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... that the website for theviral videoKony 2012 crashed after the video became popular worldwide, but the video went on to have tens of millions ofpage views on various websites?
... that "Snail" was the first woman to compete in an international motor race?
00:00, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
... that the maletropical rockmaster(pictured) can be distinguished from the malesapphire rockmaster by the size of the blue spots on the underside of its abdomen?
... that the number of ways to placen diagonally symmetricrooks on ann × nchessboard in such a way that no two rooks attack each other is atelephone number?
... that although a Spanish treasure convoy was captured at theAction of 26 April 1797, the cargo had already been smuggled to safety aboard a fishing boat?
... that whenThomas M. Messer retired in 1988, after 27 years as director of theGuggenheim Foundation, he had served longer than any other major museum director in New York City?
... thatGeorge Hubert Kemp, aflying ace fromWorld War I, was fatally wounded on his last sortie, having shot down twelve enemy aircraft in the previous three weeks?
... that while theRwanda women's national football team has not played aFIFA-recognised match, a professional women's league in the country has attracted women from Uganda?
... that theMarlowe Academy(pictured), among "the worst schools in England", but now showing satisfactory progress, has a radio station on theIsle of Thanet?
... that thePacific leaping blenny is considered aterrestrial fish, due to its ability to survive on land for several hours at a time?
... that Chinese politicians have engaged in debate over economic development usinga metaphor for baking a cake?
... that soon afterJim Umbricht's death from melanoma in 1964, his brother flew above theAstrodome construction site and scattered his ashes throughout the grounds?
... that as a result of theNorth Carolina Sullivan Acts,Asheville is the only city in the state that cannot charge a higher water rate for consumers outside city limits?
... that Indonesian actressSophia Latjuba received no fee for playing in her most recent film?
... that not long after it first appeared in 1631, the bookJanua linguarum reserata(pictured) byComenius was published in translation in twelve European languages plus several Asian languages?
... that the1925 Michigan football team allowed only three points all year and featured one of the sport's greatest passing combinations in "The Benny-to-Bennie Show"?
... that because the four founders of the NorwegianISPPowerTech Information Systems were still minors, the father of one of them became the company's first chairman?
... that until 1951, when theSeward Highway was finished, in order for travelers to drive on theHope Highway, they had to transport their cars on theAlaska Railroad?
... that apartments in Jerusalem'sShmuel HaNavi neighborhood, near thestreet of the same name, have triple-thick concrete walls, roofs with gunner positions, and courtyards for mass troop call-ups?
... that West Virginia nativeFrank Harrigan ledMichigan to twoBig Ten basketball championships and played for the Cook Painter Boys' 1929 national championship team?
... that on the day the factory ofAspioti-ELKA inCorfu obtained permission to move its equipment toAthens, it got bombed?
... thatCherimoya's unanticipated victory at the 1911Epsom Oaks(pictured), the only start of her career, left "the spectators too dumbfounded to cheer"?
... that an amendment to Slovakia'sCitizenship Act, which states that any national who takes another citizenship loses their Slovak citizenship, was enacted in reaction toHungary's nationality law?
... that when early versions ofiostat monitored multiprocessor computer systems, they could wrongly interpret one processor waiting for I/O to mean that all those in the system were waiting?
... that French sporting pioneerCamille du Gast was falsely accused of having posed nude forLa Femme au Masque, but did not win the legal action she filed against her accuser?
... that theyellowhead wrasse changes both colour and sex during its life?
... that the vice-president of the Bahrain Teachers' Association,Jalila al-Salman, was sentenced to three years in prison for her involvement in the2011–2012 uprising?
... that the 2012Preston Passion featured thousands of Preston residents and includedSurely He Hath Borne Our Griefs fromHandel's Messiah?
... that the SudaneseSocialist Republican Party was nicknamed 'Mr. Hawkesworth's Party', in reference to a rumour that a British colonial officer by that name had engineered it?
... that despite being handicapped, Bahraini engineerAbduljalil Alsingace was allegedly tortured by being forced to stand on one leg without crutches for prolonged periods?
... thatState Highway 7 in the US state of Minnesota follows the Minnesota River National Scenic Byway alongLac qui Parle by the state line?
... thatA. Teeuw, despite resorting to guesswork, still encountered indecipherable data in his successful dissertation on aKakawin?
... that theblack sea rod coral contains large quantities of a lipid,prostaglandin A, which deterspredatory fish from feeding on it by making them vomit?
01:31, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
... that therice stink bug(pictured), a major pest of rice kernels, can safely be ignored when found on standingcorn?
... that "Hill Street Station", the first episode ofHill Street Blues, suffered "confusion and conflict in its marketing" to the point that it was considered a surprise the show survived to be aired?
... thatminors were barred from digitally purchasing "Drips", a track from South Korean singerSeven's mini-albumDigital Bounce?
