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31 October 2014

12:00, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

... that several 19th-century buildings were integrated into the design of Jerusalem's outdoorMamilla Mall(pictured), including theConvent of St. Vincent de Paul?
... thatRomeyn Beck Hough'sAmerican Woods is a set of over 1,000 paper-thin wood slices collected from 354 different tree species?
... that the capital ofMadagascar,Antananarivo, was founded in 1625 by KingAndrianjaka on the site of a village occupied byVazimba, the island's earliest inhabitants?
... that visitors to the Florentine villa ofTheodosia Trollope found the atmosphere less intense than that at the nearby home ofElizabeth Barrett Browning?
... that no part ofStranger Hollow is within 500 metres (1,600 ft) of a road?
... that according to one review ofThe War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin,Shostakovich would be "horrified" by the film's "mickey-mousings" of his music?
... that arevealing red frock by Australian designerRuth Tarvydas had more coverage thanJennifer Hawkins when she wonMiss Universe 2004?

00:00, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

... that when aMercedes-Benz CLR(pictured) somersaulted almost 15 metres (49 ft) airborne at the1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, it ended the model's racing career?
... that Minnesota'sCircus Juventas is the largest youthcircus school in North America?
... that "Beck's Bolero" begins with a reworking ofRavel's two-chord progression, transposed to the key of A?
... that according toNomina im Indogermanischen Lexikon, the Lithuanian word for "pelvis" is derived from aProto-Indo-European word stem meaning "deep"?
... thatAustralia's defeat ofNew Zealand in cricket's2009 ICC Champions Trophy Final was their fifth consecutive win after becoming finalists in multi-team tournaments since 1999?
... that theArafura large-footed bat scoops up fish and insects from the surface of water with its feet?
... that sources relate that while her pagan husband was away,Bilihildis sailed toMainz and started an abbey?

30 October 2014

12:00, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Gold bird pin discovered in the Dumfriesshire Hoard

... that the newly-discoveredDumfriesshire Hoard(gold bird pin pictured) has been described by experts as "one of the most significantViking hoards ever found in Scotland"?
... that English modelJean Shrimpton caused a global sensation by wearinga daring white minidress toDerby Day inMelbourne, Australia, on 30 October 1965?
... that the horrormanga seriesUzumaki was adapted intoa live-action film and two video games in 2000?
... thatWarren Delabere Barnes, a member of the Malayan Civil Service who conducted an expedition inPahang in 1900, had a plant in theLoranthaceae family named after him?
... that the firstpresident of Poland,Gabriel Narutowicz,was assassinated five days after taking office, amidst a right-wing propaganda campaign accusing him of being "an atheist, a Freemason, and a Jew"?
... that efforts are underway to helpMahikeng Airport, a former air force base in South Africa, regain its status as an international airport?
... thatplaces of worship in the borough of Guildford include a former telephone exchange, two 19th-century barns and the "Bingo Chapel"?

00:00, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theGolden Hall(pictured) received its name when the walls were decorated withmosaics created by the artistEinar Forseth on a proposal by the architectRagnar Östberg?
... that the waspAgelaia multipicta removes ants from its nest with blasts of wing buzzing?
... thatSir Hugh Beadle,Rhodesia's Chief Justice, recognisedIan Smith's post-UDI government as legal in 1968?
... that thelong-tailed marmot spends seven or eight months of each year inhibernation?
... that Hong Kong'sFan Lau Fort was captured by the very pirates it was built to repel?
... that in the motetLocus iste, composed for the dedication of the votive chapel ofLinz Cathedral, Anton Bruckner requests a pause "by carefully measuring out five beats"?

29 October 2014

12:00, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatLuftwaffe fighter pilotKarl-Gottfried Nordmann(pictured) later became president ofMercedes-Benz in North America?
... thatRobotomy is the shortest-running show onCartoon Network?
... that Singaporean swimmerAmanda Lim won the women's 50-metre freestyle event in the2009,2011, and2013 Southeast Asian Games?
... that according to theElectronic Frontier Foundation,Facebook's real-name policy "disproportionately affect[s] theLGBTQ community"?
... that sixsystems commands not only design, construct, and maintain the U. S. Navy's military hardware, but also include the chiefs of two of the Navy's eightstaff corps?
... that the tallest knowntree is more than 115 metres (377 ft) tall?
... thatMakode Linde made and decorated a cake in the shape of a blackVenus of Willendorf for his art piecePainful Cake?

00:00, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatThe Skating Minister(pictured) is among the famous pieces ofScottish art in the eighteenth century?
... thatLuxembourg's role at the United Nations began when it was the smallest founding member state in 1945?
... thatStephen Simpson, writing under the pseudonymBrutus, in 1810 criticized theFirst Bank of the United States as primarily serving foreign interests?
... that Kawasaki made a "supercharged" Ninja bike with wings called theNinja H2?
... thatThe Utility of Force, by GeneralSir Rupert Smith, has been described as an update of Clausewitz'sOn War for our times?
... that bassMichael Pospíšil and his ensemble Ritornello recorded music from the hymnalCapella Regia Musicalis, "one of the jewels of Czech musical history"?
... that thesouthern grasshopper mouse preys on theArizona bark scorpion even when stung repeatedly in the face?

28 October 2014

12:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

... that a lawsuit over the construction of theCochecton–Damascus Bridge(pictured) led to a ruling thatsovereign immunity does not extend to states' joint bridge commission?
... that the Southeast Asian social waspParischnogaster jacobsoni has a gland that creates an ant repellent?
... thatBob Litherland was the first British MP sponsored by theSociety of Graphical and Allied Trades trade union?
... that with a discharge of over 6,000 gallons per minute, theQuakake Tunnel is the largest abandoned mine discharge in theLehigh River watershed?
... that the filmThe Fault in Our Stars is based onJohn Green's novelof the same name, inspired by the lateEsther Earl's life?
... that thePuzzle Lovers Club served as a testbed for hundreds ofdirect marketing techniques?
... that theWandervogel, theHitler Youth, theSwing Kids, thebright young things, theflappers, and theBoy Scouts are all featured in the 2013 filmTeenage?

00:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatMegaponera analis(pictured) raid termite mounds so effectively they have been nicknamed after the fierceMatabele tribe of the 19th century?
... that security considerations forbade the judge performingPriscilla Duffield's marriage from knowing the surnames of the bride and groom?
... that if built as planned, theOld Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers will be the tallest building in North America?
... that the hat designerOtto Lucas died whenthe plane he was on crashed, killing all 63 people onboard?
... that following a fire in 1972, three newvestries inModernist style were added to theapse of thechancel ofSt Luke's Church, Great Crosby?
... thatAuguste van Biene composed incidental music for the playThe Broken Melody and performed the leading role of a cellist?
... that where their ranges overlap, theItalian cave salamander sometimes hybridises withAmbrosi's cave salamander?

27 October 2014

12:00, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatRoger Sant, after whomLiopropoma santi (the spot-tailed golden bass)(pictured) was named, participated in a manned submersible dive in which an exemplar of the fish was collected?
... that theMarvel Cinematic Universetelevision series have seen multiple actors, such asClark Gregg andHayley Atwell, reprise their roles from theMCU films?
... that in his albumSinema, rapperSwoope asks listeners to examine themselves to discover their selfish desires?
... that psychologistJonas Wood explores the psychological effects of various spaces through art?
... that toads found in Egypt around 1909 and identified asDegen's toad are now considered a separate species, theNile Delta toad?
... that the upcoming filmThe Stanford Prison Experiment is abouta psychological experiment involving prisoners and prison guards, conducted byPhilip Zimbardo atStanford University in 1971?
... that one ofLilian Shelley's jobs atThe Cave of the Golden Calf was to feedMadame Strindberg's monkey each evening at theSavoy Hotel?

00:00, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

... that Swedish-AmericanJohn Alvin Anderson(pictured) documented and photographed influentialSioux over a 45-year period?
... that the podcastSerial was number one on theiTunes Store even before it debuted?
... thatThe Drew Carey Show episode "In Ramada Da Vida" featured guest appearances byLisa Loeb,Slash,Joey Ramone, and other musicians?
... that the ceiling ofSt Mary's Church, Little Crosby is painted with theLitany of Our Lady?
... that the upcoming filmRicki and the Flash will be the second in whichMeryl Streep and her daughterMamie Gummer appear together, the first being 1986'sHeartburn?
... that afterJi Dengkui helpedHua Guofeng purge the "Gang of Four", he himself was ousted as a member of the "Little Gang of Four"?
... that the queen waspBelonogaster petiolata inspects her nest to ensure the eggs are hers, and eats any that aren't?

26 October 2014

12:00, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the oil paintingThe Fog Warning(pictured) byWinslow Homer shows a lone fisherman in danger of being lost at sea?
... that despiteAnthony William Hall's claim to the English throne in the 1930s, KingGeorge V didn't want him to be imprisoned?
... thatThornton's Corners GO Station will be built along a rail extension connecting theCanadian National Railway line to theCanadian Pacific Railway line?
... thatKira Kazantsev is the third consecutiveMiss New York to winMiss America?
... that the firstchurch of Bay was constructed from cane andnipa by the Augustinians?
... that thepH ofLake Choctaw increased from 4.5–5.0 to 6.5–7.0 within two months of the installation of a treatment system at the Oneida Number One Tunnel in 2000?
... thatLloyd M. Smith created the world's firstglow-in-the-dark DNA sequencer?

00:00, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

... that in 1849Henry Jacob Bigelow presentedPhineas Gage to theBoston Society for Medical Improvement(pictured), immediately following a phallicstalagmite?
... that after pioneeringfree jazz in the Netherlands during the 1960s,Cornelis Hazevoet gave up music to study zoology in 1980?
... thatTownsend's vole creates runways among vegetation, with largelatrines often forming near junctions?
... thatAlvin C. Graves was badly injured in the1946 laboratory criticality accident at Los Alamos that killedLouis Slotin?
... that the bookThe Road from Home is the true story of a girl whose father, mother, brothers, and sisters all died during theArmenian Genocide?
... that Swedish bus makerScania has delivered its firstethanol-powered bus made in India toNagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Limited for trial runs?
... that the modelDolores was a "happy prisoner" of the sculptorJacob Epstein?

25 October 2014

12:00, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

... that one of the designers of the Swedish Navystealth shipHSwMSVisby(pictured) said it looked like a "lunchbox"?
... that althoughDon Bitterlich scored the first points inSeattle Seahawks history, he was released after three games?
... that abeaver attack killed a fisherman in Belarus?
... thatNicolae Colan was the onlyRomanian Orthodox bishop who remained inNorthern Transylvania after the region wasceded to Hungary in 1940?
... that the fossil antAzteca eumeces is one of twoAzteca species found in Dominican amber?
... thatEmily Sartain was the first woman in Europe and the United States to practice the art ofmezzotint engraving?
... thatThe Caravan Club in London claimed to be "the most unconventional spot in town" with "All night gaiety" and "Dancing to Charlie"?

00:00, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

... that Amsterdam businessmanMaup Caransa(pictured) lent his name tothe ugliest building in the country and to thesons of the gods?
... that youngIberian wall lizards sometimes have blue tails?
... thatSports Illustrated Swimsuit modelEmily Ratajkowski is featured in the music video for "Blurred Lines", which was the number one song of 2013 in several countries?
... that Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was elected to representVadodara,Gujarat, in the parliament by a victory margin of 570,128 votes in 2014, the second highest ever?
... that underOrfeo Vecchi, theSanta Maria alla Scala Cathedral returned to a place of musical prominence inMilan?
... that the upcoming filmOur Brand Is Crisis, based on the documentaryof the same name, is aboutGonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's2002 Bolivian presidential election campaign managed byJames Carville?
... that theNational Football Museum describedPaul Gascoigne as "the most naturally gifted English midfielder of his generation"?

24 October 2014

12:11, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

... that accommodation in theButterfly Valley, Fethiye(pictured) at theTurkish Riviera is possible only in tents or wooden bungalows because any type of construction is prohibited by law?
... that in World War II,Zenon B. Lukosius and his crew mates captured theU-505 submarine, which had an important German code book on board?
... thatAsolo in theProvince of Treviso is called "the city of a hundred landscapes"?
... that the Dutch right-wing military veterans organizationOud-Strijders Legioen was compared to a "Boy Scout organization for the elderly"?
... thatRalph Landau, achemical engineer andeconomist, formulated the concept of technology as capital?
... thatThe Punisher can be distinguished from otherbeat 'em up games by its frequent use of firearms?
... thatFrank Facer's recruiting was seen as a key factor in the success of theSt. George Dragons, includingeleven straight titles between 1956 and 1966?

