Movatterモバイル変換

Jump to content

Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/January

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

<Wikipedia:Recent additions

Did you know?
Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approval	WP:DYKN
Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queues	TM:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
Archived sets	WP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
Hall of Fame	WP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominations	WP:DYKNC
... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and bots	WP:DYKSB
On the Main Page	TM:DYK
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins	{{DYK admins}}
v t e

This is a record of material that was recently featured on theMain Page as part ofDid you know (DYK). Recently creatednew articles, greatly expanded formerstub articles and recently promotedgood articles are eligible; you cansubmit them for consideration.

Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were takenoff the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to the article'stalk page and follow the archive link in the DYK talk page message box or the Article Milestones box.

Current archive
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2019	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2018	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2017	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2016	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2015	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2014	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2013	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2012	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2011	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2010	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2009	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2008	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2007	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2006	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2005	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2004		Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Edit the DYK archive navigation template

Did you know...

31 January 2009

20:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the worshippers ofXipe Totec(pictured), theAztec god of renewal, wore the flayed skins of theirsacrificial victims?
... thatLorene Rogers was described as the first woman to serve as head of a public university in theUnited States when she became president of theUniversity of Texas at Austin in 1974?
... thatAnacletus II is regarded as anantipope although he had received the majority of the votes in thePapal election of 1130?
... thateconomist John Kenneth Galbraith calledThe Go-Go Years, a book byJohn Brooks aboutWall Street'sspeculative bubble in the 1960s, "a small classic in the history of financial insanity"?
... that during theAngolan Civil War, the surrounding area ofLuanda'sPalácio de Ferro, believed to be designed byGustave Eiffel, was once used as aparking lot?
... thatice hockey refereeMarcus Vinnerborg has officiated twoIce Hockey World Championship finals in row?
... thathistorian P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar believed thatKanchipuram was the southernmost outpost ofSanskrit culture during the pre-Pallava period?
... thatfemale impersonatorT. C. Jones played murderoustransvestites in both a 1965 episode ofAlfred Hitchcock Presents and a 1967 episode ofThe Wild Wild West?

14:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

... that one-timeSpeaker of the Oregon House of RepresentativesCharles B. Moores'(pictured) uncle, father, and grandfather all served in theOregon Legislature, while his son served in theWashington Legislature?
... that theImperial Japanese Navy destroyerKamikaze was one of the few larger Japanese warships to survive thePacific War without significant damage?
... thatRobert Dallek researchedJFK for five years by tappingNational Security Archives,oral histories,White House tapes, andmedical records to writeAn Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963?
... that in December 1955,India became the first country outside theEastern bloc to establishdiplomatic relations with Mongolia?
... that results from theJUPITER trial indicated thatrosuvastatin may lower therelative risk ofheart attacks andstroke in patients with normalcholesterol levels?
... thatNew Zealand Transport MinisterSteven Joyce started radio station Energy FM with a group of friends?
... that the remnants of2005's Tropical Depression Ten partially contributed to the formation ofHurricane Katrina?
... thatFred Shaw Mayer was appointed aMember of the Order of the British Empire for breedingBirds of Paradise?

08:24, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theStreamline Moderne building(pictured) of theWashington Talking Book & Braille Library is a formerDodge automobile dealership?
... thatJohann Phillip Fabricius, aGerman Christian missionary, completed the first translation of theBible toTamil?
... thatMalay monarchs lost theirlegal immunity aftera series of amendments was made to theConstitution of Malaysia in 1993?
... that American writerHoward Norman stated there was a shorter distance between hisunconscious life and hisconscious life inNova Scotia than anywhere else?
... that theeffects of Hurricane Ivan in Jamaica proved among the most severe in the island's history?
... thatHalle Jørn Hanssen wasNorway's firsttelevision correspondent stationed in anAfrican country?
... thatradio stationsWMFC andWMFC-FM originally broadcast from aQuonset hut in the heart ofMonroeville, Alabama?
... thatAndrew Ritchie named hisBrompton folding bicycle company after theChurch of the Immaculate Heart of Mary?

02:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatHarmon Northrop Morse was awarded the Avogadro Medal in 1916 for his extensive report onosmotic pressure andsemipermeable membranes(concept pictured)?
... thatItek Corporation was formed to build image retrieval systems, but instead became a reconnaissance camera vendor after winning the contract for the CIA'sCORONA satellite?
... thatBritish poisonerFrederick Seddon made a secretMasonic signal to his trial judge, prominent FreemasonThomas Townsend Bucknill, in an attempt to overturn the jury's guilty verdict?
... thatThe Hunters of Kentucky, which commemorated theBattle of New Orleans, was used asAndrew Jackson's 1828 campaign song?
... that Russian ski jumperArthur Khamidulin retired after his violent crash in ski flying inVikersund in 2000?
... that theBradley Airport Connector, afreeway in the U.S. state ofConnecticut, was renamed the "82nd Airborne Memorial Highway" in 1999 to honor the82nd Airborne Division?
... thatSri Ponna, the classicalKannada language poet of c. 950, is considered one of the "three gems ofKannada literature?
... that thespecific name of mushroomLactarius theiogalus comes from the Greek for "brimstone" and "milk"?

30 January 2009

20:40, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatNiepołomice Forest inPoland incorporates the most protectednature reserve inhabited by Europeanbison calledwisent(pictured), the heaviest surviving land animal inEurope?
... thatWorld Sculling Champion oarsmanJoseph Sadler was achimneysweep by profession?
... thatIsaac Albéniz'soperaPepita Jiménez has been adapted several times by numerous people into different constructs and languages?
... thatPernessa C. Seele, the founder of theHarlem Week of Prayer for Healing of AIDS, is animmunologist and one ofTime magazine'sTop 100 Americans in 2006?
... thatSt. Mary's Islands, Karnataka, known for the distinctive geological formation ofcolumnar basaltic lava, are a set of four small islands in theArabian Sea off the coast ofMalpe?
... thatRatchanya Yatreegam,magnum opus ofIndian poetHenry Alfred Krishnapillai written inTamil, was based onJohn Bunyan'sThe Pilgrim's Progress?
... that no one knows the age of theGreaser Petroglyphs located in easternLake County,Oregon,USA, but they could be up to 12,000 years old?
... thatVilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, who had two tenures asNorwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs, became abishop after his political career?

14:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

... that 52 ofSholto Johnstone Douglas's paintings ofFirst World War "dazzle ships"(dazzle camouflage pictured) are in theImperial War Museum?
... that inTanta,Egypt, some restaurants sell an "al-Tourbini sandwich", named aftera serial child killer?
... that theKay Moor coal mine nearFayetteville, West Virginia, was first worked with mule-drawn railcars?
... thatMichael Christian Festing wasThomas Arne's mentor and it is through his influence that Arne was able to pursue a music career?
... thatGuyana's sugar production was halved between 1978 and 1988 due to the economic decline of the nation during the 1980s?
... thatBalanadarajah Iyer was the secondSri Lankan journalist to beassassinated in 2004?
... that although composed in late 1812, the popular CanadianWar of 1812 songThe Bold Canadian was not published until 1907, and not fully until 1927?
... that the noted medievalTelugu-language writer and poetPalkuriki Somanatha wrote important classics inKannada andSanskrit as well?
... that theBeverly Hilton Hotel has hosted theGolden Globe Awards since 1961?

08:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatLucques(pictured),Aglandau,Salonenque,Picholine,Olivière,Tanche,Bouteillan,Cailletier,Grossane,Germaine,Cayon andSabine are some of about a hundredFrench olive cultivars?
... thatTrailanga Swami, an Indianyogi, is reputed to have lived nearly 300 years and reportedly "read people’s minds like books"?
... that theHawthorn Farm rail station inHillsboro, Oregon, has a piece of art that indicates the wind's direction by using lights and sounds?
... that bothCharles Langbridge Morgan, a civil engineer, and his sonCharles Langbridge Morgan, a playwright and novelist, served in theBritish Armed Forces during theFirst World War?
... that althoughKatharine Hepburn wrote most of the filmed script forTravels with My Aunt, she was denied screen credit because she was not a member of theScreen Writers Guild?
... that the village ofWorsley is centred around thecoal mines that helped kickstart theindustrial revolution in nearbyManchester?
... thatNew York Road Runners CEOMary Wittenberg was the first female director of a major international marathon?
... thatSega changed a dainty, big-eyed female character into aVallejo-like goldenbikini-clad female barbarian, to market the video gameAlisia Dragoon to theWestern market?

02:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

... that wolf lichen,fungal speciesLetharia vulpina(pictured), was used historically as a wolf poison by combining it with powdered glass and meat?
... that the firstcontainer ship arrived in thePort of Tokyo's Shinagawa terminal in 1967?
... thatHaskel Lookstein, who succeeded his fatherJoseph Lookstein asRabbi ofNew York City'sCongregation Kehilath Jeshurun in 1979, wasNewsweek magazine's second-ranked U.S. pulpit rabbi in 2008?
... that around 80 percent ofEl Salvador's forests are associated withshade coffee plantations?
... that after serving as aUnion Army general during theAmerican Civil War,Joseph Alexander Cooper was enlisted to suppressKu Klux Klan disturbances inTennessee?
... thatThe Beatles appeared ten times on theBBC Radio programmeSaturday Club in the early 1960s?
... thatUniversity of Pennsylvania track coachKen Doherty removedBruce Dern from the track team in 1957 after hisElvis-like sideburns caused a commotion while running thetwo-mile relay?
... that a split inIndia'sAnna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in 1988 resulted in a split in theCongress party inTamil Nadu, leading to the birth of the new partyThamizhaga Munnetra Munnani?
... that theDiamond darter, discovered in 2008, lives only in theElk River ofWest Virginia,USA?

29 January 2009

21:09, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatVladas Jurgutis(pictured) is considered to be the "father of theLithuanian litas"?
... that theinvitations to the inauguration of Barack Obama were produced in anenvironmentally friendly manner by companies certified by theForest Stewardship Council?
... thatGeorge Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen was the actingViceroy of India from June 1929 to April 1931?
... thatChicago'sFountain of Time byLorado Taft is considered the earliest outdoorconcrete sculpture?
... that whenJean-Jacques Démafouth, in exile from theCentral African Republic, agreed to lead theAPRD rebel group in March 2008, he stipulated they must negotiate a peace deal?
... that controversy erupted whenVirginia Tech was selected to play in the2002 Gator Bowlcollege football game instead ofSyracuse, which had more wins inthe regular season?
... thatCorethrellidae, a family ofparasitic midges belonging to the same order as the commonhousefly, have been found to spread thedisease-causingprotozoanTrypanosoma among their hostfrog populations?
... that designerShigeo Fukuda's poster "Victory 1945" of a projectile heading straight at the opening of a cannon barrel was described as a "bitingly satirical commentary on the senselessness of war"?

15:16, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the color scheme forIsrael Railways' newSiemens Viaggio Light trains(pictured) was chosen by the general public in a poll?
... that PresidentGeorge W. Bush appointed threeCabinet members who had been born outside of the United States, the most of any U.S. president?
... thatChâteau de Cayx is aroyal residence of the Danish monarch inFrance?
... thatHolly Coors, wife of beer magnateJoseph Coors, stated while planning to run forGovernor of Colorado that the way to help women was "not theEqual Rights Amendment but throughfree enterprise"?
... thatTyphoon Wayne, which roamed theSouth China Sea andFormosa Strait for over three weeks in 1986, remains the longest livedtropical cyclone on record in the westernPacific Ocean?
... that in May 1776, the futureChaldean PatriarchYohannan Hormizd was consecratedmetropolitan bishop with right of succession at the age of 16 by his uncle, Patriarch Mar Eliya XII Denkha?
... thatStar Trek: Countdown, a comic bookprequel to the 2009 filmStar Trek, is also a sequel to the 2002 filmStar Trek Nemesis?
... thatBarashnûm is aZoroastrian purification ritual in which a "defiled" person is confined to a corner of the house calledArmêsht-gah for a period of nine nights?

09:24, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theLight-mantled Albatross(pictured) does not start breeding, on average, until 12 years old?
... that Count Hans von Schack ofSouth Jutland was givenSchackenborg Castle as a token ofFrederick III of Denmark's gratitude for his military achievements in theNorthern Wars?
... thatProvidence Newberg Medical Center inOregon was the first hospital in the United States to earn a GoldLEED certification?
... thatchild actorAsa Butterfield appeared on the cover ofPatrick Skene Catling's autobiographyBetter Than Working?
... that after surviving 1945'sBattle of Manila, theAvenue Theater alongRizal Avenue was demolished in 2006 in order to turn it into a parking lot?
... thatrapper T.I. is starring inT.I.'s Road To Redemption, an upcomingreality television show?
... that the legend ofSumbha and Nisumbha, demons fromHindu mythology, is used as a warning against the dangers of seduction inShashi Tharoor's novelThe Great Indian Novel?
... thatMajor League Baseball manager Billy Martin served five separate terms asmanager of the New York Yankees?

03:32, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatsymbiotic moss animals live on thebristles of thecrab known as theMud-Runner(pictured)?
... thatCaptainJohn Maitland's decisive quashing of an attemptedmutiny was termed 'Doctor Maitland's recipe' byAdmiral John Jervis?
... that ever since theGriffin v. California case in theU.S. Supreme Court, judges andprosecutors are forbidden from mentioning that a defendant has refused to testify?
... thatAl-Maquar, which contains the royal residence ofJordan, was built on the camp-site for the armies of theArab Revolt, who capturedAmman in 1918?
... thatMarcia P. Sward, who created the children'senvironmental education programGreenKids, started her career as amathematician?
... that because of differences in the demands for a separate nation calledDravida Nadu,India'sDMK party split in 1962 and a short-livedTamil National Party was formed?
... thatAlexander Ross was Engineer-in-Chief of theBreydon Viaduct?
... that there was public outcry when theSea Alarm—formerly one ofBritain's WWIIEmpire ships—was scrapped after the closure of theWelsh Industrial and Maritime Museum?
... that in theWorld Wrestling Federation in the 1980s,Frenchy Martin accompaniedDino Bravo to thering with a sign that read "USA is not OK"?

28 January 2009

21:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatGrand Duchess Sophie Caroline ofEast Friesland instructedDanish royalarchitect Lauritz de Thurah to demolishSorgenfri Palace in 1756 to make way for a new palace(pictured)?
... that inMaya mythology,wayob were the powerful spirit forms of lords, priests and gods?
... that during theBattle of Tipton's Island,Colonel Tipton punished a talkative soldier under his command by tying him to atree?
... thatNijaguna Shivayogi, a pettychieftain in 15th-centuryKarnataka, India, was a visionary writer and poet in theKannada language?
... thattab shows—cut-down versions ofBroadway and othermusicals, with portable scenery—often shared the bill with early 20th-centuryvaudeville andburlesque shows in the USA?
... thatCaptainCharles Powell Hamilton was present at both the loss ofHMSAlexander in theAction of 6 November 1794, and her recapture at theBattle of Groix?
... thatFilipinos are expected to become the second-largest group offoreign workers inQatar by the end of 2009?
... thatNew York City'sRamaz School, with 1,100 students in 2007, was named for RabbiMoses Margolies and founded by his grandson RabbiJoseph Lookstein, whose son was in the opening class of six in 1937?

15:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

... that thePolish resistance in World War II designed and produced hundreds offlamethrowers, most of them of theK pattern model(pictured)?
... that aLiveline phone-in debate ongay adoption staged byEvelyn O'Rourke led to more than half of the total complaints issued against the radio show in a six-month period?
... that in 1952, threeBSA A7 motorcycles won theMaudes Trophy and theInternational Six Days Enduro, achieving 4,500 miles (7,200 km) without any problems?
... thatMaraimalai Adigal, aSaivite and considered the father of thePure Tamil movement, disagreed with theatheistic beliefs ofPeriyar'sSelf-Respect Movement?
... that in 2005, Gov.Ted Kulongoski signed a bill makingOregon the first U.S. state torequire prescriptions for cold medicines containingpseudoephedrine, a key ingredient used to makemethamphetamine?
... that, being a descendant ofPliohippus,Astrohippus is not considered to be an ancestor to modernhorses?
... that in 1975,Tivi Etok, aQuebec artist, was the firstInuk printmaker to have a collection of his own prints released?
... that a2009 Pennsylvania court case ruled thatpoker is a game of skill, thus not subject to the state laws related togambling?

