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30 April 2014

22:51, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the globalpoultry industry was expected to produce 65.5 million tonnes of eggs(pictured) in 2013?
... thatAbbi Jacobson plays a fictionalized version of herself on theComedy Central seriesBroad City?
... that despite influencing severalBeatles' songs,Arthur Alexander's 1962 song "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" was nearly forgotten until a Beatles' bootleg recording surfaced more than a decade later?
... thatMadman's Drum was a novel in woodcuts?
... thatKelly Tanner andChris Raudman were among the championship winners during1996 in NASCAR?
... thatYang Bojun, who was taught to readConfucian classics by his grandfather, became an author of several influential commentaries on them?

14:36, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

... that eight years after rowing aTitanic lifeboat and honoringher drowned son with aHarvard library,Eleanor Widener waited on a yacht(pictured) whileher new husband fought "scantily-clad, ferocious cannibals"?
... that "La Popola" was banned in theDominican Republic because of its sexual lyrics?
... that formerIAS cadrePancham Lal is one of thecandidates of the All India Forward Bloc in the 2014 election?
... thatMeldon Viaduct, onDartmoor in Devon, is one of only two survivinglattice truss railway bridges in Britain?
... that thebox jellyfishTripedalia cystophora feeds on thecopepodDioithona oculata which swarms in sunlit patches of water amongmangrove roots?
... that a symposium onGenghis Khan led to the removal ofDaramyn Tömör-Ochir from the Mongolian Politburo for being a "nationalist"?

05:01, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

... that American librarianJosephus Nelson Larned(pictured) sat at a desk oppositeMark Twain when they both wrote for theBuffalo Express?
... that during the 20-event2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, 15 world records were equalled or surpassed?
... that theBluefin-21 is anunderwater drone that is being used in search operations for the missingMalaysia Airlines Flight 370?
... that MarylandDelegateTorrey C. Brown, a physician, once assisted in saving the life of a fellow legislator who suffered a heart attack during a debate?
... that theRevolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) leaderA.V. Thamarakshan is supported by theBJP inthis year's parliamentary poll?
... thatSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band's title track was once described as a "revolutionary moment in the creative life" ofthe Beatles?

29 April 2014

20:46, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

... that manymountains on Io(example pictured) have straight margins?
... that medieval historianSeta Dadoyan was awarded theDavid Anhaght medal for her contributions to Armenian philosophical studies?
... that one ofNader Kadhim's main motivations to writeSaving Hope was to defend the hope "revived" by theArab Spring?
... that Swedish sopranoMalin Byström sang the title role inThaïs atPalau de les Arts Reina Sofia in 2012?
... that in 1970 theState of Connecticut acquired 198 acres (108 ha) ofHaley Farm from A. C. White for a total of $300,000 and declared it astate park?
... thatBert "Yank" Levy, who taught the British Home Guard and coauthored one of the first books on guerrilla warfare, said a cheese cutter could be used as a weapon?

28 April 2014

16:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatMacLellan's Castle(pictured) used to look like a haystack?
... that Australian actressYael Stone'sBoston accent onOrange Is the New Black has been called "the most amazing accent on television"?
... thatcellarettes were designed with3-D optical illusion art to conceal their illegal alcoholic beverages duringprohibition in the United States?
... that the late 16th-centuryyadu poems by QueenHsinbyushin Medaw are among the earliestBurmese language records ofLan Na?
... that mountaineerJoe Puryear made thefirst ascents of six peaks in theHimalayas?
... that parts ofCantiones sacrae, 40 choral pieces composed byHeinrich Schütz during theThirty Years' War, have been described as intensely expressive, others as happy?

08:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

... that a 2009 protest by gay men inPeople's Park(pictured) "has been hailed as a milestone" in thehistory of LGBT rights in China?
... that American snowboardersTaylor Gold andhis sister Arielle both went toSochi to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics, but both saw their efforts derailed by falls?
... that theAustralian Renewable Energy Agency is helping fund construction of the southern hemisphere's largestsolar power station?
... thatCassey Ho discovered an image of a model with a photoshoppedthigh gap onTarget's website?
... that whenNimdoma Sherpa summitedMount Everest at the age of 16, she became the youngest woman to do so at the time?

00:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatMaximus/Minimus(pictured) is afood truck based inSeattle,Washington that was built with modifications to resemble a pig's snout and ears?
... thatJack Charlton was the first foreigner to manage theRepublic of Ireland national football team?
... that actressDanielle Brooks has been cast as the first black woman on theHBO seriesGirls?
... thatTwomile Run has the highest potential fish biodiversity of any stream in theKettle Creek watershed?
... that the plaque on the memorial of Czech poetViktor Dyk shows only his name?
... that it was wrongly said thatFrank Crocker killed himself after building the pub now calledCrocker's Folly in the wrong place?

27 April 2014

16:00, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatVassar College students living inRaymond House(pictured) were able to receive $115 off their annual bills in exchange for housekeeping duties?
... thatBulgarian footballerMihail Lozanov, nicknamed The Tank, captainedFC Bayern Munich in the 1930s and reportedly shattered the crossbar with a powerful shot?
... thatThe Music of Grand Theft Auto V features an original score composed by a team of producers for the video gameGrand Theft Auto V?
... thatTy Glaser shadowed a surgical team atWhipps Cross University Hospital to help her prepare for her role asGemma Wilde onHolby City?
... that the Easter hymn "Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron" was written in 1531, but is known with the 1609 dancing tune byMelchior Vulpius?
... that in 1944, gun-wielding models launched fashion designerRobert Piguet's debut fragranceBandit?

08:00, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatNancy Kelsey(pictured), the first white woman to cross overland fromMissouri toCalifornia, was also known as the "Betsy Ross of California"?
... thatPeople's Park inÜrümqi was once the site of aDragon King Temple?
... thatThe Last Arrow was praised for its "inventive re-imagining" of theRobin Hood legend, although one reviewer felt that its "sadistic sexual torture may offend some"?
... that afterRembrandt toothpaste discontinued itscanker sore toothpaste, the 3 oz (85 g) tube that had formerly sold for $6.99 instead sold for approximately $50, on eBay?
... thatscreenwriterGeoff LaTulippe was offered a directing job by the president ofParamount Film Group after the latter saw one of LaTulippe's short films?
... that as of 2009, the Indian submarineSindhukirti had spent 10 out of her 30 years of service inrefits?

26 April 2014

23:50, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

... that, in 1966, theTeaching Assistants Association(1970 strike pictured) of theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison became the first graduate-student labor union?
... that thetitle character inWilliam Shakespeare'sTitus Andronicus may have been inspired by EmperorAndronicus Comnenus, who also shot arrows with messages attached?
... thatKiesza had a broken rib while filming her music video "Hideaway"?
... thatE. Gail de Planque was the first woman and firsthealth physicist to become a Commissioner at the USNuclear Regulatory Commission?
... that abnormalP50 suppression is anendophenotype forschizophrenia?
... that in 1919Hans Jürgen von der Wense composed a piece forpiano,clarinet, and suspended metalcolander?

15:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatPriddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries(shown in the video) include 17round barrows but may have had 20 in theBronze Age?
... thatErnest Psichari, grandson of liberal philosopherErnest Renan, became an idol of right-wing French nationalism?
... that according to a national report, the conviction rate ofrape in Germany has declined, from 20% in the 1980s to 13% by 2000?
... thatMalcolm took the throne fromMacbeth after the latter killed Malcolm's father,King Duncan, inWilliam Shakespeare'sMacbeth?
... that thePraja Socialist Party, theAmbedkariteHarijan Mandal and theAkali Dal formed an alliance ahead of the 1962Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election?
... thatthe "world's luckiest man" survived seven brushes with death, then won the lottery?

