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31 July 2013

16:00, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

... that KingJohn of Bohemia(pictured) brought poetGuillaume de Machaut to theSiege of Medvėgalis so that his crusading deeds could be commemorated in songs and poems?
... thatMarte Dalelv, a Norwegian woman, received a prison sentence of sixteen months inDubai after she reported a man to the police for rape?
... that British record producerNaughty Boy described his debut album,Hotel Cabana, as having aconcept that made it "more like a film in some respects"?
... that theStaatstheater Mainz and theUniversity of Mainz collaborated on the program "Mathematics and Physics in the World of Sound"?
... that the church in the Danish village ofStokkemarke is dated to the mid-13th century?
... that Hungarian and Romanian tennis champion andWimbledon quarterfinalistKlára Somogyi sufferedarthritis from hiding in a humid basement to avoid WWII bombings and later had to give up tennis?
... that a July 2013 project calledGromit Unleashed saw 80 decorated giant fibreglass sculptures ofAardman Animations' characterGromit displayed in and aroundBristol, England?

08:00, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatNino Konis Santana National Park(pictured), the firstnational park ofEast Timor, is named after a nationalindependence movement hero?
... that rugby union footballerDavid Gage played in 68 of 74 matches played by the1888–89 New Zealand Native team during their tour of the British Isles?
... that actressErin Brown said thatDuck! The Carbine High Massacre was a "crappy little movie" which "has permanently staked its place in undergroundcult cinema"?
... thatDan Stemkoski andNick Plott were the first two WesternStarCraftcasters in South Korea?
... that both thesilver pearlfish and thepinhead pearlfish live inside thebody cavity of asea cucumber?
... that at 65,Jim Fitzgerald was the oldest driver to race in theWinston Cup Series untilMorgan Shepherd (71) passed him in 2013?
... that theatmospheric composition of analien planet may signal the presence of anextraterrestrial civilization?

00:00, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatCampus Point(pictured), previously awhaling site and anair station for theUnited States Marine Corps, was purchased in 1950 by theUniversity of California?
... thatSichuan leaderYang Rudai initially opposed theThree Gorges Dam project, but was pressured by China's central government to change his position?
... that everyknotted polygon inthree-dimensional space can be touched at four points by aquadrisecant line?
... thatNelle Richmond Eberhart wrote the first opera commissioned for American radio?
... thatLimerick-born jockeyMartin Molony won six consecutiveIrish Champion Jump Jockey titles?
... that the dramatic moments of the Argentine telenovelaSolamente Vos are interrupted with videoclips made by the characters and invited musicians?
... thatOprah Winfrey caused a spike in online orders, valued at tens of thousands of dollars, for a specific bar of soap available on theMerz Apothecary website?

30 July 2013

16:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the paperKorea Strategy byHuang Zunxian(pictured) has been described as "a work of destiny that determined the modern history of East Asia"?
... that theDuluth Armory hosted a performance byBuddy Holly three days beforehis death?
... that root extracts from the tree speciesPycnanthus angolensis can be used to treat parasitic infections, such asschistosomiasis?
... that the artistic heroes ofillustratorThomas Fluharty areRembrandt andBouguereau?
... that many soldiers and generals of theTang Dynasty wereof Turkic ancestry?
... that formerMichigan Wolverines softball outfielderKellyn Tate won theWomen's Pro Softball League batting title in 1999 with a .320batting average?
... that scientists have invented a type ofelectronic skin capable of healing itself?

08:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

... that in theOpernhaus Wuppertal production ofThe Rite of Spring(revival pictured), choreographed byPina Bausch, the dancers performed on a stage covered with soil?
... thatNørreballe's RomanesqueØstofte Church is noted for its well-preserved medieval frescos?
... that after approaching near-extinction in the 1950s,Japanese serow populations had increased so much by the 1970s that foresters fought to have itculled as a pest?
... thatAtatürk's cult of personality has been described as the "longest-running personality cult"?
... thatWilliam Meschin was given the lordship ofEgremont by KingHenry I of England in compensation for his loss ofGilsland to the Scots?
... that in themurder of Liu Hong Mei, the victim's body was deposited into various boxes?
... thatTjörnin has been poetically referred to as "the biggestbread soup in the world"?

00:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatDale D. Myers(pictured) refused to accept the position of Deputy Administrator atNASA until presidentRonald Reagan made a personal request?
... thatFranz von Suppé's operettaFatinitza stars a Russian army lieutenant who, while dressed as a woman, wins the love of a hot-tempered elderly general?
... thatBronx-born folk artistMalcah Zeldis began painting in akibbutz in Israel?
... that theByzantine office ofDrungary of the Watch began as a military commander tasked with theemperor's security, became a senior judicial post, and ended as a sinecure and court dignity?
... that a mural painted in 1927 byGrant Wood for theMartin Hotel was lost under layers of paint and wallpaper, before being rediscovered decades later, in 1979?
... thatGenovese sauce, named afterGenoa and later popular in Paris, was invented in Naples, Italy?
... thatThe Times describedBobby Beasley's victory ridingCaptain Christy in theCheltenham Gold Cup as "the greatest comeback sinceLazarus"?

29 July 2013

16:00, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theTravolta dress(pictured), one ofDiana, Princess of Wales's most famous dresses, named after actorJohn Travolta, was auctioned for £240,000 in 2013?
... thatCharles Wennergren of Sweden was a six-time national tennis champion and two-timeOlympian?
... that the operaDie Hamletmaschine byWolfgang Rihm has been described as "a total theatre of sound and nonnarrative, ritualistic drama"?
... thatGeoffrey Binnie was the third generation of his family to enter civil engineering?
... that mole crickets of the genusScapteriscus not only attack crops such as rice, but are also major pests that damage turf ongolf courses?
... thatDanish basketball playerAnne Thorius holds theMichigan Wolverines career record with 537assists?
... thatThe Avengers: Age of Ultron, the upcoming sequel to the 2012 filmThe Avengers, is not based on the comic book series,Age of Ultron?

08:00, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

... that a door in the medievalBunge church(pictured) onGotland island still bears marks made bycrossbow bolts andpikes?
... thatHenry H. Riggs provided an eyewitness account of theArmenian Genocide and concluded that the deportation of Armenians was part of an extermination program organized by the Ottoman government?
... that theMichigan Wolverines women's volleyball team has advanced to theNCAA Tournament in 12 of the last 14 years since Mark Rosen became the head coach?
... thatSelli Engler, a pioneer of thelesbian movement in 1920s Germany, later wrote a play titled "Heil Hitler"?
... that theAC/DC song "Whole Lotta Rosie" has an opening riff directly mimicking a track from theDave Brubeck Quartet albumCountdown—Time in Outer Space?
... that a Hong Kong architect has designed a 344 sq ft (32.0 m²)microapartment with sliding walls that convert the space into 24 different rooms?
... that in 1904,Laurie Island became the site of the first post office built in the Antarctic?

28 July 2013

23:45, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

... that a fellow artist said ofAllen Butler Talcott that "no one was his peer in the knowledge of trees and how to paint them"(painting of oak pictured)?
... thatBenjamin Hale was the first instructor of thefirst vocational trade school in the United States?
... that theBurj Qatar, a $125 million building designed by French architectJean Nouvel, rises to a height of 232 metres (761 ft) and has 46 storeys?
... that thefirst coach of theMichigan Wolverines women's basketball team was the son of Polish movie actorKurt Katch?
... thatThe Voice UK has had six top 40 and twelve top 75 singles on theUK Singles Chart and two top 50 albums on theUK Albums Chart, including one top 10 placing on each chart?
... thatPedro Pablo Caro celebrated the golden anniversary of his professional career as a lawyer in 1952?
... that a78-year-old bachelor had a 53-roommansion built for him inChristchurch, New Zealand?

15:30, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the Jacobean mansionBramshill House(south façade pictured) is reportedly inhabited by 14 ghosts, including one of a bride who locked herself in a chest on her wedding night and wasn't found for 50 years?
... that thePort of Paulsboro is targeted to become assembly and logistics center for the development ofwind power off the coast of New Jersey?
... that retirement benefits for veterans of theImperial Roman army were paid from theaerarium militare, a military treasury funded primarily by aninheritance tax?
... that after the destruction in 1941 of most ofSt Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill, it was later rebuilt, retaining the exterior as before but creating a new interior?
... that abaptismal font carved by the anonymousRomanesque sculptorMaster Majestatis was exhibited at theInternational Exposition of 1867 in Paris?
... that the upcoming filmSuite française is based onIrène Némirovsky's 2004eponymous novel?
... that according to anurban legend,coconuts kill more people than sharks each year?

