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30 November 2011

16:00, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

... that thesparrow's-egg lady's-slipper(pictured) is alady's slipper orchid that resembles a sparrow's egg?
... that the scoring inBach's cantataNun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, based onLuther's chorale forAdvent, is said to be simple because Advent was a "season of abstinence"?
... that although theCornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry spans 73 games and dates back to 1922, the teams did not meet in the post season until the2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship?
... that theRajaji Hall inChennai,India, was constructed to commemorate a British victory overTipu Sultan in theFourth Anglo-Mysore War?
... that ParalympianDaniel Fitzgibbon was named Sailor of the Year with a Disability in 2008, 2009 and 2011?
... thatThe Who's "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" has been interpreted as a song aboutmasturbation?

08:00, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatLouisiana State University defeated Alabama(pictured) by a score of 9-6 incollege football's latest so-called "Game of the Century", a game that did not feature a singletouchdown?
... that many German communists fleeing Nazi persecution who initially found refuge in Moscow'sHotel Lux were killed inJosef Stalin'spurges?
... thatBulbophyllum nocturnum, first described in 2011, is the onlyorchid species known to flower at night?
... thatGrand Parade won the 1919Epsom Derby despite 33 to 1 odds and a treacherous track?
... that both the number and magnitude offoreshocks andaftershocks of the1969 Yangjiang earthquake were unusually small, considering the size of the mainshock?
... that near thePoplar River, alocomotive, briefly used forlogging, lay abandoned for 20 years before being sold for scrap?

00:00, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

... that one 19th-century writer condemned the partial demolition ofthe old church dedicated toSt Nidan inAnglesey, Wales, saying thatits replacement(pictured) was "a painfully impressive example of architectural bad taste"?
... thatReinhard Febel composed an opera onCaspar Hauser,Sekunden und Jahre des Caspar Hauser, which premiered in 1992 at theOpernhaus Dortmund?
... thatskippers,lycaenids andhoneybees visit the flowers ofDampiera purpurea?
... thatsmallmouth bass, introduced intoCrescent Lake, have spread to every major lake in the upperPoplar River watershed ofMinnesota?
... that the Miller's Tower atFormakin House is dated "1694 DL", with DL standing for "damned lie", as it was built in the 1900s?
... that trying to escapeHurricane Katrina, award-winning writerJesmyn Ward and her family got stranded in a field full of tractors?

29 November 2011

16:00, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

... that despitefailing to defend a convoy(engagement pictured), and having one of his ships wrecked,Robert Linzee still rose to be anadmiral in theRoyal Navy?
... thatWinter: Five Windows on the Season byAdam Gopnik was the 50thMassey Lecture and occurred on the 75th anniversary of theCBC?
... that thePioneer Youth League of British Guiana was banned by theBritish colonial authorities inDecember 1953?
... thatJacque LaPrarie,Eric Hochberg,Tom Tarver,Mike Stephans, andChas Dodd all led theRutgers Scarlet Knights football team in passing yards?
... thatRollin White was an American gunsmith who invented a revolver with a bored-throughcylinder which allowed the use of metallic cartridges?
... that theBelgian Landrace, abreed of domestic pig, is known for its musculature and high quality of pork?

08:00, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theCongo Serpent Eagle(pictured) may be one of the few known examples ofavian mimicry?
... that the deaths of two residents of theMathias Sharp House in southwesternIndiana sparked a sensational 1870s murder trial?
... that Russian scientistMikhail Golant, asapper duringWorld War II, pioneered the Soviet approach to design ofbackward-wave tubes?
... thatStarry Starry Night was described as a "healthy example" of a China-Taiwan film collaboration?
... that the proposedRedlands Passenger Rail system would connect theUniversity of Redlands withSan Bernardino, California?
... thatThelephora palmata is among the stinkiest fungi in the forest?

00:12, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theYale Union Laundry Building(pictured), built inPortland, Oregon in 1904, includes theItalian Revival andEgyptian Revival architectural styles?
... that an English translation of theHindi hymn "Jaya Ho" has been included in the North AmericanhymnalsVoices United andThe United Methodist Hymnal?
... that at least two of the fourScott Viking 1 gliders built wereimpressed intoRoyal Air Force service duringWorld War Two?
... that "Cherish" becameMadonna's sixteenth top-five single, a record in theBillboard Hot 100 history?
... thatBa'athists in Yemen carried out clandestine political activity until 1990?
... that theravenberry andboreal sagewort are eaten byhoary marmots?

28 November 2011

16:11, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

... that althoughSt Cynfarwy was active inAnglesey, Wales, in the 7th century, the age of thechurch dedicated to him(pictured) cannot be ascertained due to extensive rebuilding?
... thatConstantinos A. Patrides, the author ofMilton and the Christian Tradition, earned a medal for heroism for his boyhood service with theGreek Resistance against theGerman Occupation?
... thatBlue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has been praised for an initiative to reduce health care spending, but public anger ensued when the compensation for its departedCEO was reported?
... thatSir Edward Ford donated 2,200 of his own books to the library of theRoyal Australasian College of Physicians?
... that during theSecond World War, what became theBattle of Britain House inRuislip was used for the training of American agents for sabotage missions carried out in occupied France?
... thatThey Say I'm a Monkey! usedleeches feeding to symbolize the rape of a child?

02:20, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the use of fireworks has been investigated as a possible cause of the recent34-vehicle pile-up on theM5 motorway(accident site pictured) inTaunton,Somerset?
... thatfossilized microorganisms in the Barberton Greenstone Belt have been dated to 3.5 billion years ago?
... that piano students ofKarl-Heinz Kämmerling at theMozarteum and theHochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover won more than 100 prizes at piano competitions?
... that RabbiMordechai Shlomo Friedman was engaged when he was 10 years old?
... that research onsplit-brain patients led to identifying theleft brain interpreter as a system that rationalizes and generalizes new information that the brain receives?
... that the21er Haus, located inVienna, was originally constructed as the Austrian pavilion forExpo 58 inBrussels?

27 November 2011

18:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theTamar–Tavy Estuary(pictured), on theCornwall–Devon border in theUK, attracts over 20% of theBritish wintering population of the uncommonPied Avocet?
... that both of American singerRomeo Santos' first two singles, "You" and "Promise", reached the top of theBillboard Hot Latin Songs chart?
... that both theJustice Party and theIndian National Congress lent their support to the1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike?
... that Arab-Israeli Olympic hopefulJowan Qupty and Jewish-Israeli OlympianNimrod Shapira Bar-Or were high school roommates and best friends?
... that nobleman and diplomatMichał Radziwiłł Rudy was described as apsychopath by his own cousin, politicianKrzysztof Radziwiłł?
... that after members of the cast ofGhost of Jeruk Purut were diagnosed as being possessed, the crew was told to prepare an offering of cigars, eggs, and palm sugar?

10:50, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

... that in his two elections as councillor forChristchurch City Council, and four successful elections asMayor of Christchurch,Charles Louisson(pictured) was always returned unopposed?
... thatAuckland'sGrafton Volcano was only identified last year, having been buried bya neighbouring volcano soon after it was created?
... that thefirst Chinese player in theNBA was aMaverick?
... that aSinclair ZX81 inspiredEric van der Kleij, CEO ofTech City, to go into technology?
... thatChristen Pram is regarded as the firstNorwegian novelist?
... that it has been suggested thatJohn Thornton Augustine Washington would have succeeded his great uncleGeorge Washington as "king" if the United States had been amonarchy?

