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31 January 2006

22:34, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theColumn of Phocas, erected in 608 to flatter the Eastern Roman EmperorPhocas, was the very last addition made to theRoman Forum?
...thatChuvash dragons ofTurkic myth are said to assume human form and to visit men and women at night in order to havesexual intercourse with them?
...thatHall of Fame jockeyTod Sloan was the "Yankee Doodle" in theGeorge M. Cohan Broadway musical "Little Johnny Jones" and the basis forErnest Hemingway's short story "My Old Man"?
...that theHoba meteorite is the largest knownmeteorite ever found onearth?

11:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

...that in the Vatican'sCortile del BelvedereBramante created the first monumental formal garden design of theRenaissance?
...thatLeif J. Sverdrup was a immigrant fromNorway to theUnited States who became acivil engineer and led the project to build the 17 mile-longChesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World after completion in 1964?
...thatMikhail Gerasimov used exhumed skulls to reconstruct faces of more than 200 people, includingFriedrich Schiller,Ivan the Terrible, andTamerlane?
...that the rise ofticket prices in the newCovent Garden Theatre led to the so-calledOld Price Riots, which lasted for more than two months in1809?

05:17, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatLanzón, the main religious figure of theChavín culture of the ancientAndes, was kept in a dark chamber underneath the main temple ofChavín de Huantar?
...thatThomas Metcalfe served in both houses of theKentucky General Assembly, in both houses of theU.S. Congress, and asGovernor of Kentucky?
...thatJacobus de Teramo wrote a dialogue, in whichLucifer takesJesus Christ to court, fortrespassing in theHarrowing of Hell, withBelial as his lawyer?
...thatamateur wrestling Olympic gold medalistRobin Reed could pin every member of the1924 United States Olympic wrestling team, despite being in the second lowestweight class?

30 January 2006

21:55, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theAlexander Aircraft Company, which produced Eaglerock biplanes inColorado, was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world for a brief period between1928 and1929?
...that theTagish Lake meteorite originally came from a part of theasteroid belt which existed when oursolar system was being formed?
...that theRussian Field MarshalIvan Gudovich lost his left eye fighting the Turks inArmenia in1807?
...that theCoraopolis Bridge, designed byTheodore Cooper, started life as the third PittsburghSixth Street Bridge and the 400 foot truss sections were floated 12 miles downstream to be reused rather than scrapped?

12:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatAlexander Buturlin, who was in charge of theRussian army when it tookBerlin in1760, was better known for his tall stature and good looks than for military talents?
...that abristlecone pine tree namedPrometheus, the oldest tree and oldest non-clonal organism ever known to exist, was cut down in 1964 by Forest Service personnel for research purposes?
...thatShin Sang-ok, a South Korean film director was kidnapped in 1978 under orders from future North Korean dictatorKim Jong-il and forced to direct a giant-monster film,Pulgasari?
...thatCHIJMES, a historic building complex inSingapore, began life as aCatholic convent in the1850s and has beengazetted as anational monument?

29 January 2006

22:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theMilitary Gallery of theWinter Palace accommodates 332 portraits ofRussian generals who took part in theNapoleonic Wars?
...thatplacenta accreta can see theplacenta attach itself not only to themuscle of theuterus but also to thebladder or other organs?
...thatAlfred Hayes, author of the poem "Joe Hill", was also a novelist and anAcademy Award-nominated screenwriter whose credits ranged fromItalian neorealism to the American TV seriesMannix?
...that the formerAutomobilwerk Eisenach inThuringia, once part ofBMW, was taken over by theSoviet Union in 1945, and resumed production under the BMW logo until1951 when BMW regained control over its trademark and logo?

