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29 February 2016

12:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Excavations at Mes Aynak

Excavations at Mes Aynak

... thatthe director ofSaving Mes Aynak presented Afghani leaders with apetition signed by 100,000 people in support of the preservation of the5,000-year-old archaeological site(excavations pictured)?
... thatW. Lair Thompson, thePresident of the Oregon Senate, lost his re-election bid in 1916 by one vote?
... that the freshwater snailsSinotaia aeruginosa andCipangopaludina cathayensis are used in Chinese cuisine?
... thatAna Irma Rivera Lassén, who would later become president of theBar Association of Puerto Rico, sued a judge in the 1980s so she could appear in court dressed inpants?
... thatMakrana marble was used in the construction of theTaj Mahal and theVictoria Memorial?
... thatBlack Metropolis, a foundational American sociology text bySt. Clair Drake andHorace R. Cayton, Jr., resulted from the work of as many as 200 researchers, typists, and copyists?
... thatchestnut cake may be prepared using flour from ground chestnuts?

00:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Georgiana Simpson

Georgiana Simpson

... that after receiving her PhD in 1921,Georgiana Simpson(pictured), like other black women scholars, could only find a university position teachinghome economics?
... that whenLiverpool played in theFootball League Cup Final today, they did so for a record 12th time?
... thatSoup the Chemist has been called the "Godfather ofChristian hip hop"?
... that the plot for theVeronica Mars episode "Postgame Mortem" was based around a scene in an elevator, and the crew "wrote backwards" from that scene?
... thatQueen Elizabeth cake is named afterElizabeth II and is a popular cake in Canada?
... that Japanese musicianRyuichi Sakamoto composed theoriginal soundtrack for the 2015 filmThe Revenant during his recovery fromthroat cancer?
... that LebaneseIT expert andU.S. permanent residentNizar Zakka, detained in Iran since September 18, 2015, has been accused of being an American spy?
... thatanti-fascists,Islamists, andneo-Nazisrioted againsta tennis match?

28 February 2016

12:00, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Halocnemum strobilaceum

Halocnemum strobilaceum

... that the activity ofcrabs helpedglasswort,Arthrocnemum macrostachyum andHalocnemum strobilaceum(pictured) to recolonise oil-polluted marshland?
... thatIarla Ó Lionáird sang "Casadh an tSúgáin" inBrooklyn?
... that theOf–Bayburt road in northeastern Turkey is considered one of the most dangerous routes, with over 20 steephairpin turns?
... that thePac-12 Conference award formen's basketball coach of the year was renamed in honor ofJohn Wooden?
... that theNavalgund Durries are a type of Indian rug with geometric patterns and designs of birds and animals?
... that GovernorYe Liansong said he never thought of becoming a politician until he was told of his appointment as vice-mayor?
... thatPuri hosts the famedRath Yatra, attended by at least a million people every year?
... thatJames Maxie Ponder,St. Petersburg, Florida's first African-American physician, began a medical practice out of his home and accepted payment in poultry, vegetables, and ham?

00:00, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

A jack-o'-lantern Halloween cake

A jack-o'-lantern Halloween cake

... thatHalloween cake themes(example pictured) include cakes that resemblejack-o'-lanterns and the human brain, and cupcakes with bloody teeth emerging from them?
... thatZeng Junchen, one of 20th-century China's most successfuldrug lords, started out sellingsalt?
... that theOlly Murs song "Please Don't Let Me Go" is based on one of hisreal-life experiences of a failed relationship?
... that when a reporter told horse breederBetty Sain that there were nocoyotes inTennessee, she presented him with a dead one?
... that a boring mill at the mouth ofWhite Deer Creek in 1776 made gun barrels for theContinental Army?
... thatMargaret Benyon has been called "the mother of Britishholography"?
... that after the release ofDonnie Darko: The Director's Cut, theoriginal film was described as being the first "flop" to be given a director's cut?
... that earlier this month, the town ofWangaratta was overrun byhairy panic?

27 February 2016

12:00, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Six Gentlemen

Six Gentlemen

... thatSix Gentlemen(pictured) byNi Zan is thought to represent the isolation of scholar-recluses inYuan dynasty China?
... that the composerSterndale Bennett introducedcricket to Germany?
... thatJacksonville attorneyBill Birchfield referred to himself as the "Duke ofMayo"?
... that after seeing atrailer forOprah Winfrey'sBelief series,Tim McGraw got Winfrey to provide footage for his "Humble and Kind" music video?
... that professional surferKala Alexander is vice president of an organization that gives children withcystic fibrosis surfing lessons?
... that the first waves of thelanding at Lae were carried in fourdestroyer transports?
... thatGujarati theatre actorMarkand Bhatt received aSangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2008?
... thatEzubao attracted 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) from 900,000 Chinese investors before it was closed down as aPonzi scheme?

00:00, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

1963 Harley-Davidson KR

1963 Harley-Davidson KR

... in post-World War II United States, theHarley-Davidson KR(pictured) dominated domesticmotorcycle racing with an obsolete but highly refinedflathead engine?
... that aforensic facial reconstruction of two-year-oldBella Bond triggered approximately 56 million Internet views?
... that theWhakamana Cannabis Museum, New Zealand's first museum dedicated tocannabis culture, opened inCaversham,Dunedin, in 2013?
... thatGloria Wekker has been called "Holland'sAngela Davis" for igniting debate oncultural racism?
... that the upcomingDead & Company 2016 Summer Tour will be the first shows played atFenway Park by members of theGrateful Dead?
... that the shell of thefossil eggDictyoolithus is made up of five superimposed layers of eggshell units?
... that some scholars speculate that the "plague ofemerods" described in1 Samuel of theKing James Bible was actually an outbreak ofbubonic plague?
... that in her colorful memoirWhen Denver and I Were Young,Edwina Hume Fallis warned against trying on another child's hat, because "you might bring home something you didn't like"?

26 February 2016

12:00, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Mells War Memorial

Mells War Memorial

... that one son of a former prime minister unveiledMells War Memorial(pictured) while another is commemorated on it?
... that during theSiege of Syracuse by theAghlabids in 877–878, theByzantine navy failed to aid the city on time, as it was employed in the construction of theNea Ekklesia church?
... that the parents of the first white child born inLycoming County, Pennsylvania, settled onGlade Run?
... that a mysterious World War II airbase of the formerImperial Japanese Navy Air Service located atNishiki, Kumamoto, is currently being surveyed with a view to eventually opening it up to tourists?
... that theWelsh architectThomas Thomas made sure he preached one of the very first sermons in every chapel he built?
... thatSouthern Beekeeper's Nature Reserve had no official name when it wasgazetted in 1979, but had been used forbeekeeping for generations?
... thatRahul Thakkar, anIndian-American software developer, jointly won the 2016Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement?
... that in the music video for the title track fromWow to the Deadness, the members ofSteve Taylor & The Danielson Foil throw water balloons at each other?

00:00, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Francis Drake playing bowls

Francis Drake playing bowls

... that theArmada Memorial is built onPlymouth Hoe, the site where tradition holdsFrancis Drake wanted to finish a game ofbowls(scene pictured) before defeating theSpanish Armada?
... thatCarrie A. Tuggle established the Tuggle Institute, inBirmingham, Alabama, a boarding school to give free education for black children who were destitute orphans or juvenile defendants?
... that professional wrestler Atomic Star became the only rookie to compete in threeEl Protector tournaments when he won the2016El Protector?
... thatNic Case became the first driver to top 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) with a radio-controlled car in 2014?
... that in theBattle of the Straits in 965, theFatimids employed divers to tie ropes to theByzantine ships, along whichincendiary devices were then hurled against them?
... thatTriprismatoolithus is a kind offossil egg that was probably laid by an unknown species ofalvarezsaurian dinosaur?
... thatZaila McCalla, first femaleChief Justice of Jamaica, is also theChancellor of theDiocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands?
... that some reaches ofTurkey Run andOak Run were described as "moderately depressed" in the 1970s?

