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30 November 2008

19:06, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatJacques-Désiré Laval(pictured), aSpiritan missionary toMauritius, was the first personbeatified byPope John Paul II?
... that theshagreen ray is also known as the "fuller's ray" because its spiny back resembles devices used forfulling cloth?
... that in 2008, theUniversity of Arkansas Community College at Hope received a one-million-dollar gift from theAEP Southwestern Electric Power Company to fund technical and industrial programs?
... thatBankrate monitors about 4,800financial institutions throughout the United States?
... thatFrank Tepedino, formerMajor League Baseball player, lost 343 colleagues from theNew York City Fire Department during theSeptember 11 attacks?
... thatThorbjørn Egners lesebøker, a series ofreaders for theNorwegian primary school, took the author 25 years to complete, but were made largely obsolete the year the last book was published?
... that in 1983,Rich Mountain Community College was formed as amerger of Rich Mountain Vocational-Technical School andHenderson State University's off-campus programs?
... that the recipe for theTom Collins cocktail first appeared in the 1876 edition ofThe Bartender's Guide by noted Americanmixologist Jerry Thomas?

13:01, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatPunch founding editorMark Lemon had to sit in the gallery when he worshipped atSt John the Baptist's Church, Crawley(pictured) because nopews in thenave were large enough to accommodate him?
... thatAlbert Teveodjré once had a monopoly on journalism inDahomey?
... thatPlymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs has units of rock showing the lower to early MiddleDevonian period, laid 417–354 million years ago?
... thatAmerican football head coach Dick Vermeil coached twoNFC championship teams 19 years apart—the1980 Philadelphia Eagles and the1999 St. Louis Rams?
... thatIra Needles co-founded theUniversity of Waterloo in 1957 withGerald Hagey, and later served as the university's secondchancellor?
... that sevenCornish fishermen sailed toAustralia in theluggerMystery in 1854–55, a journey which is being recreated today by theSpirit of Mystery?
... thatBetty James came up with the name of theSlinky toy created by her husband,Richard T. James, and ran the business for decades after he left her and their six children to live inBolivia?
... thatMegalictis ferox, a species ofextinct predatorymustelid, resembled a modernwolverine but with three times the body mass?

06:55, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theborder between Wales and England(TheRiver Dee pictured) has followed broadly the line ofOffa's Dyke since the 8th century, but was only finally determined in law in 1972?
... thatCzech businessmanFrantišek Mrázek is believed to have covertly influencedCzech politics for the 20 years before he was assassinated?
... thatGlenn Dumke was the chancellor ofCalifornia State University from 1962 to 1982, during which time it became the largest system ofhigher education in the United States with 319,000 students?
... that the design of theart nouveauGermaniadefinitive stamp was personally chosen by EmperorWilhelm II?
... thatTom Gish's newspaperThe Mountain Eagle was the first newspaper in easternKentucky to challenge the damage caused to the environment resulting fromstrip mining?
... that the1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake caused fourfault scarps that, together, measured 59 kilometres (37 mi)^*?
... thatTerrance Carroll, the grandson of a sharecropper, is slated to become the firstAfrican American ever to serve as Speaker of theColorado House of Representatives?
... that in 18th-century Europe,tobacco smoke enemas were considered the most potent method ofresuscitating near-drowned people?

00:30, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatHillary Rodham Clinton(pictured) may be ineligible for appointment asUnited States Secretary of State byBarack Obama unless aSaxbe fix can be worked out?
... that theories about theShugborough inscriptionciphertext include a love message, abiblical verse, a clue to a preservedJesus bloodline or a reference to thePriory of Sion and theHoly Grail?
... thatVakkom Moulavi was the founder of the newspaperSwadeshabhimani which was banned by the Government ofTravancore due to its criticisms against the government and theDiwan P. Rajagopalachari?
... that althoughFairfield Grammar School,Bristol, expelledCary Grant for going into the girls' lavatories, the city later erected a life-size bronze statue of him?
... thatDavid Hoadley restructured management of thePanama Railway so that it avoidedbankruptcy and finished its track a year early?
... thatinternet service providerMcColo, taken down in November 2008, hosted the world's biggestbotnet and was responsible for at least half of allemail spam?
... that the death ofCharles Gough was depicted in poetry and art byWalter Scott,William Wordsworth,Francis Danby andEdwin Landseer?

29 November 2008

18:25, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatIlse Stanley(pictured), aGerman Jewish actress, secured the release of 412 prisoners inNazi Germany between 1936 and 1938?
... that in 2000, the season finale of television seriesSurvivor: Borneo had more viewers than theWorld Series,NBA Finals,NCAA men's basketball finals, andGrammy Awards of that year?
... that the modern border betweenIran andIraq dates back to theTreaty of Zuhab, which concluded theOttoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639?
... that singerChristina Milian'sself-titled debut album had itsU.S. release date delayed for three years, partly due to theSeptember 11 attacks?
... that organisms exhibitingkleptoplasty retain activechloroplasts from thealgae on which they feed, providing the new host with the products ofphotosynthesis?
... that architectClarence W. W. Mayhew, known as an innovator of the contemporaryranch house inCalifornia, admitted copying "the underlying principle" fromJapanese architecture?
... thatEnglish novelistCharles Dickens wrote thebestsellerThe Life of Our Lord for his children in 1849, but it was not published until 1934, 64 years after his death?
... thatABC moved theRoseanne episode "December Bride", which featured asame-sex wedding, from its usual broadcast time slot to one 90 minutes later, citing the episode's "adult humor"?

12:20, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theBar-winged Prinia(pictured) is a commonpasserine birdendemic to westernIndonesia?
... thatGeneral John B. Grayson died ofpneumonia andtuberculosis three months after he joined theConfederate Army, without fighting a single battle?
... that thenematodeCapillaria plica is aparasite found in theurinary bladder of dogs, cats and variousmammals?
... thatExchange Plaza, theWestern Australian state headquarters of theAustralian Securities Exchange, is built on land owned by a historicgentlemen's club?
... thatJames Guthrie wasAbraham Lincoln's first choice forSecretary of War, but he declined the position due to age and failing health?
... that poetry of theHindu female-saintBahinabai reflects the compromise between her devotion to husband and patron-godVithoba?
... that theGerman companyJako threatened to sue theFootball Association of Ireland when refereeAnthony Buttimer refused to allowSligo Rovers to wear theirkit in aLeague of Ireland match?
... that inJapan during theMuromachi era, theshogun's representative would go toWakamiya Ōji Avenue inKamakura once a year to walk around a certainShinto gate seven times?

06:15, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

... that during theWar of the Castilian Succession, theOrder of Calatrava supportedIsabella(pictured) even though itsGrand Master sided with Isabella's opponent,Juana?
... that, on the way toLiverpool, the engine of the diesel-powered cargo linerMVRakaia failed and the crew had to design makeshiftsails to complete the journey?
... thatPulicat Lake, a 450 km² (174 sq mi)bird sanctuary, adjoins theSatish Dhawan Space Centre, launch site ofIndia's successful first lunar space mission, theChandrayaan-1?
... that the 1921 congress of theMarxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine endorsed all21 conditions ofComintern, except the one demanding use of the name "Communist Party"?
... thatAaron Edlin, an expert inlaw and economics, co-founded theBerkeley Electronic Press?
... that most of theskeletons found atTalheim Death Pit, amass grave inGermany dating to 5000 BC, show signs ofskull trauma, and scientists have concluded that those buried there were victims ofgenocide?
... that whenJack Heslop-Harrison resigned as director of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1976 he was the first director to do so in the 154 years of its existence?
... that there is no agreement as to the origin of the unusual name ofNameless,Tennessee?

00:10, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

... that aparasitic worm of the familyMermithidae(pictured) has been found in aspider preserved inBaltic amber for 40 million years?
... thatPhil Ochs described "Power and the Glory" as "the greatest song I'll ever write"?
... that following his team's loss in the1965 Rose Bowl,Oregon State Beavers football coachTommy Prothro was hired as head coach atUCLA, where he led the team to victory in thefollowing year's Rose Bowl?
... that thePied Tamarin, an endangered primate of theAmazon basin, is being gradually displaced by theRed-handed Tamarin?
... that theWoodland Opera House was the firstopera house to serve theSacramento Valley?
... thatByron Brown was the first African-American to be elected mayor ofBuffalo, New York, even though six African-Americans had been thenominee before him?
... that at least fivemutations are known to causediplopodia inchickens, resulting in the development of extra toes or other structural abnormalities in the hind limbs?
... thatBenjamin Hanford ran as theSocialist Party of America candidate forVice President of the United States in 1904 and 1908?
... that abishop of theChurch of England once won theWorld's Biggest Liar competition by simply stating, "I have never told a lie in my life"?

28 November 2008

18:02, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thelarvae(pictured) andpupae ofAfrican beetles in the genusDiamphidia are used byBushmen to preparearrow poisons?
... thatHoward C. Belton lost the election to become theOregon State Treasurer in 1948, only to be appointed to the same office 12 years later?
... that the first episode of thethird season of30 Rock is currently the most watched episode ofthe series?
... thatHoward Pyle's 1883 children's novelThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood had a vast influence on portrayals ofRobin Hood through the 20th century?
... that almost all documentation ofPZL.49 Miś, a development of advanced Polish medium bomberPZL.37 Łoś, was destroyed during thesiege of Warsaw to prevent it from falling intoNazi German hands?
... thatCharles Thomas Campbell, who served as aUnion Army general during theAmerican Civil War, helped found the town ofScotland, South Dakota?
... that the oldest known text of theMartyrology of Tallaght is in a 12th-centurymanuscript now atUniversity College, Dublin?
... thatDemocratPaul J. Carmouche andRepublicanJohn C. Fleming face off on December 6, 2008, in one of the final twoU.S. Congressional races of the year, delayed due toHurricane Gustav?

09:14, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the rebuilding of the Kumusi Bridge inPapua New Guinea, destroyed by the flooding of theKumusi River(pictured) duringCyclone Guba, will cost upwards ofK70 million?
... thatGeneralCharles G. Boyd,United States Air Force, is the onlyVietnam War prisoner of war to later reach the4-star rank?
... that a copy ofDiana, Princess of Wales' wedding dress, made byDavid Emanuel, sold at auction in 2005 for £100,000, twice the original estimate?
... thatVatalanib, an anti-cancer drug currently inclinical trials,inhibits thegrowth of new blood vessels by selectively blockingreceptors ofvascular endothelial growth factors?
... that before becoming ageneral in theAmerican Civil War,Robert Francis Catterson practiced medicine inRockville, Indiana?
... that theepiphytic orchidMiltoniopsis vexillaria was discovered in 1867 byplant collectorDavid Bowman and introduced fromColombia toEngland in 1873 by a fellowVeitch employee,Henry Chesterton?
... thatHilary Teague served asLiberia's first Secretary of State and wrote that country'sDeclaration of Independence?
... thatperfluorononanoic acid, anenvironmental contaminant, has been detected inpolar bears in concentrations over 400 parts per billion?

02:40, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatJohn Stuart Skinner andFrancis Scott Key were on a mercy mission to get backDr. William Beanes from British hands, when Key was inspired(painting pictured) to write "The Star Spangled Banner?"
... thatSnarøya, apeninsula inBærum,Norway, was an island until the 19th century?
... that beforeKorean AmericanTessa Ludwick became achild actress, she worked as amodel, starting when she was only two and a half years old?
... thatmokomokai, the preserved heads ofMāori people with facialtattoos, were traded for firearms during the early 19th century inNew Zealand?
... thatMorten Wetland was the campaign manager forGro Harlem Brundtland when she applied for theWorld Health Organization directorship in 1998?
... thatIrwin Gunsalus discoveredlipoic acid, anenzyme cofactor which has been proposed as a dietary supplement to prevent or delay the onset ofAlzheimer's andParkinson's diseases?
... thatJacques Rabemananjara, former Vice President ofMadagascar, was also an importantnegritude poet and playwright?
... thatBobby Leonard,Jack McKinney,Larry Brown andRick Carlisle have eachcoached theIndiana Pacers for 328 regular season games in theNBA?

27 November 2008

20:35, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Herschel's40-foot telescope(pictured) was the largesttelescope in the world for 50 years?
... that theIndian Antarctic Program has two permanent bases inAntarctica and has sent 27 expeditions to the continent since 1981?
... thatHouston attorneyJoe Rollins successfully defended the city in a suit regarding cost overruns and construction delays atBush Intercontinental Airport?
... thatsuffragetteLady Constance Lytton carved the letter "V" (for "Votes for Women") into her breast using a piece of broken enamel from a hairpin?
... thatVivaldi'soperaGriselda is based on the folklore characterGriselda as told byGiovanni Boccaccio in theThe Decameron?
... that the 30-storeyformer AMP Building inPerth was thetallest building in theWestern Australian city when it was completed in 1975?
... that publisher and biographerNewman Flower was criticized by some contemporaries for sanitizing aspects of his subjects' personal lives?
... thatATIC, a balloon-borne detector flying overAntarctica, recently found excesscosmic ray electrons that might provide evidence fordark matter consisting ofKaluza-Klein particles?

14:30, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thechaplain of theRegiment de la Rey(badge pictured) of theSouth African Army once convinced two German soldiers thatWorld War II had ended and then captured them with hisofficer's cane as his only weapon?
... that althoughAntonio Maria Bononcini's 1718operaGriselda was successful, his older brother,Giovanni Bononcini, composed amore popular version in 1722?
... thatNorwegian businesspersonAnthon B. Nilsen, founder of thecompany of the same name, also wrotepopular novels and served one term in theNorwegian Parliament?
... that thenematodeElaeophora sagitta is aparasite that infests theheart andblood vessels of animals such asbuffaloes andkudus inAfrica?
... that thecohort model inpsycholinguistics attempts to describe the retrieval of words from themental lexicon in terms of how speech stimulatesneurons?
... that in 1909, theAmerican Brass Company manufactured two-thirds of all thebrass in theUnited States, consumed a third of allcopper produced in the U.S., and was the largest fabricator ofnonferrous metal in the world?
... thatJeffrey Blitz wroteRocket Science based on his own adolescence despite claiming to be "allergic" to autobiographical films?
... thatSoviet submarines patrolling in theNorth Atlantic in the 1970s reported mysterious frog-like sounds, dubbed "quackers", which have been classified asUnidentified Submerged Objects?

08:25, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

... that inThe Abbey in the Oakwood(pictured)German romantic painterCaspar David Friedrich symbolically depicted "the burial of Germany's hopes for resurrection"?
... that thefungusPodaxis is often used as face paint by theAustralian Aborigines?
... that Irish journalistWillie Wilde was described byMax Beerbohm as a "dark, oily suspect" sharing the "coy, carnal smile & fatuous giggle" of his younger brother,Oscar Wilde?
... thatLucky Dragons have not only released 19 albums, but also run an art society called Sumi Ink Club and an internet community called Glaciers of Nice?
... that thecave paintings atLa Marche in France, which include detailed depictions of humans rather than stick figures, were met with skepticism when discovered in 1937?
... that formerPrinceton TigersWill Venable andChris Young were the first players named first-team All-Ivy League in bothbasketball andbaseball?
... that thenematodeElaeophora elaphi is aparasite that infests thehepatic blood vessels ofRed Deer inSpain?
... thatJane Brody was at first reluctant to write the Personal Health column inThe New York Times, which has since been syndicated to more than 100 newspapers in the U.S.?

02:20, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

... that according toHindu legend, theyogiVisoba Khechara taught his discipleNamdev the omnipresence of God by magically filling a whole temple withlingas—the symbols of godShiva(pictured)?
... that the 350-acre (140 ha)Mar Y Cel estate, built in the early 1900s in the foothills ofCalifornia'sSanta Ynez Mountains, included anaqueduct, water works, arches, and statues?
... thatDonald Finkel, a poet who had aspired to be a sculptor as a youth, created sculptures out of found items that he called "dreckolage"?
... thatPlymouth Cathedral experiencedsubsidence after aRoyal Navy officer fired new Turkishman-of-war guns inPlymouth Sound?
... that sevenCaltrainstations have been listed on theNational Register of Historic Places?
... that before becoming a famousopera singer,Ines Maria Ferraris had a career as a concertpianist beginning at the age of 12?
... that the only known picture of theEtruscan mythological daemon Tuchulcha is on the wall in theTomb of Orcus, a 4th-century BChypogeum inTarquinia,Italy?
... thatAbell 2142, agalaxy cluster, is one of the most massive objects in the universe?