00:26, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the 6th-centuryKızıl Kilise(pictured) is one of the oldest churches in Turkey'sCappadocia region?
... thatIron Foot Jack, "a more agreeable kind ofAlistair Crowley in a poorer way of business", was an inspiration for a youngIan Dury?
... that the experimental Eboladrug candidateZMapp is manufactured in the tobacco plantNicotiana benthamiana in abioproduction process known as "pharming"?
... thatJohn Messinger, the firstSpeaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, helped to set the state line betweenIllinois andWisconsin?
... that the upcoming filmFreeheld is based on the true story of a police officer's battle to transfer her pension to her domestic partner?
... that the death ofa Dutch fascist in Amsterdam in February 1941 was an excuse for the German authorities to start raids in theJewish Quarter and install aJudenrat?
... that asecond wind makes sleep-deprived persons feel less sleepy on the fifth sleepless day than they did on the fourth?

23 October 2014

12:41, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

... that during work on a predecessor to the Royal Air Force'sAirborne Interception radar, Mark VIII(pictured),Herbert Skinner would use itsklystron as a cigarette lighter?
... thatThe GNOME Project'sFree and Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women started because no women were among the 181 applicants to a student mentorship program in 2006?
... that populations of theChinese goral are declining, probably due to over-hunting?
... that in putting togetherepisodes ofOff the Air, series creatorDave Hughes seeks clips "with some kind of truth or integrity to them"?
... that the Polish inventor and bridge designerMarian Lutosławski was killed in a mass execution by theBolsheviks several days before his trial was supposed to take place?
... that in order to write the novelStrike Zone, authorPeter David spoke with actressMarina Sirtis to gain insight into her character inStar Trek: The Next Generation?
... thatTheora mesopotamica was once given the nameAbra cadabra, because a scientist believed it "had been dead for a long time, and could be described as a cadaver"?

22 October 2014

13:11, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theItalian pool frog(pictured) has been introduced into the United Kingdom?
... thatThe Verge predictsApple Pay will do to themobile payments market what theiPhone did to thesmartphone market?
... thatGertrude Melville was nicknamed the "grand old lady of theLabor Party" despite serving only one term in parliament?
... that theOcala Star-Banner consideredJohn Ritter's comedy style in the 1983 filmSunset Limousine to be the "magic ingredient" for the film's success?
... thatFlemish separatists took theGerman occupation of Belgium during World War I as an opportunity to declare independence in 1918?
... thatLindita Arapi's first book of poetry,Am Meer, nachts ("By the sea, at night") was the first such work written by an Albanian poetess in German?
... that theVenus of Savignano was found by a farmer who gave it to a sculptor in exchange for 200 kg (440 lb) of grapes?

01:26, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatKate Vaughan(pictured), who developed theskirt dance, was considered the greatest dancer of her time?
... that the Romanian communistConstantin Doncea made a well-publicized break from prison, finding his way to Moscow and then to theInternational Brigades during theSpanish Civil War?
... thatNarendra Modi got the idea for theBharatiya Janata Party slogan for the2014 Indian general election,Achhe din aane waale hain ("Good days are coming"), from his opposition leader,Manmohan Singh?
... that in his later career,Clifford Hall painted women covered almost head to toe and with their faces usually hidden?
... that film titles likeIndia Speaks,Africa Speaks!, andMussolini Speaks gaveDuke Ellington the idea to call his song "Harlem Speaks"?
... that Stephen Phillips originally auditioned to play theWinners & Losers characterDoug Graham, but was cast as Zach Armstrong instead?
... that the penis in malecanids contains a structure at the base which helps to create a copulatory tie during mating, locking the animals together for up to an hour?

21 October 2014

13:41, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatStewart Gray(pictured) was a "heroic dreamer" who originated theback-to-the-land movement in the UK and started an artists' colony in London?
... thatCorn Run was likely named for bushels of corn washed into it during a flood?
... thatClarence N. Hickman, a developer of thebazooka, was also the "Father of Scientific Archery", and is anAMICA Hall-of-Famer for his improvements toplayer pianos?
... that burglars attacking aBarretville, Tennessee, bank vault with blowtorches in 1930 failed to steal any money, but burned down the adjacent general store?
... that the French singerChristophe got the inspiration for the title of his 1965 hit song "Aline" during a visit to the dentist?
... thatHugh Bolton Jones exhibited at New York'sNational Academy of Design for sixty years?
... that part ofAshutosh Gowariker'sEverest has been filmed at over 17,000 feet (5,200 m) above sea level?

01:56, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatBroadbottom Viaduct(pictured), originally of wooden construction, was replaced with a wrought iron structure less than 20 years after its completion?
... that the Swedishstand-up comedianRobin Paulsson became known for his imitations of footballerZlatan Ibrahimović?
... that less than four months after Guatemaladeclared independence from theSpanish Empire, it was annexed by adifferent empire?
... that the social workerPah Wongso turned an extortion charge into a 25-cent fine and a school for impoverished youth?
... that the firstCanadian Platinum Maple Leaf coin wasstruck by aJapanese?
... that German TV broadcasterZDF usedDominik Kuhn's (Dodokay's)fandub of a Romney-Obama debate to start reporting on the outcome of the2012 U.S. presidential election?
... that the snail speciesAegista diversifamilia was named in recognition of thesame-sex marriage movement in Taiwan?

20 October 2014

14:11, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the firstU.S. revenue stamps(example pictured) were issued in 1862 to raise money for theAmerican Civil War?
... that in 1920Louise Pearce tested a cure for the fatal epidemic ofAfrican sleeping sickness in theBelgian Congo?
... that theNobel Banquet is held each 10 December, after theNobel Prize ceremony?
... that the composerJoseph Maria Wolfram became mayor ofTeplice?
... that after his speech in thetrial of Thomas Paine, a crowd unhitchedThomas Erskine's horses and pulled his carriage home?
... that certain crabs injected withcalitoxin, found in thenematocysts of the sea anemoneCalliactis parasitica, are paralysed within one minute?
... thatCindy Smart knows five languages and basic mathematics, but is "a little creepy"?

