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31 March 2012

16:00, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the front gate ofGambir Market(pictured in 1922) was rebuilt in a different traditional Indonesian style every year?
... thatJubbet ad-Dib was established nearBethlehem byBedouin from theBani Harb in 1929?
... that despite missing their four bestbatsmen, theMatabeleland Tuskers cricket team won the final of the2010–11 Logan Cup?
... that after winning the2000 Guineas in 1932, the racehorseOrwell started as the 5/4 favourite for theEpsom Derby, but finished ninth and was found to be lame afterwards?
... thatJanja Kantakouzenos was executed together with his two brothers, four sons, and twelve grandchildren?
... that thegender of anEast Canary Gecko isdetermined by the temperature at which theegg isincubated?

08:00, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

... that child actressNozomi Ōhashi(pictured), who sang the theme song for the 2008 filmPonyo, started acting when she was just three years old?
... that theNevada–California–Oregon Railway Station inLakeview, Oregon, was built in 1912 for $15,000?
... thatGeorge Bazeley,Mark Paterson,Liam de Young,Tim Deavin andAndrew Charter moved toPerth so they could train with theAustralia men's national field hockey team?
... thatLeona Lewis releasedHurt: The EP as something for her fans to "bridge the gap" while she finishes recording for her third studio album,Glassheart?
... thatArthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies is the home to the largestoptical telescope inSri Lanka?
... that Indonesian writerClara Ng was reportedly able to readThe Adventures of Tintin by kindergarten?

00:00, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the1909 Michigan football team won the first battle for theLittle Brown Jug(pictured), the oldest rivalry trophy in American college football?
... that themagnitude of the1762 Arakan earthquake may have been as high as 8.8?
... that the music ofBach's cantataAlles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a, composed in Weimar for theLenten SundayOculi, is lost, but he later expanded most of the music inBWV 80?
... that theAbbasid invasion of Asia Minor in 806 was the largest expedition ever launched by theAbbasid Caliphate, and forcedByzantine emperor Nikephoros I to pay ahead tax for himself and his son?
... that since 1997, while thejunior national softball team has won fourJunior World Championships in a row, theAustralia men's national softball team has only won oneWorld Championship?
... that pioneeringecologistWilliam Gardner Smith only became active in the field after the sudden death of his brother Robert, who had left an unfinished manuscript that William completed?

30 March 2012

16:00, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatMexican ironwood carvings(example pictured) didn't become popular in other countries untilUniversity of Arizona students began buying them in the late 1960s?
... thatHavana on the Hudson takes its name from the influx ofCuban émigrés and exiles to towns on theHudson River?
... thatBorsig Palace, theGerman Vice-Chancellor's official residence and offices in Berlin, became the new headquarters ofHitler'sStorm Troopers (SA) after the "Night of the Long Knives" in 1934?
... that "The Aleph" inJorge Luis Borges's short story is an allusion toCantor's cardinality oftransfinite sets, demonstrating theinfluence of mathematics on his writing?
... thatWestmead Hawk, winner of theEnglish Greyhound Derby in 2005 and 2006, siredTaylors Sky, the winner in 2011?
... that listeners have heard thebackward message "You knowSatan holds the keys" inCheap Trick's 1979 song "Gonna Raise Hell"?

08:00, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the skull thought for almost 200 years to belong to the revered poetFriedrich Schiller(pictured) was shown to be someone else's in 2008?
... that invocabulary development from age six to eight, the average child in school is learning six to seven words per day?
... that before being forced to resign from theU.S. Naval Academy in 1987 for homosexuality,Joseph Steffan sang theU.S. National Anthem at twoArmy–Navy games?
... that theshelling of Stepanakert, during theNagorno-Karabakh War, caused mass casualties and widespread damage?
... thatAli al-Sulayhi, originally anIsmaili missionary, brought all ofYemen under the control of hisSulayhid dynasty before capturingMecca in 1063?
... that the1880 Michigan football team played its only game in a foreign country and at a lacrosse club?

00:00, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

... that low-growingwillows, such asSalix hastata(pictured) andS. brachycarpa, were found to have recolonizedriparian habitats destroyed during the construction of theTrans Alaska Pipeline within four years?
... thatLazaret, a northern suburb ofNiamey,Niger, contained the largest refugee camp in theSahel during theextreme drought of 1973–1975?
... that theThrone of Maximian has scenes from theBook of Genesis carved into it?
... thatBernhard Kummer regarded the conversion of the Germanic peoples as a cultural catastrophe and thus titled his doctoral thesisMidgards Untergang?
... that WWI Britishflying aceValentine Collins, who scored his victories from aBristol F.2b, teamed up withWilliam Bostock, futureair vice-marshal of theRoyal Australian Air Force?
... thatMarion, Utah, used to be calledDenmark?

29 March 2012

16:00, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatEtropole Monastery(pictured), the most important literary centre of northernBulgaria in the 16th through 18th centuries, later sheltered national heroVasil Levski in a specially built hideout?
... that theIberian frog includesbeetles,caddisflies andspiders in its diet?
... thatWallace Wade led the1930 Alabama Crimson Tide football team to thenational championship after he announced his resignation ashead coach prior to the start of the season?
... thatFedor Baranov, a founding father offisheries science, was saved from aGulag by one of his students?
... thatEskimos harvested the leaves ofdiamondleaf willow in the spring and stored them inseal oil for later eating?
... that Indonesian radio personalitySys NS wanted to open a museum to pornography but later destroyed his collection?

08:00, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatAussie Spirit playerSandra Holden(pictured) was drafted to representTasmania in softball one year when there were not enough players for an all-Tasmanian team in theGilleys Shield?
... that until itsconviction for trafficking in wiretapping equipment, the Spy Factory was the largest chain of spy shops in the United States?
... thatCrissi Cochrane reached No. 5 in the Canada national folk chart for campus/community radio?
... thatKarnail Singh Stadium has been banned from hostingRanji Trophy cricket matches for the 2012–13 season after thepitch used in a match in the previous season was found to be in "poor condition"?
... thatGiorgio Strehler owned both thePiccolo Teatro inMilan andTeatro San Ferdinando inNaples, and that the latter once featured actors such asEnzo Petito?
... thatOka Antara both starved and splurged for his role inThe Dancer?

00:12, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the art style(pictured) ofThe Banner Saga, a forthcomingtactical role-playing video game aboutVikings, is inspired by a 1959 Disney film?
... thatRepublic Steel executiveCharles M. White authorized the spending of almost US$12,000 ontear gas and handguns in 1935, the year workers at one of the company's plants voted to form aunion?
... thatproximity fuzed anti-aircraft ammunition was used by ships in theEuropean Theatre of World War II for the first time during theamphibious Battle of Gela inJuly 1943?
... thatAfricadoc, an organization for African documentary makers founded in 2002, initially expanded withinFrench-speaking African countries?
... that theDays of our Lives characterNancy Wesley was used to promote food franchisorMrs. Fields?
... that part of the financing for the first published work byRomanian communist activistMihail Roller reportedly came fromBaptists?

28 March 2012

16:27, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

... that retiredsteam locomotiveIllinois Central 790(pictured) was frequently put back into service during floods because any amount of water made thediesel-electric locomotives short out?
... thatGeorge Harrison's 1973 solo song "Living in the Material World" includes all his formerBeatles bandmatesPaul McCartney,John Lennon andRingo Starr?
... that in 2012 theWorld Bank presidential election will include non-American candidates for the first time?
... that Australianfield hockey playerMatthew Gohdes is the cousin ofKookaburras teammateJamie Dwyer, and rooms with teammateMatthew Swann?
... that a7th-century grave in Cambridge discovered in 2011 held the remains of anAnglo-Saxon teenage girl who waslying on a bed, with a gold and garnetcross on her breast?
... that as early as 1919, women'sgarden clubs in the United States were campaigning against highwaybillboards?

08:42, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thetall everlasting daisy(pictured) can grow to2 m (7 ft) high?
... that theBeau Street Hoard, found inBath, consists of an estimated 30,000Roman silver coins and is the largest ever found in a formerRoman town in Britain?
... that theOsRox Mission secured theHare–Hawes–Cutting Act, which divided thePhilippine Legislature into two opposing camps, the Antis and the Pros?
... that the 2011 albumGravity the Seducer byLadytron has been described as having "a feminine warmth"?
... that before modernpaleontology came about, fossils ofEncrinus went by a number of names in Germany, including "sun wheels", "Saint Boniface's pennies", and "witches' money"?

