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31 December 2011

21:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

... that there is anelectrical substation in the backyard of theMcVickar House(pictured), the second oldest house on Main Street inIrvington, New York?
... thatTyler Lockett, the only player inKansas State Wildcats football history to return akickoff for atouchdown in consecutive games, was a high school state champion infootball andbasketball?
... thatBlack Loch in East Ayrshire, which has outflows draining in two directions, is connected toLoch o' th' Lowes andCreoch Loch by a manmade ditch?
... that the optometry anddental schools of the defunctNorth Pacific College are still operating 65 years after the college closed?
... that the extinctmapleAcer dettermani is only known from the flank of avolcano?
... that theAndrzej Fidyk's documentaryDefilada aboutNorth Korea, despite its anti-totalitarian message, was initially praised both by communist Poland's censors and in North Korea itself?

13:15, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the factory in which theMesserschmitt P.1112(concept model pictured) would have been built wasoccupied by Allied troops before construction of the aircraft'sprototype could be started?
... that in 1984,Thomas Suluk gained election to theCanadian House of Commons by just 247 votes?
... that in the 1950sCongregation Beth Israel of Asheville, North Carolina, shortened and moved itsShabbat service two hours earlier, so members could open their stores following prayers?
... that the filmVana Mohini included an elephant among the credits?
... that currentDenver Nuggets basketball playerJulyan Stone holds both theUniversity of Texas-El Paso andConference USA record for mostassists in a career with 714?
... that the flowers of theSydney blue gum are eaten by thegrey-headed flying fox?

05:00, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatLawang Sewu: Kuntilanak's Vengeance was described by a critic as "truly 'raping' an icon of Semarang",Lawang Sewu(pictured)?
... that during theAboakyer festival ofWinneba inGhana, warrior groups compete to be the first to capture a livebushbuck from agame reserve?
... thatMike Pegues scored 2,030 points during his college career between 1996 and 2000, setting aDelaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball record that still stands?
... that theWyoming State Legislature has aNicholas in the House and aNicholas in the Senate?
... thatplaywrightJerzy Szaniawski, a member of thePolish Academy of Literature who married at age 76, was starved and physically abused by his wife, 20 years his junior, until his death in 1970?
... that the first words of the firstAFN broadcast from Allied-occupied Germany in July 1945 so enraged GeneralPatton that he demanded that the responsible person becourt-martialed?

30 December 2011

20:45, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

... that New Zealand'sBlue Lake(pictured) has the clearest fresh water reported anywhere in the world?
... that when theDalai Lama visitedTaiwan in 1997, he was treated as aRepublic of China national without household registration?
... thatFrank Langella is the only person to win theTony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play more than once?
... thatTexas GovernorHardin Richard Runnels signed a bill into law allowing afree Negro to return to slavery by selecting a new master?
... that theTriple Alliance of 1788, formed on the verge of theFrench Revolution, almost led to a war which would have pitted Great Britain and Prussia against Russia?
... that the deputy mayor ofSafed was indicted for selling paintings from the museum thatEmanuel Romano founded for his father, the sculptorEnrico Glicenstein?

12:30, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the 14-volumeThe Kingdom of the Netherlands During World War II, a standard reference work written by Dr.Loe de Jong(pictured) between 1955 and 1991, is now available for download?
... that when wood carverPatrociño Barela premiered at theMuseum of Modern Art, he was the "discovery of the year"?
... thatAcer castorrivularis is one of fiveextinct maples from theEocene Beaver Creek flora in Montana?
... that diplomatBarry Steers served asCanada's firstCommissioner toBermuda from 1976 to 1979?
... that the high-pressuremetamorphic rockwhiteschist may be formed from bothbasaltic andgranitic rocks bymetasomatism?
... that the death ofJeannie Saffin has been cited as an example ofspontaneous human combustion, due to witness reports that flames were coming from her mouth and she was roaring like a dragon?

04:15, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theNavajo tribe usedsand sagebrush(pictured) as toilet paper?
... that amongAmir Hamzah's works are poems that are both explicitly religious and have an erotic element present?
... thatKansas State's all-time leadingwide receiverKevin Lockett completed his only twoNational Football League pass attempts fortouchdowns?
... that a complete set of the treatises of Japanese playwrightZeami Motokiyo was not published until almost 500 years after his death?
... thatCharles Howard McIlwain won aPulitzer Prize for his analysis of theAmerican Revolution as a disagreement over interpretation of theconstitution of the United Kingdom?
... that prospectorJohn Brackett Allen‎ did not strike it rich until he turned topies?

29 December 2011

20:00, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

... that thegrooved brain coral(pictured) was featured on postage stamps fromBelize andMayotte?
... that whengoalkeeperSam Gillam replacedAlf Pugh forWales againstScotland on15 April 1889, he became the firstsubstitute in internationalfootball?
... thatOregon politicianShawn Lindsay proposed a law in response to the acquittal ofCasey Anthony in Florida?
... that the Thoroughbred racehorseGeorge Frederick was named after the futureKing George V, and won the 1874Derby Stakes on the young prince's birthday?
... that Indonesian actressTiti Sjuman agreed to make herfilm debut only after being cajoled by her brother andsister-in-law (the film's director)?
... that larvalbuckeyes eatbluehearts?

12:00, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatMay Night(pictured) byWillard Metcalf was the first contemporary painting purchased by theCorcoran Gallery of Art?
... that theTriassic archosaurPoposaurus walked on two legs like some dinosaurs, but was more closely related to crocodiles?
... that aTurkic language was spoken in theAvar Khaganate and aninscription on a golden bowl preserves a fragment of it?
... thatRachel Feinstein, whose latest art work is inspired byThe Snow Queen, is half of what theNew York Times called the American art world's "power couple"?
... that the currentspeaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Hunter Tootoo, is the last remaining member of the Legislative Assembly elected in Nunavut'sfirst election in 1999?
... that debris from the failed RussianMeridian 5 satellite launch landed on a house on Cosmonaut Street?

01:57, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

... that colonies oflobe coral(pictured) are sometimes broken into fragments by the feeding activity ofstone triggerfish?
... that a dance at theRitz Ballroom scheduled forMay 22, 1955, featuringFats Domino was cancelled by theBridgeport Police Department, citing worries about rioting over rock and roll music?
... that Indonesian judgeSoeprapto was aided in his escape fromPekalongan duringOperatie Product by a man whom he had just sentenced to death?
... that theEocene mapleAcer clarnoense is not found in theClarno Formation even though the species was named after it?
... thatAlabama's first superintendent of public education,Confederate brigadier general and college professorWilliam F. Perry, had little or no formal education?
... thatThe X-Files Mythology, Volume 1 was well-received, despite its lack of liver-eating elastic monsters?

28 December 2011

16:00, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

... that French baritoneJean-Vital Ismaël(caricature pictured), who sang in the premieres ofBizet'sLes pêcheurs de perles andGounod'sMireille, had left home at age 16 to become a street singer?
... that Polish magazineMiasto Kobiet organizes Szafobranie, a recurring event in which people give and get clothes without exchanging money?
... thatweeping lovegrass is used for funeral rituals inLesotho, and sometimeshybridizes withLehmann's lovegrass?
... that two New ZealandMembers of Parliament,David Buick andAlfred Hindmarsh, died in the1918 influenza epidemic?
... that theunorganized territory ofMont-Albert in Quebec, Canada, is a home to the only remaining herd ofmigratory woodland caribou south of theSaint Lawrence River?
... thatKatrina Kaif considers theitem numberSheila ki jawani to be one of her raunchiest ever?

08:00, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theGrand Palace(pictured) inBangkok was once the home of thekings of theChakri Dynasty and several thousand other inhabitants?
... thatFlorida state legislatorC. A. Roberts was named to the first Board ofUnion County Commissioners at the age of 18?
... that themurder of Sadia Sheikh has been called Belgium's firsthonour killing trial?
... that Russian-born pianistAlexander Zakin performed with violinistIsaac Stern for 37 years and played the piano at theWhite House under PresidentsEisenhower,Kennedy andJohnson?
... that the termsex and/or gender diverse is beginning to be used in Australia to replacetransgender?
... that upon being asked whether he would like to join theCanadian Senate byWarren Allmand in 1977,Inuit politicianWillie Adams responded, "What's the Senate?"?

00:00, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

... that thepsychedelic mushroomPsilocybe yungensis(pictured) is used inmystic rituals by theMazatecs?
... that although no deaths occurred, the United StatesWeather Bureau was criticized for its inadequate warnings in advance ofHurricane Debra?
... that a reviewer described the filmKhalifah as a "veiled warning" to Indonesians about wearing theniqab?
... that although theDungarvan Town Council ofCounty Waterford, Ireland, was formed in 1855, records indicate that a local authority existed in the town as early as the 15th century?
... that during the1984–1985 famine inEthiopia, theRelief Society of Tigray organized a mass exodus of Tigrayan villagers to camps inSudan?
... that theRebbe of Ruzhin lived like a king, with a palatial home, many servants, a carriage drawn by four white horses, stylish clothing, and solid-gold boots studded with diamonds?

