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30 June 2012

16:00, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatSt Lawrence's Church, Appleby(pictured), inCumbria, contains the monuments ofLady Anne Clifford and her motherMargaret, Countess of Cumberland?
... that theGay Women's Alternative in Washington, D.C., began as a home gathering called the Gay Women's Open House at Lilli Vencez's home in 1971?
... thatbaseball pitcherTyler Thornburg has drawn comparisons toCy Young Award-winnerTim Lincecum?
... that a "powerful chorus" on a quotation from theSermon on the Mount forms the core ofBach's thirdcantata for Leipzig,Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24?
... that while theOman women's national football team has yet to play a game, a club from Oman played matches against national teams from Jordan and Syria?
... thatAtlanta Falcons coachJerry Glanville describedCasey Elliott as "a super, super kid"?
... that in 2001,BBC One devoted athemed night of programming totext messaging?

08:00, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theRussian guitar's D-G-B-D-G-B-D tuning(illustrated) approximates themajor-thirds tuning D#-G-B-D#-G-B-D#?
... thatEllen Rosenblum is the first woman ever to serve asOregon Attorney General?
... thatCale Yarborough won the1976 Gwyn Staley 400 by beating bothRichard Petty and thepace car out ofthe pits?
... thatJoshua Jefferis, the only male Australian artistic gymnast at theLondon Games, was initially passed over?
... thatcaryopilite was named for the Greek words forwalnut andfelt?
... thatHal Elliott led the National League in games played by a pitcher in 1930, appearing in 48 games for the last placePhiladelphia Phillies?
... thateggs of thegreenhouse frog are laid on land and have been found under aflower pot?

00:00, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatMarie Bankhead Owen(pictured) was the aunt of actressTallulah Bankhead and helped create theAlabama state motto?
... thatHolocaust denial and9/11 conspiracy theories are part of whatDamian Thompson describes inCounterknowledge as a "pandemic of credulous thinking"?
... that Indonesian songwriterMaia Estianty is descended from theNational Hero Tjokroaminoto?
... that theRitz-Carlton hotel inGeorgetown is a former historic industrial building?
... thatRoss Youngs is the member of theNational Baseball Hall of Fame who died at the youngest age?
... that theKeśin were long-haired ascetic wanderers with mystical powers described in theRigveda?
... that Catholic priestMatija Škerbec was once imprisoned in Slovenia for his political activities and later became a central figure in Slovenian emigration to the United States?

29 June 2012

16:00, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theKarlskrona Ropewalk(pictured) isSweden's longest wooden building?
... that the mountainPiotruś in theLow Beskid range is the site of a pond and stream where SaintJohn of Dukla is said to have rested?
... that extantBurmese chronicles are the most extensive and detailed historical records available inSoutheast Asia but many lesser known chronicles remainunstudied?
... thatThe Twitter Republic is based onTwitter use in the website's fifth-largest market?
... thatEmily Little andLarrissa Miller are part of the Australian women's gymnastic team that will compete at the2012 Summer Olympics?
... that pilgrims would leap off a cliff named Bhairava Jhamp, near theChorabari Glacier?
... thatWhile She Sleeps' upcomingstudio albumThis Is the Six is titled to reflect the band's connection with their fans?

08:00, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

... that 2008 and 2012 Australian artistic gymnastic OlympianAshleigh Brennan(pictured) drinks coffee before every competition?
... that"I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" markedKatherine Heigl's final appearance onGrey's Anatomy?
... that as late as 1945, between 450 and 500stallions owned by theU.S. Army Remount Service bred with over 11,000 civilian-ownedmares, producing 7,293foals?
... thatChrisye was so disappointed withPantulan Cita that he took a two-year sabbatical?
... that theBrown Thrasher was originally nominated as the state bird ofGeorgia by schoolchildren in 1928, but wasn't officially adopted until 1970?
... thatChris Archerpitched USA Baseball's International Performance of the Year in 2010?
... that thenine-armed sea star can turn its stomach inside out and engulf "mouthfuls" ofsediment anddetritus?

00:00, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theBrown Treecreeper(pictured) spirals up and down tree trunks while foraging?
... thatDangote Cement's production facility in Obajana,Nigeria, is the largest cement plant inSub-Saharan Africa?
... thatHayscastle inPembrokeshire once contained a Normanmotte and anRAF Chain Home?
... that theatre director and TV comedy producerOlga Lipińska launchedher Cabaret underSoviet-style socialism hoping to make the world a better place?
... that theMarinmuseum acquired some ofJohan Törnström'sfigureheads?
... thatCasting Crowns' 2007 albumThe Altar and the Door sold 129,000 copies in its first week, the largest opening-week sales for a Christian album with no secular media support?
... that pitcherJohnny Gee, sometimes known as the "$75,000 Lemon", was the tallest person ever to playMajor League Baseball untilRandy Johnson debuted in 1988?

28 June 2012

16:00, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theHimalayanLidder Valley(pictured) lies in theVale of Kashmir and was formed by a river that originates at theKolhoi Glacier?
... that theCôte d'Ivoire women's national football team is Africa's sixth best women's football team while women's football is the fourth most popular sport in the country?
... that theFour Seasons Hotel inWashington, D.C., has served heads of state and royalty?
... thatpiercing points are used by geologists to find out how much afault has moved?
... that theOmbla River nearDubrovnik, Croatia, is claimed to be the shortest river in the world, flowing approximately 30 metres (98 feet) before emptying into theAdriatic Sea?
... that2012 Australian weightlifting OlympianSeen Lee won Australia's first women's weightlifting Commonwealth Games medal in 2002 and Australia's first medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games?
... that thehypothallus of aslime mold is produced by theplasmodium at the beginning of its fruiting?

08:00, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

... thattriple-resonance NMR spectroscopy(spectrum pictured) is an integral part of determining thestructure of proteins?
... thatSS-StandartenführerErnst Damzog personally selected staff for thekilling centre inChełmno (Kulmhof) inReichsgau Wartheland and supervised its daily operation from 1941?
... thatTropical Storm Debby is the earliest fourthnamed storm in theAtlantic Basin on record?
... thatLeavine Family Racing is headquartered inTexas but races from a shop inNorth Carolina?
... that2012–13 will beYork City's first season back inthe Football League sincerelegation in 2004?
... that in November 2008, theGerman Consulate in Bangalore became the first Consulate in the city to start operations?
... that while the practice ofburying horses with people was widespread among Indo-Aryan and other peoples, there is only one known example of someone buried with a cow in Europe?

00:00, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the 1973 completion of theDworshak Dam(pictured), one of the tallest in the United States, wiped out one of the world's preeminent runs ofsteelhead trout?
... that Izetta Wesley, a female football administrator, believes the government ofLiberia is insincere in how they treat theLiberia women's national football team?
... that the venomousbox jellyfish (Chiropsalmus quadrumanus) once killed a child within forty minutes of his being stung?
... thatGeneral Manfred von Richthofen, likethe air ace who was named after him and was his great-nephew, was awarded the "Blue Max" for his service inWorld War I?
... thatChristian rock bandThird Day, inspired by their induction into theGeorgia Music Hall of Fame, aimed to show more of their southern roots in their 2010 albumMove?
... that theThree Dikgosi Monument is the most visited tourist destination inGaborone, Botswana?
... that geologistRichard Owen died of accidental poisoning after his grocer mistook a bottle ofembalming fluid for mineral water?

27 June 2012

16:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

... that alpine skierKyrra Grunnsund(pictured) was the second person to represent Australia at both the Summer and Winter Paralympics?
... that anAthenaeum review ofhis first published novel ledGeorge Gissing to describe critics as "unprincipled vagabonds"?
... that the Scandinavian fungusInocybe saliceticola can grow among mosses such asheart-leaved spear moss?
... that the1169 Sicily earthquake happened on the eve of the feast ofSt. Agatha and killed many who were gathered in theCatania Cathedral for the feast?
... thatWilliam Shatner hostedFlick Flack (1974), a documentary television series about the film industry?
... that the Japanese release of"Weird Al" Yankovic'sAlapalooza contained a bonus track of the artist singing one of the songs in Japanese?
... that six bankers spent more than£44,000 on wine atGordon Ramsay's restaurantPétrus, resulting in the chef giving them the food from their meal for free?

08:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatNobel Prize for Physics-winnerIsidor Isaac Rabi(pictured) gave a speech about how an electric light works for hisBar Mitzvah?
... that astronautsElliot See andCharles Bassett died when theirplane crashed into the building where their spacecraft was being assembled?
... thatZac Efron andBryan Silas drove the same race car on the same day inJuly 2011?
... that although a tsunami warning was issued 14 minutes after the1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, the first wave had struck the coast two minutes earlier?
... thatJessica Fox, daughter of French and Great Britain canoeing Olympians, will make her own Olympic canoeing debut at the2012 Summer Olympics?
... that comedianJosh Wolf is currently working on an untitled project forFOX about his experiences as a single father?
... that the very rareghost orchid was once found inFiddler's Elbow National Nature Reserve, nearMonmouth,Wales?

00:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

... that a flashing blue light, used to alert local skiers that fresh powder snow is falling at theBridger Bowl Ski Area, sits atop theHotel Baxter(pictured) inBozeman, Montana?
... that on his tenth album,Adentro,Ricardo Arjona included a song aboutmenstruation?
... thatHoly Cross Church, Gilling, was at one time referred to asSaint Helena's after the Roman Empress whom legend says discovered theTrue Cross?
... that by itsthird volume, themythology ofThe X-Files had become so intriguing that series creatorChris Carter "had to blow it up, because he couldn't deal with it anymore"?
... thatArsenal managerArsène Wenger was recognised as the best coach of the decade despite never winning theIFFHS World's Best Club Coach award?
... that twenty-year-oldBlake Gaudry started gymnastics when he was ten years old and will represent Australia in the trampoline event at the2012 Summer Olympics?
... that in 1971, GovernorTom McCall gave theJames G. Blaine Society a boost when he invited tourists to come visitOregon, but then added "for heaven's sake don't stay"?