07:20, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Wally Pipp

... that in 1925,Wally Pipp(pictured) "took the two most expensiveaspirin in history"?
... that theJoffrey Ballet is debutinga new choreography toProkofiev's score ofWilliam Shakespeare'sRomeo and Juliet in the United States, 30 years after it debutedCranko's adaptation?
... thatGabor Racz fled Budapest in 1956 after theHungarian revolution and went on to hold a million-dollarendowed chair in anesthesiology atTexas Tech?
... thatDakshin Gangotri, India's first research station in the Antarctic, was an unmanned base built in 8 weeks by an 81-member team?
... thatTrent Reznor recordedThe Downward Spiral at10050 Cielo Drive, the house whereSharon Tate was murdered?
... that mental health advocateEleanor Owen is known in theWashington State Legislature as "The Barracuda"?

25 April 2014

23:05, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theWest African green mamba(pictured) has one of the most rapidly acting venoms among all snakes?
... thatMorris H. Whitehouse designed several Oregon buildings which made it to theNational Register of Historic Places list, including theConro Fiero House-turned-restaurant?
... thatAllan du Toit was 15 years old when he wrote his first published book?
... thatThe Widow's Son pub is named for the legend of a widow who everyGood Friday baked ahot cross bun for her only son, in the hope that he was not lost at sea and would one day return home?
... thatSt Mary's Church, Preston, is now a conservation centre?
... that afterEmerson Etheridge returned to theU.S. Congress even though his state hadseceded, he was madeClerk of the House of Representatives?

14:50, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1915landing at Anzac Cove on Turkey'sGallipoli peninsula is marked on 25 April each year by a dawn service at the cove(pictured), attended by 50,000 people in 2013?
... that in the2003–04 season,Arsenal won thePremier League atWhite Hart Lane, home of theirrivals Tottenham Hotspur?
... thatRezan Zuğurlu, who spent eight months in the infamousDiyarbakır Prison, becameTurkey's youngest mayor when she was elected byLice at the age of 25?
... that theEarly Nationalists were the beginning of the organised national movement in India?
... that a judge has ordered that information be removed from the Greek Wikipedia biography of politicianTheodore Katsanevas?
... that the Australian plantBanksia coccinea is grown commercially in South Africa, North America, New Zealand, and Israel as acut flower crop?

06:35, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theGarland Trench Mortar(pictured), used by British and Australian forces in theGallipoli Campaign, was essentially a steel tube affixed to a wooden base that fired aJam Tin Grenade?
... thatNat Sanders won the inauguralIndependent Spirit Award for Best Editing in 2014?
... thatUnion Films attempted to draw educated audiences by hiringa doctor to star intheir film?
... thatLyndsie Holland played theGilbert and Sullivan contralto roles with theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company?
... that Eckhart Hall at theUniversity of Chicago is named for miller and state senatorBernard A. Eckhart?
... that Corporal Edgar Worrall, who claims to have fired the last shot atLone Pine, was one ofover 1,100 Australians to keep a diary during World War I?

24 April 2014

22:20, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

... that actorYenovk Shahen(pictured) was arrested and ultimately murdered during theArmenian Genocide?
... thatwing-assisted incline running (WAIR) is a hypothesis about theorigin of avian flight derived from observing modern partridges?
... that British composerThomas Adès thought he was having aheart attack when composingAsyla, acontemporary classical composition withtechno music characteristics?
... that the IraqiRailway Workers Union was banned in the midst of a 1945 strike?
... that in 1957, painterMary Potter swapped houses on the east coast of England with composerBenjamin Britten?
... that the easiestdifficulty level in the video gameAlien Rage is "challenging", and the second easiest is "hard"?

14:05, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theVysočina Region is home to moreUNESCO World Heritage Sites(Telč pictured) than any other region of theCzech Republic?
... that differences on the issue of Muslim personal law led to a split between theAll India Muslim League and theCommunist Party of India (Marxist)?
... that skierCameron Rahles-Rahbula carried the Australian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the2014 Winter Paralympics inSochi, but was unable to compete in any of his events?
... thatLa India's recordings of "Ese Hombre" and "Dicen Que Soy", on her albumDicen Que Soy, have been described as "anthems for female salsa lovers"?
... that whilst theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union opposed the setting up of an independent Jewish party organization, an autonomousJewish Communist Party was founded in Bielorussia?
... thatopium poppies are grown inHagley, Tasmania?

01:50, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

... that judges tried to ban aCharles Chaplin painting(example pictured) as they felt it was "too erotically suggestive"?
... that wild populations of theblack rock scorpion are depleted due to collecting by the pet trade?
... that Dr.Edith Claypole died oftyphoid while working on immunizations forWWI troops, even though she had been immunized herself?
... thatGenePeeks'Matchright software simulates reproduction to determine the likelihood of a child receiving agenetic disorder?
... that New Orleansblues /soul musicianRockie Charles was described as "The President of Soul"?
... that the community ofFruitvale, Tennessee, developed around arailroad switch?

23 April 2014

18:05, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1843Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms(pictured) is regarded as the first significant Chinese book on the West and had an important impact in Japan?
... that the success ofLarry Wagner's compositionWhistler's Mother-in-Law led to a permanent rift betweenPaul Whiteman and himself?
... that theMasikryong Ski Resort inNorth Korea took only ten months to construct?
... thatLouise Delamere decided to make herHolby City characterColette Sheward childless after reading a national statistic?
... that theCompromise of Nobles was drafted in theSablon inBrussels, which would later be the site of the execution of 18 of its signatories?
... thatbaseball pitcherSeth Blair had atumor in the joint of hismiddle finger on his throwing hand?

10:20, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the actorInnocent is one of thecandidates of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in this year's parliamentary election(election rally pictured)?
... thatIrene Greif is a founder ofcomputer-supported cooperative work?
... that thebro in "don't tase me, bro" is not the person being called a bro?
... thatDerrick Gordon is the firstNCAA Division I college basketball player tocome out as gay?
... thatQiu Xigui's bookChinese Writing is "universally acclaimed to be the definitive overview" of Chinesepalaeography?
... that both thepicarel and theblotched picarel start life as females but later change sex?

00:00, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatCatlow Valley(pictured) is agraben depression covering 1,300 square miles (3,400 km²) between two fault block mountains,Hart Mountain andSteens Mountain, in southeasternOregon?
... thatJamaican American jazz pianist and composerWynton Kelly toured the Caribbean with an R&B band at age 15?
... thatTerraCycle collects waste materials such as empty juice pouches which are thenrecycled orupcycled into new products?
... that writer/directorHal Hartley raised $395,292 to produce his upcoming filmNed Rifle by launching aKickstarter campaign?
... that theRepublic of Texas presented a formal proposal forannexation by the United States to PresidentMartin Van Buren, who rejected it?
... that the tissues of thehidden anemone containsymbiotic single-celled algae?

22 April 2014

16:00, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

... that girls were first admitted toNorwich School(pictured) in 1994, marking the end of nearly 900 years of single-sex education at the school?
... that both the chairman and the senior vice chairman of theJammu and Kashmir Awami League were killed in 2003?
... that actorMichael Thomson toured a hospital to help him prepare for his role asJonny Maconie inHolby City?
... thatSusan Stryker's bookTransgender History discusses theCompton's Cafeteria riot and othertransgender protests of the 1960s?
... thatminigenes have been used to study isolatedgrowth hormone deficiency?
... thatDaisy Voog was the first woman to reach the summit of theEiger via the mountain's north face?