03:05, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the pilgrimage site(cross pictured) on the mountainHülfensberg, popular since the Middle Ages, survived theReformation, the dissolution byJérôme Bonaparte, Bismarck'sKulturkampf, and thedivision of Germany?
... that theMichigan–Michigan State ice hockey rivalry includesThe Big Chill at the Big House, the highest attended ice hockey game ever?
... that thelaw firmSteven J. Baum P.C. closed three weeks after the publication of embarrassing photos of its 2010Halloween party ridiculingforeclosed homeowners?
... thatYoennis Céspedes was described byBaseball Prospectus as "arguably the best all-around [baseball] player to come out ofCuba in a generation"?
... thathindgut fermenters such ashorses extract more nutrition out of smaller quantities of feed than doruminants such ascattle?
... that the "wedding" of theMiami Maniac, the mascot of theMiami Hurricanes baseball team, was televised nationally onESPN in a ceremony attended byBud Man,Grimace andMcGruff the Crime Dog?

26 November 2011

19:20, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatBrad Ness,Justin Eveson,Shaun Norris,Michael Hartnett,Brendan Dowler,Tristan Knowles(pictured) andBrett Stibners were all members of the gold medal winning Australian2008 Summer Paralympics wheelchair basketball team coached byBenjamin James Ettridge?
... thatSha'ab was one of several villages inGalilee which rebelled against theOttomans in 1573 CE (981 H)?
... thatJohn Jenkinson rescued a woman from a burning house inThe Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand, whilst 13 others died?
... that during a decade of theinterbellum,Poland and Germany suffered from a customs war?
... thatP. Oxy. 654 andP. Oxy. 655 are two of only three Greek manuscripts of theGospel of Thomas?

08:00, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatSickle-billed Vangas(pictured) have apolyandrous breeding system, with several males helping a single female raise a clutch of eggs?
... thatmembers of thecolonial tunicatePyrosoma atlanticum mayglow in response to each other?
... that 1932 Olympic racewalking championTommy Green was unable to walk for the first five years of his life because he was afflicted withrickets?
... that the extinct Canadian redwoodMetasequoia foxii was described from over 10,000 fossils?
... thatCaptainEdward Sneyd Clay lost his ship when hispilot andmaster mistook a burninglime kiln for asignal light?
... that theBangong suture in Tibet was formed by the closure of the former Bangong Ocean?

00:00, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theMother Zion church(pictured), New York City's first African-American congregation, was also anUnderground Railway refuge?
... that theTory Member of ParliamentHenry Thynne taughtFrench andItalian to the poetElizabeth Singer?
... thatbaseball playerFred Fussell was nicknamed "Moonlight Ace" after he pitched ano-hitter?
... that thePeople's Library was formed when an abandoned cardboard box full of books was discovered inZuccotti Park, New York?
... thatAllen Shenstone was the only Canadian among the 400 undergraduates who enteredPrinceton University in 1910?
... thatArmijn Pane wrote more idealistic works after theJapanese occupation of Indonesia?

25 November 2011

16:00, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatNative Americans used various parts of thepurple prairie clover(pictured) for food and to make tea, medicine, and brooms?
... thatWerner Hartenstein was the U-boat commander responsible for theLaconia incident?
... thatHall of FamerGeorge Kelly was nearly suspended byMajor League Baseball for playing basketball withJimmy O'Connell?
... thatBruce Springsteen's song "Point Blank" is one of several songs onThe River that deal with the disappointments of working-class family life?
... thatToward the Unknown featured storylines involving bothtest pilots andbrainwashing?
... that, largely due to hunting fortraditional medicine, fewer than 250Delacour's langurs are believed to remain in the wild?

08:00, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the gonads of jellyfishBathykorus bouilloni(pictured) have not been observed?
... thatJacqueline Moss guided tours ofJoseph Hirshhorn's sculpture garden in Greenwich, Connecticut, before he had the art moved tohis museum inWashington?
... thatBarbadoswon its first Pan American medals during the1963 Pan American Games, held inSão Paulo, Brazil?
... thatAzwar Abubakar was acting governor ofAceh in the aftermath of the2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami?
... thatBach's cantataWas Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98, begins with the same stanza as the earlierchorale cantata,BWV 99, but continues differently and even seems to lack the regular closing chorale?
... thatCorporal Punishment went professional in 1993?

00:00, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

... that American painterFrederick Carl Frieseke said he got "much pleasure in shocking the good Church people with the nudes"(example pictured)?
... that theTupolev ANT-41torpedo bomber was designed to be flown either withconventional landing gear or as afloatplane?
... that thePied Monarch of north Queensland binds its nest with spiderwebs and decorates it with lichen?
... thatSpec Harkness led theNorthwestern League in wins during his first professional baseball season?
... that Australian dual swimmingParalympic gold medallistSam Bramham once told the media that his leg had been "chomped off by akangaroo"?

24 November 2011

16:00, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

... that on the first day ofWorld War I, the Germanlight cruiserSMSBreslau(pictured) bombarded the port ofBône inFrench North Africa?
... that species in the fossil ant genusMyrmeciites are named forHercules,Goliath, anda river?
... that whena DC-7 crashed into a pine forest in France in 1959, rescue workers were hindered by a lack of roads in the area?
... thatUnthink andNextdoor each attempt to challengeFacebook by providing an online social network with greater privacy?
... that Australian Paralympic medalistsKaren Farrell andCameron de Burgh, both seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents, were sponsored by theNSW Motor Accidents Authority?
... thatDjan Faridz withdrew his bid forGovernor of Jakarta after being selected as Minister of Public Housing?

08:00, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

... that a lake(pictured) in theLangwieder lake district originated as a pit from which more than 2,000,000 cubic metres ofgravel were excavated for highway construction was once voted the cleanest lake inMunich?
... that the plot ofSophocles'lost playTereus incorporates rape, mutilation andinfanticide?
... thatBrazil defeatedTimor-Leste76–0 infutsal in 2006, the current world record?
... that archaeological excavations inFrightful Cave, inCoahuila,Mexico, recovered over 950 fibresandals and the remains of an aged woman?
... thatJessica Gallagher, the first Australian woman to win a medal at theWinter Paralympics, has also set national records in discus, long jump, and shot put?
... thatDjenar Maesa Ayu was involved with1 Woman, 14 Men on her 38th birthday?

00:00, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatYogo sapphires(pictured) are rarer than diamonds and are found only in Yogo Gulch,Montana?
... that before his early death, Russian writerLev Lunts proposed the name and wrote the manifesto for the famousSerapion Brothers literary group?
... thatTom Fitzgerald has the most wins amongColumbus Crew head coaches, with 70?
... that the nest of theYellow-faced Honeyeater is so flimsy, eggs and nestlings sometimes fall through the bottom?
... that dual Australian Paralympic powerlifting silver medallistDarren Gardiner is known as "The Bear" because of the roaring noise he makes in his pre-competition warmup?
... that before it moved into theOld House of Keys, theIsle of Man'slower house of parliament met in apub?

