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31 October 2017

00:00, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Ustonson invoice

... thatOnesimus Ustonson(invoice pictured) supplied fishing tackle to the naturalistJoseph Banks for thesecond voyage of James Cook?
... that theEthiopian hare is endemic to Africa, and is found in theAfromontane Biozone of Ethiopia and the borders of theSudanian Savanna Biozone?
... that during theDubin Inquiry, lead counselRobert P. Armstrong questioned Canadian sprinterBen Johnson about hisanabolic steroid use?
... that officers from theAlbuquerque Police Department lied to theAlbuquerque Journal when providing details regarding thedeath of Victoria Martens?
... that aGRIM test on a sample of published psychology articles revealed that over half contained at least one mathematically impossible result?
... thatCatie Munnings, winner of the2016 FIA European Rally Championship Ladies' Trophy, was the first British driver to win a European rally title in 49 years?
... that thebazaar fly is a vector fortrachoma, the leading global cause of preventableblindness?
... that instead of giving thekeys to the city to visiting dignitaries, the mayor ofCalgary "white hats" them?

30 October 2017

00:00, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Stanley McDougall

... that SergeantStanley McDougall(pictured) was awarded theVictoria Cross for single-handedly killing many Germans with aLewis gun during theFirst Battle of Dernancourt?
... thatFrancis Poulenc composed themotets for male voicesQuatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise on the request of a relative who was aFranciscan friar?
... that the filmNUDE is about a talent search that was inspired by thePirelli Calendars of the 1970s?
... thatJean Ginsburg established one of the first clinics in Britain for menopausal women?
... thatBrigham Young Unversity'sInternational Harp Archive has more than 11,000 scores and sound recordings that feature the harp?
... thatCuban parliamentarianTeté Puebla is the first femalegeneral in the nation's history?
... that when breeding, the polychaete wormSyllis prolifera produces a detachable "stolon" which joins other stolons to swarm in thewater column?
... thatUsain Bolt andRoger Federer have each won theLaureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year a record four times since its inception in 2000?

29 October 2017

00:00, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

An-70 during take-off

... that theAntonov An-70(pictured) was the first aircraft to take flight powered only bypropfans?
... that computer science lecturerCynthia B. Lee promoted the use of gender-neutral language across her department atStanford University?
... thatTopolnița Cave is home to the largest colony ofgreater horseshoe bats in Europe?
... that the brief biographies of Italian artists by theAnonimo Gaddiano were written beforeVasari'sLives of 1550, but not published until 1892?
... thatCranston Public Library delivered 4,657 items to homebound residents ofCranston, Rhode Island, in 2016 alone?
... that Czech linguistMiroslav Komárek spent his entire six-decade academic career atPalacký University inOlomouc?
... that in 2013, theIrish Famine Memorial was described as "the most mocked and reviled public sculpture inBoston"?
... thatFloor's use of the "bomb string" on their albumOblation was described as "a guitar string tuned so low it flaps like a pensioner'sbingo wing"?

28 October 2017

00:00, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

AirTrain JFK vehicle

... thatAirTrain JFK(vehicle pictured), anairport rail link in New York City, took almost 30 years to plan?
... thatEleri Rees became a judge without ever practising as a barrister?
... that aVector General 3D terminal was used to create the 3D animation near the end of the originalStar Wars?
... thatKaram Singh was the first living recipient of theParam Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration?
... thatDrake's song "KMT" sampled the theme "His World" from the 2006 video gameSonic the Hedgehog?
... that the1982 Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 crash was one of three fatal helicopter accidentsBristow Helicopters suffered in little more than a year in theNorth Sea?
... that the musicologistBeatrix Borchard researched female musicians such asClara Schumann,Amalie Joachim, andPauline Viardot, and worked for theGoethe-Institut in Portugal, Romania, and China?
... that a global search yielded two mating partners forJeremy, a rare left-coiledsnail, but they began to mate with each other instead?

