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31 May 2009

20:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

... that contrary to popular myth,Robert E. Lee's face is not carved on the back of the1920 statue of Abraham Lincoln(pictured) in theLincoln Memorial,Washington D.C.?
... that as a student,mathematicianAudrey Terras was steered intomath away from her other choice,history, by a post-Sputnik program that paid students to study mathematics?
... that thepencil skirt was popularised by French designerChristian Dior in the late 1940s?
... thatJohn Heald, the seniorcruise director ofCarnival Cruise Lines, began working incruise ships as abar waiter?
... thatminiature pigs are bred and raised as pets and formedical research intoorgan transplants rather than forbacon?
... thatArses lorealis is the scientific name for a bird commonly known as theFrill-necked Monarch?
... thatMcFarland Mall inTuscaloosa is the second oldest standingshopping mall in the US state ofAlabama?
... that actressKate Cutler walked out of the lead role inNoël Coward'sThe Vortex a week before it opened in 1924?

14:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatbacon vodka(bottle pictured) isvodka infused withbacon flavor, created based on the concept of a "meat and potatoes" pairing?
... thatNiles Searls, aCalifornia Gold Rush miner, became ChiefJustice of theSupreme Court of California?
... that thePuretic power block revolutionized the technology of haulingpurse seine nets onseine fishing vessels?
... thatAlvin T. Smith was the firstpostmaster of the first post office inWashington County, Oregon?
... that thePedrail wheel was invented in 1903 for all-terrain locomotion, and was the inspiration forH.G. Wells' short story "The Land Ironclads"?
... thatMary Millicent Miller was the first American woman to acquire asteamboat master's license?
... that to prepare abacon martini, bacon has to soak in vodka for 24 hours, before it is strained over ice and served with a bacongarnish?
... thatWalter Borchers was one of three brothers, all three received theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II?

08:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatone of the ships of theAstraea-class ofprotected cruiser(example pictured) built in the early 1890s survived into the 1940s?
... thatIslip Speedway, at 0.2 miles (0.32 km), is the smallestrace track ever to hostNASCAR'sSprint Cup Series?
... that the arms of a crucifix in aBarra de Navidad church broke during1971'sHurricane Lily, earning the statue the name "Christ of the Cyclone"?
... that a speaking engagement byTom Tancredo at aYouth for Western Civilization meeting was canceled after police usedpepper spray against student protesters who were gathered outside?
... that a 1970sweather forecast of "lowgoat pressure" onradio stationKRSB inRoseburg, Oregon, was a sure sign ofrain ahead?
... thatturkey bacon is used as a substitute forpork bacon atCamille's Sidewalk Cafe locations in theMiddle East?
... that American historianClaude H. Van Tyne won the 1930Pulitzer Prize for History forThe War of Independence?
... thatMichael Kupperman'sSnake 'n' Bacon are a pair ofcartoon characters, asnake and a strip ofbacon, whose conversations are limited to hissing (on Snake's part) and making bacon-related comments (on Bacon's part)?

02:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatKutani ware(pictured), first produced about 1656 near the current city ofKaga, is a type ofJapanese porcelain known for its use of multicolored glazes in bold designs?
... that in 2007 Major GeneralGraham Binns signed the document that handed control ofBasra back to the Iraqi people?
... that one of the tasks of theAuthorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board is to preventconveyancing monopolies developing in England and Wales?
... thatRobert Seddon, captain of the firstBritish Lions rugby team, drowned during the1888 Australian tour in a sculling accident?
... thatcarucage, a medieval English land tax, was first collected in 1194 in order to raise funds for the ransom of KingRichard I of England?
... thatLos Angeles Lakers point guard Nick Van Exel was fined $25,000 and suspended seven games by theNational Basketball Association (NBA) for shoving refereeRon Garretson into the scorer's table?
... that theCharles Sumner School served as the first teachers college for African-Americans in theDistrict of Columbia?
... that thefirst class of United States Navy destroyers were designatedtorpedo boat destroyers?

30 May 2009

20:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the FrenchBreton-Pretot machine(pictured) was an armoured wire-cutting tractor developed in early 1915, and a predecessor to thetank?
... that theUniversity of Oregon'sPacifica Forum hosted a lecture in which the speaker referred toMartin Luther King Jr. as a "moral leper and a communist dupe"?
... that the Britishlion tamer andpoliticianJohn Smith Clarke curedLenin's dog of an illness?
... that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of abottlenose whale removed from theRiver Thames atBattersea Bridge were put on public display in the offices ofThe Guardian newspaper?
... thatGreg Monroe was the sixthGeorgetown Hoya to win theBig East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year award?
... that thePolish literary criticOstap Ortwin would wake up the people ofLwów by loudly threateningfuturism in the middle of a night and then abuse the policemen who’d ask him for identification?
... that theNevada Brewery’s storage cave, used for agingcasks ofale, was originally connected to other parts ofNevada City, California, via tunnels?
... thatquarterbackScott Zolak was awaterboy atRinggold High School as a boy whenHall of Famer Joe Montana was the quarterback?

14:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

... that there are more than thirty works attributed toMichael Sittow, but only three(one pictured) have been verified as his?
... thatTrustom Pond inRhode Island,United States is part of aNational Wildlife Refuge that contains over 300 species of birds?
... that formerUSAF officerDavid P. Cooley who was the chief test pilot for theF-117 Nighthawk died in March 2009 while testing theF-22 Raptor?
... that"One Rainy Wish" was one ofJimi Hendrix's many songs inspired by dreams?
... thatAmerican football wide receiverJaymar Johnson became the first player fromJackson State University to bedrafted by theNFL sinceSylvester Morris in 2000?
... thatHMSPique's service with theRoyal Navy lasted for just three years after her capture in 1795 byHMSBlanche?
... thatGunnar Heiberg advocateddissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, but was dissatisfied that Norway subsequently became amonarchy?
... that theNew York City government purchased the once-luxuriousConcourse Plaza Hotel inThe Bronx in 1974 and turned it into a senior citizens' residence?

08:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

... that despitehis father calling him 'the flower of my fleet',Fleetwood Pellew(pictured) still managed to provoke twomutinies and spent thirty years onhalf-pay?
... that when a member of theRoyal Commission on Local Government in England in 1966–69,Derek Senior wrote a memorandum of dissent as long as the report itself?
... thatScott Lost, while teaming withJoey Ryan, won thePWG World Tag Team Championship, but lost the championship to himself andChris Bosh?
... that after winning the2008 Atlantic Championship,Brooks Associates Racing sold both its cars toPrimetime Race Group and will not compete in 2009?
... that theFraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, which was signed into law on May 20, gives an additional 165 millionUSD infunding to theJustice Department to detect andprosecute fraud?
... that actressHelen Ernstone appeared in stage adaptations ofCharles Dickens novels?
... that most staff in theAustralian Government'sDepartment of Post-War Reconstruction were youngeconomists who had beenconscripted into theAustralian Public Service duringWorld War II?
... thatMrs. Pack was selected aswet nurse forWilliam, Duke of Gloucester byhis father because of her breasts, which were "gigantic"?

02:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatLowndes Grove(pictured) was the Woman’s Building at theSouth Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition of 1901?
... thatSir Henry Benson was the first living non-American to be inducted into theAccounting Hall of Fame?
... thatDavey Richards'PWG World Tag Team Championship reign withSuper Dragon holds the record for most defenses, while his reign withRoderick Strong is tied with seven other teams for least?
... thatTeresa Saporiti, thesoprano who created the role of Donna Anna inMozart's operaDon Giovanni, lived to be 106?
... that after 14 years above anambulance company,KDCQ inCoos Bay, Oregon, relocated itsradio studios to a formerbuffet restaurant?
... thatMatthew Mullineux, captain of the1899 British Lions rugby team, was immortalised in verse by Australian bush poetBanjo Paterson, famed author of "Waltzing Matilda"?
... that Italian architectDonato Bramante was nicknamedil Ruinate for the destruction of thepapal tombs in Old St. Peter's Basilica?
... that while fleeing fromGreece toEgypt duringWorld War II, a frustratedOlivia Manning used achamberpot to crush a fellowrefugee's Parisian hats?

29 May 2009

20:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

... that according to legend, the foundation for theSiri Fort(pictured) inDelhi was laid on the severed heads ("Siri" inUrdu: "head") of about 8,000Mongol soldiers?
... thatDevin Britton won the 2009NCAA Men's Tennis singles national championship as afreshman and is the onlyUniversity of Mississippi tennis player to win the championship?
... thatBuxhalltower mill was built in 1860, incorporating the base of an earliersmock mill, which was itself built in 1815?
... that pioneerMorris Moss caused aninternational incident between theUnited States andCanada byseal hunting along theBritish Columbia Coast in the 1870s?
... that according to medieval French legend,guivres were dragon-like creatures with venomous breath, known to prowl the French countryside?
... thatMickey Morandini turned the firstregular-season unassisted triple play by asecond baseman inNational League history?
... thatWashington State Route 203 originally was split into four roads, later combined in 1937?
... that, in nine years of professionalgridiron football,Jacoby Shepherd has played for eleven teams in three leagues?

14:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the locomotive used in the 2006 filmOutlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy(pictured) was once owned by theUnion Pacific Railroad, whose trainsButch Cassidy had robbed in the 1890s?
... that theWeapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 passed both theUnited States House of Representatives and theSenate unanimously?
... that the translation ofThe Lord of the Rings byAndrey Kistyakovsky andVladimir Muravyov is the first officialRussian language translation of the novel?
... that in 1993 almost 10 per cent ofCanada'sGDP was made up ofmunicipal government spending?
... that despite not playing as a high school junior in 1999,American football cornerbackBrock Williams still ledNotre Dame defenders in playing time in 2000?
... that theRoşia Poieni copper mine represents the largest copper reserve inRomania and the second largest inEurope?
... thatOperetta: A Theatrical History, written byoperetta scholar and historianRichard Traubner was described as the "ultimate love letter to operetta"?
... thatship's doctors were originally termed surgeons in theRoyal Navy and were paid £5 for every 100 cases ofvenereal disease they treated?

08:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

... that thewind engine(pictured) atCrux Easton,Hampshire, was built in 1891 byJohn Wallis Titt?
... that1996 Yukon election candidateLois Moorcroft received less than a third of the votes, but still won her seat in theLegislative Assembly?
... that the inscriptions inHieronymus Bosch'sEcce Homo are used to convey their conversation likespeech balloons in comics?
... that the father-and-son architectsAmon andAmon Henry Wilds—leading figures inBrighton's development—used theammonite capital as theirsignature device as a pun on their first names?
... that before theRevolutionary War,Fenwick Hall onJohns Island, South Carolina, was called Johns Island Stud because of itsthoroughbred horses?
... that in 1901, after the death ofJohn Flint Kidder, president of theNevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad,his widow took over, becoming the first femalerailroad president?
... that an illustration forHans Christian Andersen's "The Most Incredible Thing" was published during theNazi occupation of Denmark that depicted arabbi striking a semi-nakedAryan?
... that although theQuarter HorseLightning Bar is known as a racehorse and father of racehorses, he won aroping contest once?

02:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theblue runner iseasily attracted to a variety of floating and underwater structures such asoil platforms(example pictured) andaquaculture structures?
... that in 1969,Ivar Orgland was the first foreigner to take adoctorate at theUniversity of Iceland?
... thatnews director Brad Boyer ofMissouri radio stationKIRK received a Distinguished Service Award from theMSHSAA in 2008 for his "lifelong contributions to the ideals ofinterscholastic activities"?
... that the pirateHenry Strangwish had his image recorded byFlicke in 1554?
... thatSteve McQueen's posthumous popularity led to the reintroduction of theTAG Heuer Monacochronograph watch in 1998 and again in 2003?
... thatYehoshua Zettler organized the September 1948 assassination of Swedish CountFolke Bernadotte, who had been sent by theU.N. Security Council as its mediator following the1948 Arab–Israeli War?
... thatfamo is a type of music fromLesotho, named after the action of female dancers exposing their naked rear?
... thatAfghani parliamentarian andIslamic feministShukria Barakzai began to campaign againstmultiple marriages when her husband took a second wife without telling her?

28 May 2009

20:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the road over theWilmot Pass(pictured) is not connected to any other road on theNew Zealand network?
... that screenwriterJohn Briley won anAcademy Award forGandhi and was nominated for aGolden Raspberry forChristopher Columbus: The Discovery?
... that PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt approved the design for a newelementary school in his nativeHyde Park, New York?
... that 2009American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame inducteeMiss Meyers was the mother of the firstAmerican Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Supreme Champion, fathered by fellow AQHA Hall of FamerThree Bars?
... that theHanuman Temple, Connaught Place, inNew Delhi, is unusual in having theIslamic symbol of acrescent moon fixed on its spire instead of aHindu symbol likeAum or the sun?
... that in 1875 actressKate Bishop created the role of Violet Melrose inOur Boys, which was by far the longest-running work of theatre up to that time?
... that despite being armeden flûte as atroopship,HMSWilhelmina still engaged and drove off a more heavily armedprivateer to protect the merchant she was escorting?
... that during the term ofGovernor ofIndianaIsaac P. Gray, a dispute arose that led the entireIndiana General Assembly to break into a fist fight, withDemocrats andRepublicans threatening to kill each other?

14:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

... that at least 37 cities of theancient world placed animage of the Gorgon's head on theircoins(example pictured)?
... that 19th-century actorHenry Neville was the twentieth child of a twentieth child?
... that of the eleven wrestlers who have held thePWG World Championship,Low Ki is the only to have lost the title outside the ring?
... thatGeorgette Sanchez won thesilver medal in the 9th Paris International Dance Competition?
... that theJapanese American internment duringWorld War II costSeattle'sLincoln High School the presidents of its two service clubs and the editor of its school newspaper?
... thatMarcus Favonius, in attempting to imitate the manner ofCato the Younger, frequently descended intorudeness?
... that the album cover artwork ofBehemoth'sEvangelion is a depiction of "The Great Harlot of Babylon", the figure of evil mentioned in theBook of Revelation in theBible?
... that, while awaiting sentencing forincome tax evasion andobstruction of justice,David Friedland wentscuba diving, faked his own death, and fled to theMaldives where he built a chain of scuba diving shops?

08:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theFrot-Laffly landship(pictured) was an earlytank design based on acompactor, and built byFrance in early 1915?
... that after leavingGlobal TV after founding it three months earlier,Al Bruner became one of the first broadcasters to considerlocal insertion on television?
... that the legal reforms that came about as a result of theGlanville Davies affair were far weaker than those initially proposed?
... that recently deceased photographerLuke Smalley's earlier collections were inspired by fitness manuals andyearbooks circa 1910?
... thatCam'ron filed alawsuit againstR. Kelly as he did not receive credit for his remix of "Snake"?
... thatGeorge Nicholas Hardinge served as amidshipman aboardHMSSt Fiorenzo in 1793, a ship he would die commanding fifteen years later?
... that theheadquarters of the Inquisition in Mexico has been converted into a museum dedicated to the history of medicine in Mexico?
... thatVice AdmiralSir James Willis was the lasthead of the Royal Australian Navy to beknighted?

02:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

... that St. James Episcopal Church inHyde Park, New York held Sunday services for nearly 100 years inits chapel(pictured) during wintertime because it was too difficult to heat the main church building?
... thatKyell Gold, afurry homosexual erotic literature author, has won sixUrsa Major Awards, equalingUsagi Yojimbo authorStan Sakai?
... that the 1915Triumph Model H was the firstTriumph not fitted with pedals, so it was their first truemotorcycle?
... that at age 22, CaptainJose M. Portela of the United States Air Force was the youngestC-141 Starlifter aircraft commander and captain?
... that remaining papal tombs in theCatacomb of Callixtus were emptied in the ninth century because of a fearedLombard invasion?
... thatcountry music singerBuck Owens' sonBuddy Alan is also a country music singer?
... thatTito Livio Burattini explored theGreat Pyramid of Giza with Englishmathematician John Greaves?

27 May 2009

20:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

... that actressEmily Fowler(pictured) originated the male role of Hans inThe Gentleman in Black byW. S. Gilbert andFrederic Clay?
... thatGeorge Grosz'sThe Funeral is in part a depiction of the madness induced bysyphilis?
... that listeners in theKlamath Falls, Oregon, area knowradio stationKRAT as "The Rat"?
... thatOntario-based musical groupFamily Brown has received eighteenCanadian Country Music Association awards, more than any other artist in the association's history?
... that beta males ofParacerceis sculptamimic females and gamma males mimic juveniles, allowing them to mate without thealpha males realising?
... that when ill health renderedGeorge Orwell incapable of caring for his son Richard, the child was placed in the care of anarchistLilian Wolfe at theTolstoyan Whiteway Colony?
... that duringaction by the UK Gay Liberation Front (GLF) to disrupt aChristian morality campaign in 1971, a GLF "bishop" began an impromptu sermon urging people to "keep on sinning"?
... that in 1948, Dr.William Glenn and medical student William Sewell used ordinary laboratory components and anErector Set to create one of the world's earliestartificial hearts?

14:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatFrancesco Procopio dei Coltelli(pictured) opened aFrench brasserie in 1686 that waspermitted byKing Louis XIV?
... thatprivateer racing teamPrimetime Race Group is the only team to race aDodge Viper Competition Coupe in theAmerican Le Mans Series?
... thatKenneth St Joseph, who pioneered the use ofaerial photography for archaeology, persuaded theRoyal Air Force to take photos for him without charging?
... that having ledSaint Lucia to independence in 1979,John Compton becamePrime Minister again at the age of 81 after his party won the2006 Saint Lucian general election?
... thatAndrew Carpenter andSergio Escalona earned the first back-to-backvictories byrookie pitchers for thePhiladelphia Phillies since2007?
... that the sleepK-complex is the largestelectroencephalographic (EEG) event that happens to the normalhuman brain?
... that AmericanartistTony Sisti (1901–1983) traveled withErnest Hemingway and was also aNew York Stateboxing champion?
... that theTwaddle Mansion inReno, Nevada, served as lodgings fordivorce seekers waiting out Reno's comparatively short mandatory residency period, before it became aBaha'i religious center?

08:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

... that afterVermeer'sLady Writing a Letter with her Maid(pictured) wasstolen, it was given to theNational Gallery of Irelandin absentia?
... thatJames J. andJames A. Galdieri each served one term in theNew Jersey Legislature, the father in theAssembly and the son in theState Senate?
... that the firstannual diary with printed daily sections for notes waspublished in 1812?
... that in 1909Étienne Lombard found that people automatically adjust their voice innoise to keep it audible, a finding known as theLombard effect?
... that the marine fishPacific crevalle jack is usually not found north of theGulf of California, but may appear inSan Diego Bay due toEl Niño events?
... thatJohn Douglas was anarchitect responsible for the 19th-century black-and-white revival inChester,Cheshire?
... that the albumEarly Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ), by the AmericanKronos Quartet, featuresTuvan throat singers, a Swedishbagpipe andnyckelharpa, and Chineseruans?
... that after selectingSean Brewer in the2001 NFL Draft, theCincinnati Bengals discovered that he suffered from a three-pack-a-daycigarette habit?

02:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the site of theZagreb synagogue(model pictured), demolished inWorld War II, has been used as avolleyball court and aparking lot?
... that the firstvampire story written by a woman wasThe Skeleton Count, byElizabeth Caroline Grey, in 1828?
... that during his1950 U.S. Senate race,Richard Nixon was so angered by his opponent,Helen Gahagan Douglas, that he threatened tocastrate her?
... thatGillingham Football Club's supporters donated £2,500 in an attempt to fund a month's extension toloanee defenderMick Bodley's contract?
... that onFloodplain,San Francisco-based string quartet theKronos Quartet plays instruments built byWalter Kitundu, including thebeguèna maridhia, which is based on anEthiopian 10-string lyre?
... that theFrisian kingdom came to an end after their king was killed in theBattle of the Boarn where they were defeated by theFrankish Empire?
... that duringWorld War II, Brigadier GeneralAlberto A. Nido (USAF), a native ofPuerto Rico, fought for three different countries?
... thatChikara to Onna no Yo no Naka, released in 1933 and directed byKenzō Masaoka, was the first "talkie"animated film in Japan?

26 May 2009

20:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the formerSt Stephen's Church(pictured) inBrighton, England, was built as atavern ballroom a mile away from its present site?
... that Canadian politicianLouis Deniset only served a term of nine months and 21 days before losing his seat?
... that after 60 years of service toGreenville, Alabama, theFCC is allowingradio stationWGYV to move toAurora, Indiana, asuburb ofCincinnati?
... that actressKate Terry, grandmother ofJohn Gielgud, had a very successful acting career until she left the stage at age 23?
... thatheavy metal bandDestroy Destroy Destroy played their first show in apizzeria as the opening band forMastodon?
... thatJames Annesley, anIrishman, was kidnapped by his uncle and shipped toAmerica to work as aslave in theplantations, before returning in 1741 to try to claim the title "Earl of Anglesey"?
... that thebattle of Ancona was the only independent operation of thePolish II Corps in World War II?
... thatpress agentLee Solters hadPope John Paul II made an honoraryHarlem Globetrotter, representedFrank Sinatra for decades and claimed to have known clientDolly Parton "since she was flat-chested"?

14:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the figures on theGonzaga Cameo(pictured) were identified asAlexander the Great andOlympias,Germanicus andAgrippina the Elder,Nero andAgrippina the Younger, and many other famous couples of antiquity?
... that about 12 plays into hisNFL careerCharles Fisher tore threeligaments in hisknee and never played in another game?
... that the turret of theLT vz. 34light tank could be disconnected from its gearing and rotated using the commander's shoulder?
... that "Company Picnic", which aired onNBC on May 14, 2009, was the 100th episode of the comedy series,The Office?
... that sinceZaynab bint Khuzayma died shortly after her marriage, less is known about her than any ofMuhammad's other wives?
... that the2003 Armenian presidential election was the first in theCommonwealth of Independent States where anincumbent president had failed to be re-elected in the first round?
... that theNYPD hascharged four men with attempting to blow up twoBronx synagogues and shoot down military aircraft?
... thatFrench artistHenri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux and his sonPaul created acyclorama of the 1863Battle of Gettysburg that drew over half a million viewers within a year of its premiere?

08:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theTerminal Classic Puuc Maya site ofSayil(pictured) inMexico is known for its terraced palace that gives the impression of a three-story building?
... that an American consul inRiga examinedRussian-American mathematicianJacob Tamarkin inanalytic geometry in order to verify his identity?
... that apopulation bottleneck amongFinns about 4,000 years ago may be the origin of theFinnish disease heritage that affects 1 in 500 children born inFinland today?
... thatDwaine Carpenter's firstinterception in theCFL came in a semifinal game?
... that the FrenchBoirault machine built in early 1915 duringWWI is considered as an ancestor of thetank, but was ultimately abandoned and nicknamedDiplodocus militaris?
... that despite his pronouncednationalism, Czech composerBedřich Smetana was distrusted by his country's conservatives due to his close ties with Hungarian composerFranz Liszt?
... that thethird season ofUSA Network'sBurn Notice will focus on the backgrounds of the main characters?
... that 19th-century actorLionel Brough played the characterTony Lumpkin inShe Stoops to Conquer 7,777 times?

02:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatLance Corporal William Windsor(pictured, on left) ofThe Royal Welsh, who retired on 20 May 2009, is aCashmere goat?
... thatAmerican football coachWayne Howard retired from theUniversity of Utah for "no real reason" after his team nearly won a conference title?
... that the ancientYogmaya Temple,Mehrauli is believed to be one of five surviving temples from theMahabharat period inDelhi?
... that a "think piece" written byGraham Fuller was instrumental in leading to theIran-contra affair?
... that anAnglo-Moroccan alliance, developed betweenElizabeth I of England and theMoroccan SultanAhmad al-Mansur, had an influence on at least two ofShakespeare's plays?
... that American theatre directorJonathan Alper directed the New York premieres of works byBrian Friel,Terrence McNally andBeth Henley?
... that theGeneral Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument and theConfederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset were built due to a young girl decorating a white oak tree eachMemorial Day?
... thatCoby Miller is the onlytrack athlete to have run100 meters in under ten seconds atOlympic Trials and not make the Olympic team?

25 May 2009

20:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatHarvard's All-Americanfootball quarterbackDudley Dean was cited byTheodore Roosevelt for bravery after theRough Riders' charge ofSan Juan Hill(pictured)?
... that in September 1844 aclown fromAstley's Amphitheatre sailed fromVauxhall Bridge toWestminster Bridge in awashtub towed bygeese?
... thatNewt Heisley designed thePOW/MIA flag in 1971 for theNational League of Families, whichCongress requires be flown at federal and military buildings on six days annually, includingMemorial Day?
... that actorSterling Hayden admitted his shame at having co-operated with theHouse Un-American Activities Committee in the 1983 documentary filmLeuchtturm des Chaos?
... thatCarl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker, a military officer whose highest rank wasMajor General, presided over theNorwegian Order of Freemasons?
... that according to her groom, when theracehorseChicado V stood in thestarting gate, she looked like a rabbit because all you could see above the gate were her ears?
... thatEdwin "Big Ed" Wilkes, aLubbock,Texas,radio talk show host, and a colleague,Bud Andrews, produced the first albums of the countrycomedian Jerry Clower?
... that in 1955, theGlass Age Development Committee proposed to demolish the whole ofLondon'sSoho district and rebuild it entirely inglass?

14:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the architectJohn Douglas builtWalmoor Hill(pictured) inChester,Cheshire, as a house for himself, and since his death it has been used as a girls’ college and as the County Fire Headquarters?
... that All-AmericanBeaton Squires wrote an editorial in 1905 against turningfootball into a "parlor game" afterHarvard's president criticized its violent nature?
... that the redPinot noir wines of theCôte Chalonnaise villagesGivry andMercurey were reportedly the favorite wines of KingHenri IV of France and his mistress,Gabrielle d'Estrées?
... thatjockeyBill Passmore, winner of 3,531 races, described fellow riders as "the worst touts at the track" and said that "the track makes a big mistake not installing amutuel window in the jocks' room"?
... that theUnited States Lebanese cuisine restaurant chainAladdin's Eatery has grown to more than 20 sites from an initial$10,000 in 1994?
... thatJørgine Boomer, born and raised in a remotevalley in Norway, rose to prominence as an executive at theWaldorf-Astoria, befriending a generation of celebrities?
... that the giant pulses ofPSR B1937+21, the first discoveredmillisecond pulsar, are thebrightest radio emission ever observed?
... that formerYou're a Star winnerDavid O'Connor participated in the 2004Karaoke World Championships inFinland, placing sixth?

08:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatRichard B. Dominick, an amateurlepidopterist, collected over 25,000moths over ten years at hisWedge Plantation(pictured) in South Carolina?
... thatSkytterdalen nearSandvika,Norway, is so named because it was the site of asport shooting field?
... that the earliest commentary on a part ofMaimonides' transforming work ofJewish philosophy,The Guide for the Perplexed, was written byMuhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi, aPersian Muslim?
... that the pose of the goddess inHans Holbein the Younger'sVenus and Amor closely echoes that ofJesus inLeonardo da Vinci'sLast Supper?
... thatGarrett's Miss Pawhuska, aQuarter Horse racehorse, lost amatch race by running over a stake 50 yards from the finish line?
... thatquarterbackMark Vlasic was injured when, afterIowa beatMichigan on a last secondfield goal, a mob tore down the goalpost in celebration?
... that an appeals court overturned one formulation of thetoothpaste tube theory inadministrative law?
... thatWinfried Freudenberg was the last person to die in an attempt to escape across the Berlin Wall?

00:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theBasilica of the Holy Blood(pictured) inBruges is known as the repository of a veneratedphial said to contain a cloth withblood of Jesus Christ, brought to the city byThierry of Alsace after theSecond Crusade?
... thatNorth Carolina-based authorPerry Deane Young's firstVietnam War article forUPI was about theTet Offensive, which began the night he arrived inSaigon?
... thatEvening Bell is a Russian song based on a translation from English, but the English source was claimed to be translated from Russian?
... thatGrantland Rice wrote that All-Americanfootball fullbackShep Homans, who played in every minute of all 22 games forPrinceton in 1890 and 1891, "represented the football that used to be"?
... thatJimi Hendrix described the lead guitarist ofThe Ace of Cups, anall-female rock band, as "really great"?
... that the onset and increased prominence and severity of the rareautosomal dominant skin disorderOudtshoorn skin usually take place duringwinter?
... that in six seasons with the"Senior" Senators,Lude Check was among the top ten scorers for hisice hockey league four times?
... thatClifton's Cafeteria was once known asClifton's Golden Rule because patrons were obliged to pay only what they felt was fair?

24 May 2009

18:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

... that as CEO of its U.S. subsidiary,Robert J. Sinclair hadSaab-Scania build cars withturbochargers andconvertible tops(pictured) for America, while the company sold no-frills cars in its home market?
... that after the secondMong Kok acid attack, the initial 100,000 HK$reward for information was tripled?
... thatShirley E. Flynn, a local historian inCheyenne, Wyoming, is considered an authority on the history of the annualCheyenne Frontier Days, one of the largest outdoor western celebrations in the world?
... that theGoa Opinion Poll was the onlyreferendum to have been held inIndependent India?
... that theMill Street-North Clover Street Historic District inPoughkeepsie, New York, was expanded 15 years after its designation to include twocity blocks that had been originally scheduled fordemolition?
... thatSid Laverents' 1970 filmMultiple Sidosis, which features up to 11 different images of him simultaneously playing a song, is one of the few amateur films chosen for theNational Film Registry?
... thatArkansas State SenatorKim Hendren authored a failed bill to requiremotorcyclists to wearhelmets or offer proof ofhealth insurance?
... that in 1998, during the twoIFMAR World Championship events for 1:10th scalegas powered radio-controlled cars held at the same weekend, all Top 10 positions were dominated by users ofSerpent cars?

12:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatUSS Nicholson(pictured) andUSS Fanning, a pair of American destroyers built beforeWorld War I, are credited with theUnited States Navy's firstU-boat kill for sinkingU-58 on 17 November 1917?
... that "The Snowman" was likely the product ofHans Christian Andersen'shomoerotic ardor for Harald Scharff, aballet dancer at theRoyal Danish Theatre?
... that in 1899Isaac Seneca became the firstNative American to be named as anAll-American football player while playinghalfback for theCarlisle Indian School?
... thatChichester Castle was built in theRape ofChichester in the 11th century?
... that althoughKevin Daft set two records inNFL Europe, he was released by theTennessee Titans in August 2002?
... that the1994 Nepalese legislative election saw the first democratically electedcommunist government inAsia come to power?
... that US TV seriesParks and Recreation season finale "Rock Show" received positive reviews but the lowest ratings of the season, with only 4.25 million households tuning in?
... that information gathered by spyPeggy Taylor, who posed as a prostitute in France during theSecond World War, was instrumental in planningD-Day?

06:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatBundala National Park ofSri Lanka harbors 197 species ofbirds, the highlight being theGreater Flamingo(pictured), whichmigrate in large flocks?
... that according toHenry's Law andDalton's Law,fizz keepers, which are claimed to pump air into bottles offizzy drink and thereby stop them going flat, do not actually work that way?
... that from 1956 to 1986,radio stationKYKN inKeizer, Oregon, was called "KGAY"?
... thatPontius of Carthage voluntarily accompaniedCyprian into exile and later wrote his biography?
... thatFaith Ireland won two national championships as apowerlifter while serving on theWashington Supreme Court?
... that two-time All-Americanfullback"Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"?
... that theDollis Brook Viaduct is the highest point on both theNorthern Line and theLondon Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
... that theKhirki Masjidmosque and theSatpulaweir were both built during the time of theTughlaq dynasty in 14th centuryDelhi?

00:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatVice AdmiralHenry Burrell(pictured) initiated aRoyal Australian Navy re-equipment program in the 1960s that included newhelicopters,submarines,destroyers,minesweepers, andauxiliaries?
... thatJack Benny was so impressed with nativeCanadian singer Gisele MacKenzie that he was co-executive producer of herNBC variety show,The Gisele MacKenzie Show?
... thatWernher von Braun's fatherMagnus von Braun was dismissed out of civil service for supporting theKapp Putsch in 1920?
... that the watershed ofSulphide Creek, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) stream, harbors at least three waterfalls taller than 2,000 feet (610 m)?
... that racehorseClyde Van Dusen, winner of the 1929Kentucky Derby, was named after his trainer?
... thatdozens of sled dog races have been created since the first organized long-distancesled dog race was held in 1908?
... thatRai Purdy raised overC$250,000,000 for charity through hisTelethon efforts?
... that theBergh-Stoutenburgh House, one of only two remainingDutch Colonial stone houses inHyde Park, New York, has beenconverted into aJapanese restaurant?

23 May 2009

18:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

... that tradition says thatJames Hoban, the architect of theWhite House, designed theWilliam Seabrook House(pictured) onEdisto Island, South Carolina?
... that theByzantine corps of theOptimatoi originated as an eliteGothic cavalry regiment, but was downgraded to a corps ofmule-drivers after participating in the failed revolt ofArtabasdos?
... that the same monthWillamette Falls Hospital inOregon City, Oregon, announced a plan for the next 20 years, they announced they intended to merge withProvidence Health & Services?
... that in 1991 theIRA attempted to assassinateJohn Major and hisWar Cabinet with amortar attack on Downing Street?
... that the nominees for the25th Golden Raspberry Awards were announced by founderJohn Wilson at a book signing forThe Official Razzie Movie Guide?
... thatHMSCenturion had to be sent back to Britain for repairs in 1804, partly because she was infested withtermites?
... thatThelnetham Windmill was completely restored from dereliction to working order byamateur volunteers?
... thatTy Cobb would hide blackDetroit Tigers mascotLi'l Rastus in his room or under his train berth to evadeJim Crow laws?

12:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatThe George Inn(pictured) inNorton St Philip,Somerset, was used as an army headquarters during theMonmouth Rebellion in 1685, and then as a courtroom to try the rebels in theBloody Assizes?
... thatSugar Babies, conceived byRalph G. Allen, was based on his collection of more than 5,000comedy sketches?
... that thesuffix "-up" inWestern Australian place names means "place of" in a dialect of theNoongar language?
... that playwrightLarry Kramer calledRodger McFarlane, the first paid executive director of theGay Men's Health Crisis, someone who "did more for the gay world than any person has ever done"?
... thatThe Last Nightingale was analbum recorded to raise money for striking coal miners in the1984–1985 UK miners' strike?
... thatJack Billingham gave upHank Aaron's record tying 714th home run as theCincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitcher in 1974?
... thatAmerican Slovenian-style polka musicianLouis Bashell receivedWisconsin's firstNational Heritage Fellowship grant from theNational Endowment for the Arts?
... thatCyrus C. Miller believed the United States and Canada would one day become a single nation and thatlacrosse could be itsofficial sport?

06:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatLouie Caporusso(pictured) led the U.S. ingoals scored through most of the2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, but when he only scored two in the last nine games,Michigan won eight of those nine?
... thatFireflight's song "Unbreakable" was inspired by a fan's question asked onMySpace?
... thatSigurd Bødtker wasNorway's first full-timetheatre critic?
... that thecapture of Bologna on 21 April 1945 was the last battle of thePolish II Corps?
... that locallegend suggests thatAi-Ais Hot Springs in southernNamibia were discovered in 1850 by anomadic Nama shepherd rounding up stray sheep?
... thatReba McEntire starred in atelevision movie based on her 1992 hit single"Is There Life Out There"?
... thatSpey casting is a two-handedfly fishing technique that was developed on theRiver Spey inScotland?
... that although the 1998 filmRestless takes place inBeijing, only about 20 percent of the dialogue is inChinese?

00:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theMaya archaeological site ofXlapak(pictured) inMexico features well-preserved examples of the ostentatiousPuuc style of architecture?
... that theNiagara Engine House building is the only one of six engine company firehouses inPoughkeepsie, New York, still standing?
... thatPhiladelphia Athletics managerConnie Mack once senthunchbacked batboyLouis Van Zelst out to coach first base, but the umpires made Mack recall him to the dugout?
... that each of theChinese languages has over 100classifiers, or "measure words", which must be used any time anoun appears with a number or ademonstrative?
... that theFather Millet Cross on the grounds ofFort Niagara, at just 0.0074 acres (30 m²), was the smallestNational Monument ever established in theUnited States?
... that theInterstate Bridge over theMenominee River was sculpted with wild rice motifs in the concrete?
... that the first ofThomas Eakins'sWilliam Rush and His Model paintings provoked controversy by its inclusion of the discarded clothes ofWilliam Rush's nude model?
... that althoughMellor hill fort isIron Age in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000 years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000-year-old amber necklace?

22 May 2009

18:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

... that with a voyage of 59 days, theSS American(pictured) set a 1901 record for the fastestNew York –San Francisco ocean passage?
... that by pinpointing threecounter-cultural traits ofWestern Norway —Landsmål,temperance andlaity —Gabriel Øidne laid the grounds for Norwegian votersociology?
... that "I Don't Know What It Is", the first single fromRufus Wainwright's albumWant One, samplesMaurice Ravel'sBolero?
... thatEgmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld was anAustrian aristocraticnight fighter flying ace who fought for the GermanLuftwaffe inWorld War II?
... that theSouth Carolina town whichBiggin Church'schapel of ease,Strawberry Chapel, was built to serve, no longer exists?
... thatEgyptian actorC. K. Alexander composed under thepseudonyms Mario Quimber and Basheer Qadar?
... that, under thedrug policy of Canada, of those convicted ofdrug offences underCanadian law in 1921, three-quarters wereChinese?
... that formerPresident ofPoland Lech Walesa only won 1% of the vote in the2000 Polish presidential election?

12:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the image ofHindu deityHanuman(pictured) reportedly came alive and moved when installed at the Hanuman temple in Sarangpur?
... thatPrice's Post Office inSpartanburg County, South Carolina, was a "publick house" andstagecoach stop in the early 19th century?
... thatUruguay is known as the "Switzerland of the Americas" from its adoption of Swiss-based banking laws?
... thatElsie B. Washington was called the "mother of theAfrican-American romance" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author?
... that thespecific epithet ofbigeye trevally(Caranx sexfasciatus) refers to the six dark bands on their sides that fade and disappear as the marine fish mature and age?
... thatDon Zimmerman, once called the "best coach incollege lacrosse", has traveled around the world promoting the sport, with the ultimate goal of having it once again becomean Olympic event?
... that thecandy was a traditionalSouth Asian unit ofmass, equal to twentymaunds?
... that theNebraska House in Virginia was so named because ColonelSamuel D. McDearmon's wife refused to move to Nebraska?

06:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatBettino Ricasoli(pictured), developer of the first "modern"Chianti wine recipe based on theSangiovese grape, later becameItalian Prime Minister?
... that theLatting Observatory, described as "New York's firstskyscraper", was the tallest building in the United States at 315 feet (96 m) during its brief life from 1853 until it burnt down in 1856?
... that the 350cc engine in the 1949Douglas Mark IIIBritish motorcycle was based on aWW2 electricity generator engine?
... that while still in college, children's authorEloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at theU.S. Patent Office?
... that the previous owners ofKWVR inEnterprise, Oregon, actually lived at theradio station until they sold it in 2008?
... thatYohl Ik'nal, queen of theClassic Period Maya city ofPalenque inMexico, was the first known female Mayan ruler?
... that after ahurdle was misplaced on therunning track,Angelo Taylor said he would never again compete at theAdidas Track Classic?
... thatNevada City, California’sDoris Foley Library for Historical Research includes aCornish Studies Collection?
... thatneurosurgeonKeith Black, featured in aTime special issue on "Heroes of Medicine", is known for his discovery that thepeptide bradykinin can be effective in opening theblood-brain barrier?

00:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatThe Torment of Saint Anthony(pictured) has recently been identified as the earliest known painting byMichelangelo?
... that theSmith Tobacco Barn is one of the few remaining examples of intactflue-cured tobacco barns inDillon County, South Carolina, built between 1895 and the 1950s?
... that theN100 brain response to auditory stimuli can help predictcoma patients' probability of recovery?
... that in May 2009, theDistrict of Columbia ruled thatThird Church of Christ, Scientist could go forward withdemolition of itsbrutalist-style building?
... thatJohn G. Cullmann was nearly assassinated after establishing a settlement ofGerman immigrants in northernAlabama?
... that a Zen temple'sMain Hall looks like a two story building, but has in fact only one?
... that architectRichard Neutra used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, theNeutra VDL Studio and Residences, onSilver Lake inLos Angeles?
... that73 Mansion St.,Poughkeepsie, New York, was architecturally inconsistent with the neighboringBalding Avenue Historic District, so it was later listed separately on theNational Register of Historic Places?

21 May 2009

18:56, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatAtlantic herrings form immensefish schools(pictured) containing up to three billion fish?
... thatDon Cardwell was theChicago Cubs' Opening Day starting pitcher against theHouston Colt .45s (now known as the Astros) on April 10, 1962, the first official game in Colt .45 history?
... that despite strong support fromEngland, all threeHuguenot rebellions in southwesternFrance were suppressed byKing Louis XIII?
... that in 1970,George M. Stafford became the first presidentially-appointedInterstate Commerce Commission chair, 83 years after it was formed?
... that novelistMichael Crichton and sevenNobel laureates, among others, wrote the 1972 textbookBiology Today?
... that songwriterGordon Chambers credited his hometown ofTeaneck, New Jersey, with fostering his dream of becoming a professional?
... that a student atClatskanie Middle/High School organized a statewide food drive inOregon that earned the student a national award?
... thatCatherina Margaretha Linck is the lastEuropean known to have been executed forlesbianism?

13:07, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

... that despite the decisive action of theTrafalgar Campaign being theBattle of Trafalgar(pictured), the final action was fought a fortnight later, at theBattle of Cape Ortegal?
... thatMarc Sautet started the philosophical cafe known asCafé Philosophique?
... that theVassar Home for Aged Men, inPoughkeepsie, New York, could not operate at full capacity untilMatthew Vassar's wife died and left it the money to do so?
... thatHåkon Stenstadvold,rector of theNorwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, was a member of theBærum municipal council?
... that Robert Lindahl, therecording engineer onThe Kingsmen's famous version of "Louie Louie", lost his job as adisc jockey forKBKR because he refused to empty theOregon station'schemical toilet?
... that the real name ofHagop Hagopian, the leader of theArmenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, was revealed only after his assassination inAthens in 1988?
... that rock band21 Demands made chart history after finishing as runners-up in thefifth series ofYou're a Star, featuring1992 Eurovision winnerLinda Martin as a judge?
... thatRay H. Altman, as aKentucky state representative fromtobacco-growingTaylor County, opposed a bill in 1990 to bansmoking zones for students inpublic schools?

07:21, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theepaulette shark(pictured) can survive for an hour withoutoxygen?
... thatTime magazine editorOtto Fuerbringer was responsible for the controversial 1966 "Is God Dead?" cover?
... that somegrass-endophyte symbioses produceloline alkaloids that areinsecticidal and deterrent to variousinsects?
... that after his death, theamateur manga collection of the manga criticYoshihiro Yonezawa was made into a library by hisalma mater,Meiji University?
... that theVassar Institute inPoughkeepsie, New York, now used for a localarts center, is on the former site of abrewery?
... that in 1853,Ole Thomesen signed the contract to build thepaddle steamerSkibladner, which is still in operation inNorway?
... that the 1960indie filmWeddings and Babies is considered to be the first fictional movie to be shot with a camera that recordedsynchronized sound?
... thatlacrosse coach"Father Bill" Schmeisser was known for carrying anumbrella on the sidelines regardless of the weather, reasoning that, "This way I know it won't rain"?

01:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theConfederate Monument(pictured) inAugusta, Kentucky, is agravestone placed forty-one years after the soldiers it honors died?
... thatCarl Bødtker was a popularradio presenter for children during the early days ofNorwegian broadcasting?
... that the12–6 curveball gets its name from the way thepitch breaks downward, looking like it moves from the number 12 to the number 6 on aclock?
... that 18-year-oldJay Weinberg istouring withBruce Springsteen as theE Street Band'sdrummer while his father,Max Weinberg, prepares for the June premiere ofThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien?
... thatmotorsport illustratorMichael Turner designed the originalFormula One McLaren teamlogo?
... that Californiaradio stationKOWL's originalradio studios were located inside theHarrah's Stateline Club, a casino inStateline, Nevada?
... thatJohn "Bam" Carney, aRepublican member of theKentucky House of Representatives, became well-known in his district through his work as ahigh school basketball coach?

20 May 2009

19:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

... that thezebra shark(pictured) is striped when young and spotted when mature?
... that theSecond Baptist Church is the onlyGreek Revival church remaining inPoughkeepsie, New York?
... thatGustav Natvig-Pedersen, aPresident of the Storting in Norway, also wroteorthographic dictionaries?
... thatBronson Pinchot spent three months visitingpsychics to prepare for his role in the 1989 comedy filmSecond Sight?
... thatsinger-songwriterDjango Walker was named afterBelgian guitaristDjango Reinhardt?
... that the officers' mess hall atCamp Abbot military training center was built by theArmy Corps of Engineers in 1944, and is now the "Great Hall" atSunriver Resort?
... thatFrançois Coignet was the first builder to use ironreinforced concrete?
... thatBob Bruce of theAbilene Reporter-News inTexas was considered a "superbraconteur" and versatilejournalist whose "institutional memory" empowered his newsroom colleagues?

14:00, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

... that during the 20th century, manyfootball players at theUnited States Military Academy also playedArmy lacrosse(modern player pictured) to stayphysically fit during the off-season?
... thatArlie Metheny, as public information officer in 1958 atFort Chaffee,Arkansas, handled media inquiries relating to the induction ofElvis Presley into theArmy?
... thatRené Olry, the commander of theFrench Army of the Alps during theBattle of France (1940), was apolytechnicien?
... that while mostwines can benefit from beingstored on their side,Champagne and othersparkling wines tend toage better if they are kept upright?
... thatCaptainThomas Baker played a significant role in bringing about three battles during theNapoleonic Wars:Copenhagen,Trafalgar, andCape Ortegal?
... that the objective of theNazi board gameJuden Raus! (Jews Out) was to movefigurines representing Jews across a map to "collection points" outside the city walls fordeportation?
... that diplomatSabrina De Sousa in 2009 sued theUnited States government to getdiplomatic immunity?
... thatRick Gibson intended hishuman earrings sculpture to raise questions about the appropriateness and usage of such materials for art and self adornment?

08:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theU.S. Department of Agriculture South Building(pictured) was the largest office building in the world until the construction of thePentagon?
... that the song "Te Amo", performed byPanamanian singer-songwriter Makano, became his first number-one single in theBillboard Hot Latin Songs chart?
... that former fur traderMichel Laframboise helped foundFort Astoria and later operated aferry across theWillamette River?
... that the2008 Lower Saxony state election saw theSocial Democratic Party have their worstperformance inLower Saxony sinceWorld War II, while theThe Left party won seats for the first time?
... that folk singerTravis Edmonson was an honorary member of thePascua Yaqui Tribe and helped create a dictionary for their language?
... that planning for thedemobilisation of the Australian military after World War II began in 1942?
... that theChildren's Literature Association developed acanon ofchildren's literature consisting of 63 titles, beginning withLittle Women (1869)?
... thatABC Radio presidentRobert Pauley hired the then-little-knownHoward Cosell in 1960 to host a weeklysports program after Cosell was able to get a relative'sshirt company as asponsor?

02:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatminimum orbit intersection distance is one of the measures used to determine if anear-Earth object, such as(4953) 1990 MU(orbit pictured), is aPotentially Hazardous Object?
... thatThe New York Times described theWelles declaration as "one of the most exceptional diplomatic documents issued by theU.S. State Department in many years"?
... that Panamaniansinger-songwriterMakano began writing songs when he was 16 years old?
... that while theelectrical conductivity ofpure water is very low, the conductivity ofdrinking water can be thousands of times greater?
... thatgridiron football wide receiverChris Jackson did not play football until attendingOrange Coast College in 1994?
... that despite winning theFootball League Trophy in 2009,Luton Town are not presently eligible to defend their title?
... thatM. D. Madhusudan, who received theWhitley Award for 2009, uncovered links between coffee production inBrazil andcattle ownership and grazing inBandipur National Park?
... that the firstsea trials of areplica ship in Japan were those of theNaniwa Maru before it was placed in theOsaka Maritime Museum?

19 May 2009

20:42, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatspark testing(pictured) is a quick and inexpensive way to determine the general classification offerrous materials using only agrinding wheel?
... thatStan Bunn ran for Congress inOregon's 1st congressional district while his brotherJim ran for re-election inOregon's 5th congressional district?
... thatThe Orckestra's debut performance was at theMoving Left Revue, aCommunist Party benefit concert in London in 1977?
... that theUnion Monument inVanceburg, Kentucky, is the only monument south of theMason–Dixon line that honors Union soldiers that is not in acemetery?
... that the number of women elected in the2002 Moroccan parliamentary election increased to 35 from only 2 in the previous election in 1997?
... thatJoseph Wicks, a lawyer and judge inWashington State and the firstcity attorney ofGrand Coulee, was an enrolled member of theCherokee Nation?
... that the little balls offibers that appear onclothing due to wear are calledpills?
... that theMissouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad lostits appeal to theU.S. Supreme Court over a$25 penalty it had been ordered to pay to a farmer?

14:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatbamboo coral specimens(pictured) have been found that are 4,000 years old?
... that Mexican singerVicente Fernández selected the anniversary of theBattle of Puebla, to release his single "Necesito de Tí"?
... thatHenry Eckford, built inNew York in 1824, was the world's firststeamship to be powered by acompound engine?
... thatgridiron football defensive endJustin Brown was named in sixAll-American teams when playing atEast Central University from 2001 to 2004?
... thatThe Maori Merchant of Venice was the firstMaori language film adaptation of any ofWilliam Shakespeare'splays?
... thatOlga Taratuta, aUkrainian anarcho-communist, escaped from aRussian prison in 1906 while serving a 17-year sentence?
... that amended U.S. PresidentialExecutive Order 8389 ordered a freeze of theBaltic states' assets in theU.S.?
... that inAyapango,Mexico, older homes have names that are displayed on plaques?

09:07, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theSea Cloud(pictured), the first fully racially integratedUnited States warship inWorld War II, later served as a private yacht to racist dictatorRafael Trujillo?
... that according toNobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, there are more than 100 millionwomen "missing" in Asia?
... that therock bandGoes Cube obtained its name from a poorback-translation of the phrase "Go Die" between English and German?
... thatThe Wire actressFelicia "Snoop" Pearson wrote an autobiography,Grace After Midnight, chronicling her drug-dealing days inBaltimore, imprisonment on murder charges and rehabilitation?
... that in the late 18th century, theGotha Observatory became an international center forastronomy, and the most modern astronomical institute specifically for its instruments?
... that despite nearly throwing aperfect game in 1993, American baseball pitcherTom Kramer never pitched at the highest professional level again after that year?
... that according to theGolden Legend,Saint Genebald left his wife around AD 499 to becomeBishop of Laon, and was later imprisoned by her uncle,Saint Remigius, for sleeping with her when she visited?
... that one of Germany'sKaiser-class battleships,SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, never received a planneddiesel engine to supplement herturbines, so her range was much less than her sister ships?

03:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the painting(pictured) ofRobert Hollond,Monck Mason andCharles Green planning their record-making balloon trip also includes the artist,John Hollins?
... that the 2007 dedication of the 1872-builtConfederate Monument inCrab Orchard, Kentucky, includedKentucky governorErnie Fletcher and theUnited States Army?
... thatNorwegian geochemistKnut S. Heier was a member of theApollo Project?
... thatAaron Spelling's 56,500-square-foot mansion, known asThe Manor, is the largest house inLos Angeles County?
... thatal-Mansur Ibrahim, theAyyubid governor ofHims, endedKhwarezmid power inSyria after defeating them in a battle nearLake Hims?
... that a promising anti-cancer drug,swainsonine, causespea struck in Australia,locoismo in Argentina, andlocoweed poisoning in North America?
... that there is more potential forullage development inwines bottled with longcorks than in wines with short corks because wine is lost through absorption into the cork?
... that shortly before the1989 Revolution, currentRomanian Transport MinisterRadu Berceanu was questioned at length by theSecuritate for allegedly intending to flee the country using ahang glider he had built?

18 May 2009

21:35, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the site ofRiddle Ranch(pictured) in easternOregon was a Native American settlement for over 1,000 years?
... thatShitou Xiqian was an obscureZen teacher during his life but is now considered one of the two ancestors of all existing branches of Zen?
... that during theCivil War years, theSan Fernando Valley north ofLos Angeles experiencedfloods,droughts, asmallpox epidemic, and even a plague oflocusts?
... that after subduing most of theHejaz,Qatada ibn Idris went on to become theSharif of Mecca establishing a tradition ofsharifs descended from him to rule the city until 1925?
... thatOperation Bayshield was the firstmachinima work to usedigital assets not provided by thevideo game in which it was created?
... thatAsbjørn Kjønstad has been referred to as the "father of thesmoking ban" inNorway?
... that the marine fishCaranx sansun, first described in 1775, has nocommon name, has no knownholotype, and is labeled anomen dubium as the correct identification is unlikely to be made?
... thatJohn B. Watson andHarvey A. Carr conducted a study called thekerplunk experiment, so named because of the sound the rat made when hitting the end of a maze?

15:49, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatAir Vice MarshalFrank Bladin(pictured) was nicknamed "Dad" for the concern he showed for the welfare of his personnel?
... that the remains of acannon ball can still be seen in the wall ofMoni Gonia Monastery from anOttoman attack during theCretan Revolt of 1866–1869?
... that theUnited States Department of Labor first began trackingdiscouraged workers in 1967 and found 500,000 at the time?
... that in a review ofDavid Jordan's debut album,Set the Mood, it was suggested that the singer could have beencloned from theDNA ofLenny Kravitz,Prince andMichael Jackson?
... thatCharles Guth offered to sellPepsi Co. toCoca-Cola, but they did not even make a bid?
... that allpostal voting was used in the2003 Gateshead Council election and saw the third highestturnout in the2003 United Kingdom local elections?
... that theShreveport deejayBarney Cannon was particularly knowledgeable about the history ofcountry music, hisradio station KWKH-AM, and the formerLouisiana Hayride?
... that duringWorld War I,Britons could be fined forfeeding the pigeons?

10:00, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

... that in 2002, thesubmersiblePisces V(pictured) and her sister vessel discovered aJapanese midget submarine inPearl Harbor, the first vessel to be sunk during the 1941attack on Pearl Harbor?
... that while mostEnlightenment scholarscriticized the Byzantine system of theEastern Roman Empire,Konstantin Leontiev, a scholar from theRussian Empire praised it for the very same reasons?
... thatCharles Carroll the Settler's attempts to gain office in colonialMaryland led to allCatholics in the colony losing the right to vote?
... that officialturnout in the2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum was 99.95% inKhenchela but only just over 11% inTizi Ouzou Province?
... thatSol Rosenberg, a survivor of theDachau concentration camp, established an internationalsteel company in his adopted city ofMonroe,Louisiana?
... that theOslo squareEidsvolls plass has been referred to as "theNational Mall ofNorway"?
... that former United States PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush is a member of the invitation-onlyAlibi Club inWashington, D.C.?
... thatHoratio Nelson calledSkeffington Lutwidge, his commander on two separate occasions, 'that good old man'?

04:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theplane of the ecliptic(effect pictured) is the imaginary plane of the Earth as it orbits the Sun?
... thatDamon E. Allen led the successful campaign by theKentucky Optometric Association to empoweroptometrists in the state to prescribe medication for patients?
... thatHaitian expatriate artistEdouard Duval-Carrié criticized the regime ofJean-Claude Duvalier by creating artwork that parodied Duvalier?
... thatLizzie Lloyd King, the alleged murderess of Charles Goodrich, consumed flakes of the victim's desiccated blood during a police interrogation?
... that according to the former mayor of the commune ofAdjohoun,Gerard Adounsiba, the2008 Benin floods were the "largest humanitarian crisis to date" to affect the region?
... thatAllison Bradshaw's mother,tennis playerValerie Ziegenfuss, was one of theOriginal 9 who established the basis for theWTA Tour?
... thatTom Bunn served in theOregon Legislative Assembly at the same time as his older brothersStan andJim?

17 May 2009

22:28, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the 1895Chicago Times-Herald race, won byCharles Duryea'sMotorized Wagon(pictured), was the firstauto race in theUnited States?
... that the subscription serviceBoardEx provides information on the world'sbusiness directors and senior managers, including theirsalaries, bonuses, andincentive pay?
... thatGreater Manchester bus route 192 was the first in the UK to havesolar powered on-street ticket machines?
... that1961's Hurricane Tara was one of the deadliestPacific hurricanes on record?
... that two trunk roads fromLondon to theSussex coast, theA22 and theA23, use parts of theLondon to Brighton Way?
... that 16 people were killed in the1999 Tashkent bombings when sixcar bombs were detonated, an attack most likely perpetrated by theIslamic Movement of Uzbekistan?
... thatAdam and Joe onBBC 6 Music won theBroadcasting Press Guild award forRadio Programme of the Year in its first six months of broadcast?
... that theMirrorwing flyingfish attaches masses of itseggs to floating debris by a series of filaments on each egg?

16:42, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatToniná inMexico(pyramid pictured) was one of the last of theClassic Period Maya cities to fall into ruin?
... thatEunice Taylor, acatcher for theKenosha Comets of theAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League, was the model forRosie O'Donnell's character in the filmA League of Their Own?
... that in the 2008motorcycleScott Trial event, there were only 60 official finishers out of a starting entry of 200?
... that in 1767,Union Street first connectedPoughkeepsie, New York, to theHudson River?
... that at theBattle of Pulo Aura, a fleet ofEast Indiamen underCommodoreNathaniel Dance fought off an entireFrench squadron?
... that "Thrilla in the Villa", the first season finale ofKröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, was seen by 858,000 households, about half the viewership of the season premiere one month earlier?
... that thesummit ofMount Scott is the highest point inCrater Lake National Park?
... thatCzech singer andpianistJiří Šlitr died fromcoal gas poisoning?

10:56, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatStanton windmill(pictured) has a woodenwindshaft?
... thatHector Hyppolite was aHaitian Vodou priest who was classified as asurrealist painter by the surrealist theoristAndré Breton?
... thatCount Arthur Strong's Radio Show! won the 2009Sony Radio Academy Gold Award for comedy?
... thatNobel Laureate George Smoot, whose work cemented theBig Bang theory, made acameo appearance on thesitcomThe Big Bang Theory in the episode"The Terminator Decoupling"?
... thatfootballerBud Houghton was born inMadras to anAnglo-Indian family who migrated to England in 1947 whenIndia gained independence from British rule?
... that customallocators may greatly improve the performance of acomputer program written inC++?
... that theJablonkow Incident has been named the first commando operation of theSecond World War?
... that the 1931Vickers Type 161 may have been the first aircraft to be fitted with in-flight adjustableelevator trims?

05:07, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

... that in an annual festival inKoovagam, India,eunuchs andtransvestites ritually marry theHindu godAravan(statue pictured)?
... thatPhilip Glass composed asoundtrack in 1998, recorded by theKronos Quartet, for the 1931Dracula film starringBéla Lugosi?
... thatCzech jazz double-bassistLuděk Hulan co-foundedStudio 5, one of the most important modernjazz ensembles inCzechoslovakia?
... that the shell of marinesnails in the familyJuliidae is composed of two parts, like aclam?
... thatRaquel Forner was one of the earliestfine artists to portray scenes ofouter space?
... thatradio stationKLBS broadcasts aPortuguese-language world music format to California'sSan Joaquin Valley?
... thatShamar Sands, theBahamian 110 metre hurdles national record holder, has a degree inaccountancy?
... thatSpratt's suppliedarmy dogs with 1,256,976,708dog biscuits duringWorld War I?

16 May 2009

23:21, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

... that for over 20 years after hisposthumous execution in 1661,Oliver Cromwell's head(pictured) stood on a spike outsideWestminster Hall?
... thatEarl Sprackling, who was selected as the bestcollege football player of 1910, gained 456 total yards and kicked threefield goals in one game?
... thatBelgian firmInterbrew has a 34.4% share in theUkrainian beer market?
... thatNorwegian Minister of Agriculture andMember of ParliamentBernt Holtsmark had two first cousins,Wilhelm andFinn Blakstad, who were also Members of Parliament?
... thatfarmed salmon can escape from their sea cage andinterbreed withwild salmon?
... thatFriedrich Foertsch was the secondchief of staff of theBundeswehr and recipient of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross duringWorld War II?
... thatDanny Friend was theChicago Colts'Opening Day starting pitcher in 1896, despite only having pitched five previousMajor League Baseball games?
... that after Pacific States Lumber wentbankrupt in 1939, thecompany town ofSelleck, Washington, was sold forUS$3,000?

17:35, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

A pregnant male common seahorse

... that the malecommon seahorse(pregnant male pictured) carries and delivers its young?
... thatTexas clergymanHarold Reeves was the firstmissionary dispatched toThailand by theSouthern Baptist Convention?
... that during its one year of existence, theTainan Air Group produced moreaces than any otherfighter unit in theImperial Japanese Navy?
... thatWilliam Butler Yeats intended thepoem"Politics" to be anenvoi to"The Circus Animals' Desertion" and for it to be last in his final collection of poems?
... that theIndiana-basedUpland Brewing Company provided beer bottles and props to lend Indiana authenticity to the "Boys' Club" episode ofParks and Recreation?
... that theCzech trumpeter andsingerJiří Jelínek was nicknamed "The CzechSatchmo"?
... that thespinner shark is named for the spinning leaps it makes out of the water as part of its feeding strategy?
... thatKim Kang-woo spent about ten days acquainting himself with acow to prepare for scenes in the filmLe Grand Chef, likening the experience to working with a sensitive actress?

