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31 January 2010

18:00, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

... that inEarly Medieval artChrist treading on the beasts(pictured) often showedChrist trampling on a lion,asp,basilisk anddragon, all representing the devil?
... thatBernard de Lattre de Tassigny, son of French World War II heroJean de Lattre de Tassigny, was one of 21 sons of French marshals and generals to be killed in theFirst Indochina War?
... that theSOE assassination operationBittern received severe criticism from theNorwegian resistance movement?
... thatLý Anh Tông, the sixth emperor of theLý Dynasty, was considered the first ruler ofĐại Việt who promotedBuddhism as thestate religion?
... that after a quiet tour,ball tampering allegations and problems with the review system caused controversy in the third and fourthTests of theEngland–South Africa series in 2009–10?
... thatPirot-bornKrastyo Krastev, the first professionalBulgarian literary critic, was ashorthand writer for theNational Assembly of Bulgaria while still a schoolboy?
... thatNallathambi marked the film debut forC. N. Annadurai, who later went on to becomeChief Minister ofTamil Nadu?
... that during the2001–02 season,Hibernian F.C. sackedmanager Franck Sauzee just 69 days after he had been appointed?
12:00, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

... that five of theseven German battlecruisers(SMS Von der Tannpictured) took part in theBattle of Jutland, where they sank three of their British rivals?
... that at age 19,Felix Barker became the youngestdrama critic working onFleet Street?
... that theNgwenya Mine inSwaziland is one of the oldestmines in the world?
... that 28 people died in a 1922 fire in thePalacio de la Aduana inMálaga,Spain?
... thatJohn Usher wascalled to the Bar and made an HonoraryBencher ofLincoln's Inn at the same time?
... that thebarbeled houndshark is the onlyshark with a sphericalplacenta?
... that ifrugby union playerTom Prydie appears forWales in the2010 Six Nations, he will become the youngestcap in the team's history?
... that theBBC Radio 4 panel gameAct Your Age was voted by readers of theBritish Comedy Guide the "Worst British Radio Panel Show/Satire 2008"?
06:00, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

... that nearly 25% of all thewine grapes grown inMendocino County(pictured) are farmedorganically – the largest percentage of anyCalifornia county?
... that thecharacter actorTom Greenway, shot down as a pilot inWorld War II, spent more than a year inItalian andGerman POW camps?
... that inMinuscule 545iota adscript occurs up toLuke 1:77, then ceases?
... thatConcordia University inPortland, Oregon, is opening alaw school inBoise, Idaho?
... that the land on whichCiudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, stands was underLake Texcoco until the early 20th century?
... that the1925 Rochester Jeffersons season included the final seven games of a twenty-three game streak without a victory?
... that thehieroglyphic inscriptions at theEarly Classic Maya city ofBejucal in northernGuatemala were all made within a narrow 40-year period?
... thatBarack Obama'smost recent State of the Union address was almost scheduled to preempt the broadcast of "LA X", thefinal season premiere of the television showLost?
00:00, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

... that pioneering aeroplane pilot and racing driverHenri Rougier won the inauguralMonte Carlo Rally in hisTurcat-Méry car(pictured)?
... that the omissions due tohomoioteleuton are unusually frequent inMinuscule 544?
... thatFritz Bultman, an originalAbstract Expressionist of theNew York School, missed a photo shoot for theLife magazine article that established his colleagues' reputations?
... thatGuyanese presidentForbes Burnham was president of theGuyana Labour Union twice, from 1952 to 1956 and again from 1963 to 1965?
... that thecharacter actorTom Greenway, shot down as a pilot inWorld War II, spent more than a year inItalian andGerman POW camps?
... thatElders Colonial Airways ceased flying toBathurst inThe Gambia after itsShort Scion Senior sank in the city's harbour in August 1939?
... thatJohn Douglas' design for78–94 Foregate Street, Chester was so unlike any of his previous architectural styles that it "shocked the City Council Improvement Committee"?
... thatDavid Haig-Thomas who rowed forGreat Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics was an ornithologist, arctic explorer and commando officer who was killed in action onD-Day?

30 January 2010

18:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatJacob Svetoslav(pictured on coin), a 13th-centuryBulgarian noble ofRussian origin and ruler ofVidin, twice changed allegiance betweenHungary and Bulgaria and vice versa before possibly being poisoned?
... that during the 1960sAir Guinée was managed byAlaska Airlines andPan American World Airways, each for a short time?
... thatbasketball playerBill Spivey sued theNational Basketball Association andits commissioner in 1960, claiming that the leagueblacklisted him?
... that in 1894, after thePall Mall Gazette mocked what became theViking Society for Northern Research, a member wrote, "The fiercest warriors, even savages, drink tea and coffee nowadays"?
... that settlement money given to the city to close theHarbour Island People Mover was utilized in the creation of an endowment to cover the operating costs of theTECO Line Streetcar inTampa, Florida?
... thatCharles Terront used a prototype pneumatic tyre made byEdouard Michelin when he won the inauguralParis-Brest-Paris cycle race in 1891?
... that on the brink of theAmerican Civil War, there was a movement in themid-Atlantic states tosecede from the Union and form aCentral Confederacy?
... thatJohn Smith, a noted 18th centuryLondon housebreaker, managed to avoidexecution three times, and was eventuallytransported toVirginia?
12:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theHatadage,Nissanka Latha Mandapaya, andRankoth Vehera(pictured) were all built by KingNissanka Malla of Sri Lanka?
... that in the United Kingdom, themilitary offence oflooting carries a maximum penalty oflife imprisonment?
... that whenTownsville financial advice companyStorm Financial collapsed in 2009, victims included cricketerAndrew Symonds, who lost at leastAU$1 million?
... that former actressEsme Church founded a theatre school in Bradford, England, where stars such asTom Bell,Bernard Hepton andRobert Stephens received their training?
... that the mayors of sixParisian suburbs took part in founding theSocialist-Communist Union in 1923?
... that theAlfie Atkins children's book series by Swedish authorGunilla Bergström has been translated into twenty-nine different languages and sold over eight million copies worldwide?
... that if anyone appeals to thePashtunwali doctrine ofNanawatai, even his sworn enemy will have to give himsanctuary?
... thatArne Rettedal,county mayor of Rogaland from 1988 to 1991, died on the birthday of his successorOdd Arild Kvaløy?
06:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

... that although it was first classified as areptile, the extinctgenusBatropetes(restoration pictured) is now known to be amicrosaur amphibian?
... that formerLouisiana State SenatorLawson Swearingen in 1990 cast one of three critical votes to sustainGovernor Buddy Roemer'sveto of a restrictive anti-abortion bill?
... that the900 South station was the firstinfill station constructed as part of theUTA TRAX light rail system inSalt Lake City,Utah?
... thatShenandoah andAlison Krauss' "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" won aGrammy Award in 1995, and itsb-side "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)" was also nominated for one?
... that in 1916,William Gilbert Gosling's 12-man governing commission ofSt. John's, Newfoundland, allowed for legal proceedings to be instigated against the town'stax evaders?
... that theHill 50 Gold Mine wasAustralia's most profitable mine between 1955 and 1961?
... that during the construction of theManila Film Center, its scaffolding collapsed, where at least 169 workers fell and were buried under quick-drying wet cement?
... thatDiane Keaton accepted the lead role inSister Mary Explains It All because she thought she couldn't do it?
00:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

... that of the sixtorpedoes fired toscuttle(result pictured) theRussian pre-dreadnought battleshipSlava during theBattle of Moon Sound in 1917, only one worked?
... that one of the patrons ofThe Ypres League wasPrincess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, whose son,Prince Maurice of Battenberg, had died inWorld War I at theFirst Battle of Ypres?
... thatBob Matthewson, an Englishfootballer andreferee, was recently portrayed in the 2009 filmThe Damned United?
... that forty-three butchers' shops were built around the outside ofBorough Market inHalifax, England, along with threepubs?
... thatBracetti Plaza, anNYCHA development in theEast Village,New York City, is named afterMariana Bracetti?
... thatScorpions were transported toCyprus in 1974 to protect the BritishSovereign Base Areas during theTurkish Invasion?
... that 13-year-oldEmer Jones's "Research and Development of Emergency Sandbag Shelters" helped her win the 2008Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, the youngest ever and her school's debut?
... that theNanodragster is ananocar which is 50,000 times thinner than a human hair and has a top speed of 0.014 millimeters per hour?

29 January 2010

18:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

... that duringEngland'sPeasants' Revolt in 1381,William d'Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk(pictured) had to flee the rebels disguised as agroom?
... that theLouisiana State Rep.H. Lawrence Gibbs in 1956 authored legislation which outlawed social events and athletic contests including bothAfrican Americans and whites?
... that the blindcrustaceanPolycheles typhlops preys onfish and on other crustaceans, probably acting as anambush predator?
... that whenJames Cudworth introduced the0-4-4T to theSouth Eastern Railway, they were the first locomotives of thiswheel arrangement inEngland?
... thatStarobrno Brewery annually produces a special batch of greenbeer distributed only onMaundy Thursday?
... that despite being a famouspre-war career criminal with a very controversialwar record,Johannes "The Yellow Cheese" Andersen gained the friendship and patronage of KingHaakon VII of Norway?
... that the Swedish zooSkånes Djurpark displays almost a hundred different animal species, most of which are part of theNordic fauna?
... thatChekhov'sWhite Dacha inYalta, where he wrote his finest works, was visited byLeo Tolstoy,Feodor Chaliapin,Sergei Rachmaninoff,Maxim Gorky,Leonid Kuchma andVladimir Putin?
12:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theHindu mythical beastSharabha(pictured, godShiva as Sharabha), described as mightier than the lion and elephant, is included in the list of edible animals in theMahabharata?
... thatBredtveit is one of three women'sprisons inNorway?
... that thecap of the mushroomXeromphalina campanella resembles anavel when the mushroom matures?
... that after retiring fromprofessional wrestling,Ida Mae Martinez was one of the first nurses inBaltimore to work withAIDS patients?
... that the out-of-serviceFairmount Avenue station building still wears the same coat of paint it received in the 1960s?
... thatMuhammad Naguib, who would later lead acoup d'état in Egypt, was relieved of his command of a brigade for its failures in theSecondBattle of Negba?
... that theAmerican Delta blues pianist andsinger,Willie Love, never employed hismusician friend,Sonny Boy Williamson II, on any of his ownrecordings?
... thatscreenwriterIan Brennan wrote the first draft of the musicalcomedy-dramaGlee with the aid ofScreenwriting for Dummies?
06:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

... that completion of theHoward A. Hanson Dam(pictured) in 1961 ended a 70-year era offlooding in theGreen River Valley, and by 1996, the dam had prevented an estimatedUS$694 million in flood damages?
... that thewestern outlawL.H. Musgrove "calmly puffed a cigar to its bitter butt" as he awaitedhanging byvigilantes inDenver,Colorado, in 1868?
... that 13 and 14-year-oldLiam McCarthy and John D. O'Callaghan achieved fame in 2009 for "The Development of a Convenient Test Method for Somatic Cell Count and Its Importance In Milk Production"?
... thatL'ange de Nisida, anopera semiseria byGaetano Donizetti, was completed but never performed due to the bankruptcy of the theater company Donizetti contracted?
... that in 1991,John C. Ensminger ofMonroe defeated Frank Snellings, the husband ofU.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, for a seat in theLouisiana State Senate?
... that after decommissioning, theCommandant's Quarters of the DearbornArsenal was used as a library,American Legion hall, town hall, police station, school, newspaper office, and finally amuseum?
... thatAmerican football defensive tackleO'Brien Schofield, who completed hiscollege career forWisconsin in2009, is a cousin of theNational Football League veteransVonnie Holliday andBobby Engram?
... thatUnited States Supreme Court associate justiceAntonin Scalia reportedly hates the word"choate", because it is aback-formation from "inchoate"?
00:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theBedford Village Archeological Site inPennsylvania was discovered on the grounds of aliving history museum(pictured)?
... thatJohn Haworth is the onlyBurnley manager to date to have led the team to anFA Cup victory?
... that theClassic Period Maya site ofEl Zotz, inGuatemala, takes its name from the enormous quantity ofbats that live in a cave under the ruins?
... that singer-songwriterGillian Welch met her musical partnerDavid Rawlings at a successful audition for the onlycountry band atBerklee College of Music?
... that many of thecanopies at thelight rail transit stations in theSalt Lake Valley ofUtah are designed to resemble the canopy of theJoseph Smith Memorial Building?
... thatWilliam Ashwell Shenstone, a publishedchemist, listed "experimental work" among his recreations inWho's Who?
... that thePortuguese Socialist Party was the solepolitical party tolerated by the military regime after the28 May 1926 coup d'état?
... thatDonald Goerke inventedSpaghettiOs, choosing the "O" over pasta shaped like baseballs, cowboys, and spacemen, and later ran the company's dog food division?

28 January 2010

18:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatCincinnatus Leconte(pictured),president of Haiti, died when theNational Palace exploded in August 1912, just months after his nephew became the only black man to perish on theTitanic?
... that theSwetman House was known as the "architectural gem" ofSeward, Alaska?
... thatJohn Sheridan commanded thebomb vessel HMS Terror during theBattle of Baltimore, the action that inspired the writing of the poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
... that thedocumentary filmBarricades was shelved for three years byIsraeli television because of the controversy that would result from airing it?
... thatcentenarianDorothy Geeben was the oldestmayor in theUnited States until her death on January 10, 2010?
... that former Canadian Prime MinisterJohn Diefenbaker was initially delighted by the 1975Stringband song "Dief Will Be the Chief Again" but later refused to comment about it?
... that whenGNU Oleo became officially part of theGNU Project, a 1996 article iniX magazine dubbed it as "GNU's response to Excel"?
... thatJan C. Gabriel is credited for the tagline "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!", along with bringingNASCAR andNHRA to television?
12:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

... that beforecaptaining thePinta onColumbus'sfirst voyage,Martín Alonso Pinzón(statue pictured) had already sailed to theCanary Islands andGuinea?
... thatcoal accounts for 86% ofSouth Africa'scarbon dioxide emissions?
... thatJon Hippe, who suggested higher taxes as a way to reduce the gap between rich and poor, was appointed leader of theNorwegian Financial Crisis Committee by theMinistry of Finance?
... that thePhilippine Commission on Elections cited theBible and theKoran to disqualify theAng Ladlad LGBT Party from the2010 party-list election?
... thatVictorian psychiatristL. Forbes Winslow was involved in the cases ofJack the Ripper,Percy Lefroy Mapleton,Florence Maybrick, andAmelia Dyer?
... that in 1920 Hungarian socialists such asSándor Garbai,Zsigmond Kunfi andVilmos Böhm, exiled after the crushing of theHungarian Soviet Republic, founded theVilágosság émigré group?
... that the last two buildings used by theMakawao Union Church were built atop the foundation of a 19th-centurysugarcane mill inMaui,Hawaii?
... thatCultivator No. 6 was an enormous fighting machine conceived byWinston Churchill and developed in Britain early inWorld War II?
06:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

... that after engaging ten German fighters single-handed on 16 August 1917,Alexander Pentland(pictured) found that four bullets had penetrated his flying suit without injuring him?
... that theMarch 18–20, 1956 nor'easter left snow drifts 14 ft (4.3 m) high?
... thatEnoch Cobb left land in his will to be used to raise funds that would benefit public school students of the town ofBarnstable, Massachusetts?
... that USProject Exploration received a Presidential Award for creating collaborations between scientists and students, especially girls and minorities, traditionally underrepresented in science?
... that after scouting him atSouth Carolina, currentPhiladelphia Eagles running backs coachTed Williams advised the Eagles to takeDuce Staley with a third-round draft pick in the1997 NFL Draft?
... that theByzantine emperor Justin II had his cousin, the general and formerconsulJustin, murdered in his sleep as a potential rival to the throne?
... thatThe Black Pearl, a 1996limited series comic book written byMark Hamill and Eric Johnson, was originally written as ascreenplay?
... that theSuite Vollard inCuritiba,Brazil, is the only building in the world in which floors can independently rotate 360° in either direction?
00:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theIsaac M. Wise Temple(pictured) inCincinnati and theOld Main building ofBethany College inWest Virginia are bothU.S. National Historic Landmarks designed by architectJames Keys Wilson?
... thatAndy Hayman, the police officer in charge of investigating the7 July 2005 London bombings, was awarded theCBE for his role?
... thatHurricane Barbara of 1953 uprooted trees left standing intact after the more intenseGreat Atlantic Hurricane of 1944?
... that the assembly of theVermont Republic voted in June 1781 to expand its borders into parts ofNew Hampshire andNew York during theHaldimand Affair?
... thatJohn of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, rescuedEdward II of England from being captured byRobert the Bruce at theBattle of Old Byland?
... that theGreat Western Railwayoperated ships in connection with their trains to provide services toIreland, theChannel Islands andFrance?
... that seed of the flowering shrubBanksia dryandroides made its way fromKing George Sound to the United Kingdom, before it was finally described from plants growing inBayswater, then a London suburb?
... that after being stranded byGhana Airways atBanjul's international airport, a group of disgruntled passengers threatened to burn the airline's aircraft and offices at the airport?

