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31 October 2012

16:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the "Ladies ofTéviec"(pictured) were murdered in theStone Age, their bodies decorated with shell jewellery and buried in amidden under a roof of antlers?
... thatMarjory Stephenson, along withKathleen Lonsdale, was one of the first two women to be elected aFellow of the Royal Society?
... that women who die in childbirth or pregnancy are believed by some to return asundead vampires and suck blood of their male relatives?
... that the crew of thearmoured cruiserHMSShannon attempted to rescue survivors fromHMS Natal afterNatal'smagazines exploded on 30 December 1915?
... thatJohn Eliot Gardiner performedBach's cantatas forReformation Day in theSchloßkirche, Wittenberg, includingGott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79?
... that theSan Carlos tree frog is an "explosive breeder" and is stimulated to breed by the arrival of heavy rain?

08:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

... that thelarva of thepurple sunstar(adult pictured) attaches itself to theseabed with a sucker beforechanging into a juvenilestarfish?
... thatTan Tjoei Hock's 1941 filmTengkorak Hidoep has been credited as the firsthorror film made in Indonesia?
... thatEvan Gattis spent four years wandering inTexas,New Mexico,California,Colorado, andWyoming before becoming aprofessional baseball player?
... that theFujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion created the firstvengeful spirit?
... that inCapitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc., a United States district court is currently deciding whether or not it is legal to buy and sell pre-owned digital music?
... thatvampire prostitutes are believed to enter a man's house naked in the night and suck his blood through his toes?

00:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatWojciech Stattler(pictured) introducedlive model studies as well as nude art models tothe School of Fine Arts inKraków?
... thatBrihat Jataka is described as India's foremost astrological text?
... that the femaletree frogAplastodiscus leucopygius inspects the undergroundnesting chamber prepared by the male before accepting his advances?
... that the father of actressJane Cameron worked as a set designer onEmmerdale, which Cameron later appeared in as Sophie Wright?
... that the shortest fossiltermite bug isTermitaradus avitinquilinus?
... thatMajor League Baseball commissionerBud Selig has expressed support for theDoubleday myth, which states thatAmerican Civil War officerAbner Doubleday inventedbaseball?

30 October 2012

16:00, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

... that Indian filmmakerSatyajit Ray(pictured) made hislast documentary in 1987 on his father, as a tribute to celebrate the centenary of his birth?
... thatHelen Porter helped to pioneer the use ofradioactive tracers in botany?
... that theEarly Neolithic settlement ofNea Nikomedeia is one of the earliest known sites inMacedonia, dated to 6250–6050 BC?
... thatHMSAmbrose was a Britishcargo liner that was converted into anarmed merchant cruiser and then into asubmarine depot ship duringWorld War I?
... that thevariable bushy feather star is sometimes kept in areef aquarium but usually dies because ofstarvation?
... that neuropsychologistEleanor Maguire was awarded anIg Nobel Prize for demonstrating that London taxi drivers have largehippocampi?

08:00, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatCecil Vandepeer Clarke(pictured) invented military equipment including a limpet mine, an underground tank, a spigot gun, an exploding trouser sausage, and a rocket propelled bridge?
... thatJovita Feitosa ofTauá was not allowed to fight in theParaguayan War because of her gender?
... that the femaleMozambique rain frog lays her eggs in an underground chamber and oftenstays nearby while they develop?
... thatEnrique Dávila Pacheco was appointed as the Acting Governor ofYucatán byGarcía Sarmiento de Sotomayor in 1644?
... thatMichael Trevino won twoTeen Choice Awards for his role of avampire-werewolf hybrid inThe Vampire Diaries?
... that theTombs of the Sanhedrin may have contained someone else?

00:00, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatXu Xusheng(pictured) discovered theErlitou culture?
... that the German war filmU 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien portrayed the combat career of theU-boat captainGünther Prien, commander ofGerman submarine U-47?
... thatJimmy Carter andRichard Nixon both were givenBunaBs?
... that the Royal postmasterRoberto Bandinelli moved to thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to escape lawsuits which threatened him with imprisonment inFlorence?
... that the Central AmericanfrogDuellmanohyla soralia iscritically endangered and itspopulation decline is due, at least in part, to thefungal disease chytridiomycosis?
... that Australianfield hockey goalkeeperTristan Clemons is researchingnanoparticles that could treat injuries and fight cancer?

29 October 2012

16:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

... that kissing thespotted cort mushroom(pictured) may help in its identification?
... that the stars of the binary systemEK Trianguli Australis orbit around a common centre of gravity every 1.5 hours?
... that in the first half of the 19th century, theSejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen continued Polish parliamentary traditions in the territories of thePrussian partition?
... that theanemone crab often lives in close association with thesea anemoneLebrunia danae?
... thatYounus Khan has scored20 centuries inTest cricket, which is the fourth-best tally by aPakistan batsman?
... thatGibraltar Creek is not located in Gibraltar at all, but is a 13.1-kilometre (8.1-mile) long river found in Australia?

08:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatstar trail observations ofPolaris(example pictured) have been used to measure the vibrations in telescope mounting systems?
... that organic chemistDarshan Ranganathan did pioneering work inprotein folding?
... that the Denton House inNew Hyde Park, New York, was to be demolished fora McDonald's restaurant, before local authorities required the restaurant to restore the mansion?
... that wheelchair basketballer and para-alpine skierShannon Dallas was afflicted withnecrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating bug, that sidelined him for seven months?
... thatpolar bear researcherSteven Amstrup found thatpolar ice packs destroyed byclimate change could grow back if global temperatures cool?
... thatCarolina false morels should not be eaten because they may contain a compound that, when digested, breaks down into arocket fuel propellant?

00:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

... that thehistorical figureLady Godiva(pictured) probably did not ride naked through the streets?
... thatpopes awardedblessed swords and hats to defenders ofChristendom, including at least 12emperors, 10 kings of France, 7 kings of Poland, 6 kings of Spain, and the nation of Switzerland?
... that the grass genus namesTuctoria andOrcuttia areanagrams?
... that the area around the Spanish beach ofCala Arenas has been inhabited for thousands of years due to its strategic position facing theStrait of Gibraltar?
... that in sound recognition,context effects from other sounds in the environment cause us to change the way we categorize a sound?
... that painted and lacqueredspider webs are sold as art atKnight's Spider Web Farm in Vermont?

28 October 2012

16:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatSt Eata's Church, Atcham(pictured), inShropshire, is uniquely dedicated toEata of Hexham?
... that theLanczos tensor ofgeneral relativity exists only in four dimensions, suggesting our universe offour spacetime dimensions is special?
... thatVladimir Nabokov's playThe Tragedy of Mister Morn, written in 1923–24, was not published during his lifetime?
... that in October 2012 amovie channel dedicated to theJames Bond film franchise was launched to celebrate its 50th anniversary?
... that thefleshy disk coral is small but aggressive and attacks neighbouringcorals?
... that after being coined by the British political satireThe Thick of It, the word "omnishambles" was used inParliament by real politicians?

08:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theBocaina tree frog(pictured) has greenbones andmuscles?
... that the work of the American designer, artist and sculptorWard Bennett was said to have defined an era?
... thatLeona Lewis andRyan Tedder decided to write the up-tempo song "Glassheart" as Lewis was experiencing personal issues and thought a ballad would upset her further?
... thatTibúrcio Spannocchi proposed to sling a chain across theStrait of Magellan to prevent ships sailing through it?
... that rubbish has been illegally dumped onGibraltar Peak nearCanberra?
... that theAtlanta Braves negotiated exclusive rights withWarner Bros. Cartoons to use animated scenes of theRoad Runner in honor ofRalph Garr?

00:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatHarold A. Lafount(pictured), a 1927–34 member of theFederal Radio Commission who was influential in early broadcasting regulation in the U.S., is the maternal grandfather ofMitt Romney?
... that the termAl Jazeera effect used to describe the revolutionary impact ofAl Jazeera network onArab world media has been generalized more globally to other forms ofnew media?
... thatMary Pickford was the first woman appointed to a medical professorship atEdinburgh University?
... that themangrove tree crab prefers animal food but mostly feeds onmangrove leaves?
... thatHarvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (1959) was the first book-length work of original comics in the United States?
... that French fishermen threw rocks and nets at British fishing boats during adispute about scallop fishing with British fishermen in the English Channel?

27 October 2012

16:00, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatCnapan Hotel(pictured) inNewport,Pembrokeshire, takes its name from the medieval Celtic sport ofcnapan?
... thatsuffragistMargaret Cousins went on ahunger strike seeking to be classed as apolitical prisoner?
... that thethird season ofMillennium sought to reduce its central conflicts to a struggle between two friends?
... thatRobert Burnell, founder ofSt Mary's Church, Acton Burnell,Shropshire, becameLord Chancellor of England, and thenBishop of Bath and Wells?
... thatPoland and Spain had no diplomatic relations following the end ofWorld War II, until two years after generalFrancisco Franco's death?
... that consuming thecinnamon bracket fungus can cause symptoms ofneurotoxicity, and violet urine?