27 October 2017

00:00, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Cremation pyre for King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Cremation pyre for KingBhumibol Adulyadej

... that the cremation pyres(example pictured) built forThai royal funerals symbolizeMount Meru, the Hindu centre of the universe?
... thatRobert Traill was featured in an episode ofVictoria, written by his great-great-great-granddaughterDaisy Goodwin?
... that theArago hotspot may have been creating volcanoes, islands,atolls, andseamounts such asÎles Maria,Tuvalu, and theMarshall Islands for the past 120 million years?
... thatJohn de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk's preparations for the 1415Agincourt campaign cost him £2,000 and included a seat for his own toilet?
... that during the summer of 2017, theMilli Fire burned over 24,000 acres (97 km²) of forest land in Oregon, much of it in theThree Sisters Wilderness area?
... thatAltan Xire, the maintownship of arural county in Inner Mongolia, has an extensive urban skyline?
... that the first opera byAndrea Lorenzo Scartazzini premiered at theTheater Erfurt, the second at theTheater Basel, and the third at theDeutsche Oper Berlin in 2017?
... thatThe Black Swan at Oldstead is rated the best restaurant in the world byTripAdvisor?

26 October 2017

00:00, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

S. viticola galls

... that although thegall midgeSchizomyia viticola can produce up to 135galls(pictured) on a single grape vine leaf, the plant is not harmed?
... that the hymn "Den Herren will ich loben", whichMaria Luise Thurmair based on theMagnificat toa popular 1613 melody, was arranged with trumpets and timpani for a papal visit in Munich's Frauenkirche?
... thatAshley Hatch was named2017 NWSL Rookie of the Year and helped theNorth Carolina Courage win the2017 NWSL Shield, scoring seven goals in 24 games?
... that theMackinlay's cuckoo-dove can be distinguished from thebar-tailed cuckoo-dove by the dark spotting on the breast of the former caused by bifurcating feathers?
... that Latvian-bornLazar Bach became chair of the Communist Party of South Africa, but died in aGulag?
... that thenew tour by"Weird Al" Yankovic focuses on Yankovic's original songs, as opposed to his stapleparody songs?
... that researchers found that sendingbirthday cards to 21-year-olds did not help reduceharmful birthday drinking?
... thatAbbie Hutty hopes there reallyislife on Mars?

25 October 2017

00:00, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Siegfried Fietz

... thatSiegfried Fietz(pictured) wrote a popular melody for "Von guten Mächten", one of more than 3,000 song melodies he composed?
... that in a sample ofmedical reviews, useless treatments were just as likely to berecommended for further research as were useful treatments?
... thatTheresa Goell spent much of her life working on excavations atNemrud Dagh in Turkey, but never discovered the tomb ofAntiochus I of Commagene that she hoped to find there?
... that the coralPocillopora elegans is considered "vulnerable" after being severely depleted in the eastern Pacific during the 1982–1983El Niño event?
... thatRebecca Thomas wrote and directedElectrick Children, a film with a budget of US$1 million, while she was still a university student?
... thatEverything Everything's third album,Get to Heaven, was at one point bookmakers' favourite for the 2015Mercury Prize, but was ultimately not even nominated?
... thatNiaz A. Naik played a pivotal role in back-channel talks during theKargil War between India and Pakistan?
... that "Old Love / New Love" was written byTwin Shadow for afictional radio station?
... that the forgedMorey letter may have helped 1880 U.S. Presidential candidateWinfield S. Hancockwin California and Nevada?

24 October 2017

00:00, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Perspective view of Rupes Tenuis on Mars

... thatRupes Tenuis(pictured), theMartian north polar scarp, may have been in retreat since the LateAmazonian period?
... thatLeo Nocentelli was one of the primary songwriters of theNew Orleans funk bandThe Meters?
... that the2017 Vegas eRace carried a total prize fund of $1 million, the largest ineSports racing history?
... thatKarim Morani teamed up withShah Rukh Khan in 2013 to co-produce the commercially successful filmChennai Express?
... that the forgedMorey letter may have helped 1880 U.S. Presidential candidateWinfield S. Hancockwin California and Nevada?
... that the Chinese government sponsors agangsta rap group calledCD Rev?
... that althoughArthur Schopenhauer had not invited her and initially refused to cooperate,Elisabet Ney nevertheless sculpted hisportrait bust?
... thatSam Bosworth is the first malecoxswain to win aninternational elite rowing event with a female crew?