27 January 2010

18:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

... that according toclan tradition, the wife of chiefIain Ciar MacLeod had two of her daughtersburied alive within thedungeon ofDunvegan Castle(pictured)?
... that the EnglishStatute of York has been described as "the end of a period of revolutionary experiments in English government"?
... thatHMS Alcmene'ssurgeon for nearly five years wasWilliam Beatty, who in 1805 attended the dyingHoratio Nelson atTrafalgar?
... that theNorwegian Seamen's Church inSan Pedro, California, is visited by the crews of about 160 Norwegian ships every year?
... that the2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes inBritish Columbia,Canada, are the only recorded earthquakes in theCanadian Cordillera away from thecoast resulting frommagma moving in the Earth?
... thatSamuel Fox helped start the first freeadult school in Britain, atNottingham in 1798?
... thatNational Bolshevik Ernst Niekisch played an important role in formulating the ideological line of theOld Social Democratic Party of Germany?
... that Syrian-AmericanMohammed Loay Bayazid, a former member ofal-Qaeda, was noted for "always teasing bin Laden"?
12:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatSuvarnadurg(pictured), on the west coast of India, which was called a "Golden Fort" and the pride of theMarathas, was a naval fortification built to defend against European colonialist attacks?
... that in 1974 anAir MaliIlyushin Il-18 crashed after performing a night-timeforced landing on the road fromOuagadougou toNiamey, killing at least 47 people?
... thatMinuscule 543, a manuscript of the fourGospels, has additional non-biblical material –Limits of the Five Patriarchates?
... thatMilorg pioneerArne Laudal, who was shot atTrandumskogen in 1944, was honoured with the BritishKing's Commendation for Brave Conduct?
... that according to the 10th centuryJain textDravyasamgraha, thethree jewels ofJainism—rational perception, rational knowledge and rational conduct—are essential for achievingliberation?
... thatAaslaug Aasland wasNorway's first female head of agovernment ministry?
... that the EnglishStatute of Enrolments, believed to have been emergency legislation, contains nopreamble and was drafted by theClerk of the House of Commons rather than a legislator?
... thatEgyptian poetFarouk Shousha has described the decline in the quality ofArabic in Egypt as "an issue of national security"?
06:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

... that American racehorseGoldsmith Maid(pictured) set a worldharness racing record at the age of 17?
... thatDavid Thomas Lenox was the captain of the first wagon train on theOregon Trail to travel all the way toOregon?
... thatThor, scheduled for release in 2011, was envisioned and pitched to20th Century Fox as early as 1990?
... thatclan tradition states thatIain Borb MacLeod was wounded in the head at theBattle of Harlaw in 1411 and that the wound's reoccurring bleeding caused his death 31 years later?
... that theLos Angeles Times wrote in 1914 thatAmerican football playerWalter Rheinschild had been rated as "the highest salaried amateur athlete in the business"?
... that theStark County Courthouse and theZanesville Federal Building are both listed on theU.S. National Register of Historic Places and designed by architectGeorge F. Hammond?
... that in 1862,Senator Samuel Pomeroy ofKansas proposed the colony ofLinconia to fulfill U.S. PresidentAbraham Lincoln's vision forAfrican-American emigration toCentral America?
... that a recent outbreak of "hat mania" surroundingRTÉ reporterPaul Cunningham's "woolly pancake" from "Pakistan's tribal areas" has led to aFacebook campaign for fans to gather in their own hats?
00:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the superior design ofHMS Princess, a formerSpanish ship captured(pictured) in 1740, led to theAdmiralty initiating a series of increases in British warship dimensions?
... that 2001'sEuropean of the YearTommie Gorman's half hour interview witha central figure in the2002 Roy Keane incident became the most viewed television programme of May 2002?
... thatBank Buildings, inBirkenhead,Merseyside, England, was built by theBank of Liverpool, later occupied byMartins Bank, and now houses shops and offices?
... that despite damage from atramway, theDeffenbaugh Site is one of the most valuablearchaeological sites inFayette County, Pennsylvania?
... that in 1985 the Canadian companySound Ideas became the first to release asound effects library oncompact disc?
... that theMastaba ofMereruka,Vizier to kingTeti of thesixth dynasty Old Kingdom period ofAncient Egypt, is the largest and most elaborate of all the non-royal tombs inSaqqara?
... thatZ Special Unit memberF. G. L. Chester gained the nickname "Gort" due to his physical resemblance to theBritish Army Field Marshal John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort?
... that theAmerican wine criticRobert Parker is credited with popularizing the use of numericalwine ratings?

26 January 2010

18:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatmannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland(example pictured) were dominant between 1550 and 1650, when they were finally replaced withbaroque?
... that attorneyWilliam Lair Hillcodified the laws of both thestates ofOregon andWashington?
... that thekrill speciesEuphausia crystallorophias was first described from specimens caught from a hole bored duringRobert Falcon Scott'sDiscovery expedition?
... that Norwegian journalistIvar Hippe is friends with the currentLabour Prime Minister of Norway,Jens Stoltenberg?
... that at theDong Xuan night market inHanoi, one can not only buy goods but also enjoy traditional performances such asca trù orxẩm?
... that theChester architectJohn Douglas showed his designs forWrexham Road Farm, Eccleston, andSaighton Lane Farm at theRoyal Academy in 1888?
... that in 2001 theRichland County Public Library was named National Library of the Year by theLibrary Journal and theGale Group?
... that one of the victims in arecent rare shooting inHabikino,Osaka Prefecture,Japan, was the gunman's mother-in-law?
12:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thewine industry in the Barossa Valley(pictured) was founded byGerman immigrants fleeingpersecution from thePrussian province of Silesia?
... thatVimcy received an award from theKerala State Sports Council for his lifelong contributions tosports journalism?
... thatMallee Cliffs National Park has no public access in order to preserve themallee eucalyptus habitat of themallee fowl?
... that poetSimbo Olorunfemi'sRhythm of the Coins was described as "a promise that the Nigerian literary scene is not entirely off-course?"
... that theHistoria Ecclesie Abbendonensis, a 12th-century chronicle fromAbingdon Abbey, describes the collapse of the abbey's church tower and the narrow escape the monks had?
... thatNapaljarriartists includeBiddy,Daisy,Susie,Kowai,Wentja,Peggy,Doris,Parara,Eileen,Louisa,Lucy,Helen,Linda,Kitty,Sheila,Valerie,Maggie,Topsy,Nora,Ada,Ngoia,Molly,Mona andNorah?
... that theJain polemic Tamil epicNeelakesi was written as a rebuttal to theBuddhist epicKundalakesi?
... thatGrete Prytz Kittelsen is known as the "Queen ofScandinavian Design"?
06:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

... that after travelling toAustralia in 1888 aboard theRynda(pictured in Sydney) for the colony's26 January centenary,Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich supported expandingrelations between Russia and Australia?
... thatNorthwestern University's appearance in the2003 Motor City Bowl marked the first time aBig Ten team played in thatbowl game?
... that the electors ofInuvik Boot Lake have not voted in aNorthwest Territories general election since1999, as in every election since only one candidate has registered to run?
... that theStar Wars video gameFlight of the Falcon lets the player pilot not only theMillennium Falcon, but also anX-wing, alandspeeder, and aspeeder bike?
... that an 1867Tintaraclaret became the oldest surviving bottle ofAustralian wine after the previous record holder was accidentally broken by aChristie's office cleaner?
... thatBrad Johnson, the deputy Lofty Craig on thewestern TV seriesAnnie Oakley, portrayed one of six unnamed students inRonald Reagan's 1951filmBedtime for Bonzo?
... that thepebble-mound mice of northern Australia construct mounds of stones around their burrows up to 10 m² in area?
... thatBasil Hayden was not only theUniversity of Kentucky's firstAll-American basketball player, but probably also its shortest?
00:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the French poetVictor Segalen admired the fourtortoises(later example pictured) that had glorifiedPrince Ancheng of Kang for almost one and a half millennia?
... that the schools designed byJohn Douglas for the1st Duke of Westminster inEccleston andWaverton,Cheshire, are considered to be the best of his village schools?
... that in November 1931,American country blues harmonicistEddie Mapp was found stabbed to death at the age of 20 on anAtlanta,Georgia, street corner?
... that themolecularly distinctAbrotrichini group of South Americanrodents was not recognized as distinct from theAkodontini until the 1990s?
... that construction innovatorOlav Selvaag startedNorway's first music school?
... that the passage of theA.B. 390 byCalifornia's Public Safety Committee marked the first time inUnited States history that abill legalizingmarijuana passed a legislative committee?
... thatFrederick Hobbs, after singing leading roles from 1914 to 1920 with theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company, became its stage manager and then business manager for the last two decades of his life?
... that theCucuteni-Trypillian people experienced a considerable abundance offood, which contributed to why they had no evidence ofwar throughout their entire existence?

25 January 2010

18:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatTinsley Green inWest Sussex has hosted the WorldMarble Championships(venue pictured) every year since 1932?
... thatNicolas Andry gave the field oforthopedic surgery its name with his 1741 bookOrthopédie?
... that parts 2 and 3 of theBBC television documentary seriesBerlin were watched by approximately one million people in theUnited Kingdom?
... thatYakubu Mu'azu is one of a group ofNigerian former military administrators who formed the United Nigeria Development Forum, a politicalpressure group?
... that upon graduating fromTokyo University of the Arts,Hayato Matsuo went straight to work underKoichi Sugiyama, thecomposer for theDragon Questvideo game series?
... that the last known specimen of theStyre, a once-famous variety ofcider apple, was felled in 1968?
... thatEndre Berner,Bjørn Føyn,Carl Jacob Arnholm,Eiliv Skard,Harald K. Schjelderup andAnatol Heintz were among the professors at theUniversity of Oslo who were arrested byNazis duringWorld War II?
... thatCaptainGeorge Eyre narrowly escaped death in 1810, when he was hit in the head by amusket ball and three others passed through his clothes?
12:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

... that seven generations ofMorya Gosavi(pictured) – a prominent saint of theGanapatya Hindu sect – were worshipped as incarnations of the godGanesha, and his tomb still attracts many Ganesha devotees?
... that when30 Bridge Street, Chester was rebuilt in 1890, it was unique at that period in the city because it was no higher than the building it replaced?
... that, inMontreal, since ashish taouk is not grilled on a skewer, it would better be called a chickenshawarma?
... that in 2001, whenNina Frisak became the first female leader of theNorwegian Office of the Prime Minister, she left the position ofSupreme Court Justice?
... that inrodents, the position of thezygomatic plate varies from nearly horizontal to nearly vertical?
... thatOssetian jurist and politicianAlan Parastaev has been a member of the governments of bothSouth Ossetia andGeorgia?
... thatTowers Watson is world's largestemployee-benefits consulting firm by revenue?
... that up to 2 millionillegal immigrants are estimated to live inPakistan's commercial capitalKarachi alone?
06:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

... that although most famous for inventing theQuarter Pounder(pictured),Al Bernardin felt that his most important contribution toMcDonald's was his development offrozen french fries?
... that although he hascomposed music for over 20video games andconducts theVideo Games Live concert series,Jack Wall has a degree incivil engineering?
... thatembryonic development in thebluntnose stingray does not start until several months aftermating?
... that theToledo Rockets played theBoston College Eagles in the2002 Motor City Bowl, the first time that abowl game was played in then-newFord Field?
... that thepalmAiphanes deltoidea, which occurs across a broad area encompassing parts ofColombia,Peru andBrazil, is present at such low densities that it is considered arare species?
... that in 2009, Member of theLegislative Assembly of NunavutEnuk Pauloosie called on theGovernment of Nunavut to ban all of its employees from flyingAir Canada to support Canada's northern airlines?
... thatYale University's Street Hall (1867), designed by architectPeter Bonnett Wight, was the first collegiate art school in the U.S.?
... that theItalian producerAzienda Agricola Testamatta once had awine banned in theU.S. because of itslabel's suggestive imagery that included theFirenze slang term forfellatio?
00:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theJensen FF(pictured) introducedanti-lock braking systems to the automotive world with theDunlopMaxaret system, promptingSports Illustrated to call it "the safest car in the world"?
... that despite allowing the second most goals in the2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships,Swiss goalieBenjamin Conz was selected an all-star and named the best goaltender of the tournament?
... that during theGreat Northern War, the army that relieved theSiege of Stralsund was forced to surrender when trapped in theSiege of Tönning?
... that musical style ofCzech singerZuzana Navarová was inspired byLatin American music?
... that thetown of Chase, Wisconsin, purchased theDaniel E. Krause Stone Barn and it is planning to create a park to preserve thishistoric barn?
... thatJulius Gehl, the vice president of the Senate of theFree City of Danzig, was amason by profession?
... thatlongnose stingrays are born inrelatively fresh water, move intosaltier water soon after, and then move back into less salty water when theymature?
... thatSt Cuthbert, according to theHistoria de Sancto Cuthberto, caused a Scottish army preparing to fightKing Guthred of Northumbria to be swallowed up by the earth?

24 January 2010

18:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the engines of theRussian pre-dreadnought battleshipEkaterina II(pictured) were disabled when the crew of the battleshipPotemkin mutinied in June 1905 to prevent her from joiningPotemkin?
... that in response to the growingNational Socialist influence, theSocial Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig formed a 4,500-man strong paramilitary force?
... that the2005 Liberty Bowl was the first timeFresno State played acollege football bowl game east of theMississippi River?
... that now-Member of theLegislative Assembly of NunavutPeter Taptuna was a participant in the first and onlyInuit drilling crew on theBeaufort Sea?
... that althoughEsenbeckia runyonii is common in parts ofMexico'sSierra Madre Oriental, thetype specimen was collected from adisjunct population of trees in theRio Grande Valley,Texas?
... thatSt Symphorian's Church inDurrington, West Sussex, was wrecked during theEnglish Civil War byParliamentarian villagers, who disliked their rector'sRoyalist views and unintelligible preaching?
... thatCharles Dickens wrote hisnovelsBleak House,Hard Times,Little Dorrit andA Tale of Two Cities at hisTavistock House home?
... that in response tosightings of Osama bin Laden in the United States, his face was added tofacial recognition programs for the2002 Olympics?
12:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

... that despite losing his right arm and having no formalcivil engineering education,Henry Perrine Baldwin(pictured) oversaw a pioneeringsugarcane irrigation system on theHawaiian island ofMaui in 1876?
... thatCastle Green inLondon was named after acastellated house built from around 1800 that survived until 1938?
... thatMevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the head of theTurkish delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, is also a member of parliament fromAntalya Province?
... thatNigeria'sBakolori irrigation project, one of the world's most expensiveirrigation schemes, adversely affected downstream farming in the floodplains?
... that there was aCzech section of theAustrianRepublikanischer Schutzbund, associated with theCzechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party in Austria?
... thatBritish literary criticClement King Shorter turned his largeBrontë-related literary collection into four books on the sisters?
... that landslides from the1981 Irian Jaya earthquake destroyed 150 homes and cut off transportation for more than 2,000 people?
... thatOlympic freestyle skierPatrick Deneen first skied when he was only 11 months old?
06:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

... that architectFrederick W. Garber based his design for theWalnut Hills High School(pictured) inCincinnati, Ohio, on therotunda ofThomas Jefferson’sUniversity of Virginia?
... that the cover ofThe Byrds' compilation album,History of The Byrds, features the sameDavid Gahr photograph as the band'sGreatest Hits, Volume II album, which had been released just six months earlier?
... thatcomedianRuss Meneve co-founded the "New York Comedians Coalition" in order to negotiate better payment forNew York's comedians?
... that the present-dayHonduran island ofRoatán was the site ofa battle in theAmerican War of Independence on March 16, 1782?
... thatprofessional wrestlerÁngel Blanco was killed in a car accident that left his long-timetag team partnerDr. Wagner aninvalid?
... thatHunter-Schreger bands strengthen theenamel of theincisor inrodents?
... that the American photographerKenneth Josephson is one of the founding members of the Society for Photographic Education?
... thatPrince Rupert's whitepoodleBoye was given the rank ofSergeant-Major-General, and was believed by some to be theDevil in disguise?
00:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

... that it is thought thatRochdale Town Hall(pictured) was so admired byAdolf Hitler that he wanted to ship it, brick-by-brick, toNazi Germany had theUK been defeated inWorld War II?
... that theByzantine generalJustinian plotted twice to overthrow EmperorTiberius II, but was pardoned both times when the plot was discovered?
... thatNottingham Catchfly is thecounty flower ofNottingham, even though it is not found anywhere inNottinghamshire?
... thatNew Zealand's historicArapuni Suspension Bridge received little mention when under construction as it was part of a much larger project?
... thatRhodesian cricketerRay Gripper's score of 279not out in a 1968 game againstOrange Free State was aCurrie Cup record?
... that 51 armedmercenaries attempting to overthrowPresident France-Albert René in 1981 travelled toSeychelles on board aRoyal Swazi National Airways flight?
... thatAndreas Sigismund Marggraf is widely credited with isolation ofzinc though he was not the first to achieve that?
... that in order to play for theAll-American Basketball Alliance, one must be a natural-bornUS citizen "with both parents ofCaucasian race"?

