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31 March 2019

00:00, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Christine Ferber

... that jams made by FrenchchocolatierChristine Ferber(pictured) are sold in TokyoIsetan department stores, each wrapped in red cloth with a white bow?
... thatThe Marriage is a video game that tries to convey meaning through itsmechanics rather than through audio or visuals?
... thatUrsula K. Le Guin once rejected an offer fromHayao Miyazaki to adapt herEarthsea series for the screen, but changed her mind after watching Miyazaki's filmMy Neighbor Totoro?
... that the 1923 filmThe Shepherd King about the BiblicalDavid has an opening scene in Egypt because ofKing Tut?
... that the sopranoMelitta Muszely appeared as the four womenHoffmann loves inFelsenstein's production at theKomische Oper Berlin in 1958, and still sang recitals at age 80?
... that theUssuri shrew feeds largely on earthworms and needs to eat more than twice its bodyweight each day?
... that Hungarian ice hockey refereeLászló Schell set an unofficial record of 22Ice Hockey World Championship matches officiated in a year?
... thatStackpole Books sold 12,000 copies ofMein Kampf in English before being ordered to stop?

30 March 2019

00:00, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Pink-necked green pigeon

... that thepink-necked green pigeon(male pictured) was one of the first species of bird recorded onKrakatoa after the main islanderupted in 1883?
... that Toronto treasure and antique dealerBilly Jamieson discovered the lost mummy of pharaohRamesses I when he purchased theNiagara Falls Museum?
... that despite having large molecular gas reservoirs,NGC 3665 has a less than expectedstar formation rate?
... that whenRiko Azuna auditioned to perform the opening theme to theanime seriesBloom Into You, all she knew about the series was that it focuses onlove between two girls?
... that in 1674, theDutch East India shipWapen van Rotterdam wascaptured in Ronas Voe, Shetland, by three Englishmen-of-war?
... thatMark Angel produced the first African YouTube comedy channel to reach one million subscribers?
... that Malaysia was stripped of its right to host the2019 World Para Swimming Championships after refusing to allow Israeli athletes to enter the country to compete?
... thatJane Somerville has "Unicorns" all around the world?

29 March 2019

00:00, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Elly Mayday inA Perfect 14

... that whenElly Mayday(pictured) was diagnosed withovarian cancer, she not only continued tomodel, but appeared in pictorials with a bald head from chemotherapy and surgery scars?
... that theLutheran Trinity Church inEast Melbourne has occupied its site continuously since 1854, with services conducted in German?
... thatSumiko Hennessy, a co-founder of theAsian Pacific Development Center inDenver, Colorado, has taught courses for corporate executives about Asian cultures and "stress management Asian-style"?
... that thePersian city ofArrajan, built using the labour ofRoman prisoners of war in the early 6th century, later flourished as a large settlement by the 11th century?
... that whenBarbara Low andDorothy Hodgkin determined the structure ofpenicillin in 1945, it was the largest molecule ever to be successfully investigated byX-ray crystallography?
... that a colony ofwebspinners recently discovered inSurrey was the first neworder of insects found in Britain for over a century?
... that after theGreat Sichuan earthquake,Ding Yi donated more than 200,000yuan to his former company to help with reconstruction?
... that theBaseball Rule inAmerican tort law holds that as long as a baseball team has protected seats available, fans injured byfoul balls generally cannot hold the teamliable?

28 March 2019

01:48, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

The monastery's circular church

... that Portugal'sMonastery of Serra do Pilar(church pictured) was designated aWorld Heritage Site in 1996?
... thatAbby Cubillo is the first woman born and raised in theNorthern Territory to play in theWomen's National Basketball League?
... that a Republican candidate has not won aChicago mayoral election since1927?
... that, in rejecting so-called "New Criticism",Robert Kaske argued thatmedieval poetry needs to be read in context?
... that theEngenho dos Erasmos, built inColonial Brazil around 1534 to produce sugar cane, was attacked by the English in 1591 and the Dutch in 1615?
... that in 2018Lydia Steier, born inHartford, Connecticut, became the first woman to stage Mozart'sDie Zauberflöte at theSalzburg Festival?
... thatlarge moles can live for four years but may fall prey to owls, snakes, or weasels?
... that after China's "tobacco king"Chu Shijian was sentenced to life imprisonment, he became the "king of oranges"?

27 March 2019

00:00, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Ground billiards

... that moderncue sports games such assnooker andnine-ball can be traced back to the game ofground billiards, played with hoops and mallets(illustration shown)?
... that Brazilian-bornCatarina Macario won three Americancollege soccer awards in the same year?
... that the giant spoon wormIkeda taenioides survived atsunami that devastated other members of the seabed community?
... that physicianSumant Mehta spent five years in jails for his participation in theIndian independence movement?
... that a visit toThe Farm byUNICEF resulted in the development ofThe Farm Vegetarian Cookbook?
... that horror authorMichaelbrent Collings used the pen name "Angelica Hart" for his western romance series?
... that the sheriffs of more than a dozen of the 39 counties ofWashington state have announced they will not enforcerecently enacted gun-control legislation?
... that Swedish singerSophia Somajo released her second album viaThe Pirate Bay?

26 March 2019

00:00, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Edith Munro in uniform

... that after her son,U.S. Coast Guard signalmanDouglas Albert Munro, was killed in battle, 48-year-oldEdith Munro(pictured) joined the Coast Guard herself?
... thathearing protection fit-testing is used to determine if devices likeearplugs orearmuffs are providing the right amount of sound reduction?
... thatHu Peiquan founded the journal ofNorthwestern Polytechnical University and served as its chief editor for more than 60 years?
... that the start of theGreek Revolution of 1821 is celebrated today?
... thatBekah Brunstetter's playThe Cake, about a baker refusing to serve gay customers, was partly inspired by her fatherPeter S. Brunstetter's opposition tosame-sex marriage?
... that the peanut wormThemiste hennahi is a "tentacle breather"?
... thatAlfred Westou is said to have combed the hair and cut the nails ofSt Cuthbert, even though the saint had been dead for more than three centuries?
... thatKarta, an orangutan at theAdelaide Zoo, escaped from her enclosure by short-circuiting an electrical fence using a stick?