26 June 2012

16:00, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theFrench paddle steamerSphinx(model pictured) participated in the transfer of theLuxor Obelisk fromEgypt toParis?
... thatAustralian KookaburraDaniel Hotchkis plays his club hockey for theCanberra Lakers in theAustralian Hockey League?
... that awriters' strike in 2008 threatened the international fashion industry by leaving stars with nowhere to wear theirred carpet gowns?
... thatErica Kennedy's first novel,Bling, reached 35th on theNew York Times Best Seller list and was optioned for a movie?
... that theStockton Cannery Strike of 1937, also called the "Spinach Riot", resulted in one death and 50 injuries and held up a$6 million crop?
... thatChurch Clothes by Christian rapperLecrae was controversial because it was hosted byDon Cannon and criticized church hypocrisy?
... thatMark Jankowski, theCalgary Flames'first round draft pick in2012, is the highest-ever draft pick out of aCanadian high school?

08:00, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatJuliet Opie Hopkins(pictured) was known as the "Florence Nightingale of the South" and was given a full military burial atArlington National Cemetery?
... that theopen-access journalPeerJ runs in thecloud onEC2 andS3?
... thatLaura Basuki washed her hair with bottled water while shootingEast of the Sun?
... that double silver Paralympicwheelchair rugby medalistNazim Erdem became the first person with a spinal cord injury to paraglide solo?
... thatSatria Mandala Museum inJakarta has life-size statues of numerousNational Heroes of Indonesia?
... that Spanish authorJ. J. Benítez has publishedmore than 50 books in his career?
... thatHeight of the Rockies Provincial Park, inBritish Columbia, Canada, has one of the world's highest concentrations ofmountain goats?

00:12, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatMatt Cain(pictured) threw more pitches in hisperfect game than any otherperfect game pitcher before him?
... that theanarchistLunigiana revolt was quashed by the use ofsummary executions?
... that unlike co-starHolly Quin-Ankrah, who both sang and acted during the 2008 talent show dramaRock Rivals,Sol Heras had his character's singing voice provided by a Swedishsession singer?
... that theGDP generated in thecity of Zagreb comprises 31.4% of Croatia'sGDP, exceeding that of any othercounty of Croatia?
... thatWhile She Sleeps' debutmini-albumThe North Stands for Nothing was given away free with an issue ofMetal Hammer magazine?
... thatTalbiseh, a small Syrian city, has been repeatedly attacked by theSyrian Army throughout theongoing Syrian uprising for being a majoropposition stronghold?
... thatHillsboro, Oregon-basedMathStar, afabless semiconductor company, raisedUS$137 million, but never made a profit before ceasing to exist?

25 June 2012

16:27, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

... that rats treated withmethylazoxymethanol acetate(molecular model pictured) during gestation are ananimal model of schizophrenia?
... that theDuke andDuchess of Cambridge live in a rentedAnglesey farmhouse on theBodorgan Hall estate?
... that Malaysian bornRenuga Veeran and South Australian bornLeanne Choo will represent Australia in the women's doubles badminton competition at the2012 Summer Olympics?
... that the mineralsonolite is named for the mine in Japan where it was discovered?
... that in June 2012,Paralympic swimmerBrad Snyder became the world record holder for the 100-meter and 400-meter freestyles among fully blind athletes?
... thatNicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli was alate-medieval papal singer whose only known manuscript was destroyed by fire in 1870?
... that Canadian artistJubal Brown deliberately vomited primary colors on paintings in theMuseum of Modern Art and theArt Gallery of Ontario?

08:42, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theNOT Tower(pictured) inKraków was nicknamedSkeletor after it had been abandoned by thePolish Federation of Engineering Associations and left unfinished for 30 years?
... that NorwegianIOC memberGerhard Heiberg recommendedOslo to bid withHafjell andKvitfjell as Alpine Skiing venues instead ofNorefjell, to reduce their chances to host the2018 Winter Olympics?
... that after defeating the VietnameseHồ dynasty in theMing–Hồ War, the ChineseMing empire annexed northernVietnam asJiaozhi province?
... that upon hearing ofKhalid ibn al-Walid's reputation in battle, theRoman-ledArab Christian garrison ofArak peacefully surrendered their fort to hisarmy?
... thatLuciano Ercoli's 1972 filmLa morte accarezza a mezzanotte stars the director's wife,Nieves Navarro?
... that the termNew Labour was coined byTony Blair at theOctober 1994Labour Party conference, following his election asleader of the Labour Party earlier that year?
... thatcartoonistJovan Prokopljević sells chess-themed prints of"gnomish" players atchess tournaments?

00:57, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatpale spear-nosed bats(pictured) have up to twenty different calls, a similar vocal repertoire to many non-humanprimates?
... thatLiuboslav Hutsaliuk was described as one of Ukraine's "first rate artists" living in the States?
... that after operating for a single year, theYokohama Dreamland Monorail spent 35 years awaiting repair or replacement before it was finally demolished?
... that the 1969 Italian filmUna sull'altra was filmed on location in the United States, including a scene shot inSan Quentin State Prison's gas chamber?
... that theSaint Thomas Christian music of India may preserve elements of theearliest Christian music due to theSaint Thomas Christian community's isolation and resistance to outside influence?
... that Germandressage coachUwe Schulten-Baumer trained two riders who won a combined total of nine Olympic Gold medals?
... that the title of theColin Bateman novelCycle of Violence refers to abicycle that the protagonist must ride whilst reporting on murders and court cases alike?

24 June 2012

17:12, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the Royal Navy'sKil class gunboats(pictured) were designed to confuse observers inU-boats with theirdazzle camouflage and double-ended hulls?
... that over five hundredAinu hilltop forts, known aschashi, have been identified inHokkaidō?
... thatBach's chorale cantataChrist unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7, forSt. John's Day, is based onLuther's hymn about thebaptism of Jesus?
... thatNaomi Fischer-Rasmussen will be the first woman to represent Australia inboxing when she competes at the2012 Summer Olympics?
... thatAdaptiv can hide a tank from thermal imaging systems, or make it look like a car?
... thatKyle Larson won the firststock car race he ever competed in?
... that the slime moldWillkommlangea reticulata is the only species of its genus?

09:27, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

... that anetwork of beacons inOkinawa(pictured onTaketomi) helped enforce theTokugawa policy of "national seclusion"?
... thatNAAFI Canteen ManagerJohn Leake was awarded theDistinguished Service Medal for manning a machine gun onboardHMSArdent during theFalklands War?
... that Israel plans to builda railway from theRed Sea city ofEilat to its Mediterranean ports that will compete with theSuez Canal?
... thatDr. O'Dowd is listed as one of theBritish Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films?
... thatJennifer Lopez's song "Good Hit" was momentarily removed from her seventh studio albumLove? following its negative response when a snippetleaked online?
... that theComptoir national d'escompte de Paris, now part ofBNP Paribas, was founded by a revolutionary government's decree?
... thatNational Hero of IndonesiaNuku Muhammad Amiruddin had a British ship aid him in attacking the Dutch?

01:42, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatBarry Stuppler (pictured) submitted a $50 million bid for theBerlin Wall and helped create the CaliforniaState Quarter in 2003?
... thatStooshe were inspired by the musicalsDreamgirls andHairspray for their video accompanying their single "Black Heart"?
... thatGlen Waverley badminton playerVictoria Na will make her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games?
... that the cider house atGreat Manson Farm inMonmouth,Wales, has a rare, stone and wood cider mill?
... that the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico as depicted in the 2012 filmCristiada has been compared to theObama administration's birth control mandate?
... thatprofessional wrestlerRic Converse, a victim ofchildhood bullying, was inspired byHulk Hogan at age eight to become a wrestler himself?
... that the GermanSonneradio navigation system proved so useful to the British duringWWII that they provided spare parts to keep them running?

23 June 2012

17:57, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatR. L. Holdsworth(pictured) reached the summit ofKamet, thehighest mountain climbed at the time?
... that the death of racerPete Orr was a driving force forinsurance reform inFlorida?
... that in themusic video for her single "Me Haces Falta" (2007),Jennifer Lopez portrays an undercoverFBI agent who surrenders her lover to the police and has regrets afterwards?
... that 1972'sSette scialli di seta gialla was one of several "imitative whodunits" released after the success ofDario Argento'sL'uccello dalle piume di cristallo?
... thatBook of Spells, an upcomingWonderbook for PlayStation 3, is a companion toHarry Potter?
... that composerWłodzimierz Korcz received most recognition for the music to aprotest song, which was adopted as an informal anthem of theSolidarity trade union inCommunist Poland?
... that the 2012 election for mayor ofGaborone,Botswana, was contested when a councillor on theGaborone City Council cut his ballot in half to vote twice?

10:12, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

... that thefreshwater crabGuinotia dentata(pictured) prefers shady rivers to sunny ones?
... thatMajor League Baseball pitcherBob Glenn later became a pioneer in highway and traffic engineering from the 1920s through the 1950s?
... that theYawata Steel Works were identified as the target for thebomb thatfell onNagasaki?
... that theBrunei women's national football team is forbidden from participating in theOlympic Games by its country's government?
... thatThe Chimneys' roof framing utilizes techniques common in the construction of ships' hulls at the time it was built in 1771?
... thatThird Eye Blind's discography includes an album that sold six million copies?
... thatARCA driverDarrell Basham's race shop was demolished by a tornadoin March 2012?