23 January 2010

18:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thePinzón brothers(statue pictured) played so crucial a role inChristopher Columbus'sfirst expedition that some historians credit them as "co-discoverers" of America?
... that theAmerican thoroughbred racehorseMeridian won theKentucky Derby in 1911, establishing a new record time?
... that the firstPremier of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia,Hiram Blanchard, served for less than three months before his party was defeated in an election?
... thatPLO Chairman Yasser Arafat survived the crash of anAir Bissau aircraft during asandstorm in theLibyan desert in 1992?
... thatOrval Prophet was among the earliest Canadian country music artists who recorded in aNashville, Tennessee, studio?
... that the type specimen ofKinkonychelys represents the firstturtle skull described from the pre-Holocene era inMadagascar?
... thatAndy White replacedRingo Starr on drums onThe Beatles's firstsingle, "Love Me Do"?
... that the mushroomClavariadelphus truncatus contains clavaric acid, which slowstumor development inmice?
12:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

... that in the 1990s, theGovernment of Thailand ran a short-livedcaptive breeding program forendangered freshwater stingrays, including themarbled whipray(pictured) and thewhite-edge freshwater whipray?
... that formerstrongmanJoe Rollino, who died at the age of 104, earned five medals, including threePurple Hearts, for military service duringWorld War II?
... that the German chemistRudolf Christian Böttger synthesised the first organocopper compound, the explosivecopper(I) acetylide Cu₂C₂, in 1859?
... thatAustralian government approval of the sale of mining assets includingGolden Grove Mine to a Chinese corporation was only given whenProminent Hill Mine was excluded on national security grounds?
... that a 19th-centuryantiquary considered that asaga character namedLjótólfr was theeponymous ancestor of theClan MacLeod?
... that manyrice rats havepits at the back of their palates recessed into a deep depression?
... that despite describingcounty cricket as being "a little over done",Joseph Gibbs made fivefirst-class appearances forSomerset County Cricket Club?
... thatIndians perform thesecond most Google searches forAyn Rand afterAmericans?
06:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theWilliamson trade-off model(graph pictured), which compares costs and benefits ofhorizontal mergers, has been used by the Americanlegal scholar and formerjudge,Robert Bork, to evaluateantitrust laws?
... that the start and finish of theVia Crucis inSeville, Spain, have both changed over the years, as has the number ofstations of the cross represented?
... thatMichigan halfbackPaul Magoffin later coached theGeorge Washington "Hatchetites" on theWhite House Ellipse?
... that the yellow nectar of the western Australian wildflowerBanksia sphaerocarpa congeals to a thick, olive-green mucus?
... that upon completion in 1151,Anping Bridge in present-dayFujian was the longestbridge inChina till 1905?
... that psychiatristHerbert Spiegel, whose work establishedhypnosis as a legitimate medical therapy, used "Sybil" as a demonstration case for his hypnosis classes atColumbia University?
... that thousands of people watched theAction of 31 July 1793 between British and French frigates from theNew Jersey shoreline?
... thatRoxxxy, described as the world's firstsex robot, has anartificial intelligence engine programmed to learn the owner's likes and dislikes?
00:00, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theUpper Harz Water Regale(pictured), a network of dams, lakes, ditches, and tunnels built between 1536 and 1866 to supply water to the mines of theHarz mountains in Germany, is the largest of its kind in Europe?
... that thecorporate chambers in interwarEstonia were inspired by theexample of Fascist Italy?
... that while atLeeds University, the lateSunday Mirror defence correspondentRupert Hamer wrote a satirical column for thestudent newspaper titled "Rupert Hamer on Friday"?
... that thedestroyerHMS Thanet evacuatedHong Kong on 8 December 1941, just hours after the Japanese began theirattack?
... that thedaisy andpearl stingrays are characterized by a "pearl spine", an enlargeddermal denticle in the middle of their backs?
... that theByzantine generalVitalian led a large-scale revolt againstEmperor Anastasius I, was pardoned and namedconsul by his successor,Justin I, and was murdered seven months into his consulship?
... thatSouth Africa beatHong Kong in the final of the2009 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes by hitting asix off the lastball of the match?
... that the lastexecution by firing squad inFrance took place in 1963 atFort d'Ivry inIvry-sur-Seine,Paris?

22 January 2010

18:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thebleeding tooth fungus(pictured) secretes a red juice that contains ananticoagulant similar inbiological activity toheparin?
... that NorwegianSOE agentOdd Starheim was killed in 1943 when thecoastal steamer he and his team had seized off the coast ofoccupied Norway was sunk byGerman bombers?
... thatSpanish naval officerIgnacio de Arteaga y Bazán led an expedition in 1779 toAlaska, and performed a formal ceremony ofpossession at present-dayPort Etches?
... thatCathy Davey "despised" performing the songs from her debut albumSomething Ilk live?
... thatBeccariophoenix alfredii, a newly discovered species ofpalm tree native toMadagascar, has a similar appearance to theCoconut palm, but iscold hardier?
... that one of Canada's most prolificmass murderers,Dale Nelson, had been still hiding at the scene of his first killing when police left the scene?
... that the video gameObi-Wan's Adventures chronicles the events of the filmStar Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, but from the perspective ofObi-Wan Kenobi?
... thatManchester United Methodist Church inSt. Louis, Missouri, originally had separate doors for men and women?
12:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

... that a study concluded that the ideal temple design described in theHindu textVishnudharmottara Purana is based onDashavatara Temple, Deogarh(sculpture pictured)?
... thatTim Westoll painted more than ten thousandbird species inwatercolour?
... thattufo is aMozambican dance said to have originated when theIslamic prophet Mohammed migrated toMedina?
... that theByzantine-Sassanid War of 602–628 critically weakened both theByzantine andSassanid Empires, allowing the rapidMuslim conquest of Persia,the Middle East, and North Africa?
... that the medieval English monkThomas of Marlborough wrote theChronicon Abbatiae de Evesham to helpEvesham Abbey's legal case againstMauger, Bishop of Worcester?
... thatBetsy Warland edited a collection of essays namedInVersions: Writing by Dykes, Queers and Lesbians which was published in 1991?
... that animals recorded from AustralianPungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary and adjacent waters include theMasked Owl,Spectacled Hare-wallaby,Loggerhead Turtle andShovelnose Shark?
... that theLawless Court had only natural light and charcoal to see and write with, could only end its session when a cock crowed, and arose after the local lord discovered a plot to murder him?
06:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thefruit bodies of the fungusAgaricus texensis(pictured) have adapted to growth in dry habitats?
... that the books of educator andmayor ofHolmestrand, Norway,Fredrik Ording (1870–1929), were still being reissued as late as 1974?
... that during certain points in agrapevine's growing season,irrigation is often withheld in order to put the vine throughwater stress because it is believed to improvewine grape quality?
... thatIlya Chaiken's filmLiberty Kid won Critics' Pick from bothThe New York Times andNew York magazine?
... thatJohn Ash partially owed his 1865 election to theLegislative Assembly of Vancouver Island to theHudson's Bay Company, whose employees constituted the majority of the voting population?
... thatMinuscule 541, a fragmentary manuscript of the New Testament, has an unusual number ofiotacistic errors?
... that1090 Vermont Avenue was one of five new structures built in the late 1970s which helped rejuvenate Vermont Avenue NW inWashington, D.C.?
... that theacronymVorb contained inTama Easton's popularNew Zealand internet forum vorb.org.nz stands for "Vaguely Organised – Ride Bikes"?
00:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

... that British sculptorMarcus Cornish has created a sculpture of the fictionalPaddington Bear(pictured) and a statue of Jesus Christ dubbed "Jesus in Jeans" by the media?
... that theVintners Parrotpub inWorthing,West Sussex, occupies aGrade II-listed Greek Revival-style former wine merchants premises and a Grade II-listed formerMethodist chapel?
... thatWaddell Wilson built the engine used in the firstNASCAR car to exceed 200 miles per hour (320 km/h)?
... that althoughnebulium was discoveredspectroscopically in 1864, it took until 1927 to show that it was actuallydoubly-ionized oxygen?
... that during the1880s, businessmanGuillaume Bresse joined a syndicate which bought a railway from theQuebec government, and sold it toCanadian Pacific Railway for substantial profits?
... that theeggs of theOceanic Gecko have a longincubation period and may take up to 115 days to hatch?
... thatRock 'n' Roll Prophet, the only album on whichRick Wakeman sang lead vocals, received criticising reviews that described it as "goofy", "novelty", and like "pressing the self-destruct button"?
... that the defunctWichita Wind ice hockey team once hadtheir coach and a public relations employee on their roster?

21 January 2010

18:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

... that film directorVicente Aranda used theWharf of the Caravels(pictured), a museum inPalos de la Frontera,Spain, as a set for bothMad Love andTirant lo Blanc?
... that theGaelic Athletic Association'sinter county championships have taken place since 1887?
... thatElton John created the name by which he became famous out of the names of two of the musicians in his previous bandBluesology?
... thatRichard Reid, who in 2001 attempted todetonate a bomb hidden in his shoes aboard an aeroplane, used to attend theBrixton Mosque inLondon,England?
... that plans forSt Werburgh's Mount, Chester, should have been submitted at the same time as those forSt Werburgh Chambers, but were delayed because its architectJohn Douglas was ill?
... thatIsraeli chessGrandmasterRonen Har-Zvi first met his wife playing online chess at theInternet Chess Club?
... that theSchnütgen Museum of religious art inCologne was founded with the collection of a priest known for his "zealous and sometimes crafty collection tactics"?
... that disagreements about the appointment ofJohannes Ording astheology professor atRoyal Frederick University sparked the foundation ofa new school of theology?
12:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

... that tempest-tossed aboard theNiña(replica pictured) while returning from hisfirst voyage,Christopher Columbus and his crewvowed to perform severalvigils andpilgrimages should they live?
... that KingVasabha (67–111 AD) started a new dynasty and pioneered the construction of large scaleirrigation works inSri Lanka?
... that in 2007, three specimens of theCaspian whipsnake were found inGalaţi County, the first inMoldavia (easternRomania) since 1937?
... that theactor-stuntmanPaul Stader broke both heels when he fell from the second floor of a burning building in the filming of the 1949movieMighty Joe Young?
... that theEkaterina II-class battleshipGeorgii Pobedonosets was the only ship of her class to use guns in battle when she fired three rounds at theGoeben during her bombardment ofSevastopol in 1914?
... thatTogolese painter andsculptorPaul Ahyi, who designed theflag of Togo, was inducted as aUNESCO Artist for Peace in 2009?
... thatMeru Betiri National Park inEast Java is known as the last habitat of theJavan Tiger which is now consideredextinct?
... that futureNational Hockey League playerTom Martin was traded by hisjunior team in exchange for a bus?
06:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theBarnsley fern(pictured) was first described by and named after amathematician, and despite its name, it is not a realfern?
... that theactorTyler MacDuff playedBilly the Kid in the 1954filmThe Boy from Oklahoma, which inspired theSugarfoottelevision series?
... thatRobbins Island is the largestfreehold island in theAustralian state ofTasmania?
... that at age 10,fiddlerRuby Jane Smith became the youngest invited player to perform at theGrand Ole Opry?
... that theTopos de Tlatelolco volunteer professional search and rescue team is in Haiti assisting with relief efforts after the2010 Haiti earthquake?
... that the sixteen-year cabinet term ofStephen Kakfwi is the longest in theNorthwest Territories' history?
... thatYukon Eric lost part of his ear after abotched move in aprofessional wrestling match againstWladek Kowalski?
... that theGymnasticon was an eighteenth-centuryexercise machine claimed by its inventor to effectively treatgout,palsy, and other illnesses?
00:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatMazunte(pictured), now home to the Mexican National Turtle Center, was the site of asea turtle slaughterhouse until 1990?
... thatCanadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King rebounded from the 1931Beauharnois scandal to be elected to another 13 years in office?
... thatMel Brooks creditedSidney Glazier, the producer of the originalThe Producers, as "the man who made it happen"?
... that theFebruary 1969 nor'easter resulted in the first time in history that theNew York Stock Exchange closed for a full day due to the weather?
... thatHenry Stafford became1st Baron Stafford despitehis father being executed fortreason?
... thatMickey Cochrane is the onlycatcher inMajor League Baseball history with at least 3,000plate appearances anda career .400on-base percentage?
... that the1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake destroyed all the buildings ofPort-au-Prince, in the French colony ofSaint-Domingue (the futureHaiti)?
... that despite being fired from his first job,English entrepreneurRay Ingleby was a millionaire by the age of 21?

20 January 2010

18:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatSchloss Rosenau, Coburg(pictured), was the "happy birthplace" ofQueen Victoria's husband,Prince Albert?
... that in theBorder Cave ofSwaziland a 35,000 years oldtally stick was found in the 1970s?
... thatRudyard Kipling's 1922 poem,The King's Pilgrimage, describes a journey made byKing George V to theWorld War I cemeteries and memorials being built in France and Belgium?
... that due to the insistence ofJoseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose, the record of debates in theSenate of Canada was translated intoFrench as early as1877?
... that theEuropeangreat raft spider eats smallfish andtadpoles?
... that because of theRwandan Genocide,Air Rwanda stopped operating domestic flights withinRwanda in 1994?
... that comedianWill Arnett starred alongside his real-life wifeAmy Poehler in theParks and Recreation episode,"The Set-Up"?
... thatfashion designerCharles Kleibacker earned the nickname "Master of theBias" for the complex designs of his women's clothing, carefully cut from fabric at a diagonal to the weave?
12:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

... that during theCultural Revolution, after the crosses ofSt. Michael's Cathedral(pictured) inQingdao were cut from its steeples by theRed Guard, they were buried by loyal Catholics to protect them?
... thatJapanese film criticNagaharu Yodogawa did not miss a single appearance in his 36 years as the host ofTV Asahi'sSunday Western Movie Theatre until a week before his death?
... that the origins of thebaptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège, usually dated 1107–1118, have been much disputed byart historians?
... thatEunice W. Johnson, who createdEbony together with husbandJohn H. Johnson in the 1940s, suggested the magazine's title to match that of the fine blackebony wood?
... that the tail of theIndonesianLong-tailed Starling can be longer than its body?
... that researcher Günther Theischinger broke his ribs while on a trip toTasmania to search for thelarva of the dragonflySynthemiopsis?
... thatAfro-Abkhazians may be related to the descendants ofEthiopian Jews, and place names ofAbkhazia resemble those in Ethiopia?
... thatCharles Benham invented a "miniature twin elliptic pendulumharmonograph" described as being "a good means of entertaining friends at home or elsewhere"?
06:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thethorntail stingray(pictured) is one of the subjects of potentialstingray ecotourism atHamelin Bay, Western Australia?
... that architects in thePretzinger family designed several buildings inDayton, Ohio, that are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places, including theDayton Daily News Building?
... thatMaking Our Economy Right, afree market think tank inBangladesh, was established in 1991 by Nizam Ahmad?
... that the founder ofNassau Valley Vineyards had to lobby theDelaware legislature and even draft the bill that overturned the state'sProhibition-era laws which bannedwine production?
... that architectGeorge J. Wimberly came to Hawaii in 1940 as ajourneyman architect doing naval work atPearl Harbor before establishing a successful reputation for the design ofresorts?
... that traversing all the guns of theRussian pre-dreadnought battleshipChesma to one side as far as they could go produced alist of 7.6°?
... that the German chemistLorenz von Crell published thefirst periodical focusing on chemistry in 1778?
... that no man could own stock in theWoman's Temperance Publishing Association?
00:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theRed Army prevented the incompleteBorodino class battlecruiserIzmail(pictured) from being converted to acarrier by gaining control of a commission appointed to review the needs of the Navy?
... thatIsaac Crewdson's bookA Beacon to the Society of Friends triggered a split in theQuakers which was like a "volcanic explosion"?
... thatMertens' Water Monitors are threatened by poisoning from eatingCane Toads?
... thatKentucky political bossThomas Rhea was instrumental in getting delegates fromSouthern states to vote to nominateFranklin D. Roosevelt forpresident at the1932 Democratic National Convention?
... thatBertrand Tavernier's 1996 filmCapitaine Conan is based on a 1934 novel by Roger Vercel?
... that in 1919 Hungarian and German social democrats in Slovakia formeda party of their own, as they differed with theSlovak social democrats on theHungarian Soviet Republic?
... that CaptainCedric Howell was awarded theDSO for bringing down eightCentral aircraft in a four-day period in July 1918, including destroying five in a single action against ten or fifteen planes?
... that nearly half of allhorse chestnut trees in Great Britain (used by generations of children for the game ofconkers) are now infected by the potentially lethal diseaseBleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut?