25 March 2019

00:00, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Circuit of the Americas pit lane

... that the 2019IndyCar Classic atCircuit of the Americas(pictured) will be the first time thatAmerican open-wheel cars andFormula One have raced at the same track during their respective seasons since 2006?
... that actorJude Akuwudike originated the part of "the Queen" in the first British production ofNot About Nightingales?
... that thefiery-browed starling, found only onSulawesi in Indonesia, forms mixed flocks with theSulawesi myna andgrosbeak starling?
... that while on hiatus from herbeach volleyball career,Sanne Keizer completed a master's degree incriminal investigation and worked as a police detective?
... that the"Weird Al" parody song "Chicken Pot Pie" was not released at the request of vegetarianPaul McCartney, who felt it endorsed eating meat?
... thatWalter Wasservogel was the first full-time general secretary of theInternational Ice Hockey Federation?
... that in 1980, aribbon worm was implicated in the collapse of theDungeness crab fishery in central California?
... thatan award for women journalists in India is named after aJain freedom fighter?
... that as he was a teacher by day and bandleader at night, those who knewBob Bachelder in one role likely were unaware of the other?

24 March 2019

00:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Chapel in Innerberg

... that architectJörg Streli and his two colleagues designed the Sankt-Margarethen-Kapelle(pictured) inTyrol, which rises like a tower on a circular floor?
... that Rosie Bernard's bar inMonte Carlo,The Chatham, was "one of the temples of grand prix racing"?
... thatWu Dechang managed the emergency response to large-scaleplutonium contamination caused by a failed Chinese nuclear test?
... that the range ofLaxmann's shrew extends from Norway toSakhalin Island in eastern Asia?
... that among the live venues Japanese singer and voice actressAimi performed at prior to her major debut was asteakhouse?
... that theburrowing brittle star submerges itself in mud and raises its arms to feed?
... thatWashington lands commissionerHilary Franz was a competitiveice skater as a teenager?
... thatTuvalu could only afford tobecome a member of the United Nations after sellingits Internet country code top-level domain?

23 March 2019

00:00, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Margit Bokor

... that the sopranoMargit Bokor(pictured) created the role of Zdenka inArabella by Richard Strauss at theSemperoper in Dresden in 1933, and performed the role in the UK premiere at theRoyal Opera House?
... that thewildlife of Sweden is likely to be affected by climate change, with thetree line moving further north and to higher altitudes, and forests replacingtundra?
... thatYury Karandin was the first Sovietreferee to officiate matches involvingNational Hockey League players?
... thatSharlene San Pedro andNash Aguas, the lead actors of the 2018 thrillerClass of 2018, worked together on asketch comedy show when they were children?
... that according to historianAn Zuozhang, the governing principle of theWestern Han dynasty of ancient China was "doing nothing against nature"?
... that the children's poetry bookThe Great Migration: Journey to the North reflects author Eloise Greenfield's own childhood experiences?
... thatPercy Furnivall, Britain's first heart surgeon, was also a champion amateur bicyclist, tricyclist, and tandemist?
... that the University of Mississippi band was asked to stop playing "From Dixie with Love" because fans kept chanting, "The South will rise again"?

22 March 2019

00:00, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

United States 24-cent stamps with inverted center from 1869

... that AmericanphilatelistWilliam Thorne owned a unique block of four United States 1869 24-cent stamps with an inverted center(pictured) showing the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
... thatRonnie O'Sullivan won the2017 Masters snooker event, despite breaking hiscue tip in his semifinal match?
... thatBoro Maa created a refugee colony atThakurnagar for theMatuas, who were displaced due to the1947 Partition of Bengal?
... thatArtur Schnabel's recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas were the first complete recordings ever made of all of the composer's32 piano sonatas?
... thatJon Teske posted adouble-double in his first collegiate start and the first collegiate basketball game played atLittle Caesars Arena?
... thatTobago'sMain Ridge is one of the oldest protected areas in the world set aside for conservation, having been created by theBritish Parliament in 1776?
... that agay former British prince died fighting on the side ofNazi Germany despite loathing Hitler and the Nazi Party?
... thatNickey Barclay played withFanny,Cocker, andBall?

21 March 2019

00:00, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Attic vase-painting of aScythian archer

... that theScythian archers(pictured) may have functioned as a police force in ancient Athens?
... thatJonas Noreika is commemorated on plaques and street signs in Lithuania, despite his active participation in theHolocaust?
... that the 23-storeyDusit Thani Hotel, with its distinctive golden spire, was the tallest building inBangkok when it opened in 1970?
... that the soprano and voice teacherRia Ginster sang recitals atWigmore Hall andCarnegie Hall, and recorded Rossini'sPetite messe solennelle conducted bySir John Barbirolli?
... thatthe special election inNorth Carolina's 9th congressional district is the first "do-over" of an election to theU.S. House of Representatives since 1974?
... thatHe Yousheng studied the high-speed hydrodynamics oftorpedoes?
... that an image ofan egg posted on the social media serviceInstagram became the most liked online post of all time?
... that the marine wormEchiurus echiurus uses its spoon-shaped proboscis to feed but not to dig its burrow?
... that in 1878, Liverpool stamp dealerThomas Ridpath bought a collection ofBritish Guiana stamps for £120 that included the unique1-cent magenta, which sold in 2014 for US$9,480,000?

20 March 2019

00:00, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Ida Tarbell in 1904

... that a series of articles by investigative journalistIda Tarbell(pictured) in 1902 led to the dissolution ofStandard Oil as a monopoly?
... that asThe Big Elk is now the world's tallest statue of a moose, it has been proposed thatMac the Moose be givenstilettos so as to reclaim its previous record?
... thataeroelasticity engineerGuan De worked on the development of theShenyang J-8 andJ-8II fighter jets?
... that an image ofan egg posted on the social media serviceInstagram became the most liked online post of all time?
... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business activities withVíctor Manuel Vázquez Mireles?
... that thegraceful kelp crab tends to inhabit the understory rather than the canopy of thekelp forest?
... that the reversal of post-WorldWar IInationalization in Poland resulted in considerable amounts of chaos and fraud?
... thatSoediro stole alimousine to be used asSukarno's presidential car, despite not knowing how to drive?