07:15, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

... that "almost every medievallapidary" or book of gems includedlyngurium, a gemstone supposedly formed of solidifiedlynx urine(creation illustrated), first described byTheophrastus?
... that theLouisiana Purchase Exposition dollar was the first U.S. commemorative gold piece?
... that actorAdnan Kapau Gani, star ofAsmara Moerni, went on to become aNational Hero of Indonesia?
... thatJohnnie Jones setrushing records at theUniversity of Tennessee before playing profootball for theCFL'sHamilton Tiger-Cats?
... that theKelly bag, originally asaddle carrier, became a high-pricedstatus symbol after anamesake princess used it to conceal herbaby bump from the paparazzi?
... thatCharles Agnew's most popular recording, in a career spanning the early 1930s through the late 1960s, was "Don't Blame Me"?
... that thelined topminnow has black teardrops?

27 July 2013

23:00, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatSwedish National Socialist Party(meeting pictured) leaderBirger Furugård sought to inviteAdolf Hitler as a guest speaker in 1931, but police authorities refused to issue a permit?
... that while the dominantlanguages of the Roman Empire wereLatin andGreek, most regions weremultilingual inSyriac,Punic,Coptic,Celtic or other languages?
... that theWilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway was the first railroad to have a guardedthird rail?
... that the present theatre building of theDüsseldorfer Schauspielhaus has been described as "organic architecture"?
... that after being namedBig South Coach of the Year,Chris Holtmann left his head coaching job to become an assistant coach atButler?
... thatCanute's Palace had no connection withKing Canute, nor was it a palace?

14:45, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Basava, leader of the Lingaya movement

... thatBasava(pictured), a 12th-century leader ofHindus in Karnataka, protested against thecaste system and favoured equality among all classes?
... that the Irish-bred, British-trained racehorseLethal Force set a new course record when he won this year'sJuly Cup atNewmarket by one and a halflengths?
... that to promote his upcoming albumThe 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2 andits predecessor,Justin Timberlake announced hissecond world concert tour?
... thatan ancestor of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, worked to createeducational opportunities for women, and co-foundedLeeds Girls' High School in 1876?
... that theOld City of Zamość, one of theWorld Heritage Sites in Poland, is recognized as an "outstanding example of aRenaissance planned town"?
... that cricketerTejashwi Yadav is one of the nine children of formerchief ministers of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav andRabri Devi?
... that when separated from itshost, thebadger flea jumps repeatedly in an effort to reconnect?

06:30, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the modern study of humananatomy is considered to have been founded byAndreas Vesalius(anatomical drawing pictured) in the sixteenth century?
... thatWomen's Basketball Hall of Fame inducteeTrish Roberts played in the inauguralOlympic women's basketball game and scored a record 51 points in her first game for theTennessee Lady Vols?
... thatKwee Tek Hoay's stage playAllah jang Palsoe was published seven years before the first canonical Indonesian drama?
... thatHarold Tovish was an Americansculptor who took classes sponsored by theWorks Progress Administration, and as a perfectionist, threw out most of the works he made?
... that males from different species of the beetlegenusAnoplophora can be distinguished from one another by the structure of their genitalia?
... thatWee Kheng Chiang, the founder ofUnited Overseas Bank, was described as the "uncrowned King ofSarawak"?
... that the 1989 filmEdge of Sanity mixes aspects ofDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde withJack the Ripper?

26 July 2013

22:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

... that what has been called thestrangest battle of World War II was fought at amedieval castle(pictured), and was the only battle of the war in which American and German soldiers fought as allies?
... that in his 2012 election for the Pennsylvania State House,Steve McCarter won every precinct inhis district?
... thatÁgnes Keleti has won the most medals of all theOlympic female gymnasts for Hungary?
... that alleducation in Medieval Scotland was originally controlled to some extent by theChristian Church, with most of the schoolmasters beingclergy?
... that "Hello It's Me" onTodd Rundgren'sSomething/Anything? was rehearsed and recorded live in under two hours by a pick-up band that had less than 48 hours notice?
... thatCheryl Burnett compiled a record of 319–136 (.701) and twice advanced to theFinal Four in 15 years as head coach of theSouthwest Missouri State women's basketball team?
... thatlong-toed water beetles, despite being referred to asaquatic insects, cannot swim?

14:00, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

... that Parisian and Italian musicians in themusic scene of Paris played theaccordion(pictured) in theBal-musette style?
... that differences in water chemistry in the two arms of the Y-shaped drainage onHartland Moor inDorset create both acidic and alkaline habitats in one wetland?
... thatKrzysztof Meyer's operaCyberiada is based on a series of humorous science fiction stories byStanislaw Lem?
... that theGorges de Daluis is a "long, lonely canyon" in theAlpes-Maritimes department in France?
... that at the2013 World Series of Poker,Marco Johnson,Loni Harwood andMatthew Ashton won their firstWorld Series of Poker bracelets andMichael Gathy,Matt Perrins andAthanasios Polychronopoulos becamemultiple bracelet winners?
... that theMerseyside Skeptics Society organised a massoverdose ofhomeopathic preparations?

05:45, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

... that included on the grounds of theGene Stratton-Porter Cabin(pictured), inRome City, Indiana, is the burial place of authorGene Stratton-Porter and her daughter?
... thatwhale watching brings tourists andconservationists toPasaleng Bay in thePhilippines?
... that currentOregon State athletic directorBob De Carolis coached theMichigan Wolverines softball team from 1981 to 1984?
... that the upcoming 2013science fiction platform video gameFlashback is directed by the 1992 originalFlashback's lead designer,Paul Cuisset?
... thatSir William Browne was present asLord Mayor of London when the emissary ofPope Leo X presentedHenry VIII with a "sword and cap of mystic value"?
... that theSaugus Branch Railroad is being replaced with theNorthern Strand Community Trail?
... that cavities in the stems of the fig speciesFicus subpisocarpa can host ant colonies?

25 July 2013

21:30, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

... that thegrade II* listedPinner House(pictured) in Middlesex is now used as a home for the elderly?
... that All-American second basemanKelsey Kollen-Putz and husbandJ. J. Putz met while both were student-athletes at theUniversity of Michigan?
... that theemblem ofHongcheon County, consisting of a leaf and dew, symbolises its clean environment?
... that exiled princeKlonimir returned to Serbia in about 896, clashing with his reigning cousin?
... thatThe Butcher of Amritsar took three years to write?
... that in the2013 New York City Comptroller Election, aformer governor who resigned over asex scandal is running against a madam who supplied him with call girls?

13:15, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatSean McColl(pictured) was the second person to climbDreamcatcher?
... thatWilliam Harper, born in Calcutta, was asignatory of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965, fearing "the same mistake" as thegranting of independence to India?
... that in 1794,Old Windsor Road was the second major road in Sydney?
... that thesiege atBadajoz in 1812 was reported to beWellington's bloodiest siege?
... that in 2012,Reach Records participated in hip-hop's takeover of theSouth by Southwest music festival?
... that Norwegian footballerAleksander Solli did not want to celebrate his match-winning goal againstVålerenga, his former team?
... that character names in theindie video gameBroforce parody "bros" and fictionalaction heroes?

05:00, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatNadia Comăneci(pictured) has won the most medals of all theOlympic female gymnasts for Romania?
... thatBill Endean, son ofJohn Endean, was the first sittingNew Zealand National Party MP who failed to be re-selected by the party for ageneral election?
... that the streets inJamestown, in theWestern Cape province ofSouth Africa, are named after varieties of the main agricultural crop grown there since 1902?
... thatSir Thomas Tuddenham was beheaded onTower Hill on 23 February 1462 for allegedly plotting to murderKing Edward IV?
... that thegolden thorius, with a total length of 57 millimetres (2.2 in), is one of the largest species ofMexican pigmy salamanders?
... that "Caged Bird", which refers to authorMaya Angelou'sfirst autobiography, is contained inShaker, Why Don't You Sing?, her fourth volume of poetry?
... thatKarl Heinz Stroux directed the German premiere of Samuel Beckett'sWaiting for Godot in 1953, with the author in the audience?

