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30 April 2013

16:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatSt. Lawrence's Church(pictured) in the small town ofSöderköping,Sweden, has been the venue for royal coronations on two occasions?
... thatLee Tai-Young was the first woman to study atSeoul National University?
... thatHocutt v. Wilson, the first attempt todesegregate higher education in theUnited States, was dismissed forlack of standing because the president of the university implicated refused to release the transcript of the plaintiff?
... thatSatō Tadanobu saved his masterMinamoto no Yoshitsune by dressing in his armour and impersonating him?
... thatAlabama Crimson Tide football under Nick Saban woncollege football national championships in their2009,2011, and2012 seasons?
... that whenNicholas Brend, the first owner of theGlobe Theatre, died in 1601, his heir was his infant son,Matthew, who would not come of age until 6 February 1621?
... that contemporary reports claimed thatFrench President Félix Fauredied receiving fellatio and his penis had to be surgically removed from his mistress's locked jaw?

08:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

... that Japanese idol groupMomoiro Clover Z(pictured) do not lip-synch in live performances even though their vocals are rendered unstable when coupled with dance moves?
... that Australian trade union organiserWilliam Orr was charged with incitement to murder after advising striking coal miners to arm themselves?
... thatGame of Thrones episode "And Now His Watch Is Ended" introduced the fictional tongue ofHigh Valyrian on television, which was created by a linguist?
... thatJohann Christian Simon Handt was possibly the firstmissionary toQueensland?
... that thetype specimen of the extinctnutmeg yewTorreya clarnensis is located in Florida?
... thatAmi Priyono was one of four directors who dominated thecinema of Indonesia during the 1970s?
... that thefunction ofsafety-valve institutions such asgambling orpornography is to reduce the tensions in the society?

00:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatJohn R. McCarl(pictured) had no prior financial training or experience when he was appointed to become the inauguralComptroller General of the United States in 1921?
... thatSalmo ezenami, acritically endangered species oftrout, isendemic to Chechnya'sLake Kezenoyam and is threatened by theinvasive European chub?
... thatAmerican football playerAlan Gendreau, theSun Belt Conference's all-time leading scorer, wasknown to be gay byhis team?
... that themug shot publishing industry has expanded with 60 new sites in the last two years and multiple state legislatures are seeking to regulate it?
... thatLeon Boullemier, the son of a French artist, was (under another name)Northamptonshire County Cricket Club's officialscorer for 50 years?
... thatR.K.M & Ken-Y received anAmerican Society of Composers and Publishers Award for "Llorarás" and "Igual Que Ayer" at the same ceremony?
... thatJoan Leche founded a school inSaffron Walden whichGabriel Harvey attended in the early 1560s, where according toThomas Nashe he was a "desperate stabber with pen-knives"?

29 April 2013

16:00, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

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... that thesea(wave pictured) contains over 97% of Earth's water?
... that theTwelfth Siege of Gibraltar ended in defeat for France and Spain, which lost 10,000 men while the English andDutch defenders lost only 400?
... thatAlex Valencia was named "player of the year" whenIK Start won silver in the2005 Norwegian Premier League?
... that foundations of a medieval limestone church were found during the building ofHaslev Church in 1916?
... thatSir Sigismund Zinzan tilted in the tournament celebrating the creation ofKing James's son,Henry, as Prince of Wales in 1610, and led a horse draped in black at Henry's funeral in 1612?
... that theClass 374 is the first high speed train type purchased by a part owned French rail company not to be based on the TGV?
... that a boy's eligibility to lodge in aZawlbûk in a traditionalMizo community depends on the length of hispubic hair?

08:00, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatWilhelm Busch(self portrait pictured), who createdMax und Moritz in 1865, has been considered a forefather of comics?
... that some economists question the relevance ofinvoluntary unemployment because "however miserable one's current work options, one can always choose to accept them"?
... thatSupernova by Cuban pianistGonzalo Rubalcaba's trio was beaten to aGrammy Award by an album produced and performed by Rubalcaba?
... thatSamuel Meredith was the firstchief constable inBritain?
... that theImage of Camuliana, said to be a miraculousicon of Christ, was carried into battle byByzantine armies, but probably destroyed in theByzantine Iconoclasm?
... that theBig Blue River Bridge was one of the first of nearly 30 concrete bridges designed by engineer William A. Biba?
... that during theAmerican RevolutionPrudence Wright led a militia of pitchfork-bearing women to arrest her brothers?

00:00, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatThomas Gabriel(pictured) composed theMissa mundi forWorld Youth Day 2005, representing the continents in style and instrumentation withpan flute,sitar, drums anddidgeridoo?
... that on the northwest shore ofCape Denbigh onNorton Bay, archeological finds in the National Historic LandmarkIyatayet Site attest to the Norton Culture dated between 500 BC and 300 AD?
... that the localization, stability, export, and translation efficiency of amessenger RNA are regulated by itsthree prime untranslated region?
... thatPhong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, one of theprotected areas of Vietnam, has the largest cave in the world?
... thatLefty Driesell Award winnerTommy Brenton guided the2012–13 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team totheir program's first ever postseason tournament win?
... thatHeroes for Sale byAndy Mineo mixes hip-hop withhymns,reggaeton,jazz,R&B,heavy metal, andclassical?
... that during the American Revolution,Martha Bratton stuck her son in a chimney and tried to blow up the British?

28 April 2013

16:00, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

... that an engraving by DutchwomanMaria de Wilde(pictured) ofher father meetingPeter the Great records "the beginning of the West European classical tradition in Russia"?
... thatChurch of Saint Mary the Virgin is built on property whereHorace Greeley once held a campaign reception inChappaqua, New York?
... that the triannualRedi Award given out by theInternational Society on Toxinology was named afterFrancesco Redi, the 17th-century Italian scientist who showed thatviper venom comes from glands near itsfangs?
... that in 1983,Anita Pratap became the first journalist to interviewLTTE chiefV. Prabhakaran?
... that despite its name, thechewing louseColumbicola extinctus, which was originally thought to only use thePassenger Pigeon as ahost, is notextinct as it was rediscovered on theBand-tailed Pigeon?
... that themurder of Helen McCourt was the first case in which a suspect was convicted on DNA evidence in the UK without the victim's body having been discovered?
... that a mixture of bark and crushed leaves ofGrevillea heliosperma was used to wash sores by local indigenous people?

08:00, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

... that over 99% of the flower heads of the shrubBanksia elegans(pictured) set no seed?
... that actorIan Kirkby once described motor racing as "a waste of petrol"?
... thatFaxe Church contains a 1717 painting byHendrick Krock,Frederik IV's court painter?
... thatFlorida A&M Rattlers basketball playerTerrence Woods won the 2004NCAA Division I three-point shooting contest at the conclusion of hissenior season?
... thatSir Matthew Brend conveyed the property on which theGlobe Theatre was built to his wife, Frances?
... that thelist of National Trust properties in Somerset includes sites dating from theIron Age to theVictorian era?
... thata cricket match in Hong Kong was once called off becausea batsman was hitting so manysixes that he might pose "a danger to passing traffic"?

00:00, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theEisenhower dollar(pictured) was the first U.S. dollar coin produced in over 35 years?
... that the Australian plantBanksia saxicola has been cultivated outdoors in the Netherlands and United Kingdom?
... that theBhusawal-Kalyan railway line in western India rises by 970 ft (296 m) within a span of 9.5 mi (15 km) across Thul Ghat?
... that, playing in herfifth successive Women's Cricket World Cup, England'sCharlotte Edwards was named in the team of the tournament?
... thatslow code is a purposely slow response to a patient incardiac arrest?
... that the para-military squads of thePeruvian APRA Party used to be nick-named "Buffaloes"?
... thatJohan van Brosterhuysen, a dilettante Dutch botanist, translated a bishop'slunar fiction?

27 April 2013

16:00, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theichnogenusChondrites(pictured) can be used as an indicator ofanoxia in sediments?
... thathorse racing commentatorLord Oaksey was once captain ofEton College's boxing team?
... that the Norwegian steamerKommandøren was torpedoed and sunk by a drunken crewman on a GermanE-boat?
... thatBlaine Wilson has won the most all-around titles at theUSA Gymnastics National Championships?
... that the albumSolo by Cuban pianistGonzalo Rubalcaba includes songs inspired byJohn Coltrane'sGiant Steps?
... that almost alltunicates of the speciesPyura pachydermatina house at least oneparasitic ribbon worm?
... thatVester Egede Church displays a relief of "Luxuria", a woman standing on her head, nurturing a winged dragon and a lion?

08:00, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the tailorFred Hobbs(pictured), who served as the eighthMayor of Christchurch, came from a musical family?
... thatWalter Curran Mendenhall found obscurefossils onFish River atWhite Mountain, Alaska?
... thatFateh Chand Badhwar was the firstIndian to become Chairman of the country'sRailway Board?
... thatJosé María Caro Martínez, the firstMayor ofPichilemu, was the father ofJosé María Caro Rodríguez, the firstChilean Cardinal of theCatholic Church?
... thatcoated ureafertilizers reduce the risk offertilizer burn by slowing the rate at whichmoisture in thesoil dissolves thesulfur- orpolymer-encapsulatedprills ofurea?
... thatSean Manaea was named the Most Outstanding Prospect in theCape Cod Baseball League for 2012?
... thatFerdinand von Mueller named the rainforest proteaceae generaBuckinghamia,Cardwellia,Carnarvonia,Hicksbeachia andHollandaea in honour of BritishSecretaries of State for the Colonies?