26 November 2008

20:15, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the majority of the more than 90 stage works composed byThomas Arne(pictured) are now lost, probably destroyed in the disastrous fire atCovent Garden in 1808?
... that historicBordeaux wine estateChâteau d'Angludet was derelict afterWorld War II, but its fortunes were reversed when wine producer Peter Sichel noticed it during an afternoon stroll?
... thatMarc Feldmann andRavinder N. Maini were awarded the 2000Crafoord Prize for identification ofTNF blockade as an effective therapeutic principle inrheumatoid arthritis?
... that according to theU.S. copyright law, musicians who accuse others ofplagiarising their work must prove "access" and "similarity", in the absence of a confession?
... thatNabi Shu'ayb,Arabic for "the ProphetJethro", is used in English to refer to the site whereDruze tradition holds he was buried?
... that theTerritorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 reorganised the reserves of theBritish Army, creating theTerritorial Force?
... that openly gay actorRobert La Tourneaux considered his role as the gay hustler in the 1970 filmThe Boys in the Band to be the "kiss of death" for his career?
... thatKarl Marx called theDaily Express ofDublin "the Government organ" and accused it of "false rumours of murders committed, armed men marauding, and midnight meetings"?

14:10, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thecat gap is a period in thefossil record(cat illustration pictured) of approximately25 to 17 million years ago in which there were fewcats or cat-like species?
... that more than a milliontourists visit thewine-producing regions inArgentina annually?
... thatJerry Ziesmer, who delivered the line "Terminate with extreme prejudice" inApocalypse Now, was also the film'sassistant director?
... that, apart from inventing thesaxophone,Belgian musician Adolphe Sax also devised thebrass instrumentsaxotromba?
... that the characterSeo Hell from theOld English Gospel of Nicodemus tellsSatan to leave her dwelling, and has been compared to the female beingHel ofNorse mythology?
... that formerDetroit Tigers pitcherPat Underwood's first game in themajor leagues was a 1-0 victory against his brotherTom?
... thatRéseau de Transport d'Électricité, Europe's largesttransmission system operator, manages a 100,000-kilometre (62,000 mi) network ofhigh-voltage power lines?
... that enragedplebs burned down the home ofLucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus because of a rumor that he would ratherslake lime with wine, than sell wine at the price they wanted?

08:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the tower located at100 McAllister St(pictured) inSan Francisco used to be aMethodist church, a hotel and anIRS office building before it was refurbished for residential use by students atUC Hastings?
... that many of the members of theAustralian Aboriginal cricket team which touredEngland in 1868 wereJardwadjali men?
... that before serving in theConfederate States Army during theAmerican Civil War,James M. Goggin worked as a cotton broker?
... that until the formerArab village ofNabi Rubin was captured byIsrael in 1948, it was the site of a large annual religious festival with tens of thousands ofMuslims participating?
... that a 12-mile (19 km)-long railway ride was planned to be built onDunderberg Mountain in the 19th century, but was never completed?
... that mushrooms of the genusCalostoma are sometimes called "prettymouth" because ofperistome tissue that appears on them when they expand?
... that 1996U.S. Vice-Presidential nominee Jack Kemp won twoAmerican Football League Championships as thequarterback of theBuffalo Bills in 1964 and 1965?
... that thebankruptcy of property fund ownerWilliam Stern with debts of £118 million led directly to the creation of Britain's firstPolicyholders' Protection Act in 1975?

02:00, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the 1943 sinking by Allied aircraft of theHurtigruten passenger shipSSSanct Svithun(pictured) led to protests by theNorwegian resistance movement?
... thatChicago hairstylistJohn Lanzendorf owned one of the world's largest collections ofdinosaur-themed artwork?
... thatSwedish scientistPer-Ingvar Brånemark’s discovery ofosseointegration led to the development oftitanium dental implants?
... that in the 1850s, theAtlantic Mutual Insurance Company was the largestmarine and generalinsurance firm in North America?
... that in 1903, atoll of 10 pennies (equivalent to £14.00 today) was levied to take aflock of twentysheep acrossMaidenhead Bridge?
... thatRosetta Reitz, whose Rosetta Records focused on the women of jazz, was behind the 1980Newport Jazz Festival tribute called "Blues is a Woman", featuringAdelaide Hall andBig Mama Thornton?
... thatOrder of the Builders of People's Poland was the highest civilian decoration in thePeople's Republic of Poland?
... thatChuck Churn won only three games in his Major League Baseball career, one of them handingElroy Face his only loss in 1959 when he finished with an 18–1 record?

25 November 2008

19:55, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatCaspar David Friedrich's 1824 paintingThe Sea of Ice(pictured) was seen as too radical in composition, and went unsold until after his death in 1840?
... that during theGreat Bombay Textile Strike of 1982, nearly 250,000 workers and more than 50 textile mills went on strike inMumbai,India?
... thatMieczysław Jagielski negotiated the agreement which recognizedSolidarity as the first independent trade union within theEastern Bloc?
... thatEmperor Dezong of Tang ordered the formerchancellorDou Can to commit suicide as Dou was heading to his exile inVietnam?
... that when it was completed in 1976, the 32-storeyAllendale Square inPerth, Western Australia, was one of the largest fullyaluminium-cladskyscrapers in the world?
... that the1996 Orange Bowl had the lowest attendance of anyOrange Bowl since 1947?
... that whenWales national rugby union team beatScotland in the1952 Five Nations Championship,Rex Willis played a large proportion of the match with a broken jaw bone?
... that at least one song written bySonny Throckmorton was on thecountry music charts for almost every week between 1976 and 1980?

13:50, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

... that in theSino-French War,Presbyterian missionary George Mackay refused to leave during theFrench bombardment of Tamsui(sketch pictured) because he could not take hisFormosan converts with him?
... that theLava River Cave inNewberry National Volcanic Monument is the longest known uncollapsedlava tube inOregon, U.S.?
... thatCharles Dinsmoor invented the endless chain tractor in 1886, forerunner of thecontinuous track vehicle?
... thatUncial 0212 is the first manuscript ofGreek Diatessaron, aGospel harmony, to be discovered in modern time?
... that in 1967, Dr.Adrian Kantrowitz performed the world's second humanheart transplant, in a procedure on a 19-day-old infant atMaimonides Medical Center inBrooklyn,New York?
... that there are four types ofspinning, a manufacturing process for creatingpolymer fibers—wet, dry, melt, and gel?
... that during theWar of 1812,Grenadier Island,Canada, housed a small military installation?
... that U.S. PresidentRutherford B. Hayes considered thefounding of Ohio State University one of his two greatest achievements?
... that a proposal byJames Armsey of theFord Foundation led many major universities in theUnited States tointegrate in the 1960s?

07:45, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

... that CaptainWilliam Hoste captured the French-heldfortifications of Kotor(pictured) in 1814 by hoistingcannons from theHMSBacchante onto the higher ground of the surrounding mountains?
... that thewhite horse in mythology is associated with the sun chariot, warrior-heroes, fertility or anend-time saviour?
... thatAmerican illustrator,painter andprintmakerElla Sophonisba Hergesheimer was the great-great granddaughter ofPhiladelphia artistCharles Willson Peale?
... that validation ofocean surface wave models throughhindcasts andforecasts is important to theshipping industry, which relies on them for tacticalseakeeping?
... thatDalberg Global Development Advisors developed a ranking system to assess the quality of 20,000NGOs andUN agencies?
... that thebell tower of theBărboi Church inIaşi,Romania, is over a century older than the present church, and once contained a private library?
... thatFr. Finn wrote the 1890 novelTom Playfair, telling the adventures of a 10-year-old at an all-boysJesuit boarding school, to illustrate his ideal of a genuine Catholic American boy?
... thatfootballerTommy Magee is the onlyWest Bromwich Albion player to have won both aLeague Championship medal and anFA Cup winners' medal with the club?

01:40, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatHittin was aPalestinian village located near the site of theBattle of Hattin, whereSaladin(pictured) defeated theCrusaders in 1187?
... that traditionalist Americanart criticRoyal Cortissoz denigrated the work of modern masters such asVincent van Gogh as being the product of "egotists"?
... that singerRobb Johnson based the albumGentle Men on the experiences of his two grandfathers during theFirst World War?
... that in a kiss scene withKirk Cameron inFireproof,Erin Bethea was replaced by Cameron's real-life wife,Chelsea Noble, and the scene was shot in shadows?
... that thenematodeElaeophora poeli is aparasite that is found in theheart oraorta of various species ofcattle?
... that theWorld Wrestling Federation's firstcoffin match took place atSurvivor Series 1992 betweenThe Undertaker andKamala?
... that the German merchant shipSSUhenfels was captured at sea during theSecond World War, and subsequently became a British merchant?
... that whenABC'sBirmingham, Alabama, affiliateWBMA-LP refused to air theEllencoming out episode "The Puppy Episode", a localLGBT group sold out a 5,000-seat theatre so people could watch it via satellite?

24 November 2008

19:30, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatÁed Ua Crimthainn,abbot ofTerryglass,Ireland, was the compiler and principal scribe of theBook of Leinster, aMiddle Irish illuminated manuscript(pictured)?
... that even though they were five points ahead of1. FC Saarbrücken,SV Alsenborn were not promoted to the higher level2nd Bundesliga Süd, due to their financial position?
... that AmericanabolitionistParke Godwin criticized then-presidentFranklin Pierce in an essay entitled "American Despotisms"?
... that the initial ransom demand bySomali pirates to release theMTStolt Valor, hijacked September 15, 2008, wasUS$6 million?
... thatThe Atlantic Monthly ran an article titled "Mother Doesn't Do Much" byCatherine Galbraith about her role as an ambassador's wife inIndia afterher son wrote a school essay using those words?
... that theedible mushroomAgaricus abruptibulbus grows better in the presence of the normally toxic elementcadmium?
... thatHenry Greathead invented thelifeboat in 1790, but never sought topatent it?
... thatHacienda Arms on theSunset Strip was the "most famous brothel inCalifornia" in the 1930s and now houses a celebrity-owned restaurant described byNewsweek as "so hip it hurts"?

13:25, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

... thatSwadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai(pictured) wrote theMalayalam biography ofKarl Marx, which is the first Marx biography in anyIndian language?
... thatOhaveth Sholum Congregation,Seattle's firstJewish congregation, fell four days short of having the firstsynagogue in Washington?
... that in 1905,Fred Odwell led theNational League inhome runs with nine, but hit only one home run in the other three seasons he played inMajor League Baseball?
... that local legend inLajjun, a district center inPalestine under theAbbasids, held that the spring that served as its primary water source sprang from a stone afterAbraham struck it with his staff?
... that when AmericansculptorChester Beach was selected to theNational Academy of Design, he was its youngest member?
... thatUskmouth Power Station has been described as one of the cleanestcoal-fired power stations in theUnited Kingdom?
... that by the time he graduated from medical school,Patrick David Wall had already published three papers in prominentscientific journals?
... that theNavy Midshipmen discontinuedthe football series with theMaryland Terrapins for forty years after a Terrapins' linebacker twice "flipped the bird" to the Brigade of Midshipmen during the 1964 game?

07:20, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

... that inThe Stages of Life(pictured), German painterCaspar David Friedrich depicted his son holding aSwedish flag because Friedrich considered himself half-Swedish?
... that after serving in U.S. embassies inEgypt andLebanon,Edward Sheehan wrote his debut novelKingdom of Illusion about the playboy king of a fictionalMiddle Eastern country?
... that theCommunity Services Appeals Tribunal was the first tribunal inAustralia to usealternative dispute resolution?
... thatNgo Dinh Diem'spresidential visit to the United States in 1957 was only the second time thatDwight D. Eisenhower had greeted a guest in person at the airport?
... that theSclerodermataceae, a family offungi, contains species with common names such as "hard-skinnedpuffballs", "earthstars" and "prettymouths"?
... thatConstantine Richard Moorsom was listed as having been in theBattle of Trafalgar at the age of 13, even though he was actually in school at the time?
... thatWorthy Streator never set foot in the city ofStreator, Illinois, the town named for him, even though it was founded 36 years before his death?
... thatCouncil House inPerth,Western Australia, was built to coincide with that city's hosting of the1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games?

01:15, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

... that American showmanP. T. Barnum proposed to buyShakespeare's Birthplace(pictured) and ship it brick-by-brick from England to the U.S.?
... thatAgnieszka Pilchowa, a notedclairvoyant in theSecond Polish Republic, was also aherbalist who treatedPrime Minister Józef Piłsudski andPresident Ignacy Mościcki?
... thatBrown Mountain forest inEast Gippsland,Victoria, is home to mainlandAustralia's largestmarsupial carnivore, theSpotted Quoll?
... that the presence ofindoleic acid in one'surine may indicate apathological accumulation of theamino acid tryptophan in theblood?
... thatFranklin M. Fisher served as the chief economic witness forIBM in the antitrust caseU.S. v. IBM, and for theUnited States Department of Justice inUnited States v. Microsoft?
... thatK-B-D, atriliteral root meaning "heavy" that is common to allSemitic languages, appears in theOld Testament 376 times?
... that the food shortages during thewinter of 1946–1947 sawBritish farmers usingpneumatic drills to harvestparsnips?

23 November 2008

19:10, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatIrworobongdo(pictured) is aKorean folding screen with a stylizedlandscape painting for symbolizing the politicalcosmology of theJoseon Dynasty?
... that after a plane crash killed theGovernor of Oregon and the next two people in line for that office, the new governor's first act was to appointEarl T. Newbry as Secretary of State?
... that the 1806 settlement ofChinese in Trinidad was the first organised settlement ofChinese people in theCaribbean, preceding the importation of Chinese-indentured labour by over 40 years?
... thatPhil Johnson andCotton Fitzsimmons are the onlySacramento Kings head coaches to have wonNBA Coach of the Year?
... that thehuman bocavirus is the fourth most commonly foundvirus in samples collected from therespiratory system?
... thatMichigan highwayM-97 was simultaneously named both Reid Highway and Groesbeck Highway by different levels of government from 1927 until 1949, the year it was dedicated toAlex Groesbeck?
... that the mysterious rebel known asThe Hidden claimed to be a secret prince given a divine revelation to saveSpain in theRevolt of the Brotherhoods?

13:05, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

... that French explorerRobert de LaSalle(pictured) was murdered by a member of his own expedition while trying tolocate the Mississippi River in 1687?
... thatIndigenous Australian actorBrandon Walters had never heard ofNicole Kidman orHugh Jackman when he signed on to co-star with them inAustralia?
... that the parkRavnedalen inKristiansand,Norway, was constructed by ColonelJoseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland and his soldiers?
... that painterT. E. Breitenbach's workProverbidioms appeared on the TV showBeverly Hills, 90210?
... that theMinatogawa Man is among the oldest complete skeletons of modern humans recovered inEast Asia?
... thatLes West's cycle racing career spanned 47 years from 1960 to 2006, and included two victories in theTour of Britain?
... that the bookThe Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives exploresU.S. military expenditures on items including Southerncatfish restaurants andDunkin' Donuts?

07:00, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatItalian mezzo-sopranoFlora Perini(pictured) originated the role of the Princess in the world premiere ofPuccini'sSuor Angelica at theMetropolitan Opera in 1918?
... thatFather Goose: His Book, an 1899 collection of poetry for children and considered at the time a liberal portrayal ofmulti-cultural America, is now seen as stereotyped, racist and offensive?
... that when completed in 1967,MSFinlandia was the largest ferry in the world?
... that in its second year afterscholarship probation, the2009–10 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team has fourblue chip letter of intent signees?
... that, according to the answersFriedrich Engels gave in a VictorianConfession album, his idea of happiness was the wineChâteau Margaux 1848?
... thatMahatma Gandhi participated in the recovery andtreatment of the wounded in the Second Boer War at theBattle of Colenso andBattle of Spion Kop?
... that the captain of theSSEmpire Abbey died after going thirteen days without sleep in a storm offNewfoundland in February 1945?
... thatAmazon.co.uk stopped sellingThe Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology after receiving alegal letter fromScientology?