25 February 2016

12:00, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

... thatLiang Siyong was one of the first Chinese archaeologists?
... that "America can't do a damn thing against us" was a slogan used byAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the formerSupreme Leader of Iran, during thehostage crisis?
... that African-AmericanDaniel Robert Alexander was described as a favorite of Ethiopian emperorMenelik II and blacksmith toHaile Selassie?
... that the salt-tolerant plantsZygophyllum album,Nitraria retusa, andTamarix nilotica dominate different vegetation zones at theMoghra Oasis in Egypt?
... thatZvezdelina Stankova brought ideas from her Bulgarian mathematical education to California by founding the BerkeleyMath Circle?
... that the Indian state ofKerala celebrates over 10,000 festivals annually?
... that entrepreneurRen Jianxin, founder of the world's 265th largest company, began with a loan ofCN¥ 10,000?
... that in theBattle of Dumpu, Lieutenant ColonelRalph Honner, although covered in blood and black ants, refused to be carried from the field for fear it might endanger the stretcher bearers?

00:00, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Norwich War Memorial

Norwich War Memorial

... thatNorwich War Memorial(pictured), first unveiled in 1927, was relocated in 1938, and then rotated in 2011?
... that at 81, horse trainerBud Dunn became the oldest rider ever to win theTennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship?
... that thewildlife of Egypt no longer includes the elephants, rhinoceroses and gerenuk depicted inrock art at the village ofSilwa Bahari?
... thatMarianne Means was the first woman reporter to be assigned full-time coverage of theWhite House?
... thatFerdinand's threat to Genoa during World War II allowed aDragoon to achieve tactical surprise?
... thatNorma Cox Astwood, aclinical psychologist, became Vice President of theSenate of Bermuda?
... thatMariah Careyrecorded a cover version of theBrenda K. Starr song "I Still Believe" as a thank you for helping her get into the music industry?
... thatTibs the Great vanquished all his foes during his 14-year reign?

24 February 2016

12:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Echinopsis spachiana in flower

Echinopsis spachiana in flower

... that the flower of the cactusEchinopsis spachiana(pictured) mainly opens at night?
... that the American policy analystGareth Porter, argues in hisManufactured Crisis that allegations of Iran's attempts to build nuclear weapons have been fabricated by Israel and the United States?
... thatBanner Lane was the site of one of the largest Second World WarBritish shadow factories with over one million square feet of floorspace?
... thatDetty Kurnia is an Indonesian vocalist who sangDari Sunda which was among the five best albums listed byQ Magazine?
... that theGreen-legged Partridge of Poland is actually a chicken?
... that theNorfolk headless body may have been a "duchess"?
... that the losses sustained by the crew of patrol boatPhaethon, during thebattle of Tillyria in 1964, were the first battle casualties of theHellenic Navy after World War II?
... that the2015 Singapore Grand Prix was won bySebastian Vettel even though he lost his bottle?

00:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

1945 Treasury poster

1945 Treasury poster

... thatC. C. Beall's 1945 Treasury poster(pictured) ofJoe Rosenthal's photograph of the raising of the American flag onIwo Jima was used for a World War II campaign which brought in $26 billion?
... thatMichael Muhney did not know about his character's death onVeronica Mars until receiving the script for his final episode, "Mars, Bars"?
... thatPaulette Poujol-Oriol's literary works focus principally on the social and economic problems of Haiti, evoking moral options and suggesting solutions?
... that to hike round theMont Blanc massif in theAlps is a 170-kilometre (110 mi) trip, usually taking 11 days, but top athletes run round theTour du Mont Blanc circuit in just 21 hours?
... that directorNaji Abu Nowar producedTheeb,Jordan's first film ever to be nominated for an Academy Award?
... thatUndulatoolithus, a kind offossil egg from China, probably received intensive parental care?
... that theBestiaire byPhilip de Thaun is one of two medieval English sources for the story behind the phrase "crocodile tears"?
... that a distinctive diamond helped secure abodyless murder conviction in the case ofRobert Wykel, last seen 20 years ago today?

23 February 2016

12:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

An electrum Carthaginian shekel

An electrum Carthaginian shekel

... thatCarthaginian currency(pictured) commonly featured thegoddess Tanit and a horse?
... thatCrucianRuby M. Rouss served in theWomen's Army Corps before becoming the "first black woman to head a Legislature in the United States"?
... thatRare celebrated its 30th anniversary by releasingRare Replay, a title compiling 30 video games which it created?
... thatRuhollah Khomeini, in hisletter to Gorbachev, invited him tomonotheism and Islam and also predicted the dissolution of theSoviet Bloc?
... that during filming of theVietnam War documentaryIntroduction to the Enemy, alandmine killed a man nearJane Fonda, whose reaction to the death was kept in the film?
... thatRavindra Jadeja is the onlybatsman to score threetriple centuries in the Ranji Trophy?
... thatSivion's stage name is a misspelling of his old one, "Vision"?

00:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Aerial view of the Carbajal Valley

Aerial view of the Carbajal Valley

... that theCarbajal Valley(pictured) was carved by a glacier with ice 600–800 metres (2,000–2,600 ft) thick?
... thatPrincess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen committed suicide in 1945 after suffering most of her life from ill health?
... that twoSilver Bucklecompanies attacked 50,000 enemy troops?
... thatBeatrice Helen Worsley wrote the first program for theManchester Mark 1, received the first PhD incomputer science, and holds the record amongWRENs for the longest time at sea?
... that42 Lomasney Way inBoston'sWest End has been called "The Last Tenement", and has survived two fires, decay, and urban renewal?
... thatBoyd Overhulse was unanimously electedPresident of the Oregon Senate just 11 days after taking his senate seat in 1957, the firstDemocrat to hold that position in 79 years?
... thatNate Parker produced ateaser in order to seek financing forEden?
... thatRose Piper's 1946 paintingBack Water was inspired byBessie Smith's "Backwater Blues"?

22 February 2016

12:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Kashmir papier-mâché with paint and gold leaf

Kashmir papier-mâché with paint and gold leaf

... thatKashmir papier-mâché(pictured), a colourful painted handicraft ofKashmir that was brought byShia Muslims fromPersia in the 15th century, is based primarily on paper pulp?
... thatWang Baosen, vice mayor ofBeijing, committed suicide while under investigation for corruption?
... that theWadamisaki Battery was the firstnational historic site registered inHyōgo Prefecture?
... thatAstrid Schirmer appeared in roles by Richard Wagner, both Venus and Elisabeth in hisTannhäuser, and in the BayreuthJahrhundertring as both Ortlinde and Sieglinde?
... that theBangalore Blue variety ofgrape has been grown for the past 150 years exclusively in the districts ofBangalore Urban,Chikkaballapura andKolar?
... that theassociation footballerDick Pudan was banned from the sport in 1907 after he walked out on his club, which had refused to let him play professional cricket too?
... that inAbandon the Old in Tokyo,Yoshihiro Tatsumi wanted to depict postwar Japan, where he felt that the focus on economic growth was given precedence over the lifestyles of its people?
... that the 1628 Robletti edition ofIl Primo Libro delle Canzoni byGirolamo Frescobaldi was dedicated toFerdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who engaged him as a court musician?

00:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

The Panama remotely controlled Land Rover

The Panama remotely controlled Land Rover

... that redundantSnatch Land Rovers awaiting disposal were turned intoPanama remote controlled vehicles(pictured)?
... that after graduating from high school,Korbin Forrister chose full-timestock car racing overbaseball?
... that unlike theMarvel Comics adaptation ofPlanet of the Apes,IDW Publishing'sStar Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive could use the likeness ofCharlton Heston?
... thatMaria Carbone appeared in 1931 as Desdemona in a complete recording of Verdi'sOtello, one of her only two recordings?
... thatAn East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara (1762) by British Army officerThomas Davies was the first eyewitness painting ofNiagara Falls?
... thatAnthony Hill was naked, unarmed and suffering from mental illness when he was shot by police in theU.S. state of Georgia?
... thatTubercuoolithus is one of the fossil eggs from Sevenmile Hill, the oldest fossil egg site in theTwo Medicine Formation?
... that whenMaria Benedita Bormann was called a femaleÉmile Zola, it was not meant as a compliment?

21 February 2016

12:00, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Muga silk fabric with jaapi hat

Muga silk fabric withjaapi hat

... thatAssamesemuga silk(pictured) is naturally golden in colour?
... thatAnna Korondi appeared at theBavarian State Opera as Zdenka inArabella by Richard Strauss and in a leading role in the premiere ofAribert Reimann'sBernarda Albas Haus?
... that the pre-1st century textMahanarayana Upanishad, literally "Great Vishnu Upanishad", glorifies not onlyVishnu but alsoShiva?
... thatColby Carthel is the son of fellowAmerican football head coachDon Carthel?
... thatGujarat'sSankheda furniture is named after theSankheda village, where it is made with teak wood and lacquer and painted in traditional bright shades of maroon and gold?
... that the blackLiberian scholar and educator, PrincessFatima Massaquoi, wrote of her challenging experiences inNazi Germany and theU.S. South in a recently rediscoveredautobiography?
... thatCR-39, used in the manufacture of plastic eyeglass lenses, was one of 200polymers invented byColumbia-Southern Chemical Corporation during World War II?
... that the mechanical engineerLionel Bussey had 600 pairs of women's shoes?

00:00, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Gwendoline Konie

Gwendoline Konie

... that 2001Zambian presidential candidateGwendoline Konie(pictured) published a poem against male arrogance?
... that the6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-black, all-female battalion to serve overseas during World War II?
... that the 1753 operaCiro in Armenia was created byMaria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, one of the earliest female Italian opera composers?
... thatVernon Johnson won back-to-backLone Star Conference wide receiver of the year honors?
... that nearly $26 million of funds for a $42.5 million Haitian education programwent missing after being raised partly from taxes on international phone calls?
... thatLesley Lewis was one of four founding students of theCourtauld Institute of Art?
... thatOperation Bedrock was a successful rice denial mission?
... thatRandy W. Berry, who grew up on a cattle ranch inColorado, is the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in theUS Department of State?

20 February 2016

12:05, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Diwata-1

Diwata-1

... thatDiwata-1(pictured) is the Philippines' first satellite to be developed solely byFilipinos?
... that whenIlse Hollweg recorded the part of Blonde in Mozart'sDie Entführung aus dem Serail with SirThomas Beecham, she was one of two soloists who also spoke the dialogue?
... thatBarbara McLaren conceived theSpalding War Memorial afterher husband was killed in the First World War, but insisted he receive no special commemoration on it?
... that at the cineplex whereTen Years debuted, it outperformedStar Wars: The Force Awakens?
... that the then Iranian prime minister,Mir-Hossein Mousavi, defined theBridgeton incident as "an irreparable blow on America's political and military prestige"?
... thatMakoto Hirayama was elected to Japan'sHouse of Councillors despite getting less than 0.02% of the vote?
... thatsandalwood oil is so important to the economy ofMysore, India, that it has been registered and trademarked?
... that shortly after becoming the first woman and first African American television news anchor inColorado,Reynelda Muse began wearing anAfro on the air to assert her identity?

00:15, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Fresco of a servant in the Roman Tomb of Silistra

Fresco of a servant in the Roman Tomb of Silistra

... that the 4th-century frescoes in theRoman Tomb ofSilistra depict a procession of servants(example pictured) carrying gifts to the tomb's owners?
... thatFlorida Ruffin Ridley co-founded the Society for the Collection of Negro Folklore?
... that theRacking Horse World Celebration has been held annually inPriceville, Alabama, for over 40 years?
... that at the end of thereconquista, Islamic juristAhmad al-Wansharisi argued that it was compulsory forSpanish Muslims under Christian rule to emigrate to Muslim lands?
... that when the White House postponedOperation Snake Eyes again, Captain Sirisouk quit theLaotian Civil War?
... thatAngela Hartley Brodie's award-winning research led to the development ofsteroidal aromatase inhibitors as new treatments forbreast cancer?
... that theStaten Island boat graveyard contains so many abandoned boats and ships that it has been called an "accidental marine museum"?
... thatAnnelie Nordström resigned as general secretary afterSwedish Municipal Workers' Union funds paid for a strip show byPuma Swede?

19 February 2016

12:00, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanjavur Art Plate

Thanjavur Art Plate

... that theThanjavur Art Plate(pictured), introduced byRajah Serfoji-II during theMaratha rule, was made as a gift item by the artisans ofThanjavur?
... that research into thepsychology of eating meat suggests a correlation between meat-eating and support forhierarchy andinequality?
... that in a broadcast episode ofHollyoaks,Harry Thompson, portrayed by actorParry Glasspool, was erroneously called "Parry" by another character?
... thatAir France Flight 152, en route from Rome to Beirut, ended up in the Mediterranean Sea after one of the engines broke away in flight?
... thatRicky Collins temporarily walked away fromAmerican football to care for his ill father?
... that theHindu textPaingala Upanishad compares the body to a horse-drawn car in a series of metaphors?
... that the "Mother of the Probation" system,Sybil Joyce Hylton, is a National Hero of theCayman Islands?
... that a fan-made video called "Shrek is love, Shrek is life" and its duplications garnered more than three million views by May 2014?

00:00, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Black Cross Nurses' parade, 1922

Black Cross Nurses' parade, 1922

... that in an era when women ofAfrican descent had little access to education or public role models, theBlack Cross Nurses(pictured) trained them inhealthcare, allowing them to be seen in leadership roles?
... that in 1898Sir Joseph Terry died of heart failure due to over-exertion while attempting to win a by-election inYork?
... that theNegro Labor Committee was formed in 1935 so that African Americans could be allowed to join labor unions?
... that for over 40 years, the one constant at theMaine Children's Home for Little Wanderers has beenSharon H. Abrams?
... thatSimone Ballard performed the title role in the premiere of Arthur Honegger'sAntigone atLa Monnaie?
... that thethyroid ima artery can be found in only three to ten percent of the population and varies in origin, size, blood supply, and termination?
... that Swedish television presenterJovan Radomir wrote the English translation of theMarija Šerifović song "Molitva", which went on to win theEurovision Song Contest 2007?
... that at the1905 International Tourist Trophy motor race, cars were towed to the start line by horses to save fuel?