23 October 2017

00:00, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

MaleR. pulchellus

... thatRhipicephalus pulchellus(pictured) is sometimes known by itscommon name "the zebratick", both because zebras are one of its mainhosts and because of the males' black and white ornamentation?
... that in the1951–52 Indian general election, the 27-year oldSunkam Achalu was elected by the largest margin?
... that GovernorDavid B. Hill prevented New York fromcarrying out a state census in 1885?
... that looming war between the Dacian kingBurebista andJulius Caesar was preempted by the assassination of both leaders?
... that Icelandic chess grandmasterMargeir Pétursson founded the country's only commercial bank that did not crash during thefinancial crisis of 2007–08?
... that theCanales investigation heard 80 witnesses describing murders, kidnappings, and other crimes committed by theTexas Rangers in the early 20th century?
... thatJohn Potter's story of his role as a secret agent inoccupied France was exposed as false only after his death?
... that people have suffered anAntabuse-type reaction from eating theclub foot mushroom and drinking alcohol?

22 October 2017

00:00, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Artist's conception of a multitude of tiny diamonds next to a hot star

... thatextraterrestrial diamonds(pictured) in meteorites preserve their history from before the Solar System formed?
... that the family ofTejano lawmakerJosé Tomás Canales feared he would be assassinated during his 1919 investigation into theTexas Rangers?
... thatBaahubali 2: The Conclusion is thehighest grossing film in India, with a domestic collection of over₹12.53 billion?
... thatMelahat Okuyan, a Turkish femalemicrobiologist and AIDS activist, once proposed the establishment ofmale brothels for homosexuals andcross-dressers in order to improve public health?
... that themidden inkcap can be used as ink?
... thatKrishna is theHindu god of compassion, tenderness, and love?
... thata host venue for the2019 Rugby World Cup will be built inKamaishi, which suffered major damage during the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?
... thatAgnes Robertson served in theAustralian Senate until she was 79, and switched political parties at the age of 73?

21 October 2017

00:00, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Lady Macbeth, detail

... thatElisabet Ney'sLady Macbeth(detail pictured), whose face resembles the artist's own, has been interpreted as aself-portrait and expression of personal grief?
... thatreinforcement is one of the few cases in whichnatural selection can directly influence theorigin of new species?
... thatMatt Page humorously edited historical images to includeAxl Rose eating snacks?
... that the Dominican amber antOdontomachus spinifer was named for its very large spine?
... thatAveril Mansfield, a former president of theBritish Medical Association, was Britain's first female professor of surgery?
... thatGuizhou Plateau forests are prone to drought stress despite high rainfall in the region?
... thatN. Somana is one of only twoKodagu district politicians to be elected to theLok Sabha?
... thatDuke Huan of Qi's corpse was left to rot in his bedchamber while his sonsfought for the throne ofQi?

20 October 2017

00:00, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Northern rosella

... that thenorthern rosella(pictured) was previously known as the smutty rosella?
... that Australian surgeonHelen Sexton came out of retirement to open a field hospital in France during World War I?
... that theUnited States Coast Guard andChina Coast Guard regularly deploy officers aboard each other's vessels as a part ofUnited States–China security cooperation?
... that out of the thirteenNippon Professional Baseball seasons that have includedinterleague play, the Pacific League has beaten the Central League in all but one?
... thatSheila Callender helped to establish the medical discipline ofhaematology?
... thatblister coral was not recognised as a new species until 1971?
... that afterNagapattinam Member of ParliamentS.G. Murugaiyan was killed in broad daylight,his party retained the seat in the subsequent1979 by-election?
... that the discovery of a fossilizedfrog in theCaves of Kesh in 1901 disproved a common belief that the species was only introduced into Ireland in 1699?