19 March 2019

00:00, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

The frog

... thatJosiah Wedgwood "was very unwilling to disfigure" hisFrog Service with "this reptile"(pictured), butCatherine the Great insisted it appear on all 944 pieces?
... that the Dutch musicologistLeo Riemens and the German physicianKarl-Josef Kutsch wroteGroßes Sängerlexikon, a biographical dictionary of opera singers, with 18,760 entries in 2012?
... thatIndo-Russia Rifles is a joint venture licensed to produce 750,000 AK-203 rifles, the latest and most advanced version of theAK-47 firearm?
... that in 1994,Karen became the firstorangutan to have open heart surgery?
... that afterTu Jida experienced Japanese aerial bombing at the age of ten, he studied aircraft design and came to be known as the "father of theJ-7 fighters"?
... that the entire town ofAgats is elevated above ground level, including the roads?
... thatDanielle Ponter is the first member of theRioli–Long family – described as one of "footy's most famousdynasties" – to play top-levelwomen's Australian rules football?
... that after the editor ofan Alabama newspaper called for the return of theKu Klux Klan, he was initially replaced by an African-American woman?

18 March 2019

00:32, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Andy Nisbet

... that mountaineerAndy Nisbet(pictured) created more than 1,000 new winter climbing routes in Scotland?
... thatArvo Pärt composed themotetThe Deer's Cry on a commission fromLouth, Ireland, setting the conclusion ofSaint Patrick's Breastplate, "Christ with me"?
... that Indian activistS. Dharmambal was honoured as a Heroic Tamil Mother for her contributions to theTamil language?
... that the upcomingDr. Seuss bookHorse Museum features horse-themed artwork byPablo Picasso,Jackson Pollock, and other artists?
... thatXu Shunshou, chief designer of China's first jet aircraft, died after being tortured during theCultural Revolution?
... that 3,000-year-oldAncient Egyptianpictures of foreign prisoners were found byfertilizer-diggers in 1903?
... that thetasselled anglerfish is an ambush predator, attracting its prey with a worm-like lure?
... that after switching from black-and-white to color film in 1977,John Harding was out on the street taking pictures almost every day for more than three decades?

17 March 2019

12:00, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Yacare caiman

... that although theyacare caiman(pictured) was "heading for oblivion" in the 1980s due to hunting, its current population in thePantanal wetlands alone is about 10 million?
... thatMarcello Costa spent his career researching the links between thenervous system and thegut?
... that the British submarineHMSStratagem sank only one ship in its 13-month-long career—only three days before it was itself sunk?
... that Venezuelan journalistLuz Mely Reyes was one of the "Guardians" spotlighted for the 2018Time Person of the Year?
... that leading black and white artists responded to the 1926 symposiumThe Negro in Art: How Shall He Be Portrayed? with their views on the extent to which black artists could avoid racial stereotypes?
... thatIan Eaves has catalogued the arms and armour of QueenElizabeth II, and written about those of KingHenry VIII?
... that a U.S. presidential candidate makinga campaign announcement is said to "throw one's hat in the ring", after aboxing metaphor popularized by theTheodore Roosevelt 1912 presidential campaign?
... that in India, a postal officer becamea spymaster?

01:50, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

TheMary Rose, as depicted in theAnthony Roll

... that theboarding net of theMary Rose(pictured) trapped her crew aboard the ship as she was sinking?
... that preceding a 1948Dutch attack,Daan Jahja recommended the creation of a contingent government in exile, which later became theEmergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia?
... thatJules Van Nuffel, founder and conductor of the choir at theMechelen Cathedral, setPsalm 93,Dominus regnavit, for choir and organ – but it was Psalm 92 for him?
... thatE Dongchen participated in eleven polar expeditions, including China's first expeditions toAntarctica and theNorth Pole?
... that the peanut wormThemiste cymodoceae can survive without oxygen for several days?
... thatAnatoli Khorozov is referred to as the father of ice hockey inUkraine?
... that in 1870, inspectors found that most of the workers at thePeter's Hall sugar plantation inBritish Guiana were from India and China?
... that despite killing every dog that he had tried the procedure on,Francis Fontan successfullyoperated on a young woman's heart in 1968?

16 March 2019

15:50, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Malala Yousafzai

... that the 2019 bookWe Are Displaced by Nobel laureateMalala Yousafzai(pictured) tells the stories of ten displaced girls, including herself?
... thatRaymond Butt compiled a directory of "every station,halt, platform and stopping place on the British railway passenger network"?
... that theGuianan squirrel monkey has a varied diet that includes seeds, eggs, nectar, gum, insects, flowers, lizards, and occasionally bats?
... thatRoma producerGabriela Rodríguez is the firstLatin American woman to be nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Picture?
... that ifCaesar had successfully carried out hisplanned invasions, he would, according toPlutarch, have ensured that his empire "would then be bounded on all sides by the ocean"?
... thatFrant Gwo's science fiction filmThe Wandering Earth is the world's highest-grossing film of 2019 so far and the second highest-grossing film of all time in China?
... that theArianna String Quartet was praised by theChicago Tribune as making music "with the tonal warmth, fastidious balance, and heightened communication skills of groups many years its senior"?
... that Team Canada threatened to pull out of the 1972Summit Series against the Soviet Union unlessOve Dahlberg officiated?

00:00, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Coffin of Nedjemankh

... that shortly after purchasing thecoffin of Nedjemankh(pictured) for $4 million, theMetropolitan Museum of Art decided to return it to Egypt?
... that the career of pioneering scholar of public administrationWilliam A. Robson was made possible because playwrightGeorge Bernard Shaw wanted to experience an aeroplane flight?
... that "Das Weizenkorn muss sterben" (The grain of wheat must die), the signature song written byLothar Zenetti, deals withthe mystery of faith that in death there is life?
... thatNepal declared a national day of mourning after the2019 Taplejung helicopter crash?
... thatWayne Messam, mayor ofMiramar, Florida, wona national championship in American football with theFlorida State Seminoles?
... thatparty pieces may include reciting a poem, performing a dance, singing a song, or performing a trick?
... thatLu Xiaopeng designeda supersonic fighter said to be the lightest in the world, but it never entered service?
... that theblack limpet feeds on theblack turban snail without harming it?

