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31 March 2010

17:47, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

... that of the tenGerman battleships interned inScapa Flow, onlySMS Baden(pictured) was not successfullyscuttled on 21 July 1919?
... thatophthalmologistArnall Patz received thePresidential Medal of Freedom for solving one of "the great medical mysteries of thepostwar era"?
... thatBayne-Fowle House, aNational Register of Historic Places registered property located at 811 Prince Street inAlexandra,Virginia,United States, served as a military hospital in 1864?
... that directorKōji Seki's 1967pink filmPerverted Criminal was Japan's first3-D film, and the world's first 3-Dsexploitation film?
... thatCanada's firstinterchange was acloverleaf opened in 1937 at the intersection ofHighway 10 andThe Middle Road?
... thatCri-Zelda Brits is theonly South African woman to have scored ahalf-century inTwenty20 International cricket?
... thatVarzuga, one of the oldest documented permanentRussian settlements on theKola Peninsula, was first mentioned in 1466?
... that the 2009eponymous debut albumSupercell by theJ-pop/rock band of thesame name contains songs not sung by a human?

11:38, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the 13th-centuryfont inHoly Trinity Church, Cuckfield(pictured) reputedly suffered a large crack when a horse, stabled inside the church during theEnglish Civil War, kicked it?
... that New Zealand geologistPatrick Marshall was the first who used the term "andesite line"?
... thatMexeflote rafts from theBritish Royal Logistic Corps were used to transport supplies to the remoteHaitian village ofAnse-à-Veau following the2010 earthquake?
... thatJohnston Road in the former British settlement ofHong Kong was named afterAlexander Robert Johnston, who served as acting administrator of the colony?
... that the 1910–1911Zionist newspaperHamevasser called onJews to join theOttoman army, in an effort to improve Jewish-Turkish relations?
... thatCharles Garvice, "the most successful novelist in England" in the period 1900–1920, sold millions of books annually but is virtually unknown today?
... that theDenisova Cave, where the finger bone of theDenisova hominin was found, is named after Dionisij, an 18th-centuryhermit?
... thatPresident of the United States James A. Garfieldknew both Latin and Greek, and could write both simultaneously with separate hands?

05:29, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

... that one of thecauses of the May Revolution could have been thatNapoleon crowned his own brotherJoseph Bonaparte(pictured) as the new Spanish King?
... that theUnderwater Archaeology Branch has been involved in research onError: {{Ship}} missing prefix (help) andCSS Alabama, and the search forUSS Bonhomme Richard?
... that threeMajor League Baseball pitchers—Charles Radbourn,John Clarkson andGuy Hecker—captured theNational League wins title by collecting more than 50victories in a single season?
... that theIsrael Defense Forces captured theIraq Suwaydan police fort inOperation Shmone after seven previous failed attempts?
... that theCARVER matrix was developed byUnited States special forces as a target acquisition system used to rank and prioritize targets?
... thatGordon L. Park worked around the globe as apetroleum engineer forChevron before he settled inWyoming and was elected in 1992 to thestate legislature?
... thattimbuwarra areanthropomorphic rattan figures produced by theWiru people ofPapua New Guinea?
... that an entireregiment of the Mexican Army was dispatched to expelMexican folk healer andmysticTeresa Urrea from the country?

30 March 2010

23:20, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

... that thelocomotive involved inSweden’s worst rail accident(pictured) was later hit in anair raid nearKorsør,Denmark, in 1943 after it had been overhauled and sold to theDanes?
... thatGeorge Washington served as a justice in the court ofAlexandria City Hall inAlexandria when it was a courthouse?
... that about 30,000runners cross the25 de Abril Bridge as part of theLisbon Half Marathon each year?
... that inventor and physicistNikola Tesla decided on his career path after being impressed by laboratory experiments of his physics professor atGymnasium Karlovac?
... that the Italianpre-dreadnought battleshipRe Umberto was modified in 1918 in preparation for her role as the lead ship in the planned attack on the mainAustro-Hungarian naval base atPola?
... thatJudgeGuy E. Humphries, Jr., ofAlexandria,Louisiana, joined with two friends to form theRenaissance Home for Youth, an alternative toreform school for youthful offenders?
... that the television seriesMeet the Natives: USA shows five tribesmen from the island ofTanna playinggolf, ridingroller coasters, and gettingpedicures?
... that one of the findings ofsociology of leisure has been that amount offree time is not significantly dependent on one's wealth?

17:11, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatAmerican football playerTom Hammond(pictured) always played without protective padding, saying "I want them to feel my bones"?
... that effective use ofdomain engineering concepts like the use ofdomain-specific languages can reducecode size by over 50%?
... thatLouisiana State SenatorK.D. Kilpatrick ofRuston began working as a teenager in his familymortuary business after his father was incapacitated by astroke?
... that a secret causeway from the mainland toMatagorda Island offSan Antonio Bay was hidden from Europeans byKarankawa Indians?
... thatFletcher Christian, leader of theMutiny on theBounty, was baptised inSt Bridget's Church, Brigham, England, and that his tomb is in the churchyard?
... that offspring ofGargaphia solani almost always fall victim topredation without the protection of their mother?
... that in 1575, Countess Ana von Eck fromBrda was killed by a tame bear in the castle courtyard ofŽužemberk Castle?
... that the steamboatArabia was missing for 132 years before it was discovered half a mile from theMissouri River under 45 feet of mud?

11:02, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the earliest remains ofarchitecture in Luxembourg are theCeltic buildings atTitelberg(pictured)?
... that from March 1940,Edvard Sylou-Crantz worked inGermany as aNorwegian-language propagandistic radio news reader?
... that around 50% of adultJews inConstantinople were subscribers of theLadino language newspaperEl Tiempo at the time of theFirst World War?
... that from 1904 to 1907, artists' modelDorelia McNeill lived in aménage à trois withAugustus John and his first wifeIda Nettleship?
... thatfeature models, initially conceived byfeature-oriented domain analysis, are characterized as "the greatest contribution ofdomain engineering tosoftware engineering"?
... that theProtestant church of Jistrum inFriesland was prior to 1581 aCatholic church, when in one week it was stripped byiconoclasts?
... that fourteen-year-oldDoris Duke gained control ofDuke Farms after suing her mother?
... that before 2002, nobody had reported seeing a wild specimen ofImpatiens denisonii, a rarebalsam, since it was first described in 1862?

04:53, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theJacob Kamm House(pictured) inPortland, Oregon, was built with wooden siding andquoining to imitate stone?
... that the author of the bookFree Speech, "The People’s Darling Privilege" was recognized with theHugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award?
... that 51 men were executed byAnglo-Saxons nearWeymouth, Dorset, and interred in theRidgeway Hill Viking burial pit inAD 910−1030?
... thatSeteng Ayele was the oldesttrack and field athlete at both the2004 and2008 Summer Olympics?
... that the fate of anopossum in theParks and Recreation episode "The Possum" has been described as anallegory forcapital punishment?
... that theOld Hansen Planetarium served as the main branch of theSalt Lake City Public Library system from 1905 to 1964?
... thatDieter Dorn staged the world premiere of the operaL'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe ofHans Werner Henze at theSalzburg Festival in 2003?
... that theBering cisco migrates hundreds of miles up rivers without eating?

29 March 2010

22:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatIvan Kramskoi's 1883Portrait of an Unknown Woman(pictured) caused a sensation when first exhibited, as critics assumed that the woman was of ill repute?
... that SirViv Richards scored the fastestcentury inTest cricket, taking just 56balls to reachhis hundred againstEngland in 1986?
... that thetambouras, a Greek traditional string instrument of thelute family and ancestor of thebouzouki, features movable frets?
... thatMacGillivray Milne was appointedGovernor of American Samoa less than two years after having beencourt-martialed?
... that the first hull loss of aTupolev Tu-204 occurred whenAviastar-TUFlight 1906 crashed on approach toDomodedovo International Airport,Moscow,Russia, on 22 March 2010?
... thatPresident George Washington was once a guest atLloyd House?
... that American biologistPhilip Hershkovitz discovered manyrodent species while he was in his eighties?
... that a failedCretan revolt of 1828, led byHatzimichalis Dalianis, is the basis for the local legend of the ghost army of theDrosoulites?

16:35, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the JapaneseKongō-classbattlecruisers(Kongō pictured) were designed by British naval engineerGeorge Thurston?
... thatMarcus R. Clark was elected in 2009 to theLouisiana Supreme Court though he had years earlier been sanctioned by that body for backlogged cases as a district judge?
... thatWelgelegen (orTjepkema's Molen) is the only survivor of seventeenwindmills to have stood inHeerenveen,Friesland, theNetherlands, since the15th century?
... thatMichael Barlow is the seventh winner of theFothergill-Round Medal in the last eight years that was listed on anAustralian Football League squad via therookie draft?
... thatLeptodora is the largestplanktonic cladoceran, and itstype species is probably the only cladoceran to have beendescribed in anewspaper?
... that the paintingEl Jaleo byJohn Singer Sargent is installed in a room constructed especially for it at theIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum inBoston?
... that by theTreaty of Vilnius (1561),Gotthard Kettler exchanged his office asGrand Master of theLivonian Order for that of aduke and Royal administrator?
... thatBoston newspaper publisherJohn Mein shot agrenadier in a scuffle?

10:26, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the façade of theIgreja de Santo Ildefonso(pictured) inPorto,Portugal, is covered in approximately 11,000azulejos?
... that the "father of the Finnish written language" died when returning from theTreaty of Novgorod (1557)?
... that in 2006, ten percent of the membership of theAustralian Watercolour Institute were recipients ofAustralia Honours?
... that araga inIndian musicianRam Narayan's albumRag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia was named for an incarnation ofShiva?
... thatLado Ketskhoveli was one of the firstrevolutionaries to introduceStalin toMarxism?
... thatfishing down the food web is resulting in a progressive worldwide decline in thefish stocks that are higher on thefood chain?
... thatSiraj Gena finished his winning run of theRome Marathon barefoot to honour the 50th anniversary ofAbebe Bikila's marathon gold at the1960 Rome Olympics?
... that the sculpture of a freezing woman at theGolm War Cemetery was not erected because it did not match the artistic perceptions of theEast German party line?

04:17, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the AustralianEdithvale-Seaford Wetlands regularly support 1% of theEast Asian – Australasian Flyway's population of theSharp-tailed Sandpiper(pictured)?
... thatHarry Crosby, whoseBlack Sun Press published struggling writers likeD. H. Lawrence,Hart Crane,James Joyce andEzra Pound, died at age 31 in asuicide pact with his lover?
... thatGowardia, alichen found in tundra of theNorthern Hemisphere, is named after the lichenologist Trevor Goward?
... that as a state legislatorRon Gomez, previously theradio voice of theULL Ragin' Cajuns, worked to build the team's arena, theCajundome, inLafayette,Louisiana?
... thatAda Louise Huxtable calledPortland,Oregon'sKeller Fountain Park "one of the most importanturban spaces since theRenaissance"?
... that designerVladimir Kagan, whose 1952sofa was auctioned byChristie's for $190,000, created afacsimile forRoom & Board in 2006 that sells for less than $1,900?
... thatAzalea Trail Maids appeared in the inauguration parade ofPresident Barack Obama in fullantebellum-era dresses?
... that two of the singer-songwriters inLittle River Band wrote so many songs that they formed the duoBirtles & Goble to record the unreleased material?

28 March 2010

22:08, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

... that under the terms of theTreaty of Seringapatam, which ended theThird Anglo-Mysore War in 1792,Tipu Sultan was required to surrender two of his sons ashostages of war(scene pictured)?
... that althoughU.S. President Barack Obama isChristian, high-rankedal-Qaida memberAyman al-Zawahiri hasfalsely claimed that Obama secretly "pray[s] the prayers of theJews"?
... that Doña Rosa Real discovered how to makeBarro negro pottery inSan Bartolo Coyotepec, a small town in southernMexico?
... that inthe 1779 raid led by GeneralWilliam Tryon,British troops destroyed 83 houses, two churches, and ajail inFairfield, Connecticut?
... thatAgrimonia gryposepala, a plant of the rose family (Rosaceae), was used by theMeskwaki and PrairiePotawatomi to curenosebleeds?
... that the debut inCarnegie Hall of tenorJames Taylor was in the premiere of theLevine completion of Mozart'sGreat Mass in C minor?
... that theforests of Syria, celebrated throughout ancient times for their richness, have been reduced to their present-day area of 4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi)?
... thatFr. Martin Hehir, the fourth president ofDuquesne University inPittsburgh, was affectionately known to students as "Daddy Hehir"?

15:59, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

A bald, bearded, white man on a chair.

... thatSenator Orris S. Ferry(pictured), who served as abrigadier general in theAmerican Civil War, died of a wasting spinal disease?
... that an 1889 trial against cadres of theBelgianRepublican Socialist Party revealed that most leaders of the party wereagents provocateurs paid by the government?
... that the word "pitcher" originates from the 13th centuryMiddle English wordpicher, which means earthen jug?
... that the nineteenth-century American botanistEdward Tuckerman liked to write his studies in Latin?
... that in 2003, an English translation ofShadow Tower Abyss, the forerunner toFrom Software's award-winningDemon's Souls, was cancelled bySony over fears that the game's style lacked market appeal?
... thatUkrainian sprinterAnzhela Kravchenko has more national titles in the100 and200 metres than doubleworld champion Zhanna Pintusevich-Block?
... that the specific name of the small shrubAdenanthos cacomorphus, meaning 'ugly form', relates to its "misshapen"pollen grains?
... thatBarry Bowen ownedBelikin,Belize's only domesticallybrewed beer brand, as well as the country's only commercialcoffee farm?

09:50, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatGérard du Puy is said to have destroyed threepapal tombs in Perugia(surviving tomb ofBenedict XI pictured)?
... that journalistLauro Aguirre planned a violent takeover ofCiudad Juárez, Mexico in 1906?
... that formerFirst Lady ofNew HampshireGale Thomson ran amaple syrup business from her19th century farmhouse inOrford?
... thatBaseball Hall of Fame memberMel Ott wasstruck out in his firstat-bat of hisMajor League Baseball career bypitcherWayland Dean?
... that theYalbugha Mosque was built in 1264 byMamluk princes inDamascus,Syria?
... thatChaucer scholarCharles Muscatine participated in theD-day landing onOmaha Beach and was fired byUC Berkeley for refusing to sign aMcCarthyite oath?
... that theTreaty of Pozvol triggered theLivonian War?
... thatOlena Krasovska ran the fastest100 metres hurdles race (12.45 seconds) by an athlete representingUkraine, but despite this she does not hold theUkrainian record?

03:41, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatreed boats(pictured), made withreeds such as thepapyrus, have been used for at least 7000 years and are still built inPeru andEthiopia?
... that New York-basedmix engineer Michael Brauer uses fivecompressors in hisparallel compression method, to achieve the desired vocal sound forThe Rolling Stones,KT Tunstall andColdplay?
... thatsubstorms were first described in 1964?
... that the 7th centuryArab Islamic palatial complex ofAl-Sinnabra at the southern end of theSea of Galilee was originally thought to be aByzantine-erasynagogue?
... thatJoseph H. Allen, avolunteer infantryman and the 21stsupervisor of theTown of Brunswick inNew York, was brevettedlieutenant colonel byAbraham Lincoln in 1865?
... thatTwice Blessed is anAmerican Book Award winning novel byFilipino author Ninotchka Rosca?
... that comedianAndy Samberg guest starred in theParks and Recreation episode "Park Safety", which he called "the best episode, and maybe not just of this show but of any show on television ever"?
... thatWinifred Collins was one of the first females to be commissioned in theWAVES when it began in 1942 and was later Chief of Naval Personnel for Women?