00:00, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theHelena Historic District(Atlas building pictured) required a major boundary adjustment whenurban renewal in the 1970s destroyed over 60 historically significant buildings?
... that bothVice Admiral Matthew Quashie and formerUN Secretary General Kofi Annan attendedMfantsipim?
... thatBlackstairmountain from Ireland was the first European-trained racehorse to win theNakayama Grand Jump, the world's richeststeeplechase?
... that prior to thephylloxera epidemic in the mid-19th century there were almost 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) ofGouget noir, but by 2008 there were just 10 hectares (25 acres) of the grape left in France?
... that acanopy walkway connects seven tree tops inGhana'sKakum National Park?
... that thesilencer onDNA allowsrepressors to bind, inhibitingtranscription?
... thatBrandon Maurer threw aperfect game during aLittle League Baseball all-star game?

26 April 2013

16:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

... that historical maps and descriptions include nine different names forLake Débo(pictured) inMali?
... that thePurple-throated Cotinga is considered a naturally rare species across its range?
... that the church ofSt. Severin inKeitum on the island ofSylt, first mentioned in 1240, is furnished with an early Renaissance pulpit from Denmark?
... thatSukur isAfrica's first cultural landscape to receiveWorld Heritage List inscription?
... that the future of thenarrow gaugeShakuntala Railway depends on howCentral Railway acts on the option it has to buy it in 2016?
... thatJohn Lightfoot provided the first British records for thechanterelle and thesummer truffle?
... that the world's oldest knownharbor and Egypt's oldest knownpapyrus documents were both discovered atWadi al-Jarf?

08:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the father ofBob Feller(signed baseball pictured) changed the crop on thefamily farm from corn to wheat so that the future baseball Hall of Fame pitcher could play more baseball?
... that nuclear physicistKatharine Way co-edited a 1946 bestseller which included essays byNiels Bohr,Albert Einstein andRobert Oppenheimer, and sold over 100,000 copies?
... that the2002 EA Sports 500 featured no cautions despiteTalladega Superspeedway being known for"The Big One"?
... that in 1750Paul Troger painted the altarpieceVision of St. Ulrich at theBattle of Lechfeld for the churchSt. Ulrich in Vienna?
... that there are records of a woman being stoned to death for stepping over the rope used inJuldarigi (Koreantug of war)?
... thattributary creeks of theKoyuk River include Dime and Sweepstakes?
... that visitors to theUlucanlar Prison Museum who pay extra to be handcuffed and locked in an isolation cell for a limited time may not leave it before the agreed time is up?

00:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

... that mathematicianAndrew Gleason liked to say thatproofs(example pictured) "really aren't there to convince you that something is true—they're there to show youwhy it is true"?
... that theNewborn monument inPristina,Kosovo, was unveiled on the day of the2008 Kosovo declaration of independence?
... that the most common sources ofadded sugar consumption aresweetened beverages?
... thattariffs will increase for thousands of goods imported to Canada from 72 nations as a result of the2013 Canadian federal budget?
... thatJennifer Gove isSouth Africa's leadingrun-scorer inwomen's Test cricket?
... that by 1810, theSusquehanna and Tioga Turnpike was the first road in good condition for wagons in its part of Pennsylvania?
... that theSclerodermatineae includeboletes,earthstars, andpretty mouths?

25 April 2013

16:00, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theWorld Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map depicts features such as theRichat Structure,Atlantic ridge,Paris Basin andChicxulub crater(pictured)?
... thatCollege Baseball Hall of FamerEddy Furniss had to be convinced to play baseball?
... that less than two weeks afterElis won the 1835St. Leger Stakes, 21 horses were withdrawn from the colt's next scheduled race?
... thatsheng nu is a pejorative term promoted by theGovernment of China to pressure unwed women into marriage in response to thegender imbalance caused by theone-child policy?
... that French noblemanLouis Philippe Marie Léopold d'Orléans (1845–1866) was not only the lastPrince of Condé but also the first royal visitor to thecontinent of Australia?
... thatHighnam Court inGloucestershire was built in 1658 to replace the manor that was damaged in theEnglish Civil War?
... that onethreat to thevulnerablepotato chip coral is its collection for the aquarium trade?

08:00, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatsawfishes(pictured), a family ofrays with a longrostrum resembling a saw, arethreatened with extinction?
... that theUNESCO-inscribedGroup of Monuments at Mahabalipuram of thePallava Period include:Ganesha Ratha; thePancha Rathas ofDharmaraja,Arjuna,Bhima,Draupadi, andNakula Sahadeva; severalcave temples such asVaraha,Krishna,Mahishasuramardini, andPanchapandava; the structural temples ofOlakkannesvara andShore; and theDescent of the Ganges, one of the largest open-airbas-reliefs in the world?
... thatRené Maturana Maldonado was the lastMayor of Pichilemu to be appointed by themilitary regime ofAugusto Pinochet?
... that in the late 1820s,Cherry Hill was host to both theMarquis de Lafayette anda sensational murder that led to the last public hanging inAlbany, New York?
... that theseason three premiere episode ofGame of Thrones was dedicated in the memory of its cinematographer,Martin Kenzie?
... thatTropical Storm Agatha caused a 100-foot (30 m) deepsinkhole to open in 2010 inGuatemala City, killing 15 people?

00:00, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theextinctChoiseul Pigeon(pictured), which wasendemic to the island ofChoiseul in theSolomon Islands, was so tame that the indigenous hunters could pick it up off of itsroost?
... that a month after thePalestinian Arab leadership confirmedAbd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad as general commander of the1936 Palestine revolt, he was killed in a clash withBritish authorities in March 1939?
... that theMajdanek concentration camp trial was the longest Nazi war crimes trial in history, spanning over 30 years?
... that child actorJared S. Gilmore was the third person to playBobby Draper in six years when he was cast in the American television seriesMad Men?
... that theMarechal Joffre andMarechal Foch wine grapes were named after theWorld War I generalsJoseph Joffre andFerdinand Foch?
... thatthe statue of General Casimir Pulaski in Washington was sculpted byKazimierz Chodziński?
... thatthe Armada Service, rumoured to have been made fromNew World silver captured from theSpanish Armada, was buried during theEnglish Civil War and lay hidden until 1827?

24 April 2013

16:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theLockheed C-130 Hercules(pictured)entered service with theRAAF in 1958, making Australia the first country after the United States to operate the aircraft?
... thatLuke Thomas was Britain's youngest head chef?
... that the Norwegian kingMagnus Barefoot may have shotHugh of Montgomery dead with an arrow through his eye in theBattle of Anglesey Sound?
... thatsheep grazierThomas Gibson Sloane was an expert ontiger beetles?
... thatFir Hill Manor was the subject of aBBC documentary in 1994, which documents the search for absentee landlordJohn Paget Figg-Hoblyn?
... that the damage wrought byTyphoon Karen inGuam in 1962 was considered worse than that of theAmerican liberation of the island in 1944?
... thatAnthony Musgrave, the son of Anthony Musgrave, was related toAnthony Musgrave?

08:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theAurore wine grape is named afterAurora(pictured), theRoman goddess of the dawn?
... thatBrandon Miller scored the game-winning basket in a2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game thatSports Illustrated called an "instant tourney classic"?
... that painterJohann Heinrich Baumann was called the "Münchhausen ofCourland" for his tales of his hunting adventures?
... thatLilik Sudjio received the firstCitra Award for directinghis father?
... that an early version of theFacebook-developedsoftware on theHTC First wascode-named "Buffy"?
... that thereal life mother and daughter,Jyoti andAmruta Subhash, have played the same relationship in the 2009Marathi filmGandha?
... thatmento artistLord Flea helped start thecalypso craze, was covered byHarry Belafonte, and wrote a song about a monkey who followed him around?

00:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the gardens ofGibraltar(pictured) inWilmington, Delaware, were designed bya pioneering female American landscape architect?
... that theWhitehorse Ranch in southeastOregon voluntarily removed itscattle from 50,000 acres (200 km²) of itsBLM grazing allotment for three years to allowwatershed andriparian areas to recover?
... that the authenticity of the supposedlyMayaGrolier Codex is disputed, even though it usespre-Columbian paper?
... thatStar Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard was the first video game other thanUnreal itself to use theUnreal Game engine?
... that despite the family being of rather humble origin,Thomas Gapes and his fatherJames both served asMayor of Christchurch?
... that while some sources believe thatThomas Fitch, V inspired the originalYankee Doodle Dandy in 1755, other sources think the song was written at least 12 years earlier?
... that anyone who enteredEmperor Ashoka'sHell was not allowed to come out alive?

23 April 2013

16:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the formerCustoms House(pictured) inPorsgrunn, Norway, originally contained three restaurants and a liquor store?
... that whileClaude Raguet Hirst's paintingA Gentleman's Table was commissioned by a men's club, it offers a subtle critique of male culture?
... thatAbouriou was almost lost to extinction until a local farmer discovered abandoned plantings of theFrench wine grape growing up the walls of a ruined castle?
... that NorwegianfootballerErik Midtgarden won the EstonianMeistriliiga withFlora Tallinn in2011?
... thatManny Coto compared theVulcans in theStar Trek: Enterprise episode "Awakening" to theCatholic Church during theProtestant Reformation?
... thatGene Hobbs, a regularcontributor to Wikipedia's scuba articles, was named the 2010Divers Alert Network/Rolex Diver of the year?
... that according toJaś Elsner, "style art history" was "the indisputable king of the discipline", but is now "dead"?

08:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

... that merchants athorse fairs appreciated theAuxois horse(pictured) because itschestnut coloration might conceal dirt better than that of the light grayPercheron or blackNivernais?
... thatSophie Matisse's reinterpretation ofPablo Picasso'sGuernica was regarded as a strange idea for an artist whose great-grandfather,Henri Matisse, was known to be an artistic rival of Picasso?
... that the jurists of the ancientLaw School of Beirut played a major part in drafting theJustinian body of civil law?
... thatTiffany Porter was called a "Plastic Brit" by a newspaper for refusing to recite the words of "God Save the Queen"?
... that to finance the completion of thePetit Serail, theWāli ofSyria had to take a loan, mortgage public buildings and impose new taxes?
... thatEric Newby'sA Short Walk in the Hindu Kush has been described as a "comic masterpiece" and among the "best travel books of all time"?
... that theAldabraatoll inSeychelles, called "one of the wonders of the world" byDavid Attenborough, has about 100,000giant tortoises, the largest concentration in the world?

00:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

... that defects inCoca-Cola'sMagiCans(pictured) led a child to mistakenly drink foul-tasting liquid used to replace actual cola?
... thatLeona Woods was the only woman present when theworld's first nuclear reactor went critical?
... that the upset victory ofEbor in the 1817St Leger Stakes was ascribed to the overconfidence ofBlacklock's jockey?
... that during its initial run of episodes,Glee fans lobbied forIdina Menzel to be cast asthe biological mother ofLea Michele's character due to the strong resemblance between the two actresses?
... that a colony ofDamaraland mole rats have been estimated to excavate as much as three tons of earth over a two week period?
... thatLeonard Nimoy's 1975 autobiography was entitledI Am Not Spock?
... thatPearlin Jean purportedly haunted her former lover's estate after he tried to buy her silence with the lace of the same name?

22 April 2013

16:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatDahlia Hill inMidland,Michigan, plants over 250 differentcultivars ofdahlia(example pictured) each year?
... that scholarly estimates for the dates of southeastern Illinois'Hubele archaeological site vary by 1,400 years from earliest to latest?
... that theNegros Fruit Dove is only known from a single female shot from a tree on the slopes of aPhilippine volcano in 1953?
... thatOne Night in Malaysia was enough to makeNico PelamoniaBest Director?
... that consumption ofsweetened beverages has been linked toobesity and related health problems?
... thatPeter Lauritson's directorial debut, theStar Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Inner Light", was awarded theHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation?
... that theNative American sportsnow snake is named for the snake-like wiggling motion of wooden poles sliding down an icy track?

08:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

... that CommodoreLejoille(pictured), who captured British warships on three occasions during theFrench Revolutionary Wars, had been a sailor since the age of seven?
... that with "enormous dramatic impact",Bach inserted arecitative for thevoice of Christ in the opening chorus of hiscantataIhr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103?
... that the medievalmanor house ofFiddleford Manor may have been built forWilliam Latimer,sheriff ofDorset andSomerset, in around 1370?
... thatFirst Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt andJackie Kennedy both lived onEast 74th Street on theUpper East Side of New York City?
... thatviolet root rot can damage crops such ascarrots?
... that one of the leaders of theKraków Uprising in 1846 was killed while leading areligious procession?
... that American basketball playerSugar Rodgers scored a record number of points (2,518) atGeorgetown University?

00:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

... that it is not known how theParis Codex(pages pictured), one of only three surviving pre-ColumbianMaya books, came to be in the collection of theBibliothèque Imperiale in Paris in the 19th century?
... thatHenry Seidu Daanaa is the first blind person to be called to theGhana Bar?
... that thewheatbelt shrubPersoonia coriacea can have naturally twisted leaves?
... that baseball announcerShelby Whitfield wrote a book titledKiss It Goodbye that helped prompt the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the ethics of sports broadcasting?
... that theMuslim conquest of Sicily lasted from 827 to 902 AD?
... that theGustav Adolfs Kyrka inLiverpool wasW. D. Caroe's first independent commission to design a church?
... that whenCharles O'Rear took a photograph of a green, lush hillside nearNapa Valley, he did not expect it to be "the most viewed image of the world"?

21 April 2013

16:00, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatGresley Parish Church(pictured) was originally an Augustinian priory, founded in the 12th century?
... that London-based engraverPeter Mazell bungled an image of theCommon Tailorbird?
... that theMérens horse was saved from extinction byhippies in the 1970s?
... that when Lieutenant CommanderHugh Haggard returned theTruant to Britain in late 1942, the submarine flew aJolly Roger with 4 stars and 16 bars?
... that although the species name of the treeAlloxylon brachycarpum means "short fruit", it has the largest fruit of itsgenus?
... that former Israeli Ambassador to RussiaAnna Azari is married to a rabbi who leads a congregation inTel Aviv?
... that the video gameStar Trek: Hidden Evil was described by one critic as "2,891phaser shots connected by some irrelevant puzzles"?

08:00, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

... that makingkalu dodol(pictured) is a labour-intensive process that can take up to nine hours?
... thatJoseph Partridge, a formerwaggoner, wrote the first history of theCheshire town ofNantwich?
... that Korean sedge-weavers, known aswanchojang, can take up to two weeks to complete one box?
... thatbaritoneBerthold Possemeyer performed songs byJohn Dowland,Gerald Finzi andThomas Morley in a parody chamber musical after Shakespeare'sA Midsummer Night's Dream?
... that theCondado Vanderbilt Hotel became the first hotel inPuerto Rico to include a casino aftergambling was legalized in the 1940s?
... that in 1566,Richard Carmarden funded the printing of an edition of theGreat Bible in English atRouen?
... thatchocoholism is frequently claimed in surveys to be the most common form offood craving?

00:00, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

... that ocellated icefishChionodraco rastrospinosus(pictured) have blood as clear as water?
... thatMarian Cruger Coffin, one of America's first femalelandscape architects, set up her own highly successful practice because male-dominated firms would not employ her?
... that theChurch of St. Margaret of Antioch was the centre ofAnglo-Catholicism in 19th-centuryLiverpool?
... thatVictorian detectiveJack Whicher was the inspiration forThe Suspicions of Mr Whicher?
... that theBank of Chester County, chartered in 1814, was the first bank in the county?
... that in 2012Jewish Universalist rabbiSteven Blane, who encourages converts to join hisonline rabbinical school, ordained an ex-Muslim as a rabbi?
... thatNASA hasplans to tug an asteroid to theMoon?

20 April 2013

16:00, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

... that at hotels inIsrael, theIsraeli breakfast is commonly presented as a self-servicebuffet(pictured)?
... thatSaura painting ofOdisha has a visual semblance toWarli painting fromMaharashtra?
... that correspondence withThomas Pennant formed the basis of part ofGilbert White'sNatural History and Antiquities of Selborne?
... that theCebongan Prison raid in Indonesia was declared a human rights violation by theNational Commission on Human Rights, but not by Defence MinisterPurnomo Yusgiantoro?
... thatDaniel Ortúzar Cuevas, a former member of theChamber of Deputies of Chile, was also a farmer?
... that in 1587Sir Rowland Hayward entertainedQueen Elizabeth I at his home of King's Place, which had once been owned by her father,King Henry VIII?
... that after being caught at sea trying todefect,Cuban baseball playerAndy Morales wasn't asked to participate in the2000 Summer Olympics?

08:00, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theAtiq Mosque(pictured) inLibya is lit and ventilated by openings in its conical domes?
... thatH. A. Gade, described as a "painters' painter", was one ofindependent India's pioneeringabstract expressionist painters?
... thatChristian rock bandCasting Crowns have performed their song "Who Am I" at aBush-Cheney '04 campaign rally and the 2009 Spring Friendship Art Festival inNorth Korea?
... that actorAnthony Wong was drunk when directorHerman Yau asked him to portraythe title character inIp Man: The Final Fight?
... thatQueen's Building was calledHong Kong's "most prestigious commercial building" when it opened in 1899?
... thatAlaska'sCandle Creek, atributary ofKiwalik River, derived its name from the ice-coveredwillow twigs along its banks resemblingcandles?
... that inFifehead Wood one may find aWhite Admiral with aPurple Hairstreak among someFive-faced Bishops?

00:00, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatWilliam O. Cushing(pictured), writer of the words ofthe hymn that inspiredRangers'Follow Follow anthem, gave his entire life savings to a blind girl for her to receive an education?
... thatThomas Savage,Shakespeare's trustee in the purchase of shares in theGlobe Theatre, was a friend of John Jackson, Shakepeare's trustee in the purchase of theBlackfriars Gatehouse?
... that aparole camp was a place where soldiers were housed by their own army after being granted parole and pledging not to engage in combat?
... that theCollege of Aesculapius and Hygia was adining club andburial society inancient Rome?
... thatLuke Hancock is the firstreserve player to be namedMost Outstanding Player of theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament?
... thatUntied.com has logged 25,000 customer complaints and 200 employee complaints aboutUnited Airlines?

