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31 October 2013

16:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

... that sinceWilliam Cowen sketchedKensington Canal andBrompton Cemetery(pictured), the canal has gone but the cemetery and Cowen are still there?
... thatZombie Hunter (2013), starringDanny Trejo as Jesus, premiered at the 2013Fantasia Festival?
... that theAnti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was recently passed in India following the assassination of its proponent,Narendra Dabholkar?
... that Scandinavian witches reputedly createdtroll cats from wood shavings and blood, and brought them to life with an invocation to Satan?
... that in addition to infecting squashes, thesquash mosaic virus also infects melons?
... that theKilling Us Softly documentary focuses on images ofwomen in advertising,gender stereotypes andsexual objectification?
... that the extinct antBurmomyrma rossi was missing its head when described?

08:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theWukang Mansion(pictured) is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of the many people who committed suicide there, such as movie starShangguan Yunzhu?
... that the Halloween-themedMillennium episode "The Curse of Frank Black" was inspired by the Japanese horror filmKwaidan?
... thatRani Sati, a legendary figure fromRajasthan, is worshiped for committingsati on her husband's death?
... thatDanny Trejo stars in theSyfy original filmGhostquake as a "kick-butt" janitor?
... that Howard University librarianJoseph Henry Reason was the first African-American to be nominated forpresident of theAmerican Library Association?
... thatHayao Miyazaki has comparedKiki's plight of becoming a full-fledgedwitch to the challenges of an aspiring cartoonist moving toTokyo?
... thatHsien of the Dead (2012) is "Singapore's first zombie movie"?

00:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Hunter printed the firstGeorge Washington official report(print shop sign pictured)?
... thatFirst Belgrade Singing Society is the oldest choir in Serbia?
... thatBarry Wellings wasRochdale's top scorer in the1980–81 season, with 14 goals?
... that theVestfold Line, includinga branch toHorten, was opened by KingOscar II in October 1881?
... thatNatterer's bat can catchprey in flight or pursue it on the ground?
... that there wereHill Streetblues in 18th-century London?
... thatTomás Menéndez Márquez was abducted from his ranch by pirates and rescued byNative Americans?

30 October 2013

16:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the drum sanctuary(pictured) atGishora in theGitega Province ofBurundi houses one of the king's two personal drums which were played during the "Seeds' ceremony"?
... thatKay Smith, Illinois Artist Laureate, continues to paint at 90 years of age?
... thatAgence et Messageries Aérienne du Zaïre operated feeder services forAir Zaïre?
... thatEnglish cricketerJames Anderson has thehighest number of five-wicket hauls inTest cricket at theTrent Bridge?
... that the song "Nobody's Business", byRihanna featuringChris Brown, contains interpolation fromMichael Jackson's 1987 single "The Way You Make Me Feel"?
... thatJohn Crabbe defendedBerwick Castle for the Scots against the English in 1318, but assisted the English when they again besieged Berwick in 1333?
... that singerMorrissey'sAutobiography was published inPenguin Classics, an imprint normally reserved for venerated and long-dead authors?

08:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatBertha Parker Pallan(pictured) was one of the first female Native American archaeologists?
... that 105 people were injured during atrain crash in Argentina on October 19, 2013?
... that Australian Supreme Court JudgeAlfred Paxton Backhouse was made a lifelong member of the Senate of theUniversity of Sydney after over 50 years of service?
... that thefirst NASCAR Cup race was won byGlenn Dunaway, but the victory was awarded toJim Roper?
... thatIsraeli swimmerAmit Ivry won medals in theUnited Arab Emirates andQatar in October 2013?
... that the extinct antPristomyrmex rasnitsyni is the first member of its genus found in Europe?
... that preparations forcosplay led tothe death of a Malaysian teenager?

00:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

... that thecrusty russula(pictured) serves as food for both humans and a pleasing fungus beetle?
... that theWilliamsburg publisherJoseph Royle refused to print the 1765Virginia Resolves in hisVirginia Gazette newspaper, causingThomas Jefferson to intervene with an opposing newspaper?
... that in 1994 and 1995, Mexican singerLuis Miguel won consecutive Lo Nuestro Awards forPop Album of the Year for albums that also earnedGrammy Awards?
... that theGCHQ whistleblowerJock Kane was prevented from publishing two books?
... that theProvidence Bruins lost their captain, two alternate captains, and two top defensemen heading into their2013–14 season?
... thatSt. Clair Drake, an African-American sociologist, served as an adviser to the prime minister of Ghana in the 1960s?
... that the modern artDavid Mirvish Gallery was housed on landhis father had intended as a parking lot for hisdiscount store?

29 October 2013

16:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theMottled Owl(pictured) shows the greatest degree ofsexual dimorphism of any species of owl?
... thatPeter de Montfort was the first person to have presided over the English Parliament as a prolocutor, an office now known asSpeaker of the House of Commons?
... that theBūtingė oil terminal is the only way to supply oil to theORLEN Lietuva refinery in Lithuania as thepipeline was cut off in 2006?
... thatAnna Baetjer discovered the link betweenchromium exposure and cancer?
... thatGreen Bay Packers rookiecornerbackMicah Hyde broke 17 school records playinghigh school football, including the mosttouchdown passes in a season?
... that theWilliam Harvey Hospital inAshford, Kent, England, was named after the doctor who discovered theblood circulatory system?
... that according to a critic, the comedy filmOddball Hall "is...well...odd"?

08:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Cavalier Windmill atLanglade(pictured), first mentioned in 1211, has been restored and is in good working order?
... thatJohn P. Hermann, retired from theUniversity of Alabama, was an Old English professor and lifelong critic of the university'sGreek system?
... that female physicistElizabeth Laird came out of retirement during WWII to research radar?
... thatEvan Longoria helped theTampa Bay Rays win the2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game with ahome run, his record-setting seventh in final games of the season?
... thatSophia Dobson Collet helpedJosephine Butler repeal theContagious Diseases Acts in India?
... that Colombian singer-songwriterJuanes won theGrammy Award,Latin Grammy Award and theLo Nuestro Award with thesame album?
... that according toits creator,GISHWHES is "the ugliest acronym the world has ever seen"?

00:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

... that ashes of Jews murdered inTreblinka were retrieved by an Israeli delegation in 1963 and buried at a memorial in theNahalat Yitzhak Cemetery(pictured) inGiv'atayim?
... that although thereddening russula is mildly to moderately toxic, it is sold as an edible species in some areas of Asia?
... that 4-timePro Bowl American football quarterback Randall Cunningham's best high schoolhigh jump was 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m), butRandall Cunningham II jumped 7 feet 3.25 inches (2.22 m) in his junior year?
... that after spending a decade on thevaudeville circuit, comicsWillie and Eugene Howard became "a riot" inBroadway revues?
... thatRobert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, was the owner of anilluminated manuscript, theLisle Psalter, now Arundel 83 in theBritish Library?
... that mathematicianGrace Bates was the only woman allowed to studydifferential equations in her final year at college?
... that prior to formingOedo Sukeroku Taiko, founderSeidō Kobayashi and other members performed inBon Festival drumming competitions to impress young women?

28 October 2013

16:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Finland'sLågskär islandlighthouse(pictured) contained the world's first rotating gas lighting device?
... that two years after the magnificent wedding ofEdward of Norfolk, his father-in-law was hanged atTyburn?
... that the woodenchapel onMalören in northern Sweden became known as the "cathedral of the islands" due to its tall spire?
... that acontent audit, a qualitative analysis of all or part of a website, can help an organization develop itscontent strategy?
... that in Dutch directorRuud van Hemert'sSchatjes (1984), one of the most successful Dutch movies ever, parents and their children engage in guerrilla warfare?
... that noOne Day International cricket matches have been played at theAlbion Sports Complex since 1985?
... that royal midwifeMrs. Cannon collected exotic animals and curiosities such as Oliver Cromwell's nightcap?

08:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatRemy Sylado(pictured) chose hispseudonym based on the opening five notes of theBeatles song "And I Love Her"?
... that the CretaceousantHaidomyrmodes mammuthus is named for the similarity between itsmandible shape andmammoth tusks?
... thatGerda Munsinger, called "theMata Hari of theCold War", caused Canada's first national sex scandal?
... thatDePaul University declined an offer to have itsmen's andwomen's basketball teams play rent-free at theUnited Center, deciding instead to build its ownnew arena?
... that theRoman Thermae inVarna are the largest surviving ancient buildings inBulgaria?
... that as aWorld War II rifleman,William Foley protected his sketches by storing them in a cardboard tube that originally held amortar shell?
... that theMaggie Murphy hoax involved a photograph of a giantpotato?

00:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the extinct antZigrasimecia tonsora(pictured) is named from theLatin wordstonsor, meaning "barber", andoris, meaning "mouth"?
... that in 2012,Philip Gunn became the first member of theRepublican Party to serve asSpeaker of theMississippi House of Representatives since 1876?
... that whenHenry IV campaigned inWales, he left his two children in the charge ofSir Hugh Waterton?
... that theculture of Guam includesMariana fruit bat in its traditional cuisine?
... that whilst there were no Romanian-language socialist dailies in Romania in the late 1920s, theBanat Socialist Party publisheda German-language daily?
... that the Ph.D dissertation of taphonomistKay Behrensmeyer suggested thatsauropods were terrestrial?
... that on15 February 1783, the British captured aConcorde from the French?

27 October 2013

16:00, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

... that there are fifteenrunestones in or nearSkånela Church(pictured), Sweden?
... that photographerCecilia Glaisher compiled an illustrated book of ferns during theVictorian fern craze?
... that ants of the extinct genusHaidomyrmex could possibly open their mandibles to almost twice their head size?
... that YouTube personalityDaym Drops became a host on theTravel Channel after posting a YouTube video of himself eating a hamburger fromFive Guys?
... that the first owner of theSilas Ferrell House owned two businesses and helped to operate a third?
... that the diary of Christian missionaryElizabeth Barrows Ussher is said to have described "unspeakable cruelty"?
... that lawyerAllen Grubman, seeking his first job, told his interviewer: "I really want to work for you, but I don't come from a very wealthy family, so I can't afford to pay you very much to hire me"?

08:00, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

... that actressWu Yin(pictured) was dubbed the "First Old Lady" of Chinese cinema?
... that the starRR Telescopii increased in brightness by several magnitudes beginning around 1944, but the increase was not noticed until 1948, when it was designated Nova Telescopium 1948?
... thatHarry Dorsey Gough was indicted for preaching at his own home during theAmerican Revolution because he refused to swear the oath of allegiance toMaryland's rebel government?
... that according to theThe Leadership Challenge one of "the five practices of exemplary leadership" is to "encourage the heart"?
... that Singaporean politicianCedric Foo is currently a Member of Parliament for thePioneer Single Member Constituency?
... that retired ice hockey goalieManny Legace became a goaltending consultant for theSpringfield Falcons in their2013–14 season?
... that for hermost recent concert,Siti Nurhaliza performed more than 30 songs, played two musical instruments, and blew a blowpipe despite being plagued by a sore throat?

00:00, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the amber entombing the extinct antHaidoterminus cippus(pictured) was preserved in a lagoon or saltwater marsh?
... thatColin Peter Field has been ranked as the bestbartender in the world byForbes andTravel + Leisure magazines?
... that theBrussels Philharmonic recorded the score for the award winning filmThe Artist?
... thatSannie Overly is the first woman to serve in a leadership position in theKentucky House of Representatives?
... that public protests failed to stop the destruction of the 200,000-pieceChartist Mural in Newport, Wales, installed to commemorate theChartist rising of 1839?
... that pioneering petrographerEleanora Knopf was the daughter of GeneralTasker H. Bliss?
... that theChesapeake and Ohio class M1steam turbine locomotive, built in 1947 to haul theChessiestreamliner, couldgo up to eleven?

26 October 2013

16:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

... that during theArmenian Genocide, Christian missionaryGeorge E. White(pictured) claimed that girls were being sold for "$2 to $4 each"?
... that large parts ofSkagen Odde are protected, includingGrenen?
... that medical illustratorAudrey Arnott passed on techniques she learned fromMax Brödel to other British illustrators?
... thata Jerusalem orphanage is one of Israel's most important technological training centers?
... thatJamaica Inn will be a three-part adaptation ofDaphne du Maurier'sJamaica Inn novel?
... thatAlice of Norfolk, daughter ofThomas of Brotherton and granddaughter ofEdward I, died as a result of an assault by her husband and his retainers?
... that although feuds still persist between the centuries-oldOmani tribes,Ghafiri andHinawi, present-day outbursts are generally limited to football rivalry between opposing teams?

08:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theculture of the Cook Islands includes the traditionalquilting art form oftivaevae(pictured)?
... that Singaporean politicianAlex Yam, a member of thePeople's Action Party, also works for the National Trade Union Congress?
... that in 1959sprinterRoscoe Cook of theUniversity of Oregon beat Olympic gold medalistBobby Morrow and world record holderRay Norton in the100 metres and tied the world record?
... that theWorld Health Organization advises that adults should consume less than 5 g (0.2 oz) ofsalt per day?
... thatRam Chandra Datta and his cousin Narendra Nath Datta (later titledSwami Vivekananda), as disciples ofRamakrishna, belonged to the "Householder Group" and "Renouncer Group" respectively?
... that theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's "Big Dome"dome lounges remained on theEl Capitan for just two years before being replaced byHi-Level cars?
... that pianistMiku Nishimoto-Neubert, a prize winner of theLeipzig Bach Competition, has been described as "moving between capricious high spirits and a meditative inwardness"?

00:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after 26 years of hydrologic dysfunction, the lower channel of California's formerly navigableSalt River(pictured) was restored totidal action?
... thatThoroughbred racehorsePark Appeal, a leading two-year-old filly in 1984, was purchased as a broodmare bySheikh Mohammed and produced at least nine winners from twelve foals?
... that theDaylight Building, built in the 1920s inKnoxville, Tennessee, gets its name from a design that provides daylight illumination in its interior?
... that theparsley-flavoured herbScots lovage grows on northern Europeancliffs, but cannot survive inseabird colonies?
... thatFarnham Hospital received a gift of aHoly Communion set fromFlorence Nightingale in 1854?
... that macromolecular crystallographerMartha L. Ludwig solved the firstflavoprotein structure?
... thatWinston Churchill seemed "twenty years younger" when he stayed atLa Pausa?

25 October 2013

16:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

... that painting afeast of the Gods(example illustrated) allowed artists to display their virtuosity by showing a generous range ofnude figures in complicated poses?
... thatVirginia merchantAndrew Wodrow auctioned his entire inventory of imported British goods in 1775 to aid theAmerican Revolutionary patriot cause inBoston?
... that during theSwami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week in April 2012, 65,000 youths were handed job appointment letters inGujarat, India?
... that when the1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeatedOle Miss, a national record was set forpasses completed between both teams with 55?
... thatThorne Moors, England, once called "Thorne Waste", were preserved by the work of eccentric eco-warriorWilliam Bunting?
... that theJewish Historical Museum in Belgrade is the only Jewish museum in Serbia?
... that Colombian-born artistMaría Fernanda Cardoso trained her ownflea circus for an installation?

08:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theNorth andSouth State Street Historic Districts(pictured) inBelvidere,Illinois were intended to form one largehistoric district, but had to be split?
... thatShen Zhurong is considered the Father of Library Science in China?
... that the upcoming video gameWii Sports Club, featuringHD remakes ofWii Sports minigames, will allow players to represent their region in online contests?
... that philosopherJulia Gulliver was the only woman in a department of 200 men when she studied inLeipzig?
... that theEuropean snow vole gathers, dries and stores bits of grass and leaves for winter use as food?
... that theWWII Allies used thirty-fourVought F4U Corsairs, twoaircraft carriers, fourbattleships, sixcruisers, and tendestroyers inOperation Crimson?
... thatDhalia won herCitra Award for Best Leading Actress for playing a prostitute despite having been sent to Islamic schools since youth?

00:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the microscopic cave snailZospeum tholussum(pictured) is so slow that in a week's time it may only move a few millimeters or centimeters in circles?
... thatAlbrecht Dürer's paintings of his parents were reunited in 2012 after art historianLotte Brand Philip identified the portrait of his mother, thought lost since the 17th century?
... thatLewis Henry Morgan's editor refused to let him dedicateSystems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family to his two dead daughters?
... that ophthalmologistAntoinette Pirie investigated the effect ofmustard gas on thecornea?
... thatLangrigg Hall Farm producesfree range eggs for theUK'sMorrisons supermarket?
... thatCam Winton has held press conferences on a movingMetro Transit bus and in the largestpothole inMinneapolis?

24 October 2013

16:00, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after being voted as theGerman Wine Queen in 1995,Julia Klöckner(pictured) went on to lead theChristian Democratic Union party in her native state ofRhineland-Palatinate?
... that in October 2010,Angela Hartnett acquired sole ownership of theMichelin Guide starred restaurantMurano, having co-established it withGordon Ramsay?
... thatThe X-Files: Revelations was compiled as an introduction toThe X-Files by series writersChris Carter andFrank Spotnitz?
... thatCharles Manby was an engineer on the first iron-hulled steamship to cross theEnglish Channel, and was on the scientific commission on theSuez Canal, theInternational Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez?
... that shortly before the First World War,Neo-Slavism advocated the creation of a federation ofSlavic states?
... that Argentine drummerClaudio Strunz ownedHermética's rehearsal room, before joining the band?

