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28 February 2010

18:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thedeadly skullcap(pictured) may causegastrointestinal bleeding, acoma,kidney failure, or even death within seven days after eating?
... that inDas Erbe, aNazi propaganda movie, a friendly professor shows a young blonde woman how animals pursue "racial policy"?
... that ambulanceman Stanley Skinner was awarded theBritish Empire Medal for his actions in the aftermath of thetrain crash atMarden,Kent in 1969?
... that theThree Parishes pilgrimage churches in theSlovenian villageRosalnice contain a 15th-centuryGothic sanctuary withwall paintings depicting thecrucifixion andSaint Christopher?
... thatJohn Pittenger, formerPennsylvania Secretary of Education, was the firstlegislator to regularly employhigh school seniors aslegislative pages in thePennsylvania House of Representatives?
... that thePhilippine edition ofPlayboymagazine does not displayfrontal nudity orhuman genitalia in order not to go againstFilipino values?
... that formerfootball officialLencie Fred was the firstVanuatuan to be included on theFIFA list ofreferees?
... thatDavid Hockney took two weeks to paint a moment that lasted two seconds in his 1967 paintingA Bigger Splash?

12:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theextinct monkey lemurs, includingHadropithecus(pictured), were most closely related to modernindris andsifakas, as well as the extinctsloth lemurs?
... that whenFrancis Close retired asDean ofCarlisle Cathedral in 1881, he was the oldest dean in theChurch of England?
... thatPocheon, aSouth Korean city located betweenSeoul andGangwon province is famous formakgeolli (unfiltered rice wine) andgalbi (marinated short beef ribs)?
... that human barricades, coordinated by theDresden Without Nazis alliance, blocked Europe's largest annual neo-Nazi demonstration in February 2010?
... thatGeorge Meredith's bookThe Adventures of Harry Richmond first appeared inCornhill Magazine between September 1870 and November 1871, with illustrations byGeorge du Maurier?
... thatbiathleteEvgeny Ustyugov won the gold medal at themass start event at hisfirst Olympics three months after winning his first World Cup race?
... that the 9th centuryPustakasala Hindu temple was discovered under the library construction site of Indonesia Islamic University?
... thatNicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon is considered a pioneer offire insurance in England?

06:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

... that many works by "Brooklyn's greatest architect",Frank Freeman, have been destroyed, including theHotel Margaret,Germania Club House,Brooklyn Waterworks,Bushwick Democratic Club House,Brooklyn Savings Bank andThomas Jefferson Building(pictured)?
... that theAketajawe-Lolobata National Park onHalmahera island ofIndonesia, is considered vital for 23endemic bird species?
... that despite serving theChalcedonian Byzantine Empire, theGhassanid rulerAl-Harith ibn Jabalah actively contributed to the revival of themonophysitic Syriac Church?
... thatinfragravity waves generated along thePacific coast ofNorth America propagate across the oceans and contribute to the breakup on theRoss Ice Shelf inAntarctica?
... thatPaula Dow, theNew Jersey Attorney General, is the firstAfrican American woman to serve that post in the state's history?
... that while bothU-117 andU-66 were attacked by aircraft from theUSS Card on 7 August 1943, onlyU-117 was sunk?
... that the appearance ofRaphael Friedeberg at theMonte Verità sanatorium turnedAscona into a center for itinerantanarchists?
... that fossils of thetemnospondyl amphibianKourerpeton were notoriously discovered in the window of a barber's shop inArizona?

00:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the position ofDean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture atOxford was endowed byJohn Ireland(pictured), who wasDean of Westminster for more than 25 years?
... that thePatrick Henry Brittan House inMontgomery, Alabama, was built in 1858 by the 10thSecretary of State of Alabama?
... thatPutsy Caballero is the youngest player ever to play in a game atthird base inMajor League Baseball history?
... thatArchiinocellia is the onlysnakefly fossil genus fromBritish Columbia and one of only two fromCanada?
... that designated heritage designs by the early 20th-century CanadianarchitectNeil R. Darrach can be found in bothSt. Thomas, Ontario, andRegina, Saskatchewan?
... thatMemories Off 5: Encore'sPlayStation Portable port includes a built-inscreen capture feature to download images onto amemory stick?
... that former professional footballerTony Larkin helped to establishBritain's first football academy forvisually impaired players?
... that aclass action lawsuit was brought againsta Pennsylvania school district for allegedly usingwebcams in school-issued laptop computers to spy on students at home?

27 February 2010

18:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatMark McGwire(pictured) hit morehome runs than any player inMajor League Baseball in 1997 yet did notlead a league in home runs?
... that at just over 18 millimetres (0.71 in),Fibla carpenteri is the largest species ofsnakefly known fromamber?
... that in the four largest cities within theGreater Austin metropolitan area (US) the percentage of college-educated individuals in each is over 39% (compared to the national average of 24.4%)?
... thatTom Walley managedWatford's 1982FA Youth Cup winning team, which includedJohn Barnes,Nigel Gibbs andNeil Price?
... that eclectic and non-traditionalQuartet San Francisco has been nominated five times forGrammy Awards, most recently forQSF Plays Brubeck, the first all-Dave Brubeck string quartet recording?
... thatIro ni Ide ni Keri Waga Koi wa was the result of bothWindmill's staff and fans wanting a game that was set in a school setting?
... that the inaugural inductees into theUniversity of ConnecticutHuskies of Honor included 23 basketball players and fourhead coaches, includingHall of Fame coachesJim Calhoun andGeno Auriemma?
... that theshort story "The Congress" byArgentine writerJorge Luis Borges was published in adeluxe edition with the letters made ofgold?

12:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theRosenmontag parade of theMainz carnival(pictured) had been filmed since 1910?
... that formerScotland international rugby union playerAndrew Balfour led a health initiative that reduced malaria deaths inKhartoum,Sudan, by 90%?
... that1967's Hurricane Doria was described as "one of the most erratic storms ever observed"?
... that after herEuropean Parliamentary career,Anne André-Léonard served as the Assistant Commissioner for Belgium at theWorld Expo inZaragoza from 2006 to 2008?
... that inFort Geldria in South India there is a well-preserved Dutch cemetery, with tombstones carved in theNetherlands, cared for by theArcheological Survey of India?
... that theLatin poemCarmen Priami features an artificially archaic language as a reaction to theHellenizing trend in Latin poetry led byEnnius?
... that theIsraeli politician and diplomatAdin Talbar was the national800 meter dash champion in 1942?
... that thetyranny of small decisions is a concept developed by the American economistAlfred E. Kahn in 1966, and has been applied tomarket failures,environmental degradation and health outcomes?

06:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Crescent Athletic Club House

... that surviving works byBrooklyn architectFrank Freeman include theHerman Behr Mansion,Eagle Warehouse,Brooklyn Union Gas Company Headquarters,Villa Maria andCrescent Athletic Club House(pictured)?
... that in 2007,Fiji internationalgoalkeeperSimione Tamanisau was prevented from playing in aFIFA World Cup qualifying match by theNew Zealand authorities?
... that the mushroomStropharia ambigua has been said to taste like old leaves?
... thatNasrullah Khan wasEmir of Afghanistan for one week in February 1919?
... that theLa Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway is the onlyNASCAR-sanctioned asphalt track inWisconsin?
... that the Americantelevision programCannabis Planet featureshorticulturist andauthor Ed Rosenthal as acannabis "expert"?
... that in1988, theMajor League BaseballERA title was decided by a margin of less than1⁄100 of arun betweenAllan Anderson andTeddy Higuera?
... that some modernK'iche' Maya revere rivalsyncretised forms of thepre-Columbian Moon goddessAwilix that are said to be the lovers ofSt. James?

00:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theCatskills'Esopus Creek (pictured, nearShandaken) is one of the most productivetrout streams in theNortheast?
... that the EnglishpiratePeter Love set up a base of operation in theOuter Hebrides, but was betrayed by an associateoutlaw and executed by theScottish Government in 1610?
... that forThe Kinks' 1968 albumLive at Kelvin Hall, sessions were held to "sweeten" the originallive recording?
... thatFulcran Vigouroux was the first secretary of thePontifical Biblical Commission?
... that thebroad whitefish is eaten bybrown bears when they cannot findsalmon?
... thatJoe Oeschger co-owns theMajor League Baseball record for mostinnings pitched in a single game with 26?
... that theTiller Ranger Station in southernOregon served as the administrative headquarters for five differentUmpqua National Forest ranger districts?
... thatNeville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram survived theDunkirk evacuation because thesoap dish he was carrying in his military backpack stopped a bullet that would have hit him in the back?

26 February 2010

18:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the femalesweetpotato bug(pictured) is very protective of her young?
... that KingFarouk I ofEgypt secretly communicated with representatives ofNazi Germany duringWorld War II through his father-in-lawYoussef Zulficar Pasha, Egypt's first ambassador toIran?
... that theChurch of the East, originally the Christian church ofSassanid Persia, eventually established churches throughoutAsia, including inMesopotamia,India,Central Asia, andChina?
... thatrecombination refers to the formation of the first electrically neutralhydrogen atoms in the universe?
... thatAndrea Fay Friedman's first voice-acting role was portraying Ellen, a young woman withDown Syndrome, on the "Extra Large Medium" episode ofFamily Guy?
... thatKV35YL, amummy that was discovered in the ancient Egyptian tombKV35 in 1898 and thought to be male at the time, was recently determined byDNA testing to beKing Tut's mother?
... that formerPhiladelphia Eagles running backPerry Harrington was expected to compete for thestarting fullback job in1981 when hebroke his leg in the fourth game of the season?
... that theAlexandria Zoological Park inAlexandria,Louisiana,US, started mostly with discardedpets when it opened in 1926?
... that despite not sinking a single ship in her career,U-241 managed to shoot down a NorwegianCatalina flying boat?

12:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the brightly colouredHildebrandt's Starling(pictured) nests in abandonedwoodpecker burrows and holes intelegraph poles and fenceposts?
... that theBattle of Mingtiao marked the beginning of theShang dynasty?
... that afterWilly Schaeffler taughtGeorge Patton to ski, he moved to the US and became the most successful ski coach in US history?
... thatOroraphidia andStyporaphidia are the oldestsnakeflies known fromChina, dating from theMiddle Jurassic?
... that theBBC Sound Archive was founded in 1936 byMarie Slocombe while she was working as a temporary secretary disposing of sound recordings?
... that thespinnenkopmolenArkens,Franeker, is the only windmill in theNetherlands fitted withVlinderwieken (English:Butterfly sails)?
... that AustraliantriathleteMirinda Carfrae in her first attempt at theIronman distance broke the women'smarathon course record at the2009 World Championships?
... thatLouis Robertshaw flew combat missions inWorld War II andKorea and flew anF-4D Phantom fighter inVietnam as commanding general of the1st Marine Aircraft Wing?
... that in theTreaty of Bromberg,Poland-Lithuania acceptedHohenzollern sovereignty in theDuchy of Prussia in turn for an "eternal alliance"?
... thatThai directorYongyoot Thongkongtoon's debut film wasThe Iron Ladies, a fact-based sports comedy about a volleyball team of gay and transgender men?

06:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

... that ahumongous fungus(example pictured) caused a media stir after it was reported to cover an area of 37 acres (15 ha), weigh at least 21,000 pounds (10,000 kg), and be 1,500 years old?
... that during theConvention of Aguascalientes theZapatistaAntonio Díaz Soto y Gama said that theMexican flag symbolized "triumph of clerical reaction" and was then threatened by other attendees?
... that some participants in themen's singles luge event at the2010 Winter Olympics complained that track changes made after the death ofNodar Kumaritashvili gave an advantage to stronger starters?
... thatAlf Whist, Minister of Industry and Shipping in theQuisling regime, had no political experience prior to joining theFascist party duringNazi Germany's occupation in the 1940s?
... that theAmerican Pie franchise, consisting of a trilogy and spin-offspiritual successor series of four more films, spawned from the 1999 filmAmerican Pie?
... thatRobert C. Janiszewski, longtimeCounty Executive ofHudson County,New Jersey, was the highest-ranking elected official in state history ever to work undercover for theFBI?
... thatBangladesh football goalkeeperBiplob Bhattacharjee made his international debut at the age of 18?
... that the femaleGreen Pygmy Goose has a lower pitched whistle than the male?
... thatNorwegian journalistAudhild Gregoriusdotter Rotevatn is known for her unusual name and consistent use ofNynorsk?

00:00, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the residents ofCookham had to wait 1,400 years for anew bridge(pictured)?
... thatMagnar Lundemo competed in international championships in bothrunning andskiing in 1962?
... that only one of the twenty-fiveaircraft operated byInvicta International Airlines was ajet, aBoeing 720B?
... that in 1871,Lars Havstad became one of the first twodeaf people to pass thefinal examination insecondary schools inNorway?
... that theSalisbury and Yeovil Railway has been described as "the most successful of all railways in Southern England"?
... that thesubstellar object orbitingG 196-3 was the second discovery of abrown dwarf found around a younglow-mass star?
... thatEgyptian diplomatAmr Bey picked upsquash while posted in theUnited Kingdom and went on to win six consecutiveBritish Open Squash Championships in the 1930s?
... thatElectrinocellia peculiaris is named for the Latin "electrum" meaningamber, "Inocellia", the type genus forInocelliidae, and "peculiaris" for the enigmatic nature of the species?

25 February 2010

18:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the oldest surviving translation of theGospels intoEnglish was made atSt Mary and St Cuthbert(pictured),Chester-le-Street,England?
... thatFrank Allen originally worked as acoal miner before becoming a professionalfootballer at the age of 24?
... that theHumboldt Fault Zone, which produced the1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake, still poses a formidable threat to the state of Kansas?
... thatCao Văn Viên was one of only two four-stargenerals in the history ofSouth Vietnam?
... that the catfishPimelodus pictus has extremely longbarbels, or whiskers, that can extend past the fish'stail fin?
... that Chicago-born record producerLou Reizner conceived and produced theorchestral version ofThe Who'srock operaTommy?
... that the trial mode fromMoto Racer 3 requires the player to maneuver anobstacle course on amotorcycle?
... that in 1955, formerBelgian Member of the European ParliamentJean-Maurice Dehousse studied inBeverly Hills, California?
... thatsquire Richard Cookeshot dead two tax collectors as he claimed that they werepoachers?

12:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

... that despite winning the first land victory against Japan inWorld War II at theBattle of Milne Bay,Major General Cyril Clowes(pictured) was relieved of his command for showing insufficient "vigour"?
... that the title story fromShakespeare's Memory byArgentine writerJorge Luis Borges is about a man who is given the memory ofWilliam Shakespeare?
... that in 1929,Wales internationalfootballerMoses Russell was threatened with a pistol during apitch invasion whilst on a tour of Canada?
... thatTsui Sing Lau Pagoda, aDeclared Monument inHong Kong, was built in 1486 to improve the localfung shui?
... thatGandhi biographerDinanath Gopal Tendulkar, a student ofEisenstein, is considered to be one of the pioneers ofdocumentary film making inIndia?
... that theVĩnh Tế Canal, built during theNguyễn Dynasty in southernVietnam, was a symbol of mistreatment of theKhmer people and later used by theKhmer Rouge in anti-Vietnamese propaganda?
... thatEdwin C. Burt's shoe company issued a series oftrade cards, one of which featured children sitting in a sailboat-shaped shoe?
... thatPerica Vlašić wonDiamonds atHenley, even though he turned up the day before the regatta without a boat?

06:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thewhitefin,Cook's,Australian reticulate,spotted,leopard-spotted,painted,flagtail,speckled,saddled, andnarrowbar swellsharks were allscientifically described in 2008, more than doubling the number ofspecies in thegenusCephaloscyllium(example pictured)?
... thatDavid Wilson wasNelson F.C.'s firstmanager inthe Football League?
... that residents ofTexcoco, Mexico State have resisted, sometimes violently, the development of a major airport since the 1990s?
... thatTony Award-winning producerRichard Barr took part in the infamous radio broadcast ofThe War of the Worlds?
... that four members of theAustralian 7th Battalion received theVictoria Cross for their actions during theBattle of Lone Pine in August 1915?
... thatNorman Doidge, author of popular science bookThe Brain That Changes Itself, presented his research intopsychotherapy at theWhite House in 1993?
... that theBahá'í Faith was first brought toHaiti in 1927?
... thatBloom Energy was awarded a patent in 2009 for a power device that utilizesyttria-stabilized zirconia?
... that the lateLouisiana State Rep.Shady Wall once pulled a pistol on colleagueCarl Gunter, Jr., when Gunter inadvertently disconnected Wall's telephone?

00:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

... that members of theUnited States Marine Corps(pictured) that were stationed inCentral America in the early 20th century have been credited with bringing the sport ofbaseball to Nicaragua, and popularizing it in the area?
... thatAlhaji Grunshi was the first soldier in British service to fire a shot in theFirst World War?
... that the principles ofinsanity in English law have been described as based on a "now obsolete" belief and "not therefore a satisfactory test of criminal responsibility"?
... that comedian and actorDane Cook is referenced in theArcher episode "Training Day" when main character Archer negatively compareskarate to him?
... that out of the describedsnakefly specimens from theFlorissant Formation, theRaphidia funerataholotype is the most complete?
... thatFox Brothers, established in 1772, has provided cloth toBob Hope,Winston Churchill, theDuke of Windsor andCary Grant?
... thatNorwegian cross-country skierØystein Pettersen won a gold medal in theteam sprint event at the2010 Winter Olympics after filling in for a teammate who withdrew from the race due to illness?
... that copies of a forthcomingKraken Opus book aboutDiego Maradona will be sold with samples of his blood and hair?

24 February 2010

18:00, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatHarold Bell co-createdWoodsy Owl(pictured),mascot of theUnited States Forest Service, on the set of thetelevision seriesLassie?
... thatWest Indian cricketerBrian Lara has made thehighest individual score and only quadruple century inTest cricket?
... that in order to convincedefensive endJody Schulz to sign aletter-of-intent, formerEast Carolina Pirates football coachEd Emory took a plane toKent Island during a snowstorm?
... thatJoseph Gutnick, chairman ofGreat Central Mines, was advised by theRebbe Menachem Schneerson to go back to the Australian desert and search for "gold and diamonds"?
... thatChinese Buddhist monkSong Yun and companions traveled to northwestIndia at the request ofEmpress Hu during theNorthern Wei dynasty?
... that some historians consider a1619 strike by Polish craftsmen in theJamestown Settlement to be the firststrike in North American history?
... that cartoonistKen Emerson wrote the second-longest running comic strip inAustralia?
... thatpre-colonialsexual customs in thePhilippines involved equating the size of a woman'sbreasts and the wideness of herhips with the price of thedowry?

12:00, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatOswald Watt(pictured) became the first Australian citizen to gain hisRoyal Aero Club pilot's certificate, before joining theFrench Foreign Legion on the outbreak ofWorld War I?
... thatFrancisco Goya'sWitches' Sabbath was a protest against superstitious beliefs encouraged by leaders of theSpanish Inquisition?
... that literary historianRolf Nyboe Nettum, one ofNorway's centralKnut Hamsun researchers, grew up as a neighbour of polar explorerOtto Sverdrup?
... that the ancientAmber Road passed through thePostojna Gate to reach theMediterranean?
... that 18th-century Swedish admiralOlof Strömstierna was the son of a fisherman?
... thatrubicline was the firstmineral discovered withrubidium as an essential constituent?
... thatMarc'Antonio Mazzoleni wasGalileo's personal instrument maker and helped Galileo makemilitary compasses and other instruments?
... that French athleteJason Lamy-Chappuis, who beat AmericanJohnny Spillane in the final stretch of theindividual normal hill/10 km Nordic combined event at the2010 Olympics, was born inMontana?

06:00, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theBatillus class supertankersPierre Guillaumat,Prairial,Bellamya andBatillus (pictured) were four of the five biggest ships everbuilt?
... that after inheriting her late husband's tools in 1760,Hester Bateman successfully ran a familysilversmithing business for 30 years?
... that over 100Florida Black Bears are killed on Florida roadways each year?
... thatDean Fredericks, who portrayedAir Force pilotSteve Canyon in the 1958–59NBC television series, was awarded aPurple Heart duringWorld War II?
... that themushroomCortinarius archeri is featured on the cover of the bookFungi of Southern Australia?
... that during theMexican Revolution, the rebel leaderJesús Salgado, whose revolt often shaded into outrightbanditry, led 5000Zapatista troops in the taking of the capital ofGuerrero,Chilpancingo?
... that between its 1960 closing and its current use as a museum,District School No. 14 inPine Hill, New York, was a coat factory and a furniture repair shop?
... thatAmy Williams, gold medal winner inskeleton at the2010 Winter Olympics, was accused of getting an unfair advantage from ridges in her helmet?

00:00, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

... that after nearly two centuries of active use, theRoyal Tobacco Factory(pictured) inSeville,Spain, was converted into the seat of therectorate of theUniversity of Seville?
... thatcollege basketball point guardDemetri McCamey andBig Ten Conference foeEvan Turner were once teammates atIsiah Thomas' former high school?
... thatCamp Na'aleh, which was established in 1932 with help fromGolda Meir, the futurePrime Minister of Israel, is the oldestHabonim Dror summer camp in North America?
... that for most of hisEuropean Parliamentary term,Gerhard Hager was a member of theFreedom Party of Austria, before leaving the party just over one year before the end of his second term?
... thatR&B singerBarrence Whitfield changed his name from Barry White, to avoid confusion with theother Barry White, who had changed his name from Barrence?
... thatCollege Sports Information Directors of America has conferred AcademicAll-American to athletes in allNational Collegiate Athletic Association championship sports since 1952?
... that the arrest of theGhassanid rulerAl-Mundhir ibn al-Harith in 581 provoked a two-year revolt by his sons against theByzantine Empire?
... that theOld Harbor Light inSavannah, Georgia, also known as the Savannah Harbor Rear Range Light, resembles a giantstreetlight?

23 February 2010

18:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

... that Portuguese soldiers usedElephanta Caves – now aWorld Heritage Site – sculptures for target practice, sparing only theTrimurti(pictured)?
... thatErin Carmody'scurling team twice won thePrince Edward Island provincial junior championships with an undefeated record?
... thatNanoraphidia electroburmica, known from afossil inamber, is the smallest knownsnakefly species, living or extinct?
... that AmericanZen Buddhist monkClaude AnShin Thomas has walked 19,000 miles (31,000 km) on peace pilgrimages?
... that the renovatedRussian embassy has been described as the most magnificentembassy in Luxembourg?
... thatCrystal Taliefero, percussionist with theBilly Joel Band, also narrates children's audiobooks?
... that efforts to remove street vendors in theTlaxcoaque area ofMexico City have resulted in threats to public officials?
... thatJanet Vida Watson's first job involved researching the growth of chickens, but that she went on to become the first woman president of theGeological Society of London?

12:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatDương Vân Nga(statue pictured) is the only woman in thehistory of Vietnam to be married to twoemperors,Đinh Tiên Hoàng of theĐinh Dynasty andLê Hoàn of theEarly Lê Dynasty?
... thatKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipientArved Crüger was married to the actressCarola Höhn?
... that the 14.44-mile (23.2 km)Stert and Westbury Railway shortened the distance fromLondon Paddington station toWeymouth by 14.24 miles (22.9 km)?
... thatWest Indians Viv Richards andHallam Moseley topthe batting and bowling charts inList A cricket forSomerset County Cricket Club?
... that themushroomRussula integra is a popular food inNorthern Europe?
... thatJoseph Huddart, who made a fortune from making rope, first worked with his father to process fish that suddenly appeared inSolway Firth?
... that players can use theWii Balance Board and shift their weight to control the monkey ball inSuper Monkey Ball: Step & Roll?
... thatAlphastates vocalist Catherine Dowling has been compared to bothBeth Gibbons andShirley Manson and called "a lady with the most evocative vocals in Irish music"?
... thatMarchwood Military Port inSouthampton supported war efforts in both theNormandy landings and theFalklands war?
... thatAustrian brothersWolfgang andAndreas Linger beat outLatvian brothersAndris andJuris Šics for the gold medal in thedoubles luge event at the2010 Winter Olympics?

06:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatHenry A. Peirce arranged the firststate visit(pictured) of a ruling monarch to the U.S. forKing Kalākaua andUlysses S. Grant in 1874?
... that theAmalgamated Sugar Company, the second-largest polluter ofsulfur dioxide inOregon in 1995, marketed its White Satin sugar as "Oregon's Own and Only Sugar"?
... that siblingalpine skiersOrnella andManfred Oettl Reyes are members of Peru's first team at theWinter Olympics, despite being born and living their entire lives inGermany?
... that critics of the prosecution of anarchistSherman Austin pointed out thatWikipedia contained moreonline bomb-making instructions than his website did?
... thatNeighbours actorJordan Smith was born in Scotland and did not emigrate to Australia until 2003?
... that thebloater, which inhabits the depths of theGreat Lakes, swells when brought to the surface?
... thatContinental Navy CaptainWilliam Pickles' ship, theMorris, was destroyed by a hurricane and replaced shortly before the 1779Battle of Lake Pontchartrain?
... thatindoor plumbing was not installed in aformer lock tender's cottage on theDelaware and Hudson Canal atHigh Falls, New York, until the 1960s, over a century after it was built?
... thatManuel Pinho was forced to resign asPortugal'sMinister of Economy and Innovation after making a gesture towards an opposition member during asession ofparliament?

00:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

... that inFlorida, evenKey Largo Woodrats(pictured) "want enormous homes"?
... thatUniversity of Michigan freshmanDevin Gardner compiled 3,287 yards oftotal offense as a high school junior and was ranked as the topquarterback prospect in the United States in 2009?
... that "The Iron Shroud" byWilliam Mudford influencedEdgar Allan Poe's writing of the "Pit and the Pendulum"?
... that theAmerican Piedmont blues guitaristBaby Tate worked with aBlind Boy and aPeg Leg during his five-decade-long career?
... thatJeon Ok, aKorean actress and the mother of actressKang Hyo-shil, was referred to as "Queen of Tears" for her excellence at acting fortragic dramas?
... that inTCU's first season in theMountain West Conference, the2005 TCU Horned Frogs football team won its first outright conference championship since 1958?
... that before becoming aMember of the European Parliament,Peter Sichrovsky edited a book featuring a collection of interviews with the children ofNazi families?
... that women who wish to participate in theDanza de los Voladores de Papantla must ritually ask forgiveness for being a woman?

22 February 2010

18:00, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the 1836 paintingCharles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers(pictured) byDelaroche was thought lost inthe Blitz of London of 1941, but was found in 2009?
... that theAmerican Detroit blues musicianWashboard Willie, derived his backing group's name, the Super Suds of Rhythm, from his job as acar washer?
... that theMaya site ofAltar de Sacrificios inGuatemala was one of the first places to be settled in the Maya lowlands?
... that most of the world'spure bred Holstein cattle descend from the herd of 20th century CanadianactuaryThomas Bassett Macaulay?
... that Irish-born artistFrancis Bacon painted 28 knowntriptychs between 1944 and 1984?
... that formerGovernor ofAmerican SamoaGatewood Lincoln was the first cousin once removed ofAbraham Lincoln?
... thatnumerically-controlled oscillators offer several advantages over other types of oscillators in terms of agility, accuracy, stability, and reliability?
... that in 1749, London newspapers advertised that at theHaymarket Theatre, and in full view of the audience, theBottle Conjuror would climb into a wine bottle?

12:00, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatillegal logging in Madagascar has been an ongoing problem, which escalated after the2009 Malagasy political crisis, threatening endangered species such asrosewood trees(pictured) andlemurs?
... that in 2004,MEPHans Kronberger unsuccessfully contested his fellowFreedom Party of Austria candidate'selection to theEuropean Parliament in theConstitutional Court of Austria?
... that CaptainPhil Harris, best known from the Discovery Channel's reality TV seriesDeadliest Catch, developed a line of coffees called "Captain's Reserve"?
... thatVespula flaviceps larvae areconsidered a delicacy in Japan?
... thatBulgarian graphic artistStefan Kanchev, the author of 1,600 logos, has been called the "father of Bulgarian graphic design" and the "master of thetrademark"?
... that the silent comedyGet-Rich-Quick Wallingford was playing atWashington, D.C.'sKnickerbocker Theatre when it collapsed under the weight of snow from ablizzard in 1922, killing 98 people?
... thatLatvianHaralds Silovs is the first Olympic athlete to compete in both theshort andlong track speed skating events on the same day?
... that oneoldfield mouse was observed gently pulling out her young with her forefeet while giving birth?

06:00, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatStephen Crane(pictured) based the 1898 short story "The Open Boat" upon his personal experience of having survived a shipwreck off the coast ofFlorida?
... that the recently discoveredextrasolar planetHIP 79431 b is regarded as one of the most massive planets aroundM dwarf stars?
... thatArthur Stayner, anEnglish horticulturist who was important in the founding of thesugar industry inUtah, died in 1899 oflead poisoning from alead pellet embedded in his heel?
... thatGalentine's Day, an episode of theNBC comedyParks and Recreation, had a story so romantic, its characters said it madeThe Notebook look likeSaw V?
... that theArlington Club, a private club organized by business and banking leaders inPortland, Oregon, excluded women from membership for 123 years before admitting them in 1990?
... thatBjörn Ferry, winner of theMen's pursuit biathlon event at the2010 Winter Olympics, has suggested that athletes who usebanned substances be given thedeath penalty?
... that despite being the oldestcovered bridge inLane County, Oregon, theMosby Creek Bridge still remains open to traffic?
... that during the "Christmas coup" at radio stationWBAI,Utrice Leid changed the locks on the doors?

00:00, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatPresidential Medal of Freedom winnerJ. Warren Madden(pictured) was the firstChair of theU.S.National Labor Relations Board, and said of his service on the Board, "It was all very frustrating"?
... that in 2003,Member of the European ParliamentMarialiese Flemming proposed more than 80 amendments to aEuropean Commission human tissue safety standards proposal?
... that at theOsborne House,Lonicera nitida shrubs were clipped to formstags that rise from beds ofFelicia amelloides,Festuca glauca, and scarletpelargoniums?
... thatPaul Harrington, inventor of theHarrington implant, once tried out for theUnited States Olympic team?
... that theTrent Waterworks Company introduced Britain's first high pressure constant supply of mains water inNottingham in 1831?
... that theLefschetz theorem on (1,1)-classes proves the only case of theHodge conjecture, aClay Mathematics Institute million-dollarMillennium Prize Problem, which is known to be true on allKähler manifolds?
... that in theTreaty of Labiau,Charles X Gustav of Sweden releasedFrederick William I of Brandenburg from thevassalage he had imposed on him in theTreaty of Königsberg?
... thatLouis Merrilat playedfootball withDwight Eisenhower atWest Point, trainedIran's Persian Guard, and served as asoldier of fortune inChina and with theFrench Foreign Legion?