15 March 2019

12:00, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Oriente warbler

... that until 2002, researchers thought that the two species ofCuban warblers(Oriente warbler pictured) belonged in theNew World warbler family?
... that futurePhoenix mayorJames D. Monihon's regiment was attacked by an estimated 450Apaches led by chiefCochise during theAmerican Civil War?
... thata 2016 Japanese light novel series received praise for its unique protagonist, who is avending machine?
... that the conductorMarc Piollet recorded rarely performed symphonies byNorbert Burgmüller andHugo Staehle, and a DVD ofCarmen staged byCalixto Bieito?
... that theU.S. Public Health Service can hire – but not fire – scientists "without regard to the civil-service laws" using aTitle 42 appointment?
... that Swiss businessmanCesar Lüthi pioneered the use of revolvingbillboards insports marketing?
... that fossils found atGranton Shrimp Bed provided evidence of the structure ofconodonts?
... that researchersEileen Shore andFrederick Kaplan discovered the mutation responsible fora disease that turns muscle into bone?

00:00, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Amina Gerba

... thatAmina Gerba's(pictured) beauty-care companies hire and give a portion of profits to the 2,000 women of the Songtaaba Cooperative inBurkina Faso?
... that despite being a co-author ofThe Spy Chronicles,Asad Durrani was not allowed to attend the launch of the book?
... thatHeinz Henschel negotiated the return of Germany into theInternational Ice Hockey Federation in 1947?
... thatHMSStonehenge disappeared with all hands in theIndian Ocean in 1944, and her exact location is still unknown?
... that after Argentine politicianEduardo Bauzá retired from politics he produced noodles in his family business?
... that beforeTanzanian soldiers couldattack Lira in 1979, their commander gifted food and cooking oil to a ferry pilot so that he would ship them across a lake?
... that in 1895,Edward Chauncey Luard, a planter inBritish Guiana, led a campaign to amend the colony's constitution?
... that thejewelled squid has two unequal-sized eyes which look in different directions?

14 March 2019

12:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Pasqualati House

... thatBeethoven composed two symphonies during the eight years he lived in thePasqualati House(pictured) in Vienna?
... thatDouglas Albert Munro is the only member of theU.S. Coast Guard to receive theMedal of Honor?
... that the New Zealand beetleOemona hirta is called the "lemon tree borer", even though lemon trees are not native to New Zealand?
... that afterHuang Zhiqian, chief designer of the Chinese fighter jetShenyang J-8, died in a plane crash in Egypt, his deputyGu Songfen and other colleagues completed the project?
... thatRam Nath Chawla andAspy Engineer were the first Indians to pilot an aircraft from India to England?
... thatAmur senza fin is the first-everRomansh language television film?
... thatfootballerPádraig Amond representedCarlow athurling under a false name to avoid being discovered by his club?

00:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Véronique Aka

... thatVéronique Aka(pictured) was the first woman to be elected president of anIvorian regional council?
... that thebinomial name of thecoconut lorikeet translates as "bloody hair-tongue"?
... thatByron A. Stover was an American footballletterman and forestry major atOhio State University before moving toOregon to become a successful businessman and state legislator?
... thatAndré Previn composed hisViolin Concerto forAnne-Sophie Mutter, his future wife?
... thatAlfred Clayton Cole, a director of theBank of England, said: "during any time of crisis ... all that the Bank is called upon to do is to take care of itself"?
... that theantisemitic tale "The Jew Among Thorns" was used to indoctrinate children in Nazi Germany?
... that theRoyal Navy damaged Samuel Travis' house in 1775, then returned 38 years later and attackedhis ship?
... thatJohn Leak was convicted ofdesertion by acourt-martial, even though he had previously been awarded theVictoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery?

13 March 2019

12:00, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

HMSSimoom

... that all 15 torpedoes fired byHMSSimoom(pictured) during her career missed their targets, but 3 hit and sank a destroyer instead?
... that the sopranoUrsula Wendt-Walther appeared in more than 60 operatic roles at theStaatstheater Nürnberg, including Marei in the world premiere of Zemlinsky'sDer Traumgörge?
... thatStephen Hendry compiled his 700th careercentury break during the first round of the2007 Malta Cup snooker tournament?
... thatFaiz Shakir is the first Muslim and firstAmerican of Pakistani descent to manage a United States presidential campaign?
... thatspiral galaxyNGC 765 features ahydrogen disk that at 240,000parsecs diameter is the largest in the local universe?
... thatSpinophorosaurus had spikes on its tail, unlike most othersauropod dinosaurs?
... that the treatment ofLorenzo Gamboa under theWhite Australia policy led the Philippine House of Representatives to pass a bill which would have banned Australians from the country?
... that Hulk Hoganwas sued for $5 million byRichard Belzer for choking Belzer unconscious with asleeper hold and dropping him on live TV?

00:00, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

The Monumento Rodoviário da Rodovia Presidente Dutra

... that theMonumento Rodoviário da Rodovia Presidente Dutra(pictured) inRio de Janeiro state opened in 1938 as a tourist observation point andlighthouse, but it was abandoned in 1978?
... thatpool manager and coachJohan Ruijsink has won theMosconi Cup as part of both the European and United States teams?
... that if children are not exposed to sounds and language during their first years of life, they will have difficulty indeveloping language—which can be prevented throughhearing screening for infants?
... thatTara Sweeney is the firstAlaska Native to oversee theBureau of Indian Affairs?
... that at the start of theBattle of Orange Walk the British commanders ran almost naked from their bathtubs?
... thatYasumi Matsuno was an avid player ofFinal Fantasy XIV before being hired to write a scenario based on hisIvalice setting for the game's expansion,Stormblood?
... thatSam Bass wasNASCAR's first officially licensed artist?
... that there were no roads leading toBecontree tube station when it first opened?

