liang isSingapore's onlyOlympic Games medallist?
...thatalgific talus slope ecosystems exist only in theDriftless Area ofMinnesota,Wisconsin,Illinois, andIowa?
...that theAustrian government gave the AmericansopranoTeresa Stich-Randall the title of Kammersängerin given to esteemed artists?
...that theJavaneseDamarwulan legend may be based on events during the reign of QueenSuhita of theMajapahit Empire?
...that theCalendar of saints of theAnglican Church of Southern Africa includes feasts for a number of individuals from Africa, includingBernard Mizeki,Robert Gray,Manche Masemola, andCharles Frederick Mackenzie?

27 July 2007

16:32, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatdouble cloth ordouble-woven cloth(pictured) is a type ofweaving used inPre-Columbian Peru andVictorian furnishingtextiles in which two or more sets ofwarps and one or more sets ofweft or fillingyarns are interconnected to form a two-layered cloth?
...thatJews of Iran is the firstdocumentary film aboutIran'sJewish minority?
...thatCarpenter's Coffee House inCovent Garden,London, became known as "The Finish" as it was the place revellers went when all the other coffee houses and taverns closed?
...thatsubjective logic can help you deal with uncertainty?
...thatChoir is the site of the longestrunway inMongolia?
...that while under construction theLena Water Tower inLena, Illinois had to be demolished and rebuilt because it began to crumble?
...that there were nopolice inCascade City, British Columbia in 1897 and whenthieves broke into a store, taking 150 pounds oftobacco, abook-keeper was sent to arrest the suspects?
...thatEdgar Allison Peers was an EnglishHispanist who coined the term "red-brick university"?
...that prominentpops conductor and arrangerJeff Tyzik released six albums from 1981–1990 as a solo trumpeter?

08:10, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatErasmus Darwin's sexualized poemThe Loves of the Plants(illustration pictured) was a defense ofCarl Linnaeus's botanical classification scheme?
...that formersumo wrestlerAsahikuni Masuo suffered from chronicpancreatic trouble and sometimes commuted to tournaments from a hospital?
...that in the years 1936–1939 about 3 million Poles gave their personal savings, jewelry and valuables to theFundusz Obrony Narodowej (National Defence Fund), to improve the equipment of thePolish Army?
...thatPareuchiloglaniscatfishes can be distinguished from other members of theSisoridae family only by theirpremaxillary tooth bands?
...that theCody Caves are part of the setting of the children's book,The Kootenay Kidnapper byCanadian authorEric Wilson?
...that the story of the video gameCode Age Commanders is set in a fictional "intraglobular world" similar to aDyson sphere?
...thatroad maintenance depots have been used asfronts to disguise entrances to military installations?
...that CountVladimir Lambsdorff managed to talkNicholas II of Russia out of the projectedRussian-German alliance againstBritain?
...thatJohn Beckett is the onlyAmerican football player to have been theteam captain for two differentRose Bowl teams: theUniversity of Oregon in 1917 andMare Island in 1918?

01:43, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

...that of the sixty delegates to theOregon Constitutional Convention,(Oregon Territory Seal pictured) thirty-four werefarmers, while eighteen werelawyers, including three justices of theOregon Supreme Court?
...that the medievalIrish narrativeThe Sickbed of Cúchulainn gave its name to the first song onThe Pogues' 1985 albumRum, Sodomy, and the Lash?
...that theBilbie family produced more than 1,350bells, from the late 1600s to the early 1800s?
...that theBBC reported that theJohn West Salmon's "Bear Fight" videos have been viewed over 300 million times making it the sixth most viewed onlinevideo?
...that according to a legend,Polish-Lithuanian nobleMikołaj Sapieha stole a Holy Painting from a privatePapal chapel in Rome?
...that horses hauled both passenger and goods trains toWeston-super-Mare railway station,England, from 1841, when therailway opened, until 1851?
...thatThe French Connection led theBuffalo Sabres to theStanley Cup Playoffs in each of the seven full seasons they were together except the oneGilbert Perreault's broken leg limited him to 55 games?
...that in 1078 theChinese statesman and poetSu Shi (1037-1101) wrote a memorial to the throne warning of the potential danger ofbandits overrunning theiron industry ofXuzhou?

26 July 2007

15:31, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatMotza(pictured), founded in 1859, was the first modern village established nearJerusalem?
...thatChristina Lake, British Columbia is the firstgolf course inCanada to offer blacksand traps?
...that the 29 species in the fish genusSillago are so similar they can only be positively identified by the shapes of theirswim bladders?
...thatTom Wolfe's bookRadical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers was set at a party hosted by composerLeonard Bernstein in whichManhattan socialites mingled with theBlack Panther Party?
...that⁶⁴Cu-ATSM (diacetyl-bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazone)), a chemical with a radioactiveisotope ofcopper, has been shown to increase the survival time of tumor-bearing animals with noacute toxicity?
...thatpapal conclaves from the 14th to 17th centuries attempted to usecapitulations to influence the popes they elected in matters from the appointment ofcardinal-nephews to papal travel and construction projects?
...thatLen Waters was the firstAustralian Aboriginal militarypilot, flyingP-40 "Kittyhawk" fighter planes duringWorld War II?
...thatAnonymous Christian isKarl Rahner's controversialtheological premise used to postulate that people can be saved throughChrist even if they explicitly rejectChristianity?

07:18, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

...that part of thefirst line of theBerlin U-Bahn was built as anelevated railway(pictured), because the City ofBerlin feared that an underground railway would damage one of its new trunk sewers?
...that theStuart Oil Shale Project, the world’s first application of theAlberta-Taciuk Processor technology onoil shale, was in operation only five years?
...thatRussia's Foreign MinisterSergey Sazonov, who brought the country intoWorld War I, was the brother-in-law of Prime MinisterPyotr Stolypin?
...that, except in1987, theUnited States presidential candidate who wins theAmes Straw Poll has always gone on to win theRepublican Party'sIowa Caucus?
...thata Cossack community existed inBeijing as early as1685?
...that in thePolish-Ottoman War of 1672-1676, a few years before crippling theOttomans at theBattle of Vienna, thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was forced to sign an unfavorable treaty with the Empire?
...thatThomas L. Bromwell is a formerMaryland State Senator who, along with his wife, pleaded guilty to public corruption charges?
...that poetSekou Sundiata taught alternative musiciansAni DiFranco andMike Doughty?

00:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theGangetic whiting(pictured) is the only known species offish to host theintestinal parasiteDichelyne alatae?
...that theJiu Valley miners' strike of 1977 was the largest protest movement against theCommunist regime inRomania before theRomanian Revolution of 1989?
...thatSilas Rhodes co-founded what would become theSchool of Visual Arts in order to help returningWorld War II veterans transition back to civilian life?
...thatGeneral Augusto Pinochet was once kept underhouse arrest at a house on theWentworth Estate, an exclusive residential area surrounding theWentworth Golf Club inSurrey,England?
...thatCatherine Troeh, aNative American activist, often signed her letters "member of the Chinook Tribe Allottee 1865 Quinault reservation" as a reference to 80 acres of land granted to her by theU.S. federal government?
...thatTaiwanese alternative musicianDeserts Chang wrote her firstsong at the age of 13 before she learned how to play amusical instrument?
...that the discovery of thedinosauromorphDromomeron, from theLate Triassic ofNew Mexico, indicates that dinosaurs did not rapidly replace their close relatives?

25 July 2007

14:22, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatTang Choon Keng, who establishedTangs and built the former Dynasty Hotel (pictured), was also known as the "Tin Trunk Man" inSingapore for hisrags to riches legacy?
...thatByzantium under the Komnenoi was theMedieval continuation of theRoman Empire, and played a key role in the history of theCrusades in theHoly Land?
...thatRani Abbakka, who fought thePortuguese in the 16th century, is regarded as the 'first woman freedom fighter ofIndia'?
...thatDavid Feldman,philatelist, achieved the world’s record price of 2.5 million Swiss Francs for a singlepostage stamp, theTreskilling Yellow for which he appeared in the 1996Guinness Book of World Records?
...that CaptainAustin M. Knight wascourt-martialed for allowing theUSSPuritan to sink, but nevertheless became afour-star admiral whose textbookModern Seamanship was a standard shiphandling reference for over eight decades?
...that after reading theVietnam War memoirWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places,Oliver Stone realized that his filmsPlatoon andBorn on the Fourth of July lacked a Vietnamese perspective, leading to his directing ofHeaven & Earth?
...thatJohn Salminen is an award-winningAmerican watercolorist well known for his realisticurban landscapes?

08:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the landowner and grazierJoshua John Moore (pictured), was the first pastoralist to occupy the current day location ofCanberra, Australia?
...thatVikkamabahu was the firstSri Lankan monarch to mount an organised campaign to expel theChola army which invaded the island in the 12th century?
...that pioneerclaim clubs were used in theAmerican Old West to protectland claims bysettlers against claim jumpers and to promote claim jumping against absentee land owners?
...thatThe Land of the Settlers is a five-partdocumentary series made byChaim Yavin, dubbed "Israel's Walter Cronkite", and was so controversial that his station refused to air it?
...thatFort Greble was built so fast that there was no time to construct proper earthenmagazines forartillery, and three years latercompany quarters had to be demolished to add them?
...that the seeds ofPrunus mahaleb, a spice, containcoumarin?
...that one of the most influential people inPolish-French relations wasNapoleon Bonaparte, still considered a hero in Poland and mentioned in thePolish national anthem?
...thatFancy Farm, Kentucky is recognized as the home of the world's largest picnic?

02:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the Roman marble head of aPolyclitanDiadumenos(pictured) found at theAbbey of Vauluisant inBourgogne,France suggests that the site was once aRoman villa?
...thatBritish generalFrederick Barton Maurice was forced to resign after writing a letter accusingDavid Lloyd George of misrepresenting the strength of British forces during theSpring Offensive?
...thatSamson was made byAcademy Award winningPolish directorAndrzej Wajda and blends theBiblical tale ofSamson with hisHolocaust coming-of-age story?
...that onJanuary 27,1987 83 workers of ashrimp farm in Kokkadichcholai,Sri Lankawere shot, allegedly bySpecial Task Force officers?
...that pioneerJames Harrod established thefirst permanent European settlement in theU.S. state ofKentucky onJune 16,1774?
...that construction of 'Tagore Castle' inPathuriaghata, aCalcutta neighbourhood, was modelled on that of an English castle, a departure in the way of building residences in India?
...thatArtine Artinian was used as a fictional character by two of the most prominent American writers of the 20th century?
...that theBaptist Foundation of Arizona (BFA) filed for the largest bankruptcy of a religious organization in U.S. history after its 600 million dollar fraud went undetected by the sameBig Five firm that auditedEnron?

24 July 2007

15:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

...that it took foursword strokes forSt. Bademus'(pictured) terrified executioner tosever his head?
...that theGestapo andNKVD convened fourconferences discussing the elimination of thePolish resistance movement?
...that afterHugo Chávez's September 2006 speech to the United Nations,gas stations operated by theUnited Refining Company starting removingCitgo signs from their buildings?
...that the saintHermagoras of Aquileia gave his name to the Austrian city and district ofHermagor?
...that theSouthern right whales off the coast ofArgentina 'sail' by raising their flukes and catching the wind?
...thatShalom Yoran, aJewish partisan duringWorld War II and the author ofThe Defiant: A True Story of Jewish Vengeance and Survival, played a major role in developingIsraeli Aircraft Industries?
...Glassworts are plants named to indicate that their ashes contain analkali that is important in makingglass?
...thatMarcin Czechowic, a 16th-century Polishtheologian, frequently changed his religious views as far as fromCatholicism toArianism?

06:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatCitoyenne Henri(illustration pictured) was only allowed to take aballoon trip withAndre-Jacques Garnerin after it was ruled that "there was no more scandal in seeing two people of different sexes ascend in a balloon than it is to see them jump into a carriage"?
...thatSmederevo fortress survived for over 500 years without much damage, then was devastated in a single explosion duringWorld War II?
...that, in addition to having a passion for opera,dramatic sopranoOthalie Graham enjoys music byPrince and Jamaican reggae musicianJimmy Cliff?
...thatDode Criss is considered by historianBill James to be the first player to be used as abaseball pinch hitter regularly?
...that thecomprehensive metabolic panel is a suite of 14blood tests routinely administered toscreen for many different diseases?
...that CaptainWilliam Walter Kouts located the son of theMedal of Honor recipient who died while saving Kouts duringWorld War II after over sixty years of searching?
...that famous Mexican poet and politicianGuillermo Prieto saved the life of PresidentBenito Juárez by interposing himself between the guns of rebellious guardsmen and the president?
...thatQuebec City'sClarendon Hotel originally hosted theQueen's Printers for Canada?

23 July 2007

22:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatBędzin Castle(pictured), an important fortress inmedieval Poland, fell into disrepair in theRenaissance era, was almost demolished in the 19th century and was rebuilt only in the 1950s?
...that the title ofMary Wollstonecraft's conduct bookThoughts on the Education of Daughters alludes toJohn Locke'sSome Thoughts Concerning Education, one of its primary philosophical influences?
...that theGroup CNissan R90Cs won theAll Japan Sports Prototype Championship three times, the1000km Suzuka twice, and the24 Hours of Daytona once in their four years of competition?
...that silver coins in the 10th-centuryVikingHarrogate Hoard, recovered intact inYorkshire, January 2007, came from as far asAfghanistan?
...thatChin Gee Hee (1844–1929) was a successful labor contractor in theUnited States and later a railroad entrepreneur in his nativeChina?
...thatLowell Observatory staff resisted building thetelescope used to discover thedwarf planet Pluto untiltrusteeRoger Putnam ordered them to do so?
...thatChilean cricketerJohn Jackson was once on the opposing side to his brotherAlfred in an international match againstArgentina?
...that in thePlayStation 2 live actionadventure game0 Story, two Japanese female actresses kiss while one is possessed by the player's ghost?
...that the 1988Chiado districtfire caused more damage to the city ofLisbon than any catastrophe since the1755 Lisbon Earthquake?

13:20, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatAbada(engraving pictured) was only the secondrhinoceros seen in Europe since theRoman era, and was thought by some observers to be aunicorn?
...that after theGreat Chicago Fire of 1871, the population of the neighboringHyde Park Township exceeded that of the devastatedChicago?
...thatEddy Brown, an Englishfootball player who had originally planned to takeHoly Orders, was well known for hisgoal celebrations as early as the 1950s?
...that inTum Teav, a classic19th century Cambodian tragedy, a novicemonk named Tum sleeps with an adolescent girl named Teav and then is killed after kissing her at her wedding?
...that acatfish of thegenusHelogenes is known to jump out of the stream duringrotenone fishing by locals, and jump back afterwards?
...that theWimbledon and Sutton Railway was opened in 1930, more than 20 years after the original plans were drawn up?
...that theorigin of the Azerbaijanis has been traced to indigenousCaucasians from more than a millennium ago?

06:12, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the mainPost Office (pictured) forMinneapolis, Minnesota contained peepholes to protect the mail, and recreation rooms, a rifle range and a hospital unit for employees?
...that theAustralian town ofThangool, Queensland produces over 60% of the Australian market forsquab?
...thatSarangapani Temple is named after Sarang, the bow ofRama?
...that approval in 1963 byBishop Hermann Volk ofMainz resulted in a formerLutheran minister with two children becoming aRoman Catholic priest?
...that thebagarius, acarnivorous catfish that lives on eating otherfish, breeds in rivers prior to the beginning of the annual flood season in southeast Asia?
...that 1900 was the only year in thehistory of Baltimore City College that no public commencement was held because the students made fun of the professors in the school's yearbook?
...thatSomerset County Cricket Club playerPeter Denning was known for an unorthodox shot called the Chewton carve?
...thatarchitectsEggers & Higgins took over construction of theThomas Jefferson Memorial after the death ofJohn Russell Pope, despite protests that their appointment was "un-Jeffersonian"?

22 July 2007

23:12, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

The Singapore Stone

...that theSingapore Stone (fragment pictured), asandstone slab bearing anundeciphered 13th century inscription, was blown up by theBritish in 1843 to make way for a fort?
...thatPyongyang'sCentral Zoo was accused of stagingdeath matches between caged animals for the filming of a so-callednature documentary?
...thatLoai al-Saqa was denied entry to his own trial for wearing a copy of aGuantanamo Bay prisoner's uniform?
...thatNicolás Zúñiga y Miranda considered himself thePresident of Mexico for two decades, despite losing in each of the tenelections he entered?
...thatRico J. Puno, a popularFilipino pop singer, launched his career by incorporatingTagalog lyrics into theAmerican songThe Way We Were, among others?
...that the Olson Hotel inAinsworth, British Columbia had a two-storyouthouse?
...that theKarrinyup Shopping Centre was the firstmall inWestern Australia to implement acomplete ban on smoking?
...thatyak racing is a spectator sport held at many traditional festivals inTibet andMongolia?

17:18, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatShort's goldenrod (pictured), one of the world's rarest plants, grows only in parts ofKentucky andIndiana?
...thatBoden Fortress not only served to protect northernSweden from enemy attacks, but was also used to store some 280 tonnes of the Swedishgold reserve?
...thatBhudev Mukhopadhyay taught atHindu,Muslim andChristian schools?
...thatMaes Titianus penetrated farther along theSilk Road than any other Westerner inAntiquity, reaching the Stone Tower ofTashkurgan in thePamirs?
...thatcatfish of thegenusDekeyseria can rapidly change their colouration to fit their mood or their surroundings?
...thatSingapore'sMiddle Road is home to over 21 Hainanese clan and sub-clan associations?
...that, prior to the introduction of regulation seamen'suniforms in the Royal Navy, the commanding officer of HMSHarlequin once paid for his entire crew to dress asharlequins?
...thatmadameAnna Wilson, the "Queen of the Underworld" in earlyOmaha, Nebraska, bequeathed her 25-roombrothel mansion to the city to use as an emergencyhospital upon her death?

09:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatOlimpia Maidalchini, thesister-in-law ofPope Innocent X(pictured), spent three days after his death looting the papal palace before his body was found?
...thatJewish mandarinZhao Yingcheng helped rebuildKaifeng'ssynagogue after its destruction in 1646?
...that the government of Korkai, an importantindustrial center of ancient Tamil country, employed convicts aspearl divers?
...that, believing himself to beGeorge Washington, the 19th-centuryphrenologistFrederick Coombs petitionedCongress to give him theWashington Monument?
...that theTrumpeter Swans introduced into theWye Marsh in the 1980s were the first seen inOntario since 1884?
...thatSwedish chemistGustaf Erik Pasch invented thesafety match?
...thatU.S. President Ronald Reagan lived in anapartment on the second floor of theH.C. Pitney Variety Store from 1919 to 1920?
...that in mid-1939 almost 5000 Poles volunteered asliving torpedoes?
...that theWilliam H. Roberts House is the only property inPecatonica, Illinois listed on the U.S.National Register of Historic Places?

