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30 September 2010

18:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

... that "Sirmilik", the name of aNational Park(pictured) in the northern part ofBaffin Island, means "the place of glaciers" in theInuktitut language?
... that during the "Southbelt Shuffle" event onM-6 south ofGrand Rapids, Michigan, horses were ridden on the partially completed freeway?
... thatHong Kong-bornRebecca Nolin plays as adefender for theAtlanta Beat and helps coach theKennesaw State Owls?
... that theEvangelical School of Smyrna was the most importantGreek educational institution inİzmir,Turkey, possessing an archaeological museum, a natural science collection and a library?
... thatJonas Mouton was nationally ranked as asafety inhigh school football but has started for three seasons atweakside linebacker for theMichigan Wolverines?
... that "Peligroso Amor" was Chilean singerMyriam Hernández' firstnumber-one song in theBillboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in the United States?
... that seven carpenters were required to build theMt. Pleasantfarmhouse nearIndian Falls, New York?
... that despite a warning byField Marshal Michael von Melas that the man had "a soul as black as his countenance",Heinrich von Bellegarde retainedAnton von Zach as Chief of Staff?
... that before the construction ofNorth Main Street School, schoolchildren inSpring Valley, New York, were attending classes in the localfire station?

12:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatSamuel Colt only began producing theColt Model 1878double action revolver(pictured) over twenty years after hispatent on the design had expired?
... that theFeathered Helmet that was included in the painting ofCaptain James Cook's death is said to be the helmet given toCook when he first landed inHawaii?
... that members of the public are encouraged to climb and rearrange pieces of theFamilysculpture in front of theFederal Building inMilwaukee, Wisconsin?
... that theSpecial Survey system allowed people to purchase areas of thePort Phillip District inNew South Wales for as little as£1 peracre?
... that theSopwith Cobhamtriplane bomber was the only twin-engine aircraft built by theSopwith Aviation Company?
... thatGeorge W. Rice was the onlyCanadian in theLady Franklin Bay Expedition to theCanadian Arctic?
... that the two finishes by aToyota Celica LB Turbo (4th and 8th) in German championshipauto racing marked the best results for a racecar that was not aPorsche 935?
... that theIslamization of the Gaza Strip includes government campaigns againstplaying cards and dating?
... that to maintain a low profile for their appearances at theHampton Coliseum, the rock bandGrateful Dead asked to appear on thebilling asFormerly the Warlocks?

06:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

... that critics debate whether the differences betweenThomas Eakins' twoportraits of Mary Adeleine Williams(second portrait pictured) are the result of an affair between the pair?
... that ScottishfootballerJohn Durkin worked at a localcoal mine while playing forGillingham F.C.?
... that there is only a single extant example of theK-5 Air Coach aircraft?
... that the 19th-century RussiantenorFyodor Petrovich Komissarzhevsky retired to the Italian town ofSanremo and died there while tending his roses?
... that during a2010 game,University of the Philippines basketball coachBoyet Fernandez told a player to deliberately cross theshaded lane while afree-throw was being attempted to force ajump ball?
... thatZhuge Shuang rose from a street beggar to amilitary governor of theTang China?
... that as a leader of the anti-Internet pornography organizationEnough Is Enough, a former political sex scandal "other woman" became an influentialWashington, D.C. lobbyist?
... that artist and sculptorSamuel Rabin was also a professional wrestler and opera singer who appeared inThe Scarlet Pimpernel and won a bronze medal inwrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics?
... that theGolden Submarine could travel at over 100 mph (160 km/h)?

00:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the pioneering journalistPearl Rivers(pictured) took hernom de plume fromthe river that ran near her home?
... that according toGreek mythology, theThriasian Plain was flooded byPoseidon after he lost control ofAttica toAthena?
... that theTamaulipas massacre that occurred on24 August 2010 has been described as "the worst known atrocity" of theMexican Drug War?
... that the 1493Sejm held at thePiotrków Trybunalski Castle was the first two-chamberparliament inPoland?
... thatBill Erickson started theRockford College men's basketball program and was its first head coach?
... that thePhilippine hornetVespa luctuosa has themost lethal venom by weight of any knownwasp species?
... that Fô Kankam, the founder ofBatoufam,Cameroon, was aTikar?
... thatAlfred Marshall Bailey was Director of theDenver Museum of Natural History from 1936 to 1969?
... thatpsychologistshave theorised that people interpretsensory information thattheir brains can easily process asbeautiful?

29 September 2010

18:00, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

... that there is aJames Bond Island(pictured) in theAndaman Sea?
... that Americannuclear physicistLeonardo Mascheroni has attempted to lobbyU.S. Congress to fund his idea of usinghydrogen fluoride lasers to generatenuclear fusion?
... that it took over 26 years to plan and construct theOrangeville Bypass ofOntario Highway 9?
... thatThe New York Times calledLeonard Skinner, the namesake ofLynyrd Skynyrd, "arguably the most influential high school gym teacher in American popular culture"?
... thatGonggar County ofShannan Prefecture inTibet contains theGonggar Choide Monastery, adzong, and aregional airport which servesLhasa, despite being located about 62 kilometres (39 mi) from it?
... thatHodo Sokoli, a 19th-centuryAlbanian leader, publicly removed hisOttoman insignia and uniform and put on an Albanian national costume?
... thatPope John Paul II's1982 visit to theUnited Kingdom was the first made to that country by a reigningPope?
... thatRodolph Crandall replaced his brother-in-law as mayor ofHillsboro, Oregon?
... that aFrench expedition toHudson Bay in 1686 foundFort Albany only because itsEnglish occupants fired a cannon at sunset?

12:00, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatCape Town'sChavonnes Battery once served as a prison along with aquarantine and convalescent wing of the oldSomerset Hospital(pictured)?
... that theAndrew Jackson was one of only twosquare-rigged ships to sail fromNew York City toSan Francisco in under ninety days?
... thatamber fossils ofants carrying the extinctmealybug genusElectromyrmococcus represent the oldest record ofsymbiosis between mealybugs andAcropyga ants?
... thatBud Ogden played for thePhiladelphia 76ers, hisyounger brother played for theSan Francisco Warriors andtheir father was aMedal of Honor recipient?
... that theIan Tyson song "Someday Soon" has been a charted single forJudy Collins,Moe Bandy andSuzy Bogguss?
... that journalistAmir Mir declined an award from formerPakistani President Gen.Pervez Musharraf, criticizing him as a dictator who violated theConstitution of Pakistan?
... that thePortuguese–Mamluk naval war was an attempt by theMamluk Sultanate ofEgypt to stop the expansion of thePortuguese in theIndian Ocean in the early 16th century?
... that after winning aPulitzer Prize atThe Oregonian,Wallace Turner went on toThe New York Times where he covered the murder ofHarvey Milk?
... thatUBS Warburg had anemail disclaimer of more than 1,000 words?

06:00, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theItumbiara Dam(pictured) isEletrobras Furnas' largest power plant and the sixth largest inBrazil?
... that, by the end of the20th century, thePeachtree Presbyterianmegachurch had the largestPresbyterian congregation of any church in theUnited States?
... thatFlight from Folly is one of theBritish Film Institute's "75 Most-Wanted Films"?
... thatproteins frompokeweed have shownantiviral properties?
... that theEdumanom Forest Reserve is the last knownchimpanzee habitat in theNiger Delta?
... that the firstsalvage license granted bySouth Carolina was for the wreckage of theSSGeorgiana?
... that theparakoimomenosJoseph Bringas opposed the rise of the generalNikephoros Phokas to theByzantine throne, but was defeated after three days of street clashes inConstantinople?
... that the first propersociety page in the United States was the invention ofJames Gordon Bennett, Jr. for theNew York Herald?
... that after a journalist published an article criticising the leadership ofNigeria'sRivers State, thegovernor's aide-de-camp ordered that he becaned and have his head shaven with an old blade?

00:00, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatBill McKown(pictured) went from being a youth with 200 model airplanes hanging from his bedroom ceiling to being aNavy E-2C Hawkeye pilot, commander of squadron VAW-114, andDistinguished Eagle Scout?
... thatGlee co-creatorRyan Murphy predicts that the upcoming episode "Grilled Cheesus" will be the "most controversial episode of the series to date"?
... thatDzanga-Ndoki National Park andDzanga-Sangha Special Reserve of theDzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas in theCentral African Republic form the Sangha Tri National Landscape withNouabalé-Ndoki National Park in theRepublic of Congo andLobéké National Park inCameroon?
... that inThe Color of Crime,Katheryn Russell-Brown writes that crime and young black men have become synonymous in the American mind, giving rise to the "criminalblackman" stereotype?
... that ScottishfootballerJohn Durkin worked at a localcoal mine while playing forGillingham F.C.?
... that after theBattle of Landriano, theFrench monarchFrancis I was forced to concede defeat in theWar of the League of Cognac?
... thatJohn Logan served as the first treasurer of theU.S. state ofKentucky and held the office for 15 years thereafter?
... thatScribe's debut single "Stand Up"/"Not Many" was thenumber-one single in New Zealand for twelve weeks, the most by any New Zealand artist?
... that, after being rejected for theAmerican Idoltalent show,Ian David Benardo demanded to see panel judgeSimon Cowell'swork visa?

28 September 2010

18:00, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1992, FrenchmountaineerCatherine Destivelle became the first woman to complete a solo ascent of theEiger'snorth face(pictured)?
... that Thomas Shea was the firstNew York City policeman ever to be tried for murder on duty due to his role in the1973 shooting in South Jamaica, Queens?
... that the status ofBhutanese refugees located in sevenU.N.-run camps inNepal is a major issue affectingBhutan–Nepal relations?
... that AmericanIndustrialistSamuel T. Hauser lobbied for creation ofYellowstone National Park after he prospected along theYellowstone River?
... that during the1527 sacking of Rome,the Swiss Guards sacrificed themselves to protect thePope's retreat?
... that, using the mantra ofstates' rights, formerLouisiana State Rep.W. Scott Wilkinson ofShreveport argued in the 1950s for schoolsegregation andtidelands oil revenues?
... that thefinless sleeper ray may be the smallestcartilaginous fish, with the smallest adult specimen measuring 8.2 cm (3.2 in) long?
... that EnglishfootballerGraham Lovett was forced to retire at the age of 26, after being involved in two seriousroad traffic collisions in less than three years?
... thatHarrisburg, now aghost town inUtah, was named after an early resident named Moses, and most of its residents left by 1895 due tograsshopper plagues andfloods?

12:00, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatJames E. Winner Jr. createdThe Club(pictured in use), an anti-theft device for cars that had sold14 million units by 1994 with the slogan "If you can't steer it, you can't steal it"?
... that after the NorwegianmonitorMjølner ran aground in 1869 thecourt of inquiry found the ship's commander andpilot liable for the repairs, but theparliament cancelled the debt two years later?
... thatFour Freedoms Park is being built from plans found in thearchitect's pocket when he died of a heart attack?
... that the first American performance ofLeoncavallo's operaPagliacci was conducted byGustav Hinrichs withGiuseppe Campanari singing the role of Tonio?
... that the designer of theWag-Aero CUBy aircraft flew one to 20,000 ft to show that it would not suffervapor lock from usingautomotive fuel as a power source?
... thatAlaska Territorial GovernorThomas Riggs, Jr. led the team which surveyed the Alaskan–Canadian border from thePacific to theArctic Ocean?
... that the educational practice ofteaching to the test has been criticised for excluding creative and abstract-thinking skills?
... that theSouthern Baptist missionaryChris Clarke carries the gospel toequestrian events, mostly in his home state ofKentucky?
... thatJon Stewart'sRally to Restore Sanity willgo head-to-head withStephen Colbert'sMarch to Keep Fear Alive?

06:00, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theplantation-era museumFrancis Land House(pictured) has aGeorgian style exterior but aFederal style interior?
... that theSiderno Group has been involved in the movement ofnarcotics across three continents?
... thatTommy Amaker coached the2001–02,2002–03,2003–04,2004–05,2005–06 and2006–07 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams, winning the2004 NIT and finishing runner-up in the2006 NIT?
... that theOttoman replacement ofAlbanian-speakingpashas in 1844 led toa rebellion?
... thatSymantec claims that the majority of systems infected by thecomputer wormStuxnet were inIran?
... that as a member of theMinnesota Twins in 1997,baseball playerMatt Lawton gave 38 tickets to his family so they could attend one of his games against theHouston Astros at theAstrodome?
... that at least one incident ofkleptoparasitism was documented atBénoué National Park, aUNESCO-designatedBiosphere Reserve inCameroon?
... thatZuhal Sultan founded theNational Youth Orchestra of Iraq at the age of 17?
... that a match at theWorld Wrestling Federation'sUnforgiven (2001) event resulted from the destruction of a mop?

00:00, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theADEOS IIsatellite(artist's drawing pictured), which cost 70 billionyen (US$570 million) to develop, failed 10 months into the mission after thesolar panel malfunctioned?
... that theH. R. Stevens House inNew City, New York, shows the convergence ofDutch andEnglish building traditions?
... that theSerra da Mesa Dam creates the largestreservoir by volume inBrazil?
... that Linda G. Tucker wrote that portrayals ofcriminal black men perpetuate the view that "anigger is not a person so much as a form of behaviour"?
... that in 1892,Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen composed aRomanze inF major forclarinet andpiano which had been influenced by the teachings ofJohannes Brahms?
... thatMichigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached byBrian Ellerbe featuredRobert "Tractor" Traylor and include the1997–98,1998–99,1999–2000 and2000–01 teams?
... that viaUrban Land Committees, more than 300,000Venezuelan urban households have benefited from aland titling program?
... thatJennifer Love Hewitt enthused about decorating hervulva withcrystal glass while promoting her bookThe Day I Shot Cupid?

27 September 2010

18:00, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thedomed atrium of Indiana'sWest Baden Springs Hotel(inside pictured) was the largest free-spanning dome in theUnited States for over 50 years and inthe world from 1902 to 1913?
... thatRobert Abbott is the inventor oflogic mazes?
... thatMinuscule 482 was written by an inaccurate copyist?
... thatMichigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached bySteve Fisher featuredFab Five starsJuwan Howard,Jalen Rose andChris Webber, and include the1990–91,1991–92,1992–93,1993–94,1994–95,1995–96 and1996–97 teams?
... that in the mid-nineteenth centuryArgentina successfully resisted a two-yearnaval blockade byFrance?
... thatlinaclotide has shown promise in clinical trials as a treatment forirritable bowel syndrome withconstipation, a condition that may affect as many as10 million Americans?
... that comedianMicky Flanagan claimed hiscatchphrase was lifted for a television commercial?
... that after teaching atWānanalua Church andPunahou School,William Harrison Rice managed the firstirrigation system forsugar plantations in Hawaii?
... that as aMajor League Baseball scout for decades,Al LaMacchia would not use computers, radar guns or stop watches as scouting tools, saying "I trust my eyes ... Been good so far"?

12:00, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

... that Major-General SirReginald Pinney(pictured) was the subject ofSiegfried Sassoon's 1917 poemThe General, as the "cheery old card" who smiled to his men as they "slogged up toArras"?
... that a new section ofU.S. Highway 2 in Michigan was detoured around theCut River Bridge when the latter was delayed due toWorld War II?
... that European traders originally called theNembe Kingdom "Brass", after the local phrase for turning down a trade?
... that the coastline ofBideford Bay incorporates both 60-metre (200 ft) high cliffs and one of the largestdune systems inBritain?
... that formerAmerican football playerManny Martin made theBuffalo Bills team in 1996, despite being considered by media as "the longest of long shots"?
... that an irrigation damfailed onBully Creek in 1925, flooding the city ofVale, Oregon, with 3 feet (1 m) of water and causingUS$500,000 in damage?
... that theSanok Castle was the seat ofIsabella Jagiellon,queen of Hungary after her escape fromTransylvania?
... that the case ofCharles Stuart, a white man who murdered his wife and pretended that a black man did it, is often cited as an example of aracial hoax?
... thatDarwin's bark spider makes the longest knownspider web, spanning distances of up to 25 metres (82 ft), using the toughest knownbiomaterial, that is ten times as tough asKevlar?

06:00, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theMeyrick Helmet(pictured) combines the shape of a Romanauxiliary helmet with CelticLa Tène style decoration?
... that theDulit Frogmouth forms asuperspecies with theLarge Frogmouth?
... that, at age 12,Samuel South and another youth were sent by the women ofFort Boonesborough to call for help in defending the fort, touching off theBattle of Little Mountain?
... that the1958 Pakistani coup d'état led by GeneralAyub Khan was validated by theSupreme Court of Pakistan under the "doctrine of necessity"?
... thatCatherine Chipembere was the first woman elected to theMalawi Parliament?
... that theGodwin-Knowles House was built as a home for an industrialist inEast Liverpool, Ohio, but was later converted into aMasonic lodge?
... thatMickey Mangham, awalk-on player fromMaryland, scored the onlytouchdown in the1959 Sugar Bowl to secure anational championship for the undefeated1958 LSU Tigers football team?
... that in 1940, England was protected by15,000 miles of scaffold tubing?