00:57, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatAqsunqur Mosque(pictured) gained the name "Blue Mosque" following its decoration withblue tiles over 300 years after themosque's construction in 1347?
... that British ecologistArthur Tansley, founder of theBritish Ecological Society and the journalNew Phytologist, introduced the concept of theecosystem in 1935?
... thatHans Uwe Hielscher played the 1500th weekly organ recital during market time at theMarktkirche in Wiesbaden in a series he initiated some 30 years earlier?
... thatRambhadracharya was deposed as an expert witness in theRam Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute inJuly 2003?
... that at the age of 13 years and 268 days,Marjorie Gestring was the youngest competitor to win an Olympic gold medal?

27 March 2012

17:12, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the conversion toCatholicism ofPrincess Irene of the Netherlands(pictured with two of her sisters) and her marriage to PrinceCarlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, caused aconstitutional crisis for her country?
... thatPevsner calledArthur Blomfield'sAll Souls Church, Hastings a "serious town church", but claimed "absolutely nothing can be said" about the architect'sSt Leodegar's Church, Hunston?
... that whenHerbert Ernest Hart was appointed Deputy Controller of theImperial War Graves Commission based inJerusalem, unrest in the region meant he had to live inCairo instead?
... that in 1864 the world's firstsalmon cannery was established in North America on a barge in theSacramento River?
... that eight ofDanish Kaneria's international cricket five-wicket hauls have come in victory forPakistan, while three have been in defeats?
... that thecounterculturalClub 7 got its name because it should be "more than6"?

09:27, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Banksia oblongifolia, Georges River National Park

... that the larger of two varieties ofBanksia oblongifolia(pictured) described in 1987 was calledminor?
... that the now demolishedIda B. Wells Homes inChicago were the location of bothLeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman'sPeabody Award-winning radio documentary andFrederick Wiseman'sPublic Housing?
... that after 42 years of being played in Las Vegas, theWorld Series of Poker hasexpanded to South Africa?
... that theCwm inLlanrothal, a college on theMonmouthshire–Herefordshire border, was a "stronghold" of Roman Catholics likeHenry Milbourne in the 17th century?
... thatUnited States v. Cotterman showed that property presented for inspection at a United States border can be seized and held for a reasonable time to be sent elsewhere for further examination?
... thatHenry C. Kellers of the U.S. Navy collected over 10,000 biological specimens from the Philippines for theSmithsonian Institution in 1929?

01:42, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

... that nearly 1,000 airmen such asPruett Mullens Dennett who were killed on theWestern Front and have no known grave are commemorated on theArras Flying Services Memorial(pictured)?
... that Scottish missionary to IndiaStephen Hislop discovered the fossil reptileBrachyops laticeps?
... that during an 1888 visit toAnn Arbor, Michigan,Theodore Roosevelt quipped that it was "not healthy to get in the way of theU. of M. rugby team"?
... that the 2011 filmOctober Baby was based on the experiences of abortion survivorGianna Jessen?
... thatColonel John Boyd'sPatterns of Conflict, a presentation on military strategy, became so influential that he was summoned byDick Cheney to help plan forDesert Storm?
... thatprofessional baseball playerScott Beerer briefly retired to become anemergency medical technician?

26 March 2012

17:57, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatAugustus Brine's portrait(pictured) was painted byJohn Singleton Copley when Brine was a thirteen-year-oldmidshipman?
... that residents and preservationists have fought to save theJulia C. Lathrop Homes from demolition by theChicago Housing Authority?
... thatIan Molyneux, who was awarded a posthumousGeorge Medal for trying to disarm a murderous sailor on a nuclear submarine, had previously started and run an under-12rugby league team?
... that the miniatures in theGrandes Heures of Anne of Brittany show not only over 300 plants in detail, but influence fromLeonardo da Vinci?
... that theCasting Crowns' song "East to West" received 78 adds in its first week, a record at Christian radio?
... that in 1997, after winning the2000 Guineas, the racehorseEntrepreneur started with the shortest odds at theEpsom Derby in fifty years?

10:12, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatMonmouth Town Council(town hall pictured) was created because of a monopoly on trade?
... thatMillennium's "The Wild and the Innocent" episode has been compared to the works ofFlannery O'Connor andCormac McCarthy?
... thatZaskia Adya Mecca found her pregnancy "perfect" for playing the role ofSiti Walidah inThe Enlightener, despite the fact the character was not pregnant?
... thatDavid Edward Cronin used his training at theKunstakademie Düsseldorf to paintFugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia based on what he saw as aUnion Army officer?
... that whilst the Spanish trade unionCSUT criticized other unions for links with political parties, it was itself heavily influenced by theParty of Labour of Spain?
... that baseballHall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson once saidChris Pittaro had "a chance to be the greatestsecond baseman who ever lived"?

02:27, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thegenusSapajus has been proposed for therobust capuchin monkeys, such as thetufted capuchin(pictured), which split from thegracile capuchins about the same time ashumans split fromchimpanzees?
... thatMadeline Rogero, the first woman mayor ofKnoxville, Tennessee, was once an organizer forCésar Chávez'sUnited Farm Workers?
... that thenatural approach is amethod of language teaching in which teachers are recommended never to force their students to speak?
... that co-founder of theSaudi Civil and Political Rights AssociationMohammed al-Bejadi spent most of 2011 in prison?
... that a Superior Court judge in the U.S. state of Georgia was prompted to resign after "Very Tough Love" was aired on theradio showThis American Life?
... that the statueKwakiutl, currently on display in a public park greenhouse inBrampton, Ontario, was originally set to be sited at local municipal offices before his exposed genitals caused controversy?

25 March 2012

18:42, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the music companyDiscipline Global Mobile has the policy that copyrights belong to artists and consequently does not own even its corporate logo (pictured)?
... thata storm in 1968 caused 20 deaths in Scotland, with 9 deaths inGlasgow alone?
... thatTheodor Rowehl's high-altitude flights in a rented plane were Germany's first strategicaerial photoreconnaissance after World War I?
... thatLes Palabres de Mboloko, despite being made by Europeans, have been called the first truly "African" films, since they incorporate elements ofAfrican folklore andmusic?
... thatDes Abbott was the firstAustralian Aboriginal to represent Australia at theOlympic Games in men's field hockey?
... that the occupants of thelifeboats of the RMSTitanic included a musical toy pig, two mysterious "orphans" and a Pekingese dog called Sun Yat Sen?

10:57, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

... that there is no evidence that the 13th-centuryMorgraig Castle(pictured) in Wales was ever completed or occupied?
... thatJesse Thomas, founder ofcreative interactive agency JESS3, was involved in making agraphic novel aboutSteve Jobs' life?
... thatTree Hill Nature Center, a natural preserve in Jacksonville, Florida, started an arts program that includes an artist in residence, art workshops, sale of artists' work, and concerts?
... that Polish cabaret creator,Piotr Skrzynecki, founder ofPiwnica pod Baranami, who became a "legend in his own lifetime", did not care for material wealth and for a time washomeless?
... that murders inMillennium's "Gehenna" echo ritual sacrifice in theHebrew Bible'sGehenna?
... thatcarcinologistIsabel Pérez Farfante and her family were blacklisted by the Cuban government because her husband refused to travel withChe Guevara?

03:12, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatStreptomyces scabies causescommon scab on potatoes(pictured)?
... thatUniversal Pictures bought filming rights for theuntitled Tom Cruise project fromDisney after the latter refused to produce aPG-13 rated film?
... thatAustralian field hockey playerGlenn Simpson is also an electrician?
... that theShapoorji Pallonji Group built theMumbai Central railway station for₹16 million in 1930 and was commended by the thenGovernor of Bombay for completing the project within 21 months?
... that in Maryland, as per the recent caseUnited States v. Graham, the government can order providers to disclose historical cell phone location data without a warrant or probable cause?
... thatDražen Bogopenec was one of the most powerful people ofHum?

24 March 2012

19:27, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatpaneer tikka(pictured) is avegetarian alternative tochicken tikka?
... thatCzech football managerJozef Weber took part in fournational cup finals as a player, but was never on the winning team?
... that the woodenscrew corvetteHMSDruid,launched in 1869, was the last ship to be built atDeptford Dockyard?
... thatAustralian field hockey playerGraeme Begbie is an occupational health and safety officer?
... thatIdrus wrote what may be the only satire of theIndonesian National Revolution?
... that the cover art of theGorillaz song "DoYaThing" portraysJames Murphy as a baboon andAndré 3000 as a masked figure?

11:20, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatThe Virginian(poster pictured) featured "yup and nope" actorGary Cooper saying "if you wanna call me that – smile"?
... that theRoman CatholicChurch of St. Mary Draperis inIstanbul has been leveled by earthquake, forcibly demolished by theOttoman Government, and destroyed three times by fire?
... that Argentina is in a period offiscal austerity?
... that American professional wrestlerOtto Schwanz is also ahigh school athletics instructor inFour Oaks, North Carolina?
... that theIberian rock lizard is often found above thetree line in cold, mountainous areas?
... thatRobert Antoine Pinchon was referred to byClaude Monet as a "surprising touch in the service of a surprising eye"?