21 July 2007

22:33, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theU class submarineHMSVandal (pictured) had the shortest career of anyRoyal Navy submarine, being lost with all hands just four days after its commission?
...that Canada's first femalecolumnist wrote under thepseudonymFaith Fenton so she could retain herday job as ateacher?
...thatKumortuli neighbourhood ofCalcutta supplies images ofGoddess Durga toIndian communities in about 90 countries?
...thatChen Wen Hsi was the firstSingaporean artist to be conferred anhonorary doctorate by theNational University of Singapore?
...that the 2005docudramaThe Burnt Theatre is set inCambodia's Suramet National Theatre, which was destroyed by a fire in 1994?
...that theRobert Weber Round Barn is one of 31 round barns constructed in a four-county area centered onStephenson County, Illinois?
...that the city ofPiteşti was the original site ofSeventh-day Adventist activities inRomania?
...that thespy Aldrich Ames handed overU.S. secrets to theSoviets at theBrickskeller saloon nearDupont Circle inWashington, D.C.?

15:00, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theEnglish-born activistMaria Rosetti (pictured) was the model forConstantin Daniel Rosenthal'spersonification ofRomania?
...that thePalacio de los Capitanes Generales was commissioned by the Governor ofHavana but took so long to build that another five Governors had come and gone before it was completed?
...that theJews in Pagan Armenia were deported fromPalestine toArmenia byTigranes the Great?
...that theEvelyn tables, acquired byJohn Evelyn inPadua in 1646, are thought to be the oldestanatomical preparations inEurope?
...that aneffigy mound in the shape of a turtle is located in theBeattie Park Mound Group in downtownRockford, Illinois?
...thatSaionji Kinmochi, the 11thPrime Minister of Japan, was a member of theSaionji family, a line of court nobles stretching back to the 12th century?
...that the capital cityChang'an during the ChineseTang Dynasty (618-907 AD) had 111Buddhist monasteries and 41Daoist abbeys within its walls?
...thatRussian poetDmitri Prigov wrote approximately 36,000 poems with much of his work distributed assamizdat?

06:58, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theRomanian Symbolist writerAlexandru Bogdan-Piteşti was ananarchist, an associate of theoccultist Sâr Péladan (both pictured), and a supporter of his country's alliance with theCentral Powers?
...thatWilhelm von Pressel designed the first railroad inTurkey?
...thatKobayashi Kiyochika, the last greatukiyo-e artist, extensively studied photography and Western-style painting, the two forms which heralded the demise of his art?
...that several of theOrkney islands' highest points are named "Ward Hill" due to the many oldwarning beacons in the area?
...that under theFirst Organic Laws of Oregon, the de facto constitution of theProvisional Government, women could getmarried at the age of 14?
...that the2007 Super 14 Final between theBulls and theSharks was the first all-South African final inSuper rugby history?
...that theassassination ofOttoman sultan Osman II came about in part due to the military reforms made following his defeat at theBattle of Khotyn in 1621?
...thatChao Tzee Cheng, aSingaporean forensic pathologist, performed over 25,000autopsies?
...that in oneIndonesian legend,Prince Panji's vanished bride disguised herself as a man and became king ofBali?

20 July 2007

19:22, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

...that it has been suggested that theParthenon Frieze (pictured) might be awar memorial for the Athenian dead at theBattle of Marathon?
...thatAcademy Award-winningAmerican singer Barbra Streisand filled in a tooth gap withAspergum when she started out in theater?
...that thenickname Ned arose from an instance ofrebracketing, as children interpreted the term of endearment "mine Ed" as "my Ned"?
...that thevigilante actions of theOmaha Claim Club, including manyfounding fathers ofOmaha, Nebraska, were later overturned by theU.S. Supreme Court inBaker v. Morton?
...thatYork radiate groundsel (Senecio eboracensis) is ahybrid plantspecies thought to haveevolved suddenly within the last 300 years?
...St Peter's Church, Plemstall inCheshire,England, is built on the site of ahermitage occupied byPlegmund who was later theArchbishop of Canterbury?
...thatJohn Wylde (1781-1859) at one time filled the post of Deputy Judge Advocate ofNew South Wales, where he effectively had to simultaneously perform the roles of committing magistrate, public prosecutor and judge?
...8,909,200 pounds ofcast iron were used to build theUnited States Capitol dome?
...that theMosque of Kefeli inIstanbul was used jointly as achurch byRoman Catholic andArmenian believers before becoming amosque?

12:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatsmoking(cigarette pictured) has a history that dates back at least 5,000 years and is one of the most widely practicedrecreational activities in the world?
...that thedwarf pygmy goby (Pandaka pygmaea), afreshwater fish from thePhilippines, is the smallest fish in the world?
...thatStirling Moss is the only racing driver who was given a distinctive caricature design (wearing ahelmet), differing from the usual design, byAutosport'scartoonistJim Bamber in 1998?
...that in 2007, British forces serving inBasra,Iraq were accused of usingkiller badgers as a weapon?
...thatWhat to Expect When You're Expecting has been called "the Bible of Americanpregnancy" and consistently tops theNew York Times Best Seller list in the paperback advice category?
...thatKarnataka is home to the largest concentration ofSiddhis (atribe of African descent) inIndia?
...that after theHospital Real de Todos os Santos was destroyed in the1755 Lisbon earthquake, its remains were demolished to create apublic square?

19 July 2007

19:43, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

...that whileAngelina di Marsciano(pictured) was preaching inNaples, she was arrested under charges ofsorcery andManichaeism, because of how readily young women accepted her call tovirginity?
...that forspecial effects in the 2001Cambodian film,The Snake King's Child, livesnakes were glued to a cap worn by the lead actress?
...that on the same dayArbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0 in the Scottish Cup that 18 miles away in Dundee,Dundee Harp had beaten Aberdeen Rovers 35-0?
...that the known writings ofCaius, Presbyter of Rome exist only in fragments, many of which were preserved in theEcclesiastical History ofEusebius of Caesarea?
...thatPakistani artistAnwar Shemza changed his name so it would match that of his studio inLahore?
...that theauto racing division of Sigma Automotive (later known asSARD) became the firstJapanese team to compete in the1973 24 Hours of Le Mans?
...thatfamily lawyerHarry Fain played a significant role in the introduction ofno-fault divorce law in California in 1970?

11:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the formerSchiller Piano Factory (pictured) inOregon, Illinois has been ashopping center since 1975?
...that the fruit of theapple dumpling was one of the firstbushfoods to be commonly eaten by Europeans inAustralia?
...that theTimucua Indians of theSt. Johns culture left many largeshell middens, including one estimated to be 75 feet high, even thoughshellfish were a minor part of their diet?
...thatSabarna Roy Choudhury sold to the British, forRs. 1,300, the land rights ofSutanuti,Kalikata andGobindapur, that ultimately merged to becomeCalcutta?
...that the construction of theÉdifice Price was originally so criticized that it caused an ordinance prohibiting buildings exceeding 65 feet inOld Québec?
...that the former imperial vineyard atAbrau-Durso is known for a brand ofRussian wine marketed as theSoviet Champagne?
...thatArundinaria appalachiana is one of only threebamboos native to temperateNorth America?

04:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatJohn Henry Dearle(example of work pictured) was an apprenticetapestry weaver toPre-Raphaelite artist and craftsmanWilliam Morris who rose to becomeMorris & Co.'s chief designer and Art Director after Morris's death?
...thatIan Pont is the only professionalcricketer to have played a professionalbaseball game?
...that due tosafety concerns, a number ofU.S. states requireair ambulance services to be accredited by theCommission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems?
...that theChinese philosopherWang Chong (27-97 AD) accurately described thewater cycle inmeteorology?
...thatAlexander Pope was expelled fromTwyford School for writing a poem that poked fun at one of his school masters?
...that theKlaus Advanced Computing Building is named forChris Klaus, who donated$15 million to his alma mater,Georgia Tech, when he was just 26?
...thatGundoin was the firstDuke ofAlsace, aduchy which existed as part of theFrankish Empire from the630s?
...thatShardha Ram Phillauri, aPunjabi, wrote thefirst Hindi novel?

18 July 2007

22:02, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Tombstone at Hope Cemetery

...that 75% of the tombstones(example pictured) inVermont'sHope Cemetery were designed by the people they house?
...thatRice People, a 1994 drama film by directorRithy Panh, was the firstCambodian film to besubmitted for anAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
...thatMegaloprepus caerulatus, agiant damselfly with a wingspan of up to 19 centimeters (7.5 inches), breeds in water-filledtree holes?
...thatChoke, an upcoming film adaptation of the 2001novel byChuck Palahniuk, will be the author's first film adaptation sinceFight Club?
...thatÉdouard Richard, a two-term member of theCanadian House of Commons andAcadian historian, practiced law with futureCanadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier?
...that theDima Halim Daoga and theNationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland broke ties because of competingseparatist ideologies?
...thatWorld War II Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiserKuma was torpedoed by aRoyal Navy submarine while engaged inanti-submarine warfare training?
...thatSong Du-yul, a professor of philosophy and sociology at theUniversity of Münster inGermany, was the onlySouth Korean to attend the 1994 funeral ofNorth Korean leader Kim Il-sung?

15:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

...that despite being known from many specimens, thefossilFuxianhuia(pictured) remains one of the most controversialCambrian arthropods?
...that the 2007 main eventWorld Series of Poker bracelet, awarded onJuly 17,2007, is made with 136 grams of 18-carat white gold set with 120 diamonds?
...that after seeing the documentary,S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, formerKhmer Rouge leaderKhieu Samphan was moved to admit the existence of theS-21 torture center inPhnom Penh after years of publicly denying it?
...that theUnited States Army formed 106tank destroyer battalions inWorld War II, all of which were disbanded by 1946?
...thatBesalú was an independentcounty from 988 to 1111, whenRamon Berenguer III inherited it, annexing it to theCounty of Barcelona?
...that the hostility ofEnglish alchemistThomas Charnock's neighbours forced him to barricade himself in his cottage?
...that theShuguang spacecraft was designed by thePeople's Republic of China with the goal of achieving a manned space flight in 1973?
...that the unimportance and consequent emptiness ofKalikata afforded the British room to settle there and establishCalcutta?

00:12, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

...that thePolish-Teutonic War of 1519-1521 was the last of thePolish-Teutonic Wars, and ended with thePrussian Homage(pictured)?
...that the 1993 filmHeaven & Earth, directed byOliver Stone, was based on the life of theGlobal Village Foundation initiatorLe Ly Hayslip, who had a cameo appearance in the film?
...thatJosephus's Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades is actually the work ofHippolytus of Rome, but was consideredJosephus's by his translatorWilliam Whiston?
...that theNantucket andMartha's Vineyard ferry,Sankaty, set fire to the famous whalerCharles W. Morgan before being commissioned as aminelayer by theRoyal Canadian Navy?
...that theGalaxy Zoo is an onlineastronomy project that allows members of the public to help classify previously unseen images ofgalaxies?
...that the Roman merchants whotraded with ancient Tamil country, used themonsoon winds to reduce the travel time betweenEgypt andIndia to forty days?
...that theSan Rafael Wilderness was the first U.S.Primitive Area to be reclassified as wilderness after the passage of the 1964Wilderness Act?
...that although in 1939 thePolish Army hadan elaborate plan for defence against the Soviet invasion, it couldn't implement itwhen the invasion began due to being committed against an earlierGerman invasion?

17 July 2007

13:26, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatWilliam Leybourn(pictured) wrote the firstEnglish language astronomy compendium?
...thatWilliam W. Powers State Recreation Area'sWolf Lake co-hosted aBioBlitz by over 150scientists who unofficially counted 1,815species in a day?
...thatinfanticide is committed by animals as diverse asgray langurs,pigs,jacanas andwater bugs?
...thatUnion Army color bearerThomas J. Higgins received theMedal of Honor for his actions at theBattle of Vicksburg during theUS Civil War at the request of his Confederate captors?
...that the1975 U.S. Supreme Court caseNLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. allowed all workers inunionized workplaces to have a union representative present during management inquiries that might result in discipline?
...that there is a 14foot (4.3m) tall miniatureStick style house on the grounds of theEllwood House inDeKalb, Illinois?
...thatJohn Hill, formerTexas Attorney General, was prominent in shutting down theChicken Ranch known as theBest Little Whorehouse in Texas?
...that theChristian Specht Building is the only existing building with acast iron facade known inNebraska today, and one of the few ever built there?
...that in1920,KDKA inPittsburgh was the firstradio station to broadcastMajor League Baseball on the radio?

05:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatSozodont(advertisement pictured) was an extremely popularoral hygiene product whose name came from theGreek meaning "to save theteeth"?
...thatJuliana Anicia commissioned the largest church of pre-Justinian Constantinople?
...that 18th centurybrothel-keeperJane Douglas soldcondoms in silken bags to her customers?
...that thecritically endangeredtotoaba, a member of thedrum family which weighs up to 100kg, is found only in the northern end of theSea of Cortez?
...that nineteenth-centuryventriloquistAlexandre Vattemare originally studied to be a physician, but was refused a diploma after makingcadavers seem to speak during surgical exercises?
...that the firstchancellor of theUniversity of Houston,Andrew Davis Bruce, was a formerlieutenant general in theUS Army and the founder ofFort Hood?
...that the firstrailway in Germany, theBayerische Ludwigsbahn, was originally mostlyhorse-hauled because of the high cost of importingcoal fromSaxony?

16 July 2007

23:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

...that in 1894 officials inWhiteside County, Illinois paid a man $1.50 per day to watch the construction ofLyndon Bridge(pictured)?
...thatVanvoorstia bennettiana is the onlyprotist on theIUCN'sRed List?
...that thoughmusicologist Knud Jeppesen wrote that withoutvoice crossing "no realpolyphony is possible," manycounterpoint exercises prohibit it?
...that all of the publications of17th century Milanese historianGregorio Leti were listed on theIndex Librorum Prohibitorum?
...that during engineering work in 1979, the collapse of thePenmanshiel Tunnel severed themain railway line betweenLondon andEdinburgh for five months?
...that the AmericanneurophysiologistRalph W. Gerard developed an intracellularrecording microelectrode, that revolutionized research inneurobiology?
...that thearchitectHans Price was responsible for the distinctive look of buildings inWeston-super-Mare,England, during theVictorian era?

17:19, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theMalvern Roller Mill(pictured) was closed in 1942 due to shortages caused byWorld War II?
...that the modern-day role ofwomen in the Philippines is similar to their social status duringpre-colonial times?
...that despite over a hundred years of scientific study,fierce debate still rages about howarthropods' heads areconstructed?
...that the Australian nativeDagger Hakea is an effective plant for sheltering small birds such as theSuperb Fairy-wren, especially in thenatural landscaping style ofgardening?
...that theUnion Station inOmaha, Nebraska was the firstArt Deco styletrain station in theUnited States?
...that besides taking the athletes'oath,Paul Aste also competed on thebobsleigh track that he designed for the1964 Winter Olympics?
...thatCharles Sargeant Jagger sculpted threeWorld War I memorials, all inLondon?
...thatJohn Little, established in 1845, is the oldestdepartment store inSingapore?
...thatGeneral Ulysses S. Grant's Civil War dispatch boatMonohansett was a charteredMartha's Vineyard ferry?

02:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

...that 40thU.S. President Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment above a19th century commercial building (pictured) in downtownTampico, Illinois?
...thatPelton's Rose Gentian was recently discovered by a retired mechanic and is only found in a single county inArkansas?
...that anunnamed hurricane in 1975 attained hurricane status further north than any otherPacific hurricane before dissipating nearAlaska?
...that thePoker Players Alliance hired former Sen.Alfonse D'Amato to help overturn theUnlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that makes it illegal for financial institutes to deal with online gambling sites?
...that FatherJoseph Le Caron, the first European to seeLake Huron, also assisted at the first Catholic mass in Quebec and performed the first Christian marriage in Canada?
...that thenaval history of China goes back as far as theSpring and Autumn Period (722 BC-481 BC)?
...that English missionaryAndrew White, the "Apostle ofMaryland", celebrated the firstCatholic mass in the originalThirteen Colonies onMarch 25,1634 onSt. Clement's Island?

15 July 2007

15:46, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theTarxien Temples (pictured) inMalta were discovered when the owner of a field figured that thelarge stones his workers kept hitting whileploughing may have somearchaeological significance?
...that those opposed to the construction of theStroudwater Navigation used poetry to support their cause?
...that fear of retaliatory terminations is a leading obstacle tounion organizers in their efforts tounionize a workplace?
...that thedemolition of theJobbers Canyon Historic District inOmaha, Nebraska represents the largest loss of buildings on theNational Register of Historic Places to date?
...that in three days of nearly non-stop negotiations,Nathan Feinsinger mediated an end to a 1947pineapple workers'strike which threatened the entireHawaiian economy?
...that girls received the right to inherit theDanish throne as the result of areferendum in 1953?
...thatMarcin Dunin,primate of Poland, was onceinterned andarrested by thePrussian authorities?

04:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

...that a "witch's egg"(pictured), the immature form of thecarrion-odouredcommon stinkhorn, is eaten in parts ofFrance andGermany?
...thatAnna Mae Winburn led theInternational Sweethearts of Rhythm, the only integrated, all-femalebig band of the 1940s?
...that the firstBaptist baptism inUkraine took place in 1864 on the riverInhul of today'sKirovohrad Oblast?
...that theFirst cabinet Gerhardsen in1945 featured the first femaleNorwegian Government minister,Kirsten Hansteen?
...that at the 25thCMA Music Festival in 1996,country music artistGarth Brooks signedautographs for 23 hours and 10 minutes without taking a single break?
...that theDanish land laws referendum of 1963 is the onlyreferendum in the history ofDenmark to have been held by a minority ofparliament?

14 July 2007

20:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

...that many modern breeds ofhound trace their bloodlines back to the extinctSouthern Hound(pictured) andNorth Country Beagle?
...that the Israeli four-doorJeep Wrangler-basedAIL Storm was produced beforeJeep's own model?
...that theMayfair Club, the real lifeunderground gambling hall loosely depicted in the movieRounders, was in the mid-80's the training grounds for five poker players who have since won 20World Series of Poker titles?
...that FrenchJesuitPierre Nicolas d'Incarville introduced the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) and Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) to Europe?
...thatLorenzo M. Tañada was the longest-servingsenator inPhilippine history?
...that theNarasinganavar family residing in theIndian state ofKarnataka is one of the largestundivided families in the world?

