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31 August 2010

18:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

... that Ohio'sVan Wert County Courthouse(pictured) is crowned by an award-winning statue ofJustice?
... that the search forCratendune continues though evidence that any one site is the lost village remains sparse?
... thatRomgaz is the largest natural gas producer inRomania?
... that the sports clubSkeid, with a formertop-level football team, has also won the Norwegian league inbandy?
... thatDeusdedit of Canterbury (d. 664), a medievalArchbishop of Canterbury was the first non-Italian Archbishop of Canterbury?
... thatQawmiprimary education lasts six years, though it does not differentiate students by progressivegrade levels?
... that whenprisoner of conscience and philosopherUkshin Hoti's sentence was complete, he was transferred to another prison instead of being released?
... that elderlyFamily Guy characterHerbert's voice and design was inspired by a man that character creatorMike Henry met while working in a grocery store?
... that the music ofIn convertendo Dominus, a setting ofPsalm 126 formixed choir andorgan byJules Van Nuffel, has been compared to the style ofPuccini andVaughan Williams?

12:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatvelvet bushes can beslender,shrubby,drooping orrusty(pictured)?
... that David Long ofComputer Games Magazine describedSuperbike 2001's graphics as "almost photo-realistic"?
... that the 1988St Jean Bosco massacre in Haiti sawJean-Bertrand Aristide's church burned down and at least 13 people killed?
... thatNew Mexican bureaucratNicolas de Aguilar wasexiled for ordering Christian natives to participate in traditionalKachina dances?
... thatWalter Hass, who helped reestablish the sport at theUniversity of Chicago, playedcollege football under three differentHall of Fame head coaches?
... thatFehim Zavalani organized theCongress of Manastir, which decided theAlbanian alphabet, in his own home?
... thatIndian leaderSyed Mahmud was released from prison after writing a letter of apology to theBritish Viceroy for participating in theQuit India movement?
... thatThe Washington Post describedRock Creek Park Golf Course's back nine holes in 1999 as so steep they seem "to have been designed by a mountain goat"?
... that American bloggerPamela Geller has strongly defended formerSerbian dictatorSlobodan Milosevic anddenied the existence of Serbianconcentration camps?

06:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

... that thelong-nosed god maskettes(pictured) found throughout theAmerican Midwest are believed to have been used in theritual adoption of visiting tribal leaders?
... that theRoyal Navy first trained pilots in 1911, in borrowedShort S.27 aircraft?
... thatFrench generalJean Touzet du Vigier served four governments inWorld War II – theThird Republic, theVichy regime,Free France, and theFourth Republic?
... thatLoving Natalee,Beth Holloway's bestselling book abouther missing daughter, was made into theLifetime movieNatalee Holloway that suspectJoran van der Sloot himself reportedly watched?
... thatBenjamin D'Israeli, grandfather of the British prime ministerBenjamin Disraeli, traded as a merchant ofstraw hats and other Italian commodities?
... that onFebruary 9,1913, aprocession of fireballs seen acrossCanada toBrazil likely represented the break-up of a short-livednatural satellite of the Earth?
... that soon after the creation of theŁomża Ghetto,Nazi Germans killed all theJews suspected of collaborating with the previous occupying power, theSoviet Union?
... thatOlav V of Norway competed in skiing for the clubSFK Lyn?
... thatIwan Tirta, who held alaw degree, designed thebatik shirts worn by world leaders at the 1994Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit?

00:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the 20thPremier of Quebec,Daniel Johnson Sr., who was instrumental in the construction of theDaniel-Johnson Dam(pictured), died the morning of its scheduled inauguration in 1968?
... that afterPete Allen retired fromprofessional baseball he enrolled in theUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and later became aphysician?
... that the gold andenamelDunstable Swan Jewel dates from about 1400 when suchlivery badges were highly controversial and could be dangerous for the wearer?
... thatBernard de Montfaucon was the first to use the term "palaeography"?
... thataspens andwhitebark pines arekeystones to theecology of the Rocky Mountains?
... thatGrady Wallace ofSouth Carolina beat outElgin Baylor andWilt Chamberlain to secure the1956–57 NCAA men's basketball scoring title?
... that whenAfrican American golfers attempted to play atWashington, D.C.'sracially segregatedEast Potomac Park Golf Course in 1941, angry whites threw stones and threatened them with violence?
... that the first permanentBaptist church in thehistory of Baptists in Alabama was originally named West Fork of Flint River Church?
... that the skeleton of a pregnant woman and her unborn child dating back to 3000 BC was found in theKamenica Tumulus inAlbania?

30 August 2010

18:00, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatMinuscule 113(pictured) manuscript of the fourGospels contains 24 pictures?
... that"Entrégate" involved awinemaker and a man with a bass guitar?
... thatNeil Gardner holds the sixth-fastest recorded time for aJamaican 400 m hurdler?
... thatDimitry Laptev worked forNazi Germany, theUnited Kingdom and theSoviet Union under different names?
... that theOnizuka Center for International Astronomy provides lodging for the 72 astronomers working at theMauna Kea Observatory?
... that to securesponsorship forhis TV show, New York-basedhostJake Sasseville talked his way onto a local broadcast 700 miles away, so he would be seen by executives at his target's headquarters?
... that a single spoon-shaped lower jaw belonging to thegoniopholidid crocodyliformSunosuchus is the most well preserved fossil found from thePhu Kradung Formation inThailand?
... thatPrince Ludwig of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg mysteriously disappeared fromLondon society to thePhilippines, where he was killed during a battle of thePhilippine–American War?
... that robbers stole $80,000 worth ofjewelry fromLida, Princess Victor of Thurn and Taxis, but neglected to take anecklace valued at $400,000?

12:00, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatUndershaw(pictured), which is currently proposed for redevelopment, was built as the family residence ofSir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator ofSherlock Holmes?
... thatJames Conder, who collected coins and issuedtoken coins, never knew that there was ahoard of Anglo-Saxon coins buried beneath the doorstep of his house inIpswich?
... that the1943 Filipstad explosion inOslo shattered the glass in over 1600buildings?
... thatAmin al-Hindi is believed to have been the last living person involved in the planning of theMunich massacre at the1972 Summer Olympics?
... that, as of 2008, over 95% of urbanBurkina Faso hasaccess to improved water sources?
... thatCoretta Scott King calledAfrican-American civil rights activistRandolph Blackwell an "unsung giant" ofnonviolent social change?
... that theCumberland Presbyterian Church was founded in 1810 in alog cabin in what is nowMontgomery Bell State Park inTennessee?
... thatJerry Nelson is the principaldesigner and projectscientist for theKeck telescopes?
... thatWatain received gold forReaping Death?

06:00, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

A photo of baseball player Lou Gehrig in the pinstriped uniform of the New York Yankees in the foreground, with fans in the stands in the background

... thatLou Gehrig(pictured) may not have died ofLou Gehrig's disease after all, but may instead have succumbed tochronic traumatic encephalopathy?
... that Elmwood Park indowntownDanbury, Connecticut, was once used for growinghay?
... thatAndrew Mack, prior to becomingMayor of Detroit in 1834, had sailed around the world three times?
... that the number ofcoho salmon spawning on theTen Mile River inMendocino County, California, has dropped precipitously since the 1960s?
... thatRed Rock Job Corps Center is withinRicketts Glen State Park inPennsylvania, uses the facilities of the formerBenton Air Force Station, and is still home to anFAA radar?
... thatQeparo is home to one of the nine churches inAlbania dedicated toSaint Demetrius?
... that "The Conquered Banner" was written byFather Ryan, the "poet-priest of the Confederacy"?
... that celebrated FrenchcourtesanRosalie Duthé has been called history's firstdumb blonde?
... thatLatavious Williams rejected aUS$100,000 contract offer from aChinese team but opted to playminor league basketball in the United States for only US$19,000?

00:00, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theSind Sparrow(pictured) was not recorded for 36 years after it was first described, despite searches by notedornithologists?
... thatempresarioJames Power was notified of theMexican land grant offerings by the "Father ofTexas"Stephen F. Austin?
... thatJohn Lawson Walton's defence in an 1896libel case led to the largestdamages awarded by a British jury to that date?
... that although the team was founded in 1896, the firstConnecticut Huskies bowl game did not come until the end of the2004 college football season?
... thatSonny Bono producedrockabilly singerRoddy Jackson's "Hiccups"?
... that to avoid sending her to the scrapyards, theImperial Japanese Navy converted thebattleshipHiei into a training ship?
... thatcameline, a middle ages "cheap" fabric ofcamel's hair, is considered by some authorities to be what we call todaycashmere?
... that comedianBob Hope, U.S. PresidentGerald Ford and, according to theWashington Post, every greatAfrican American professionalgolfer exceptTiger Woods have played atLangston Golf Course?
... that the ground nearHennepin Avenue United Methodist Church inMinneapolis was frozen to protect the church during 1960s freeway construction?

29 August 2010

18:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatGukumatz(depiction pictured), one of theFeathered Serpent deities of theK'iche'Maya ofGuatemala, was said to carry the sun across the sky in his jaws?
... that the originalSmall Diameter Bomb was developed byBoeing but the competition was restarted as a result of a corruption scandal and theRaytheon version of theGBU-53/B was selected instead?
... thatIgnace Michiels ofSt. Salvator's Cathedral has been theorganist for theGerman-Flemish Reger-Chor in works such asReger'sRequiem?
... thatBolinas Ridge which runs parallel toCalifornia'sSan Andreas Fault has been the setting for numerous automobiletelevision commercials?
... thatOlga Maturana was elected the firstMayoress ofPichilemu,Chile, in 1951?
... that theminiseriesNurse Jeffrey, aspinoff ofHouse MD was originally released exclusively forApple devices?
... that in 1725Bach composed acantata text written bySalomon Franck inWeimar,Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164, for the 13th Sunday afterTrinity?
... that cricketerMalcolm Jardine, the father ofDouglas, was probably one of the firstbatsmen to play theleg glance?
... that theCaroline test of self-defence is based on a burning ship going overNiagara Falls?

12:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theGileppe Dam(pictured) was the firstdam built in modernBelgium?
... that theKermadec Red-crowned Parakeet is the first documented example of aparrot recolonising an island after the removal ofinvasive predators?
... that energy executiveWilliam G. Higgs is both aDistinguished Eagle Scout and a Distinguished Graduate of theUnited States Military Academy?
... thatSandur was described as "an autonomous Jewish republic" in 1934?
... that during the period ofnormalization inCzechoslovakia, writerLudvík Kundera was banned from being published?
... that publisherMoses Annenberg boughtRanch A in 1927 withUS$27,000 cash that he had in his pocket?
... thatHarvey B. Scribner oversaw the 1965 busing plan that madeTeaneck, New Jersey, the first district in the US with a white majority to implement a voluntary school integration program?
... that theWestern Union Defence Organization was a precursor toNATO, with its headquarters, personnel, and plans providing the structure for NATO's military command?
... thatHezbollah leaderHassan Nasrallah calls theHezbollah theme park a "touristjihadi center"?

06:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatGlacier Bay(pictured) inAlaska,US, known in the 18th century as theGrand Pacific Glacier, was a single glacier that has now retreated by 65 miles to the head of the bay at Tarr Inlet?
... thatSt. Mary's of Aransas inRefugio County, Texas, was home tophilanthropist Clara Driscoll who is known for her efforts in restoring theAlamo Mission in San Antonio?
... thatSwedish death metal bandNirvana 2002 had to add the "2002" to its name after seeing an advertisement forNirvana's 1988 debut single, "Love Buzz/Big Cheese"?
... that half of the population ofColonia Buenos Aires inMexico City makes a living from selling used auto parts?
... thatThomas C. Molesworth designed furniture for the houses of theRockefeller family andU.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
... that theDortmunder Philharmoniker, the orchestra of the city ofDortmund, Germany, for opera and concert, founded in 1887, recorded its firstCD in 2010?
... that the textualFamily 1739 codex represents theCaesarean text-type in thePauline epistles andCatholic epistles?
... thatquarterbackSteven Threet began hiscollege football career atGeorgia Tech, played forMichigan in 2008 and is now a member of the2010 Arizona State team?
... that in 1663, Roger Wilbraham organised the replacement ofNantwich Bridge inCheshire, and the new bridge was completed in time for his son to be the first corpse carried across it?

00:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

... that March 1862 purchases of Greekbonds inLondon were the result of a report thatPrince Wilhelm of Baden(pictured) was to be formally recommended as a candidate for theGreek throne?
... that with over 1.2 million burials, theBródno Cemetery is the largest cemetery inWarsaw,Poland?
... thatSwedish-Norwegian television hostKristin Kaspersen is the daughter of Swedish singerLill-Babs and Norwegianfootball goalkeeperKjell Kaspersen?
... that the village ofEdgehead inMidlothian,Scotland, is located on the site of theRoman roadDere Street?
... thatYolande Harmer, who was one of the most prominentIsraeli spies inEgypt in 1948 is thought of as "Israel'sMata Hari"?
... that thePyréolophore was probably the world's firstinternal combustion engine and was fuelled by burningpowdered moss, coal granules and resin?
... that the 2009 filmAn Education received nineBritish Academy Film Award nominations, but only came away with one award?
... thatNiels Bohr inspired Indian physicistAlladi Ramakrishnan to create theInstitute of Mathematical Sciences inChennai?
... that over two daysSun Yingjie won both theBeijing Marathon and a silver medal inathletics at the 10th Chinese National Games, but lost her medal because a rival spiked her drink withsteroids?

28 August 2010

18:00, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theSeaside Institute(pictured) inBridgeport, Connecticut, offered amenities forWarner Brothers Corset Company's female employees and was referred to as "an island of peace in the storm"?
... thatSamuel Pepys drankpurl in abawdy house behind theHouse of Lords?
... that whenNazi Germany invadedPoland, Polish-Jewish poetRajzel Żychlińsky fled by taking a taxicab?
... that theCentro Urbano Benito Juárez apartment complex inMexico City was mostly destroyed during the1985 Mexico City earthquake?
... that in 1874,Nova Scotian MP and marine architectWilliam D. Lawrence built the largest wooden ship ever built inCanada, theWilliam D. Lawrence?
... that the earliest accurate description of anaction potential appears in the first issue of thephysiology journalPflügers Archiv?
... thatOperation Marlborough was a mission to killIraqi terroristinsurgents wearingsuicide vests who were intending to target cafes and restaurants inBaghdad?
... that the very firstathletics track inZagreb was built around thefootball pitch atStadion Koturaška in 1907?
... thatMaharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp. seeks to "reconstruct the entire world" for $100 trillion?

12:00, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

A headshot of an African Canadian man in his twenties wearing a blue-collared gray shirt with a black background behind

... thatDrake(pictured) hadseven nominations at the2010 MuchMusic Video Awards, the most of any artist?
... that development proposals forWashington, D.C.'sKingman Island have included anairport, alandfill, apublic aquarium,stadium parking lots, and atheme park?
... thatmedrogestone is a syntheticsteroid with activity similar to the naturalhormone progesterone, but unlike progesterone, is not transported bytranscortin in the blood?
... that the2009 Grammy-winning song "Rich Woman" was first released in 1955 byLi'l Millet and was written by himself andDorothy LaBostrie?
... that theOpernhaus Dortmund was opened in 1966 withDer Rosenkavalier, performed inDortmund first in 1911?
... that theAmerican Petroleum Institute awardedGeorge R. Brown a medal for the design of the firstoil platform to be built out of sight of land?
... that the snail speciesOxygyrus keraudrenii shows anevolutionary reduction of thegastropod shell for living in open sea?
... that the 8th-centurySæbø sword has arunic inscription incorporating aswastika that has been interpreted as representingThor?
... thatGeorge Malley, whoseSt. Ignatius High School football team was once compared toNotre Dame underKnute Rockne, resigned from theUniversity of San Francisco with a losing record?

06:00, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theIron AgeWitham Shield was originally decorated with the leather silhouette of awild boar(pictured)?
... thatTadeusz Adamowski, a pioneer ofice hockey ininterwar Poland, played the sport atHarvard, coached thePolish national team, and was imprisoned in aGerman Oflag duringWorld War II?
... thatSt Briavels Castle, once the royalhunting lodge ofKing John of England, later became a notoriousdebtors' prison?
... thatWendy Barlow was inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame, and that her fatherBob Barlow played in 77NHL games with theMinnesota North Stars?
... that thecruiserSMS Bremse wasscuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919, but was salvaged a decade later byErnest Cox?
... that radio hostSiv Stubsveen starred inA Story About Love, a film on theInternet Movie Database's bottom 100 list?
... that theKunstHausWien, a private museum inVienna, occupies the former building of theThonet furniture factory, creator of the iconicbistro chair?
... that theMemphite Formula, a standardized greeting on ancient Egyptian letters, was used so frequently thatpapyrus intended for use as letters would be prepared with the greeting already written?
... that bandleaderJoe Lutcher abandoned his secular music career because of his religious beliefs, and influencedrock and roll starLittle Richard to do the same?

00:00, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatAcacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze'(pictured), a rare red-flowering form ofAcacia, was discovered by bushwalkers inAustralia in 1995?
... thatJames Sumner received theMedal of Honor for his actions in a skirmish withCochise during theApache Wars?
... thatBump was the billionth application downloaded onApple'sApp Store?
... thatKirkleatham's Owl andEndangered Species Centre is home to one of Britain's largest collections ofowls?
... that on the American syndicated game showJeopardy!, five-time championChuck Forrest held the regular winnings record from early Season 2 to early Season 6?
... that the gold medal winner ofboys' triathlon at the2010 Summer Youth Olympics,Aaron Barclay, had never previously raced outsideOceania?
... that theoffice building that houses theOklahoma City National Memorial Museum was built byFreemasons and once held anauditorium said to be the second largest in theAmerican West?
... thatBruce Springsteen was inspired to write his songs "Youngstown" and "The New Timer" after reading stories of dying steel towns inDale Maharidge's bookJourney to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass?
... that ChileanEloísa Díaz was the first femaledoctor inSouth America?
... thatJamila M'Barek demanded to be styled "Lady Shaftesbury" while being tried for the murder ofLord Shaftesbury?