19 October 2017

00:00, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Loggerhead Key

... thatLoggerhead Key(pictured) was home to the Tortugas Laboratory, which performed some of the first research on Western Hemispheremangroves andcoral reefs?
... that mezzo-sopranoPatricia Johnson appeared asEboli at theDeutsche Oper Berlin, and created the roles of aNabokov Princess and aHenze Baroness?
... that the sea gastropodCoriocella nigra has an internal shell and four or five bosses on its body?
... that the workshop ofAugust Volz supplied decorations for theLatvian National Opera,Latvian National Theatre,Latvian National Museum of Art, andArt Academy of Latvia?
... thatCalifornia High-Speed Rail's proposedPacheco Pass Tunnel is expected to become the longest rail tunnel in North America?
... thatHeinrich Schütz published hisSymphoniae sacrae I, a collection of 20 "eloquent, sensitive, and often sensuous" settings of biblical texts, in 1629 in Venice, where he studied withMonteverdi?
... thatSelna Kaplan led the first clinical trials of artificialgrowth hormone in the United States?
... that thebanded nemertean ribbon worm readily breaks into pieces, each of which can regenerate into a new individual within four weeks?

18 October 2017

00:15, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

St Paul's Cathedral Choir

... that in hisMagnificat and Nunc dimittis for St Paul's Cathedral(interior pictured),Herbert Howells uses slow and spacious changes in harmony and tonality to suit the building's long echo?
... that following her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer, theBritishVogue health editorDeborah Hutton campaigned to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking for teenage girls?
... thatchalice coral andporous lettuce coral can be confused underwater?
... that upon his retirement in January 1979,A. M. Aikin Jr. was the longest-tenuredlegislator in the history ofTexas?
... thatthe Ex is a target practice mannequin that spouts blood when shot?
... that the name of the desert areaXiangshawan (literally, "resonant sand gorge") inInner Mongolia derives from the loud boom and whistling sound created when sliding down its sand dune?
... that in the Credo section of hisMissa Ave Marie, composerLudwig Daser clearly stated his Protestant beliefs to the Catholic court ofAlbert V, Duke of Bavaria?
... thatChains of Love was described as "televised prostitution"?

17 October 2017

00:30, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Canan Bayram

... thatCanan Bayram(pictured) was the only member ofAlliance 90/The Greens directly elected to the German parliament in the2017 election?
... that besides feeding on carpets, the larvae of thecommon carpet beetle can destroy dried insects in collections?
... thatFawad Khan appeared inEastern Eye's listing of the "50 Sexiest Asian Men" in 2014, 2015, and 2016?
... thatGrangemoor Park inCardiff, Wales, was created on top of a formerlandfill site of household and commercial rubbish?
... that captured women and girls were sold for 10 to 20Mexican dollars during theWarlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong?
... that althoughPausanias describedSpintharus of Corinth as the architect of theTemple at Delphi, subsequent historians have disagreed as to which temple he built?
... that thebarred cuckoo-dove is similar to thelittle cuckoo-dove, but is larger and darker, and is black-barred at the mantle, breast, covert, and tail?
... that one critic described the plot ofNude for Satan as "the Devil is bored and wants to have an orgy. Oh, and Calderoni gets molested by a giant spider"?

