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31 October 2016

00:00, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Talking Gravestone in the cemetery of Süderende, Föhr

Talking Gravestoneof Föhr

... that theTalking Gravestones of Amrum and theircounterparts on Föhr(example pictured) display detailed biographies of the deceased?
... thatMary Isabella Hales Horne was the mother of 15 children, including three sets of twins?
... that the fossil antGesomyrmex incertus was described from a single queen's head?
... that U.S. senatorsJoseph S. Clark Jr. andRobert F. Kennedytoured the Mississippi Delta in 1967 and made hunger a public issue in the United States as a result?
... that no men competed forChad at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... thatMary Kitson Clark's 1935 bookA Gazetteer of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire is still a basic guide to the study of the Roman presence in northern England?
... that theNew York City Board of Transportation builta new headquarters that it used for only two years?
... that thewonut is a combination of awaffle anddoughnut that went viral in April 2014 following media exposure?

30 October 2016

00:00, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Brine pump at Warmingham

... that the dairy-farming area ofWarmingham,Cheshire, is the source of around half the pure salt(brine pump pictured) manufactured in the UK?
... thatRevival stars a character that writerTim Seeley had spent nearly 20 years developing?
... that basketball playerAnthony Stover sacrificed a higher salary in hopes of winning anNBL Canada championship?
... that2-satisfiability can be used to scheduleround-robin tournaments so that teams alternate between home and away games as much or as little as possible?
... thatShriya Saran played the female lead in the 2007 filmSivaji, India's most expensive film to that point?
... that parts of theAltiplano may have been covered by the lakeOuki in the past?
... that former German ambassador to ChinaErwin Wickert was an alumnus ofDickinson College ofCarlisle, Pennsylvania?
... that the tail ofLaticauda colubrina resembles and moves like its head in order to deter predators?

29 October 2016

00:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

The flag of Trenton, Georgia

... thatTrenton, Georgia, adopteda version of the previous state flag(pictured) to protest against the state changing its flag?
... that Swedish actorLiam Norberg became a devout Christian while serving time in prison for a bank robbery?
... thatargonium, an ion composed of an argon atom and a proton, was the firstnoble gas molecular ion to be found in interstellar space?
... that during World Championship Wrestling'sCapital Combat show,RoboCop savedSting fromthe Four Horsemen?
... that a report around 2013 on Americanused goods outlets putGoodwill first with a 21% market share,Winmark second with nearly 6%, andThe Salvation Army third with nearly 4%?
... that in 1985,Rosa Namises lost her job in aNamibian hospital after she was seen holding hands in public with a white doctor?
... thatDaniel Catán's operaIl Postino is set in Italy but sung in Spanish?

28 October 2016

00:07, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Craigievar Express

... that theCraigievar Express(pictured) is driven by a steam engine previously used in asawmill?
... that 18th-century chemistClaudine Picardet translated scientific articles from Swedish, English, German, and Italian into French?
... that while visiting segregatedSouth Africa in 1947,George VI noticed the national mottoEx Unitate Vires on a tablecloth and said, "Not much bloodyUnitate about this place!"?
... that in 2012, a smallRu ware bowl from theSong dynasty was sold forHK$207.86 million (US$26.7 million)?
... that the newspaper publisherSir Hildebrand Harmsworth gave money to a charity fund after hischauffeur killed a boy while driving Harmsworth's car?
... that Arizona'sQueen Creek Tunnel is the first in the state to be equipped with LED lighting?
... that after declaring independence from theAva Kingdom,Thinkhaya III of Toungoo built his own palace, but left out the royalwhite umbrella?
... that in a Polish study, thesilver stretch spider ate an average of 3.7 mosquitoes per day in early June?

27 October 2016

01:10, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

New London Union Station

... thatNew London Union Station(pictured) was the largest, last, and—according to biographerHenry-Russell Hitchcock—"best" railroad station designed byHenry Hobson Richardson?
... that basketball playerBilly White started in the most games inSan Diego State history?
... thatCortana correctly predicted the winners of the first 14 matches of the2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage?
... that in 1992, civilian employees ofConsairway were granted veteran status by theVeterans Benefits Administration for their World War II service transporting munitions and military personnel?
... that in April 1945, the artistEric Taylor was among the first British troops to enter theBergen-Belsen concentration camp when it was liberated?
... that 71% of permanently protected land in theGuapi-Guapiaçú Environmental Protection Area in Brazil has no natural vegetation?
... that inHale v. Henkel, theUnited States Supreme Court ruled that theself-incrimination clause of theFifth Amendment did not apply to corporations?
... that aDuke of Burgundy has been spotted onBratton Downs?

