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31 May 2013

16:00, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the mushroomBuchwaldoboletus lignicola(pictured) is parasitic on another fungus –Phaeolus schweinitzii?
... thatElena Piskun won two gold medals at theWorld Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
... that the lime trees ofDuncliffe Wood are reputedly among the oldest living things in the county ofDorset?
... thatAram Yerganian assassinated the former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan for his alleged role inmassacres against Armenians?
... thatGurlen is a major centre forcotton production in Uzbekistan?
... thatJack Manning played for four differentfootball clubs during their debut seasons inthe Football League?
... that the SingaporeanSatay Club re-sold leftover sticks ofsatay?

08:00, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatAlasinga Perumal(pictured) sold his wife's jewelry to help the financially beleagueredSwami Vivekananda, a participant in the 1893Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago?
... thatUpper Paleolithic wall paintings in theLascaux Cave in France are now threatened byOchroconis anomala, a new species of fungus recently discovered in black stains on the wall inside the cave?
... that the filmPanggilan Darah, about two orphaned girls, may have been sponsored by a cigarette factory?
... that the 11th centurychurch atCocking, West Sussex had nodedication until, in April 2007, the congregation agreed to dedicate it toSt Catherine of Siena?
... that each Sundayuntil 1870 the Jews of theRoman Ghetto had to attend compulsorysermons in front of the church ofSan Gregorio della Divina Pietà?
... that an unexpurgatedjournal of Queen Victoria records her delight in watchingPrince Albert shave?

00:00, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theflame lily(pictured) is thenational flower ofZimbabwe?
... thatMary Scrope was among those who walked withAnne Boleyn to the scaffold?
... that theIndies filmMatjan Berbisik was criticised for the Westernised fighting techniques used?
... that theInstitute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is housed in a former stables, built in a dramatic architectural style named for aBritish Queen, in a park honoring a famous German?
... that an 1847 painting byTheodor Sockl, the portrait of his future wifeClara, is considered representative for theBiedermeier period inTransylvania?
... that anAdmiral was believed to have kept alligators in a bath atPitfour in ruralAberdeenshire?

30 May 2013

16:00, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the green star on theFlag of Senegal(pictured) representsIslam, the religionpracticed by 94% of Senegalese?
... thatAntarctica: Empire of the Penguin, an attraction atSeaWorld Orlando which combines a tracklessdark ride with a penguin exhibit, had queues in excess of four hours on opening day?
... thatBaisikeli Ugunduzi has developed a replacement forbicycle tire inner tubes that cannotgo flat, specifically for use inSub-Saharan Africa?
... thatRothley Temple was apreceptory of both theKnights Templar and theKnights Hospitallers?
... thatJoe Marhefka was the last surviving member of the1925 Pottsville Maroons, who werecontroversially denied that year'sNFL championship?
... that the lyrics of the 1983Orange Juice song "Rip It Up" claim that the singer's favourite song is "Boredom" byBuzzcocks?
... thatEugène Hénard envisaged roof-tophelicopter landing pads in 1910, beforehelicopters had been invented?

08:00, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theGlenford Bank(pictured) has been converted into a house?
... thatEmilio Boggio is credited as the firstImpressionist painter ofVenezuela?
... thatTygodnik Ilustrowany was a major Polishmagazine published from 1859 untilWorld War II?
... thatBerit Brænne's first children's book, from 1958, is a story about a sailor's family who adopted children from different parts of the world?
... thatstingraysare eaten inSingapore with rawpeanuts andsugar?
... thatTokujiro Kanamori responded to over a thousand questions in defence of theConstitution of Japan, with his answers taking up to an hour and a half each?
... that thespermatophore ofZorotypus impolitus, one of the smallest in the insect world, contains a single giantsperm cell that is almost as long as the insect itself?

00:00, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatMargaret Bourke-White(pictured) was the firstfemale photojournalist to work forLife magazine?
... that the Salón Elíptico of thePalacio Federal Legislativo inCaracas has a golden dome?
... thatJim Thome,Sammy Sosa,Albert Pujols, andMark McGwire have all won theMarvin Miller Man of the Year Award?
... that thewrinkled starbroods some of its eggs in a brood chamber?
... that theNewkirk House, the oldest surviving structure inJersey City, New Jersey, dates to 1690?
... that theMamma Haidara Commemorative Library inTimbuktu inMali houses a collection of manuscripts begun more than 500 years ago?
... that followers of theCoconut Religion ate onlycoconuts and drank onlycoconut milk?

29 May 2013

16:00, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theUS Army'sNike Zeus(pictured) was cancelled when serious questions arose over its costs and ability to shoot down the enemyICBM warheads it was designed to attack?
... that mathematicianZhang Yitang proposed a proof that there are infinitely many pairs ofprime numbers with aprime gap of 70 million or less?
... thatMajor League Soccer franchiseNew York City FC is co-owned byManchester City FC and theNew York Yankees?
... thatS. P. Balasubrahmanyam holds the record for most songs recorded by a maleplayback singer?
... thatCatedral Nuestra Señora inLa Asunción is the oldest church inVenezuela?
... thatWilliam Post, who won $16.2 million in thePennsylvania Lottery, was successfully sued by his ex-girlfriend for a third of his winnings?

08:00, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

... that thePalace of San Carlos inBogotá was the scene of an assassination attempt on PresidentSimon Bolivar(pictured), who was taking a bath and escaped through a window after his friend tipped him off?
... that thetwo last Byzantine Emperors were maternallyDejanović?
... that theoriginal members of the Sugababes performed "New Year" during their first gig in over ten years?
... that localMP Ian Paisley objected whenAll Saints GAC applied for planning permission to build a clubhouse?
... thatTina Turner sang on "A Fool in Love"—her breakthrough hit—after original vocalistArt Lassiter failed to turn up for the song'srecording session?
... that Hollie Sims moved his newspaper,The Negro Star, from Mississippi to Kansas following local anger over his tribute to theblack soldiers ofWorld War I?
... that the first majoridiom dictionary of American English was created for deaf people?

00:00, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatSiri EngbergcuratedLifelike, an "uncannily realistic"show that originated at theWalker Art Center(pictured) in Minneapolis?
... that when the racehorseHethersett won theSt. Leger Stakes in 1962, it wasDick Hern's firstBritish Classic victory in his career as atrainer?
... thatrugby union footballerKeith Davis was awarded his Testcap in 2010, 58 years after first playing for theAll Blacks?
... that theOslo breakfast was provided free of charge to all primary school children inOslo from 1932?
... thatJosé Acevedo y Gómez was one of the group of patriots ofColombia who met on 20 July 1810 and made a proclamation of independence of theViceroyalty of New Granada?
... that the possession or sale of theJapanese river goby, the largest species ofgoby found in estuaries ofCalifornia, is illegal inNew South Wales?

28 May 2013

16:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the tiger mothBertholdia trigona(pictured) produces clicks at a very high rate (up to 4,500 clicks per second) tojambat echolocation?
... thatCyril Smart, an Englishcricketer, was such a powerful hitter that he once took a world-record 32 runs off a single over, and held the record number of sixes for his club,Glamorgan?
... thatPaquito D'Rivera won aLatin Grammy Award with asuite?
... thatparaphrenia is amental disorder characterized byparanoid delusions (with or withouthallucinations) without deterioration of intellect or personality?
... that the final conviction in theChełmno Trials of theChełmno extermination camp personnel was imposed in Poland 56 years after the war ended?
... that the young of the tinystarfishParvulastra parvivipara arecannibals?
... that 300 years afterSir Michael Dormer purchased property that became a free school inHorsham, it was found that the school belonged to his heir at law?

08:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

... that a now nonexistent sixteenth-century crucifix inscription inRoholte Church(pictured) is considered to have been one of the oldest of its kind?
... thatCarlos Rojas Pavez, along withJosé Arraño Acevedo and Miguel Larravide Blanco, foundedPeriódico Pichilemu in 1944, but only managed to publish nine editions?
... that in thewildlife of Haiti, theendemic national bird of the country, theHispaniolan Trogon (Priotelus roseigaster) is near threatened according to theIUCN Red List?
... that prominent Tucson physicianJohn Handy, the firstChancellor of theUniversity of Arizona, threatened to kill his abused wife's attorney, but was shot and killed when he assaultedFrancis Heney?
... that theJapanese Constitution Popularisation Society published 20,000,000 copies ofNew Constitution – Bright Life, and sent them to every household in Japan?
... thatBenjamin Odeje was the first blackfootballer to represent England at any level?
... that freshly minted "cybernat"Stuart Campbell is a well-known figure in theScottish Independence debate and has been described as "videogames journalism's answer toAl Qaeda"?

00:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

... that 87,000 cubic feet (2,500 m³) of Mountain White marble fromDanby, Vermont were used in the construction of theMemorial Amphitheater(pictured) in theU.S. National Cemetery inArlington, Virginia?
... thatHorace Greeley boughta new house inChappaqua, New York, after anti-abolitionist mobs threatened his wife at their old one?
... that the two termsImoro Yakubu Kakpagu served as MP of theKumbungu constituency were sandwiched between the terms ofMuhammad Mumuni?
... thatGisselfeld features amoat and a frog-embellished fountain?
... that theGrotta di Lourdes complex ofVatican City is a replica of theLourdes Grotto in France?
... that over 300,000 hours of training materials have been developed and are maintained using theUnited States Navy'sAuthoring Instructional Materials management system?
... thatSyair Siti Zubaidah Perang Cina uses its rhyming pattern as a reason for not explicitly discussing sex?