21 February 2010

18:03, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

... that of the twenty-three species ofbustard found in the world, theGreat Indian Bustard(pictured), found inKutch Bustard Sanctuary inGujurat, is the only one listed as endangered on theIUCN Red List?
... thatJohnny Spillane's silver in theindividual normal hill/10 km at the2010 Winter Olympics is the first medal won by an American inNordic combined?
... that theBeaverkill Valley Inn, nearLew Beach, New York, is the only remaining fishing lodge on the upperBeaver Kill from the early days ofdry-fly trout fishing in theCatskills?
... thatcountry music songwriterChris Waters, who has written songs forTim McGraw,Terri Clark andRhett Akins, is the older brother of singerHolly Dunn?
... that theBeit Hanoun wedge was part of the Israeli strategy inOperation Yoav that sought to divide the Egyptian army into a number of pockets?
... thatStephen Crane's novellaThe Monster is thought to have been inspired in part by the 1892lynching of Robert Lewis inPort Jervis, New York?
... that according to theNational Geographic Society,Peruvian archaeologistWalter Alva found the richest unlootedpre-Columbian tomb in theWestern Hemisphere?
... thatsilver nitride is acontact explosive which can detonate from even the slightest touch, such as a falling water droplet?

12:03, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatCleopatra's Barge(pictured), built for theCrowninshield family in 1816, became theRoyal Yacht of KingKamehameha II and the first American pleasure craft to sail across theAtlantic?
... thatAustrian court painterPeter Fendi, known for hiserotic paintings, was one of the leading artists of theBiedermeier period?
... thatĐại Việt sử lược is considered the oldest remaining annals of thehistory of Vietnam?
... thatMo Tae-Bum, aSouth Korean long track speed skater, won a2010 Olympic gold medal on his 21st birthday?
... that the oldest association betweenTrypanosoma, which causesChagas disease, and itsvector, theassassin bugTriatoma, is found inTriatoma dominicana andTrypanosoma antiquus?
... that in 2003, AustrianMember of the European ParliamentDaniela Raschhofer was conferred aGrand Decoration of Honour?
... thatHoragolla National Park is the onlyurban park in theWestern Province ofSri Lanka?
... thatBernhard Heiliger was regarded as "West Germany's foremost sculptor"?
... that when police raided the Cambridge College of Learning, a London-basedbogus college for overseas students, they discovered just three classrooms and eleven desks?

06:03, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatthe grandson ofGiuseppe Garibaldi, theBoer generalBen Viljoen, and futureHollywood Western starTom Mix(pictured) fought for the rebel army in theBattle of Ciudad Juárez, part of theMexican Revolution?
... thatKurao Hiroshima was a two-timeOlympian, two-timeJapanese marathon champion, and two-time winner of theFukuoka Marathon?
... thatWho Let the Dogs Out byBaha Men was the first number one of theBillboard'sIndependent Albums chart, and would later go on to be the biggest sellingindependent album of 2001?
... that director and writerJuanita Wilson spent time in"the most radioactive place on earth" while working on her debutAcademy Award-nominated short film?
... that thePolishIndependent Socialist Labour Party ofJoseph Kruk merged into theLabour ZionistPoalei Zion in 1937?
... that anelectronic gear-shifting system forbicycles can shift faster than a traditional mechanical system and calibrate itself to minimize maintenance?
... that in 1968 American archaeologistA. Ledyard Smith received the Order of the Quetzal from theGuatemalan government for his services to the cultural heritage of the country?
... thatAnthony R. Cucci, the 40thMayor of Jersey City, threatened to foreclose on theStatue of Liberty and sell it at auction for an overdue water bill?

00:03, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

... that, despite being named forAntelope,Antelope Island State Park(map pictured) is noted for being the home of one of the largest herds ofBison in the United States?
... thatGlen "Frosty" Little is one of only four people ever to be named "Master Clown" by theRingling Brothers circus organization?
... thatOne City Center was the largest urbanshopping mall in theUnited States when it opened in 1986?
... that the title Mai the Black Emperor (Mai Hắc Đế) ofMai Thúc Loan came from his distinctively dark complexion?
... that theMagellan Planet Search Program has discovered five eccentric Jupiter-massextra-solar planets since the program started gathering data in December 2002?
... thatMartie Maguire andEmily Robison of theDixie Chicks will be releasing an album as theCourt Yard Hounds?
... thatCulham Bridge has twice been an important defensive position on theRiver Thames?
... thatBDTH₂, an industrialchelation agent that separates heavy metals from polluted soil, is also marketed as adietary supplement for children withautism?

20 February 2010

18:03, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the BritishbattlecruiserPrincess Royal(pictured) fired 271 13.5-inch shells during theBattle of Dogger Bank, but only scored three hits?
... that many of thePaterson, New Jersey, textile mill workers whostruck in 1835 demanding shorter working hours werechildren?
... that the tragic romance ofTristan and Iseult is the subject matter of theTristan Quilt, a rare survival of medievaltrapunto quilting?
... thatFacebook polls asking whetherBarack Obama should beassassinated have been investigated by the government as possible feloniousthreats against the President of the United States?
... thatPhelps Dodge bought theEl Paso and Northeastern Railway and its associated properties to secure access to superiorcoke for theirsmelters?
... that severalkaraoke bars in thePhilippines had banned the song "My Way" due to thedeaths attributed to it?
... that futuresugar beet processing executiveHenry Arthur Benning was a "rottenstenographer", then failed at selling tobacco, since he didn't partake in tobacco?
... that"Motorway man" is reluctant to cook, rarely has children, and may decide thenext United Kingdom general election?

12:03, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the South Ball Court ofEl Tajín, Mexico, has a panel(pictured) showing aballplayer being beheaded?
... thatPeter Clarke was head of theMetropolitan Police'sCounter Terrorism Command from 2002 to 2008?
... that the discovery of theshipwreckSS Ellengowan in 1991 off Channel Island, made it the oldest known shipwreck inDarwin harbour?
... that directing the filmHoly Lola madeBertrand Tavernier fall in love withCambodia?
... that thebioluminescent crustaceanVargula hilgendorfii, named afterFranz Hilgendorf, was used as a light source by Japanese soldiers inWorld War II?
... that after his arrest in 1940,Norwegian Army officerOdd Lindbäck-Larsen was referred to by the Germans asReichskommissarJosef Terboven's personal prisoner?
... thatGoogle Buzz allowsGmail users to share messages and links across various social networking websites?
... that the longestobscenity trial in English legal history partly concerned a cartoon ofRupert Bear ravaging agranny?

06:03, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theHonda CB900F(pictured), known as the Hornet 900 in Europe and the 919 in North America, was out of production for 19 years before returning in 2002?
... that the frontman of the bandIgnite,Zoltán Téglás, saves injuredpelicans in his free time?
... that during theJanuary 1961 nor'easter on the eve ofJohn F. Kennedy's presidential inauguration, thousands of abandoned cars led to massive traffic jams, including on the inauguration parade route?
... that the 1998Merlin Miller filmA Place to Grow starred country singerGary Morris and also featured appearances byBoxcar Willie,Wilford Brimley, andJohn Beck?
... that theSuper-Earth orbitingHD 156668 has anorbital period of less than five days?
... thatPatrick Hemingway, the son ofErnest Hemingway, owned asafari business inTanzania during the 1950s?
... that inFrance, thePicardy Spaniel is used forhunting snipes?
... that one formerChair of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board described the position as "more like a bully pulpit than a position of authority"?

00:03, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thedraughtsboard shark(pictured) has been known tobark like adog?
... that the first-ever paid youth soccer coach in theUnited States was an Englishman namedDerek Armstrong?
... thatPaul M. Herzog's grandfather-in-law,Oscar Straus, and his step-son,Alexander Trowbridge, were bothUnited States Secretary of Commerce?
... that the capture of theFrench frigateModeste by theBritish in the neutral port ofGenoa in 1793 created adiplomatic incident?
... thatStewart Scullion played alongsidePelé andBobby Moore in the1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup, scoring their team's only goal of the tournament?
... thatfossils from thePaleocene-ageCerrejón Formation inColombia are the earliest record ofNeotropical rainforests?
... that despite writing multiplehits such as "Sticks and Stones," "Tell Me Why", and "Leave My Kitten Alone", theAmerican R&B singerTitus Turner only recorded one album?
... that aCoade stone statue built atBrighton'sRoyal Crescent in 1802 to impress thePrince of Wales had to be removed after excessive weathering made its arm drop off?

19 February 2010

18:00, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

... that antiquebisque dolls(pictured) are collectible, and dolls from French companies likeJumeau can be worth over US$20,000?
... thatYouTube artistBeckii Cruel from theIsle of Man has become popular inJapan?
... that theRhône producerChapoutier was the firstwinery to featureBraille script on theirwine labels?
... thatArthur Coningham was thefirst bowler to take awicket with his firstball in aTest cricket match?
... that after theSwedish dominionsEstonia and Livonia capitulated to Russia in 1710, their recovery remained a Swedish war aim for nearly a century?
... that stage and film actorBruno Barnabe studiedmime underTheodore Komisarjevsky?
... thatManchester Tram number 765 is the last remaining electric car fromManchester Corporation Tramways still in operation?
... that the title story fromThe Book of Sand byArgentine writerJorge Luis Borges describes a book with an infinite number of pages?
... thatmarathon races only receiveIAAFGold Label Road Race status if organisers have taken steps to preserve theenvironment?
... that during his 25 years on theU.S.National Labor Relations BoardJohn H. Fanning took part in more than 25,000 decisions?

12:00, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theBeaverkill Bridge(pictured) nearRoscoe is one of only two extantTown lattice truss covered bridges in New York to have additional diagonals at the ends?
... that some of the tallest trees left inWest Africa are found inBia National Park?
... thatIsraeli politician and settlement activistGershon Shafat spent ten months as aJordanian prisoner of war?
... thatWe Are Scientists' fourthstudio album,Barbara, is their first recorded with drummerAndy Burrows and the band's debut release withPIAS Recordings?
... that diplomatTed Lipman, the current Canadian ambassador toNorth Korea andSouth Korea, is married to Chinese singerDadawa?
... that theMyitsone Dam being built by theBurmese government and theChina Power Investment Corporation is planned to provide 3,600 to 6,000megawatts of electricity forYunnan, China?
... that in 2001,Wolfgang Ilgenfritz, along with several otherMembers of the European Parliament, declared his personal financial interests online?
... that the evacuation of its base atŽatec, Czechoslovakia, in August 1948 allowed theIsraeli Air Force to bring over 2,000 tons of supplies to the besiegedNegev inOperation Avak?
... that beforeSir Edward Moon, 2nd Baronet, was abaronet, he was arower?

06:00, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the firstcopyright act, theStatute of Anne or "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning"(pictured), became law almost 300 years ago?
... thatMaryland politicianKaren S. Montgomery has an adult son withautism whom she has referenced in her advocacy for better developmental disability services in the state?
... thatBig Butte Springs, located in theBig Butte Creek watershed, produces 26,000,000 US gallons (98,000,000 L) ofdrinking water a day that serves 115,000 residents 30 miles (48 km) away in theRogue Valley?
... thatHoratio Nelson describedCaptainGeorge Elliot as one of the best officers in thenavy?
... that in 1960, 33 years beforeDick Van Dyke beganDiagnosis Murder,CBS ran the similarly titledseries,Diagnosis: Unknown, withPatrick O'Neal as a crime-solvingpathologist?
... thatMinuscule 614 is one of the very few witnesses of theWestern text-type with complete text of theActs of the Apostles?
... that architectH. Neill Wilson designed massive summer cottages inMassachusetts'Berkshire County, includingShadowbrook whereAndrew Carnegie died?
... that theGonâve Microplate originated as part of theCaribbean Plate, but is expected to end upaccreted to theNorth American Plate?
... that, according to the hotel's owner, beforeMarshall's Hotel opened in 1880 inYellowstone Park, a visitingU.S. Interior Secretary had to sleep outdoors, and it rained that night?

00:00, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatPope John Paul II placedrosary devotions(example pictured) at the very center of Christian spirituality and called them "among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation"?
... that thesports arenaWesley Brown Field House at theUnited States Naval Academy is named afterWesley A. Brown, the firstAfrican American to graduate from the academy?
... that Pedro Matias typed a 264 charactertext message in 1:59, beating the existingGuinness Book of World Records record in theLG Mobile World Cup?
... that in 1939it was ruled that a child born in the United States to alien parents retains U.S. citizenship, even if the parents take the child back to their home country?
... that theNorwegian long jump record for women, whichMargrethe Renstrøm broke in 2009 with a 6.64 metres jump, was at the time the oldest Norwegian athletics record?
... that singerJanet Jackson appeared on theWill & Grace episode "Back Up, Dancer" nine months after theSuper Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy?
... thatJean Charpentier,press secretary for formerCanadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was the first foreignjournalist to interview GeneralAugusto Pinochet following the1973 Chilean coup d'état?
... that thebulbs of the plantNerine bowdenii have been said to be shaped like old-fashionedChianti bottles?

18 February 2010

18:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theBurmese–Siamese War of 1548–49 saw the legendary death ofAyutthaya's QueenSuriyothai during elephant-mounted combat(statue pictured)?
... thatTanums store rettskrivningsordbok, the dictionary of choice for solvers and makers ofNorwegian crossword puzzles, was edited byMarius Sandvei for more than five decades?
... that theCodex Carolinus is one of very few Gothic fragments of theNew Testament on parchment that has survived to the present day?
... that in September 1924,Jack Fowler scored five goals in afootball match forSwansea Town againstCharlton Athletic, which remains the club record for most goals in a match?
... that a single cave in thePhou Hin Poun National Biodiversity Conservation Area inLaos is used by at least 22 species of bats?
... that theFrench fastminelaying cruiserPluton exploded inCasablanca Harbor,French Morocco, on 13 September 1939 while disembarkingfuzed mines?
... thatClara Hughes, who led theCanadian athletes in theparade of nations during the2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, is the only athlete to have won multiple medals at both theSummer andWinter Olympics?
... that inFrancisco Goya's paintingCarlos IV in his Hunting Clothes the artist showed his debt toTitian's 1533Charles V by showing a dog sniffing at the royal crotch?

12:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thePlains Garter Snake(pictured) is one of the most cold-tolerant snakes and often emerges fromhibernation to bask on sunny winter days?
... that glazed blackmathematical tiles, as seen atPatcham Place and9 Pool Valley, are a characteristic 18th-century architectural motif inBrighton, England?
... that the early Maya farming village ofCuello in Belize has a mass grave containing 26 sacrificed war captives?
... that theNorwegian high jumperStine Kufaas set anational record in thestanding high jump in 2009?
... that four months after amass resignation, which caused a loss of 22 jobs,Major League Baseball umpires voted to form a new union?
... thatS Ori 70 is a mid-T type astronomical object, discovered in 2002 in the direction of theSigma Orinis cluster?
... that theAmerican Piedmont andcountry blues singer andguitaristAlec Seward was one of at least fivemusicians billed as 'Guitar Slim'?
... that theBeppu-Ōita Marathon inJapan producedworld record-breakingmarathon runs in both 1963 and 1978?
... thatMazisi Kunene'sEmperor Shaka the Great was originally written inZulu and compiled from theZulu oral tradition?
... thatcharacter actorI. Stanford Jolley performed some 500 times onfilm ortelevision but reportedly never received more than $100 for each screen appearance?

06:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatPapantla, Mexico, is home tovanilla, theEl Tajín World Heritage site and theVoladores(pictured)?
... that the architecture ofAgudas Achim Synagogue inLivingston Manor, New York, reflects both theEastern European origins of its founders and the olderProtestant churches in the area?
... that formerRTÉ Gaelic Games CorrespondentJonathan Mullin previously guidedMayo Ladies' Gaelic football team to twoAll-Ireland Senior Championships and aNational League title?
... thatexperimental rock bandYeasayer joked that they wanted their secondstudio albumOdd Blood to challenge the music ofRihanna in clubs?
... that thirteen-year-oldDavid Sills has verbally committed to playcollege football forUSC although he is not eligible to sign aletter of intent until 2015?
... that the sawmill ofMitford, Alberta, failed partly because most of the good qualitylumber to be found in the area was used in the construction of the railway designed to haul said lumber to market?
... thatFranz Anton Knittel deciphered theGothic text of thepalimpsest Codex Carolinus in 1762?
... that according to folklore,The Shoe Dog howled mournfully outside any dwelling that would soon suffer a bereavement?

00:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the intended occupant of theempty throne(example pictured) may have beenAlexander the Great,Buddha,Julius Caesar, orJesus Christ?
... that prior to joiningMotown,The Jackson 5recorded songs such as "You've Changed", "We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (to Fall in Love)", and "Big Boy" atSteeltown Records?
... that prominent sociologistNathan Glazer has, at different points in his career, been referred to as aMarxist, aneoconservative, and an espouser of "armchair intellectualliberalism"?
... that about a million birds werebanded at theRossitten Bird Observatory between its establishment in 1901 and the end of theSecond World War?
... thatSimon J. Hall was listed amongNew York Magazine's Best Doctors in 2007, 2008, and 2009?
... that aclass action suit was filed inUS Federal Court againstR2C2, a company that sellsterm papers online, allegingcopyright infringement for reselling papers written by other authors?
... that formerWelsh internationalfootballerWayne Jones was forced to retire at the age of 24 when it was discovered that he had a previously undiagnosedarthritic condition?
... that in 1782, the rector of theUniversity of Osuna reminded the students to "abstain from throwing rocks, both inside and outside the university?"

17 February 2010

18:00, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

... that a crowd of 20,000 rioted in an attempt to secure the release of themutinous crew of thebattleshipSMS Helgoland(pictured) in November 1918?
... thatactor and acting teacherBryan O'Byrne is credited with launching theacting career ofNick Nolte, whom he discovered while coaching Nolte's collegeroommate?
... thatsocial bookmarking serviceAddThis, combined with its parent companyClearspring, reach an online audience of more than 200 million monthly viewers?
... that in 1887,Marius Nygaard co-published aLatin-Norwegian dictionary which is still in use?
... thatSri Lanka scored a world record952 runs for six wickets in aTest cricket match at theR. Premadasa Stadium againstIndia in 1997?
... thatRichard Allen, aDublin draper, raised £20,000 forIrish famine relief efforts by writing letters to America?
... that once established,Labrador'sMealy Mountains National Park Reserve will be the largestNational Park inAtlantic Canada?
... that Irish meteorologistGerald Fleming has been noted towink while givingweather forecasts?

12:00, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

... that even though it is known primarily forSauvignon blanc wines,Sancerre can also be ared wine made fromPinot noir(pictured)?
... thatspeed skaterTomomi Okazaki, currently competing in her fifthOlympic Games, is the oldest member of theJapanese team at the2010 Winter Olympics?
... thatMyglaren, a social satire, was the firstmade-for-television film produced in Sweden and aired in 1966?
... thatNgô Sĩ Liên compiledĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư, the oldest remaining historical record of aVietnamese dynasty?
... that the concert venues of theRheingau Musik Festival includeEberbach Abbey,Schloss Johannisberg andLorch?
... that the mediaeval Gaelic manuscriptMS 1467 contains the earliest knownpedigree which givesClan Campbell a "British" ancestry, fromUther Pendragon, andKing Arthur?
... thatRobert Scholl, the father ofWhite Rose membersHans andSophie Scholl, was imprisoned for 18 months in 1943 for listening to a "Feindsender"?
... thatSouth Korea was on track to sweep themen's 1500 metre short track speed skating event at the2010 Winter Olympics beforeSung Si-Bak andLee Ho-Suk crashed into each other on the final lap?

06:00, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

... that between 5,000 and 180,000Burmese pythons(pictured) are estimated to beloose in the Everglades?
... that the first gold medal of the2010 Winter Olympics was won bySimon Ammann ofSwitzerland in thenormal hill ski jump?
... thatRon Swanson builds a harp in theParks and Recreation episode "Sweetums", which was inspired by actorNick Offerman's real-lifecarpentry skills?
... thatSelective Service System directorLawrence Romo testified to theU.S. Senate that he knew of no more ways that theDefense Department can assist in increasing registration compliance?
... that the world's tallestconcrete-faced rockfilldam isShuibuya Dam on theQingjiang River inChina?
... thatRichard Coughlan has been called "one ofart rock's longest tenured musicians"?
... thatCosta Deliziosa will be the firstcruise ship to bechristened in anArabian city?
... thatThe Wolves in the Walls, a book byNeil Gaiman andDave McKean that went on to become anoff-Broadway musical, was inspired by anightmare had by Gaiman's youngest daughter?

00:00, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

... that in the 19th century,Ganoga Lake(pictured) inPennsylvania had a hotel, its ownice cutting company, and a branch railroad line to serve both?
... thatWales wartime international footballerTaffy Davies spent his entire 20-year professional career atWatford Football Club?
... that theClassic Period Maya city ofMotul de San José inGuatemala made tribute payments of high qualityceramics after itsmilitary defeat?
... thatWilliam C. McInnes, one of the firstJesuits to studybusiness administration, simultaneously served as thepresident of bothFairfield University and theUniversity of San Francisco for four months?
... that21st Century Slave is a concept album with a narrative inspired byWilliam Gibson's series ofCyberpunk novels?
... that British painterWalter Westley Russell was appointed Keeper of theRoyal Academy Schools in 1927?
... thaturanium hydride was investigated as a promisingbomb material in 1943 during the early phases of theManhattan Project?
... that in 2002, thedice throw was used as a journalistic method ofreview in 41daily newspapers in Norway?

16 February 2010

18:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theporbeagle(pictured) has been known to "play" withkelp fronds, pieces ofwood, andfishing floats?
... thatAbhimanyu Mithun was called up to theIndia Test squad only ten weeks after making hisfirst-class cricket debut?
... that theExchequer of Ireland had exclusive jurisdiction over all Irish cases involving money owed toThe Crown?
... that in 1963,Claude Hall, ahistorian ofAmerican diplomacy, published a full-scalebiography ofSecretary of State Abel Parker Upshur?
... that many 16th-century faculty members at theUniversity of Baeza were ofJewish ancestry and came under the suspicion of theSpanish Inquisition?
... that the Soviet130 mm/50 B13 Pattern 1936 naval gun was produced in three versions with mutually incompatible ammunition and range tables?
... that in 1865,Henry Martin Tupper founded the firsthistorically black college in theAmerican South,Shaw University ofRaleigh,North Carolina?
... thatSpongiforma, a sponge-likebolete newly described in 2009, smells likecoal tar?
... that in 1937,Bangladeshi film directorKhan Ataur Rahman won the first prize ofDhaka Zilla Music Competition, when he was inthird grade?

12:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

... that at age 20,cricketerCameron White(pictured) became the youngest evercaptain of theAustralian state-side, theVictorian Bushrangers?
... that the1536 edition ofSwenske songer eller wisor is the first preservedhymnal published in theSwedish language?
... that scholarGérard Prunier states that Major GeneralJohn Numbi is a member of aruling clique running theDemocratic Republic of the Congo?
... thatGraceland, a 2006short film directed byAnocha Suwichakornpong, was the firstThai short film to be selected for theCannes Film Festival?
... thatTimurid relations with Europe in the early15th century led to the exchange ofambassadors and offers of offensive, defensive and commercialalliances?
... thatin 2009,triple jumperFabrizio Donato set a new championship record for theEuropean Indoor Championships at 17.59 metres?
... thatUMOPAR, theanti-narcotics forces inBolivia, funded and trained by the U.S. government as part of theWar on Drugs, staged an unsuccessfulcoup d'état against the Bolivian government in 1984?
... thatBình Ngô đại cáo is considered the seconddeclaration of independence of Vietnam, after the poemNam quốc sơn hà which was written byLý Thường Kiệt in the earlyLý Dynasty?
... that the self-proclaimed "Gifted, Eccentric and World Famed Physician"Francis Tumblety sold "Pimple Destroyer"?

06:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theIonian volcanoPele, encircled by its own reddishplume deposit(pictured), was named after avolcano goddess inHawaiian mythology?
... thatDavid Brown's two years in jail was the longest sentence ever for violating theU.S. Sedition Act of 1798?
... that in 519,Roman statesmanCassiodorus published hisChronicle to congratulate theVisigothic princeEutharic who had risen to the position ofconsul?
... that in traditionalPlains hide painting,Native American women painted abstract, geometric designs while men painted representational, narrative images?
... that in 1891,Gus Weyhing won 31 gamespitching for thePhiladelphia Athletics of theAmerican Association, the third of his four consecutive 30-win seasons inbaseball?
... that nineMayan languages are spoken in theGuatemalan department ofHuehuetenango?
... thatJohn Scagliotti's 2003 filmDangerous Living was the first documentary about the experiences of gay and lesbian people in the non-Western world?
... that at the time of its 1914 construction, theRailway Exchange Building was thetallest building in St. Louis, Missouri?
... thatFanny Burney described a poem ofGeorge Huddesford's as "vile" because it revealed that she had written the novelEvelina?

00:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

PopMart Tour stage

... that whenU2 playeda concert in Sarajevo in 1997(concert stage pictured), they attempted to include all the conflictingethnicities of the region in the audience?
... thatMargaretta Faugères calledThomas Jefferson an "eminent reasoner" but nevertheless challenged his claim thatslaves lacked "finer feelings"?
... thatWhitstable Museum and Gallery holds a permanent display dedicated to the life ofHammer Films actorPeter Cushing, who lived inWhitstable,South East England?
... that theNorth American Newspaper Alliance, a major news syndicate, hiredErnest Hemingway to report on theSpanish Civil War in 1937?
... thatBulgarian middle-distance runnerVesela Yatsinska failed to make it past round one in the1980 Olympics despite achieving a personal best time?
... that the filmMihai Viteazul cast over 5,000 soldiers of theRomanian army asextras to reenact various battles?
... that SirDavid Veness was theUnited Nations' firstUnder-Secretary-General for Safety and Security?
... that the formerDistrict 10 School outsideMargaretville, New York, was demolished in the mid-19th century only to be rebuilt from the same stones three years later?

15 February 2010

18:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

... that to join theAustralian Flying Corps in 1917, futurefighter aceRoy Phillipps(pictured) falsified his age by declaring he was four years younger?
... that the lateRomanRed Church nearPerushtitsa inBulgaria featuredfrescoes ofapocryphal scenes such as the flight ofElizabeth and the murder ofZechariah,John the Baptist's parents?
... thatfreestyle BMX riderCraig Campbell pioneered theRocket Air and the 540 wallride on aBMX bike?
... that the 14th centurySanskrit poemMadura Vijayam chronicles the conquest ofMadurai Sultanate by theVijayanagar Empire?
... that in addition to serving as theLeader of the Opposition inQueensland,Nev Warburton was also noted as an enthusiasticlawn bowls player?
... that because aHang Trong painting was once indispensable for eachHanoi family during theTết holiday, it was also called Tết painting?
... that archaeologistVance Haynes challenged the right ofNative Americans to reburyKennewick Man—skeletal bone fragments about 9,000 years old—which Haynes said should be studied further?
... that while accompanyingher sister for her marriage in Florence,Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony met and eventually married the groom'sfather, becoming her sister's own step-mother-in-law?

12:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thebarqueParma(pictured) recorded the fastest ever time for asailing ship fromAustralia to theUnited Kingdom?
... thatErnest Hemingway'sTrue at First Light, a book about his 1953safari, was not published until almost 40 years after his death?
... that comedianFelix Herngren created, directed, wrote the scripts and plays a main character in the currently airingSwedish television seriesSolsidan?
... that among the items exhibited at theBsous Silk Museum inLebanon aresilkworms and the traditional dresses and trousers worn by princesses in the 19th century?
... that theAmerican Chicago blues singer, harmonicist, andsongwriter,Shakey Jake Harris, acquired hisnickname from his previous career as aprofessional gambler?
... that thestrike of theCalton weavers, during which six people died, was the first majorindustrial dispute inScottish history?
... thatJames Oliver invented a line of improved and specialized farmplows and produced up to 300,000 of them annually?
... that theFrench GothicNiederhaslach Church inAlsace was plundered in 1525 during thePeasants' War, burnt in 1633 during theThirty Years' War, and became aslaughterhouse in 1744?

06:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt. Henry's Catholic Church(pictured) in ruralSt. Henry has been described as the most costly church in northwesternOhio?
... that the new champion of theculinary contestBocuse d'Or USA 2010 is thesous-chef James Kent?
... that the establishment of theMarshal Foch Professorship of French Literature inOxford was announced a few days afterMarshal Foch signed theArmistice with Germany to end theFirst World War?
... that inU.S. college football, the2010 East-West Shrine Game had the lowest attendance of any of the 85East-West Shrine Games?
... that after his finalTarzanfilm,Johnny Weissmuller starred in the 1955–1956TV seriesJungle Jim, which features stories about a hunter, guide, and explorer?
... that the EnglishtreatiseDialogus de Scaccario was written as a series of questions and answers between a learned lawyer and his pupil?
... that "discoveries" bybaseball scoutPaul Krichell included futureHall of Famers Lou Gehrig andWhitey Ford?
... thatHindu pilgrims toPushkar Lake inRajasthan,India, considered it lucky to be devoured by thecrocodiles there?

00:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

... that aMargaretville, New York, businessman nameda new movie theater afterAmelita Galli-Curci(pictured) in return for her singing at its opening night?
... thatYongjiacaris represents the second report of freshwatercaridean shrimp from theMesozoic era?
... thatIsabel Ashdown's acclaimed first novelGlasshopper was written as part of herBA andMA and work at theUniversity of Chichester?
... that the1893 New York hurricane virtually destroyed an entireisland?
... thatAlexander Milne served as anexecutor ofThomas Telford'slast will and testament?
... thatStephen Fry asked onTwitter for suggestions to name aBBC television series on the impact of theInternet, now calledThe Virtual Revolution?
... thata Maginot Line fortification became amushroom farm after it was deactivated in 1972?
... that British novelistMartin Amis believes his sister,Sally Amis, was one of thesexual revolution's most spectacular victims?

14 February 2010

18:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatFilipino men andwomen engage in a form ofcourtship(example pictured) that is far more subdued and indirect compared toWestern cultures?
... thatVirginia Bolten was deported fromArgentina toUruguay in 1902 because of heranarchist activities?
... thatHeart-kun is a Japanese puppy that was born with a heart-shaped patch of brown hair on its white-haired body?
... thatWestgate Hall,Canterbury's sole music anddance venue, is to be demolished by theCouncil in favour of a car park?
... that theUK video game magazineEdge describedAmy Hennig as one of the 100 most influential women in thevideo game industry?
... that Israel'sYiftach Brigade was transferred to the southern front forOperation GYS in the1948 Arab–Israeli War, and returned after the operation?
... thatBela S. Huntington was elected to theOregon House of Representatives in 1897, but the legislature neverorganized in 1897 and he never served during another session?
... that hundreds of words still in use today, includingaccident, cinnamon, desk, scissors, vacation, and Valentine,first appear in manuscripts written byGeoffrey Chaucer in the 1300s?

12:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the white colour ofDong Ho painting(example pictured), a genre of traditionalTết painting in Vietnam, is obtained from powder ofegg shells?
... that the Iranian embassy in London protested afterThe Queen's College, Oxford, establisheda scholarship named afterNeda Agha-Soltan, who died in the2009 Iranian election protests?
... that theChrysler ball-stud hemi was intended to replace threeengine block and twocylinder head designs with a single model?
... thatSomali-Norwegian writerAmal Aden (pseudonym) is a noted critic of the Norwegianintegration policy, as well as the Somali community inOslo itself?
... thatAbraham Shakespeare, anilliterate casual laborer, won a $17 millionFlorida Lotto jackpot in 2006, but wasmurdered three years later?
... thattò he, a traditional toy in Vietnam which is often sold on the occasion ofTết, is edible because it is made fromrice powder?
... that by the age of 22,Jean-Pierre Warner was an actingMajor in theBritish Army?
... that when theSuper Ball was first introduced in 1965, US presidential adviserMcGeorge Bundy had five dozen shipped to the White House for the amusement of the staff?

06:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theSultanate of Banten(capital city pictured) was once a great trading center inSoutheast Asia, but was later overshadowed byBatavia and finally annexed by theDutch East Indies in1813?
... thatE Street Band memberClarence Clemons co-starred withRick Springfield in the original 1990 pilot for ABC'sHuman Target TV series?
... that in the stuffing ofbánh chưng forvegetarians andBuddhists,pork is replaced bymolasses orbrown sugar?
... that the American journalistGeorge Wilkes (d. 1885) was one of the men who introducedparimutuel betting into the United States?
... that in one year during theGreat Depression of the 1930s, the coal mine atMidlandvale, Alberta, operated for only 52 days?
... thatGustavo de Greiff,Colombia's firstAttorney General responsible for prosecuting drug lords, advocated fordrug decriminalization during the height of theUnited States'sWar on Drugs in Colombia?
... that according to amedieval source,Ingemund was supposed to have been declaredking in theHebrides, but hisraping andpillaging enraged the locals, and he was slain onLewis in 1097?
... that the failedDeseret Manufacturing Company, created inUtah in the 1850s byMormons to processsugar beets into sugar, was nicknamed the "Damn Miserable Company"?

00:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatvine training systems(example pictured) help shape thecanopy to allow adequate sunshine and air circulation sowine grapes canripen and be less likely to developgrape diseases?
... thatPablo González, theCarranzistan chief responsible forEmiliano Zapata's murder, was also known as "the general who never won a victory" during the entireMexican Revolution?
... that according to theMichigan Department of Transportation, the first highwaycenterline in the US was painted on the first designation ofM-15 in 1917?
... thatCincinnati,Ohio, architectRudolph Tietig designed aJewish country club and twosynagogues, includingTemple K.K. Bene Israel for one of the oldest congregations west of theAllegheny Mountains?
... that the beetleTyphaea stercorea has been found in grain storages dating all the way back to theIron Age?
... that twoschool board members of theSheridan School District faced a recall in 1985 afterreligious leaders objected to them living together as an unmarried couple?
... that in 1946, the first modernbikini was introduced atPiscine Molitor byLouis Réard, and modeled there by dancerMicheline Bernardini?
... thatHoward Burnham, an Americanmining engineer, worked for France as aspy operating behind enemy lines, and used his wooden leg to secretly transport equipment?

13 February 2010

18:00, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the 1,200–1,500Chinkara(pictured), the key species in theNarayan Sarovar Sanctuary,Kutch, India, are also its most frequently observed animal?
... that the English antiquarianJohn Joscelyn (d. 1603) wrote a history ofCorpus Christi College, Cambridge that was not published until 1880, over 200 years after his death?
... that the people of Stipp, Oregon, renamed their townMacleay forPortland merchant and bankerDonald Macleay after he donated money for a school?
... that thename-bearing type determines the application ofspecific and other names inzoological nomenclature?
... thatBritish producerDominic Treadwell-Collins' first job in television was devising means of killing victims in the crime drama seriesMidsomer Murders?
... thatSt. Anthony's Catholic Church inPadua, Ohio, is distinguished by itspilasters?
... that theIonian volcanoTawhaki Patera and the nearby valleyTawhaki Vallis are both named after theMāori lightning deity,Tāwhaki?
... thatNini Haslund Gleditsch participated in theflight of the Norwegian National Treasury in 1940?

12:00, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theLamaling Monastery(pictured) inTibet, rebuilt in 1989, is one of the largest and most important monasteries ofTibetan Buddhism inNyingchi County?
... thatAsbjørn Bryhn andGunnar Haarstad were both long-term leaders of theNorwegian Police Surveillance Agency?
... that in his filmClose, Closed, Closure, Israeli directorRam Loevy describes theGaza Strip as "a prison with one million inmates"?
... that in a sign of a warming friendship betweenVladimir Putin and Prince Albert II, a three-bedroomdacha was built by the Russians at Albert'sMonte Carlo estate in 2008?
... that according to some scholars,Christ's agony at Gethsemane was added to theNew Testament to counterdocetism?
... that thealférezPonce de Minerva (died 1175), from southern France, served three Spanish kings on twelve military campaigns?
... that thefossil horseScaphohippus became extinct when tectonic barriers between theGreat Plains andGreat Basin ofNorth America disappeared about 13 million years ago?
... thatJulius Hougen co-chaired the first large-scale charity fund-rasing campaigns inNorwegian radio?
... thatTacubaya, Mexico City, is the home to both theMexican presidential residence and "The Lost City"?

06:00, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thefrangipani (or plumeria), which is used to makeleis(pictured) inHawaii, is native toCentral and northernSouth America?
... thatSan Diego artistSalvador Torres led the movement to paint murals on the support columns of a freeway inChicano Park?
... that the first successfulsugar beet factory opening inUtah, built by theMormon-ownedUtah-Idaho Sugar Company, was celebrated by looting, bonfires, and free barrels of beer?
... thatEva Nansen,Elisabeth Welhaven andMaren Sars contributed with music and storytelling in what was described as the "firstsalon" ofNorway's capital?
... that theByzantine generalConstantine Diogenes, who was implicated in a conspiracy against EmperorRomanos III, committed suicide rather than revealing the names of his co-conspirators?
... that Americanprofessional wrestlerFrankie Arion won theNECW Television Championship two months afterlegitimately breaking hisankle andfibula?
... thatUnited States Air Force Major GeneralCaleb V. Haynes was the grandson ofChang Bunker, one of the original "Siamese Twins"?
... thatbuildings with Grade II*listed status inBrighton and Hove,England, include theRoyal Albion Hotel, wrecked in 1998 by a fire that started in a pan of sausages?

00:00, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatErnest F. Coe was the primary force behind the creation ofEverglades National Park, but at the dedication of it(pictured) he considered his efforts a failure?
... that the bookScientology edited byJames R. Lewis includes contributions fromJ. Gordon Melton,Anson Shupe, andSusan J. Palmer?
... thatLittleberry Mosby Jr,captain andbrigadier general during theRevolution andWar of 1812, disinherited his son, Littleberry Mosby III, for leavingVirginia?
... that as a child,Norwegian singer-songwriterIngrid Olava taught herself to play "Do-Re-Mi" fromThe Sound of Music on her neighbor's piano?
... that the founding of theIndependent Labour Party'sGuild of Youth inBritain provoked theLabour Party to found a youth wing of its own?
... that both the arrests of GeneralChristian de Castries in theBattle of Dien Bien Phu and of PresidentDuong Van Minh ending theHo Chi Minh Campaign were by units commanded by GeneralLê Trọng Tấn?
... thatRalph Creffeild was knighted byQueen Anne in 1713, having presented her with thanks from the town ofColchester for thepeace of Utrecht earlier that year?
... thatLenny Kravitz wrote the recently leakedMichael Jackson song "Another Day"?
... that the only damage suffered by the dome of theHagia Sophia in the1509 Istanbul earthquake was plaster covering upByzantine mosaics fell off, revealing Christian images?

12 February 2010

18:00, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the island ofDominica has twoendemic lizards, theDominican Ground Lizard and theDominican Anole(pictured)?
... thatRené Boileau was given the pseudonym Rainy Drinkwater and promoted as being the firstNative American in theNational Hockey League by theNew York Americans despite having no native blood?
... that on July 30, 1970,Israeli andSoviet fighter pilots battled in the skies overEgypt in an engagement codenamedRimon 20?
... thatNorwegian architectHjalmar Welhaven's collection of oldskis was the basis for theworld's oldest ski museum in 1923 when it opened inOslo?
... thatBlack Bike Week is the largestAfrican American motorcycle rally in the US?
... that theIonian volcanoTupan Patera, whose activity was first detected byGalileo in 1996, was named after thethunder god of theTupí-Guaraní indigenous peoples in Brazil?
... that the "extremely productive carcinologist" AmericanRaymond B. Manning amassed the world's largest collection ofmantis shrimp?
... that in 1985, theAustrian wine industry was hit bya scandal involving a few wineriesillegally adulterating wines with the mildly toxic substancediethylene glycol to make them tastesweeter?
... that we know the exact birth time of the 5th-century poetPamprepius thanks to ahoroscope calculated by the Egyptian astrologerRhetorius?
... that the101 Dalmatians Musical has several performers working on 15" stilts to simulate a canine perspective, and uses 15 realDalmatian dogs for several scenes?

12:00, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

... that according toHindu mythology, goddessSavitri cursed her husband, the creator-godBrahma, only to be worshipped atBrahma temple(pictured)?
... that theunit trust was devised by theBritish Olympic rowerIan Fairbairn, son of rowerSteve Fairbairn?
... thatPolhøgda, the home ofEva andFridtjof Nansen, was an important location for social life ofNorwegian intellectuals around 1900?
... that during theMandi Shivaratri Fair held inMandi, India,Hindu religiosity is the theme that establishes synthesis of the worship byVishnu andShiva cults?
... that despite not registering as apolitical party, the pro-independenceSąjūdis movement won a clear majority in theLithuanian parliamentary election, 1990?
... that publisherRichard Bentley hiredCharles Dickens to edit his periodical,Bentley's Miscellany?
... that theWestern Australian carnivorous plantDrosera derbyensis was first found byAllen Lowrie near theBoab Prison Tree just outside ofDerby?
... thatShahidan Kassim and his brotherIsmail have both held same seat forArau in theParliament of Malaysia?
... thatHurricane Inga in September and October 1969 is the third longest-lived Atlantic hurricane on record, having lasted 25 days?
... thatSufyan ibn `Uyaynah performed theHajj 70 times in his life?

06:00, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatHuáng bǎi(pictured), one of thefifty fundamental herbs oftraditional Chinese medicine, contains the anti-inflammatory alkaloidberberine?
... that 2,273 passengers booked travel fromTemplecombe railway station,England in 1982, despite it being closed from 1966 to 1983?
... that theIonian volcanoMasubi was first detected by the spacecraftVoyager 1 in 1979 and named afterHomusubi, theJapanese deity offire?
... that the early 13th centuryromanceGuillaume de Dole is the first extantFrench literary work combiningnarrative andlyric, a form which by the end of the century had become canonical?
... that whenNazis usurped and reorganizedNorwegian broadcasting in 1940,Eyvind Mehle was considered as the successor of the deposed directorOlav Midttun, despite being subordinate toWilhelm F. K. Christie?
... that someNative Americans traveled up to 1,500 miles (2,400 km), from as far away as theMississippi River, to participate in the 1757Siege of Fort William Henry nearLake George,New York?
... that the depictions of fish on themedieval statue ofSt Christopher inNorton Priory,Cheshire, England, are so realistic that five different species can be identified?
... that in 1984Chet Upham, former chairman of theTexas Republican Party, introduced the first artificial snow inColorado at hisLoveland Ski Area near theContinental Divide?

00:00, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theblind shark(pictured) and thebluegrey carpetshark close their eyes when taken out of the water?
... thatLowell State College was the last statenormal school established by theMassachusetts State Board of Education?
... that whenR. Shamasastry discovered theArthashastra, it altered the perception of ancient India and the view that Indians learned administration from the Greeks?
... that theHollenden Hotel, established in 1885 and demolished in 1962, provided accommodations for the fiveU.S. Presidents followingGrover Cleveland when they visitedCleveland, Ohio?
... thatNorway's firsttank was aLandsverk L-120 with an improvisedturret and makeshiftarmour?
... that in "The Baby Sitter" ofABC'sThe Rifleman,Phyllis Avery plays a dance hall girl who asksLucas McCain to hide her daughter from a bigoted grandfather?
... that the decline of thegopher tortoise poses a threat to theFlorida mouse, which forms the onlymammal genus thatoccurs only inFlorida?
... that the revelations of 14th-centuryChristian mysticAgnes Blannbekin, which included visions of theforeskin of Jesus, were considered too obscene for print until the20th century?

11 February 2010

18:00, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatEuropa regina(pictured) wears ahoop crown?
... thatFrench protests caused theRussians to award the contract for theGangut-classbattleship to a Russian firm rather than theGerman winner of the 1908 international design contest?
... thatKim Spalding playedDoc Holliday in an enactment of theGunfight at the O.K. Corral in a 1954 episode of thesyndicated TV seriesStories of the Century?
... that thecarnivorous plantDrosera meristocaulis isendemic toPico da Neblina inSouth America, 17,000 km (11,000 mi) to the west of its most closely related species?
... thatDanny Goodwin, afirst-round draft pick of theCalifornia Angels, is the only player to be selectedfirst in the draft on two separate occasions?
... thatAnglo-Turkish piracy in the17th century led to theenslavement ofCatholic captives inNorth Africa, who could sometimes be liberated through aransom?
... thatblues scholars seem undecided if theAmerican bluessinger,guitarist andsongwriterRamblin' Thomas'snickname referred to his style of playing, or itinerant nature?
... that maleArabian carpetsharks competing for a mate have been known to bite theclaspers of their rivals?

12:00, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

... that when the giant flightless birds calledmoa(pictured) wereoverexploited to the point ofextinction, the giantHaast's Eagle that preyed on them also became extinct?
... thatAustralian rules footballerJoe Misiti was inducted into the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century in 2007?
... thatBijjala II of theKalachuri, a feudatory, eliminatedTailapa III and his family of theChalukya Kingdom and ruled from Kalyana, now theBasavakalyana Fort, for five years?
... thatTony Blair said that it was a mistake to say onFern Britton Meets... that he would have still wanted to join the2003 Iraq invasion if there were noweapons of mass destruction?
... thatarchivist andcricketerTommy Finlayson, one of theGibraltarian civilian evacuees during World War II, later wrote a book about this period of thehistory of Gibraltar?
... that theWar of Internet Addiction is a video made byWorld of Warcraft players to protest internetcensorship in the People's Republic of China?
... thatPádraig MacKernan, who served as Ireland's Ambassador to both France and the United States, had a public falling out withMinister for Foreign Affairs David Andrews in 1998?
... that the sports hall ofEurope's largestprison complex in Istanbul was converted into a courtroom because the existing one was not big enough to accommodate the hearings of theErgenekon trial?

06:00, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theMam Maya capital city ofZaculeu(fragment pictured) fell toSpanish conquistador Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez after a siege that lasted several months?
... thatLowes Cato Dickinson, portrait painter andChristian socialist, paintedGladstone's cabinet at10 Downing Street in 1868?
... that along with Ithonidae,Polystoechotidae are regarded as the mostprimitive living members of theinsect order Neuroptera?
... that aSeattle Times journalist describedMichael Jackson's "Tabloid Junkie" as "a disingenuous attack on sensational news stories about him", most of which the singer "planted"?
... that the1707 Hōei earthquake was the largest inJapanese history, triggering a devastatingtsunami and causing at least 5,000 casualties inHonshu,Shikoku andKyūshū?
... that in 1865,William Carpenter Bompas protected his party ofox-carts from attacks by purportedly hostileSioux by flying theFlag of England?
... that adouble rotation infour dimensions has exactly twoplanes of rotation?
... that theShady Lady Ranch, alicensed brothel in Nevada, just hired the state's first legalmale prostitute?

