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31 January 2011

18:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the monkey-queenTara(pictured with her first husband) is described in the Hindu epicRamayana to have set a habit to visit her second husbandSugriva drunk before indulging in sex?
... that SwisswhistleblowerRudolf Elmer claims that passing secret account details toWikiLeaks is the only hope he has to let "society know what's going on" in the banking sector?
... thatrepertoires of contention slowly change over time, and include such concepts asrough music,sit-ins andhacktivism?
... thatGulet Mohamed, an American citizen who was detained inKuwait, was blocked from flying home by the U.S. "no-fly list" until a federal court intervened to allow him to return?
... that whenWinnington Hall inCheshire was used as a girls'finishing school in the 19th century, it was visited by Sir Charles Hallé andJohn Ruskin?
... that despite being home toZihuatanejo andIxtapa and near toAcapulco, most ofGuerrero's "Big Coast" lacks significant tourism infrastructure?
... that the script to season one of the Swedish comedy seriesSolsidan has been sold to the American television networkABC, which plans to create their own version of the series in theUnited States?

12:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

... that twodestroyers of theRoyal Navy'sFishery Protection Squadron, commanded by acommodore aboard afishing trawler(pictured), once thwarted an Icelandic boarding attempt?
... that approximately 1500 tourists were trapped in theTorres del Paine National Park as a result ofrecent protests against the rising price ofnatural gas in theMagallanes Region ofChile?
... that the bell from the wreck ofSSEdmund Fitzgerald is on display at theGreat Lakes Shipwreck Museum?
... that in 1911, John Gaunt'ssecond biplane nearly crashed because a bystander bent the aircraft'selevator before a flight?
... thatclaspingleaf doll's daisy can grow underwater, produce aninflorescence above the surface, bloom and produce seeds, and thus propagate duringfloods?
... thatRebecca Breeds'Home and Away characterRuby Buckton will begin a relationship withRomeo Smith, played by Breeds' real life partner,Luke Mitchell?
... that despite a fire, dismantling and having parts sold off since its first installation at the 1893World's Columbian Exposition inChicago, theTiffany Chapel is now open to the public again inFlorida?

06:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the originalLady Elliot Island Light(pictured) was the firstlighthouse inAustralia to be constructed of atimber frame clad withcast iron plates?
... that part of thebed ofSouth Branch Kishwaukee River inIllinois was the plain of anancient lake?
... thatThemistokli Gërmenji, anAlbanian nationalist, received the FrenchCroix de Guerre inNovember 1917, but was executed shortly thereafter by a French military court?
... thatchess grandmaster Rosendo Balinas Jr. was a candidate in the1994 special election for the seat ofRizal'sfirst district in theHouse of Representatives of thePhilippines?
... thatDave Downs pitched acomplete-game shutout in hisMajor League Baseball debut with thePhiladelphia Phillies?
... thatSt Denys' Church, Little Barford,Bedfordshire, was built to serve amedieval village which has since beendeserted?
... thatSaguaro boots are the co-creation of a bird and a cactus?

00:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the decorations inSt John's Church, Duxford(pictured) range frommedieval wall paintings to moderngraffiti?
... thatBen Roberts-Smith's receipt of theVictoria Cross for Australia forgallantry inAfghanistan, makes him the most highly decorated service person currently in theAustralian Defence Force?
... that the closure of theClinton Falls Bridge in its 100th year ledlocal residents to successfully push for itshistoric preservation?
... thatwine historians theorize that, during theRoman occupation of what is nowMoravia,Grüner Veltliner andWelschriesling may have been introduced to theCzech wine region ofMikulovská?
... that theVirginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine serves as thestate-supportedveterinary school for bothVirginia andMaryland?
... that English sopranoJoanne Lunn recordedBach cantatas with theMonteverdi Choir, such asHerr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73?
... thatMiller is one of the ten most populartypefaces used in American newspapers?

30 January 2011

18:00, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

... that a standing stone(pictured) nearSt Tyfrydog's Church, Llandyfrydog,Wales, is said to be a man turned to stone bySt Tyfrydog for stealing a Bible from the church?
... that inFlorida v. Thomas, theU.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that a state court decision is not "final" if a trial has not concluded in averdict?
... thatAndreu Mas-Colell, currently theMinister of Economy and Knowledge ofCatalonia, Spain, has studiedgeneral equilibrium theory by usingdifferential topology?
... that when built as currently planned, theStad Ship Tunnel would allow ships to bypassStad, one of the most dangerous sections of theNorwegian coast?
... thatNicholas Longworth builtAmerica's first commercially successfulwinery with a pinksparkling wine made fromCatawba?
... that English classical singerAnna Reynolds recordedBach cantatas withRichter'sMünchener Bach-Chor, includingJesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? BWV 81?
... thatlaw in Vanuatu combines a legacy ofEnglish common law,French law and indigenouscustomary law?

12:00, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the remains ofConfederate soldiers buried atCamp Nelson National Cemetery(pictured) were exhumed after theAmerican Civil War and re-buried elsewhere?
... thatBrent Knoll Camp on theSomerset Levels was used for military purposes in theIron Age and again inWorld War II?
... that AmericanprimatologistHarold J. Coolidge, Jr. was the inaugural vice president of theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature as well as a founding director of theWorld Wildlife Fund?
... thatWalter Baetke, who became a professor ofScandinavian studies andhistory of religion, wrote his doctoral thesis on children in English literature during and afterShakespeare's time?
... that theHall XPTBH, apatrol torpedo bomber, was the only aircraft that ever received three mission designation letters in theU.S. Navy'saircraft designation system?
... thatNepal's firstpublic bus service was founded in 1959 byKaruna Ratna Tuladhar and his brother?
... thatPenny and the Quarters are a "lost"soul band which came to prominence in 2010 after an unreleased demo of their song "You And Me" was used in the filmBlue Valentine?

06:00, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatWilmer Tanner(pictured with a tiger trophy), born 1909, described at least fifteen newspecies orgenera?
... thatBermuda hedge fundJuniperus Capital was named after theJuniperus bermudiana, Bermudian cedar trees that are extremely hardy in the face of adverse conditions?
... that Hungarianteam handball playerJózsef Éles was top scorer at the1993 World Championship?
... that German musicologistAlexander Ferdinand Grychtolik reconstructedBach'shomage cantataO angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a, from Bach's wedding cantataO holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210?
... that Joe Heitz ofCalifornia wine producerHeitz Wine Cellars‎ is considered the first in the U.S. to champion singlevineyard designated wine?
... that one of theT-shirts found in abackpack bomb in Spokane referred to aplay put on by high school students inChewelah, Washington?
... that it took a replay and then eighty minutes of extra time forBrighton & Hove Albion reserves to win the1920–21 Southern League title?

00:00, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theSweetwater Dam(pictured) nearSan Diego, when first constructed in 1888, was the tallest masonry arch dam in the United States?
... that the sinking inOctober 1942 of theGerman prisoner transportPalatia offLindesnes is the second deadliest ship disaster inNorwegian history?
... thatCalifornia Supreme Court Associate JusticeMarshall F. McComb swore inRonald Reagan asGovernor of California?
... that the highest point on theLancashire and Yorkshire Railway was 965 feet (294 m) above sea level, just to the east ofBritannia railway station?
... that although theParks and Recreationthird season premiere "Go Big or Go Home" was filmed immediately after thesecond season ended to accommodate actressAmy Poehler's pregnancy, the premiere was delayed until January?
... thatrenewable energy in Russia is largely underdeveloped, despite it being one of the top energy producers in the world?
... that thelunar craterHell is named after apriest?

29 January 2011

18:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatMcCants Stewart(pictured), the firstAfrican American lawyer inOregon, was the son of anAssociate Justice of theLiberian Supreme Court?
... thatryot andzerat were two labour-hiring processes practised byindigo planters inBihar andBengal during theIndian colonial period?
... that the2010–11 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team is the first since 2003 to record a win over a top-tenranked team?
... thatElektro–L is the first Russian weather satellite to operate successfully ingeostationary orbit?
... thatStone Jam wasSlave's second album to becertified Gold and was named byJam-Master Jay ofRun–D.M.C. as one of his favorite albums?
... that bothThomas-Morse R-5s competed in the 1922Pulitzer Trophy Race, but placed last among aircraft that completed the event?
... that British authorSunjeev Sahota had not read a novel until he boughtMidnight's Children in an airport at the age of 18?

12:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the two largestRocky Mountain Douglas-fir trees in theUnited States survived theB&B Complex Fires(pictured) that burned 90,769 acres (367.33 km²) of forest in theCascade Range ofOregon?
... that theassassinAblabius was paid fifty pounds of gold for his failed plot againstByzantine Emperor Justinian I in November 562?
... that the bookBeyond the First Amendment arguesfreedom of speech on theInternet is not easily addressed by theFirst Amendment to the United States Constitution?
... that whileSwedish archaeologistOlov Janse originally argued for European rather than Chinese origins ofBronze Age culture inVietnam, he reversed his view after he began excavating atĐông Sơn?
... that in 1954, theU.S. Supreme Court inPhillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin began the regulation of wellheadnatural gas prices, which lasted untilCongress deregulated them onJanuary 1, 1985?
... that severalordas (hordes) originated on theEurasian Steppe, including the famousGolden Horde?
... thatTony Lombardi, who took over whenRick Rasnick was fired, was thehead coach of theEastern Michigan Eagles football team for just five days?

06:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theNordhordland Bridge(pictured), designed byAas-Jakobsen, has no lateral anchorage because of the depth ofSalhusfjorden?
... that inBooth v. Churner, over 30U.S. states asked theUnited States Supreme Court to requireprisoners to resolve all administrative claims before pursuinglitigation?
... thatTupaia miocenica, known from a single tooth, is among the few known fossiltreeshrews?
... that after beginning hisbaseball career with thePhiladelphia Phillies,right fielderGeorge Durning led theSalisbury Indians ingames played,times at bat, andhits in his first full season?
... that a 300-metre (980 ft) long bridge has been recently built nearTojg, in westernAfghanistan, funded by theCommander's Emergency Response Program?
... thatGeorge Washington andHenry Wadsworth Longfellow both lived in the same house onBrattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts?
... thatCarlina White, kidnapped when 19 days old, was reunited with her parents 23 years later as a result of her own investigative work, the longest recorded gap in a non-parental abduction?

00:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

... that when theL'Enfant Plaza Hotel(pictured) opened in 1973 inWashington, D.C., the dedicatory festivities included a birthday party for authorAnita Loos, andCarol Channing singing while seated upon a cake?
... that, according to theUnited Nations, the 2004–2005Uíge Province,Angola, outbreak ofMarburg hemorrhagic fever was the world's worst epidemic of any kind ofhemorrhagic fever?
... that boxing promoterDon King was the subject of aU.S. Supreme Court decision inCedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King?
... that theChilean movie03:34: Earthquake in Chile will narrate three different stories based on the events that occurred after the2010 Chile earthquake?
... that the proposedBridge Canyon Dam would floodLava Falls, one of the most spectacular rapids on theColorado River?
... thatEric Hobsbawm'sThe Age of Empire: 1875–1914 is aMarxist study of the period of theBelle Époque?
... thatEric Doeringer has sometimes sold up toUS$1,500 worth of "bootlegs", small copies of paintings by eminent modern artists, in one day?

28 January 2011

18:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatRAAF Air Vice-MarshalAlan Charlesworth(pictured) once survived an accident with futureGovernor of New South Wales Eric Woodward when their aircraft landed upside down on a fence?
... that theMayo Clinic argued inMayo v. United States thatmedical residents, who work up to 80 hours a week and are paid approximately $50,000 a year, should be considered students instead of employees?
... thatInternational Commission of Control, established onOctober 15, 1913, to assume the administration ofAlbania, was composed of the representatives of eachGreat Power and oneAlbanian?
... that whileOregon'sWillamette Valley is known primarily forPinot noir,Cristom Vineyards in theEola-Amity Hills has been growingSyrah since 2002?
... thatCongregation Dorshei Emet is the firstsynagogue in Canada and the third in the world to receive aTorah scroll handwritten by a woman?
... that theMiami Project to Cure Paralysis completed a clinical trial to test whether hypothermia (cooling) within the first few hours of a traumatic spinal cord or brain injury makes a difference in the severity of injury?
... that an 11-year-old girl beat the video gameDiva Starz: Mall Mania in 42 minutes?

12:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatcyanotoxins are produced by bacteria which float on lakes and oceans as a green scum(pictured) and can kill animals by causingrespiratory failure?
... that in the 1970s, thePelican Bowl was played to determine thenational champions ofblack college football in the United States?
... that during theYuan administrative rule of Tibet, theMongol approvedd-pon chen, or "Great Administrator", was responsible for the administration ofTibet under theYuan Dynasty?
... that theVought XSB3U was designed as a result of theU.S. Navy's reluctance to embrace themonoplane forcarrier operations?
... that claims to unite theOttoman vilayets ofKosovo,Shkoder,Monastir andIoaninna into one, theAlbanian Vilayet, often included theSalonica Vilayet too?
... that theFringe episode "Brown Betty" was inspired byThe Princess Bride?
... thata memorial all-star game was held in 1937 to raise money for the family ofHowie Morenz, who was said to have died of a broken heart in the belief a broken leg had ended hishockey career?

06:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the largest nativeland animal onAscension Island is acrab,Johngarthia lagostoma(pictured)?
... thatThe Cars,The Primitives,The Lemonheads andTarnation have all released recordings ofThe Nightcrawlers' "slightly bizarre nursery rhyme" "The Little Black Egg"?
... that in January 1917,New ZealanderClive Franklyn Collett was the first British orCommonwealth military pilot toparachute from an airplane?
... that land for the defunctruralAshland High School inNatchitoches Parish,Louisiana, was donated in 1907 by laterState Senator Andrew R. Johnson?
... thatAnni Dewani was aSwedish woman who was kidnapped and murdered during her honeymoon inCape Town,South Africa?
... that when first described in the 1890s, theBornean Slow Loris was said to have the face of abear, the hands of amonkey, and to move like asloth?
... that when the troops in front of his soldiers broke and fled at theBattle of Guilford Court House, GeneralEdward Stevens told his brigade that the retreat was part of the battle plan?

00:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

... that in 1941,RAAF Squadron LeaderPeter Jeffrey(pictured) introduced the radical concept ofcommissioned andnon-commissioned pilots sharing a commonmess while on combat duty?
... that bones ofHypsibema missouriensis, now thestate dinosaur ofMissouri, have only been found inBollinger County, Missouri?
... thatbongo playerChaino, whose albums includedJungle Mating Rhythms, claimed to be an orphan from a lost tribe in central Africa but was actually born inPhiladelphia and raised inChicago?
... that the earliest known fragment of theTestament of Ba, an account of the establishment ofBuddhism inTibet, was discovered in theBritish Library in 2009?
... that in 1776, to warn authorities inHalifax of thesiege of Fort Cumberland,RedcoatThomas Dixson successfully navigated theMinas Basin, home to the Earth's highest tides, in a small open boat?
... that, if built as currently planned, theStorfjord Bridge will have the longest span of anysuspension bridge in the world?
... that prior to authoringFreedom of Expression®,Kembrew McLeod successfully registered the phrase "freedom of expression" as atrademark in theUnited States?

27 January 2011

18:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatLife magazine estimated136 million people saw the photograph "Bloody Saturday"(detail pictured) after theAugust 1937bombing of Shanghai?
... that JusticeThomas said theU.S. Supreme Court's decision inPenry v. Johnson on the relevance ofmental retardation indeath penalty sentencing sent "mixed signals" to lower courts?
... thatSamrong Sen is aprehistoric archaeological site inKampong Chhnang Province,Cambodia, consisting of a very largefluviatile shell midden?
... that duringWorld War II,George R. Salisbury, Jr., later aWyoming rancher andstate representative, was aBronze Star-winning tank commander?
... thatSt Mary's Church, Pentraeth,Wales, was decorated in the 18th century with paper garlands, perhaps to celebrate parishioners' weddings?
... that after losing a job, theSalty Dogs Jazz Band would sometimes find that they had been replaced by another jazz band with the same name?
... thatFrançois Rochebrune, theFrench commander of theZouaves of Death,once disciplined panickedPolish troops by asking them what time it was, which was the onlyPolish he knew?

12:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatElmer Mitchell(pictured) boasts the highest winning percentage in the history ofEastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball and is considered the father ofintramural sports?
... that theInternational Dunhuang Project has made over a quarter of a million images ofSilk Road manuscripts and other artefacts available online?
... that theE. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency built bicycle racerMajor Taylor a revolutionary steam powered pacing tandem he used to break the world record at a speed of 45.56 miles per hour (73.32 km/h)?
... thatCalifornia wine producerTablas Creek Vineyard is the "sibling winery" ofChâteauneuf-du-Pape estateChâteau de Beaucastel?
... that theCornubian batholith andHaig Frasgranite are similar in age and have the same orientation, but are separateintrusions?
... thatJared Lee Loughner was detained at theFederal Correctional Institution at Phoenix after the2011 Tucson shooting?
... thatAllegro, the third musical ofRodgers and Hammerstein, was called "an out-and-out failure"?

06:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatMiguel Angel Galluzzi'sDucati Monster(pictured) is credited with both reviving the retro standardmotorcycle and creating a newnaked bike niche?
... that by 1961,Homer G. Phillips Hospital inSt. Louis,Missouri, had trained "the largest number of black doctors and nurses in the world"?
... that singerGary Williams playedFrank Sinatra in theWest End production ofThe Rat Pack?
... that public perception ofgraffiti in New York is slowly changing from an act ofvandalism to a form ofart?
... that theHoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary inAssam, India, is named after the onlyape in India, thehoolock gibbon?
... thatGraciela Chichilnisky, who proposed theKyoto Protocol's market forcarbon credit trading, obtained her PhDs inmathematics andeconomics without ever having been anundergraduate?

00:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

... that GeneralNicolas-Marie Songis des Courbons(pictured) served underNapoleon I, as commander of theGrande Armée artillery?
... thatAbo Elementary School inArtesia, New Mexico, was built entirely underground and equipped as afallout shelter, in case ofnuclear war?
... thatminuscule 817 was used byDesiderius Erasmus in hisNovum Instrumentum omne?
... that theFBI andCIA usedvein matching as evidence thatKhalid Sheikh Mohammed ofal-Qaeda had killed journalistDaniel Pearl?
... that when construction of theBjorøy Tunnel inNorway hit a section of sand, a new tunneling method had to be developed to continue?
... that theNazi storyline in theFringe episode "The Bishop Revival" was well-received byEntertainment Weekly for featuring a "good threat"?
... thatAndré Duchesne's group,Les 4 Guitaristes de l'Apocalypso-Bar (The 4 Guitarists of the Apocalypso Bar) was billed as a band frompost-apocalypse Canada "inspired by the ghost ofJimi Hendrix"?

26 January 2011

18:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the surface of theSouth African plantPeucedanum galbanum(pictured) is covered withblister-causing toxins, and that exposure to sunlight could make the blisters worse?
... that theEmmanuel DeHodiamont House, a stone house built in 1830, shares the status of being the oldest house inSt. Louis, Missouri?
... thatFrancesco Nullo is commemorated in bothItaly andPoland as a hero of those countries' struggle for independence?
... that theRepublic of Ireland hasno honours system, though the issue has been considered by successive governments since 1930?
... that controversy overNew Brunswick'sCommon Schools Act of 1871 resulted in two deaths in the town ofCaraquet?
... thatCully Dahlstrom was the first American born player to win theCalder Trophy as theNational Hockey League's rookie of the year?
... that theI.S.T. XL-14 Maya, a light aircraft, was constructed primarily from wovenbamboo?

12:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatPrince Sozisa became the 'Authorised Person' ofSwaziland(flag pictured) after the death of KingSobhuza II?
... that, following the collision ofHughes Airwest Flight 706 with aMarine Corps F-4B Phantom II, theUS Armed Forces required military aircraft to obey civilianair traffic controllers?
... thatGervasio won the international competition at the 1983Viña del Mar International Song Festival?
... that theRoyal Moroccan Navy is constructing a newnaval base atKsar es-Seghir?
... that FrenchencyclopédisteClaude Yvon was forced to flee toHolland because he was believed to have contributed to a controversial thesis published in 1752 byJean-Martin de Prades?
... that after his professional basketball career ended,Boo Ellis worked as asecurity guard in his hometown ofHamilton,Ohio?
... that some of theChinit River diversion and canal structures of theKhmer Rouge era were built byforced labour and damaged by regime soldiers who were "grenade fishing"?

06:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theDouglas XCG-17glider(pictured) was converted from aC-47 transport that had originally flown forNorthwest Airlines?
... that the fossil primate?Nycticebus linglom is known from a single tooth, which is said to be the smallest knownprosimian molar?
... that theWainwright Tomb was described as "the most sensitive and the most graceful" of the tombs designed byLouis Sullivan?
... thatStage AE inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania, is a concert venue partially owned by thePittsburgh Steelers?
... thatAll Saints Church, Theddlethorpe,Lincolnshire, has been called the "Cathedral of the Marsh"?
... thatAlvin Young, cut fromhis high school basketball team every single year, went on tolead NCAA Division I in scoring incollege?
... that three different versions of "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" reached the radio airplay charts in the same year?

00:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatover 400 species of birds(state bird,Brown Thrasher, pictured) have been recorded in theAmerican state ofGeorgia?
... that the recall of aweather ship for budgetary reasons was blamed for the minimal warning given in advance of theGreat Storm of 1987 forGreat Britain?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court saidCongress did not exempt certain federal banks from statetaxes inDirector of Revenue of Mo. v. CoBank ACB notwithstanding thelandmark decision inMcCulloch?
... that, as women inSweden were not allowed to join the Swedish Tailoring Workers Union, they founded a separateWomen's Trade Union in 1902?
... thatDwight Eisenhower'sChance for Peace speech and hisfarewell address have been called the "bookends" of his administration?
... that German musicologistWerner Neumann founded theBach-Archiv Leipzig in 1950 and contributedBach cantatas to theNeue Bach-Ausgabe?
... thatBoops boops is a species ofBoops called "the bogue"?

25 January 2011

18:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the mushroomAuriscalpium vulgare(pictured) is named for an instrument used for personal hygiene?
... thatKevin Houston holds theU.S. Military Academy'smen's basketball records forpoints in a game (53), season (953) and career (2,325)?
... that theMitsubishi 1MF9 was the first Japanese-designedfighter intended for use fromaircraft carriers?
... that the design of theRichmond Memorial Library inBatavia, New York, was inspired by theThomas Crane Public Library inQuincy, Massachusetts?
... that as a condition of paying for restoration work,a 19th-century benefactor ofSt Mary's Church inBodewryd,Wales, required the church to have Islamic-style stained glass?
... that theU.S. Supreme Courtruled in a 2001 securities fraud case that secret plans to disregard anoral contract areillegal?
... that infants born withMalpuech facial clefting syndrome may have a tail?

12:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thesteam engines andboilers of the RussianironcladPetr Veliky(pictured) were so defective that they had to be replaced five years after she entered service in 1876?
... thatBob McCurdy, described by former basketball teammateKevin Eastman as having virtually no quickness, dribbling skills, jumping ability or foot speed,led NCAA Division I in scoring in 1974–75?
... that the EuropeanSARTRE Project conducted its first successful trial of anelectronically controlled road train inJanuary 2011?
... that two holes in the ceiling of theProhodna cave inBulgaria are known as the "Eyes of God"?
... that theInvestigatory Powers Tribunal is the onlyBritish judicial body that can investigate whethersurveillance carried out byMI5 orMI6 is legal?
... thatU.S. President Barack Obama gave aspeech onJanuary 12, 2011, honoring the victims of the2011 Tucson shooting?
... thatsquab pies, whichCharles Dickens said inspired "hatred of the whole human race", are not actually made withsquabs?

06:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatFrédéric Chopin dedicated his twoNocturnes, Op. 55, to his Scottish pupilJane Stirling(pictured), who was interested in the arts andprison reform?
... thatNew York AssemblywomanAravella Simotas, one of the first twoGreek American women elected to office in New York, was unopposed in her first general election?
... that theBritish Library Philatelic Collections has over8 million items and was established in 1891 withThomas Tapling's bequest?
... thatHong Kong Observatory DirectorLam Chiu Ying was criticised for issuing thenumber eight typhoon signal whenTyphoon Nuri approachedHong Kong in 2008, as well as issuing it too late?
... that Obed "O.B." Borgen founded radio stationsKFIL andKFIL-FM to serveFillmore County, Minnesota?
... thatObie Trotter ended up playingcollege basketball atAlabama A&M because his mother felttheir head coach was a "godly man"?
... thatVince Gill andPatty Griffin provide background vocals to the song "Country Strong" byGwyneth Paltrow?

00:00, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatbacon ice cream(pictured) was originally created forApril Fools' Day but went on to be one ofHeston Blumenthal's signature dishes?
... that the March 2, 1957, disappearance ofattorneyMaud Crawford from herCamden, Arkansas, home remains officially unsolved?
... that although theNuri Demirağ Nu D.38 transport aircraft was completed in 1941, it was not flown until 1944?
... that aChinatown in St. Louis, Missouri, existed until its demolition forBusch Memorial Stadium in 1966?
... that theTicha Reservoir in northeasternBulgaria bears the medieval name of theKamchiya river?
... that, in 1993, theJet Propulsion Laboratory agreed to develop an online reference system for theCalifornia Film Commission's library containing hundreds of thousands of location images?
... that theUniversity of Cambodia, established in 2003, bestowed anhonorary doctorate degree to theHong Kong actor andUNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan?

24 January 2011

18:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

... that many years afterMughal EmperorAkbar's manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami was created,his son ordered a portrait of the scribe added(pictured)?
... thatU.S. Senator Jesse Helms suggested anew series of gold medallions that would make it easier for people to buy gold?
... thatAlberta'sBeaver Hills were protected by Canada's first forest reserve in 1899?
... that two ofBYU'sstarting football players were suspended from playing in the1998 Liberty Bowl for violating theBrigham Young University Honor Code?
... thatLower Saxony'sfinance minister sold the importantmedieval archaeological site inNienover to ahorse breeder at afire-sale price, without ensuring that 12 years of research could continue?
... that the song "Es Demasiado Tarde", written and performed byAna Gabriel, was thebest-performing Latin single of 1991 in the U.S.?
... thatTropolis has been called an attempt to "snackify" beverages?

12:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the churchyard ofSt James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts,Hertfordshire(pictured) has six monuments and a tomb that are alllisted buildings?
... that, at the turn of the 20th century, the third largestwinery in the world wasStone Hill Winery from theHermann wine region ofMissouri?
... thatDiallo Telli, first Secretary-General of theOrganisation of African Unity, died of starvation atCamp Boiro inGuinea?
... that theCreative Research On Weapons project proved the practicality of the solid-fueledramjet engine?
... that sports clubLøkken IF was represented with one Norwegian, one American and one Swede at the1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships?
... that theNew Harmony Toll Bridge, which opened in 1930, is owned by the only remaining joint statetoll bridge commission chartered by the U.S. Congress?
... that, in 1551, hours after a pregnant woman was hanged during theSpanish Inquisition, two dead infants were seen to fall free of the body in an unusual case ofcoffin birth?

06:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatLow Head Lighthouse(pictured) isAustralia's oldest continuously usedpilot station and was only the thirdlighthouse to be constructed in Australia?
... thatAmericanNiseiRichard Sakakida, while working undercover as an interpreter for theImperial Japanese Army, engineered a mass escape of about 500 Filipino prisoners duringWorld War II?
... thatpolo andice hockey playerStewart Iglehart is the only man to represent theUnited States internationally in two sports?
... thatFringe starJohn Noble considers "Johari Window" one of his favorite episodes?
... that, although the town ofStamford inLincolnshire was badly damaged during theWar of the Roses in 1461,St John's Church was apparently unharmed?
... that theTerascasounding rocket's threestages were a combination of the existingTerrier,ASROC andCajun rockets, respectively?
... that a 1940live recording ofDuke Ellington by "audio magician"Jack Towers won aGrammy Award in 1980?

00:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

... that Matterhorn Peak(pictured) is the highest point in theDunn Peak massif in theShuswap Highlands ofBritish Columbia?
... thatRim Kin, the author of the first published novel inCambodia, was president of theKhmer Writers' Association?
... that theCarlson Sparrow was declared Grand Championultralight aircraft at theExperimental Aircraft Association's 1987Oshkosh Airshow?
... that illustrations from three of theKatie Morag series of children's picture books byMairi Hedderwick have been used in a health promotion campaign to encouragebreastfeeding?
... thatÁdahooníłígíí was the first newspaper written entirely inNavajo?
... that the ItalianmonitorAlfredo Cappellini was built duringWorld War I by converting afloating crane?
... that the inspiration forWePay originated when co-founder Rich Aberman had difficulty fundraising for his brother'sbachelor party?
... thatperformic acid explodes upon rapid heating to about 80 °C (176 °F)?

23 January 2011

18:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatMiller Reese Hutchison invented an early portable electrichearing aid(pictured)?
... thatSathyamangalam forest is the onlyreserve forest inSouth India with a significant presence oftigers, that is not yet declared as one of thetiger reserves in India?
... that despitefumarolic activity and earthquakes near theOlca-Paruma volcanoes, none of them appear to be hazardous?
... that defunctDetroit-based music retailerHarmony House began in 1947 as aHallmark Cards store?
... that although he is not aCatholic bishop, FatherKeith Newton will carry amitre andcrozier in his role asOrdinary of thePersonal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham?
... that theDecember 2010 Gascoyne River flood inWestern Australia was triggered by rainfall exceeding 6,000% of the region's monthly mean?
... that theDajti Castle nearTirana,Albania, is thought to have been built byJustinian I in the6th century AD in order to protect the area fromSlavic attacks?
... that afterMyrrha made love with her father, she was transformed into the myrrh-tree and gave birth toAdonis?

12:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thesecond Ministry, led byThomas Forsaith(pictured), was the shortest inNew Zealand's parliamentary history?
... thatMalosco Castle in the ItalianProvince of Trento was once the residence of theVicedomini Judge ofVal di Non, commander of theImperial Austrian royal court?
... thatEly S. Parker, the prevailingSeneca plaintiff inFellows v. Blacksmith (1857), later drafted thesurrender at Appomattox and became the first indigenousCommissioner of Indian Affairs?
... thatalder trees have asymbiotic relationship with thebacteriumFrankia alni which may have been exploited by theIncas to increasesoil fertility?
... that theFlys have played on the same bill as theBuzzcocks,The Psychedelic Furs, thePretenders, andBlack Slate?
... that futureHall of FamerScotty Davidson was the first professional hockey player to volunteer with theCanadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak ofWorld War I?
... that, when it opened in 1971, theSotra Bridge was the longest suspension bridge inNorway?
... thatvotive offerings used in Vietnameselên đồngmediumship rituals may include sweets, alcohol, cigarettes, and even cans ofCoca-Cola?

06:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

... that duringVedic timesMakara(pictured), known as the "water monster vehicle", was theVahana or vehicle ofVaruna, the Vedic deity?
... that JusticeRobert Cooper Grier observed inNew York ex rel. Cutler v. Dibble (1858) that "no law of Congress can be found which authorizes white men to intrude on the possessions of Indians"?
... thatAuditorio Monte do Gozo, a Spanish outdoor concert venue inSantiago de Compostela, has resulted in pop music stars coming where Christian pilgrims usually walk?
... thatTextbook of Biochemistry originally came about becauseAlexander Thomas Cameron, not being a fluent speaker, would write out his university lectures in full?
... that one 19th-century writer said thatSt Peirio's Church, Rhosbeirio was "one of the humblest ecclesiastical buildings inAnglesey"?
... that interments at theGunnersbury Cemetery inLondon includea Polish president andCommander-in-Chief?
... that theToyota Prius V is the first spinoff from thePrius platform, and the Prius Vhybrid gasoline-electric station wagon is scheduled to be released to the U.S. market by mid 2011?
... thatbowlerGuppy Troup chose his nickname based on a youth team he captained?

00:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

... that generalPaul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan(pictured) with hisGuard Grenadiers was in the first line of fire during the final French assault at theBattle of Waterloo?
... that theOregon Portage Railroad was the first railroad inOregon, and had the first locomotive in thePacific Northwest, theOregon Pony?
... that in 1944, theHoly See received anenvoy fromCharles de Gaulle'sFrench Committee of National Liberation?
... that occupation of theLa Soledad de Maciel archeological site inGuerrero,Mexico, lasted for over 3,000 years?
... that KaiǀkhauanCaptainAndreas Lambert probably was the first traditional leader to be executed by theGermans in theirSouth-West African colony?
... that theStearman XOSS observationbiplane was equipped with full-spanflaps on its upper wing, allowing its pilot better control at low speeds?
... that art historianAndré Grabar fledSt. Petersburg a few days after theRussian Revolution, to become a leading expert inByzantine andMedieval art?
... that theSega Toylet, aninteractive urinal, allows users to playvideo games with theirurine?

22 January 2011

18:00, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

... that although theVought XSO2U(pictured) was judged superior to theCurtiss XSO3C by theU.S. Navy in a competition for a newscout aircraft for operation fromcruisers, the Curtiss aircraft won the contract?
... thatKing George III wrote a letter aboutGeneralSir John Doyle's exploits in theAmerican andFrench Revolutionary Wars... "so that his zeal and exertions in our service may be known to posterity"?
... that three days before hiswedding,Crown Prince Haakon of Norway thanked his family and fellow countrymen for not making hischoice of bride asuccession issue?
... that despite being that year's U.S. champion in the 200 m breaststroke,Iris Cummings still had to raise her own funds to travel to the1936 Summer Olympics?
... that theAreni-1 winery is believed to be the world's oldest surviving wine production facility?
... thatslavery of indigenous people in modernBolivia was temporarily abolished during theFirst Upper Peru campaign?
... thatHerbert McLeod invented theMcLeod gauge?
... that the arrival of the railway eventually left theAult Store as the only remaining commercial building inDundas, Minnesota's original business district?

12:00, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatSt Mary's Church, Rhodogeidio,Wales, was built as achapel of ease forSt Ceidio's Church, but both are now disused and St Mary's(pictured) is in ruins?
... that a wreck off the coast ofArgentina was identified inJanuary 2008 as the passenger shipUssukuma, which wasscuttled in 1939?
... that theUS Supreme Court ruled inShafer v. South Carolina that defendants must be allowed to inform ajury of an alternativesentence oflife imprisonment without the possibility ofparole?
... that the originalCape Bowling Green Light wasprefabricated inBrisbane, constructed in Cape Bowling Green, movedtwice due tocoastal erosion, and finally relocated toSydney?
... that thePersian rulerKhosrau II used a man who he claimed to beTheodosius, the eldest son of the murderedByzantine emperor Maurice, as a justification for launching awar against Byzantium?
... that the executive office of theOrganization of American Historians is located atMillen House inBloomington, Indiana, afederally designated historic site?
... that theFlying K Sky Raider IIultralight aircraft is described as an "intimate tandem two seater"?
... thatClint Eastwood described accountantIrving Leonard as being "like a second father to me"?

06:00, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

... that Jay-Eye-See(pictured), the horse named forJerome Increase Case, briefly held records for bothtrotting andpacing?
... that the 2007Ajmer Dargah attack was carried out by explosives hidden in aTiffin carrier?
... that most ofFrench kings of theBourbon era took oath on theReims Gospel, a medieval book written inOld Church Slavonic languages?
... that theUnited States Supreme Court ruled inCircuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams that the phrase "contracts of employment" in theFederal Arbitration Act actually does not refer to employment contracts?
... thatOldfields, the 26 acre historic home once owned byJ.K. Lilly, Jr., is an example of an American country place estate located on the grounds of theIndianapolis Museum of Art?
... that American singer"Weird Al" Yankovic received aGrammy Award forBest Concept Music Video for "Fat", a parodycover version ofMichael Jackson's song "Bad"?
... that, as an expert inNorse mythology,Gro Steinsland wrote anOp-ed article in 2000 callingThor Heyerdahl’sOdin expedition a charade orchestrated bySnorri Sturluson?
... thatFrank Freyer of theUnited States Navy became Chief of Staff of thePeruvian Navy in 1921?

00:00, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatBorat Sagdiyev's son, who appeared in photos in the movieBorat, was actuallytrans woman andporn starBrittany CoxXx(pictured)?
... thatbivariate analysis is one of the simplest forms ofquantitative (statistical) analysis?
... thatEric Bachmann fromCrooked Fingers provided backing vocals on the song "Simple Hello" from theDamien Jurado albumOn My Way to Absence?
... that part of an inscribed medieval gravestone is set into a window sill atSt Fflewin's Church, Llanfflewin,Wales?
... that theVigra Fixed Link had more debt after 22 years oftoll collection, than when the project was originally finished?
... thatJames Fenimore Cooper was very dissatisfied with his American Revolutionary War novelLionel Lincoln, his only "strict attempt" at historical fiction?
... that theForest and Farm Workers Union of Sweden advocated anagrarian reform modelled on theSoviet one?
... that composersItaal Shur andRob Thomas won the 1999Grammy Award for Song of the Year forSantana's hit song "Smooth"?

21 January 2011

18:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the apparenttimber framing ofSt John's Church, High Legh,Cheshire(pictured) is "a sham"?
... that theDiamondbackair-to-air missile was originally known as the "SuperSidewinder"?
... that thebearded tylophora is now classified in thedogbane family?
... that a system created byHusk Power Systems usesrice hulls, a waste product of rice milling, to generate power for underUS$2 per month for thousands inIndia with no access to theelectrical grid?
... thatBritney Spears' 2011 comeback single, "Hold It Against Me", broke the U.S. airplay record for the most number of radio plays in one day?
... thatIschaemia byNew Zealand poet C. K. Stead won the£5,000International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine in 2010?
... that a recording of abenefit concert forThe Prince's Trust won producer Anthony Eaton aGrammy Award forBest Performance Music Video?
... that the 1915Parnell Tunnel inNew Zealand replaced a steeper single-track tunnel known to inundate open carriages with smoke and sparks, causing burns and clothing stains?

12:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the rare mineralMatlockite (PbFCl)(pictured) is named after atown in Derbyshire?
... thatEnver Hoxha was a teacher in theAlbanian National Lyceum inKorçë, a French high school established in theRepublic of Korçë in 1917?
... that the development of theBQM-108UAV was a response by theU.S. Navy to the threat of attack by advancedcruise missiles?
... that only past participants of the popular talent showsGreek Idol andThe X Factor were selected to compete to representGreece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011?
... that theVail Ski & Snowboard Academy at theVail Ski Resort is the first public winter sports academy in the U.S., combiningpublic school education with rigorous ski and snowboard training?
... thatEssex Hall, where, in 1774,Theophilus Lindsey established the first such congregation inEngland, still serves as the headquarters for theBritish Unitarians?
... thatTiger Mask,Momotarō,Joe Yabuki, andSanta Claus have"donated" numerousrandoseru and other goods toorphanages acrossJapan?

06:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatnonagenarianEdward Proger(pictured) died ofcutting teeth?
... that the replacement forNorberto Romuáldez, who died a day before the1941 Philippine Senate election, still won due to block voting in thePhilippine senatorial elections?
... that theMesa Distance Learning Program is a grades 7–12 distance learning program sponsored by Mesa Public Schools in Mesa, Arizona, that offers students worldwide US based education leading to a high school diploma?
... that, in 2004,Paolo Padovani and a team at the European Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (AVO) discovered 30supermassive black holes which were previously obscured by dust clouds?
... that the motif ofacanthus leaves on the south doorway toSt Andrew's Church, Sapiston,Suffolk, is unusual in the county?
... that the oldest building in downtownWaterbury, Connecticut, has been so extensively altered that it is not acontributing property to thehistoric district?
... that the BritishSea Wolf SAM was considered a possibility for meeting the U.S. Navy'sShipboard Intermediate Range Combat System missile requirement?
... thatQuest Crew, who competed onAmerica's Best Dance Crew, appear in "Meatball It Up", the second episode ofShake It Up?

00:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the October 1926 crash of aBlériot 155(pictured) atLeigh, Kent, whilst trying to reachPenshurst Airfield was the result ofthe first mid-air fire on a civilairliner?
... thatRose de Freycinet sailed around the world withher husband from 1817 to 1820 as astowaway disguised as a man?
... that theEdison Mall inFort Myers, Florida, was the first mall to have bothJ. C. Penney and its rival,Sears, asanchor stores?
... that on December 13, 2005,Rashad Jones-Jennings became just the tenthNCAA Division I men's basketball player since 1973 to record30 or more rebounds in a single game?
... that 1919 agitations byleft-wing socialists inSmåland resulted in the formation of a separateFarm Workers Union?
... that theUnited States Supreme Court has ruled inDaniels v. United States that a defendant cannot challenge previousconvictions that were used to enhance hissentence?
... that aslogan of theIsraeli–Palestinian Comedy Tour is"If we can laugh together, we can live together"?

20 January 2011

18:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theZouaves of Death(pictured), aPolish military unit of theJanuary Uprising, drew their traditions from the FrenchZouaves of theCrimean War?
... thatVittorio Erspamer (1909–1999) discovered the chemical compoundoctopamine, isolating it from thesalivary glands of anoctopus?
... that theGrambling State Tigers college football team has made the most appearances in and won the mostSWAC Championship Games since the inaugural 1999 contest?
... that thanks to the song"Sopa de Caracol", the musical ensembleBanda Blanca became the best-known Honduran band?
... that theGoogle Science Fair is an onlinescience competition sponsored byGoogle,Lego,CERN, andScientific American?
... thatKarl Marx wrote hisDas Kapital while living in the building now occupied by Soho restaurantQuo Vadis?
... that antitumor agents isolated frombohemic acid are named after the characters of the operaLa bohème?

12:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatDerby's Silk Mill is used as a design theme for thebobbins on theSt Alkmund's Way Footbridge(pictured) and aneedle on thenearby swingbridge?
... thatFranz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein discovered the element that would later be namedtellurium byMartin Heinrich Klaproth?
... that an increased printrun for author Amish Tripathi's first book,The Immortals of Meluha, led him to switch to a bigger publisher?
... thatBeauchamp Doran, aBritish Army general, was sacked from command of his brigade in 1914, reinstated, and sacked again from command of a division in 1916?
... that theUnited States Supreme Courthas ruled that interscholastic athletic associations havepolice power?
... that convictedIndonesian serial killerVerry Idham Henyansyah became known as the "singing serial killer" after he entertained audiences at hisprison cell by singing a song from his upcomingalbum?
... thatBurnett, a village inSomerset, had a civil parish of 608 acres until it was merged into the neighbouring village ofCompton Dando?
... that QueenCalafia, fictional ruler of theIsland of California, was the subject of asculpture garden designed byNiki de Saint Phalle?

06:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theHudson Valley Rail Trail(pictured), once owned by a feloniouscharlatan, is patrolled by apolice officer riding aSegway?
... thatHorace Robertson accepted the surrender of an Italian general, an Italian admiral and a Japanese general?
... thatAll Saints Church, Saltfleetby, in the marshlands ofLincolnshire, has a leaning west tower?
... that it had been said that the newMichigan Wolverines football coachBrady Hoke would "crawl on hot, broken glass to work inside Schembechler Hall as the head coach"?
... thatGene Kelly's first Broadway appearance was in the 1938 musicalLeave It to Me!?
... that a 1968 paper byJack Ertle Oliver helped confirm the existence ofcontinental drift, a theory that had been scoffed at by mainstream scientists when proposed byAlfred Wegener in 1912?
... that the prototypeBölkow Phoebussailplane was placed third in its class at the 1964German national gliding championship?
... that the roots oflovage containangelic acid?

00:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatWashington wine grape growerDick Boushey(pictured) opposed the creation of theRattlesnake Hills AVA because he felt that it would underminehis vineyard's appellation?
... that theLong Tail Point Light survived attempts to demolish it in 1870, and has outlasted both its successors?
... that the winners of the 1871Belmont Stakes –Harry Bassett, the 1872 Belmont –Joe Daniels, and the 1873 Belmont –Springbok, were all owned and trained by the same person?
... that activity atCalabozos, aHolocene caldera complex, has producedstratovolcanoes,hot springs, and acomplex volcano?
... that instruments played byCardiff-based groupUnder the Driftwood Tree include thedidgeridoo?
... thatRuth Cavin edited hundreds of works ofmystery fiction in a career that began in her 70s, and was described bySue Grafton as "soul mother to mystery writers for years"?
... thatBhutan is also known as Drukyul, which meansLand of the Thunder Dragon?

19 January 2011

18:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

... that, in the early 1900s, theBrookside Mills textile factory(workers pictured) wasKnoxville's largest employer?
... that theGerman dreadnought battleshipSMSThüringen destroyed theBritish armored cruiser HMS Black Prince at theBattle of Jutland?
... that theIcelandic census of 1703 was the firstcensus to record the names, addresses, and ages of every inhabitant of a country, regardless of social class?
... that, while undergoingchemotherapy forlung cancer, actorPeter Donaldson gave a series of acclaimed stage performances?
... that theLucidarius, the first German languagesumma, written around 1190, was reprinted at least 25 times in two decades three hundred years later, between 1479 and 1499?
... that, as a result of the agitations carried out prior to the founding of theFarm Workers Union of Central Sweden in 1906, the annual wages ofstatare increased by approximately 40 SEK?
... thatBach used anobbligato bassoon in a duet of hiscantataMein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155, first performed inWeimar on19 January 1716?
... thatDaniel Balsam became enraged after he receivedunsolicited e-mails offering himbreast enlargement products?

12:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the atrium cross(pictured) of the 16th century church inCiudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico, has anobsidian mirror, which was the symbol of theAztec deity Tezcatlipoca?
... that therelationship between France and Monaco entails aFrenchman being chosen to oversee certain state affairs ofMonaco?
... thathyperlocal media companyMain Street Connect is based around afranchising model that has been compared to that ofMcDonald's?
... that theGame Boy Advance,PlayStation Portable, andNintendo DS versions of the video gameOver the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts! are all differentgenres?
... that "Start It Up", the series debut ofShake It Up, is the most-watched premiere for aDisney Channel series after the 2006 premiere ofHannah Montana, according to theNielsen ratings?
... that theB&F Fk12biplane can be purchased as either a complete aircraft or as akitplane?
... that theEdward T. Archibald House was home to a man who took "the leading place among flour makers of [the U.S.] or of the world"?

06:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theBombardment Aircraft Rocket carried a 20kiloton nuclear warhead, wasunguided, and was launched using an "idiot loop" manoeuvre(pictured)?
... that English actor andopera singerJohn Fryatt co-wrote aGilbert and Sullivan pantomime adaptation entitledThe Sleeping Beauty of the Savoy?
... thatSmaart software was used to tune thesound reinforcement system duringU2'sPopMart Tour 1997–1998?
... that development of theVisionAire Vantagevery light jet was terminated by a U.S. federal judge's order that the company beliquidated?
... that the newly released filmSeason of the Witch was scheduled to be released inMarch 2010, but the original distributor,Lionsgate, pulled it five weeks before the release date?
... that earlydyers combinednatural dyes withsalt,vinegar, naturalalum or staleurine?
... that theRomanian companyGrup Servicii Petroliere owns fivejackup independent leg cantileverdrilling rigs:Atlas,Jupiter,Orizont,Prometeu andSaturn?
... that theSteele Dunning Historic District inBloomington, Indiana, includes two differentSears Modern Homes and ashotgun house?

00:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatImmaculate Conception Catholic Church(pictured) inCelina, Ohio, was built just 43 years after the firstCatholic moved into the city?
... thatCentral America'shighest volcano is located in thedepartment ofSan Marcos inGuatemala?
... that newStanford Cardinal football head coachDavid Shaw is the firstStanford alumnus to lead the team in over a quarter of a century?
... that theJohnson-Corey-Chaykovsky reaction, now used in atotal synthesis ofchemotherapeutic drugtaxol, was developed after an attemptedWittig-like olefin synthesis yielded anepoxide instead?
... that the1925 harvest strike in Uppland is portrayed in novels by Swedish authorsIvar Lo-Johansson andJan Fridegård?
... that theU.S. Coast Guard'sHC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft have been used forsearch and rescue, oil spill monitoring, and sea-turtle transport?
... that information on theCritical Foreign Dependencies Initiative listleaked byWikiLeaks was stated by some companies on the list to be "out of date and full of errors"?

18 January 2011

18:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theCanadian wineryBurrowing Owl Estate is named after theendangered NorthernBurrowing Owl(pictured) with money collected from tasting fees going to theconservation of the owls?
... that theB&F Fk9 lightplane can be equipped with either atricycle orconventional undercarriage?
... that, despite repeated proposals to extend theHolmenkollen Line of theOslo Metro toTryvandshøiden Station, passenger trains never served the station since it was partly built in 1916?
... thatWilliam Grigsby McCormick's sonChauncey and nephewRobert bought theHickory Hill estate more than 100 years after their great-grandfather built it?
... thatSoviet tank commanderAleksandra Samusenko was buried near the monument to German EmperorWilliam I inŁobez?
... that the1938 German musicalThe Stars Shine was aBusby Berkeley-style film intended to promoteThe Third Reich?
... that it took theU.S. Supreme Court less than three months todecide a case concerning an exemption to theFreedom of Information Act in 2001?

12:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theMount Pleasant Road extension(pictured under construction in 1948) is consideredToronto's first expressway?
... thatCayuga Indian Nation of N.Y. v. Pataki reversed aUS$247.9 million jury award to theCayuga Nation of New York based on the state's alienation oftheir land in violation of theNonintercourse Act?
... thatKepler-10b is the first definitively confirmed rockyexoplanet?
... thatDoris, a large racing yacht built in 1905, led the 1932Bermuda Race until light winds undercut its advantages?
... that the Japanesevisual novelSubarashiki Hibi won the bronze prize in the overall category of the Moe Game Awards 2010 and the gold prize in the scenario category?
... that despite being designated as anX-plane byNASA, theGulfstream X-54 project does not otherwise involve the space agency?
... that by the timeSt Peter's Church, Offord D'Arcy,Cambridgeshire, was declaredredundant, people had to take umbrellas to the church and the heating no longer worked?

06:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

... that unlike otherstereospondyl amphibians, theTriassicLydekkerina(restoration pictured) lived entirely on land?
... that the construction of theGerman dreadnought battleshipOldenburg sparked a major escalation in theinternational naval arms race beforeWorld War I?
... thatDuke Ellington's 1940 live recordingAt Fargo was an amateurbootleg not officially released until 1978?
... that the SwissFort de Chillon is being converted into awine cellar?
... that art critic and novelistB. H. Friedman wrote about his experiences usingpsychedelic drugs with Dr.Timothy Leary in his 2006 memoirTripping?
... that engraverWenceslaus Hollar was an eyewitness to theaction of December 1669 offCadiz, whereHMSMary Rose, under the command ofRear-Admiral John Kempthorne, fought off sevenAlgerine men-of-war?
... thatClint Eastwood had his firstaudition for the 1955 filmSix Bridges to Cross but was rejected?

00:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

... that GeneralClaude-Étienne Guyot(pictured) fought at theBattle of Waterloo as commander of Napoleon'sGuard heavy cavalry division?
... thatcyclopentenone has been isolated from pressure-cooked porkliver usingdistillation andsolvent extraction techniques?
... that the 1994 thriller filmDrop Squad includes scenes satirizingstereotypical portrayals of African Americans in advertising campaigns?
... that stray animals, which includedogs,bulls andcows, arecommon on the runways ofIndian airports and pose a major threat toair safety?
... that theRam was the first air-launched rocket to carry ashaped charge warhead?
... that "Stop", theSpice Girls' seventh single, peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, ending their streak of six consecutive number-ones?
... that despitewartime rationing duringWorld War II, volunteers at theNorth Platte Canteen were able to hand out food to up to 8,000 servicemen and women a day for four and a half years?

17 January 2011

18:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theoil paintingInterior(pictured) has been called "the most puzzling ofDegas's major works"?
... thatDouglas Coupland'sPlayer One: What Is To Become Of Us is the first entry in theMassey Lectures series to be a work of fiction?
... that, followingthe crash of aBeechcraft Super King Air inAustralia in 2000,air traffic control checklists were altered to include procedures for a flight crewincapacitated byhypoxia?
... that theMalagasy rodentVoalavo antsahabensis, which was onlydescribed as a species in 2005, is endangered because ofslash-and-burn agriculture?
... thatsoil andash from sixHolocaust extermination camps are buried at theOregon Holocaust Memorial inPortland,Oregon?
... that theSNCASE SE-400 was cancelled before the second prototype of the Frenchfloatplane could be completed?
... thatAmerican ice hockey goaltenderTim Regan was awarded anOlympic silver medal in 1972 despite not playing a single game and leaving theOlympics early to return to college?

12:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theJavan Slow Loris(pictured) is threatened by theexotic pet trade and was included in the 2008–2010 list of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates"?
... that theGrumman XSBF was designed to the same specification that produced theSBD Dauntless ofWorld War II fame?
... thatAlbanian rebels managed to captureSkopje, center ofOttoman Kosovo Vilayet, during theAlbanian Revolt of 1912?
... that formerMiami University andOberlin College headfootball coachC. K. Fauver played professional baseball with theCleveland Lake Shores?
... that the plannedGiurgiu–Ruse natural gas pipeline includes a 4.14 kilometres (3 mi) section to be built under theDanube river?
... that the albumA Time for Love recorded byArturo Sandoval was inspired by trumpeterBobby Hackett and the albumClifford Brown with Strings?
... thatCris Kirkwood of theMeat Puppets andJerry Posin ofSteppenwolf teamed up to perform music while both were imprisoned at theFederal Correctional Institution inPhoenix, Arizona?

06:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatHurricane Able(track pictured) was the only hurricane to makelandfall in the United States during the1952 hurricane season?
... that during apolitical rally on October 29, 1918, inLjubljana,Mihajlo Rostohar shouted: "We soldiers renounce Austria and swear obedience to the state of our nation, to Yugoslavia!"?
... thatRhode Island Claims Settlement Act extinguished allaboriginal title inRhode Island?
... thatHendrik Samuel Witbooi andHosea Kutako could not present their 1947UN petition for independence fromSouth African occupation because they were not allowed to leaveSouth-West Africa?
... thatClint Eastwood named his film companyMalpaso Productions afterMalpaso Creek which is located on his property inMonterey County, California?
... thatErnest P. Goodrich was the third head coach of theMichigan State Normal football team and the first president of theInstitute of Traffic Engineers, both of which have since changed their names?
... that in the 63 years after it opened, the cost of aliquor license for theWinter Saloon rose over 72,000%?

00:05, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theDecatur County Courthouse(pictured) inGreensburg, Indiana, has a tree growing on it?
... that thesculptorGilbert Ledward created a newGreat Seal of the Realm in 1953?
... that in theNorth Leicestershire by-election inFebruary 1857,Charles Frewen campaigned on a slogan of "No Popery"?
... that for almost three decades,Terra Chã onTerceira Island in theAzores was the location of the onlyPortuguese Air Force hospital?
... that the short story "Conscience in Art" has been described as "a pleasant reminder of the inventiveness and cleverness" of authorO. Henry?
... that despite coaching the onlybowl game win and only 10-win season in school history,Jim Harkema resigned as head coach of theEastern Michigan Eagles football team with a losing record?

16 January 2011

18:15, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatSaudi Arabian officials detained avulture(example pictured) and accused it ofspying for Israel?
... that thehouse inTekirdağ,Turkey, whereHungarian national heroFrancis II Rákóczi spent his last years, is a museum now and is regarded as a cultural bridge between the two countries?
... that theFarman F.281 onlylogged four hours of flight time betweenJanuary 1933 and the spring of 1935, despite being in service withAir France?
... that in the case of budget bills and urgent matters, abill must be passed in the same session ofParliament inBhutan?
... thatThe Concord Review is the only academic journal in the world to publish the research papers of high school students?
... thatCroatian high jumper Blanka Vlašić was named afterCasablanca, a city where her fatherJoško Vlašić won thedecathlon gold medal at the1983 Mediterranean Games?
... that in a 1946 incident, three ammunition magazines exploded at the SwissFort de Dailly?

12:25, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

... that with its round tower, semicircularapse, andthatched roofs,St Margaret's Church, Hales,Norfolk(pictured) is described as "an almost perfectNorman church"?
... that a human relations award honoring those who promote diversity in employment is named forRoy Bass, who served asmayor ofLubbock,Texas, from 1974 to 1978?
... thatEssad Pasha Toptani, supported by theKingdom of Serbia, established theRepublic of Central Albania onOctober 16, 1913?
... thatOregon politicianMichael Dembrow helped to create the Cascade Festival of African Films?
... that theNational Hockey League and itsplayers' association founded theHockey Fights Cancer charity in 1998 after former playerJohn Cullen attempted to come back fromNon-Hodgkin lymphoma?
... thatManzanar interneeTak Shindo went on to become a "Giant of Jazz" forexotica albums likeMganga! andBrass and Bamboo?
... that theNavajo Times was the first dailynewspaper published by anAmerican Indian Nation?

06:35, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thepantropical jumpingspiderPlexippus paykulli(pictured) is highly agile, and can cover many times its own body length in a single jump?
... thatKenny Francis began his racing career at the age of eight by racinggo-karts?
... thatNamibian President Sam Nujoma has visitedIndia 11 times?
... that the life of a nun,Agnes of Jesus, inspiredHenri Cormier to join theDominicans, and they werebeatified together onNovember 20, 1994?
... thatCasey Close wasBaseball America's National Player of the Year, married formerMiss America Gretchen Carlson and negotiated more than$350 million in contracts forDerek Jeter andRyan Howard?
... that the chemical structure ofPEPPSI was published in 2006?

00:45, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theGTR-18 rocket(launch pictured), used extensively by the U.S. military, is made usingphenolic paper andstyrofoam?
... that despite releasing threeEPs in less than a year, most of the material ondubstep producerJames Blake'sself-titled debut album is brand new?
... that after 53 years, Indiana's last remaining manual bridge toll booth on theWabash Memorial Bridge, was replaced with an automated toll collection system?
... that Clearwater Fine Foods, a company owned by multi-millionaireJohn Risley, owns all fishing rights to offshore lobster in CanadianAtlantic waters?
... that attorneyTom Tureen pioneeredNonintercourse Act litigation, negotiating an$81.5 million settlement of thePassamaquoddy case and the creation of thelargest casino in the world?
... that thePeople's Republic of China is the world'stop producer ofsex toys?

15 January 2011

18:50, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatEuprenolepis procera is the first ant discovered that harvests and feeds onmushrooms(pictured)?
... that theSky Scorcher air-to-air missile would have carried a two-megaton nuclear warhead?
... that theC-SPAN Video Library offers a complete archive of theAmerican legislative broadcaster's content since 1987?
... that in November 2010, pest controllerChris Swan bowled the third-best figures for afirst class match in the history of theQueensland cricket team?
... thatMalibu Lake has been featured in over 100 films and television programs, including the 1931 version ofFrankenstein?
... that Robin Oswaldhijacked TWA Flight 541 in an effort to freeGarrett Brock Trapnell, who was in jail for hijacking a jetliner, after a failed attempt tohijack a helicopter by her mother?

12:00, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theZoharei Chama (Sunrise) Synagogue(pictured) inJerusalem,Israel, features a hugesundial built to help worshippers determine the exact moment of sunrise and sunset?
... thatOregon judgeJack Landau attended two different Benjamin Franklin High Schools?
... that the rail line at the SwissFort Heldsberg incorporated aturnout toderail enemyarmored trains?
... thatRussian teammatesRoman Lyashenko andMikhail Donika are the only two players in the history of theWorld Junior Ice Hockey Championships to win a medal of each colour?
... that the mushroomMarasmius sasicola, known fromKanagawa Prefecture, Japan, grows on the fallen leaves ofSasa bamboo?
... that playwrightLanford Wilson wroteThe Madness of Lady Bright on thetypewriter of the reservations desk of theAmericana Hotel while working there as a receptionist?

06:00, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

... that akindergarten student began a campaign which made theAlaskan Malamute(pictured)Alaska'sstate dog breed?
... that the firstrabbi ofBeth Israel Congregation ofWashington, Pennsylvania served for 50 years?
... that beforeMary of TeckmarriedPrince George, Duke of York, she had been engaged to his brotherPrince Albert Victor?
... that the bark ofAlphitonia petriei gives off a strong smell ofliniment oroil of wintergreen when bruised or cut?
... that it took more than half a century to complete theNeue Bach-Ausgabe, the second edition of the collected works ofJohann Sebastian Bach?
... that theGimlet rocket may have been given its name because it was a small rocket for use againstMiGs?

00:00, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatOperation Tarnegol, in which an IsraeliMeteor NF.13(pictured) shot down an EgyptianIlyushin Il-14 transport, was only made public 32 years after the event?
... thatArthurian authorNancy McKenzie wrote her novelQueen of Camelot to make QueenGuinevere "into someone a 20th-century person could understand"?
... that the founder of theChurchill Machine Tool Company said business was good in 1896 because a boom inbicycling increased demand forautomatic screw machines and similar machinery?
... that actorWilliam Caskey Swaim was drafted into theArmy in 1968 and served as amedic during histour on the island ofOkinawa?
... that although in 1697Zhuluo County covered more than half the landmass ofTaiwan, a visitingQing official wrote that the county contained "no residents, onlysavages"?
... that one day before the1996–97 NBA season began,Golden State Warriors playerMarcus Mann quit the team to become aChristian minister?
... that thesignal pattern displayed by theFitzroy Island Light depended on the direction from which it was viewed?

14 January 2011

18:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatangel's bonnets(pictured) smell strongly ofiodoform?
... that duringMarburg's Bloody Sunday massacre, military units commanded byRudolf Maister killed between 11 and 13 German civilian protesters in a centralMaribor square?
... thatThe New York Times in 1912 wrote that the expertpassing of"Squib" Torbet had placed theMichigan football team "on a higher plane than they have reached before"?
... that 17Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin were published after the composer's death as hisOp.74?
... that theLouisiana attorney and politicianArnold Jack Rosenthal ownedracehorses and maintained a long-term interest in the racing industry?
... thatPeter Grippe was awarded aGuggenheim Fellowship in the category offine arts in 1964?
... that when the Germansinvaded Norway in 1940, the crew of the incompleteSleipner class destroyerTorscuttled their vessel at the shipyard and joined the land forces fighting the invasion?
... thatPolly Bergen closed each episode of her 1957–58NBC variety program,The Polly Bergen Show, with the 1956 song "The Party's Over"?

12:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theVale of Avoca bridge inToronto was opened in 1924, replacing an iron bridge from 1888(both pictured)?
... thatRameshwar Prasad became the firstNaxalite member of Parliament elected from theIndian state ofBihar in 1989?
... that the woman for whom Memphis'Messick High School is named wassuperintendent of schools in 1908, when the school was established?
... that theLouisiana politicianAlbert Estopinal, Jr., was involved inhurricane relief efforts in his native storm-proneSt. Bernard Parish?
... thatvariables and attributes are some of the most basic concepts inscience?
... that Russian journalistsViktor andMarina Kalashnikova claim to have beenpoisoned because of their political writings?
... thatJacksonville'sAtlantic Boulevard, which is considered to have been the beginning ofFlorida's highway system, was just 18 ft (5.5 m) wide when first built?
... that aNazi salutingdog nearly brought the wrath of theThird Reich upon aFinnish pharmaceutical company?

06:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thePrudence Crandall School for Negro Girls operated in aCanterbury, Connecticut, mansion(pictured) until mob violence led to its closure?
... that two of the illustrations in theLeofric Missal, a 10th and 11th centuryilluminated book from England, depict a method of divination derived fromCoptic Egypt?
... thatJulio Ibarra becameGovernor ofCardenal Caro Province, inChile just after two major earthquakes in the country?
... that above thechancel arch ofSt Barbara's Church, Haceby,Lincolnshire, are theRoyal arms ofQueen Anne on top of amedieval Doom painting?
... thatBaths' debut album,Cerulean, though recorded in his bedroom in two months, was acknowledged by "album of the year" lists?
... that the Greek cityPhoenice became the center of the federal government of theEpirote League after the assassination of the lastAeacid dynasty ruler,Deidamia II of Epirus?
... that the 55-pointmargin of victory byAlabama in the1953 Orange Bowl was the largest for acollege football bowl game until surpassed byTulsa 55 years later in the2008 GMAC Bowl?

00:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatRAAF flying acePeter Turnbull(pictured) was fired on by his ownanti-aircraft gunners as he brought hisKittyhawk fighters in to land atPort Moresby, New Guinea, in March 1942?
... that theInclined Plane Bridge spansStonycreek River, connecting theJohnstown Inclined Plane to the city ofJohnstown,Pennsylvania?
... thatRoberto Córdova became themayor ofPichilemu,Chile, after Marcelo Cabrera Martínez was removed permanently as mayor of the city onAugust 19, 2009?
... that at the end of the 19th century,E. C. Stearns & Company was one of the most extensive hardware manufacturers in theUS?
... thatJames Cecil wasimpeached by theHouse of Commons forhigh treason?
... that iron smelting furnaces over 2500 years old have been found inTaruga,Nigeria?
... that after herBaby Tooth Survey showed kids took instrontium-90 fromnuclear fallout, Dr.Louise Reiss's son picked up the phone and heard the caller say "This isJohn Kennedy, can I talk to your mom?"