19 January 2010

18:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

... that today – onGanesh Jayanti (Ganesha's birthday) – the Hindu godGanesha(pictured) is worshipped by couples to beget a son?
... thatSaint Indract ofGlastonbury was the subject of a lost work byWilliam of Malmesbury?
... that the hand-crankedSaugatuck River Bridge is the oldest survivingmovable bridge in the U.S. state ofConnecticut?
... thatmasked Mexican professional wrestlerMetro is sponsored by the majorMexico City newspaper "Metro" and has the paper's logo on his tights?
... that theOffice of Thrift Supervision was the primary regulator forAmerican International Group when it needed a bailout?
... that themushroomTylopilus plumbeoviolaceus has been described as "beautiful, but bitter-tasting"?
... that theSea Shepherd Conservation Society lodged apiracy complaint against the captain and the crew of theMV Shōnan Maru 2 in theDutch courts following the sinking of theAdy Gil?
... thatelectronic musicianDJ Champion played percussion on a bicycle alongsideBenoît Charest andBéatrice Bonifassi at the76th Academy Awards ceremony?
12:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theHinduMorgaon Ganesha temple(pictured) – the most importantAshtavinayak shrine – has four minarets around its boundary wall, suggestingIslamic architecture influence?
... that while serving asState Conciliator of Norway for eleven years,Preben Munthe was also economics professor at theUniversity of Oslo?
... that theearly-February 1995 winter storm was the only majornor'easter of the 1994–1995 winter?
... that the 13th and 14th centuryHebridean chieftainsTormod andTorquil were once believed to have been brothers, and sons ofLeod; but now Torquil is considered as a grandson of Tormod?
... that after winning the1960 general election in Burma, premier-electU Nu said, "I guess people like us"?
... thatWallis Simpson said she fell in love withPrince Edward during a cruise in 1934 onW E Guinness's private yachtRosaura?
... that singerRobb Johnson based the central character in his song cycleThe Ghost of Love on a girl he had taught while working as a schoolteacher?
... that during theperiod of hyperinflation in Germany of 1921–1923, there were reports of people suffering fromzero stroke, a disorder where they had the desire to write endless rows of zeros?
06:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

... that with 14 goals,Jordan Eberle(pictured) is the highest scoringCanadian to participate in theInternational Ice Hockey Federation World Under-20 Championships?
... that in 1925 theLabour and Socialist International urged theLeague of Nations to accept theRif Republic as a member?
... thatArthur E. Bartlett co-foundedCentury 21 Real Estate with a single office in 1971 and saw the firm grow to 7,700 offices worldwide by the time of his death in 2009?
... that inJain cosmology, the universe is made up of six substances, calleddravyas—souls,matter,the principle of motion, the principle of rest, space andtime?
... thatSir Samuel Shepherd repeatedly refused judicial posts, partially due to his deafness, before becomingLord Chief Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer in 1819?
... thatVillagers have toured withTracy Chapman, are the only Irish act to have signed withDomino Records and were named sixth best band in Ireland byThe Irish Times without releasing an album?
... thatThe West Wing actorDule Hill voiced theaudiobook ofJacqueline Woodson's young adult novelMiracle’s Boys?
... that the daughter ofCanadian adventurerTillson Harrison claims that her father's life served as the inspiration for theIndiana Jones film series?
00:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

... that nearly all the trees andmangroves ofLa Ventanilla, Oaxaca, Mexico(landscape pictured), were destroyed byHurricanes Pauline andRick in 1997?
... that formerNorthern Ireland footballerPhil Hughes is the onlygoalkeeper ever to have won internationalcaps while playing forBury?
... that earlyhumans inhabited the area surroundingAransas Bay as early as 6,000 to 8,000 years ago?
... thatCalgary Flames'defencemanAdam Pardy grew up inBonavista, Newfoundland, a town of about 3,800 people?
... thatCryptothallus mirabilis is the onlybryophyte that grows underground and obtains all its nutrients byparasitizing a fungus?
... that it is said that when the 10th-centuryViking leaderOnlafbald invoked the power of his Norse godsThor andOdin, he was miraculously killed by the spirit of the 7th-century English saintCuthbert of Lindisfarne?
... that thePullman Company boycottedTranspo '72 after the US government provided millions in funding so military contractors could show their attempts to enter themass transit field?
... thatAnandita Dutta Tamuly ate 51ghost chillis in two minutes and squeezed the seeds of 25 onto her bare eyes in just one minute?

18 January 2010

18:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thePolonnaruwa Vatadage(pictured) is considered the "ultimate development" invatadage architecture?
... that as the chairman of theU.S. Reform Party,Russ Verney asked its highest elected official,Governor Jesse Ventura ofMinnesota, to resign from the party?
... that in 2007 theCôte-Rôtie producerGuigal set the record for the most expensiveRhône wine ever released with the 2003vintage of theirsingle vineyard "La La"wines?
... that theLiverpool businessmanSir Arthur Forwood was the first shipowner to become anAdmiralty minister, and the first serving town councillor to be appointed as aprivy councillor?
... thatpoker tool software programSitNGo Wizard has a quiz mode that serves aspoker's electronic analogue toflash cards?
... thatSir John Gurney first rose to fame as abarrister within two months ofqualifying?
... that artistHarry Bertoia's sculpture "Textured Screen" was labelled "a piece of junk painted up" when it was unveiled at theOld Dallas Central Library building in 1955?
... thatSealyham TerrierEfbe's Hidalgo At Goodspice,best in show atCrufts in 2009, sometimes sleeps next to his owner's toilet?
12:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatPaduka(pictured), afootwear, is generally worn by mendicants and saints ofHindu andJain religions, with significance inHindu mythology linked to the epicRamayana?
... that theAnevo Fortress, a medieval castle nearSopot in centralBulgaria, was the capital of a short-lived quasi-independent domain in the late 13th century?
... that theRussian battleshipSinop was the first largewarship to usetriple expansion steam engines?
... thatArne Kjelstrup from theNorwegian heavy water sabotage team also participated in the anti-demolition operationSunshine?
... that using thePreston curve,Pritchett andSummers found that more than half a millionchild deaths in 1990 could have been prevented by higherincome growth in the 1980s?
... that theSurtees Society was founded in 1834 byJames Raine in order to honour the memory of his friend and fellow-antiquarian Robert Surtees?
... thatDe Hoop andZeldenrust are twowindmills inDokkum, theNetherlands that are fitted with a pair ofCommon sails and a pair ofTen Have sails?
... that the 1972science fiction horror filmNight of the Lepus was panned by critics for its failure to make killerbunnies seem scary?
06:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thePennsylvania Railroad GG14859(pictured) pulled the first electric train fromPhiladelphia toHarrisburg in 1938 and was designated astate symbol ofPennsylvania in 1987?
... that after a falling out in 1877,Georgina Weldon refused to returnGounod's original score for his operaPolyeucte, forcing him to rewrite it?
... that theYantai,blackish, andChinese stingrays are the three most commonly soldstingrays inChina?
... thatCliffe, Richmondshire, where the "clock stopped, never to go again", is surrounded by archaeological features includingbarrows, aRoman road and anEnglish Civil War battleground?
... that actressNaya Rivera from the musical comedy seriesGlee had atalent agent before she was even one year old?
... thatcolitis-X is a fatal form of acutecolitis inhorses, with severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, shock and dehydration, and near 100% mortality in less than 24 hours?
... that the leaders of theBourla-papey revolt in 19th century Switzerland were sentenced to death but then amnestied to defend the government they opposed?
... that although the name of thepalm genusAiphanes means "always conspicuous", many of its species are actually small plants which are inconspicuous in the forest understorey?
00:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the position ofLaudian Professor of Arabic was established at theUniversity of Oxford byWilliam Laud(pictured), theArchbishop of Canterbury?
... that the ground floor of theAceh Tsunami Museum is modeled on the design used byAcehnese houses that were best equipped to survive the2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster?
... that biographerAndrew Lycett has claimed the spirit named 'Dodd' in SirArthur Conan Doyle'sThe New Revelation is that ofcricketer Surgeon-CaptainJohn Trask?
... that comparatively warm temperatures following theFebruary 1987 nor'easter caused snow in the affectedMid-Atlantic U.S. states to quickly melt?
... thatHockey Hall of FamerDan Bain, also a championfigure skater,trapshooter,gymnast,roller skater andcyclist, was named Canada's top athlete of the last half of the 19th century?
... thatJohn Douglas's design for ashop in Sankey Street, Warrington,Cheshire, was said to be influenced byRuskin andG.G. Scott?
... that in 1935, theItalian Governor-General inLibya,Italo Balbo, founded theArab Lictor Youth, afascist youth movement that trained Arab youth for military service?
... that during theMetropolitan Opera premiere ofThe Makropulos Case, tenorRichard Versalle suffered a fatal heart attack after singing the line "You can only live so long"?

17 January 2010

18:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatVivary Park(pictured) inSomerset, England, is named for the medieval fish farm, orvivarium, forTaunton Priory on which it was laid out?
... that the music ofvideo game music composerMasaharu Iwata has been described as among the most well-recognized in thetactical role-playing game genre?
... that after theBattles of Kfar Darom and a prolonged Egyptian siege, the Israelis evacuated the village on July 8, 1948, but not knowing this, the Egyptians staged an offensive on the next day?
... that a 66-year-old man named Johnny Lee Wicksopened fire at a Las Vegas federal courthouse on January 4, 2010, allegedly over cuts to hisSocial Security benefits?
... thatByzantine generalPeter Phokas was originally born a slave and made aeunuch, but rose to become one of the senior-most commanders of theByzantine Empire in the 960s and 970s?
... thatKnut Getz Wold served as aState Secretary in aLabour Party cabinet despite belonging to theLiberal Party?
... that themusic video gameJust Dance featuresMC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This",Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam", and theBaha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?"?
... that onehead of the EnglishCourt of Chancery was appointed not due to his legal skill, but because the Queen was impressed by his dancing?
12:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatJean-Baptiste Aubert-Dubayet was born inFrench Louisiana in 1759, becameMinister of Defense of France in 1795, and died asFrench Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire(pictured) in 1797?
... thatMichael T. Flynn is the top U.S.military intelligence officer inAfghanistan and has been pushing for closer cooperation with Afghans?
... that theWiltshire hundred ofWhorwellsdown was named after a hill on which itscourt met under anoak orthorn tree?
... thatAdmiralJohn Elliot transported the members of theCarlisle Peace Commission toNorth America?
... that thefreshwater whipray is the onlyAustralian stingray restricted tofresh andbrackish water?
... thatSusan Bower, the Executive Producer ofNeighbours, got her break into television writing by providingA Country Practice with medical information?
... that the medieval chroniclerMatthew Paris accused the medieval bishopHugh of Wells (d. 1235) of being biased against monks, calling him "an untiring persecutor of monks"?
... that despite the masculinepen name,British authorGeorge Paston was a woman?
06:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Corta Atalaya in 2007

... thatCorta Atalaya(pictured) in theprovince ofHuelva,Spain, is the largestopen-pit mine in Europe?
... thatCalvisius Sabinus andMarcius Censorinus were the only twosenators who tried to defendJulius Caesar duringhis assassination?
... that theJohn Tigard House inTigard, Oregon, was moved and is still listed on theNational Register of Historic Places?
... thatQueensland produces 94% of Australia'ssugar?
... thatNorman Lind, who among other things survivedOperation Sunshine ofWorld War II, was killed many years later by alandmine inGuatemala?
... that in aplebiscite of June 18, 1950, 57% of the people inNorth Rhine-Westphalia ratified itsnew constitution?
... that theGaelic Athletic Association's relaxing ofRule 42 allowed the staging of the2008–09 Heineken Cup semi-final inCroke Park and the breaking of therugby union club world attendance record?
... that the marriage settlement ofRichard Basset (d. before 1144) still survives and assigns his wife Matilda adowry of fourknight's fees?
00:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatSt Andrew's Church(pictured) inWorthing,West Sussex, stood unused for two years after its completion as controversy raged over the "Worthing Madonna"?
... that recently knighted actorPatrick Stewart is the patron of domestic violence charityRefuge, which was founded inChiswick in 1972 byErin Pizzey?
... thatPaul v. U.S. expressed the principle that the legal theories ofres judicata andstare decisis do not apply toCongressional reference cases?
... that theAnemone hupehensis is often called the Japanese anemone, but is actually native toChina?
... that theBethanysettlement house inLaredo,Texas, serves nearly 300,000 free meals annually to thehomeless and other indigent?
... thatShmuel Rechtman was the first member of theKnesset to be sent to prison?
... that themarathon course at the1972 Summer Olympics was designed to represent the firstOlympic mascot,Waldi?
... thatCake Man Raven baked the world's tallest wedding cake and unveiled it onGood Morning America in 2005?