02:26, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the triangles on theflag of Saint Lucia(pictured) represent thePitons, twovolcanic plugs on the island that are a national symbol ofthe country?
... thatMacArthur FellowTami Bond, known for her study ofblack carbon, became interested in engineering after her car broke down?
... thatbowfins can survive up to five days' exposure to air because they can breathe both air and water?
... that the logo ofNo-Li Brewhouse depicts the Skyride overSpokane Falls?
... that theHasidic singerYehuda Green, who performs in the style ofShlomo Carlebach, has been called "more Carlebach than Carlebach"?
... that of the 26named tributaries of Catawissa Creek, 11 are considered by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to be Class A Wild Trout Waters?
... thatArthur Drewry chose the England football team that lost1–0 to the United States in a shock defeat?

19 October 2014

14:41, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatMostafa Salameh(pictured) rang his partner, his parents, and the King of Jordan via satellite phone fromMount Everest?
... that the firstWikipedia Monument in the world will be unveiled inSłubice, Poland, in late October 2014?
... that when the gynecologistThomas Ashby died in 1916, he was the onlyUniversity of Maryland faculty member to have served in theMaryland State Legislature?
... that theparasitoid waspKollasmosoma sentum can deposit its egg within the abdomen of an ant in as little as 0.052 seconds?
... thatFlorian Znaniecki was the founder ofsociology in Poland?
... thatThe Fine Young Capitalists produced a series of videos about the achievements offemale game developers at the request of4chan members?
... that even asBrian Kim was speaking onCNBC as a guest expert on the legality ofdark pools, he was running an illegalPonzi scheme?

02:56, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the Swedish actressGörel Crona(pictured) played an ex-prostitute in the television seriesVaruhuset?
... that at 1034 letters,Howard Bergerson's poem "Edna Waterfall" was once recognized as the world's longest Englishpalindrome?
... thatAndrew Garfield has been described by the media as anLL Bean Boyfriend?
... thatPaul Emile Diou, described as a "shy and timid"subaltern, fell while leading his troops as a brigade commander in the First World War?
... thatIllinois State SenatorLorenzo D. Whiting was the father of journalistLilian Whiting?
... that theJapanese people who conserve Article 9 were among the favourites to win the2014 Nobel Peace Prize, but lost toKailash Satyarthi andMalala Yousafzai?
... that the tiered belltower ofTumauini Church resembles awedding cake?

18 October 2014

15:11, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theErmita Church(pictured) is home to what is considered to bethe oldest Marian image in the Philippines?
... thatBruce Mozert tookunderwater photographs inSilver Springs, Florida, as early as the 1940s?
... that theStudent Spaceflight Experiments Program has flown 96 student experiments intolow Earth orbit since 2010?
... thatHarutyun Shahrikyan was tortured and killed during theArmenian Genocide?
... that the originalFive Mile Point Lighthouse (1805) was a 30-foot (9 m) octagonal wooden tower, its fixed white light supplied by eight oil lamps with 13-inch (330 mm)parabolic reflectors?
... that the British fashion photographerJohn Cowan was known for his "high-octane image-making"?
... that the record labelPC Music has never produced a physical release?

00:00, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

... that amolecular gyroscope(pictured) can spin at 2,400,000,000,000 revolutions per second?
... thatDu Xinwu'sopium habit led his teacher to dangle him by the hair from a bridge?
... that poor education and an immature pension system are contributing to high levels ofpoverty in Cyprus?
... that after the construction business of 12-year-oldBill Walker's family was ruined in the1964 Alaska earthquake, he worked as a janitor?
... that theCemetery for North Korean and Chinese Soldiers inPaju, South Korea, contains the graves of North Korean agents killed on espionage missions in the South?
... that theArmenian academicLevon Harutyunyan has authored over 400 research papers and some 400 essays?
... thatHunkydory Creek has the lowest gradient of any tributary of Catawissa Creek, 5.2 meters per kilometer?

17 October 2014

12:00, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the 2014Internet Slowdown Day(logo pictured) has been compared to theInternet Blackout Day of 2012?
... that the majority of theMikea people live in and around thespiny Mikea Forest on the southwestern coast of Madagascar, betweenMorombe andToliara?
... that the landscape painterWillis E. Davis was informed over the phone of his daughter's elopement?
... that the closure-threatenedSecombe Theatre was converted from aChristian Science church in 1984?
... that in 1996Jamie Nabozny sued school officials for failing to protect him from years ofhomophobic bullying?
... thatScottish religion in the seventeenth century included intense conflicts between PresbyterianCovenanters and government forces?
... thatShloime Gertner has been called "theHasidic Robbie Williams"?

00:00, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theQueen's Building(pictured) in Wolverhampton started life as the carriage entrance to thetown's railway station?
... that theRepublic of Cuba'ssilver certificates were designed and produced by theUS Treasury'sBureau of Engraving and Printing?
... that the 1967 sex-education filmHelga – Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens contained West Germany's first publicly shown scenes of childbirth?
... that Chinese politicianZhang Xi was posthumously denounced as a traitor and his ashes were discarded?
... thatMother 3 wasin development for over a decade and thentranslated from Japanese into English by its fans?
... that asupercargo on anEast Indiaman could take asloop fromWhampoa anchorage to Jack-ass Point at theThirteen Factories?

16 October 2014

12:00, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

... that actressFlorence Pernel(pictured) portrayedNicolas Sarkozy's second wifeCécilia in the 2011 filmLa Conquête?
... thatKiswe Mobile's app for theWNBA'sWashington Mystics was the first where a U.S. professional sports team streamed live games to its local viewing area via a mobile application?
... that there are two colour forms of thesharp-snouted rock lizard and both provide camouflage on the limestone cliffs on which they live?
... thatUzo Aduba won aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress asOrange Is the New Black's "Crazy Eyes", whileTaylor Schilling was nominated forOutstanding Lead Actress asPiper Chapman?
... thatUniversity of Santo TomasBaybayin Documents are part of the biggest collection of extantbaybayin scripts?
... that although he was the leadingDemocratic candidate for most of the1885 U.S. Senate election in Illinois,William Ralls Morrison only received one vote on the legislature's final ballot?

00:00, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the Swedish illustratorJohn Bauer is best known for his illustrations of gnomes and trolls(example pictured)?
... that thefairy lorikeet forages high in theforest canopy and is assumed to feed on pollen and nectar?
... that a pharmacist, a newspaper publisher, an alcoholism counsellor, and the state Transportation Secretary were among those indicted in theMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority kickback scandal?
... that althoughCross Run is only 1.1 miles (1.8 km) long, it contains two reservoirs?
... that despite a legislator's warning to refrain from mixing art with politics,Hong Kong's upcomingM+ museum of visual culture has acquired 26 works by artist-activistAi Weiwei?
... that anonymous music producerSophie chose his name because he thought "it tastes good and it's like moisturizer"?