08:00, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

... that Dr.Ben Goldacre(pictured) argues inBad Pharma that "medicine is broken," because the evidence on which it is based is systematically distorted by thepharmaceutical industry?
... thatBaynard Rush Hall was the first professor atIndiana University?
... that theaustro dripping bonnet probably had aGondwanan origin?
... thatKamala Sohonie received theRashtrapati Award for her work on supplementing tribal diets with the beverageneera?
... thatIndigo Lake in Ohio'sCuyahoga Valley National Park is not a natural lake?
... that legislators in Arizona have banned bans on toys accompanyingkids' meals?

00:00, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

... that throughout U.S. history, different types ofmail bags have been calledmail pouch,mail sack,mail satchel,catcher pouch,mochila saddle mailbag(pictured), andportmanteau depending on form, function, place and time?
... that in August 2011 the Australian soap operaNeighbours aired astoryline which highlighted two of the major causes of road fatalities and injuries among young Australian drivers?
... that theJerwood Gallery inHastings was once burned in effigy?
... thatKarl Beth is considered one of the founding fathers of thepsychology of religion?
... that1930 Wimbledon Championships mixed doubles runner-upDaniel Prenn was of Jewish origin and thus got expelled from theGermany Davis Cup team and subsequently moved fromNazi Germany toEngland?
... that theWashington Bee'smasthead slogan was "Sting for Our Enemies – Honey for Our Friends"?

26 October 2012

16:00, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatVignoles Bridge(pictured), one of the 10Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Coventry, originally spanned theOxford Canal before being moved to its current location over theRiver Sherbourne in 1969?
... thatManolis Roubakis is one of the fewfootballers who have played for all three big clubs ofHeraklion in Greece:OFI Crete,Ergotelis andAtsalenios?
... that in the early 19th century, if you were out on the streets ofGibraltar after midnight without a permit you risked being sent to theMain Guard?
... thatLady Lindsay of Birker, the first Chinese-born peeress, smuggled supplies and taught English to communist guerrillas fighting theJapanese occupation?
... that the town ofal-Dana in northernSyria is identified with "Adennu", the firstAramaean city to be captured byAssyrian emperorShalmaneser III?
... thatcoral fungi can bered,yellow,beige,ashen,upright,green-staining,bitter, orblah?

08:00, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theState Farm Downtown Building(pictured) inBloomington, Illinois, features the intact 1951 office ofcompany founderGeorge J. Mecherle?
... that as a member of theCalifornia Column,Andrew J. Doran was granted abrevet commission due to his experience with theButterfield route?
... that theFaux Namti Bridge is also called the "Inverted V Bridge" because its supporting trusses form the shape of an upside-down letter V?
... thatChief Wilson set theMajor League Baseball single-season record fortriples in1912, a record that still stands?
... thatstreets inTbilisi andTirana are named after former US PresidentGeorge W. Bush?
... thatblack-leg causeswhite rot?

00:00, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatRewa Prasad Dwivedi said thatRambhadracharya(pictured) is an encyclopedia of learning whoseliterature is like numerousNarmada rivers flowing out simultaneously?
... that1928 Wimbledon Championships mixed doubles championPat Spence and tennis partner MissBetty Nuthall formed a real-life couple when they won the1931 French Championships mixed doubles title?
... that, after the femaleJog night frog has laid a clutch ofeggs, both parents are involved in guarding them?
... thatSuhaimi Yusof, aMalay stand-up comedian, received theBest Comedy Performance award at the 2011Asian Television Awards for his efforts inThe Noose?
... that the Spanish painterJosé Cruz Herrera worked inCasablanca for much of his life, where he was a prolific painter of scenes ofMoroccan everyday life?
... that themade-for-TV filmFab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal was inspired by the true story of five unruly high-school cheerleaders?

25 October 2012

16:00, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatthe camera used to createGoogle Street View images(example pictured) of theGreat Barrier Reef is controlled by aSamsung Galaxy Tab?
... that theDuchess of Westminster was one of only two women to compete insailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics?
... that thebird-voiced treefrog and thepine woods treefrog can be recognised by their distinctivecalls?
... that war profiteering by U.S. military contractors in Iraq brought calls for a new form of the investigativeTruman Committee which operated in World War II?
... that the concert choirFrankfurter Kantorei performed Mozart'sRequiem and Mendelssohn'sWalpurgisnacht with theIsrael Chamber Orchestra in Tel Aviv in a concert for the city's 100th anniversary?
... thatKeret House is the world's narrowest house?

08:00, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the 18th-century BC fresco theInvestiture of Zimrilim(pictured) depicts the king of ancientMari receiving the symbols of rule from the goddessIshtar?
... that the historicLa Playa Trail inSan Diego is the oldest commercial trail in the western United States?
... that every "deep desire" is a prayer, and God "answers every selfless prayer", according toEaswaran inSeeing with the Eyes of Love?
... that HIT Squad, founded byUFC Hall of Fame inducteeMatt Hughes in 2007, changed its name toFinney's HIT Squad when it was purchased in 2011?
... thatMillennium'ssecond season finale "The Time Is Now" was inspired in part by acattle disease in the United Kingdom?
... that thespiny flower coral attacks othercorals that try to grow too close to it?

00:00, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theClassical story ofAchilles on Skyros was the basis for a lost play byEuripides, a painting(pictured) byNicolas Poussin, and operas byDomenico Scarlatti andGeorge Frideric Handel?
... thatAll Saints Church inLydd is the longest parish church inKent at 199 feet (61 m)?
... thatRichard Belzer insistedLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit creatorDick Wolf castDean Winters as his partner,Brian Cassidy, before he would join the cast?
... that theOpa-Locka Thematic Resource Area includes 20 buildings developed by aviation pioneerGlenn Curtiss using an "Arabian Nights" theme?
... thatNeil Young'snew audio format takes its name from theHawaiian word for righteousness?
... that prior to winning a gold medal at the2008 Olympics, Ukrainian sport shooterArtur Ayvazyan was detained by his nation's customs agency for having an unregistered gun?

24 October 2012

16:00, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatGamleborg(fortress ruins pictured) representsBornholm's oldest defence works?
... that 444 years ago, Poland's Royal Posts were entrusted to an Italian banker,Sebastiano Montelupi?
... that at the 2012Berlin Biennale, one artist blockedFriedrichstraße with a wall, which was removed early after public protest?
... that despite only playing one match forBayer Leverkusen, the NorwegianfootballerTerje Olsen does not regret moving to Germany at the age of 15?
... that Swiss composerHermann Suter's symphonicoratorioLe Laudi is a setting ofSt. Francis of Assisi's ItalianCanticle of the Sun for choir, soloists,voci di ragazzi, organ and orchestra?
... thatJohn Lennon marriedYoko Ono atThe Rock Hotel?

08:00, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the 1955–56Marathi radio programmeGeet Ramayan describing the events from an Indian epicRamayana(central characters pictured) has been translated to eightIndian languages, English, and also transliterated inBraille?
... that thedesert rain frog leaves distinctivefootprints on thedunes and a little pile of sand showing the location of itsburrow?
... that the extent ofLie Kim Hok's poemSair Tjerita Siti Akbari in theWong brothers' filmSiti Akbari is uncertain?
... that while researchingIn the Shadow of the Sword,Tom Holland found that the oldest biography of Mohammed was written two hundred years after he had died?
... thatTermitaradus protera was the firsttermite bug found in amber?
... that thebagel head is a type of extreme body modification?

00:00, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatWorks Progress Administration employees were accused of campaigning forKentucky SenatorAlben W. Barkley(pictured) during the 1938Democratic primary, prompting passage of theHatch Act of 1939?
... that the fungusRhopalomyces elegans can be grown on amedium containing baby beef liver and lamb fat?
... that the82nd Airborne Division participated in two end-of-World War II victory parades, theBerlin Victory Parade of 1945 and theNew York City Victory Parade of 1946?
... thatJørgen Tengesdal played forViking in the2001 Norwegian Football Cup Final despite his contract expiring five days before the final?
... thatChristchurch Steeple was originally part of a 13th-century friary, was mostly destroyed during World War II, and is now a bar and one of 24Grade II* listed buildings in Coventry?
... that several reviewers criticized the romance betweenSam and Diane in thesecond season ofCheers because it lasted too long and presented a poor relationship role model?

23 October 2012

16:00, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

... that PrinceHenry the Navigator handed over his brotherFerdinand the Holy Prince(pictured) as a hostage, and preferred to let him die in captivity rather than fulfill the treaty he had signed?
... thatAdele'stheme for theJames Bond filmSkyfall went to number one in the UK'siTunes online store less than ten hours after it was released?
... that the Church of Julianos in the village ofBarad in northernSyria, was one of two three-aisledbasilicas in theDead Cities?
... that the nudibranchTritonia hamnerorum feeds exclusively on thepurple sea fan?
... thatin Armenia, wrestling is one of the nation's oldest sports?
... thatChao Mae Tuptim inBangkok is a site crammed full of wooden circumcisedpenis statues which are said to endow good fortune and fertility on anybody coming into contact with them?