26 October 2016

00:05, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Thomas Aldersey

... thatThomas Aldersey(pictured) gave theWorshipful Company of Haberdashers, now an educational charity, their first school?
... thatQuantum Break was described as a "transmediaaction-shooter video game and television hybrid"?
... that the Irish footballerJeff Chandler was "never the same player" after suffering a knee injury inBolton Wanderers' fourth game of their1987–88 season?
... that theDivisional Railway Hospital inGolden Rock, Tiruchirappalli, India, is the oldest inits zone?
... thatEdward A. Geary was unanimously electedSpeaker of the Oregon House of Representatives by his Republican and Democrat peers?
... that the 1949 filmPassport to Pimlico is dedicated to the memory of Second World WarBritish food and clothing ration coupons?
... thatOtto Bock technicians at the2016 Paralympic Games carried out 3,361 repairs for 1,162 athletes, including 2,745 repairs to wheelchairs?
... that groups includingthe Beach Boys andCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young playing at theBig Sur Folk Festival were never paid more than US$50 per performer?

25 October 2016

00:20, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Reads Landing School

... thatReads Landing School(pictured) features a brickwater table?
... that afterJoan Risch's apparent abduction from her home 55 years ago today, it was discovered she had borrowed books onmissing-person cases from the local library?
... that theNursing Studies Unit at theUniversity of Edinburgh was the first such department in a British university?
... that the 1955Tamil language filmDoctor Savithri is a contemporary adaptation of the story ofSavitri and Satyavan?
... that the parish ofSt Silin's contains a part of England under the jurisdiction of the Church in Wales?
... that scholarFrederick Sherwood Dunn led a move that was described by a university president as "Yale fumbled and Princeton recovered the ball"?
... that argon oxide, anargon compound, interferes with the detection ofiron-56 ininductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry?
... thatJames M. Turner was removed from theNew Jersey Senate after being convicted of trying to frame his political rivalKenneth A. Gewertz by having 6,500amphetamine-like tablets planted in his home?

24 October 2016

00:35, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Headache vine

... that the intense fumes emitted by the crushed leaves of the so-calledheadache vine(pictured) cause one to feel like one's head is "exploding" ... making the inhaler forget all about the headache?
... thatJohanna Umurungi was the only femaleRwandan swimmer at the2016 Summer Olympics?
... thatMax Reger composed the chorale fantasiaEin' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Op. 27, forKarl Straube, who premiered it before it was published?
... that after being ousted from his emirate inAleppo,Mansur ibn Lu'lu' commanded aByzantine army unit?
... thatAntonio Giovinazzi achieved his firstGP2 series pole position at the2016 Baku round and went on to win both the weekend's races?
... thatLisbeth Hockey was the first nurse to be awarded an honorary fellowship by theRoyal College of General Practitioners?
... that in thevideo gameBound, the protagonist moves mainly by dancing?
... that theNew York City neighborhood ofBrownsville has the highest concentration ofpublic housing in the United States?

23 October 2016

00:50, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Bridge on BR-319

... thatBrazilian Minister of the EnvironmentCarlos Minc supported the creation of what he called a "green sheath" aroundBR-319(pictured)?
... thatJohn Travolta will play New York mob bossJohn Gotti inan upcoming film?
... thatmedievalworks praising cities often follow rules laid down inAncient Greece?
... that theFrench Association for Scientific Information criticisedParis Descartes University's decision to awardÉlizabeth Teissier a doctorate for a sociology thesis of "pro-astrological advocacy"?
... that the extension toPoole Methodist Church was nominated for the 2016Carbuncle Cup?
... thatMartine van Hamel won a gold medal at the 1966Varna International Ballet Competition, one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the world?
... that GamesRadar rankedWorms Armageddon number 13 in their list of the top 50PlayStation games of all time?
... that after he died, daredevilLarry Donovan's mother said, "I told him that jumping off bridges was a poor way of earning a living"?

