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31 July 2008

19:29, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

... that although he wrote six dozen Germansongs (orLieder),Franz Liszt(pictured) was accused by critics of never having had a proper grasp of the German Lied?
... that theYoung Australia League was initially formed in1905 to promoteAustralian rules football?
... that an original35 mm film print of the1987 filmA Month in the Country was only rediscovered in 2004 due to the efforts of a fan?
... thatHenry A. Smith became the dominant landowner in what is nowInterbay,Seattle,Washington by buying when so many others were selling during an 1855–56Indian War?
... that theSt Nicholas Priory inExeter is being restored with the same methods that were used 500 years ago?
... thatSebastian Hardie wereAustralia's firstsymphonic rock band and released their debut albumFour Moments in 1975?
... that in order to force certain officials to leave office,Arizona Territorial GovernorLewis Wolfley‎ had their salary payments withheld?

12:57, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatRaphael paintedFelice della Rovere, the illegitimate daughter ofPope Julius II, intoThe Mass at Bolsena (pictured, della Rovere in black), commissioned for theApostolic Palace?
... that 80% of all Britishbanknotes arecontaminated with drugs?
... thatAustralian ophthalmologistSir Norman McAlister Gregg discovered the link betweenrubella andcongenital disorders in newborn infants after overhearing several of his patients discussing their illness duringpregnancy?
... thatCongregation Beth Israel ofNew Orleans, Louisiana, severely flooded afterHurricane Katrina in 2005, was flooded again in 2007?
... that the source of the bomb that brought downCanadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21 near100 Mile House, British Columbia in 1965, taking the lives of all 52 aboard, was never determined?
... thatsession steelguitaristLloyd Green played professionally in night clubs starting at age ten?

04:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

... that thewaxcap mushroomHygrocybe austropratensis(pictured) has been declared anendangered species by theGovernment of New South Wales?
... that originalstained glass from theMiller and Herriott House was removed to a restaurant nearDisneyland, prompting one writer to compare the new glass to thewooden leg onSarah Bernhardt?
... that the Guarijío ofMexico prepare anherbal tea,malo en el cuerpo (pain in the body), fromWimmeria mexicana,chamomile, andcilantro?
... that atWWE'sNo Mercy (2005) pay-per-view,Randy Orton and his father,"Cowboy" Bob Orton,kayfabe lockedThe Undertaker in acasket and set it on fire?
... that thesexual script is asociological analysis of what leads up tosexual intercourse?
... that youngHeliobolus lugubrislizards scare off predators by imitating certainacid-squirtingground beetles?

30 July 2008

20:59, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

... that thePine Creek Path, aNative American trail alongPine Creek inPennsylvania, was later used by lumbermen, then its course was followed by arailroad, and today it is arail trail(pictured)?
... that theNew York Mets tradedMike Welch to thePhiladelphia Phillies forHector Mercado, a player who was drafted and traded the same day, only for him to play against the Mets on hismajor league debut?
... thatJapanese director Kei Kumai'sSandakan No. 8 lost the 1975Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film to a film by another Japanese director,Akira Kurosawa'sDersu Uzala?
... thatInternational Association of Athletics Federations' third president,Adriaan Paulen, was part of theDutch resistance duringWorld War II?
... that during theGreat Depression, violence inSeattle'sSmith Cove betweenlongshoremen,strikebreakers and police ultimately resulted in the loss of much of the city's maritime traffic to thePort of Los Angeles?
... that the1932Southern German football championship final betweenEintracht Frankfurt andBayern Munich was halted seven minutes before the end due toBayern supporters invading thepitch?

14:24, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatMooers House(pictured), an example ofWest Coast Victorian architecture, is named for its owner who struckgold after years ofprospecting in theMojave Desert?
... thatChimamanda Ngozi Adichie's second novelHalf of a Yellow Sun won the 2007Orange Prize for Fiction?
... that ArchbishopDesmond Tutu has called for a campaign ofdisinvestment from Israel?
... that there are overthree thousand miles ofinterstate highways andU.S. Routes in the state ofUtah?
... that theBEL Weapon Locating Radar was developed afterengineers noticed that theRajendra Radar could unexpectedly detect and trackartillery shells?
... thatDrukair flights betweenKathmandu, Nepal andParo, Bhutan pass close toMount Everest?
... thatDustin Lance Black is the only writer onBig Love, a drama aboutMormon fundamentalists, who was raised in theMormon faith?

08:09, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatBouse Hutton(pictured) playedice hockey,lacrosse, andCanadian football at the highest respective level of competition, winning championships in each sport?
... that despite his winning the 1916 election by 43 votes, court rulings removedGeorge W. P. Hunt asGovernor of Arizona for nearly a year?
... that theRevolt of the Comuneros againstCharles V was partly provoked by the taxes raised in order to bribeprince-electors to elect himHoly Roman Emperor?
... that one of the owners ofWoodlawn Farm inSlate Hill, New York used the wildteasel from his fields tocard wool at his nearby hat factory?
... thatSouth Vietnamese politicianTruong Dinh Dzu once put his wife up ascollateral?
... thatsnakes were a favorite remedy of the medieval monk and healerNicholas of Poland?
... that theGeneral Board of the United States Navy was an advisory body of theUnited States Navy, effectively a navalgeneral staff?

02:08, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theIkazuchi class destroyers(example pictured), the first class ofdestroyers in theImperial Japanese Navy, were all built inScotland?
... thatphilanthropistLorry Lokey has donatedUS$132 million to theUniversity of Oregon?
... thatSamuel Johnson's first published poems,Messiah andLondon, were directly inspired by the writings ofAlexander Pope?
... thatStream Cliff Farm is the oldestherb farm inIndiana?
... thatAnne Aghion won anEmmy Award in 2005 for herdocumentary filmIn Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies, which examined the situation in post-genocide Rwanda?
... that theNarikuravas who reside in theIndian state ofTamil Nadu speak anIndo-Aryan language called Vagriboli?
... thatRoyal Spring Park may have been the site of the firstbourbon whiskey production?
... thatSozin's Comet: The Final Battle, the two-hour finale forAvatar: The Last Airbender, was the most-watchedcable television broadcast in the week of its transmission?

29 July 2008

19:45, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

... that according toHindu mythology, the "first king"Prithu chased theEarth in the form of acow(pictured), who eventually agreed to yield her milk as all the world's grain and vegetation?
... thatChildress, a small city in theTexas Panhandle, is named forGeorge Campbell Childress, the author of theTexas Declaration of Independence?
... thatSir Murray Maxwell, a celebratedRoyal Navy officer, once spent weeks marooned on an island under attack frompirates following the loss ofHMSAlceste in 1817?
... that the brittlegillmushroomRussula betularum grows underbirch, while the closely relatedRussula emetica is found underconifers?
... that on the very same day thatbaseball playerHector Mercado was drafted by thePhiladelphia Phillies, he was traded to theNew York Mets forMike Welch?
... that theFujairah power and desalination plant in theUnited Arab Emirates is one of the largest operational hybriddesalination plants in the world?

12:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the mother ofIvy Gordon-Lennox(pictured) announced inThe New York Times that her daughter wasnot engaged to marry theEarl Winterton?
... that early 20th-centuryimmigrants to the United States are said to have seenNew York for the first time from the decks of theferryboatYankee?
... thatJacob Kielland, one of the richest persons inNorway in the 1860s, was also the grandfather of novelistAlexander Kielland?
... that theHarwich Force, underCommodore Reginald Tyrwhitt, oversaw the surrender ofGerman U-boats at the end of theFirst World War?
... that in 1992,baseball playerSteve Rodriguez was named one of theWest Coast Conference's top fifty athletes of all time?
... that the dark purple-brownmushroomRussula caerulea is edible and mild-tasting, although thecap skin is bitter if chewed?
... that in the early 1990s,Surət Hüseynov successfully led a militarycoup d'état inAzerbaijan to become thePrime Minister?
... thatBuffalo Gap Historic Village contains fifteen outdoor structures and otherartifacts which documentWest Texas life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

05:51, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

... that singerElvis Presley(pictured) is said to have made an impromptu performance at Colonial Gardens inLouisville'sSenning's Park, while visiting his nearby grandparents?
... thatnon-heterosexual is anumbrella term, describing people who do not or no longer identify asheterosexual?
... thatNorwegian Parliament member,Minister of the Navy andCounter AdmiralHenrik Steffens Hagerup was also the father of laterNorwegian Prime Minister Francis Hagerup?
... that in the1981 Nepalese national election, one candidate was elected with just 3,137 votes, less than ten percent of what the top candidate received?
... that thediporus subspecies of theBothrops neuwiedipitviper is one of the main causes ofsnakebite injury inArgentina?
... thatice hockey goaltenderHap Holmes won theStanley Cup four times, with four different teams, in four different leagues?
... thatElaine Stritch's appearance asColleen Donaghy, in the30 Rock episode "Hiatus", earned her aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series?

28 July 2008

22:46, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the redbolete mushroomBoletus rubellus (pictured), regarded as edible by some, tastes ofsoap?
... that in 2003,North Korea became the firststate to withdraw from theNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since itcame into force in 1970?
... thatCongregation Beth Israel, aConservative synagogue inLebanon, Pennsylvania, was designed byPercival Goodman to mirror the barns of nearbyPennsylvania Dutch farmers?
... thatFrancisco de Borja, acardinal-nephew ofPope Alexander VI, died before learning of hisexcommunication byPope Julius II?
... that the margin of victory in the1994 Alaska gubernatorial election was the smallest inAlaska's history?
... that the design of theflag of Tunisia was altered slightly in its 1999codification?
... thatabolitionistGeorge Bradburn was withFrederick Douglass on an 1843 anti-slavery lecture tour inIndiana, when they were attacked?

16:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatcountry singerJohnny Cash(pictured) covered the song "Johnny 99" byBruce Springsteen and made it the title song of the album it appeared on?
... thatexhaled nitric oxide can be measured in abreath test forasthma andairway inflammation?
... thatMason County, Michigan's courts used an old farmhouse untilthe county courthouse was built?
... that though first deemed too young for the part,Aksel Hennie won a "Best Actor"Amanda Award in thetitle role of theNorwegian filmJonny Vang?
... that thepapal conclave of 1294 was the onlypapal conclave celebrated during the lifetime of thepreceding Pontiff?
... that the2008 filmFifty Dead Men Walking is based on an autobiography byBritish secret agent Marty McGartland, who was later shot six times in an assassination attempt by theIRA?
... that theFlorida Railroad was the firstrailroad to connect the east and west coasts ofFlorida and the longest railroad to be completed in Florida before the start of theAmerican Civil War?

08:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theSpring Street Financial District, known as the "Wall Street of the West", containsLos Angeles's firstskyscraper(pictured) and more than twenty historic financial buildings?
... that the screenplay for the upcoming filmMaya, starringTamil actressNamitha, was written byIndian film historianRandor Guy?
... thatRoyal MarineMatthew Croucher was awarded theGeorge Cross for diving on a livehand grenade?
... that pioneer aviatorBill Lancaster died in theSahara desert exactly one year after the death of the man he was accused of murdering?
... thatcerebral vasculitis, aninflammatory condition of theblood vessels in the brain, is sorare that there are disagreements on how it should bediagnosed?
... thatPolish writerGustaw Przeczek was a member of the Cultural Committee of the National Assembly ofCzechoslovakia in the 1950s?
... thatSeattle, Washington's 3.7-mile (6.0 km)Queen Anne Boulevard is designated as acity landmark, but no street sign carries that name?

00:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatMysore mallige(pictured), a variety ofJasmine flower endemic toKarnataka state ofIndia, ispatented for its unique quality, attribution and reputation?
... thatSamuel Jackman Prescod became the first person ofAfrican descent elected to theParliament ofBarbados?
... thatQuang Nhuong Huynh's autobiographyThe Land I Lost won seven awards and was translated into four languages other thanEnglish?
... that two games after returning from injury in2000,Reggie Taylor became the second-everScranton baseball player to collect fivehits in a game?
... thatSphodromantis viridis, the Giant African Mantis, is kept worldwide as apet?
... thatThe Bryson, featured inRaymond Chandler'sThe Lady in the Lake and theneo-noir filmThe Grifters, has become a symbol ofLA'sfilm noir past?
... thatNoel Moore was thecivil servant responsible for managing thedecimalisation of theUnited Kingdom's currency?
... that "Fart Proudly" is anessay aboutflatulence written byBenjamin Franklin?

27 July 2008

16:42, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

... that thedebtors' prisons inAccomac(pictured),Worsham, andTappahannock, Virginia, have all survived to the present day?
... that inBurkina Faso,Bwa people usemasks made of leaves to represent their god Dwo in performative rituals?
... that a low side window in the 12th-centurySt Helen's Church, Hangleton, may have been used as ahagioscope bylepers wanting to listen to services without entering the building?
... that thesemi-arid, mostly agriculturalCuyama Valley was once one of the most productive oil regions ofCalifornia?
... that aBulgarian choir and theIrish singerJoanne Hogg contributed to thesoundtrack of the video gameXenogears?
... that formerIowa Governor Tom Vilsack began hisUS presidential campaign in November 2006, nearly two years before the2008 presidential election?
... that in the 1920s and '30s, various countries such asMexico,Brazil andChile issuedArt Deco stamps?
... thatfilm directorJens Lien said he was unable to sleep after first reading thescript for thedystopian filmDen brysomme mannen?

