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31 March 2016

12:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Imelda Marcos

... thatImelda Marcos(pictured) spentUS$2,000 onchewing gum in anairport stop?
... thatUmaswati, a 1st-millennium Indian scholar, wrote the earliest extant text in Sanskrit that completely summarizesJainist philosophy?
... thatRaziel was billed as a rookie for the 2012Gran Alternativa tournament despite having wrestled for 16 years prior to the tournament?
... that the upcoming filmHidden Figures reveals the threeAfrican-American female mathematicians who helpedNASA win theSpace Race?
... thatKarel Dufek, Czechoslovak ambassador to Turkey and Brazil, served in theInternational Brigades in theSpanish Civil War?
... that theUnited States'official journal,The Federal Register, may be suspended and replaced with theEmergency Federal Register in the event of an attack against the country?
... that the2016 edition of Milan–San Remo needed to take a 9 km (5.6 mi) detour due to alandslide blocking the original route?
... thatPlatinumGames andActivision held an "official leak" to announceTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan?

00:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

A Burger King Big King sandwich

... that theBig King sandwich(pictured),Burger King's take on theBig Mac, underwent five reformulations and four name changes before settling on its current recipe and name?
... that afterJanet Stumbo defeatedSara W. Combs for her seat on theKentucky Supreme Court, Combs was appointed to Stumbo's vacated seat on theKentucky Court of Appeals?
... that thered-rust bryozoan's tolerance of copper may enable otherfouling organisms to grow on the hulls of ships?
... thatUniversity of Iowa basketball playerPeter Jok received offers from colleges while in eighth grade?
... thatKieran Hebden releasedMorning/Evening on thesummer solstice because he thought it was "a lovely day"?
... that underground courierFrumka Płotnicka, who delivered weapons and instructions for makingMolotov cocktails andhand grenades to Jews inNazi-occupied Poland, died in theBędzin Ghetto uprising?
... that stand-up comicJeff Ross helped write the lines forRobert De Niroplaying a stand-up comic?
... thatprofessional wrestlerRay Candy once used the name "Super Mario Man", despite being a large African American and not ashort Italian plumber?

30 March 2016

12:00, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Wreckage of the aircraft

... that two surviving passengers ofAvianca Flight 52(aircraft pictured), which crashed in 1990, were discovered to haveswallowed condoms filled with cocaine?
... thatYue Qi was a winner of theFeynman Prize in Nanotechnology as a graduate student, and then went on to do research forGeneral Motors?
... that theJokhang temple, at the center of an ancient network ofBuddhist temples inLhasa, is considered the "spiritual heart of the city" and the most sacred in Tibet?
... thatCecil Brown, a politician and president ofHawaii's largest National Bank, occasionally served as anacting Justice on theSupreme Court of Hawaii?
... thatAdventures of Mana is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy gameFinal Fantasy Adventure, which was the first entry in theMana series?
... that theDU spectrophotometer was used for secret World War II research on the development ofpenicillin?
... thatDaisy Rossi gave up her painting career after her studio was destroyed by fire?
... thatFlim Flam was originally supposed to be a breedingstallion, but wasgelded so he could excel in Olympicdressage?

00:11, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

A sketch of Santi Sergio e Bacco in the Roman Forum

... that contrary to popular belief,Ss. Sergio e Bacco al Foro Romano(pictured) may not have been destroyed so thatCharles V could pass through theArch of Septimius Severus?
... that "Long Way to Go" received criticism for its sample of "I Have a Dream"?
... thatKeenu Gill becamevice-captain of theHong Kong women's national cricket team at the age of 17?
... that the obsolete constellationTelescopium Herschelii commemoratedHerschel's discovery ofUranus?
... thatSpeak Life is considered the debut album ofSev Statik, even though he had previously releasedanother studio album?
... that during construction, the hull ofHMCSIntegrity was filled with water to see if any leaked through the sides?
... thatLaVerne Krause, who started theprintmaking program at theUniversity of Oregon, had previously exhibited her paintings for sale in a beauty parlor and a tavern?
... thatNetwork SouthEast's rolling stock included Bubble Cars, Dusty Bins, Thumpers, and Tadpoles, all with atoothpaste colour scheme?

29 March 2016

12:26, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Amazonian streaked antwren

... that theAmazonian streaked antwren(pictured),Guianan streaked antwren, andPacific antwren, despite being similar in appearance, can be distinguished by their songs?
... that the largest single collection of one woman's clothes owned by a UK museum came fromEmily Tinne?
... thatMichael Finnissy hasreimagined parts of every opera ofGiuseppe Verdi?
... that Canadian civil servantWilfrid Eggleston rejected Prime MinisterMackenzie King's request to censor theConscription Crisis of 1944?
... thatGarth Davis' directorial debut,Lion, recounts the true story of a lostIndian boy who found his birth parents usingGoogle Earth?
... thatLady Gaga's performance at the87th Academy Awards triggered 214,000 interactions per minute on Facebook?
... that some recipients of thePadma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, have refused or even returned their medals?
... that a fellowLPGA Tour golfer saidAlice Bauer'sback swing "madeJohn Daly's look short"?

00:41, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

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Tom Kilburn

... thatTom Kilburn(pictured), the co-creator of theworld's first stored-program computer, did not own a personal computer?
... that "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer", an episode ofVeronica Mars, includes a public service announcement forInvisible Children, Inc. after the installment's conclusion?
... that in 1945Philip Jaffe was charged with espionage and fined US$2,500?
... thatLuis Alvarez initially called theAPQ-7 radar the "EHIB", short for "Every House in Berlin", referring to its planned mission?
... thatBlack Allan'srunning walk made him unfit forharness racing, yet he became thefoundation sire of theTennessee Walking Horse?
... that the luminousbarred spiral galaxyNGC 1614 is undergoing aminor merger event which has triggered astarburst region around the galactic core?
... thatCicely Corbett Fisher co-founded a society for women's suffrage when she was fifteen years old?
... thatLady Gaga's "Teeth" has been described as a "perverse march" and a "gospel ode" tosadomasochism?

28 March 2016

12:56, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

The Old Wall

... that theOld Wall(pictured) inSofia,Bulgaria, popularly called the "Roman Wall", is in fact anIslamic religious structure from the 16th or 17th century?
... thatLois Galgay Reckitt, aMaine human rights activist who has advocated againstdomestic violence and forLGBT rights, is listed inFeminists Who Changed America?
... that the print run ofAria was increased 1000% after it began serializing theAttack on Titan spinoffNo Regrets?
... that the sopranoRotraud Hansmann performed six parts in three Monteverdi operas conducted byNikolaus Harnoncourt, including Euridice inL'Orfeo?
... thatLady Gaga's "Til It Happens to You", which highlightssexual assault, was nominated for theGrammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media andAcademy Award for Best Original Song?
... that Brazilian footballerÉder Monteiro Fernandes, who plays for the Indian clubSalgaocar, has played alongsideWorld Cup winnerRomário atVasco da Gama?
... that despite having gills,spike caps are classified with theboletes?
... thatCarrie Johnson represented the United States at three consecutive Olympics after being diagnosed withCrohn's disease in 2003?

01:11, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Watercolor of San Caio by Achille Pinelli

... that the ancient church ofSan Caio(pictured) inRome was demolished in 1878 during the construction of theItalian Ministry of Defense building?
... thattithing in the early history ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could be done using property, labor, produce, livestock, or cash?
... that, when bad weather caused more than half of them to desert, the remaining off-and-onmutineers ofOperation Strength II were disarmed and flown to a training base at Seno?
... thatChristianity played a role in the founding of several British football clubs, includingCeltic,Manchester City, andEverton?
... that the ancientTrishikhibrahmana Upanishad text asserts the theory that living beings originate by four means, through an egg, through seeds, through a womb, or through sweat?
... that the composerGustav Gunsenheimer was the church musician at St. Lukas inSchweinfurt from 1969 to 2015?
... that after removal of the introducedEuropean rabbits, populations of thegreater burnet failed to recover in theKerguelen Islands?
... that costume designerSarah Nash Gates once taught at Clown College?