23 November 2011

16:00, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

... that state highwayK-143 (shield pictured) nearSalina, Kansas, uses three different types of pavement on its 4.6 miles (7.4 km)?
... thatKevin McIntosh was named theAustralian Paralympic Committee Coach of the Year three times?
... that theTian Shan region is a key place to studymountain formation far from continental andtectonic plate boundaries?
... thatLeederville Oval was built on part of aseries of wetlands north ofPerth,Western Australia?
... that duringcontrolled burns of wooded areas, theJapanese climbing fern can inadvertently become afuel ladder that brings flames into thecanopy?
... that Israeli sport shooterSergy Rikhter was denied a 2011ISSF World Cup silver medal because he was late?

08:00, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatParalympic gold medallistBrendan Burkett(pictured) is the director of the Centre for Healthy Activities, Sport and Exercise at theUniversity of the Sunshine Coast?
... thatSt Edwen's Church, Llanedwen, is one of the few churches in Wales to be lit only by candles?
... that thearmored cruiserAdmiral Makarov was one of the ships that represented theRussian Empire at thecoronation ofNicholas I of Montenegro inAugust 1910?
... that the interlocking at theHarris Switch Tower inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, still simulates train movements using timetables from the early 1940s?
... that less than six weeks after winning the2011 National Rugby League premiership, theManly-Warringah Sea Eaglessacked their head coach,Des Hasler?
... thatPunta Brava,Cuba, has been the site of a number of notable deaths, including those ofAntonio Maceo Grajales (1896) andQuentin Bandera (1906)?

00:00, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theLaura Street Trio of buildings(pictured) inJacksonville, Florida, includes a building that wasFlorida's tallest when it was built?
... that theRadlock Trainer was built by members of the Hull Experimental Gliding Club in their workshop?
... that the1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team won theNCAA Division I Tournament inJerry Lyne's first season as an assistant coach?
... that according to legend,Saint Boniface chased away aGermanic god namedStuffo from theHülfensberg inThuringia,Germany?
... that ParalympianCobi Crispin was theAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team's top scorer in all but the last two matches of the 2011 U25 Women's World Championship of Basketball?
... thatPeter Percival collaborated withArumuka Navalar, aHindu revivalist, to translate theBible intoTamil?

22 November 2011

16:00, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

... that thepsychoactive mushroomPsilocybe pelliculosa(pictured) resemblesP. washingtonensis so closely that a microscope is needed to reliably distinguish between them?
... that therove beetleDiochus electrus is the first definite member of the subfamilyStaphylininae from the fossil record?
... that foliage from the Australianrainforest treeGrevillea baileyana was used in the floral arrangements handed to medal winners at the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney?
... that theUniversity of Central Florida'swomen's soccer team has had a winning record in 27 of the 30 seasons the team has played?
... thatNag Hammadi Codex II is the only complete manuscript of theGospel of Thomas?
... thatAustralian rules football is sometimesreferred to as "aerial ping-pong"?

08:00, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

... that a world map byGerardus Mercator attributes theEarth's magnetic field to amagnetic mountain(pictured) above the Arctic Circle?
... thatSt Michael and All Angels' Church inFelton, Northumberland, has a window cut from a single stone that featureseight petal flower patterning with geometricaltracery?
... thattectonic subsidence, the sinking of the Earth's crust, can be caused by extension, cooling, or loading?
... that Israeli OlympianDelila Hatuel trains both Jewish and Arab children in fencing?
... thatSolonei da Silva was agarbage collector in Brazil in 2009, but went on to win thegold medal in themarathon at the2011 Pan American Games?
... that to escape burning at the 1393Bal des ArdentsCharles VI of France huddled under thegown of theDuchesse de Berry, while a lord leaped into a wine vat?

00:00, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

... that during theSpanish–American War, German admiralOtto von Diederichs was ordered to attempt the acquisition of colonial concessions in thePhilippines, usingSMS Kaiserin Augusta(pictured) as hisflagship?
... thatMary Tyler Moore made herfeature film debut inX-15, which was also the first film to bedirected byRichard Donner?
... that theUniversity of Central Florida'smen's soccer team won their first match by a score of 8–0?
... that the disastrousAir Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1939 led to the development of the fast-acting computerizedMark XIV bomb sight?
... that one year after suffering a near career-ending injury,Bill Stumpfbatted .405 in theNorthwestern League, higher than any other player in the league with at least 50 at bats?
... that although the founders ofRetraction Watch initially wondered if there would be enoughretractions fromscientific journals to run the blog, they covered over 200 such retractions within their first year?

21 November 2011

16:00, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

... that veteranNASCAR promoterHumpy Wheeler is an advisor to theGrand Prix of America, aFormula One race to be runin New Jersey(planned track layout pictured) startingin 2013?
... that teenage prodigyConrad Tao starred on the TV seriesFrom the Top three times: as pianist, violinist, and composer?
... that the students of Chester College helped to build itschapel between 1844 and 1847?
... that formerbasketball guardStefon Jackson, who played for theUTEP Miners, isConference USA's all-time scoring leader with 2,456 points?
... that the plot of theBattlestar Galactica episode "Sacrifice" was influenced byDog Day Afternoon?
... that themistletoe speciesAmyema congener of eastern Australia can grow on non-nativepeach,plum andpear trees?

08:00, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theAfrican Wildlife Foundation is helping feed the only remainingWest African Giraffes(pictured) inNiger?
... thatKobe Bryant once claimed thatRashad Phillips was the "best player" never selected in anNBA Draft?
... thatUniversity of Toledo basketball playerBill Walker was the first officialNCAA season assists leader in 1950–51?
... that the extinct maplesectionTorada is only known from the threeEocene speciesA. stonebergae,A. toradense, andA. washingtonense?
... thatBoston mayorThomas Menino calledClover Food Lab'ssoy bacon sandwich the "best BLT in Boston"?
... thatFig Island includes one of the largest and most complexLate Archaic shell rings in North America, and one of the best preserved circular shell rings?

00:00, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

... that thestarvation pricklypear(pictured) is eaten bypronghorn and theblack-tailed prairie dog?
... that theFringe episode "And Those We've Left Behind" marked the first time actors and real-life husband and wifeStephen Root andRomy Rosemont had worked together on a creative project?
... that theHyde Park – Kenwood Historic District inChicago includes the home ofPresident Barack Obama?
... that in 2009,Davon House of theNew Mexico State Aggies scoredtouchdowns on both afumble recovery and aninterception return?
... that the composition byGraham WaterhouseDer Handschuh (The Glove) forcello andspeaking voice, after Schiller'sballadDer Handschuh, is designed for one performer?
... that theU.S. Forest Service warns hikers inMontana'sBeartooth Mountains not to follow the manycairns on the way toFroze-to-Death Mountain because they are useless for routefinding?

20 November 2011

16:00, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

... that New Jersey governorChris Christie lost electric power at both his own house and thegovernor's mansion during the2011 Halloween nor'easter(snow inWalden, New York, pictured)?
... that thewaffle-iron filter fromelectronics is used on industrialmicrowave heaters because product can be continuously fed through the inside of the filter?
... that musicologistErich Katz, a German Jewish refugee who was briefly inDachau, had a long friendship withCarl Orff, despite rumors about Orff's relationship with the Nazis?
... that in 1983Brian Reid was the first rider to average over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) during theSouthern 100motorcycle races on theIsle of Man?
... thatMercyMe's independent albumThe Worship Project sold over 60,000 copies and helped them gain a contract withINO Records?
... that the extinct planthopperOrdralfabetix is named for a character fromThe Adventures of Asterix?