11:48, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the snow events of the2014 Winter Olympics will be hosted in theski resort ofKrasnaya Polyana(pictured), which had its origin in theTsar's hunting lodge?
...that theUnited States superhero filmJohn Hancock went through fourdirectors before succeeding in being made with directorPeter Berg?
...thatThe New 7th Storey Hotel, abudget hotel catering tobackpackers inSingapore, is actually nine storeys high and was the tallest building in theBeach Road area in the1950s?
...thatGeorge W. Taylor assistedunions bymediating more than 2,000strikes, but also helped draftNew York'sTaylor Law—which banned strikes by public employees?
...thatOssubtus xinguense is anendangered species offish that has an unusual downturned mouth which gives the appearance of abeak?
...thatAustralian bishopSydney James Kirkby, who presided at thesynod to elect the successor of ArchbishopJohn Charles Wright, actively worked to not be given the job himself?

13 July 2007

20:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

...that after hisdefeat in theAmerican Civil War,Union Army GeneralWilliam Sooy Smith(pictured) returned to engineering and helped build theGlasgow Railroad Bridge, winning the Centennial Exposition prize in1876?
...that thewimple piranha is a specializedpredator whose diet consists primarily offish scales?
...that thePali Lookout inHawaii was originally the site of the bloodyBattle of Nu'uanu, where 400 warriors were driven over a cliff byKamehameha I?
...that the Hungarian-born JewIgnaz Trebitsch-Lincoln was successively aPresbyterian missionary inCanada, aBritish Member of Parliament, an international double agent, a German right-wing politician, and aBuddhist abbot inChina?
...that in aDanish referendum in 1916 64.2% of the voters were in favour of selling theDanish West Indian Islands to theUnited States?
...that despite only being eight inches tall, theTiny Hawk, araptor found throughout much of the centralneotropics, successfully huntshummingbirds?

12:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatIstanbul'sVefa Kilise Mosque (pictured) is an example of aByzantine church since converted into anOttoman mosque?
...thatEmma Crawford was described as "the principal benefactress" of theAnglican Diocese of Brisbane for her work in establishing several religious schools?
...that theAugustinian monkDionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro was instrumental in persuadingKing Robert of Naples to makePetrarch the firstpoet laureate since antiquity?
...thatPolish I Corps in Russia, originally intended to fight for theTriple Entente against theCentral Powers, was forced to ally itself with the GermanOber Ost forces?
...thatLapland'sSjisjka railway stop was built in part because it was the only place in the country where the lettersSJ occurred in the name twice?
...thatDelta Sigma Theta Sorority founderMyra Hemmings starred, co-produced and co-directed the1941 filmGo Down, Death! The Story Of Jesus and the Devil?
...that, at one time,Eliza Marsden Hassall's school produced roughly three-quarters ofAustralia'sforeign missionaries?

00:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theIllinois Central Stone Arch Railroad Bridges (pictured) inDixon, Illinois were constructed without the use ofbonding materials?
...that the German historianAlbert Brackmann argued that thePoles should be pushed farther eastwards, intoUkraine?
...thatadvertising executiveLois Wyse came up with theslogan "With a name likeSmucker's, it has to be good!"?
...thatMichael Dadap, the popularFilipino guitarist, is married to the eldest sister of American cellistYo-Yo Ma?
...that after theBattle of Deir ez-Zor inWorld War II, mostSyrian troops avoided capture by changing into civilian clothes?
...that theKallanai dam, built byKarikala Chola to supportagriculture in ancient Tamil country, is considered the oldest water-regulation structure still in use?
...that thepapal election of 1061, the first carried out solely bycardinal bishops, resulted in a war betweenPope Alexander II andAntipope Honorius II?
...that theBiblioteca Nacional de Chile's Frenchneoclassical building was built to commemorate thecentenary of theindependence of Chile?

12 July 2007

16:47, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

...that whileMary Wollstonecraft (pictured) wrote her revolutionary treatise theRights of Woman in six weeks, its novelistic sequel,The Wrongs of Woman, was still unfinished at her death, despite a year's work?
...that the site of acrashed JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft is now marked with asculpture of a crumpledpaper aeroplane?
...that theCraigflower Manor and Schoolhouse are among the oldestCanadian buildings of their type?
...that, owing toHenry Babson'sselective breeding work, thousands ofArabian horses today have "Babson-influenced"bloodlines?
...that theAustralianWhite-naped Honeyeater derives its Latin epithetlunatus from the crescent-shaped markings on itsnape?
...that the Hibbs Bridge on theSnicker's Gap Turnpike, which partly replaced the firsttoll road in theUnited States, still carries traffic, and is being rebuilt in its original state?
...that thevillage ofMontgomery,New York, was originally namedWard's Bridge?
...that the"Amerikansky Golland" class submarines ordered by theImperial Russian Navy also served in theSoviet andUnited States navies?
...thatRoman Catholic priestPaul Couturier helped establish theWeek of Prayer for Christian Unity?

10:36, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

...that in theIslamic tradition,Bahira (pictured) was aChristian monk who foretold to the adolescentMuhammad his futureprophetic career?
...that, in addition tohorror fiction,Edgar Allan Poe wrote an essay oninterior decorating calledThe Philosophy of Furniture?
...thatRaeapteek inTallinn,Estonia is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe?
...that brewer and politicianMichael Thomas Bass introduced legislation into theBritish House of Commons to banorgan grinders as nuisances?
...thatGunnhild, "Mother-of-Kings", the wife and queen ofErik Bloodaxe ofNorway, was rumored to be awitch?
...that after theHMSTyger wrecked in 1742, the crew survived 56 days on a desert island and another 56 days sailing toJamaica in small boats, at a loss of only 11 out of 281 men?
...thatBenjamin Pearse, later an influential provincial politician inBritish Columbia, came toVancouver Island working forHudson's Bay Company?

00:37, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Stanisław Chełchowski

...that 19th centuryPolish noble and farmerStanisław Chełchowski (pictured) published academic works ranging fromethnography throughagriculture tomycology?
...that musicianIan Craig Marsh, once ofpop groups The Human League andHeaven 17, began his career in a band called "Musical Vomit"?
...that global mining magnateCharles W. Engelhard, Jr. was the inspiration behind the characterAuric Goldfinger in authorIan Fleming's novelGoldfinger?
...thatDanny Barcelona was aFilipino American self-taught drummer forLouis Armstrong’sAll-Stars jazz band?
...thatIndian youthMeraj Khalid Noor was used for political campaigning in Muslim-dominated areas ofBihar as he resembledOsama Bin Laden?
...that the prosperousCaspian Sea port ofAbaskun disappeared from records in the13th century?
...that theCode of Ur-Nammu is the world's oldest extant example of alegal code?

11 July 2007

17:45, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the administrative capital ofSamarai (pictured) inPapua New Guinea was demolished inWorld War II to avoid its falling intoJapanese hands?
...that thePennsylvania Ministerium was the firstLutheran church body inNorth America?
...thatRabanus Maurus's attribution of theLiber Pontificalis toSaint Jerome was the prevailing view throughout theMiddle Ages?
...that no piece ofgoldwork embroidery has ever actually used puregold?
...that the racially chargedEscambia High School riots, which reached a climax in 1976, continued in various forms for five years?
...that despite being dissolved as akibbutz in the 1980s,Ir Ovot continues to host Christian volunteers working on itsSolomonic/First Temple period archaeologic site?
...that the musical piececomposed byWill Schaefer for theUnited States Bicentennial earned him aPulitzer Prize nomination?
...thatObservatory Hill, Darjeeling, the site ofDarjeeling's oldestBuddhist monastery is now home to aHindu temple?

11:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

...that as the Northern Division headquarters for theIllinois Central Railroad theAmboy Depot (pictured) had authority over 53train stations?
...thatLee Choon Seng, aSingaporean philanthropist built aBuddhist temple with the intention of liberating the spirits of those killed during the 1942Battle of Pasir Panjang?
...that the1922 Swatow Typhoon killed 50,000 people in Swatow (nowShantou,China), out of a total population of 65,000?
...that in three years duringWorld War II, theU.S. Army prisoner of war camp calledCamp Atlanta had more occupants than the nearby town ofAtlanta, Nebraska has had in its entire existence?
...that auto racing iconDan Gurney tricked competitors into installing hisGurney flap upside down?
...thatvoice exchange, the preeminentcompositional technique of the medievalNotre Dame school, died out inart music but remains a characteristic feature ofrounds?

00:09, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

...that more than 13.5 tonnes ofgold were extracted in 13 months at Poverty Reef, near theAustralian town ofTarnagulla, Victoria (pictured) from an area only 3 metres wide and 120 metres deep?
...that as many ballots were cast in four days electingChris Young andHideki Okajima in theAll-Star Final Vote as in ten weeks electing the2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game starting lineup?
...that although no fossils of the extinctMalagasy Hippopotamus have been dated within the last 1,000 years, villagers inMadagascar described a similar creature still alive as recently as 1976?
...that theSSSuevic of theWhite Star Line ran into rocks off the coast ofEngland while steaming at full speed in dense fog at night in 1907 but everyone on board survived?
...that before he becamePope Urban IV, Jacques Pantaléon mediated theTreaty of Christburg between the paganPrussians and theTeutonic Knights?
...thatDungeons & Dragons, an album byMidnight Syndicate, is the only official soundtrack to theDungeons & Dragonsrole-playing game?
...that althoughPaul MacGillivray's main interest wasnatural history, he was also the president of the Medical Society ofVictoria and a member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria?