09:48, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

... that this year'sTour of California will cross theGolden Gate Bridge(pictured) for the first time?
... that the Norwegian Minister of the Interior andPresident of the Storting,Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, was a business partner ofTheodor Peterson before entering politics?
... thatMurder on a Sunday Morning, a French film about the 2000Brenton Butler murder case inJacksonville, Florida, won theAcademy Award for Documentary Feature in 2001?
... thatÉtienne-Émile Baulieu, the "father of theabortion pill", first described the concept ofneurosteroids?
... thatNBC's 2009reality television programSuperstars of Dance is hosted by "Lord of the Dance"Michael Flatley?
... thatEast Wallabi Island has the highest number of plant species on any island of theHoutman Abrolhos archipelago in theIndian Ocean?
... that many modern legal commentators believe the decision inStilk v Myrick was made at least partly due to public policy?
... thatSteven Hoefflingrafted skin toMichael Jackson’s scalp after the singer was burnt during the filming of aPepsi commercial in 1984?

03:56, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theTrondheim Tramway ofNorway could not sell their usedClass 8 trams(pictured) because they had the unique combination of 260 cm (100 in) width andmeter gauge?
... thatSedgeley, designed byBenjamin Henry Latrobe in 1799 and built inPhiladelphia, was the firstGothic revival-style house in theU.S.?
... thatOslac, the firstealdorman ofsouthern Northumbria, is said to have escorted the Scottish kingCináed mac Maíl Coluim to the court of the English kingEdgar the Peaceful?
... thatRon Rothstein was thefirst head coach of the Miami Heat, an American professionalbasketball team based inMiami,Florida?
... that remnants ofdefensive walls andstone shelters onWest Wallabi Island, constructed by survivors of the 1629Batavia shipwreck, are the oldest known European-built structures inAustralia?
... thatBrett Queener, an Americangoalkeeper in professionalfield lacrosse, plays an offensive position in professionalindoor lacrosse?
... that theWolf Popper Synagogue inKraków,Poland, was founded in 1620 by one of the richestEuropean traders insaltpetre, used for the making ofgunpowder?
... thatBob May got the role of the Robot in the 1960s TV seriesLost in Space when he met the show's creatorIrwin Allen in the studio lot who said "if you can fit in the suit, you've got the job"?

27 January 2009

22:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theThomas Paine Cottage(pictured) is where theRevolutionary War hero and author ofCommon Sense lived from 1802 to 1806, was buried in 1809, and wasdisinterred in 1819 byWilliam Cobbett?
... that theMoss, Norway-based corporationPeterson started as ageneral store in 1801, later expanding into packaging andpaper industry via timber trade andshipping?
... that theU.S. Olympic Committee awarded medals toSam Stoller andMarty Glickman 62 years after the only two Jews on the U.S. track team were pulled from the 400-meter relay team at the1936 Berlin Olympics?
... thatJagannatha Dasa is one of the widely known 18th-century saint-poets of theKannada language?
... that theWeberian apparatus, a set of modified bones that link theswim bladder andinner ear of some fishes, is a distinguishing characteristic of thesuperorder Ostariophysi?
... that the collection of thePrague Aviation Museum, Kbely includes 275 aircraft, of which approximately 110 are on public display?
... thatcollege football playerBob Ward is the only player to have been selected by theAssociated Press as a first-teamAll-American in both an offensive and defensiveposition?
... that the 2005World Series of Poker Ladies Champion had been nominated for anAcademy Award in 1994?

16:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the biennial worldchef championshipBocuse d'Or, named forPaul Bocuse(pictured), is one of the world's most prestigious cooking competitions?
... that theCitizen's Briefing Book is a compilation work of citizen recommendations toBarack Obama, to be presented to him after hisinauguration asPresident of the United States?
... that the birth place ofTipu Sultan, also known as theTiger ofMysore, is located 150 metres (490 ft) south-west ofDevanahalli Fort inKarnataka,India?
... thatChesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the captain ofUS Airways Flight 1549, also runs an aviation safety consultant company and has worked as an accident investigator for theUSAF,NTSB, andFAA?
... thatEmpire Athelstan was the first merchant ship built byVickers-Armstrongs atBarrow in Furness after theSecond World War?
... thatC. Natesa Mudaliar was responsible for bringing bitter rivalsTheagaroya Chetty andDr. T. M. Nair together and is remembered as one of the founders of India'sJustice Party?
... that development of theNamsos Line was halted both in 1908, when final plans for theNordland Line used another route viaSnåsa, and in 1927, when the NorwegianMinister of Labour stopped construction?
... that followingAndrew Jackson'sinauguration in 1829, a drunken mob inside theWhite House was only dispersed once bowls of punch and liquor were placed on the front lawn?

10:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the unusual layout ofbays in the aisles ofSt Luke's Church, Brighton(pictured), was described bySir Nikolaus Pevsner as "curious" and "disturbing"?
... thatLeonard Andrews createdThe New York Standard, the largest alternative paper printed during the 114-day1962 New York City newspaper strike, with a peak circulation over 400,000 in its 67 issues?
... that theantimicrobial proteinhydramacin-1 was extracted and isolated in 2008 byGerman scientists fromHydra, a freshwater relative ofcorals andjellyfish?
... thatRussian poetessAnna Akhmatova regardedOsip Mandelstam's poem on Russian poetessMariya Petrovykh as the "best love poem of the twentieth century"?
... that theIndiana Rangers inspired the creation of the more famousTexas Rangers?
... that theMVDomala was the first ship of theBritish-India Steam Navigation Company that was powered bydiesel engines?
... that, in 2008,college football playerRussell Wilson ofNorth Carolina State became the first freshmanquarterback to ever be named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team?
... that theLittle Wattlebird lacks thewattles which characterise thewattlebirds?

04:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatMike Murphy(pictured) trained heavyweight boxing championJohn L. Sullivan, was the firstMichigan Wolverines football coach, and has been called the "the father of American track athletics"?
... that theSingsaker Line was the first part of theTrondheim Tramway,Norway, to be closed?
... that after escaping from German forces inWorld War II,Peter Lewis hid in asafe house inModena for almost two months in late 1943?
... that theUNIO High School inSatu Mare,Romania, was established only totrain and promote skilled workers for the UNIO Company?
... that entrepreneurRalph D. Foster and his partner started Missouriradio station KGBX (nowKSGF) in 1926 to advertise theirFirestone Tires dealership?
... thatAustralian forces were deployed as a part of theNorth Russian Expeditionary Force andNorth Russia Relief Force during theRussian Civil War?
... thatStephen Etnier, anAmerican realist painter, commanded theUnited States Navy shipUSSMizpah duringWorld War II?
... that the title forPeter Benchley's best-selling 1974 novelJaws was not agreed until 20 minutes before it went into production?

26 January 2009

22:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

... that species fromCookeina(pictured), agenus ofcup fungi, are used inPeninsular Malaysia asfish bait?
... thatIBM'sAutomatic Language Translator machines used by theUS Air Force hadoptical disks that stored thousands ofRussian-to-English translations?
... that during thecaptivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam, 30,000 of the captured 60,000 Christians wereforcibly converted toIslam byTipu Sultan?
... thatmicrobiologistHans Knöll defended the historic center ofJena, which was threatened by the construction of theJen-Tower?
... that the four-partA&E documentary seriesThe Greatest Pharaohs is being used in many college and university courses onanthropology andarchaeology?
... that after being sent to theGULAG,Ukrainian writerHryhorii Epik continued to write and sent one of his works to theNKVD inMoscow before his execution during theGreat Purge in 1937?
... thatGeorge Webb Restaurants locations each have two clocks that employees claim are set one minute apart to evade a local law banning businesses from being open 24 hours per day?
... thatSteve Farrell, called "the greatest professional foot-racer" in America, raced against horses for several years in the 1890s and reportedly only lost a half dozen times?

16:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the first egg laid in aclutch byCrested penguins(pictured) of thegenusEudyptes is as little as 60% of the size of the second egg?
... that undercoverapartheid agentFabio Barraclough used a cover identity as ananti-apartheid campaigner?
... that the 1983 song "Everyday I Write the Book" wasElvis Costello's firsthit single in theUnited States?
... thatMalaysian royalty's immunity from legal prosecution was removed after a 1992assault incident, involvingTunku Majid ofJohor, sparked aconstitutional crisis?
... that theUS Air Force's cold-weather testing facility was moved fromLadd Field inFairbanks, Alaska, to a refrigerated hangar, theMcKinley Climatic Laboratory, atEglin Air Force Base,Florida?
... that an electronic operaRaab by theCzech composerJaroslav Krček was banned by thecommunist regime in 1972?
... that theUnited States Department of Transportation incorrectly lists the formerInterstate 87 bridge onWarren County Route 35 as an old state road?
... that professional wrestlerGeorge "Two Ton" Harris was promised continued employment withJim Crockett Promotions when he assured the owner that he would learn to read and write?

11:00, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatEugène Delacroix's efforts to produceThe Barque of Dante(pictured) in time for theParis Salon of 1822 left him weak and in need of recuperation?
... thatCheshire landownerRowland Egerton-Warburton arranged for his house,Arley Hall, to be designed inTudor style while thechapel was designed inGothic style?
... that after being saved from thescrapyard by aU.S. delegation, twoJapanese warships of theAmagi andTosa classes,Akagi andKaga, were converted toaircraft carriers and took part in theattack on Pearl Harbor?
... that only 100Mahatma Gandhi 10 Rs. stamps were overprinted with "Service", making it the world's least printed stamp?
... that disputes betweenConfederate Generals William Hardee andJohn Creed Moore caused Moore to resign his commission?
... thatCosmos 1818, which has an inactivenuclear reactor, was fractured by either a collision orthermal stresses, generatingradioactive debris in ahigh earth orbit?
... thatElliott Woods, who wasArchitect of the Capitol from 1902 to 1923, oversaw the construction of theCannon House Office Building and theRussell Senate Office Building?
... thatprotozoologistLeonard Goodwin claimed to have started the use ofhamsters as pets in theUnited Kingdom?

05:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theUnited States Navy has trainedCommon Bottlenose Dolphins(pictured) to locatesea mines?
... that theTemple of Human Passions, first building ofArt Nouveau's architectVictor Horta, was closed three days after its inauguration under the pressure of the puritanicBelgian public in 1899?
... thatJoseph P. Williams led the team that created theBankAmericard in 1958, the first national bankcredit card in the United States?
... that theCandy capmushroom speciesLactarius camphoratus has been used as part of a pipetobacco mix?
... that the "London Cage," aWorld War II prisoner of war facility commanded by Lt. Col.Alexander Scotland, was beset by allegations oftorture?
... thatBryan Trottier,Denis Potvin,Mike Bossy, andBryan Berard all won theCalder Memorial Trophy while playing for theNew York Islanders?
... that sprint championCharles Hoyt, who lost a chance for an Olympic medal when the1916 games were cancelled due toWorld War I, later coachedEddie Tolan to two gold medals in the1932 Olympics?
... that people have had to be taken to hospital due todrug overdoses atdance parties?

25 January 2009

23:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theorange webcapmushroom(pictured) canbioaccumulate the toxic elementmercury?
... that instead ofabducting people,Francesco Paolo Varsallona, who became anoutlaw in 1893, introduced tribute payments for guaranteed safety and was credited with modernizingbrigandage inSicily?
... that in June 1991, a gasoline tanker attempting to exit fromInterstate 68 atCumberland, Maryland, overturned and set eight houses on fire, causing US$250,000 in damages?
... thatRoyal Air Force pilotRobert Leith-Macgregor was twice shot down duringWorld War II and then strafed by German fighters, but survived uninjured both times?
... thatKentucky'sGreat Saltpetre Cave, which producedsaltpetre for theWar of 1812, was later used to film part of the 1997Steven Seagal filmFire Down Below?
... that composerEgidio Duni was particularly influential in creating a new genre ofopera which blendedItalian opera elements with traditionalFrench ones?
... that thePolhemus Memorial Clinic inBrooklyn, New York, is considered to be the firstskyscraper hospital ever built?
... that despite its name, theCorsican Hare is not native toCorsica and is rarely found on this Mediterranean island today?

17:30, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatTricholoma ustaloides(pictured), generally considered an inedible species ofmushroom, is consumed by inhabitants of someMexican communities?
... that composerJonathan Battishill once performed several airs fromSamuel Arnold'soratorioThe Prodigal Son without thesheet music, and after not hearing the work for more than 20 years?
... that the firstFilipinos to settle in theNetherlands arrived in 1947?
... that in addition to her academic career,German-Norwegian political scientistHelga Hernes has been aState Secretary as well as anambassador to several European countries?
... that though students spend their entirehigh school career atTech Valley High School inNew York's Capital District, their diploma comes from their home school district?
... thatRobert Millar has been credited for establishing modernmarketing inNorway?
... that theprivate railroad carGeorgia 300 has been used byUnited States Presidents George H.W. Bush,Bill Clinton, andBarack Obama, as well as presidential candidateJohn Kerry?
... thatSam, an army dog who served with theRoyal Army Veterinary Corps, posthumously received theDickin Medal in 2003 for holding off armed rioters inBosnia and Herzegovina?

11:40, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatThomas Eakins' wife is credited with painting him intoThe Agnew Clinic(pictured)?
... that theDalsenget fire in 1956 caused theTrondheim Tramway to lose its 26 newest trams?
... thatHedda andIngrid Berntsen became the first siblings inNorway to compete in different events at the sameOlympic Games?
... that theavant-garde magazine291 is credited with first introducingvisual poetry to the United States back in 1915?
... that according toDe primo Saxonum adventu,Osulf of Bamburgh was the firstEnglish "earl" ofNorthumbria?
... that aBSA Lightning fitted with a working missile launching system featured in the 1965James Bond filmThunderball?
... thatRobert Elliott-Cooper lived for 12 more years after the journalNature described him as "among the oldest ofEnglish engineers"?
... thatCatch My Soul, arock musical adapation ofOthello set in a late 1960scommune inNew Mexico,USA, was the only film directed by the latePatrick McGoohan?
... thatAustralian photographerOlive Cotton captured her childhood friend, photographerMax Dupain, inFashion shot, Cronulla Sandhills, and married him in 1937?

05:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatBarnet Burns(pictured) touredEngland from 1835, exhibited hisMāori tattoos and recounted his adventures inNew Zealand?
... thatBeaver Creek State Park inOhio,USA, is home to bothLittle Beaver Creek, aNational Scenic River, and a restored 1837mill?
... that thePysähdy ajoissa - Stanna i tid ("Stop in time") traffic campaign was the result of the public response to a road death of a nine-year-old girl inFinland?
... thatMark Donaldson became the first recipient of theVictoria Cross for Australia, for his gallant actions under enemy fire inAfghanistan in September 2008?
... that theMadhu church shelling affected theShrine of Our Lady of Madhu, the holiestRoman Catholic shrine inSri Lanka?
... thatpoppy seed, harvested from theopium poppy seed head, has had its use dated back to theSumerians?
... that beforeJohn Parker becameArchbishop of Tuam and ofDublin, he had been imprisoned byOliver Cromwell's forces as a suspectedRoyalist spy?
... that in its heyday, thehistoricMountain Springs Hotel inEphrata, Pennsylvania, hostedU.S. Presidents Lincoln,Grant, andBuchanan?
... that both parents of theCryptoheros septemfasciatus fish care for their fry intensively?

00:00, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the lushcanyonEin Avdat(pictured) and its surroundings have been experiencing continuous human activity for some 80,000–90,000 years?
... thatJoseph Yuill and his wife Margaret operatedOntario's first travellingdairy?
... that theSunday Magazine Editors Association gives outjournalism awards recognizing work in writing,investigative journalism, and design in Sunday newspaper magazines?
... thatSaid al-Shawa was the first mayor ofGaza, appointed in 1906?
... that before the chancery records began around 1200, thePipe rolls were the only continuous records kept by the English government?
... thatHarlington Wood Jr. is credited with helping to negotiate a truce between federal officers andNative Americans during theWounded Knee incident in 1973?
... that theextinct coralCoelosimilia is the first known example of ascleractinian coral to have a skeleton not composed of the mineralaragonite?
... thatWisconsin Highway 131 crosses ninebridges in 7.3 miles (11.7 km) between the communities ofRockton andOntario?
... that at different timesPhnom Voar (Vine Mountain) in southernCambodia was aB-52 target, a rebel base, akilling field, a kidnapping site, and finally a peaceful mountain?

24 January 2009

18:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the whitecoral fungusClavulina cristata(pictured) contains theconjugated fatty acid α-parinaric acid?
... thatRose Byrne said that filming the opening scene ofDamages episode "Get Me a Lawyer" on a winter's morning in only underwear and a coat was "very traumatic"?
... that the earliestRoman glass found inChina comes from a 1st-century-BC tomb inGuangzhou,dated to the Han Dynasty?
... thatThomas Robbins, theConnecticut Historical Society's firstlibrarian, owned the 385 volumeJournal des sçavans, the earliest publishedscholarly periodical?
... that world motorcycle championMike Hailwood won the 1965 Hutchinson 100 Production race atSilverstone on aBSA Lightning Clubman?
... thatFrancis Mallison was elected to theNew York State Assembly after being held as aUnion prisoner of war during theAmerican Civil War?
... that the private companyGråkallbanen reopened theTrondheim Tramway in 1990, two years after it had been permanently closed by the city council?
... that wrestling managerLou Albano's part in aCyndi Lauper music video inspired storylines forWorld Wrestling Federation showsThe Brawl to End it All andThe War to Settle the Score?