24 July 2013

20:45, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theembryo of theroundel skate(pictured) develops in amermaid's purse?
... that British journalistKirsty Milne was awarded aNieman Fellowship in Journalism atHarvard University?
... that theBlack Hawk County Soldiers Memorial Hall inWaterloo, Iowa, was built by theGrand Army of the Republic?
... that CzechKarel Robětín was not only an Olympian and national tennis champion but also an international paper industry tycoon?
... thatFriedrich Meyer-Oertel staged theRing Cycle at theOpernhaus Wuppertal and the premiere ofWolfgang Rihm'sDie Hamletmaschine at theNationaltheater Mannheim?
... thatFrench Sudan, which would becomeMali, was the second French colony to vote for increased autonomy in 1958?
... thatBetty Spindler'sceramic hot dog is on display at theSmithsonian American Art Museum?

12:30, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatAtlas(pictured) is ahumanoid robot designed to perform tasks such as navigating rough terrain, opening doors, and operating power equipment?
... thatZiad al-Hariri was the chief leader of the1963 Syrian coup d'état, commanding the brigade stationed on the frontline with Israel to occupyDamascus?
... that theDr. Hun Houses inAlbany, New York, were demolished and delisted from theNational Register of Historic Places within three months of being listed?
... thathexaethyl tetraphosphate was called "another ofDDT's rivals for fame" in a 1948 book?
... thatBrattata,Jet Pilot,Okay Hot-Shot, Okay!, andBratatat! areRoy Lichtenstein works featuring pilots incockpits during air combat, whileMr. Bellamy is aninside joke about a military officer?
... that beforeJames Hinchcliffe led atrack-record 226 laps in the2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250, he had led only 33 laps on an oval?
... thatflamenco percussionistTino di Geraldo producedJackson Browne's albumLove Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino, in which he was featured?

04:15, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatAnthony Steen(pictured) did not record apenalty or allow aquarterback sack, while playingcollege football forAlabama during their2012 season?
... that theCivilization Party contested the1924 Swedish general election using aSocial Democratic ballot?
... that theGhegs of northernAlbania are the only tribal society that survived in Europe until the middle of the 20th century?
... that theSaint Joe River has been described as the highestnavigable river in the world?
... thatKongsøya is reported to have a population density of up to fourteenpolar bear lairs per square kilometer?
... thatHannah Louise Shearer was on the staff of bothKnight Rider andStar Trek: The Next Generation, but left each show before the second season?
... that in 965 AD,King Edgar decreed "that onlyone weight and one measure should pass throughout the King's dominion"?

23 July 2013

20:00, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theMedieval Town of Toruń, one of theWorld Heritage Sites in Poland, is recognized as an excellent example of a European medieval town?
... thatMona Røkke served as delegate to theUnited Nations General Assembly starting in 1987?
... that currentIndiana softball coachMichelle Gardner was theBig Ten Player of the Year in 1988 while playing forMichigan?
... that theBattle of Hulao in 621 decided the outcome of thecivil wars, which followed the end of theSui Dynasty, in favour of theTang Dynasty?
... thatCube World is avideo game in development by husband and wife Wolfram and Sarah von Funck?
... that theTerwilliger curves, a six-lane section ofInterstate 5 in Portland, Oregon, had an average of 100 car accidents per year between 1995 and 2005?
... that thegiant barrel sponge may live up to 2,300 years, making it one of the longest-living animals?

12:00, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatConnie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney(pictured), was a former child actress and model once photographed byLewis Carroll?
... that the orchestral suiteMont Juic was composed jointly byLennox Berkeley andBenjamin Britten on Catalan dances they heard together on Barcelona'sMontjuïc?
... thatTan Shaowen was a member of the14th Politburo of the Communist Party of China, one of the most powerful political bodies in the nation?
... thatOlympic female gymnasts for the Soviet Union won team gold medals in all nineOlympic Games that they competed in?
... thatMingyi Swe,Viceroy of Toungoo (r. 1540–1549) and the father of KingBayinnaung, started out as a royal household servant of KingTabinshwehti ofToungoo Burma?
... that Jamaican-bornPollyanna Johns Kimbrough was the firstMichigan Wolverines women's basketball player to be drafted by an American professional team?
... that explorerBenjamin Anderson served as the Liberian Treasury'scomptroller and secretary from 1864 to 1866, and was charged with embezzlement of its funds?

00:00, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

... that scholars are not sure who is portrayed inRembrandt's paintingA Polish Nobleman(pictured)?
... that school superintendentAbram C. Shortridge defiedracial segregation laws by opening theIndianapolis schools to students of any race?
... that the "fantasy opera"Gormenghast byIrmin Schmidt was performed at the UNESCOWorld Heritage Site Völklingen Ironworks?
... that Afghan teenagerSahar Gul was tortured by her in-laws after her illegal marriage?
... that homeless people in Rhode Island havea legal right to equal treatment in public spaces?
... that formerMichigan Wolverines softball outfielderPatti Townsend was named MVP of theWomen's Professional Softball League in 2000?
... that, in case of aSharknado, aNational Weather Service representative recommended staying indoors "whether sharks are raining down or not"?

22 July 2013

12:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the photograph(pictured) of the execution of Jews nearIvanhorod, Ukraine, by members of theSSEinsatzgruppe was intercepted bythe Polish resistance at theWarsaw post office in 1942?
... thatHenry W. Marshall refused to be paid for his services as president ofPurdue University?
... thatEcco Ripley in theCity of Ipswich is expected to be Australia's largest master-planned community?
... thatTraci Conrad-Fischer won twoBig Ten batting titles and set theMichigan Wolverines softball career record with a .389 batting average?
... thatSatsar Lake consists of seven smallalpine lakes set in a cascade formation in theKashmir Valley?
... that whenGreat George Street Congregational Church,Liverpool, closed in 1967, it was converted into the first community arts project in the United Kingdom?
... that thepilot forDevious Maids was aired onLifetime afterABC declined to pick it up?

00:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatSt John the Evangelist's Church, Corby Glen(pictured) has extensive early 15th-century wall paintings?
... that theAustralian Voluntary Hospital was a military hospital, staffed by expatriates, that served on theWestern Front in World War I?
... thatPalikir became the capital of theFederated States of Micronesia in 1989?
... that there were over 2,500Armenian churches in Turkey before theArmenian Genocide, and fewer than 40 are functioning today?
... that Swedish journalistElisabet Höglund is a former national cycling champion?
... that in the filmChupkatha, singerSilajit Majumder made his debut as a film music composer?
... that the song "Synthetic Substitution" byMelvin Bliss, despite being sampled in over 94 songs, originally started life as a throwawayB-side?

21 July 2013

12:00, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theSikorski Memorial(pictured) commemorates the death of Polish GeneralWładysław Sikorski in the1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash?
... thatEdwin L. Sabin wrote the first seriously researched biography of frontiersmanKit Carson?
... thatJulius I Kán, a faithful supporter ofAndrew II of Hungary, was imprisoned by the new kingBéla IV of Hungary in 1235?
... that after he retired fromprofessional baseball,Preston Larrison opened a youth baseball academy?
... that the subjects ofMarjorie Senechal's books includequasicrystals,Albania, andsilk?
... thatHoney Creek State Park, located in Iowa, is 828 acres (335 ha), 45% of which is afish hatchery?
... that drug lordAurelio Cano Flores worked for adrug trafficking organization while still serving as apolice officer?

00:00, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

... that Swedish singerJasmine Kara(pictured) has performed in front of singersBeyoncé Knowles andJay-Z?
... that historians once believed thatKing John's Palace, Southampton, was the residence ofJohn, King of England?
... thatBenjamin Hanks is considered to be the first to makebronze cannons andchurch bells in America?
... that at the2013 World Series of Poker,Christian Harder andRonnie Bardah tied the record for most consecutiveWorld Series of Poker main event in the money finishes?
... that currentOhio State softball coachKelly Kovach Schoenly was twice namedBig Ten Pitcher of the Year while playing forMichigan?
... thatAlistair Hinton persuaded composerKaikhosru Sorabji to relax the ban he had placed on performance of his music, including the four-hourOpus clavicembalisticum?
... thatInspector Morse was often portrayed listening to aXerxes?