19 April 2013

16:00, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

... that adaptations of thewildlife of Antarctica(icefish pictured) to survive the cold include growingblubber, havingantifreeze in their blood, and digesting themselves into a juvenile state?
... thatBinod Bihari Chowdhury, who died on 10 April 2013 at the age of 102, was the last surviving revolutionary from theChittagong armoury raid?
... thatcomposer Graham Waterhouse was thecellist in a performance of hisstring trioZeichenstaub at hisformer school, playing the U.K. premiere with two members of theMünchner Philharmoniker?
... that the1925 Hama uprising began whenFawzi al-Qawuqji mutinied with his entireSyrian Legion cavalry unit and took control ofHama from theFrench Mandatory authorities?
... thatLéopold Louis Joubert fought for the Pope in Italy and against slave traders in the Congo?
... that thePeloponnese peninsula in southern Greece was ruled as the "Kingdom of the Morea" by theRepublic of Venice in 1688–1715?
... thatWilliam Markwick's "Sheep's fescue" was not suitable for sheep?

08:00, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the radar dome onCass Peak(pictured), with the hill being named for the surveyorThomas Cass, is part of a network that monitors aircraft position data in New Zealand?
... that Singaporean politicianAbdul Rahim Ishak at different points in time served as ambassador toEthiopia,Indonesia,Lebanon, theUnited Arab Republic, andYugoslavia?
... that adraftsman may have misinterpreted the notation"? Name" as"C. Nome"?
... that by the time of his death in 1842,AdmiralWilliam Taylor was the last surviving officer fromCook'sthird and final voyage of discovery?
... that forGeneral Hospital's50th anniversary thesoap opera's fictional Nurses' Ball was connected for the first time with a realHIV/AIDS non-profit organization?
... that theChakmas welcome their new year with theBizhu dance?
... thatArnold Horween married his wife because Harvard beat Yale in a football game?

00:00, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatEzra Meeker(pictured) traveled theOregon Trail byox cart in 1852, and crossed the United States by airplane in 1924 at age 93?
... thatItaly ranked first in the2009 Mediterranean Games medal table?
... thatCossack hetmanIvan Petrizhitsky-Kulaga was executed by otherCossacks after he lost a power struggle?
... that the Swedish newsmagazineFokus has operated at a loss since its first publication, despite an ever increasing circulation?
... thatAmir Garrett was ranked the 68th bestcollege basketball recruit and could throw a 96-mile-per-hour (154 km/h)fastball?
... that before theArmenian Genocide, theKarin dialect was spoken in two provincial centers in eastern Turkey?
... thatScottish American stone mason Daniel Pennie carved the grout he used onhis house to resemble stone?

18 April 2013

16:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

... that aliver bird survives in the bombed-outChurch of St Luke, Liverpool(pictured)?
... thatKarlheinz Oswald created sculptures ofCardinal Volk,Pierre de Coubertin, andHildegard of Bingen?
... that theGreat Eastern Hotel inKolkata, built in 1840 or 1841, may have been the first hotel in India with electricity?
... that theGreat Eastern Hotel, nearLiverpool Street station, London, used to have fresh sea water brought in for guests' baths?
... thatSyrian veteran officerSa'id al-'As was killed in action commandingArab rebels in a confrontation withBritish forces nearJerusalem during the1936 Palestine Revolt?
... thatRihanna'sGood Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded ledGood Girl Gone Bad to reach a 930% increase in sales?
... thatArsenal became known as theBank of England club after gaining the largest amount of income from match days and being cautious with money while also breaking British transfer records?

08:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

... that most of theCentral African Republic is covered by theBangui Magnetic Anomaly(pictured as large red anomaly in central Africa), the result of anigneous intrusion ormeteorite impact?
... that settlers of theAmerican frontier in the 19th century sometimes fell victim toprairie madness, in which social isolation and other hardships of life on the prairie caused them to develop mental illness?
... that in the late 19th century the residents ofal-Sahwah, aSyrian village in theHauran, paid theDruze chiefs of the area to gain access to a water canal south of the village?
... that the position ofChief Justice of Hungary was held mostly by ecclesiastical dignitaries until the 1507 reform?
... that formerMarquette University basketball playerTony Miller recorded 956assists during his career, which is currently theseventh-most inNCAA Division I history?
... that London-basedbutchersC Lidgate employed five generations of the same family?
... that theSugababes' song "Angels with Dirty Faces" was promoted throughCartoon Network's animated television seriesThe Powerpuff Girls?

00:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theLichtental Church(pictured), consecrated in 1730 to theFourteen Holy Helpers, is known as theSchubertkirche, becauseSchubert was baptised and conducted hissacred music there?
... that theTête nucléaire océanique is a new Frenchthermonuclear warhead that will replace the currently deployedTN 75 warhead beginning in 2015?
... thatHoly Trinity Church, Wavertree, was described byJohn Betjeman asLiverpool's bestGeorgian church?
... thatEarl Rose performedautopsies onJ. D. Tippit,Lee Harvey Oswald, andJack Ruby, but was not permitted toexamine President John F. Kennedy?
... that theten-lined urchin was one of severalspecies used in research to determine the feasibility of using non-invasiveMRI technology to study the internal anatomy of echinoids?
... that following theTay Bridge disaster, a viaduct on theNorth British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway became so seriously distorted during testing that a new one had to be designed and built?
... that former German secretaryMargot Wölk's background asAdolf Hitler's personalfood taster was revealed on her 95th birthday?

17 April 2013

16:00, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

... that in the poemKali the Mother written bySwami Vivekananda in 1898, the poet worshipped the terrible form ofHindu goddessKali(pictured)?
... that during the six months that the824th Tank Destroyer Battalion served inthe European theater of World War II, its officers and men were awarded sixSilver Stars and thirty-oneBronze Stars?
... that the name of thesearch engineShodan, which searches devices linked to the Internet, is based on thecharacter of the same name in theSystem Shock game series?
... that when the1962 Alabama Crimson Tide football team lost toGeorgia Tech, it ended a 19-game winning and 26-game unbeaten streak that dated back to their1960 season?
... that the father ofsilent film actress andsupercentenarianMabel Richardson died when she was seven?
... that theChilders Incident of 1793 was the first action between British and French forces in theFrench Revolutionary Wars?
... that theGreat Moonbuggy Race is underway right now?

08:00, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

... that Canada'sGlacier National Park(pictured) containsmoonmilk?
... thatArmenian American biologistGreg Hampikian is considered one of the foremostforensic DNA experts in the United States?
... that the food featured in the movieMy Big Fat Greek Wedding was provided by the Greek restaurantPapa Cristo's?
... that the juvenile leaves ofPlacospermum coriaceum are up to 90 cm (35 in) long?
... thatDetroit Titans men's basketball playerRay McCallum, Jr. was "one of the most highly-recruited players in school history"?
... that between the first white settlement in 1856 and the end of theMendocino War in 1860, theNative American population inMendocino County, California, decreased by 80%?
... thatAkokan,Roberto Fonseca's sixth studio album, features some "lovelysax work"?

00:00, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theChurch of St Paul, Liverpool,(pictured) was designed byGiles Gilbert Scott, who also designedLiverpool Cathedral?
... thatbaseball pitcherEric King was credited with threecomplete gamesand threesaves in hisrookie season?
... that during theGreat Syrian Revolt, rebel commanderHasan al-Kharrat led the capture of theAzm Palace, aiming forMaurice Sarrail, theHigh Commissioner of theFrench Mandate?
... that actorAndrew Robinson wrote the novelA Stitch in Time, which is abouthis character fromStar Trek: Deep Space Nine?
... thatJames Hall's 1883 history ofNantwich remains one of the chief sources for theCheshire town's history?
... that woodcarverPark Chan-su, one of Korea'sImportant Cultural Assets, drives his chisel with awooden fish instead of a mallet?
... that the name of the newly defined genus ofmacadamia-like trees,Lasjia, is derived from the initials ofLawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson?

16 April 2013

16:00, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

... that while trying to disavow theRudd Concession, KingLobengula ofMatabeleland(pictured) sent emissaries to meet withQueen Victoria atWindsor Castle?
... that superiorartillery created byJean Bureau helped France achieve victories in several important battles of theHundred Years' War?
... that theBishop of Cambrai wasbenefactor of themonastic library atGroenendael Priory?
... thatAnnika Zeyen andMaria Kühn were both members of thewheelchair basketball team that was awarded Germany's highest sporting honour, theSilver Laurel Leaf?
... thatTonia Marketaki's psychological crime filmJohn the Violent is based on an actual murder which happened inAthens in the 1960s?
... that theSaxon Tithe Barn was a filming location for the TV seriesRobin of Sherwood, doubling asNottingham Castle's great hall?
... thatbaseball umpireNelson Díaz gained prominence in Cuba after shoving an Americancoach?

08:00, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

... that thewildlife of Vietnam includes thesaola(pictured), anantelope-like animal unknown to Western science until found in 1992 in theBach Ma National Park?
... that20th Century Fox executiveFred Baron worked at a department store and the mailroom of a studio before being given a chance at film producing?
... thatneural folds turn into thecentral nervous system?
... thatDoaksville, Choctaw Nation, was the largest town in theIndian Territory in 1850?
... thatMax Reinhart made hisNational Hockey League debut for theCalgary Flames, the same franchise his fatherPaul began his career with?
... that theNandu River Iron Bridge was built by theImperial Japanese Army inHainan, China, during theSecond Sino-Japanese War as the first bridge to span theNandu River?
... that sociologist Ben Aggers has described the trend ofselfies as "the male gaze gone viral"?