27 August 2010

18:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theDashaveyor(pictured) was originally designed as a high-techconveyor belt, but was later turned into anautomated guideway transit system used at theToronto Zoo?
... that baritoneGünter Reich recorded the part ofMoses inSchoenberg's operaMoses und Aron with bothMichael Gielen andPierre Boulez?
... that Angelo Gaja, owner ofPiemonte wine producerGaja, is often described as "the man who dragged Piedmont into the modern world"?
... thatOperation Banquet was a contingency plan to use every available aircraft in a last-ditch effort to repel aGerman invasion of Britain in 1940 or 1941?
... thatR.C. Bannon, co-writer ofBarbara Mandrell's "One of a Kind Pair of Fools," was formerly married to Barbara's sister,Louise?
... that thejellyfishHaliclystus auricula acquired the common name "Kaleidoscope" from a naming contest held in Britain?
... that theD.C. Department of Parks and Recreation oversees 900 acres (360 ha) of parks and 68 recreational facilities—including 25 outdoorswimming pools, 10 indoor pools, and 8spray parks?
... that the currentPresident of Bolivia,Evo Morales, was one of fourAssembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples politicians elected to parliament in 1997?
... thatAarti Sequeira, thesixth season winner ofThe Next Food Network Star, once worked as a producer for the cable news companyCNN?
... that theChurch of La Soledad inMexico City has been the site of an annual commemoration forsex workers?

12:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theGeorge Hotel(pictured) inCrawley,Sussex, has hostedLord Nelson, a strandedQueen Victoria, illegalbare-knuckle prizefighters, horse auctions,the Acid Bath Murderer and public executions?
... thatradio stationWGGH owner Jimmy "Fish" Fishback provided theimaging voice of the fictional "V-Rock" radio station inGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories?
... that theBombardment of Mogador was accomplished in 1844 by aFrench Navy fleet against theMoroccan city ofEssaouira?
... that sopranoJune Card appeared as Freia and Gutrune inWagner'sDer Ring des Nibelungen, conducted byMichael Gielen and staged byRuth Berghaus at theFrankfurt Opera?
... that the 6 mmsea snailAtlanta lesueurii achievesvertical migration of several tens of meters each day?
... that themusic video toa song based on news about an attempted rape was viewed over 10 million times onYouTube in less than three weeks?
... that imprisoned former congressmanRandy Cunningham spends his days at theU.S. Penitentiary atTucson, Arizona, teaching fellow inmates to get theirGED?
... that the medieval EnglisharchdeaconOsbert de Bayeux was accused of murdering anArchbishop of York by poisoning the communionchalice?
... thatAbbot's Palace, aroccoco palace inOliwa funded by the lastCistercian abbot of the Oliwa monastery,Jacek Rybiński, was burned down byGerman troops during World War II?
... that one of the many interpretations of the anecdotal meeting ofDiogenes and Alexander was that ofSamuel Johnson, who related it to wasting other people's time?

06:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatCaptainJames Young's capture of a Spanishfrigate in 1799(illustrated) brought each of his seamen the equivalent of ten years' pay inprize money?
... that the 1991 documentaryThe Search for Robert Johnson shows the first interview with Claude Johnson, who in 1998 was legally declared Delta blues legendRobert Johnson's son?
... that, called out of retirement to work on the murder case ofJonBenét Ramsey, detectiveLou Smit resigned 18 months later after concluding that "the Ramseys did not do it"?
... thatSt George's Church, Little Thetford, is a 14th centuryAnglican church in the village ofLittle Thetford,Cambridgeshire, England, which was struck bylightning in 1886 and required extensive rebuilding?
... that as theVictoria Barge Canal was dredged nearGuadalupe Bay, ancient artifacts andmiddens were discovered at what is now the Guadalupe Bay Archeological Site?
... that the firstgold medal of theYouth Olympic Games was awarded to Yuka Sato ofJapan in the2010 girls' triathlon?
... thatThe Feildian, a monthly magazine ofBishop Feild College, was the first publication of its kind in Newfoundland?
... thatUdaya Wickramasinghe, theSri Lankan cricket umpire is remembered for giving threelbw decisions which enabled Pakistani bowlerAaqib Javed to achieve ahat-trick andworld record?
... thatusing cocaine while pregnant is thought to be less harmful to the baby thanalcohol?

00:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the Australianpea flowerMirbelia rubiifolia(pictured) was cultivated inHammersmith in England as early as 1792?
... that since 2005, after a gap of a century, stone traps are allowed again forbird trapping in selected regions ofFrance?
... that Chief Engraver of theUnited States MintFrank Gasparro called theSusan B. Anthony dollar his "top achievement", though the coin was largely rejected by the American public?
... that the Comber Historical Society Museum onOntario Highway 77 was established in the former Maple Grove schoolhouse, built in 1894?
... that it seemsUgandan PresidentMilton Obote did not consult hiscabinet when issuing the 1970Nakivubo Pronouncement and beginning the process ofnationalising 80 of Uganda's biggest firms?
... that the sports clubBygdø Monolitten IL is partly named after the sculptureThe Monolith inVigeland Sculpture Park?
... that theNasiriyah Drainage Pump Station inIraq helps siphon water under theEuphrates River and is the largest of its type in theMiddle East?
... that in 1884,Norwegian Supreme Court accessorFrederik Platou cast a minority vote against theimpeachment ofChristian Selmer, a former government colleague?
... thatBruce Springsteen has described his hit song "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" as the type of song he tends to want to throw out?

26 August 2010

18:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theQueen's Aid House(pictured) has a plaque commemoratingElizabeth I's aid in rebuildingNantwich after a fire, the only time she is known to have contributed to such a cause?
... that theAndrei Pervozvanny class battleships were the onlyOld World battleships fitted withlattice masts?
... thatSimon of Southwell was treasurer of thecathedral chapter ofLichfield Cathedral in 1203?
... thatMurray Wier was the first officially recognizedNCAA men's basketballseason scoring leader in 1947–48?
... thatsoul singerVeda Brown, who recorded for theStax label in the 1970s, later became acosmetologist,choir leader, andblack history teacher in theMissouri Bootheel?
... thatHelen Gray Cone was the first woman to hold the title of professor at theNormal College of the City of New York (later renamed Hunter College)?
... that 70% of the population ofTamil Nadu is engaged in theIndianstate's agricultural sector and related industries for their livelihood?
... that the government ofIndonesia did not provide funding for itsnational team until one month prior to the2010 Summer Youth Olympics?
... that studies have shown thatmedia coverage of climate change significantly understates the strength of thescientific consensus on climate change?

12:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatMV Geysir(pictured) was the center of a series of international incidents that involvedAntonin Scalia,Ruth Bader Ginsberg,Ken Starr,Elizabeth Dole,George Schultz andRonald Reagan?
... thatRobert Brown Job was the oldest elected member of theNewfoundland National Convention?
... that theCity of Besançon got a regionalParlement fromLouis XIV partly as compensation for losing its democratic government and claims to independence?
... that uponPrince Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis' death at theBattle of Stalingrad in 1942, he was succeeded byhis uncle asheir presumptive to the Headship of theHouse of Thurn and Taxis?
... that after forming theircoalition government the first joint interview withDavid Cameron andNick Clegg was atelevised debate on the economy?
... that after watching "the greatest single play" in team history,Bob Ufer exclaimed "Johnny Wangler toAnthony Carter will be heard until another 100 years ofMichigan football is played!"?
... that the dramatistGeorge Bernard Shaw campaigned for theLabour Party candidate at theSt Albans by-election in 1919?
... that the Japanese legend of theStraw Millionaire depicts a peasant who becomes rich through a series of trades starting with a piece of straw?
... that althoughRangers won the1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, they were banned from competing the following year because their fans started ariot?

06:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theUS$1 million restoration ofOld St. Andrew's Church(pictured), which many considered beyond repair, was the first major project in the 67 years of theJacksonville Historical Society?
... thatJobs' vessel, theBlue Peter, was the first floating, frozen-fish processing outfit inNewfoundland?
... thatNicholas Treadwell started his art gallery in 1963 in a double-decker bus and two furniture vans?
... thatsoftware archaeology usessoftware visualization and other techniques to understand poorly documentedlegacy software?
... thatSanta Clara County Federal Credit Union was founded using onlyUS$107 in 1950 and has since grown to over500 million dollars in assets?
... that thepure blood theory in Korea says that all Koreans descend from a single, purest and cleanest source of ancestors?
... thatLady Gaga's EPThe Cherrytree Sessions, initially only available throughBorders stores and digital outlets, wasreissued in August 2010?
... that theScottish Review of Books is a quarterlyliterary magazine published inScotland that aims to promote discussion ofScottish literature and to challenge people's perceptions?
... that in theSinger World Series,Aravinda de Silva scored 334 runs and did notlose his wicket in all four innings he played?

00:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

... that thePutnam County Courthouse(pictured) inOttawa, Ohio, built in 1912, was intended to be a landmark in 2000?
... that versions ofRoberto Cantoral's songs have been recorded over 1,000 times by other artists, includingPlácido Domingo,José José,Luis Miguel,Joan Baez andLinda Ronstadt?
... that afterassassinating Abraham Lincoln,John Wilkes Booth fled intoMaryland'sZekiah Swamp?
... thatshot putterIvan Ivančić is the oldest ever finalist at theWorld Championships in Athletics?
... that the Mr. Ekenhead in the secondcanto ofDon Juan was a real-life lieutenant of theHMSSalsette marines who swam theHellespont withLord Byron on 3 May 1810?
... that Americanelectric blues guitarist, singer and songwriterJohnny B. Moore was once described as "one ofChicago's interesting secrets"?
... that the 11th-century church ofSan Giovanni del Toro inRavello,Italy, has apulpit withArabic script andmotifs which influenced the Dutch artistM.C. Escher?
... that despite their roles in heroverthrow andcounter-revolution, lawyersWilliam O. Smith andWilliam A. Kinney were later hired byQueen Liliʻuokalani?
... that at a command performance ofBox and Cox (1847) atWindsor Castle,Queen Victoria and her court "laughed heartily" at the hit Londonfarce?

25 August 2010

18:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

A shiny coin with a shield, the date 1873, and the legend "In God We Trust"

... thatJames B. Longacre's design for theShield nickel(pictured) symbolizes the strength of theUS federal government through the unity of thestates?
... that the British politicianFrederick William Verney was a formerChurch of England clergyman who had been made aCommander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?
... that the distinct structures of differentcellular organelles may be the effects of the differing mechanics of the manyproteins that create them duringorganelle biogenesis?
... that althoughTyphoon Sudal was the strongest storm to hit the island ofYap in 50 years, damaging or destroying 90% of property, there were no deaths?
... that the collapse of theParrot Corporation, a manufacturer offloppy diskettes, caused aBritish political controversy?
... that theFC Barcelona Museum attracts1.2 million yearly visitors, making it the second most visited museum in Barcelona, only surpassed by theMuseu Picasso?
... thatSir Robert Ainslie, 1st Baronet, British ambassador to the OttomanPorte, commissioned his own friendLuigi Mayer to draw pictures of places in theOttoman Empire for his collection?
... that the politicaldocumentaryCan Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? won the Audience Award at the 2006Silverdocs Documentary Festival?
... thatLudwig von Wurmb, a general fromHesse-Kassel during theNapoleonic Wars, was known as the "bitter Wurmb" to distinguish him from his siblings?

12:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1896, Edward Ford built the 32-roomGeorge P. MacNichol House for his daughter, and the next year built the 27-roomFord-Bacon House(pictured) across the street for himself?
... thatZydeco musicianRoy Carrier started out playingla la on afrottoir?
... that at theSt Albans by-election in 1943,John Grimston was elected without a vote after his opponentWilliam Douglas-Home missed the deadline for nominations?
... that while serving as the chief of staff of theHawaiian Department of the US Army,Philip Hayes warned about the possibility of a sneak attack onPearl Harbor by Japan?
... that 95% of adults have beeninfected byhuman herpesvirus 7, a virus that can causeinfluenza-like illness andseizures but normally causes nosymptoms?
... thatIvar Eskeland was accomplished as aphilologist, publisher, translator, biographer, literary critic, newspaper editor, theatre worker, radio personality and organizational leader?
... that thelintel over the doorway ofHoly Trinity Church, Coverham,North Yorkshire, consists of a re-usedAnglo-Saxon cross shaft?
... that theUnited States Supreme Court ruled that an Indian could not be tried for killing another Indian inEx parte Crow Dog, resulting in the passage of theMajor Crimes Act?

06:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theAntoni Gaudí-inspired "Crazy House"(pictured) inDa Lat,Vietnam, has been variously compared to the works ofSalvador Dali andWalt Disney?
... thatSir Richard Glass, who was knighted for his part in creating the firsttransatlantic telegraph cable, lasted only a few months as anMP?
... thatThe Titan's Goblet, an 1833 landscape painting byThomas Cole, "defies full explanation" according to the museum that owns it?
... that the first stone building inLatvia was a church and a fortress ofIkšķile built by missionarySaint Meinhard in 1185–1186?
... that theFreemasons Tavern inHove, with its elaboratemosaic exterior decorated withMasonic symbols, is "reminiscent of theViennese Secession"?
... thatwool-staplerGeorge Goodman was a four-timemayor ofLeeds?
... thatastronomers believe that theGreat Comet of 1264 and theGreat Comet of 1556 were the samecomet?
... that theNew Ulyanovsk Bridge, one of Europe'slongest bridges, took more than 23 years to complete due to economic difficulties following the collapse of the Soviet Union?
... that aNew Jersey State Senator unsuccessfully attempted to blockMarianne Espinosa's renomination tofamily court, citing complaints that she "giggles and throws pencils on the desk during testimony"?

00:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

A yellow-crested bird sits among foilage.

... that the court decision inPalila v. Hawaii saved thePalila(pictured), acritically endangered honeycreeper, from possibleextinction?
... that when Lieutenant Nevelskoy of the 14-gunOpyt surrendered to Captain Bathurst of the 42-gun frigateHMSSalsette, Bathurst returned Nevelskoy's sword because of the heroic fight he had put up?
... that in 1972, theUganda Development Corporation's portfolio was swelled with the addition of 90nationalised British holdings?
... thatprofessional baseball playerOllie Carnegie is theInternational League's careerhome run andRBI leader?
... thatBioShock Infinite,Irrational Games' next title in itsvideo game series, is set during 1912 in a giant airborne city constructed at the height ofAmerican exceptionalism?
... that while being stipendiary magistrate inSarpsborg,Oluf Falck-Ytter edited the newspaperGlommen anonymously?
... thatJobar, a suburb ofDamascus, is home to the 2,000-year-oldJobar Synagogue?
... that BritishConservative Party politicianWilliam Carlile ownedGayhurst House in Buckinghamshire, the former home of one of theconspirators in theGunpowder Plot?
... that becausePrince George produced many of his plays underpseudonyms, most of his audiences were unaware aPrussian prince was behind them?

24 August 2010

18:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theMedina, New York,armory(pictured) was the first one designed by new state architect George Heins?
... that the onlylife-tariff prisoner in the UK protesting his innocence isJeremy Bamber?
... thatTerry Byrne was the only person to accompanyDavid Beckham to thechanging room after his red card in the1998 World Cup, and later became his personal manager?
... thatMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.2 was the first type of aircraft operated by theRoyal Norwegian Navy Air Service that could carrybombs?
... that religious masterLongchen Rabjam had foreseenTang Rimochen Lhakhang inBhutan in a vision?
... thatBerman's Bakery,Israel's second-largest, got its start by peddling black bread and honey cakes toChristian pilgrims on their way to theChurch of the Holy Sepulchre?
... that theeponymousfirst album by thepsychedelic rock bandH. P. Lovecraft includes the song "The White Ship", directly inspired by ashort story bythe writer from whom the group took their name?
... that Ohio'sPaulding County Courthouse was patterned after Michigan'sLenawee County Courthouse?
... thatKickapoo Joy Juice was a fictionalalcoholic beverage in acomic strip before it was produced in real life as asoft drink?

12:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

... that aVermont window(pictured) is said to letcoffins through, but keepwitches out?
... that before becoming a professionalmixed martial artist,Eduard Folayang was a high school teacher?
... thatChristopher Nugent was the thirdUnited States Marine to receive theMedal of Honor?
... thatAmerican soul blues singerKip Anderson used "A Knife and a Fork" as a warning concerning his girlfriend's food consumption?
... that BritishConservative Member of Parliament (MP)John Gordon Drummond Campbell had been an educational adviser to KingChulalongkorn ofSiam?
... thatMichael Taylor ledMichigan to consecutiveBig Ten football championships and became the school's all-time leader inpassing efficiency?
... thatUp was the secondanimated film toreceive a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Picture, afterBeauty and the Beast?
... that one of thetextbooks written byLudvig Stoud Platou was reissued 15 times, including 7 times by his sonCarl Nicolai?
... that Dr. Nicholas Lang of theUniversity of Arkansas advised against ever consuming ahamdog at any point in one's lifetime?

06:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theVan Wert Bandstand(pictured) is the only extant historic bandstand in westernOhio?
... that to show his opposition toWilhelm II,Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz forbade any demonstrations of mourning for the deaths of emperorsWilhelm I andFrederick III?
... thatMontreal Alouettes kick returnerTim Maypray returned a missedfield goal for atouchdown twice in 2010—both against theSaskatchewan Roughriders?
... that the firstNew Zealanders were EasternPolynesians, who are thought to have arrived inNew Zealand around 750 years ago?
... that the port ofAransas City lost itscustomhouse afterTexas President Mirabeau B. Lamar relocated it to the self-named town ofLamar?
... that BritishLabour Party politicianWilliam Jackson was injured in theBattle of the Somme?
... thatSmaalenenes Amtstidende was the first newspaper inØstfold county,Norway?
... thatAngel Bakeries is the sole supplier ofhamburger buns forMcDonald's restaurants inIsrael?
... that aseagull dropping a lit cigarette it had apparently mistaken for food may have caused a fire that wrecked a£750,000penthouse atBrighton'sVan Alen Building?

00:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

... that although theMontmartre funicular(pictured) is considered part of theParis Métro, it requires a separate ticket?
... that thelithium salt of thehexafluorophosphateanion is a commonelectrolyte inlithium-ion batteries?
... that the largest organized collection ofHebrew Old Testament manuscripts is housed inSaint Petersburg?
... that Americanstock car racerNelson Stacy lost one of the closest season points battle inARCA history before winning the next three championships?
... that thefont dating from about 1300 inSt John's Church, Throapham,South Yorkshire, depicts human faces from the three continents that were known at the time of its carving?
... that Danish orienteerIda Bobach won three gold medals at the 2010Junior World Orienteering Championships, winning the sprint, the long course and the relay?
... that bacteria expressing theNew Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase are resistant to all standard intravenous antibiotics for treatment of severe infections?
... that theSlav Epic cycle of paintings byAlfons Mucha consists of 20canvases, up to six metres tall and eight metres wide?
... that a 1999internet hoax led people to believe that a wealthy family in the 16th century would sharebacon with their guests so they could sit around and "chew the fat"?
... that during theBattle of Ratsua,Frank Partridge became the youngest Australian soldier to earn theVictoria Cross?
... thatTadahiro Matsushita is one of only fourPeople's New Party members in theHouse of Representatives of Japan?

23 August 2010

18:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatSomerset'sSophie Le Marchand(pictured) hasstumped three batsmen in aninnings twice inTwenty20 cricket?
... that theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers originally proposed a largereservoir by damming theAnacostia River atMassachusetts Avenue SE, but built the much smallerKingman Lake in 1920 instead?
... that AustralianEdward Both invented theBoth Respirator, aniron lung made fromplywood, to fight apolio epidemic in 1937?
... that "Tuesday's Child", an episode of theBBC medical dramaHolby City, was filmed entirely on location inGhana?
... thatEric Berry played the part of Charles inPippin for six years?
... that although theepicenter of the1887 Sonora earthquake was in Mexico, it was the only historicalearthquake to cause considerable damage inArizona?
... thatBrighton & Hove Albion Football Club broke their transfer record, paying £5,000 to signJohnny McNichol, who at the time had not played a single game inthe Football League?
... that the Austro-Hungariancoastal defense shipSMSWien was the only ship from theMonarch-class to be sunk during World War I?
... thatsongwriter andproducerPopcorn Wylie allowed his children to playfrisbee with oldsingles he had worked on, before he became aware of their value tocollectors ofNorthern soul records?
... thatDennis Brown broke theBig Ten single gametotal offense record in his first start and set theMichigan football record for careerpassing yards?
... that thePalazzo Chupi is named after alollipop?

12:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theServoss House(pictured), on theErie Canal outsideMedina, New York, uses an unusualstructural system consisting of stacked wooden planks?
... that theMana by-election, 2010 was caused by the resignation ofWinnie Laban, who has been appointed as the Assistant Vice Chancellor ofVictoria University of Wellington?
... thatGaza's "swish, stylish"Al Deira Hotel is built ofmudbricks?
... that the top three finishers in1962 MVP award voting –Maury Wills,Willie Mays, andTommy Davis – all played in the1962 National League tie-breaker series?
... that thePalacio de la Autonomía inMexico City is where theUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México gained autonomy from direct government control?
... that theStar Carr house inNorth Yorkshire,England, was built byStone Age hunters 10,500 years ago and is the oldest dwelling ever found inBritain?
... that Dr.Albert Sabin, developer of the oralpolio vaccine, called Dr.Robert M. Chanock his "star scientific son"?
... that, decades before he becameMayor ofPortland, Maine,William MacVane practicedmilitary medicine and received aBronze Star for performing surgery "under adverse conditions" during World War II?
... that as a childFrench executivepastry chefFlorian Bellanger wasallergic tochocolate, but now claims it is his favorite ingredient?
... that the Englishlace manufacturer andLiberal Party politicianSir Arthur Black donated two homes inNottingham to theNational Children's Home?
... that during the 1980s more than half of the personnel of theSoviet embassy in Zambia wereKGB andGRU agents?

06:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theAdmonitions Scroll(detail pictured), a treasured possession of theQianlong Emperor, was bought by theBritish Museum for only£25 in 1903?
... that after being fined due to an incident,professional baseball playerTal Abernathy promised his teammates that if he was ever fined again he would buy them all asteak?
... that theSettha Palace Hotel inVientiane is aboutique hotel, housed in a renovatedFrench Indonese colonial building?
... that BritishLabour Party Member of ParliamentJ. H. Hall worked in thetrade union movement for over 40 years?
... that prior to 1964, somecutters of theU.S. Coast Guard such asUSCGCPoint Marone andUSCGCPoint Young were commissioned without a name because they were too short?
... thatWaldemar Stoud Platou foundedHansa Brewery?
... that inColombia there were 2,832 murders of trade unionists between 1 January 1986 and 30 April 2010, making it themost dangerous country in the world in which to be a trade unionist?
... thatpastry chefCandace Nelson opened the world's firstcupcake-only bakery?
... that it is customary atChimi Lhakhang to strike female pilgrims on the head with a 10-inch (25 cm) woodenphallus and that the monastery featuresphallic paintings on its walls?

00:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatin 1915 theMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.1(pictured) became the first type of aircraft to be produced by theRoyal Norwegian Navy Air Service's aircraft factoryMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk?
... thatHarry George Woolley, who holds aclub record for the most penalty minutes spent off the field, also donated the Most Sportsmanlike trophy to hislacrosse league?
... that theRiver Tern passes to the north of theBuntingsdale Hall inShropshire?
... that after losing his seat in theHouse of Commons inJanuary 1910, the British politician and pastorGeorge Nicholls stood again eight times over the next 19 years, without success?
... thatNew Zealand cricketerTed Badcock is the only player to beout first ball in both innings on hisTest debut?
... that the 59-year-old President of theLong Island Board of Rabbis was arrested with 21 other rabbis for taking part in asit-in opposite theUnited Nations HQ in 2007?
... thatMilan Paumer was a member of aCzechoslovak anticommunist resistance group that fought its way acrossEast Germany toWest Berlin in 1953, evading a manhunt involving 25,000 people?
... thatOscar Ludvig Stoud Platou was a law professor for five years after becomingblind?
... that the walls of the oldest part of theUinta County Courthouse were stained with a mixture said to contain slaughterhouse blood and stale beer?

22 August 2010

18:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatLawrence(illustrated),Prior of Durham, composed alife of the Irishsaint Brigid?
... thatMichigan fullbackMel Anthony set aRose Bowl record with an 84-yardtouchdown run in1965?
... thatLectionary 269 represents theByzantine text-type in its early stage?
... thatLena Horne andShirley Chisolm attended the same racially integratedGirls High School?
... thata comic book about Eva Perón wasaborted during production because ofpolitical censorship to other works by the authors, and published posthumously instead?
... thatBach scored a tenor aria foroboe da caccia,recorder andbassoon in hiscantataLobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69a, for the twelfth Sunday afterTrinity?
... that at thePalace of Westminster in May 1945, the 73-year-old BritishConservative Member of ParliamentHarry Selley built a 200-brick wall in 58 minutes whilst wearing abowler hat?
... that RabbiBruce M. Cohen establishedInterns for Peace to foster personal connections between Arabs and Jews, saying "every time you create contact it's successful because it breaks stereotypes"?
... thatCaptainAnthony Molloy'scourt martial and disgrace following theGlorious First of June was attributed by some to acurse from a woman he had dishonored?

12:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatCecilia Bartoli sang the title role ofBellini'sNorma for the first time in concert in theKonzerthaus Dortmund(pictured)?
... that the BritishConservative Member of ParliamentSir Edgar Keatinge was born in Bombay (nowMumbai), India?
... thatIda Siekmann, the first casualty at theBerlin wall, died after she jumped out of her third floor apartment atBernauer Strasse?
... that the1991 Racha earthquake was the most powerful ever recorded in theCaucasus?
... that in 2005,Raheel Raza became the first woman to lead mixed-gender Muslim prayers inCanada?
... that thecast members ofThe Simpsons provided their voices forThe Simpsons Cartoon Studio, acomputer program released in 1996 that lets users create their ownSimpsons cartoons?
... that the formerfeatherweight worldboxing championAndre Routis spent two years inMorocco as a mechanic for theFrench Colonial Army?
... that research by Dr.Harold Ginsberg onadenoviruses led to the development ofgene therapy, in which modified versions of viruses can be used to implant healthy versions of genes to treat disease?
... thatRagnvald Gjerløw played a main role in re-establishing theDiocese of Stavanger?
... that an unwanted guest may have been served a "cold shoulder" ofmutton?

06:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatBristol Central Library moved into its current location next to theAbbey Gatehouse onCollege Green in 1906, andits former building onKing Street is now a restaurant(pictured)?
... thatJohn Idzik,University of Detroit head coach until it discontinued itsfootball program, was fired by theBaltimore Colts, along with the entire coaching staff, on two separate occasions?
... that in a letter of 22 April 772 toProbatus, who later served as his ambassador,Pope Adrian I claimed to rule a "republic of the Romans"?
... thatOlav Hoprekstad had eight of his plays staged atDet Norske Teatret inOslo from 1913 to 1940?
... thatNorman Mailer andIsaac Asimov attended the sameBoys High School?
... that formerMichigan running backChuck Heater coachednational championship football teams atNotre Dame andFlorida?
... that there is a legend that the body ofSaint Oswald, king ofNorthumbria, rested on the present site ofSt Oswald's Church, Kirk Sandall,South Yorkshire, after his death in 642?
... that thePhoenix Suns were featured in all of theNational Basketball Association'soutdoor games?
... that despite their names,Little Bolton had a largeracreage thanGreat Bolton?

00:00, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

... that a chance encounter atGoodrich Castle(pictured) in 1793 inspiredWilliam Wordsworth's famous poemWe are Seven?
... thatNikephoros Palaiologos and his sonGeorge twice found themselves on opposite sides during rebellions aimed at theByzantine throne?
... that the 2008 historical drama/black comedy filmTime of the Comet set a new box office record inAlbanian cinemas?
... thatAmerican football playerDeWayne Patmon appeared in a few movies after hisNational Football League career ended?
... that the tower ofSt Andrew's Church, Bywell,Northumberland, was built in about 850 as a defensive structure?
... that as son of aLebanese Arab father who was raised by Jewish stepfathers after his father's death,Bradley M. Campbell quipped that his "aspiration is to become ambassador-at-large in theMiddle East"?
... that the design of theMedina, New York,post office, has only been reused inSalem, Indiana?
... thatNick Pace, a mixed martial artist, won the inauguralRing of Combat Bantamweight title by defeating his opponent viad'arce choke in the first round?
... that therock gong was aneolithic musical instrument made out ofdolerite that would resonate with a metallic tone when struck with a smalligneous stone?

21 August 2010

18:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

A roughly circular wooden shield, with sculpted metalwork shown on the front

... that the champion of the newAustralian Baseball League will be awarded theClaxton Shield(pictured), given to the topAustralian baseball team since the first national tournament held in1934?
... that, whileArchbishop ofAdelaide, theDominicanRobert Spence wore the simple clothes of his order instead of the purplesoutane of an archbishop?
... thatCheshunt Great House, once owned byCardinal Thomas Wolsey from 1519 until 1529, was burned down in 1965?
... thatAmelia Gade Corson'ssuccessful swim across the English Channel was paid for by L. Walter Lissberger, who covered theUS$3,000 cost and then collected US$100,000 fromLloyd's of London at 20–1 odds?
... thatOregon-basedElectro Scientific Industries worked withNike, Inc. to get a law passed that effectively prevents the neighboring city ofBeaverton from annexing either company's property?
... thatJohann Ewald, aHessian mercenary during theAmerican Revolutionary War, was awarded the FrenchLegion of Honor for his performance as aDanish Army general in the 1809Battle of Stralsund?
... that players from theFK Sørøy Glimtfootball team werecaught in adoping case, a rare occurrence inNorthern Norwegian football?
... thatBryan Hall served as the radio play-by-play announcer for theEdmonton Eskimos for 44 years?
... that the3D Express Coach allows cars under two meters high to drive under it since the passengers are in an upper level of the bus elevated four meters above the ground?

12:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

... that in theCathedral of Mayagüez(pictured),Segundo Ruiz Belvis andRamón Emeterio Betances bought, baptized and emancipated thousands of black slave children?
... thatCharlie Abbey became the first person fromNebraska to play inMajor League Baseball after making his debut in 1893?
... thatExercise Verity, a 1949 multilateral exercise involving over 60 warships, was described by a British newsreel as involving "the greatest assembly of warships since theBattle of Jutland?"
... thatHugh Candidus (c.1095 – c.1160), aBenedictine monk, wrote a history ofPeterborough Abbey from its foundation asMedeshamstede in the mid 7th century up to the 12th century?
... that thepost office inMiddleport, New York, is one of only three in the state using the sameColonial Revival-modernist design?
... that the earliest known account ofLebanese fossils is attributed toHerodotus?
... that theFandango Pass in theWarner Mountains is located at the convergence of two trails, theApplegate and theLassen, that were traveled by emigrant pioneers between 1846 and 1850?
... that a work based on legends from theRegina Coeli Church inMexico City was performed by the "Fenix Novohispano" National Theater Company?
... thatFritz Teufel was known as one of the "Spaßguerilla" (fun guerilla) who carried out the 1967 "Pudding Assassination" ofU.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey during a state visit toWest Berlin?

06:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

... that while commanding theCrisbecq Battery during theNormandy invasion,Walter Ohmsen(pictured) had anotherartillery battery fire on his position, which helped earn him theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross?
... that the plot of theplatform video gameThe Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk mimics that of the classicfairy taleJack and the Beanstalk?
... that during EnglishfootballerFreddie Bunce's only season withHighlands Park FC, they won South Africa's 1964National Football League?
... that theJewish community of Danzig sold theirhistoric synagogue to finance their emigration in 1939?
... that the leaders of theSeptember 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt vowed to base their rule on that of slain PresidentNgo Dinh Diem?
... thatlogging in theTongass National Forest inAlaska has put thestability of theAlexander Archipelago Wolf population at risk?
... that thenorthern white beech is actually a member of themint family?
... that a purchase of 80 paintings byPhoebe Hearst enabled artistJoseph Henry Sharp to devote himself to painting full-time in alog cabin atLittle Big Horn?
... that the overhead awning for theColosseum was saturated withscented water which dripped on spectators' heads to cool them?

00:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the favourite dish of former World Lightweight Boxing ChampionFreddie Welsh(pictured) wasChicken Maryland, despite his professedvegetarianism?
... that 66 years ago today, 168 capturedAllied airmen—accused by theGestapo of being "Terrorflieger" (terror fliers)—arrived atBuchenwald concentration camp and subsequently formed theKLB Club?
... thatCornbread Harris, who performed onMinnesota's firstrock and roll record, is the father of record producerJimmy Jam?
... that local tradition inLyndonville, New York, holds that Jackson Blood's family hauled all thecobblestones fortheir house down fromLake Ontario themselves?
... that in 1923,Henry Sullivan became the third person, and the first American, toswim across the English Channel, finishing the crossing fromDover toCalais in 27 hours and 25 minutes?
... that theSingapore caseChng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs, which held that courts could assess the lawfulness of orders made under theInternal Security Act, was overridden bystatute in 1989?
... that theGiro di Castelbuono is one ofEurope's oldestroad running competitions, having been first held inCastelbuono,Sicily, in 1912?
... that despite being offered ascholarship bycollege basketball powerhouseIndiana,Ryan Wittman chose towalk on to theCornell basketball team?
... thatAlan Blinder has describedFedspeak as aturgid dialect of English used byFederal Reserve Board chairmen in making intentionally wordy, vague, and ambiguous statements?

20 August 2010

18:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

... that, though easily overlooked as alittle brown mushroom,Crinipellis zonata(pictured) is covered in distinctive brown hairs?
... that Dr.Thomas C. Peebles, who went on to isolate themeasles virus strain used in themeasles vaccine, was initially rejected byHarvard Medical School because he had gotten a D in college biology?
... that the historicP Ranch inOregon, owned by cattle baronPeter French, covered 140,000 acres (570 km²) and required 500 miles ofbarbed wire fence for protection?
... that formerprofessional wrestlerSteve Rickard was once stranded in Greece after airports in the country were closed due totrouble with Turkey?
... that the duties of theEgyptian Labour Corps duringWorld War I included forming an anti-mosquito squad?
... that 20-year-oldRyan Gregson is the currentAustralian record holder in men's1500 metre run, having brokenSimon Doyle's old mark from 1991?
... thatCinema City Nablus in theWest Bank, built in 2009, is the city's first cinema in over 20 years?
... that English scholarIchabod Charles Wright (born inMapperley Hall) translated the three instalments ofDante'sDivina commedia;Inferno,Purgatorio, andParadiso?
... that theDechencholing Palace has its ownhelipad despite no airport being in nearbyThimphu?

12:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatThe Beatles(pictured) had 17number-one singles during the 1960s in theUnited Kingdom?
... thatgovernment by itineration was a key mechanism of government in theMiddle Ages innorthern andeastern Europe?
... that formerJackson, Michigan, mayorFred Janke was the captain ofFritz Crisler's firstMichigan Wolverines football team?
... that theUPRM Planetarium is the onlyplanetarium inPuerto Rico?
... that the largestfireworks display ever performed on amilitary base took place at the2010 National Scout Jamboree inVirginia?
... that residents of theKingman Park neighborhood inWashington, D.C., successfully lobbied theWashington Metro in 1977 to cancel the proposed Oklahoma Avenue Station on theOrange andBlue lines?
... that troops of both the28th Infantry Division and75th Infantry Division were stationed atSeabank Hotel inPorthcawl,Wales, duringWorld War II?
... thatCaptan Jack Wyly was aDemocratic Party power broker inLake Providence,Louisiana, which was labeled byTime magazine in 1997 as the poorest city in theUnited States?
... that according tolegend, a Jewish boy named Elhanan who was stolen from his parents later became theJewish pope Andreas?

06:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theNorthern Rocky Mountains Wolf(pictured), a form of theGray Wolf that used to live primarily inYellowstone National Park, wascourt ordered to be re-listed underEndangered Species Act protections on August 6, 2010?
... that one of the windowpanes in theJohn H. Nichols House inWapakoneta, Ohio, bears the incised names of several of Nichols' children?
... that the extinctrove beetle genusEktatotricha is known from 15 beetles trapped inCretaceous amber fromMyanmar?
... that theFraser Mansion inWashington, D.C., was the subject of azoning battle before purchase atforeclosure auction by theChurch of Scientology?
... that thefruit of theBlush Condoo are eaten by theWompoo Fruit Dove and theTopknot Pigeon?
... that theMuseum of Apollonia, nearFier,Albania, is currently closed to the public after being looted in 1991?
... thatEugene Michael Hyman is the first American to receive theUnited Nations Public Service Award?
... that theHyderabad State Congress led anon-violent civil disobedience campaign for the union ofHyderabad State withIndia, declaring August 7, 1947, as "JoinIndian Union Day"?
... that the BritishLabour Party politician andtrade unionistRichard Kelley opposed allowingcoal miners to leave work early if they had finished their day's tasks?

00:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the bend in the street occupied byRegent House(pictured) inNantwich,Cheshire, follows the line of the outer wall of the town'sNormancastle?
... thatThe Lame Devil,Sacha Guitry's 1948 historical film, was blocked by French censorship and had to be turned into a successful play before being allowed filming?
... thatAtlantic Coast High School isJacksonville, Florida's firstpublic high school opened since 1990?
... that the flowerCampanula zoysii is considered a symbol of theSlovenian Alps?
... that the long hidden ceilings of theMonheim Town Hall inBavaria, a Jewish residence until 1741, depict scenes of theTanakh that were only restored in 1978?
... that theDurrës Archaeological Museum contains a collection of miniature busts ofVenus, a testament to the time when the area was a centre of worship of the goddess?
... that1954 Michigan football MVPFred Baer and 1953Heisman Trophy winnerJohnny Lattner played in the samebackfield forFenwick High School in theChicago Catholic League in 1949?
... that theSinan Pasha Mosque of Prizren was built in 1615, but still conserves its original stone flooring and carpentry?
... thatEnrique Tirabocchi had to appeal toBenito Mussolini to retrieve a trophy he received forswimming the English Channel, as it had been confiscated by customs officials when he reenteredItaly?

19 August 2010

18:00, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theFirst African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles(pictured) has a congregation of more than 19,000 members?
... that thekatarista movement leaderVíctor Hugo Cárdenas was electedVice President of Bolivia in 1993?
... that "Please Please Me" is, arguably,The Beatles' firstnumber-one single?
... that from 2010,reserve teams inNorwegian association football were barred from using more than three players aged over 21?
... that the Ukrainian priestIvan Ziatyk was persecuted by theSoviet government for "spreading the Catholic Faith"?
... that the 2001 bookMadonna: An Intimate Biography, byJ. Randy Taraborrelli, debuted and stayed on top ofThe New York Times Best Seller list for three months?
... that while time, war, andhazardous emissions continually wrecked thetomb of Nizami, a 12th-centuryepic poet, the tomb was finally rebuilt in solidgranite in 1991 inGanja,Azerbaijan?
... that the1993 Grand Nationalhorse race was declared void after 30 of the 39 riders failed to realise afalse start had been called, leading it to be called "the race that never was"?
... that northwesternOhio'sGoll Homestead lies at the core of one of the few remaining areas ofold-growth forest in theGreat Black Swamp?

12:00, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theMesopotamian Marshes(pictured) weredeliberately drained to 10% of their original size before beginning a recovery after the fall ofSaddam Hussein?
... that theNavachab Gold Mine is the onlygold mine inNamibia?
... that in 1898,Pop Williams became the first attendee ofBowdoin College to play inMajor League Baseball?
... that renownedrestaurateur andcelebrity chefMarc Murphy cannot bring himself to likecoffee?
... thatMortal Kombat has won multiple bestfighting game awards atE3 2010 and is already being considered as the most violent video game ever?
... thatPrince Michael of Yugoslavia, aBernard Madoff feeder fund executive, allegedly approachedCharles, Prince of Wales about becoming a potentialinvestor at apolo tournament in 2002?
... that under thePoughkeepsie plan,Catholic children attended public schools taught bynuns wearingreligious habits?
... that a 1967 image byphotojournalistLee Lockwood of Americanprisoner of warRichard A. Stratton bowing to hisNorth Vietnamese captors brought charges from the U.S. that POWs were being brainwashed?
... that theAgrarian Socialist League, aRussian revolutionary émigré organization, was founded at the funeral ofPyotr Lavrov in 1900?

06:00, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatThomas William Burgess(pictured), who, in 1911, became the second man toswim across the English Channel, trainedGertrude Ederle, who in 1926 became the first woman to swim across?
... thatLeonardo da Vinci may have designed thechess pieces forThe Boredom Dodger?
... thatPeter Stephens died in November 1757, 10 months before thetown he founded was chartered in September 1758?
... that theCombe Haven Viaduct, on theBexhill West Branch Line, contained over 9,000,000bricks?
... that in 1879, the firstPelton wheel was manufactured at what would become known as theMiners Foundry inNevada City, California?
... thatKonocti Harbor, a now-closedresort andmusic venue inLake County, California, was originally founded in 1959 as low-cost vacation housing for members of aplumbers union?
... thatMajor League Baseball playerDallas Bradenpitched a perfect game onMother's Day with his grandmother in attendance?
... that in May 1982, the BritishLabour Party Member of Parliament (MP)Michael Welsh was one of 69 MPs who called for an immediate halt to hostilities in theFalklands War?
... that world-renownedrestaurateur and classically trainedchefGeoffrey Zakarian was defeated by Iron ChefMasaharu Morimoto on an episode ofIron Chef America by a 14-point margin?

00:00, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

... that in theBattle of Flores(illustrated), anaval engagement of the1585 Anglo-Spanish War, theSpanish fleet ofwarships outnumbered theEnglish warships, 63 to 22?
... thatvoice actressMaggie Roswell leftThe Simpsons in 1999 after a pay dispute withFox Broadcasting Company, but returned in 2002?
... thatThe Buckminster Fuller Challenge awardsUS$100,000 every year for solutions to solve pressing complex global problems?
... thatDan Kiesel was hired asphysiotherapist for theSri Lankan cricket team upon the recommendation of Australianfast-bowler Dennis Lillee?
... that according to(RED), providing health-restoringantiretroviral drugs toHIV positive people in Africa, as described in the documentaryThe Lazarus Effect, costsUS$0.40 per person per day?
... thatKent Island, a nationalwildlife sanctuary inCalifornia'sBolinas Lagoon, was once just hours from becoming the future site of a 1,500-boatmarina?
... that thePomeranian Renaissance castleVeste Landskron was abandoned after it deteriorated during theThirty Years' andScanian Wars?
... that on December 9, 1978, theMilwaukee Does lost to theChicago Hustle by a score of 92–87 in the first game played inWomen's Professional Basketball League history?
... that the game described in the 16th-century poemChess was reconstructed almost 350 years later?

18 August 2010

18:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theSwimming Reindeer(pictured), a 13,000-year-oldIce Age sculpture, was originally thought to be two separate reindeer sculptures untilHenri Breuil realised they fitted together?
... that the 1255Seal of Mindaugas, celebrated as the only surviving depiction ofKing of Lithuania Mindaugas, could be a medieval forgery by theTeutonic Knights?
... that land acquired from the vast estate ofSamuel Mills Damon enlargedHawaii Volcanoes National Park by more than 50%?
... that the1995–96 Chicago Bulls are the onlyNational Basketball Association team to win at least 70 games in a singleseason?
... that it took only six weeks for Max Tannone tomash parts of 30Radiohead andJay-Z songs for the albumJaydiohead?
... that artistAbraham "Moonlight" Pether (1756–1812) acquired his nickname from his skill at painting moonlit landscapes?
... thatcricketer Gary Kirsten was the leading batsman in the1996 Pepsi Sharjah Cup, scoring 356 runs in seven innings at an average of 89.0?
... that at the age of 16,Topsy Sinden was given the role of Violet Deveney in the 1894 hitEdwardian musical comedyThe Shop Girl?
... that all of the surviving individuals of the species listed in theThe World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, which include theSilky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus), could fit into a singlefootball stadium?

12:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theCharles Wintzer Building(pictured) inWapakoneta, Ohio, was built as a combination house-and-tannery?
... that theMission of the Guardian Angel was aJesuit mission that existed in the vicinity ofChicago,Illinois, from 1696 to 1700?
... thatcommercial directorFrank Budgen filmed anadvertisement that involved 50stuntmen andacrobats?
... that Swedish artistJohan Christoffer Boklund taught painting to KingCharles XV of Sweden at theRoyal Swedish Academy of Arts?
... that Australian and British members of theEgyptian Camel Transport Corps were often bitten by thecamels they were handling?
... thatThe American Israelite, published inCincinnati since 1854, helped advanceAmerican Reform Judaism and is the oldest English-language Jewish newspaper still circulated in the United States?
... that at the age of 40,Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game, making him the oldest person to do so inMajor League Baseball history?
... that in 2010, theWestern Purple-faced Langur and theNiger Delta Red Colobus were both included amongThe World's 25 Most Endangered Primates?
... that entrants in theSukkah City architecture contest are allowed to erect their structures atop a livecamel?

06:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

... that Roger Wilbraham founded theWidows' Almshouses(pictured) inNantwich,Cheshire, in memory of his wife, who died on the first anniversary of the death of their eldest son?
... thatNike's 2001Tag ad campaign was voted one of the top ten advertisements of the decade byCampaign magazine?
... that the extinctsawflyPseudosiobla cambelli is one of three species ofPseudosiobla known from the fossil record?
... thatColonia Asturias inMexico City is named after the first major football stadium built in the city?
... that in 2009 theWay Off Broadway Dinner Theatre produced one of the first regional theatre productions ofThe Wedding Singer in the United States?
... that thedrama filmObama Anak Menteng, afictionalized recreation ofBarack Obama's boyhood inIndonesia, was originally intended to première during his plannedstate visit?
... thatEthiopian-bornMeryem Erdoğan, impressed by her countrywomanElvan Abeylegesse's success, illegally immigrated toTurkey at age 16 in order to become adistance runner?
... that satirical novelistWilliam Thackeray was a student atHenry Sass's London art academy, which he later caricatured in his novel,The Newcomes?
... that ageomagnetic storm in 1882 resulted in unusual phenomena reported in various parts of the world as an "auroral beam", a "blood red" sky, and a "luminous mass, shaped somewhat like atorpedo"?

00:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theWinchester Hoard jewellery(pictured), thought to be adiplomatic gift from theRomans, was so chunky that no "self-respecting" Roman would wear it?
... thatJohn McMillan's Log School, aLatin school that eventually developed intoWashington & Jefferson College, is regarded as the oldest educational building west of theAllegheny Mountains?
... thatArani Jayaprakash was theumpire at thebowler's end whenAnil Kumble dismissed all 10Pakistan batsmen in aTest cricket match in 1999?
... thatAnn Meyers signed with theNew Jersey Gems in 1979, with herUS$50,000 salary matching what she had been paid by theIndiana Pacers in her bid to become the first woman to play in theNBA?
... that apart from eating smallerlizards andamphibians, theCentral American coral snake also feeds on othersnakes?
... thatnickel production inNew Caledonia ranks fifth in the world?
... thatfilmmaker David Lynch raisedUS$1 billion to help theMaharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation build 3,000Maharishi Peace Palaces?
... thatCroatian footballerStojan Osojnak played forDinamo Zagreb in the club's first-ever match, a friendly against theYugoslav Air Force team in June 1945?
... that the series of small hills known as theDevil's Jumps nearChurt insouthern England was once said to have been kicked up by theDevil when he stole thecauldron from a localwitch?

17 August 2010

18:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatAlbany,New York, has a life-size sculpture of itscoat of arms(pictured) that was sculpted by a local political cartoonist?
... that the owner of theAfghani restaurantTeaneck Kebab House fledKabul in 1985 during theSoviet war in Afghanistan?
... thatBruce Springsteen recorded the vocal of "Lonesome Day" live for each take of its music video, unlike common practice?
... thatLarry Brown is the onlyNational Basketball Association (NBA)head coach who has coached nine different NBA teams?
... that theplatformerBart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly was the firstThe Simpsons video game to be released on ahandheld console?
... that one 16th-centuryRegistrar of the University of Oxford was dismissed after neglecting his duties for a year, then imprisoned and fined after throwing a punch when the debate had ended?
... thatToshiba's 2008television advertisementTime Sculpture holds theworld record for the highest number of moving-image cameras used in acomposite shot?
... that theTwin Pimples raid was carried out byNo. 8 Commando andAustralian Engineers in 1941, during thesiege of Tobruk?
... that the1949 Ambato earthquake, which killed 5,050 people, caused an entire town to sink 1,500 feet into the ground?

12:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theDecember 1964 South Vietnamese coup prompted both US AmbassadorMaxwell D. Taylor(pictured) and Vietnamese leader GeneralNguyen Khanh to tell one another to leave the country?
... that thealtarpiece of theSanta Veracruz Church inMexico City is said to contain a splinter of theoriginal cross ofJesus, authenticated by theVatican?
... that artistAbel Pann created some of his most notable work when he got stuck in Europe duringWWI?
... thatGlass Joe is considered one ofNintendo's most iconic characters, and has been used as a term to signify failure or weakness?
... that despite a slight build at 155 pounds,Jack Wheeler was theMVP of the undefeated1930 Michigan football team and finished second in voting for theChicago Tribune Silver Football?
... that as part of efforts to balanceNew Jersey's $2.76 billion budget in 1976,State SenatorJames P. Vreeland proposed cutting the governor's annual salary by $2,500?
... thatcon manAlexander Day used the name 'Marmaduke Davenport Esq.' to convince his victims that he was a member of thegentry in order to gainpurchasing credit, which he would never repay?
... thatJuggalo Championship Wrestling'sBloodymania wrestling events have featured such competitors as formerWWF Champion Diesel andUFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock?

06:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theBridge School(pictured) inRaisinville Township was the first public school inMichigan, when founded in 1828?
... thatPark51, an Islamic cultural center whose proposed site has sparked controversy, will include amosque, a 500-seat auditorium, and a swimming pool?
... thatMerthyr MPEdgar Rees Jones served as head of the Priorities Division of the BritishMinistry of Munitions duringWorld War I?
... that in 1975ZimbabweanKantilal Kanjee became the first non-whiteumpire to stand in afirst-class cricket match inSouth Africa?
... thatstreet pastors were founded to confrontgang culture in UK cities, and are now known for handing outflip-flops to totteringclubbers?
... that theLate Cretaceous madtsoiid snakeMenarana had several adaptations for head-firstburrowing, but its large size may have made burrowing difficult or impossible?
... thatPrince Frederick of Württemberg attained the rank ofRittmeister 2nd class in theArmy of Württemberg by the age of 15?
... thatSam Peckinpah, director of theThe Wild Bunch, lived in a three-room suite atThe Murray Hotel inLivingston, Montana, from 1979 to 1984?

00:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

... that after his acquittal at acourt martial for the loss ofHMS Greenwich,CaptainRobert Roddam(pictured) had theminutes printed, but was told they would have sold better had he been 'condemned to be shot'?
... that the fossil relative of theHouse SparrowPasser predomesticus is known only from twoupper jaw bones?
... thatYoungstown, Ohio, nativeSylvester "Buster" Stanley won the1993 Michigan football MVP and Dick Katcher awards?
... that theplatformerBartman Meets Radioactive Man from 1992 heavily featured the characterRadioactive Man fromThe Simpsons, even though he had rarely been seen on the show at that point?
... that US AmbassadorMaxwell D. Taylorencouraged a 1965 overthrow ofSouth Vietnam'sNguyen Khanh, and the first attempt was then made by the communist agentPham Ngoc Thao?
... thatSanath Jayasuriya scored the fastest fifty and the now second-fastest century inODI cricket during the1996 Singer Cup?
... that it has been estimated that thenavis lusoria, a type of a troop ship of the lateRoman Empire, could reach speeds of about 10knots?
... that according to legend,Guru Padmasambhava subdued the spirits of the Khangchendzonga, Yabdean and Mahakaal atEnchey Monastery inSikkim?
... that the2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final ended in violence when fans invaded thepitch and attacked the referee?

16 August 2010

18:23, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatTower Optical coin-operated binoculars(pictured) can hold up to 2,000US quarters and have kept their same distinctive look since first manufactured in 1932?
... that today, the 80th birthday ofWalter Fink is celebrated at theRheingau Musik Festival with compositions ofKirchner,Lachenmann,Rihm,Widmann andHosokawa?
... that the Englishfootball clubTrawden Forest never lost a home game in theFA Cup?
... thatMorrie Yohai, who created products forOld London Foods, lived opulently inKings Point, New York, in "the house thatCheez Doodles bought"?
... thatLouis Fred Pfeifer received the United States military's highest decoration for bravery, theMedal of Honor, while serving under a false name?
... that the recently describednotosuchian crocodyliformPakasuchus hadmolar-like teeth that were as complex as those of carnivorous mammals?
... that Mexican singerEdith Márquez received agold certification inMexico for an album that includes acover of thenumber-one song "Tengo Todo Excepto a Tí"?
... that after seeingThe Beverly Hillbillies andRowan & Martin's Laugh-In atop theNielsen ratings,John Aylesworth createdHee Haw as acountry variety show to combine the best of both genres?
... that during afire at a nursing home inNigel, South Africa, on August 1, 2010, a resident objected to being rescued as she was not properly dressed?

