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30 April 2010

16:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

... that two ofKarnataka's architectural monuments,Pattadakal(pictured) andHampi, areUNESCO World Heritage sites?
... that inCambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc,Lord Goff suggested thatRylands v Fletcher was not an independenttort, but instead part ofnuisance?
... that Master Joseph Thomas played a leadership role in twosingle ship actions, the first in 1803 in the hiredcutterPrincess Augusta and the second in 1810 in the hired cutterQueen Charlotte?
... thatTier rang gewaltig mit Tier ("Beast Strove Mightily with Beast") byAnton Schnack has been described as the best single collection produced by a Germanwar poet of theFirst World War?
... thatFily Dabo Sissoko, who was briefly the French Under Secretary of State for Industry and Commerce, died in jail inMali?
... thatMusa Demi was part of the group that opened the firstAlbanian-language school ofFiliates?
... that Canada won the first Paralympic gold medal inwheelchair curling at the 2006 Games?
... that three-timeARCA championTim Steele was the series' first driver to earn over$1 million in his career?

08:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatFlying OfficerLes Clisby(pictured),Australia's firstfighter ace ofWorld War II, once landed beside a German bomber he had forced down and captured the crew at gunpoint?
... thatArizona SB1070, the state's new immigration enforcement law, has attracted national attention as the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure in decades within theUnited States?
... that the miners' union leaderÓscar Salas Moya was a candidate for vice-president ofBolivia in 1985?
... thatMacy's opened its firstcloseout store atWheatfield, New York'sSummit Park Mall in 1992?
... that earlierthis season,Katey Stone of theHarvard Crimson became the winningest coach in the history ofNCAA Division I women's ice hockey?
... that in 2007French actress and comedienneMimie Mathy was selected the fifth most popular French celebrity by the weeklyLe Journal du Dimanche?
... that cricketerJulie Hunter sawAustralia to victory from the last ball of the match in her firstODI innings?
... that in 2000–04, excavations inUppåkra,Scania, revealed that aheathen hof was located there for several hundred years?

00:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theLiberation of Saint Peter(pictured) has been described as a recapitulation of theresurrection of Jesus?
... thatTom Killin, aParalympic silver medalist inwheelchair fencing in 1980, also won a silver medal inwheelchair curling forGreat Britain at the 2006 Winter Paralympics?
... thatGrant Park Symphony Orchestra began a tradition ofIndependence Day Eve concerts inGrant Park accompanied byfireworks when thePetrillo Music Shell was relocated in 1978?
... thatLectionary 216 was used bySwainson, English theologian, for his treatise on theGreek Liturgies?
... that a British soldier is commemorated in theWest Haven Green Historic District for his actions during the British invasion ofWest Haven, Connecticut, in theAmerican Revolutionary War?
... that theRustock botnet was capable of sending30 billionspam messages every day, utilizing around 150,000 computers infected with atrojan horse?
... thatChris Cameron won the individual all-around title and led theMichigan Wolverines to the team title at the 2010NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship?
... that intense heat from WWII bombing interfered with aceramic dating assay?

29 April 2010

16:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the demonKabandha(pictured), from theHindu epicRamayana, is described to be as big as a mountain, headless, and with arms eight miles long?
... thatquarterbackWalter Kennedy's amateur status became a national media story in 1898 after his mother said he was receiving $500 a year to play football at theUniversity of Chicago?
... that theChurch of the Acheiropoietos, aUNESCO World Heritage Site inThessaloniki, was the firstChristian church to be converted into amosque after theOttoman conquest of the Greek city in 1430?
... thatErin Osborne led thewicket-taking in her maidenWomen's National Cricket League season?
... that inF. Sionil José's novelSherds, thepottery clay used by theaesthete symbolizes the oppression of villagers?
... that psychologist and physiologistHenri-Étienne Beaunis published novels under the pseudonym "Paul Abaur"?
... that the1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game to pass without an extra-base hit?
... thatEighty Mile Beach inWestern Australia is 140 miles (230 km) long?

08:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatschools ofcopper sharks(pictured) follow thesardine run offSouth Africa every winter?
... thatprofessional wrestling promoterEddie Quinn is credited with making wrestling more popular inQuebec than any other sport except hockey?
... that social reformerIsabella Ford was the first woman to speak at a conference of theLabour Representation Committee (which went on to form the BritishLabour Party)?
... that in addition to being the captain of the 1904University of Chicago football team,Fred Speik was a member of Chicago'swater polo andtrack and field teams?
... that theLate Triassic archosauromorphUatchitodon is the earliest knownvenomous reptile?
... that cricketerShelley Nitschke started her career forAustralia as a specialist bowler but went on to score aOne Day International century as anopener?
... that aNative American mound inNewtown, Ohio, was spared destruction because of its location in acemetery?
... that despite being supported bytanks, Italian troops were completely routed during theBattle of Gjorm byAlbanian Resistance units?

00:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the termmountain devil refers both toLambertia formosa(pictured) with its devil-head fruits, as well as the lizardMoloch horridus?
... that former State SenatorO.H. "Ike" Harris was honored in 2009 by thehorse racing industry for his work in legalizingparimutuel betting inTexas?
... that theArmley asbestos disaster involved thecontamination of about 1,000 houses inWest Yorkshire, England, withasbestos dust?
... thatYurii Lomonosov constructed the first operationally successful mainlinediesel locomotive?
... that for thesecond season ofSurvive This, aCanadian reality TV show, participants were selected for the show based on their strong personalities and required to take a three-daysurvival course?
... that theBuffalo Braves first made theNBA playoffs during their1973–74 season?
... that during the construction ofLake Seminole in 1948,archaeologists discovered the site of San Carlos de los Chacatos, aSpanish mission thatColonel James Moore had sacked duringQueen Anne's War?
... thatNicolay Nicolaysen Sontum supplemented his career as an engineer and contractor with speculating in waterfalls?

28 April 2010

16:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatSouth Beacon Mountain, the highest point in theFishkill Creek(pictured)drainage basin, is located just above itsestuary?
... thatU-450 went on three war patrols, but did not sink any ships?
... thatauthor andsocial workerElla Mae Johnson attended theinauguration of Barack Obama at the age of 105?
... that thePopular Independent Movement ofLuxembourg was a single-issue political party that represented formerWehrmacht conscripts?
... thatAlex Blackwell captained theAustralian women's cricket team to eight consecutiveODI wins overNew Zealand?
... thatEastern Bank is the largest independent,mutually owned bank inNew England, and the largest community bank inMassachusetts?
... thatMontage of a Dream Deferred was described by its author,Langston Hughes, as a cross between ajam session and a popular song?
... thatWestcott railway station was a part of theLondon Underground, despite being more than 40 miles from centralLondon?

08:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatRachael Haynes(pictured) narrowly missed acentury on herTest cricket debut forAustralia, scoring only 98?
... thatfashion designerElspeth Gibson's clients have includedMadonna,Cate Blanchett andQueen Rania of Jordan?
... that in 1844,Carl Claus discoveredruthenium and named it after theolden Russia?
... thatDebra Lehrmann won theRepublican nomination for theTexas Supreme Court in the only contested statewide race on the April 13, 2010,runoff ballot?
... that theKii andNumber 13class battleships were to be part of Japan'seight-eight fleet?
... thatKarl-Otto Kiepenheuer founded an institute to exploresolar energy, today known as theKiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics?
... that writerJohn Irving and the main character in his novelLast Night in Twisted River were "Kennedy fathers"?
... thatChesterfield centre-forwardWalter Ponting was deprived of an apparently certain goal when the ball deflated and failed to cross the line?

00:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatVerdi is said to have referred to theSalle Ventadour(pictured) as his favorite opera house inParis?
... thatConnie Yori, the currentNebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball head coach, is the inaugural winner of theKay Yow Award?
... thatquadricyclane was proposed as a substance to storesolar energy?
... that in the early 1900s, logging inTexas' forests was so successful that the state had become the third leading lumber producer in the U.S.?
... that theCaprivi treason trial is the largest and longest trial inNamibian history?
... that the albumLifeTimes composed by the daughter ofScientology founderL. Ron Hubbard includes contributions fromChick Corea andStanley Clarke?
... that thesemaphore crab is the most abundantcrab species inmangroves onAustralia's east coast?
... that EnglishfootballerBrian Punter did not receive his 1953FA Youth Cup runners-up medal until some 56 years later?

27 April 2010

16:00, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatHangleton Manor(pictured), the oldest secular building inHove, England, has a curseddovecote reputedly haunted by ghost pigeons?
... thatSarah Andrews isAustralia's ninth-leading wicket-taker inWomen's One Day International cricket?
... thatBurgess Hill,Hadlow Down,Hastings,Newick,Pell Green,Rye,Shover's Green andSouthover inSussex each have aGrade II-listed formerBaptist chapel which has been converted to residential use?
... that over half the population of the rare wildflowerBanksia scabrella are found onroad verges?
... thatCameronia was the firstBritish ship to arrive atNew York after the start of theSecond World War?
... thatInger Alver Gløersen, born in 1892, made her literary début in 1954?
... that following the establishment of theBhutan Olympic Committee in 1983,Bhutan participated for the first time in the1984 Summer Olympics but only with sixarchers?
... thatSilly Bandz, popularsilicone bracelets that spring into a shape when taken off, have been banned in classrooms for being too distracting?

08:00, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

... that cricketerRene Farrell(pictured) made her debut forAustralia after only five matches forher state?
... thatD'Jamin Bartlett won the 1974Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Performer?
... that the only non-industrialprivate railways of Norway never to be nationalized were theHolmestrand–Vittingfoss,Lier,Lillesand–Flaksvand,Nesttun–Os andTønsberg–Eidsfoss lines?
... that from his studies of theionosphere duringWorld War II,Walter Dieminger forecasted optimalshortwave communication for the military and police?
... that the suicide weapon inJ.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" was anOrtgies 7.65 mm Semi-Automatic Pistol?
... thatStevie Brown led the2007 Michigan Wolverines football team'sspecial teams with 11tackles?
... that the satirical videoGap Yah, describing the experiences of fictionalrah Orlando during hisgap year, became a viral hit with around 50,000 unique views a day?
... thatEmpire Cloud wastorpedoed on both hermaiden and final voyages?

00:00, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1908, German apothecaryJulius Neubronner(pictured) received a patent for hispigeon photographer method ofaerial photography?
... that theRavi River was known asParuṣṇī orIrāvatī toIndians in theVedic period and asHydraotes to theAncient Greeks?
... thatArmy All-AmericanHenry Torney, who later became a millionaire, was arrested at a 1910Shirtwaist Strikers protest that led theNew York Mayor to rebuke the "police dictators"?
... that theArchimedes screw inDe Groene Molen,Joure, is now driven by a 6 horsepower (4.5 kW)Lister diesel engine?
... thatDoctor Who executive producerSteven Moffat warned actorMatt Smith not to visit fan forums such asGallifrey Base?
... thatNexhip Draga, a formerOttomankaymakam, played an important role in the Albanian uprising of 1912?
... that Tara Bethan, finalist in the BBC One TV showI'd Do Anything, was the daughter of "El Bandito"?
... that ageological fault andcoal mining caused the spire ofSt Catharine's Church, Scholes to lean and twist?

26 April 2010

16:00, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatRAAF fighter pilotBrian Eaton(pictured) was shot down three times in ten days in 1943, but went on to become his squadron's commanding officer and eventually retire as anAir Vice Marshal?
... that theTutt Brothers were early 20th century Americanvaudeville producers who created over 40revues forblack audiences?
... that thePalestinian village ofSheikh Bureik was named for a localMuslim saint to whose shrine women seeking remedies for infertility would bring presents?
... that in a 16-year career, EnglishfootballerBob Hutchinson played for 14 different clubs?
... that start-upconservative cable TV networkRightNetwork featuresFrasier starKelsey Grammer and new-media starAndrew Breitbart, and is being funded byPhiladelphia Flyers ownerEd Snider?
... thatEdvard Munch lived at bothOlaf Ryes plass andSchous plass, two neighboring squares inOslo, during the 1880s?
... that theStar and Garter Hotel inRichmond was the venue for a dinner hosted byCharles Dickens in 1850 to celebrate the publication of his novelDavid Copperfield?
... that members of theWomen's Timber Corps were known as Lumber Jills?

08:00, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theEarly Permian microsaurRhynchonkos(pictured) shares many similarities withEocaecilia, and may be an ancestor ofcaecilians?
... thatGeorge Will acquired 11press passes that offered special locker-room privileges inMajor League Baseball stadiums while doing research for his book,Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball?
... that when theÅlgård Line opened in 1924, it was the laststate-owned railway inNorway to be built withnarrow gauge?
... thatSt Martin's Church, Brampton, was the only church designed by thePre-Raphaelite architectPhilip Webb?
... thatDaniel Trenton was head coach for theAustralian Olympictaekwondo team in 2008?
... that in 2007California AssemblymanJoel Anderson authored legislation requiring statepension funds todivest frominvesting in companies that do business withIran?
... thatJ. Denis Summers-Smith became an expert onsparrows by travelling as an expert intribology?
... thatFig Trees, an operatic documentary aboutAIDS activism, is narrated by a singingalbino squirrel?

00:00, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

... that most of the recentvolcanism in New Zealand has been along the line of theTaupo Volcanic Zone and theKermadec island arc(southern arc pictured)?
... thatCuban tobacco growerAlejandro Robaina was dubbed the "Godfather of Cuban tobacco"?
... that theSoviets organised a campaign against the pro-Allied sympathies of theBaltic governmentsbefore their annexation in 1940?
... that by 1941, AmericanzoologistEdward Alphonso Goldman had described more newmammals than any other living scientist?
... thatMaltese-bornAnthony Perici, a veteran of theBritish Royal Navy, served as the first full-timemayor ofTwinsburg,Ohio?
... that theIceberg Theory refers toErnest Hemingway's distinctive writing style?
... that British filmmakerTim Sullivan began his career in television after chauffeuringAnthony Andrews to the set ofBrideshead Revisited?
... that the city ofClearwater,Florida, painted two white lines across Watterson Avenue to blockLisa McPherson Trust protesters from disrupting the operations of the Church ofScientology?