00:55, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatsopranoCesira Ferrani originated two of the most iconic roles inopera history, Mimì(pictured) in the world premiere ofPuccini'sLa bohème and the title role in the premiere of Puccini'sManon Lescaut?
... that theKnight Foundry inSutter Creek, California, is the last water-poweredfoundry in the United States?
... thatINSTabar, aTalwar class frigate, has escorted about 35 ships through the pirate-infested waters near theHorn of Africa?
... that the first registered clinical use of anNK₁ receptor blocker was the treatment ofnausea andvomiting induced bychemotherapy?
... that after serving as a volunteer during theMexican-American War,James W. McMillan returned to private life but still became a General during theAmerican Civil War?
... thatNatsume Sōseki's 1905 novelKairo-kō is the earliest, and only major, prose treatment of theArthurian legend in theJapanese language?
... that research by physicianI. Bernard Weinstein investigated thecancer-causing potential of such foods asbarbecued andcured meat?
... thatfour Portland Trail Blazers head coaches have spent their entireNational Basketball Association coaching careers with the Trail Blazers?

22 November 2008

18:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatWalter Scott Lenox produced the first set of American-madechina dishware(pictured) for theWhite House?
... that the recorded history of theBriolette of India dates back to the 12th century, making it possibly the world's oldestdiamond on record?
... thatopera superstarGiuseppe Cremonini's career was tragically cut short upon his sudden death at the age of 36?
... that even though theFlettner rotor bomblet was never mass-produced,William C. Patrick III called it "one of the better devices for disseminatingmicroorganisms"?
... thatChief Justice ofQueenslandJohn Murtagh Macrossan also had two uncles who were chief justices as well?
... that the success ofGay Weddings ascounterprogramming toSuper Bowl XXXVII led television networkBravo to develop additionalLGBT-interest programming, includingQueer Eye andBoy Meets Boy?
... thatMajor League Baseball manager John McGraw had 2,583 wins as theNew York Giants' manager?
... that Dr.Jay Katz, who escaped fromNazi Germany to the U.S. in the 1930s, opposed use of data fromNazi human experimentation, because "we cannot separate the data from the way they were obtained"?

12:45, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatParkmill inGower,South Wales, is now the home ofLa Charrette, the smallestcinema inWales(pictured)?
... thatSusan Crawford andKevin Werbach have been selected by President-electBarack Obama to lead the review of theFederal Communications Commission?
... that theantihypertensive drugLosartan becomes a more potentblocker of angiotensin receptors after it ismetabolised in the body?
... that artistAdam Neate left 1,000prints, valued at £1 million, onLondon streets for anyone to pick up and keep?
... that for the 1967 television documentaryCBS Reports: The Homosexuals, the network concealed the identity of one of the gay interview subjects by seating him behind a potted palm tree?
... that research done byC. Harmon Brown showed that female athletes were more loose-jointed and more prone todislocated shoulders than male athletes?
... thatMount Wycheproof, standing just 43 metres (141 ft) high, is the smallest registered mountain in the world?
... that thesingle "Don't Tear It Down" fromSpy vs Spy's albumA.O. Mod. TV. Vers. was inspired by a government agency's attempts to demolish a building the band weresquatting in?

06:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the empire ruled byAgustín I of Mexico(pictured) lasted less than one year?
... that after initially deciding not to air theRoseanne episode "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" because it includedMariel Hemingway kissingRoseanne Barr,ABC promoted it as "the lesbian kiss episode"?
... thatHarald N. S. Wergeland,Lieutenant General andNorwegian Minister of the Army, was raised by his uncleNicolai Wergeland and enrolled at theNorwegian Military Academy at the age of twelve?
... thatWashington State Route 504 was damaged whenMount St. Helens erupted in 1980 and had to be rebuilt on higher ground?
... thatCyclone Rosie was the first ever tropical cyclone to be monitored by theTropical Cyclone Warning Center inJakarta?
... that the 23home runs hit byJohnny Rizzo in 1938 set aPittsburgh Pirates team record at the time, and his nineRBI in a 1939 game set a single game team record that still stands today?
... thatThe Blood of Jesus was the firstrace film added to the U.S.National Film Registry?
... that theabuse suffered by Nia Glassie included being left in a tumble drier for 30 minutes?

00:35, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatC/1743 X1, the Great Comet of 1744(pictured), is thought to have been the sixth intrinsically brightest on record and went on to develop six tails?
... thatToralv Øksnevad was known as the "voice from London" during theSecond World War, when listening to foreign radio was a crime punishable by death inNorway?
... that someanti-obesity drugs, such asRimonabant, are chemical compoundsdesigned tospecifically block cannabinoid receptors?
... that Pamela Munizzi succeededJohn P. Daley, the son of formerChicago Mayor Richard J., brother of current MayorRichard M., in office in both theIllinois House of Representatives and theIllinois Senate?
... that theCatskill Escarpment is the only clearly defined boundary of theCatskill Mountains?
... thatMeredith Burgmann claims to be the onlyAustralian sent to prison after running onto a sports field during a major sporting event?
... that the proposedLevenmouth rail link inFife,Scotland, could be used byScotch whisky distillery freight trains as well as by passengers?
... that2009 Michigan Wolverines football team recruit Anthony LaLota is rated among both the top ten high schooloffensive tackles and strong sidedefensive ends in the U.S.?
... that the leader of the 2004Palm Island, Queensland riot,Lex Wotton, ran for mayor while out on bail?

21 November 2008

18:30, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatSir John Luttrell, anEnglish soldier and diplomat underHenry VIII andEdward VI, was the subject of an allegoricalportrait(pictured) byHans Eworth celebrating peace withFrance andScotland?
... that the 1978Orson Welles-directeddocumentaryFilming Othello has never been theatrically released or presented on home video?
... that assassinatedIsraeli mobsterYaakov Alperon was tied to aprotection racket in which restaurant owners paid by allowing the gangsters to collect empty returnable bottles from their businesses?
... thatPapyrus 110, aGreek manuscript copy of theGospel of Matthew from theNew Testament, may have been composed as early as the 3rd century?
... that in addition to being ageneral in theUnion Army,James Sanks Brisbin was also a prolific writer, and authored several works on a variety of subjects?
... that as a result of the 2006Pine Middle School shooting inReno, Nevada, 14-year-old shooter James Newman was sentenced tohouse arrest and 200 hours ofcommunity service?
... that theZwiązek Organizacji Wojskowej, aPolish resistance group inside theAuschwitz concentration camp, provided the firstintelligence about theHolocaust to theWestern Allies?
... that formerKey West mayorCaptain Tony Tarracino was a subject ofCuba Crossing, a 1980 film about a plot to killFidel Castro, and of the 1985Jimmy Buffett song "Last Mango in Paris"?

12:25, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

... that asiphon(example pictured) is used by some marinesnails for tasting, by someclams for reproducing, and byoctopuses for jet propulsion?
... that althoughopera singerRita Fornia began her career as acoloratura soprano, her voice lowered and darkened causing her to sing mostlymezzo-soprano roles?
... thatSM U-4,commissioned in 1909, was the longest servingU-boat of theAustro-Hungarian Navy?
... thatTropical Storm Becky produced heavy rainfall inTallahassee, Florida in 1970, causing flood-related losses to 104 families?
... thatJohn H. Kelly was the youngestConfederate Brigadier General at the time of his appointment at 23, and one of the youngest generals to die during theAmerican Civil War at 24?
... that there are94 buildings withlisted status inCrawley,England, includingThe Beehive, a circularArt Deco building that was the world's first integratedairport terminal?
... thatStatic Major featured inLil Wayne's 2008 hit single "Lollipop" but died before the song was released inTha Carter III?
... thatJohn B. Curtis made the first commercially availablechewing gum?

06:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the 1902 discovery of gold inInterior Alaska by Italian immigrantFelix Pedro(pictured) marked the start of theFairbanks Gold Rush?
... that during theGerman occupation of Norway,Astrid Løken combinedentomological field research with secret photography for theresistance group XU?
... that theMelbourne Jazz Co-operative runs threejazz concerts a week and is the most active jazz presenter organisation in Australia?
... thatWeraroa, agenus of pouchfungi, may represent an intermediate evolutionary stage between underground and above-ground fungi?
... that at the same timeFrancis "Mother" Dunn was coachingDickinson College'sfootball team, he was also playing professionalfootball for theCanton Bulldogs underJim Thorpe?
... that for his 2004 filmDrum, directorZola Maseko received the top prize atFESPACO, the Golden Stallion of Yennenga, in addition to a cash prize of 10 million CFA francs (US$20,000)?
... thatJulian Konstantinov, the brother ofBulgarian volleyball team captainPlamen Konstantinov, is anopera singer?
... thatHMSMahratta delivered abathtub toMurmansk duringWorld War II?

00:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theConfederate Monument(pictured) inMurray, Kentucky, is the onlyCivil War Monument in Kentucky to prominently featureRobert E. Lee?
... that Frenchracing cyclistLucien Michard won four successive world championships and lost a fifth even though he crossed the line first?
... that the deaths of two pirates during theNovember 11, 2008 incident off Somalia, are believed to be the first time since the 1982Falklands War that theRoyal Navy has killed anyone on the high seas?
... thatArne Sunde,Norwegian Olympian, politician andWorld War II veteran, was President of theUnited Nations Security Council at the start of theKorean War?
... that theInterstate Income Act of 1959 prevents aU.S. state from collectingincome tax on solicited sales within its borders, as long as the orders are filled or shipped outside of the state?
... thatDon Bradman,universally regarded as the greatest batsman incricket history, made aduck in hisfinalTest innings?
... that theKamchiabiosphere reserve inBulgaria is a majormigratory bottleneck site where at least 60,000White Storks pass overhead each autumn?
... thatPresidential Medal of Freedom recipientIrving Brown was dubbed "The Most Dangerous Man" byTime in 1952?

20 November 2008

18:10, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theNassak Diamond(replica pictured), pillaged in the 1800s from aHindu temple where it had resided for 300 years, was later used as a gimmick to attract partygoers to a 1976 benefit?
... that Australian politicianJohn Robertson worked as a construction worker for theNew South Wales Parliament to which he was later elected?
... thatAnita Bryant's participation inSave Our Children, a coalition working to overturn gay rights ordinances inMiami and other cities in 1977 and 1978, destroyed her career?
... thatMajor League Baseball pitchers Jim Palmer andMike Mussina each made sixOpening Day starts for theBaltimore Orioles?
... that the rareskin disorderichthyosis bullosa of Siemens may be caused by a spontaneousmutation in thekeratin 2e gene onchromosome 12?
... that actorJesse Plemons had to get 11 stitches in his chin after offering to do his own stunts onFriday Night Lights?
... thatBegonia boliviensis, one of the species used the production of the first hybridtuberous begonia raised inEngland, was introduced fromBolivia by theVictorian plant collectorRichard Pearce?
... that theM115 anti-crop bomb was known as the "feather bomb" because it droppedfeathers laced withfungal spores in order to spreadwheat stem rust?

12:05, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

... that 99 percent ofJapanese municipalitiescollect and recyclesteel cans despite not being required by law, giving the country one of the world's highestrecycling rates for these cans?(Japanese recycling bins pictured)
... thatLeo the Mathematician, called by some the cleverest man in 9th-centuryByzantium, invented a system of beacons to warn of Arab raids and a fabled levitating throne for the emperor?
... that after theVictoria Cross began to beawarded to Royal Air Force members, navy members who had won it were required to replace their traditional blue ribbons with red ones?
... that currentColorado Rockies minor league catching instructorMarv Foley is the onlybaseball manager to win championships in theInternational League,Pacific Coast League, andAmerican Association?
... thatAnna Vissi, who representedGreece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, has participated in the contest three times over a 26 year period?
... that AdmiralShigeyoshi Miwa commandedImperial Japanese Navy submarine forces during theattack on Pearl Harbor?
... that thePacific Electric Railroad Bridge inTorrance, California is used as a symbol on the patch of the localpolice department?
... that when rival colleagueZhang Yanshang suggested theTang Dynasty chancellorLiu Hun be more silent, Liu commented that his tongue would not stop even if he weredecapitated?

06:00, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Blake'sThe Wood of the Self-Murderers(pictured) is based on a passage fromDante'sDivine Comedy in which bird-human hybrids feed on the leaves of trees entombing suicides?
... that in 2007,Vicki Berger played a major role in amending theOregon Bottle Bill, which her own father had created 36 years earlier?
... thatinhibitors of the enzymedipeptidyl peptidase-4 can prevent the degradation ofgastrointestinal hormones that regulateinsulin release from thepancreas, making them effectiveanti-diabetic drugs?
... that thewhite deer of theSeneca Army Depot inSeneca County, New York, is the largest herd of white deer in the world?
... thatAugustin Trébuchon, the last French soldier to die in theFirst World War, was shot 15 minutes before the war ended?
... that theConfederate Monument inOwensboro, Kentucky was sculpted by a Hungarian?
... thatTang Dynasty chancellorLi Mi declined chancellor appointments byEmperor Suzong andEmperor Daizong, eventually only accepting it underEmperor Dezong?
... that theMontecito Tea Fire, which destroyed more than 200 homes inCalifornia, was caused by smolderingembers from a bonfire party at an abandoned tea house?

19 November 2008

23:55, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatHans Eworth was aFlemish artist of the Tudor court known for his allegorical paintings and hisportraits ofQueen Mary I(pictured)?
... that thoughcommunism was created by anatheist,communism and religion have not always had a hostile relationship?
... that theSayre Fire resulted in the worst loss of homes due to fire in the history ofLos Angeles, surpassing the loss of 484 residences in the1961 Bel Air fire?
... that by Christmas Eve 1942, theGerman 17th Panzer Division had only eighttanks and oneanti-tank gun left after itsfailed attempt to break through toStalingrad?
... thatCarl D. Keith andJohn J. Mooney co-invented the three-waycatalytic converter, which has cutnitrogen oxide emissions from cars by 98 percent since the 1970s?
... that theRoyal Papua New Guinea Constabulary formerly usedPolice Motu, alingua franca pidgin ofMotu, as its working language?
... that the church ofValmagne Abbey in south-centralFrance has been used as awine cave since the abbey was confiscated and sold during theFrench Revolution?
... thatWhitcomb L. Judson is recognized as the inventor of thezipper?

17:50, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

...thatGeorge Julian Zolnay(pictured), the so-called "sculptor of theConfederacy," was actuallyHungarian and did not move to the United States until decades after the Confederacy had ceased to exist?
... that the author ofAutism's False Prophets, a critique of claims thatautism is linked tovaccines, reportedly received death threats?
... that from 1962 to 1973, theDeseret Test Center inFort Douglas, Utah, oversaw 46 tests using simulants and livebiological andchemical agents?
... thatIndian historian andDravidologistK. A. Nilakanta Sastri served as the Director ofUNESCO's Institute of Traditional Culture?
... that themusic video forSia Furler's latest single "Soon We'll Be Found" featuresAmerican Sign Language?
... thatthe Soviet Union annexed Western Ukraine in 1939 following theinvasion of Poland and anultimatum toRomania?
... thatAmerican colonialistsJames Franklin andAnn Smith Franklin establishedRhode Island's firstprinting press?
... thatnephrotoxicdjenkolic acid, found in the rawdjenkol bean, can form needle-like crystals in theurine of people who eat the bean?

11:45, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatSuraj Tal(pictured), the highest lake inIndia, may be reached byNational Highway NH-21, the highest mountain road in the world?
... that football playerMichael Liddle made his international debut forRepublic of Ireland under-19s although he was born inLondon,England?
... that themetabolic disorderSchindler disease may be caused bymutations in theNAGA gene onchromosome 22?
... that as Director of theVoice of America,Henry Loomis oversaw the introduction ofSpecial English, in which news is read slowly with a limited vocabulary of about 1,500 words and a simplified grammar?
... that the small bright-bluemushroomEntoloma hochstetteri is featured on the reverse side of theNew Zealand $50 bank note?
... that remnants of thepre-Columbianaqueduct carrying water from springs atChapultepec can still be found inMexico City today?
... that in 1899,Chinese immigration to Puerto Rico was prohibited by the United StatesChinese Exclusion Act?
... thatImperial Japanese Navy submarine CommanderTakakazu Kinashi was awarded theIron Cross byAdolf Hitler for his role in the sinking of theAmerican aircraft carrier Wasp?

05:42, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thecritically endangeredGolden White-eye(pictured) ofSaipan isthreatened by asnake that eliminated practically all the forest birds of nearbyGuam?
... that actorDon Collier, who co-starred onNBC'swestern seriesOutlaws andThe High Chaparral, playedfootball for theBrigham Young Cougars?
... that in theOfira Air Battle, at the outset of theYom Kippur War, twoIsraeli F-4 Phantom IIs shot down sevenEgyptian MiGs?
... that film directorsSidney Meyers andJay Leyda used pseudonyms for their screen credits on the 1937 productionPeople of the Cumberland?
... that throughout his lifetime,cyclistReggie McNamara broke his collarbone 17 times, broke his skull, nose, jaw, and leg once, had 500 stitches, and accumulated 47 scars?
... thatNASDA'sETS-VII was the world's firstsatellite to be equipped with arobotic arm and to conduct autonomousrendezvous docking operations successfully?
... that the 14th-centuryHungarian occupation of theBulgarian city ofVidin was described by contemporaries as a "great pain for the people"?
... that thewhite suckerfish responds to a touch on its belly by forcefully erecting its pelvic fins?