22 October 2016

00:00, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

The Taunton Flag

... that theTaunton Flag(pictured) was one of the first flags used inBritish North America prior to the American Revolution to express dissent against the British authorities?
... that the archaeologistLily Chitty was aLand Girl during the First World War?
... that thereclining Buddha at theDafo Temple, Zhangye, is 35 metres (115 ft) long?
... thatAldana Sandoval helped plot the1944 Guatemalan coup, but did not actually participate in it?
... that the music competitionPringles Unsung was described as being "liable to kill the most credible career"?
... that Swedish theologianJohannes Bilberg published a work on themidnight sun?
... that the main event of last month'sMáscara vs. Máscara professional wrestling show has been calledIWRG's biggestLucha de Apuestas ("bet match") in years?
... that at an 1892 rally attended by anti-lynching activistFerdinand Lee Barnett, participants refused to sing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" until the United States was more truly a "sweet land of liberty"?

21 October 2016

00:00, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Cliff Clinkscales

... that basketball playerCliff Clinkscales(pictured) demonstrated his dribbling skills on national TV before he was a teenager?
... that 88morphospecies of orchid have been identified in theCutervo National Park in Peru?
... thatAnna L. Peterson argues that the usual separation ofanimal andenvironmental ethics is based on mistaken conceptions of nature, humans, animals, and the relationships among them?
... that prior toMatt Monro's "My Kind of Girl", it had been three years since a British artist had cracked the US Top 20?
... that in 2015, nineteen-year-oldCharles Fernandez became the youngestmodern pentathlon champion inPan American Games history?
... that the 1976 novelThe Word for World Is Forest shares narrative themes with the 2009 filmAvatar?
... thatErnest F. Schuck ran for re-election in 1977 on a platform supportingNew Jersey's new state income tax, as many residents of his district would see a net gain from the plan?
... thatAkigin Stadium sits next to a field of dreams?

20 October 2016

00:00, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia

... that inAscanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia(pictured) byClaude Lorrain, the figures are "impossibly elongated‍—‌Ascanius, in particular, is absurdly top-heavy"?
... that as a United States Attorney,David Kustoff prosecutedJohn Ford following his arrest inOperation Tennessee Waltz?
... that recorded sightings of theMalayan whistling thrush in theCameron Highlands after the 1960s may have actually been a subspecies of theblue whistling thrush?
... that the developers of the video gameOsiris: New Dawn wanted players to have to "Matt Damon yourself out" of situations?
... that asWilliam Mostyn-Owen's three older brothers all died in the Second World War, he inheritedAberuchill Castle, where he andhis wife lived in a wing of "23 rooms or so"?
... thatEast Texas State University was, in part,saved from closure in 1986 by 450 supporters making a bus trip to theTexas State Capitol in Austin?
... thatRalph Jean-Louis managed theSeychelles national football team to a gold medal at the2011 Indian Ocean Island Games?
... that duringthe Blitz, staff of theFoyles Building stacked copies of Hitler'sMein Kampf on the roof in lieu of sandbags?

19 October 2016

00:00, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Comet Hale–Bopp

... thatAlan Hale, who discoveredComet Hale–Bopp(pictured), said that he "predicted" its appearance would trigger suicides‍—‌and it turned outhe was right?
... thatImagen Televisión, which launches today, is the first new commercial television network in Mexico since 1993?
... thatFinlay Wild has won theBen Nevis Race seven times in a row?
... that theAğın Bridge reestablished a direct road connection betweenAğın andElazığ 40 years after the creation of theKeban reservoir?
... thatGesomyrmex macrops was named in reference to the ant species' large eyes?
... that althoughFehmi Agani worked for reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians, his murder during theKosovo War has been attributed to Serbian security forces?
... that soccer video gameBreakaway has encouraged children in theWest Bank not to discriminate by gender, thereby challengingsocial norms?
... thatRichard D. Trentlage was known for hiswiener jingle?

18 October 2016

00:00, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Mammon

... thatGeorge Frederic Watts'sMammon(pictured) depicts theBiblical embodiment of greed, which crushes "whatever is weak and gentle and timid and lovely"?
... thatHelen Richardson-Walsh and her wifeKate were both members of the team that won Great Britain's first Olympic gold in women's hockey?
... that theGrand Theatre was reportedly the first in Australia to be lit entirely byneon lights?
... that in a case in which an ex-husband wanted to keep seven frozen embryos created while he was married, JudgeLee B. Laskin decided in favor of the ex-wife and ordered them destroyed?
... that plans are underway to convert theAkıncı Air Base, bombed during the2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, into a "democracy park"?
... that the contraltoDorothy Gill was so popular during theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company's visit to New York in 1934 that American fans petitioned for her return?
... that a 2014 attack on the radio stationCalentana Mexiquense resulted in the death of the owner's 12-year-old son?
... that politicianSara Skyttedal participated in Miss Sweden in 2006?