25 April 2010

16:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

... that naturalistJohn Burroughs(pictured) began thenature fakers controversy in 1903 after publishing an essay titled "Real and Sham Natural History" which lambasted popular nature writers of the day?
... that theBritish Inspiration Awards are aiming to boost recognition for thecreative industries of theUnited Kingdom, a sector generating an estimated £100 billion a year for theBritish economy?
... thatWalter Woon, formerAttorney-General of Singapore, was the firstMember of Parliament sinceSingapore's independence to have aprivate member's bill become apublic law?
... that the Islamist groupRevolution Muslim posted a warning about possible consequences on their website againstSouth Park creatorsTrey Parker andMatt Stone for their portrayal ofMuhammad in the episode "200"?
... that Nick Burd's debutnovelThe Vast Fields of Ordinary was aNew York Times "notable book" for 2009 and won theStonewall Book Award in the Children's and Young Adult Literature category?
... that theTexas State SenatorGrady Hazlewood authored his state'sfarm-to-market road program, which paved rural dirt roads inasphalt?
... that in 1901,The Juridical Review reported that the femaleinmates in Irish prisons most favored the books of Scottish writerAnnie Shepherd Swan?
... thatDarrell Floyd's day job paid more than theNBA basketball team theSaint Louis Hawks were offering?

08:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1931,15 Broad Street(pictured) inNew York City was one of the 20 largest office buildings in the world?
... that theCuban Baseball Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 1939, six weeks after the dedication of the U.S.Baseball Hall of Fame?
... that in some areas ofBrandenburg-Prussia, only 10% of the population survived theThirty Years' War?
... that thefungus familyTremellaceae includes both commercially cultivatededible species as well asyeast-like human pathogens?
... thatLubbock accountantCharles Perry unseatedDelwin Jones, the oldest member of theTexas House of Representatives, in theRepublican runoff held on April 13, 2010?
... thatTlacolula de Matamoros is home to one of the oldest, largest and busiest weekly outdoor markets in the state ofOaxaca,Mexico?
... that the two towers onOld Main atWashington & Jefferson College symbolize the union of Jefferson College with Washington College?
... thatHalfdan Bryn was one of the first to take interest in thephysical anthropology ofSami people?
... that the BritishNo. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando unit included soldiers from different countries includingGermany?

00:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatManimahesh Lake, situated close to theManimahesh Kailash Peak(pictured) in theHimalayas, has religious significance next to that ofLake Manasarovar inTibet?
... that"Big John" Macklin coached theMichigan State Spartans football program to its first wins overOhio State andMichigan and also coached the school'sbasketball,baseball andtrack teams?
... that theHaiti economic reforms of 1996 were designed to restore theeconomy of Haiti after the economic shocks of early 1990s?
... thatNora Okja Keller wrote the novelComfort Woman, about Koreans used assex slaves by the Japanese army in World War II, after she heard a lecture by a former victim?
... that two teenagers builtbooby traps inspired byRambo at a park in theTualatin Hills Park & Recreation District inOregon?
... thatEdvard Munch was invited toBerlin by fellow NorwegianAdelsteen Normann who also painted?
... that distant objects that are observed from the same place may appear to look elevated, lowered, stretched, or shortened dependingon atmospheric refraction?
... that a brawl broke out in 2009 between residents ofSan Antonino Castillo Velasco andOcotlán de Morelos over a highway sign?

24 April 2010

16:00, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatRobert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster(pictured) is reputed to have thrown either aBible or aPrayer Book at the head ofKing George IV?
... thatcricketerLauren Ebsary had never played a formal match before representingSouth Australia at youth level?
... that when a crowd removed their hats before hearingGeorge Washington speak at theStorm-Adriance-Brinckerhoff House inEast Fishkill, New York, he told them to put them back on since he was just an ordinary man?
... thatTommy Cheetham had a trial for theEngland national football team while playing in theThird Division in his first season as a professional?
... that during theVietnam War, the top half ofBlack Virgin Mountain was held by American forces while the bottom was controlled by theVietcong?
... that the pre-teen girls' running-and-wellness programGirls on the Run has its roots in its founder's climb out of alcoholism?
... thatmedieval Bulgarian military leaderIvan the Russian defendedPlovdiv in a four-monthByzantine siege only for the citizens to let the Byzantines in while he was away?
... that since changing the mascot from theHuron to theEagle in 1991, theEastern Michigan Eagles football team has won less than 28% of their games?

08:00, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the sinking of theJapanese super-dreadnoughtTosa(pictured) influenced the design of theYamato class?
... that baseballoutfielderDomonic Brown, nicknamed the "Total Package" byRyan Howard, originally intended to playwide receiver for theMiami Hurricanes football team?
... thatWicked Summer is a planned spinoff of the popular reality seriesJersey Shore?
... that rivalVikings inIreland were calledDubgaill and Finngaill, which could be translated asblack and white foreigners?
... that in the 1820s, several books ongeography were written in collaboration byWilliam Channing Woodbridge andEmma Willard, but the latter had to publicly assure readers that they were entirely written by Woodbridge so they would be taken seriously?
... thattheologianPender Hodge Cudlip cowrote an article for theHelston Grammar School Magazine while still a teenager atOxford?
... thatTony Dunkin is the onlyNCAA Division I four-time conference player of the year for men's basketball?
... thatAntica Pizzeria Port'Alba, the world's first pizzeria, lines its oven with lava rocks fromMount Vesuvius?

00:00, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

... that thehulk ofLST-480(pictured) is the only remaining evidence of theWest Loch Disaster, the second tragedy to befallPearl Harbor duringWorld War II?
... that theNew Zealand Members ofParliamentJohn Thomas Peacock,Francis James Garrick,John Evans Brown andHenry Richard Webb were brothers-in-law?
... that neither the owner of theMinuscule 671 nor its location are officially known?
... that theLittle Golden Books illustratorCorinne Malvern was a former child actress who once playedMadama Butterfly's son in front of the Japanese Ambassador to the US?
... that upon the death of theHare Krishna founder in 1977, eleven prominent leaders were left to become initiating gurus under theISKCON Guru System?
... thatOtto Thott possessed one of the largest private libraries of the 18th century in Denmark?
... thatBanwell Castle served as the headquarters for a squadron of theBalloon Command of theRoyal Air Force duringWorld War II?
... thatBig Ten MVPWillis Glassgow was called the "Dancing Master" for his shiftiness on thegridiron and because he managed the most popular ballroom inIowa City?

23 April 2010

16:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the village ofWalworth, County Durham,England, contains a400-year-old castle(pictured)?
... thatSaw II, the video game sequel toSaw: The Video Game, will include the ability for the player to kill enemies using the environment?
... thatNative American jewelry includes beadwork on herbal bag necklaces, believed to increase the healing power ofMedicine Men?
... that theScottish post-prog andelectronica bandNorth Atlantic Oscillation joined a list of artists that includesThe Flamingos,Frank Sinatra andElla Fitzgerald by covering the 1934 song "I Only Have Eyes for You" and releasing it on their 2009 debutEP?
... thatRyan Newman won the2010 Subway Fresh Fit 600 after making a pass with only two laps to go?
... that in 1931 three people were killed inEstevan,Canada, when police opened fire on aMine Workers' Union of Canada rally?
... that theordination ofSt Cellach 23 September1105 put an end to a 140-year period when the supreme head of the Irish Church had been alayman?
... that at theExtreme 19th, the world's highest and longest par 3golf hole, a tee shot takes almost 30 seconds to land?

08:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

... that2009 International Bowl MVPDonald Brown(pictured) was the firstConnecticut Huskies football player to be picked in the first round of theNFL Draft?
... that there are more than3036 differences betweenCodex Sinaiticus andCodex Vaticanus just in the text of the four Gospels?
... that the wife and husbandAlette andKristian Schreiner conducted medical research together, although Alette did not hold an academic position?
... that theBuddhist minister of theDaifukuji Soto Zen Mission was arrested duringWorld War II and sent to aJapanese American internment camp?
... thatColorado State Highway 263 lies entirely within the city limits ofGreeley, Colorado?
... that after retiring from politics, OregonU. S. Senate candidateRick Bauman organizedbicycle tours, including Cycle Vietnam, the first-ever American-led bicycle tour ofVietnam?
... that in recommending their products,Amazon.com originally used the technology behindMovieLens, a website that suggested films to its users based on their preferences?
... that, despite having a prior award nomination for film writing, it was once said ofTimothy Harris andHerschel Weingrod that their "resume reads like a catalogue of the past decade's most irritating films"?

00:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

... that roughly a million people participate each year in theRomería de El Rocío, apilgrimage to theHermitage of El Rocío, in honor of theVirgin of El Rocío(pictured)?
... that a poem written for the christening of historianColm Kiernan was also read to mark the birth and death ofJohn F. Kennedy, Jr.?
... that theSovereign Military Order of Malta, the successor to theKnights Hospitaller, has issued its ownpostage stamps since 1966?
... thatJ.W.F. Bennett, captain of the undefeated1898 Michigan football team, later supervised the construction of theAlgonquin,Ritz andWaldorf Hotels?
... that"Hello Goodbye" is the final episode of thecomedy-drama seriesUgly Betty?
... that although English authorMackenzie Bell was trained in law atCambridge University, he chose to study abroad and lived in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France andMadeira?
... that Joan Horan won the first two gold medals forIreland at the Paralympics?
... that actress and former sex symbolMorgan Fairchild took the role of a drug addict in the filmStreet of Dreams because she wanted to play "somebody who looks like hell"?

22 April 2010

18:00, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

... that until 2001, theOhio River shrimp(pictured) had not been seen in theOhio River for 50 years?
... that theMelingoi were aSlavic group that settled in southernGreece during the great invasions of the 7th century, and remained an autonomous community at least until the 14th century?
... that formerTexas State SenatorMax Sherman soldBibles door-to-door in the mid-1950s to pay expenses toward attendingBaylor University?
... thatAnnie Hall Cudlip, one of the most prolific writers of romantic fiction in theVictorian era, wrote over 100 novels and short stories from 1862 to 1900?
... that theSaxon origin of the name ofWalworth Gate inCounty Durham,England, refers toWelsh-speakingBritons who once lived there?
... thatMary Ruthsdotter of theNational Women's History Project played an influential role obtaining resolutions from theU.S. Congress designating March asWomen's History Month?
... that a monument atMendeleyevskaya station in theMoscow Metro marks the location where stray dogMalchik was stabbed to death by a railway commuter?
... that the Austro-Hungarian battleshipSMSErzherzog Franz Ferdinand fought inWorld War I, a war started by theassassination of her namesake?

12:00, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the 60 million years oldCarmelo Formation(pictured) is made out of thousands of layers ofvolcanic pebbles,sandstone andmudstone withfossils?
... that the popularity ofalebrijes fromSan Martín Tilcajete,Mexico, and other towns have led to theoverexploitation of the trees from which they are carved?
... that theWyoming aviation pioneerRalph S. Johnson flew until he was 82, when he sold hisgeneral aviation business inCheyenne and retired toArizona?
... that just £1500 of funding was available for the athletes ofGreat Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics?
... thatEmil Schreiner, whose 1871Latin grammar book out-competed that ofJohan Peter Weisse, later moved to appoint Weisse as a professor?
... that the first local bus service operated byBakerBus linked major pottery factories inStoke-on-Trent?
... that with theUniversity of Washington Huskies, formerNew Orleans Saints running backToussaint Tyler beat theMichigan Wolverines in theRose Bowl as a freshman but lost to them as a senior?
... thatPelobates cultripes, the "Western Spadefoot Toad", producespawn up to one metre long which can consist of 7000 eggs?

06:00, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatAmerican politicianDean Alfange(pictured) held either appointments or nominations from four different political parties: theDemocratic Party, theRepublican Party, theAmerican Labor Party, and theLiberal Party of New York?
... thatMotobdella montezuma is the onlyleech to hunt in open water?
... thatfootballerArthur Wolstenholme was the first player to score four goals in aThird Division North match?
... that theAlbanian poet Haxhi Shekreti composed the epicAlipashiad inGreek, considering it a more prestigious language in which to praise his master,Ali Pasha ofIoannina?
... that the 63Sites of Special Scientific Interest inCheshire, England, include diversewetlands, such asmosses,swamps,fens,meres,ponds and rare examples of inlandsalt marsh?
... that only three ofIreland's Greatest forty people are women?
... that theMaritime Fur Trade helpedNew England transform from an agrarian to an industrial society?
... that 6th-century poetTalhaearn Tad Awen has left no surviving verse, yet may have been remembered as the father of Welsh poetry, whose work used to be rewarded with 100 cows in a bath-tub every Saturday?

00:00, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theMexican craft ofalebrijes(pictured) is attributed toPedro Linares, who supposedly dreamed the creatures and the name while sick with a fever?
... thatEdward Preston Young designed the logo forPenguin Books?
... thatInventing the AIDS Virus, written bymolecular biologist Peter Duesberg, argues thatAIDS is notinfectious and thatHIV is an unrelatedpassenger virus?
... that in his short story"The Day the Dancers Came",Bienvenido N. Santos "memorialized the tenderness, nostalgia" and "bittersweet tale" ofFilipinomanongs living in theUnited States?
... thatThe People's Parliament was aChannel 4 programme in which arandom sample ofcitizens sat in amockup of theHouse of Commons, debated and voted as adeliberative democracy?
... that the 1969 debut albumSweet Thursday by thegroup of that name was quickly undermined by the bankruptcy ofTetragrammaton Records?
... thatBaptist clergymanW. Winfred Moore was first director of theBaylor University Center of Ministry Effectiveness, designed to prevent burnout among pastors?
... that a new species ofleech was namedTyrannobdella rex because of its disproportionally large teeth?