18 November 2008

23:35, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatChicago aldermanSandi Jackson(pictured) transferred fromGeorgetown University Law Center toUniversity of Illinois College of Law to be with her future husband,U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.?
... that most of the world's population ofNorthern Bald Ibis, anendangered species of birds, are found atSouss-Massa National Park inMorocco?
... that theWorld Charter for Prostitutes' Rights, adopted in 1985, calls for the right tounemployment insurance anddecriminalization of adultprostitution?
... thatoil companyIdemitsu Kosan is exploring the potential forgeothermal power inJapan?
... thatBert Olmstead played 14 seasons in theNational Hockey League (NHL) and appeared in 11Stanley Cup finals?
... that theSemitic triliteralQ-D-S meaning "holy" has been used in ancient and modern Semitic languages since at least the 3rd millennium BCE?
... that when asked what the most beautiful place he had ever seen in all his travels was,Gore Vidal chose the view from thebelvedere atVilla Cimbrone?
... that the symptoms of exposure to theblister agentmethyldichloroarsine clinically resemblepoison ivy?

17:30, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatMaharana Pratap Sagar or Pong Dam Lake, created by the highestearthfill dam inIndia on theBeas River(pictured), interceptsmigratory birds on their trans-Himalayan fly path during each migration season?
... thatancient Greekklismos chairs became fashionable again in the late 18th century?
... that other than visits to other institutions as a guest lecturer,James Feast lectured at theUniversity of Durham for over 35 years?
... thatGreenville Presbyterian Church was the first non-Dutch church established inNew York'sCatskill region?
... that species from the underground-dwellingmushroom genusGautieria are the preferred food source of theNorthern flying squirrel?
... that after testing thebiologicalBrucella cluster bomb on 11,000guinea pigs, a U.S. general remarked "Now we know what to do if we ever go to war against guinea pigs"?
... that theFlekkefjord Line was built to be part of the main line fromStavanger toOslo, but a change of plans made it only abranch line?
... that theNational Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey has on display theIntelligent Whale, an experimentalCivil War-erasubmarine propelled by a hand crank operated by its four-man crew?

11:25, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatManitowoc, Wisconsin, held a "Sputnikfest" in 2008 to celebrate a piece of theSoviet Sputnik 4 spacecraft that crashed near theRahr West Art Museum(pictured) in 1962?
... thatpre-operative transsexualMiki Mizuasa was nominated for the Best Actress award at the 2007 Adult Broadcasting Awards even though she was born a male?
... thatSanctus Real was the most-played artist on AmericanChristian radio in 2006?
... thatHugo Bettauer, author of a satire depictingVienna after expulsion of its Jews, was shot and killed in 1925 after Nazis branded him a "Red poet" and "corruptor of youth"?
... that theM143 bomblet held the equivalent of 300 millionlethal doses ofanthrax?
... thatLionel Baker is the firstcricketer fromMontserrat to represent theWest Indies senior side at international level?
... that most of theplace names in Palestine areArabised words with ancientSemitic roots that were preserved by the local indigenous population, facilitating their identification withbiblical sites?
... thatJohn Daly, aNew York City criminal, was rumored to be paying $100,000 a week in protection money to theNew York Police Department in the late 1800s?

05:20, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

... that in 1967, theM139 bomblet(interior pictured) was tested inHawaii using liveSarin nerve agent?
... that inNorse mythology,Sinmara is a female companion ofSurtr, a firejötunn?
... that veteranLGBT rights activistHank Wilson started or co-founded at least tenLGBT organizations in theSan Francisco area?
... that the soil-dwellingnematode-killingfungusPaecilomyces lilacinus has been known to cause human eye infections?
... that "Still Alive", the theme toaction-adventure video gameMirror's Edge, was written byRami Yacoub, who has also written material forBritney Spears?
... that according to Britishwine criticJancis Robinson, only certain wines canimprove significantly with age, and most wine is consumed too late rather than too early?
... that the graphical plot of theSabatier principle, a concept used inchemical catalysis, is often called a "volcano plot" because of its distinctive shape?
... that before she was disassembled for scrap in 1932,USSHolland, the firstsubmarine commissioned by theU.S. Navy, spent many years as anattraction inStarlightamusement park inNew York City?

17 November 2008

23:15, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

... that architectHarry Seidler described theskyscraperQV.1(pictured) inPerth,Western Australia, as the best building he had ever built?
... that at one time, theSneath Glass Company produced almost 90 percent of theglassware used in consumer refrigerators in the United States?
... thatBeijing Communist Party chiefLi Ximing was a leading supporter of military action against theTiananmen Square protests that resulted in the deaths of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people?
... thatGlen Ord is the only remainingsingle malt scotch whisky distillery on theBlack Isle in theHighlands ofScotland?
... that the wide variety of people who have beendeported from the United States includesJamaican boxer Trevor Berbick, political activistEmma Goldman, andIndian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
... thatprehistoricridgeway trails, though often steep, were usually the firmest and safestcart tracks before the advent ofpaved roads in westernEurope?
... thatMike Davis envisioned making recreational boats available on theHudson River inNew York City after seeing how boats could be rented inIstanbul and rowed on theBosporus?

17:10, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatGeorge J. Seabury withRobert Wood Johnson I developed amedicated adhesive plaster(pictured) with a rubber base as a precursor to theJohnson & Johnson Band-Aid?
... thatJames John Skinner was the onlyWhite member of theZambian cabinet when that nation gained independence in 1964?
... thatLoyola College in Maryland, aJesuit college with "little athletic tradition," has had 13 first-teamAll American honorees from themen's lacrosse team?
... thatTerence Mitford, who spent his whole academic career as anarchaeologist at theUniversity of St Andrews, was a member of theSpecial Air Service during theSecond World War?
... that the historicWayne Morse Farm inEugene, Oregon, was the home ofWayne Morse who representedOregon in theUnited States Senate from 1944 until 1968?
... thatRob Epstein, Academy Award-winning director ofThe Times of Harvey Milk, also directedParagraph 175 chronicling the treatment ofhomosexuals in Nazi Germany?
... that the firstrailroad depot in Stanford, Kentucky, was built due to a compromise betweenUnion general Ambrose Burnside and theLouisville and Nashville Railroad?
... that as part ofOperation Large Area Coverage theU.S. Army sprayed much of the eastern United States with zinc cadmium sulfide particles?

11:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

... that at the inauguration of the sixthAztecTemplo Mayor in 1487(scale model pictured), thousands of prisoners of war wereritually sacrificed, bathing the steps of the pyramid in blood?
... thatOperation Steel Box moved 100,000 Americanchemical weapons fromClausen,West Germany, toJohnston Atoll in theSouth Pacific Ocean?
... thatHedley Howarth helped leadNew Zealand to its first evertest cricket win on theIndian subcontinent with a five-wicket bag againstIndia in 1969?
... that in a baseball match held at theCapitoline Grounds on June 14, 1870, theBrooklyn Atlantics defeated theCincinnati Red Stockings, ending their 84 game winning streak?
... that theacquisition of the Corus Group in October 2006 has madeTata Steel India's second largest company in the private sector?
... that theConfederate Memorial inNicholasville, Kentucky, took sixteen years to fund, and was originally a statue of aUnion soldier?
... that German entrepreneur, race driver and yacht skipperUdo Schütz won the1000 km Nürburgring in 1967, theTarga Florio in 1969, and theAdmiral's Cup in 1993?
... thatLouis Dicken Wilson leftEdgecombe County US$40,000 upon his death in 1847, but US$28,000 of it was wasted?

05:00, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatSymphony in C byGeorges Bizet(pictured) was a completely unknown piece until it was discovered at theParis Conservatory library in 1933, nearly 60 years after Bizet's death?
... that theSurvival of the Shawangunks is aHudson Valley triathlon which requires competitors to carry their running shoes as they swim?
... thatTurkish poetSüleyman Nazif witnessed first hand the decaying corpses of persecuted Christians in his home town ofDiyarbakır in July 1915?
... thatFrank Filchock,Jack Faulkner,Mac Speedie,Jerry Smith,John Ralston, andRed Miller have all spent their entirecoaching careers with the Broncos?
... that the habitat of the rareWest Virginia land snailTriodopsis platysayoides is protected by a fence?
... thatAnarchy Alive!, a 2007 book byOxford-educated academic and anti-authoritarian activistUri Gordon, has been cited as a "defining text" of the contemporaryanarchist movement?
... thatJoe Hyams' first celebrity interview, withHumphrey Bogart, came after a chance meeting with Bogart's press agent at the pool ofThe Beverly Hills Hotel?
... thatLeverett Candee became the first person in the world to manufacturerubber footwear?

16 November 2008

22:55, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theRolls-Royce LiftSystem(pictured) was awarded the prestigiousCollier trophy in 2001?
... thatErie County voters electedAntoine Thompson to theNew York State Senate after he defeated cousinsMarc Coppola andAl Coppola during the 2006Democratic primary election?
... thatFrench anarchist and writerCharles Malato had aNeapolitan grandfather who suppressed apopular insurrection ascommander-in-chief of the army of thelast King of Naples?
... that after first taking theFifth Amendment in 1951, directorRobert Rossen named 57 people as Communists to theHouse Un-American Activities Committee in 1953 to escape theHollywood blacklist?
... that theturnout in the1997 Pakistani general election was the lowest ever inPakistan?
... thatFlorence Wald, former Dean ofYale School of Nursing, has been credited as "the mother of the Americanhospice movement"?
... that the 1916 filmCenere contains the only cinematic performance by the Italian theater starEleanora Duse?
... that theHonolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project led toHonolulu's 2008 mayoral elections being referred to as a "referendum on rail transit"?

16:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatmillwrights fromCanterbury, Kent, builtMoses Montefiore Windmill(pictured) inJerusalem, Israel, in 1857?
... thatJames-Younger Gang member"Dick" Liddil surrendered to authorities after killingJesse James' cousin, reportedly out of fear of that James would seek revenge?
... that despite being captured during theBattle of the Philippines, theNurse Corps regiment known as theAngels of Bataan continued to serve as a nursing unit throughout their internment?
... that the termbattery inbaseball was first used byHenry Chadwick in reference to the firepower of a team'spitching staff, inspired byartillery batteries then in use in theAmerican Civil War?
... that wine writerMalcolm Gluck has been involved in a row withSalman Rushdie over who is the quicker book-signer?
... thatBridgwater Bay is the location of the last mudhorse fisherman inEngland?
... thatPaul Callaway was so short a hydraulically-operatedpedalboard was custom-made for theWashington National Cathedral's organ, so he could reach the pedals comfortably?
... thatEduard August von Regel, a 19th-century Germanbotanist, named and described over 3,000 new plant species?

10:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatLi Yong(pictured withGuido Mantega) was the first and second secretary to the United Nations Mission fromChina?
... that the day after his birthday,General Archibald Gracie III was looking out at theUnion lines through his telescope when an artillery shell exploded in front of him killing him instantly?
... thatSir Philip Cohen has written over 470peer-reviewed papers, and was the third most cited academic in theUK during the 1990s?
... thatanthropologistRichard Price was one of the first to show thatMaroons, previously considered largely "without history," possessed rich and deep historicalconsciousness?
... that authorTom De Haven attended Catholic school inBayonne, New Jersey with fellow writerGeorge R. R. Martin?
... thatZeno Vendler's model oflexical aspect, first proposed in 1959, is still widely used in multiple areas oflinguistic research today?
... that physicianWilliam Beierwaltes, a pioneer innuclear medicine, was one of five attendees at the first course for doctors offered by theAtomic Energy Commission on the medical use ofradioisotopes?
... thatJohn Trudeau established theBritt Festival inOregon in 1962, the first of its kind in thePacific Northwest of the U.S., and now a four-month long celebration of music and musical theater?

04:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatRear AdmiralMinoru Ōta(pictured), commander of theImperial Japanese Navy at theBattle of Okinawa, had earlier been earmarked to commandJapanese landing forces at theBattle of Midway?
... that the walls ofPeter the Great'sfirst "palace" in the nascentSt Petersburg, a 60 m² (650 sq ft)log cabin, were painted to resemblebrickwork?
... thatMichael Higgins prepared himself for a career in the theater by working to rid himself of hisBrooklyn accent as a teenager?
... that thefungusAlbatrellus subrubescens was first collected fromFlorida andCzechoslovakia?
... thatCaterpillar Inc. employs 4,000Central Illinois workers at itsPeoria headquarters?
... thatEnglish mathematician andgeographerRobert Hues served his master Thomas Grey, the lastBaron Grey de Wilton, while Grey was imprisoned in theTower of London?
... thatColumbia Park inTorrance, California served as the home field for U.S. Women's soccer playersJoy Fawcett andCarin Jennings-Gabarra?
... thatGwilym Davies was the first person to broadcast in Welsh, onSaint David's Day in 1923?

15 November 2008

22:35, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the top of the 51-storeyCentral Park tower(pictured) inPerth,Western Australia sways about 30 cm (12 in) in the wind?
... that Frenchopera singerGustave Huberdeau performed roles ranging fromlead roles tocharacter roles to mute roles?
... that the bacteriumPropionibacterium freudenreichii is responsible for forming the holes inSwiss cheese by releasingcarbon dioxide?
... that the intricaterococo decoration of theGrand Church of the Winter Palace was recreated inpapier-mâché after a fire destroyed most of the original interiors of theWinter Palace in 1837?
... that the proposedBigeye bomb was designed to sprayVX nerve agent over a target area by gliding through the air over it?
... thatJewish immigration to Puerto Rico began in the 15th century and thatPuerto Rico has the largest and richest Jewish community in theCaribbean?
... that the first journal articles written by theentomologistRobert Perkins were published when he was aclassics student with no scientific education?
... that U.S. federal judgeMalcolm Marsh's father and uncle both served as presidents of theOregon State Bar?

16:30, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatHenry Pitkin and his brother produced the first American-designedpocket watches(pictured) with machine-made parts?
... that when theSSMahratta ran aground on theGoodwin Sands in 1939, it settled on top of a ship that had sunk thirty years earlier and was also namedMahratta?
... that a 30-metre (98 ft)tsunami was created whenBroke Off Cliff fell intoWestern Brook Pond, which is afjord in Canada?
... thatBridgwater Bay is the location of the last mudhorse fisherman inEngland?
... that the members ofMontreal-basedelectronic music duoBeast first met while working for a video game company?
... that protests by Rev.Abraham Woods about the1990 PGA Championship at theShoal Creek country club led the club to admit its first black member?
... that "There's No One As Irish As Barack O'Bama" is a folk song first performed in the village whereBarack Obama's great-great-great grandfather was born?
... thatearly childhood educatorBarbara T. Bowman co-founded theErikson Institute, agraduate school inchild development, with the support ofphilanthropist Irving Harris?

10:25, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatRichard Maack(pictured) was a Russiannaturalist who led some of the first major scientific expeditions to remoteSiberia and theRussian Far East?
... thatTaishō Baseball Girls is alight novel series about an all-girl baseball team set inTaishō era Japan?
... thatThirumangai Alvar, considered one of the most learnedAlvar saint-poets inHinduism, was a robber before becoming a saint?
... thatHenry Cornelius Burnett is one of only five members in history to be expelled from theUnited States Congress?
... thatAustro-Hungarian submarineSMU-16, which sank two ships and captured a third duringWorld War I, was the only boat of theU-10-class to sink during the war?
... that thelargest earthquake ever recorded in theU.S. state ofIllinois took place at approximately 11:02 a.m. onNovember 9 1968?
... that theJadad scale is the world's most widely used means of assessing the methodological quality ofclinical trials?
... that whenVeronica Mars was cancelled after itsthird season, fans sent more than 10,000Mars Bars tothe CW television network, hoping to persuade it to renew theseries?

04:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the final section ofLa Nouvelle branch(pictured), acanal in south-centralFrance, was constructed in 1776 to linkNarbonne to theCanal du Midi?
... that followingIn re Bilski, a decision of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the legal validity of manybusiness method patents is now uncertain?
... thatNorwegian mathematicianBernt Michael Holmboe played an important role in the career ofNiels Henrik Abel?
... that theMucking excavation, one of the largestarchaeological digs of its time inEurope, uncovered artifacts spanning a period of some 3,000 years?
... that overseas revenues rose tenfold during the decade thatRichard Rompala helped to lead the paint and coatings manufacturerValspar?
... that "Hindu Taliban" is apejorative term used by some tolerant or "secular"Hindus to describe the supporters of theHindutva movement?
... thatJuniper Networks has updated itsJUNOS software every 90 days since its creation in 1998?
... that after endangering himself to control the imperial horse,Qi Ying was made an imperial attendant byEmperor Dezong of Tang?

14 November 2008

22:15, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatPsilocybe montana (pictured), thetype species of the well-known genus ofhallucinogenic mushrooms, does not contain anypsychedelic compounds?
... that one poetic focus inWilliam Wordsworth's early life, especially in the"Lucy" poems, the"Matthew" poems,We are Seven, andLucy Gray, is man's relationship with death and nature?
... thatJapan andIndia signed a peace treaty andestablished diplomatic relations in April 1952, one of the first such treaties by Japan afterWorld War II?
... thatVânia Fernandes, who representedPortugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, was Portugal's first entrant to qualify for the Contest's final from its semi-final round?
... that thePresident of Colombia's administrative department has an annual budget of overCOL$16 billion?
... that after afederal jury inPortland, Oregon decided against the defendant inByron v. Rajneesh Foundation International, an inner circle ofRajneesh followers plotted to murder the plaintiff?
... thatJapanese admiralOgasawara Naganari, close confidant and biographer of Fleet AdmiralTogo Heihachiro, was tutor toEmperor Hirohito on naval matters?
... that, due to his support ofKentucky's efforts tosecede from the Union,Henry Cornelius Burnett is one of only five members in history to be expelled from theUnited States Congress?

16:10, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

... that a large earthquake monitoring network was established inChina'sYunnan Province 25 years after the1970 Tonghai earthquake(location pictured)?
... thatSOE officerJoachim Rønneberg was a leader of theNorwegian team attempting to sabotage theGerman nuclear energy project duringWWII?
... that legend has it thatNainital Lake inUttarakhand,India, was created when three pilgrims dug a hole which filled from the sacredTibetan Lake Manasarovar?
... that the growth ofAstragalus brauntonii, a species ofmilkvetch, is spurred by fire?
... thatBeninese political figureJustin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin remained underhouse arrest from 1972 to 1981 after being overthrown in acoup d'état?
... thatSt. Paul's Episcopal Church inTroy, New York, was originally built as a replica of a Church inNew Haven, Connecticut?
... thatNorwegian Constituent Assembly memberNicolai Wergeland was father offeminist writerCamilla Collett and poetHenrik Wergeland?
... that, when amateur clubTSV Vestenbergsgreuth beatGerman champions FC Bayern Munich 1–0 in the1994-95 DFB Cup, a memorial stone was later erected to commemorate the event?

10:05, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theRoyal Coachman(pictured), first made in 1878, may be the world's best-knownfly?
... thatRanulf le Meschin ruledCumberland before becomingEarl of Chester in 1120?
... thatRheinmetall's120mm gun L/55tank gun can attain muzzle velocities of up to 1,750 meters per second (5,700 ft/s) with newkinetic energy penetrators?
... thatIzzat Darwaza, theArab nationalist leader ofal-Fatat, was a principal organizer of the1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine?
... that theU.S. Marine Corpscelebrates its birthday on the anniversary of the day that the2nd Continental Congress authorized the creation of theContinental Marines?
... thatBeast vocalistBéatrice Bonifassi sang onChampion's albumChill'em All, and also provided the singing voices forLes Triplettes de Belleville?
... that thefootball rivalry betweenASV Herzogenaurach andFC Herzogenaurach can be traced back to the rivalry between the clubs' sponsors,Adidas andPuma?
... thatMike Tompkins, theNatural Law Party vice-presidential candidate in the 1992 and 1996 U.S. elections, is a direct descendant of U.S. presidentsJohn Adams andJohn Quincy Adams?

04:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theMontigny mitrailleuse(pictured), an 1860s mobilevolley gun, was very heavy at 2,000 pounds (910 kg)?
... thatLucy of Bolingbroke paid KingHenry I of England 500 marks after the death of her third husband,Ranulf le Meschin, for the right not to remarry?
... that theataaba is a traditionalArabic music form in which oralfolk poetry ismelodically improvised by a solovocalist?
... that theSheffield Iris newspaper'sfirst editor fled theUK when troops tried to arrest him, and itssecond was imprisoned for six months on charges of maliciouslibel?
... thatAndreas Lauritz Thune, who took over the manufacturing companyThune at the age of 23, was among the founders of theFederation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries in 1889?
... thatJack Bruce's 1969LPSongs for a Tailor was titled in tribute to the wardrobe designer for Bruce's former band,Cream?
... thatJoe Wendryhoski, an inaugural member of theNew Orleans Saints, played every offensivesnap as the startingcenter for the team's first two seasons?

13 November 2008

21:55, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatplant collectorCharles Curtis, who first introduced theNepenthes northiana(pictured) variety ofpitcher plant to England, went on to become the first superintendent of thePenang Botanic Gardens?
... that the successful escape from the multi-shipmutiny at the Nore byRoyal Navy CaptainCharles Cunningham in 1797 led to that mutiny's failure?
... that in 1969,Toyota Motor Corporation importedMcLaren M12s and installed their ownV8 engines in a bid to better compete againstNissan in JapaneseGroup 7 races?
... thatAmy Peterson competed in the first five Olympics in whichshort track speed skating was a sport?
... that thesticky bomb was designed byStuart Macrae at a laboratory known as "Winston Churchill's Toyshop"?
... that becauseFred Perrett switched fromrugby union torugby league he was often left out of lists ofWales players who died in action duringWorld War I?
... that the only significantKoreatown established byKoreans in Spain is inLas Palmas on the island ofGran Canaria?
... that on July 8, 1942,pitcherDoyle Lade threw ano-hitter and won the game 1–0, with his solohome run providing the only run support for his team?

15:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theinsectivorous plantHeliamphora nutans(pictured) was re-discovered inBritish Guiana in 1881 and successfully introduced toEngland byDavid Burke?
... thatCharles Taylor was the first of thirteenWelsh internationalrugby players to die in action duringWorld War I?
... thatAlmoloya del Río, aMexican small town with the population of 7,992, hosts an international biker rally every year?
... thatHurricane Lisa of the1998 Atlantic hurricane season attained forward motion of over 58 mph (93 km/h) on October 9?
... thatThe Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers has been in charge of publishingFinland's ethical guidelines onengineering for over 40 years?
... that the first submarine boat andself-propelled torpedo, and the engines for theironclad warship USS Monitor were all built at the foundry operated byCornelius DeLameter?
... that theRopar Wetland, in addition to being home to severalendangered andthreatened species, was the site of the signing of an 1831 treaty between the English and theSikhs?
... thatWonderland Greyhound Park inRevere,Massachusetts features over 7 miles (11 km) of underground piping which heats therace track on cold and wet days?

09:45, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

... that despite having only 28 men to his opponent's 92, William Rogers(pictured) not only defended his ship from aprivateer, but boarded andcaptured her with just five men?
... thatGrace Church is one of few remaining structures from the once-thriving town ofCa Ira, Virginia?
... that theManifesto of the Sixteen was a controversial declaration of support for theAllied cause inWorld War I from a group of prominentanarchists?
... that in 2007 theKenyon Athletic Center was surrounded byKnox County residents to "form a shield of protection" in preparation for aBilly Graham Evangelistic Association event?
... that theCommission on Social Welfare, from 1983 to 1986, reviewedsocial welfare inIreland?
... that formerAmerican Medical Association presidentRonald Davis played a major role in the AMA's 2008 apology to black doctors for the organization's history of racial discrimination?
... that at 440 meters (1,440 ft),Della Falls inBritish Columbia is the tallestwaterfall in Canada and 16th-tallest in the world?
... thatRear AdmiralJohn Adams of theRoyal Navy was the author ofThe Adventure of Charlie the Cone, based on stories about atraffic cone, that he made up for his children on long trips?

03:40, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

... that eightKaba class destroyers(destroyer pictured) of theImperial Japanese Navy were based inMalta inWorld War I?
... thatTarab Abdul Hadi co-founded the firstPalestinian women's organization in 1929?
... thatarcing horns are projecting conductors used to protect insulators onhigh voltage transmission systems from damage duringflashover?
... that theStella Artois television advertisementGood Doctor won more awards than any other television campaign in 2002?
... thatrelief pitcherDoug Nickle was assigned to seven different clubs over the course of his six-yearmajor league baseball career?
... that with his appointment toSecretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966,Robert C. Weaver became thefirst African American to hold a U.S. Cabinet Secretaryship?
... thatFinnish-born filmmakerAntero Alli shot his 1995science fiction featureThe Drivetime on a budget of U$5,000?
... thatCanadian-bornJim Koleff spent three decades inEurope as anice hockey player, coach and manager after telling coachDave Chambers that he would play in Italy for one year?

12 November 2008

21:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatBernard Courtois was the discoverer ofiodine(crystal structure shown)?
... that theBanc Ty'nddôl sun-disc, a gold ornament discovered atCwmystwyth, is over 4,000 years old, making it the earliest gold artifact discovered inWales?
... thatquartic reciprocity was firstconjectured bySwiss mathematician Euler in 1748–1750, but not proved until 1836–37 byPrussian mathematicianJacobi?
... thatHitachi Zosen Corporation built the firstoil tanker inJapan in 1908 per an order byStandard Oil Company?
... that before becoming a full-time professionalfootballer at the age of 21,Mike Bickle worked as amilkman?
... that theLebanese Navy SEALs undergo heavy military training, which spans three months and sometimes reaches 20 hours per day?
... thatU.S. President Benjamin Harrison appointedJames R. Tanner Commissioner of the Pension Bureau in 1889, but had to remove him six months later because he vastly exceeded his office's budget?

15:30, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theforce-feeding(pictured) ofsuffragette,arsonist andhunger-strikerLilian Lenton caused food to enter her lungs and led to public outrage?
... that men from the1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment were the first explorers to climb down the 800-foot (240 m)caldera wall to reach the shore ofCrater Lake?
... thatDream Cinema is the last remaining single-screenmovie theater inSeoul,Korea?
... that athleteAl Hall won threePan American Games gold medals in thehammer throw in three consecutive decades, with wins in1959,1963 and1971?
... that theAustralian bandSpy vs Spy had to change its name to avoid legal action from the publishers ofMad magazine?
... that of the over 4,000 U.S.chemical munitions found to be leaking chemical agents in 2002, more than 2,000 wereSarin-containingM55 rockets?
... thatlice frommummified guinea pigs andmites preserved inamber while feeding onspiders have provided evidence for researchers in the field ofpaleoparasitology?
... that the first same-sex kiss on an Americansoap opera was between fictional charactersLena Kundera and Bianca Montgomery in 2003, who were also American soap opera's first lesbian couple?

09:25, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theLittle Pied Cormorant(pictured) lays eggs that are covered inlime?
... that in 2005,Shannon Sohn became the first helicopter news reporter to win a nationalEmmy Award, which she won for her coverage of the crash of the helicopter of a rival TV station?
... that among other methods,archaeoparasitologists study historical humanparasites by looking for references to them in art and literature?
... that theGhost Town Trail inWestern Pennsylvania utilizes 36 miles (58 km) of donated and abandoned railroad and features many abandoned miningghost towns?
... thatTropical Depression One-C of the2005 Pacific hurricane season caused minor flooding on theIsland of Hawaii?
... that theConfederate Memorial inFulton, Kentucky is the only one in the state with a statue atop anarch?
... thatHMSHinchinbrook wasHoratio Nelson's second navy command, and his first aspost-captain?
... that editorKenneth P. Johnson, who ran a story that led to the article subject's suicide as threatened, stated that "if a story is newsworthy and supported by the facts, it is our policy to publish"?

03:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the firstplatform scale was built in 1830 byThaddeus Fairbanks(pictured) to measure large loads accurately?
... thatNorwegian researchers publishedGay Kids in November 2008 to educate children abouthomosexual love?
... thatMiguel Ramón Izquierdo was the lastFrancoist mayor ofValencia, Spain and secured the transfer of theTuria River gardens from the Spanish crown to local administration?
... that in November 1864,Camp Nelson′sUnion soldiers forced 400ex-slaves outside its shelter, resulting in 102 exposure deaths?
... that actorDavid Morrissey gained 2stone (28 lb; 13 kg) for his role asGordon Brown in the 2003 filmThe Deal?
... that only ninegoaltenders have scored a goal in aNational Hockey League game?
... thatErnest Peixotto′s 1916 workOur Hispanic Southwest was the first appearance of theethnic slur "spic" in writing?
... thatAmericanJoe Lutz became the first foreigner to manage a team inJapanese professional baseball when he was selected to manage theHiroshima Carp in 1975?

11 November 2008

21:10, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

... that when completed in 1988, the 52-storeyBankWest Tower inPerth,Western Australia(pictured) was the eighth tallestconcrete skyscraper in the world?
... thatHenry Fitz was the firstAmerican to makerefractor telescopes and constructed the largest refracting telescopes in America on five different occasions?
... thatBOHICA is anacronym that means "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again"?
... thatAnn Nixon Cooper, the subject ofBarack Obama'spresidential acceptance speech, served for more than fifty years on the board of Gate City Nursery Association?
... that during thehistory of San Diego State University some students joined the armed forces duringWorld War II and assisted in theDoolittle Raid overJapan?
... thatSoviet defectorBoris Bazhanov became the only assistant atJoseph Stalin'ssecretariat to ever turn against the Soviet regime?
... thatEdi Gathegi fell into acting when he took up anundergraduate acting class as an "easy course" after sustaining a basketball injury?
... that actorNate Parker was anAll-American wrestler in both high school and college?

15:05, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

... that U.S.president-elect Barack Obama delivered hisacceptance speech(pictured) from behind 2 inches (51 mm) ofbulletproof glass?
... thatLudvík Čelanský was the founder and the first principal conductor of theCzech Philharmonic Orchestra?
... that historianRichard C. Lukas estimated that upwards of one million Poles were involved in therescue of Jews by Polish communities during the Holocaust?
... thatballerinaRosella Hightower received critical acclaim in 1947 after filling in for the sickAlicia Markova and learning the role ofGiselle in five hours, having never danced the part before?
... that the curfew law associated with thecurfew bell started byAlfred the Great was abolished byHenry I of England?
... thatDavid G. Booth gave US$300 million—the largest ever gift to a business school—to his alma mater, now renamed theUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business?
... thatHenri Joseph Fenet, a soldier inWorld War II, was awarded both theCroix de Guerre byFrance and theKnight's Cross byGermany?
... that thehistoricCharles Shorey House mixes bothgambrel andgable roofs?
... thatPolish-Armenian Roman Catholic priest,Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski was ordered to be silent by the Krakow Curia because of his clergylustration activities?

09:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theBoy Scouts of America celebrated their fortieth anniversary in 1950 with the theme ofStrengthen the Arm of Liberty(Lady Liberty statue pictured)?
... thatCaptainOdd Isaachsen Willoch, an uncle of laterNorwegian Prime Minister Kåre Willoch, was lost with his ship in 1940 during theBattles of Narvik?
... that in 2008, thebiofuel companyMascoma received a US$26 million grant from theU.S. Department of Energy to develop acellulosic fuel production facility?
... thatEugene Vaulot of theWaffen SS destroyed eighttanks during theBattle of Berlin in 1945, earning himself aKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross days before he was killed in action by asniper?
... that one of theinternational polls on the 2008 U.S. presidential election found 22 percent ofGerman women would have an affair withBarack Obama?
... thatNausicaä, the main character from theHayao Miyazaki manga and film, is based onNausicaa from theOdyssey and "The Princess Who Loved Insects", a Japanese folk hero?
... that whencellistGeorge Sopkin auditioned for theChicago Symphony Orchestra at age 18, conductorFrederick Stock looked at him and remarked "so we're taking Boy Scouts now?"
... thatFoggerty's Fairy byW. S. Gilbert included aplot device that anticipates modern fantasy andscience fiction stories like the filmBack to the Future?
...thatB.P. Newman, abusiness entrepreneur fromLaredo, began operations with a dairy distributorship but branched intorestaurants,subdivisions,apartments, andranches throughout much ofTexas?

02:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

... that at age 14,Jack Dorsey(pictured) developed software that is still used todispatch taxicabs and inspired him to createTwitter?
... that theConnecticut River Museum is located in a restored 1878 steamboat warehouse?
... that, though there is no evidence for it,Louis Rocca is credited with having coined the nameManchester United?
... that a digitaltime capsule "A Message From Earth" was transmitted to the planetGliese 581c and included a message by actressGillian Anderson consisting of images ofGeorge W. Bush andBarack Obama?
... thatballet impresarioGeorge de Cuevas facedSerge Lifar in a 1958duel with swords, that was described as "the most delicate encounter in the history of French dueling"?
... thatJheryl Busby, once President and CEO ofMotown Records, was a major shareholder of the first African-American-owned national bank in the U.S. along withJanet Jackson andMagic Johnson?
... thatPacific University's first building at itsHealth Professions Campus inHillsboro, Oregon, attainedLEED gold status in 2007?
... that in 784, due to wars and famine in the capitalChang'an region,Emperor Dezong of Tang sent the officialLiu Zi toNanchang to conductimperial examinations for examinees fromsouthern China?

10 November 2008

20:45, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theArabian Hall of theWinter Palace(pictured) was named after four "massive Negroes" who were attendants of theTsar?
... thatIndia'sHarike Wetland has a concentration ofmigratory waterfowl with a number of globallythreatened species?
... thatHarrison Gray Dyar erected the firsttelegraph line and dispatched over it the first message ever sent, making him the real inventor of the telegraph?
... that the works ofAzerbaijan-born artistSemyon Bilmes have been featured inReader's Digest,The New York Times and in advertisements forAT&T andCitibank?
... thatClarence W. Spangenberger was the last president of Cornell Steamboat Company, whose more than sixty vessels once made it the largesttugboat company in theUnited States?
... thatQualifying Industrial Zones are special free-trade zones inJordan andEgypt created to take advantage of thefree trade agreements between theUnited States andIsrael?
... thatZeituni Onyango is the half-aunt ofPresident-elect Barack Obama and apolitical asylum claimant fromKenya whose case was disclosed in the final days of the2008 U.S. presidential election?
... that atRoyal Rumble (1993), the winner was guaranteed a match for theWWF Championship atWrestleMania, which subsequently became an annual tradition?

14:40, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the 1835Greek RevivalCannon Building(pictured) inTroy, New York was rebuilt with amansard roof after several fires in the 1870s?
... that during one trial of theMexican Inquisition, 123 men were accused ofhomosexuality but 99 managed to escape before the proceedings?
... thatMark Canton, producer of300 andThe Spiderwick Chronicles, started his movie career working in the mail room ofWarner Bros.?
... thatThe ABC of Communism byNikolai Bukharin andEvgenii Preobrazhensky was the most widely read political work inSoviet Russia?
... that theConfederate Memorial Gateway inHickman, Kentucky took ten years and US$10,000 to build?
... thatTzvia Greenfeld is the firstHaredi woman to serve as a member of theKnesset?
... thatLexington, North Carolina's urban revitalization efforts include thePigs in the City public art initiative?
... thatBill Stall of theLos Angeles Times won the 2004Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for a series of editorials the Pulitzer board said "served as a model for addressing complex state issues"?
... thatBlack Iraqis still maintain theirAfrican heritage in healing ceremonies?
... that attorneyP. Cameron DeVore died of an apparentheart attack, but jested in a self-written obituary that he had succumbed to "a surfeit ofpâté de foie gras ice cream smothered inhuckleberries"?

10:35, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

... that according tomusical analyst Sir Donald Tovey, every page ofOpus 20, composed in 1772 byJoseph Haydn(pictured), is "of historic and aesthetic importance"?
... that theUnion Station inOwensboro, Kentucky was once turned into adiscothèque and a pizza parlor?
... that in 1919,Polandtried to overthrow the Lithuanian government, but theSejny Uprising resulted in the plan's failure?
... that pianist and composerMoshe Cotel chose to become arabbi after meeting aHolocaust survivor who was so inspired by his retelling of the story ofAlfred Dreyfus that she had returned toJudaism?
... that most of the information available aboutEnglish novelistPhebe Gibbes is derived from an application to theRoyal Literary Fund for financial support in 1804?
... that theMichigan Tech Huskies, fromMichigan'sUpper Peninsula, have won threeNCAA Division I championships inice hockey, with players such asTony Esposito?
... that in 1966,Vin Denson became the first British rider to win a stage of theGiro d'Italia?
... thatWilliam Jay Bolton was the first artist in the United States to design and manufacture figuralstained glass windows?
...that before becoming ageneral in theAmerican Civil War,Robert Alexander Cameron worked as a newspaper publisher?

06:30, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theKohler-Andrae State Park(pictured) consists of two separate state parks, one donated by an electric company president and another byKohler Company?
... that SMU-5, ceded toItaly in 1920 aswar reparations, was the only member of theU-5-class submarines of theAustro-Hungarian Navy to surviveWorld War I?
... thatManny Harris was the first player to start for three consecutive Detroit Public School League Basketball Champions sinceJalen Rose andVoshon Lenard?
... thatbilateral trade betweenIndia and Poland has grown by more than seven times from 1992 to 2007?
... thatWilliam Louis Abbott, Americandoctor andphilanthropist, went toMadagascar to enlist in the native army against the secondFrench occupation of the island?
... that an initial€1 million was allocated for the newpolitical foundations at European level in 2007–08?
... that the historic ranger's residence in theClackamas Lake Ranger Station Historic District, no longer needed bypark rangers, is now used mainly by recreational visitors?
... that thesubprime mortgage crisis, among several other factors, led to a negativedemand shock in theU.S. economy, which causes demand for goods and services to decrease?
... thatTerence Tolbert,Nevada state director forBarack Obama's presidential campaign, died of a heart attack at age 44, two days before the2008 U.S. presidential election?

02:26, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theBert Bolle Barometer(pictured) inDenmark,Western Australia, is the largestbarometer in the world?
... that after serving in theNorwegian Parliament for four terms,Ingvald Godal involved himself in solidarity work forChechnya?
... that theUrakami classdestroyerKawakaze of theImperial Japanese Navy was built inScotland, sold to theRegia Marina ofItaly and sunk as a ship of theKriegsmarine ofNazi Germany?
... thatmemorials to the Confederacy in Mayfield,Kentucky include a fountain anda series of cemetery gates?
... thatSMU-10 andSMU-11, which wereU-10-class submarines constructed inGermany and shipped toAustria-Hungary by rail, were bothcommissioned into theGerman Imperial Navy and theAustro-Hungarian Navy duringWorld War I?
... thatThomas Paton worked on the construction of theOwen Falls Dam which was responsible for the first complete stoppage of theWhite Nile in history?
... thatCastle Rushen in theIsle of Man was founded by the Norse kingMagnus III in the 13th century and used today as a museum and lawcourt?
... that the "Valley of Tears" in theGolan Heights was so named after it became the site of a major battle in theYom Kippur War?
... thatJapanese admiralMitsumi Shimizu authorized themidget submarine operation during theattack on Pearl Harbor?
... thatGeneral James Deshler was killed instantly by a Union cannon's artillery shell at theBattle of Chickamauga?

9 November 2008

19:15, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theCZ 2075 RAMI(pictured) was named by combining the first two initials of the two people who originally designed it?
... thatWilliam Munroe was the first manufacturer ofpencils in theUnited States?
... thatSubtropical Storm One in 1978 is the onlyAtlantic subtropical cyclone to develop in the month of January?
... thatDavid Jeaffreson served asCommissioner of ICAC before retiring from theHong Kong government in 1991?
... that the restoration of theTithe Barn, Pilton inSomerset,England was supported by profits from theGlastonbury Festival?
... thatZaki Tun Azmi became theChief Justice of Malaysia after serving just over one year in the superiorcourts ofMalaysia?
... that directorPeter Ustinov instructedRichard Burton not to blink during his performance as the sociopath in the1972 filmHammersmith is Out?
... thatTang Dynasty officialLi Mian kept places at feasts for two deceased subordinates for three years after their deaths, offering meals and wine to their spirits?
... thatNationalist commanders offered 500pesetas for eachT-26Spanish Army tank captured from thePopular Front during theSpanish Civil War?
... thatYlon Schwartz, main event finalist at the2008 World Series of Poker, has gambled onbackgammon,darts,horses, and his ability to tosslemons across a street onto the roof of aBurger King?

15:10, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theHart-Cluett Mansion(pictured) inTroy, New York, is the only intact example of the luxury homes commonly built in early–19th centuryNew York City?
... that veteranTour de France commentatorDaniel Mangeas has been called a "talking encyclopedia ofcycling" because he never needs notes?
... that thesteamboatsEnterprise andMaria once had amonopoly on transport along theFraser River inBritish Columbia?
... thatal-Karmil, anArabic language newspaper first published inHaifa in 1908, was founded with the express purpose of "opposingZionist colonization"?
... thatJoseph C. Hare,American politician and lumberman, has a railroad station, railroad stop, andvalley all named after him?
... thatMeare Pool was an important source of fish forGlastonbury Abbey before being drained between 1500 and 1750?
... thatPoliceman Bluejay, achildren's novel byL. Frank Baum ofThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz fame, was first published in1907 under thepen name "Laura Bancroft"?
... thatSchloss Vollrads claims to be the oldestwinery ofGermany?
... that theMediterranean land snail speciesPapillifera bidens lived inEngland for over 100 years before being discovered?
... thatFranz Burgmeier became the firstLiechtensteiner to playfootball in England after being signed on the advice of aclub chairman's twelve-year-old grandson?

11:06, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thethreatenednoonday globeland snail(pictured) is known only from a two-mile (3 km)-long area inside thegorge of theNantahala River inNorth Carolina?
... that whenAustralian cricketerJack Massie fought atGallipoli, he wore a scarlet rag on his right arm to distractsnipers from hisbowling arm?
... thatWilliam Shockley, co-inventor of thetransistor, also helped calculate thesolar cell'sShockley-Queisser limit?
... thatRear-AdmiralCharles Austen′s family includedAdmiral of the Fleet Francis Austen, and the novelistJane Austen?
... thatFord Road inDearborn, Michigan, was named forWilliam Ford, father ofHenry?
... thatZhang Yanshang, hisfather, son, andfather-in-law were allTang Dynasty Chinese chancellors?
... thatKentucky'sPaducah Freight House was bigger than required because it was originally intended to service a larger rail network?
... that the meaning of "Der Pleier", thepseudonym of the 13th-century author of the romanceGarel, is unknown, though it might refer metaphorically toglassblowing?
... thatMilan Bandić waselected in 2005 as themayor ofZagreb,Croatia, with the support of only a seventh of eligible voters?
... thatcountry music singerJeremy McComb was once a tour manager for comedianLarry the Cable Guy?

06:50, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

... that art historianAlbert Boime theorized thatVincent van Gogh'sThe Starry Night(pictured) was based on positions ofcelestial objects at 4 a.m. on June 19, 1889?
... thatAmasa Holcomb was the first in theUnited States to manufacturetelescopes?
... thatNemattanew, a renegadePowhatan captain dubbed "Jack-of-the-Feather" in 1611 for his extravagantregalia, believed he was invincible toEnglish bullets?
... that theFodder Scam involved the allegedembezzlement of aboutRs. 950 crore (US$ 199 million) from the treasury of theIndian state ofBihar?
... that the silhouette artistS. John Ross had a 60-year association with theSydney Royal Easter Show, and created portraits ofVivian Leigh andNicole Kidman?
... that broadcasterTony Dean was eulogized by aSouth Dakota Senator for striking a balance in "his advocacy on behalf of conservation and sportsmen alike"?
... thatIngres paintedJupiter and Thetis to fulfill his obligations to theFrench Academy in Rome, a body famous for thepatriarchal attitude that the work seeks to repudiate?
... that theNorwegian manufacturing companyThune, started in 1815 as ablacksmith's workshop, later expanded to buildagricultural machinery,turbines andlocomotives?

02:40, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Blake's paintingThe Ghost of a Flea(pictured) caused some contemporaries to believe that he was a madman?
... thatJacob Earl Fickel is credited with firing the first gunshots from an airplane?
... thatIndia'sKanjli Wetland, a manmadewetland created in 1870, has been recognised by theRamsar Convention for its richbiodiversity?
... that the1855 Wairarapa earthquake was the most powerful earthquake inNew Zealand?
... that ScotsmanAdam Menelaws became thede facto leading architect of theRussian Empire when he was around seventy years old?
... thatClärenore Stinnes was the first person tocircumnavigate the world by automobile in anAdler Standard 6?
... that theCalifornia Milk Processor Board spentUS$1.5 million in 2002 to popularize theLatin American drinklicuado as a way topromote milk consumption?
... that an outer jacket,magoja was introduced toKorea after the king's father,Heungseon Daewongun, returned fromManchuria in 1887?
... that horror novelistAnne Rice has cited the 1936 filmDracula's Daughter as an inspiration for her ownhomoerotic vampire fiction?

8 November 2008

20:24, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thecruise shipMS Astor(pictured) was ordered in 1985 as anocean liner forSafmarine'sUK–South Africa service, but the service was abandoned before the ship was completed?
... that ariot atPaducah, Kentucky'sWoolfolk Home led toUlysses S. Grant's promotion above his superior officer,Brigadier General Charles Ferguson Smith?
... thatIndia'sSir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar was the first President of theUnited Nations Economic and Social Council?
... that theLAPD Air Support Division inLos Angeles is the nation's largest municipal airbornelaw enforcement organization?
... that after hisdiagnosis withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tributes toAllan Rosenfield included a song dedication byBono at aU2 concert?
... that in his 1933 essayIn Praise of Shadows,Junichirō Tanizaki includesmonastery toilets in his reflections onJapanese aesthetics?
... that in 1917,baseball managersJohn McGraw andChristy Mathewson were arrested after a game forplaying on Sunday?
... that theEgyptian Communist Organisation was nicknamed "Mishmish", meaningapricot inArabic?
... that theWishram Indian Village Site is believed to have been occupied for at least 10,000 years?

15:40, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the original owner of thediamondStar of the South(replica pictured) sold it for a mere £3,000, and the buyer later deposited it in the bank ofRio de Janeiro for £30,000?
... that the bookBrainwashing: The Science of Thought Control was runner-up in the 2005Times Higher Education Supplement Young Academic Author Award?
... that theObserver Group was the first joint-United States Army/Marine unit to be organized and trained specifically foramphibious reconnaissance?
... that for building a giantreservoir,King Mahasen, who ruledSri Lanka from AD 275 to 301, was declared a God by his subjects?
... thatPaducah, Kentucky'sLloyd Tilghman Memorial honors aMarylander, and was built by anEnglish immigrant fromBoston?
... thatWilliam David Davies was the firstWelsh non-conformist to obtain aBachelor of Divinity degree from theUniversity of Oxford?
... that the state ofWisconsin proposed the route ofWisconsin Highway 57 as anInterstate Highway corridor in the 1950s?
... thatGants Mill is an historicwatermill now generatinghydroelectric power from theRiver Brue?
... thatJames Wandin, the firstAustralian Rules footballer ofaboriginal descent to play withSt Kilda Football Club, was also thetribal leader of theWurundjeri people?

11:29, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theBritish War Office placed orders for theNorton 16H(pictured) longer than for any other single make ofmotorcycle?
... thatSymantec was originally founded byGary Hendrix to focus onAI-related projects such asnatural language processing?
... that theValencian regionalparliament, theCorts Valencianes, has its origins in assemblies established in the thirteenth century by KingJames I of Aragon?
... thatByron recorded seeing the "tigers sup" at theExeter Exchange menagerie in centralLondon owned byEdward Cross?
... that theZlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth, one of the oldest youth film festivals, included over 500 films from 52 countries in 2008?
... that in 2004,The Hershey Company released three flavors of a new product calledSnack Barz?
... that the 1919Ihlen Declaration, made byNorwegian Foreign Minister Nils Claus Ihlen on the subject ofGreenland's sovereignty, led to aninternational court case?
... thatEstelle Reiner′sdeadpan line—"I'll have what she's having"—afterMeg Ryan'sfaked orgasm inWhen Harry Met Sally, was ranked by theAFI as one of the best ever movie quotes?