27 March 2016

13:26, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Mary Barr

... thatMary Barr(pictured) was the firstfemale aviator to join theUS Forest Service and was among the first four women to fly in theReno Air Races?
... that duringOperation Maharat II, asonic boom scared thePathet Lao into retreat?
... thatMorisco crypto-Muslim authorYoung Man of Arévalo adapted passages fromThe Imitation of Christ in hisIslamic devotional works?
... that thetuck rule preventsNational Hockey League players from tucking in their jerseys during games, although it took almost fifty years to enforce it?
... that theEaster hymn "Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing" was renamed to avoid confusion with the Christmas carol "Good Christians All, Rejoice"?
... thatJosiah Ransome-Kuti was the first Nigerian to release a record album?
... thatMad Max: Fury Road won awards for its editing, costume design, and production design at theAcademy Awards, andBAFTAs?
... thatFear No Poverty, the "father ofcrosstalk", performed alongside a man who could make music with his nose?

01:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Huntsham Court

... that during his stay atHuntsham Court(pictured),Douglas Adams failed to make progress in writingSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, but enjoyed "sipping expensive wines"?
... thatMetropolitan Opera tenorAndrea Velis starred in the United States premieres of four different operas byBenjamin Britten?
... that theHeilongjiang hand cannon is the oldest surviving firearm in the world?
... that the British trade union organiserJeannie Mole, an early follower ofdress reform, liked to wear an outfit reminiscent ofGreek robes?
... that the fungusCryptostroma corticale can kill trees and cause disease in humans?
... that the original tracklist ofMeghan Trainor's albumThank You was revamped after the creation of its lead single "No"?
... that theLiverpool Women's Suffrage Society encouraged membership by holding meetings at cafes with poetry, singing, and dance performances?
... that the rapperSintax the Terrific is also a practicinglicensed federal attorney?

26 March 2016

13:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Royal antelope

... that theroyal antelope(pictured) is the smallestantelope in the world?
... thatJosé Antonio Gallardo was a posthumous winner of theRicardo Zamora Trophy for bestgoalkeeper in Spain'sSegunda División?
... that the albumBack to Dust was selected as one of theRawkus Records' "Rawkus 50" campaign?
... that despite the immensity of theSyrian refugee crisis, theAzraq refugee camp in Jordan that is meant to house them has remained well below capacity since its opening in 2014?
... thatAnn Bowling studiedhereditary diseases in animals that were genetically linked to their coat color?
... that in 1942, theMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ordered that part of theAbergele Golf Club be ploughed as part of theDig for Victory campaign?
... that Turkish sportswomanYasemin Adar was ashot putter before she became her country's firstEuropean champion in women's wrestling?
... that Japan's surrender in 1945 led to a surge of black-marketyatai (food carts)?

00:31, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Detail of the Swoon of the Virgin in the Marienkirche

... that theSwoon of the Virgin(detail pictured) is depicted in Dortmund'sMarienkirche?
... thatMeira Paibi ("Women Torchbearers") is a women'ssocial movement inManipur known as the "guardians of civil society"?
... that the Dutch village ofZoeterwoude-Dorp was built in the 13th century around a church dedicated to the English missionarySaint Lebuinus?
... that CzechfootballerAlois Grussmann played more than 300 times in the top football leagues of his country?
... thatRecorded In Hollywood was an extension ofJohn Dolphin's South Central Los Angeles record store?
... thatAfrican pine-feeding grasshoppers have defoliated plantationpines in East Africa?
... thatMarta Vergara believed that the family, rather than the individual, was the fundamental unit ofpolitical identity?
... that "All for Jesus, All for Jesus" was the closing hymn ofThe Crucifixion and set aside for congregational singing?

25 March 2016

12:46, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Symbol of the Lamb of God

... thatLuther adapted "Christe, du Lamm Gottes"(symbol pictured) as a Protestant communion song from the Latin "Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God) of themass?
... thatspoken word artistYolanda Wisher, whose writing focuses on the urban African-American experience, became the third poet laureate ofPhiladelphia in 2016?
... that the church ofSanta Lucia in Septisolio derived its name from a nearbyancient Roman ruin?
... thatDewey L. Fleming was one of nine newspaper reporters who were secretly invited to cover the firstQuebec Conference betweenFranklin D. Roosevelt andWinston Churchill?
... that according to analysts,a recent United States Supreme Court decision could "greatly affect the funding ofwelfare benefits plans"?
... that the sopranoEmily Van Evera appeared with theTaverner Consort atThe Proms in Bach'sSt Matthew Passion?
... that thefossil eggHemifaveoloolithus has a shell made up of four to five superimposed layers of eggshell units?
... thatMaud Carpenter scoldedAnthony Hopkins when he turned up at theLiverpool Playhouse wearing jeans and an open-neck shirt, instead of a sports jacket and tie?

01:01, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

The Colossus of Ostermunzel during its excavation

... that theColossus of Ostermunzel(pictured) is significantly lighter than originally estimated?
... that inReformed theology, thesacrament of theLord's Supper is believed to strengthen Christians'union with Christ by the spiritual eating of his true body and blood?
... that while still in school, Chinese social and Christian activistDeng Yuzhi decided to be an independent woman, remain unmarried, and live the life of a "new woman"?
... that the shell ofTrigonoolithus, a type ofdinosaur egg, is covered with triangular nodes?
... thatLouisa Melvin Delos Mars was one of the first black women to achieve recognition as a composer?
... that the first migrant worker football club in Germany,ISC Lupo, was formed in 1962 by Italians?
... thatJay H. Upton, a private in the2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment during theSpanish–American War, later became President of theOregon State Senate?
... thatRichardson's snaggletooth, a deep sea fish, is black withluminous spots?

24 March 2016

13:16, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Khasi women of Meghalaya

... thatMeghalaya has one of the largest survivingmatrilineal societies(Khasi women pictured)?
... that theviola da gamba playerPhilippe Pierlot co-founded theRicercar Consort, which plays little-known 17th-century music?
... thatSwift Bus Rapid Transit began operations in 2009 as the firstbus rapid transit system in the U.S. state ofWashington?
... thatEthel Wilson Gammon, founder and executive director of theWashburn-Norlands Living History Center, also enjoyed role-playing historical characters for her visitors?
... that "Kau Ilhamku", a promotional song that is only available for streaming onYonder Music, saw the collaboration of Malaysian and Indonesian artists?
... that the crew ofVeronica Mars had wantedPaul Rudd to guest star on the show for several years before his eventual appearance in the episode "Debasement Tapes"?
... thatDona Nelson, known for her two-sided paintings, was called "one of the best artists working today" byNew York Times art criticRoberta Smith?
... thatOperation Fa Ngum ended on the verge ofmutiny?

01:16, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Detail of an Art Nouveau building in Riga

... thatRiga contains thehighest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture in the world(building detail pictured)?
... that students at theRoyal College of Surgeons protested at being asked questions onmidwifery by a woman – even thoughEmily Winifred Dickson was a Fellow of the College?
... thatbaleen whales, although carnivorous, havegut flora similar to that of herbivores?
... that U.S. PresidentHarry S. Truman referred to Pulitzer Prize winnerLouis Stark as the "dean of all reporters on the labor scene"?
... thatPing Pong was the first film to be shot inLondon's Chinatown?
... thatGregory the Great wrote thatTheodore the Sacristan was bedridden for days after experiencing a vision ofSaint Peter?
... thatThe New Day, launched on 29 February, was the first new national British newspaper to appear since thei in 2010?
... that a video of police officerBobby White playing basketball with a group of boys received over 17 million views on Facebook?