08:00, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the growing tips of themycelia of thehoney fungus(pictured) arebioluminescent?
... that Singaporean politician and lawyerEllen Lee was awarded thePingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star in Malay) in 1997?
... that thePere Marquette Railway'sPere Marquette was the first newstreamlined passenger train introduced in theUnited States afterWorld War II?
... that theVedaranyam march organised byC. Rajagopalachari fromTrichinopoly was the second of its kind and ranked next only toDandi March?
... thatJason Wade wrote theLifehouse song "Spin" when he was 16?
... thatTijuana Cartel drug lordFrancisco Rafael Arellano Félix was killed by aclown?

00:00, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

... that mathematicianSibyl M. Rock(pictured) helped develop bothanalog anddigital computers for use inmass spectrometry?
... thatMinshat Abu Omar was one of the most important strategic and economic places ofProtodynastic Egypt and was re-used in lateRoman period?
... thatThomas Musgrave Joy painted not justGrace Darling but also thepaddlesteamer passengers she rescued?
... that on4 September 1782, theRoyal Navy ship HMSRainbow was responsible for capturing the 360 men aboard aFrench Navy frigate with the first proper use of acarronade?
... that self-made billionaireMichael Novogratz becameUSA Wrestling man of the year for his public service?
... that thegreater fairy armadillo is persecuted because of a traditional belief that it is an animal of illomen?

23 October 2013

16:00, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

... that according to scholars,Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar(image of deity pictured) was a significant event in his life?
... thatGobo Ashley took7 wickets for 95 runs in hisonly match for South Africa?
... that the first moderncochlear implant was developed by Austrian electrical engineerIngeborg Hochmair?
... thatWaar set a new opening day box office receipt record for aPakistani film, beating that previously held byChennai Express?
... that in 1788, the convict shipPrince of Wales drifted helplessly off Rio de Janeiro for a day, because her crew were too ill to bring her into port?
... thatGaston Borch conducted the first orchestral performance to be broadcast on Swedish radio?

08:00, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

... that some adultIndo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins(pictured) appear to be pink?
... thatMary Grace Quackenbos was the first femaleUnited States Attorney?
... that theNeighbours 20th anniversary episode "Friends for Twenty Years" featured cameo appearances from many former cast members?
... that in 1953,Satyapriya Banerjee, the sole national parliamentarian of theAll India Forward Bloc, was expelled from his party?
... that thePingyao Zhuan, ashenmo fantasy novel written in theMing Dynasty, is loosely based on a historical revolt?
... that theblushing bracket is used in ornamentalpaper-making?

00:00, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatPhilippe Ariès'sCenturies of Childhood inspired acottage industry set to dismantle his thesis on thehistory of childhood(1560 depiction pictured), whichMedieval Children did completely?
... that a sub-surface channel was traced byaeromagnetic surveys in the region of theMourdi Depression?
... thatBlanche Wheeler Williams andHarriet Boyd Hawes discovered the ancientMinoan complex atGournia in 1901?
... that after receiving his first credited role inDeath Wish 4: The Crackdown,Danny Trejo went on to star in two hundred-odd more films, includingDesperado,Con Air,Grindhouse, andMachete?
... thatBrislington House was one of the first purpose builtlunatic asylums in England?
... that the B-24 Liberator bomberBlack Cat was the last American bomber to be shot down over Germany in World War II?

22 October 2013

16:00, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

... that according to one Roman historian, theParthian war of Caracalla started after the Roman emperorCaracalla(pictured) massacred his would-be bride and wedding guests?
... thatpublic services in CrawleyNew Town could have includedheating for the whole town, but theDevelopment Corporation decided against it?
... thatDeKalb County commissioner and formerGeorgia State SenatorConnie Stokes was abandoned by her alcoholic mother as a child?
... thatFriedrich Nietzsche, author ofThe Antichrist, gave a set of essays includingOn the Pathos of Truth as a Christmas gift to the daughter ofFranz Liszt?
... thatNawab Faizunnesa was the first woman in south Asia to be awarded the title of "Nawab" by Queen Victoria, for her campaign for female education and other social issues?
... thatVaksala Church was built next to athing?

08:00, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatEmperor Jahangir(pictured) held the practice ofJharokha Darshan inAgra Fort?
... thatJames Howe Carse, who was born inEdinburgh, was declared the "best painter" inNew South Wales?
... that reviewers compared the video gameStar Trek: Away Team to games of theX-COM franchise?
... thatAtmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha, a motto created bySwami Vivekananda, suggests a twofold aim of human life – one is to seek one's own salvation and the other is to do welfare of the world?
... thatBrunei Investment Agency, a government-owned corporation that manages 40% ofBrunei'sforeign reserves, ownsThe Beverly Hills Hotel?
... that the first person to isolate Vitamin E,Gladys Anderson Emerson, taught history before starting her career in biochemistry?

00:00, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatQueen Elizabeth II knightedFrancis Chichester on the river steps of theRoyal Naval College, Greenwich(pictured)?
... that theAlbany Devils lost two of the previous season's three top scorers before the start of their2013–14 season?
... that during theArmenian Genocide,Tacy Atkinson smuggled razor blades into a prison whereArmenians were imprisoned so that they could escape?
... that theBasque Communist publicationEuzkadi Roja was banned by French authorities in 1950?
... thatThe Boys of Ghost Town, starringDanny Trejo, was shot inSan Antonio by Latina filmmaker Pablo Véliz?
... that theReich Bride Schools ofNazi Germany were intended to teach young women how to be "perfect Nazi brides"?

21 October 2013

16:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

... that some maleItalian tree frogs areparasitic ondominant males(calling male pictured), intercepting females attracted by their calls?
... that in 1988 around 90% of East German journalists were members of theGDR Union of Journalists?
... that the Israeli documentary filmDoing Time, Doing Vipassana shows how aBuddhist meditation technique was used to rehabilitate people in one of the world's harshest prisons?
... that on April 1, 1986, Nepalese communist rebelsattacked police stations, trying to start a popular uprising?
... thatAlexander Carse painted three of the earliest pictorial descriptions of games offootball?
... that one of the first items posted through theNew York pneumatic tube mail in 1897 was a livecat?

08:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatMelissa Bergland(pictured) made her television acting debut playingJenny Gross inWinners & Losers?
... thatMahatma Gandhi wasinfluenced by Swami Vivekananda when he said that "the love that I had for my country became a thousand-fold"?
... that journalistMarcus Stern won thePulitzer Prize for his reporting that led to the bribery conviction of CongressmanRandy "Duke" Cunningham?
... that the 1947 premiere ofChen Liting'sFar Away Love is considered a landmark event in postwar Chinese cinema?
... that when the1968 Alabama Crimson Tide football team playedMiami, it was the firstcollege football gamebroadcast nationally onprime time television?
... that Singaporean business magnate and former noodle-sellerRon Sim became a billionaire thanks to his investments in theOsim International company?

00:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

... that although atunicate is aninvertebrate, itslarva(pictured) may have anotochord and resemble a smalltadpole?
... thatTomas Hertl is the first teenager to play in aNational Hockey League season opener for theSan Jose Sharks sinceMarc-Édouard Vlasic in 2006?
... thatWild Cub's song "Thunder Clatter" charted in the UK after being featured in an audio-equipment advertisement?
... thatPatio 29 became aChilean national monument partially for its role in verifying the fates ofthose who disappeared during thePinochet military government?
... that the church atBouillargues houses an 18th-century wooden statue of theVirgin Mary bearing the infant Jesus?
... thatMiss Gibraltar 2013,Maroua Kharbouch, held hands on stage withMiss Spain at theMiss World 2013 final despite recent political tensions between both countries?

20 October 2013

16:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatAltenburg Abbey(pictured), theBaroque structure which replaced the earlierRomanesque abbey, is said to be one of the finest inAustria?
... that Swedish television presenterCarin Hjulström presentedMelodifestivalen 1990?
... that there were around 525Filipinos in Poland as of September 2012, and that most of them resided in the country temporarily?
... that theDaniel S. Schanck Observatory,Rutgers University's first astronomical observatory, was designed after theTower of the Winds inAthens' ancientagora?
... thatJacques Dutronc'sIl est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille was voted best French-language single of all time in a poll of music critics?
... that it is customary in England togive bees a slice of wedding cake?

08:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

... that althoughChen Liting(pictured) was abandoned as an infant and then lost both his adoptive parents by age seven, he grew up to become one of China's most prominent playwrights and directors?
... that Professor William Hastie suggested thatSwami Vivekanandago to Dakshineswar and meetRamakrishna to understand the meaning of the word "trance"?
... thatNew York Yankees prospectNik Turley was chosen with the third-to-last selection, 1,502nd overall, of the2008 Major League Baseball Draft?
... thatDead in Tombstone (2013), which starsDanny Trejo, was compared withPale Rider (1985), starringClint Eastwood?
... that Singaporean politicianAng Wei Neng used to be an officer in theSingapore Police Force but now works with buses?
... thatPullman-Standard'sPleasure Domedome lounges were named after a line fromSamuel Taylor Coleridge's poemKubla Khan?

00:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after their retirement, two of theMilwaukee Road'sSkytop Lounges(pictured) became part of the ill-fated floating restaurantSSLansdowne?
... that thegenocide of indigenous peoples in Paraguay led to 85 per cent of theAché tribe being hacked to death with machetes?
... that the American colonial printerWilliam Parks established four new newspapers in his lifetime?
... that the château atCaveirac now houses the town hall?
... thatTristan Stephenson is considered to be one of London's best cocktail makers?
... thatDale Jarrett kissed theIndianapolis Motor Speedway's yard of bricks after winning the1996 Brickyard 400?

19 October 2013

16:00, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theChechen–Russian conflict(Chechen rebel pictured) dates back as far as 1785?
... that the novel species of plantReseda minoica is the ancestor of one of the most ancient fragrant plants, the common mignonette?
... thatBridgeport Sound Tigers officials have denied claims the ice hockey team may move toLong Island some time after their2013–14 season?
... that the first three presidents of the organization that is now theInternational Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering wereKarl Terzaghi,A. W. Skempton, andArthur Casagrande?
... that people questioned both the closure of theEmbassy of the Philippines in Warsaw in 1993 and its re-opening in 2009?
... thatDanny Trejo isBULLET?

08:00, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatHarvard professorJohn Henry Wright(pictured), whose teaching range was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monkSwami Vivekananda as "more learned than all our learned professors put together"?
... that the traditionalBetawi theatrical genrelenong was almost extinct by the 1960s?
... thatFirst Lady of California,Anne Gust has served as both an Executive Vice-President forGap Inc. and on the board of directors forJack in the Box?
... that thePay Our Military Act provided appropriations to pay members of theU.S. military in spite of the country'srecent federal government shutdown?
... that Singaporean politicianZaqy Mohamad, a member of thePeople's Action Party, is a Member of Parliament for theChua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency?
... that although theslender catshark only grows to about 70 centimetres (28 in), thedermal denticles of othersharks have been found in itsstomach?

00:00, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatCrimonmogate(mansion pictured) reportedly had to be sold to pay the prize money after apuzzle was solved in 2000?
... thatAnna Poray retold life-stories ofthousands of rescuers including those who died in punishment for trying to save Jews duringthe Holocaust in Poland?
... that the diet of theAshy-faced Owl includes small terrestrial mammals, bats, birds, amphibians and reptiles?
... thatSi Me Recuerdas by Mexican bandLos Bukis earned theLo Nuestro Award and aGrammy Award nomination?
... that in 1845Robert Browning metElizabeth Barrett and wrote "Meeting at Night", the "most sensual poem" he had written up to that time?
... that four-timeNASCAR Sportsman Division championRene Charland became better known as "The Champ" than by his real name?

18 October 2013

16:00, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the publisherLonely Planet called theComodoro Rivadavia Cathedral(pictured) the "ugliest cathedral you'll ever see"?
... thatClearwater mayorGeorge Cretekos served as a legislative aide toCongressman Bill Young for 36 years?
... thatNipsey Hussle released theCrenshaw mixtape for free online with limited edition copies worth $100 that were sold out within 24 hours?
... thatJohn Triscari, the coach of theAustralia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, works atRockingham Senior High School?
... that before a drought causedHart Lake to dry up, theUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service captured and relocated rareWarner suckers, re-introducing them when water returned to the lake?
... that Argentine thrash metal guitaristAntonio Romano was considered a potential guitarist forV8?

08:00, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatBob Turley(pictured), an award-winningbaseball player, earned more money as afinancial planner than through baseball?
... that, in his32-year career,Kwee Tek Hoay wrote about topics ranging from theEight Immortals toRabindranath Tagore?
... thatDe Filippi's Petrel was named afterProfessor Filippo de Filippi who died in 1867 during the scientific voyage round the world in which the bird was discovered?
... that graduates of theReality Changers program had earned an estimated $25 million in college scholarships through 2012?
... that archaeological investigations suggest aHarappan occupation of theNindowari complex beforeKulli culture arrived?
... thatTechCrunch's Drew Olanoff thoughtMedium, the service created byTwitter's founders, got its name from being a "medium" size platform in between that andBlogger?

00:00, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatspider water beetles(pictured) can only breathe in moderate to fast-moving bodies of water?
... thatJimmy Walker was captain of both thebasketball andfootball teams at theUniversity of Alabama and later served as head basketball coach at theVirginia Military Institute?
... that awater tower and public water supply was built atFourques to try to prevent future outbreaks ofcholera?
... that the actor and directorIan McCurrach co-authoredSpecial Talents, Special Needs: Drama for People withLearning Disabilities?
... that in 1951, aUnited States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II vanished, andneither the occupants nor the plane were ever recovered?
... that inAn Introduction to Animals and Political Theory,Alasdair Cochrane argues that animals are best offered justice through a theory combiningutilitarianism andliberalism?

17 October 2013

16:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatGothic House(pictured), a "fanciful and irresponsibly Gothick" 1820s building inBrighton, has most recently housed a video rental shop and the Rock 'N' Roller American Pool bar?
... that although mostcarpet sharks eat small prey such asshellfish, one was observed swallowing abamboo shark whole?
... thatshenmo, the "gods and demons" genre ofChinese literature, includes fantasy novels such asJourney to the West andInvestiture of the Gods?
... that the video gameThe X-Files: Unrestricted Access includes a comprehensive database based on thefirst four seasons ofThe X-Files?
... thatRobert Waterton, asConstable ofPontefract Castle, had custody ofRichard II of England after his deposition?
... that participants in the1984 Summer Olympics torch relay had to pay $3,000 to run a kilometer?

08:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatFrank Vincent DuMond created the illustrations(example pictured) forMark Twain's book onJoan of Arc?
... that Grove Chapel is one of severalGrade II listed buildings alongCamberwell Grove?
... thatDemetrius Newton defendedMartin Luther King, Jr. andRosa Parks, and was the first Blackspeaker pro tempore in the history of theAlabama House of Representatives?
... that retired ice hockey playerRob Blake became general manager of theManchester Monarchs starting in their2013–14 season?
... that the 2013 comic book seriesSuperman/Wonder Woman, which explores the relationship betweenSuperman andWonder Woman, has been compared toTwilight?
... thatNewmarket Citizens' Band is the oldest continuously operating concert band in Canada?

00:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatBerrío Park(statue in park pictured) is considered the geographicalcenter ofMedellín,Colombia?
... thatHMCSNorsyd was assigned to theWestern Local andMid-Ocean Escort Forces during WWII, and later, as INSHaganah, toOperation Yoav in the1948 Arab-Israeli War?
... that the popular comic stripThe Phantom is in the fifth installment of reissues byHermes Press?
... that Dutch record labelTopNotch is credited with putting Dutch hip-hop on the map?
... that theBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena underwent $2.5 million in renovations before the start of the2013–14 Binghamton Senators season?
... thatBrzeg Castle contains Poland's only "perfectly preserved medieval hunting bow"?

16 October 2013

16:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatRogier van der Weyden's c. 1430–32 paintingThe Virgin and Child Enthroned(pictured) may be the left hand wing of a dismantleddiptych, withSt George and the Dragon as the opposite panel?
... that theTriple Crown winnerNijinsky lost the 1970Champion Stakes by three-quarters of alength to the 100/7 long-shotLorenzaccio?
... that theWilliam A. Berke-directedFury of the Congo (1951) followsJungle Jim in the Congo battling a giant desert spider and a few hunters?
... thatForus Airport, built as a military air base by theLuftwaffe at the site ofa former lake, is currently the site of an industrial park?
... thatHenry Koster's friend, the poetRobert Southey, encouraged him to write hisTravels in Brazil?
... that after World War II,HMCSWoodstock was sold for conversion to awhale-catcher?

08:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatCallville Bay(pictured) was formed when the abandoned settlement ofCallville, Nevada, was submerged underLake Mead?
... thatDaridra Narayana is anaxiom enunciated bySwami Vivekananda that espouses service of the poor as equivalent in importance and piety to the service ofGod?
... that the Venezuelan presidentRómulo Betancourt had been the director of the Costa Rican communist newspaperTrabajo in the 1930s?
... that the upcoming filmBoss will mark actorRonit Roy's first role as anantagonist and second consecutive one as a police officer afterShootout at Wadala?
... thatTyus Jones earned two gold medals in international basketball competitions before his 17th birthday?
... thatValerie's debut album included manyreggaeton ballads with "clean lyrics" that "women can relate to"?

00:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatBarrow Court(pictured) was originally aBenedictine nunnery until theDissolution whenKing Henry VIII granted it to John Drew as a private residence?
... that the bottle forJennifer Lopez's fragranceLove and Glamour, created by the entertainer with designer Jon DiNapoli, was shaped to resemble "a woman wearing an elegant gown"?
... thatR. D. Blackmore, author ofLorna Doone, consideredErema his "most unlucky novel", in part because the public could not pronounce the title character's name?
... that in an interview withBrian Deer,H. Hugh Fudenberg claimed to be able to cure autistic children using his ownbone marrow?
... that the 22 cubic inchSuzuki FE automobile engine gained a double victory in the inauguralJapanese Grand Prix, with an average speed of nearly 56 mph?
... thatMontana State University Library is home to the 7500-volume Trout and Salmonids Collection of books, periodicals,grey literature withephemera, and research materials on trout and fly fishing?

15 October 2013

16:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

... that in 1967Wim T. Schippers(pictured), withGied Jaspars andWim van der Linden, wrote and directedHoepla, the first Dutch TV show to display full nudity, leading to questions in parliament and censure for the broadcaster?
... that the site for theUNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award-winningKhaplu Palace was based on where a large rock ended up after being rolled down a cliff?
... that rights to the filmCheap Thrills were the focus of a rare bidding war at theSouth by Southwest Festival?
... that the letters of the family ofWilliam Paston are "the richest source there is for every aspect of the lives of gentlemen and gentlewomen of the English middle ages"?
... that some candidates in the2013 Argentine legislative election ended their political campaigns after agas explosion inRosario?
... that in abullfighting tradition inAimargues, an unarmed "raseteur" attempts to snatch a rosette from between the bull's horns?

08:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

... that whenFred D. Shepard(pictured) died, someone is said to have remarked "I have not seen Jesus, but I have seen Dr. Shepard"?
... that the town ofEnbetsu, Hokkaido, is the northernmost point of rice production in Japan?
... thatJohn Heydon, believing the second child born to his wife Eleanor was not his, threatened to cut off her nose and kill the infant?
... that over 40 now-defunct railroads were part oftransportation in Montana in the industrial period of the 19th and early 20th century?
... that formerCincinnati Cyclones head coachJarrod Skalde became assistant coach with theNorfolk Admirals in their2013–14 season in theAmerican Hockey League?
... that despite poor reviews, theFrancis Ford Coppola andRobert Halmi Sr. filmWhite Dwarf received a 1995ASC Awards nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" forPhedon Papamichael?

00:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the recent renovation of theZeinodin Caravanserai(pictured) in Iran took three years and included the use of 13,000pumice stones to remove the grime on the interior walls?
... that between 1461 and 1465,John Paston, one of the writers of thePaston Letters, was outlawed, and imprisoned three times in theFleet Prison?
... that the femalewhitecheek shark gives birth to a litter of up to fourlive young?
... that when theSwedish Workers Union was dissolved in 1919, its chairman burned all of its central archives?
... that after 35 years of coaching American football,John Strollo considers beingtight ends coach atPenn State a "dream job"?
... thatH.M.S. Parliament is "rather leaky"?

14 October 2013

16:00, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatHildegard Björck(pictured) was the first Swedish woman to complete anacademic degree?
... that theBalderschwang Yew is possibly the oldest tree in Germany?
... thatLima is the firstPeruvian restaurant in Europe to be awarded aMichelin star?
... thatstation masterFranciszek Ząbecki collected incriminating evidence againstHolocaust perpetrators by keeping records of railway deliveries toTreblinka extermination camp?
... that thePeople's Liberation Guerrilla Army, the armed wing of theCommunist Party of India (Maoist), is 45 percent female?
... thatThe X-Files: The Album contains a spoken wordhidden track by the series' creator,Chris Carter?

08:00, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

... that only about 20% of the world'sdeserts are sandy(dunes pictured)?
... that in January 1943,HMCSVille de Quebec sank the German submarineU-224 by a combination of ramming and depth charges?
... that the body temperature of thelarge-eared tenrecfluctuates with its surroundings and it may becometorpid in the heat of the day?
... thatAbhilash Tomy of theIndian Navy, who spent 151 days circumnavigating the globe, solo, began his daily routine with theShambhavi Mahamudra meditation?
... thatMike Haviland replacedMark French as theHershey Bears' head coach in the2013–14 season in theAmerican Hockey League?
... thatSir Ralph Hastings was Keeper of the Lions and Leopards in theTower of London?

00:13, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

... that thevinhática tree,Plathymenia reticulata(pictured), provides the preferred timber for makingdugout canoes in Brazil, because it is resistant to rotting?
... thatEarl Sweatshirt recorded his part for his song "Hive" in only one take?
... that the 1674 carving byBurchard Precht forStorkyrkan's Royal Pew was to a design byNicodemus Tessin the Younger?
... that aWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Hall of Fame was created to celebrate the ice hockey team's2013–14 season?
... that some people fill theirscreened porches with indoor furniture?
... that whenWelsh magistrateMarmaduke Gwynne went to read theRiot Act toHowell Harris, he ended up being converted by the evangelist?

13 October 2013

16:28, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatJan Matejko's paintingRejtan(pictured) caused a scandal, won a gold medal inParis, and was purchased by EmperorFranz Joseph I andlooted by Nazis?
... thatRichard Hastings, Baron Welles attended the coronation ofRichard III only three weeks after Richard had beheaded Hastings' brother,William?
... thatSerbian rightist theologian and sociologistNebojša M. Krstić died in a car accident in 2001, which his followers interpreted as a politically motivatedassassination?
... that thoughLilis Suryani performed multiple patriotic songs, she also made veiled criticisms of PresidentSukarno?
... that funds for the upcoming action-thrillerSnap Shot, starringDanny Trejo, were raised through the websiteKickstarter?
... that the1996 Summer Olympics torch relay saw the torch travel into space?

08:43, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after the death of other judges,Justice Gresson(pictured) remained as New Zealand's only judge?
... that aCIA plot to overthrow the Syrian government failed when some officials turned over their bribes to the Syrian intelligence service?
... thatcancer and nausea are associated in about fifty percent of people affected by amalignant neoplasm?
... that American professional soccer playerCamille Levin helped Swedish clubKopparbergs/Göteborg FC win the 2013Svenska Supercupen Women?
... that in 1460, the Ottoman sultan rewardedAli Bey Mihaloğlu for his success in the battle nearBaziaş by appointing him assanjakbey of theSanjak of Vidin?
... that therecall of Colorado Senate PresidentJohn Morse was the first recall of a state official since recall was established in Colorado in 1912?

00:48, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatJoan Jara(pictured) adopted her husbandVíctor Jara's surname upon fleeing Chile in 1973, when he was killed by thePinochet military government in the1973 coup?
... that theStar Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who", which introduced theBorg, won twoEmmy Awards?
... thatRaemer Schreiber was responsible for the development ofnuclear rocket propulsion?
... that archaeologists atLe Cailar in southern France have unearthed about thirty humanskulls?
... thatJohn Rope was the first Apache scout to receive the medal of honor?
... thatRainham Hall is hailed as having such an "outstanding level of significance" that even its vases are Grade II* listed?

12 October 2013

17:03, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatMr Straw's House(pictured) is "the nearest thing to a time capsule that theNational Trust has ever received"?
... that Polish jurist and activistJózef Wybicki wrote thenational anthem of Poland while serving in thePolish Legions in Italy?
... that a community garage inVauvert helps customers receiving social support with the costs of repairing their vehicles?
... that when alarmed,Banded Quail may run into the undergrowth but sometimes fly off, scattering to confuse thepredator?
... that many of the workers that joined the 1899Christian Workers Union of Sweden did so in response to hikes in membership fees in other unions?
... that in the memorial window of the church atWest Wickham,Sir Henry Heydon is depicted as a kneeling skeleton?