02:27, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatByzantine style frescos from 1380 in theTransfiguration Church inNovgorod Oblast, Russia, were destroyed duringWorld War II and finally restored in the 1960s(example pictured)?
... thatMoose McCormick was considered the first greatpinch hitter inMajor League Baseball history?
... that items on display at theRoyal New Zealand Navy'sTorpedo Bay Navy Museum include theMāori warrior's skirt which the captain of the battlecruiserHMS New Zealand wore for good luck in battle?
... that audience laughter during a scene in theCheers episode "Coach's Daughter" betweenCoach and his daughterLisa was muted out in the final cut?
... that composer, music theorist and hymn-writerCyriakus Schneegass corresponded withMartin Luther andCaspar Creuziger?
... thatThird Eye Blind's song "Blinded" is about a man who spies on his ex-lover in the bathroom?
... that theCornish folk tale of theMermaid of Zennor was likely to have been inspired by chair carved with a mermaid atSt Senara's Church inZennor?

22 June 2012

18:42, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

... that Syrian poet and writerMaryana Marrash(pictured) revived the tradition ofliterary salons in theMiddle East at the end of the19th century?
... that the number ofMandaeans in Iraq has fallen by more than 90% since the2003 invasion due to religious persecution?
... thatYork City have recorded more league victories againstRochdale than againstany other club, having beaten them 43 times from 100 attempts?
... that a curator at theNational Air and Space Museum,Louis Purnell, flew 88 bomber escort missions duringWorld War II as aTuskegee Airman, earning theDistinguished Flying Cross?
... that the land around the village ofPeperga in the Netherlands was so wet that before 1660 the entire village was moved one kilometer to a drier area?
... thatBach's chorale cantataAch Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2, based onLuther's hymn, is part of "the largest musical project that the composer ever undertook"?
... thatAbdulbaset Sieda, the new head of the opposition Syrian National Council, used to be a university professor in Libya?

08:00, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the call of theRed-necked Avocet(pictured) has been likened to a dog barking?
... that despite theSeychelles women's national football team having played only two games up toJune 2012, a national football tournament for women has been around in the country since the late 1990s?
... thatCrulic: The Path to Beyond, released in 2011, was the firstRomanian animated feature film in two decades?
... thatLinkedIn washacked onJune 7, 2012, resulting in the release of over6 million user passwords?
... that "Kriss Kross" / "Clarion", a 2008 single by multinational bandGuillemots, featured a live cover of "Black and Gold" bySam Sparro as itsB-side?
... that the "Godfather of BBQ",Johnny Trigg, was the first person to win the Jack Daniels World Championship BBQ Invitational twice?
... thatBlessed Elizabeth is said to have been the lawful heiress to the Hungarian throne but was harassed and forced to join a convent by her evil stepmother,Queen Agnes?

00:00, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

... that twenty Bahraini health workers(some pictured)were sentenced to up to fifteen years' imprisonment by amilitary court in a trial that lasted for only a few minutes?
... that the employment ofRuth Sawtell Wallis during theDepression was "unthinkable" because her husband was also a professor?
... thatKabaret TEY was one of the most popular Polishcabarets of the 1970s and 1980s?
... that the judges inSalinger v. Random House found that "resembling a lifeless rodent" infringed on the copyrighted expression "like a dead rat"?
... that earthenware fragments fromOdai Yamamoto I have acalibrated radiocarbon date of as early as 14,500 BC, before the warming at the end of thePleistocene?
... that theHouston College Classic is seen as the beginning of thecollege baseball season inTexas?
... that the stable block ofNewton Court, inMonmouth, hosts one of only three known breeding sites of theGreater Horseshoe Bat inWales?

21 June 2012

16:00, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

... that it wasGiovanni Lusieri who suggested thathis employer should remove theElgin Marbles from theParthenon(pictured)?
... that even though theSaudi Arabia women's national football team does not exist, women in the country have created, coached and played for their own club team outside the sight of men?
... that two ministers in Kenya's governmentdied in a helicopter crash inJune 2012?
... that poetGeorge Ellis accompanied England'sEarl of Malmesbury to France in 1796 as a member of the peace negotiations?
... thatWhen the Emperor was Divine, a historical fiction novel aboutJapanese American internment, was described as "a meditation on what it means to be loyal to one's country and to one's self"?
... that theNorthern Khmer dialect is spoken by descendants of theKhmer Empire native to the Isan region of Thailand?
... that at the revivedKunstRAI art fair inAmsterdam in May, Bart Jansen created a stir by exhibiting his dead cat, Orville, transformed into a radio-controlled helicopter?

08:00, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

... that thePhD robes of Stanford University(pictured) are stylistic copies of those used byCambridge University in England?
... that players will be able tojam electronics,tap cell phones, and manipulate traffic lights in order to track and kill a target inUbisoft's upcoming video game,Watch Dogs?
... that1996 and2004 OlympianDeonne Bridger is currently ranked as Australia's top female recurve archer?
... thatUmberto Lenzi's 1972 filmIl coltello di ghiaccio features thematic and directorial elements which one reviewer found similar to the works ofLucio Fulci?
... thatDouble-banded Sandgrouse chicks areprecocial and can fly within a month of hatching?
... that boys from aMonmouth, Wales, prep school housed inThe Grange won the British under-11 chess championship in 2003?
... thatEncyclopedia Fuckme and the Case of the Vanishing Entree was praised by theThe A.V. Club for its sexual writing?

00:00, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theHessentag(pictured), the annual state festival ofHesse held since 1961, attracted more than 1.2 million visitors inWetzlar in 2012?
... thatBryan Holaday won theJohnny Bench Award in 2010, given to the topcatcher incollege baseball?
... that theBlack River National Forest Scenic Byway in theUpper Peninsula of Michigan connects to the tallestski flying hill in the world and one of twoNational Forest harbors in the United States?
... thatCEC Bank fell from a 32.9% share of the Romanian banking market in 1990 to 4.03% in 2006?
... thatTom Luckey, creator of multi-story climbing structures known as Luckey Climbers, isparalyzed from the neck down?
... that whileRéunion women's national football team is not recognised byFIFA, the team has played full internationals againstSouth Africa,Uganda andZimbabwe?
... that the inventory ofEmery Walker's former home at7 Hammersmith Terrace includes a lock ofWilliam Morris's hair andDante Rossetti's teapot?

20 June 2012

16:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatJack Enzenroth(pictured) in 1910 was the captain of the first baseball team to be coached byBranch Rickey?
... thatBerchtesgaden National Park inBavaria, Germany, was designated a Biosphere Reserve in 1990 byUNESCO?
... thatBahraini boyAli Hassan is one of the youngest detainees since thenational uprising began fourteen months ago inFebruary 2011?
... that the Church of the Good Shepherd inHadspen, Tasmania, took over ninety years to complete?
... thatJulie Otsuka has won anAlex Award, aPEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and anAsian American Literary Award for her works onJapanese Americans?
... that theEstonian Sports Museum has helped organise an exhibition to celebrate Estonia's firstOlympics in London?
... that nine-year-old Martha Payne was told by herlocal council to stop reporting on her school dinners in her blogNeverSeconds after the national media reported on it?

08:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatEaswaran'sLove Never Faileth seeks to "bring to light ... volcanic forces(pictured) that work far, far below the surface strata of consciousness"?
... thatquantum mechanics can beformulated entirely inphase space if a quantum system is represented by aquasi-probability distribution?
... thatBo Xilai is the pioneer of theChongqing model?
... that despiteFIFA recognition and twice-weekly training sessions, theMadagascar women's national football team has yet to play in a single FIFA-recognised match?
... that in 1946, French-Australian botanistAlbert de Lestang provided the botany world with some rare seeds they had been looking for since 1852?
... thatAllan W. Eckert claimedIncident at Hawk's Hill, hisNewbery Honor novel about a boy who survives on the Canadian prairie with help from a motherbadger, was based on a real event?
... that whenWilliam Snyder Webb was awarded an honorary doctorate, he had to be captured before the ceremony?

00:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatFoxley Wood(pictured) is the largestancient area of woodland inNorfolk and was mentioned in theDomesday Book?
... thatRoy Lichtenstein'sMural with Blue Brushstroke incorporates elements of his earlier works as doesArtist's Studio—Look Mickey, which includes most ofLook Mickey, the artist's first work to useBen-Day dots and aspeech balloon?
... thatAustralian OpalBelinda Snell first played basketball as an eight-year-old on a mixed gendered team?
... thatSoviet spy satelliteYantar-2K had twofilm return capsules which couldland on the ground or on water?
... that Italian actressIda Galli has also been billed as Evelyn Stewart and Isli Oberon?
... that according to an Alaskan report, a tribe ofEskimo cook theswamp cranberry withfish eggs andblubber?
... that British swimmerLiam Tancock has taken upballet in order to improve his medal chances at the2012 Summer Olympics?

19 June 2012

16:00, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatAll Saints Church, Helmsley(pictured), contains two chapels dedicated to different saints?
... thatLance Norick was the first driver in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series to drive onrain tires in official competition?
... thatNové Spojení, a series of railway tunnels and bridges built inPrague, won the transport category of the Czech Construction of the Year award in 2009?
... that Australian archerJesse McDonald has had a goal of making theSummer Olympics since 2003 and was named to the 2012 Australian archery shadow Olympic team?
... thatGlendower Street Congregational Church stood derelict for forty years before its conversion into the award-winningGlendower House?
... that television producer and directorDaniel Sackheim has won onePrimetime Emmy Award and been nominated for two more?
... thatYou're Gonna Get Your Fucking Head Kicked In is chanted at opponents ofpro wrestler Bryan Danielson?