23 March 2016

12:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

... thatSara W. Combs, the first woman to sit on theKentucky Supreme Court, held her seat for less than four months before losing it in aspecial election to another woman?
... that after the ancient Chinese state ofZhoulai was conquered in 529 BC, its territory was ruled by three different states in the ensuing decades?
... that whenElida Campodónico attempted to get an identity card to vote, she was told, "In Panama there are no women citizens, only male citizens"?
... thatantlions, which are found over most of the European continent, are extremely rare in Great Britain and only known to breed in two areas acrossEast Anglia?
... thatBai Jinian was China's first provincialparty chief elected by secret ballot, but was forced out of office three years later?
... that whileBenjamin Disraeli wrote ofCharles Auchester that "No greater book will ever be written on music", the criticHenry Chorley thought it "half-crazy"?
... that despite admitting tonecrophilia,Karen Greenlee only spent 11 days in jail for theft of a hearse and interfering with a funeral?

00:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Cerro Quiac

... that the smallMaya archaeological site ofCerro Quiac(pictured), the most important Maya ceremonial site in theGuatemalan municipality ofCantel, was once used as an artillery emplacement?
... thatWillie Ogg patented the forerunner to the moderncavity back iron?
... thatagliata sauce originated from the times ofAncient Rome, at which time it was apeasant food that was also used by the upper classes?
... that the philosopherTatjana Višak argues thatutilitarians should oppose the killing of animals in agriculture, even if they have lived happy lives?
... thatAir India entered theGuinness Book of World Records for carrying out the largest evacuation by a civil airliner, during theGulf War?
... thatOlga Rapay-Markish is known for designing and decorating building interiors and façades inKiev with massiveceramic works?
... that with an estimated weight of only 100 grams (3.5 oz),Nipponoolithus is among the smallest fossil dinosaur eggs ever discovered?
... that formerPortsmouth, New Hampshire, mayorEileen Foley cut the ribbon to open both the originalMemorial Bridge in 1923 and its replacement in 2013?

22 March 2016

12:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

A giant virus factory infected with Zamilon

... that the recently discoveredZamilon virophage(pictured) casts doubt on the concept ofvirophages?
... that in May 2005,Rapzilla calledSlow Burn one of the best albums so far that year?
... thatEleni Glouftsis is the first femalefield umpire to be appointed to anAustralian Football League sanctioned match?
... that theNorthumbrianstyca was first minted in the 790s, replacing the silversceat?
... thatSimon of Athens is the earliestancient Greek writer known to have written on horses andhorsemanship?
... thatParasite Rex discusses the various parasites that use humans as their host, such as thetsetse fly'strypanosomes andfilarial worms?
... that in the 1920s,Karl Čermak, deputy from theČeská Lípa 5th electoral district, was the sole member of theGerman Social Democracy in Czechoslovakia leadership who hailed from a major city?
... that in London'sAfrica Centre,Desmond Tutu andThabo Mbeki used to meet at the bar?

00:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Sue Austin'sPortal in a swimming pool ]]

Sue Austin'sPortal in a swimming pool

... thatSue Austin, who performed as part of theLondon 2012 Cultural Olympiad, uses an underwater wheelchair specially modified withscuba diving equipment(pictured)?
... thatCordón del Azufre is part of one of the largest deforming volcanic systems on Earth, comparable withYellowstone?
... that after killing Sultanan-Nasir Hasan in 1361,Yalbugha al-Umari and the seniorMamluk emirs hadal-Mansur Muhammad installed as theMamluk sultan?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court ruled inSantosky v. Kramer (1982) that before terminating parental rights, the state mustprove child abuse orneglect byclear and convincing evidence?
... that the mezzo-sopranoPamela Dellal, who recorded music byHildegard von Bingen andFanny Mendelssohn, translated all texted works byBach?
... thatMontanoolithus, a type offossil egg fromMontana, were laid in a ring atop a mound-shaped nest?
... that whenChangsha was invaded in 1930,Maud Russell refused to leave the city and, after mistakenly being thought to have perished, a memorial service was held for her?
... thatJohannes Hevelius declared that one needed the eyes of alynx to seeLynx?

21 March 2016

12:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

King Hussein after checking an abandoned Israeli tank

... that during theBattle of Karameh, theIsraeli Army aborted a plan to retrieve two of its tanks(pictured) that were left behind inJordan?
... that theSTELLA programming language has been used to modelPrince Hamlet's thirst for revenge in Shakespeare'sHamlet?
... thatPhebe Hemphill's sculptures, including the one ofGettysburg, appear on severalUnited States Mint state quarters?
... that theblue duiker marks itsterritory by the secretions ofglands near its eyes?
... thatFrantiška Plamínková's activism started when she spoke out about anAustro-Hungarian law that forbade female teachers from marrying and required them to be celibate?
... that theAnnapurna Upanishad states aYogi with self-knowledge beholds all living beings as his own self, fears no one, and treats people's possessions as meaningless?
... that in addition to collecting and curating thousands of volumes for the Maine Women Writers Collection,Dorothy M. Healy raised thousands ofturkeys on her farm?
... that the best-selling flavor ofJapanese Kit Kats in 2010 wassoy sauce?

00:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Coropuna

... thatCoropuna(pictured), the tallestvolcano in Peru, was active less than 2,000 years ago?
... that afterNatasha Wightman shaved her head forV for Vendetta, her neighbour assumed a man was trying to break into Wightman's home and called the police?
... that thehorse chestnut scale insect is primarily apest of urban trees?
... that French suffrage activistMarguerite de Witt-Schlumberger proposed that women's issues become part of the treaty process at theParis Peace Conference of 1919?
... thatTempe Streetcar will link areas of downtownTempe, Arizona, includingArizona State University'smain campus, and will provide connections toValley Metro Rail's light rail line?
... that a man could not be found guilty of raping his wife in English law until the judgment ofR v R?
... thatWie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1,Bach's chorale cantata for the feast of theAnnunciation, was first performed onPalm Sunday?
... that SPARK, a group co-founded byLyn Mikel Brown, started a 2012 petition againstLego Friends for introducing a line of skinny, buxom female characters?

20 March 2016

12:00, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Doris Stevens

... that as chair of theInter-American Commission of Women,Doris Stevens(pictured) presented data on laws affecting women, resulting in the passage of the first internationalagreement on women's rights?
... that theReich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival was attended by more people than any other Nazi ceremony, including theNazi party rally at Nuremberg?
... thatTessa Hadley's second novel has been described as "mysteriously, bewitchingly compelling" despite being a "virtually plotless portrait ... of breathtakingly ordinary mortals"?
... that the format of theMindanao leg ofPiliPinas Debates 2016 was modeled after theRepublican presidential debates in the United States?
... that a94-million-year-old fossil egg from Zhejiang Province, eastern China, was namedParaelongatoolithus by paleontologists in2010?
... that "This Transformation" decries the societal discrimination against beggars?
... that in a 1994–97 study, 769 species of plant were identified in theHatila Valley National Park in northeastern Turkey?
... thatTheodosia Bartow Prevost usedher home asGeorge Washington's headquarters during theAmerican Revolutionary War, despite being married to a British Army officer?