00:00, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

... that golden-flowered Australian nativedaisyXerochrysum bracteatum(pictured) was developed into a wide variety of colours inArnstadt, Germany, in the 1850s?
... thatDetroit mayorDe Garmo Jones was eulogized as "a sort of westernVanderbilt, with a great big head"?
... that the 73.8-metre (242 ft) tallCross of All Nations located near theLebanese town ofBaskinta is the largest litcross in the world?
... that in 2006,professional baseball playerFehlandt Lentini broke theNorthern League's single-seasontriples record with 13, one more than the mark set during the previous year?
... that a 63 m (207 ft) length ofhull of theGerman battleshipPreussen, a veteran ofWorld War I, was used as a torpedo target before being bombed and sunk byAllied bombers duringWorld War II?
... thatLouis Theroux traveled toKansas to interview members of theWestboro Baptist Church for thedocumentary filmThe Most Hated Family in America?
... thatpianist andsession musicianDon Randi claims to have played on over three hundredhit records?
... that theWal-Mart brand of women's clothingWhite Stag was originally a company that manufactureddownhill skiing apparel inPortland, Oregon, in the 1930s?
... that clinical studies ofcheiralgia paresthetica resulting fromhandcuffing are hampered by the inebriated subjects?

26 September 2010

18:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

... that New York'sNew Hempstead Presbyterian Church(current building, pictured) was the first established in the colony west of theHudson River by a congregation ofEnglish descent?
... thatRiegeldale Tavern was opened by an owner of amill?
... thatBach used four movements of hischurch cantataEs wartet alles auf dich, BWV 187 for hisMissa in G minor, BWV 235?
... that theshort-tail stingray is the largeststingray species in the world?
... that art byVarnette Honeywood showingAfrican American life was included in the Huxtable living room on the set ofThe Cosby Show afterBill Cosby and his wife first saw her work on greeting cards?
... that theWaterloo Helmet, dredged from theRiver Thames in 1868, is the onlyIron Age helmet with horns ever to have been found in Europe?
... that the 1994 documentary,Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys, brought increased attention to thepedophile groupNAMBLA?
... that theKendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary inCanada'sNorthwest Territories is a traditionalInuvialuit whaling site?
... thatglass discovered incraters at theDescartes Highlands, the landing site ofApollo 16 on theMoon, was described as having the appearance of dried mud by mission commanderJohn Young?

12:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the architectSir George Gilbert Scott consideredAll Souls, Halifax,West Yorkshire(pictured), nowredundant, to be his finest church?
... that the club fungusClavariadelphus ligula iscommonly known as the strap coral?
... thatBach scored an alto aria for twooboes d'amore andoboe da caccia in hiscantataBringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens, BWV 148 for the17th Sunday after Trinity?
... that the insignia of the 84th Infantry Regiment in theFrench Army carried the words "UN CONTRE DIX" (One Against Ten) to commemorate the regiment's successful defence in theBattle of Graz in 1809?
... thatRewa Prasad Dwivedi won aSahitya Akademi Award in 1991 for hisSanskrit epic poemSvatantrya-sambhavam that portrays theIndian national freedom movement?
... that followingThe Office andExtras, the nextsitcom fromRicky Gervais andStephen Merchant isLife's Too Short, starringWarwick Davis and about the life of a showbizdwarf?
... thatWarden Head Light, alighthouse nearUlladulla,New South Wales,Australia, was relocated in 1889 to its current location?
... thatLeiden University'sRolf Bremmer, an expert onOld Frisian language, published analphabet book explaining the Christian aspects of concepts such assin andforeskin?
... thatHockey Hall of FamerBill Quackenbush was promptly traded after winning theLady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct because his manager felt any player who won it did not belong on his team?

06:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the predatory insectOrius insidiosus(pictured) is mass-reared for use in thebiological control ofthrips?
... thatRichard Funkhouser, ageologist and formerU.S. Ambassador to Gabon stated, "Oil men tend to divide government people as either 'for them' or 'against them'"?
... thatColonia Juárez inMexico City is home to a Korean community called "Little Seoul"?
... thatPat "Awesomely Awesome" Audinwood makes hisUltimate Fighting Championship debut in a match againstThiago Tavares today atUFC 119 inIndianapolis?
... that theSouthern Wall of theTemple Mount still contains the steps thatJesus "must have walked" on?
... that the recently describedgenusKoilamasuchus from theEarly Triassic ofArgentina is the best-known earlyarchosauriform inSouth America?
... that at someMaya cities, the earliest production of stonestelae coincided with the establishment ofdynastic rule?
... that the Britishbreastwork monitors designed by SirEdward Reed were the direct ancestors of thepre-dreadnought battleship and thedreadnought?
... that a TV ad "I'm not lovin' it" has a woman grieving over a dead man holding a half-eaten burger as a narrator says "High cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attacks. Tonight, make itvegetarian"?

00:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatSuperintendentJohn Perry Robinson(pictured) was first elected because the supporters of theopposition candidate stayed away, as they never expected Robinson to be able to win?
... thatJulia Pirie, longtime personal secretary toBritish Communist Party headJohn Gollan, was aBritish spy?
... that theDockum Drug Store sit-in that led to desegregation of lunch counters inWichita, Kansas, started inJuly 1958, 18 months before the more widely publicizedGreensboro sit-ins?
... thatSeven Presidents Park inLong Branch, New Jersey, was the site of the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, whose performers includedBuffalo Bill Cody,Annie Oakley andChief Sitting Bull?
... thatRomsilva owns and manages 4,000,000 hectares (9,900,000 acres) of forests, representing 63% of all forests inRomania?
... thatJames Billington's use of a longer drop than usual when hanging the prisoner immortalized as "C.T.W" inOscar Wilde'sThe Ballad of Reading Gaol, stretched C.T.W's neck by eleven inches?
... that theextinct speciesTrochodendron drachuckii is known from a singleEocene fossil found nearCache Creek, British Columbia?
... that in his three total professional basketball seasons,Bob Kinney played in theBAA,NBAandNPBL?
... thatGraham Hawkes is a deep-sea explorer andJames Bond stuntman, who invented the first robot armed with a machine gun?

25 September 2010

18:00, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatGeastrum leptospermum,G. jurei,G. welwitschii andG. quadrifidum(pictured) are species ofearthstar fungi that elevate their spore sacs?
... that theDr. Archibald Neil Sinclair House on theNational Register of Historic Places onOahu has abomb shelter in its front yard?
... that thehairpin ribozyme is anRNA that can encodegenetic information andcatalyze biologicalreactions?
... that afterAnnie Louisa Walker heardIra D. Sankey's hymnThe Night Cometh she recognized that he had used her words?
... that the discovery of thePenrith Hoard ofViking silver brooches stretched over 200 years, from 1785 to 1989?
... thatM-66 is the onlystate highway that runs the length of theLower Peninsula of Michigan?
... thataccountantDavid J. Porter handily unseatedVictor G. Carrillo in the 2010Republican primary forTexas railroad commissioner?
... thatSomerset cricketerRobert Porch was thefirst cousin ofWinston Churchill'sstepfather andfirst cousin once removed of political writerWalter Bagehot?
... that duringWorld War II,Boeing'sPlant 2 wascamouflaged with houses made of plywood, cloth as well as fake streets?

12:36, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theCrosby Garrett Helmet, discovered this year, has a wingedgriffin on it, whereas the similarRibchester Helmet(pictured) may have had asphinx on top, but theNewstead Helmet only had aplume holder?
... that on 28 June 1816 five men wereexecuted for their part in theEly and Littleport riots?
... that inThe ChainbearerJames Fenimore Cooper presents a very strong critique of 19th-centuryAmerican expansionism and concepts of land ownership?
... that theRawalpindi conspiracy was the firstfirst coup attempt inPakistani history and involved poetFaiz Ahmed Faiz?
... thatIGN's Doug Perry felt thatMoto Racer World Tour was one of the five best motorcycle racing video games for thePlayStation?
... that theWyoming Supreme Court JusticeRichard V. Thomas was once theJudge Advocate General at theF.E. Warren Air Force Base inCheyenne?
... thatChirocephalus diaphanus is the only species offairy shrimp to occur inGreat Britain?
... thatCommunist leaderHaji Mohammad Danesh, a leader in theTebhaga movement, served as vice-president and general secretary of theNational Awami Party?
... that arock band did not survive playing for Rob Roy?

06:00, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the firsthighway centerline(pictured) was painted on theMarquette–Negaunee Road by K.I. Sawyer in 1917?
... thatHenry Howard was a 19th centurybanker,lumberman,alderman, andmayor ofDetroit, and the unrelatedHenry Howard was a 19th century banker, lumberman, alderman, and mayor of nearbyPort Huron?
... that inMinuscule 788, manuscript of the four Gospels, some passages of text are relocated (Luke 22:43–44 andJohn 7:53–8:11)?
... thatHermann Gollancz became the first Britishrabbi to receive a knighthood when the honour was bestowed on him byKing George V in 1923?
... thatBarbadian singerRihanna's new single "Only Girl (In the World)" has been called a "stronger, sexier version of her" 2007 single, "Don't Stop the Music"?
... that theaircraft industry of Russia is one of the backbones of the country'seconomy, employing around 355,300 people?
... thatThe Child's Eye is the firstHong Kong horror film to be entirely shot in3-D andhigh definition?
... that whenSt Gregory's Church, Vale of Lune,Cumbria, was built, theLondon and North Western Railway sent a scripture reader to the church to minister to thenavvies building theirIngleton Branch?
... thatCraig "Death" Roh adopted a diet of six meals and more than 4,000 calories a day because he considered himself "tiny" at 230 pounds (104 kg)?

00:00, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatSugarloaf Point Light(pictured), nearSeal Rocks, New South Wales, is one of only twolighthouses in Australia with an externalstairway?
... that in hiswill,temperance campaignerJoseph Livesey left a copy of his "malt liquor lecture" to every household inPreston,Lancashire?
... that oneKeeper of the Archives atOxford University in the early 20th century criticised his predecessors' "fatal inability" to "destroy things when they are done with"?
... that one-third of the structures inHeppner were swept away byWillow Creek in aflash flood onJune 14, 1903, killing 247 people in the "most deadly natural disaster in Oregon's recorded history"?
... that Scottish postman andmycologistCharles McIntosh was very likely the physical model forMr. McGregor inBeatrix Potter'sThe Tale of Peter Rabbit?
... thatTemple II, the most thoroughly restoredpyramid at theMaya ruins ofTikal inGuatemala, was probably built by kingJasaw Chan K'awiil I to honour his wife, Lady Kalajuun Une' Mo'?
... that music of theBaroque composerFortunato Chelleri onDon Quixote was recorded by organistKalevi Kiviniemi on theLas Piñas Bamboo Organ?
... that theCuban idiomEl Niágara en Bicicleta is used to describe a situation that is difficult to overcome?
... thatBarbara Holland enjoyed smoking cigarettes and drinking scotch and wrote her 2007 book,The Joy of Drinking, as a protest against what she saw as the rise ofbroccoli, exercise andStarbucks?

24 September 2010

18:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

... that Early Medieval Irishpenannular brooches(example pictured) were copied and imitated in the 19th centuryCeltic Revival?
... that the lowest temperature ever recorded inIsrael, −13.7 °C (7.3 °F), was measured in theBeit Netofa Valley onFebruary 7, 1950?
... that in theHaidbauer incident ofApril 1926 the philosopherLudwig Wittgenstein knocked an 11-year-old boy unconscious during class?
... that even after returning toassociation football as a professional at age 30,Bulgarian playerNikolay Bozhov has continued to manage his late father'sironmonger's business?
... that thefont inSt Mary's Church, Roecliffe,North Yorkshire, came fromHoly Trinity Church, Hull, while thevestry door andmarble steps came fromYork Minster?
... that thepointed boobialla can be found inrainforest or weteucalyptus forest in eastern Australia?
... thatCanadian Olympicshot putterBishop Dolegiewicz admitted to sellingsteroids in the1980s but later warned athletes of their health risks as a throwingcoach?
... that theJPL Science Division's research areas include studyingMars' surface, causes and mitigation ofozone depletion andglobal warming, search for life in and nature and evolution of theuniverse?
... thatfighting crickets are provided with female company before the fight, stimulated withtickling during the fight, and buried in silver coffins after it?

12:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

... theLaotian national ritual of thebaci(pictured) involves tying strings around a person’s wrist to preserve good luck?
... that theWarrior class ironcladsHMS Warrior andHMS Black Prince towed afloating drydock toBermuda in 1869?
... that three separate wrestlers won theWWF Hardcore Championship in a single match atUnforgiven (2000)?
... that theabbot of Kinloss was a permanent member of thechapter ofFortrose Cathedral,seat of the medievaldiocese of Ross?
... that advertising executiveGene Case developed the "Thanks. I needed that." face slapping campaign for Mennen'sSkin Bracer aftershave and theDragnet-inspired "tum-ta-tum-tum" forTums antacid?
... thatSkënder Muço was one of the founders of the first battalion of the antifascist resistance movement ofBalli Kombëtar inVlorë?
... thatWhat's New Pussycat? was a box office hit forBritish film directorClive Donner, but screenwriterWoody Allen hated the film, saying his original script had been distorted?
... thatSolomon Goldstein, aBulgarian-borncommunist and personal friend ofVladimir Lenin, has been called the mastermind behindAlbania'sJune Revolution of 1924?
... thatFifteenmile Creek is 54miles (87 km) long?

06:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theAmanita speciesA. atkinsoniana(pictured) andA. ravenelii have an odor resemblingbleaching powder?
... thatMarc Tessier-Lavigne, chief scientific officer ofGenentech, was named as President ofRockefeller University, making him the first non-academic to be chosen for the post?
... thatMizil is the only city or town inRomania to lie on the45th parallel north?
... thatRoyal Navy officerEdward Nicholas Kendall discoveredWollaston Land?
... that the radio stationKOHI, inColumbia County, Oregon, broadcasts a late-night radio program dealing withparanormal topics?
... that the serialsex offenderBatman rapist has committed at least 17 attacks inBath since 1991 and is the subject of Britain's longest-running serial rape investigation?
... that three main spangirders onCroatia'sDobra Bridge collapsed into theDobra River during construction in 2000?
... that the first college undergraduate to win theJames E. Sullivan Award as leading U.S.amateur sportsman wasathleteLeslie MacMitchell in 1941?
... that the leak of nine-year old singerWillow Smith's single "Whip My Hair" was covered byBillboard,Time, andCNN the day of its release, as well as garnering over 100,000YouTube views?

00:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatBlack False Hellebore(pictured) is a toilet cleaner which may be a cure for cancer?
... thatJordan Valley, Oregon, is the only permanently inhabited population center alongJordan Creek?
... thatRomania has the third largestnatural gasreserves in theEuropean Union?
... thatJohn Cassell, a leadingeducational publisher andtemperance campaigner, was brought up in apublic house?
... that the ReverendThomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing, who became a strong supporter ofDarwinism, was ordained bySamuel Wilberforce,Bishop of Oxford, one of its greatest opponents?
... that Seattle Genetics withdrew its druglintuzumab as a treatment foracute myeloid leukemia inSeptember 2010 after aclinical study found that it offered no greater benefit thanplacebo therapy?
... thatcartoonistFrancis Wilford-Smith recordedblues musicians in hisEnglish farmhouse using a hiredtape recorder and apiano borrowed from the localvillage hall?
... that thePanamanian ferryAvrasaya was hijacked bypro-Chechen rebels inJanuary 1996, in theBlack Sea hostage crisis?
... that double leg amputeeBob Wieland finished theNew York City Marathon in three days and crossed America in three years, eight months, and six days—all while walking on his hands?

23 September 2010

18:00, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

... that it is uncertain where adultspeartooth sharks(pictured) live, as none have been captured?
... thatLucius Walker blamedRonald Reagan for a 1988 river boat attack byContra rebels inNicaragua in which two were killed, saying he had come "face to face with the terrorism of our own government"?
... that the Britishbreastwork monitorHMS Hydra saw service during theRusso-Turkish War withAdmiral SirCooper Key's Particular Service Squadron inPortland Harbour?
... that depleted student bodies at American universities caused byWorld War II enabledDick Ives to play basketball forIowa as a 17-year-old freshman?
... that historianA. L. Rowse said the biographyElizabeth the Great byElizabeth Jenkins "got nearer to penetrating the secret of the most remarkable woman in history than any other"?
... thatNadine Gordimer says her novelBurger's Daughter was "a coded homage" toBram Fischer,Nelson Mandela'streason trial defence lawyer?
... that apit-house discovered nearTrout Creek is at least 5,000 years old?
... that at 11.38 km (7.07 mi) long, theEng Sérgio Motta Dam on theParaná River is the longest inBrazil?
... that theEternal Peace, concluded between theByzantine Empire andSassanid Persia in 532, lasted for just eight years?

12:00, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

... that riots erupted inCharles Town,Province of Carolina, after GovernorJames Moore's failed 1702Siege of St. Augustine(fortress pictured)?
... that now-retiredprofessional wrestlerAbe Jacobs once defeated three other wrestlers inJohannesburg despite suffering fromjet lag and competing at a high altitude?
... that the lastprioress ofNorth Berwick nunnery handed the lands of her nunnery over to her kinsman, the fifthLord Home?
... thatSerbia has large but undevelopedreserves ofoil shale?
... thatPetter Jakob Bjerve defended his doctorate thesis while serving asNorway's Minister of Finance?
... that the Britishbreastwork monitorHMS Cyclops and other ships of her type were described by AdmiralG. A. Ballard as being like "full-armoured knights riding on donkeys, easy to avoid but bad to close with"?
... thatThomas Guinzburg hiredJackie Onassis as a book editor, but she left afterViking Press publishedShall We Tell the President? about a fictional plot to assassinate PresidentTed Kennedy?
... that theMiage Glacier is the largestdebris-coveredglacier inEurope and the longest glacier inItaly?
... that theWatervliet Shakers are thought to have been the first seed sellers to package seeds in small, paper envelopes?