20 July 2013

12:00, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

... that after theTangannexation of Karakhoja(Karakhoja ruins pictured), theequal-field system mandatory in all Chinese prefectures was implemented in the former kingdom?
... thatMichigan Wolverines softball playerSara Driesenga compiled a 31–9 record in 2013 and pitched a complete-game shutout in the2013 Women's College World Series?
... thatDouglas Dayton, who was the first president ofTarget Corporation, said that he found donating money more satisfying than making it?
... that thedeath of Sarah Guyard-Guillot was the first on-stage fatality in the 30-year history of theCirque du Soleil?
... thatiOS 7 will feature fewerskeuomorphic elements than previous versions?
... that theGet Reading festival had celebrities such asBoris Johnson andWarwick Davis reading to the public?
... that "Slow Train" was called both "possibly the most irresponsible song"Bob Dylan had written and "nothing less than Dylan's most mature and profound song about America"?

00:00, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatEdward Burne-Jones's 1888 paintingThe Nativity(pictured) was donated to theCarnegie Museum of Art byAndrew Lloyd Webber?
... that theMagnificent Seven andFierce Five are the onlyOlympic female gymnasts for the United States to have won the team gold medal?
... that aPennsylvania county court ruled in 1978 thatforcing someone to donate bone marrow to save someone else's life is unacceptable?
... that the threeMichelin star restaurantSushi Saito is located on the first floor of a multi-storey car park in Tokyo?
... thatHammet Street inTaunton was built as a result of anAct of Parliament?
... thatJessica Merchant was captain ofMichigan Wolverines softball's 2005 national championship team andNational Pro Fastpitch Offensive Player of the Year in 2006?
... that theQaisracetus, a genus of extinctearly whales, was named after a tribe in Pakistan?

19 July 2013

12:00, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

... that thewestern jumping mouse(pictured)hibernates for up to ten months each year?
... that theTujue wanted a princess, and got aninvasion?
... that a plant can be grown into two individual plants bysimple layering?
... thatAlice Candy was only the secondwoman academic at Canterbury College, now theUniversity of Canterbury?
... that themurder of Darren Ng has been described as one of "Singapore's most gruesome murders"?
... thatSara Griffin was thrice named a first-team All-American and compiled a 106–19 record as a pitcher for theMichigan Wolverines softball team?
... thatYianni Papoutsis gave up his job at theEnglish National Ballet to become a "street food pioneer"?

00:00, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

... that althoughVíctor Jara was killed inEstadio Chile(pictured) during the1973 Chilean coup, his last poem/song "Estadio Chile" escaped in the memory of other detainees and on scraps of paper?
... thatThe Monk As Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda is one of the manybooks written on Swami Vivekananda?
... thatZou Jiahua served as Vice Premier of China for seven years?
... thatDodi Princess was first calledGrains Maid?
... thatJuan Antonio Yanes was inducted into theVenezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum sixteen years after his death?
... thatThe Verge calledTerry Myerson "the most important man atMicrosoft" after the company's July 2013 executive reorganization?
... that theBelgian Government in London duringWorld War II was described as a "rump"?

18 July 2013

12:00, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the hardline factionAl Khawalid was so empowered during the reign ofKing Hamad ofBahrain(pictured) that they were considered a "new royal family"?
... thatSamantha Findlay led theMichigan softball team to a national championship with ahome run in the 10th inning of the championship game at the2005 Women's College World Series?
... that theCroatian Institute for Health Insurance was created in 1993 in order to consolidate the decentralized health care system that had been inherited fromSFR Yugoslavia?
... thatRiverside Park Dance Pavilion is one of the few remaining dance halls of its type inNebraska?
... thatVegard Lysvoll scored 30 goals in the same season that his club set a new Norwegian record when he scored their 100th goal?
... thatPol-ka rushed the production of theSos mi hombre Argentine telenovela because of the low rating of their previous productions?
... thatThe Times of London described French ballet dancerAdèle Dumilâtre as "so ethereal ... that she almost looked transparent"?

00:00, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theAsana archaeological site, occupied over the course of 8,000 years, is located by theAsana River, a tributary of theOsmore River(river valley pictured)?
... thatBaranagar Math was the first monastery of theRamakrishna Order, whereNarendranath Datta and his brother disciples took refuge after theirMaster's death?
... thatSSGallic was the last survivingcargo vessel of theWhite Star Line when scrapped in 1956?
... thatHaylie Wagner, aMichigan Wolverines softball player, was unanimously selected as the 2012Big Ten Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 32–7 record and 1.53ERA as a freshman?
... thatKing & Maxwell is a television show based onDavid Baldacci's novels?
... that theGrenada National Museum is situated in a building which at various times served as abarracks, prison, hotel, and warehouse?
... that New York photographerMurray Korman was known for his portraits of strippers and socialites?

17 July 2013

12:00, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatJean Swank(pictured), who studiedblack holes andneutron stars, was awarded theNASA Distinguished Service Medal?
... that a single meal of fish blood will last theisopodAega antarctica for several months?
... thatSecond Harvest North Florida was selected as a favorite charity by theJacksonville Jaguars?
... that the title role of Boris Blacher's last opera,Yvonne, Prinzessin von Burgund, is performed by a mute dancer?
... thatKefaya activistMahmoud Badr is the co-founder and lead spokesman ofTamarod, the grassroots movement which organized mass demonstrations that led to Egyptian presidentMohamed Morsi's ouster?
... that the fastest spreadingocean ridge is theEast Pacific Rise at 15 cm/yr, located along thefloor of the Pacific Ocean, while the slowest is theGakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean at 2.5 cm/yr?
... that the starting command for the2005 Advance Auto Parts 500 was given from Iraq?

00:00, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theRotolactor(pictured) was the first invention for milking a large number of cows successively and largely automatically?
... that theToquepala Caves of Peru have ancientrock paintings depictingguanacos (cameloids)?
... that according to theGilbert–Shannon–Reeds model ofprobability distribution, a deck ofplaying cards should be riffled seven times in order to thoroughly randomize it?
... that the size of theSoviet Union's population in the 1950s was overestimated by most Western experts?
... thatNew York Mets mascotMrs. Met debuted in the 1960s, shortly afterMr. Met, making her one ofMajor League Baseball's oldest mascots?
... thatBachata #1's contains themes which according toAllmusic "are perfect for quieter moments on the dance floor"?
... that Olga, a British police horse,won a Dickin Medal for bravery despite initially running away from a bomb blast?

16 July 2013

12:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatAustralian BrigadierSimone Wilkie(pictured) was Assistant Chief of Staff toGeneral David Petraeus during theIraq War troop surge of 2007?
... that in order for organisms to adapt theirmembrane's fluidity to their environment, they can change thelipid composition of theircell membrane?
... thatJosh Clayton-Felt's albumSpirit Touches Ground was released two years after his death?
... that SirFrederick Ashton called ballet designerSophie Fedorovitch "not only my dearest friend but my greatest artistic collaborator and adviser"?
... that theBibliothèque de la Sorbonne in Paris contains a collection of about three million volumes?
... thatGloria Soluk was the first coach of theMichigan Wolverines softball team and the third coach of itswomen's basketball team?
... that chefJason Atherton was keen to prevent the menu from being "too scary" at his London-based restaurantPollen Street Social?

00:30, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the USGuLF Study is visiting 20,000 clean-up workers from the 2010Deepwater Horizon oil spill(pictured) to collect blood, hair, urine, toenail and domestic dust samples, looking for health effects?
... that the failure of theSlavic siege of Patras c. 805/807 marked the end of independentSlavic rule in thePeloponnese?
... thatBartlesville, Oklahoma, was officially renamedBootsville for one day—honoringBoots Adams on his 66th birthday?
... that theSS manager ofOstindustrie complained about his businesses becoming valueless through the "withdrawal" of Jewishslave labor in 1943?
... that All-American second basemanTiffany Haas did not commit an error in her last 60 games for theMichigan Wolverines softball team?
... that in 2010,Bangladesh became only the second country afterMalaysia, among thedeveloping nations, to have successfullysequenced a plant genome?
... that a heated on-air debate betweenNico Pitney andDana Milbank resulted in thehashtag #Dickwhisperer?