12:20, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatKeene Fitzpatrick(pictured) invented modernpole-vaulting technique, coached fiveOlympic gold medalists, and trained theUniversity of Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" football teams from 1901 to 1905?
... that whenNBC pulled "Steve Burdick", anAIDS-themed episode of the medical dramaLifestories, gay andAIDS activists accused the network of fearing advertiser backlash?
... that thePort of Piraeus is the largestpassenger port inEurope and one of the largest in the world with total traffic of 21,522,917 people in 2007?
... thatHarold Snyder said that the 1985New York Stock Exchange listing of Biocraft Laboratories, which he founded, was the first such listing for ageneric pharmaceutical company?
... thatKalvar is a type ofphotographic film that can be developed simply by heating it?
... thatBritish actorNorman Lumsden, who playedJ. R. Hartley in the popular 1983Yellow PagesFly Fishing advert, was originally anopera singer who created roles forBenjamin Britten?
... that "Girls on Film" byDuran Duran served as the opening theme for the JapaneseanimeSpeed Grapher thoughFUNimation was unable to obtain its license for US release?
... that in 1865, a party led by CaptainFranklin B. Sprague of the1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry descended an 800-foot (240 m)caldera wall to become the first explorers to reach the shore ofCrater Lake?

06:30, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theequestrian statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko(pictured), Polish American hero of independence, which was erected around 1920 at theWawel Castle inKraków,Poland, has a duplicate inDetroit,Michigan?
... thatMagnolia Park was the first park inHillsboro, Oregon, to include a recreationalwater fountain?
... thatJustice M. Fathima Beevi was the first woman judge of theSupreme Court of India and also first of any highest judiciary of a nation in Asia?
... thatradio station WLIQ (nowWMOB) broadcast from the historicBattle House Hotel inMobile, Alabama, from 1964 to 1971?
... that amateur photographerGeorge Caddy's 70-year-old lost negatives that surfaced in 2007 are the only documents of an historicBondi beach acrobatic troupe?
... that, in his 2000 bookThe Ingenuity Gap,Thomas Homer-Dixon argues the nature of problems faced by our society are becoming more complex and that our ability to implement solutions is not keeping pace?
... thatTrondhjems Omnibus Aktieselskab started the first scheduledcoach route inTrondheim,Norway, in 1893?
... that consuming theelfin saddlemushroom would result in the harmful formation ofmonomethylhydrazine, a component ofrocket fuel, in your body?

00:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

... that to defendIndiana during the War of 1812, GovernorHarrison(pictured) had to recruitmilitia from Kentucky as those from Indiana would not join the army?
... that before entering politics,Guro Fjellanger studied to be agoldsmith?
... that thefungusHumaria hemisphaerica iscommonly known as the "hairy fairy cup"?
... that, upon being hired by theWWF, professional wrestlerLanny Kean was told to base his persona on Jethro Bodine fromThe Beverly Hillbillies?
... that thePort of Thessaloniki inGreece will double itscontainer terminal capacity after an investment of US$600 million made by theHutchison Port Holdings company based inHong Kong?
... that theinteractive fictionLost Pig won fourXYZZY awards and took first place in the 2007Interactive Fiction Competition?
... thatThe New York Times credited the success of promoterGary Kurfirst's 1968 New York Rock Festival featuringJimi Hendrix,Janis Joplin, andThe Doors as inspiring the 1969Woodstock Festival?
... thatShire Brook inSheffield,England, was part of the boundary betweenYorkshire andDerbyshire for 900 years?
... thatFrank Vandiver received his high school diploma while serving as Acting President ofRice University?

23 January 2009

18:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

... that American soldiers and sailors did not have access to dental service untilConfederate Surgeon GeneralSamuel P. Moore(pictured) brought in the firstdentists at military hospitals during theCivil War?
... that the 13th-century French romancePalamedes describes the adventures of the fathers ofKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?
... that a 42–3 win by theNorth Carolina Tar Heels in the1998 Gator Bowl was the worst loss for theVirginia Tech Hokies college football team since a 45–0 shutout in 1983?
... that the popularCalypso Carol was written by an Englishman,Michael Perry, while still a student, and only became famous by accident?
... that the proposedRampart Dam on theYukon River inAlaska would have created a man-made reservoir larger thanLake Erie?
... that theBank of Issue in Poland, created by the Nazis to support theNazi economy, was penetrated by thePolish resistance which used it as a source of falsified documents?
... thatEdmund W. Wells, a delegate toArizona'sconstitutional convention, refused to sign thefinal document due to its radical features?
... that theMeråker Line railway ofNorway branches off from theNordland Line atHell?

13:00, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the controversialsculptureEntropa, unveiled inBrussels on January 13, 2009, depictsBulgaria as a series ofsquat toilets(example pictured)?
... thatScuderia Ferrari factory driverPeter Sutcliffe was also atextile manufacturer?
... that in July 1905, during theTheriso revolt, three insurgent leaders met the consuls of the European Great Powers at amonastery surrounded by rebels, and thatmartial law was declared after the talks failed?
... thatcollege football cornerbackKevin Barnes ofMaryland delivered a tackle hard enough to causeHeisman Trophy prospectJahvid Best tovomit on the field, footage of which became aviral video?
... that theJastrzębie-Zdrój 1980 strikes forced the government of thePeople's Republic of Poland to sign the last of three agreements establishing theSolidarity trade union?
... that afterKent Williams was elected speaker of theTennessee House of Representatives, hisparty expelled him from itscaucus?
... that the extinct fishSantanichthys is the oldest known member of OrderCharaciformes, which includes thetetras and thepiranha?
... thatOklahoma historianAngie Debo won numerous honors for her books onNative American history, but never found a permanent position in an academic history department?
... that the firstWorld Series of Poker Champion did not win by defeating his opponents?

07:10, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatUniversity of Michigan athletic directorPhilip Bartelme(pictured) hiredBranch Rickey as a baseball coach in 1910, and the two later worked together for theSt. Louis Cardinals andBrooklyn Dodgers?
... that a SovietP-19 radar (Flat Face B) was captured in the 1987Chadian–Libyan conflict and reviewed by French experts?
... thatchild actorLaura Ann Kesling, who made her film debut inAdam Sandler's 2008 filmBedtime Stories, is the daughter ofLPGA golferDanielle Ammaccapane?
... that according to legend,Anandibai led to the assassination of the 13-year-old kingNarayanrao Peshwa by changing one letterdha toma, thus changing the order "capture him" to "kill him"?
... that theNSB Class 66 was the firstNorwegian train capable of 120 km/h (75 mph)?
... thatMelissa Anelli andEmerson Spartz,webmasters forHarry Potter fansites, were the only Americans invited toEdinburgh to interviewJ.K. Rowling the day after theHalf-Blood Prince was released?
... thatTeedyuscung, known as theKing of theDelawares, lost much of his territory tocolonial Pennsylvania in theWalking Purchase and later sought retribution for the massive land loss?
... thatThe Visitors is the onlyopera Mexican composerCarlos Chávez ever scored?
... thatACLU directorAryeh Neier, a refugee fromNazi Germany, supported theNeo-Nazi National Socialist Party of America in its efforts to march inSkokie, Illinois, an area with many Holocaust survivors?

01:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

... that when an upgraded part of theØstfold Line(pictured) opened in 1996, it was the first railway in Norway built for speeds of 200 km/h (120 mph)?
... that, according to theories byDennis MacDonald, the earliest books of theNew Testament are responses to theHomeric Epics, thus "nearly everything written on early Christian narrative is flawed"?
... that apipeline exploded inNigeria on October 18, 1998, killing a total of 1,082 people and injuring hundreds more?
... thatcollege football tailbackMikell Simpson ofVirginia ran for a 96-yard touchdown in the2008 Gator Bowl, which is the longestrush by a running back in anNCAA bowl game?
... that the 1904Advance 2 3/4hp motorcycle displayed at theNational Motorcycle Museum (UK) is thought to be the only complete Advance motorcycle in existence?
... thatThomas D. Brock discoveredThermus aquaticus, anextremophile living at greater than 70 °C inhot springs atYellowstone which became the source of theenzyme used inPCR?
... that the filmAll About Eve (1950) gainedBarbara McLean a record seventh nomination for theAcademy Award for Film Editing, and that this record remains unbroken?
... that the 450 aircraft that conducted the opening aerial bombardment during theBattle of Aachen failed to hit a singleGerman pillbox?

22 January 2009

19:30, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theLos Carneros AVA(pictured), located in bothNapa andSonoma counties, was the firstwine region inCalifornia to be defined by its climate characteristics instead of political boundaries?
... thatGroup OfficerClare Stevenson was the first Director of theWomen's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF)?
... that in the 1894 caseSchillinger v. United States, theSupreme Court ruled that apatent infringement suit can't be pursued against the U.S. because it heldsovereign immunity forintentional torts?
... thatSir Abdur RahimKCSI wasPresident of theCentral Legislative Assembly ofIndia for ten years?
... thatAir and Simple Gifts, performed at theinauguration ofBarack Obama on 20 January 2009, was the firstclassical music quartet ever performed at a United States presidential inauguration?
... thatJerome Murphy-O'Connor, theDominican priest andBible scholar, is a cousin ofCormac Murphy-O'Connor, theArchbishop of Westminster?
... that thanks to itsfluorescence,α-parinaric acid has been used to analyze the stability ofbeer foam?
... that in light of theNazi Germany attempt to destroy Polish culture, theSecret Teaching Organization createdan underground education system with over a million students?

13:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the "scarlet elf cup",fungal speciesSarcoscypha coccinea(pictured), has been used medicinally by theOneida First Nations people?
... thatBrian Hill is the onlyhead coach for theOrlando Magic to serve during two non-consecutive periods?
... that while in the service of theAustro-Hungarian Army duringWorld War I,Polish Legionnaires decided to mutiny, fighting their former master at theBattle of Rarańcza?
... thatpost-black artistRashid Johnson had multiple works in the collection of theArt Institute of Chicago before the age of 25?
... thatKanthirava Narasaraja I was the first ruler in theKingdom of Mysore to create symbols associated with Mysore royalty, such as the coins (Kanthiraya) that he named after himself?
... thatPhilip De Witt Ginder won theDistinguished Service Cross for actions inGermany duringWorld War II and became the youngest American general to command a combat division in theKorean War?
... that there are 115,200 solutions to theménage problem ofpermuting six couples at a twelve-person table so that men and women alternate and are seated away from their partners?
... that, shortly after breakingDonn Lewin's nose during aprofessional wrestling match,Danny McShain was introduced to Lewin's sister, who he later married?

07:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theClassic Period Maya archaeological site ofQuiriguá inGuatemala has what is possibly the largest free-standing worked monolith(pictured) in theNew World?
... that because theIndo-Pacific sea urchinDiadema setosum has been found inTurkish waters, it is the firstinvasive echinoid in theMediterranean?
... thatMarcus Schrenker, after committingpseudocide, may face charges from theCoast Guard, theFederal Aviation Administration, as well asIndiana,Alabama, andFlorida law enforcement?
... thatGerman rugby clubSC 1880 Frankfurt adopted a red and black strip after a set of friendlies in 1894 against theEnglish clubBlackheath F.C., who also played in those colours?
... thatWilliam K. Jones, awarded theNavy Cross and theSilver Star for valor atTarawa andSaipan, was the youngest commander of aU.S. Marine Corps battalion duringWorld War II?
... that a "livelycontroversy" occurred at the 1902International Congress of Americanists over the word "Amerind"?
... thatCharles Morgan, Jr. resigned from hisACLU position after the group's head criticized Morgan for calling aNew Yorker a bigot for his refusal to consider voting forJimmy Carter as President?
... that theCarnegie Library inRuncorn,Cheshire, England, was designed in 1906 by the local council's surveyor and water engineer and is now alisted building?
... that at 5 feet 5 inches tall and 165 pounds,Howard Stevens was one of the smallest players ever in theNational Football League?

02:00, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1901, thesteamboatCity of Erie(pictured) beat the steamboatTashmoo in a 94-mile (151 km) long race, fromCleveland, Ohio, toErie, Pennsylvania, by 45 seconds?
... that between 20,000 and 80,000Filipinos live illegally inItaly?
... that theAmes-Florida House is one of a few houses inMinnesota built withtimber framing beforeballoon framing anddimensional lumber were well-known in thatU.S. state?
... that followingTV3's axing ofNight Shift the presenter, modelMichelle Doherty, was said to have been left feeling "completely bewildered, and absolutely gutted"?
... that theLipari Landfill inNew Jersey, where nearly 3 million gallons and 12 thousand tons of hazardous waste were dumped, was called the worst toxic dump in the United States?
... thatHans Jørgen andWorm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen, sons of industrialistLauritz Jenssen, both served asNorwegian Minister of Labour?
... thatMarra Farm is one of only two historic agricultural parcels insideSeattle,Washington, city limits that retains an agricultural use today?
... that, in 2008,college football quarterbackRodney Landers ofJames Madison became the first player from anFCS school to win theDudley Award for most outstanding player inVirginia since 1998?
... that until recentXMM-Newton images, thesupernova remnantG350.1-0.3 was mistakenly thought to be a distantgalaxy?

21 January 2009

20:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

T-26 tank in Spain

... that out of 281T-26tanks supplied to thePopular Front(example pictured), theNationalists were able to capture 178 during the war, putting at least 50 into service against their former users?
... thatNigel Hamilton's biography of the youngJohn F. Kennedy,JFK: Reckless Youth, was turned into a television miniseries of the same name starringPatrick Dempsey as JFK?
... that the whorlsnailNesopupa turtoni, previously known only as afossil, was discovered alive in 2003 in theProsperous Bay Plain area ofSaint Helena?
... thatBob Francis is the onlyPhoenix Coyotes head coach to have won theJack Adams Award, having won it in the2001–02 NHL season?
... that theT2000 stock of theOslo T-bane,Norway, is equipped with both apantograph and athird rail shoe so they can operate both east and west of the city center?
... that in 1923,Charles Scott Haley conductedCalifornia's first statewide comprehensive study of tertiaryfluvial placers, dredge fields, and dry placers?
... thatrelations between Japan and The Netherlands date back 400 years when the first formal trade relations were established in 1609?
... thatNoella Marcellino, aBenedictine nun and modernconnoisseur ofcheese, was named the officialcheesemaker ofConnecticut'sAbbey of Regina Laudis?

14:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

... that one year after delivery, six of elevenNSB Class 93 trains(example pictured) were out of service due to technical problems?
... that "pig's ears",fungal speciesGomphus clavatus, are the onlyGomphus species in North America?
... that as a junior officerRear AdmiralTeddy Gueritz served as beachmaster onSword Beach fromD-Day until he was severely wounded 19 days later, and was awarded abar to hisDistinguished Service Cross?
... that theChennai Book Fair is an annual event inChennai,India, which takes place between the last week of December and the third week of January?
... that composerMichael Arne's obsession foralchemy and the search for thephilosopher's stone led him into serious financial problems resulting in his arrest and confinement in aDublin sponging-house?
... that theWar of 1812 battleSpur's Defeat was so named due to the survivors having tospur their horses in order to escape?
... that due to theArab League boycott of Israel,McDonald's did not open inIsrael until 1993 when they opened their first branch inRamat Gan?
... thatprofessional wrestlerSusan Green legally changed her name to Susan Tex Green to differentiate herself from another woman named Susan Green who was writing badchecks?

08:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatPoli's Stellate Barnacle(pictured) ishermaphroditic and has apenis significantly longer than its body?
... thatNorwegian footballerJostein Grindhaug scored the first league goal for the clubFK Haugesund?
... that during theBattle of New Haven, the fort theConfederate howitzer aimed at was not damaged, but the town's only hotel and bar were?
... thatintercepted by a larger French force on 6 November 1794,CaptainRichard Bligh ofHMSAlexander chose to stay and fight, allowing his companion ship,HMSCanada, to safely retreat?
... thatglucuronidation ofhyodeoxycholic acid by theUGT2B4 andUGT2B7 isoforms is an example of redundancy in the natural protection against harmful endogenous compounds?
... thatcollege football coachDon Brown led theUMass Minutemen to their best five-year record inschool history?
... that themushroomLactarius glyciosmus smells strongly ofcoconuts?
... that in a 1967 television interview,David Frost comparedWelsh nationalist activistDennis Coslett toIsraeli generalMoshe Dayan, because both woreeyepatches?
... that a 25-foot (7.6 m) tall, traditionally-dressedUkrainian woman offers bread and salt toSaskatchewan Highway 5 travelers atCanora, a town inSaskatchewan,Canada?

02:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

... that whenMuhammad Ali(pictured) won the BBC'sSports Personality of the Century Award he received more votes than the other candidates put together?
... that the firststeamship in theMediterranean Sea basin,Real Ferdiando I, was launched on September 27, 1818, from thePort of Naples?
... that theBarack Obama "HOPE" poster designed by artistShepard Fairey was based on a photograph from beforeObama officially launchedhis presidential campaign?
... that theolive cultivarBosana makes up more than half the olive production ofSardinia?
... thatNorwegian historianTore Linné Eriksen has published several books aboutNamibia, including one on what was described asthe first genocide in the twentieth century?
... that the day whenExxon canceled itsColony Shale Oil Project inColorado is known by locals as "Black Sunday"?
... thatAnthony,Charles,Cecilia,Isabella, Sr.,Isabella, Jr.,Esther,Elizabeth, andPolly Young were part of anEnglish family of musicians that included several professionalsingers andorganists in the 17th and 18th centuries?
... thatChōji Suitengu, acharacter from theanimeSpeed Grapher, rolls his cigarettes with 10,000 yen bills?

20 January 2009

19:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

... that with hundreds ofbirds found in the state(Western Meadowlark pictured),Oregon ranks fifth in the United States in terms of avianspecies diversity?
... that soon after understudyEric Lewis left theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company in frustration thatGeorge Grossmith rarely took a day off, Grossmith fell gravely ill?
... thatventure capitalists committedUS$25,000 to theNext Big Sound after a group ofNorthwestern University students presented it as theirentrepreneur class assignment?
... thatGeorge Miller Bligh was present atNelson's death atTrafalgar, and was subsequently incorporated intoArthur William Devis'spainting of the event?
... thatKentucky'sCherokee State Park, now part ofKenlake State Resort Park, was the firstblacks-only state park in theSouthern United States?
... thatJon Tvedt took up competitivemountain running in his late thirties, his career inorienteering having peaked several years earlier?
... that B.Day,Bakery Music's tenth-anniversary and parting concert, was performed atRajamangala Stadium to an audience of 50,000 and was the largest concert ever held inThailand at the time?
... that the poor gradesandstone used in the originalU.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts required them to undergo a completerestoration in 1938?

13:40, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

... that all 17etchings byJuste de Juste show only naked men, in five cases forminghuman pyramids(example pictured)?
... thatrabbits that were introduced as food forarctic foxes still populateAnangula Island in theAleutian Islands, although the foxes were removed in the 1940s?
... thatBhausaheb Kolte was the first to editLeela Charitra, the first written biography in theMarathi language?
... thatHarry Endo had been filmed in a commercial for the bank inHawaii where he worked when he was asked to play the role of "Che Fong", an original cast member of the television seriesHawaii Five-O?
... thatIstanbul Hezarfen Airfield hosts around 30,000 music fans every September for the annualRock'n Coke open airmusic festival?
... thatanthropologistDonat Savoie was the first director of Canada'sInuit Relations Secretariat?
... that the bookOutliers, written byMalcolm Gladwell, claims that the key to success in any field is practicing a specific task for 10,000 hours?
... thatcollege football coachJim Tatum secured anational championship without a single losing season inhis nine years at Maryland, but was called a "parasitic monster" by one student newspaper?
... thatAppollo received theDickin Medal on behalf of allsearch and rescue dogs who participated in rescue operations after theSeptember 11 attacks?

07:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the largest surface action duringWorld War I in theMediterranean was theBattle of the Strait of Otranto(ships pictured)?
... thatradio stationWMSP inMontgomery, Alabama, broadcasts thecollege football games of both theAlabama Crimson Tide and arch-rivalAuburn Tigers?
... that whenCharles, Prince of Wales was attacked for calling his friendKuldip Singh Dhillon "Sooty", Dhillon defended the Prince as a man of "zero prejudice"?
... that when a youngMozarttoured Italy,Pope Clement XIV awarded the composer a knighthood, butEmpress Maria Theresa dismissed Mozart and his father as "useless people"?
... thatJ. K. Gill started a bookstore inPortland, Oregon, in 1870 that grew to a chain of 63 stores before the company folded in 1999?
... that despite its fishy smell,Lactarius volemus is considered a choicemushroom for eating?
... that the 1895 deaths ofRichard Corney Grain and Alfred German Reed ended theGerman Reed Entertainments, which had been presented since 1855?
... that according toHindu mythology, the devoteePundalik kept the godKrishna waiting because he was busy serving his parents?

01:20, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

... that during the1927 Nagpur riots inIndia, in which 22 people were killed, the house ofHindu nationalist leaderK. B. Hedgewar(pictured) wasstoned?
... thatEvelyn Lauder, who co-created and popularized thepink ribbon as a symbol forbreast cancer awareness, helped createEstée Lauder's Pink Ribbon lipstick and blusher as a breast cancer fundraiser?
... that theBSA M20 was one of the longest servingBritish military motorcycles and the most numerous with 126,000 produced?
... that theMahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts is the first of three major theaters inNew Orleans,USA, to reopen sinceHurricane Katrina struck the city in August 2005?
... thatAustralian Second World War flying aceAdrian Goldsmith was credited with shooting down 12¼Axis aircraft overMalta between the months of February and July 1942?
... thatMichael Jackson was only 10 years old when he recorded "Big Boy", the first single byThe Jackson 5?
... that FatherÉmile Petitot was the first European to reach theTuktut Nogait National Park area innorthern Canada?
... thatprofessional wrestlerMighty Igor Vodic used to bringkielbasa to his matches and share it with the fans?

19 January 2009

19:10, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

... that from 1904 to 1927, passengers travelling by rail fromStavanger toOslo,Norway, needed to change to steam ship atFlekkefjord Station(pictured)?
... thatTo My Surprise was the only album ever released by thealternative rock bandTo My Surprise before they disbanded in 2006?
... that whileCaptain Horatio Nelson was initially enthusiastic about his new commandHMSAlbemarle, his more experienced uncle,Maurice Suckling, expressed doubts?
... that the 4,400-acre (1,800 ha)McLean Game Refuge was privately created byGeorge P. McLean, aSenator andGovernor of Connecticut?
... thatLiverpool-basedsinger-songwriterEugene McGuinness once performed for SirPaul McCartney?
... that the filming ofDexter was forced to move fromMiami toLos Angeles, beginning with the episode "It's Alive!", because of the overlap between the show's production window and Miami's hurricane season?
... thatthe shooting of a sparrow, during the preparations for theDomino Day World record attempt, was investigated by theDutch Society for the Protection of Animals in 2005?
... thatFrank Layden is the onlyUtah Jazz head coach to have a number retired by the Jazz?
... thatLeon Keyserling was the head of theCouncil of Economic Advisers advisingU.S. President Truman, yet never finished his own graduate dissertation in economics?

13:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

... that afterCaptainHugh Pigot was killed in amutiny, CaptainEdward Hamilton led the force(pictured) that recaptured his shipHMSHermione?
... that the post office inCoxs Creek, Kentucky, had to be moved because it created many accidents alongU.S. 31E?
... that, due toracial segregation,African American wrestlers likeTiger Conway, Sr. competed on the "chitterling circuit", named after pig innards that were fed to slaves?
... that on the outbreak of theFirst World War Bat sold all their remaining stock ofBat No. 2 Light Roadster motorcycles to the Russian military but were never paid?
... thatbaseball pitcher Nick Carter was thePhiladelphia Athletics'Opening Day starting pitcher in 1908, his only season on theMajor Leagues?
... that a November 2008appearance by a dance troupe called Satanic Sluts, featuring the granddaughter of actorAndrew Sachs, onThe Late Late Show led to a significant number of complaints?
... that the U.S.Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 provided penalties ranging from alife sentence to a term of any number of years for violators?
... thatSir Norman Denning anticipated anattack on Singapore by the Japanese as early as the mid-1930s, but his report was dismissed as him "over-exercising his imagination"?

06:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the "monstrous" five-masted steel barquePotosi(pictured) was named after thehighest city in the world?
... thatHarry Kinnard was the inspiration for GeneralAnthony McAuliffe's one-word reply "Nuts!" in response to a German demand for surrender at theSiege of Bastogne?
... that two perpetrators of the1977 Moscow bombings were caught after attempting to bomb the city'sKursky Rail Terminal later that year?
... that in 1966,Donald Gleason developed theGleason score, still used as the standard to measure the aggressiveness ofprostate cancer despite millions spent in attempts to displace it?
... that though theVigo Ordnance Plant never produced anybiological agents it did produce 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) of theanthrax simulantBacillus globigii?
... thatSwedish painter andpop artistSven Inge changed his name twice?
... that aChardonnay from the Robert Young Vineyard in theAlexander Valley AVA was one of the first premiumvineyard designated wines inCalifornia history?
... thatLeon Kruczkowski, a major figure in post-WWII Polish theater, was also involved in introducing thesocrealism doctrine in Poland?
... thatHamilton Clarke, a prolificcomposer of theVictorian era, is remembered today chiefly for his compilation of the overture toGilbert and Sullivan'sThe Mikado?

00:40, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

... that because of difficulties customers had usingsquare milk jugs(pictured), aSam's Club offered lessons in how to pour them without spilling?
... thatchurch music composerGeoffrey Shaw was the father ofSebastian Shaw, who playedAnakin Skywalker inReturn of the Jedi?
... that theBernard Daly Educational Fund, established in 1922, has provided over 2,000 collegescholarships to students from communities inLake County, Oregon?
... thatThéodore Vienne, who founded theParis-Roubaix cycle race, was described by theNew York Times as "the leading fight promoter of France"?
... that theEast African plantCommelina lukei has been informally recognised as a separate species since 1969, but was only formally described in 2008?
... thatindustrialistS. Anantharamakrishnan became the first Indian director of the British-owned Simpson's group of companies ofMadras in 1938?
... that during her husband'spresidential campaign,Michelle Obama met withMormon officials in theirChurch Administration Building?
... thatHarvey,Barnes,Brown,Johnson,Loxton andHassett were members ofBradman'sInvincibles who won theFirst,Second andFourthAshes series Test matches of 1948 and drew theThird?

18 January 2009

18:30, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatMichigan's first athletic directorCharles Baird(pictured) built the largest college athletic ground in the United States and negotiated the school's appearance in the firstRose Bowl game?
... that theAustralian government hopes to use theAustralia-Chile Free Trade Agreement as a model for futurefree trade agreements with other countries?
... that in 1636,Phineas Hodson, Chancellor ofYork Minster, lost his 38-year-old wife Jane during the birth of the couple's 24th child?
... that the character ofBiff Tannen in theBack to the Future films was named after studio executiveNed Tanen, who had reacted aggressively towards writersBob Gale andRobert Zemeckis at a meeting?
... thatTT racer Harold Daniell tested the newNorton motorcycle frame in 1950 and declared that it was like "riding on a featherbed" – and it has been called the "Featherbed frame" ever since?
... thatWilliam Thomas Pecora, who headed theUnited States Geological Survey from 1965 to 1971, was a member of the U.S. fencing team at the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin?
... that on 22 October 2008, 15,000 members of the "grey army" descended onIreland's government buildings to protest theproposed abolition of their previously guaranteed free health treatment?
... that theGreat Divide Brewery won a prestigiousGreat American Beer Festival award less than three months after opening?
... thatSahu Mewalal scored the only goal in the final of the firstAsian Games football competition held atDelhi,India, in 1951?

12:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

... that immature specimens of thelantern stinkhornfungus(pictured), with an odor of dog feces, sewage, or rotting flesh when mature, are considered an edible and medicinal delicacy inChina?
... that during thePuna de Atacama dispute theU.S. minister inBuenos Aires and two delegates fromChile andArgentina drew the northern portion of the border between Chile and Argentina?
... thatArthur Dodd, aBritish prisoner of war duringWorld War II, was an eye-witness to the horrors ofAuschwitz?
... thatPhilip Leget Edwards, the first teacher in what became the U.S. state ofOregon, later served in the legislatures ofMissouri andCalifornia?
... that from 1936 to 1998, theGermany national football team had just fivemanagers, each of whom won a major trophy, withHelmut Schön (1964–1978) winning two?
... thatJohn Clarke Hawkshaw was a member of theRoyal Commission set up byKing Edward VII to decide theBritish representation at the 1904St Louis World's Fair?
... thatprofessional wrestlerRufus R. Jones used to tell opponents that his middle initial stood for "guts"?
... that ahelicopter oncecrashed onInterstate 84 in New York, stopping traffic and causing apower outage?
... that the 1871 election of FatherEduard Müller to the newReichstag was considered "an astonishing victory of a nobody" over an aristocratic landowner?

06:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

... that under the command ofGeorg Ritter von Trapp, theWorld War I Austro-Hungarian Navy U-boatSM U-14 sank the ItaliansteamshipMilazzo(pictured), reported as the largestcargo ship in the world?
... thatprofessional wrestlerGene Petit was hired by theWorld Wrestling Federation because of a picture he took as a joke?
... that prior to thefall of Mazar-i-Sharif, all American military flights intoAfghanistan had to be launched fromUzbekistan oraircraft carriers in theArabian Sea?
... that "I'll be a bridge over deep water if you trust in my name", fromClaude Jeter's 1961 song "Mary Don't You Weep", was the inspiration forPaul Simon's 1970 song "Bridge over Troubled Water"?
... that theAlternanthera mosaic virus, a type ofPotexvirus, has been misdiagnosed as the closely-relatedPapaya mosaic virus?
... thatU.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts used to be part of theBoston Post Road, one of the earliest roads established in theUnited States?
... thatSin Chang-won, aSouth Korean fugitive criminal famous for his close escapes, was first arrested at the age of 15 after being turned in by his father for stealing awatermelon?
... that the historicMcGehee-Stringfellow House inGreensboro, Alabama, collapsed in the 1980s when theMacMillan Bloedel company tried to move it?
... that whileKevin Thomas played forEdinburgh Athletic in theEast of Scotland Football League he also worked for a hotelbooking agency run by his mother?

00:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

... that 19th-century politicianSøren Jaabæk(pictured) is the longest-serving member ofparliament in the history ofNorway?
... thatPrairieville, Alabama'sItalianateBrowder Place was inspired by an 1852Samuel Sloan publication?
... thatarchivistMargaret Storrs Grierson was founder and first director of theSophia Smith Collection atSmith College?
... that the proposedSuchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary would be the southernmostprotected area on theCentral Asian Flyway, abird migration route covering 30 countries and used by 279 migratorywaterbird populations?
... thatLucien Heath, the firstOregon Secretary of State, later served in theCalifornia State Assembly?
... that in 1991,Manufacturers Hanover CEOJohn McGillicuddy was the chief architect of a merger with theChemical Banking Corporation that was the largest US bank merger to that time?
... thatwinemakers in theCarmignano region ofTuscany have been blendingCabernet Sauvignon withSangiovese since the 18th century, long before the emergence of "Super Tuscans"?
... that, despite competing for over 20 years,Alberto Madril now reportedly refuses to acknowledge that he was once aprofessional wrestler?

17 January 2009

17:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

... that unlike most historical homes, thePaul Dresser Birthplace(pictured) inTerre Haute, Indiana,USA, reflects the furnishings of aworking class family, not the well-to-do?
... thatgoalkeeperJack Wheeler and his fivedefenders set aFootball League record in the1952–53 season by all playing in every league game forHuddersfield Town?
... thatMount Hamiguitan in thePhilippines has aprotected area with a 2,000-hectare (4,900-acre)pygmy forest of century-old trees growing inultramafic soil?
... thatprofessional wrestlers Jos LeDuc andPaul LeDuc played the role of brothers so well that news that they were not related created a sensation on talk shows?
... thatKanhopatra is venerated as a saint in theVarkari sect ofHinduism, despite spending most of her life as acourtesan?
... thatCialis, theerectile dysfunction drug developed byIcos, was originally researched in the hopes of a treatment forcardiovascular diseases such ashypertension andangina?
... that whenNorwegian alpine skierOle Kristian Furuseth won a silver medal inslalom at the1998 Winter Olympics, he had not placed this high in a major race since March 1995?
... that pathologistKenneth Walton conducted a 1973 study into the causes ofheart disease in which he got participants to eat greasyfry-ups?

11:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the development of thelinotype machine(matrix pictured) was initiated byJames O. Clephane, acourt reporter who sought a quick way to transcribelegal briefs?
... thatshale oil was used to light the streets ofModena,Italy, at the turn of the 17th century?
... that in his later years,Union Army generalThomas Alfred Davies published a number of books supporting thedivine inspiration of theBible, and refuting thematerialistic philosophy?
... thatThe Softwire isPJ Haarsma'syoung adult science fiction series about a thirteen-year-old Johnny T, and his struggles with "the Knudniks, the Nagools, and hisindentured slavery"?
... thatprofessional wrestlerRay Gunkel won his final match despite suffering a heart injury in that match that killed him later that day?
... that thePhnom Penh Commercial Bank wasCambodia's 23rd bank and the first Japanese-financed bank in the country?
... that in addition to his academic works,Norwegian mycologistLeif Ryvarden is known as a conveyer ofpopular science and a formerboard member ofGreenpeace?
... that in 2006, a prisoner escaped fromHM Prison Ranby,England, by hiding in arubbish lorry?

05:30, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

... that 1966European Rally ChampionGünter Klass(pictured) was given no spare parts asPorsches "simply don't break"?
... thatKhmer numerals were the first material evidence of the figurezero as a numerical figure?
... that before starring inThis is Nightlive,John Ryan was co-creator withDerek O'Connor ofblogorrah.com, and a former co-owner of the unsuccessfulNew York Dog andStars on Sunday publications in partnership withKiss andStellar founderMichael O'Doherty?
... thatBishop Auckland F.C. was the onlyfootball club towin the FA Amateur Cup in three consecutive seasons?
... that historicGlencairn inGreensboro, Alabama, was built in 1835 byAlabama legislator John Erwin?
... thatLucy Kennedy has describedThe Lucy Kennedy Show as "Livin' with Lucy in a studio" and "a bit likeThe Charlotte Church Show gone wrong"?
... that professional wrestlerDan Kroffat created theladder match during afeud withTor Kamata inStampede Wrestling?
... that theSpanish–American War-eraFort Terry onPlum Island was used as a U.S.biological weapons research facility from 1952 to 1969?
... that formerBeninese army Chief of StaffAlphonse Alley was known as "the wine, women and song officer"?

16 January 2009

23:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatNapoleon Bonaparte is said to have visited theSt. Peter's Church(pictured) inJaffa during hiscampaign in Egypt and Syria in 1799?
... that Britishplant physiologistDaphne Osborne showed that the gasethylene is a naturalplant hormone which regulatesageing and theshedding of leaves and fruits?
... that1944 was proclaimed the "Year of naturalization andthe Hebrew name" by theZionist leadership?
... thatAnatoly Koryagin was imprisoned for conductingpsychiatric interviews withSoviet dissidents confined to mental institutions and smuggling a paper about his findings to theLancet?
... that theSeashell Trust is the oldestcharity fordeaf children inNorth West England?
... thatOkinawan folk singerRinshō Kadekaru was gravely wounded duringWorld War II, and reported dead, only to survive and enjoy a lengthy career, living until 1999?
... thatWe Were Dancing,The Astonished Heart,Red Peppers,Hands Across the Sea,Fumed Oak,Shadow Play,Ways and Means andStar Chamber were presented in rotation, in groups of threes, as part ofNoël Coward's 1935 play cycleTonight at 8:30?
... that, due to a government-imposedcurfew,professional wrestlerMario Milano had to wrestle under a mask at the beginning of his career because he was underage and not allowed out after 9 o'clock?

17:10, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatVIP andTV Now magazines give their names to theVIP Style Awards(venue pictured) andTV Now Awards respectively, the latter of which regularly featuresLorraine Keane?
... that the 30 June 1961wrestling match betweenPat O'Connor andBuddy Rogers had ticket sales of US$148,000, which was a North Americanprofessional wrestling record for almost 20 years?
... that theEmpire Arnold wastorpedoed and sunk less than five months after her launch?
... that in 1914,railway officialLucius Seymour Storrs became president of theConnecticut Company?
... thatRelative Values, a satire of postwar snobbery, marked the return ofNoël Coward to playwriting afterWorld War II?
... thatTangton Gyelpo, a 15th-centuryNyingma yogi, physician, treasure finder, and founder of Tibetan opera, is known for building numerous iron chainsuspension bridges inTibet?
... thatMohammad Usman was the first Indian to act as theGovernor of Madras Presidency inBritish India?
... that one draft of the 1982Spanish filmLabyrinth of Passion hadSalvador Dalí and the Pope meeting and falling passionately in love?

11:01, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

... that thegenusPlatax, composed of five species ofmarine batfishes(orbicular batfish pictured), used to include thefreshwater angelfish?
... thatKarim el-Mejjati was implicated in the bombing oftargets in Casablanca, theAmerican barracks in Riyadh, the2004 Madrid train bombings and the2005 London bombings?
... thatJoseph Losey directed both the first U.S. theatrical version ofBertolt Brecht'sGalileo in 1947 and the1975 film version?
... that after three years as a back-up,college football quarterbackDavid Johnson threw for 46touchdowns in 2008 and ledTulsa to an 11–3 record?
... that ships built by theGrangemouth Dockyard Company duringWorld War II included theSSEmpire Arthur and theSSEmpire Clansman?
... that despite herilliteracy,Catherine Ferguson founded the firstSunday school inNew York City which later became known as Murray Street Sabbath School?
... that theRTÉ seriesFive Women Go Back to Work followsfive women as they attempt to compile a glossy magazine aimed at working women?
... thatpitchersBill Wilkinson andJim Bluejacket are the only great-grandfather and great-grandson pair to both play inMajor League Baseball?
... that many soldiers in theWehrmacht forces deployed for the Ardennes Offensive could not speakGerman?

05:28, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

... that thecruise shipMS Rhapsody(pictured) was designed in part byHugh Hefner, who envisioned the ship as a "floatingPlayboy Club"?
... thatTeiji Honma became one of the firstgoaltenders inice hockey to wear amask when he used one that resembled abaseball catcher's mask at the1936 Winter Olympics?
... that theRevolutionary Communist candidate at the1945 Neath by-election was the firstTrotskyist to stand in a British parliamentary election?
... that theNAACP forced the cancellation of somewrestling events inMississippi to protest a tar-and-feather match featuringMelvin Nelson wrestling as "Burrhead Jones"?
... that theEdmund Barton Building, named after the firstPrime Minister of Australia, is the largest example of the late 20th-centuryInternational Style ofAustralian architecture inCanberra?
... that more than 3,000 containers of thechemical agent lewisite were dumped off theFlorida coast duringOperation Geranium?
... that after acquiringMovado in 1983,Gedalio Grinberg heavily promoted the modernistic "Museum Watch", based on a design byNathan George Horwitt included in the collection of theMuseum of Modern Art?
... that during ablowout, fans often chant to request that players who only play ingarbage time be put in the game?

15 January 2009

23:10, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatCzesław Wycech(pictured), Polishpeasant movement activist, was also involved withunderground education in occupied Poland during WWII?
... thatMaria Kinnaird, who was adopted by the politicianRichard "Conversation" Sharp, married the surveyor who first used theDrummond Light?
... thatConolophus rosada, a newly described species ofiguana, diverged some 5.7 million years ago, making it among the oldest incidents ofevolutionary divergence recorded in theGalápagos archipelago?
... that in 1820, themissionaryWilliam Jowett bought the 9,539-pagemanuscript ofAbu Rumi's first-ever translation of theBible intoAmharic "on terms which appeared... equitable to all parties"?
... that the 2005Operation Iron Hammer, aimed to clearAl-Qaeda in Iraq from the Hai Al Becker region in westernIraq, resulted in no reported casualties and no use of deadly force?
... that twin brothersRobert andRoss Hume became known as the "Dead Heat Kids" after finishing nine straight mile races, including theBig Ten andNCAA championships, holding hands in dead heat victories?
... that thestudio band ofradio station WRAG (nowWREN) inCarrollton, Alabama, is credited with popularizingbluegrass music in centralAlabama and easternMississippi?
... that ScottishfootballerJim Baxter once taunted opponents in an international match by playingkeepie uppie during the game, and that he described his style as "treating the ball like a woman"?

17:49, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatRafflesia keithii(pictured), aparasitic plant endemic toSabah, is named in honour of forester andplant collectorHarry Keith?
... that whenRobert de Bethune was nominatedBishop of Hereford in 1130,King Henry I of England did so because he felt he needed one "godly bishop" around?
... that concerns were raised in 2001 thatanthrax research done by the U.S.Defense Intelligence Agency as part ofProject Jefferson violated theBiological Weapons Convention?
... that at great risk,Squadron LeaderPhil Lamason of theRNZAF negotiated the transfer of 166allied airmen fromBuchenwald concentration camp, a week before their scheduledexecution?
... thatJames Bennet was set to becomeBeijing correspondent forThe New York Times when he instead was appointed the fourteenth editor-in-chief ofThe Atlantic Monthly in March 2006?
... that inBlood of the Irish, presenterDiarmuid Gavin examined the claim that 20% of men in the north-west ofIreland are descended fromNiall of the Nine Hostages, an ancientHigh King of Ireland?
... thatEdward D. Hamilton was appointed as theSecretary of the Oregon Territory after later U.S. PresidentAbraham Lincoln declined the position?
... that theBrazilian team at the1958 World Cup had not assignedsquad numbers in advance, and a 17-year oldPelé was randomly assigned the number 10, which he wore for the rest of his career?

11:45, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1889,Frank Atwood Huntingtonpatented a self-propelledgasoline engine vehicle(patent image pictured), four years before theDuryea Brothers built their first car?
... that afterPope Alexander III absolvedGilbert Foliot'sexcommunication,Thomas Becket exclaimed that "Satan is unloosed for the destruction of the Church"?
... that recommendations from theU.S. War Bureau of Consultants in 1942 led to the founding of theWar Research Service and abio-weapons program?
... thathandballerTonje Larsen was a part of the All-Star Team at the2008 European Championship, sixteen years after debuting on theNorwegian national team?
... that the first 8-realbanknotes wereprinted in Puerto Rico in 1766?
... that internal division caused when three sympathizers of theDemocratic Agrarian Party of Moldova competed in the1996 presidential election was one factor that led to the party losing allparliamentary seats two years later?
... that the owner ofTwin Oaks Plantation organized Company B of the36th Regiment Alabama Infantry in theConfederate Army on the lawn in front of his house?
... thatBenoît Sinzogan, described as "too timid to mount a coup" during the 1960s and 1970s, was "one ofDahomey's few senior officers not to attempt to"?

04:23, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatSamuel Pepys andFerdinand Columbus each owned works by the anonymousengraverMaster I. A. M. of Zwolle(example engraving pictured)?
... that the lyrics "suicide, it's a suicide", first used byrapper KRS-One in 1987, have since been re-used by artists such asIce-T,Redman andJay-Z?
... thatLeonid Plyushch, who sought to applymathematical modeling tomental illness, was later diagnosed withsluggish schizophrenia for hisdissident activities?
... thatOperation Barga helped improve the social status of bargadars (sharecroppers) inWest Bengal,India?
... that 1941NCAA backstroke champion andUniversity of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor inducteeFrancis Heydt later owned a business that soldcamouflage clothing to theU.S. military?
... that thehip hop magazineRap-Up was founded by Devin Lazerine as a website when he was 15 years old?
... that having witnessed the effects of a market attack in the2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict during a ban of international press, Norwegian doctorMads Gilbert started a globalSMS campaign?
... thatRobert Redford made one of his last guest-starring appearances in atelevision series in a 1963 episode of theABC psychiatric dramaBreaking Point?

14 January 2009

22:48, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

... that during theBattle for Height 776 inChechnya,Mark Yevtyukhin ordered artillery fire on hiscompany's position, an act which contributed to him being posthumously honoured as aHero of the Russian Federation(medal pictured)?
... thatJackson Lake State Park inOhio,USA, is now the location of a thrivingsecond growth forest, but was once home to the iron, coal and salt industries?
... thatJim McColl, the son of a butcher, reportedly becameScotland's richest man in 2008?
... that an area of more than 60,000 square miles (160,000 km²) in theU.S. states ofGeorgia,North andSouth Carolina was exposed toairborne clouds ofzinc cadmium sulfide duringOperation Dew?
... thatSatenik was theAlanian wife ofArtaxias I, the king ofArmenia and the founder of theArtaxiad Dynasty?
... that the12"/50 caliber Mark 8 gun, an Americannaval gun mounted on theAlaska-class cruisers, "was by far the most powerful weapon of itscaliber ever placed in service"?
... that while the Britishindie rock bandBombay Bicycle Club were recording their debutEP,The Boy I Used to Be, they were in the sameschool year asCajun Dance Party?
... thattropical botanistPaul H. Allen assembled one of the most important collections ofbanana germplasm?

16:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theSouth Indian Hindu deityShasta(statue pictured) is considered the son ofShiva andMohini, a female form ofVishnu?
... that theChristmas carolPersonent hodie, first published in the 1582Finnish song bookPiae Cantiones, is thought to be aparody of a 12th-century carol?
... that as a means to challenge theMicrosoft/Intel PC architecture,IBM executiveJack Kuehler formed theAIM alliance that created thePowerPC microprocessor used inApple's computers from 1994 to 2006?
... that despite being roughly only a square mile (2.6 km²) in area, the tinyatoll ofKaben in theRepublic of the Marshall Islands actually has a functionalairstrip?
... thatpitcher Jesse Barnes made theOpening Day start for theBoston Braves against theNew York Giants in the1925 baseball season, after making the Opening Day start for the Giants against the Braves in 1920?
... that labourers pavingSaskatchewan Highway 641 in 1942 earned 35 cents an hour and a labourer with atractor-drawndrag earned 50 cents an hour?
... that theAmerican Iron and Steel Institute formed theSteelmark in 1960 to promote Americansteel, with the logo put on thehelmets of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1962 to further publicize the program?
... that during theSong Dynasty, the people ofSichuan worshippedTang Dynasty generalWei Gao as a local deity?

10:10, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

... that to boost US sales theAMC marketing team rebranded the aging exportAJS Model 16(pictured) with the new nameThe Sceptre?
... thatJeffrey Lockwood provides historical examples ofassassin bugs, buckets ofscorpions, andcatapulted "bee bombs" asentomological warfare in his book,Six-legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War?
... that theGerman rock groupTokio Hotel has releasedsix singles and an album inEnglish?
... thatArchbishopEdward Joseph Hanna was the chairman of the U.S. NationalLongshoremen's Board during the1934 West Coast waterfront strike?
... that theperidium of thebird's-nest fungus forms its "nest"?
... thatTang Dynasty officialPei Yanling was "so careless in his frivolousness and falsehood, as well as his jealousy of the talented and harmfulness to the good" that two centuries later it made historian Liu Xu weep?
... that the opening ofState Fair Community College was delayed for more than two years because of alegal dispute overcollege districts inMissouri?
... that Germanfootball managerHorst Buhtz led bothDortmund andNuremberg to theBundesliga promotion playoffs, but was dismissed each time before the matches took place?

03:59, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the putrid stench of the "latticed stinkhorn"fungusClathrus ruber(pictured) attracts insects to help disperse itsspores?
... that as early as 1968,criminologistLloyd Ohlin noted that the routine incarceration of youthful offenders does "more to develop than to stop career criminals"?
... that thousands of people atDeekshabhoomi, a pilgrimage center inNagpur,India, embracedBuddhism on October 14, 1956?
... that music criticHerman Klein wrote inNew York City from 1901 to 1909 and advisedColumbia Records, but he acquired an unfavorable view of American musical life and returned to Britain?
... thatPrince Charles, who in 2004 opened the village shop atHewelsfield inGloucestershire,England, described it as "a triumph of community spirit"?
... thatAmerican football tackleJ.D. Maarleveld survivedHodgkin's lymphoma but was cut from theNotre Dame team anyway, transferred toMaryland, and became a consensus first-teamAll-American?
... that theLublin 1980 strikes marked the beginning of important socio-political changes inPoland, such as the creation ofSolidarity and democratization of the country?
... that the name ofShelldrake, aghost town in theU.S. state ofMichigan, was translated from theOjibwa word for a kind ofduck?

13 January 2009

22:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden inRood Bridge Park includes some 550 varieties ofrhododendron(pictured), the official flower of the city ofHillsboro, Oregon,USA?
... that formerguerrillaJames Tanis undertook a trip through some twenty fast-flowing rivers and creeks before being inaugurated as the secondPresident of Bougainville?
... that, despite being suspended for half the game,college football running backDa'Rel Scott set a school bowl record forrushing for theMaryland Terrapins in their2008 Humanitarian Bowl victory?
... that authorBeryl Bainbridge wrote a novel based on clergyman and translatorJohn Selby Watson's 1871 murder of his wife?
... that after being closed in 1978,Sandefjord Airport Station reopened in 2008 with a new name to serveSandefjord Airport, Torp,Norway?
... thatGigantic, a film about a single man deciding to adopt a baby, was inspired bywriter–director Matt Aselton's childhood wish for his parents to adopt a baby fromChina?
... thatNick Scandone was named 2005 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, the firstParalympian to earn the honor, after winning the2.4 meter world championship against 60 able-bodied and 27 disabled sailors?
... thatsugar cream pie is being considered to become the official state pie ofIndiana, USA?

15:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatDorothy Lavinia Brown(pictured) was the firstAfrican American femalesurgeon in theSoutheastern United States and also first African American woman to serve in theTennessee General Assembly?
... that themass finishingmanufacturing processes,tumble finishing andvibratory finishing, are often employed todeburr machined parts and clean upcastings?
... that CaptainWoodes Rogers rescuedAlexander Selkirk, the model forRobinson Crusoe, and later defeated the pirates of theCaribbean?
... thatKoradi Thermal Power Station, nearNagpur,India, was commissioned in 1974 and currently operates seven units with a total capacity of 1,080 MW?
... thatPaschal Eze resigned as editor-in-chief ofThe Daily Observer, a newspaper inThe Gambia, after being pressured by management not to publish stories about a certain politician?
... that theBat Motor Manufacturing Co. Ltd was named after founder Samuel Robert Batson but was nicknamed "Best After Tests"?
... thatWilliam Murphy won twoBig Ten doubles tennis championships with his twin brother, and later coachedMichigan tennis teams to 11 Big Ten and oneNCAA team championships?
... thatDelaware State Park is not in theU.S. state ofDelaware but rather inOhio?

09:37, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the "floating palaces"Bristol andProvidence, built in 1867 byWilliam H. Webb(pictured), contained 500 canaries in cages, each one personally named by shipownerJim Fisk?
... that one form of thegeneral image filters invented byOtto Zobel is a particularly simpleband-pass filter consisting of justresonators coupled bycapacitors?
... that the body ofEadulf Rus, a man accused of killingWalcher,Bishop of Durham, was removed from the church ofJedburgh some years after it had been buried there on the orders ofTurgot, Prior ofDurham?
... thatA. P. Patro inaugurated theLoyola College inChennai,India, in 1925?
... that while theBrooklyn Theatre burned in 1876, the actors urged calm in the face of rising panic, and though nearest to the flames, they were among the last to leave the theater alive?
... that theCape Verde Shearwater isthreatened by theharvesting of its chicks by localfishermen?
... that in 1912, aSinger motorcycle became the first 350ccmotorcycle to cover more than 60 miles (97 km) in one hour?
... that college footballquarterbackBrian Johnson led theUtah Utes to become theonly undefeated team in the2008 season, including an upset offourth-ranked Alabama in the2009 Sugar Bowl?

03:32, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatAlexandra Penney, author of the best-selling bookHow to Make Love to a Man, has been credited as one of the creators and popularizers of thepink ribbon(pictured) as a symbol forbreast cancer awareness?
... that the "orange tooth"fungus,Hydnellum aurantiacum, is consideredcritically endangered in theUnited Kingdom?
... that American boxerMuhammad Ali and Swiss tennis playerRoger Federer have each won theBBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award three times?
... that the translation ofSangiovese as the "blood ofJove" led to early theories that the grape's origins dated back toRoman times?
... thatJoseph Leavitt, nicknamed "Quaker Joe", was aconscientious objector during theAmerican Revolutionary War, having laid down his weapon after three months of fighting for theContinental Army?
... that thepractice of agriculture inIndia had started by 9000 BCE?
... thatLink TV partnered with several world artists to write "The Price of Silence" to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights?
... that inHarold Nichols' 32 years asIowa State wrestling coach, his wrestlers placed among the top three teams in the United States 25 times and won 38 individual and six teamNCAA championships?

12 January 2009

20:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatGeorge R. Christmas(pictured), then known as Captain Christmas, received theNavy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" in theVietnam War?
... thatPerth is the first city to operate areverse osmosis seawaterdesalination plant to providedrinking water in Australia?
... thatDave Porter won theNCAA heavyweight collegiate wrestling championship twice and was subsequently drafted by theCleveland Browns to play in theNFL?
... that the 17th-centuryantiquarianJohan Hadorph performed Sweden's first archaeological excavation?
... that at least 20 children were abducted during the 2008Christmas massacres in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo?
... thatAnssi Koivuranta is leading the2008-09 Nordic Combined World Cup right now?
... thatWilliam Glendon argued successfully before theU.S. Supreme Court that theNixon Administration could not useprior restraint to prevent printing of thePentagon Papers?
... thatSusanna Clarke's novelJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell has 185 footnotes, which contain a meticulous false history of English magic and an entirefictional corpus of magical scholarship?
... thatcollege football wide receiverTorrey Smith of theMaryland Terrapins set theAtlantic Coast Conference record for single-seasonkick return yards, including a 99-yard return ina bowl game?

14:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatNorwegian ski jumperDaniel Forfang(pictured) retired due tobody weight pressure in the sport, whose rules were earlier considered to fit Forfang "perfectly"?
... that theNorfolk, Connecticut-based performing arts venueInfinity Hall was built in 1883 as a combination opera house, barber shop and saloon?
... thatMatt Smith, who will portray theEleventh Doctor in the Britishscience fiction television seriesDoctor Who, is the youngest person to be cast in thetitle role?
... thatEdward Schalon, inducted into theUniversity of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor as a golfer, later became the president of aFortune 500 company,SPX Corporation?
... that theKing Mojo Club inSheffield, run byPeter Stringfellow, hosted theSmall Faces' first gig outside London?
... that after becoming the firstbasketball player to lead theBig Ten in both scoring and rebounds,Michigan'sM.C. Burton turned down a contract to play in theNBA to attend medical school?
... thatMorrissey was billed as the headliner ofSaturday Night Fiber 2008, even though he was not the final act to play?
... thatEliza Flower was a 19th-centuryEnglish musician and composer with whom a youngRobert Browning fell in love?
... thatGeorge "Crybaby" Cannon got his nickname from being able to wipe sweat from his face to make it appear as though he was crying?

09:13, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theSeattle'sPike Place Market(pictured) was createdpartly in response to price gouging?
... that theEast German companyJenapharmsynthesized steroids from hogbile because they lacked access to a source of theprecursor diosgenin?
... thatAlice May starred as asoprano incomic opera in the 1870s but toured as acontralto in the 1880s?
... that the house atBorden Oaks inGreensboro, Alabama, features sidelights andtransoms derived from an 1833Asher Benjamin design?
... thatTang Dynasty chancellorDu Huangshang was credited with setting in motionEmperor Xianzong's reassertion of imperial authority over warlords?
... that George Goldman putBook Soup, a "cultural fixture" of theSunset Strip, up for sale on January 2, 2009, and died a day later?
... thatIndian historianV. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar believed that ancientSouth Indians may have known ofAustralia andPolynesia before their discovery byEuropeans?
... thatTommy James' 1971 single "Draggin' the Line" has appeared on 41 albums and in many media works, fromAustin Powers 2 to a documentary on the pornographic filmDeep Throat?

02:56, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

... that Judge Ronald Cicoria ofLivingston County Court inGeneseo, New York(courthouse pictured), retired in 2005 as the longest sitting judge inNew York State?
... thatTang Dynasty officialYuan Zi wrote a five-volume work about his diplomatic mission toNanzhao?
... thatWallace Beery won theAcademy Award for Best Actor andFrances Marion the Oscar forOriginal Screenplay forThe Champ?
... that species in thefungal genusCyathus producebioactive compounds withantibacterial,antifungal, andantioxidative properties?
... that in June 2008,Pat Fleming andAllen Hopkins became the 51st and 52ndpocket billiards players to be inducted into theBCA Hall of Fame?
... that widespread economic crisis and food shortages resulted in severalhunger demonstrations in Poland during the summer of 1981, with the biggest one taking place inŁódź?
... thatNino Martini appeared in numerousHollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s while simultaneously starring regularly in leadingtenor roles at theMetropolitan Opera?
... thata tropical greenhouse and sturgeon farm in theSwiss Alps, powered bygeothermal energy from theworld's longest land tunnel, is intended to produce two tonnes ofcaviar annually?

11 January 2009

20:39, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

... that abounty jumper,Adam Worth(pictured), became the inspiration for SirArthur Conan Doyle's fictional villainProfessor Moriarty?
... thatAfrican American civil rights activistMel Boozer was the first openly gay person nominated for the office ofVice President of the United States?
... that theSion Causeway connected theisland of Bombay withSalsette?
... thatThe Pittsburgh Courier crusaded against theblue discharge, calling it "a vicious instrument that should not be perpetrated against the American Soldier"?
... that for the recentPhilippine filmIskul Bukol 20 Years After, starsTito,Vic andJoey paid a sum ofPHP 120,000 to bail actor Ritchie D'Horsie out of jail so that he could appear in the film?
... that in 2008,college football running backVai Taua andquarterback Colin Kaepernick became the first pair ofNevada players to bothrush for more than 1,000 yards (910 m) in the same season?
... that in the 1950s, theIraqi Communist Party accused the dissidentcommunist groupRayat ash-Shaghilah of being "royalists", "deviationists", and police agents?
... thatRandal Kleiser saved money shooting his student filmPeege by using the studio offices of aSteven Spielberg television movie which hadwrapped ahead of schedule?

15:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatturkey bowling, protested byanimal rights activists, was invented as a pastime in the aisles of agrocery store(pictured)?
... that 85 percent of thetobacco grown inCuba is produced by members of theNational Association of Small Farmers?
... that 180-pound (82 kg)guardDominic Tomasi was selected as both captain and Most Valuable Player of the undefeated National Champion1948 Michigan Wolverines football team?
... thatInterim Self Governing Authority was a power-sharing proposal made by the rebelLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to the government ofSri Lanka to resolve theSri Lankan civil war?
... thatdisc jockeys atWLWI-FM inMontgomery,Alabama, USA, have been nominated forCountry Music Association Awards six times since 1981?
... that the presence of themetal ion inmetalloproteinenzymes allows them to perform functions, such ascatalyzing redox reactions, that otherpolypeptide enzymes cannot achieve?
... thatCharles Hawksley was electedPresident of theInstitution of Civil Engineers in 1901, nearly 30 years after his father,Thomas Hawksley, was elected to the position?
... thatTropical Storm Kay of the2004 Pacific hurricane season reached its peak intensity just six hours after being named?

10:11, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatSchulze Baking Company Plant(pictured) once housed the largestwholesale business inChicago?
... that while theanime adaptation of theJapanese visual novelWhite Album began its broadcast in 2009, it was actually first considered in 1998?
... thatDiane Geppi-Aikens, despite being paralyzed by a terminalbrain tumor and confined to a wheelchair, coached thewomen's lacrosse team ofLoyola College to the 2003NCAA Final Four?
... that theFrench government databaseJoconde has over 220,000 online images of objects from nearly 300French museums?
... that Rev.Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor ofGillfield Baptist Church inPetersburg,Virginia, USA, was a co-founder of theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957?
... thatbush ballads are afolk music and poetry tradition in theAustralian Outback?
... that after the 1862 trial of poisonerCatherine Wilson, the judge,John Barnard Byles, described her as "the greatest criminal that ever lived"?
... that theSkyscraper Index has shown thatthe world's tallest buildings have risen on the eve ofeconomic downturns?

04:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

A bridge collapse

... thatbridge scour is the most common cause ofhighway bridge failure(example pictured) in theUnited States?
... thatCape Wolstenholme ofUngava Peninsula is the northern-most tip of theCanadian province ofQuebec?
... thatprofessional wrestlerJohn Hill was forced to change hisring name from Guy Hill to Guy Mitchell due to a news reporter's error?
... thatRoyal Australian Navy commissioned thebulk carrierJeparit in 1969 to overcomeunion protests againstAustralia's involvement in theVietnam War?
... that theBoulder Beer Company, the firstmicrobrewery in the U.S. state ofColorado, was founded by two college professors who enjoyedhomebrewing?
... that a 1927Wolseley motor car used in the 2008BBC television adaptationThe 39 Steps was previously used in the 1960s BBC television seriesDr. Finlay's Casebook?
... thatUniversity of Michigan track team captainBob Osgood set a world record in the 120-yard (110 m) highhurdles in a "driving rain" that turned the track atFerry Field into "a miniature lake"?
... thatchee kufta is anArmenian raw meat dish similar tosteak tartare?

10 January 2009

21:59, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatThe Coffee Pot historicroadhouse(pictured) inRoanoke, Virginia,USA, features a 15-foot (4.6 m) stucco coffee pot atop its roof?
... that the1981 warning strike in Poland was the biggeststrike in the history of theSoviet Bloc, with 12 to 14 million participants?
... thatCharles Leigh played six seasons as arunning back in theNational Football League despite never playingcollege football?
... that thefluorotelomer alcohol 8:2 FTOH canbiodegrade into the environmental contaminantsPFOA andPFNA?
... that theNintendo DS video gameTexas Hold 'Em Poker allows players to mimic certain nuances such as a card player'stell?
... thatNamibian politicianJesaya Nyamu, who was expelled fromSWAPO for writing a private note on how to underminePresident Sam Nujoma, formed theRally for Democracy and Progress in 2007?
... thatWashington Park Court District is named after theChicago Park District'sWashington Park although it is neither in the park nor in theWashington Park community area?
... that norhinoceros is ever seen on camera in the 1974 filmRhinoceros?

15:51, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

... that architectNikolay Zherikhov decorated one of his buildings witherotic sculptures(pictured) resemblingLeo Tolstoy andAlexander Pushkin?
... that the wordpalengke, a type ofpublic market in thePhilippines, was actually derived from aSpanish word forpalisades?
... thatMajor League Baseball playerBarry Footebatted in eightruns, including a game-winninggrand slam, in a single game against theSt. Louis Cardinals?
... that the riots which led to the1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état began with the murder of an official by his deputy?
... that Rev.Frederick B. Williams at theChurch of the Intercession inNew York City created the first program of any religious community in theUnited States to respond to theAIDS epidemic?
... that thegokenin,Japanese feudal lords at the top of the power pyramid, were named after a semi-slave caste?
... thatoperatic sopranoMaria Zamboni was the first person to record the title role ofPuccini'sManon Lescaut in its entirety?
... thatVanderbilt University's win in the2008 Music City Bowl came 53 years to the day afterthe Commodores' lastbowl game victory and gave them their first winningfootball season since 1982?

08:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

... that when it was first described in the late 1600s, theearthstar fungusGeastrum fornicatum(pictured) was namedFungus anthropomorphus for its resemblance to the human form?
... that theHershey Creamery Company, founded in 1894 by five brothers from the Hershey family, has actually been owned and operated by the Holder family since the 1920s?
... thatNorwegian ski jumperJohan Remen Evensen finished among the top three already in his fourth properWorld Cup start?
... that educational games fromPlaynormous were designed with assistance frommedical researchers atThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston andBaylor College of Medicine?
... that theTang Dynasty chancellorZheng Xunyu quit his responsibilities over an incident in which his colleagueWei Zhiyi left a chancellors' lunch to dine withEmperor Shunzong's close associate Wang Shuwen?
... thatHeinrich Greinacher invented hisvoltage doubler circuit in 1913 because the 110 volt power supply inZürich was insufficient for his newly inventedionometer which required 200 volts?
... thatJeff Moronko is one of twoMajor League Baseball players to have attendedTexas Wesleyan University, the other beingHall of Famer Tris Speaker?
... that theItalian sparkling wineFranciacorta was firstproduced in 1961?

02:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theturnpike trusts in Greater Manchester(milestone pictured) had a huge impact upon the way business was conducted aroundManchester,England?
... thatPaul Hofmann, who served as an interpreter for the Germans inWWII, passed information to the anti-fascist resistance inRome?
... that, when writing about a homicide case in theDexter episode "The Dark Defender",Timothy Schlattmann was inspired by asnow globe on his desk which he believed "could easily be a murder weapon"?
... thatDavid Logan, onetime mayor ofPortland, Oregon, studied law under laterU.S. President Abraham Lincoln?
... thatOperation Uranus led to the encirclement of the GermanSixth Army and portions of theFourth Panzer Army, as well as surviving remnants of twoRomanian armies, totaling over 200,000 soldiers?
... that the village ofKodinji inKerala,India, wheremultiple birth is a regular phenomenon, is home to over 204 pairs oftwins?
... thatGeorge Brough used aBrough Superior SS80motorcycle nicknamed "Spit and Polish" to become the firstsidevalver to lapBrooklands at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)?
... that actor, writer and poetStephen Haggard was the model for the character of Aidan Sheridan inOlivia Manning's novel sequence, theFortunes of War?