12:00, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the1995 Airstan incident, which ended 14 years ago today with Russian hostages escapingTaliban captivity via anIlyushin Il-76(pictured), was made into the 2010 Russian movie,Kandahar?
... thatWilliam Morfill was the firstprofessor ofRussian inBritain?
... that during theMN 4 zone, the saber-toothed catProsansanosmilus first appeared in Europe?
... that the formerDominican friary inSt Andrews,Blackfriars, was destroyed in 1559 byScottish Protestants?
... thatMona Bell, mistress of entrepreneurSamuel Hill, claimed to have performed inBuffalo Bill Cody'sWild West Show?
... that with 203 totalyards and fourtouchdowns,Wali Lundy was named theMost Valuable Player of theAmerican football2002 Continental Tire Bowl?
... that during theBattle of Pinos most of theEnglish fleet managed to escape from theSpanish fleet by abandoning theirboats and throwing theirbaggage into the water?
... that whenRobert Littell andAlison Littell McHose were elected in 2004 to the24th Legislative District, they became the first father-daughter pair to serve together in theNew Jersey Legislature?
... thatH. O. West dropped out ofLouisiana College to work at a lumber mill before he assembled achain of thirty-threedepartment stores?

06:00, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theAlternative Center for Excellence(pictured), thealternative high school inDanbury, Connecticut, is housed in the only remaining 19th-century school building in the city?
... thatLight Horse Tavern was named afterHenry Lee III, aContinental Army soldier during theAmerican Revolution known as "Light Horse Harry"?
... thatEfraim Zuroff expressed his frustration at the failure to bring 95-year-oldErich Steidtmann to justice, saying "I am the only Jew in the world who prays for the health of Nazi war criminals"?
... thatMatt Patanelli was the firstUniversity of Michigan football player selected in anNational Football League Draft?
... that theBorder Governors Conference, an annual meeting of the governors of the states that form theMexico – United States border, was moved fromArizona toNew Mexico this year?
... that the bookFood Lovers' Guide to New Jersey placedPithari Taverna among the bestGreek cuisine in the state?
... that theJapaneseFarmer-Labour Party was banned just a few hours after its foundation in 1925?
... that theWelsh library educatorPeter Havard-Williams served as Chief Librarian to theCouncil of Europe?
... that fictional data analystRobin Sage was freely given access to government email accounts, private bank accounts, and top secret military information by their owners within two months of her creation?

00:00, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the extincthazel speciesCorylus johnsonii(fruit pictured) resembles three modern hazels found inChina?
... thatSt Nicholas Hospital,St Andrews, was originally aleper hospital?
... that theAl-Bustan resort is part of a "construction boom" of recreational facilities inGaza?
... that the costumes ofLyo and Merly, the officialmascots of the2010 Summer Youth Olympics inSingapore, have inbuilt fans and optional vests lined with cool packs to keep wearers from overheating?
... thatZhang Yi promised the King of Chu to give back 600li of land, and gave only 6li at the end?
... that at the 1977 fight betweenMuhammad Ali andEarnie Shavers atMadison Square Garden,Eva Shain became the first femaleboxing judge at a heavyweight championship bout?
... thatIowa Hawkeyes men's basketball coachBucky O'Connor led the team to its onlyNCAA championship game in school history in 1956?
... thatBach used the music of the opening chorus of hisSiehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei, BWV 179, acantata written for the eleventh Sunday afterTrinity, in twomasses?
... that several fossils of the recently describedEarly Cretaceous lizardLiushusaurus preservescales,pigmentation,claw sheaths,cartilage, and small bones that make up thehemipenis?

15 August 2010

18:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1613,Sir Roger Wilbraham,Elizabeth I'sSolicitor-General for Ireland, founded thefirst almshouses(pictured) in his birthplace,Nantwich inCheshire?
... thatDanish painterAlbert Küchler's"Albanian Girl" was probably notAlbanian, butItalian?
... that the formerboxerHarold Gomes was named theRing Magazine fighter of the month following his world title victory overPaul Jorgensen?
... that as president ofSouthwestern at Memphis College,David Alexander oversaw the desegregation of its fraternities and sororities?
... thattelevision writerBernie West, creator ofThe Jeffersons, described his experience as aBorscht Belt comedian saying, "Everything we did may not have been original, but what we stole was good!"?
... thatBron Taylor coined the term "dark green religion" as a set ofbeliefs characterized by a conviction that "nature issacred, hasintrinsic value, and is therefore due reverent care"?
... that although travel times between downtownTainan and theTainan High Speed Rail Station will be halved by the newShalun Line, residents have complained that it will worsen local road traffic?
... that thesamba-inspired song "Are You Going With Me?" by thePat Metheny Group was the background music for aLos Angeles Lakers highlight reel after they won anNBA title?
... thatSerge Monast was aQuébécois journalist andconspiracy theorist who claimed thatProject Blue Beam is aNASA plan to fake theSecond Coming of Christ to bring about theNew World Order?

12:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

... that therock engravings atTwyfelfontein("Lion Plate" pictured) areNamibia's onlyWorld Heritage Site?
... thatBob Dylan paidUS$2,500 per week to percussionistBobbye Hall to get her to tour with him in 1978, in compensation for missedsession musician work?
... that theChamplain Hudson Power Express could lowerSO
₂ emissions by 6,800tonnes,NO
_x emissions by 10,800 tonnes, andCO
₂ emissions by nearly 37 million tonnes during the first decade of operation?
... thatArthur R. Albohn was known in theNew Jersey General Assembly as "Dr. No" for his consistent pattern of voting against legislation that included unnecessary spending?
... that theIowa Cornets made it to theWomen's Professional Basketball League championship in both of its seasons in the league, and lost both times?
... thatJens Tangen, who was ordered byNazis to become atrade union leader, was later deposed but escaped death, unlike hisdeputy chairman andjudicial office leader?
... that unlike livingrorqual whales, the lateMiocene genusPlesiobalaenoptera was probably not capable ofram feeding?
... thatRonald McDonald's costume and make-up were created in 1966 byLatvian-born clownMichael Polakovs, better known as Coco the Clown?
... that theLightningroller coaster was so rough that the phrase "take her on the Lightning" became afolk remedy forterminating unwanted pregnancies?

06:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatBishop ofPort Augusta,Andrew Killian(pictured) would travel thousands of miles to visit parishes in his rural diocese?
... thatSandra Perković is the youngest everEuropean champion in women'sdiscus throw?
... that talks between PresidentGerald Ford andEgyptian PresidentAnwar Sadat in 1975 were held at theDeerwood Country Club inJacksonville, Florida?
... thatActeosaurus tommasinii, aspecies of aquaticlizard from theupper Cretaceous, is similar tomosasauroids and modernsnakes?
... that insurance litigatorEugene Anderson was admitted toHarvard Law School with the help of an attorney he met while hitchhiking across the United States?
... that the first timeslavery was abolished in theAmericas was in theMexican state ofVeracruz?
... that whenPhil Ochs recorded "Cross My Heart", the orchestra had difficulty keeping pace with him?
... that theYateley Complex inHampshire was home to "Britain's most famous fish"?
... that the career ofChicago blues guitaristSammy Lawhorn was partially curtailed by aburglar throwing him out of a third floor window?

00:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theparareptileEunotosaurus(restoration pictured) was once widely accepted as atransitional form betweenturtles and their prehistoric ancestors?
... thatDan Povenmire was the director for theFamily Guy Road to series, until he leftFamily Guy to createPhineas and Ferb?
... thatLittle Liberia inBridgeport, Connecticut, andHard Scrabble inProvidence, Rhode Island, were two urbanNew England neighborhoods created byfree blacks in the early 19th century?
... thatUpper Peninsula nativeReuben Kelto was selected as theMVP of the1941 Michigan football team that was ranked fifth in the finalAP poll?
... thatFourier transform infrared spectroscopy can be used to characterize artistic materials in old-master paintings?
... that althoughCitizen Cope's "Sideways" has never charted, it has been covered bySantana,Sheryl Crow andCorey Taylor?
... that novelistVera Henriksen has also written two volumes of the History of theRoyal Norwegian Air Force?
... that theBrighton Forum, aserviced office complex inBrighton, England, was used to trainAnglican schoolmistresses before beingrequisitioned for theRoyal Engineers'wartime use?
... thatElias Volan was edged out asnational trade union leader in 1940 by members of theTrade Opposition of 1940?
... thatPavlos, Crown Prince of Greece,proposed marriage toMarie-Chantal Miller on aski lift inGstaad,Switzerland, in 1994?

14 August 2010

18:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theTeatro de la Ciudad(pictured) was the most important cultural venue inMexico City until thePalacio de Bellas Artes was finally finished in the 1930s?
... thatClifford Grossmark, chairman ofGillingham F.C. from 1961 until 1983, was widely known in football circles as simply "The Doctor"?
... that in 1982 theUnited States Supreme Court determined that a Native American Indian tribe may impose taxes on non-Indians, inMerrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe?
... thatJosh Zepps, the past host of theScience Channel'sBrink television series, formerly wrote and narrated a radio segment that satirized thePrime Ministers of Australia?
... that therhodocenemonomer is stable in solid state at or belowliquid nitrogen temperatures (−196 °C) and ingas phase above 150 °C but not atroom temperature?
... thatThe Float@Marina Bay, avenue of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, hosts the opening and closing ceremonies of theGames as the world's largest floatingstage?
... thatJapanese trade union leaderRitsuta Noda was a pioneer in the undergroundbirth control movement inOsaka?
... that when allegeddemoniacAntoine Gay met another alleged demoniac, a friar who saw the meeting claimed he could hear the two demons arguing over which one was greater?
... that the fragile building materialbungaroosh is so prevalent inBrighton that much of the town "could be demolished with a well-aimed hose"?

12:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theTollemache Almshouses(pictured) inNantwich,Cheshire, may stand on the site of theHospital of St Lawrence, amedieval lazar house?
... that Austrian composerFranz Schreker's most successful operaDer Schatzgräber was performed 354 times in over fifty cities between 1920 and 1925?
... that 196 activists of theJapaneseHyōgikaitrade union movement were jailed in 1926 for organizingstrikes?
... thatTony Branoff became the first sophomore selected asMVP of theMichigan football team after leading the1953 squad in scoring, handlingpunting duties and throwing a 66-yardtouchdown pass?
... that an "exact replica" of theTemple of Solomon called theTemplo de Salomão is being built inBrazil?
... that the District 5 School in theCobblestone Historic District inChilds, New York, is one of only two buildings in the state to usecobblestone as aveneer overtimber frame?
... that the motto ofThe Wide World Magazine (1898–1965) was "Truth is stranger than fiction"?
... that theUnidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco, the largest apartment complex in Mexico, was declared a disaster area after the1985 Mexico City earthquake?
... thatJohn R. Branca wanted all three judges at about to be women, but one of theboxer's handlers nixed the idea as "there's going to be a lot of blood and I don't want the three judges throwing up"?

06:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

... that thefruit of Australianrainforest plant thelong-leaved bitterbark(pictured)open explosively, throwing out parts as far as four metres away?
... that it took until 2010 forFranz Schreker's operaDie Gezeichneten, premiered in 1918 inFrankfurt, to appear in theWestern Hemisphere asThe Stigmatized?
... thatBob Widlar was the first baby to be monitored by a wireless communication device?
... that the release date ofTaylor Swift's song "Mine" was moved up after a recording of the song was leaked online?
... that theSheridan's Green Hairstreak isWyoming's state butterfly?
... thatEdwin Benbow, the only ace on theFE.8, evaded combat with the Red Baron,Manfred von Richthofen, on 23 January 1917, only to shoot him down on 6 March 1917?
... thatSt Teilo's Church, Llandeloy inPembrokeshire was built in 1926–27 frommedieval ruins?
... that theSimarouba species can be used astimber, for producingedible oils and to treatdysentery?
... that oak trees may haveweeping conks?

00:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

... that while theschooner-bargeMiztec(pictured) survived the 1919 storm that took her partner, theSSMyron, hergood fortune ended when she sank in 1921 with the loss of all hands onFriday the 13th?
... that the importance of theacorn as fodder for locally raisedpigs led theGerman town ofKirchardt to include one on the town crest?
... that in order to end the dispute over jurisdiction ofFort Orange,Pieter Stuyvesant created the village ofBeverwijck in 1652, which eventually became the city ofAlbany,New York?
... thatIGN's Craig Harris stated thatUrban Yeti! felt like it was produced by "a few guys down in someone's basement"?
... thatJean Leon Gerome Ferris's seriesThe Pageant of a Nation is the largest intact series of American historical paintings by a single artist?
... thatCentral Highlands of Sri Lanka is the firstWorld Heritage site in thecountry to be designated in 22 years?
... thatSt Mark's Church, Brithdir has been described as one of the few full bloodedArts and Crafts churches in Wales?
... that thePlaza Mayor, apublic square inSalamanca, Spain, was originally built as abullfighting arena?
... thatlong-haired males were persecuted by theCzechoslovak communist regime in the 1960s and '70s?

13 August 2010

18:00, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

A brick building

... that Emma Webster funded renovations to theTousley-Church House(pictured) inAlbion, New York, for theDaughters of the American Revolution despite not being a member?
... thatTrapalcotherium matuastensis is one of five species of mammals recognized among sevenfossil teeth from theCretaceous Allen Formation of Argentina?
... thatItchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness was the lastSimpsons video game to be published byAcclaim?
... thatMaxwell's thermodynamic surface was sculpted in 1874 by Scottish physicistJames Clerk Maxwell to visualise the ideas of American scientistJosiah Willard Gibbs?
... that neither theArizona Diamondbacks norColorado Rockies have selected asecond baseman in thefirst round of theMajor League Baseball draft?
... that the voyages of theOtter crossing thePacific Ocean fromAustralia and becoming the first vessel of theUnited States to enter aCalifornian port in 1796 were chronicled by French travelerPierre François Péron?
... that the1881 Chios earthquake was the last of the three "catastrophes" that affected the island ofChios in the 19th century?
... that the Jhapan festival, dedicated to the goddessManasa, is of particular significance tosnake charmers in theBankura district?
... thatMichael Batterberry startedhis first magazine with startup funding fromHugh Hefner and a prototype issue printed inPlayboy magazine?

12:00, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theGeorgian façade of116 Hospital Street(pictured) conceals a 15th-century structure, which might be the oldest house inNantwich,Cheshire?
... that among the central leaders of the Norwegiantemperance movement were founderAsbjørn Kloster and politicianSven Aarrestad?
... that concernedcitizens ofJohnston, Rhode Island, were able to prevent the construction of awaterpark atSnake Den State Park in 2005?
... thatTony Rio, placed on probation in 1958 for being part of a football gambling ring, went on to become theMVP of the1959 Michigan football team?
... that the 1992Simpsons video gameBart's House of Weirdness is mostly unknown today because it was only released forDOS, and therefore has almost no fan base?
... thatHans Freeman introducedprotein crystallography toAustralia and determined the structure ofplastocyanin, the firstprotein to be structurally characterised in thesouthern hemisphere?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court delayed taking up the case ofVirginia v. West Virginia for three years because it was deadlocked over whether it hadjurisdiction over the issue?
... thatHockey Hall of Fame forwardSweeney Schriner was the first Russian-born player inNational Hockey League history?
... that in June 1944, during theinvasion of Elba theFree French assaultdivision included 200mules?

06:00, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

... that more than 440 players have lived atLa Masia(pictured), but only 10% have made it into theFC Barcelona first team?
... that in theNew Jersey Senate,John H. Dorsey invoked "senatorial courtesy", an unwritten rule whereby a senator can block consideration of a gubernatorial appointee from the senator's home county?
... that before it was dismantled, theMariposa botnet was estimated to consist of 8 to 12 millionzombie computers, making it one of the largestbotnets in history?
... thatIsraeliDudu Yifrah raised sewn-togetherIsraeli-Palestinian flags on the summit ofMount Everest, and dedicated his climb to hisPalestinian colleague Ali Bushnaq?
... that the 1910U.S. Supreme Court decision inMaryland v. West Virginia established the current boundary between the states ofMaryland andWest Virginia based on astone set in ariver in 1746?
... thatWayne Wang handpicked a song for his movieChinese Box that agroup of teenagers fromSarawak,Malaysia, made their professional debut onBoys & Girls 1+1=3 with?
... that in 2007,Emeel Salem won the inauguralcollege baseball Lowe's Senior CLASS Award after earning a 3.85grade point average at theUniversity of Alabama?
... that theColonial Revival facade ofAchavath Achim Synagogue inBridgeport, Connecticut, includes aportico with fluted columns andstained-glass windows?
... that Chung, theWolf of Kabul's sidekick in Britishstory papers andcomics, cracked heads with acricket bat which he called "clicky-ba"?

00:00, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theairshipLZ 10Schwaben(pictured) was the first commercially successful passenger aircraft in history?
... that the literary début ofNorwegian writerMikkjel Fønhus wasa novel about an outlaw?
... that the 1899U.S. Supreme Court caseMorris v. United States decided who owned thewater rights associated with land possessed by the heirs of the lateChief Justice John Marshall?
... that English merchantWilliam Lowthian Green published histheory of Earth's formation while serving in the cabinet of theKingdom of Hawaii?
... thatmetadynamics has been used to study, among other things,protein folding,chemical reactions,molecular docking andphase transitions?
... thatSt David's Church, Llangeview, Monmouthshire, islisted Grade I because of its exceptional interior including a 15th-centuryrood-loft and rare pre-Victorian box pews?
... thatHenry Hill attended theUniversity of Michigan on an academic scholarship and became theMVP of the1970 football team as awalk-on?
... that one of the effects of the1222 Cyprus earthquake was to render the harbour atPaphos unusable?
... that theBengal chess playerMoheschunder Bannerjee in 1855 introduced the body ofopenings now known asIndian defence?

12 August 2010

18:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the 5th century BCEMa'agan Michael Ship(pictured) shows no wear from recurrent use and noshipworm damage, leading its excavators to believe that it sank on its maiden voyage or not long afterward?
... thatthe organs ofa Jewish teen and a Palestinian boy, who were killed in theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict, were donated to children from the opposite sides of the conflict?
... that theOklahoma Thunder of theWorld Football League won theWorld Bowl in 2008, 2009, and 2010?
... that of over 200 artworks known to have been created byBelgian painterVirginie Bovie, only 7 have been located?
... that the family ofSogen Kato now face an investigation into allegations they claimed9.5 millionyen inpension money when they kept Kato's death a secret for thirty years?
... thatArchibald Church, a veteran of theBritish intervention in the Russian Civil War and aLabour MP, introduced aeugenics bill to theHouse of Commons in 1931?
... that flooding from theYangtze River destroyed part of the city ofHaimen before the river changed course in 1701 and created new land for the city?
... thatOperation Diamond, mounted by theMossad in 1966, resulted in anIraqi pilot landing aSoviet-builtMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 inIsrael?
... that duringHenry VIII's reign,Lancelot Ridley, one of theSix Preachers ofCanterbury Cathedral, took part in thedisputation Thomas Cranmer set up onTrinity Sunday 1542, inCroydon?

12:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theTooth-billed Catbird uses the leaves of theBig-leaved Bollywood(pictured) on its display court floor?
... that Rabbi Ronald Androphy ofEast Meadow Jewish Center protested enforcement in 2001 of an 1896 tax on houses of worship purchasing homes for clerics as violating theseparation of church and state?
... that the defunctYugoslavia national under-20 football team still hold theFIFA U-20 World Cup scoring record they set in1987 with an average of 2.44 goals per game?
... thatIndian actressMukta Barve won the 2007Zee Award for best actress in acommercial play for her portrayal of aKabaddi enthusiast?
... thatMel Gibson directed fourmusic videos forsinger-songwriter Oksana Grigorieva's albumBeautiful Heartache?
... thatthe general strike against Leopold III of Belgium broke out a few days afterhe returned to the throne in 1950?
... that after a fire destroyedUS$500,000 worth ofmaster recordings, singerAl Goodman ofRay, Goodman & Brown said "I just stood there and watched 30 or 40 years of my life go by"?
... that theinvasive crayfishOrconectes immunis canoutcompete the earlier invaderO. limosus?
... that after the medieval lawyerJohn of Tynemouth was kidnapped for ransom, he informed his kidnappers that the writerGerald of Wales would be travelling nearby, causing Gerald to also be kidnapped?

06:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theCrown of Bolesław I the Brave(replica pictured) was melted down in 1794 and recreated in 2003 using some of its original gold?
... that to celebrate the opening of theMyrtle Beach Boardwalk, reality TV showCake Boss produced a 10-foot (3.0 m) 1,200-pound (540 kg) cake in the shape of a flip-flop?
... thatMilsons Point, asuburb on theNorth Shore ofSydney,Australia, was named in honour ofJames Milson?
... that one day after the1969 Santa Barbara oil spill went ashore,Richard Nixon called for a complete cessation of local drilling except for arelief well?
... that1974 Michigan football MVPSteve Strinko suffered a degenerative knee injury and later formed an organization to provide medical assistance to others injured in college athletics?
... thatSeaside Park inBridgeport, Connecticut, has a history of hosting music, from Sunday concerts championed byP.T. Barnum in 1890 to theGathering of the Vibes music festival in summer 2010?
... thatSt Baglan's Church, amedieval church inLlanfaglan,Gwynedd, Wales, islisted Grade I because it is unrestored, and has an exceptionally complete set of 18th-century furnishings?
... thatdowntownAlbion, New York, is one of the best-preserved commercial areas along the route of theErie Canal?
... that inmates ofNantwich Workhouse could be confined in a dungeon for drinkingtea?

00:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatHal the Central Park Coyote got hisnickname from his temporary lair inHallett Nature Sanctuary(pictured) inCentral Park,New York City?
... thatDiogo Fernandes Pereira discovered theMascarenes archipelago (Réunion,Mauritius, andRodrigues) in 1507?
... thatOscar Wilde and his loverLord Alfred Douglas once crashed their horse and carriage at the prestigiousRegency Square inBrighton?
... thatStephen B. Wiley of the23rd Legislative District was nominated to theNew Jersey Supreme Court, but his nomination was denied because he had voted for a pay raise for justices asState Senator?
... that theWest Argyle Street Historic District inChicago, Illinois, developed from a village namedArgyle Park after theDukes of Argyll inScotland?
... thatThe Cyclone atRevere Beach was the world's firstroller coaster to reach 100 feet (30 m) in height?
... that only 7 km (4.3 mi) ofVietnam's 84 km (52 mi)-longDa Lat–Thap Chamrack railway remains in service today, operated as a tourist attraction based at theArt Deco-influencedDa Lat Railway Station?
... that theChantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield on the medieval bridge over theRiver Calder is the oldest and most ornate of the surviving bridge chapels in England?

11 August 2010

18:00, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury(pictured) was paid for byJohn Carr, a former Lord Mayor ofYork?
... that parties that have been established less than a year before theUkraine local elections, 2010 are not permitted to compete in these elections?
... that themerchant shipEmpire Celia was still armed with a 4-inch gun over three years after the end of theSecond World War?
... thatMarcus Ray was anAll-American member of the record-setting1997 Michigan Wolverines football team's defense?
... that drummerBen Koller is rumored to be a member of the bandUnited Nations, but due to contractual obligations, the members are bound to remain anonymous?
... thatFranklin W. Smith helped establish theYMCA inBoston, the first chapter of the organization in the United States?
... that because of abug in thevideo gameSpace Hawk, the developers addedblack holes to explain why the player would sometimes jump tohyperspace at random?
... thatKettler Capitals Iceplex, the practice arena of theWashington Capitals, is the highest ice rink off street-level in the United States?
... thatMarcus Harvey's paintingMyra wasvandalised twice, by two different artists, on the opening day of theSensation exhibition in 1997?

12:00, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the 1901Socialist candidate forGovernor of New Jersey,Charles H. Vail(pictured), was aUniversalist clergyman?
... that theNew York Stars were the champions of theWomen's Professional Basketball League in its second year, but never played another game as the team disbanded after the 1979–80 season?
... that during the early 1190s, the medieval English royal justice and administratorRoger fitzReinfrid had custody of bothWindsor Castle and theTower of London?
... that theJuly 2010 Bronx tornado was only the second known tornado to touch down in theBronx and seventh to impactNew York City since records began in 1950?
... that the 1989 wedding ofPrincess Marie Isabelle was denounced by her owngrandfather as "treason"?
... thatGRB 070714B was the most distant short-durationgamma-ray burst ever detected?
... thatan investigation ofclimatologist Michael E. Mann byVirginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has been criticized by scientists as "echo[ing] some of the worst offenses of theMcCarthy era"?
... that theAlaska Native Claims Settlement Act extinguished allaboriginal title in Alaska?
... thatColonia Algarín inMexico City has restaurants which are recommended for theirpozole?

06:00, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

... that afterWilliam C. Durant founded theDurant-Dort Carriage Company(pictured), the best-sellinghorse-drawn vehicle maker in the US, he madeBuick into the nation's best-sellingcar and foundedGeneral Motors?
... thatSchool ChancellorIrving Anker resisted demands to cut the school budget in 1974, saying "we cannot write off the children ofNew York City without calling into question every value we live by"?
... that by the late 1910s, the population of theKenai Peninsula Wolf had been almost completely eradicated through hunting and application ofstrychnine?
... thatJ. G. M. Ramsey's funeral procession in 1884 was the largest ever witnessed inKnoxville, Tennessee, until that time?
... thatNo. 140 Squadron of theRoyal Air Force had the help ofMosquitos to take pictures of France duringWorld War II?
... that the adoption of theUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1450 marked the first time thatIsraeli losses were mentioned or condemned in aUnited Nations resolution?
... that althoughMersey Beat andTop of the Pops placedThe Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" at the top of their charts, it is not officially recognised as a number one hit in the United Kingdom?
... thatJapanese minelayerSarushima was attacked three times by theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II before being removed from theNavy List on September 10, 1944?
... thatshooting an apple off one's child's head is not a feat unique toWilliam Tell, but was reportedly ascribed toDanish heroPalnatoki in the 12th century?

00:00, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

... that despite reaching 25 metres (82 ft) high in nature,Decaspermum humile(pictured) has potential as anindoor or tub plant?
... thatAs-Sadaka Gaza Olympic Swimming Pool is the firstOlympic-size swimming pool inGaza?
... thatManuel Belgrano,José de San Martín andMartín Miguel de Güemesproposed thatArgentina be aconstitutional monarchy ruled by anInca?
... thatZariphios School, founded at 1875 inPlovdiv,Bulgaria, was one of the most significant Greek educational institutions in the region, attracting teachers fromGreece andWestern Europe?
... that themetal detectorists who found theMilton Keynes Hoard were granted a larger share of thereward than usual, becausethe landowners falsely claimed that they had searched without permission?
... that the largest everdam raise in theUnited States is occurring at theSan Vicente Dam inCalifornia, which will increase its height by 117 feet (36 m) and more than double itsreservoir size?
... that among the works of architectPaul Due is the design ofHamar Railway Station from 1896?
... that, although the nearbyRiver Teifi no longer floods, the tradition of keeping acoracle in the porch ofManordeifi Old Church continues?
... that the US entered the precursor to theInternational Coffee Agreement because they feared that the declining price of coffee could drive Latin American countries towards Nazi or Communist sympathies?

10 August 2010

18:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theGyantse Dzong(pictured) was badly damaged and plundered during the 1904British invasion because the primitively armed Tibetans were overwhelmed after holding off the British for two months?
... that of the658 Members of Parliament elected at theUnited Kingdom general election in December 1832, 189 were returned without any vote being held?
... that the beating of a child in a Boston public school sparked theEliot School rebellion and motivated the creation of a nationwide system ofparochial schools?
... that the outcome of reforming actions such as theBill of Middlesex, initially intended to increase the business of the EnglishCourt of King's Bench, was its dissolution?
... that the first issue ofThe Hotspur in 1933 contained an offer for anelectric shock machine?
... that theWelsh League, consisting ofAberdare,Barry,Ebbw Vale,Merthyr Tydfil,Mid-Rhondda andTreherbert, was the first professional rugby league competition in Wales?
... thataffilins areproteins that can bindantigens just likeantibodies, despite having quite a different structure?
... that theChristopher Walker Farm was a center forhog raising in westernOhio?
... that one restaurant reviewer expects the "upscale"Roots Club to bring "a new era of ... dining experience" toGaza?

12:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatSaints Boris and Gleb Cathedral(pictured), the main and biggestOrthodox church inLatvia, can receive 5,000 visitors?
... thatJean Sagbo, a real estate agent fromBenin, is the first Black politician elected in Russia and has been called "Russia's Obama"?
... that "El Cariño Es Como Una Flor", performed by Venezuelansinger-songwriter Rudy La Scala, became his firstbest performing Latin single in1990?
... that although the fossil mammalVeratalpa (astragalus) was described as amole, it may instead be arodent?
... that the 19th-century restoration ofHodgeston Parish Church inPembrokeshire, Wales, was intended to be a model for future church restorations?
... that in 2008Naji Hakim composedvariations foroboe andorgan onPhilipp Nicolai'schoraleWie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, published in 1599?
... thatSouth Chamorro Seamount, asubmarine mud volcano near theMariana Trench, is only the second such structure in the world to besampled?
... that under theSpanish National Health System foreignminors inSpain have the same rights tohealth care as Spanish nationals?
... that theHouston Angels of theWomen's Professional Basketball League had an all-male cheerleading squad, which the team's owner promised wouldn't be a "sex show – this is high class"?

06:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

... that themaize weevil(pictured) is a serious pest ofmaize in the United States, and also infests standing crops andcereals in alltropical areas of the world?
... that Dutch architectWolff Schoemaker, who designed theVilla Isola, was assisted by former first President of IndonesiaSukarno during the renovation of the Hotel Preanger?
... that the planned 2012Marvel Studios filmThe Avengers, to be directed byJoss Whedon, was first announced in 2005?
... that in 1856William Carpenter paintedthe last King of Delhi's eldest son, Prince Fakhr-ud Din Mirza, five months before the Prince died?
... that Minnesota's highest lake,Lake Abita, is only 12 miles away from its lowest lake,Lake Superior?
... thatErna Berger sang the title role ofBedřich Smetana'sThe Bartered Bride in a 1955 recording withWilhelm Schüchter and theNordwestdeutsche Philharmonie?
... that thePresident of Singapore can only refer questions regarding theConstitution to theConstitution of the Republic of Singapore Tribunal on theCabinet's advice?
... thatLudovica Levy chaired the theatre Secondteatret inKristiania from 1899 to 1901, along with her husbandDore Lavik?
... thatPortal's music "has been compared to, among other things, aleaf blower, avacuum cleaner and anaeronautics tunnel"?

00:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatmusicologistWye Jamison Allanbrook showed how compositions byMozart(pictured) were influenced by thesocial dances of his time?
... that seniorSingaporean legal officerSivakant Tiwari was lead counsel in inquiries into theSpyros disaster (1978), theSingapore Cable Car disaster (1984), and theHotel New World disaster (1988)?
... thatArmajaro's hedge fund manager is known as "Chocolate Finger" for his exploits incocoa trading?
... thatprofessional baseball playerJ. T. Wise is thegreat-nephew of 1960World Series MVP Bobby Richardson?
... that women are now allowed to smokehookahs at theCrazy Water Park inGaza?
... that observations and samplings fromJasper Seamount show that it is very similar toHawaiian volcanoes?
... that theMichigan Department of Transportation has erroneously markedForest Highway 16 as "County Road H-16" on their maps since 1992?
... that unlike otherproletarian parties at the time, such as theJapan Labour-Farmer Party, theLabour-Farmer Party and theSocial Democratic Party, theJapan Farmers Party based itself solely amongst the peasantry instead of a worker–peasant class alliance?

9 August 2010

18:00, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

... that on atanker, theperson in charge monitors and controls cargo transfers from thecargo control room(pictured)?
... that any act or statement which alleges bias, impropriety or any wrongdoing concerning ajudge in the exercise of his judicial function falls within theoffence of scandalizing the court in Singapore?
... that nominations for the 2010Carbuncle Cup, awarded annually to the worst new building in theUK, include theStrata tower block in London, and the redevelopedBurns Monument Centre inKilmarnock?
... thatAnthony J. Alvarado was namedNew York City School Chancellor in 1983, the school system's first Hispanic in that post, but was forced to resign in 1984 amid charges of financial improprieties?
... that radioDJ andblues expertMike Raven also worked at various times as anactor inhorror films, asculptor, asheep farmer, a presenter of religious TV programmes, and aballet dancer?
... that a large number ofgastropods remain to be discovered in Afghanistan?
... that the last goal at theStade Grimonprez-Jooris inLille was scored in May 2004 byMatt Moussilou, before the stadium closed after serving asLille OSC's home for almost 30 years?
... thatTaichiro Morinaga was the first person to manufacture chocolates in Japan which he learned after working as a janitor in an American candy factory?
... that thetablemount structure ofSedlo Seamount, aseamount (underwater volcano), indicates that it used to be above the water?

12:00, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

... that unlike modernSassafras, which aredeciduous, the extinct speciesSassafras hesperia(fossil pictured) may have beenevergreen?
... that theNanyang Style was a regional art movement practised bymigrant Chinese painters inSingapore in the 1950s?
... that theGroruddalen BKfootball team finished third intheir league in 2007 and had theleague top scorer, but lost their coach and all players save two, facing relegation and liquidation in 2008?
... that despite criticism inChannel 4'sDispatches for his work at UK firmLeonard Curtis, Keith Goodman went on to become President of theInsolvency Practitioners Association?
... thatThe Heart of a Woman, the fourth installment ofMaya Angelou's sixautobiographies, has been called her "most introspective"?
... thatWireless Hill onMacquarie Island enabled the first radio link toAntarctica?
... thatIndigenous Australian activistRobert Bropho won acase in theHigh Court of Australia challenging the redevelopment ofPerth'sSwan Brewery?
... that the building that houses theLibrary of the Congress of Mexico was acantina at the beginning of the 20th century?
... that theanimeBlack Rock Shooter was based on the song of the same name by Huke and Ryo of the Japanese music groupSupercell?

06:00, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

... that world championfigure skater Sonja Henie and her husband foundeda museum of contemporary art(pictured) atHøvikodden inBærum?
... thatStoryville, a nightclub housed inBoston Hotel Buckminster, hosted recording sessions byBillie Holiday andCharlie Parker?
... that theDanish ethnologistGudmund Hatt systematically inventoried cultural similarities and differences amongst northern peoples?
... thatSt Michael and All Angels Church, Llanfihangel Rogiet, inMonmouthshire, Wales, is approached through a working farm?
... that theGraveyard Seamounts are all named morbidly, with names such as Pyre Seamount, Morgue Seamount, and Zombie Seamount?
... thatThe Back Porch Majority was chosen byLife magazine to provide entertainment at theWhite House in 1965?
... that theWomen's Professional Basketball League, which played its first game in 1978 inMilwaukee in front of 7,800 fans, collapsed after three seasons and an estimatedUS$14 million in total losses?
... thattree-ring dating shows that the wood for therood screen inSt Brothen's Church, Llanfrothen,Gwynedd, Wales, came from trees felled between 1496 and 1506?
... that scenes for the 2009television advertisementThe Life were filmed inside thecooling tower of an activenuclear power station?

00:00, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

... that before becoming a museum,Beit Beirut(pictured) was a vantage point for sniping and a combat zone during theLebanese Civil War?
... that ordering "half and half" atBig Spring Cafe inHuntsville, Alabama, gets you a bowl with equal portions ofchili con carne andBrunswick stew?
... that the location of theSilver King Mine was first discovered by a soldier building a road during theApache Wars, who found black rocks that flattened when struck?
... thatsocialiteJudith Peabody was known for clothes she wore fromBill Blass andDonald Brooks, as well as for legal aid toLenny Bruce and her efforts atGay Men's Health Crisis for people withAIDS?
... thatCardiff School of Art & Design, established in 1865, is the oldest constituent part ofUniversity of Wales Institute, Cardiff?
... thatNathan Quinones felt so relieved after leaving his position asNew York City School Chancellor, that he said he "felt like a little bird", singing to himself as he walked down the street?
... that in 2009, theChinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration began planning for a Chinese-builticebreaker due to its expandingpolar exploration activities?
... that theCanadian television seriesTabloid (1953–1960) regularly featured weathermanPercy Saltzman's flipping of achalk?
... that theHovis advertisementGo On Lad compresses 122 years ofBritish history into 122 seconds?