27 May 2013

16:00, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the exterior wall ofTaiohae'sNotre Dame Cathedral(pictured) is made up of stones from each of the six inhabited islands of theMarquesas?
... thatDouglas Maclean was regarded as New Zealand's most successful breeder of shorthorn cattle andWelsh Ponies?
... that on 11 April 1996, smoulderingpolystyrene slabs in a ceiling atDüsseldorf International Airport evolved intoa major fire?
... that Turkey's first female sculptor wasMari Gerekmezyan, an ethnicArmenian?
... thatArunima Sinha is the world's first femaleamputee to climbMount Everest?
... that journalistHasan Cemal acknowledged and apologized for theArmenian Genocide, a crime committed by his grandfatherCemal Pasha?
... thatJohn Hales was fined 1000marks and imprisoned for allowing two of theMarprelate tracts to be printed at theWhitefriars, Coventry?

08:00, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatShelby Miller(pictured) threw fourno-hitters in high school, including three consecutively, one of which was aperfect game?
... thatLeona Lewis can be heard "cooing impossibly high melodies over bouncing club beats" on "Outta My Head"?
... that the destroyerHMSVersatile once rammed and almost sliced a submarine in half during a military exercise off the coast of Gibraltar?
... that the 2013 filmMeghe Dhaka Tara is inspired by the life and works ofRitwik Ghatak who made a filmof the same name in 1960?
... thatSt Helen's Priory, Derby became a hospital in 1160, after the majority of itscanons transferred to nearbyDarley Abbey in 1157?
... thatLil Bub & Friendz, starring "perma-kitten"Lil Bub, won theTribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film?
... that although implicated in corruption in the administration of the Mint in 1528,Robert Amadas retained his position as Henry VIII's Master of the Jewel House until his death in 1532?

00:00, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theWawel Dragon statue(pictured) inKraków, Poland,breathes fire?
... thatAmba was given the epithet "incarnation of penance” for her undaunted courage and dedicated approach to do penance seeking revenge againstBhishma?
... that the wedding ofLydia Kandou to a Muslim singer led to widespread debate in Indonesia about the acceptability ofinterfaith marriages?
... that upon completion in 1848, the originalPalacio Liévano was the largest building inBogotá?
... thatAnanda Chandra Barua was a writer, poet, playwright, translator, journalist and actor fromAssam, who receivedPadma Shri, the fourth highestcivilian award of the country in 1970?
... that one factory owner forced all his employees to enlist in theBritish Volunteer Corps?

26 May 2013

16:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the text forBach's lastcantata in his second year inLeipzig,Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, BWV 176, reflects the meeting of Jesus andNicodemus(pictured)?
... that in 1317, acanon fromBeeston Priory had to travel toRome to seek absolution fromPope John XXII for attacking the Bishop of Norwich with a sword?
... that theFlag of Benin, first chosen in 1959, was reinstated in 1990 following the collapse of thePeople's Republic of Benin?
... that on the night of 24 February 1874,David Livingstone's corpse was placed in the tower of theHoly Ghost Mission inBagamoyo,Tanzania?
... thatFu Sheng was credited with saving theConfucian classicBook of Documents from thebook burning of theFirst Emperor of China?
... that theMetropolitan's Residence inChernivtsi expresses the "cultural identity of theOrthodox Church within theAustro-Hungarian Empire during a period of religious and cultural toleration"?
... that Ohio's currentPerry County Courthouse wasthe county's fifth courthouse in seventy years?

08:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theCongressional Palace of Argentina(pictured) once had abarber shop in the basement?
... that record-breakingmiddle-distance runnerArchie San Romani was run over by atruck as a child and his right leg nearly had to beamputated?
... that the song "Don't Hold the Wall" byJustin Timberlake is a mix ofhip hop,Bollywood andBhangra music?
... thatAlbert Seedman was the onlyJewish chief of detectives for theNew York City Police Department?
... thata 100-metre-deep sinkhole that formed inGuatemala City in 2007, killing five people, was caused by ruptured sewage pipes?
... thatIva Withers once played the leading roles in bothCarousel andOklahoma! on Broadway on the same day?
... that inTony Harrison'splayThe Trackers of Oxyrhynchus thesatyrs are depicted ashooligans playing asoccer match with a ball fashioned out of theIchneutae papyrus?

00:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theTurquoise Parrot(female pictured) was formerly used as pie-filling?
... that the release of "Love a Woman", a duet byMary J. Blige andBeyoncé Knowles, was delayed due to Knowles' pregnancy?
... that Samina Peak was named afterSamina Baig, who at the age of 22 became the firstPakistani woman to climbMount Everest?
... that Ohio'sWashington Cemetery is the burial place of two congressmen and U.S. Attorney GeneralHarry M. Daugherty?
... that thebutton everlasting of eastern Australia can resprout and flower 16 weeks after a bushfire?
... that IndiancricketerM. P. Bajana was known as "Pyjamas" during his time withSomerset County Cricket Club?
... that thewandering leg sausage was one of theInternational Institute for Species Exploration's Top 10 new species of 2012?

25 May 2013

16:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the Hindu godKrishna is described as havingeight chief queens(pictured with Krishna) –Rukmini,Satyabhama,Jambavati,Kalindi,Mitravinda,Nagnajiti,Bhadra andLakshmana – and16,000 other wives headed byRohini?
... thatBoundary Channel off thePotomac River inWashington, D.C. was dredged and widened to provide fill material to raise the ground by more than 8 feet (2.4 m) whenThe Pentagon was constructed?
... thatBachata #1's, Vol. 2 was the tenth best-selling Tropical Album of both 2008 and 2009?
... thatLin Tie studied at theUniversity of Paris and theCommunist University of the Toilers of the East?
... that actorN. Viswanathan started his career as an English professor atSt. Xavier's College, Calcutta?
... that thedesert shrimp can colonise new areas even when dead?

08:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

... that after CardinalThomas Wolsey(pictured) died atLeicester Abbey in 1530, his body was put on display so it could be viewed by the people of Leicester?
... thatHarry Kizirian was awarded theNavy Cross for killing 12 Japanese soldiers while being unable to walk?
... that the authorZadie Smith declined to adapt her own novel,White Teeth, into thetelevision miniseries to complete her next novel,The Autograph Man?
... that thelime forMidhurst Whites came fromCocking?
... thatErhard Egidi conducted at theNeustädter Kirche both the first performance after more than 300 years of a funeral music by the church's first organist and Bach'sMass in B minor?
... that theSoft and Hard Adult Film and Television Awards are the onlypornographic film awards in the UK to have winners determined by public votes?

00:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatJacksonville, Florida'sSan Marco neighborhood(Gazebo in San Marco Square pictured) was once an independent city called South Jacksonville?
... thatRaha Moharrak is the youngest Arab and the firstSaudi woman to climbMount Everest?
... thatOld Fort Park and Golf Course inMurfreesboro, Tennessee contains the remains of the largest earthworkfortification built during theAmerican Civil War?
... that theJordaanlied, a genre of sentimental songs celebrating the Amsterdam neighborhood theJordaan, was popularized by a cabaret artist from Utrecht, a composer from Rotterdam, and a singer from England?
... thatMei Ze's forgery ofKong Anguo's compilation of theBook of Documents was officially recognized as aConfucian classic for over 1000 years?
... that according toGreece's2013 Eurovision entry, "Alcohol Is Free"?

24 May 2013

16:04, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatJames Chadwick(pictured), who was later to win theNobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of theneutron, experimented with radioactive toothpaste during World War I?
... thatMr England became the official mascot of theEngland rugby union team because theRugby Football Union noticed his costume?
... that theball used inwomen's Test cricket can be up to13⁄16ounces (23.03 grams) lighter than that used in men's cricket?
... that althoughAnthony Stapleton was granted the reversion of the office ofTown Clerk of London in 1544, he was not able to take up the position until 1570?
... thatDale Earnhardt won the1999 Goody's Headache Powder 500 after starting in 26th, the lowest starting position for a winner atBristol Motor Speedway?
... that ameeting on 24 May 1963 brought black leaders together with U.S. Attorney GeneralRobert Kennedy, who complained, "You can't talk to them the way you can talk toMartin Luther King"?

08:19, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatMondeuse noire(pictured) has been speculated to be theAncient Roman wine grapeAllobrogica described byPliny the Elder,Columella andCelsus?
... thatU.S. Civil War generalJames Spears, who joined theUnion Army after a threat of arrest for disloyalty to theConfederacy, was later dismissed from the army for statements opposing the U.S. government?
... that formerbaseball playerChris Bando once posted a .139batting average only a season after batting .291?
... thatAir Mata Iboe (Mother's Tears), reportedly finished during theJapanese occupation of Indonesia, had newspaper reviews before then?
... thatMario Bichón Cáceres was the president of thePichilemu Football Association during a time of "football rejuvenation"?
... thatVerdi, likeBrahms andScarlatti, lies withinShakespeare?

00:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the "buttery" flavor associated withChardonnay is created by bacteria(pictured) as a by-product ofmalolactic fermentation?
... thatPhil Plait, the author ofBad Astronomy, attempts to explore common fallacies and popular misunderstandings within the field of astronomy?
... thatAsa Lansford Foster was among the leading experts on the geology of theCoal Region in Pennsylvania?
... thatGuy Fulton designed 34 campus buildings and 16 fraternity/sorority houses at theUniversity of Florida plus the spring-fed pool atGlen Springs?
... that2013 Preakness Stakes winner,Oxbow, won his first stakes race, theLecomte Stakes on January 19, 2013?
... thatMariblanca Sabas Alomá,Cuban journalist andMinister without portfolio, consideredlesbianism to be a social disease?

23 May 2013

16:49, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

... that althoughJoe Moore wasMissouri's all-time leading rusher, he was only able to record 281 rushing yards with theChicago Bears?
... that the York, atributary of thePinguk River, rises on the eastern flanks ofBrooks Mountain, the highest mountain in theYork Mountains range?
... that in 1832,Duchess Marie of Württemberg became the stepmother of her first-cousin,Prince Albert?
... that members of theBerisha claim they are the oldest tribe of northernAlbania?
... thatBruce MacKinnon, cartoonist for theChronicle Herald, received an honourary doctorate fromNSCAD University, twenty-five years after he left it without a degree?

09:04, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

... that there are around 100 species ofHelicia(H. glabriflora pictured) found from Sri Lanka and China to Australia?
... that while he was working atDuke University, eventualPenn State American football head coachBill O'Brien tried to recruitAndrew Szczerba, who attended Penn State?
... that despite not beingKanye West's "biggest fan",Leona Lewis attributes him as a source of inspiration for herGlassheart Tour?
... thatJaved Akhtar won theFilmfare Award and theScreen Award for writing the lyrics of the songSandese Aate Hai, whereas its singerSonu Nigam won theZee Cine Award?
... thatJohn Netherland could not seek re-election after his first term as aTennessee State Senator because a new amendment to thestate constitution made him temporarily ineligible for the office?
... thatJohann Sebastian Bach reworked music from more than three decades earlier for the central pieceCrucifixus in the symmetrical structure of hisMass in B minor?

00:39, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theSt Kilda field mouse(pictured) lives 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Scotland, and is twice the size ofmainland mice?
... thatStryker Trahan was named for the title character inB.L. Stryker?
... thatlesser mouse-tailed bats, when flying in a group, choose one of three frequencies forecholocation so as to avoid jamming each other?
... thatAlice Ball developed an injectable medicine that was the most effective treatment ofleprosy before the 1940s?
... thatMomoiro Clover Z premiered their "Hymn to Labor" on a rooftop in Tokyo while wearing energy-saving suits?
... thatJameson Parker played fictional philandererBrad Vernon in his first featured television role onOne Life to Live?
... that the 1852 manuscriptMeanderings of Memory is used as an early or first source for 51 entries in theOxford English Dictionary, but when looked for in 2013, could not be located?

22 May 2013

16:54, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatKrake(pictured) was Germany's first everDive Coaster?
... thatPaquito D'Rivera became the first performer to be honored in the Jazz and Classical musical fields after winning aLatin Grammy for the albumsBrazilian Dreams andHistoria del Soldado?
... thatAfrican Americans made upalmost one-fifth of the U.S. population in 1790?
... that the narrowest section ofChristmas Island is throughMurray Hill, and its highest point is the hill's summit?
... thatwomen in Sierra Leone got the right to vote in 1930?
... that thecontroversial album art onNOFX's albumHeavy Petting Zoo features a man and sheepsixty-nining, which led to the LP version being confiscated in Germany?

09:09, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

... that in theNintendo DS video gameDiamond Trust of London(prototype pictured), players compete to extractdiamonds fromAngola before the implementation of theKimberley Process Certification Scheme?
... that Argentine actorMarco Antonio Caponi, a native of theMendoza Province, played a Mendocine character inHerederos de una venganza?
... that thegraffiti that has been removed from San Francisco'sVaillancourt Fountain includes slogans painted on it by its sculptor?
... thatW. David Kingery is considered the "father of modern ceramics"?
... that the production of theStar Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Sword of Kahless" featured two formerThe Next Generation actors and a guest star fromThe Original Series?
... thatSally Mann dug up the body of her dead petgreyhound and photographed it for her photo-bookWhat Remains?

01:24, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatNo. 84 Wing RAAF(Boeing 707 tanker pictured) received aMeritorious Unit Citation for its part in thewar in Afghanistan?
... thatCarlos Echazarreta Iñiguez has been a candidate for political offices inPichilemu,Chile, representing three different parties?
... that in April 2013, Norwegian singerSusanne Sundfør made her U.S. television debut by performing "Oblivion" onJimmy Kimmel Live!?
... that the 68-percentwindfall tax oncopper and goldmining in Mongolia was repealed in 2009?
... that theKitlope Heritage Conservancy is the largest preserve of coastal temperate rainforest on the planet?
... that Singaporean rockerRamli Sarip was banned from performing inMalaysia for seven years because he hadlong hair?

21 May 2013

17:39, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

... that priests ofCaracas Cathedral(pictured) believed that the1812 earthquake which devastated the church and city wasdivine retribution?
... that while serving as the first Chair of the School of Aeronautics at theGeorgia Institute of Technology,Montgomery Knight developed one of the first jet-powered helicopter rotors?
... that perfume criticLuca Turin considers the monks ofCaldey Abbey to produce "simply the best lavender soliflore on earth"?
... that a great-grandniece ofGeorge Washington,Eugenia Washington, founded two lineage societies including theDaughters of the American Revolution?
... that KingRazagyi ofArakan sacked and burned downPegu, the capital ofToungoo Empire in 1600?
... thatmento artistCount Lasher was covered byBob Marley and once recorded a song about an old lady offering strains ofcannabis with names like "Deadman Get-up" and "Granny Crack Cracks"?

09:54, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

... that to ensureMount Elbert(pictured) remained the highest of theRockies, its supporters tore the top offanother mountain?
... thatMiao Wei was nominated byBusinessWeek as a "Star of Asia" for rescuingChina's then second biggest carmaker from near bankruptcy and transforming it into a profitable company?
... that after running for seven consecutive years, theBlockbuster Entertainment Awards were cancelled in November 2001 following security concerns after theSeptember 11 attacks?
... thatMartin Krumbiegel sang the tenor part inBach's cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder (Resound, ye songs) and his "Pipe Aria"?
... that the efforts of JudgeVance Peterson, a retiredArmy lieutenant colonel, led to the establishment of aveterans' court inSpokane County, Washington?
... thatSamuel Jackson was regarded as the father of the legal profession inAuckland, New Zealand?

00:19, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

... that poetessChristiana Mariana von Ziegler(pictured) ended her text forBach's cantataAlso hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68, forPentecost Monday with a quotation from the Gospel?
... thatTony's Cronies includedTony Blair's former boss, school friend and office manager, who some viewed as appointed to official positions because of their personal friendships with Blair?
... that abaseball field andbuilding named afterJoe Tinker inOrlando, Florida, are on theUnited States National Register of Historic Places?
... that for the 1956 wedding anniversary ofJohnny Jordaan, the king of theJordaanlied, 30,000 people showed up?
... that although most sources say thatStefano Pendinelli wasmartyred byTurks as thearchbishop of Otranto, at least one source suggests that he died of fright?
... thatAndrei Krauchanka's pole snapped during the2010 European decathlon, but he still won a medal after rivalDarius Draudvila lent him his pole?

20 May 2013

16:34, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatRosario de Acuña Villanueva de la Iglesia(pictured) is cited as the "first woman playwright to have a theater closed down"?
... that NorwegianrefereeEinar Halle has admitted that some clubs have tried to bribe him ahead of matches?
... that duringParaguay'sRevolt of the Comuneros the rebels were brieflyexcommunicated after raiding aJesuit college and chapel?
... thatWhen the Game Stands Tall is an upcoming film about theDe La Salle High School 151-gamehigh school football winning streak?
... that 400 years afterAlice Baldwin surrenderedBurnham Abbey at theDissolution of the Monasteries, it was sold to a religious order and again became a community of nuns?
... thatNolan Ryan is the only player topitch an immaculate inning in both theAmerican League andNational League?
... that in 2004 a special issue of theJournal of Nietzsche Studies was published which aimed to build upon the scholarship of 1991'sNietzsche and Asian Thought?

08:49, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

... that when German teenagers attendedPinemere Camp(sign pictured) in Pennsylvania, they were shocked at sharing living quarters with their counselors?
... that Indonesian "sex bomb"Meriam Bellina has been called "the fantasy girl come true for the movie-going public"?
... that some signatories of theI Apologize campaign, which was in regards to theArmenian Genocide, received death threats?
... thatJoe Childs rodeGainsborough to win theBritish Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1918, and donated his riding fees for the year to theBritish Army's cavalry?
... thatSillerman joked that he would give up shares of hisEDM promoterSFX Entertainment if people catch its staffgouging the price ofwine at itsnightclubs?
... that Singaporean rapperShigga Shay has been hailed as "Singapore'sKanye West?"
... that theragworm changes colour from brown to green as the breeding season approaches?