16 October 2017

00:45, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

View of State Reception Room with Mohawk carpet

... that theState Reception Room(pictured) inOlympia, Washington, has what was once the world's largest single-loom carpet?
... that after nearly six decades of collectingInuit sculptures and other art,Jacqui Shumiatcher gifted 1,310 pieces valued at CAD$3 million to the University of Regina?
... that the earliest record of theToronto cocktail is from 1922, when thecity of Toronto was underprohibition?
... thatAndy Boarman ran a popular music store and instrument workshop out of hisHedgesville barber shop?
... thatpesticides may have detrimental effects on beneficial insects such as bees?
... thatJohn D. Hoffman was the only member of theManhattan District to be awarded theSoldier's Medal, the United States Army's highest award for heroism in a non-combat situation?
... that based on genetic data, thewestern oriole and thegreen-headed oriole are sister species?
... that after viewing footage from his 1970 filmSerene Velocity, directorErnie Gehr felt nauseated?

15 October 2017

01:00, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Hell's fire anemone

... that although mostsea anemones(example pictured) are harmless to humans, a few are venomous and some can be lethal?
... thatstudent activists joined forces with the military to overthrow the Cuban government during the 1933Sergeants' Revolt?
... that in 1471,John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, considered himself unable to attendparliament in London with a sufficiently large retinue for a duke, and so refused to do so?
... that the restoration of theNiagara Apothecary has been described as "the most authentic restoration of its kind in Canada and perhaps in North America"?
... thatH. Rex Lee was the last non-electedGovernor of American Samoa?
... that theblack-necked grebe is flightless for two months of the year?
... thatMyron Prinzmetal gave his name toPrinzmetal's angina, a type of chest pain that occurs at rest?
... thatQit'at Jaradah, an island in thePersian Gulf, rises only 0.4 metres (1 ft 4 in) above water at high tide?

14 October 2017

01:15, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Cinder Butte Fire

... that in August 2017, theCinder Butte Fire(pictured) threatened importantarchaeological sites inCentral Oregon?
... thatPrince of WallachiaRadu Paisie was deposed by hisOttoman overlords in 1545, with measures taken to prevent his "abscond[ing] with the treasury"?
... that both sides in theBattle of Emmendingen lost their commanding general,one to a musket ball,the other to a cannonball?
... that filmmakerNicholas McCarthy and humoristJohn Hodgman co-edited a controversial high school magazine?
... that themilky ribbon worm feeds onsoft-shell clams, inserting its proboscis through the siphon and devouring the soft tissues?
... that until 1968, some 5,000 people on the "Indian List", so-called due to the automatic inclusion ofindigenous people, were prohibited from buying liquor fromBC Liquor Stores?
... that the butterflyCalycopis pisis has a juniorsynonym named after American cartoonistGary Larson?
... thatErich Mühe, the first surgeon to remove a gallbladder bylaparoscopy, was initially mocked by his colleagues for performing "Mickey Mouse surgery"?

13 October 2017

01:30, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Optima Signature

... that residents of the top 15 floors of theOptima Signature(pictured) have access to a private club in the building?
... that theRoman consul,urban prefect, andjurisconsultPlotius Pegasus was named by his father, a naval commander, after a ship he commanded?
... that theNew Britain bronzewing is rated as a "vulnerable species" because the population is in decline and there are fewer than 5,000 birds in total?
... thatChristof Loy received theDer Faust award for staging Mozart'sCosì fan tutte at the Frankfurt Opera?
... thatMichele Strazzabosco played in a preseason game with theBuffalo Sabres prior to the2006–07 NHL season, becoming the firstItalian-trained player to do so in National Hockey League history?
... that the so-called "Tibesti Soda Lake" at the bottom of theTrou au Natron volcanic caldera is actually a mineral crust composed ofsodium carbonate?
... thatFannie Eleanor Williams created blood storage techniques used in the first Australian blood bank?
... thatGerman People's Radio pretended to broadcast from within Germany, but was actually located inMoscow?