11:49, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

... that inFyodor Dostoyevsky's novelThe Idiot,Hans Holbein the Younger'sThe Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb(pictured) is said to have the power to make viewers lose their faith?
... thatTennyson Bardwell's second filmThe Skeptic was actually written in the 1980s, but did not start filming until 2005?
... that the San Juan Bautista Parish ofTenango del Aire inMexico was initially run by theFranciscans?
... that before starting hermodeling career and appearing onAmerica's Next Top Model,Celia Ammerman lived across from a chickenslaughterhouse inBrooklyn?
... that the winning candidate in the2002 Hartlepool Council election, known asH'Angus the Monkey before taking office, pledged to give free bananas to school children inHartlepool?
... thatDuane Purvis's right arm made him a world-classjavelin thrower and "without peer" as a long passer infootball?
... that everyDecember 11 inAcatlán de Juárez,Jalisco,Mexico, bonfires are lit along the streets to commemorate the vision ofOur Lady of Guadalupe toJuan Diego?
... thatcomputer hackerRaphael Gray sentViagra tablets toBill Gates and then published what he said was Gates'credit card number?

06:00, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatelephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, found mostly among young captiveAsian elephants(pictured), can have a fatality rate of up to 90%?
... that in theUnited States, 88 percent ofpublic employees arecovered by adefined benefit pension plan?
... that the 1987roguelike computer gameNetHack was named differently from its predecessor,Hack, becauseHack creatorAndries Brouwer "...may eventually release a new version of his own"?
... that analliance was formed in the8th century between theAbbasid Caliphate and the FrankishCarolingian Empire against theByzantine Empire and the MuslimUmayyads ofSpain?
... thatSaucon Valley Country Club has hosted fiveUSGA golf tournaments, and is the site of the2009 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship?
... that theDogger Bank itch is askin condition prevalent in fishermen who work in theNorth Sea?
... thatLeona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" made her the first non-North American act to reach number-one on theCanadian Hot 100 in 2008?
... that the lead character in theMozart operaDon Giovanni calls out for a glass ofMarzemino in the final banquet scene before he is carried down tohell?

00:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

... that TsarAlexander III is said to have held the collapsed roof of the royalcar on his shoulders while his family escaped theBorki train crash site(pictured) uninjured?
... thatCanaiolo was included in the 19th-centuryChianti recipe to addfruitiness and soften thetannins ofSangiovese, much likeMerlot's role inBordeaux wine blends?
... thatHenry Jenkins ofBolton-on-Swale,Yorkshire is said to have lived to the age of 169?
... that the only surviving structure from theCoudersport and Port Allegany Railroad is atrain station that is now thetown hall ofCoudersport, Pennsylvania?
... thatIndian businessmanNess Wadia, a co-owner of theIndian Premier League cricket teamKings XI Punjab, is the great-grandson ofPakistan founderMohammad Ali Jinnah?
... thatGRB 050709 was the first short-durationgamma-ray burst for which anoptical afterglow was detected?
... thatJens Wisløff, aConservative Party of Norway politician, was called "the grand old man ofasphalt"?
... that funding to helpJ-D's Down Home Enterprises start producingbacon-flavored salt came from a three-year-old child's winnings onAmerica's Funniest Home Videos?

15 May 2009

18:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theMexican town ofTlalmanalco has one of the few remaining intact open-airchapels(pictured) built fornative people who would not enterchurches?
... that therazorfish hides in the spines ofsea urchins both for protection and as a hunting strategy?
... thatLeonard Trask published an account of his life as a sufferer of a condition in which hisspine curved forward to the extent that his chin rested on his chest?
... that theCriminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act ofSingapore that allows for suspected criminals to bedetained without trial has been renewed 12 times since its enactment in 1955?
... thatMount Veniaminof in theAlaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge contains the most extensive craterglacier inNorth America, at roughly 5.2 miles (8.4 km) in diameter?
... that amongGerhard Knoop´s stage productions areChekhov'sUncle Vanya,Ibsen'sHedda Gabler,Strindberg'sMiss Julie,Beckett'sWaiting for Godot, andIonesco'sThe Chairs?
... that from 1995 to 2003, anArkansas radio station now calledKZTD shared its "KBBL"call sign with thefictional radio station onThe Simpsons?
... thatJuliano Verbard escaped from aFrench prison in ahijacked helicopter?

12:42, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatJane Edna Hunter, anAfrican American social worker inCleveland, Ohio, was born on theWoodburn Plantation(pictured) inPendleton, South Carolina?
... that theJungle Shrew is a small mammal found only inSri Lanka lowland rain forests?
... that heavy losses on theWestern Front in theFirst World War caused theFrench Army toconscript men up to age 45?
... thatvibraphonistKarel Velebný is considered one of the founders of modernCzech jazz?
... thatenamel tufts,self-healing defects intooth enamel at its junction withdentin, help enamel withstand bite forces as high as 1,000 N?
... thatLester Belding was the firstIowa Hawkeyes football player to be named anAll-American?
... that theaerial telescope is a type of very long focal lengthrefracting telescope built in the second half of the 17th century that did not use a tube?
... thatRotten Sound'sMurderworks album cover wascensored in Europe by manufacturers in Germany who considered it too disturbing for consumers?

06:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatMibbit(logo pictured) will be used as the defaultIRC protocol handler in the upcoming release ofFirefox 3.5?
... thatHauz Khas Complex inSouth Delhi encompasses a water tank, anIslamic seminary, amosque, atomb and pavilions built around a medieval village in the13th-century Delhi Sultanate reign?
... thatThe Ladies' Mercury was the firstperiodical publication designed just for women?
... that actorKim Kang-woo had to overcome his fear of water to star inMarine Boy, and went on to film dangerous water sequences without using astunt double?
... that thelarvae of theAppalachian Azure, aspecies ofgossamer wings butterfly, can only feed on the flowers of theblack cohosh?
... thatChristopher Grigson made important contributions toscanning electron microscopy, but switched careers and became anaval architect?
... that in the late 1980s, there was a surge of interest in usingColorino inChianti blends for the added deep dark coloring and structure fromphenolic compounds that it brought to thewine?
... that KDMN (nowKSKE) and its Radio Coloradosister stations became the target ofprank calls in 2003 when the filmBruce Almighty displayed the station group'sphone number asGod's?

01:07, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

... that in the earlyhistory of Chianti(bottle pictured), thewine was white and not red?
... thatThe Office episode "Cafe Disco" includes cameos by series writersGene Stupnitsky andLee Eisenberg at an office dance party?
... thatcartographerJan Martin Larsen was a pioneer in the development of the specializedorienteering map?
... thatOregon radio stationKKRB wonNew Music Weekly magazine's "Adult Contemporary Radio Station of the Year"New Music Award in 2006, 2007, and 2008?
... thatBulgarian zoologistIvan Buresh, dubbed "the patriarch of Bulgarian biology", was the son of aCzech zincographer?
... thatBecharof Lake within theBecharof National Wildlife Refuge inAlaska contains the second largest run ofsockeye salmon in the world?
... that the early 20th-century diaries of GermanornithologistBernhard Hantzsch influenced BritishArctic explorer Pen Hadow?
... thatCarrington Moss was used to dispose ofManchester'snight soil, and was aStarfish site inWorld War II?

14 May 2009

19:26, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the heroicGreek marbleGaddi Torso(pictured) in theUffizi, Florence, was so admired in theItalian Renaissance that it was never "restored" by completing it?
... thatCarlton Skinner commanded the first racially integratedUnited States warships, and later served asGuam's firstcivilian governor?
... thatHel Fortified Area was in 1939 the last place ofPoland to surrender to the invading Wehrmacht, and duringWorld War II it was used as aKriegsmarine base?
... thatWilliam Butler Yeats originally published thepoem "On being asked for a War Poem" under the title "A Reason for Keeping Silent" in 1916?
... that theBaptist folk high school atStrand, Akershus,Norway, was visited byMartin Luther King in 1964?
... thatJames Edward Hanger, the first amputee of theAmerican Civil War, designed his ownprosthesis and went on to found a prosthetic manufacturer still in business today?
... that two aircraft working for theNew Zealand Policecollided in mid-air over centralAuckland in 1993?
... that New Yorktalent agentSam Cohn, whoTime magazine called "the first superagent of the modern age", liked to eat paper?

13:35, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theOsaka Maritime Museum(pictured) is ageodesic dome that sits out inOsaka Bay and is accessed by an underwater tunnel?
... thatThe Hate That Hate Produced, adocumentary critical of theNation of Islam, caused the group's membership to double?
... thatPraise of the Two Lands is the firstship mentioned by name in a written record?
... that incollege basketball abonus is awarded to a team beginning with the seventhfoul in a half from the opposing team?
... thatUkrainian sculptorMikhaylo Parashchuk, who decorated many major buildings inSofia,Bulgaria, was reportedly a student ofAuguste Rodin?
... thatJonathan Roberts, aUnited States Senator fromPennsylvania from 1814 to 1821, built a school for poor children?
... that the song "Que No Se Rompa la Noche", first performed byJulio Iglesias, has beencovered byPandora,Vikki Carr andRay Conniff?
... that in 2003 aricin contaminated letter was sent to theWhite House?
... thatDutch film pioneerWilly Mullens worked as ahuman cannonball before becoming afilm director?

07:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

... that 26-year-oldVanessa Rousso(pictured) is among the top five females in career earnings inpoker history?
... thatMicrosoft attempted to tap into the Chinese computingmarket in 1999 with a prototype computer known asMicrosoft Venus?
... that Polish merchantJan Dekert was a vocal advocate for the enfranchisement ofburghers during theGreat Sejm in thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that a1947 earthquake in theU.S. state ofWisconsin was strong enough to break aseismograph atMarquette University?
... that althoughMahfouz al-Walid was reported killed in 2002, it was not until 2007 that theOffice of Foreign Assets Control acknowledged that his name was not an alias forMohamedou Slahi?
... that thefour-slide machine is an atypical type ofstamping machinery that can produce 1,200 to 4,300 stampings per hour?
... that Adam Davis was convicted of the murder ofVicki Robinson and is currently onFlorida'sdeath row?
... that the first use of the format of theadvice column was inThe Athenian Mercury in 1690?

02:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

... that during the summer thefinetooth shark(pictured) is found exclusively in water less than 10 m (30 ft) deep?
... thatWork Is a Four-Letter Word is the only film in whichCilla Black has had a starring role?
... that thethoroughbred horseOnion never won anotherstakes race after his upset defeat ofSecretariat in the 1973Whitney Handicap?
... that whenRiaz Mohammad Khan stepped down asForeign Secretary of Pakistan, media speculated that he was sacked because he opposed theUN investigation into theassassination of Benazir Bhutto?
... thatWilliam Butler Yeats wrote thepoem"A Prayer for My Daughter" in 1919 while staying in the tower at Thoor Ballylee during theIrish War of Independence?
... that theSARK, theUS Navy's Search and Rescue Knife, was designed and built within 24 hours by custom knifemakerErnest Emerson?
... that a possible extension of theRøa Line metro toØverland was considered in theinterwar period, but did not materialize?
... that afterBill Sketoe waslynched in 1864, a hole dug to facilitate his hanging remained visible for over a century?

13 May 2009

20:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

... that between 2000 and 2008,39 new species of lemur(Ring-tailed Lemur pictured) were described inMadagascar, bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99?
... that a network of companies including theChester Rolling Mill,Chester Pipe and Tube Company,Standard Steel Casting Company andCombination Steel and Iron Company made shipbuilderJohn Roach & Sons one ofAmerica's firstvertically integrated businesses?
... that Polish merchantJan Dekert was a vocal advocate for the enfranchisement ofburghers during theGreat Sejm in thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... thatradio stationKBCH chose itscall sign to represent the "20 Miracle Miles" ofbeaches inLincoln County, Oregon?
... that still-extant English piano manufacturerBroadwood and Sons once made instruments favoured byHaydn,Beethoven andChopin?
... that AmericanLouis Littlepage had to receive a special permission from theUS Congress to serve as a secretary to the last king of Poland,Stanisław August Poniatowski?
... that the fungusHelvella corium has been found growing on caustic spoil mounds of asoda factory and onuranium tailings?
... that Ohio teenagerVicki Lynne Cole held up a sign (which she hadn't read) saying "Bring Us Together Again" at a 1968Nixon rally, and the candidate later mentioned it in his victory speech?

14:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

... that when aJapanese honeybee hive is invaded by agiant hornet scout, the honeybees "bake" the hornet in a ball of about 500 bees(pictured)?
... that on April 7, 1977,baseball pitcher Ken Brett was theChicago White Sox's Opening Day starter against theToronto Blue Jays in the latter's first-everregular season game?
... thatIsmail Shammout's paintingWhere to ...?, depicting theLydda Death March of July 1948, is said to have attained iconic status inPalestinian culture?
... that because actorAlan Dale was unable to go toHawaii to appear onABC'sLost asCharles Widmore, the camera crew moved toLondon to include him on the show anyway?
... that the fungusHelvella acetabulum resembles acabbage leaf?
... thatAnne Donahue was one of only fiveRepublicans in theVermont House of Representatives to vote in favor of a bill legalizingsame-sex marriage in the state?
... that when the newArgentine dreadnoughtRivadavia arrived inBuenos Aires on 19 February 1915, over 47,000 people, includingPresident Victorino de la Plaza, came out to see the ship?
... thatKarsten Solheim's invention of the modernlob wedgegolf club may have come from experimentallygluing apotato chip to a straw?

08:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

... that thePersian embassy to Europe in 1609–1615(pictured) was led by theenturbaned English adventurerRobert Shirley?
... thatWorld War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker's memoirs influenced 1930s "flying pulp" magazines such asFlying Aces?
... thatopera singerRichard Suart, known for his roles inGilbert and Sullivan, has also specialised inavant-garde modern opera?
... thatRichard Upjohn'sGothic alterations to theMandeville House, the oldest inGarrison, New York, were removed by a later owner?
... thatextracts from theelastic saddle fungus can dissolvefibrin blood clots?
... that in June 1994 theNBA blocked the sale of theMinnesota Timberwolves to a group seeking to move the franchise toNew Orleans, thuskeeping the Timberwolves in Minneapolis?
... that theAir Battle of El Mansoura in theYom Kippur War involved nearly 180aircraft in a continuous engagement lasting 53 minutes?
... thatMary Roberts was the first recorded femaleminiaturist in theAmerican colonies?

02:43, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatHolland Road Baptist Church(pictured) inHove, England, was paid for by George Congreve, who made his fortune sellingtuberculosis elixir?
... that theGreevesmotorcycle company funded production from a contract with theMinistry of Pensions for theirInvacar for disabled drivers?
... that althoughVic Gold co-wrotethe first President Bush's autobiography and wrote a novel withDick Cheney's wife, in 2007 he wrote a book attackingthe second President Bush andCheney?
... that in thecapture of Ormuz in 1622, anAnglo-Persian force combined to expel thePortuguese?
... that 19th century wrestlerJohn McMahon's career began with a 17-year undefeated streak?
... that thebacteriumStreptococcus iniae has been called "one the most serious aquaticpathogens in the last decade"?
... thatGolden Raspberry Awards founderJohn Wilson's marketing work has included publicity for theAcademy Awards?
... thatlocal councils in theUnited Kingdom can makebyelaws regulating the design ofbathing costumes worn on the beach?