15 July 2013

12:36, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatTeodoro Agoncillo describedPlaza San Lorenzo Ruiz inBinondo(pictured) as "one of the most impressive open spaces of old Manila"?
... that Mississippiprohibited black and white Americans from assembling "on terms of equality"?
... that the inauguralMansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture was given by former Indian cricketerSunil Gavaskar?
... that theCarsaig Arches are a natural formation to the west ofCarsaig Bay on theIsle of Mull?
... that formerMichigan Wolverines softball playerAmanda Chidester hit a grand slam to leadTeam USA to a victory overBrazil in the2012 World Cup of Softball?
... that theHyde Park Holocaust memorial ofHyde Park, London, was the first public memorial in Great Britain dedicated to theHolocaust?
... that the lyrics toBob Dylan's 1979 song "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" were turned into a children's book 20 years later?

00:00, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatthe Beatles played atNew Brighton Tower(pictured) a total of 27 times, more than any UK venue except theCavern Club?
... thatMichigan Wolverines softball's freshman shortstopSierra Romero was named the 2013Big Ten Player of the Year after compiling a .527on-base percentage?
... that the 2013 filmC/O Sir tells a fictional story of a blind school teacher's life?
... that theBarony of Chalandritsa was aFrankish fiefdom established in the GreekPeloponnese afterCrusaders conquered the peninsula?
... that the 2013 albumExtol marks the reunion of theband of the same name after a five-year hiatus?
... that Bulgarian footballerBoris Nikolov was the Turkish clubGalatasaray S.K.'s first captain and manager?
... thatDivi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino inBonaire is reputedly the "world's first barefoot casino"?

14 July 2013

12:00, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theCasa del Arte(mural pictured) ofConcepción, Chile, has the largest collection of Chilean art and the second largest collection of paintings in the country?
... thatSankari Prasad Basu, an Indian scholar, won theSahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for his research workVivekananda o Samakalin Bharatbarsha?
... thatTyphoon Longwang was the deadliesttropical cyclone to impact China during the2005 Pacific typhoon season?
... that after the Japanese lighthouses onSaipan andPoluwat were attacked during World War II, neither was ever used again?
... thatJoey Clinkscales was aPittsburgh Steelers replacement player during the1987 NFL players' strike and stayed on the roster after the strike ended?
... that phones belonging to Turkish journalistMehmet Baransu and his wife were illegallytapped by theTurkish Gendarmerie, which falsely represented the phones' owners as militant members of thePKK?
... thatSt Mungo's sheltered the homeless in aMarmite factory?

00:00, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatSophia Brahe donated an altar, pulpit, pews and a baptismal font to the church ofIvetofta(pictured), and planned on being buried there?
... thatNundkol Lake lies at the foothills ofMount Haramukh?
... that the runaway train in theLac-Mégantic derailment involved 72DOT-111 tank cars?
... thathosts for the parasiticisopodAega psora include theAtlantic cod,sharks andskates?
... that the ten tracks fromMatt and Kim's fourth albumLightning were actually pared down from 25 or 26 songs the group originally wrote for the album?
... that theA82 inGlasgow was described byTam Galbraith as "the most noble entry to any city in Europe"?
... that in 2011, the teaching ministry of Christian pastorChip Ingram was broadcast to 100 million households in Arab countries?

13 July 2013

12:00, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the captain of thebrigNancy(pictured) is said to have raised the first American flag in a foreign port, during theRevolutionary War?
... thatWilliam de Courcy, a 12th century Anglo-Norman baron, not only gave land toAbingdon Abbey but also a fishery named "Sotiswere"?
... thatPalkonda literally means "milk hills"?
... that actressVerna Hillie got her first movie contract when she lost a contest to be the Panther Woman inIsland of Lost Souls?
... that thePlaza de Armas ofManila may have been the exact site whereRajah Sulayman's palisade once stood?
... that in 2007,ONCE namedMaximiliano Óscar Rodríguez Magi the Sportsman Lucense do Ano and Disability Sport winner?
... that the recent popularity ofAmish romance novels has been seen as a reaction to the increasing popularity of erotic fiction such asFifty Shades of Grey?

00:00, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

... that in addition to paintingThe Ruins of Holyrood Chapel(pictured),Louis Daguerre built a 70-ft (21 m) widediorama of thepainting's subject?
... thatDuke Ellington praised pianistMaurice Rocco's sophisticated performance style?
... that the filmThe Private Affairs of Bel Ami showed the 1945 paintingThe Temptation of St. Anthony byMax Ernst on-screen?
... that in 2012,Alberto Suárez Laso won the Asturian Sports Press Association award for best male athlete?
... that despite a 1985 law mandating its creation in every town and city, by 2006 only one city in thePhilippines had an officialfreedom park before theSupreme Court ruled on its constitutionality?
... that the groom for the first wedding inPrescott, Arizona,W. Claude Jones, abandoned his bride less than six months after the event?
... that in a 1989 promotional stunt,Bar/None distributed deprecated, irrelevant8-track tapes with labels advertisingThey Might Be Giants' single "Purple Toupee"?

12 July 2013

08:45, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatWest Virginia House DelegateJoshua Soule Zimmerman(pictured)practiced law for 66 years and engaged in commercialapple production?
... that despite remaining offshore, theouter bands ofHurricane Erick brought extensive flooding to the Mexican state ofNayarit?
... thatRichard Orsini arranged the marriage of his son,John I Orsini, to a daughter ofNikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, ruler ofEpirus, without the latter's permission?
... that tourism led to both the opening and the discontinuation of service at thepassenger rail depot inTower, Minnesota?
... thatPete Hamilton won the1970 Alabama 500 afterBuddy Baker's car caught fire?
... thatSt Peter's Church, Ropsley, built in the 11th century, had a stained glass window erected in 1949 in honour of aRoyal Air Force fighter pilot?
... that although Olympic tennis playerLudwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten was banned from competing many times in his career for on-court misconduct, he taught tennis etiquette to children?

11 July 2013

20:30, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theRokel River estuary(pictured), which extends over an area of 2,950 square kilometres (1,140 sq mi), became aRamsar wetland site of importance in 1999?
... thatRichard de Courcy was one of the few nobles to witnesscharters from both of the warring brothersRobert Curthose,Duke of Normandy, and KingWilliam II of England?
... thatLes Gold began his business career at age seven?
... that theWirgman Building inRomney,West Virginia, housed three banks and a newspaper office, and served as amilitary prison during theAmerican Civil War?
... thatAnd Still I Rise,Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry, contains two of the author's most famous poems?
... thatAndrée Howard created over 30 ballets, mostly forBallet Rambert andThe Royal Ballet, of which little now remains?
... that the twomen's parking spaces inTriberg, Germany, have drawn accusations of sexism?

08:15, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

... that themusic of Tokelau is dominated by communal singing in harmony, with percussive accompaniment including log drums calledpate(pictured)?
... thatThéodore Steeg strongly opposed Jewish settlement inMadagascar?
... thatAbbot's Wood, a large country house nearBarrow-in-Furness,Cumbria, was built between 1857 and 1859 forSir James Ramsden, and demolished in 1961?
... that during theAmerican Civil War, court clerkJohn Baker White salvaged records from destruction byUnion Army forces who later turned theHampshire County Courthouse into a stable?
... that theFirst Lady of Colombia symbolizes national unity, according to theConstitutional Court of Colombia?
... that uponSwami Vivekananda'sarrival in South India in 1897, a 40-foot (12 m) high monument was built by the king of Ramnad to celebrate hisachievements in the West?
... that thestar clusterNGC 6811 has been described as looking like "a jeweled mask a woman might wear at a masquerade ball"?

10 July 2013

20:00, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatJohn W. Dwinelle(pictured) helped establish theUniversity of California, the right of black children to attend public school, andSan Francisco's claim to much of the land within its borders?
... that if theembryo of theblue bat star is split into its constituentcells, they can recombine into a viablestarfish larva?
... thatEmperor Wudi ofHan launched amilitary campaign against the kingdom ofDian in 109 BC and established the Jianwei commandery inYunnan?
... that theH.M. Coastguard Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was originally known as theBoard of Trade Rocket Apparatus Long Service Medal?
... that in the2013 Milwaukee IndyFest,Takuma Sato led 109 laps, but fell behind a lap after pitting before a caution occurred?
... that "Where's Captain Kirk?" by punk/new wave bandSpizzenergi was the first number one single on theUK Indie Chart?
... thatKate Garvey managedTony Blair's diary with a "grip of iron"?

