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31 August 2009

23:14, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

... thattopologically, amug is equivalent(see picture) to adoughnut?
... that the first shots by theUnited States inWorld War I were fired by thePorto Rico Regiment of Infantry fromEl Morro Castle at aGerman ship inSan Juan Bay,Puerto Rico?
... that the 2008 single "Enfants", bymicrohouse producerRicardo Villalobos, incorporates "no development over its seventeen minute length"?
... that one of thepublic address applications ofparabolic loudspeakers is to project sound waves in a 10° cone pattern 300 feet (90 m) away?
... thatFred Hollands scored twice inSouthampton St Mary's biggest competitive victory, a 14–0FA Cup win againstNewbury Town on 13 October 1894 that still remains a record win for Southampton?
... thatEgyptian military figure and politicianYoussef Seddik launched the first military procedures in theJuly 23 Revolution of 1952?
... that theKavala Archaeological Museum has been described as being the most important archaeological museum inEastern Macedonia?
... that directorHenri-Georges Clouzot once drugged actressBrigitte Bardot to make herdrool?

17:15, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theKrasiczyn Palace(pictured) in southeasternPoland was built on the site of a 14th-century wooden complex calledSliwnica?
... that film directorQuentin Tarantino encouragedOmar Doom to become an actor, and cast Doom inInglourious Basterds two weeks before filming began?
... that after theBattle of Frankfurt an der Oder in 1631, it took six days to bury the dead inmass graves?
... that because of his patriotic songs,Czech songwriterKarel Hašler died inMauthausen concentration camp?
... thatMagnolia × soulangeana is the most commonly usedmagnolia inhorticulture in the British Isles?
... thatIndonesian politicianIbnu Parna, leader and the sole MP of thecommunistAcoma Party, was killed in the1965 massacres?
... that ex-professionaltennis playerClaire Curran competed for bothIreland andGreat Britain in theFed Cup and accumulated a win–loss record of 20–7 in Fed Cup matches over the course of her career?
... that since being dedicated for "park and parkway" purposes in 1909,Dickerman Park inSaint Paul, Minnesota, has been primarily used for parking lots and front yards of businesses?

11:14, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

... that when the narrowRock Creek Canyon Bridge(pictured) inBritish Columbia was widened and strengthened in 1992, the works were carried out while keeping one lane open to traffic?
... thatPolish actorRoman Kłosowski portrayedNostradamus in the2009 filmBefore Twilight?
... that theUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is one of only four health centers in the United States with seven professional colleges?
... thatKarl Evang andTorbjørn Mork, who consecutively headed theNorwegian Directorate for Health between 1938 and 1992, were both active members of theLabour Party?
... that theWrinkle-faced Bat is able to bite 20% harder than otherbats of a similar size allowing it to eat a wider range offruits?
... that, though ostensibly built to defend the city, the citizens ofCork pulled downElizabeth Fort within two years of its first construction for fear that it would be used against them byJames I?
... that an ancientpagoda on the Toe River inMa-ubin,Burma, fell in 2002 due to river erosion and had to be rebuilt?
... that in addition to leading a committee which investigated alleged communists,California State SenatorJack Tenney composed the popular song "Mexicali Rose"?

05:14, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

... that thefirearms of Japan(pictured) go back to the 13th century, but were almost totally abandoned for 200 years during Japan'sSeclusion period?
... that the Australian rainforest (and garden) plantsNarrow-leaved-,Brown, andNative Gardenias of the genusAtractocarpus have fragrant flowers, much like the more familiarCommon Gardenia?
... that Polish historian and socialist activistAdam Próchnik was alleged to have been anillegitimate son of the Polish Prime MinisterIgnacy Daszyński?
... thatThe Play of the Weather by theCatholic playwrightJohn Heywood is a plea for religious tolerance after theReformation in the form of anallegory?
... thatTaschereau Bridge andGalipeault Bridge were both widened in a bid to appeaseÎle Perrot merchants who were worried that the newly-builtÎle aux Tourtes Bridge would drive away their customers?
... thatBrigadierRonnie Tod was awarded the freedom ofAthens byArchbishop Damaskinos in 1944?
... that within 15 years of its construction, theJ. Vivian, Jr. and Company Building was enlarged twice, firstly to add a third story, and secondly to increase its width?
... that theJewish cemetery in Chernivtsi,Ukraine, is one of the biggest historic Jewish cemeteries preserved in Central and Eastern Europe?

30 August 2009

23:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theHand of God in art(example pictured) often stands for thevoice of God?
... thatbasketball centerJānis Krūmiņš won 1956 Olympic silver only three years after he started playing basketball?
... thatHitchcon, aconvention celebrating the 30th anniversary of the publication ofThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, will feature a live commentary onTwitter given byMarvin the Paranoid Android?
... thatSamuel Wilbert Tucker organized an African-American civil rightssit-in at theAlexandria, Virginia, public library as early as 1939?
... that themusic video forPirates of the Mississippi's 1991 single "Feed Jake" was believed by some members of thegay community to have a homosexual theme?
... thatPolish architectChrystian Piotr Aigner used a range of styles includingClassicist,Neoclassicist,Palladian,Neogothic,Empire andRomantic?
... that theByzantine regiment of theVigla, which served as an imperial bodyguard unit in the 8th–11th centuries, had its origin inlate Roman cavalry units of the 5th century?
... that American cab driverIhab Ali Nawawi crashed aSabre jet belonging toOsama bin Laden into asand dune in Sudan?

17:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatKricogonia lyside(pictured) can grow from egg to adult in as little as 13 days?
... that theprimary line constants describe characteristics ofcopper transmission lines?
... that in 1896,Christian IX of Denmark awardedRamon Santamarina theOrder of the Dannebrog, for supporting the settlement of Danish emigrants inArgentina?
... that theJenisch house, a 19th-centurycountry house, is located in the oldest landscaped park inHamburg, Germany?
... thatkoalas eat the leaves of theeucalyptus tree known as theRed Mahogany?
... thatOla Lindholm hosted the2004 version ofMelodifestivalen, an annual music competition and the most watched television program in Sweden?
... thatreflections of signals on conducting lines causehigh frequency electricalringing on domesticpower cables which continues long after the original disturbance?
... thatWilliam Weston may have been the firstEnglishman to have led an expedition toNorth America?

11:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatRafiq al-Tamimi(pictured) helped establishal-Fatat, an anti-Ottoman Arab nationalist movement, despite working for the country's government?
... thatJapanese theoretical physicistKazuhiko Nishijima is well-known for developing the concept ofstrangeness inparticle physics?
... that with 665Members taking part, the August 1892vote of no confidence against theMarquess of Salisbury's government saw the most votes ever cast inParliament ?
... that theDagenham Roundhouse in East London featured acts includingGenesis,Led Zeppelin,Thin Lizzy andPink Floyd during the early 1970s?
... thatPer Voksø resigned as editor-in-chief ofMorgenposten shortly afterSverre Munck bought the newspaper?
... that theNational Gallery of Victoria only purchased Australian artistFrederick McCubbin'striptychThe pioneer after he reworked the painting to add a view of the city ofMelbourne in the background?
... thatGlensanda was an ancient deserted settlement in theHighlands of Scotland, but is now a super-quarry which exports 6,000,000 tons ofgranite every year?
... that theAustralian Military Court was declaredconstitutionally invalid after a sailor accused of "teabagging" a superior officer challenged its validity in theHigh Court of Australia?

05:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the cause ofwhite pox disease(pictured) killingElkhorn coral tissue in theCaribbean is a commonfecal intestinal bacterium found in humans and other animals?
... thatfairy tale collectorNicolae Constantin Batzaria was anAromanian representative among theYoung Turks, anOttoman government minister, and one ofRomania's best-known creators ofcomic strips?
... thatGeorgia Cottage, an 1840s house inMobile, Alabama, was the home ofAugusta Jane Evans, the first female author in the United States to earn more than $100,000 for her literary work?
... thatGus Hurdle rejected a chance to play internationalfootball forBarbados to helpCrawley Town in their relegation match againstDorchester Town, saying it was the "bigger game"?
... thatElvis recorded his last number one hit, "Suspicious Minds", atAmerican Sound Studio?
... that in 2004,Jørn Holme became the first active politician to be appointed as director of theNorwegian Police Security Service?
... thatIron Duke, thelead ship of theIron Duke-class battleships was theflagship of the BritishGrand Fleet at theBattle of Jutland in May 1916?
... that the death of John Lewis (better known as "Spanish Louie") was the first recorded use of adrive by shooting as a means of gangland execution inNew York City?

29 August 2009

23:14, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

... that during his1988 presidential campaign, CongressmanRon Paul(pictured) received theLibertarian Party's nomination over another candidate who wanted to "put handcuffs on allIRS agents"?
... thatDorothea Lange andPirkle Jones were commissioned to take photographs ofMonticello, California as it was being prepared for destruction?
... thatGray's Inn only began employing a librarian afterbarristers began stealing the books?
... that theagaric mushroom speciesAgaricus benesii is found under the pines ofMonterey Cypress trees and bruises pinkish-red when injured?
... that theEnglish heraldRalph Brooke tricked SirWilliam Segar into granting acoat of arms to aLondon hangman?
... thatLouisiana stateJudgeHenry L. Yelverton, facing mandatory retirement at 75, went on to work five years as a clerk for the appeals court inLake Charles?
... thatSS GeneralKarl Wolff claimed to have foiled aplot to kidnap Pope Pius XII?
... thatHurricane Greta in1956 was the largestAtlantic hurricane ever recorded?

17:14, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatcritics were so harsh onHans Christian Andersen's(pictured) early installments ofFairy Tales Told for Children that he delayed publishingThe Little Mermaid andThe Emperor's New Clothes by a full year?
... that theUnited Kingdom relied on theImperial Japanese Navy and itsNorth American Task Force to defendCanada's west coast during theFirst World War?
... that brothersGeorge Wright andHarry Wright bothmanaged the Providence GraysNational League baseball team?
... thatAlbert Bates, partner ofMachine Gun Kelly, participated in the kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles Urschel in 1933?
... thatTaking Woodstock,Elliot Tiber's memoir about the famed 1969music festival, was the basis for theAng Lee film of the same title?
... that asavior sibling has undergonepreimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in order to serve as a stem cell donor to a diseased sibling?
... thatRichard Petty's victory at the1966 Daytona 500 was the first and only time that he captured thepole position, despite winning the event a record seven times?
... that American artistDuke Riley was arrested for driving hiswooden submarine too close to theQueen Mary 2?

11:14, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

... that it was four years before the British government revealed that aGazelle helicopter(example pictured) was shot down byfriendly fire during theFalklands War?
... that a portion of theRhode Island Route 37expressway was inadvertently constructed over a historiccemetery inCranston, Rhode Island?
... thatJohannes Kvittingen, anexiled Norwegian bacteriologist inLondon in 1940, was asked to be head recruiter of Norwegian agents for theSpecial Operations Executive?
... that there have been 57celebrity housemates in theBritish version ofBig Brother?
... that the construction ofStalingrad-classbattlecruisers was cancelled soon after their major supporter,Joseph Stalin, died in March 1953?
... that in 1975Phil Slocombe wasSomerset County Cricket Club's first batsman to score 1,000 runs in his first full season?
... thatGalerina sulciceps is considered the mosttoxic mushroom?
... thatKarhu Sports sold thethree stripe trademark toAdidas for the equivalent of 1600 euros and two bottles of whiskey?

05:14, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theFrench orientalist painterÉtienne Dinet(pictured) was so fascinated byArab culture that he converted toIslam?
... that the 13th-century settlements known as theMise of Amiens and theMise of Lewes are the only two such "mises" inEnglish history?
... thatAlfred Proksch won two gold medals at the 2009 World's Masters Championships because he was the only competitor in the 100+ age bracket fordiscus andshot put?
... thatMajor League Baseball presents a variety ofawards each season forindividual performance,excellence in batting,pitching performance, andfielding prowess?
... that despite being born inHarlow,England,Alex Stavrinou qualified to play for theCyprus youthfootball team through his father'sCypriot heritage?
... that, duringWorld War II,Greek Air Force pilotMarinos Mitralexisrammed the rudder of an enemy bomber with the propeller of hisPZL P.24, causing the enemy aircraft to crash to the ground?
... thatDavid Orme-Johnson wanted theUnited States Department of Defense to hire 10,000 people to performTranscendental Meditation continuously in order to improve society?
... that injuringLactarius indigo will make it bleed a blue milk that slowly turns green?

28 August 2009

23:14, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatTom Roberts's painting "The Big Picture"(pictured), commissioned to record the opening of the firstParliament of Australia in 1901, contains 269 recognisable likenesses?
... that during the1967 outbreak offoot and mouth disease in theUnited Kingdom, around 430,000 animals were slaughtered?
... that the recording of "La Incondicional" byLuis Miguel broke several airplay records inLatin America, where it remained at the top of the charts for seven months?
... thatlinguistDennis Baron has written about theEnglish-only movement, peoples' relationships with their computers, and thegrammar of theSecond Amendment?
... that thePortuguese Fireplacewar memorial is the remains of a camp wherePortuguese labourers helped theCanadian Forestry Corps in felling timber duringWorld War I?
... thatAlaska Airlines evolved fromMcGee Airways, which originated with a single three-seatStinson plane?
... thatChromis abyssus was the first species entered into theZooBank registry ofzoological nomenclature?
... thatMy Boy Jack, a 2007 film starringDaniel Radcliffe andDavid Haig, is based onone of Haig's plays of the same name?

17:14, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Soviet cruiser Molotov in 1942

... that theKirov-class cruiserMolotov (pictured), named after politician and diplomatVyacheslav Molotov, was the firstSoviet ship to carry aradar?
... that three students were burnt to death in the2000 Dharmapuri bus burning, an incident which resulted from the conviction ofJ. Jayalalitha for corruption?
... that the Canadiandocumentary filmAct of God investigates the metaphysical effects of being struck bylightning?
... that thecalendar web application30 Boxes is able to determine the time, date, and title of an event from a single sentence?
... that when theFBI celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008,Walter Walsh, its oldest living former agent, was one year older than the agency itself?
... thatAmerican football playerCaptain Munnerlyn returned akickoff for 84 yards and a blockedfield goal for 81 yards in the same game?
... thatArt Attack is the longest runningprogramme in the history ofCITV?
... that actorsNicolai Cleve Broch andAksel Hennie have been referred to as "Norway'sBen Affleck andMatt Damon"?

11:08, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatbreech-loading swivel guns(pictured) have been widely used since the 14th century, althoughbreech-loading is usually considered a modern innovation?
... thatCharles Darwin's 1875 bookInsectivorous Plants describes how he tried to feed meat and glass tocarnivorous plants to get them to bite?
... thatAltaRock Energy's demonstration project for generatingrenewable energy throughgeothermal power may increase the number ofearthquakes inCalifornia?
... that in 1988, after flying to space with first Cubancosmonaut Arnaldo Méndez,Yuri Romanenko was invited to an underwater fishing trip withFidel Castro?
... that American theologianJonathan Edwards, in his 1734 sermonThe Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners, condemns Jews for their strict observance ofMosaic Law?
... that 97% of the letters from viewers ofThe Rejected, the firstdocumentary abouthomosexuality toair on American television, were positive?
... that Tunisian philosopherYoussef Seddik attempted to publish aQur'an in the form of seven volumes of comics in 1992?
... thatBasil "The Owl" Banghart (1900–1982), an American burglar and prison escape artist, acquired his nickname because of his abnormally large eyes?