18 February 2016

12:00, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Rob Roy in 1924

Rob Roy in 1924

... thatCalvin Coolidge described his beloved dogRob Roy(pictured) as a "stately gentleman of great courage and fidelity"?
... that shortly after theforced conversions ofMuslims inCastile,a fatwa was issued which allowed outward practice of Christianity while secretly keeping the Islamic faith?
... that while everyone else thought thefield horsetail growing onnursery land inPalmerston North was ornamental, DameElla Orr Campbell correctly identified it as an invasive species?
... that theSarvasara Upanishad text is one of two dedicated glossaries embedded in the collection of ancient and medievalUpanishads of Hinduism?
... thatThomas Gilovich tested his hypothesis of thespotlight effect by usingBarry Manilow T-shirts?
... that despite being described by its leader as "liberal", theSocial Encounter Party supported a constitutional amendment inBaja California to ban same-sex marriage?
... thatSarah Tenant-Flowers has worked as an administrator for the Choir of the Year and as General Manager of "The Sixteen"?
... that theSovietRPG-1anti-tank rocket was intended to combine the best features of the US'sbazooka with those of the GermanPanzerfaust?

00:00, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Framingham Railroad Station in 1959

Framingham Railroad Station in 1959

... thatFramingham Railroad Station(pictured) was the largest of nine stations thatHenry Hobson Richardson designed for theBoston and Albany Railroad?
... thatJohn Kent was the first black police officer in Britain?
... thattwo earthquakes, both exceeding 7.0 on themoment magnitude scale, hitFethiye, Turkey, within seven hours in 1957?
... that the sopranoFriederike Sailer appeared in the premiere ofWerner Egk'sDer Revisor at theSchwetzingen Festival, conducted by the composer?
... thatfossil eggs assigned toDictyoolithidae may have been laid bymegalosauroid dinosaurs?
... thatStanley Booth-Clibborn, a formerBishop of Manchester, was shot during a robbery in Uganda?
... thatCowbell Hollow'sdrainage basin is only 0.26 square miles (0.67 km²)?
... thatLisa Aschan was filmed in the audience at the2016 Guldbaggen Awards,giving the finger and saying "Fuck You" to the winner in the Best Cinematography category?

17 February 2016

12:00, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Teresia Sampsonia, Lady Shirley

Teresia Sampsonia, Lady Shirley

... thatTeresia Sampsonia(pictured) was born into a ChristianCircassian family inSafavid Iran, and married the British adventurerSir Robert Shirley?
... that just beforeOperation Xieng Dong, thePeople's Army of Vietnam captured theKing's farm?
... that according toLynne Kelly's theory,Stonehenge was used as a centre for recording and accessing knowledge?
... that the ancient Sanskrit textNadabindu Upanishad rhetorically comparessoul to a bird?
... thatMustafizur Rahman is the onlycricketer to receiveMan of the Match awards on bothTest andOne Day International cricket debuts?
... that during the1934 Muroto typhoon, a then-world record low land-basedpressure of 911.9 hPa (26.93 inHg) was observed inMuroto, Japan?
... thatZhou Youde became a local deity after helping to end theGreat Evacuation?
... that theAmani Nature Reserve in Tanzania is home to the elusivelong-billed forest warbler and the unwantedumbrella tree?

00:00, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

The Federal Reserve Bank Building in Seattle

The Federal Reserve Bank Building in Seattle

... that theFederal Reserve Bank Building(pictured) in downtownSeattle,Washington, is one of the earliest surviving works of architecture firmNBBJ?
... thatVice PremierKang Shi'en, China's "energy czar", received an unprecedented demerit of the first grade after an oil rig accident that killed 72 people?
... thatPura Vida Bracelets, which now sells over 125,000 bracelets a month, started when two friends brought 400 bracelets back from a vacation in Costa Rica?
... thatW. G. Grace,Jack Hobbs,Denis Compton andDon Bradman all scoredfirst-class centuries at theCentral Recreation Ground, Hastings?
... that the ancient textNirvana Upanishad is written inSutra-style and states that a solitary place is a monastery of bliss for aHindu monk?
... that theproposed sculptureRebirth, projected as a deer with a human child's face, was meant to represent "the interaction between the nearbyriparian forest and the people living inOak Grove"?
... that the French GeneralAndré Sordet's cavalry corps covered close to 1,500 km (930 miles) in the first month of World War I?
... thatDonald Lavoie, ahit man for Montreal'sDubois Gang, escaped his intended execution at their hands by sliding down a laundry chute?

16 February 2016

12:00, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Jimmy Greene

Jimmy Greene

... thatthe album thatJimmy Greene(pictured) wrote in tribute to his murdered daughter has been nominated for aGrammy Award?
... that after becoming a local hit in Texas,Gene Thomas' "Sometime" was reissued on theUnited Artists label and entered the national top 100?
... thatCarmen Souza singsCape Verdean andjazz fusion compositions inCreole for its adaptability, and also mimics the sounds of musical instruments?
... thatMadonna'smusical endeavors include reciting and recording poems?
... that during the 1920 debut of hisfurniture music at theGalerie Barbazanges in Paris, composerErik Satie begged the audience not to listen to the music?
... thatEleanor Sophia Smith was one of the founders ofChicago'sHull House Music School?
... thatGregg Allman's albumLaid Back was titled as an inside reference to a studio term that Allman coined for when a song needed to be more relaxed?
... that jazz pianist and composerDodo Marmarosa once got mad at his old piano and chopped it up with an ax?

00:00, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Pocket FM, a portable radio transmitter

Pocket FM, a portable radio transmitter

... that a portable radio transmitter calledPocket FM(pictured) enables people to createpirate radio networks in areas where authoritarian governments tightly control communications?
... thatTina Allen's sculpture ofFrederick Douglass is featured in the movieAkeelah and the Bee?
... that theauxiliary nurse midwife is a village-level female health worker in India who acts as the first contact person between the community and the health services?
... thatMeridian School alumnusMasa Fukuda, the founder ofOne Voice Children's Choir, writes and arranges music from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in his basement studio, sleeping only three or four hours a day?
... thatBMW engineerPaul Rosche continued to design Formula One engines for them after the company withdrew from the tournament?
... that during the period of state control known asState Shinto, Japan lost 80,000 Shinto shrines?
... that Swedish politicianEmil Källström came in sixth inLand magazine's annual list of "Hottest hillbillies"?
... that thewhite-bellied cinclodes may soon "pipe" no more?

15 February 2016

12:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Arnos Park Viaduct

Arnos Park Viaduct

... that the 34 arches of theArnos Park Viaduct(pictured) allowed the extension of thePiccadilly line toCockfosters?
... thatFor John is a tribute album to a disc jockey fromBuffalo, New York, recorded byindie pop bandLibrary Voices fromRegina, Saskatchewan?
... that the pre-3rd century CEShandilya Upanishad text describes eight postures ofYoga to cleanse the body and two types of meditation?
... that for theproduction ofAvengers: Infinity War, the films will be the first to be shot entirely usingIMAX cameras and its exclusiveaspect ratio?
... thatQueen Elizabeth II's glovemaker,Cornelia James, was accepted by theart college that rejected Adolf Hitler?
... thatAlexander Rossi became the first American to drive at a Formula One race at theCircuit of the Americas when he entered the2015 United States Grand Prix?
... thatRomona Robinson won a television news anchor job inCleveland, Ohio, with a demo tape that showed her remaining poised and self-confident while "being wiped out by a hurricane-whipped wave"?
... that in 1955, two girls fainted at an election rally inGlasgow forUnionist candidateWilliam Grant?

00:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Xin Fengxia

Xin Fengxia

... thatXin Fengxia(pictured) refused to divorce her persecuted husbandWu Zuguang, and he took care of her after she was persecuted and became paralyzed?
... thatSports Phone received 50 million calls in 1981?
... that the husband-and-wifepiano duo ofBartlett and Robertson were said to play like "four hands at a double keyboard controlled by a single mind"?
... that duringOperation Phoutah,Groupement Mobile 33 carried theirgut-shot colonel and 50 other wounded for 13 hours?
... thatRosita Baltazar, co-founder of the Belize National Dance Company, taught language and dance onSt. Vincent in aGarifuna cultural reclamation project?
... that software product companyDDC-I started three decades ago in Denmark with a focus on theAda programming language and now focuses onreal-time operating systems in the United States?
... that the Hindu textKathashruti Upanishad, composed before the 3rd-century CE, states asannyasi should neither rejoice when someone praises him, nor curse when someone abuses him?
... thatEvelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth, was also known as Mr Valentine?

14 February 2016

12:00, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Mountain nyala on the Ethiopian ten santim coin

Mountain nyala on the Ethiopian ten santim coin

... that themountain nyala, featured on the obverse of theEthiopian ten santim coin(pictured), was the last species of large antelope to be discovered in Africa?
... thatRuth Guimarães, the firstAfro-Brazilian author to gain a nationwide audience, translated classic literature but also wrote original works aboutfables, legends, and everyday life?
... thatChris Sailer is the only player inUCLA football history to have been named first-teamAll-American at two positions in the same season?
... that the ancientSanskrit textDhyanabindu Upanishad states there is a soul in every living being just as there is fragrance in flowers and butter in milk?
... thatBaldwin, the 11th-centuryabbot of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in England, was royal doctor to three kings?
... that many of the songs fromConrad Keely's debut solo albumOriginal Machines were written while traveling aroundCambodia?
... thatSilvina Fabars, who won the National Dance Prize of Cuba in 2014, was once a rebel fighter underFidel Castro in theCuban Revolution?
... that no more than twelve people at a time can ascertain what isfound and lost at a London hotel?

00:00, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Ava DuVernay

Ava DuVernay

... that for her work on the 2014 historical dramaSelma,Ava DuVernay(pictured) became the first black woman to receive a nomination for theGolden Globe Award for Best Director?
... that although he was born in the Ivory Coast,Mahama Cho has represented both Great Britain and France attaekwondo competitions?
... that the ancient Indian textTejobindu Upanishad describes a 15-limbedyoga system, including exercises, meditation andSamadhi?
... that Swedish singerTowe Jaarnek is the sister of fellow singerCarina Jaarnek?
... thata 1995 storm caused 63 deaths in Nepal, 33 of them related to avalanches?
... that math professorHenry Adams Thompson ran for office several times, including forVice President of the United States in1880, but never won?
... that although it is possible that theAdriatic sturgeon is extinct in the wild, a large specimen was caught in theRiver Po in 2015?
... that the composer and improviserSylvia Hallett bows both the violin and a spinning bicycle wheel?

13 February 2016

12:00, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Hawaiian monk seal

Hawaiian monk seal

... thatmonk seals(example pictured) are the onlyearless seals that live intropical climates?
... thatMami Kawada's music career began after she was discovered by her music teacher?
... that thecosmology in the ancientHindu textAvyakta Upanishad proposes that there was nothing, until light appeared consisting of knowledge and bliss, followed by the universe?
... that actorJohannes Bah Kuhnke is married to the Swedish Minister of Culture,Alice Bah Kuhnke?
... thatLittle Pine is avegan restaurant founded by American singer–songwriterMoby that donates all of its profits toanimal welfare organizations?
... thatJeffrey Swanson led a 2015 study that found that 8.9% of American adults reported both angry behavior and easy access to guns?
... thatSubhra Guha, a vocal musician in the IndianHindustani classical tradition, trained inAgra gharana, and has a singing repertoire inkhayals,thumri anddadra?
... that theBattle of Brunanburh, fought in 937, has been described as "the greatest single battle in Anglo-Saxon history beforeHastings"?

00:00, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Concrete face of the X-10 Graphite Reactor

Concrete face of the X-10 Graphite Reactor

... that theX-10 Graphite Reactor(pictured) was the first nuclear reactor to produceradioisotopes for medical use?
... that theHindu textAmritabindu Upanishad, composed before 300 CE, condemns "bookish learning" and emphasizes the practice of a six-limbedYoga?
... thatRichard Nixon andT. S. Eliot are both descended fromIsaac Stearns?
... that authorities in 17th-century Amsterdam ordered the confiscation and burning ofAdriaan Koerbagh'sEen Bloemhof because of its heretical opinions?
... that whenNo. 4 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF opened in 1940, facilities were so limited that cadets had to pay for their own accommodation at a nearby hotel?
... thatGeorge Alexander Gibson was a physician, medical author, and amateur geologist after whom theGibson Murmur was named?
... that inGlik v. Cunniffe, theFirst Circuit noted that "we have previously recognized that the videotaping of public officials is an exercise of First Amendment liberties"?
... that Polish athleteEwa Gryziecka'sworld record in women's javelin throw lasted for 35 minutes?

12 February 2016

12:00, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Kaushiki Chakraborty ]]

Kaushiki Chakraborty

... thatKaushiki Chakraborty(pictured) singskhayals andthumris, which inHindustani music are considered semi-classical or light classical?
... that theBrazilian guitarfish may soon become extinct because of overfishing, while across the Atlantic, thecommon guitarfish and theblackchin guitarfish are also endangered?
... thatLu Jiaxi, president of theChinese Academy of Sciences, was a student of the American Nobel laureateLinus Pauling?
... thatPort Phillip played Van Diemen's Land in the firstfirst-class cricket match in Australia, on 11 and 12 February 1851?
... that the 1986 video gameTheatre Europe required the player to call a dedicated telephone number to request a nuclear strike?
... thatPeter Molydeux, aTwitter account which parodies the audacious language ofPeter Molyneux's video game ideas, inspired Molyneux to leaveMicrosoft and return to hisindie game development roots?
... thatRalph Waldo Swetman confronted falling enrollment atOswego State Teachers College by luring an Air Corps unit to the school?
... that one ofthe songs recorded by Little Mix, "A.D.I.D.A.S.", is anacronym for "All Day I Dream About Sex"?

00:00, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Diagram of Nimrod

Diagram of Nimrod

... that in 1951,Alan Turing played one of the earliestelectronic games on theNimrod(diagram pictured)?
... thatVelma Scantlebury, the firstAfrican American womantransplant surgeon in the United States, estimates she has completed over 2,000organ transplants?
... thatMortonhall Crematorium which opened in 1967 is a prominent example ofExpressionist architecture inEdinburgh, designed by a team led by SirBasil Spence?
... thatCasey Mears' victory in the2007 Coca-Cola 600 is his first and only win in theNASCAR Sprint Cup Series?
... that the public apology of 16-year-oldK-pop starChou Tzu-yu for waving aTaiwanese flag is believed to have helpedTsai Ing-wen win theTaiwanese presidential election?
... that after the departure of the previously attacheddistributor, the upcoming filmBad Moms' U.S. rights are now being handled bySTX Entertainment?
... that6 Ballygunge Place, a restaurant chain inKolkata, has ahaath-pakha (hand fans) decor that conveys the elegance of a decoratedDurga Puja hall or a setting for aperiod film?
... that an alternative name ofSpring Run is "The Gut"?