08:00, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatRPS Rajah Soliman(pictured) was sunk by atyphoon withtwo names?
... that the TV ad "Second Generation" features young basketball players recreatingMichael Jordan's most famous moves from memory?
... that in somejoint custody arrangements, children reside in one house and the parents move in and out from separate residences?
... thatThomas Eyles's service in theinvasion of France brought his promotion topost-captain, despite the expedition's ultimate failure?
... that production of kits of theRobertson B1-RD, ahomebuilt ultralight aircraft, was stopped by their manufacturer due to concerns aboutproduct liability?
... thatYale history professorJohn Morton Blum, besides editing theMorgenthau Plan and teachingGeorge W. Bush andJohn Kerry, appeared inWoody Allen's filmZelig?

00:00, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

... that reefs formed by the developingplume worm(pictured) are sometimes broken apart by the activity of thered boring sponge?
... that Hawaiian chiefBoki accused QueenKaʻahumanu of scheming to place her adoptive son,David Kamehameha, on theHawaiian throne?
... that whenManasse ǃNoreseb, chief of theRed Nation inNamibia, was to be reburied at his home settlement ofHoachanas, the remains did not contain a skull?
... that futureCalifornia Court of Appeal JusticeChristopher Cottle attendedUC Berkeley for one day before transferring toStanford, where he was apre-medical student andcaptain of thefootball team?
... thatNag Hammadi Codex XIII is the only surviving copy of theTrimorphic Protennoia, an early ChristianGnostic text?
... that WelshgoalkeeperTony Millington was "a one-man entertainment" who would take sweets, pies or chewing gum from supporters and celebrate his team's goals by performinghandstands?

19 November 2011

16:00, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the three-dayWiki Conference India(logo pictured) is running from 18 to 20 November at theUniversity of Mumbai?
... thatHuaihai Road, one of the most famous shopping streets inShanghai, was formerly named after the French generalJoseph Joffre?
... that judgeBeth Grimes dismissed lawsuits againstKeanu Reeves andAri Emanuel, orderedJon Voight to pay attorney fees, and was appointed byArnold Schwarzenegger to aCalifornia Court of Appeal?
... that the 1980s "Gang of Four" consisted ofDemocratic critics of theVietnam War who advocated Congressional funding for theNicaraguan Contras?
... thatnon-ferrous metals are used because of their desirable properties such as low weight or resistance to corrosion?
... that although his high school basketball career was nearly ended by an accident withpiranhas,Kit Mueller is second inPrinceton basketball history inpoints andassists?

08:00, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatSt. Andrew's Episcopal Church(pictured) inAlbany, New York, has aRoman brick from the site of its model,St Albans Cathedral inHertfordshire?
... that withThe Half Brother,Lars Saabye Christensen became the first novelist to win theNorwegian Booksellers' Prize twice?
... that thePulangi IV Hydroelectric Power Plant providesMindanao'selectrical grid with 23% of itshydropower?
... thatKoi to Senkyo to Chocolate is a Japanesevisual novel video game that was the No. 1 best-selling PC game in Japan inOctober 2010?
... thatJulianne Adams was recruited as a wheelchair basketball player while still in a hospital bed following the accident that severed her spine?
... that the largestpolitical faction in theFrankfurt Parliament was called theCasino?

00:00, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatthe Bugaboos(pictured) were apparently named by disgruntled prospectors?
... thatNASCAR "road course ringer"Chris Cook was the youngest chief instructor ever hired by theBob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving?
... that two of the members of Japanese idol groupHKT48 are in elementary school?
... thatJames McCormack was the first Director of Military Applications of theUnited States Atomic Energy Commission?
... that theBlacktail triplefinblenny's species name,bahasa, refers to theofficial language of Indonesia?
... thatStanford Universityplayed rugby instead of American football from 1906 to 1917 and had as its first coach a man who had never before played or coached the sport?

18 November 2011

16:00, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the ruby red beverage calledhibiscus tea(flowers pictured) in English-speaking countries is called "water ofJamaica"in Mexico, where it is widely available?
... that professionalbaseball playerChuck Rose was a league-leader in bothhits and pitchingwins?
... that theObedient Wives Club is the publisher of a book calledIslamic Sex, Fighting Against Jews To Return Islamic Sex To The World?
... that theLong-tailed Ground Roller, a species of birdendemic toMadagascar, digs a tunnel in the sand as an entrance to its underground nest?
... that thecross in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw became a focus of a major controversy in 2010, regarding therelations between church and state in Poland?
... that a flying scene in the music video forEminem's song "Not Afraid" has been compared toThe Matrix?

08:00, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

... that when Lady Mary Calverley builtOddfellows' Hall(pictured) inChester, England in 1676, she was fined £20 because it caused the loss of a portion of theChester Rows?
... that the director ofFor the Moment described lead actorRussell Crowe as a man who "likes to be a maverick"?
... that T³ was a process forextracting oil fromoil shale in Morocco?
... that the1953 crash of a Vickers Viking inBelfast killed 27 people?
... thatMohammad Natsir wrote that Indonesia's treatment of Islam in the 1970s was similar to how one would treat "a cat with ring-worms"?
... thatprofessional wrestlersMark Shrader andCorporal Punishment established the first permanentwrestling school inMaryland?

00:00, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

... that, according toSussex folklore, theBronze Age barrows known as theDevil's Humps(pictured) were raised over the bodies of defeatedViking marauders?
... thatBubba Monroe, son ofMemphis wrestler Sputnik Monroe, was featured in Texasregional and independent promotions during the 1990s?
... that uplift data and tsunami wave heights indicate that the1703 Genroku earthquake was probably caused by the rupture of three separate segments of theEurasian–Philippine Sea Plate boundary?
... thatD. J. Smith was the first player atAppalachian State University to have more than 500 tackles in a career sinceNFL Pro Bowler Dexter Coakley?
... that the churchMichaelion was a model for hundreds of other churches inEastern Christianity?
... that theancient Roman dancerGaleria Copiola reached the age of 104?

17 November 2011

16:00, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the foliage of thecoast myall(pictured) can producecyanide when cut?
... that a media conspiracy calling itself theOrder of the Occult Hand has infiltratedThe Boston Globe, theLos Angeles Times, andThe Washington Times?
... thatHal Foster's first book was achildren's book, and his second was a seminal text inpostmodernism?
... thatDorothy Mayhall was the first director of theAldrich Contemporary Art Museum?
... that during theSiege of Portsmouth,Southsea Castle was captured from a drunken commander?
... that Paralympic shooting medallistAshley Adams is a cattle grazier who owns a 64,000-acre (26,000 ha) station nearBlackall, Queensland?

08:00, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

... that works of art such asThe Proscribed Royalist(pictured) byJohn Everett Millais have beenaccepted in lieu of tax by the British Government?
... that the video gameChivalry: Medieval Warfare is a successor toAge of Chivalry, but while the latter was inSource, the new game will beUnreal?
... thatJohn Stewart, a regular tenor with theNew York City Opera and then theFrankfurt Opera, recorded the part of Oronte inHandel'sAlcina oppositeCristina Deutekom in Carnegie Hall in 1974?
... that Australia's first Winter Paralympics medallist,Michael Milton, gave one of the gold medals he earned at the1992 Winter Paralympics to his coach,Steve Graham?
... thatBehind the Mosquito Net received sixCitra Awards?
... that theLawson Adit, a tunnel on UC Berkeley's campus, was intentionally dug through theHayward Fault?