06:00, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

... that before reaching theIguazu Falls(pictured) on the border ofBrazil andArgentina, theIguazu River is interrupted by thehydroelectricJosé Richa,Salto Osório,Salto Santiago,Ney Braga andBento Munhoz Dams?
... that after the countycricket match betweenYorkshire andMiddlesex in July 1924, Yorkshire'sAbe Waddington was accused of inciting the crowd to jeer the opposition?
... thatLake Zabuye is the major source oflithium inChina?
... thatKyle Watson, a competitor onThe Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck, is also the headJiu-Jitsu instructor at theH.I.T. Squad?
... thatBruce Erickson, anAmerican paleontologist, has a collection of about a millionspecimens of ancientfossils?
... that the accommodations aboard theCyclops-class monitors were rated the worst in theRoyal Navy and referred to by ordinary seamen as "ratholes with tinned air"?
... that the founding leader ofBangladesh,Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also co-founded theEast Pakistan Renaissance Society which promotedEast Pakistan as an independent state?
... that in theBattle of Satala in 530, aByzantine officer captured thePersian general's flag, causing the Persian army to panic and retreat?
... thatHolly Hunter sang the traditionalmurder ballad "Down in the Willow Garden" as alullaby in the 1987 filmRaising Arizona?

00:00, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thenorthernmost city of Russia,Pevek(pictured), stands on theEast Siberian Sea?
... thatHugh of Amiens,archbishop of Rouen, was the firstabbot of Reading?
... that theItá,Machadinho andBarra Grande Hydroelectric Power Plants can together generate 127% of the energy demand inBrazil's state ofSanta Catarina?
... that despite turning professional scarcely more than a year prior,Alexander Volkov reached the final of theM-1 Global Eastern Europe tournament?
... thatBecconsall Old Church,Lancashire, was built with handmade bricks supplied by thelord of the manor?
... thatOscar Torp, laterPrime Minister of Norway, was responsible for the successfulflight of the Norwegian National Treasury in 1940?
... that archaeological finds inCălineşti-Oaş demonstrate it was inhabited by theStarčevo culture during theEarly Neolithic Age?
... that a college scholarship program, a technical college, and a middle school are all named forT. H. Harris, who served asLouisiana education superintendent from 1908 to 1940?
... that it is possible to calculate theage of three children from just the sum, product and uniqueness of their ages?

22 September 2010

18:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the Army general Maxwell Woodhull donated hisfamily home(pictured) toGeorge Washington University inWashington, D.C.?
... thatJames Haldenston,Prior of St Andrews andDean ofTheology atSt Andrews University, was praised by the medieval historianWalter Bower for his hatred ofLollards?
... that of the nineBritish battlecruisers built beforeWorld War I onlyHMS Tiger was retained by theRoyal Navy after the tonnage limits of theWashington Naval Treaty came into effect in 1922?
... thatAmerican diplomatR. Smith Simpson wrote in 1962 that many students interested in joining theForeign Service knew little about the U.S. and were "wholly unprepared for diplomatic work"?
... that the range of the pearl oysterPinctada radiata extends fromJapan toVictoria?
... thatSharif El-Gamal, theMuslim real estate developer behind the "Ground Zero mosque", is a member of the localJewish Community Center, which he says served as an inspiration for his project?
... that the old bridge onHighway 61 at theOntario–Minnesota border, known asThe Outlaw, was built by local citizens without approval from the Canadian or American governments?
... thatStephen A. Swails may have been the firstAfrican American commissioned as an officer in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War?
... that theofficial song for the2010 FIFA World Cup was recently bumped off thetop spot on theFrench music chart by asingle byRené la Taupe, a virtual singinggroundhog?

12:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatTe Rewa Rewa Bridge(pictured) inNew Plymouth,New Zealand, is located on the site of one of theMusket Wars battles?
... that the origins of theteam sportbando are closely connected tohockey,shinty andbandy?
... that on thechancel arch ofSt Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer,North Yorkshire, is a painting ofMoses andAaron?
... that2010 Summer Youth Olympics diving bronze medalistMichael Hixon's parents are both coaches in Americancollegiate sports?
... that theFenton Hill Observatory is home to the RAPTOR telescopes, which can swivel to any point in the sky in less than three seconds?
... thatTony Blair waspelted with shoes and eggs the day after promoting his book onThe Late Late Show inDublin?
... that theLegg House was built outside ofBloomington, Indiana, but now lies near the heart of theIndiana University campus?
... thatBob Dylan did not release his 1963 song "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" until 1985, but it was covered byThe Byrds and other artists in the interim?
... thatTriggs was once described as the "the fittest dog inCheshire"?

06:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thebox pews inSt John the Evangelist's Church, Lancaster,(pictured) were modified to form a double pew for the use of theCorporation?
... thatPercy Reeve, known for composingoperettas and writingmusic criticism, also produced a book of poetry,Love & Music?
... that the Japanese escort shipsOkinawa,CD-63 andCD-207 sunk the American submarineBonefish?
... thatThe Causeway inWashington, D.C., is an estate named for abridge rather than an occupant?
... that the fictional parish of Stoneground, setting forE. G. Swain'sStoneground Ghost Tales, is based onStanground, Peterborough, where Swain himself was Vicar?
... thatMoto Racer DS was the firstMoto Racer video game to be released since 2002?
... thatBritish Army General SirCharles Grene Ellicombe was created one of the firstCompanions of the Order of the Bath?
... that theNew Ireland stingaree is the onlystingaree withdermal denticles, and may represent a newgenus?
... thatEberhard von Brauchitsch called his company's donation of about26 millionDeutsche Mark to all the major German parties between 1969 and 1981 "cultivating the political scene"?

00:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theleopard whipray(pictured) andhoneycomb whipray have large dark spots when young, that become rings when adults?
... that theHomagial Crown was probably the coronation crown of kingWładysław II Jagiełło of Poland?
... that some of theSugar Grove Petroglyphs have been interpreted as showingOjibwe themes, although the Ojibwe never lived near the petroglyph site?
... that thehidden camera conversations betweenPatrick van der Eem andJoran van der Sloot set a television broadcast record in theNetherlands?
... that although thePaulo Afonso Complex inBrazil dammed awaterfall, itsspillways can recreate it?
... thatprofessional baseball playerEddie Phillips never batted or fielded a ball in themajor leagues, but scored fourruns for theSt. Louis Cardinals during their1953 season?
... that the broken top of theAviation Martyrs' Monument inIstanbul is to symbolize the incomplete status of the flight missions?
... thatLouisiana Republican figureBob Reese in his later years was agymnastics coach and a portrait painter?
... that aftercapturing the Prussian capital of Berlin in 1757, cavalrymen of theHoly Roman Empire demanded a dozen pairs of gloves for theEmpress as part of the city's ransom?

21 September 2010

18:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theFlanginian School inCampo dei Greci(pictured),Venice, produced several teachers who contributed to themodern Greek Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries?
... thatMedal of Honor recipientRichard Etchberger's original nomination for the medal was rejected because the mission he was on was classified?
... thatOld Sarum Cathedral, theNorman church built atOld Sarum,Wiltshire, was replaced by anew cathedral atSalisbury in the 13th century?
... that the1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team set the currentBig Ten Conference single-gamefield goals made record of 55?
... thatBulat Okudzhava wrote song lyrics forThe Adventures of Buratino but some of his work was considered too philosophical and was left out?
... that theflushwork decorating parts ofSt John the Baptist's Church, Pilling,Lancashire, is in two colours ofsandstone rather than the more usual materials offlint and stone?
... thatSilver Creek flows through a canyon nearRiley, Oregon, with over 200-foot (60 m) tall walls?
... thatIndian leaderJairamdas Daulatram representedEast Punjab in theConstituent Assembly of India before becoming theGovernor of Assam?
... thatAlbin Eines started working on theright-wing newspaperTidens Tegn in 1928, less than a year after he edited theCommunist Party newspaperNorges Kommunistblad?

12:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatJanusz Radziwiłł, considered by some as the traitor of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, died in the besiegedTykocin Castle(pictured)?
... thatMorton Cohen's 1995biography of Lewis Carroll is generally considered the definitive scholarly work onCarroll's life?
... that the1980 Michigan defense, led by All-Big Ten linebackersAndy Cannavino,Paul Girgash andRobert Thompson, gave up an average of only 1.8 points per game in the last five games of the season?
... that for the filmReign of Assassins,John Woo spent over a week directing an action scene featuring his daughter Angeles?
... that Mozambique'sPrimeiras and Segundas Archipelago is the focus ofWWF andCARE projects aimed at preserving its spectacularreef system?
... that formerLouisiana Attorney GeneralBolivar Kemp, Jr. was a brother-in-law ofCajun humorist andchef Justin Wilson?
... that despite extreme physical similarities to theKingdom Hearts characterRoxas,Ventus is a completely different character from the same series?
... that in April 2010,New Jersey cat sanctuaryTabby's Place received three cats from aU.S. Marine inOkinawa, Japan, marking the organization's first international rescue?
... thatCody McKenzie, who appeared onThe Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck, has the second-mostguillotine choke victories in the world according toSherdog.com?

06:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

... that, unlike the drab-colouredwrens of theNorthern Hemisphere, thefairywrens of Australasia can bePurple-crowned,Orange-crowned,White-shouldered, or ...Lovely(pictured)?
... that the newly described monkey,Rondon's Marmoset, was named in honor ofAmazonian explorerCândido Rondon?
... thatHinder's lead singer, Austin Winkler, considers the band's upcoming album,The All-American Nightmare, to be the record he is proudest of?
... that the creators ofAvatar: The Last Airbender plan to make a spinoff calledAvatar: Legend of Korra, which is set at least 70 years after the defeat of Fire Lord Ozai?
... that Eva Maria Mauter wrote that the 1994 children's bookThe Daydreamer byIan McEwan gets neglected in treatment about McEwan's works because it is a children's novel?
... that theKai stingaree has only been collected by theHMSChallenger, in 1874?
... thatSako Chivitchian holds 11U.S. nationaljudo titles and won his debutmixed martial arts fight in 98 seconds at age 15?
... that theGeorge D. Oakley House on theNational Register of Historic Places onOahu has awindow through itslava rock chimney?
... that Canadian artistWill Munro became known for fashioning artistic works out of men's underwear?

00:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

... that architectThomas Lainson's works include aQueen Anne-stylehospital, aSecond Empire-stylefurniture repository(pictured) and aHigh Gothicworking men's club?
... that the recently describeddwarf black stingray looks like, but is less than a third as wide as, theblack stingray?
... that in 1848,James Mathews Leigh founded a popularart school inLondon, providing training for many leading British artists?
... thatGubazes II, the king ofLazica, was assassinated by two Byzantine generals whom he had accused of incompetence?
... that theextinct fernWessiea is known fromMiocene fossils found at the "Ho ho" locality inYakima County, Washington?
... thatBrian Birdwell, the newest member of theTexas State Senate, was a burn victim of theterrorist attack onThe Pentagon onSeptember 11, 2001?
... thatDeltaterrasserne, containing features of bothIndependence I andIndependence II cultures, is one of the largest archaeological sites inPeary Land?
... thatJohn Rudometkin'sNBA career was cut short due to his battle withnon-Hodgkin's lymphoma?
... thatSeymour Pine, who led theNYPD raid that triggered theStonewall riots, later admitted that such raids were seen as an easy way to improve arrest numbers as the gays "never gave you any trouble"?

20 September 2010

18:00, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

... that many prisoners escaped from theAllen County Jail(pictured), which was hailed as the bestjail in southeasternKansas upon its completion?
... thatShantungosuchus, a small, primitivecrocodile from theCretaceous period, was terrestrial instead of aquatic?
... thatManoj Pradhan, anIndian politician belonging to theBharatiya Janata Party, was elected fromOrissa'sG. Udayagiri assembly constituency?
... that formerLouisiana Atty. Gen.Fred S. LeBlanc, as a district judge in 1959, signed the letter committing his old rival,Earl Long, to undergo evaluation forparanoid schizophrenia?
... that the UKcharityCounsel and Care was one of the first advocates of a "death tax" as a method to fund thecare of the elderly?
... that in the first round of the2004 Grand Prixsnooker tournament,Stephen Maguire was docked a frame for not having hischalk at the start of his match againstShaun Murphy?
... that artist William W. Fenn, althoughblind, was a popular writer forThe Magazine of Art (1878–1904)?
... that whenSt Mary's Church, Tarleton,Lancashire, was closed and replaced by a new church nearer the centre of the village, it was used as a mortuary chapel?
... that theAruba Police Force was once stationed in aclock tower atFort Zoutman, the oldest establishment on the island?

12:00, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1553–54, while seeking a northern passage from England to theIndies,Richard Chancellor established a trade route to Russia through theWhite Sea(pictured) instead?
... that, in later life, English illustratorLawson Wood was a recluse, living in a 15th centurymedieval manor house he had moved brick by brick fromSussex to theKent border?
... thatDickie Boon,Stanley Cup champion player with theMontreal Hockey Club of 1902–1903 is credited with inventing thepoke check used inice hockey to knock the puck off an attacking player's stick?
... thatOld St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling,Lancashire, has been called "an unusual survival of a smallGeorgian church"?
... thatCharles Folkard created the first British daily newspaper cartoon strip,The Adventures of Teddy Tail, for theDaily Mail inApril 1915?
... that theLuiz Gonzaga Dam inBrazil was renamed in honor ofLuiz Gonzaga who is known as the "king ofBaião" and "Gonzagão"?
... that part of the bed of theDry River in centralOregon is used as a hiking trail?
... that in 1830, 80% of the residents ofMexican Texas—part of the Mexican stateCoahuila y Tejas—were from the United States or Europe?
... thatThis Ain't Avatar XXX, an Americanpornographic film parody ofAvatar, is being shot in 3D and is the most expensive filmHustler Video has ever produced?

06:00, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

... that Japanese surgeonHanaoka Seishū(illustrated) performed the world's first operation undergeneral anesthesia in 1804?
... thatBach usedrecorders andpizzicato of the strings to evoke funeral bells in hiscantataKomm, du süße Todesstunde, BWV 161, written inWeimar for the 16th Sunday afterTrinity?
... that during theNannygate political controversy of 1993, Americans were asked if they had a "Zoë Baird problem"?
... thatU.S. Supreme Court JusticeWilliam Brennan'sdictum inCone Hospital that theFederal Arbitration Act applied to state courts later became the central holding ofSouthland Corp. v. Keating?
... that about 67 powerful and destructiveearthquakes occurred in1985?
... that theAcademy Honorary Award and theIrving G. Thalberg Memorial Award are presented at theGovernors Awards?
... thatGreenland's well preserved archaeological site onNipisat Island contains some stoneartifacts that were previously unknown from theSaqqaq culture?
... that the twoScorpion class ironclads that were ordered by theConfederate States Navy in 1862 from a Britishshipyard were seized in 1863 by the British Government to prevent their delivery?
... thatfootwraps, pieces of cloth wrapped around the feet in place of socks, are being phased out by thearmy of Belarus in 2010?

00:00, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

... that from 1980 to 2005, theUst-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power Station(pictured) inRussia generated over600 billion kWh of electricity?
... that radio mogulJohn Lynch initially playedfootball for thePittsburgh Steelers, but joined the broadcasting industry after only a few weeks because of a knee injury?
... that the newAstronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey lays out a roadmap for exploringextrasolar planetary systems and investigating the nature ofdark energy?
... that AmericanorganistCarl Weinrich performed the premieres ofSamuel Barber'sPrelude and Fugue in B Minor,Louis Vierne'sOrgan Symphony No. 6, andArnold Schoenberg'sVariations on a Recitative?
... that after leaving theaircraft byevacuation slide, some of the passengers fromAlrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Flight 514 foraged formushrooms whilst awaiting rescue?
... that theArkansas River bridge betweenJohnson andLogan counties inArkansas is named forAda Mills, who lobbied 40 years for the project?
... that theChurch of Saint Andrew inHigh Ham,Somerset, England, has a 12th century lead-linedfont on a stem with rope moulding?
... thatMontana Territorial GovernorJohn Schuyler Crosby fought and subdued a crazed knife wieldingvalet from his sick bed?
... that ten years after releasing anentire album of 18- to 21-minute songs, progressive rock bandYes won their firstGrammy for "Cinema", a two-minute instrumental?

19 September 2010

18:00, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theNorcon pillbox(pictured) has been described as "possibly the most dangerous, cheap and nasty of all pillbox designs"?
... that author andwine educatorKaren MacNeil‎'s bookThe Wine Bible was ten years in the making?
... thatCanpotex manages the entireSaskatchewan potash-exporting industry, representing one-third of global capacity?
... that all ofmixed martial artistMairbek Taisumov's documented victories have come byknockout orsubmission?
... that the first everUK City of Culture will beDerry in 2013?
... that the detection ofsupernova SN 2008D onJanuary 9, 2008, byAlicia M. Soderberg using data fromNASA'sSwiftX-ray space telescope marked the first time a supernova was observed as it occurred?
... that thecathedra atBeirut'sSaint George Maronite Cathedral is the armchair used byPope John Paul II during his 1997 visit toLebanon?
... thatColonia Hipódromo was home to refugees from theSpanish Civil War?
... that after keeping aclean sheet in anFA Cup match against defending championsManchester United,Bournemouth goalkeeperIan Leigh was rewarded with a lifetime supply of pizzas from a local Italian restaurant?