15 October 2014

12:00, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

... that shoddy tunnel construction in the 1840s forced theHastings Line to use a restricted loading gauge and special narrow-bodied trains(Class 33/2 locomotive pictured) until 1986?
... thatTwitterature has been called a literary genre, but is more accurately an adaptation of various genres tosocial media?
... that the 1982dungeon crawlerTelengard began as a hobbyist game for thePDP-10 mainframe computer and later joined whatGamasutra called "The Silver Age" ofcomputer role-playing games?
... thatTodd Lake in theDeschutes National Forest ofOregon is well known for its summerwildflowers display?
... that the 1989 filmMasque of the Red Death, produced byRoger Corman, is a remakeof the 1964 picture of the same name which was directed by him?
... thatFrancis Henry Medcalf wasMayor of Toronto for five years – spread over a twelve-year period?
... that umpires in Germanhobby horse polo force punitive sherries on non-galloping players?

00:00, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatKarolina Lassbo(pictured), creator ofA Glamour Princess Blog, competed in theMiss Sweden beauty pageant in 2006?
... thatGamersGate was the result ofParadox Interactive's decision to allow an Argentine fan to download a game?
... thatLady Meng Jiang is one of the Four Great Folktales of China?
... that thereed vole stores grain and pieces of grass in its burrow for winter use?
... thatpublic service trade union General SecretaryBarry Reamsbottom refused to stand down after the election of his successorMark Serwotka, until a high court judge forced him out?
... that theHofileña Ancestral House was the first ancestral house inSilay City to open its doors to the public?
... that prior to becoming thefilm commissioner ofBelize,Nigel Miguel spent seven years as thebody double forMichael Jordan?

14 October 2014

12:00, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the prickly foliage ofGrevillea juniperina(pictured) makes it a good shelter for birds in the garden?
... thatHoylande Young was the first woman division head at theArgonne National Laboratory?
... that the speed of thered whip snake enables it to feed largely on lizards?
... thatReginald's Tower in Ireland has served as a fortified tower, amint, a prison, a military storehouse, an air raid shelter, and a museum?
... that at the request of anencomendero to the rector of theSociety of Jesus inManila, the Jesuits were assigned toSilang Church in 1599?
... that London'sEndell Street was the site of aWorld War I military hospital staffed entirely by women?
... thatAnastasios Tsonis's research has concluded that, as a result of natural processes, the Earth might have entered a new "climate state" in 2001 or 2002?

00:00, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theGreek rock lizard(pictured) often has two blue spots above the shoulder?
... thatWan Laisheng's teachings onmartial arts pre-datedBruce Lee's by about 50 years?
... that the first stonechurch of Cavinti in the Philippines, built in 1621, was severely damaged in a Chinese uprising?
... thatWinton Square inStoke-on-Trent has been described as the best example ofneo-Jacobean architecture in Staffordshire?
... that the discovery of the fossil ofShenshou, a squirrel-like early mammal from theTiaojishan Formation, pushed the origin of mammals back to theLate Triassic, 220 million to 200 million years ago?
... that the Egyptian folklorist and writerAhmed Taymour was educated by his feminist sister?
... that in 1855 three passengers, believing they had arrived at their destination, fell to their deaths when they stepped from a train that had halted onDinting Viaduct?

13 October 2014

12:00, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theLoreto Church and the St. Anthony Shrine(pictured) are known as the "twin churches ofSampaloc"?
... that theKarnataka politician and former ministerB.T. Lalitha Naik wrote dialogue for, and acted in, theBanjara filmZadero Pankheru?
... that the 966-foot (294 m)Callicoon Bridge connecting New York and Pennsylvania is the longest on theUpper Delaware River?
... that theJungdeutsche Partei members of theGerman minority living in prewar Poland sent the call to the world: "We want to be Germans, and nothing but Germans"?
... that1 is a documentary film aboutFormula One's progress frommultiple fatalities per season in its early years to the 1994 death ofAyrton Senna, its most recent?
... thatJovan Albanez was the first commander of theSerbian Hussar Regiment of theImperial Russian Army?
... that in the 1990s,Little Crooked Run was considered to be Class A Wild Trout Waters, despite being infertile and acidic?

00:00, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theThree Sisters(pictured) in Oregon are part of acomplex volcano?
... thatSidney L. Jones held the samesenior position in theU.S. Department of the Treasury under PresidentsGerald Ford andGeorge H. W. Bush?
... that refunds for the two-day charity eventPLDT HOME: The Last Home Stand were offered after the scheduled exhibition game betweenNBA players andGilas Pilipinas was cancelled?
... that theProsphorion Harbour inConstantinople could have derived its name from the goddessHecate?
... thatNelson Mandela chaired peace talks between Zaire's PresidentMobutu Sese Seko and rebel leaderLaurent Kabila on board theSASOuteniqua in May 1997?
... that theBBC Young Musician of the Year was the inspiration for theinaugural Eurovision Young Musicians contest in 1982?
... thatEloy Mestrelle, the man who introducedmachine-struck coinage to England, was executed for coin counterfeiting?

12 October 2014

12:00, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theCape starling(pictured) is a host to thegreater honeyguide, a bird thatlays its eggs in other birds' nests?
... thatFranz Wolf was sentenced in theSobibór trial to eight years in prison for taking part in the murder of "at least 39,000 Jews", an arbitrary number?
... that the1971 Salem, Illinois derailment wasAmtrak's first fatal accident?
... thatElectric Light Orchestra,Nina Simone,James Brown andJohn Barry all influencedLabrinth's "Let It Be"?
... that the Canadian para-athleteRobbi Weldon competed in both the Summer and Winter Paralympics?
... that three of theeleven five-wicket hauls in the Asia Cup tournament were taken by Sri Lanka'sLasith Malinga, the most by any player?
... thatMiss Corner'sHistorical Library raised many questions?

00:00, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatMartin Lücker(pictured) played 3,000 free organ concerts at theKatharinenkirche in Frankfurt?
... that 94% of themembers of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are male?
... thatBrian Brushwood walked away from his job designing computer systems to perform magic full-time?
... that thePyrenean frog breeds in mountain streams after the snow has melted?
... thatWilliam W. Naismith founded theScottish Mountaineering Club and inventeda rule for estimating how long it will take to walk a given route?
... thatGustav Mahler said that theVertegrand – the same type of piano as used byThe Beatles on "Lady Madonna" – could "satisfy a musician's requirements in every respect"?
... that after College Football Hall of Fame inducteeBuck Flowers returned twopunts fortouchdowns, a writer suggested that the oppositionAuburn Tigers made a dying request: "Please omit Flowers"?