08:00, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

... that several thousand people lived on Washington'sNational Mall(pictured) for six weeks in 1968 as part of thePoor People's Campaign?
... thatAnn Bishop, an early femaleprotozoologist, studied treatments for parasitic diseases includingamoebic dysentery andmalaria?
... thatMother Teresa's fatherNikollë Bojaxhiu was the only Catholic member of the city council ofSkopje and his company constructed the city's first theater?
... thatNamus is the firstArmenian feature film?
... that theSt Albans Hoard, one of the largest hoards ofRoman gold coins ever found in Britain, was discovered by a man using his newmetal detector for the first time?
... thatMohammad Said Hamid Junid wrote a film about a man becoming his father's uncle-in-law?

00:00, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

... that thebolete mushroomsB. illudens,B. carminiporus(pictured),B. miniato-olivaceus,B. projectellus,B. rubripes,B. subvelutipes,Boletinellus merulioides,Phylloporus leucomycelinus,P. rhodoxanthus,Pulveroboletus ravenelii, andSuillus cothurnatus can be used to makedyes?
... thatThomas Rowley's homestead inChristchurch, New Zealand, is used as aschool library?
... that the venom of the tarantulaPsalmopoeus cambridgei containsvanillotoxins?
... thatBach's cantataIch geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49, ends with a "religious-erotic" love duet between Jesus (bass) and the Soul (soprano)?
... thatMastotermes electromexicus was the first giant northern termite described from theNew World?
... thatGordon Ramsay orchestrated the theft of the reservations book from his restaurantAubergine so that he could blame it onMarco Pierre White?

22 October 2012

16:00, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theRoyal Palace(gate pictured) of ancientUgarit inSyria had fortification walls whose base sloped outward 45 degrees?
... thatNorwegian footballerJon Midttun Lie hadTom Nordlie as head coach in three different clubs?
... thatMehtab Bagh was the last of elevenMughal-built gardens along theYamuna River opposite theTaj Mahal and theAgra Fort?
... thatAngelo Masci grouped Illyrian, "Epirote", and Macedonian into one language family, which he considered to be theproto-language ofAlbanian?
... that to seekself-fulfillment is to seekthe good life?
... that theWitchcraft Suppression Act of 1957 makes it illegal to call another person awizard inSouth Africa?

08:00, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

... that according to Swedish peasant folklore, the lichenVulpicida(pictured), when consumed, kills foxes but not dogs or wolves?
... that the recent changes to thecopyright law of Panama, introduced as part of thePanama–United States Trade Promotion Agreement, have been criticized by theElectronic Frontier Foundation?
... that the members ofacid punk bandBo Ningen are all Japanese, but met in London?
... that theeggs of thehorned marsupial frog are the largest to be laid by any knownamphibian?
... thatMeryl Streep made her film début inThe Deadliest Season, a 1977 film about sports violence?
... thatChinese softshell turtles urinate using their mouths?

00:00, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the ediblebear's head fungus(pictured) once grew to a mass of about 100 lb (45 kg)?
... that alecture delivered inBaltimore by philosopherJacques Derrida popularized Frenchpost-structuralism among American academics?
... that aGovernor ofVirginia is buried atSt Mary's,Twickenham, encased in lead exactly fitted to the shape of his body?
... that although theRamped Cargo Lighter was used extensively inWorld War II, afterwards many were surplus to requirements and sunk by their own side?
... that theendangeredMazumbai warty frog and the more commonKrefft's warty frog are both found in theUsambara Mountains inTanzania?
... that theBBC documentary programmeDinosaurs, Myths and Monsters speculates that theCyclopes, the one-eyed giants ofGreek mythology, may have been inspired byelephant skulls?

21 October 2012

16:00, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatKarl-Friedrich Beringer conducted theWindsbacher Knabenchor(pictured), winner of the 2007Rheingau Musikpreis, in Bach'sSt John Passion inEberbach Abbey?
... that theBattle of Trafalgar is commemorated today inGibraltar'sTrafalgar Cemetery, where some of the casualties are buried?
... thatRobert John Sholl, the onlyResident Magistrate in north-westWestern Australia between 1865 and 1883, had so much power that he was described as "virtually aLieutenant Governor"?
... that thepharmocological products derived from theSpanish foxglove are up to three times more potent than those obtained from thecommon foxglove?
... that the Irish horror filmStitches marks the movie debut of English stand-up comedianRoss Noble as a homicidal undead clown?
... thatthe 2013 Manila mayoral election includes police officerDirty Harry, gang leaderAsiong Salonga, a fortune teller, a driver, and an engineer?

08:00, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

... that at least one species of the extinct termitesParastylotermes(fossil pictured) was found in theCalico Mountains?
... that CountEmeryk Hutten-Czapski gathered his historical collections for theNational Museum inKraków mainly through purchasing the entire collections of other noble families?
... that theBab al-Nairab neighborhood inAleppo,Syria, was originally a 13th-century gate planned by theAyyubid ruleraz-Zahir Ghazi, but built by his successor al-Aziz Muhammad?
... that American sociologistMelvin Tumin challenged theDavis–Moore hypothesis and went on to write a widely used text book onsocial stratification?
... that the RussianmonitorBronenosets was converted into a coalbarge in 1903 by the removal of hergun turret, side armor, and the division of herhull into threeholds?
... that for the 1975Bollywood classic filmSholay,M. S. Shinde edited 300,000 feet (91,000 m) of reel down to 18,000 feet (5,500 m)?

00:00, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatColorado State Highway 82(pictured, asAspen's Main Street) intersectsonly one other state highway along its 85-mile (137 km) length?
... that theKhalid ibn al-Walid Mosque inHoms contains themausoleum ofKhalid ibn al-Walid, an ornate dome with interiors which depict over 50 victorious battles that he commanded?
... that thesquat shrimp is normally found among thetentacles of asea anemone?
... that within thepainter's easel lie arelativistic jet 800,000 light years long and agalaxy cluster with 800 trillion stars?
... that the once raremulch fieldcap mushroom has become more common due to the increasing use of woodchipmulch in ornamental flower beds?
... that theBombay night frog has been found living in a cave piled high withfruit bat droppings?

20 October 2012

16:00, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

... that thelapis lazuli inlays used in the 25th-century BCStatue of Ebih-Il(pictured), discovered in ancientMari inSyria, were imported from as far east asAfghanistan?
... that the 1898 torpedo boatStorm was the only Norwegian warship to fire atorpedo at the invading Germans during the 1940Norwegian Campaign?
... thatLW5/7 classified skiers use two skis and no ski poles while competing in skiing disciplines like thedownhill andGiant Slalom?
... thatVehbi Dibra was the first chairman of theAlbanian senate?
... that in Goya'sPortrait of the Duchess of Alba, theduchess is wearing hermourning clothes, as her husband died the year before?
... that German historianHellmut G. Haasis, who won theSchubart Literature Prize for his biography ofJoseph Süß Oppenheimer, also performs for school children as "Druiknui, the fairy-tale clown"?

08:00, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theorange sun star(pictured) can be found on the seabed in waters anywhere from 11 to 3,740 metres (36 to 12,270 ft) deep?
... that thegraphic novelBuilding Stories byChris Ware was published as a box that contained fourteen printed objects, including cloth-bound books, newspapers,broadsheets, andflip books?
... that althoughJosé Rivera Indarte wrote theBlood tables againstJuan Manuel de Rosas, he had previously been his supporter?
... thatWilliam W. Cooper, a pioneer ofmanagement science, dropped out of high school and worked as a professionalboxer before becoming an academic?
... that maleSuillia flies pick aHebeloma radicosum mushroom and actively defend their territory while waiting to mate with females?
... thatAdam White has been picked for theAustralia men's national volleyball team 118 times?

00:00, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the 1911Tauzieher sculpture(pictured) inCologne depicts a worker tying a rope to a bollard as a "Herculean" nude?
... thatArbëresh scholarGiuseppe Crispi wrote the firstmonograph on theAlbanian language?
... that on 22 August 1914, aBritish cavalryman in the Great Warfired in anger during combat, the first time that had happened on mainland Europe since theBattle of Waterloo 99 years earlier?
... that Chief JusticeEdward Kent, Jr. of theArizona Territorial Supreme Court determined relativewater rights for roughly 5,000 land owners in theSalt River Valley?
... that thesilky rosegill – once wrongly implicated in a case of fatal mushroom poisoning – was called the "ghost mushroom"?
... thatJedd Gyorko began hiscollege baseball career with a 21-gamehitting streak?