00:00, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Runnals Union

... that in 1959 the Women's Union atColby College was renamed Runnals Union(pictured) in honor ofNinetta May Runnals, the college's first Dean of Women?
... that believers ofRulaizong use the phrase "Thanking Master, Praising Master" to praise the founder of the religion?
... that during the Nazi era, World War I flying aceEdmund Nathanael was deleted from the list ofHohenzollern honorees?
... that the church ofSan Sebastiano de Via Papae was reputed to mark the site whereSaint Sebastian's body was pulled out of a sewer?
... that Filipina feministConcepción Felix foundedA Drop of Milk to train maternity nurses and provide sterile milk to malnourished infants?
... that the South Africannational anthem was played beforetheir first rugby test match since being banned for apartheid, despite an agreement with Nelson Mandela'sANC that it would not be?
... thatErica Deichmann created over 5,000glazes forDeichmann pottery?
... that during rehearsals of the 1982 albumForever Now, producerTodd Rundgren tried to energiseThe Psychedelic Furs with exploding firecrackers?

19 March 2016

12:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Amanda Sidwall self-portrait

... thatAmanda Sidwall(self-portait pictured) was one of the first women to study at theRoyal Swedish Academy of Arts?
... that the light, crisp, smoky, and highly carbonatedGrodziskie beer was once nicknamed "Polish Champagne"?
... that the sopranoGreta De Reyghere recordedBach's motets,Mozart's vespers, and music by the Belgian composersJoseph Ryelandt andJoseph-Hector Fiocco?
... thatAquaveo software was used to simulate a terrorist attack on theJordanelle Reservoir during the2002 Winter Olympics?
... thatLeroy Brown was repeatedly struck by a bottle during a match in Japan, much to the amusement of other wrestlers on the tour?
... that thewhitefin sharksucker often attaches itself to a large fish or turtle?
... that at the age of 18,Sheldon Creed became the youngest driver to compete in theDakar Rally?
... thatLiaozhai authorPu Songlingwas critical of people who worshipped mythical characters like theMonkey King?

00:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

A BLU-82 15,000 lb bomb at moment of detonation

... that duringOperation Strength, a15,000 lb (6,800 kg) bomb(example of detonation pictured) served as a diversion to a diversion?
... that when Japanese law changed and barred women frompolitical assembly,Shimizu Shikin quitpublic speaking and became one of the country's first professional women journalists?
... thatJosh Homme credited his work with Iggy Pop onPost Pop Depression with helping him through the aftermath of theNovember 2015 Paris attacks?
... that the Danish painter andceramicistSuzette Holten was part of the avant-gardeKunstnernes Frie Studieskoler movement?
... that in theFBI–Apple encryption dispute, a federal judge inBrooklyn has ruled that the 1789All Writs Act cannot be used tocompel Apple to unlock a drug dealer’siPhone?
... that in 1940, professional wrestlerMurciélago Velázquez was the first Mexican to lose hismask in a match, creating theLuchas de Apuestas concept that headlines shows all over Mexico to this day?
... that the young ofNomorhamphus ebrardtii develop in the mother fish's oviduct, feeding on unfertilised eggs and their smaller siblings?
... that "doomsday trucks" may hit the road following a catastrophic nuclear attack against the United States?

18 March 2016

12:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Chappel Viaduct

... that newly minted coins placed inside apier ofChappel Viaduct(pictured) went missing within hours, and a bricklayer who proffered a new half-sovereign in a pub was suspected?
... thatRobert Shope, described as a "walking encyclopaedia" ofarboviruses, discovered more novel viruses than anyone previously?
... that the hip-hop groupIll Harmonics was formed after the founders met at their local church choirs?
... that the collapse of theTête Rousse Glacier in theAlps killed over 200 people in 1892, and thousands still live under its threat?
... that South African suffragistJulia Solly was the sister of British suffragistNessie Stewart-Brown?
... that the upcomingPokémon gamesSun andMoon will feature connectivity with theVirtual Console versions ofRed,Green,Blue andYellow throughPokémon Bank?
... thatMaud McLure Kelly, the first woman to practice law inAlabama, was also the firstSouthern woman admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court?
... that unlike other members of itsgenus, including the giant "corpse flower", the newly discoveredRafflesia consueloae smells like youngcoconut meat?

00:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Hanuman showing Rama in his heart

... that theRama Rahasya Upanishad(Rama in the heart of Hanuman pictured) presents a goddess as the cause of creation, a god as the soul, and both together as the source of all existence?
... thatFinis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr. is credited with bringing the televangelistOral Roberts into theUnited Methodist Church in 1968?
... thatOperation Phalat was a preventative strike into Laos by Thai forces in 1971 to contain communist influence in the region?
... that for his ordination,Georg Weissel wrote the text of the hymn "Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel" tohis friend's melody for a wedding song?
... thatMoisés Félix Dagdug Lützow, owner ofa radio station, served as the Secretary of the Radio, Television and Film Committee of theMexican Chamber of Deputies?
... that theKankakee mallow isknown from a single 700 m (0.4 mi) long island in the state ofIllinois?
... thatFrank Sprogell said being agolf pro is not really a job?
... thatStrugnell's Haiku outlinecherry blossoms,hair loss, andpub opening times?

17 March 2016

12:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Holy Island War Memorial

... that theHoly Island War Memorial(pictured) snapped in two as a result of exceptional winds during the winter of 1983–4?
... thatCharles Wollaston was the first person to win fiveFA Cup winners medals?
... that in 2013 and 2014, the MexicanRTC issued 50 times as manyreligious broadcasting permits as it did in 2000 and 2001?
... thatEugenia de Reuss Ianculescu included men on the board of the Romanianwomen's suffrage association that she founded because she believed their skills would help the cause?
... that inMastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes,Maria Konnikova combines Holmes's habits of mind with modern-day research to help people learn to be more rational thinkers?
... that Swedish doctorClara Emilia Smitt ran the sanatorium inSaltsjöbaden between 1896 and 1902?
... that thered beard sponge may have travelled to the west coast of North America on the hull of a ship?
... that the premiere of Arthur Honegger's first opera,Antigone, was staged in sets byPicasso and costumes byCoco Chanel?

00:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Diaphanous hatchetfish

... that thediaphanous hatchetfish(diagram pictured) is not fussy about what prey it eats?
... that "Alexander Hamilton", "Satisfied", "Wait for It", "The Room Where It Happens", and "It's Quiet Uptown" are songs from theGrammy-winning 2015 Broadway musicalHamilton?
... that in 1997 theLinguistic Society of America passed a resolution supporting theOakland Unified School District board's decision to teach some students usingAfrican American Vernacular English?
... that a plaque on theNene Viaduct, built in 1850, claims that it is the last surviving cast-iron structure on a main-line railway in Britain?
... thatThe Signpost publishes stories related to theWikipedia community, theWikimedia Foundation, and otherWikipedia-related projects?
... that baseball'sFrank "The Trader" Lane said that trading awayBill Virdon was the "worst trade [he] ever made"?
... that as the colonial bryozoanCryptosula pallasiana travels to new places, it takes itssea slugs with it?
... thatfree love activistHelga Goetze advertised her cause with the slogan "Fucking is peace"?

16 March 2016

12:00, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Friargate Bridge

... that despite appearances, theFriargate Bridge(pictured) inDerby is actually two bridges?
... that becauseBank of America customers who invest less than $250,000 usually do not receive counsel fromMerrill Edge employees, the discount brokerage service plans to offer customersrobo-advisors?
... that the 1912 testimony of 14-year-oldchild laborerCarmela Teoli spurred labor reforms inMassachusetts, helped settle a strike, and raised wages for working men and women?
... that living inrural rather thanurban areas is afertility factor, associated with an increased number of children?
... that forTNGHT, his collaboration withHudson Mohawke,Lunice wanted to start producing much simpler music instead of weird tracks that were "all over the place" ?
... that China's Labour MinisterMa Wenrui was imprisoned for five years as a result of an interview with a book author?
... thatFC Barcelona andSevilla FC, who will contest this year'sCopa del Rey Final, also played in the2015 UEFA Super Cup?
... that duringOperation Maharat,neutralists besiegedneutralists?