17 October 2016

00:00, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Siti Nurhaliza

... thatSiti Nurhaliza(pictured)has recorded songs inBahasa Malaysia,Bahasa Indonesia, English,Mandarin Chinese, andArabic?
... that after winning a bronze medal at the2016 Olympics,Sara Ahmed became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium?
... that theSeattle Times Building was called a "death trap"?
... that the 12th-century manuscriptDe laude Cestrie is one of the earliest prose works about an English town?
... that in 1777, afterGeorge Washington's war council recommended thatJohn Hazelwood lead the American fleet up theDelaware River to safety, he did so without the British firing a single shot?
... that theblue alfalfa aphid, native to Asia, had reached California by 1974 and Maryland by 1992?
... that the archaeologistDon Brothwell served two months in prison as aconscientious objector?
... thatNewell Boathouse stands on land for whichHarvard pays$1 per year under a lease running one thousand years‍—‌after which the university can renew for another thousand years?

16 October 2016

00:00, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Alojzy Plewa(left) with his brother and Ruth Schwarz

... that two-year-old Ruth Schwarz was rescued from theSambor Ghetto byPolish Righteous Alojzy Plewa(both pictured)?
... that theYale Institute of International Studies was a bastion ofinternational relations realism?
... that golfers share the 18-holeCape Wickham Links on King Island withshort-tailed shearwaters?
... thatJames Kaliokalani and his brother, the future KingKalākaua, reportedly witnessed the execution of their grandfatherKamanawa II when they were children?
... that decoration ofJizhou ware included using leaves that were burnt away, leaving their shapes in the glaze?
... that American football coachPop Warner's only experience with the game in his youth was using an inflated cow'sbladder?
... that the first appearance of superheroCaptain Atom was in an Australian comic?
... thatDavid Carritt discovered aFragonard misattributed at auction, avan der Weyden in a cottage, aTiepolo on an Egyptian embassy ceiling, and fiveGuardis rolled up in a Dublin shed?

15 October 2016

00:00, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Flag of Guernsey

... that theFlag of Guernsey(pictured) is based on a banner used byDuke William the Bastard of Normandy during the Battle of Hastings?
... that in 1974,Barbara Thoman Curtis led the establishment of theAmerican Nurses Association's first political action committee?
... that mostNumayrid princes, apprehensive of urban life, ruled their cities from theirBedouin camps in the pastures?
... that the extinct sawflyYpresiosirex orthosemos was named for the unique corrugation of its wings?
... thatmissionary Thorarinn Thorason's wife threatened to drown herself due to hismissionary efforts in Iceland, but instead he drowned later that year?
... thatSpace Battle Lunchtime is a comic about food preparation, a subject largely ignored in American comics?
... thatHenri Laborit recognized the psychiatric uses ofchlorpromazine, which helped reduce asylum populations and "change the face of serious mental illness"?
... that since 1912, Spanish association football clubAthletic Bilbaoonly fields players with ancestry from the Basque Country?

14 October 2016

00:00, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Edmund Kalau

... that afterEdmund Kalau(pictured) spent his childhood in theHitler Youth, he converted to Christianity and served inPalau andYap in theLiebenzell Mission?
... that the philosophy journalBetween the Species took its name from a fictional periodical mentioned in aGeorge Abbe novel?
... that the science fiction video gameTharsis, inspired by the sinking of the whaling shipEssex, allows the crew of the player's spacecraft to usecannibalism to survive?
... that both the5-8 Club andMatt's Bar, twoMinneapolis eateries onthe same street, claim to have invented theJuicy Lucy cheeseburger?
... that the bandThe Mutants developed from the idea of an album set out to retrace the roots ofpunk,new wave, andska, featuring an all-star cast of punk musicians?
... thatAnne Ramberg was awarded theH. M. The King's Medal of 12th size to wear on a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system?
... thatTony Award-winning Broadway actress and singerLillian Hayman playedSadie Gray on the American soap operaOne Life to Live for 17 years?
... that if you bendindium it mightcry?

