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31 May 2011

16:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatEdward Chiera considered the setting of theDebate between sheep and grain(example of sheep pictured) to be theBabylonian Garden of Eden?
... that just three days after announcing he would retire in August,John Lipsky became Acting Managing Director of theIMF whenDominique Strauss-Kahn resigned?
... that the majority trained withArtisans d'Angkor inSiem Reap are uneducated young Cambodians from rural areas?
... thatabortion providerSusan Wicklund has been obliged to wear disguises to get past protesters in airports and at her workplace?
... thatEfthimios Mitropoulos is the seventh and current Secretary-General of theInternational Maritime Organization?
... that Americanchildren's authorAgnes Hewes, a three-time winner of theNewbery Honor, was born inTripoli, Lebanon, to medicalmissionary parents?
... that theIsabella Psalter (named forIsabella of France) and theQueen Mary Psalter (forMary I of England) are 14th-century devotional books that also containbestiaries?

08:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theTitanic Engineers' Memorial(pictured) inSouthampton was unveiled in front of a crowd of 100,000, who gathered in Andrews Park on15 April 1914, two years afterthe disaster?
... thatRobert W. Chandler bought theBend Bulletin newspaper fromRobert W. Sawyer in 1953 with only aUS$6,000 down payment?
... that theDering Roll begins with thecoats of arms of two illegitimate sons ofKing John of England?
... thatBible translations into Polish date from the13th century?
... thatErskine Thomasonstruck out onebatter in hisMajor League Baseball career, which consisted of pitching oneinning in 1974?
... that as a result of the2011 British privacy injunctions controversy,Ryan Giggs attempted to take legal action againstTwitter?
... that theAmerican Express Gold card dress worn at the67th Academy Awards by costume designerLizzy Gardiner was made from 254 expiredAmerican Express cards?

00:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

... that there was asegregatedFilipino Infantry Regiment(insignia pictured) in theUnited States Army duringWorld War II?
... thatchildren's authorJeanette Eaton, a four-time winner of theNewbery Honor, was afeminist who also wrote for asocialist magazine and felt that women were inhibited by reading women's magazines?
... thatBharattherium may have been among the first grazing mammals?
... that theConfederate States Navy casemate ironcladCSSMissouri was the last Confederate ironclad to surrender during theAmerican Civil War?
... thatJean-Pierre Latz, like several other very prominentébénistes in 18th-centuryParis, was born inGermany?
... that onJune 2, 1933,Clarence Pickrel, apitcher forMajor League Baseball'sPhiladelphia Phillies, allowed theNew York Giants to score fourruns without recording a singleout?
... that the comforts of theAssociation Residence Nursing Home, now the largest youth hostel in North America, have caused many people to wish they were old women?

30 May 2011

16:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theSmålandsstövare(pictured) originates from dogs brought home by soldiers in the 16th century wars of theSwedish Empire?
... thatKenkoy was aPhilippine comics character whose name became synonymous with the wordsjoker,jester, or a hilarious person?
... that botanistAlfred Byrd Graf's richly illustrated books included some of the more than 100 plant species he had discovered on his worldwide journeys, including the first knownwhite African Violet?
... thatKalamata olives are protected under the EuropeanProtected Geographical Status scheme?
... that in the early stages ofWorld War II the steamerRefah from neutral Turkeywas torpedoed by an unidentifiedsubmarine in the easternMediterranean killing 168 of the 200 people aboard?
... that three Welsh boxers have won the British super-featherweight title,Neil Haddock,Robert Dickie andFloyd Havard?
... that when the steam ferryIssaquah was first launched inLake Washington in 1914, it got stuck in mud?

08:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

... that under the supervision ofarchaeologists, the graduates ofCambodia'sArtisans d'Angkor have been able to reproduce some portions ofKbal Spean's(pictured) missingbas-relief carvings?
... thatStanford University's president wrote in 1907 that the career ofMichigan centerGeorge W. Gregory illustrated "the evils of football"?
... thatBenjamin Vulliamy, who designed the clock that defined time at thePrime Meridian, also designed clocks with porcelain cases?
... thatGreek has been taught atSierra Leone Grammar School since 1845?
... thatLiang Huazhi led the Patriotic Sacrifice League inShanxi to fight against theJapanese invasion of China?
... thatTemple basketball playerRamone Moore improved histhree point percentage from 12.5 percent as a sophomore to 38.3 percent as a junior?
... thatEdward VII and his lover reportedly once got stuck in a too-narrow bathtub at theHôtel Ritz Paris, which led to the tubs being enlarged?

00:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

... that afossil of theextinct sea scorpionEurypterus(restoration pictured) was once thought to be acatfish?
... thatPeter Jackson's 1994 filmHeavenly Creatures is based on theParker–Hulme murder case involving twoNew Zealand girls who went to school at what became theCranmer Centre?
... thatAníbal Pérez, a former First Vice President of theChamber of Deputies of Chile, was also President of theO'Higgins football club?
... that184 38th Street in theLawrenceville neighborhood ofPittsburgh is the oldest knownlog house to be used as a residence in any major American city?
... thatSalter's duck is awave-powered generator that usesgyroscopes to convert up to 90% of wave power into electricity?
... thatClarence Clemons reached the studio at midnight to record the saxophone part onLady Gaga's song "Hair" and finished by3:00 am?
... that onMay 18, 2011, theUnited States Government posted a blog and a couple oftweets to raisepublic awareness about incoming zombie apocalypse,natural disasters andpandemics?

29 May 2011

16:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatSan Pellegrino in Vaticano(pictured) is one of the oldest churches in theVatican City?
... thatbaseball playerLou Raymond's career with thePhiladelphia Phillies consisted of one game, during which he earned a singlehit in twoat-bats?
... thatBach began hiscantata,Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86, with a quotation from theFarewell discourse, sung by thebass as theVox Christi?
... that in the2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, twoArab-Americans allegedly planned to attack asynagogue, and one of the suspects expressed interest in blowing up theEmpire State Building?
... that a planet was discovered around the starMOA-2009-BLG-387L after it eclipsed a background star, refracting the star's light in a process calledgravitational microlensing?
... thatGeorg Dörffel was aground attack pilot but was killed in combat against four-engined bombers?
... that afootball team'stravelling army of supporters is often referred to as its12th man?

08:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theUS$30 million development ofCitygarden(pictured), anurban park andsculpture garden inSt. Louis,Missouri, was funded solely by a localnonprofit organization?
... thatSofitel New York Hotel won the 2000Emporis Skyscraper Award?
... that retired American baseball playerHank Aaron holds tenAtlanta Bravesteam records?
... that the mineralkurnakovite was named after the Russian chemistNikolai Semenovich Kurnakov?
... that formerTemple assistant basketball coachMatt Langel once drove almost ten hours to recruit a player?
... thatGeneral Franco signed over the output of six mines to help pay forGerman involvement in the Spanish Civil War?
... that Colorado'sgovernor-electWilliam Lee Knous formally openedAspen'sSki Lift No. 1 in 1947 bybreaking a bottle of champagne over one of itschairs?

00:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

... that sand may form 50% of the stomach contents of aScreaming Hairy Armadillo(pictured)?
... that photographerReid Blackburn, who was killed in the1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, was supposed to remain on the mountain only until the day before the eruption?
... that theGrands Projets of François Mitterrand were commissioned in celebration of the 200th anniversary of theFrench Revolution?
... that afterWorld War II, 252 men of the13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion were charged withmutiny?
... that thebison bone bed atFirst Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park inMontana is 13 feet (4.0 m) deep?
... that formerColumbia Lions men's basketball coachGordon Ridings "never saw a harder worker" thanJohn Azary?
... thatvermouth was originally consumed as a medicinal drink, but is now popular as acocktail ingredient?

28 May 2011

16:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

... that althoughLaotian women(pictured) are constitutionally equal to Laotian men, due to inequalities in education only 63% areliterate, compared with 83% of Laotian men?
... that the ArgentineThe Cámpora political youth organization is named afterHéctor José Cámpora?
... that aphantom goal awarded againstSmall Heath F.C. in the1894–95 season ledthe Football League to instructreferees to inspect the goalnets before each match?
... thatJuan Acevedo Pavez was electedregidor ofSan Bernardo,Chile, in 1950 and simultaneously he held office as mayor of the same commune from 1952 until 1953?
... that theDriver and Vehicle Licensing Authority ofGhana established online registration to increase efficiency and abolish the activities ofmiddlemen?
... that the orbit ofWASP-43's one planet, which has the smallest orbit known amongst planets of its kind, has been attributed to the star's unusually low mass?
... that Norwegian newspaper editorEinar Hoffstad went fromclassical liberalism tocollectivism andFascism in the late 1930s?

08:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theColumbia Club(pictured) has hosted everyRepublican president while in office or campaigning sinceBenjamin Harrison in 1888?
... thatchildren's authorGenevieve Foster was a four-time winner of theNewbery Honor?
... that theArgentinian anarchist movement was the strongestanarchist movement inSouth America?
... that the 2010 assessment of the collection and trade ofamphibians inCambodia was a joint initiative of theAngkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity andFauna and Flora International?
... that, due to theCalifornia gold rush, theSeated Liberty dollar became scarce in American commerce in the early 1850s, only to cause complaints due to a surplus of the coins by the end of the decade?
... thatMayorHenry L. Bridges ofMinden,Louisiana, succeeded a futuregovernor in 1928 and defeated a subsequentlieutenant governor in 1930?
... that atalking crow was buried near the temple of theRoman deityRediculus?

00:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

... that French actressIsabelle Huppert(pictured) is the most recent recipient of theBritish Film Institute Fellowship award?
... that theancient RomanAmphitheatre of Serdica in centralSofia,Bulgaria, was accidentally discovered during construction works in the 2000s?
... thatJosé Zabala-Santos is one of the pioneers ofPhilippine comics?
... that formerLeinster Rugby andScotland coachMatt Williams is a technical adviser to Irishrugby sevens teamShamrock Warriors RFC?
... thatAbdullah Rimawi, one of the founders of theBa'ath Party inJordan, became itssecretary-general in 1952?
... that thecreeping snowberry is assisted bysolitary bees,bumblebees,bee-flies,hoverflies,chipmunks anddeer mice in reproduction in its native environment?
... thatFujiwara Shunzei once commented that "it is shocking for anyone towrite poetry without knowingGenji"?

27 May 2011

16:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

... that there was only one survivor of the explosion which obliteratedHMS Princess Irene(pictured) and killed 352 people?
... thatBayside Church held its 2011 Easter services at thePower Balance Pavilion (formerly Arco Arena), attracting nearly 17,000 people?
... that theFasci Italiani all'Estero, thefascist movement for Italian expatriates, which was led byGiuseppe Bastianini, claimed to have groups in over 40 countries in 1925?
... that the late 7th-centuryKentish law code, theLaw of Hlothhere and Eadric, has no provisions regarding the church?
... thatGeograpsus severnsi is the firstcrab species known to havebecome extinct?
... that IndonesianbiographerAlberthiene Endah has called writing biographies similar todating the subject?
... that theCambriae Typus map shows asea monster in theIrish Sea?

08:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

... that some species ofgiant stink bugs(example pictured) are edible?
... that the 1854 funeral procession forLondon Ferrill, preacher ofFirst African Baptist Church inLexington, Kentucky, numbered 5,000, second only to that for the statesmanHenry Clay?
... thatbride-buying, although illegal, still takes place in some countries?
... that as asenior in 1972–73,St. John's University basketball standoutBilly Schaeffer averaged a school record 24.7 points per game en route to winning theHaggerty Award?
... that 10% of skiers were expected to suffer an injury in the era ofcable ski bindings, earning them the nickname "bear traps"?
... thatModernisme architectJoan Martorell headed the committee that in 1883 selectedAntoni Gaudí to complete the still-unfinishedSagrada Família?
... that according to theParks and Recreation episode "Road Trip", the character played by actressRashida Jones looks very good dressed like a prostitute?

00:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thefalse potto may be a truepotto(pictured)?
... thatEthiopia,Great Britain,Ireland,Israel,Jamaica,Japan,Rhodesia,South Africa,Spain,Sweden, and theUnited States were among the 28 nations that competed in the1968 Summer Paralympics?
... thatadivasi activistKartam Joga has been accused of joining thedeadliest Naxalite attack inIndia's history?
... thatRhodes Twenty Four andRhodes W1 are both London-basedMichelin star restaurants of chefGary Rhodes?
... that theextinct giantant genusFormicium is known only fromforewings found inDorset, England andTennessee, US?
... thatmezzo-soprano opera singerOlivia Ward wonseason 11 of US television showThe Biggest Loser?
... thatKegasus, thecentaur mascot of the infield party at the2011 Preakness Stakes, has a nipple ring, body hair and a beer gut?

26 May 2011

16:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Big Vairocana Buddha

... that the approximately 1,400caves ofChina'sLongmen Grottoes contain about 100,000statues, some of which are only 1 inch (25 mm) high, while the largestBuddha statue(pictured) is 57 feet (17 m) in height?
... thatArthur Bedford commandedHMSKent in the 1914Battle of the Falkland Islands and sank theGerman cruiser Nürnberg?
... that the 2011 indie filmReturn, directed by Liza Johnson and starringLinda Cardellini, was the only U.S. film selected for this year's 25-filmCannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight?
... that WelshfootballerDickie Morris became the firstPlymouth Argyle player to becapped at senior international level inApril 1908?
... that although theBrazilian rodentDrymoreomys has traits that suggest it lives in trees, it is usually captured on the ground?
... that 84-year-oldGus Douglass, who was first elected asWest Virginia Agriculture Commissioner in 1964, is the longest-serving state agriculture commissioner in United States history?
... that residents of a street in theBritish city ofPreston went without council services for six weeks as part of aBBC documentary?

08:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Swiss painterAnton Graff made portraits of almost 1,000 contemporaries, includingFrederick the Great(pictured),Goethe,Schiller, andHerder?
... that theIronwood Pig Sanctuary contains over 400 pigs and three pig graveyards?
... that a paper by the academicRod Thornton was censored for criticising theUK's arrest of a student who downloaded a copy of anAl-Qaeda training manual from aUS government web site?
... that thebodyguard to thePet Shop Boys was a leader ofArsenal FC'shooligan firm during the 1980s?
... that all graduates fromGhanaian tertiary institutions must complete a one yearnational service programme after their schooling?
... that having "killed" heralter ego Sasha Fierce in 2010,Beyoncé Knowles planned to create her own mix ofmusic genres with her fourth studio album,4?
... that the top prize onAl Murray's Compete for the Meat is afrozen chicken?

00:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theTom Lantos Human Rights Commission is named for the onlyHolocaust survivor(pictured) ever to serve in theUnited States Congress?
... that 19th-centuryshipwrightThomas Morton invented the widely usedpatent slip because he couldn't afford adry dock?
... that the first settlers ofTell Halula brought fully domesticated forms ofwheat,barley andflax from somewhere else, circa7750 BC?
... that father and sonAugustyn andRoman Träger werePolish intelligence agents who provided theAllies with crucial information aboutGerman testing of theV-1 andV-2 rockets during World War II?
... thatParks and Recreation starAmy Poehler wrote the script for the episode "The Fight", the filming for which she called "the most fun I've ever had"?
... thatTom Sullivan is only the second head coach inUMBC Retrievers men's basketball history to amass 100 career wins?
... that "unruly" diplomatHenry Labouchère was the first person to publishTruth in Britain?

25 May 2011

16:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Lorca Castle with two towers

... that theLorca Castle(pictured) of medieval origin built inLorca,Spain, between the 9th and 15th centuries suffered serious damages to its walls and the Espolón Tower during the2011 earthquake?
... that the icon of "the Death of Death" is popular inSouth India?
... that theEuropean Parliament issued a resolution condemning the drug arrest ofAzerbaijani activistJabbar Savalan?
... that starWASP-15 has a planet whose large radius cannot be explained without some other factor, such as some form of internal heating?
... thatPhoenix Suns president and CEORick Welts became the first prominent American sports executive tocome out as gay when he did so in an interview withThe New York Times onMay 15, 2011?
... thatfeminist writerIzabela Sadoveanu-Evan rallied with an organization which argued thatunion with Romania had harmed the women ofTransylvania?
... thatDavid Duchovny said, "I'm sure that nobody is looking at me", when standing besideJennifer Lopez who was wearing her"jungle" Versace dress?

08:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the1946–47 Ashes series was arranged whenAustralian Attorney-General Dr.H. V. Evatt(pictured) made a personal appeal to theMCC for the resumption ofTest cricket after theSecond World War?
... thatUniversity of Virginia professorPeter Ochs, who coined the term "scriptural reasoning", believes that this mode ofinterfaith dialog could achieve peace in theMiddle East?
... that the CanadianOpimian Society wine purchasingcooperative is named after Roman consulLucius Opimius?
... that the documentaryOil on Ice won the 2004International Documentary AssociationPare Lorentz Award for best representing the "democratic sensibility, activist spirit and lyrical vision" ofLorentz?
... thatOguntola Sapara infiltrated and exposed a secret society inNigeria that was deliberately spreadingsmallpox?
... thatOperation Breakthrough was an international effort to free threegray whales frompack ice in theBeaufort Sea nearPoint Barrow in theU.S. state ofAlaska in 1988?
... that amotocycle is not a two-wheeled bicycle with an engine, but a four-wheeledautomobile?

00:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the many examples ofextinct 48-million year oldbat genusPalaeochiropteryx(life restoration pictured) found in theMessel lake may have drowned after being rendered unconscious in flight by poisonousvolcanic gases?
... that Paratroop dog Glen of the9th Parachute Battalion was killed during theNormandy Landings and is buried in a British war cemetery?
... thatNGOPSCORE uses the termCorea to promoteNorth Korean andSouth Korean unity?
... that at the2008 Games,Nick Woodbridge andSam Weale became the first British men to compete inOlympic modern pentathlon since 1996?
... that theevergreenjuniper haircap moss is believed to be a powerfuldiuretic?
... thatValentino Garavani cited the momentJulia Roberts collected herAcademy Award for Best Actresswearing his gown as the high point of his 45-year career?
... that according toThe Dog Pillow, wearingarmour without underwear makes one's hair stand on end?

24 May 2011

16:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theclock tower(pictured) of theChief Post Office inChristchurch, New Zealand, is reputed to be a replica of London'sBig Ben?
... that the then-closed Hayford Mill inCambusbarron,Scotland, now a Category Alisted building, was used duringWorld War I as a training base by theKing's Own Scottish Borderers?
... thatNew York JudgeCharles Fraser MacLean earned the first U.S.Ph.D. inphilosophy and was among the first non-combatants to enterParis after the French surrender in theFranco-Prussian War?
... that theCroatian National Theatre in Split was the biggest theatre inSoutheast Europe at the time of its completion in 1893, even though there were no professional actors in the city ofSplit yet?
... that filming for the now-on-holdArnold Schwarzenegger movie projectCry Macho originally began in 1991 withJaws starRoy Scheider in the lead role?
... that thedayflower family genusCartonema is completely restricted toAustralia except for one species that occurs onTrangan Island inIndonesia?
... that the firstJewish chaplain in theU.S. Navywore a cross?

08:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatHMSBeagle's chronometers(example pictured) were so important to its mission thatJohn Lort Stokes rescued one despite being speared in the chest by anindigenous Australian?
... that in theBattle of Byczyna,Chancellor andHetman Jan Zamoyski ofPoland-Lithuania tookMaximilian III, Archduke of Austria prisoner, ending the briefWar of the Polish Succession?
... that U.S. PresidentBarack Obama delivered the 2011 commencement speech atBooker T. Washington High School inMemphis, Tennessee?
... that theblack Givenchy dress worn byAudrey Hepburn in the 1961 filmBreakfast at Tiffany's has been called "perhaps the most famouslittle black dress of all time"?
... thatHugh Bousteaddeserted theRoyal Navy to fight in the trenches duringWorld War I, and later became an Olympicpentathlete, explorer and diplomat?
... that St. Vital Bulldogs' leading rusher had to reschedule his wedding four times due to changing dates for theCanadian Amateur Football Association championship game against theBramalea Satellites?

00:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatCharles Brady King made and drove the first automobile(pictured) inDetroit—three months beforeHenry Ford made his?
... that theJain universal history is composed of the deeds of 63 illustrious persons known asSalakapurusas?
... that some English fans, including members ofCombat 18, gave theNazi salute to theIrish national anthem before theLansdowne Road football riot?
... that theextinct Pliocene pinePinus matthewsii is thought to have been a colonizing tree?
... that the scene featuringUrsula Andress in her iconicwhite bikini in the 1962James Bond filmDr. No has been voted No. 1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments" of cinema?
... thattaaffeite, one of the world's rarestgemstones, is the first mineral known to contain bothberyllium andmagnesium as essential components?
... thatHenry Walton Ellis was appointed anensign in the89th Regiment of Foot at birth, and when the regiment disbanded the baby was put on half-pay?

23 May 2011

16:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatWill Rogers'sengraved portraitQueen Elizabeth Standing in a Room with a Lattice Window(pictured) is based on a drawing byIsaac Oliver?
... that theFranklin House, built on a lot once owned by theUniversity of Georgia, has held a hotel and a hardware company, and now leases office space to the university?
... that the2003 Bollywood comedy dramaFreaky Chakra, directed byV. K. Prakash, was the onlyHindi film for whichOuseppachan composed the music?
... that Filipino comic book illustrator and writerFrancisco Coching is regarded as the King ofPhilippine comics?
... thatCharlotte Shaw, who drowned in Walla Brook onDartmoor, is the only person to have died on aTen Tors expedition?
... thatLoyalist Volunteer Force leaderMark "Swinger" Fulton had an image of former leaderBilly Wright tattooed over his heart?
... thatEchobelly's 1994 song "Insomniac" is a "gentle warning of the dangers of snorting too much speed"?

08:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatSouth East Forest National Park in the southeastern corner ofNew South Wales is a haven for the uncommonOlive Whistler(pictured) andendangeredSmoky Mouse?
... that after his term asPresident of Argentina,Bartolomé Mitre wrote a biography ofJosé de San Martín:Historia de San Martín y de la emancipación sudamericana?
... that families of farmers and fishermen affected by submergence of theUpper Wardha Dam, inMaharashtra resorted to agitation, seeking fishing rights in the reservoir as an economic incentive?
... thatRomanian scholarNicolae Iorga constructed aconservative vision of world history, contrastingMax Weber'sProtestant Ethic?
... thatspiderlings ofCrossopriza lyoni can catchmosquitoes four times their own size barely one week after hatching?
... thatTime magazine voted thewhite floral Givenchy dress worn byAudrey Hepburn at the1954 Academy Awards as the greatest Oscar dress of all time?
... thatDon't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story has been described as a profoundly movingvideo game about love, sex and theinternet?

00:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thePullman cars at the formerCroton North station(pictured) inCroton-on-Hudson, New York, were never used in the state but are stillcontributing resources to itsNational Register listing?
... that ColonelWaldemar Quintero of theColombian National Police was shot and killed by theMedellín Cartel?
... that "Dirty Dancer", a song byEnrique Iglesias,Usher andLil Wayne, was performed by Iglesias onAmerican Idol onMay 12, 2011?
... thatHermann Kasack's first novelDie Stadt hinter dem Strom, published in 1947, "catapult[ed] his name into the literary limelight" and won the 1949 Fontane prize ofBerlin?
... thatBurmese democracy activistOhn Than is serving a life sentence for holding up a poster in front of the US Embassy inYangon?
... thatthe Ralph Lauren dress whichGwyneth Paltrow wore to the71st Academy Awards in 1999 has been cited as bringingpink back into fashion?
... thatHenry Graham was dismissed byQueen Anne'shusband for marrying thenatural daughter ofKing Charles II?

22 May 2011

16:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thegolden penda(pictured) can flower at any time of year?
... that achorale inBach'scantataWo gehest du hin? BWV 166, is sung by thesoprano, accompanied by the violins and viola inunison "of great vigour and determination"?
... thatMOA-2009-BLG-387Lb is the eleventh planet discovered using thegravitational microlensing phenomenon?
... that theSixty Pillar Mosque located inBagergat in southBangladesh is one of the oldest mosques in the country, and is described as "historic mosque representing the Golden Era of Muslim Bengal"?
... that in the 1980sGciriku kingSebastian Kamwanga allowedPLAN guerrilla fighters to use his farm as operational base in theNamibian War of Independence?
... that a poll published inThe Daily Telegraph votedBjörk'sswan dress the ninth most iconicred-carpet dress of all time?
... that in 2010,Wipas Raksakulthai became the firstThai man arrested for committinglèse majesté onFacebook?

08:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

... that according toHindu mythology, the god-kingIndra was cursed with having a thousand vagina marks on his body for having extra-marital sex withAhalya(pictured)?
... that afterWorld War II the8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion had to deal with riots inTel Aviv?
... that the 10th or 11th-centuryOld BulgarianEnina Apostle is the oldestCyrillic manuscript currently part of aBulgarian collection?
... that during his student days, working onspermatogenesis,UCSF Medical Center pediatriccardiologistJulien Hoffman developed a close relationship withSydney Brenner andPhillip V. Tobias?
... that when the 5,800-seatFour Seasons Arena was built atMontana ExpoPark in 1979 it lackedair conditioning?
... thatElastica's 1995 song "Waking Up" resulted in the band being sued forplagiarism?
... that theClassic Aircraft Aviation Museum inHillsboro, Oregon, once bought afighter jet from acar dealership?

00:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thePisa Griffin(pictured) is the largest known medievalIslamic metal sculpture, and may have been designed to emit noises?
... that althoughRay Charles andNancy Sinatra solos of "Here We Go Again" madeBillboard's Hot 100, Charles' 2004 duet withNorah Jones became the secondGrammy Record of the Year that did not?
... that in the 1970s theDaily Times of Nigeria was one of the most successful locally owned businesses in Africa, selling 270,000 copies daily?
... that thegenome ofMycobacterium tuberculosis is predicted to contain 45 copies ofvapBC?
... thatBardhyl Ajeti, a journalist fromKosovo, was killed in a drive-by shooting on28 June 2005?
... thatDeborah Nadoolman Landis, designer ofMichael Jackson'sredThriller jacket, also designedIndiana Jones's jacket inRaiders of the Lost Ark?
... thatfirst basemanMike Pasquella played two games inMajor League Baseball—his first for thePhiladelphia Phillies and his last opposing them?

21 May 2011

16:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatGidleigh Park, a hotel-restaurant inChagford, Devon, England, is located in aTudor-stylecountry house(pictured) set in 54 acres of gardens and woodlands?
... thatMontenegrin nationality law first recognised the right ofrenunciation of citizenship in 1905 during the reign ofNicholas I?
... that theMalagasy rodentEliurus petteri is the onlytufted-tailed rat with completely white underparts?
... thatLauren Beukes wore a fakesloth draped over her shoulders to the ceremony in which she won the 2011Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novelZoo City?
... that, as president ofthe College of St. Scholastica,Jesuit educatorFrancis X. Shea started a campus tradition by holding afish fry at his home during the springsmelt run?
... that theBelgian Entertainment Association, established inFebruary 2008, represents the interests of themusic,video andvideo game industries inBelgium?
... that the 15.5-metre (51 ft)floodgate that protectedFudai, Iwate, Japan, from therecent tsunami was derided as a waste of public funds when it was built in the 1970s?

08:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Mexican citySan Cristóbal de las Casas(pictured) has a "Zapaturismo" industry oftourists interested in theZapatista uprising of 1994?
... thatWomen's League of Burma activistKhin Ohmar evaded arrest duringBurma's pro-democracy8888 Uprising when aJapanese diplomat allowed her and other students to hide from police in his home?
... that under the presidency of FatherFrancis P. Smith,Duquesne University foundedWDUQ,Pittsburgh's firstcollege radio station?
... that all the equipment for the power plant of theRana Pratap Sagar Dam inIndia was imported fromCanada?
... thatJesse Levan, winner of multipleminor league batting championships, was the last person banned bybaseball's governing organizations for conspiring tofix games?
... that theIsthmian Alligator Lizard, native toCosta Rica andPanama, was not seen for 50 years?
... thatAdam Mansbach's bedtime-bookGo the Fuck to Sleep was No. 1 onAmazon.com's bestseller list on May 12, 2011—a month before its release—thanks to free advance copies emailed viaPDFs?

00:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatMichigan football coachWilliam Ward(pictured) later became a physician who experimented with the surgical creation ofartificial vaginas?
... that the church ofSaints Martin and Sebastian of the Swiss is the private chapel of thePontifical Swiss Guards in theVatican City?
... that theWorking Girls' Vacation Society Historic District in rural Connecticut is a site where thousands of New York City women were given summer vacations during 1892 to 1945?
... thatUgandanRolling Stone editorGiles Muhame alleged that a gay rights group conspired withSomali terrorist groupAl-Shabaab in theJuly 2010 Kampala suicide bombings?
... thatWalt Disney's Riverfront Square inSt. Louis, Missouri, was to have been entirely indoors, with artificial lighting simulating weather and time of day?
... that the GermandestroyerFriedrich Eckoldt was sunk during the 1942Battle of the Barents Sea when she mistook the Britishlight cruiser Sheffield for the Germanheavy cruiser Admiral Hipper?
... that themeat dress ofLady Gaga was to be preserved by being made into a type ofjerky?

20 May 2011

16:00, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the first all-female crew to open upAmundsen–Scott South Pole Station was aLockheed LC-130 crew ofVXE-6 squadron(insignia pictured) in 1991?
... that the Irish bishop and saint,Dagan, may have attempted to excommunicate theRoman missionaries sent by PopeGregory the Great to convert theAnglo-Saxons by refusing to eat with them?
... that2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America, a 2011dystopian novel byAlbert Brooks, was originally written as a movie script?
... thatRoger Sutton might be the most important appointment of the year for theGovernment of New Zealand?
... thatWarblington Castle nearLangstone inHampshire was granted to two different1st Earls of Southampton?
... that duringWorld War II, aLuftwaffe pilot, observing that there were several wounded crewmen on aUnited States Army Air Corps's plane, declined to fire andsafely escorted it to theNorth Sea?
... that theKingdom of the Little People theme park inKunming, China, requires its performers to be less than 51 inches (130 cm) tall?

08:15, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

... that before appearing in the episode "Eagleton", actressParker Posey(pictured) long wanted to appear on theNBC comedyParks and Recreation, and grew frustrated by the time taken to be asked?
... that unusualarchosauromorph reptileTeraterpeton from theLate Triassic ofNova Scotia hadnostril openings in its skull that were longer than itseye sockets?
... that theGandhi Sagar Dam formsIndia's second-largestreservoir area, attracting more than 20,000 waterfowl each year?
... that in 2010,national security consultant, lawyer and economistJim Rickards ratedBen Bernanke a greater threat to the United States than Osama bin Laden?
... that theGrammy Award category forBest Hawaiian Music Album was first presented in2005 but eliminated six years later?
... that when FatherRaymond V. Kirk was appointed president ofDuquesne University at the age of 38, he was one of the youngest university presidents in the United States?
... that earlyfemale tennis players in Australia had to pay as much as a week's wages to buy aracquet?

00:30, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatSt Wilfrid's Chapel, Church Norton(pictured) inspired aKipling poem in which the priest preachedMidnight Mass to a donkey and a bullock when nobody else turned up?
... that the anomalously high radius ofextrasolar planetWASP-15b is thought to be caused by some form of internal heating?
... that breeding males of theMalagasy rodentVoalavo produce a sweet-smelling musk?
... thatPeter Velappan served as General Secretary of theAsian Football Confederation for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2007?
... thatClinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant has been described as a "cult favorite", a "brunch magnet", and New York City’s "hottest breakfast nook"?
... thatIndian sitaristJanardhan Mitta was a student of sitar maestro PanditRavi Shankar?
... that GreekskierAntoin Miliordos crossed the finish line of thedownhill event at the1952 Winter Olympics backwards after falling 18 times?

19 May 2011

16:45, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatFederico Fernández Cavada(pictured), Commander-in-Chief ofCuban forces during theTen Years' War, and his brotherAdolfo, were both formerUnion Army officers andUS Consuls?
... thatCarex riparia, aEurasian plant up to 130 cm (51 in) tall, is Britain's largestsedge?
... that theArgentine philologistMaría Rosa Lida de Malkiel was anArthurian-Hispanist pioneer?
... that in March 2011,Ghana'sNational Disaster Management Organization announced it would set up five refugee camps forIvorians fleeingpost-election violence in their country?
... that EnglishfootballerWalter Anderson died ofpneumonia four days after collapsing atCraven Cottage, having ignored doctors' advice to rest?
... that theBattle of Bautzen in 1945 was the bloodiest battle of thePolish Army since theBattle of Bzura in 1939?
... that serial killerRichard Laurence Marquette was the first person to be an eleventh name on theFBI'sTen Most Wanted Fugitives list?

09:00, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatM-134 is one of threestate highways inMichigan on an island, and one of two to use a ferry(pictured)?
... thatKhun Htun Oo, a former head ofBurma'sShan Nationalities League for Democracy, is now serving a 93-year sentence fortreason?
... that 20-year-old Jennifer Lawrence'sBest Actress Academy Award nomination, which made her the second youngest nominee ever in that category, was one of a number ofaccolades received byWinter's Bone?
... thatArizona State Jewish studies professorNorbert M. Samuelson, who lectures at university-level conferences around the world, gives a weekly class onMaimonides'sMishneh Torah to rabbis inPhoenix?
... thatGriselda Siciliani won the ArgentineClarín Award andMartín Fierro Award as new female artist in 2005?
... that competitors intriathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics will swim in theSerpentine, run in front ofBuckingham Palace, and cycle throughWellington Arch?
... that industrialistWellington Burt, once among the richest Americans, left his fortune todescendants yet unborn in his lifetime; hiswill's conditions were met in 2010—92 years after his death?

01:15, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the discovery of the fossil giant antTitanomyrma(pictured with a hummingbird) inWyoming indicates that warmth-lovingfauna spread through the north between Europe and America during hot spells in theEocene?
... that, based on the research of historianMomčilo Spremić, it is possible thatVuk Branković really betrayed his Serbian allies during theBattle of Kosovo in 1389?
... that according to folklore, descendants of the royal family ofAbomey who built theRoyal Palaces of Abomey inBenin are the progeny of Princess Aligbonon ofTado and a panther?
... thatLinwood Pendleton discovered that 49% of U.S. economic output comes fromestuaries andcoasts, which account for only 13% of its land?
... that the newly discovered mineralkrotite likely was one of the earliest minerals formed in theSolar System?
... that Ukrainian-bornAlexi Salamone, a gold medalist for the United States at the2010 Winter Paralympics, was adopted by a family fromBuffalo, New York, at the age of six?
... that RabbiNosson Meir Wachtfogel,mashgiach (spiritual supervisor) of theLakewood Yeshiva, was so removed from worldly concerns that he called his house an "inn" and his furniture "lumber"?

18 May 2011

17:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

... that "Musica proibita" by Italian composerStanislao Gastaldon(pictured) was the first of six songs for which he also wrote the lyrics under thepseudonym "Flick-Flock"?
... that destinations forjihadi tourism have included amosque in Hamburg andSomali terrorist training sites?
... that farmerJørgen Rytterager was appointedstation master ofSnarum Station in 1872?
... thatZaw Htet Ko Ko, a photographer for the pro-democracy88 Generation Students Group, is serving an 11-year prison sentence for his involvement inBurma's "Saffron Revolution"?
... that over 70,000 cubic yards (54,000 m³) of sand was excavated to extricate theLiberian steamshipSanta Kyriaki from a beach in theNetherlands?
... that Scottish businessmanCraig Whyte bought the controlling interest inRangers Football Club fromDavid Murray for£1?
... thatAndroids can now playstreamed music usingMusic Beta by Google?

09:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatSanmenxia Dam(pictured) on theYellow River in thePeople's Republic of China was hailed as an engineering success after completion and its picture was printed on banknotes?
... that theLacandon Jungle is one of the last forests in North America large enough to supportjaguars?
... thatAnna, the first wife of 13th-centuryBulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II, was retired to a monastery and became a nun shortly after her husband's accession?
... that extreme temperature, small orbit and large size madeKepler-5b a possiblecase study of extremeextrasolar planets?
... that basketball playersJimmy Alapag andJason Castro were named co-Finals MVPs of the2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals?
... thatLewis Milestone began directing the 1926 silent filmFine Manners but left the project after quarreling with actressGloria Swanson, leaving first-time directorRichard Rosson to finish the film?
... that aconman impersonating Oskar Daubmann received international fame, caused an incident inFrench-German relations, and helped theNazis win the1932 German elections?

01:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the first people to visit theSouth Pole sinceRobert Falcon Scott (1912) arrived in 1956 in aU.S. Navy R4D Skytrain(pictured) of theVX-6 squadron?
... that the Anglo-Norman administratorPain fitzJohn (died 1137) was once called a "second-class baron and a first-class civil servant"?
... that the rodentVoalavo gymnocaudus and itsparasitic miteAndreacarus voalavo are known only from twomassifs in theNorthern Highlands of Madagascar?
... that former basketball playerBill Thieben is considered the first "big man" inHofstra University history?
... that in theCamp Ashraf massacre, theIraqi Army used armed force against unarmed civilians, killing 34 people and injuring another 318?
... thatWillie Nelson,Wynton Marsalis andNorah Jones recorded alive tribute album covering songs ofRay Charles?
... that the James Fort Prison inAccra, which is run by theGhana Prisons Service, is almost 400 years old?

17 May 2011

17:42, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatdouble-tailed tent spiders(pictured) have to fend offfood-stealing dewdrop spiders who take up residence in their webs?
... that English sculptorRonald Pope learnt how to work with metals atRolls-Royce during World War II?
... that theManhyia Palace inGhana is the seat of theAsantehene (ruler of theAshanti people) as well as his official residence?
... thatBaronLudwig von Westphalen was a friend and mentor of youngKarl Marx?
... thatEaswaran'sDhammapada states that the joy in theBuddha's message is "that he has found a way for everyone, not just great sages, to put an end to sorrow"?
... that in 2008,Burmese88 Generation democracy activistMie Mie was sentenced to 65 years imprisonment for "illegally using electronic media" and "forming an illegal organization"?
... that a reviewer unfavourably compared the dialogue in theBBC docudramaAtlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend to that ofHolby City?

08:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

... that seismologistFusakichi Omori(pictured) of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who mapped the effects of the1906 San Francisco earthquake, later designed and donated the equipment to found theHawaiian Volcano Observatory?
... that RAF Air Vice-MarshalWilliam "Paddy" Harbison's 1952 report on Korean War air combat tactics was used as a strategy guide for a 1999computer game?
... that prior to Ghana's independence, theGhana Immigration Service was known as the Immigration and Passport Unit and was a unit under the Colonial Police Force of theGold Coast?
... that historianW. Darrell Overdyke spent more than three decades researching the colonial andantebellum plantation homes in his adopted state ofLouisiana?
... that the heathlands ofBen Boyd National Park andNadgee Nature Reserve are habitat for the endangeredEastern Bristlebird?
... thatYan Yan Chan, whose bandAcid releasedBurma's firsthip hop album, spent nine months in prison for involvement in the pro-democracy groupGeneration Wave?
... thatsteam devils can be more important thanconvection in vertically transporting moisture during cold air outbreaks?

00:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatOld All Saints Church(pictured) inNuneham Courtenay,Oxfordshire, was mainly designed by the1st Earl Harcourt?
... thatAntiguan politicianRobin Yearwood has held the same seat in the Antiguan Parliament continuously since 1976?
... thatGerman destroyer Z13Erich Koellner visibly tilted when hit by the 15-inch (380 mm)semi-armor piercing shells fired by the battleshipHMS Warspite during theSecond Battle of Narvik on 13 April 1940?
... that escaped slaves using theUnderground Railroad hid in tunnels beneath the train track inYpsilanti, Michigan'sDepot Town?
... that between 1970 and 1977,Kenya lost more than half of itselephants tohunting?
... that the journalism ofSiamak Pourzand ranged from film criticism forCahiers du cinéma to coverage of the "Chain Murders" ofIranian dissidents?
... that television dramas have portrayed criminals riding aroundWeston-super-Mare on an open-top bus?

16 May 2011

18:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatrowing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics are planned to take place 25 miles outside the host city ofLondon, atDorney Lake(pictured)?
... thatFay Kellogg, described as "the foremost womanarchitect in the United States" in 1918, liked tofence,box,wrestle and playbasketball?
... that in March 2011, theGhana Refugee Board partnered with theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other state agencies to assist refugees from Ivory Coast?
... that archaeologist and college presidentLarry Geraty has also been noted for supportingwomen's ordination in theSeventh-day Adventist Church?
... thatextrasolar planetWASP-43b was, at the time of its discovery, the most closely orbitingHot Jupiter known?
... thatChrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes was in development from 2004 to 2009 before acease-and-desist letter fromSquare Enix led to its cancellation?
... that the ghost ofDesmond Arthur is believed to have been hauntingMontrose Airfield since 1916?

12:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... that, while inSudan,Osama bin Laden(pictured) lived in apink stucco and brick house inKhartoum, and often weekended with his family in a one-storey mud house overlooking theBlue Nile inSoba?
... that fiveMcGill University students—Charmaine Borg,Matthew Dubé,Mylène Freeman,Laurin Liu, andJamie Nicholls—were elected toParliament inCanada's 2011 federal election, but the youngest new MP isUniversité de Sherbrooke studentPierre-Luc Dusseault?
... that the Californiaspider speciesPimoa cthulhu was named afterH. P. Lovecraft's mythological deityCthulhu?
... thatCzech actressAnna Letenská was killed by theNazis for her alleged participation in theassassination of Reinhard Heydrich?
... that the state ofChiapas produces most ofMexico's coffee and hydroelectric power?
... that imprisonedUlster Volunteer Force leaderGusty Spence was "kidnapped" by his own men after being granted two days' leave to attend his daughter's wedding?

06:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... that commissionerBart Chilton(pictured), who sports long hair and cowboy boots, has been called "the modern-day equivalent ofEliot Ness" for wanting theCFTC to prosecute fraud?
... that before becomingNamibia's first ambassador toChina,Peter Mweshihange worked astraditional healer, truck driver, miner,chef,guerrilla commander, and Minister of Defense?
... thatSanjak of Prizren became part of the newly establishedPrizren Vilayet in 1868?
... thatHenri Lavachery, the first professionalarchaeologist to visitEaster Island, founded theSociety of Americanists in Belgium?
... that theMarine Unit of theGhana Police Service is responsible for cases of piracy and associated crimes from the country's oil and gas industry?
... that theBBC producer and director ofBigipedia,David Tyler, is a member of theLabour Party?
... that imprisonedBurmese singerZayar Thaw's groupGeneration Wave distributed anti-government hip-hop and copies of banned movies, includingRambo IV?

00:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theRoyal Aeronautical Society held garden parties atFairey Aviation'sGreat West Aerodrome inHeathrow(map pictured), which is nowHeathrow Airport?
... thatRandy Roth was convicted of faking a boating accident in order to cover up the murder of his fourth wife?
... thathybrids ofcassava and the endangeredWalker's Manihot possess tubers that experience delayedpostharvest physiological deterioration?
... that since 2007, theNarcotics Control Board of Ghana, through its collaboration with the Operation West Bridge project, has intercepted illicit drugs worth£214 million at theKotoka International Airport?
... that the famous golferSeve Ballesteros, who recently died, hailed fromPedreña, located across the bay fromSantander inCantabria?
... that opera singerEdyth Walker portrayed the title heroine in theUK premiere ofRichard Strauss'Elektra atCovent Garden in 1910?
... that two kilometres fromAl-Sakhir Palace inBahrain is an oil-pumping well decorated as ahoopoe bird?

15 May 2011

18:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatthe fountain inRome'sPiazza della Rotonda(pictured) was built byGiacomo della Porta to bring water from theAcqua Vergine aqueduct to the public?
... thatBach superimposed voice parts to the "deeply moving slow movement" of hisHarpsichord Concerto in hiscantataWir müssen durch viel Trübsal, BWV 146, forJubilate?
... that in March 2010 it was announced that theGhana National Fire Service was to change its name to Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service?
... thatMetallica v. Napster, Inc. was the first case that involved an artist suing aP2P software company?
... that theYpsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum inYpsilanti, Michigan, is housed in the last survivingHudson Motor Car Company dealership?
... that, perhaps paradoxically,Plato defended hisphonocentrism using the written word?

12:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... that aloch onRubha an Dùnain(pictured) has the remains of a 12th century stone quay and a "Viking canal" unlike any other site in Scotland?
... that in 1957, at the pinnacle of theCold War,mezzo-sopranoBlanche Thebom became the first American to perform at theBolshoi Theatre in Moscow?
... that thebackground of the Spanish Civil War includes a period called the "black two years" between 1934 and 1936?
... thatAbbud al-Zumar, founder of theEgyptian Islamic Jihad which merged intoal-Qaeda under his successorAyman al-Zawahiri in 1998, provided the ammunition which assassinated PresidentAnwar Sadat on6 October 1981?
... that theGuild of St. Bernulphus, a guild trade union of churchGothic Revival architecture, was operated more like a jovial feasting fraternity than a scholarly society?
... that in the credits of the unairedpilot episode ofHere Comes Tobor, the robotTobor is credited as playing himself?
... that prior to the2011 National Democratic Party presidential primaries, a former first lady ofGhana was the first person to seek the ruling party's nomination for president?

06:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatChapel Hill Bible Church(pictured) was moved frommidtown Manhattan to a farm inMarlborough, New York, almost 50 years after it was built?
... that former longtime Saudi Ambassador to the United StatesPrince Bandar bin Sultan became the first Secretary General of theSaudi National Security Council?
... that The Plaza inWest Wickham,London, was the one hundredthcinema designed byJohn Stanley Coombe Beard?
... that numerous scenes ofLe Miracle des loups were filmed at France'sCité de Carcassonne?
... that in 1860,William F. Raynolds led the first US government-sponsored party to cross theWind River Range and enterJackson Hole,Wyoming?
... thatSt Paul's Church inHooton has been described as "unquestionably one of the most spectacular churches ofCheshire"?
... that theVilla Giulia is home to theGenius of Palermo, a city symbol and laic patron ofPalermo?

00:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatUNESCO claims thatQal'at al-Bahrain(pictured) was the capital of the ancientDilmun civilization?
... thatJaroslav Rössler, an important exponent of theCzech modernphotography andavant-garde art, experimented in his works with theSabatier effect?
... that the 1989 horror moviePhantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge featuredPauly Shore's first on-screenfull moon?
... that a corner post shaped as acairn has been preserved in the third construction of theMaryland Bridge inWinnipeg,Canada?
... that theNative American Languages Act of 1990 was the first timeCongress gave official status to Native American languages for the purpose of conducting tribal business?
... that leadingcannabinoid neurotransmitters researcherLumír Ondřej Hanuš was growingcannabis on two large fields inOlomouc in the 1970s for medical purposes?
... that thePOLYGON experiment, conducted in the 1970s, was the first experiment to establish the existence of so-called "mesoscale eddies", giving rise to the "mesoscale revolution" inoceanography?

14 May 2011

18:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatRodion Shchedrin's operaLolita, which uses a Russian-languagelibretto based onNabokov'snovel, was performed in German in the presence of the composer andhis wife(pictured)?
... thatBicentennial Park inHillsboro, Oregon, partly commemorates the city's centennial?
... that for eight yearsSteve Scully, host ofC-SPAN'sWashington Journal, taught acable TV distance learning class onmedia andpolitics through theUniversity of Denver?
... thatmulticast encryption is what enables anode on anetwork to send one unit of data to a special set of receivers?
... thatAbu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti has been described asOsama bin Laden's "favorite courier and right-hand man"?
... thatLewis Milestone's1953 musical biographical dramaMelba, about the life ofsoprano Nellie Melba, was the feature film debut ofMetropolitan Opera starPatrice Munsel?
... that theSiam Cup was hidden in an unknown place to prevent it from being melted down by theNazis, and was only rediscovered in 1947?

12:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theAtlas Coelestis(pictured) is astar atlas published posthumously in 1729, based on theFirst Astronomer Royal's observations?
... that after the1926 FA Cup Final,Manchester City F.C. became the first team to reach the final and sufferrelegation in the same season?
... that in the2010 NPP Presidential Primaries,Nana Akufo-Addo, son of a former president ofGhana, was elected leader of the NPP with 77.92% of total votes cast?
... that as of March 2011,Benefis Health System was the largest hospital in theU.S. state ofMontana?
... thatAgus Suhartono, nominated bySusilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was considered the most deserving candidate forcommander-in-chief of theIndonesian military by the leader of the opposition?
... that nine runners completed the full course of the inauguralGaza Marathon, which was won byNader al-Masri?
... thatDavid Sencer prepared instructions for thequarantine of US astronauts returning from the moon, which was suspected to harborextraterrestrial pathogens?

06:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thewildlife of Zimbabwe(flame lily pictured) is collectively called the "Wildlife Estate", which covers about 12.5% of the total land area ofZimbabwe?
... thatKnut Tvedt had various positions in theNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation for almost 25 years?
... that the GermanLight Infantry Vehicle for Special Operations is built on the chassis of theMercedes-Benz G-Class?
... that theAustrian former communist leaderKarl Toman was appointed mayor ofEichgraben by German authorities in 1938?
... that, at the time of its discovery,KOI-428 was the largest and most evolved star known to host atransiting planet?
... thatWilhelm Victor Alfred Tepe had a virtual monopoly on the building of new Catholic churches inUtrecht from 1872 until 1882?
... that the bow-shaped pedestrianBridge of Peace inTbilisi over theKura River, equipped withmotion sensors, lights up the interior walkway in response to pedestrian movement?

00:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatmathematical models developed intheoretical ecology show that complexfood webs(pictured) tend to be unstable?
... thatJames Middleton, the brother ofCatherine, Duchess of Cambridge, baked 21 cakes forHELLO! magazine's 21st birthday?
... thatextrasolar planetKOI-428b was confirmed as a planet after astronomers compiled the equivalent to one night of observations on the planet using a 1.93m telescope?
... that basketball playerDick Davies played for hisHall of Fame father,Bob, before going on to win a gold medal at the1964 Summer Olympics?
... that thegreatest relative disparity of per capita wealth between two neighbouring countries is betweenBotswana andZimbabwe?
... thatJohn Sanford was called "perhaps the most outstanding neglected novelist"?
... that "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" was intended to replacea purportedly racist song as theFlorida State Song?

13 May 2011

18:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... that due to the age of thePitkin County Courthouse(pictured), inAspen, Colorado, outside media coverage ofCharlie Sheen's trial was limited to 16 seats allocated bylottery?
... thatMathieu Ravignat defeatedForeign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon for a seat in theCanadian House of Commons despite Cannon's party making a net gain of seats in the2011 federal election?
... that, having won four gold medals in2008,China is the defending champion in alltable tennis events at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... thatNew Yorker cartoonistWilliam Hamilton was married to the granddaughter ofBrazilian dictatorGetúlio Vargas?
... that the Germandestroyer Erich Giese managed to torpedo the British destroyerHMS Jersey during the night of 6/7 December 1939 without ever being spotted?
... that newPrinceton Tigers men's basketball head coachMitch Henderson was co-captain of the1997–98 Princeton Tigers, the first Princeton basketball team to win 20 consecutive games?
... that the creation of the documentary filmAmerica's Most Hated Family in Crisis was prompted by an email?

12:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatPrincess Lolowah(pictured) supports overturning theprohibition of women from driving inSaudi Arabia?
... that inSt Leonards-on-Sea inEast Sussex,Christ Church,St John's andSt Peter'sAnglican churches are Grade II*listed buildings, and there are Grade II listedBaptist,Roman Catholic andGreek Orthodox churches?
... that most of75 was recorded onJoe Zawinul's 75th birthday and about two months before he died?
... that the perpetrator of theKaycee Nicolehoax was investigated by theFBI but charges were never filed because the financial loss was not large enough?
... thatTemasek Review, a popular Singapore website critical of theruling party, is to close in July?
... thatKhun Bedu was sentenced to 37 years in prison for offenses including organizingLoikaw youth to release balloons and rafts in protest of the2008 Burmese constitutional referendum?
... that whenGreat Falls High School inMontana was built in 1896, a herd of sheep was used to compact earth around the foundation?

06:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatArthur's Pass(pictured) inNew Zealand was named byEdward Dobson after the alpine pass was explored by his sonArthur?
... that the likelyBulgarian-built medievalChurch of the Holy Mother of God inDonja Kamenica,Serbia, features unusual towers on either side of the entrance?
... thatIceMole, anautonomous ice research probe developed for exploringpolar regions,glaciers and extra-terrestrial regions, is a student project at theFachhochschule Aachen,Germany?
... that theJ. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment inApril 2009 ofUS$4.2 billion?
... that the counting of the votes from the2011 Puducherry legislative assembly election begins onMay 13, 2011, exactly one month after the election was held?
... thatTom Haverford revealed in "Soulmates", an episode of theNBC comedyParks and Recreation, that he dreams of playing both theKeanu Reeves andPatrick Swayze roles in a remake ofPoint Break?
... that atSt Andrew's School, Pangbourne,Kate andPippa Middleton were following in the footsteps of thespy writer John le Carré?

00:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... that during his lifeAlexei Grigoryevich Orlov(pictured)defeated an Ottoman fleet, seduced aprincess, bredhorses andchickens, and is alleged to havemurdered aTsar?
... that theNational Museum of Sudan inKhartoum contains twoEgyptian temples which were originally built byHatshepsut andTuthmosis III but were relocated because of the flooding caused byLake Nasser?
... thatConservative Party candidateBernard Trottier won a seat in the41st Canadian Parliament by defeating the incumbentLeader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the2011 federal election?
... that the1955 dramaThe Widow was one of only three films directed byLewis Milestone while he was working in Europe during theRed Scare?
... thatW. D. Twichellsurveyed more than 40 towns and 165 of the 254counties inTexas and even launched the concert band inAmarillo?
... that theextinct rose family memberNeviusia dunthornei is one of only three knownNeviusia species?
... thatBlack Arts Movement artistWadsworth Jarrell utilizes a bricklayer'strowel to create a 3-D look in hisAfrocentric paintings?

12 May 2011

18:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theheathland shrubBanksia paludosa(pictured) is pollinated bysugar gliders andbrown antechinus?
... that theCentral Committee of Polish Jews, formed in 1944, was instrumental in organizing and implementing the freeimmigration ofJews to the newState of Israel?
... that theMet Ball is considered to be the fashion industry's premier annualred carpet event?
... that inFCC v. AT&T Inc., theUS Supreme Court struck a blow tocorporate personhood and held that corporations cannot claim exempt status fromFreedom of Information Act requests?
... thatChinatown, Newcastle, is on land once part ofBlackfriars monastery inNewcastle, England?
... thatGordon Ramsay became the firstScottish chef to win threeMichelin stars at hisself-titled restaurant in 2001?
... that in the 1974BBC documentaryA Passion for Churches,Poet Laureate John Betjeman compares the likeness of church architectNinian Comper toColonel Harland Sanders?

12:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatbark extracts ofLeichhardt trees(pictured) can be used to stunfish and make them easier to catch?
... that in 2005, lobbyists attributedGeorge W. Bush's increased "outspokenness" onBurmese human rights to a 50-minute meeting withShan activistCharm Tong?
... that the tenth-centuryOld English poemBattle of Brunanburh celebrates a victory of the English over a combined army ofVikings and Scots?
... that Japanese filmmakerNoriaki Tsuchimoto documented both the ravages ofMinamata disease andAfghanistan before theTaliban?
... that the formation of theAllegiance Council changed thelaws of succession in theKingdom of Saudi Arabia?
... thatBalai Pustaka, publisher of some of the most famous works ofIndonesian literature, faces possibleliquidation?
... that laser guns were considered as replacements for pistols for themodern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics?

06:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatJoan Crawford andHattie McDaniel were members ofAmerican Women's Voluntary Services(pictured) duringWorld War II?
... thatViktor Herou, a member of the firstSwedish communist parliamentary group, later became aCentre Party municipal politician?
... that the 1960Grammy Award winning comedy albumJonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris garnered U.S. singerJo Stafford a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album?
... thatBono personally lobbied forTurkish prime ministerRecep Tayyip Erdoğan to investigate the treatment of imprisonedconscientious objectorİnan Süver?
... thatBeckington Castle, built in the early 17th century, was not called a castle until 1839?
... that Antiguan politicianVere Bird, Jr. became Minister of Science, Technology and Communications in 1996, despite an earlier report recommending that he never be allowed to hold public office again?
... thatJacqueline Kennedy disliked her ownwedding dress?

00:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... that between 1886 and 1894,Athens, Georgia, JudgeYoung L. G. Harris(pictured) donated more thanUS$50,000 to startYoung Harris College, but he never set foot on the campus?
... thatgain before feedback is reduced when using multiplemicrophones forlive sound?
... thatGene Schoor, the author of more than forty "juvenile" sports biographies, was awardedUS$5000 damages in a suit against boxing championRocky Marciano for being punched by him?
... thatSteve Vai plays thesitar on "Moroccan Roll", a track fromMike Stern'sGrammy-nominated albumBig Neighborhood?
... thatMichel andAlbert Roux were the first chefs in the UK to gain threeMichelin stars?
... that "That Dress", worn byElizabeth Hurley at the premiere ofFour Weddings and a Funeral in 1994, has been voted the greatestred carpet dress of all time and is perhapsGianni Versace's best-known creation?
... that during the invasion ofNarvik on9 April 1940, the Norwegiancoast defense ship Norge fired 13 shells at theGerman destroyer Z11Bernd von Arnim at 600–800 meters (660–870 yd) range and missed?

11 May 2011

18:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatJacqueline Kennedy wore herpink Chanel suit(pictured) at theinauguration ofPresident Lyndon B. Johnson, even though it was stained withher husband's blood?
... thatTeresa de Jesús, an eight-hour television/DVD mini-series aboutSt. Teresa of Ávila, won the 1985 Spanish TP de Oro for Best National Series?
... that the community ofFrontera Corozal, Chiapas,Mexico, is the main access to theMaya site ofYaxchilan?
... thatFay Wray played the mother ofNatalie Wood in a forgottensitcom,The Pride of the Family, which aired onABC from1953 to1954?
... that theBattle of the Echinades in 1427 was the last naval victory in the history of theByzantine Empire?
... that you can improve your maximuma-vO₂ diff throughaerobic exercise?
... thatPima County, Arizona Supervisors ordered SheriffRobert H. Paul to bring his friendWyatt Earp andDoc Holliday back from Colorado after theykilled fouroutlaw Cowboys, but he returned empty-handed?

12:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Millingtonia Avenue inLucknow is named afterMillingtonia hortensis(pictured), which is the sole species of genusMillingtonia?
... that newly appointed Commissioner of theIsrael PoliceYohanan Danino was involved in investigations against thePrime Minister,Finance Minister andForeign Minister of Israel?
... that during theBattle of Kos a BritishParachute Company captured the airfield, despite there being 4,000 defenders?
... thatPhilippe Saisse'sGrammy-nominated albumAt World's Edge was dedicated to his father Maurice?
... that according to the authors ofStart-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle,Israel has more companies listed on theNASDAQ than any country except the United States?
... that during theGhanaian2011 New Patriotic Party Primaries, candidate Musa Superior canvassed for votes throughTwitter andFacebook whilst living in theUK?
... thatSir George Gibb, head of theBritish government's former Road Board, was accused of having delayed the construction of new roads because he had been arailwayman?

06:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... that in 2010, theWaterside Inn(pictured) became the first restaurant outside of France to hold threeMichelin stars for 25 years?
... that the 14 workers that constructedWyborn Reef Light in 1938 had to live in tents on a 50 by 50 feet (15 m × 15 m) wooden platform, 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) abovetiger shark infested water?
... thatCambodian women have been described as comparable to theApsaras on the walls of the temples ofAngkor Wat?
... that during thebombing of Darwin inWorld War II,Gunner's hearing was so acute that he detected approachingJapanese aircraft before they showed up onradar?
... that on6 June 1944 duringOperation Mallard,Tetrarchs became the first tanks to be flown into battle?
... that not long after theElizabethtown station opened in 1915, theLiberty Bell visited the station on its way toSan Francisco?
... that a17th-century copy of thediwan that13th-century Hebrew language poetTodros Abulafia made inCastile was rediscovered inHong Kong in the19th century?

00:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatHotel Astoria(pictured) atCopenhagen's main railway station was designed to look like asteam locomotive?
... that the scarcity of female participants inArmenian politics makesArmenia's women among the most underrepresented in the world?
... that the1948 comedyNo Minor Vices was one of the only four films made byDana Andrews for directorLewis Milestone?
... that the ship's mascot ofHMS Sainfoin, ababoon named Mortimer, took a fancy to the rescuedship's cat of thehospital shipTakliwa?
... thatAmangalla was originally named the "New Oriental Hotel" from 1865 and is located within the premises of theGalle FortUNESCO World Heritage Site?
... thatarmoured trains of Poland proved to be surprisingly successful during thePolish Defensive War of 1939?
... that theO'Donnell Heritage Museum contains aDan Blocker display dedicated to theBonanza star who was reared in ruralO'Donnell inWest Texas?

10 May 2011

18:06, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatPresident Obama's nominee forSurgeon General of the United States Army,Patricia Horoho(pictured), gavefirst aid to 75 victims of theSeptember 11 attacks?
... that there are threeparadoxes confronting careerwomen in Singapore?
... that thefruit bodies of the Australiansecotioid fungusGymnogaster boletoides will turn bright blue when injured or bruised?
... thatLeoš Janáček dedicated hisoperaJenůfa and thecantataElegy on the Death of Daughter Olga to the memory of his daughter?
... thatSamuel Taylor Coleridge spelledWilliam Shakespeare's last name as "Shakspere"?
... that at 46.5 metres (153 ft), the longestFoucault pendulum inPoland is suspended inside theChurch of Saints Peter and Paul in theOld Town district ofKraków?
... that more than 120 family members of a founder ofBillingshurst Unitarian Chapel are buried in its graveyard?

12:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the former Britishroyal yachtAlexandra(pictured), sold toNorway in 1925, was sunk byLuftwaffe bombers when she tried to escape to the United Kingdomin 1940?
... that theASME describes theOneida Street Station inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, as the "first central power station in the United States to be equipped and successfully operated withpulverized coal?"
... that it was at the wheel of theBrabham BT3 thatJack Brabham became the first driver ever to scoreFormula One World Championship points in acar of his own manufacture?
... thatOsama bin Laden'shideout compound inAbbottabad,Pakistan is known locally as theWaziristan Haveli mansion?
... that after the surge ofmultinational investments intoIndonesia during the 1970s, manyIndonesian women became the primary and cheap workforce inmanufacturing businesses?
... thatsocialist politicianArvid Olsson was among the firstSwedes to receive political training inSoviet Russia?
... thatBanksia candolleana shrubs have been estimated at 1000 years old?

06:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatJoseph Wright of Derby's painting,The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus(detail pictured), was only sold after his death, when all of his possessions were auctioned atChristie's?
... that theThrone Room of theBronze Age Palace ofKnossos, inGreece, is claimed to be the oldest inEurope?
... that theOdd Fellows and theKnights of Pythias worked together to build thePalace Lodge inWinslow, Indiana?
... thatshot putterManuel Martínez Gutiérrez has the record for most nationalathletics selections forSpain, but is now afilm actor?
... that it's possible to receive awireless internet signalalmost anywhere in Minneapolis, except onthe city's numerous lakes?
... thatwomen in Oman live in thePersian Gulf country that is considered to be one of the most advanced in terms ofwomen's rights?
... thatThe Red Onion, the oldest restaurant inAspen, Colorado, wasn't formally named that until more than 50 years after it was built?

00:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... that during theAmerican Civil War, theU.S. Navy'sUnadilla-class gunboats(example pictured) played a leading role in thecapture ofNew Orleans?
... thatNorman Hartnell designed both thewedding dress and thecoronation gown ofElizabeth II?
... that the mistletoeDendrophthoe vitellina has been found growing on 66 Australian plant species of 16 families?
... thatWiki-Watch is a free software tool to automatically assess thereliability of Wikipedia articles?
... that theMotley County Historical Museum inMatador,Texas, was formerly a hospital equipped with aniron lung, once used to treatpolio?
... thatGeorge Edmund Butler‎ was an officialwar artist for New Zealand duringWorld War I even though he lived in the United Kingdom?
... thatCincinnati Public Schools used theCummins School, an ornamented brick building, as a model for later school construction?
... that the bandBlue, who will represent theUnited Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, appeared naked in British gay magazineAttitude in May 2011?

9 May 2011

18:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... thata luxury hotel and resort on the islet ofSveti Stefan,Montenegro(pictured) has been described as a"'70s Adriatic playground on a hilly peninsula that's barely connected to the mainland"?
... that inRocky Mountain Bank v. Google Inc., if aGmail user had viewed a particular email,Google was ordered to disclose to a bank the user's real name?
... thatFriedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg was a nineteenth century German-Dutch sculptor who built church interiors in theGothic Revival style?
... that theAltec Lansing 604coaxial speaker became the standard U.S.studio monitor after 1945?
... that conductorHerbert Grossman collaborated with his wife on a popular English language translation ofPuccini'sGianni Schicchi?
... thatdeforestation in the surroundingrainforest has led tohowler monkeys being seen on the streets of modernPalenque, Chiapas,Mexico?
... that thewedding dress of Grace Kelly, characterized as "one of the most-beloved of all time", was designed byHelen Rose, a leading costume designer of the era forMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)?

12:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatPierre Koffmann served a signature dish ofpig's trotter(pictured) with chicken mousseline, sweetbreads and morels at his threeMichelin star restaurantLa Tante Claire?
... that since beingdrafted by thePhiladelphia Phillies in1982,Greg Legg has worked continually for the franchise as aminor leaguer, amajor leaguer, amanager, and acoach?
... that formerCroatian Member of ParliamentRuža Tomašić appeared intelevision seriesThe X-Files andMillennium as astuntwoman?
... that after theBattle of Arnhem, the British156th Parachute Battalion was reduced to only 68 men?
... that during the terms of GovernorJeb Bush, the Republican-dominatedFlorida Council of 100 began taking an activist role, funding studies and proposing solutions to critical issues?
... that "Jerry's Painting", an episode of theNBC comedyParks and Recreation, features a painting with a toplesscentaur Greek goddess that resembles the lead character, played byAmy Poehler?
... that the octagonalChurch of St Mary inHartwell,Buckinghamshire, has no roof?

06:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatPlaza Resort Bonaire(pictured) is the largest diving resort in the southernCaribbean island ofBonaire?
... that opera singerMaria di Gerlando created the role of Carmela in the 1954 world premiere ofGian Carlo Menotti'sThe Saint of Bleecker Street?
... thatabstract expressionist painterJay Meuser painted two portraits forGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthur?
... thatRideShare Delaware forms carpools from a database that grew to include 15,000 commuters in 2009?
... that the Roman settlement atGatcombe, in the modern English county ofSomerset, may be the site ofIscalis described byPtolemy?
... that theTecopa pupfish was the first animal delisted under theEndangered Species Act because of its extinction?
... thatGJ 3634 b, a recently discoveredSuper-Earth in orbit arounda red dwarf star, is estimated to be over eight times more massive than Earth?
... thatNew York Giants cornerbackPrince Amukamara has five sisters named Passionate, Peace, Precious, Princess, and Promise?

00:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thewedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark(pictured) was the first to be filmed of any royal family member?
... that theTeufelsturm, a prominent rock tower andclimbing rock about 40 metres (130 ft) high inSaxon Switzerland, is referred to as the "Symbol of Saxon Climbing"?
... that theSaudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs predates thefounding of Saudi Arabia?
... thatHenry Norlande Ruttan, anEmpire Loyalist, was theproject engineer for aWinnipeg pumping station considered in 1906 to be the most modern such institution in the world?
... that theLatin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album was presented in2000 to analbum deemed "unremarkable" by a critic?
... thatRichard Phipson's Victorian churchspire atGreat Finborough inSuffolk has been nicknamed "Thunderbird One" after theSupermarionation space rescue vehicle?
... that afrog battery can decomposepotassium iodide?

8 May 2011

18:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the formerSt John the Evangelist's Church inChichester was designed according to such extremeLow Church principles that the altar(pictured) resembles "a kind of kitchen table"?
... that CaptainWładysław Raginis is known as a modernLeonidas for facingNazi German forces which outnumbered the Poles 40:1 at theBattle of Wizna?
... thatBach set the theme of theGood Shepherd in hiscantata for the second Sunday afterEaster,Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, as apastorale, a trio ofoboes playingtriplets topedal points?
... thatLisa Head was the second British servicewoman killed on active service in theWar in Afghanistan since 2001?
... that theRabboni was the first regular tugboat to work thebar at the mouth of the Columbia River?
... that aftersopranoGianna Galli'sopera career ended at the age of 40 due to problems with hervocal cords, she had a second successful career as a talent manager of singers in Italy?
... thatPhaeacius, a very lazyjumping spider, waits motionless until prey walks almost into its jaws?

12:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the government ofSkopje passed a law to preserve theRistiḱ Palace(pictured) as a "Cultural Heritage" when it was threatened with destruction for illegal infringement?
... thatbaritoneRichard Torigi created the role of Silvio de Narni in the world premiere ofAlberto Ginastera'sBomarzo in 1967?
... that the smallLand Yeo river inSomerset, England, has powered at least tenwatermills in the last 1,000 years?
... that theBrooklyn Ice Cream Factory has been cited as having the bestice cream in New York City?
... that EnglishshipwrightJames Beeching invented a self-rightinglifeboat in 1851, which became the standard model for theRoyal National Lifeboat Institution's new fleet?
... that at its peak in the early20th century, theMatador Ranch had 90,000 head ofcattle on nearly 900,000 acres in parts of fourWest Texas counties?
... thatThe King retired after a girlcurtsied to him?

06:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatEd Schieffelin(pictured)prospected for ore near hostileChiricahua Apache Indians, and when he found a large silver deposit, he named theclaim Tombstone because everyone said that's all he'd find?
... that the owner of the prehistoricTell Ezou inSyria has expressed an interest to turn it into anolive plantation?
... thatCath Kidston started her shopping chain after survivingbreast cancer?
... that Dr. Richard Spademan invented theSpademan binding after seeing 150 fractures in a single long weekend atSquaw Valley?
... that the Roman philosopherSeneca the Younger attributed the deaths of 600 sheep in theAD 62 Pompeii earthquake to the effects of poisonous gases?
... that the2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule is expected to save 9,400 lives and overUS$48 billion in health-care costs?
... that the only surviving example ofsubdivision gates inWinnipeg,Manitoba, Canada, built byproperty owners instead of areal estate developer are located atArmstrong’s Point?

00:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... that males ofjumping spiderMaevia inclemens(pictured) were once considered different species, but the females knew better?
... thatSamuel Paull Andrews was the firstworking class man to be elected to theNew Zealand Parliament?
... that Italy'sCarabinieri maintaina unit dedicated to fighting art and antiquities crimes?
... that the titleBaron Carrickfergus was given toPrince William as a gift fromQueen Elizabeth II forhis wedding?
... that theNava Systemski binding used a plastic arm to control the ski, instead of a stiff ski boot?
... thatCharles Bemies organized the firstcollege basketball team in the 1890s and later became aPresbyterian minister and evangelist?
... thatPulvermacher's chain battery was used in experiments by dentists in an attempt to anaesthetise patients with electric shocks?

7 May 2011

18:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatVincent van Gogh called his 1888 paintingLanglois Bridge at Arles(pictured) "something funny ... I will not create every day"?
... thatBarney Gibson became the youngest-ever Englishfirst-class cricketer when he played forYorkshire aged 15 years and 27 days?
... that the precursors to theWhite House Press Secretary andWhite House press corps both formed during the presidency ofGrover Cleveland?
... that the tomb of Robert Ingylton inSt Michael and All Angels' Church inThornton,Buckinghamshire, was re-assembled from agrotto?
... thatKate Middleton'swedding dress for hermarriage to Prince William was designed bySarah Burton?
... thatNude Nuns with Big Guns is anunsploitation thriller film that is the subject of acopyright lawsuit againsttorrent users involving 5,865IP addresses?

12:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theseed of the Australian plantBanksia canei(pictured) requiresstratification (keeping at 5 °C for 60 days) beforegermination?
... that within six months of openingThe Kitchin restaurant inEdinburgh, chefTom Kitchin became the youngest-ever recipient of aMichelin star?
... thatRadhakrishnan'sDhammapada was recommended reading for victims of the "annihilation-extinction" theory ofnirvana?
... thatCaptainCedric Holland was sent with the British terms for the surrender of theFrench fleet prior to theattack on Mers-el-Kébir?
... that theKunming–Singapore Railway will be 3,900 km (2,400 mi) long when completed?
... that Italian athleteRoberto Marson was proclaimed the outstanding athlete of the Games after winning 10 goldmedals at the 1968 Paralympics?
... thatQueen Victoria has been credited with starting thewestern tradition ofwhite bridal gowns by wearing one at her 1840 wedding?

06:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theEnglish theologianDaniel Whitby(pictured) in 1710 defendedTextus Receptus's finding of 30,000 textual variants inJohn Mill's edition of theNew Testament?
... that the first timeRonald Colman andGinger Rogers starred together in a film was inLewis Milestone's1940 comedy romance dramaLucky Partners?
... that Virginia rabbiJack Moline helped write PresidentBill Clinton's famous 1995 "Shalom, Haver" eulogy for Israeli Prime MinisterYitzhak Rabin?
... that for the first time in 11 years, the 2010 budget passed by the15th Congress of the Philippines was signed byPresident Benigno Aquino III before the calendar year ended?
... that basketball playerOthyus Jeffers and his two older brothers, Gerome Allen and Edmund Allen, were all shot during three separate shooting incidents intheir hometown, but only Jeffers survived?
... that the earliest history ofAlishang inAfghanistan is traced to theMughal Emperor Babur, when in the 1520s he hunted wildlife in the mountains there before returning toIndia?
... thatSufjan Stevens has released four versions of "Chicago", including the "Multiple Personality Disorder Version"?

00:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thehouse at 36 Forest Street(pictured) inHartford, Connecticut, was built by an insurance company to satisfy amortgage payment the neighborhood'sdevelopers could not make?
... that a fungal pathogenBeauveria bassiana has been released along with a parasitic waspTetrastichus planipennisi in theUS as abiological control agent of theemerald ash borer?
... thatMongolia's topOlympic marathon runnerSer-Od Bat-Ochir trains with Morpeth Harriers inGateshead,England?
... thattantalum hafnium carbide is believed to have a melting point as high as 4,215 °C (7,619 °F)?
... thatGeorge Jessel andArlene Francis hosted a 1953–54ABC reality show,The Comeback Story, in which guests discuss how they overcame great adversity in their lives?
... that at 127.4 kilometres (79.2 mi) long, theGreat Wall of Vietnam is the longest monument in Southeast Asia?
... that futurecantorDavid Werdyger was saved from aNazi firing squad by singing theJewish prayer for the dead?

6 May 2011

18:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theiridescent metallic hues of somejewel bugs (Scutelleridae)(example pictured) are caused bystructural colors instead of pigmentation?
... thatGeoCenter Møns Klint on the island ofMøn in Denmark was designed byPLH Architects, the winners of an internationaldesign competition?
... that in themen's decathlon at the2008 Summer Olympics, BritishathleteDaniel Awde set a personal best in thepole vault and had the fastest time of anyone in the 400 metres, but finished 21st?
... thatEsad Mekuli is considered the father of modernAlbanian poetry inYugoslavia?
... that during theBattle of Arnhem the4th Parachute Brigade suffered 78 per cent casualties?
... that it wasJerry Shipp who led theUnited States men's national basketball team in scoring at the1964 Summer Olympics, even though its roster included two futureHall of Famers?
... that anextremophile bacterium,Paracoccus denitrificans, has been found to grow even under 400,000 times Earth's gravity, a fact having implications on the feasibility ofpanspermia?

12:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... that in 2011 the annual festivalInternationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, founded in 1896 after the model of theBayreuth Festival, opened at theHessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden(pictured) with the first performance in German ofRodion Shchedrin's operaLolita?
... thatSanjak of Montenegro was joined to theSanjak of Shkodra in 1514 as a unique administrative unit with a certain degree of autonomy?
... that timber from theRuislip Woods was used in the construction of theTower of London,Windsor Castle, thePalace of Westminster, and the manor of theBlack Prince inKennington?
... thatDebedeavon, the Laughing King of the AccawmackeVirginia Indian tribe, and an Englishman whom he adopted named Thomas Savage, warned the settlers atJamestown of the impending1622 Massacre?
... that host country West Germany won the most goldmedals at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, but theUnited States won the most total medals?
... that more than 120archaeological sites have been found in theEconfina Creekwatershed?
... thatRussell and Sigurd Varian, who played childhood pranks on family guests by giving them minor electric shocks, went on to invent theklystron and become pioneers ofmicrowave technology?

06:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatKeith Thiele(pictured), whose daringmotorcycle escape duringWWII has been compared toSteve McQueen's inThe Great Escape, is one of only fourNew Zealanders to be awarded theDFC andtwo bars?
... thatZipora Rubin-Rosenbaum has wonParalympic medals for Israel inathletics,swimming andtable tennis?
... that the Burmese were "on the brink of victory" in theBurmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) when they suddenly withdrew from their siege ofAyutthaya because their kingAlaungpaya had fallen ill?
... thatDinochelus ausubeli, a deepwaterlobster discovered during theCensus of Marine Life expedition, was named in honour of its sponsor,Jesse H. Ausubel?
... thatpolicies promoting wireless broadband plan to bring the Internet to 98% of Americans?
... thatTekalif-i orfiye,Resm-i çift,Rav akçesi,Nüzül,İspençe,Avariz,Adet-i ağnam,Resm-i arusane,Tuz resmi,Resm-i bennâk,Bedl-i askeri,Gümrük resmi,Sursat,Müskirat resmi,Temettu,Adet-i deştbani,Damga resmi,Resm-i mücerred,Öşür,Ihtisab,Resm-i donum andTapu resmi wereOttoman taxes, whilstMuafiyet were exemptions, andEmins were tax collectors?

00:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... that thePfaffenstein(pictured), a lowtable mountain and one of the most importantclimbing areas inSaxon Switzerland, was visited byFrederick Augustus III,King of Saxony, in 1915?
... that solar panels provide part of the power forelectric vehicle charging stations atHillsboro, Oregon'sIntermodal Transit Facility?
... that theBritish Colonial Hilton Nassau is located on the site of theOld Fort of Nassau?
... that until theMigrant Housing Act of North Carolina was amended in 2007,North Carolina had very few health and safety regulations for migrant farmers' housing?
... that the tadpole of the Vampire flying frogRhacophorus vampyrus has two fang-like hooks in its mouth?
... thatNellie McClung, theCanadian novelist, prohibitionist, and activist, lectured at theCornish Library inWinnipeg?
... thatGustav Elfving invented theoptimal design of experiments, and so minimized the cost of acartographic survey, while trapped in his tent in storm-riddenGreenland?

5 May 2011

18:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... that during a 1762British siege of theFortress of the Immaculate Conception(pictured) inEl Castillo village withinEl Castillo municipality, Nicaragua,Rafaela Herrera inspired the outnumbered Spanish defenders to victory?
... thatHeather Knight was the first woman to be selected President ofPacific Union College and the firstAfrican American woman to lead an Adventist College in North America?
... thatFootes Lane is the main sporting venue inGuernsey?
... that in 1852Franz Johann Joseph Bock founded the first large exhibition of ancient masterpieces of Christian art?
... thatSt Lawrence's Church inBroughton,Buckinghamshire, islisted Grade I because of its "remarkable series" ofmedieval wall paintings?
... thatCurry Hicks was the headfootball coach for theMichigan State Normal Normalites in 1910 and theathletic director atUMass from 1911 to 1949?
... that the buildings inJižní Město, the Czech Republic's largest housing estate, were color-coded to facilitate orientation?

12:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatshea trees, most heavily concentrated inBurkina Faso, are referred to as "women's gold"(woman processing shea nuts pictured) by the locals for theirproperties?
... that the ancient custom of ringing thecurfew bell each evening fromSt Peter's Church inSandwich,Kent, still continues?
... thatan artificial lake near theLebanese village ofQaraoun has become a seasonal home for about 20,000 migratory birds each year?
... that members of theBrisbane-basedWomen's National Emergency Legion served as drivers forUnited States military units inAustralia duringWorld War II?
... thatTwicket, the first ever village cricket match to be live-streamed around the world, was played inWray, Lancashire, onEaster Monday 2011?
... thatwomen in Burma wore a skirtcloth known as thehtamein during theKonbaung Dynasty?
... that althoughEarth, Wind & Fire's song "Reasons" has never charted, it is included on several dozen albums including most of the group's greatest hitscompilation albums?

06:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theCivic(pictured), aCategory II heritage building damaged in the2011 Christchurch earthquake, is to be demolished?
... that Eddie Wilcoxen,morning show host on radio stationKWHW, is the currentPoet Laureate for the state ofOklahoma?
... that next-generationDDR4 computer memory, developed since 2005, is the first of its family to discardmulti-channel architecture, and the first to include3D silicon stacking in its specification?
... thatG. L. Pridgen, aRepublican member of theNorth Carolina House of Representatives, supports a bill requiring areferendum onEnglish being his state’s official language?
... that theJacksonville Aviation Authority owns and operates four airports on a budget ofUS$63.8 million inJacksonville, Florida, but costs taxpayers nothing?
... thatSudanese human rights activistMudawi Ibrahim Adam has been imprisoned four times for his work inDarfur?
... that inCoffee: A Dark History, Antony Wild claims thatcoffee helped cause theAge of Enlightenment?

00:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theLoire(pictured) is the longest river inFrance?
... that before they owned largeranches inTexas,John Wesley Snyder and his brother operated an apple orchard and horse-trading business inWilliamson County nearAustin?
... that in the churchyard ofSt Mary's Church inHartley Wintney,Hampshire, are the graves of the notable military figuresHenry "Hangman" Hawley andField Marshal Lord Alanbrooke?
... thatbone marrow drives hosted byYale University in honor ofice hockey playerMandi Schwartz netted more than 2,400 donors and resulted in six matches for those awaiting transplants?
... thatbandleaderIvy Benson and her all-female band were the first entertainers invited to perform at theVE Day celebrations inBerlin at the request ofField Marshal Montgomery?
... that BritishParalympic rowing gold medallistTom Aggar was once part of theSaracens F.C. youth development squad?
... that theSilent Way is alanguage teaching method in which students do 90 percent or more of the talking?

4 May 2011

18:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that despite his racing career cut short by two wars,Finnhorse trotterEri-Aaroni(pictured) sold in 1946 for the equivalent of 680,000 euros, the all-time highest price for a horse inFinland?
... thatNathan "Ned" Miller had two hit songs in the 1920s at the age of 22?
... that there is atri-state water dispute betweenGeorgia,Alabama, andFlorida over theApalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin?
... that whenNikita Khrushchev gave the go-ahead to build theBerlin Wall,Mikhail Pervukhin was the first to know?
... that TV quiz showDon't Scare the Hare has been described as "fantasy based toddler telly with an adult twist"?
... thatBurmese democracy activistAye Aung is serving a 59-year prison sentence for distributing leaflets and organizing protests inYangon?
... that the characters of "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World" are only allowed to experience one day a week?

12:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that richness of thewildlife of the Central African Republic(gorilla pictured) is reflected in its about 3,600 species of plants and more than 1,000 species of birds, mammals and reptiles?
... that the main target of the 1945attack on Yokosuka was thebattleshipNagato, theflagship of the fleet thatattacked Pearl Harbor in 1941?
... thatAlfred E. Goodey collected and commissioned paintings to record the history ofDerby?
... thatMochtar Lubis's novelSalah Asuhan had to avoid themes of rebellion and portray the European characters in a positive light in order to be published?
... thatDragan Velić is the current President of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija ofNorth Kosovo?
... that workers at theBata shoe factory inEast Tilbury,England, lived in "Bata-ville", acompany town complete with houses, schools, shops, sports facilities, a theatre, a post office, and its own newspaper?
... thatAmie MacRuari was divorced by the firstLord of the Isles despite giving him no grounds for doing so?

06:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theEngine Company 2 Fire Station(pictured) inHartford, Connecticut, was designed in theItalian Renaissance Revival architectural style, not commonly used for firehouses?
... that theOS Museum inPost,Texas, contains a hybrid of exhibits on both theAmerican West andAsia, which are changed three times per year?
... that at the2008 Games,Helene Raynsford became theParalympic's first ever rowing gold medallist?
... that Homeland Security is recruiting every local jail in the U.S. to become a deportation office through a new program calledSecure Communities?
... thatliquid crystal lasers can emit several wavelengths from a single device?
... that the originalShaare Zedek Synagogue was the oldest synagogue inWinnipeg?
... that poet, historian and radicalWilliam Jones was described by a contemporary as "the hottest arsed" Welshman he had ever known?

00:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that theRed Faced Lovebird(pictured) is found in both theCentral African Republic'sBamingui-Bangoran National Park and in Nigeria'sGashaka Gumti National Park?
... that duringOperation Rhodes ofJanuary 1970, Israeliparatroops held the Egyptian island ofShadwan for over a day before leaving with 62 prisoners of war?
... thatMilton Olander, who led theWestern Michigan football team to an unbeaten and unscored upon record in 1922, was later offered a position as AssistantU.S. Secretary of Labor?
... thatHillingdon House once housed theRoyal Flying Corps Armament School, which established a firing range in the grounds?
... thatRon Hextall was the firstice hockey goaltender to shoot andscore a goal in theNational Hockey League?
... that theRhine Terrace restaurant inBerlin'sHaus Vaterland featured hourly fakethunderstorms?
... thatSalilyn's Condor andSalilyn 'N Erin's Shameless are the only father and daughter to have bothwon theWestminster Kennel Club Dog Show?

3 May 2011

18:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatdressmakers working onKate Middleton'swedding gown(pictured) changed needles every three hours, and washed their hands every half hour?
... that thewidest path problem forms thealgorithmic basis of theSchulze method used byWikimedia to decide the winners of multiwayelections?
... thatItalian runnerSilvana Cruciata ran over 18 km (11.2 miles) inone hour—aworld record which went unbeaten for 17 years?
... that thefirst transcontinental trip by a solar-powered vehicle was completed in 1983?
... that, despite being amonastery of theEthiopian Orthodox Church,Gunda Gunde provided many converts to theRoman Catholic faith for missionary (later saint)Justin de Jacobis?
... thatJay Houghton, a member of theMissouri House of Representatives, had an uncle, two great-uncles, and a great-great-grandfather who also served as representatives?
... thatMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is the result of continued commercial success ofOlympic video games starringNintendo's andSega's once-rival mascots,Mario andSonic the Hedgehog?

12:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... thatCézanne may have paintedPyramid of Skulls(pictured) because he was drawn to the forms, exclaiming, "How beautiful a skull is to paint!"?
... thatGwangju Prize for Human Rights winnerAngkhana Neelaphaijit has been investigating theforced disappearance of her husband for more than seven years?
... that theAmerican Civil War delayed the construction of theGeorge Stumpf House inIndianapolis by nearly 10 years?
... that the concept for theEuthanasia Coaster, aroller coaster designed to kill its riders, caused concern among anti-euthanasia groups when it went on display?
... thatapartheid in South Africa and theMozambican Civil War caused an increase in the number oftourists visiting Swaziland?
... that authorEphraim Emerton taughtmedieval ecclesiastical history atHarvard Divinity School for over 40 years?
... that thewedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer became one of the most famous outfits in the world and featured a 25-foot (7.6 m) train?

06:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the design competition forOur City(pictured) caused much controversy, as the winning architect was young, inexperienced and proposed anarchitectural style thatNew Zealanders were unfamiliar with?
... that among the all-time list ofAAU Men's Basketball All-Americans, 33 have competed in theOlympic Games while nine have been enshrined in theBasketball Hall of Fame?
... that inLuoji Township inYunnan, there are laws against the picking of youngmatsutake mushrooms smaller than 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter?
... that American sailorEd Baird has won theAmerica's Cup with syndicates fromNew Zealand andSwitzerland, but failed at two attempts to win it with teams from his native country?
... that theskinny triangle is used bysnipers to estimate target range?
... that "What's Your Name", a 2008electro single byUsher andwill.i.am, was noted by some critics as one of the best tracks onHere I Stand, while others described it as "downright awful"?
... that themaiden voyage ofEmpire Cowdray was delayed because most of her crew weredrunk?

00:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the filmRonald Reagan called "the worst picture I ever made" inspiredJerry Parr to join theSecret Service, and that Parr saved President Reagan's life during the1981 assassination attempt(pictured)?
... that the UK House of CommonsTreasury Committee challenged thePayments Council's plan to abolishcheques by 2018?
... thatMorića Han is the only survivinghan inSarajevo?
... thatRNA thermometers are found inhuman cells and help protect them from overheating?
... thatClement W. Payton won a BritishDistinguished Flying Cross and a BelgianCroix de guerre?
... that on Mt. Murchison in New Zealand'sBraeburn Range, a small population of large carnivorous snails,Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes", is only found above thebush line?
... thatBrian Bowman performed the firsteuphonium recital at Carnegie Hall?

2 May 2011

18:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the name ofFisheating Creek(pictured) is derived from theSeminole name for the stream,Thlothlopopka-Hatchee, or "the river where fish are eaten"?
... that theM2 gas mask protected the wearer for at least five hours against the common World War I chemical weaponphosgene?
... that during the2010–11 NBA Development League season, 20 players were called-up to theNBA, while 39 NBA players were assigned to theD-League?
... that during the2010 Australian federal electionsBruce Hawker helped the incumbentLabor Party form a minority government after negotiations with the independents?
... thatSouth Africa's winning of the1997 Wills Golden Jubilee Tournament marked its firstcricket tournament victory in theIndian subcontinent and in their seventh attempt?
... thatBertrand Teyou is serving two years in jail for attempting to read publicly from his book aboutChantal Biya, the first lady ofCameroon?
... that while playingcricket forOxford University Cricket Club,E. W. Bastard once dismissedAustralian cricket captain Billy Murdoch?

12:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that earlyWestern Australian settler George Layman Sr. was speared to death by aWardandi elder atWonnerup House(pictured) in 1841?
... the government of theCrimean Socialist Soviet Republic was headed byDmitry Ilyich Ulyanov,Vladimir Lenin's brother?
... that democracy activistHtay Kywe was described asBurma's "most-wanted man" following his leadership role in the2007 anti-government protests?
... thatHeart Peaks in northernBritish Columbia,Canada, is the third largest volcano in theNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province?
... that 2011Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winnerPaige St. John is married to John Wark, a formerPulitzer Prize finalist?
... that the past captains of theIndian cricket team were honoured during the1997 Pepsi Independence Cup, which was organised to celebrateIndia's 50th anniversary of independence?
... that size matters when thejumping spiderPhidippus clarus selects mates?

06:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that in 2010,Washington Nationals pitcherCollin Balester(pictured)hit two batters in the head in a span of nine days?
... that British physicistAlexander Rankine gave the 1932Royal Institution Christmas Lecture and worked onfog dispersal systems during World War II?
... that Chinese explorerJin Feibao has completed theExplorers Grand Slam in only 18 months and 24 days, the fastest recorded time?
... thatPenny White lost her seat on theTennessee Supreme Court because of her vote in a single court decision?
... that theLos Angeles Times callsLove, Loss, and What I Wore aThe Vagina Monologues-What Not to Wear mix, andThe New York Times calls it a "show about matters of the heart and matters of the closet"?
... that duringWorld War II, men of the American818th Tank Destroyer Battalion were awarded nineSilver Stars and seventy-twoBronze Stars?
... that theSunmobile, world's first solar-powered automobile, was demonstrated in a 1955 General Motors car show?

00:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the church ofLlangadfan(pictured), nearDyfnant Forest, was visited bySaint Cadfan who founded a church there before moving toBardsey Island in 516?
... that the upscale boutiques and exclusive nightclub thatAspen, Colorado,developerHarley Baldwin put in theBrand Building andCollins Block earned them the nickname "Glitter Gulch"?
... thatAlbanian leaderSkanderbeg ambushed his would-be ambusher at theBattle of Meçad?
... that the Emissions Control Technology Association (ECTA) claims that more than$20 in healthcare savings is generated for every dollar spent on theDiesel Emissions Reduction Act?
... thatAdmiralSamuel Goodall fought in three wars, seeing action atUshant,the Saintes,Genoa and theHyères Islands?
... thatArroyo Seco, Querétaro,Mexico, is home to the Sótano del Barro, apit cave which is one of the largest cavities of the world by volume?
... that a proposal byRepublicanCharles Austin Tweed allowingCalifornia to hire women at the same rate of pay offered to men was defeated by theCalifornia State Senate?

1 May 2011

18:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Polish CountessEveline Hańska(pictured) was once ordered by a doctor to stick her feet into a small pig in order to treat hergout?
... that the former station house at theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railwaydepot inGalesburg, Illinois, had two waiting rooms, one for men and one for women?
... that journalistIryna Khalip is under incommunicado house arrest following a protest of the2010 Belarusian presidential election, in whichher husband was also a candidate?
... thatSophie Christiansen, the youngest athlete for Great Britain at the2004 Summer Paralympics, won a bronze medal indressage?
... that despite intending to cast a 40–50 year oldJapanese actor in the upcomingFringe episode "The Day We Died", American actorBrad Dourif was chosen instead?
... that theCloth of St Gereon is the oldest known European tapestry still existing?
... thatMustafa Kemal Atatürk'sstate funeral took place twice, once immediately after his death in 1938 and then again in 1953?

12:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Bach'scantata for theSt. Thomas Sunday(pictured) of 1725,Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42, is the only one in his second annual cycle beginning with aSinfonia?
... thatBuddhist monkU Gambira was sentenced to sixty-three years in prison for his leadership role inBurma'sSaffron Revolution?
... that thePlain of Torvioll saw the firstbattle ofSkanderbeg's war against theOttoman Empire?
... thatGhada Amer created theEncyclopedia of Pleasure sculpture in 2001 to illustrate parts of the eponymousIslamic Golden Age encyclopedia that discusses femalesexual pleasure?
... thatAdrian Lombard, who had no formal training inaerodynamics, became one of the world's foremost designers ofjet engines?
... thatprofessional wrestling events have been held to honorSherri Martel,Shinya Hashimoto (also known asHustle King), andFred Ward?
... that on the north wall ofSt Nicholas' Church inFreefolk,Hampshire, are three layers of wall paintings?

06:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that faced with what they thought to be a suicide mission, the crews of severalbattleships of the GermanHigh Seas Fleet(squadron pictured)mutinied in 1918?
... that theFCC's attempts to modifymedia ownership laws in 2003 was stayed until 2010 byPrometheus Radio Project v. FCC until the FCC explained and justified each change?
... that at the2010 Games, skierKelly Gallagher became the first-everWinter Paralympian fromNorthern Ireland?
... thatBeyoncé Knowles hired 200 native African dancers to appear in her music video for "Run the World (Girls)"?
... thatborn-again Christian political activistDavid Lane, who works to supportright-wing politics in the US, was called the "stealth weapon for the right"?
... thatMiami Vice producerMichael Mann originally conceived the character ofRicardo Tubbs as "nobody'sTonto"?
... thatEdward John Trelawny married the sister of a Greek warlord and then lived with her in a mountain cave?

00:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that it is widely believed that Elsie Stevens, wife of poetWallace Stevens, was the model for theMercury dime(pictured)?
... that Italian leftist politicianEmanuele Fiano was a Jewish youth leader in theHashomer Hatzair Socialist–Zionist youth movement inMilan?
... that theKosovo Liberation Army destroyedZočište Monastery in 1999?
... that madprophetWilliam Hacket wasexecuted inLondon in 1591, after denouncingQueen Elizabeth I and defacing her image with abodkin?
... that theTajikistan Aluminum Company (TALCO) runs one of the largestaluminum manufacturing plants in the world?
... thatSalusbury Pryce Humphreyscommanded HMS Leopard during theChesapeake–Leopard Affair in 1807?
... that in 1937, the slopes ofJoppenbergh Mountain were coated withborax for a summerski jumping competition?

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