00:00, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Bilikiss Adebiyi

... thatBilikiss Adebiyi(pictured) planned to collect rubbish in the streets of Nigeria while taking herMBA atMIT?
... that theBBC re-launched its former television channelBBC Three as anInternet television service?
... that the Sanskrit textManasollasa is a 12th-century encyclopedia covering topics such as garden design, cuisine recipes, veterinary medicine, jewelry, painting, music, and dance?
... that the species name forBurmaleon magnificus was coined for the quality of preservation in the fossils?
... that the documentary filmNo Land's Song spotlights women's protests against an Iranian ban on public female solo singing before male audiences?
... that uninjured reporters commandeered amedical evacuation helicopter duringCampaign Z?
... that of an estimated 100,000German Jews who served in theGerman Army inWorld War I, 12,000 were killed in action?

Correction: we erroneously claimed here that in 1964Jim Hazelton was the first Australian to fly a single-engine aircraft across the Pacific, butCharles Kingsford Smith and copilotGordon Taylor were actually the first to do so in 1934 in theirLockheed AltairLady Southern Cross.

15 March 2016

12:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

... thatKagiso Rabada has taken the bestbowling figures onODI debutat the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium(pictured)?
... that the 18th-century organistRichard Langdon held the positions of master of thechoristers andorganist atExeter Cathedral, positions that had not been combined for more than 100 years?
... that duringCampaign 74B in theLaotian Civil War, smog fromswidden farming clogged the air?
... that theWCW Light Heavyweight Championship was "ignored" by promoterBill Watts after it was vacated in 1992, before being replaced by theWCW Cruiserweight Championship in 1996?
... that as boys,David Zwingerman and Horst Löwenstein rescued 12Torah scrolls from a Berlin synagogue after it was burned by the Nazis?
... that during protests in February 2016 against the construction of a mine in the forested hill ofCerattepe in Turkey, entry to and exit from the town ofArtvin was banned?
... thatWan Shaofen, China's first female provincialparty chief, did not complete her term because of the downfall ofHu Yaobang?
... that theAcid Bath Murderer met his first victim inThe Goat?

00:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Neil Druckmann

... thatNeil Druckmann(pictured) wroteA Second Chance at Sarah based on his own interest in traveling back in time to meet his wife at a younger age?
... that after thelynchings of eleven Italians 125 years ago today inNew Orleans, Italy recalled its ambassador to the U.S. in protest?
... thatYung Gud, producer of rapperYung Lean's Sad Boys group, first producedpsychedelic trance music as a child, before he got intohip hop?
... that the medieval era textNiralamba Upanishad states that happiness is realizing one's innate bliss, experiencingsatcitananda?
... that the fictional Shakespeareanactor-managerChuffer Dandridge, a regular onWake Up to Wogan, was the creation of twocivil servants?
... that thePampas, one of the mainclimatic regions of Argentina, witness some of the most intensethunderstorms in the world?
... that 100 years ago, the Welsh rugby playerLou Phillips was shot in the chest while out on awiring party?
... that aSpaceX prize movesHyperloop from hype to prototypes?

14 March 2016

12:00, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Air-bicycle

... thatCarl Edgar Myers invented an air-bicycle(illustrated) that navigated through the air like a bicycle?
... that in "The Bookworm", a Chinese scholar fathers a child with a character in his books?
... that the mother of women's advocateGilda E. Nardone was a displaced homemaker?
... that seeds of the grassAeluropus lagopoides can germinate at concentrations of salt roughly equivalent to that ofseawater?
... thatMabel Sine Wadsworth sent teams of outreach workers door to door in ruralMaine in the 1950s and 1960s to teach women aboutbirth control?
... thatJake Doran is the youngest player to have signed for aBig Bash League team?
... that the Britishplant pathologistMary Glynne climbedMount Fuji when she was 68?
... thatpenile injuries can be caused by dogs, metal rings, zippers, and more?

00:00, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

York City War Memorial

... that theYork City War Memorial(pictured) was built on land donated by theNorth Eastern Railway, who also builttheir own war memorial in York?
... that the second movement ofLouis Moreau Gottschalk'sfirst Symphony is probably the first orchestral setting of asamba?
... thatThelma C. Swain endowed a scholarship at each of the seven colleges of theMaine Community College System?
... that the village ofPetite Savanne,Dominica, was destroyed byTropical Storm Erika in August 2015, forcing the permanent relocation of all its residents?
... thatSuzanne Duigan was a botanist who specialised inpalynology, particularly the study of fossilpollen?
... that the luggage and money of Romanian LatinistN. I. Herescu burned atStuttgart Airport while he was emigrating in 1944?
... that the Laotian military'sOperation Thao La failed to find the crucialNVA transshipment pointBinh Tram 37?
... that the wrestlersYohei Komatsu andSho Tanaka work in Mexico using thering names Fūjin andRaijin, the Japanese gods of wind and thunder?

13 March 2016

12:00, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Lady Reading Poetry

... thatLady Reading Poetry(pictured) byIshibashi Kazunori has been designated one of thePrefectural Cultural Properties ofShimane, Japan?
... thatCottalango Leon, an Indian-American computer graphics technician, jointly won theAcademy Award in 2016 forscientific and technical achievement?
... that althoughMasterpiece makes contestants pick items worth £10,000 or more, the prize money offered is just £1,000?
... that the lower portion of theLG G5 serves as a tray that can be detached to replace the battery?
... thatThe Red and the Green is the only historical novel byIris Murdoch?
... thatIbn Muljamassassinated the fourth caliphAli at the request of his lover whose father and brother were killed by Ali's forces at theBattle of Nahrawan?
... that possible color patterning is preserved on the wings of the extinct neuropteranRafaelnymphes?
... that a fan-animated video for theMystery Skulls song "Ghost" received more than two million views onYouTube in under a month?

00:00, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Marquesa del Ter

... that pianistMarquesa del Ter(pictured) founded one of the first feminist organizations in Spain and received theMedal of French Gratitude for her aid to hospitals during World War I?
... thatSladen's hatchetfish makesdaily vertical migrations in the ocean?
... that theChina Artists Association organizes China's biggest art exhibition once every five years?
... thatStranger Things byYuck was recorded in lead singer Max Bloom's parents' house?
... that thehip hop albumNephilim: Act of God 1 is titled after theNephilim mentioned in theBible?
... that ColonelAnn Hawkes Hay, born in Jamaica, lost hisHaverstraw, New York house to British raiders?
... that theJaramillo Petrified Forest National Park contains trees that were buried in volcanic ash in theCretaceous period and turned to stone?
... thatLucinda Lee Dalton, an earlyMormon feminist, argued thatpolygamy allowed many women to marry the few good men?

12 March 2016

12:00, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Antarctic Sound

... that theAntarctic Sound(pictured) was named after the first vessel to navigate it, which was later crushed by ice?
... that the 1915British Cabinet memorandumThe Future of Palestine was possibly the first time that enlisting the wartime support of Jews was proposed in an official record?
... thatS. M. Holden, the only candidate ever to stand for theNational Prohibition Party in England, had previously campaigned for aminimum wage andold age pensions?
... that theTexas and Pacific'sSilver Slipper two-car train had rubber-tired wheels and was prone toderailing?
... thatPhaceloolithus is a type offossil egg known to be from theCretaceous period because of the kinds ofshrimp found at the same site?
... that the engineer behind theSpit Bank Lighthouse was blind, and yet personally directed its construction?
... thatNashik is known as the "Wine Capital of India" due to theNashik valley wine?
... thatRen Zhiqiang, a property tycoon and outspoken critic of the government, has been called "China'sDonald Trump"?