07:13, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the so-called "lobster mushroom"(pictured) is a delicacy created by onefungus,Hypomyces lactifluorum,parasitising another, usuallyRussula brevipes?
... thatGrandmasterValentina Golubenko, the first and onlyWorld Youth Chess Champion born and raised inEstonia, is aRussian citizen playing under theCroatian flag?
... that the1925 Irish Senate election required a change in the law governing the layout of theballot, to allow all 76 candidates to be listed?
... thatLt.Henry B. Hidden is believed to be first officer ofUnion volunteercavalry killed in theAmerican Civil War?
... that theSunday Closing Act of 1881, which restricted the opening ofpublic houses inWales, was the first legislation for over three centuries to recognise that country as distinct fromEngland?
... thatTang Dynasty officialXiao Fu refused to placate thechancellor Wang Jin by offering Wang ancestral property that Wang wanted?
... that the entrance toKaipara Harbour has treacheroussandbars known as "the graveyard", which are responsible for moreshipwrecks than any other place inNew Zealand?
... thatTerence Fox was made the firstShell Professor of Chemical Engineering at theUniversity of Cambridge despite never having published a research paper?

02:58, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatRowland Lockey, an Englishpainter andminiaturist, made copies of the work of other artists, includingHans Holbein the Younger(detail of one such copy pictured)?
... thatŌe Taku, after spending 12 years in prison fortreason, was elected to thelower house in theDiet of Japan in 1890?
... that the2008-09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is in its first season off of scholarship probation following theUniversity of Michigan basketball scandal?
... that rather than await execution,Russian anarchist assassinMoishe Tokar doused himself inparaffin from his prison cell lamp andburned himself alive?
... that ingeometric group theory, aDehn function is an optimal function associated to afinite group presentation which estimates thearea of a relation in thatgroup in terms of its length?
... thatAlfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens, the son of novelistCharles Dickens, died inNew York in 1912 while on a lecture tour celebrating the centenary of his father's birth?
... that manyNorwegian political parties opposed the establishment of aState Secretary, only to expand that institution when in power?

7 November 2008

19:50, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

... that "bleeding tooth fungus" is a member of the woody toothedfungus genusHydnellum(example pictured)?
... that until his death in 1927,James C. Donnell was the last man to callJohn D. Rockefeller simply "John"?
... that the controversialScout Moor Wind Farm, which opened in September 2008, is presently the largest onshorewind farm inEngland?
... thatTang Dynasty chancellorJiang Gongfu was removed from office when he opposedEmperor Dezong's wish to build apagoda in mourning his daughter Princess Tang'an?
... thatCamp Beauregard, anAmerican Civil War camp in westernKentucky, was abandoned in less than six months due to over 1,000 cases oftyphoid andpneumonia?
... that in 1999, thegovernment of India issued apostage stamp to commemorateMadras politicianP. Kakkan?
... that in his 2001post-anarchist bookFrom Bakunin to Lacan,Saul Newman questions how modernistanarchism can refrain from reproducing the forms of oppression that it tries to overcome?
... thatRichard Petty and his crew chiefDale Inman presented the first artifact to theNASCAR Hall of Fame, the car that Petty drove to a record 27 victories in 1967?

15:48, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

... that although theAriel W/NG 350(pictured) was not initially selected by theBritish War Department, they were in great demand after theevacuation of Dunkirk in theWorld War II?
... that theShinbashi Enbujō inGinza,Japan, today a majorkabuki theatre, was originally built to serve as a venue forgeisha dances?
... that the 20 deaths in theDonora Smog of 1948, called one of the worstair pollution disasters inAmerican history, have been credited with leading to passage of the U.S.Clean Air Act in 1970?
... that theMoon of Baroda, a 24.04-carat diamond, was worn by actressMarilyn Monroe and EmpressMarie Therese ofAustria?
... that theWooldridge Monuments have been dubbed "The Strange Procession Which Never Moves"?
... thatKukkarahalli lake adjoining theUniversity of Mysore, was created in 1864 duringMummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar's rule of theKingdom of Mysore, to provide water forirrigation?
... thatJudith Wachs, who spent 30 years with herSephardic music groupVoice of the Turtle, first turned to music when she filled in for her husband who signed up forrecorder lessons but could not attend?
... thatBruce McLaren Motor Racing's first use of the color now known as "McLaren Orange" was on theirMcLaren M6As, which won the1967 Can-Am Challenge Cup?

11:36, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatNebuchadnezzar(pictured), a colourmonotype byWilliam Blake, depicts theBabylonian king "crawling like a hunted beast" with "his wild eyes full of sullen terror"?
... that the henMatilda lived to age 16 and became the world's oldest chicken in 2004, never laying any eggs?
... that the documentary seriesBertie andHaughey on the lives of formertaoisigh Bertie Ahern andCharles Haughey were made byMint Productions?
... thatSwiss balloonistEduard Spelterini was acclaimed foraerial photography before the development and proliferation ofaeroplanes?
... that nomulticellular organisms have ever evolvedwheels or similar propulsion methods, although thePleuroptya ruraliscaterpillar can roll and a species ofmantis shrimp performs somersaults?
... that thePolish Righteous among the Nations,Alfreda and Bolesław Pietraszek, rescued families of 18 Jews duringthe Holocaust on their farm inCeranów?
... thatJapanese authorJun'ichirō Tanizaki attributed hisphobia ofearthquakes to the collapse of his family house in the 1894Meiji Tokyo earthquake?

06:18, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thegreen flash(pictured) is a by-product of a correspondingmirage of an astronomical object?
... thatAkkamma Cherian, anIndian freedom fighter, was popularly known as the "Jhansi Rani ofTravancore?"
... thatredistributive change is a theory ofeconomic justice that promotes the recognition ofpoverty as asuspect classification underU.S. law?
... thatCavallo's multiplier was an 18th-centuryelectrostatic influence machine used to amplifyelectric charge?
... thatFloyd Rayford was thebaseball player thatCal Ripken, Jr. replaced in the starting lineup to begin his streak of2,632 consecutive games played?
... that theApostlebird of inlandAustralia is so named after theTwelve Apostles as it was seen to travel in groups of twelve?
... that "Guan ju", one of the oldest poems inChinese literature, was praised byConfucius for its restrained emotions?
... thatMayor of New York City John Lindsay was said to have been so angered byEdith Evans Asbury ofThe New York Times that he broke his telephone after slamming down the receiver?

02:05, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

... that shortly after architectRalph Anderson's early "modernist glass-box phase" he began rehabilitating turn-of-the-century buildings(example pictured) inSeattle'sPioneer Square district?
... that thepilot edition of theBBC Radio 7 comedyA Series of Psychotic Episodes was nominated for aSony Radio Academy Award?
... that atWashington State University from 1948 to 1950,Bob Gambold was the quarterback of the school'sfootball team and the starting forward for its basketball team during all three of those years?
... that after retiring from the stage opera singerEmma Carelli managed theRome Opera House for almost 15 years?
... thatBowie Seamount on theBritish Columbia Coast ofCanada is one of the most biologically richsubmarine volcanoes on Earth and was an active volcanic island throughout thelast glacial period?
... that the award nominated filmLonesome Jim had a last minute budget cut fromUS$3 million down to US$500,000 and had to be shot in only 17 days?
... thatMicrosoft made itslargest acquisition ever when it purchaseddigital marketing companyaQuantive for over US$6 billion?

6 November 2008

20:24, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatAlbrecht Dürer'sGreat Piece of Turf(pictured) showsplants such ascocksfoot,creeping bent andhound's-tongue?
... thatMinneapolis hip hop duoIll Chemistry performed live as part of aMinnesota Ballet production?
... thatbiologist J. B. S. Haldane replied "Precambrian rabbits" when asked what would destroy his confidence in thetheory of evolution?
... thatVienna Fingers cookies, first sold in 1915, were mentioned inAmerican playwright andscreenwriter Neil Simon's 1965 playThe Odd Couple?
... thatFort Pearce, a former defensive facility inPoint Nepean,Victoria,Australia, was active duringWorld War I but never fired its guns in anger?
... thatS&H Green Stamps, co-founded byThomas Sperry, produced moretrading stamps in some years than stamps printed by theU.S. Postal Service?
... that five of thevideo games nominated for theAnnie Award for Best Animated Video Game are adaptations ofanimated films?
... thatMark Rubin, asafety for thePenn State Nittany Lions, defeatedOlympic gold medalistMichael Phelps in swimming while in high school?

15:38, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

... that thesnailElimia virginica (pictured) colonized theOswego River but was out-competed from there by another non-indigenous snail?
... that duringWorld War IIRobert Furman served as director of intelligence andespionage for theAmerican atomic bomb project?
... thatSunday Island inVictoria, Australia is a privategame reserve surrounded by a marine park?
... that theFrank Lloyd Wright-inspiredMassaro House has an 18-foot (5.5 m)-high living area illuminated by 26 triangular skylights?
... that in 1844Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty established theCrescent, the firstIndian-owned newspaper inMadras Presidency?
... that FatherNelson Baker, founder of theBasilica of Our Lady of Victory inLackawanna, New York, is buried in the basilica'stransept in agrotto hewn fromVesuvian blacklava?
... that thefishing industry inNew Zealand works anexclusive economic zone fourteen times larger than the land area of New Zealand itself?
... that theBlack-throated Finch has a black-rumped and a white-rumped subspecies?
... thatLarry McCall was released by theBaltimore Orioles and was signed with theNew York Yankees as afree agent both on the same day?

11:37, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the head of thepasserine bird, theNoisy Friarbird(pictured), is mostly bare of feathers?
... that twowhite supremacistsallegedly plotted to assassinateSenator Barack Obama as part of a supposed plan to murder more than 100African Americans inTennessee?
... thatNike Flywire usesVectran fibers to reduce the weight of shoes used inathletics,basketball,badminton, andtennis by as much as 50%?
... thatYunus-bek Yevkurov, the current president ofIngushetia, is a recipient of theHero of Russia award, the country's highesthonourary title?
... that the doublebalcony ofProctor's Theater inTroy, New York, made it ideal for showingmotion pictures when that medium became popular in the 1920s?
... thatIndia'sMafia Raj, or "mafia regime," first emerged around the state-ownedcoal mines ofJharkhand?
... thatDavid W. Mullins Jr. abruptly resigned in 1994 as vice-chairman of theUnited States Federal Reserve to join a "dream team" of financial engineers at thehedge fund Long Term Capital Management?
... that in the 1965 filmThe Greatest Story Ever Told,California'sDeath Valley was used as the setting ofJesus' 40-day journey into the wilderness?

07:07, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatSpectacle Reef Light(pictured), alighthouse onLake Huron,Michigan, has been described as "one of the greatest engineering feats on theGreat Lakes"?
... that theGuatemalan Black Howler andMantled Howler monkeys aresympatric over parts ofMexico andGuatemala?
... that whenAdobe Systems acquired the companyScene7 in May 2007, its CEO, Doug Mack, became vice president of the Creative Solutions Services division at Adobe?
... thatNazi Germanyused thousands of Polish laborers to build infrastructure for theirinvasion of the Soviet Union?
... thatKirk DeMicco, writer-director of the 2008 animated filmSpace Chimps, conceived of the film after hearing a line fromChuck Yeager inThe Right Stuff?
... thatconviction politics have been criticized as being a "hard ideology"?
... that theFrench navigation authorityVoies navigables de France manages 3,800-kilometre (2,400 mi) ofcanals and 2,900-kilometre (1,800 mi)rivers on the largest network of waterways inEurope?
... thatsopranoMeagan Miller, accustomed to wearing US$10,000 gowns on stage in her opera performances, chose to wear her mother's simple gown for her summer 2008 wedding?

03:00, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theLazarus syndrome is named afterLazarus of Bethany(pictured), who theBible says was raised from the dead byJesus?
... that three roads inGuide Board Corners, New York were damaged and closed byHurricane Agnes?
... thatpunch bowls were occasionally used asbaptismal fonts indissenting families?
... thatE. Roger Muir, creator and producer ofTheHowdy Doody Show, suggested that the title puppet run for "President of the Boys and Girls" in the1948 U.S. presidential election?
... that theChengziya Archaeological Site inChina is thought to be the largest prehistoric settlement found to date?
... that out of the ten players that attendedMorehead State University who eventually played inMajor League Baseball,Ron Klimkowski was the only one who attended the college for only one year?
... that two members of theFrench bandZebda ran for political office inToulouse during the2001 municipal elections, and won 12.38 percent of the vote?
... thatmagazine publishing companyCondé Nast Publications made itslargest acquisition ever when it purchasedFairchild Publications forUS$650 million?

5 November 2008

19:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theBuffalo pebble snail(pictured) is adapted to survive both on rocks in a fast stream and also on sandy bottoms in stagnant water?
... thatcomputer software companyRed Hat made itslargest acquisition ever when it acquiredfree software support companyCygnus Solutions forUS$674 million?
... that theAfrican and Malagasy Union was a formerintergovernmental organization created to promote cooperation amongAfrican states, but went defunct in 1985?
... thatM-68 was a discontinuousstate trunkline highway inNorthern Michigan between 1940 and 1946?
... thatJean Robic, winner of the1947 Tour de France, was so light that at mountain summits he was handedlead andmercury-ballasted drinking bottles for gravity-assisted descents?
... that theconnective tissue disordergerodermia osteodysplastica is also known as "Walt Disney dwarfism" because the first known patients were described as resembling "dwarves from aWalt Disney film"?
... thatMilton Hebald's 1960 sculpture depicted the 12 signs of thezodiac on thePan Am Worldport atJohn F. Kennedy International Airport?

14:27, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatMarket Square(pictured) inLviv,Ukraine, together with the historic city center, was recognized in 1998 as aUNESCO World Heritage Site?
... thatDavid Wagner was the number-one rankedquadriplegic wheelchair tennis player in both singles and doubles in 2007?
... that technology companyDell made itslargest acquisition ever when it purchasedEqualLogic, astorage device manufacturer, forUS$1.4 billion in January 2008?
... thatBob McDonald, aCanadian Football League player who survivedpolio, was elected to the25th Canadian Parliament at age 25?
... that the small mountain-topAztec temple ofEl Tepozteco inMexico, dedicated to the god ofpulque, analcoholic beverage, attractedpilgrims from as far away asGuatemala?
... that afriction hoist can require up to 30 percent less motor power than a drum hoist for a given application?
... thatThe Outsiders, a novelwritten by S.E. Hinton, has sold over 14 million copies since it was published in 1967?
... that whenTang Dynasty generalZhang Yi signed a peace treaty withTufan, he made anoffering of goats instead of the customary cattle and horses because he was embarrassed to be dealing with "barbarians"?

10:24, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the northernmostextreme point of Sweden isTreriksröset(pictured), where the borders ofSweden,Norway andFinland meet?
... thatbasketball playerJojo Duncil was prevented from playing for theUST Growling Tigers in hisfinal year of eligibility when abirth certificate stated that he was overage?
... that theJapanese novelKanikōsen is one of the best-selling books of 2008, despite being published in 1929?
... thatThomas Gold Appleton, the brother-in-law ofHenry Wadsworth Longfellow known as "theBoston wit", is reported to have said as he was dying, "It will be a new experience"?
... that theExport Control Act of 1940 ceased the exportation of military equipment to pre-WWII Japan which pushed theUnited States and Japan closer to war?
... thatOn the Green Carpet was the firstNorth Korean film to be invited to theBerlin International Film Festival, where it was screened in 2004?
... thatThe Edgewater, an over-water hotel onSeattle'sCentral Waterfront, used to advertise that you could "fish from your room"?
... that actressDina Cocea was known inRomania as the "Queen of the Theater" and received the country's highest civil award, theOrder of the Star of Romania?

03:29, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the elongated tails possessed by the males of some species ofparadise-flycatchers(pictured) are thought to be the products ofsexual selection?
... thatBernard Sainz, known as "Dr Mabuse" because of his success inhorse racing andcycling, was jailed for three years for administeringdoping products?
... that theU.S. Navy'sSC-21 program to rethinkwarship design led to the "tumblehome" hull of theZumwalt class destroyer?
... thatWales rugby international andWelsh Rugby Union SecretaryBill Clement was awarded theMilitary Cross for his actions inWorld War II?
... thatHanwei Group is the biggest producer ofeggs in thePeople's Republic of China?
... that five individual career records were set during the2008 season ofCanadian university football?
... that "Milk and Alcohol" ranked onBritain's top-10 hit singles chart in1979 and was the biggest hit for the bandDr. Feelgood?
... that theSaint John River is one of six major rivers inLiberia?
... thatHall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher Phil Niekro had no wins and six losses in eightOpening Day starts for theAtlanta Braves?