27 December 2011

16:00, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theMartin-Baker Mk.1(pictured), used by a test pilot to escape a crashingArmstrong Whitworth A.W.52, was the firstejection seat to save the life of a British pilot?
... that although it ended peacefully, theRotem Crisis of 1960 was later seen as a "trial run" for events leading to the 1967Six-Day War?
... that Swampy, the lead character in the gameWhere's My Water?, is the first original character created byDisney for amobile video game?
... that theChurch of St Thomas the Martyr, and the adjoiningMonnow Bridge, were both damaged by fire in theBattle of Monmouth in 1233?
... that American painter and lithographerBolton Brown was the first person to climbMount Clarence King?
... that the European windstorm Friedhelm was colloquially calledHurricane Bawbag, from aScots word for ascrotum?

08:00, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

... that inAlpine countries,Saint Nicholas has a devilish companion namedKrampus(pictured)?
... that in 1924 arifle range was built in the basement of theparish hall at theChurch of St. Barnabas inIrvington, New York?
... that a documentary film byUcu Agustin led to a prostitution district inTulungagung, East Java, being shut down?
... thatcopyright infringement not involving profit wasnot a criminal offense in the United States between the 1994U.S. v. LaMacchia ruling and the 1997 passage byCongress of theNET Act?
... that the growth ofthickspike wheatgrass in an area can inhibit the spread of weeds includingRussian anddiffuse knapweed?
... thatDeep Throat was inspired byDeep Throat?

00:00, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatFreemason and socialist writerAndrzej Strug declined to join the prestigiousPolish Academy of Literature(pictured) because he was upset by criticism ofthe Freemason movement?
... that merchantSolomon Warner was obsessed with building aperpetual motion machine?
... that the Britishdestroyer HMSImogen was accidentally sunk by thelight cruiser Glasgow during the night of 16 July 1940?
... that the1932 Jalisco earthquake was the first of three earthquakes ofmagnitude 7 or greater to strike western Mexico in June that year?
... that as minister of justiceSahardjo suggested rescindingIndonesia'scivil andcommercial codes?
... that during theProhibition era in the United States,Marsoui in Quebec, Canada, was a favorite hideout for smugglers fleeing theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police?

26 December 2011

16:00, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatPersimmon(pictured), a Thoroughbred race horse owned byEdward, Prince of Wales, broke the race record when he won the 1896Derby Stakes?
... thatFrederick B. Karl served in theFlorida House of Representatives,Florida Senate andFlorida Supreme Court?
... thatMuddy Waters switched fromsemi-acoustic guitar toelectric guitar for his albumAt Newport 1960?
... that PresidentSukarno slighted Chief JusticeWirjono Prodjodikoro by invitingRuslan Abdulgani for breakfast when Abdulgani was supposed to be before theSupreme Court of Indonesia?
... that theLos Angeles Lakers recently signedMalcolm Thomas, whosefather goes by the same name and also playedcollege basketball?
... that millions of chickens have viewed life throughrose-colored glasses?

08:00, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatTsukasa Fujimoto(pictured) andHikaru Shida, two actresses on the Japanese television seriesMuscle Venus, later becameprofessional wrestling champions as atag team also namedMuscle Venus?
... that theKupol Gold Mine north of theArctic Circle is only accessible in winter via anice road, which can only be built when temperatures are below −25 °C (−13 °F)?
... thatMaya Angelou's sixth and finalautobiographyA Song Flung Up to Heaven is framed by the assassinations ofMalcolm X andMartin Luther King, Jr.?
... that Indonesian Minister of JusticeMoeljatno attempted to ensure Prosecutor GeneralSoeprapto's subservience to him by passing a law?
... that theLancaster City Museum houses a Roman tombstone with a dramatic depiction of a Roman soldier with a decapitated opponent at his feet?
... thatGraves's grave is unknown, but his memorial is not?

00:00, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

... that Bach's earliest survivingChristmas cantataChristen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, which is scored lavishly but has "no music for the shepherds or for the angels", was performed in theLiebfrauenkirche in Halle(pictured)?
... that holiday mail seeking a Christmaspostmark continued to be sent toChristmas, Arizona, two decades after the town's post office had closed?
... thatGeorges Bizet dedicated his song "Rêve de la bien-aimée" ("Dream of the beloved") to the Belgiancoloratura sopranoLéontine de Maësen?
... thatYorkshire fog occurs on theCornish coast betweenPolruan and Polperro?
... thatPlante and Sherman'sFaith and Health states that highly religious people have a 29% higher odds of survival than less religious people?
... that theearly Oligocene maple,Acer ashwilli, is known from only eight places in Oregon?

25 December 2011

16:00, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatJoseph Farquharson's 1901 paintingBeneath the Snow Encumbered Branches(pictured) is a popular choice forChristmas cards?
... thatCliff at Christmas was the only album released duringCliff Richard's second period with music labelEMI, to whom he'd previously been signed for over forty years?
... thatGemiler Island, off the coast of Turkey, may have been the location ofSaint Nicholas' original tomb?
... that sculptorAlexander Finta, who worked for20th Century Fox, studied withAuguste Rodin?
... that the1989 Ungava earthquake was the first earthquake in eastern North America known to be associated withground rupture?
... that a 1640 Act of theParliament of Scotland abolished the observation ofChristmas in Scotland?

08:00, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

... that it is not known which of the threeLe Nain brothers painted theAdoration of the Shepherds(detail pictured), now in London'sNational Gallery?
... that one critic thoughtHulk Hogan's acting inSanta with Muscles made "Arnold Schwarzenegger seem likeLaurence Olivier"?
... that the opening chorus of Bach'sChristmas cantataIch freue mich in dir, BWV 133, is thought to persuasively express "the essence, the exuberance and the sheer exhilaration of Christmas"?
... that artistLetterio Calapai was taken as a boy to theFogg Art Museum and theBoston Museum of Fine Arts which now own examples of his work?
... thatsalad spinners usecentrifugal force to remove excess water?
... that, contrary to a popular urban legend, Coca-Cola did not create the modernSanta suit?

00:00, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatPresident Bill Clinton said he would personally pay the bill to keep theNational Christmas Tree(pictured) lit during thegovernment shutdown resulting from disagreements on the1996 federal budget?
... that when high school juniorJabari Parker held an open practice,Mike Krzyzewski,Bruce Weber,Thad Matta,Bill Self,Roy Williams andTom Izzo all attended?
... that during theDunkirk evacuation on June 1, 1940, the British destroyerHMSIvanhoe was hit by a German bomb that killed 26 men and knocked out two of her threeboiler rooms?
... that when the Thoroughbred racehorsePinza won the 1953Derby Stakes, it gave 25 timesChampion Jockey,Gordon Richards, his first win after 27 previous starts in the race?
... that when sick,galaxy coral can be fedbrine shrimps incorporating specificantibiotics?
... thatWest Virginia House DelegateDr. Margaret Anne Staggers considered retiring fromemergency medicine following an attack by an elderly patient?

24 December 2011

16:00, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theFroebel star(pictured), a common Christmas decoration in Germany, is created byfolding and weaving four identical strips of paper?
... thatJan Sandström composed theMotorbike Concerto, and asetting ofEs ist ein Ros entsprungen for two choirsa cappella: one in four parts, singingPraetorius, and the other in eight parts?
... that baseball pitcherBrad Boxberger was named to theArizona Fall League's 2011 Top Prospects Team?
... that prior to its passage of theHuman Rights Act 2003,Nunavut was the only Canadian jurisdiction without protections against discrimination for itsgay, lesbian and bisexual residents?
... that theNew York Yankees traded forAllie Reynolds on the advice ofJoe DiMaggio?
... that thelesser long-tongued bat can extend its tongue for up to 50% of its own body length – even when its jaws are closed?

08:00, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theNational Gallery's purchase ofThe Family of Darius before Alexander(detail pictured) byPaolo Veronese sparked a debate in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom?
... thatKyra Markham, whose images were used as propaganda against the Nazis, briefly hadFrank Lloyd Wright as a father-in-law?
... that "hardly a single aspect of life" lacks deep consideration inBandura's 1997 bookSelf-Efficacy, "one of the most significant books of the last 50 years," according to reviewers?
... thatNemo Gaines is the only graduate of theUnited States Naval Academy to play inMajor League Baseball?
... that in 2002 the Norwegian PoodleTopscore Contradiction was the first foreign dog to winBest in Show at theCrufts dog show in the UK?
... thatEmmaus United Methodist Church has helped survivors of the 2004Gatumba massacre inBurundi resettle inAlbany, New York?