00:00, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

An aquatic weed harvester in action

... that the use of anaquatic weed harvester(pictured) was recommended by Uganda'sMinistry of Agriculture to reducewater hyacinth growth, which has caused a scarcity of fish inLake Victoria?
... thatAl-Hoda, established byNaoum Mokarzel in 1898, was the longest-running Arabic newspaper in the United States?
... that some specimens ofMicroolithus, a type ofPaleogene bird egg, preserve embryonic bones?
... thatCaroline D. Gentile, named "most athletic" in her high school yearbook, taught health, physical education, and recreation at theUniversity of Maine at Presque Isle for nearly 60 years?
... that the Sanskrit textTarasara Upanishad states that theOm mantra is aboutĀtman (soul), and meditating on Om helps one cross from the mundane into the spiritual world?
... thatAnnot and her husband were ordered by theNazis to close their art school after refusing to dismiss Jewish pupils?
... that Cerro Overo in theCordón de Puntas Negras volcanic chain is an activelydeforming volcano?
... that in "A Sequel to the Yellow Millet Dream", a Chinese scholar becomes prime minister, then a woman, before waking up with a monk on his bed?

11 March 2016

12:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Chamba Rumal

... that the brightly colouredChamba Rumal(pictured) or "Chamba handkerchiefs", promoted by the former rulers of theChamba kingdom, are a common gift in marriages?
... thatOlga Tufnell assisted in unearthing the biblical city ofLachish?
... thatEnzo Ferrari ordered the removal of prancing horse badges fromFerraris modified byKoenig Specials?
... that the tubular eyes of thedeepsea hatchetfish have lenses containing yellow pigment?
... that whenSarah Platt-Decker died, she was described as "Colorado's foremost woman citizen"?
... thatSir Edwin Lutyens designed four memorials in the same Surrey churchyard, including theBusbridge War Memorial?
... thatRed Reese, long-time coach and athletic director atEastern Washington University, coached theSecond Air Force American football team to a victory in the1943 Sun Bowl?
... that theWarwickslade Cutting Railway was assembled from prefabricated rail sections with pin to tube joints, like those of a toy railway?

00:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Banksia sceptrum flower spikes

... that theflower spikes ofBanksia sceptrum(pictured) take six to seven months to develop?
... that during the mid-1850sHarriet Windsor-Clive, 13th Baroness Windsor, paid for the construction ofthe same church twice?
... that the medieval eraVaraha Upanishad describesmoksha as the state when a man does not shrink from fear of the world, nor the world shrink from fear of the man?
... thatBruce Woolley's version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" recorded forEnglish Garden was considered by many writers to be much better thanthe Buggles' rendition?
... that theReport of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea found thatcrimes against humanity are being committed in North Korea?
... that agencies of the U.S. Federal government are investigatinga possible link betweenartificial turf and cancer?
... thatthe composer ofDie Versuchung Jesu, aGospel motet on thetemptation of Christ, has the devil speak, not sing, at times incanon?
... thatDapeng, a second-millennium BC Chinese state, probably practisedhuman sacrifice?

Correction: We stated in a previous "Did you know" that "theDevanahalli pomelo [...] is said to be the largest citrus fruit in the world". However, no good source for this claim could be found.

10 March 2016

12:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Main building of Albany International

... that the ponds in theformer headquarters ofAlbany International(main building pictured) were originally built asreservoirs for firefighting?
... thatAyers Rock were the firstMushroom Records artists to sign with an international label, enabling their tour of US stadiums and recording an album in Los Angeles?
... thatJanet McNeill, a prolificIrish writer of adult and children's fiction, peopled her adult novels with "menopausal, middle-aged, middle-class Protestants"?
... that the CanadianCommander-in-Chief Unit Commendation has been awarded to seven military units, including one in theU.S. Army?
... that World War IIStuka pilotHans-Ulrich Rudel helped protect the identity of former SS-doctorJosef Mengele?
... thatDelores Ziegler, who teaches voice at theUniversity of Maryland, appeared as Dorabella in Mozart'sCosì fan tutte for her debut atLa Scala, and in the film byPonnelle andHarnoncourt?
... that thePanama lightfish and theslender lightfish make largevertical migrations each day?

00:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Eivind Astrup

... thatEivind Astrup(pictured) helped introduce the combination ofdog sleds andskis on polar expeditions?
... that theLanding at Scarlet Beach on 22 September 1943 was the first time Australian forces had made an opposed amphibious landing since theGallipoli Campaign in 1915?
... thatPer la ricuperata salute di Ofelia, a collaborative cantata byMozart andSalieri, was lost but found in a music museum in Prague in 2015?
... thatHuang An's 1993 album,New Dream of Butterfly Lovers, sold one million copies inTaiwan and six million worldwide, making it one of the country's best-selling albums?
... that the tower attached toAll Saints Church inHuntsham,Devon dates to the 14th century, but the rest of the church was completely rebuilt byBenjamin Ferrey in 1854–56?
... thatShahid Afridi's 45-ball centuryat the Green Park Stadium in 2005 is the fastest by a batsman inOne Day Internationals in India?
... thatGhazir was the headquarters of theAssaf dynasty, which at its peak administered the region betweenBeirut andHoms on behalf of theOttoman authorities?
... that manyfonts namedGaramond, such as that included withMicrosoft Office, are actually based on work byJean Jannon more than 50 years afterClaude Garamond's death?

9 March 2016

12:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Testaroli with pesto

... thattestaroli pasta(pictured) dates back toancient history, originating from theEtruscan civilization of Italy?
... thatwomen's rights advocatePatricia E. Ryan thought she would head theMaine Human Rights Commission for five years, but ended up serving for over three decades?
... thatParsonsia straminea was initially named to honour mathematician and botanistIsrael Lyons?
...thatFox is presenting a U.S. adaptation of the Dutch television specialThe Passion inNew Orleans?
... that the medieval era textSubala Upanishad influenced the development of the qualified monism school ofHindu philosophy calledVishishtadvaita?
... that theMamluk emirQawsun had Sultanal-Mansur Abu Bakr deposed, executed and replaced by the latter's five-year-old half-brotheral-Ashraf Kujuk?
... thatGodly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment was founded byBilly Graham's grandson to help evangelical groups prevent and deal withsexual abuse in their midst?
... that in September 2003, theZoological Society of London releasedcrickets of the endangered speciesGryllus campestris into the wild at theArundel Castle Cricket Ground?

00:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Ruth M. Gardiner

... that the first US Army hospital named for a woman or nurse was named afterUS Army Nurse Corps LieutenantRuth M. Gardiner(pictured)?
... that a Bogotan Civil Order of MeritMaría Currea de Aya is given annually onInternational Women's Day in honor of the first female president of theBogotá City Council?
... thatDoris Sands Johnson, who wrote a how-to book for voting, lost her initial attempt to run for office but later became the premier woman President of theBahamian Senate?
... thatWoman, Demon, Human, directed byHuang Shuqin, is considered to be China's first feminist film?
... thatHana Blažíková is a soprano with theBach Collegium Japan, conducted byMasaaki Suzuki, for the project to record the completeBach cantatas?
... thatDeolinda Rodríguez de Almeida became known asAngola's "Mother of the Revolution"?
... thatEdith Houghton Hooker claimed thatwomen's suffrage would improve water quality and reduce disease?
... thatSonia M. Johnny, the first woman ambassador to the United States fromSaint Lucia, has also representedCARICOM nations' interests in a trade dispute overbananas?