4 November 2008

19:39, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the guns atFort Nepean(pictured) inVictoria,Australia fired the firstAllied shots of bothWorld War I andWorld War II?
... that at the time he was appointed Governor ofArizona Territory,C. Meyer Zulick was a prisoner inMexico?
... that theWelsh village nameYnysddu means "black island", although the village is not located on an island?
... that the firstChinese migrant to Madagascar arrived in 1862, starting a community that would becomeAfrica's third-largestChinese population?
... that while enrollment at U.S.tribal colleges and universities has increased significantly since 1982,California's only tribal college,D-Q University, had just six students in 2006?
... thatHMSBraak was seized and brought into theRoyal Navy when the formerDutch ship anchored inFalmouth, unaware that the Dutch had gone to war withBritain?
... that the 2006 novelThe Elegance of the Hedgehog byMuriel Barbery was a "publishing phenomenon" inEurope?
... thatHall of Famer Mel Ott made his final appearance as aMajor League Baseball playerpinch hitting forKen Trinkle?

15:16, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theadolescent subject ofJean Auguste Dominique Ingres'sMademoiselle Caroline Rivière(pictured) died within a year of her portrayal by theFrench master?
... that fivehistoric districts in downtownTroy, New York were merged in 1986 to create theCentral Troy Historic District?
... thatWales rugby internationalHarry Payne finished his playing career after breaking his ankle in a match, at the age of 84?
... that the musicalConversation Piece byNoel Coward starred a French actress,Yvonne Printemps, who spoke no English?
... that formerchild actorRoger Mobley served as aGreen Beret in theVietnam War and is now aChristian pastor inTexas?
... thatTiger's Whip, a piece ofinstallation art bySingaporean artistTang Da Wu, highlights how thetiger is being hunted for its penis?
... thatNorwegian industrial companyDenofa usedwhale oil as a basis for refinement before the use ofsoy became common?
... that theColonel Robert A. Smith Monument, which honors Smith and the10th Mississippi Infantry, is believed to be the second-biggest single-stone monument in theUnited States?

09:53, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the citadel and city atSigiriya(pictured) inMatale,Sri Lanka were constructed byKashyapa I in the 5th century?
... thatIMS Associates, Inc. became one of the earliest successfulpersonal computing companies, before goingbankrupt in 1979 after just six years?
... that the recentpersecution of albinos inTanzania andBurundi is based on thebelief that their body parts havemagical power and impartprosperity?
... that for a short time in the late 1940s, it was planned thatUSS Hawaii (CB-3) would be theU.S. Navy's firstguided missile cruiser?
... thatPolish composerRafał Augustyn′sSymphony of Hymns took twenty years to complete, typically lasts for 100 minutes and requires anorchestra of over 170 players?
... that theGotham Book Mart inManhattan'sdiamond district, with its iconicWise Men Fish Here sign, was frequented by distinguished authors such asHenry Miller andAllen Ginsberg?
... thatItalian tennis playerFederico Luzzi was prohibited from wearing a shirt with aPlayboy bunny logo while competing at the2007 U.S. Open tournament?
... thatLou Dorfsman considered theGastrotypographicalassemblage he created for theCBS Building's cafeteria to be hismagnum opus?

04:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatTsomoriri(pictured), with analtitude of 4,595 metres (15,075 ft) inLadakh, is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region entirely withinIndia?
... that the first militaryaerodrome in Britain was atLarkhill, and the firstsquadron to useaeroplanes was formed there?
... that theSpecial Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics is the Colombian government agency in charge of managing theairspace,civil aviation, and the aviation industry inColombia?
... that theVictorian Wader Study Group catches and releases, on average, more than 7000 birds a year?
... thatSvend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt, theAuditor General of Norway from 1898 to 1923, was also a judge and a member of theNorwegian Parliament?
... thatoperatic sopranoGail Robinson won theMetropolitan Opera auditions at the young age of 19?
... thatTang Chinese GeneralGuo Ziyi would not let the women in his household meet government officialLu Qi when he visited the Guos' mansion because he considered Lu too ugly and treacherous?
... thatExpedia, Inc. made itslargest acquisition ever when it purchased Travelscape for overUS$89 million?

3 November 2008

22:28, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

... that themossy leaf-tail gecko(pictured) ofMadagascar possesses dermal flaps which disguise its outline?
... thatJens Jensen initiated the establishment in 1901 of theInternational Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres?
... that there are 30 millionsmokers in Japan, making the country one of the largesttobacco markets in the world?
... that the liberal film companyBrave New Films has produced full-length videos and paper advertisements in addition to theviral videos for which it is known?
... thatWaardenburg syndrome is named afterDutch ophthalmologistPetrus Johannes Waardenburg?
... that theWorkers Committee for National Liberation, acommunist labour group, was broken up by theEgyptian government in January 1946?
... that after retiring from the entertainment industry, actress/singerFrancine Everett took a clerical job atHarlem Hospital inNew York City?
... thatEstonia generates 90 percent of its power fromoil shale?
... thatHenri Pépin extended the notion of riding theTour de France to stopping in good restaurants and sometimes finishing 12 hours behind the leaders?

12:17, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

TheTransit of Venus March

... thatJohn Philip Sousa's "Transit of Venus March"(listen) was rediscovered by a staffer at theLibrary of Congress in 2003 after it had been believed lost for over 100 years?
... that GermangeologistHeinrich Edmund Naumann discovered a newspecies offossil elephant in Japan?
... thatGrigory Orlov is credited with subduing theRussian plague of 1770-1772?
... that thecruise shipCosta Allegra was originally built as thecontainer shipAnnie Johnson?
... that theGashash HaHiver trio, which includedShaike Levi, was awarded theIsrael Prize in 2000 for lifetime achievement and contribution toIsraeli entertainment and society?
... that theTroy, New Yorkpost office has been in ten different places since it was first established in 1796?
... thatDr. T. M. Nair foundedIndia'sJustice Party along withTheagaroya Chetty?
... thatActionable Offenses is aCD compilation of profane and sexually explicitphonograph recordings from the 1890s, whichAnthony Comstock’s Society for the Suppression of Vice managed to get banned?

06:47, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

... that there are91 locks on theCanal du Midi(pictured) in thesouth of France?
... thatThe Mass Psychology of Fascism, a book written byWilhelm Reich in 1933, blamedsexual repression for the rise offascism?
... that theoceanic dolphinCostero is officially the same species as theriver dolphin Tucuxi, even though they have been unambiguously demonstrated to begenetically different?
... that the 2007Bengali filmKaal, based on the lives of four women trapped in the world ofhuman trafficking, is in trouble with the Bengali regionalcensor board over some scenes considered too graphic?
... that after failed attempts for 1964, 1968 and 1972, theCalgary Olympic Development Association successfully brought theWinter Olympics toCalgary,Canada in1988?
... that JapaneseadmiralMisu Sotarō lost his left eye while commanding theNisshin atBattle of Tsushima in theRusso-Japanese War?
... thatduring Mexico City's colonial period, so many grand mansions were built that the city gained the nickname of the "City of Palaces"?
... that the inshoremarine fishbumpnose trevally andlongfin trevally are similarly shaped and thus often misidentified, reportedly even in somemuseum collections?

00:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatLake Pichola(pictured), an artificialfresh water lake created in 1362, is named after the nearby Picholi village inUdaipur city?
... that despite pioneerJapanese journalistKuga Katsunan's advocacy ofJapanese nationalism,government censors shut his newspaper down 30 times between 1889 and 1896?
... that the acceptance of aCannes Gold Lion by theart director forNike'sPrettytelevision ad marked the first time the award was given to aLebanese person?
... that KingDhatusena, who ruledSri Lanka from 455 to 473, constructed 18 irrigation tanks, anirrigation canal, and theAvukana Buddha Statue?
... that thegate piers ofFerne Park, acountry house built in 2001 inWiltshire,England, areGrade II listed structures?
... that an opponent ofAustralian politicianIan West suggested he was better known by "seagulls" than by theconstituents ofManly?
... thatMajor League Baseball playerNolan Ryan had three wins and no losses as theCalifornia Angels'Opening Day starting pitcher?
... that angrySt Ives, New South Wales residents threatened to disrupt upcoming filmAccidents Happen by playing thebagpipes during filming?

2 November 2008

18:44, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatLouis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel won a medal as afine artist inParis before becoming achildren's book illustrator(example pictured)?
... that theEdiacaran organismEoandromeda may represent the earliest animalfossil unless it turns out to be analga?
... thatNaganandini is the 30thMelakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system ofCarnatic music?
... that during the mid-20th century,cemesto panels were used in bothprefabricated housing and houses designed by prominentarchitects?
... thatNew York noise-rock bandFlux Information Sciences's 2001 albumPrivate/Public was recorded before an invited audience of 50 friends who stood around the studio naked and blindfolded?
... thatAustralian politicianChristine Robertson once addressed a "Dorothy Dixer" question to the wrong Minister in Parliament?
... thatSt Mary's Cathedral, Tuam inCounty Galway,Ireland, contains a 12th-century arch which has been called "the finest example of Hiberno-Romanesque architecture"?

13:27, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

... that duringWorld War I, the German Army producedshale oil fromYarmouk oil shale deposits in Jordan to operate theHijazi Railway(pictured)?
... thatDaryl Veltman was the first overall selection in the2008 Entry Draft by theBoston Blazers of theNational Lacrosse League?
... that in order to get her first and onlyfilm role, actressPhyllis Welch MacDonald had to sign a contract pledging not to marry or become engaged for six months?
... that in 1929,Western Australia celebrated itsCentenary of foundation, which included dances, race meetings, anair race and other sporting events?
... that theWingspread Conference on the Precautionary Principle established the internationally accepted definition of theprecautionary principle?
... that theblue trevally, a populargamefish inSouth Africa, was first described in 1775 based on a specimen taken from theRed Sea?
... thatpitcherJackson Todd threw 13complete games during the 1973college baseball season, aUniversity of Oklahoma record which still stands?
... that inHopi mythology, theKachinaNataska enforces good behavior among children?
... thatAustralian politicianLynda Voltz's step-father and grand step-father were also politicians?

08:11, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

... that the deep water offshore fishwhitefin trevally(pictured) has excellenteyesight in the dark due to the presence oftapetum in its eyes?
... that the 1996Opening Day game for the Oakland A's atCashman Field inLas Vegas marked the first time in 39 years that a regular seasonmajor league game was played in aminor league stadium?
... thatfour questions about how to assess thepatentability of software-related inventions have been referred to theEnlarged Board of Appeal of theEuropean Patent Office?
... that theHenry DeLand House has served as a private house, an inn, aspeakeasy, a bar, a restaurant and most recently, a catering hall?
... thatgemstones andheroin are traded fromBurma toChina formotorcycles and household goods across theShweli River, which forms part of the boundary between the two countries?
... thatKalaallit Dr.Karla Jessen Williamson was Editor of theJournal of Indigenous Studies before she became the first woman and firstInuk Executive Director at theArctic Institute of North America?
... that anenterolith is acalculus found in theintestine of an animal, usually ahorse orhuman?
... thatAbram S. Piatt was an AmericanZouave colonel andCivil War general who later built acastle inLogan County, Ohio?

02:08, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theApega of Nabis was an ancienttorture device similar to theiron maiden, invented byKing Nabis ofSparta(pictured on coin)?
... that the call made byLimnodynastes dorsalis, afrog species inWestern Australia, is similar to the sound of a pluckedbanjo string?
... thatWilliam Headline, who spent 12 years as theWashington, D.C. bureau chief forCNN, was described byWolf Blitzer as having "the best name in news"?
... that purity of theSasthamkotta Lake water for drinking use is attributed to presence of a large number oflarvae calledcavaborus, which consume much of the lake'sbacteria?
... that formerNorwegian government ministerJohan Henrik Rye Holmboe was subject to animpeachment case in 1926–27, but found not guilty?
... that actorSpencer Williams played a female fortune teller in his 1946 filmDirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.?
... that theYellowspotted trevally is a species of inshoremarine fish of the familyCarangidae found in theIndo-Pacific region?
... that writers associated with the modernistliterary magazineProfil includedKøltzov,Lunden,Obrestad,Haavardsholm andVold?
... that theWilliam Forst House was the site where theConfederate government of Kentucky was founded, commemorated nearby with theConfederate Monument in Russellville?

1 November 2008

19:55, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatNaksansa(pictured) is aKorean Buddhist temple founded in 671 CE near the place where theAvalokitesvara Bodhisattva is believed to live?
... thatcargo shipUSSWest Ekonk waslaid down,launched, and completed in 73 working days in 1918, becoming the ninth-fastest-constructed ocean-going ship in the world?
... thatP. T. Rajan, theChief Minister of Madras Presidency from April 1936 to August 1936, was a graduate ofJesus College, Oxford?
... thatMajor League Baseball pitchers Jesse andVirgil Barnes, who each made twoOpening Day starts for theNew York Giants, were brothers?
... thatAustralian-bornlumber executiveJohn A. Campbell was said to have introducedsurfing on theCornwall coast ofEngland?
... that the teenage couple inNicholas Sparks' 1999 novelA Walk to Remember refrain from sex, due partly to the author's concern that such a plot twist might offend his readership?
... that children have troubleattributing implicit meaning to aspectverbs implicating non-completion such asstart, but find implicit meaning in degree modifiers such ashalf, as inhalf-finished?
... thatAfrican-American actorGaius Charles is named as an homage toGaius Julius Caesar?

13:48, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

... that in 1889,Frank Wyatt created the role of the Duke of Plaza Toro(pictured) inThe Gondoliers before becoming owner of theDuke of York's Theatre?
... that guest stars onThe Greatest Show on Earth, anABC circus drama in 1963–1964, includedLucille Ball,James Coburn andEdgar Bergen?
... that after suffering from serious design problems, theNorwegianMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.9 fighter aircraft was retired in 1932 on the orders of defence ministerVidkun Quisling?
... thatManchester United gaveStockport County a freezer full ofice cream in exchange for the transfer offootballerHugh McLenahan in May 1927?
... thatThree Emperors' Corner is a formertripoint between theAustrian Empire,German Empire and theRussian Empire, created in the late 19th century in the aftermath of thepartitions of Poland?
... thatManor Community College, aCambridge school, has aheadteacher who used to present aBBC childen's programme?
... thatDushanbe riots in 1990 were sparked by the rumour that a couple of thousandArmenian refugees fromAzerbaijan had been resettled toDushanbe?
... that the roof of the 12th-centurySt Nicolas Church, Portslade had to bejacked back into place over several months in 1959, having moved a foot (30 cm) out of alignment over the centuries?

07:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

... thatWycoller Hall(pictured) is supposedly haunted by theghost of a murdered wife, who foretold the hall's ruin?
... that in the aftermath of theSecond Partition of Poland in 1793, theKościuszko Uprising occurred in 1794?
... that a tour guide atFond du Lac'sOctagon House claims that visitors hear the ghosts of an earlier owner's small children laughing and playing?
... that lawyerHal Kant spent 35 years as principal lawyer and general counsel for theGrateful Dead, exercising so much influence with the band that his business cards identified his role as "Czar"?
... that sightings of a ghostly figure in theCulbertson Mansion is one ofIndiana's many ghost legends?
... thatWestern Local Escort Force was organized by theRoyal Canadian Navy in February 1942 as a response toGerman U-boat raids known as theSecond Happy Time?
... that whenNew Paltz'sElting Memorial Library caught a possible ghost on its security camera, theYouTube video received more views than the village has residents?

02:11, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

... that theDR 6 nebula(pictured) was nicknamed "The Galactic Ghoul" by scientists atNASA because of its resemblance to a human face?
... that the futureKing George V was among 13 people aboardHMSBacchante who saw the infamousghost shipFlying Dutchman offSouth Africa in 1881?
... that the theme ofpoison dress can be found inGreek mythology,Mughal Indian folklore, and Americanurban legends?
... thateducational music has been shown in research to promote learning?
... that theHalloween Pennant is aNorth American species ofdragonfly?
... that whenCornelius Holmboe was appointedNorwegian Minister of Justice in 1928, thecabinet lasted only for 18 days?
... thatHawgsmoke is a biennialUnited States Air Force bombing, missile, and tactical gunnery competition forA-10 Thunderbolt II units?
... that theWindsor Pumpkin Regatta is a race featuring large hollowed-outpumpkins in which contestants paddle a half-mile course across a lake?
... that among theghost sightings involving the American Civil War are aghost reenacting one of his defeats in a battle that took place 415 miles (668 km) away?

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