08:00, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

... that, as a U.S. Senator, future Chief JusticeOliver Ellsworth(pictured) drafted a statute that authorizedpunitive, court-ordered dissection of convicted murderers' corpses?
... thatKristi Harrower has won three Olympic silver medals in basketball and is in the running to earn a fourth medal?
... that the stadium at theMaury School inFredericksburg, Virginia, was home to the annual Fredericksburg Dog Mart, which began in 1698?
... thatCitra Award-winning actressLaura Basuki has been compared to JapaneseAV idol Maria Ozawa?
... that thecrash of an Australian National Airways Stinson in 1945 was believed by investigators to be the first in-flight structural failure attributable tometal fatigue?
... that dental similarities inAfrotarsius, an Africanfossil primate, andAfrasia, a newly described fossil primate fromMyanmar, add support to the hypothesis thatsimians first evolved in Asia?
... thatprofessional baseball playerTerry Doyle works as asubstitute teacher during the offseason?

00:00, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatSt Mary's Church,Whitby(pictured), was the setting for a scene fromBram Stoker'sDracula?
... that theYemen women's national football team has four training sessions a week?
... that althoughStracimir was the eldest son ofLord Balša, the youngest,Đurađ, became the major figure ofthe family?
... thatWorld Suicide Prevention Day (10 September) builds awareness of suicides, including that one third are committed withpesticides likeUnited Nations-bannedorganophosphates?
... that the mineralbobfergusonite has been found only in Canada and Argentina?
... thatNegro league baseball playerLemuel Hawkins was shot to death while attempting to hold up a beer truck?
... that the upcoming filmAnna Karenina will be the third collaboration between directorJoe Wright and actressKeira Knightley?

18 June 2012

16:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the mineraldiaboleite(pictured) was so named out of desperation?
... thatStichting Oud Politieke Delinquenten, a Dutch organization of convictedWW2 collaborators, included 1951 foundersNSB "judge"Jan Wolthuis andWaffen-SS volunteerJan Hartman, andPaul van Tienen who turned it into apolitical party?
... that the name of the 1983Bollywood filmLog Kya Kahenge (What Will People Think?) refers to a social yardstick in India and the expectations surrounding women and marriage?
... that Estonian ParalympianMarge Kõrkjas was awarded 100,000krooni (about 6,400 euros) from the government following the2004 Summer Paralympics?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court heardsix criminal appeals from convictedMormon polygamists during the tenure of Chief JusticeMorrison Waite (1874–1888)?
... that theA968 inShetland is Britain's northernmostA road?
... thatFritz Blanding retired from baseball due to "excessive weight" and because he could have "a heap more fun" on his farm?

08:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

... that during theAmerican Civil War, GeneralRobert E. Lee ordered the destruction of the mansion atFall Hill(pictured) because it blocked his view of advancingUnion Army troops?
... thatAustralian OpalAbby Bishop has played basketball professionally for theSeattle Storm,Canberra Capitals,Dandenong Rangers andAdelaide Lightning?
... thatWalker–Grant School was the first publichigh school for black students inFredericksburg, Virginia?
... that Japanese tennis playerRyosuke Nunoi served in theImperial Japanese Army inWorld War II and committed suicide at the end of theBurma Campaign?
... that the only medical school andlaw school inSouth Dakota are at theUniversity of South Dakota?
... that the tower of theTrinity Congregational Church collapsed in the2011 Christchurch earthquake after theNew Zealand Historic Places Trust had declined consent for earthquake strengthening?
... thatJennifer Lopez's song "Until It Beats No More" was used as background music in her commercial for theFiat 500?

00:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatDavid Stremme placed theInception Motorsports car(pictured) 16th on the grid in the team's very firstNASCAR Sprint Cup Series race attempt?
... thatSt John's inMonmouth,Wales, has been described as "one of Monmouth's best-kept secrets"?
... that although linguistBenjamin Lee Whorf is best known for the "Sapir-Whorf hypothesis", he never stated a hypothesis, writing instead about the "principle of linguistic relativity"?
... that theNational Gallery in Berlin has now expanded fromits original 1876 building into five others, including aSchinkel church and two palace outbuildings inCharlottenburg?
... thatKat Driscoll's performance at the2011 World Championships earned Great Britain atrampolining place at the2012 Summer Olympics?
... that 57-million-year-oldAltiatlasius fromMorocco may be the oldestfossil primate yet found, despite amolecular estimate that places thelast common ancestor ofprimates at 90 million years ago?
... that in his 2012 book, Scotty Bowers revealsFull Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars?

17 June 2012

16:00, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

... that three ten-foot-high (3 m)bronze horses(one pictured) in theCity of London by English sculptorAlthea Wynne have been nicknamed "Sterling, Dollar, and Yen"?
... that theRhodesian Special Air Service was formedduring the Malayan Emergency?
... that 2010 Commonwealth Games Australian archery gold medalistMathew Masonwells likes to listen toHilltop Hoods between shooting competition rounds?
... that on13 March 2012,BBC News reported that 17 police stations inSouth East Wales would close to the public, including theMonmouth Police Station?
... thatJennifer Lopez's song "Goin' In", featuringFlo Rida, is featured on the soundtrack of the dance filmStep Up Revolution?
... that theFrench ice hockey team, theDragons de Rouen won both the regular season andCoupe Magnus in the2011–12 Ligue Magnus season?
... that theModoc County Historical Museum has objects in its collection that date back 8,000 years?

08:00, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Mahadev Govind Ranade wearing the Puneri pagadi

... that thePuneri Pagadi(on head, pictured), aturban, is anintellectual property of the Indian cityPune?
... that theindependent comedy drama filmThe Taiwan Oyster, co-starring British actressLeonora Moore and shot in Taiwan, has been described as a Texasroad film?
... that Antarctic explorerRobert Falcon Scott worshipped atSt Saviour's Chapel inLyttelton, New Zealand, before embarking on the ill-fatedTerra Nova Expedition?
... that Britishsport shooterPeter Wilson is coached by amember of the Dubai royal family?
... that the 1976 song "Let Poland be Poland" byJan Pietrzak became one of the anthems ofSolidarity?
... thatJennifer Screen's first international basketball tournament with theAustralian Opals was the2006 World Championships in Brazil, where her team took home a gold medal?
... that, having first occurred in 1698, theFredericksburg Dog Mart is the oldest dog show in the United States?

00:00, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Wall poem by Alexander Blok

... that the success of the multi-languagewall poems(pictured) inLeiden,South Holland, inspired similar projects inSofia,Bulgaria, and in Paris, France?
... that GeneralUlysses S. Grant held an outdoorcouncil of war with his top generals on pews taken from theMassaponax Baptist Church?
... that 2008 silver-medal-winningAustralian OpalSuzy Batkovic used to sneak out to concerts with basketball teammateLauren Jackson while on scholarship with theAustralian Institute of Sport?
... that although the first two fossils ofIndraloris to be found were misidentified as acarnivoran and aloris, it is in fact a member of the extinctadapiform primates?
... thatBozh, the firstSlavic ruler known in history, was captured andcrucified together with his sons and 70 of his nobility by the invadingOstrogoths?
... thatThe Runaways' second albumQueens of Noise features guitar solos from both lead guitaristLita Ford and rhythm guitaristJoan Jett?
... that chefDaniel Clifford serves garlic and bay leaf ice cream at his restaurant,Midsummer House?

16 June 2012

16:00, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatNational League's 1934 Most PopularUmpireDolly Stark(pictured) created a women's clothing line named the "Dolly Stark Dress"?
... thatSamestate had two top-20 songs – "Hurricane" and "Shadows" – on theChristian CHR chart?
... thatRoy Lichtenstein'sEngagement Ring marks his transition from his prior painterly work to his subsequent more polished mechanical-looking work?
... thatHindustan Zindabad, a nationalistic slogan, translates to "Long Live India"?
... that 2012 Australian Olympicarchery hopefulRyan Tyack finished first in the all around men'srecurve event at the 2012 Australian national championships?
... that theEast Bay Vivarium is the oldest and largest retailvivarium in the United States?
... that the third digit in thebanking industry's "3-6-3 Rule" refers to bankers being able to "tee off at the golf course by 3 p.m."?

08:00, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatdevelopment of theTen Broeck Triangle(houses on Hall Place, pictured) inAlbany, New York, was spurred by the 1845 removal of a cemetery whose bodies and coffins kept washing out in heavy storms?
... thatSir Watkin Williams-Wynn was aprisoner of war of theJapanese on theBurma Railway before becomingLord Lieutenant of Denbighshire and ofClwyd?
... that among the challenges to developing theNiger women's national football team isshari'a law being used to ban women from the sport in some parts of the country?
... thatCarl Lachmund, who wrote detailed diaries on his studies withFranz Liszt, conducted a concert at the request of PresidentWilliam McKinley for the survivors ofUSSMaine?
... that theJewish Orphanage of Berlin-Pankow was originally intended to be a home for refugee children who escapedpogroms after the assassination ofAlexander II of Russia?
... thatpolitical bossJohn H. McCooey opposed the nomination ofFranklin D. Roosevelt forPresident of the United States in 1932?
... that the script for British athletics filmFast Girls had to be re-written to remove all references to the Olympics?

00:00, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

... that Swedish authorEdith Unnerstad(pictured) wrote her first book at age 11 for a sister who had been hospitalized withscarlet fever?
... that theJapanese sea cucumber canaestivate and remain in adormant state for up to four years?
... thatMajor Rohde Hawkins built theRoyal Victoria Patriotic School as an asylum for war-orphaned girls?
... that while flying accidents were commonplace atRAAF training establishments during World War II,No. 8 Service Flying Training School's first fatality was from drowning?
... thatVictor Gonzalez, Jr. was the firstPuerto Rican driver to compete in a majorNASCAR event?
... thatPunsari, a small village inGujarat, was awarded with the "BestPanchayat in Gujarat" title?
... that chefMyron Mixon is nicknamed the "winningest man in barbecue", having won more than 1,700 trophies?