13 January 2011

18:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatlong jumperDawn Burrell(pictured) set a lifetime best to win at the2001 World Indoor Championships, but suffered ananterior cruciate ligament injury the following month and never again competed internationally?
... that the SwissFort du Scex and theFort de Cindey are connected by a natural cave, theGrotte aux Fées?
... thatPaul Pyantdesigned lighting for the production ofGeorge Frideric Handel’sXerxes at theHouston Grand Opera in 2010?
... thatpyridine is a part of theCornforth reagent andCrabtree's catalyst?
... that in order to travel toMoscow to study their T-3 fusion reactor, physicistDerek Robinson got married so he would always be "properly accompanied by a reliable person"?
... that theForest of Compiègne was the site of armistice agreements in both theFirst and theSecond World Wars?
... that 20 years after scoring a goal inLuxembourg's first-ever football victory overFrance,Zénon Bernard became the firstcommunist elected to theLuxembourgian parliament?

12:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatSt Nicholas' Church, Feltwell,Norfolk(pictured) is unusual in being broader than it is long?
... that fairytale authorMary de Morgan told stories to the youngRudyard Kipling and his relatives?
... that according to aBBC report, the ethnic conflict inSampit town inIndonesia caused 500 deaths, with over 100,000Madurese displaced from their homes?
... thatMichigan football player and authorLewis Reimann wrote in 1916 that post-game celebrations by students "filled with 'spirit'" were damaging the university's reputation?
... that theBallistic Missile Target Systemtarget rocket could be launched in any of four different configurations?
... that the song "For a Friend" fromThe Communards' albumRed was written in memory of Mark Aston, a friend of the band members, who died fromAIDS?
... that the explosion to moveAntoinette, wrecked onDoom Bar, blew in all the windows in the port town ofPadstow?

06:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatUnited States Navy, BritishRoyal Navy andRoyal New Zealand Navy warshipsbombarded several Japanese cities(bombardment of Kamaishi pictured) during the last weeks ofWorld War II?
... thatEugene K. Garfield used a personalPullman car when he rode theAuto-Train service he started to carry people and their vehicles betweenVirginia andFlorida?
... that discussions on theknowledge of Christ have had a central place inChristology for centuries?
... that proper design of asampling frame can be crucial instatistical research?
... that record producerCachorro López co-wrote "Color Esperanza", a song performed in Argentina back to back with thenational anthem?
... that atropical depression in 1970 was the wettest tropical cyclone on record inPuerto Rico?
... that in the 1920srevueCasanova, the dancerLa Jana was carried on-stage semi-naked on a silver platter?

00:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theBengal Slow Loris(pictured) is found in numerousprotected areas, yet is still threatened bypoaching andillegal logging?
... that duringWilliam Fones' tenure as aTennessee Supreme Court judge, the court upheld a law banningsnake-handling in religious services?
... that not only cansodium tungsten bronze conduct electricity like asemiconductor or ametal, but it can alsosuperconduct?
... that an 1848–49crime thriller set in the world of horseracing, written by journalistAngus Reach, was later described as a "template for thepulp tradition"?
... that the original woodenbell tower of theFirst Presbyterian Church inBatavia, New York, blew down within a year of its construction and was replaced by the stone one originally intended?
... that following areferendum in 1984,Liechtenstein became the last country in Europe to grant women theright to vote?
... that theFuller Rock Light inProvidence, Rhode Island, was destroyed in an explosion?

12 January 2011

18:00, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

... that in a 1979 fundraiser at theJersey City Armory(pictured), theMayor of Jersey City challengedMuhammad Ali, thenWorld Heavyweight Champion, to an exhibition bout before a crowd of 8,000?
... that the 1991illustrated children's book of the year,The Mousehole Cat, is based on the legend of thestargazy pie?
... that although its main expedition was focused onBulgaria, theSavoyard crusade nevertheless included the first Christian success against theOttomans?
... that theScotsmanJohn Jardine Paterson was President of theBengal Chamber of Commerce in 1966?
... that the AmericanThoroughbredGen. Duke was named forGeneral Duke, the racehorse that won theBelmont Stakes in 1868, as well as forConfederate GeneralBasil Duke?
... that theConclave of 1740 electedBenedict XIV after he advised them "If you wish to elect a saint, chooseGotti; a statesman,Aldrovandi; an honest man, me"?

12:00, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

... that even though theCanadian wine region of theOkanagan(pictured) is on the same degree oflatitude asChampagne andRheingau, they grow warm climate varieties, such asZinfandel,Malbec andBarbera?
... thatYeshayahu Yerushalmi was the presiding judge of the initial enquiry into theUSSLiberty incident in 1967?
... that the mushroomXeromphalina setulipes is known only fromCiudad Real Province,Spain?
... that theBritish detective seriesSaber of London ran on twoAmerican television networks between 1951 and 1960 under four different show titles?
... thatPolad Bülbüloğlu, anAzerbaijani singer, actor, politician and diplomat, won the RussianOrder of Friendship and numerous other national awards inpost-Soviet states?
... that theLOCAT rocket, intended to provide 50% savings intarget practice costs, was constructed from plastic and paper tubing?

06:00, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

... that whenSt. John's Cathedral(pictured) was built inSt. John's,Antigua, it was criticized byecclesiastical architects for being like "a pagan temple with two dumpy pepper pot towers"?
... thatWilliam D. Cochran, former Deputy Chairman of theFederal Reserve Bank ofMinneapolis, was known as "Pink Cheeks" as aMichigan Wolverines football player?
... that the stabilizing fins of theMQR-16 Gunrunner rocket were made fromplywood?
... that there are hundreds ofmonotowns inRussia—towns whose economy is dominated by a single industry or company?
... thatPoint Danger Light on theQueensland –New South Wales border lays claim to being the firstlighthouse to experiment withlaser technology?
... that the 1968 pamphletIs the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex? claimed thatsex education was aCommunist conspiracy?

00:00, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the first president of theFord Motor Company was notHenry Ford, butcandy makerJohn S. Gray(pictured)?
... that ade Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Ottercrashed five minutes after taking off fromLamidanda Airport,Nepal, last month?
... thatJenova Chen designsvideo games such asFlow andFlower so that they appeal touniversal emotions rather than specific cultures?
... that the extinctJamaican Flightless Ibis developed unique club-like wings that could be used as aflail?
... thatAustralian professionalroad racing cyclistChloe Hosking began competitive cycling after injuring herselfrock climbing when she was twelve?
... that during their campaign to sabotage theFrench-controlledVietnamese railway network,Viet Minh guerrillas built their own300 km railway out of tracks stolen from themain line?

11 January 2011

18:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theCornish delicacyStargazy pie(pictured), which includespilchards protruding through the crust, was designed to be fun and amusing to children?
... thatNew Zealand MPGeorge Macfarlan's grave was removed to make way for theWellington Urban Motorway?
... that the1912 revolt inHimarë,Albania, led byGreek officerSpyros Spyromilios, overthrew theOttoman forces from the region?
... that despite being the second youngest player at the2011 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, CanadianforwardNathan MacKinnon finished seventh in tournament scoring?
... that theGrotte aux Fées inSwitzerland features a 77-meter high underground waterfall?
... thatE.B. Harris, former president of theChicago Mercantile Exchange, paraded anAngus calf around thetrading floor to celebrate the beginning of live cattlefutures trading on the exchange?

12:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

... that407 species of birds have been recorded inPennsylvania(Ruffed Grouse, the state bird, pictured), including four that areextirpated and two that areextinct?
... that German scientistJens Blauert was honored with the Silver Medal of theAcoustical Society of America in 1999?
... thatTe Matua Ngahere is believed to be the second largest livingkauri tree, and to have the biggest girth of any kauri inNew Zealand?
... that a song byEngland Dan & John Ford Coley, "It's Sad to Belong", topped theadult contemporary chart for five weeks in 1977?
... thatCornelius Dupree was cleared byDNA profiling of committing a robbery for which he served 30 years in prison, longer than any otherexonerated inmate inTexas?
... that the name of theTown of Macamic, inQuebec,Canada, comes from theAlgonquin wordMakamik meaning "limpingbeaver"?

06:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

... that 101Roundhill Crescent(pictured in foreground), inBrighton'sRound Hill suburb, housed England's first hospital for the treatment of mental illness?
... that rapperScribe is the only artist to have had twoyear-end number-one singles in New Zealand?
... that American historianKenneth Setton spent nearly two decades finishing hisclassic workThe Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571?
... thatJacques Kallis hasscored more Test centuries than any other South Africancricketer?
... thatJanis Joplin withBig Brother and the Holding Company,The Grateful Dead, andMoby Grape performed at theMantra-Rock Dance, a charity event for theSan Francisco Hare Krishna temple?
... thatDinocochlea was thought to be a giantsnail shell orfossilised dinosaur dung but is actually asolidified worm's burrow?

00:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

... that all the streets in the centre of theAuckland suburb ofHenderson were once named after members of the family ofThomas Henderson(pictured)?
... thatCarrier Strike Group Fourteen is currently the onlyU.S.carrier strike group that does not have an assignedaircraft carrier orcarrier air wing?
... that British chefGordon Ramsay, who was threatened at gunpoint whilst filming inCosta Rica, described the illegalshark fin trading in the country as "a multi-billion dollar industry"?
... thatBlessedHyacinthe-Marie Cormier was such a talentedorganist thatFranz Liszt declared him to be a "master of the art"?
... that during the1765 Sino-Burmese War theQing army built astockade "as big as a city" atShwenyaungbin?
... thatDicky Moegle was awarded atouchdown forRice in the1954 Cotton Bowl Classic afterTommy Lewis entered the field of play from theAlabama sideline totackle him?

10 January 2011

18:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the 240-foot (73 m)clock tower on the formerUnion Station(top pictured) that dominates theskyline inWaterbury, Connecticut, was modeled on theTorre del Mangia inSiena, Italy?
... that astheologian to thePontifical Household,Wojciech Giertych provides advice to thePope on theological issues?
... that in the 1930s, theIndochinese Communist Party and the VietnameseTrotskyists collaborated on the joint publicationLa Lutte?
... thatDaniel Bellemare, chief prosecutor for theUN's Special Tribunal for Lebanon, is also the longest-serving head of theFederal Prosecution Service in Canadian history?
... that demonstrators inNew Delhi woregarlands made ofonions to protest against therising onion prices in India?

12:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

... that a buriedsubfossil forest, submerged underpumice after the eruption ofTaupo (c.AD 186), was discovered inPureora Forest Park(pictured),New Zealand, in 1983?
... that GermanmusicologistAlfred Dürr has been called "the scholar who has done most to establish the new chronology ofBach'svocal works"?
... that there was a public outcry fromonion farmers afterVincent Kosugacornered the onionfutures market?
... that inNovember 2010 it was reported that twoIranian Secret Intelligence agents arrived inGhorband District and were accused by the U.S. of helping insurgents to attack coalition forces?
... thathalfbackOtto Carpell andendsEfton James andCurtis Redden were the threeMichigan Wolverines football players killed while serving in the military duringWorld War I?
... that in the1981 Pacific hurricane season,Tropical Storm Lidia caused more damage and casualties thanHurricane Norma?

06:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

... that a woodenstork on the façade of theRathaus(pictured) in the German town ofGroßbottwar nods its head when the town hall clock strikes the hour?
... thatHeidi Løke won a gold medal with theNorwegian team at the2010 European Women's Handball Championship, and was also selected into the all-star team as best pivot of the tournament?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court ruled inCentral Green Co. v. United States that the term'flood waters' includes accidental flooding froma canal?
... that despite anembargo on the sale ofmilitary aircraft due to theSpanish Civil War, theFrench government allowed the sale of theFarman F.480 Alizé to Spain on the grounds that they were, as built,civilian?
... that wearing apink ribbon forbreast cancer awareness has been denounced as a form of feel-goodslacktivism that saves no lives?
... that a defeated candidate in the2005 special election at Cebu's 5th district in the Philippines remarked that the election was a waste of money?

00:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

... that a wilt disease,Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cubense, could cause theCavendish banana(pictured) to become commercially unavailable?
... thatPolish athleteEdward Sarul became the first everWorld Champion in theshot put in 1983 but missed the1984 Los Angeles Olympics due to theEastern Bloc boycott?
... that theGroningen gas field is the largest natural gas field inEurope and the tenth largest in the world?
... that first white settlers of theTown of La Sarre, inQuebec,Canada, weresquatters on the land who were discovered during a survey in 1908?
... thatJulia Bonds was awarded theGoldman Environmental Prize for leading the fight against the practice ofmountaintop removal mining in theAppalachian mountain range?
... that the name of theBrazoAnti-Radiation Missile was intended as a pun?

9 January 2011

18:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

... that during a river cruiseRussian statesmanGrigory Potemkin(pictured), unable to organise dinner forCatherine the Great and theHoly Roman Emperor, resorted to cooking for them himself?
... that the range of the rodentMacrotarsomys petteri is believed to have shifted as a result of climatic change?
... thatBach'scantataMein liebster Jesus ist verloren, BWV 154, first performed on9 January 1724, "contains a graphic evocation of ear drumming", according toGardiner?
... that thelast will and testament of Adolf Hitler was discovered in 1945 byArnold Weiss of theUnited States Army, who had come toWisconsin as a Jewish orphan fromNazi Germany at the age of 13?
... thatNeil Young scored the winning goal in the1969 FA Cup Final?
... thatBishop Oldham liked to eat punctually on the hour, so when he was late his servant manipulated time to make sure that he did?

12:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

... that writerDaphne du Maurier lived in a house near the Fowey ferry inBodinnick(pictured) for several years?
... thatU.S. Rep.Albert Estopinal ofLouisiana led three missions during theCivil War to transportUnion prisoners to theConfederate capital,Richmond,Virginia?
... that theBlue Sulphur Springs Pavilion is the only surviving building from the Blue Sulphur Springs Resort, amineral spa visited by U.S. PresidentsAndrew Jackson andMartin Van Buren?
... thatIndian Maoist guerrillas killed seven prominent local members ofAgragami Adivasi Samiti inPurulia District inDecember 2010?
... that, as a junior in 2009–10,Lavoy Allen became the firstTemple basketball player to average a double-double sinceOllie Johnson accomplished the feat in 1970–71?
... that the town ofAngangueo,Mexico, was nearly moved completely because of landslides and flooding inFebruary 2010?

06:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theGerman battleshipSMS Ostfriesland(pictured) was sunk by Americanbombers during air power tests conducted byBilly Mitchell in 1921?
... that theMikea Forest, one of the largest remaining forest blocks in southwesternMadagascar, is yet to be protected?
... that althoughJuan Solano came toSouth America to be thebishop of Cuzco, he first joined theSpanish army and fought at theBattle of Jaquijahuana?
... that aSingapore Subordinate Court criminal case appealed to theHigh Court cannot be further appealed to theCourt of Appeal, butquestions of law can be referred to that Court for determination?
... thatSteve Collins was the first freshman inOklahoma Sooners football history to start atquarterback in a season opener?
... thatFrans Otto Eriksson was aSwedish baker who committed a double murder in 1909?

00:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thePratt & Whitney J48 turbojet engine(pictured) was originally designed byRolls-Royce, who abandoned it in favor of adifferent project?
... thatChuck McCoy was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009?
... that the ancientCatalonian village ofEl Fonoll was rebuilt as anaturist resort?
... thatChateau Grand Traverse producedMichigan's first commercialice wine and the 1987vintage was served at thepresidential inauguration ofGeorge H. W. Bush?
... thatDrove Cottage Henge is around 54 metres (177 ft) in diameter, yet is hard to see because repeated ploughing has heavily damaged it?
... thatJoseph Tabarlet was mademayor ofJonesboro, Louisiana, four times, but only completed one full term?

8 January 2011

18:00, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theThomcord grape(pictured), a seedlesshybrid of theConcord andThompson Seedless grapes, underwent 17 years of testing before being declared ready for growers and gardeners?
... thatPatience and Sarah has been called the firstlesbian opera?
... that theChicago Bears have moreindividuals inducted into thePro Football Hall of Fame than any otherNational Football League franchise?
... that the hulk of theUSSWateree, stranded by an1868 tsunami, was shifted several kilometres along the coast by an1877 tsunami?
... that there are more malesnails than females in the shallow waters ofLake Alexandrina, New Zealand, and that snails are sicker in the lake's shallower rather than deeper water?
... thatBarbara Newhall Follett, who by age fourteen had published two novels to critical acclaim, left her apartment the night of December 7, 1939, at age twenty-five, and was never seen again?

12:00, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatH. A. Saintsbury(pictured) met the thirteen-year-oldCharlie Chaplin at theGreen Room Club in 1903, to approve him for a part onstage?
... that theIllinois River channel was carved out in a matter of days by theKankakee Torrent?
... that thetympanum of theNorman doorway ofSt Benedict's Church, Haltham-on-Bain,Lincolnshire, contains carvings of aMaltese cross in a circle, a fan-shaped shell, and a knot in a circle?
... that 69 people were killed in 1971 when theVickers Viscount they were flying incrashed on approach toMinangkabau International Airport,Padang,Indonesia?
... that before being cast asHoss Cartwright onBonanza,Dan Blocker appeared in four episodes ofJohn Payne'sNBC western series,The Restless Gun?
... that the story ofWinter, adolphin with aprosthetic tail, is being made into a film?

06:00, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

... that a reviewer wrote thatMound of Butter(pictured) byAntoine Vollon looks soreal that it might have been painted withbutter itself?
... that in 2000, aWuhan Airlines Xian Y-7 aircraftcrashed inChina, killing 51 people, after it was struck bylightning?
... that songwriterMarty Balin said that "Miracles", which becameJefferson Starship's biggest hit single, was originally perceived by the other band members as "pretty weird"?
... that in 1929, a group of laborers discovered a 958carat doublytruncated bipyramid sapphire nearGwebin, which sold for£13,000 to a New York dealer, who cut it into nine different sapphires?
... that a wrestler was briefly declared unable to compete at theWorld Wrestling Federation'sFully Loaded (2000) event when he fakedfood poisoning?
... that theEnglish Springer SpanielBuster has a specially made pen to protect it frombiological attack?

7 January 2011

23:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

... that users of theSinclair ZX81(pictured), aBritish home computer of the early 1980s, balanced cartons of coldmilk on top of the case to stop it from overheating?
... that the first majorrock and roll concert, 1952'sMoondog Coronation Ball, was to includerhythm and blues singerVaretta Dillard, but the show was shut down before she could perform?
... that the newly openedHainan Eastern Ring Railway employed 50,000 workers, and isHainan's largest single investment project to date?
... that newly inauguratedCalifornia Board of Equalization MemberSean Wallentine surpassed five-dayGovernor Milton Latham of 1860 as the state's shortest-serving constitutional officer?
... thatoutdoor hockey games played in football, soccer and baseball stadiums have resulted in numerousattendance records, including a world record of 113,411 at anAmerican college game?
... thatKit Villiers was aGentleman of the Bedchamber toJames I, but not toCharles I, who "would have no drunkards of his chamber"?

17:42, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Gullick, designer of theCoat of arms of New South Wales, had a colour photograph of his family(pictured) as early as 1909?
... that manyWestern scholars working inChinese studies now receive funding from theTaiwan-basedChiang Ching-kuo Foundation?
... thatR&B singerAlexa Goddard's debut chart hit, a cover of "Turn My Swag On", topped theUK Indie Chart on its second week of release?
... thatal-Insaniyyah, founded in 1925, was the first officialArabic communist newspaper?
... that theU.S. Navy purchased aRussian missile for use as atarget drone after theAQM-127 SLAT failed seven of eight test firings?
... thatVillanova coachMarty Stern initially thought that future Olympic runnerVicki Huber "was a wimp" who he hoped would "leave and go home"?

11:31, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theAlpha Draco rocket(pictured), developed as part ofWeapons System 199, evaluated thelifting body principle forreentry vehicles?
... that ahacktivist known asThe Jester claims to have taken down the website of theTaliban through adenial-of-service attack?
... thatMatt Taibbi's bookGriftopia has been described as a "necessary ... corrective" to the assertion thatbubbles are an inevitable part of themarket economy?
... that former Israeli prime ministerEhud Barak condemnedtwo letters written by Israeli rabbis that urged Jewish Israelis not to rent property to, date, or socialize with Arabs?
... that theKnoxvilleL&N rail station had three waiting rooms: one for ladies, one for "colored" people, and a general waiting room?
... thatLouis Gilbert, who scored all 21 points inMichigan Stadium's dedication game, was described as "the campus sheik" who "wears bear grease on his hair and dances a meanblack bottom"?

05:20, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thededication ofNorth Stoke Church(pictured)—forgotten for centuries—was accidentally rediscovered in 2007 when a researcher examined a piece ofvellum inThe National Archives?
... thatTom Oran was the firstNative American to playMajor League Baseball?
... thatWallblake House is reported to be the oldest structure on the island ofAnguilla, built in 1787?
... thatFlora and Maria were the first two of nine femaleChristian Martyrs of Córdoba?
... that theAdvanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile was intended to be effective against both hardened ground targets andAWACS aircraft?
... thatSteve Hanley, who played forrugby union sideSale Sharks from 1998 to 2007, scored 75 tries in theEnglish Premiership which remains a record?

6 January 2011

23:09, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

... that instruments inBach'scantata forEpiphany(pictured),Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen (They will all come fromSheba), have been compared to thesalamiya andzurna?
... that the inquiry into themurder of Joanna Yeates, dubbed "Operation Braid", has become one of the largest police investigations inBristol,England?
... thatSaint Bernadette of Lourdes entered the convent of theSisters of Charity of Nevers named for the seventh-centurySaint Gildard, not the sixth-centurySaint Gildard?
... that construction plans of the firstCape Capricorn Light, alighthouse onCurtis Island, Queensland, failed to include a lamp room, so one had to be urgently constructed?
... thatLewis Strong Clarke established his innovativesugar plantation Lagonda inSt. Mary Parish,Louisiana, and named it for a creek inOhio?
... that the dentistPauls Dauge translated several works ofFriedrich Engels intoLatvian?

16:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thecapitals of theNorman chancel arch inSt Michael's Church, Burwell,Lincolnshire(pictured) are carved with dancing stags andvolutes?
... that thedeath of Aristotelis Goumas led topublic demonstrations in the predominantly ethnic Greek region ofHimarë in Albania?
... that in theUnited States somedefendants chose to appearpro se because of thePerry Mason syndrome?
... that thePeople's Republic of China is the world'ssecond largest consumer market forluxury goods, next only toJapan?
... thatcollege football coachDoug Dashiell resigned in 1938 after his football players and theUniversity of Nevada student president went into "open rebellion"?
... that the hairless half-meter parasiteHelixanthera schizocalyx was discovered by lepidopterist Colin Congdon on the lookout forloranths near the summit ofMozambique'sMount Mabu?

10:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Star Wars character R2-D2

... that after getting his start in Hollywood creating a model of thegreat white shark inJaws,special effects artistGrant McCune, as chief modelmaker for theStar Wars films, designedR2-D2(pictured)?
... that therectory atSacred Heart Catholic Church inMcCartyville, Ohio, was named ahistoric site in 1979, just two years after it was deemed ineligible forthat designation?
... that theWedgwood scale was used to determine the temperature in potterykilns?
... that formerGeorgia State SenatorNancy Schaefer died in what police concluded was amurder–suicide perpetrated by her husband?
... that the award-winning novelGould's Book of Fish is based on the life of EnglishpainterWilliam Buelow Gould, who wastransported as aconvict to the penal colony ofVan Diemen's Land for stealing a coat?
... that according to legend,Battlegore Burial Chamber is the site of a conflict between thedevil and a giant?

04:36, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

... that aTyrian purple dye can be extracted from the West AfricanHorned Murex seasnail(shell pictured)?
... that theWagtail missile, upon being launched, firedretrorockets to allow the carrier aircraft to escape the effects of its own weapon?
... that theMolasses Reef Wreck in theTurks and Caicos Islands is the earliestwreck of a European ship in the Americas to bescientifically excavated?
... thatClare Maguire has been nominated by theBBC Sound of 2011 list as one of the top 15 most promising new artists and is one ofMTV's Brand New: For 2011 acts?
... thatfleet racing is the most common form of sailboat racing?
... that the development of theChengdu J-20fighter aircraft may have been assisted bycyberespionage?

5 January 2011

22:25, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

... that while in space,Apollo 11 astronauts hand canceled thedie proof of a stamp(pictured) designed byPaul Calle to commemorate the first manned moon landing?
... that thehydroxide ion is a natural constituent of water?
... thatGramoz Palushi was murdered while he was celebrating the football victory ofAlbania overGreece?
... thatEnid A. Haupt has been described as "the greatest patron American horticulture has ever known"?
... that theJapanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands betweenNovember 1944 andJanuary 1945 sought to disrupt thebombing of Japan byUnited States Army Air Forces aircraft based on the islands?
... that although the little brown mouseMonticolomys koopmani was first collected in 1929, it was not formally described until 1996?

16:14, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the U.S. Navy'sCarrier Strike Group Nine is the first to deploy an entireLAMPS helicopter squadron onboard its aircraft carrier(pictured)?
... that theMuseum of Mosaics inDevnya,Bulgaria, exhibits a mosaic of thegorgon Medusa which was supposed to turn away evil?
... that theIndonesian pioneer movementFadjar Harapan was merged into thenational scouting organization on a presidential order in 1961?
... that theStripsenjochhaus is aclub hut in theNorthern Alps that has been a base for some of the most famousrock climbing in theAlps?
... that theLouisiana State Rep.Cliff Ammons was the "father ofToledo Bend Lake," the largestlake both within and along the borders ofTexas?
... thatThe Bakersfield Californian's 1926building gave women apublic restroom in downtownBakersfield, California?

10:03, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thedevil's matchstick(pictured) suppliesfixed nitrogen to the environment?
... thatSy Mah, who held aGuinness World Record for the most lifetimemarathons, completed his first marathon in the same race in which he coached 13-year-oldMaureen Wilton to awomen's world record?
... that theLeviathan gas field – discovered in 2010 and located 130 kilometres (81 mi) west ofHaifa,Israel, in the easternMediterranean Sea – is one of the world’s largest offshore gas finds of the past decade?
... thatJ. Howell Flournoy, the longest servingsheriff in the history ofCaddo Parish,Louisiana, was the son and grandson of earlier sheriffs?
... that theFirst Baptist Church complex inBakersfield, California, was the only religious structure of its era to survive the massive1952 Kern County earthquake?
... that the number of knownmajor lineages of bacteria has more than quadrupled in the past 20 years but many of them cannot begrown in a lab?