01:04, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

... that executed bodies could be left on theGibbet of Montfaucon(illustrated) outside the walls of Paris for as long as three years?
... thatAmtrak's Pacific Parlour Car lounges on theCoast Starlight are refurbishedBudd CompanyHi-Level lounges originally built for theEl Capitan in 1956?
... that notMemphis Slim but 1930sSt. Louis blues pianistPinetop Sparks wrote the blues standard "Every Day I Have the Blues"?
... thatJeff Gordon won the1997 California 500 despite running out of fuel?
... thatThe Cooper Review, a weekly newspaper published inCooper, Texas, was founded in 1880, making it the oldest business inits county?
... that after the1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football team was recognized asnational champions, they were defeated byTexas in theOrange Bowl?
... thatChicago PD is scheduled to be spun off from theNBC seriesChicago Fire during the2013–14 United States television season?

19 May 2013

17:19, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatGustave Pellet published artworks byToulouse-Lautrec(artwork pictured) andLouis Legrand?
... that an ill-considered inscription on abonshō (Japanese temple bell) led directly to theSiege of Osaka?
... that thestarfishIconaster longimanus produces large eggs which develop directly into juveniles without an interveninglarval stage?
... that identified as "the outstandingAustralian batsman of his generation",Greg Chappell scored27 centuries inTest andOne Day International cricket matches?
... that although bothMieke Wijaya and her daughter have been nominated forCitra Awards, only Mieke has won?
... that in 1933 St. Louis blues singerDorothea Trowbridge recorded "Grinding Blues", the lyrics of which are cited as an "open declaration of erotic desire"?
... that Pittsburgh industrialistAaron S. French co-founded the largestvehicular spring manufacturer of the 19th century?

09:34, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatChapel Cleeve Manor(pictured) was used forghost hunting, with special excursions being run by theWest Somerset Railway?
... that the major themes represented in the 12th-century dramas written byWilliam of Blois are guile, deception, lust and sexual scheming?
... that in the 1983 filmOctopussy,James Bond's command to atiger to "sit" is a reference toBarbara Woodhouse's catch-phrase from her hit TV-showTraining Dogs the Woodhouse Way?
... thatJohn Milton Hawks recruited emancipated slaves to serve in theUnion Army?
... that a possible source for the poemThe Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman, by the 15th-centuryScottish poetRobert Henryson, wasAesop's Fables as published byWilliam Caxton?
... that theNRHP-listedLincoln Branch Library was the third and lastCarnegie library built inDuluth, Minnesota?
... that onEarth Day,HBOapologized to the elephants?

01:49, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the first report on finding theCoţofeni culture atRâpa Roșie(pictured) inAlba County,Romania was made in 1865?
... thatriddim composerDi Genius had his first hits in Jamaica in 2004, while still in high school?
... that theWorld War II-era diary ofBritish Empire Games gold medalistDoreen Cooper, who wrote daily messages to her missing husband, was published in 2012?
... that the spring-fed pool atGlen Springs inGainesville, Florida, was once used byGators, but is now home to catfish that are owned byElks?
... thatKing's Mead Priory was the only Benedictine Nunnery in Derbyshire?
... thatSquirrel was the damsire of sevenBritish Classic-winning Thoroughbred racehorses?
... that although it is the capital city ofWallis and Futuna,Mata-Utu doesn't have any street names?

18 May 2013

18:04, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatEpstein'sRock Drill(pictured), a "vivid illustration of the greatest function of life", was destroyed and recreated?
... thatRam Raja Prasad Singh was sentenced to deathin absentia following theNepal bombings in 1985?
... thatJennifer Lopez's song "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" was supposed to be recorded on September 11, 2001, but was postponed due to theSeptember 11 attacks?
... thattechnical analyst and authorAnne-Marie Baiynd was interviewed for a book on the "World's Most SuccessfulTraders"?
... that theStevenston Canal was the first commercial canal built in Scotland?
... that in some classification systems, the subfamilyHippocampinae includes severalgenera of pygmy pipehorses, which look likeseahorses but do not swim upright?
... that 19th century publisherJohn Harris's colourfully illustrated children's books, meant to amuse and entertain, were sold from his premises atSt. Paul's churchyard?

08:00, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theNorth Acropolis(pictured) at the ancientMaya city ofTikal served as a royalnecropolis and contains the tombs of a number of identifiedMaya rulers?
... that thesexual harassment allegations surrounding Korean officialYoon Chang-jung overshadowed Korean presidentPark Geun-hye's first visit to the USA?
... that in 1730, theDutch Republic persecuted more than two hundred suspected "sodomites", in what became known as theUtrecht sodomy trials?
... thatGao Hucheng, the Commerce Minister of China, worked and studied inKinshasa,Zaire andParis, France?
... that one of the plot points in theStar Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Heart of Stone" was based on a scene from theKen Kesey novelSometimes a Great Notion?
... that asurgery simulator allows medical students to practicesurgery without a patient, cadaver, or animal?
... that the fungusDurianella was so named for the resemblance of itsfruit bodies to littledurians?

00:00, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatvia fences(pictured), used to shieldprinted circuit lines, can also be used to formwaveguides?
... that after arriving atPichilemu,Chile on his holidays in 1933,Basilio Sánchez Berguiristain decided to stay and work there as a doctor because of "the place's beauty"?
... that formerChicago Tribune journalistGeoff Dougherty usedcraigslist to look for writers for his then-new online newspaperChicago Daily News in 2005?
... that thepeppery bolete has been used as a peppery condiment in some countries?
... that in 1919, the yearIndian discontinued itsModel Oflat-twin motorcycle,Harley-Davidson introduced aflat-twin motorcycle?
... thatLiu Hui, aHui, is one of the few women among China's high-ranking officials?
... that observations made with the sundial at theGregorian Tower ofVatican City provided essential confirmation of the need to reform theJulian calendar?

17 May 2013

16:00, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatFranklin D. Roosevelt,Martin Van Buren andHenry James all either lived in or visited the townhouses on Elk Street(pictured) in theLafayette Park Historic District inAlbany, New York?
... thatSir Robert Peel couldn't be bothered to fix hiscotton mills, so he proposed anAct of Parliament to do it for him?
... that the recently discoveredEocypselus rowei may be ancestral to bothhummingbirds andswifts?
... that formerBritish National Party fundraiser Jim Dowson is registered as the leader of the recently founded loyalist partyProtestant Coalition?
... thatRichard Buck opened the first session of theVirginia General Assembly atJamestown, Virginia on July 30, 1619 with a prayer?
... that stolen beer bottles once led to the postponement of afootball cup semi-final atStangmore Park?
... thatDu Jiahao, acting governor of China'sHunan province, began his career as a farm tool factory worker?

08:00, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatIvan Mackerle hunted theMongolian death worm(pictured), theLoch Ness monster, theTasmanian tiger, and theelephant bird?
... that after the 1975 end of theLaotian Civil War, the lyrics to the national anthem ofLaos, "Pheng Xat Lao", were changed but the music remained the same?
... that theThermal work limit has led to a substantial decrease in incidences of heat illness in the Australian mining industry?
... that beforeZhou Benshun was recently appointed party chief ofHebei province, he worked underZhou Yongkang, China's former security czar?
... thatVaanam Vasappadum (2004), directed by P. C. Sreeram was India's firsthigh-definition digital motion picture?
... that AustralianSam Fullbrook was known as the "last of the bushman painters" (rural artists), yet his works were sophisticated, widely shown and collected internationally?
... that, althoughErnest Hemingway wrote many words, he probably didn't write "For sale: baby shoes, never worn"?

16 May 2013

23:48, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

... that thegalactic habitable zone(pictured) may encompass our entire galaxy?
... that thehot air balloonThe Skywhale has been described as "massive and wondrous", "a great achievement", "an embarrassing indulgence" and "terrifyingly nipply"?
... that whileNorth Korea is abundant in natural resources worth trillions of dollars, most of these often cannot bemined due to the acute shortage ofelectricity in the country?
... that theOpen Source Satellite Initiative put aten-centimeter cube satellite into space?
... thatHao Peng has worked as asent-down youth, aflight control system technician, vice chairman ofTibet, and governor ofQinghai?
... that theNRHP-listedShiawassee County Courthouse inCorunna, Michigan, has served as a courthouse and housed county offices for almost 110 years?
... that while under thecaptaincy ofMichael Burns, tenSomerset County Cricket Club players were sent letters threatening them withthe sack?

15:33, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the spines of asea urchin(two pictured) are connected to otherossicles byball and socket joints?
... thatBraden Shipley is expected to be the first ever first-round pick in aMajor League Baseball Draft from theUniversity of Nevada, Reno?
... that thePalace of Inquisition is cited as one ofCartagena's "best examples of late colonial, civil architecture"?
... thatJohnny Kraaijkamp could have recorded the first version of "Aan de Amsterdamse grachten", one of the best-known Dutch songs of all time, had he not been out drinking the night before?
... that filming of theMad Max sequelFury Road in 2012 caused significant damage to the habitat ofDorob National Park?
... thatMaria Konopnicka's poemRota became so popular it was seen as an unofficialanthem of Poland?
... thatTony Harrison's 1998film-poem features a giant golden statue ofPrometheus nicknamedGoldenballs travelling throughEastern Europe in the back of atruck?

07:08, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatCarolina Muzzilli(pictured) was the first woman to be made an official ofArgentina's National Department of Employment?
... thatDove Real Beauty Sketches is a short film that contrasts the way women see themselves with the way others see them using blindforensic sketches?
... thatMoses Amadu Yahaya is the onlyConvention People's Party Member of Parliament in the currentParliament of Ghana?
... thatWillie Nelson sold his song "Night Life" for US$150 to a guitar instructor, and it later became a hit forRay Price in 1963?
... thatMaría Jesús Alvarado Rivera was cited by the National Council of Women of Peru in 1969 as the "first modern champion of women's rights in Peru"?
... that rather than there being oneimplicit personality theory applied by everyone, all individuals undertakeimpression formation in their own unique ways?
... thatBazy Tankersley bred over 2,800Arabian horses in a career as a horse breeder that spanned over 70 years?