15 June 2012

16:00, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

... that thewhite rock shell(empty shell pictured) and themulberry whelk both feed on othermolluscs, but the white rock shell is also acannibal?
... thatGojko Balšić, one of the founders of theLeague of Lezhë in 1444, wasSkanderbeg's nephew?
... thatRyan Hanigan hit the firstMajor League Baseball pitch thrown to him for adouble?
... thatHaxhi Qamili, the main leader of thePeasant Revolt in Albania in 1914, was arrested by Serbian forces, tried in a court presided over byXhelal Bey Zogu, and sentenced tohanging?
... thatMarta met theSierra Leone women's national football team in 2011 as part of theUnited Nations Development Programme?
... that theLufilian Arc supplies 80% of the world's cobalt?
... that the family ofMiami Zombie victim Ronald Poppo, a graduate ofManhattan'sStuyvesant High School, believed he had died 30 years ago?

08:00, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the 2012 deployment ofCarrier Strike Group Twelve will be the last for its famous flagship, the soon-to-be decommissioned aircraft carrierEnterprise(pictured)?
... thatGiuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri painted the ceiling in theGravisi-Barbabianca Palace?
... that the first time theChase Court considered an appeal from a petition for a writ ofhabeas corpus in thecircuit courts, Congress withdrew theU.S. Supreme Court's power to hear those appeals?
... thatSteve Waugh was the first cricket player to score 150 runs in an innings against allTest-playing nations, aGuinness record?
... that the mineralmotukoreaite is named forMotukorea, the island in New Zealand where it was discovered?
... that theDruid's Head Inn, an oldpublic house inMonmouth,Wales, now serves as the headquarters of theMonmouth Rugby Football Club?
... thatTim Bainey, Jr. plans to compete in aNASCAR race held on a track he co-owns?

00:00, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatDomenico Ghirlandaio finished the frescoes of theSanta Fina Chapel(detail pictured) three years before the cult ofSanta Fina was authorized byPope Sixtus IV in 1481?
... thatDuncan Curry, sometimes called the "Father of Baseball", was the president of the first organized baseball team and helped draft the first written rules of the game in 1845?
... thatAlgeripithecus, a 46–50 million year oldfossil primate, was once crucial for the African origins ofsimians (monkeys and apes), but now suggests African origins forlemurs andlorisoids?
... that the Best Male Vocalist at the 2009Indonesian Music Awards,Afgansyah Reza, never had any vocal training?
... thatmessage passing in computer clusters built with commodityservers andswitches is used by virtually every internet service?
... thatAustralian aboriginal 2008 silver medal winningAustralian OpalRohanee Cox started playing basketball again after an absence from the sport in order to inspire her daughter?
... thatThe Alley piano bar has walls papered with thousands of business cards, including ones fromJerry Brown andGregg Allman?

14 June 2012

16:00, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

... that thefungus speciesHygrophorus olivaceoalbus(pictured) is nearly extinct inFrance?
... that Australian 2008 Paralympic swimming bronze medalistAnnabelle Williams was astunt double forCharlize Theron?
... that thePZL SM-4 Łątka never flew, because its engine was not approved for use in flight?
... thatJapanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki organized theWorld Wrestling Peace Festival, an internationalsupercard, as a way to promoteworld peace?
... that althoughDuke Huan of Tian Qi murderedTian Yan to usurp the throne ofQi, the two brothers were buried together in the Two Kings' Cemetery?
... thatStanwell Tops had aBlack Christmas in 2001?
... thatWhile She Sleeps won theKerrang! award for Best British Newcomer at the2012 awards ceremony?

08:00, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatŁazienkowska Thoroughfare(pictured), the most famous road in Poland, is part of the main transportation route forUEFA Euro 2012 connectingOkęcie Airport to theNational Stadium in Warsaw?
... that Egyptian OlympicpentathleteAya Medany's father was a member of a panel which won the 2007Nobel Peace Prize?
... that water supply for mines in theGalilee Basin was provided as a reason to support the development of theBradfield Scheme inQueensland, Australia?
... thatJustin Timberlake's 2007 single "Summer Love" is about wanting to fall in love with a "lusty seasonal lover"?
... thatStephen Pryorwon ano-hitter onJune 8, 2012, in his fourthMajor League Baseball appearance?
... thatSt Luke's Church inChristchurch, New Zealand, replaced an earlier church that was "ugly and barn-like"?
... thatGet Married 3 features characters named afterMark Zuckerberg,Oprah Winfrey, andHanung Bramantyo?

00:00, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the femaleNamaqua Sandgrouse incubates theeggs during the day and the more conspicuous male(pictured) takes the night shift?
... that according toASME,Wyman-Gordon's 50,000-ton press was the largest machine in the world when completed in 1955?
... that thePacific Pinball Museum has 800pinball machines in storage in a secret location?
... that asherd of medieval pottery was unearthed in 1956 atSt James House inMonmouth?
... thatfossils ofYelovichnus were initially believed to be the feeding trails of other organisms?
... thatCharles Dennis Fisher, described as one of the "most prominent members of [the] educational staff" of theUniversity of Oxford, died in the explosion ofHMS Invincible at theBattle of Jutland?
... that 2010Australian Junior National archery championAlice Ingley has ancestors from the same area ofEngland as the historicalRobin Hood?

13 June 2012

16:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatFred Tenney(pictured) was described as "one of the best defensivefirst basemen of all time", while a different Fred Tenney played only six games at the position?
... thatRoy Lichtenstein'sGolf Ball paraphrasesPiet Mondrian's pre-World War I black and white oval paintings such asComposition in Black and White?
... that diners eating at the Table Lumière in the threeMichelin star restaurantAlain Ducasse at the Dorchester can select their owntableware?
... that despite finishing second inTippeligaen withMolde FK in2002,football coachesKalle Björklund andGunder Bengtsson were fired after six matches in 2003?
... that theWest German Audio Book Library for the Blind made its first recordings at night, in a room covered withegg cartons?
... that theSugababes song "Gotta Be You", according to band memberKeisha Buchanan, is the first use of thecrunk genre by a British band?
... that the use of "bloke", aslang term for aman, has inspired "First Bloke", a male variant of "First Lady"?

08:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the collection of theNelson Museum, inMonmouth,Wales, was first housed in agymnasium(exterior pictured) built byLady Llangattock?
... thatcommunist Poland'sORMO voluntarypolice reserves specialized instaging and performing criminal acts,unlawful arrests, andstreet beatings of peaceful protesters?
... that5to Piso was the first albumRicardo Arjona released after moving toWarner Music?
... that theEmirates Cup was cancelled from the2012–13 Arsenal season due to the2012 London Olympics?
... thatMani Ratnam'sNayagan wasone of the three Indian films to be included inTime's "All-Time 100 Movies" in 2005?
... that some of the most active parents in theOrthodox Jewish day school founded by RabbiDavid Rebibo inPhoenix, Arizona, in 1965 were members of the localReform temple?
... thatmuttongrass is eaten by sheep?

00:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

... that thePort of Póvoa de Varzim(pictured) in Portugal has 1000 years of recorded history and continuous use?
... thatBert Sincock, born in agold rush boomtown in 1887, was the firstBritish Columbia native to playMajor League Baseball?
... that shoe salesmanHamid Ghassemi-Shall was sentenced to death because of an alleged e-mail?
... that an inscription discovered atMilecastle 19 ofHadrian's Wall is one of only 60 known dedications to themother goddess known inRoman Britain?
... thatAlbert Einstein once played violin with theZoellner Quartet, which earlier had played by invitation forHelen Keller?
... thatEgyptian writings about themyth of Osiris do not clearly describeOsiris' death because the Egyptians feared that doing so might negatively affect the world?
... that theBaltimore and Lehigh Railroad was split along state lines in 1894?

12 June 2012

16:00, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the disputedBaldin Collection, includingCypresses in Starry Night byvan Gogh(pictured), was looted fromGermany duringWorld War II and is today held byRussia?
... thatWes Ferrell leads allMajor League Baseball pitchers inhome runs hit in a season (9), and in a career (37)?
... that the name for thenew bridge being built alongside theForth Road Bridge and theForth Bridge is to be chosen in a public vote in 2013?
... that Bach was "fired up as never before" when he began his second cycle of choralecantatas withO Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20, for the first Sunday afterTrinity in 1724?
... thatClarence 13X taught that the letters of the word "Allah" stood for "arm, leg, leg, arm, head", indicating the divine status of humans?
... thatthe most viewed Indonesian film of 2011 was based on a story posted in a blog?
... that British archerAmy Oliver, who is due to compete at the2012 Summer Olympics, didn't like the sport when she first tried it?

08:00, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theCentripetal Spring Armchair of 1849(pictured), one of the first modernoffice chairs, was unsuccessful outside the US because it was considered immorally comfortable?
... that communist politicianRustam Effendi wrote the first Indonesian stage play?
... that the Japaneseart filmMegane, described as "an ode to the pleasures of unhurried living", was given its name after the director realized most characters wore glasses?
... that stock car racerJoey McCarthy started racing at age ten?
... that the first three concerts ofBeyoncé Knowles's revue showRevel Presents: Beyoncé Live sold out within one minute?
... thatLeydig cell hypoplasia is a rare genetic disorder that can causepseudohermaphroditism or delayed or absentpuberty in affected males?
... that 2012Australian OpalHanna Zavecz earned a basketball scholarship at theUniversity of Wyoming even though the coach had never seen her play?