27 January 2006

09:20, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theBateleur is a medium-sizedeagle in thebird familyAccipitridae found in Africa?
...thatFort Pocahontas inVirginia was constructed byAfrican-American soldiers of theUnited States Colored Troops in 1864 and was used for on-location filming of the 2005 motion pictureThe New World?
...that theZograf Monastery on theHoly Mountain was burnt down by aCatalan pirate raid in1275?
...that theVisiting Forces Agreement allows U.S. soldiers accused in Filipino crimes to stay under U.S. custody until the trial is over?

26 January 2006

22:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Svinesund Bridge

...that theSvinesund Bridge crosses theborder betweenSweden andNorway?
...that the name of theIndo-European thunder god has been reconstructed byetymologists as*Perk^wunos?
...that theUnited States Department of Justice attorneyJames A. Baker, who has defendedBush administration intelligence policy inCongressional testimony and court cases, is not related to formerSecretary of State James A. Baker III?
...thatBridei III's victory in theBattle of Dunnichen led to the expulsion ofNorthumbrians from southernPictland?

25 January 2006

23:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatFrenchmanJean-Marie Le Bris accomplished the world's first poweredflight in1856, with aglider that was pulled behind a runninghorse?
...that the original site of theHeide Museum of Modern Art was an "idyllic refuge of inspiration" for manyAustralian artists during the1930s through1950s?
...that theBattles of Corbridge were important in deciding the fate of theViking kingdom of York and theAnglo-Saxon earldom of Northumbria?
...thatmetolazone is amedicine used to treatcongestive heart failure andhypertension?

11:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

...that the Italian architectGiacomo Quarenghi was the most prolific practitioner ofPalladian architecture inSaint Petersburg?
...that theCaucasian Shepherd Dog is generally a low activitydog, seeminglylethargic when not working, but extremely agile and convincing when it feels that its family is threatened?
...that theViking Great Army pillaged and conquered much ofEngland in the lateninth century?
...that, according to tradition, the twistingSolomonic columns ofbaroque architecture are based on the design ofcolumns taken fromSolomon's Temple and brought toRome byConstantine?

24 January 2006

23:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatNepenthes rajah, the most famous of allpitcher plants, produces traps up to 40 cm in height and has been known to catch prey as large as rats, frogs and lizards?
...that theF-34 tank gun was put into service in theT-34 tank by a conspiracy of its makers, and it was only after enthusiastictank crews had praised its merits in letters from thefront thatStalin gave official permission to start its manufacture?
...thatbenshi were the people who narratedJapanese silent films until the 1930's?
...that the fourteen nations designatedMajor non-NATO ally are the only countries outside ofNATO to whom theUnited States government will consider sellingdepleted uranium anti-tank rounds?

15:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theBritish Parliament first guaranteeddiplomatic immunity to foreign ambassadors in1709, after CountAndrey Matveyev, aRussian resident inLondon, had been subjected by Britishbailiffs to verbal and physical abuse?
...that theMarienberg Abbey inItaly is the highestabbey in Europe at 1,340 meters (4,400 feet), and allegedly suffered fromvampire attacks during theBlack Death?
...that Article 9 of theUniform Commercial Code, enacted into law by all fiftystates, governssecured transactions in the United States?
...that theHutsonville Bridge was aself-anchored suspension bridge that was controversially torn down in 1988, at the insistence of theIndiana Department of Transportation, despite the demolition company offering to donate 100,000 USD to preserve it instead?

00:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theIchkeul Lake inTunisia is placed onUNESCO'sList of World Heritage Sites in danger, as the dam construction on the lake’s feeder rivers has produced major changes to the ecological balance of the lake and wetlands?
...thatJeff Hawke, ascience fiction comic strip, almost perfectly predicted the date of thefirst human moon landing more than ten years before?
...thatEl Gobernador,Central Pacific Railroad's4-10-0 steam locomotive, had to be shipped from the shops inSacramento, California in five large subassemblies due to its enormous size?
...that thePeople's Republic of China attempted to promulgate asecond round of orthographical reform in1977, only to retract it 9 years later amidst mounting opposition and confusion?