00:00, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatMaurice Wilks, who invented theLand Rover, is buried atSt Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-y-Cwmwd in Wales(grave pictured)?
... that the 5.6magnitudeearthquake which struck the U.S. state ofOklahoma on November 5, 2011, was the most powerful recorded in state history?
... that there have been only 22marine isotope stages in the last million years?
... that professional baseball playerSimmy Murch worked at aroller skating rink during the winter?
... that the melody of the closingchorale inBach's cantataWas soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89, is doubled by the horn, two oboes and the first violin?
... that in 1959, aDouglas Dakotaflew into a Spanish mountain and killed 32 people?

16 November 2011

16:00, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theRocky Mountain monkeyflower(pictured) rarely produces flowers outside of agreenhouse?
... that pilot fatigue was a likely factor in the crash ofLufthansa Flight 502 in 1959?
... thatTimothy E. Quill admitted inThe New England Journal of Medicine to helping a patient commit suicide and later went on to be a party in the U.S. Supreme Court caseVacco v. Quill?
... that the string sections onMercyMe's 2006 albumComing Up to Breathe were recorded atAbbey Road Studios by theLondon Session Orchestra?
... thatmen's basketball rivalsPrinceton andPenn won theIvy League regular season all but two years between 1963 and 2007?
... thatCzechoslovakian Olympicwater polo playerKurt Epstein survived twoNazi concentration camps?

08:00, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

... that aCzechoslovakian gold medal winner and aSudanese refugee(pictured) havecarried the flag for the United States at the opening ceremony of theSummer Olympic Games?
... that the cap of the mushroomLactarius rupestris is not cracked enough forsectionEdules?
... that baseball playerRube DeGroff led two different leagues inhome runs and was a teammate ofFranklin D. Roosevelt?
... that Dutch singer Henk Pleket performed for around thirty years in the groupDe Havenzangers, singing songs of sailors and the1990 FIFA World Cup?
... that theWings song "Beware My Love" includes melodies based on a descendingtetrachord?
... that singerAyu Ting Ting became popular in 2011 with a song released four years earlier?

00:00, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatCornelius Smelt(pictured) was the first royally appointedLieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man?
... that in 1935, baseball playerSnipe Hansen was traded from thePhiladelphia Phillies to theWashington Senators, on to theSt. Louis Browns where he faced Washington, and then back to the Senators?
... that 49% of German military losses happened in thelast 10 months of the Second World War in Europe?
... thatFrank L. Roberts served in theOregon Legislative Assembly with his daughter and two of his wives?
... that crime novelistP. D. James listed the 2007 seriesHelp Me Anthea, I'm Infested as one of the most embarrassing television programmes the BBC has ever produced?
... thatNatalia Tułasiewicz, a Polish teacher, was one of only two lay womenbeatified among the108 Martyrs of World War II?
... thatWales internationalfootballerAlexander Jones was killed in a shooting accident on board a train?

15 November 2011

16:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theStowe Missal was writtenc. 750 and given itscumdach or casec. 1030(pictured), with one new face addedc. 1375?
... that as of 2009 theHigh Court ofSingapore's judgment in theTaw Cheng Kong case was the only decision where a statutory provision had been struck down asunconstitutional?
... thatLarry Jacobus' 13-year professionalbaseball career ended when he lost his right eye in a car accident?
... that grapes fromAussenkehr,Namibia, can be harvested up to five weeks earlier than other locations inSouthern Africa?
... that the 1976 playThe Vietnamization of New Jersey has been noted for its parallels to the United States'involvement in Iraq?
... that theancient Roman dancerGaleria Copiola reached the age of 104?
... that Australianblues musicianPhil Manning is a member ofChain and co-wrote their top 20 hit "Black and Blue" from 1971?

08:05, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

... that youngpainted greenlings rest among the tentacles of thestrawberry anemone(pictured) and there find protection from predators?
... thatracing driver andworld champion bobsledder "Suicide Freddie" was an "internationally known Australian playboy" under surveillance by the FBI?
... that thetsunami caused by the1746 Lima-Callao earthquake destroyed the port ofCallao, killing most of its 5,000–6,000 inhabitants, and drove two warships nearly a mile inland over the ruins?
... that at 48 metres (157 ft) high, theCape Wickham Lighthouse is the tallestlighthouse inAustralia?
... that Jewish athleteLilli Henoch, winner of ten German track and field championships, was murdered with her mother by theNazis duringthe Holocaust?
... that the 1992 filmAfterburn was inspired by a60 Minutes report about anF-16 fighter aircraft'scrash?
... thatLynne Carter was the firstfemale impersonator to perform atCarnegie Hall?

00:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the building at20–22 Marlborough Place, Brighton(pictured), designed byJohn Leopold Denman, contains arelief showing Denman holding anarchitectural plan?
... that thedepopulated Palestinian Arab village ofAl Jalama was known in theCrusader period asGelenna?
... thatAustralian 2000 Paralympic bronze medalistCasey Redford was aVictorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder?
... thatLiSA was one of the twovocalists for a fictional band in ananime?
... thatexcavation at theAshworth Archaeological Site inIndiana was halted because of the owner's religious beliefs?
... that the rigging of theInternational Ultralight Banchee could be assembled in 35 minutes?
... thatPharmasset Inc.'s stockreturn in the first threefiscal quarters of 2011 was 278 percent?

14 November 2011

12:00, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theFlorya Atatürk Marine Mansion(pictured), built in 1935 as a summer residence forTurkish presidentMustafa Kemal Atatürk, is on the sea about 70 m (230 ft) offshore?
... that Olympicdiscus throwerJules Noël was drinking champagne during the1932 Games in Los Angeles despitethe prohibition and might have won the gold medal if the officials had been paying attention?
... thatMencius once said that the Chineseegoist philosopherYang Zhu, founder ofYangism, believed that even if "plucking one hair might benefit the whole world", he would still refuse to do so?
... that Paralympic triple gold medalistEvan O'Hanlon was named as a finalist inCleo magazine's 2008 Bachelor of the Year contest?
... that in his song "Cadillac Ranch",Bruce Springsteen uses theCadillac Ranch sculpture as ametaphor for the inevitability of death?
... that the reputedly impeccable moral character ofCelestyn Czaplic,marshal of the Sejm of 1766 in thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, became the subject of aproverb?
... thatRalph Edwards wasRalph Edwards' guest on the 1957 Christmas Day edition ofThis Is Your Life?

00:00, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

... that in medieval art, angels were often depicted wearingfeather tights(pictured)?
... thatDost Mohammad Khan, founder of theBhopal State in India, was anAfghan?
... that while on the winterdeath march out ofAuschwitz in January 1945,Dario Gabbai claimed he survived the cold by visualisingAthens in the sunshine?
... that the first stanza of thehymnNun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, asking theHoly Spirit for the right faith most of all, is documented in German in the 13th century, and the later three relate tofaith, love and hope?
... thatGreen Bay Packers running backAlex Green attended the same community college as future teammateAaron Rodgers?
... that thefuel tank of theBrock Avion is built into theultralight aircraft's pilot's seat?
... thatNicholas Christofilos designed theAstronfusion power machine while selling elevators?