00:00, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

... that according toNobel laureate Czesław Miłosz,Karol Hubert Rostworowski(pictured) is most remembered for his tragedy about the killing of an unrecognised son?
... thatEgor the Animator, an earlycomputer animation program released onFebruary 6, 1996, bySausage Software, was the firstcommercial software Java applet?
... that the lecture notes ofMarcel Riesz were dubbed by physicistDavid Hestenes "the midwife of the rebirth" ofClifford algebras?
... that members of theMoldavianKogălniceanu family contributed to the abolition ofserfdom (1749), the abolition ofslavery (1855), and severalland reforms?
... that the seeds ofpoverty grass can remainin the soil for decades before theygerminate?
... that according to New York-basedCommittee to Protect Journalists, the killing ofGadzhimurat Kamalov, founder of the newspaperChernovik inDagestan, Russia, is "a lethal blow topress freedom"?
... that whenGeorge Harrison's song "Awaiting on You All" was originally released on hisAll Things Must Pass album, lyrics critical ofthe Pope were omitted from the lyric sheet?

23 December 2011

16:00, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

... that thebanded wedge shell(shell pictured) is consumed bygulls that later regurgitate theshell fragments in "gobbets" on the beach?
... that the Mayan archaeological siteBaking Pot covered a 9-square-kilometre (3.5 sq mi) area?
... that 2011Ohio Mr. BasketballTrey Burke has won both anOhio High School Athletic Association State championship and anAmateur Athletic Union national championship?
... that over 110 species ofvascular plants have been discovered on the smallEastern Isles, of theIsles of Scilly, UK?
... thatCompugen's first computer system, the "Bioccelerator," could analyzeDNA sequences at speeds up to 1,000 times faster than other computers of its time?
... thatHelmut Damerius spent 18 years of his life in agulag and banishment toKazakhstan, and was finally released on condition that he never talk or write about it?
... thatItalian Renaissance artistGirolamo Mocetto was long thought to have been born a generation before he actually was?

08:00, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the only death in theAction of 5 November 1813(pictured) was accidental?
... that Polish actor and singer-songwriterAndrzej Bogucki and his wife were awarded the titleRighteous among the Nations for helpingPolish Jewish pianistWładysław Szpilman escape theWarsaw Ghetto?
... that the life cycle of theno-brand crow may pass through several generations in a year?
... that over a 26-year span theIllinois Central Railroad'sLand O'Corn used self-propelled cars,steam and finallydiesel locomotives?
... that theWestminster Psalter contains what may be the earliest representation ofSaint Christopher in English art, from about 1250?
... that Danish marathon championHenning Larsen took up pigeon racing after his retirement from athletics?

00:00, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the extinctMiocene agemapleAcer smileyi has been classified as closely related to the livingAcer nipponicum(pictured)?
... that theSilverdale Hoard, discovered inLancashire in September 2011, contains over 200 items ofViking treasure and has revealed the existence of a previously unknown Viking king?
... that the U.S.Patent Office 1836 fire occurred in the same building that housed the local fire department?
... that in 1907, statues of theTwelve Apostles helped English sculptorHarry Hems pay his income tax?
... that theMountaineer was the firstpassenger train Amtrak operated over theNorfolk and Western Railway?
... that the head of theIndonesian Communist Party addressedWongsonegoro so softly that other people had to "be his microphone"?

22 December 2011

16:00, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the songs of thePied Butcherbird(pictured) have inspired and been incorporated into musical compositions ofHenry Tate,Olivier Messiaen,Elaine Barkin,John Rodgers, andJohn Williamson?
... that the2007 Morocco–Spain diplomatic conflict arose after the announcement of the impending visit of theKing of Spain to the Spanish autonomous citiesCeuta andMelilla?
... that a band or singer can only qualify for theUK Indie Breakers Chart if they have never had a Top 20 hit on the UK's mainstream charts before?
... that in 1884Frederick Stanley Arnot determined that theZambezi, the largest river flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa, rose nearKalene Hill?
... that some 3000 to 5000 people were killed in Haiti in 1804 in anethnic cleansing that targetedwhite people?
... that whatMatthew Morrison calls "the most spectacular [marriage] proposal I've ever seen" is scheduled to occur onGlee in January 2012?

08:00, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatsand reedgrass(pictured) is a food source forpocket gophers andCalifornia quail?
... thatWilopo, in office only 26 days, is the shortest-serving Foreign Minister of Indonesia to date?
... thatArthur Duncan was a smallBackscratcher inChicago?
... thatGholhak Garden, a British diplomatic compound in northernTehran, has been at the centre of diplomatic controversy betweenBritain and Iran?
... thatThe Naval and Military Magazine warned that people might not like the cut ofSir Henry Heathcote'sjib?
... that a Russian state prosecutorproposes to puta commented translation of theBhagavad Gita onthe same list of banned materials asHitler'sMein Kampf?

00:00, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the BritishdestroyerHMSHighlander(pictured) escortedConvoy SC 122 through the largest convoy battle ofWorld War II inMarch 1943 and was unsuccessfully attacked byU-441 andU-608?
... that the version ofRossetti'sLady Lilith inThe Met was said to be mostly painted byHenry Treffry Dunn?
... thatPapa Celestin's Golden Wedding featuredPapa Celestin's final recording session before his death?
... that in the United Kingdom theGeorge Marshall Trophy is awarded annually to an individual or organisation that has made a significant contribution towards helpingvisually impaired people?
... that theOPEN Act is a proposed alternative toSOPA that would not require AmericanISPs to block access to suspect Web sites?
... thatCaptainJoseph Spear married two women named Grace Grant?

21 December 2011

16:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

... that when architectSir Robert Smirke plannedSt Philip's Church inSalford,Greater Manchester(pictured), he re-used his design forSt Mary's Church in Bryanston Square, London?
... thatAnia Bien's 1986 photographic installation on the Hotel Polen inAmsterdam, which was destroyed in afire that killed 33 people, included images alluding tothe Holocaust?
... that the extinctEocene mapleAcer republicense is known from only one fossil seed?
... that brothersFrank andJohn Rolleston were both simultaneously elected to theNew Zealand Parliament in1922 and defeated in1928?
... that the seeds ofBigelow's sedge can remain viable for two centuries?
... that Swedish hip hop artistRoffe Ruff has kept his identity secret to make listeners concentrate more on his music than his personality?

08:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the nativeswamp thistle(pictured) of eastern North America is the sole food source for the caterpillars of theswamp metalmark butterfly?
... that althoughVerle A. Pope was nicknamed "The Lion of St. Johns" for his oratory skills, he didn't start speaking until age seven?
... that thewrits for thenext New Zealand general election must be issued no later than24 December 2014?
... that the mustache thatFrenchy Bordagaray grew in 1936 is likely to have been the only mustache worn inMajor League Baseball between 1914 and 1972?
... that the Britishdestroyer HMSHavelock and hersister Hesperus attacked the wreck ofU-246 on30 April 1945 thinking that it was another German submarine which had been spotted earlier that day?
... thatEuripides' lost playAndromeda may have contained the first ever depiction of a man falling in love with a woman onstage?

00:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theThéâtre de la Mode is an exhibit of small-scale fashionmannequins(examples pictured) crafted by Paris fashion designers to help revive the French fashion industry after World War II?
... thatJack Nicholson andLou Adler bought the historicNewberry House so they would have a place inAspen, Colorado, to watch televisedLakers games together?
... thatKarl Marx'stheory of historical trajectory attempted to prove the long-term unsustainability ofcapitalism?
... that althoughWilliam Jennings Bryan delivered theCross of Gold speech at the1896 Democratic National Convention, he was not even a delegate when the convention started?
... thatTheodore M. Stuart, an end and halfback for the "Point-a-Minute"football teams at theUniversity of Michigan in 1904 and 1905, was also the university's tennis champion?
... that theMurasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki contains an illustration of theregent extorting poems from two ladies?

20 December 2011

16:00, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

... that, when he died inMonte Carlo in 1962, the16th Marquess of Winchester(pictured) was the oldest-ever member of theHouse of Lords?
... that the king of theMataram Sultanate during theFirst Java War used the reconstruction of a terrace as an excuse for not providing soldiers?
... that architectPeter Beaven founded New Zealand's first heritage lobby group?
... that the applicationRead It Later obtained venture capital investments totaling $2.5 million in 2011?
... that theU.S. House of Representatives has had aPrinceton University alumnus in its membership in every year since it was established in 1789?
... that despite its name, thelong-stolon sedge does not formstolons?

08:00, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatCherokee and otherNative American tribes usedriver cane(pictured) to make items includingblowguns, spears, flutes and candles?
... thatThe Wall Street Journal called thescandal involving Olympus Corporation "one of the biggest and longest-running loss-hiding arrangements in Japanese corporate history"?
... that althoughSt Silas' Church inBlackburn,Lancashire, was designed in 1878, building did not start until 1894, and the tower was not completed until 1914?
... that mezzo-sopranoMartina Koppelstetter has recordedLieder byRudi Spring for BR,Bavarian Radio?
... thatcyanobacteria can be washed up on theshore in a green scum, which may contain an acuteneurotoxin known as theVery Fast Death Factor, which leads to fast death by paralysis?
... thata spree killer from Ontario, saved from thedeath penalty byreason of insanity, later received a "hero's funeral"?