15 May 2013

23:08, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theVatican Historical Museum contains a collection of decorated carriages(pictured), saddles, sedans, wagons and the first cars used by thepopes?
... that public health activistGabriela Laperrière de Coni was the first woman to serve on the executive committee of theArgentine Socialist Party?
... that the "Big Hill" necessitated the construction ofMount Stephen House inField, British Columbia?
... that in the music video for "Confe$$ions" byLecrae, a wolf symbolizes the greed of a millionaire for money?
... that Los Angeles bandThe Dream Syndicate retired in 1984, releasedOut of the Grey in 1986, retired again, then releasedGhost Stories in 1988, then retired again until 2012?
... that between 1904 and 1906, theStrelitz Buildings inFremantle,Western Australia, housed an office forHerbert Hoover?
... that thereality television poetry competitionPrince of Poets is more popular thanfootball in countries of theArab world, where it airs?

08:21, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatthis rockshelter(pictured) may have been inhabited more than ten thousand years ago?
... thatThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won a record-tying sevenOlivier Awards at the2013 Laurence Olivier Awards on April 28, 2013?
... that2013 NFL DrafteeMike Catapano is the firstPrinceton Tigers football player to be drafted since2001?
... that according to 2009 figures, approximately 77% of households inVanuatu are involved infishing activity?
... that althoughEar Mountain is located in an area long known for itstin deposits, its own were only confirmed in 1953–54 during a survey by theU.S. Bureau of Mines?
... thatNandan, the government sponsored film and cultural center ofKolkata, was inaugurated by Indian filmmakerSatyajit Ray in 1985?
... that the leaves ofGrevillea pteridifolia were used byGroote Eylandt indigenous people as stuffing foremu meat, and by early settlers as stuffing for pillows?

00:36, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

... that Hong Kong'sCathedral of the Immaculate Conception(pictured) was officially opened,consecrated andbombed by the Japanese on separate December 8ths?
... thatThe Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo won thePulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 2013?
... thatDuccio Tessari's 1970 workLa morte risale a ieri sera contains "a great deal more humanity" than mostgiallo films?
... that Wing CommanderRichard Pink led No. 2 (Indian) Wing duringPink's War, the first independent action of theRoyal Air Force, and is the only RAF officer after whom a campaign is named?
... thatKokila was the firstKannada film to be screened for 100 days in Madras?
... thatBholu, a cartoon elephant, is the mascot ofIndian Railways?

14 May 2013

16:51, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Model of the treasure ship on display at the Ibn Battuta Mall

... thatMing China'streasure voyages were undertaken by AdmiralZheng He's expeditionaryfleet(ship model pictured), even though the 15th-century Portuguese thought that the unknown ships belonged to white Christians?
... that the1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season featured twotropical cyclones that struckEast Pakistan three weeks apart, resulting in over 20,000 fatalities?
... thatXie Fuzhan, Governor of China'sHenan province, is an award-winning economist who has studied atPrinceton,Harvard, andCambridge?
... that the proceeds from theJackson Barnett No. 11 Oil Well ledJackson Barnett to be described as the world's richestnative American?

09:06, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the Indian Navy'sSatpura(pictured) participated in theMalabar 2012 exercise with theUnited States Navy?
... thatFreguesiaSão Bartolomeu dos Galegos has been inhabited since theNeolithic period?
... that thecretaceous subfamilySphecomyrminae has not been included in several recentphylogenetic studies of theant family?
... thatTang Shu-wing has been described as "one of the most talented theatre directors of Hong Kong"?
... that a hoard of coins of theDurotriges tribe was found in the rampart ofCastle Rings, anIron Age hill fort in Wiltshire?
... thatJerzy Żuławski'sLunar Trilogy published in the 1900s was a major milestone in the history ofscience fiction and fantasy in Poland?
... that only five of the twelve tracks onBachata #1's, Vol. 3 are actually number-one singles?

00:10, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

... that in the sixteenth century,Selworthy Beacon(pictured) was used to warn of impending invasions?
... that the authors ofThe Discipline of Market Leaders were accused of purchasing thousands of copies of their own book in order to get it on theNew York Times Best Seller list?
... that in 2007,South African journalist Deon Maas was dismissed after advocating religious tolerance in hisRapport column, as a result of the ongoingSatanic Panic in South Africa?
... thatCaptain Kidd's pirate shipAdventure Galley was rediscovered off the coast ofMadagascar by aDiscovery Channel expedition?
... that thecathedral ofMata-Utu bears aMaltese cross between its twin towers?
... that theBenedictine abbotBernard Smith served as a Roman guide to the future British KingEdward VII, U.S. PresidentFranklin Pierce, andNathaniel Hawthorne?
... that theslime sponge was observed growing inMonterey Bay Aquarium and othermarine aquaria before it was discovered in thewild?

13 May 2013

16:25, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

... that although thenative language spoken daily by the islanders(pictured) ofWallis and Futuna is the'Uvea language, the official language isFrench?
... that the military career of MajorErnest Gambier-Parry was ended by wounds sustained in a campaign to avenge the grisly death of renowned GeneralCharles George Gordon?
... thatKigali City Tower is the tallest building inRwanda?
... that in 1344Derby Black Friary was ransacked by a group of over 40 men, who stole £60 worth of goods?
... that the Danish poetKarl Gjellerup, who in 1917 was awarded theNobel Prize in Literature, was born atRoholte'srectory in 1857?
... thatHong Leong Group founderKwek Hong Png was one of the world's richest men with an estimated net worth ofS$3 billion?
... thatthe Wizard beat Iron Man?

08:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

... that ancient Romans marked and decorated their graves in theCatacombs of Rome with the broken-off bottoms of drinking cups with designs ingold sandwich glass(example pictured)?
... that theMiller Introduction to Judaism Program at theAmerican Jewish University has prepared thousands of people to convert to Judaism since 1986?
... that theCoen brothers filmA Serious Man, nominated for the 2009Academy Award for Best Picture, used a book byBrad Zellar for inspiration?
... that stone images atDevtamura inTripura are reported to mark the revival ofBrahminism during the 15/16th century when the influence ofBuddhism waned in India?
... that the Egyptian men's handball team qualified forthe 1996 Olympics by finishing sixth at theWorld Championships, at the time the highest placement for a squad from Africa?
... thatMariah Carey does not sing any lyrics for the first third of her new single "#Beautiful"?
... that attorneyJohn Baxter provided legal defense for the participants in theEast Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy and theGreat Locomotive Chase?

00:55, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatMatthew Piers Watt Boulton(pictured) patented theaileron 36 years before it was adopted for use in an airplane?
... that theBuberuka Highlands is a majoragroecological zone inRwanda?
... that the workers' associationCITYPEG has criticised both theGibraltarian andSpanish governments for their policies affecting Spanish workers inGibraltar?
... that formerAT&T engineerMike Cierpiot now reviews communications bills for theMissouri House of Representatives?
... thatFerreirasdorp is the oldest part ofJohannesburg, but as the city expanded it ultimately became "synonymous with practically everything that is vile and violent" about Johannesburg?
... thatcardiac surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan will head thecardiac surgery department of theRawalpindi Institute of Cardiology?
... that the documentary filmTouch the Sound featuresprofoundly deaf Scottish percussionistEvelyn Glennie, who has learnt to "hear with her body"?

12 May 2013

16:55, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatSt. Michael's Cathedral(pictured) inSitka, Alaska, was pillaged by forces under Major GeneralJefferson C. Davis in 1867?
... thatSandy MacGregor considered himself to be the first western soldier in the Vietnam War to explore theCu Chi tunnels?
... thatPatty Duke andMeredith Baxter portray a longstanding lesbian couple onGlee'sfourth season finale, roles that are set to recur in the fifth season?
... that engines made byWilliam Roberts & Co of Nelson are still steamed regularly?
... that theWheeler No. 1 Oil Well inDrumright, Oklahoma was still producing after 100 years?
... that Hindi film actressSmita Patil's fatherShivajirao Girdhar Patil is a social activist and politician and was presented with thePadma Bhushan by theGovernment of India this year?
... that the émigré Russian publicationFashist falsely claimed to have a vast network of "fascist correspondents" inside theSoviet Union?

06:58, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatMahango Game Park(pictured) in theCaprivi Strip has been designated anImportant Bird Area byBirdLife International?
... thatPoland has over 2,000 nature reserves, the first of which were created in the 19th century?
... thatmusic critics have predicted thatJennifer Lopez's new single "Live It Up" will be thesummer hit of 2013?
... that theBattle of Florvåg may have been the deadliest naval battle in Norwegian history?
... that when she was nine years old,Magnanime returned to the place of her origin to launch an attack upon it?
... thatDido's first studio albumNo Angel, initially a modest commercial success, increased in sales after American rapperEminem sampled its single "Thank You" in his hit song, "Stan"?
... thatGerd Kristiansen is the second female leader of theNorwegian Confederation of Trade Unions?