08:00, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

... that top-scoring Singaporean footballerAleksandar Đurić(pictured) represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in canoeing at the1992 Summer Olympics?
... thatgeological activity on Venus is concentrated along its rift zones?
... thatMakah chairmanEdward Eugene Claplanhoo established theMakah Museum to house artifacts uncovered at theOzette Indian Village Archeological Site?
... thatThe Psycho Ex-Wife, ananonymous blog, was shut down by a U.S.family court judge?
... that "Love Money Party" byMiley Cyrus was distinguished by a music journalist for highlighting her "more philosophical side"?
... thatMarty Schmidt named his son Denali afterthe Alaskan mountain that he climbed 27 times?

00:00, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatAda Hitchins's measurements ofatomic mass fromuranium ores(pictured) provided the first experimental evidence for the existence ofisotopes?
... that the firstlibraries on U.S. military bases were run by volunteers?
... that the Welsh climberEmmeline Lewis Lloyd, who made the first climb of Aiguille du Moine, retired in 1873?
... that cancer cells can die fromparaptosis after treatment with certain anti-cancer substances?
... thatMarty Haggard, a son ofMerle Haggard, survived being shot by a hitchhiker while driving to a filming location for a TV movie?
... thatCambridge won the2004 University Boat Race by six lengths afterOxford's bowman was unseated following a clash of blades?

21 April 2014

16:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theDayton Project(building pictured) produced radioactivepolonium in a residential suburb in Ohio?
... thatduring the long nineteenth century, Belgium was ruled byAustria,rebels,France, andthe Netherlands beforegaining independence and itselfruling the Congo?
... that New Zealand actressMorgana O'Reilly had her husband film her first audition for a role onNeighbours in their garden?
... that the production ofseason 3 ofHouse of Cards is being delayed and may be moved due to legislative decisions involvingtax incentives?
... that inDe kellner en de levenden (1949), Dutch authorSimon Vestdijk presents aLast Judgment in the basement of a movie theater, with Satan sitting in judgment and a waiter as a Christ figure?
... that actorKeith Stanfield worked in a marijuana factory before appearing in his firstfeature film?

08:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatFay Fuller(pictured) was the first woman to climbMount Rainier?
... that the 2008 surreal filmYour Name Here, based on the life of authorPhilip K. Dick, was the feature film directorial debut ofMatthew Wilder?
... thatHolcim is one of the two largestcement manufacturers in the world?
... that theplayer-characters ofGrand Theft Auto Online are designed by a genetics-related process?
... thatchloride-bearing deposits on Mars appear as irregularly shaped fractures on the surface?

00:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the churchSt. Patrokli, which has held therelics ofits patron saint since 954, is known for itsTower of Westphalia(pictured)?
... that the hymn "Thine Be the Glory" is based on theresurrection of Jesus?
... that whilst theKhedut Sangh was the second-largest political force in the 1951 elections inSaurashtra State, it lacked prominent leaders?
... that theSanta Cruz – Chembur Link Road was called an "engineering marvel" by theNational Geographic Society and the "world's most delayed road project" by theWorld Bank?
... that following the death ofRani Chandra in a plane crash, unfinished portions involving her in the 1976 Tamil filmBhadrakali were shot with a look-alike?
... thatFranklin Pierce Adams did not think his 1910poem, "Baseball's Sad Lexicon", was "much good"?

20 April 2014

16:00, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

... that 19th-century female climberJeanne Immink(pictured) once wrote, "I challenge the male mountaineers to follow in my steps"?
... that theKarlovy Vary Region is responsible for more than half of theCzech Republic'sspa industry?
... thatAdolphus Jones has representedSaint Kitts and Nevis internationally insoccer,high jump,track running, anddecathlon?
... thatMarsha Canham was inspired to writeIn the Shadow of Midnight after discovering the story of the "lost princess of Brittany"?
... thatMeghraj Tawar has contested everyLok Sabha election for the past three decades?
... that "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"?

08:15, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Olympic rower Dr.Hugo Goeggel sold his award-winning collection of BrazilianBull's Eyes(pictured) for over $1 million?
... that theMorris J. Berman oil spill was the first to take place in U.S. waters after theOil Pollution Act of 1990 was passed?
... that after working on theManhattan Project,Myrtle Bachelder went on to develop methods for the purification of the rare elementstellurium andindium?
... thatMr. Bean once sang "All Creatures of Our God and King"?
... that industrialistRobertson Stewart was the first to manufacture plastic in New Zealand?
... that aladies' rest room is listed on the U.S.National Register of Historic Places?

00:30, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1911 American caricature of capitalism,IWW'sPyramid of Capitalist System(pictured), is based on a 1900 Russian work?
... thatClaude Weston was effectively the first president of theNew Zealand National Party?
... that the1954 Series ofCanadian banknotes were known as the "Devil's Head" series?
... that in 1849,Juraj Šporer published his tragedy onSkanderbeg and depicted him as theSlav who united allSouth Slavs fromIstria toKrujë?
... that crew member Sarah Elizabeth Jones, who was killed on the set ofMidnight Rider, received acknowledgement at the Oscars' ceremony?
... thatSteelhouse Lane police station used to have its own bar?

19 April 2014

16:45, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatimpala(pictured) are known for their unique leaping ability, reaching heights up to 3 metres (9.8 ft)?
... that sopranoKristīne Opolais made twoMet Opera debuts, as Puccini'sCio-Cio-San andMimi, within a day?
... thatMaunsel House has been thefamily seat of theSlade baronets since 1772?
... that the episode "The 37's" was the first time in aStar Trek series that a Federationstarship had landed on a planet's surface?
... that three men were convicted for usingchild soldiers in Sierra Leone during the civil war?
... thatpointy ears are a common characteristic of numerous races in thefantasy genre?

09:00, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Isadora sleeping next to the game's title

... that theSecrets of Rætikon(screenshot pictured) involve ancient machinery?
... thatStop Watching Us, a protest against mass surveillance, was supported by anEFF video featuring directorOliver Stone and actorJohn Cusack?
... that in 2011 there were 19,945non-Status Indians living in Alberta?
... thatLyndon Johnson's biographerRobert Caro refused to meetBryan Cranston, whoplays Johnson in a new Broadway show, saying it might blur his image of the former president?
... that Dr.Agnes Bluhm wrote that the "female psyche" is predisposed towards working for "racial hygiene"?
... that thebikini bridge hoax was dubbed the newthigh gap?

01:15, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

... that in thestructure of Bach'sSt John Passion(first page pictured), the centre of symmetry is "Durch dein Gefängnis ...", expressing: "By your prison ... came our freedom"?
... thatCharlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch served asMistress of the Robes toQueen Victoria from 1841 to 1846 after being selected for the post byRobert Peel?
... that according to theVulgate translation of theNew Testament,Pontius Pilate said "Quod scripsi, scripsi" to Jewish priests who objected to his description ofJesus asKing of the Jews?
... that aEuropean patent can only begranted jointly in respect ofSwitzerland andLiechtenstein, not for only one of these two countries?
... that the construction of theDeliktaş Tunnel, Turkey's longestrailway tunnel, lasted almost four decades?
... that until the results from theMagellan mission, the impact craterCleopatra Patera on Venus was believed to be a volcano?