08:00, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theDavis Theater(pictured), which was built in thesilent-film era, is one of the few operatingneighborhood movie theaters in Chicago?
... that half of the candidates who contested Gibraltar's2013 parliamentary by-election are children of former Gibraltarian political leaders?
... thatHyrule Historia reveals the official timeline of fictional events inThe Legend of Zelda series, following years of speculation by fans?
... that at the 1865Hampton Roads Conference,Union andConfederate leaders discussed a possible alliance against France?
... thatOstrvica was the main castle in the region ofRudnik in Serbia at the end of theMiddle Ages?
... that pop artistRoy Lichtenstein's 1956 lithographTen Dollar Bill has been called "a Picasso-esque vision of what currency could look like"?
... thatKing Charles I createdAlice Dudley a duchess for life partly in reparation for theStar Chamber having found her husband to be abastard?

00:00, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theHan Dynasty(empire pictured) decided to intervene in awar between Minyue and Eastern Ou because of a belief in theSon of Heaven'smandate as emperor, a Chinese political and philosophical concept?
... that with his victory in the2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,Takuma Sato became the first Japanese driver to win anIndyCar Series race?
... that theGermanic bodyguard were theRoman emperor'spersonal guards recruited from distant parts of theEmpire, so they had no political or personal connections with Rome or the provinces?
... that inWhat's Your Raashee?,Priyanka Chopra became the first actress in the world to portray twelve distinct characters in one film?
... that the2006 Vadodara riots were caused by the demolition of the shrine of a medievalSufi saint?
... thatSlavery by Another Name argues thatslavery in the United States continued after theCivil War?
... that one of the stories included inStar Trek: The Manga was originally pitched alongside "The Trouble With Tribbles" forStar Trek: The Original Series?

9 July 2013

16:00, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatBluthochzeit (Blood Wedding),Wolfgang Fortner's opera based onGarcía Lorca's playBodas de sangre, premiered in 1957 at theCologne Opera(pictured)?
... thatGary Chalandon won theFormula Le Mans class of theLe Mans Series in2010?
... thatBetty Woz Gone is based on a true story of a mother who sold her body to help fund her addictions to alcohol and drugs?
... that theByzantine official known asepi tou eidikou was responsible for providing all kinds ofmatériel for the Byzantine military, including Arab clothing for spies?
... that the participants in the 2013Great North 10K run shared the finish line atGateshead International Stadium withMo Farah?
... thatK. Hariharan in his initial days started making films for theChildren's Film Society, India?
... that theconcrete bunker housingRAAF North-Eastern Area Command's operational headquarters during World War II was topped with a suburban house to mislead enemy aircraft?

08:00, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatPetroleum County(pictured) inMontana is the seventh least populous county in the United States?
... thatPavhari Baba, an Indianascetic and a practitioner ofHatha yoga, reportedly used to meditate for days in his underground hermitage atGhazipur?
... that Argentine actressGriselda Siciliani broke her arm during the filming ofFarsantes?
... thatthe CEO ofa Singaporean healthcare firm is also a musician, with one studio album under his name?
... that according to John J. Puccio of Movie Metropolis, the shorts included onPixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 are "among the finest cartoons ever made"?
... thatNio Joe Lan was trained to maintain aircraft, but instead became a journalist and history teacher?
... thatThe Chicago Lincoln statue was once located in a three-way intersection considered to be one of the most dangerous inChicago?

00:00, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the 30-year-old heiress of theSzebnie estate(pictured) died oftyphus contracted while caring for sick prisoners at theSzebnie concentration camp in 1942?
... that whenhouse dress designerNell Donnelly was kidnapped in 1931, she was reportedly rescued by gangsters and taken to a candy shop?
... that inThe Song of the Sannyasin,Swami Vivekananda defined the ideals ofSannyasa or monastic life?
... that American speed skater and Olympic hopefulBrittany Bowe previously played elite-level basketball, and at the age of two gavedribbling exhibitions at halftime of college games?
... that theGeorgia blind salamander and theDougherty Plain cave crayfish both live underground and one mayprey on the other?
... thatAmrut Distilleries, which makes India'sfirst single-malt whisky, has found that whisky matures in the barrel much faster in India than in Scotland?
... that a mystery surrounds the finding ofgenetically modified wheat beingproduced on a US wheat farm in Spring 2013?

8 July 2013

16:00, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

... that a storm onLucy Island(pictured) unearthed 5,500-year-old remains of a woman whose DNA has been directly linked to a modern-day descendent, aTsimshian woman living nearPrince Rupert?
... thatTahir Aydoğdu and his father Gültekin are both players of theqanun, an instrument ofTurkish classical music?
... that theZytek Z11SN won theLMP2 class of the2011 24 Hours of Le Mans?
... thatEmilia Appelqvist was the captain of the Swedish team at the2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup?
... that the song "Ice Cream Truck" byCazwell was originally written for the 2010 filmSpork, before it was suggested by his manager that a music video be done for the song?
... thatClaude Houghton's novelI Am Jonathan Scrivener may have influenced the filmCitizen Kane?
... that the promise of "forty acres and a mule" originated in part from military policies for managing refugee camps?

08:00, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

... that onSkywire Live,Nik Wallenda(pictured) became the first person tohighwire walk over aGrand Canyon area gorge?
... thatRoberto Pannunzi, the "biggest cocaine trafficker in the world", was caught on July 6?
... thatSoutham House, once owned byBaron Ellenborough, who had beenGovernor General of India, was converted into a private girls' school and later became a hotel?
... thatBuddy Parrott served as crew chief forRichard Petty's 200th win in the1984 Firecracker 400?
... that the most expensive work purchased by an Australian art gallery was taken in a1986 theft from the National Gallery of Victoria—and the crime is still unsolved?
... that longtime Indian communist leaderJagjit Singh Lyallpuri remained onhunger strike for nine weeks while in jail?
... thatGoldie Blox is a toy designed by aStanford-educated engineer to introduce girls to engineering?

00:00, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

... that child starMiriam Battista(pictured) was often called upon to cry on camera?
... that the Soviet submarineK-51Verkhoturye was used for testing theR-29RM submarine-launched ballistic missile?
... that theBarony of Arcadia was the last remnant of thePrincipality of Achaea to fall to the ByzantineDespotate of the Morea?
... thatCat Creek Oil Field in Montana reached its peak of production in 1922, with 11 wells drilling 3 million barrels of oil?
... thatNI21 intends to be the first official opposition in theNorthern Ireland Assembly?
... that from 2000 to 2002, over 100,000 Brazilians participated inOrganization Workshops, creating over 3,000startup companies?
... that althoughBeyoncé Knowles' song "Poison" wasn't released as a single, it peaked at number one on theSouth Korea Gaon International Chart?

7 July 2013

16:00, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

... that biochemistNancy Chang(pictured) became interested in biology after readingJames Watson's book on the discovery of thedouble helix?
... that the folk-rock bandBangla's debut album, which featured several little-known folk songs, sold over a hundred thousand copies in the first two weeks of its release?
... that British Major-GeneralEdward Charles Ingouville-Williams was killed in action while commanding the34th Division at theBattle of the Somme?
... that the bookInspired Talks (1909) contains a series of lectures delivered bySwami Vivekananda in mid-1895 to a group of selected disciples at theThousand Island Park, New York?
... that current Colombian SenatorJuan Manuel Galán Pachón is the son and political heir of the assassinated political leaderLuis Carlos Galán?
... thatMahoning Creek was in the vicinity of one of the last Native American villages and first European settlers in its part ofPennsylvania?
... thatGarrett Wang's inclusion in a list of sexiest men saved his character,Harry Kim, from being killed off during season three ofStar Trek: Voyager?

08:05, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theRV/MH Hall of Fame houses the 1931 recreational vehicle(pictured) thatParamount used to bribeMae West into making more movies?
... thatWindmill Hill, Gibraltar, is used byBarbary Partridges to raise their chicks and byBritish Army units to train for deployment toAfghanistan?
... that therape of Iryna Krashkova led to the storming and torching of a police station?
... that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, onlygillnetting was employed for commercial fishing on theEgegik River?
... thatNigel Malim was torpedoed by the Italians and interned by thecollaborationist French?
... thatDenmark's biggest gold hoard from theMigration Period was found atBroholm?
... thatBritney Spears's son was blessed in aHindu ceremony atMalibu Hindu Temple inLos Angeles County in 2006?