00:00, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatHMSAmethyst(pictured) was the only British wooden sailing ship to fight an armoured opponent after she engaged PeruvianHuáscar?
... thatSterling Cinema inMumbai was the first cinema in India to introduceDolby sound,Xenon projectors,Caramel popcorn, and matinee shows as well as late night shows?
... that although theCorsican Brook Salamander is quite common, theSardinian Brook Salamander is considered to be anendangered species?
... thatGeorge William Spencer Lyttelton served as aprivate secretary toWilliam Ewart Gladstone during three of his terms asPrime Minister of the United Kingdom?
... thatChilean jack mackerel are captured by encirclingschools withpurse seine nets?
... that a "town fair" was set up in the middle of a military prison onMelville Island?

23 March 2012

16:00, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatAmish dolls(pictured) are left faceless, possibly to emphasize that "all are alike in the eyes of God"?
... thatSebastian Weigle, named "Conductor of the Year" byOpernwelt three times between 2003 and 2006, performed Wagner'sRing Cycle at theFrankfurt Opera?
... that in 1885, the racehorseParadox won the2000 Guineas in May by a head, but lost theEpsom Derby in June, also by a head?
... that some of the leaders of pro-Venetian alliance duringSkanderbeg'swar against Venice were members of theHumoj family?
... that2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season was the first time that four teams (Harvard,Penn,Princeton andYale) played in the postseason?
... that in spite of being shot eight times,Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. ordered his men to tie him to a tree so he could keep fighting, action for which he received theMedal of Honor?

08:00, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatcombat medicDavid B. Bleak(pictured) was awarded theMedal of Honor in theKorean War after killing five Chinese soldiers, four using only his hands?
... that theLienzo de Quauhquechollan, produced byNahua artists in the 1530s, is one of the earliest maps of what is nowGuatemala?
... that the fungiCallistosporium vinosobrunneum,Marasmiellus hapuuarum,Marasmius koae,Mycena marasmielloides, andPleurocybella ohiae, newly described in 2011, are known only from thewet forests ofHawaii?
... thatAustralia men's national softball team pitcherAndrew Blackshaw participated in a battle of the sexes game between theChicago Bandits andSchaumburg Flyers as a ringer for the men's team?
... thatSeton Medical Center was fined $100,000 when the cap of thebreathing tube of an elderly woman was left on, suffocating the patient?
... that a campaign bycelebrity chefJamie Oliver resulted in an increase in standards for school children's dinners in the UK?

00:00, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thedisappearance of Rebecca Coriam from theDisney Wonder(pictured) one year ago today was the first such incident in the history ofDisney Cruise Line?
... thatBreitenbach, an archaeological site in Germany dated to the earlyUpper Palaeolithic, was discovered in 1925 by a local school teacher?
... thatal-Jawali Mosque was built in 1320 to enlarge the prayer space of theIbrahimi Mosque inHebron?
... that the racehorseMystiko, winner of theEuropean Free Handicap,2000 Guineas andChallenge Stakes in 1991, never won a race outside theNewmarket Racecourse?
... that there are overfive hundred state historical markers in the U.S. state of Indiana?
... that deputies of theSejm of the Duchy of Warsaw circumvented the restriction on debating by staying in the chamber after the session officially ended?

22 March 2012

16:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the records of many ofEMI's popular artists includingThe Beatles,Cliff Richard andPink Floyd were manufactured at what is nowThe Old Vinyl Factory(pictured) inHayes inGreater London?
... that in one of its last acts, theSejm of the Congress Poland dethronedTsar Nicholas I of Russia from his position as theKing of Poland?
... thatAustralian bowler Shane Warne claimed that he had "nightmares" at the thought of bowling toSachin Tendulkar after being dominated by him in the1998 Coca-Cola Cup?
... that a fire destroyed the house atHilston Park,Monmouthshire in 1838 and aPalladian mansion was built to replace it?
... thatClara Holst was the first woman to study for a doctorate at a Norwegian university?
... thatTarsius fuscus was resurrected in 2010 as the scientific name of aprimate originally described in 1804?

08:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatPrince Antasari(pictured), who led a war againstDutch colonists for over three years, was ultimately defeated by smallpox?
... that althoughPhilip Michael Thomas coined the term "EGOT" (Emmy,Grammy,Oscar andTony), onlyEdward James Olmos andJan Hammer wouldwin any of those awards working onMiami Vice?
... that in 1977AOA, a trade union linked to the Spanish urban guerilla movementFRAP, was founded?
... thatHector the Tax Inspector was replaced byMrs Doyle in theInland Revenue's advertising?
... that to house his collection of vintagesteam locomotives the former CEO ofOhio Central RR built theAge of Steam Roundhouse, the first full-sized, working roundhouse built in the U.S. since 1951?
... that asermon by English clergymanRichard West required a vote inParliament before it could be printed?

00:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theAtlantic cranch squid(pictured) has been nicknamed "Eddie McBlobbles" for itsdefensive behavior of inflating itself into a ball with its head and tail inside out?
... that thoughMumbai'sPhoenix Mills has been redeveloped into ashopping mall, its chimney has been retained?
... that after the death ofFrançois de Pâris in 1727, many people reportedmiracle cures through convulsions by consuming the earth around his grave?
... thatOh Moscow, by English musicianLindsay Cooper, is a song cycle that reflects on theCold War?
... thatNASCAR driverDavid Mayhew drove forKevin Harvick Incorporated in twoCamping World Truck Series racesin 2011, and finished third in both races?
... that thenorthern kingcroaker is a fish that is unable to croak?

21 March 2012

16:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatPauline Duvernay(pictured) rose apparently naked from a cauldron surrounded by demons inFromental Halévy'sopera-balletLa tentation?
... thatKeizan, Great Patriarch ofSōtō Zen Buddhism, foundedSōji-ji?
... thatAlexandru Al. Ioan, the natural son ofRomanian rulerAlexandru Ioan Cuza and the half-brother ofSerb king Milan I, was introduced by his own family as a rescued orphan?
... that South Korean bandF.T. Island's mini-albumGrown-Up debuted at number three onGaon Chart's monthly albums chart forJanuary 2012 with one day worth of sales?
... thatNational Masturbation Day, an annual event celebrated in the US in May, was first observed in 1995?

08:30, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

... that SirJohn Cordy Burrows is responsible for the Victoria Fountain(pictured) at theOld Steine Gardens?
... that theChicago Housing Authority's renovation of theDearborn Homes housing project includes addingneo-Georgian quoins and ball-toppedgables to the brick high-rises?
... that the German teleplayJeder stirbt für sich allein, aboutOtto and Elise Hampel, who were executed by the Third Reich, was directed byFalk Harnack, who lost several family members to Nazi executions?
... that the1879 Michigan football team defeatedRacine College, 1–0, in the first intercollegiate football game in the school's history?
... thatdormice benefit fromcharcoal burning atCroes Robert Wood, nearMonmouth?
... thatDe Typhoon, a Dutch paper founded duringWorld War II by theDutch resistance, merged in 1992 witha competing local paper that had collaborated with the Germans during the war?

00:00, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

... that fifty-nineMajor League Baseballplayer–managers, includingConnie Mack(pictured), have been enshrined in theHall of Fame?
... that an actor in the filmSomewhere I Have Never Traveled played the roles of two different people, one with long hair and a beard and one with short hair and clean-shaven?
... that at least five people died due totorture during the 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising?
... that the GermanBundesliga footballerWilli Kraus was sentenced to seven years in prison forbank robbery?
... thatPeople v. Diaz upholds the right of police in California to makewarrantless searches of cell phonesduring a lawful arrest?
... thatGlacier Media, which owns thedaily newspaper inVictoria, British Columbia, was originally abottled water company?

20 March 2012

16:00, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the1884 Michigan football team's(pictured) first game was part of a "field day" that included heavyweight boxing, "catch-as-catch-can wrestling" and "chasing greased pig"?
... that during the1989 Kosovo miners' strike about 180 miners were hospitalized?
... thatGreta Garbo threatened to return to Sweden rather than act inWomen Love Diamonds?
... that thePyrenean brook salamander sometimes lives entirely underground in caves?
... thatGotthold Schwarz has been associated with the 800-year-oldThomanerchor boys choir in Leipzig as a member, a vocal coach since 1979, a bass soloist and an interim conductor?
... that in 2007 it was reported thatScroogle was becoming the preferred search engine of Internetcivil libertarians?