09:17, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatMexico is theworld's largest producer ofavocados(pictured)?
... that sculptorDouwe Blumberg was until 2000 a professionalhorse trainer for 18 years, and since then has received numerous awards and over 200 commissions, includingAmerica's Response Monument?
... thatTang Shaoyi, the first prime minister of theRepublic of China, was assassinated at his home onRoute Ferguson, now designated a National Historic and Cultural Street?
... that theSecondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study of the 1960s and 1970s sought to end the separate yearly teachings ofalgebra,geometry,trigonometry, etc. in American high schools?
... that advertisements for the 1940 filmMelati van Agam emphasised the writer's credentials as a journalist, in order to appear more modern?
... that the script for theStar Trek: The Animated Series episode "The Pirates of Orion" originated from a story by an 11th grader fromEast Meadow High School?

00:00, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

... that atHarvard commencements, bagpipes herald breakfast, bachelors are welcomed, sheriffs on white steeds preserve order, andHarvard's president occupies a "bizarre" chair(pictured) prone to tipping over?
... that theRitz-Carlton luxury hotel in theCayman Islands comprises two buildings set on either side of the boulevard that runs parallel to theSeven Mile Beach and linked by a catwalk?
... that theWorcester Sharks lost their all-time leading goaltender,Alex Stalock, to theSan Jose Sharks just before their2013–14 season?
... that the purpose ofVerbrennungskommando Warschau was to dispose of the evidence of a systematic campaign of mass murder afteran uprising?
... that from October 1967 (1967-10) onwards,Transportes Aéreos Nacionales andLANICA operated aBAC One-Eleven on a joint basis?
... that bothStefan Heggelund, aconservative, and his girlfriendHadia Tajik, asocial democrat, were elected to theNorwegian Parliament in 2013?

11 October 2013

16:00, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatYazd'sAmir Chakhmaq Complex(pictured) contains abathhouse,caravanserai,confectioner,mosque, andtekyeh?
... thatKjeller Airport, established in 1912, was the first airport in Norway?
... that because American Christian missionaryHulda Stumpf protested againstfemale genital mutilation in Kenya, she was killed and perhaps ritually cut in retribution?
... thatLeopold Mozart vacated9 Getreidegasse inSalzburg in 1773 but was in constant touch through letters with his landlord during theMozart family grand tour between 1763 and 1766?
... thatLectionary 313 andLectionary 315 were purchased byBaroness Burdett-Coutts, a philanthropist?
... thatLady Mary and her sisterPansy had few childhood friends as they wore such out-of-date clothes?

08:00, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatpoint set registration(example illustrated) can be used to alignMRI scans andCAT scans?
... that theDouglas C-124 Globemaster II involved in theTachikawa air disaster crashed into awatermelon patch, with all hands lost?
... thatNjai Dasima, the first talkie produced byTan's Film, was based on the same novel as their first production three years earlier?
... thatHMSFlamborough was the firstRoyal Navy vessel to be stationed off the British colony ofSouth Carolina?
... thatSun King Brewing won eight awards, including four gold medals, at the 2012Great American Beer Festival?
... that Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini described his third novel,And the Mountains Echoed, as "kind of like a fairytale turned on its head"?

00:05, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatAlfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara may have painted apheasant in hisThe Feast of the Gods(pictured), adding to the work ofGiovanni Bellini andTitian?
... thatJózef Piłsudski's cult of personality succeeded in making him one of the most popular figures inPolish history?
... that theMersey Match Factory was the first building in the United Kingdom to be constructed using theflat-slab concrete technique?
... thatFranciscus Pahr supervised the rebuilding ofUppsala Castle and designed its garden plan?
... thatGrave Circle B inMycenae,Greece, was the burial place of the 17th–16th century BC Mycenaean ruling families?
... thatMomčilo Gavrić was the youngest soldier-participant in World War I, and the youngestlance sergeant in the world?

10 October 2013

16:20, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatGiuseppe Verdi(pictured) combined inQuattro pezzi sacri four sacred vocal compositions, including anAve Maria on anenigmatic scale for solo voices and aTe Deum?
... thatIsa ibn Shaykh al-Shaybani ruled a short-livedbedouin state inPalestine, governedArmenia for theAbbasids, and finally became ruler ofDiyar Bakr, where he was succeeded by his sonAhmad?
... that in response to the worst fire onUpton Heath for 35 years, theDorset Wildlife Trust formed Heathwatch to monitor this important reserve?
... that theMelody Inn has hosted an estimated 7,000 musical acts since 2001?
... thatDomJosé Alves Correia da Silva orderedSister Lúcia to write down theThird Secret of Fatima?
... that when KingGustav III of Sweden visitedÖvedskloster Manor, he is said to have exclaimed "Too royal for an ordinary citizen!"?

08:35, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theColombo Arwi weeklyMuslim Nesan(1884 issue cover pictured) interviewed exiled Egyptian nationalist leaderAhmed Orabi soon after his arrival inCeylon?
... that according to Sam Lansky from the websiteIdolator,Christina Aguilera's 2013 song "We Remain" is similar to works ofRyan Tedder?
... that the death ofPrince Imperial Pedro prompted his father,Pedro II of Brazil, to become indifferent to the empire's fate?
... that theyellow-necked mouse may enable seedlingbeech trees to grow in locations away from the parent tree?
... that the removal of magic was one of the ways in which the filmDasima was made more modern than the source material?
... thatNorm Benning singlehandedly made the2013 Mudsummer Classic a success by nearly getting wrecked three times?

00:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatodd-clawed spiders(pictured) build ladders to catch prey?
... that the design of the Mission Valley Viaduct onInterstate 805 was inspired by theMission San Diego de Alcalá and recognized by theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers?
... that theIrish nationalistPurcell O'Gorman was caricatured inVanity Fair by "Ape" as "The Joker for Waterford"?
... that theCaliphal-Mu'tadid managed to halt the decline of theAbbasid Caliphate during his reign, but at the cost of a huge bureaucracy and some 80% of expenditure going to the army?
... that chefGordon Ramsay hasopened or operated restaurants in South Africa, Italy, Japan, Qatar, France and Australia in addition to the United Kingdom and United States?
... that the first costume that actressJeri Ryan wore in thefourth season ofStar Trek: Voyager was so tight it caused her to pass out?

9 October 2013

17:05, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

... that on census day in 1861, the 29 occupied houses inAdelaide Crescent,Hove(east side pictured), had 182 servants between them?
... that Russian painter and art historianFedor Solntsev is considered one of the founders of modernRussian icon painting canon?
... that thecommon starfish can detect the odour of the predatorycommon sunstar and take evasive action?
... that the Dutch bandRubberen Robbie is known for a parodic compilation of old Dutch hit songs, and for their pronunciation of theLeiden dialect?
... thatMartín Berasategui holds moreMichelin stars than any other Spanish chef?
... that the cinematographer forThe House of Discord was nearly fired after he attempted to recreate the glow of a fireplace?

09:20, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theMilwaukee Road'sBeaver Tailparlor-observation cars(pictured) were so-named because of their distinctive flat, sloped rear area?
... that theColombo fortnightlyAlamat Langkapuri was the world's firstMalay language newspaper inJawi script?
... thatMaribel Domínguez is captain and all-time leading scorer of theMexico women's national football team and plays for theChicago Red Stars in theNational Women's Soccer League?
... that duringVivekananda's stay in California, he opined thatJesus was aYogi?
... thatMichael Kum is the thirty-first richest person in Singapore, with a net worth of $750 million?
... that a reviewer of the filmGo Go Tales said that "all anyone wanted to talk about was the sequence in whichAsia Argento's exotic dancer tongue-kissed a dog onstage"?

00:00, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatNasib al-Bakri(pictured) refused to serve his appointment asSyria's ambassador toSaudi Arabia because of ideological opposition to that country's rulers?
... that the authors ofGI Brides drove nearly 13,000 miles around America in 2012 searching for surviving war brides?
... thatthe statue ofRoman Dmowski, father ofPolish nationalism, has proven to be one of the most controversial monuments inWarsaw?
... that when the1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football team lost toTennessee, it ended a 25-gameunbeaten streak that stretched back to their1965 season?
... thatpre-release cover versions are common in the UK because songs by big acts get weeks of airplay before being released?
... thatNivatogastrium nubigenum is commonly known as the bubblegum fungus?

8 October 2013

16:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatJamie Fleeman(pictured), the last Scottish family jester, was better known than the laird who employed him?
... thata concrete mural by Pablo Picasso was damaged in the2011 Norway attacks?
... that in the early 1900s, numerous sewers discharged intothe stream that provided the main water supply for the community of Montgomery, Pennsylvania?
... thatKristoffer Olsson was offered a trial atChelsea, but failed to attend, and later went through two trials before signing forArsenal?
... that thepilot episode ofAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the most watched first episode of a drama series in the United States for nearly four years?
... that fiveArabian oryx from theSan Diego Zoo were released intoOman'sJiddat al-Harasis desert after the species had becomeextinct in the wild?

08:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

... that genetic studies revealed birds of the familyCalcariidae, namelylongspurs andsnow buntings(pictured), are more closely related totanagers,New World warblers andcardinals than they are tobuntings?
... that althoughGuan Liang was one of China's first oil painters, he was known for his traditionalink paintings portrayingPeking opera characters?
... that the success of theFerko String Band would ultimately result in the launch ofBill Haley's career?
... thatCheng Wai Keung, the thirtieth richest person in Singapore, is the Chairman of Wing Tai Holdings, a garment company-turned-real estate firm?
... that the Bengali anthologySangeet Kalpataru (1887), edited byNarendranath Datta and Vaishnab Charan Basak, was republished in 1963 asSangeet Sadhanay Vivekananda O Sangeet Kalpataru?
... thatRobby Mook became involved in politics when he tried out for a school play?

00:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

... that 16th-centuryworld landscape paintings(example pictured) showed "an idealized composite of the world taken in at a single Olympian glance", according toSimon Schama?
... thatPullman-Standard'sSuper Dome was the first full-lengthdome car to enter service?
... thatBikini Kill'sKathleen Hanna wanted to have the documentary filmThe Punk Singer feature women as experts?
... thatSt Ambrose's Church, Speke, claims to be the first Roman Catholic church in England to be completed to a rectangular plan with a free-standing altar?
... that there are three living and two extinct species ofbadger in the genusMeles?
... that early in his career, film editorGene Ruggiero often skipped work to play golf?

7 October 2013

16:00, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the busts ofMiklós Zrínyi andSultan Suleiman, rivals at theSiege of Szigetvár in 1566, stand in theHungarian-Turkish Friendship Park(pictured) side-by-side rather than confronting one another?
... that in the 2013high school elections in Norway theConservative Party became the largest for the first time since 1987?
... that it is owing toSir John Paston that we have an account of a famoustournament in England between Paston's friend,Earl Rivers, and theBastard of Burgundy?
... thatWhat Remains is Tony Basgallop's firstwhodunit television series?
... thatGloria Long Anderson, a chemist and school administrator, was appointed byPresident Richard Nixon to serve on theCorporation for Public Broadcasting's board?
... that thegroom was not always a willing participant in aknobstick wedding?

08:00, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the1947–48 Michigan Wolverines hockey team(pictured) won the first "Frozen Four" NCAA hockey championship in March 1948?
... that in 2010, theMetropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition forXie Zhiliu to commemorate the artist's 100th birthday?
... that supergroup8in8, featuringBen Folds,Amanda Palmer,Neil Gaiman, andDamian Kulash, tried to write and record eight songs in eight hours with the help of their Twitter followers?
... that the first issue of the Singapore Tamil weeklySingai Nesan commemorated theGolden Jubilee of Queen Victoria?
... that thehorn stalkball fungus grows on decomposing horns and other animal remains?
... thatNamath: From Beaver Falls to Broadway interviewedSuzy Kolber, who was asked bythe film's subject to be allowed to kiss her?

00:00, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theSava River(pictured) is the largest tributary of theDanube in terms ofdischarge and the second-largest in terms ofcatchment area?
... that theAltai Snowcock and other species ofSnowcock live above thetree line in mountain ranges in Asia?
... thatHMYAlberta carriedQueen Victoria back to the British mainland after her death on theIsle of Wight in 1901?
... that theRigveda dictumBahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was advocated byGautama Buddha andSwami Vivekananda?
... thatIrish cricketer Kevin O'Brien holds the record for the fastestcentury scored in a World Cup?
... that writerChris Sheridan, who has received threeEmmy Award nominations for his work onFamily Guy, initially feared that writing for it would end his career?

6 October 2013

16:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatSt. Louis Cathedral(pictured) inFort-de-France is the seventh church to be erected on the site since 1657, due to the natural disasters that have plagued the city over the years?
... thatSidaz Jack, the winner of the2013 English Greyhound Derby is the son of two-time winnerWestmead Hawk?
... that the museum inGeology Hall atRutgers University displays aPtolemaic-era female Egyptianmummy?
... that British charitySARbot UK use remote-controlled robots to perform underwatersearch and rescue missions?
... thatLie Kim Hok'sTjhit Liap Seng (Seven Stars) amalgamated two European novels?
... that the place whereSarah Wesley lived inMarylebone with her teetotal Methodist husbandCharles Wesley is marked with aplaque on a pub wall?

08:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

... that American frontier doctorCharles Boarman(pictured), a founding member of theSociety of California Pioneers, died fighting asmallpox epidemic inAmador County, California?
... that the eggs of theBlack Guineafowl are reddish-brown but its nesting habits are unknown?
... thatJohn Chuang, the co-founder of chocolate manufacturer Petra Foods, is the twenty-second richest person in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of $965 million?
... that "Know It All Ed" (November 26, 1999), the first episode of thesecond season ofDanny Antonucci's hitCartoon Network seriesEd, Edd n Eddy, was considered a highlight episode of its season byDVD Talk?
... thatutilitarian genocide was defined in 1975 by genocide scholarVahakn Dadrian?
... that according to legend, the hermitXu You was offered the royal throne byEmperor Yao, but he declined and even washed his ears out in embarrassment?

00:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatLina Beecher'sFlip Flap Railway(pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of itscircular loop, an issue which was corrected with later loopingcoasters atConey Island,Atlantic City, andOlentangy Park?
... thatEmil Reich became well-known to Londonhigh society by giving lectures onPlato atClaridge's Hotel?
... that the location of theJózef Piłsudski Monument in Warsaw has been criticized by its designer?
... that theEuropean free-tailed bat can be recognised by the sound it emits in flight?
... that during 1942, the fairly newHMCSLa Malbaie was transferred from both theWestern andMid-Ocean Escort Force due to mechanical issues?
... thatgeneticistFlorence Margaret Durham bred 6,983 guinea pigs for her study of whether daily doses of alcohol had hereditary effects?

5 October 2013

16:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the chemical elementlawrencium is named afterErnest Lawrence, the inventor of thecyclotron(pictured, with his 60-inchcyclotron)?
... that the primary building of theSt. Jacobs Farmers' Market, Canada's largest year-roundfarmers' market, was built in the late 1970s and destroyed by fire in 2013?
... that directorRobert Wise personally selectedEttington Hall for exterior shots in the 1963horror film,The Haunting?
... that the1981 Entumbane Uprising threatened to cause a fresh civil war in Zimbabwe barely a year after the end of theRhodesian Bush War?
... that forseason nine ofHow I Met Your Mother, a cast member—Cristin Milioti—is being promoted to themain cast for the first time in the show's history?
... that chefGordon Ramsay was allowed to open arestaurant atClaridge's hotel because his father-in-law agreed that it would serve breakfast?

08:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theincisor teeth ofrabbits, hares and pikas(European rabbit pictured) continue to grow throughout their lives?
... that Oregon judgeHarl H. Haas, Jr. used to help babysitRush Limbaugh?
... that theWorld Access for the Blind has helped over 7,000 blind people to usehuman echolocation?
... thatbrown bear numbers are declining inFairy Meadows?
... that theVerre in Dubai wasGordon Ramsay's first restaurant outside Great Britain?
... that the 1942 filmDuke of the Navy was an attempt to make a "light funster" out ofRalph Byrd?

00:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theEasterners(pictured) split into the Southerners and Northerners, they themselves having split from theSarim?
... that as of 1999,Little Shamokin Creek is the only creek in theShamokin Creek watershed where fish can survive?
... thatLittle Red Wagon Foundation founderZach Bonner's story was selected from among a pool of 6,000 candidates and made into the 2012docudramaLittle Red Wagon?
... thatPavel Rychagov, a Commander of theSoviet Air Forces, was executed as part of thepurge of the Red Army in 1941?
... that out of about 20,000Clarno Formation fossils, only 5 were from the extinctdogwoodCornus clarnensis?
... that the former manor ofGladsaxehus in Sweden was once bequeathed to become a nunnery ofDominicans, butQueen Margaret preferred it to remain a strategic royalfief?

