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30 November 2009

21:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

... that St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber (pictured) was the first example of Anglo-Saxon architecture identified using evidence contained in the building?
... that Kjell Borgen resigned as Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications because of a decision about the location of Oslo Airport?
... that in the 1537 Siege of Corfu, the Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent was joined by a French fleet under Baron de Saint-Blancard?
... that Filipino social worker Efren Peñaflorida, 2009 CNN Hero of the Year, grew up in a slum near a garbage dump?
... that the Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose grows only in the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, the first wildlife refuge in the U.S. formed to protect endangered plant and insect species?
... that Hawaiians named a tsunami after 18th century surfer and statesman Naihe?
... that the opening of the Gesta principum Polonorum, a history of early Poland written sometime in the 1110s, is addressed to Martin I, Archbishop of Gniezno?
... that opera singer Fisher Morgan, a former principal soloist with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, ended his career in pantomime?
15:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

... that in April 1919, the crew of the French Courbet-class battleship Jean Bart (pictured) mutinied while helping defend Sevastopol from the advancing Bolsheviks?
... that the Uniform Fourpenny Post was a United Kingdom postal rate that lasted just 36 days after it was introduced on 5 December 1839?
... that Tore Lindholt became involved in politics and worked in the Norwegian State Railways after leaving an academic career he declared himself too "restless" to pursue?
... that Macedonia's Matka Canyon is home to one of the world's deepest caves?
... that the slave Quamina, who was executed by British colonial authorities in 1823, is considered a national hero in Guyana?
... that the controls of St. Clair Streett's biplane ceased to function at a record high altitude, where the temperature was −78 °F (−61 °C)?
... that South Hobart's record of five championships in a row from 1919 to 1923 in Football Federation Tasmania's state championship has never been equalled?
... that the Brazilian fashion label Colcci has 1,659 stores in 31 countries, but only one in the United States?
09:00, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

... that in her 1875 book The Sexes Throughout Nature, Antoinette Brown Blackwell (pictured) critiqued the androcentricity expressed by Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer?
... that the music of Louisiana blues performer Lonesome Sundown was described by his producer as "the sound of the swamp"?
... that Christian references in Islamic art include the Annunciation, the birth of Jesus and his baptism?
... that although plans were made in 1944 to repair war damage to London's Inner Temple, the repairs were not completed until 1958?
... that the extinction of the Greater Antillean sloths coincided with the first colonization of their islands by humans?
... that after the departure of head coach Fred Boye left the North Carolina men's basketball team coachless for two seasons, the team actually won more games?
... that Nokian Tyres, a Finnish company that designed the first winter tyre, must test its summer tyres in South Africa, Spain, and Germany because of the short summers in Finland?
... that Quantula striata is the only land snail that gives off flashes of light?
02:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

... that after ramming U-405, crewmen of USS Borie (DD-215) (pictured) fought the sub's crewmen with Tommy guns, rifles, pistols, shotguns and a flare pistol, and even by throwing a knife and an empty shell casing?
... that Mihály Iglói coached Hungarian and American distance runners to set a total of 49 world records?
... that Scottish news presenter Mary Marquis continued to work while seven months pregnant in 1963, including one interview conducted on a roof?
... that in the original pitch for the animated television series Phineas and Ferb, the character Ferb Fletcher did not speak?
... that Swiss Vice-Chancellor Thomas Helbling was the project manager for the Austria–Switzerland bid to host Euro 2008?
... that the 110 mph BSA Fury British motorcycle designed by Edward Turner never went into production due to the colapse of the BSA Group?
... that during a military campaign in 1312, Emperor Trần Anh Tông entrusted the temporary throne to his son Trần Minh Tông who was only twelve years old at that time?
... that Matthew T. Dickerson is a computational geometer, scholar of J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings, novelist, blues musician, fly fisherman, maple sugar farmer, and beekeeper?