19 October 2012

16:00, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the8 House(pictured) designed byBjarke Ingels won the bestgreen roof in Scandinavia award?
... that, as Arkansas'first lady,Betty Bumpers started a program that took the state from one of the lowest to one of the highest in the U.S. in its rate of childhoodimmunization?
... thatResidenz Ansbach and the churches ofSt. Gumbertus andSt. Johannis are venues for the biennialBachwoche Ansbach?
... that the RussiancorvetteNavarin was so badly damaged by a series of storms enroute to theFar East in 1853 that she was deemed too expensive to repair and was sold forscrap?
... thatLord Richard Cavendish's loan saved theCanterbury Association from financial collapse?
... that you need a microscope to reliably distinguish apine spike from its relatives?

08:00, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

... that inpara-alpine skiing(pictured),outrigger skis are anassistive device used by skiers with balance issues or amputations?
... that American aviatorRobert William Prescott founded theFlying Tiger Line, the first scheduledcargo airline in theUnited States?
... that theAtlantic paper mussel has been found growing at densities of over 3000 per square metre(11 sq ft)?
... that aghost ship is engraved on theCapt. John Jeffries Burial Marker?
... thatAmby McConnelllined into the firstunassisted triple play inMajor League Baseball history on July 19, 1909?
... that the extinct flySchwenckfeldina archoica has spines on its genitalia?

00:00, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

... that after he retired fromprofessional baseball,Harry Wolverton(pictured) became apolice officer with theOakland Police Department?
... thatNorth Front Cemetery inGibraltar is the burial site ofVictoria Cross recipientThomas Henry Kavanagh?
... that the producer, director, choreographer and writer of the upcomingBroadway musicalKinky Boots have all wonTony Awards, while its lyricist is aGrammy Award winner?
... that in theNaroda Patiya massacre, 97 Muslims were killed by a mob of approximately 5000 people?
... thatAmanda Marshall was nominated inNovember 2010 to become theUnited States Attorney for the District of Oregon, but did not take the position untilOctober 2011?
... thatHyptia deansi is the only fossilensign wasp described from Mexican amber?

18 October 2012

16:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

... that poetWilliam Wordsworth describedWythburn Church in Cumbria(pictured) as a "modest house of prayer"?
... that thebeaded sea cucumber moves by means ofperistalsis?
... that in 1894,Ottoman agents burnt the house ofBabë Dud Karbunara because he taughtAlbanian?
... that thered heart urchin feeds on the film of algae and bacteria that surrounds grains of sand?
... that Sylvia Day'sBared to You was initially self-published, but was picked up by Berkley Books due to the popularity of the similarly themedFifty Shades of Grey?
... that theyellow tube sponge appears bright greenish yellow in deep water because it emits fluorescent light?

08:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theNational Museum in Wrocław(pictured) holds one of the largest collections of contemporary art inPoland, extending even to the museum's remodelled attic?
... that the lyrical content of "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" was interpreted by the media as an "insult" toSugababes memberAmelle Berrabah?
... that theHackensack Drawbridge, once part of the "costliest railroad" in the United States, was abandoned after being struck by thecollierJagger Seam?
... that in 2011,The Crown at Whitebrook was one of four restaurants inWales to hold aMichelin star?
... that thepathogenic fungusAspergillus sydowii causesaspergillosis insea fans and may becarried between them by theflamingo tongue snail?
... thatGeorges Grisez died on stage after playing the openingglissando ofRhapsody in Blue?

00:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theVenus sea fan(pictured) feeds by catchingplankton that drift past?
... that the inaugural meeting of theNorth/South Inter-Parliamentary Association, first envisioned in 1998 as part of theNorthern Ireland peace process, was held inDublin on 12 October 2012?
... thatDhimitër Mborja donated his mansion inKorçë in order to house theAlbanian National Lyceum?
... that "A Change Is Gonna Come" was the first episode ofGrey's Anatomy in whichIsaiah Washington did not appear?
... thatNakayama Tadachika wroteQuestions and Answers on Court Matters?
... thatAndrew Vázsonyi became past president ofThe Institute of Management Sciences without ever having been its president?

17 October 2012

16:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theBritish Library(pictured) has records ofwhat 46,000 people did on 17 October 2006?
... that chefPhilippe Etchebest hosts the French language version of the television showKitchen Nightmares?
... thatAltes Stadthaus inDortmund was rebuilt in a simplified form, after being damaged inWorld War II?
... thatMillennium's "A Room With No View" features thePaul Mauriat rendition of "Love Is Blue"?
... thatFlat Bastion Magazine inGibraltar, built by the British in the 19th century to storegunpowder, is now used as ageological research facility and exhibition centre?
... thatliquid nitrogen isadded to cocktails to create a smoky, bubbling "cauldron effect"?

08:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theChampaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park contains dozens ofmonuments, including theBawaman,Jama(pictured),Kevada,Lila Gumbaj, andNagina mosques, as well as theKalika Mata Temple atopPavagadh Hill?
... that despite being a nine-time AustralianWNBL Defensive Player of the Year,Emily McInerny was not selected to play for thenational team at threeOlympic Games?
... that in certain species of bees, ants, and wasps, workers sometimescannibalize the colony's eggs if they aren't laid by the queen?
... thatMillennium's "Anamnesis" features the song "Dancing Barefoot" byPatti Smith?
... thatConfederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart'sChambersburg Raid was his second ride aroundMcClellan?
... that the extinctpseudoscorpionPseudogarypus synchrotron is named for thesynchrotron imaging equipment?

00:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

... that thered mangrove(propagule pictured) can regenerate among dense growth ofgolden leather fern?
... thatSt. Swithun's Way was opened byHampshire County Council in 2002 to mark theGolden Jubilee of Elizabeth II?
... that theSaudi government did not lift their long-standing ban on some of Minister of LaborGhazi Al Gosaibi's books until two weeks before his death on 15 August 2010?
... that the2012 National League Wild Card Game was delayed for 19 minutes when fans threw debris on the field?
... that the historicRosia Water Tanks, which provided water forVice Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet inGibraltar, were demolished in 2006?
... that a fish and a bird sued two United States Federal agencies inRio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation?

16 October 2012

16:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theKoutoubia Mosque, or "Bookseller's Mosque", was named after thebookselling trade practiced in the nearbysouk(mosque and souk pictured)?
... thatKatie Hill,Clare Nott andSarah Stewart are all members of theAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team that won the bronze medal at the2008 Paralympics and the silver medal in2012?
... thatShanghai Botanical Garden has apenjing garden that covers 4 hectares (9.9 acres)?
... that among the early problems within theRomanian OrthodoxDiocese of Caransebeş were defections toGreek Catholicism prompted by asimoniac bishop and a priest who disregarded thefast?
... that the RussianironcladPetropavlovsk was theflagship of theBaltic Fleet during the 1860s and 1870s?
... that whenBenny Goodman called to commission aclarinet concerto,Malcolm Arnold yelled "Sod off!" and hung up?

08:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the sound made by thebigclaw snapping shrimp(pictured) is made by the bursting of acavitation bubble?
... thatPort Vale goalkeeperSam Johnson saved three penalties and then scored the winning penalty on his debut in professionalfootball?
... that theWomen's Image Network Awards are given annually to honor women in media and promote the creation of positive images of women in film, television, and advertising?
... thatRønne Theater inRønne,Bornholm, isDenmark's oldest provincial theatre still in active use?
... thatVictoria Tereshuk was named Ukrainian Sportswoman of the Year after winning the2011 World Modern Pentathlon Championships?
... that the rediscovery of the long-lost Roman colony ofCarteia in Spain led toSir Isaac Newton's niece findinga husband?

00:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

... that thefigurehead of the German woodenfrigateSMSNiobe(pictured) survives in theNaval Academy at Mürwik?
... thatChristoffer Hjort, priest ofAkershus Castle, wasexpelled fromDenmark–Norway in 1613 forCatholicism?
... that the 6th-millennium BC settlement ofTell Sabi Abyad in northernSyria featured multi-room rectangular buildings with round structures calledtholoi that were probably used for storage?
... thatMillennium's "19:19" has been seen as mixing the themes of itsfirst andsecond seasons?
... that theGolden Door Film Festival Women in Film Award is named forAlice Guy-Blaché, a pioneer in the movie industry?
... thatGeorge Foster claimed he used a blackbaseball bat to "integrate the bat rack"?

15 October 2012

16:00, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatLister's tree oyster and theflat tree oyster sometimes grow on the shell of theAtlantic thorny oyster(pictured)?
... thatNatasha Baker rode her horseCabral to two gold medals in the2012 Paralympics even though she has no feeling in her legs?
... that the 1996 video gameSoviet Strike featured a fictional mission to rescue then-Russian PresidentBoris Yeltsin?
... that theHMS Victory, containing the remains ofVice Admiral Horatio Nelson, was towed intoRosia Bay,Gibraltar, after the 1805Battle of Trafalgar?
... that successiveBishops of Râmnic played an important role in adoptingRomanian as the liturgical language of theRomanian Orthodox Church, in place ofGreek andOld Church Slavonic?
... that1932 French Tennis Championships runner-upGiorgio de Stefani wasambidextrous but was banned from using tworackets, one in each hand?