05:07, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatHijron Ka Khanqah(pictured) is a pre-Mughal period monument of thefifteenth century where someHijras (eunuchs) ofDelhi were buried during theLodi dynasty's reign?
... that semi-professionalfootballerGareth Risbridger holds aUEFA 'B'Pro Licence coaching badge and is also a qualifiedreferee, as well as working as agreenkeeper at Wycombe Heights Golf Club?
... that the world's largestmobile phone producer,Nokia, have announced their plans to releasetheir first PC since 1991?
... thatEmma Nutt became the world's first female telephone operator when she started working for the Boston Telephone Despatch company in 1878?
... that the"kids for cash" scandal inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania involveskickbacks from prison officials to judges to send kids to prison?
... that theOriginal Dixieland Jass Band's "Livery Stable Blues" (1917) was the first releasedjazz recording?
... that theCalifornia lizardfish is not sought by most anglers because its flesh has a taste resemblingiodine?
... thatDipak Patel once calledZambian president Levy Mwanawasa a "cabbage" and accused him of rigginghis election, yet still went on to serve as his Minister of Commerce?

27 August 2009

23:07, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theRock Harbor Light(pictured), built in 1855, was used for only eight years before being permanently decommissioned?
... that theRijksmonument designation has been applied to about 55,000 sites in theNetherlands?
... thatEileen McKenney, who was the inspiration for the title character inMy Sister Eileen, was killed in an automobile accident four days before the play opened onBroadway?
... that new evidence has revealed thatAustralian artistTom Roberts painted much of his masterpieceShearing the Rams on locationen plein air, not in hisMelbourne studio?
... that thePaleozoic monoplacophoranPilina unguis was twice as large as any known living monoplacophoran?
... that themass-luminosity relation, first derived byArthur Eddington in 1924, helps astronomers find the distances tobinary star systems?
... that the Boga is also known as the Snit inJamaica and as the Bonnetmouth in theBahamas?
... thatkids are people too!

17:07, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

... that during her 16 years of active service,Kaganovich(pictured) was renamed twice to avoid being associated with disgraced members of theCommunist Party?
... that theOslo Sporveier tram company became the first company to be found guilty ofhomicide inNorway as a result of a 2001 fatalaccident involving anSM91tram?
... thataudiobook publisherMichael Viner produced theIncredible Bongo Band's often-sampled recording of "Apache", as well as a joke album calledThe Best ofMarcel Marceau?
... that a youngIdi Amin was a reserve player for theEast Africa rugby union team during the1955 British Lions tour to South Africa?
... thatThomas E. Corcoran received theMedal of Honor for rescuing his crewmates from their sinking ship during theAmerican Civil War?
... that rock groupThe Beau Brummels sang "Laugh, Laugh" on a 1965 episode ofThe Flintstones as The Beau Brummelstones?
... that in his lifetime,Roy Sullivan wasstruck by lightning seven times, but died from a gunshot?
... that theseven most obese nations in the world are all located in thePacific?

11:07, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatasteroids with twomoons, like1994 CC(pictured), comprise only 1% of thenear-Earth objects?
... thatHMSFifi, aGerman warship captured and added to theRoyal Navy during theFirst World War, was named to mean 'tweet-tweet' inFrench?
... thatErnest Poole's bookHis Family received the firstPulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918?
... that a British rower attempting to break the record for the quickestsolo crossing of theAtlantic Ocean abandoned his boat due to the approach ofHurricane Bill?
... thatKari Gjesteby is the first femaleState Conciliator of Norway?
... that99 Fables, a posthumously published collection byWilliam March, "emphasizes the platitudes of life by the platitudinous nature of hisfables?"
... that as part of thecortisol awakening response, the stress hormonecortisol normally increases by about half in the half hour after we awake?
... thatViking warlordSigurd Eysteinsson was killed by thesevered head of his enemy?

05:07, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

... that thetoxic mushroomAmanita abrupta(pictured) damages theliver in a manner similar to thedestroying angel and thedeathcap?
... thatkuisis areNative American flutes crafted in distinct male and female pairs, but meant to be played together?
... thatoats have been ground at awatermill on the site ofBarry Mill, in Scotland, since 1539?
... that a 1999 excavation by theIsrael Antiquities Authority inside a sewer pipe in the depopulated Arab village ofBashshit revealed ceramic remains dating back to the Early Islamic period?
... that inventorBrutus de Villeroi tested the first French submarine in the commune ofNoirmoutier-en-l'Île on 12 August 1832?
... that theHamsa-Sandesha is aSanskrit love poem that tells the story ofRama andSita in the style ofKalidasa'sMeghaduta?
... that althoughJohn Fortescue listed tenInns of Chancery, only nine are known?
... thatcountry music singerAlan Jacksonstill likes bologna?

26 August 2009

23:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatDe Heidebloem(pictured), asmock mill inErica,Drenthe, is used now as an instructional mill to train newmillers?
... thatWilliam Anderson, a surgeon and naturalist aboardCaptain James Cook's HMSResolution, wrote in 1777 that theTasmanian Inchman had an "almost intolerable" bite?
... thatAsaga'sVardhaman Charitra (Life ofVardhaman), written in 853 CE, was the firstSanskrit language biography ofJain Tirthankara,Mahavir?
... that the coincidence of theglobal financial crisis with the release ofMargaret Atwood'sPayback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth ledThe Walrus to auction predictions by Atwood at a fundraiser?
... thatEmpty Dwelling Management Orders, designed to help put empty housing back into use in theUnited Kingdom, have only been used twenty-four times in three years?
... that scholars identify the mound upon which the depopulated Palestinian Arab village ofTulayl was built, with theRoman town of "Thella"?
... thatRita Inos, aDoctor of Education, was the first femalecandidate forLieutenant Governor of theNorthern Mariana Islands?
... that because theFoulées du Goisroad running race is held on atidal causeway, participants are sometimes forced to swim to the finish line?

17:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatTerry O'Neill(pictured), new president of theNational Organization for Women (NOW), campaigned forgrassroots feminists across the United States?
... thatBristol's classicalchamber orchestra, theEmerald Ensemble, play standing up and have performed at a local nightclub?
... that in the eight months after theBattle of Narva in 1700,Andrew Vinius melted one quarter of Russia'schurch bells to makecannon?
... that thepilot episode ofThe Spectacular Spider-Man featuresRobert Englund -- best known for playingFreddy Krueger -- as the voice ofsupervillain Vulture?
... thatlinebackerQuincy Monk nearly had afootball helmet drop kicked into his head during the2003 NFL playoffs?
... that the manager ofOasis has describedRepublic of Loose as the most exciting band since Oasis?
... that on 13 August 2009, Egyptian fishermen taken hostage by Somali piratesoverpowered their captors and escaped, taking along four prisoners?
... that DrMalik Dohan al-Hassan was anoctogenarian when he was appointedJustice Minister of Iraq in 2004?

11:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theFrederick W. Panhorst Bridge(pictured), aconcrete open-spandrel arch bridge inRussian Gulch State Park nearMendocino, California, replaced an earlier woodentrestle bridge in 1940?
... thatblue cake, aflaky pastry from theBernese Oberland,Switzerland, is not blue?
... that the 1997 video gameBallblazer Champions is a remake of the 1985Ballblazer that was released for theCommodore 64 andAtari consoles?
... thatBBC defence correspondentCaroline Wyatt was born in Australia and adopted by aBritish diplomat?
... that thefirst violin concerto byPhilip Glass was composed in honor of his father Ben, who died some sixteen years before the work's conception?
... that 2009National Indigenous Art Award winnerDanie Mellor once created asculpture using ceramics,kangaroo skin,synthetic eyeballs, andstuffed birds?
... that in 1904, gymnastGeorge Eyser won six Olympic medals, including gold in thevault, even though he had a woodenprosthesis for a leg?
... that theBattle for Lake Tanganyika involved an expedition draggingtwo motor boats through Africa, led bya man who was "court-martialled for wrecking his own ships, an inveterate liar and a wearer of skirts"?

05:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

... that it took two weeks and 23 vessels to free thebattleship Missouri after sheran aground(pictured) on 17 January 1950?
... that the largest concentration of theparasitic plant speciesBuckleya distichophylla can be found in thePoor Mountain Natural Area Preserve ofRoanoke County,Virginia,USA?
... that BritishPoet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Education for Leisure" was removed from study atGCSE level due to concerns about teenage knife crime?
... that theBlue Bell inChester,Cheshire, England, contains a chamber separated from the rest of the building which has been a ticket office forstage coach operators, asoda fountain bar and abarber's shop?
... thatGolden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill is a chain of 120 restaurants servingJamaican patties,jerk chicken and curried goat?
... thatAustralian troops fought their last battle of theKorean War just hours before the ceasefire, fighting off numerousChinese attacks during theBattle of the Samichon River?
... that whenSir Edward Atkinson was appointedDirector of Public Prosecutions he refused to believe it was true and walked out of theHome Office?
... that as theSS struggled to keep up sorting the valuables plundered from prisoners atAuschwitz,Karl Möckel stated that fifteen to twenty suitcases of them were sent to theWVHA quarterly?

25 August 2009

23:06, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatHMAS Sydney(pictured) was the firstaircraft carrier owned by aBritish Commonwealth nation to serve in combat?
... thatSimon & Garfunkel did not know thatBobby Gregg was thedrummer on their #1 single "The Sounds of Silence"?
...that in August of 1948 theLabour Party of Indonesia merged with theCommunist Party?
... that theformer library ofKingston, New York, has been used as the offices for thejanitors at the neighboringhigh school?
... that theBBC radio producerR.D. Smith, husband ofOlivia Manning and model for a character in her Fortunes of War novels, was identified as a Soviet spy byMI5?
... that theKeller Ferry, which operates as part ofWashington State Route 21 was taken over by theWashington Department of Highways on September 1, 1930, although acable ferry was operated during the early 1890s?
... thatFranciszek Przysiężniak led partisan units into the largest battles of theanti-Nazi andanti-communist resistance?
... that theWill & Grace episode"Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More" was the first time that a prime-time sitcom showed aJewish protagonist marrying inside the faith?

16:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

... that inJamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb(pictured), the tomb chamber has two graves, one ofJamali the poet, and another of an unknown Kamali, who might have been chosen because his name rhymes with Jamali?
... that infestation byHalofolliculina corallasia leads toSkeletal Eroding Band, the first coral disease known to be caused by aprotozoon or by anyeukaryote?
... thatfemale professional wrestlerAnn Casey won the USA Women's Wrestling Championship in 1974 fromThe Fabulous Moolah and was never defeated for the title?
... that the founders of theSocialist Party of Indonesia (Parsi) included a group of Indonesians who had participated in theanti-fascist resistance inthe Netherlands duringWorld War II?
... thatJadwiga of Żagań bore no sons to her husband,Casimir III the Great, which spelled the end of thePiast Dynasty in theKingdom of Poland?
... that theInterim Government of India, which was formed on 2 September 1946, established diplomatic relations with theUnited States?
... that theFairy Flag is traditionally thought to have been a gift from thefairies to the chiefs ofClan Macleod?

10:17, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theinterlace decorations in theBook of Kells(detail pictured) combine ribbon-likeknotwork andanimal style motifs?
... thatJohn Heriot, a late-eighteenth-century Britishjournalist, was secretly funded to publish two pro-government newspapers?
... that in the first 15 years of its logging inNew Caledonia, 8,000 tonnes ofsandalwood, especiallySantalum austrocaledonicum, was harvested?
... thatKenneth Bacon, a former spokesperson for theU.S. Department of Defense, served as president ofRefugees International until his death in 2009?
... that the former Palestinian Arab village ofKhiyam al-Walid is believed to be a reference to the tents ofKhaled ibn al-Walid'sarmy which conquered theLevant in the 7th century?
... that after his deathWilliam Johnson Sollas was implicated in thePiltdown Man hoax by his assistant, J.A. Douglas?
... that the script for the 1943Hepburn–Tracy motion pictureKeeper of the Flame includes information from theU.S. Office of War Information, apropaganda agency of the U.S. government?
... that the JapaneseBuddhist monkNichiji attempted to walk toXanadu?

03:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatRix Robinson's(pictured) bill forwomen's suffrage was defeated during the drafting of theMichigan Constitution of 1850?
... that scholars believe thatSecacah was the ancient name of Khirbet Qumran, the archaeological site where theDead Sea Scrolls were discovered?
... thatGeorge "Snatchem" Leese was a member of theSlaughter House Gang who was known for being the official "bloodsucker" atprize fights inNew York?
... thatFreeheld is an Academy Award-winning documentary byCynthia Wade that follows aNew Jersey detective fighting for the right to pass on her pension to her femaledomestic partner?
... thatRomanian artistEugen Taru contributed to theSoviet–Yugoslav propaganda war with large posters depictingJosip Broz Tito as a butcher?
... that theAustralianSupermarine Aircraft company make the onlyaluminum reproductionSupermarine Spitfire currently in production?
... thatNorwegian actressBeate Eriksen is the granddaughter ofOlympic gymnast Marius Eriksen, and daughter ofWorld War II flying ace Marius Eriksen, Jr.?
... thatYale University Press expunged all of thecartoons fromThe Cartoons that Shook the World?

24 August 2009

21:08, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

... that in theSakuradamon incident in 1860(pictured),Japan's pro-foreign Chief MinisterIi Naosuke was assassinated byxenophobic samurai?
... thatJohn Edward Marr spent 45 years at theUniversity of Cambridge?
... that thePhineas and Ferb episode "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" has been nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Animated Programs"?
... thatClive Ponting was found not guilty of violating theOfficial Secrets Act by a jury even after the judge,Sir Anthony McCowan, summed up strongly in favour of the prosecution?
... that during theRoman Empire inPalestine, the road that connectedLydda toJerusalem passed throughBarfiliya?
... that duringthe Holocaust, of the four Jews rescued byStanisław Jasiński and his daughter fromKostopol inEastern Poland, only Szmuel Liderman survivedthe massacres?
... thatLayforce was abrigade-sizedBritish commando force named after their commanderRobert Laycock?
... thatFilipino comedianTado'sscreen name is derived from aTagalog cuss word?

11:00, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatPrince Kamal el Dine Hussein(pictured), the only person inEgyptian history to voluntarily renounce his rights of succession to the throne, did so to pursue a life of discovery and travel?
... thatMichael Jackson's "Gone Too Soon" was dedicated to the memory ofRyan White, a teenager who died following a battle withHIV/AIDS?
... that EnglishmanJames McFarlane was appointed a Knight Commander of theRoyal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav for his eight-volume workOxfordIbsen?
... thatSequalitchew Creek was the location of the originalFort Nisqually trading post established in 1833 by theHudson's Bay Company?
... that theByzantine generalJohn Kourkouas, supreme commander of theByzantine armies in the East for 22 years, was hailed by his contemporaries as "anotherTrajan orBelisarius"?
... thatTheodore Roosevelt contractedCuban fever during theSpanish–American War, and had recurring symptoms before, during, and after his time asPresident of the United States?
... that during his lifetime, geologistWilliam Noel Benson published over 100 academic papers?
... that the island ofOrosay overlooksTraigh Mhòr, reputedly the only beach in the world used as a runway for scheduled aircraft flights?

23 August 2009

23:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

... that partaking inroadkill cuisine(roadkill pictured) is advocated by somevegans?
... thatBobbi Gibb was the first woman to run the entireBoston Marathon?
... that theBayerischer Rundfunk caused a scandal in 1986 for refusing to relay the broadcast signal of the political cabaret showScheibenwischer?
... thatIndian communist politicianK.P. Prabhakaran was in the forefront of atrade union oftoddy tappers inKerala for 55 years?
... that theNinth Fort massacres November 1941 were the first organized mass murders ofReich Jews?
... thatSir Arthur Lee donatedChequers, a country house inBuckinghamshire, for use as the official country residence of theBritish Prime Minister?
... that, starting with the episode "The Ex-Girlfriend", filming of theNBC sitcomSeinfeld moved fromDesilu Cahuenga inHollywood, California, toCBS Studio Center inStudio City?
... that theNess of Brodgararchaeological site inOrkney includes the remains of a large building described as aNeolithic "cathedral"?

17:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatTown Center Park(pictured) was the first park inWilsonville, Oregon, USA, with aninteractive water feature when it was added in 2005?
... thatJohn Earls, the chief writer and editor ofTeletext'sPlanet Sound music section, used to write reader music reviews during histeenage years for Blue Suede Views onORACLE, the predecessor to Teletext?
... that the first major battle to involveAustralian soldiers in theKorean War was theBattle of the Apple Orchard in October 1950?
... that an eternal flame burns atTriyuginarayan Temple, believed to be the venue of the marriage ofHindu deitiesShiva andParvati?
... thatMarkus Brunnermeier won theGermán Bernácer Prize for his work infinancial economics onbubbles andcrashes?
... that the SpanishcruiserBaleares wascommissioned into service without one of its fourmain turrets?
... that historianJack T. Kirby decried popular media depictions ofSoutherners that used "clichés of racists, graceful landed gentry, poverty, homespun rural values, stock-car racers and moonshiners"?
... thatCurious George made his literary debut inH.A. Rey's 1939 children's short story,Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys?

11:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

... that devotees believe that worshipping theHindu godGanesha(pictured) at theSiddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple will result in a successful marriage?
... that the firstAustralian soldiers to die in theKorean War were killed in action during theBattle of the Broken Bridge in October 1950?
... thatBelgian cyclist Eddy Merckx is the only person to have won thegeneral, points and king of the mountains classifications in the same tour?
... thatOtomi grammar, the grammar of the indigenousOtomi language ofMexico has traits ofactive/stative alignment, but has noadjectives?
... that Japaneseelectrical engineerHisashi Kobayashi was appointed the founding director of theIBM Tokyo Research Laboratory in 1982?
... that theComprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was given the unusual name at the request ofIndia?
... that in 1992, the crews ofUSS Baton Rouge andK-276Kostroma failed to detect each other until the twonuclear submarinescollided in the shallow waters of theBarents Sea?
... that when large numbers of the sap-feedingredeye cicada gather on a tree their waste products may fall in a constant shower?

05:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the firstcan opener(original drawing and a modern version pictured) was patented in 1855, more than 80 years after the introduction of canned food?
... that the16"/45 caliber Mark 6 guns aboard the battleshipUSS Massachusetts (BB-59) are believed to have fired the United States' first and last 16-inch shells ofWorld War II?
... that theBaekryulsa temple located inGyeongju,South Korea, which was once the capital of theSilla kingdom, is believed to be associated withIchadon, the firstmartyr forBuddhism inKorea?
... that the British officerJames Scurry was held captive for ten years byHyder Ali andTippu Sultan atSeringapatam?
... that the offices atStogumber railway station are on the east side of the line, but theplatform is on the west?
... that despite entering the finals of 2009Inter-Provincial Twenty20 unbeaten,Basnahira South collapsed from a strong position of 133 for 1, losing their last ninewickets for just eleven runs?
... thatAir Vice MarshalEllis Wackett, theRAAF's senior engineer from 1935 to 1959, was nicknamed "Punch" for his prominent chin and nose?
... thatmagnetic tapes afflicted withsticky-shed syndrome are unplayable, but they can be treated bybaking?

22 August 2009

23:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

... that Owl Island(pictured) inBeatrix Potter'sThe Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is an accurate depiction of the Island ofSt. Herbert in the center ofDerwent Water?
... thatPerinpanayagam Sivaparan opposed the nomination ofSelvarasa Pathmanathan to lead theTamil Tigers?
... that theMilton Odem House is one of the best examples of aStreamline Moderne style residence found in the state ofOregon?
... thatChieftain's Salute, composed byGraham Waterhouse, is scored forGreat Highland Bagpipe andstring orchestra?
... that theHomicide: Life on the Street episode "Night of the Dead Living", takes place entirely within the set of thehomicide detectives' squad room?
... that aU.S. Senate committee once claimed thatJoseph Glimco ran "the nation's most corruptunion"?
... that theLewes Free Presbyterian Church, affiliated withIan Paisley'sFree Presbyterian Church of Ulster, occupies alisted building that was formerly aStrict Baptist chapel?
... thatMumbai has the world's second largest number ofArt Deco buildings afterMiami?

17:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatBonewaldesthorne's Tower(pictured) inChester city walls,Cheshire, England, is documented to 1249 and was used in the 19th–20th centuries as a museum with acamera obscura and an observatory?
... that despite never obtaining a university degree,Taiwanese historianTs'ao Yung-ho was made an Officer of theOrder of Orange-Nassau for his scholarly work onDutch Formosa?
... that a scene in theHomicide: Life on the Street episode "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", in which detectives convince a suspect that a copy machine is a lie detector, was based on real-life events within theBaltimore Police Department?
... thatLe Van Duyet, the last viceroy of theNguyen Dynasty'sCochinchina, was aeunuch?
... that the variety ofplaces of worship in thedistrict ofLewes, England, reflect its long tradition ofProtestant Nonconformism?
... that the first home versions of theSega video gameJambo! Safari are set to be released, ten years after the game first appeared inarcades?
... thatQaisar Bagh ofWajid Ali Shah, the lastNawab ofAwadh, was ordered demolished by theBritish Raj after theIndian Rebellion of 1857, but his queens' residence is still standing inLucknow today?
... that professionalpoker playerDan Harrington sometimes finds himself the victim of thepoker strategies that he teaches in hisHarrington on Hold 'em book series when playingpoker tournaments?

11:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatTiger Muskellunge were released intoCurlew Lake(pictured) in 1997 tocontrol populations ofsquawfish?
... that theToi gold mine inJapan houses the world's largest puregold bar, weighing 250 kilograms (550 lb)?
... that thedesigners from thesecond season ofProject Runway Philippines include a registerednurse, acall center agent, anaccountant, and aPhysical Education teacher?
... thatJan Pol, asmock mill inDalen, is the tallest remaining windmill inDrenthe?
... that according toLGBT interpretations, theHindu fire godAgni's role in accepting sacrifices is paralleled by his accepting semen from other gods likeShiva andSoma?
... thatcountry music performerRoger Miller included his own recordings of two songs that he had written forJim Reeves in the 1950s, on his 1966 albumWords and Music?
... that the owners of theCray Mansion and neighboringHubbard House competed to see who could add the better home improvement?
... thatcharacter actorBilly House once continued performing in a play immediately after suffering aheart attack?

05:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatKen Jennings(pictured) received 11 of the 13Jeopardy!single-day winnings of $50,000 or more?
... that theMir diamond mine is so large that its naturaldownward air flow can crash helicopters?
... that according toJewish customs, ayahrzeit candle is lit in memory of the dead on the anniversary of the death on theHebrew calendar?
... thatThe Murderer Lives at Number 21 was directorHenri-Georges Clouzot's first feature film for theNazi-owned company Continental Films?
... that theCoyote Gold Mine in the remoteTanami Desert ofAustralia was opened in 2006 by the thenGovernor-General of Australia,Michael Jeffery?
... thatHassard Short was born into the Englishlanded gentry but moved toNew York as an actor in 1901 and later became one ofBroadway's greatestmusical theatre directors andlighting designers?
... that theLarge Mindoro Forest Mouse, first described as a distinctspecies in 1995, is known from only 16 individuals from a singlemountain on the Island ofMindoro,Philippines?
... thatPreston Henn, owner of theFort Lauderdale Swap Shop, won the 198324 Hours of Daytona sports car race and after retiring refused to discuss his racing career?

21 August 2009

23:00, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatTokugawa coinage(pictured) inMedieval Japan used a triplemonetary standard, withgold,silver andbronze coins, each with their own denominations?
... thatNew YorkerMarcey Jacobson had planned to visitChiapas for 10 days in 1956, but ended up staying there for most of the next 50 years, taking 14,000 photos of daily life in Southern Mexico?
... that theNational Center for Atmospheric Research'sMesa Laboratory wasI. M. Pei's first rural project?
... thatIndiana GovernorMatthew E. Welsh ran in the1964 Democratic primary just to preventsegregationist George Wallace from winning the state?
... that the cicadaAbricta curvicosta of eastern Australia is known as the floury baker from its appearance of being dusted with white powder?
... that in1960,country music artistClaude Gray bought the song "Family Bible" fromWillie Nelson for $100?
... that the modernMexican state ofTlaxcala was born when the chief of the oldTlaxcala kingdom struck a deal with Hernán Cortés?
... that in the 51Major League Baseball seasons for which theRawlings Gold Glove Award has been presented,pitchers Greg Maddux andJim Kaat havewon the award 34 times?

17:00, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatNinoy Aquino Day is held to commemorate the anniversary of theassassination ofBenigno Aquino, Jr., husband of formerPhilippine President Corazon Aquino(pictured)?
... that despite having severely paralyzed hands,William B. T. Trego painted some of the most iconic images of theAmerican Revolution andCivil War in the 19th century?
... that the2011 Pro Bowl and the 2012Pro Bowl are contracted to return toAloha Stadium due to a backlash from players and coaches?
... thatrecovery of theoil inSpraberry Trend, anoil field ranked third in theU.S. by total provenreserves, is so difficult that the area was dubbed "the world's largest unrecoverable oil reserve"?
... that a branch ofExeter City Supporters' Trust members helped financeJames Norwood's contract at thefootball club, paying£19 per month?
... thatneuroscientistIra Black expressed frustration with U.S. federal restrictions onstem cell research, as it could lead to therapies that would "get patients out of bed and out of wheelchairs"?
... that the German30.5 cm SK L/50 gun was featured in themain batteries of 16 of the 26capital ships built by theKaiserliche Marine before theFirst World War?
... that afterEnglish rugby international forwardDenys Dobson was killed by a chargingrhinoceros, he was reportedly said to always have had "a weakhand off"?

11:00, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatKingston City Hall(pictured) was built on the former boundary betweenKingston andRondout, New York, to unify the two villages when they merged into one city?
... that the second deepest spot in the world, theHMRG Deep, was discovered by a team of scientists fromHawaii even though it is located byGuam?
... that in 1693Sheikh Yusuf ofMakassar,Indonesia, was exiled by theDutch East India Company toSouth Africa, where heestablished the first Muslim community in theCape?
... thatNo. 3 Commando was the firstBritish commando unit raised during theSecond World War?
... thatJapanese pop R&B singer-songwriterMai Kuraki's 2009 album,Touch Me! became her first album in five years to top the Japanese album chart?
... thatJustin Fashanu was the first professionalassociation football player tocome out as gay?
... thatSchwartz Communications, the largestPR agency inMassachusetts, started by making campaigns forbaby food before specializing on counseling pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies?
... that a riot broke out between English and Irish labourers who had consumed 1000 gallons of strong beer following the completion of theNew Cut waterway inBristol in May 1809?

05:00, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the rainforest plantWilkiea huegeliana (pictured) is most likely pollinated by a species ofthrips?
... that theLake Linden Historic District was rebuilt largely ofbrick afterproperty insurance companies with heavy losses in an 1887 fire threatened to pull out of the area?
... thatJohn Durnford-Slater was the firstBritish Commando?
... thatThe Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice!, a documentary aboutThe Simpsons, will most likely not be filmed in 3-D or take place on ice?
... thatBranchinecta lynchi, avulnerable species offairy shrimp, can be found invernal pools aroundAgate Lake?
... thatSir Patrick Hastings approved the prosecution of theCampbell Case which was instrumental in the fall of the firstLabour government?
... thatSummer Wars was the firstJapanese animated film to be included for competition at theLocarno International Film Festival?
... thatSockington, acat on themicroblogging siteTwitter, now has over a million followers since starting there in 2007?

20 August 2009

23:00, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

... that according toHindu mythology, the fivePandava brothers followed a route toheaven alongside thePanch Prayag(Devprayag pictured) – five confluences which finally result in the holyGanges river?
... thatJames Brady and his gang, theYakey Yakes, forced their rivals, theEastman Gang and theFive Points Gang, to "do their fighting north of Catherine Street" inNew York City?
... that at one point theClerks of Assize in England and Wales were earning more than theAssize Judges themselves?
... that theHomicide: Life on the Street episode "A Shot in the Dark" erroneously refers toDetective Pembleton's kids, even though he does not have children until later in the series?
... that the only survivor of the 1944 killing of 10 civilians ordered byJosef Scheungraber testified against him at hiswar crimes trial, where Scheungraber received a life sentence in August 2009?
... that theAmericanFlorida-class battleships were the first U.S.battleships equipped with asteam turbine propulsion system?
... that the Australianbushfood plant andblack pepper substituteTasmannia lanceolata is poisonous to fish?
... that the creation ofnapkin holders has been a project featured inPopular Science andPopular Mechanics?

17:00, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

... that studies byMark Rosenzweig showed that thebrain(pictured)develops anatomically into adulthood based on life experiences, overturning conventional wisdom that it reached full maturity in childhood?
... that baseball managerBill Watkinsmanaged the Detroit Wolverines to their onlyWorld Series championship?
... that the theme ofpederasty in the 1977 German filmDie Konsequenz was so controversial that one regional broadcaster refused to relay the transmission signal?
... thatprofessional wrestling promoterEmile Dupré has said that theCormier wrestling family (Yvon,Jean-Louis,Leonce, andRomeo) "were toNew Brunswick what theHart family was toCalgary"?
... thatSt. Mary's, the first village planned in theTownship of Bexley, was never built because the site lay above a bed oflimestone?
... thatSean Munsanje became the first ever male presenter ofXposé upon winning the reality television showTotal Xposure?
... thatfallow deer bones found in theQesem Cave,Israel, show evidence that humans 400,000 to 200,000 years agobutchered animals to share andcook?
... that New York GovernorThomas Dewey appointedAlger Chapman as his 1946 campaign manager, though Chapman had no political experience?

10:00, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theleopard shark(pictured) feeds onanchovies by swimming into theirschools with its mouth open and waiting for them to accidentally enter?
... thatCanada andPanama signed theCanada-Panama Free Trade Agreement on August 11, 2009?
... thatEddy Arnold was inspired to recordThe Casinos' "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" after hearing its writer,John D. Loudermilk, sing it?
... thatBanksia 'Roller Coaster', theprostrate cultivar ofBanksia integrifolia, is less than 50 centimetres high, while the normal form can be a 25 metre tree?
... thatprofessional wrestlerÁngel Azteca died from a heart attack shortly after losing a wrestling match?
... that DetectiveJohn Munch's pro-drug liberalization rants in theHomicide: Life on the Street episode "And the Rockets' Dead Glare" were based on actorRichard Belzer's real-life past of drug abuse?
... thatStanley Palace inChester,Cheshire, built as atown house in 1597, has since beenapartments, a boys' school, and a museum, and is now used as an office and meeting rooms?
... that before the2008 Sugar Bowl gameGeorgia defensive tackleGeno Atkins askedHawaii quarterback Colt Brennan for his autograph?

04:00, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

... that awindmill has stood on the site inAalden,Netherlands, now occupied by theJantina Hellingmolen(pictured), since 1652?
... thatoutlaw motorcycle club theGypsy Jokers has rallied the support of rival clubs to protest proposed Australian anti-"bikie" laws?
... thatAlan Taylor was chosen to direct theHomicide: Life on the Street episode "A Dog and Pony Show" after the show's producers were impressed by a short film Taylor made in a seminar taught byMartin Scorsese?
... that the sole developer and creator ofBob's Game tried topublicly protest by locking himself in his room for 100 days or untilNintendo granted him thesoftware development kit for the game?
... that in both 2006 and 2007,Louisiana Tech defensive tackleD'Anthony Smith had fivetackles againstFresno State?
... that while running for the presidential nomination in 2008,Hillary Clinton credited political advisor and lobbyistAnne Wexler with providing her first job in politics?
... that theUSS Archer-Fish (SS-311), under the command ofJoseph F. Enright, sank thelargest ship ever destroyed by a submarine?
... that master distillerJimmy Bedford "held what he considered one of the most enviable jobs imaginable — making sureJack Daniel's Old No. 7Tennessee Whiskey tasted just the way it had since 1866"?