12 October 2017

01:45, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Nakhl Gardani ritual in Iran

... thatNakhl Gardani(pictured) is a ritual in which a woody structure symbolizingHusayn ibn Ali's coffin is carried on theday of Ashura?
... that in his 1960Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens,Maurice Duruflé "shows his particular genius for invoking the spiritual element of plainsong in a polyphonic context"?
... that thewestern bronze-naped pigeon is found in many countries across Africa?
... that former Dutch Chess ChampionJorden van Foreest is the great-great grandson ofArnold van Foreest, a three-time Dutch Chess Champion?
... that in 1745, King Frederick II of Prussia came to be known as "Frederick the Great" after defeating Austria and Saxony in theSecond Silesian War?
... thatM.L. Tahaliyani sentencedAjmal Kasab todeath for his role in the2008 Mumbai attacks?
... that the song "Why Didn't Rosemary?" from the 1969 albumDeep Purple was inspired by the filmRosemary's Baby?
... that in 2014,Sarah Barrow won the first individual European gold medal for a female British diver in 87 years?

11 October 2017

02:00, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Antonio Conte

... thatAntonio Conte(pictured) is the only person to win theSerie A Coach of the Year award three times in a row?
... thatCharles Macdonald called for the creation of a single university forNova Scotia in his inaugural address atDalhousie College?
... that thescarlet-breasted fruit dove is normally a quiet bird, but sometimes emits deep, soft,oohoo calls?
... thatSharad Panday was a pioneer of bloodless open heart surgery in India?
... that the planthopperAlicodoxa is one of a number of insects found in bothRovno amber andBaltic amber?
... that in 1995, American filmmakerMark Romanek directed two of the most expensive music videos ever made?
... that "Von guten Mächten", a poem written byDietrich Bonhoeffer in prison in 1944 where he faced execution, became a hymn with several melodies?
... that thefootballerGeorge Poland was rejected byCardiff City F.C. as an outfield player before making his debut two years later as agoalkeeper?

10 October 2017

02:15, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Benty Grange helmet

... that warriors in the epic poemBeowulf wear helmets like the boar-crestedBenty Grange helmet(pictured)?
... thatLeaena Tambyah founded Singapore's first school for children with multiple disabilities in 1979?
... thattitanium dioxide nanoparticles prevent cancer when used insunscreens, but may cause it if inhaled by production workers?
... that duringhis Presidential campaign,Alton B. Parker refused to criticize thelynchings and denial ofBlack suffrage in theSouthern United States?
... that theBirka female Viking warrior has been described as ashield-maiden similar toBrienne of Tarth fromGame of Thrones?
... that theComoros blue pigeon has a habit of perching in full sun and raising one wing to expose it to the sun?
... that "Mehmetçik", the common name for Ottoman and Turkish soldiers, is thought to commemorateBigalı Mehmet Çavuş, who fought during theGallipoli Campaign in 1915?
... thatThe Rolling Stones are a British rock band? Okay, you probably did...

9 October 2017

02:30, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Blyth's kingfisher

... that the scientific name of theBlyth's kingfisher(pictured), which grows up to 23 centimetres (9 inches) long, derives from the Greek demigodHercules?
... that in 2005Atanasio Monserrate and two other ministers resigned from theManohar Parrikar-led government, leaving it in a minority and thus prematurely bringing down theGovernment of Goa?
... that theBorder Police of Georgia have continued to help enforce Georgian sovereignty overAbkhazia andSouth Ossetia since the end of theRusso-Georgian War?
... that larvae of theorange-tipped sea squirt are brooded, and settle on the seabed close to the parent within minutes of being released?
... thatS. Sashikanth was an award-winning architect before launching his own film production company,Y NOT Studios?
... that even though hewon the popular vote by a 51–48% margin,Samuel J. Tilden failed to win the U.S. presidency in 1876?
... thatEugene Reimer, who played wheelchair basketball withTerry Fox andRick Hansen, was the first disabled athlete to receive theOrder of Canada?
... that hall of fame horseEternal Sun's owner purchased him with an IOU written on a corner torn from the page of the seller's catalog?