00:00, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

... that until the 1970s there were more plantings of thehybrid grapeCouderc noir in France than ofCabernet Sauvignon(pictured)?
... thatKenneth Bowra helped to develop the firsthuman rights policy forAmerican special forces soldiers?
... thatBach composedDer Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (The Lord Is My Faithful Shepherd) in 1731, to complete his 1724 cycle ofchorale cantatas?
... that theStar Trek: Enterprise episode "Demons" guest starredPeter Weller, who is set to appear in the 2013 filmStar Trek Into Darkness?
... that themoated BaroqueHolzhausenschlösschen, completed in 1729 as a summer residence of theFrankfurt Holzhausen family, has served as a cultural venue since 1989?
... thatMemphis Tigers basketball playerJoe Jackson was the first in league history to win back-to-backConference USA Tournament MVP awards?
... thatFaroese girls would test their boyfriends' readiness for marriage by presenting them with woollywilly warmers?

15 April 2013

16:00, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theBaroli Temples(temple complex pictured), one of the earliest temple complexes inRajasthan, India, are reported to have been built during theGurjara-Pratihara Empire in the 10th-11th centuries?
... thatMona Lisa replicas and reinterpretations have been created using everything from seaweed to software?
... that the release ofTunisian directorNéjia Ben Mabrouk's debut filmSama was delayed for six years because of a dispute with the production company?
... that theEuropean Underwater and Baromedical Society was formed in 1971 to further education and research indiving andhyperbaric medicine?
... that in 1925, anassault byDruze rebels againstFrench troops based inal-Musayfirah resulted in theFrench Mandate's first victory during theGreat Syrian Revolt?
... that the 2013boxing-related death ofMichael Norgrove was the first in the United Kingdom in 18 years?
... that thePuits d'amour pastry caused scandal in 18th century France because of the erotic connotation of its name?

08:00, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the cursedRing of Silvianus(pictured) may have inspiredJ. R. R. Tolkien to writeThe Hobbit?
... that Swabhiman Sanghatana, headed byNitesh Narayan Rane, set aGuinness World Record by conducting a job fair which gave over 25,000 jobs to unemployed youth?
... that the mayor ofSaint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil wanted his town to have its ownAOC separate fromBourgueil despite the two areas having essentially identicalterroir and producing similar wines?
... that afterFlamur Kastrati was injured in a match betweenMSV Duisburg andEnergie Cottbus, both teams stopped playingfootball?
... thatHorace Greeley's daughter donated family land to be used fora new train station inChappaqua, New York, on the condition that a small public park always be maintained in front of it?
... that whenJosé Fernándezdefected fromCuba, his mother fell overboard and he jumped in to save her life?
... thatcockroach racing started inAustralia in 1982, and is also held at theLoyola University Maryland, under the name "Madagascar Madness: The Running of the Roaches"?

00:00, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

... that thewines of Maury are still made using the technique of haltingfermentation with grape spirits perfected in 1299 by Catalan alchemistArnaldus de Villa Nova(pictured)?
... thatJulia Pierson is the first femaleDirector of the United States Secret Service?
... thatInheritance tells of Monika Hertwig's investigation into what her mother never told her?
... thatDerick Ashe was appointed British Ambassador to Argentina in March 1975 as tensions mounted between the respective governments, and survived a car bomb blast the following month?
... that choppedpork shoulderbarbecue sandwiches served withcoleslaw atop them are common inMemphis, Tennessee?
... thatEmeli Sandéhas written songs which have peaked at number one on the UK Singles, UK Dance and UK R&B charts?
... thatScott Rice played inminor league baseball for 14 seasons before a 2013 promotion toMajor League Baseball?

14 April 2013

16:00, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatRalli Hall(pictured) inHove—founded 100 years ago today—has been anAnglican church hall, aJewish place of worship, a wartime drill hall, a cinema, and azumba venue, among other things?
... thatGulf Cartel drug lordMiguel Villarreal allegedly ordered kidnappings inSouth Texas from Mexico in 2011?
... that althoughKokis is considered atraditional Sri Lankan dish, its name is believed to be ofDutch origin?
... that Spanish communist resistance memberSixto Agudo was sentenced to death, but released from jail in 1961?
... that theLulua Mosque inCairo, built in 1015–16 duringCaliph al-Hakim's reign, partially collapsed in 1919 and was restored in 1998 by theDawoodi Bohras, a community ofIndian Muslims?
... thatfootball playerEbenezer Assifuah scored in all ofGhana's2013 African U-20 Championship group matchesen route to the finals?
... thatLong Churn Cave contains the "Cheesepress"?

08:00, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatKing's Bastion(model pictured), instrumental in defendingGibraltar during itsGreat Siege, was later used as agenerating station and is now aleisure centre?
... thatPaleolithic human remains were discovered onIshigaki Island,Japan, during the construction ofNew Ishigaki Airport?
... thatDrew Cannon is believed to be the first person hired by acollege basketball team to performstatistical analysis?
... that "Shooting Star", the eighteenth episode of thefourth season ofGlee, has been characterized as "unsettling" and "harrowing" by pre-broadcast reviewers?
... that theJapanese pagoda at theMuseums of the Far East inBrussels,Belgium is nearly 50 metres (160 ft) high?
... that inrugby union,Sid Going won theTom French Cup a record six times between 1967 and 1972?
... thatIndian social worker andsocialist politicianMama Baleshwar Dayal once led a "cut down the forest" movement?

00:00, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

... that contrary to the racist stereotype that African Americanseat more watermelon than average(1909 illustration pictured), a survey showed that they actually eat less?
... thatMichael Piller's original idea forStar Trek: Insurrection was based on theJoseph Conrad novelHeart of Darkness?
... that in his bookIn Secret Tibet, author Theodore Illion relates how he twice saw what he called"flying lamas" who could supposedly sit on an ear of barley without bending its stalk?
... that following thecrushing of the 1982 Hama revolt, theSyrian Muslim Brotherhood formed abroad alliance withArab nationalist factions?
... that ahwahyejang (traditionalKorean shoemaker) can take as long as a week to create a pair of shoes?
... that adrought in 1902 atKynuna Station in Australia meant that 81,000 of a flock of 82,000sheep had to be sent away?
... that in 2008, a portrait of the 18th-century racehorseAmbrosio was sold in an auction in New York for more than $200,000?

13 April 2013

16:00, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

... that a 1911 show of paintings byMax Weber(1916 painting pictured) resulted in "one of the most merciless critical whippings that any artist has received in America"?
... that Israeli lightweightMMA fighterIdo Pariente lost to American welterweightJake Shields, after accepting the fight without realizing Shields fought at a heavier weight?
... that in World War II's top-secretOperation Fish, the United Kingdom shipped more than a billion dollars in gold and securities toCanada, and not one ship was lost?
... thatWilliam Leveson was sued by theVirginia Company in 1613?
... that theBlanc de Hotot rabbit is completely white, except for black rings around the eyes which present "the appearance of fine spectacles"?
... that to portray battalion commander LtCol Stephen "Godfather" Ferrando in the 2008 miniseriesGeneration Kill, actorChance Kelly spent five months filming in Africa?
... that thetunicateOikopleura cophocerca lives in a disposable house onplankton broth?

08:00, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatMichigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years(Kipke pictured) included a four-year stretch in which the team won two national championships and had three undefeated seasons?
... that theGovernor of CaliforniaJerry Brown's gubernatorial portrait was described as looking like "spilled ketchup and soy sauce"?
... that formerChicago Bears chairmanEd McCaskey tried out forHarry James' band, but lost out toFrank Sinatra?
... thatVidal Blanc is grown just 500 miles (800 km) south of theArctic Circle and used to makeice wine inSweden?
... thatNorris Bradbury replacedRobert Oppenheimer as director of theLos Alamos Laboratory?
... that the filmIkan Doejoeng was advertised as giving viewers "a good perspective on the Eastern mentality"?
... that replacementbaseball umpireJoe Padilla once operated a grill-cleaning business?

00:00, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

... that ten of the twentyMcDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk aircraft(pictured) operated by theRoyal Australian Navy between 1967 and 1984 were destroyed in accidents?
... that the fossilyewTaxus masonii was described from fifteen fossils collected from 1942 to 1989?
... thatKevin Ware's broken leg during theElite Eight resulted in sympathetic comments fromKobe Bryant,LeBron James, andKevin Durant?
... that in 1987 theRevolutionary Palestinian Communist Party and thePalestinian Communist Party switched places as members of thePLO?
... that the wall panels on theEnterprise were nicknamed "Mees panels" inStar Trek scripts after set decoratorJim Mees?
... thatWilliam of Canterbury, author of ahagiography of the murderedArchbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, was an eyewitness to the murder?
... thatAlec Douglas-Home described himself to portrait artistJuliet Pannett as having "the biggest head in London"?

12 April 2013

16:00, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

... that in 2013Kerala High Court judgeManjula Chellur(pictured) refused the plea of the Leader of the Opposition for an early hearing in another investigation of the "Ice Cream Parlour sabotage case"?
... thatMutya Buena's single "Just a Little Bit" containsMotown influences?
... that dozens ofbaseball players havedefected from Cuba during events such as theMariel boatlift and the1996 Summer Olympics?
... that while researching his 1964 bookThe Mare's Nest,David Irving discovered the existence of the Allied programme to break theEnigma code but agreed to keep it secret?
... that AdmiralSir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard joined theRoyal Navy as a youth?
... that the creators of theKickstarter-fundedStar Trek: Renegades hope to use it as a pilot for a new series onCBS?
... thatPicasso's poetry has lines like "my grandmother's big balls are shining midst the thistles" and that one of his works depictsFranco as a jackbootedphallus?