8 August 2010

18:00, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt Cynhaearn's Church, Ynyscynhaearn, inGwynedd, Wales(pictured), is located in an isolated position on a former island in a lake, and is approached by an ancientcauseway?
... that the jury at the 2003Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival took longer to award the Grand Prix toLamp than any other commercial in the festival's history?
... thatDietrich Fischer-Dieskau sang in theBach cantataHerr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102 for the tenth Sunday afterTrinity, with conductorBenjamin Britten?
... that theOceanography Society gives out the Jerlov Award "in Recognition of Contribution Made to the Advancement of Our Knowledge of the Nature and Consequences of Light in the Ocean"?
... that architectsHeinrich Ernst Schirmer andWilhelm von Hanno designed all stations on Norway's first railway line, theHoved Line betweenChristiania andEidsvoll?
... thatBruce Springsteen's song "Nebraska" was inspired by Springsteen seeingTerrence Malick's filmBadlands on television?
... that theThrangu Monastery, the first traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Canada, with a 4 metre golden Buddha, was officially opened inRichmond, British Columbia, on25 July 2010?
... that theDevil's Jumps, on theSouth Downs ofWest Sussex in southernEngland, are considered to be the best preservedBronze Age barrow group inSussex?
... thatDuane Earl Pope‎ turned himself in to law enforcement the day he first appeared on theFBI's 10 most wanted list?

12:00, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the shell of theMacklintockia scabra snail(pictured) has ghostly bars?
... thatHuntersville is unique amongstNorfolk's 19th-century neighborhoods, in that it was unplanned and developed over time?
... that theComet Hale-Bopp inspiredGraham Waterhouse to composeHale Bopp forstring orchestra, which ends with aboy soprano singingHow Brightly Shines the Morning Star?
... thatOperation Grand Slam in 1952 was a major naval exercise of the newly formedNATO alliance, with over 200 warships?
... thatMichigan halfbackTed Kress set aBig Ten single-gamerushing record with 218 yards in his second conference game?
... that for theWhat's it going to take?advertising campaign, celebrities such asAnna Friel andFern Britton weremade up to appear to have been the victims ofdomestic abuse?
... that research byGerson Goldhaber onsupernovae provided evidence that the rate of the expansion of the universe was increasing due to what was termed "dark energy"?
... that Austrian composerErich Wolfgang Korngold (ofHollywood film score fame) composed his first opera,Der Ring des Polykrates, when he was only seventeen years old?
... thatAmerican newspaper editorJames McMaster changed his name to make it sound Irish?

06:00, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatRicketts Glen State Park(pictured) inPennsylvania was to have become a national park before budget issues andWorld War II ended that plan?
... thatmodern humans have been found toinhabit various countries for periods ranging from almost 200,000 years to less than 800 years?
... that artistWalter Tyndale painted landscapes and buildings in England that inspiredThomas Hardy's famous "Wessex" novels?
... that theworld's Christian population is growing slightly faster than theworld's population?
... that the annualPflasterspektakel ('pavement spectacle') inLinz,Austria, features over 400 international street artists and attracts some 200,000 visitors each year?
... that by the early 1900s,famine,civil war andsleeping sickness had reduced the population of theBaganda people to around a third of its size in the prior century?
... that when the threeMonarch-class battleships were commissioned, they were only half the size of other battleships in foreign navies?
... thatHarrison Howell Dodge, who served for 52 years as the resident superintendent ofMount Vernon, often slept in the house as a night guard?
... that authorities believe convicted fraudsterEdward Porta escaped from theU.S. Penitentiary inLee County, Virginia, apparently by walking out of itsminimum security area?

00:00, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

... that Norwegian architectEinar Oscar Schou is best known for his design of theBergen theatreDen Nationale Scene(pictured)?
... thatPolly Morgan is aLondon basedBritish artist who usestaxidermy to createworks of art?
... that the first episode ofThe Force, a 2009 documentary series, followed a murder investigation after the burnt corpse of a woman was found in a suitcase?
... thatTirana Park on the Artificial Lake once contained a memorial toSadijé Toptani, the mother of KingZog I of Albania, but it was destroyed by theCommunist regime?
... that the 1687 diary ofEdinburgh medical studentThomas Kincaid records the earliest knowngolfing instructions?
... that theLittle Pamir valley inAfghanistan supports populations ofMarco Polo sheep,ibex, and other wild animals?
... that in 2010, theCotswold Air Show commemorated the 70th anniversary of theBattle of Britain, featuring aircraft such as theSupermarine Spitfire and theHawker Hurricane?
... that the newGaza Mall aims to "develop a marketing and leisure culture" inGaza?

7 August 2010

18:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theMechanical Galleon(pictured) was not only a modelnef and aclock, but also had smokingcannons, bells,trumpets, adrum, and aHoly Roman Emperor?
... thatSamuel Gurney Cresswell was the firstnaval officer to cross the entireNorthwest Passage?
... that 900volunteers completed the initial work onCamano Island State Park inWashington in a single day?
... that the fossilmammalian toothLACM 149371 shows resemblances with someungulates,rodents, andmultituberculates, but most likely belongs to the extinctGondwanatheria?
... thatSpace Chair holds theworld record for the highest,high-definition TV commercial?
... that the1949–50 City College of New York men'scollege basketball team is the only one to win theNCAA Tournament andNational Invitation Tournament in the same season?
... that theredundant church ofSt Ellyw, Llanelieu inPowys, Wales, is a venue for the annualTalgarth Festival?
... that whenLemrick Nelson was tried in 1992 for the murder ofYankel Rosenbaum, a few of the largelyAfrican-American jury that acquitted him later attended a party that honored him as a "hero"?
... thatSportsklubben av 1909 was the first sports club inNorway explicitly forworkers?
... thatDale Webster set theGuinness World Record for "the most consecutive days spent surfing", at 10,407?

12:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatHell(pictured) is inPinckney State Recreation Area?
... thatWyandot chiefRoundhead had hisown brother executed for siding with theUnited States prior to theWar of 1812?
... that theSaw-shelled Turtle is one of the few native Australian animals which successfully prey on the introduced poisonousCane Toad?
... that despite being shown only three times in its entirety, theTV adOld Lions is credited with increasing sales ofCarlsberg lager in theUK by over four hundred percent?
... thatMotiejus Šumauskas, chairman of theSupreme Soviet of theLithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1967–1975, was apartisan fighter duringWorld War II?
... that theNational Academy of Mime and Acting, an old Swedish school, will merge with theuniversity collegeDramatiska Institutet in 2011?
... that in a survey study of the officials elected in the1999 municipal election inBolivia, theCommunist Party had the highest percentage ofindigenous councilors?
... that theDelhi Dam in northeastIowa failed on July 24, 2010, after theMaquoketa River reached record levels?
... that theChicago Half Marathon begins and ends near theMuseum of Science and Industry?
... that inInuit lore theAdlet are mythical creatures, half-man and half-dog, but the term may also denoteinland natives?

06:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

... that while mostglaciers in theGlacier Bay National Park inAlaska are receding,Margerie Glacier(pictured) is said to be stable?
... that theLouisiana historianGarnie W. McGinty'sLouisiana Redeemed: The Overthrow of Carpetbag Rule, 1876–1880 is an enduring study ofReconstruction in McGinty's native state?
... that finds from theBroighter Gold hoard have featured onone pound coins from two different countries?
... that many crew members began to cry while filminghospital scenes for theSwedish filmGlowing Stars, because they thought the scenes were emotional?
... thatSt Mary's Church, Derwen,Denbighshire, Wales, islisted Grade I because it possesses an exceptionally completerood screen and loft and otherwise retains much of itsmedieval character?
... thatWładysław Wawrzyniak, one of the founders of theRepublic of Ostrów, was among the victims of theKatyn massacre?
... that the inauguralParis Marathon in 1896 was won byLen Hurst, an English brick-maker?
... that between 1560 and 1640, the business of the EnglishCourt of King's Bench rose tenfold?
... that, unlike many other monasteries and churches of the time,Marko's Monastery experienced almost no damage afterSkopje fell underOttoman rule?
... that duringThe Trillion Dollar Campaign,The Zimbabwean newspaper put upbillboards printed on genuineZimbabwean banknotes?

00:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the1303 Crete earthquake ruptured the eastern part of theHellenic arc(pictured), and was one of the most powerfulhistorical earthquakes in Greece?
... that almost none ofRobert Streater's 17th-century architectural painting survives except the ceiling of theSheldonian Theatre inOxford, which was restored in 2008?
... thatEric Liu's 1998 book,The Accidental Asian, was praised byTime magazine for its balanced approach toward racial topics?
... that theRepublic of Ostrów was a short-livedautonomous republic created in the aftermath ofWorld War I?
... thatDennis Fitzgerald won a gold medal inwrestling at the1963 Pan American Games, and set theMichigan Wolverines football record with a 99-yardkickoff return?
... that thesolar panels on theGeorgetown Intercultural Center were designed with rough glass to prevent interference with planes atReagan National Airport?
... that theSajur is the only river inSyria that joins theEuphrates on its right bank?
... thatGerald Garson, aNew York Supreme Court Justice who was later convicted of accepting bribes, assured the lawyer bribing him: “Justice is being done”?
... that theOld Church of St Nicholas inUphill,Somerset, England, which was built around 1080, is still used for services even though thenave has no roof?

6 August 2010

18:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the freshwater snailIndoplanorbis exustus(pictured) transfers veterinarily important parasites, including theflukeSchistosoma spindale?
... that theweb content lifecycle can be so complex that mostexperts do not agree on descriptions of the number, name, or type of stages to include in theprocess?
... that FatherCharles Beirne,S.J., advised theUnited States onLatin American affairs while serving asvice president ofUniversidad Centroamericana inEl Salvador?
... that aSoviet and formerRussian Imperial andAzerbaijani military commander,combrigJamshid Nakhichevanski, became a victim of theGreat Purge and was executed in 1938 after his thirdarrest byNKVD?
... thatBill Gray appeared at everybaseball position exceptpitcher during his professional career, including playing seven different positions during hisdebut season with thePhiladelphia Phillies?
... that theBolivianSocialist Republican Party supported the military governments that ruled the country in 1935–1937, 1939–1940 and 1940–1943?
... that thePatroon Creek was listed in 1993 as one of the top 10 most polluted rivers inNew York, andheavy metals such asdepleted uranium were found in the creek in 2003?
... that although theAlbion, New York,post office is on theNational Register of Historic Places (NRHP), it is not old enough to be acontributing property to the NRHP'sOrleans County Courthouse Historic District?
... that theJapanese battleship Kirishima was sunk in the middle of the night byan unseen ship?

12:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

... that awicket was first laid at theNorth Perrott Cricket Club Ground(pavilion pictured) soon after theSecond World War?
... that art historianEugene Goossen saw abstract paintings byDoug Ohlson as depicting "yellowish pink and green dawns, blue noons, and red-orange sunsets that swiftly slide from purple to black"?
... that theSpecial Air Service usedLVT Buffalos to cross theRhine river duringOperation Archway?
... thatHockey Hall of Fame defencemanPhat Wilson was a member of threeAllan Cup winning teams in the 1920s as Canada'ssenior champions?
... thatBailey's Dam saved part of theUnion Navy'sMississippi River Squadron during theCivil War?
... that theByzantine generalConstantine Opos led the regiment of theExkoubitoi, established in the 5th century, in its last battle atDyrrhachium in 1081?
... that Swedish directorLisa Siwe'sfeature-length film debut,Glowing Stars, earned her theGuldbagge Award for "Best Director"?
... thatanthropologistUrsula Graham Bower fought for theBritish Army as aguerrilla with theNaga people duringWorld War II?
... that theNorwegian multi-sports clubSki does not offer the sport ofskiing?

06:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the siblings of earlyKona coffee merchantHenry Nicholas Greenwell(pictured) includedCanon William Greenwell and poetDora Greenwell?
... that, on6 June 1944, half the12th SS Panzer Division were sent to deal with dummyparachutists fromOperation Titanic?
... that, in 2009,African Barrick Gold produced 716,000 ounces ofgold from theTulawaka,Bulyanhulu,Buzwagi, andNorth Mara Gold Mines?
... that theLancashire textile merchant and politicianRobert Needham Philips was the grandfather of the historianG. M. Trevelyan?
... that the German Catholic magazineHochland, founded byCarl Muth in 1903, published regular contributions by historiansTheodor Schieffer andHeinrich Lützeler, and philosopherPeter Wust?
... that, inAndy Beene's first season playing with theMilwaukee Brewers, he only played in one game?
... thatPublic Employees Federation president Kenneth Brynien was elected in 2006 by a margin of 850 votes out of 14,898 cast, but was unopposed for reelection in 2009?
... thatJulie von Massow, a Prussian noblewoman, started a prayer movement in 1862 to reuniteLutheranism andCatholicism?
... that the earliest knownChairman Mao badges were made from used toothpaste tubes?

00:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

... that many sex positions derive theirSanskrit names from that of theHindu goddess of sexual pleasure –Rati (pictured with her husband, the lovegodKama)?
... that thehistorianJimmy G. Shoalmire specialized inReconstruction inRed River Parish,Louisiana, ruled from 1868 to 1876 bycarpetbagger State Senator Marshall Twitchell?
... that thePons Neronianus ('Bridge ofNero') over theTiber inRome may actually have been built byCaligula?
... that people tend to see the world as a greygloom when they aredepressed?
... that as superintendent ofMount Vernon starting in 1937,Charles Wall would ride on horseback to inspect the grounds, which he saw restored to the way they were in the days ofGeorge Washington?
... that theCretaceous mammalArgentodites is known only from a blade-like tooth with eight cusps arranged in a row?
... that thehistorianMark T. Carleton penned a 1971 study entitled "Politics and Punishment" which described a sudden change in racial demographics in theLouisiana penal system?
... thatCas Myslinski worked in afoundry before attending high school, and turned down ascholarship offer fromColumbia University in order to attendWest Point?
... that theAberdeen Student Show has happened every single year since 1921, and has featuredFlying Pigs?

5 August 2010

18:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the marine life ofWakatobi National Park(pictured) inIndonesia is threatened byoverfishing andblast fishing?
... thatJim Neu's first dance theater production,Aerobia, told the story of six characters at a health club of the future where people come to exercise their "sociomuscularity"?
... that theBMW Mega City Vehicle is expected to be the firstmass production urban electric car featuring acarbon-fiber reinforced plastic body?
... thatClaude Aveline metJean Vigo in a health clinic and 28 years later foundedan award in his honor?
... that theUnion Obrera Democratica Filipina held a massanti-imperialist rally on May 1, 1903, the firstMay Day rally in thePhilippines, in spite of being denied permits by the United States'Taft administration?
... that a co-founder ofVietnam Veterans of America,Stuart F. Feldman, "single-handedly ... won billions of dollars for veterans programs" through his lobbying efforts?
... thatSpain'sAldeadávila Dam, completed in 1962, was featured in the 1965David Lean filmDoctor Zhivago?
... thatChris Coghlan, afirst-round draft pick of theFlorida Marlins in 2006, won theMajor League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award in 2009?
... thatbear's ears grow on the ground inNew South Wales?

12:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatL. Martin Griffin, Jr., anenvironmentalist in California'sMarin County, preserved the coastline by buyingAudubon Canyon(pictured) which was threatened by development?
... that theDerby Gilbert & Sullivan Company has been champion of theInternational Gilbert and Sullivan Festival six times?
... thatJohannes Kringlebotn, who edited the newspaperStavanger Aftenblad after the Nazis usurped it, had been among Norway's top-tenmiddle distance runners?
... that thePhiladelphia transit strike of 1944 started when black transit workers were allowed to hold jobs previously reserved for whites?
... thatWillie Irvine was the EnglishFootball League First Division's top goalscorer in the1965–66 season?
... that modernPentecostalism and its offshoots developed from events inNorth Carolina andTennessee during the late 19th century known as theLatter Rain Movement?
... that a substantial part of theSami costume collection in theNational Museum of Denmark'sEthnography Department was collected byEmilie Demant Hatt?
... that the four-volume work onpress media history in Norway,Norsk presses historie 1660–2010 starts off 103 years before the first Norwegian newspaper?
... that Firo Prochainezo, a character of theBaccano!light novel andanime series, wears glasses in an attempt to look smarter?

06:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theWilliam V. N. Barlow House(pictured) has one of the fewhand pumped water wells left in thevillage ofAlbion, New York, in its backyard?
... thatThe Ecumenical Council isSalvador Dalí's vision of the meeting of heaven and earth, inspired by the first communication between the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury in 426 years?
... that after the death ofBolivian Christian Democratic politicianBenjamín Miguel Harb in 2008, theSenate of Bolivia decided unanimously to grant him its highest decoration, theBanner of Gold?
... that theGO-Urban project inOntario, Canada, planned to installmaglev automated guideway transit systems inToronto,Hamilton andOttawa, but was cancelled when the technology proved too expensive?
... thatOdd Erling Melsom edited Nazi-affiliated newspapers both during and after WWII;Fritt Folk andFolk og Land?
... that theWorld Chess Hall of Fame originally used cardboard plaques to honor pastgrandmasters, and was located in the basement of aNew Windsor, New York, building?
... that theethnographic collection ofSwedish missionaryKarl Edvard Laman and his wife included 12 human skulls?
... that the fragmentary fossil jawTNM 02067 may represent the only known mainland African member of the enigmaticGondwanatheria?
... that after 33 years in jail as the "Elevator Bandit", 63-year-oldArthur Williams went on a final crime spree with a gun in one hand, a cane in the other and an oxygen tank hooked up to his nose?

00:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatMicronesian navigatorMau Piailug(pictured) enabled the first Hawaiʻi–Tahitinon-instrument sailing canoe voyage in more than 500 years by mentoringNainoa Thompson?
... that the leftistCollective Labor Movement was the largesttrade union centre in thePhilippines in the years just beforeWorld War II?
... thatOlaf Gjerløw, grandfather ofSocialist politicianTora Aasland, was a conservative editor ofMorgenbladet?
... thatFrankie Laine's song, "I Believe", spent eighteen weeks as aUK number-one single in the 1950s?
... thatKåre Langvik-Johannessen andAlbert L. Fliflet both worked with texts byGrillparzer andVondel, but won prizes for translating other, different works?
... thatTuxlith Chapel, aredundant church inMilland,West Sussex, was one of the first churches to be owned by theFriends of Friendless Churches?
... that thehistorian andeducatorJohn Ardis Cawthon wrote about poor white settlers in theLouisiana hills, lonelycemeteries,ghost towns, and even his own ancestors?
... that there are five main types offront curtain used in modern theatres?