23 January 2006

09:20, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

...that there were only 3steel dams built in the United States, although at one time steel dams were thought to offer many competitive advantages over other types ofdam?
...that theArch of Triumph inPyongyang was built in1982 to commemorate the "victory" ofKorea overJapan in theWWII?
...that the German films based on the works ofEdgar Wallace are generally considered a distinct subgenre ofcrime film?
...thatDurga Khote was famous for her character roles and was theheroine of the firstMarathi talkie?

22 January 2006

22:52, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

...that the tower of theMain Building of The University of Texas at Austin is lit in theschool colors, orange and white, to signify the academic andathletic triumphs of theUniversity?
...that the Russian academicianAleksey Shakhmatov attempted to reconstruct the earliestSlavonic chronicle, supposedly compiled at the court ofYaroslav the Wise in the mid-11th century?
...that the 17muscles of the hip work together in complex ways to produce a wide range of movement?
...thatIbrahim Hussein Berro was recently identified as thesuicide bomber in the1994 AMIA Bombing inBuenos Aires?

20 January 2006

17:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatGostiny Dvor inSaint Petersburg, opened in1785, was the largestshopping mall of the18th-century Russia and remains one of the oldest continuously existingdepartment stores in the world?
...thatShane Warne Cricket '99, aPlaystation cricket game is endorsed by theAustralian bowler,Shane Warne?
...that the phrase"Up to eleven", inspired by a scene from the1984 filmThis is Spinal Tap, was entered into theShorter Oxford English Dictionary in2002 with the definition "up to maximum volume"?
...thatNicolas des Escuteaux'snovels are regarded as more adventurous than sentimental, and show the influence of theRenaissance Hispano-Portuguese adventure novel?

10:49, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatPeter the Great's eldest daughter,Anna Petrovna, died in childbirth aged 20, but all the livingRomanovs descend from her?
...that the phraseThe King is dead. Long live the King! was first used following the accession ofCharles VII in 1422?
...that theSelect Vestries Bill isread in theHouse of Lords at the start of each session ofParliament before a debate on theQueen's Speech, to demonstrate that the House chooses and sets its own business independently ofthe Crown?
...thatMalcolm Perry was the first doctor to attend to President Kennedy and performed atracheotomy which inadvertently destroyedballistics evidence key to determining whoassassinated the president?

04:07, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatNorway applied thrice to join theEuropean Union, but failed to accede all three times?
...thatChuck Muncie was a star running back for TheUniversity of California during the 1970s, where he broke six school rushing records that stand to this day?
...that it is alleged that during theBattle of Ramree Island,crocodiles contributed to the near wiping out of aWorld War II Japanese garrison?
...that in 1912Arthur Rose Eldred became the firstEagle Scout in theBoy Scouts of America and his descendants are still involved inScouting?

19 January 2006

19:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatprehistoric inhabitants of theSan Francisco Bay Area fished thebat ray in large numbers, while more recently it is mostly taken byoyster growers who mistakenly believe it feeds on their oysters?
...that psychologicaloffender profiling was used by Britishpolice for the first time in capturingJohn Duffy, the so-calledRailway Killer?
...that while they were part of the hittelevision war sitcomDad's Army,Arthur Lowe andIan Lavender were also acting in theradio seriesParsley Sidings?
...thatJózef Olszyna-Wilczyński was a high-ranking commander of thePolish Army, a veteran ofWorld War I,Polish-Ukrainian War and thePolish-Soviet War, and was executed by theSoviets during thePolish Defensive War of1939?

11:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

...that in his design forKarlskirche inVienna the architectJohann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach aspired to synthesize the main ideas found in the most important sacred structures of past and present?
...that theVirgo Stellar Stream is the proposed name for a stream ofstars in theconstellation ofVirgo which are thought to be the remains of adwarf spheroidal galaxy that is in the process of merging with theMilky Way?
...thatMichael Bates was anOlympic bronze medalist sprinter and aPro Bowl American football player?
...that the founders of theCommunist League inDenmark, had departed from theLeft Socialists in1972 even though they had been in majority in that party?