21 April 2010

18:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt. Mary's Church(pictured) inChesham, England, incorporates aBronze Age stone circle in its foundations?
... that in theSouth Park episode "You Have 0 Friends",Stan Marsh gets literally sucked into the social-networking siteFacebook, which resembles the virtual world in the science-fiction filmTron?
... thatOlaf Devik andOle Andreas Krogness were instrumental in establishing aweather forecast forNorthern Norway?
... thatMandora Marsh contains the most inland occurrence ofmangroves inAustralia?
... thatJack Agnew, aPFC member of theFilthy Thirteen World War II parachute regiment, loosely inspired thenovel andfilmThe Dirty Dozen?
... that theEdinburgh Advertiser was the first to printRobert Burns' poem,On the Commemoration ofRodney's Victory?
... thatCharron Island, nearMontreal, has been known historically under at least four different names?
... that some athletes at theWinter Paralympic Games have broken their bones in order to gain acompetitive advantage?

12:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the introduction of thesmall Asian mongoose toJamaica may have led to the extinction of therice ratOryzomys antillarum (skull pictured)?
... that Australianpower pop bandIcecream Hands takes their name from lyrics in aRobyn Hitchcock song?
... thatDrita in 1883 was the first magazine in theAlbanian language?
... that in theSouth Park episode "Medicinal Fried Chicken"Eric Cartman gets involved with an undergroundKFC chicken ring that mirrors the cocaine organization ofTony Montana in the filmScarface?
... that in September 1969, theLittle River in northwestFlorida rose 21 feet (6.4 m) in 24 hours due to rainfall from atropical disturbance?
... that the 2010public information filmEmbrace Life, originally made for just theSussex area of the UK, has been "praised by people around the world for its beauty"?
... that a study of schools in German states by NorwegianFrederik Moltke Bugge was awarded with a gold medal fromFrederick Augustus II of Saxony?
... that theGriffin, the new athleticsmascot for theCollege of William and Mary, beat out aking andqueen, aphoenix, apug, and awren for the position?

06:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatnucleic acid design is used inDNA nanotechnology andDNA computing to create structures out ofDNA, such asnanomachines, polyhedra(example pictured), andnanoscale origami?
... that theBattle of Soltau was the climax of theHildesheim Stift Feud, which lasted from 1519 to 1523?
... thatTommy Amaker led the2009–10 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team and its starJeremy Lin to the most successful season in school history?
... that theflute arrangement of the trio compositionGestural Variations was premiered inMunich by the composer,Graham Waterhouse, and two other composers?
... that controversies related to thehuman experimentation in the United Statesled to the introduction of theinstitutional review boards?
... thatJerry Wray ofShreveport,Louisiana, moved away from painting landscapes to emphasis on theabstract withChristian themes?
... thatCodex Marchalianus manuscript ofSeptuaginta has the same order of books asCodex Vaticanus?
... that "womb veil" was the most common term forbarrier contraception used by women in 19th-century America?

00:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatDoggles(pictured), a type ofsunglasses for dogs, have been sent out toworking military dogs inIraq?
... that"Pa" Henninger, captain of the1895 Michigan football team that outscored its opponents 266 to 14, was twice named to all-time All-Michigan teams?
... that thebrowser gameCorpse Craft: Incident at Weardd Academy features school children battling each other withzombies?
... thattoxicologistGabriel L. Plaa spent much of his career searching for a way to assess humanhepatotoxicity of drugs fromanimal tests?
... that a significantFort Ancientarchaeological site is located on asod farm in southwesternOhio?
... that SwissphotographerBalthasar Burkhard, noted for his large-format photographs, invented a technique to expose his works directly onto thecanvas?
... thatWilliam Wordsworth was the model forRobert Browning's poem,The Lost Leader?
... that the crew ofNorthwest Airlines Flight 5 didn't know an engine had fallen off at 35,000 feet and carried on flying for nearly 50 minutes?

20 April 2010

18:00, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatLouis Didier Jousselin built a 3km long bridge(pictured) in less than 3 months whilst theFrench occupiedHamburg?
... that during theCold War, a USAF T-39 plane wasshot down overErfurt, Germany?
... that themathematician W. T. Tutte refused to admit thatBlanche Descartes was a collectivepseudonym?
... thatDunedin's Fortune Theatre once performed a play aboutWilliam Larnach's family in the ballroom ofLarnach Castle?
... thatAir Marshal SirMichael Giddings, anRAF officer who flewSpitfires duringWorld War II, chaired the infamous inquiry concerning theArchway Road A1 extension that would have demolished almost 200 homes?
... thatEuthalian Apparatus was designed to help the mediaeval Bible reader?
... thatCrucifix was an undefeatedBritish-bredThoroughbred racemare, as well as being the dam of three sires?
... thatLeonor Rivera was the greatest influence in preventingFilipino national heroJosé Rizal fromfalling in love with other women while traveling outside thePhilippines?

12:00, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatManaslu(pictured) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, located in theMansiri Himal, part of theNepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part ofNepal?
... thatLudvig Vibe left his position as professor ofGreek to becomeprincipal ofa secondary school?
... thatUA 8699, a brokenmolar from theCretaceous ofMadagascar, may be a fragment of the onlyMesozoic marsupial fromthe southern continents?
... thatQamil Çami, a poet of theAlbanian National Revival, was one therilindas who opened the firstAlbanian-language school inFiliates?
... that Japanesepop groupAAA's new single "Aitai Riyū/Dream After Dream (Yume Kara Sameta Yume)" was composed byTetsuya Komuro, this being his first work for two years?
... thattax law specialistØystein Thommessen becameNorwegian delegate to theUNICO conference in 1945 and theParis Peace Conference of 1946?
... thatU-42 was the fifth German U-boat sunk inWorld War II?
... thatTonight with Craig Doyle is pre-recorded becausethe presenter was doing other presenting work?

06:00, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

... that inCanadian women's ice hockey history, theFernie Swastikas(pictured) were the 1923 champions of the Banff Winter Carnival?
... thatRisley C. Triche, originally asegregationist member of theLouisiana House of Representatives, testified years later to pastracism in his state's public assistance programs?
... that the activebiological dispersal of land snailXerocrassa geyeri is about 3 meters during one year?
... that the popularity ofSamuel Coleridge-Taylor'scantataHiawatha’s Wedding Feast, at the turn of the 20th century, rivaled that ofHandel'sMessiah andMendelssohn'sElijah?
... that the websiteWikileaks released a video in April 2010 in which photojournalistNamir Noor-Eldeen and eleven others were killed duringan airstrike by American helicopters inBaghdad?
... that the show groupDizzie Tunes won the Bronze Rose at theFestival Rose d'Or inMontreux in 1973 withSim Sala Bim?
... thatEast Chicago nativeArt Murakowski survived akamikaze attack during theBattle of Okinawa and was named themost valuable football player in theBig Ten Conference in 1948?
... thatMiKandi is the world's firstmobile porn app store?

00:00, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatRoger Sherman(pictured in 1890) was accused of offering afootball player $600 to play forMichigan and later served as president of theChicago andIllinois State Bar Associations?
... thatMockado is awoollen pile fabric made in imitation ofsilk velvet?
... that essayistWilliam Francis Barry had his writings about themedieval papacy censored by his superiors?
... thatEwelme Cottage was used in the production for the 1993Oscar-winning filmThe Piano?
... that theDewoitine HD.730, in order to avoidAxis prohibitions on the development of military aircraft, was described as a commercialliaison type despite havingfolding wings?
... thatHa-Yom, founded in 1886, was the first daily newspaper inHebrew?
... thatArnold Frutkin was awarded theNASA Distinguished Service Medal byThomas O. Paine?
... that in theBrander–Spencer economic model, it is possible for a national government to increase a country'swelfare through export subsidies but the policy is of thebeggar thy neighbor type?

19 April 2010

18:00, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

... that SaintJean Eudes(pictured) was called the "father, teacher, and first apostle" of devotions to theHearts of Jesus and Mary by two popes?
... that after theAvondale Mine Disaster, legislation was passed by thePennsylvania General Assembly that madePennsylvania the firstU.S. state to have laws regarding mine safety?
... that while theCrusaders werebesieging Nicaea, theByzantine generalManuel Boutoumites persuaded the Turks to surrender to him instead by playing on their fears of a massacre by the Crusaders?
... thatBabu Hardas started the practice of exchanging the greetingJai Bhim among theDalits in India?
... thatH. Brett Melendy was the first chairman of the history department ofSan José State University,California?
... that Ricotta'svisual novel,Walkure Romanze, was originally designed with five heroines but the number was later cut down to four?
... that producers hope to useGood Luck Charlie "to debunk the myth thatDisney never has the mom in the picture"?
... thatcity employees may attend Rodent Control Academy to learn how to deal with the problem ofrats in New York City?

12:00, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theBraer Storm of January 1993(pictured) is theextratropical cyclone with the lowest centralpressure ever known to have existed in the northernAtlantic Ocean?
... thatCharles John Wingfield served asChief Commissioner ofOude?
... thatNelson F.C. won theFootball League Third Division North in the1922–23 season?
... thatAustin Coates'sRizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr is the secondbiography ofFilipino national heroJosé Rizal authored by a non-Filipino?
... that theHeritage of the March series was comprised of 185 vinyl albums featuringmarches andgalops?
... thatFrederick Edward Hulme, the only son oflandscape artistFrederick William Hulme, painted flowers?
... that, according to legend,Osogovo Monastery was spared from destruction by theOttomans after they were overcome by its spiritual force?
... that theapicomplexan parasiteIsospora hammondi has egg- and sausage-shaped structures?

06:00, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

... that when the stoneClemuel Ricketts Mansion(pictured) was built in 1852 on the shores ofLake Ganoga inPennsylvania, it was so remote it was nicknamed "Ricketts Folly"?
... thatBandula Warnapura captained theSri Lanka national cricket team on theirfirst Test match, faced the firstdelivery and scored the firstrun?
... that theTexas Republican politicianKenn George was involved in the formulation ofPresident Reagan'sCaribbean Basin Initiative?
... that the name of thepalm genusChelyocarpus, which means "turtlecarapace fruit", refers to the cracked surface of its fruit?
... that Australian dance music duoPnau's debut albumSambanova (1999), which was recalled from stores because of unclearedsamples, won anARIA Award for 'Best Dance Release' in2000?
... that managing editorAndre Laguerre devised theSports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as a way to boost magazine sales during the winter months?
... thatCzechoslovak communist censors banned the publication of thecomic albumMuriel a andělé?
... that the cover artwork ofDanielson: A Family Movie depicts band leader Daniel Smith in a tree costume with fruits that symbolize theFruit of the Holy Spirit?

00:00, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theTropenmuseumshared thousands of images(example pictured) fromIndonesia withthe world?
... thatarchitectCecil Alexander designed a controversialGeorgia state flag that served from 2001 to 2003?
... that Israeli soldiers stopped their vehicles to kiss the ground after winning theBattle of 'Auja and crossing the border into theSinai Peninsula?
... thatNicola Kraus is said to have modeled Mrs. X inThe Nanny Diaries on several women who lived at1000 Park Avenue onManhattan'sUpper East Side?
... that the best known work oflecturerJames Bass Mullinger isHistory of the University of Cambridge Down to the Decline of the Platonists, which took three decades to complete?
... thatLarry Dell Alexander is best known for hisClinton Family Portrait oil painting, which he gave to U.S. PresidentBill Clinton in 1995?
... that theSong of Armouris, is among the oldest surviving examples ofByzantine heroic poetry?
... thatSt. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church was started in a rented hall above astable onManhattan'sUpper East Side?

18 April 2010

18:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

... that New York'sOlana State Historic Site(pictured) was named "Olana" by artistFrederic Edwin Church after he read aboutOlana, an ancient treasury inArtaxata, Armenia, overlooking theAraxes River?
... that European land slugsDeroceras juranum andDeroceras rodnae are both named after mountains?
... thatAntonio Barluzzi, aFranciscan monk, became known as theArchitect of the Holy Land due to the number of important churches he designed?
... that thePiber Federal Stud breedsLipizzan horses and is the primary source of the stallions used by theSpanish Riding School?
... thatAnne Holtsmark translated well-known works such asHeimskringla and theProse Edda fromNorse toNorwegian?
... thatBahu Fort inJammu,India, originally built by Raja Bahulochan some 3,000 years ago, was refurbished by theDogra rulers in the 19th century?
... thatWilliam Henry Oliphant Smeaton'sThe Life and Works of William Shakespeare was so popular that it was even reprinted several times?
... thatA.F.C. Aldermaston, anon-league football club fromBerkshire, has been dubbed the "worst English football team in history" after losing 40 consecutive matches?

12:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

... that a field study found thatkoalas prefer theblue-leaved stringybark(pictured) but only when it grows onshale-based soils?
... thatsuitable age and discretion is aU.S. legal definition ofmaturity?
... thatZhuang Xiaoyan wonChina's first Olympic gold medal injudo in1992?
... thatPetersburg Codex Syriac 1 is one of the two extant ancientSyriac manuscripts of theEusebianEcclesiastical History?
... that the biological father ofInfanta María de la Paz of Spain was not the King of Spain, but one of theQueen’s lovers?
... that, originally afortified church,St John's Church, Newton Arlosh lay in ruins after theDissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, until it was restored and extended in 1844?
... thatGeorg Christoph Biller is the Thomaskantor, the conductor of theThomanerchor inLeipzig, the 16th successor ofJohann Sebastian Bach in this position?
... that theNew Zealand endemic amphipodParaleptamphopus caeruleus lives in "bog-water on top of Swampy Hill"?