8 March 2016

12:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

He Xiangning in 1909

... thatHe Xiangning(pictured), a feminist and revolutionary who refused to have herfeet bound, organized China's firstInternational Women's Day rally 92 years ago today?
... that theBabe Didrikson Zaharias Museum featuresZaharias's three1932 Summer Olympics medals and a set of hergolf clubs?
... that women's rights activistMeaza Ashenafi noted thatAmharic proverbs that place women only in domestic roles are to blame for the degrading of women inEthiopia?
... thatChristiane Floyd was the first female professor of computer science in Germany?
... thatAfro-Dominican lesbian feminist scholarOchy Curiel was a featured musician at the 2004Teddy Awards in Berlin?
... thatEdith Ellen Greenwood was the first woman and first nurse to receive theSoldier's Medal after she rescued 15 patients from a burning hospital ward?
... thatAfro-Curaçaoan writer and educatorJoceline Clemencia advocated forPapiamento to become an official language ofCuraçao?
... thatPresident Eisenhower praisedMary F. Hoyt, the first woman appointed to theUS federal civil service in 1883, as a leader for the hundreds of thousands of women who followed her?

00:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Skyway Monte Bianco

...that a goldenice axe was presented to Italian Prime Minister,Matteo Renzi, when he officially opened theSkyway Monte Bianco(pictured), a new cable car system in theAlps?
... that theFantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes byGrace Williams was the first work by a Welsh female composer to be recorded?
... that theVerkeerder Kill inShawangunk, New York is locally known as Kaidy Kill?
... that during World War II,Office of Strategic Services agentI. S. Dorfman maintained liaisons with exiled socialist leaders of theStockholm-based "Little Internationale" such asWilly Brandt,Bruno Kreisky, andErnst Paul?
... that theDaily Mail describedThe Getaway Car as "the worst TV spin-off sinceJoey Tribbiani gothis own series"?
... that the textPancabrahma Upanishad, composed before 7th-century CE, discusses the symbolism behind the many faces of the Hindu godShiva?
... that Lt. Col.Udney Hay, although highly recommended by Gen.George Washington, was not appointedQuartermaster General by theCongress?
... that species of the extinct insect familyKalligrammatidae have sometimes been called "butterflies of the Jurassic"?

7 March 2016

12:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Orissa Ikat from Sambalpur

... that the process of creatingOrissa Ikat(pictured), a unique silk art in which the warp and weft threads are tie-dyed before weaving, has been termed "poetry on the loom"?
... thatCibolo Creek Ranch, whereAntonin Scalia died, was a shooting location for the filmsThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,There Will Be Blood, andNo Country for Old Men?
... that theTripura Upanishad is aHindu text notable as a complete introduction to theShakta Tantra tradition?
... that theRochdale Cenotaph was one of the most ambitious ofSir Edwin Lutyens' war memorials to come to fruition?
... thatHoward Shane and his team developed theVisual Immersion System to assist people with autism in their efforts to communicate?
... that theRama tapaniya Upanishad states that theHindu godRama is the same as theAtman (soul) andBrahman (ultimate reality)?
... that Kris Leonard, vocalist of the bandViola Beach, commented that the lyrical content of their songs was inspired by their "very grey and industrial" hometown ofWarrington,Cheshire?
... thatThomas Whitetaxied his aircraft some 24 kilometres (15 mi) past enemy encampments in Mesopotamia during World War I, in what was later described as a "Keystone Cops adventure"?

00:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

... thatMargaret Forster'sbiography ofElizabeth Barrett Browning(pictured) rewrites the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father?
... that four men involved in the1877 Louisville Grays scandal were banned fromprofessional baseball for life?
... that Jewish lecturerJoseph Yasser was interested in Chinese organs?
... that theSouthend-on-Sea War Memorial was originally designed as acenotaph but was changed to anobelisk?
... that thefirst Hispanic woman principal in theDenver Public Schools system was also the firstLatina to have a Denver public school named in her honor?
... thatHyrtl's catfish has been found in waters as warm as 38 °C (100 °F)?
... that as a child, transplant physicianFritz Bach escaped Nazi Germany in theKindertransport?
... that after the highwaymanJerry Abershawe was hanged, his body wasgibbeted outsideThe Green Man in London?

6 March 2016

12:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Whoopie pie

... that whileMaine nutrition educatorKatherine O. Musgrave criticized theFit for Life diet plan, she praised the nutritional benefits of thewhoopie pie(pictured), Maine's official state treat?
... thatRoyal Lao Government casualties outnumbered thePeople's Army of Vietnam defenders inOperation Sayasila?
... thatAli Brownlee covered over 1,000Middlesbrough Football Club matches forBBC Tees andCentury FM?
... thatToda Embroidery, made exclusively by women of theToda pastoral community in theNilgiri mountains, appears like a woven cloth?
... thatRachel Browne establishedWinnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, Canada's longest-runningmodern dance company?
... thatNorthampton War Memorial was designed in 1920 but was not installed until six years later?
... thatMin Huifen, called the "Queen ofErhu", performed in support of thestudent protesters of Tiananmen Square?
... that the Hindu textVajrasuchi Upanishad questionssocial classes, and asserts that any human being can achieve the highest spiritual state of existence?

00:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Ivory burning in the Republic of Congo

... that thedestruction of ivory(pictured) has been called "indispensable in the fight against trafficking of threatened species"?
... thatAdam Frazier has setbaseball records for theMississippi State Bulldogs?
... that "Un-American Graffiti" is the first episode ofVeronica Mars not to feature a mystery that takes place over several episodes?
... that theslender knotweed is eaten by people in Africa in times of famine?
... that Canada's status as a bilingual country inspiredJanet Werker to studylanguage acquisition?
... that, as well as shooting atPinewood Studios and onSkellig Michael, additional filming forStar Wars: Episode VIII will take place in Mexico?
... that the contraltoElisabeth Schärtel, known for performing many Wagner parts at theBayreuth Festival, sang Verdi'sMeg Page alongsideDietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Falstaff?
... that whenNaborr, anArabian stallion, was imported to America via ship in 1963, the ship ran low on hay and the horse lost 50 pounds (23 kg)?

5 March 2016

12:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale

... thatSt John the Baptist Church(pictured) inRochdale was designed by a dead architect?
... thatDebopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee, the "flute sisters", are Indian instrumentalists trained byHariprasad Chaurasia?
... that theyellow-eyed pigeon is rated as avulnerable species because it is hunted in both its breeding and overwintering range?
... thatLaurie G. Lachance is the first alumna to serve as president ofThomas College ofWaterville, Maine, in the school's 118-year history?
... that the medieval era Hindu textBahvricha Upanishad states that the material cause of the universe is a Goddess?
... thatTexas A&M University–Commerce organized a special commencement ceremony forCharles Tuaau when hisKansas City Chiefs minicamp obligations conflicted with his graduation?
... that theinauguration of Argentine presidentMauricio Macri was completed by the acting presidentFederico Pinedo, and not by outgoing presidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner?
... that the 17th-century Chinese poet and government officialSong Wan was so scared of rebels that he died of fright?

00:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Joseph Tucker

... that the 18th-century shipwrightJoseph Tucker(pictured) is best known for designing a 170-gunship with five tiers of guns that was never built?
... thatBach applied for theThomaskantor post withDu wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, ending in an elaborate setting of the GermanAgnus Dei from alost Passion?
... thatSir Clifford Boulton, the 44thClerk of the House of Commons, was a fan of the soap operaCoronation Street?
... that in 2003 the women's football clubBallymena United Allstars were forced to play on a "disgraceful and embarrassing" park pitch during council renovations at their new ground?
... that GeneralLiu Zhenwu, the first commander of thePeople's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, outranked his British predecessors?
... that theRurouni Kenshinmanga characterKamiya Kaoru was originally meant to die, but the author decided to make her survive to give young readers a happy ending?
... thatMark Sanders scored only onefirst-class century in hiscricket career?
... that whileBulgaria's most famous long-distance trail,Kom–Emine, typically takes 20 to 25 days to complete, the record stands at under 5 days?