11 February 2016

12:00, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Carlisle Civic Centre amid floodwater

Carlisle Civic Centre amid floodwater

... thatStorm Eva exacerbated the2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods(pictured), which also broke the United Kingdom's 24-hourrainfall record?
... that rebel leaderSpiro Crne was forced to leave Serbia after Ottoman diplomatic intervention?
... that the ancientNyāya Sūtras text ofHindu philosophy is a discourse on knowledge and logic which was studied by scholars ofBuddhism in the 2nd century CE?
... thatThe New York Times described the bookPsychic Blues as "a compelling look at the disputed territory where entertainment meets religion"?
... that theStone Hall in Nashville was once a private house of the Cantrell family but is now listed on theNational Register of Historic Places?
... that the decline ofAngkor marked the beginning of theMiddle Khmer period, during which the language's number of vowels was doubled in a few centuries?
... that opera singerVirgilio Lazzari was a leadingbass with theChicago Civic Opera from 1918–32 and theMetropolitan Opera from 1933–50?
... that theblack hamlet is an egg trader?

00:00, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Paisaje con bosque y río by Joaquín Clausell

Paisaje con bosque y río by Joaquín Clausell

... that the work ofJoaquín Clausell stands out among Mexicanlandscape artists because it is in theimpressionist style(example pictured)?
... that a financial analyst consideredEvolve, released one year ago today, to be "too niche to reach a wide audience"?
... that Swedish actressBahar Pars was born inShiraz, Iran, and came to Sweden in 1989 after her family fled the war with Iraq?
... that the first post-Reformation Catholic Church inAberdeen,St Peter's Church, closed in 1860 whenthe cathedral was built, but was re-opened 20 years later?
... thatMurray's abyssal anglerfish was dredged from the deep in theChallenger expedition of 1872 to 1876?
... that formerUniversity of Maine at Farmington presidentTheodora J. Kalikow won a bronze medal intriathlon in theSenior Olympics?
... thatSongs by George Harrison contained three songs previously rejected byWarner Bros. Records?
... that after he tackled the assassin ofWilliam McKinley, former slaveJames Benjamin Parker said, "Father Abe freed me, and now I saved his successor from death, provided that bullet ... don't kill him"?

10 February 2016

12:00, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Ewa Bandrowska-Turska

Ewa Bandrowska-Turska

... that in 1939, a trans-Atlantic radio broadcast featuredcoloratura sopranoEwa Bandrowska-Turska(pictured) singing four songs byKarol Szymanowski from theRoyal Castle in Kraków for the US audience?
... that aChinese aid project in Laos was defended by 400 anti-aircraft guns and 25,000 troops?
... that software startup companyTartan Laboratories was considered an example ofPittsburgh's attempt in the 1980s to shift from an industrial-based economy to high technology?
... that in December 1869 an employee of theAlert committed suicide by jumping overboard into theWillamette River after being released from aninsane asylum?
... thatOlive Hoskins was the first woman promoted towarrant officer in the United States Army?
... that the maleKrabi mouth-brooding betta incubates the fertilized eggs in his mouth until they hatch?
... that China'sDalian Jinzhouwan International Airport, currently being built on 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) of reclaimed land, is set to become the world's largest offshore airport?
... that the 12th-century noblemanHugh of Chalcombe faced arrest for failing to answer a charge of wrongful possession ofcattle?

00:00, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

A shrimp and corn chowder

A shrimp and corn chowder

... thatchowder(example pictured) originated as ashipboard dish, and was thickened withhardtack?
... that between 1489 and 1491, the doctor and astronomerJohannes Engel worked as aproofreader for the printerErhard Ratdolt ofAugsburg?
... that the number ofdisabled Iranian war veterans related toIraqi chemical weapons is rising, and estimated to rival that of all thegas casualties in World War I?
... thatThomas J. Latham, aMemphis judge and businessman after theAmerican Civil War, was a millionaire?
... that one scene in theVeronica Mars episode "Papa's Cabin" contains ablue screen that was used as atarpaulin due to budgetary concerns?
... thatFord Fry has been described as one of the most prolific chefs and restaurateurs in the United States?
... that the coralPolycyathus muellerae is part of an assemblage of organisms that grow in caves?
... thatAl-Shaykh Al-Mufid, a 10th-centuryShia jurist and theologian, was said to be so persuasive in debate that he could convince his opponents "that a wooden column was actually gold"?

9 February 2016

12:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Ranikot Fort

Ranikot Fort

... that theRanikot Fort(pictured), also known as the Great Wall ofSindh, is believed to be one of the world's largest forts, and has been compared to theGreat Wall of China?
... thatIlse Gramatzki appeared as aRhinemaiden in theJahrhundertring at theBayreuth Festival, and in Zimmermann'sDie Soldaten inFrankfurt andBrussels?
... that mobile gameStrikefleet Omega is a hybrid of thetower defense andreal-time strategy genres?
... that Chinese economistJi Chaoding, while in the United States in 1926, secretly joined theCommunist Party of China?
... that theYogashikha Upanishad states there is no one greater in the universe than one'sguru?
... thatMatt Hobden scored 65not out in aSussex County Cricket Club record tenth-wicketpartnership of 164 withOllie Robinson?
... that a newMarvel Comics character, with the power to predict future events, will be introduced inCivil War II, the sequel toCivil War?
... thatKandia Crazy Horse taught the course "Roll Over Beethoven: Black Rock and Cultural Revolt" atPrinceton University?

00:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Samantha Bee

Samantha Bee

... that when it debuts on February 8, 2016,Full Frontal with Samantha Bee(Samantha Bee pictured) will be the onlylate-night TV talk show in the United States hosted by a woman?
... thatDirk Martens published the first edition ofThomas More'sUtopia in 1516?
... thatEmily Ratajkowski plays a "nice Jewish girl" looking for action inCruise?
... thatfive missing people linked to a Hong Kong bookshop are suspected of having been abducted by mainland China'sPublic Security Bureau?
... that the floor tiles of theKerr Cultural Center were made with a now-rare mix of cement and white marble dust?
... that physicianJan Theobald Held published a set offolk songs under the pseudonym Jan Orebský?
... that fossils of theheadlight angler and thenetdevil were found during construction of a subway station inLos Angeles?
... that theTexas band theFoxymorons began life as a lie?

8 February 2016

12:00, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Mahabaleshwar strawberries

Mahabaleshwar strawberries

... that theMahabaleshwar strawberry(pictured) comprises about 85 percent of total strawberry production in India?
... that nurse and midwifeRosita Beatrice Missick-Butterfield was the first womanSpeaker of the Legislative Council of theTurks and Caicos Islands?
... that in arecent opinion, United States Supreme Court JusticeAnthony Kennedy questioned the propriety ofsolitary confinement?
... thatArthur John Matthews, president of theTempe Normal School, wrote the education section of theConstitution of Arizona?
... thatMeissen porcelain developed threeosier patterns of relief decoration for plates in the 18th century?
... thatBillie Maxwell was the first woman recorded incountry music, and the first recorded musician fromArizona?
... that the overwaterbungalows atHotel Bora Bora were the first onthat island, and set a precedent for future developers?
... thatAmerican football playerThomas Duarte was one of the rare high-profile college recruits to be of Asian descent?