00:00, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theSouth Georgia Pintail(pictured), a small duck, scavenges atseal carcasses?
... that upon his accession as thebishop of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh,John Tuigg found that thePanic of 1873 had left the diocese's property and finances in disarray?
... thatOld French literary genre of thechanson de toile consisted of songs supposedly sung by women weaving, songs about women in love who often sew as they relate their stories?
... thatOtilio Montaño, aZapatista General, formally introducedEmiliano Zapata toPancho Villa, but later was accused of rebelling against Zapata and executed while maintaining his innocence?
... that architectFrode Rinnan designed sports venues such as theHolmenkollen ski jump andBislett Stadion, both of which were torn down in the 2000s?
... thatvolcanoes of theMilbanke Sound Group inBritish Columbia,Canada, remain mysterious because little is known about them and their origins are not well defined?
... thatR&B singerMargie Day, who had a hit record with "Little Red Rooster" in 1951 and also recorded "Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy", established a children's art project inNorfolk, Virginia?
... thatThai government and army officials have insisted on the effectiveness of theGT200 "remote substance detector", despite theBBC having found it to consist of an empty plastic case?

10 February 2010

18:00, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

... thattheater producerWilliam May was inspired to createWalking with Dinosaurs – The Live Experience(pictured) after watchingcranes constructing theSouthern Cross railway station inMelbourne?
... that theLowell Technological Institute inMassachusetts almost went bankrupt during bothWorld Wars due to the increased demand for soldiers and textiles?
... that theArab inhabitants of thePalestinian village ofHawsha, which was depopulated in 1948, kept a shrine named for the prophetJoshua?
... thatSweden establishedofficial diplomatic relations withGuinea-Bissau before Guinea-Bissau formally gainedindependence from Portugal in 1974?
... thatKlaus Sunnanå,Kristian Gleditsch andKarl Evang were among the formerMot Dag members who became involved in the firstNorwegian development aid project?
... that a major flood in theTigris in 1936 caused the building site of theKut Barrage inIraq to be flooded entirely so that construction had to be temporarily halted?
... thatWayne Morse won theDemocratic primary in an attempt to reclaim his Senate seat in the1974 Oregon United States Senate election but died prior to the general election?
... that British billionaireLawrence Graff purchased theWittelsbach Diamond for approximately US$24.3 million and then recut it removing 4carats?

12:00, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the 1900Mutoscope filmSherlock Holmes Baffled(pictured) was the first film appearance ofArthur Conan Doyle's characterSherlock Holmes?
... that Anne Jordan-Reynolds and her daughter Stephanie, founders of the non-profitHIP Haiti, escaped disaster at theHotel Montana during the2010 earthquake because of a glitch in their plans?
... that the discovery of theTelfer Mine inWestern Australia, officially attributed toNewmont Mining, has been claimed byFrench prospector Jean-Paul Turcaud?
... that theshrewCrocidura phanluongi, formally described on January 27, is the seventh new species ofCrocidura to be described fromVietnam in as many years?
... thatAlasdair Crotach MacLeod is said to have prayed for six hours prior to ordering the massacre of almost the entire population of theHebridean island ofEigg?
... that theCape Verdean poetOnésimo Silveira was the representative ofAfrican Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde inSweden in the early 1970s?
... that in 1686, at theTōshiya archery contest inKyoto,Japan, Wasa Daihachiro successfully fired a record 13,053 arrows in 24 hours, averaging nine arrows a minute and hitting the target 8,133 times?
... thatWorld Chocolate Wonderland, the firstchocolate theme park inChina, showcases the world's biggest chocolate model of theGreat Wall of China?

06:00, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the names of French generalsRaymond-Gaspard de Bonardi de Saint-Sulpice,Charles-Étienne Gudin de La Sablonnière,Jean-Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova, andFrédéric Henri Walther areinscribed on theArc de Triomphe(pictured) inParis?
... that the president ofCoca-Cola Co. believed that a new-age label would doomTab Clear, the company's clear cola answer toCrystal Pepsi?
... that under interrogation,Ahmad al-Naggar stated thatEgyptian Islamic Jihad had raised funds by "renovating old houses inLondon"?
... that it is believed that theghost town ofConquerville, Alberta, began its decline when the local high school closed?
... that theArab-born eunuch slaveSamonas rose to become theparakoimomenos ofByzantine emperor Leo the Wise, and was even made godfather to his son,Constantine VII?
... that theRubin test was once considered by many specialists "the twentieth century's most important contribution to the clinical study offemale infertility"?
... that even though theBradford Durfee Textile School was chartered in 1895 and incorporated in 1899, it opened in 1904?
... thatGregory Slay, founding member anddrummer forRemy Zero, also co-wrote theEmmy-nominatedtheme song for thetelevision dramaNip/Tuck?
... that theHam font was believed to cure sick infants and young children who were close to death?

00:00, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the 600-year-oldWestgate inCanterbury,Kent, is the largest surviving city gate inEngland, withdouble-decker buses still squeezing through it(process pictured)?
... that a son of the first settlers ofMountaindale, Oregon, later was mayor ofEast Portland?
... that according toA Bright Red Scream, millions of Americans regularly use razors, knives or broken glass to intentionallyinjure themselves?
... thatMick Higgins fromNew York played in theCavan Gaelic football team which won the final of the 1947All-Ireland Senior Football Championship at thePolo Grounds in New York?
... that during World War II theKalamazoo Manufacturing Company made the "Galloping Gertie", a railroad motor car with a large target above it used for gunnery practice?
... that theBrazilian rodentCalomys cerqueirai was named only in 2010?
... that theNew Bedford Institute of Technology's original mission was to refine the skills of the textile mill workers in the city ofNew Bedford, Massachusetts?
... thatThe North Face is suingThe South Butt fortrademark infringement?

9 February 2010

18:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

... that between 1930 and 1933, theRussian battleshipParizhskaya Kommuna(pictured) carried aHeinkel aircraft catapult?
... that unlike some other songsBob Dylan wrote about failed relationships, in "I Threw It All Away" he takes responsibility for the failure?
... thatcognitive passwords are used as an alternative authentication system and are comprised of fact and opinion based questions?
... that although heavily outnumbered, twoUN battalions—oneAustralian and oneCanadian—halted an entireChinese division at theBattle of Kapyong (22–25 April 1951) during theKorean War?
... that Swedish actressMeg Westergren, the daughter ofHåkan Westergren andInga Tidblad, had originally planned to become a fashion designer?
... that inGeorgetown, Alberta, during the 1910s, coal miners were paid only $3 a day and indoor toilets were considered a luxury?
... that in 1963Hughie Lee-Smith, who later painted the official portrait ofNew York City Mayor David Dinkins, became only the secondAfrican-American artist to be elected aNational Academician?
... that the "Love Chu Chu!" part of the name of thevisual novelChaos;Head Love Chu Chu! was narrowed down from about one hundred different candidates?
... that anyone who sees theDancing Hare is said to have good fortune for the rest of their days?

12:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theWorld War II bombing ofCanterbury on 1 June 1942 revealed amosaic pavement(pictured) which is now ascheduled monument, sheltered by theRoman Museum?
... thatThe Land of Green Plums byNobel Prize winnerHerta Müller, depicting life in a totalitarian state, became a favorite ofIranian activistMohammad-Ali Abtahi soon after he was released from jail?
... that during theGerman invasion of Norway, Minister of JusticeTerje Wold told Police Chief ofOsloKristian Welhaven to arrest fascist leaderVidkun Quisling if he got the opportunity?
... thatCystoderma carcharias is considered an inediblefungus because of an unpleasant odor attributable to the presence ofgeosmin?
... that the career of pianistLincoln Mayorga has ranged fromhit rock and roll instrumentals toGershwin recitals inMoscow, by way ofLumpy Gravy andPete's Dragon?
... thattympanosclerosis is a disease caused by thecalcification of tissues in the middle ear, sometimes resulting inhearing loss?
... that the town ofLille, Alberta, was named as such because its coal mine's financial backers resided inLille,France?
... thatWarrington Colescott created the etchingChristmas with Ziggy (1964), a social satire of businessmen entertaining their mistresses at a posh London restaurant?
... thatGameDaily namedUncharted characterElena Fisher the 49th hottest video game babe of all time?

06:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theeastern harvest mouse(pictured) usually lives for less than a year in the wild?
... thatPerth-bornNorthern Territory Chief MinisterMarshall Perron jokingly blamedJapan for denying him his birthright as a Territorian, as his family fledDarwin shortly before it wasbombed?
... that about one out of five babies born from anabdominal pregnancy has abirth defect?
... that theactorRead Morgan ofNBC'swestern television seriesThe Deputy playedbasketball from 1950 to 1952 for theKentucky Wildcats?
... thatProject Stormfury attempted to artificially weaken1969's Hurricane Debbie?
... that therole-playing video game seriesXenosaga, the spiritual successor to theXenogears video game, initially used the same composer,Yasunori Mitsuda, to writethe music of the series?
... thatArthur Sweatman was elected bishop of theDiocese of Toronto in 1879 as a compromise candidate after five days of balloting?
... that theGbedu drum is traditionally used on state occasions or during ceremones ofOgboni, the ancientYoruba secret society?
... that upon hearingRobert Ambrose's workOne Sweetly Solemn Thought, a gambler reportedly laid down his cards and immediately became a reformedChristian?

00:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

... that after theSoviet battleshipMarat(pictured) was sunk duringWorld War II byGerman Stukas, it was raised and used as a floatingartillery battery?
... thatPaul Chaffey votedLabour in 1997, the same year that he served as aParliament of Norway representative for theSocialist Left Party?
... that theLeo IVdwarf galaxy is one of the smallest satellites of theMilky Way?
... thatThe Art of Negative Thinking is an award-winningNorwegian film about aparaplegic who rebels against theinterventions of hissupport group and its leadsocial worker?
... thatScotland internationalfootball defenderAlex McLintock played as agoalkeeper during his time atBurnley?
... that the wounding in theSiege of Sarajevo of five-year-old Irma Hadzimuratovic, whose suffering garnered worldwide attention, prompted theOperation Irma medical evacuation?
... thatAlabama is the firststate in theUnited States to create its ownlegislatively enactedcabinet-levelDepartment of Homeland Security?
... that the genusPlatythelphusa represents the onlyevolutionary radiation ofcrabs to have occurred in a freshwater lake?

8 February 2010

18:00, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

... that CaptainGeorge F. Bond(pictured) was known as the "father ofsaturation diving"?
... that themagnitude 6.81981 Dawu earthquake in China killed or injured more than 450 people?
... that theAmerican blues pianistBuster Pickens was shot dead following an argument in a bar?
... that theItalian attack againstGreece was stopped in theBattle of Elaia–Kalamas, a few kilometers inside the Greek border, during the first days of theGreco-Italian War?
... that formerbaseball pitcherButch Wensloff served in theUnited States Army duringWorld War II?
... that the High Court of theFree City of Danzig examined 988 witnesses to evince 40 cases of electoral fraud in the 1935Volkstag elections?
... that the May 2004 collapse ofRoyal Tongan Airlines left the islands ofTonga without air service?
... that according to legend, theMacLeods were on the verge of being defeated at theBattle of Glendale by theMacDonalds, but their magicalFairy Flag was then unfurled, inspiring them to a hard-fought victory?
... that a collector said that the mushroomSuillus tomentosus tastes and smells likeTootsie Rolls when dried?

12:00, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thecookiecutter shark(pictured) may use the absence ofbioluminescence to attract prey?
... thatCecilie Thoresen Krog was Norway's first female university student?
... that theAlchi Monastery inLadakh was built, according to local tradition, by the translatorRinchen Zangpo (c. 1000 AD), although inscriptions ascribe it to an 11th-century Tibetan noble?
... that the wordpyxidata in the mushroom nameClavaria pyxidata comes from theGreek wordpyxis meaning "small box"?
... that the late 6th century AD goldLiudhard medalet is the oldest surviving example ofAnglo-Saxon coinage?
... that the clause of theMagna Carta prohibiting sentences of exile, except as the result of a lawful trial, refers particularly to the case ofRobert Fitzwalter?
... thatBroadfield House inCrawley,West Sussex, has at various times housed acountry club,a radio station and Crawley'sNew Town Development Corporation?
... thatPatrick Collison went on to become a millionaire after winning theYoung Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen?

06:00, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatOscar Wilde praised the location of a resort hotel at the foot, rather than the summit, of theCatskills'Mount Tremper(pictured) because it provided better views?
... that1989's Typhoon Angela was the longest-tracked storm by theJoint Typhoon Warning Center of the1989 Pacific typhoon season?
... that in 1715, theHudson's Bay Company enlisted the aid of aChipewyan woman,Thanadelthur, to broker a peace deal between the Chipewyan and theCree?
... that over the past four years, theWinnipesaukee Playhouse has won more New Hampshire Theater Awards than any other theater?
... that the secondPrimate of the Anglican Church of Canada,William Bennett Bond, was one of the shortest-serving Primates inthe church's history?
... that with the introduction of theROH World Television Championship in theRing of Honor wrestling promotion, thetelevision type championship returned to national exposure?
... that theMexican land grantRancho Little Temecula in California was one of the few granted to anindigenous American, though the court's decision came after the death of the applicant?
... that when thebarquePisagua collided with thesteamshipOceana, it was the steamship that sank?

00:00, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theturrets from thelead ship of theImperatritsa Mariya-class battleships(remains pictured) were salvaged after she sank and used for defendingSevastopol duringWorld War II?
... thatFitznells Manor, the last survivingmanor house in the borough ofEpsom and Ewell inSurrey,UK, and a Grade 2listed building, is now used by a medical practice?
... that theHungarian diplomatic passport is the only travel document in the world grantingvisa-free access to all member states of theG8+5?
... that subsidiaries of the aviation security firmICTS International oversaw security forUnited Airlines atLogan International Airport on9/11 and forNorthwest Airlines Flight 253?
... thatMajor League Baseball'sMilwaukee Brewerswon an American League pennant in 1982 before moving to theNational League in 1998?
... that the fifthPrimate of the Anglican Church of Canada,Clarendon Lamb Worrell, turned down an earlier offer to becomeBishop of Bermuda?
... that the mushroomAmanita strobiliformis has been said to smell likebleaching powder?
... that indigenous rights activistStephen Corry thought thatBritish civilization and development was the best, until he made a trip toNepal at age 18 and met the local people?

7 February 2010

18:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thekumbum(pictured) ofPalcho Monastery inGyantse is the largest such structure inTibet?
... thatair aceJohn S. Loisel spent more time in combat than any other American pilot inWorld War II and also served in theKorean War?
... that the lastGerman Type UE II submarine,SM U-126 was commissioned on October 3, 1918, just a little over a month before thearmistice at Compiègne?
... that thewinner of the National League pennant inMajor League Baseball has gone on to win theWorld Series 43 times?
... that CanadianastrophysicistVictoria Kaspi was one of the first to observe thecosmic recycling ofpulsars?
... thatinterstitial pregnancies cause a seven times highermortality thanectopic pregnancies in general?
... thatThe Other Hand byChris Cleave was the onlyliterary fiction novel on the 2009 British bestseller list without aRichard & Judy Book Club recommendation, aliterary award or afilm adaptation?
... that a 1950sAnnalee Doll was sold at auction for a record $6,000 in 1992?
... thatSeward's Success,Alaska, was a proposed city enclosed by adome, which would have had a constant controlled temperature of 68 °F (20 °C)?

12:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theHindu goddessVarahi(statue pictured) is worshipped only in the night according to secretiveVamamarga Tantric practices?
... thatParliament of Norway memberChristian Stray owned the newspaperAgderposten?
... thatcrime statistics in the United Kingdom show that 114 people inScotland were victims ofhomicide from 2007 to 2008?
... that the journalist and theatre historianabbéAntoine de Léris collaborated withabbé Laugier in the first French review of music,Sentiment d'un harmonophile, 1756?
... thatMisshitsu no Sacrifice lets players investigate scenes and use items, unlike othervisual novels that are primarily driven by text and graphics?
... that the plantCampanula isophylla is able to tolerate frost on the mountains of northernItaly, but not when grown in a pot?
... thatAksel Zachariassen, a Norwegian revolutionary and later editor ofKongsvinger Arbeiderblad (1932–1941), wasdeported from theUnited Kingdom after a visit there in 1919?
... that theparish church ofUp Hatherley, England, was built because an elderly widow found it difficult to travel to a neighbouring village to worship?

06:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatGraham Court(pictured), called a signal achievement inNY apartment design andHarlem's equivalent tothe Dakota, was the setting for acrack factory in the movieNew Jack City?
... that theMexican land grant,Rancho New Helvetia, was given to German-Swiss immigrantJohn Sutter to serve as a buffer betweenCalifornio lands and "marauding bands of hunters and trappers"?
... that despite only playingcollege football for two and a half seasons with theNorthwestern Wildcats,Zak Kustok holds numerous rushing and passing records?
... that "Leslie's House", an episode of theNBC comedy seriesParks and Recreation, features references toWikipedia,Nirvana,Montell Jordan and theIran–Contra affair?
... thatEnviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well is a book by economists Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal that advocatesfree market environmentalism?
... thatAlexander Aitchison wasHamilton, Ontario's first full-time fire chief, appointed in 1879?
... thatSwizz Beatz andBono began writing "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)", acharity single forHaiti earthquake relief, over the telephone?
... that in 2001, theSouth Carolina Governor's Mansion stopped employinginmates asbutlers andmaids after guards allegedly allowed the inmates to have sex in the mansion?

00:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1915, during theMexican Revolution,Woodrow Wilson allowedCarranza's troops to be moved over US territory, contributing toPancho Villa's(pictured) defeat at theSecond Battle of Agua Prieta?
... that formerBurnley chairman Bob Lord described coachBilly Dougall, who worked for thefootball club for 23 years, as the finest servant a club could have?
... thatSt Michael and All Angels Church inBlantyre, Malawi, was constructed of brick in the late 1800s by local builders, led by acleric who had no formal architectural training?
... that early in his short acting careerTod Griffin playedGeorge Washington andPatrick Henry onNBC'sHallmark Hall of Fameanthology series?
... that theConiston Railway, which closed in 1962 owned twosteam yachts onConiston Water inCumbria, England, one of which,SY Gondola, continues to run on the lake today?
... that the kitchen wing of theLace House inCanaan, New York, deteriorated so badly during aprobate fight over the house that it had to be demolished and rebuilt?
... that theAlvensleben Convention allowedRussian troops to cross thePrussian border in pursuit ofPolish revolutionaries of the 1863January Uprising?
... thatDaniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer stole books to expand theRoyal Danish Library, where he was chief librarian?

6 February 2010

18:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

... that theBattle of Cuautla between theZapatistas(pictured) and troops ofPorfirio Diaz, has been described as "six of the most terrible days of battle" in theMexican Revolution?
... that artist and hotelier Emile Brunel'sstudio inBoiceville, New York, is an imitation of a European farmhouse, an unusualstyle in theCatskills?
... that according toThe Sportsman's Repository, theEnglish Water Spaniel is the best dog for huntingwaterfowl?
... thatHindi,Bengali, andPortuguese have all recently been proposed asofficial languages of the United Nations?
... that theSex Machines Museum, opened in 2002 inPrague, has a collection of approximately 200sex devices?
... that animals atQalqilya Zoo in theWest Bank, including agiraffe and threezebras, were casualties of theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict?
... thatJane Leeves, who starred asDaphne Moon in the sitcomFrasier, appeared as a therapist in theDesperate Housewives episode "How About a Friendly Shrink?"
... that the renovation of theThe Devonshire Dome in 1881 byRobert Rippon Duke created the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft), and is still the largest in the UK today?

12:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatDiskit Monastery(pictured) is the oldest and largestBuddhist monastery in theNubra Valley ofLadakh, northernIndia?
... thatGarry Foulds is one of only five footballers to play 300 VFL/AFL matches for theEssendon Football Club?
... that Ron Feller, aPIAT operator in theIsrael Defense Forces, received theHero of Israel citation for his actions inOperation Death to the Invader on July 18, 1948?
... thatAlexander Wetmore assessed the extinctEonessa anaticula as being an ancient type ofduck, possibly due to itsfossil's resemblance to the modernOxyura jamaicensis?
... that2006's Cyclone Vaianu destroyed an estimated 70% ofTonga'sbanana crop, and caused power outages that took up to a week to fully restore?
... thatjazz pianist and vocalistDena DeRose only considered singing professionally aftercarpal tunnel syndrome andarthritis forced her to give up playing the piano?
... that, until it was destroyed duringWilson's Raid, theBrierfield Furnace was used to produce iron for theConfederacy's Brooke cannon?
... that the crew of theRussian battleship Gangut staged a minormutiny in 1915 when theexecutive officer refused to feed the crew the traditional meal of meat andmacaroni?

06:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

... that when theRusset Sparrow(pictured) and theHouse Sparrow breed in the samehill station, the House Sparrow prefersbazaars and the Russet Sparrow "moreup market" houses?
... that in1994, whilebaseball pitcherKevin King was a member of theSeattle Mariners, he registered aloss onOpening Day against theCleveland Indians?
... thatmastitis is the most costly and most common disease indairy cattle in theUnited States?
... thatChitinamit inGuatemala was the first capital of thehighland K'iche'Maya?
... thatCharles Mason andJeremiah Dixon transported theirzenith telescope on a featherbed 31 miles from Philadelphia toStar Gazers' Stone to begin surveying theMason-Dixon line?
... that although1989's Typhoon Dan was relatively weak, the storm left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in thePhilippines?
... that theRoyal Australian Air Force'sNo. 1 Wing was often referred to as the 'Churchill Wing' because ofWinston Churchill's key role in its formation?
... thatThe Simpsons episode "Boy Meets Curl" will seeHomer andMarge Simpson compete at the2010 Winter Olympics inmixed-doubles curling, an event that is not part of the Olympic programme?

00:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

... that somecoral reef fish, like thelionfish(pictured), havevenomous spines in their fins?
... that 18th-century painterSzymon Czechowicz established a school of painting and thereby greatly influencedPolish art?
... that many ofBo Schembechler's assistant coaches atMichigan, includingMilan Vooletich,Jerry Hanlon,Tirrel Burton, andDick Hunter, had previously coached atMiami of Ohio, the "Cradle of Coaches"?
... that the name of thekoala derives from the wordgula inDharuk and otherYuin-Kuric languages?
... thatLorenz Schwietz, who asRoyal Prussian executioner beheaded at least 120 people, shot himself dead?
... thatRashida Jones, the actress who playsAnn Perkins in theNBC comedy seriesParks and Recreation, was cast before the producers had determined what the show would be about?
... thatCarrie Jones is a multi-award-winningAmerican author ofyoung-adult fiction?
... thatBohemian National Cemetery inChicago contains acolumbarium specifically intended to hold the ashes ofChicago Cubs fans?
... that the 1904 painting byPablo Picasso,The Actor, estimated to be worth over $100 million, was torn when a woman stumbled and fell into it?

5 February 2010

18:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the building which today houses theConsulate-General of Russia in New York City(pictured) was bought in 1946 by notedeye surgeon Ramon Castroviejo, who sold it to theSoviets in 1975?
... thatKarl Johanssen, foreign news editor inArbeiderbladet and one of Norway's firstradio personalities, was denounced on the front page ofPravda?
... that the illuminatedMinuscule 569 was bought in Bulgaria in 1757, became a part of theZałuski Library, and was dispatched to Saint Petersburg in 1794?
... that American singer-songwriterPatty Griffin listened to Christian songs byBob Dylan before writing for her gospel albumDowntown Church?
... that theManchesterArt Treasures Exhibition in 1857 attracted over 1.3 million visitors, about four times the population of the city at that time?
... thatEdvard Welle-Strand, father of theanti-Nazi resistance fighterErling Welle-Strand, was ananti-Semitic writer especially active in the 1910s and 1920s?
... thatPotlatch River,Idaho, was named Colter's Creek by theLewis and Clark Expedition in 1805?
... that theRemington 887, which has many of the inner workings of the famousRemington 870, uses a uniquepolymer-based finish which makes it virtually impervious tocorrosion and inclement weather?
... thatDwight Baldwin, a 19th-century missionary toHawaii, is credited with saving hundreds of lives as a physician despite having only anhonorary degree in medicine?

12:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatYue ware(example pictured) was an early type ofChinese ceramics that was exported as far as theMiddle-East andEast Africa from the8th to the11th century?
... thatAustralian singer-songwriterTamas Wells produced his second and third albums while working inRangoon,Burma, on a community healthHIV/AIDS education project?
... thatPitzer equations are important for the understanding of the behaviour ofions dissolved in natural waters such as rivers, lakes and sea-water?
... thatRafael de Izquierdo was theGovernor-General of thePhilippines during the1872 Cavite mutiny which led to the execution of the martyrsGomburza?
... that thoughCoast Veddas use aSri Lankan Tamil dialect on a daily routine, they useVedda language duringSpirit possession rites?
... that after thenMalaysian Foreign MinisterGhazali Shafie survived a plane crash in 1982, his death was incorrectly reported inThe New York Times?
... that theplaque at the entrance ofSeagate Castle says thatMary Queen of Scots stayed at the castle after theBattle of Langside in 1568?
... that less than two years afterFernando de Rosa was convicted of attempting to assassinateUmberto II, Umberto asked that he be pardoned?
... that after launching fromSpain in 1789, thecorvettes Descubierta andAtrevida visitedMontevideo,Monterey,Macao,Nootka Sound,Dusky Sound andDoubtful Sound, on a four-year trip?

06:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatPinguicula elizabethiae andP. orchidioides(pictured), tworosette-formingherbs found inMexico,eat insects?
... that theAmerican blues singer andpianistMaggie Jones, who recorded 38 songs between 1923 and 1926, was billed as "The Texan Nightingale"?
... that thecrux gemmata or "jeweled cross" was used to represent theNew Jerusalem and theTree of Life inEarly Christian andMedieval art?
... thatNick Offerman, who playsRon Swanson on theNBC comedy seriesParks and Recreation, has received significant praise and been called the show's "secret weapon"?
... that on August 24, 2009, analgae bloom hitWickiup Reservoir, dubbed asOregon's best fishing forbrown trout?
... thatGeorge Levendis has held marketing and management positions atrecord labels on three different continents?
... that at one time theOVW Heavyweight Championship wasvacated due to the then-champion having amalignant brain tumor?
... thatEiríkr Magnússon fell out with scholarGuðbrandur Vigfússon over the need for famine relief in their native Iceland and how to translate the Bible?
... that a large concentration ofHagerman Horses,Idaho'sstate fossil, can be found atHagerman Fossil Beds National Monument?
... thatElsa Barker was an American novelist and poet who published three volumes of messages from a dead man?

00:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya

... that theSoviets scuttled thebattleshipSvobodnaya Rossiia(pictured) on 19 June 1918 inNovorossiysk harbor rather than turn her over to theGermans as required by theTreaty of Brest-Litovsk?
... that along with top ratedTaylor Hall,Vladimir Tarasenko,Brett Connolly andKirill Kabanov are among the highest ranked prospects for the2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft?
... that the pioneer wagon route known as theApplegate Trail, opened in 1846 byJesse Applegate, crossed the southern end of theGoose Lake Valley on the way to southernOregon?
... that actorPaul Schneider initially felt insecure about playingMark Brendanawicz on theNBC comedy seriesParks and Recreation because he was unsure about the motivations of the character?
... that although theHollytrees Museum was sold to thecorporation ofColchester, England in 1922, the cost was met entirely by the private funds ofViscount Cowdray and his wife?
... thatChloe Frazer of theUncharted franchise has been cited as an example of avideo game character who accurately portrays the desires and frustrations of human sexuality?
... that prior to the construction of the firstFlorida Governor's Mansion, governors of the state generally lived inboarding houses orhotels?
... thatJoan Tompkins inThe Christine Jorgensen Story played theDanish aunt who gave the world's firsttranssexual,George Jorgensen, his new name, Christine?

4 February 2010

18:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatChinese influences on Islamic pottery(example pictured) date back to the8th century?
... that at the 1815Kandyan Convention which handed overCeylon toBritain,Wariyapola Sri Sumangala took down theUnion Jack and raised the flag of theSinhalese kings?
... that theBBC dramaThe Last Days of Lehman Brothers was filmed in an office vacated byLehman Brothers and that some of their furniture was used to dress the set?
... thatOne Main Place inPortland, Oregon, was reportedly sold in 2010 for US$12 million less than it was purchased for in 2006?
... that the famousanime directorHayao Miyazaki produced atelevision commercial inspired by the work of gagmanga artistShigeru Sugiura?
... that the Buddhist monkS. Mahinda was born inSikkim, identified himself as aTibetan, and took part in theindependence movement ofSri Lanka?
... thatAziz Ansari's performance asTom Haverford was considered one of the strongest elements of thefirst season of theNBC comedy seriesParks and Recreation?
... that althoughVietnamese chancellorLê Văn Thịnh was charged with hightreason by EmperorLý Nhân Tông, today he is still worshipped by the people in his homeland ofBắc Ninh?
... thatMichael Jackson's hit song "Thriller", co-produced by him andQuincy Jones, was originally titled "Starlight"?

12:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

... that all the images inGal Vihara(seated image pictured) ofPolonnaruwa have been carved on a single, large granite rock face?
... that themoray eelGymnothorax pictus is able to hunt on land?
... that thelibretto forRameau's firstopera,Hippolyte et Aricie (1733), was provided by the seasonedplaywright and librettistabbé Pellegrin?
... thatWarne-Muralidaran Trophy is named after the two leading wicket takers ofTest cricket,Muttiah Muralitharan andShane Warne?
... that theLyme Caxton Missal, on display inLyme Park,Cheshire, is the only near-complete existing copy of the earliest known edition of amissal according to theSarum Rite?
... thatArthur V. Dias, aSri Lankan independence activist, pioneered ajackfruit propagation campaign by freely distributing seedlings and plants?
... that despite criticism of the strange scale of his1859Ovid among the Scythians, even among his admirersBaudelaire andGautier,Delacroix painted a second version in1862?
... that theBattle of Be'erot Yitzhak was the last time that Egypt attacked an Israeli village in the1948 Arab–Israeli War, and one of the war's last Egyptian offensive initiatives?
... thatmole snakes can inflict serious bite wounds, but nonetheless are said to make good pets?

06:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatimages of the infant Jesus in Mexico(pictured) can be dressed asAztecs, football players, and even drug traffickers?
... that theHello Girls, femaleswitchboard operators inWorld War I, were part of theU.S. Army Signal Corps?
... that theestuary stingray is persecuted due to its supposedly voracious appetite forfarmed shellfish, which has contributed to its decline?
... that four days after its building was moved to a new site and rededicated,St. Peter's Church inSpencertown, New York, changed itsdenomination fromCongregationalism toPresbyterianism?
... that theWaikato River Trails was the project wherePrime Minister John Key officially opened the construction of theNew Zealand Cycle Trail?
... that a poster based on thepicture bookLet My Babies Go! A Passover Story was put on display at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art inTulsa, Oklahoma, in 2007?
... that theMontreal Stars, a professional women'shockey team in Canada, will be represented by three members at the2010 Winter Olympics?
... that the toy companyMattel lent theWill & Grace producers a $60,000Cher doll prototype for the episode "Gypsies, Tramps and Weed"?
... thatLynn Bayonas worked forThe Australian Ballet before making her break into television writing?
... thatancient Roman brides sat in the lap ofMutunus Tutunus before marriage?

00:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thePalace of the Marqués del Apartado(pictured) has an underground system pumping water to keep it from sinking?
... that the phrase "doing a Leeds" has become synonymous inEnglish football with the pitfalls of financial mismanagement of football clubs, after the demise of Premier League teamLeeds United?
... that duringthe Susa weddings in 324 BCE,Alexander the Great married bothParysatis II and her second cousin's daughter,Stateira II?
... that an American judge was appointed to thePermanent Court of International Justice when it was formed, despite theUnited States not being a signatory to the Court protocol?
... that theJohn Singer Sargent paintingThe Daughters of Edward Darley Boit will in 2010 for the first time be exhibited alongside the painting that inspired it,Las Meninas byDiego Velázquez?
... thatEdna St. Vincent Millay's kitchen atSteepletop, her home inAusterlitz, New York, was the subject of aLadies' Home Journal article in 1948?
... thatLemony Snicket, author of the bestsellingA Series of Unfortunate Events, is releasinga new series in 2012 that will involve elements of his previous series, including theGreat Unknown?
... that the song "Fake Empire" byThe National was used at the2008 Democratic National Convention and in a video forBarack Obama's presidential campaign, which the band actively supported?

3 February 2010

18:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the lower-ground floor of theMuseum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla(pictured) in Spain, was originally anaeration chamber?
... thatTom Smith was one of fivePreston North End players to play forScotland when they won 1–0 againstEngland atWembley in the1938 British Home Championship?
... that theiPhone social platformOpenFeint had over ten million users in less than a year since it first launched?
... that afterWilliam Dubh MacLeod was killed in 1480 at theBattle of Bloody Bay, he was the lastMacLeod chief to be buried on the isle ofIona?
... thatRingsjön is the second largest lake inSkåne County, Sweden, with an area of 41 square kilometres (10,000 acres)?
... thathuman sacrifices to theK'iche'Maya patrondeityTohil had their severed heads placed on arack in front of thetemple?
... that actressAubrey Plaza conceived the idea ofApril Ludgate, her character on theNBC comedy seriesParks and Recreation, having a "gay boyfriend" who also simultaneously dates another boy?
... that the extensivemangrove destruction inMalaysia andIndonesia is a major threat to theendangeredroughnose stingray?
... thatTony Nader, aneurologist fromLebanon, was awarded his weight in gold and crowned First Sovereign Ruler of theGlobal Country of World Peace byMaharishi Mahesh Yogi?

12:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

... that the rarebowmouth guitarfish(pictured) has been called "thepanda of the aquatic world"?
... thatJames R. Graham was a member of the team which discoveredFomalhaut b, the firstexoplanet directly imaged invisible light?
... that theEssex Street Station inNew Jersey, was once the terminus and headquarters of theHackensack and New York Railroad?
... thatPeter Stevens, the only knownGerman-Jewish RAF bomber pilot inWWII, enlisted using a stolen identity and later won aMilitary Cross for his attempts to escape fromPOW camps?
... that theindie role-playing video gameThe Spirit Engine 2 not only has a linearnarrative, but also takes place entirely intwo dimensions?
... thatBob Welch, afirst-round draft pick of theLos Angeles Dodgers, was a part of the Dodgers'1981 World Series win and later, theOakland Athletics who lost to the Dodgers in the1988 series?
... that the U.S. military baseCamp Kearny, predecessor ofMarine Corps Air Station Miramar inSan Diego,California, once housed amooring mast for theNavy'shelium dirigibles?
... that former U.S. judgeSamuel Zoll once ordered afamily to eat dinners together for 30 days, sending aparole officer for verification?

06:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatTemple V(pictured) of theClassic Period Maya archaeological site ofTikal, inGuatemala, was the firstpyramid discovered at the site?
... that theAmerican Security and Trust Company Building used to appear on theU.S. $10 bill?
... that theRoyal Navy sloopHMS Beagle captured threeFrench privateers during her ten years of service?
... thatGlen P. Robinson, founder ofScientific Atlanta, now a subsidiary ofCisco Systems, was aham radio enthusiast at age 14?
... thatPluma porgies are the most common member of thegenusCalamus in theAntilles, where they are often used for food?
... thatDavid M. Malone, a Canadian diplomat and specialist on international affairs, has worked extensively on relations withHaiti and used to stay at theHotel Montana, destroyed in the2010 Haiti earthquake?
... that theBarbours Cut Terminal, part of thePort of Houston, was the firstseaport in theUnited States to implement the internationalISO 14001 environmental standards?
... that Englishmycologist andplant pathologistR.W.G. Dennis has 40fungal species named after him?
... thatAndy Dwyer, a character in theNBC comedy seriesParks and Recreation, was only to appear in thefirst season, but was made a regular cast member because the producers liked actorChris Pratt?

00:00, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatMontague Druitt(pictured) was a suspect in theJack the Ripper murders?
... thatCharles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches, an admiral in theFrench Navy during theAmerican Revolutionary War, was briefly imprisoned during theWar in the Vendée?
... thatGeorge Mans, captain of the1961 Michigan football team, later served in theMichigan House of Representatives and as an assistant coach underBo Schembechler?
... thatNorwegian journalist andanti-fascistGerda Grepp was the first female reporter fromScandinavia to cover theSpanish Civil War as awar correspondent?
... thatSeattle Sounders FC won the2009 U.S. Open Cup Final, becoming only the secondMajor League Soccer expansion team to do so in their inaugural season?
... that oarsman and 1932 Olympic ChampionRowland George was awarded theOrder of the British Empire and theDistinguished Service Order for his service duringWorld War II?
... thatmajor urinary proteins arepheromones that promoteaggression between rival male mice?
... that theFrank Chacksfield recording "Après Ski" was featured in the 2006 video gameSaint's Row for theXbox 360?

2 February 2010

18:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

... that thegenre ofHispanic creative arts known ascostumbrismo(example pictured) was influenced byEnglishmen Joseph Addison andRichard Steele andFrenchmen Jouy andLouis-Sébastien Mercier?
... thatLord Loch was aWorld War I British General who went to thedogs?
... thatpremature oxidation is aflaw that occurs when usuallyageworthy wines, such as whiteBurgundy, are found to be prematurelyoxidised and undrinkable for reasons not yet fully understood?
... that the builder of theRispenserpoldermolen,Easterein, theNetherlands, was described as a bettermillwright than apoet?
... that both theComte de Paris and thePrince of Wales enjoyed the services of theDigital Billiard Wonder?
... that theantPseudomyrmex ferruginea kills insects such ascrickets and stings the heads of animals such asgoats, attacking any approaching creatures attracted to the leaves of theBullhorn Acacia?
... that at the age of 13,English cricketerJoe Root is the youngest person to have been awarded a scholarship to theYorkshire County Cricket Club academy?
... that the2010 Newbery WinnerRebecca Stead only started writing children's books after her young son broke her laptop, destroying all of her 'serious writing'?

12:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatBuddhism in Himachal Pradesh, where theDalai Lama(pictured) establishedhis capital in exile in 1960, was cultivated byGuru Rinpoche in the 8th century?
... thatEdward J. Miers was paid 60guineas for hismonograph on thecrabs of theChallenger expedition?
... that the Government of Moscow owns 25% of theMoscow Monorail Transit System, for a monetary value of about $3,379,000?
... thatCharles Gray Round served asRecorder for the town ofColchester for nearly 30 years?
... that the city ofHobart inAustralia had the first fully electrifiedtram network in the Southern Hemisphere, and the entire fleet was double-decker?
... thatIndian singerMaster Saleem released his first album when he was 10 years old?
... that theNational Animal Welfare Trust runs a centre at Trindledown Farm, which is theUK's only sanctuary for elderlypets?
... that after being given the honor of performing the royal burial ofKamehameha I according to theHawaiian religion in 1819,Hoapili became a patron ofChristian missionaries?
... that in 1920,Prince Joachim of Prussia was ordered under arrest byGerman Minister of Defence Gustav Noske for fighting with French military officers?

06:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

... that one burrow of theeastern chipmunk(pictured) was found to contain 390acorns?
... that baseball playerBen Paschalhit .360 asBabe Ruth's replacement while Ruth missed the first 40 games of the1925 season with a stomach ailment?
... that mostwine regions can becategorized by climate asMediterranean (such asTuscany),maritime (Bordeaux) orcontinental (Columbia Valley)?
... that thedonkey that inspired thenovel andfilmBrighty of the Grand Canyon is memorialized atGrand Canyon National Park by a statue and an historic landmark?
... that between 1917 and 1928,Boston'sPark Drive had to be redesigned to accommodate an increase in ownership of automobiles in the neighborhood?
... thatAmerican country blues guitarist,singer andsongwriterSon Bonds was accidentally shot to death in August 1947 by hisshort-sighted neighbor?
... thatNYCHA developments on theLower East Side includeAlfred E. Smith Houses,Baruch Houses,Gompers Houses,Hernandez Houses,LaGuardia Houses,Rutgers Houses, andVladeck Houses?
... thatFelipe Neri, adeaf Zapatista general, constructed explosives out ofsalmon cans and earned the nicknamemochaorejas (clipper of ears) by cutting off ears of hisprisoners anddeserters?

00:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

... that all of early14th-century Europe was consecrated under the protection ofOur Lady of Europe(statue pictured) inGibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years?
... thatConnie Mack leads allmanagers in Major League Baseball with 3,731wins and 3,948losses?
... that within two years of her launching,HMS Wolverine was involved in twofriendly fire incidents, one with a frigate and one with a slaver?
... thatarchitectSolomon Andrew Layton designed 22 buildings on theNational Register of Historic Places inOklahoma, a state record?
... that theItalian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's first commission in the city ofVenice was an improved design for thefaçade ofSan Pietro di Castello?
... that theFX network aired a preview of theArcher episode "Mole Hunt" on September 17, 2009, without any prior promotion or announcement?
... thatbluegrass player andmandolin virtuosoDavid Harvey isGibson's masterluthier, responsible for all their mandolins,banjos, anddobros?
... that there arecounties in Florida named for leaders of both sides of theSecond Seminole War?
... that in1920–21,Burnley were crowned champions ofEnglish football for the first time?
... that the tower of theManistique Pumping Station is octagonal on the exterior but has 16 sides inside?

1 February 2010

18:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

... that ofJames Whistler's paintingsSymphony in White, No. 1,No. 2 andNo. 3, only the last(pictured) carried that name originally?
... thatBernardo the Japanese, a disciple of SaintFrancis Xavier, is the firstJapanese person known to have set foot inEurope?
... thatgold parting refers to the separation ofgold andsilver?
... that thechurch ofMonkton Deverill wasdedicated toKing and Saint Alfred the Great?
... that in the 1930s theIndian girlShanti Devi related details of an allegedformer life, and a commission set up byGandhi deemed her claims to be accurate?
... that the colourful past of Australian former student police officerKim Hollingsworth will be featured in the 2010 miniseriesUnderbelly: The Golden Mile?
... that thefungusHypomyces tremellicola is aparasite that deforms thecap of themushroomCrepidotus mollis?
... that there are large stone markers andcairns at the summit of each of theTektek Mountains in southeasternTurkey?
... that inHarriton v Stephens, theHigh Court of Australia rejected a claim for damages brought by a disabled woman for her "wrongful life"?
... that during theLý Dynasty,Tô Hiến Thành was the only person outside the royal family who was titled Prince (Vương)?
... that a male ghost reputedly haunts the ladies' toilet at theBrewery Shades inCrawley,West Sussex?

12:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatNgo Dinh Nhu(pictured right), a Hitler admirer, younger brother and chief adviser to PresidentDiem ofSouth Vietnam, tried to assassinateSihanouk ofCambodia and publicly vowed to kill his father-in-law?
... that although only a 11⁄2 mile (2.41 km) long section of theCranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway was ever built, it is still in use today as part of theKent and East Sussex Railway?
... that prior to his death,Jack Barnes was the oldest formerFootball League player?
... that theRussian dreadnoughtImperatritsa Mariyacapsized and sank while at anchor inSevastopol in 1916 after one of her powdermagazines caught fire and exploded?
... that the first sub-four-minute mile in athletics was achieved at theRoger Bannister running track, then known as the Iffley Road Track?
... that in 1130 the EmperorLý Thần Tông ordered that all daughters of court mandarins of theLý Dynasty must not wed so that he could select them as concubines?
... that theWorld Heritage SiteGusuku and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu represents more than 500 years of Ryukyu history?
... that according to astele found in the late 1930s,Đỗ Anh Vũ was a devotedLý Dynasty official of noble character, in contrast to the traditional account in theĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư?
... thatAmador Salazar, a signatory of thePlan of Ayala and cousin ofZapata, was killed by a stray bullet and was buried in a pyramid shapedmausoleum inTlaltizapán, dressed as acharro?

06:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

... thatPorfirio Diaz(pictured) believed he could defend northern Mexico againstPancho Villa andPascual Orozco, butZapata's rebellion inMorelos convinced him to agree to theTreaty of Ciudad Juárez and resign?
... thatThe Candle Problem, acognitive test, was given to students ofStanford University andM.B.A. students at theKellogg School of Management?
... that despite threatening the western coast ofFlorida,USA,1950's Hurricane Love weakened prior to landfall and moved ashore with little fanfare?
... that the short filmSecond Effort, starring formerAmerican football coachVince Lombardi, has been called the best-selling training film of all time?
... that the onlyRod Serling short story in the2009 Twilight Zone anthology was called the least Twilight Zone-like story in the collection?
... that department store mogulRoddy Burdine builtMiami's first skyscraper?
... that theWinthrop, the last ship of theMassachusetts State Navy, was sold in 1783, not long before theAmerican Revolutionary War ended?
... that photographs oftest prototype cars, pioneered byHans G. Lehmann, have led car manufacturers to take lengths to disguise their cars during atest session?
... thatRuth Humbel, member of theFederal Assembly of Switzerland, has won three bronze medals at theWorld Orienteering Championships?
... that after running ashore in a storm, the German submarineSM U-118 became a popular beachside tourist site?

00:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

... that all that remains of thetype specimen of theMediterranean slipper lobster is a 16th-centurywatercolour(pictured)?
... that according to tradition, thehorn that 14th-century clan chiefMalcolm MacLeod supposedly broke off from a raging bull now exists as adrinking horn andheirloom of thechiefs ofClan MacLeod?
... that theMuseo Picasso Málaga is located in the 16th centuryBuenavista Palace?
... thatLudvig Daa, who lost a potential professorship toPeter Andreas Munch in 1837, later denounced Munch'stheory on immigration to Norway?
... that theEmerald Warriors areIreland's first primarilygay rugby team?
... that theactorsPeter Helm and his sisterAnne inherited a large estate from theirbanker-grandfather in the same month that Peter made hisTV debut onCBS'sPete and Gladys?
... that thedevadasi (temple courtesan) system was outlawed in theMadras Presidency partly due to the efforts ofMoovalur Ramamirtham, a formerdevadasi herself?
... thatprofessional wrestlerMascarita Dorada was the firstMini-Estrella to have a regular size wrestler,Mascara Dorada, named after him and not vice-versa?

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