9 January 2009

17:28, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatsecessionists in St. Augustine, Florida, captured thetown's fort(pictured) three days beforeFlorida actually seceded from the United States?
... that in 1998, theKhmer Rouge attacked a casino in the city ofKoh Kong with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars?
... thatIndianapolis claimsCharles H. Black as the inventor of the firstinternal combustion engine automobile, although his vehicle'signition called for akerosene torch?
... that the imposition of anall-women shortlist caused theLabour Party to lose one of its safestUK Parliamentary seats in2005?
... thatRob MacCachren's victory at the 2007Baja 1000 marked the first time that aTrophy Truck won the event's overall title?
... thatWashington Park Subdivision land owners signed 20-yearrestrictive covenants excluding renting toAfrican Americans, leading to the landmarkU.S. Supreme Court case ofHansberry v. Lee?
... thatsprint canoerThomas Zereske's life was commemorated by the dedication of his former teammateChristian Gille's gold medal at the2004 Summer Olympics in theC-2 1000 m event?
... that the1933 Treasure Coast hurricane blew 16 percent of the total fruit crop fromFlorida trees?

11:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatJamaican singerBob Marley(pictured) gaveVincent Ford writing credit for the song "No Woman, No Cry", butMarley's wife and manager were granted the rights after claiming that Marley had written it himself?
... that theKappe Residence, described as "a virtual tree house poised over a steep hillside", was named one of the top ten houses inLos Angeles by an expert panel selected by theLos Angeles Times?
... thatNizar Rayan, a topHamas commander, sent his own son on asuicide attack mission?
... that according toIroquois tradition,Onondaga Lake was the site of a meeting of peace betweenNative American leadersTadodaho,Hiawatha andDeganawidah?
... that during hisVictoria Cross-winning action,Percy Statton rushed fourmachine gun posts before returning to his battalion lines where he was cheered by his fellow Australians?
... thatCarl Fredriksens Transport, an operation that saved 1,000 Norwegians during theNazi occupation of Norway, was code-named after KingHaakon VII's original name?
... thatradio stationWLWI inMontgomery, Alabama, founded in1930 as WSFA, gavecountry music legendHank Williams his start as a professional musician?
... that the world's firstmono-motorcycle, theUno, was invented byCanadian teenager Ben Gulak?

05:06, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatPane ticinese(pictured), awhite bread from theSwiss canton ofTicino, is made of small individual loaves intended to be broken off by hand?
... that after themurder of Robert Eric Wone, his widow was representedpro bono by prospectiveUnited States Attorney General Eric Holder?
... that theJola, the majority ethnic group inCarabane, are distinct from other majorethnic groups in Senegal by their lack of social hierarchy andtheir languages?
... that theSierra Highway was described in a promotional book to recruit teachers toCalifornia as "a highway with a hundred by-ways, each by-way with a hundred wonders"?
... that the popularIsraeli singerAya Korem works part-time as abartender inTel Aviv in between recording and performing?
... thatPocahontas Island, where evidence of prehistoricNative American artifacts were found, would later become the firstfree black settlement in theU.S. state of Virginia?
... thatRoystonea regia, also known as the Cuban royal palm, was the firstmonocotyledon found to haveroot nodules capable ofnitrogen fixation?
... thatprofessional wrestlerStan Frazier was also known for selling fakeRolex watches?

8 January 2009

22:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatNubian queenAmanitore(relief pictured) ruled over so much building work that her reign is considered the most prosperous time inMeroitic history?
... that theMC-1 bomb was the firstnon-clustered U.S.chemical weapon?
... thatfirst-class cricketerBryan Lobb was such a poor judge of a run that he was oncerun out by a fielder who overtook him as he strolled down the wicket?
... that after theMexican War of Independence, the influence ofpositivists led to a renaissance ofscientific activity in Mexico?
... thatGillfield Baptist Church, Virginia, the second oldestblack congregation inPetersburg,USA, resisted a consolidation with the white congregation at Market Street Church in 1829?
... that theSlavic Silesian Duke and monastic patronBolko I encouragedGerman settlement in his region and patronisedGerman poetry?
... that the 1916 Early ModernDodge House inWest Hollywood, California, called one of the fifteen most significant houses in the United States, was demolished in 1970 to make way for apartments?
... thatFritz Otto Bernert,World War I flying ace, scored five victories in a twenty-minute timespan, earning the one-armed pilot thePour le Merite in 1917?

15:37, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

... that toxicgadolinium is often injected forcontrast enhancement inMRI scans(scanner pictured), but is prevented from harming patients by being administered as aDTPA complex that has a highstability constant?
... thatDarleen Ortega became the firstLatina judge on theOregon Court of Appeals in 2003?
... that the1819 odes ofEnglish poet John Keats, includingOn Melancholy,To a Nightingale,To Psyche, andTo Autumn, created "a new tone for the English lyric" according to criticW. Jackson Bate?
... thatPetelo Vikena, one of the three reigningtraditional monarchs withinWallis and Futuna, previously served in theFrench Army?
... thatFirst Baptist Church inPetersburg, Virginia, the firstAfrican-American Baptist congregation in theUnited States, had only black pastors until 1832?
... that theRussian fishing industry operates on the second longestcoastline in the world, which gives it access to twelveseas in threeoceans?
... thatKelly Paris' three careerhome runs were all hit in1988 in 44at bats with theChicago White Sox ofMajor League Baseball?
... that theGrade I listedFranks Hall, inHorton Kirby,Kent,England, was used as abarn in the 1850s?

08:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

The bottle label of Harlan Estate

... that the bottle label ofCalifornia "cult wine" producerHarlan Estate(pictured) was ten years in the making?
... thattheologian andpreacherCarl Fredrik Wisløff's 1946 bookI Know in Whom I Believe was recognized in 2008 as one ofNorway's most influential books ofprose?
... that after theAmericanE86 cluster bomb was canceled, itsE14 sub-munition was altered to deliveryellow fever mosquitoes andrat fleas?
... thatRichard Martin,Lord Mayor of London in 1589 and 1594, is not theRichard Martin who was "thrashed" by the poetJohn Davies in the Hall of theMiddle Temple in 1598?
... that the1992 Atlantic hurricane season produced the first recordedsubtropical storm in April since tracking began in 1968?
... thatTang Dynasty officialGao Ying, in his youth, offered to die in his father's stead when his father was captured byrebel Yan forces, causing Yan officers to release them both?
... thatLesser Whistling Ducks are the most prominent species among themigratory birds that visit the lake in theSantragachhi area ofHowrah,India, during winter?
... thatWorld Wrestling Federation refereeDanny Davis also competed as "Mr. X" while wearing a mask?

02:22, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theairshipPatrie(pictured) broke free from itsmoorings atSouhesmes,France, blew acrossEngland,Wales andNorthern Ireland, and was eventually lost in theAtlantic Ocean?
... thatAfrican American actorLorenzo Tucker, the star of the 1932race filmVeiled Aristocrats, was dubbed the "blackValentino" because of his striking good looks?
... thatBugle Rock inBangalore,India, is a peninsulargneiss formation from which warningbugle calls were made to alert citizens of intruders?
... thatWLVV, the oldestradio station inMobile, Alabama, was once known as WMML (for "M-M-Mel") as a play on then-ownerMel Tillis' famousstutter?
... thatIsmo Alanko Säätiö'saccordionist Kimmo Pohjonen has been dubbed the "Jimi Hendrix of the accordion" by theFinnish music press?
... thatOperation Winter Storm was an attempt byGerman Army Group Don to relieve the trappedSixth Army inStalingrad, duringWorld War II?
... thatM. C. Rajah was the first member of theDalit community to be elected to theMadras Legislative Council inIndia?
... thatDick's Last Resort, anAmerican bar andrestaurant chain, encourages the staff to act obnoxiously towards their customers?

7 January 2009

20:18, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatCP1600microprocessors saw little use in their intended role, but millions were produced for use in theIntellivision video game console(pictured)?
... that theSilesian DukeHenry V the Fat spent some of his youth at the court ofOttokar II of Bohemia inPrague?
... that students fromTualatin Valley Junior Academy's Ring of Fire handbell choir performed at bothinaugurations ofU.S. President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2005?
... thatPolish resistance memberZofia Baniecka and her mother hid over fiftyJews in theirWarsaw apartment during theHolocaust between 1941 and 1944?
... that theThimpu principles were put forward bySri Lankan Tamil delegates atThimpu,Bhutan?
... thatarchitectBennie Gonzales designed most of the majormunicipal buildings inScottsdale, Arizona,USA, including Scottsdale City Hall, which features akiva for meetings?
... that as well as theNativity of Jesus,Olivier Messiaen'sorgan compositionLa Nativité du Seigneur was inspired bybirdsong, theFrench Alps, and medievalstained glass?
... that theAmericanE23 munition failed in 1954 field trials causing the crew of an aircraft to be bitten byrat fleas?

13:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatNobel Laureates James D. Watson andEric Kandel lectured atCullen Performance Hall(pictured) in 2008?
... that theFN-6, a third generationChinese MANPAD, was specifically designed to be used against targets flying at low and very lowaltitudes?
... thatPaul Robeson's contract for the 1925race filmBody and Soul included a US$100 per week salary plus three percent of the gross after the first US$40,000 in receipts?
... thatWillie McCartney was listed by theSunday Herald newspaper as the 22nd greatestScottish football manager of all time, even though he never won a major trophy?
... that some members of thefungal familyOrbiliaceae can lassonematodes using outgrowths of theirhyphae?
... that the crime television seriesHeist detailed the 1974Irish Republican Army's seizure of nineteen well-known paintings estimated to be worth £8 million atRussborough House?
... that, during theAnshi Rebellion, the futureTang Dynasty chancellorQi Kang took his mother and fled toShaoxing?
... that in the middle of the1995–96 National Hockey League season, thehead coach of the Dallas Stars,Bob Gainey, fired himself?

07:03, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

... that according to legend, a tunnel leads from theKamianets-Podilskyi Castle(pictured) to theKhotyn Fortress which is 20 kilometres (12 mi) away?
... thatWorld War I flying aceFriedrich Ritter von Röth was posthumously granted a lifetime pension by theKingdom of Bavaria?
... thatIR-40, anIranian heavy water reactor, could produce 10 kilograms (22 lb) to 12 kilograms (26 lb) ofplutonium, enough to build twonuclear weapons, each year?
... thatJean-Baptiste Hachème supervised the government ofMaurice Kouandete, being thede facto head of state ofBenin?
... that according toJust Detention International, 67 percent of allLGBT people in prison report being assaulted?
... that actressYanna McIntosh has been nominated for sixDora Awards, winning twice?
... that the lastSilkmotorcycle ever built was a 500cc model based on a prototype that was never produced and was used as a competition prize?
... thatJuan Davis Bradburn, commander of theMexican fort atAnahuac, was described as "incompetent to such a command and ... half crazy part of his time"?

6 January 2009

23:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1846, theAustrian Empire encouraged apeasant revolt(pictured) to weaken local nobility inGalicia who were planning a rebellion of their own?
... that theU.S.E61 anthrax bomblet was perceived as superior to another, earlieranthrax weapon, theM114 bomb?
... that one of the few criticisms againstTang Dynasty chancellorDu You was that, after the death of his wife, he married aconcubine?
... that despite producing 123 mph (198 km/h) winds, rainfall from the1941 Florida hurricane reached only 0.35 in (8.9 mm) inMiami, Florida,USA?
... thatmusic critic Claude Rostand describedOlivier Messiaen'sTrois petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine as a "work of tinsel, false magnificence and pseudo-mysticism"?
... that theTampa Bay Rays, aMajor League Baseball team located inSt. Petersburg, Florida, has had a losing record under each ofits four managers?
... that no member of theIndian National Congress political party has been elected asChief Minister of Madras state sinceM. Bhaktavatsalam served from 1963 to 1967?
... thatHal Fryar received a number of complaints fromEnglish teachers because he appeared in a film with the grammatically incorrect titleThe Outlaws Is Coming?

15:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

... that as part of a team led byOliver Lincoln Lundquist,Donal McLaughlin designed a logo(pictured) for the 1945UN Conference on International Organization that became the model for theFlag of the United Nations?
... that theMarble Mountain Wilderness has one of only two stands ofsubalpine fir tree inCalifornia, and both are more than 50 miles (80 km) from the next closest stand in southernOregon?
... thatEnglish primary schoolWatercliffe Meadow's decision to call itself "a place of learning" rather than a "school" was attacked as being toopolitically correct?
... that the 20-storeyGillender Building, built in 1897, was demolished only thirteen years later to make way for14 Wall Street?
... that in a May 1983 attack oncommunist partisans, forces of thePatriotic Union of Kurdistan killed 150 communist cadres in northernIraq?
... that abolitionistCharles Bennett Ray was the first black student enrolled atWesleyan University in 1832, only to have his enrollment subsequently revoked after complaints from white students?
... that the Swedish culture magazineArtes often featured futureNobel Prize in Literature laureates when edited byÖsten Sjöstrand, a member of theSwedish Academy?
... that the talent ofNorwegian ski jumperJon Aaraas was first discovered inkindergarten?

09:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatbird's nest fungi from the genusCrucibulum(Crucibulum laeve pictured) rely on falling rain to help disperse theirspores?
... thatJohn II, Bishop of Jerusalem, consecrated theChurch of the Holy Zion on the day ofYom Kippur 394 CE?
... that the AmericanM47 bomb had a steel cover just 1/32 of an inch thick, causing it to leak when it carriedsulfur mustard?
... that 12-year-old actressCaitlin Sanchez, selected to perform the voice of the title character inNickelodeon'sDora the Explorer, grew up as a fan of the show with a Dora-themed bedroom and backpack?
... that theCanadian Parliamentary deadlock due to the "In and Out"political scandal was one of reasons for thesnap election of 2008?
... that the characteristics ofiminoglycinuria include the presence ofglycine andimino acids in the urine, and aside from that it is considered to be a relativelybenign disorder?
... thatDorothy Sarnoff taught presentation skills toU.S. President Jimmy Carter that included having him tone down his smile?
... that the power station that powered theTerminal Arcade'sinterurbans from 1907 to 1940 had a999-year lease?

01:42, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

... that theWhite-faced Heron's(pictured) techniques to find food include standing still and waiting for prey, walking slowly in water, wing flicking, foot raking or chasing prey with open wings?
... thatEdward Stirling Dickson, who would eventually rise to the rank ofVice-Admiral, joined theRoyal Navy in 1772, at the age of seven?
... that the original screenplay forA Life of Her Own was deemed "shocking and highly offensive" for its portrayal of "adultery and commercialized prostitution" and rejected by theBreen Office?
... that in theBattle of Sio,Papuan Corporal Bengari and his five companions ambushed 29Japanese soldiers and killed them all before they could fire a shot?
... thatABC'sHoward K. Smith: News and Comment was cancelled afterSmith aired a controversial and, as it proved, premature program in 1962 titled "The PoliticalObituary ofRichard M. Nixon"?
... thatFrançois Charles Archile Jeanneret was a student, chairman, and principal at theUniversity of Toronto before becoming its 22ndChancellor in 1959?
... thatOperations Parthenon,Boris,Finery,Shed andPlan Giralda were allBritish plans for military intervention inZanzibar following the1964 revolution?
... that the educationalNintendo DS video gamefutureU helps students prepare for theSATs?

5 January 2009

19:11, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

... that only one original building,St Michael and All Angels Church(pictured), survives in the former village ofLowfield Heath—destroyed by the expansion ofLondon Gatwick Airport?
... thatPaul Verner fled Germany's nationalists and fought as a volunteer in theInternational Brigades during theSpanish Civil War?
... that atrading post was set up inKangirsuk, Quebec, in 1921 but theInuit did not settle there permanently until the 1960s?
... that theBattle of Suez was the last major battle of theYom Kippur War?
... thatAverill Park Central School District encompasses an area of approximately 120 square miles (310 km²)?
... thatTang Dynasty officialZhao Zongru served under six emperors—Emperors Dezong,Shunzong,Xianzong,Muzong,Jingzong, andWenzong?
... thatpolyamino carboxylic acid compounds have extensive applications inchemical,biomedical andenvironmental sciences?
... that in 1978,American football fullbackRoland Harperrushed for 992 yards for theChicago Bears, falling just 8 yards short of 1,000 in the same season teammateWalter Payton rushed for 1,395 yards?

13:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

... that thetiger in theCoat of arms of Singapore(pictured) representsMalaysia?
... that one of Russia's most famous writers,Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was a proponent of theRussian autocracy?
... that theCape Grim massacre, in which fourshepherds killed up to thirtyTasmanian aborigines, was an escalation of a previous fight over women?
... that theSouthworth House has been aretirement home, afraternity house, and an office building inCleveland, Ohio?
... that players in the video gameI Love Katamari control a highly adhesive ball which is used to run over and collect objects of increasing size to make the ball bigger?
... that theIrish Independent noted the "scattergun screech" ofDirty Epics vocalist Sarah Jane Wai O'Flynn?
... thatbaseball playerEsix Snead stole 507 bases in theminor-leagues but had just fourstolen bases in themajor leagues?
... thatSimon Cowell signed theTeletubbies to his record label for theirhit single "Teletubbies say Eh-oh!"?

06:40, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatAlexander John Scott(pictured),Nelson'schaplain atTrafalgar, was once struck bylightning while asleep in hiscabin?
... that theEast Ghor Main Canal diverts nearly all the annual flow of theYarmouk River forirrigation inJordan?
... thatJoseph Dennie was one of the foremostmen of letters in the United States during theFederalist Era?
... that the prelude toOperation Pleshet sawIsrael use its first ever fighter plane, theAvia S-199?
... thatAlvah Chapman, Jr. helped orchestrate the 1974 merger of Knight Newspapers and Ridder Publications to formKnight Ridder, the largest such transaction as of that time?
... that a member of theMontana National Guard ended ariot at theMontana State Prison by firing aWWII bazooka at the southwest tower of Cellblock 1?
... that theScottish Six Days Trial has been running since 1909 making it the oldestmotorcycle trials event in the world?
... that the Virginia Board of Censors found the 1927race filmThe House Behind the Cedars "so objectionable, in fact, as to necessitate its total rejection"?

00:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

... that by winning the2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 30-metremaxi yachtWild Oats XI(pictured) set a new record of four wins in a row?
... thatPaul Boucherot and his partnerGeorges Claude built anocean thermal energy conversion plant inCuba as long ago as 1926?
... thatKelly Point, where theWillamette River meets theColumbia River in Oregon, was part of the former Pearcy Island?
... thatJerzy Putrament, a Polish communist writer and politician, in his youth flirted with the right-wingendecja movement?
... thatHarperCollins publishedthe Green Bible with passages mentioning the environment printed in green ink?
... that "The Flying Parson"Gil Dodds, record holder in the mile run in the 1940s, suffered ahernia in high school and ran with atruss to protect himself?
... thatquantitative precipitation forecasts are issued up to five days into the future within theUnited States by theHydrometeorological Prediction Center?
... that amessenger pigeon namedCommando received theDickin Medal in 1945 for carrying crucial intelligence from agents inoccupied France toBritain duringWorld War II?

4 January 2009

18:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

... that, while serving aschancellor,Tang Dynasty officialCui Sun was responsible for rebuilding or repairing the funereal palaces at eight imperial tombs, one of which wasQianling(pictured)?
... thatRabbiJoshua L. Liebman’sself-help bookPeace of Mind spent more than a year at #1 on theNew York Times Best Seller list?
... that theDjibouti Francolin, acritically endangered species ofbird, is only known from two isolated locations inDjibouti?
... thatZaprešić is the most densely populated city inZagreb County,Croatia?
... thatJune Buchanan, co-founder ofAlice Lloyd College, was mayor ofPippa Passes, Kentucky?
... that the crash ofTurkish AirlinesFlight 634 on 8 January 2003 was the worst crash involving aBAe 146?
... that longtimeAlbert Speer associateRudolf Wolters briefly worked with futureWest German presidentHeinrich Lübke in 1945 in an architectural office inHöxter?
... that the2008 New York Giants became the fifthNational Football League team to havetwo players rush for at least 1,000 yards,Brandon Jacobs andDerrick Ward?

11:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

... that at age 17 years and 331 days,Polish hammer throwerKamila Skolimowska(pictured) was the youngestOlympic champion in the2000 Summer Olympics?
... that theNintendo DS video game,Cradle of Rome, requires that players match jewels of the same type to build theRoman Empire?
... that the formerYoungstown and Southern Railway,Ohio's lastinterurban, was out of service for five years after being illegally sold to a scrap dealer?
... thatChoa Chu Kang Community Library was the firstlibrary inSingapore to install self-check machines for borrowing and returning of books?
... thatTerrence Oglesby, a United States citizen, was the leading scorer for Norway's basketball team in theFIBA Europe Under-20 Championship?
... that the final screen role ofBAFTA Award winning actor SirNorman Wisdom was that of avicar in the 2007 British short filmExpresso?
... that RabbiArnold Jacob Wolf supportedBarack Obama's 1996Illinois Senate bid, telling him "someday you will beVice President of the United States", to which Obama replied "Why vice president?"
... thatLeaving Springfield is a non-fictionanthology of essays analyzing the impact of the television programThe Simpsons on society?

05:22, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

... that according to tradition,al-Khadra Mosque(pictured) in present-dayNablus is situated at the site whereJacob, abiblical patriarch, was presented with a blood-soakedtunic belonging to his lost sonJoseph?
... that "Barack the Magic Negro" is a controversialsatirical song byPaul Shanklin which refers toBarack Obama as amagical Negro?
... thatEast German Olympic bronze medalistWilfried Hartung was once married to two-time Olympic silver medalistGabriele Wetzko?
... that thefishing industry in theUnited States operates the largestexclusive economic zone in the world?
... that authenticPicón Bejes-Tresviso cheese must be matured in traditionallimestone caves until covered inBrevibacterium linens, the bacterium responsible for humanfoot odour?
... thatCisero Murphy was the firstAfrican American professionalpocket billiards player to ever win a World or U.S. National billiard title?
... that theCity of Clarence,Tasmania, was established in the traditional hunting grounds of theMoomairemener, eventually leading to theBlack War?
... thatArthur Ransome'sfictional pirateNancy Blackett, captain of theAmazon, does not use her real nameRuth because "Amazons are ruthless"?

3 January 2009

23:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatHwanbyeokdang(pictured), apavilion inSouth Korea, is associated with a tale regarding adragon and 16th century poetJeong Cheol?
... thatInvincibles membersColin McCool,Doug Ring andRon Hamence referred to themselves as "ground staff" because they were rarely given an opportunity to playcricket?
... thatIndependence Dam State Park inDefiance County,Ohio, is named for a dam built for theMiami and Erie Canal and features some of the canal's ruins?
... thatAlec Bennett, riding theCS1 on its first race, won theIsle of Man Senior TT in 1927?
... that news ofRufus T. Bush's victory in atransatlantic yacht race took up the whole front page of theNew York Times on March 28, 1887?
... that although done in spurts, it took until the mid-20th century to finish pavingPennsylvania Route 664?
... that thepiriform shape of theuterus is given as the reason for thepredominance ofcephalic presentations atterm?
... that thechorus melody of "Be Alright", a track fromDecembeRadio's 2008 albumSatisfied, was written bybassist/vocalist Josh Reedy while showering?

13:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatJohn L. Stevens(pictured), a formerUniversalist pastor, helped stage a coup in theKingdom of Hawai'i to overthrowQueen Lili'uokalani in 1893?
... that inScotland, anybody who tries to prevent a mother frombreastfeeding in a legally permitted public place can be fined up to£2,500?
... that in 1965,East German politicianAlbert Norden accused 1,900 politicians and other prominent personalities inWest Germany of having worked for theNazi regime?
... that the 1774Schiehallion experiment to calculate thedensity of theEarth also made the first use ofcontour lines to represent height?
... thatTime magazine predicted"Big Bill" Watson, the first African-American to win the U.S. decathlon championship, would be America's No. 1 hero at the1940 Olympics, later cancelled due toWorld War II?
... that thespecific epithet of themushroom speciesCrepidotus versutus is derived from theLatin word meaning "clever"?
... that the song "The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino", one of the best-known Polish war songs, was written during theBattle of Monte Cassino in May 1944?
... that in 1926,Albert Einstein solved thetea leaf paradox, which states that if thetea in ateacup is stirred, thetea leaves will collect in the middle rather than at the edges?

06:58, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

... that all species of theNew Zealand parrot familyNestoridae (Kākā pictured) are eitherendangered or have goneextinct due to human activity?
... thatLieutenant GeneralStanley A. McChrystal commanded theJoint Special Operations Command forces responsible for the death ofAl-Qaeda in Iraq leaderAbu Musab al-Zarqawi?
... that theCretaceous terrestrialcrocodilianAraripesuchus is known from five distinct species, two fromAfrica and the other three fromSouth America?
... that, in 1935,Jimmie Guthrie set five world speed records on aNorton International at the concrete bowl track inMontlhéry, France?
... that the earlyChola naval ships from the 1st century had a rudimentary flame thrower and a catapult-type weapon?
... thatWinlock W. Steiwer founded the first bank inWheeler County, Oregon, after he had pled guilty during theOregon land fraud scandal?
... thatEmil Løvlien was the last member of theNorwegian Parliament to be elected from theCommunist Party ticket?
... thatLarry Dierker is the onlyHouston Astros manager to have had hisuniform number retired by theHouston Astros franchise ofMajor League Baseball?
... thatSuper Mario Kart sold eight million copies, making it the third highest-sellingSuper Nintendo Entertainment System game of all time?

00:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

... that there are sixmonarchies in Oceania and five of them shareQueen Elizabeth II(pictured) as their respectivehead of state?
... thatWilliam Phelps wasforeman of the firstgrand jury in colonial America and played a key role in establishing the first writtendemocratic town government atWindsor, Connecticut, in 1657?
... thatChris Robinson invitedBuffalo Killers to open forThe Black Crowes on a 2007 tour after hearing their 2006 albumBuffalo Killers?
... that, after returning to his nativeEngland,New York composerManuel Klein suffered a trauma during theZeppelin attacks in London duringWWI that reportedly contributed to his early death?
... that theal-Muallaq Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Dhaher al-Omar inAcre,Israel, is located on the site of the town's ancientsynagogue?
... that theTang Dynasty officialZheng Yuqing restored the use of drums in palace music, after drums had been abolished in light of rebellions to avoid alarming the populace?
... that theGerman-language socialist newspaperVolkswille inKatowice,Poland, went from daily to weekly publication after the 1933Nazi takeover stopped the newspaper's financial subsidies fromGermany?
... thatfootballerAbe Hartley used to place a rolled-upcigarette behind his ear prior tokick-off and then smoke it in thechanging room athalf-time?

2 January 2009

18:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the stems ofAsclepias cordifolia(pictured), or Heart-leafmilkweed, were made into rope and string by theMiwok and used for skirts and capes?
... thatOwain Gwynedd ledWelsh forces to victory against KingHenry II of England at theBattle of Crogen in 1165?
... that in 1872,Western University inKansas,USA, selectedCharles Henry Langston,abolitionist, politician and future grandfather of poetLangston Hughes, as principal of its newnormal school?
... thatgenopolitics studies thegenetic basis of political behavior and attitude?
... thatNoel Dossou-Yovo is presently President of theProfessors World Peace Academy in the Republic ofBenin?
... that afterNazi Germany'sannexation ofAustria in 1938, the parliamentarians of theGerman Christian Social People's Party inCzechoslovakia joined theSudeten German Party?
... that theLiberty shipSS Timothy Bloodworth was the first ship to be hit by aV-2 rocket?
... thatRobert McKechnie was theUniversity of British Columbia's longest-servingchancellor?

11:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

... that the pillars of the cancelledBangkok Elevated Road and Train System project(pictured) have been described as "aBangkok version ofStonehenge"?
... thatTurkish femaleaviatorNezihe Viranyalı was educated incivil aviation at theUniversity of Tennessee following an invitation by the renowned American pilotJacqueline Cochran?
... that theboga, an improvised plastic cannon used inNew Year's celebrations in thePhilippines, has been banned by the government since 2006?
... thatMario Menéndez, who was thegovernor of theFalkland Islands, surrenderedArgentine forces tothe United Kingdom during the 1982Falklands War?
... that thehistory of Switzerland in the Roman era includes about 300 years of peace and prosperity?
... thatRoderigue Hortalez and Company was a fictitiousfront organization set up byFrance to helpAmerican revolutionaries fightEngland?
... thatkibbutzRe'im has started a project to become the first community inIsrael with its domestic power consumption provided entirely bysolar energy?
... thatDave Fanning described2TV as "not rocket science, it's moron television"?

05:33, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

... that for most of itshistory,Champagne(pictured) waspinkish and non-sparkling?
... thatDeShawn Sims is the firstMichigan Wolverines men's basketball player to have at least 20points and 20rebounds in a single game sincePhil Hubbard did so in the1977 NCAA Tournament?
... that theengine block of theScott Flying Squirrelmotorcycle was painted either green or red for racing or road, respectively?
... that the owner ofFairhope Plantation nearUniontown, Alabama, organized his ownartillery unit during theAmerican Civil War?
... thatAustralian cricketerErnie Toshack, tired of signingautographs, had a friend sign for him, who incorrectly signedToshak?
... that theCobb and Frost-designedChicago Opera House, built 1884–85, was one of the first buildings constructed usinggeneral contracting?
... that themonastery ofChampmol was founded in 1383 as the dynastic burial-place of theValois Dukes of Burgundy, but only ever contained two monumental tombs?
... thatPeter Benchley wanted to write about pirates, but editorThomas Congdon preferred his idea for anovel about sharks that became the bestsellerJaws?

1 January 2009

23:26, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatDon Tallon(pictured) was preferred asAustralia's first-choicewicket-keeper overRon Saggers during theInvincibles tour, despite conceding a higher rate ofbyes in the warm-up matches?
... thatIolani Luahine, considered the high priestess of the ancienthula, was said to be able to "call up the wind and the rain" and to "make animals do her bidding"?
... thatGrower Champagnes have been described as "artisanal winemaking" for their focus onterroir rather than on producing a consistent "house style" that is associated with largerChampagne houses?
... thatFrancis S. Hoyt, the first President ofWillamette University inOregon,USA, graduated fromWesleyan University, a school his father helped to found?
... that theSri Lankan Army'sLRRP, a covertspecial operations unit, has assassinated several top levelTamil Tigers commanders during theSri Lankan civil war?
... thatWalter Galbraith selected anAccrington Stanley team of elevenScots for anEnglish Football League match?
... thatIsrael has the highestsolar energy useper capita in the world?
... that at the 41stInternational Eucharistic Congress,Lutheran Church in America PresidentRobert J. Marshall received a lengthy standing ovation after opening with the two words "Fellow Christians"?

15:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

... thatProsecco, an Italiansparkling wine increasingly popular internationally, is believed to have also been produced inAncient Roman times?
... that the extent ofrainbands around atropical cyclone can be used to determine its intensity?
... that filmmakerDaniel St. Pierre led the team that developed theDeep Canvas system for theanimated filmTarzan for enhancing the apparent depth of backgrounds?
... that whenBrackley railway station was visited by theRoyal Train in 1950, theKing andQueen had to step on a box when leaving the train because its door was far above theplatform?
... that theSituationist pamphletOn the Poverty of Student Life accused French students of taking refuge from theirideological subservience in miserabilism andbohemianism?
... thatAlfred Stieglitz'sEquivalents series of cloud photographs are regarded as the earliest examples ofabstract photographic art?
... that theColombo Cricket Club Ground, a small multi-use stadium inSri Lanka, has hosted threeTest matches?
... that afterLavrentiy Beria was arrested in June 1953,Sergei Kruglov succeeded him as the Soviet Union'sMinister of Internal Affairs?
... thatThe Beggar's Benison was aScottish gentlemen's club devoted to "the convivial celebration of male sexuality"?

09:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

... that asChampagne ages on itslees(pictured), thebreakdown of yeast cells imparts unique flavors ofacacia,biscuits andnuttiness as well as a creamymouth feel?
... thatMcIDAS software has been used to processmeteorological data and images fromspace probes?
... thatillustrated medieval chronicles are among the first works ofSwiss historiography?
... that a schoolteacher from theU.S. state ofOhio donated the first 14 acres (5.7 ha) ofMary Jane Thurston State Park, named in her honor?
... that theZarqa River, which is Jordan's third largest, is so polluted that it is considered an "environmental blackspot"?
... that thesarin-filledM125 bomblet was asub-munition in theM34 cluster bomb and four Americanmissile systems?
... that theAlberta Taciuk Process, an above-ground dry thermal retorting technology, is named after its inventor William Taciuk and theAlberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority?
... that the isolation ofantibodies andflu viruses from birds onTryon Island, acoral cay off the coast ofQueensland,Australia, led to the development ofantiviral drugs, such asTamiflu?
... thatBrett Sutter became the eighth member of theSutter family to play in theNational Hockey League when he made his debut for theCalgary Flames on December 23, 2008?

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2009/January&oldid=1019716401"

Hidden categories:

[8]ページ先頭

©2009-2025 Movatter.jp