00:00, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Malouma

Malouma

... that before she became aSenator ofMauritania,Malouma(pictured) was censored for her songs, which promoted women's rights and challenged apartheid?
... that the 140–160 mm (5.5–6.3 in) long wings ofMakarkinia are the longest of anylacewing?
... thatMary Ingraham was the first woman to receive the United StatesMedal for Merit award?
... thatBMW G310R, the first-eversub-500cc bike byBMW Motorrad, is the first of the company's bikes to be developed outside of Europe?
... thatPittsburgh Steelers coachMike Tomlin credited chaplainKevin Jordan with establishing unity on theirSuper Bowl-winning team of 2009?
... that the keeper of theKızılada Lighthouse rushed by boat to help the survivors of anAir France airliner that made an emergencywater landing off the coast ofFethiye, Turkey in 1953?
... that the Irish doctorJames Murray, who discovered what would becomemilk of magnesia, is an ancestor of the actorMichael Hordern?
... that theUSA House was a US government program designed to help alleviate thehomeless problem in the UK?

7 February 2016

12:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

First Congregational Church of Albany

First Congregational Church of Albany

... that architectAlbert W. Fuller donated a third of his commission for designing theFirst Congregational Church of Albany(pictured) to the congregation as a "personal gift"?
... that the arrest ofBasanti Devi during thenon-cooperation movement in 1921 proved to be a major impetus for widespread agitation?
... that thekaep is a traditional type ofproa sailboat native toPalau that can be sailed forward or backward?
... that the 12th-century canon and priorRobert of Bridlington was buried in the cloister ofBridlington Priory?
... thatMid-Ulster Ladies F.C. were founded by a futureNIWFA chairwoman to stop local football players leavingCookstown?
... that Kenyan zoologistDavid Wasawo was the first East African to be awarded a degree in science?
... thatLecrae released the mixtapeChurch Clothes 3 without any prior announcement?
... thatOperation Phiboonpol causedvultures to become anaviation hazard?

00:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Satellite image of Cyclone Gonu approaching the Arabian Peninsula

Satellite image of Cyclone Gonu approaching the Arabian Peninsula

... thattropical cyclones affecting the Arabian Peninsula(example pictured) have disrupted oil exports, destroyed 2,000-year-old bridges, and produced multiple years' worth of rainfall?
... thatMartin Luther King, Jr. was originally scheduled to speak atWilliston High School on the day that he was assassinated?
... that the 1970s dancer/choreographerPenney de Jager wasknighted for promoting dance among the elderly?
... thatoxen of theTerreña breed of cattle from theBasque Country in northern Spain were used in the traditionalBasque rural sport ofidi probak, or stone-pulling?
... that the early 20th-century Scottish judgeLord Cullen disliked public speaking?
... that the crater lake ofAguas Calientes has been researched as a possible terrestrial analogue toMars?
... that at the age of fifteen,Todd Gilliland became the youngest winner inARCA Racing Series history when he won in his series debut?
... that the men believed to be the first and lastCommonwealth soldiers killed in action during theFirst World War are buried inSt Symphorien Military Cemetery?

6 February 2016

12:00, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Longren in the pilot's seat, 1911

Longren in the pilot's seat, 1911

... that, with no prior experience in aviation,Albin K. Longren(pictured) built and flew his own airplane from scratch in 1911?
... that the modern format for theKatcheri, conceived byAriyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar in the 1930s, incorporated traditionalCarnatic music rendered by theTrinity of Carnatic music?
... thatLauw Giok Lan was both a money collector and dramatist, but neither was his main occupation?
... thatDesert Rat followedSilver Buckle?
... thatYvonne Ciannella, who performed the title roles of Donizetti'sLucia di Lammermoor and Puccini'sSuor Angelica, recorded Telemann's cantataIno with "dramatic colouring"?
... that three new species of frog,Callulina shengena,C. stanleyi andC. laphami, first described from theEastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania in 2010, are all "critically endangered"?
... that atTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling'sBound for Glory IVpay-per-view event, the wrestlerAbyss was forced through a flaming table?
... thatIslamic law scholarAhmad ibn Abi Jum'ah likely did not issue the commonly namedOran fatwa in the city ofOran, but rather inFez?

00:00, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

A male Abyssinian guinea pig

A male Abyssinian guinea pig

... that the coat of theAbyssinian guinea pig(pictured) is marked with large swirls of hair known as rosettes?
... that in 1994Gloria Tanner became the firstAfrican-American woman state senator inColorado history?
... that theAda language compiler thatDansk Datamatik Center developed in the early 1980s has been termed an underappreciated success story in the use offormal methods?
... that the 17th-century English pirateHenry Every is thought to be a descendant of theEvery family?
... that theMUSE School inCalabasas, California, has been described as the firstvegan K-12 school in the U.S.?
... that actorAnton Lundqvist played the part of "Oscar" opposite his real-life mother,Maria Lundqvist in the filmEn underbar jävla jul?
... that the firstCafe Barberacoffeehouse was established in 1870 in Southern Italy?
... thatMartha Graham's solo danceSalem Shore depicts a sea-wife "mad with grief"?

5 February 2016

12:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Pierre Boulez in 1968

Pierre Boulez in 1968

... thatPierre Boulez(pictured) composed incidental music toBarrault'sAinsi parla Zarathoustra afterNietzsche in 1974, many years after he was the music director for his theater?
... thatLesotho is amonarchy in Africa presently ruled byKing Letsie III?
... that in 1994 the Scottish retired judgeLord Brand became an appeals court judge in Botswana?
... that web-based jewelry retailerBravelets donates ten dollars of each purchase to the charity of the customer's choice?
... thatTyler Austin overcame atesticular cancer diagnosis at age 17 to become aprofessional baseball player?
... thatRiot Games bannedG2A from sponsoring teams during the2015 League of Legends World Championship?
... that when theoil tankerMVImperial Transport broke in half after beingtorpedoed in 1940, a new front section was built and mated to the survivingstern?
... thatSt. Paul's Church, Rusthall, has been viewed as a symbol of the wealth ofTunbridge Wells due to the churchyard being "chockablock with expensive tombstones and memorials"?

00:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Dibatag

Dibatag

... that rock paintings of thedibatag(pictured) have been discovered on the west bank of theNile River, far from its present range?
... thatBrenda Andrews co-led a team of scientists to create the first fully detailed cell protein map?
... that the ancientSanskrit textKundika Upanishad states a man should visit sacred places in his retirement, and take his wife with him?
... thatYolanda Marculescu, prima donna of theRomanian National Opera of Bucharest,defected to the U.S. in 1968 and founded the International Festival of theArt Song in Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
... thatSouth Sudan has the world's second largest animal migration, but there areno tourists to see it?
... that the eleventh-centuryNorman noblewomanRohese Giffard is listed as a landowner in her own right in theDomesday Book?
... that theGreat Comet of 1819 was the first comet analyzed usingpolarimetry, byFrançois Arago?