... that the Second World Warhoming pigeonTyke won a gallantry medal for reporting the location of a downed American bomber?
... that the newTitanic Belfast visitor attraction tells the story of the ill-fatedRMSTitanic through interactive videos, audio, replicas and displays?
... that theTitanic Memorial inBelfast(pictured) depicts a personification of Death holding a wreath above the head of a drowned sailor who is borne above the waves by mermaids?
... that Shakespeare scholars usedFord's Hospital, Coventry(pictured), to understand Elizabethan doorways while planning the reconstruction of theGlobe Theatre?
... that the extinct witchalderFothergilla malloryi(pictured) is the oldest confirmed member of the genusFothergilla?
... that the animated short filmSex Life of Robots, showing sexual activity among robots, is described as "art-porn"?
... that it is customary forViktor Tsoi's fans to leave a broken lighted cigarette in the special ash plate at theTsoi Wall?
... that between 1800 and 1890, some 25,000 to 50,000 slaves were captured in present-day Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi andforced to work on plantations in Somalia?
... that the Latvian mathematicianEmanuels Grīnbergs lost his job and his doctoral degree for serving in theGerman Army during World War II, but then regained both by writing a new thesis?
... that when the feathers left in theRound Island Lighthouse keepers' living quarters were identified, the lighthouse cat was banished from thatScillonian island?
00:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
... that poetWilliam Wordsworth said of the site ofHoly Trinity Church, Brathay(pictured), "there is no situation out of the Alps, nor among them, more beautiful than that where this building is placed"?
... that theMaoist Youth Union demanded that a "Youth Charter" be included in the new Spanish constitution?
... that baseball playerJosh Edgin won thePennsylvania state championship inwrestling, finishing fourth in the national championship?
... thatDeonar is one of India's oldest and largest waste dumping grounds?
... that at its extreme,serfdom in Poland required a peasant to workeight days a week for his feudal lord?
08:00, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
... that prolific food writer andreality TV judgeMary Berry's(pictured) first job was to visit consumers' homes to show them how to use their own electric cookers?
... that last name ofPeter Spani, one of the founders of theLeague of Lezhë in 1444, is derived from the Greek wordspanos (Greek:σπανός) which means beardless?
... that the woodland at Dizzard Point inCornwall, which is part of theBoscastle to WidemouthSSSI, is of international importance for its lichen communities?
... that while Chinese emperors hadstone tortoises guard their tombs, some of their subjects in Fujian were laid to rest underplaster tortoises(example pictured)?
... that theGabonese Socialist Union, initially an opposition party founded by formerly exiled student activists, aligned itself with the then incumbent presidentOmar Bongo?
... that the statue ofShaka at Birth atTōdai-ji(pictured) is the largest example of a type of statue anointed with sweet hydrangea tea onApril 8 in celebration ofBuddha's Birthday?
... that SisterJackie Hudson served six months in prison for painting "Christ lives, Disarm" on the side of a bunker?
... that the1917–18 team was the University of Michigan's first basketball team after an eight-year hiatus and the only winless conference season in the school's history?
... thatArgentine celebrityCalu Rivero(pictured) was the first actress fromCatamarca Province to appear in national television, thus being named Illustrious Citizen ofRecreo, her hometown?
... that theAlbanian nobility was absorbed into theOttoman military class through the implementation of thetimar system within not more than two generations?
... that according to some sources,bulb-bearing water-hemlock is one of the most poisonous leafy plants native to North America?
... that the racehorsesPennekamp in 1995 andKing of Kings in 1998 were both winners of the2000 Guineas in May, found lame after losing theEpsom Derby in June, and then retired to stud soon after?
... thatformer churches inChichester,West Sussex, have been converted into a doll museum, a betting shop and a Chinese takeaway, among other things?
... that on the southern slopes ofMaja e Thatë(pictured) lies the Cave of Haxhia, a Nature Monument of Albania, explored byPolishspeleologists?
... thatHenry Hallowell Farquhar, the leading scorer on the first Michigan Wolverines basketball team in 1909, became a professor at Harvard Business School?
... thatThe Who's bassistJohn Entwistle kept skeletons in the bedroom of his Victorian mansionQuarwood to frighten guests?
... that British World War II fighter aceNoel Agazarian was rejected byTrinity College, Oxford, allegedly because its President objected to his ethnicity?
... that Polish writerŁukasz Orbitowski was one of the pioneers of settinghorror stories in mundane, modern Polish cities?
... that naval architectWilliam K. MacCurdy developed the Hydra-Cushion rail coupling atSRI International, significantly changing freight transportation?
... that over 16 million years ago, four species of parrot in the genusNelepsittacus made their home in subtropical rainforest in what is nowOtago, New Zealand?