08:00, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the general public cannot visit theConnecticut wildlife center where the recent birth of an endangeredRothschild's giraffe (adult pictured) received extensive media attention?
... that Norwegianfootball clubEgersunds IK won promotion to the third tier in 2011 becauseIK Start was relegated from the top flight?
... that creature and concept designerNeville Page portrayed minor roles insoap operas, includingGeneral Hospital?
... thatLocko Preceptory is the only recordedLazarite Preceptory in England?
... thatChristian rock bandCasting Crowns' song "American Dream" became the band's first music video?
... thatLesley Yellowlees is the first female president of theRoyal Society of Chemistry and is the subject of two portraits in theNational Portrait Gallery?
... that a man described by his neighbours as "the upstart spawn of an Edinburgh strumpet" inherited the large and valuable estate of a formerLieutenant Governor of Tobago?

00:00, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theAlbanyoffice and laboratory(pictured) ofpaleontologist James Hall will soon be part of the firstbilingual Montessori school inupstate New York?
... that theStar Trek: Enterprise episode "Exile" was seen as a play on theBeauty and the Beast story, and one critic thought that the new sets reminded her of aDisney Castle?
... that there have beenfourteen sieges of Gibraltar, making it one of the most fought-over places in Europe?
... thatKorean dancerHa Po-gyong continued performing well into his eighties?
... thatpastis magnatePaul Ricard created thePaul Ricard Oceanographic Institute on theÎle des Embiez, and theUniversal Exposition of Wines and Spirits on theÎle de Bendor?
... that theT1 Tramway near Paris marks the return of trams to Paris after their disappearance in 1957?

11 April 2013

16:00, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatBeirut'sSaint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral sits on the vestiges of three earlier church structures dating back as early as the 5th century AD?
... thatJames Nelson Barker's playThe Indian Princess is largely responsible for the modern version of thePocahontas story?
... thatScott Bakula gave a video interview from the set of theStar Trek: Enterprise episode "The Shipment" onGood Day Live, to promote a different episode of the show?
... that in June 1537Elizabeth Bourchier's servant received two shillings as a reward for bringing strawberries and cream to the futureQueen Mary?
... that the whereabouts of the originalK'iche' version of the 16th-centuryTítulo de Totonicapán was unknown after its translation into Spanish in 1834 until it was shown to American anthropologistRobert Carmack in 1973?
... that SirGodfrey Haggard directed the American Forces Liaison Division of theMinistry of Information after his retirement as the BritishConsul General atNew York?
... thatdrunk rabbits up to 30 m (98 ft) high are found inQueensland rainforests?

08:00, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

... that in thewildlife of Niger, theDama gazelle(pictured) species is a symbol that appears on the badge of theNiger national football team?
... thathistone methylation helpsregulate gene expression by controlling whetherDNA is exposed toproteins andtranscription factors?
... thatINSKadmatt is the second of fouranti-submarine warfare corvettes being built for theIndian Navy by theGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers,Kolkata, underProject 28?
... that the first fashion show ofAhmedabad was held underCalico Dome?
... thatSir Michael Stanhope was beheaded onTower Hill on 26 February 1552 after having been convicted of conspiring to take the life ofJohn Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and others?
... thatJohn Ireland'sFantasy-Sonata was inspired bySatyricon and the composer's wartime evacuation fromJersey?
... that in his 1570 cookbookOpera dell'arte del cucinare,Bartolomeo Scappi included a recipe forcrostata using "the viscera of any sort of turtle"?

10 April 2013

23:45, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the 1933 filmEskimo(poster pictured) was the first movie with sound in a Native American language?
... that the trans-borderMuhuri River is also called the Little Feni?
... that theNYU Violets men's basketball team, twice national champions before the creation of theNCAA tournament, had to be disbanded in 1971 due to a budget crisis?
... that thePlantation Workers International Federation was founded inTunis in July 1957?
... that the intro to "Already There", a song byChristian rock bandCasting Crowns, was compared toU2's "Beautiful Day"?
... that reporterMerrill Mueller was removed from theEuropean Theatre duringWorld War II because he reported that theSoviets weren't communicating withSupreme Commander Eisenhower during theBattle of the Bulge?
... thatancient Egyptian deities were often combined with each other, even when they were of opposite sexes?

15:30, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatmountain rockets(pictured) are found inalpine andsubalpine parts ofTasmania?
... that thehoneysuckle tunicate often grows intertwined with thebryozoanAmathia vidovici?
... that the Norwegianpretender Sigurd Slembe was brutally tortured, mutilated and executed following his capture in theBattle of Holmengrå?
... that while boarding the frigateCréole,Toussaint Louverture issued his famous statement that "the tree of liberty will spring up again from the roots, for they are many and they are deep"?
... that, on the encouragement of fans,John Grisham wroteThe Racketeer with anAfrican-American protagonist and hopesDenzel Washington will play the role in the movie adaptation?
... thatPiddles Wood inDorset was once home to thePearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne), now believed to be extinct in Dorset?
... that asmelling screen can project a smell to the specific spot that a corresponding digital image is displayed on screen?

07:15, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

... that cartoonistWinsor McCay(pictured) created comic strips and animation aboutexplosive sneezes andexploding mosquitoes, the dreamsof children andof adults, adancing dinosaur, andthe World War I torpedoing of the RMSLusitania?
... thathuman sacrifice among thepre-Columbian Maya was performed in a number of ways, includingdecapitation,heart extraction,shooting with bow and arrows anddisembowelment?
... that winemakers used to addurea togrape must as anitrogen source forwine yeast?
... that afterNBC shuffled its2012–13 television schedule,Ready for Love was given a two-hour timeslot followingThe Voice, starting April 9?
... that theMonbar Hotel attack was the deadliest carried out by theGAL, a death squad established by officials of the Spanish state?
... thatconservation areas inCrawley,West Sussex, include some1930s almshouses, 1950s flats and two 1970s housing estates?
... that anAmerican football injury almost endedRyan Pressly'sbaseball career?

9 April 2013

23:00, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

... that aKabbalistic decoding of theBook of Genesis byCharles George Gordon suggestedVallée de Mai(pictured) inSeychelles is the Garden of Eden?
... that former parachute factory workerEmile Turlant is currently, at age 109, France's oldest living man?
... thatMonastery of the Transfiguration of Kinaliada is where Byzantine emperorRomanos IV Diogenes was exiled after his eyes were gouged out?
... thatFrédéric Chopin andNapoleon III were both in love withMaria Wodzińska?
... that 50 people died when aBoeing 727crashed into a house atFernhill on its approach toGatwick Airport in 1969, but a baby in the house survived?
... that at the age of 49,Britt Dillmann was the oldestwheelchair basketball player at the2012 Summer Paralympics in London?
... that theBIL gates technology recently entered into thepublic domain?

14:45, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatMound 72(pictured) atCahokia inpre-Columbian western Illinois was the site of ritual human sacrifice, including a pit burial containing 53 young women?
... thatJosé Maria Larocca spent reported millions on the horse Okidoki for the2012 Summer Olympics, but the horse died two years before the event?
... thatLudovic Kennedy said thatThe Land of Lost Content revealed "many uncomfortable home truths", butPaul Foot described it as "a wretched hagiography"?
... that according toThomas Jefferson,U.S. House RepresentativeAlexander White reluctantly supported theFunding Act of 1790 bill "with a revulsion of stomach almost convulsive"?
... thatMount Pleasant was the basetrig station for the survey of theCanterbury settlement in New Zealand?
... that German footballerMichael Petry made his professional debut aged 36, and scored within two minutes of coming on the pitch?
... that theAztec UFO Crash was faked to sell devices called "doodlebugs"?

06:30, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

... that throughout the 400-year history ofCombermere Abbey(pictured), various of itsabbots andpriors were excommunicated, assaulted, murdered, and accused of forgery and covering up murder?
... thatTowson University men's basketball playerJerrelle Benimon was not even selected to the 2012–13 preseason all-conference team, yet went on to becomeits player of the year?
... that "Change" was considered a contender for theUK Singles Chart Christmas number one, but only managed to reach number 13?
... that theBetter Farming Train promoted the latest agricultural research inSaskatchewan,Canada between 1914 and 1922?
... thatWins Above Replacement is asabermetric baseball statistic that measures "a player's total contributions to their team"?
... thatElizabeth Bacon has been identified as the Lady Nevell ofMy Ladye Nevells Booke, a manuscript of keyboard music byWilliam Byrd?
... thatelephant racing held with 16 circus elephants became a major event (though it generated protests) inGermany in 2000, and was an organized International event held inNepal in 1982?

8 April 2013

22:30, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatWilliam J. Powell(pictured) founded aflying club in honor ofBessie Coleman and in 1931 hosted the first ever all-Black air show in the United States?
... that the 1664 bridge onGetar River was one of the few buildings that survived the1679 earthquake?
... thatElise Andrew has been called theNeil deGrasse Tyson of Facebook?
... thata series of mostly pagan uprisings in 1030sKingdom of Poland threw the young Polish realm into chaos?
... that KingStephen of England threatened to hangRoger le Poer, his ex-Lord Chancellor, in order to force Roger's mother to surrender the castle she held?
... that JuniorAaron Craft was theAcademic All-America Team Member of the Year on the2013 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team?
... that theironclad HMSResistance was the firstcapital ship in theRoyal Navy to be fitted with aram and was given thenickname ofOld Rammo?