29 November 2009

20:51, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

... that at 4,595 m above sea level, the fields at Korzok Monastery (pictured) in India have been called the highest cultivated land in the world?
... that German Kabarett artist Andreas Rebers studied to become a teacher before beginning his artistic career?
... that one naval mine caused the loss of two Empire ships, Empire Blessing and Empire Seablue?
... that the 1970 Triumph Bandit British motorcycle never went into commercial production and only five have survived?
... that Orange County Community College in Middletown, New York, held its first classes in the Webb Horton House's garage?
... that Launcelot Percival was an England international rugby union player before becoming Deputy Clerk of the Closet to George VI of the United Kingdom?
... that Czech bandleader Karel Duba died on 21 August 1968 in Mongolia, when the bus with his band fell into an abyss?
... that the bat star has five to nine arms which resemble the wings of a bat?
14:44, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Horton Plains National Park (pictured) supports the most extensive area of surviving cloud forest in Sri Lanka?
... that Abraham Ogden led the delegation that negotiated the Treaty of New York with the Seven Nations of Canada in 1796?
... that among Korean regional cuisine, the luxurious style of Kaesong cuisine of North Korea is frequently compared with those of Seoul and Jeolla cuisines of South Korea?
... that Ayaan Ali Khan, son of famous Indian sarod player Amjad Ali Khan, hosted the TV music competition show Sa Re Ga Ma with brother Amaan?
... that after the WCW World Television Championship belt was thrown into the trash, Hacksaw Jim Duggan found it and became the final champion without any fights?
... that pictures by amateur astrophotographer Steve Mandel help to explore faint nebulae of the Milky Way?
... that the sharpsnout stingray is caught by subsistence fishers, but not favored as food because its meat is a dark reddish color?
... that in April 1995, the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League drafted Derrell Robertson, even though he had died in a car accident in December 1994?
08:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

... that according to legend, a beautiful widow drowned herself in the Adalaj Stepwell (pictured) to avoid being remarried?
... that in filmmaking, a screenwriter usually creates a production package that they hand out during their pitch, which generally includes a plot synopsis and budgeting information on their idea?
... that African-American gay and transgender Ali Forney, once homeless himself, had a homeless LGBT youth center in New York City named after him for his work helping other youths?
... that the wreck of Indefatigable has belatedly been declared a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 to discourage further damage to the resting place of 1,015 officers and men?
... that American countertenor Bejun Mehta began his musical career as a boy soprano, praised by Leonard Bernstein?
... that St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Glynwood, Ohio, was the only Irish church in an area settled primarily by German Catholics?
... that Queens Borough President Joseph Bermel fled the country an hour after promising to return to a grand jury corruption inquiry?
... that in 1943, Alec Cunningham-Reid fought a fellow MP in the British House of Commons?
02:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Danskammer Generating Station (pictured) was among the top ten releasers of pollutants by weight in New York, releasing 560 tonnes of hazardous emissions, in 2000?
... that although USS Cocopa was built for service in World War II, she remains on active duty with the Mexican Navy as ARM Seri?
... that both the father and son Johann Friedrich and Carl von und zu Mansbach, who spent much of their life in Hesse and Denmark, also served as commanders of Fredriksten Fortress in Norway?
... that Canadian middleweight boxing champion Del Fontaine was executed at Wandsworth Prison in 1935 for murdering his lover?
... that although some sources state that they can weigh up to 3 pounds (1.4 kg), the largest recorded Saucereye porgy weighed only half that at 1.5 pounds (0.68 kg)?
... that Connie Mack was the manager of Philadelphia Athletics baseball team for more than 7000 games?
... that actress Aubrey Plaza said "Hunting Trip", an episode of the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, could mark the start of a romance between her character and that of actor Chris Pratt?
... that despite being over 90 years old, the Van Gilder Hotel in Seward, Alaska, is named after a man who owned it for just a few months?