12:00, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the 5,000 year-oldÖtzi the Iceman was carrying four pieces ofHoof Fungus(modern specimen pictured) when he was found?
... that two players named John Schultz,one a pitcher for thePhiladelphia Phillies andone a catcher for theSt. Louis Browns, each enjoyedcups of coffee during the1891 Major League Baseball season?
... that whenSt Mary's Church, Tarleton,Lancashire, was closed and replaced by a new church nearer the centre of the village, it was used as a mortuary chapel?
... that thequilting showLap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel has been on the air for more than 30 years?
... that the 7.5M_w1985 Pichilemu earthquake lasted about three minutes?
... that a potential candidate for apresidential election in Singapore must apply for a certificate of eligibility to show he has the necessary qualifications to be nominated?
... that theblackedge whipray is known inTamil as the "salt-like ray"?
... that theMichigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached byBill Frieder won five consecutiveNCAA tournament berths and include the1980–81,1983–84,1984–85,1985–86,1986–87, and1987–88 teams, and1988–89 national championship team?
... that theDeaf Smith County Historical Museum contains artifacts from aWorld War II Italian POW camp located nearHereford,Texas?

06:00, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

... that there are 21endemic Australianstingarees, including thebrown,circular,common,Coral Sea,greenback,Kapala(pictured),lobed,masked,mitotic,patchwork,sandyback,sparsely-spotted,spotted,striped,wide, andeastern,western andyellow shovelnoses?
... that beginning in the 18th century,Tanners' Bridge was used to crossLanë inTirana until the stream was redirected in the 1930s?
... thatMalcolm, Lord Douglas of Mains washung, drawn and quartered in 1584 for kidnappingKing James VI of Scotland in theRaid of Ruthven?
... that there is some confusion about whetherShigeki Osawa'sMMA fight against Katsuya Toida was ano contest or adisqualification win for Osawa due to accidental kicks to the groin?
... that theMcBarge, a futuristic floatingMcDonald's built forExpo '86, has been anchored derelict next to anoil refinery since 1991?
... that the 4th centuryRoman glassLycurgus Cup isdichroic; lit from in front it is green, but thanks tosurface plasmon resonance it is red when lit from behind?
... that the Rrashbull Tunnel of theDurrës–Tiranë railway inAlbania was dug byBulgarian volunteers, members of the Youth section of theirCommunist Party?
... thatFrench royal troops attacked theSpanish Netherlands when portions of that province were not ceded toLouis XIV as part of his wife's dowry?
... that Americanmusicologist and criticJoseph Kerman describedPuccini's operaTosca as "a shabby little shocker"?

00:00, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Robert Clotworthy

... thatRobert Clotworthy(voice sample right) is the voice ofJim Raynor inStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty?
... thatauthor andwine educatorMary Ewing-Mulligan was the first female AmericanMaster of Wine?
... thatRoute Trident inAfghanistan was the first road to be built by theRoyal Engineers during combat since theDhofar Rebellion in the early 1970s?
... that whenGordon MacInnes won aState Senate seat in 1993 in the25th Legislative District, he became the firstDemocrat fromMorris County in 18 years to be elected to theNew Jersey Legislature?
... thatParque México inMexico City exists because environmental laws in the 1920s did not allow housing to be built on a former racetrack?
... that in retaliation forNepal recognising Bangladesh in 1971,Pakistan broke offits ties with Nepal?
... that historianDavid J. Weber ofSouthern Methodist University was called "at least a generation ahead of his time in recognizing how entwinedMexico and theUnited States were and are"?
... that theMichigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached byJohnny Orr featuredRudy Tomjanovich,Campy Russell,Rickey Green andPhil Hubbard and included the1968–69,1969–70,1970–71,1971–72,1973–74,1976–77, and1979–80 teams, and theNCAA Tournament runner-up1975–76 team?
... that playwrightA.R. Gurney promised his parents that his playThe Cocktail Hour would not be produced in their hometown ofBuffalo, New York, during their lifetimes?

18 September 2010

18:04, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thekeels of both BritishRenown classbattlecruisers(HMS Renown pictured) were laid six weeks before the contracts were finalized in 1915?
... thatChile is celebrating itsbicentennial on September 18, today?
... thatJames L. Swauger continued hisarchaeological work withpetroglyphs for fifteen years after his nominal retirement?
... thatDick Button performed the first triple jump in competition at themen's figure skating event at the1952 Winter Olympics?
... thatKrohn Air was started by a local businessman to continue servicing the route fromMolde toTrondheim,Norway, afterScandinavian Airlines terminated its service?
... thatFrank Perls, who found a copy of theNuremberg Laws signed byHitler, also uncovered a series offorgeries attributed toDegas andPicasso?
... thatcatcherRocky Gale made hisprofessional baseball debut with theEugene Emeralds, a team he watched while growing up in the area?
... thatIraqi television presenterRiad al-Saray was assassinated the same day thatReporters Without Borders announced theIraq War had killed more journalists than any since theSecond World War?
... thatJerusalem'sBeit Hadfus Street was named "Street of the Printing Press" for the printing houses that were established there?
... that descendants ofWigglesworth Dole included amissionary to Hawaii, agovernor of Hawaii, anattorney general of Hawaii, and a"pineapple king"?

12:00, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatLarry Ashmead wrote the bookBertha Venation: And Hundreds of Other Funny Names of Real People, with such people as Stan Dupp, a dentist named Dr. Fang andJaime Cardinal Sin(pictured) of thePhilippines?
... thatDon Grahamdeveloped theAla Moana Center inHonolulu, the largest outdoorshopping mall in theUnited States?
... thatColonia Guerrero inMexico City was part of an old colonial-era indigenous neighborhood?
... thatChicago nativeScotty Moylan, who became one ofGuam's most prominentbusinessmen, introduced the firstVolkswagen automobiles to the island in the 1960s?
... that, in a storyline, several referees attackedJim Korderas at theWorld Wrestling Federation'sUnforgiven 1999 event for not joining them in theirstrike?
... that Deborah and John Coleman Darnell of theTheban Desert Road Survey followed ancient caravan trails to discover a 3,500-year-old site at theKharga Oasis in the middle ofEgypt'sWestern Desert?
... that the $30 million renovation ofProctor's Theatre in 2007 has been seen as the catalyst for the revival ofdowntown Schenectady?
... thatAlex Caceres' nickname "Bruce Leeroy" is inspired by the character of the same nickname inThe Last Dragon?
... that in the 1970s theSociety for Anglo-Chinese Understanding was one of the few organisations that could arrange visits from theUnited Kingdom toChina?

06:00, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

... that1520 Sedgwick Avenue(pictured) inThe Bronx has been recognized as the "birthplace of hip hop"?
... that ascivil defense director at the height of theCold War in 1961,Frank B. Ellis pushed for the adoption offallout shelters to protect civilians from nuclear attack?
... thatAntardwand, anIndian film that was based on the practice ofgroom kidnapping, won aNational Award for Best Film on Social Issues?
... that 141 people died whenVnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed into a mountain in the Arctic archipelago ofSvalbard, making it the deadliest aviation accident ever inNorway?
... that while still the sitting Governor ofAlaska Territory,Mike Stepovich appeared on the game showWhat's My Line?
... thatTanymastix stagnalis is the only species offairy shrimp to occur inIreland?
... that former professionalfootballerGeorge Catleugh suffered a broken leg on two different occasions?
... that theWetumpka State Penitentiary was the firststate prison established inAlabama?
... that due to his pale complexion and resemblance to a character from theBlade films,Aaron Wilkinson's coaches nicknamed him "The Daywalker"?

00:00, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thewoodlouseHemilepistus reaumuri(pictured) can only survive in thedesert because itlooks after its young?
... thatM. C. Burton, Jr. of the1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team became the first player to lead theBig Ten Conference inscoring andrebounding for a season?
... that thePakistani High Commissioner toBritain condemned theInt'l Cricket Council's suspension of thethree Pakistani cricketers charged withspot-fixing in the4th Pakistan-England Test?
... that in 1133, theEnglish economy received a major boost when hugesilver deposits were discovered nearCarlisle?
... that the family ofOskar Höcker, a German writer and a celebrated actor of theLessing Theater, included three more writers: his brotherGustav, his sonPaul Oskar, and his granddaughterKarla?
... that theInland Customs Line stretched across more than 2,500 miles (4,000 km) ofBritish India and was compared to theGreat Wall of China?
... that thepaleobotanistsDavid P. Penhallow andChester A. Arnold both published studies on theextinct water-fernAzolla primaeva?
... that upon completion, theIrkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station was called "a pearl of Soviet water-power engineering" and 349 of its workers were awarded theHero of Socialist Labour medal?
... that the filmWho's That Girl? features a livecougar, which one day escaped from the set before shooting started?

17 September 2010

18:00, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the meat of theslipper lobsterIbacus peronii(pictured) is considered inferior to that of theMoreton Bay bug because it sometimes tastes ofgarlic?
... that formerworld snooker champion Shaun Murphy reached the semi-finals of aranking event for the first time at the2004 British Open?
... that each of the five sides ofMitford Castle'skeep has a different dimension?
... that theelectricity sector in Canada is the world's second-largest producer of hydroelectricity, which accounted for 58% of all electric generation in 2007?
... that during his 60-year career,character actorLeon Belasco appeared in films with theMarx Brothers,Bob Hope,James Cagney,Humphrey Bogart,Bing Crosby andFred Astaire?
... thatThe World of Strawberry Shortcake, the firsttelevision special to featureAmerican Greetings'popular character, was rejected by the major U.S.networks and premiered insyndication instead?
... thatSatch Davidson wasplate umpire whenHank Aaron hit his record 715th home run, and also whenCarlton Fisk hit his 12th-inning home run to win Game 6 for theBoston Red Sox in the1975 World Series?
... thatArthur Eaglefield Hull invented the term "mystic chord" to describe the music of Russian composerScriabin?
... that due to a copy-editing error,The Washington Post inadvertently suggested thatPublic Enemy's 1990 song "911 Is a Joke" referred to theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks?

12:00, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatOperation Power Flite, in which threeU.S. Air Force B-52s flew non-stoparound the world(route pictured), was made to show that "the United States had the ability to drop ahydrogen bomb anywhere in the world"?
... that fans threw silver coins onto thefield to celebrateBobby Lowehitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game, the first player to accomplish that feat?
... that in 1927, at the same time as theNorwegian Labour and theSocial Democratic Labour parties reunited, a competingUnified Party of the Working Class was founded?
... that Scottish artistChristine Berrie is known for her industrial-themed illustrations, includinggas meters, dials, buttons, switches, machinery, and appliances?
... thatPrincess Margaret stayed atFort Belan for the investiture ofPrince Charles in 1969?
... that for his bookLife at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass,Theodore Dalrymple interviewed over 10,000 people who hadattempted suicide?
... thatTheodore Roosevelt calledMedicine Rocks inMontana "as fantastically beautiful a place as I have ever seen"?
... thatTony Clunn, a British Army Major looking for Roman coins with ametal detector, discovered the site of theBattle of the Teutoburg Forest?
... that the front porch on theJohn Shelp Cobblestone House inWest Shelby, New York, was probably built as a result of a heating stove fire in the dining room?

06:00, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theScoresby Sund(pictured) is the world's largestfjord system?
... that within hours of its publication,A Journey, the memoir ofTony Blair, became the fastest-sellingautobiography of all time?
... thatThe Bravo isJames Fenimore Cooper's first novel set inEurope and was largely disliked by contemporaryAmerican critics?
... thatKen Livingstone, theMayor of London from 2000 to 2008, is running to regain the office in the2012 London mayoral election?
... that theAction of 9 November 1822, fought between theUSS Alligator and a squadron ofpirate schooners, saw the death of LieutenantWilliam Howard Allen after he stood up to rally his men?
... thatSauternes wine producerChâteau Raymond-Lafon remains unclassified since its five-year-old vines were too young for theBordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855?
... thatMichael Johnson has signed with theUltimate Fighting Championship promotion to appear onThe Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck?
... thatNorid manages two unusedtop-level domains,.sj forSvalbard and Jan Mayen, and.bv forBouvet Island?
... that art historian Andrew Ladis has describedDomenico di Bartolo'sMadonna of humility, painted in 1433, as one of the most innovative devotional images from the earlyRenaissance?
... that every year, a narrow land pass opens for a few hours between the Modo andJindo Islands in theYellow Sea?
... thatSaskatchewan Roughriders defensive linemanKitwana Jones was nicknamed "Batman" after chasing down and apprehending apurse snatcher?

00:01, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

... that according to legend,Tomorr Mountain inBerat County(pictured) was personified by a giant who fought his brother for the love of a young woman, who weeped over their deaths to create theOsum River?
... that theAmantaka hotel inLuang Prabang,Laos, used to be a hospital until 2005?
... thatJohn Phillips returned victoriously tomixed martial arts atCage Rage 28 after being the firstCage Rage fighter to test positive for a banned substance?
... that in April 1952, five Norwegianseal hunting ships disappeared in theWest Ice of theGreenland Sea?
... thatEarl K. Long in 1956 used humor to derail the candidacy ofgubernatorial opponentFred Preaus, a scrupulously honest, small-townautomobile dealer fromFarmerville, Louisiana?
... that former World Champion and record holder inweightlifting,Ymer Pampuri, was an acrobat of theTirana Circus before and after his athletic career?
... that the title of "Darling It Hurts", a top 20Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart single byAustralian rock groupPaul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, was based on a piece of infamousSydney graffiti?
... that theBanglabandhainland port is aimed at increasing trade betweenBangladesh andNepal,India, andBhutan?
... that of his internment inSachsenhausen, RabbiLeo Trepp said "I know God was there. In the concentration camp with me. And it was the worst place for it. That's why it was the best"?

16 September 2010

18:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the so-calledHungarian Crown(pictured), part of thePolish Crown Jewels, was modeled after theHoly Crown of Hungary?
... that constableWilliam Piers received a reward for bringing the head ofShane Ó Neill, "pickled in apipkin", to SirHenry Sidney?
... that the1974–75 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team finished the season ranked in theAP Poll, but unranked in theCoaches' Poll?
... thatHenri Gascar painted portraits of many leading ladies at the court ofKing Charles II of England, including several of the king's mistresses?
... thatJerry Lawler andUltimate Warrior's match at theWorld Wrestling Federation's1996 King of the Ring resulted from an argument over artistic abilities?
... that a song by the 16th c.BengaliVaishnava padavali poetGovindadasa was included in an opera written under a disguised name byRabindranath Tagore?
... that for many decades, theschoolhouse inMississippi known as the birthplace of theOrder of the Eastern Star housed asegregated school forAfrican Americans?
... that onSwedish runestoneSö Fv1948;295, theR rune is represented by the shape of the tongue of a serpent?
... thatTamora, Nebraska, was named for the day after today?

12:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the porcelainKakiemon elephant(pictured) was made when elephants would not have been seen in Japan?
... thatColorado cowboy artistArthur Roy Mitchell created more than 160 cover paintings forwestern pulp magazines?
... that in 1942, sevencommandos captured duringOperation Musketoon were executed at theSachsenhausen concentration camp?
... that after seeing a map of theU.S. showing higher cancer rates inNorthern states,Frank C. Garland did a study which found that increasedVitamin D from sun exposure can reducecolon cancer risk?
... that the executive chef of theColony inCentral London isMichelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar?
... that the1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team set the currentMichigan Wolverines men's basketball single-gamerebound record?
... thatillustrator ofchildren's literatureMark Burgess has been noted for his ability to reproduce thestyle of deadartists such as Allan Curless andE. H. Shepard?
... that the firstKlingon language opera,’u’, premiered atThe Hague on 9 September 2010?
... that theLucyPhone service was inspired by the frustration of waiting lengthy periods of time when placed on hold bycall center operators?

06:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theformer factory and headquarters(pictured) of theHamilton Watch Company, inLancaster,Pennsylvania, was converted into anapartment andcondominium complex?
... that in 958 the Muslim caliph of CordobaAbd-ar-Rahman III hosted his grandmotherOnneca Fortúnez's Christian daughter,Toda of Pamplona, so hisJewish doctor could cureher grandson ofobesity?
... thatJohn Tidwell of the1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team became the firstMichigan Wolverines men's basketball player to average 20points per game for his career?
... that the design ofAmankila, a coastalBalinese hotel, was inspired by the palaces ofUjung andTirtagangga?
... that the location ofAboyne Castle was selected for its strategic position near theDee and controlling the northern end of one of theMounth crossings?
... thatSeattle Sounders FC will be defending their U.S. Open Cup title in their home stadium,Qwest Field, in the2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against theColumbus Crew?
... thatAlice of Champagne, the widowed Queen Consort ofCyprus, marriedBohemond V of Antioch onPalm Island, offshore ofTripoli in 1224?
... thatGabriele von Lutzau, the "Angel ofMogadishu",sculpts wooden "guardian figures" usingchainsaws andflamethrowers?

00:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

... that, though originally described as members of the genusNotocactus, cactiParodia tenuicylindrica(pictured),P. buiningii andP. arnostiana are now considered members ofParodia?
... that the1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team continues to hold theBig Ten Conference single-seasonrebounding record?
... that ItaliantenorVincenzo Calvesi created the role of Ferrando in the world premiere ofMozart'sCosì fan tutte at theBurgtheater in Vienna in 1790?
... that ahydrocarbon lake onSaturn's moonTitan and an active volcano onJupiter's moonIo are among theSolar System featuresnamed after deities fromMāori mythology?
... thatCarrier Strike Group Three was the first U.S. Navy carrier strike group to make an overseas deployment with aHelicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) as part of its embarked air wing?
... thatMichigan linebackerMarty Huff intercepted three passes thrown in one game byHall of Fame quarterback Mike Phipps?
... that formusic concerts held at the Millennium Stadium, 12drapes can vary the audience size from over 73,000 down to between 12,000 and 46,000, depending on where they are hung?
... thatAlaska Territorial GovernorB. Frank Heintzleman proposed dividing the territory in two and grantingstatehood to only one section?
... thatBògòlanfini, a traditionalMalian fabric, is dyed withfermented mud?