10 July 2007

17:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the American merchantStephen Sayre (pictured) was committed to theTower of London on charges of plotting to kidnapKing George III?
...thatMiss Pittsburgh was the first plane to deliverairmail betweenPittsburgh andCleveland?
...that theBlue-faced Honeyeater of eastern and northern Australia is also known as the "Bananabird" for its fondness for that fruit?
...thatcross stitches are part of theembroidery traditions of theBalkans,Middle East,Afghanistan,Colonial America andVictorian England?
...that the 1646Union of Uzhhorod was brokered by theBasilian monastic order on the model of the earlierUnion of Brest?
...that thetelevision dramaHill Street Blues imitated the visual style ofThe Police Tapes, a low-budgetdocumentary about apolice precinct in theSouth Bronx?
...thatRob Mazurek'savant-garde Chicago Underground projects began as a workshop at local jazz clubThe Green Mill?

10:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatDarjeeling'sRock Garden (pictured) was built to re-attract tourists following the damage to theindustry caused by the actions of theGorkha National Liberation Front?
...that, during theBasque witch trials, 1,384 children voluntarily reported themselves and denounced their "accomplices"?
...that theversorium, the world's firstelectrical device, was invented in 1600 by one ofQueen Elizabeth I's physicians?
...that thesmallest papal election since the expansion of suffrage to all cardinals was undertaken by only sixcardinal electors?
...that manyJapanese POWscontinued to toil inSiberian labor camps ten years after the end ofWorld War II?
...thatSt. Stephen's is the last remainingBulfinch-designed church inBoston?
... thetransition from Renaissance to Baroque in instrumental music occurred partly as a result of deliberate actions taken by theFlorentine Camerata?
...thatAbraham Klausner was the firstrabbi at theDachau concentration camp after it was liberated?
...thatY. G. Parameshwara was the firstblind Indian to qualify as a doctor?

9 July 2007

22:15, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatFumio Kyuma (pictured) resigned asJapanese Minister for Defense over statements that theatomic bombing of Nagasaki "could not be helped" while also representingNagasaki in theDiet of Japan?
...that thetown ofSantikhiri in northernThailand has been home to a "lost division" of theRepublic of China Army since 1961?
...that thechurch ofSt John the Divine, Kennington suffered severe bomb damage in 1941 duringWorld War II but was restored and re-opened in 1959?
...that althoughLloyd Hunter playedtrumpet and led abig band for 38 years, he only recorded once, for therace record labelVocalion?
...that airmanTimothy Tovell smuggled a French orphan adopted by his squadron as a mascot back toAustralia in an empty sack ofoats?
...that the fifteenth and sixteenth-centuryHochstetter family were for a time on a par with theFugger and theWelser controlling metalores inBohemia,Slovakia,Hungary andTyrol?
...that theBud Billiken Parade and Picnic is the largestAfrican American parade in theUnited States?

15:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatLuxembourg City Hall (pictured) was constructed while all ofLuxembourg outside thecapital was controlled byrebel forces?
...thatEstoniajoined World War II in1940, after theSoviet Union blockaded the country, aFinnish airliner was shot down and threediplomatic couriers were killed?
...that thoughstudents andeducators agree on the importance ofstudent engagement inlearning, there is little consensus on a working definition?
...that theshort film5 Men and a Limo showcases the world's five most prolificEnglish language film trailer voiceover artists narrating a sharedlimousine ride?
...that a portion ofConnecticut Route 108 was part of an early highway system in the town ofStratford, Connecticut?
...thatHalsey Ives was involved in sixworld's fairs, directed the art departments of two of them, and was the first director of theSaint Louis Art Museum?

09:24, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatcouchingembroidery technique, in whichyarn laid on top offabric is held in place with smallstitches, featured in the creation of theBayeux tapestry(pictured) andCentral Asian suzani rugs?
...thatClaude Pompidou was responsible for choosing much of the art for theCentre Georges Pompidou, named after herhusband?
...thatVibhuti Narayan Singh was the last king of the ancient cityBenares?
...thatAngola gained its independence fromPortugal through theAlvor Agreement?
...that the first family-runHawaiian language preschool, orPūnana leo (Hawaiian: "nest of voices"), was opened illegally?
...that theLuxtorpeda, looking more like a cross between a rail bus and alimousine than a train, was the fastest and most luxurioustrain in interbellumPoland?
...thatSalazar's associateFernando Santos Costa was appointed Deputy Minister of War while holding only the junior rank ofcaptain?

8 July 2007

20:25, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

...that students atIowa State University are traditionally not considered "true Iowa Staters" until after they have been kissed underneath theCampanile(pictured) at the stroke of midnight?
...that4th century martyrEmygdius is said to have carried his own severed head away after being decapitated?
...that former professional boxerGiichi Nishihara was thewriter-director of suchJapanese cultpink films of the 1960s and 1970s asAbnormal Reaction: Ecstasy andGrotesque Perverted Slaughter?
...thatBirtles Shorrock Goble, the founders and original singers/songwriters ofLittle River Band, are legally prevented from using that band name?
...that only two of the fourteen Frenchcardinals were in Italy at the start of thepapal conclave, 1549-1550 because a clause of theConcordat of Bologna allowed the pope to redistribute theirbenefices if they died inRome?

11:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatMoffat Library(pictured) inWashingtonville,New York, was formally opened in 1887 but did not have any books untilbookcases were bought a year later?
...that in 1942 survivors of the British submarineP36 were shipwrecked again less than six weeks later when the submarineHMS Olympus hit a mine offMalta?
...that theFirst National Bank of Omaha, founded byHerman Kountze, is aprivately held company in its sixth generation of family ownership?
...thatAmerican systems theoristDebora Hammond explores new ways of thinking aboutcomplex systems that support more participatory forms ofsocial organization?
...that SirRichard Garth was abarrister,MP,Privy Counsellor andChief Justice ofBengal as well asLord of the Manor ofMorden?
...thatBill Apiata of theSpecial Air Service of New Zealand was the first ever recipient of theVictoria Cross for New Zealand?

01:45, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

...that there arefords atIllinois'White Pines Forest State Park (crossing pictured) allowing visitors to drive through thestream?
...that theVictoria Cross for Australia, instituted in 1991 as the highest award for gallantry that can be awarded toAustralian military personnel, has yet to be awarded to anyone?
...thatWing CommanderGeorge H. StainforthAFC RAF was the first man to exceed 400 mph in anaircraft?
...thatCharles A. Johns went from being ajustice on theOregon Supreme Court to a justice on theSupreme Court of the Philippines in 1921?
...in the 4th century, thePersianChosroid Dynasty introducedChristianity as theofficial religion inancient Georgia?
...that during theGlasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982, future leader of theLiberal Democrats Charles Kennedy wore asandwich board reading "The realRoy Jenkins is number 5"?

01:43, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
...thatnational service inCuba'slaw enforcement agencies is regarded as more dangerous than serving in the country'sarmed forces?
...thatCrystle Stewart won theMiss Texas USA title on her fifth attempt, after placing first runner-up for two consecutive years?
...that news of the British victory in theBattle of Trafalgar was reported in theGibraltar Chronicle a fortnight before it reachedEngland?

7 July 2007

17:29, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatLaurence Mancuso was the foundingabbot of theEastern Orthodox monastic community ofNew Skete(pictured), which is known for itsdog training?
...thatFernando Amorsolo was the firstFilipino to be distinguished as aNational Artist of the Philippines in painting?
...that theBattle of Damascus was the final action of the Allied advance onDamascus inSyria during theSyria-Lebanon campaign inWorld War II?
...thatJoseph Jukes, an English-born colonial Australiangeologist, sketched the very first completemap ofAustralia?
...thatauthorship of a research article in fields such asgenome sequencing andparticle physics is sometimes claimed by over 100 scientists?
...that the four state-ownedRegional Health Authorities run all the publichospitals inNorway?
...thatTexas Tech track and field runnerSally Kipyego is the firstKenyan woman to win anNCAA cross country individual championship?
...thatSaint Maximilian Kolbe sacrificed his life atAuschwitz to save the life ofPolish Army sergeantFranciszek Gajowniczek?
...that the last territorial expansion ofBratislava, the capital ofSlovakia, took place in 1972, creating Greater Bratislava with the17 current boroughs?
...that the first shot fired byBritish Empire forces inWorld War I was targeted at theGerman shipPfalz which was departingMelbourne,Australia as Britain declared war on Germany?

10:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theMoldavian intellectualGheorghe Asachi (pictured) opposed his country's union withWallachia and endorsed the pro-separatist electoral fraud of June 1857?
...thatOperation Salaam was aWorld War II covert operation led by thearistocratic explorer László Almásy to insert twoGerman spies into British-heldCairo?
...thatHindus in the ancient Tamil country worshipped differentdeities depending on thelandscape of the region they lived in?
...thatYavapai is an overarching term for four distinct tribes ofNative Americans from centralArizona?
...that the officialVatican newspaper,L'Osservatore Romano, prematurely announced the death ofBishop Donald Trautman?
...thatDr. Henry Woodward was the first British colonist ofcolonial South Carolina?
...thatIn Nomine Domini, promulgated byPope Nicholas II in 1059, establishedcardinal-bishops as the soleelectors of the pope?
...that thePub Design Awards are annually given to exceptionalpubs in theUK that have undergone construction work?
...that theWWF in 1986 introduced astable of masked wrestlers to keep the injuredwrestler Andre the Giant on television, but off the ring?