28 November 2009

20:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

... that because of its total lack of anti-tank guns, the Norwegian Army was forced to employ Model 1901 field guns (pictured) against German Panzers during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign?
... that the original "Three Little Maids from School" in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 opera The Mikado were Sybil Grey, Jessie Bond and Leonora Braham?
... that in the Siege of Esztergom (1543), the Ottoman Emperor Suleiman captured the Hungarian city of Esztergom with the support of French artillery?
... that intelligent disobedience is a concept whereby service animals trained to help the disabled are taught to ignore unsafe commands from their owners?
... that three airmen died testing the three prototypes of the Polikarpov SPB (D)?
... that the Duchy of Belz was passed as a dowry by Władysław Jagiełło, king of Poland to Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, upon Siemowit's marriage to Władysław's sister, Alexandra?
... that Otto Joachim Løvenskiold rejected offers to become both Minister of Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway?
... that at Modern Toilet restaurants, the chairs are made out of toilets, dishes are served on plastic miniature toilet bowls, and drinks come in miniature urinals?
14:39, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Nefertiti bust (pictured) was reinstated in Neues Museum in 2009 after 70 years away, including a period in a salt mine in World War II?
... that Kursha Monastery is the largest Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of eastern Jammu and Kashmir, India?
... that following the German invasion of Norway, General Fleischer and County Governor Hans Gabrielsen assumed all military and civilian power in Northern Norway, declaring the region a theatre of war?
... that American football center J. T. White played for NCAA national champions with both the 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team and the 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team?
... that the programmes of the National Civics Bureau, an agency of the Malaysian government, were accused of promoting the Malay supremacy and indoctrination?
... that the giant stumptail stingray is only known from two specimens caught near Vladivostok, Russia, in Peter the Great Bay?
... that after his father committed suicide, Harry Reid introduced a resolution to the United States Senate which led to the creation of the National Survivors of Suicide Day?
... that the Phiale of Megara may be the earliest attested example of local Doric Greek dialect written in ancient Macedonia, unless it actually comes from Megara?
08:35, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Israeli ground-based missile-defense radar EL/M-2080 Green Pine (diagram pictured) operates in search, detection, tracking, and missile guidance modes simultaneously?
... that American gambler Lottie Deno was one of Texas' most famous poker players in the late 1800s?
... that nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum lives in the hearts of dogs?
... that archaeologist Anton Wilhelm Brøgger and his sons Waldemar and Niels were imprisoned in Grini concentration camp during World War II?
... that the play Beunans Ke, discovered in 2000, was one of the most significant finds in the study of Cornish literature and language?
... that Nunez Community College in Chalmette, Louisiana, is named for the late wife of former Louisiana State Senate President Samuel B. Nunez, Jr.?
... that HMS Aid was part of Sir Francis Drake's fleet to meet the Spanish Armada at Plymouth?
... that in his mid-career, the American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, Big Joe Duskin, did not touch a keyboard for sixteen years as a promise to his father who thought he played the devil's music?
02:35, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Captain Richard Bowen (pictured), commanding the 32-gun HMS Terpsichore, attacked the largest warship in the world at the time, the 136-gun Santísima Trinidad?
... that research supported by the Sabin Vaccine Institute to treat and prevent the neglected disease of hookworm infection includes the development of hookworm vaccines?
... that Ramón de la Sagra founded the world's first anarchist journal El Porvenir?
... that under the Policing and Crime Act 2009, it is now an offence in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to persistently possess alcohol in a public place if you are under 18 years of age?
... that Jetrail was the world's first fully automated monorail transit system?
... that Trinidad has more bat species than any other island in the Caribbean?
... that although efforts to create a transportation trades department in the AFL-CIO began in the 1960s, the idea did not gain momentum until after the Teamsters reaffiliated with the AFL-CIO in 1987?
... that the Italian monitor Faà di Bruno was powered by two engines from discarded torpedo boats?

27 November 2009

20:35, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Quan Thanh Temple (principal gate pictured), a Taoist temple in Hanoi, was once wrongly named as a Buddhist pagoda by the French?
... that American football guard Justin Boren cited family values as the reason for transferring from the University of Michigan to its arch rival, The Ohio State University?
... that one of the few cases of poisoning by the Montpellier snake occurred when someone stuck his finger into the snake's mouth?
... that Trần Minh Tông ceded the throne to his five-year-old son Trần Dụ Tông because he considered the eldest prince too extravagant for the position of Đại Việt Emperor?
... that Oregon doctor Augustus C. Kinney lived in Astoria, but died in Oakland, California, and was buried in Salem, Oregon?
... that the fuselage of the Polikarpov NB was built from molded plywood reinforced with a welded steel tube framework?
... that John Alario, the longest-serving member of the Louisiana State Legislature whose tenure began in 1972, is currently a freshman member of the state Senate?
... that the day after the death of businessman Fairfax Harrison, The New York Times accidentally ran the wrong picture with his obituary?
14:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Udawalawe National Park (pictured) is the third most visited park in Sri Lanka?
... that although British Prime Minister Edward Heath announced in 1972 that hooding was illegal, British soldiers were engaging in the practice in the Iraq War?
... that less than two years after Julia Goss thought she failed her audition, she became the principal soprano of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company?
... that a group of central banks known as the London Gold Pool teamed up to regulate exchange rates and gold prices in the 1960s?
... that King Henry I of England granted the medieval English nobleman Walter de Beauchamp (d. around 1130) the right to keep pheasants on his lands and fine any who poached them?
... that ordinary salt may be blessed by Catholic priests and used as a protective sacramental?
... that following reactions to his admission of committing the offence of handball in the France vs Republic of Ireland game on 18 November 2009, French captain Thierry Henry considered retirement from international football?
... that the citizens of Morella, Spain, hold a sexennial nine-day celebration to commemorate their deliverance from the plague by the Virgin of Vallivana?
08:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