15 September 2010

18:00, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the GermanbattleshipSMS Braunschweig(pictured) engaged theRussian battleshipSlava during theBattle of the Gulf of Riga duringWorld War I?
... thatItalian tenorNicola Zerola began his professionaloperatic singing career in 1898 performing inRuggero Leoncavallo'sPagliacci, but as abaritone?
... that the1965–66 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team set a record 17-gamehome winning streak that stood for the next 11 years?
... thatTyonajanegen, a woman from theOneida tribe, fought in theAmerican Revolutionary War?
... thatBing Crosby was a key backer in the development ofLongitudinal Video Recording in the 1950s?
... thatSartaj Aziz was theFinance Minister whenPakistan conducted its1998 nuclear tests, and theForeign Minister of Pakistan during theKargil War withIndia in 1999?
... that unlike otherEocene crocodilians found inZamora,Spain, the extinctgenusDuerosuchus was primarily a fish eater?
... that theAmanjiwo hotel inCentral Java,Indonesia, is built from locallimestone?
... that in his first two games as a starter,Denard "Shoelace" Robinson achieved the two highest single-gametotal offense totals inMichigan Wolverines history—and did so with his shoes untied?

12:00, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatIndonesia is thefifth largest tobacco market(tobacco factory pictured) in the world, and that in 2008 over 165 billioncigarettes were sold there?
... thatGail Koff, one of three partners inJacoby & Meyers, had herprenuptial agreement with attorneyRalph Brill invalidated, with Koff granted 65% of marital assets?
... that theIndian filmMithya marked thesinging debut ofSanchita Bhattyacharya in theHindi cinema industry?
... that English ministerSamuel Eyles Pierce was accused ofantinomianism by his congregation inTruro, and that even his wife withdrew her financial support of his ministry?
... that the1963–64 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team earned theUniversity of Michigan its first trip to theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament final four?
... thatinterior designerMichael S. Smith is responsible for the 2010 makeover of theOval Office at theWhite House?
... that theClyde Refinery located inClyde,New South Wales, isAustralia's longest operatingoil refinery?
... that at 354 metres (1,161 feet) long and 60 metres (200 feet) high, theDabar Bridge carries theCroatian A1 motorway across aflash flood gully?
... that the brothersStephen andConstantine Lekapenos overthrew their father, theByzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, only to be themselves removed from power byConstantine VII after a few weeks?

06:00, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

... that TsarAlexander II of Russia had amonument(pictured) erected inan English churchyard to commemorateFinnish prisoners of war whose story inspired a2007 opera?
... thatfullbackEd Shuttlesworth becameMichigan's all-time leader inrushing attempts while playing for teams that finished 30–1–1 from 1971 to 1973?
... that the Italianoperatic tenorGiuseppe Siboni founded the Royal Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen?
... that in theNorwegian 1906 election second round of voting,Torgeir Vraa was endorsed by theLiberal Party, which he left in 1897 together withChristopher Hornsrud?
... that according toMinuscule 782, Jesus wrote sins of his opponents on the ground?
... thatElton John had anumber one in the 1980s with "Nikita"?
... that theRoyal Norwegian Navy Air Service's first tests atdropping torpedoes from aircraft were carried out withMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.3 floatplanes?
... thatJim Wilkinson helped sell the idea thatAl Gore claimed to have "invented theInternet"?
... that formerSpeaker of the Florida House of RepresentativesRalph Haben has nearly died four times, surviving a black widow bite, a sinking boat, a plane crash, and a bad case ofHashimoto's thyroiditis?

00:00, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatBMW advertising executiveJack Pitney convinced the company to market theMini(pictured) in the U.S., despite concerns that American buyers would not buy cars that small given the popularity ofSUVs?
... that theMesa Oil Field is within theSespe andVaqueros Formations, which together form the second-most-prolific oil-producing geologic unit inSouthern California?
... thatNiels Ødegaard ofGjøvik, with 40 years of totalmayoral service, is the longest-sitting mayor in anyNorwegian municipality?
... that theBrazilian ironclad Rio de Janeiro struck twomines on2 September 1866, during theWar of the Triple Alliance, and sank instantly with the loss of 53 of her crew?
... that 39.2% ofSchenectady, New York'sBellevue neighborhood iszoned industrial, but excluding theGeneral Electric plant it is only 1%?
... that the cat statues atop theCat House inRiga have their backside with raised tails turned to thehouse of the Great Guild to seek retribution?
... that fragrantsachets were used byQueen Isabella of Spain?
... that onespecies of theextinct waspPalaeovespa fedcaterpillars to its larvae?
... that when asked his profession in testimony before theHouse Un-American Activities Committee, poetGeorge Hitchcock responded, "I am a gardener. I do underground work on plants"?

14 September 2010

18:00, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thehouse(pictured) inDanbury, Connecticut, whereCharles Ives was born has beenmoved twice to allow local banks to expand their buildings?
... thatMexico City's first formal horse racing track was built inColonia Exhipódromo de Peralvillo?
... that the common nameEmu-wren of theSouthern,Rufous-crowned andMallee Emu-wrens comes from theiremu-like tail feathers?
... thatOregon cattle baronPeter French was murdered near theSod House Ranch in 1897?
... thatItalian operatic sopranoAngiolina Bosio portrayed Gilda in the UK premiere of Verdi'sRigoletto and Lady Macbeth in the US premiere of Verdi'sMacbeth?
... that the proposed design of theAlbany Convention Center inAlbany,New York, includes saving the city'soldest building, which was built in 1728?
... that theAndhra Pradesh Vidhan Parishad was created in 1958, abolished in 1985 and re-created in 2007?
... thatCharles "Buffalo" Jones, the firstgame warden atYellowstone National Park, once roped an unrulybear and spanked the animal on its behind?

12:00, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatChildren of the Stars is a documentary about the Beijing Stars and Rain School(pictured), founded in 1993 as the firstnon-governmental educational organization inChina dedicated to serving children withautism?
... that portions of an 1820smill race may remain underneathMain Street inMedina, New York?
... thatWorld Wrestling Entertainment brought back theKing of the Ring tournament in 2006 for the first time since discontinuing it in 2002?
... thatvalue-added modeling rates teacher performance by comparing prior and current year student test scores and can be used to award bonuses to top performers and fire those with the lowest ratings?
... thatVenezuelan farmerFranklin Brito amputated a finger for the television cameras when a court ruled against him?
... thatAdolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg had two sons with his mistress, theBerlin Opera starMafalda Salvatini?
... that the engines of theBrazilian ironclad Tamandaré broke down while she was passing in front of the Paraguayan guns atCurupaity during theWar of the Triple Alliance and she had to be towed to safety by theironclad Silvado?
... that actorPaul Rudd appears as the title character in a 1976 production ofShakespeare'sHenry V, oppositeMeryl Streep ashis love interest?
... that the missing wife ofWilliam Trickett Smith II was discovered in a suitcase that surfaced after the2007 Peru earthquake?

06:00, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

... that, while home to skyscrapers, such as theTorre Mayor(pictured) and the Mexican headquarters ofHSBC,Colonia Cuauhtémoc, in Mexico City, is primarily residential?
... that theDavara was the first British trawler to be sunk inWorld War II?
... thatRomstrade is the largest construction company inRomania?
... thatKatukurunde Nanananda Thera was the first to point out a unique grammatical shift in a controversialBuddhist Pali passage?
... that, after theU.S. Supreme Court legalized the practice in the 1977 caseBates v. State Bar of Arizona, the law firm ofJacoby & Meyers was the first in the United States to advertise on television?
... that, after a 15-year career as a principal with theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company,Peggy Ann Jones moved tomusicals, including in the original cast ofThe Phantom of the Opera?
... thatDawid Baziak began his professionalmixed martial arts career with five consecutivetechnical knockout victories?
... that everyround-robin tournament either has a set of players who win all games against players outside the set, or itsgraph of wins and losses ispancyclic, havingdirected cycles of all lengths?
... that, as president ofU.S. Trust,Daniel P. Davison classified clients with less than $300,000 in assets as "poor", but was willing to have staff walk a dog for those with assets exceeding $2 million?

00:00, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

... that artistN.C. Wyeth named his Maine home afterWinslow Homer's 1886 paintingEight Bells(pictured)?
... thatcontraltoSonia Prina performed the title role ofAntonio Vivaldi's 1727 operaOrlando furioso at theFrankfurt Opera, staged as arocker?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court ruled inGreenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler that the use of the word "blackmail" in an article by reporterDorothy Sucher did not constitutelibel?
... thatGene Englund won theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament andNational Basketball League championship in back-to-back seasons?
... that the2008 thrillerProyecto Dos is thefeature film debut ofSpanish television director Guillermo Fernández Groizard?
... that in 1967 Venezuela's rulingDemocratic Action party deniedthe winner of its primary election the nomination for the 1968 presidential race, for being tooleftwing?
... that the village ofSouth Salem, Ohio, was founded to serve the needs of theSalem Academy?
... thatItalian castratoCarlo Scalzi performed at the wedding ofAnne, Princess Royal andWilliam IV, Prince of Orange inLondon, 1734?
... that theCraig telescope inWandsworth Common,London, was once the world'slargest refracting telescope?

13 September 2010

18:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the main campus of thePolytechnic of Namibia includes Elisabeth House(pictured),Windhoek's formerobstetrics hospital?
... thatBasketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving has won the mostAmerican Basketball Association awards with fiveMost Valuable Player awards—three in theregular season and two in theplayoffs?
... that theBrazilian ironclad Barroso was hit 20 times between March 26 and 28, 1866, during theWar of the Triple Alliance, but was not significantly damaged?
... that "The Most Unwanted Song" includesbagpipes, a children's choir, and anopera singer whoraps aboutcowboys?
... thatSan Francisco Church inValparaíso,Chile, was severely affected by a large fire in the middle of its reconstruction after the2010 Chile earthquake?
... that akulhar, a traditional handle-lessterracotta cup fromNorth India andPakistan, gives the hot beverages it contains an "earthy" taste and aroma?
... thatdiplomats from some countries still wear ornatediplomatic uniforms on certain occasions?
... that theFrancis Farm Petroglyphs are amongPennsylvania's leadingpetroglyph sites, even though theculture of their creators is unknown?
... thatCorsair pilots ofCaleb Bailey'sMarine Aircraft Group 11 would makechocolate ice cream on missions in thePalau campaign during World War II?

12:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

... that formerSpeaker of the Florida House of RepresentativesDaniel Webster(pictured) served in theFlorida legislature for 28 years, making him the longest-serving legislator inFlorida history?
... thatPuritan ministerThomas Tregosse was imprisoned for holding aConventicle inBudock?
... that theAmerican Quarter Horse stallionSkipper W got his chance as abreeding stallion when his sire slipped on some ice and broke his neck?
... that theMovimiento 2D is a Venezuelan opposition movement founded and led by the editor/proprietor of the dailyEl Nacional?
... thatC. Joseph Genster ofMead Johnson developedMetrecal in 1959 as part of a weight loss craze that had dieters subsist on nothing other than the 900 calories offered by drinking four cans a day?
... that on hisList A cricket debut,Lewis Gregory claimed fourwickets against thePakistanis?
... thatMissouri French is a nearly extinct dialect ofFrench that developed in what is now themidwestern United States during the colonial period?
... that after investing enough money to create aMillion Dollar Backfield for theChicago Cardinals, the team's owner died before he could see it defeat its championship rival?
... thatStephen Hawking andLeonard Mlodinow argue in their new bookThe Grand Design, that withoutGod "the universe can and will create itself from nothing"?

06:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatParachartergus apicalis(pictured) will attackCamponotus atriceps if they try to tend theirtreehoppers?
... that theAktio-Preveza Undersea Tunnel is the first and so far onlyundersea tunnel inGreece?
... thatMāori men achieveduniversal suffrage in theFirst Māori elections, midway through the term of the4th New Zealand Parliament in 1868 and twelve years before the European colonists?
... that 9 out of the 36 members of theJammu and Kashmir Legislative Council are to be elected exclusively by certified teachers and local governing bodies?
... that in 2011 theAmerican Quarter Horse stallionMr San Peppy will join his sonPeppy San Badger and his full brotherPeppy San in theAmerican Quarter Horse Hall of Fame?
... that theRadio Caroline shipMi Amigo served with theKriegsmarine during theSecond World War?
... that the 11th centuryDhuvjan Monastery inAlbania contains anicon which includes remains of very important early Christian saints?
... that the Spanishmixed martial artistDaniel Tabera has defeatedtwo opponents in one night on two separate occasions?
... thatpaper clothing was briefly very popular in the1960s?

00:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theGothic Revival "Wedding Cake House"(pictured) inGrosse Ile'sEast River Road Historic District was built over 150 years ago and has never been remodeled?
... thatAncient Church Orders is a genre of early Christian literature which has the aim to offer authoritative prescriptions on matters of moral conduct, liturgy and church organization?
... that the filmFinal Shot: The Hank Gathers Story is adramatized recreation ofHank Gathers' struggle to leave aNorth Philadelphia ghetto to become abasketball player for theLoyola Marymount Lions?
... thatLeymah Gbowee organized a peace movement that ended theSecond Liberian Civil War and led to the election ofEllen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female president in Africa?
... that thePodgorica–Shkodër railway, built in 1985, was the first international railway ofAlbania?
... that in 1905Edward Mead Johnson establishedMead Johnson, maker ofEnfamil and other nutrition products, after leaving theJohnson & Johnson firm that he had co-founded with his brothers in 1886?
... thatRena Kubota has been crownedworld champion at the previous twoWomen's Shoot Boxing Tournaments?
... that during theVietnam War theSouth Vietnamese Army came close to "annihilating or capturing" theVietcong leadership but was prevented from doing so byGeneral Hoàng Văn Thái and his successful plan for theescape of the Provisional Revolutionary Government?
... thatWolfgang Krause continued his scholarly work inrunology even after he became blind?

12 September 2010

18:00, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the ItaliancastratoDomenico Annibali(pictured) made a sensational debut at theRoyal Opera House in London in the title role ofHandel's operaPoro?
... thatAraneus angulatus was the firstscientific name validly published inzoological nomenclature, when it appeared inSvenska Spindlar in 1757?
... thatBulgarian Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomatPetar Parchevich was madebaron by theHabsburgs?
... thatIsaac Dian and Miria Harvent are characters of theBaccano!light novels andanime, set in theProhibition-era United States, but also appear in theDurarara!! anime, set in modern Tokyo?
... that after missing the whole of 2009 through injury,Jan Błachowicz returned atKSW XIII to defeat two opponents on the same night?
... that the earliestScottish surnames were alreadyhereditary inEngland, before arriving in Scotland withAnglo-Norman settlers in the 12th century?
... thatGeorge Alexander Parks was appointed Governor ofAlaska Territory after an impressive stint as a tour guide?
... thatBach'scantata for the 15th Sunday afterTrinity 1723,Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138, was criticized byPhilipp Spitta andAlbert Schweitzer?
... that former mayor ofTirana,Qemal Butka, was the architect of the municipality building ofKorçë?

12:00, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theNeosho classmonitors USS Osage andUSS Neosho(pictured) were saved byBailey's Dam after being trapped at theMississippi River'sAlexandria Falls during theRed River Campaign in 1864?
... that theantifascist andfreedom fighterAbaz Kupi was the founder of theLegality Movement, which aimed to returnZog of Albania back to his throne?
... that in 2009, awhite boar helped locate theBattle of Bosworth Field whereRichard III died in 1485?
... thatViktor Nemkov is anM-1 Global veteran who was approached byWorld Wrestling Entertainment to become aprofessional wrestler?
... that the plannedMarvel Comics superhero film,X-Men: First Class is intended to take place during the 1960s and will parallel the history ofMartin Luther King, Jr. andMalcolm X?
... that the English educational reformerJames Pierrepont Greaves (1777–1842) described himself as a "sacred socialist" and advocatedvegetarianism, water drinking,hydrotherapy andcelibacy?
... thatLords of Finance byLiaquat Ahamed won the2010 Pulitzer Prize for history?
... thatLacrosse Hall of Fame inducteeWilliam "Moon" Evans, who twice led theUnited States in scoring, saw action in theBattle of Okinawa and theBattle of Peleliu?
... thatPlön Castle was once anelite Nazi school bearing the name ofErnst Röhm?

06:00, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatscaly ink cap mushrooms(pictured) can attack and consumesoil bacteria by growinghyphae that secrete digestive compounds?
... that before becoming aGlossop mill owner,Francis Sumner lived atGlossop Hall after his mother and father died?
... thatHMS Aeolus was involved in the pursuit ofUSS Constitution and the capture ofUSS Nautilus, the first warship lost by either side in theWar of 1812?
... that theK2K experiment was the firstexperiment to directly measureneutrino oscillations using a laboratory source of neutrinos?
... that theNew Jersey Americans were supposed to play a playoff game on their home court in the1967–68 ABA season, but theTeaneck Armory was booked by the circus and the team had to forfeit the game?
... thatLucas Duda facedTommy Hanson, whom he previously played against in high school, in hisMajor League Baseball debut?
... that the tower ofSt Michael's Church, Cowthorpe,North Yorkshire, has been described as "more like a castle fortification than a religious symbol"?
... that sopranoAda Adini, a singer ofVerdi'sGilda andLeonora, appeared asBrünnhilde in the Italian premiere ofWagner'sDie Walküre atLa Scala in 1893?
... thatBajzë Rail Station was completely cleaned up in 2009 from toxic chemicals dumped in 1991–92?