19 August 2009

22:00, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the ceremonialDunvegan Cup(pictured) was created in 1493 at the request of the wife of anIrish lord, and is today anheirloom of thechiefs of the ScottishClan Macleod?
... that afterRokuzan Ogiwara viewedAuguste Rodin's just-completed masterpiece,The Thinker, he abandoned his career as a painter and became a sculptor instead?
... thatPossibility Playground, a $450,000playground forspecial needs children, was built throughdonations andvolunteer work from thousands of people?
... thatdramatic actorAlexander Ostuzhev, who completelylost his hearing in 1910, played leading roles atMaly Theatre for four more decades?
... thatShawnee Community College is one of only a few community colleges to offeron-campus housing?
... thatIndu Mitha is one of only twoBharatanatyam experts inPakistan?
... that theOregon Bach Festival is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary under the direction of its founder, German conductorHelmuth Rilling?
... that the sport offerret legging is open only to sober male contestants, who must first remove their underwear?

16:00, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

... that in May 1945,Marian Bernaciak(pictured) helped defeat aforce of 680 soldiers supported by armored cars in the largest battle between thecommunist government of Poland and theanti-communist resistance?
... thatHungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia was written by aJames Beard Award winner and herbulimic daughter?
... thatice hockey left wingerBrent Peterson scored ninegoals in his three seasons with theNational Hockey League'sTampa Bay Lightning?
... that120 earthquakes and tremors in total were felt inEdo,Japan during theAnsei Great Earthquakes of 1854–55?
... that the largestderrick inNew York State at the time was used to build theBroadway Theatre inKingston?
... thatSS-OberscharführerLudwig Plagge, executed for his crimes atAuschwitz, was one of the first SS men to be deployed there?
... thatRend Lake College broke ground for its present campus on the very same day it received accreditation on March 27, 1969?
... that this month celebrates the100th anniversary of the discovery of the mainBurgess Shale locality?

10:00, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

... that during its construction,Voltaire complained that the massiveFontaine des Quatre-Saisons(pictured) inParis had only twofaucets?
... thatmake-up artistHoward Smit led efforts to establish theAcademy Award for Best Makeup and requirefilm studios to credit make-up artists in afilm'sscreen credits?
... that thepterosaur genusCarniadactylus was originally classified under the species nameEudimorphodon rosenfeldi?
... that six years after leaving the governor's cabinet,Massachusetts gubernatorial candidateCharles D. Baker, Jr. was elected to his small town'sboard of selectmen?
... thatAngelo Mathews scored 152 runs in the finals of the 2009Inter-Provincial tournament to help theBasnahira North cricket team to win the title?
... thatArthur Adams, the singer of "You've Got the Floor", was a bandleader atB. B. King's blues club in Los Angeles?
... that when theWater Tower inChester,Cheshire, England, was built in 1322–25 it stood in theRiver Dee, but it is now about 200 yards (183 m) inland due tosilting of the river?
... that in 1941 theUnited States Naval Academyrefused to play alacrosse game againstHarvard University because Harvard's team included ablack player?

04:00, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatLunsford Lane(pictured) was aslave fromNorth Carolina who bought his freedom, but wastarred and feathered when he returned to his hometown ofRaleigh?
... that thePrayer of Joseph is a fragmentary Old Testamentpseudepigraph composed in the first century AD?
... thatLarvik Fotball was founded as a cooperation club inLarvik, Norway, but repeatedly failed to include the clubLarvik Turn in the merger?
... thatAT&T once released designs for 83,539equivalent transforms of acircuit into thepublic domain just to deny their competitors the ability topatent them?
... thatpreserving food in tin cans was first patented in 1810 byPeter Durand although he did not invent the process?
... thatSixteen, the 16th-floor restaurant atTrump International Hotel and Tower inChicago, features an eye-level view of theWrigley Building clock tower?
... thatRagnar Ulstein has written several documentary books onmilitary intelligence in Norway duringWorld War II?
... that a contestant onreality boxing showCharity Lords of the Ring left after being warned byneurosurgeons that he might die?

18 August 2009

22:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the name ofChindia Tower(pictured) inTârgovişte,Romania may be related to the medievalcurfew that began at sunset?
... that rapperLil Wayne is said to have brought the phrase "no homo" into the mainstream ofhip hop?
... that thetuber ofDrosera gigantea, one of the largestcarnivorous sundew species, can be a metre below the ground?
... that following thebattle of Menin Road,Daniel Poole received abar to hisDistinguished Conduct Medal for what was described as "reckless leadership"?
... that in the2009 Indian parliamentary election theCommunist Party of India (M-L) Red Flag decided to support theLeft Democratic Front, claiming that its opponents were pro-Israeli?
... that the majority ofMexican land grantRancho Las Putas was covered byLake Berryessa in 1957?
... that the early career ofMauritian-Norwegian footballerCaleb Francis was halted due toracist abuse?
... thatJohn 3:7, once flung from a train window, made the news again in 2009 after going missing on a train?

16:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theROV onNOAA's new exploratory vessel,Okeanos Explorer(pictured), can descend nearly 19,000 feet (5,800 m) and provides real-time viewing of theocean floor?
... that thesandakada pahana design originally had carvings of a procession of elephants, lions, horses and bulls, but bulls were later removed due to influences ofHinduism?
... that in 2007,Indiana University defensive endGreg Middleton ledcollege football insacks and broke a school record?
... that composerGian Carlo Menotti considered hisoperaThe Island God "a big bore"?
... that the creators of the 1996documentary film The West traveled over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) to gather footage and conduct research?
... that the social systems of somebee-eaters are the most complex of anybird, including four tiers: pair, family, clan andcolony?
... that sidewalks inAnn Arbor, Michigan, were spray-painted with the words "AnnArbor.com is here"?
... that when theSoviet cruiserVoroshilov was bombed in 1942, flooding caused by one bomb hit extinguished anartillery magazine fire started by another?

10:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the common spanglegall on the leaves ofpedunculate oak trees(pictured) is produced by thegall waspNeurotus quercus-baccarum?
... that the1st Australian Task Force was deployed northeast ofSaigon during the 1968 communistTet offensive and was heavily engaged during theBattle of Bien Hoa between January and March?
... that in 2008,defensive tackleArthur Jones was one of only 10 players forSyracuse to start every game?
... that during the 11th century,Christian kingdoms ofmedieval Spain gained considerable wealth by collectingparias from thetaifas ofal-Andalus?
... thatHugh Murray was both the youngest Justice and Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of California, having been appointed at ages 25 and 27, respectively?
... that aquarter wave impedance transformer can make anelectrical open circuit look like ashort circuit?
... that DJGeorge Taylor Morris created a 1997 media frenzy with the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" phenomenon, in which thePink Floyd albumDark Side of the Moon is said to synch up withThe Wizard of Oz?
... that due to theJohn Wood Community College's "Common Market" approach, its first class of graduates in 1976 never set foot in a classroom of the college?

04:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatspiderhunters(Spectacled Spiderhunter pictured) have tubulartongues able to form a pressure difference which is used to suck upnectar?
... that the 1977Pat Travers albumLive! Go for What You Know, featuring Travers andPat Thrall on guitar, is said to bridge the gap between 1970s and 1980s styles ofmetal guitar playing?
... thatSamuel Coleridge'sEminent Characters series includes:a lawyer,a speaker,a Unitarian,a general,a rebel,a betrayer,a poet,an actress,a philosopher,a friend,a playwright anda lord?
... thatBabette March, the firstcover model of theSports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, became a farmer inCanada and is now an artist, entrepreneur and chef inHalfway, Oregon?
... that thepremiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri ofIndia lasted only 19 months due to his sudden death in 1966?
... thatcountry music singerEaston Corbin's debut single "A Little More Country Than That" was co-written byRory Lee Feek ofJoey + Rory?
... that theGull River system ofreservoirs in Ontario controls the water levels of theTrent-Severn Canal, although they were not originally created for this purpose?
... thatMartina Navratilova is credited as a corpse inSingle-Handed, a drama series in which the main character hassexual intercourse withhis own sister?

17 August 2009

22:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

... that femaleyellow mites(pictured) are produced fromunfertilized eggs, a process calledthelytoky?
... that the1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain organised byAlbert Baskiville helped establishrugby league inAustralia andNew Zealand?
... that theBank of New England wentbankrupt in 1991, but itsliquidation is still in progress?
... that despite theamputation of his left leg and injury to his left hand,Russian World War I fighter aceJuri Gilsher continued to fly and scored five kills in 1917?
... that theKenny Chesney –Dave Matthews duet "I'm Alive" was previously recorded byWillie Nelson on an album that Chesney co-produced?
... thatAl-Majdal, Tiberias, a village depopulated in1948, preserved thename of theancient village reputed to be the birthplace ofMary Magdalene?
... that theWhite Cyclone is the longestwooden roller coaster outside of the United States?
... that the first rotating-wheelcan opener was invented byWilliam Lyman in 1870?

15:57, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theuncinate fasciculus connecting thetemporal andfrontal lobes is the lastwhite matter tract in thehuman brain(diagrammed) to mature, with this continuing after age 30?
... thatRoyal Navy AdmiralLawrence Halsted was the son of anaval captain, married the daughter of anadmiral, and was the father of a vice-admiral?
... that theRugrats episode "Reptar on Ice" was asatirical parody of over-commercialization of children's media in the form ofmerchandise tie-ins?
... that the1695 Siege of Namur has been called the most important event in theNine Years' War?
... that according toTaiwan'sCentral Weather Bureau theearthquakes ofDouliu,Meishan,Nantou,Hsinchu-Taichung,Zhongpu,Xinhua,the East Rift Valley,Hengchun,Baihe, andJiji were theten deadliest quakes to strike the island in the 20th century?
... thatCarvins Cove, Virginia, wasabandoned and subsequently inundated to createCarvins Cove Reservoir in the 1940s?
... thatViennese-born architectKonstantin Jovanović provided the original designs for the National Assembly buildings of bothBulgaria andSerbia?

02:35, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

... that thewhitetip reef shark(pictured) may have contributed to theHawaiian myth ofʻaumākua, family guardian spirits, due to the "loyalty" of sharks that stay in the same area for years?
... that 19-year-oldPanamanian sprinterAlonso Edward is a two-timeSouth American Champion and the fourth fastest200 m runner this year?
... that theKunjin virus, which can betransmitted by mosquitoes and may causeencephalitis in humans, is named for anIndigenous Australian clan living near where the virus was first isolated?
... that theCharles Boyd Homestead is a group of three buildings that were once part of a pioneerranch that suppliedbeef tologging crews inCentral Oregon?
... that theSMS Nassau was the firstdreadnought ship built by the GermanImperial Navy?
... thatprofessional wrestlerSuper Muñeco teamed with Super Ráton (dressed likeMighty Mouse) and Super Pinocho (dressed likePinocchio) to formTrio Fantasia?
... that for his2009 filmLucky Bastard, writer/directorEverett Lewis drew upon his own relationship experience with acrystal meth addict?
... thatMadeleine Masson unknowingly metKrystyna Skarbek, whose biography she would write two decades later, days before Skarbek's murder in 1952?

16 August 2009

20:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatSt. Thomas of Villanova Church(pictured), upon its completion in 1887, was likely the tallest man-made structure between theDelaware River andLancaster, Pennsylvania?
... thatAnthony Impreveduto lost hisSecaucus, New Jersey Town Council seat to reform candidateDennis Elwell, with both later resigning from political office followingcorruption charges?
... thatByzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos created theMetropolitanate of Lithuania, which was later regarded as an "anomaly" by the Byzantine authorities?
... thatAlex Cusack, on his debut infirst-class cricket,partnered withAndre Botha to break a 111 year record?
... thatBall Park station was used as a backdrop byJon Huntsman, Jr. to support a proposition that included 33 unidentified transit projects?
... thatJennifer Zeng was imprisoned and subject toelectroshock therapy in thePeople's Republic of China for being aFalun Gong practitioner?
... that theNano Ganeshmobile application allows farmers inIndia to control irrigation pumps in remote fields withmobile phones?
... that on his wifeNancy's birthday,Ronald Reagan would send flowers to his mother-in-law,Edith Luckett Davis, to thank her for giving birth to Nancy?

14:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatParis currently has more than360 working fountains, including one, theFontaine des Innocents(pictured), in use since the 16th century?
... that AmbassadorKazimierz Papée protested to Cardinal Secretary of StateLuigi Maglione regardingthe Holocaust in Poland that "when something becomes notorious, proof is not required"?
... thatRika's Landing Roadhouse inBig Delta,Alaska, was transferred from John Hajdukovich to Rika Wallen for "$10.00 and other considerations"?
... thatBill Humble was atest pilot forHawker Siddeley during theSecond World War, and was the grandfather of British TV presenterKate Humble?
... that the concert selected for theDave Matthews Band's newest live album,Live Trax Vol. 16, was chosen by the staff at a Dave Matthews Band fansite?
... that in 1704Simón Susarte, aSpanish Gibraltarian goatherd, revealed a concealed path to theSpanish Army which led to the top of theRock of Gibraltar, so they could surprise theAnglo-Dutch troops based there?
... thatAcanthoplus discoidalis is able to squirthaemolymph up to 30 centimetres (11.8 in) when attacked by predators?
... thatMinnesota Vikings safetyColt Anderson recited a vulgar rhyme celebrating his hometown ofButte before each game while at theUniversity of Montana?

08:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatWilliam Thompson Lusk(pictured) was one of the first doctors to successfully perform multipleCaesarean sections?
... thatBeatrix Potter initially resisted the idea of colour illustrations forThe Tale of Peter Rabbit?
... that the formerUnited Nations commander inBosnia, ColonelBob Stewart, has been accepted as aprospective parliamentary candidate for theUK Conservative Party?
... that the Bald Man and the Red Emperor, theantagonists inIon Creangă'sHarap Alb story, have been interpreted as echoes of conflicts opposingRomanians to theTatars and theKhazar "Red Jews"?
... thatToney Douglas and his brotherHarry are the sixth pair of brothers to play in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) andNational Football League (NFL), respectively?
... thatHolby City woman is a voter demographic in theUnited Kingdom considered influential to the outcome of thenext United Kingdom general election?
... that contestants on thereality television seriesFace the Ace win US$1 million if they beat threepoker professionals in one-on-one matches ofTexas hold 'em?
... thatKerry Hallam, an artist based inNantucket, but trained inChesterfield, has created an exhibition of nude ex-wives?

02:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatCtenomorphodes chronus (pictured) is anAustralian stick insect that resembles aeucalyptus twig, and the female lays 3-mm elliptical eggs that resemble plant seeds?
... that duringWorld War I, U.S.YMCA worker and preacherWilliam Howard Hoople sailed toFrance to serve on thefront lines as an entertainer?
... that thePlayStation 3 video gameRorona no Atelier: Aarando no Renkinjutsushi is the first in its series to feature3D computer graphics?
... that thehistory of Bali dates back at least 200,000 years, with evidence ofpaleolithic tools such as hand axes found in Sembiran and Trunyan villages?
... thatblack Baptist minister and formerslaveR. H. Boyd had so much success in religious publishing that it caused a split in hisdenomination?
... that the BritishArmy Gold Cross awarded tofield andgeneral officers during thePeninsular War inspired the design of theVictoria Cross?
... that theLRCtilting train provided core service withVIA Rail inCanada for several decades, and thatBombardier Transportation used its coach design on theAcela Express andBritish Rail Class 221?
... thatprofessional wrestlerEstrella Blanca holds the record for the most "bet match" wins?

