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30 November 2010

18:00, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatWilliam J. Olcott(pictured), captain of the1882 and1883 Michigan Wolverines football teams, became the president of a railroad and a mining company?
... thatHudson's Bay Company officials learned of the1709 Franco-Indian attack on their company's trading post atFort Albany from uninvolvedMohawks who were visitingLondon?
... that despite being less than 1 mile (1.6 km) long,Washington State Route 433 is considered a Highway of Statewide Significance by theWashington State Department of Transportation?
... that the eleven Hindu deities, theRudras, are associated with the tenvital energies of the body and thesoul, and their departure is said to cause death and tears?
... thatLouisiana Tech University sociologistRobert O. Trout was his state's delegate to the 1961White House Conference on Aging?
... that due to theScottish football referee strike, foreign officials fromIsrael,Luxembourg andMalta were used as replacements?
... thatTom the Great Sebastian, founded in 1950, was one of the firstJamaican sound systems?

12:00, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

... that 3 million square feet ofperforated steel plates were assembled in 1942 onUmnak Island(pictured),Alaska, to build anaircraft landing strip?
... that schoolteacherJustus H. Rathbone developed the idea for founding theKnights of Pythias while reading the play, "Damon and Pythias" in theEagle Harbor Schoolhouse?
... that all but one of the1984 Winter Olympicvenues were damaged during theBosnian War and theSiege of Sarajevo?
... that the BritishMember of ParliamentPercy Jewson was chairman of theLawn Tennis Association?
... that a spring in the town ofTedef al-Yahud,Syria, is said to have been used byEzra the Scribe 2,400 years ago?
... that racing wins by the AmericanracehorseLuke McLuke, including theBelmont Stakes, made owner John Schorr the leading owner for 1914 and his son, J.F. Schorr, the leading trainer?
... that Major-GeneralRobert Fanshawe was sacked after his successful defence in the 1918Battle of Asiago, because his commander objected to his use of adefence in depth strategy?

06:00, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theasteroid 1536 Pielinen is named afterPielinen Lake(pictured) inFinland?
... that three of the fourlargest power stations in the world are inSouth America?
... thatAquila bullockensis, anextinct species ofbird, is the oldest knowntrue eagle fromAustralia?
... that the secondsingle byFrench punk rock bandMarie et les Garçons was produced inNew York byJohn Cale, formerly of theVelvet Underground?
... that the sea slugAiteng ater feeds on insects?
... that a 1953strike organized by the plantation workerstrade unionSarbupri forced theIndonesian government to raise wages of estate labourers by 30%?
... that theArmadillo, an armoured fighting vehicleextemporised by the British in 1940, used a layer ofgravel to protect its crew?

00:00, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

... that with a death toll of 247 people, theHeppner Flood of 1903(pictured) remains the deadliest natural disaster inOregon, and the third deadliestflash flood in the entireUnited States?
... that formerPalauan Senate PresidentPeter Sugiyama's wifeAkiko Sugiyama was the first woman ever elected to thePalau National Congress?
... thatTrawscoed fort was explored usingfluxgate gradiometer surveys?
... that while staying at their estate near theBlack Sea,George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg and his family witnessed the 1905battleshipPotemkin revolt?
... thatpitcherDanny McDevittshutout thePittsburgh Pirates on September 24, 1957, in the final game theDodgers played inBrooklyn before ownerWalter O'Malley moved the team toLos Angeles?
... thatSpeedway Motorsports presidentMarcus G. Smith started working by picking up trash atCharlotte Motor Speedway?
... that theKriegsmarine attributed thesinking ofU-168 in theJava Sea to the presence of the crew'sIndonesian girlfriends on board for aparty?

29 November 2010

18:00, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatMort Senter(pictured),Michigan's 1896 football captain, became involved in a diplomatic incident afterColombian soldiers seized property from his home in 1902?
... that an amendment to theMalian Family Code seeking to increasewomen's rights was sent back to theparliament of Mali amidst a storm of protest?
... that after the collapse of Americancotton exports in the 1860s,Azerbaijan became a large-scalecotton producer, often planting it rather thanfood crops?
... thatCharles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, and his brother Prince Leopold caused a national scandal when Charles suggested that Leopold marry a commoner?
... that thelift jets on theHawker Siddeley HS.141 airliner were expected to provide a safety margin in case theV/STOL aircraft's main engines failed?
... thatWest Indian batsman Brian Lara came out of retirement to play in the2010–11 Stanbic Bank 20 Series, aTwenty20 cricket tournament in Zimbabwe?
... thatfortune telling fraud is aconfidence game that involves persuading victims that they suffer from acurse?

12:00, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatmedievalMramorjenecropolis(pictured) inSerbia once contained about 200tombstones, while most of them are now dislocated, or have been swept away by theDrina river?
... thatTom McMillan became the first alumnus ofJacksonville University to play in aMajor League Baseball game when he made his debut with theSeattle Mariners in 1977?
... that the exterior decoration of the medievalChurch of Christ Pantocrator inNesebar on theBulgarian coast prominently featuresswastikas?
... thatNathan Witt,U.S. National Labor Relations Board Secretary from 1937 to 1940, drove ataxicab for two years so he could earn enough money to attendHarvard Law School?
... thatfreedom of religion inSingapore, which is guaranteed byArticle 15 of the Constitution of Singapore, may be restricted by a general law relating to public order, public health or morality?
... that theUniversity of Florida'sLady Gators golf team has won eightSEC team championships, eight SEC individual championships, and sent almost twenty players to theLPGA?
... that there are only around 100Western Ground Parrots left?

06:00, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

... that more than 500,000Jewish Americans served in the United States armed services duringWorld War II(one soldier's grave pictured), and roughly 52,000 received military awards?
... thatThe Indian Stammering Association filed a court petition against the makers of aBollywood comedy film that portrays people whostammer as objects of ridicule?
... that thepilot episode forSouth of Nowhere, which is set in ahigh school, was actually filmed in aprison?
... that the lastUmayyad governor ofKhurasan,Nasr ibn Sayyar, hoped to ease resentment among localMuslims by streamlining the province's tax system?
... that the firsthybrid electric double-decker to be built wasoperated in London onroute 141?
... that Major-GeneralThomas Marden wasknighted for helping to defuse theChanak Crisis, a confrontation between theBritish Army andTurkish revolutionaries in 1922?
... thatA Jewish Girl in Shanghai, ananimated film set in and around theShanghai Ghetto, has been described as "China’s first homegrownJewish film"?
... thatJack Ness had a 49-game baseballhitting streak that stood as aleague record until it was broken byJoe DiMaggio?

00:00, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

A grey stone church on a corner site, with a prominent tower topped with a stone spire

... that whenCentral Methodist Church(pictured) inEastbourne was completed, some worshippers were hauled to the top of the spire in a box to eat a celebratory breakfast?
... that theUnited Nations Security Council unanimously adoptedResolution 1574 at the first session held outside itsNew York City headquarters in 14 years?
... that during one of his campaigns, the troops ofUmayyad generalSulayman ibn Hisham suffered so much due to disease and famine that many defected to theByzantines and converted toChristianity?
... that thecomedic poetry albumTim Key. With a String Quartet. On a Boat. was made available only as adigital download and 1,000vinyl records?
... that theTemagami greenstone belt inOntario was the site of the largest deposit of nearly purechalcopyrite ever discovered inCanada?
... thatBill Krieg,Emil Frisk, andJoe Riggert won a combined sevenbatting titles and are considered to be the bestminor league baseball players of their respective eras?
... in January 1944,fighters ofNo. 73 Wing participated in the two largest raids mounted by theRAAF to that time, attacking targets inNew Britain?
... that with the money his aunt paid him not to attend university, which she considered a den of vice,Thomas Coke travelled toItaly, where the wife ofBonnie Prince Charles fell in love with him?

28 November 2010

18:00, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatMilton Mausoleum inNottinghamshire(pictured) served as a familymausoleum, but thenave was also used as aparish church until it closed in the 1950s?
... that the 19th-centuryantidisestablishmentarianist politicianSampson Lloyd married the daughter of a general in thePrussian Army?
... thatQueen and Country is an artwork bySteve McQueen which commemorates the deaths of 155 British soldiers as a set of postage stamps?
... thatNational Labor Relations Board Chief EconomistDavid J. Saposs was accused of being aCommunist, andCongress defunded his position and division inOctober 1940?
... that theCommission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) began offering Internet access to residents ofGilgit in 1999?
... thatIngeborg Borgerud, former jurist for theNorwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, was lambasted by these unions some years later for areport about working environment?
... thatOscar Wilde liked to stay at theGilsey House Hotel inNew York City?
... thatChristian Steinmetz was the inauguralCollege Basketball Player of the Year in 1905, despite being only 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighing 137 pounds (62 kg)?

12:00, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatNASA scientists have describedLake Untersee(pictured) inQueen Maud Land,Antarctica, as one of the most unusual lakes on Earth with apH like that of strongClorox?
... that 9th-centuryBulgarian first ministerIsbul was so rich that he constructed and donated buildings to the monarchMalamir himself?
... thatJake Adelstein was the first American to work as a Japanese language reporter for a Japanese newspaper?
... that before the flight test program of theSikorsky S-60flying crane was completed, its successor was already on the drawing board?
... thatHarold I. Cammer represented his legal partner,Nathan Witt, beforeHUAC in 1950 when his former legal partner,Lee Pressman, accused Witt of being acommunist?
... thatPete Cimino once scored 114 points in a high schoolbasketball game and then became apitcher inMajor League Baseball?
... that theGreen Island Light was kept lit day and night during thePeshtigo Fire in a failed attempt to prevent a shipwreck?
... that up until 2010,Vanuatuanpassports were still hand-written?

06:00, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatstingless bees put the slimyspore mass of the fungusStaheliomyces cinctus(pictured) into theirpollen baskets?
... thatBach wrote inWeimar the opening chorus of hiscantata for the First Sunday ofAdventNun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, as aFrench overture?
... that for 14 yearsMoira Hoey played a character on television considered "the quintessential Irish mammy"?
... that physicistGunnar Nordström's early death may have been caused by his passion for radioactivity and consequent use of water containing radioactive matter forsauna baths?
... that theRoman Villa Borg inSaarland, Germany, has recently been almost fullyreconstructed, a century after its discovery?
... that three crew members were each given 50 "lashes withnine tails" afterHMSWhiting was lost on the dangerousDoom Bar?
... thatWilliam Hohri helped fellowJapanese Americans interned duringWorld War II get $20,000 each in compensation from the U.S. government, and then used his share to buy a Japanese-made car?
... that theformat of the children's TV showSesame Street was changed due to the success and popularity of the segment "Elmo's World"?

00:00, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

... that atOcean Beach inSan Francisco, every so often the sand recedes enough to allow the 19th centuryshipwreck of theKing Philipclipper ship(pictured) to become visible?
... that anancient quarry discovered nearJericho in 2009 by Israeli archaeologists may be depicted on theByzantine era Madaba Map?
... thatHoward Lester boughtWilliams-Sonoma in 1976 when it had four stores and sales ofUS$4 million and grew the company to annual sales ofUS$3.4 billion at 600 stores, including thePottery Barn chain?
... that whenPennsylvania judgeCathy Bissoon was four years old, her father wasstabbed to death near the family's home inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn?
... thatStefano Bernardi composed aTe Deum for 12 choirs for theconsecration of theSalzburg Cathedral in 1628?
... that the Chinese city ofYanji has two official languages, Chinese and Korean?
... thattalent agentMartin Baum "packaged" together three of his clients – actorSidney Poitier, directorRalph Nelson andscreenwriter James Poe – who collaborated on the 1963 filmLilies of the Field?
... that in the 1960s and 1970s,Margrethe Munthe's popular children's songs were criticized for being too moralizing?

27 November 2010

18:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

A high-winged small aircraft flies overhead against a clear blue sky, its registration number able to be seen through its blue-and-yellow colors

... that aRans S-6 Coyote II(example pictured), a type ofhomebuilt aircraft, has flown across the Atlantic Ocean twice?
... that the first woman to serve as aFrench Cabinet minister wasGermaine Poinso-Chapuis in 1947?
... thatDinamo Zagreb footballerMateo Kovačić became the youngest ever goalscorer in thePrva HNL inNovember 2010 at the age of 16 years and 198 days?
... thatJohn Mills Houston, a stage actor, was one of 19 men selected to act as PresidentWoodrow Wilson's honor guard during World War I?
... that Frenchprivateer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville died ofyellow fever in Cuba onJuly 8, 1706 while organizingan attempt to capture the capital of theProvince of Carolina (present-daySouth Carolina)?
... that because of his birth and marriage to aRussian princess,Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg wasRussia's candidate to succeedAlexander, Prince of Bulgaria?
... that members of thesegregated US 24th Infantry Regiment claimed that the regiment's achievements at theBattle of Sangju were not recognized due to racism?
... that five of the seven men killed when theSt Ives Lifeboat was wrecked inJanuary 1939 were survivors of a previouslifeboat wreck inJanuary 1938?

12:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the 72-metre (236 ft) tallLaboe Naval Memorial(pictured) by the architectGustav August Munzer was confiscated by the British Army after World War II?
... that although theBlack Carts Turret Roman fortification is connected toHadrian's Wall, it was probably builtbefore the wall itself?
... thatNo. 71 Wing RAAF was active to the last day ofWorld War II, flying its final mission only hours before news arrived of the Japanese surrender on15 August 1945?
... that the Balaghat mine operated byMOIL Limited is the deepestunderground manganesemine in Asia?
... thatWolfgang Schäfer, who succeededHelmuth Rilling as professor ofchoral conducting for theFrankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, is also part of the musical comedy trio BosArt?
... that theCambridge Modern History, launched in 1902, went on to cover the history of the world up to 1910?
... that American musicianJennifer Frautschi plays anAntonio Stradivari violin known as the "ex-Cadiz," dated to 1722?
... that per his request,Ugandan environmentalistNdyakira Amooti was buried without a coffin, his body wrapped in a palm-leaf mat?

06:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

... that it took 340 days to prepare 22 milligrams ofberkelium(pictured) for the synthesis of 6 atoms ofelement 117, which took another 150 days?
... thatBagyi Aung Soe, now recognized as one ofBurma's most importantmodern artists, lived in poverty and was considered by some to be mad?
... thatThe Newsweek Daily Beast Company, a merger ofThe Daily Beast andNewsweek, plans on redirecting Newsweek.com to The Daily Beast, despite the fact that the former website has higher web traffic?
... that when the former BritishMember of ParliamentWarwick Brookes was declaredbankrupt in 1931, he had debts of £50,000 but less than £300 in assets?
... thatcommando-style forces underRaymond Westerling, aDutch army captain who led acounter-insurgency offensive in theIndonesian National Revolution, killed at least 5,000 Indonesians?
... thatprofessional baseball playerJuan Bernhardt hit the firsthome run inSeattle Mariners franchise history?
... that, in the late 8th and early 9th centuries, theMaya city ofSacul was one of the few kingdoms in the southeasternPetén region to use its ownEmblem Glyph?
... thatTexas State Rep.Edmund Kuempel, while underanesthesia from surgery, hung up on formerU.S. President George W. Bush in 2009, not realizing who was on the phone?

00:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

A wood coloured tall totem pole

... that thetotem pole(pictured) which welcomes visitors to theBritish Museum was documented for the museum byRev. John Henry Keen years before it was purchased?
... that duringWorld War II, the U.S. Navy planned to equip eighteen squadrons ofassault drones with a thousandInterstate TDR andGrumman TBF Avenger aircraft?
... that the openlygay street scene inMexico City'sZona Rosa has drawn comparisons withBarrio de Chueca inMadrid and theCastro District inSan Francisco?
... that theBattle of Coral-Balmoral (12 May –6 June 1968) was the largest unit-level action of theVietnam War fought by the1st Australian Task Force?
... that in the aftermath of the unsuccessfulJanuary Uprising, Polish insurgentZygmunt Padlewski was captured and executed by the Russian authorities?
... that theironcladHNLMS Koning der Nederlanden was the largest ship built for theRoyal Netherlands Navy during the 19th century?
... thatGuinean socialist politicianBarry III was nicknamed "Little Elephant", due to the similarities of his political programme with that ofSékou Touré, whose nickname was "Elephant"?
... that accounts of themaritime history of Orissa say that the ancient ships were driven bysteam engines and could travel underwater?