16 January 2010

18:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the world's firstair force, theFrench Aerostatic Corps, was founded in 1794 and usedballoons(pictured) forreconnaissance?
... thatCraig Biggio, afirst-round draft pick of theHouston Astros, is a member of the3000 hit club?
... thatcutis rhomboidalis nuchae, a type ofactinic elastosis caused by sun exposure to the back of the neck, is preventable with regularsunscreen use?
... that using a dynamicaspect weaver has been shown to improve the performance ofaspect-oriented software by 26%?
... that theEnclave of Treviño in northernSpain is part of the territory of theCastilian-Leonese province ofBurgos, but is completely surrounded by the territory of theBasque province ofÁlava?
... that following theLiberal Wars, the owner ofFonseca Guimaraens had to fleePortugal in an emptyPort wine barrel because of his support of liberal reforms?
... thatone ofBodley's Librarians atOxford University had been in theKing's African Rifles,another wrote about French anarchy,another had sixteen siblings,another used boys for routine library tasks, andanother later died of a "surfeit of cherries"?
... that amongst the policies included inThe People's Manifesto created byBritish satirist Mark Thomas are introducing amaximum wage and renamingWindsor "LowerSlough"?
12:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theAustralasian bird familyCinclosomatidae contains such birds asquail-thrushes(example pictured),jewel-babblers,whipbirds andwedgebills?
... that although the current mayor of theValle de Villaverdeenclave belongs to theRegionalist Party of Cantabria, a previous mayor in 1987 advocated integrating it into theBasque province ofBiscay?
... that music journalistJim Carroll co-founded theChoice Music Prize, known for its tendency to come to "some pretty eccentric decisions"?
... that a naval museum inBoca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico, has a battle simulation room based on the technology of theXbox 360?
... that, because he was only 17,professional wrestlerJim White needed a signedpermission slip from his father in order to wrestle in his first match?
... that in 1194, one of thetaxes in medieval England imposed a 25% tax on all personal property and income?
... that several publications, includingGamePro andIGN, considerJade to be one of video games' greatest heroines?
... that theSimon & Garfunkel song "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" is about the advertisement onMadison Avenue in New York City?
06:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theJarkov Mammoth(pictured) was found when Simion Jarkov noticed the protruding tusks on a hunting trip?
... thatSt Oswald's Chambers inChester,Cheshire, England, was built on land purchased by the architectJohn Douglas to enhance the view towardsChester Cathedral?
... that while living inSaddam's Iraq,heavy metal bandAcrassicauda was banned fromhead banging because it looked similar to Jews praying?
... thatHarrytown Catholic High School originated as aconvent school within the 250 year oldHarrytown Hall?
... that theoil spill which spread from theWei River to theYellow River was ultimately contained in theSanmenxia reservoir?
... thatJain textAtma Siddhi propounds six fundamental truths: thesoul exists, is eternal, is doer ofaction, enjoys or suffers its actions,liberation exists, and means to achieve liberation exists?
... that friends of the family raised $3,500 for Laurie Phenix to travel to the2000 Summer Olympics and see her daughterErin Phenix win a gold medal?
... thatDonald Trounson distributed chocolate to soldiers returning fromDunkirk, escorted captive Italians toprison camps inAlgeria, and founded theNational Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife?
00:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

... that one of theLugares colombinos is theFontanilla(pictured), from whichChristopher Columbus's crew, for hisfirst voyage, are believed to have taken their drinking water?
... thatHaim Bar Lev said that theBattle of Nirim decided the outcome of the1948 Arab–Israeli War?
... that theDickson Tavern is the oldest building inErie,Pennsylvania?
... that publishers at first consideredNora Roberts' debut novelIrish Thoroughbred to be too ethnic because the heroine was fromIreland?
... that Swedish landscape painterAlfred Wahlberg was awarded with medals at theParis Salon in 1870 and 1872, and at the1878 World's Fair in Paris?
... that theE-mu Modular System is amodular synthesizer made in the early 1970s that produces musical sounds by the manipulation ofpatch cords to create connections among its various modules?
... thatHarrington Bridge is alisted building, except for the central section which crosses theRiver Trent intoDerbyshire, England?
... thatStephen Reay, Under-Librarian at theBodleian Library, Oxford, was remembered by colleagues for his habit of "hovering over hot-air gratings in search of warmth"?

15 January 2010

18:00, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thepinwheel Marasmius(pictured) releases itsspores in response to rain, rather thancircadian rhythm like othermushrooms?
... that theactorJonathan Cecil, whose film roles includeHercule Poirot's assistantHastings, has been called "one of the finest upper-class-twits of his era"?
... that until 1974, all visits of thePalestine Liberation Organization to theSoviet Union were hosted by theSoviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee rather than government representatives?
... that before it wasscientifically described, thestingrayDasyatis acutirostra was often confused withDasyatis zugei?
... that in 1883,Carl Schotten andEugen Baumann discovered how tosynthesise amides fromamines andacid chlorides?
... that next to the 19th-centurySt Botolph's Church inHeene,West Sussex, stand the "somewhat scanty" remains of its 13th-century predecessor?
... that with thePeace of Travendal,Sweden forcedDenmark-Norway out of theGreat Northern War in the first war year?
... thatAshley Madison is anonline dating service for people currently in arelationship who wish tocheat on their partners?
12:00, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

... that today onMattu Pongal, the bull riding sportJallikattu(pictured) – that has led to deaths in the past – is traditionally conducted in the villages ofTamil Nadu, India?
... that after a meeting in 1940, the EnglishJudges' Council did not meet for another 10 years?
... that soon after theannexation of Albania in 1939 Italianfascists set up theAlbanian Lictor Youth, a branch of the Italian fascist youth movement?
... thatAiphanes bicornis, apalm species known only from two locations inEcuador, is named for the notched tips of its leaves which are said to evoke the horns of anantelope?
... thatCharles Gray was one of the original trustees of theBritish Museum?
... that no more than 250 maturenorthern river sharks are estimated to live in the wild?
... thatHtoo Group of Companies, amongMyanmar's largest privately held companies, has been under sanctions by the U.S.Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) since 2008?
... that drummerDave Clark was astuntman who performed in over 40 films before he formed the 1960sBritish Invasion bandThe Dave Clark Five?
06:00, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

... that thefirst modern U.S. presidential debate betweenThomas E. Dewey andHarold E. Stassen(pictured) in1948 was heard by approximately 40 million people?
... that theWill & Grace episode "Fagel Attraction" was actorMichael Douglas' first television acting role in almost thirty years?
... thatFord Motor Company founderHenry Ford built hisHoneymoon House from plans drawn by his wife Clara, usinglumber he cut and finished himself?
... that the most prominent leader of theCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia within thePolish minority,Karol Śliwka, died in theMauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in 1943?
... that1960's Tropical Storm Brenda, which made its initial landfall inFlorida, dropped record-breaking rainfall onNew York City?
... that fairy-like insect people feature in the classicCzech children's bookBroučci byJan Karafiát?
... thatLowell, West Virginia, was first settled in 1770, making it the oldest community inSummers County?
... thatSir John Ramsay was the first Australiansurgeon to applyheart massage to revive adead man?
00:00, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theYork Imperialapple(pictured) is easily identified by its lop-sided shape and was developed byQuaker Jonathan Jessop?
... that within ten yearsbass singerKlaus Mertens recorded all vocal works ofJohann Sebastian Bach with theAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir?
... that workers employed at theAnglo-Iranian Oil Company were banned from reading thecommunist newspaperRahbar, and could be fired if they did?
... that the English coin collectorRoger Gale (d. 1744) not only donated his collection of coins toCambridge University, but translated a book that helped new coin collectors avoid being cheated?
... that theSnow Patrol song "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea" was recorded in two different studios, The Stables and Substation?
... that 21 October is now an annual public holiday in theBulgarian city ofKardzhali to commemorate abattle victory in 1912 during theFirst Balkan War?
... thatTexas' northernmost extensive beds ofseagrass can be found inRedfish Bay, where they are protected by state law?
... that during theEnglish Civil War,Royalist soldiers firedartillery atLeicester fromRaw DykesRoman earthwork?

14 January 2010

18:00, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatEdward Pritchard Gee discoveredGee's Golden Langur(pictured) and was influential in the creation ofChitwan National Park, the first National Park inNepal?
... thatDuchess of Norfolk, aminesweeper in theRoyal Navy duringWorld War I, rejoined the Navy forWorld War II asAmbassador, but reprised her old role as a minesweeper?
... that theHannah Robinson Tower inSouth Kingstown, Rhode Island, is named after a woman whose life of poverty had one of her last moments at an overlook over Narragansett Bay?
... that theDistrict of Columbia Department of Transportation inWashington, D.C., is responsible for 144,000 trees adjacent to city streets and 241 bridges?
... thatLenny Fant, as coach of theUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe men'sbasketball team from 1957 to 1979, compiled eighteen consecutive winning seasons?
... that one day afterMexican soldierMelquisedet Angulo Córdova was honored as a hero at his funeral, his mother and three relatives were gunned down in retaliation bydrug cartel hitmen?
... that despite snowfall totals exceeding 24 in (60 cm), the effects of theDecember 2000 nor'easter were minimized due to its weekend arrival?
... thatRoyal Navy CaptainFrancis Laforey successfully sued theAdmiralty over the amount ofprize money he should be awarded for the capture of the French frigateHMSCastor at thefrigate action of 29 May 1794?
12:00, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

... that disgruntled at not being rewarded for his capture ofAntioch in 969(pictured), theByzantine generalMichael Bourtzes participated in the assassination ofByzantine emperor Nikephoros II Phokas?
... thatHans Christian Andersen Award-winning author and illustratorWolf Erlbruch illustrated his first book so his son could boast, "Look, my papa made a children's book"?
... thatPercnon gibbesi is the mostinvasive decapod species ever to enter theMediterranean Sea?
... thatZairean President Mobutu gained renown for treatingAir Zaïre as his personal service, and would commandeer its aircraft for shopping trips abroad?
... that the Austrian chemistGuido Goldschmiedt determined the structure of theopium alkaloid papaverine in 1889?
... that thepitted stingray is one of only twostingrays with a "W"-shaped groove on its underside?
... that although formally banned, theIranian communistCentral Council of United Trade Unions was able to revive its activities under the rule ofMohammad Mosaddegh in the early 1950s?
... that an inch-longbristly crab can carry 4000 eggs?
06:00, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatOrthalicus reses(shell pictured) lives only intropical hardwood hammocks in Florida?
... that a Sundayassassination attempt againstMalkiat Singh Sidhu caughtCanadian authorities off-guard, as information about the threat received on Friday was not passed along until Monday?
... thatHondo Creek, atributary of theFrio River inTexas, was the site of both an 1842 battle between theRepublic of Texas andMexico, and an 1866Indian attack?
... that among the recipients of theArts Council Norway Honorary Award are fiddlerSigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, actressElla Hval, and long term editor ofArbeidermagasinetNils Johan Rud?
... that prior to becoming aSt. Louis County park,Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park was aresort and the site of numerous boating events?
... thatFlower was intended bydesigner Jenova Chen to fill what he saw as a gap in the "emotional spectrum" offered byvideo games?
... that the Master ofSS Brighton committed suicide in a pub after he was blamed for the collision with thewindjammer Preußen in 1905?
... thatOld Ephraim, a giantgrizzly bear that lived inUtah, was known as "Old Three Toes" by shepherds because of a congenital deformity on one foot?
00:00, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theRenaissance-styledHortus Palatinus gardens(pictured) ofHeidelberg included a collection of singingmechanical birds?
... thatHoward C. Hillegas was the first journalist to report that the fighting between Britain and theBoers had started in theSecond Boer War?
... that inSanta María Tonameca,Oaxaca, Mexico, there is a group of people called “pintos” or “Ñutis” who have patches of yellow, black, red, white and even blue on their skin due to agenetic mutation?
... thatSlovakia recently sent explosives toIreland onDanube Wings Flight V5 8230?
... thatMay Day was first celebrated inPersia in 1922, and during the 1920s thousands of people participated in the May Day rallies of theCentral Council of Trade Unions inTehran?
... thatpin-up girlGloria Nord attracted more than a million people to her rolling skating exhibitions in 1942 and 1943 and later gave a command performance forQueen Elizabeth II?
... that a Spanish vessel blown intoTexas'Saint Charles Bay by a storm, was allegedly stranded in a creek and later taken apart to construct houses?
... that theSimpsons episode "Million Dollar Maybe" will feature a new character created by the winner of a fan-contest organized by the staff of the show?

13 January 2010

18:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theroyal fly agaric(pictured) was the German Mycological Society's "Mushroom of the Year" in 2000?
... that the Irish novelistLady Morgan was married to the private physicianThomas Charles Morgan after a meeting engineered by the wife of his employer?
... that in 1965Congo-Brazzaville national airlineAir Congo was renamed to avoid confusion with anairline of the same name fromCongo-Kinshasa?
... thatEmanuel Chobot, chairman of thePolish Socialist Workers Party ininterbellum Czechoslovakia, was active in thecooperative movement?
... that 51-year oldPrince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg will representMexico at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
... thatJohannes Andenæs, himself aconcentration camp prisonerof Nazis duringWWII, criticized the harshness of thelegal process against Nazis in Norway after the war?
... that theMary Rose Trust, thecharitable trust that salvaged theMary Rose in 1982, played an important part in preserving historical shipwrecks in the UK from exploitation?
... thatAndrew Lloyd Webber is concerned about casting a dog in the forthcomingBBC television seriesOver the Rainbow?
12:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theLalitha Mahal(pictured), a palace inMysore, India, was built in 1921 on orders of theMaharaja of Mysore for exclusive stay of theViceroy of India?
... that on December 14, 1947, a rival government-supportedIranian union,ESKI, carried out an attack on a club building of theCentral Union of Workers and Peasants of Iran?
... thatCyclone Gwenda of the1998–99 Australian region cyclone season was the most intense Australiantropical cyclone on record?
... that the bombing of anItalian courthouse, the arrests of fiveIndian police officers, and the funeral forMontreal mob bossVito Rizzuto's son are among theevents in organized crime so far this year?
... that the Blue Vanga is the onlyvanga occurring outside ofMadagascar?
... that theNigerien politicianIssa Lamine ignored the opposition calls for a boycott of the2009 parliamentary election, and was elected as anindependent?
... that Irish film criticMichael Dwyer attended everyCannes Film Festival from 1982 until 2009, months before his death?
... thatNew Zealand Prime Minister John Key was a finalist for the 2009Cycle Friendly Awards in the 'Cycling Champion of the Year' category?
06:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

... that inThe Last Theorem, science fiction authorArthur C. Clarke(pictured) moved theequator north toSri Lanka to allow for the building of aspace elevator there?
... that in the first naval engagement of theWar of 1812, the AmericanprivateerDash capturedHMSWhiting but the US released her, telling her captain to leave American waters as soon as possible?
... that thefungal genusPolytolypa is known from a single specimen found growing ondung of theNorth American porcupine?
... thatJonathan Richardson wrote "the first significant work ofartistic theory in English"?
... that during theJapanese occupation of Indonesia the site of theMaritime Museum was used as logistic storage for the Japanese army?
... that according to a mediaevalchronicle,saga, and laterclan tradition,Páll, son of Bálki blinded andcastrated the son of aManx king—a son who would in time becomeking himself?
... that American basketball playerKobe Bryant has scoredforty points or more in 113 games in his career?
... that threeCanadian Sikhs accused ofplotting to blow up Air India Flight 112 in 1986 were released when it was revealed thatwiretaps had been mistranslated?
00:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

... that only eastern Northern American strains of thebitter oyster(pictured), a widely distributed mushroomspecies, arebioluminescent?
... that the father and daughter,mathematics professorRalph Tambs-Lyche andwomen's rights activistGuri Tambs-Lyche, were both members of left-wing organizations,Clarté and theCommunist Party respectively?
... that the undefeated1930 Michigan Wolverines football team was led byHarry Newman, referred to by theUnited Press as the "crack Jewish field general"?
... thatRodrigo Pérez de Traba's knights unlawfully imprisoned Arias Muñiz, the archdeacon ofTrastámara, in theArchdiocese of Santiago de Compostela?
... that although thefirst season of theNBC seriesParks and Recreation was critically panned, it was considered one of the best comedies of the year during itssecond season?
... that after losing hisHouse of Commons seat,Denis Shipwright found he "cannot get work" and resorted to advertising inThe Times?
... that theVardy Community School inHancock County, Tennessee, was started bymissionaries to educate children who were barred frompublic schools because they wereMelungeons?
... that duringspring training in 1997,Mexican baseball playerTavo Alvarez was mistakenly introduced asTaco Alvarez?