12 March 2019

12:00, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Hutchison's sketch of hisBust of Queen Victoria (1887)

... that Scottish sculptorJohn Hutchison was commissioned byQueen Victoria to create her portraitbust(sketch shown)?
... that the opening of theSenegambia bridge has eliminated the need for a 400-kilometre (250 mi) diversion to cross theGambia River when the ferry is out of use?
... that after scientistQian Lingxi was denounced during theCultural Revolution, China'snuclear submarine project sought the help of PremierZhou Enlai to make him available for this strategic program?
... that the solitary coralHeterocyathus aequicostatus often lives insymbiosis with asmall worm that moves it around?
... thatSpas Wenkoff, first a tenor at a Bulgarian amateur theatre, appeared asTristan at the Staatsoper Dresden, and was then invited to sing the role at the centenaryBayreuth Festival?
... that theBattle of Cape Ecnomus in 256 BC was possibly the largest naval battle ever?
... that theEiss Archive is composed of materials that documentthe rescue of Jews threatened bythe Holocaust through the efforts of Polish diplomats?
... that major generalJohn K. Singlaub said thatFrank Dux's bookThe Secret Man, which states Dux was recruited in a urinal to work for theCIA, was "an insult" to the reader's intelligence?

00:00, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Cactus wren on a saguaro cactus

... that thecactus wren(pictured) builds nests shaped like American footballs in spinycholla andsaguaro cactus but, despite this protection, thecoachwhip snake still preys on chicks?
... thatAlma Webster Powell earned a law degree fromNew York University while on a break from her operatic career?
... thatkerbs inNorthern Ireland aresometimes painted to denote the political views of local residents?
... that actorTom O'Sullivan's first television role was onHome and Away as a journalist who got into a fight withAlf Stewart (Ray Meagher)?
... that six-time world snooker championSteve Davis reached his 100th career final in the2005 UK Championship?
... thatAmy Shuler Goodwin is the first woman to serve as mayor ofCharleston, West Virginia?
... thatMendelssohn was requested to composePsalm 100 for the newHamburg Temple, but probably set it asJauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt for theBerlin Cathedral?
... that after stimulating them with electricity,Hans Steinert described the worm-like twitching of his patients' muscles?

11 March 2019

12:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Nao Tōyama

... thatNao Tōyama(pictured), whose solo singles have been used as theme songs foranime series on television and in film, wastone-deaf as a girl?
... thatEco-Link@BKE, the firstecological corridor of its kind in Southeast Asia, is intended to help conserve animals such as thebanded leaf monkey andSunda pangolin in Singapore?
... thatZuzana Marková's last-minute performance asLucia di Lammermoor atOpéra de Marseille in 2014 was described as "dazzling" and praised for its depth of understanding?
... thatQueens Botanical Garden in New York City was built on top of landfill atopa creek?
... thatQiu Dahong studied the force of sea waves?
... that the Indian organisationPoovulagin Nanbargal filed a case to prevent the commissioning of theKudankulam Nuclear Power Plant?
... thata small group of Holocaust survivors tried to kill six million Germans?
... that the burrow of the spoon wormOchetostoma erythrogrammon may be shared by flatworms, scale worms, molluscs, pea crabs, snapping shrimps, and copepods?
... that forPacific Islanders, thesudden arrival of a mass of men and machines during World War II resulted in lasting religious effects, such ascargo cults?
... thatMary Margaret Francis toldGraham Lord that her husband,Dick Francis, "would like me to have all the credit" for his novels?

00:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

The Chandos Portrait of Handel

... that theChandos Anthems, psalm settings byHandel(pictured) as composer in residence atCannons, were described as a "panorama of the composer's creative output"?
... that from age nine,college basketball playerZion Williamson began waking up at 5 a.m. every morning to train?
... that theInvereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve forms part of the largest remaining expanse ofCaledonian pinewood in Scotland?
... thatChiu Hsien-chih was one of the first two legislative candidates supported by the newly establishedNew Power Party?
... that radiation fromradon-222 and itsdecay products is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States after cigarette smoking?
... thatRuthilde Boesch, who performed as Mozart'sSusanna and in 37 other roles at theVienna State Opera, made five world tours of recitals with her second husband as her accompanist?
... that in the2006 UK Championship snooker tournament,Ronnie O'Sullivan conceded his quarter-final match againstStephen Hendry while 4–1frames behind in a best of 17 frames match?
... that wildlife photographerThomas D. Mangelsen referred toGrizzly 399 as "An Icon of Motherhood", and60 Minutes claimed she is "the most famous mother grizzly in the world"?

10 March 2019

12:00, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Coronula diadema on ahumpback whale

... that laboratory experiments suggest that the free-swimming larva of thewhale barnacleCoronula diadema(pictured) is induced to settle on a host whale in response to chemical cues from its skin?
... that sexual-health doctorMags Portman and activistGreg Owen worked together to provide accessibleHIV medication, preventing thousands of new HIV infections in the United Kingdom?
... that the first airborne radar system,ASV Mk. II, led to the sinking of theGerman battleshipBismarck?
... thatTucson, Arizona, school board presidentGeorge J. Roskruge demanded the resignation or suspension of five female teachers after they were caught smoking and drinking with men?
... that theCinderella starfish normally fasts while brooding its young?
... that the first telephone booth inCeylon was installed at theColombo General Post Office on 16 August 1909?
... thatRobert Schunk, who performed minor roles at theBayreuth Festival, stepped in successfully forPeter Hofmann as Siegmund inDie Walküre there?
... that forNHL 96, theNational Hockey League changed its stance on fighting in licensed hockey video games and allowed the feature as long as it occurred only once or twice per game?

00:00, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Gordon Cooper

... that after astronautGordon Cooper(pictured) died, his ashes were launched into space three times?
... that Irish actorEmmet Kirwan hopes that the film version of the playDublin Oldschool will foster awareness of the homeless and drug addicts?
... thatMormon composerMerrill Bradshaw wrote an oratorio in 1974 that used elements of jazz and popular hymns?
... that the British submarineHMSSyrtis twice towedX-class midget submarines, and on both occasions the submarines sank while under tow?
... thatAlice de Rivera sued the New York City Board of Education after she was barred from a specialized high school due to her gender?
... thatHenry Ward's paintingThe 'Finger-Assisted' Nephrectomy of Professor Nadey Hakim is based uponThe Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt?
... that DutchfootballerLeon de Kogel's playing career ended following a car accident in which he had to be cut out of his vehicle by the fire service?
... thatred-collared lorikeets sometimes appear drunk at the end of the dry season inDarwin?