00:00, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatPeter Edward Stroehling's portrait ofGeorge III(pictured) shows the king with an adoringspaniel?
... that a small volume 2 ofThe Young Men's Magazine written by a teenagedCharlotte Brontë sold for £690,850?
... that the seeds ofsix-weeks grama grass are eaten bydesert kangaroo rats?
... thatGavin Bryars'sDoctor Ox's Experiment is the third opera to be based onJules Verne's science fiction novella "Dr. Ox's Experiment"?
... that mathematicianMikhail Kadets became interested in the theory ofnormed spaces after reading the Ukrainian edition of the French treatise by the PoleStefan Banach?
... thatone of the highest-ranking generals in China was injured in battle nine times?

19 December 2011

16:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatRossetti overpainted the face of his former mistress in his painting ofLady Lilith(detail pictured) with the face of one of his later models?
... that atrademark dispute between piano makersSteinway & Sons andGrotrian-Steinweg resulted in establishing the legal concept of "initial interest confusion"?
... that the vulnerable buttercupRanunculus allenii was first collected fromMount Albert in theGaspé Peninsula in 1881?
... that the music video for theTanglish song "Why This Kolaveri Di" had more than 10 millionYouTube hits in the two weeks after its posting?
... thatPerry Dorrestein's first start for theMichigan Wolverines football team was in aMichigan–Notre Dame football rivalry game?
... thatNikolaus Pevsner describedAll Saints' Church, Hertford, as "completely alien" inHertfordshire?

08:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

... that in zoos theScarlet Ibis(pictured) is often fed beetroots and carrots to maintain its plumage coloring, which in the wild comes fromcarotenoid pigments in shrimp and shellfish?
... that the galaxyMarkarian 501 producesvery high energy gamma rays?
... that after directingseveral episodes ofGlee,Alfonso Gomez-Rejon directed large choreographed musicaltelevision advertisements forChevrolet andT-Mobile?
... thatThe Relaxation Response describes two steps as essential: a passive attitude and a mental device to keep the mind from wandering?
... thatGustav Sobottka, Jr. was imprisoned by the Nazis at age 18 and byStalin'ssecret police at age 23?
... that the opening ofSan Francisco'sTiffany Building included aroast pig and alion dance for good luck?

00:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

... that GeneralGeorge S. Patton(pictured) praised the tactic ofmarching fire duringWorld War II?
... that theFortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies pioneered the usage of video testimonies to record eyewitness accounts of major historical events and inspired video testimony projects documenting other atrocities?
... thatJean-Claude Bajeux wasHaiti'sculture minister underPresident Jean-Bertrand Aristide but later turned against him?
... that the extinct,Miocene age,mapleAcer browni ranged from southernOregon to the north shore of theHaida Gwaii?
... thattight endMartell Webb was a 2006USA Today All-USA second team selection along with fellowMichigan matriculantRyan Mallett?
... that the ancient Greek dramaLysistrata byAristophanes has been adapted as aBroadway musical titledLysistrata Jones about a basketball team and its cheerleaders?

18 December 2011

16:00, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatlithographerAdolph Friedländer's printshop produced over 9,000 posters(example pictured) for artists, magicians and circus andvaudeville performers?
... that inWildwood byThe Decemberists'Colin Meloy andCarson Ellis, "bespectacled, bike-riding,vinyl-browsing,Kurosawa-referencing"Portland kids save a baby kidnapped by amurder of crows?
... that the dance performed during theKundum Festival of theAhanta people ofGhana originated from dwarfs?
... that thecommunist newspaperDeutsche Zentral Zeitung ran volumes ofshow trial transcripts, but never the consequences, and ceased publication after most of the staff were also arrested?
... thatEuripides' posthumously produced lost playAlcmaeon in Corinth was part of a trilogy that won first prize at theDionysia in Athens?
... thatdecisional balance sheets are used to help people withaddictive behaviours decide to make changes in their lives?

08:15, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

... that 26 newMPs were elected to the50th New Zealand Parliament, includingJulie Anne Genter(pictured) andDenise Roche (bothGreens),Rino Tirikatene (Labour),Maggie Barry,Paul Goldsmith andAlfred Ngaro (National), andRichard Prosser andDenis O'Rourke (bothNZ First)?
... that thespiny lobsterJasus caveorum lives only on one of theFoundation Seamounts in the southernPacific Ocean?
... that comedianGraham Norton won his first comedy award after standing in as a guest presenter onThe Jack Docherty Show whileDocherty was on holiday?
... that after suffering frompolio as a youth,Maria Farida Indrati went on to become the first female justice of theConstitutional Court of Indonesia?
... that a month after its launch, the Facebook gameCastleVille had amassed 26.6 million players?

00:30, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatMichelangelo'sStudy of a Kneeling Nude Girl for The Entombment(pictured) is believed to be the earliest existent European drawing of a nude female model?
... that, in 1987, German ice hockey executiveHeinz Weifenbach negotiated a deal in which his club, theECD Iserlohn, would advertiseMuammar Gaddafi'sGreen Book?
... that former Indonesian Minister of the InteriorHazairin released his own currency?
... that in 1963, a whole farm—including machinery, staff and a pedigree herd ofHereford cattle—travelled by train fromTetbury railway station toStranraer in advance of theBeeching Axe?
... thatblackfellows hemp is associated withturpentine?
... that according toThe People's Book of Records, the record for the number of times a person has been licked on the buttocks by a dog in two minutes is 145?

17 December 2011

16:45, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

... that Dutch clergymanW.R. van Hoëvell(pictured), after being forced to resign his post inBatavia in 1848, became a radical and eloquent spokesman againstDutch colonialism and slavery in the East and West Indies?
... that the Britishdestroyer HMSHurricane rescued 451 survivors from the passenger-cargo linerSS City of Nagpur and landed them atGreenock,Scotland, on1 May 1941?
... that the aerial photograph ofPalembang taken in 1984 revealed the ancient canal network that is nowSrivijaya archaeological park?
... thatMax Gresham, the 18-year-old 2011NASCAR East Series champion, started racing at the age of 8?
... that the perennial herbFrasera caroliniensis can take up to thirty years to flower?
... that "Red Lipstick" was reminiscent of songs featured on Rihanna's fourth studio albumRated R (2009), with specific comparisons to "G4L" and "Wait Your Turn"?

09:00, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatYongjia Xuanjue(pictured) is believed to have written the 8th-centurySong of Enlightenment, a text still popular withZen practitioners nowadays?
... that the ideology ofBa'athism was developed mostly in Syria byZaki al-Arsuzi,Salah al-Din al-Bitar andMichel Aflaq, who is considered the founder of Ba'athist thought, as a way to unite theArab world into one nation?
... thatJerry Blackwell'sSouthern Championship Wrestling was the last"territorial" wrestling promotion in the U.S. state ofGeorgia?
... thatBill Bellamy, who was awarded theMilitary Cross for gallantry as a tank commander in 1944, raised £30,000 by trekking across Cuba in 2005, at the age of 81?
... that Israeli businessmanDan Gertler bought theKolwezi tailings project for$20 million and two months later sold half of it for$175 million?
... thatRuislip High School is the fictional "Rudge Park Comprehensive" from theE4 television seriesThe Inbetweeners?

00:00, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

... that inMesopotamian mythology, theApkallu(relief sculpture pictured) were sent by the godEnki, fromDilmun to teach human beings various aspects of civilization?
... that poetW. H. Auden said ofthe letters ofVincent van Gogh "there is scarcely one ... which I ... do not find fascinating"?
... thatPolish model and fashion designerJoanna Horodyńska has presented a TV program while lying in a foam-filled bath tub, and posed three times forPlayboy?
... that theprairie goldenrod can flourish during drought conditions where native plants and grasses have died out?
... thatKoji Mitsui was unsuccessfullyposted toMajor League Baseball twice in one offseason?
... thatKenneth Stewart Cole, an organizer of theBiophysical Society's first meeting, said that the meeting had "the ulterior motive of finding out if there was such a thing asbiophysics"?

16 December 2011

16:00, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theresilience of coral reefs may be improved to the point where they can resistcoral bleaching(example pictured) if they are seeded with thermally-resistantzooxanthellae?
... thatLost in Paradise is consideredVietnam's first gay film?
... that the1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake badly damaged theSans-Souci Palace built byHenri Christophe?
... that the2013 United States federal budget may impose a 23% cut on thedefense budget due to theBudget Control Act of 2011, according toSecretary of Defense Leon Panetta?
... that Canadianmystery writerEric Wilson based the formula for hisTom and Liz Austen books on the preferences of his eighth-grade students?
... that theExperiment was a boat powered by horses running on atreadmill and propelled by a then-novel type ofscrew propeller?

08:00, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theIndus River Delta(pictured) in Pakistan is home to the largestarid zone mangrove forests in the world?
... thatDolphin D. Overton became aflying ace in just four days during theKorean War, the fastest in history for ajet fighter pilot?
... that stores onMalkhei Yisrael Street, theHaredi urban shopping district in north Jerusalem, pay the same or even higher rents than stores in Israel's major malls?
... thatMichigan Wolverines American footballlinebackerKenny Demens had 11tackles in the 2007Michigan High School Athletic Association championship game?
... that livestock eatingwhite locoweed develop a neurological syndrome known as locoism?
... that according to one critic,Rihanna appeared to be "channelling" Swedishsinger-songwriter andrapper Neneh Cherry on "Cockiness (Love It)" in a "pseudo-melodic" impersonation?