03:52, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

... that a critic said that landscapes byRinaldo Cuneo(self-portrait pictured) "are the very soul and essence of California materialized in line and color"?
... that theGerman battleshipSMS Prinzregent Luitpold was the only ship of her class designed to mount a diesel engine, though it was never fitted?
... thatCharles Coolidge Parlin, the founder of the field ofmarket research, was once aschoolteacher in the state ofWisconsin?
... that theHopi missile could carry a nuclear warhead of up to 400kilotons yield?
... that pilgrims came toSt. Mary's Abbey inTrim from all overIreland to see the miraculous statue of theBlessed Virgin until it was burned in theReformation?
... thatRoberto de la Madrid, the first American-born governor of a Mexican state, earlier appeared in the 1959Dennis Hopper filmThe Young Land, playing a character named Don Roberto de la Madrid?

4 January 2011

21:41, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theHave Dash II(artist's concept pictured) missile was an attempt to develop astealthy air-to-air missile?
... thatAporo, Michoacán, is part of theMonarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, but tourism is not part of its economy?
... thatChannel 4 music presenterJameela Jamil was struck by a car at the age of 17 and was told she might never walk again?
... that theMissouri Fur Company, founded in 1809, was one of the earliest Americanfur trade companies inSt. Louis, Missouri?
... thatAl Burris was aMajor League Baseball player, acollege baseball coach, and a collegeathletic director at the age of 20?
... thatBob Dylan did not perform his song "Drifter's Escape" live in concert until almost 25 years after it was released?

15:30, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theexplosive chemicalascaridole(structure pictured) can be found naturally in the oil ofMexican Tea, traditionally used inMexican cuisine to preventflatulence?
... that inThe Empathic Civilization, authorJeremy Rifkin argues that extendingempathy to subsequently larger groups is paid for with increasingentropy in terms of environmental problems?
... that in 1964,R. B. Walden, director of the Louisiana Department of Hospitals, ordered thedesegregation of his state's charity hospitals?
... that theEnglish clergymanGeorge Edmundson worked for theBritish Government on the Boundary Arbitration betweenBritish Guiana andVenezuela?
... thatKota tribe showsM haplogroup frequency of 97%, which is one of the highest inIndia?
... that the 1503Challenge of Barletta was sparked by a French knight who insulted the Italians, having consumed too much oftheir local wine?

09:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

... that thePalace of Cortés(pictured), built more than 450 years ago inCuernavaca, is the oldest conserved civil building inMexico?
... that theBold Orionair-launched ballistic missile was the first missile ever to intercept anartificial satellite?
... that, after his rookie season inMajor League Baseball,Sam Moffet and his brother extracted overUS$200,000 worth of gold and silver from a mine inButte, Montana?
... that in 1975, formerTexas lawmakerE L Short urged that citizens be warned door-to-door of the hazards ofhydrogen sulfide after the gas exploded inDenver City?
... that almost 30 percent ofSoviet prisoners of war in theContinuation War died?
... that during recent renovations to the formerBatavia Club building inBatavia, New York, an oldsafe was found that so far no one has been able to open?

03:08, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatSonggwangsa(pictured), originally founded in 867, is one of the oldestZen temples inKorea?
... that Germanaircraft designerGottlob Espenlaub began testing hisrocket-propelled gliders in as early as 1929?
... that the crest of theBlauberge, a mountain range in theBavarian Alps, forms part of the border betweenAustria andGermany?
... that naturally occurringquasicrystals can be found in the rare mineralskhatyrkite andcupalite?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court ruled inGreen Tree Financial Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph thatarbitration agreements do not need to discuss the costs of arbitration?
... that after theCornfield Bomber landed in a field, one of the members of the71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron received a call from a sheriff who got excited when the plane started moving?

3 January 2011

20:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the historicClutts House(pictured) inWellston, Ohio, retains many of its original decorative details and structural elements despite being converted tolaw offices?
... that theBiham-Middleton-Levine model may be the simplest model oftraffic flow that has both phase transitions andself-organization?
... thatFrank Baldino, Jr. is founder and CEO ofa company seeking to market itsnarcolepsy medication to treatjet lag?
... that there were multipleV-2 rocket facilities in World War II?
... that the song "When We Die As Martyrs" is performed by theArab children'schoir Birds of Paradise?
... thatminuscules2276,2277 and2278 were classified twice byGregory under numbers 815, 816 and 812 (in 1886 in Greece), and under numbers 2276, 2277 and 2278 (in 1904 in London)?

14:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

... that due to its long life cycle, the adultGreat Arctic(pictured) is only seen every other year?
... thatt'aenghwa is a characteristic type ofKorean Buddhist visual arts?
... thatThe Double Sunrise was a non-stop, approximately 30-hour airline flight, crossing over 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) above theIndian Ocean duringWorld War II?
... thatMr. Kay ofManhattan'sUpper West Side donated hisbarbershop interior to theMuseum of the City of New York?
... that theJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency is assisting5pb. with the development ofRobotics;Notes, their upcomingvisual novel and latest entry in their science adventure series?
... that the first recorded case ofdognapping in Britain was that of a racingGreyhound named Hi Joe in 1965?

08:35, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatLouis Kahn's design of theRichards Medical Research Laboratories(pictured) at theUniversity of Pennsylvania influenced other architects despite criticisms by scientists who work there?
... thatHumphrey Dacre fought forLancaster at theBattle of Towton and wasattainted afterwards?
... thatMurray Farm Public School in Australia teaches various subjectsbilingually inEnglish andJapanese?
... that after the crash of aU.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy nearSaigon,Robert Macauley mortgaged his house so he could charter aBoeing 747 fromPan Am to evacuate orphans fromSouth Vietnam?
... that a candidate in the1981 Philippine presidential election who advocated that the country become the51st U.S. state received almost 4% of the vote?
... thatGreek Idol winnerValanto Trifonos failed the audition for the rival Greek talent competitionThe X Factor?

02:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

... thatHenry S. Baird, the first lawyer interritorial Wisconsin, bought a smallGreek Revival former land office building to serve ashis law office(pictured) as he felt its style befit his position?
... that the mushroomGymnopilus maritimus is known only from collections in a very localised area ofSardinia,Italy?
... thaterythropoietin became a billion dollar business forAmgen, though its discovererEugene Goldwasser at theUniversity of Chicago never profited from its development?
... that the first production at thePrince's Theatre inManchester wasShakespeare'sThe Tempest, on15 October 1864?
... that theLouisiana educatorJohn Keeny was a promoter of theNew York-basedChautauqua movement?
... that theUnited States Supreme Court ruled inLegal Services Corp. v. Velazquez that theFirst Amendment protects against free speech viewpoint discrimination?
... that the first patient in whomSir Robert Jones describedhis eponymous fracture was himself?

2 January 2011

20:13, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

... that aGeneral Dynamics F-111C bomber(RF-111C pictured) of theRoyal Australian Air Force sank theNorth Korean freighterPong Su in 2006?
... that, by the age of fourteen, each of the threeorphaned daughters ofThomas Dacre married one of the three sons oftheir stepfather?
... thatLee Emmett Thomas, asmayor ofShreveport,Louisiana, pushed for construction of his city'sMunicipal Auditorium, which hosted theLouisiana Hayride between 1948 and 1960?
... thatBach began the fifth cantata of his firstChristmas season in Leipzig,Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, BWV 153, first performed on2 January 1724, with achorale?
... that a match at theWorld Wrestling Federations'1999 Fully Loaded event was fought in a parking garage?
... that, for the 80th birthday ofKing Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV ofTonga,Adrienne Kaeppler, curator ofOceanic Ethnology at theSmithsonian Institution, set up a special exhibition at the Tongan National Museum?
... that there are noprisons for women inWales?

14:02, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theMontepulciano grape(pictured) is not grown anywhere inMontepulciano nor is it an ingredient in theTuscan wine Vino Nobile di Montepulciano?
... thatMoses Bloom was the firstJewish settler andmayor ofIowa City (1873–1875), and the first Jewish member of theIowa Senate?
... that Australian writerKaaron Warren won two national awards for her debut novel,Slights, ahorror story aboutnear death experiences?
... that the membership of theJapanese trade union centreSanbetsu dropped from 1.5 million in 1946 to 13,000 in 1953?
... thatSteven W. Fisher presided over the trial in theWendy's massacre and became the last judge inNew York to impose thedeath penalty?
... that members of the Philippine political partyLapiang Malaya, armed withamulets andbolo knives, tried to overthrowPresident Ferdinand Marcos in 1967?

08:02, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theMezcala Bridge(pictured) inMexico suffered a fire and damages to one of itsstayed cables in March 2007 due to a traffic accident involving acoconut truck?
... thatEvgenia Obraztsova, who appeared as a ballerina in the filmThe Russian Dolls, really is aFirst Soloist at the prestigious RussianMariinsky Theatre?
... that theUnited States Supreme Court ruled inIllinois v. McArthur thatpolice do not need awarrant when they haveprobable cause to complete asearch?
... that the AustrianmycologistMeinhard Moser interrupted hisdegree after only three terms of study, resuming it several years later upon his release from aprisoner-of-war camp?
... that theLouisiana State Rep.Allen C. Gremillion pushed for passage of a bill creating thecommunity college known asLouisiana State University at Eunice?
... that between 1799 and 1804, warships of theRoyal Navy captured one French frigate and five different Frenchprivateers all with the nameEgyptienne?

02:02, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the 13th-centuryChurch of the Holy Sepulchre(pictured) atWarminghurst,West Sussex, was restored for the first time in 1959, only to be maderedundant in 1979?
... thatGeorg Carl Amdrup's 1900 expedition included traveling 730 km by open boat along theGreenland coast, returning toCopenhagen with a livemuskox andlemmings?
... thatphysical education teacherMary Pratt pitched ano-hitter in theAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League?
... thatTsa Yig refers to the legal code enacted by the founder ofBhutan,Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, around 1629?
... thatJohn S. Kyser pioneered the first graduate programs at a state college inLouisiana, beyond those already available atLSU?
... that theSaynor & Bell Canadian Club biplane was constructed in aMontreal basement?

1 January 2011

20:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theGospel of Luke states that theCircumcision of Jesus(pictured) took place eight days afterhis birth?
... that David Shirk, owner of the historicDavid L. Shirk Ranch in southeastern Oregon, killed an employee of cattle baronPeter French over a land claim?
... that the opening chorus ofBach'scantata forNew Year's Day,Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190, combines verses of twopsalms andLuther'sTe Deum?
... that in the past,Arubans used thecaves of Aruba for performing sacrificial services and holding assemblies, and sometimes also to hide in during enemy attacks?
... that territory now included in theQuetzaltenango Department ofGuatemala was the scene of a decisive battle between Spanishconquistadors and the army of theK'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj?
... thatbaseball managerRoarin' Nick Allen "baited" and argued withumpires on the field because he wanted to increase attendance?

14:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

... that the first Russianplatinum coin(pictured) was sent to the German scientistAlexander von Humboldt and then redeemed by the Russian emperorAlexander II?
... that theSeal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was first used on January 1, 1941 and represents the values, standards and history of theFBI and its agents?
... that the premiere ofW. S. Gilbert'spantomime,Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, was marred by "the want of sufficient preparation"?
... thatLewis "Snake" Wiltse once pitched ashutout and collected fourextra base hits in the sameMajor League Baseball game?
... that a dividedwartime control system forced the leader ofRAAF Command, Air Vice MarshalBill Bostock, to serve two masters, one for operational tasking and another for supplies and equipment?
... that before his death,John Warhola's father told him to take care of John's younger brother,Andy Warhol, and "make sure he goes to school, because he's going to be successful someday"?

08:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

... that brands such asCoke andM&M's have been advertised throughcommercial graffiti(pictured)?
... thatLeo Fishel was the first Jewishpitcher inMajor League Baseball?
... that in the late1950s and1960s,E. W. Gravolet, a member of both houses of theLouisiana State Legislature, joined his political allyLeander Perez in opposing schooldesegregation?
... that theGerman dreadnought battleshipSMS König Albert was the only German dreadnought active at the time to miss theBattle of Jutland, due to engine problems?
... that althoughSulphurdale was established due to nearbysulfur deposits, it was abandoned and the area is now exploited for itsgeothermal power?
... that theLemniawine described byAristotle was likely made from theGreek wine grapeLimnio, which is still being grown today?

02:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

... that theBalsas River valley(pictured) is regarded as one of the earliestmaize growing sites inMexico, dating from around 9,200 years ago?
... thatMorris L. Cohen, described byThe New York Times as "one of the nation's most influentiallegal librarians", wrote a six-volume summary of all law sources published in the U.S. before 1860?
... that theWaveney was the first class oflifeboats built for theRoyal National Lifeboat Institution capable of speeds in excess of 10 knots (19 km/h)?
... that Welsh novelistRon Berry once wrote a book about his observations ofPeregrine Falcons?
... thatVikings may havenavigated using a light-polarizing mineral they called asunstone to locate the sun in cloudy skies?
... that in 1959,Baton Rouge mayor Jack Christian movedHalloween to October 30 to accommodate theLSU Tigers football game against theOle Miss Rebels?

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