06:07, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

... that whenCanadian nun andmidwifeRosalie Cadron-Jetté(pictured) founded the Hospice de Sainte-Pélagie inMontreal in 1845, it operated out of the attic of a house leased by her son?
... that theB.B. Kirkland Seed and Distributing Company building was built over a natural spring which still flows in its basement?
... thatPhebe Sudlow was the first femalesuperintendent of a public school in the United States and the first female professor at theUniversity of Iowa, despite having no formal college degree?
... thatTropical Storm Anita is the firstSouth Atlantic tropical cyclone to be officially named?
... that the 13th–14th centuryByzantine romance,Belthandros and Chrysantza, is considered by some critics to be superior in imaginative power to theNiebelungenlied?
... thatStahl Hennigsdorf Rugby won 27East German nationalrugby union championships from 1952 to 1990?
... that theGanges stingray may be the samespecies as thegiant freshwater stingray, but this cannot be investigated as all known specimens of it have been lost?
... that thePennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive7002 was credited for setting aland speed record despite not actually being the engine that set it?

00:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theAmar Mahal Palace(pictured) inJammu,India, built by aFrench architect on the lines of achateau for Raja Amar Singh, is now run as a museum by the Hari-Tara charitable trust?
... thatNicholas J. Corea was once a sergeant in theU.S. Marine Corps before achieving success as writer, director, and producer of the television seriesThe Incredible Hulk in 1978–1981?
... that theSpanish bibliographer W.E. Retana, author ofVida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal, is described as the foremost non-Filipinofilipinologist?
... that after a career with theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company,baritoneJeffrey Skitch became Principal ofElmhurst Ballet School?
... thatIndiana halfbackChuck Bennett built his physique working in coal mines and was selected as theMVP of theBig Ten Conference despite playing for the ninth place team?
... thatSvalbard, anArctic archipelago, features no roads between settlements?
... that the name partner ofOrange County corporate law firmStradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Fritz Stradling, didn't join the firm until after it was founded?
... that thespecific name ofTambachia trogallas, thetype species of thetrematopid temnospondylTambachia, refers to theThuringian bratwurst that was frequently eaten by the describers of the species?

17 April 2010

18:00, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

... that most of the buildings onEast 73rd Street(168–174 E. 73rd, pictured) betweenLexington andThird avenues onManhattan'sUpper East Side were originallycarriage houses for the area's wealthy residents?
... that the song "No Me Doy Por Vencido" byLuis Fonsi was the first single to rank for two years in a row in theBillboard Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart?
... that theGrosse Pointe Presbyterian church was renamed theGrosse Pointe Memorial Church in 1925 after John andTruman Newberry paid for a new sanctuary in honor of theirparents?
... thatEcuadorian archaeologistJacinto Jijón y Caamaño believed that theManteño civilization operated as a trading ring, like theHanseatic League?
... that the former captain ofU-43 ,Wolfgang Lüth, went on to become one of themost successful U-boat commanders inWorld War II?
... thatJonaki, theAssamese magazine published in the late nineteenth century, did not have an editorial?
... that thehamlet ofArchdeacon Newton inDurham,England, contains the site of alost settlement?
... thatHilton Head White-Tailed deer areculled to prevent accidents despite being listed as aspecies of concern by theUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service?

12:00, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

... that themud snail,great raft spider andEnochrus isotaewater scavenger beetle, all rare in the UK, have been found in the ponds ofSound Heath(pictured) inCheshire?
... that the 14th name on one side of theEiffel Tower is the engineerCharles Combes?
... that thecollection of 82 stone stelae in theTemple of Literature is the second entry of Vietnam in the list ofUNESCO'sMemory of the World Programme?
... thatJohan Støren, who was fired as aChurch of Norway Bishop byQuisling's Nazi regime of WWII, wasfirst cousin once removed of a high-ranking Nazi civil servant?
... thatJuan Luna’sChula series is a succession ofportrait paintings depicting the working class “street women” ofMadrid,Spain?
... thatphilosopherJohn Alexander Stewart was appointedWhite's Professor of Moral Philosophy atOxford University in 1897?
... thatFrameGang was recommended to users ofNetscape Navigator 3 Gold Edition forhtml frame development because it did not supportframes, even though theNetscape Navigator 3 browser did?
... thatFinnish communists founded theLumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada in 1924?

06:00, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatThe Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand(pictured) was the first painting to demonstrate, based on systematic photographic analysis,how horses move?
... that Eben Sadie, thewinemaker ofSouth African wine producerThe Sadie Family, was previously asurfer?
... thatOcotlán de Morelos was the subject of much ofRodolfo Morales's artistic work?
... that nearly a century after its discovery, the Peruvian rodentEremoryzomys remains so poorly known that itsconservation status cannot be assessed?
... thatRadney Foster's "I'm In" has also been recorded byThe Kinleys (whose version Foster produced) andKeith Urban?
... that theItalian socialist leaderDino Rondani representedArgentina in the Executive of theLabour and Socialist International?
... thatMemories Off: Yubikiri no Kioku will be illustrated by Shizuki Morii, a new artist who has not worked on any previousMemories Off games?
... that Bermuda broadcasting and shipping magnateFernance Perry, MBE, started his business career as aPiggly-Wiggly grocer?

00:00, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatMichigan's1892/1893 captainGeorge Dygert(pictured) played professionalfootball for aButte, Montana, team sponsored by mine owners that defeated teams fromDenver andSan Francisco?
... that the candid treatment of "problematic sexuality" inLars Berg's two first novels initiated a spirited debate inNorway in the 1930s?
... thatHolocaust survivorOtto Eisler designed the only remaining synagogue inBrno?
... thatFinn Støren has been called "Vidkun Quisling's informalMinister of Foreign Affairs"?
... that theMalankara Rite, a localIndian variant of theWest Syrian Rite, contains some elements archaic in the wider West Syrian tradition, such as use of theLiturgy of the Presanctified Gifts inLent?
... thatEvile's 2007 debut albumEnter the Grave was produced byFlemming Rasmussen, who produced threeMetallica albums?
... that theMemorial Chorten inThimphu,Bhutan, was built in 1974 to honor the KingJigme Dorji Wangchuck who had died two years previously?
... that baritoneWolfgang Schöne premiered the role of the tomcat "Tom, Minette's lover" in the operaDie englische Katze ofHans Werner Henze at theSchwetzingen Festival?

16 April 2010

18:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatJudge C. R. Magney State Park inMinnesota contains the Devil's Kettle(pictured), a waterfall in which half of theBrule River disappears into aglacial kettle?
... thatFrank Willan rowed forOxford in its winningBoat Race crews in four successive years, in 1866, 1867, 1868 and 1869?
... that traditionally, Korean families pickle cabbage andstore it in underground pots during the winter?
... that in 1892, the miller ofDe Hoop,Holwerd, left an estate worthƒ32,567.92?
... that theBattle of Bapheus in 1302 was the first majorOttoman victory, and led to their gradual conquest ofByzantine-controlledBithynia?
... that following the firing ofArne Fjellbu asdean ofNidaros Cathedral, allbishops in theChurch of Norway stepped down in protest?
... that salt can be extracted from the burned trunks of theAmazonian palmItaya amicorum?
... that in 1942, following the printing of the poem "Vi vil oss et land", an arrest order was issued on poetPer Sivle (1857–1904)?

12:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

... that although the red flowerheads of theMonga waratah(pictured) are less showy than the famousNew South Wales waratah, they are more numerous?
... thatRichard Peabody was the first authority to proclaim that there was no cure foralcoholism, and his best-selling book,The Common Sense of Drinking, was a major influence onA.A. founderBill W.?
... thatSotsialisticheskii vestnik, the organ of the exiledRussianMenshevik Party, was published fromNew York until 1965?
... thatAdalbert Kraus performed the tenor part in Bach'sEaster OratorioKommt, eilet und laufet (Come, hasten and run)?
... thatCourier du Bas-Rhin, one of the leading European papers of the late 18th centuryEnlightenment period, and the main rivals of theGazette de Leyde, was significantly controlled by thePrussian government?
... that later businessman and politicianHakon Lunde survived the sinking of the destroyerHNoMSSvenner onD-Day?
... that theFC St. Pauli rugby department was formed in 1933 when theclub's complete 6th XI switched codes fromfootball torugby union?
... thatBenjamin Robbins Curtis was the firstU.S. Supreme Court Justice to have alaw degree?

06:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatMichigan quarterbackJames Baird supervised the construction of theFlatiron Building(video right), theLincoln Memorial, and theTomb of the Unknown Soldier?
... that each episode of the early 1960s Canadian game showA Kin to Win cost $2500 to produce?
... that authorH.B. Marriott Watson spent much of his childhood inChristchurch, New Zealand, later using it as a setting for many of his novels?
... thatBanLec, ajacalin-relatedlectin isolated from the fruit ofbananas, can induce a strongIgG4 antibody response and may be an importantantigen involved inbanana allergies?
... that in theBattle of Bir Lahfan on December 29, 1948, Israel captured an Egyptian battalion commander, the most senior Egyptian officer captured in the1948 Arab–Israeli War?
... that from 1965 to 1999,Aubrey W. Young established a series ofdrug andalcohol treatment programs through theLouisiana Department of Health and Hospitals?
... that the schoonerLarinda was built over a period of twenty-six years in the owner's backyard?
... thatChristian Tobias Damm called for theletterh to be dropped fromGerman orthography?

00:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatMichigan'sJames Duffy(pictured) played seven years ofcollege football and set a world record bydrop kicking a football 168 feet, 7-1/2 inches?
... that the documentary filmMost Valuable Players was inspired when the producer accidentally foundYouTube clips ofThe Freddy Awards, which honor high schoolmusical theatre in theLehigh Valley?
... thatBeaux-Arts,Mediterranean Revival, andHawaiian architectural styles can be seen in theWailuku Civic Center Historic District?
... that it has been written ofFloating Down to Camelot that "the ludic seems to eradicate thesatiric"?
... thatLeopoldo Benites, thePresident of the United Nations General Assembly in 1973, had served eight months in a jail inEcuador?
... that a fire set to destroy buildings infected bybubonic plague in 1900 destroyed most of theChinatown ofHonolulu?
... thatSławomir Skrzypek, the Polish banker who died in theTu-154 crash, had recently come into open conflict with theCouncil of Ministers of Poland?
... that thePlayStation video gameMuppet Monster Adventure featured an 'intuitive swimming system' thatNGC Magazine compared favourably to the one inSuper Mario 64?

15 April 2010

18:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theWat Phra Kaew, a Buddhist temple(temple complex pictured) inBangkok,Thailand, has an idol ofEmerald Buddha with a legend linked toIndia, five centuries afterBuddha attainedNirvana?
... that all eight of the ships that were sunk byU-44 in her entire career were sunk during her first war patrol?
... thatAlice Dudeney was called one of the most powerful writers of fiction among modern English women byPutnam Magazine?
... thatpebbled butterflyfish are aggressivelyterritorial and will form pairs to protect their feeding area?
... that theByzantine generalSaborios began a revolt againstConstans II, but was killed by his horse?
... thatFrank Barrie portrayedNoël Coward in the original London production ofLunch with Marlene?
... that in 2009, theRace Across America was won byTeam Type 1 with a team of diabetic cyclists?
... that the barn at theMcClelland Homestead nearBessemer, Pennsylvania, sits atop aspring?

12:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

... that a rare example of an intactmalt kiln(pictured) survives inSound,Cheshire, England?
... that following its1994 national convention, theProgress Party of Norway lostits deputy leader and the fourMPsChristiansen,Hillgaar,Wetterstad andBråthen?
... that the range of theAustralian blenny may expand southwards due to increased temperatures andclimate change?
... thatmezzo-sopranoClaudia Eder sang the parts of the Muse and Nicklausse in Offenbach'sThe Tales of Hoffmann on a recording withPlácido Domingo asHoffmann?
... thatEnglish footballerReg Attwell was selected to representthe Football League in 1949?
... that this year'sIce-Out occurred onLake Winnipesaukee four days earlier than the 124 year old record?
... that the 1997Budapest wedding ofDuchess Eilika of Oldenburg toArchduke Georg of Austria was broadcast live on Hungarian television?
... thatPindan woodland inWestern Australia was described by scientist and explorerKnut Dahl as a “crippled forest”?

06:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

... that thePennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site(pictured) includes the locations ofWashington, D.C.'s firststreet light,train station,sewage pipe, andChinatown?
... that theflukeLyperosomum intermedium infects themarsh rice rat, although its relatives mostly infect birds?
... that theRudolf-Kalweit-Stadion inHanover is home to three different kinds offootball, hosting theHannover Spartans,Arminia Hannover and theGerman rugby union team?
... that after he was re-elected inOregon's 1992 U.S. Senate election,Bob Packwood endorsed his defeated rivalLes AuCoin forU.S. Secretary of the Interior?
... that theHollandsche Spectator, inspired by the BritishSpectator, was one of the most important developments inDutch literature during theEnlightenment period?
... that theBirmingham Americans won the onlyWorld Bowl ever held by the upstartWorld Football League?
... that themausoleum of Saladin was rebuilt in 1898 under the patronage ofGerman Emperor Wilhelm II after he visitedDamascus and found the tomb in a state of disrepair?
... that the Page brothers who were over 7ft tall and toured in acircus as theNewbourne Giants are buried in the village ofNewbourne in Suffolk, England?

00:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

... that during theBattle of Jutland on 31 May 1916,SMS Deutschland(pictured) took part in the last engagement betweencapital ships inWorld War I?
... thatThomas Carlyle agreed to pose forJames McNeill Whistler'sArrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle after viewingWhistler's Mother?
... that theTutelo language, once spoken byVirginia Indians, was recorded by scholars in the late 19th century, who found speakers on a reserve inOntario?
... thatAustrian socialist leaderRobert Danneberg, one of the architects of 'Red Vienna', was killed in theAuschwitz concentration camp in 1942?
... thatfossil evidence suggests that thepalm tribeCryosophileae evolved in thenorthern hemisphere and that its presence inSouth America reflects later migration southward?
... thatWalter Herries Pollock, editor of theSaturday Review, was close friends with a number of writers includingRobert Lewis Stevenson,Rudyard Kipling andOscar Wilde?
... thatInitiative 1068 was filed in January 2010 bySeattle activists hoping to remove criminal penalties from the adult use,possession andcultivation ofmarijuana inWashington?
... that to help reverse declining sales, theFriedrichstadt Palast began addingMadonna andKylie Minogue to the show playlist?

14 April 2010

18:00, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

... thathorticulturalistEllen Willmott had more than 60 plants named after her or her home, Warley Place, includingRosa willmottiae(pictured)?
... that the beaches ofRoebuck Bay exhibit thefossil footprints ofdinosaurs?
... thatFred Whishaw was the first to translate the works ofFyodor Dostoyevsky into theEnglish language?
... that thesaw millDe Rat was moved fromZaanstreek,Noord Holland, toIJlst,Friesland, in 1828?
... thatHidalgo's winning silver medal for his paintingLas Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho at the 1884 Madrid Exposition was hailed as a sign thatFilipinos can participate inEuropean culture?
... that theCol. James Graham House was one of the first permanent homes inSummers County,West Virginia?
... that theSeventh-day Adventist Church campaigned for the separation of church and state under theAustralian Constitution, which is now reflected inSection 116?
... thatAnders Beer has been credited with founding thetanning industry inNorway?

11:50, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatEngland cricket team's decision to restcaptain Andrew Strauss and selectSouth African-bornCraig Kieswetter(pictured) caused controversy during their2009–10 tour of Bangladesh?
... thatJ. M. W. Turner'sModern Rome - Campo Vaccino is scheduled to go on sale in the open market for only the second time in the 171 years since it was painted?
... thatDos Abend Blatt was firstYiddish-languagesocialist newspaper inNew York?
... thatJustus van Effen has been recognized as one of the most importantDutch language writers of the eighteenth century and an influential figure of the DutchEnlightenment?
... that violinistHugh Maguire, leader of theLondon Symphony Orchestra in 1956, is on the coaching staff of theLeiston Abbey music school?
... that the "Bottoms" ofMilford, Ohio, contain aWoodland periodarchaeological site?
... thatSviatoslav of Kiev was invited by theByzantine Empire to attackBulgaria in order to force them to make concessions, but ended upconquering the country?
... that theFord Fairlane Thunderboltdrag racing car had a metal tag attached to the inside of the glovebox door warning that the fit and finish were not up to company standards?

05:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatgasteroid fungi(example pictured) release theirspores passively?
... thatHungarian-bornCommandoGeorge Lane wasspared execution after taking tea withRommel?
... thatColorado State Highway 57 is not marked throughout its length?
... that theJournal of Pathology, founded in 1892, has been the official journal of thePathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland since 1906?
... that theDutch Republic successfully intervened in theSecond Northern War, forcing theSwedish Empire to accept theTreaty of Elbing?
... that theOregon Cannabis Tax Act proposes that two percent of proceeds from the sale ofcannabis promote industrialhemp biodiesel,fiber,protein andoil?
... that in 1914, English footballerTom Bamford played in the onlyBurnley team to win theFA Cup to date?
... that owners of theEast 80th Street Houses onManhattan'sUpper East Side have ranged fromClarence Dillon andVincent Astor toIraq?

13 April 2010

23:30, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatmarine art(example pictured) features inAmerica's Most Wanted Painting and in its variants for several other countries?
... thatBlessed Denis of the Nativity was a famouscartographer before he joined theDiscalced Carmelites and became apriest?
... that theStudy club fire of 1929 inDetroit, Michigan, killed 22 and injured 50 people?
... thatFinn Thrana,Nazi "führer" in the county ofOppland duringWorld War II, was a lawyer working with cases in theSupreme Court of Norway from 1966?
... thatMontana'sShonkin Sag was created whenglaciers blocked theMissouri River, forcing it to cut a new channel at right angles to the existing drainage valleys?
... thatMaria Fortunata Viti, aBenedictine nun beatified by PopePaul VI in 1967, remainedilliterate her entire life?
... that theEbla tablets, found in ancientEbla,Syria, and dating back to 2500 BC, reveal that the city produced a range ofbeers, including one that appears to be named "Ebla"?
... that footballerArthur Bate scored ahat-trick on his league debut forNelson, yet finished on the losing team in the match?

17:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the opening angle of hollowcarbon nanocones(pictured) is not arbitrary, but has a few preferential values?
... that theNew York Society Library, the oldest cultural institution inNew York City, also effectively served as the firstLibrary of Congress?
... thatPhilippe Pastour de Costebelle, theFrench governor ofPlaisance,Newfoundland, ordered the destruction ofSt. John's afterits capture by French forces in 1709?
... that the call of theGrey Currawong gives rise to its vernacular name of 'Clinking Currawong' inTasmania, and 'Squeaker' inWestern Australia?
... that theMaya archaeological site ofTamarindito was relatively unscathed by looters during theGuatemalan Civil War due to the presence ofguerrilla fighters?
... thatTeme Sejko,rear-admiral of theAlbanian navy, was executed in 1961 for being the leader of apro-Soviet group aiming to overthrow the regime ofEnver Hoxha?
... thatBob Tallman ofWeatherford,Texas, has been called "the greatestrodeo announcer that ever lived"?
... thatLow Walworth,County Durham,England, once contained agin gang?

11:10, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the Dutchmarine artistJan van de Cappelle(1654 work pictured) is the only person known to have had his portrait painted by bothRembrandt andFrans Hals, but both paintings are now untraced?
... that theGaelic Journal, first published in 1882, was described as being "the first journal devoted to the livingIrish language"?
... thatClaude Phillips was the firstkeeper of theWallace Collection, writing its first catalogue, and held that post from 1900 until his retirement in 1911 whereupon he was knighted for his service?
... that theJewish Documentation Center has been responsible for uncovering more than 1000Nazi war criminals, includingAdolf Eichmann?
... thatHanWay Films was originally founded by Britishfilm producer Jeremy Thomas as an adjunct of hisRecorded Picture Company?
... that twocommanding officers ofNo. 219 Squadron RAF went on to become theChief of the Air Staff of theRoyal Air Force, whilst a third becameChief of the Air Staff of theRoyal Pakistani Air Force?
... that stamps of the BritishEgyptian Expeditionary Force wereavailable in Syria between September 23, 1918 (1918-09-23) and February 23, 1922 (1922-02-23)?
... thatTom Sidwell once got lost on theLondon Underground, missed the start of that day'scricket match, and was given out?

05:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theYsleta Mission(pictured) is the oldest parish in the state ofTexas, and is built on the oldest continuously cultivated plot of land in the United States?
... that authorMike Long has written speeches for national U.S. politicians, including PresidentGeorge W. Bush?
... that the 400-year-oldDhodar Ali inAssam is so called because somedhods ("lazy people" inAssamese) were assigned by theAhom king to build it?
... that Karl Heinz Schneider, who used to organize battalions in theHitler Youth, later moved toIsrael,converted to Judaism and took the name ofAbraham Reuel?
... thatHurricane Madeline caused major damage toMexico in 1976?
... that even though he was aFilipino painter,Juan Luna'sThe Battle of Lepanto wascommissioned by theSpanish Senate?
... thatFort Jefferson, built as asupply depot, endured a three-year siege during theNorthwest Indian War?
... that theBahamian Pygmy Boa Constrictor can voluntarily bleed from its eyes, mouth and nostrils?

12 April 2010

22:50, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

... that thetype species offungal genusClavaria(pictured) iscommonly known as"fairy fingers"?
... that theGoogle Guys, composed ofGoogle foundersSergey Brin andLarry Page, are among the richest people in the world with a net worth ofUS$17.5 billion each?
... that the godVishnu'savatarYajna is an embodiment of thefire sacrifice?
... thatAnura Tennekoon captained theSri Lanka national cricket team during the inauguralCricket World Cup of1975?
... thatArchangel Gospel, the fourth oldest Eastern Slavic manuscript, was brought by a peasant fromArkhangelsk toMoscow in 1876?
... that the abuse and murder of 3-year oldNeveah Gallegos led to several changes in theDenver, Colorado Department of Human Services?
... that where it passesMerrybent,Durham,England, theA1 road runs on the oldtrack bed of the Merrybent railway?
... that thecomposer Anton Rubinstein conducted his ownoperaThe Merchant Kalashnikov so badly that the performance had to be stopped?

16:40, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the endangeredMount Graham Red Squirrel(pictured) was believed to be extinct in the 1950s until it was rediscovered in the 1970s?
... that theNew Zealand member of parliamentWilliam Montgomery worked on the extension of theLittle River railway toAkaroa?
... thatLa barca de Aqueronte is the most awardedwork of art created byFilipino painterFélix Resurrección Hidalgo?
... that the leader of theIbsen quotes art project inOslo wanted it to become a "tourist attraction on par withFram andHolmenkollen"?
... that the fossil rodentMegapedetes, related to the livingspringhare, occurred from Greece to Namibia?
... that theTexas industrialistJack Crichton was involved in the mining ofgold,silver,nickel,copper, andzinc as well as the production ofoil andnatural gas?
... that the femaledevata reliefs of the temple ofThommanon inCambodia grip flowers very distinctively, using their ring and middle fingers whilst extending their index and small fingers?
... that artistDavid Herbert exhibited a 96" replica of aVHS videocassette—normally 7½" in length?

10:30, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

The Commando Memorial

... that theCommando Memorial(pictured) erected in the remoteScottish Highlands is dedicated to the original World War IIBritish Commandos, who were trained at nearbyAchnacarry Castle?
... that theClan Line shipClan Matheson assisted in the eradication of theCoconut Moth fromFiji?
... that the Israeli-inventedWonder Pot bakes cakes, casseroles and roasts on the stovetop rather than in the oven?
... thatChannel 4 billed itsComedy Gala, held at theO2 Arena in aid ofGreat Ormond Street Hospital, as "the biggest live stand up show in UK history"?
... that the Dutchmarine artistHendrick Dubbels opened a shop selling "caps,bonnets andstockings", but wentbankrupt in 1665?
... thatThomas Herbert of theRoyal Navy was involved in over 20 engagements and wounded three times in theWar of 1812 against the United States?
... that of the 34amphibians that becameextinct in last 500 years, 19 werefrom Sri Lanka?
... that not allcomplex questions areinformal fallacies?

04:20, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Front of St. Louis' Catholic Church (North Star, Ohio)

... that the French architecture ofSt. Louis' Catholic Church(pictured) inNorth Star, Ohio, is unique in theLand of the Cross-Tipped Churches?
... that formerTexas legislator andmotivational speakerRick Green produced the 1994 videoThe Legacy ofPresident Ronald Reagan: The Truth About the Eighties?
... that threeanimal species that do not need oxygen were discovered in the hypersalineanoxicl'Atalante basin at the bottom of the Mediterranean?
... thatKoto Hoxhi, who secretly taught students inQestorat inAlbanian, died in jail rather than reveal the name of his friends?
... that the newChair of Gaelic at theUniversity of Glasgow is the first established chair inGaelic at a Scottish university?
... thatbaseball playerLyman Linde was part of theBeaver Dam High School basketball team when they wereWisconsin state champions in 1937?
... that "Have Ya Got Any Gum, Chum?", a 1944 novelty jazz song written byMurray Kane and performed by theGlenn Miller Orchestra, was inspired by a phrase used by British children towards American soldiers duringWorld War II?
... that theLost Man Booker Prize shortlist includes four dead people,one of whom would be "spinning in his grave" ifhis book won, and two living people,one of whom couldn't rememberher own book's plot?

11 April 2010

22:10, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the sight of the "gravity defying"Kyaiktiyo Pagoda(pictured) or Golden Rock, in theMon State ofMyanmar, has been described as "enough to inspire a religious conversion"?
... that in gratitude for being introduced to her future husbandRoland Bonaparte, Marie Blanc reportedly gifted his sisterJeanne Bonaparte one millionfrancs?
... that the German submarineU-255 was one of the most successful U-boats to operate in the Arctic Ocean in World War II?
... thatLaura Berg is the most decorated athlete insoftball at the Summer Olympics, with three gold medals and one silver?
... that the land snailAmphibulima browni was not collected during the entire 20th century?
... that actorJim O'Heir, who playsJerry on theNBC comedyParks and Recreation, once played the janitor of a genetics laboratory who held puppet shows with the failed experiments?
... that theCommunist Party of Andalusia won 57.4% of the votes in the 1983 municipal election inCórdoba, Spain?
... that blind electrical engineerJonathan Nash Hearder, when called to advise upon theAtlantic Cable in 1858, tested it by inserting his tongue into the 2000-mile-long circuit?

16:00, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

... that thepancakes calledgalettes(pictured) originated inUpper Brittany andcrêpes inLower Brittany?
... that Australianrecord producer,Richard Pleasance, who was a founding member of 1980s bandBoom Crash Opera, also composed the score for the 2006 feature filmKenny?
... that after beingboycotted from international cricket for over two decades,South Africa women achieved a 3–0 serieswhitewash againstIreland women on their return?
... thatBouthaina Shaaban, a formerMinister of Expatriates ofSyria, has been described as the Syrian "regime's face to the outside world"?
... that thestems of theneotropical palm genusCryosophila are covered withspines that are actually modifiedroots?
... thatMargaret Ballinger, anM.P. for nativeSouth Africans, was hailed as the "Queen of the Blacks" in 1944?
... thatslave-builtFederal styleWilkinson-Martin House, inPulaski, Tennessee, stayed in one family for 130 years?
... thatJohn Wesley preached in the kitchen of Gates Farm inCholmondeston,Cheshire, England?