11 May 2013

17:33, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the lateGothic churchSt. Lamberti(pictured) inHildesheim was rebuilt after destruction in World War II, but a southern annex was kept in ruins as a memorial ?
... thatKarja church on the Estonian island ofSaaremaa is the rural church richest in medieval carved stone decoration in all theBaltic states?
... thatWigan Athletic have already qualified for theEuropa League regardless of the result againstManchester City in the2013 FA Cup Final today?
... thatTang Qunying has been cited as one of the "best-known women activists in modern Chinese history"?
... that the East GermanCommunist Party and the West GermanSocial Democratic Party could both trace their lineage back to the 19th centurySocial Democratic Workers' Party of Germany?
... that thePrague-basedNova borba was the first YugoslavCominformist émigré mouthpiece?
... that in the first episode ofNever Ever Do This At Home, hosts Teddy Wilson and Norm Sousa tested the hazards of usingfireworks indoors?

09:10, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

... that after a 46-year career in theRoyal Australian Navy, Vice AdmiralSir Alan McNicoll(pictured) was appointed as Australia's first ambassador to Turkey?
... that, after it featured in an episode ofNip/Tuck, "So Damn Beautiful" byPoloroid was described bymusicOMH as being a "truly haunting song"?
... that former chefAziza Ali is credited with establishingSingapore's first Malay restaurant?
... thatDian Sastrowardoyo received concurrent nominations for theCitra Award for Best Leading Actress?
... thatChia Thye Poh, formerly detained under Singapore'sInternal Security Act, has been called "the world's second longest servingprisoner-of-conscience after South Africa'sNelson Mandela"?
... that theRegency Café has appeared in the filmsLayer Cake andBrighton Rock, as well as in JapaneseVogue?
... that "Biscuit King"Rajan Pillai actually controlled only three percent ofBritannia Industries, India's largest biscuit-making concern?

00:21, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

... that some of thewildlife of Mongolia is found in theGobi desert(pictured), the fifth largest desert in the world?
... that pioneering French acousticianJoseph Sauveur proposed unsuccessfully thatmiddle C be set to 256 Hz, the system later calledscientific pitch?
... that the Argentine branch of theAnonymous group helped the organization of the18Acacerolazo?
... thatBombino bianco is known under the synonymsDebit andPagadebit because of the wine grape's reputation for reliablyyielding large crops that would help growers pay off theirdebts?
... that theNada Tunnel of Kentucky serves "as the gateway to theRed River Gorge"?
... thatBen Harvey was sacked byPertemps Bees after a poor run of results?
... that the melody of the hymn "What Wondrous Love Is This" is generally believed to have been borrowed from aballad about pirateWilliam Kidd?

10 May 2013

16:00, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

... that van Gogh used hisSorrow(pictured) to "express something of life's struggle"?
... that the final version of the 33-metre-high (108 ft)Temple 33 at the ancientMaya city ofTikal inGuatemala was completely destroyed by archaeologists in 1965?
... that in theGlee episode "Wonder-ful",Katey Sagal appears as the mother ofKevin McHale's characterArtie Abrams, months after McHale had suggested her for the role at aComic-Con panel?
... thatFriedrich Wilhelm Rust, who was able to play Bach'sDas Wohltemperierte Clavier from memory as a teenager, studied composition with Bach's sons and the violin in Italy?
... thatCuthbert Christy was senior medical officer to the second battalion, West African Field Force in Northern Nigeria from 1898 to 1902?
... that "Buenos Amigos" was a career-launching song for American singerSelena, who recorded it as a duet withAlvaro Torres in 1991?
... that in 1941 the manager ofYeeda Station fatally shot himself by accident only to be replaced by a man who was arrested for cattle stealing?

08:00, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatTony Harrison's film-poemThe Gaze of the Gorgon(Gorgon pictured) is narrated by a statue ofHeinrich Heine and depictsKaiser Wilhelm II as anarchaeologist excavating theArtemis Temple of Corfu?
... thatMahee Castle, inNorthern Ireland, has abawn, a boatbay, and amurder-hole?
... that Cuban composerCésar Portillo de la Luz founded thefilin movement?
... that afterRobert Pakington was shot to death on the morning of 13 November 1536 while on his way to Mass, his murder was interpreted as a Protestant martyrdom?
... that from 1194 to 1196William de Warenne was responsible for theHonour of Gloucester?
... thatBrooks Mountain inAlaska contains deposits ofzeunerite?
... that French admiralLatouche-Tréville, who had defeatedHoratio Nelson atBoulogne, was chastised by his superior because he had brought a female companion to war?

00:00, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

... that noblemanLouis-André de Grimaldi(pictured) introduced unpopular improvements, such as dismissing thehigh altar and selling the Medieval and Renaissance silver, during his term asbishop ofLe Mans?
... that the origins of the dance moveslutdrop can be traced back to music videos such asDirrty by Christina Aguilera?
... that theorange icing sponge often grows on the underside of themustard hill coral?
... thatLola Maverick Lloyd, the granddaughter ofSamuel Maverick, co-founded the Campaign for World Government?
... thatTropical Storm Lucille in1960 was the firsttropical cyclone in theWestern Pacific to have its nameretired?
... that the restaurantQuo Vadis under chefJeremy Lee was recently named Best Kitchen byTatler magazine?
... that the career of record-breakingdiscus throwerEric Krenz was cut short when he drowned inLake Tahoe?

9 May 2013

16:00, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatGasherbrum II(pictured) is the 13th-highest mountain on Earth?
... thatHoracio Cartes,president-elect of Paraguay, has been president of theLibertad football club since 2001?
... that Bach's firstcantata for the feast of theAscension,Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37, omits the topic of the Ascension and derives from the quoted Gospel (Mark 16:16)Lutheran thoughts?
... that theunion of Hungary and Poland fell apart due to theregent Elizabeth of Bosnia's reluctance to give up her grip on power by moving fromBuda toKraków, where she had no supporters?
... that the bowl of afont inBraaby Church has relief decorations ofthe magi, an angel holding back a hunter, and Satan in the form of an ape?
... that during a long career in theRoyal Navy, AdmiralStephen Lushington received honours from Britain, France, Greece and theOttoman Empire?
... that the Corporation ofDerby used to pay two pounds of wax, annually, to the monks ofSt. James Priory, for the right to cross St. James Bridge?

08:00, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatLu Xun(pictured), a Chinese politician and general known for upholdingConfucian ethics, once ordered an attack which led to the deaths and capture of over 1,000 civilians?
... that though theSulu Bleeding-heart has not been definitively seen since 1891, there is still hope that it is not extinct?
... thatThe Searchers, listed in a recent survey as the seventh greatest film ever made, was edited byJack Murray, along with fourteen other films directed byJohn Ford?
... thatSaradha Group financial scandal is possibly the biggestponzi collapse in India?
... thatSharon Kinne remains wanted for a crime for which she was tried three times in the 1960s?
... that the president of theUNGA,Vuk Jeremić, believes that theboycott of thethematic debate on the role of international criminal justice in reconciliation was not successful?
... thatJohn Christian Reid, a future three-termMayor of Newcastle, Australia, was appointed the French consular agent there despite his poor grasp of the language?

00:00, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

... that one of about 1,000 English poetrymiscellanies(pictured) of the 18th century included "the Lucubrations of the Polite Part of the World, written upon walls, in Bog-Houses"?
... that Italianinterior designerStefania Follini spent 130 days of isolation in a cave?
... thatBangladesh Games, the nationalmulti-sport event ofBangladesh, was previously known asBangladesh Olympic Championships?
... thatVilde Frang played theCarmen Fantasy byPablo de Sarasate, withMariss Jansons conducting theOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, at age 13?
... thatforensic developmental psychology focuses on the reliability, credibility, and accuracy of children's testimonies in the courtroom?
... that screenwriterSally Wainwright was inspired by her mother's second marriage when writingLast Tango in Halifax, a story of romance between two widowed septuagenarians?
... thattangled honeypots can be found inkwongan?

8 May 2013

16:00, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

... that theNeanderthals of Gibraltar(male pictured) were among the first to be discovered and may have been among the last surviving members of their species?
... thatBeethoven improvised for an hour on piano to comfortDorothea von Ertmann, his student and possibleImmortal Beloved, over the death of her son?
... that the furry flower spikes ofBanksia baueri take up to six months to develop?
... thatSyair Abdul Muluk was authored by eitherRaja Ali Haji or his sister?
... that geologistSharon A. Hill has investigated and reported on recent claims aboutBigfoot DNA evidence?
... thatCasimir Pulaski Monument in Savannah, the first American monument toPulaski, was built over 70 years after aUS Congress resolution calling for it?
... thatSophia Loren punished cat burglarPeter Scott with a 'gypsies' curse'?

08:00, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

... that film actressPaoli Dam(pictured) holds a post-graduate degree in chemistry and initially wanted to become a researcher of the subject?
... that the yeastSporobolomyces koalae was isolated from nasal swabs collected from koalas housed in a Japanese zoo?
... thatAriya Jutanugarn, at age 11, was the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA Tour event?
... thatWild Mary Sudik spewed more than 200,000 barrels of oil overOklahoma City?
... thatNathan Astle's153-ball double century is the fastest in Test cricket?
... that the web seriesMy Best Gay Friends, considered to be the first gay sitcom inVietnam, was filmed using aDSLR camera?
... that some players preferred receivingcufflinks orshotguns over aWorld Series ring?