12 May 2009

20:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the Worthington–Simpsontriple expansion steam engine atBrede Waterworks(pictured) can pump 3,500,000imperial gallons (16,000,000 L) of water per day to a height of 515 feet (157 m)?
... that radio evangelist"Fighting Bob" Shuler, known for his attacks on politicians and support of theKu Klux Klan, received 25% of the votes in a 1932US Senate election inCalifornia?
... that no specialistceramics museum has as large a collection as the 340,000 pieces inThe Palace Museum, Beijing?
... thatin NASCAR, 1952 was the first year that companies started to pay award monies for publicity?
... that in theCapture of Ré island in 1625,English andDutch warships were used controversially to quell a revolt ofFrench Huguenot coreligionaries?
... that Tyler Shanabarger's death was believed to be caused bysudden infant death syndrome untilhis father confessed to the murder?
... that one can list everypositive rational number without repetition bybreadth-first traversal of theCalkin–Wilf tree?
... thatGeorge Cryer,Mayor of Los Angeles in theRoaring Twenties, was allegedly controlled by the city's political bossKent Parrot and vice kingCharles Crawford, whose coterie of bootleggers and criminals was known as the "City Hall Gang"?

13:49, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatHenrietta Johnston(work pictured) was the first recorded female artist and the firstpastelist to work in theEnglish colonies in America?
... that theSiege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1627 resulted in the failure of theDuke of Buckingham to occupy the French island ofIle de Ré and support theSiege of La Rochelle?
... thatGene Lees wrote theEnglish language lyrics toAntonio Carlos Jobim's "Corcovado" on a bus travelling toBelo Horizonte?
... thatMichael Scott pretends to firePam Beesly as a prank inThe Office episode "Casual Friday", which is a reference to a similar scene in the show'sfirst episode?
... that in 1917,engineerWilliam Ruthven Smith drew a 6,000-foot (1,800 m)^*anti-submarine net across thechannel atHampton Roads?
... that both solvent-shared andcontact ion-pairs ofmagnesium andsulphate ions are present in sea-water?
... that after some members of theGuamanian Congress refused to attend a joint session, GovernorCharles Alan Pownall removed them from office?
... that thepurse won by a claimedhorse in aclaiming race usually goes to the former owner?

07:27, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theRoyal Navy has tended to nameits fireships(examples pictured) after subjects related tovolcanoes or fire?
... that "A Supermarket in California" is apoem byAllen Ginsberg published in 1956 and dedicated toWalt Whitman in the centennial year of the first edition ofLeaves of Grass?
... that the recipe fortomato sauce published byAntonio Latini inNaples in 1692 was the very first one?
... that2009 Kentucky Derby winnerMine That Bird had the second highest odds of a Derby winner?
... that in 2001,Dutch musician and artistHerman Brood committedsuicide by jumping from the roof of theAmsterdam Hilton Hotel?
... that ablister beetle was introduced inHawaii to trim the wood-boringSonoran carpenter bee population, but the beetle failed to survive in the islands?
... that three ofNguyen Anh's generals,Do Thanh Nhon,Chau Van Tiep andVo Tanh, were called "Gia Định Tam Hùng" (Three Heroes ofGia Dinh) inVietnamese folk culture?
... thatMichael Jackson was unavailable for the filming of the music video forThe Jacksons' song, "Torture", so awax dummy was used in his place for the video?

11 May 2009

23:54, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatChanguu Island,Zanzibar, houses a collection ofendangered Aldabra Giant Tortoises(pictured)?
... thatBrigadier Generals Winfield Scott andEdmund P. Gaines fought bitterly over a promotion tomajor general in the United States Regular Army thatColonel Alexander Macomb received instead?
... that when theChinese delicacyBuddha Jumps Over the Wall was introduced toSouth Korea, the name ignited a controversy in theBuddhist community?
... thatAbigail Bush, in 1848, was the first American woman to serve as president of awomen's rights convention?
... thatNymphaea leibergii is an uncommon North American dwarf waterlily whose flowers open each day and close at night?
... thatHumphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford had a father, agrandfather and ason, all with the same name?
... that, despite having a run of only 18 months, close to 1.5 millionPenny Venetian Redpostage stamps were printed inGreat Britain between 1880 and 1881?
... that theGibson Mansion, once believed to be ahaunted house, is now a historical museum with a workingblacksmith?

17:13, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatHumbug Mountain(pictured) is one of the tallestmountains inOregon to rise directly from theocean?
... that theLabour party lost control ofHartlepool council for the first time in 21 years after the2000 Hartlepool Council election?
... that theBilly Joel andRay Charles duet,"Baby Grand", was originally produced because Charles had contacted Joel over Joel naming his daughter after Charles?
... thatWilmslow Road inManchester is reputed to have the busiestbus corridor in Europe?
... that, unable to sell theradio station and facing financial difficulties,KORC inWaldport, Oregon, wentdark onApril Fool's Day 2009?
... that the perpetrator of theOrly airport attack,Varujan Garabedian, was freed and deported toArmenia in 2001, after serving 17 years in jail?
... that theKentucky Route 2014 Bridge inPineville, Kentucky, is one of only two bridges built in Kentucky by an in-state construction company?
... thatBritish motorcycle pioneerBert Greeves owned a 1912Triumph with the registration 'OLD 1'?

10:51, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatPrice's Mill(pictured) was one of the few remaining operatingwater-powered gristmills in 1970 inSouth Carolina?
... thatCharlie Crowe started an appeal to raise money for a machine to preventAlzheimer's?
... that singles fromStone Sour's self titleddebut album received twoGrammy Award nominations in consecutive years?
... that Indian musicianNiladri Kumar started learning thesitar at the age of four and gave his first live performance when he was six years old?
... that even thoughMacAdam/Cage was outbid forAudrey Niffenegger's novelThe Time Traveler's Wife, Niffenegger chose the small, independent firm because of their desire to publish the work?
... thatPolish Jesuit and missionaryJan Mikołaj Smogulecki introduced the knowledge oflogarithms toChina in the mid-17th century?
... thatTimbaland's "Apologize" featuringOneRepublic wasCanada's longest-running chart-topping single in 2007?
... thatAlberts Frères, one of the earliest film production companies in theNetherlands, filmed a stunt at aMaastricht market with adonkey and asuckling pig to promote the company?

04:02, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1867, theOregon Iron Company(furnace pictured) became the first company to smeltpig iron west of theRocky Mountains?
... thatPeter Gummer, founder ofShandwick, went toSelwyn College, Cambridge wanting to be a priest?
... that singerMatthew West's song "The Motions" was "brought to life" for him after having vocal surgery?
... thatMargitta Gummel-Helmboldt was the first woman to throw ashot put more than 19meters in theSummer Olympic Games?
... that thefilm version ofHello, Dolly usedGarrison Landing, New York, for scenes set in 1890Yonkers?
... thatTofo in southernMozambique draws foreign tourists to its beaches and population ofwhale sharks?
... that critically-acclaimed BolivianAymara painter,Alejandro Mario Yllanes, disappeared from New York after winning, but not claiming, theGuggenheim fellowship in 1946?
... that theDokos shipwreck is the oldest underwater shipwreck known toarcheologists?

10 May 2009

21:16, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatMoth Ki Masjid(pictured) was a new type ofmosque built in 1505 by Miya Bhoiya,Prime Minister duringSikander Lodi's reign in the fourth city of medievalDelhi ofDelhi Sultanate?
... that with his number one single "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)",Leon Ashley became the firstcountry music artist to write, record, release, distribute and publish his own material?
... that the suburb ofSouth Dunedin inDunedin,New Zealand, contains one of only three known preservedgasworks museums in the world?
... thatFive Tango Sensations by theKronos Quartet was the last studio recording bytango music legendÁstor Piazzolla?
... that despite playing the position ofwide receiver inAmerican college football,LaShaun Ward was the third leading rusher for theUniversity of California Golden Bears in 2001?
... thatStevie Smith's most famouspoem, "Not Waving but Drowning", describes a man whodrowns because onlookers mistake his thrashing for waving?
... thatAleksander Sulkiewicz was aMuslim Tatar who co-founded thePolish Socialist Party and probably saved the life of the future leader of Poland,Józef Piłsudski, by planning his escape from a mental hospital?
... that "The Cowboy Culture Center" is a weekly three-hour block ofcowboy poetry andwestern music onradio stationKNND inCottage Grove, Oregon?

14:43, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

... that thegrey reef shark(pictured) is the first shark species known to perform athreat display to warn offdivers who are too close?
... thatIrving Phillips's comic stripThe Strange World of Mr. Mum is cited as paving the way for later titles likeThe Far Side andBizarro?
... thatRafael Nadal is the first player to win five consecutive titles at theMonte Carlo Masters?
... thatDylan McGrath's documentaryThe Pressure Cooker was criticised byMichelin star-winningFrench restaurateurPatrick Guilbaud but has been praised byL'Ecrivain ownerDerry Clarke, a judge alongsideSammy Leslie on theAdare-producedFáilte Towers?
... that acaptain's clerk was a job, now obsolete, in theRoyal Navy for a person employed by thecaptain to keep hisrecords and correspondence, and hisaccounts for theAdmiralty to approve?
... thatNathaniel Henry Hutton was acivil engineer on routes for thePacific Railroad Surveys and a wagon road used by theButterfield Overland Mail in the years before theAmerican Civil War?
... that one of the members ofR&B girl groupRichGirl was discovered throughMySpace?

07:59, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatPiero di Cosimo's paintingThe Death of Procris(pictured) may contain allusions to the practice ofalchemy?
... thatHenrich Krummedige's 1502 murder ofKnut Alvsson ended the feud started by their fathers,Hartvig Krummedige andAlv Knutsson, as well as Knut's leadership of the rebellion againstKing Hans' rule overNorway?
... that aNew Man magazine endorsement helped convinceChuck Norris to supportMike Huckabee's presidential campaign?
... that the government ofTunisia initially believedthe explosion caused byNiser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar was accidental, until they learned he had sent a letter taking credit in the name ofal-Qaeda?
... thatOld Bethpage Village Restoration onLong Island, New York, has been preserving historic buildings as aliving museum since 1970?
... thatMerle Fainsod based his bookSmolensk under Soviet Rule onSoviet documents captured by theWehrmacht duringWorld War II?
... that the bandDead Hot Workshop got their start at aTempe club namedLong Wong's, where bands such as theGin Blossoms andThe Refreshments also performed in the1990s?
... that a former minister atHove Methodist Church,England, spoke so forcefully during sermons thatCommunion cruets would sometimes be sent crashing to the floor?

01:56, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the absence ofdark matter halos(example pictured) andelliptical galaxies with axis ratios more extreme than 3:1 is probably due to thefirehose instability?
... thatMGM Group of Companies is the masterfranchisee ofMarrybrown fast food chain for SouthernIndia?
... thatAltman Lighting Co. introduced thePAR 64 for aRolling Stones concert tour in 1966?
... thatTaiwan's first printednewspaper, theTaiwan Church News, was written inPe̍h-ōe-jī, notChinese characters?
... thatAmerican paintersRobert Feke andBenjamin West were strongly influenced by the technique and compositions of English-born painterJohn Wollaston?
... thatWoolmer Forest, a formerroyal hunting forest inHampshire, is the only site where all twelve species ofamphibians andreptiles native toEngland are found?
... that in 1978,Franklin Jacobshigh jumped 59 centimeters (23 in) above his own height, setting an indoor world record that lasted a day, and a height differential record that still stands?
... that one of many examples ofterritorial evolution of the Caribbean is thatFrance sold the Caribbean island ofSaint-Barthelemy toSweden in 1784, who in turn sold it back to France in 1878?

9 May 2009

19:48, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theBuddhist temple ofTa Som(pictured) nearAngkor,Cambodia, was built in the 12th century by theJayavarman VII to honour his fatherDharanindravarman II?
... that the largeststriped bass ever caught inCalifornia, weighing 67.5 pounds (30.6 kg), was found in theO'Neill Forebay Reservoir in August 2008?
... that theCouncil of Bourges in November 1225 has been called the "fountainhead" ofrepresentational democracy inWestern Europe?
... that theCity Hall Post Office and Courthouse inNew York City, designed by architectAlfred B. Mullett, was known as "Mullett's Monstrosity" until it was torn down in 1939?
... thatBaroness Crawley first became involved in politics while seeking funding for a youth theatre she ran?
... thatTerry Riley: Cadenza on the Night Plain is the first record to result from the long and fruitful collaboration between American composerTerry Riley and theKronos Quartet?
... that thecapture of Tunis by theOttoman Empire from theSpanish Empire in 1574 decided thatNorth Africa would be underMuslim rather thanChristian rule?
... thatShadow Hare is areal-life superhero who wears a cape and mask while fighting crime inCincinnati, Ohio?

12:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatMigettuwatte Gunananda Thera once served on the committee that designed theBuddhist flag(pictured) in 1885?
... that the song "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" by Spanish singerJulio Iglesias held the record for biggest leap to number-one in theBillboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for almost 20 years?
... that retiredNew York State Assembly Deputy SpeakerArthur Eve was an observer andnegotiator at the 1971Attica Prison riot where he entered the prison to hear inmate demands?
... that thesports field atRingstabekk,Norway, has hosted matches in theBandy World Championships?
... thatDion Boucicault introduced thecombination company to England with his first tour ofThe Colleen Bawn?
... that thepowdery mildew fungusPhyllactinia guttata has gelatinous filaments thought to help it adhere to leaves?
... thatAmerican spy Allen Dulles ran an intelligence organization from his house onHerrengasse, a street in theOld City ofBerne,Switzerland, collecting information on theNazis duringWorld War II?
... that although theLord of the Ringsfan filmThe Hunt for Gollum is completely unofficial, its creators "reached an understanding" withTolkien Enterprises?

06:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Painting of the two pilgrims, Danta and Hemamala, who brought the relic of the tooth of the Buddha from India to Sri Lanka

... that the site ofKothduwa temple is reputed to be one of the places where theBuddha's tooth was hidden when it was brought toSri Lanka(tooth smuggling pictured)?
... that theWestern Weald is to be included in the proposedSouth Downs National Park, an outcome which authorBill Bryson said would have been "a national tragedy" had it not happened?
... thatSusan Boyle's 2009 rendition of the song "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musicalLes Misérables created an upsurge in public interest that elevatedPatti LuPone's original version to #45 on theUK Singles Chart?
... thatRobert F. Hale was serving as Executive Director of theAmerican Society of Military Comptrollers when PresidentBarack Obama appointed himUnder Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)?
... thatgashing is amachining process used to rough out gears prior to final machining operations, likehobbing orshaping?
... that Jampa Tsedroen, themonastic name of GermanBuddhist nunCarola Roloff, means "loving kindness" and "lamp of life" inTibetan?
... thatradio stationKSWB inSeaside, Oregon, was originally owned byJerden Records founder Jerry Dennon and American folk groupThe Brothers Four?
... that studies withsham surgery in humans have shown that treatments with cell transplants into thebrains of patients withParkinson disease were ineffective?