18 April 2014

17:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theNew Testament narratives of themocking of Jesus(pictured) are filled withirony?
... that the2007 University Boat Race featured the most non-British rowers in the race's history?
... that the third verse of Martin Schalling's death song "Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr" concludes Bach'sSt John Passion in its first and fourth version, ending with "praise you for ever"?
... that the partly submergedMersey flat,Daresbury, is ascheduled monument?
... thatSouthport War Memorial consists of anobelisk, twocolonnades, and gardens?
... that the digitalboard gameArmello was pitched as "Game of Thrones meetsKung Fu Panda"?

09:45, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatJoaquín Gutiérrez(pictured), a popular children's book author fromCosta Rica, created a false identity for Soviet spy and future assassinIosif Grigulevich?
... that members ofThe Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers performfull circle ringing in more than 60bell towers?
... that relief workerNellie Miller-Mann wrote in her diary about the plight of the many orphans she cared for?
... that according to the 2013 ruling of the court caseIn re Application of the United States for Historical Cell Site Data, the government can access cell site records without a warrant?
... that the63rd Cavalry of theIndian Army was given the epithet of "Ghost" during theIndo-Pakistani War of 1971?
... thatBarney Berlinger won the United Statesdecathlon championship in 1933 despite jogging through the final event,1500 meters, so slowly he scored no points?

02:00, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatBen-Hur(publicity pictured) had so much unused footage,Charlton Heston used some inAntony and Cleopatra?
... that althoughKarl Ove Knausgård's family threatened legal action over his autobiographical novel seriesMy Struggle, he published it anyway and sold half a million copies?
... that the2005 University Boat Race featured eight Olympic rowers?
... thatHeike Friedrich played over 200 games ofbasketball with the national team before switching towheelchair basketball?
... that all three majorvideo game console manufacturers refuse to publish games that have beengiven the Adults Only rating by theEntertainment Software Rating Board?
... thatPercy Wyndham was denounced as a fraud byPercy Wyndham?

17 April 2014

18:15, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatHerbert Garland(pictured) taughtLawrence of Arabia how to use explosives?
... thatLi Xueqin, considered in China to be "the most important historian working today", never finished college?
... that theAssembly of Delvino ratified theProtocol of Corfu in 1914, which gaveNorthern Epirus autonomy insideAlbania?
... that VictorianpolymathGordon Smith was a rower, mathematician,barrister, major andfreemason who formed the finest collection of mintstamps of South Australia of his day?
... that Argentine actorAlfredo Alcón readRichard III byWilliam Shakespeare at the age of 11?
... thatghost craters on Mercury contain bothgraben andwrinkle ridges?

10:30, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

... that ten copies of theGoražde Psalter(page pictured), printed in 1521, are known to exist today?
... that violinstIgnaz Schuppanzigh founded theSchuppanzigh Quartet, which played the premieres of several string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven?
... thatrape during the Armenian Genocide was described as being part of a plan for "the virtually complete extermination of the Armenians"?
... that the JapaneseironcladFusō sank after colliding with two ships during a storm when heranchor chain broke on 29 October 1897?
... that German coachHolger Glinicki celebrated his team's win at the2012 Paralympics by plunging offCanary Wharf into London'sRiver Thames?
... thatTall Jawa is now known as "The Rock"?

00:00, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

... that thekāhilistandard(pictured) of Hawaiian royalty was made from the bones of an enemy king and the feathers of a bird of prey?
... that the meteoriteEETA 79001, recovered from theElephant Moraine, was found to have come from Mars?
... thatRedcliffe N. Salaman was the first person to identify geneticresistance tolate blight in wildpotatoes?
... thatCzech Radio broke a national record for the longest uninterrupted radio broadcast when it celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2013?
... that theSterbelied "Valet will ich dir geben" is described in a subtitle as a song of consolation, in which a pious heart bids farewell to this world?
... thatSilver the Hedgehog, a character in theSonic the Hedgehog video games, was originally intended to be orange?

16 April 2014

16:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the minor planetChariklo hasa ring system(artist's rendering pictured), making it the smallest body known to be surrounded by rings?
... thatFilip Fabricius was given anepithetof Hohenfall (literally "of high fall") after he had survived theSecond Defenestration of Prague in 1618?
... that during theTucker County Seat War in 1893, over 200 armed men seizedTucker County, West Virginia's court records and courthouse bell fromSt. George and transferred thecounty seat toParsons?
... thatPierre Pascau cited a dispute with a coworker over her smoking as the reason for leaving his top-rated radio show?
... thatwheelchair basketballerMarina Mohnen edged out Olympic gold medallistsBritta Heidemann,Marion Rodewald andOksana Chusovitina to become Cologne's Sportswoman of the Year?
... thatin 1953, Port Vale had a Steele Curtain?

08:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

... that New Zealand judgeThomas S. Weston(pictured) moved frombench tobar?
... that the "Sol" inSol Republic is an acronym for "soundtrack of life"?
... thatBob Mariano, CEO ofRoundy's, was denied from fivemedical schools and thirteen pharmaceutical companies before starting work?
... that the team developingCivilization: Beyond Earth, a spiritual successor toSid Meier's Alpha Centauri, visited the latter's Wikipedia article for inspiration?
... that the soldiers who die by sword neither bravely nor cowardly are described as going to the abode of "the hidden ones" in Hinduism?
... that when he was 12, NASCARLegends racerGray Gaulding was sponsored by agun-selling website?

00:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatroundMunsö Church(pictured) was built to serve both a religious and a defensive purpose?
... that salmon canning magnateFrank M. Warren, the only first-class passenger from Oregon to perish in the sinking of theTitanic, played for one of thefirst baseball teams in Portland?
... thatMorton B. Panish anda colleague at Bell Labs developed a laser that led to fiber optics, laser printers, barcode readers, and optical disc drives?
... thatSigma called their label "Life Recordings" on the grounds that the music industry made them make the record label their life?
... that the firstCassette Store Day was observed on 7 September 2013 to celebrate theCompact Cassette music format?
... thatAnthony Minoprio provided a new master plan forCrawley New Town after the previous planner suddenly resigned in "an extraordinary decision [... which was] never completely explained"?

15 April 2014

16:10, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theGreat Captain Island Lighthouse(pictured) started cracking only a decade into its lifetime?
... that as of 2013, Iran is one of only four countries known to carry outpublic executions?
... that in 1853,Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll helped draft a letter addressing women in the United States which called for the abolition of slavery?
... that the firstSeumas McNally Grand Prize award winner, 1999 indie gameFire and Darkness, was never finished?
... thatAnna Murià was a founding member of the Union Group of Catalan Writers?
... that two days after last year'sBoston Marathon bombings, U.S. authorities received two applications to register the term "Boston Strong" as atrademark?

08:25, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatJohn Silvanus Wilson, Jr.(pictured), the 11th President ofMorehouse College, previously led the White House Initiative onHistorically Black Colleges and Universities?
... that the proposedUEFA Nations League will largely replace friendly matches forUEFA member nations?
... that formerHillsboro, Oregon mayorMiller M. Duris had six daughters whose first names all started with the letter "C"?
... that Bach used a stanza from "Vater unser im Himmelreich", Luther's versification of theLord's Prayer, as a chorale in hisSt John Passion?
... thatAna María Martínez Sagi, a Spanish national champion injavelin, was a journalist for theDurruti Column?
... that, according to theBlood Moon Prophecy, tonight'seclipse could be a sign that theend time is near?