14:00, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatBangui(picture of a boat race in the river) was once considered to have "the most remote radio station in Africa"?
... thatAl Green said that recording his song "Love and Happiness" was "like mixing explosive chemicals – everything had to be added at just the right time and at just the right dose"?
... that theSyrian town ofHarran al-Awamid was named after the ruins of three Roman erabasaltic columns protruding out from the roof of amudbrick house?
... thatNIRDESH inKozhikode district ofKerala isIndia's first centre for research and development in defenceshipbuilding?
... that theNettleton Mill inWiltshire, an 18th-century Grade II Listed building, is now a country retreat?
... that the Londonscrivener,Thomas Brend, was the owner of the land on which theGlobe Theatre was built?
... that disputes overNisqually fishing rights led to theFish Wars of the 1960s?

06:20, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatT. W. Wood toldDarwin that theArgus pheasant he was illustrating for him(pictured) could not be explained by Darwin's theory?
... that during theManhattan Project, physicistRobert Bacher served on the Cowpuncher Committee?
... that Berkeley law deanFrank C. Newman, whose work on international human rights law was prompted by a sabbatical year in Geneva, Switzerland, was appointed to theSupreme Court of California in 1977?
... that the west front of theChurch of St Dunstan, Liverpool, has been described as "impressive if rather curious"?
... thatWounds of Armenia, the first Armenian novel, was published 10 years after the disappearance of its authorKhachatur Abovian?
... thatEverett Hughes was GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower's "right-hand man" during the European campaign ofWorld War II?
... that theMars Cheese Castle, aWisconsin "cheese landmark", was visited by U.S. Vice-PresidentJoe Biden while he campaigned for the2012 presidential election?

7 April 2013

16:37, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatElizabeth, queen ofHenry VII of England, bought a belt that had touched theGirdle of Thomas(legend illustrated) to help her pregnancy?
... that paintings byFinnish artistIlona Harima were influenced by the cultures ofIndia andTibet but she never visited either country?
... that the1963 Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeatedSoutheastern Conference (SEC) championOle Miss in aSugar Bowl that featured two SEC teams?
... that the octagonal tower ofSt Luke's Church, Hodnet, is the only tower of its type inShropshire?
... that theSyrian village ofMarj al-Sultan, nearDamascus, served as a major transit point forCircassian migrants heading south to theGolan Heights andTransjordan?
... that theMinotaur-class cruisers of 1906 have been described by naval historian R. A. Burt as "cruiser editions of theLord Nelson-class battleship"?
... that due to their success in the caviar industry, theRussian ArmenianMailov brothers were known as the "Kings of fish roe"?

08:52, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

... that ex-slaveMary Fields was forced to leaveSt. Peter's Mission Church and Cemetery(pictured in 1884) by the bishop?
... that theIndio Comahue Monument, commemorating the native inhabitants of theComahue region of Argentina, was built in 1964 for the first National Comahue Fair?
... thatPatrick Keogh was recruited into the1888–1889 New Zealand Native football team despite being born inBirmingham, England?
... thatDmitry Bortniansky was the most prolific composer ofchoral concertos, short compositions for unaccompanied voices to be sung in theDivine Liturgy?
... that theLoire wine grapePineau d'Aunis was a favorite of KingHenry III of England?
... thatFelix Robertson, the first white child born in what is todayNashville, Tennessee, would later serve twice as the city's mayor?
... that theHundertwasser Toilets are the most photographed toilets inNew Zealand?

01:07, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the statues ofCastor and Pollux(detail pictured) at theAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich, were created byMax von Widnmann, who studied and taught there?
... thatWolf Creek, which originates onBanner Mountain, has a heavily minedwatershed?
... that American, Belgian and British soldiers attended the funeral ofWalter Waddington, along with an entire French cavalry brigade?
... that aGacaca court found that at least 64,000 people were massacred inKabgayi in 1994?
... thatGlenn Curtiss became "the fastest man alive" for going faster than anything on land, sea or air on amotorcycle with an aircraftV-8 engine, setting an unofficialrecord that stood for 30 years?
... thatPolish postmodernism met with severe impediments not so much from the communist establishment as fromSolidarity and theCatholic Church?
... thatGlenn Duffie Shriver pleaded guilty to spying for China, although his fiancée called him "Mr. Patriot"?

6 April 2013

17:22, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

... that thepink and black sea cucumber(pictured) is eaten as "bêche-de-mer" in China and Indonesia?
... that although the medievalLord ChancellorRalph de Warneville was a friend ofArnulf of Lisieux, Ralph helped to force Arnulf's resignation asBishop of Lisieux?
... thatPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky'sLiturgy of St. John Chrysostom was the first unified musical setting of theDivine Liturgy?
... that the appearance of the BritishInvincible-class battlecruisers in 1908 rendered the JapaneseIbuki-class armored cruisers obsolete before they werecommissioned?
... that thetelescoping effect occurs when people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are?
... that the only sides that have beatenEngland inwomen's Test cricket areAustralia andIndia?
... that removal of "doggers" has caused much ofWarren Hill to slip away?

08:45, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the last Polishred złoty(pictured) were the so-called "insurgent ducats" minted at theWarsaw mint in 1831, on the eve of theNovember Uprising?
... that thehorse genome contains 2.7 billion DNAbase pairs, and horses have over 90 hereditary diseases similar to those found in humans?
... that theCitra Award for Best Director, established in 1955, once went toTeguh Karya ofNovember 1828?
... that the westportal and the main windows in theChurch of St Christopher, Norris Green,Liverpool, arehyperbolic in shape?
... that Latvian-American mathematicianLipman Bers was also ahuman rights activist and a founder of the Committee on Human Rights of theNational Academy of Sciences?
... thatVito Alessio Robles was one of the first romantic revolutionaries of Mexico?
... that plants of the genusTriunia have attractive but highly toxic fruit?

00:30, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatactors in Norway went on strike in 1941 after work permits for six actors, includingElisabeth Gording andLillemor von Hanno(pictured), were revoked for refusal to perform onNazi-controlled radio?
... that theLingayen-Lucena corridor has been described as the place where national elections are won in the Philippines?
... thatJosh Rutledge was named theCalifornia League's player of the week twice in his second professional baseball season?
... that thenational colours of Greece were specified in theGreek Constitution of 1822, drafted during theGreek War of Independence from theOttoman Empire?
... that the fungusSclerotium cepivorum causesonions to rot in the ground whileBotrytis allii causes them to rot during storage?
... that the 17th-century English poetThomas Jordan wrote one poem that was widely anthologized in the 20th century, even though his poetry had been disdained by his contemporaries?
... that it is hoped thatArsenal's game againstIndonesia, to be played as a warm up match forArsenal's 2013–14 season, will help ease an internal dispute between thePSSI and KPSI?

5 April 2013

16:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

... that in thechancel wall ofHoly Trinity Church, Holdgate,Shropshire, is asheela na gig?
... thatLord Pitfour used a trick to save many Jacobite rebels from execution?
... thatCircassians in Syria occupied many villages, includingMurayj al-Durr, having been relocated to thecountry by theOttoman authorities in an effort to combat rising local dissent during the nineteenth century?
... that NorwegianfootballerEspen Hægeland scored more than 50 goals forLyngdal IL in 2012?
... thatMir Hazar Khan Khoso is the currentcaretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan?
... that independent South African online newspaperDaily Maverick was influenced by defunct South African business magazineMaverick and American news websitesThe Daily Beast andThe Huffington Post?
... thatRobert of Ghent, a 12th-centuryLord Chancellor of England, once tried to prevent anArchbishop of York from entering the city ofYork?

08:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

... that thewildlife of Libya includes theMediterranean monk seal(pictured), which is listed asCritically Endangered?
... that generalAnts Kurvits became the first head of theEstonian Border Guard in 1922, and held that position almost continuously for the wholeinterwar period?
... that areas along theTubutulik River contain abnormalradioactivity?
... thatIndia got their firstTest cricket win againstEngland in 1952 at theMadras Cricket Club Ground?
... that by 1940,Mount Mary College presidentEdward Fitzpatrick was considered one of the United States' "foremost authorities inmilitary conscription"?
... thatBikenibeu, a settlement inKiribati, could be completely flooded if sea levels rise by one metre?
... that theTswana ruler and rainmakerSechele I, denounced forpolygamy byDavid Livingstone, was one of the most successfulChristian missionaries of the 19th century?

00:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

... that astrophysicistJoan Feynman(pictured), sister of noted physicistRichard Feynman, discovered thatauroras are caused by thesolar wind's magnetic field interacting with Earth'smagnetosphere?
... that theIndian Navy'santi-submarine warfare corvetteINSKiltan is named afterKiltan, acoral island ofIndia's Union Territory ofLakshadweep?
... that 2012–13Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year,Khalif Wyatt, was considered "high maintenance" early in his career by his head coach,Fran Dunphy?
... that theAnosy mouse lemur andMarohita mouse lemur were described as newlemur species in March 2013, and the latter was listed asEndangered the year before?
... thatMario Poli replaced Jorge Bergoglio asArchbishop of Buenos Aires when the latter was elected asPope Francis?
... that thenovelPassing byNella Larsen, with its focus on "jealousy, psychological ambiguity and intrigue" has been described as a "skillfully executed and enduring work of art"?
... that theSecond Street Bridge inAllegan, Michigan, was rehabilitated by rolling it ashore and disassembling it?