... that at theRomanian Communist Party congress ofNovember 1989,Emil Bobu countered delegates' flagging enthusiasm by shouting slogans and applauding vigorously, even interrupting leaderNicolae Ceauşescu?
... that infants are so motivated to engage injoint attention that they will turn away from interesting sights to do so?
... that prior to taking upathletics, Olympic long-distance runnerVäinö Koskela was a member of the winning team at an under-18 cross-country skiing championship?
... thatCat Creek was the site of the first commercially successfuloil field inMontana, producing oil so pure it could be used inModel T cars straight from the ground?
... that fossil leaves indistinguishable from the livingTasmanian waratah(pictured) have been dug up from lowerOligocene (28–34 million year old) rock strata?
... thatThe Yama Yama Man may be hiding behind a chair, "ready to spring out at you unaware"?
... that the 1999 documentaryPrivate Dicks: Men Exposed, in which men were interviewed about their penises, was described byKen Tucker as "quite literally touching"?
... that the development of basketball as "almost a major sport" led the University of Michigan to form itsfirst basketball team in 1909?
... thatSeaman Frank vowed "Do you think I'm going to let them get away with that? Not pygmalion likely!" after he lost his foot to a German raider?
... thatKeith Meinhold, whocame out publicly in 1992, was allowed to stay in theUS Navy after a 1994 court decision as long as he did not say he was gay again?
... thatKookaburra gold medalistJamie Dwyer met his girlfriend while playing professional field hockey in the Netherlands?
... that "Do Ya Thang" was described as a return toRihanna's roots, which were notably present in the songs from her first studio albumMusic of the Sun?
... that until JudgeSonia Sotomayor ordered the creation ofKrimstock hearings, there was often no way for thousands of owners to promptly recover their seized vehicles from theNYPD?
00:00, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
... thatisochrone maps(pictured) have been used since 1972 or earlier, and that since 2009 online versions have been used by house hunters wishing to evaluateresidential areas?
... that thePortage Glacier Highway is made up of a series of eight roads, bridges, and tunnels?
... that the role of theRhodesian head of government graduallyevolved, between 1890 and 1970, from that of acompany-appointed administrator to the prime ministerial office of a republic?
... that theDynasphere monowheel was criticized for its poor braking and steering capabilities, as well as its gerbiling tendencies?
00:00, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
... that there were so many pubs inMonmouth's market place that they said "A gin court here, a gin court there, No wonder they call itAgincourt Square"(sign pictured)?
... thatAtretochoana eiselti, the largesttetrapod to lack lungs, was until late 2011 known only from two museum specimens whose origin was unknown?
... that when U.S.President Johnson signedExecutive Order 11375 in 1967 banning sex bias in federal government hiring, women held just 809 of more than 40,000 federal civil service jobs?
... that the ruins of theMaya city ofMixco Viejo inGuatemala received their name because they were believed to be the remains of another city entirely?
08:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
... that labor lawyer and activistKhaled Ali(pictured) filed a landmark lawsuit against the Egyptian government in 2010 and won a higher minimum wage for all workers?
... that when the Basque trade union movementELA-STV suffered a split in the 1970s, the dissidentELA-STV (Askatuta) was accused of being bankrolled byOpus Dei?
... thatTristram Coffin led a group of investors who boughtNantucket for thirty pounds and two beaver hats?
... that because of his escape from captivity in 1188 through a sewer, the medieval monk and futureAbbot of EveshamRoger Norreis was nicknamed "Roger Cloacarius" or "Roger the Drain-Cleaner"?
... that with an area of 1,865 square kilometres (720 sq mi),Siling Co inXainza County is the second largest saltwater lake in the northernTibetan Plateau?
... that the racehorseSt. Frusquin lost the 1896Epsom Derby by merely a neck to his brotherPersimmon, whose winning time of 2:42.0 set a new Derby record?
... that a review ofPlastic Flowers, a 1977 Indonesian film directed bya man known for romances, found him unfit to direct but praised a robbery scene?
... thatThe Panther, the favourite for the 1919Epsom Derby, became agitated before the race and finished unplaced, possibly due to the presence of amare ridden by amounted policeman?
... thatRalph Dewey(pictured) blows up animals for Jesus?
... that a University of Washingtonfake mathematician created as a student prank became the author of several well-received papers in research journals?
... that Toronto officials considered replacing theirmoose with unicorns?
... that in 2007, the owners of a hairyFabulous Willy were criticised for being homosexual?
... that the opening ofEston railway station(pictured in 1902) enabled passengers to travel fromMiddlesbrough, England, to California in only 15 minutes?
... thatMr Grumpy was once bombed by the Americans?
... that in 1985 differences of opinion on the tactics ofgeneral strikes led to a split in theGalician nationalist trade union movement and the founding ofCXTG?
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