08:00, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

... that larvae of thetoadfly make their way through thenostrils of thecommon toad(affected toad pictured) and eat its flesh?
... that in 2008, nearly 40,000 acres of the formerIrvine Ranch, includingBommer Canyon, were designated as the firstCalifornia Natural Landmark?
... that in 1905,Bolckow Vaughan was easilyGreat Britain's largest producer ofpig iron?
... that acouplet fromElton John's song "Elderberry Wine" has been called the worst of lyricistBernie Taupin's career?
... that an employee who erases thehard drive of an employer-owned computer may be inviolation of the U.S.Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?
... that Indonesian actressTiti Kamal paid to follow a poor woman around and learn about her lifestyle?

00:00, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

... that anor'easter in December 1992(satellite image pictured) washed over 20 whales onshore alongCape Cod, killing seven of them?
... thatThurgood Marshall said ofLloyd L. Gaines "I have never lost the pain of having so many people spend so much time and money on him, just to have him disappear" 73 years ago today?
... that theGrand Bazaar inIstanbul, one of the largestcovered markets in the world, attracts between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily?
... that theEuropean leaf-toed gecko can change colour according to the temperature of its surroundings?
... that2011–12 Ivy League teamsHarvard andPrinceton both defeated2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament ChampionFlorida State?
... that, according to legend, geologistJohn Marley discovered the Cleveland Ironstone by tripping on a rabbit hole?

19 March 2012

16:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

... that when architectJohn Russell Pope designedBranch House(pictured) in 1916, the 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m²) private residence included designated storage rooms for carpets, china, paintings – and suits of armor?
... thatAnton Bacalbaşa, who wrote the firstRomanian introduction toDas Kapital, was elected to theDeputies' Assembly on aConservative Party ticket?
... that the final episode of thetelevision seriesKaseifu no Mita was the second-most-watched television program in Japan in 2011?
... that in 1786,Prince William Henry, a naval officer and future king, enteredEdward Hawker onto his ship's books when Hawker was just four years old?
... that theRoper River Scrub-robin being listed asextinct may be "a case of mistaken locality or a hoax"?
... thatChrisye was not alone onSendiri (Alone)?

08:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatlemurs,lorises, andgalagos have a special dental structure called atoothcomb(example pictured), which they use to comb their fur duringgrooming?
... that the Indonesian novelAtheist was decried by religious figures,Marxist–Leninists, andanarcho-nihilists?
... that in portrayingMarita Covarrubias inThe X-Files, actressLaurie Holden spent hours learning fifteen seconds of Russian dialogue?
... that thecookbook ''''' discusses the health benefits of cooking withanimal fat?
... that aNew Hampshire Supreme Courtdecision allowed an online publisher to protect the identity of an anonymous user, just like print publishers have the right to protect their sources?
... that despite its name, there is speculation thatTemple VI at theMaya city ofTikal was not a temple?

00:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatGovernor-General of the Dutch East IndiesJan Jacob Rochussen(pictured) was father-in-law to another governor general and grandfather to apresident of the League of Nations?
... that, over his long career,African American attorneyConrad Lynn representedcivil rights activists,Puerto Rican nationalists, anddraft resisters during two U.S. wars?
... that an estimated 100 million wildflower and grass seeds were spread atGraham Oaks Nature Park before it opened to the public?
... that in 1979 the trade unionSindicato Obrero Canario labelled Spanish rule of theCanary Islands "colonial" in an appeal to theOUA?
... that individualcellular slime mould cells are of two distinct mating types?
... that, according to controversialRomanian anthropologistHenric Sanielevici, theChinese eye fold comes from chewing rice?

18 March 2012

16:00, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatplaces of worship in thedistrict of Chichester,West Sussex, include aBuddhist monastery and atin tabernacle(pictured)?
... that in 1968 the rector ofWrocław University,Alfred Jahn, supported students who werestriking against communist censorship and lost his position as a result?
... that after winning the 1926Belmont Stakes,Crusader set a course record at theDwyer Stakes that year, and later became the first horse to win theSuburban Handicap two years in a row?
... that thelife cycle of theparasitic marine flukeHomalometron pallidum involves three differenthosts, one of which is themummichog?
... that, in exchange for securingWelsh interests within theSee of St David's, BishopDavid fitzGerald renounced efforts for its elevation into an archbishopric?
... that the1885 Michigan Wolverines football team played a game on roller skates against the Princess football team?

08:00, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

... that afterGeorge Jewett(pictured) played for the1892 Michigan football team, it was 40 years before another African-American played for theWolverines?
... thatTan Boon Teik was the longest-servingAttorney-General ofpost-independence Singapore, having held office for just over 25 years?
... that Indiansoft drink concentrate brandRasna made an attempt to break theGuinness World Record for the "world's biggest glass" in 2009?
... that the German architectAnna Heringer has contributed tosustainable architecture building hand-made schools in Bangladesh and Morocco with localcraftsmen andmaterials?
... that the berries of thealpine waxberry are eaten by lizards andground weta?
... that three skulls were unearthed in a berry patch onDeadman's Island?

00:00, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatAlabama socialite and writerMadame Le Vert(pictured) was the only female commissioner at the1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris?
... that theGLOBE at Night project recruitscitizen scientists to quantifylight pollution in their locales?
... that theLhasa ApsoZentarr Elizabeth's victory atCrufts in 2012 was considered fitting due to theDiamond Jubilee year of Queen Elizabeth II?
... that prior to becoming theBishop of Southampton,Arthur Lyttelton was the firstMaster ofSelwyn College, Cambridge?
... thatInternational Olympic Committee founderPierre de Coubertin, under a pseudonym,won a gold medal at the1912 Summer Olympics?

17 March 2012

16:00, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theHumboldt Box(pictured) is a new, futuristic five-story museum inBerlin that is slated to be dismantled in a few years?
... thatSaint Patrick was reputedly a priest at the monastery ofSt. Illtyd ofLlantwit Major when he was abducted by Irish pirates, later becoming thepatron saint of Ireland?
... that the song "Bad Girl", originally recorded byRihanna andChris Brown, was covered byThe Pussycat Dolls?
... thatAbbas Kazmi was asked, by a United States diplomat, to construct abrainwashing defense forAjmal Kasab, the gunman who was tried for the2008 Mumbai attacks?
... thatJan Gulbrandsen, president of theNorwegian Olympic Committee and managing director of theNorwegian Automobile Federation, won eight national championships in the400 metres hurdles?
... thatPat Barker's gritty first novelUnion Street inspired the much lighter romantic film dramaStanley & Iris?

08:00, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the model forJames McNeill Whistler'sThe Princess from the Land of Porcelain(pictured) was not Asian, but Anglo-Greek?
... that theright to vote is not expressly stated inSingapore'sConstitution?
... that although the adultsouthern kingcroaker is found in theAtlantic Ocean, its juveniles are often found inestuaries?
... that an anonymous poster on aYahoo! message board successfullyquashed a subpoena to reveal his identity by claiming aFirst Amendment right to anonymous speech?
... that thedeadliest accident Aeroflot experienced in the 1960s occurred in November 1967 (1967-11), when anIlyushin Il-18V crashed upside down shortly after takeoff fromKoltsovo Airport, killing all 130 people aboard?
... thatUeno Park inTokyo is home to afox shrine, aNational Museum, and thehomeless?

00:00, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

... that among the best-known works by photographerRudolf Eickemeyer are portraits ofEvelyn Nesbit(example pictured)?
... that despite being inHerefordshire,Wyastone Leys hosted meetings of theMonmouthshire fox hunt?
... thatCompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc. was one of the first cases to apply United States tort law to restrict spamming on computer networks?
... that theMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa broke away fromAl Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to furtherjihad inWest Africa?
... that German philosopherImmanuel Kant believed that an action must be performed out ofduty to be moral?
... that although ecologistArthur Tansley devised theecosystem concept, the term was coined by botanistArthur Roy Clapham at Tansley's request?

16 March 2012

16:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

... that in 1854, the fillyVirago(pictured) won ten of the eleven races she entered, including the1000 Guineas, theGoodwood Cup, theNassau Stakes, theYorkshire Oaks, and theDoncaster Cup?
... that agovernment commission has found that BahrainPublic Security Forces involved inArab spring protests sometimes used force and firearms unnecessarily and in a disproportionate manner?
... that in 2009Addie MS and his Twilite Orchestra were the first Indonesian orchestra to play in theSydney Opera House?
... thatAnonymous hacked into private intelligence companyStratfor's email system and these emailswere leaked byWikiLeaks?
... that after theO&C Lands were revested to the United States government, 18Oregon counties received federal payments that may have ended in 2012?
... that the newly describedGalápagos catshark differs from othercatsharks by having anasymmetric pattern of spots?

08:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theTamamushi Shrine(pictured) derives its name from thetamamushi beetle, as it was previously ornamented with that beetle's iridescent wings?
... that theKačák Event caused widespreadmarine anoxia, formingblack shales such as those that generate gas in theMarcellus Shale?
... that a plan to move theBaraga County Courthouse to a former hospital was twice rejected by voters?
... that a poll carried out byThe Sporting Times rankedWheel of Fortune andAchievement the fifth and sixth highest-rated fillies or mares amongst all British racehorses of the 19th century?
... thatKaren Agustiawan was first inForbes' list of "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen"?
... that inObsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, acourt inOregon, United States, held that ablogger was not a member of the media?

00:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thetadpoles of thecritically endangeredRabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog(pictured) literally eat the skin off their fathers' backs?
... that theSchneller Orphanage inJerusalem, which operated from 1860 to 1940, had its own printing press, bindery, flour mill, bakery, carpentry, pottery factory, and brick and tile plant?
... that the recently released albumAnd I Thank You byOntario-based bandThe Elwins was named one of the 20 most-anticipated Canadian albums of 2012 by the music magazineExclaim!?
... that theAntigua and Barbuda national cricket team played at the1998 Commonwealth Games?
... that at 730 horsepower, the 2012Ferrari F12berlinetta is the most powerful road-legalFerrari to date?
... that most of thepaintings by Adolf Hitler, which he painted in his youth and sold to aglazier's store during hisVienna years, were bought by Jewish customers?

15 March 2012

15:53, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

... that proposals to raise thewreck of the RMSTitanic(pictured) have included filling it withping-pong balls, injecting it with 180,000 tons ofVaseline, or turning it into aniceberg?
... thatWerner Schuster, who in theBundestag was concerned with health policy, Africa and the fight against AIDS, founded a civic partnership betweenIdstein in Germany andMoshi in Tanzania?
... that on 3 March 1945 theRoyal Air Forceaccidentally bombed a residential neighbourhood inThe Hague,Netherlands, killing 511 people?
... thatShadeed, an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse with an Arabic name, set a course record atAscot when he won the 1985Queen Elizabeth II Stakes?
... that one can see almost the whole ofMetohija (1,290 sq mi) from the heights ofDulje, Kosovo?
... that television producer and directorRichard Jasek's father was a concert violinist who was coerced into becoming a spy?

07:38, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the restaurantDinner by Heston Blumenthal serves fruit made of meat(pictured)?
... that in 1928 EnglishcricketerRobert Lyttelton claimed thatdrawn matches, due in part toblocking the wicket with the legs, were the "curse of modern cricket"?
... thatFM 742, located inWaco, is currently the shortest road in Texas'sFarm/Ranch to Market Road system, at just 0.175 miles (0.282 km)?
... thatElton John's vocal performance on "Teacher I Need You", a song about a schoolboy's sexual desire for his teacher, was inspired by former teen idolBobby Vee?
... that theAD 17 Lydia earthquake was described byPliny the Elder as the "greatest earthquake in human memory"?
... thatSophia Taylor fought forwomen's suffrage in New Zealand but opposed women standing forParliament?

14 March 2012

23:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatRossetti was "really mortally sorry" to have soldWater Willow(pictured), an 1871 portrait ofJane Morris withKelmscott Manor in the background?
... that the Anglo-Norman noblemanWalter de Lacy died in 1085 by falling from a scaffold while inspecting the building ofSaint Guthlac's Priory?
... that a little girl inMillennium's "Wide Open" is named for authorPatricia Highsmith?
... thatClara Nomee was the first woman to hold thechairmanship of theCrow Nation of Montana?
... thatSatyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. dealt with the confusion of an unwaryInternet user of "average intelligence and imperfect recollection"?
... thatchick lit authorLaura Zigman once described herself as a lonely loser?

15:08, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

... that, at the age of 89, producer and directorAbel Gance(pictured) viewed a restoration of his French epic silent filmNapoléon inTelluride, Colorado?
... thatHenry Haversham Godwin-Austen, author ofThe Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India, was an early president of theMalacological Society?
... that while the city ofWilsonville, Oregon, was incorporated in 1969, it did not have alibrary until 1982?
... that English adventurer SirFrancis Verney spent two years in theSicilian slave galleys before being rescued by an English Jesuit priest?
... thatBermuda fish chowder is the national dish ofBermuda?
... that about 40 Jewslive in Mauritius as of 2006?

06:53, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the tallest specimens ofEucalyptus deanei(pictured) are over 70 m (230 ft) high?
... thatKaytek the Wizard, the second of the novels by Polish author and pedagogueJanusz Korczak to be translated into English, has often been compared toHarry Potter?
... that in 2000, theFBI lured a suspect to Seattle, arrested him in asting operation, and then successfully had himconvicted for cyber-crimes committed while he was physically located in Russia?
... that microbiologistCharles Thom was awarded the firstPhD from theUniversity of Missouri in 1899?
... that in 1874 the BritishcorvetteHMSVolage transported a party of astronomers to theKerguelen Islands in the southernIndian Ocean to observe thetransit of Venus?
... that aset of trading cards with themes and people fromOperation Desert Storm was criticized for commercializing and trivializing the war?

13 March 2012

22:38, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

... that Canadian baseball playersMichael Crouse(pictured),Marcus Knecht,Chris Bisson,Andrew Albers,Jamie Romak,Tim Smith,Kyle Lotzkar,Mark Hardy,Nick Bucci, andJon Malo wongold at the2011 Pan American Games?
... that theMillennium episode "The Judge" featured a "high camp" villain and an allusion toMoby-Dick?
... thatNathan Outlaw's self titledrestaurant is the only seafood restaurant in the UK to hold anyMichelin stars?
... thatHerbert von Karajan approved of thevineyard style of theBerliner Philharmonie?
... that the 1955 filmTeaserama featured a man in drag as "gender sabotage" against the prevailing sexual norms of the time?
... that the 9th-centuryLindau Gospels contains twoilluminated pages imitating textiles?

14:23, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theknotted fan coral(pictured) is used in the creation ofjewellery?
... that theinteractive horror filmTake This Lollipop was created to warn about placing too much personal information on theinternet?
... thatnaturalist andornithologist Gilbert White immortalized the localities ofWest Worldham andEast Worldham and the surrounding region in hisThe Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789)?
... that themulti-ethnicTruth and Justice party of Afghanistan supports reconciliation with theTaliban and cooperation withISAF?
... that theCybele-class mine destructor vessels were designed to sweepmines by being towed through minefields?
... that at the 2005Total Nonstop Action WrestlingSacrifice pay-per-view event,Raven used apizza cutter to slice openJeff Jarrett's forehead during the main event?

06:08, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatUnionoida freshwater mussel shells(pictured) were used to makebuttons?
... that American sports-writerDudley Doust once moved, along with his wife and daughter, to a mud-hut in Mexico to attempt to write a novel?
... thatLe Pouce is named after its thumb-like peak?
... thatHistoricist sculptorOtto Lessing, who largely shaped the appearance of ImperialBerlin and built theLessing Monument, also designed his own tomb?
... that only the ending scene in the 2011 filmRunway Beat is presented in3D?
... that according toJess Nevins, the worst science fiction novel of the 19th century isAn Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel: Entitled, The Social War of the Year 1900; Or, Conspirators and Lovers. A Lesson for Saints and Sinners?

12 March 2012

21:53, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatBaldwin–Wallace College's school Conservatory of Music(pictured) celebrates its 80th year as the oldest collegiateBach Festival and the second oldest Bach festival in the United States?
... thatBudai, The Laughing Buddha isoften confused withGautama Buddha?
... that naval officerSamuel Warren served in European waters in theAmerican War of Independence, theWest Indies in theFrench Revolutionary Wars, and theEast Indies in theNapoleonic Wars?
... that thetadpoles of the frogIndirana semipalmata are the first ever known to hatch, feed, andmetamorphose ontree barks?
... that AYUSH Sevaks are volunteers ofAYUSH-ISHA Organic Health Systems, who dispenseherbal medicines inKolli Hills?
... thatRoger Peckinpaugh set aWorld Series record forerrors?

13:38, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the single-sidedswingarm of the 1949Imme R100(pictured) was also the motorcycle'sexhaust pipe?
... that thebarnacleMegabalanus tintinnabulum travelled from the tropics to theNetherlands by ship in 1764 and reachedWestern Australia in 1949?
... thatLords JusticesStephenson andEdmund-Davies freed a man accused ofrape as the jury had not been asked to consider whether he "entered as a trespasser"?
... that theMillennium episode "Blood Relatives" has been compared to episodes ofThe X-Files andCracker?
... that all ofEdward William Price's immediate family died in a shipwreck the year before he becameGovernment Resident of the Northern Territory?
... that Paul McCartney was so impressed by the albumCall Me Burroughs he hired the producer, Ian Sommerville, to build him a home studio?