15 August 2009

20:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatmetamaterials with a negative refractive index cause light tobend in unusual ways(pictured) and offer the possibility of making an object undetectable to incidentradiation (that is, invisible)?
... that the Australian energy companyLinc Energy is the first company in the world to producesynthetic fuel by combiningunderground coal gasification andgas-to-liquid technologies?
... that after he lost theBattle of Wolgast,Christian IV of Denmark withdrew from theThirty Years' War by concluding theTreaty of Lübeck?
... that theUncle Sam diamond, the largestdiamond ever discovered in theUnited States, bears thenickname of the man who found it?
... that theHouse of Neville, one of the most powerful families in England during the Middle Ages, descended from the same line as theScottish monarchy?
... that, as aLouisiana state senator in 1946,Drayton Boucher proposed a tax on amusements, including theater tickets, to finance teacher pay raises?
... thatBulgarian physical chemistIvan Stranski is considered the father ofcrystal growth research?
... that afterSweden entered theThirty Years' War,Pomerania andFrance became her allies in theTreaty of Stettin (1630) and theTreaty of Bärwalde (1631)?

14:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

... that when it opened in 1933 theMerced Theatre(pictured) had ventilators that produced "clouds" to float across its star-speckled ceiling?
... that in 993,Seo Hui, aKorean diplomat in theGoryeo period, prevented an invasion byKhitan troops?
... that theGenetic Studies of Genius is the longest-runninglongitudinal study in the world?
... thatKen Major was considered a world authority onwindmills,watermills,animal engines and other forms ofindustrial archaeology?
... thatJohn McClannahan Crockett was the second mayor ofDallas, and theLieutenant Governor of Texas from 1861 to 1863?
... thatJoachim-Friedrich Huth lost a leg in World War I but served as a general in theLuftwaffe of both the World War IIWehrmacht and theWest German Bundeswehr?
... thatThomas N. Schroth worked for his fatherFrank D. Schroth as an editor at theBrooklyn Eagle and two decades later atThe Ellsworth American under his father-in-lawJames Russell Wiggins?
... that the copper roof ofHungary'sÓbuda Synagogue was melted down to make weapons duringWorld War I?

08:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatCyclone Orson(pictured) is the fourth most intensecyclone on record in theAustralian cyclone region?
... thatRepublican presidential candidateRichard Nixon received regular briefings on theVietnam War fromDemocratic President Lyndon Johnson duringNixon's 1968 campaign againstJohnson's Vice President?
... thatBenson, Britain's "biggest and best-loved"common carp, was known as "the people's fish"?
... that because the only approach toBadrinath,Uttarakhand, India, since early times was along a path through a forest of berries, the word "Badri" (berry) was suffixed toSapta Badri temples?
... thatErnesto Basile completed the reconstruction of thePalazzo Montecitorio, which is now the seat of theItalian Chamber of Deputies?
... that the gift of $105 million ofCoca-Cola stock toEmory University by brothersRobert W. andGeorge W. Woodruff was the largest single donation ever made to a school?
... that inChinese mythology,Wu Gang had to chop down a tree on themoon that always healed itself, forcing him to keep trying forever?
... that afterIndiandomino cockroachescopulate, a female does not permit males to approach, kicking them away with her hind legs?

02:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the history ofmedieval art(example pictured) can be seen as the history of the interplay between the elements ofclassical,early Christian and "barbarian" art?
... that syntheticanalogues ofViagra, such asthiomethisosildenafil, have been detected in some products sold as "herbal"aphrodisiacs?
... that less than two months after thePuget Sound Shore Railroad opened, service was suspended for over a year?
... that with ashell height of up to 91 centimetres (36 in),Syrinx aruanus is the largestsnail in the world?
... that the BBC commissionedCarol Ann Duffy, theBritish Poet Laureate, to writeLast Post to mark the deaths in July 2009 of First World War veteransHenry Allingham andHarry Patch?
... that the forces of the ancient state ofEpirus invadedLatium, threateningRome itself, during thePyrrhic War in 280 B.C.?
... thatTakeo Kimura made his feature filmdirectorial debut at age 90?
... that the singer of "Fuckin' 'Ell It's Fred Titmus" had never even metthe cricketer, "let alone greeted him in such an overfamiliar way"?

14 August 2009

20:14, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the literary works ofRomanian teacher anddefrocked Orthodox priestIon Creangă(pictured) range fromprimers toerotic stories?
... that the U.S.Federal Aviation Administration fundedLincoln Laboratories to developTerminal Doppler Weather Radar in the 1990s to assistair traffic controllers by improvingwind shear detection?
... thatIrish multi-instrumentalist musicianR.S.A.G. performs with avirtual band projected onto a screen in a style which has been likened toGorillaz?
... thatCrypt Chambers, adepartment store inChester,Cheshire,England, was built in 1858 above one of the bestmedieval crypts in the city?
... thatAlfredo Figaro of theDetroit Tigers is the cousin of fellow Tigerspitcher Fernando Rodney?
... thatProject Kaisei is investigating whether the debris floating in theGreat Pacific Garbage Patch can be collected and recycled?
... thatPortuguese warrior and folk heroGerald the Fearless led several Christian victories during theReconquista, but later switched sides and served as governor ofal-Sūs under theAlmohad caliph Yusuf I?
... thatSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in France is home to a Brotherhood of theSardine, of whichFrench Prime Minister François Fillon is a special "sympathizer"?

14:14, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatPrionochilus is one of the twogenera that comprise theflowerpecker family Dicaeidae(Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker pictured)?
... that one of the first actions ofIndia'sDesai government was to formally end thestate of emergency imposed byIndira Gandhi?
... thatFrank Chance is the onlyChicago Cubs manager to lead the team to aWorld Series victory?
... that after the declaration ofmartial law in 1981,Kornel Morawiecki became one of the most wanted people in Poland?
... that the world's largestbrown diamond was found in discardedrubble from a mine by a young girl?
... thatAlbert Levitt was involved in the drafting of theERA,challenged the appointment ofJustice Hugo Black, andran against Nixon forSenate?
... that theIrish triadCambrai Homily, which outlines three categories ofmartyrdom, each designated by a different colour, is the oldest single example of an extended prose passage inOld Irish?
... that, after noticing that whiteteenagers in hisCleveland, Ohio record store were increasingly listening torhythm and blues records,Leo Mintz was one of the first to call the music "rock and roll"?

08:14, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatErnest Brooks was responsible for 4,400 of the 40,000 official British photographs made during theFirst World War?(example pictured)
... thatDiego von Bergen, who was the ambassador to theHoly See for theKingdom of Prussia until 1918, continued to serve in this position for theWeimar Republic as well asNazi Germany?
... that in 2008Cincinnati Reds pitcherJared Burton pitched in a career high 54 games despite missing about a month and a half due to injury?
... thatSaskatchewanian politicianCharles McDonald first attracted public attention in 1918 when he assisted the capture of two bandits?
... thatShafiq al-Hout, former head of thePalestine Liberation Front, resigned from thePLO Executive Committee followingYasser Arafat's signing of theOslo Accords in 1993?
... thatwriter, suffragist, andfeministEmily Newell Blair has been described bySenator Carter Glass as "go[ing] down so smooth and easily but has an awful kick afterwords"?
... thatCrosbie Castle and the Fullarton estate was the home ofWilliam Wallace's uncle, and it was here that he set off on the day that ended in the burning of the Barns ofAyr as an act of revenge?
... that a group of seven singing postal workers fromRichmond, Virginia, calledThe Spiritual Harmonizers, made it past the first round ofthe fourth season ofAmerica's Got Talent?

02:14, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

... that species in thefungal genusWynnea(W. americana, pictured) haveasci that are capped by a hingedoperculum?
... that after the settlement of theShen-kuang-szu Incident in 1851,Fuzhou became the first Chinesetreaty port where missionaries were given official permission to reside within the walled city?
... that the melody of the title track ofNeil Innes' albumHow Sweet To Be An Idiot wasplagiarised byOasis for their 1994 single "Whatever" and Innes now receives royalties and a co-writing credit?
... thatThe Infomatics have been called "the loudest voice inIrish hip hop"?
... that one ofKam Chancellor's coaches called him possibly "the greatestsafety inVirginia Tech history"?
... thatThe Chapters entertained two hundred people on atrain as part of the twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations of theDART?
... thatConfidence Hall inPlacerville, California, was named after a fire truck?
... thatPolish pilotWładysław Turowicz moved toPakistan, became a citizen, and has since become known as the "Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan"?

13 August 2009

20:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theDexia Tower inBrussels has reduced its nightly light show(pictured) to only 10 minutes an hour due to therecession?
... that PresidentWoodrow Wilson'sFourteen Points speech was transmitted to Europe fromNew Jersey'sNew Brunswick Marconi Station in 1918?
... that theDutch intervention in Bali in 1906 caused a "fight to the death" by theBalinese, resulting in massritual suicide?
... that the owner ofKFMR, forcedoff the air for financial reasons, is selling theUtah radio station andNew Mexico sister stationKPSA-FM to his own father?
... that species in thefungal genusAmeliella have been found in theSkibotn area in centralNorthern Norway, a hotspot of lichenspecies diversity?
... thatRas Ibn Hani, a small cape located 8 km north ofLatakia,Syria, was occupied almost continuously from the lateBronze Age untilByzantine times?
... that KingSigismund I the Old built a castle for hisItalian wifeBona Sforza in theLithuanian townMaišiagala during theJagiellon dynasty?
... thatBritney Spears' guest appearance in theWill & Grace episode "Buy, Buy Baby" was her first acting performance on prime-time television?

14:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

... that according to thelegend of the Parson and Clerk(site pictured), the devil turned a local priest and his clerk intostacks atTeignmouth,Devon?
... that thePhineas and Ferbseason two premiere was the most watched cable telecast on Friday, March 13, 2009?
... that thetallest building in Bucharest is the 110-metre (361 ft)Bucharest Tower Center located inSector 1?
... that currentNFL playerTerrance Knighton received only twoscholarship offers coming out ofhigh school?
... that collective punishment meted out to mostly innocentUkrainian peasants byPolish authorities during theGalicia Pacification campaign resulted in increased bitterness and encouraged extremists on both sides?
... that despite significantly reforming the law relating toindictments, theIndictments Act 1915 does not actually define what an indictment is?
... that following her service in theMexican–American War,laundress andmadamSarah Bowman wasbreveted an honorarycolonel and buried withmilitary honors?
... that of three churches inShoreham held by theLord of Bramber in the 11th century,one partly collapsed in a storm,another is now part of abarn, andthe other has carvings ofKing Stephen,his wife, and a cat?

08:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatPresident Truman's own pastor came out publicly against his appointment of GeneralMark Wayne Clark(pictured) asambassador to Pope Pius XII?
... that Pakistan Hindu Party's flag, which bears two ancient Hindu symbols,Om andTrishool, was designed by the party's founder,Rana Chandra Singh?
... that GeneralJakob von Washington, a distant relative and contemporary of US PresidentGeorge Washington, became a Baron of theKingdom of Bavaria?
... thatLloyd's Weekly Newspaper was the first publication to regularly sell one million copies an issue?
... that between 1992 and 2002, more than 60 million people becameobese in China?
... thatPanapasa Balekana co-wroteGod Save Our Solomon Islands, thenational anthem, as aprayer for the country after receiving inspiration in a dream?
... that themedical ethicist and tutorMaurice Henry Pappworth (1910–1994) was instrumental in the establishment of stricter codes of practice for human experimentation?
... thatTV personalityBrian Belo descends fromNigerian royalty?

02:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatCaptainCharles Lydiard died in the wreck ofhis ship(pictured) when he became exhausted after trying to ensure that as many of his crew as possible were saved?
... that the anti-governmentAugust 31, 1982 demonstrations in Poland ended with four demonstators killed and unknown number wounded?
... thatW. Harry Vaughan founded theGeorgia Tech Research Institute in 1934 with a budget of $5,000?
... that thesapropelic mud fromLake Amara contains around 40% organic and 41% mineral substances?
... thatLyman Hall established the firsttextile engineering school in theSouthern United States in 1899 while president of theGeorgia Institute of Technology?
... that a visit byChe Guevara sparked 50 years ofties between Cuba and Sri Lanka?
... that in 1965,Czech jazz singerVlasta Průchová invitedLouis Armstrong for dinner?
... that 14 American fugitives showed up at the phonyPuño Airlines counter to claim their prize, after authorities sent phony congratulations on winning a free trip to the Bahamas?

12 August 2009

20:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

... that whilePrime Minister ofJordan,Sulayman al-Nabulsi(pictured) was accused of involvement in a coup againstKing Hussein, resulting in his house imprisonment for over four years?
... that the1987 Hipercor bombing was Basque paramilitary groupETA's deadliest attack?
... thatAcintya is the Supreme God according toBalinese Hinduism?
... that construction of theNatron Cutoff was delayed for 11 years while theU.S. Department of Justice decided whether to allow theSouthern Pacific Company to remain in control of its owner, theCentral Pacific Railway?
... that Japanesepink film/sexploitation producer-directorKan Mukai gave Academy-Award winnerYōjirō Takita his first work in the film industry?
... that thebattleshipBayern was the first German warship to mount 15 inch guns?
... that after crashing in the same event in1992,John Kah was the reserve in the short track relay and watched on as teammatesSteven Bradbury,Richard Nizielski,Kieran Hansen andAndrew Murtha won Australia's first ever medal at theWinter Olympics?
... that the websiteLike.com allows users to highlight a part of a product image and search for similar-looking products based on thepattern,shape, andcolor of the highlighted part?

14:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the first(pictured) of four bridges on the currentTaipei Bridge location was designed forrail traffic, but the railway was removed after only ten years?
... thatInfinity Broadcasting, sold for nearly $4 billion in 1996, was started in 1972 when co-founderMichael A. Wiener boughtFM stationKOME with $5,000 from the sale of his father's stamp collection?
... that a square metre patch ofPhylactolaemata, afreshwater class ofBryozoa, can produce 800,000 statoblasts, "survival pods" withstanding freezing and drying that get carried long distances?
... thatRobert Cushman expanded theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences'photo archives through donations fromUnited Artists' studios andKatharine Hepburn?
... that theLimitation Act 1963 was described byLord Reid as having "a strong claim to the distinction of being the worst draftedAct on thestatute book"?
... thatGladys Bustamante became a leadingJamaican trade unionist after she took a job as asecretary for her future husband, SirAlexander Bustamante?
... thatThe Art of the Motorcycle exhibition broke allGuggenheim Museum attendance records and kicked off a wave of blockbuster museum shows?
... thatEnglish writer and historianMercia MacDermott, who has authored five books on the ethnography andhistory of Bulgaria, learnedMandarin Chinese while living inWeihai as a child?

08:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatJoe Maddock(pictured) was one of the biggest ground gainers, and played four positions, forMichigan's1903 "Point-a-Minute"football team?
... that award-winningromance novelistJeffrey McClanahan has written under three distinctpen names: "Dixie Cash", "Anna Jeffrey", and "Sadie Callahan"?
... that the1937 peasant strike in Poland was the largest anti-governmentdemonstration in theSecond Polish Republic?
... thatLynn Pressman, while president of thePressman Toy Corporation, promised not to create "any of the dreadful weapons that can destroy life as playthings for children"?
... that theNinth Circuit ruled inAlperin v. Vatican Bank that property claims byHolocaust survivors did not constitute apolitical question, while human rights and international law claims did?
... that toxicpuffballAgaricus praeclaresquamosus can be distinguished from its close relativeAgaricus perobscurus by astipe base which turnsyellow immediately when injured?
... thatAlbrecht von Wallenstein's series of victories was ended by theScotsAlexander Seaton andAlexander Leslie in theBattle of Stralsund (1628)?
... thatThe Raw Sessions isIreland's first everrockumentary series?

02:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the 15th-century mosqueAtala Masjid, Jaunpur, India(pictured) exists at the site of the Atala DeviHindu temple?
... thatproducerOzzie Cadena's first session atSavoy Records was for trombonistsJ. J. Johnson andKai Winding, the first in a long collaboration by the duo?
... that theFrench capturedHMSCastor in 1794, only to have her retaken 20 days later byHMSCarysfort?
... that the showThere Goes the Neighborhood built a 20 feet (6.1 m) tall wall around aKennesaw, Georgia, neighborhood for its filming?
... thatWilliam "King" Cole played for a national championship team atMichigan and coachedNebraska to two championships?
... that in 1939,Soviet AmbassadorKonstantin Umansky was the youngestAmbassador in Washington, D.C.?
... that theCharter of Freedoms and Exemptions allowed thepatroonship ofRensselaerswyck inNew York, which lasted for over two centuries?
... that when theNew Redmond Hotel opened, it was billed asOregon's finest hotel east of theCascade Mountains with rooms from $1 per day?

11 August 2009

20:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theJohn Pearson Soda Works(pictured) was built in front of an idle mining shaft so there would be ample room to store ice?
... that theJapanese animated television seriesLast Exile uses terms fromchess in its episode titles?
... that a key differentiator betweenrotors andpropellers isdisk loading?
... that in 1747,Aulay Macaulay, the lastchief ofClan MacAulay, invented a system ofshorthand in an unsuccessful attempt revive hisclan's fortune?
... that theUrban Transportation Development Corporation was formed to build a version of theTransrapid maglev train, but instead designed a completely new system known today as theBombardier ART?
... thatTed Nierenberg formedDansk International Designs to sellScandinavian-style items in theU.S. after seeingJens Quistgaard's handcrafted fork and knife on display in aCopenhagen museum?
... that the largestwater slide in theU.S. state ofOregon isThrill-Ville USA in the city ofTurner?
... thatYishan Yining, aZen master who pioneeredGozan Bungaku literature in 14th-centuryJapan, was originally aBuddhist monk on a diplomatic mission fromChina?

14:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the settlers who builtOld St. Raymond's Church(pictured) inDublin, California, were unable to afford a full-time priest, so one rode in monthly fromOakland to hold Mass?
... thatRenée Asherson made her first stage appearance inJohn Gielgud's 1935 production ofRomeo and Juliet?
... thatNed Hanlonmanaged the Baltimore Orioles to three consecutiveNational League pennants?
... that theMexican government offers rewards of 30 millionpesos for information leading to the arrest of the leaders of variousdrug trafficking cartels, such as theBeltrán-Leyva brothers?
... that although theSoviet Union recognisedSwaziland in 1968, it wasn't until 1999 thatSwazi relations with Russia were officially established?
... that theU.S. Senate rejectedErnest W. Lefever for aState Department human rights post, a nomination opposed by his two brothers who claimed he supported views that "blacks were genetically inferior"?
... that the two GermanScharnhorst-class armored cruisers were both sunk at theBattle of the Falkland Islands in 1914?
... that two county attorneys were sued for not reporting the plot by a jealous ophthalmologist tomurder another ophthalmologist, who later lost his eyesight in prison?

08:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatU2(pictured) released a film titledLinear as a companion to theirlatest studio album, to enhance the album's listening experience with visuals?
... that as of 1981,New York City'sToy Center was the site of 95% of the toy business transacted in theUnited States?
... that in 1918 theUK hospital shipsHMHSRewa andHMHSGlenart Castle were sunk byGerman U-boats within two months of each other?
... thatprofessional wrestlerOlímpico'sring name was inspired by the1992 Summer Olympics?
... thatFilm & Kino, which organizesmunicipal-ownedcinemas inNorway, also co-organizes theNorwegian International Film Festival inHaugesund?
... thatfish diseases and parasites can result in massfish die offs, particularly if theambush predatorPfiesteria piscicida is involved?
... that theMexican Green Party has run an advertising campaign to promote the restoration ofcapital punishment in Mexico?
... that whenGeorge Booth builtBooth Mansion inChester,Cheshire, England, he angled the building to make it more visible from Chester Cross, but was fined £10 for encroaching into the street?

02:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the work ofPelagius of Oviedo(pictured) as a historian is generally reliable, but he is known as the "prince of falsifiers" for various altered documents emanating from his office in the 12th century?
... thatrenalase is anenzyme that breaks downstress hormones and decreasesblood pressure?
... thatstudio executiveSteven Rothenberg designed and oversaw thefilm distribution strategy for theindie horror filmThe Blair Witch Project?
... that the Australian cicadaPsaltoda plaga is commonly known as the "black prince"?
... that with 125Scottish clans in attendance,The Gathering was the world's largest clan meeting andHighland games?
... thatfederal judgePaul Jones sentenced a pregnant mother of ten to jail for selling a quart of liquor, lectured her on birth control, and asked, "Doesn't this woman know how to stop it?"
... that the title ofRobbie Williams' upcoming albumReality Killed the Video Star is a reference to 1979'sThe Buggles hitVideo Killed the Radio Star?
... that during theTang dynasty (618–907 AD),aquaculture in China of thecommon carp was banned because the Chinese word for common carp sounded like the family name,Li (李), of the emperor?

10 August 2009

20:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theWatergate complex's buildings(pictured) were designed to emulate the proposedInner Loop Expressway and the shape of theKennedy Center, whose original design was curvilinear?
... that thecoldest temperature in south-west England on record was −16.1 °C (3.0 °F) atYeovilton,Somerset, in January 1982?
... that recruiting analysts thoughtDa'Rel Scott was too small for acollege running back, but in 2008 he ran for more than 1,000 yards and led his conference inrushing for most of the season?
... that secretions from theplacenta prevent the maternalimmune system from recognizing the fetus as a foreign object, partly explainingimmune tolerance in pregnancy?
... thatMiles Davis owedBob Weinstock ofPrestige Records four albums, so Davis recorded in two days of sessions the music for the 1956 albumsCookin',Relaxin',Workin' andSteamin'?
... that theMexican land grantRancho Las Juntas was given toIrishman William Welch, who was listed as "Guillermo Welch" on official land documents?
... that the government ofGriqualand East destroyed £10,000 in currency shortly after printing it?
... that theDallas Hilton, built in 1925 forConrad Hilton inDowntown Dallas,Texas, was the first highrisehotel to be branded a "Hilton"?

14:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatburning money(pictured) can provide for behavior modification, political notoriety, and a warm fireplace?
... thatJohn Waltzmanaged theBaltimore Orioles for eight games despite lacking any qualifications for the job?
... thatThree-Mile Hog Ranch was a center forprostitution for soldiers atFort Laramie?
... thatprofessional wrestlerVirus once worked in theMinis division until he won the right to wrestle regular sized wrestlers?
... that the director of thedocumentaryWho the Hell is Juliette? intentionally misspelled the name of the film'stitle character in thecredits?
... thatMichigan fullbackEverett Sweeley set acollege football record in 1902 when he kicked the ball 86 yards?
... theNew York Court of Common Pleas was established in 1686 byThomas Dongan as a successor to theNew Netherlands'Worshipful Court of the Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens?
... that in December 1998the host ofThe Gay Byrne Show, a favourite ofKenmare housewives, was greeted by a surprise audience which included thePresident andTaoiseach?

08:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatIrwin Uteritz(pictured), "one of the lightest 'big time'quarterbacks inAmerican football history" at 140 pounds, ledMichigan to two undefeated seasons and a national championship?
... that theSan Francisco Art Association used the expansivePalace of Fine Arts to show a small collection of public art, and lost money each year from 1915 to 1922?
... that theUS Army'sSignal Corps built theMOBIDICsemi-trailer mounted computer to route battlefield information, but put it to good use as alogistics system instead?
... that upon coming in contact with analkali solution, the hairs of thefungusMicrostoma floccosum will swell and then dissolve?
... thatFilipino basketball playerGec Chia'swalk-off buzzer beater in the2002 UAAP semifinals brought his coachJoel Banal to his knees, and he later described the shot as "a miracle"?
... that the original plans for theLaurence HarborNew Jersey Transit station included a large commercial and residential development?
... thatquarterbackJarrett Brown replaced injuredstarter Pat White and ledWest Virginia to defeatRutgers in 2008, having done the same thing in the 2006 game after threeovertime periods?
... that onAfrica’s coast,Guachanche barracuda are normally found fromSenegal toAngola (includingCape Verde), but can also be found much further north off theCanary islands?

02:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

... that apart from theBasilica of Guadalupe, theSanctuary of Chalma(pictured) inMalinalco is the most visitedshrine inMexico?
... that the FrenchbotanistNicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville smuggled valuablecochineal insects out ofOaxaca toPort-au-Prince and wrote a dramatic account of his adventure?
... that the 2002 documentaryAfghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death, alleging U.S. involvement in theDasht-i-Leili massacre, was viewed by theEuropean Parliament, but received no coverage in U.S. media?
... that in 1804The Siege of Gibraltar, anaqua drama at theSadler's Wells Theatre, used 117 floating model ships capable of firing their own guns?
... thatprofessional wrestlerMike Segura earned the nickname "Suicida" because of his risky dives out of the ring?
... thatI Anzac Corps suffered 6,300 casualties during theBattle of Mouquet Farm in 1916 and as a result had to be withdrawn from offensive operations on theWestern Front for the next two months?
... thatClayton Hill, who played the "sweater zombie" in the 1978 horror filmDawn of the Dead, was described by a member of the film's crew as "one of the most convincing zombies of the bunch"?
... thatLujan-Fryns syndrome is often associated withfailure of amajor brain structure to develop?

9 August 2009

20:14, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatGiraffe Manor, inNairobi,Kenya, as well as being host to a group ofendangered Rothschild giraffe(pictured), was also home to awarthog named in honour ofWalter Cronkite?
... thatOnly Clouds Move the Stars has received more international film awards than any otherNorwegian film?
... thatBruce Shorts, headfootball coach atNevada andOregon, was described in 1904 as "the best coach west of theMississippi River"?
... that according to a 1977 book, the 1905sentimental ballad "Nellie Dean" "must surely be the song most often sung in pubs during the present century"?
... that an unnamed member of the extinctorderHupehsuchia exhibited an unusual form ofpolydactyly that is similar to that of some earlytetrapods of theDevonian period?
... thatWilma Scott Heide grewNOW to 50,000 members and an annual budget of $750,000 during her four-year term as president, having taken office in 1971 with 3,000 members and spending of $28,000?
... that a total of 441 military and civilian personnel of theTurkishNaval Base Gölcük, among them arear admiral, were killed by the1999 İzmit earthquake?
... that in 1973,U.S. District JudgeOrrin G. Judd issued aninjunction prohibiting theUnited States' continuedbombing ofCambodia, but a higher courtstayed the ruling before it could take effect?

14:14, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theartificial islandNorthstar Island(pictured) was the first in theBeaufort Sea able to move oil ashore by underseapipeline?
... that whenIreland bowlerPeter Connell took ahat-trick on his debut infirst-class cricket, he was the first player to do so in an international match?
... that the community ofOld Glory inTexas used to be known as "New Brandenburg" until residents petitioned theU.S. Postal Service for a name change in 1918 due toanti-German sentiment?
... that CanadianSandy Hott's result in 2005 was the highest placement ever at theWorld Orienteering Championships by a competitor from the North American continent?
... thatPure Mule upset "a lot of people" and caused a politician to comment on the "ticking time bomb" ofteenage sex,cocaine andsexual promiscuity in ruralIreland?
... thattight endDennis Pitta put hiscollege football career on hold for two years to serve in aChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints mission in theDominican Republic?
... thatNative Americans in theWest Indies used an extract fromFishfuddle to sedate fish, making them easier to catch?
... that it was not realized for 70 years that theBrazilian False Rice Rat was described twice under two different names?

08:14, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatJasmin Ouschan(pictured), who was born in 1986 and won her first European Championship in 1999, is a nineteen-time Europeanbilliards champion?
... that following thewar in August,Russia and South Ossetia signeda treaty in September 2008, guaranteeingRussian intervention in the event of an attack onSouth Ossetia?
... thatFrederick Van Voorhies Holman is credited with giving thenickname "Rose City" toPortland, Oregon?
... that theChapel of St Non inPembrokeshire is unusual in that it is aligned north / south rather than the usual east / west?
... thatHarry Hawkins won the U.S. national collegiatehammer throw championship in 1926 and was rated byFielding Yost as the bestfootball lineman of 1925?
... that the "anti-energy" drinkSlow Cow is aparody ofRed Bull?
... that in 1907French photographerLéon Gimpel became the first photographer to have his work published in color?
... that allAllied pilots shot down overPoland inWorld War II are laid to rest at theRakowicki Cemetery inKraków?

02:14, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatMichigan endCurtis Redden(pictured) died inWorld War I after he had described the night sky over the battlefield as "weird, hideous, fascinating, sublime"?
... thatKhan al-Harir, built by Darwish Pasha, theOttoman governor ofDamascus, was the first greatcaravanserai to be built inside the old city walls of Damascus?
... thatIndian sarod playerBrij Narayan composed music for the 1988 movieThe Bengali Night?
... that the locations in which one can execute a will according to theWills Act 1963 include ships and aircraft?
... thatPatricia Van Cleve Lake,rumored daughter ofMarion Davies andWilliam Randolph Hearst, performed in theradio sitcomBlondie for five years alongside her real-life husbandArthur Lake?
... thatIsis and her devotees are often depicted carrying abucket?
... thatZali Steggall was the first Australian to win an individual medal at theWinter Olympics?
... thatPenitents Compete is a Turkishreality television series in which aJewish rabbi, aBuddhist monk, aGreek Orthodox priest, and aMuslim imam try to convertatheists?

8 August 2009

20:14, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

... that because of her tough resistance during theBattle of Jutland, the GermanbattlecruiserSMS Derfflinger(pictured) was nicknamed "Iron Dog" by the BritishRoyal Navy?
... thatAlbert Clinton Horton was the firstLieutenant Governor of Texas?
... thatBloc Party'sremix albumSilent Alarm Remixed contains a version of the single "Banquet" by theoriginal album's producer,Paul Epworth?
... thatmedievalist art historianWalter Horn was thespecial intelligence officer who recovered thecrown jewels of theHoly Roman Empire when they werehidden by Nazis duringWorld War II?
... that theSangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant is expected to provide up to 12% of the total energy output ofTajikistan?
... thatcornerbackSyd'Quan Thompson ofCalifornia, a preseasonAll-America prospect, played his first game with a broken wrist and was outrun for twotouchdowns by thewide receiver he was assigned?
... that thegrisette is enjoyed by cows?
... that inSerbian legend old people who had outlived their usefulness were ritually slain by their children in a custom known aslapot?

14:14, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theyellow earth tongue(pictured) has been described as afungus one is likely to find while looking for something else?
... thatSir Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple,chief ofClan MacAulay, was an ally of theMacGregors, and that he feuded with theBuchanans,Campbells, and theGalbraiths?
... that theBare-faced Bulbul, the onlysongbird inAsia to lack feathers on the face, is the first Asianbulbul to bedescribed in over 100 years?
... thatW. H. Weeks designed the plans for hundreds of buildings in California including theYolo County Courthouse andYolo Branch Library?
... that according toBlind Harry, the Scottish patriotWilliam Wallace was warmly greeted atFaslane Castle, after he had sackedDumbarton and laid waste to the castle ofRosneath?
... that evidence fromGerald Gardner, a man who served as president of thePittsburgh chapter of theNational Organization for Women, led to a ban on sex-segregated help wanted ads, a ruling upheld by theU.S. Supreme Court in a1973 ruling?
... that theBear and Billet, now apublic house inChester,Cheshire, England, was originally thetown house of theEarls of Shrewsbury?
... that whenHenry John Whitehouse was electedEpiscopal bishop of Illinois he refused to take up his seat for nine years, until his salary demands were met?