00:40, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

... that architectWilliam Swinden Barber(pictured in medieval costume) designed many 19th-century churches in northern England, often in astyle based on buildings from the Middle Ages?
... thatSophie Ellis-Bextor's 2001 cover of "Take Me Home" byCher received criticism from the latter for having "overtly sexual" new lyrics?
... thatIvan Milutinović was one of the major exponents of theLeftist errors policy inMontenegro?
... that three of 16 stanzas ofPaul Gerhardt's hymn "O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben" appear in Bach's Passions, two inSt John and two inSt Matthew?
... that thefirst assembly election in Kerala led to the formation of the first democratically-electedcommunist government in India?
... that due to the allegedOperation Trojan Horse,Birmingham City Council has put a temporary freeze on appointing new school governors?

14 April 2014

16:55, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theAlexandria, Virginia mansionColross(pictured) was disassembled and transported toPrinceton, New Jersey, where it serves as aPrinceton Day School administration building?
... that inChina, the production, management and sales of alledible salt is regulated bya state-owned monopoly enterprise?
... that theChurch of St Cuthbert by the Forest inMouldsworth,Cheshire, has a detachedcampanile?
... that the death ofPolish Army chaplainIgnacy Skorupka at thebattle of Warsaw became a political tool for opponents of military commanderJózef Piłsudski?
... thatStar Film was unable to complete its sixth film due to theJapanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies?
... that a version of theastro pop cocktail is layered with red, white, and blue colors, and served in ashot glass?

09:10, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

... that in 1901Beatrice Tomasson(pictured) and her teammates became the first to climb the south face of theMarmolada, which was then considered "the longest and most difficult climb in the Alps"?
... thatPike's Lane was the venue of the first-ever goal scored in leaguefootball?
... that despite its single release being cancelled, "Blow" byBeyoncé debuted on theBillboardHot Dance Club Songs at number 48?
... that theToluid Civil War, fought betweenKublai Khan and his brotherAriq Böke for the title ofGreat Khan, permanently divided theMongol Empire into separate autonomouskhanates?
... that theKnights Hospitaller owneda number of colonies in the Caribbean in the mid-17th century?
... thatKing Solomon was abandoned by his mother and wife, abdicated, and was arrested, before possibly becoming a saint?

01:25, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatZofia Daszyńska-Golińska(pictured) taught at Warsaw'sFlying University before she became aPolish senator?
... that a January 1947 contest, on radio stationWINC inWinchester, Virginia, was responsible for shorting out the telephone system for the entire city?
... thatAnnegret Brießmann was ranked in the top ten in the world in herclass in theshot put anddiscus, and won a gold medal at the2012 Summer Paralympics inwheelchair basketball?
... that the French documentarySous le Manteau was shot byprisoners of war and shows preparations for an escape attempt?
... that theToronto Argonauts are the oldest existingprofessional sports team in North America that still utilizes its original name?
... that "Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!" was once called one of the most popularPalm Sunday hymns?

13 April 2014

17:40, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

... that 7th-grade science students at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, California, helped researchers discover a new series ofMartian lava tubes(pictured)?
... that after their defeat in theBattle of Pljevlja during theUprising in Montenegro, manyPartisans deserted to theChetniks?
... that inRajiv Malhotra's bookIndra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity (2014), Hindugurus are compared tosystems integrators, andHinduism to anopen architecture?
... thatChad Kellogg was the first known person to ascend and descendMount McKinley in under 24 hours?
... that legend holds that Holy Roman EmperorLouis the Pious, on hearingTheodulf of Orléans sing "All Glory, Laud and Honour", released Theodulf from exile and ordered the hymn sung everyPalm Sunday?
... thatInvader's cousin isMr. Brainwash?

09:55, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

... that for his actions during theBattle of Shok Valley in 2008,Combat ControllerZachary Rhyner(pictured) became the first living recipient of theAir Force Cross since theBattle of Mogadishu in 1993?
... that friends of classicalmusic criticHarris Goldsmith claimed that he remembered every note of music he had ever heard?
... thatCentennial Broadcasting owner Allen B. Shaw began his radio career at the age of 15?
... that in the same yearBill Clinton was elected,Harold Bloom wrote inThe American Religion that he feared there would never be another Democrat US President in his lifetime?
... that whilst the 1951 founding conference of theUttar Pradesh Praja Party targeted getting 2.5 million members, it won just two seats in that year'sLegislative Assembly election?
... that the eastern section ofNerang–Broadbeach Road on Australia'sGold Coast is also known as Hooker Boulevard?

02:10, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

... that although the song "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh" had a limited success during its initial release byWoody Guthrie(pictured), its popularity soared when it was recorded byThe Weavers?
... that theSeumas McNally Grand Prize awardsUS$30,000 toindie game developers?
... that texts by the lawyer and successful opera librettistChristian Heinrich Postel are part of Bach'sSt John Passion?
... that Iranian student activistMaryam Shafipour spent seven months in pre-trial detention, including more than two months insolitary confinement, before being sentenced to seven years in prison?
... thatOswald Harding, Jamaica's longest serving senator, is theonly person to have served two non-contiguous terms as President of theSenate of Jamaica?
... thatOxford won the 4.2 mile2003 University Boat Race by one foot, the narrowest victory in the history of the race?

12 April 2014

18:25, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

... that thegreen orchid bee(pictured), native to Central America, has taken up residence in Florida?
... thatHideki Shirakawa,Alan Heeger, andAlan MacDiarmid received theNobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development ofpolyacetylene, an electronicallyconductive polymer?
... thatMick Parker climbed five8,000 metre mountains without the assistance ofSherpa guides orbottled oxygen?
... that the stained glass windows of theChurch of St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, incorporate George Washington's family coat of arms?
... that whenMichael Weiße published 157 songs in German for theBohemian Brethren, it was the most extensive hymnal of his time, and the first organized by topic?
... that according to legend,William II de Soules's tenants expressed their opinion of his management byboiling him alive at thestone circle ofNinestane Rig?

10:40, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatThe Wall Street Journal called2048(screenshot pictured) "almost likeCandy Crush for math geeks"?
... that Indian-born IsraeliSarah Avraham converted to Judaism and moved to Israel after the2008 Mumbai attacks, and became aKickboxing World Champion?
... that the idea ofthe struggle for existence was influential in Darwin's Theory of Evolution, but he got the idea from a famous economist?
... that all five compositions forharpsichord byIannis Xenakis, among themKomboï, were dedicated to harpsichordistElisabeth Chojnacka?
... thatAngie Epifano gained widespread media attention and millions of page views after she wrote an essay on her personal experience ofsexual assault?
... that the largestlake trout in Maine was caught onBeech Hill Pond in 1958?

02:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatSaint Birgitta's chapel(pictured), on the Swedish islandÖland, was likely a 13th-centurypilgrimage church dedicated to the IrishBrigit of Kildare?
... that formerJudge of theSupreme Court ofSingaporeAndrew Ang worked as a corporate and tax lawyer for 30 years before being elevated to the Bench?
... that 300,000 people live within a 10-minute drive of theRamot Mall, the second-largest shopping center in Jerusalem?
... thatOxford won the2002 University Boat Race by three-quarters of a length?
... thatK. Rudzki i S-ka, an engineering firm from Poland, built roughly 20 percent of all rail bridges inImperial Russia, including theKhabarovsk Bridge andMaurzyce Bridge?
... that Belgian politicianIsabelle Blume was awarded theInternational Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples in 1953?