8 May 2009

23:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the 1905 filmThe Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach(screenshot pictured) is one of the oldest survivingDutch fictional films?
... thatJ.T. Alley,police chief ofLubbock,Texas, vowed in 1970 to shootlooters taking advantage of his city's devastatingtornadoes?
... thatQueen Millennia was combined byHarmony Gold andCarl Macek with anotherLeiji Matsumoto series,Captain Harlock, to createCaptain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years?
... thatprofessional wrestlerAlex Koslov was the first Russian to wrestle in Arena Coliseo, 72 years after it was built?
... that during the 2008–09flu season in the United States, only14.1% of influenza tests were positive for influenza?
... thatJerzy Borejsza, in charge of thePolish communist cultural policy in theearly postwar years, was so influential that his network was called an "empire" or "state within a state"?
... that in thecomic fantasy sitcomElvenQuest, "The Chosen One" who will find the sacred Sword of Asnagar is a dog called "Amis"?
... thatSpanish murdererFrancisco Arce Montes developed an obsession with personal hygiene during his teenage years?

17:28, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatSergeantLen Siffleet was the subject of a famous photograph(pictured) depicting anexecution by the Japanese inWorld War II?
... that the 85-mile (137 km)Susquehannock Trail Systemhiking trail passes through the 30,253-acre (12,243 ha)Hammersley Wild Area, the largest area inPennsylvania without a road?
... that thefirst season ofCelebrity Bainisteoir was said to have "brought the worlds of celebrity andGAA club football crashing together", and thesecond season featuresWorking Girls andWonderwomen starKatherine Lynch andMiss Universe contenderAndrea Roche?
... that at the age of 61,Junko Akimoto is the oldest singer to have anumber one single in Japan?
... thatprofessional wrestlerChristopher Bauman first gained recognition in aladder match described as "psychotic"?
... thatWandsworth Bridge has been described as "probably the least noteworthy bridge inLondon"?
... that staff atKLYC inMcMinnville, Oregon, reported aparanormal "presence" in theradio station's previous studio building?

10:56, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theNuestra Señora de Loreto Church(pictured) inMexico City may be in danger of collapsing?
... that the world's largestmathematical experiment, designed byBrian Butterworth, found women to be faster than men atsubitizing?
... thatDunbrody Country House Hotel ownerKevin Dundon andThornton's Restaurant ownerKevin Thornton ofHeat were featured onGuerrilla Gourmet alongsideCafé Paradiso ownerDenis Cotter,The Mustard Seed ownerDan Mullane and formerMint Restaurant proprietorDylan McGrath?
... thatBoA'sBest of Soul made her the first non-Japanese Asian singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan?
... thatRichard Nixon was approached to run inCalifornia's 12th congressional district election, 1946 only after localRepublicans failed to interest GeneralGeorge Patton in the race?
... that inDragon Ball Kai the story ofDragon Ball Z will be cut down to onlyone hundred episodes?
... thatBritish Conservative Member of ParliamentSir Percy Hurd used to go round villages inWiltshire telling funny stories?

03:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theRivoli Theater(pictured) inSouth Fallsburg, New York, was used as a fruit stand in the late 1990s?
... that a major weakness of the JapaneseREDcipher arose from the desire to save money ontelegrams?
... thatRufus Wainwright's EPWaiting for a Want features guest appearances by family membersMartha Wainwright andSuzzy Roche and musiciansTeddy Thompson andJoan Wasser?
... thatRoyal Navy officerCharles Elphinstone Fleeming was once challenged to aduel by his former subordinate,Charles John Napier?
... thatMicrosoft'sChrome project was so widely criticized by web developers for failing to meet media standards that the project was cancelled before it was released?
... thatItalian Vice ConsulVito Positano saved the futureBulgarian capitalSofia from burning by theOttoman army?
... that theCorgi Motorcycle Co Ltd.'s Corgi scooter was branded the "Indian Papoose" for theUnited States market?
... that actressVenida Evans has appeared as a "muse" in a series ofIKEA television commercials which have been described as "surreal" and "creepy"?

7 May 2009

21:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatQuaker andabolitionist leaderLevi Coffin(pictured), known as the President of theUnderground Railroad, personally helped more than 2,000slaves escape their masters?
... that "Share the World/We Are!" madeK-pop boy band TVXQ the only foreign artist to have six number one singles in Japan?
... thatJohannes Gerckens Bassøe was Norway's first permanentGovernor of Svalbard?
... that Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons, co-founder of KVAS (nowKKEE) inAstoria, Oregon, created the one of thefirst cable television systems in the United States?
... that in 1979,John Phillip Santos became the firstMexican-American Rhodes Scholar?
... thatDel Rey Manga finds most of its translator talent fromanime and manga fans at conventions since fluent English speakers who know enough Japanese are preferred over native Japanese translators?
... thatHarrison Oxley was the youngest cathedralorganist in Britain when he became organist ofSt Edmundsbury Cathedral at age 24?
... thatGold Toe Brands produces more than half the men's dress socks sold in United States department stores?

14:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

... that after an engagement(pictured) initiated byHMS Cleopatra, captained bySir Robert Laurie, the largerFrench frigateVille de Milan captured her attacker, but was so badly damaged in the battle that both ships were later captured in turn byHMSLeander?
... thatR. Thamaraikani punched former Agriculture ministerVeerapandi Arumugam during a debate in theTamil Nadu state assembly in 1999?
... that the originalradio studios of the station now calledKLMG were located inCalifornia'sOld Sacramento State Historic Park?
... thatHartvig Andreas Munthe, anaide-de-camp ofKing Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, was madeColonel in theturbulent year of 1905, only to die three months later?
... that the filmBest: His Mother's Son was made in 2009 without the consent ofGeorge Best's family?
... thatHugh Stockwell rose from the rank ofMajor to that ofMajor General in fewer than five years?
... that theSouth Fallsburg, New York,Hebrew Association Synagogue has a fullsukkah in its basement?
... that the host ofThe Political Cesspool was described as "ecstatic" that the show was included on theSouthern Poverty Law Center's Hate Watch List?

07:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatSultan Ghari(pictured), built in 1231 for Prince Nasiru'd-Din Mahmud, eldest son ofIltumish, was the firstIslamic mausoleum in the "funerary landscape ofDelhi"?
... that in 1994,Joseph Takahashi and his collaborators identified thegenetic basis forcircadian rhythms inmammals?
... thatHarriman Historic District inBristol, Pennsylvania, originally built to house workers of theMerchant Shipbuilding Corporation, was the largest single housing project undertaken by theEFC inWorld War I?
... thatWes Schulmerich turned down an offer to play football forKnute Rockne atNotre Dame, later becoming aMajor League Baseball player?
... thatSouth Africa'sTake a Girl Child to Work Day started in 2003 to fightgender inequality in theworkforce?
... thatRigoberto Torres and John Ahearn collaborated on theSouth Bronx Hall of Fame, monuments of ordinary people, as a response to the practice of enshrining public figures?
... that theLipka Rebellion of 1672 was the only time that theMuslim Lipka Tatars mutinied against thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that an earlyWashington National Opera, unrelated to its modern namesake, presentedBidu Sayão in her 1936 U.S.operatic debut withorgan, notorchestra, accompaniment owing to a financial dispute?

6 May 2009

23:17, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1907, themedieval Great Hall ofLytes Carymanor house(pictured) was being used as acider store?
... thatAlice Allison Dunnigan became the firstAfrican-American journalist to accompany aU.S. president while traveling?
... thatSalbit, thought to have been the site of the biblical Shaalabbin, was depopulated during the1948 Arab–Israeli War?
... thatAnn-Kristin Olsen was the first femalechief of police inNorway as well as the first femaleGovernor of Svalbard?
... that theLake Chelan wine region petition was delayed because of a hold on allAVA approvals due to theNapa Valley sub-AVA controversy?
... thatV. Ramaswami was the first Justice of theSupreme Court of India to face impeachment proceedings in independentIndia?
... that thecotton presses nearLatta, South Carolina andTarboro, North Carolina, areantebellum, animal-powered, handmade wooden presses?
... that in a 1997 Alaskan expedition, pathologistJohan Hultin retrieved samples of the1918 influenza virus from the lungs of flu victims preserved bypermafrost?

17:03, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatSan Ildefonso College(pictured) inMexico City is considered the birthplace ofMexican muralism?
... thatGovernor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura had his formerwrestling tag team partnerStephen Cepello paint his official portraits?
... that the bookYellow Star is based on the true story of one of twelve children who survived theLodz Ghetto?
... thatIda Henrietta Hyde was the first woman to receive aPh.D. at theUniversity of Heidelberg?
... thatCothelstone Manor was largely destroyed during theEnglish Civil War and rebuilt 200 years later?
... thatDerek and Alex King changed their defense twice in the course of prosecution for the murder of their father?
... that the encyclicalDemandatam was issued in 1743 to ordain the full preservation of theByzantine Rite in theMelkite Catholic Church?
... thatBarbara McGuire invented the "Duo-Stamp," a two-sidedrubber stamp that is popular with the stamping community?

09:26, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theblacktip shark(pictured) canreproduce asexually?
... thatThomas Henry Barry wasSuperintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1910 to 1912?
... that in his firstTV series,Crusader (CBS, 1955–1956),Brian Keith portrayed fictionaljournalist Matt Anders, who during theCold War liberates oppressed people fromcommunism?
... that the medieval bishopJulian of Cuenca raised money for himself and the poor by making and selling baskets?
... that after adam created areservoir for theDelaware and Hudson Canal during the 19th century, it was later namedSilver Lake and became an attraction for guests at the summer resorts nearWoodridge, New York?
... thatFernanda Nissen was one of the two first film censors in Norway?
... thatcharitable initiatives championed bycurrent First Spouses of the United States have includedblankets for thehomeless anddevelopment assistance inRwanda?
... that the application of aspray-on condom was based on the logistics of a drive-throughcar wash?

02:49, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatenvironmentalists andranchers worked with theBureau of Land Management to restoreriparian areas in theTrout Creek Mountains(pictured) of southeasternOregon?
... that after being sentenced to a 14-year deportation in 1845,NorwegianKnud Bull became a pioneer inAustralian landscape painting?
... that whenarchitect Frank Lloyd Wright designed hisAmerican System-Built Homes, he produced over 900working drawings, which was more than he made for any other project?
... thatFatma Aliye Topuz, whose portrait illustrates the reverse of the current 50Turkish lira banknote, is credited as the first femaleTurkish andMuslim writer?
... that theCaricature Museum ofMexico City has featured cartoons and sketches byFrida Kahlo andJose Clemente Orozco?
... thatactor Jeff Bridges credits his mother,Dorothy Bridges, with passing down lessons she learned from acclaimedacting teacherMichael Chekhov to her children?
... that thelibrary system of theUniversity of Toronto is the fourth-largestacademic library inNorth America?
... thatWard Van Orman was denied the 1925Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning for landing his balloon not on land, but on the deck of a ship?

5 May 2009

20:42, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

... that several types ofTurkish carpets are now named afterRenaissance artists who depicted them in paintings(example pictured)?
... thatJohannes Sejersted Bødtker, Finland'sHonorary Consul to Oslo, was held almost three years in a concentration camp duringWorld War II?
... that thetugboat that towed log rafts acrossUpper Klamath Lake to the Algoma lumber mill inAlgoma, Oregon, is now on display in theCollier Memorial State Park logging museum?
... thatSamuel D. McDearmon played a critical role in developing the village ofAppomattox Court House, whereRobert E. Lee surrendered toUlysses S. Grant?
... that based on the documents in theLiber instrumentorum memorialium the twelfth-century population ofMontpellier and its environs has been estimated at 9,000 people?
... thatAmalia Mesa-Bains, a Ph.D. psychologist, was awarded aMacArthur Fellowship for her artwork?
... that theGalapagos shark is often the most abundant shark around oceanic islands?
... that althoughprofessional wrestlerMax Bauer won the 2008Toxic Waltz tournament, it was not counted because he competed under amask?

13:48, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

... that in the case ofEx parte Milligan, the convictions ofLambdin P. Milligan(pictured),Harrison H. Dodd andWilliam A. Bowles were thrown out?
... that the town ofShenkeng is popularly known inTaiwan as the "Tofu Capital"?
... that in 1897, aTexas farmer discovered aUFO landed on his property: anairship operated byUnited States Army engineerSamuel Escue Tillman and inventorAmos Dolbear?
... that when theRogue River erodedandesitic lava in theRogue Valley, it created theUpper and Lower Table Rock geologic formations?
... thatFrye's Measure Mill is the only remaining water-powered measure mill in the United States after some 150 years of operations?
... that whenRichard Peek ofLoddiswell becameSheriff of London, he paid for a missionary to visit the prisoners atNewgate Prison?
... thatJohn Ruskin hadwallpaper made for hisstudy atBrantwood based on the design of a tablecloth in a painting of 1499 byMarco Marziale?
... that the fictitious newspaper article written by the journalist in theParks and Recreation episode "The Reporter" was featured as aPDF file on the officialNBC website?

07:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the definition ofmonumental sculpture(example pictured) may vary depending on the period being discussed?
... thatRufus Wainwright's secondstudio albumPoses features a song originally written by his father,Loudon Wainwright III?
... thatSt Joseph's Church, aRoman Catholic church inBrighton, England, was not officiallydedicated until 100 years after building work started because a debt had not been settled?
... thatThe Grove at Ole Miss was called "the mother and mistress of outdoor ritual mayhem" for its legendary football game daytailgating byThe New York Times?
... thatPacnews stoppedreporting onFijian news rather than submit togovernment censorship in the wake of the2009 Fijian constitutional crisis?
... that thealfalfa grown on theWendelin Grimm Farmstead inCarver County, Minnesota, became the source of varieties of alfalfa grown on 25,000,000 acres (10,000,000 ha) of theUnited States?
... that theHallein Salt Mine is known for its long wooden slides for miners and tourists to descend into the mine?
... that althoughprofessional wrestlerB-Boy lost aLoser Leaves Town match toNate Webb inCombat Zone Wrestling in August 2005, he returned to the promotion the next month?

01:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatJohn Roach(pictured) rose from humble origins to establishAmerica's largestpostbellum shipbuilding empire,John Roach & Sons, which included theEtna Iron Works, theMorgan Iron Works, and the formerReaney shipyard, renamed theDelaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works?
... that the "Devil's Cigar" is amushroom found only inTexas andJapan?
... that amongFrench handball playerValérie Nicolas´ triumphs are victories at theWorld Championship,Champions League,EHF Cup,Cup Winners' Cup, and both French and Danish national championships?
... that an 1830s newspaper article inFreedom's Journal in favor of thefree produce movement determined that thesugar consumption of 25 people required the toil of oneslave?
... that Britishflight instructorValentine Baker taught such noted pupils asEdward, Prince of Wales,Amy Johnson, andLord Londonderry of theAir Ministry?
... thatJohanson-Blizzard syndrome, arecessive congenital disorder, can cause abnormal development of thepancreas,nose andscalp, withmental retardation,hearing loss andgrowth failure?
... that in April 2009,Lim Hwee Hua became the first woman to be appointed a full Minister inSingapore'sCabinet?
... that theRoyal Navy acceptedGay Viking andGay Corsair into their service during theSecond World War, with another 12 Gay class fast patrol boats joining in the 1950s?

4 May 2009

19:01, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatWilliam H. Lewis(pictured) became the firstAfrican-American college football player in 1888 and the first African-American to serve asU.S. Assistant Attorney General in 1911?
... that theConservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association stymiedanti-suffragists by denying them widespreadConservative Party support?
... that whenHenrik Ibsen's playBrand was first staged inNorway, 38 years after it was published,Egil Eide played the title role?
... thatKi-a-Kuts Falls inOregon were named after the last chief of theAtfalati band of Native Americans?
... that in 1950 former record-settingballoonistThomas G. W. Settle was assigned to perform anuclear test in theAleutian islands?
... that the first series of Britishradio stand-up comedy showMark Steel's in Town was recorded inSkipton,Boston,Lewes,Walsall,Merthyr Tydfil and theIsle of Portland?
... thatDon Featherstone created over 750 plastic animals, but is most famous for theplastic flamingo?
... thatfluffy bums suck onpassion vine juice?