11 October 2014

12:00, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

... that, in their depictions of the capture ofDiponegoro,Nicolaas Pieneman portrayed him assubmissive(pictured), whileRaden Saleh represented him asdefiant?
... that theNational Council of Women of Australia madeMargaret Windeyer an honorary life president in 1918, though she had never been a member of the council's executive board?
... thatSanath Jayasuriya's sixcenturies at the Asia Cup are the most by any player in the tournament's history?
... thatLia Olguța Vasilescu is the first female mayor of a county capital inRomanian history?
... that theZaisan mole vole uses its incisors and upward movements of its head to burrow through the soil?
... that the Chinese immunologistShu Hongbing went to school barefoot because he could not afford shoes?
... that in the2014 National League Wild Card Game,Brandon Crawford hit the first Major League Baseball postseasongrand slam by ashortstop?

00:00, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theAfrican giant toad(pictured) resembles a dead leaf?
... thatThe Who's albumTommy has sold in the order of 20 million copies since its release in 1969?
... thatFather Mapple inHerman Melville'sMoby-Dick preaches from a pulpit in the form of a ship's prow?
... that for the first two decades ofKnesset elections,Israeli Arabs were represented mainly byArab satellite lists and communist parties?
... that the American racehorseBayern was named aftersoccer team Bayern Munich, and nicknamed "Little Dude" after fellow racehorseGame On Dude?
... that the results of aRoyal Commission into theTorbanlea Colliery Disaster were shelved until asimilar accident in which 75 workers were killed two decades later?
... that thebio-hackerHeather Dewey-Hagborg collects discarded hair, gum, and cigarette butts, sequences the DNA, and turns it into a 3-D sculpture?

10 October 2014

12:00, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the physicistEdward Creutz published a paper on a rare flower(pictured) found only on the island ofRaiatea inFrench Polynesia?
... that thePacific International wasAmtrak's first internationalpassenger train?
... that the blind Canadian swimmerBrian Hill prepared for the 2008 Paralympics by swimming 120 km (75 mi) in two weeks?
... that the slender head of thenarrow-headed vole may have evolved to allow it to move more easily through crevices in frozen ground?
... that the historianJalmari Jaakkola, who was criticized for overtly nationalist assertions and extensive speculation, chose the words "The seer of early Finnish history" for his memorial medal?
... that the South African cricketerJacques Kallis was the first player to takea five-wicket haul in the ICC Champions Trophy?
... that at least six people turned down the job of Director of Research at theOak Ridge National Laboratory beforeAlvin M. Weinberg accepted it in March 1948?

00:00, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

... that in 2013,Chris Davis(pictured) led allAmerican League baseball players with 53 home runs?
... that the fatal crash ofAero Flight 217 occurred in poor visibility atMariehamn Airport, Finland, where local land disputes had prevented the installation of aninstrument landing system?
... thatAmethi in the Indian state ofUttar Pradesh has been represented in the parliament by four members of theNehru–Gandhi family since 1980?
... thatM. Stanley Livingston andHans Bethe were the first to demonstrate that theneutron has amagnetic moment?
... thatChest Creek is the first major canoeable tributary of theWest Branch Susquehanna River?
... that the second album of the Argentine bandKamikaze had low sales because of the 1989 Argentinehyperinflation?
... thatMarcus Morris, the founder of theEagle comic, was vicar ofSt James' Church, Birkdale in the 1940s?

9 October 2014

12:00, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the underparts of the maleSicilian wall lizard(pictured) may be suffused with orange, pink or red during the breeding season?
... thatNadav Ben Yehuda, an Israeli mountain climber, abandoned his attempt to reach the summit ofMount Everest to rescue a fellow climber?
... that one of the founders ofLemurs' Park nearAntananarivo is the grandson ofPierre Boiteau, the Founding Director of theTsimbazaza Zoo?
... thatJohann Konrad Kern was a major author of Switzerland's first federal constitution in 1848?
... thatMthatha Airport was turned into a military zone andno-fly zone to accommodate the body ofNelson Mandela and heads of state attending his funeral in the nearby village ofQunu?
... that thepro-BeijingAlliance for Peace and Democracy was established to counter theOccupy Central with Love and Peace movement?

00:00, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatRudolf Koller painted "the Swiss national animal" running in the road in front of traffic(pictured)?
... that thecommemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb include inscriptions dedicated toRamesses II inhieroglyphics,Esarhaddon incuneiform,Caracalla in Latin,Barquq in Arabic andNapoleon III in French?
... that due to local sensitivities, theNorth Stafford Hotel was the location for the inaugural meeting of theCounty Borough of Stoke-on-Trent council?
... that wood fromcommon alders is valued in turnery and carving, in making furniture, window frames, clogs, toys, blocks, pencils and bowls?
... that theMason County Sculpture Trail is a garden of public art with exhibition pieces located only outdoors?
... thatEnrique Zileri was praised by Nobel laureateMario Vargas Llosa as an "indefatigable defender of freedom and democracy" who could not be bribed or intimidated?
... that the antagonists of theindie horror video gameFive Nights at Freddy's drew comparisons toChuck E. Cheese's andWeeping Angels?

8 October 2014

12:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatMargaret McLean(pictured) was president of theWoman's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria for almost a decade, and was appointed an honorary vice-president after her retirement?
... that theNew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad'sMerchants Limited was the last all-parlor car passenger train in the United States?
... thatDavid A. Randall obtained the typescripts ofIan Fleming'sJames Bond novels for theLilly Library?
... that during dry weather, theTexas toad remains dormant?
... that when the Transcendentalist poet and bankerSamuel Gray Ward became a merchant rather than a painter, it deeply disappointed his friendsMargaret Fuller andRalph Waldo Emerson?
... that despite the upper reaches of theCrooked Run being acidic due toacid rain, the creek is still considered Class A Wild Trout Waters?
... that theKray twins allegedly extortedEsmeralda's Barn fromPeter Rachman?

00:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the elongated rostrum of the planktivorousAmerican paddlefish(pictured) is used like an antenna to locate swarms of zooplankton?
... that the founder and executive director ofKMG Ethiopia is credited with almost single-handedly eradicating the practice of female genital mutilation in Ethiopia?
... that thirteen years after directing thefirst episode ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit,Jean de Segonzac returned to direct the300th?
... that theRedmond–Bend Juniper State Scenic Corridor serves as a buffer of naturalhigh desert habitat alongU.S. Route 97 between the cities ofBend andRedmond in centralOregon?
... thatJ. Carson Mark wrote a paper dispelling the myth thatreactor-grade plutonium could not be used for nuclear weapons?
... thatIndia andSri Lanka were declared the joint winners of2002 ICC Champions Trophy after the final was washed out twice?
... thatPhilip Somerville designed hats forQueen Elizabeth,Diana, Princess of Wales, and twoJames Bond villainesses?

7 October 2014

12:00, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

... that before theTrinity nuclear test(pictured),Enrico Fermi offered to take bets on whether the atmosphere would ignite, and if so whether the entire planet would be destroyed?
... that the original type specimens of theElectrostephanus fossils may have been burned up during World War II?
... that the entire length ofSugarloaf Creek is within 300 metres (980 ft) of a road?
... that thediaristTeresa Wilms Montt attempted suicide before escaping from aconvent?
... that the architectsMaxwell and Tuke designedBlackpool Tower and the even taller (since demolished)New Brighton Tower?
... that the firstAfrican American elected to theWashington State Legislature fromKing County wasCharles Stokes?
... thatpatags once used in combat are especially valued?

00:00, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatAcacia cultriformis(pictured) is so named for the resemblance of its foliage to knives?
... that in theBattle of Halmyros, theCatalan Company annihilated much of the nobility ofFrankish Greece and conquered theDuchy of Athens?
... that theDetroit Red Wings'new arena will anchor a$650 million redevelopment project inDowntown Detroit?
... that theMaribojoc Church, with one of the remaining fourteen Spanish-era pipe organs in the Philippines, was destroyed in the2013 Bohol earthquake?
... that there are at least 35 sources ofacid mine drainage in theMahanoy Creek watershed?
... that a consultative referendum on whetherUkraine should federalisewas held in theDonbass region during the1994 parliamentary election, twenty years prior to thedisputed 2014 status referendums in the same region?
... that afterAthena Farrokhzad hosted a show onSveriges Radio, theModerate Party'sGunnar Axén claimed to have thrown out his TV so he could stop paying the license fee (which also supports radio)?

6 October 2014

12:00, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatLieutenant GeneralRaymond A. Thomas(pictured) was deployed to Afghanistan for part of every year for over a decade, except for one year when he was sent to Iraq?
... thatThe Fifteen Whispered Prayers byImam Zayn al-Abidin contains different prayers to be recited in accordance with one's present mood?
... that the first Europeantofu factory was opened outside Paris in 1908 by the Chinese anarchistLi Shizeng?
... thatSt George's Church, Southport, has a tallbroach spire with two tiers oflucarnes?
... that thegalls of thegolden wattle bud-galling wasp can be so heavy that branches break under their weight?
... thatDjibouti's flag bearer at the2008 Summer Olympics was not a competitor?
... that afterGabriel Wells bought a book whose 1,050-jewel binding had required two years to complete, he decided to send it to the U.S. via a passenger on theRMSTitanic?

00:00, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1828 self-portraitBeauty Revealed, bySarah Goodridge(pictured), has been considered to "erase" her body by drawing attention to her breasts?
... that some users of popular Web sites such asFacebook are beingtricked into attacking their own Web browser?
... that the Swedish film directorAnna Odell staged a suicide attempt and psychosis for her filmOkänd, kvinna 2009–349701?
... that the Indian state ofNagaland's first member of parliament,S. C. Jamir was elected unopposed?
... that the fashion designerMichael Sherard was employing 40 assistants at the time of theQueen's coronation?
... that the 18th century merchantJean Abraham Grill was Sweden's first majordrug runner?
... that communists once had considerable influence in theDMV?

5 October 2014

12:00, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatSouthport Arts Centre,Southport Town Hall(pictured), and theAtkinson Art Gallery and Library form a group oflisted buildings inLord Street,Southport?
... that thelizard catshark is considered a "vulnerable species" becausetrawling is damaging the patches of coral in which it breeds?
... thatWang Ruofei was killed in a plane crash along with three otherChinese Communist Party leaders?
... thatJella Haase won theBavarian Film Award for Best young actress in 2012 for her roles inLollipop Monster andKriegerin?
... that members of theDemoulas family include a race car driver, a college hockey player, a bar owner, and anArchon Depoutatos?
... that in his essayThe Analytical Language of John Wilkins,Jorge Luis Borges speculated that, "it is not impossible to think of a language where the name of each thing says all the details of its destiny, past and future"?
... that the remains ofgreater long-tailed shrew tenrecs have been found in a cavern alongside bones of the extinctelephant bird?

00:00, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theConversations with an Executioner are between the man who destroyed theWarsaw Ghetto(pictured, left) and a fellow prisoner?
... that in theBellevue War,Iowa Territory politicianThomas Cox led aposse that killed one of his political rivals?
... thatMax Harzof once owned the book that reputedly inspiredHerman Melville to writeMoby-Dick?
... that the choir ofHoly Trinity Church, Southport, apart from the two cathedrals, is the only choir in theDiocese of Liverpool to regularly sing a full midweekchoral evensong?
... that thedevelopment ofMother 3 took place over a decade and spanned four consoles?
... that a scene in the filmAzúcar Amarga showing people deliberately infecting themselves withHIV to protest against theCuban government is based on actual events?
... that "Life Is a Minestrone" was originally released as the lead single fromThe Original Soundtrack due to10cc's reluctance to release "I'm Not in Love"?

4 October 2014

12:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

... thatacquacotta(pictured), anItalian peasant food dating to ancient times, was originally devised to make stale bread palatable?
... thatMartin Scorsese's first British film,Tomorrow, marks the directorial debut of his long-time script supervisor, Martha Pinson?
... that theNagcarlan Church was first built from light materials in 1583 under the chaplaincy of Franciscan missionary Tomas de Miranda, who also pioneered the cultivation of wheat in the country?
... thatJohn Calhoun, publisher of thefirst newspaper in Chicago, was originally apprenticed to be a carpenter inWatertown, New York?
... that Adolf Ulric Grill of the SwedishGrill family once traded amounted moose for 60 rare birds?
... that theCarpathian newt sometimeshybridises with thesmooth newt?
... that thetomb ofZu Dashou, aMing dynasty Chinese general, is inToronto, Canada?