12 January 2010

18:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theBlack-winged Starling(pictured) was once considered a potential problem for the threatenedBali Starling but is now anendangered species itself?
... that the crew of theRussian battleshipGeorgii Pobedonosets mutinied themselves when they confronted the mutinous battleshipPotemkin inOdessa Harbor in June 1905?
... thatSigmund Freud visitedWorcester State Hospital in 1909 during his only trip to America?
... that the first photography subjects of the German photographerAenne Biermann were her own children?
... that theAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology was selected as one of the top 10 most influential journals of the last 100 years in the fields of biology and medicine?
... thatRosario Rodríguez was the youngestbaseball player in theNational League during the 1989 season?
... that thesmalleye stingray may haveconvergently evolved a shape and swimming mode akin to that ofmanta rays?
... thatTales of Silversleeve, named ninth best album of the decade byThe Irish Times, received its title after its creator neglected to wipe herrunny nose?
12:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatGerman traffic psychologistKarl Peglau designed theiconic East German Ampelmännchen traffic lights(pictured), one of the fewGDR symbols to remain popular afterreunification?
... thatJason Little won twoIgnatz Awards in consecutive years for his graphic novelShutterbug Follies?
... thatZ Special Unit memberMajorG. S. Carter went on to found theKundasang War Memorial and Gardens inSabah?
... that the juvenile leaves of the AustralianQueensland rainforest treeStenocarpus cryptocarpus reach 115 cm long, but the adult leaves only 14 cm long?
... that before he won a record seven short courseoff-road racing championships,Carl Renezeder was anAll-American inwater polo?
... that the 20-metre (66 ft) talltrestle bridge on the formerNoojee railway line is the tallest surviving trestle bridge inVictoria, Australia?
... thatcellistFelix Wurman founded the Church of Beethoven, described byNPR as "a church for people who don't go to church," in an abandoned gas station offRoute 66 inNew Mexico?
... that theMetzgeriales always produce theirsex organs on their backs?
06:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theOrange Bowl stadium(pictured) first hosted thecollege football bowl game of thesame name in1938?
... thatEustace fitz John, the founder ofAlnwick Abbey who fought against his own countrymen at theBattle of the Standard, had only one eye?
... that the release ofGame Change, a book about the2008 United States presidential election, ledSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid to apologize over remarks he made aboutPresident Barack Obama?
... thatUnė Babickaitė, aLithuanian actress who appeared in Americansilent films, was sentenced to five years in a Sovietgulag?
... thatBromo Tengger Semeru National Park, located inEast Java, is the only conservation area inIndonesia that has asand sea?
... that the lateWyoming politicianTom Walsh made 14 trips toSoutheast Asia at his own expense looking forVietnam War POWs and MIAs?
... that the horseAuthentic has won threeOlympic medals and twoWorld Equestrian Games medals?
... thatTerminator: TSCC's "Self Made Man" referencesfranchise starArnold Schwarzenegger with itsSkynet plot toassassinate theGovernor of California onNew Year's Eve 2010?
00:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

... that a 1760 m²cyclorama, theArrival of the Hungarians(fragment pictured), was painted in 1894 to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of theHungarian conquest of theCarpathian Basin in 895?
... thatCarl Sagan's bookCosmos, which accompanied theCosmos television series, became the best-selling science book in 1980?
... that theMajor League Umpires Association's executive director and 22 umpires were fired after they tried a mass resignation campaign in 1999?
... that thePhenes raptor dragonfly is the largestOdonata inChile?
... that theTodd Manning and Marty Saybrooke rape storylines from theAmerican daytime dramaOne Life to Live have been the subject of various academic works, as well as outrage from leading anti-sexual assault organizations such asRAINN?
... that reproductions ofThe Moorish Chief, painted byEduard Charlemont, are the best-selling paintings at the museum store of thePhiladelphia Museum of Art?
... that theBBC programOz and Hugh Drink to Christmas was described in the press asOz Clarke andHugh Dennis divining that the true spirit ofChristmas is "getting hammered"?
... thatSwiss defencemanTim Ramholt played just 45 seconds in hisNational Hockey League career?

11 January 2010

18:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatFrance-Americas relations(map pictured) were initiated in 1524 with the explorations ofGiovanni da Verrazzano in the service ofFrancis I of France?
... thatJoseph Stalin imposed atax on childlessness, which forced bachelors and childless families to pay an additional 6%income tax until thecollapse of the Soviet Union?
... that the anonymous composer of the 15th-centurycarol "I syng of a mayden" used traditional imagery deriving fromOld Testament texts to celebrate theAnnunciation ofJesus?
... that at the2010 Olympics, 20-year-oldDrew Doughty is to become the youngestice hockey player sinceEric Lindros in 1991 to representCanada in a major best-on-best tournament?
... that theColombian palmAiphanes leiostachys is anendangered species, while two other Colombianendemics inthe same genus,Aiphanes duquei andAiphanes lindeniana, arevulnerable to extinction?
... that theArmenian Iranian communist leaderArdeshir Ovanessian spent eleven years inQasr prison?
... that theDirection Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion is the administrative organisation responsible for monitoring the accounts of professionalfootball clubs inFrance?
... that while recording their albumFight the Tide,Sanctus Real's guitarist tried puttingnail polish on his fingertips because they were raw from continuous playing?
12:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the 90-tonMingun Bell(pictured) inMingun,Myanmar, was the world's heaviest hanging bell until 2000, when the 116-ton Bell of Good Luck was erected inPingdingshan,China?
... thatGlamorgan County Cricket Club's 1921 promotion tofirst-class status was strongly aided by early fund-raisers organised byVernon Hill?
... thatBillfrith, theNorthumbrian saint whose name appears in theDurhamLiber Vitae, is credited with providing the originalgold,silver andjewel ornamentation for theLindisfarne Gospels?
... that theSony CDP-101 was the world's first commercially available CD player?
... thatJohn Samuel Wanley Sawbridge-Ernle-Erle-Drax raised and supported theEast Kent militia during the 1830Swing Riots?
... that theGulf Snapping Turtle was described as "Australia's firstliving fossil freshwater turtle, an extant population of aPleistocene taxon"?
... thatAnge Diawara, the leader of theCongolese rebel groupM 22, sought inspiration fromChe Guevara and theCameroonian UPC?
... that in 1992, theGreece men's national junior ice hockey team lost 1–47 toLatvia?
06:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

... that there are more than 80geysers(example pictured) at the southwest end ofShoshone Lake inWyoming, US, one of the highest concentrations of geysers in the world?
... that although little is known of the episcopate ofWilliam de Blois,Bishop of Lincoln from 1203 to 1206, he was still remembered as a learned man in the 14th century?
... that in 1831John D. Defrees founded the first newspaper inNorthern Indiana?
... that after ten years of service in theRoyal Navy, thebrig-sloopHMSCurlew became involved in thedrug trade, and sold £330,000 worth ofopium in China in 1833?
... thatThe Terrorist Hunters was originally banned from sale by aHigh Court injunction issued the day of its official release?
... that it is unclear who designed theMajestic Hotel inSt. Louis, Missouri, due to conflicting records on the building's plans and permits?
... thatState RepresentativeLanny Johnson was inducted in 1982 into the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame for the 1958–1962 seasons at theUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe?
... thatClayton, West Virginia, was named after aballoonist fromCincinnati who landed in the community after a record-setting 300-mile (480 km) flight in 1835?
00:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

... that Swedish painterHugo Birger's most famous work isFrukosten hos Ledoyen(pictured), which depicts several famousNordic painters having breakfast together on the day of theParis Salon's opening?
... that the satirical radio comedyThe News at Bedtime is based on a column inPrivate Eye magazine?
... thatLaumeier Sculpture Park inSunset Hills, Missouri, does not have any recreational facilities because its founder wanted apassive park?
... that the cellar of23 Northgate Street,Chester,Cheshire, England, contains the remains ofcolumns from theprincipia of theRoman fortress that previously stood on the site?
... that no member of theU. S. Congress has been appointed to theUnited States Supreme Court since the 1949 nomination ofSherman Minton?
... that theSovetsky Soyuz-class battleshipSovetskaya Belorussiya was cancelled on 19 October 1940 after it was discovered that 70,000rivets used in her hull plating were of inferior quality?
... that between 2000 and 2009, ten singles soldmore than 1 million copies in theUnited Kingdom?
... that afterhis ship wastorpedoed,CaptainMaurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice was picked up from the water, apparently with hismonocle still firmly in place?

10 January 2010

18:00, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

... that oldAtlantic ghost crabs(pictured) may dig burrows in the sand up to 400 metres from the sea?
... that theEtzioni Brigade participated in the first everIsraeli Haganah operation that deployed more than one brigade?
... that, according to a medieval source, theAnglo-Saxon Fenland nobleÆthelstan Mannessune donateda piece of theTrue Cross toRamsey Abbey?
... that at the 1949 congress of the government-sponsoredIranian trade union centreESKI, only two out of 36 delegates were workers?
... thatBertrand Tavernier directedSafe Conduct because of his interest in reviving films from 1942 to 1944 and because he has friendships with key figures from those films?
... that theemployers' organization inFrench Equatorial Africa,COLPAEF, was significantly weaker than itsWest African counterparts, as employers in Equatorial Africa were highly individualistic?
... thatClaude d'Abbeville was aFranciscan missionary who wrote in 1614 about the dispatch ofBrazilian Tupinambá Indians to the French kingLouis XIII?
... that theedible mushroomHygrophorus agathosmus smells likealmonds?
12:00, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatRod Stewart(pictured),Mariah Carey,Celine Dion,Bon Jovi,Michael Jackson andThe Beatles have all received theChopard Diamond award?
... that theattack on Camp Chapman inAfghanistan on December 30, 2009, was the most lethal sustained by theCIA in 25 years?
... thatPatrick Whelan allegedly assassinatedThomas D'Arcy McGee four months after warning the police about a similar plot against the Canadian politician?
... that thecivil flag ofMonaco utilizes theheraldic colors of the House of Grimaldi?
... that after having covered theSpanish Civil War as awar correspondent journalistLise Lindbæk worked to aid Spanishrefugee children in France?
... thatDe Cornwerdermolen,Cornwerd is the most westerlywindmill inFriesland?
... that in 1974,Rudolf Jaenisch andBeatrice Mintz created the firsttransgenic mouse by injecting DNA fromSimian virus 40?
... thatBlind Willie Johnson's gospel-blues song "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" was included on theVoyager Golden Record to represent human loneliness to extraterrestrial life?
06:00, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatAndrew Cowper(pictured) was awarded theMilitary Cross three times in the First World War for his efforts in destroying 19 German aircraft?
... that American artistWilliam Allen Rogers worked withHarper's Weekly as a political cartoonist for 25 years, and with theNew York Herald for an additional 20 years?
... that artifacts uncovered inKafr Misr, anArab village located to the south ofMount Tabor, Israel, attest toJewish,Christian andMuslim habitation over the centuries?
... thatThomas Humber was apprenticed as a blacksmith and went on to found the Humber bicycle company in 1869 which evolved intoHumber automobiles?
... thatFlight of the Red Tail chronicles the secondrestoration of aP-51 Mustang bomber escort for theAllied Forces in theEuropean Theatre of World War II?
... that theMinuscule 536 is one of the manuscripts purchased byphilanthropist Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906)?
... that in 2003Curtis Gatewood became the firstcollege football recruit fromMemphis to sign withVanderbilt since 1997?
... that the top half of theGrand Island Harbor Rear Range Light was part of another tower originally used at the Vidal Shoals nearSault Ste. Marie, Michigan?
00:00, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the prototypeTracked Hovercrafthigh-speed train(remains pictured) was expected to reach 300 mph on its test track north ofLondon, but had only broken 100 mph on a short portion before the program was cancelled in 1973?
... that approximately 6,000 years ago in central Oregon,Lava Butte exploded, and eventually createdBenham Falls?
... that as a child,Jerry Kennedy, who later produced for legendary musicians such asElvis Presley andJerry Lee Lewis, recorded several songs withChet Atkins forRCA Records?
... that theWayang Museum inJakarta contains the tombstone ofJan Pieterszoon Coen?
... that after turning down an invitation to play with the Americans,Brandon Kozun scored theshootout winning goal for Canada to defeat the United States during round robin play at the2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships?
... thatLykke Friis, the currentDanish Minister for Climate and Energy, was not a member of the partyVenstre before becoming a minister?
... that while filmingThe Restorers, director Adam White stumbled upon theRed Tail Project, which led to the production ofRed Tail Reborn?
... that, to promote theirGlacier Mints (iconified byPeppy the polar bear),Fox's Confectionery used to exhibit a stuffedpolar bear at public events?

9 January 2010

18:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the1833 territorial division of Spain(map shown) intoprovinces has persisted with only small changes down to the present day?
... thatIcelandic modernistEinar Bragi, one of the originalAtom Poets, translated poetry from all major European languages?
... that theJakarta History Museum was formerly used as the administrative headquarters of theDutch East India Company?
... thatsame-sex marriage under United States tribal jurisdictions has been allowed in theCoquille Tribe of Oregon despite the state'sdefense of marriage amendment?
... that installation of about 25,000pail closets in 19th-centuryManchester, England helped clear the city's drains and rivers of up to 3,000,000gallons of waste?
... that Uniontown,Washington, D.C.'s first "suburban" community, is part of theAnacostia Historic District?
... thatSarraounia is an award-winning film that depicts areal-life battle betweenFrench Colonial Forces and anAfrican queen?
... thatWilliam Gurney Benham collected and arranged over fifty thousandquotations in one of his books?
12:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatAustralian cricketer SirDonald Bradman(pictured) scored12 double centuries during hisTest career, the highest number by anybatsman?
... thatThe Candidate was an2009 Afghan reality TV show that pitted youth against each other in a mockpresidential election?
... that semi-professionalfootballerDean Clark made over one hundred appearances forNorthwood F.C.?
... that theHigh Court of Andalusia is the highest court of not onlyAndalusia, but also theSpanish exclaves ofCeuta andMelilla?
... that it is uncertain whether thebrown andwhite American star-footed Amanitas are different species?
... thatObie Award-winning actorJohn Douglas Thompson only took up acting after being laid off from his job as a traveling computer salesman?
... thatMashallah Shamsolvaezin, who founded and edited many of post-revolutionary Iran's independent newspapers, was arrested at hisTehran home in the aftermath of the2009 Ashura protests?
... that the episodes of theanime seriesBaccano! do not tell the events in chronological order?
06:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theVillers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial(pictured), the last of the great memorials to the missing ofWorld War I, was unveiled just over a year beforeWorld War II broke out?
... thatWilliam L. Reilly's twelve-yeartenure aspresident ofLe Moyne College was the longest in theJesuit school's history?
... that thearchaeological finds fromSteeple Langford include aBronze Age palstave and aRomano-British paintedpebble?
... thatClay Buchholz, afirst-round draft pick of theBoston Red Sox, threw ano-hitter in only his secondmajor league start?
... that the director of the 2009 filmThe French Kissers chose to use mostly untrained actors because he feared that professional actors would be too egotistical?
... thatBarack Obama nominated formerUnited Mine Workers officialJoe Main to serve as the head ofMine Safety and Health Administration?
... thatTime magazine describedAake Anker Ording, who initiated the internationalfundraiserUnited Nations Appeal for Children, as "Norway's tall, blue-eyed, idealistic U.N. Staffer"?
... that in 1122Suero Vermúdez donated his private monastery atCornellana to theAbbey of Cluny, but in 1128 gave it instead to theCathedral of San Salvador, Oviedo, sparking a centuries-long dispute?
00:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatPrincess Alice of the United Kingdom(pictured) was married toPrince Louis of Hesse in an atmosphere described byQueen Victoria as "more of a funeral than a wedding"?
... that prior to the 10th century inWestern art, no attempt was made to portrayGod the Father in terms of a human form?
... that whileStan Benjamin was ascout, theHouston Astros used his evaluation ofJeff Bagwell as the basis to make a trade for him on August 30, 1990?
... that as a result of theScarman report into the1981 Brixton riots, the independentPolice Complaints Authority was established in 1985?
... that theLouisiana sheriffElliot D. Coleman was one of the policebodyguards on duty at the time of the 1935assassination ofU.S. Senator Huey P. Long, Jr.?
... thatRoyal Marine Francis Harvey, the mortally wounded commander ofHMS Lion's 'Q' turret, was awarded theVictoria Cross for ordering themagazine flooded, which saved the ship during theBattle of Jutland?
... that theGoose Creek Oil Field inGalveston Bay had the firstoffshore oil wells inTexas,U.S., and theremoval of oil led tosubsidence of the overlying terrain?
... that in June 2005,Intel threatened photo printing companyFotoInsight withlegal action over their use of the name "The 'INSIDE' format" saying it infringed their trademark "Intel Inside"?