10:34, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatHughie Lehman(pictured) was the firstice hockey goaltender to pass thepuck to his fellow players?
... that while the2003 Norwegian filmBuddy was described as "simple" in the Norwegian press, aU.S.reviewer called it "overly plotted"?
... thatNevada City'sNevada Theatre is the oldest existingtheater building inCalifornia?
... thatWilliam Hayter was secretary of the UK delegation to thePotsdam Conference, laterAmbassador to the Soviet Union, and thenWarden of New College, Oxford?
... that the residents ofKasungu,Malawi, live in houses made from handmade bricks and straw roofing?
... thatJohn Liston's portrayal of the characterPaul Pry was so popular, the image was stamped intobutter?
... thatJuan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, el mayor, the first of tencardinal-nephews ofPope Alexander VI, crownedAlfonso II of Naples, the future father-in-law ofLucrezia Borgia?

03:00, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theorigins of chromatography can be traced to the work ofRussian botanistMikhail Tsvet(pictured), but his work saw little use until the 1930s?
... thatLubbock attorneyWarlick Carr filed some thirtycivil suits within 24 hours against thePecos,Texas,financier Billie Sol Estes?
... that almost the entirety of theAustralianstout whiting catch isexported to variousAsian countries?
... thatLithuanian artistVytautas Kazimieras Jonynas designed interiors for over sixty churches in theUnited States,Europe andAustralia?
... that according to the officialEnglish account of theBattle of Skerries in 1316, the English army suffered only onecasualty, yet lost the battle?
... thatLaila Goody has been called "Norway's most awarded young actress"?
... that theCrawford-Gilpin House is alleged to have once changed owners due to being lost as awager in apoker game?

26 July 2008

19:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

... that thePlumed Whistling Duck(pictured) eats by cropping vegetation rather than diving in water, as otherducks do?
... thatMerten de Keyser printed the first completeFrench andEnglish Bibles inAntwerp?
... that theStephen Downing case, also known as theBakewell Tart murder, has been described as the longestmiscarriage of justice inBritish legal history?
... thatMLB playerJim Adduci was traded to theSan Francisco Giants by theMilwaukee Brewers, only to be returned one week later?
... that the firstamateur radio operator in India was licensed in 1921?
... thatMartynas Jankus,Lithuanian journalist and "Patriarch ofLithuania Minor", was penalized around forty times byPrussian authorities for his public activities?
... that theMasonic Widows and Orphans Home, founded by theGrand Lodge of Kentucky, is the oldestMasonic Home foundation inNorth America?

13:09, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatCharles Martin Hall(pictured), working as anamateur chemist in a shed, developed what became theHall-Héroult process for extractingaluminium?
... thatIndia'sDefence Attaché BrigadierRavi Datt Mehta was killed in thesuicide bombing on the Indian Embassy inKabul and is being considered for theKirti Chakra?
... that in August 1934,Dillinger gang memberHomer Van Meter was gunned down by police officers inFrogtown?
... that theBlade of the Immortalmanga authored byHiroaki Samura was adapted into ananime series byBee Train,Production I.G andPony Canyon?
... that the30 Rock episode"Somebody to Love" was the first scripted series, which aired during the2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, to actually make reference to the strike?
... that 29 percent of the population ofBirds Landing, California can speakSpanish?
... thatHerman Bagger, aDanish immigrant toNorway, became a member of theNorwegian Parliament andmayor ofGjerpen andSkien?

07:05, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatSamuel Johnson(pictured) bragged he could recite an entire chapter of Niels Horrebow'sNatural History of Iceland?
... that thePurple-crowned Lorikeet is colloquially known as the "Zit Parrot" from its shrilltsit call?
... that the 17th-centuryChinese world mapShanhai Yudi Quantu was derived from the work of FatherMatteo Ricci of theJesuit China missions?
... thatViktor Nogin, mayor ofMoscow during theBolshevik Revolution, is buried in theKremlin inRed Square, Moscow?
... that in theTexas Revolutionbattle of Lipantitlán,Texian insurgents captured in 30 minutes a Mexican fort they described as a "second-rate hog pen"?
... thataviatorJack De Garis faked his own suicide by drowning before being the subject of anAustralia-wide search in 1925?
... that a 15th-century bell from theGokoku-jiBuddhist temple in Japan was sent to the U.S. in 1854 and rung when theNaval Academy atAnnapolis won the annualArmy-Navy football game?

00:19, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatEl Molino Viejo(pictured), agrist mill built in 1816 bynative Indian converts from theSan Gabriel Mission, is the oldest commercial building inSouthern California?
... thatJohn Palmer instigated a major reform of theBritish postal system in 1784, when his experimentalmail coach run fromBristol toLondon took only 16 hours instead of 38 hours?
... thatSouth Ockendon Windmill had a pair ofmillstones powered by awaterwheel?
... thatEmperor Peter III of Russia was deposed by his wifeCatherine and her friendEkaterina Dashkova after he had made public his plans to divorce Catherine and marry Ekaterina's sisterElisabeth?
... thatcomedianAl Madrigal’s firsttelevision series,The Ortegas, was dropped from theFox Network schedule in 2003 before any episodes were broadcast?
... thatNorwegian politicianChristian Birch-Reichenwald was brought in as agovernment minister by then-Crown Prince Charles in 1858, only to be provoked by the same person to resign three years later?
... that theFriend to Friend Masonic Memorial depicts the historical event of an Union officer aiding a Confederate officer at theBattle of Gettysburg, due to both beingFreemasons?

25 July 2008

18:13, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

... that after winning the2002 Alaska gubernatorial election,Frank Murkowski appointed his daughterLisa Murkowski(pictured) to serve the rest of his term in theUS Senate?
... thatarchitect/engineer Sir Owen Williams returned part of his design fee for theDollis Hill Synagogue because the congregation was unhappy with the finished structure?
... that the buildings with the signSilver Dew Winery described byPat Conroy in his autobiographical bookThe Water is Wide were once part of theBloody Point Range Lights onDaufuskie Island, South Carolina?
... that Mark Christensen was a dancer, a pilot, a skateboarder, and a musician before making his filmmaking debut withBox Head Revolution in 2002?
... thatQuang Nhuong Huynh was the firstVietnamese to writefiction andnon-fiction inEnglish?
... thatRiley Hern was the first professionalice hockey goaltender to play on aStanley Cup-winning team?
... that theCollege of Letters and Science is the largest college of theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison?
... thatPierre Abraham Lorillard was the first man to makesnuff inNorth America?

12:13, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

... that there are approximately 2,000species of mantis(example pictured)?
... thatUkrainian CossackGrégoire Orlyk was a spy of the French kingLouis XV, fought in theSeven Years' War, received a title of acomte and was promoted to the general's rank ofMaréchal de camp?
... thatmonocopters can have one rotating wing or have only one fixed wing and rotate entirely?
... thatEnglish headmistressOlive Willis foundedDowne House School, where herchauffeur-architect-engineer slept in her bathroom?
... that theCondon Committee report into theLakenheath-Bentwaters UFO incident in 1956 concluded it was likely that at least one genuineUFO was involved?
... that followingAustralia's failure to win the2003 Rugby World Cup, British pie retailerSquare Pie produced a "humble pie" filled withkangaroo meat?
... that thesixth emergency special session of the UN General Assembly ended with a call for the total withdrawal of troops fromAfghanistan so its people could freely choose their political system?
... that theRomanian poetAnatol E. Baconsky, who debuted as asocialist realist, came to depict thecommunist regime as an "anti-utopia" shortly before dying in the1977 earthquake?

05:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
... that agrand jury foundArizona Territory's"Thieving Thirteenth" legislature exceeded aUS$4,000 legal limitation for operating expenses by US$46,744.50?
... thatReinhard von Werneck gaveMunich'sEnglischer Garten much of its current form by almost doubling its area and by creating a new lake, the Kleinhesseloher See?
... that the world's first successful demonstration oflaser surgery was held atMelrose-Wakefield Hospital inMelrose,Massachusetts?
... that when playing at the 2008NME Awards in support of theirtriple-nominated single "Flux",indie rock bandBloc Party were stunned by the scale of the gig?
... that 30-yearSeattle City Council memberDavid Levine served asSeattle's acting mayor on over 250 occasions?
... thatdiaphragmatic rupture can allow abdominal organs toherniate into thechest cavity and interfere with breathing?
... thatlobbyistStephen Payne was caught on hidden camera in July 2008 offering access to senior U.S. officials in return for a US$250,000 donation to theGeorge W. Bush Presidential Library?

24 July 2008

23:00, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theNational Taiwan Library(entrance pictured), founded in 1914, is the oldestpublic library inTaiwan?
... that in 2005, 20-year-oldKevin Nee became the youngest person to reach the finals in theWorld's Strongest Man championships?
... that theSrizbi botnet of 300,000 infected computers is responsible for sending 60 billionspam e-mails per day?
... that seven-term member of theNorwegian ParliamentOtto Vincent Lange later served asMinister of Finance and Customs on four non-consecutive occasions between 1855 and 1863?
... thatsocial interface is a term used insocial sciences both in a theoretical literature, and in a practical design of computeruser interfaces?
... that the pharmacy of formerWelsh rugby union playerWillie Llewellyn was saved from rioters during theTonypandy Riot because of his past services to his country?
... thatGrant County, Indiana is placingGarfield statues throughout the county?

16:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

... that aword square found inMamucium(pictured), aRoman fort inManchester, may be one of the earliest examples ofChristianity inBritain?
... thatJean Mohr has photographedPalestinian refugees for theU.N. andInternational Red Cross since 1949, yet also published two books onL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande?
... that a memorial to "Unknown Confederate Dead" at theFort Smith National Cemetery also commemoratesJames McIntosh andAlexander Steen, even though neitherConfederate general was unknown?
... thatHenry Moore'sNuclear Energy sculpture was erected and dedicated to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first self-sustaining controllednuclear reaction?
... thatRachel Dratch lost the role of30 Rock characterJenna Maroney toJane Krakowski, but later appeared as a maid in the30 Rock episodeThe Aftermath?
... thatPeter Lorillard may have been the firstAmerican publicly referred to as a "millionaire"?

10:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the sinking of theSSKönigin Luise(pictured) was the firstGerman naval loss of theFirst World War?
... that in his 2005 bookRace Against Time, theUN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis claimed the spread ofAIDS across Africa is partly due to a succession of disastrous economic policies promoted byinternational financial institutions?
... that PrinceMihail Sturdza accepted 33 of 35 demands made by the leaders of theMoldavian Revolution of 1848, and when the leaders stood firm proceeded to crush the revolution?
... thatWashington'sUnion Station was turned into the short-livedNational Visitor Center in 1976, but so few tourists used it that it closed two years later?
... that theQuatama Station light rail stop inHillsboro, Oregon, includes a piece of art based on an arrangement created by aJapanese Macaque at theOregon National Primate Research Center?

03:11, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

... that areas aroundMangochi(Lake Malawi pictured),Malawi, have recently been terrorised byelephants?
... that theRev. William Plenderleath's bookMemoranda of Cherhill was first published 95 years after the author's death?
... that attacks by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, led byNigerian rebelHenry Okah, are believed to indirectly raise theprice of oil?
... that British actorTerence Stamp's brotherChris, aNew York City psychodrama therapist, co-managed and producedrock bandThe Who from 1964 to 1975?
... that after a painted garage door was destroyed, thePrecita Eyesmuralists salvaged it and merged it into a new one, said to be one of their most beautiful inSan Francisco?
... that a picture ofCincinnati Reds pitcherLee Grissom rowing a boat insideCrosley Field ran nationwide afterthe worst flood inthe city's history?
... thatBenjamin Ferguson bequeathed a fund toChicago,Illinois that provided for seventeen of the city's most prominent sculptures?

23 July 2008

21:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... that anobelisk atMamhead(pictured) was built in the 1740s for "the safety of such as might use to sail out of the Port ofExon or any others who might be driven on the coast"?
... thatMike Ayers coachesthe smallest school in thehighest division ofNCAA college football?
... thatMuphry's law states that "if you write anything criticizingediting orproofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written"?
... thatHumphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford was allegedly killed by a spear through theanus at theBattle of Boroughbridge in 1322?
... thatIndian Village, Chicago hosts the only 24-hourelevator operator building inChicago,Illinois?
... thatPolish poetPaweł Kubisz was sentenced in 1928 by Czech authorities for 13 months in prison for alleged transport of illegal literature toSlovakia and conspiring against theCzechoslovak Republic?
... that inrugby union,New Zealand has only lost fourTest matches atCarisbrook stadium in over one hundred years?
... that thestate of emergency, enforced by the enactment ofEmergency Powers Act 1939 to help maintainIrish neutrality during World War II, was not rescinded until1 September,1976?