27 March 2010

21:32, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the treeErythrina velutina(inflorescence pictured) can make mice and rats sleepy and is the onlyErythrina speciespollinated by a lizard, theNoronha skink?
... that U.S. PresidentWoodrow Wilson's parents are buried in the cemetery of theFirst Presbyterian Church inColumbia, South Carolina?
... thatColorado State Highway 35 is so short that twointerchanges overlap each other?
... thatCode of Vengeance starredCharles Taylor as David Dalton, a character created for a plannedspin-off series fromKnight Rider?
... that thetraditional oral rules for leadership selection at theRapid LakeIndian reserve inQuebec were put down in writing for the first time in 1996?
... that the idea forMyTwoCensus, apolitical watchdog of the2010 U.S. Census, was first conceived by journalist Stephen Robert Morse as he was looking for a job onCraigslist?
... that inAlbanian mythology, thedrangue is a semi-human winged warrior who is born wearing a shirt andqeleshe?
... that while she never sank any vessels in her career,U-771 shot down a BritishB-24 Liberator aircraft?

15:23, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theChristie’s auction house gaveJuan Luna’s paintingLas Damas Romanas (TheRoman Maidens)(pictured) a price tag of $1 million to $1.2 million?
... that during theAmerican Civil War, both theUnion and theConfederacy developed newmedical programs to treat sick and injured soldiers?
... that theSouth Park episode "Sexual Healing" parodied the recentsex scandal surrounding golf proTiger Woods, and satirized the media attention it generated?
... that with around 250 killed theUNITA2001 Angola train attack was one of the deadliestterrorist attacks involvingrailways?
... thatBlazed Alder Creek, which supplies part of the drinking water forPortland, Oregon, was named for a 24-inch (61 cm) blazed (marked) alder tree used as a benchmark for early watershed surveys?
... that the associationl'Affranchissement, founded in 1854, was the firstrationalist organization inBelgium?
... that theBolinas, California-based unconventionalwinemakerSean Thackrey was previously anart dealer?
... that campaigners against proposed urban expansion inWorthing,West Sussex, have beentree sitting inTitnore Wood since 2006?

09:14, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theAnanda Temple(pictured) inBagan,Myanmar, with four standingBuddhas facing the cardinal directions, is said to be an architectural wonder titled the "Westminster Abbey ofBurma"?
... thatErnest Hemingway's 1950 novelAcross the River and into the Trees was serialized inCosmopolitan Magazine from February to May of that year?
... thatMartyrs' Lane inBaku,Azerbaijan, is dedicated to those killed by theRed Army duringBlack January and later to those killed inNagorno-Karabakh War?
... that anovarian pregnancy can occur when theegg cell is notreleased or picked up?
... that the specific name ofAdenanthos macropodianus refers to it only being found onKangaroo Island?
... thatAmerican writer-director Patrick Coyle first publicly showed his 2009 filmInto Temptation at the hospice where his father stayed?
... that in the2009–10 Rugby-Bundesliga season, with theRugby Club Luxembourg, a team fromLuxembourg competes in theGerman 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga?
... thatMarcus Larson, a prominent 19th-century painter from Sweden, worked for a saddle maker before becoming an artist?

03:05, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

... that a 1996National Geographic magazine map of theUnited States labeled theHigh Desert region of southeastOregon(pictured) as theGreat Sandy Desert?
... that 1968 was the deadliestyear in the Vietnam war for the United States and itsVietnamese allies?
... that the musicwebsiteSongMeanings was created after its founder was inspired by a debate surrounding the meaning behind music groupBen Folds Five's song "Brick"?
... that theByzantine emperor Nikephoros II allegedly insisted for taxes to be paid in the full-weighthistamenon gold coin, but only paid back in the lightertetarteron?
... that asilent speech interface enables people totalk without makingspeech sounds, or those withlaryngectomies tospeak after losing theirvoice?
... that despite Dolores Porras’ innovations with thegreen glazed pottery tradition ofSanta María Atzompa, she is poor and depends on her family economically?
... that asHurricane Katrina approachedNew Orleans it underwent aneyewall replacement cycle that caused it to decrease in intensity but increase in diameter?
... that the 1956 radio programIt's A Crime, Mr. Collins was said to be "a flagrant rip-off ofThe Adventures of the Abbotts in which only the names had been changed"?

26 March 2010

20:56, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Five dollar Confederate banknote (1861) and a 100 dollar Confederate banknote (1862)

... that more than 60% of theConfederacy's war finance came fromprinting money(pictured), which, along with bad military news, caused prices to increase 92 times over in theSouth during theAmerican Civil War?
... thatUdiWWW was among the firstweb browsers to support theHTML 3 specification?
... that theManawanIndian reserve in theMauricie region ofQuebec has had road access only since 1973?
... thatChenowth Advanced Light Strike Vehicles were used byUnited States Navy SEALs inIraq andAfghanistan, as well as during theGulf War?
... thatThe Master of Game is considered to be the firstEnglish language book onhunting?
... that Czech politicianPetr Zenkl, who survived twoNazi concentration camps, was forced to escape to the West aftercommunists took power inCzechoslovakia bycoup d'état in 1948?
... that after the original owner of theWalsh-Kaiser Company shipyard had difficulty managing the yard, a shipbuilding and a construction company took over?
... that the town ofOtumba,Mexico, has an annual Donkey Fair where the animals feature in fashion shows and costume contests?

14:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

... that in theSera Chöding Hermitage(pictured) inLhasa,Tibet, according to a local legend, the ‘local site-spirit’ used to enter through a small window to meetTsongkhapa?
... that Britishchild actorNoah Marullo plays a character withAsperger syndrome onTracy Beaker Returns, which he feels "helps children understand that everyone is different"?
... that, during thebombing of Berlin,Minuscule 658,659 and661 were sent out of Berlin for safekeeping and were later found inPoland?
... that before enteringpolitics, two-timeprime ministerSaid al-Ghazzi was one of the leading lawyers inSyria?
... that theEthics AdviceLine for Journalists has dealt with over 600 cases since it began in 2001?
... that the tragic death ofBonnie McCarroll at the 1929Pendleton Round-Up led to the cancellation of women'sbronc riding fromrodeo competition?
... that theaureole effect is anoptical phenomenon seen in rippling water that creates sparkling light and dark rays radiating fromthe shadow of the viewer's head?
... that the architectural historianNikolaus Pevsner describedAll Saints Church, Boltongate as "one of the architectural sensations ofCumberland"?

08:38, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatEdward Richardson(pictured) was the first person to build arail tunnel through the side of an extinctvolcano?
... that theholotype specimen of thedinosaurLinheraptor is one of few nearly completedromaeosaurid skeletons, worldwide?
... thatcollege basketball guardA.J. Slaughter received scholarship offers from major conference schoolsVanderbilt andWest Virginia, but ultimately decided to play forWestern Kentucky?
... that citizen volunteers atThe Jawa Report notified the FBI about the threat posed byJihad Jane?
... that inVilla de Zaachila, Mexico, the weeklytianguis or open air market has changed little over the centuries and theZapotec language can still be heard?
... thatSayuri Kokushō's 1986 debutsingle,Valentine Kiss, is the most popularValentine's Day song in Japan, despite selling only 317,000 copies?
... that the rider who completes theHoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge in the shortest time will win $500,000 inAlaskan gold?
... that in March 2010, Australia became the first country in the world to officially recognise a 'non-specified' gender, whenNorrie May-Welby was found to be neither a man nor a woman?

02:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatPope Clement VII built thePozzo di S. Patrizio(pictured) while takingrefuge in Orvieto after theSack of Rome (1527)?
... that the main factors influencing survival amongst the strickenDonner Party pioneers were age, sex, and the size of each person's family group?
... thatHerb Graver scored fivetouchdowns in the 1903Michigan–Ohio State game, a record that has not since been matched by a player for either team?
... that aTax Increment Reinvestment Zone is a political subdivision of amunicipality orcounty in the state ofTexas created to implementtax increment financing?
... that WuLi Records, owned by theMinistry'sLouis Svitek, released an album byLee DeWyze, aninth season finalist ofAmerican Idol?
... thatCanigou Cambrai was the firstEnglish Cocker Spaniel to bebest in show atCrufts for 46 years?
... thatCanadian landscape ecologistAndré Bouchard usednotarized acts to determine the composition ofQuebec'sforests at thetime of colonization?
... that thedum dum bullet invented byNeville Bertie-Clay was used by theBritish Army againstAfrican andAsian opponents but was considered "too cruel" for use againstEuropeans?

25 March 2010

20:20, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the phrase "peace on earth, good will to men" derives from theAnnunciation to the shepherds(pictured), but reflects a dispute over a single letter in theGreek text of theNew Testament?
... thatpyridoxamine, avitamer ofvitamin B6, is being tested inclinical trials for the treatment ofdiabetic nephropathy?
... thatSiobhan Magnus, a current contestant on theninth season ofAmerican Idol, started singing in public during an elementary school concert when she sang "Tomorrow" from the musicalAnnie?
... that the 2010World Junior Squash Championships will be held from July 27 until August 1, inQuito,Ecuador?
... that more than twenty attendants of theCécile DeWitt-Morette's summer school in theAlps were later awarded theNobel Prize?
... thatWhat A Guy!, agag cartoon created in 1987, continued for eight years after writerBill Hoest's death using a mix of hisjokes and new gags written by his widow,Bunny Hoest?
... that, unable to reach the university president,athletic directorJohn Toner unilaterally accepted an invitation for theConnecticut Huskies to become a founding member of theBig East Conference?
... thatArgentine portrait painterAntonio Alice, who was expelled from school for drawing in books, was later awarded thePrix de Rome scholarship?

14:20, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theboreal felt lichen(pictured), one of the most endangered lichens in the world, begins its life by growing inside of theliverwortFrullania asagrayana(also pictured)?
... thatBienvenido Santos’s novel,The Man Who (Thought He) Looked Like Robert Taylor, narrates the experiences ofFilipino migrants in theUnited States?
... that pioneering AustrianfeministAuguste Fickert got involved in politics because of an attempt todisenfranchise all women voters inLower Austria in 1889?
... thatPoint Lonsdale Lighthouse'sfoghorn shed is the only one known from alighthouse inVictoria, Australia?
... thatBamba Müller was the "Cinderella" who marriedDalip Singh Sukerchakia, theBlack Prince of Perthshire?
... that theGreen Mada’in Association for Agricultural Development is anagricultural cooperative inIraq that is buildinggreenhouses anddrip irrigation systems in the Mada’in Qada region?
... thatSven Moren was a popular speaker, and chaired the cultural societyNoregs Ungdomslag for two periods?
... that a film critic forThe New York Times described the Croatian filmWhat Is a Man Without a Moustache? as both "pleasant" and "pointless"?

08:20, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatNeville McNamara(pictured) was only the secondRAAF officer to be promotedAir Chief Marshal, and the lastChief of the Air Staff to be knighted before Australia abandonedimperial honours?
... that approximately 1 in every 10,000 to 20,000 babies are born with alaryngeal cleft, a gap between theoesophagus andtrachea which allows food or fluid to pass into the airway?
... that when officials cracked down onvice in Texas during the 1940s and 1950s, some of Texas' most notorious crime figures helped establish major casinos in Las Vegas, including theSands Hotel?
... that theFlader J55 jet engine used asupersonic compressor in order to achieve small size, which ultimately proved to be beyond thestate of the art?
... thatChristopher O. Ward, Executive Director of thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey, worked on an oil rig in theGulf of Mexico before attendingHarvard Divinity School?
... that near the exit from theChee Kung Tong Society Building, alintel once proclaimed, inChinese,Everyone is Equal?
... that in 1975,professional baseball playerJimmy Sexton led theTexas League instolen bases with 48?
... thatThe Go-Betweens' "Cattle and Cane", although selected byAustralasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of theTop 30 Australian songs of all time, never charted in Australia?

02:20, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theFifth Dalai Lama established theGandan Sumtseling Monastery(pictured) inZhongdian,Yunnan, inChina in 1679?
... thatFrancisco Ada, the firstLieutenant Governor of theNorthern Mariana Islands, spearheaded the construction of the modernSaipan International Airport?
... that the filmGreen Lantern starringRyan Reynolds has been in development since the 1990s and once included a comedic incarnation withJack Black set to star?
... that in only their third year of involvement in the series,Hexis Racing won theFIA GT3 European Teams Championship in2009?
... that there is no evidence thatJulius II orLeo X, twoRenaissance popes, evercelebrated mass?
... thatAdenanthos cuneatus has been calledSweat Bush, from the alleged propensity of horses to break out in a sweat after eating it?
... that thePalace of Omurtag, an archaeological site in northeasternBulgaria, includes theepiscopal see of anArian Gothic bishop besides amedieval Bulgarian fort?
... thatJames Cumming was known for his entertaining chemistry lectures inCambridge University, during which he would literallyshock the audience with agalvanic apparatus?

24 March 2010

20:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

... that during theBattles of Wenden (1577–1578), 300 people blew themselves up inWenden Castle (pictured) to escape capture?
... that today'sSolar Turbines got its start in thegas turbine industry due to its expertise in high-temperature metallurgy learned by building 300,000exhaust manifolds inWorld War II?
... that in 1656,Thomas Wiswall signed a petition that ultimately led to the founding of the city ofNewton, Massachusetts?
... that bothTaklung Monastery andRiwoche Monastery belong to theKagyu sect ofTibetan Buddhism?
... that"Grace, Replaced", theWill & Grace episode, attracted the series' highest ratings of the first season?
... that the discovery of a population of smaller, less spinypalms inDominica has led to speculation thatAiphanes minima may not be the only species ofAiphanes on that island nation in theCaribbean?
... that later politician and barristerLars Aspeflaten was a personal bodyguard of the actingNorwegian Director of Public Prosecutions in 1945?
... that actorTom Cruise does not endorse a potentstrain ofcannabis calledTom Cruise Purple?

12:00, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the color ofbarro negro or black clay pottery(pictured) comes from the properties of the clay and not from painting?
... that thefalkušasailboat raced in one of the oldest fishermen'sregattas inEurope, held from 1593 to 1936 on the island ofVis,Croatia?
... thatKonstantin Bozveliev became the firstsocialist to be elected mayor inBulgaria in 1908?
... that themagnitude-8.51922 Vallenar earthquake inChile caused a series oftsunamis that reached as far away as Japan and Australia?
... that the actor SirIan McKellen was the final guest to appear onParkinson's Sunday Supplement and one of the first onWeekend Wogan, both Sunday morning programmes onBBC Radio 2?
... thatCarlbury hill was the site of anEnglish Civil War battery emplacement for aRoyalist contingent at the Battle ofPiercebridge?
... thatPina Bausch and conductorThomas Hengelbrock staged Gluck'sOrfeo ed Euridice in Paris and the ancient theater inEpidaurus?
... that whenWest Bromwich Albion won aBirmingham Senior Cup match 26–0 in the1882–83 season, every player except the goalkeeper scored at least once?

06:00, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatRAAF pilotAllan Walters(pictured) made use of hisaerobatic skills while courting his wife-to-be in 1930, performing stunts above the church where her father wasrector?
... that thepygmy hardwood forest on thesummit of New York'sGraham Mountain is unique in theCatskills?
... that the New Zealand space scientistIan Axford was a director of the GermanMax Planck Institute for Aeronomy?
... that the firstFilipino full-length animated film,Adarna, was created by Gerry Garcia in the late 1990s?
... that AmericansopranoAnna Fitziu was the singing instructor forShirley Verrett?
... that females of the speciesToxotes chatareus maylay between 20,000 and 150,000 eggs at a time?
... that despite being an Australian,Walter Cornock played both professionalfootball and first-classcricket for English teams?
... that because it could neither be repaired nor removed, atrolley bridge inShelburne Falls, Massachusetts, was turned into a garden called theBridge of Flowers?

00:00, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theCape Sparrow(pictured) successfully competes with itsintroduced relative, theHouse Sparrow?
... that thePortrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto, byPablo Picasso, is the most highly estimated work of art to be offered at an auction in Europe?
... that formerState Rep.Kevin P. Reilly, Sr., once toldPeoplemagazine that allLouisiana residents needed to be contented was "a pickup and a shotgun"?
... that in 1560, theEnglish helped theScotslay siege to the French encampment atLeith?
... thatJack Donaghy calls the state ofFlorida "America'sAustralia" in the30 Rock episode "The Natural Order"?
... that theAlmond Blossom Cross Country was created by theDistrict of Faro and thePortuguese tourist board to promotesport andtourism in the area?
... that despite being dismissed from thenavy for disobeying orders,James Walker returned to fight atCamperdown andCopenhagen, and died arear-admiral?
... that after losing a fight withMikhail Gorbachev's cat,Dmitry Medvedev's catDorofei was castrated?