09:50, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

... that whenSir Thomas Grosvenor(pictured) becamebaronet, he was aged eight, and when he married at the age of 21, his wife was aged 12?
... that thegraveldiver fish may burrow to depths of 7.6 metres (25 ft) or more in a substrate such as sand, gravel, or broken shell?
... that theExchequer of Pleas was dissolved after itschief judge died?
... thatHeinz Hennig founded theKnabenchor Hannover in 1950 and conducted theboys' choir until 2001?
... that one of theEnglish leaders in the successful defense of the 1705Siege of St. John's,Newfoundland, was amason?
... that historian andmuseum directorArnfinn Moland has also contributed to films, writing a book onMax Manus together with screenwriterThomas Nordseth-Tiller?
... that theGaribaldi Volcanic Belt in southwesternBritish Columbia is the site ofCanada's largest recordedHolocene explosive eruption 2,350 years ago at theMount Meager massif?
... that opposing admiralsAdam Duncan andJan de Winter played a game ofwhist in the aftermath of theBattle of Camperdown?

03:40, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

... that teamMVP Gerald Ford(pictured) recalled thatMichigan's 1934 "Punt, Pass and Prayer" offense lostpunterJohn Regeczi andpasser"Hard Luck Bill" Renner and "all we had left was the prayer"?
... that the1995 fire in Baku Metro became the world'sdeadliest subway accident?
... that the goliath conch,Eustrombus goliath, is the largest of thetrue conchs?
...thatDarell Hammond co-foundedKaBOOM!, an American non-profit organization that builds playgrounds for children?
... that theHirtz compass, a medical device invented in 1907 that was used to locate bullets and shrapnel in patients, usually gave results precise within 1–2 millimeters?
... that the music documentaryMC5: A True Testimonial includes U.S. government surveillance footage of anMC5 performance?
... that although considered as the ideal woman inPhilippine society,María Clara is also criticized as the "greatest misfortune that has befallen theFilipina in the last 100 years"?
... that thePennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive520 had itsboiler explode and pulled a "railfan special", before it was preserved in theRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania?

10 April 2010

21:30, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

... that in choosing between the namesPortland andBoston,Francis Pettygrove(pictured) andAsa Lovejoy, the founders ofPortland in the U.S. state ofOregon, settled the question by acoin toss?
... thatJuan Luna'sTampuhan painting depicts aFilipino man and aFilipino woman sulking after alovers' argument?
... that thePondicherry shark was last seen in 1979?
... that Sarah Beth Barnette, a senior atLexington Christian Academy, is the first player fromLexington to winKentucky's"Miss Basketball" award?
... that there was once agallows inLow Coniscliffe,Durham,England?
... that in 2006,Birkelunden underwent the first "conservation of a cultural environment in a city" inNorway?
... that thePavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum is the best known wax museum inGreece?
... thatRegency mansionPoole Hall inCheshire, England, once housed an eclectic collection includingteasmaids,mannequins, toyrobots, apinball machine andKeith Richards'Bentley?

15:20, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatRichard II(pictured) ofEngland agreed to extend the 1389Truce of Leulinghem withFrance after theEnglish Parliament failed to ratify a permanent peace treaty?
... thatGazette d'Amsterdam was one of the most importantEuropean newspapers of theEnlightenment period?
... thattenorKurt Equiluz was the Evangelist in the firstrecording of Bach'sSt John Passion onperiod instruments with theConcentus Musicus Wien,Vienna?
... that the primary leaf veins for theextinct plantTrochodendron nastae arepalmate rather then being pinnate like those in the livingTrochodendron aralioides?
... thatMaharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder ofTranscendental Meditation, also created theMaharishi Group, a $700 million non-profit conglomerate in India?
... thatJuan Luna'sThe Parisian Life painting portrays threeFilipino gentlemen andheroes glancing inquisitively at awoman while inside acafé inParis,France?
... that therice ratOryzomys couesi is infected by two differenthantaviruses?
... that reality television starKim Kardashian was brutally murdered in theSouth Park episode "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", but she found it very funny?

09:10, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

...that theBuddha Dhatu Jadi(pictured), also known asBandarban Golden Temple, is the largestTheravada Buddhist Temple in Bandarban, with the second largestBuddha statue inBangladesh?
... that during his basketball career,John Hummer played for fourhead coaches who have been inducted into theBasketball Hall of Fame?
... that the Central Americanpalm,Schippia concolor, exhibits the unusualgermination strategy of transferring all resources from theseed to theseedling before anyshoot growth occurs?
... thatJuan Luna'sLa Bulaqueña painting is a sereneportrait of aFilipino woman fromBulacan wearing aMaria Clara gown?
... that despite inheriting the vastParker Ranch as a child,Richard Smart became an actor and singer inmusical theater onBroadway?
... that theEast Texas Historical Association was founded in 1927, disbanded during theGreat Depression, and reborn in 1962?
... that theturretedJohan Poulsen House inPortland, Oregon'sBrooklyn neighborhood was built in 1891 and owned by a lumber magnate and a "doughnut king"?
... that theBreton writerPêr-Jakez Helias asserted "my heritage lies on my tongue, it shall never be yours"?

03:00, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

... that thecapilla abierta(pictured) is considered one of the most distinctMexican construction forms?
... that in 1876Llewelyn Kenrick, founder of theFootball Association of Wales, organised and played inWales'first international match?
... that theAZ-1 Marvelette was an experimental aircraft built byMississippi State University to test aboundary layer control system?
... thatAndreas Karasiak recorded Bach'sSt Matthew Passion, scored for double chorus, with twoboys choirs,Knabenchor Hannover andThomanerchor?
... that a recentcyber attack targeted opponents ofbauxite mining in Vietnam?
... thatSpencer Haywood was included in the1971 NBA Draft even though he already played in theNBA before the draft?
... thatpeople's veto is a type of areferendum that allows citizens torepeal an existing law?
... thatprivate military companies operating inIraq use theMambaarmoured personnel carrier because it appears "less aggressive"?

9 April 2010

20:50, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theSpanishURO VAMTAC(pictured) is similar to theAmerican HMMWV, since both were developed to meet similar requirements?
... that there were no women among the172 deputies elected to theParliament of Syria in the1961 parliamentary elections?
... thatJames E. Boyd started nuclear research at theGeorgia Institute of Technology while leading theGeorgia Tech Research Institute?
... that the Anglo-Danish carved stones inSt Mungo's Church, Dearham include awheel-head cross, the Adam Stone, and the Kenneth Cross?
... that, after earning distinction inWorld War I battles,Romanian writerFelix Aderca sparked controversy withpacifist andsocialist novels which discuss his countrymen's wartime crimes?
... thatColorado State Highway 257 has twointerchanges only 0.3 miles apart?
... thatJB's Dudley, which claims to be the UK's longest-running live music venue, began life as a disco night atDudley Town F.C.'s social club?
... that thenematodeSkrjabinoclava kinsellai is characterized by the presence of shoe-like and nipple-like structures?

14:40, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatPunakha Dzong(pictured) is the second largest and second oldestDzong inBhutan, constructed byZhabdrung (Shabdrung) Ngawang Namgyal in 1637–38?
... thatEdward Cephas John Stevens initiated the land transfer that gaveChristchurch,New Zealand, the park on whichAMI Stadium now stands?
... that the anti-war posterAnd babies shows half-naked women and babies killed atMy Lai during theVietnam War?
... that formerSpanish sailorDon Francisco de Paula Marín (1774–1837) introduced many crops such aspineapple toHawaii?
... that thePeople's Party ofSyria was established in 1948 as the mainopposition party to theNational Party?
... that theBBC reduced actorAlan Davies' fee for theJonathan Creek episode "The Judas Tree" by 25 percent?
... that since 1948Israel has only lost 18 planes inair to air combat?
... thatBlessed Daniel Brottier, when asked by his mother what he wanted to be when he grew up, responded, "I will be the Pope"?

08:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatSMS Zähringen, one of the fiveWittelsbach-classbattleships(pictured), was rebuilt afterWorld War I as a radio-controlledtarget ship and destroyed by BritishRoyal Air Force bombers duringWorld War II?
... thatLaiko Vima was the only newspaper printed inGreek in theSocialist People's Republic of Albania?
... thatJama Williamson, who plays the attractive surgeon ex-wife ofTom Haverford in theNBC comedyParks and Recreation, also provided voices for the video gameGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
... that the co-pilot of the leadC-47 at theMitla Pass parachute drop, which launched the1956 Suez War, was a woman,Yael Rom?
... that theBell Labs Digital Synthesizer, better known as the Alles Machines, pioneeredadditive synthesis and served as the basis for several commercial instruments in the early 1980s?
... that in October 2005,Craig Cobb told visitors to theU.S. Capitol Rotunda that he was there to celebrate the death ofRosa Parks?
... that the firstimperial examination in thehistory of Vietnam was organized in 1072 during the reign ofLý Nhân Tông?
... that theUnited States Supreme Court's decision inUnited States v. Ballin (1892) was based in part on the assumption that the Journal of theHouse of Representatives is always accurate?

02:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatThomas Stewart, who designed theinternationally recognizedWoodhead Dam(pictured), was called "the father of consulting engineering inSouth Africa"?
... that the capturedYugoslav seaplane tender Zmaj was used for shipboard trials of theFlettner Fl 282Kolibri (Hummingbird)helicopter by theKriegsmarine in 1942–43?
... that SirTim Berners-Lee is one of the key figures behinddata.gov.uk, aUK Government project to open up almost all data acquired for official purposes for free re-use?
... thatChantilly porcelain, a "soft-paste porcelain" made from c.1730 is not a trueporcelain because it lacks "china clay",kaolin?
... thatfootballerSid Storey, who played forYork City from 1947 to 1956, drove theopen top bus that paraded the York team after winning the1983–84 Fourth Division championship?
... that theword gameTrickster, a spin-off ofScrabble, includes changes to the original game such as allowing players to formproper nouns with their letters and stealing another player's tiles?
... that althoughAniceto Ortega had a distinguished career as a physician and surgeon inMexico, he is also remembered today for his 1871operaGuatimotzin?
... that in the 1818 English case ofAshford v Thornton, the defendant demanded and was granted a right totrial by battle?

8 April 2010

20:30, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatSMS Schleswig-Holstein, one of the fiveDeutschland-class battleships(pictured), fired the first shots ofWorld War II during theBattle of Westerplatte?
... that three of the five highestNBA careerpoint totals byIvy League players were byPrinceton Tigers men's basketball players?
... that the red flowers of the four related generaOreocallis,Embothrium,Telopea andAlloxylon from South America and Australia have been around for over 60 million years?
... thatJethro Rothe-Kushel directedAlex Band's first music video at the age of 10 and went on to produce ten movies by the age of 28?
... thatsandstone blocks used in the construction ofSt John's Church, Crosscanonby,Cumbria, England, might originate from a formerRoman building?
... thatBidal Aguero, acivil rights activist inLubbock, publishedEl Editor, the oldest-runningHispanic newspaper inTexas?
... that their loss inWatson v British Boxing Board of Control forced theBritish Boxing Board of Control to move to Wales?
... that an Australian couple bought the town ofWauconda, Washington, in an online auction for $370,601?

12:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theManas River(pictured), a tributary of theBrahmaputra River, is the largest river system inBhutan?
... that American economistAdam Posen advises both theBank of England and the United StatesCongressional Budget Office?
... that thecoat of arms of Kola, a town inRussia, depicts a whale becausewhaling was the occupation of many town residents?
... thatThe Blood Compact painting, currently displayed at the top of the grand staircase of theMalacañang Palace, was one of the last paintings created byFilipino artistJuan Luna?
... that during the2008–10 campaign, two friendly games between theGerman rugby union team and aselection of theBritish Forces Germany had to be cancelled because of bad weather?
... that bothNordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve andSøraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve are larger than any ofSvalbard'sseven national parks?
... thatJames Moore, hero of theBattle of Moore's Creek Bridge, was one of only five generals fromNorth Carolina to serve in theContinental Army?
... that thelisted buildings inPoole,Cheshire, England, include apinfold or cattle pound?

06:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the eight foot stone atrium cross of the former monastery ofAcolman,Mexico(pictured), is an expression of "tequiqui" or Christian art executed by Indian craftsmen?
... that civil aviation pioneerLester Brain declined a knighthood in the 1960s, but accepted appointment as anOfficer of the Order of Australia in 1979?
... that thoughclavarioid fungi were originally thought to comprise a singlegenus, they are now classified in multipleorders andfamilies?
... that thereal estate developerBuddy Tudor won awards for thehistoric preservation of the landmarkBentley Hotel inAlexandria,Louisiana?
... that although theSouth AfricanRG-35mine resistant ambush protected vehicle is powered by a diesel engine, it can also accommodatehybrid electric drive?
... thatAlex Silvagni's debut performances in theAustralian Football League as a 22-year-old rookie is part of a shift in the recruiting philosophy to also recruit older players, not just 18-year-olds?
... that inrice rats living in the water, thetufts of hair at the base of the claws are reduced?
... that in the mid-1990s,Alf Tande-Petersenpresented the third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth most viewedtelevision program episodes inNorway?

00:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

... that despite being named for its distribution in thewestern hemisphere, thefungusSarcoscypha occidentalis(pictured) is also found in Asia?
... thatWood's Monument atWest Point was used as a navigational aide for ships passing down theHudson River?
... thatColonel Lorenzo Latorre resigned asPresident of Uruguay in 1880, declaring the country "ungovernable"?
... thatAtari showed off itsAMYadditive synthesis sound chip in a special version of the65XE computer, but never released it and focused on theAtari ST instead?
... that throughout his career,Pennsylvania Education SecretaryGerald Zahorchak has also been an elementary teacher, principal, high school football coach, superintendent, deputy mayor and city council member?
... that theBronze Age goldCasco de Leiro was a fisherman's chance find on a beach inGalicia, Spain?
... that swimmerJanine Pietsch won two gold medals at the2006 World Championships, each by 0.25 seconds?
... that thetimeline of Tanzanian history includes theshortest war in history and the first discovery of anew monkey genus since 1923?

7 April 2010

18:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the Duke of Wellingtonpub(pictured) atHigh Coniscliffe,Durham,England, used to displayNapoleon on its sign instead ofWellington?
... thatGossia acmenoides (scrub ironwood) is named in honour of ex-Queensland PremierWayne Goss?
... thatRoyal Navy officerBedford Pim was the first man to travel from a ship on the eastern side of theNorthwest Passage to one on the western side?
... thatPrinceton Tigers men's lacrosse went undefeated inIvy League competition for seven consecutive seasons?
... that the worship of PrincessLieu Hanh was suppressed by theVietnamese government because of possibleTaoist influence?
... thatKolsky Uyezd was established on theKola Peninsula by theTsardom of Russia as a result of the territorial claims fromDenmark–Norway?
... that the German submarineU-246 went missing on 7 March 1945 in the Irish Sea?
... that inGillingham Borough Council v Medway (Chatham) Dock Co Ltd, the trial judge rejected the defendant's arguments, but still held that they were not liable?

12:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

... that among the ships fighting atTrafalgar(pictured) were the BritishHMS Neptune, the FrenchNeptune and the SpanishNeptuno?
... that the ideas ofHermann Baumgarten not only influenced the political outlook of social theoristMax Weber, but also helped accelerate theunification of Germany in 1871?
... that AmericanLester Reiff was the top jockey in Britain in 1900 but lost his licence after allegedly throwing a race?
... that theNorwegian cities ofOslo andBergen aregoverned through aparliamentary system?
... that theNew South Wales Waratah lost out to theGolden Wattle to become Australia'sfloral emblem in 1912?
... that from his freshman year atOak Park High School through his junior year at theUniversity of Michigan,Herb Steger never lost a game offootball?
... that theseventeenth government of Israel was dissolved byYitzhak Rabin following a breach of theSabbath?
... that theStevenson Memorial, painted byAbbott Thayer to honorRobert Louis Stevenson, was painted, in part, with a broom?

06:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatlemurs(pictured) areprimates thatevolved and diversified on the island ofMadagascar after arriving there at least56 million years ago on araft of vegetation?
... that although a quiet town now,Cuilapan de Guerrero,Mexico, was a major pre-Hispanic city and the site of a majorDominican monastery?
... that voting for the mascot of the2010 World Lacrosse Championship was done through the tournament's page onFacebook?
... that agolden handshake report byNew Zealand journalistDuncan Garner cost an MP his Cabinet position?
... that theBhutan Textile Museum inThimphu was supported technically by thePeabody Essex Museum inSalem, Massachusetts?
... that among victims of the1994 Baku Metro bombings was jazzmanRafig Babayev?
... that theGuardians of the Free Republics sent out letters to all 50 US state governors demanding that they leave office within three days or be removed?
... that theNorth Sea patrols of thebattlecruiserHMAS Australia duringWorld War I were so monotonous that one sailor was driven insane?

00:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

... that one possible explanation of the origin of theFlying Dutchman legend is aFata Morgana(illustrated)?
... thatBach marked to repeat the opening chorus ofcantataErschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172 after the final chorale?
... that thenumerosity adaptation effect demonstrates that we not only have a direct and automatic visual sense of the reddishness of half a dozen ripe cherries, but also of their quantity?
... that the Russian artistIvan Kramskoi was offeredprofessorship for his paintingChrist in the Desert, but rejected it?
... that KingWilliam IV credited CaptainHumphrey Fleming Senhouse as "one of the cleverest fellows of the navy"?
... thatCherokee humoristWill Rogers was named forWilliam Penn Adair, a Cherokee statesman who advocated for the rights of Texas Cherokees?
... that thebelted cardinalfish carries its developing eggsin its mouth?
... thatSri Lankan lawyer and media personalityRan Banda Seneviratne was banned from talk shows after comparing a newly nominated President's Counsel to adonkey on State television?

6 April 2010

18:00, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatmottled skate(pictured) is commonly served atweddings inSouth Korea?
... that some historians have consideredAlwyn MacArchill to have been an ancestor of theEarls of Lennox in the male-line, while others have suggested he was only an ancestor in the female-line?
... thatfrost flowers areice crystals commonly found growing on youngsea ice and thin lakeice in cold, calm condition?
... that1111 Pennsylvania Avenue inWashington, D.C., was the last private building to be renovated under the 1974Pennsylvania Avenue redevelopment plan?
... that theFAMAS-awarded 1965filmBlessings of the Land is about aFilipino deaf-mute son who rose above hishandicap?
... that in 1930Albanian feministUrani Rumbo was accused by the authorities of encouraging girl students to perform in theater plays?
... thatbiosocial criminology predicts thatleft handed individuals are more likely to engage incriminal behavior thanright handed ones?
... thatÁrni Magnússon, who assembled theArnamagnæan Manuscript Collection, would do whatever it took to acquire anIcelandic book or manuscript?

12:00, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatMaimonides Synagogue inCairo is named for the famousJewish philosopher,rabbi andphysician Maimonides(pictured)?
... that, in the role ofSouthern belle "Geneva Lee Browne",Paige Miles performed in aschool rendition ofThe 1940's Radio Hour, aWorld War II musical about aradio station inNew York?
... thatIndre Wijdefjorden National Park contains the only HighArctic steppe vegetation in Europe?
... thatSin has been described as the mostcontroversial and mostbohemian amongF. Sionil José’snovels because it created an “artifice ofsexual tension”?
... that the plannedSt. Johns-Indian River Barge Canal would have covered 35.2 miles (56.6 km) and linked theSt. Johns River with theIntracoastal Waterway?
... thatcommunist activistFranz Jacob organizedone of the largest resistance groups inGermany duringWorld War II?
... thatunivariate analysis is the simplest form ofquantitative (statistical) analysis?
... that there are a number ofghost stations along theParis Métro, including two with no above-ground entrances?

06:00, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

... that American money was diverted from an airport to build thePatuxai monument(pictured) inVientiane,Laos?
... that 6' 10"Mason Plumlee plays basketball for the NCAA finalistDuke Blue Devils alongside his 6' 10" brotherMiles, and their younger 7' 0" brother Marshall plays in high school?
... that at theFirst Battle of Rellano,Pascual Orozco used the tactic of themáquina loca, a locomotive filled withdynamite, to defeatfederal troops, but a similar trick failed him at theSecond Battle of Rellano?
... that in less than eight years,Michael Burry's hedge fund company returned 489.34% to investors, while theStandard and Poor 500 realized just over 2% over the same period?
... thatDaughters of the American Revolution co-founderEllen Hardin Walworth studied law in order to overturn the murder conviction of her son?
... that theFV103 Spartanarmoured personnel carrier has been used byBritish Armed Forces to transport smallair defence,reconnaissance andfire controller teams?
... that at the age of sixteen,Aaron Kelly succeeded in being a top ten finalist in theninth season ofAmerican Idol?
... thatElectric Picnic 2010 is expected to featureLeftfield,Roxy Music,Public Image Ltd. and arap duo who perform wearing plastic bags to cover their heads?

00:00, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatButler men's basketball head coachBrad Stevens(pictured) has won 89 games in his first three years, exceeding the previousNCAA record by 8 games?
... thatDominica has one of the richest land gastropod fauna in theLesser Antilles?
... thatBruce Lyttelton Richmond was the longest-serving editor of theTimes Literary Supplement, for 35 years from 1902 to 1937?
... thatThomas Gray tried to prevent the publication ofElegy Written in a Country Churchyard and asked that his name be removed from the published version, but it is now considered "the best-known and best-loved poem in English"?
... that thespecific name of the newly describedfungusSuillus quiescens refers to the ability of itsspores to lay dormant in the soil untilpine roots are encountered?
... that automobile designerPeter Schreyer has designed cargrilles to look liketiger noses?
... that a monument for ten Israeli soldiers killed after the 1948Battle of Bir 'Asluj was erected from the rubble of the booby-trapped police station in which they were killed?
... thatJames Harrison, sometimes called the "man with the golden arm", is credited with saving the lives of two million babies?

5 April 2010

18:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

... that femaleWhite-starred Robins(pictured) inMalawi migrate away from their breeding grounds while the males remain in theirterritories?
... thatKawkab America was the firstArabic-language newspaper published inNorth America?
... thatKirsten Huser Leschbrandt, a formerNorwegian MP and current board member of theS-E Norway Regional Health Authority, is abreast cancer survivor?
... thatThe Old Wellington Inn inManchester has been in three different locations in its 458-year history?
... that Dr.Lillian H. South is credited with eliminating several contagious diseases fromKentucky, includinghookworm?
... that in English law,trespass to land is both atort and, in certain circumstances, a crime?
... that afterpitcherDon Black suffered acerebral hemorrhage during abaseball game, theCleveland Indians played a benefit game and raised $40,000 for him?
... that somebeetles of the genusZopherus are used as livingbrooches?

12:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theHooker Emerald(pictured) was used for abelt buckle byan Ottoman Sultan?
... that the German submarineU-39 was the first U-boat sunk inWorld War II?
... that theAustrian Attack was used againstBobby Fischer when he played thePirc Defence for the first time in hischess career?
... thatAlbanian artistDavid Selenicasi painted parts of the monastery of theGreat Lavra, the first monastery built onMount Athos?
... that the South American rodentAkodon caenosus may weigh as little as 10.5 g (0.37 oz)?
... thatBag & Baggage Productions staged the first professional, outdoor showing of aShakespeare play inHillsboro, Oregon?
... thatI Made a Game with Zombies in It! was the most popularXbox Live Indie Game of 2009?
... that at 44tons, the locomotives of theCentral London Railway's first underground trains were so heavy that they shook buildings as they passed 60 feet below and were scrapped after three years?

06:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatlemurs(pictured) exhibit femalesocial dominance?
... that thesteam locomotiveOlomana was considered byWalt Disney to have been the closest thing to a "Mickey Mouse engine"?
... that even though theOccoquan Reservoir in northernVirginia provides an output of 17 million gallons a day to 1.2 million people, it is listed on Virginia's Dirty Water List?
... that Race Foster and Marty Smith, co-founders of pet supply companyDrs. Foster & Smith, hosted theAnimal Planet TV showFaithful Friends for two years?
... that adouble-barreled question asks about more than one thing, but allows only one answer?
... thatMuhammad Naguib, who later became thepresident of Egypt, was severely wounded in theBattle of Hill 86 of the1948 Arab–Israeli War?
... thatJohn Erskine Clarke produced the firstAnglican Parish Magazine atDerby in 1859?
... that althoughRFACrenella wastorpedoed byU-101 in 1917, the ship served until 1952?

00:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theKaiser Friedrich III-class battleships(SMS Kaiser Barbarossa pictured) introduced the standard configuration forpre-dreadnought battleships in the GermanKaiserliche Marine?
... that Dr.Fred Conklin received theLegion of Merit for setting up a mobile hospital inNew Caledonia and later presented amedal toJohn F. Kennedy for heroism on thePT 109?
... that the 1992 low-budget independent comedy filmMeet the Parents was the inspiration for the 2000 blockbusterof the same name starringBen Stiller andRobert De Niro?
... thattree surgeonGaylord Silly has represented theSeychelles twice at theIAAF World Cross Country Championships?
... that theSvalbard Act established theeconomy of Svalbard as afree zone?
... thatEdward Nicolls proposed thatoak trees be grown inSierra Leone for theRoyal Navy?
... that in the churchyard ofSt Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck, are the graves ofJohn Peel, the subject ofD'ye ken John Peel?, andMary Harrison, the Buttermere Beauty?
... that CanadianSenatorLeverett George DeVeber once sang at a concert after the intended headliner failed to show up?

4 April 2010

18:00, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

... that a seam(pictured) along the eastern wall of theTemple Mount may be a clue to the location of theAcra, aSeleucid citadel in ancientJerusalem?
... that PresidentTheodore Roosevelt publicly recommendedEliza Calvert Hall's bookAunt Jane of Kentucky?
... that theCompagnie Générale Transatlantique steamshipAriège was the first ship to enter the port ofSafi, Morocco?
... thatOluf Reed-Olsen'sblowing up of a bridge atLysaker duringWorld War II contributed to the surfacing of theNorwegian Administrative Council?
... that1980's Hurricane Karl evolved at the center of another, larger storm that occupied much of theNorth Atlantic, and set multiple records for its unusual location and date?
... that U.S. singer-songwriterPhil Ochs wrote or recorded at least238 songs during his career?
... that theMuseum of Cretan Ethnology was built to the specification ofGeorges Henri Rivière, creator of theMusée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires inParis?
... that theopossum genusCryptonanus received its name because it was hidden insynonymy for so long?

12:00, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatGordonstoun School(pictured) is aScottish boarding school famed for educating three generations of theBritish Royal Family, including theDuke of Edinburgh andPrince Charles?
... that actressAmy Brandon Thomas was the daughter of famous playwrightBrandon Thomas?
... thatTearoom Trade, a study by sociologistLaud Humphreys ofhomosexual acts taking place inpublic toilets, caused a major debate onethics inobservation?
... that theSeven Network programToday Tonight describedAaron Saxton's revelations about theChurch of Scientology as "stunning" and "shocking"?
... thatDarlington F.C. lost in both the second and the third rounds of theFA Cup in the1999–2000 season?
... thatHammam Yalbugha, a public bath inAleppo,Syria, was built in 1491 by theEmir of Aleppo, Yalbugha al-Naseri?
... that asEmmerdale'sAaron Livesy,Danny Miller was involved in a gay storyline with his real-life flatmateAdam Thomas?
... that according toConor Gearty,private and public nuisance in English law "have little in common except the accident of sharing the same name"?