05:23, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

... that after theAmerican Civil War ended,Ladies' Memorial Associations sprang up all over theSouth to buryJohnny Reb, build monuments(example pictured) in honor of Confederate soldiers, and propagate theLost Cause?
... that the deep watersea urchinAspidodiadema jacobi may brood itseggs among its spines?
... that thescout floatplaneMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.5, which had its first flight in November 1918, was the firsttractor aircraft designed in Norway?
... thatBody of Proof episode "Society Hill" marked the first appearance ofMegan Hunt's motherJoan, played bySix Feet Under starJoanna Cassidy?
... that theBahrain Supreme Defence Council is composed of 14 members, all of whom belong to the rulingAl Khalifa family?
... that quarterbackDan Fouts was embarrassed that he was inducted into theSan Diego Chargers Hall of Fame before his former head coach,Don Coryell?

11 March 2012

21:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatCharles Cruft(pictured), the founder of theCrufts dog show, invented special train carriages to carry dogs to his shows?
... thatMalaysia won all but one gold medal at thebadminton events of the2011 Commonwealth Youth Games?
... thatIndian rail ministerDinesh Trivedi caused a change in the script of aJames Bond action sequence when he insisted that people not be shown travelling on the roofs of trains, which is illegal?
... thatFrancisco Lopes Suasso lentWilliam of Orange two millionguilders to finance hisinvasion of England?
... that students of theAmerican Laboratory Theatre during the 1920s and 1930s includedStella Adler,Lee Strasberg, andMitt Romney's mother?
... thatPark Chung-hee convinced military police who had come to arrest him to join hisMay 16 coup?

12:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thegelatinous seasnail(pictured) is actually a fish?
... that thecherry blossom front in Japan is forecast by means of theArrhenius equation?
... thatNemoe Karma byI Wayan Gobiah was the firstBalinese novel?
... that former Olympic alpine skierIan Appleyard was the first of three drivers to win the covetedCoupe d'Or at theAlpine Rally?
... thatU.S. Supreme Court JusticeByron White'sconcurrence inDean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd raised a question the Court had to resolve two years later inShearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon?
... thatwater polo goalkeepers in the 1880s were allowed to stand on the pool deck and leap onto an opponent's head?

04:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

... that after his death, caused by theBattle of Burton Bridge(site pictured) on10 March 1322,Roger d'Amory's corpse was "executed" byKing Edward II?
... thatJuan Pedro Laporte was described in an obituary as the father of Guatemalan archaeology?
... that after becoming the sixth winner of theEnglish Triple Crown in 1893, the racehorseIsinglass retired in 1895 with a world record for career earnings?
... that the albumThe Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads featuresRedding's first top-ten single?
... thatMary Kessell went to Germany inAugust 1945 as one of only three femaleBritish official war artists commissioned to work abroad?
... thatWalter Diesendorf was employed to perform abstruse technical calculations which could not be done by an ordinary engineer in Australia or anywhere else?

10 March 2012

20:23, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

... that as a 12-year-old,Australian water polo playerHolly Lincoln-Smith(pictured) saved the life of another swimmer in the middle of a race, then went on to finish 27th out of 40?
... thatKairuku grebneffi, an extinct species of penguin, was nearly 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and weighed 50% more than modernEmperor Penguins?
... thatJohn Blackadder was outlawed and later arrested for unlawful preaching atconventicles, and died in prison?
... thatKapil Dev is the only player in the history ofTest cricket to have taken more than400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs?
... that a student witness to theChardon High School shooting said her math teacher had a bulletproof vest in his classroom that he wore during the crisis?
... that a review for the 2000gay pornographic videoA Young Man's World said its portrayal of fictional middle-aged men was demeaning to actual middle-aged men?

12:08, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thousands of formerslaves, theGreat Dismal Swamp maroons(pictured), settled in the marshlands ofVirginia andNorth Carolina from the early 1700s to 1865?
... that, in 1978,Maryon Pittman Allen became the first woman to serve on theU.S. Senate Judiciary Committee?
... thatJohn C. Osgood strongly opposedlabor unions and triedwelfare capitalism at his company town ofRedstone, Colorado, to discourage his workers from forming unions andstriking?
... that in 1873, J. J. Murphy proposed aninertial model ofanimal navigation inNature, challengingDarwin's views?
... thatAustralian StingerIsobel Bishop is left-handed and has a water polo scholarship from theSouth Australia Institute of Sport?
... that the mineralgeorgerobinsonite was first identified in 2009 from samples collected from a mine in Arizona in the 1940s?

4:10, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theblackbelly triggerfish, thewhitespotted surgeonfish, thebrown tang, theyellowface angelfish and thesemicircle angelfish(pictured) arenative to theIndo-Pacific but have all been observed off the coast ofFlorida?
... that the setting of theMillennium episode "Weeds" "simmers with recrimination and vigilantism"?
... thatCharles Turner coached theAustralian Institute of Sport men's water polo team before becoming the chief executive of theNew South Wales Institute of Sport?
... thatorganic dust toxic syndrome is a flu-like illness caused by inhaling organic dust particles such as grain kernel fragments, bits of insects, bacteria, fungal spores, molds and chemical residues?
... that "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" was ex-Beatle George Harrison's "single-that-never-was"?
... that the racehorseBusted was voted as the British Horse of the Year in 1967, the same year one of his legs was "busted" during training, forcing him into retirement?

9 March 2012

16:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theDevonianOrcadian Basin once contained a lake estimated to be hundreds of kilometres across, forming distinctivesediments(pictured) in which a diverse fauna of fossil fish has been found?
... that a daughter of the 1796Epsom Oaks winningfillyParisot was poisoned witharsenic in 1811?
... that futureNational Hockey League playerPaul Reinhart's agentAlan Eagleson threatened to take hisjunior league to court after a rule change would have forced him onto a different team?
... that"the bravest man in Saudi Arabia" was charged in theSpecialized Criminal Court that tries suspectedal-Qaeda members andhuman rights activists?
... thatThomas Horne was passed over asChief Justice of theSupreme Court of Tasmania due to his precarious financial situation, but later becamePresident of theLegislative Council?
... that pianistSiegfried Rapp, who lost his right arm during World War II, premieredSergei Prokofiev's4th Piano Concerto (for the left hand)?

08:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatEliza Barchus(pictured), who was widely recognized for her paintings of theCascade Range volcanoes, sold manypostcards of her work to augment her income?
... thatBronwen Knox captained theAustralian Stingers at the2008 Olympics in Beijing?
... that the 2007statue ofAmida atIsshin-ji is formed from the remains of 163,254 people?
... that the centralMexican town ofSan Pablito is home to women and children who manufacturepaper from tree bark?
... that a newspecies ofseaweed has appeared since the lastice age?
... that a common theme inmodern Balinese literature is dealing with tourists?

00:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the wartime poster "We Can Do It!"(pictured) was parodied usingMarge Simpson?
... that civil rights pioneerNellie Stone Johnson was the first black person to be elected to a citywide office inMinneapolis?
... thatmalacologistMyra Keen was called the "First Lady of Malacology"?
... that the part ofJilly Kitzinger inTorchwood wasLauren Ambrose's first role in a science-fiction production?
... that theHoly Trinity Church was the oldest church inKamianets-Podilskyi,Ukraine, until it was destroyed by the Soviets in 1935?
... that American artistEllen Gallagher created artworks which included images carved into the surface of thick sheets of paper?

8 March 2012

16:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

... that in 1925,Esther Hill(pictured) became the first woman to be registered as an architect in Canada?
... thatClare Smyth was the first British woman to hold threeMichelin stars when she became head chef ofRestaurant Gordon Ramsay in 2007?
... that the first indoorSt. Louis Auto Show was held in theWillys-Overland Building in 1917?
... thatMaria Pinto designed the purple sheath dressMichelle Obama wore to give her husband "the fist bump heard 'round the world"?
... that the AntarcticspongeHomaxinella balfourensis prevents ice crystals from forming in its cells by the use of peptides withantifreeze properties?
... that thelesbian German writerChrista Reinig stated in a poem, "Sometimes the gay shirt is closer to me than the feminist skirt"?

08:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatLudwig van Beethoven dedicated his second pianosonata quasi una fantasia, widely known as theMoonlight Sonata, to his pupil, CountessGiulietta Guicciardi(possible portrait pictured)?
... thatin 1973 the firstwomen's Cricket World Cup was held – two years before the firstmen's tournament?
... that Canadianindie rock bandReverie Sound Revue went on a "blog tour", wherein they released videos of band members playing live online?
... that Henry, Prince of Wales (Henry V) stationed himself atBurton Court manor while surveying the movements ofOwain Glyndŵr?
... thatButler Blue II, the live mascot ofButler University, was granted a special exemption fromNCAA rules, allowing him to appear at Butlerbasketball games during the2010 and2011 Final Fours?
... that after winning the 1957 Cotton Fashion Award, designerAnne Fogarty showed off dresses in goldfish colours?

00:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

... that, in summer 1917, a plan existed to make septuagenarianPetre P. Carp(cartoon pictured) the dictator ofGerman-occupied Romania?
... thatHarwell, Nottinghamshire, contains theGrade II listed Pear Tree House, which has aportico with two Tuscan columns and an eight-panelled door?
... that inDoe v. Shurtleff, aUtah law requiring registered sex offenders to provide to the state all of their internet identifiers was ruled constitutional?
... that the British racehorseTristan travelled to France and won theGrand Prix de Deauville three years in a row?
... that the airing ofMillennium's "Kingdom Come" was postponed due to the death of CardinalJoseph Bernardin,Archbishop of Chicago?
... that the legendaryLost Nigger Gold Mine, first discovered in 1887, was still being searched for in 1930?

7 March 2012

16:00, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatAustralian StingersRebecca Rippon,Kate Gynther andMelissa Rippon(pictured) had hopes of being the first set of Australian siblings to all compete in three consecutiveOlympic Games?
... that, in the past, every landowner in the parish ofSt Margaret's Church inWest Hoathly,West Sussex, was responsible for maintaining a specific section of the churchyard wall?
... that the racehorseEager was not given his name until the year after he won the 1791Derby Stakes, whereas the1797 Derby winner was never officially named?
... that Irish novelistGeorge Moore describedIngres'The Source as an "exquisite dream of innocence"?
... that five actresses have won theTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play more than once, but no actress has won it more than twice?
... that theboxer crabsLybia tessellata andLybia edmondsoni carry asea anemone such asTriactis producta in each claw for protection frompredators?

08:00, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theGilles who was long identified as the subject ofWatteau's poignant portrait(pictured) was a lewd and credulous clown who starred inThe Shit Merchant?
... that theSt. James' Infant School building inDudley was built on two completely different sites?
... thatVyjayanthimala, who playedChandramukhi in the 1955 filmDevdas, declined theFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress because she thought that her role was not a supporting one?
... that the parents ofAustralian national team water polo playerVictoria Brown believed that she would be an Olympian in an equestrian event?
... that to gain permission to demolish thePevely Dairy Company Plant,Saint Louis University threatened to move its medical school out ofSt. Louis?
... that Polish mathematicianStefan Banach and poetZbigniew Herbert survived theHolocaust working asfeeders of lice?

00:00, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatKugelbake is the name of a series of tall wooden structures(current structure pictured) built at the mouth of theRiver Elbe for more than 300 years to aid mariners?
... thatlogical positivist A. J. Ayer believed thatreligious language was meaningless because it could not be verified empirically?
... that theBody of Proof episode "Dead Man Walking" guest starredChristina Hendricks as a potential love interest forher real-life husband's character?
... that the Italian island ofMontecristo, although 10.39 km² (4.01 sq mi) in area, is almost deserted, having only two stable inhabitants?
... that the 19th-century Americanfemale seminary movement, which aimed to give women educational opportunities, lent its name to a pair of similarly named institutions inCharleston, South Carolina, andCharlestown, Massachusetts?
... thatMalcolm X was nominated for anAcademy Award in 1973?

6 March 2012

16:00, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatNasturtiums (pictured), a painting byE. Phillips Fox, was purchased as a memorial toMargaret Olley?
... that science fiction authorGreg Egan was praised for takingZendegi "into the street demos and sitting rooms of near-futureTehran"?
... that in 1815Napoleon surrendered toCaptain Frederick Lewis Maitland ofHMS Bellerophon, the ship that had "dogged his steps for more than twenty years", ending theNapoleonic Wars?
... thatAustralian StingerJane Moran is only the second woman ever to have competed in 200 games in theNational Water Polo League?
... that one ofGustav Morelli's wood engravings was a reproduction of a painting byÁrpád Feszty of chieftainÁrpád and the arrival of theMagyars?
... thatNudes-A-Poppin' is billed as "The World's Largest Outdoor Nude Beauty Pageant"?

08:00, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

... that 16th-century parishioners ofSt Mary Magdalene's Church, Bolney built the church's 66-foot (20 m) tower(pictured) in "an inspired community effort involving the whole village"?
... that theMemorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, brought into force in 2010, was the first global instrument that dealt with migratory sharks?
... that Nigerian journalistNosa Igiebor was heldincommunicado for months because his magazineTell criticised GeneralSani Abacha?
... that after winning the 1796Derby Stakes, the ThoroughbredDidelot failed to win again the rest of hisracing career, and was subsequently sent to Russia?
... thatCasa Alvarez, built in 1790, serves as a "last link to the Spanish occupation of theUpper Louisiana territory"?
... that inYoung v. Facebook, Inc., JudgeJeremy Fogel found thatFacebook was not a physical place for the purpose of theAmericans with Disabilities Act, despite its having "posts" and "walls"?

00:00, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatPenhale Sands(pictured) is believed to be the landing site ofSaint Piran, the patron saint ofCornwall?
... thatMillennium's "Loin Like a Hunting Flame" took its name from aDylan Thomas poem?
... that German film directorFalk Harnack, who was related to six people executed by the Nazis, leftEast Germany after theCommunists banned his first film for being "sympathetic to Nazism"?
... that after winningBest in Show at theWestminster Dog Show in 2012, thePekingesePalacegarden Malachy has been compared to a mop, awookiee, andSnooki fromJersey Shore?
... thatBellville Sassoon was one ofPrincess Diana's most prolific early designers?
... that a lone miner is said to have extracted two sacks ofwolframite each day from the waste tips of the disusedGreat Wheal Fortune mine in Cornwall?

5 March 2012

16:15, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the island ofIctis, reported byDiodorus as a centre of theancient tin trade, has uncertainly been identified withSt Michael's Mount(pictured) inCornwall?
... thatGlasser v. United States was the firstU.S. Supreme Court case to hold that juries must be drawn from a "cross-section of the community"?
... that literary agentCarmen Balcells represents six Nobel Prize winners?
... that theSiah Bishe Power Plant is to be both the firstpumped-storage power plant and the site of the firstconcrete-face rock-fill dam in Iran?
... thatVentongimps Moor was the firstnature reserve to be owned by theCornwall Wildlife Trust?
... that while one reviewer called the recentFringe episode "The End of All Things" the best of theseason, another remarked that it "failed to make my dinger hum"?

08:30, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thehypercarnivorous crocodyliformStratiotosuchus(pictured) from theLate Cretaceous of Brazil occupied theniche of top predator in the absence oftheropod dinosaurs?
... that the loss of a French column at theBattle of El Herri was blamed on the commander's disobedience of orders?
... thatArthur Gilchrist Brodeur, who later wroteThe Art of Beowulf, was one of a group ofUniversity of California professors who at first refused on principle to sign theloyalty oath in 1949?
... that missionaries to the colony ofNew France welcomed the1663 Charlevoix earthquake as a miracle rather than a disaster?
... that theW. B. Thompson Mansion inYonkers, New York, was used as alocation for the filmsA Beautiful Mind,The Royal Tenenbaums andMona Lisa Smile?
... thatAlicia McCormack, a member of theAustralia women's national water polo team, received a bow fromPrince William at aSydney barbecue?

00:45, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theEngaña Tunnel(pictured) was once the longestrailway tunnel in Spain, but was never used?
... thatterror suspectAmine El Khalifi believed he was in touch with anal-Qaeda operative, but was actually communicating with anFBI agent?
... that the car ofLos Angeles Clippers fanClipper Darrell features the team's colors on the exterior and interior with the team's logo and autographs on the hood?
... that historianCharlotte Zeepvat's first book, published in 1998, was aboutPrince Leopold, Duke of Albany, thehaemophiliac youngest son ofQueen Victoria?
... that Australian politicianJohn Hart describedWilliam Bloomfield Douglas as a "fool" for wanting the job ofGovernment Resident of the Northern Territory?
... that theChuck Berry House is an unusual inclusion in theNational Register of Historic Places, in that it is associated with aliving person?