08:00, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatTara VanDerveer(pictured) had to take a one-year leave of absence from her position atStanford to coach the1996 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball team?
... thatSaul Steinberg's famousNew Yorker cover,View of the World from 9th Avenue, was named the fourth greatest magazine cover in a 40-year survey?
... that theCanon EOS-1D X is afull-frame flagship model forCanon?
... thatBroad Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, went from vacant storefronts to a vibrant arts district in less than a decade?
... that thehumming frogaestivates in an undergroundburrow during the hottest part of the summer?
... that aftercollaborating with actressLaura Dern on three films,David Lynch and acow personally lobbied for her to win theAcademy Award for Best Actress?

00:00, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

... that from 1950 to 1960 theCIA ran a domesticastroturfing campaign calledCrusade for Freedom(stamp from campaign pictured)?
... thatRealist painterCarlos de Haes (1829–1898) has been cited as the "first contemporary Spanish artist able to capture something of a particularly Spanish 'essence' in his work"?
... that when the population size of thedinoflagellateAlexandrium monilatum increases, it can cause ared tide that kills fish?
... thatCordell Schachter oversaw the development of a web-based application that reduces the duration of New York City street construction inspections to one day?
... that actors playingWilly Loman inArthur Miller'sDeath of a Salesman onBroadway or in American cinema have earned acclaim such as threeGolden Globe Awards and threeTony andEmmy nominations?
... that the British garrison ofGibraltar relied on water from the medievalNun's Well for making their supply of beer?

14 October 2012

16:00, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theorgan of the BaroqueStiftsbasilika Waldsassen(pictured), a papalbasilica minor, has over seven thousand pipes?
... thatAbd al-Karim al-Jundi presided over thestate appropriation ofSyrian farm land from its traditional owners after becoming theminister of agrarian reform?
... that "Bleeding Love", a song performed byLeona Lewis, is herfirst and only song to reach number one on the USBillboardAdult Contemporary chart?
... that World War II memoiristKirsten Brunvoll, who survivedRavensbrück andAuschwitz, sawher husband andoldest son surviveSachsenhausen, whileher youngest son was trained as a pilot in Canada?
... that university professorBrian Dawson is a successfulAustralian rules football coach?
... that somegraves in theSanhedria Cemetery of Jerusalem are five times closer to residential housing than the law allows?

08:00, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

... that "short bangs" was a very popularhairstyle in the 1950s, favored by women such asFirst Lady Mamie Eisenhower(pictured)?
... thatHaseo, the protagonist of the.hack//G.U. games, is a reincarnation ofSora from theanime series.hack//Sign?
... that inShadrake v. Attorney-General, where aBritish journalist was charged withscandalizing theSingapore courts, theCourt of Appeal declined to apply the American "clear and present danger" test?
... thatPeter Stuart began writing material for his album,Propeller, at a songwriters' workshop held in a French castle byMiles Copeland III?
... that theCommunist Party dailyAththa was the only Sinhala-language newspaper to cover theburning of Jaffna library?
... thatAmerican football linebackerCarlos Jenkins reportedly survived a motorcycle accident at 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) despite not wearing ahelmet?

00:00, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatDarío de Regoyos(self-portrait pictured) has been cited as contributing to "the renewal of modern Spanish painting"?
... that the most significant aspect ofmoral conversion is the withdrawal from themoral convictions of the past?
... thatChampion Bridge Co. was charged with criminal antitrust violations in 1906 as part of the Ohio Attorney General's "war on the bridge trust"?
... thatFriedrich Zehm composed four songs for men's choir that he calledGrasshoffiade in honor ofFritz Grasshoff, the author of their lyrics?
... that theSeptember 2012 Camp Bastion raid was described as the worst loss of U.S. air-power in a single incident since the Vietnam War?
... that afterNorwegian footballerJonatan Tollås posted anude photo of a teammate onTwitter, he said that his goal was to upload one new photo every day?

13 October 2012

16:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the Flemish Synagogue(pictured), one of thesynagogues of Gibraltar, was built in response to the informality that had evolved at the Great Synagogue?
... that KingEdward III of England ordered starseffaced from the coat of arms of SirAmery of Pavy fortrying to sellCalais, a seaport of which he was the governor, to the French?
... that a remix version ofThe Police song "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" reached the UK Top 40 two decades after the song's initial release?
... that theaquarium plantAnubias gigantea and the closely relatedspeciesAnubias afzelii only differ by the shape of their leaf-blades?
... that only one of the 114registered museums in Poland is privately owned?
... thatGaston Hamelin taught his students not to bite?

08:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theivory barnacle and thebay barnacle(pictured) have extended their ranges byfouling thehulls of ships?
... thatFirst & Main inPortland, Oregon, was the first new office tower in Portland's downtown in ten years?
... thatPre-Tolstojan refers to the oldest period in the history of planetMercury from its moment of formation?
... thatDowntown College Prep inSan Jose was the firstcharter school inSanta Clara County, California?
... that theNikon Coolpix S1000pj is the firstcompact digital camera of its kind with a built-inprojector?
... that evangelistW. E. Biederwolf playedfootball despite objections from his family?

00:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatpara-alpine skiing(pictured) uses a mono-ski developed in Austria by an above-the-knee amputee?
... that the works ofJoseph C. Wells, a founding member of theAmerican Institute of Architects, include"Old First" in Greenwich Village?
... thatJacob the Liar was the firstEast German film to be entered into theBerlin International Film Festival and the only one to win a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
... that on September 13, 2012, nearly 200,000 Argentinesprotested against the policies of the presidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner?
... thatLeona Lewis recorded an acoustic cover version of theCounting Crows song "Colorblind" for the deluxe edition of her third studio album,Glassheart?
... thatsnow mold, a type of fungus, can severely damage grass if it snows?

12 October 2012

16:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatGibraltar F.C.(team in 1895 pictured) was one of the first civilian football clubs established inGibraltar?
... that, during preparations forOperation Barras, soldiers trained on a scale model of the village they were to assault?
... that the 2011Bengali filmAbosheshey, about a son exploring his dead mother's life, was shot inRoopa Ganguly's own house, where she plays the role of the mother?
... that the inauguralEclipse Stakes, at the time the largest prize in British horseracing, was won by the stallionBendigo in 1886?
... that the femaleTornier's forest toad isviviparous and has been known to carry 35 young at one time?
... thatAlan Phillips wasn't allowed to compete in badminton forSouth Africa in the1992 Olympics because he was too old at 36, but he played baseball in the2000 Olympics at 44?

08:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theJ. Edgar Hoover Building(pictured), theFBI's headquarters since the 1970s, is now "aging" and "deteriorating", and the FBI is considering renovating it or having a new headquarters built elsewhere?
... that theEltanin Impact of a small asteroid in the Pacific Ocean resulted in the highest density of deposited meteoritic material on Earth?
... that formerMajor League Baseball playerMike Capel pitched to a 135.00earned run average in 1990?
... that "Like You'll Never See Me Again", a song performed byAlicia Keys, ranked as the number one R&B single of 2008 in the United States?
... thatLemuel Moss's time as president ofIndiana University saw the end of its schools of law and medicine?
... thatTurnbull Thomson Park inInvercargill,New Zealand, was used for growing crops duringWorld War II?

00:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatLouden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns(catalog pictured) as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant?
... thatTeam AND1's first international loss was against the debutingPuerto Rico Streetballers team after remaining undefeated for six years?
... that Venezuela's second satellite,VRSS-1, was launched at the end of September?
... that by the time of his death in 1764 BC,Yarim-Lim I, king ofYamhad (modern-dayAleppo, Syria) was said to be the "mightiest ruler in theNear East outside ofEgypt"?
... thatOrkla Mining Company was the largest mining company in Norway in theinterwar period?
... that theshovelnose salamander and theblackbelly salamander both live in theAppalachian Mountains, but the former feeds exclusively in water while the latter mainlyforages on land?

11 October 2012

16:00, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatThe Free Besieged, an unfinished epic byDionysios Solomos(pictured) and one of his greatest works, was inspired by events from theGreek War of Independence?
... that in 1369, CountEberhard I of Eppstein built a hunting lodge in theSchloßborn area?
... thatOnufry Zagłoba, a character inHenryk Sienkiewicz'The Trilogy, has been compared toWilliam Shakespeare'sFalstaff?
... that despite being acentre back,Norwegian footballerEdvard Skagestad has played most of his matches as astriker?
... that theLeiden Glossary, producedc. 800 in St. Gallen, possibly preservesglosses byAldhelm fromEusebius'sHistoria Ecclesiastica?
... that theDuchess of Marlborough kept a revolver in her bedroom inBlenheim Palace to prevent her husband from entering?