23 March 2010

18:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Man in 19th-century military uniform

... that formerScottish doctorRobert Crichton Wyllie(pictured) proposed a plan for British colonization ofCalifornia in the 1840s?
... that theAugust 8–9, 1993, tornado outbreak in the AmericanMidwest spawned the most recent single tornado to cause multiple deaths inMinnesota?
... that sopranoAnnette Dasch appeared as Elettra in Mozart'sIdomeneo at the reopening of theCuvilliés Theatre, where that opera had been premiered in 1781?
... that the village ofUlnaby wasabandoned in the 16th century when labour-intensivearable farming gave way topasture?
... thatGovernor Bobby Jindal named formerState RepresentativeSean Reilly as board chairman of BlueprintLouisiana, a group promoting technology and economic development statewide?
... that when theCoucoucacheIndian reserve was inundated by a newreservoir, theCanadian Government was compensated only $380 for the loss of land?
... that the papal courtresided in Viterbo, Italy, for twenty years in the 13th century?
... that after concluding his participation in theSecond Schleswig War, priest and educatorChristopher Bruun walked from Denmark toRome?

12:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the nickname ofParo Taktsang(pictured) inBhutan, "The Tiger's Nest", derives from the legend which tells thatPadmasambhava founded a meditation cave there after travelling on a tigress?
... thatLars Oftedal founded several social institutions inStavanger, Norway, including anorphanage for boys and a home for women?
... that theBerserker Range is a mountainous region nearRockhampton in Central Queensland, Australia?
... thatNick Joaquin's play,A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, was described inThe New York Times as an "engaging, well plotted metaphor for the passing of OldManila"?
... that the distribution of the Brazilianrice ratEuryoryzomys emmonsae may be unique amongmuroid rodents?
... that the career ofAsian Games gold medallistPinki Pramanik was cut short by serious injury suffered in a car crash?
... thatAdolf Claus suggested a structure forbenzene in 1867, still known asClaus' benzene?
... that during the annualDutch book week, a book was occasionally publishedanonymously to let readers guess who the author was?

06:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatThistle, Utah, was destroyed in 1983 by the most costly landslide(pictured) in United States history and was the firstfederal disaster area declared by the U.S. President in the state of Utah?
... that actorRichard Stapley, who was sometimes known by thestage nameRichard Wyler, published his first novel at age 17?
... that theAlkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump inOregon contains 25,000drums of chemical waste, dumped in 1969 by a predecessor ofBayer CropScience?
... that clients of wandering frontier lawyerJohn Ricord includedSam Houston and Hawaiian KingKamehameha III?
... thatacute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis occur on average two to three times per year in a person suffering fromchronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
... thatPrincess Bamba, the last of the family who ruled theSikh Empire, was said to have "lived like an alien in her father's kingdom"?
... thatindie rock bandFang Island took its name from a fictional location described in anOnion article as a secret hideaway of thenU.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld?
... thatPope Stephen II in 752became the first pope to cross the Alps?

00:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the erotic Indian classical danceMohiniattam is named after the "seductress supreme" ofHindu mythology –Mohini(pictured), the femaleavatar of the male godVishnu?
... thatLionello Cecil sang the leadtenor part in the first complete microphone recording ofVerdi'sLa traviata in 1928?
... thatTyphoon Nida was themost intense tropical cyclone during 2009?
... thatCarey McWilliams describedCarlos Bulosan'sAmerica Is in the Heart as a social classic that reflected the experiences ofFilipino immigrants inAmerica?
... that the extinct Mexicanrice ratOryzomys nelsoni has only been collected once?
... thatOregon House RepresentativeNancy Nathanson taught tap dancing for several years?
... thatSky News described the free legalvideo sharing websiteMUZU TV as a likely rival forYouTube?
... that theminesweeper USSInaugural is the onlyNational Historic Landmark in Missouri to have had its status as aNational Historic Landmark withdrawn?

22 March 2010

18:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

... that this year'sbest in show atCrufts,Hungargunn Bear It'n Mind, was the first time aHungarian Vizsla(pictured) has won the competition?
... thatKnut Kleve, known for his restoration ofpapyrus fragments, learned Latin while incarcerated in a Naziconcentration camp?
... that the fungal genusSebacina includes species that can encrust the stem bases of living plants?
... that at just 85 days in office, thesixteenth government of Israel was the shortest-lived in the country's history?
... that wheelchair marathon athleteLango Sinkamba wasZambia's firstParalympian?
... that the German submarineU-78 was the onlyU-boat to be sunk by land-basedartillery fire inWorld War II?
... that bothSymmachus andLaurentius turned toTheodoric the Great to resolve theirdisputed succession as pope, the first recorded example of papalsimony?
... that after a search that has so far lasted 30 years,Muckaty station in Australia'sNorthern Territory is the only site being considered for a nationalradioactive waste facility?

12:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the BritishbattlecruiserHMSLion(pictured) fired seventorpedoes during theBattle of Jutland without success?
... that theArt Pavilion gallery was originally built for an exhibition inBudapest and then transported toZagreb, where it was re-built in 1898?
... that when Scottish sopranoMuriel Dickson toured with theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company to New York City in 1934–1935, she was invited to join theMetropolitan Opera?
... thatAraneagryllus is named from a combination of theLatinaranea meaning "spider" andgryllus meaning "cricket"?
... thatGustav Storm's translation ofSnorre Sturlason'sHeimskringla intoNorwegian in the late 1890s was the basis for a popular edition of this work?
... that the largest known colony ofmammals in the world is found inBracken Cave near the small town ofBracken, Texas?
... thatYanko Sakazov was one of the two firstsocialist parliamentarians inBulgaria, elected to theNational Assembly in 1894?
... that thenumber-one single"A Puro Dolor", performed bySon By Four, was written by Omar Alfanno in ten minutes?

06:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatMichigan's 1901"Point-a-Minute" team(pictured), rated one of the greatestcollege football teams of all time, outscored its opponents 550–0 and beatStanford 49–0 in the firstRose Bowl game?
... that renowned magazine illustratorDavid Hunter Strother recounted a treacherous journey on theMoorefield and North Branch Turnpike in his recollections of theAmerican Civil War inHarper's Magazine?
... thatIsraeli naval forces deployed explosive Italian motorboats to sink theEgyptian Navy flagshipEmir Farouk in thenaval campaign of Operation Yoav?
... that in ca. 1304, theByzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos introduced a new silver coin, thebasilikon, modeled after theVenetiangrosso, to pay theCatalan Company?
... that the currentMayor of Manukau is also its last one, as theManukau City Council area is going to be incorporated into theAuckland super city?
... thatfossil specimens of the extinctscorpionfly familyDinopanorpidae, which includesDinopanorpa andDinokanaga, sometimes have preserved dark with light to clearcolor patterning?
... that thecanoe route throughOskélanéo, Quebec, was once so popular that it prompted the construction oflocks on the Oskelaneo River?
... that "Pretty Baby...." is the firstsoap opera episode to feature just a singlecharacter?

00:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatNew Fairy Tales(illustration pictured) of 1844 is the mostautobiographical ofHans Christian Andersen's severalfairy tale collections?
... that at 100 years old, SirNicholas Winton was named aBritish Hero of the Holocaust?
... that theAN/PSQ-20 "Enhanced Night Vision Device" combinesimage intensifier andthermal imaging technologies, which were previously used separately?
... thatColleen LaRose, also known as "JihadJane", was living in suburbanPennsylvania when she was arrested for recruitingIslamic terrorists and plotting the murder of Swedish artistLars Vilks?
... that conductorHelmuth Rilling,Gächinger Kantorei andBach-Collegium Stuttgart finished the first complete recording of Bach'scantatas andoratorios on the composer's 300th birthday, 21 March 1985?
... thatStalin was first introduced to the ideas ofKarl Marx when he joined theMesame Dasi?
... thatsea interferometry usesradio waves reflected off the surface of thesea to improve the resolution of a single radio detector?
... that two plastermaquettes made by sculptorJohn Evan Thomas for House of Lords bronzes have just been found inWestgate, Canterbury, after being hidden in a tower for 100 years?

21 March 2010

18:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

... that there is anancient Roman fort partly underneath thevillage green atPiercebridge(pictured) inCounty Durham,England?
... thatWilliam Hutcheon Hall of theRoyal Navy earned the nickname "Nemesis Hall" for his services as commander of theNemesis during theFirst Anglo-Chinese War?
... thatbeef is a common element in the works of theNew Realist painterCarlos Alonso?
... that thethirty pieces of silver whichJudas Iscariot received for betrayingJesus are echoed inDostoyevsky'sCrime and Punishment by the thirtyroubles which Sonia earns for selling herself?
... thatSwiss athleteGeorges de Regibus introducedassociation football toBulgaria in 1894 as a sports teacher inVarna?
... that theextinct spiderEoplectreurys is the oldest described genus ofHaplogynae, predating spiders fromCretaceous amber inJordan andLebanon?
... thatJohann Sebastian Bach wrote around 200cantatas in German but only one,Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191, inLatin?
... thatEmpire Cedric, a formerLanding Ship, Tank, was the firstRo-Ro ferry?

12:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theCitadel of Damascus(pictured) inSyria was built not on the top of a hill, but on flat ground, at the same level as the rest ofDamascus city?
... thatYothu Yindi's song "Treaty" was the first song by a predominately-Aboriginal band to chart inAustralia and the first in any Aboriginal Australian language to gain international recognition?
... thatMexican revolutionaryRubén Jaramillo ran for governor ofMorelos twice and led two armed rebellions against the government?
... thatpairwise summation of a sequence (breaking it in half and summing each half separately first) greatly reduces rounding errors?
... thatLeslie Barrett was both aShakespearean actor and the founder of amime theatre?
... thatHungry Bentley, an abandoned village inDerbyshire,England, was named for the poor quality of its land?
... thatprofessional wrestlerTiger Raj Singh had a try-out match forWorld Wrestling Entertainment in December 2009 and was signed to a developmental contract?
... that the "Beethoven Burst" was a powerfulgamma-ray burst which occurred on the birthday ofLudwig van Beethoven?

06:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatblack witches' butter(pictured) is awood-decay fungus that loosens thebark of its host by disintegrating thevascular cambium?
... thatJhalkaribai fought with theEast India Company army in disguise asQueen Laxmibai of Jhansi during theIndian Rebellion of 1857 to let the queen escape easily out of the fort?
... that more than 98% of thehuman genome isnoncoding DNA, sometimes referred to as "junk"DNA?
... that in her novelDevil's Brood, authorSharon Kay Penman writes aboutEleanor of Aquitaine who is imprisoned by her husbandKing Henry II of England?
... that the original recording ofThe Byrds' song "Eight Miles High" was not released until its appearance on theNever Beforecompilation album in 1987, some 22 years after it had been committed to tape?
... thatJavier Arias Stella, Peruvian foreign minister during thePaquisha War, is also a notablepathologist?
... that theDome F105Formula One car completed more than 900 kilometres (560 mi) of private testing, yet was never entered in a Grand Prix?
... thatbikini baristas can be found mixing up coffee drinks all over theSeattle area?

00:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatKing Leopold(pictured) signed a contract withLadd & Co. forBelgian colonization of theKingdom of Hawaii in 1843?
... that thefalse scorpionfishmimics the truescorpionfish so well, it was originally described as a species of genusScorpaena?
... that 5th-centuryIndian mathematicianAryabhata created thefirst sine table?
... that theAmerican electric blues guitarist,singer, andsongwriter,Johnnie Bassett, played onThe Miracles 1958 debutsingle, "Got a Job"?
... that a chance discovery in 1928 by a local farmer inMinet el-Beida led to the excavation of ancientUgarit inSyria?
... that during theKorean War,US Army Colonel Robert F. Martin commanded the34th Infantry Regiment for only 14 hours before he was killed in theBattle of Chonan?
... that 92% of students atWest London'sVilliers High School do not speakEnglish as theirfirst language?
... thatCaptain Bill McDonald of theTexas Rangers served as abodyguard for political rivalsTheodore Roosevelt andWoodrow Wilson in 1905 and 1912, respectively?

20 March 2010

18:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatDrosera falconeri(pictured) is one of the fewcarnivorous plants that grow inalkaline soils?
... thatPara Siempre, the 79th studio album byVicente Fernández, reachednumber-one on the Mexican charts and wonBest Ranchero Album at the2008 Latin Grammy Awards ceremony?
... that in 1779,New York State Senator John Williams wasexpelled from the Senate for defrauding fellow soldiers of income during theAmerican Revolutionary War?
... that the main characteristic of thecontinental Celtic deityDusios was its ability to impregnate animals and women, often by surprise or force?
... thatRepublican National Committee officialRob Bickhart wrote aPowerPoint presentation for a meeting ofRepublican fundraisers which depictedNancy Pelosi asCruella de Vil?
... that theavisoSMS Hela was the first German ship to be sunk by a Britishsubmarine inWorld War I?
... thatFabian Joseph, a former team captain of theCanada men's national ice hockey team, won two winter Olympic silver medals forCanada in the early 1990s?
... that the last words of the British judgeLord Tenterden were "and now, gentlemen of the jury, you will consider of your verdict"?

12:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theDodé Valley, north ofLhasa,Tibet, contains both thePurbuchok Hermitage(pictured) andSera Utsé Hermitages?
... thatBollywood actorBobby Deol won theFilmfare Best Debut Award for his performance inBarsaat in1995?
... that the port city ofBergen was the site of the firstGerman U-boat base in occupied Norway?
... thatGarry Richardson interviewedBill Clinton during a rain delay at theWimbledon Championships?
... thatThe God Stealer is the mostanthologized short story written byFilipino National Artist F. Sionil José?
... thatlieutenant generalNie Fengzhi joined thePeople's Liberation Army as a teenager in 1929?
... thatAl-Kahf Castle inal-Ansariyah mountains was the lastIsmaili stronghold inSyria to surrender to theMamluks?
... that the recently namedtrematopid temnospondylFedexia was named after the shipping serviceFedEx, which owned the land where theholotype specimen was found?

06:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatchimpanzees in the wild mayself-medicate by swallowing the leaves ofAneilema aequinoctiale(pictured) whole, in order to rid their intestines of parasiticnematodes?
... thatGrace Voss Frederick (November 3, 1905 – January 16, 2009) was the creator of theGrace Museum of America and the Grace Museum for the Preservation of Americana?
... that theTour de Nesle scandal led to the imprisonment of French PrincessesBlanche andMargaret and theexecution of their lovers?
... that theAmerican soul blues guitarist,singer, andsongwriterJimmy Burns, issued a number ofsingles in the 1960s, but waited over 25 years to release his debutalbum?
... thatAritsugu, a supplier of swords to theImperial House of Japan during the 16th century, now produces cooking knives and utensils?
... that, although it had been assigned to them in 1853, theAtikamekw First Nation did not settle on theWemotaci Reserve (Quebec) until the beginning of the 20th century?
... that a message of farewell to thespa town ofBuxton scratched onto a window pane of theOld Hall Hotel was reputedly inscribed byMary Queen of Scots?
... that German and Scottish mercenaries, sent by Sweden to retaliate the roasting of a Swedish commander by Russian forces, killed each other instead in theSiege of Wesenberg (1574)?

00:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the unnamedwoman with seven sons(pictured) portrayed in2 Maccabees is known variously in other sources as Hannah, Miriam and Solomonia?
... thatAvondale Park, aPark Ship sunk on 7 May 1945, was one of two Allied ships destroyed by enemy action in the last hour of theSecond World War inEurope?
... that ministerEdward Woolsey Bacon served in theAmerican Civil War and in 1865 led the black 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry intoRichmond, Virginia?
... that bus companyLondon Country North East lost over £5 million in less than two years of existence before it was split up in 1989?
... that the physicistStefan Meyer led theInstitute for Radium Research in Vienna before and after theNazi regime?
... that a description of theBattle of Aspern-Essling written byPatrick Rambaud asThe Battle was originally a project ofHonoré de Balzac?
... thatThe Kinks' "Sitting in the Midday Sun" is thought to be the first track recorded at their newly-builtKonk Studios?
... that afterEgypt was defeated byIsrael during theSix-Day War the Egyptian government issued copies of theHope paintings to its troops?

19 March 2010

18:00, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the Germanpre-dreadnought battleshipSMS Wörth(pictured) represented theKaiserliche Marine atQueen Victoria's Diamond JubileeFleet Review in 1897?
... that in 1697, ReverendIchabod Wiswall delivered the first known funeral sermon inBritish America?
... that the 7th centuryMaligawila Buddha statue, which was found broken into pieces in 1951, was repaired and re-erected in 1980?
... that singersAnne Sofie von Otter andChristian Gerhaher recorded music written in theconcentration camp of Terezín by artists such asIlse Weber,Hans Krása,Pavel Haas andViktor Ullmann?
... that the silverstavraton replaced the goldhyperpyron as theByzantine Empire's chiefcoinage during the last century of its history?
... that onepolitical faction in Isabelline Spain was known as thepolacos because of its leader'sPolish ancestry?
... that theHonorary Fellows of Keble College, Oxford, have includedRonald Reagan andJohn Betjeman, even though neither had academic links to the college?
... that theBirmingham Charity Cup, a Victorianfootball trophy, featured engravings of a football match and of "the poor and sick succoured by the heavenly spirit"?

12:00, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatAustralian cricketerAlyssa Healy(pictured) was the first girl to play among boys in the private schools' cricket competition inNew South Wales?
... that theConvention 169 of theInternational Labour Organization in 1989 sought to end the assimilationist approach of the governments in dealing withindigenous peoples?
... thatHeinz Stahlschmidt was credited with saving 3,500 French lives when he refused to blow up the port ofBordeaux and instead blew up the munitions bunker, killing approximately 50 Germans?
... that thePalestinian village ofBalata was aFrankish settlement during theCrusades?
... that actressEdith Craig, dramatistChristabel Marshall and artistClare Atwood lived in aménage à trois from 1916 until Craig's death in 1947?
... that it has been suggested theextinct palm genusPalaeoraphe was restricted to theGreater Antilles?
... that thebootlegged song "Revolution 1 (Take 20)" by theBritish rock bandThe Beatles acts as a missing link between the seemingly unrelated "Revolution 1" and theavant-garde "Revolution 9"?
... that despite its name, theBulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) had only 35% workers among its members?

06:00, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

... that duringKing Philip's War, in the battle known asWheeler's Surprise, theNipmuck chiefsMuttawmp andMatoonas besieged(pictured)colonial soldiers led byThomas Wheeler andEdward Hutchinson?
... thatIndonesia'sfirst flag flown was fashioned by its first first ladyFatmawati?
... thatHarvard-educatedWilliam Little Lee became the first Chief Justice of theKingdom of Hawaii in 1848 at the age of only 27?
... thatSaturday Night Live comedianAna Gasteyer appeared in a serious role as a judge in "Fleas", an episode of theCBS drama,The Good Wife?
... thatMajor League Baseball playerBilly Sunday and musicianWayne King lived in theIowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home inDavenport, Iowa, even though neither were actual orphans?
... thatmigralepsy is a rare condition where amigraine is followed by anepileptic seizure?
... thatJoseph Goebbels calledHitler Youth Quex a successful "first large-scale attempt" to transmit Nazi ideology via movies?
... that according to one contemporary source,Barbara Strozzi showed off a bejeweled necklace she received fromAnna de' Medici by placing it between her "two darling, beautiful breasts"?

00:00, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatJohn Wright(pictured), one of theGunpowder Plotters, was considered the finest swordsman in Britain?
... that the name for theTexas streamCibolo Creek comes from theNative American andSpanish word forBuffalo, who were hunted along its steep banks?
... thatThomas Herbst, the current manager ofTennis Borussia Berlin, won the1981 FIFA World Youth Championship before making his professional footballing debut forFC Bayern Munich?
... thatBristol Diamonds were popular souvenirs for visitors to the spa atHotwells, Bristol, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
... thatJames Long, an Anglican missionary in India, was jailed for publishing the playNil Darpan?
... that a fossil flower of theextinct palmRoystonea palaea shows damage possibly made by a bat or bird?
... thatLaura Spurr enjoyed a long career innursing before becomingchairwoman of theNottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi ofMichigan?
... that the 1980s German television seriesThe Black Forest Clinic was so popular that it was once dubbed "the epitome of German television bliss"?

18 March 2010

18:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

... that whileveils in the 1400s were usually worn to preserve modesty, the garment worn by the sitter inRogier van der Weyden's c. 1460 paintingPortrait of a Woman(pictured) is used to draw attention to her unusual beauty and sensuality?
... thatHarold Pogue,Perry Graves andRalph Chapman became theUniversity of Illinois' first first-teamCollege Football All-Americans in1914?
... that doctors must regulate the blood pressure of abeating heart cadaver to keep the organs alive?
... thatHenry Blogg's first rescue ascoxwain of theCromer Lifeboat Louisa Heartwell was that of the crew of thebarqueAlf?
... thatWhitney Avenue Historic District inNew Haven, Connecticut, includes "locally outstanding" collections ofQueen Anne,Shingle,Colonial Revival andTudor Revival architecture?
... thatAlan Cumming guest-starred in "Bang", an episode of theCBS drama seriesThe Good Wife, as a political consultant commentators said mirroredRahm Emanuel?
... thatHaqqi al-Azm, a formerprime minister ofSyria, was also the first governor of theState of Damascus under theFrench mandate?
... that theart student scam is aconfidence trick in which scammers sell cheap paintings as original art by up-and-coming talents?

12:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theTemple of Bel(pictured), dedicated in 32 AD, formed the center of religious life inPalmyra,Syria and is considered its "best preserved" ruin?
... that 6.9M_wChile earthquake of March 2010 took place shortly beforepresident Sebastián Piñera was sworn in?
... that theParks and Recreation episode "Woman of the Year" mocked the meaninglessness of awards, which some critics saw as a jab about the show's failure to win majorindustry awards?
... that despite his international success,Tunisian-Swiss 1500 metres runnerAli Hakimi only became Tunisian champion three times?
... that the wreck of the BritishbattlecruiserHMS Queen Mary has been designated as aprotected place under theProtection of Military Remains Act 1986?
... thatfilm composerNathan Scott, whoarranged the music forDragnet,scored almost all episodes ofLassie between 1963 and 1974?
... that what is thought to have been the first ever properly floodlitassociation football match in the United Kingdom took place between two non-league teams,Ashton National andHyde United, in December 1932?
... that according to legend, New York AssemblywomanIda Sammis' first act in the legislature was to polish the brassspittoon assigned to her, and to place it on her desk as a flower vase?

06:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the personnel of the aircraft carrierHMASVengeance(pictured) were complimented byQueen Elizabeth II on their forgery of hersignature?
... thatLena Horne won six awards for her 1981 one-woman showLena Horne: The Lady and Her Music?
... that anAlaska Aces fan suffered aheart attack at Game 2 of the2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup Finals?
... that upon completion, thePort of Hambantota will be the largestport constructed on land in the 21st century?
... that theCodex Arundel, which contains notes and sketches byLeonardo da Vinci, was reunited online with the similarCodex Leicester?
... that actorSamuel Page of theAMC drama seriesMad Men started a string of ongoing guest appearances in theABC comedy-dramaDesperate Housewives, starting with the episode "The Chase"?
... that the2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team setschool records for best season start, longestconference winning streak, and most conference wins?
... that an excerpt ofNick Bertozzi'sThe Salon containing a nude depiction ofPicasso caused a comic book store owner to be charged with distributing obscene material to a minor?

00:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatdrag racerDale Armstrong(pictured) is credited with being the first crew chief to test aFunny Car in awind tunnel?
... that more than 25,000 people have applied to take part in theDublin Bikes scheme?
... thatWest Jewellers ofGrafton Street,Dublin, hadQueen Victoria's royal warrant to make her watches and she once bought two replicas of theTara Brooch from the company?
... that a species ofspecklebelly lichen is only found inold growth forests and is being threatened inScandinavia by increased predation fromsnails?
... that veteran Irish broadcasterGay Byrne recognisedBrian Jennings' ability to pronounce words well?
... that theBayonne Statute, intended to be the basis forJoseph Bonaparte's rule ofSpain, was never truly in effect because of a continual state ofwar?
... that after purchasing three shares for $180 in 1935 and living a frugal lifestyle,Grace Groner donated seven million dollars to her alma materLake Forest College upon her death?
... that theFriends of Cathedral Music was formed in 1956 after theProvost ofSouthwell Minster abolished Saturday choral services to allow the choir men to watch localAssociation football matches?

17 March 2010

18:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theNational Leprechaun Museum, the first museum dedicated toleprechauns(example pictured), is designed in a way that makes humans seem very small?
... that GeneralVernon Prichard, commander of the"Old Ironsides" armored division during theItalian Campaign inWorld War II, wasDwight Eisenhower'squarterback atWest Point?
... thatAdrian Crowley's albumLong Distance Swimmer was recorded in his sister's home inFoxrock,County Dublin, and features contributions fromJames Yorkston?
... thatCarl Jeppesen organized the femalematch workers'strike in Kristiania in 1889?
... that despite being amagnitude 8.7 event, the1730 Valparaiso earthquake led to only a few deaths, because people had left their homes after a strongforeshock?
... thatPat Fanning, who died last weekend, wasPresident of theGaelic Athletic Association when the organisation repealed its ban on "foreign games"?
... that theAct of Parliament establishing the post ofPostmasters General of Ireland was not repealed until 31 years after theAct of Union had united the countries in 1800?
... thatNick Joaquin'sMay Day Eve is ashort story about acouple who got married because of anincantation recited in front of amirror?

12:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatRyan Adams citedIrish singer-songwriterAdrian Crowley(pictured) in a 2005Rolling Stone interview when asked "Who's the best songwriter that no one's heard of"?
... that archaeologistSenarath Paranavitana described the ancientstatue of Parakramabahu I as "the very embodiment of strength, majesty and dignity"?
... that theCommunist-ledFrente Popular polled just 1.82% votes in the 1963Goa elections, largely due to theCatholic Church's backing of the rivalUnited Goans Party?
... that IrelandTriple Crown-winning rugby playerPaddy Reid was born onSaint Patrick's Day?
... that theGhab valley swamp in northwestSyria was drained between 1953 and 1968, providing an extra 41,000 hectares (160 sq mi) of irrigated lands?
... thatOverseas Scandinavian Airlines System was created in 1946 by sixnational airlines to coordinate their transatlantic flights?
... that theLes Inrockuptibles journalist who reviewed the albumSeason of the Sparks sent a letter of thanks to its creator?
... thatFrancis James Garrick andJames Francis Garrick,MPs inNew Zealand andQueensland respectively, were brothers?

06:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatBalsam Lake Mountain(pictured) in theCatskills was the site ofthe first fire lookout tower in New York State?
... that theGemini Planet Imager is anadaptive optics instrument being developed to directly imageextrasolar planets that will see first light in early 2011?
... that in theOrkneyinga saga, afterOlvir Rosta failed to gain a portion of theEarldom of Orkney, his grandmother was burned to death?
... thatFrank Dekum, a 19th-century banker inPortland, Oregon, and president of the German Songbird Society, importedthrushes,starlings,nightingales, and other German songbirds to Oregon?
... that the 1938Art Deco styled and heritage listedPiccadilly Cinema is the only cinema still operating in thePerth CBD?
... that in the 1960s,Yōji Kuri was regarded as the creator ofJapanese animation most known to the West?
... that thesymbol of the Paralympic Games is composed of three "agitos", colored red, blue and green?
... thatPerchance to Dream byRobert B. Parker, the 1991 sequel to 1939crime novelThe Big Sleep, takes its title fromHamlet's soliloquy?

00:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatIrving Pond(pictured) designed threeNational Historic Landmarks, performed a backflip on his 80th birthday, and scored the first evertouchdown for theMichigan Wolverines?
... that Englishindependent children's television producerKindle Entertainment's first film,Dustbin Baby, won both anInternational Emmy and aChildren's BAFTA?
... thatFerdinand Poulton, a Jesuit missionary in theProvince of Maryland, had his life and mysterious death fictionalized in the 1995 bookMary's Land?
... thatLeptofoenus pittfieldae is the onlyspecies ofLeptofoenus documented from theWest Indies and the only member ofLeptofoenus in thefossil record?
... thatDuchess Sophie of Alençon died in a fire at aFrench charity bazaar, but some hotel visitors escaped through the kitchen window of the adjoining hotel with the help of the cook?
... that ahousebarn, a combined house and barn, is more costly to insure than a house because of a higher fire risk?
... that following his retirement from professionalfootball,Bobby Bell managed car manufacturerRolls-Royce's football team?
... that while training in 1944, the GermanU-804 shot down a NorwegianMosquito?

16 March 2010

18:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatcrossing sweepers(pictured) helped nineteenth-century women avoid having their dresses soiled with horsedung?
... thatSylvester C. Simpson was the firstSuperintendent of Public Instruction in Oregon and worked to get a book authored in part by his brother selected as the state'sreader?
... thatSaltford Manor House is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England?
... thatChilean cartoonist andplastic artistFernando Krahn had to leave his country in order to escape from the1973 coup d'état?
... that theKentucky Wildcats women's basketball program was abolished by theUniversity Senate immediately following aperfect season?
... thatAbū Muḥammad al-Rāmahurmuzī was one of the first authors to write a comprehensive book ofhadith terminology?
... that theOuter Trial Bank, a nature reserve inEast Anglia,UK, was originally built as part of a failed government scheme tobarrage the Wash and create areservoir?
... that Field MarshalFriedrich Paulus did not want to receive CaptainNikolay Dyatlenko at theBattle of Stalingrad, yet ended up being received by him?

12:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

... that there may be as few as 250 of theZapata Rail(pictured) in its only habitat, theZapata Swamp?
... thatAndrew Birch was sent by the king of Denmark,Christian VII, to examine books all over Europe?
... that the1 Ilica Streetskyscraper inZagreb was the first building inYugoslavia to feature analuminum facade?
... that during the 1824–1842 term ofRichard Charlton as the first Britishconsul to theKingdom of Hawaii, he was involved in amilitary occupation and controversial land claim?
... that the development of theMarker degradationchemical synthetic route between 1938 and 1940 establishedMexico as a world center forsteroid production?
... thatMoroccanElarbi Khattabi won five medals in team competitions at theWorld Cross Country Championships, including Morocco's first such medal, the silver in 1994?
... that the ancientBible text,British Library Manuscript, Add. 14448, islacunose?
... thatTuanaitau F. Tuia, the longest servinglegislator in theAmerican Samoa Fono, served a combined 49 years in both theHouse of Representatives and theSenate?

06:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatNGC 7027(pictured) is the most extensively studiedplanetary nebula?
... thatAcademic All-America teams, which are now presented byESPN The Magazine, have been selected byCollege Sports Information Directors of America since 1952?
... thatpainter andsculptorRoberto Aizenberg has been called the "best-known" orthodoxsurrealist inArgentina?
... that theChicago Sun-Times purchased theMirage Tavern in 1977 to document city officials seeking bribes?
... that the DanishTegnestuen Vandkunsten were the first team ofarchitects to be awarded theAlvar Aalto Medal?
... thatMary Elliott Flanery was the first female state legislator south of theMason–Dixon Line when she took her seat in theKentucky General Assembly in January 1922?
... that CanadiancoxswainLesley Thompson has competed at six different Olympics, and won medals in four of them?
... thatGlen Moreno persuadedMan Group to sponsor theMan Booker Prize?

00:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

... that although randomness(example pictured)had long been viewed as an obstacle, it is now used as a tool for designing betteralgorithms?
... thatEdmund Chipp performed all six ofFelix Mendelssohn'sOrgan Sonatas, op. 65 from memory in 1848?
... thatSt. Remy's Catholic Church inRussia, Ohio, has been designated ahistoric site despite extensive modifications?
... thatfootballerEdward King was honored for heroism in thePhilippines and tactical skill inFrance and later becameCommandant of the Army Command and General Staff College?
... that at least twelve different nomenclatures have been proposed for features of themolar in muroid rodents?
... that inGreene v Associated Newspapers Ltd, theCourt of Appeal of England and Wales held that the test for granting interim injunctions in defamation cases was inflexible but applied it anyway?
... that according to oral history, theKingdom ofRwanda was founded in the 14th or 15th century on the shores ofLake Muhazi?
... that from 1965 to present,Finnish lyricistVexi Salmi has written over 4000 song lyrics, more than 2400 of which have been recorded?

15 March 2010

18:00, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

... that one of the earliest mentions of driving on the left in theUK was in an 1827Act of Parliament for the rebuilding ofShillingford Bridge(pictured)?
... that theVizsoly Bible, the first complete Hungarian translation of the Bible, was published in 1590?
... that brothersHayes Jenkins andDavid Jenkins won gold and bronze in themen's figure skating competition at the1956 Winter Olympics?
... that all of the buildings onPomander Walk inManhattan are replicas of a Broadway stage set?
... that children's physicianAlex Brinchmann chaired theNorwegian Authors' Union from 1941 to 1945, during theGerman occupation, but was eventually imprisoned from January 1945?
... that theAdmiral Apartments, built in 1909, had "sporting girls" (prostitutes) operating out of it by 1913?
... thatHarvey Pekar described his collaboration with Heather Roberson on the comic bookMacedonia as one of the best working relationships he has ever had?
... that the scope of the English case ofPepper v Hart, at first accepted by the judiciary, has "been reduced to such an extent that the ruling has almost become meaningless"?

12:00, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Side view of a silvery colored fish

... that thetrophic level of the worldfisheries catch has steadily declined because many high trophic level species, such astuna(pictured), have beenoverfished?
... that the family ofWilliam Harris changed churches during theAmerican Revolution because the church they had been attending continued to say prayers for theking?
... thatNorwegian MPTønnes Andenæs died in theTretten train disaster?
... thatNick Joaquin'sshort storyThe Summer Solstice is about thefertility ritual known as the Tatarin?
... thatthalidomide causes birth defects by inactivating the proteincereblon?
... that the originalAtikamekw village ofObedjiwan and its archaeological sites inQuebec,Canada, were flooded during the construction of theGouin Reservoir?
... that no one is sure why, despite his victory at theBattle of Monte de las Cruces in 1810,Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla retreated fromMexico City?
... that British painterAlessandro Raho, commissioned to portrayJudi Dench for theNational Portrait Gallery in London, imagined her as a wealthy housewife?

06:00, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatmating in themarsh rice rat(pictured) results in relatively fewejaculations, partly because of female resistance?
... thatJesuitDonald Merrifield, the first president ofLoyola Marymount University after its creation, worked as aconsultant forNASA'sJet Propulsion Laboratory?
... that theWisconsin State Firefighters Memorial was completely funded by donations?
... thatDashiell Hammett helpedLillian Hellman write the 1951Broadway playThe Autumn Garden?
... thatCongregation B'nai Israel Synagogue inFleischmanns, New York, is unique amongCatskill synagogues in having an exposedtruss ceiling in itssanctuary?
... thatHall of Fame tackleHarold Ballin was "the hardest-hitting player" ever faced by fellow Hall of FamerCharles Brickley and the lastPrinceton player to play without ahelmet?
... that the Anglo-Dutchmultinational Unilever has patented severalantifreeze proteins produced by a species ofkidney lichen, due to their ability to modify ice formation infrozen foods?
... that when a teenager tore up a photograph of Canadian Prime MinisterSt. Laurent as the PM spoke, the ensuing fracas was seen as a turning point in the1957 Canadian election?

00:00, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatHanging Rocks(pictured) atWappocomo,West Virginia, on theSouth Branch Potomac River was the site of both a battle betweenDelaware andCatawba Native American tribes and anAmerican Civil War skirmish?
... that the coupleMette andPhilip Newth have made picture books for blind and for deaf children?
... that at least twenty horses were needed to transport akartouwe?
... thatFootball Hall of FamerHuntington "Tack" Hardwick was called "a big, fine-looking aristocrat from blue-blood stock" who "loved combat – body contact at crushing force – a fight to the finish"?
... that the spring inside theGreek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation inNazareth served as the local water supply for some 3,000 years?
... thatDr. Ronald Levy became the firstJew to be awarded with theKing Faisal International Prize, which is popularly called the "Arab Nobel Prize"?
... thatPortland, Oregon'sTanner Springs Park was described as "a sort of cross between an Italian piazza and a weedy urban wetland with lots of benches"?
... thatFrederic de Hoffmann helped develop thehydrogen bomb and later organized a project to propel a spaceship withnuclear bombs?

14 March 2010

18:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the final resting place ofJohn FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (pictured), who died in 1435, was not definitely established until the discovery of a one-leggedskeleton in 1857?
... that resentment of thesales tax called thealcabala triggered several revolts inSpain's colonies, even though rates there were lower than inSpain itself?
... thatFrederick Josiah Bradlee was aBoston Brahmin, anAll-American halfback and the father ofWashington Post editorBen Bradlee?
... that the building inMexico City currently housing theMuseo de Charrería, a museum forMexican rodeo, was originally a 16th-centurymonastery dedicated to theVirgin of Montserrat?
... thatWyandanch, thesachem of theMontaukett, in 1659, sued Jeremy Daily in the colonial court in one of the first trials in North America with an Englishdefendant and aNative American plaintiff?
... thatKennaquhair was anAustralian-bredThoroughbred racehorse that won theSydney Cup and theAJC Metropolitan Handicap?
... thatGeorge Peek was the first Administrator of theAgricultural Adjustment Administration and the first President of the two banks that would become theExport-Import Bank of the United States?
... that rapid construction of an earlier building ofHoly Family Catholic Church inFrenchtown, Ohio, won its builders two gallons ofwhisky?

12:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatU2's experience inShinjuku, Tokyo(pictured) at the conclusion of theZoo TV Tour was the inspiration for thePassengers' song "Slug"?
... thatBoeing is submitting an updatedOV-10 Bronco for theUS Air Force Request for a slower support plane, orLight Attack/Armed Reconnaissance aircraft?
... that authorOla Bauer wrotea novel about his involvement with theProvisional IRA, to correct what he felt was a slanted view ofThe Troubles in theNorwegian press?
... thatHe Zhuoyan is the youngest person to win an award in theForbes China Celebrity 100 in 2007 at the age of 18?
... that theSouth Park Blocks have been called the "extended family room" ofPortland, asPioneer Courthouse Square is known as the city's "living room"?
... thatMargaret Greville bequeathedPolesden Lacey inSurrey to theNational Trust in 1942 in memory of her father, Scottish brewerWilliam McEwan?
... thatNebraska's firstAll-AmericanVic Halligan was called "The premier punter of the West, A master of the forward pass, A tackler equal to the best"?
... that Wilfred Wong,BevMo!'s cellar master, tastes some 8,000 wines each year for the large retail chain?

06:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

... that in theMadrid version(pictured) of Titian's series ofDanaë paintings, the nursemaid by the side of theGreek legend Danaë is portrayed as a hag, while in theVienna version, the dog by her side is absent?
... that upon arrival atFort Conger in 1899, several ofRobert Peary's toes broke off due tofrostbite?
... that the2010 T in the Park music festival is to be headlined byMuse,Eminem, andKasabian, marking Eminem's first performance at a festival in theUnited Kingdom since 2001?
... that during his careerHerman Phaff collected 6400strains of yeast creating a collection containing 400 of the 700 identified species of yeast?
... thatcounter-reformation inSilesia was stopped by theTreaty of Altranstädt in 1707?
... that1914 College Football All-AmericansBurleigh Cruikshank ofWashington & Jefferson andHaps Benfer ofAlbright College went on to becomePresbyterian andUnited Evangelical ministers?
... that theOak Hill Railroad Depot is the only survivingVirginian Railway depot inWest Virginia?
... that one species ofDictyonema lichen is a powerful hallucinogen that is traditionally used by theHuaorani of the Amazon jungle ofEcuador to cast curses on their enemies?

00:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theRoman theatre of Bosra(pictured), built in the 2nd century AD inBosra,Syria, is the largest, most complete and best preserved of all theRoman theatres in theMiddle East?
... that the captain of thecargo linerSS Beaverburn was given a gold-headed cane for commanding the first ship in 1947 to reach the port ofMontreal?
... that other than "incapable" beneficiaries, the BritishVariation of Trusts Act 1958 only allows the courts to alter trust documents forpotential beneficiaries, not confirmed ones?
... that the 80-acre refuge atWolf Haven International shelters 47 wolves that would otherwise have no homes and is visited by over 20,000 people a year?
... thatRufus Wainwright's albumAll Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu contains three adaptations ofShakespeare's sonnets?
... that 'The Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand', with more than ninety knock-outs, was one of the greatestWelsh boxers?
... thatJohn Virginius Bennes's architectural work included theGeiser Grand Hotel inBaker City, Oregon, and at least 35 buildings on theOregon State University campus?
... that an unknown burglar—exhibited in a coffin at theRed Lion Inn inShoreham,West Sussex, in the 1850s after being shot dead—was identified by his dog?

13 March 2010

18:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatCharleston architect Walter F. Martens modeled theWest Virginia Governor's Mansion(pictured) after theWhite House so it could accommodate up to 2,000 guests at one time?
... that two high school students used the automated telescope atLeuschner Observatory to record the earliest images ofsupernovaSN 1994I?
... thatElżbieta Sieniawska was one of the most powerful women in thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the reign ofAugustus II the Strong?
... thatcrayfish of theMadagascan genusAstacoides have fewergills than any other crayfish?
... thatEmil Stang was a delegate to the Founding Congress ofComintern inMoscow in 1919?
... that theByzantine generalConstantine Doukas was proclaimed emperor in theHippodrome of Constantinople, but was killed on the same day by supporters of the legitimate emperor,Constantine VII?
... that theBuffalo Bills'2008 home game in theirrivalry with theMiami Dolphins was the firstNational Football League regular-season game played inCanada?
... thatJürgen Wattenberg twice escaped from captivity, at first after the scuttling of thepocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, and then after the sinking ofU-162?

12:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatLord Alfred Douglas—Oscar Wilde's lover "Bosie"—is buried in the grounds of theFriary Church of St Francis and St Anthony(pictured) inCrawley,West Sussex?
... that afterEustathios Maleinos hostedByzantine Emperor Basil II on his estate in 995, the Emperor, alarmed by Maleinos' wealth and power, placed him under house arrest inConstantinople?
... thatAmerican Texas andelectric blues musicianMike Morgan's backing band, the Crawl, was named after aLonnie Brooks song?
... thatKallina House, designed byVjekoslav Bastl for theHönigsberg & Deutsch studio, is one of the finest examples ofSecessionist-style street architecture inZagreb?
... that thePortland Winterhawks were the first US team to compete for Canada'snational junior hockey championship at the1982 Memorial Cup, and the first to win it thefollowing year?
... thatiron-55 source will be used in anX-ray diffraction instrument flown toMars in 2018?
... thatAgalinis aspera (tall false foxglove), a purple and pink flowering plant native to the United States and Canada, is endangered?
... thatJustice Henry Barron, the firstJew appointed to theSupreme Court of Ireland, also granted Ireland's firstdivorce in the same year?

06:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

... that in addition to his distinguished military career against theOttoman Turks,Paul I, 1st Prince Esterházy of Galántha(pictured), was also an accomplishedpoet,harpsichordist, andcomposer?
... that some of the architectural elements of theSkene Memorial Library inFleischmanns, New York, suggest contemporarytrain stations in theCatskill region?
... thatBobbi Trout became the first woman to fly anaircraft all night and broke the previous women's solo endurance record in a February 10, 1929, flight?
... that theByzantine generalPriscus survived the violent depositions of two successiveByzantine emperors and retained high office under their successors?
... thatDirector Park inPortland,Oregon, was designed byLaurie Olin, who also designedBryant Park inNew York City?
... thatCollege Football Hall of Fame centerShorty Des Jardien played in theNFL for theChicago Tigers and inMajor League Baseball for theCleveland Indians?
... thatProgressive era social reformerKatharine Bement Davis did research on the sexual practices of females in New York City?
... thatMorning Funnies was a fruit-flavoredbreakfast cereal featuringcomic strip characters includingDennis the Menace,Hägar the Horrible, andFunky Winkerbean on the box?

00:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatwitches' butter(pictured) is ajelly fungus that growsparasitically on acrust fungus?
... thatJose Peralta was the firstLatino elected to theNew York State Assembly fromQueens, New York?
... that the animations of characters in 1988 video gameBarbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax were based on 19th-century photographerEadweard Muybridge'smotion captures of humans?
... that theBlackhawk Hotel inDavenport, Iowa, has been host to high-profile people includingCarl Sandburg,Herbert Hoover,Richard Nixon,Jack Dempsey,Guy Lombardo andStan Kenton?
... that between 1725 and 1783, members of the prominent Damascene familyal-Azm held power aswalis inDamascus,Syria, for 47 years?
... thatKobyaysky Ulus in the middle of theSakha Republic ofRussia has notablegold andsilver reserves?
... that thePhiladelphia Civic Opera Company started in 1924, but wentbankrupt after theWall Street Crash of 1929?
... thatJan de Jong, the ice master atThialf, manipulated the ice cleaning schedule in the 1981World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men so thatEric Heiden would lose?

12 March 2010

18:00, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

... that aMexican Tree of Life sculpture(example pictured) appears on the cover ofThe Beatles'Sergeant Pepper album?
... that after retiring from theNational Football League,Po James survived being shot six times in aYMCA inBridgeport, Connecticut?
... that the chemistHugo Weidel received theLieben Prize in 1880?
... that southboundM-52 in downtownAdrian, Michigan, carries both directions of theUS 223 business loop in town?
... thatcountry music singerDavid Nail's single "Turning Home" was co-written byKenny Chesney?
... thatGeorge Fielding Eliot's military analysis was part of the ten-hourCBS TV news coverage of thePearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, which was the first extended television coverage of a major breaking news event?
... that the variant of thewedding cord known asGod’sknot orcord-of-three-strands is used as a substitute forunity candles?
... thatBulgarian animatorDonyo Donev used deformed speech andinterjections as asoundtrack for his films?

12:00, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the most comprehensive history ofJerusalem in theMiddle Ages was composed byMujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi, whose tomb(pictured) lies at the base of theMount of Olives?
... that the1930s Hollywood set designer andart directorLaurence Irving was the grandson of theVictorian era actorSir Henry Irving?
... that insurers use thecondition of average to reduce insurance claims if they think you are underinsured?
... that despite having aPh.D. and being a foremost North American authority on the difficultmushroom generaLactarius andRussula,Gertrude S. Burlingham only ever taught high schoolbiology?
... that the Apastovsky Museum inApastovo,Tatarstan, contains archaeological and paleontological finds such as ancient tools, bone needles, stone hammers, a skull of arhinoceros andmammoth teeth?
... that inCream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee and the Liverpool Post and Echo Ltd,Lord Nicholls decided that the disputed test applied by theHigh Court judge was not necessarily wrong, but allowed the appeal anyway?
... that "Indian Camp" (published in 1925) was the firstErnest Hemingway short story to feature the semi-autobiographical characterNick Adams?
... thatWorld War I fighter pilotLes Holden gained the nicknames "Lucky Les" and "the homing pigeon" after returning from successive missions with his aircraft riddled with bullet holes?