00:00, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

... that of the 800 men who receivedFather Francis Gleeson'sgeneral absolution on8 May 1915(pictured), 389 were killed or wounded in the subsequentBattle of Aubers Ridge?
... that the song "Cosas del Amor" has been performed by several female singers includingVikki Carr,Ana Gabriel,Milly Quezada,Jenni Rivera,Olga Tañón andYuri?
... thatAdolphe Braun, whose photos were published worldwide and shown in prominent museums, first took up photography to aid in designing floral patterns for textiles?
... that the failed 2010Brown–Kaufman amendment aimed to break up the largest U.S. banks based onAlan Greenspan's idea that "If they'retoo big to fail, they're too big"?
... thatBesar Mertokusumo has been called the first Indonesian advocate?
... thatPaleodictyon nodosum made use of a new source of energy not dependent on the Sun?

15 December 2011

16:00, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the annual Europeantheatre festivalRuhrfestspiele(main venue pictured), which collaborates with companies such asThe Old Vic, originated in a coal shortage in 1946?
... thatRyan Van Bergen was ranked among the top-20high school football players nationally as both atight end anddefensive end?
... thatSoepomo, Indonesia's first Minister of Justice, criticizedDutch colonialism in his thesis on the agrarian system ofSurakarta?
... thatCount Grog'sSouthern Championship Wrestling once promoted a benefit show inLouisburg, North Carolina, from which all the proceeds went to a seriously injured wrestler?
... that the ideas of 17th-centuryPolish reformerStanisław Dunin-Karwicki have been both praised as the harbinger of later reforms, and criticized for not going far enough?
... that architectsFisher & Fisher, the sibling partnership of Arthur andWilliam Ellsworth Fisher, designed the oil company town ofParco, Wyoming, in a unified Spanish colonial style to foster community?

08:00, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatRaphael'sPortrait of Balthasar Castiglione(pictured) was admired and copied byTitian,Rembrandt,Peter Paul Rubens andHenri Matisse?
... that the coastline fromSteeple Point to Marsland Mouth, in northCornwall, was one of the lastBritish breeding sites of theLarge Blue butterfly, which was declared nationally extinct in 1979?
... thatThomas Crawford capturedDumbarton Castle with ropes andscaling ladders under cover of darkness?
... that future Minister of JusticeAbdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo reported losing much of his archive when theDutch seized Yogyakarta?
... that in December 2011, theHome Affordable Refinance Program was expanded so many U.S. homeowners can refinance their mortgage even if their home value isunderwater?
... thatMichigan Wolverines American footballcornerbackJ. T. Floyd made his first twointerceptions againstNotre Dame, but in different seasons?

00:00, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatGeorgia O'Keeffe praised her art teacherJohn Vanderpoel, whose bookThe Human Figure is a standard reference for art students(example drawing pictured), as "one of the few real teachers I have known"?
... that some music critics hear echoes of work byDiana Ross andLeslie Gore inSelena's song "Missing My Baby", which was featured onEntre a Mi Mundo?
... that Indonesian legal scholarNotonagoro, who married into royalty, placed the needs of individual citizens last in his hierarchy of government priorities?
... that ChiefWahoo McDaniel came out of retirement in 1996 to wrestleDeath & Destruction in atag team match?
... that, while still a schoolboy,Rhys Morgan led an effort to raise awareness of the risks of thealternative medicine productMiracle Mineral Supplement?
... thatTraveler's Rest nearLolo, Montana, is the only place along theLewis and Clark Trail where physical evidence of theLewis and Clark Expedition has been found?

14 December 2011

16:00, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the raremagic mushroomPsilocybe tampanensis(pictured) was found after its discoverer skipped a "boring taxonomic conference" to gomushroom hunting?
... thatSancti Spiritu, the first European settlement in modernArgentina, was destroyed by natives two years later?
... thatYad Sarah, the largest nationalvolunteer organization in Israel, has over 6,000 volunteers – including its founder,Uri Lupolianski, former mayor of Jerusalem?
... that the cliffs and offshore rocks fromGodrevy Head to St Agnes are host to the largest colony of breedingBlack-legged Kittiwakes inCornwall, UK?
... thatJeff Wright, a countydrain commissioner in Michigan, has also served as anFBI informant?
... thatThe Who's 1971 song "Bargain" and 1981 song "Don't Let Go the Coat" were both inspired by Indian mysticMeher Baba?

08:00, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatMojo Mathers(pictured) became New Zealand's first deafMP during the2011 general election?
... that beforeBrighton'sMontpelier suburb developed, three people lived on the hilly site – including an eccentric corporal who lived in a cave and fired celebratory pistols on military anniversaries?
... that after giving seven days of speeches before 500Hindu scholars,Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifthJagadguru (world teacher) at the age of 34?
... that female baseball playerMary Rountree earned a medical degree by studying in the off-season?
... thatThree Sisters, amusical byOscar Hammerstein II andJerome Kern, played for only two months inLondon in 1934, and didn't debut in America until 2011?
... that 30-to-120-centimetre (12 to 47 in) tallhairy pagodas can be found throughout eastern North America?

00:00, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

... that anabolitionist pastor at New York'sFirst Baptist Church of Tarrytown(pictured) was succeeded by aConfederate veteran who had walked to the church from Alabama?
... thatKazimierz Karwowski holds the record for being elected to the mostSejms of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that the leaves of the beard-heathLeucopogon amplexicaulis surround the stem?
... that theGlee episode "Hold On to Sixteen" featured covers of songs byMichael Jackson,Janet Jackson, andThe Jackson 5?
... that thesea whip, acolonial soft coral, produces chemicals which preventalgae,barnacles andbryozoans from growing on it?
... that themixed-breed dogTich was awarded theanimal's Victoria Cross for devotion to duty with theKing's Royal Rifle Corps during the Second World War?

13 December 2011

16:00, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatGhirlandaio'sAn Old Man and his Grandson(detail pictured) portrays a man with a deformed nose sympathetically, in contrast to theories of the era by which external deformities imply character defects?
... that theLeft Column theater troupe left Germany on the eve ofNazism only to lose many members to theStalinist purges?
... thatWroniec, a dark fairy tale byJacek Dukaj, was ataboo-breaking take onmartial law in Poland, which was in effect from 13 December 1981?
... thatBat-El Gatterer, Israeli women'staekwondo champion, is areligiously observant Jew who was born in theWest Bank?
... that duringRoyce White's two-and-a-half-year hiatus from competitivebasketball, he spent time on his music career and learned how to play thepiano?
... that in November 1921, theschoonerCymric collided with atram inDublin?

08:00, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatMiró'sDona i Ocell(pictured), a sculpture inBarcelona, was decorated with colour by ceramicistJoan Gardy Artigas?
... thatBoston Celtics centerBill Russell won11 NBA championships during his 13-year playing career, including two titles asplayer-coach?
... thatjewel beetle larvae live in galls on the stems of the Australian shrubDaviesia corymbosa?
... that theFrank Kameny House in Washington, D.C., was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places for its significance in thegay rights activism of itsnamesake?
... thatJuan Martínez de Recalde was second-in-command of theSpanish Armada?
... thatPro Wrestling Illustrated has calledmanagerCount Grog the "least employee friendly boss around" due to his frequentlydouble-crossing his own wrestlers?

00:00, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

... that thegoose barnacle(pictured) is found attached todriftwood,flotsam and evenwhales?
... that theGrammy Award-winning albumBachata Rosa byJuan Luis Guerra broughtbachata music into the mainstream in the Dominican Republic?
... that seven of the twenty-nine times whenDuke and Michigan played one another in men's basketball, both teams were ranked in the top ten in theAP Poll?
... that theScottish National Portrait Gallery, opened in 1889, is the oldest purpose-built museum of portraits in the world?
... that 1992 U.S. vice presidential candidateJames Stockdale replied, "Who am I? Why am I here?" in response to a question fromdebate moderatorHal Bruno ofABC News?
... thatMt. Shasta Brewing Company's slogan, "Try Legal Weed", was initially refused by theAlcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau?

12 December 2011

16:00, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Skerton Bridge

... thatThomas Harrison's first commission was forSkerton Bridge(pictured), the first large public bridge in England to have a flat roadway, and his last commission was forGrosvenor Bridge, which has the longest masonry arch in Britain?
... that singerMadonna appeared only as an animated fairy in the music video for her song "Dear Jessie"?
... that efforts byGeorge Tchobanoglous have contributed toUV disinfection of wastewater being accepted as a technology forwater reuse?
... thatDutch Antillean sprinterChurandy Martina would have won silver at the2008 Summer Olympics if he had not been disqualified?
... thatWilliam Hamlin was the firstengraver for the state of Rhode Island?
... that severalpelagic gooseneck barnacles were once foundattached to anAmerican crocodile?