9 March 2019

12:00, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Reconstruction of aLamellenhelm fromNiederstotzingen

... that of the three main types of helmets that proliferated inearly medieval Europe, theLamellenhelm(example pictured) was the only one derived from eastern, rather than Roman, examples?
... that "Old Woden"Frederick Hackwood founded theWednesbury Strollers football club?
... that themotetLord, have mercy upon us was composed byFelix Mendelssohn in 1833, setting responses from theBook of Common Prayer?
... thatColorado Springs architectElizabeth Wright Ingraham incorporated natural light into her designs, outfitting one home with a 100-foot (30 m) highskylight?
... that one of the two hosts ofDopey, a podcast about addiction, died of a drug overdose?
... that Austrian-bornMalcolm Mencer Martin wasinterned by the British at the beginning of WorldWar II, and graduated fromKing's College, Newcastle, at war's end?
... that during a grand jury investigation into land-sale fraud at New York City'sKissena Park, Queens borough presidentJoseph Bermel resigned and fled the U.S. the day before he was scheduled to testify?
... thatYarmouth suspension bridge collapsed under a crowd that had gathered to watch a circus clown in a wash tub being pulled along theRiver Bure by four geese?

00:00, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Caroline Katzenstein

... thatCaroline Katzenstein(pictured) began campaigning forwomen's suffrage in 1910 and, once thevote was granted, focused on supporting theEqual Rights Amendment – which is still not ratified today?
... that 18-year-oldAshwathi Pillai is the youngest-ever winner of the Swedish Senior National Championship inbadminton?
... that forVida,Tanya Saracho assembled an all-Latinx, "heavilyqueer" writers' room and a directorial team who are all Latinx orwomen of color?
... thatJanell Cannon's children's bookStellaluna won aGrammy Award for best spoken word album?
... thatElizabeth Webber Harris is the only woman to receive aVictoria Cross, though hers was a replica given by permission ofQueen Victoria?
... thatTen Talents, a 50-year-oldvegetarian andvegan cookbook that is still in print, was the first to feature recipes forsoy milk ice cream shakes?
... that Australian actressApril Rose Pengilly had not yet appeared on-screen as herNeighbours characterChloe Brennan when she was longlisted fora Logie Award?
... that at the height of her opera careerMarlise Wendels sometimes sang in up to 300 performances in a single season?

8 March 2019

12:00, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Gun Runner

... thatGun Runner(pictured) won the 2017Whitney Stakes with another horse's shoe caught in his tail?
... thatTessa Ganserer is the first openly transgender person to serve in a German parliament?
... that adisputed Priory election in early 14th-centuryYorkshire led to nuns being placed underinterdict and later being accused of being "daughters of perdition" bytheir own Archbishop?
... thatSoham El Wardini is the first female mayor of post-independenceDakar, Senegal?
... that when arrested for performing illegal abortions, members of theJane Collective protected their clients' identities by swallowing their names and contact information?
... thatPeggy Goodin wrote herHopwood Award-winning novelClementine in the basement of theChi Omega sorority house at theUniversity of Michigan?
... thatWang Yening helped establish China's first specialization in X-ray metal physics?
... that 1920s Broadway starAdele Astaire taught dance steps to thePrince of Wales, played backgammon withWinston Churchill, and proposed toan English nobleman in an Americanspeakeasy?

00:00, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Dorsey's bordello on Eleventh Avenue

...thatIda Dorsey built the last standingbordello(pictured) from Minneapolis' threered-light districts?
... that the2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, which killed 27 of theIranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, has been reported as one of the deadliest attacks in Iran in years?
... thatHeiko Steuer studied mathematics and physics before turning to history and archaeology?
... that the English settlement ofSouthwark wasburned by the Normans in 1066?
... that Mount Ferguson inNevada was named after geologistHenry G. Ferguson?
... that acrisper drawer can help protect fruits and vegetables fromethylene gas?
... thatStephen Twinoburyo, a Ugandan expatriate in South Africa, said that Ugandans were unhappy about the ticket prices for the2010 FIFA World Cup that took place in his new country?
... that while the Irish horror filmThe Green Marker Scare was animated by children, it is not made for them and may even unsettle some adults?
... that the staged version of Henze'sradio operaEin Landarzt, closely based ona short story by Kafka, premiered at theFrankfurt Opera?
... thatJankaea heldreichii is arelict species that now grows on and aroundMount Olympus in Greece and nowhere else?

7 March 2019

12:00, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Christ being handed a model cathedral

... that the 16 plaques called theMagdeburg Ivories(one pictured) were probably made around 968 to decorate an unknown cathedral fixture destroyed in the next century?
... that Saudi princeKhaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal is avegan?
... that the1994 Gambian coup d'état began as a mutiny that was only planned the night before its execution?
... thatYan Luguang and his colleagues built China's firsttokamak?
... that theCentral Committee on Women's Employment was founded to help British women who were out of work due to the First World War?
... that the tenorEwandro Stenzowski went from early competition successes in Brazil to leading roles such as Rodolfo inLa bohème at theLandestheater Detmold?
... that theOK gesture can stand for theevil eye, the letter F, the number 9, the rising and setting of the sun, or to signal that ascuba diver is safe?
... that merchantGeorge Meade was once considered a patriot of theAmerican Revolution, but his firm actually profited from both sides during the war?
... that theunstable limpet is essentially a parasite of the kelpSaccharina dentigera?
... thatPhilip Hugh-Jones coined the termtype J diabetes, where J stands forJamaica?