26 November 2010

18:00, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theJadeite Cabbage(pictured), a piece ofjadeite carved into the shape of aChinese cabbage with alocust andkatydid camouflaged in the leaves, is the "most famous masterpiece" inTaiwan'sNational Palace Museum?
... thatCincinnati'sNast Trinity United Methodist Church was the first GermanMethodist Episcopal church in the world?
... that the 2007home invasion murders inCheshire, Connecticut, have been called "possibly the most widely publicized crime in the state's history"?
... thatCornell University labor law professorJames A. Gross has worked as a labor relationsmediator for theNational Hockey League andMajor League Baseball?
... thatAdenanthos eyrei was formally named afterEdward John Eyre, the first explorer known to have visitedthe only place where thisWestern Australian shrub has been found?
... that theHarry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group traces its organizational lineage back to Carrier Division Two, which was initially commanded by legendaryFleet Admiral William "Bull" Halsey in 1937?
... thatCommonwealth Games boxing gold medallistSimon Vallily was once afootball trainee atMiddlesbrough Football Club?
... that episodes ofThe Jimmy Durante Show ended withDurante's catchphrase, "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!" – a reference to his deceased first wife?

12:00, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theGuisborough Helmet(pictured), an ancientRoman cavalry helmet discovered atGuisborough,North Yorkshire, was buried in mysterious circumstances far from any known Roman sites?
... that pitcherJouett Meekin threw the firstintentional walk inbaseball history?
... thatRegulus bulgaricus, the only fossilkinglet, is known from a singleulna?
... that the solo parts ofJoseph Haydn's oratorioDie Schöpfung were performed byElisabeth Scholl,Daniel Sans andAndreas Pruys in the Basilika ofSchloss Johannisberg?
... thatFrench record producer and executiveMichel Esteban, who co-foundedZE Records inNew York in 1978, is now the director of a cultural center inSalvador da Bahia,Brazil?
... that thefoundation stones ofArmstrong Chapel inIndian Hill, Ohio, are held together by earth rather thanmortar?
... that whenBernard de Nonancourt, aFrench Resistance member and future head ofLaurent-Perrier, uncoveredAdolf Hitler'swine cellar, he found hundreds of cases of 1928Champagne Salon looted fromFrance?
... that some counseling sessions of theex-gay groupHomosexuals Anonymous included "desensitizing" naked massages, but led the men being counseled to begin havingsexual encounters with each other?

06:00, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatParque Batlle is considered the "lungs" of the city ofMontevideo(pictured) due to the large number of trees planted there?
... that in 2007 cashiers atCencosud'sSanta Isabel supermarkets inChile were subject tostrip searches, and many worediapers because they had to work nine-hour shifts without bathroom breaks?
... that historianDan Flores wrote a study of theRed River Expedition, which set out for theAmerican Southwest in 1806 just asLewis and Clark were returning from thePacific Northwest?
... that theDouglas Aircraft Corporation'sCloudster II, intended for use as anexecutive transport, was powered by two engines but only had a singlepropeller?
... thatTim Smith was named theAtlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year inhis school's first year as a conference member?
... that then-unknown singerEstelle featured onDJ Skitz's debut album in 2001?
... that in 1929 theHudson Motor Car Company ranked third in total U.S. production by targeting budget minded buyers, but introduced theGreater Eight, a premium line of cars, at the height of theDepression?
... that thecreator ofKaboom!'s villainous "Mad Bomber" also programmed a series ofBrain Games that have been said to improve memory?

00:00, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the chemical elementeinsteinium was discovered in the debris of theIvy Mike nuclear test(pictured) in 1952?
... thatDwayne Schintzius was the oldest player selected in the2001 NBDL Supplemental Draft at 33 years old?
... that ananimation database stores fragments ofanimations or human movements and can be used to re-assemble new animations?
... that the execution ofWitold Pilecki,Polish Righteous among the Nations, was carried out by theMokotów Prison Staff SergeantPiotr Śmietański?
... that theHolyoke Building at the corner of First Avenue and Spring Streets inDowntown Seattle was the first permanent building to be completed after theGreat Seattle fire of June 6, 1889?
... that in 1979, theSeattle Mariners teamtrainer was takingpitcherByron McLaughlin's luggage throughairport security when he was detained by authorities who discovered a.357 Magnum in his bag?
... thatGabriel Dessauer conducted inWiesbaden the premiere ofMax Reger'sHebbel Requiem in the organ version ofMax Beckschäfer?
... thatBeth Israel Congregation of Chester County, the first Americansynagogue to hire awoman as seniorrabbi, isConservative?

25 November 2010

18:00, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the 12th-centuryChurch of St Nicholas(pictured) inMelnik,Bulgaria, may have owned and used one of the oldest extantchurch bells inEurope?
... that theDemocratic Party of Guinea organLe Phare de Guinée was closed down in 1949, as no printing press inGuinea dared to print it due to government pressure?
... thatBritish companyWasp Motorcycles produces a specialmotorcycle sidecar designed for use byparaplegic motorcyclists?
... that among the drawings byAndreas Bloch are caricatures in satirical magazines and illustrations inFridtjof Nansen's book on theFram expedition?
... thatUnited States lightship WAL 539 was the lastlightvessel constructed for theUnited States Lighthouse Service before it became part of theCoast Guard?
... that besides the existence of 24 tracks recorded in 1928–29, the life ofAmerican classic female blues singerBessie Tucker remains a mystery?
... that afterright-wing,anti-Semite activistErnst Werner Techow was released from jail he joined theFrench Foreign Legion and helped save hundreds of Jews duringWorld War II?
... that actress and chanteuseRaquel Meller attempted to book a deluxe suite for her fivePekingese on a 1926 transatlantic voyage aboard theSSLeviathan?

12:00, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

... that in defying Spanish dominance, locals built a chapel at a higher elevation next toFort Santa Cruz(pictured) inOran,Algeria?
... thatJFK in Ireland includes an account of a disagreement betweenJohn F. Kennedy andÉamon de Valera?
... that of the fourGerman destroyers of theType 1934 class, onlyZ4Richard Beitzen survivedWorld War II, whileZ1Leberecht Maass andZ3Max Schulz were sunk in afriendly fire incident andZ2Georg Thiele was scuttled atNarvik?
... that theAcademy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb celebrates its holiday on3 May, in memory of the1995 rocket attack in which its building was hit, killing a student?
... that aRoman road nearPertwood, unusually, was diverted around an ancienttumulus instead of going through it?
... that 500 kilometres (310 mi) separates populations of the shrubAdenanthos oreophilus?
... that only six of theU.S. Supreme Court's nine justices participated in a 1950anti-communist oath case?
... thatJohn Stanley Booth survived being wounded in theBattle of France and a tour of duty withBomber Command, only to be killed when the aircraft he was flying struck alanding light?

06:00, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatthe only surviving Marion Model 91steam shovel(pictured), inLe Roy, New York, may have been used to dig thePanama Canal?
... that both the BritishRoyal Navy and GermanKriegsmarine were dissatisfied with the results of theAction of 28 January 1945?
... thatNomo,Mercker,Milton,Verlander,Lester,Zambrano andSánchez pitched the latestmajor league no-hitters for theDodgers,Braves,Twins,Tigers,Red Sox,Cubs andGiants, respectively?
... that previous winners ofWayne Rooney's Street Striker have won trips toBrazil andSouth Africa?
... that unlike all laterWinter Olympics, thevenues of the 1980 Winter Olympics inLake Placid, New York, included separatebobsleigh and luge tracks used for competition?
... that a new fish species of theloach family was caught for the first time in 1993 in theGreat Tenasserim River, located near theBurmese town ofTanintharyi?
... that, by 1900, there were so manySwedes in Omaha, Nebraska, that people started calling thenorth side of the city "LittleStockholm"?
... that afterArmin Maiwald produced an award-winningchildren's film depicting his own childhood experience in the grimaftermath of WWII in Germany, he said he never wanted to see the film again?

00:00, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

... that inhippika gymnasia orRoman cavalry tournaments, riders wearing elaborate armour(helmet pictured) competed in teams to reenact battles from mythology such as those between theGreeks andAmazons?
... that after a long career as an educator,David Dwight Baldwin published historic lists of Hawaiianland snails andliverworts?
... that theUpper Tribunal, which can setprecedent and enforce its decisions without intervention from theHigh Court of England and Wales, is the firstUK tribunal with the power ofjudicial review?
... that on August 1, 2004,five Christian churches were car-bombed in Iraq within a few minutes of each another?
... that in March 1994, thecommunist-ledIndian People's Front rallied tens of thousands of barefoot, starving workers, some of whom walked more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) to reach thevenue?
... thatJames II prevented theLoyal Parliament of 1685 from meeting by repeatedlyproroguing it betweenNovember 1685 and itsdissolution in July 1687?
... that Norwegianhardingfele fiddlerArne Bjørndal played in more than 600 weddings and gave more than 1,000 concerts?
... that disputes between rival railway companies during the building of theCleveland Railway became so intense that they led to a "battle" on theRiver Tees?

24 November 2010

18:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theorchid dupe wasp ejaculates visible amounts of semen as it tries to copulate with flowers of theleafless-,large- andtartan-(pictured)tongue orchids, which it mistakes for a female wasp?
... thatOmar Cook andWill Conroy are the only two players to have been named to theAll-NBA Development League Team three times?
... that after suppressing theAlbanian Revolt of 1910, theOttoman government prohibited publications written in theAlbanian alphabet and closed the Albanian schools?
... that previous winners of theNevada City Classic, the second-oldestbicycle race in the US, includeGreg LeMond (1979–81) andLance Armstrong (2009)?
... that the 1960 congress of thePopular Socialist Youth was the first occasion at which theCuban motto "Fatherland or Death" was displayed in print?
... thatUnited Nations forces had a decisivelogistical advantage in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter in theKorean War, despite having no pre-established plan for fighting there?
... thatBruno Mars will drag apiano throughLos Angeles in themusic video for "Grenade"?
... that the1887 Michigan Wolverines football team taught the members of the newly formedNotre Dame team how to play the game offootball?

12:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

... that, though native to theRiver Amazon in South America,Leporinus fasciatus(pictured) has beenintroduced to the US states ofFlorida andHawaii via aquarium releases?
... that the2010 Bihar legislative assembly election takes place across six phases and over one month?
... thathistorianJean A. Stuntz found that theSpanish legal system inMexico andTexas gave much greatercommunity property rights to women than were permitted in the originalEnglish colonies?
... that in each of the2001 NBDL and2006 NBA Development League Expansiondrafts, there were four players selected who had previously been chosen inNBA Drafts?
... that theFirst-tier Tribunal in theUnited Kingdom hears cases on such diverse subjects asfreedom of information, warpensions and operating licences forgambling companies?
... that theAmerican Livestock Breeds Conservancy was the first United States organization focused on preservingrare breeds oflivestock?
... thatSt John the Baptist's Church, Avon Dassett,Warwickshire, built in 1868, contains a coffin lid inscribed with theeffigy of a 13th-centurytonsured deacon?
... thatFilm Quarterly called the documentaryThe Truth According to Wikipedia "a sharp and wide-ranging overview ofwiki-pistemology"?

06:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatŌkōchi Sansō(pictured), the villa of the Japanese film starDenjirō Ōkōchi, contains several buildings designated cultural properties by theJapanese government?
... that Henry Lambert of theRoyal Navy fought the 36-gun French privateerPsyché twice in the same year with two different ships, drawing the first battle and winning the second?
... thatMaster of the Mix is areality television elimination competition amongdisk jockeys vying for aUS$250,000Smirnoff contract?
... thatBrutus Beefcake could not compete at theWorld Wrestling Federation'sSummerSlam in 1990 after several bones in his face were broken in aparasailing accident?
... that the wings ofIcarus in the paintingThe Lament for Icarus are based on thebird-of-paradise pattern?
... that minister Benjamin Rolfe, his wife and infant child were killed in anAugust 29, 1708raid on Haverhill, Massachusetts, by a French and Indian force duringQueen Anne's War?
... thatBay Rock Light, alighthouse which originally stood on an islet northwest ofMagnetic Island, nearTownsville,Queensland,Australia, was relocated in 1992 to the Townsville Maritime Museum?
... that pitcherFred Klobedanz once led theNational League inwinning percentage but, according to one analyst, actually deserved to have a losingrecord?

00:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

... that thetrack cyclingvenue(pictured) used for the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal was later converted into anindoor zoo?
... thatCharles Ross, who commanded aBritish Army division duringWorld War I, was the younger brother of aNobel laureate and the author of fivemystery novels?
... that several peaks of theAndeanCordillera de la Ramada, including the highest,Mercedario, werefirst climbed by aPolish expedition of 1934?
... thatJames Charles Fahey started self-publishingThe Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet when he thought editors were "butchering" his manuscripts?
... that theSwedish runestoneÖstergötland Runic Inscription MÖLM1960;230 is one of four runestones that mentionguilds that existed in Sweden during theViking Age?
... thatWyoming received four times as much money per person from theHomeland Security Grant Program as didCalifornia andNew York?
... that althoughJanis Paige'ssitcomIt's Always Jan bombed, its cast included bothArte Johnson, who went on to fame inLaugh-In andSid Melton inThe Danny Thomas Show andGreen Acres?
... that in hisEuropean Cup debut, German football goalkeeperJens Ramme conceded 6 goals in 45 minutes, turning a 5–1 lead forDynamo Dresden into a 7–5 defeat?

23 November 2010

18:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatAmedeo Modigliani was commissioned to paintJacques and Berthe Lipchitz(pictured) for "ten francs a sitting and a little alcohol"?
... that former college basketball standoutByron Larkin admitted that he "didn't put [his] best foot forward trying to make it" to theNBA?
... that therowhouses at 322–344 East 69th Street onManhattan'sUpper East Side are a rare surviving group of the manyrowhouses built after the completion of theThird Avenue El?
... thatKris Faafoi is the firstNew Zealand Member of Parliament ofTokelauan descent?
... that the magnitude of the1881 Nicobar Islands earthquake has been estimated with records from tide gauges set up by theGreat Trigonometric Survey?
... that theextinct arum family plantsPetrocardium andMontrichardia aquatica are known only from thePaleocene Cerrejón Formation rainforest inColombia?
... thatFrank Bruggy setMajor League Baseball personal bests inbatting average,home runs andruns batted in during the1924 season, his rookie year?
... thatbrandy andwine seized from a Dutch ship on 18 August 1779 changed hands during the night, as the captain of theMonsieur and the squadron leader,John Paul Jones, both claimed it for themselves?

12:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theCrissal Thrasher(pictured) is a bird that runs more than it flies?
... thatSpartacus: Blood and SandactressLesley-Ann Brandt was born inCape Town, is fluent inAfrikaans and played competitivefield hockey inSouth Africa?
... that theNew York Sunday Mercury was the most widely read weekly newspaper in theUnited States in the mid 19th century?
... that when the wife of the owner ofKapetanovo Castle inSerbia was told that it had to be sold, she was so devastated that she pouredgasoline on herself and burned to death?
... that the economy of theKanmaw Kyunin theMergui Archipelago is dependent onrubber plantations?
... thata follow-up study byStanford psychologistWalter Mischel showed that a child's ability at age 4 to delay eating amarshmallow for 15 minutes correlated with higherSAT test scores years later?
... thatbaseball playerKevin Pasley hit his first and onlymajor league home run in his final major leagueat-bat?

06:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theCavell Van(pictured before restoration) carried the bodies ofEdith Cavell,Charles Fryatt andThe Unknown Warrior?
... thatLadyhawke won six prizes at the2009 New Zealand Music Awards?
... thatTheodore W. Kheel's deals ended various strikes inNew York City, but MayorEd Koch blamed Kheel for overly generous pay packages that led to the city's fiscal crisis in the 1970s?
... that theFinnish novelPuhdistus (Purge) bySofi Oksanen has won awards in Finland and France but had mixed reviews in Estonia, where the story takes place?
... that theRamses–Hattusili Treaty or Treaty of Kadesh, ratified by theHittite Empire andEgypt in1258 BC, is the oldest surviving internationaltreaty?
... that disagreements over the classification offossil primates within theinfraorderTarsiiformes lie at the heart of the debate over earlyprimate evolution and the origins of "higher primates"?
... that theRhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is the largest combined professionalorchestra andmusic school in the US?
... thatexecutionerRobert Baxter, who was blind in one eye, once caused his assistant to fall through a trapdoor along with the man sentenced to death byhanging?

00:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatPsilocybe semilanceata(pictured) is the world's most commonpsychoactive mushroom?
... that the1932 Changma earthquake in theChina resulted in a surfacerupture of approximately 116 km (72 mi), the largest rupture observed for a reverse-slip event in Asia in the 20th century?
... thatmethoxyflurane, an emergencyanalgesic self-administered with a disposableinhaler, was first synthesized as a by-product of chemistry research onuranium enrichment in theManhattan Project?
... that in 1945 the first motorlifeboat atIlfracombe Lifeboat Station was sold to theNetherlands because that country was short of lifeboats afterWorld War II?
... thatJohn Phillips, a prominent English master carpenter, builder and architect, constructedJames Gibbs' wooden dome for theRadcliffe Camera,Oxford?
... that"Scoops" Carey only played two full seasons inMajor League Baseball but led the league in first basemenfielding percentage both times?
... thatRygge Station, opened in 1879, became anairport rail link whenMoss Airport, Rygge had its first flight in 2008?
... that themuscle cuirass is one of the elements that distinguished the attire of a senior officer in theRoman Army?

22 November 2010

18:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

... that there were concerns that theBBC-Marconi Type Amicrophone(pictured) wouldinfringe the patent of a similar, but more expensive, microphone made byRCA?
... that thefungusOidium mangiferae causespowdery mildew onmango trees?
... that the round base of the originalArcher Point Light, an 1883lighthouse nearCooktown,Queensland,Australia, which was replaced in 1975, still exists at the location?
... that in 1999,James C. Kent ruled that theGovernment of Canada must answerdiscovery questions from theSix Nations pertaining to its handling of indigenous land on theGrand River?
... that the DutchironcladHNLMS Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden transported troops during theoccupation of Lombok and Karangasem inJuly 1894?
... thatbaseball playerDan Meyer, who would go on to play 12 seasons inMajor League Baseball, was inducted into theMater Dei High School baseballhall of fame in 1970?
... that thePop's Props Pinocchio, anultralight aircraft, was designed to resemble theFokker Eindecker ofFokker Scourge fame?
... that the Greek goldamulet MS 5236 was created byblock printing as early as the 6th century BC?

12:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatKamadhenu(pictured), "the mother of all cows", was born from theburp or the vomit of adeity, according to someHindu scriptures?
... thatBuckminster Fuller invented theStockade Building System, which usesbricks made fromwood fibers andplaster?
... that the8th Viscount Galway, the fifthGovernor-General of New Zealand, had his term twice extended because ofWorld War II?
... thatTemple Beth Israel inPlattsburgh is the onlysynagogue inNew York north ofGlens Falls that has a full-timerabbi?
... that whileBurmese painters affiliated with theBurma Art Club acceptedrealistically painted nudes asart, very few of them attempted to paint nudity themselves?
... that the only activeplayers with a career .330 batting average inMajor League Baseball areAlbert Pujols andIchiro Suzuki?
... that the sinking of aNorth Korean troop ship in theBattle of Pusan on the first day of theKorean War is credited with preventing the fall of theSouth Korean port city ofPusan?
... thatColombian singer-songwriterIlona started her career singing onbuses?

06:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatHIP 13044 b(artist's impression pictured), discovered inNovember 2010, is the first known case of a planet which originated outside of our galaxy, but then got absorbed into it?
... thatThomas Hooman's obituary inThe Times claimed that he scored the winning goal in the1872 FA Cup Final, contradicting all known contemporary newspaper reports on the match?
... that theCrusher is a 13,200-pound (6,000 kg)autonomous robot capable of climbing 4-foot (1.2 m) walls and crossing 6.5-foot (2.0 m) trenches?
... that theConnellan air disaster of 1977 remains the only aircraftsuicide attack inAustralia's history?
... thatBogalay Kyaw Hlaing,Paw Oo Thett,U Aung Khin,U Aung Myint,U Ba Kyi,U Kin Maung,U Lu Tin,U Lun Gywe,U Ngwe Gaing andPo Po are all artists fromBurma?
... that for theGame Boy Advance version of theirActivision Anthology, Activision selected theAtari 2600 homebrew gameOystron, in which the player shoots "space oysters" to collect pearls?
... thatSecretary of GuamDenver Dickerson was born inNevada State Prison?
... that aPirate ship was hit during theAction of 12 October 1950?

00:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

... that thecity of Guanajuato,Mexico, is filled with narrow alleys, cobblestone streets and thoroughfares that are partially or fully underground(tunnel pictured)?
... that a record store clerk once toldRandy Newman that the 1970 albumNilsson Sings Newman nearly finished offHarry Nilsson's career?
... that theAreopagus sermon was the most dramatic and fullest speech of the missionary career ofApostle Paul?
... that hangmen brothersWilliam andJohn Billington formed England's primaryexecution duo until John fell through an open trapdoor on the gallows and died?
... thatTel Zeror, an archaeologicaltel in theSharon Plain,Israel, was excavated by a Japanese expedition in the 1960s?
... that anilluminated manuscript, theRochefoucauld Grail, contains what is regarded as the oldest and most comprehensive version of the legend ofKing Arthur and theHoly Grail?
... thatHranislav, aBulgarian military commander inByzantine service, was stabbed by his allyRoger de Flor, head of theCatalan Company?
... that the formation of aProtogalaxy inNewfoundland was recorded in 2010?

21 November 2010

18:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

... that after theattack on Pearl Harbor, the United States tried to buy the lastAlmirante Latorre-class battleship(pictured) from Chile?
... thatKjeld Rimberg, who was CEO of theNorwegian State Railways, earlier had worked as a ski instructor inDavos?
... that the west gallery ofSt Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford,Leicestershire, contains aCoade stone fireplace, theRoyal arms, and a dome decorated withputti?
... thatfine art photographerMichael Dweck was the first living artist to have a solo show atSotheby's of New York, in 2003?
... that twoconductors shared performances ofVerdi'sMessa da Requiem inSt. Martin, Idstein?
... that theBolivian ambassador to the United Nations Pablo Solón was the main leader of theTrotskyistSocialist Workers Party in the 1980s?
... thatEdmonton civic leaders turned down a sizable grant fromphilantropist and steelmagnate Andrew Carnegie while constructing theOld Strathcona Branch?
... thatcardiologistRichard Bing worked with theNobel Prize-winning surgeonAlexis Carrel and aviatorCharles Lindbergh on the early development ofmachine perfusion?

12:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt Matthew's Church, Langford, Oxfordshire has twoAnglo-Saxon carved stone reliefs of theCrucifixion, and that in one of them Christ's left and right arms have later been swapped over(pictured)?
... that after winning the Welsh heavyweight boxing title onBoxing Day,Tom Norris held onto the title for just 100 days before being beaten byDick Power?
... thatBach'schorale cantataDu Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116 contains a vocal trio, rare inhis cantatas?
... that the2010–11 Temple Owls men's basketball team was picked to win theAtlantic 10 Conference for the fourth consecutive season?
... thatCharles Albert Watts edited thesecularistLiterary Guide without a break for over 60 years, having taken over apublishing business set up by his father,atheist writerCharles Watts?
... that two women wrestled inlingerie at theWorld Wrestling Federation'sNo Mercy (2001) event?
... thatJohn Keir, who commanded aBritish Army corps in theFirst World War, was sacked after he complained aboutEdmund Allenby's bullying of subordinates?
... that theowl,dog,pelican,opossum andsquirrel sculptures decorating thePerelman Building inPhiladelphia symbolize attributes ofinsurance:wisdom,fidelity,charity,protection, andfrugality?

06:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

A church seen from the north, with an extensive roof. On the right is the nave with a bellcote at the west end; on the left is the chancel with the vestry.

... thatSt Saviour's Church, Tetbury,Gloucestershire,(pictured) was built for the poorer people of the town who could not afford the pew rents at St Mary's Church?
... that in 1949,Jim Lacy became the firstcollege basketball player in history to score 2,000 career points?
... that "So It Goes" byNick Lowe was the first record released onStiff Records?
... that as of 1996,Linda J. Wachner, thenchief executive officer ofWarnaco Group, was the highest paid female corporate executive in the United States?
... thatindependent custody visitors must be immediately admitted to apolice station in theUnited Kingdom so that they can speak to people beingdetained and ensure that they are being properly treated?
... thatCrash actressArlene Tur played professionalbeach volleyball during her time atFlorida International University?
... thatthe Reverend David Sheppard took asabbatical from hisEast End Mission for theMCC tour of Australia in 1962-63, making a century to win theSecond Test atMelbourne and preaching to packedcathedrals fromPerth toBrisbane?
... thatRevolution Software co-founderTony Warriner created the 1986 video gameObsidian when he should have been revising his school exams, causing him to fail them all?

00:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatMimoides phaon(pictured) was the firstswallowtail butterfly of the genusMimoides to stray into theUnited States?
... thatMaelsuthain O'Carroll, advisor toHigh King Brian Boru, was called the "chief doctor of the western world in his time" and "sage of Ireland"?
... that theUTIAS Snowbird is the firstornithopter powered byhuman muscles to be capable of straight-and-level flight?
... that although theU.S. Supreme Court deniedClyde Summers the right to practice law inIllinois in 1945 inIn re Summers, Summers later was a highly influential scholar in the field oflabor law?
... thatKonstanty Jodko-Narkiewicz survived the burning of thehydrogen balloonStar of Poland in 1938?
... that the winner of theNotre Dame–Stanford rivalryfootball game is awarded theLegends Trophy, which is a combination of Irishcrystal andCalifornia redwood?
... that thevoyagers and adventurers in theOutline of canoeing and kayaking includeFreya Hoffmeister, a German kayaker who was the first woman to complete a solo circumnavigation of Australia in 2009?
... that a myth fromChoiseul Island has a man who betrayed a tribal chief punished by suffocation by theflatulence caused by the people around him eating the kernels of theTahitian Chestnut tree?

20 November 2010

18:00, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

... that production of theNaval Aircraft Factory TDN(pictured), a World War IIassault drone, was subcontracted to a company better known for makingbowling balls andbilliard tables?
... thatJames "Hub" Hart was captain of theGeorgetown University football team and then played three years inMajor League Baseball?
... that despite the construction of modern office and apartment buildings and the1985 Mexico City earthquake,Colonia Roma still contains 1,100 of the mansions built there in the early 20th century?
... that the BritishConservative MPAlfred Jephcott was atrade unionist and a member of theAmalgamated Society of Engineers for over 40 years?
... thatWindmill tump is atumulus burial mound inGloucestershire which contains the remains of ten adults and children?
... that the German architectJohannes Krahn designed theBienenkorbhaus(Beehive House) in Frankfurt andSt. Martin inIdstein?
... thatGift of the Wind, a large scalekinetic sculpture by Susumu Shingu in Cambridge,Massachusetts, is considered by some to be "Cambridge's most visible landmark"?
... thatcontroversy over copyright infringement byCooks Source made the phrase "but honestly Monica" into aninternet meme?

12:00, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the discovery ofchemical elementscurium andamericium(americium compound pictured) was first announced on a radio show for children in 1945?
... thatStan Brakhage's 1961short filmThigh Line Lyre Triangular documents the birth of his third child?
... that theMakushin Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes ofAlaska?
... that in the 1930s, poetSiegfried Sassoon lived atTeffont Magna?
... that the 1974folk rock albumThe Children of Lir byLoudest Whisper is one of the most sought after records in Ireland?
... that theAmur class minelayers were the first purpose-built, ocean-goingminelayers when they werelaid down in 1898 for theImperial Russian Navy?
... that measuring 15 feet by 40 feet,Bigger Trees Near Warter is the largest painting byDavid Hockney?
... that the RomanCirencester Amphitheatre inGloucestershire was once used for the sport ofbull-baiting?

06:00, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theCulver Aircraft Company built over 3,000target drones(PQ-14 pictured) for theUnited States military duringWorld War II?
... that in 1972,Denver voters approved abond issue to build a performance hall for theDenver Symphony Orchestra, which played in theaters and auditoriums for its first 44 years?
... that theCross River Rail planned forBrisbane will be the largest transport project ever built inQueensland?
... thatPeter Frederik Suhm was one of the founders of theTrondheim Society, then the northernmost scientific society in the world?
... that during the 1975 test event,East Germany set up timers and cameras along thebobsleigh and lugevenue used for the1976 Winter Olympics inInnsbruck to help their athletes?
... thatChristopher Sower printed and published the first German-language Bible in the United States?
... that theArlanda Line — a high-speedairport rail link toSweden's largest airport — and its three stations,Arlanda North,Arlanda Central andArlanda South, were partly financed by giving theArlanda Express a 40-yearmonopoly?
... that Japanese2channel users created themoe anthropomorphismHinomoto Oniko to reverse the negative connotations of an ethnic slur?

00:00, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the1918 Michigan Wolverines football team(game program pictured), which had its season shortened by aglobal flu pandemic, was recognized decades later as a co-national champion?
... that one newspaper referred to arecent student protest inDublin as "the largest student protest for a generation"?
... that when theLincoln cent was released in 1909, hundreds of people across the United States lined up to get them?
... that the11th Duke of Somerset renamed 40Park Lane asSomerset House, despite the existence ofanother?
... that on 6 April 1945,B-25 Mitchells ofNo. 79 Wing RAAF bombed the Japanese cruiserIsuzu, claiming two hits without loss despite anti-aircraft fire and frontal attacks by enemy fighters?
... thatStephen Fry,Dawn French andCatherine Tate reenact events from their childhoods in theBBC comedy TV seriesLittle Crackers?
... that two teams from theNBA Development League's Western Conference played each other in the 2010 Finals to determine thechampion?
... thatStan Brakhage's 1967short filmEye Myth took about a year to produce, despite a running time of only nine seconds?

19 November 2010

18:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theGreat Mosque of Algiers(pictured) is the oldest mosque inAlgiers and is said to be the second oldest mosque inAlgeria?
... that British soap operasCoronation Street andEastEnders will cross over for the first time today in theChildren in Need 2010 special "East Street"?
... that when part ofNorway'sJæren Line was upgraded todouble track in 2009, theJæren Commuter Rail received four new stations:Paradis,Mariero,Jåttåvågen andGausel?
... thatNew York City Opera percussionistHoward Van Hyning bought a set of 13gongs made specially for use in performances ofPuccini's operaTurandot?
... that ademonstration against raising tuition fees held earlier this month inLondon has been described as the largeststudent protest in theUnited Kingdom for a decade?
... thatEdward Spurway, two of his sonsMichael andFrancis, and his brotherRobert, all playedfirst-class cricket forSomerset?
... that in 8,000BCE thePaiján people of northernPeru used needle-likeprojectile points mounted on hollow shafts of cane or reed as harpoons to catch fish?
... thatCarol Burnett will play aNazi hunter on anupcoming episode ofGlee?

12:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatAoraki / Mount Cook(pictured) is one of manyplaces in New Zealand officially given dual names throughtreaty settlements between the government and Māoriiwi?
... that since 1990, seven countries havetried juveniles as adults andexecuted them?
... thatLeona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" is the most recent of103 million-selling singles in the UK?
... that Latin American public beach resorts known asbalnearios can be highly politicized?
... that aspheromak is a stable ring of hotplasma that's been described as the electrical equivalent of asmoke ring?
... that before theBattle of North Borneo,No. 77 Wing RAAF surgically attacked targets atLabuan as few as 100 m (330 ft) from Allied demolition teams laying charges on the invasion beach?
... that the armor of theFusō-class battleships was incapable of stopping their own shells?
... that in 1994, afterThe Cruel Sea won fourARIA Music Awards for their album,The Honeymoon Is Over, two of the ARIA trophies were stolen that same night?

06:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Austin Burt was the first to invent aworkable typewriter in America, as well as a workablesolar compass(pictured), a solar use surveying instrument, and anequatorial sextant, a precision navigational aid to determine with one observation the location of a ship at sea?
... that the name ofGhardaïa in northern-centralAlgeria has its origins in a female saint namedDaïa who lived in a cave (ghār) in theM'zab valley?
... thatWorld War II canteen assistantTommy Brown and two sailors boardedU-559 in order to retrieve documents which would later help break theEnigma code?
... thatKalin Lucas repeated as preseason conference player of the year prior to the2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season?
... thatFalta was the firstSpecial Economic Zone in India?
... thatLinda Bean, heiress to part of theL.L. Bean company, twice ran for theUnited States Congress?
... thatKnoxville'sLindbergh Forest neighborhood has twoLustron houses built with prefabricatedenameled steel?
... that inRolling Stones guitaristKeith Richards' memoirLife, Richards makes unflattering claims aboutMick Jagger, but adds "I love the man dearly; I'm still his mate"?

00:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

... that somestony corals, such as the aptly namedboulder brain corals(pictured), resemble over-sizedcerebra?
... thatNevada GovernorDenver S. Dickerson resisted pressure to stop the interracial boxing match of defending championJack Johnson and later supervised Johnson's federal prison sentence?
... that thefont inSt Peter's Church, Adderley,Shropshire, has an inscription inLatin which translates as "Here wickedly the first man enjoyed the apple with his wife"?
... thatStanley Tanger not only foundedTanger Factory Outlet Centers, but he has also been credited with inventing the concept of theoutlet mall itself?
... thatMad in America was a 2002 critique of psychiatry written by American journalistRobert Whitaker?
... that the Australian town ofTumbulgum was the third town in the state ofNew South Wales to agree that retail outlets will not provide disposable plastic shopping bags?
... that former PresidentJimmy Carter credited hisWhite House CounselRobert Lipshutz with offering insights that led to the signing of theCamp David Accords betweenEgypt andIsrael?
... that one reviewer ofTruth in Numbers? noted that "theWikipedia article for the film itself was under threat of being deleted"?

18 November 2010

18:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

... that there is an unconfirmed tradition thatWilliam Shakespeare marriedAnne Hathaway inAll Saints Church, Billesley,Warwickshire(pictured)?
... thatEdorian McCullough twice won the Texas high school 100 meter championship and later played for theFrankfurt Galaxy inWorld Bowl XV?
... that a Chinese police officer's son, convinced that he would avoid facingcriminal consequences after hitting apedestrian, yelled "My dad is Li Gang!"?
... thatphilanthropistLloyd Morainread palms inHollywood before a career as autilities executive, and, uniquely, served two terms as president of theAmerican Humanist Association?
... that themurder of worshipers inKysylyn during themassacres of Poles in Volhynia became the subject of a2009 historical documentary film forTelewizja Polska?
... that theCalifornia Voting Rights Act makes it easier for minority groups in California to prove that their votes are being diluted in "at-large" elections?
... that American Baptist missionaryGeorge J. Geis was working at the Kachin Bible Training School he had established inKutkai at the time of his death in 1936?
... that prior to the1933 Cincinnati Reds season, a newspaper reported thatJo-Jo Morrissey "developed amazingly", yet he finished fifth in the league inerrors andbatted .230?

12:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatKetchaoua Mosque(pictured) inAlgiers is a "mosque-turned-cathedral-turned-mosque"?
... thatNewsday reporterDonald S. Kellermann deliberately broke into a bar so that he could be arrested and write a series of articles about conditions at theSuffolk County, New York jail?
... that a builder ofSt Mark's Church inHadlow Down,East Sussex, was sacked for deliberately placing itsweather vane upside down?
... that the newly named extinct prawnAciculopoda is the third unambiguous fossildecapod from before theMesozoic?
... that FBI informantAngela Calomiris donatedUS$50 of government money to the legal defense fund forCPUSA leaders before testifying against them in court?
... that the upcoming filmMy Idiot Brother went into production unusually quickly for anindependent film, with a first cut to be completed less than a year after the script was picked up?
... that on April 22, 1900,Roger Denzer earned the first win inChicago White Sox franchise history?
... thatU Ba Nyan, a prominentBurmese painter, metGeorge V of the United Kingdom in person, after he had saved one of the king's relatives from drowning?

06:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the staircases in the 1891Monadnock Building inChicago(pictured) were the first use ofaluminum in a building?
... thatModi Alon scored theIsraeli Air Force's first aerial victories on 3 June 1948 while flying anAvia S-199, a derivative of the GermanMesserschmitt Bf 109?
... that the exterior ofSt Mary Magdalene's Church inCroome D'Abitot was designed byLancelot "Capability" Brown inGothic Revival style, but the interior byRobert Adam isGeorgian?
... that SaintMaximilian Kolbe was called the "Apostle ofConsecration to Mary"?
... thatUsher's song "Love in This Club, Part II", which featuresBeyoncé andLil Wayne, was originally planned to have guest appearances fromMariah Carey andPlies?
... that since 1952, theAustrian Consulate General inNew York City is located in the formertownhouse of the paper manufacturerAugustus G. Paine, Jr.?
... that parts of theshield volcanoFumarole Butte were once covered byLake Bonneville?
... that inOak Ridge, Tennessee, theguard stations where military police controlled access to atomic facilities are now listed historic properties used for meetings and education?

00:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatÅland Maritime Museum inMariehamn,Åland, features themuseum shipPommern (pictured), formerlyone of the fastest windjammers in thegrain trade in the 1930s?
... that theLuftwaffe command bunker and tower, and the German naval tactical headquarters were located inSaint Anne, Alderney duringWorld War II?
... thatstrawweight mixed martial arts fightersMichael Willian Costa andLincon de Sa are scheduled to face off for the inauguralShooto South American Championship held in Brazil next month?
... thatACI Club is the single largestmarina chain in theMediterranean?
... thatWilliam Dennison Clark, whose "wretched blunder" in 1905 endedMichigan's 56-game unbeaten streak infootball, killed himself 27 years later, reportedly expressing the hope to atone for his error?
... that until the end of the 19th century, the bulk of thesalt used in theUnited States came fromsalt producers in Syracuse, New York?
... that it was suggested forThe Hives to rename their2004 hit to "too dumb,and Dutch and broken bones"?
... that the upthrust ofStark's Knob has been studied using snails in pillows?

17 November 2010

18:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Man in blue tunic and white breeches of the Spanish artillery officers uniform of the Napoleonic era

... that CaptainLuis Daoiz de Torres(pictured) refused orders to hand over his barracks toFrench troops during theDos de Mayo Uprising, and was killed in the ensuing attack?
... that a 25 km (16 mi) stretch of theGerman Autobahn nearMunich served as thevenue for thecycling road team time trial event at the1972 Summer Olympics?
... thatMikhail Beketov, a Russian journalist who opposed construction of theMoscow – Saint Petersburg motorway, was beaten up by unknown assailants in November 2008, leaving him wheelchair-bound?
... that a series of diplomatic struggles between the major Mediterranean powers of the 15th century culminated in newly crownedMehmed II orderinghis first invasion of Albania?
... that a 3,000 ft (910 m)breakwater built by theBritish to protect its Navy in the 19th century shelters theBraye Harbour?
... thathistorianPaul H. Carlson co-authored a revisionist study of the 1860 capture ofCynthia Ann Parker, seized by theComanche in 1836, when she was a young girl?
... that a boat made ofseal skin dated to theStone Age, as well as the world's oldestbeer bottles, can be found in theÅland Museum inMariehamn,Åland?
... thatWalter Goodfellow obtained thetype specimen of theMikado Pheasant, comprising two long black tail feathers, from one of hisporters who was wearing them in hishead-dress?

12:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the wordmaelstrom was brought into the English language byEdgar Allan Poe describing theMoskenstraumen(illustrated) located atMoskenesøya island in theNorwegian Sea?
... thatBilly Hulen of thePhiladelphia Phillies was the last regular left-handedshortstop inMajor League Baseball history?
... that records ofchristenings,marriages, andburials in the former parish ofFisherton Delamere,Wiltshire,England are preserved back to the 1560s?
... thatExtinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, written byornithologistJames Greenway, was an inspiration for theIUCN Red List?
... that the rareFitzgerald Woollybush is found along with thebarrel cone bush,claw flower, anddwarf sheoak in theFitzgerald River National Park?
... thatLouis Ayres designed the chapel at theMeuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial inFrance?
... that in 2005, theLeeuwin Estate winery showcased musicianSting as part of its annualconcert series, raising overA$4 million forIndian Ocean earthquake and tsunami relief efforts?
... that formerGovernor of GuamTemplin Potts threatened todischarge any man under his command who married a native woman?

06:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theSecunderabad Clock Tower(pictured), which was inaugurated in 1897, was erected in honour of the progress made by theBritish officers posted at theSecunderabad Cantonment?
... that whenAndriza Mircovich chose to beexecuted by shooting, prison officials were unable to find five men willing to participate in thefiring squad and had to build a shooting machine?
... that as many as5 million people per day come into theCuauhtémoc borough ofMexico City to work, shop or visit its cultural and historic sites?
... that after reading articles byJulian Huxley on the disappearance ofAfrica'swildlife,Victor Stolan wrote to him with "the germ of the idea" that led to theWorld Wildlife Fund?
... thatAyame Koike was one of three recipients of the Judges' Special Acting Award from the Japan Movie Critics Awards in recognition of their performance inAlways Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi?
... that theMetro Manila radio stationNU 107's programIn the Raw was created as response toPresident Corazon Aquino'sexecutive order of at least threeOriginal Pilipino Music tracks per hour?
... thatJohn Frullo, a newRepublican member of theTexas House of Representatives, is active in an organization which promotes the restoration ofbighorn sheep toTexas?
... that in 1962 theEngland cricket captainTed Dexter hit a ball out of the 120,000 seatMelbourne Cricket Ground, a feat previously thought impossible?

00:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theaisles ofSt Leonard's Church, Bridgnorth,Shropshire,(tower pictured) were destroyed when stored ammunition was ignited by cannon fire in theCivil War in 1646?
... that the writings ofCzech national poet Karel Hynek Mácha, born 200 years ago today, include the poemMáj, novelCikáni, diary ofJourney to Italy and theDiary of 1835 which deals with his relationship with his fiancéeLori?
... that theMount Whaleback mine atNewman,Western Australia, is the biggest single-pit open-cut iron ore mine in the world?
... that singer-songwriterFernando Osorio wrote the last song recorded by Cuban performerCelia Cruz?
... that thecurator of theLeavenworth Nutcracker Museum inWashington studiedballet underRussian prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova?
... that martial artistErick Silva competed in "one of the wettest events inMMA history" when the outdoor event was subjected to torrential rain?
... that theRoyal Lichtenstein Quarter-Ring Sidewalk Circus was a ministry of the CaliforniaJesuits?
... thatArthur Conan Doyle used photos of theCottingley Fairies to prove the existence ofsupernatural entities, though an analysis of the images byGeoffrey Crawley showed that they were a hoax?

16 November 2010

18:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

... that since the 1890s, a warmer climate has causedBreiðamerkurjökull(pictured), an outlet glacier of the larger glacier ofVatnajökull, to rapidly retreat?
... that a malfunctioning starting gate at thelugevenue during the men's doubles event at the1972 Winter Olympics inSapporo would lead to the only tie in Olympic luge history?
... thatSt Swithun's Church, Worcester, is described as "one of the best preserved examples of an earlyGeorgian church in England"?
... thatTeslim Balogun was the first African to qualify as a professionalfootball coach?
... that theFrench Battalion'sbayonet charges at theBattle of Wonju impressedGeneral Ridgway to encourage all American units to conduct bayonet fighting during theKorean War?
... that "Crumblin' Down" wasJohn Cougar Mellencamp's first single released with his real last name?
... thatPalo y hueso wasNicolás Sarquís' first feature-length movie, shot in 1968 and costing just $15,715 to make?
... thatRobbie "The Flame" Olivier's last fight was stopped after a fan riot made it impossible to continue?

12:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

A portrait of a middle-aged man with a yellow turban, a white sash from his right shoulder running across his chest and medals adorning his black Nehru jacket

... that theAndhra Pradesh Housing Board, which was conceived byNizam Osman Ali Khan(pictured) in 1911, enhanced the look ofHyderabad with civic amenities long before many otherIndian cities?
... that theOkomu andCross River national parks inNigeria, both home to many rare species includingchimpanzees, are both increasingly threatened by illegal forestry?
... that presenterNatasha Fatah said she broke down in tears in response to her interviewees' stories about being a refugee during the recording of theCBC Radio One programPromised Land?
... thatAshleigh "The Thunderball Kid" Grimshaw has had a negative record on two occasions in his career?
... thatHöfn, anIcelandic fishing town, hasan entire museum devoted to glaciers?
... that theeponymous extended play byThe Shadows,The Shadows to the Fore,Spotlight on The Shadows andThe Boys all werenumber-one EPs in the UK?
... thatBelvedere, one of the historical centres ofsugar production in the United States Virgin Islands, contains a villa hotel which has been converted from an old sugar mill?
... thatboxerLefty Satan Flynn was born Selvin Campbell and was nicknamedHis Satanic Majesty?

06:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatDisney Channel veteranSelena Gomez(pictured) sings the theme song for the new Disney series,Shake It Up?
... thatan overactive thyroid gland can cause attacks ofparalysis, particularly in young men ofChinese andJapanese origin?
... that duringWorld War II, when a new model of theMitsubishi 'Zero' received itsAmerican code name, theprominent general it was named after was not very amused?
... that inUnited States v. Carmack in 1946, theU.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's power under theCondemnation Act to exerciseeminent domain over land owned by astate?
... that amilestone found nearMilecastle 17 onHadrian's Wall is the only known contemporary record of the name ofGaius Julius Marcus,Roman Governor ofBritain?
... that the entire2009 NBA Development League Expansion Draft took place viateleconference?
... that British Army soldierMatthew Kilroy was found guilty ofmanslaughter in theBoston Massacre?
... that thesod-surfacedLarson Brothers Airport was described as the "finest airport in the state" ofWisconsin in 1932?

00:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatWadjemup Lighthouse(pictured) wasAustralia's first rotating beamlighthouse?
... that on November 14, 1942, black gospel quartetThe Jubalaires had a hit with "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition", a response to theattack on Pearl Harbor the previous year?
... thatLeopold II's mistressCaroline Delacroix was so loathed by theBelgian public that on one occasion, her carriage was stoned inBrussels?
... that the "strange, flat-bottomed boat" in whichBeatrix Potter rowed onMoss Eccles Tarn is now housed in theWindermere Steamboat Museum?
... thatJohanna Bugge Olsen was convicted of treason for having printed some "un-national" material inArbeidet duringWWII?
... that one definition ofjudicial bias in Singapore is that a "reasonable and fair-minded person" who is present incourt and knows all the relevant facts suspects that afair trial is not possible?
... that on 21 June 2001, on theMount Newman railway, aBHP Billiton iron ore train consisting of 682 cars broke the world record for the heaviest train, weighing 99,734 tons and being 7.3 kilometres long?
... that when playing for theChicago Bulls in 1985,Quintin Dailey complained thatMichael Jordan received more attention from the team's coaches, arguing that he was "a player who likes to shine a little bit myself"?
... that in the 16th century people convicted ofsedition had their ears nailed to thepillory inNorwich Market, and when their pillory time was completed their ears were cut off?

15 November 2010

18:00, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatMichelin-starred chefMasa Takayama(pictured) would deliver food only toMarlon Brando?
... that the proposedNorth Bothnia Line will allow high-speed trains to travel fromStockholm toLuleå Central Station?
... thatJule Sugarman helped design and administer theHead Start Program, which has served 27 million American children from low-income families since its inception in 1965?
... that a match at theWorld Wrestling Federation'sNo Mercy (2000) event resulted from one wrestler hitting another with a car to protest racism?
... thatW. G. Grace was the firstcricketer to scorea century of first-class centuries?
... thatpediatric trauma accounted for 59.5% of allmortality in theUnited States forchildren in 2004?
... thatSir Walter Raleigh mentions the church ofTevont Evias in hisDiscoverie of Guiana (1596)?
... thatBotetourt, one of the best knownmineral springs inVirginia and one of the chiefsulphuric thermals in America, was visited byGeneral Lafayette in 1824?
... that theBritish National Grid saw a record 2800 MW increase in demand due to theboiling of kettles and the opening of fridge doors after the1990 FIFA World Cup Semi-Final betweenEngland andWest Germany?