11 April 2014

17:48, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis), despite being acavalry regiment fully manned byMuslim troops(officer pictured), used aHindusalaam in place of a regulation military salute?
... that sopranoCarmen Reppel performed several parts in theJahrhundertring, Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle staged byChéreau, and sang inSiegfried Wagner'sSchwarzschwanenreich?
... thatGuinevere Planitia, a lowland plain on Venus, has three main volcanoes: Atanua, Tuli, and Var Mons?
... thatJennie Brand-Miller coined the termAustralian paradox to describe what she claims is a decrease in sugar consumption in Australia whileobesity rates have increased?
... thatDenis Legersky was allowed to play for theTurkish national ice hockey team in a friendly match in 2014, even though he is aSlovak citizen?
... that althoughOld Pine Church inPurgitsville, West Virginia, was built in 1838, the earliest burial sites in its cemetery date from as early as 1759?

10:03, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the owners of therace horseCalifornia Chrome(pictured) turned down an offer of $6 million for the horse prior to his win in theSanta Anita Derby?
... thatDeadwood Draw was a staging area for freight wagons carrying supplies to theBlack Hills during thegold rush?
... that Dutch Jesuit priestFrans van der Lugt, who had lived in Syria since 1966 and ministered to Christians and Muslims alike, was shot dead in April 2014 inHoms?
... thatKelly Field is whereCharles Lindbergh earned his wings?
... thatYuhui Choe replaced the injuredNatalia Osipova at short notice in the lead role inSleeping Beauty forThe Royal Ballet and "appeared radiantly unfazed by the challenge"?
... that the upcoming video gameDragon Fin Soup will have randomly generated weather and earthquakes?

02:18, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatKarma (1933) featured the longest kissing scene in the history of Indian cinema(screenshot pictured), lasting for about four minutes?
... that at the1984 Summer Olympics, 15-year-old swimmerSarah Hardcastle became the youngest ever British female to win an Olympic medal?
... thatLifeless Planet is an upcomingadventure game inspired byCold War sci-fiB movies?
... that although only 9 miles (14 km) long, theMann's Creek Railroad serviced 193beehive coke ovens?
... thatKerry Teague once quit his ride in theNASCAR Winston Cup Series, saying he didn't have enough experience to compete?
... that because of opposition bythe Polish communist government, theWarsaw Uprising Monument was constructed over 40 years after theevent it commemorates?

10 April 2014

18:33, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theSan Antonio Municipal Auditorium(pictured) was built as a memorial to American soldiers killed inWorld War I?
... thatHMSAlgerine was sunk 20 months to the day after she waslaid down?
... thatabolitionistThaddeus Hyatt was jailed by theUnited States Senate after he refused to comply with aCongressional subpoena?
... that upcomingtactical role-playing gameProdigy met its US$100,000Kickstarter funding goal in less than three days?
... thatBenjamín Galván Gómez, the former mayor ofNuevo Laredo, Mexico, was recently kidnapped and killed?
... that after a bout with atoothache, Scottish poetRobert Burns wrote "Address to the Toothache"?

10:48, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theBoeing CQM-121A Pave Tiger and CGM-121B Seek Spinner(CGM-121B pictured) were intended todisrupt enemy air defences, sometimes explosively?
... thatEurogamer called the monochrome art style in the video gameBetrayer "undeniably striking"?
... thatJames Hooper made the first journey from theNorth to theSouth Magnetic Pole using only human and natural power?
... that communist leaderNurul Huda entered theparliament of India following a 1974 by-election?
... thatManchester United–Arsenal brawl in 1990 is the only instance in English league football history in which a team has been docked points due to player misconduct?
... that in the 1960s,Robert Heinecken inserted pornographic images into mainstream magazines such asTime andVogue and then returned the altered magazines to the newsstands?
00:40, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the single-celledMethanosarcina(Methanosarcina barkeri fusaro pictured) may have played a significant role in both the evolution of early life and theworst extinction event in history?
... thatNákladové nádraží Žižkov became a national cultural monument of theCzech Republic, a decade after closing?
... that American artistAdelia Armstrong Lutz most liked to paint flowers, especiallyhollyhocks?
... that PrussianFort Srebrna Góra in Poland is a rare example of a surviving 18th-century European mountain stronghold?
... that CongressmanF. James Sensenbrenner, sponsor of the rivalUSA Freedom Act, said theFISA Improvements Act would "allow unrestrained spying on the American people"?
... thatBattle of the Sittang Bend was the last significant land battle of theWestern allied powers in theSecond World War?

9 April 2014

16:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the first vicar of theChurch of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw(pictured), wasCharles Farrar Forster?
... thatmountaineerLoulou Boulaz was given honorary membership in theSwiss Alpine Club before the club allowed women to become members?
... that whenDickson Chumba andTirfi Tsegaye won the2014 Tokyo Marathon, they each set a new course record for the men's and women's competitions, respectively?
... thatKangana Ranaut was awarded theNational Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying asubstance-abusing supermodel inFashion?
... that the unairedpilot for17th Precinct was brieflyleaked online in December 2011?
... thatXenia is a software project that aims to emulateXbox 360 games on a computer?

08:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatNeenga Nalla Irukkanum (1992), a Tamil film onProhibition, hadJayalalithaa(pictured), thenchief minister, playing herself?
... that in 1924, 35 million tons of coal were mined in the 14-square-mile (36 km²) watershed ofNewport Creek?
... thatProject Alberta was the section of theManhattan Project which participated in theatomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
... that Argentine actressesMercedes Morán andMercedes Scápola, who are mother and daughter, play as mother and daughter in the telenovelaGuapas?
... that in 2006, theFlying Lions Aerobatic Teamwaterskied across the Klipdrift Dam inJohannesburg flyingNorth American Harvard aircraft?
... thatHissa Hilal, the first woman to reach the final of reality TV poetry contestMillion's Poet, won one round with a poem criticizingfatwas?

00:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatSturehov Manor(pictured) has been described as one of the most beautiful manor houses dating from the reign ofGustav III of Sweden?
... that the musical team forPsych hasreceived more awards than any of the show's actors?
... thatLeonard Wyburd was the first head ofLiberty's Furnishing and Decoration Studio in theWest End of London, aged only 18?
... that males of themillipede genusSiphoniulus were unknown until 2003?
... thatSt Catherine's Hill inDorset was the site of a Cold War nuclear bunker?
... that control of thePapuan plantation termite has been attempted by the use ofexplosives?

8 April 2014

16:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatEmma Thompson(pictured) garnered dualAcademy Award nominations in 1993 for performances inThe Remains of the Day andIn the Name of the Father?
... that theGenerali Building, a downtownJerusalem landmark, was designed by the chief architect of theItalian Fascist regime?
... thatRonald MacKenzie co-sponsored legislation that would have killed theGreen Monster?
... that the documentaryWhen Björk Met Attenborough features the two celebrities discussing music and technology?
... thatAncient Trader was developed using an old military map ofSlovakia?
... that Bernie Hayden made two trips by boat every day to light and extinguish theEssex Reef Light?

08:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatGQ magazine ranked theSip 'n Dip Lounge(pictured), atiki bar inGreat Falls, Montana, as the #1 bar in the world "worth flying for"?
... thatIsabella Charlet-Straton climbedMont Blanc four times, including the first winter ascent in 1876?
... that theChester Rock Light was struck and carried away by a barge being towed bySachem, a tugboat, on May 10, 1912?
... that whenPhiladelphia Phillies playerDarin Ruf was in the minor leagues, his team sold shirts that said "Babe Ruf"?
... that the earliest surviving European drawing of anemu comes from the journal ofa surgeon?
... thatLego Ninjago: Nindroids is the second video game to be based on theLego Ninjago line of play sets?

00:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatCimabue's Celebrated Madonna(detail pictured) byFrederic Leighton depicts aMadonna not byCimabue, but one byanother artist, because of a centuries-old misattribution byGiorgio Vasari?
... that the President of theSenate of Jamaica,Floyd Morris, became the legislative body's first blind member in 1998?
... that thechameleon goby has been known to nest in crevices,mollusc shells, or even discarded bottles and cans?
... thatLeoš Mareš was listed as one of the 50 most influential people in Czech media?
... thatAmerican football linebackerMike Junkin's style of play was compared to "a mad dog in a meat market?"
... thatHurricane Juan caused $1 billion of damage in one American state?

7 April 2014

16:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the call of theWhite-fronted Chat(male pictured) has been likened to thetwang of a rubber band?
... thatJohn Perring becameLord Mayor of London when Britain was "threatened by an implacable and unprincipled enemy"?
... that a 13th-century painting associated with theKnights Templar, which is in theChurch of St Mary, Abbas and Templecombe, was cleaned withVim?
... thatbibliographerHenry Scholberg chose to participate in theMinnesota Starvation Experiment rather than continue working in a mental hospital?
... thatTyphoon Nelson was the worsttropical cyclone to affect China in 16 years?
... thatStanley Redwood resigned from the position of President of theSenate of Jamaica in order to emigrate to Canada?

08:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatWoodward Iron Company presidentA. H. Woodward(pictured) owned theBirmingham Barons minor league baseball team?
... thatTyphoon Lee was the second storm to strike thePhilippines in December 1981?
... thatMichael Luciano edited twenty of the films directed byRobert Aldrich between 1954 and 1977, includingKiss Me Deadly andThe Dirty Dozen?
... that American singerLady Gaga is performing the finalseven concerts at the historicRoseland Ballroom inNew York City?
... thathip hop choreographerSonia Destri Lie recruited dancers from Brazil'sfavelas, without regard to their social backgrounds?
... thatB. R. Ambedkar led theMahad Satyagraha to assert the rights ofDalits to use a public water tank inMahad?

00:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Germanwheelchair basketball playerGesche Schünemann(pictured) was sidelined for three months to repair the tendons of her little finger?
... thatLamprechtsofen was the deepest knowncave on Earth for less than three years?
... that AmericanArielle Gold was the second-youngestsnowboarder to win a world championship?
... that the set ofThree Bagatelles byGyörgy Ligeti consists of only one note?
... that the1967 general election marked the introduction ofministerial rule in theBritish Virgin Islands?
... thatNASA's "Mr. Fix It",Jack Kinzler, used fishing rods to saveSkylab?

6 April 2014

16:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theseal of Mali(pictured) depicts theGreat Mosque of Djenné at the centre?
... thatLily Bristow made the second-ever ascent ofGrépon, and did so without a guide?
... thatTyphoon Mamie was the worst storm to affect China in 26 years?
... that baritoneEike Wilm Schulte, who performed more than 100 roles since 1966, stepped in at theBayreuth Festival as Gunther inGötterdämmerung?
... thatCaris LeVert was the one-on-one partner of 2013national player of the year Trey Burke and the training partner of 2014Big Ten Player of the Year Nik Stauskas?
... that theLewis and Clark Exposition dollar is the only US coin with two "heads" sides?

08:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Britishaircraft carrierHMSFormidable(pictured) became known as "The Ship That Launched Herself" due to a surprising mishap before herlaunching ceremony?
... thatCharles LoPresti, trainer of two-timeAmerican Horse of the Year Wise Dan, enjoysteam roping in his spare time?
... thatHärkeberga Church contains medievalfrescos that have never been covered or painted over?
... that the Bank of Canada described the use of $2 banknotes of the1937 Series as appearing "like migratory birds and disappearing like the lemmings"?
... thatRalf Dujmovits is the first German to have climbed all 14 of the world's8,000 metre mountains?
... that following the death ofMajor League Baseball pitcherSteve Bechler, the U.S.Food and Drug Administration banned the use ofephedra?

00:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Danish women's rights activistAstrid Stampe Feddersen(pictured) took part in the fight against prostitution and fought for greater equality between men and women, including unmarried women?
... that the design ofStadio della Roma, the newly proposed stadium for ItalianSerie A teamA.S. Roma, was inspired by the RomanColosseum?
... that billionaireWilliam "Tex" Moncrief was inspired to become awildcatter after witnessing the opening of his father'soil well?
... thatLIAT Flight 319 crashed into the sea and disappeared after two failed attempts to land at theArnos Vale Airport?
... thatKatharine Richardson andMary Paillon were the first women to summit theMéridionale d'Arves?
... that upon the announcement of theWest End closure ofThe Full Monty, its writerSimon Beaufoy signed the petition against the closure?

5 April 2014

16:00, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

... that whenMax Aue married Emma Topperwin, he went from asaltbox to adog trot(pictured)?
... that the journalAmerican Diplomacy is published online, free for anyone to read?
... thatHenry Walter Barnett andMarius Sestier's film of the 1896Melbourne Cup has been cited as Australia's first film production?
... thatBernice Coppieters of theBallets de Monte Carlo isJean-Christophe Maillot'smuse?
... that the crossroads townCreagerstown burned down in 1914 and never recovered?
... thatKeith Brown, who broke thepole vault world record in 1935, later served as theRepublican Party'sstate chairman inArizona?

08:00, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatthe 2013 smog in East China could be seen by satellite(pictured)?
... thatMatthew Grocoff lives in America's oldestnet zero energy home?
... that the puzzle gamePokémon Battle Trozei'srock-paper-scissors combat system has players battling718 different Pokémon?
... thatMary Grannan did not receive anyroyalties for her first three books because she was aCBC Radio employee?
... that inConnection Distributing Co. v. Holder, theSixth Circuit held that record-keeping requirements of theChild Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act were not unconstitutional?
... that Australiantour promoterMichael Chugg was served divorce papers on the same day he was awarded "Father of the Year"?

00:00, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theflag of NATO(pictured) was first hoisted on November 9, 1953, at the opening ceremony of the Atlantic Exhibition in Paris?
... that biochemistSofia Simmonds, despite her scientific accomplishments, was not promoted tofull professor atYale until nearly 30 years after she started there?
... that the ArgentinetelenovelaSres. Papis will include scenes shot at the2014 FIFA World Cup?
... thatSkrillex collaboratorSirah's debut release was produced byDJ Hoppa?
... thatBen Maidment's failure to serve a rugby union league ban resulted inJersey R.F.C. losing two RFU Championship points?
... that when there iscold weather in Louisiana, alligators burrow in holes?

4 April 2014

16:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatMom & Me & Mom, the seventhautobiography byMaya Angelou(pictured with U.S. President Barack Obama), appeared shortly beforeMother's Day last year?
... that, during the 1929–30 Englishfootball season, at a point when only one otherWatford F.C. player had scored more than one goal,Frank McPherson had already scored 22 of Watford's 29 total goals?
... thatLa Storta has achapel, apiazza, and an annualfeast day dedicated to thevision thatSaint Ignatius is said to have experienced there in 1537?
... thatRomanian linguistSextil Pușcariu spent three years inBerlin duringWorld War II, leading a propaganda effort againstHungary's hold onNorthern Transylvania?
... that the plot ofInside No. 9 episode "The Understudy" both revolved around and was based uponShakespeare'sMacbeth?
... that it wasMonique Loudières's doctor who recommended she should take up ballet, given her rather fragile constitution?

08:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the flower spikes ofBanksia media(pictured) are pollinated byhoney possums?
... thatPhiladelphia Phillies pitcherDavid Buchanan has drawn comparisons to teammateKyle Kendrick because both have been overlooked during their development?
... that the five-yeardevelopment ofGrand Theft Auto V was conducted by a team of over 1,000 people?
... that althoughLafran Pane is considered the founder of theMuslim Students' Association, members sometimes did not recognize him or considered him a government spy?
... that theMadras High Court banned quarrying activities on or near a hill inKeelavalavu because it contains a monument of archaeological importance?
... that whenBill Sefton raised thepole vault world record to 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in), he could not try to improve it further as the uprights did not go any higher?

00:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theCopenhagen Psalter(illuminated page pictured) is a book believed to have been made for aseven-year-old king?
... thatPhilip Lindsley declined the presidencies ofPrinceton,Transylvania University,Ohio University, andDickinson College, but accepted the job at theUniversity of Nashville?
... thatKalman Taigman did not go back to theTreblinka camp for over 60 years, unable to speak a word of Polish due to trauma caused bythe Holocaust?
... thatInnes' star is ared dwarf star with asuper-Earth in orbit?
... that baseball playerZelous Wheeler has two uncles who played in theNational Football League?
... that James Bond once had to be rescued by theEastbourne Lifeboat?

3 April 2014

16:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatPeter the Venetian(pictured) wasKing of Hungary twice?
... that visitors atThe Flask, Highgate, were once asked toswear to drink only strong beer, and not to kiss the maid if they could kiss the mistress, unless they preferred the maid or could kiss both?
... that the Australian subterranean termitesCoptotermes acinaciformis andCoptotermes frenchi can both cause substantial damage to timbers in buildings?
... that after taking an early interest in gymnastics inAlgiers,Myriam Ould-Braham turned to dance, finding it was more fun to move about with music?
... thatHoolock gibbons, the sole ape species in India, are translocated to theMehao Wildlife Sanctuary from fragmented habitats?
... that Italy'sAndrea Doria-class battleships were attacked bySwordfish during theBattle of Taranto?

08:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Australian World War Ifighter aceGarnet Malley(pictured) served as an aviation adviser toChiang Kai-shek's government in China during the 1930s?
... thatElliott Corbett Memorial State Recreation Site is a 63-acre (25 ha)wilderness park located along the southerncaldera rim ofBlue Lake Crater in theCascade Mountains ofCentral Oregon?
... thatTyler Ulis is one of four2014 McDonald's All-Americans who have committed to play basketball for theKentucky Wildcats?
... that developers of the upcomingsurvival horror video gameThe Forest were partly inspired byDisney?
... thatIsabelle Ciaravola received a 30-minute standing ovation after her final performance with theParis Opera Ballet?
... that bites from thelone star tick can make youallergic to mammalian meat products?

00:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

... that theGarden of Ninfa(pictured) has been called "the most romantic garden in the world"?
... thatCold War-era spyHüseyin Yıldırım, sentenced to life without parole in the United States, was later pardoned and secretly extradited to Turkey, where he stayed only one day in prison?
... thatbaseball playerMario Hollands is seeking a secondbachelor's degree inmerchandise marketing?
... thatWashington County Fire District 2 inOregon began as the Hillsboro Rural Fire Protection District and is now headed by the Hillsboro Fire Department's chief?
... thatYulia Makhalina andUlyana Lopatkina are part of "the basketball team", a group of tall and slenderKirov/Mariinsky ballerinas?
... thatWisps, creatures in theSonic the Hedgehog video games, were added toSonic Colors aspower-ups so that the player would not have to switch characters to experience varied gameplay?

2 April 2014

16:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the music video forMariah Carey's new single "You're Mine (Eternal)" was shot atEl Yunque National Forest(pictured) inPuerto Rico?
... thatAnnette Winkler, CEO ofSmart, once headed a commercial truck dealership and became licensed to drive heavy trucks in nine days, to better understand her customers?
... that in 1901Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts built their own Palace inKraków Old Town using public donations?
... thatArt Nouveau painterMaximilian Liebenwein lived in a tower of the medievalBurghausen Castle and painted afrieze on three of its walls?
... that the body of a murdered child was found inWheal Eliza Mine?
... thatAlice Renavand, a star (étoile) at theParis Opera Ballet, has been described as "having the beauty of the devil"?

08:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatHarold Clark designed aTaj Mahal(pictured) atSchertz, Texas?
... thatLudmila Pagliero is the first South American to receive the title ofétoile at theParis Opera Ballet?
... that the titular character ofEvan S. Connell'sMrs. Bridge (1959) experiences "inarticulate rage" when her son uses one of the guest towels?
... thatJames A. Kelly, Jr. sought to have his prison sentence delayed until after he had earned hismaster's degree?
... thatInsite, North America's first legalsupervised injection site for drug users, was opened by thePortland Hotel Society inVancouver, Canada, in 2003?
... that whenCalifornia Interscholastic Federation ruledKameron Chatman ineligible forvarsity basketball competition, he playedjunior varsity?

00:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatChristian Griepenkerl thwartedAdolf Hitler becauseAlois Delug(pictured) could not?
... thatBiden is believed to be an eccentric frozen pink dwarf?
... thatFucking was renamed Fugging for an unknown reason?
... that theUnited States once sued 50,000 cardboard boxes and clacker balls?
... thatJackson County, Florida elected aWankard to represent it?
... that theChicago Cubs claim thatone of their representatives is descended from a live bear?
... thatsmall white breasts smell likeaniseed?
... thatCanada's new money has been criticized for featuring too much nudity and not enough women?
... THATFEMINIST HULK SMASH GENDER BINARY AND ONLY MAKE CAPITALIZATION EXCEPTION FORbell hooks?

1 April 2014

16:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

... that in the late 19th century, those academics who used the letters "F.S.Sc." after their names had been duped by a "bogus literary society"(emblem pictured)?
... thatEmily Lakdawalla ofThe Planetary Society has identified places where Martiandrones can land on Earth?
... thatI believe I'll dust my broom?
... thatBatman once sued the Commissioner?
... that theQueen of Hell was Jamaican?
... thatMicrosoft made a man dress up indrag and dance in front of women to promoteThe Idolmaster 2?
... thatAmy Garnett is English rugby's most-capped femalehooker?
... thatUtopia existed?

08:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

... that 16th-century artillery masterFranz Helm proposed using "rocket cats"(pictured) to attack castles?
... that aLittle Cockup is smaller than a Great Cockup?
... that scientists observedan echo that lasted 65 years?
... thatCaucasians are brown?
... that the idea ofSanta Claus being shot can be "hilarious"?
... that it isillegal to wear armour in the British Parliament?
... that the novelSouthern Cross does not contain any words?
... thatWilliam Wallace died inside the Rock of Gibraltar after falling off his bicycle?

00:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

... thatBéla I of Hungary(bust pictured) was mortally wounded by his throne collapsing under him?
... thatOperation In Our Sites is an effort by the U.S. government to detect intellectual property violations, and that agencies can arrest suspects connected with targeted websites and seize their assets?
... thatIsabelle Guérin andLaurent Hilaire have been described byJohn Rockwell as "two of theParis Opera Ballet's greatest stars"?
... that an instrument used to measuremagnetic anomalies was originally developed to detectsubmarines duringWorld War II?
... that soon after starting her career at theMet,Gwendolyn Killebrew appeared as a valkyrie in Wagner'sDie Walküre in a live broadcast alongsideBirgit Nilsson in the title role?
... that theMoravian Church Mission Ships were a series of twelve ships that made an annual voyage from London to the church's mission stations in Labrador every summer between 1770 and 1926?
... thatRandi Altschul's disposable cellphone was named "product of the year" in 2002?

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