00:00, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

... that much of theYankeetown Site(pictured) was flooded by the construction of a new dam on theOhio River?
... thatHarald Sandvik was in command of theSpecial Operations Executive branchKompani Linge in 1943–44?
... thatSt. Pierre Cathedral inSaint Pierre and Miquelon containsstained glass windows that were given byCharles de Gaulle during his 1967 visit?
... thatDisgraced is aPulitzer Prize-winning play that depicts the challenges for upwardly mobile Muslim Americans in the post-9/11 America?
... thatLatu Makaafi became one ofJersey's first professional rugby players?
... that the inmates ofPoniatowa camp dug their own graves as fake air-raid trenches?
... that Commanderde Fréminville was not only a keen explorer, zoologist and archeologist, but also the anonymous author of a book exalting female clothes?

7 May 2013

16:00, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the 13th-centuryilluminated manuscriptNorth French Hebrew Miscellany(illustration pictured) contains biblical and religious texts as well as poetry, legal materials, and a calendar?
... that the sevenhome runs hit byJack Stivetts as a pitcher in 1890 stood as the record untilWes Ferrell hit nine in 1931?
... thatLawrence Fuchs, anAmerican studies professor atBrandeis University, was also aPeace Corps country director inThe Philippines and aNavy medic?
... that theMajdanek State Museum, with its permanent collection of evidence and rare artefacts fromthe Holocaust in Poland, was the first museum of its kind in the world?
... that thewildlife of Rwanda includes an estimated one-third of the worldwide population ofmountain gorillas?
... that theBlue Qur'an is written in gold and silver on parchment colored with indigo?
... thatYoram Tsafrir was the superintendent of theHolyland Model of Jerusalem?

08:00, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatMerlot blanc is the offspring of theBordeaux wine grapeMerlot(pictured) and theCognac grapeFolle blanche?
... that attendees of the annualInternational Conference on Hollywoodism, held by the government ofIran inTehran, include aformer U.S. senator and presidential candidate?
... that PR executiveRembrandt Flores has produced parties forJustin Bieber,Usher, andKim Kardashian as well as coordinated events forThe Grammys,The Sundance Film Festival andThe Oscars?
... that one of the skyscrapers proposed for theYongsan Dreamhub in Korea caused controversy over its design reminiscent of the9/11 events?
... that the fillySeabreeze, the runner-up in the 18881,000 Guineas Stakes, set new race records when she won theEpsom Oaks and then theSt. Leger Stakes later that year?
... that pioneering JamaicanproducerKen Khouri set up a studio on the island, worked withLord Flea,Prince Buster andCoxsone Dodd, but felt that he had been forgotten?
... that theInclosure Act 1773 eventually stopped traffic flowing along theShit Brook?

00:00, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

... that although the fungusMythicomyces corneipes(pictured) was given its current name in 1986, the name was republished 25 years later when the initial publication was found to be in error?
... that no activeAmerican football player haspublicly come out as gay in either theNational Football League (NFL) or in theDivision I level ofcollege football?
... that before the exodus that started in 1988, many of the over 200,000Baku Armenians spoke theKarabakh dialect?
... that as a choreographer and dancer,Morleigh Steinberg presented her arms as noodles, but to much of the public she is known for being next toThe Edge?
... thatLie Tek Swie'sSi Ronda (The Watchman) was the debut ofBachtiar Effendi?
... that basketry artistShōkansai Iizuka devoted the first decade of his training to the correct method of cutting bamboo?
... that the energy drinkPussy is advertised as "100% natural"?

6 May 2013

16:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatPieter Goos was the first man to mapChristmas Island, which he labelled "Mony" in his 1666 map(pictured) of theEast Indies?
... that each frame inthe world's smallest film is only 45nanometers wide?
... that completion of theHector-class ironcladHMS Valiant was delayed for nearly five years by a shortage ofrifled muzzle-loading guns?
... that with more than 1.3 million visitors in 2010, theMont Saint Michel Abbey was among most visited cultural sites in France?
... that while governor ofMecca,Khalid al-Qasri declared that he was prepared to demolish theKaaba and transport it toJerusalem?
... thatCyclone Favio was the first knowntropical cyclone that passed south ofMadagascar to strike Africa as anintense tropical cyclone?
... thatOscar Wilde's tomb had controversial testicles?

08:20, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatGeorge Juskalian(pictured) had honors that are amongst the highest given to any U.S. military personnel?
... that seeds of the fossilyew genusDiploporus are larger thanTaxus seeds and smaller thanTorreya seeds?
... thatFunny or Die'sSteve Jobs biopic, entitlediSteve, was written in three days and shot in five?
... thatMagnus Stamnestrø scored the goal that made his club have the worst season-opener by a defending champion in Norwegianfootball?
... thatFirst Lady Dolley Madison and SenatorJohn C. Calhoun spent three weeks together in thePublic Vault at public expense?
... that 180 students from across Europe gather twice a year during the international session of theModel European Parliament to simulate how theEuropean Parliament works?
... that Japanesesushi chefKazunori Nozawa, whose strict demeanor inspired comparisons toSeinfeld's "Soup Nazi" character, once ejected actressCharlize Theron from his restaurant?

00:00, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatJean-Baptiste Willaumez(pictured) was given areflecting circle byLouis XVI, secondedD'Entrecasteaux in his expeditions, and refused to commit war crimes ordered byGeneral de Rochambeau?
... that the statue ofSaint Patrick outsideSt Patrick's Church, Liverpool, was moved from aDublin insurance building in 1827?
... thatOnes ranked as the 88thTop Latin Album of the 2000s decade?
... that more than seventy percent of theAssa River basin is subject toavalanches?
... that theJohn Steinbeck play adaptationOf Mice and Men debuted onBroadway while thenovel of the same name was still on the best seller lists?
... that notropical cyclones madelandfall in theUnited States during the1853 Atlantic hurricane season?
... that aspiring politicianPim Fortuyn wroteDe puinhopen van acht jaar Paars because he believed journalists were "too lazy" to read his previous work?

5 May 2013

16:00, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

... that, late in life, architectSidney Gambier-Parry lived in the old rectory ofSt Michael's Church, Duntisbourne Rouse(pictured), while he restored the church?
... thatBirdLife International considers it unusual for theGrauer's Swamp Warbler andWhite-winged Swamp Warbler species to live together at theRugezi Marsh inRwanda?
... thatPierowall has anIron Age dry-stone Atlantic roundhouse?
... thatminuscule 897,922 and1187 contain the spurious biblical text ofPericope Adulterae but are marked as doubtful?
... thatBård Finne scored four goals whenSK Brann won 14–0 in the2013 Norwegian Football Cup?
... that the 1959 ascent ofMir Samir was the "first ascent of a great peak in Afghanistan"?
... that a guard rail around theVlah Church is made of capturedOttoman rifle barrels?

08:00, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

... that whole populations ofBanksia speciosa(pictured) have perished fromPhytophthora cinnamomi dieback in Western Australia?
... thatWang Ruowang was a political prisoner of both theKuomintang and theChinese Communists?
... thatHurricane Joanne was one of four tropical cyclones to bring gale-force winds to theSouthwestern United States?
... thatRNA-binding proteins help guideembryonic development?
... thatKris Bryant allowed a classmate to take his place assalutatorian?
... that theFremont Hotel, originally managed byThomas Pascoe, appeared in the background near the end ofCharlie Chaplin's debut film,Making a Living, in 1914?
... thatJames the Just is praised in theAscents of James for starting the firstChristian Church instead ofSaint Peter?

00:00, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatwaveguide filters(example pictured) used inmultiplexers originally neededdecoupling resonators for each input, but these were found to be unnecessary by E. J. Curly when he accidentallymistuned adiplexer?
... thatHalvor J. Sandsdalen's poem about theTelemark cattle has been displayed on a stone erected at thecattle show place inSeljord?
... thatRed Bank Plantation House, a formerplantation house inJacksonville, Florida, is now a private home in the residential neighborhood that grew around it?
... thatLower Elwha Klallam elderAdeline Smith, who created theKlallam alphabet, contributed 12,000 words to the firstKlallam language dictionary?
... that during the1948 Arab-Israeli War,Yanuh-Jat was the onlyDruze town in theGalilee to combatIsraeli forces?
... thatGoodnight Mister Tom, which is an adaptation of thechildren's novel of the same name, won theOlivier Award forBest Entertainment at the2013 Olivier Awards?
... thatJean Segurastole first base?

4 May 2013

16:00, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the threat to thewildlife of Mali(pictured) due to deforestation resulted in economic damage of an estimated 5.35 per cent of GDP, in 1997?
... thatTunbridge Wells sold over 2,600 tickets in 24 hours for the2013 FA Vase Final againstSpennymoor Town, contrasting with regular crowds of 138?
... that the barqueSkomvær was the first sailing ship constructed with steel in Norway?
... that the veterinarianRené Malbrant was a member of all legislatures of theFourth Republic, representing French citizens inFrench Equatorial Africa?
... that since 1970London'sRaphaelPortrait of Pope Julius II has been recognized as the first orprime version, rather than theUffizi's?
... thatJohn Gunther's description ofKnoxville as the "ugliest city" in America in his bookInside U.S.A. spurred the establishment of the city's annualDogwood Arts Festival?
... thatMaria van Oosterwijck included a specific species of butterfly in most of her major paintings?