08:14, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

... that one critic claimsWilliam Hazlitt's(pictured) view of poets inCharacters of Shakespear's Plays is "perhaps the most original, and surely the most heretical, idea in the entire range of his criticism"?
... thatJonny Diaz, brother ofMajor League Baseball playerMatt Diaz, abandoned his college baseball career to become aChristian musician?
... that theCapitulation of Franzburg forbade the rape of decent women and frivolous use of arms?
... thatAbraham Barak Salem was the firstBlack Jewish lawyer inIndia?
... that the cast ofHome Movies completely improvised the show'spilot episode?
... thatFernando Ansúrez II,Count of Monzón, sent four embassies to the court ofal-Hakam II,Caliph of Córdoba, during his reign?
... thatBruce Springsteen wrote "She's the One" before recordingBorn to Run, but was originally unsure whether to include it on the album?
... thatPresident Benjamin Harrison's 1890 speech at theCoal Palace inOttumwa,Iowa, was drowned out abruptly by noise from an indoorwaterfall?

02:14, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

... that in Mexico, the mushroomBoletus frostii(pictured) iscommonly known aspanzia agria, which translates to "sour belly"?
... thatNYU professorLionel Casson built a view of ancient maritime history by studying classical texts and archeological studies of ancient shipwrecks and the contents of theamphorae they carried?
... that the EnglishGothic Revival architect SirGeorge Gilbert Scott was concerned by the morality ofsilver-gilt?
... thatMarcia McNutt, nominee for director of theUnited States Geological Survey, studiedunderwater demolition andexplosives handling with theU.S. Navy UDT andSeal Team?
... thata British Army major was awarded one of theFBI Honorary Medals, the FBI Star?
... thatNirupama Rao, the presentForeign Secretary of India, was the first woman spokesperson of theExternal Affairs Ministry in 2001–2002?
... thatGeorgia Tech lured away Clemson's headfootball coach,John Heisman, by offering a US$450 pay increase?
... thatprofessional wrestlerBam Bam used the name of his favorite cartoon character,Bamm-Bamm Rubble, as hisring name?

7 August 2009

20:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatsuffragetteFrances Munds(pictured) was elected asenator five years before the19th Amendment grantedAmerican women the right to vote?
... that during theEnglish Civil War,Charles I was staying inGamul House,Chester,Cheshire, when his army was defeated at theBattle of Rowton Moor?
... that during his 31 years as afederal judge inNew York,Henry W. Goddard heard cases includingWilliam James Sidis'sinvasion of privacy suit againstThe New Yorker and the secondperjury trial ofAlger Hiss?
... that after theFrench defeat at theBattle of Muong Khoua during theFrench Indochina War, the four surviving soldiers trekked 80 kilometres (50 mi) through the jungle ofLaos to safety?
... that English poetMary Jones, called "the Chantress" bySamuel Johnson, did not consider publishing her efforts until pushed to do so by her friends?
... thatmuscles of patients withneuromuscular diseases such asLou Gehrig's Disease have electrical abnormalities that can be detected byelectrical impedance myography?
... thatPolish partisan leaderWładysław Łukasiuk, despite his paralyzed leg, always marched at the head of his unit, using hiscarbine as a crutch?
... thatKelly Clarkson fought to prevent her record company,RCA, from releasing her song "Already Gone" as a single?

14:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

... that Greek physicianHippocrates(pictured) usedwine as a medicine and health supplement prescribing it for a variety of ailments such asdiarrhea,lethargy and pain duringchildbirth?
... thattree ring analysis ofSwaggerty Blockhouse'slogs indicate acutting date circa 1860, well after the posted construction date for thisnationally-recognized historic structure?
... that theblotched catshark exhibitsfluorescence, with spots that glow yellow under blue light?
... that one type ofGM V-8 engine requires fivecores permold to create onecasting?
... thatGeoff Henke, founding chairman of theOlympic Winter Institute of Australia, was succeeded as the head ofAustralia's Winter Olympics team byIan Chesterman, under whom the country won three gold medals?
... thatHamida Banu Begum, wife ofMughal Emperor Humayun, gave birth to the future EmperorAkbar the Great in 1542, while taking refuge at a fortress?
... that CongregationShaarey Zedek constructed five newsynagogue buildings in fewer than 100 years as it followed its congregants toward theDetroit suburbs?
... that theBrumbrella was a motorised rain cover for theEdgbaston Cricket Ground inBirmingham?

08:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

... that after both of the 2008 U.S. short courseoff-road racing series became defunct, two new series replaced them—LOORRS andTORC(car pictured)?
... that whenThe Mountaineers opened at theSavoy Theatre in London in 1909,The Times declared that "it forms one of those instances of respectable mediocrity"?
... thatJadwiga of Pomerania might have been a daughter of aPolish king, but scholars are uncertain as to her lineage?
... thatMike Lantry, aVietnam veteran andwalk-on place-kicker, broke theUniversity of Michigan record for the longestfield goal twice in the same quarter?
... thatCyclone Rona of 1999 uprooted trees that survived a 1934 cyclone that hit the same area inQueensland,Australia?
... thatWay to Heaven is a play about a 1944 visit toTheresienstadt during which theNazis duped theRed Cross into reporting that rumors of mass murder were untrue?
... that multi-platinum selling artistHarry Connick, Jr., is scheduled to release his new albumYour Songs onvinyl, a whole month before itsCD release?
... that thepalatability of foods and drinks depends upon an "opioid-eating site" in the brain'snucleus accumbens and ventralpallidum?

02:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theQueen of Hearts(illustration pictured) first had her tarts stolen in April 1782?
... that of the 60+First Nations inBritish Columbia (BC) only afew have signed treaties with the BC andCanadian governments?
... thatelectro-hydrostatic actuators can replace thehydraulic plumbing of an aircraft with electrical wiring, leading to a "power-by-wire" design?
... that in the final phase of its existence, theSoviet Union deprioritizedrelations with Laos for the sake of achieving a settlement in theCambodian Civil War?
... that theKraków City Council has forty-three elected members, including themayor?
... thatThe Californian, California's first newspaper, appeared first in August 1846 on large sheets ofcigarette paper, withEnglish on one side andSpanish on the other?
... that the hurricane databaseHURDAT contains information about everytropical cyclone in theAtlantic Ocean since 1851?
... thatDănuţ Borbil's left arm is more successful than his right?

6 August 2009

20:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

... that once a year almost 1,000mummified bodies are put on public display inside the monasticcrypt at theChurch of St. Casimir the Prince(pictured)in Kraków ?
... that theDean of Barnard College andTeddy Roosevelt's grandson founded anorganization thatlobbied theTruman administration to prevent the creation of the State ofIsrael?
... that theQayqayt First Nation, ofNew Westminster,British Columbia, was thought to be extinct until 1994 when Rhonda Larrabee became the only member?
... thatbaritoneEarl Wrightson won anEmmy Award for hosting the 1950sCBS Sunday afternoon television showThe American Musical Theater?
... that theEritreanIndependent Moslem League was persuaded to support a union betweenEthiopia and Eritrea, after receiving Ethiopian assurances onArabic schooling and respect forIslamic traditions?
... that water from theLittle Applegate River was used in themine inSterlingville, the largest hydraulic mine inOregon and possibly the entirewestern United States?
... thatPinchas Lapide'sThree Popes and the Jews controversially claims thatPius XII saved 860,000 Jews fromThe Holocaust?
... thatlyric sopranoLois Hunt was introduced to thenVice President Lyndon Johnson while he was wearing a pair of green silk pajamas embroidered with his initials?

14:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theyellow wart(pictured) is often confused with thefly agaric?
... thatRudolf Caracciola once drove a car on public roads at 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph)?
... that amummy was found ina cave inWyoming?
... that "King Richard" lost his ear in a car accident, but still scored 24 times forhis country?
... thatMexican land grantRancho Los Medanos was called "New York of the Pacific" by theNew York army colonel who bought it?
... that in 1967Kōji Seki directedPerverted Criminal, Japan's first3-D film and the world's first 3-D sex film?
... that "A slumber did my spirit seal" is the only poem inWilliam Wordsworth'sLucy poem series that does not mention the dead Lucy by name?
... thatRichard Leroy Walters, ahomeless man who managed his money from the billiards room of a senior center inPhoenix, Arizona, converted to Catholicism on his deathbed and left $4 million to charity?

08:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theNoah Ogle Place(pictured) includes the last survivingtub mill in theGreat Smoky Mountains National Park?
... thatAbdel Hamid Sarraj, at age 35, was the minister of interior in theUnited Arab Republic and the most powerfulSyrian official in the UAR?
... that theErsatz Yorck-class battlecruisers, although not completed, served as the basis for theScharnhorst class battleships of theKriegsmarine?
... thatGuilian Gary, a formercollege wide receiver, says he has few "fond football memories" ofthe season in which he made aconference championship-winningreception?
... thatPope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address was interpreted differently throughout Europe by contemporaries and remains a "lightning rod" of historical interpretations?
... thatFilipino revolutionary leaderDaniel Tirona was almost shot at twice byPhilippine National hero Andrés Bonifacio?
... thatThe Addams Family, an upcomingmusical byAndrew Lippa, features an original story based solely on thecartoons ofCharles Addams, rather than the subsequent television series and films?
... thatAlexander Valentine, Chairman ofLondon Transport from 1959 to 1965, published a bookTramping round London?

02:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatRichard Henry Savage(pictured) served inEgypt for a year withCharles Pomeroy Stone in theEgyptian Army, underKhedive Isma'il Pasha?
... that "A Chorus Lie", theWill & Grace episode in whichMatt Damon appeared, had the highest viewing figures in the show's history?
... that the riverVaitarani that flows near theRudranath Hindu shrine is identified with the "river of salvation", where souls of the dead cross to the other world?
... thatprofessional wrestlerJuan Aguilar Leos was not revealed to be the son ofEl Texano until he was unmasked, after which he adopted thering name "El Texano, Jr."?
... thatPercival C. Pope'sMarine Corps Brevet Medal, at the Navy Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., is the only known original Marine Corps Brevet Medal on public display?
... that theSoftwarepark Hagenberg has also been called the "miracle of Hagenberg" for its success?
... thatGeorge Burgess, the firstEpiscopal Bishop of Maine, died at sea in 1866 while traveling toHaiti on Church business?

5 August 2009

20:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

... that manyCatholic clergy collaborated with theUstaše, includingMiroslav Filipović, who ran theJasenovac concentration camp(pictured)?
... that theSolomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's flamboyant former director,Thomas Krens, was at the forefront of the 1990's trend of worldwide museum expansion?
... thatUS Highway 10 crosses theWisconsin–Michigan border via a privately-ownedcarferry?
... that thestation for the town ofChasseneuil-du-Poitou is served by up to 40TGV trains every day?
... that in 1969,Côte d'Ivoire severedits relations with theSoviet Union, following accusations that the Soviet ambassador had supported Ivorian student protests?
... that when theVigeland Museum was created in 1947 to showcaseGustav Vigeland's works, it was partially funded by a budget surplus fromOslo'smunicipal cinema company?
... that in theDouglas Treaties the Chewhaytsum Indian Tribe ofVancouver Island signed away the land rights for the city ofSooke, British Columbia, for £45.10?
... that in 1953, theEritreanMoslem League of the Western Province proposed the creation of an independentBeja state out of parts of Eritrea andSudan, but failed to secureBritish support for the idea?

14:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

... that according toHindu mythology, the godShiva assumed the form of a bull and his hump, arms, face, navel and hair are worshipped at thePanch Kedar temples(Kedarnath pictured) inUttarakhand, India?
... that the remains of at least 55 individualmammoths have been excavated at theMammoth Site ofHot Springs inSouth Dakota, discovered in 1974 by a construction worker at a prospectivesubdivision?
... that physicianRobert Huebner and self-trainedentomologistCharles Pomerantz foundR. akari, the source of the diseaserickettsialpox, inmites so numerous that the "wallpaper appeared to be moving"?
... that in July 2009,GERB politicianTsetska Tsacheva became the first everChairwoman of theNational Assembly of Bulgaria?
... that Anton Roman's literary magazineThe Californian, published in 1880, was a continuation of his earlierOverland Monthly?
... that theNational Union of Algerian Farmers, one of the six main mass organizations of theFLN period, enjoyed less political autonomy than the other mass organizations inAlgeria at the time?
... thatastronaut-politicianJohn Glenn's 1964 run for theU.S. Senate in Ohio was criticized as an "undesirable precedent in astronauts' capitalizing on their fame to enter political roles"?

08:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatBartolommeo Coriolano's skill atwoodcuts(example pictured) earned him a knighthood fromPope Urban VIII?
... that theshape of recession varies greatly between differenteconomic downturns?
... that in 1955, pressure from theCatholic Church andConservatives forced theColombian military government ofRojas Pinilla to close down theConfederación Nacional del Trabajotrade union centre?
... thatBahadur Shah Zafar II who wished to be buried at a burial ground inZafar Mahal precincts inDelhi was deported toRangoon after theSepoy Mutiny where he died without honour?
... that by 1870,"New Departure" Democrats stopped opposingReconstruction andcivil rights forAfrican Americans to improve their electoral fortunes?
... that Dr.Thomas Dao was an early advocate forbreast self-examination,mammography and conservative alternatives toradical mastectomy in which patients can take time to consider treatment options?
... that theDanube Delta andRetezat National Park are part of theseven natural wonders of Romania?
... that, as a result of thePennsylvania government's seventh consecutivebudget impasse, most state employees are working without pay?

02:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatpeacocks(pictured) are among the 143bird species recorded inWasgamuwa National Park?
... thatMichigan's "chunkyfullback,""Bullet Bob" Westfall, known for his "spinner play," was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1987?
... that the largest specimens of thesandy stiltball fungus have been found growing infloodplains withhalophilic vegetation?
... that William Smalley, the first settler in the area ofCowan Lake State Park in Ohio, was held captive by theLenape twice, for a total of 6 years and 7 months?
... that thenasal infix, which was used in theProto-Indo-European language to express thepresent tense, can still be traced in word pairs likeconvince/conviction?
... that thedecision ofPope Pius XII to appointGerman apostolic administrators to occupiedPoland duringWorld War II was labelled "one of his most controversial decisions"?
... thatSt John's Hospital inBath was founded around 1180, by BishopReginald Fitz Jocelin beside the hot springs of theCross Bath?
... that theIoan Slavici National College inSatu Mare,Romania, has a 200-seatchapel on its campus?

4 August 2009

20:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

... that an 1848 novel claimed thatErnst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania(pictured) had been the lover ofSidonia von Borcke, a convictedwitch?
... thatAlum Creek inAlum Creek State Park inOhio was a major path on theUnderground Railroad?
... that while working as a children's entertainer in the 1980s, actressFay Ripley was set up as a jewellery thief in aninsurance fraud attempt?
... thatDean Holness, who starred infootball television dramaDream Team and filmMike Bassett: England Manager, played professional football forSouthend United?
... that Roman commanderGaius Considius Longus was killed by his own men during the Romancivil war as he attempted to escapeCaesar's victorious forces?
... thatJohn Marsh, the firstAnglo owner ofRancho Los Meganos, was murdered in 1856 by employees who thought he was cheating them?
... that a June 5, 1981, report by Dr.Joel Weisman inMMWR about five gay men with an unusual illness is recognized as the start of theAIDS pandemic and "the first report onAIDS in the medical literature"?
... that in 1957, theWycombe Repertory Theatre presented the English-speaking premiere ofThe Threatening Storm written byBasil Ashmore?

14:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatAustralia'sfirst uranium mine(pictured) opened in 1906 and initially producedradium forMarie Curie andErnest Rutherford?
... thatHasan Nuhanović is a survivor of theSrebrenica genocide who is suing theDutch state for its failure to protect his family from being killed byBosnian Serb forces in July 1995?
... thatGod's Providence House inChester,Cheshire, probably gained its name because the owners survived theplague of 1647–48?
... thatGamal Salem was chief judge of the court that sentenced sevenMuslim Brotherhood leaders to death for participating in an assassination attempt onEgyptian PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser?
... that the historicN. P. Smith Pioneer Hardware Store is the oldest wood-frame structure that still exists in downtownBend,Oregon?
... that in theSkins episode "Pandora", comedianDavid Baddiel guest-starred as the lover ofhis real-life girlfriend's character?
... that theMihai Eminescu National College inSatu Mare,Romania, was established in 1634 whenJesuits received approval to open a college in the city?
... thatJesse N. Funk was awarded theMedal of Honor inWorld War I for running throughno man's land to rescue wounded men?

08:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theHindu shrineTungnath(pictured) is closed during winter and a symbolic image of the temple's presiding deity is moved to Mukunath, 19 km (12 mi) away?
... thatHenry Swinburne was the firstcanon law writer to write his works in English?
... that the ornamental houseplantAsparagus densiflorus is toxic to dogs and cats?
... thatDaniel Boyd is accused of leading ajihadist terrorist cell inNorth Carolina?
... that the old rank ofmate was revived in 1913 as part of theSelborne-Fisher scheme for the accelerated promotion of promising enlisted personnel to become engineering officers?
... that "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was one of the storiesMark Twain published in theSan Francisco weekly literary newspaperThe Californian?
... that the single "Hot" byRomanian singerInna was posted onYouTube and reached 2 million views in under one year?
... that the undefeated1940 Stanford Indians were coached byClark Shaughnessy, whose record at theUniversity of Chicago had caused that school todiscontinue itsfootball program?

02:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatMarie Wittich(pictured), the soprano who created the title role inRichard Strauss' operaSalome, refused to perform theDance of the Seven Veils saying "I won't do it. I'm a decent woman."?
... that in the Dutchchildren's bookPluk van de Petteflet, a group of grown-ups get intoxicated from eating mysteriousberries, a scene praised by educators?
... that theHindu godShiva is worshipped in form of a navel-shapedlingam atMadhyamaheshwar temple?
... that All-ProlinebackerMilan "Sheriff" Lazetich, arodeo rider before joining theNFL, reported that no end or back ever threw a block like a wild pony "when he feels the first touch of a saddle"?
... that although theChancery Amendment Act 1858 was repealed in theUnited Kingdom, it is still valid in theRepublic of Ireland and parts ofCanada?
... thatAbdel Latif Boghdadi resigned his position as vice president ofEgypt becauseNasser adopted a moreSoviet Union-style system for Egypt rather than closer United States relations?
... that the fourMackensen-class battlecruisers were canceled according to the terms of theTreaty of Versailles in 1919?
... that in the mid-1980s,Burger King offered customers $5,000 forfinding a nerd?

3 August 2009

20:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the painting of thehussar Gregor Baci(pictured) belongs to theChamber of Art and Curiosities atAmbras castle?
... that a plot on the Americansoap operaOne Life to Live featuring sexually confused police officerOliver Fish invited controversy when an actress objecting to the storyline was replaced?
... that in thefiscal years 2001 to 2003, theoil tankerMVMontauk made over 125 voyages in and aboutSouth Korea andJapan?
... that despite a poor economy, a record number of people anted up $1,000 in a"Stimulus Special"?
... that in 1961, theSoviet ambassador toGuineaDaniel Solod was accused of being involved in an anti-government plot, and was expelled from Guinea?
... that onReek Sunday, in a tradition of the past 1,500 years, thousands of people from across the world have embarked on an annual nationalpilgrimage upCroagh Patrick, some barefoot?
... thatLeo Paquin, one of theSeven Blocks of Granite on the 1936Fordham University football team, was nicknamed "Twinkletoes"?
... thatGeastrum triplex is considered the largest of theearthstar fungi?

14:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatGrub Street(pictured), inLondon'sMoorfields district, was home tohack writers, and later became a pejorative term for impoverished authors?
... thatMünchausen by Internet is a pattern of behavior where people feign illnesses inonline forums to gain attention and sympathy?
... thatAlan Garnett Davenport, aMember of the Order of Canada, was the wind engineer on theWorld Trade Center, theSears Tower, and theTsing Ma Bridge?
... thatNew Zealand andAustralian soldiers massacred the adult males of a village inPalestine during theSurafend affair of 1918?
... that Wyatt Durette, co-writer ofZac Brown Band's "Toes", called Brown at 6:00 in the morning to give him the idea for the song?
... that chronically indebtedPhilipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania wanted to sell the island ofRügen toDenmark?
... that theAzores Bullfinch is the most threatenedpasserine bird in Europe?
... that Sgt. James Crowley,who arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, has taught a course entitled "Racial Profiling"?

08:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

... that thepuffball mushroomCalvatia sculpta(pictured) has been described as "a cross between ageodesic dome and a giant glob ofmeringue"?
... thatWashington, D.C.Chief of PoliceRichard H. Sylvester is credited with having coined the term "third degree" to refer to harsh means of extracting confessions from suspects?
... thatKalpeshwar is the only temple in thePanch Kedar circuit, a group of five sacredShiva temples in the GarhwalHimalayas, accessible throughout the year?
... thatSusan Mary "Lily" Yeats, the sister of Irish poetW. B. Yeats, was a professionalembroiderer who studied the craft underMay Morris?
... that Hartley Road, the shortestnumbered route in the city ofKawartha Lakes, is entirely a causeway crossing the man-madeMitchell Lake?
... thatquarterbackVic Hall broke theVirginia state record for total yards as a high schooljunior and then broke his own record as asenior?
... that theMacmillan Report's most briefly discussed issue, an alleged "gap" in Britishindustrial financing, was one of the only recommendations acted upon?
... thatprofessional wrestlerJuan Alvarado Nieves and his five brothers all usering names with the termBrazo (Spanish for "arm") in them?

02:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

... that a front part ofVenera 4(pictured), the firstprobe to land on another planet, was made ofsugar?
... that futureU.S. President Gerald Ford waited tables at thefraternity house ofMichigan halfbackHerman Everhardus?
... that early audience members ofDublin'sLGBT film festivalGaze risked being arrested ashomosexuality was still illegal inIreland?
... thatKhaled Mohieddin, a former member of theFree Officers Movement, founded the leftistTaggamu party inEgypt?
... that theendangeredSocorro springsnail is found in only onespring in the U.S. state ofNew Mexico?
... that businessmanJohn Young migrated toAustralia as aTen Pound Pom, but was worth A$184 million in 2006, although thecompany that made him rich is nowinsolvent?
... that over 5,000 people applied to thequiz showJeopardy! to be a part of the show'sClue Crew, a team of correspondents that film videos used to accompany some of the show's clues?
... that inan obituary of Adolf Hitler,Knut Hamsun infamously referred to Hitler as "a prophet of the gospel of justice for all nations"?

2 August 2009

20:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

... that specialGreat Western Railway wagons were designed to carry goods as diverse as fish,kaolin, sheets of glass andgunpowder(wagon pictured)?
... thatLouis Edward Gelineau, the Americanprelate of theRoman Catholic Church who was succeeded byRobert Edward Mulvee in 1997, opposed a 1985 ordinance for thecity of Providence to protect homosexuals from discrimination?
... that theprofessional wrestling groupLos Infernales were the first team to win both theMexican National Trios Championship and theCMLL World Trios Championship?
... that theUnited States' largestoak stand occupies 2 to 3 million hectares of theGreat Plains and is composed of ancientQuercus havardii?
... thatBonneau du Martray is the only estate inBurgundy to make wine exclusively fromgrand cruvineyards?
... thatbaseball Hall of Famer Fred Clarke was the lastLouisville Colonels manager?
... that, inspired bynationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen's success inFrance,Norwegian anti-immigrantpolitical partyStop Immigration's only election win was a single seat on theDrammen City Council?
... thatColonelErnest Bankey won theSoap Box Derby twice before becoming an Americanace in a day on December 27, 1944?

14:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

... that a call of theEdwards's Fig-parrot(pictured) of NortheasternNew Guinea has been likened to "coins dropping onconcrete"?
... that journalistJames F. Bowman wrote a grandiose poetry review forThe Californian newspaper, then published an anonymous review in theDramatic Chronicle savaging his earlier review?
... that the names of the several "Blue"public houses and inns in Grantham have their origins in a time when theparliamentary constituency of Grantham was apocket borough?
... that in 1899,Lave Cross andJoe Quinnmanaged the Cleveland Spiders to the worst record in professional baseball history?
... that in 1984, theNational Day of Hatred was instituted inKampuchea, to condemn theKhmer Rouge and their allies?
... that the firststeeple of theOld Dutch Church inKingston, New York, collapsed a year after it was built becauseslate roofing was substituted for thetin inMinard Lafever's design?
... that Hungarianhandball playerAnita Görbicz was votedWorld Player of the Year 2005 by theInternational Handball Federation?
... that "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" is afraction?

08:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

... that theShahi Bridge across theGomti River inJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh,India, was built in 1569 without thechhatris(pictured), which were added almost three centuries later?
... thatJane Weinberger, wife ofCaspar Weinberger, began writing and publishingchildren's books in response to budget cuts by theReagan administration?
... that the opportunity for the establishment of theIndy Grand Prix of Alabama as part of the2010 IndyCar Series season resulted in part from theDetroit Indy Grand Prix being discontinued?
... thatLorenzo Campeggio, thecardinal protector of England during theEnglish Reformation, determined thatHenry VIII's marriage could not be annulled?
... thatHoward Engle was the lead plaintiff in aclass action suit in which a jury awarded a U.S. recordpunitive damage verdict of $145 billion against thetobacco industry?
... that in the 1960s,Israeltrained Ethiopian forces for counterinsurgency operations against theEritrean Liberation Front?
... thatTony Romano was thePeterborough Petes's leading scorer during the 2008–09Ontario Hockey League season?
... thatMatt Kirshen'sBigipedia article on the "Bee Whisperer" was inspired by an article found using therandom article function onWikipedia?

02:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatMeigle Sculptured Stone Museum inScotland displays a collection of local incisedPictish stones dating to the 9th and 10th centuries AD(example pictured)?
... thatThomas B. Kay was elected as theOregon State Treasurer four times and served in the office longer than anyone else inOregon history?
... that in the late 1980s, theMongolian pioneer movement, theSukhe Bator Mongolian Pioneers Organization, had a membership of 360,000?
... that while developingStar Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo,Factor 5 put together a playable demo forStar Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader in 19 days to show atNintendo's 2001Space World?
... that in 2006, theMichigan State Spartans mounted thegreatest comeback in top divisioncollege football history, buttheir coach was fired two weeks later?
... thatex parte O'Brien was a test case seeking the release of between 80 and 100 people arrested under theRestoration of Order in Ireland Act 1920?
... that a farewell gathering forentomologistHenry Edwards in thewoods of Marin County in 1878 was the beginning of theBohemian Club's tradition of a yearly encampment at theBohemian Grove?
... that "She Belongs to Me" was one of the first anti-love songs?

1 August 2009

20:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

... that in April 2009, a team of scientists uncovered evidence suggesting that theendangeredVisayan Spotted Deer(pictured) survived in a tiny forest inNegros?
... that AmericanRacing Hall of Fame jockeyIsaac Burns Murphy, now interred at theKentucky Horse Park, was initially buried atAfrican Cemetery No. 2?
... that the building known asThree Old Arches inChester,Cheshire, has a shop front which is considered to be the oldest in England?
... thatMahesh Rangarajan is a researcher, author and historian who analysed present-day conservation conflicts inIndia and found their roots in India'scolonial past?
... that players from the 1990England andWest Germany association football teams replayed theirItalia '90 World Cup semi-final match in aid of charity, for theSir Bobby Robson Trophy?
... that theCommanding Officer ofRAAF Station Richmond in 1938–40,Group Captain"Kanga" De La Rue, was once locked up by his own guards when he tried to enter the base without a pass?
... that theCathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa inTartus, built by theCrusaders in the mid-12th century, is among the best-preserved religious structures of the crusades?
... that the gamerock-paper-scissors has been used to determine the winner of severalevents at theWorld Series of Poker?

14:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatGarboldisham Windmill(pictured) was the onlypost mill standing inNorfolk in 1972?
... thatHeinz Lord, Secretary General of theWorld Medical Association, survivedMoringen concentration camp and the sinking of prison shipCap Arcona?
... thatWalter Scott met the explorerMungo Park by the banks of theYarrow Water, and thatWilliam Wordsworth journeyed there with"The Ettrick Shepherd"?
... that professional wrestlersTimothy Well andSteven Dunn, of thetag teamWell Dunn, were criticized for their ring attire, which mixedbow ties andthongs?
... that theKölcsey Ferenc National College inSatu Mare,Romania, was established in 1557 as a subsidiary of theUniversity of Debrecen?
... thatTahitian nationalistPouvanaa a Oopa was elected to theFrench Senate representingFrench Polynesia following his return fromexile inFrance?
... that the2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion was Australia's highest decorated unit of theSecond World War?
... thatFritz Crisler calledGeorge Ceithaml,quarterback of theMichigan Wolverines's single-wing offense from 1941 to 1942, "the smartest player he ever taught"?

08:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

... that the GermanBayern-class battleshipsBayern(pictured) andBaden were the lastdreadnoughts built by theKaiserliche Marine?
... thatSylvia Levinregistered more than 47,000 newvoters in theLos Angeles area, an individual record both inCalifornia and theUnited States?
... thatmechanical plating, developed in the 1950s, is commonly used to overcomehydrogen embrittlement issues whenelectroplating hardened steel?
... thatCEPPS is acooperative agreement between theInternational Foundation for Electoral Systems, theInternational Republican Institute and theNational Democratic Institute for International Affairs?
... that descendants of 17th-century members of the congregation of theVrouwekerk, a medieval church inLeiden, theNetherlands, include fourU.S. presidents?
... that a formerBear Stearns executive and magazine mogul are part of theNovember Nine trying to preventlogger Darvin Moon from winning millions of dollars?
... thatJoan Baez has been regarded as the subject of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and also covered the song herself?
... that unlikecontempt of court,contempt of cop is not a crime in the United States?

02:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

... thatBridge L-158(pictured) inGoldens Bridge, New York, the only extant double-intersectionWhipple truss railroad bridge in the state, was moved there fromKingston 20 years after it was built?
... that whilePer Kristiansen chaired the training committee of theNorges Orienteringsforbund, Norway'sorienteering team, from 1967 to 1973, team members won gold medals at three world championships?
... that a 1955 "Speaker's Corner" experiment inBangkok inspired the launching of aThaiHyde Park Movement Party?
... that during the1960s,Texas lawyerJohn Ben Shepperd worked to obtain the land for the creation ofLyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site along thePedernales River?
... thatMonmouth County SheriffKim Guadagno,running mate ofRepublican gubernatorial nomineeChristopher J. Christie, would become the firstLieutenant Governor of New Jersey if elected in November?
... that whenWales rugby union internationalDan Rees switched to professional rugby league in 1905, his signing-on fee of £300 was a Welsh record?
... that theAzm Palace inHama,Syria, has been regarded as "one of the loveliestOttoman residential buildings in Syria"?
... thatMichigan halfbackTom Kuzma was described as "a smacker from Smackersville"?

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