12:00, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatJaipur'sJantar Mantar(pictured), a collection of architectural astronomical instruments, was recognized byUNESCO in 2010 as the 28thWorld Heritage Site in India?
... that after being wounded at thecapture of Martinique, Lt-Gen.James Murray had to sleep sitting up for the rest of his life?
... that, with 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) of track,Rio Tinto'sHamersley & Robe River railway is the largest privately owned heavy freight rail network inAustralia?
... that outfielderHarl Maggert was on pace to win abatting title when he was permanently suspended fromprofessional baseball forthrowing games?
... thatCarl Scheibler's method of extracting sugar fromsugar beet molasses withstrontium hydroxide was widely used beforeWorld War I?
... thatWest Shore, a magazine published from 1875 to 1891 inPortland,Oregon, was well known for its illustrations of scenery, architecture, and commerce of thePacific Northwest?
... that after beating the highly touted prospectFrancisco "Massaranduba" Drinaldo via armbar,Yuri Alcantara was signed byWorld Extreme Cagefighting to appear on theirlast ever event?
... that the 2009 single "I've Got Nothing" was written entirely throughcrowdsourcing in 10 weeks?

06:00, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

... that thecookbookI Love Bacon! has a recipe byCat Cora(pictured) for "Pig Candy Ice Cream," which contains chopped bacon?
... that a few years after theecological restoration ofHyderabad'sSaroornagar Lake in 2003,migratory birds returned to the lake in large numbers?
... that there is an upcominganimated series starringSpider-Man based on theUltimate Spider-Man storyline that will air onDisney XD?
... that, after breaking his nose in the1906 World Series,Ed Hahn batted .429 to help theChicago White Sox win their first championship?
... that the ratepayer protest led byNew Zealand lawyerWilliam Wynn-Williams nearly bankruptedChristchurch City Council?
... thatYin Yin Nwe, a Burmese geologist, was appointedUNICEF Representative toChina on December 1, 2006?
... that all fourfootballvenues at the1968 Summer Olympics would be used asFIFA World Cup stadia whenMexico hosted the Cup in1970 and1986?
... that the 27-million-year-oldCobb Seamount is so heavily encrusted in sea life that no bare rock surface has been found indives?

00:00, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

... that a rainstorm that disrupted theFirst Test in the1950–51 Ashes series was blamed on the Americanatomic bomb experiments carried out onBikini Atoll(pictured)?
... thatSaint Sava likely had a hand in the murder of 13th-centuryBulgarian nobleStrez, a largely independent ruler inMacedonia?
... that theCharles A. Miller House was built for the oldestfuneral director inCincinnati,Ohio?
... thatGreat Migrations, the largest programming event of theNational Geographic Channel, is part of the largest cross-platform initiative since the founding of theNational Geographic Society in 1888?
... that the artifacts on display at theAlderney Society Museum are as diverse as 1940census papers,cinerary urns, dulcie cups, andcurry powder bottles?
... that gifts tomonasteries in medievalNormandy were often rerecorded onpancartes?
... thatSir Alan Huggins was one of the first non-permanent Hong Kong judges of theHong Kong Court of Final Appeal appointed in 1997?
... that to promoteRevenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes, two human-sizedtomatoes picketed Super Bowl XVII?

14 November 2010

18:00, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

... that some believe theLucan portrait(pictured) is a self-portrait ofLeonardo da Vinci?
... that despite operating from 1878 to 1896,Dartmouth Lifeboat was only required for one shipwreck?
... thatAbraham Curry and his business partners purchased a large portion ofEagle Valley for aUS$300down payment and set aside 10 acres (4 ha) to build theNevada State Capitol?
... that the newCommonwealth boxing championLiam Walsh and his two brothers made their pro boxing debuts on the same night?
... that whenDutch officials took control of theBredoLab botnet, they were able to use it against itself?
... thatState RepresentativeJim Landtroop was also a winning varsitybasketball coach inPlainview,Texas?
... that theSimplySiti cosmetic line was founded by and named afterMalaysian singerSiti Nurhaliza, and some of its products are named after her recordings?
... thatan upcoming soundtrack album will feature actressGwyneth Paltrow performing a censored version ofCee Lo Green's "Fuck You!" for an episode ofGlee?

12:00, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield,Shropshire,(pictured) is built on the site of theBattle of Shrewsbury that took place in 1403?
... that in 1937, aBSA Empire Starmotorcycle ridden byWalter Handley won a race atBrooklands with a fastest lap of 107.57 miles per hour (173.12 km/h)?
... that theDucoudray Holstein Expedition planned to invadePuerto Rico?
... that the world's first glasssummit cross was erected on theSchartwand inSalzburg'sTennengebirge mountains?
... that whenPaul McCartney offeredIsla Blair a ride home, his fans attacked her?
... thatRio Tinto's Pilbara operations, consisting of theBrockman 2,Channar,Eastern Range,Hope Downs,Marandoo,Mesa A,Mesa J,Mount Tom Price,Nammuldi,Paraburdoo,West Angelas andYandicoogina mines, produced202 million tonnes of iron ore in 2009, accounting for almost 13% of the world production?
... that the short-livedCBS adventureseriesSpencer's Pilots starredcharacter actor Gene Evans as the owner of a small aviation company?
... that after hanging for nineteen years in a staff cafeteria and eleven in a living room,Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's paintingWarlugulong sold at auction in 2007 for a record-breakingA$2.4 million?

06:00, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theAmericanization School(pictured) inOceanside, California, was built as part of historicassimilation programs aimed atSpanish-speaking immigrants?
... thatBach composed four dialogues for hiscantataO Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, three between Fear and Hope, and one between Fear and theVoice of Christ?
... thatFowey Lifeboat Station was opened in the nearby village ofPolkerris in 1859, and was not moved into the town ofFowey itself until 1922?
... thatCockfield Football Club, from the tiny "two-street pit village" ofCockfield, County Durham, was dubbed the "Village Wonder Team" after reaching the semi-finals of theFA Amateur Cup in 1923?
... thatKastelholm Castle is one of only five survivingFinnish medieval fortresses that is also considered to be architecturally substantial?
... that because thePolavaram Project would submerge 276 villages inIndia, it was opposed byhuman rights andenvironmental activists,political parties, and neighboring governments?
... thatNick Fazekas, thenumber one overall selection in the2010 NBA Development League Draft, was aD-League All-Star before he was even picked?
... thattwo major rivers ofBorneo originate in the same area, flow in different directions, but havethe same name?

00:00, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

A small stone building with four columns and a pedimented roof in the middle of a paved circle at the end of a road, surrounding by tall trees and shrubbery

... that the 1907 WoodwardMausoleum(pictured) atMachpelah Cemetery inLe Roy, New York, was built for the man who made a fortune developingJell-O into a bestselling dessert?
... thatCuban American singerGloria Estefan became the first female recipient of theLatin Recording Academy Person of the Year award in 2008?
... thatAppianoporites,Margaretbarromyces, andQuatsinoporites are allfossil fungi fromVancouver Island,British Columbia?
... that theSlovenian-Italian brotherhood was one of the platforms of theUnited Trade Unions of the Free Territory of Trieste?
... that afterEll Persons, an African American man, waslynched and decapitated in 1917, his head was thrown at a group of African Americans?
... that theMignot Memorial Hospital inAlderney is not covered by theNational Health Service?
... that the last engraving byWilliam Blake was avisiting card for his friendGeorge Cumberland, which Blake decorated with childrenhoop rolling and flyingkites?
... that American burglarJohnny Hope, the son ofanother burglar, may have been part of his father's gang that robbed the Manhattan Bank in 1878, netting nearly$3 million in cash and securities?

13 November 2010

18:00, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

... that in 2011, theSwedish Transport Administration will upgrade a 57-kilometre (35 mi) section of theCoast-to-Coast Lineelectric railway(pictured) to shave seven minutes off the travel time?
... that in the 1777Battle of Machias, aBritish amphibious assault seized stores of flour, rice, corn, shoes, and ammunition, but was driven off byUnited States forces assisted byMaliseet,Passamaquoddy, andPenobscot Indians?
... thatWilliam Donald Albrighthomesteaded inAlberta'sPeace River region in 1913 and conducted studies there that led to his farm becomingCanada's northernmostagricultural experiment station?
... that femaleR&B groupFaya was discovered singing at a youth centre inSlough, and went on to sign a six-album deal withDef Jam Recordings?
... that in the1949 municipal election in the Free Territory of Trieste, thecommunist-ledSlavic-Italian Anti-Fascist Union won 97% of the votes inMonrupino?
... thatAmerican novelistHarold "Hal" King earned the title "the crown prince of suspense" with the publication of his 1979 anti-Nazi thrillerClosing Ceremonies?
... that inBach'sSt John Passion in thePhilharmonie Luxembourg,Christoph Prégardien was theEvangelist andAndreas Pruys sang the words ofChrist?
... thatfirst basemanBabe Borton bribed opponents so that his team could win the 1919Pacific Coast League championship?

12:00, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatSoviet PremierNikita Khrushchev once proposed a major dam on theBzyb River(pictured), but dropped the idea when he learned it would affect the beach at his favorite resort ofPitsunda?
... that most leadingNorwegian communists hit by the NaziOperation Almenrausch in 1944 – includingPeder Furubotn,Ørnulf Egge andRoald Halvorsen – survived?
... that theCanfield-Wright House was built for an oil tycoon who developedBeverly Hills andDel Mar, California?
... thatSex, Slander, and Salvation was published just beforeDavid Berg's death and theLove Charter's reorganization of theFamily International?
... that according to theFBI, purportedmobsterJoseph Miranda once owed his life tofamily bossSam DeCavalcante?
... thatMenara Kudus Mosque is the only mosque inJava known to have aMajapahit-style Hindu drum tower?
... that, in 1946,Marv Rackley was hired by his teammateJackie Robinson to play for the "Jackie Robinson All-Stars"?
... that thechancel arch inSt Michael's Church, Stretton en le Field,Leicestershire, appears to be made of stone, but is actually wood covered withstucco, giving the appearance of stone?

06:00, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the "secretive character" of theBeggar Looking Through His Hat(pictured), attributed to 17th-century artistJacques Bellange, may have appealed to its former owner, AmericanKGB spyMichael Straight?
... thatHangar No. 1, once used byCharles Lindbergh, was built atLos Angeles International Airport when it consisted of a dirt landing strip in the middle of bean and barley fields?
... that athletes from theTønsberg FIKNorwegian track and field club have won national championships indistance running,throwing andsprints?
... that theextended playHits byThe Beach Boys spent 34 weeks atnumber-one in the EP chart?
... thatCefn Golau, a disusedcholera cemetery nearTredegar in Wales, has many graves dating from August andSeptember 1849?
... thatVic Tandy was the first researcher to linkinfrasound andghosts together?
... that the lyrics ofYes's last top-ten rock hit "The Calling" were inspired by singerJon Anderson's concept of "local history"?
... thatexecutionerThomas Henry Scott was fired for being with aprostitute on the night before ahanging job?

00:00, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatElizabeth Bisland(pictured) lost a celebrated race around the world toNellie Bly in 1889–90?
... that a classic hypothetical example of theWednesbury unreasonableness doctrine inadministrative law, whichapplies in Singapore, is a public authority dismissing a teacher because of herred hair?
... thatArne Wam, as director of theNorwegian State Railways, ended the practice of turning all the seats in whatever direction a train was facing?
... that the vocal quartet ofMonika Frimmer,Christa Bonhoff,Dantes Diwiak, andPeter Kooy recorded theAugsburger Tafel-Confect ("Augsburg Table Confectionary") ofValentin Rathgeber andJohann Caspar Seyfert?
... that British engineerBert Perrigo, who helped develop theBSA Blue Star motorcycles in the 1930s, was paid one-half-pennyroyalty for every motorcycle sold?
... thatJames Gunn's 1972science fiction novelThe Listeners was proposed as an unrecognized classic in the field byNew Scientist magazine in November 2010?
... that mis-transcribed versions of thePratt-Yorke opinion of 1757 were circulated in British North America by opponents of theRoyal Proclamation of 1763?
... that themanga characterLittle Fluffy Gigolo Pelu was inspired by the lovelorn wandererTora-san?

12 November 2010

18:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

... that in 2009 theWallkill Valley Rail Trail(pictured), a public walkway inupstate New York, nearly doubled in length?
... that in 1939, three IcelandicNazi-sympathizers approachedPrince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe with the hope of making him king ofIceland?
... thatAbingdon Boys School, a band that shares a name with a school formerly attended by members ofRadiohead, hascontributed music toanime such asDarker than Black andSoul Eater?
... thatMaine SenatorCharles "Babe" Carter was known for his agility, nerve, and "wonderful handling of his massive frame" as afootball player in the early 1900s?
... thatThe Decemberists'single off of theirnew album has been compared toR.E.M.,Neil Young,Steely Dan andBruce Springsteen?
... that a 1993 parliamentary rule passed in thepredominantly Catholic country of San Marino changed the loyalty oath from "Holy Gospel" to "on my honor"?
... that acave nearOtapi is named for and linked to a legend involving theAbkhazian heroAbrskil?
... that in the late 1940s,American blues shouter andjazz singerDuke Henderson renounced his past and began broadcasting as Brother Henderson, aminister andgospel DJ?

12:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

... that, according to legend,Monte Titano(pictured) inSan Marino was given as a gift toSaint Marinus, astonemason fleeing anti-Christian persecution, who established ahermitage there?
... that in the2009 M-1 Challenge Season in the sport ofmixed martial arts, Team Benelux'sDanny van Bergen was one of only two team members to finish with a positive record?
... thatSteely Dan singerDonald Fagen's onlyBillboard Top 40 hit as a solo artist was "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)", a song inspired by theInternational Geophysical Year ofJuly 1957 –December 1958?
... thatMeyer Foshaug held one of the first four seats won by theLabour Party in theParliament of Norway?
... that, in addition to mobilizing labor brigades for the post-war reconstruction ofYugoslavia, theAnti-Fascist Youth Union of the Free Territory of Trieste planned sporting and cultural events?
... that thetroubadour Peire Rogier addressed a poem toAimerico Manrique de Lara,Duke of Narbonne (c. 1152–1177), encouraging him to live up to his illustrious Spanish lineage?
... that the 19th-centuryKaplaneios School inIoannina,Greece, evolved into the most significant intellectual center of the city through the work ofAthanasios Psalidas?
... that after the2003 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team gave up sixturnovers againstNavy, EMU head coach Jeff Woodruff said, "You can't beat a high school team giving up five turnovers"?

06:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

... that, referring toChe Guevara T-shirts and other clothing(jacket pictured),Aleida Guevara said that Che "probably would have been delighted to see his face on the breasts of so many beautiful women"?
... that the writerFrederick James Gould became a prominentagnostic and pioneeringsecular humanist despite having studiedtheology with "devout fury" during his youth?
... that the pool for thewater polovenue at the1964 Summer Olympics inTokyo was shallow enough to allow tallerYugoslav players to stand with their heads above water?
... that directorNobuhiko Obayashi purposely made thespecial effects in theJapanese horror comedy filmHouse look unrealistic?
... thatLos Angeles attorneyNorman Sterry represented theNew York Yankees in a landmarkU.S. Supreme Court case that upheld an exemption from theantitrust laws forMajor League Baseball?
... that afterAIDS activistRand Schrader died in 1993, hispartner David Bohnett founded theGeoCities website using the benefits from Schrader'slife insurance?
... that althoughNancy Greene won the women'salpine skiing giant slalom raceat the 1968 Winter Olympics, thestop clock malfunctioned and said otherwise, leaving her with a headache for two days?
... that a portableelectric chair was moved fromcounty to county forexecutions in Mississippi so thatone county would not be stigmatized as a "death county"?

00:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

... that an early example of theBerliner Helicopter(pictured) was thought to have potential as a "flyingtorpedo" to be used to hold cities forransom?
... that, because of a lifelong medical condition that may beProteus syndrome,Mandy Sellars' legs and feet weigh about 210 lb (95 kg), while her upper body only weighs about 84 lb (38 kg)?
... that theAmerican government and advocates of political reform have been increasinglypromoting democracy in theMiddle East andNorth Africa since September 11, 2001?
... thatfilm studies are less concerned withfilmmaking than with exploring the narrative, artistic, cultural, economic, and political implications of cinema?
... that General SirPeter Lumsden accompaniedhis brother on a British military mission toKandahar in 1857?
... that orangeironstone, whiteashlar stone, brick, redsandstone,granite and timber were all used to build theAll Saints Church, Beeby?
... that despite the mental demands of his profession,Edward William Archibald, consideredCanada's firstneurosurgeon, was described as a "distressinglyabsent-minded character"?