6 July 2007

21:33, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

...that in 1859John Wise(pictured) made the firstairmail delivery in the United States?

19:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
...that in an attempt to speed up thelongest papal election in history, the magistrates ofViterbo removed the roof of thePapal Palace?
...that the inmates ofSan Pedro prison run a hotel for visiting tourists and sellcocaine to the local community?
...that theChurch Slavonic word for "nativity scene" has come to denote "the den of depravity" in modernRussian?
...that the novelPioneer, Go Home! (adapted into theElvis movieFollow that Dream) was inspired bysquatters who settled on land created whenFlorida built a bridge toPine Island?
...that theDarjeeling Ropeway was stopped on19 October 2003 after four tourists were killed in an accident?
...thatW. Gene Corley investigated thecollapse of the World Trade Center, as well as the performance of theMurrah Building in response to the 1995Oklahoma City bombing?
...thatGrand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia gave away his cat to one of the soldiers tasked with hisexecution?

13:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the developer of theMendota Hills Wind Farm (pictured) provided landowners with contracts for up to$1,500 permegawatt ofelectricity produced bywind turbines on their land?
...that the first poet in theRussian language,Symeon of Polotsk, was ethnicallyBelarusian?
...that "Being Boiled", the firstsingle byThe Human League, cost just £2.50 to record?
...that thepentadic numbers on theSpirit Pond runestones have led to speculation that they contain an authentic record ofThorfinn Karlsefni's expedition toMaine in1010?
...that when the Italianmedalist and sculptorLeone Leoni was accused ofcounterfeiting byPope Paul III's jeweler in 1540, he came so close to killing the man that he was sent to thegalleys?
...thatStoke City F.C. is the second-oldestEnglish football league club, as it was founded in 1863?
...theEfficiency Medal ofGreat Britain and theCommonwealth has been awarded with three different ribbons in over thirty separate countries, and featured threemonarchs wearing four distinctcrowns?

06:41, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the prehistoric marine reptileExcalibosaurus(pictured) was named afterKing Arthur's sword because of the sword-like appearance of its upper jaw?
...that thoughGeorge Bernard Shaw called fellowEdwardian playwrightSt John Hankin’s death "a public calamity," his work was largely neglected until the 1990s?
...thatTakemoto Gidayū's contributions to the form ofbunraku (Japanese puppet theatre) were so influential that all chanters (narrators) inbunraku are now calledgidayū?
...that although theNo Child Left Behind Act in theUnited States prescribes the consequences for schools failing to meetAdequate Yearly Progress, it leaves responsibility for defining that progress up to eachstate education agency?
...that David Nash, the managing director ofNash Timbers, single-handedly stopped theAustralian Government's practice of burning down old railway bridges, thus saving timber up to 400 years old?
...that in theBattle of Kissoué during theSyria-Lebanon campaign inWorld War II, the outnumbered defenders atQuneitra,Syria surrendered because they ran out of ammunition?
...that the words "Never Again" were supposedly inscribed inEnglish andHebrew on the first warhead fromIsrael's nuclear program?

00:14, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

...that thePSMoyie (pictured) was the last workingsternwheeler inCanada and is the oldest intact sternwheeler in the world?
...thatConfederate brigadier generalJames Morrison Hawes studied advanced military tactics at the Cavalry School ofSaumur,France?
...that theAustrianRieger Orgelbau andCzechRieger-Kloss are twoorgan-building firms formed afterWorld War II with origins in a single company?
...that the staff of the mayor ofMirik,West Bengal vowed to spend a month's salary inSMS voting forIndian Idol contestantPrashant Tamang, the first finalist ofNepalese descent?
...that theproglacial lakes of Minnesota were massive freshwater lakes covering many times the area of theGreat Lakes at the end of theWisconsin glaciation?
...that, after driving theFrench Republicans fromItaly, Russian Field-MarshalAlexander Suvorov managed toconduct a masterful flight across the snow-cappedAlps?
...that early 20th centuryGerman explorers mounted many expeditions to theRamu river inGerman New Guinea in the hope of finding gold?

5 July 2007

17:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

...that during theSchmalkaldic War, theImperial Duke Eric II fled from theBattle of Drakenburg(etching pictured) by swimming across theWeser River?
...that in 1970,University of Oregon head baseball coachDon Kirsch fell to his death out of a second-story window atStanford University Medical Center?
...that theSwan by-election, 1918 not only resulted in the election of the youngest person ever to be elected to theParliament of Australia, but directly prompted the introduction ofinstant-runoff voting in Australia?
...thatscandal erupted after theDepartment of Justice initiated prosecution ofJackie Presser only to abruptly end it once the press revealed Presser had been aninformant for theFBI for over 10 years?
...that theOregon Coast Range was created by aforearc basin along thePacific Ocean?
...thatHugh Johnscommentated forEngland's onlyFIFA World Cup victory during his first year as a commentator?

04:25, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

...that theSpeculum Humanae Salvationis (Mirror of Human Salvation)(one page pictured) was one of the most popular illustrated books of theMiddle Ages?
...thatRod Marsh was the firstAustralian wicketkeeper to score a century inTest cricket?
...that theLogan Fontenelle Housing Project inOmaha, Nebraska, along withrestrictive covenants andredlining, were used to segregateAfrican Americans in theNear North Side neighborhood?
...that the poetDinakara Desai is known asChutuka Brahma (creator ofchutukas) because he invented a four-linelimerick form ofKannada poetry known aschutuka?
...thatFrancis Price Blackwood, a colonial Australian naval officer and sea surveyor, charted locations likeWhitsunday Island and theGreat Barrier Reef?
...that Irishcricketer andrugby union playerDickie Lloyd was regarded as one of the most famous pupils ofPortora Royal School, alongsideSamuel Beckett andOscar Wilde?
...thatGeorge Rogers Clark was called the "Conqueror of theNorthwest" because of his victoriousIllinois campaign in theAmerican Revolutionary War?
...thatHNoMSHeimdal became the first Norwegian ship to apprehend a ship forillegal fishing when she seized the BritishtrawlerLord Roberts in 1911?

4 July 2007

19:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the stray dogsBummer and Lazarus(pictured) were so popular with the people ofSan Francisco in the 1860s that they were given special exemption from the leash laws?
...thatOperation Tracer was a top-secretWWII mission in which six men were to be buried alive inside theRock of Gibraltar so that they could monitor enemy movements after the Rock's capture?
...that the bark ofKleinhovia hospita is used to treat hair lice inIndonesia?
...thatRear Admiral SirRichard Trowbridge was the twenty-fifthGovernor of Western Australia and the first officer of theRoyal Navy to rise from boy seaman to captain of the Queen's yachtHMYBritannia?
...that the first teacher and practicing doctor inPortland, Oregon,Ralph Wilcox, killed himself with aDeringer pistol while at work at thefederal court?
...thatSycorax, anunseen character inWilliam Shakespeare'sThe Tempest, is viewed by some as a symbol of the silencedAfrican woman?
...thatHuynh Phu So, the founder of theHoa Hao religious sect, converted his doctor after being put in amental asylum by the French colonial forces?
...that the bestsellingchildren's bookThe History of the Fairchild Family byMary Martha Sherwood inspired the character of Pip inCharles Dickens'sGreat Expectations?

12:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatMoodna Creek(pictured), atributary of theHudson, was originally known as "Murderers' Creek" after a family was massacred on its banks?
...thatAriel, asprite inWilliam Shakespeare'sThe Tempest, may be based on the biblical Ariel inIsaiah?
...that in 1968Eldridge Dickey was the firstAfrican-American quarterback to be drafted to a professionalAmerican football league in the first round?
...thatFriz Freleng's 1937 cartoonClean Pastures narrowly evaded HollywoodProduction Code censors, before being removed from distribution byUnited Artists in 1968?
...that theDawesville Channel, a 2.5 kilometre long, 200 metre wide man-made channel nearMandurah,Western Australia, was built specifically to counteralgal blooms?
...thatBill Barber playedtuba on a number ofMiles Davis albums includingBirth of the Cool,Miles Ahead andSketches of Spain?
...that theYamasee War of 1715-17 nearly annihilated thecolony ofSouth Carolina and paved the way for the founding ofGeorgia?
...that theCheat Mountain salamander ofWest Virginia is the only vertebrate known to be unique to that state?
...that whenJohn Torrington's corpse was exhumed 138 years after his death, it was almost perfectly preserved?
...that theUnited States Capitol crypt was intended as the entrance toGeorge Washington's tomb?

05:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatDaniel Hughes(pictured) was amulatto raftsman who ledfugitive slaves to freedom by transporting them in his barge and providing shelter at hisLoyalsock Township, Pennsylvania home?
...that theQueenslandCourt of Disputed Returns once heard an election dispute from a person who claimed that theQueensland Government was unconstitutional but who still wished to be elected to it?
...thatLiz Claiborne Inc. was the first company founded bya woman to make theFortune 500?
...that theKannada filmShanti is one of just a few narrative films with only a single actor?
...that theTrygg class was a class of three torpedo boats built for theRoyal Norwegian Navy and that they were all sunk duringWorld War II, two after having been captured by theGerman Kriegsmarine?
...thatSelvarajah Rajivarnam was the fourth journalist to be killed onApril 29, during the last three years of theSri Lankan civil war?
...thatDumfries House, designed byJohn andRobert Adam in the 1750s, was recently bought by a consortium of charities organised byPrince Charles?
...that theAustralian legal case ofD'Emden v Pedder followedUnited States legal precedent in holding that state and federal governments were immune from each other's laws?