00:00, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

... thattwo factories(one pictured) inCopşa Mică, Romania, together made it one of the most polluted towns in Eastern Europe by the early 1990s?
... thatJohn Hibbard played three years ofcollege baseball for theUniversity of Michigan despite having previously played professional baseball for theChicago White Stockings?
... that despiteSão Tomé and Príncipe gaining independence in 1975, thewomen's national football team did not play their first FIFA recognised match until 2002?
... thatMermaid inMiami Beach wasRoy Lichtenstein's firstcommissioned public art?
... that British World Champion ModernPentathleteMhairi Spence has an ambition to be the host ofBBC One's quiz showA Question of Sport?
... that the U.S.Travel Act prohibits interstate or foreign travel to promote, manage or commit extortion, bribery, prostitution and other crimes?
... that theSouthern Triangle can't be seen from Europe?

11 June 2012

16:00, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

... that when three men wearing gloves, masks and balaclavas were found on the roof ofa church(pictured) missing £100,000 worth of lead, they were let off because police said they "might be there just for the view"?
... that the firstSCCA E Production class racing championship won in aMazda Miata was won byTerry McCarthy?
... thatsilicate perovskites may make up to 93% of the lowermantle and that the magnesium form is considered to be Earth's most abundant mineral?
... thatRandolph Scott, the star ofChina Sky, referred to the film as "disappointing"?
... that Australian2010 Commonwealth Games team archery gold medalistTaylor Worth is a member of a shadow archery team?
... that in theMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority'sPorter subway station there aregloves attached to the escalator and embedded in the floor?
... thatPSIR Rembang players attacked both referees in a match at2008–09 Liga Indonesia Premier Division?

08:00, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatNo. 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF(aircraft of unit pictured) was the onlyRoyal Australian Air Force training unit to be based inTasmania duringWorld War II?
... thatOnce, which was directed byJohn Tiffany and choreographed bySteven Hoggett, has the most nominations at the66th Tony Awards?
... thatElizabeth Potts was the only woman ever legallyexecuted inNevada?
... that Australian multiple swimming world record holderBenard Kieran took up swimming while serving time aboard a reformatory ship?
... thatCheap Trick's song "Southern Girls" is about girls in southern Canada, but the title was changed because writerRick Nielsen didn't like the sound of "Southern Canadian Girls"?
... that exposed oak beams in the plantation house atWalnut Grove revealRoman numerals marking wherejoists are to be attached?
... that Floridawatermelon farmerRoss Chastain scored a top 10 finish in his very firstNASCAR race?

00:00, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

... that when Cape Cod's village ofLong Point, Massachusetts(pictured) became aghost town, its residents took their houses with them – by floating them across the harbor?
... thatAbdulwahab Hussain played a leading role and was arrested during Bahraini uprisings of1994–2001 and2011–2012?
... thatMark Rothko'sOrange, Red, Yellow was sold onMay 8, 2012, for$86.9 million, a world record auction price forcontemporary art?
... thatLincoln MacMillan played onMichigan football teams that defeatedNotre Dame in each of the first five games between the schools?
... that the television dramaKazoku no Uta has the lowest viewership ratings of anyFuji Television prime-timedrama series?
... that during theWar of 1812,Angus McDonald was commissioned as acaptain in theRegular Army following his nomination and appointment byUnited States President James Madison?
... thatMarika Mitsotakis likened the political style of her husband, Greek Prime MinisterKonstantinos Mitsotakis, to the calming effect ofValium?

10 June 2012

16:00, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatTim Schendel(2011 car pictured) was the last driver to win theNASCAR Midwest Division Championship?
... that the Swedish hymnEn vänlig grönskas rika dräkt is used both as a summer hymn and for funerals, but is rarely sung in its entirety?
... thatAnne Henrietta Martin ofNevada was the first woman to run for theUnited States Senate?
... thatNo. 7 Service Flying Training School RAAF graduated over 2,000 pilots under theEmpire Air Training Scheme between 1941 and 1944?
... thatJuan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil‎,President of the Principality of Asturias, resigned in 1993 because ofPetromocho?
... thatRoy Lichtenstein'sHappy Tears was acquired in 1964 and not resold until 2002, when it established a new record for the auction price of a Lichtenstein work?
... that actorAlex Papps was still being recognised as hisHome and Away characterFrank Morgan twenty years after he originally departed the series?

08:00, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatEllen H. Johnson saysRoy Lichtenstein'sI Know...Brad was descended fromIngres'Madame Moitessier(pictured)?
... thatmutations in the geneCYP17A1 lead to impairedsex steroid production in patients with the genetic disorderisolated 17,20-lyase deficiency?
... thatBozeman, Montana, is home to two breweries – theBozeman Brewery Historic District andSpieth and Krug Brewery – now listed in theNational Register of Historic Places?
... that the simulation video gamesCafeteria Nipponica,Dungeon Village,Epic Astro Story,Grand Prix Story, andHot Springs Story were developed by Japanesevideo game developer Kairosoft?
... thatWalt Hazzard had hisnumber retired by UCLA, but he allowed it to be reissued toKevin Love?
... that in 2011,Namibia ranked fourth worldwide inuranium production, behind Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia?
... that hero of epic poetryMusa Kesedžija had three hearts?

00:00, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatJan Matejko created an ironic self-caricature of himself painting one of his works, theAstronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God(pictured)?
... that theAsuka Historical Museum exhibitsAsuka-period artefacts fromYamada-dera and theTakamatsuzuka Tomb?
... thatIgnacy Krasicki'sPan Podstoli (1778) was one of the first Polish novels?
... that US academicSusan J. Douglas is concerned that depictions of high-powered women in media imply (incorrectly) thatfeminism has achieved its goals?
... thatTaddeo d'Este was given apalace and admission to theGreat Council of Venice for foiling an attack onPadua?
... thatMagellan Development Group opted not to apply for public way permits forCoast at Lakeshore East because of the May2012 Chicago Summit?
... that First LadyMichelle Obama describesThomas Jefferson's attempts to grow four-foot-long cucumbers in her gardening bookAmerican Grown?

9 June 2012

16:00, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

... that inThe Wedding Dance(pictured), a 1566 oil painting byPieter Bruegel the Elder, the movements of the people show that they are acting inappropriately or in an epitome of rustic buffoonery?
... that anew election will be held to choose theNepalese Constituent Assembly to draft aconstitution following theprevious one's failure?
... that despite not playingfootball before he was 10 years old,Zymer Bytyqi became the youngest player inTippeligaen aged 15 years and 261 days?
... that the title of the Japanese-language album20 [Twenty] by South Koreanrock bandF.T. Island refers to theaverage age of the band members?
... that a character in the BritishfarceSimple Spymen remarks he needs "a thin moustache on the top lip and a pointed beard on the bottom" to pass for a Frenchman?
... thatSeline Hizli was one of only 34 individuals to be accepted onto the three-year acting course at theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2007?
... that insocial network analysis, aSimmelian tie is the basic relationship in aclique?

08:00, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

... that at 53 years and 275 days,Queenie Newall(pictured) is the oldest female athlete to have won a gold medal at an Olympic Games?
... that film director and producerLuciano Ercoli is married to actressNieves Navarro, star of several of hisgiallo thrillers?
... thatPlesiopithecus, afossil primate from the lateEocene inEgypt, closely resembles theaye-aye ofMadagascar and raises questions about theevolutionary history of lemurs?
... that the onlyNASCAR Winston Cup Series race thatDan Pardus competed in wasdelayed by both fire and rain?
... thatIván Guzmán de Rojas created software that could translate multiple languages simultaneously and served as Vice-President of theNational Electoral Court of Bolivia?
... that Indonesian directorTeddy Soeriaatmadja decided to go into film after seeingReservoir Dogs?
... thatHamka was accused of plagiarising his novelSinking of the van der Wijck, described as his best?

00:00, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

... that during his ownership ofAndrews Tavern(pictured), Samuel Andrews served aspostmaster for the governments of both theConfederate States of America and theUnited States?
... that when theMunich Crisis started,Edward Fennessy and Geoffrey Roberts built the famousRAF Fighter Command plotting room in only 36 hours?
... that "3 Spoons of Suga", a song by English girl groupSugababes, was included inthe soundtrack for the 2007 filmSt Trinian's?
... that because wood used to build theCivilian Conservation Corps camp in Hawaii'sKoke'e State Park had to be floated in salt water, the buildings avoidedtermite damage?
... thatJimmy Makar won 22NASCAR Winston Cup Series races ascrew chief forRusty Wallace,Dale Jarrett andBobby Labonte?
... that the church ofLa Yesa in theProvince of Valencia was burned down in 1840 following theCarlist Wars but was subsequently reconstructed?
... thatU.S. 2012 presidential candidateBob Ely refers to himself as a "jerk" and lists 24 reasons to not vote for him?

8 June 2012

16:00, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the racehorseParisot, winner of the 1796Epsom Oaks, was named after French ballet dancerMademoiselle Parisot(pictured), whose performance created a stir in London that year?
... that satiristAbdul Samay Hamed was attacked by a knife-wielding man, but succeeded in disarming his attacker?
... that since theIsrael national association football team played its first official game in 1934, more than 450 players haverepresented Israel in international matches?
... that theSpotted Sandgrouse may travel many kilometres from its feeding ground in order to drink?
... that bad weather was a constant hindrance to operations atNo. 6 Service Flying Training School RAAF inMallala, South Australia, duringWorld War II?
... that according to critics, theSugababes' song "It Ain't Easy" contains compositional elements from "Personal Jesus" byDepeche Mode?
... thatSydney Cumbers was nicknamed "Long John Silver" because he wore aneyepatch to conceal his missing eye that he lost when he was a child?