06:00, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

... that thepipits(species pictured) are agenus,Anthus, ofsongbirds thatevolved in East Asia during theMiocene before spreading around the world?
... that theAustralian Army's first regularinfantry unit, theDarwin Mobile Force, was raised as a unit of theRoyal Australian Artillery?
... thatLinda Mvusi, an architect who shared in an award for her work on theApartheid Museum, won abest actress prize at the1988 Cannes Film Festival?
... that theCello web browser, released in 1993, was the firstweb browser for theMicrosoft Windows operating system?
... thatLen Lawson created several popular Australiancomic book characters, including the "Lone Avenger" and the "Hooded Rider"?
... that the unifying principle ofequilibrium chemistry is that thefree energy of a system at equilibrium is the minimum possible?
... thatDave Winfield wasdrafted in 1973 as apitcher by theSan Diego Padres, but was elected to theHall of Fame as anoutfielder?
... that interest in several primaries for the1980 United States Senate election in Oregon was diminished partly due to theeruption of Mount St. Helens?

00:00, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

... that a hole was made in 1997 in the belly of the MahamuniBuddha statue(pictured) at theMahamuni Buddha Temple inMandalay,Myanmar, aiming to steal embedded jewels thought to be inside?
... that German World War II night fighter pilotHerbert Lütje shot down aB-17 Flying Fortress during a daytime combat mission?
... thatrock bandStoneground featured sevenlead singers on their 1971 debut album?
... thatHelga Testorf, model for more than 240 works byAndrew Wyeth, has been called "the last person to be made famous by a painting"?
... thatOrchard Park has the firstdisc golf course in aHillsboro, Oregon, park?
... thatAir Chief Marshal SirFrancis Fogarty gained both amention in dispatches and theDistinguished Flying Cross for his operational flying inIraq in the early 1920s?
... that the location of the 8th centuryBattle of Hehil is unknown?
... thatGarth Stein, author of the bestselling bookThe Art of Racing in the Rain, had himself been arace car driver until he crashed while racing in the rain?

3 April 2010

18:00, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

... that a 19th-century vicar ofSt Mary's Church(pictured) inSlaugham,West Sussex, resolved a dispute aboutpews by paying some boys to enter the church and to burn them?
... that Captain Richard Ashby, the brother ofConfederate General Turner Ashby, was mortally wounded in battle and died in theballroom atWashington Bottom Farm?
... that despite criticism, some high schools in theUnited States still hold separatesegregated proms for black and white students?
... that steamboat and railway investorJacob Kamm started out as aprinter's devil and died after being hit by a bicyclist?
... thatF. Sionil José'sViajero (The Wanderer) is anovel about aFilipino boy adopted by anAfrican-American soldier?
... thatBroadway performerIdina Menzel's casting in theGlee episode "Hello" followed a fan campaign based on her resemblance to series starLea Michele?
... that theCheddar Yeo forms the largest underground river system in Britain?
... that after being killed inChechnya,lieutenant colonelDmitry Medvedev wasposthumously honoured byVladimir Putin as aHero of the Russian Federation?

12:00, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatBupaya Pagoda(pictured), inBagan inMyanmar was named for its gourd-shaped dome?
... that thetitle character of thecomedy-drama seriesUgly Betty finally has her braces removed in the season four episode "Million Dollar Smile"?
... that thechampagne producerJacques Selosse uses asolera system for two of its wines, the same process used insherry?
... that theEnglish Parliament of 1388 was known as theMerciless Parliament for ordering the execution of many of the advisers and supporters ofRichard II?
... thatcountry music singerDarrell Clanton's single "I Forgot That I Don't Live Here Anymore" was boycotted byMothers Against Drunk Driving?
... that the goal of theNew Economic Model is to more than doubleper capita income inMalaysia by 2020?
... that theSouth AfricanRG Outridermine protected vehicle makes extensive use ofcommercial off-the-shelf parts to reduce crew training and logistics problems?
... that in the filmKommandør Treholt & ninjatroppen, real-life convicted spyArne Treholt is presented as the leader of a band ofninjas who savedNorway during theCold War?

06:00, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

... that afterUSAC Stock Car championNorm Nelson(car pictured) won his onlyNASCAR race atLas Vegas Park Speedway's only NASCAR race, the land was used for theLas Vegas Hilton?
... that according to a 2007 Australian national survey coveringcannabis use in Australia, one-third of the population aged 14 years or older have tried the drug at least once?
... thatIncrease Mather, the early AmericanPuritan preacher, ordered a copy ofThe London Jilt, a pornographic prose tale about a prostitute?
... that anaqueduct of the abandonedWiconisco Canal in the U.S. state ofPennsylvania is still used as a highway bridge?
... thatLeah Poulton scored anODI century in her third match forAustralia women's cricket team?
... thatMadonna licensed her entire music catalogue to the television seriesGlee, resulting in the tribute episode "The Power of Madonna"?
... that the novelsTree,The Pretenders, andMass are parts ofF. Sionil José’sseriesThe Rosales Saga?
... thatArthur Schmidt toldRed Army officers after theBattle of Stalingrad that "a GermanField Marshal does not commit suicide with a pair ofscissors"?

00:00, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatSMS Brandenburg(pictured),launched on 21 September 1891, was the firstpre-dreadnought battleship built for theGerman Imperial Navy?
... thatKenny Chesney was scheduled to film amusic video for his song"The Tin Man" at theWorld Trade Center on September 11, 2001?
... thatBelmont Castle, an 18th centuryneo-Gothic mansion nearGrays in theEnglish county ofEssex, was demolished in 1943 to make way for achalk quarry?
... that theNorth Atlantic Current moderates theclimate of Svalbard, giving it up to 20 °C (36 °F) higher winter temperatures than those at similar latitudes in Russia and Canada?
... thatRichard Packer's name is written onparchment stored in a glass cylinder underneath the corner stone in the foundation of the church ofSt Michael's Church School?
... that over a million people were expected to visitTeotihuacán for theannual spring equinox celebrations in 2010?
... thatElvis Presley had watches byMathey-Tissot customized to give their wearers privileged access to his concerts?
... that inAlbanian mythology, when people go for a walk and step on ashtojzovalle they may get devoured by it?

2 April 2010

18:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatgenusInimicus includes highly venomousbenthic stonefishes, such asInimicus filamentosus(pictured), which use theirpectoral fins as legs towalk on the seabed?
... that actor, director, and film criticPål Bang-Hansen is the onlyNorwegian to have interviewedJohn Lennon?
... that one of the frescoes found at theroyal palace inMari, Syria, depicts in the center the "investiture ofZimrilim" by a warrior-goddess, most probablyIshtar?
... that the United States has58 National Parks in 29 states and territories, the first of which wasYellowstone National Park, created in 1872?
... thatMichele Amatore, who was aSudanese slave, became a captain in theBersaglieri regiment and was decorated for his work inSicily?
... that alandmark court ruling has allowedLimerick pubs to sell alcohol today for the first time onGood Friday?
... thatDope Stars Inc.'s debut album was originally titledNew Breed of Digital Fuckers before they changed the title toNeuromance a few months before release?
... that when ScotsmanAlistair Urquhart was a Japaneseprisoner of war, he survived the building of the infamousDeath Railway, the sinking of a Japanesehell ship, and theatomic bombing of Nagasaki?

12:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

... that theGCV Infantry Fighting Vehicle(pictured) will be anetworked tactical fighting vehicle withnon-lethal weapons and the ability toexport electricity?
... that the author of the book onScientology,The Road to Total Freedom, was investigated by anundercover agent for theChurch of Scientology?
... thatMajor Matthew Connolly was an expert onmolluscs and the father of writer and criticCyril Connolly?
... thatHindu godVishnu was cursed to take countlessavatars because he committed thesin of woman-slaughter?
... thatLauren Burns wonAustralia's first Olympic gold medal intaekwondo?
... thatbinding selectivity is of major importance inbiochemistry and in chemicalseparation processes?
... thatMax van Egmond recorded thebass arias of Bach'sSt Matthew Passion withClaudio Abbado and the words of Jesus withGustav Leonhardt?
... that thegovernment of North Korea operates an overseaschain of restaurants from which staff occasionally attempt to escape?

06:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the church(pictured) in theDoly district ofKarviná,Czech Republic, still holdsMasses, despite leaning 6.8° due to extensive coal undermining?
... thatState of War is thedebut novel written in 1988 by award-winningFilipino authorNinotchka Rosca?
... that whenWalter Lappert started an ice cream company in 1983 at age 61 he sold out his first batch of 17,000 liters in just two weeks?
... that the words of the 1974 song "Take Me to the River", written byAl Green, were described by musicianDavid Byrne as combining "teenage lust with baptism – a potent blend"?
... that theFox Island Electric Cooperative operates the largestcommunity wind energy facility on the East Coast of the United States?
... that it is unknown whatRhynchactisanglerfish eat or how they feed, as they have no "fishing lure" and barely any teeth?
... thatMajor League Baseball pitcherJocko Thompson served in theUnited States military duringWorld War II, where his platoon captured a bridge that was named after him 60 years later?
... that the subject ofWheeler v Saunders Ltd was a pair of smelly pig houses?

00:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatresearchers have identified the picturedlife form which no longer lives on this planet?
... thatThe Queen was captured bythe Germans in 1916?
... that arain of blood in Germany foreshadowed the coming of theBlack Death?
... thatJames Brown flew anF-22 Raptor and survived a fuel leak while traveling at almost thespeed of sound?
... that despite dying in battle and being beheaded,Máel Brigte of Moray still managed to kill his opponentSigurd the Mighty, a 10th-centuryEarl of Orkney, as he rode home afterwards?
... thatthe Duke of Edinburgh won a recorded 95% of the vote in aGreek head of state election, but was never appointed?
... thatMartin Van Buren was over twenty feet wide?
... that residents ofCastleford,England, were incensed when their council tried to eliminateTickle Cock?
... that the citizens ofPicoazá,Ecuador,elected foot powder as their mayor?

1 April 2010

18:00, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatCliffe Castle Museum inKeighley,Yorkshire, boasts a wife-soothing cradle(pictured)?
... thatBertie Ahern speaksBertiespeak?
... thathumpbacked elves are rarely seen because their bodies are microscopic?
... thatLindbergh raced an airplane from Washington to New York in under three hours, without ever leaving the ground?
... thatRobert Louis Stevenson took apew fromSouth Leith Parish Church?
... thatElvis is still alive and teaching soccer atNeil McNeil Catholic Secondary School?
... that the firstTerritorial Governor of Montana,Sidney Edgerton, fought as aSquirrel Hunter during theAmerican Civil War?
... thatT. rex survives underground inKenya?
... that twoIrish singers described as "tone deaf", and as "not very good" by British prime ministerGordon Brown, have been recently cited as more popular thanThe Beatles?

12:00, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

... that the materials used in the production ofa Škoda Fabia car(pictured) in 2007 includedmargarine and orangesugar paste?
... thatTom Cruse was awarded theMedal of Honor for gallantly charging hostile Indians?
... that thecod Yorkshire dialect,one on't cross beams gone owt askew ontreadle, inMonty Python's"Trouble at Mill" sketch actuallymeans something?
... thatGuinness Black Lager is a new blacklager which is beingtest marketed inMalaysiabyDiageo for sale in the west under itsGuinness brand name?
... that theyellow morel was once aPhallus?
... thatLeonid Malashkin was the true composer ofKodály's "Buttocks-Pressing Song"?
... that in October 1968,Dumbo was arrested inLas Palmas,Spain?
... that Wikipedia coversthe whole shebang?
... thatPerth, Western Australia, got rid ofugly men in 1948?

06:00, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

... thatRuth Belville(pictured) and her parents had a business selling peopleGreenwich Mean Time?
... that thePrada Store inMarfa,Texas, is never open?
... that ProfessorDirk Obbink is an expert on material fromgarbage heaps andcharred remains?
... that theIlkley Museum inYorkshire,England, is a notable habitat forBrunus edwardii?
... that the American television showGlee was written with the aid ofScreenwriting for Dummies?
... thatFrank Hansford-Miller, founder of theEnglish National Party, emigrated toAustralia?
... that "Everything inSussex is a She except a Tom Cat and she's a He"?
... thatbuttock mail was a form of punishment forfornication, an alternative to thestool of repentance?
... thatWilliam Shakespeare was nicknamed "The Merchant of Menace"?

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... thatTamil Hindu parents dedicate their one-month-old children to the goddessPeriyachi(pictured), who is depicted ripping a woman's womb?
... that thediamond mine inPomona,German South-West Africa, was the richest of its time, generating over a millioncarats between 1912 and 1914?
... thatPope John Paul II traveled more thanall his predecessors combined?
... that the world's northernmost grove ofRedwood trees is located in theChetco River watershed and includes specimens reaching over 300 feet (91 m) tall?
... thatDuke Dunne, anOlympic pentathlete andMichigan football captain, later presided over the sale of theChicago White Sox toBill Veeck and theKansas City Athletics toCharlie Finley?
... thatHoly Rosary Catholic Church inSt. Marys, Ohio, wasdesignated a historic site after its destruction?
... that between 1836 and 1846, theCongregationalist missionaryEdward Stallybrass, who had proselytized inSiberia, published translations of theOld and theNew Testament intoMongolian?
... that theHungarian Railway Museum exhibits an automobile that belonged toPrime Minister Jenő Fock but that was later converted to travel on rails?

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