11 November 2010

18:00, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the altar of the church of thePatriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity(pictured) nearVeliko Tarnovo,Bulgaria, was once used for pagan sacrifices?
... thatCongregation Or Chadash, Chicago's oldestLGBT synagogue, may have been targeted in the2010 cargo plane bomb plot?
... that in the aftermath of the1907 Kingston earthquake, theGovernor of Jamaica refused an offer of eight surgeons from threeUnited States warships?
... thatRaymond Kimutai Bett set a new race record to win the 2010Athens Classic Marathon, which celebrated the 2,500th anniversary of theBattle of Marathon?
... thatAmerican electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriterCash McCall has evolved in musical styles fromgospel tosoul to theblues?
... that theCloud Break mine project, worthA$2 billion, was in danger of not being approved after the discovery of the incredibly rareNight Parrot in the area?
... that, unlike otherColonial Revival post offices in New York, theLenox Hill station onManhattan'sUpper East Side has two main entrances on either side?
... that theNational Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers, a forerunner of theRoyal British Legion, was founded in opposition to the re-conscription of men injured duringWorld War I?

12:00, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the large ritualE-Group complex northeast of the ancientacropolis in theMaya city ofEl Chal(altar pictured) inGuatemala was once the city centre?
... thatJohn Stirk played every league game duringWatford Football Club's 1978–79 promotion-winning season?
... that thecatsharks of thegenusGaleus—G. antillensis,G. arae,G. atlanticus,G. cadenati,G. eastmani,G. gracilis,G. longirostris,G. melastomus,G. mincaronei,G. murinus,G. nipponensis,G. piperatus,G. polli,G. priapus,G. sauteri,G. schultzi, andG. springeri—have "saws" on their tails?
... that teenagerBarbara-Ann Scott was the firstCanadian towin a gold medal inOlympic figure skating with her performance at the1948 Winter Olympics?
... thatMajor GeneralAndrew CummingCBE, who commandedBritish troops in theNATO-ledKosovo Force in 1992, became controller of the charitySSAFA Forces Help after leaving the Army in 2004?
... thatIndiana'sGas Boom of the 1880s played a pivotal role in the development of theHartford City Courthouse Square Historic District?
... that the body of amateurcricketerHenry Arkwright, who was killed by anavalanche in 1866, was found 31 years later missing its head and both feet?

06:00, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the birth ofGabi(pictured with mother), the firstelephant conceived inIsrael throughartificial insemination, was viewedlive by over 350,000 people in 108 countries?
... that theGeorge W. Bush presidential campaign usedJohn Cougar Mellencamp's "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." at a campaign rally, despite Mellencamp's opposition to Bush's political positions?
... that theÅdalen Line ofSweden will be upgraded to become part of a high-speed railway corridor betweenStockholm andUmeå?
... that whilePeter Tshirumbu Tsheehama was chief of theNamibian intelligence agency, the agency was informally known as "Tshirumbu's people"?
... that by 1978,The New York Times, theLos Angeles Times, andThe Boston Globe banned their writers from working asofficial scorers forMajor League Baseball due to a conflict of interest?
... thatLouisiana industrialist and politicalkingmakerLouis J. Roussel, Jr. began his career in the 1930s as aNew Orleans bus driver?
... that in 1977 the body ofSt Mary's Church, Brentingby,Leicestershire, was partly demolished and converted into a house, leaving the tower standing?
... that after theMaliseetGabriel Acquin gave thePrince of Wales a ride in hiscanoe, he was invited toLondon, where he set up awigwam inSouth Kensington?
... that philosophers differ in opinion as to whetherpotential future persons havevalue or not?

00:00, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the seeds ofIpomoea violacea(pictured) contain severalindole alkaloids havingLSD-like hallucinogenic properties, and therefore were used inAztec rituals?
... that in thechildren's bookMission: Earth,astronaut Thomas D. Jones describes using specializedradar technology to measurecarbon monoxide pollution on theEarth?
... thatfloods inMalaysia inNovember 2010 affected the homes of aState Chief Minister and aFederal Minister?
... that by 1900, a 12-man outlaw gang led bydesperadoJack Sully had reportedly stolen 50,000 cattle and 3,000 horses?
... thatSharad Anantrao Joshi was the soleMember of Parliament to vote against thebill providing 33% reservation for women in theupper house of the Indian Parliament and thestate assemblies?
... that one ofSammy Davis, Jr.'s performances inNevada was a gig at theNorthern Nevada Correctional Center?
... thattheatre director and criticBranko Gavella refereed the opening match of the first Croatianassociation football championship in 1912?
... that after visitingSir John Fagg in 1697,Daniel Defoe wrote of Fagg's prodigious bullocks, "I never saw any thing like them"?

10 November 2010

18:00, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatDubrovnik's historic main streetStradun(pictured) was the site of a tennis match played inJuly 2010 byGoran Ivanišević andJohn McEnroe?
... thatButchers Wheel, acutlery and tool factory inSheffield, could only be accessed through a single, guarded door?
... thatDouglas Lima was expected to showcase his skills with an easy victory overBrent Weedman in a mixed martial arts title fight, but lost?
... that despite its high praise by critics, theCommunity episode "Epidemiology" was the least-watched non-reality component ofNBC'sComedy Night Done Right lineup?
... thatMemphis andcountry blues guitarist and songwriterDan Sane recorded withFrank Stokes, billed as the Beale Street Sheiks?
... thatWilliam Hancock was one of seven Hancock brothers to playrugby union forSomerset?
... thatCharles Chauncey Burr was anabolitionist before theAmerican Civil War but then became aCopperhead?
... that in the 1870sRussian liberals likeGuerrier andChicherin accusedKarl Marx of being narrowly concerned with theproletariat and indifferent to theentrepreneur's "psychic labour"?
... thatThe Beatles recorded"Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" and "Sie Liebt Dich" because the German labelOdeon Records insisted that they record their hit songs in German to generate more sales there?

12:00, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatLinx(train pictured) cited competition fromlow-cost airlines for terminating theirOslo−Stockholm train service?
... that the 1994Health Security Express bus tour experienced technical difficulties, including an overheating bus?
... that studios release films in the fall, duringOscar season, to have a better chance at winning theAcademy Awards?
... thatU2'slatest live EP was created as part of a program to draw customers to independent record shops during the 2010holiday shopping season?
... that brothersAmos Jr. andPaul Stagg both playedquarterback for their fatherAmos Alonzo Stagg at theUniversity of Chicago, and later led teams against each other as college coaches themselves?
... that theLegion of Ratu Adil was a pro-Dutch militia and private army established during theIndonesian National Revolution?
... thatRichard Nixon unilaterally created theUnited States Environmental Protection Agency withReorganization Plan No. 3?
... that two unexplained stepped tunnels near KingHerod'sHyrcania fortress in theJudean desert have attractedtreasure hunters looking for riches described in theCopper Scroll ofQumran?

06:00, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

... that DaXiongBao Hall ofFengguo Temple(pictured), first built in 1020, is one of the earliest examples inChinese architecture wherebracket sets are used in between columns instead of simplestruts?
... thatspitballerJimmy Dygert, who won 21 games in 1907, weighed about 115 pounds, which may make him the lightestpitcher inMajor League Baseball history?
... that thePawan River and theLamandau River both flow in theIndonesian part of Borneo?
... that the "revolutionary" car chase sequence in the 1968 filmBullitt was edited by Oscar-winnerFrank P. Keller?
... thatAustralian political journalistAlan Reid'sexposé aboutB. A. Santamaria led to theAustralian Labor Party split of 1955?
... thatAmerican football safetyJordan Kovacs went from being awalk-on to being the second leadingtackler in theBig Ten Conference?
... that thealumni of theMoscow State Pedagogical University includeMikhail Gorbachev's wifeRaisa?
... that in 1889 the English judgeSamuel Boteler Bristowe was shot in the back by a German maker offalse teeth?

00:00, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

... that on November 2, 2010, the oil paintingNude Sitting on a Divan(pictured) sold for$68.9 million, a record for an artwork byAmadeo Modigliani?
... that 11-year-oldShannon Tavarez, who playedNala in Broadway'sThe Lion King, died ofleukemia despite efforts byAlicia Keys,Rihanna and50 Cent to recruit bone marrow donors from among their fans?
... that the EnglishArbitration Act 1979 was passed as thePrime Minister went to resign?
... that, in early 1941,Johnny Sturm broke into theNew York Yankees lineup after two future Hall of Famers went into slumps?
... that theNational Democratic Party was formed in 1978 as the last step inAnwar El Sadat's four-phase program to introduce amulti-party system toEgypt?
... that remarks byHall Thompson that "we don't discriminate in every other area except blacks" before the1990 PGA Championship ledgolf's governing bodies to ban holding tournaments at all-white clubs?
... that Jews are prohibited from praying at thealleged tomb ofNahmanides, a foremost medieval rabbinic scholar andkabbalist?
... that aPointer namedJudy was the onlydog to be registered as aWorld War II prisoner of war?

9 November 2010

18:00, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theManastır Mosque(pictured) inIstanbul is one of the few survivingByzantine religious buildings ofConstantinople whosededication remains uncertain?
... thatRoy Skinner,head coach of theVanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, recruitedPerry Wallace as the firstAfrican American to play varsity basketball in theSoutheastern Conference?
... that in response to the banning of theniqāb in Egypt, students protested by wearing protective face masks?
... that whenA. Skjegstad was hired byAftenposten, he became one of the few journalists inNorway to go from a labour newspaper to a high-profile conservative newspaper?
... that Americansoul blues andelectric blues guitarist, singer and songwriterJames Armstrong was almost stabbed to death at his home in 1997?
... that evidence of aRoman settlement has been discovered atDouble Arches Pit, a disusedsand quarry that is now aSite of Special Scientific Interest?
... that when theSecond Spanish Republic was proclaimed in 1931,U.S. Ambassador to SpainIrwin B. Laughlin advisedSecretary of State Henry L. Stimson not to recognize the new government?
... that aPeronist hymn was sung during the 1975civil wedding of futureArgentine presidentsNéstor Kirchner andCristina Fernández?

12:00, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

... that unique to theIndonesian islands ofBuru andAmbelau are theAmbelau,Buru,Kayeli andLisela people; theeponymousAmbelau,Buru,Kayeli andLisela languages; as well as theRufous-throated White-eye,Buru Lorikeet,Black-lored Parrot and ahairy variety of thebabirusa pig(pictured)?
... that theImperial Wireless Chain was awireless telegraphy communications network, built in the 1920s to link the countries of theBritish Empire?
... thatAmerican country blues singerLottie Kimbrough was nicknamed "the Kansas City Butterball"?
... that in the 1984 filmWho Dies on His Feet,Albanian actorLlazi Sërbo rode a descendant ofNaklon, a horse thatStalin had donated toAlbania?
... that in 1907, the winner of the firstGiro al Sas10 km road race inTrento was disqualified for taking a shortcut?
... that U.S. PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush nominatedAlfred C. Sikes to be chairperson of theFCC instead of Sherrie Marshall because Sikes was thought to have a better relationship withCongress?
... that whenHarry Oliver joinedWatford Football Club,Benskins Brewery paid thetransfer fee on the club's behalf?
... that in 1844,USS General Taylor conveyedabolitionist Jonathan Walker toPensacola, where he was infamouslybranded "S.S." for "Slave Stealer"?

06:00, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

... that aMere(held by aMāori woman in picture), which was made fromjade, could be used to split a man's head open?
... that in the100 metres at the2010 Commonwealth Games,Natasha Mayers initially won the bronze, was moved up to silver, then was upgraded to thegold medal due to disqualifications?
... that the volunteerRoyal National Lifeboat Institution crews atFalmouth Lifeboat Station share their building withHer Majesty's Coastguard?
... thatSyrian-born clarinetistKinan Azmeh debuted aconcerto written especially for him at the opening of theDamascus Opera House?
... thatJohn Cougar Mellencamp's number-one rock song "Lonely Ol' Night" was inspired by the 1963Paul Newman movieHud?
... thatTheodore Plucknett was the first ever chair oflegal history at theLondon School of Economics?
... that one of the world's largestbotanical gardens in the 19th century was located onBogor in present-dayIndonesia?
... thatDaren Queenan won the 1989Continental Basketball Association Dunk Contest?
... that becauseArabic author Zaynab Fawwaz wore theniqāb, her husband acted as a messenger between her and the men attending herliterary salon?

00:00, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theMelbourne Cricket Ground(pictured) was avenue of the 1956 Summer Olympics and also the2000 Summer Olympics, even thoughcricket was not played in either Olympics?
... that the communistsHarald Slåttelid andBjarne Dalland were among 17 people executed atTrandum byNorway's Nazi occupiers on 1 March 1943?
... that after theplaintiff in the lawsuitWerner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System filed amotion to dismiss the case, he mailed checks forUS$100 to each of the defendants?
... that during the 1990s,Rinia Park in theAlbanian capital ofTirana became a notorious spot for drug dealers and illegal buildings?
... thatSempronius Stretton, who sketched people in earlyCanada, was painted at theDuke of Wellington's annual banquet celebrating theirvictory at Waterloo?
... that after his term as actingGovernor of Guam,Raymond Stone went on to become a judge on theSupreme Court of Guam?
... thatLibertas, abiographical film about theCroatian Renaissance playwright Marin Držić, was approved for funding in 1992, but was not finished until 2006?
... thatLouisiana politician andtimber magnateHenry E. Hardtner is known as "the father offorestry in theSouth"?
... that brewingbeer fromglacial water is only one of the many unique features ofGreenlandic cuisine?

8 November 2010

18:00, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the cabin of theHeli-Sport CH-7(pictured) was designed by thecreator of theLamborghini Countach, while the helicopter's frame is the work ofArgentine inventorAugusto Cicaré?
... thatRobert-Georg Freiherr von Malapert was the first recipient of theGerman Cross in Gold?
... that theMount Lemmon Marathon is entirely uphill and climbs over 1 mile (1.61 km) from start to finish as it follows theGeneral Hitchcock Scenic Byway?
... thatOscar Nilssen chaired theHedmark branch of theNorwegian Labour Party for thirty-three years, from 1921 to 1954?
... that the rooms of the Café Rumpelmayer in theHotel St. Moritz inNew York City were designed by the German-born architectWinold Reiss?
... thatLiang Congjie established theFriends of Nature in 1994 as the first environmentalnon-governmental organization to be officially recognized by the government of thePeople's Republic of China?
... that all eightvenues of the 1964 Winter Olympics were reused when theGames returned toInnsbruck twelve years later?
... thatEber Brock Ward built the firstBessemer steel mill in theUnited States?
... that theMudawana is the only section ofMoroccan law that relies primarily onIslamic sources rather thanSpanish orFrench civil codes?

12:00, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

... that thehemmema(pictured),turuma,pojama andudema, four types of warships designed bynaval architectFredrik Henrik af Chapman for theSwedisharchipelago fleet in the 18th century, were named after provinces inFinland?
... thatTalyllyn Railway locomotives No. 3Sir Haydn and No. 4Edward Thomas both hold the unusual distinction of carrying the same number through the ownership of four different railway companies?
... thatChinese sport shooterLiu Tianyou ‎won his first gold medal in the men's10 m air rifle event at the2006 Asian Games?
... that twoBerlin U-Bahn stations,Paradestraße andPlatz der Luftbrücke, have been called "Flughafen" (airport) becauseHitler wanted the entrance toTempelhof Airport moved?
... thatrecreational physical activity reducescancers but notmelanoma?
... that the discovery ofasbestos inB5coaches during renovation has led to a legal dispute between theNorwegian State Railways andBombardier Transportation?
... thatLorne Kusugak, a member of theLegislative Assembly of Nunavut, was a founding director of theInuit Broadcasting Corporation, a TV network that broadcasts almost entirely inInuktitut?
... thatPrincess Xenia of Montenegro's refusal of marriage toAlexander I of Serbia severed diplomatic relations between their two countries?

06:00, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

... that, in 1996, operation of the ore trains(pictured) on theIron Ore Line and theOfoten Line were privatized and transferred toMalmtrafik?
... that theTristan Thrush is a regular predator of the eggs and chicks of theGreat Shearwater?
... thatclassic female blues singerLaura Smith recorded two songs about theGreat Mississippi Flood of 1927?
... thatdiscretionary trusts in English law have been described as "powers in the nature of trusts" because they cross the traditional distinction between trusts and powers?
... thatP.E. de Josselin de Jong was the nephew ofJ.P.B. de Josselin de Jong, a founding father of Dutch anthropology, and that both specialized inIndonesian ethnography?
... thatMary Emma Allison conceived ofTrick-or-Treat for UNICEF in 1950 toraise funds forpowdered milk for needy children, a program that had raised$160 million by the time of her death in 2010?
... that theConsulate General of France in Jerusalem established official political ties with thePalestinian government afterYasser Arafat moved toGaza City in 1994?
... that among the85 cricketers to play first-class cricket for I Zingari were one member of theBritish Royal Family, threebarons, oneEarl, threeMembers of Parliament and onebishop?
... thatGee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed in agas chamber, afterNevada State Prison officials found that pumping the poison directly into hiscell did not work?