06:00, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the royal dynasty at theMaya city ofCopán(fragment pictured) inHonduras was founded by a warrior sent from the distant city ofTikal?
... that theAmerican Detroit blues guitarist,singer andsongwriterEddie "Guitar" Burns was originally known as aharmonica player?
... that theJ.W. Knapp Company Building, one of the finest intact examples ofStreamline Moderne architecture in the Midwest, is faced with plates ofenamel-coveredconcrete and prismaticglass-brick windows?
... thatBessie A. Buchanan, who was the firstAfrican-American woman to hold a seat in theNew York State Legislature, previously danced in the chorus line at theCotton Club?
... that although much of its habitat has been destroyed, isolated populations of the Mexicanrice ratOryzomys albiventer likely still survive?
... thatWilt Chamberlain won theNational Basketball Associationrebounding title a record eleven times in his career?
... that following the invasion ofTibet in 1959, the fifth Keutsang incarnation of theKeutsang Hermitage was incarcerated and later sought asylum inIndia in the 1980s?
... thatAndy Hartzell created hisgraphic novelFox Bunny Funny without a single line of text?

00:00, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theHindu widow goddessDhumavati(pictured) is offered liquor, meat, cigarettes andbhang, an intoxicatinghashish drink?
... thatHeath Calhoun andAndy Soule, both double-leg amputees due to wounds received inIraq andAfghanistan, respectively, will represent theUnited States at the2010 Winter Paralympics?
... thatSt. John the Baptist Catholic Church inMaria Stein, Ohio, lies near the center of theLand of the Cross-Tipped Churches?
... thatsex therapy pioneerHelen Singer Kaplan advocated for people to enjoysexual intercourse as much as possible as opposed to seeing it as something dirty or harmful?
... thatGaius Iunius Bubulcus Brutus, a three-timeRoman consul in the 4th century BCE, was the firstplebeian to build a temple in theRoman Republic?
... that a family in the village ofAuchencairn reported stones being thrown, cattle moved and buildings set alight by apoltergeist in 1695?
... that theMajorca Sheepdogs were exported toBrazil and used toprotect private property?
... thatLord Palmerston threatened "immediate and frightful" war against the United States if they would not repatriateAlexander McLeod, a Canadian accused of killing an American sailor?

11 March 2010

18:00, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1686 athunderstorm damaged theChurch of St Lawrence, Alton, blasting a hole in the tower(pictured) andsingeing the vicar'seyebrows?
... that in 1989,Michel Hansenne was elected the first post-Cold War Director-General of theInternational Labour Organization?
... that the ancientToluvila statue is one of the best-preservedimages of theBuddha that has been found inSri Lanka?
... thatBulgarian virtuoso violinistVasco Abadjiev was one of the youngest violinists to make his international debut in the 20th century, at the age of 6, in June 1932 inVienna?
... that theInteractive Museum of Economics inMexico City is the first museum in the world dedicated exclusively to economics?
... thatCollege Football Hall of Fame inducteeStan "Bags" Pennock was killed in an explosion that wrecked the chemical plant he opened in an abandonedNew Jersey slaughterhouse?
... thatRagnhild was the only ship inconvoy KMS 96G?
... that whenU.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy heardPhil Ochs sing "Crucifixion", tears came to his eyes?

12:00, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis(pictured) resignedhis offices in Ireland overKing George III's failure to supportCatholic emancipation?
... thatperiodic comet50P/Arend is expected to make its nextclosest approach to theSun in 2016?
... thatMahela Jayawardene holds severalbatting records inTest cricket forSri Lanka, includingthe most centuries?
... that in the 840s, theemir ofMalatya,Umar al-Aqta, gave refuge to thePaulicians who were being persecuted by theByzantine Empire, and gave them territory where they founded their own state?
... that the American industrialistNathaniel Wheeler became aPurveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court inVienna forsewing machines?
... that the treeTrema orientalis is used to makepaper,rope,charcoal andtraditional medications againstcough,sore throat,toothache,gonorrhea andyellow fever?
... that by the time of his death in 1947, the Spanish financierJosé Lázaro Galdiano has amassed a collection of about 12,000 art works, mainly by EuropeanOld Masters?
... thatAustralian rugby union playerSteve Williams was selected to play for theGerman national rugby union team whilebackpacking around Europe?

06:00, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

... that according to legend, the 5th centuryAvukana statue(pictured), a large stonefigure of the Buddha, is the result of a competition between a sculpting master and student?
... that the residence of formerMayor of Christchurch, New Zealand,James Arthur Flesher is now used as acommunity centre?
... that the initial letters inLectionary 187 are decorated withzoomorphic oranthropomorphic motifs (birds, fishes, hands)?
... thatHall of Fame quarterbackCharley Barrett died of an illness contracted in an explosion on theUSSBrooklyn inYokohama Harbor duringWorld War I?
... that in 1648,Oliver Cromwell sent letters toHaverfordwest Castle in westWales and threatened to have the townsfolk imprisoned unless the castle was destroyed?
... thatProfessor Ioannis Liritzis has invented two novelarchaeological dating methods?
... that theHot and Hot Fish Club was agentlemen's club dedicated toepicurean pursuits?
... thatThomas Rutherford Bacon, a 19th centuryCongregational minister inNew Haven, Connecticut, was called "the originalmugwump of Connecticut"?

00:00, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatAugustus the Strong(pictured) lost thePolish crown in theTreaty of Altranstädt (1706), but regained it after theTreaty of Thorn (1709)?
... that downtownNapoleon, Ohio, is bracketed by the historical and vastly differentFirst Presbyterian Church andSt. Augustine's Catholic Church?
... thatLouis Jordan was the firstUniversity of Texas All-American football player and the first Texas officer killed in action inWorld War I?
... that theextinct sweat beeAugochlora leptoloba is known from a singlespecimen now in a private collection inTurin, Italy?
... thatKesha Rogers, who won the 2010Democratic primary forTexas's 22nd congressional district, is a follower of theLaRouche movement and has called for the impeachment of PresidentBarack Obama?
... that the last inhabitant of drowned settlementHampton-on-Sea was retiree Edmund Reid, previouslyMetropolitan police head ofCID who investigated theJack the Ripper case?
... that chamberlainEgeberg established asports prize that was regarded the highest achievement in Norwegian sports?
... that the name ofOuvrage Rochonvillers of theMaginot Line was a state secret until 1971?

10 March 2010

18:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatfootball championRomualdas Marcinkus(pictured) was the onlyLithuanian pilot to serve in theRoyal Air Force during theSecond World War?
... that thestate flag of theGerman state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is used on statepolice boats?
... that in 2010,Jennie M. Forehand sponsored a bill limiting the ability of judges to sentence criminals to time in local jails if those jails are not reimbursed by the state?
... thatEastern Michigan University'sMcKenny Union, opened in 1931, was the firststudent union on the campus of ateachers' college?
... thatPatricia Travers was a child prodigy with the violin but withdrew from public performances at age 23?
... that inTell Balata, atell in theWest Bank, there are towers and buildings estimated to be 5,000 years old?
... thatSri Lanka's first and so far onlynational referendum was held in 1982 to postponeparliamentary elections by six years?
... thatTickle Em Jock was the firstScottish Terrier to be best-in-show at theWestminster Kennel Club Dog Show?
... thatAnna Kozlova has competed in threeOlympics, once for theUnified Team (former Soviet Union) and twice for theUnited States?

12:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the greatSera Monastery(pictured) inLhasa,Tibet, has 19 affiliated hermitages, including 4 nunneries:Chupzang,Garu,Negodong andNenang Nunnery?
... that thesmallscale archerfish does not needbrackish water like other members of genusToxotes, and is thus sometimes sold as a "freshwater archerfish"?
... that theMuseo de la Estampa, along with theMuseo Nacional de Arte, manages Mexico's largest collection of graphic arts including works byJosé Guadalupe Posada?
... thatGeorge Matthew Snelson, the firstMayor of Palmerston North,New Zealand, is regarded as the father of hiscity?
... that Englishfootball clubs enteringadministration have fewer points deducted in thePremier League than in theFootball League because they play fewer games?
... thatSir Simon Degge, a barrister inDerby, wrote aboutglebes and the crime ofsimony?
... that of the 802 individualNobel Prize winners, at least 162 (20%)were of Jewish ethnicity?
... that writerZahari Stoyanov said ofBulgarian general, regent andMinister of WarSava Mutkurov that "by the time Mutkurov opened his mouth, the market would close up"?

06:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatThe Mars Project, written byWernher von Braun in 1948, has been regarded as "the most influential book" on manned missions to Mars(artist's conception pictured)?
... that one common route upNew York'sBalsam Mountain follows the steepest section oftrail in theCatskills?
... that medical studentBob Kolesar was one ofMichigan's renowned "Seven Oak Posts" in1942?
... thatFrancisco Goya's etchingUnfortunate events in the front seats of the ring of Madrid, and the death of the Mayor of Torrejón records an event from 1801 when a Spanish politician was impaled and killed after a bull crashed through the barriers at a Madridbullfight?
... thatTofiri Kibuuka, one of the first blind men to reach the summit ofMount Kilimanjaro, was the firstAfrican to compete at theWinter Paralympic Games?
... that threeByzantine emperors in the 6th century served as commanders of the imperial guard, known as theExcubitors, prior to assuming the throne?
... that American architectKemper Nomland was aconscientious objector who spentWorld War II atCivilian Public Service camps in Oregon along with several other artists and writers?
... thatAmerican Idol season 8 finalistDanny Gokey'sbest days are ahead of him?

00:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theFrench battleship Jean Bart(pictured) was hit in the wine store near the forwardmagazine by a single torpedo, fired by theAustro-Hungarian submarineU-12 in theAdriatic in 1914?
... thatEarly Archaic peoples used theHouserville Site inPennsylvania ten millennia ago?
... thatNiall McCrudden became known as the "optician to the stars" after selling a pair of sunglasses toJim Corr?
... thatMinuscule 642, a manuscript of the New Testament, was brought from the Greek Archipelago to England byJoseph Carlyle, orientalist?
... that an essay inThe Cherryh Odyssey describes American science fiction authorC. J. Cherryh as "a master of detail, tone, and emotional wallop"?
... that during atornado outbreak on June 18, 2001, police inSiren, Wisconsin, shouted warnings at local residents to take cover when the village'stornado siren malfunctioned?
... that Matthew Stockford won threebronze medals forGreat Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics?
... that in theDiepkloof Rock Shelter, a rock cave inSouth Africa, some of the earliest use ofsymbols by humans has been found upon water containers made out ofostrich eggshells?

9 March 2010

18:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatfuneral practices in the Philippines in the past includeanthropomorphic jar burials andhanging coffins(example pictured)?
... that theCuban national baseball team won thegold or silver medal at everySummer Olympics wherebaseball was an officialOlympic sport?
... that 19th-century white churchmanLeonard Woolsey Bacon caused controversy when, as a pastor inSavannah, Georgia, he reportedly said he wouldn't mind his daughter marrying anAfrican-American man?
... that theLate Cretaceous madtsoiid snakeSanajeh preyed on hatchlingsauropod dinosaurs at nesting sites inIndia?
... that theOld City Hall inZagreb has a plaque which commemoratesNikola Tesla's proposal put forward to the city council in 1892 to build analternating current power station?
... that 17th-centuryironmasterGeorge Sitwell'svertically integrated business was so successful he exported arolling mill to theWest Indies?
... thatSotir Peçi published the firstAlbanian-language newspaper in theUnited States?
... that the German submarineU-1065 was sunk after only six days at sea by rockets from 10de Havilland Mosquitos?

12:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatChrystal Macmillan(pictured) was the first female graduate with a degree in science from theUniversity of Edinburgh, and the first woman to argue before theHouse of Lords?
... that thevideo gameGyromancer was originally "half-jokingly" proposed byPopCap Games co-founder Jason Kapalka toSquare Enix with the nameFinal Fantasy Bejeweled?
... that the customers ofMartha Matilda Harper's hair salons includedSusan B. Anthony,Woodrow Wilson,Calvin Coolidge, andJacqueline Kennedy?
... that the bookCommentarii de Bello Civili, written byJulius Caesar, is staple reading among students ofLatin?
... thatEmma Roberto Steiner, one of the first American women to make a living fromconducting, took a ten year hiatus from her musical career toprospect fortin nearNome, Alaska?
... that the "restrained and dignified"Zion Chapel is the oldestNonconformist church inEast Grinstead—aWest Sussex town with a long history of Protestant Nonconformity and alternative religion?
... thatFranjo Mihalić, winner of the 1958Boston Marathon, set his firstYugoslav record over 5000 m just several months after taking upathletics?
... that thecollector urchin is so named because of its tendency to collect debris on itsdorsal side?

06:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatWilma B. Liebman(pictured), the second woman ever to beChair of theNational Labor Relations Board, was named to the position byPresident Barack Obama on his first day in office?
... that the mother of theFifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) was the main sponsor ofTibetanRakhadrak Hermitage?
... thatMildred "Micky" Axton, who was the first woman to fly aB-29, died on February 8, 2010, before she could receive theCongressional Gold Medal on March 10, 2010?
... thatEspaña y Filipinas (Spain and thePhilippines) byJuan Luna is a painted depiction of twowomen on thestairway toprogress?
... thatFlorence Luscomb, one of the first women to earn an architecture degree fromMIT, later left that field to become a full-timewomen's suffrage activist?
... that the video forOK Go's single"This Too Shall Pass" features a giantRube Goldberg machine and took 60 takes to complete?
... that fiction writerCathy Kelly has sold over 1 million books in theUK, at one time displacing bothDan Brown andJ. K. Rowling from the top of the country's bestseller list?
... that Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh inventedSugru, described as "the most exciting product sinceSellotape orBlu-Tack"?

00:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatMichele S. Jones(pictured) was the first woman in theU.S. Army to attain the rank ofcommand sergeant major before she retired to a military liaison position in theObama Administration?
... that a recipe forCalf's Liver and Bacon is found in theWhite House Cookbook?
... thatTenley Albright won the gold medal inladies' figure skating competition at the1956 Winter Olympics despite sustaining a serious leg injury two weeks before the Olympics?
... that thezoste patrikia was the onlyByzantine title reserved specifically for women, and ranked as one of the highest court dignities?
... that theGerman socialist women's activistLore Agnes was jailed in 1914 for having called on women to oppose thewar during aMarch 8 rally?
... thatNick Joaquin’shistorical novel,The Woman Who Had Two Navels, is about ahallucinating Filipina who believed she had twobelly buttons?
... that the prominentHindu Ganesha cave temple atLenyadri is located in the vicinity of about 30Buddhist caves?
... thatEvelina Haverfield, a Britishsuffragette who was arrested after hitting a police officer in the mouth, threatened to "bring arevolver" next time?

8 March 2010

18:00, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the leading learned women of 1779 (calledbluestockings) were painted as theNine Muses(pictured) byRichard Samuel?
... that the extinctsweat bee genusNesagapostemon is known from a single 9.9-millimetre (0.39 in) femalespecimen?
... that theBulgarian female runnersZlateva,Yordanova,Pekhlivanova,Shtereva,Tomova andPetrova all wonmedals in800 metres at theEuropean Indoor Championships in the 1970s?
... that with most of theBritish fleet immobilised by themutiny at the Nore,HMS Adamant was one of only twotwo-decker warships available toblockade theDutch fleet in 1798?
... thatSpanish politician and feministClara Campoamor was one of three women elected to Spain's 1931Constituent Assembly even though women were not allowed to vote in the election?
... that theMakauwahi Cave has been described as "...maybe the richest fossil site in theHawaiian Islands, perhaps in the entirePacific Island region"?
... thatAnn Baumgartner was the first American woman to fly aUnited States Army Air Forces jet aircraft when she flew theBell YP-59A jet fighter atWright Field as a test pilot duringWorld War Two?
... that by using a shower curtain and sewing machine,Marion Donovan developed what was to become the first waterproofdisposable diaper?