4 April 2013

16:15, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

... that AdmiralEduard von Capelle(pictured) was responsible for writing the legislation that funded thebattleships of the GermanHigh Seas Fleet before World War I?
... thatMiss Calypso, a 1957 album by future poet and writerMaya Angelou, was reissued in 1995, probably as part of the "exotica-space age pop revival"?
... thatFerndown Common inDorset supports such rareheathland species as theSand Lizard(Lacerta agilis) andSmooth Snake (Coronella austriaca)?
... thatoffensive tacklesMitchell Schwartz andGeoff Schwartz are the first Jewish brothers to play in theNational Football League sinceArnold Horween andRalph Horween, in 1923?
... that the song "Tunnel Vision" byJustin Timberlake features severalvoyeuristic references?
... that in theGossaum fights duringKorean New Year, the straw constructions are deliberately mismatched to give the preferred team an advantage?
... that AmericanFounding Father Thomas Jefferson discoveredvanilla ice cream in France, and then introduced it to the United States?

08:30, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

... that Grand DukeLeszek the White and a number of other PolishPiast dukes were ambushed in their baths during the 13th-centuryregicide and massacre atGąsawa(pictured)?
... thatKentucky established a record with sixblue chip recruits from a single school being selected to the2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game?
... thatZoebaida kept audiences focused by using alternatinglong shots andclose-ups?
... thatAmanda Clement was the first woman paid toumpire abaseball game?
... that the French shipHercule had been in commission just 24 hours when captured byHMSMars at theBattle of the Raz de Sein?
... thatJohn Knox's journals provide one of the most complete accounts of the British Army's campaigns in North America from 1757 to 1760?
... that theCoorabulka station in Australia lost 4,000 square miles (10,360 km²) of grazing lands during arat plague in 1940?

00:30, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

... thatPinus densiflora(pictured) is a dominant forest component of theflora of North Korea?
... thatSir Roger Townshend's portrait was among those on a tapestry commemorating the destruction of theSpanish Armada which hung in theHouse of Lords until the tapestry was destroyed by fire in 1834?
... thatGraduados is the firstremake produced by the Chilean TV channelChilevisión?
... that newSouth Alabama headbasketball coachMatthew Graves is one of three brothers from the tiny town ofSwitz City, Indiana, to play basketball forButler?
... that for all species ofbats native to Canada, there have been five total recorded cases ofbat to humanrabies transmission since 1925?
... thatA. M. B. H. G. Abeyrathnebanda, who was killed in action at 19 years of age, is the youngest recipient of theParama Weera Vibhushanaya?
... thatJustin Timberlake's song "Strawberry Bubblegum" contains references to "Pop", a song by his former band'N Sync?

3 April 2013

16:00, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

... that theQuaker meetinghouse(pictured) in theOld Chappaqua Historic District, the oldest building inNew Castle, New York, was used to treatContinental Army casualties of theBattle of White Plains?
... that the cruise shipNorwegian Getaway will feature an entertainment venue devoted to magic, called the "Illusionarium"?
... thatOperation Ironside was a Second World Warmilitary deception, targeting theBay of Biscay, in support of theD-Day landings?
... thatShell Beach in Western Australia is entirely composed of empty shells of theheart cockle?
... that Franz Schubert'sthird mass inB flat major is by its short duration amissa brevis, but by its large orchestral force ofbrass,woodwinds, andtimpani amissa solemnis?
... thatParley Common inDorset has at least 147 species of spider among itsfauna, including the very rareEro aphana, andXysticus robustus?
... thatHorween Leather Company makes theNational Football League'sfootballs, colloquially known as "pigskins", out of steer hides?

08:00, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

... that inThe Malay Archipelago,Wallace is greeted by 50 exuberant PapuanKé Islanders(pictured), naked but for shells andCassowary plumes?
... thatbaseball pitcherDarin Downs had to regain the ability to speak after being hit in the head by a batted ball?
... that in the filmDebipaksha (2004), aBengali priest named his three daughters Rebati, Haimanti and Jayanti, the names ofHindu goddessDurga?
... that the spiral galaxyNGC 5585 contains asupernova remnant that is over 650 light-years long, 300 light-years wide and still expanding?
... thatFranz Schubert'sfourth mass, amissa solemnis inC major, shows a perceived "lightness of touch" in the tradition ofMozart andMichael Haydn?
... that in2013, Singaporean politicianDesmond Lim set a new record for the lowest percentage garnered in an election since the independence of Singapore in 1965?
... thatsmile mask syndrome may affect people whose jobs force them to smile for many hours per day, and is particularly common in Japan and Korea?

00:00, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

... that when force-fed to mice, the toxinustalic acid, isolated from the mushroomTricholoma ustale(pictured), makes them crouch—hesitant to move—before it kills them?
... that"Leafy" Burnham, co-founder of theBarmy Army, got his nickname from thecockney rhyming slang for "thief" while working atBritish Airways?
... that despite having 6 centimetre (2.4 inch) thorns,Acacia ehrenbergiana is an important food forcamels,goats, andsheep?
... that the punishments in Hell thatRalph of Coggeshall's "Vision of Thurkill" claimed would happen to medieval judgeOsbert fitzHervey included being forced to eat and then vomit back up hot coins?
... that a vineyardcrossing ofPeloursin andSyrah produced the wine grape varietyPetite Sirah?
... that although the medieval clericBurchard du Puiset was called the nephew ofHugh du Puiset, theBishop of Durham, it is possible that Burchard was really Hugh's son?
... that in India, people suffering frompuppy pregnancy syndrome believe a dog bite can impregnate humans, including men?

2 April 2013

16:00, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

... that fragments of the coralAcropora grandis(pictured withhawkfish) have been successfully transplanted to a nursery bed and used to regenerate a damagedcoral reef?
... thatJörg Faerber was the artistic director of theWürttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn for more than four decades and recorded piano concertos byShostakovich andHaydn withMartha Argerich?
... that inscriptions in the extinctBactrian language can be found atShatial?
... thatSoho Pam liked to give her patrons a cuddle?
... that theLebang Boomani dance is performed by theTripuri people ofTripura,India, as part of thejhum cultivation cycle?
... thatTom Platt was a member of theHarrogate Town team that reached theFA Cup second round in the2012–13 season?
... that while plantings ofGros Verdot have been banned inBordeaux, the grape can still be used to make Bordeaux-styleMeritage wines outside of France?

08:00, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

... that the churchyard gates(church pictured) in the smallCheshire village ofBurleydam come fromLleweni Hall, and were described as "of great elegance" bySamuel Johnson?
... that the Buddhist court attendant who wrote ananti-Daoist text converted fromDaoism after negative experience withDaoist sexual practices?
... that trees of theNew Guinea genusFinschia have stilt roots coming off the trunk up to 1.8 m (6 ft) off the ground?
... that Mexican journalistRodolfo Rincón Taracena was kidnapped, tortured, and burned to death for writing about drug trafficking?
... that at theAction of 16 October 1799 a Spanish treasure convoy worth more than £600,000 (£43 million at present value) was captured by the Royal Navy?
... that theSteps of Cincinnati once stretched over 30 miles (48 km)?
... that one reviewer describesRihanna's "Jump" as one of two tracks that "see sex wriggling everywhere" on the albumUnapologetic?

00:00, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

... that English actorClive Mantle(portrait pictured) beat upClint Eastwood?
... thatChristina Aguilera hadsex for breakfast withslow jam and honey drip?
... thatJohn le Fucker's name probably did not mean what you might think it means?
... thatWalter Baxter wrote about the gay Batman–Kent relationship?
... thatan armless freak had achimpanzee as his partner?
... thatThe Three Musketeers were the nucleus engineers of theChrysler Corporation?
... thatDick Wick Hall's frog never learned to swim?
... that amouldy old film was screened atCannes?
... thatMark Koenig was the last surviving member of theMurderers' Row?

1 April 2013

16:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

... that Norwegians builtGibraltar's first school(pictured) in the 1860s?
... thatShitterton has been voted to be worse thanScratchy Bottom orBrokenwind?
... thatSiemens is inPüssi?
... that theAetherius Society believes that their sacred 1,375-foot (419 m)Brown Willy is full of holy energy?
... thatElvis' greatest shit was dropped in 1982?
... that students atWashington College celebrateMay Day by running naked around the flag pole on the campus green?
... thatMugeary, which is 25 miles fromGlenelg in Scotland, is the namesake ofa rock found millions of miles away but just a few hundred feet from Glenelg?
... thatJames Bond played briefly in theNational Football League after completing his military service?
... thatsheep enjoy snacking onPecorino?

08:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

... that Polish girls(pictured) aregetting wet and spanked today, but will have their revenge tomorrow?
... that a Lady twin produced aBachelor's Double?
... thatWikipedia was discovered in 2008 betweenMars andJupiter?
... that a Norwegian organization established a women'sfart team?
... thatChrisye performed a new song, "Eternal Ballad", five years after his death?
... that someschmuck tried to get theU.S. Supreme Court to let him off formail fraud because all he did wasroll back odometers?
... thatthe voice of blood is violet and makes no sound?
... thatNational Hockey League goaltenderSam LoPresti murdered adolphin to save 28 men?
... thathappiness is Dean Martin?

00:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

... that Bach performed hiscantata Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31, festively scored for Easter Sunday, probably in the town churchSt. Peter und Paul(pictured) inWeimar?
... thatGordon R. Thompson was the youngest-ever appointee to any state supreme court in the U.S. when chosen?
... that the main threat to theEaster Island spiny lobster may betourists who eat them in restaurants on the island?
... that according to the 1850 US Census, Massachusetts and Rhode Island were thefirst U.S. states to become urban-majority, 70 years before the U.S. as a whole?
... thatJean Hurault de Boistaillé, ambassador of France, used his appointment at the embassy to collect manuscripts?
... that theRhinelander rabbit was re-established in the United States in 1972 after a 40-year absence?

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