3 July 2007

23:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatCharles Chaplin decided the best way to bringThe Tramp(pictured) into the new era was by re-releasing three silent films he made withFirst National as afeature-length film?
...thatNguyen Ngoc Tho, Vice President ofSouth Vietnam underNgo Dinh Diem, was not allowed to take part in policy discussions and was slapped at the order of Diem's brotherNgo Dinh Nhu?
...that the first person inBritain tosuggest studyingmodern history was eighteenth-century clergymanJoseph Priestley?
...that theStephen Wright House inPaw Paw, Illinois is located on a road that was once astage coach andNative American trail?
...that the filmHellbreeder's distinct look was created by being shot oncolor reversal stock and thencross processed?
...that thecrown-cardinals ofAustria,France, andSpain could exercise thejus exclusivae duringpapal conclaves from the16th to20th centuries?
...thatSpiral Scratch was the first independently-releasedPunk rock record, and inspired a wave ofDIY record labels across theUnited Kingdom?
...that although theSouth American Bittern is widespread, much about its life history remains little-known, due to its skulking habits?

17:08, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatSeacliff Lunatic Asylum(pictured) inNew Zealand was plagued bylandslips, a fatalfire in a locked psychiatric ward and allegations of abuse before reverting to aforest reserve?
...that viablesperm has beenextracted fromcadavers up to 36 hours after the donor'sdeath?
...thatJosé María Robles Hurtado, amartyr during theCristero War, placed thenoose that would be used to hang him around his own neck, telling his executioner "Don't dirty your hands"?
...that theArts Club of Chicago arose from the success of theArt Institute of Chicago's handling of the Chicago showing of theArmory Show?
...thatDanish botanistChristen C. Raunkiær madequantitative studies ofplants inliterature?
...during the annualromeria from the Guadalajara Cathedral to theBasilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, the statue of Our Lady of Expectation is accompanied by more than 3,000,000 people?
...that thePearl Harbor Memorial Bridge inConnecticut will be reconstructed as the firstextradosed bridge in theUnited States?
...that 19th century Polish generalLudwik Mierosławski led revolutionaries inPoland,Germany andItaly?

11:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
...that theHills Memorial Library ofHudson, New Hampshire had 60% of all area residents sign up for library cards in 1909, its first year of operation?
...that theBattle for Saigon in 1955 started as Prime MinisterNgo Dinh Diem tried to wrest control of the police from theBinh Xuyen organised gang licensed by EmperorBao Dai?

06:35, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

De Tomaso Longchamp

...that only 395De Tomaso Longchamp two-door2+2 coupés(example pictured) have ever been built?
...that theWar of the Two Peters, fought betweenCastile andAragon during the14th century, lasted 19 years?
...thatAntonio Salieri's operaEuropa riconosciuta was recently revived for the re-opening ofLa Scala inMilan, after not being seen for 226 years after it premiered?
...thatFlight LieutenantBobby Gibbes landed his single-seatfighter in theNorth African desert in 1942 to rescue a comrade who had been shot down, jettisoning his ownparachute to accommodate his passenger?
...that the lifelongDemocratJim Naugle is in his sixth straight term as the Mayor ofFort Lauderdale and supported onlyRepublicans forPresident since1968?
...that during the1998 Guinea-Bissau Civil War, as many as 100 refugees an hour passed through theborder checkpoint ofMpack,Senegal, which has a population of 518?
...that theItchen Navigationcanal provided an essential trading route between the historic city ofWinchester and the port ofSouthampton?

00:19, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

...thatJacques-Louis David produced four slightly different versions ofNapoleon Crossing the Alps (pictured) between 1800 and 1805?
...that theBangalore Palace inIndia, which was built to resembleWindsor Castle inEngland, has hosted music concerts of bands likeAerosmith,The Rolling Stones andDeep Purple?
...thatJeroen Straathof is the first and still only sports person in the world to represent his country at theSummer Olympics, theWinter Olympics and theParalympics?
...thatLynn Visson, aUnited Nations conference interpreter, is also aRussian cuisine cookbook author?
... thatRomanian poet, dissident, and journalistDorin Tudoran was only allowed to leave Romania for theUnited States after a 42-day-longhunger strike in 1985?
...that theLand of Onias, a region inPtolemaic Egypt settled byJewish military colonists, had its ownTemple separate from that ofJerusalem?
...that theWhite Building inBloomington, Illinois, represents an interesting example of theChicago school architecture?

2 July 2007

17:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the 1870sHarrison P. Young House (pictured) inOak Park, Illinois wasremodeled by famous architectFrank Lloyd Wright in 1895?
...that women in theEarly Pandyan Society dressed their hair differently according to their marital status?
...that inNew South Wales, aSentencing Council which is the first of its type inAustralia, conducts research to improve the consistency of sentencing of criminals?
...that theSilurianLau extinction event caused the Earth to temporarily return to a condition similar to how it was beforemulticellular life evolved?
...that theEastern Spinebill ofAustralian forests has adapted to urbangardens and can feed fromFuchsias as well as nativebanksias andgrevilleas?
...that Texas has a long history ofproducing wine withgrape vines planted byFranciscan missionaries over 100 years before vineyards were planted inCalifornia?
...thatMarine corporalCharles W. Lindberg was part of the firstflag raising onIwo Jima hours before the famous photo was taken byJoe Rosenthal?
...thatNkiru Books, the oldestAfrican American bookstore inBrooklyn, was saved from being closed down byrappers Mos Def andTalib Kweli in 2000?

07:22, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatSt. Mary's Collegiate Church(pictured) is the longest church inScotland at 62.8 m?
...thatHiptage benghalensis is considered a weed inFlorida?
...thatWilliamsport, Pennsylvania was once known as the "Lumber Capital of the World" and is the birthplace ofLittle League Baseball?
...that theAdivasi Cobra Force was formed afterethnic conflict betweenSantal andBodo erupted in1996?
...that originally a mudflat,Lido Isle in Newport Beach was one of the first master planned communities inCalifornia?
...thatUlley reservoir was sold toRotherham council for£1 in 1980, when it was no longer needed to supplydrinking water?
...thatRobert Raymond foundedAustralia's longest running current affairs television program?
...that thesteam rail motors, introduced by theGreat Western Railway in 1903 to stimulate traffic, were so successful that they had to be replaced by conventional trains?
...thatAustralian male singing duoBobby & Laurie had a national number-one hit withHitchhiker for five weeks in 1966?

00:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the organizers of the1937 Soviet Census(poster pictured) were imprisoned because the counted population numbers were far lower than expected byJoseph Stalin?
...thatFort Pasir Panjang, part of the 11 coastal fortifications built to repel the Japanese invasion, saw little action during theBattle of Singapore?
...thatJuanelo Turriano was forced to build a second version of hisArtificio de Juanelo as the city ofToledo refused to pay for the first one?
...that legend has it thatAlexander Campbell slapped a muddy handprint on aprison cell wall in 1877 which has never been removed, despite extensive efforts?
...that the British architectWilliam Benson was relieved from his position asSurveyor General of the Royal Works after falsely insisting that theHouse of Lords Chamber was in imminent danger of collapse?
...that the airport in theNigerian city ofCalabar is named afterMargaret Ekpo, the 1950s civil rights activist?

1 July 2007

16:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

...that the submarineHMSStorm(pictured) was the first to be commanded by a BritishRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve officer?
...that the discovery ofIcadyptes salasi, a prehistoric five-foot-tallpenguin inPeru, has caused scientists to reconsider the timeline of penguin evolution?
...that outlawsJohn Dillinger,Machine Gun Kelly, andBaby Face Nelson were tried in the historicLandmark Center inSt. Paul?
...that money donated in 1905 by the fans atCeltic Park football stadium inGlasgow, Scotland was given to the mother of international ScottishfootballerBarney Battles, Jr. while Battles was still in the womb?
...that the newly-merged Franco-Dutch firmUnibail-Rodamco is the largestpublic real estate company in Europe?
...that a portion of thePalatine Library returned toHeidelberg in 1816, almost two centuries after it was looted from city by theCatholic League?
...that therotation of a star slows down as it grows older?

09:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

...thatFrank Lloyd Wright's design for theFrancis J. Woolley House(pictured) was influenced by his first teacher,Joseph Silsbee, and theArts and Crafts movement?
...that although the first meeting of theIndian Independence League took place inTokyo inMarch 1942, it was not formally proclaimed untilJune of that year inBangkok?
...that theprofessional wrestling promotionInternational Championship Wrestling was owned and operated byAngelo Poffo, father of wrestling legendRandy Savage, and starred Randy Savage and his brotherLanny Poffo?
...that abbotGerald of Sauve-Majeure began the practice of celebratingmass and theOffice of the Dead for 30 days for the recently deceased?
...that opinion polls inArmenia suggest that 64% of its population favors eventualArmenian membership in the European Union?
...that sexualrelations between a man and his daughter-in-law were fairly common in pre-revolutionary ruralRussia?

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