00:20, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

... that the currentTompkins Corners United Methodist Church building(pictured) inPutnam Valley, New York, was designed by the nephew of the original church's architect, who had the same name?
... that theLone Signal project sendsmessages byordinary citizens to extraterrestrial civilizations using theJamesburg Earth Station?
... that Argentine actorRoberto Carnaghi has appeared in 44 films, had major roles in Shakespeare's plays, worked in advertising and TV comedy, and performed in telenovelas?
... that printerSamuel Keimer gaveBenjamin Franklin his first paying job?
... thatAlbert White Hat, translator for the movieDances With Wolves, taught theLakota language atSinte Gleska University?
... that theLas Vegas Valley had a population of 13,937 in1940, increasing to 35,000 in just two years?
... thatIranian dancerMohammad Khordadian was barred from professional work and from attending wedding ceremonies as part of his sentence?

6 July 2013

16:35, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

... that several attempts to get to the wreckage of an Azeri aircraft(pictured) thatcrashed near Kabul in 2011 were repelled by gunshots?
... thatBruno Möhring was a proponent ofhigh-rise construction in Berlin at a time when most of his fellow German architects opposed skyscrapers?
... that a prisoner of theFrench atLaghouat told the Red Cross, "Technically we are not prisoners of war but up to the present have not been able to find a difference"?
... that at the Onda Cero Sport Awards in 2009,Manuel Garnica Roldan earned an award for the best athlete with a disability?
... that in 2012Nimbuzz moved its headquarters from Rotterdam to New Delhi, to be closer to the mobile Internet boom expected to happen in India in the next five years?
... that in 2000–09, approximately 3.1 million acres in the United States were underrice production?
... thatDjoemala was paired withRoekiah for four films despite the latter already being married?

08:50, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatsheep farming in Wales(pictured) led to the development ofDre-fach Felindre in theTeifi valley, which became known as the "TheHuddersfield of Wales"?
... that theCentral City Red Zone cordon established after the February2011 Christchurch earthquake has only just been lifted?
... that Australian actorSachin Joab had to put on an Indian accent for his role in aCity Homicide episode?
... that thesouthward expansion of the Han Dynasty brought the empire into direct contact with the kingdoms ofSoutheast Asia?
... thatBhupendranath Datta discussed his older brotherSwami Vivekananda's socialist views in his bookSwami Vivekananda, Patriot-prophet?
... that the1855 Atlantic hurricane season had the lowestAccumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) total on record until the1907 season?
... that afterCal Ripken Jr. waved the green flag at the2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, he flew to Baltimore to play his final career baseball game?

00:00, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatM. C. Escher'swoodcutCircle Limit III was inspired by an illustration of ahyperbolic tessellation(example pictured) in a paper byH. S. M. Coxeter?
... that in 1897 Russian physicistIvan Borgman first demonstrated thatX-rays and radioactive materials inducedthermoluminescence?
... that thegreen spider flower was the firstgrevillea known to science?
... thatNushagak Peninsula had been devoid ofcaribou for over 100 years until their reintroduction in the late 1980s?
... that Belarusianchess GrandmasterSergei Azarov is ranked third in his country?
... that the Gothicdetailing on theKnickerbocker and Arnink Garages inAlbany, New York, might have been inspired by the nearbyheadquarters of theDelaware and Hudson Railroad?
... thatPaul Jenkins decided to become an actor after ruling out priesthood as a career?

5 July 2013

16:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

... that Crown PrinceTēvita ʻUnga(pictured) served as the firstPrime Minister of Tonga and composed the words to thenational anthem?
... that the colors of theCharlottesville and Albemarle Railway's streetcars made them "more attractive to the students" of theUniversity of Virginia?
... thatPeter Wickens Fry reputedly experimented with photogenic drawing beforeHenry Fox Talbot developed thecalotype process in 1841?
... thatJohn Rocque's Map of London, 1746, has been considered "one of the greatest and most handsome plans of any city"?
... that Confederate colonelAngus William McDonald previously served as superintendent of theNorthwestern Turnpike and as a commissioner to resolve a Virginia–Maryland boundary dispute?
... thatpodium girls are employed to present the winners of cycle races with prizes and kisses?
... that Rat, Bat, Mole, and Mouse arePurdy Islands?

08:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theAncient PersianOxus Treasure(armlet pictured) "has passed through places of evil repute and cannot have come out quite unscathed"?
... that a review forDjaoeh Dimata calledRatna Asmara an "unprecedented tragedienne"?
... that theKamorta is the first stealth corvette being built for theIndian Navy?
... that a Tang Dynasty garrison, one of theFour Garrisons of Anxi, was installed in theTarim Basin kingdom ofKarasahr after theconquest of Karasahr?
... that as Chairman of the Department of Physics at Cornell University,Roswell Clifton Gibbs hiredHans Bethe, who later won the Nobel Prize in Physics?
... thatPlaza Moriones inTondo, Manila, is second only toPlaza Miranda in terms of its political significance?
... that Indonesian boy bandCoboy Junior are only allowed to tour on weekends, as they have to go to school the rest of the week?

00:00, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatSwami Vivekananda(pictured) wroteTo the Fourth of July on the celebration ofUnited States' Independence and incidentally died on the same date four years later?
... that between 1944 and 2012 there were 508high fatality aircraft accidents and incidents, across all seven continents, in which 53,419 people died?
... thatWillie "Pappy" Stokes was the only caddie thatJack Burke, Jr. ever asked for advice throughout his entire professional career in golf?
... that rather than celebrate February'sValentine's Day, which often conflicts withBrazilian Carnival, Brazilians celebrateDia dos Namorados in June?
... thatLord Pretender was hailed as a "master" ofextempo, a lyrically improvised form ofcalypso music considered a forerunner ofrap?
... that theNational Theatre of Bahrain is the third largest theatre in theMiddle East?
... thatShane Wilson began building race cars before earning his driver's license?

4 July 2013

16:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

... that in 1937 theBlackwater fire(pictured) killed 15 firefighters and injured 38 inShoshone National Forest, Wyoming?
... that historianConyers Read issued a call to action againstFascism,Communism, andThomism?
... thatMy Master is an English book combined from two lectures delivered bySwami Vivekananda in New York and England in 1901?
... that according to a report inTUAW, in order to joinApple Inc.'sMFi Program, suppliers must agree to be bound to Apple's Supplier Responsibility Code?
... that theLittle Chapel is believed to be the world's smallestconsecrated church?
... thatPallagrello bianco was one of the grape varieties included inLuigi Vanvitelli'sVigna del Ventaglio vineyard created forthe royal palace ofKing Ferdinand I?
... thatL.S. Alexander Gumby complied 300 scrapbooks documentingAfrican-American history, and was known as the "Great God Gumby"?

08:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
... thatEmperor Gaozong ofTang controlled the formerWestern Turkic Khaganate throughmilitary garrisons and proxy rulers following GeneralSu Dingfang'sdefeat of the Western Turk qaghanAshina Helu in 657?
... that had theDonner Party received the warning fromEdwin Bryant, they might have avoided being stranded in the mountains?
... that theMuhafiz Khan Mosque is considered to be an excellent example ofMughal architecture?
... that theStreaker, a rocket developed bySpaceDev, is designed to operate at a cost of under $5 million per launch?
... that after being released from prison,Diaa al-Din Dawoud successfully appealed to theSupreme Constitutional Court of Egypt to be allowed reentry into political life and subsequently founded theNasserist Party?
... that thePacific transparent sea squirt invaded thecontiguous United States viaLong Beach Harbor?
... that you can buy "British Airways" atan ice cream store inMérida, Venezuela?

00:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theSchauspielhaus Wuppertal(pictured), a 745-seat municipal theatre for plays inWuppertal, opened in 1966 and closed on 30 June 2013?
... thatAmir Hamzah treats God almost as a lover in his collectionNyanyi Sunyi?
... thatElder Villages are a part of the "aging in place" movement?
... thatDamian Lewis andAndrea Riseborough are shooting a film nearPennyghael on theIsle of Mull?
... that sincewasting disease has become established indwarf eelgrass andcommon eelgrass beds, populations of overwinteringBrent geese have declined in Europe?
... that Cuban actressDanay García turned fromdancing to modeling because she wanted a "career for life"?
... thatshuttle kissing continued inLancashire, England, long after it was outlawed in several U.S. states?