13 November 2011

12:00, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

... that twopoppy factories in England and Scotland produce approximately41 millionremembrance poppies(English example pictured) each year between them?
... thatJean Alfred Fraissinet, who wascredited witheight aerial victories duringWorld War I, was elected to theNational Assembly of France in 1958?
... thatcorals that live on theTasmanian Seamounts are among the longest-living organisms on Earth?
... that a 1926 voyage toJava inspiredCzech poetKonstantin Biebl for the remainder of his life?
... that themost expensive sculptures ever sold include modern works such asPicasso'sTete de femme,Modigliani'sTête, andGiacometti'sGrande tête mince, and ancient statues likeArtemis and the Stag?
... that in 1924, baseball playerShags Horan led theInternational League inbatting average before joining theNew York Yankees in mid-season?
... that a stillborn, deformed piglet's resemblance toGeorge Spencer led to him becoming the first white manexecuted in Connecticut?

00:00, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatMargie Goldstein-Engle(pictured), who as a child cleaned out horse stalls to pay for riding lessons, became a 10-timeAmerican Grandprix Association Rider of the Year?
... thatHurricane Cindy of1959 subdued a drought inthe Carolinas, bringing more than 9 inches (230 mm) of rain in some areas?
... thatGuiding Eyes for the Blind teams senior citizens with elementary school students and also uses prison inmates in rearing the puppies it later trains as guide dogs to the blind?
... thatWilhelm Marckwald went from directing theatre in Germany and film in Spain to working as aboilerman and gardener in England?
... that theAirborne Avenger could be purchased forhome assembly or ready to fly?
... that baseball playerTom Raftery set aSouth Atlantic League record bystealing 80 bases in a season?
... that theSpanish colonial capital ofSantiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was founded three times in different locations?

12 November 2011

12:00, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the last residents ofIndependence, Colorado(remaining buildings pictured), billed their midwinter evacuation to nearbyAspen as a ski club race with an entry fee of one ham sandwich?
... that formerEverton andWales internationalfootballerCharlie Parry fell on hard times and was the beneficiary of threetestimonial matches?
... thatBruce Springsteen's 1978 song "The Promised Land" was named in homage toChuck Berry's song "Promised Land"?
... thatElio Fox's firstWorld Series of Poker finishthat earned him prize money was avictory in the2011 Europe main event?
... thatbaseball playerJud Daley once had the second-most hits in theSouthern Association, behind onlyShoeless Joe Jackson?
... that a version of the name ofAndrew Barton, a Scottishsea captain considered a "fearlessfreebooter", is carved into a rock withinEmbleton Bay?

00:00, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatJoshua L. Goldberg(pictured), the first rabbi to serve as a World War II U.S.navy chaplain, was a Russian army deserter?
... that its ability to solve wind drift calculations made theCourse Setting Bomb Sight the "most important bombsight" ofWorld War I?
... that before his death in 2011,Tadeusz Sawicz was believed to have been the last surviving Polish pilot to have fought in theBattle of Britain?
... that onChristmas Day 1914, aircraft from the Britishseaplane carrierHMSEmpress participated in theCuxhaven Raid onhangars housingZeppelin airships?
... that bandleaderMitch Miller studied at a music school named forDavid Hochstein, a promising young American violinist killed inWorld War I?
... that in August 1944, eighty Germans were taken prisoner by a Britishsergeant of the2nd Parachute Brigade?
... thatchemistCharles Phelps Smyth received theMedal of Freedom forcovert intelligence work he did in Europe duringWorld War II, when he was 50 years old?

11 November 2011

12:00, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theOld Royal Library dating back to the Middle Ages(manuscript detail right) was given to theBritish Museum byGeorge II in 1757, and is now in theBritish Library?
... that five teams celebrated the opening of the2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season withMidnight Madness celebrations?
... that theAHRLAC is intended to be a less expensive manned alternative toreconnaissance drones?
... that in the 2000 battle ofPweto,Rwandan troops forcedCongolese government forces to flee toZambia?
... thatGujarati poetNiranjan Bhagat won the 1999Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati for his criticGujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha?
... that the extinctbuthid scorpionUintascorpio was first placed in the familyVaejovidae?
... thatHans Spialek, after studying music while a Russian prisoner of war during World War I, orchestrated 147 American musicals?

00:00, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

... that Australian men's wheelchair basketballerTroy Sachs(pictured) has won seven championships in four different club leagues and gold medals at two Paralympic Games?
... that training inTogakure-ryū, anoriginal style ofNinjutsu, is similar to that forjudo andaikido?
... that thehit-and-run death of a two-year-old girl has led to a possible"Good Samaritan" law in Guangdong province, China?
... that tenorWilliam Brown, who performed for presidents Kennedy and Johnson, created the role of Lieutenant Jean l'Aiglon in Hugo Weisgall'sNine Rivers from Jordan?
... that box-top software licensesare non-enforceable in the United States if other contract terms have been agreed to?
... that professional wrestlerBob Starr was called to work forWorld Championship Wrestling but hung up because an ear injury prevented him from knowing who had called?
... thatGoogle keepsgiant dessert items on its lawn?

10 November 2011

12:07, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

... that some of thereliquaries for books calledcumdachs(example pictured) were carried into battle as standards inMedieval Ireland?
... that in 1964,California Governor Pat Brown appointedRichard M. Sims, Jr. to theCourt of Appeal, and in 1982, GovernorJerry Brown, Pat's son, appointed Sims's son to the Court of Appeal?
... that the opening chorus ofBach's cantataSchmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180, has been regarded as "perfectly tailored to the idea of the soul dressing itself up in all its wedding finery"?
... that themangaAKB49: Renai Kinshi Jourei features real-life members of theJapanese idol groupAKB48?
... that some of the artifacts atPocahontas Mounds, an archaeological site from thePlaquemine Mississippian culture inHinds County, Mississippi, were recovered by schoolchildren?
... thatGarin Nugroho's family was worried that he could be killed for his reinterpretation of "the wounds of history" inPuisi Tak Terkuburkan?
... that theneo-romantic literary cabaretZielony Balonik fromKraków was rumoured to be a place of "orgies, nude dancing and all manner of dissipation"?

00:07, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theNew Scotland Avenue Armory(pictured) inAlbany is one of only six in the state ofNew York designed for use by acavalry unit?
... thatIztok Puc is the onlyhandball player to have represented three different countries at theSummer Olympics:Yugoslavia,Croatia andSlovenia?
... that the first time a circuit court weighed in on the scope ofDMCA §1202, which prohibits the removal of Copyright Management Information (CMI), was in theMurphy v. Millennium Radio Group LLC case?
... that theYakovlev AIR-7, a record-setting prototype high performance light aircraft, suffered a structural failure while being demonstrated before senior officers of theSoviet Air Forces?
... thatDonald W. Thomas' research on theecophysiology of bathibernation contributed to the understanding ofwhite nose syndrome?
... thatWings' drummerJoe English sang his only lead vocal for the band on "Must Do Something About It"?
... thatBud Weiser was aMajor League Baseball player?

9 November 2011

12:00, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

... that runnerLon Myers(pictured), who set 11 world records, won one race with only one shoe, and another while running sideways?
... that the headstones ofNew Jewish Cemetery inKraków were used to pave the courtyard of commandantAmon Göth's house inKraków-Płaszów concentration camp?
... thatTzaganosuchusfossils were first discovered during a jointpaleontological expedition by theSoviet Union andMongolia?
... thatart historianBruno Adler taught at theBauhaus before becoming a refugee and writing British propaganda in German forBBC Radio?
... thatThich Nhat Hanh, who has been described as the second most famous Buddhist after the Dalai Lama, foundeda sangha in San Diego County?
... that norteño bandDuelo launched a radio station to promote their albumSolamente Tú?
... that those who believe intoilet gods hold that they can be appeased by praying, eating or offering rice, clearing one's throat, or biting the toilet?