8 January 2010

18:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park inMinnesota has a clifftoplighthouse(pictured) on theNorth Shore ofLake Superior built without roads?
... that the Norwegianocean linerSSBergensfjord was requisitioned by the BritishMinistry of War Transport in 1940 and used as atroop ship throughout theSecond World War?
... that the oil in the1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, which killed upwards of 10,000 birds and numerous other creatures along the coast ofCalifornia,U.S., came from theDos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field?
... thatSwiss writerDominique Caillat briefly worked as an international lawyer before turning to literature and the stage, which helped her receive a basic training in acting and directing?
... thatPetalura hesperia dragonflies lay their eggs along stream margins because theirlarvae are semi-aquatic?
... thatSlade's Case has been called a "watershed" moment in English law?
... thatFrederick Brocklander became aMajor League Baseball umpire during a 1979 strike and continued umpiring for 12 more years in theNational League?
... that askimmington, a custom in which victims were mocked and humiliated in a noisy public procession, occurred in England as late as 1917?
12:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the bronzeGniezno Doors, of about 1175, are the onlyRomanesque doors in Europe decorated with scenes from the life of a saint(his murder pictured)?
... thatYa'qub Bilbul, anIraqi Jew who wrote inArabic, is considered a pioneer of theIraqi novel and short story?
... that fiveFablok Luxtorpeda trains were constructed under the leadership ofKlemens Stefan Sielecki?
... that theXian H-6K, which made its first flight in 2007, has been described as "China's first properstrategic bomber"?
... thatFrench team handball playerMariama Signate was selected into the all-star team at the2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China?
... that theKukaniloko Birth Site was speculated to be a HawaiianStonehenge?
... thatLoren Singer's 1970 bookThe Parallax View, later made intothe 1974 thriller starringWarren Beatty, allowed Singer to leave a job as a printing salesman?
... that thefloral clock in Frankfort, Kentucky, has a face that is 34 feet (10 m) in diameter and is composed of more than 10,000 individual flowers?
06:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

... that sculptorHenry Kirke Brown's nephew,Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, created four works atGettysburg Battlefield: abust of Abraham Lincoln and statues of GeneralsMeade,Reynolds(pictured), andSedgwick?
... that upon the death ofLouisiana newspaper publisherSam Hanna, his state's press association in 2006 renamed its "Best Regular Column" award in his honor?
... that it took six weeks for developerGarry Kitchen to write and complete theiPhone andNintendo DSi video gameArcade Hoops Basketball?
... that during the recording process ofStone Sour's second albumCome What(ever) May drummer Joel Ekman decided to leave the band following the diagnosis of his son'sbrainstem glioma?
... that Rev.Elias Bond (1813–1896) used proceeds from aHawaiian sugar plantation to fund his church and a girls' seminary?
... that a previously undescribed species ofcoral calledPocillopora sp. was found off the coast ofPuerto Ángel, Mexico?
... thatHarlan Sanborn coached theNorth Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team to their lowest offense score ever with the team only scoring eight points during a game?
... thatscreenwriterBrad Falchuk tried to stand out in high school by wearing a tie every day and declaring himself aRepublican?
00:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

... that extensivedroughts have causedWashoe Lake(pictured) atWashoe Lake State Park inNevada to dry up, most recently in 1992, 1994, and 2004?
... thatNorwegian musicologistChristian Leden was the first person to record film in thenorthern Arctic?
... that disagreement over the relocation of anursery during construction of theWashington Metro'sAnacostia station required anAct of Congress to resolve?
... thatSir William Garrow, abarrister from theRegency England period whose work was largely forgotten for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, was recently cited in a 2006Irish Court of Criminal Appeal case?
... that theComerica Bank New Year's Parade, originally held for theCotton Bowl Classic, is still held annually inDallas even though the Cotton Bowl has moved toArlington, Texas?
... thatSir Hugh Norman-Walker was forced to decline the appointment of theLieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in 1973 because his wife would not take up the new post with him?
... that thepalmAiphanes chiribogensis is considered to bevulnerable to extinction because none of the seven known populations lie withinEcuador's network of protected areas?
... that author andanti-globalization advocateTim Costello started his writing career in the back of his truck while traveling as a long-haul truck driver?

7 January 2010

18:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatThe Langley Schools Music Project inspiredKaren O(pictured) to incorporate an untrained children's choir into the song"All Is Love"?
... that the BritishmonitorLord Clive was stationed in theThames Estuary in 1916 to shoot down approaching GermanZeppelins withshrapnel shells fired by her 12-inch (305-mm) main guns?
... thatGreek professorAlbert Pattengill played onMichigan's 1867 baseball team, nominated "azure-blue and maize" as the university's colors, and was one of the founders of theBig Ten Conference?
... thatStubbe – Von Fall zu Fall is the most successful detective series produced by theZDF?
... thatcoloratura sopranoAlice Verlet gave a 1922 opera and song recital atCarnegie Hall accompanied on violin by a youngXavier Cugat, who later achieved fame as the "rhumba king"?
... that theEuropean Court of Human Rights inSmith and Grady v UK found that the discharge of personnel from theBritish Army on the basis ofsexual orientation was a breach of their right to a private life?
... thatRed Tail Reborn, which chronicled theRed Tail Project's restoration of theP-51 Mustang, won regionalEmmy Award recognition?
... that, although champion boxerJack Dempsey refused a challenge fromBilly Sandow to fight professional wrestlerEd "Strangler" Lewis, theChicago Tribune predicted that Lewis would win in 38 minutes?
12:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatAdolphe Clément, an orphan who had been apprenticed to ablacksmith, rose to become a leading French manufacturer ofbicycles,pneumatic tyres,motorcycles,automobiles,aeroplanes andairships(example pictured)?
... that theunderwater volcanoes of theVance Seamounts are pocketed by multiplecalderas, many of which have been almost erased by newer flows?
... thatRebbie Jackson felt that her brotherMichael would "spin in his grave" if he thought that his children were going to appear inThe Jacksons: A Family Dynasty?
... thatJosef Hora was one of the sevenCzech Communist writers who denounced the newStalinist leader of theCommunist Party of Czechoslovakia Klement Gottwald in 1929?
... that the SpanishSierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park hosts at least 2170plant species, 34 of them found nowhere else?
... that actorLeonid Kharitonov's lyrical singing in thewar film,The Soldier Ivan Brovkin, made him an all-Soviet heart-throb in 1955?
... thatMatford Vic, a two-time winner of theWestminster Kennel Club Dog Show was purchased at one time for only £2?
... that 1930sNFL fullback"Iron Mike" Mikulak got his nickname because he wore a metal chest protector over hisprotuding sternum?
06:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatBette Davis,Roy Rogers,Frankie Avalon,Humphrey Bogart,Betty Grable,Janet Leigh,Cary Grant andTony Curtis all stayed at theHotel Valley Ho(pictured) inScottsdale, Arizona?
... that between 1926 and 1938,HMS Arpha served as asteam yacht forW E Guinness?
... that the1950 Salad Bowl inPhoenix, Arizona, drew nearly 20,000 fans, setting a new statewide attendance record forfootball?
... that theJapanese Law for the Conservation of Cultural Properties provides for the existence ofLiving National Treasures?
... that NorwegianChristian Aug. Thoring tried several times to become mayor ofRogaland County, but lost out toBeint Bentsen in 1975,John S. Tveit in 1979 andLars Vaage in 1983?
... that the eightvolcanoes of thePresident Jackson Seamounts are heavily pocketed by 29calderas andpit craters?
... that five houses withpilasters are preserved in theManlius Village Historic District nearSyracuse, New York?
... that ten married couples were candidates in the2004 Wyre Forest Council election inWorcestershire,England?
00:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

... that a project aiming to lower thesalinity of theColorado River has triggered thousands ofearthquakes inColorado'sParadox Valley(pictured)?
... that two months after the final fiveGreen Line stations onWashington, D.C.'sMetro opened, more than 30,600 riders per day boarded at the stations—three times as many as originally estimated?
... thatWorld War II German fighter aceHeinrich Hoffmann was the firstnon-commissioned officer and first posthumous recipient of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves?
... that theinfant massage ofpreterm babies has been shown to have many benefits, including the gaining of extrabody weight?
... that althoughSS Elisabethville was requisitioned by theMinistry of War Transport during World War II, she did not become anEmpire ship until 1947?
... that Kevin Hopps, writer of theSpectacular Spider-Man episode "The Uncertainty Principle", kept in mind previous battle sequences in the series in order to "up the stakes"?
... that in 792 theBulgarians captured the tent and treasury of theByzantine emperor during a battle at the fortress ofMarkeli near modernKarnobat,Bulgaria?
... that2004 Olympic gold medalistRhi Jeffrey left competitive swimming just four months before theU.S. Olympic Trials forBeijing?

6 January 2010

18:00, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theLower Saxon Mill Road is 2,800 kilometres long and links over 300 historic mills(example pictured) acrossNorth Germany?
... that during theinter-war period,Helge Krog was known as a member of the "radical triumvirate" inNorway, along withØverland andHoel?
... thatLiverpool businessmanSir William Bower Forwood raised money for the building of theLiverpool Overhead Railway andLiverpool Cathedral?
... thatLincoln Hall atPortland State University was used as classroom space for several years despite being condemned?
... that before making hismajor league debut,pitcherAlfonso Pulido drew comparisons toFernando Valenzuela after winning 17 games in theMexican League in 1983?
... that thebody ofSaint Eadnoth was stolen by the monks ofEly Abbey while the guards taking it toRamsey Abbey were drunk?
... thatUkrainian mathematicianSamuil Shatunovsky developedaxiomatic theory independently fromDavid Hilbert?
... that thepine trees for which the community ofPine Grove, Oregon, was named were cut down in 1957?
12:00, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the shores ofDal Lake inIndia(pictured) containMughal gardensShalimar Bagh andNishat Bagh known as "the jewel ofKashmir valley"?
... that theBritish cargo shipEmpire Builder was handed over to thePolish Government on completion in January 1942?
... that researchers finally collected alarva and an adult femaleTonyosynthemis ofarrelli which match an earlier male specimen?
... that theBattle of Maryang San is regarded as one of theAustralian Army's greatest victories of theKorean War?
... that thePolish–Czech Friendship Trail was closed to tourists outside the two countries until thedissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993?
... thatTemple Israel ofDayton, Ohio, was one of the founding members of theUnion for Reform Judaism?
... that in 2008,Lund's former mayorKjell Erfjord lost a vote to become board chairman of theNorwegian Missionary Society?
... that theBlack-fronted Tern ofNew Zealand is known as the ploughboy or ploughman's friend for its propensity to eat worms and grubs in newly ploughed ground?
06:00, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theRed Tail Project evolved after aUnited States Air Force P-51 Mustang(pictured) flown by theTuskegee Airmen was passed through several owners for over 40 years?
... that the existence ofOuter Temple, a body that is thought to be one of the tenInns of Chancery and was disestablished in the 16th century, was only confirmed in 2008?^{[dubious –discuss]}
... that theRoyal Indian Navy auxiliary patrol vessel Jamnagar was originally built forHH The Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar?
... thatTheobald Burke, son of thepirate queenGrace O'Malley, was born at sea in 1567, shortly before his mother's fleet engaged in a battle withBarbary pirates?
... that from 1999 to 2003 theCal Golden Bears had five consecutivePac-10 Conference swimmers of the year;Marylyn Chiang,Haley Cope, and three-time winnerNatalie Coughlin?
... thatWoody Freeman, one of theRepublicans defeated byBill Clinton forgovernor of Arkansas, claimed he began acomputer software business in 1985 with $3 in his account?
... thatBlanche Cave, inAustralia'sNaracoorte Caves National Park, used to exhibit anindigenous man'smummified remains, which were stolen in 1861 and never returned?
... that the letters "IXL" in theIXL Historical Museum inHermansville, Michigan, are a derivative of the words "I excel"?
00:00, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the crew of theRussian battleshipImperator Aleksandr II(pictured) refused to suppress the mutinous garrison of Fort Konstantin defendingKronstadt in August 1906?
... that as early as 1978 theRepublican gubernatorial nominee inArkansas,Lynn Lowe accusedBill Clinton of having been adraft dodger during theVietnam War?
... that a massivegeneral strike organized by theArgentinianF.O.I.C. meat-packers union secured the release of its jailed leadership in September 1943?
... that formerParliament of Norway memberInger Lise Husøy is currently the manager of theNorwegian Burma Committee?
... thatBryan Adams sangbacking vocals onGlass Tiger's 1986hit single "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"?
... thatFritz Crisler developed the platoon system ofAmerican football in which separate squads play offense and defense and designed thewinged football helmet used by theMichigan Wolverines?
... theH.W. Wilson Company consideredAlbert Payson Terhune's 1922 novelFurther Adventures of Lad one "of the most useful books covering all classes of literature"?
... that whenLeT militants barged into her home inRajouri,Rukhsana Kausar started a counter-attack wielding an axe, and later drew praise from thePresident,Prime Minister andHome Minister ofIndia?

5 January 2010

18:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theHigh Court of Singapore(Supreme Court Building pictured) is the sole court inSingapore exercisingoriginal criminal jurisdiction that may impose thedeath penalty?
... that thewinemaking technique ofripasso involves adding thepomace of leftover grape skins from thefermentation ofAmarone toValpolicella to give the wine morebody,color andflavor?
... thatanti-nuclear activistOle Kopreitan is known for spreading leaflets and sellingcampaign buttons from a cart in Norway's main street,Karl Johans gate?
... that while voicing the character ofDoctor Octopus in theThe Spectacular Spider-Man episode "Reaction",Peter MacNicol chose to base it on late actorLaird Cregar?
... that the first child ofEuropean descent born along theHudson River was born onBeeren Island nearAlbany, New York?
... that two sections of the British1973 Sale of Goods Act were completely identical?
... that, according to theHistoria de Sancto Cuthberto,Eadred,abbot ofCarlisle, tried to take the body ofSt Cuthbert toIreland, but was thwarted by the weather?
... that prominentAmerican Jewish leaderAlan Solow calledPresident Barack Obama "the first Jewish president"?
12:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

... that one way thatwinemakers determinephysiological ripeness of somegrape varieties is by watching the change in thestems from flexible and green(pictured) to hard and brown?
... that because of his race,U.S. President Barack Obama has been the subject of multipleassassination threats and alleged plots?
... that besides mechanical failures, fuel leaks and collisions, thepassenger linerSSIberia also suffered multiple fires and blackouts, and twice grounded in theSuez Canal, before she was finally decommissioned in 1972?
... thatQuality Bicycle Products is the largestdistributor ofbicycle parts andaccessories in thebicycle industry, with revenues of $150 million in 2008?
... that thevideo gameDown in Flames is a simulation ofdogfights betweenWorld War II fighters and feature such planes asP-47 Thunderbolt,PZL.23 Karaś and five variants ofMesserschmitt Bf 109?
... that during theItalian occupationTefik Mborja was, as General Secretary of theAlbanian Fascist Party, included in theAlbanian cabinet as anex-officio member?
... that inA Letter to Lord Ellenborough,Percy Bysshe Shelley made an argument for tolerance of all published opinion, even when false?
... thatJohn Cage caused a sensation at the 1963Music Biennale Zagreb by crawling under the piano during his stage performance, despite promising not to?
06:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theOttonian jewelledCross of Lothair of about 1000 AD has at its centre an ancient Romancameo of theEmperor Augustus(pictured)?
... thatGuillermo Algaze received theMacArthur "Genius" Award two years in a row?
... thatPro Bowl guardJahri Evans attendedBloomsburg University not on anathletic scholarship, but rather anacademic scholarship?
... that according to aBBC Radio 2 poll,The Gruffalo, which wasadapted into a film in 2009, is the UK's favourite bedtime story?
... thatJoseph K. Yamagiwa was a Research Bombing Analyst for theU.S. Strategic Bombing Survey which took place inWashington D.C. andTokyo?
... that theJewel Box in St. Louis, Missouri, is agreenhouse but doesn't have a glass roof because of frequenthailstorms?
... thatHaldanes is the first mid-sizedsupermarket chain to open in the UK for more than 20 years?
... that in the1946 French legislative election the incumbent parliamentarian fromFrench India,Deiva Zivarattinam, received only 18 votes?
'00:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theMary Rose was aTudor period warship that sank during theBattle of the Solent in 1545 and was salvaged(pictured) bymaritime archaeologists 437 years later?
... thatMichigan sprinterClayton Teetzel coached theBYU basketball team to an 11–1 season and later coached theUtah State football team to an undefeated season outscoring opponents 164 to 0?
... that the music of the Russian bandLesopoval is inspired by the six years its co-founderMikhail Tanich spent in aSoviet labor camp?
... that thePratt & Whitney Canada PW800 has begun core testing even though its only application, theCessna Citation Columbus, has been canceled?
... that Political Correspondent withThe Irish TimesHarry McGee described theIrish budget, 2010 as maybe "the most austere Budget in the history of the State"?
... thatLynn A. Davis stopped illegalgambling inHot Springs in a 128-day career as head of theArkansas state police?
... that thePersian cat breed has won theCFA International Cat Show's "Best of Show" a record ten times as of 2009?
... that the importantEarly Classic Mesoamerican city ofMontana, inGuatemala, was a colony founded by the distant metropolis ofTeotihuacan, inMexico?