... that among the many stories about the origins of the name Vin Santo (or "holy wine"; pictured), is the legend that a Tuscan friar used the wine left over from Mass to miraculously cure the sick?
... that Oregon pioneer Robert Crouch Kinney read law under Serranus Clinton Hastings, but never practiced law?
... that although the Spanish introduced barley-based beer in Mexico, various Mesoamerican cultures had a corn-based fermented drink which is still made today?
... that former Louisiana legislative auditor Steve Theriot investigated a police-operated toy charity which uncovered various improprieties at Mandeville City Hall?
... that some garter snakes engage in kleptothermy by creating fake female pheromones that cause other males to cover them in attempted mating letting them steal their warmth?
... that grinding bararite partly converts it to another polymorph cryptohalite?
... that former Louisiana State Senator Gaston Gerald has spent his later years engaged in cattle ranching and farming in East Baton Rouge and Washington parishes?
... that Billy the Kid was armed with a Colt Model 1877 revolver when killed by Pat Garrett in 1881?
02:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

... that a mechanical filter of phonograph parts (pictured) was designed by Edward Norton as a Butterworth filter prior to Stephen Butterworth publishing his electronic design?
... that Unthanksgiving day is held annually on Alcatraz Island as a counterpoint to the traditional Thanksgiving story and to give thanks for Native American survival in the face of genocide?
... that the historian of the American West Herbert H. Lang researched a study of the role of Fort Worth, Texas, in the origins of the modern helium industry?
... that the Lowell Creek Diversion Tunnel in Seward, Alaska, carries Lowell Creek 2,068 feet (630 m) through a mountain?
... that after several previous dismissals from jobs and his wife leaving him, professor Holmes Beckwith responded to his firing from Syracuse University in 1921 by shooting his dean and then himself?
... that the 1975 musical The Black Mikado was based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 opera The Mikado?
... that former Louisiana State Senator Lynn Dean, a Republican, led the move in 2003 to repeal his state's anti-sodomy law?
... that railcars transiting the Eurasian Land Bridge from China to western Europe must change bogies twice?

26 November 2009

19:56, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

... that during World War II, Paul C. Donnelly (pictured) helped develop the U.S. Navy's Bat, the first U.S. "smart bomb", and later was a senior NASA manager during the Apollo program?
... that the Parnall Puffin was an experimental amphibious fighter-reconnaissance biplane with several unusual features, principally a single central float and an inverted fin and rudder?
... that former Louisiana State Senator Mike Cross authored a law in 1990 to add anabolic steroids to a list of illegal substances, but lawmakers failed to clarify the proper penalty?
... that female sterilization is considered the most prevalent birth-control method in India?
... that Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights secretary Lola Hendricks applied personally to public safety commissioner Bull Connor for permission to demonstrate in Birmingham, Alabama, during the 1963 Birmingham Campaign?
... that the unusual fully-plastered attic on the D&H Canal Co. office near Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, may be due to use as a dormitory for laborers during high-maintenance seasons on the canal?
... that Plains Cree-Blackfoot artist and author Gerald McMaster says Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger were inspirations for his art?
... that Tuskegee University gives up its chance for the NCAA Division II National Football Championship each year to be able to play in the Turkey Day Classic?
13:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