00:00, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theBrighton Wheel(pictured) inBrighton, England, stood in South Africa last year?
... thatoil shale deposits in Israel may cover approximately 15% of the country's territory, but only a small part of them are mineable for energy use?
... that the street children in theIndonesian filmLeaf on a Pillow were given an education after production finished?
... that the BritishdestroyerHMSHarvester sank one Germansubmarine byramming on3 March 1943 whilst escortingConvoy HX 228, but was sunk by another submarine the following day?
... thatKRSA, a radio station inPetersburg, Alaska, was sold inDecember 2010 for the sum of $1.00?
... that a nude picture of1996 Summer Paralympics gold medallistGerry Hewson and his pregnant wife was published byTime Out New York?
... thatBaker's Hole, nearDartford,Kent, England, contains a site at whichNeanderthals made blades?

8 November 2011

12:00, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

... that ahilya(example pictured) inIslamic calligraphy contains a description of the prophetMuhammad?
... thatHenry DeWolf Smyth was the sole member of theU.S. Atomic Energy Commission to vote against revokingJ. Robert Oppenheimer'ssecurity clearance?
... that the Britishseaplane carrier HMSArk Royal is the onlyaircraft carrier to ever have been fitted with asail?
... thatMatthew Hayden's380 is the second highest score by a batsman inTest cricket?
... thatHugo Rogers gave no speeches in his campaign forManhattan Borough President, instead leaving them to supporters and allies?
... thatPaul McCartney originally intended to use his song "Little Lamb Dragonfly" in the animated filmRupert and the Frog Song?
... that divers from theHampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology discovered theMesolithic settlement ofBouldnor Cliff with the help of alobster?

00:00, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatJoseph Wright of Derby had only seenthe scene once at night before he paintedDovedale by Moonlight(pictured)?
... that inBowers v. Baystate Technologies theU.S. Federal Circuit ruled thatcopyright law does not preempt a "shrinkwrap license" disallowingreverse engineering?
... thatJack Rothfuss contracteddysentery during his first season inMajor League Baseball and spent the rest of his career in the minor leagues?
... thatEmbleton Tower, built after aScottish raid, contains abelfry whosering of bells was cast at theWhitechapel Bell Foundry?
... that all employment forMorphsuitsspandex bodysuits is outsourced except for three positions?
... that in the four years before her appointment toCalifornia's Third District Court of Appeal,Elena Duarte had served as a judge of both theLos Angeles County andSacramento County Superior Courts?
... that the costumes forUnder the Protection of Ka'Bah, Indonesia's submission tothis year's Oscars, were reported to cost as much as an entire horror movie?

7 November 2011

12:15, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

... that, whenGhenadie Petrescu(pictured) was ousted from his post ofMetropolitan-Primate,Romania experienced protests and riots?
... that the 2003 historical Chinese TV seriesTowards the Republic has been subject to significantcensorship, and compared toRiver Elegy, a TV series that influenced theTiananmen movement of 1989?
... thatLucas Hoge has been nominated for the Inspirational Country Music awards New Artist of the Year 2011?
... that a Canadian engineering consultant firm won an award for the innovative design of theAntamina Tailings Dam in Peru ?
... thatMarciano Norman had been in the cavalry, and went on to head Indonesia's intelligence agency?
... that inUnited States v. ASCAP, theSecond Circuit ruled thatmusic downloads do not constitute "public performances"?
... thatFatty Finn was the first Australian-created and produced weeklycomic book?

00:30, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theJapanese aircraft carrierAmagi(wreck pictured)capsized on 29 July 1945 as a result of cumulative damage inflicted by Americanairstrikes on 24 and 28 July?
... that only two competitors havecarried the flag for Great Britain at the Olympic Games on more than one occasion?
... that in a concert "Hommage à Liszt" at Munich'sGasteig, pianistValentina Babor played chamber music byFranz Liszt andGraham Waterhouse scored for piano solo up to piano and string quartet?
... thatJerzy Bielecki escaped from theAuschwitz concentration camp with a girl he fell in love with, dressed in a stolenSS uniform?
... that the 9th-centuryBranimir Inscription is the oldest surviving example of theethnonym of theCroats?
... thatMason Bennett made his professionalfootball debut aged just 15 years and 99 days?
... that for Indonesian singerGombloh,Half-Crazy was followed byCrazier?

6 November 2011

12:30, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

... that the octopusStauroteuthis syrtensis(pictured)glows but nobody knows for what purpose?
... that theHilda mega-bonebed isCanada's largest dinosaur bonebed, preserving thousands of thehorned dinosaurCentrosaurus apertus across an area of 2.3 square kilometers (0.9 sq mi)?
... thatGeorge Flett was a farmer, gold prospector, trader and politician before becoming a missionary?
... that a field study conducted inBeaconsfield Upper found that theAustralian buttercup had flowered 78 days earlier in 2006 than it had in 1983?
... that Mexican singerAlejandra Guzmán was joined byModeratto to record alive album?
... that after relinquishing control of theNixon Library to theU.S. National Archives, theRichard Nixon Foundation objected to plans for an exhibit on theWatergate scandal?
... that the first offices ofThe Jakarta Post, which has been described as "Indonesia's leading English-language daily", were in a laundry room?

00:00, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theWhite-necked Rockfowl(museum specimen pictured), avulnerable species ofbird found inUpper Guinean forests, builds its nests in caves out of mud?
... that CaptainNathaniel G. S. Hart, a brother-in-law ofHenry Clay andSenator James Brown ofLouisiana, was killed in theRiver Raisin Massacre?
... that the Britishseaplane carrierHMSAnne was converted from the captured German freighterSSAenne Rickmers during theFirst World War?
... that during her active career, Hungarianhandball playerBeáta Siti obtained victories in theEHF Cup, theEHF Cup Winners' Cup and theEHF Champions League?
... thatChrist's Indian paintbrush is one of Idaho's rarest plants?
... thatKeith Chatto was the first Australiancomic book artist to illustrate a full-length episode ofThe Phantom?
... that in 1994 theworld's oldest Classic was won by "theworld's naughtiest horse"?

5 November 2011

12:00, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatBorn Free,Out of Africa andSurvivor: Africa were all shot at theShaba National Reserve(pictured)?
... that French 1960s pop starHervé Vilard was born in 1946 in a taxi which was transferring his mother to the hospital to deliver?
... that both theRoman Emperor Trajan and hissuccessor were caught in the devastating115 Antioch earthquake?
... that in each episode of the musical documentary seriesThe Dewarists, musicians visit a different place in India, and record a song in agenre which reflects the local culture?
... thatSt Cuthbert's Church inElsdon, Northumberland, England, had horse skulls in its bellturret?
... thatJurellana tithonia, dating from theJurassic, is the earliest knownporcelain crab?
... that"Tank" Collins was forced by his mother to play basketball to get over the death of his father and went on to become theAmerican South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year?