3 July 2013

16:00, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

... that three new species oftube-nosed bats from Southeast Asia were identified in 2011: theBeelzebub's,Ashy-gray(pictured), andWalston's?
... that theGrey Cairns of Camster, built 5,000 years ago to serve as tombs, are among the oldest buildings in Scotland?
... that thoughAmir Hamzah was a Muslim, analyses of his poem "Padamu Jua" have found Christian influences?
... that touring by boat is the only way to explore a large part of Florida'sLake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge?
... that translators ofFranz Kafka's works must cope with ambiguous words likeVerkehr, which refers both to traffic and sexual intercourse?
... thatsouthern India'sPapagni River is so named for having turned a king's sins to ashes?
... that after being defeated atGibraltar, theDuke of Crillon wrote to his former adversary, GeneralGeorge Eliott, calling him "my dear and respectable enemy"?

08:00, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatVictoria's Secret modelElsa Hosk(pictured) was formerly a professional basketball player?
... that the village name ofToreby is derived from the man's name Thôri (Thor) and "by" meaning village?
... that upcomingindie video gameSecret Ponchos was inspired byTeam Fortress,Street Fighter II, andLeague of Legends?
... that theAct of 1948 incorporatedTokelau intoNew Zealand?
... thatElsie Spain was one of the last female leads of theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company personally trained byW. S. Gilbert?
... that mostforeign fighters for the opposition during theSyrian civil war were Libyan, following their ownLibyan civil war?
... thatJohn Buttencourt Avila has been called the father of thesweet potato industry?

00:05, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatTahitian QueenPōmare IV(pictured with her family) named her youngest daughterVictoria after the BritishQueen Victoria in hopes that Victoria would name some future daughter Pōmare?
... thatToftes Gave served as an institution for maladapted children for more than a hundred years?
... that after completing his prison sentence in the U.S., drug lordJavier Torres Félix was deported to Mexico and arrested as he crossed theinternational border?
... thatSister Gargi, an American, wrote a highly regardedsix-volume book onSwami Vivekananda?
... that according to oral tradition, theChachi people originated from the mountains nearIbarra, Ecuador?
... thatNo. 2 Operational Conversion Unit staff were responsible for translating training material from French into English prior to delivery of theDassault Mirage III to theRAAF?
... that during his stay at theKolobeng Mission,David Livingstone wrote in his memoir that the soil temperature in the sun at noon reached 134 °F (57 °C)?

2 July 2013

16:20, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Screenshot from the Rymdkapsel video game, with colorful tetromino-shaped pieces that form the floor of a space station where tiny rectangles work on station maintenance tasks and staying alive

... that one of the player objectives in theminimalist real-time strategy video gameRymdkapsel(pictured) is to have the workers research fourTMA-1-style monoliths?
... that therabbit flea is avector for the virus that causesmyxomatosis?
... thatMonty Oum, the creator ofRooster Teeth Productions' upcoming seriesRWBY, was concerned that the show focused on female characters but was being developed by a mostly male crew?
... that theLyon Armenian Genocide Memorial has been vandalized twice?
... that the firstopen heart surgery inNigeria was performed byFabian Udekwu, SirMagdi Yacoub and others in 1974?
... thatChamossaire contested all three legs of theTriple Crown in 1945, winning theSt. Leger Stakes in front of a crowd of 150,000?
... thatPhiladelphia Distilling has created abitters using a recipe from the family of 18th-century botanistJohn Bartram and bark from a tree inhis garden?

08:35, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

... that theDog and Duck(pictured) lost its licence after becoming "a house in which gangs of both whores and rogues were constantly associated"?
... that as of 2007,New Zealand had nearly 10 times as manysheep as people?
... thatGustava Aigner made the first discovery ofgraptolites in the northerngreywacke zone of theAlps, with her former fellow student, Ida Peltzmann, who named two species for her?
... that leavingMount Tzouhalem in search of a 15th wife led to the killing of the mountain's namesake?
... that one of the luxurious model 8mandolins of Italian luthierLuigi Embergher was purchased byMaria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia?
... thatJoan Wilkinson was a silkwoman toAnne Boleyn and supplied bonnets and frontlets toLady Lisle?
... thatVlambeer'siOS indie video gameRidiculous Fishing wasbeaten to market by aclone deemed an "overnight sensation" only to release their own version to "near-universal perfect scores"?

00:50, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

... thatFormiscurra indicus(pictured), acaliscelid planthopper withant-mimicking males, was described only in 2011?
... that GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower called thetunnels of Gibraltar, his base for the November 1942Allied invasion of North Africa, "the most dismal setting we occupied during the war"?
... thatOscar S. Heizer reported that many Armenian children were put into boats, taken out to sea and thrown overboard during theArmenian Genocide?
... thatMatar Matar, who represented Bahrain's largest electoral constituency in the parliament, was imprisoned and allegedly tortured due to his role in theBahraini uprising?
... that in the UK, actors were employed to speak the words of certain people whose voices were banned from the airwaves because ofbroadcasting restrictions introduced in 1988?
... that several ofAmy Tan's family members had roles inthe film adaptation of her novelThe Joy Luck Club, but she did not take part in choosing the cast?
... that American ice cream tasterJohn Harrison has a tongue worth a million dollars?

1 July 2013

17:05, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

... that multiple reviewers citedTowerFall(pictured) as the preeminent game for theOuya video game microconsole at the time of its launch?
... that the 2013 filmArjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan, based on the storiesSitaharan Rahasya andKhunkharapi bySamaresh Majumdar, is the first of a series of films to feature Arjun, a young fictional sleuth?
... that the soundtrack from a beer commercial, featuring theAbbey Tavern Singers, became the best-sellingIrish record in Canada?
... that in March 1871,Sensuntepeque was raided by Salvadorian Liberals with Honduran army backing after Honduras declared war on El Salvador?
... thatGabriela Rivadeneira, a 29-year old former local beauty queen, has been mentioned as a possible successor for President of Ecuador,Rafael Correa?
... thatArmenian soap operas have been criticized for "advocating aggression"?
... that "the world's most famous baby" is expected to be born in July 2013 and generate £260 million worldwide?

09:20, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

... that inone of his 75 poems,Chairil Anwar(pictured) predicted his place of burial?
... thatDean H. Kenyon'sBiochemical Predestination has been cited as "one of the most widely used graduate textbooks" which expounds that life arose through "natural forces within the constituents of matter itself"?
... that upcomingindie video gameBelow usestilt–shift photography to emphasize the tinyplayer-character's scale?
... that "whatMahadev Desai andPyarelal did to immortaliseGandhi through their memoirs and biographical writings,"Kanu Gandhi is said to have done through his photos?
... thatMaribo open-air museum is the third-oldest open-air museum inDenmark?
... that the1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles suffered such heavy casualties inWorld War I that at one point the battalion was reduced to one officer and 60 other ranks?
... that theslapstick joke of slipping on abanana peel might have originated from the perception of those peels as dangerous garbage in 19th-century America?

01:35, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

... that both theAngelina Jolie Trapdoor Spider (pictured) andBono's Joshua Tree Trapdoor Spider inject their prey with venom after ambushing it from their burrows?
... that theTang Dynastyconquest ofKucha, a kingdom in the northernTarim Basin inXinjiang and aTurkic vassal, was led by Ashina She'er, a Turkic Tang general?
... thatWinrich Kolbe pushed for a female captain inStar Trek: Voyager, and later dated theactress for about three years?
... that after helping organize the armed struggle against Dutch forces,National Hero of IndonesiaIzaak Huru Doko worked mainly as an educator?
... that the letters written byJohn Husee while he was servant toLord Lisle in 1533–40 have been described as "a joy and a revelation to read"?
... that in the upcomingXbox One "game maker"video gameProject Spark, the player creates a world with programmed behaviors for specific objects, such as a rock that bounces when a player is nearby?
... thatHinckley Priory inLeicestershire, England, was analien monastery, dependent on Lyre Abbey in Normandy, France?

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