08:00, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatThompson-Starrett Co. built sixNational Historic Landmarks in the U.S., including the Rockefeller Estate and thetallest skyscraper in the world from 1913 to 1930(pictured)?
... that a family inWhitehorse, Canada, was so afraid ofanimal aggression that the parents went fully armed to walk their children to school?
... that theDuchess of Norfolk asked CaptainJames Cook to name an island after her, but died before he discoveredNorfolk Island?
... that futureCollege Football Hall of Fame coachesEarle Bruce andDon James faced off in the1972 Tangerine Bowl?
... that theconstellation ofPyxis represents a ship'scompass?
... thatSteve Woodmore, the world's current fastest talker, can articulate at 637words per minute?

00:00, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatIndiana's only nuclear reactor(pictured) has the energy output of a toaster?
... thatCarolyn Sampson was the first soprano to record all of Bach's ariaBWV 1127, which had been lost until 2005?
... that no Irish-trained racehorse had won the1,000 Guineas Stakes in more than five decades untilPourparler did so in 1964?
... that the newly builtDikgatlhong Dam has far more capacity than theGaborone Dam, formerly the largest in Botswana?
... that thefrogsColostethus palmatus andColostethus agilis areendemic toColombia?
... that ten Florida fish cabins and icehouses built by thePunta Gorda Fish Co. have been listed on theU.S. National Register of Historic Places?

10 October 2012

16:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the 2.0-millimetre (0.079 in) longNanotermes(pictured) are possibly the smallest adult termites known?
... thatSelena's "No Quiero Saber" was included in the official Latin album for the1996 Summer Olympics?
... that soldiers in the mixed-gender IsraeliCaracal Battalion successfullythwarted what was described as "a very big terrorist attack" on 21 September 2012?
... that the paintingLes orangers byGustave Caillebotte depictshis brother in the same outfit that Gustave was shown wearing in a painting byRenoir?
... thatMillennium's "Owls" was inspired by the earlier episode "The Hand of St. Sebastian"?
... that a stained glass window inSt Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale,Cumbria, is to the memory of "the last female martyr burnt atTyburn for the cause of the Protestant religion" in 1685?

08:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the architectural diversity of theSouth End of Albany, New York(Clinton Street pictured), is a result of most of itsrowhouses being built singly by their owners rather than in groups by developers?
... that the black lines formed byCoccomyces dentatus result fromantagonistic interactions between individuals of differentgenotypes?
... that geochemistTerry Plank, awarded a2012 MacArthur genius grant, grew up in aschist quarry and in third grade was the youngest member of theDelaware Mineralogical Society?
... that theCanon EOS 6D isCanon's smallest and lightestfull-frame DSLR?
... that Paralympic equestrianJonathan Wentz, who died September 30, posted the best performance of any American equestrian at the 2012 Olympic or Paralympic Games?
... that thecookie star feeds on thecloud sponge?

00:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theMontebello Genocide Memorial(pictured) was opened in 1968 and is the largestArmenian Genocide memorial in the United States?
... that in 1886, the fillyMiss Jummy won the1,000 Guineas Stakes by one and a halflengths and then defeated the same horse to win theEpsom Oaks by half a length?
... thatChannel 4 cancelled a public screening ofIslam: The Untold Story because of security concerns?
... thatFaith Hill's "American Heart" was the October 1, 2012,USA Today song of the week?
... that trade union leaderLech Wałęsa was a target offake police reports produced by theCommunist secret service in thePeople's Republic of Poland?
... that thethallus of theumbrella alga, which grows up to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) tall, consists of a single largecell?

9 October 2012

16:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatRogelio Bernal Andreo was the first amateur astronomer to win theDiscover Bad Astronomy image of the year with his image "Orion, from Head to Toe"(pictured)?
... thatMarco Pierre White became the youngest chef to win two Michelin stars while atHarvey's in Wandsworth, London?
... thatShibtu, wife ofZimrilim and queen consort of the ancient city-state ofMari, was described as "the most prominent of the Mari ladies"?
... thatAnil Kumble took the most economicalfive-wicket haul of the Indian Premier League in the2009 season, and won the "Best breakthrough performance" award for it?
... thatSt Columba's Church, Warcop,Cumbria, stands on the site of a formerRoman camp, and in themedieval era was owned byShap Abbey?
... thatAlvin Leung serves an ediblecondom at his Hong Kong-based restaurant, Bo Innovation?

08:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the range of theGolden-winged Sunbird coincides with its major food item, the nectar of the plantLeonotis nepetifolia(both pictured)?
... that the works ofHenry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of theAmerican Institute of Architects, include the originalPalace Hotel, San Francisco?
... that if handled, theflaming gold bolete fungus will stain one's hands yellow?
... that while "Let Yourself Go" was released on 5 September 2012, it had been played atGreen Day's secret show on 27 October 2011?
... that in the "drinking and hacking" scene inThe Social Network,Jesse Eisenberg, asMark Zuckerberg, can be seen wearing anArs Nova T-shirt which originally belonged to Eisenberg himself?
... thatCharles Johnson Pharazyn wore a sign around his neck walking throughWellington, New Zealand, to advertise that he had lost his spectacles?

00:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

The tallest minaret of the world (210 m)

... that theminaret(pictured) ofHassan II Mosque, the world's tallest at 210 m (689 ft), is fitted at the top with an electroniclaser directing rays towardsMecca?
... that theChicago Teachers Union was formed after unpaid teachers revolted against Chicago banks during the Great Depression?
... that the 13th-centuryTreatise byWalter of Bibbesworth is one of the earliest books explicitly intended for children to hear and read?
... that in 1943, the American cargo ocean linerSSSanta Paula wastorpedoed and sunk by a Japanesesubmarine in the Arabian Sea?
... thatRetskrivningsordbogen, with around 64,000 words, contains a detailed guide to Danishorthography?
... that the church preceding theSacred Heart Cathedral inKamloops, British Columbia, was destroyed by fire onAsh Wednesday of 1919?

8 October 2012

16:00, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

... that for portraying bothRama andSita in the 1917 silent filmLanka Dahan, Salunke(pictured) is credited with playing the firstdouble role inIndian cinema?
... that althoughMihal Zallari was an ardentGermanophile, he prevented the execution of the employees ofthe Albanian state radio service by theGerman Army, which suspected them of beingcommunists?
... that the extinct termiteZophotermes ashoki is named after a "sage of Indian paleontology"?
... thatRichard Tylman, Mayor ofFaversham during the reign ofElizabeth I of England, was a sole supplier of corn to theLondon merchants among the local exporters in 1580?
... that theTampa Spartanscollege football program was disbanded after their 1974 season?
... that in his television special "How to Control the Nation", illusionistDerren Brown attempted to stick viewers to their seats using a subliminal film?

08:00, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

... that before embarking on hisHall of Fame baseball career,Frank Chance(pictured) pursued a career indentistry?
... thatColumbia University failed to turn a profit onFathom.com, an earlyonline learning website?
... thatKhalid Nabi Cemetery inIran is a notable example ofphallic architecture and a major tourist attraction?
... that theimmunosuppressant andanti-cancer drugrapamycinwas discovered in 1975 from a soil sample collected onEaster Island?
... thatTomahawk's fourth albumOddfellows will be the first to feature new bass playerTrevor Dunn?
... that theappressorium—a specialized cell typical of many fungalplant pathogens—can develop enoughturgor pressure to punctureMylar?

00:00, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the bells in Vancouver'sHoly Rosary Cathedral(pictured) were originallycast inSavoy, France?
... that pasthuman rights issues in Guinea include theblack diet, a total lack of food and water which killed prisoners atCamp Boiro?
... thatBaseball Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack said that sellingHerb Pennock was his greatest mistake?
... that theedible African speciesAmanita zambiana is sometimes called the "Christmas mushroom" because it is most abundant in December and early January?
... that racehorsestrained byGeorge Dawson earned £77,914 of prize money in 1888, setting a record that stood for 43 years?
... that despite such actors asChristopher Plummer andOrson Welles,New York Magazine describedOedipus the King as an "almost comical" film adaption of thedramatic play bySophocles?

7 October 2012

16:00, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatLudwig Gies designed the eagle(pictured) found hung at the front of the Plenary Hall of the modernReichstag Building inBerlin?
... that in 1963,Paddy Prendergast became the first Irish-basedhorse trainer to win the British trainers' championship, retaining the title for the succeeding two years?
... that RabbiAkiva Ehrenfeld, founder ofKiryat Mattersdorf, Jerusalem, was the guest of honor at an official reception hosted by thePresident of Austria in Vienna'sHofburg Palace in 1995?
... that theSacramento Mountain Salamander ispreyed on by thewestern terrestrial garter snake?
... thatMartin Dardis linked aWatergate burglar to US PresidentNixon's reelection campaign with a check written by fundraiserKenneth Dahlberg, a pilot Dardis had rescued in theBattle of the Bulge?
... that the extinct termiteProstylotermes is known from a female, male, and two eggs?