8 October 2017

02:45, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

1951 Muntz Jet

... that theMuntz Jet(pictured) was a car that came with the option of a liquor cabinet and ice chest under the rear seat armrests?
... thatAlison Van Eenennaam is working on a collaborative research project focused on the production of hornless dairy cattle throughgene editing?
... that whenPál Turán was forced to work in a brick factory during World War II, the bumpy crossings of the cart tracks inspired him to askhow to draw graphs with few crossings?
... thatFragmentarium digital research laboratory hopes to reunite lost fragments of medieval manuscripts?
... that despite being urged to do so,William Jennings Bryanrefused to drop his free silver plank when he ran for U.S. President in 1900?
... that a 13-city tour forJust the Beginning, a November 2017 album release by 13-year-oldAmerica's Got Talent winnerGrace VanderWaal, sold out in September?
...that theForrest's pika has at different times been treated as a subspecies of theMoupin pika, theRoyle's pika, and thesteppe pika?
... thatJason Chee won a gold medal in table tennis despite losing both his legs, his left arm, one right finger, and his right eye?

7 October 2017

03:00, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Gypsy Madonna, Titian, 1510–11

... that the landscape inTitian'sGypsy Madonna(pictured) virtually repeats part of that in theDresden Venus?
... thatHorace Greeley died shortly after helost the U.S. Presidency to Ulysses S. Grant?
... that theThomas's pika issympatric with theGansu pika?
... thatAnnie Nicolette Zadoks Josephus Jitta's unusual name inspired a book?
... that18 cities in the Soviet Union had a population of at least one million in 1979?
... that in the American scholarScott Rozelle's 30-year career as a development economist, he has been mostly concerned with children's health conditions in rural China?
... that thePhilippine cuckoo-dove was formerly listed as a subspecies of theruddy cuckoo-dove and thebrown cuckoo-dove?
... that a 1912 party hosted byVine Colby made the news for its originality?

6 October 2017

03:15, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Alice byJohn Tenniel

... thatLewis Carroll may have basedAlice(pictured) onAlice?
... that theOlympia, Washington war memorialWinged Victory features aRed Cross nurse?
... thatLancastrian lordJohn Clifford was killed, possibly by an arrow in the throat, while the main Lancastrian army was only a few miles away?
... that in 1974,Mattoon, Illinois'sCross County Mall became the first shopping center in the US to haveJ. C. Penney,Sears, andKmart, then the nation's three largest retailers?
... that as UK secretary in the Economic Directorate of theAllied Control Council in post-war Berlin,Lorna Arnold slept with a revolver under her pillow?
... that songs and books for children often depict happyfarm animals in attractive countryside, glossing over the realities of impersonal, mechanized activities involved in modern intensive farming?
... that twin sisters Bertha andBernice C. Downing became owners and publishers of theSanta Clara Journal when they were 17 years old?
... that theblack-backed forktail has a call reminiscent of a squeaky hinge?

5 October 2017

03:30, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Siphopteron quadrispinosum copulating

... that while mating, some species ofbat-winged slugs(pictured) stab each other with a two-pronged penis?
... that afterWilliam Lunn's wedding, people destroyed the door of a police watch house inMontreal?
... thatNicholas Nabokov composed an operaLove's Labour's Lost, setting the same play by Shakespeare as the fictional hero of Mann'sDoctor Faustus, "in a spirit of the most artificial mockery"?
... thatChristine Murrell was the first woman elected to the BritishGeneral Medical Council, but died before she could take her seat?
... that theCalifornia Central Valley city ofPorterville purchased an abandoned rail right-of-way to preserve it for the proposedCross Valley Corridor passenger rail service?
... that JudgeOrfa Jean Shontz created an all-femalejuvenile court with a homelike setting?
... that theEthiopian highland hare was originally described as a subspecies of theCape hare, but it was later raised to full species status?
... that when operatic sopranoCynthia Clarey's voice lowered with age, she took upcabaret singing instead?