18 January 2006

22:39, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatDupuy de Lôme was a19th century French naval architect, who developed the first steambattleship, the first sea-goingironclad warship, and the first largeairship in history?
...that inBaroque Rome, when the Austrian-born artist-designerJohann Paul Schor was not collaborating withBernini, he might be called on to design sculptural architecture to be executed insugar at a banquet?
...that theJinricksha Station isSingapore's last reminder of the once ubiquitousrickshaw, which was phased out afterWorld War II?
...that apuddle was blamed for the death of a mediæval merchant who drowned while crossing it, believing it to be only shallow, when it was actually deep enough to engulf him and his horse?

03:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatFrancis Birtles was anAustralian adventurer who set many long distance cycling and driving records including becoming the first man to drive a car fromEngland to Australia in1927?
...that theBulldozer Exhibition has got its name because theSoviet authorities actually usedbulldozers to disperse the spectators and destroy thepaintings of the participatingMoscow nonconformist artists?
...thatAkira Machida is the current Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of Japan, and that there have been 15Chief Justices of Japan since 1947?
...thatDeportivo Táchira Fútbol Club is theVenezuelan soccer club with the most appearances in theCopa Libertadores?

17 January 2006

18:31, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theFrench Navy'sLe Napoléon (1850) was the firststeam battleship in history?
...thatHussein Khan Nakhichevanski was the onlyMuslim to be appointedGeneral-Adjutant of theEmperor ofRussia?
...that the1927 silent filmThe Scar of Shame is an early example of a "race movie," in which a feature film was made by ablack cast exclusively for black audiences?
...that quarterbackBill Kenney is the only player namedMr. Irrelevant (an "award" traditionally given to the last selection of theNFL Draft) to appear in thePro Bowl?

06:48, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

...that sculptor Pavel Sokolov designedsphinxes forEgyptian Bridge,griffins forBank Bridge, andlions forBridge of Four Lions inSaint Petersburg?
...that the history ofJudaism in Japan started in1861 when approximately fifty Jewish families settled inYokohama?
...thatKishan Shrikanth, age ten, is in the process ofdirecting aKannada-languagefeature film,C/o Footpath, which will almost certainly make him the youngest director ever to release a commercial feature film?
...thatJohn Crocker, aBritish corps commander inWorld War II, served as a both aprivate and ageneral in theBritish Army?

16 January 2006

21:57, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theNorth American Phalanx was a mid-19th century Utopian community inMonmouth County,New Jersey based on the idea of French socialistCharles Fourier?
...that prolificdesignerAdrian createdcostumes for over 200films during his career atMGM?
...thatWalther Flemming, a Germanhistologist, discoveredmitosis (cell division),chromatin andchromosomes, and that this is considered one of the 100 most important scientific discoveries in history?
...thatThe Chesterfield Kings, a veterangarage rock band fromRochester, New York, are currently suing their longtime record label over nonpayment of royalties, and are being represented by a lawyer who played keyboards on several of their albums?

12:31, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatAnatoly Durov was one of the founding fathers of theSoviet circus?
...that thehistory of writing began in the4th millennium BC out ofneolithic proto-writing?
...thatChemmeen, a popularMalayalam novel, was made into acolour Cinemascope film, one of the first inMalayalam film industry?
...that the official title of the"Stars on 45 Medley", which names a total of 11 different songs, makes it the longest-titled song ever to make theBillboard charts in theUnited States?

15 January 2006

22:11, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theCapitol Theatre in Melbourne was once described as "the bestcinema that was ever built or is ever likely to be built"?
...that in1911 baseball playerEd Konetchy and theSt. Louis Cardinals were involved in atrain wreck that killed 12 and injured 47, and Konetchy andmanager Roger Bresnahan led the rescue effort?
...that theMichigan Life Sciences Corridor is a US$1 billionbiotechnology initiative that gets its funding fromMichigan's settlement with thetobacco industry?
...that manyRussians celebrate the newyear twice: once on theJanuary 1 New Year of theGregorian calendar and again on theJulian calendarOld New Year in mid-January?