4 March 2016

12:00, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Sitatunga

... that the ears of thesitatunga(pictured) are so specialized that they can pinpoint the direction of the origin of a sound?
... thatBas van Bavel has linked Dutch cleanliness to the production of cheese?
... that the family-runNew Cheshire Salt Works was said to have had a "magnificent"Art Deco vacuum evaporator, decorated with stripes of different-coloured woods?
... thatLaxman Gole, a contemporary IndianGandhian described as a real-lifeMunnabhai, won theZindagi Live National Award given byIBN-7?
... that the video gameHer Story features entirely live-action footage?
... that though Thailand was not at war withCommunist China, it still foughtOperation Sourisak Montry VIII in 1972?
... that whenJessie Jack Hooper ran for theUnited States Senate in 1922 againstRobert M. La Follette Sr., her husband was one of only two men who donated to her campaign?
... that acatchphrase forMr. T Cereal was "I pity the fool who don't eat my cereal"?

00:00, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane Danny as seen from theISS

... thatHurricane Danny in 2015(pictured) was the firstmajor hurricane to develop between theLesser Antilles andWest Africa sinceHurricane Julia in 2010?
... that the first female chief servant in the history of theWhite House,Elizabeth Jaffray, was hired in 1909?
... that theweb seriesGo Princess Go has been cut by about a third byChinese censors concerned about its themes of sex andtime travel?
... that thegospel music duoMary Mary's two sister songstresses'Erica Campbell andTina Campbell have released solo albums that have charted onTheBillboard 200?
... thatThe Children's Village was the first residential treatment center in the United States to have an on-site psychiatric clinic and a social work training school?
... thatMohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last monarch of thePahlavi dynasty, left Iran for exile nine days after it was suggested at theGuadeloupe Conference?
... that 96% ofDodge Cove residents surveyed opposed construction of a proposedliquefied natural gas facility there?
... that the stretchiness and melting characteristics ofpizza cheese can be improved using a blend ofvetch milk and cow's milk in its preparation?

3 March 2016

12:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Santiniketan pencil boxes made from goat leather

... thatSantiniketan Leather Goods(pencil boxes pictured) are generally made ofEast India Leather from sheepskin and goatskin?
... thatJennifer Childs-Roshak is the first person with a medical degree to become the chief executive of aPlanned Parenthood affiliate?
... that the extinct lacewingAraripenymphes shows sexual dimorphism in the two described fossils?
... thatRagnall ua Ímair established himself asking of Northumbria following the indecisiveBattle of Corbridge in 918?
... that within a month of the release ofRise of Mana, the game had over one million registered players?
... thatRashan Gary, the first player to be unanimously rated as the topAmerican football prospect, committed in February 2016 to play for theMichigan Wolverines?
... that in India,plum cake is served around the time of theChristmas holiday season, and may have additional ingredients such as rum or brandy?
... thatBenoit & Sergio describe their sound as "analloy of copper and silk"?

00:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Portrait of Maria Portinari

... thatHans Memling'sPortrait of Maria Portinari(pictured) was probably commissioned as atriptych wing by her politically ambitious Italian husband so he could gain favour withLorenzo de' Medici?
... that the1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado American football team outscored opponents 491 to 17, and was for many years considered the greatest theSouth ever produced?
... that theGreat Famine of Mount Lebanon led to the highest death toll by population of the First World War?
... thatZorns Lemma byHollis Frampton was the first experimental feature film screened at theNew York Film Festival?
... thatWellesley College presidentEllen Fitz Pendleton supported academic freedom forpacifists during World War I and later opposed the 1935loyalty oath required of teachers in Massachusetts?
... thatcommensurate line theory is able to convertseries connections intoparallel connections without changing the circuitresponse as would normally be expected for such a change?
... thatElizabeth Rebecca Ward was known as "The Poet Laureate of the Home"?
... that the bandOK Go filmed their music video for "Upside Down & Inside Out" inzero gravity using areduced gravity aircraft?

2 March 2016

12:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

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Sarasvati

... that the medieval era textSarasvati-rahasya Upanishad callsSarasvati(pictured) the goddess of wisdom who manifests as syllables, words, sentences, and understanding?
... thatAntonia Fahberg, a lyric soprano of theBavarian State Opera for 25 years, recorded Bach withKarl Richter, includingan aria described as "a beguiling and beautifully restrained performance"?
... thatThe Times' suggestion thatInsert Name Here madeSue Perkins the first woman to host a UK mainstream comedy TV panel show was refuted byWeaver's Week?
... that Chinese medical pioneerZhang Xichun was "very good" at curing vomiting?
... that composer and criticFlorent Schmitt criticized theSextet ofFrancis Poulenc after its premiere for being vulgar?
... that several journalists regarded the low-budgetACE (1985) as one of the bestflight simulators of the time?
... that French-Moroccan photographerLeila Alaoui used to set up a portable studio in a public place, such as a market square, and invite interested passers-by to be photographed?
... that thepinkmottle woodwax can grow infairy rings?

00:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Elena Kagan

... that in the patent caseBowman v. Monsanto Co.,Justice Elena Kagan(pictured) delivered the unanimous decision against Bowman's "blame-the-bean defense"?
... that people in Syria are using small, portableradio transmitters to createSyrnet, a network of pirate radio broadcasts committed to oppose theAssad regime?
... thatMaine food educator and columnistMildred Schrumpf claimed that thebrownie was invented inBangor?
... that the 1835 operaLa casa disabitata, composed byPrincess Amalie of Saxony, received its first modern performance in 2012 after its previously lost score was discovered in a library in Moscow?
... thatDorothy Galton, abeekeeper, was suspected byMI5 of being a Russian spy?
... that forGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, use of the alien raceSneepers was initially rejected byMarvel's legal department because it sounded too similar tosnípur, theIcelandic word forclitoris?
... that theLittle Mix song "Love Me like You" garnered comparisons toThe Ronettes andThe Supremes for its retrodoo-wop style?
... that GermanfootballerAntoine Raab was imprisoned for refusing to give theNazi salute at a football game?

1 March 2016

12:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Le coq blanc

... thatLe coq blanc(detail pictured) at theMusée Guimet draws on the myth of theJapanese sun goddess?
... thatJuma Namangani fought in Afghanistan for theSoviet Army in the late 1980s and alongside theTaliban in the early 2000s?
... thatKhmer, the language of Cambodia and theKhmer Empire, has a 1400-year written history?
... thatHao Jianxiu, an illiterate teenage textile worker, became amodel worker and a high-ranking politician after inventing a work method named after her?
... that cobblers known asMochis were trained in the art form ofKutch Embroidery by the MuslimSufi saints ofSindh?
... thatFicus neriifolia is an important food item of theblack crested gibbon andeastern hoolock gibbon, and is used inbonsai?
... thatXu You foiled Li Congshan's attempt to seize the crown from hisolder brother by informing on him to the crown prince himself?
... thatHello From the Magic Tavern – hosted by awizard andshapeshifting badger – was named one ofiTunes' best podcasts of 2015?

00:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Main pavilion of building in 2015

... that in 1947, police stood by to ensure thatPaul Robeson did not make a speech while giving a concert atPhilip Livingston Junior High School(pictured) inAlbany, New York?
... thatHetty Reckless was born in 1776, escaped fromSalem, and boasted of seeingGeorge Washington?
... that thePeterhouse partbooks andForrest-Heyther partbooks both contain music by the English composerRobert Fayrfax?
... thatmods are credited as one of the main reasons behindMinecraft's success?
... that in 2013,Forbes listedVera Songwe as one of the "20 Young Power Women in Africa"?
... thatRoman Kukleta was top scorer of the1990–91 Czechoslovak First League?
... thatMacklemore's controversial critiques ofIggy Azalea inWhite Privilege II are actually criticisms of his ownwhite privilege?

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