4 August 2010

18:00, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theAin Sakhri lovers(pictured), the oldest representation oftwo people making love, was found nearBethlehem?
... thatChief Justice of California nomineeTani Cantil-Sakauye worked as ablackjack dealer inReno, Nevada, after graduating fromUC Davis School of Law?
... that theLead Mosque ofShkodër,Albania, received its name from once havingcupolas covered inlead?
... that theGrammy Award forBest Disco Recording was first presented at the22nd Grammy Awards in 1980, but eliminated by 1981?
... that in 1958,Trudy Späth-Schweizer became the first woman to hold a political office inSwitzerland?
... thatsports writerVic Ziegel co-wroteThe Non-Runner's Book, which satirized the sport ofmarathon running?
... thatMerseyside Fire and Rescue Service is to trial twofire bikes fitted with water and foam tanks and a 30-metre hose rig capable of fighting a fire for two minutes?
... thatGofraid Donn was blinded andcastrated by a follower ofhis uncle, and later jointly ruled theKingdom of Man and the Isles with his uncle?

12:00, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatNeunggasa(pictured), a Buddhist temple inSouth Korea, was originally established in 419,destroyed in 1592 and rebuilt again in 1644?
... that art collectorRolf Stenersen donated his home, thefunctionalist Villa Stenersen designed byArne Korsmo, to the State of Norway as a home for thePrime Minister?
... thatMount Albion Cemetery inAlbion, New York, has one of the rarebutternut trees in the region?
... thatAntonello da Messina'saltarpiece forSan Cassiano inVenice disappeared from the church during the 17th century, only to be found later in the private collection ofArchduke Leopold William?
... thatWorld War II flying aceHiromichi Shinohara once scored as many as 11 victories on a single day, setting a record in theImperial Japanese Army Air Service?
... that it was feared that theHindiya Barrage on theEuphrates could not fulfill its function?
... thatstudio executiveSimon Kornblit, who oversaw therelease ofJurassic Park forUniversal Pictures, became anactor after hisretirement?
... that a surgeon carried out anendoscopy on theCryoSat-2 satellite after a problem was found during final preparations for launch?

06:00, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theNiagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory(resident butterfly pictured) imports up to 3,000 butterflies a month from around the world?
... that the merger between theNorwegian Labour Party-ledWorkers' Sport Federation and theCommunist-led 'Red Sports' has been described as an early example of thepopular front line?
... thatAdolfo Kaminsky made forged IDs for Jewish refugees, South American leftists and North Americandraft dodgers?
... thatMinuscule 759 contains only the beginning of thePericope Adulterae (John 7:53–8:2) and lacks the major part of it?
... that theextinct LotusNelumbo aureavallis is known fromEocene rocks in westernNorth Dakota?
... that, in the1924 Egyptian parliamentary election, members of Egypt'sCoptic Christian minority received 10% of the seats, even though the Copts made up 6% ofEgypt's population?
... thatGeorge Veenker has the highest winning percentage of anybasketball coach inMichigan history and served on theNCAA Football Rules Committee from 1938 to 1945?
... that courts in California, Maryland, and Wisconsin held thatladies' night discounts are unlawfulgender discrimination under state or local statutes?

00:00, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

... that therhubarb curculio beetle(eggs pictured) also lives insidesunflowers?
... that in 1893Jefferson Davis lay in state at theLouisiana Historical Association's Memorial Hall inNew Orleans prior to being re-interred inRichmond,Virginia?
... thatBlack Issues Book Review was named one of the ten best new magazines of 1998 byLibrary Journal?
... that Ireland recently experienced its highest number of fatalities ina single traffic collision?
... thatThe New Christy Minstrels' 1962debut album won aGrammy Award and sat in theBillboard charts for two years?
... thatShkodër Cathedral suffered damage during theSiege of Shkodër by theMontenegrin army in 1912–13?
... that theAmerican Quarter Horse stallionZan Parr Bar was a three-timeWorld Champion inhalter as well as excelling atsteer roping?
... that the town ofMarche,Arkansas, was founded by aPolish count who wanted to restore the agricultural environment familiar to most Poles before their arrival inAmerica?

3 August 2010

18:00, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

... that former fighter pilotRobert V. Whitlow(pictured), although trying to secure anNFL franchise forPhoenix, said thePhiladelphia Eagles' plans to relocate to Arizona did not "seem very wise"?
... that, although the1481 Rhodes earthquake caused only a minortsunami, it matches the age of a tsunami deposit found nearDalaman on the Turkish coast?
... that thousands ofMuslims fromMyanmar andThailand who have migrated toTaiwan were descendants ofnationalist soldiers that fled Yunnan when thecommunists took overmainland China?
... that theMausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom inWarsaw,Poland, preserves cells in which Nazis tortured and killed Polish resistance fighters?
... that, whileRyan Murdough is attempting to run for theNew Hampshire House of Representatives as aRepublican, the chairman of the state Republican Party refused to support him?
... thatRensselaer Lake, created in 1851, wasAlbany, New York's first municipal water supply?
... that theDeer Rock, a heritage monument of theTlingits inHaines Borough, Alaska,US, was witness to a peaceful settlement of conflicts between Chilkoot and Chilkat clans?
... that the owner of theAmerican Quarter Horse stallionPoco Pine once bet against his horse winning a Grand Championship, and lost the bet?

12:00, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the new building of theWarsaw University Library(pictured) inWarsaw,Poland, was consecrated on 11 June 1999 by PopeJohn Paul II?
... thatRasta Thomas, at 16 became the youngest dancer ever to win theUSA International Ballet Competition in the senior division?
... thatdolphins are often sighted in the estuary of theGreat Wicomico River inVirginia?
... thatSkulptur, a 1921 book byJoseph Chaikov, was the first book onsculpture written inYiddish?
... thatÓscar Zamora Medinaceli, a communist student activist and leader of aMaoist insurgency in the 1970s, would become a senator, mayor, ambassador, prefect and minister ofBolivia?
... thatarchaeologists have detected what they believe is awoodenhenge underground near toStonehenge?
... thatMaureen Ogden ofNew Jersey's22nd Legislative District sponsored a bill making original birth certificates available to adoptees, saying "basic rights of the little babies were not being considered"?
... that in the 1976miniseriesDickens of London,British actorRoy Dotrice played bothCharles Dickens and his fatherJohn Dickens?

06:00, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

... that the ornateJacobean Revival-style39 Welsh Row(pictured) inNantwich,Cheshire, was built as a humblesavings bank?
... that the two tracts ofOliver Lee Memorial State Park inNew Mexico preserve archeological sites associated withNative Americans and a late 19th-century ranch?
... that threebasketball officials were suspended due to unspecified "bad calls" during a2010UAAP college basketball game?
... that a1960s-era church inBrighton, England, was demolished after just 20 years because it had been built with dangeroushigh-alumina cement?
... that theRevolutionary Left Front had the highest percentage of female candidates in the1991 municipal elections in the major cities ofBolivia?
... thatSearsville Dam, built in 1892, currently provides nodrinking water,flood control, norhydropower, but rather it irrigatesStanford University's golf course?
... thatRay Courtright, once consideredOklahoma's greatesthalfback,pitched ano-hitter for theSooners and coached theNevada basketball andMichigan golf andwrestling teams to championships?
... that somehouse concerts in 1930sHarlem were used as covers for illicit sex?

00:00, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

... that thefossil butterflyProdryas persephone(engraving pictured) is so well preserved that individualwing scales can be seen?
... that the most distant planet known in 2002 was discovered byDimitar Sasselov's team?
... thatNikolaus Pevsner stated that thecrocketed andcanopied stoup in the porch ofSt Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote,Hertfordshire, is unique?
... thatKoji Gyotoku is the coach of theBhutan national football team?
... thatCenSeam is an initiative to biologically sampleseamounts (underwater volcanoes), of which about 100,000 exist and only 350 have received attention?
... thatJosé de la Borda went from being the richest man ofTaxco to near-bankruptcy to being the richest man inZacatecas?
... thatThe Rolling Stones andThe Who were among the many leadingrock bands who emerged from theBritish rhythm and blues scene of the early 1960s?
... thatDavid Warren, creator of the firstflight data recorder andcockpit voice recorder, was buried in a casket bearing the label "Flight Recorder Inventor; Do Not Open"?

2 August 2010

18:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

... that theWonoboyo hoard(examples pictured) is a collection of 9th century golden artifacts from theMedang Kingdom that were discovered in a paddy field inCentral Java during irrigation work?
... that formerMiami University headfootball coachArthur H. Parmelee later studied pediatric medicine with Dr.Clemens von Pirquet inVienna, Austria?
... thatBryan Jurewicz deflected nine passes as aUniversity of Wisconsin Badgers defensive lineman in 1996, setting a school record?
... that "Barefoot Bandit"Colton Harris-Moore was transferred to theFederal Detention Center inSeaTac aboard theJustice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System, also known asCon Air?
... that theClaustra Alpium Iuliarum represented afortification system within the lateRoman Empire to help secure internal stability?
... thatDenise Jefferson started learning to dance when she was eight, but didn't pursue a career in ballet because she "had never seen anyone who wasn't white in a ballet company"?
... that four players from the1976 NBA Draft,Adrian Dantley,Robert Parish,Alex English andDennis Johnson, have been inducted to theBasketball Hall of Fame?
... that whenAlbanian scholarHasan Tahsini taught his students aboutvacuum by killing apigeon in abell jar, he was accused ofwitchcraft?

12:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatDistrict of Alaska GovernorLyman Enos Knapp(pictured) enjoyed donning his military uniform and watching the localmilitia parade before him?
... that Vietnamese GeneralDuong Van Minh had been captured by theKempeitai duringWorld War II and had all but one of his teeth knocked out during torture?
... that theFilipino communist guerrilla commanderGuillermo Capadocia had worked as a chef and a waiter during his youth?
... thatSt John the Baptist's Church, Papworth St Agnes,Cambridgeshire, is constructed in alternating blocks oflimestone andfieldstones, forming a chequerboard pattern?
... thatTomm Murstad, who featured in show performances onskis and started asummer camp for youths, used the moniker "Onkel Tomm" (Uncle Tom) on himself?
... thatPeltandra primaeva was the firstfossil record for the genusPeltandra when described in 1977?
... that thetriadic pyramid complex was an earlyMaya architectural form based on theMaya creation myth?
... that as the first American to play Henry Higgins onBroadway inMy Fair Lady,Larry Keith said he doubted if he could get away with his English accent in England, "but I think I can in New York"?

06:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

... that for hundreds of years theBuddha wasrepresented by symbols such as his footprint before images like theSeated Buddha from Gandhara(pictured) were carved inPakistan?
... thatSir Arthur Ingram became the most extensive estate owner inYorkshire?
... thatAndris Nelsons conductedBartok'sViola Concerto andMahler'sFifth Symphony in the final concert with hisNordwestdeutsche Philharmonie inHerford?
... thatOperation Burnt Frost was a military operation to intercept and destroy American satelliteUSA-193?
... that after helpingNguyen Khanh toseize power in January 1964Tran Thien Khiem was exiled for trying to overthrow him nine months later, and finally succeeded from overseas five months later?
... that the nave ofSt Mary's Church, Mundon,Essex, is constructed in stone, the chancel in brick, the aisle istimber-framed, the belfry isweatherboarded, and the roofs are tiled?
... thatMarie-Josephte Corriveau, whose story inspired many books, songs, plays and evenballet over the centuries since her execution inQuebec, wasgibbeted formariticide in 1763?
... that, at Englishfairs, women enjoyed sticking pins intoSilly Billy's legs?

00:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Giant pill millipedes from Madagascar rolled up into balls

... thatmillipedes in theorderSphaerotheriida(pictured) roll up into balls the size of acherry, agolf ball, or even abaseball when disturbed?
... that the exile of the popular GeneralNguyen Chanh Thi by junta headNguyen Cao Ky under false pretense of an overseas surgery trip sparked theBuddhist Uprising inSouth Vietnam?
... thatBach had an excellentflauto traverso player at hand forWas frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94, thecantata for the ninth Sunday afterTrinity of 1724?
... thatBill Borgman was alineman for the undefeatednational champion 1932 and1933 Michigan football teams and a line-mate ofGerald R. Ford on the1934 team?
... that the ItalianEtna-class protected cruisers had a belt ofcork at theirwaterline, which was intended to seal holes by swelling through waterabsorption after being hit?
... that before being electedAbbot of Farfa in 761 AD,Alan of Farfa was a hermit who penned what would become one of the most successfulhomiliaries of the late 8th and 9th centuries?
... thatretigabine is the firstanticonvulsant to work by activating the K_v7 family ofvoltage-gated potassium channels?
... that, in 1885,Augustus Voelcker calculated that the annual value ofexcrement per adult was nine shillings (worth£36 in 2010)?

1 August 2010

18:00, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatKalulu(pictured), anAfrican boy who died in 1877, was modelled inMadame Tussauds and attendedDr. Livingstone's funeral in London?
... that theProvinciale Zeeuwse Courant, founded 1758, is the third-oldest Dutch newspaper still being published?
... that, angry with being demoted by junta leaderNguyen Khanh, GeneralsLam Van Phat andDuong Van Duc launched a failed coup, only to have Khanh acquit them in his military court?
... that, on the morning of theBattle of Trafalgar,Horatio Nelson recalled the anniversary of theBattle of Cap-Français, whichhis uncle had fought on the same day, 48 years previously?
... thatCalifornia GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger has signed SenatorGeorge Runner'sRonald Reagan Day bill and the state will begin celebrating it on Reagan's 100th birthday?
... thatJustin Godart was one of only80 French parliamentarians who voted against dissolving theFrench Third Republic and establishingVichy France in July 1940?
... that the "Mad Raft Race" is an event held on theChilkoot River as part ofFourth of July festivities observed inHaines, Alaska?
... that, as a young priest,Alexandre Le Roy accompanied an 1881 expedition toBagamoyo,Tanzania, during which he wrote articles for European magazines?
... that theOld Whaler's Church inSag Harbor, New York, is used byJews on Saturday andChristians on Sunday?

12:00, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatUnder the Window(pictured), published in 1879, launchedKate Greenaway's career as a prominentVictorian children's book illustrator?
... that in 2010Irish Quebecer historianMarianna O'Gallagher was Grand Marshal of the firstSaint Patrick's Day parade held inQuebec City for over 80 years?
... thatThe Undertaker, aprofessional wrestler, was momentarily engulfed in flames due to apyrotechnics accident atWWE Elimination Chamber?
... thatThe Hepworth Wakefield, a newart gallery opening in 2011 by theRiver Calder, takes its name fromWakefield-born artist and sculptorBarbara Hepworth?
... thatDaniel I. Arnon was the first to demonstrate the chemical function ofphotosynthesis outside of a plant cell, creating sugar and starch from carbon dioxide and water?
... that ships from theRoyal Navy, theRoyal Norwegian Navy and thePolish Navy participated in theBritish Commando raidOperation Anklet?
... thatSouth Vietnamese GeneralNguyen Huu Co was exiled by military Prime MinisterNguyen Cao Ky after being sent overseas on a diplomatic trip and then being locked out of the country?
... thatin 1950,L.A.Daily News publisherManchester Boddy ranin both Senate primaries, with the paper first to call DemocratHelen Douglas "the pink lady" and RepublicanRichard Nixon "Tricky Dick"?
... that while theSadd-el-Kafara Dam was under construction in the 3rd centuryBC tocontrol floods, it was destroyed by one?

06:00, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Portrait of clean-shaven, wrinkled-faced Asian man wearing a cap and combat fatigues

... thatSouth Vietnamese GeneralNgo Quang Truong(pictured), known for his incorruptibility, refused to give his nephew a desk job, and the nephew was then killed on the front line?
... that the main town andmission of theIbi, aTimucua tribe, were evidently destroyed by the government ofSpanish Florida as a result of the Timucua Rebellion of 1656?
... that theWickham Market Hoard ofIron age coins was not the first hoard found near the village ofWickham Market?
... thatEmil Spjøtvoll was the firstrector of theNorwegian University of Science and Technology, whose creation he originally opposed?
... that the name ofTemperance River in northernMinnesota is allegedly an early explorer's pun on the river's lack of asandbar?
... thatDeb Margolin removedElie Wiesel as a character in her playImagining Madoff after theNobel laureate andHolocaust survivor called the play "obscene" and "defamatory", and threatened legal action?
... that Olga Lepeshinskaya's theories on theorigins of cells won her aStalin prize, but were dismissed by her husband as "rubbish"?
... thatshipping magnateSamuel Garner Wilder started in the business by sailingguano fromJarvis Island toNew York?

00:00, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

... thatlight front holographic methods were originally found by mapping the spatialquark distribution in aproton to a higher dimensional warped space(example pictured)?
... thatNguyen Van Thieu andNguyen Cao Ky stopped appearing at presidential election rallies during their successfully rigged 1967 campaign after the latter was heavily heckled at their only event?
... that actorZac Efron is set to star in and produce the American remake of the successful Swedish thriller filmSnabba Cash?
... thatStanley Fay, captain andquarterback of the undefeatednational champion 1933 Michigan football team, later becameFord Motor Company's personnel director?
... thatthe Borda House in Mexico City originally covered an entire city block?
... that, before becoming aLouisiana legislator,Virgil Orr once published a paper called "Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium for the Hexamethyldisiloxane–n-Propyl Alcohol System"?
... that the Soulé Live Steam Festival is held annually in downtownMeridian, Mississippi, at theSoulé Steam Feed Works complex, a formersteam engine factoryincorporated in 1893?
... that theMikó Citadel ofMiercurea-Ciuc,Romania, once used for defensive purposes, now houses an ethnographic museum and a library?
... that the roofline of theSag Harbor Whaling Museum is decorated withblubber spades andflensing knives?

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