13 October 2016

00:00, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Royal Stables of Sweden

... that theRoyal Stables of Sweden(pictured) were established in 1535 and still serve theSwedish Royal Family?
... that artistMichael Lark spends ten or more hours a day working on the comicLazarus?
... thatSMSErzherzog Albrecht was one of the first two iron-hulled ships built for the Austro-Hungarian navy?
... that the sopranoKatharine Fuge took part inJohn Eliot Gardiner'sBach Cantata Pilgrimage, both as a member of theMonteverdi Choir and as a soloist?
... that theL. Tom Perry Special Collections Library atBrigham Young University housesMax Steiner's scores forKing Kong andGone with the Wind?
... thatQueen Salote College was named after the Tongan QueenSālote Lupepauʻu, who was named after the British QueenCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz?
... that therice root aphid can complete its whole life cycle on plum trees?
... thatRobert Rutman invented the steel cello, a giant sheet metal instrument?

12 October 2016

00:00, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

David Suhor

... thatDavid Suhor(pictured) opened proceedings for a meeting of thePensacola City Council by delivering a Satanic prayer?
... that professionalStreet Fighter playerDaigo Umehara lostan exhibition match ofStreet Fighter V to rapperLupe Fiasco?
... that Swedish photographerGösta Peterson met his wife at a cocktail party, where he was watering the flowers?
... that the number oftraffic collisions at theTEDES-monitored intersections and fast lanes inGaziantep, Turkey, declined by about 40% within two months of its installation?
... thata 15th-century English gentleman was called "Humphrey Stafford with the Silver Hand" because of aprosthesis he wore, perhaps having lost his limb in a "bellicose engagement"?
... thatKirkus Reviews wrote that the plot and tone of the 1998 young adult novelLove Among the Walnuts were akin to those of aPreston Sturges orFrank Capra film?
... that retired Canadian meteorologistPeter Coade was certified byThe Guinness Book of World Records as having had the longest career of any weather forecaster?
... that in 1595, theChantry House inBunbury,Cheshire, was leased for 2,000 years for the rent of a red rose?

11 October 2016

00:00, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Florida predatory stink bug nymph

... that theFlorida predatory stink bug(nymph pictured) is considered beneficial because it feeds on variouspest insects?
... thatGeorge Strait recorded several songs written byClay Blaker?
... that in the2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election,Janata Dal (United)'s candidate was supported by five other parties?
... that horse trainerJeff Givens was killed when hishorse trailer overturned?
... that theStates of Jersey were obliged to ask permission fromQueen Elizabeth II in order to adopt theJersey Red Ensign, because it contained the Jersey Arms with thePlantagenet crown?
... that Russia'sAluchin volcano is thought to have formed around 1000 CE?
... that theHiroshima Lightning was the only active team refused entry into Japanese basketball'sB.League?
... that after the 6-foot-9-inch (206 cm), 300-pound (140 kg) formerHarlem GlobetrotterRico Harris disappeared two years ago today, searchers wondered why they could find no trace of such a large man?

10 October 2016

00:00, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

After the Deluge

... thatAfter the Deluge(pictured) was described byWalter Bayes as "a kind of sublimation of all the most poetic elements in nature"?
... thatGadis Arivia established Indonesia’s first journal of feminist theory?
... that of the 482 coins found in theViking AgeSundveda Hoard outsideStockholm, only one came from Western Europe?
... that in 1985,China–Hong Kong football rivalry resulted in China's first recorded case offootball hooliganism?
... that the Cuban nationalOrder of Playa Girón, named after the location of theBay of Pigs Invasion, was first presented to the cosmonautYuri Gagarin?
... that on one occasion, protesters used a foghorn to discourageMormons in Ireland from meeting?
... thatCharles Brantley was the first person in theTennessee Walking Horse industry to be inducted into theTennessee Sports Hall of Fame?
... thatAlyssa Milano releasedfour studio albums in Japan after appearing in ads there for pasta and chocolate milk?