4 October 2013

16:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theGreat Bustard has been known to eat thegiant pasture puffball(pictured)?
... that in May 1942,HMCSHalifax rescued three surviving crewmen of the American trawlerFoam that was sunk by Nazi submarineU-432 south ofHalifax itself?
... that toy designerJanese Swanson wrote her doctoral thesis on gender issues in product design?
... that in January 1948, during thecivil war inMandatory Palestine, thePalestinian Arab residents ofIjlil al-Shamaliyya pledged neutrality with theHaganah, but left the village months later?
... that in the 1930s,Maurice Yvain'soperettas were translated and performed in Germany, Hungary and Austria as well as on Broadway whereTa Bouche was presented over a hundred times?
... that for many years,Jørgen Olufsen's House was known asEllen Marsvinsgaard even though Ellen Marsvin,Christian IV's mother-in-law, never had any connections with it?

08:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatNakayama Tadayasu was exceptionally awarded theOrder of the Chrysanthemum(pictured) in his own lifetime?
... that Indian Hindu monkSwami Vivekananda asserted that "Buddhism was the fulfilment of Hinduism"?
... thatClitocybe albirhiza,Floccularia albolanaripes,Geopora cooperi,Hygrophorus goetzii,H. marzuolus,H. purpurascens,Lentinellus montanus,Ramaria magnipes andTricholoma vernaticum aresnowbank mushrooms?
... that the characterNilkantha Bagchi inJukti Takko Aar Gappo (1977) andMeghe Dhaka Tara (2013), resembled film directorRitwik Ghatak's personality?
... that in 1983, the Irish ThoroughbredStanerra became the first European-trained racehorse to win theJapan Cup?
... thatKeri Rosebraugh incorporates discarded wood, paper, and other re-purposed trash into hermixed media artworks?

00:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Ohio'sMorrow County Courthouse(pictured) was originally built without a tower?
... that on 3 October 1963, the Honduran militaryoverthrew its civilian government ten days before a scheduled election?
... that horses fed hay containing thetoxic fluids of crushedold-fashioned potato beetles can gethorse colic or even die?
... thatPavel Fedorovich Zhigarev was the Commander of theSoviet Air Forces during the entirety ofOperation Barbarossa?
... that the episode "Shades of Gray" was created as aclip show forStar Trek: The Next Generation and was later described by a critic as "god-awful"?
... that wildlife cameramanEric Ashby, nicknamed "The Silent Watcher", refused to film tame animals?

3 October 2013

16:00, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

... that during World War II,HMCSMidland andHMCSNew Westminster(pictured) escorted supply convoys on the "Triangle Run", the route betweenNew York,Boston andSt. John's?
... that the3 October Festival inLeiden,Netherlands, features a free meal of herring and white bread handed out in theWeigh House?
... that historianStanley Mordaunt Leathes and physiologistJohn Beresford Leathes were the sons of Hebrew scholarStanley Leathes?
... that combining computer animation with live action,Adhisaya Ulagam 3D was the first 3D Indian film that featured dinosaurs?
... that whenEdinburgh Trams commence service in May 2014, it will have been fifty-eight years since the closure ofEdinburgh's previous tramway?
... that thesound effects forMotocross Mania 3 have been criticized for making car crashes sound like water bottles being crushed?

08:00, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatRed Ruffing(pictured) became aBaseball Hall of Fame pitcher despite losing four toes in acoal mining accident as a child?
... thatscramble competition is one of the causes of the large population swings experienced by thefield vole?
... thatEknath Ranade, who founded theVivekananda Kendra inKanyakumari, was honoured as aKarmayogi?
... that more than fiftypharmacies in North Dakota deliverpharmaceutical care without apharmacist present usingtelepharmacy?
... thatEd Gagnier, the first gymnast to represent Canada at the Olympic games, later coached threeNCAA national championship teams atIowa State?
... that the trailer for the Japanese horror filmHenge was described by a reviewer as "a minor work of art"?

00:00, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

... that despite officially being impartial,Pope Pius XII(pictured) acted as an intermediary between theGerman Resistance and theAllies duringWorld War II?
... that the 1912short filmA Cure for Pokeritis was about a woman who arranged a fake police raid on her husband's weekly poker game?
... that sociologistKenneth A. Bollen has been listed in theISI Highly Cited database of "highly cited researchers" in the Social Sciences category?
... that during the 1984European Cup Semi-Final betweenLiverpool and Dinamo Bucharest,Graeme Souness punchedLică Movilă in the face, breaking his jaw, but it wasn't seen by the referee?
... that thePied Wheatear often perches on a bush or rock, bobbing its tail up and down while looking around for insects?
... that "genius" has not been a term used inIQ classification since 1937?

2 October 2013

16:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

... that in November 2003,Prince Charles visited the restoredNakhal Fort(pictured) during an official visit toOman?
... that for the first time in 20 years, thePortland Pirates will not be playing in Portland for their2013–14 season?
... that an airplane formerly owned byHermann Göring was used to transport delegates to the founding congress of theAfrican Democratic Rally?
... thatRyszard Siwiec, protesting theWarsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, wasthe first political protester to commit suicide byself-immolation inCentral and Eastern Europe?
... thatWilliam Blake's characterSpectre, which represents unchanging reason inhis spiritual mythology, may have been inspired by the poetWilliam Cowper?
... that the directors ofChipotle Mexican Grill's short filmThe Scarecrow took inspiration fromWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory andMetropolis?

08:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

... thatHudson Stuck,Harry Karstens,Walter Harper, andRobert Tatum were the first to successfully climbMount McKinley(pictured)?
... thatIndia's 1996–97 series in South Africa wasSachin Tendulkar's first overseasTest tour as captain?
... thatMind Games is one of a record-setting six television shows that filmed in Chicago in 2013?
... that the bolete mushroomTylopilus intermedius is named for its appearance, considered intermediate betweenT. peralbidus andT. rhoadsiae?
... that Singaporean photographerLeslie Kee was fined a millionyen in February 2013 fornot censoring his nude photographs in Japan?
... that the1983 Oregon State vs. Oregon football game (often referred to as "The Toilet Bowl") was the last NCAA Division Icollege football game to end in a scoreless tie?

00:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

... that art historians often find it difficult to judge whether 17th-centurymerry company paintings(example illustrated) show scenes of prostitution?
... that as of the2013 AAA 400,Nick Harrison has served as crew chief for eleven different drivers during the2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season?
... that fossils of the extincthazelnut relativeCoryloides were informally identified as palm nuts first?
... thatSpanish influenza closed Colorado'sDurango High School a little over a year after it opened?
... thatJakob Pistiner served as editor of the newspaperVorwärts, inCernăuți (present-day Chernivtsi)?
... that upon losing his lastshilling while gambling,Virginia statesmanGabriel Jones began staking the gold buttons on his coat?

1 October 2013

16:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theknifetooth sawfish(pictured) and thelongcomb sawfish can be told apart by the number of teeth on theirsaws?
... thatSalomée Halpir, aLithuanian Catholic born in 1718, learned medicine from a doctor she married at age 14, and eventually became a physician to theharem of theOttoman Empire'sSultan?
... that on 20 September 1893,Swami Vivekananda stated at theParliament of the World's Religions thatReligion was not the crying need of India?
... thatNigeria is theworld leader incassava production?
... that jewels stolen at theCarlton Cannes inthe July 2013 heist are worth $136 million?
... that Hungariansecretary of state Zoltán Illés said to fellow member of parliamentBernadett Szél, "just because you're pretty doesn't also mean you're smart"?

08:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

... that theChina Art Museum(pictured), housed in the former China Pavilion of theShanghai Expo, is the largest art museum in Asia?
... that the two BritishDuke of Edinburgh-class cruisers captured three Germanmerchantmen while onconvoy escort duties in theRed Sea shortly after the start of World War I in 1914?
... thatWest Virginia railroad andtimber executiveWilliam B. Cornwell was renderedunconscious by a fallinglongcase clock?
... that one of the main cast ofPawn Stars UK, Mark Andrew "Big Mark" Manning, used to work at a crematorium before becoming a pawnbroker?
... thatAlfred Legoyt organised thecensus of France in 1856, 1861 and 1866?
... that the name for the extinct birch family genusKardiasperma is from the Greek words for "heart" and "seed"?

00:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

... that, whilea portrait by Thomas Eakins of his brother-in-law(pictured) was described as ugly and awkward, a critic later singled it out as "the most restrained, most classical of all the Eakins canvases"?
... that in 2011,Cauley Woodrow became the firstnon-League footballer to play for England at youth level sinceBob Oates 37 years earlier?
... thatBoynton Beach, Florida, was founded byByrd S. Dewey, notNathan Boynton, who was erroneously credited up to last year?
... that the former site ofNottingham'sGreyfriars Friary is now occupied by a shopping centre?
... thatStephen Rhodes was the firstopenly gay driver inNASCAR competition?
... that the mushroomBoletus subluridellus was first described scientifically from specimens collected on a golf course?

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