00:00, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theGeorge & Dragon pub(present building pictured) atNewton, Derbyshire, was recorded in 1577?
... that 30% of thepopulation in the Arab world is classified as overweight or obese, including 80% of adult women inKuwait?
... thatGeorge Cain's bookBlueschild Baby was called "the most important work of fiction by an Afro-American sinceNative Son" for its portrayal of "a world that only black people can fully comprehend"?
... that although the fungusAseroe coccinea was characterized in 1989, its validation as aspecies was delayed until 2007 because the initial description was not inLatin?
... that in 1982 the pilot of aApplebay Zuni IIglider earned at least sevenFAI gliding badges during the course of a single flight?
... that theredevelopment of the Paddington area of London was intended to be comparable in scale toCanary Wharf?
... that, although theNorwegian newspaperSolungen was only published from 1904 through 1914, its name was involved in atrademark dispute in 2008?
... thatBattle of Britain fighter aceRichardDickie Cork was the onlyFleet Air Arm pilot to shoot down five aircraft in a day?
... that when the only knownCylindrocline lorencei died and its seeds would notgerminate, it was consideredextinct—but it was saved throughin vitro culture of part of the seedembryo?

7 November 2010

18:00, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

... that in the aftermath of the1855 Ansei Edo earthquake large numbers of prints were produced depicting themythological giantcatfish Namazu(example pictured)?
... that the controversial IraqDe-Ba'athification policy banned anyone affiliated with theBa'ath Party from working in thepublic sector?
... thatformer ScientologistTory Christman trained actorJohn Travolta in his initialScientology coursework?
... thatReimar Schefold ofLeiden University lived among theSakuddei ofSiberut who believe that everything has its ownspirit, free to wander as it wishes?
... thataviatorJanet Bragg was the firstAfrican-American woman to hold aCommercial Pilot Licence?
... that whenSir Christopher Hatton,Lord Chancellor toElizabeth I, builtHoldenby House, he moved the dwellings ofHoldenby village away fromAll Saints Church, leaving it isolated?
... that March 13, 2001, was named "Ronnie McCollum Day" inShreveport, Louisiana, to honorthe basketball player of that name?
... thatCanadian pioneerSusan Louisa Moir Allison was the first European to report a sighting ofOgopogo, acryptid lake monster?
... thatPolly Rosenbaum's accomplishments in her 45 years inArizona'sstate legislature included eliminatingspittoons andminiskirted pages from thestate House of Representatives?

12:00, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theFlying Duck Orchid(pictured) was first collected in 1803 at the site of the present daySydney Opera House?
... that theBlair-Dunning House inBloomington was the home ofthe only politician to hold every elected legislative and executive office inIndiana's government?
... that scholars have recommended that "Clara cell" and othermedical eponyms associated with Nazi doctors or medical experiments should be replaced?
... thatmezzo-soprano opera singerMartha Lipton performed401 times at theMetropolitan Opera?
... that afterBlack Panther Party membersMichael Tabor and Richard Moore fled toAlgeria while on trial for an alleged bomb plot, party leaderHuey P. Newton called them "enemies of the people"?
... that the1915 filmThe Incorrigible Dukane is the oldest surviving movie starringJohn Barrymore?
... that during theYom Kippur War, theIsraeli Air Force carried out theSyrian General Staff Headquarters Raid after northernIsrael had been struck byFROGs?
... thatBach used the first movement of hisBrandenburg Concerto No. 1 as aSinfonia for hiscantataFalsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52?
... that the death of azebra, while under the care of SirFleetwood Edwards, was said to greatly annoyQueen Victoria?

06:00, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatSirocco(pictured), an endangeredflightless parrot, gained fame when he was caught on video attempting tomate with the back of azoologist's head?
... thatB.B. King andEric Clapton won aGrammy Award in 2000 for their collaborative albumRiding with the King?
... that when formerInternational Lenin School workerJust Lippe fled toneutral Sweden during World War II, he was imprisoned there for a year and a half?
... that aklotok is a type ofIndonesian "motorized gondola"?
... thatWillie Jackson is theAtlantic Sun Conference's all-time leading scorer in men's basketball?
... thatChamaegigas intrepidus ("intrepid dwarf giant") is a tinyaquatic plant that can thrive in thedesert?
... thatWorld War II aviatorWilliam Atkinson is the highest scoringfighter ace of theRoyal Canadian Navy and the last ace fromThe Commonwealth?
... that theSeelbach Hotel inLouisville,Kentucky, was frequented byAl Capone, who is said to have once avoided police by escaping through secret tunnels in the hotel?

00:00, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the formerUnion Free School(pictured) inLe Roy, New York, is now a museum devoted toJell-O?
... that the first automobile inCanada was first operated by parish priestGeorges-Antoine Belcourt in 1866?
... that soon after theocean linerSSUtopia collided with the battleshipHMSAnson, resulting in 564 deaths nearGibraltar in 1891, the partially submerged wreckage was involved in another collision?
... that the recently restoredWara Wara (1930) is the only known survivingBolivian silent feature film?
... thatBattle of Britain pilotFrancis Dawson-Paul was the leadingFleet Air Arm fighter ace on theSpitfire but was shot down in July 1940 after 25 days of combat and died of his wounds five days later?
... that one year afterBahrain'sState Security Law was abolished in 2001,Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa pronounced Bahrain a constitutional monarchy and changed his title fromamir to king?
... thatLai Pak-Hoi founded the first Chinese-owned film production company inHong Kong, theMinxin Film Company?
... that the newsearch engineBlekko will use whatThe New York Times described as "Wikipedia-style policing" to weed out pages created bycontent farms and focus on results from trusted websites?

6 November 2010

18:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theHarvard Crimson football team(home stadium pictured) has won 12national championships and is the eighthwinningest team inNCAA Division I football history?
... that Anglo-Saxon noblemanÆlfric Cild married into the powerful family of theealdorman of Mercia, and succeeded him in office before being expelled by the end of two years?
... that after finishing hisNational Football League career with theAtlanta Falcons,Bob Adams became aChurch of Scientology vice president and spokesperson?
... thatSir Nicholas Fuller was imprisoned forheresy after describing theCourt of High Commission as "under jurisdiction not ofChrist but ofanti-Christ"?
... thatThe Mark Levin Show is the fourthmost-listened-to radio program in theUnited States, with over8.5 million listeners?
... thatthe most massive knownneutron star is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in diameter, but has amass twice that of theSun?
... thatKenyan runnerBenjamin Kiptoo set a course record of 2:07:54 at the 2010Chuncheon Marathon?
... that in 1962,Texas A&M University professorJ. Milton Nance wrote a regionalhistory ofBryan,Texas?
... that theDiggers & Dealers conference is so popular that hotel rooms inKalgoorlie, Australia, are booked up two years in advance?

12:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theBerlin Airlift Monument(pictured) inPlatz der Luftbrücke,Berlin, has an exact counterpart reaching towards it atFrankfurt Airport and a smaller replica atCelle Air Base?
... that twoSoviet speed skaters tied for first place andwon gold in thesame event at the1956 Winter Olympics?
... that actorDax Shepard received strong reviews for both his comedic and dramatic performance in "No Good Deed", an episode of theNBC seriesParenthood?
... that the autobiographical filmOrchids, My Intersex Adventure (which is about anintersexed woman) won a 2010ATOM Award for Best Documentary (General)?
... that the "strategyNew Haven itself had pioneered to fightNorth Haven's mall" was used against theNew Haven Galleria by the neighboring city ofMilford 20 years later?
... that in the2008 Nunavut general election, candidateAllan Rumbolt achieved the lowest winningplurality of any candidate in anyelectoral district?
... thatUnited States security assistance to the Palestinian Authority for the 2010fiscal year wasUS$100 million?
... that thePittsburg State Gorillas have won more games than any otherAmerican football program inNCAA Division II history?
... thatReinhard Mohn took what was left of his family's publishing company (its premises demolished byAllied bombing in World War II) and turned it into the sixth-largest media conglomerate in the world?

06:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

... that after theThird Anglo-Afghan War in 1919, Amir Amanullah announcedAfghanistan's independence at theId Gah Mosque(pictured) inKabul?
... that theMurray State Racers men's basketball program had its last losing season in 1987–88?
... that even thoughSimeon I of Bulgaria burned theChurch of St. Mary of the Spring near theByzantine capitalConstantinople, his sonPeter married the daughter ofRomanos I Lekapenos there three years later?
... that juvenileballoon sharks are preyed upon by thecoelacanth?
... that sopranoJanis Martin appeared at theZurich Opera as Isolde inWagner'sTristan und Isolde?
... that All-StarpitcherOral Hildebrand ledButler University to the 1929 national championship inbasketball?
... thatvoice artistP. C. Ramakrishna acted in the 1969Madras Players theatre productionThe Crucible?
... that upon being electedMayor of Regina, Saskatchewan,Douglas R. Archer moved to eliminate the city'sbusiness tax?
... that the collection of theArizona Mining and Mineral Museum includes a specimen ofnative copper that is8 ft (2.4 m) long?

00:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatErika Forster-Vannini(pictured), Chair of theSwiss Senate, is one of three women who hold the three highest Swiss political offices?
... thatSamangan (Aybak), the capital ofSamangan Province, lies on theKhulm River?
... thatAlexei Kudrin was declared "Finance Minister of the Year 2010" byEuromoney magazine?
... that severalMPs have signed anEarly Day Motion to stop hunters from killing wild animals in Britain after the supposed death of theEmperor of Exmoor, ared stag (Cervus elaphus)?
... that Welshbantamweight championTosh Powell died from abrain hemorrhage after a boxing match in Liverpool, at the age of 20?
... thatSecond World War aviatorRonald Cuthbert Hay is the onlyRoyal Marine fighter ace?
... thatHenry Holt and Company discontinued the printing ofThe Last Train From Hiroshima after members of the509th Composite Group questioned the authenticity of the book?
... thatWallace Wilkerson declined to beexecuted bydecapitation inUtah Territory, and instead took up to 27 minutes to die because thefiring squad missed his heart?
... that a 1994hoax suggesting thatMicrosoft had acquired the Catholic Church was considered to be the first Internet hoax to reach a mass audience?

5 November 2010

18:00, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

... that 10 players from the1902 "Point-a-Minute" Michigan football team(pictured), which outscored opponents 644–12, became head coaches?
... that atM-1 Global'sChallenge XXI event,Artiom Damkovsky defeatedMairbek Taisumov to become their inauguralLightweight MMA Champion andGuram Gugenishvili defeatedKenny Garner (who was replacing the injuredMaxim Grishin) for their inauguralHeavyweight Championship?
... thatEmery Point Light, an activelighthouse atLarrakeyah Barracks, nearDarwin,Northern Territory,Australia, was the onlynavigational aid to remain functional in the path ofCyclone Tracy?
... that various authors speculate that theByzantine aristocraticPhokas family are ofArab,ancient Roman,Armenian orGeorgian origin?
... thatCharles Darwin experienced the1835 Concepción earthquake, describing the effects of both theearthquake and the subsequenttsunami?
... that sopranoMyrna Sharlow once upstaged acclaimed opera singerMary Garden in a performance of a minor role at theBoston Opera House?
... that prior to becomingCommissioner of the Northwest Territories,George Tuccaro anchored the first daily current affairs television show in Canada's north?
... thathistorianGary Clayton Anderson describes the white man's advance intoTexas in the19th century asethnic cleansing of theAmerican Indians?
... thatpoliticianJames R. Lewis was involved in plans to build alaser gun "designed to blind people", sell it to aGuatemalan colonel, and use the proceeds to build alaetrile factory in South America?

12:00, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1883St Mary's Church, Shipton Solars,Gloucestershire,(pictured) was being used as a cow shed?
... thatsopranoChristiane Kohl appeared at theBayreuth Festival as theRhinemaiden Woglinde in bothDas Rheingold andGötterdämmerung?
... that no northern-bornCanadian Aboriginal had been appointedCommissioner of the Northwest Territories until the appointment ofDaniel L. Norris in 1989?
... that despite having to teach out of a poorly converted hotel building,Mary Adams transformed the Wesleyan Female College into a highly regarded institution?
... that "The Ballad of Molly Mogg" was "writ by two or three men of wit" –John Gay,Alexander Pope andDean Swift – while sheltering from a storm?
... thatScott Ashjian faced a legal challenge prior to the2010 U.S. Senate election in Nevada as he changed parties after submitting his candidacy?
... thatTorstein Grythe started the boys' choirSølvguttene in 1940, and retired asconductor of the choir as late as 2004?
... that theNew York Times describedDick Miles as "perhaps the greatesttable tennis player the United States has ever produced" after Miles won 10 national championships in the sport?
... that Chilean journalistPamela Jiles announced herpresidential candidacy using the slogan "We are millions, the idiots"?

06:00, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

... that all threealbums by Brooke Fraser(pictured) debuted at number one on theNew Zealand Albums Chart?
... that theNational Supercomputing Center of Tianjin houses the world's fastestsupercomputer?
... thatSandrine Salerno, current mayor ofGeneva, Switzerland, is the daughter of a French mother and an Italian father?
... thatNick Leggett, theMayor of Porirua who succeededJenny Brash, is currently the youngest mayor inNew Zealand?
... that theWittenberg Tigers fromSpringfield, Ohio, have won more games than any otherDivision III college football team?
... thatSt Peter's Church, Wolfhampcote stands isolated in a field, surrounded by mounds remaining from adeserted medieval village, disused canal workings, and a redundant railway?
... thatTroughman is mythically famous inSydney,Australia, for lying down inurinals?
... that following asexist joke by a political opponent,Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Lisa MacLeod wrote thecookbookI’d Rather Be Baking Cookies?
... that thephonomotor, patented byThomas Edison in 1878 and powered only by the human voice, could drill a hole in a board?

00:00, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

... that with 800,347 inhabitants as of 2010,Tirana County(pictured) is the most populatedCounty of Albania?
... thatApple introducedGame Sprockets in 1996 to improve game development on theMac OS, but cancelled development only a year later?
... thatMichele Bachmann andTom Emmer will appear inMy War, a documentary about the Christian youth ministryYou Can Run But You Cannot Hide International?
... that the idea behind "Pavor Nocturnus", a second season episode of the Canadiantelevision seriesSanctuary came from the 2007 filmI Am Legend?
... that in 1979Taunton Town F.C. moved from the Southern section of theSouthern Football League to the Midlands section due to the opening of theM5 motorway?
... that aLeo Cullum cartoon published in the first illustrated issue ofThe New Yorker printed after theSeptember 11 attacks had the caption "I thought I'd never laugh again. Then I saw your jacket"?
... thatRobert Wilson was a principaltenor with theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1930s before beginning a 25-year concert, variety and radio career?
... thatPeter Bossman, born inGhana, has been elected by the people ofPiran to becomeSlovenia's firstblack mayor?
... thatFidel Castro andChe Guevara first met inColonia Tabacalera,Mexico City?

4 November 2010

18:00, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatJames Bond's leap from the 220 m (720 ft) highContra Dam(pictured) in the 1995 filmGoldenEye was voted in 2002 as the best filmstunt ever?
... that in 1859, ex-Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of California David S. Terry killedU.S. Senator David C. Broderick in aduel?
... thatFrankism, an 18th-century movement derived fromJudaism, maintained that the best way to emulate God—and one's most important personal responsibility—was to transgress every taboo?
... thatThomas Barrie, found guilty in 1538 of spreading rumours aboutHenry VIII of England, hadhis ears cut off while in thepillory and later died fromshock?
... thatBetty S. Murphy was the first woman to serve on and the first womanchair of theU.S. National Labor Relations Board, and the first woman to lead theDept. of Labor's Wage and Hour Division?
... thatJoseph Tehawehron David was aMohawk artist who became known for his role as a warrior during theOka crisis in 1990?
... thatDetroit mayorWilliam G. Thompson was considerably pummeled in a sensational public fight with his brother-in-law, who accused him of talking about his wife in barrooms?
... that atyphoid outbreak was caused by a church meeting inMonark Springs, Missouri?
... thatHolland Island, currently underwater at high tide, used to be one of the largest inhabited islands in theChesapeake Bay?