08:00, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatGeorge Vaughan Maddox, architect ofKingsley House and Hendre House(pictured), was a native ofMonmouth?
... thatKerry Blue TerrierTorums Scarf Michael was the first dog to winCrufts,Westminster and theAKC/Eukanuba National Championship?
... thatMichael Roach, an American professional soccer player, played in college with future teammatesKevin Alston andAlec Purdie?
... that it tookStan and Jan Berenstain two years to reviseThe Big Honey Hunt, the firstBerenstain Bears book, toDr. Seuss's satisfaction?
... thatGeorge Strez Balšić was one of severalnoblemen who renounced their support ofSkanderbeg in 1457, and he sold his fortress to theOttomans?
... that according toThe Fix byDamian Thompson, we can become addicted to sugar in the same way we can become aheroin addict?
... thatFred Bonine set the world's record in the 110-yard dash in 1886, and later saw over a million patients in his medical office?

00:00, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatKilbirnie Castle(ruins pictured) inNorth Ayrshire includes a 15th-centurykeep with walls that are 7 to 8 feet (2.1–2.4 m) thick?
... thatBBC broadcaster and producerUrsula Eason pioneered the use ofsign language in television programmes for deaf children?
... that thekilling of four policemen in an ambush in Rentería was the Basque separatist groupETA's deadliest attack of 1982?
... that theHuites Dam provides irrigation for 89,700 hectares (222,000 acres) of land?
... that inPosthumous Trilogy, aMate Matišić drama collection, all three plays end in thesuicide of the protagonist?
... thatJan Matejko's paintingThe Hanging of the Sigismund Bell received a golden medal in theParis World's Fair of 1878?
... thatFrank Bliss, the firstMichigan Wolverine to playMajor League Baseball, tucked his trousers into long boots for shin protection as a catcher in the early 1870s?

7 June 2012

16:00, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

... that an 1888 letter written byWeldy Walker(pictured), the second African American inMajor League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"?
... that the remains of the ancientRoman Empire settlement ofBaalbek were almost completely destroyed during theNear East earthquake of 1759?
... that Polish historianStefania Wolicka was one of the first women to receive aPhD degree in modern Europe?
... thatThomas Hart Benton's muralAchelous and Hercules, now on display at theSmithsonian, was originally painted for a women's clothing store inKansas City?
... that local tribes have nicknamed theMalagarasi as "the river of bad spirits"?
... that geologistT. Wayland Vaughan had a private audience withEmperor Hirohito and was decorated with theOrder of the Rising Sun?
... that thefeature filmTortoise in Love was entirelycrowd funded from the village ofKingston Bagpuize andSouthmoor?

08:00, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

... that 2012Australian OpalSamantha Richards(pictured) earned a gold medal playing on the Australian basketball team at the 2007World University Games?
... thatbiscuit grass can grow inbrackish orsalt marshes, and survivecrude oil pollution?
... that critics compared theSugababes' 2007 song "Never Gonna Dance Again" to "Careless Whisper" byGeorge Michael?
... thatWilliam Wheaton helped draft the first set ofbaseball rules in 1845?
... that Longkou Mining Group, a subsidiary ofShandong Energy, is the only company inChina mining coal under the sea?
... that the species observed inLower Hael Wood nearMonmouth includeducks,skylarks,sparrowhawks andlong-tailed tits?
... thatRichard Benjamin Harrison, nicknamed "The Old Man", is co-owner of the Las Vegaspawn shop featured in thereality TV seriesPawn Stars?

00:00, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theCrown and Thistle Inn inAgincourt Square(pictured),Monmouth, was home to one of the earliestMasonic Lodges inMonmouthshire?
... that theopen-wheel racing career ofEmerson Newton-John was put on hold for over a decade by theSeptember 11 attacks?
... that between 1848 and 1981, everydirector ofLiberia'sMinistry of Foreign Affairs had originally resided inMontserrado County?
... thatAn Ruzi was made ruler ofQi despite being just a little boy, but was killed by his older brotherDuke Dao of Qi after less than a year on the throne?
... thatOakley, a plantation home inSpotsylvania County, Virginia, was built in 1828 by Samuel Alsop, Jr. as a gift for his daughter?
... that Indonesian actressKinaryosih won four separate awards for her role inSuddenly Dangdut?
... that the design of theDyott Bomber was modified from an aircraft intended for the exploration ofSouth Africa?

6 June 2012

16:00, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

... that one of the world's greatphilatelic rarities, the1 peso "In Ps"tête-bêche pair(pictured), is the only known copy of theState of Buenos Aires 1859Barquitospostage stamp error?
... thatWedlock, a 2009 book byWendy Moore, details the abusive second marriage ofMary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore, the great-great-great-grandmother ofQueen Elizabeth II?
... that the career ofCanadian professional wrestlerQuinson Valentino, one ofOntario's topheel performers during the 2000s, ended after losing aretirement match in 2008?
... thatHamka's debut novelUnder the Protection of Ka'bah promoted orthodox Islam as a path to true development?
... that theIllinois Manufacturers' Association has its origins in a group formed to oppose laws againstsweatshops?
... thatPakistani cricketers hold the record for the highest number of wins inTwenty20 Internationals?
... that in his tell-all memoirThe Bronx Zoo,Sparky Lyle talked about how he enjoyed sitting onbirthday cakes naked?

08:00, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

... that Rhode Island governor and signer of theDeclaration of Independence,Stephen Hopkins(pictured), was also an astronomer who helped take measurements during the 1769transit of Venus across the sun?
... that "No Me Ames", a duet by American recording artistsJennifer Lopez andMarc Anthony, is a cover of the Italian hit "Non Amarmi", recorded by Aleandro Baldi and Francesca Alotta?
... that, aside fromMonnow Bridge Gatehouse, the only standing portion that remains ofMonmouth Town Walls and Defences is attached to apub?
... that many geographic features onCampbell Island, New Zealand, were named for members of the French1874 Transit of Venus astronomical expedition?
... that the most viewed Indonesian film of 1989,Pacar Ketinggalan Kereta, was the last feature film for both directorTeguh Karya and starTuti Indra Malaon?
... that over one thousand shelters were opened to accommodateevacuees fromHurricane Bud?
... thatBronwyn Oliver's 2005 sculptureVine is over 16 metres (52 ft) high and was assembled by eight Croatian welders?

00:00, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatNeltje Blanchan's 1897 bookBird Neighbors used photographs of stuffed birds(red-winged blackbird pictured) because contemporary cameras could not take good photographs of living ones?
... thatAustralian OpalTess Madgen's U-18 South Australia Country team beat Victoria 99–61 in one of the biggest wins ever at the Australian national championships?
... that thetransit of Venus of 1639 was predicted by self-taught astronomerJeremiah Horrocks, and the only recorded observations of it were by him and his friendWilliam Crabtree?
... thatRear AdmiralRonald Arthur Hopwood was namedpoet laureate of theRoyal Navy byTime in 1941?
... that theGerman National Library of Economics, with over 4 million items and 46 kilometers of shelf space, is the world's largest economics library?
... that special trains were laid on for voters returning toOxford University for the1860 election of theBoden Professor of Sanskrit?
... thatRosenborg BK's youngmidfielderOle Kristian Selnæs is a big fan of the Norwegian soap operaHotel Cæsar?

5 June 2012

16:00, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatLeicestershire(pictured) are the only team that have beenEnglish Twenty20 cricket champions more than once?
... thatBlur guitaristGraham Coxon recorded 21 tracks for his 10-track albumA+E?
... thatcutthroat grass is primarily found in only two counties in central Florida?
... that theMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.6floatplane trainer was theRoyal Norwegian Navy Air Service's lastpusher aircraft?
... that Henk Ten Berge ofDe Telegraaf describedWhen the Light Comes as "one of the strangest films ever produced by a Dutchman"?
... that in386 BCDuke Tai of Tian Qi was formally recognized as ruler of the state ofQi, ending over six centuries of rule by the House of Jiang?
... that the1907 Sydney bathing costume protests were a response by men wearing women's clothing to proposed regulations on beach dress?

08:00, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

... that when first noted,arsenoclasite appeared very similar tosarkinite(pictured), but with one perfectcleavage?
... that poet, translator and educatorMargaret Diesendorf, born in Vienna and raised in Hungary, was described as "the Conscience ofNew South Wales"?
... that the successfulkidney transplantation to a patient from theUAE in Cleveland led to the annual running of theUAE Healthy Kidney 10K in New York?
... that the young-adult novelIce Quake byColin Bateman involves a missingsatellite, a double-sizepolar bear and acryoseism?
... thatAustralia won the2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final by 98 runs fromIndia, clinching their fifthWorld Cup title?
... thatBrushstrokes was the first component ofRoy Lichtenstein'sBrushstrokes series?
... that a GermanGigolo has won four gold and two silver medals at theSummer Olympics?

00:00, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatBloomsbury Farm(pictured), built between 1785 and 1790, is one of the oldest surviving privately owned residences inSpotsylvania County, Virginia?
... that more than 600 sacrificial horses and 30 dogs are estimated to be buried in the 2,500-year-old tomb ofDuke Jing of Qi?
... thatRichard Petty Motorsports swept the front row in qualifying for the2012 Coca-Cola 600?
... thatThomas Dick,Superintendent ofOtago Province in New Zealand, "distinguished himself more by an assiduous devotion to duty than by any display of brilliance"?
... that poetIolo Morganwg ofFlemingston learned to read by watching his fathercarve words ontombstones?
... that Italian Bracco Geas basketball playerLaura Summerton won two Olympics silver medals, a Commonwealth gold medal and a World Championship gold medal with theAustralian Opals?
... that theinteractive websiteElf Yourself, an annual tradition where viewers can place personal images intodownloadable videos of dancingelves, was first developed byJason Zada?