9 October 2016

00:00, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

South Africa Red Ensign

... that theSouth Africa Red Ensign(pictured) was raised overWindhoek following the British conquest of German South West Africa in 1915?
... that after admitting he took $10,000 to help afictitious Arab sheikh,Joseph A. Maressa argued that "it would be patriotic to take some of this OPEC oil money and get it back to the United States"?
... that the opening episode ofCash Trapped contained a continuity error which revealed the outcome at the start of the game show?
... thatGuiseley A.F.C. were accused of "disgraceful unsporting behaviour" when a player broke an unwritten fair-play convention to score past goalkeeperTom King?
... that in 1960, two barges collided with the 4,162-foot (1,270 m)Severn Railway Bridge, causing two bridge spans to fall into the river?
... that a reviewer ofZwölf Stücke, Op. 65, twelve organ pieces byMax Reger, wrote that the composer was "still in his storm and stress period"?
... that research by Columbia Law School professorJeffrey Fagan intostop-and-frisk in New York City was a major factor in JudgeShira Scheindlin's decision to rule the practice unconstitutional in 2013?
... thatswarms of dykes have intruded into Uruguay?

8 October 2016

00:00, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

American germander

... thatAmerican germander(pictured) is visited by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but avoided by grazing animals?
... that theBBC'sDaud Junbish is one of the few journalists in the world to have met formerTaliban chiefMullah Omar?
... that members of a press gang fromHMSAigle stood trial for murder when four people were killed during a raid on theIsle of Portland in 1803?
... that Finnish architectGustaf Nyström has been described as a "legendary teacher of architecture"?
... that theUniversity of Dundee School of Medicine has one of the biggest research complexes in the UK?
... that in 2013 the mayor ofYokneam Illit called for the rural village ofYokneam Moshava to be annexed to his city because it was blocking the city's ability to expand?
... that in the second year after its launch, biologicalpreprints hosted onbioRxivrepository weretweeted about on over 20,000 occasions?
... that actressGeorgina Bouzova feared that people would spit at her because of the behaviour of her characterEllen Zitek?

7 October 2016

00:00, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Handel

... that the naturalisation ofHandel(pictured) as a British citizen came viaan Act of Parliament which required him to enter into communion with the Church of England?
... thatcheese slaw is sometimes used as a topping for hot dogs?
... that different measurements of the size of the hydrogen atom nucleus when amuon replaces an electron is anunsolved problem in physics known as theproton radius puzzle?
... thatCarnethy 5, an annual hill race held in thePentland Hills, commemorates theBattle of Roslin?
... that the1928 Okeechobee hurricane caused at least 2,500 deaths in Florida, making it the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the US, behind the1900 Galveston hurricane?
... that the fossil antGesomyrmex magnus is notably larger than any other living or extinctGesomyrmex species?
... thatMax Esposito and his sisterChloe were the first Australian athletes to qualify for the2016 Summer Olympics?
... that althoughthe Beatles had a more successful version, the first recording of "Twist and Shout" was byThe Top Notes, and was produced byPhil Spector—who later went on to produce the Beatles?

6 October 2016

00:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Wash's Restaurant

... thatWash's Restaurant(pictured) served upsoul food dishes toAtlantic City beach-goers by day and its nightclub-hoppers by night?
... thatRavana had promisedKalanemi half his kingdom if he killedHanuman?
... that New York City'sCitywide Ferry Service is expected to carry 4.6 million passengers each year, roughly as many as theNew York City Subway carries each weekday?
... that Duayne Boachie was nominated for a "Best Newcomer" award at the2016 British Soap Awards for his portrayal ofZack Loveday?
... that in 1998,The Boston Globe said thegirls' video game market was "exploding" with titles such asThe American Girls Premiere?
... thatMoise Poida, theVanuatuan national football team manager, has played against World Cup winnerZinedine Zidane?
... that eruptions ofAnyuyskiy Volcano in Siberia may have inspired legends of places where hunting is banned and smoke and fire rise from the ground?
... thatJohn Harvard may have been inspired byClio?

5 October 2016

00:00, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Fossilised human footprints at Ciampate del Diavolo

... that theoldest known human footprints in continental Europe(pictured) are called "devil's trails" by locals?
... thatEdward Iacobucci has followed in his fatherFrank Iacobucci's footsteps asdean of theUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law?
... that ChineseDing ware of the 11th century has been described both asporcelain and asstoneware?
... thatIngmar Bergman based his script for thePalme d'Or-winning filmThe Best Intentions on the life of his fatherErik Bergman, salvaged from scattered notes, stories, and conversations?
... that theWrecking Crew supplied the instrumental tracks on dozens of hits recorded in Los Angeles during the 1960s, including "California Dreamin'", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "He's a Rebel", and "Good Vibrations"?
... thatLaurence Fishburne playedJosh Hall, a member of "daytime television's first African American family," on theABC soap operaOne Life to Live?
... that whenTalbieh Refugee Camp first opened, most of its inhabitants weredisplaced persons, as opposed torefugees?
... that syndicated cartoonistMark Tatulli received a note from a former teacher saying "I can't believe you're still doing the same crap you were doing in junior high, and now getting paid for it"?