00:00, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Ishi

... that the 1961 bookIshi in Two Worlds byTheodora Kroeber told the story ofIshi(pictured), the last known member of theYahi people?
... that the main building in theKonya Tropical Butterfly Garden has the form of a butterfly?
... that convicted assassinAnastasia Bitsenko was one of the seven Soviet delegates to theGerman-Soviet peace negotiations in WorldWar I?
... that fourApollo 11 Fiftieth Anniversary commemorative coins were issued in 2019 to commemorate thefirst landing on the Moon?
... thatfirst-person shooterBright Memory was described by critics as having the look and feel of a high-budget game, despite being developed by a single person in his spare time?
... thatEgyptologistWafaa El Saddik has provided historical tours toMargaret Thatcher,Jimmy Carter,Helmut Schmidt, andAnwar Sadat?
... that Canada's first female surgeonJennie Smillie Robertsonremoved a patient's ovary on the kitchen table in their own home?
... thatThe Princess Saves Herself in This One?

6 March 2019

12:00, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Aircraft factory at Flossenbürg

... that slave labor atFlossenbürg concentration camp(pictured) was essential to restoring the production of theMesserschmitt Bf 109 fighter plane afterBig Week?
... that in 2017, Polishpool playerWiktor Zieliński became the youngest-ever winner of aEuro Tour event, winning the Treviso Open at age 16?
... that theGreater London Group, a research centre at theLondon School of Economics, played a major role in the reformation of the structure ofLondon government in the 1960s?
... that when theSecond Sino-Japanese War broke out,Gong Zutong abandoned his Ph.D. thesis defence in Germany and returned to China to join the war effort?
... thatDua Lipa's character transforms intoAlita at the end of her "Swan Song" music video?
... thatEli Grba was the first player chosen by theLos Angeles Angels in the1960 MLB expansion draft and their firststarting pitcher?
... that according to the theory ofmineral evolution, the number of mineral species on Earth has increased from about 250 to over 5400?
... thatYvonne Blenkinsop,Mary Denness,Christine Jensen andLillian Bilocca became known as "headscarf revolutionaries" for their attempts to improve safety in theEnglish fishing industry?

00:00, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Mary Bulkley

... that 18th-century British actressMary Bulkley(pictured) was once hissed by her audience because she had "taken the son of her long-term lover to her bed"?
... thatDale Earnhardt Jr. won the2003 Budweiser Shootout stock car race despite starting from the back of thegrid?
... thatHou Xun was the chief scientist of a major research project onultrafast phenomena?
... thatAdipicola pelagica was first discovered living on floating whaleblubber?
... that Italian beach volleyball playerViktoria Orsi Toth did not like her sport at first, describing it as "some kind of a daily torture"?
... that theLimburger Domsingknaben, a boys' choir founded in 1967 byWilhelm Kempf to sing at theLimburg Cathedral, took part in the premiere of Kagel'sSankt-Bach-Passion?
... that real-lifeX-ray technicianPaul Bateson, convicted of murder 40 years ago today, played the X-ray technician inThe Exorcist'scerebral angiogram scene?
... that over 200,000 people applied to be part ofOriental Wrestling Entertainment?

5 March 2019

12:00, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

The two "tabletops" are identical parallelograms.

... that in theShepard tabletop illusion(pictured), identicalparallelograms look very different?
... thatLulu Grace Graves was co-founder and first president of theAmerican Dietetic Association when it formed in 1917?
... that the modern separation betweenWest Timor andEast Timor resulted froma battle in 1749?
... thatRalf Otto, director of the Bachchor Mainz from 1986, conducted world premiere recordings of cantatas by Bach's sonWilhelm Friedemann Bach?
... that theElectric Telegraph Company operated theMonarch, the first dedicatedcable-laying ship?
... thatZhong Wanxie pioneeredcomputational mechanics in China?
... that theGalápagos ghostshark was scientifically named afterJohn E. McCosker, who had discovered the species on his 50th birthday?
... that in 1318 an English nun,Joan of Leeds, faked her own death and fled her priory, leaving a dummy in her place to be buried instead of her?

00:00, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Debris-covered slopes ofthe Brenva Glacier

... that when a massive rockfall in 1920 covered part of theBrenva Glacier(pictured), it caused it to lengthen considerably, at a time when nearbyglaciers were retreating?
... thatJørgen Hviid is referred to as the "father of Danish ice hockey"?
... that Texas politicianBeto O'Rourke was in a punk band calledFoss withCedric Bixler-Zavala, who went on to become the singer ofAt the Drive-In andthe Mars Volta?
... that an adultgray whale may be infested by several hundred pounds ofbarnacles andwhale lice?
... thatQian Linzhao's research on theMohist Canon influencedJoseph Needham's treatment of physics in hisScience and Civilisation in China?
... thatreports of drones atGatwick Airport led to the disruption of over 1,000 flights and delays for about 140,000 passengers?
... that the sopranoClaire Born appeared inBayreuth as Wagner'sEva andGutrune, and inSalzburg as Mozart'sCountess andDonna Elvira?
... that althoughDurham is considered a rareOld English example of awork in praise of a city, the poem never namesthe city it is said to praise?

4 March 2019

12:00, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Achille Compagnoni (left) and Lino Lacedelli

Compagnoni (left) and Lacedelli

... thatK2, the world's second highest mountain, was first climbed byAchille Compagnoni andLino Lacedelli(pictured) on the1954 Italian Karakoram expedition?
... thatJohn Kirklin's modifications to Gibbon'sheart–lung machine allowed blood-free surgery on the human heart?
... thatBajadasaurus had elongated neural spines on its neck, thought to have been used to deter predators?
... thatShutt andThompson designedAll Saints, Harlow Hill, with a "circularbell tower reminiscent ofIrish bell-houses"?
... that theSan Jose Earthquakes wonMLS Cup 2001 only one season after finishing at the bottom of the league table?
... thatPenny Rafferty Hamilton proposed 101 strategies to increase the participation of women in aviation?
... that at the1176 Cardigan eisteddfod inDeheubarth, Wales,The Lord Rhys awarded chairs as prizes to the winners of the poetry and music competitions?
... that Indian theatre actorJahangir Pestonji Khambhata wanted to seeShakespeare's plays in England, but the ship he boarded went in the other direction?