4 June 2012

16:00, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the US Navy has been developingautonomous underwater gliders(example pictured) to track submarines and marine mammals?
... that theOblates of Mary Immaculate founded missionary stations atAminuis andEpukiro in rural eastern Namibia at the beginning of the 20th century?
... thatstock car driverCasey Roderick was described as a "legitimate protege ofBill Elliott"?
... that theTaney Court held that it had no jurisdiction to review former CongressmanClement Vallandigham's arrest and trial by military commission by means ofhabeas corpus?
... that diplomatKarol Boscamp-Lasopolski was executed by an angry mob during theKościuszko Uprising?
... thatThursday Nights, Channel 5 once almost led to a fight betweenChelsea andManchester City players?
... that comedienneConnie Ediss, in a string of popular Londonmusicals from 1896, became known for her "buxom bourgeoise" characters?

08:00, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

... that inState v.Ben Kuhl(mugshot pictured), precedent was set, extending identification of individuals in criminal cases to include palm prints, not justfingerprints?
... thatAustralian Opal andLogan Thunder centerCayla Francis chose to play basketball overnetball because she preferred the contact aspect of basketball?
... that theM16 rocket was used in only a single engagement of theSecond World War?
... that thehooded oyster is known asSaccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778)?
... that theOscoda County Courthouse, unlike many of its contemporaries, is awood frame structure and not built of stone or brick?
... that according toMicronesian mythology, trickster godOlifat created much discord among the gods, but gave humanity the secret of fire?
... thatJ. K. Rowling agreed to letNorth Foreland Lodge girls' school performHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but later withdrew consent as this would have been aworld premiere?

00:00, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

... that anAnglo-Saxon princess(reconstruction pictured) wasburied on a bed with her jewellery in theStreet House Anglo-Saxon cemetery?
... thatRobbie Faggart won two races in five days atCharlotte Motor Speedway in 1992?
... that the 1715Bach cantataO heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165, relates to Jesus teachingNicodemus about "being born of water and of the Spirit"?
... thatDaresbury inChristchurch, New Zealand, received a supreme award for renovation some weeks after it suffered significantearthquake damage?
... that heavy rain on its grass runway atRAAF Station Amberley in 1940 forcedNo. 3 Service Flying Training School to institute a 13-hour workday and fly at nearby airfields to maintain schedule?
... thatpolio eradication efforts in Pakistan were hampered by a vaccination campaign conducted by theCIA as cover in the search forOsama bin Laden?
... thatGet Married 2 was released not long afterits director got married?

3 June 2012

16:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatSt. Oswald's church,Oswaldkirk(pictured), hosted the first sermon of the futureArchbishop of Canterbury andchaplain toCharles II,John Tillotson?
... thatCamp Paxson Boy Scout Camp was used as a training camp forconscientious objector smokejumpers duringWorld War II?
... that English historianAlison Weir has produced books aboutEleanor of Aquitaine in both fiction and non-fiction?
... thatFain Skinner won the 1999World Karting Association national championship?
... that certain birds are assisted by the presence of other members of their species in raising their young, a phenomenon known as theFraser Darling effect?
... thatLesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling was the first book published on health and mental health care forlesbian andgay youth?
... that the 1970 filmLe foto proibite di una signora per bene features abossa nova-influenced score that has been compared to the work ofAntônio Carlos Jobim?

08:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatwood wasps and their fungalsymbionts,Amylostereum fungi(pictured), may cause a total economic loss of$254 million per year for the Canadian forest industry over the next 20 years?
... that the village ofGuimerà accounts for 24 of the structures on the government ofCatalonia's list of architectural heritage monuments?
... that theSan Diego Chargersretired the number ofJunior Seau posthumously at his memorial?
... that at age nine,Robertson Davies was paid for writing an article published in theRenfrew Mercury,his father's newspaper?
... thatRoy Lichtenstein'sRoto Broil was sold atSotheby's for $75,000 in 1976?
... that during theStalinist terror BaronJerzy Waldorff defamedCatholic priests while serving as an editor of the popularKraków magazinePrzekrój?
... that 1988St. Leger Stakes winnerMinster Son was the first Thoroughbred racehorse to win aBritish Classic with its breeder riding as the jockey?

00:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

... that the MexicanUriarte workshop(pictured) still createsTalavera pottery using 16th-century methods?
... thatMinori Hayakari, holder of theJapanese record in women's3000 m steeplechase, has won six consecutive national titles since the event was introduced in 2006?
... that 20% of the authors in various academic disciplines report being the target ofcoercive citation byscientific journal editors?
... thatRichard Wickes was the first American casualty of theAmerican Revolutionary War inNew Jersey?
... that growing on the shell of thePacific pink scallop helps thespongeMyxilla incrustans avoid being swamped by shiftingsediment on theseabed?
... that the Indonesian filmSuddenly Dangdut won 12 film awards, despite being filmed in seven days?
... that theMonmouth Methodist Church inMonmouth,Wales, was set back behind the houses alongSt James Street by law?

2 June 2012

16:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatTropical Storm Beryl(pictured) was the strongestNorth Atlantic tropical cyclone to ever makelandfall during the month of May?
... thatAccess2Research is petitioning U.S. President Obama to issue anopen-access mandate for publicly fundedresearch?
... that in 1896, baritoneAnton Sistermans premiered first Gustav Mahler'sLieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in Berlin, thenVier ernste Gesänge by Johannes Brahms in Vienna?
... thatJay Jeffrey was the firstDivision I head coach inTexas State Bobcats baseball history?
... thatTitanic 2020: Cannibal City is a sequel to theapocalyptical fiction,Titanic 2020?
... thatAndrea Bianchi'sNude per l'assassino follows "thegiallo formula almost to the letter"?
... that the ItalianRepublic of Genoacontrolled the Greek island ofRhodes for two years, from 1248 to 1250?

08:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatRoy Lichtenstein'sPortrait of Madame Cézanne is an ironic quotation of art historian Erle Loran's outline of the originalCézanne portrait(pictured)?
... thatJohan Sørensen was the first publisher of cheap books for the mass market in Norway?
... that cancer cell chromosomes undergodistinctive changes in addition to mutations?
... that 2012Australia women's national basketball team memberKathleen MacLeod played for a year each in Hungary and France?
... thatGeorge Gissing considered his novellaThe Paying Guest to be "a frothy trifle"?
... that the father–son duo ofMarques andKris Johnson each won acollege basketball national championship with theUCLA Bruins after being the top high school player in Los Angeles?
... thatGlen Morgan andJames Wong included several references to their cancelled seriesSpace: Above and Beyond in their script forMillennium's "The Thin White Line"?

00:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

... that centenarian Sammy Cox(pictured) ofCarrick, Tasmania, may not have been as old as he claimed?
... that despite writing many scientific papers atYale University and having the time limit waived,carcinologistMartin Burkenroad never submitted adissertation?
... thatBlue Scar was the first feature film to be scored by a British woman?
... that inNguyen v. INS, theUS Supreme Court upheld a law making it harder for a foreign-born illegitimate child to inherit US citizenship from the father than from the mother?
... thatStafanie Taylor, the 2011ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year, is the only player to have scoredhalf-centuries in three consecutiveTwenty20 Internationals?
... thatSusan Clark andDiane Keaton receivedEmmy nominations for playingAmelia Earhart inmade-for-TV movieson NBC in 1976 andon TNT in 1994?
... thatFashion Star season one winnerKara Laricks describes her design aesthetic as "modern-dayAnnie Hall meets a Japanesestreet style"?

1 June 2012

16:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatNiels Kaas(pictured) was the chancellor ofDenmark during the late 1500s?
... thatAction Saybusch was intended to be the first of severalGerman expulsions of Poles fromSilesia to the occupiedGeneral Government in World War II?
... that renowned Germanfurniture designerTommi Parzinger spent the last 15 years of his life working onExpressionist paintings?
... thatBrule Lake in Minnesota is the source of two rivers that enterLake Superior forty miles apart?
... that after aWNBL game in whichKristen Veal scored 16 points, other players shaved Veal's head to support the Leukemia Foundation?
... that the deluxe cover toSimian Mobile Disco's 2012 album,Unpatterns, is back to front and forms amoiré pattern with the CD image?
... thatArsenal went 995 minutes without conceding a goal inEuropean football?

08:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

... that theMonmouth Regimental Museum displays a variety of objects, including a mediaeval "crock pot" and a baby gas mask(pictured)?
... thatLucio Fulci's 1977 filmSette note in nero has been compared to the later American filmEyes of Laura Mars?
... that althoughROCOSes are visibleastronomical objects, it is impossible to determine whether or not they belong toour galaxy?
... thatNikolai Ramm Østgaard served as president of theInternational Ski Federation for 17 years, from 1934 to 1951?
... thatReformed theologianG. I. Williamson, in the tradition ofPuritan Sabbatarianism, says viewingtelevision,newspapers ormagazines is improper forSunday Sabbath?
... that according toRap-Up magazine, the double-sided poster included inRihanna's 2009 box set3 CD Collector's Set is worth the price of the album alone?
... thatSnurge was the firstmaiden to win theSt. Leger Stakes for 77 years and retired as the biggest money winner in European horseracing?

00:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

... thatStanisław Klimecki(pictured) served as thePresident ofKraków only for a few weeks before being fired and arrested by theGestapo inSeptember 1939, which led to his 1942 execution?
... that 12-year-oldTom Schaar is the only person to ever complete a1080, described as "theholy grail of all skateboard tricks”?
... that the song "Si Piensas, Si Quieres" was the third number-one hit forRoberto Carlos andRocío Dúrcal in theBillboard Hot Latin Songs chart?
... thatLimonana, a lemon and mint drink that is widely popular in theMiddle East, was invented by an advertising agency?
... thatGerard Reve'sThe Fourth Man, commissioned by the Dutch foundationCollectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek for the 1981Boekenweek, was turned down as too controversial?
... that the flowerheads of the fern-leaf spider flower,Grevillea longifolia, look like toothbrushes?
... thatPower has been described as powerful?

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