00:00, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theMarcos GT(pictured) had a plastic body, a wooden chassis, and a cast-iron engine?
... that theNew England tree frog and theDavies' tree frog are threatened by the introduction ofexotic fish, such as trout, into the streams in which they breed?
... thatJean Gordon, the first woman elected to theYukon Territorial Council, said she decided to run because "I couldn't keep my mouth shut"?
... that parts ofChâteau de Kerjean, damaged during theFrench Revolution, were dismantled for sale as building material?
... that theNuwara Eliya Racecourse is the only remaininghorse racing track inSri Lanka?
... thatVekuii Rukoro "had to fight back tears" when accepting his election asParamount Chief of theOvaHerero people?
... that one enters thewine cellar of5 North St, aMichelin star restaurant, through atrapdoor in the women's bathroom?

3 October 2014

12:00, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

... that in his NFL debut season,Pro Football Hall of Fame inducteeLen Ford(pictured) was injured so severely in a game he required plastic surgery to "virtually rebuild" his face?
... that a pub may have existed at the site of theEast India Arms since 1645?
... that some populations ofCarbonell's wall lizard inhabit oak woodland, and others sand dunes?
... thatSusann Müller was top scorer at the2013 World Women's Handball Championship, and further elected to the All-Star team of the tournament?
... that the rivalry betweenAlexander Leith Hay and theGordon family extended to theBritish Army, with Leith Hay's109th Regiment of Foot competing for recruits with theGordon Highlanders?
... thatTumalo State Park in centralOregon was created in 1954 to preserve a portion of theDeschutes River where scenicbasalt cliffs flank the river?
... that in the 1956 Hindi filmRaj Hath(Royal stubbornness), the prominent actressMadhubala dressed up as a man?

00:00, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

... that the companion-piece pair of paintings byGabriël Metsu,Man Writing a Letter andWoman Reading a Letter(both pictured), were stolen and recovered twice?
... thatDattatraya Parchure, also called the "secondSavarkar", was initially convicted but later acquitted in theassassination case ofMahatma Gandhi?
... that thecurve-billed thrasher will resort to feeding older fledglings and letting the younger ones starve if food sources are scarce?
... thatRona Fairhead is the preferred candidate for the Chair of theBBC Trust, and if confirmed, would be the first woman to hold that post?
... that anabnormal basal metabolic rate can be caused by both hot and cold environments, or even afever?
... thatwine sauce may be prepared using a fishvelouté base, which is a base for several other sauces as well?
... that thedemonic poison frog iscritically endangered because its total range is less than 10 square kilometres (4 sq mi) and its habitat is threatened by gold mining?

2 October 2014

12:00, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theJapanese common toad(pictured) eats certain ants and beetles that are unpalatable to other predators?
... thatViktor Pietschmann's photographs of deportees during theArmenian Genocide of 1915 were unearthed in 2007?
... that the current director of theUniversity of Oklahoma'sCarl Albert Center is also the Mayor ofNorman?
... thatSeptember Morn survived theOctober Revolution, caused widespread controversy in the United States, and was featured on bottle openers, calendars, and candy boxes, but is now in a warehouse?
... that the luxury steam yachtRover was bought unseen by American business tycoonHoward Hughes in 1933?
... that the 19th-century feministHenrietta Müller persuaded employers to hire women by "cannily pointing out that this would save money since women were paid less than men"?
... that some retailers did not believe banknotes in theScenes of Canada series were real money when the series was first circulated?

00:00, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

... that theAqueduc de Roquefavour(pictured) is the world's largest stone aqueduct?
... that Lieutenant Jenny Lewis, killed in ahelicopter crash in 2002, was believed to be the first femaleRoyal Navy pilot orobserver to die on duty?
... thatProject Guardian was launched after a survey showed that 90% of incidents of sexual harassment on London's public transport went unreported?
... that in 1899 the eccentric journalist and politicianTure Malmgren started buildingTureborg Castle, a faux-medieval castle inUddevalla, Sweden, inspired by his journeys in theRhine Valley?
... that the Spanish town ofAlmazán was where the lexicographerMaría Moliner grew up?
... thatTang Yijie, who died in September 2014, spearheaded a project to compile all the known classics aboutConfucianism?
... that thesmall dorcopsis is sometimes preyed on byNew Guinea singing dogs?

1 October 2014

12:00, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

... that, with the issue ofUnited States Sesquicentennial coinage(half-dollar pictured),Calvin Coolidge became the only living American President to feature on U.S. coinage?
... that theBurmese hare is found in traditional rice fields but not in heavily-irrigated intensive rice crops?
... that the Indian filmmakerBalu Mahendra saw the shooting ofDavid Lean'sThe Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) on a school trip?
... thatP. M. Sayeed representedLakshadweep in the Indian parliament for ten consecutive terms from 1967 to 2004?
... that theCampbell Soup Company devised itscream of broccoli soup to be used both as a soup and as an ingredient in other dishes?
... that Iranian authorities have not disclosed the whereabouts, welfare, or reason for the detention ofWashington PostTehran correspondentJason Rezaian and his wife?
... thatRaven Creek may have once been known as Raving Creek?

00:00, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

... that aStrati(pictured), the world's first3D-printed electric car, was printed in 44 hours?
... thatThe Finest Hours, currently in production, is a film based on theUS Coast Guard's 1952rescue of the crews of two oil tankers which had broken apart during a storm?
... that the violinistMela Tenenbaum recorded in the US works thatDmitri Klebanov had composed for her inUkraine, includingJapanese Silhouettes for soprano, viola d'amore and ensemble?
... thatWhychus Creek, a perennial stream that flows throughSisters State Park, has its headwaters in theThree Sisters Wilderness area ofOregon?
... that theFilipino journalistBetty Go-Belmonte co-founded the newspapersPhilippine Daily Inquirer,The Philippine Star, andPilipino Star Ngayon?
... that thesouthern spotted skunk feeds on insects, small mammals and birds, eggs, grain and fruit?
... that the captured British spiesCaptain Stewart andCaptain Trench were pardoned and released by theGerman Kaiser as a present to theDuke of Brunswick when the duke married the Kaiser's daughter,Victoria Louise?

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