08:00, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatVoltaire's tragedyOlimpie premiered in 1762 and Henze's operaElegie für junge Liebende in 1961 at theSchlosstheater Schwetzingen(pictured)?
... that therights to freedom of speech,assembly andassociation are guaranteed byArticle 14 of theSingapore Constitution only toSingapore citizens?
... thatDonald Norman rewrote his 1988 bookThe Design of Everyday Things after someindustrial designers felt affronted by an earlier draft?
... that theTonhalle, a concert hall in Zurich praised for its acoustics, was inaugurated byJohannes Brahms conducting in 1895?
... that theU. S. Department of Veterans Affairs annually receives $1.7 billion ofresearch and development funding for theVeterans Health Administration Office of Research and Development?
... that the mother ofKorean American composerDonald Sur was apicture bride?

00:00, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

... that Major GeneralAlfred K. Flowers(pictured) is the longest serving airman in United States Air Force history?
... that theHarrington Hump has been built forrailway stations in theUnited Kingdom for mobility-impaired access, since platform heights are not standardised and refurbishment is very expensive?
... that theRihanna song "Where Have You Been" contains compositional elements ofGeoff Mack's "I've Been Everywhere"?
... that theJacksonvilleheadquarters of theAtlantic National Bank was thetallest building in Florida when it was completed in 1909?
... that the seeds ofPetrophile pulchella can be found germinating in bushland up to 700 days afterbushfire?
... that theFour Square Laundry inBelfast was afront company for aBritish Army intelligence unit?

11 December 2011

16:00, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the coloration of the veins on flower petals of thewood shamrock(pictured) is intensified at lowerelevations?
... thatSouth Africa were coached by formerNew Zealand internationalPaul Matete at the2000 Rugby League World Cup?
... thatWyoming's Secretary of StateMax Maxfield won an award for 'Outstanding Achievement in Web Development' fromWebAwards in 2009?
... thatTadeusz Wrona, who safely landedLOT Flight 16 from New York to Warsaw after thelanding gear failed to deploy, was awarded one of Poland's mostprestigious awards?
... that the Supreme Court ofSouth Ossetia annulled the2011 presidential election and barred itswinner from running again?
... that although award-winning Indonesian directorHanung Bramantyo is "intrigued" with theleft, his most successful films have been to theright?

08:00, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

... that thePulitzer Prize-winning bookPilgrim at Tinker Creek is often compared toWalden, a work on which authorAnnie Dillard(pictured) based her master's thesis?
... thatMarco Melandri became the2002250cc World Champion after a 0.007 second win overFonsi Nieto atPhillip Island?
... that the role of football coachShannon Beiste was created for actress and 15-time world arm wrestling championDot-Marie Jones after she ran intoGlee co-creatorBrad Falchuk while shopping?
... that the 2000 concert recorded forRavi Shankar's live albumFull Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 occurred 62 years after his first performance atCarnegie Hall?
... that the1971 Łódź strikes were the only industrial action in pre-1980 CommunistPoland that ended with workers' success?
... that a junior officer on theUSSAncon refusedKing George VI entry to the ship's intelligence centre because no-one told him the King "was aBigot"?

00:00, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

... that since its 16th-century closure,Bilsham Chapel(pictured) inWest Sussex has been two cottages, a shed and now a house?
... that between 1887 and 1888Alexandre Delcommune explored12,000 kilometres (7,500 mi) of water routes in theCongo Basin?
... that a 2004 glitch inTriTech emergency-response software renderedAustin, Texas dispatchers unable to locate their patrol cars on the street?
... that the Britishdestroyer HMSBasilisk evacuated a total of 695 men on31 May 1940 fromDunkirk before she was sunk by German aircraft the next day?
... that ablastin, a rat antibody, prevents the parasiteTrypanosoma lewisi from reproducing, yet keeps it in adult form?
... thatHall of Fame pitcherJack Chesbro received his nickname "Happy Jack" while working in a psychiatric facility?

10 December 2011

16:00, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

... that thegiant plumose anemone(pictured) can grow to a height of one metre (39 inches)?
... thatPapon appeared on music documentary TV seriesThe Dewarists withRabbi Shergill and recorded a song "Khule Da Rabb"?
... that the newly discoveredPuhinui Craters form the only cluster of three smallmaars in theAuckland volcanic field?
... thatnumerous Polish formations fought in Russia from theFirst World War, through theRussian Revolution of 1917 up to thePolish–Soviet War?
... thatAlexis Bachelot, who led the firstCatholic mission to Hawaii, was suspected of being a covert agent of theFrench government by some Hawaiian chiefs?
... that the scene showing a dead woman with her lips sewn shut, in the music video for the song "Oh Father", was inspired by singerMadonna's memory of her mother's funeral?

08:00, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatCaractacus(pictured), winner of the 1862Epsom Derby, avoided disqualification because of the weight of hisbridle?
... that after earning theNavy Cross and getting wounded in combat, LieutenantKurt Chew-Een Lee took a Jeep and returned to the battle arena with his arm in a sling?
... thatJermain Street inAlbany has the largest contiguous group ofLustron houses inNew York state?
... that eating seeds of theasparagus flowersacahuista can cause achukar partridge to have diarrhea?
... thatTonya Butler, while playing for theUniversity of West Alabama under head coachRandy Pippin, became the first female to score afield goal in aNCAA college football game?
... that the electoral system for the1883 elections in Egypt was said to have been based on the design of apyramid?

00:00, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

... that French photographerConstant Puyo was an advocate ofpictorialism, aiming to emulate painting in his photographic images(example pictured)?
... that thejust-world hypothesis is acognitive bias that has negative social effects but positive mental health effects?
... that the prolific composer andWestminster Cathedral conductorColin Mawby said, "I cannot write choral music unless I work with choirs ... I have to write for particular people"?
... that whenMitch McGary committed to be a member of the2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team their recruiting class jumped from below 25th to 5th?
... thatThe Who songs "Getting in Tune," "Going Mobile" and "Love Ain't for Keeping" were all originally conceived forPete Townshend's abandonedLifehouse project?
... that the first words of the firstradio broadcast inSwedish history, transmitted fromBoden Fortress Radio Bunker, were the profanity "jävlar anamma"?

9 December 2011

16:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

... that painter and poetFritz Graßhoff(pictured) published the collection of poetryHalunkenpostille in 1947, made money with hits for singersLale Andersen andHans Albers, and translated poems from Latin and Swedish?
... that the song "Another Nail in My Heart" has a "McCartneyesque" melody and peaked at No. 17 on theUK Singles Chart?
... that theCOEX Aquarium in Gangnam district, Seoul, is one of South Korea's largest aquariums with over 40,000 creatures from over 650 species on display?
... thatHeinrich Wiegand refused an appointment as State Secretary for the Colonies to remain head of theNorddeutscher Lloyd?
... thatSevmorput is the only nuclear-powered cargo ship currently in service?
... that thedark-scaled knight is in danger of extinction in the Netherlands?

08:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the mansion that became theWeehawken Public Library(pictured) was spared demolition during construction of theLincoln Tunnel?
... that 94 knownCategory 4 hurricanes have occurred in the Pacific Ocean since 1900?
... that the 10,000 year oldPesse canoe, the world's oldest knownboat, was found in a Dutchpeat bog?
... that the2011–12 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team was the firstHarvard men's basketball team ever ranked in theAP Poll, leaving only seven schools that have never been ranked in it?
... that the1975 Kinnaur earthquake was a result of west–eastextension within the NW Himalayas?
... thatThe Who sang about atattoo of "a lady in the nude"?

00:00, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatStrict Baptists travelled from miles around to the remoteZoar Chapel(pictured) inEast Sussex, so stables for 40 horses were built at the back?
... thatEd Walker, who reenlisted in theU.S. Army specifically to go toAlaska, was the last surviving member ofCastner's Cutthroats?
... that in certain rural areas of Denmark such asFanø,Læsø, and in parts of WesternJutland local musical traditions dating back to the late 18th century were maintained well into the 20th century?
... that in 1972, foggy conditions meant rescue crews atO'Hare International Airport were unaware a second aircraft had beeninvolved in a crash until 28 minutes after the accident?
... that thegranite gilia can grow inlava-based soils?
... that the builder ofChirton Hall received a gift from theCountess of Northumberland of materials from the demolishedWarkworth Castle to build it?

8 December 2011

16:00, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

... that some important "bronzes"(example pictured) aren't bronze at all, but copperelectrotypes?
... thatHieronim Ossoliński, a 16th-century Polish politician who helped tounite Poland and Lithuania, also wanted to establish a Protestantnational church?
... thatParis Mountain was named for the Indian traderRichard Pearis?
... thatEast German politicianGustav Sobottka lost both of his sons; one died in a Communist prison and one shortly after liberation from aNazi concentration camp?
... that theGazi Race, named in honor ofGazi Mustafa Kemal, the founder of theTurkish Republic, was won by racehorses owned by succeeding presidentsİsmet İnönü andCelâl Bayar?
... that during the 1960s, some women opted to circumvent restaurant restrictions on women's clothing by wearingpalazzo trousers orculottes as evening wear?