... that a purge of senior ranks in 1946 left Air Vice Marshal George Mackinolty (pictured) as one of only two officers in the Royal Australian Air Force who had seen service in both world wars?
... that the range of buildings with listed status in Worthing, West Sussex, includes a lamp-post, a dovecote and a sculpture of four male heads?
... that American sports journalist William T. Porter founded of one of the earliest sports newspapers in the United States, The Spirit of the Times?
... that the Puławy Legion of the Imperial Russian Army, supported by National Democrats, was formed to counteract the Polish Legions of the Austro–Hungarian Army, an initiative of Piłsudski?
... that goalkeeper Barrie Delf only made one appearance in The Football League for Southend United, having previously played as an amateur?
... that about 75% of all the hotel rooms in the Indian town of Bhuj have been booked for the period of the opening ceremony of a new Swaminarayan Temple scheduled for May 2010?
... that the Aleutian Shield Fern, an endangered species found only on the Aleutian Island, Adak Island, is one of the least known of the world's ferns?
... that before beginning a career in animation, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh worked as a vice president of sales and marketing for a computer company, where he "freaked out" and decided to quit?
07:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Biomphalaria freshwater snails such as Biomphalaria glabrata (pictured) and Biomphalaria tenagophila transfer a parasitic disease that infects 83 million people?
... that Helge Skappel was among the pioneers of aviation in Norway, and together with Viggo Widerøe he wrote a book on the pioneer days?
... that Alter the Ending was released by American rock band Dashboard Confessional in a deluxe edition, which includes a full CD of acoustic versions of the album's songs?
... that after the heavy American casualties over the oil refineries of Ploieşti in Operation Tidal Wave, General Gordon P. Saville called it "ridiculous and suicidal"?
... that despite the 1969 Sarawak state elections scheduled end date of June 7, the May 13 incident delayed its completion for about a year?
... that the pre-WWII mayor of Bergen, Asbjørn Stensaker, initially remained in his position under Nazi German rule to limit nazification, but the Nazis prevented his stepping down in 1941?
... that transcranial alternating current stimulation, a method of applying alternating current above the scalp, can entrain brain waves that induce phosphenes and slow reaction times?
... that Nicole Fox, who won first place in the reality show America's Next Top Model in 2009, is nicknamed "Bloody Eyeball"?
01:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Polish Art Nouveau sculptor Konstanty Laszczka (pictured) produced symbolic bronze statues of female nudes overwhelmed with sadness?
... that the Great Western Arms Company was founded in 1953 to produce copies of the Colt SAA revolver, used in many Western movies and TV shows of the 1950s and 1960s?
... that Gudmund Harlem, father of former Director-General of the World Health Organization Gro Harlem Brundtland, was a notable politician and physician in his own right?
... that the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS prototype of the early 1940s had an electrically operated variable-incidence horizontal stabilizer?
... that NCAA tennis coach Dick Gould was named "Coach of the Decade" for both the 1980s and 1990s and coached 50 All-Americans, including John McEnroe and the Bryan Brothers?
... that German journalist Heribert Prantl worked as both a judge and a public prosecutor before becoming the head of the domestic policy department of the Süddeutsche Zeitung?
... that American band Person L's use of a diverse mix of sounds and genres on their record The Positives, has been compared to the style used by Jawbox and Fugazi?
... that in 1922, Henry Pellew, an American citizen, inherited the title of Viscount Exmouth, created for his grandfather who fought for the British during the American War of Independence?

25 November 2009

19:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

... that, from 1722 to 1891, the Oderteich reservoir (pictured) in the Harz Mountains had the largest dam in Germany?
... that Louisiana Judge Kernan "Skip" Hand was overruled in 2008 by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the exclusion of two blacks as jurors in a high-profile murder case?
... that British astronomer Arthur Robert Hinks had the help of Eros to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun?
... that when the CGS Hawk first flew in January 1982, it was the first ultralight aircraft with an enclosed cockpit and to use strut bracing?
... that according to local tradition on Coll, the now-ruinous dun of Dùn an Achaidh was once the fortress of the son of a Norse king named Olaf?
... that Big Ten champion Chet Murphy defeated America's top-ranked woman tennis player Alice Marble in a 1939 exhibition match played in front of a "throng" of spectators?
... that the slaves who rebelled against their masters in Demerara in 1823 promised not to use violence?
... that the Simpsons episode "The Devil Wears Nada", in which Marge poses for racy photographs in a calendar, aired soon after she appeared nude on the cover of Playboy?
13:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