12:00, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theAdaptive Vehicle Make program plans to usecrowdsourcing and anopen source design to develop aninfantry fighting vehicle(concept pictured) within just 30 months?
... thatOlga Ivinskaya, the mistress ofBoris Pasternak, was the inspiration for the heroine ofDr. Zhivago?
... that a large fragment of theNorthumbrianEasby Cross was over 1,000 years old when it was found built into a wall in a field?
... that the two earliestaboriginal title casesdecided by the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall were examples ofcollusive litigation?
... that the first church service in the village ofAlliance, Alberta was held in apool hall, with most of the congregation seated onpool tables?
... thatclarinetistMargot Leverett started a band that fusesbluegrass music with the traditionalJewish musical style calledklezmer?
... that before departing fromKraków for his victoriousBattle of Vienna against theOttoman Empire, kingJan III Sobieski said his final prayers at theCarmelite Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
... that the drawings ofViolette Lecoq from her experiences in theRavensbrück concentration camp were used as evidence at thetrials in 1946?
... that theMysterious Bird of Ulieta has variously been considered athrush, astarling and ahoneyeater?

06:00, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

... that women constitute more than 75% of the actual population ofBawean island(pictured)?
... that some leading botanists believe thatAfghanistan is thebirthplace of pomegranate cultivation?
... thatBelgian soldiers continued to defendFort de Tancrémont even afterBelgium had already capitulated toNazi Germany on28 May 1940?
... that despite suffering from an injured fist,Indian boxerShiva Thapa won a silver medal at the2010 Summer Youth Olympics?
... that by 2001, there were over 1,000research studies regarding the children's television showSesame Street's efficacy, impact, and effect on American culture?
... thatR&B singerTobi Lark's most successful recording was issued under a different name, became very popular inWigan, and has recently been compared to aShakespeare sonnet?
... that the largestethnic group inMakambako,Tanzania, is theKinga?
... thatWashington State Route 220 was one of twelve highways removed from theWashington state highway system in 1991?
... that industrialist and inventorWilliam Edenborn once tried to usemonkeys to harvestcotton on his experimental farm inLouisiana?

00:00, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

... that one of theFénix capsules(Fénix 2 capsule pictured) was used for therescue of 33 miners trapped underground, in theSan José Mine ofCopiapó,Chile?
... thatgraphic designerS. Neil Fujita created iconic covers for such books asTruman Capote'sIn Cold Blood andMario Puzo'sThe Godfather?
... thatalternative rock bandKlaxons'records have charted in multiple countries worldwide?
... thatAmerican boogie-woogie pianistBooker T. Laury appeared in two films, but did not record his debut album until he was almost eighty years of age?
... that over 110 people were killed whenSS Vestris sank in 1928?
... thatWendall Woodbury was the firsttelevision anchor in theUnited States to report on the unfoldingThree Mile Island accident in 1979?
... that thevenue for the1960 Summer Olympic marathon event included theAppian Way, finished at theArch of Constantine, and was lit at night byItalian soldiers holdingtorches?
... thatcatcherHarry Bemis once beatTy Cobb over the head with abaseball after ahome plate collision?

3 November 2010

18:00, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatWinslow Homer's paintingRight and Left(pictured) was named by a hunter who recognized the sportsman's achievement of killing two birds in succession with a double-barreled shotgun?
... that thechildren's bookDon't Forget the Bacon! was used in aneducation case study teaching students about reliability ofspoken language?
... thatMarilyn Monroe's 1952 live rendition of theGeorge Gershwin andBuddy DeSylva song "Do It Again" before thousands ofmarines atCamp Pendleton caused a "near riot"?
... thatAustroplatypus incompertus formscolonies in theheartwood of someEucalyptus trees and was the firstbeetle recognized aseusocial?
... thatOgden H. Hammond, the father ofNew Jersey congresswoman Millicent Fenwick, survived the sinking of theRMSLusitania, though his wife did not?
... that one of the earliestdriving clubs in Britain, the Bensington Driving Club, was also called the Black and White Club, after the Black Dog and White Hart public houses where it met?
... that thesucculent plantFrerea indica was once on a list of the twelve most endangered plants on earth?
... thatMary J. Rathbun described over 1000 newcrustacean taxa, but never attended college, and received aPh.D. only after she retired?
... that theSanctuary of Atotonilco inGuanajuato,Mexico, has been called theSistine Chapel of Mexico?

12:00, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

... that one of the 62churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South West England is currently used asa circus skills school(pictured)?
... that the 1964BSA A65 Rocketmotorcycle had a top speed of 108 mph and was sold as the fastestmotorcycle being produced byBSA?
... that Norwegian folk singerJack Berntsen had a cultural prize named after him?
... that theMatengo people are believed to have lived in southernTanzania'sMatengo Highlands since theIron Age?
... that theAntlia Dwarf galaxy may have distorted the shape of its neighbourNGC 3109 one billion years ago?
... that newly hatchedAylesbury ducks were traditionally fed ontoast,boiled eggs,rice,beef liver,greaves andboiled horses orsheep?
... that between 1933 and 1935,American blues andboogie-woogie pianist andsingerWalter Roland recorded around fifty songs forBanner Records?
... thatEmpire Conveyor was the only ship sunk byU-122?
... thatPhallus calongei is a pink-tippedphallic mushroom covered with greenishslime?

06:00, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatCape Don Light(pictured), at the tip of theCobourg Peninsula,Northern Territory,Australia, is Australia's northernmost traditionallighthouse?
... thatOtto Schimming wrote the first letter to theUnited Nations protestingNamibia's incorporation toSouth Africa?
... that the first Principal ofFederico Errázuriz Regional Institute was José Kuhl, aPallottine priest fromLimburg,Germany?
... that three of thevenues used for the1956 Winter Olympics went on to appear in the 1981James Bond filmFor Your Eyes Only?
... that, in the 1880s, stageactressPauline Hall performedErminie a record-breaking 800 times in theUnited States?
... that aBristol Scout from the Britishaircraft carrierVindex made the first interception of anairship by a carrier-based aircraft on2 August 1916 when it attacked aZeppelin with explosiveRanken darts?
... thatJustus Smith Stearns built the first all electric sawmill in the United States?
... that the porch ofSt Swithun's Church, Brookthorpe,Gloucestershire, contains a wall plate with achronogram hiding the date of the execution ofCharles I?
... that due of a lack of an officialUK Singles Chart before 1969 theBBC averagedfour different charts in the early 1960s, none of which are now regarded as the canonical source?

00:00, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

... that theYale Bulldogs football team(mascot pictured) has won 27national championships and ranks second in wins incollege football history?
... that the organ case inSt Michael and All Angels Church, Brownsover,Warwickshire, was originally made forSt John's College, Cambridge?
... that despite numerous proposed changes to the Constitution ofAmerican Samoa, voters in today'sconstitutional referendum cannot vote on each of them individually?
... that conservative theologians believe theConfession of 1967 radically changed how thePresbyterian Church (U.S.A.) interpreted theBible?
... thatAmerican football playerBryant Moniz, who began the2009 season as awalk-on forHawaii delivering pizzas to pay his expenses, currently leads theNCAA in both passing yards andtotal offense?
... that theNSB Class 72 trains could at first not be used on the high-speedGardermoen Line because their electronics interfered with the signaling system?
... thatAnnie Meinertzhagen spent part of herhoneymoon studying birds atWalter Rothschild’sornithological museum?
... thatBronx judgeBurton B. Roberts, known for his no-nonsense manner andstentorian voice, was the model for the character Myron Kovitsky inTom Wolfe's 1987 bookThe Bonfire of the Vanities?
... that theBritish Engineerium, created by asteam enthusiast who started with£300, was later bought for£3 million by another enthusiast?

2 November 2010

18:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatWorld Heritage Sites in Cuba include two national parks and examples of the island's historic tobacco and coffee economy(Viñales Valley pictured)?
... that thePiccolo Quintet, composed byGraham Waterhouse, was performed in a lecture concert of the firstSergiu Celibidache Festival in Munich?
... thatnine athletes managed to win more than one medal at the1936 Winter Olympics despite there only being 17 events?
... that in theCincinnati Riots of 1884 many soldiers from theOhio National Guard refused to report for riot duty, and some even joined the rioters?
... that prominent Iranian human rights lawyerNasrin Sotoudeh, imprisoned in Iran's notoriousEvin Prison, went on a month-longhunger strike to protest her ill-treatment?
... thatNorway's train radio systemScanet was replaced byGSM-R after only 13 years of operation?
... that theBenton City – Kiona Bridge is believed to be the first steelbox girder bridge in the United States, and still carriesWashington State Route 225 today?
... thatGervase Bennet,MP forDerby during theCommonwealth, originated the name "Quakers" for members of theReligious Society of Friends?
... that the traditionalistItalian wine producerGiacomo Conterno has long held the motto that at the time of bottling, theirbarolos should be "undrinkable"?

12:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

... that most of the approximately 300Belgian soldiers killed in the explosion of theFort de Loncin(entrance pictured) remain buried in the wreckage of the fort?
... that each book in theEpic Horse series has a new protagonist and setting?
... that theMaya city ofLa Blanca in northernGuatemala features an unusually well-built palace complex for such a small city?
... thatLouisiana Highway 975 is a gravelstate highway along the banks of theAtchafalaya River?
... that editorHans Aarnes established the first formal education program for journalists in Norway?
... that thePeople's Republic of China, much like theUnited States andRussia, has allegedlyengaged in cyberwarfare?
... thatKanye West's short filmRunaway was inspired in part by paintersPicasso andMatisse, as well as directorsFederico Fellini andStanley Kubrick?
... thatYahoo! Kids, formerly known as Yahooligans!, is the oldest onlinesearch directory for children?
... thatNunavut Day, originally celebrated onApril 1, was moved toJuly 9 in 2001 because the former date was not considered to be significant enough to the people ofNunavut?

06:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

... that in an 1883 gunfight,Billy Porter(illustrated) of theDutch Mob shot and killed"Johnny the Mick" Walsh atShang Draper's saloon?
... that the process ofcheese ripening determines the texture and flavour ofcheese?
... that during theSiege of Kandahar,Nader Shah told hisBakhtiari troops that they would each be given 1,000rupees and a share of the spoils if their assault was successful?
... that eight players selected in the1980 NBA Draft went on to became head coaches inthe league?
... that theCincinnati Riots of 1836 were triggered by U.S. Independence Day celebrations and were observed byHarriet Beecher Stowe and the mayor of Cincinnati?
... that in his pursuit of theByzantine throne,Leo Phokas the Elder was outmaneuvered byRomanos Lekapenos, who had failed to support him in the lead-up to the disastrousBattle of Acheloos?
... that theTucana Dwarf galaxy is located on the opposite side of theMilky Way to most of the rest of theLocal Group?
... thatPoint Charles Light, established 1893, is the oldestlighthouse in theNorthern Territory,Australia?
... that you can drink carbonated water from Soda Spring while hiking along theSilver Knapsack Trail inCalifornia'sSierra Nevada Mountains?

00:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

... that an ancientcarving(pictured) of a person exposing theirgenitals, atAll Saints Church inBuncton,West Sussex, was destroyed by a chisel-wieldingvandal in 2004?
... that in 1968,historianBetty Miller Unterberger became the first woman professor at the formerly all-maleTexas A&M University?
... thatnipple adenomas are rare benign growths in the nipple that can look like cancer?
... thatWilliam White built theSouthbridge andPleasant Point branch railways?
... that poetJohn Dryden wasbaptised in the now-redundantChurch of All Saints, Aldwincle inNorthamptonshire?
... thattheosophistJohn Varian was a leader of theutopian community ofHalcyon, an influence to composerHenry Cowell, a friend of photographerAnsel Adams, and father ofRussell and Sigurd who invented theklystron?
... that handheldvideo gameGalaxian 2, released in 1981, is titled as such not because it is a sequel toGalaxian, but because it has atwo-player mode?
... thatPollanisus nielseni, a moth of Western Australia with brilliantly shiny wings, was given itsspecies name in 2005 as a tribute toEbbe Nielsen, a noted Danishentomologist?

1 November 2010

18:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatAmex House(pictured), European headquarters ofBrighton's largest employer,American Express, is nicknamed "TheWedding Cake"?
... that Jeffrey Grosset ofGrosset Wines led a movement in the 1980s to stopAustralian wines that do not containRiesling grapes from using the word "Riesling" on their labels?
... thatIngolf Schanche was the first artistic director of theDet Nye Teater, which opened inOslo in 1929?
... thatWolke Hegenbarth's first name means "cloud" in German?
... thatDeputy National Security AdvisorDenis McDonough played forHall of Fame football coachJohn Gagliardi atSaint John's University?
... that politicianOlav Steinnes, who dabbled innuclear physics as ahobby, claimed to have made "the most important discoveries ever made in history by a single man"?
... thatVictor Jackovich was the firstUnited States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina?
... that the removal ofOmar Gjesteby as a deputy trade union leader in 1940 was partially investigated by his son, aNorwegian police investigator, some years later?
... thatmural artistHenry Bird taught drawing to themodernist architect Will Alsop by insisting that he draw bricks for three months?

12:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatNapki Malka(pictured) was anHephthalite king of the 6th–7th century, who ruled in the area ofKabul, modernAfghanistan?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court reheardJames v. Dravo Contracting Co. in 1937 afterAssociate Justice Willis Van Devanter's retirement altered the judicial balance of the court?
... that the firstOpen Era tennis tournament was held atThe West Hants Club inBournemouth?
... that until 1962,a salt-water crab lived in theTexas Panhandle, 500 miles from the sea?
... that theYes song "Saving My Heart" was originally intended to be a collaboration withSupertramp vocalistRoger Hodgson, but Yes vocalistJon Anderson wanted to sing it himself?
... that theFall of Agadir took place in 1541 after a six-month siege of thePortuguese garrison by the futureMoroccan sultan,Mohammed ash-Sheikh?
... that theUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture is one of three separate U.S. ambassadors stationed inRome,Italy?
... that actor and producerJ. B. Fagan was the first manager of theOxford Playhouse?
... that 29 employees were killed in theThiokol-Woodbine Explosion when a fire spread down an assembly line and detonated 56,322magnesium tripflares that had been manufactured for theU.S. Army?

06:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

... that the 1984Halloween episode ofThe Fall Guy, "October the 31st", guest starredElvira, Mistress of the Dark(pictured), veteran horror movie actorJohn Carradine, andKeith,Robert andDavid Carradine?
... thatdeath can be found living onhell's half acre?
... that two American presidents nearly lost their souls to theDevils River?
... that theghosts of abride who tripped and died and hergroom who committedsuicide in 1904 are said to haunt anupscale restaurant inHoboken, New Jersey?
... that the isolatedAll Saints Church at Highbrook,West Sussex, was paid for by two sisters who thought theparish church atWest Hoathly was too far to travel?
... that according toZuni folklore, thegiant cannibalistic demonÁtahsaia tried to feed soup made from dead children to two maidens?
... that the mangaHaunted House continuesMitsukazu Mihara's death-themed material?
... that byriddling your ashes on Halloween, you might determine who in your household will be the next to die?

00:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

... thatGiovanni de Ventura, aplague doctor who may have worn abeak doctor costume(pictured), was restricted bya covenant to treat only infectious patients?
... that theFerry Plantation House inVirginia Beach is reportedly haunted by 11 spirits and offers special tours, including one onHalloween called "The Stroll of Lost Souls"?
... thatkiller shrimp haveinvaded Western Europe and could soon invadeNorth America?
... that according to the folklore of theCrow Nation, theLittle People of the Pryor Mountains weredwarves so violent and fearsome they could tear the heart out of an enemy's horse?
... that theLenape Native American tribe called one of theirOhio settlements Clear Town, but theGermans called itHell?
... that theJew's Ear is an edible reminder of asuicide?
... thatBach combined in both hiscantataIch armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55, and hisSt Matthew Passion the wordsErbarme Dich with the samechorale?
... that the powerfulVoorleser wouldhold babies' heads under water,stuff children's brains,tie their parents together,dress up the dead,tell tales about them andprepare a place for them in the underworld?

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