10:54, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the crucified figure inFrancisco Zurbarán's 1628 paintingSaint Serapion(pictured) was based on a Mercedarianfriar who fought and wasmartyred during theThird Crusade of 1196?
... thatFrank Grouard, a famous scout during theIndian Wars, was believed by many to be anAmerican Indian but actually came from theSociety Islands in theSouth Pacific?
... that individualsmalltooth sand tigers have been documented returning to the same location offLebanon every summer?
... thatJulian Myrick, aninsurance businessman, was inducted in theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame for his promotion and administration of the sport in the United States?
... that on 28 February 1828, dozens of people died whenThe Emma was launched on theRiver Irwell inManchester?
... that theCzech actorBolek Polívka was involved in one of the oddestlegal disputes in the history of theCzech Republic?
... that according to herautobiographySingin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, Marguerite Johnson changed her name toMaya Angelou because it sounded more exotic?
... thatvolcanoes in thePuyehue Volcano complex may have produced some of the most primitivemagmas in theAndes?

03:34, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

... that thefungusHemileia vastatrix(pictured) which plagued the coffee industry inCeylon from 1869 contributed to the growth ofcommercial tea production?
... thatStudioteatret was started inOslo by actors and students, includingJens Bolling,Liv Strømsted andArne Thomas Olsen, who had secretly studiedStanislavski's theatre theories duringWorld War II?
... thatseason 8 ofLaw & Order: Criminal Intent premiered April 2009 after a five-month delay, reportedly because the episodes withJeff Goldblum were so "terrible" the production crew had to be changed?
... thatArchie Roe, who scoredSouth Shields F.C.'s first ever goal inThe Football League, was then signed by the team he had scored it against?
... that a 2.5 milliondollar climate change project inBasedth District,Cambodia, aims to improve water supply and increase rice production?
... that MajorCaleb Huse purchased the majority of imported weapons used by theConfederate Army during theAmerican Civil War?
... that theKangchu system was instrumental in drivingJohor's economy during the 19th century?
... thatArizona Territorial GovernorAlexander Oswald Brodie pardonedPearl Hart under the condition the stagecoach robber left the territory?

3 May 2009

21:14, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

... that thePanzer Battle Badge(pictured) was designed byWilhelm Ernst Peekhaus, a designer of five otherWehrmacht badges?
... that a rare,iridescent purplepearl worth thousands ofU.S. dollars was found in a plate ofsteamed clams at aFlorida restaurant?
... thatGerhard Munthe, a painter, illustrator andchair of theNational Gallery of Norway, lost his wife to explorerFridtjof Nansen?
... that thePersian embassy to Europe in 1599–1602 aimed at establishing aChristian–Persian alliance against theOttoman Empire?
... thatPatrick Murphy Malin was expected to become head of the family bank, but instead served as executive director of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union?
... that patients with thecongenital vascular malformationdouble aortic arch have twoaortic arches, instead of one, which form avascular ring that can compress thetrachea?
... that theIndian Fields Methodist Campground inSouth Carolina has been used forcamp meetings and religious gatherings for over 160 years?
... that the erotic-philosophical filmI + People = ? was created byLeonid Konovalov, ahomeless Russian who has not showered in 19 years?

15:50, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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... thatSouth Korean boy band TVXQ(pictured) became the first foreign artist to have four number-one singles on theJapanese single charts?
... thatLeonard T. "Max" Schroeder Jr. was the first American soldier toland in Normandy from an assault boat onD-Day inWorld War II?
... that more than a quarter offreshwater fishes that have been discovered inrivers and streams of southwesternSri Lanka areendemic?
... that theNorwegian novelist and editor ofVinduet,Henrik Langeland, wrote adoctoral thesis onMarcel Proust?
... that theDepartment of Central Eurasian Studies atIndiana University began as a specializedU.S. Army training program during theSecond World War?
... thatal-Batani al-Sharqi, a depopulatedPalestinian village nearGaza, was originally founded as a ranch by theUmayyad caliphMuawiyah I in the 8th century?
... thatJames D. Hutton was a pioneerphotographer of the northernRockies who betrayed the plans for the Federal defense ofAlexandria, Virginia, to theConfederacy early in theAmerican Civil War?
... that the 1957–1958CBS sitcomDick and the Duchess was one of the fewAmerican television series filmed inEngland?

08:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

... that 14-year-oldRaymond Steed(pictured) was the youngest person in the British services to die in battle during theSecond World War, when his shipSSEmpire Morn was damaged by amine?
... that the2009 World Wrestling Entertainment Draft featured seven selections that affected seven of the company's nine championships?
... that before becoming director general of theNorwegian State Railways in 1924,Eivind Heiberg was the director of the manufacturing companySkabo Jernbanevognfabrikk?
... thatQueen Latifah's rendition of "I'll Be Seeing You" from theBroadway musicalRight This Way during the81st Academy Awards In Memoriam tribute was the annual tribute's firstvocal accompaniment?
... thatJan Konopka was aPolish cavalry commander in theNapoleonic period, a general, a Baron of theFrench Empire, and was decorated with theLégion d'honneur?
... that "Broke", afifth season episode ofThe Office, was directed by lead actorSteve Carell himself?
... thatHamby Park inHillsboro, Oregon, is named after the owner of aChevrolet car dealership?
... that theDragon Goby, which looks like a tiny dragon, is actually an almost blind and totally harmless fish?

02:02, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theBoeng Tonle Chhmarwildlife sanctuary inCambodia is home to many rare, vulnerable and endangered species including theBrahminy Kite(pictured)?
... that althoughLeo Wolman was once director of research for theAmalgamated Clothing Workers Union, his criticisms ofunions led directly to the passage of theTaft-Hartley Act in 1947?
... that the extremeluminosity observed forsupernova2005gj could be explained by the incidence of aquark nova?
... that afterprofessional wrestler "the New Horror"Sami Callihan won theCZW Iron Man Championship, he renamed it the "CZW New Horror Championship"?
... thatGeorge Habash, founder of thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a survivor of theLydda Death March of July 1948?
... thatNBC network executivePerry Lafferty produced the 1985television movieAn Early Frost, one of the first dramatic films to deal with the subject ofHIV /AIDS?
... that the first chapter ofHamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari, an eleventh-century Japanese tale, no longer exists?
... thatDavid Shaw, who won the 1991Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for coverage of theMcMartin preschool trial, got his first writing job at age 16 filling in at a motorcycle race for an absent reporter?

2 May 2009

19:47, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

... that theCQC-6 knife(pictured) byErnest Emerson was first developed for aUS Navy SEAL Team, and went on to popularize the concept of the "tactical folding knife"?
... that theAnyangcheon, a river inGyeonggi Province andSeoul City ofSouth Korea, is home to a variety ofwildlife such asgoldfish,Grey Heron andNorthern Shoveler?
... that the day theParks and Recreation episode "Canvassing" aired onNBC, it captured almost one million viewers more than its directABC time-slot competitor,Samantha Who?
... thatJohn Henry Turpin, who survived the catastrophic explosions ofUSS Maine in 1898 andUSS Bennington in 1905, was one of the firstAfrican American Chief Petty Officers of theUnited States Navy?
... thatBobby Cowell only played for one professional club during his entirefootball career (Newcastle United)?
... that the ending of theSouth Park episode "Fatbeard" mirrors the resolution of thehijacking of theMaersk Alabama bySomalian pirates?
... that the linguistic works ofDaniel Gravius are used by modern scholars to shed light on the society of the 17th-centurySiraya people ofTaiwan?
... that over 100 countries are represented and almost 170 languages are spoken in theethnic enclaves of New York City?

13:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatZen master Línjì Yìxuán(pictured) once jumped up, grabbed a monk, shouted at him, and then called him a "shit stick" in an episode ofDharma combat?
... that AmericanjournalistPhelan Beale, Jr. was a son ofEdith Ewing Bouvier Beale and a brother ofEdith Bouvier Beale, whose lives were highlighted in the documentaryGrey Gardens?
... that theFoothill Yellow-legged Frog secretes ananti-fungal protein from its skin to preventinfections by variousfungi such asBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis?
... that during theFirst Great Migration, the majority ofShubuta, Mississippi, moved toAlbany, New York, with some recreating a religious rural community inRapp Road Community Historic District?
... thatprotected areas of Sri Lanka such asSinharaja Forest Reserve account for 26.5 percent of the total area ofSri Lanka?
... thatAnshei Glen Wild Synagogue inGlen Wild, New York, is so small it has never had its ownrabbi?
... that Norwegian politicianLars T. Platou was anelectrical engineer andfarmer by occupation?
... that the termmaverick, referring to an animal without abrand, came fromTexas land baron Samuel Maverick who was notorious for not branding his cattle?

06:41, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

... that having observed thefour sights as a young prince,Gautama Buddha(statue pictured) realized the sufferings in life and started anascetic life against his father's wish?
... thatGerontion is a poem byT. S. Eliot that was first published in 1920 which relates the opinions and impressions of a gerontic, or elderly man?
... thatBrian McMenamin graduated with a degree inpolitical science, but is co-owner of theMcMenamins chain ofbrewpubs?
... thatThe Magnet was the first film to giveJames Fox a starring role, at the age of 11?
... thatJulie Wainwright wasCEO of one ofthe shortest-lived public companies on record?
... that inBreaking the Spell, the author discusses how she helped plan anassassination plot against aU.S. Attorney while atBhagwan Shree Rajneesh'scommune inRajneeshpuram,Oregon?
... thatJosé Sabogal was "the most renowned early supporter" of the artistic indigenist movement ofPeru?
... thatopenly gay actorJohn Barrowman was one of the final candidates for the role of the gay characterWill in thepilot episode ofWill & Grace, but lost to heterosexualEric McCormack for not being "gay enough"?

00:48, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

... thatThe Wall Street Journal purchased computers belonging toal-Qaeda leaders found in the rubble ofMohammed Atef's(pictured) house?
... thatPoricy Park inNew Jersey is known for allowing limited collecting at itsCretaceous-erafossil shell beds?
... that director/screenwriterKang Dae-ha fromJeju Island,South Korea, directed films related toKorean shamanism?
... thatDisappearing Model, abody painting in which a model is painted so that she is indistinguishable from her background, isJoanne Gair's most famous work and was displayed onRipley's Believe It or Not!?
... that althoughDarius Danesh did not win thefirst series ofPop Idol, he still achieved a number-one single with "Colourblind"?
... that theAustralian Army's 1965–6secret incursions intoIndonesia duringAustralia's involvement in the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation were not officially acknowledged until 1996?
... that thenConservative party leaderWilliam Hague and formerEastenders actorMichael Cashman campaigned for the1999 Lichfield Council election?
... that afterDaniel Shanks andJohn Wrench calculatedpi to 100,000 decimal digits, a bound, gold-inscribed printout of the digits was presented to theSmithsonian Institution?

1 May 2009

19:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

... that anair well(pictured) collects water by promoting thecondensation of moisture from air?
... thatWilco'supcoming studio album is expected to feature a duet withCanadian singerFeist?
... thatIslam and Protestantism have an early history of mutual support againstCatholicism, and share some common attitudes to faith, such astextual criticism andiconoclasm?
... thatJohnny Madison Williams Jr., one of the most successfulbank robbers in American history, was nicknamed "The Shootist" by theFBI because of hismodus operandi of firing into the air at the beginning of each heist?
... that theKyshtym disaster was a serious nuclear accident in1957, which resulted in permanent evacuation of about 10,000 people?
... thatBenjamin Edwards, who expanded the privately-heldA. G. Edwards into the largest U.S. brokerage firm headquartered outside ofNew York City, owned the world's largest collection ofImari porcelain?
... that both members ofDuo Crommelynck, a noted classical piano duo, committedsuicide in 1994, the only known such case inclassical music history?
... that children in the high-altitudegold mining town ofKimberly, Utah, attended school from April through November to avoid the deep snows of winter?

12:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

... that Captain (later Rear Admiral)Otto Becher(pictured) was awarded both theDistinguished Service Order and United StatesLegion of Merit as commander ofHMASWarramunga during theKorean War?
... that the 1956 filmLovers and Lollipops, by indie filmmakerMorris Engel, was noted for its realism and New York City locations, and influenced theFrench New Wave?
... that although thesteam-poweredSS Clan Alpine had a maximum forwards speed of 10.5knots (19.4 km/h), on her final journey she went backwards at 35 knots (65 km/h)?
... thatJoey Hamilton held five baseball records atGeorgia Southern University until 1995?
... that in 2008, theTriumph Bonneville America was updated withelectronic fuel injection to meetEuropean legislation and had the fuel injectors concealed by dummycarburettors?
... that a 1.5 million dollar land concession project inSameakki Mean Chey District,Cambodia, will provide land to 732 of the poorest farming families?
... that theKröd Mändoon episode "Our Bounties Ourselves" included an almost verbatim parody ofGeorge W. Bush's famous "Fool me once" speech gaffe?

06:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the history of theunderwire bra(patent pictured) dates back to 1893 when Marie Tucek patented a "breast supporter" that used a metal or cardboard support under the breasts?
... thatKevin Walton andRichard Butson were the first to climb severalAntarctic peaks, with both of them going on to receive theAlbert Medal for heroism and thePolar Medal?
... thatFestival Republic has replacedAiken Promotions as co-organiser ofStradbally Hall's boutiqueElectric Picnic arts-and-music festival in2009?
... thatObadiah Rich was a diplomat andbibliographer specializing inLatin American works whose younger brotherWilliam Rich was abotanist with theUnited States Exploring Expedition of 1838–42?
... that theFederal Works Agency funded and supervised the construction of housing, public health facilities, and schools for communities impacted by fast-growing defense industries duringWorld War II?
... that architectGeorg Andreas Bull designed about sixty railway stations, including the Krøderen Station from 1872?
... that thebutterflyfish speciesForcipiger longirostris has the longestHawaiian name for any fish:lauwiliwilinukunukuʻoiʻoi?
... thatOhave Shalom Synagogue was founded when the members of the existing synagogue inWoodridge, New York, had a dispute over who would be the community'sritual slaughterer of animals?

00:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

... that the tiny commune ofLa Porta, with only 196 inhabitants (1999 census), has the most famousBaroque church and belltower(pictured) inCorsica?
... that theWelbike was the smallestmotorcycle ever used by the British Armed Forces?
... thatBaton Rouge attorneyDan Claitor was elected in 2009 to theLouisiana State Senate despite his fellowRepublican,Governor Bobby Jindal endorsing his opponent?
... that the problem ofdeforestation in Costa Rica in the 1980s and early 1990s was referenced inMichael Crichton's1990 novel,Jurassic Park?
... that, although professional wrestlersKurt and Karl Von Steiger won theAWA World Tag Team Championship, their title reign is not recognized because the previous champions were not authorized to lose the title?
... that the 64-pillared 17th centurymarble monumentChausath Khamba is a tomb for Mirz Aziz Koka?
... thatJeffrey Zients, the newUnited States Chief Performance Officer, was in a club that tried to buy theWashington Nationals baseball team?
... thatSofmap, a Japanese retailer, released acollector's box ofIzuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns that mirrors the design of eroticeroge games?

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