08:00, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

... that Norwegianskiing pioneersFritz R. Huitfeldt andKarl Roll were both active members of the exclusive ski clubUll, named after the Norse deityUllr(pictured)?
... thatFlorence Violet McKenzie, Australia's first femaleelectrical engineer, taughtMorse code to thousands of sailors free of charge?
... thatElmer Stricklett is considered to have been the first baseballpitcher to master thespitball?
... that anairliner version of the supersonicB-58 bomber was expected to carry 52 passengers at overMach 2?
... that a study conducted by theBBC seriesSon of God concluded that the skin ofJesus Christ would have been "olive-coloured" and "swarthy"?
... that controversial AmericanentomologistAlexandre Arsène Girault once described a newspecies ofwasp from the planetJupiter?

00:00, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theGlenorchy Parish Church(pictured) and the burial place of theMacgregor clan are both located on anislet in theRiver Orchy?
... thatWest Alabama football head coachWill Hall won theHarlon Hill Trophy in 2003 as the top player inNCAA Division II college football?
... that the "unassuming" villain ofThe X-Files episode "2Shy" has been compared to those from the earlier episodes "Squeeze" and " Irresistible"?
... that American composerWilliam Arms Fisher was called "a worthy pupil and disciple ofAntonín Dvořák" in the February 1927 issue ofThe Crisis?
... that in 1938, theSoviet Union secret police executed 40 teenagers and adults in pursuit of analleged Hitler Youth Conspiracy, which was later found baseless?
... that the roots of thebean floweralpine sweetvetch are edible and taste like young carrots?

7 December 2011

16:00, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatcliffs on the Lizard Peninsula inCornwall are a breeding site for the rareCornish Chough(pictured)?
... that IndiancricketerIbrahim Khaleel recently set a record for the number ofwicket-keeper dismissals in afirst-class match, taking 14 of his team's 20wickets?
... that the progressive feminist magazineOn The Issues has also published articles aboutanimal rights?
... thatSection 20A of South Africa'sSexual Offences Act, which prohibited all sexual acts between men at a party, defined "party" as "any occasion where more than two persons are present"?
... thatWilliam Hazlitt was an influential IrishUnitarian minister who defended Americanprisoners of war from abuse at the hands of their British captors?
... that theArab governor ofSafed offered money to persuaderabbiJoseph Saragossi not to leave the town?

08:00, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatAll Saints Episcopal Church(pictured) is the oldest wooden-framed church in the city ofChicago?
... thatDick Attlesey set twoworld records in the110-meter hurdles in 1950 and was the gold medalist in this event at the firstPan American Games?
... that one pair of tickets forChildren in Need Rocks Manchester was auctioned byBBC Radio Jersey for £2010?
... that, in 1986,Charles Liteky renounced hisMedal of Honor before embarking on theVeterans Fast for Life, to protest against theU.S. policies in Central America?
... thatpoint guardCraig Lathen helped his high school set a record for 100-point performances and helped his college score 120, a school single-game record?
... that according to ancient rhetoricianAthenaeus, inSophocles'satyr playAmphiaraus, a character "dances the letters" of words he is unable to read?

00:00, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theD.E. Frantz House(pictured) is the onlyVictorian house inAspen, Colorado, that still has itsoriel window?
... that the1693 Sicily earthquake caused about 60,000 deaths and prompted anarchitectural revival described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe"?
... that although theMichigan–Michigan State basketball rivalry has had 167 games, the two teams have never played while both were ranked in the top 10?
... that when you can see a person speaking, sometimesyou hear something different than what is being said because the brain cannot tell whether it is seeing or hearing speech?
... thatLance Dunbar led theNorth Texas Mean Green football team in rushing yards in 2009 and 2010?
... that Bart Millard intended the music to the song "Word of God Speak" to mirror its overall lyrical theme?

6 December 2011

16:00, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theLope de Vega Theater(pictured) inSeville has twice been flooded by theGuadalquivir river?
... that thered sheep of theMaasai have been studied for their potential to save farmers hundreds of millions of dollars?
... that four judges were chosen in the2011 election for the International Court of Justice, but theUN General Assembly andSecurity Council deadlocked on the fifth?
... that engineer and inventorWilliam Mason worked forRemington,Colt, andWinchester in the 19th century and patented 125 inventions?
... thatTAT Technologies Ltd. was established in 1969 in response to a French arms embargo that principally affectedIsrael?
... that theblack velvet bolete is not thefalse one?

08:00, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

... that fish-knives inscribed with Elokeshi's name were sold afterher husband decapitated her with a fish-knife(pictured) following her adulterous affair with a Hinduhead-priest?
... thatVice PresidentGarret Hobart not only advised PresidentWilliam McKinley, but also invested part of his salary for him?
... that RabbiNachum Dov Brayer became theRebbe of theBoyan Hasidic dynasty more than 13 years after the death of the previous Rebbe?
... that "Talk That Talk" is the third musical collaboration betweenRihanna andJay-Z?
... thatDenis Law, the all-time top goalscorer for theScotland national football team, played for theItalian League against theScottish League XI?
... thatultrahigh energy gamma-rays can be detected byMAGIC?

00:00, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatmaté tea served in a traditional gourd cup(pictured) should never be stirred with the straw according toArgentine tea culture etiquette?
... thatConfederate brigadier generalAlfred E. Jackson was pardoned byPresident Andrew Johnson because of his kindness toward Johnson's family during theCivil War?
... thatMelville Lyons of theNew Zealand National Party unsuccessfully contestedby-elections in1935,1939 and1943?
... that adolescents with Excessive Internet video Game Play (EIGP) addiction have highreward dependence scores?
... that thebicolor lespedeza andChinese bushclover areinvasive species that can suppress growth of native plants in some areas of the United States?
... thatPeaches Golding, the first blackHigh Sheriff of Bristol, England, is the daughter ofCharlie Brady Hauser, who was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus inNorth Carolina?

5 December 2011

16:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

... that if eaten by a pregnant cow, thesilky lupine(pictured) can cause the unborn calf to be deformed?
... thatYehuda Tzadka started learning atPorat Yosef Yeshiva after hisbar mitzvah, and remained there for nearly 70 years?
... that baseball historianJohn Thorn has creditedDoc Adams with inventing the concept of theshortstop position?
... thatChrisye faced accusations of plagiarism due to similarities between the title song of his albumHip Hip Hura and "Footloose"?
... thatRajinikanth was given the "Superstar" title through the filmBairavi?
... that the U.S. Navy'sSparoairsounding rocket could be launched by any aircraft capable of launching theSparrow air-to-air missile?

08:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

... that General of DivisionSamuel-François, Baron Lhéritier(pictured) was wounded at theBattle of Waterloo while leading a combined division ofcuirassiers anddragoons?
... that theGreat Fire of Pittsburgh in 1845 destroyed a third of the city, including a bank that was thought to be fireproof?
... thatNavajocradleboards are made with aPonderosa pine frame withbuckskin laces?
... thatRed Moor inCornwall, UK, was likely to have been named for the loosetin-bearing gravels found andmined in the area?
... thatTimmy Hill won the 2011 NASCARNationwide Series Rookie of the Year award, despite being too young to compete at the start of the season?
... that theGlee episode "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" shares its title with an original song performed in the episode?

00:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the centralchameleon cage inM. C. Escher's 1948woodcutStars has the shape of acompound of three octahedra(pictured)?
... thatRoger Craig holds the record for largest one-day winnings on the regular version ofJeopardy! and is thought to have won the largest single Daily Double prize in the show's history?
... that the use ofīhām inPersian poetry means that a text may have a surface meaning different from the one actually intended?
... thatSwami Nirmalananda was a direct disciple ofSri Ramakrishna Paramhansa?
... thatHans Krieger, anaward-winning Germanessayist, influential in papers such asDie Zeit, wrote the text for a Christmas cantata byGraham Waterhouse that premieres today?
... that while normally associated withrockets andjet engines,shock diamonds can also be produced byartillery,volcanoes, andquasars?

4 December 2011

16:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

... that in the 16th century theChurch of St. Mary of Constantinople(pictured) inIstanbul was the center of aquarter mainly inhabited by Italians deported from the city ofCaffa inCrimea?
... that ananime music video was produced for the song "Perfect Day" onSupercell's albumToday Is A Beautiful Day?
... that 49 people died and 135 were injured in the1979 Warsaw gas explosion?
... thatEng Foong Ho v. AG held that theSingapore Constitution was not breached whena Chinese temple wascompulsorily acquired and an Indian mission and a Christian church nearby were not?
... that the extinctEocene maple speciesAcer rousei is a possible ancestor to thevine maple?
... that afterHMSPorcupine was nearly split in two by a torpedo, the halves were nicknamed HMSPork and HMSPine?

08:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatbird's nest ferns(pictured)grow in trees?
... that a critic's callingThe Clash a "garage band" that ought to be "returned to the garage ... with the motor still running" prompted the band to write the song "Garageland"?
... that thefalse toadflax has an orangedrupe?
... that whenJimmy Iovine askedwill.i.am who he wanted to collaborate with on "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)", will mentionedMick Jagger because he felt it would never happen?
... thatOne of Our Thursdays Is Missing, called "the funniest book you will see this year", has references to works byCharles Dickens andSamuel Pepys?
... thatPeter Harburn was named in theGreat Britain football squad for the1956 Olympic Games, for which, as a professional, he was ineligible?

00:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

... that thedotted gayfeather(pictured) is a source ofnectar for the rarePawnee montane skipper butterfly?
... that anarchists from theWhiteaker neighborhood ofEugene, Oregon, played a key role in organizingblack bloc tactics during the1999 Seattle World Trade Organization Conference?
... that 211 hectares (520 acres) ofwoodland near Peterborough, UK, has recorded 462 species of plants?
... that a 2007 analysis oftsunami deposits from theSendai andIshinomaki plains gave a 99% chance in 30 years of a great tsunami striking the coast that wasdevastated in 2011?
... that thelate Miocene whaleJoumocetus shimizui is the third oldestCetotheriid known?
... thatMaria Teresa de Filippis, thefirst female driver inFormula One, finished in a career best of last place despite being told by five-time world championJuan Manuel Fangio that she was "too fast"?

3 December 2011

16:00, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theRed Cross(pictured) is a kitchen stove?
... that theacoustics atTarrytown Music Hall inWestchester County, New York, are so good that theCanadian Brass did not need amplification for a 2009 concert?
... thatJosh Romanski's mother was diagnosed withbreast cancer the same day he was drafted by theMilwaukee Brewers baseball team?
... that the stone fireplace thatMary Jane Colter designed for theBright Angel Lodge incorporates the rock strata of theGrand Canyon in correct order?
... that Polish fashion bloggerGlamourina participated in the Warsaw Fashion Weekend?
... that, in supporting peace negotiations to end theVietnam War and opposing a U.S. withdrawal,AFL–CIO PresidentGeorge Meany stated that "in Vietnam the AFL–CIO is neither hawk nor dove nor chicken"?
... thatProstoma jenningsi, aribbon worm found in a recreational fishing pond inLancashire, England, is the county's onlyendemic species?

08:00, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the historicLake of the Woods Ranger Station was built in the 1930s by theCivilian Conservation Corps at the north end ofLake of the Woods(pictured) near the crest of theCascade Range in southernOregon?
... that upon the death ofChief Rabbi Sholom Rivkin ofSt. Louis, Missouri, in October 2011, the institution ofChief Rabbi of a city in the United States came to an end?
... that the extinctEocene maplesAcer hillsi andAcer stewarti are distinguished by how inflated the nut is?
... that theBishop of Ilagan described the4th district special election of 2003 as the most fraudulent in the history of the Philippines'Isabela province?
... thatMartell Baileystole thebasketball from his brother,David, and made alayup with 13 seconds left to put his team ahead in the2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament championship game?
... that the earnings fromIsha Life'sChennai Wellness Centre are channeled into supporting education in the Indian state ofTamil Nadu?
... that in the first phase of the defunctdrug rehabilitation programStraight, Incorporated, teenage clients were led around by theirbelt loops?

00:00, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theJurassic coniferAraucaria mirabilis(cone pictured) of Argentina may have been a primary food forsauropods?
... thatotium, a Latin term, has a variety of meanings including leisure time in which a person can enjoy eating, playing, resting, contemplation and academic endeavors?
... thatCharles Richards, the designer of theColt Peacemaker, later became chair of Mechanical Engineering atYale University?
... that theAntarctic Peninsula has experiencedsubduction for over200 million years?
... thatAustralian Paralympic medalistElizabeth Wright published a paper about herprosthesis?
... thatRuth von Mayenburg was born into an aristocratic German family, became a spy for theSoviet Union during World War II, and in the 1960s, wrote the first history ofHotel Lux?
... that "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", described as one ofSqueeze's catchiest songs, is based on a band member's experiences at a holiday camp?

2 December 2011

16:00, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatSiegfried Strohbach composed a program of music forAdvent for theKnabenchor Hannover, performed today at theMarktkirche(pictured)?
... that in506 BCE,Chu generalShen Yin Shu, wounded battling againstWu generalSun Tzu, author ofThe Art of War, asked an officer to kill him and bring his head home?
... that the key inspiration forPalestinian-American performance poetRemi Kanazi was seeingDef Poetry Jam onBroadway?
... that during theBattle of Moon Sound on17 October 1917, the Russianarmoured cruiser Bayan was hit by a shell from thedreadnought SMS König, starting a fire that was not extinguished until the next day?
... thatSouth Africa were coached by formerNew Zealand internationalPaul Matete at the2000 Rugby League World Cup?
... that theNative Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953 bannednative Africans from takingstrike action?
... thatDude Harlino's given name is derived from his birthdate,2 December?

08:00, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatManuel Belgranohanded the command of theArmy of the North toJosé de San Martín in 1814(meeting pictured)?
... that the 1936 movieSpeed was the first film in whichJames Stewart had a major starring role?
... that theperiwinkle plant from which indigenousCarib inDominicamade tea to treatdiabetes also provides ingredients for modernpharmacology?
... thatRussell J. Rickford moved into his parents' garage to write a biography ofBetty Shabazz?
... that theChristchurch suburb ofBrooklands will effectively be wiped off the map?
... that, according to activistNichita Smochină,Bolshevik leaderVladimir Lenin promisedself-determination to theRomanians ofTransnistria, provided they "drown the hell out of the Romanian king"?
... that Australian ParalympiansKarni Liddell,Branka Pupovac andHamish MacDonald were all photographed for a nude calendar?

00:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

... that the anti-religious campaign culminating in theStalinist show trial of the Kraków Curia(pictured) led to the imprisonment of 123Polish Roman Catholic priests in just one year?
... that, according toHo v. Taflove, ideas are not subject to protection under thecopyright law of the United States?
... thatSamoilă Mârza took the only photographs of the Great National Assembly atAlba Iulia that proclaimed theUnion of Transylvania with Romania on this day in 1918?
... thatYou Are the Apple of My Eye is the directorial debut of Taiwanese author Giddens Ko, who also wrote the story on which this film is based?
... thatSam Nujoma, first president of the Republic ofNamibia, spoke at the funeral ofMichael Hishikushitja?
... that a year after theRomanian Volunteer Corps was being forced out ofKiev, some of its troops were reluctantly holding theTrans-Siberian Railway for theWhites?
... thatJeff Koons' giantBanality sculptures featureMichael Jackson,Odie,Saint John the Baptist,The Pink Panther, anda porn star?

1 December 2011

16:00, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

... thatGerrit Beneker's 1918 poster "Sure! We'll Finish the Job"(pictured) sold over three million copies?
... that, whenBukovina was united with Romania, theDemocratic Union Party was the only local group to campaign for the abolition of regional autonomy?
... thatMark Antony aidedHerod the Great'ssiege of Jerusalem?
... thatRodion Markovits became "the best-knownTransylvanian writer" with his account of World War I captivity and survival in theRussian Far East?
... that althoughGlen Rice, Jr. scored 20points six times during the2010–11 college basketball season, he also scored 0 points three times?
... thatGherman Pântea, who facilitatedBessarabia's union with Romania in 1918, protectedOdessan Jews targeted by Romanian troops during the1941 Massacre?
... that a cardboard box inKurt and Sid, aboutSid Vicious trying to convinceKurt Cobain not to kill himself, was said to have more empathy than the script?

08:00, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

... that, six years after shocking the public with hisprimitivist paintings in 1910,Ion Theodorescu-Sion(self portrait pictured) was employed to depict theRomanian Armed Forces in action?
... thatHMSBlanche was the first Britishdestroyer sunk by the Germans during theSecond World War?
... thatNicolae Fleva, who helped prepareRomania's independence in 1877, allegedly sold his loyalty to theCentral Powers in 1915?
... thatLee Patterson portrayed newspaper editorJoe Riley as a member of the original cast of the American soap operaOne Life to Live?
... that the1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash was, at the time, the worst civil aviation accident inWestern Australia and the third-worst in Australia?
... that theCathedral of the Unity of the People inAlba Iulia was built to commemorate theUnion of Transylvania with Romania, in the city where the union was proclaimed?
... that Australian wheelchair racerAngie Ballard was named the Female Athlete of the Games for the 1999 Australia Junior Wheelchair Nationals?

00:00, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

... that theinvertebrateamphioxus(pictured) serves as amodel organism for studying the development ofvertebrates?
... that Australian Paralympic medalistMarayke Jonkers wonCosmopolitan's "fun fearless female award" in 2007?
... that publisher and collectorGeorge Arthur Plimpton is the namesake of "one of the world's most famous mathematical artifacts"?
... that theAustro-Hungarian scout cruiser Helgoland was ceded to Italy on 19 September 1920 as part of the peace settlements that endedWorld War I?
... thatCNN Radio news anchorStan Case was also a licensed attorney in the U.S. state ofGeorgia?
... that in 1998,Paul McCartney rearrangedWings' 1976 songs "She's My Baby" and "Warm and Beautiful" forstring quartet for concerts in memory of his late wifeLinda?

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