... that there are two types of Russkiy Toy, a Russian breed of dog, which are long haired (pictured) and smooth haired?
... that Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a colleague of Mahatma Gandhi, was hailed as an example of pacifism in Islam for his leadership of non-violent resistance?
... that Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, made famous for her appearance on the American reality television show The Apprentice, returned as a candidate for the seventh season of the show?
... that the Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1960 was (and remains) the worst peace time loss of life for the United Kingdom fire services?
... that J.D. Morgan led UCLA to at least 6 NCAA championships as tennis coach and 30 NCAA championships, including 10 men's basketball titles, as athletic director?
... that Prodromus Entomology was the first book about Australia containing plates engraved in Australia?
... that Peter L. Nissen, CEO of Widerøe from 1981 to 1988, has called the Widerøe Flight disaster of 1982 "unsolved", even though commissions have reached their conclusions?
... that the lizard Trachylepis maculata is known only from three specimens of doubtful provenance collected in the 1800s?
07:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Charles Kingsley's Great Hippocampus Question satirised debate on ape origins following Charles Darwin's publication of On the Origin of Species (satirical image pictured) ?
... that cosmetic acupuncture involves the insertion of needles into the human face in an attempt to reduce wrinkles and age-lines?
... that D. W. Robertson, Jr. (1914–1992) has been regarded as the most influential scholar on Geoffrey Chaucer of the twentieth century?
... that Prince Christian of Denmark was hailed as heir to the King of Denmark in 1610, but died in 1647 without having succeeded to the throne?
... that, in 1930, Ralph Royce flew aircraft in such severe cold weather operations that the Mackay Trophy was awarded to him?
... that South Africa women cricketers played their first Test match at St George's Park, the same location as the country's men's team played their first match?
... that when the George Armstrong Custer statue was moved to a new location near the River Raisin in 1923, it remained in relative isolation, being obscured by unkempt scrubs and trees?
... that René Menzies, at one time Charles de Gaulle's chauffeur, was a record-breaking long-distance cyclist who rode 62,785 miles the year he reached his 63rd birthday?
01:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1831 young Charles Darwin met William Snow Harris ("Thunder-and-Lightning Harris") whose experimental lightning conductor had just been fitted to HMS Beagle (pictured)?
... that in medieval England the Honour of Wallingford existed for almost five centuries?
... that Eddie Bayers replaced his mentor, the late Larrie Londin, as the drummer for The Notorious Cherry Bombs?
... that an extinct dog breed, the Alpine Spaniel, was the predecessor to the St. Bernard?
... that Vanderbilt's 130-pound quarterback Irby "Rabbit" Curry, an elusive runner who "only needed the suspicion of an opening to wriggle through," was killed in aerial combat in 1918?
... that, according to the Mahabharata, Bhadrajun was the site of Arjuna's marriage to Krishna’s sister Subhadra after they eloped?
... that chocolate liqueurs have been produced from at least the 18th century?
... that the Duke University athletics records on the 1000 and 1500 meters, set between 1971 and 1973 by the US Olympian Bob Wheeler, still stand?

24 November 2009

19:42, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

... that St. Mary's Church, South Stoneham (pictured) is one of the two remaining medieval churches in the city of Southampton, England, with parts of the building dating from the 12th century?
... that one of those killed in the mass murders in Piaśnica, Sister Alicja Kotowska, was beatified together with 107 other victims of Nazi terror in 1999 by Pope John Paul II?
... that the library of the Flyfishers' Club has been described as one of the finest angling collections in Europe?
... that Mark Baker made his Broadway debut in the original production of Via Galactica, which flopped for a loss of nearly $1 million?
... that the South Park episode "Pee" features a waterpark that becomes engulfed in tsunamis of urine, as a parody of the disaster film 2012?
... that Charles Darwin was a friend of his local vicar, the Reverend John Brodie-Innes?
... that in the past, many courts ruled that homosexuals couldn't apply for American citizenship?
... that "Charlie Bit My Finger" is the most viewed video of all time on YouTube, with over 130 million hits?
13:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Robert Fortune introduced the Oval Kumquat (Fortunella margarita) (pictured) into London in 1846 from an expedition to China?
... that Glenn James is the only Indigenous Australian to umpire top grade Australian rules football?
... that the rare Izu stingray differs from all other Pacific members of its family in having a white fin fold on its tail?
... that a character in the 1937 Tamil film Balayogini, one of the first children's films of South India, was hailed as the "Shirley Temple of India"?
... that the Old Bazaar, one of the oldest and largest in the Balkans, has been Skopje's centre for trade and commerce since at least the 12 century?
... that South Korean fashion model Daul Kim was also a keen painter and had exhibited her works at a solo exhibition in Seoul?
...that RMS Queen Elizabeth and RMS Queen Mary were fitted with stabilisers after the improvement in passenger comfort and reduction in rolling that was seen on RMS Media?
... that Mithaecus's recipe for the burrowing fish Cepola macrophthalma is the oldest recorded recipe?
07:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