00:00, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatScandinavian influence in Scotland, still evident today(pictured), was probably at its height during the time ofThorfinn the Mighty?
... thatDennis Hopperwon four awards for his role inBlue Velvet, while co-starIsabella Rossellini only won one?
... thatbaseball playerDutch Schliebner replaceda future Hall of Fame member on theSt. Louis Browns?
... that theChurch of St Michael, built on aRoman camp site inAlnham, England, containsSaxon quoins in thenave?
... that the adventures of the crew of afloatplane fromHMSRaven II, after they were forced to make anemergency landing on21 April 1917 in theMaldives, inspiredRudyard Kipling's story "A Flight of Fact"?
... that All-Starroller derby skaterRonnie Robinson was the son ofSugar Ray Robinson?
... that a soloviola part inBach's cantataWo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5 has been described as "the cleansing motions of some prototype baroque washing machine"?

4 November 2011

12:00, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

... that in theBellavista housing estate(pictured), designed byArne Jacobsen in the functionalistBauhaus style, every apartment has two rooms with views of the sea?
... that cartoon producerHal Geer successfully campaigned forBugs Bunny to have his own star on theHollywood Walk of Fame?
... thatBill Smith, who wrote a book considered the "bible" offell running, died recently, apparently from tumbling into apeat bog while running across a fell?
... that after the two endangeredvarieties of theMaguire daisy were combined into the one species due to genetic indistinction, it was no longer considered endangered?
... that the music a person hears in childhood mayaffect that person's musical cognition as an adult?
... that in 1907, professionalbaseball pitcherJohn Halla threw ano-hitter and won a career-high 24 games?
... that theHotel Arctic inMurmansk, Russia, is the tallest building above theArctic Circle?

00:00, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

... that despite being located in theOrkney Islands, the sand lining of theScar boat burial(plaque from site pictured) matches no knownScottish sand?
... thatTiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp. created a newtest to determine whether an adjudgedinfringer can be held incontempt for continued infringement?
... thatDavid Lynch hasbeen awarded twoCésars, twoBodils, and aPalme d'Or, yet noOscars?
... thatequestrianToni Leviste was the first Southeast Asian to compete in theShow Jumping World Cup?
... that the sound of the song "Here with Me" byMercyMe has been compared to the sound ofalternative rock bandColdplay?
... that new information can be mistakenly incorporated into a previous memory through themisinformation effect?
... thatbaseball pitcherWalt Smallwood led two minor leagues in losses before he joined theNew York Yankees?

3 November 2011

12:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

... that some of the nominally silverRoman coins from theBredon Hill Hoard(pictured) only have a 1% silver content?
... that the Syrian opposition group theArab Revolutionary Labour Party was founded in 1966 as aMarxist splinter-group of theBa'ath Party?
... that the song "Día de Suerte" by Mexican singer-songwriterAlejandra Guzmán is the theme song for thetelenovelaUna Familia Con Suerte?
... thatWayne Guppy andRex Kirton, the current and previousMayors of Upper Hutt in New Zealand, have served their community for over a third of a century?
... thatOracle Corporation v. SAP AG had the highest amount of damages ever awarded in a copyright infringement case?
... thatRed Snapp was considered the "king of theminor leagues"?
... thatglobal precedence is the tendency tosee the forest, and not the trees?

00:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

... that theheart cockle(pictured) is named after the shape of itsbivalve shell?
... that thelog-Cauchy distribution has been proposed as a model for the progression ofHIV in individuals?
... thatFinners Quinlan had his professionalbaseball career cut short when he lost an eye and a leg while fighting inWorld War I?
... thatYoung Thor is one of the first Western-developeddigitally distributed video games to be released on thePlayStation Network in Japan?
... thatindependent filmmakerMichael Roemer paid just $5,000 to acquire the rights to useMotown hits for his 1964 filmNothing But a Man?
... that during the Britishaircraft carrier Argus's 1920 Spring Cruise with theAtlantic Fleet, three of her aircraft were blown over the side of the carrier?
... that despite winning the 2011ARCA Racing Series championship by 340 points,Ty Dillon lost the series'rookie of the year title by two points?

2 November 2011

12:00, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

... that thePort an Eilean Mhòir ship burial(pictured), excavated in 2011, is the first confirmedViking ship burial to be discovered in mainlandScotland since 1935?
... thatPaul Koechlin, winner of the first automobile race ever, the 1895Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race, was a second cousin toMaurice Koechlin, thestructural engineer of theEiffel Tower?
... thatCCM singerMatthew West co-wrote half of the tracks on theCasting Crowns's albumCome to the Well?
... that physicianRobert Martensen has attracted attention for his criticism ofend-of-life care in theUnited States?
... that the Britishaircraft carrierHMSPerseus was fitted with temporary stands in June 1953 forVIPs and the press duringElizabeth II'sCoronation Fleet Review inSpithead?
... thatbaseball playerTom Tennant led three different minor leagues inhits before appearing at themajor leagues?
... that in 1965,Tropical Storm Debbie broke the daily rainfall record inMobile, Alabama, despite dissipating offshore?

00:00, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

... that a 19th-century rector ofSt Mary's Church(pictured) inLlanfair-yng-Nghornwy, Wales, was awarded a gold medal for his attempt to save a boat during a gale?
... that 12half eagle gold coins were sent fromConfederate North Carolina through enemy lines to Philadelphia to be tested by the 1862United States Assay Commission, and were found to be correct?
... that theRussian battleshipPoltava was the only one of herclass to survive theRusso-Japanese War?
... thatClyde Goodwin started hisprofessional baseball career at the age of 16?
... that the856 Damghan earthquake, which killed an estimated 200,000 people in thePersian province of Qumis, also badly disrupted the region's water supplies?
... thathexagonal water, a configuration of water that supposedly stopsaging, is amarketing scam?
... thatRichard Nixon chose theWilson desk as his Oval Office desk because he believed it was used byWoodrow Wilson, but it was actually used byHenry Wilson, Vice President underUlysses S. Grant?

1 November 2011

12:00, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

... thatJohann Poppe, designing interiors of ocean liners forNorddeutscher Lloyd, moved the first class dining saloon to the centre of the ship, where it could rise two or more decks and have a skylight(pictured)?
... thatPaul McCartney's song "Call Me Back Again" has been interpreted as his response to calls for aBeatles' reunion during the 1970s?
... that in 1924,Francis Alfred BroadMP led a delegation of thebirth control movement which includedH. G. Wells,Dora Russell and Frances Huxley?
... that the cargo shipMSRavnaas, owned byArnt J. Mørland's company, was sunk by Japanese aircraft east of theSamar Island about the same time as theattack on Pearl Harbor?
... that according to opinion polls,Gregor Virant's Civic List andPositive Slovenia, two newly formed political parties, already rank among top three for the upcomingSlovenian parliamentary election?
... thatbaseball playerDave Barbee twice led thePacific Coast League inhome runs?
... that, after the2003 invasion of Iraq, theBassetki statue, which is more than 4,200 years old, was found in acesspool?

00:00, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

... that according to folklore, people looking into the eyes ofEternal Silence(pictured) will see avision of their own death?
... that the United Nations Population Fund has designated today as theDay of Seven Billion?
... thatFowler's Ghost was first seen on the LondonMetropolitan Railway in 1861, nearly exploded and was never seen again after 1895?
... that the unusual way thatJohn C. Colt disposed of his murder victim's corpse may have influencedEdgar Allen Poe's story "The Oblong Box"?
... that the body of the first person buried atUte Cemetery inAspen, Colorado, was laterexhumed to be reburied in Texas?
... thatHarry Powers said that watching his victims die was more fun than a brothel?
... thatGhost Frogs roam the streams of South Africa?

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