08:00, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the choreography ofGeorge Balanchine combined with the dancing ofprima ballerinaMaria Tallchief(pictured) is credited with revolutionizing ballet?
... thatTocha is aJapanese game involving the identification of different types oftea?
... thatCheer C.P.S., thecheerleading squad ofColegio de la Preciosa Sangre fromPichilemu,Chile, has participated twice in international competitions held in theUnited States?
... that the best-selling biographyWyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, which createdEarp as a "superman", omitted his common-law wife of 46 years after hiswidow threatened to sue theauthor?
... that after surviving service as aaircraft/seaplane carrier inWorld War I, theNairana was twice almost capsized byrogue waves during her career as aBass Strait ferry?
... thatClay Hopper,Jackie Robinson's firstmanager inorganized baseball, askedBranch Rickey to assign Robinson to a different team?
... that you started out as ablastula?

00:00, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

... that a year ago,Mariano Rivera(pictured)shagged abaseball andtore hisanterior cruciate ligament as a result?
... that advertised as a "Photographed Play",Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra (1917) isIndia's first remake feature film?
... thatDan Paul represented theMiami Herald before theUS Supreme Court?
... that authorThomas Hardy wrote the novelsUnder the Greenwood Tree andFar from the Madding Crowd at hisbirthplace?
... that the Malay-language newspaperPembrita Betawi had Eurasian, Chinese, andJavanese writers?
... that as many as 367 species of birds have been reported in theCongo-Nile Divide of Africa?
... that while theheroine ofIndia's first full length film was a man,Mohini Bhasmasur was the firstIndian film to feature actresses?

3 May 2013

16:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

... that inHunterwali(poster pictured),Fearless Nadia appears as a swashbuckling princess in disguise wearing hot pants, "with her big breasts and bare white thighs" setting things right with a scowl?
... thatFreerslev Church contains nine vertical blank windows?
... that in 2008Pakistani politicianHanif Abbasi won by-elections as a member of the right-wingJamaat-e-Islami party, and thegeneral election as a member of the centre-rightPakistan Muslim League-N?
... thatMaster Vithal, the hero of India's first talkieAlam Ara and many silent stunt films, was known as the "Douglas Fairbanks of India"?
... thatAndreas Tegström andAndreas Augustsson scored the goals when Norwegian football clubSandefjord secured promotion toTippeligaen for the first time?
... thatwhile fighting for Britain in the Second World War, futureRhodesian prime ministerIan Smith underwentplastic surgery to his face after crashing his plane?
... thatErwin Arnada'snudity-free edition ofPlayboy led to his imprisonment for indecency?

08:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatSant Tukaram(scene pictured) was the first Indian film to receive international recognition and was adjudged as one of the three best films of the world at theVenice Film Festival?
... that CaptainsAlbert W. Stevens andOrvil A. Anderson set a new altitude record on November 11, 1935 by ascending to 72,395 feet (22,066 m) on the helium balloonExplorer II?
... thatTeam Syachihoko is a sister group ofMomoiro Clover Z andShiritsu Ebisu Chugaku and, having been formed in 2011, is the "youngest sister" of the three?
... thatJonathan Gray turned down a $500,000 offer to playbaseball for theNew York Yankees so that he could attend theUniversity of Oklahoma?
... that some historians believe that presumed reels of India's first feature filmRaja Harishchandra (1913) are actually of its remakeSatyavadi Raja Harishchandra (1917)?
... that theRed Sealing Wax Palm, a popularornamental plant, was included in theIUCN Red List in 1995 and removed in 2000?
... thatNational Hero of IndonesiaTirto Adhi Soerjo was paid in newspapers?

00:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatHal Markarian produced a sketch that has been a recognizable ancestor of the modernB-2 Spirit(pictured)?
... thatJohn Glenn saw theDevil's Cigarette Lighter from orbit?
... that theTreaty of Buda enabledLouis I of Hungary to become king of Poland becausehis uncle had no legitimate sons, but had to be followed by theTreaty of Košice because Louis himself had no sons?
... that actorVíctor Laplace played Argentine presidentJuan Perón in the filmPuerta de Hierro, el exilio de Perón?
... thatDaddy Yankee's performance of "Limbo" at the2013Billboard Latin Music Awards included "performers pounding skyscraper-size drums"?
... thatAkokan is one ofNiger's two "uranium towns" located nearby theCOMINAK andSOMAIRuranium mines?
... thatGrover Cleveland was the only person ever to simultaneously be aformer U.S. President and a U.S. President-elect?

2 May 2013

16:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

... that, after theAct of Uniformity of 1559, an investigation of an early version ofAll Saints' Church, Winthorpe(pictured), found thechancel to be topless?
... thatDorothy Kitson was one of the few women in Tudor England to nominateburgesses forParliament?
... thatOh Iboe (Oh Mother) was made by three The brothers?
... that as part of thehistory of breakfast, in the 1700s fashionable people inGreat Britain adoptedcoffee andchocolate as breakfast drinks?
... that CaptainSolomon Ferris was forced to surrender his ship at theFirst Battle of Algeciras, after running aground?
... that theEarl of Harrington's former London townhouse,Harrington House, is currently the official home of the Russian Ambassador to the UK?
... that Ohio'sReamer Barn was architect-designed but built to house dairy cattle?

08:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatSelf-portrait wearing a white feathered bonnet(pictured) is the onlyRembrandt owned by theNational Trust?
... that, although aBritish engineer is generally credited with design ofMelbourne's sewerage system, a recent biography attributes the project's success to the AustralianWilliam Thwaites?
... thatKevin Bacon made his debut as a director in 1996 with theGolden Globe Award winning television filmLosing Chase?
... thatBelmont University'sIan Clark was named the 2012–13Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in the school's first year in the conference?
... that the1975 LaGuardia Airport Bombing, which killed 11 people, remains unsolved?
... thatElvira Rawson de Dellepiane is remembered as the "mother of women's rights in Argentina"?
... thatFrans Masereel's 1920wordless novelThe Idea and its1932 animated adaptation feature a naked woman who runs rampant through a city, thereby disrupting the social order?

00:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

... that the music video for "Gentleman", the latest single byPSY(pictured), has set a world record with over 38 million single-day page views?
... thatWang Huiwu has a memorial inWuzhen, extolling her contribution to the cause of women in 20th-century China?
... that late 19th-centurypoverty in Austrian Galicia, punctuated bynumerous famines, resulted in millions of migrants and even became proverbial?
... that the "nakimu" inNakimu Caves means "grumbling spirits" inShuswap?
... that swordsmithAkitsugu Amata was originally employed as amasseur by his teacher?
... that the soldiers who enlisted in thePolish Armed Forces in the West during WWII were known as "Sikorski's tourists"?
... that before theKandyan naval raid against thePortuguese Empire occurred, theKingdom of Kandy had been saved from conquest by a "balance of weakness"?

1 May 2013

16:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

... that DanishVikingssacked Paris in 845(pictured), and did not leave until being paid a ransom of 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg) ofgold andsilver?
... thatMount Ollivier, named afterArthur Ollivier, was proposed to be renamed in honour of New Zealand's great mountaineer SirEdmund Hillary?
... that the name of theOmaha Hotel created the impression that it was affiliated with theChicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway?
... thatJames Leal Greenleaf was acivil engineer who also landscaped theLincoln Memorial?
... thatEliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design for theChicago Tribune earned him $20,000 but was never built?
... thatLiu-Wang Liming, a Chinese feminist, was imprisoned after being accused of being a spy of theCIA in 1966?
... that a commercial for theanimeFree! led fans to create variousfan works expanding upon the nameless characters from the ad?

08:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

... thatNo. 90 (Composite) Wing(Avro Lincoln pictured) was formed so thatRAAF units in theMalayan Emergency would not be absorbed by theRAF, as happened in Britain during World War II?
... thatThe Daughter of Dawn is a rare, full-length silent film from 1920, with an allNative American cast, that had only been shown once until being rediscovered and restored 85 years later?
... thatXyza Diazen is one of the incumbentcity councilors ofMarikina City'sSecond District?
... that four singles fromRomeo Santos'sdebut album reached number-one on theBillboard Hot Latin Songs chart?
... that chefKenny Atkinson has wonMichelin stars at two restaurants, and has twice been one of the winners of theGreat British Menu?
... that inNovartis v. Union of India & Others, Indian Supreme Court refused toevergreen the patent foran anti-cancer drug because it was not sufficiently inventive?
... thatMary Cooper (fl. 1743–1761) printed, besideserotic fiction, thefirst English collection of nursery rhymes?

00:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

... that thelong-spine slate pen sea urchin(pictured) can suffer frombald sea urchin disease?
... that American political pressure prevented Austrian communist actor and directorKarl Paryla from performing in the 1952Salzburg Festival?
... thatGeneral Grant Grove, a 154-acre (62 ha) section ofKings Canyon National Park, is home to the 3rd and 11th largest trees in the world?
... that formerGewandhaus organistMatthias Eisenberg was made an honorary professor in 2003 by the Prime Minister ofSchleswig-Holstein for his contributions to organ music?
... thatDouce noir, which is known as Charbono inCalifornia and Bonarda inArgentina, has been called both a "cult wine" and "theRodney Dangerfield of wine"?
... that Tamil Nadu'sV. B. Chandrasekhar set the record for the fastest hundred in IndianFirst-class cricket when he reached his century off 56 balls in the1988 Irani Trophy?
... that "Play That Song" was already "bubbling up the charts" prior to its official release?

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