14:53, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatSci-Arc architecture school built itsLos Angeles campus from the 1907Santa Fe Freight Depot(pictured), a concrete structure with 120bays stretching as long as theEmpire State Building is tall?
... that 90 percent of theUnited Kingdom'spig anddairy production is sold under the Red Tractorfarm assurance mark?
... that when theCongolese village of Bogoro wasattacked in 2003, survivors were imprisoned in a room filled with corpses, and women and girls weresexually enslaved?
... that, despite its name, thesoft drinkGrapico, first sold in 1914, did not contain anygrape juice and used deceptiveadvertising to promote the product?
... thatMontreal MayorAldis Bernard was the first President of the Dental Association of the Province ofQuebec when it was founded in 1869?
... that the 7.9M_wDenali Fault earthquake onNovember 3,2002 was the strongest shock ever recorded in the interior ofAlaska?
... thatBenjamin Franklin's letterAdvice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress was cited in a1973 United States Supreme Court opinion by justiceWilliam O. Douglas?

08:52, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... that thePisgah Home(pictured) was the centre of a controversial movement in the early 1900s by aPentecostal faith healer to care for the poor and downtrodden?
... thatT. Muthuswamy Iyer was the firstIndian judge of theMadras High Court?
... thatRay Combs, host ofFamily Feud, was the guest announcer for a "family feud" match at theWorld Wrestling Federation's1993 Survivor Series event?
... thatMiron Merzhanov was a personal architect toJoseph Stalin from 1933–1941?
... thatMadeline Kahn made her screen debut inDe Düva, anAcademy Award-nominated short comedy that parodied the films of Swedish directorIngmar Bergman?
... that thePseudo-Bonaventura is a name given to the authors of several medieval devotional books once wrongly attributed to SaintBonaventure?
... that theUnited Kingdom's entry in theEurovision Song Contest 2003,Cry Baby, earnedno points from any of the voting countries?
... thatsociologists distinguish between generalsocial movements and specificsocial movement organizations?

01:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theGhost Mantis(pictured with50 cent euro coin for size comparison) looks like a deadleaf?
... that theparish church ofThurning, Norfolk, contains many furnishings of a destroyed chapel ofCorpus Christi College, Cambridge?
... thatMike Karakas was the first American-born and trained professionalice hockey goaltender to play in theNational Hockey League?
... that 209 people were killed and 41,000 houses were damaged or totally destroyed in the1970 floods in Romania, with over a million arable acres inundated, and more than 100,000 animals drowned?
... thattranswoman actorJudiel Nieva was once sought out as a healer andvisionary?
... that theU.S. Sheep Experiment Station is the second largest employer inClark County, Idaho?
... that in 1999, theJKNC expelledSaifuddin Soz, India's currentMinister of Water Resources, when he voted against the Government headed byAtal Behari Vajpayee defying theparty whip?

22 July 2008

19:32, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatGeorgetown University Hoyas mascotJack the Bulldog(pictured) is a livingEnglish bulldog whose name derives from a 1962 dog called "Lil-Nan's Royal Jacket?"
... that nearly 60 years after surviving alynching attempt, and being convicted as an accessory to murder,James Cameron foundedAmerica's Black Holocaust Museum?
... that the residents ofTippecanoe, Indiana in 1860 builta new school right next to a preexisting cemetery?
... thatIvan Pyryev was the winner of sixStalin Prizes and was the Director ofMosfilm studios?
... that18th-century poetChristopher Smartspent seven years in mental asylums for madness but may have been imprisoned out of revenge or actions resulting from drinking too much?
... thatRosabelle Sinclair, a native ofScotland, established the firstwomen's lacrosse team in theUnited States in1926?
... thatNikolay Likhachov collected medievalcoins andmanuscripts,Byzantine seals,Russian icons, andcuneiform tablets?

11:23, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatPushkin House(pictured) is another name for the Institute ofRussian Literature inSt. Petersburg?
... thatC.W. Bergstrom was the lastprofessional wrestler to ever hold theNWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship?
... that thecontainer shipAtlantic Causeway was refitted with aski-jump to enable her to operateSea Harriers during theFalklands War?
... thatSun Prairie, Wisconsin is the birthplace ofAmerican painter Georgia O'Keeffe?
... thatAkwamu slaves in theDanish West Indiesrevolted in 1773, taking control of most of the island ofSaint John in the present-dayU.S. Virgin Islands?
... thatWithington Community Hospital was, at its height, the largestteaching hospital inEurope?
... that according to legend,Saint Palladius ofEmbrun madeprophecies, knewangels, and defeated theDevil bycrossing himself?
... that thefootball game betweenOffenburger FV and theSC Freiburg on28 March 1920 lasted for over three hours?
... thatNat Williams is the first everAfrican American sheriff elected inSt. Helena Parish, Louisiana, where the last three elected sheriffs had been sent to jail?

04:09, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theCherhill White Horse, anEnglish hill figure(pictured), once had a glittering glass eye made of bottles?
... thatBoris Kovač’sfolklore music is influenced by the twenty nationalities of thePannonian Plains?
... that thespray pool onBoston Common doubles as anice-skating rink in winter?
... thatFlora Danica, a comprehensivebotanical collection containing pictures of all known wild plants native toDenmark, was initiated byGeorg Christian Oeder?
... that theChianan Plain, the largest plain ofTaiwan located at the central-southwestern region of the island, has three harvests ofrice crops annually?
... thatJason Castro, who was recently signed by theSingapore Slingers, is slated to become the firstFilipino player inAustralia'sNational Basketball League?
... that theCathedral of Freedom featured on theSlovene 0.10€Euro coins was aparliamentary building proposed in 1947 that was never built?
... thatWWE'sThe Great American Bash (2004)pay-per-view ended withThe Undertaker buryinghis manager in cement?

21 July 2008

21:27, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... that aircraft from825 Naval Air Squadron(aircraft pictured) carried out attacks against severalGerman battleships during theSecond World War?
... thatCarl Johan Cronstedt increased theefficiency ofwood-burning stoves in the18th century by a factor of eight?
... thatwine can be made fromsubstances other than grapes, includingmarijuana?
... thatJurgis Bielinis and his organizationssmuggled about half of allLithuanian books printed inEast Prussia during theLithuanian press ban?
... that a 73-yard run during the1949 Rose Bowl by Frank Aschenbrenner of theNorthwestern Wildcats was the longest run fromscrimmage inRose Bowl history?
... thatCardinalLodovico Trevisan, who won several battles asCaptain General of the papal army, was known as the "angel of peace"?
... thatTerling Windmill inEssex, England was featured in the filmOh, Mr. Porter!?
... that theGerman-American confectionerCharles F. Gunther claimed to own the remains of theserpent from theGarden of Eden?

13:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatLA'sFire Station No. 23(pictured) has been a location in over 50 film productions, includingGhostbusters headquarters and scenes fromThe Mask andNational Security?
... thatMichael Ferreira was the first amateurbilliards player to break the 1,000 points barrier when he scored a break of 1,149 in 1978?
... that the firstpeacekeeping force, theUNEF, was approved at thefirst emergency special session of the UN General Assembly with 57 supports, 0 opposes, and 19 abstains?
... that according to legend, aspring came up on all three spots where the severed head ofCatholic martyrSaint Baudilus bounced after his martyrdom inNîmes?
... that theexcavation atNorton Priory,Cheshire, in the 1970s revealed the largest floor ofmosaic tiles to be found in any modern excavation?
... that petitions called for the firing ofOhio State athletic directorDick Larkins when he hired little-known football coachWoody Hayes in 1951 instead ofPaul Brown?

07:40, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... that cycles of theLife of Christ inmedieval art(example pictured) usually show relatively few ofhis miracles?
... thatCharlie Waitt was taunted and called a "sissy" by fans and teammates because he was one of the first to wearbaseball gloves to protect his hands?
... that at theBattle of Bov,Schleswig-Holstein's senior commander did not arrive until two hours after the fighting had started?
... that theinsolvency law of Switzerland is codified in astatute that is nearly 120 years old?
... thatJohn Huston quit hisdirecting job on the1971 action filmThe Last Run after fighting withGeorge C. Scott, the film’s star?
... that the1891 Martinique hurricane was considered to be the worst on the island since 1817?
... thatEdward P. Hurt, who coachedMorgan State College to 14CIAA football championships, was also the school'strack coach and on the coaching staff at the1964 Olympic Games?

00:25, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatNeafie & Levy built theU.S. Navy'sfirst submarine(pictured) in 1862 and itsfirst destroyer in 1902?
... thatHan Chinese Emperor Jing hadImperial SecretaryChao Cuo executed to appease varioussubordinate kingdoms?
... that the IrishGreyhound racing regulatorBord na gCon includesViagra on its list of banned substances?
... thatJosiah andWilliam Forster, early members of theBritish and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, visitedU.S. President Franklin Pierce to promote their cause?
... that archaeological evidence suggest that thehistory of French wine began with theCelts, long before theGreeks andRomans settled the area?
... that while working onLipstick and Dynamite, a2005 documentary about women'sprofessional wrestling,Neko Case found outElla Waldek in the film was her great-aunt?
... thatArnaud de Pellegrue, acardinal-nephew ofPope Clement V, led the papal army in a 1309 war againstVenice?

20 July 2008

17:06, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theLamentation of Christ(pictured) is a very common subject inChristian art from theHigh Middle Ages to theBaroque?
... thatSalvador Toscano Barragán wasMexico's firstfilmmaker?
... thatDowlish Wake was the home ofJohn Hanning Speke who exploredAfrica in the mid–19th century in search of the source of theNile?
... thatLouis-Adolphe Paquet was one of the most vocal opponents of both mandatorypublic education andwomen's suffrage in early20th-century Quebec?
... that theAshtabula Harbor Light inLake Erie was encased in ice by a storm in 1928, trapping its keepers inside for two days?
... that the remoteAboriginal community ofJigalong inWestern Australia was the venue for theworld premiere of the filmRabbit-Proof Fence?
... thatNick Vitucci is the firstgoaltender inducted into theECHL Hall of Fame?
... thatFaker's debutstudio albumAddicted Romantic includes a track written by lead singer Nathan Hudson eight years earlier?

10:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatPuerto Rican businessmanFermín Tangüis developed the Tanguis cotton inPeru and was given theOrder of the Sun medal(pictured)?
... thatMassera's lemma, a result instability theory andnonlinear control, can be used to construct commonLyapunov functions for switched systems?
... that afterJohn Huston filmed a scene fromMoby Dick in front of theSeamen's Bethel inNew Bedford, Massachusetts, the increase in tourism spurred the creation of theNew Bedford Historic District?
... thatWanda Hjort Heger showed up uninvited every week at the gate ofSachsenhausen duringWWII with two jars ofpotato salad for theNorwegian prisoners?
... that anadrenergic storm can be caused by acocaine overdose, use of theMAOI class ofantidepressants, or asubarachnoid hemorrhage?
... thatMaya Angelou wrote one of hercharacters inI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to demonstrate how she survived her childhood as a black in a white-dominated world?
... that 25 percent of the population ofEcuador is ofindigenous heritage, while another 65 percent is ofmixed indigenous and European heritage?
... that part of the1975 comedy filmLinda Lovelace for President was shot on the campus of theUniversity of Kansas?

04:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theLone Star Tick(pictured) can be acarrier ofMasters' disease, anemerging infectious disease related toLyme disease in parts of theUnited States?
... that according toThe Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend, hadthe plot succeeded, it would have created more persecution ofEnglish Catholics rather than less?
... that theNational Conference Center, formerly known asXerox Document University, is one of the largestcorporate training facilities inNorthern Virginia?
... that despite being outnumbered by more than two to one,Denmark defeatedSchleswig-Holstein in theBattle of Fredericia in 1849?
... that after severalgold andplatinum hits,Neil Diamond andLee Holdridge collaborated on the film score forJonathan Livingston Seagull?
... thatKazakhstan-South Korea relations are strengthened by the presence of 100,000Koryo-sarams inKazakhstan?
... that formerWLS-TV news anchorJoel Daly and his co-presenterFahey Flynn popularized "Happy Talk"?

19 July 2008

20:53, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the name of themushroomAmanita echinocephala(pictured) means "hedgehog-head" inAncient Greek, referring to its spiny, or warty-lookingcap?
... that the 1958Operation Chico was the firstmass evacuation inUnited States history in which residents were quartered away from their homes overnight?
... that theexploration problem inrobotics is that of maximizing knowledge over an area by the use of arobot?
... that a number of physicians and nurses at thetuberculosis sanitorium founded by Dr.Edward Livingston Trudeau inSaranac Lake, New York in 1882 were patients themselves and served without pay?
... thatDewanSeshayya Sastri ruled the kingdom ofPudukkottai asregent from 1886 to 1894?
... that the1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was the firstCanadian unit on the ground inFrance in theInvasion of Normandy onD-Day, 1944?
... thatBette Sussman andWhitney Houston's version of theDolly Parton classic, "I Will Always Love You" has sold over 17 million copies?