08:00, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

... that of the five women whoserved on the New Zealand Legislative Council(Mary Dreaver pictured), three were there toabolish the institution?
... that during theSecond Red Scare, SenatorJoseph McCarthy declared that theUnited States Department of State had been infiltrated by 57 "card-carrying Communists"?
... thatGeastrum fimbriatum,Lycoperdon marginatum,P. rubicundus,Scleroderma polyrhizum,S. verrucosum,Clathrus crispus and thewood witch are fungi that have been featured on postage stamps?
... that most of thefilm directors of the Dutch East Indies wereethnic Chinese?
... that theLoring Air Force Base Double Cantilever Hangar was capable of storing fiveB-36 Peacemaker or sixB-52 Stratofortress aircraft?
... that one reviewer called "A Single Blade of Grass" "yet another adventure in weird, Native American mysticism from the folks at1013 Productions"?

00:04, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the femalecommon rocket frog(pictured carrying tadpoles) and the malerainforest frogColostethus stepheni are both involved in the parental care of their young?
... thatJohnny Cash took most of the lyrics of "Folsom Prison Blues" fromGordon Jenkins' song "Crescent City Blues"?
... that the lateAzerbaijani presidentHeydar Aliyev's cult of personality has become a significant part of Azerbaijani politics and society in recent years?
... thatQueen Elizabeth II has owned over30 corgis since she ascended the throne in 1952?
... that theRussian ironcladSevastopol was converted into anironclad while still under construction in the 1860s?
... that the stark color changes undergone by the mushroomBoletus pseudosulphureus led one author to suggest that its "personal grooming skills go to hell in a handbasket"?

6 October 2012

16:19, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

... that confused terminology and misconceptions aboutstrepsirrhine anatomy andphylogeny were factors in the media hype over the"Ida" fossil(pictured)?
... that the name of theSyrian townTaftanaz is likely ofHittite origin?
... that at the age of 15,Cody Bollinger made hismixed martial arts debut, winning two fights in one night?
... that the NorwegianTroll Satellite Station inAntarctica'sQueen Maud Land is one of only two ground stations capable of communicating with alllow Earth orbit satellites?
... that theSoundHound mobile app can recognise a song even from a badly hummed version?
... that part ofJohn London's punishment for his role in afailed plot againstArchbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer was to ride through several towns seated backwards on a horse and bepilloried?

08:34, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the Giant's Grave(pictured) is in the churchyard ofSt Andrew's Church, Penrith,Cumbria?
... that the1946 Alabama Crimson Tide football team was the firstAlabama squad to play inNew England andfly to a game for their contest againstBoston College?
... thatMostafa Hussein Kamel was appointed as the Egyptian Minister of State for Environmental Affairs after theAl-Nour Party rejected the position as "insulting"?
... that thered-cheeked salamander, which is distasteful topredators, ismimicked by the harmlessimitator salamander?
... that in 1967,Jack Jarvis became the firsthorse trainer to beknighted by the Queen?
... that the $10 millionBattle of the Dance dinner theater inAnaheim, California, closed after 18 months, partly because the food was so bad?

00:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

... that inFlight of the Butterflies, writer-directorMike Slee documentsDr. Fred Urquhart's decades-long study into the migration of themonarch butterfly(pictured) in3D IMAX format?
... thatTuber lijiangense,T. microspermum,T. microspiculatum,T. polyspermum,T. sinoalbidum, andT. sinoexcavatum are Chinesetruffles that have been described as new species in the past two years?
... thatEdward Upcott,Acrobatic Gymnastics Men's Pairs world champion in 2010 andSpelbound flyer, has had chronicasthma since infancy, almost dying from his first attack?
... that hundreds of thousands of art pieces werelooted from Poland duringWorld War II byNazi Germany and theSoviet Union?
... thatInoe Perbatasari's last films all dealt with theIndonesian National Revolution?
... that theorange knobbly star produces darkeggs whichdrift with the current and orange eggs which sink immediately to theseabed?

5 October 2012

16:00, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the two-centuries-oldtomb of Mah Laqa Bai(pictured), aNizam-era Urdu poetess andcourtesan, was renovated in 2011 using funds from theConsulate General of the United States inHyderabad?
... that Australian adventurerBen Carlin travelled over 80,000 kilometres (50,000 mi) over land and sea in amodified Jeep, becoming the first person tocircumnavigate the world in anamphibious vehicle?
... that theCumberland Dusky Salamander is believed tohybridize with theOcoee Salamander?
... that although set in Europe, parts ofRED 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2010 filmRED, were filmed inMontreal?
... thatRoestam Sutan Palindih was a farmer, politician, journalist, film director, and literary documentarian?
... that thesponge brittle star is often found living on the surface of thered tree sponge?
... thatConstance Stokes got the idea for her paintingGirl in Red Tights when she walked in on a model who was getting undressed?

08:00, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatKing George III calledJames Luttrell(pictured), captain ofHMS Mediator at theaction of 12 December 1782, "the best of [a] strange family"?
... thatDeath of a Salesman, a 1966 television remake ofArthur Miller's1949 play by the same name, won threePrimetime Emmy Awards at the19th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1967?
... that theblack jumping salamander, thedwarf false brook salamander, theadmirable false brook salamander, theSmith's false brook salamander andThorius pennatulus are allendemic to Mexico, andcritically endangered?
... thatJosé Paniagua never returned toMajor League Baseball afterflipping off anumpire?
... that following the capture ofBaldwin I of Edessa in 1104, the inhabitants ofal-Fu'ah,Sarmin andMaarrat Misrin in northernSyria revolted against theirCrusader rulers?
... thatReiner Stach has written two of three volumes of his massiveFranz Kafka biographical trilogy?
... that the enforcement of a 2009three strikes policy introduced to thecopyright law of South Korea has led to tens of thousands of Koreans being disconnected from the Internet?

00:00, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatsugar is extracted from the stems ofSaccharum officinarum(pictured) andSaccharum barberi, but it is the flower heads ofSaccharum edule that are eaten?
... that futureHockey Hall of FamerBill Cook scored the first goal inNew York Rangers history in 1926?
... thatArthur von Oettingen and his family lost their farm and family home inKuremaa whenEstonia expropriated all land from theBaltic nobility in 1919?
... thatMichael Le Bourgeois was the firstJerseyman to sign a professionalrugby contract withJersey?
... that the electoral support of theMarx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Movement of Botswana increased by more than ten times between 1999 and 2009?
... thatClandestine Childhood is Argentina's submission for the 2013Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
... that the genusClivia was named afterQueen Victoria's childhood governess, theDuchess of Northumberland, who was the first to cultivate those plants in Great Britain?

4 October 2012

16:00, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatBrow Monument and Brow Monument Trail(geo disc pictured) still has a survey marker placed byJohn Wesley Powell in 1872?
... that Irish Republican politicians in the 1920s were expected to pay for their own meals in order to preventpolitical corruption?
... thatEva Naa Merley Lokko was the first female engineer to be employed at theGhana Broadcasting Corporation and is the first Vice Presidential Candidate of thePPP inGhana?
... that theChristchurch, New Zealand, suburb ofLinwood is named afterJoseph Brittan'shouse?
... that entry into theDruze faith has been prohibited sinceAl-Muqtana Baha'uddin ended theDivine call in 1043 CE?
... that thestarfishLeptasterias polaris andLeptasterias tenera both brood their developingeggs?
... thatThe Backstreet Boys had a song called "Fuck Off"?

08:00, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

... that theBeaverslide haystacker(pictured) is named afterBeaverhead County, Montana?
... thatCamelot's bid to win this year'sTriple Crown of English Thoroughbred Racing failed when he was beaten by three-quarters of alength at theSt. Leger Stakes byEncke, a 25/1 longshot?
... that the sale ofWilliam Robinson's farm to thegovernment paved the way forland reform in New Zealand?
... that theSyrian village ofDeir al-Bukht ("Monastery of the Bactrian Camel") was so named because the eighth-centuryUmayyad caliphAbd al-Malik kept abactrian camel at the site?
... thatBose Ikard was an inspiration for the character ofJosh Deets inLonesome Dove?
... that because of how the18th Arizona Territorial Legislature adjourned, they failed toauthorize payment of territorial debts for the next two years?
... thatLdMNPV's EGT gene is responsible for the infected larvae's 'zombie-like' behavior?

00:00, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

... that thesea urchinEchinometra viridis(pictured) hides in crevices whileEchinometra lucunter andEchinometra mathaei dig themselves into the surrounding rocks?
... that the linguist Ekkehart Malotki refuted the common myth that theHopihave no concept of time?
... that theHumble Oil Building was once the largest office building inHouston, and was the first office building in the city with central air conditioning?
... that in 1947Prince Philip held his stag night atThe Hinds Head in Bray, Berkshire, which went on to win aMichelin star under chefHeston Blumenthal?
... that it is unclear whetherWilliam Augustus Hancock built the first building inPhoenix, Arizona, or only the first building after the town was established?
... that thefungusStereum ostrea gets its common name "False Turkey-tail" due to its great resemblance to the Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor)?
... that theMarket Gate of Miletus was damaged from above and destroyed from below?