00:00, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatLawrence E. Roberts(pictured) was a pilot with theTuskegee Airmen, a colonel in theUnited States Air Force, and the father of newscasterRobin Roberts?
... that in 1931Aziz Çami tried to assassinateZog of Albania when the king was exiting theVienna State Opera?
... that theLabrador Sea contains theNorthwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel, one of the world's longest underwater channels?
... that theJacobean fittings inSt John the Evangelist's Church, Leeds,West Yorkshire, have been described as the glory of the church?
... that during the1689 Boston revolt,Puritan Bostonians overthrew their governor who was loyal to the CatholicJames II of England?
... thatquarterbackGeorge "Shorty" Chalmers was considered atriple threat man, and alongsideBoze Berger, "one of the most dangerouspass–catch combinations inMaryland history"?
... that theUSCGCPoint Caution, an 82-foot USCGPoint class cutter originally designated asWPB-82301, later acquired the namePoint Caution when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet?
... thatassociation football clubBradford City's first game atWembley Stadium in their 93-year history was the1996 Football League Second Division play-off Final?
... that independent musician andpodcasterGeorge Hrab has customized his albumpackaging with such things as a tin box in order to encourage his fans to purchase his music?

11 September 2010

18:00, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theblack-spotted whipray(pictured) was at first thought to be the same as thebrown whipray, which itself was at first thought to be the same as thehoneycomb stingray?
... that the internationalReger-Chor celebrated its 25th anniversary, singing music ofBach,Van Nuffel,Ryelandt, andReger'sHebbel-Requiem inWiesbaden andBruges?
... thatMichigan linebackerTom Beckman worked more than 30 years forGeneral Motors where he was in charge of new vehicle launches?
... that members ofSenostoma kill their hosts when ready to emerge?
... that Puerto Rican-American singerJosé Feliciano was awarded his sixthGrammy Award for his performance of the song "¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?"?
... thatRomanian police officerVirgil Ardelean avoided having to take sides in the1989 Revolution by feigning deafness when his superior ordered him to become involved?
... that theFrench ironclad Marengo was on hersea trials in July 1870 when theFranco-Prussian War began and was immediately placed inreserve; she was notcommissioned until after the war was over?
... that the nickname ofJapanese mixed martial arts fighterMei Yamaguchi comes from the V1 armlock wrestling move?
... thatin 1891, Somerset County Cricket Club regainedfirst-class status, after remaining unbeaten against countysides in 1890?

12:09, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatKelli Scarr(pictured) completed a challenge withMoby byNational Public Radio to write and perform a song in less than two days?
... that theRin Grand Hotel inBucharest,Romania, is the largest hotel inEurope with 1,459 rooms?
... thatAlbanian nationalistSafet Butka killed himself because inAlbania the war againstfascism was degenerating into acivil war?
... thatÅre Old Church remains the only stone church in theScandinavian Mountains from theMiddle Ages?
... thatinhibitingprotein pigeon homolog may provide a treatment forAlzheimer's disease?
... thatJacob Mayer resigned in 1876 from his position asrabbi ofBaltimore'sHar Sinai Congregation amid charges that he had been a convert to Christianity who worked as a missionary in Africa?
... that all 17 then-current cast members made appearances in "Respect", the series finale ofThe Bill?
... that German AdmiralFranz von Hipper was vilified as a "baby-killer" in the British press duringWorld War I?
... that theKucadikadi are a band ofNorthern Paiute Native Americans, whose names translates to "brine fly eaters"?

07:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the 19th-centuryDanish Golden Age did not just cover painting(example pictured) but a range of other cultural developments inarchitecture, sculpture, music andliterature?
... that theFrench ironcladOcéan was assigned to the Northern Squadron that attempted toblockade Prussian ports on theBaltic Sea during theFranco-Prussian War until recalled on16 September 1870?
... thatguardPete Ladygo went to Canada to playfootball for theOttawa Rough Riders rather than accept a trade to theDetroit Lions?
... thatSchenectady, New York'sMont Pleasant neighborhood had a residential vacancy rate of 28% in 2009, the third highest in theUS state ofNew York?
... thatFrancisco Drinaldo, better known asMassaranduba, is a Brazilian kickboxing champion with an undefeated professionalmixed martial arts record?
... that thehipposandal was a metal shoe laced to horse hoofs in Celto-Roman countries?
... that theHarris Dental Museum inBainbridge, Ohio, preserves the firstdental school in the United States?
... that sopranoNellie Melba and tenorAgustarello Affré made their debut together at theParis Opéra in 1890 as Lucia and Edgardo inDonizetti'sLucia di Lammermoor?
... thatCameroon is named after thecrustaceanLepidophthalmus turneranus which Portuguese settlers observed swarming in theWouri River in the 15th century?

00:00, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Bronze statue of a woman in colonial dress with basket of rosemary and a raccoon

... that every year a mysterious dancing light is said to appear over the spot whereGrace Sherwood, "The Witch ofPungo",(pictured) was tested byducking as part of her trial forwitchcraft?
... that during theBattle of the Bulge, a gun crew of the American825th Tank Destroyer Battalion knocked out aTiger II tank by making it reverse into a house?
... that Americanfeminist author and journalistInez Haynes Irwin estimated that between 500,000 and 750,000 women were killed inWorld War I?
... that after theMill Creek floodedErie,Pennsylvania in 1915, it was diverted to a tube that is large enough for apickup truck to drive through?
... that theFrench ironclad Suffren was assigned to the internationalsquadron gathered atRagusa in 1880 to force theOttoman Empire to carry out its obligations under theTreaty of Berlin and turn over the town ofUlcinj toMontenegro?
... thatMichigan strong safetyJulius Curry in 2006 formed Curry Racing, the firstNASCAR racing team with sole minority ownership?
... that historianHilda Ellis Davidson theorizes that theswastika symbol was used byNorsemen to representThor's hammer?
... that in 1881,Florida granted2.8 million acres ofpublic land to thePensacola and Atlantic Railroad to build a rail line that ended thePanhandle's isolation from the rest of the state?
... that, despite losing a leg in his first term of service,Edward A. Gisburne completed two more war-time stints with theUnited States Navy?

10 September 2010

18:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatRabbiDavid Einhorn(pictured) ofHar Sinai Congregation inBaltimore sermonized in 1861 in opposition to slavery and had to flee toPhiladelphia after a mob sought totar and feather him for his views?
... that the bobsleigh run at the1952 Winter Olympics was made entirely of snow?
... that theCOSMIC cancer database has documentedsomatic mutations from over half a milliontumour samples?
... thatJersey Circus is awebcomic mashup of images fromThe Family Circusnewspaper comic strip and dialogue fromMTV'sJersey Shore?
... thatsuicide victimPrincess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is believed to have been the first royal woman to becremated?
... that anAustralian, Alexander Sutherland, was recommended for the U.S.Medal of Honor by GeneralWilliam Westmoreland after theBattle of Suoi Chau Pha on6 August 1967?
... thatAnthony Roberts is the only otherNCAA Division I men's basketball player besidesPete Maravich to score 60+ points in two or more games?
... thatWalter Powell ended his term asMP forMalmesbury when he vanished over theEnglish Channel in ahot air balloon?
... thatManhattan Project scientistJacob Bigeleisen became an advocate fornuclear disarmament, saying "having lived through that time, that any further use of nuclear weapons is out of the question"?

12:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

... that at the time of theSpanish Conquest, theKaqchikel Maya city ofIximche(pictured) was the second most important city in theGuatemalan Highlands?
... thatValerie Bettis was the firstmodern dance choreographer to work with a majorballet company?
... thatUnited States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bombersattacked targets in and near Singapore on eleven occasions between November 1944 and March 1945?
... that in 1798, artistGeorge Garrard successfully campaigned to introduce the first copyright protection formodel-makers in Britain?
... that when completed, theKannagawa Hydropower Plant inJapan will be the largestpumped-storage power station in the world?
... thatGioachino Rossini's operaTancredi premiered in 1813 atTeatro La Fenice inVenice withAdelaide Malanotte performing in the title role?
... thatCanadian painterLorne Kidd Smith designed a poster for Canada'sVictory Loan campaign and worked in the art department atGeneral Motors?
... thatReinert Torgeirson managed thepublishing house of the Norwegian Labour Party until he changed party toCommunist?
... that for building theUkrainian city ofKherson, EmpressCatherine II gaveRussian GeneralIvan Gannibal two orders of chivalry, a jewel-encrustedsnuff box, and a 20,000desiatina estate?

06:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

... that many of the renownedautoethnographic works ofAbsentee-Shawnee artistErnest Spybuck(pictured) are held by theNational Museum of the American Indian?
... that a round tower was built to house theKloster Berge school after a schoolmaster hanged himself in the cloister previously used for classes?
... that the1946 National League tie-breaker series was the first evertiebreaker for theplayoffs inMajor League Baseball history?
... that there are eight different ways to earn theScouter's Key Award?
... that the firstBlack church inSchenectady, New York, was begun by aWhite college student and located in theHamilton Hill neighborhood in 1870?
... that the operatic mezzo-sopranoAdelaide Borghi-Mamo sang the part of Azucena in the French premiere ofVerdi'sIl trovatore at theThéâtre-Italien in Paris in 1854?
... thatElectrica has an electric power distribution network of 116,500 km?
... that SergeantJohn A. Kirkwood received theMedal of Honor for his actions during theBattle of Slim Buttes?
... that theChurch of Saint Laud's original, octagonal,Gothic-panelledfont is buried under the church floor?

00:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

... that Sir Richard Conyers, who builtSt Mary's Church, South Cowton(pictured) between 1450 and 1470, also builtSouth Cowton Castle nearby, but destroyed the village ofSouth Cowton?
... thatoperatic sopranoShirlee Emmons won anObie Award for her portrayal ofSusan B. Anthony in the 1956Off-Broadway revival ofVirgil Thomson'sThe Mother of Us All?
... that according to thevisa policy of South Korea,Canada is the only country whose citizens receive six months of visa-free entry?
... that species ofAzotobacterbacteria are used in the production ofice cream and instantpuddings?
... that under the 1960IraqiAssociations Law,Daud as-Sayegh'stiny faction (which publishedal-Mabda') was accorded recognition as the "Iraqi Communist Party", while themain communist group (which publishedIttihad ash-Sha'ab) was denied legal status?
... that actorGeorge Roubicek had small roles inThe Dirty Dozen,Doctor Who and the firstStar Wars film before becoming a dialogue director who dubs foreign films into English?
... that American voice actors "kept slipping into a Jamaican accent" when voicing Malaysian characters inKampung Boy?
... that according toU.S. Senator Ernest Gruening,Alaska Territorial GovernorJ. F. A. Strong was not reappointed to the post because he was not aUnited States citizen?

9 September 2010

18:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the "big kiln" atLa Graufesenque in RomanGaul could fire up to 40,000terra sigillata vessels(example pictured) at a time?
... that in 1935, Irish children's illustratorJohn Robert Monsell composed the songs and music and designed the sets for an operetta based onSheridan'sThe Rivals?
... that Malaysian graphic novelThe Kampung Boy was not first published in the country'sofficial language, but later translated back to it instead?
... that in April 1945,Martin Dannenberg, aJewish U.S. Army intelligence officer, found an original copy of the NaziNuremberg Laws signed byAdolf Hitler in aBavarian bank vault?
... thatangiomyolipomas are the most commonbenign tumour of thekidney and are composed ofblood vessels,smooth muscle cells andfat cells?
... thatUkraine is considered to have the greatestfreedom of the press of all the formerSoviet Union states?
... that afterPenryn MPJohn Bettesworth-Trevanion rebuiltCaerhays as aGothic-stylecastle, he fell into debt and fled abroad?
... that the fossil squirrelLagrivea is characterized by deep basins in its teeth?
... thatArvid G. Hansen edited bothArbeideren andArbeidet, the latter in a time whenArbeidet struggled becauseArbeideren was prioritized bytheir common owner?

12:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatIsraeli aceAmir Nachumi scored seven aerial kills while flying theF-4 Phantom II(pictured) during theYom Kippur War and seven kills flying theF-16 Fighting Falcon fighting overLebanon in the early 1980s?
... thatCornish MPAlexander Pendarves was listed as a member of theOctober Club, a group that posed a threat to theHarley administration?
... thatShoeless Joe Jackson'sBlack Betsy broke the record for the most expensive baseball bat in history, selling forUS$577,610 in 2001?
... that Venezuela's 2006National Commission on Police Reform proposed a new model of policing with anew police force specifically trained in human rights?
... thatGil Chapman wasMichigan's career leader inkickoff return yards and the firstAfrican-American elected to office inElizabeth, New Jersey?
... that theMay 2010 Mogadishu bombings werethe deadliest to occur in Mogadishu, the capital ofSomalia, since the2009 Hotel Shamo bombing?
... that Soviet spyIgnace Poretsky was assassinated shortly after hedefected?
... that TheRight ReverendBavi Edna Rivera is the firstHispanic woman bishop and the 12th woman bishop in theEpiscopal Church?
... that Alban Stepneth lost the1571 Haverfordwest election despite polling more votes than his opponent John Garnons?

06:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatsopranoErminia Frezzolini(pictured) created the title role inVerdi's operaGiovanna d'Arco atLa Scala in 1843 opposite her husband,Antonio Poggi, asCharles VII of France?
... that toIndia's dismay,China'sZangmu Dam will be the first on theBrahmaputra River?
... that according to folklore, dwarfs guard treasures hidden inMecklenburg-Vorpommern's megalith tombs?
... that competitors of theHamar newspaperDemokraten (laterArbeideren) refused to mention it by name in their columns?
... thatLeFleur's Bluff State Park is named for aFrench Canadian trader who established atrading post in what is nowJackson,Mississippi?
... thatSt. Luke's Hospital inRathgar,Ireland, was awarded anRIAI Gold Medal for architecture?
... that, the week before he was scheduled to meetQueen Elizabeth II in a pre-game ceremony,University of Maryland football co-captainGene Alderton lost a tooth—so the university had it replaced to ensure he could smile properly?
... that due to potential tax implications, GovernorWilford Bacon Hoggatt opposed grantingterritorial status to theDistrict of Alaska?
... thatSverre Krogh, adelegate at the SecondComintern Congress, worked as an informer for the NaziSicherheitspolizei many years later?

00:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

... that two of the twelve4-6-0T locomotives(E332 pictured) built for theRéseau Breton have been preserved?
... that Japanesepagodas, with very rare exceptions, have an odd number of tiers?
... that in 2009,Romania cultivated around 12,900 hectares (32,000 acres) ofrice fields, ranking third in theEuropean Union?
... that publication ofBritish newspaperLabour Elector was discontinued in 1890 as its editorH. H. Champion travelled toAustralia?
... that while historianFred Bachrach was a Japaneseprisoner of war, he was allowed to keep a copy of the works ofWilliam Shakespeare by convincing the guards that it was a "holy book"?
... thatBob Topp helped theNew York Giants defeat theCleveland Browns in 1956 by intercepting radio signals used to relay plays onto the field from the Browns' bench?
... that 25 seats in theLegislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir are for constituencies currently lying inPakistan-administered Kashmir and thus are officially vacant?
... thatHMS Chatham was laid down atFlushing, inHolland, andlaunched atWoolwich inEngland?
... that theTreaty of Bonn (7 November 921) was signed on a ship in the middle of theRhine, the border between kingdoms of the two signatories,Charles the Simple andHenry the Fowler?

8 September 2010

18:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theAppalachian cottontail(pictured) is unique amongcottontails because it eatsconifer needles?
... thatLat found the inspiration to draw cartoons aboutcircumcision while on assignment as a reporter to investigate dead bodies in a morgue?
... that the2008 King of the Ring event produced byWorld Wrestling Entertainment featuredHillary Clinton andBarack Obama impersonators in a match?
... thatBorg-Warner CEORobert S. Ingersoll supported "better housing, economic opportunities and voting rights for the colored race", noting that the firm's "labor force will be increasingly Negro"?
... that thePlebiscite Front became the principal opposition to the state government ofJammu and Kashmir in the 1960s before merging into theNational Conference in 1975?
... that actressEllen Hillingsø is the goddaughter of QueenMargrethe II of Denmark?
... that the first five columns ofLectionary 283, a Greek manuscript of New Testament gospel lessons housed at theBiblioteca Communale inSiena, are written in gold?
... that, during theBalkan Wars of 1912–1913, Greek aviatorChristos Adamidis landed hisFarman MF.7 in the central square of his hometown,Ioannina, as soon as the city had come under Greek control?
... thatGlenn Beck introduced a "Black-Robed Regiment" of pastors from various denominations during hisRestoring Honor rally in 2010, and launched a news website calledThe Blaze three days later?

12:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theHōshō(pictured) served as a repatriation transport after the end ofWorld War II, returning some 40,000 soldiers and civilians to Japan?
... thatHonor C. Appleton illustrated more than 100 children's books between 1902 and 1950?
... that, as a member of theParliament of Norway,Ole Gausdal proposedtotal disarmament?
... that whenEinar Liobjected to military service in 1908, he was exempted from a prison sentence he had received in 1906 and 1907?
... that, after receivingcontact lenses in 2010,Michigan wide receiverDarryl Stonum reported, "I could see everything like in HD"?
... that thealabaster monuments inAll Saints' Church, Harewood,West Yorkshire, comprise the largest collection of such monuments in an Englishparish church within the dates 1419–1510?
... thatMississippi-born singerJ.D. Short sangthe blues after both histesticles were shot off?
... that, in 2009, there were 1,224 reports ofgroom kidnapping inBihar?
... that the eunuch officialNikephoritzes was the chief minister andde facto governor of theByzantine Empire during most of the reign ofMichael VII Doukas?

06:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatAlaska Territorial GovernorWalter Eli Clark(pictured) was interested inrose cultivation and was President of the American Rose Society?
... that thechancel and a chapel ofOld Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth,South Yorkshire, were restored, but thenave is in ruins and the tower has been truncated?
... that as a member of theU.S. Army duringWorld War II,professional baseball playerAndy Anderson was takencaptive byGerman soldiers and later rescued from aStalag?
... that, despite her party's policy ofsecularism,Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed had created an alliance with theIslamistBangladesh Khelafat Majlish?
... that despite the1941 Stanford Indians being considered a favorite for thenational championship, head coachClark Shaughnessy correctly predicted at least two losses for his team?
... thatMillicent Sowerby illustrated 30 sets in thePostcards for the Little Ones series, and was one of the first to illustrateAlice in Wonderland when it went out of copyright in 1907?
... that theNME chart placed theSex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" at number one even though the song was banned by some major retailers?
... thatPrince Nikolaus of Thurn and Taxis renounced his princely rights and title to marryactress Carola Reichenberger in 1913?
... that, when first ordered into combat in 1945, the827th Tank Destroyer Battalion of the U.S. Army had three men shot in brawls before it even left camp?

00:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatWinslow Homer sarcastically explained that the figure inThe Gulf Stream(pictured) "will be rescued & returned to his friends and home, & ever after live happily."?
... that theMilk Pail Restaurant, formerly known as Country Tea Room, was opened in 1926 by Max McGraw, the inventor of theToastmaster?
... thatWalter Pilliet was a popularResident Magistrate in theNew Zealand settlement ofAkaroa, where many French settlers lived, as he spoke both English and French?
... that over one hundredAtari 2600 homebrew games, includingDuck Attack!, have been created since that console was withdrawn from the market in 1992?
... that, for protesting theTrial of the Four, Russian academicGrigory Pomerants was barred from defending histhesis at theMoscow Institute of Oriental Studies?
... that, when completed, theDeriner Dam will be the tallest inTurkey?
... thatMichael Puntervold,Magnus Nilssen,Arne Magnussen andOlav Kringen were the Norwegian delegates at theLabour and Socialist International founding congress in 1923?
... that there are five different ways to earn theScouter's Training Award?
... that theAboriginal Memorial contains 200 coffins, but not a single dead person?

7 September 2010

18:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt Mary's Church, Lead,North Yorkshire(pictured), is known locally as the Ramblers' Church because it was saved in the 1930s by a local group oframblers?
... that theTaurus-Littrowvalley, the landing site ofApollo 17 on theMoon, is deeper than theGrand Canyon?
... that the1957 Maryland Terrapins football season included a game attended byQueen Elizabeth II?
... thatEugène Olaussen, a one-time personal acquaintance ofLenin, shifted views and wrote in Nazi publications during WWII?
... that Puerto Rican singerLourdes Robles recorded aSpanish language cover version ofThe Beatles' "Long and Winding Road"?
... that Dutch illustratorH. Willebeek Le Mair published her first bookPremières Rondes Enfantines in Paris, in 1904, at the age of fifteen?
... thatStar Wars Uncut is afan film made up of 473 15-second clips, submitted by Internet users, that amount to ashot-for-shot remake ofStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope?
... that, in 2009, theHaus des Meeres attracted a record-high number of visitors while attendance at othertourist attractions in Vienna abruptly dropped?
... that afterJohn Cullen'sNational Hockey League career was ended by cancer, he operated a car dealership untilChrysler closed him down?

12:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thecrystal structure of boron-rich metal borides may contain extendedatomic units shaped as"superpolyhedra" and "tubes"(pictured)?
... thatJack Karwales spent time as aWolverine,Bear, andCardinal, and a coach ofBillikens?
... that Cuban singerIbrahim Ferrer won theLatin Grammy Award forBest New Artist at age 73, after he had been performing for 60 years?
... that theNazi government's withholding ofPrincess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach's passport was considered by theDutch government to be "an insult to the Queen"?
... thatVistula delta Mennonites founded the firstRussian Mennonite settlement in Chortitza in 1789?
... thatJackson Gillis, ascreenwriter who spent decades working on such shows asLassie andColumbo, watched little on television other than football, as "he thought most of what was on TV was junk"?
... that theYukon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan involvedcontrolling the population of theYukon Wolf in theYukon throughaerial wolf hunting?
... that, during his tenure as head of theUniversity Library of Oslo,Axel Drolsum successfully worked towards reinstating thelegal deposit in Norway?
... that, in 1902,SSDoric brought over 33,000pounds (15,000 kg) ofopium toSan Francisco, the largest such shipment to that date?

06:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

... that "sailors' eyeballs"(pictured) is one of the largestsingle-celled organisms?
... thatE. Normus Johnson is a fictional advertising mascot depicted incomic art onBig JohnsonT-shirts that usedouble entendres?
... that invokingpaduasoy silk for 18th-century local colour has gothistorical novelists into errors about aPaduan origin?
... that thetitle track of the albumWho's That Girl madeMadonna the first solo female performer to get six US number-ones in the1980s?
... thatPhiladelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack gaveWayne Ambler money fortuition when he attendedDuke University?
... thatMichel Montignac developed aglycemic index-based plan to help himself lose weight, which led to a book promoting hisMontignac diet which has sold16 million copies worldwide?
... that the art historianNikolaus Pevsner describedSt Peter's Church, Wintringham, as "the most rewarding church in theEast Riding"?
... thatKensington (Olympia) station lies on part of the grounds ofLee and Kennedy, the prominentnurserymen inHammersmith, London, who introduced theChilean fuchsia,Fuchsia magellanica, to English gardens in 1788?
... that thesocialist-oriented newspaperYorkshire Factory Times began as an off-shoot of aconservative publication in 1899?

00:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theMaduru Oya(pictured),Wasgamuwa,Flood Plains, andSomawathiyanational parks ofSri Lanka were established under theMahaweli Development Project?
... that the usually plain-coloredJenkins' whipray has a spottedvariant, the dragon stingray, once considered to be a differentspecies?
... that although most of the bridges of theDresden–Görlitz railway were destroyed near the end ofWorld War II, the line was usable once again by late 1945?
... that criminal suspectJoran van der Sloot wrote the bookDe zaak Natalee Holloway as his "opportunity to be open and honest about everything that happened"?
... that theWorld Wrestling Federation's1997 King of the Ring event led to a storyline in which Caucasian, African American, and Latino gangs fought each other?
... that theMilford Oyster Festival, billed as the largest one-dayfestival inNew England and listed among the top 10 annual events inConnecticut, draws over 50,000 attendees each year?
... that the important orchidpest snailOvachlamys fulgens can suddenly move several inches?
... that theDouble-headed serpent may have been given toCortés when he invaded theAztec Empire?
... thatfungi in theCeratobasidium cornigerumcomplex cause diseases such as "silky threadblight", "sharp eyespot", "yellow patch", and "black rot"?

6 September 2010

18:00, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

... that, in the southern counties ofMaine, theNew England Cottontail(pictured) has been reduced to perhaps 250 individuals?
... thatKai G. Henriksen,CEO ofNorwegian alcohol monopoly Vinmonopolet, is the company's first managing director to achieve awine trade education?
... thatJane Austen began writing her novelPride and Prejudice (originally namedFirst Impressions) after staying with her brother atGoodnestone Park,Kent, in 1796?
... that the first commander of theAir Force of Zimbabwe,Air MarshalNorman Walsh, resigned afterCentral Intelligence Organisation agents tortured his senior officers?
... that research on the interplay betweenexercise and music has found that faster-tempo music motivates people to work harder when performing at a moderate pace, but has no effect on peak performance?
... thatPhilip Michael Faraday authored a standard book on property taxes before writing comic operas, including thecurtain raiser toH.M.S. Pinafore?
... that Utah'sBeaver Canyon Scenic Byway is the fifth highest paved road in the state, at 9,200 feet (2,800 m), but that its unpaved portion rises even higher, at over 10,200 feet (3,100 m) in elevation?
... that ChineseDirector of Religious AffairsYe Xiaowen said thatBuddhism has a "unique role in promoting aharmonious society"?
... thatOperation Lucid was a plan to "singe Mr Hitler's moustache" in 1940?

12:00, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

... that Dutch publisherLuitingh-Sijthoff was founded in the "city of books" byAlbertus W. Sijthoff(pictured), who opposed theBerne Convention because he feltcopyright restrictions stifled the industry?
... that the 1876clock on the east face of the tower ofSt James Church,Stretham, is byJB Joyce & Co ofWhitchurch, Shropshire, the oldest firm of tower clockmakers in the world?
... that formerMichigan halfbackDarrell Harper scored the first points and kicked the firstfield goal andextra point in the history of theBuffalo Bills?
... that the 11provinces ofBắc Giang,Bắc Kạn,Cao Bang,Ha Giang,Lang Son,Lao Cai,Phu Tho,Quang Ninh,Thai Nguyen,Tuyen Quang andYen Bai are part of the 59 administrative provinces and 5 municipalities inVietnam?
... that American recording artistMiguel signed arecording contract withJive Records after submitting a highly personal song entitled "Sure Thing"?
... that theArad–Szeged pipeline that connectsRomania andHungary has a transport capacity of 4.4 billion cubic meters per year?
... thatprofessional baseball playerRogelio Álvarez failed to report tospring training with theWashington Senators in 1963 because he was unable to leaveCuba for theUnited States?
... that the Brazilian rivermonitorRio Grande bombarded theParaguayan capital ofAsunción on24 February 1868, during theWar of the Triple Alliance?

06:00, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

... that one ofAlbany,New York's formercity halls(pictured) was the location of the 1754Albany Congress, whereBenjamin Franklin proposed theAlbany Plan of Union?
... thatJacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest created a temperature scale that used a cellar 84 feet underParis Observatory as its base point?
... that theedible mushroomLactarius sanguifluus canbioaccumulate heavy metals frompolluted soil, such as near roadsides subject to heavy traffic?
... that in 1880,Rear Admiral Bergasse du Petit-Thouars, commanding theFrench ironclad Victorieuse, helped pacify theMarquesas Islands, conquered by his uncleAbel Dupetit Thouars in 1840?
... thatOttoman rule of Macedonia lasted for roughly 500 years?
... that until it was razed in the 1940s,New York City'sLittle Syria, the "heart of New York's Arab world", existed just blocks away from the site of the controversialproposed mosque complex?
... that the 40/4 stacking chair created byDavid Rowland, which won the grand prize at the 1965 Milan Triennale, got its name from the fact that 40 chairs could be nested in a stack 4 feet (120 cm) high?
... that ice shifted the original, one-roomMusselbed Shoals Light by four feet in 1875?
... that during the BrazilianFleet Revolt of 1893–94, the rebel rivermonitorAlagoas had to be towed into position to fire on the government forts inRio de Janeiro because her engines had been removed?

00:00, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the slimy mushroomHygrophorus eburneus(pictured) iscommonly known as the "cowboy's handkerchief"?
... that theL'Hermitage Slave Village Archeological Site had one of the largest slave populations inMaryland, and was noted for its harsh conditions?
... thatHoly Trinity Church, Wensley,North Yorkshire, contains a screen moved fromEasby Abbey at theDissolution of the Monasteries?
... that the Brazilian rivermonitorSanta Catharina sank at hermooring in 1882 while under repair due to the poor condition of her hull?
... thatMichigan tackleJack Carpenter later played for theToronto Argonauts and was described as "the pillar of strength on the Argos' front wall"?
... that the folk festival held inHorňácko is focused solely on the authenticfolklore of the region?
... that British illustratorMargaret Tarrant launched her career at the age of 20 withKingsley'sThe Water Babies?
... that theBartlett Dam is the firstdam of its type constructed by theU.S. Bureau of Reclamation?
... thatJirrawun Arts was founded in 1998 afterIndigenous Australian artist Freddie Timms decided thatAUS$300 and a cheap suit wasn't fair pay for a month's work painting pictures?

5 September 2010

18:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

... that former slaveLisette Denison Forth worked as a maid, but willed her life savings to build theSt. James Episcopal Church(pictured) in exclusively whiteGrosse Ile, Michigan?
... that theManila Police District, with the motto "Manila's Finest," was harshly criticized for its handling of theManila hostage crisis?
... that thegun turret of the BrazilianPará-class monitor was manually rotated by four men via a system of gears and required 2.25 minutes for a full 360° rotation?
... that Welsh half-backJack Newnes was the onlyfootballer ever to becapped at international level while playing forNelson?
... thatPalasë, on theAlbanian Riviera, is built around a 100 year-oldplatanus (plane tree), which is the pride of the village?
... thatSarcoscypha dudleyi was named after the botanistWilliam Russell Dudley?
... thatNathan Redmond becameBirmingham City Football Club's second-youngest player ever when he made his first-team debut in August 2010 at the age of 16 years and 173 days?
... thatVuno, a village in theAlbanian Riviera, was reported to have shown sympathy for the1997 rebellion in Albania?
... thatLinnaeus once named a plant after fellow Swedish botanistJohannis Browall, but later changed the name after discovering Browall courted his fiancée Sara Lisa while Linnaeus was working abroad?

12:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatwebcaps can beyellow(pictured),variable,cinnamon,frosty,bitter,goliath,bruising,gassy, orcontrary?
... thatMickell Gladness once recorded 16 blocks which set theNCAA Division I men's basketball single game record?
... thatSouthland Corp. v. Keating was described as "perhaps the most controversial case in theSupreme Court's history ofarbitration jurisprudence"?
... thatRyan Boyle, who holds theIvy League lacrosse career scoring record, once set the Marylandhigh school football single-season pass completion percentage record?
... that the father ofOklahoman folk singer Woody Guthrie attended thelynching of Laura Nelson and her son Lawrence in May 1911?
... thatEdward Kean coined the word "cowabunga" and tried to put a puppet President in theWhite House?
... that themanor of Nether Tabley inCheshire, including Tabley Old Hall andTabley House, was owned by the Leicester family for almost 700 years?
... that the town ofTlayacapan,Morelos,Mexico, is the origin of theChinelos dance?
... that King of FranceLouis XIV (1638–1715) usedtoilet water for his shirts and called it "heavenly water"?

06:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Krka Bridge

... that theKrka Bridge(pictured) comprises the longest span of allCroatian A1 motorway bridges, surpassing theMaslenica Bridge span by only 4 m (13 ft)?
... that sopranoGerlinde Sämann performed withLa Petite Bande Bach'scantata for the 14th Sunday afterTrinity,Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17?
... that the owners ofMV Mariam intend to use it to cross theblockade of the Gaza Strip?
... that young specimens of the mushroomCoprinellus impatiens have a powderystem that eventually sloughs off to leave a smooth surface?
... thatDale Warren was aconservatory-trainedviolinist whose work as anarranger forStax Records and others has been a fruitful source ofbreakbeats?
... thatminor league baseball managerTom Stouch advanced the career of playerShoeless Joe Jackson by signing him to theGreenville Spinners?
... that a British rider at theRolex Kentucky Three Day whose horse fell on him said that without an automatically inflatedair bag vest he "would be in a box or in America for a month"?
... that theCarnegie, abrigantine made almost entirely fromnon-magnetic materials, covered nearly 300,000 miles measuringEarth's magnetic field and discovered theCarnegie Ridge in 1929?
... that in 1861, a localCornish farmer proposed to destroy the ancientZennor Quoit site but was prevented by the vicar who paid him a financial incentive to build his cowshed elsewhere?

00:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

... that thePhobjika Valley welcomes theBlack-necked Cranes as winter visitors fromTibet, inBhutan, and in the process the cranes circle theGangteng Monastery(pictured) thrice on arrival and again on departure?
... thatlacrosse goaltenderTrevor Tierney has won anNCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship, aMajor League Lacrosse Steinfeld Cup Championship and aWorld Lacrosse Championship gold medal?
... that astronomers have detected as many as seven planets orbiting the starHD 10180, making it theexoplanetary system with the most known planets to date?
... thatBob Latshaw managed minor league baseball for eight seasons, though he only managed three seasons completely?
... that thenumber-one song "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" performed byJuan Gabriel was featured as thetheme song of atelenovela of thesame title?
... thatMiss Russia 2010Irina Antonenko presented a set ofmatryoshka dolls hand-painted with the pictures of the five most recentMiss Universe winners as her gift to the2010 competition?
... that theMetamora sank nearPointe au Baril in 1907 and that part of the wreck is still visible above the water?
... that in 1929, a crowd of 11,000 people attended anexhibition game between theWaco Cubs and theNew York Yankees atKaty Park, which only held 4,000?
... thatCat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush andGoats Do Roam are examples ofwine humour?

4 September 2010

18:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

... that American photographerAmelia Van Buren was the subject of one ofThomas Eakins' most famouspaintings(pictured)?
... thatNewton Hills State Park inSouth Dakota holds an annualpumpkin chunking competition?
... thatradio stationKRMS inOsage Beach, Missouri, was once partly owned by then-U.S. Senator John Danforth?
... that the 2,485 metres (8,153 ft) longDrežnik Viaduct is the longest viaduct inCroatia?
... that the1956 Maryland Terrapins lost players to themilitary draft andjaundice, andThe Baltimore Sun calledthe head coach and quarterback "the biggest fall guys incollege football"?
... that on 26 April each year, the 'El Retorno' festival is held inIbarra to celebrate the return of the inhabitants in 1872, four years after theEcuadorian town'sdestruction in an earthquake?
... that the AmericanMemphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter,Joe Willie Wilkins, had the childhood nickname of "WalkingSeeburg"?
... that two men,Gerald Brisco andPat Patterson, wrestled in evening gowns at theWWF's2000 King of the Ring event?
... thatJurek Wilner, who took part in theWarsaw Ghetto Uprising, left his notebook of poems with theDominican nuns inWilno, where he hid during the early part ofNazi occupation of Poland?

12:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theporcelain crabPisidia longicornis(pictured) is sometimes found amongmussels andoysters in Europeanfish markets?
... that nobody was ever convicted for the 1949Menarsha synagogue attack inSyria, which left 12 people dead?
... that the garden ofCaerhays Castle is home to the largest collection ofmagnolias in England?
... that Major-General Humphrey Atherton's accidental death was seen by theQuakers as a punishment fromGod for his persecution of them?
... that the bookActors on Acting byHelen Chinoy, collections of essays abouttheatre, have been used widely as college text and remained in print for more than 50 years?
... thatMatt Striebel ranks eighth on thePrinceton Lacrosse career assists list and eleventh on the Princeton soccer careerassists list?
... that the Brazilian rivermonitorPará was so badly damaged afterpassing the Paraguayan fort atHumaitá on23 February 1868 that she had to be beached to prevent her from sinking?
... that by winning the2010 Irwin Tools Night Race,Kyle Busch became the first driver to win a race in all three majorNASCAR divisions in the same weekend?
... thatCornishSaint Endelienta, ahermit, is believed to have subsisted solely on the milk of a cow who was also her only companion?

06:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theFrench ironclad Triomphante(pictured) helped to capture thePescadore Islands in March 1885 during thePescadores Campaign of theSino-French War?
... thatEmmanuel Rodríguez's boxing championship at the2010 Summer Youth Olympics wasPuerto Rico's first gold medal in an event sanctioned by theInternational Olympic Committee?
... that the first two chairmen of theCommittee of 100 on the Federal City wereFrederic Delano (uncle ofFranklin D. Roosevelt) andOwen Roberts,U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice?
... that the gulls ofSeymour Island breed on raised beaches unlike other CanadianIvory Gull colonies?
... that cartoonistSuzy Spafford, creator of the whimsical animal characters known asSuzy's Zoo, has been drawing since she was three years old?
... that exploration forgeothermal power in Indonesia dates back to theKawah Kamojang test borings of 1926?
... that in June 2010, aMing-era tomb nearNanjing was identified as that ofHong Bao, one of the admirals ofZheng He's fleet?
... thatTriple-A fill-inumpireScott Barry ejected threeMajor League Baseball All-Stars within one week in August, 2010?
... thatArab geographers described theLittle Zab and theGreat Zab as "demoniacally possessed"?

00:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theAqueduct of the Gier(pictured) was one of fourRoman aqueducts supplyingLugdunum (Lyon, France)?
... thatB. J. Prager has scoredovertime game-winning goals in both state high school and national collegiate championshiplacrosse games?
... that soon after the creation of theHeu-Aktion, the systematickidnapping of Polish children by Nazi Germany began?
... that theParke Lane Road Bridge is a rarecantilevered concrete arch, with two independent half-arches supporting a center slab rather than the full arch of the traditionalarch bridge?
... thatCalifornia cult wine producerScarecrow is named for its founder's connection toThe Wizard of Oz?
... that the term "the war to end war" was first used to describeWorld War I?
... that the development of theWikiscanner software byVirgil Griffith in 2007 revealedChurch of Scientology editing on Wikipedia?
... that theAzerbaijan National Carpet Museum was first established in amosque?
... thatmattresses lined the inside of thegun turrets of the SwedishJohn Ericsson-class monitors in order to catch splinters?

3 September 2010

18:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

... that with itstwo-dollar coin(reverse pictured),Newfoundland was the only British colony to issue circulating gold coinage?
... thatLacrosse Hall of Fame electeeScott Bacigalupo won theEnsign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award as theNCAA topgoaltender three years in a row?
... that the newly describedMicrohyla nepenthicola is the smallest species offrog in theOld World?
... thatJordan of Laron was onceexcommunicated with the entire regions ofLimousin andAquitaine?
... that anew airport is being built inIndonesia as part of the government's plan to promoteLombok andSumbawa as the number twotourist destination in the country afterBali?
... that Kevin Noreen, currentMinnesota Mr. Basketball, is the highest scoring basketball player in Minnesota high school history?
... that theFrench ironclad La Galissonnière bombarded the Tunisian port ofSfax in July 1881 as part of theFrench occupation of Tunisia?
... that the AmericanDelta blues guitarist and singer,Houston Stackhouse, taughtRobert Nighthawk how to play theguitar?
... thatSt. Ninian's Church, Tynet looks like a barn because it had to be hidden fromProtestants?

12:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

... that amongmountain bike orienteers with multipleworld championships gold medals areMichaela Gigon,Christine Schaffner(pictured),Ksenia Chernykh,Adrian Jackson andRuslan Gritsan?
... thatCarrier Strike Group Ten can trace its organizational lineage to Destroyer Flotilla Two created duringWorld War I by theU.S. Navy?
... that Dr.James Mourilyan Tanner developeda scale to measure sexual maturation, based on size of the genitals and the quantity of pubic hair?
... that in the last days ofWorld War II, theRed Army's arrival inDemmintriggered a mass suicide of several hundred people?
... thatMichigan's startingquarterbacks underhead coach Bennie Oosterbaan includedJohn Ghindia (1949),Lou Baldacci (1953–1954), andJim Maddock (1954–1956)?
... that a newly constructedpowership, a floatingpower plant, supplies 144MW of electricity toBasra in south-easternIraq?
... thatMikołaj Błociszewski was the Polish negotiator in the diplomatic negotiations whose failure led to thePolish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War?
... thatJon Hess,Chris Massey andJesse Hubbard formed the1996,1997 and1998 national championPrinceton lacrosse potent offense, whileChristian Cook led the defense andJosh Sims developed as a midfield scoring threat?
... that onEaster Monday, 1916,George Plunkett waved down atram in Dublin with his revolver and paid for 52 tickets to get his heavily armedIrish Volunteers to take part in theEaster Rising?

06:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

... that on 12 December 1782, a singleBritish frigatedefeated five enemy ships(battle pictured), taking two asprizes?
... thatTatyana Dyachenko, daughter of PresidentBoris Yeltsin, worked atKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center until 1994?
... thatPhule's Company byRobert Asprin follows the fictional adventures ofWillard J. Phule in theSpace Legion?
... thatSchenectady, New York'sWoodlawn neighboorhood makes up 22.5% of the city's land area, but generates only 17.9% of the city’s property tax revenue?
... that bothPatrol 35, based inIsrael, andTsagaan Khass, based inMongolia, are openlyneo-Nazi organizations?
... thatMichigan's startingquarterbacks underhead coach Bump Elliott includedStan Noskin (1957–1959),Dave Glinka (1960–1962), andWally Gabler (1965)?
... thatunitarian ministerHans Tambs Lyche was the founder and first editor of the periodicalKringsjaa?
... that theSam Mills company supplies 40% of the Romanian corn pasta market?
... thatlacrosse defenseman and founder ofWarrior LacrosseDavid Morrow helped design thetitanium lacrosse stick?

00:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

... that a study found that around 50 out of the 70 examined specimens of thesubantarctic octopus speciesBenthoctopus levis(pictured) had fed exclusively onbrittle stars?
... thatRay Van Orman was expelled fromCornell University for "cribbing", but later returned to complete hisveterinary doctorate and to coach thelacrosse andfootball teams?
... that theBattle of Graveney Marsh on 27 September 1940 between British and German troops was the last action involving a foreign invading force to take place on mainlandBritish soil?
... that theYouth Olympic champion in the girls' hammer throw,Alexia Sedykh, is the daughter of two currentworld record holders in athletics?
... that more than 50 rivers and creeks on thelist of longest streams of Oregon are at least 40 miles (64 km) long?
... that the original nickname ofNorman MacLeod, 22ndchief ofClan MacLeod, was "The Wicked Man", but a 20th centurychief tried to change it to "The Red Man"?
... that a loan from one of its members,Benjamin Franklin, allowed theAmerican Philosophical Society to complete its headquarters,Philosophical Hall?
... thatPrudent Joye, the1938 European Champion in the400 m hurdles, escaped from aNazi internment camp and joined theFrench Resistance?
... that inBulgarian mythology, therazkovniche is a magicalherb that can open all locks and transmuteiron intogold, but it can only be identified by atortoise?

2 September 2010

18:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theredundantChurch of St John the Baptist, Stanwick,North Yorkshire,(pictured) stands within theearthworks of a settlement originating in the earlyIron Age?
... that the recently describedHortle's whipray is found only off southernNew Guinea and has a bright yellow underside?
... that formerLieutenant Governor ofAlbertaWilliam Egbert was described as "one of the most popular lieutenant governors this province has ever had"?
... thatPeter Trombino was the firstPrinceton Tigers men's lacrosse freshman to score at least one goal in all 15 of his games?
... that owners of theEmpire State Building oppose construction of15 Penn Plaza, a 1,216-feet skyscraper planned to be 900 feet away from what is nowNew York City'stallest building?
... thatWinnipeg Blue Bombers starJeff Nicklin was one of the first Canadians tojump intoNormandy on D-Day andinto Germany?
... thatBrian Twyne wrote the first published history of theUniversity of Oxford in 1608?
... that in the 1765Larache expedition againstLarache inMorocco, theFrench Navy lost hundreds of men, some of whom were taken asslaves?
... that shaved drunkbears wearing women's clothing were exhibited aspig-faced women in the 19th century?

12:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatDora Ratjen(pictured) was stripped of the women'shigh jump gold medal from the1938 European Athletics Championships because he was a man?
... that the debut albums byrock bandsIllinois Speed Press andAorta, together with those byChicago Transit Authority andThe Flock, were released simultaneously in 1969 and were marketed as "theChicago Sound"?
... thatPedro Almodóvar's first filmPepi, Luci, Bom was based on a story titled "General Erections", which parodied the1977 Spanish general elections?
... that aclinical trial on the treatment ofscurvy was conducted in as early as 1747 aboard the 50-gun warshipHMSSalisbury?
... thatAlex Hewit earned theEnsign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award as the bestNCAA lacrosse goaltender in part for holding the three highest scoring teams in the nation to half of their scoring average?
... that a condition set for design ofGacka Bridge inCroatia was that no part of the structure makes contact with the river spanned?
... that mutations in theDHHC domain of the human enzyme,ZDHHC9, can causesex-linked mental retardation?
... that in theBattle of Kalavrye,Alexios Komnenos rallied his scattered army, counterattacked, and drew the numerically superior enemy army into a successful ambush?
... thatPeter Cushman Jones, who founded theBank of Hawaii, arrived inHonolulu with only 16cents?

06:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

... that the opening of theFranjo Tuđman Bridge(pictured) was controversial due to a public naming dispute?
... thatCerithidea decollata is asea snail that can foresee the future?
... thatRyan Mollett was thefirst player drafted in the firstMajor League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft?
... that the influential modernist poet of 1960sChinaGuo Lusheng now lives in a mental institution inBeijing?
... thatPeter Rabbit authorBeatrix Potter irked her publisher when she beganThe Tale of Mr. Tod with "I am quite tired of making goody goody books about nice people"?
... that a person withsleep state misperception may believe they slept for only four hours while,paradoxically,sleeping a full eighthours?
... thatRoman Catholic priestLawrence Boadt suggested that Christians "could gain some feeling for theOld Testament by attending aFriday night Sabbath service at a local temple orsynagogue"?
... that, in the early years of theDominion Wrestling Union, manyNational Wrestling Association wrestlers came fromCanada and theUnited States to face off againstNew Zealand wrestlers?
... that in November 1944,No. 4 Commando captured 1,200 German prisoners during theBattle of the Scheldt?

00:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theeastern mole(pictured) is the most widely distributed mole in North America?
... thatDan Cocoziello is the only defenseman to have won theIvy League men'slacrosse rookie of the year?
... that theMeghalaya Legislative Assembly was first convened in 1970 as a body of 37 indirectly elected members whenMeghalaya was an autonomous state within the state ofAssam?
... that a co-founder of theMexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund,Mario G. Obledo, organized a boycott of theTaco Bell Chihuahua, citing the dog's stereotypical Mexican accent?
... that thePennsylvania Railroad Anacostia Bridge collapsed in the wake of ahurricane on August 24, 1933, causing theCrescent Limited train to plunge into the river below?
... that a number of medieval English bishops each served over 60 times aspapal judges-delegate?
... that formerMichigan quarterbackJim Van Pelt setCanadian Football League records with a 107-yardtouchdown pass and seven touchdown passes in one game?
... that Catholics in theDutch Republic were allowed to buildclandestine churches as long as they were not visible to Protestants?
... that retiredfootballerFred Else arranged to have hiswedding on a Saturday morning so that he was free to play forPreston North End reserves in the afternoon?

1 September 2010

18:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

... that theMaslenica Bridge(pictured) carrying theAdriatic Highway was completely destroyed during theCroatian War of Independence and reconstructed 14 years later?
... thatMichael Eisner credited research economistHarrison Price with being "as much responsible for the success of theWalt Disney Co. as anybody exceptWalt Disney himself"?
... that, in 1944, theCanadian corvetteHMCSSt. Thomas rescued the entire crew of aU-boat she had just attacked?
... thathumoristAlonzo Delano madeUS$400 in three weeks by drawing portraits of whiskeredgold miners at an ounce ofgold dust per head?
... that thetubemouth whipray can protrude its jaws to form a tube longer than its mouth is wide?
... that theGrand Lake St. Marys Lighthouse is the only historiclighthouse in landlocked westernOhio?
... that prior toCount Luitpold of Castell-Castell'smarriage proposal toPrincess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark, she had often been cited as a possiblequeen consort toEdward VIII of the United Kingdom?
... that the1939 Stanford Indians football team won its only game of the season after being told during halftime that they were "the worst group of players who have ever worn theStanford red"?
... thatMoustache, aFrench poodle, is said to have been awarded a medal byMarshal Jean Lannes for saving aregimental flag at theBattle of Austerlitz?

12:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatBenjamin Goldwasser andAndrew VanWyngarden(both pictured) made their debut as theband MGMT playing the theme to the movieGhostbusters over and over for hours?
... thatLusia Harris, who wasdrafted in the seventh round of the1977 NBA Draft, was the first and only woman ever drafted in theNBA?
... that a riot ensued when a Catholic rang the bell ofSt. Martin's Church, Biberach during a Protestant wedding?
... thatPrincess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was the firstwoman to attempt, and to perish in, a transatlanticairplane flight?
... that theWoodlawn Preserve is one of the most biologically diverse habitats inSchenectady County, New York, due to the combination of swamp, wetlands, water bodies, and dune vegetation?
... thatBritish Museum keeperJohn Thomas Smith wrote a life of the sculptorJoseph Nollekens that was noted for its "malicious candour"?
... that thewinemaker of the eponymousPiemonte wine producer,Bruno Giacosa, is known as "the genius ofNeive"?
... that in the earlyhistory of Baptists in Kentucky there were three church Associations and twelve churches recorded inAsplund's Register for 1785?
... that the AmericanMemphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriterWalter Vinson co-wrote theblues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"?

06:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

... thatGiora Romm assumed command ofIsraeli Air Force 115 Squadron a day before theYom Kippur War broke out, making his debut flight in theA-4 Skyhawk(pictured) on a combat mission?
... that althoughHaile Fida was an important political advisor toMengistu Haile Mariam, the military ruler ofEthiopia, in 1977 Mengistu had him arrested and later executed?
... thatLugu Lake is the highest lake inChina'sYunnan Province?
... that with an area of over 40,000 square feet (3,700 m²),etnies Skatepark is the largest free to useskatepark inCalifornia?
... that trade unionist Lt-col.David Watts Morgan CBE DSO JP was known by the miners he represented as "Dai Alphabet"?
... that death is directly mentioned in 19 of the 38 poems inMaya Angelou's first book of poetry,Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie?
... that whileRomanian politicianViorel Hrebenciuc waspushing to havePresident Traian Băsescu removed from office, his son was dating the President's daughterElena?
... that CBS News journalistElaine Quijano originally trained as an engineer?
... that theiron furnace atOld Furnace State Park inConnecticut producedhorseshoes for theContinental Army during theAmerican Revolutionary War?

00:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1838,Henriette d'Angeville(pictured), the first woman to climbMont Blanc on her own strength, received a calling card from a Polish nobleman on her way to the summit, at 10,000 feet?
... that even though theDollarway Road,Arkansas'first road, is now covered byArkansas Highway 356, a portion of the road has been preserved by theNational Register of Historic Places?
... that, in 1888,Henry Porter pitched the onlyno-hitter in the two-season existence of theKansas City CowboysMajor League Baseball franchise?
... that the only production ofDon Quixote in a non-German speaking country was inMoscow in 1911?
... that Wilson Industrial Park inEdmonton,Alberta, is named in honour ofHerbert Charles Wilson, who served as thecity's mayor in the late 19th century?
... thattomatoes were the first commercially availablegenetically modified food?
... thatLacrosse Hall of FamerKevin Lowe has scoredovertime game-winning goals in both anNCAA Championship game and aMajor League Lacrosse Steinfeld Cup Championship game?
... that theAlbion River Bridge, the onlywooden bridge onCalifornia State Route 1, has been proposed for replacement by theCalifornia Department of Transportation?
... that whenLuis Figo was taking a corner in afootball match against FC Barcelona, theBoixos Nois threw a pig's head after him?

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