4 October 2016

00:00, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Lena Sundström

... that Swedish journalistLena Sundström(pictured) was afoundling?
... that in the1970 Florida gubernatorial election,Claude Kirk calledReubin Askew a "momma’s boy who wouldn't have the courage to stand up under the fire of the legislators"?
... that to reduce injuries, professional tennis tournaments are no longer played oncarpet courts?
... that theBayit Lepletot orphanage inJerusalem houses and educates girls from as young as three years of age until they are ready tomarry and start homes of their own?
... thatMichigan Wolverines shooting guardCharles Matthews preferred thetrombone andskateboard to basketball in his youth?
... that the fossil ant speciesFormica paleosibirica has been described from only three partial males and two lone wings?
... that at age 78,Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe was awarded thePadma Shri for his lifetime work in photography?
... that theGet Out and Push Railroad required passengers to help its trains over the steeper sections of the route?

3 October 2016

03:30, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Pygmy goosefoot

... that thepygmy goosefoot(pictured), a plantendemic to New Zealand that was thought to beextinct, was rediscovered in 2015?
... thatAkiyama Tokuzō, once referred to as the "JapaneseEscoffier", became Master Chef of the Imperial Court of Japan at only 25 years of age?
... that in the 1990sDisney createdanimated storybook video games forThe Lion King,Pocahontas,Toy Story,The Hunchback of Notre Dame,101 Dalmatians,Hercules,The Little Mermaid, andMulan, as well as1966 and1974 shorts based onWinnie the Pooh?
... thatEmma Wiggs, a gold medallist inparacanoe at the 2016 Paralympics, competed at the 2012 Paralympics as asitting volleyball player?
... that planners of theJerusalem neighborhood ofMahane Yehuda offered free land to the first 50 families, but there were no takers?
... that the statisticianKai-Tai Fang's dissertation was written in two weeks but not published for 19 years because of theCultural Revolution?
... that in honor ofGeorgia Tech's1929 Rose Bowl victory, running backStumpy Thomason was given abear cub by a local businessman, which he drove around Atlanta and fed Coca-Cola?

2 October 2016

07:22, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Air-raid shelter at St Leonard's Court

... thatSt Leonard's Court in theLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames has a Grade II listed undergroundair-raid shelter(entrance pictured) built in the 1930s?
... that the stories of Italian author and Holocaust survivorRubino Romeo Salmonì were an inspiration forRoberto Benigni's 1997 filmLife Is Beautiful?
... thatRestaurant Andrew Fairlie is known for a signature dish of lobstercold smoked overwhisky casks?
... thatZufar al-Kilabi was given a high position in theUmayyad court and army in return for abandoning his support for the rebellion ofIbn al-Zubayr?
... thatChannel 4's 2016 Paralympics trailer "We're the Superhumans" featured abig band comprised of musicians with disabilities?
... thatMoldavian pediatricianAnastasie Fătu proposed a ban on open-casket church funerals?
... thatJordan has remained one of the safest countries in theMiddle East, despite regional turmoil?
... thatRKO Pictures fired directorHoward Hawks afterBringing Up Baby flopped, but the 1938screwball comedy is now regarded as one of Hawks' masterpieces?

1 October 2016

04:47, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Elin Rombo as Sister Blanche

... thatElin Rombo(pictured) played Sister Blanche inPoulenc'sDialogues of the Carmelites in a 2011 production at the Royal Swedish Opera?
... thatTimber Sycamore is a covert CIA program that arms and trains rebels in theSyrian civil war?
... that the Paralympic canoeing championAnne Dickins had to overcomeseasickness when she took up the sport?
... that theturnip aphid is highly prolific, with as many as 35 generations a year being recorded in Texas?
... thatDaniel Dalton has agraduate degree in public administration, but called his work in a U.S. congressman's office "the greatest education I've ever had"?
... that theCMLL 68th Anniversary Show was the first time that asteel cage match was held at aCMLL anniversary show?
... that when KingGeorge Tupou II of Tonga marriedLavinia Veiongo instead of ʻOfakivavaʻu, there were riots in the streets ofNukuʻalofa?
... that theSunday Mirror recommended that players stumped by video gameMyst should getPyst?

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