4 March 2012

17:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatThomas Tyldesley(pictured) was knighted for bravery shown at theBattle of Burton Bridge in 1643?
... thatdubstep musicianJames Blake released the threeextended playsThe Bells Sketch,CMYK, andKlavierwerke in only one year?
... that theNew Stables, a building complex in centralBerlin, Germany, that had housed theImperial horses and carriages, later housed revolutionaries in theChristmas Crisis of 1918?
... thatOlympic athleteArthur Keily ran over 130 miles (210 km) a week to train for marathons?
... thatItalian Renaissance portrait styles reached England through the medium ofBrussels tapestry?
... thatJennifer Worth wrote her bestsellerCall the Midwife in response to an article in theBritish Midwifery Journal, criticising the lack ofmidwives in literature?

09:15, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

... that Australian Paralympic swimmerTeigan Van Roosmalen(pictured) is legally blind and deaf?
... that the nameGinkgo dissecta was first coined in 1974 but not formalized until 2002?
... that theFrench military used the "Mikado strategy" duringOperation Septentrion in the Uzbin Valley ofAfghanistan?
... that the developer ofVolunia, a potential competitor toGoogle, has said it may represent the "search engine of the future"?
... that one reviewer found several scenes inMillennium's "The Well-Worn Lock" to be as horrifying as anything he had seen on television?
... that women are encouraged to gotopless in public and men are told to cover their chest by wearingbras orbikinis onGo Topless Day, an event to promotethe right to go bare-chested for women?

01:30, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatGustave Courbet's 1866 paintingLe Sommeil(pictured), depicting alesbian relationship, was inspired byCharles Baudelaire's poem "Delphine et Hippolyte"?
... that the 'R' in theWorld War II British deception unitR Force was meant to make the Germans believe it was areconnaissance unit?
... thatAustralian national team water polo playerHannah Buckling made the Australian junior team after 20 months of serious training with a new coach?
... that through his extensive building works,Sanjar al-Jawli transformedKarak andGaza into major cities?
... that in August 2000, 37 people were banned from attending matches atArsenal F.C.'s stadium because of their involvement in theBattle of Copenhagen?
... that the firstCray-1 was delivered to the customer without asupercomputer operating system?

3 March 2012

17:45, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

... that thegray-leaf willow(pictured) is a rich source ofcalcium andphosphorus for itsbrowsers?
... that the work of ornithologistChandler Robbins helped inspireRachel Carson to writeSilent Spring?
... that "We Belong Together" won theAcademy Award for Best Original Song, but was not nominated forGrammy Award for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media?
... thatMeyer Kestnbaum led a business with a long record of peacefullabor relations, and after he died the company and itslabor union collaborated on a memorial to him?
... thatSandra Laing was legally declared "coloured" largely on the basis of apencil test, despite being born of two "white" parents?
... thatMillennium's "Dead Letters" ventures into "Lynchian nightmare territory"?

08:00, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Carter(pictured), the firstmayor of Hobart, was especially distinguished for his aversion toslander andbackbiting?
... thatToby Litt's novelJourney into Space takes place on board ageneration ship?
... thatBentworth Hall was built in 1832 to replace the former 14th-century hall, now calledHall Place?
... thatJohn King's win in theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series' 2012 event atDaytona International Speedway was only the third victory of his racing career?
... thatSean Combs'Revolt,Robert Rodriguez'El Rey andMagic Johnson'sAspire are upcoming U.S. ethnic minority-ownedtelevision networks thatComcast agreed to promote in order to secure theNBCUniversal acquisition?
... that theT37 rocket could be fired by "Cowcatcher", "Woofus", "Whiz Bang" and "Grand Slam"?

00:00, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

... that theLost World(pictured) at the ancientMaya city ofTikal was the firstarchitectural complex to be built at the city?
... that academic publishers often ask authors to sign acopyright transfer agreement before printing their work?
... that a document from the 1960sSTRAT-XUS nuclear deterrent study was composed from a Soviet perspective,disapproving of capitalism and glorifyingsocialism?
... that the 19th-centuryFort Widley was later reused as anemergency civil control centre?
... that therunic insignia of theSchutzstaffel, like thesig-runes worn onSS uniforms, stood forNazi values but were actually inspired by the neopagan occultism of mysticGuido von List?
... thatAustralian StingerKelsey Wakefield took a year offuniversity in order to try to make the2012 Summer Olympics in water polo?

2 March 2012

16:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

... that painterHenri-Edmond Cross(self-portrait pictured) changed his name twice, each time to avoid confusion with a similarly named artist?
... thatAustralian StingersAshleigh Southern,Glencora Ralph,Zoe Arancini,Rowena Webster andNicola Zagame are five of seventeen water polo players trying to make the2012 Summer Olympics squad?
... that Druid's Lodge in the parish ofWoodford,Wiltshire was used as a prisoner of war camp during World War II?
... that there has been a 33% decrease in cars enteringMilan's city center since theArea C congestion charge was introduced?
... thatErkki Kourula was the firstFinn to be elected as ajudge of theInternational Criminal Court?
... that theLimestone Corner area ofHadrian's Wall is not made fromlimestone?

08:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatColorado Fuel and Iron banned residents of itscompany town atRedstone(pictured in present) fromtreating each other to drinks?
... thatCaroline Birley's lifelong love ofgeology started with stones she collected as a child on family holidays?
... that in 2010, theonly known complete manuscript written in the extinctKhitan language was identified in the collection of theSaint PetersburgInstitute of Oriental Manuscripts?
... thatRémi Ochlik, who was killed in theFebruary 2012 bombardment of Homs, won the 2012World Press Photo contest for his photograph of aLibyan rebel fighter?
... thatAustralian Stinger coachGreg McFadden requires members of the national water polo team to eat every thing on their plates?
... thatMargaret Thatcher joked that herstatue in the Houses of Parliament should have been made of iron?

00:05, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

... thatCharles Rolls and early members of theRoyal Aero Club used to go ballooning(pictured) fromVauxhall Fields inMonmouth?
... that, until theLos Angeles class, theSturgeon class was the most-produced class ofnuclear-powered warships?
... that onlyReginald Owen,Carleton Hobbs,Jeremy Brett, andPatrick Macnee have portrayed bothSherlock Holmes andDr. Watson professionally, with Macnee portraying Holmes inThe Hound of London?
... thatAbidin Bey was the first governor of EgyptianDongola?
... that the Swedish Asatru Assembly, now theSwedish Forn Sed Assembly, held ablót atGamla Uppsala to celebrate theChurch of Sweden no longer being thestate church?
... that, since 2011,cash mobs have supported businesses in more than 32U.S. states and inCanada?

1 March 2012

16:20, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

... thataccording to Shakespeare,Henry V, who was born inMonmouth, approved of Welshmen wearing leeks in theirMonmouth caps(pictured)?
... that theThomas Cook European Timetable, in publication since 1873, was called "the most revered and accurate railway reference in existence" by travelguide-book editorStephen Birnbaum?
... that by acquiring the commercial division of theNorwegian Mapping Agency, the company now calledNordeca became a market leader in leisure maps in Norway?
... thatOrland Kurtenbach was theVancouver Canucks' firstcaptain and first member of theirRing of Honour?
... that a former chapel atMonmouth Cemetery is now used as a genealogy centre?
... that patches ofbroom crowberry inNew Jersey began to sprout seedlings again after anF-16 set them on fire?

08:35, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

... that althoughSt Peter's Church(pictured) inMonmouthshire is aWelsh church, in 1920 its congregation decided to join theChurch of England?
... thatPat Hawkins fromPerth, Australia, set a women's world record by cycling 2,489 km (1,547 mi) in seven days in 1940?
... that manycabanas at9 Beaches resort inBermuda featurePlexiglas floors to allow guests to view the ocean below their hotel room?
... that themint plantlargeflower false rosemary has the largest flowers of the genusConradina?
... that the largest credit union merger inMichigan history took place in 2008, resulting in the creation ofGenisys Credit Union?
... that thePhilippe Starck-designedA has been described as both "the most extraordinary yacht launched in recent memory" and "one of the ghastliest megayachts ever created"?

00:50, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

... that the victory byMinoru(pictured) at the 1909Epsom Derby made his ownerEdward VII the first reigning British monarch to win a Derby?
... thatBay Darnell crashed hisrace car intoLake Lloyd during anARCA race atDaytona International Speedway in 1964?
... that theCoimbatore bypass included construction of a 32.2 metres (106 ft) toll bridge over theNoyyal River inIndia?
... that the 126-acreJacksonville Arboretum & Gardens, which openedNovember 15, 2008, contains 13 separate and distinctecosystems?
... that an entire print run ofSvetlana Kalinkina's newspaper was seized by theBelarusian police?
... that, shortly after being sentenced to death for treason,Ioan C. Filitti became manager of theNational Theatre Bucharest?

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