4 January 2010

18:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

... that 58 ships(one pictured) of the 16th-century navy ofHenry VIII of England were illustrated in theAnthony Roll?
... that at age 36,Populist Party ChairmanMarion Butler ofNorth Carolina obtained his law degree from theUniversity of North Carolina while serving in theU.S. Senate?
... that Reynier van Vlissingen, theDutch Governor ofNegapatam inIndia, surrendered toBritish forces in the 1781Siege of Negapatam because the garrison had only one day ofgunpowder remaining?
... thatRiverside Theater inJacksonville was the first theater inFlorida, and the third in theUnited States, equipped to showsound film?
... that theRussian battleshipDvenadsat Apostolov served as the stand-in for thePotemkin during the filming ofSergei Eisenstein'sThe Battleship Potemkin?
... that the South Americanrice ratOryzomys gorgasi is threatened by competition with theBlack Rat?
... that only one of the thirty-nineDART Light Rail stations inGreater Dallas,Texas, is located underground?
... that at the 2008Great Brook Run, English politicianDavid Cameron ran through a muddy stream faster than a man dressed asSpider-Man?
12:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

... that because of its aquatic origin and resemblance to the vulva, theshankha(carved examples pictured) is linked with female fertility and is an integral part ofTantric rites?
... thatFriedrich Nietzsche suggested thecrest on thefrontispiece ofRichard Wagner'sautobiography,Mein Leben, be composed of avulture and theconstellation The Plough?
... that inCross v. United States, theUnited States Supreme Court established the principle that theCourt of Claims could rehearCongressional reference cases?
... thatThe Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, the 22nd album bySparks and their first popmusical, was commissioned bySwedish national radio?
... thatBlumea balsamifera is aflowering plant which belongs to theAsteraceae family and is used in thePhilippines as adiuretic and treatment for thecommon cold?
... that theDemocratic Association of Victoria, the firstAustralian socialist organisation founded in 1872, lasted only ten months?
... that in January 2009, alorry burst through the stern doors of thefast ferryStena Voyager while the ship was at sea?
... that in 1971,Cambodian army officerUm Savuth offeredRichard Nixon his petelephant as a gift?
06:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

... that as aSquadron Leader in 1936, futurediplomatCharles Eaton(pictured) was arrested and held for three days inKoepang,Dutch Timor, while undertaking a clandestine mission for theRAAF?
... thatThe Irish Filmography is a reference source for nearly 2,000 films made from 1896 to 1996 inIreland, about either Ireland or the Irish?
... that1938–39 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team player Bobby Anet broke theNCAA Tournament trophy during the championship game, which Oregon won?
... that at 26 million years, theTaney Seamounts are almost as old as theseafloor they stand on?
... thatPeter P. Dubrovsky,Russian diplomat, collected valuablemanuscripts from destroyed libraries during the time of theFrench Revolution?
... that as a result of 1962U.S. Supreme Court decisionGlidden Co. v. Zdanok, theCourt of Claims did not accept newCongressional reference cases until 1966?
... that theneo-romanticChłopomania movement based inYoung Poland's fascination withfolk culture inspiredPolish playwrightStanisław Wyspiański to marry a peasant wife in 1900?
... that fossilized remains of giantsea turtles have been found at an elevation of 7,696 feet (2,346 m) withinVega State Park inColorado?
00:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatChinese-American architectI. M. Pei(pictured) made three secretive trips to Paris to prepare for his design of theLouvre Pyramid?
... that theMontserrat national football team has onlywon two matches in their history, both victories coming againstAnguilla?
... thatGiovanni Battista Calvi was anItalian military engineer who worked on many importantSpanish defensive projects in the 1500s, to include those in the nowBritish overseas territory ofGibraltar?
... that "Canonsburgh Comet"Leo Koceski,halfback forMichigan's1948 national championship and1950 Rose Bowl championship teams, was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame?
... that "Kashi", the name of anall natural, seven whole grain food company based inLa Jolla, California, means "happy" inChinese and "energy" inJapanese?
... thatPavel Antseborenko was awarded the title ofHero of the Soviet Union in 1944 for detonating a livehand grenade to avoid capture, killing himself and severalGerman troops in the process?
... thatJesse G. James' companyWest Coast Choppers earns 60% of its revenue from sales of T-shirts and othertie-in merchandise?
... thatWally Teninga playedfootball forMichigan's undefeated1947 and1948 championship teams and later became vice chairman and chief financial officer ofKmart Corporation?

3 January 2010

18:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatMutzig'sChâteau des Rohan(pictured) belonged to several families of noblemen andbishops ofStrasbourg before being turned into arifle factory after theFrench Revolution?
... that the song "La Cima del Cielo" recorded byRicardo Montaner became his firstnumber-one single in theBillboard Top Latin Songs chart?
... that the mechanism of theWinchester Model 1911, an autoloading shotgun made from 1911 to 1925, is so tricky that in 2005 four people shot themselves accidentally while clearing the weapon?
... that in the aftermath ofHurricane Katrina,Louisiana Secretary of StateAl Ater was said to have overseen the "cleanestmayor's election in modern times" inNew Orleans?
... that theeastern Yorkshire peninsulaHolderness is thought to have taken its name fromThurbrand the Hold, killer ofUhtred the Bold?
... that theArgentinianLabour Party, which played a major role in ensuringJuan Perón's1946 election victory, was modelled after theBritish Labour Party?
... thatNorth Carolina furniture makerThomas Day employed bothAfrican-American slaves as well as white apprentices in hisCaswell County workshop, though he was himself afree person of color?
... that between 19,500 and 50,000 Japanese military personnel are estimated to havesurrendered during World War II, despite being prohibited from doing so?
12:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theSociété Ramond gave the observatory on thePic du Midi de Bigorre(pictured) to theFrench state because it could not afford the cost of its construction?
... that in 1997,Steve Carell played chef Yorgo Galfanikos in theABC sitcomOver the Top?
... thatKevin Rockett is considered one of the pre-eminent authorities on thehistory ofIrish cinema?
... thatINFORM, a British charity providing impartial information onnew religious movements, was established with the support of theHome Office and Britain's mainstream churches?
... thatAlice Greenough Orr became arodeo star after she found her preferred job offorest ranger largely unavailable to women during the era afterWorld War I?
... thatRoanoke, Virginia, television stationWROV-TV was the firstUHF station in theUnited States to shut down?
... thatP. Munuswamy Naidu became the Chief Minister ofMadras Presidency after the1930 election?
... thatHoward Yerges began hisfootball career with theOhio State Buckeyes and finished it as thequarterback ofMichigan's1947 "Mad Magicians" national championship team?
06:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatFarnham Maxwell-Lyte(pictured) developed the "honey process" inphotographic processing?
... that one localarchitectural historian disparaged the combination of two older houses into the currentVan Rensselaer Lower Manor House inClaverack, New York, as a "growth"?
... that credit for describing theJolthead porgy goes to bothMarcus Elieser Bloch andJohann Gottlob Schneider in 1801, though Bloch died in 1799?
... that the1931 filmAlice in Wonderland was the firsttalking picture to be based onLewis Carroll's bookAlice's Adventures in Wonderland?
... that currentPhiladelphia Eagles long snapperJon Dorenbos is a professional magician who has performed in bothLas Vegas andHollywood?
... that hundreds of millions ofChinese Soft-shelled Turtles are raised every year in Asia'sturtle farms?
... that theGenoese have contributed significantly toGibraltar's architectural andculinary heritage?
... that despite being a clone of theApple II, theSovietAgat computer cost as much as twenty times the average monthly Soviet salary?
00:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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... that thetriskelion in MacLeodheraldry(pictured) originates from a mistaken belief that theclan's founder,Leod, was a son of aking ofMann?
... that Americanprofessional wrestlerJigsaw was trained byChris Hero andMike Quackenbush?
... that theMaharishi University of Management stabbing drew international attention because it occurred atan institution with a founding principle of reducing crime?
... thatCheryl Cole debuted her song "Parachute" whilst performing aLatin dance withDerek Hough on thetelevision specialCheryl Cole's Night In?
... that the first religious leader ofTemple Israel inColumbus, Ohio, wasSimon Lazarus, a clothing merchant who founded what would becomeLazarus department stores?
... thatMamajuda Island in theDetroit River, which once contained a lighthouse, has since been eroded away to nothing more than a few boulders seen only during times of low water levels?
... thatRagnar Kalheim was one of the main architects behind the formation of theSocialist Electoral League inNorway?
... that with their extensivevineyard holdings in theDouro and manyPort wine brands, theSymington Family Estates are considered a "Portempire"?

2 January 2010

18:00, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the1895 Michigan football team(player pictured) outscored its opponents 266 to 14 and clinched a claim to the Western championship ofAmerican football?
... that the9th Bomber Regiment was tasked to lead groups ofSoviet fighters and attack aircraft (over 2,000 aircraft in total) to their targets during 1941 because their pilots could not navigate on their own?
... that while recordingswordfights forBarbarian, thevideo game's designer Steve Brown nearly took his eye out with the Web of Death, a move copied from the filmConan the Destroyer?
... that plans were shelved for theSouthside Connector over concerns that it would pollute aquifers that were later found to be polluted inadvertently by the military?
... that as a consequence ofEarl Rivers' reversion toRoman Catholicism in 1697, the name of the Lyon's Paw Hotel inFrodsham,Cheshire, England, was changed to theBear's Paw?
... thatJohan Kling, aSwedish filmmaker whose career started with making TV shows andMcDonald's commercials, won the award for best Swedish film for his debut movie,Darling?
... that chefAaron McCargo Jr. became host of theFood Network seriesBig Daddy's House as the grand prize for winning thefourth season of the reality series,The Next Food Network Star?
... thatSpanish singer-songwriter Bebe received a nomination for aGrammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album for her secondstudio album titledY.?
12:00, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

... that during its operational history 1874–1926 theArgentine CorvetteUruguay(pictured) was agunboat,school ship,expedition support ship, andAntarctic rescue vessel, and is now amuseum ship inBuenos Aires?
... thatMargaret Formby, the daughter ofTexas ranchers, was the founder of theNational Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inFort Worth?
... that on December 26, 2009,Sarah Thomas became the first woman to officiate aFootball Bowl Subdivision bowl game, when she served asline judge for theLittle Caesars Pizza Bowl?
... that the view atopMount Kaputar inMount Kaputar National Park, Australia, encompasses about 1/10th ofNew South Wales?
... that Swedishhistory painterJohan Fredrik Höckert died of natural causes at the age of 40, only two years after becoming professor at theRoyal Swedish Academy of Arts?
... thatthe actress cast asAmy Pond, acompanion character to theEleventh Doctor onDoctor Who, had previously portrayed asoothsayer onan episode involving theTenth Doctor?
... that between theyears 2000 and 2009 in North Carolina, the deadliest tropical cyclone wasTropical Storm Allison?
... that theLittle Zigzag River begins onZigzag Glacier, flows down Little Zigzag Canyon, over Little Zigzag Falls, and enters theZigzag River upstream ofZigzag, Oregon?
06:00, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

... thatSagittaria lancifolia(pictured) is also known as "duck potato" because of the large potato-likecorms that form underground?
... thatMatilda of Brandenburg might have had an affair withHenry IV Probus before their marriage?
... thatBenigno Fitial, the current governor of theNorthern Mariana Islands, once sued theMarianas Variety News & Views newspaper fordefamation?
... that the1894 Michigan football team playedChicago in a sleet storm as the grandstand was "packed with yelling collegians" and the carriage rooms "filled with society people"?
... that the flamboyantLouisiana SheriffF.O. "Potch" Didier once spent seven days in his own jail upon conviction, after a sensational trial, ofmalfeasance in office?
... that after running aground atSharpness,SSStancliffe was cut into two separate sections and then sailed toCardiff, Wales, in 1947?
... that, on the orders ofKing Edward the Elder andEaldorman Æthelred, theEnglish thegnUhtred bought back land atHope andAshford inDerbyshire from theVikings?
... that theSwaraj Party refused to form a government despite winning the1926 election inMadras Presidency?
00:00, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

... that the1896 Michigan football team(pictured) appeared in the firstcollege football game played indoors and under electric lights?
... that there are different theories about the parentage ofPiast princessConstance, who ruled over Wodzisław Śląski until her death in 1351?
... that thethird season and its episodes of theanimated sitcomHome Movies won two Pulcinella Awards in 2003?
... thatAnna Mendelssohn, who spent five years in jail overAngry Brigade bombings, later became a published poet?
... that the secondFred Quilt inquiry into theTsilhqot'in's death at the hands of theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police found that injury was caused by a blunt force applied by an unknown object?
... that theFrench Minister of CooperationPierre Abelin initiated the process that culminated with the signing of theLomé Convention in 1975?
... thatDaneErik Holtved was the first university-trainedethnologist to studyGreenland'sInughuit?
... thatHereford,Texas, broadcasterClint Formby's daily commentary is the longest-running program by a single host inradio history?

1 January 2010

17:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

... that after taking the1899 Michigan football team to an 8–2 season, coachGustave Ferbert(pictured) resigned to participate in theKlondike Gold Rush and became a millionaire?
... that theFrench resistance activistMichel Zunino was the sole formersocialist Popular Front parliamentarian who was later re-elected as acommunist?
... that theCouncil on Religion and the Homosexual once held a fundraiser dance despite intimidation fromSan Francisco police?
... that in the late 1480s, students of theRenaissance humanistGiovanni Sulpizio da Veroli presented the firstSenecan tragedy mounted since Antiquity?
... that theSan Diego neighborhood ofOld Town was the site of the first European settlement in present-dayCalifornia?
... that twice in theDakar Rally, aMercedes-Benz supporttruck for theCitroën team got caught up in armed conflictsresulting in the driver's death?
... thatstand-up comedian Louis C.K. is writing, directing, editing, producing, and starring in his upcomingFX comedy series,Louie?
... that in 1989, a block of flats inWorthing, England, was named in commemoration of theCapella,wrecked off the coast in 1891, but the name was accidentally misspelt?
11:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

... that theLyceum inPort Sunlight,Merseyside,England,(pictured) was built as a school and it is planned to develop part of it as a museum?
... thatColonelJ. Thomas Scharf, who served in both theConfederate Army andNavy, later becameNew York's Chinese Inspector?
... thatNepal's capitalKathmandu only had one restaurant in 1955?
... that formerLouisiana State Rep.Raymond Laborde defeated futureGovernor Edwin Edwards in 1943 in the race for senior class president ofMarksville High School?
... that the 13th-centuryChinese mathematicianLi Zhi solvedpolynomial equations and advisedKublai Khan?
... that the1897 Michigan Wolverines football team won the inaugural game in theMichigan-Ohio State rivalry by a score of 34 to 0?
... thatPolish publicist and politicianJan Ludwik Popławski was one of the first chief activists and ideologues of the right-wingNational Democracy political camp?
... that the1692 Jamaica earthquake, which destroyedPort Royal, occurred at 11:43 a.m., according to a stoppedpocket watch found in the harbour?
03:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

... that newly namedNew York City Fire CommissionerSalvatore Cassano(pictured) has been cited five times for meritorious acts in a 40-yearFDNY career?
... that theRugrats episode "At the Movies" introduced the character ofReptar, who became a heavily recurring character throughout the series and the basis of countless merchandising tie-ins?
... thatSir Denys Roberts was the first and onlyColonial Secretary andChief Secretary who was appointedChief Justice inHong Kong?
... that although the original text of theĐại Việt sử ký was lost during thefourth Chinese domination of Vietnam, its contents were still preserved in other books such as theĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư?
... thatNorwegian politicianBeint Bentsen was a member of four differentmunicipal councils?
... thatmicrochromosomes are very tinygene-richchromosomes which are a typicalgenetic component inbirds, and some groups ofnon-mammalian animals?
... thatthe longest retreat of the U.S. Army was 120 miles (190 km)?
... thatprofessional wrestler "Dr. Death" Steve Williams has called working on the sitcomLearning the Ropes the "most painful $2,000" he ever earned?

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