00:00, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Tempestries forUtqiagvik, Alaska (left) andDeath Valley, California

... thatThe Tempestry Project presentsclimate change data inknitted form(pictured)?
... that self-taught archaeologistZhao Kangmin was officially recognized as the discoverer of theTerracotta Warriors, even though others found them first?
... that the peanut wormAspidosiphon elegans reproduces bytransverse fission?
... thatSophie Van De Heuvel competed at the national level in bothcricket andAustralian rules football during her junior career?
... that ice from thePark Crescent West ice well may have been used to numb dental patients undergoing procedures?
... that the walls ofBalboa Park station have "an apparently infinite variety" of patterns?
... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business activities withChhota Shakeel?
... that the2017 UK Snooker Championship saw a member of the audience removed for snoring?

3 March 2019

12:00, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Bracha Zefira

... that singerBracha Zefira(pictured) is credited with bringingYemenite and otherOriental Jewish folk songs into the mix of ethnic music inPalestine to create a new "Israeli style"?
... thatMLS Cup 2007 was the firstMajor League Soccer championship rematch to be played in consecutive years?
... thatYan Jici, a founder of modern physics in China, hasa minor planet named after him?
... thatSt Peter's Bridge inBurton upon Trent, opened in 1985, is the newest road crossing of theRiver Trent?
... that cricketerLionel Collins scored sixcenturies in ten days in a feat described as "quite without parallel in the history of the game"?
... that theglaucoma medicationlevobunolol is more than 60 times as active as itsmirror image?
... thatLynnwood Farnam was the first North American organist to play the entire repertoire ofJohann Sebastian Bach's organ works?
... that the2003 Melbourne runaway train avoided a disastrous collision by less than a second?

00:00, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Seeds ofLens culinaris, the cultivated lentil studied by Barulina

... thatElena Ivanovna Barulina's 1930 paper became a standard guide tolentils(seeds pictured)?
... thatIdas simpsoni lives on weathered whale skulls?
... thatGyörgy Pásztor is referred to as "Mr. Hockey" in his native Hungary?
... thatin 914–915 andin 919–921, just a few years after its founding, theFatimid Caliphate launched two unsuccessful invasions ofEgypt?
... that actressGeorgina Naidu premiered her one-woman showYellowfeather in 2005 at theSydney Opera House?
... thatHMSSaracen was sunk during her 13th patrol shortly after midnight of aFriday the 13th?
... thatGreen Bay Packers presidentRuss Bogda advocated for a public referendum in the 1950s to finance the construction ofLambeau Field?
... that in 2019, millions of women came together to form a 620 km-long (390 mi)women's wall in the Indian state ofKerala?

2 March 2019

12:00, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Ruined pagoda of the Ta'er Temple

... that theTa'er Temple(ruined pagoda pictured) is believed to be where the 7th-century Chinese monkXuanzang preached before he left for India?
... that thecrowd-fundedCurious Brewery has the names of the most significant funders engraved on one of the fermentation tanks?
... that journalistDorothy Jurney was called "the godmother ofwomen's pages"?
... that theItalian Communist Party blamedTrotskyite agents for carrying out theSchio massacre, which led to an Allied military court trial?
... that bass-baritoneAlfred Jerger, who appeared at theSalzburg Festival between 1922 and 1959, created the leading role of Mandryka inArabella, an opera composed byRichard Strauss?
... that in 1905,Montclair Heights station was the site of an outbreak ofglanders that led to theeuthanizing of seven horses?
... that 17-year-oldRobbie Capito defeated thepool world number oneEklent Kaçi at the2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship?
... that up toC$250 million incryptocurrencies owed to 115,000 customers cannot be accessed due to the unexpected death of the founder ofQuadriga, who was the only person who knew the password?

00:00, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

University of Farmington logo

... that theUniversity of Farmington(logo pictured) was a fake university set up by theUnited States Department of Homeland Security as a part of an undercover operation to expose immigration fraud?
... thatRich Sauveur pitched for sixMajor League Baseball teams across three decades without earning awin?
... thatStorybook Dads helps prisoners in the UK read bedtime stories to their children from behind bars?
... that the rapid-fire rifle training implemented in theBritish Army byNorman McMahon in 1909 proved effective in the opening stages of the First World War?
... that a specimen of theornate wobbegong was observed to have its full set of teeth and be able to defend itself at one day old?
... thatMausam Noor was the youngest Muslim woman member of parliament to be elected to the15th Lok Sabha?
... that thedefault tenancy in England and Wales allows landlords toevict tenants without giving a reason?
... thatAgnes Buntine, Australia's first femalebullocky, survived a large bush fire only because of her thick clothing and boots, at a time when most women wore "crinolines, bonnets, and shawls"?

1 March 2019

12:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Alice Marriott as Hamlet

... that 19th-century actressAlice Marriott(pictured) playedHamlet indoublet andhose in British and American theatre, and "made the female Hamlet respectable in England"?
... that theDicta Boelcke, written byOswald Boelcke in 1916, was the world's first manual of aerial combat tactics?
... thatJuan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna tried to bribe an undercover agent to ensure he was released from prison to members of adrug cartel?
... that theluminous bay squid can use its light organ to imitate starlight or moonlight?
... thatR. Hari Kumar took a staff course at theUS Naval War College while serving in the Indian Navy?
... thatRediffusion House inMalta cannot be used for immoral activities?
... that a cardiovascular fitness suite at theUK Army School of Physical Training is named afterEdward Henslow?
... that a landowner buried the transmitter building forMissouri radio stationKXBR under 6 feet (1.83 m) of dirt as part of a rent dispute?

00:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Børge Ring

... that the main award of theDanish Animation Society is named afterBørge Ring(pictured), who directed theOscar-winning animated short filmAnna & Bella?
... thatGreen Jacket Shoal isRhode Island's largestship graveyard?
... that the Austrian actor andlibrettistKarl Lindau co-wroteThe Nazi, a comedy, in 1895?
... that thePioneer Square pergola in Seattle has been damaged bysemi-trucks andSeahawks fans?
... that because of the difficulty of transporting art fromAngola,Hildebrando de Melo created multiple paintings in the United States so they could be exhibited there?
... that before becoming afootball coach,Neil Dewsnip worked as a teacher and taught future professional players and managers includingKarl Robinson,Jim Bentley, andSteven Gerrard?
... that thefrog-eyed gecko is adapted to the desert conditions experienced by thewildlife of Kuwait?
... thatBeverly Gray was able to survive three plane crashes thanks toA. L. Burt?

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