4 October 2017

03:45, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Silence=Death poster

... that afterSilence=Death posters(pictured) appeared aroundManhattan,William Olander created aNew Museum exhibit highlighting public indifference to AIDS victims?
... thatLinguamyrmex vladi is named forVlad the Impaler, who was the inspiration forCount Dracula?
... that accordionistVincent Peirani and pianistMichael Wollny, both multipleECHO Jazz winners, recorded the "symbiotic" albumTandem?
... that during theSprague Fire inGlacier National Park, the interior of the historicSperry Chalet completely burned, leaving only the exterior stone walls standing?
... thatThe Inquiry, a study group established by US PresidentWoodrow Wilson to make recommendations for the 1919Paris Peace Conference, suggested that Crimea should be given to Ukraine?
... thatTajama Abraham survivedHurricane Hugo by hiding in a commercial refrigerator with her family?
... that theplain-breasted piculet is usually inconspicuous but may be detected by the pecking sounds it makes while foraging?
... that the lack of breakfast pushedMab Copland Lineman to fight against alabor union?

3 October 2017

04:00, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

A Chinese wedding door game in action

... that as part of Chinese weddings, the groom may be made to swallow pungentwasabi,chilli padi, and bitter teabefore receiving the bride at her family home?
... thatJane Frances Winn was one of the first female journalists to cover women'sgolf events?
... that the producers of "Drew Live II" kept many elements of the episode a secret from the cast?
... thatYttralox, atransparent ceramic, was accidentally discovered in the course of fuel cell research in the mid-1960s?
... that the limpetIothia emarginuloides is commonly found on the red algaPhyllophora antarctica growing under the Antarcticsea ice?
... that Wolfgang Rihm's operaDionysos, with a libretto by Rihm using only words byNietzsche, was first performed at theSalzburg Festival and calledpremiere of the year?
... that a middle-class terrorist organization known asel ABC successfully lobbied for two cabinet positions in the 1933 provisional government ofCuba?
... that before his death at theBattle of Barnet in 1471,John Neville was reported to be in the thick of the fighting and "cutting off arms and heads like a hero of romance"?

2 October 2017

04:15, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Lydia Zvereva

... thatLydia Zvereva(pictured) was the first Russian woman to earn a pilot's license?
... that thealpine pika can produce three different vocalizations: a long call during the mating season, a short call, and an alarm call when threatened?
... that the phrase "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion" helpedGrover Cleveland win the 1884 U.S. Presidential election?
... thatPrussia entered a secret armistice withAustria in October 1741, butFrederick the Great pretended to continue fighting theFirst Silesian War for another two months?
... thatCaroline B. Winslow opened the Homeopathic Free Dispensary, the first facility inWashington, D.C. where women doctors could practice side-by-side with their male colleagues?
... thatJohannes Brahms used the same melody for a song of hisFünf Lieder, Op. 105, as for the theme of the slow movement ofhis second piano concerto?
... that ahydroelectric diversion project and adark matter research lab have been developed deep under theJinping Mountains in Sichuan, China?
... thatDon Amador is portrayed in the filmMilk by his friendCleve Jones, while Jones is portrayed byEmile Hirsch?

1 October 2017

04:30, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Royal Nine-Tiered Umbrella over the Phuttan Kanchanasinghat Throne

... that until thecoronation of the Thai monarch is completed, the ruler is considered only aregent and may not sit under theRoyal Nine-Tiered Umbrella(pictured)?
... that by winning the2013 Monaco GP2 Series sprint race,Stefano Coletti became the first Monegasque racing driver to win a motor race in Monaco sinceLouis Chiron in1931?
... thatSayaka Harada decided to become avoice actress inanime despite not having watched many Japanese cartoons?
... that Californians have a right to accessmedical aid in dying under theCalifornia End of Life Option Act?
... that coloratura sopranoJoan Carroll appeared as Alban Berg'sLulu more than 100 times, including the U.S. premiere at theSanta Fe Opera?
... that Tibet'sMoupin pika is a burrowing mammal that makeshaypiles to store food?
... thatGene Rambo won the International Rodeo Association all-around championship four times?
... that 21 of the 26Michelin 3-star restaurants in Paris serveKaluga Queen caviar?

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