3 October 2012

16:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

... that a 1.7-ton, 130-year-oldcannon(pictured) wasstolen and transported 3000 miles fromPasadena toCambridge as part of theCaltech–MIT rivalry?
... that the church choirChor von St. Bonifatius celebrates 150 years today, singing inWiesbaden the premiere of aMissa solemnis byColin Mawby, conducted byGabriel Dessauer?
... that the successfulByzantine defence in theSiege of Nicaea in 727 encouraged EmperorLeo III the Isaurian to proceed with his policy oficonoclasm?
... that Argentine actressMirtha Legrand worked inLa Dueña after 46 years without acting in television?
... thatTennessee GovernorWilliam Trousdale fought in three U.S. wars and was nicknamed "War Horse of Sumner County"?
... that policefingerprinted over 45,000 men to find the killer ofJune Anne Devaney, the first time mass fingerprinting had been used to solve a crime?
... thatceramic parchment grows on rotting wood?

08:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the northwest tower and spire ofSt Mary's Church, Longfleet(pictured), form one ofPoole's most important landmarks?
... that human rights lawyerSuliman al-Reshoudi was convicted of possessing literature by social anthropologistMadawi al-Rasheed?
... thatJennifer Lopez's partnership with Americancable television networknuvoTV will see her work on the creative side of the network, as well as managing marketing and program production?
... that only eightrestaurants in the UK have been awarded threeMichelin stars?
... that the musical workThe Sinking of the Titanic byGavin Bryars was originally a sheet of typed instructions?
... thatsocial engagement has been positively linked tohealth andhappiness?
... that thetruffle-like speciesC. argyrionus,C. basorapulus,C. caesibulga,C. cinereoroseolus,C. kaputarensis,C. maculobulga,C. nebulobrunneus, andC. sinapivelus, all newly described in 2010, are known only fromNew South Wales?

00:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatBartolomé Sureda was director of three royal factories,La Moncloa,Buen Retiro(picture of an art piece made in the factory) andCristales de La Granja?
... thatParesh Mokashi's debut film,Harishchandrachi Factory, depicts the making of India's first feature film,Raja Harishchandra (1913), and in 2009 was India'sofficial entry to theAcademy Awards?
... that the mineral collection ofLady Clive, a pioneer among female rock collectors, is one of the most important historic mineral collections at theNational Museum Wales?
... that prior to the broadcast ofGrey's Anatomy'sseason nine premiere,ABC askedPatrick Dempsey to remove a spoiler photo from hisTwitter?
... that the captain of theAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team,Bridie Kean, is nicknamed "bird" because people in the United States could not pronounce her first name correctly?
... that although its colonies are commonly known as "sewagefungus",Sphaerotilus natans isbacterial?
... thatFly, a 2009 play about theTuskegee Airmen, uses a tap-dancingGriot figure to express emotions through sound and dance for characters who had to control their behavior and hide their emotions?

2 October 2012

16:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

... that in both 1969 and 2009,Helmuth Rilling conducted theGächinger Kantorei in Bach'sMass in B minor at the festivalBachwoche Ansbach inSt. Gumbertus(pictured)?
... thatGene Sharp's bookGandhi as a Political Strategist seeks to rebut what it asserts are six mistaken views aboutGandhi that have "masqueraded as 'realistic' assessments"?
... that in May 1981David Blatherwick advised the British Prime Minister on how to respond to criticism following the deaths of hunger strikers in Northern Ireland?
... thatNjoo Cheong Seng's first film withouthis wife was 1941'sDjantoeng Hati?
... that ablog was created ontumblr to cover the errors found on the new version ofApple Inc.'smap app?
... that when the newly discovered cometC/2012 S1 reaches itsperihelion on 28 November 2013, it may appear brighter than the full moon?
... that theDenkoroku byKeizan, the Great Patriarch ofSōtō Zen, is not historical fact?
... that thoughOliver Bosbyshell claimed to have been the first Union soldier wounded in theAmerican Civil War, his name does not appear on official casualty lists?

08:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatTwinkle Toes(pictured), used inChristchurch to demolish tall buildings following the2010 and2011 earthquakes, is the largest excavator in theSouthern Hemisphere?
... thatFred G. Hughes, who served asPresident of the Council in the19th Arizona Territorial Legislature, was a gambler andembezzler and was killed by abolt of lightning?
... that thesand star can move across theseabed at the fast speed of 280 centimetres (9.2 ft) per minute?
... that people were hunting bison in theAlbuquerque Basin 12,000 years ago?
... thatAriffien, who directed twoJapanese propaganda films, was initially anIndonesian nationalist?
... that the constellationTelescopium has shrunk since its creation in the 1750s?
... thatKaty Perry made her maiden performance in India at the2012 Indian Premier League opening ceremony?
... that thedomicile cup fungus degrades wooden historical monuments inMoldavia?

00:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

... that Madrid'sPalacio de Velázquez(tiled palace arch pictured) byRicardo Velázquez Bosco was built for the1883 Exposición Nacional de Minería, with tiles byDaniel Zuloaga?
... that thelandlady's wig can be confused with the similarred algaCordylecladia erecta, both of which grow on sand-covered rocks?
... thatNeill Brown resigned asU.S. Minister to Russia during his first winter in the country, saying the climate was "unfitting for the abodes of Man", but withdrew his resignation in the spring?
... that theZelter-Plakette has been awarded annually by thePresident of Germany since 1956 to German and foreignchoirs which have served cultural life continuously for 100 years or more?
... that three-time wheelchair basketballParalympianHelen Turner has won fourEuropean Championship bronze medals?
... thatStephen Elop, the CEO ofNokia, was once told that theWilhelm Carpelan, the small green vessel moored in front of thecompany's head office in Finland, was a "Motorola spy ship"?
... that theLaymoor Quag nature reserve inGloucestershire, England, is a refuge for theGreat Crested Newt?
... that Norwegianfootball clubKristiansund BK was founded in 2003 by local rivalsClausenengen FK andKristiansund FK?

1 October 2012

16:00, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

... that the German town ofBacharach was captured by Spanish forces led byGonzalo Fernández de Córdoba(pictured) on this day in 1620?
... that the Anglo-SaxonBamburgh Sword is thought to be unique due to the number of strands of iron used to create the blade?
... thatBoletus abruptibulbus,Leccinum arenicola, andPhylloporus arenicola are the only North AmericanBoletaceae mushrooms that grow in coastalsand dunes?
... thatByzantine aristocratManuel Maurozomes became the father-in-law of theSeljuk sultanKaykhusraw I and helped him regain his throne?
... that Bach based hischorale cantataAch, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, on the hymn byJohannes Gigas and first performed it on 1 October 1724, two days after hisprevious chorale cantata?
... that darkeggplant skins were historically used by aristocratic women in China to make black dye, which they often used to stain their teeth?
... that the management regimen forRidley Bottom nature reserve inGloucestershire, England, calls for both hay cutting and grazing by sheep?
... that six ofFred Young's films have the wordSolo in the title?

08:00, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

... that commercial fishing of theredfish was restricted to prevent its extinction after chefPaul Prudhomme(pictured) popularised it in a dish?
... that the songs "Si Tú Me Besas" and "Ella Lo Que Quiere Es Salsa" helpedVíctor Manuelle become the artist with the most number-one singles on theBillboard Tropical Songs chart?
... that theLepiota mushroom speciesL. ananya,L. anupama,L. babruka,L. babruzalka,L. harithaka,L. nirupama,L. shveta, andL. zalkavritha all havenames derived fromSanskrit?
... thatJeptha Vining Harris, aMississippi militia general during theAmerican Civil War, was the son ofJeptha Vining Harris, aGeorgia militia general during theWar of 1812?
... thatProtostephanus was the first extinct wasp genus in the familyStephanidae to be described from a fossil?
... thatRihanna described her 2012 single "Diamonds" as "happy and hippy rather than dancey"?
... that NorwegianfootballerMichael Jamtfall retired at the age of 25?
... that whenMarshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov orderedWhite Coke,President Truman quickly obliged?

00:00, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

... thatAmanita thiersii(pictured) has the genetic capability to decomposecellulose and can survive on it alone?
... thatKing Koko ofNembe captured aRoyal Niger Company trading post and took hostages who were latereaten?
... that thePort Royal, Virginia,Horne's restaurant is the last remaining of the former chain?
... that German organistGünther Kaunzinger studied withMaurice Duruflé, taught at theCatholic University of America, and recorded the complete works ofLouis Vierne?
... that theshooting down of an F-117 in 1999 during theNATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the first confirmed downing of astealth aircraft?
... that at theRoyal Academy School,Peter Rouw trainedSamuel Joseph, who is known for creating a statue ofWilliam Wilberforce?
... that theSixth Asian Science Camp, hosted byIsrael inJerusalem, is the largestAsian Science Camp event to date?
... that the first Chief Justice of theArizona Supreme Court,Alfred Franklin, withdrew from society and went to live alone in the desert?

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