12:00, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

... that Egyptian officerRawya Ateya(pictured) was the first woman to serve as aMember of Parliament in the Arab world?
... thatStrobilanthes callosus, a shrub found in the hill forests ofIndia used in folk medicines, flowers only once in eight years before dying off, exhibiting a once in a lifetime mass flowering and mass seeding life cycle?
... that three-timeOlympianAlbertina Dias was the firstPortuguese woman to win at theIAAF World Cross Country Championships?
... thatGirdap, established inRuse in 1881, was the first privately-ownedbank inBulgaria?
... that the wordbluestocking meaninglearned woman is said to have derived from a reference toBenjamin Stillingfleet?
... thatRagna Nielsen was the first woman to headmaster a secondary school in Norway?
... that theancient Romans sacrificed pregnant cows to celebrateFordicidia, thefestival offertility?
... that in 1928,Viola Gentry flew 8 hours, 6 six minutes and 37 seconds straight which set thefirst non-refueling endurance record for women?

06:00, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

... that thetennis ball banksia(pictured) is so named for itsinflorescences, which look liketennis balls?
... that theBacon Deluxe sandwich fromWendy's topped a list of the five most unhealthful gourmet burgers sold by nationalfast food restaurant chains in the United States?
... thatLieben Prize laureates included chemistsCarl von Than (1868),Josef Maria Eder (1895) andPaul Friedländer (1908)?
... thatvideo game music composerGarry Schyman prefers thevideo game industry totelevision andfilm in part because the people in it are "nice people whose egos were in check"?
... thatMasako Katsura's participation in the WorldThree-Cushion Billiards tournament of 1952 was the first time any woman ever competed in any billiards tournament for a world crown?
... that because theSassanid commanderKardarigan ordered his army's water supplies destroyed prior to theBattle of Solachon, many of his men died of thirst andwater poisoning after the battle?
... thatBlack Chicks Talking is a book, film, play and art exhibition that explores issues related toIndigenous Australian women?
... thatReedy Lake was drained to kill off itscarp?

00:00, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatprinter andengraverEdmund Evans collaborated withVictorian book illustratorsWalter Crane,Randolph Caldecott andKate Greenaway to create classic illustrations(example pictured) for children's books?
... that a 70-foot waterfall preventssalmon and other migratory fish from swimming upriver beyond the first 0.4 miles of theSouth Fork Clackamas River in theU.S. state ofOregon?
... thatJohn Brennan, a 201-poundfootball player, was voted "queen" of theUniversity of Michigan ice carnival after challenging thepulchritude of the school'sco-eds?
... that thecaptured Tiger Tank that was once transported aboardEmpire Candida is now preserved in working order at theBovington Tank Museum?
... that the requirement to teachgeometry was removed from the duties of theSavilian Professor of Geometry atOxford so thatEdward Titchmarsh could be appointed to the post in 1931?
... that theHaramain High Speed Rail Project inSaudi Arabia, will run for 444 km (276 mi) between theIslamic holy cities ofMedina andMecca with 320-km/h (200-mph)electric trains?
... that theHarelle was a 1382tax revolt that began in the city ofRouen and was emulated in many otherFrench cities?
... that the tomb of a female saint inSharafat, East Jerusalem, is venerated in the belief that she can render assistance in times of drought?

7 March 2010

18:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatBrougham Castle(pictured) was seized byHenry III of England in 1264 when the castle's previous owner died during arebellion against the king?
... thatElizabeth Yates' novelAmos Fortune, Free Man won the inauguralWilliam Allen White Children's Book Award?
... that thetsunami triggered by the1868 Arica earthquake, that led to 25,000 deaths inPeru and northernChile, caused damage and at least one death inNew Zealand?
... that Germanhigh jumperMeike Kröger spent almost a year working in anorphanage inBishkek,Kyrgyzstan?
... that, since 2007, theUK government has appointed part-timeministers for each of the nineEnglish regions, to act as "regional champions"?
... that thepygmy whitefish is the mosttrout-likefreshwater whitefish?
... that in 1948,Johan Ulrik Olsen becameNorway's firstMinister of Local Government?
... that an early incarnation ofBimbo's 365 Club inSan Francisco included Dolfina, a nude woman who appeared to swim inside a large aquarium over the bar?

12:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatTengboche Monastery(pictured) is the largestgompa in theKhumbu region ofNepal?
... that with a forewing length of only 3.36 millimetres (0.132 in)Microberotha is one of the smallest knownbeaded lacewings to have been described?
... thatJuan Bravo Murillo tried but failed to impose anabsolutist constitution onSpain in 1852?
... thatHerne Bay Pier was the setting for the opening sequence ofKen Russell's firstfeature filmFrench Dressing?
... thatSisko Hanhijoki won 28Finnish championship titles in the60,100 and200 metres events between 1985 and 1993?
... thatLake Abert inLake County,Oregon, covers 57 square miles (150 km²) and is teeming withbrine shrimp, but has no fish?
... thatSamuel Oshoffa founded theCelestial Church of Christ in 1947 after being lost for three months nearPorto Novo inBenin?
... that of the two competingPolish kings in 1705,one was allied with Russia andthe other one with Sweden?

06:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

... that in August 2001, theGalileo spacecraft flew through thesulfur dioxide gas plume of theIonian volcanoThor(Io with Thor pictured)?
... that thelatest possible date for the construction of theWilliam Lawrence House inBellefontaine, Ohio, is known from a date carved into a windowsill?
... that theOcean Grove Nature Reserve contains the only significant remnant of nativewoodland on theBellarine Peninsula,Victoria, Australia, as it was prior to European settlement?
... thatNew York Times veteranDavid Stout received anEdgar Allan Poe Award for his first novelCarolina Skeletons, written in his spare time?
... that on April 4, 1981, atornado struckWest Bend,Wisconsin, killing 3 people and injuring another 53?
... thatGeorge B. Bacon was the son ofLeonard Bacon, and the brother ofLeonard Woolsey Bacon, Thomas R. Bacon, andEdward Woolsey Bacon—and all wereCongregational preachers?
... thatU-2336 sank the last Allied ships lost inWorld War II on 7 May 1945, when she torpedoed and sank the freightersAvondale Park andSneland I?
... thatTheophobos was aByzantine general who was declaredemperor against his will?

00:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Reconstruction of plate configurations for the whole Phanerozoic

... thatplate reconstructions(example pictured) that usemagnetic stripe patterns can only go back to theJurassic period, as there is no olderoceanic crust?
... thatHenry Martyn was described byWisden as "one of the finestwicket-keepers ever seen infirst-class cricket"?
... that, although it does not set out to compete for visitors, in 2009 theCloppenburg Museum Village had 250,000, more than any other museum inLower Saxony?
... that famed builderJames W. McLaughlin started his Architectural studies at fifteen and when theAmerican Civil War broke out served as aLieutenant in the body guard ofGeneral John C Fremont?
... that the present day use ofarrhae inweddings can be traced back to theVisigoth andFrank culture?
... that Mexican bandCamila received aGold certification for their albumDejarte de Amar in the first day ofsales in Mexico?
... thatMolsheim'sformer Jesuit Church is the principal 17th century church building in theRhine Valley?
... that whileTimothy Haʻalilio andWilliam Richards were in Europe negotiating for diplomatic recognition of theKingdom of Hawaii in 1843, they found out it was already underBritish occupation?

6 March 2010

18:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theHolt Manufacturing Company patented the first practicalcrawling-type tractor(pictured), which was used as anartillery tractor inWorld War I and inspired design of the first Britishtanks?
... thatColombian singer-songwriterShakira received aplatinum certificationin Mexico for her albumLoba within a week after its release?
... thatJamison Square, an urban water park for children inPortland, Oregon, features "goofy tiki totems" byKenny Scharf?
... that in August 1936,British Ambassador to FranceSir George Clerk warnedYvon Delbos of the dangers ofFrench intervention in theSpanish Civil War?
... that theHonduran archaeological siteEl Puente was founded by the people ofCopán to control the crossroads of twoMaya trade routes?
... that theliverwortPellia epiphylla ismonoicous, with both male and female sex organs on the samethallus?
... thatWarren Terhune, upon hissuicide by gunshot, became the onlyGovernor of American Samoa to die in office?
... that theVenezuelan townPotosi was intentionally flooded in 1985, but has reappeared in 2010 due to a drought?

12:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

... that three of the five railroads that make up theMountain Railways of India(pictured) are included in theUNESCO World Heritage List?
... that BritishAssyriologistDonald Wiseman wasCliff Richard's youth group leader atFinchley Crusaders?
... that the only male "sweat bee" to have been documented fromDominican amber is thetype specimen for theextinctEickwortapis?
... that though she missed out on aBritish Academy Television Craft Award for her first television film,Pleasureland, writerHelen Blakeman won aBritish Academy Children's Award forDustbin Baby, her second?
... that the popularity of theBritish Landrace pig is partly responsible for the decline of rarer breeds in theUnited Kingdom?
... thatSamuel Wanjiru, the2008 Olympic marathon champion, won theFukuoka Cross Country competition when he was only 16 years old?
... that the concept ofweak dematerialization suggests theResurrection of Jesus?
... that game designerGregory Weir attempted to create one new game in every month of 2009?

06:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

... that thePopocatépetl volcano (pictured) occasionally dumps ash on the municipality ofOzumba, Mexico?
... that theKansas City Royals havenever drafted asecond baseman in the first round of theMajor League Baseball Draft?
... that the extinctNeocorynura electra, found inDominican amber, is the only known species ofNeocorynura "sweat bee" from theGreater Antilles?
... that in 1881,George Washington Weidler, owner of Willamette Steam Mills and Manufacturing Company, became the first person to sell electric lighting inPortland, Oregon?
... that the Britishsettlement of Black River on theMosquito Coast of present-dayHonduras was turned over toSpanish authorities on 29 August 1787 under the terms of the1786 Convention of London?
... thatlardons prove that the French "do bacon right"?
... that on August 23, 1998, asevere weather outbreak produced anF3 tornado inDoor County,Wisconsin, that caused an estimated $6.5 million in damages?
... that in theBattle of Anzen, theByzantine emperor Theophilos managed to avoid death or capture due to a sudden rainfall that loosened his enemies' bowstrings?

00:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theFrench battleship Courbet(pictured) was twice hit by GermanNeger manned torpedoes after she had been scuttled as part of aMulberry harbour during theNormandy Landings of June 1944?
... that early femaleRepublican Party politician and suffragistRhoda Fox Graves was the first woman to serve in theNew York State Senate?
... thatRhytidiadelphus squarrosus is the most abundant species ofmoss in Britishlawns?
... thatPapias the Lombard wrote "the first fully recognizabledictionary" in the 1040s?
... that the purportedparanormal activity in thechurchyard of theChapel of the Cross inMadison, Mississippi, has been featured in two books?
... that the upcoming video gameScrap Metal, set to be released onXBox Live Arcade, will allow players to customize monster trucks and bulldozers with flamethrowers and rocket launchers?
... that the 1901 musical playBluebell in Fairyland was the inspiration forPeter Pan?
... that"Ducker" McLean may have lostOxford aUniversity Boat Race because he did not jump out of the boat?

5 March 2010

18:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatMotu Matakohe island is used as a safe location for babyKiwi(pictured) until they weigh 1 kilogram and are brought to mainlandNew Zealand?
... that English diplomatJohn Barker introducedvaccination to theMiddle East?
... that aland use conflict is when one sort ofland use creates a negative impact on other land uses nearby?
... that the upcomingXBox Live Arcade video gameToy Soldiers will featureWorld War I toy miniatures battling on a model diorama in a child's bedroom?
... that although Israeli forces were planning to attack ArabBeersheba in May 1948, they were forced to delay theBattle of Beersheba until just one day before a plannedceasefire in October 1948?
... that theLeading Edge, a student-run semi-professionalscience fiction andfantasy magazine, had aChesley Award-winning cover in 2002 byJames C. Christensen?
... that thesloth lemurs of the genusMesopropithecus were once thought to beindriids due to the similarities between theirskulls and those of livingsifakas?
... that theAmerican electric blues harmonica player,singer andsongwriter,Little Sonny, often boosted his earnings byphotographing customers between his on-stage appearances?

12:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

... thattanbo art(example pictured) is a Japanese practice where giant pictures are created in rice fields?
... that the Englishall-rounderLeslie Todd was once described as "the most perverse, most infuriatingcricketer of his generation"?
... that the discovery ofBabakotia radofilai, an extinct species ofsloth lemur, helped to resolve the relationship between theindriids, sloth lemurs, andmonkey lemurs?
... thatMelek Tourhan, whose father offered her foradoption as an infant in order to improve her lot in life, went on to becomeSultana ofEgypt?
... that British soap operaEastEnders celebrated its25th anniversary with alive episode revealingwho killed Archie Mitchell?
... thatMar Papa was the firstCatholicos (universal leader) of the PersianChurch of the East in the 4th century?
... that theNilgiri Mountain Railway in India is building four new'X' Class locomotives – a design dating from 1920?
... thatBulgarian writers and screenwriters Moritz Yomtov and Marko Stoychev worked together as theMormarevi Brothers even though they were unrelated?

06:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatOliver Stone(pictured) based the final combat scene in his 1986 moviePlatoon on areal battle that he survived when he was an American soldier in Vietnam?
... that theMuseum of Canterbury contains the original 850 AD Canterbury Cross?
... thatUniversidad del Claustro de Sor Juana sponsored a "poetry slam" judged by poets and rappers at theInternational Book Fair of Guadalajara, Mexico?
... thatperiodic comet22P/Kopff is expected to next make itsclosest approach to theSun on October 25, 2015?
... thatSeattle Sounders FC has sevenrecognized supporter groups and that in 2009 they amassed the largest average attendance in theMajor League Soccer with 30,943 fans?
... thatJohn Sanness, who would become professor and chair of theNorwegian Nobel Committee, was expelled fromhis secondary school for protests against themonarchy of Norway?
... that the rare, "almost legendary"Japanese lates was considered to be the same fish as thebarramundi until 1984?
... that Danish designerPoul Lange created achildren's book about holes which had a hole all the way through it?

00:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

... that fivesupernovae have been found in theMessier 100spiral galaxy(pictured)?
... thatMary Nolan voted in favor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 22 that recognizes the service ofUnited States Merchant Marine veterans duringWorld War II?
... thatMinuscule 629, a Latin-Greekdiglot manuscript of the New Testament, contains theComma Johanneum written by the original scribe?
... that in the2010 gubernatorial elections,Esmael Mangudadatu will be running for governor ofMaguindanao even though a rival clan murdered 57 people including his wife and sister in theMaguindanao massacre?
... that theMountbatten Brailler allows a user to translateBraille intotext and vice versa?
... thatHakeem Olajuwon andSam Bowie were selected ahead ofMichael Jordan in the1984National Basketball Association Draft?
... that the extinctsweat bee genusOligochlora contains six species all known from theDominican amber deposits onHispaniola?
... that anapocryphal tale tells howGeorge Gilbert Scott drew the initial designs forClifton Hampden Bridge on his starched shirt cuff over dinner?

4 March 2010

18:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatZakynthos Marine Park inGreece is the firstnational park established for the protection ofsea turtles(Loggerhead Sea Turtle pictured) in theMediterranean?
... that architectThomas D. McLaughlin designed numerousLima, Ohio, buildings, including the city'sElks Lodge?
... thatSolas fiddlerWinifred Horan is a former member of the all-female musical groupCherish the Ladies?
... that the importantMesoamerican archaeological site ofCara Sucia inEl Salvador was severely damaged by looters after theLand Reform Programme of 1980?
... thatOlga Sedakova won gold medals in all threesynchronized swimming events at the1998 World Aquatics Championships?
... thatOregon Public Broadcasting's popularOregon Field Guide has featured topics ranging frommountain unicycling toinvasive species?
... thatBlues Hall of Fame inductee"Sunshine" Sonny Payne received hisnickname as a joke by musicianRobert Jr. Lockwood?
... that at theBattle of Bathys Ryax, theByzantines attacked with only 600 men out of an army of 4,000–5,000, leaving the rest to raise much noise so as to simulate the arrival of a far larger force?

12:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

... that as the commanding officer ofHMS Carysfort,Lord George Paulet(pictured)took control of theHawaiian Islands?
... that theBiblioteca comunale inAncona, Italy, has a collection of musical manuscripts of more than 50 classical composers?
... that in 2007, champion runnerDavid Lelei tried to be theOrange Democratic Movement candidate for theEldoret South Constituency seat but lost to the eventual winnerPeris Simam?
... thatGiant George is recognised as the tallest dog ever byGuinness World Records and measures 43 inches (110 cm) high at thewithers?
... thatRoald Dysthe, who was installed as a chief executive during theoccupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, wasacquitted oftreason in 1951?
... thatAn Nam chí lược, a book published in 1335 during theYuan Dynasty, is considered the oldest historical work by a Vietnamese that has been preserved?
... that singer-songwriterMadonna made her episodic TV series debut in theWill & Grace episode "Dolls and Dolls"?
... that themushroomLaetiporus sulphureus is a good substitute forchicken?

06:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

GRB 090423 taken by the NASA Gemini Observatory

... that thegamma-ray burst (GRB) 090423(pictured), whose light took approximately 13 billion years to reachEarth, is the oldest and most distant known object in theUniverse?
... that according toErich von Manstein in his bookVerlorene Siege,Adolf Hitler stoppedOperation Citadel too soon?
... that suggested close relatives of the rareEcuadorian rice ratMindomys have includedwater rats,tree rats, andCaribbean giant rats?
... that in just over 14 years of owningSelect Medical Corporation,Rocco Ortenzio and his son Robert made an estimated $200,000,000 in profit?
... thatCruel and Unusual is a documentary abouttranssexual women incarcerated in men's prisons?
... thatDrew Barrymore,Wanda Sykes andCynthia Nixon are to be honored at the21st GLAAD Media Awards this year?
... that the secret articles of thePeace of Lund, that ended theScanian War in 1679, were not revealed until 1870?
... thattennis playerJohan Haanes spent nine months in aconcentration camp for participation in an "illegal" ski competition?

00:00, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

... that thestargazer(pictured), a widespreadcoastal fish, is anambush predator which can deliver bothvenom and electric shocks, and has been called "the meanest thing in creation"?
... thatJohn Steel, theZiegfeld Follies tenor who introducedIrving Berlin's song "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody", later appeared in stagedboxing matches?
... thatMessier 58 is one of the brightest galaxies in theVirgo Cluster and is one of fourbarred spiral galaxies included inCharles Messier's catalog?
... that at the town next to theBrazilian gold mineSerra Pelada, thousands of underage girls prostituted themselves for gold flakes while around 60–80 unsolved murders were registered every month?
... thatJames W. Treffinger went on to become aRepublican County executive ofEssex County, New Jersey, even though hisCatholic family "idolized"FDR andKennedy?
... thatMinuscule 546 was bought byphilanthropist Baroness Burdett-Coutts in the 1860s?
... thatStanley Muirhead helped leadMichigan to a national football championship in 1923 and was a first-team All-NFL player in 1924 for theDayton Triangles andCleveland Bulldogs?
... that whenDana Delany andJulie Benz shared a kiss scene for theDesperate Housewives episode "Lovely", Delaney noticed "crew members on the set that were never there before"?

3 March 2010

18:16, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theAfro hairstyle(pictured) was once banned inTanzania andCuba?
... that several families ofland gastropods reach a maximum of biodiversity in Turkey?
... that in 1787,British merchant shipImperial Eagle, commanded byCharles William Barkley, broughtfur from the Americas to sell inChina without legally required licences, while sailing under theAustrian flag?
... that, to stay abovethe reservoir the Dexter Dam would make, theLowell Bridge, inLowell, Oregon, was raised about 6 feet (1.8 m) in 1953?
... thatCho Jae-hyun, aSouth Korean actor, is commonly referred to asapersona of directorKim Ki-duk due to his appearances in almost all of Kim's films?
... that America’s oldest private medical society, theCollege of Physicians of Philadelphia, displays the conjoined liver ofSiamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker in its museum?
... that some of the songs on the 2009 EPCriminal Intents/Morning Star detail thestory arc of a group of rebels fighting against a corporation out to rule the world?
... that theNissan Terranautconcept car has a glass dome over its roof for an easy escape in case of emergency?

12:00, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the British submarineHMS E13(pictured) was attacked and destroyed byGerman warships duringWorld War I after running aground off the neutralDanish island ofSaltholm?
... that theMesoamerican archaeological site ofQuelepa in easternEl Salvador was distinguished by its unusual rampedpyramids?
... that thecounter-insurgency strategy ofclear and hold, widely implemented in theVietnam War and elsewhere, has also been used extensively in theIraq War?
... that a 1973 ruling bySylvia Pressler forcedLittle League Baseball to begin admitting girls for the first time?
... thatMinuscule 644 was bought by theBritish Museum fromConstantine Simonides, a forger of manuscripts?
... thatIGN's Doug Perry saidMoto Racer 2 was the bestmotorcycle racing game seen on thePlayStation?
... that one of the activities that are possible at theNevado de Toluca National Park is scuba diving in the two volcanic crater lakes?
... that British actressEmma Catherwood observed realbypass surgery being performed in preparation for her role asF1Penny Valentine in themedical dramaHolby City?

06:00, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

... that when threatened, theblotched fantail ray(pictured) raises its spine-bearing tail over its body and waves it back and forth?
... that theVedda language is aCreole language based onSinhalese ofSri Lanka rather than adialect?
... that formerbaseball playerJoe Abreu became an enthusiast ofmagic after he saw former baseball player and professional magicianCarl Zamloch put on a magic show at his high school?
... thatOperation Sandblast was thecode name for the first submerged circumnavigation of the world executed by theUSSTriton in 1960?
... that the originalSt. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church ofWoodside, Queens,New York was built byFranz J. Berlenbach, Jr.?
... that in the1885–86 season,West Bromwich Albion became the first team from theEnglish Midlands to reach theFA Cup Final?
... thatBethel Academy inKentucky was the firstMethodist school west of theAppalachian Mountains?
... that comedy writerAl Jean, who has been awarded with fourEmmy Awards for his work onThe Simpsons, graduated fromHarvard University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics?

00:00, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

... that German extremein-line skater Dirk Auer roller skated down a large wooden roller coaster(pictured) atErlebnispark Tripsdrill, reaching speeds of 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph)?
... that in the 1990s,Congregation Beth Israel was the largestJewish congregation inGreater Vancouver?
... thatMinuscule 627 has an unusual order of books, with theBook of Revelation placed betweenActs of the Apostles and thegeneral epistles?
... that in 1938, thebarquePriwall recorded the fastest ever rounding ofCape Horn by a sailing ship?
... thatLeland Myrick wrote the autobiographicalgraphic novelMissouri Boy, even though he considers himself "a very private person"?
... thatLevi L. Rowland worked as a professor at theOregon medical school he was still attending?
... that theYeywa Hydropower Dam is the largesthydroelectric power plant and the firstroller-compacted concrete dam inBurma?
... thatGoogle Images caused controversy in 2009 after it was discovered that the number-one result for the search term "Michelle Obama" was aderogatory doctored photo of the US first lady?

2 March 2010

18:00, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the self-decapitatedHindu goddessChhinnamasta(pictured) standing on a copulating couple signifies that life, death and sex are interdependent?
... thatMaryland politicianCheryl Kagan worked part-time as a substitute teacher while serving in theMaryland House of Delegates?
... that in the1920s,Cudahy Packing Company shifted from exporting cured pork because of Britishtariffs and focused instead on domestic sales of cannedhams, sliced dried beef, Italian-stylesausage, and slicedbacon?
... thatViktor Kaisiepo, aNetherlands New Guinean-born advocate ofself-determination forWest Papua, lived most of his life inexile in theNetherlands?
... that the plantCoreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' was chosen as the 1992 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association?
... that in 1709, aprivateering force, of whichAcadian military officerBernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin was a member, sank 35 British ships and took 470 people prisoner?
... that the 1997 flooding ofWilson Canyon inLyon County,Nevada, resulted in $726,000 in damage toNevada State Route 208?
... thatLetters of Ayn Rand, published in 1995, was the first book byAyn Rand to receive a positive review inThe New York Times Book Review since 1943?

12:00, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the marine slugAeolidiella stephanieae(pictured) is commonly kept in aquaria to control the anemoneAiptasia?
... thatJohan Gustaf Sandberg's frescoes inUppsala Cathedral depictingGustav Vasa were the first frescoes painted in Sweden?
... that thecheater plug has been used to remedyground loops inaudio systems, with reckless disregard ofelectrical safety?
... thatMajor-GeneralNick Carter is the current commander of British forces in southernAfghanistan?
... that the origin of thePostclassic K'iche'Maya patron deityJacawitz has been traced back to a historical event at the city ofSeibal?
... thatArthur Crispien, who was dismissed as editor of aSocial Democratic Party newspaper for his opposition to war credits in 1914, later became the Party's Chairman?
... thatDanish Bacon is sliced, packed, and sold in theUK?
... thatcross dressing andmooning have been prosecuted asconduct prejudicial to good order and discipline in theUS military?
... that severalFrench internationalfootballers have played forFC Versailles, includingThierry Henry,Jérôme Rothen andHatem Ben Arfa?
... thatRastafarian hardcore punk bandBad Brains signed toNeil Cooper'sROIR cassette label because Cooper, who had worked at theRoyal Mint, gave them medallions made for EmperorHaile Selassie?

06:00, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

... thatJapanese currency started in the8th century with the minting of theWadōkaichin coin(pictured)?
... that theSwabian-Hall Swine breed of pig was started by KingWilliam I of Württemberg?
... that the production ofart in Wales was greatly stimulated by the 18th century fashion for thesublime inlandscape painting?
... that a reviewer of the 2006 albumGigahearts by theItalian industrial bandDope Stars Inc. described the group as "the new generation of whatGoth means in the 21st century"?
... that in 1974 animal rights activists attempted to bomb the lab of biologistMike Handel?
... that the original and currentLanding Road bridges inLanding, New Jersey, stood side-by-side until the demolition of the older structure?
... that KingPhilip V ordered that anylepers found guilty of poisoning wells inmedieval France were to be burnt and their possessions forfeited to theCrown?
... thatBurgers' Smokehouse is aCalifornia, Missouri-based seller ofcured andsmoked meats includingbacon andhickory smoked, salt cured country hams, a specialty of theOzarks?
... that during a rehearsal ofPagliacci with theFlorentine Opera in 1998,tenorDavid Rendall sent abaritone to hospital when hisprop knife failed to collapse?

00:00, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

... that members of theSciurini group ofsquirrels, which includes theeastern gray squirrel(pictured), have been described asliving fossils?
... thatJohan Søhr was responsible for investigating severalespionage cases in Norway during World War I, including thevon Rosen andRautenfels cases?
... that theRoyal National College for the Blind inHereford houses the United Kingdom's NationalBlindArt collection?
... that during theGreat Depression, R. C. Nueske used apanel truck to marketNueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats, includingbacon,sausages,hams and smokedturkeys, at little resorts across northernWisconsin?
... the programSTUDENT, written in 1964 byDaniel Bobrow for his PhD dissertation atMIT, is one of the earliest known attempts atnatural language understanding by a computer?
... thatMilwaukee electedGeorge Hampel to thestate legislature first as aSocialist and later as aProgressive before he helped merge the Progressives into theRepublican Party?
... that during theIce Hockey European Championship in 1924, two ofSpain's seven players were injured, but theSwiss andSwedish teams agreed to play with five players against them?
... that aflitch of bacon was offered atWychnor Hall to married couples if they could swear that they did not regret their union, but it was so rarely claimed it was replaced with a wooden one?

1 March 2010

18:00, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

... that the figures inIlya Repin'sBarge Haulers on the Volga(pictured) are based on real characters, including a former priest, a former soldier and a painter?
... thatLennard Stokes, a 19th-centuryrugby union international who captainedEngland on five occasions, also playedfirst-class cricket forKent and later worked as asurgeon?
... that thecheese dream was popularized during theGreat Depression as "an inexpensive company supper dish"?
... that in 2005 composerKrzysztof Penderecki added aCiaccona for strings to hisPolish Requiem, begun in 1980?
... that the forest area of theJessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary helps in arrestingdesertification and advancement of theThar desert?
... thatTošo Dabac worked forMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer inZagreb as their press officer forSoutheast Europe before becoming internationally renowned for hisstreet photography?
... that the recently demolishedFrancis M. Drexel School inPhiladelphia was named for afinancier whose family founded several educational institutions, includingDrexel University?
... that theBattles of the Separation Corridor saw the first use of tanks by theIsrael Defense Forces against theEgyptian army?
... that SirHenry Bate Dudley not only chronicled the life ofGainsborough but also wrote the comic operaTheFlitch of Bacon?

12:00, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

... that with over 80 mosques and several importantgongbei shrine complexes(example pictured),Linxia City is known as "China's littleMecca"?
... thatSerafin Olarte andVicente Guerrero were the only independentist generals active during the low point of theMexican War of Independence after the execution ofJosé María Morelos in 1815?
... thatThe BLT Cookbook was highly recommended by theNational Pork Board?
... that inĐại Việt sử lược, it was recorded thatKhúc Hạo, not his fatherKhúc Thừa Dụ, was the first of theKhúc family to be theJiedushi ofTĩnh Hải quân?
... thatBanksiamyces arefungi that grow on the dead"cones" ofBanksia species?
... thatAmelia Goes to the Ball is anopera buffa in one act composed byGian Carlo Menotti?
... that former gold medalist inshort track speed skatingLee Seung-Hoon converted in 2009 to long track to earn a spot in the2010 Winter Olympics?
... thatJohn Singer Sargent's c. 1882 paintingStreet in Venice shows the influence of Venetian photographers?
... that theFyrby Runestone claims two brothers were the most skilled inrunes inMiddle Earth?
... thatBio-Blend Fuels produce abiodiesel made frompig fat that smells ofbacon?

06:00, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

... that thebanded archerfish(pictured) is able to hit targets up to threemetres away by shooting jets of water from its mouth?
... that the1906 College Football All-America Team includedPrinceton quarterbackEddie Dillon,Harvard guardFrancis Burr,Yale endBob Forbes,Cornell centerBill Newman, amidshipman who wasthe strongest man in the U.S. Naval Academy, and a guard who was described as "one of the largest men who ever played on a college gridiron"?
... that theextinct snakefly genusProraphidia is known fromfossils found inSpain,England, andKazakhstan?
... that the seaside landscape ofMontauk Association Historic District in New York includes seven 1881–84Shingle Style summer houses?
... that the1983 Queensland election was triggered whenTerry White,Angus Innes, and variousMLAs of the "Ginger Group"crossed the floor in the Australian state'sLegislative Assembly?
... that thecontemporary artistWalenty Pytel was commissioned to create four 45-meter steel eagles forPortuguese football clubBenfica?
... that the area aroundLa Merced Market, Mexico City, is considered to be a "tolerance zone" for prostitution?
... thatRobert Downey Jr.'scostume in the 2008 filmIron Man was made byspecial effects artistShane Mahan?
... thatRwandan cuisine includesurwagwa, a local beer made from fermentedbananas?

00:00, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

... that theBeaney Institute(pictured) inCanterbury has a £1,000,000Van Dyck painting ofSir Basil Dixwell in its collection?
... that between November 1996 and 2001, 936 people left the parish ofBaños inCuenca Canton,Ecuador, and emigrated mostly to theUnited States?
... thatHenry Bracy was one of the most popular comic tenors of theVictorian era?
... that the tail of theBennett's stingray can make up three quarters of its total length?
... that at the age of 44,Roslyn M. Brock, the newly elected Chairman of theNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the youngest person ever to serve in the position?
... that theQuadro Tracker detection device, which was advertised as being able to detect drugs, weapons, explosives, alcohol, missing people, precious metals, dead pets, and lost golf balls, was denounced by theFBI as a fraud?
... that in theinterwar period, theBritish legation inNorway complained aboutVictor Mogens' bias as a commentator inNorwegian radio?
... that in 1906, someFilipino prisoners involved inmedical experiments in the United States were intentionally infected withcholera, and those who survived were rewarded with cigars or cigarettes?

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