13 January 2006

18:04, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatIndonesia is the world's fourth largest producer ofcoffee?
...that althoughThomas S. Hamblin preferred ballet and opera, he staged low-browmelodrama,farce, andvariety acts at theBowery Theatre?
...that theMartyrologium Hieronymianum, though not written bySaint Jerome himself, was the most widely-usedmartyrology during theMiddle Ages?
...thatGilles Joye, aRenaissance composer, was known for brawling and frequentingbrothels—but later became apriest?
...thatDawn Steel was the firstwoman to head a majorHollywood film studio?

09:31, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

...that atCirque d'hiver (the "Winter Circus") inParis, the idea of stylish eveningcircus performances for fashionable audiences was invented by Louis Dejean?
...that "truthiness," a word made byStephen Colbert ofThe Colbert Report, was selected as the2005 Word of the Year by theAmerican Dialect Society?
...thatYaroslav of Halych's repudiation of his wife led to a popularuprising, in the course of which his favoriteconcubine wasburnt alive?
...thatalligation is a practical method for solvingarithmetic problems related to mixtures?

12 January 2006

22:05, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatFrederick Marrable resigned his post as ChiefArchitect to theMetropolitan Board of Works inLondon when they offered him a derisory salary raise?
...thathypostatic abstraction is the name given to the process describing how theproposition"X is Y" istransformed to"X has Y-ness"?
...that the city ofBarreiras inBahia,Brazil remained isolated for nearly a decade in the 1960s when thepower plant closed?
...thatZhang Mao became the ruler ofFormer Liang when amagician had his brother (the then-governor)assassinated?

09:56, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatTegernsee Abbey inBavaria was founded by the nobleman Otkar, supposedly after his son had been killed during a game of chess by the son of KingPippin III with the chessboard?
...theUnited Nations Angola Verification Mission II was a peacekeeping mission that monitored the 1990ceasefire and 1991 Bicesse Accords?
...that in the iconic 1955Richard Avedon photograph,supermodelDovima posed wearing aDior evening dress standing with circuselephants?
...that fourEU-Russia Common Spaces were articulated during theMoscow EU-Russia summit inMay 2005?

00:37, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatCount Orlov'sMarble Palace, decorated with 32 shades ofRussian marbles, currently houses the largest exhibition ofPop Art inSaint Petersburg?
...thatAustralian sprinterStanley Rowley is the only Olympic participant to win medals for two countries at the sameOlympic Games?
...thatKanyasulkam, written byGurajada Apparao in 1892, is the firstTelugu play dealing with social issues?
...that theSeleucid era was a system of numbering years from the return ofSeleucus I Nicator toBabylon in312 BC?

11 January 2006

11:38, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theFrench submarinePlongeur, built in1863, was the first submarine in the world not to use human power forpropulsion?
...thatL. V. Prasad had the unique distinction of acting in the firsttalkies in three differentIndian languages:Hindi,Telugu andTamil?
...that theMount Victoria Tunnel is 623 metres long and was the firstNew Zealand tunnel to haveair conditioning?
...that theCaribbean Club inKey Largo, Florida was built by former millionaire promoterCarl Graham Fisher as "a poor man's retreat" and became famous as a filming site for the1947 filmKey Largo starringHumphrey Bogart andLauren Bacall?

10 January 2006

22:36, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatBrutus de Villeroi was aFrench engineer who created theUSSAlligator, theU.S. Navy's firstsubmarine, in1862?
...that theZagreb mid-air collision overCroatia in1976 was one of the deadliestmid-air collisions?
...that apart from cellmate George McKnight,U.S. Navy officerGeorge Thomas Coker was the onlyPOW to escape from the "Hanoi Hilton"?
...that only six of the 12Eurozone member states have not yet issued€2 commemorative coins, and only four have no plans to do so by2006?

19:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
...thatNew York City authorities asked theMuseum of Sex not to locate itself within 500 feet of a church or school?

08:03, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theKhreschatyk is the main street ofUkrainian capital Kiev on whichOrange Revolution and other historical events mainly took place?
...that theRamona Valley inSan Diego County California is the country's 162ndAmerican Viticultural Area, and only the third such AVA designated inSouthern California by theAlcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau?
...that the nature of the femaleorgasm is a field of research for academics studyingfemale sexuality?
...that theAll Sky Automated Survey is aPolish astronomical project based inChile, controlled remotely from Poland through theInternet, and that it has discovered twocomets since1996 with a tiny budget?

9 January 2006

23:45, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

...that there are manymulti-headed animals inmythology andfiction, but there have also been numerous real animals that had two heads?
...that the fighter pilotAleksandr Kazakov destroyed 32German andAustro-Hungarian planes duringWWI, while his formal tally of 17 is explained by the fact that only planes crashed in theRussian-held territory were officially counted?
...that theasteroid7796 Járacimrman, discovered in 1996 onKleť Observatory and named after the famous fictitious Czech geniusJára Cimrman, proved to be the lost asteroid that had already been observed in 1973 on Brera-Merate Observatory in northernItaly?
...that the Russian singerAlla Bayanova, who celebrated the 80th anniversary of her stage performance back in2003, recently collaborated withMarc Almond on severalduets?

13:34, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatAlbert Einstein's brain was preserved after his death, and has been used in debates about the correlation betweenneuroanatomy andgenius?
...that botanistEdgar Anderson was a founding member of theSociety for the Study of Evolution and an active member of theReligious Society of Friends?
...thatChester Racecourse is the oldesthorse racing course in theEngland, built on the site of a blockedharbour in1533?
...that afterTony Kiritsis was declared "not guilty by reason of insanity" in 1977,Indiana legislators amended the law to provide for verdicts of "guilty but mentally ill" and "not responsible by reason of insanity"?

06:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

...that aKnox County, Ohio, tradition credits members of theSnowden Family Band with writing the song "Dixie"?
...thatPaul Posluszny, alinebacker forPenn State'sfootball team, was recently namedcollege football's bestdefensive player of the year?
...thatVariation and Evolution in Plants is one of the four canonical texts of themodern evolutionary synthesis and that all four texts were compiled following the authors' presentation of the Jesup Lectures atColumbia University?
...thatDrayton Hall, built 1738–42, nearCharleston, South Carolina, is considered one of the most handsomeNeo-Palladian houses inNorth America?

8 January 2006

21:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

...thatCentral Fire Station, the oldest existingfire station inSingapore, had only fourportable water pumps when it was completed in1908?
...thatHenry Paget, known as "the dancing Marquess", inherited hispeerage at the age of 23 and spent so much onclothes,jewelry and parties that he wentbankrupt withdebts of£544,000 at the age of 28?
...that the14th Waffen Grenadier Division was aUkrainian military formation in theGerman armed forces during theWorld War II and that it fought against theRed Army inGraz,Austria?
...thatAliwalia is the earliest knowncarnivorous dinosaur, and was huge for its time?

6 January 2006

05:54, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

...that thePentastomida areparasitic invertebrates commonly known astongue worms because of their resemblance tovertebrate tongues?
...thatRattlesnake James, thelast man to be hanged inCalifornia, was convicted ofdrowning his wife after a failed first attempt to kill her withrattlesnake venom?
...thatRobin Williams'A Night at the Met won aGrammy for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical?
...thatRichard Butler and his father were 31st and 23rdPremiers of South Australia, respectively?