4 February 2016

12:00, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Screen wall of Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra

Screen wall of Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra

... that theAdhai Din Ka Jhonpra(pictured) mosque in India was constructed on the remains of aSanskrit college?
... thatLauren Oliver's debut novelBefore I Fall is being adapted intoa feature film?
... that "God Is Working His Purpose Out" was written as a tribute to theArchbishop of Canterbury?
... thatRempo Urip playedfootball fora theatre company?
... that althoughFor What It's Worth was originally meant to have a different expert each week, the episodes were broadcast such that there was a different expert allocated to each weekday?
... thatGirolamo Benivieni twice sought the help ofPope Leo X to return the body ofDante Alighieri toFlorence?
... that in 1930 theNational Wrestling Association requiredprofessional wrestlers to post a$5,000 bond to compete for theWorld Heavyweight Championship?
... thatDNA walkers have been used asnanorobots to pick up and drop off molecular cargo?

00:00, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Buddy Holly's glasses at the Buddy Holly Center

Buddy Holly's glasses at the Buddy Holly Center

... that theBuddy Holly Center showcasesHolly's finalFender Stratocaster and the pair of glasses(pictured) that he was wearing at the time ofhis death?
... that in 2001,Cliff Lett broke the official land speed record forradio-controlled cars, exceeding 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) for the first time?
... that about half of theGrade I listed war memorials in England were designed by the same architect?
... thatSandy Cornish, a formerslave who had purchased his freedom, deliberately maimed himself when threatened with a return to slavery?
... that two life-sizestucco jaguars were excavated at thepre-Columbian Maya city ofChutixtiox in Guatemala?
... thatTed Stanley donated over $825 million to support work and research at theBroad Institute?
... thatPrince William andCatherine Middleton lived inStrathtyrum for two years?
... that at the1978 Davis Cup Final,John McEnroe asked an umpire to tell tennis commentatorGerald Williams to "keep his voice down"?

3 February 2016

12:00, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

A waterstarting windsurfer rising up

A waterstarting windsurfer rising up

... that inwindsurfing, performing awaterstart(example pictured) in a light wind is considered to be an expert-level skill?
... thatSonia Humphrey took theABC to theAnti-Discrimination Board in 1984, after the broadcaster removed her from an on-air role, citing her pregnancy as a "visual overload" to viewers?
... thatCharles V. Shank co-invented thedistributed feedback laser?
... that theDevon County War Memorial ishewn from a single block ofgranite quarried onDartmoor, the largest that its architectEdwin Lutyens was able to acquire?
... thatGuinness World Records named Saugat Bista, the seven-year-old director ofLove You Baba, the "youngest director of a professionally made feature length film"?
... that the shrubPersoonia laxa was found in Sydney but is now presumed extinct?
... thatDave Howie playedrugby seven times forScotland, but his father refused to watch him play?

00:00, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Sandsfoot Castle

Sandsfoot Castle

... thatHistoric England considersSandsfoot Castle(pictured) to be "one of the most substantial examples" of the 16th-century blockhouse to survive in England?
... that the ill health and unstable personality ofPrincess Charlotte of Prussia are attributable to the genetic diseaseporphyria?
... that theIndian whiskyRoyal Stag isPernod Ricard's biggest-selling brand?
... that Romaniansoprano and music educatorGeorgeta Stoleriu established a scholarship to recognize outstanding students from theNational University of Music Bucharest, but never her own students?
... thatGulf Hamstery established the commercialSyrian hamster industry in the United States?
... that the poetSarah Howe won the 2015T. S. Eliot Prize forLoop of Jade, the first time a debut collection has won the award?
... that after a lengthy development process,Bad Santa 2 is finally filming inMontreal?
... that the hero of the 14th-centuryOld French poemBaudouin de Sebourc has 31 children who help him fight for the King of Jerusalem?

2 February 2016

12:00, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai meeting Mao Zedong

Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai meeting Mao Zedong

... that Tibetan "living Buddha"Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai(pictured, left, withMao Zedong) was appointed vice chairman of theQamdo Liberation Committee at the age of 10?
... thatCyclone Peter is thewettest tropical cyclone on record in Australia?
... that jazz pianistHasaan Ibn Ali remained an obscure figure until his only released recording,The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan, after which he again returned to obscurity?
... that people in 34 countriesembroidered the 305 panels that form the 164 metre (538 ft)-longScottish Diaspora Tapestry?
... thatJosh Gottheimer became aspeechwriter for U.S. PresidentBill Clinton at the age of 23?
... that thecreeping geebung of southwestern Tasmania generally grows to around a metre across but only 4-5 cm high?
... thatRalph fitzStephen, an 12th-century English nobleman, was responsible for the maintenance of QueenEleanor of Aquitaine while she was imprisoned by her husband KingHenry II of England?
... that theWhite House Big Dig is aWhite House construction project that has been described as mysterious as the disappearance of thedinosaurs?

00:00, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Mitre Inn

Mitre Inn

... that a man reputedly died riding a horse backwards up a hill at theMitre Inn(pictured) inChipping Barnet?
... thatMinuetta Kessler, a classical composer and concert pianist who wrote and performed her first piece at age five, created a game to teachmusical composition to young children?
... that theMongalla gazelle has continued its extensive migration inSouth Sudan despite three decades of civil war?
... that theCGI characterMaz Kanata fromStar Wars: The Force Awakens was inspired by writer/directorJ. J. Abrams' late high school English teacher?
... thatMarie Kraja andLola Gjoka performed more than 300 songs together that recorded Albanian culture?
... that theHindu textYogatattva Upanishad states inyoga, that of the ten restraints,moderate food is most important, and of the ten observances,non-violence is most important?
... that theBromhead Memorial commemorates 307 ex-servicemen who died at theRoyal Star and Garter Home inRichmond, London?
... thatPolyclonoolithus is one of the onlydinosaur eggs known from theHekou Group inGansu?

1 February 2016

12:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Gyaclavator kohlsi holotype

Gyaclavator kohlsi holotype

... that the extinct lace bugGyaclavator(pictured) is named for its enlarged antennae?
... thatClaire Giannini Hoffman was the first woman to serve on the boards ofBank of America andSears, Roebuck & Company?
... thatTheeb is Jordan's first nomination ever to theAcademy Awards?
... that women's rights activistShirin Fozdar was instrumental in the establishment of Singapore'sSyariah Court and in the passage of theWomen's Charter?
... that the U.S. Government spent $8.9 million preparing for the possiblepresidential transition of Mitt Romney in 2012?
... that the 12th century English noblemanPhilip of Oldcoates was called one ofKing John of England's "evil counsellors" by the chroniclerRoger of Wendover?
... thatHancock Bridge in Mumbai, built in 1879 and rebuilt in 1923, was demolished in 2016 to be rebuilt again?
... thatPlato was once thought to have plagiarized a book byTimaeus of Locri?

00:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

The uncompleted Foreshore Freeway Bridge in 2007

The uncompleted Foreshore Freeway Bridge in 2007

... thatCape Town'sForeshore Freeway Bridge(pictured) has remained unfinished since construction was halted in 1977?
... thatVelveeta Shells & Cheese has been advertised as "liquid gold"?
... that chemistLyndon Emsley led the team that installed the world's most powerful currently operatingNMR spectrometer, which breaks thebillion-hertz barrier?
... thatGuegoolithus is afossil egg from Spain that was probably laid by anornithopod dinosaur?
... that excessive drilling ofartesian wells in the valley nearİnsuyu Cave caused the lakes inside to nearly go dry?
... thatRob Thomas had envisioned the main plot for "There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill", an episode ofVeronica Mars, since before the beginning of the third season?
... that aJanuary 1913 Atlantic coast storm set the lowest confirmedbarometric pressure reading for anon-tropical system in thecontinental United States?
... thatJochen Rindt is the only driver to win theFormula One World Drivers' Championship posthumously?

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