14:46, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theRoyal Road leading intoWawel Castle(pictured) through themedieval Old Town, goes by way of the onlydefensive gate still standing after the modernization ofKraków?
... thatcivil engineerRobert Wynne-Edwards was the firstpresident of theInstitution of Civil Engineers to be elected while still working as acontractor?
... that the most common victims ofbarodontalgia, adental pain evoked by a change inbarometric pressure, areSCUBA divers and militarypilots?
... thatSarah Thompson was the first Americancountess?
... thatRalph Vaughan Williams'Sea Songs is due to be played at the 2008Last Night of the Proms to commemorate 50 years since the composer's death?
... that thePresidio La Bahía was moved twice before being permanently located nearGoliad, Texas?
... thatPedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní was made apriest, bishop, and cardinal—in the opposite order—by his grand unclePope Alexander VI?

08:43, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatAntarctic Minke Whales were only recently recognized as a separate species fromCommon Minke Whales(pictured) based onmitochondrial DNA testing?
... that theIstanbul landmarkMihrimah Mosque was constructed in the16th century forSuleiman the Magnificent's daughter?
... that whetherprosections are as effective asdissections in the teaching ofmedicine is an unsettled aspect ofmedical education?
... that the Greenfield Lane segment of the decommissionedNew York State Route 273 is no longer part of the highway's new designation?
... that the global media allianceProject Klebnikov is dedicated to investigating the July 2004 murder ofjournalist Paul Klebnikov?
... that theSan Francisco Bay Area will have a new directrail toferry connection when theHercules intermodal rail station andWETA ferry terminal is constructed?

02:16, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the firstTexian to be seriously wounded during theTexas Revolution was Samuel McCulloch, a freed slave who was shot during theBattle of Goliad(location pictured)?
... thatWalter Jackson Bate calledSamuel Johnson'sLife of Mr Richard Savage, included inLives of the Most Eminent English Poets, "one of the innovative works in the history of biography"?
... that when constructed in 1906, theBaku-Batumi pipeline was the world's longestkerosene pipeline?
... thatAmerican journalistAlan Cabal was one of the luminaries ofNew York City'soccult movement during the "occult renaissance" started in the 1960s?
... that for many years,kibbutzMizra's store was the only place inIsrael that sold non-kosher meat?
... that the1953 filmStriporama features the only color footage ofpin-up modelBettie Page in a speaking role?

18 July 2008

20:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

... thattornadoes in the United States(example pictured) are most frequent inTornado Alley?
... thatPolish poetAdolf Fierla survivedDachau andMauthausen-Gusen concentration camps?
... that two former species ofOioceros,O. grangeri andO. xiejiaensis, have been recently identified as separategenera?
... that as aWinchester schoolmaster,Robert Lock Graham Irving introducedGeorge Mallory tomountaineering in theAlps?
... that theStaten Island Peace Conference ofSeptember 11,1776, only lasted three hours?
... thatJohn de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford took part in both theBattle of Crécy and theBattle of Poitiers – the two main battles of thefirst phase of theHundred Years' War?
... that only fiveAustralians have led thegeneral classification in the 95 editions of theTour de France to date?
... thatSamuel Newhouse offered aUS$50 prize to the first couple to have a baby in thesilver mining town ofNewhouse, Utah?

14:09, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

... that after theholotype specimen of theRobust redhorse(pictured) was lost in the 1800s, the fish was thought to have becomeextinct until its rediscovery in 1991?
... thatpsychoanalystStephen Soldz publicly accused psychologists at theU.S. military base atGuantanamo Bay of developing and applyingtorture techniques ondetainees?
... that theNuremberg Transport Museum originally opened as a royalBavarian railway museum in 1899 and is now the oldestrailway museum inGermany?
... that in 1913,Major League Baseball pitcherJoe Boehling finished the season with 18complete games, threeshutouts, and anearned run average of 2.14?
... that theextended Kalman filter is often considered thede facto standard innonlinear state estimation?
... that whileFr. Benedict Groeschel wasrecovering from injuries after beinghit by a car in 2004, he co-authored the bookThere Are No Accidents: In All Things Trust in God?
... that in 1986, after about 60 years of darkness, a lamp was again activated in theHaig Point lighthouse?

07:31, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theCandy-striped Leafhopper(pictured) is avector for the transmission ofPierce's disease?
... that anIndianapolis architect was sent toChâteau de Malmaison to replicate a copy of it inIndianapolis' Washington Park neighborhood?
... thatHenry Fielding praisedJane Collier, author ofAn Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting andThe Cry, for her "understanding more than female, mixed with virtues almost more than human"?
... that themetal finishing on more than 10,000Olympic torches used in the torch relay for the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia was done by theErie Plating Company?
... that in 1976, an 8.0M_wearthquake in Moro Gulf in theCelebes Sea in thePhilippines killed at least 5,000 people and triggeredtsunamis that reached as far asJapan?
... thatVictoria Jackson-Stanley recently became the first woman and firstAfrican American mayor ofCambridge, aMaryland town devastated byrace riots in the 1960s?
... that musicianMatthew West was inspired to title his albumHistory after seeing the news headline "Matthew West Makes History"?

01:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

... that after years of inactivity, theInferno match returned at theArmageddon (2006)pay-per-view event produced byWorld Wrestling Entertainment(participantM.V.P. pictured)?
... thatagriculture is the primary source of livelihood for the majority of the population ofBhutan?
... that theClark Memorial Home, built in 1913 as a home for single working women, has been a shooting location forRocketeer,Twins, andMr. Saturday Night?
... that thenoble house ofIbelin was the primary beneficiary of theWar of the Lombards, acivil war in theKingdom of Jerusalem?
... that theVirginia Tech Hokies football team has played more than 1,100 games duringits 116 years of existence?
... thatLuna 2 was the first of several spacecraft to useon-board magnetometers to discover that the Moon hasalmost no magnetic field?
... that theFair Complex MAX station inHillsboro, Oregon, has aweather vane made with fivemodel airplanes?

17 July 2008

18:31, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the base of the main memorial(pictured) atGeorge Rogers Clark National Historical Park, designed byFrederic Charles Hirons, has a dirt floor?
... thatAFL club theFitzroy Lions' formerbest and fairest winnerNorm Johnstone is the grandfather of currentBrisbane Lions playerTravis Johnstone?
... that there are nine knowntrans-Neptuniandetached objects in ourSolar System?
... that the firstairmail of the United States was a personal letter fromGeorge Washington carried on anaerial balloon flight fromPhiladelphia byJean Pierre Blanchard?
... thatWillem IV van den Bergh wasStadtholder ofGuelders andZutphen until being arrested in 1583 byElbertus Leoninus for treason?
... that in his 2004 bookThe End of Oil,Paul Roberts cautioned that theprice of oil might climb toUS$60 abarrel within five years, but it took only thirteen months?

12:30, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the erraticmeteorological history of Hurricane Gordon(pictured) included sixlandfalls in four countries during November 1994?
... that journalist and art museum curatorErastus Brainerd led the publicity campaign that establishedSeattle's role as the gateway to theYukon Gold Rush?
... that although theSiege of Mahdia in 1390 was a military failure, the subsequent ten yeararmistice reducedpiracy from theBarbary coast?
... thatSouth American Coati males were originally considered a separatespecies from females due to different social habits?
... that the 1989New Jersey School Report Card was the first report to makestatistics such asstandardized test scores,student-teacher ratio, and cost ofpublic schools available to all taxpayers in the United States?
... thatPieter van den Broecke was one of the firstDutchmen to drinkcoffee when he visitedMocha, Yemen in 1614?
... that miners living inSego, Utah bought out thecoal mine they worked for?

05:45, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theGhost Slug(pictured), recently discovered inWales, blindly huntsearthworms using its blade-shaped teeth?
... that thelob bomb is a newly developed form of airborneimprovised explosive device made from apropane tank, and used byinsurgents in Iraq againstU.S. forces?
... that the work ofMartin Rota asengraver to theImperial court inVienna included a portrait ofEmperor Maximilian II?
... that in 2007, theNational Credit Union Share Insurance Fund provideddeposit insurance for nearly 87 million accounts at 8,101credit unions in the United States?
... that theUnderground City inBeijing is abomb shelter said to accommodate six million people?
... that formerAmerican Geological Institute presidentSamuel S. Adams was son ofNew Hampshire Governor Sherman Adams?

16 July 2008

23:41, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theBuffalo Treehopper(pictured) is aninsect named for its resemblance to theAmerican Bison?
... that theTaipei MetroXiaonanmen Station was a target of serialvandalism in March 2006?
... that theVector Field Histogram (VFH)algorithm used in roboticmotion planning received two major updates after its original creation in 1991, which were renamed as VFH+ and VFH*?
... thatBudweiser Bier Bürgerbräu, introduced in 1802, is offered by theCzech brewery in Europe as "Budweiser Bier", while inNorth America, is called "B. B. Bürgerbräu"?
... that an owner of theDeForest Skinner House was once the youngestrailroad director in theUnited States?
... thatAtunda Ayenda is the first radiosoap opera ever aired inSierra Leone?
... that theNarragansett Turkey is abreed ofdomestic turkey unique to North America and named afterNarragansett Bay inRhode Island?

17:40, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatbirds' eyes have threelids, including thenictitating membrane(pictured), which moves across the eyeball horizontally?
... that theSigtuna box has arunic poem that threatens thieves, but in a metre that was usually reserved forViking lords and kings?
... thatTemple Sinai, aReform synagogue inOakland, California, grew out of Oakland's Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1875?
... that the redmushroomRussula sanguinaria, known as the "bloody brittlegill", smells fruity but is hot tasting?
... thatHendrik van den Bergh founded theSouth African Bureau of State Security in 1969 to coordinateintelligence gathering and suppress anti-apartheid dissidents?
... that Harold's Steer-In inIndianapolis'North Irvington Gardens Historic District was the site of a 2005MasterCard commercial featuringquarterback Peyton Manning?
... that theRum Swizzle is often called "Bermuda's nationaldrink"?

11:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

... that members ofScottish clans wear a sprig of a particular plant(example pictured), known as aclan badge, to identify their affiliation?
... thatMcDonald Clarke, known as the "mad poet ofBroadway", drowned in prison after being subjected to an elaborateprank?
... thatomnidirectional cameras have a 360-degreefield of view and have been used inrobotics to solve thesimultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem visually?
... thatGreek bandONIRAMA’s name comes from theGreek phrase "Onira Mas" meaning "OurDreams"?
... that the firstProtestant church inKorea was founded in 1884 at Sorae in present-dayRyongyoncounty inSouth Hwanghae,North Korea?
... that radio collars foranimal tracking were first tested at theCedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve?
... that aneclectic castle in a small village ofMoszna inPoland has exactly 99turrets and 365 rooms?

05:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatTookoolito(pictured) and her companion were advertised as "Esquimaux Indians... from thearctic regions" and exhibited atBarnum's American Museum in 1862?
... that theCroaking Tetra is atropical fish that "chirps" when it comes to the surface to gulp air?
... that the poemPłyniesz Olzo po dolinie, byPolish poet and educatorJan Kubisz, became the unofficial anthem ofCieszyn Silesia?
... that theGerman Mine Sweeping Administration, anaval mine sweeping organisation made up of former members of theKriegsmarine ofNazi Germany, was under command of theRoyal Navy?
... that notable residents ofColonnade Row includedJohn Jacob Astor IV,Washington Irving andCornelius Vanderbilt?
... that in 2003,Chinese scientists invented a way of producingyarn from bamboo fibre?
... thatDr David Moor admitted in a press interview to having helped up to 300 ill patients todie?

15 July 2008

23:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

... that asotdae(pictured) is a tall woodenpole or stonepillar with a sculpturedbird atop, traditionally set up for the purpose offolk belief inKorea?
... that dozens of congressionalcandidates have endorsed"A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq"?
... that theIraiyanar Akapporul ("Study of Stolen Love") contains the first major prose work written in theTamil language?
... that althoughchaotic, theSolar System is stable enough that itsplanets will not collide with each other for a few billion years?
... that the highest point onCape Cod is not Scargo Hill inDennis as is commonly believed, butPine Hill inBourne?
... that theBoreray is the most critically endangered breed ofsheep in theUnited Kingdom, according to theRare Breeds Survival Trust?
... thatinfielderMike Cervenak spent so much time as a member of theNorwich Navigators that residents ofthe town dubbed him the "Mayor of Norwich"?

16:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatMesotherium ("middle beast")(skull pictured) was so named because its discoverer believed it was an intermediate betweenrodents andpachyderms?
... thatWatts Station was the only structure to remain intact along "Charcoal Alley" during theWatts Riots?
... that according to legend, water from a holywell inPenrhys,Wales, can be used to curerheumatism and pooreyesight?
... that theMuseum of Texas Tech University was housed in abasement for approximately thirteen years?
... thatG. S. Khaparde earned the moniker "Nawab ofBerar" because of his personal and political influence in the centralIndian province?
... that theZiegler Polar Expedition was stranded in thearctic for two years until it was rescued in 1905?
... that "Gizzie" and "Slit" are two alternative common names for theLittle Lorikeet of easternAustralia?
... that theCleveland Indians tradedBob Allen to thePittsburgh Pirates in December 1963, only to take him back four months later?

09:32, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatSt. Kazimierz Church inWarsaw(pictured) was designed by the leadingDutch architect Tylman van Gameren?
... thatAgile Mangabeys are known to contract theT-cell leukemia virus, similar to the leukemia virus that infects humans?
... that whenVOC forces led bySteven van der Hagen captured aPortuguese fort onAmbon in 1605, it was the first territory captured by theDutch Republic in theEast Indies?
... that theYoung Romancecomic book series, first published in 1947, is regarded as the firstromance comic?
... thatHMTBedfordshire was one of 24Royal Navy anti-submarine vessels sent to assist theUnited States after its entry intoWorld War II?
... thatAlex Perelson is the youngest professionalskaterboarder in thevert field?
... that therelics housed within the chapel near theChurch of St. Mary of Blachernae inIstanbul were credited by theByzantines for victories against theAvars,Arabs, andRus?
... that in 1837,Nathaniel Parker Willis won $1,000 fromJosephine Clifton by writingBianca Visconti for her to perform?

03:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theGlass Pavilion(pictured), aprismatic glassdome structure built for the1914 Werkbund Exhibition, was destroyed after the exhibition?
... that theABC documentary television programOur World was often assigned to students as homework, with ABC distributing 39,000 study guides a month?
... thatconceptual artistJoan Fontcuberta's works include a hoax exhibition of bizarre animals such as winged monkeys and snakes with 12 feet, incorporatingfieldnotes, photographs and X-rays?
... thatBill Stoneman, who pitched twono-hitters for theMontreal Expos and later ran theMajor League Baseball club as thegeneral manager, first joined the franchise in the1968 expansion draft?
... that from October 2008, theNorwegian digital ticketing systemt:kort will be valid onKystekspressen?
... thatCharles Marshall chose the location whereRobert E. Lee's surrender ceremony took place near the end of theAmerican Civil War?

14 July 2008

18:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatnamsadang is aKorean itinerant troupe during theJoseon Dynasty that performedacrobatics(example pictured),dancing, and playing like acircus?
... that in 1382,Jogaila arrested and imprisoned his 80-year old uncleKęstutis when he arrived for negotiations during theLithuanian Civil War?
... thatTherefore Repent! is a 2008graphic novel set in a post-Rapture world where fundamentalistChristian eschatology has come true?
... thatPleistodontes froggatti, thefig wasp that pollinates theMoreton Bay fig, was intentionally introduced intoHawaii in 1921?
... that the2008 ILF Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships included three first-time participantsBermuda,Finland, andScotland?
... thatSSCatalina, after reportedly carrying more passengers than any other ship anywhere, has been stuck half-submerged inEnsenada, Mexico for more than ten years?

12:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatMangalitsa(pictured) is alard-typepig breed that was the most prominent swine breed inHungary until 1950?
... thatAustralian cricketer Keith Miller, while attending high school duringhis teenage years, hadTest captain Bill Woodfull as his mathematics teacher, who gave him a zero on ageometry exam?
... that thetablet known asGabriel's Revelation, written inHebrew before the birth ofChrist, allegedly tells of a man killed by theRomans and resurrected after three days?
... thatRussian avant-garde poet andsinger-songwriterAlexei Khvostenko is often referred to as the "grandfather ofRussian rock"?
... thatfossil collectors often callPolyptychoceras vancouverensis the "paperclipammonite" or the "candy cane", due to its shape?
... that U.S. statesmanFrederick Douglass said thatGeorge William Alexander had spent "more than an American fortune" in promoting theanti-slavery cause?

05:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

... that in the center of theOld Town Market Place inWarsaw,Poland is theWarsaw Mermaid Statue(pictured) along with otherWarsaw Old Town attractions?
... that over the course of five decades,Toshio Masuda directed 16films which made the top ten list at the Japanesebox office, a record surpassed by only one other director?
... that the 17th-centuryTheatrum Chemicum is a comprehensivecompendium onalchemy in thewestern world?
... thatBartholomew Gilbert is responsible for the failure to establish a colony onCape Cod in 1602 which would have been the firstEnglish colony in theAmericas?
... thatFicus obliqua, which may reach 100 ft (35 m) high inAustralian rainforests, is well suited for use inbonsai?

13 July 2008

23:12, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theMagnoliidae include species that producesafrole, the primaryprecursor for synthesis ofEcstasy(chemical structure pictured)?
... thatFrancis Fox Tuckett was one of the main figures of thegolden age of alpinism, making the ascent of 269 peaks and the crossing of 687 passes?
... that instead of making a triumphant entry toHarar,Ethiopia after theBattle of the Ogaden,Italian generalRodolfo Graziani tripped and injured himself at a local church?
... thatmicrobial mats increase our understanding ofevolution by helping topreserve soft-bodied organisms and soft parts ofhard-shelled animals?
... that the only known surviving work ofCatalan poetPere de Queralt is amaldit-comiat in which he accuses his lady of having three lovers in a single day?
... thatA Driver for Vera,Ukraine's submission for the77th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, was rejected because too much of the production was based inRussia?
... thatFitzroy Football Club was so impressed byAllan Ruthven’s potential he was givenguernsey number 7, made famous byBrownlow medalist Haydn Bunton?

16:46, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the keepers of theElbow of Cross Ledge Light(pictured) slept inlife jackets for fear of the lighthouse being struck by passing ships?
... thatKorean writerPark Kyung-ni spent 25 years writing the 16-volume epic novelLand, which has been included in theUNESCO Collection of Representative Works?
... that the largest sports research library inNorth America is located on the grounds ofLA'sBritt House, aColonial Revival mansion built in 1910?
... that theType 77semi-automatic pistol is a commonside arm used in theChinese People's Liberation Army?
... that according toX-ray analysis,William Hogarth's paintingHogarth Painting the Comic Muse originally had a dog relieving himself on a pile of old master paintings?
... that aftercapturingAmba Aradam during theSecond Italo-Abyssinian War, theItalians bombed the fleeingEthiopian soldiers withmustard gas?
... that the red-purple coloured inediblemushroomRussula sardonia has a hot peppery taste?

10:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatKnickerbockerEpes Sargent(pictured) wroteVelasco for Ellen Tree, only to haveEdgar Allan Poe damn it with faint praise?
... that the1974 filmLa prima Angélica reportedly created the greatest scandal surrounding anySpanish film during theFranco years?
... that theElectrosport was aUS$11,900electric car in 1971, whengasoline was 36 cents pergallon, and the company established the “World’s First Electric Car Expressway” betweenDetroit andChicago?
... that the public reaction after the death ofPrince Wilhelm of Prussia causedAdolf Hitler to issue adecree barring all members ofGermany's formerroyal houses from service in themilitary?
... thatSanto Alcala’s age of 23 in 1976 made him the second youngest player on an agingCincinnati Reds baseball team?
... that theAmerican Palestine Line claimed that its ship the SSPresident Arthur was the firstocean liner to fly theZionist flag when it began service in 1925?
... thatJoseph Nathan Kane had personal possession ofAmerica's firstfountain pen and the 1849patent model for America's firstsafety pin?

04:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theItalian mountainCimon della Pala appears on thecoat of arms of theGuardia di Finanza(pictured)?
... that whenTeddy Morgan ledWales in theirnational anthem before the 1905rugby union match, it was the first time a national anthem had been sung before a sporting event?
... that the2001 feature filmCupid's Mistake was produced on a budget ofUS$980?
... that shipping companyBastø Fosen operates the most traffickedcar ferry route inNorway, fromMoss toHalden?
... thatUnion Army officerFrank A. Haskell’s account of theBattle of Gettysburg was hailed by historianBruce Catton as "one of the genuine classics ofCivil War literature"?
... that much of moderntheatre in Burkina Faso has developed from the need to educate rural people?
... that theProletarian Revolutionary Organisation of Nepal proposed a synthesis ofBuddhism andMaoism in 1977?
... that theVorwerk is the only breed ofchicken to share its name with a brand ofhousehold appliance?

12 July 2008

22:04, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the 1880sVictorianHale House(pictured), with its exuberant ornamentation and color scheme, has been called "the most photographed house" inLos Angeles?
... thatNara Bahadur Karmacharya is the sole surviving founding member of theCommunist Party of Nepal?
... that brightly coloredleheriaturbans were male business attire inRajasthan,India during the 19th and early 20th centuries?
... thatCharles Thomas Bolton was the firstastronomer to prove the existence of ablack hole?
... that theTreaty of Dubysa was never ratified as theTeutonic Knights failed to reach the agreed-upon destination due to shallow water in theNeman River?
... that theBoston Red Sox once tradedMajor League Baseball pitcherAnastacio Martínez to thePittsburgh Pirates only to take him back in a different trade a week later?
... that theDogger, a type offishing boat, takes its name from theDogger Bank, which was itself named after an earlier type of fishing vessel?

15:45, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

... that asubsidence crater(pictured) resulting from anuclear test in 1962 atYucca Flat is listed in theU.S. National Register of Historic Places?
... thatAfrican slaveAbu al-Misk Kafur’s rise to power in 946 as the ruler ofEgypt and southernSyria is one of the first examples inIslamic history of a sovereign with the lowliest of origins?
... thatAustralian Test cricketer Keith Miller oncebroke from his air force flying formation to fly overBeethoven's birthplace ofBonn?
... that the title ofThe West Wing episode "On the Day Before" refers to theJewish holiday Erev Yom Kippur?
... thatrobot-assisted surgery was recently performed to treatovarian vein syndrome, a rare condition in which a dilatedovarian vein compresses theureter, causing pain?
... that among other changes, theHungarian Round Table Talks in 1989 led to a complete overhaul of the country'sconstitution?
... thatJohnny Oates, theonly Texas Rangers manager to make it to the postseason, won theManager of the Year Award in1996?
... thatCaptainRalph Kerr, briefly commander of theRoyal Navy's largest warshipHMSHood, had previously only commandeddestroyers?

09:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theGero Cross(pictured) of about 970 AD is one of the earliest known depictions of the deadChrist on thecross?
... thatWalt Whitman andTheodore Roosevelt frequently visitedChichester's Inn inWest Hills, New York?
... thatHumphrey Littleton informed on a priest wanted in connection with theGunpowder Plot after seeing him givemass atHindlip Hall?
... that theAustralianbanana fig is one of the fewfigs known to be pollinated by more than one species offig wasp?
... thatJapanese mathematicianYozo Matsushima received theAsahi Prize for his research oncontinuous groups in 1962?
... that everyperson detained by the International Criminal Court has apersonal computer in his cell?
... that in 1846,George Pope Morris was one of two founders of the periodical that would becomeTown & Country, which is still published today?

03:26, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theEnglish Riviera Geopark inTorbay,United Kingdom(pictured) is the world's only urbanGeopark?
... that as aBoston College freshman, currentToledo Mud Hens pitcherChris Lambert was namedBig East Conference "Pitcher of the Year" and "Rookie of the Year" in 2002?
... thatAdbot, one of the firstinternet advertising companies, was forced to close only seven months after opening due to the fraudulent source of its start-up funding?
... that whenIndian cricketerSourav Ganguly scored a century on test debut atLord's in 1996, he became the third overall and first sinceJohn Hampshire in 1969 to do so?
... that actorMichael Sharrett played the grandson of Clovis, played byJimmy Stewart, in the1978 musical filmThe Magic of Lassie?
... thatLou Piniella, theonly Mariners manager to lead a team into the playoffs, recorded a season with 116 wins, tying themajor league record of wins in a season?
... thatAustralian naturalist andbotanical artistRica Erickson wrote her first bookOrchids of the West in 1951?
... thatFloyd Womack of theNFL'sSeattle Seahawks was nicknamed "Pork Chop" because his mother thought he resembled professional wrestlerPorkchop Cash?

11 July 2008

21:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatpteridomania is theVictorian-era craze forfern collecting(pictured) and for fernmotifs indecorative art?
... thatPenelope Wensley, who will become the nextGovernor ofQueensland this month, was the first femalePermanent Representative ofAustralia to theUnited Nations inNew York?
... that theStreeterville neighborhood sits almost entirely on land that did not exist when the city ofChicago first incorporated?
... thatchemist andscience policy-makerRudolf Mentzel, head of theGerman Research Foundation in the 1930s and laterVP of theKaiser Wilhelm Institute, was also anSS Brigadier?
... that four players from theMorgan State University Football Bears are in theNFL Hall of Fame?
... that theZebu element inJamaica Hope cattle comes from oneSahiwal bull?
... thatBrad Paisley's 2008 single"Waitin' on a Woman" is a re-recording of a song that he originally recorded on his 2005 albumTime Well Wasted?

14:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

... that on theMars Exploration Rover(artist's impression pictured), a technique known asvisual odometry allowed the rover to estimate its position and orientation using only camera images?
... thatAbdur Rashid Kardar, a pioneer of thePakistani film industry inLahore, was acalligraphist who prepared posters for foreign-made films?
... thatSouth Park Lofts inLos Angeles, originally an eight-storyparking garage, wasconverted to lofts, whereupon residents complained about a lack of parking?
... that thefungus gnat is often found around houseplants because it lays eggs in moistpotting soil?
... thatEnglish footballerTom Holford played professionally until he was 46, making him the sixth oldest player to have appeared in aFootball League match?
... that manytraumatic brain injuries have aspects of bothfocal and diffuse brain injury?
... thatCharles Mathias, Jr. is the onlyRepublican fromMaryland to be elected to three terms in theUnited States Senate?

08:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatMadonna,Michelangelo,Napoleon,Pelé andVoltaire(pictured) are allmononymous persons — each is commonly known by a single name?
... that thePodgórski sisters—six-year-old Helena and her teenage sister Stefania—harbored thirteenJews for over two years in the attic of their house during theHolocaust?
... that gaming fads such asBank Night contributed more than any other tactic to the resiliency of theU.S. film industry during theGreat Depression?
... that the former general secretary of theCommunist Party of Nepal,Keshar Jung Rayamajhi, turnedroyalist and became chairman ofNepal's Royal Privy Council?
... that the name of popularIvorian music genreCoupé-Décalé is a localslang term for cheating somebody and running away?
... that the concept ofhurricanes as "a moving vortex" was first developed byJohn Farrar after theGreat September Gale of 1815?
... thatmizuna is a cold-resistantmustard green grown extensively during winter inJapan?

02:38, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the rough leaves ofAustralian fig speciesFicus coronata(pictured) have the texture ofsandpaper?
... thatThomas Kimmwood Peters was the onlynewsreel photographer to film theSan Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906?
... that in 1870, theIndian Reform Association aimed at putting into practice some of the ideas that theBrahmo leaderKeshub Chunder Sen was exposed to during his visit toBritain?
... that the cult ofSaint Chiaffredo arose after the discovery of asarcophagus containing a mysterious skeleton near theItalian town ofCrissolo?
... that theDr. Nelson Wilson House is unusual for havingEastlake stickwork done in brick instead of wood?
... that the success of theWorld War II bombing campaignOperation Strangle was unrelated to its original objective?
... thatJulio Vizcarrondo played a key role in the abolition ofslavery in Puerto Rico in the 19th century?

10 July 2008

17:50, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

... that construction of the courthouse(pictured) of theRochester Downtown Historic District may have spurred nearby buildings to havefaux stones cemented upon them?
... thatGeorge Zames pioneered theH-infinity methods which have revolutionized the field ofrobust control?
... that theNigar Awards are the oldestawards of merit in thePakistani film industry?
... thatDaniel Page, the secondmayor ofSt. Louis, Missouri, helped finance the construction of theOhio and Mississippi Railroad?
... thatmagnetic resonance neurography creates detailedmedical images ofnerves?
... thatGhulam Ahmed Chishti wrote, composed and recorded six to seven songs for the filmPheray in a single day?
... thatAmerican President Lines was declared an industry leader in 1989 for its innovations incontainer transport?

11:36, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theColumbus Monument(pictured) inBarcelona,Spain, was built entirely using Spanish materials andCatalan labor?
... thatHugh McCulloch became president of theBank of Indiana without any prior experience inbanking at all?
... thatMecklenburg underwent a series of partitions, so that by the 18th century,rulers in both of its parts had identical titles?
... that theCitadel of Saigon, a stonefortress inVietnam, was captured during theFrench invasion after less than a day of battle?
... that in his 1570 book onreligious images,theologianMolanus objected to showing theinfant Jesus naked, among many other things?
... thatSan Francisco's 1873Pigtail Ordinance was deemedunconstitutional because it discriminated againstChinese immigrants?
... thatVaidila, depicted in theLithuanian Chronicles as a kitchen assistant who enterednobility only through marriage, was the onlyLithuanian duke known to marry a daughter of aGediminid ruler?
... thatKeelung City,Taiwan wasbriefly occupied by theFrench military in the late 1880s?

02:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

... that when theGevingåsen Tunnel(pictured) opens in 2012 it will cut rail travel time north ofTrondheim,Norway, by five minutes?
... thatFort Concho, aUnited States Army outpost inSan Angelo, Texas from 1867 to 1889, was the headquarters for theBuffalo Soldiers of theAmerican West?
... that the city ofStrasbourg,France is the sole or main seat of over 20international institutions?
... thatDr Nigel Cox is the only doctor ever to have been convicted inBritain for attemptedeuthanasia?
... thatOlvir Hnufa, a famous 9th-centuryNorwegian skald quoted in theProse Edda, was the great-uncle of theViking Egil Skallagrimsson?
... thatchildren's authorAleksandra Ishimova was the last correspondent ofAlexander Pushkin before his death in aduel?
... that according to a letter written in 1428 byPresident Felip de Malla toAlfonso the Magnanimous,Catalonia wasdevastated by an earthquake onCandlemas that year?

9 July 2008

19:36, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatlenticular galaxyNGC 1553(pictured) is located at the center of theDorado Group, and has a spiral feature that is only visible inX-rays?
... that theHigher Education Quality Council of Ontario was established by theGovernment of Ontario in response to a recommendation in theRae Report?
... that one of theeyes ofEdward Oldcorne, who wastortured into revealing his participation in theGunpowder Plot, is kept as a holyrelic?
... thatWilliam Cullen Bryant ownedCedarmere-Clayton Estates inRoslyn Harbor, New York where theNassau County Museum of Art now stands?
... thatNguyễn Trung Trực, who organized and ledmilitia that fought againstFrench colonial forces in theMekong Delta inVietnam, was a localfisherman?
... thatAberdeen'sNorthern Co-operative Society declared a loss of £7 million in 1992, and, unable to recover, went intoreceivership, bringing to an end a 132-year-old business?
... thatchildren's book author andillustratorChristopher Manson uses traditionalhand tools to create thepine woodcuts that decorate his books?

11:12, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theHnojníkchâteau(pictured), now in theCzech Republic, was owned by the Beess family from 1736 until 1945?
... that the first edition ofHenry Fielding's final novelAmelia was published with 5,000 copies while his popular novelTom Jones had only 3,500 copies for both its first and second edition?
... thatLuan Da of theHan Dynasty was granted 2,000 households to rule over due to his practice ofmediumship?
... thatejecta from the impact that createdZunil crater inAthabasca Valles onMars is a possible source ofMartian meteorites?
... thatGerman bryologistFranz Stephani was the author of "one of the most notorious publications in bryology"?
... that theMunicipal Theatre of Corfu served as the place of assembly for theSerbian Parliament inexile from19 January 1916 to19 November 1918?
... that, at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall,Teddy Davison was considered the smallestgoalkeeper to play for theEngland national football team?

05:12, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theMichigan-Wacker Historic District(pictured) hostsChicago's first permanent residence,Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite?
... that theNicaraguan Rice Rat is one of only twomammals endemic toNicaragua?
... thatGrand Duchess Anna freed her husbandVytautas the Great ofLithuania from a prison inKreva bydressing him in women's clothes?
... that theMontreux Convention of 1936 is an international treaty regulating theDardanelles andBosporus Straits?
... thatAnita West, one of thepresenters ofBlue Peter, was on theshow for such a short period that no footage of her exists in theBBC archives?
... that famousBenjamin Franklin impersonatorRalph Archbold is married to a woman who impersonatesBetsy Ross?
... that theInternational Checker Hall of Fame inPetal, Mississippi was home to the world's largestcheckerboard?
... that the firstfire department in Indianapolis was established seventeen months after the first fire in the city?

8 July 2008

21:27, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theBahá'í community of Panama(Bahá'í House of Worship in Panama City pictured) was estimated to make up two percent of thenational population?
... that in 1967,Ann Pellegreno and a crew of three successfully flew a similar aircraft,Lockheed 10A Electra, to complete a world flight that mirroredAmelia Earhart's 1937 flight plan?
... that in the 1537Battle of Ollantaytambo, anInca army resorted to flooding the battlefield as a way to counter theSpanish cavalry?
... thatDavid William Thomas,mayor ofMinden, Louisiana who also published newspapers, practiced law, and taught at the university level, was called "Renaissance man"?
... thatEat This Book has been criticized as "basically a book-lengthinfomercial" for theInternational Federation of Competitive Eating?
... that actorJiří Sovák played the role of a man who had a prophetic dream about theVelvet Revolution in the1996 Czech filmKolya?
... thatLong Island'sRoslyn Grist Mill is one of the few survivingDutch colonial timber frame commercial buildings in the U.S.?
... that a statue ofFrench generalGustave Borgnis-Desbordes inBamako,Mali was torn down shortly after Mali's independence in 1960?

15:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theDaily Express Building(pictured), anArt Deco formerprinting press, is one ofManchester's onlylisted buildings constructed in the 1930s?
... that "racing baron"Fritz Huschke von Hanstein won the 1940Mille Miglia in aBMW 328?
... thatgender identity disorder in children is a diagnosis formally recognized in 1980 that often involves controversial therapeutic intervention?
... thatMajor League BaseballerWillis Roberts signed as afree agent to play with theCincinnati Reds on the same day he was released by theDetroit Tigers?
... thatPsilopterus was about the same size as the moderncariama, making it the smallest of thecarnivorous prehistoricavians known asterror birds?
... that whenHenry D. Edelman became the first president and CEO of theFederal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation in June 1989, no staff had been hired to work with him?
... that theWest Indian laurel fig tree is anintroduced species inFlorida where it has escaped from cultivation?
... that thePapal conclave, 1592 was the fourthpapal conclave during the year and a half after the death ofPope Sixtus V?

09:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theGreen Rosella(pictured) ofTasmania was mistakenly believed byJohann Friedrich Gmelin to have originated fromNew Caledonia andnamed accordingly?
... thatforensic anthropologistArpad Vass is developing a decomposition odor analysis or DOA database to enableHuman Remains Detection (HRD) dogs to help detect human remains?
... thatUlf Sterner ofSweden was the firstEuropean player in theNational Hockey League?
... that theIndiana Canal Company was once believed to be a front for theconspiracy of formerU.S. Vice President Aaron Burr?
... that apilot of818 Naval Air Squadron flying fromHMSArk Royal, crippled theGerman battleshipBismarck so that she could later be sunk?
... thatMike Scioscia, the currentmanager of theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball club, was the first to lead the team to aWorld Series championship in2002?
... that theManx Rumpy breed ofchicken is notManx at all?

03:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

... that in1346, theBlack Plague(illustration pictured) infected the first Europeans in theCrimea in what has been called one of the worstbiological attacks in thehistory of warfare?
... that thechildren's music duoGreg & Steve started out singing to children asspecial education assistants?
... that thet:kortdigital ticketing for public transport inTrøndelag,Norway was launched seven years behind schedule?
... that the construction of theCairo Apartments, one of thetallest buildings in Washington, D.C., prompted theU.S. Congress to pass a new law in 1899 to limit buildings to the height of theCapitol?
... thatEric Borel, a teenager who killed 14 people inCuers,Var, was themost deadly mass murderer inFrance since 1989?
... that the2007 documentary filmQuantum Hoops tells the story of theCaltech mens'basketball team, who had a 259-gamelosing streak after not winning aconference game since 1985?
... thatThe Towers, a residence inDidsbury,Manchester originally built for the editor of theManchester Guardian, is now a cotton research facility?
... that currentToledo Mud Hens pitcherFrancis Beltrán pitched the finalinning of the final game played by theMontreal Expos before the clubmoved to Washington?

7 July 2008

21:22, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theBroadway Theater District, with 12movie palaces(example pictured) in six blocks, is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the U.S.National Register of Historic Places?
... thatSyed Wajid Ali Shah was the longest serving President of thePakistan Olympic Association with a tenure of 26 years?
... that an almost-complete juvenilespecimen ofCtenochelys was uncovered in 2005?
... thatSamuel Jarvis was acquitted ofmanslaughter after winningToronto's lastduel onJuly 12,1817, and married the daughter of the presiding judge the following year?
... that when theJapanese visual novelSuika was released for thePlayStation, it was retitled asWater Summer?
... thatCanadian actorKevin Durand, who playsantagonistMartin Keamy in thefourth season of the television showLost, is a formerrapper andstand-up comic?
... that the 20-roomGarbutt House inLos Angeles, California was built withconcrete walls and ceilings,steel-reinforced doors and nofireplaces due to the owner's intense fear of fire?
... thatVincent Gambi was one of severalpirates associated withJean Lafitte, and assisted him during theBattle of New Orleans?

15:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

... that thepapal election in 1241 is often cited as the firstpapal conclave due to the confinement of the cardinal electors to theSeptizodium(pictured)?
... that whenDaniel Elfrith became admiral of the colonies at Black Rock Fort in 1632, he warned ships of where escaped slaves might attack?
... that a scene from "Rosemary's Baby", an episode of30 Rock featuringAlec Baldwin andTracy Morgan, was described by one critic as "one of the funniest scenes ... on TV this season"?
... thatGreek–Polish singerEleni Tzoka has been awarded theSaint Rita of Cascia prize for the act of mercy towards the killer of her young daughter?
... thatDair Mar Elia, dating from the 6th century, is the oldestChristian monastery inIraq?
... thatGarry Roggenburk, after hisMajor League Baseball career, became ageneral manager for theWinter Haven Red Sox in the farm system of his former team, theBoston Red Sox?
... that an extension ofFerrybridge Henge inWest Yorkshire was discovered when surveying an area in preparation to erect a row of houses?
... thatMiroslav Macháček spent four months in aninsane asylum because he criticised the communist approach in thePrague National Theatre in 1975, two years beforeCharter 77?

09:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theone-makeProcar Championship(pictured) was created in 1979 to helpBMW produce the 400M1 sports cars necessary to compete in theWorld Championship for Makes?
... that aWorld War II pilot fromNo. 466 Squadron,Royal Australian Air Force, escaped death when he fell onto a fellow crew member in mid-air and shared hisparachute?
... that masslesions in thebrain stem causecoma, a severe alteration in thelevel of consciousness, by affecting thereticular formation?
... thatUncommon Friends of the 20th Century is a1999 documentary film about businessman James D. Newton's friendships with well-known figures such asThomas A. Edison,Charles Lindbergh andHenry Ford?
... thatElliott Cutler, who performed the world's first successfulheart valve surgery in 1923, was awarded theDistinguished Service Medal twice for his distinguished service in the two World Wars?
... thatDickie's Bladder-fern was first found in ayawn inScotland, but thatVictorian fern collectors may have removed every specimen from this site?
... that during theTexas Revolution, soldiers in theTexian Army were not issued official uniforms, so many purchasedUS Army surplus uniforms to wear?

03:13, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

... that in 1882, afterAustralia beatEngland atcricket,The Sporting Times published asatirical death notice(pictured) which was the origin ofThe Ashes?
... that the biography of aDouglas-fir,Tree: A Life Story, was inspired by a single tree atDavid Suzuki's home?
... that theMulti-Touch Collaboration Wall, a largemulti-touch device, has been used byCNN during its coverage of the 2008United States elections, and has been nicknamed "The Magic Wall"?
... thatEl Cabrillo courtyard apartments, built in 1928 byCecil B. DeMille and later home to transvestite actorDivine, are said to be "steeped in old Hollywood lore"?
... thatPryor Brock Farmstead is the best representation of a farmstead, withItalianate buildings, aroundZionsville, Indiana?
... thatLamine Guèye fromSenegal was the firstBlack African skier to take part in theWinter Olympics?
... thatThe West Wing episode "Ways and Means" was co-written byEli Attie andGene Sperling, two former employees of theBill Clinton White House?

6 July 2008

20:50, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

The 1948 "Invincibles" en route to England. Bradman is standing with hat in hand, third from the left.

... that the1948 Headingley Test, in whichDon Bradman'scricket team theInvincibles(pictured) made a world record run-chase, remains the most attended Test onEnglish soil?
... that the series ofoil paintings byNabil Kanso titledThe Split of Life comprises over 80mural-sized works?
... that theJamaican Blackbird has evolved to fill theecological niche more typical ofwoodcreepers andwoodpeckers?
... that Major GeneralWilliam P. T. Hill,Quartermaster General of theUnited States Marine Corps had participated in DoctorRoy Chapman Andrews' expedition to theGobi Desert while still a captain?
... that the1948 filmTerri Yaad was the firstfeature film to be released inPakistan after thepartition of India?
... that theNational Park Service originally rejected the application to createa second historic district inRoslyn, New York, suggestingthe first one be expanded instead?
... that theAustralian Army adopted thePentropic organisation in 1960, but returned to its previous unit structures in 1965 as the new organisation was found to be unsuited toAustralia's strategic environment?

13:48, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

... that surviving examples ofearly Byzantine mosaics(example pictured) can still be found atMount Nebo, whereMoses died, andTell Mar Elias, the birthplace ofElijah?
... that theBritish radio sitcomSafety Catch is built around the moral dilemmas of a man who inadvertently became anarms dealer?
... that the 1820Indiana Supreme Court decision in the case ofPolly v. Lasselle freed allslaves in theU.S. state ofIndiana?
... that theBanga Sena is aseparatist organization which advocates formation of aseparate homeland forBengali Hindus inBangladesh?
... thatno prints or negatives survive of the1933 short filmHello Pop!, starringThe Three Stooges before they began performing under that name?
... that the organisers of theTour de France refused tohold the race during WWII, despite the German authorities' offer to open the borders betweenGerman-occupied France andVichy France specially?
... that theMineola, New York post office has nopublic art in itslobby, which is unusual forpost offices of its size built during theGreat Depression?

07:18, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the superstructure of theShip John Shoal Light(pictured) was exhibited at theCentennial Exhibition in 1876, while inhabited by a lighthouse keeper?
... that thebiopsychosocial model was theorized byGeorge L. Engel at theUniversity of Rochester Medical Center and putatively discussed in a 1977 article in the journalScience?
... thatThe Legend of Chu Liu Xiang received the third-highest viewership of all television series broadcast in 2007 onCCTV-8, even though it was released in December of that year?
... thatAdmiralHerbert Sawyer had a son namedHerbert Sawyer, who not only also became an admiral, but was even given his father's old command, theNorth American Station?
... that the four brothers inChristian rock bandRemedy Drive were performing over 200 concerts a year before signing onto arecord label?
... thatHibernian Park hosted the firstfootball international match played inEdinburgh,Scotland?
... that the day afterNazi Germany declared war on the U.S.,Adolf Hitler announced theextermination of the Jewish race to party leaders in aprivate meeting in the Reich Chancellery?

01:11, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

... that anart historian claimedThe Fortune Teller(pictured), anoil painting byGeorges de La Tour, is actually a forgery?
... thatRiverside Drive Historic District inCovington, Kentucky marks where the first white settlers in theCincinnati area lived?
... thatYukiko Iwai, at 4' 11'' (150 cm), was the shortest member of the 1980s all-girlJapanese pop groupOnyanko Club?
... that thekilling of filmmaker Hugh O'Connor in 1967 came to represent the conflict between outsiders and locals inAppalachia during theWar on Poverty?
... that the blue-greentoadstoolStropharia aeruginosa is named for its similarity in colour toverdigris?
... that circumstances of the 1977 death ofStanisław Pyjas, aPolish student andanti-communist activist, are still a mystery?
... that theLafayette Afro Rock Band, although little known during their time, is now considered as one of the standoutfunk bands of the 1970s?
... thatVic Aldridge, nicknamed the "Hoosier Schoolmaster", had the worst seventh game start for apitcher inWorld Series history?

5 July 2008

19:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatLA'sBoard of Trade Building(pictured), site of the California Stock Exchange, was the first office building on thePacific coast with automatedelevators?
... thatBritish psychoanalystMontague David Eder was a non-commissioned militarysurgeon for theBolivian Army?
... that although theCollared Lory is only found inFiji today,fossil evidence shows that it once existed inTonga and was extirpated by human settlers?
... thatCanadian professional wrestler andpromoterBronko Lubich was influential in the careers of several wrestlers such asMick Foley,Steve Austin andPercy Pringle?
... that theKucheng Massacre was one of the worst outrages against foreigners inChina prior to theBoxer Movement?
... that the music video forBritish electropop bandHot Chip's song "Boy From School" was said to invoke the memory of the children's art series,Art Attack?
... thatHeroes' Day inNamibia, recognized by theUnited Nations as Namibia Day, commemorates the fighters killed during theNamibian War of Independence annually on26 August?
... thatSomerset cricket captainReggie Ingle maintained hishay fever was made worse by train journeys, and travelled in the luggage rack to avoid the dust at lower levels?

13:06, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

... that whenAmerican GeneralHorace H. Fuller(pictured) asked to be relieved in 1944, he became the only division commander to be relieved in theWestern New Guinea campaign inWorld War II?
... thatSt. Maria ad Gradus, a former church inCologne,Germany, was the burial site ofRicheza of Lotharingia in 1063?
... that afterbasketball coaches exploited the possession arrow rule, theUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippines amended the rules for the2008 season?
... that, in spite of lobbying fromNew Hampshire residents, the episodes ofThe West Wing "Manchester Part I and Part II" were filmed inBluemont,Virginia instead?
... that seniorGDR diplomatGottfried Lessing had taken part in the founding and been a leading member of the illegal clandestineCommunist Party inSouthern Rhodesia (nowZimbabwe) during the 1940s?
... that the inverted floral arrangement ofLacandonia schismatica, where thestamens are in the flower's center and are surrounded by thepistils, is unique among all knownflowering plants?
... thatR. Thomas Flynn, retired president ofMonroe Community College, won an athletic scholarship toBradley University that he later lost due to injury?

07:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theFBI Buffalo Field Office(patch pictured) houses over ten different investigative programs and two different specialty programs?
... thatRené Victor Auberjonois, one of the leadingSwiss painters of the 20th century, was poorly received in theRomandie, where he lived most of his life?
... that the2008 Western Australian gas crisis may cost the state's industries hundreds of millions of dollars?
... thatPolish writer ofyouth literatureAlfred Szklarski often comparedPolish people toNative Americans?
... that one of the founders of theInternational Time Capsule Society estimated that over 80 percent oftime capsules will be lost before they are opened?
... thatOld Trail Town inCody, Wyoming, is the second burial site of themountain man Liver-Eating Johnson, the inspiration for the1972 filmJeremiah Johnson?
... that1984 World Sportscar Champion Stefan Bellof was killed due to a collision with1982 and1983 World ChampionJacky Ickx at the1985 1000 km of Spa?

01:04, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

... that due to shifting political winds, the production of theF-20 Tigershark(pictured) for theTaiwanese Air Force failed to start on three separate occasions?
... thatDactylosaurus lived in the MiddleTriassic period during theAnisian faunal stage ofcentral Europe?
... that in February 1428,President of CataloniaFelip de Malla wrote a letter toKing Alfonso V describing anearthquake that had struckBarcelona?
... that 19th-centuryarchaeologist Isaiah Deck proposed pulpinglinen fromEgyptian mummies into paper, to meet a paper shortage in America?
... that the partition of auterine septum can extendcaudally and result in adouble vagina?
... that in 1985,molecular biologistRichard A. Houghten developed the "tea-bag" method forpeptide selection?
... thatAd exstirpanda, promulgated in May 1252 byPope Innocent IV, authorized the use oftorture by theInquisition for the purpose of eliciting confessions from allegedheretics?
... that the inspiration for the2001 horror filmTexas Night Train was the song "Moppin' the Floor with My Baby's Head"?

4 July 2008

19:03, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the origin and significance of thepicture stone known as thesnake-witch(pictured) remain a mystery?
... thatValri Bromfield performedstand-up comedy on the first episode ofSaturday Night Live?
... that the flesh of thepoisonous mushroomBoletus legaliae smells ofchicory?
... that theLouisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building inLouisville, Kentucky is one of the largest commercialBeaux Arts buildings still in existence?
... that the identity of the language ordialect of theCançó de Santa Fe, ahagiographical poem aboutSaint Faith, has been debated since the 16th century?
... that the "Australian Legends" in 2000,Walter Parker andRoy Longmore were among the last living veterans of theANZAC who had served inWorld War I?
... that primitiveweevils of theAglycyderini,Metrioxenini andOxycoryninitribes are believed to haveevolved in theLate Cretaceous or perhapsPaleocene period, some 100-60 million years ago?
... thatSteve Adkins, on the day of hisMajor League debut, walked five consecutive batters, two short of the all time record of seven?

13:02, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the 1688Siege of Bangkok(illustration pictured) ended with the total retreat ofFrench troops fromSiam, modern-dayThailand?
... that "Greenzo", an episode of30 Rock, was part ofNBC’s Green Week that aimed at having everyprimetime program aired during the second week of November 2007 contain anenvironmental theme?
... thatEnglish vinegar manufacturer andLiberal member of parliamentMark Hanbury Beaufoy wrote well-known verses ongun safety?
... that theOregonImnaha Guard Station is one of the fewU.S. Forest Service guard stations that have been occupied almost every summer since 1939?
... thatbeetles of theBelinaesubfamily prefer feeding onwood of diseased or dying plants to healthy ones?
... thatRogers Morton was the only person in the 20th century from theEast Coast of the United States to serve asSecretary of the Interior?
... thatCine City inManchester,England, the third cinema to open in England in 1912 as "The Scala", has recently been demolished?
... thatGeorge Edward Pendray coined the termtime capsule and created the wordlaundromat?

06:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

... that skeletons of many now-extinct animals, includingsaber-toothed cats(pictured) anddire wolves, have been recovered from thetar pit inMcKittrick Oil Field inKern County,California?
... thatAdolf Dietrich, one ofSwitzerland's leading painters of the 20th century, had no formal training and worked for most of his life as an untrained labourer?
... that the melody ofBritish electropop bandHot Chip's song, "One Pure Thought", was said to be reminiscent ofNew Order?
... that theErie Gauge War in 1853 was nicknamed the "Peanut War" because its outcome affected thestreet vendors who soldpeanuts to travelers inErie,Pennsylvania the most?
... thatJimmy Speirs won theMilitary Medal while serving with theQueen's Own Cameron Highlanders, six years after his goal helpedBradford City win the1911 FA Cup Final?
... that asolitary pulmonary nodule, amass in thelung smaller than 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, can be anincidental finding found in up to 0.2 percent ofchest X-rays and about 1 percent ofCT scans?
... that the invention and military use of modernland mines are attributed toBrigadier GeneralGabriel J. Rains of theConfederate States Army?

00:24, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatBlue Tilapia(pictured) have become the most widespread foreign fish inFlorida waters since their introduction in 1961, and are now a serious management problem inEverglades National Park?
... that theDoctor Who episode "The Stolen Earth" featurescameo appearances byevolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and comedianPaul O'Grady?
... thatArt Ross, the firsthead coach of the Boston Bruins, served four stints as head coach?
... that 29Norwegian civilians were shot in reprisal by theNazi regime in Norway following theNorwegian resistance's assassination of police chiefKarl Marthinsen in February of 1945?
... that theSan Fernando Building inLos Angeles, California, recently converted into upscale lofts, was raided several times forillegal gambling operations between 1910 and 1930?
... that the1946 earthquake in Nankaidō,Japan caused a 6-meter (20-ft)tsunami that destroyed 2,100 homes?
... thatlyric coloratura sopranoHarolyn Blackwell replacedopera divaKathleen Battle when she famously got fired from theMetropolitan Opera?

3 July 2008

18:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

... that thesittellas(pictured) ofAustralasia were once thought to benuthatches but are now considered their ownfamily?
... that the best result of German motorcycle riderGeorg Braun, a second place, was achieved in a wet race in the 1954Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix atCircuit Bremgarten?
... that theMissouri University of Science and Technology Nuclear Reactor, built in 1961, was the firstnuclear reactor in the U.S. state ofMissouri?
... that theDurga Vahini, the women's wing of theVishva Hindu Parishad, have been accused of instigating violence againstreligious minorities inIndia?
... that the2100 series of theKeihin Electric Express Railway produces a "do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do" tune when itspropulsion system starts up?
... that whenwrestlerGeorge Scott and his brother Sandy were inAustralia, they won theIWA World Tag Team Championship three times between 1966 and 1968?
... that units inLA'sAvenel Cooperative Housing Project, reportedly built as "acooperative living experiment for a group ofcommunists", were selling for US$300,000 in 2002?

12:21, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the moderncoat of arms of Russia(pictured) was designed by a former political prisoner,Yevgeny Ukhnalyov?
... thatSan Francisco indie rock bandLoveLikeFire formed as a result of aCraigslist classified advertisement?
... thatKarl Wahl, in 1954, was the first formerNazi Gauleiter to publish hisautobiography after having received permission from thedenazification authorities to do so?
... that arevolution in burrowing marks the base of theCambrian period, and is followed by theCambrian explosion of animal diversity?
... thatArthur Barret, the twenty-second mayor ofSt. Louis, Missouri, died after serving only eleven days in office?
... thatDibeen Forest Reserve, established in 2004, is the newest nature reserve inJordan?
... that at the1980 Summer Olympics inMoscow,basketballerDanny Morseu was the firstTorres Strait Islander to representAustralia at the Olympic games?

03:55, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatHygrocybe coccinea(pictured) is a bright rededible mushroom that grows in thegrasslands of Europe and underRhododendron inNepal?
... thatSilas D. Alben proposed a model for more efficientturbine blades based on the bumpyflippers ofhumpback whales?
... thatage controversies in gymnastics once resulted in theNorth Korean women's team being banned from theWorld Championships?
... that the song "Shake a Fist" was almost included on theBritish electropop bandHot Chip's second album,The Warning, instead of their third?
... thatAlbert Anker is sometimes called the "national painter" ofSwitzerland because of his popular depictions of 19th century Swiss village life?
... that theUnited Nations Institute for Namibia, established in 1976 inLusaka,Zambia, sought to promoteNamibian independence as well as educate Namibians for after independence was achieved?
... that only a year after being established bycar dealership owner Giuseppe Risi, theRisi Competizione team won their class at the1998 24 Hours of Le Mans?

2 July 2008

21:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatCaeca et Obdurata, promulgated byPope Clement VIII(pictured) in 1593, ordered thatJews be expelled from thePapal States exceptRome,Ancona, and theComtat Venaissin, within three months?
... thatToledo Mud Hens relief pitcherIan Ostlund is one of only two people in Virginia high school history tostrike out the side in everyinning of acomplete game?
... thatRussula nigricans is anedible fungus which turns red, then grey, and finally black on bruising or cutting?
... that theValmet Nr IItram of theHelsinki tram network was redesigned to includeair conditioning in thecockpit after a driver fainted in the summer heat and killed amotorcyclist in acollision?
... thatThe Voice of the Turtle, theninth longest-running play inBroadway history, derives its name from a verse in theBible’sSong of Solomon?
... thatphilanthropistBilquis Edhi, who helped save 16,000 babies, has been nicknamed "Mother ofPakistan"?
... thatInternational Surfing Day originated in 2004 to celebrate the sport ofsurfing and clean up beaches?
... that theCalabasas, California facilities for theprivate elementary schoolNew Village Academy is funded by actorWill Smith?

14:45, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the "Livingstone Tree" inNkhotakota,Malawi, was never visited byDavid Livingstone(statue pictured), though when he travelled there he famously stopped under another tree?
... thatBuddy West was chief legislative advocate for theUniversity of Texas of the Permian Basin atOdessa?
... thatCastleshaw Roman fort inGreater Manchester was aRoman fort built in 79 AD replaced by a smaller fortlet before being abandoned in the 120s?
... thatDetroit Tigers pitcherEddie Bonine played for three different colleges in three differentstates before he turnedprofessional?
... that hundreds ofpolitical prisoners were freed in numerousraids on communist prisons inPoland between 1944 and 1946?
... thatKemar Roach played in his firstTwenty20 match againstAustralia and finished with the best bowling figures of the match?
... thatburials took place for almost 60 years at the site beforeMonfort Cemetery inPort Washington, New York was officially set aside for that purpose?
... thatBethany Black has been described as "Britain's onlygoth,lesbian,transsexual comedian"?

08:41, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatArthur Bingham was commander ofHMSLittle Belt, when theLittle Belt Affair(pictured) occurred in 1811?
... that the first moderntime capsule wasThornwell Jacobs’Crypt of Civilization atOglethorpe University,Atlanta, Georgia, due to be openedMay 28,8113?
... thatcoffee production in Costa Rica in the 19th century created enough revenue to build the National Theater in the capitalSan José?
... that the title forChristian musicianMatthew West’s albumSomething to Say had already been decided before he knew that he would have to bevocally silent for two months?
... that theDorado Group is one of the richestgalaxy clusters in theSouthern Hemisphere and thought to beunvirialized which could explain its abundance ofH I andspirals?
... that the painterCuno Amiet, a pioneer ofmodern art inSwitzerland, created more than a thousandself-portraits?
... that the journey described inEat, Pray, Love, a memoir byElizabeth Gilbert, was financed by an advance on the book she planned to write about the trip?

02:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatBoston Celtics head coachesRed Auerbach(pictured) andBill Fitch were named to the list of theTop 10 Coaches in NBA history?
... thatGerman politicianKäte Strobel broke a taboo in 1967 by promotingsex education with a school book and the government-sponsored filmHelga?
... that almost allPakistani pop music videos were forbidden to air onlocal television afterZia-ul-Haq'smilitary coup in 1977?
... thatAdam Raphael was named Journalist of the Year in theBritish Press Awards of 1973 for aGuardian series onlabour conditions in South Africa?
... that future KingHenry IV of England andMarshal of France Jean Le Maingre took part in theLithuanian Civil War?
... thatOntario politicianJan Dukszta, apsychiatrist by training, took time out of his 1981 re-election campaign to treat colleagueTony Lupusella who was suffering anervous breakdown?
... thatNative Americans in Nebraska who live onreservations generally do not payState of Nebraska taxes?
... thatFrench cartographerJacques Bertin was the first to provide a theoretical foundation toInformation Visualization?

1 July 2008

20:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the exactspecies for which the fishgenusCarangoides(C. orthogrammus pictured) was originally created is unknown?
... that in the 1800s,Chichester, Quebec claimed to have the largest woodenlocks inCanada, built as part of a scheme to encourage boat travel on the upperOttawa River?
... that the2008 filmMeerkat Manor: The Story Begins uses "meerkats actors" to depict the Whiskers and Lazuli groups rather than using actual footage of the realmeerkats?
... thatBert Freeman was the top scorer in the EnglishFootball League in three seasons before 1914?
... thatHexaware Technologies Limited is ranked asIndia’s 11th topIT service provider byNASSCOM since 2005?
... thatScottish missionaryCarstairs Douglas compiled the first comprehensiveAmoy-English Dictionary in 1873, which, with revisions, is still in use today?
... that in 1298,Pope Boniface VIII decreed inPericuloso thatnuns "ought henceforth to remainperpetually cloistered in their monasteries"?
... that the prosecution ofDr. Leonard Arthur for the murder of aDown's syndrome baby led to a change inBritish law regarding the disclosure of technical evidence?

14:19, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

... thatGeorge Hargreaves,Christian Party candidate in the forthcoming UKParliamentary by-election, has said that thedragon symbol on theWelsh flag(pictured) is "nothing less than the sign ofSatan"?
... that theStonerose fossil site contains the earliest known records ofRosaceae, the rose family?
... thatvelology is the study ofvehicle tax discs?
... that all four stars ofStarved, anFX sitcom abouteating disorders, struggled with eating disorders themselves, a fact unknown to producers until after casting?
... that the design ofNotre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien inÉpinay-sur-Seine,France was inspired by thearchitectural styles of fivecontinents?
... thatPakistani actressMaria Wasti played a role depicting philanthropist andLenin Peace Prize winnerBilquis Edhi?
... that boxerOscar De La Hoya has been involved in efforts to redevelop theSears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building in theBoyle Heights neighborhood where he grew up?
... thatLeves wereRoman soldiers armed withjavelins?

08:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

... that theFrench Protestant Church in Brighton(pictured), one of only two inEngland, is expected to close this year?
... thatanthropologistDavid Zolotarev’s 1930 study of the ethnic tribes of the northern RussianLake Imandra region determined they did not understandSoviet-style "socialist construction"?
... that theMiss Great Britain Party is aBritish political movement which campaigns to make politics "sexy not sleazy"?
... that a3D model artist forThe Matrix Reloaded went on to participate in the fangame projectChrono Resurrection?
... thatVin americanii! ("The Americans are coming!") was a slogan used byRomanians in the 1940s and '50s to express their hope that a US intervention would topple theCommunist regime?
... that aJueju, a type ofChinese poem, is aquatrain with either five or sevencharacters per line?
... that in the six months after theBeerhouse Act was passed inEngland in 1830, nearly 25,000 new licenses to openpubs,taverns and alehouses were issued?
... thatD'Oyly Carte Opera Company starDonald Adams could only perform in his ownGilbert and Sullivan for All theatre group on his nights off?
... that the1971 filmSentinels of Silence featuredOrson Welles narrating the English version andRicardo Montalban narrating the Spanish version?

02:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

... that "squash and stretch"(example pictured) is considered the most important of the12 basic principles of animation?
... that theRalph J. Bunche House inSouth Los Angeles was the boyhood home ofRalph Bunche, the firstperson of color to receive theNobel Peace Prize?
... that the extinctsea turtlePsephophorus was once mistaken as an ancientarmadillo due to thespecimen's poor condition?
... thatWelsh footballerRoy Clarke played in three different divisions of theFootball League in three consecutive matches?
... thatLeonide Massine wrote thechoreography and thelibretto for theballetLa Boutique fantasque and alsodanced in the lead role?
... that, in order to prevent storage ofnuclear waste inUtah'sSkull Valley, the maincounty road through the valley becameState Route 196 in 1998?
... that theTreaty of Salynas in 1398 marked the third time thatVytautas the Great grantedSamogitia to theTeutonic Knights in 14 years?
... that the original building ofTrondheim Central Station inNorway has been preserved as acultural heritage?

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