5 January 2006

14:46, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

...that apalinode is a type ofretraction poem championed byChaucer?
...that although there are 75West Indian women who have played one-day international cricket, only 54 of them have represented the West Indies?
...that the samevisual hallucinations ofgeometric patterns, known asform constants, are seen innear-death experiences,synesthesia, and drug-enducedhallucinatory visions?
...thatAmpelosaurus was a Europeandinosaur that bore spikes on its back up to 20 cm long?

05:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theMarian column on whichOur Lady stands onPiazza Santa Maria Maggiore inRome originally supported thevault of the Basilica of Constantine at theRoman Forum and was the only one such column to survive the Basilica's destruction in anearthquake?
...that as part ofFukubukuro, aNew Year's custom inJapan, merchants offer bags of merchandise for prices much lower than the normal value of the items inside?
...that the firstAustralian national sporting team to wear the now traditionalgreen and gold team colours were theAustralian cricket team that touredEngland in1899?
...thatEstela Ruiz claims to have seen and spoken with theBlessed Virgin Mary in SouthPhoenix, Arizona continually from1988 to1998?

4 January 2006

17:38, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

...that using anorthotropic deck instead of aconcrete deck reduced the mass of theGolden Gate Bridge by 11,160 metrictons?
...thatAlice Nelson and Sam the Butcher were engaged to be married in the final season of thesitcomThe Brady Bunch?
...thatSpace.com is aspace andastronomy newswebsite launched in 1999 byCNN anchorLou Dobbs?
...thatJames McClinton was the firstAfrican American mayor ofTopeka, Kansas, appointed by thecity council in December2003, but that the electorate of the city passed a referendum the following year to strip the office of political power?

10:45, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theChickens War of1537 was aprotest inKingdom of Poland, and it was named so by the victorious opposition, who claimed that the instigators only succeeded in nearly total consumption of chickens inLesser Poland?
...that theMiranzai Valley is a fertile mountain valley in theKohat district of theNorth-West Frontier Province ofPakistan?
...that theCowboy Trail is the longestrails to trails conversion project in theUnited States?
...thatJames Sadleir was expelled from theBritish House of Commons in1857 after helping his brother take £288,000 from the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank, fled from justice, and ended up murdered inGeneva?

02:00, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

...that thecampus of Michigan State University has 676 buildings, with a total of 2.073 millionm² of floor space?
...thatTeatro Campesino or "farmworkers theater" began perfoming in1965 on flat bed trucks in the fields with theUnited Farm Workers inDelano, California and still puts on performances today?
...thatThe Squirrels,Seattle-based practitioners of the "Frankenstein method of song arrangement", recorded a "Stars on 45"-style medley of songs fromThe Wizard of Oz, which was among the 142 7-inch records that BritishDJ John Peel set aside in a box to grab if his house ever caught fire?
...that aquadrature phase booster is a specialised form oftransformer used to control the flow ofelectric power onelectricity transmission networks?

3 January 2006

12:27, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

...that theSky Ride at the 1933Chicago Century of Progress carried 4.5 million fairgoers in "rocket cars" 60 m above ground, before being demolished in 1934?
...thatEarl Morrall was named theNFL's Most Valuable Player in1968, after replacing the injuredJohnny Unitas, and led the Colts intoSuper Bowl III?
...thatSoviet biologistIlya Ivanovich Ivanov was renowned for his expertise at artificially inseminating mares?
...that somescientists, in response to the popularidiom dismissing the possibility, have conductedexperiments to compareapples and oranges?

2 January 2006

23:00, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

American family watching television in the 1950s

...that theFamily Viewing Hour was mandated by theFCC to keep the earliest one hour inU.S.prime-time television "safe" for the entire family?
...that by the timeAmerican football playerNat Moore retired in1986, he had broken almost everyreceiving record of theMiami Dolphins?
...thatGo.com partnered with Goto.com in2001, even though a judge had ordered Go.com to pay Goto.com$21.5 million earlier for having a similar logo?
...that adead-rubber is a term used insporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches?

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