... that reports of "lizards with two tails" on Fernando de Noronha in the Atlantic Ocean may have been based on Trachylepis atlantica (pictured)?
... that hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse had a feud with headbangers in 1998?
... that the prototype of the Polikarpov VIT-2 was first flown on 11 May 1938 by the famous pilot Valery Chkalov?
... that Fritz Shiverick, known as "a scoring machine", served in 1919 as Cornell's quarterback, punter, drop kicker, kickoff returner and play-caller on both offense and defense?
... that after delivering a rousing speech during the Battle of Arnhem, Richard Lonsdale repeated it a year later in the film Theirs is the Glory?
... that at the time he was elected to the New Jersey Senate in 1913, Charles M. Egan received the largest margin of victory for any county-wide office in New Jersey history?
... that Argentine spy Bill Gaede was so successful in his clandestine operation of sending technical information from AMD to Cuban representatives that he was invited to meet Fidel Castro?
... that some people once moved to the now abandoned city of Pioneer, Nevada, with their houses?
01:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice (pictured) was claimed to be "a pagan astronomical instrument" and "an ancient sundial" in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code?
... that William T. Ryder was the first American paratrooper?
... that Loots Bosman scored the first century in South African domestic Twenty20 cricket?
... that the murder of the 4th Earl of Eglinton in 1586, as he set out from Polnoon Castle was a result of a long-standing feud between the Eglinton and the Cunninghame clans?
... that stand-up comedian and actress Retta said her role on Parks and Recreation is stressful because she was initially unsure the show would last due to poor reviews?
... that Northwestern's Max Morris was a consensus All-American in both basketball and football, played both sports professionally, and twice led the Big Ten in scoring?
... that the proposed Lithuanian–Polish–Ukrainian Brigade reflects attempts by the Polish government to tie Ukraine more closely with the West?
... that Chinese citizen Feng Zhenghu, now stranded in Tokyo Narita Airport, is likened to the Tom Hanks character in "The Terminal"?

23 November 2009

19:21, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Hiroki Kikuta (pictured), despite composing music for over 20 video games and independent albums, has never received any formal music education?
... that the career of British actress Lottie Venne spanned five decades?
... that Alice is a science fiction reimagining of the classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
... that James Edwards, who ran for the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2002, is the current host of the The Political Cesspool at radio station WLRM?
... that the Water Street Historic District in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, includes the canal lock for which the city was named?
... that English singer and actor Walter H. Fisher created the role of the Defendant in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1875 opera Trial by Jury?
... that Belleville, California, now a ghost town, was once a gold mining boomtown with a population of nearly 10,000, the largest town in Holcomb Valley in 1860?
... that Abraham Lincoln, one of many American politicians known for past use of cannabis, wrote that one of his "favorite things" was "smoking a pipe of sweet hemp"?
13:21, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

... that when U2 recorded their 1991 song "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" (life performance pictured), they debated Bono's repeated use of a cliché lyric "baby"?
... that 7000 people were left stranded on Edurumandi Island after they refused to be evacuated during the 1990 Andhra Pradesh cyclone?
... that the monitor HMS Gorgon (1914) fired the last shots of World War I by the Royal Navy against German coastal batteries in Belgium on 15 October 1918?
... that the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, a precursor of the modern state of Lebanon, was created in the aftermath of the 1860 massacre where thousands of Christians were killed by the Druze?
... that the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association, established in 1877, was the first wildlife conservation organisation in India?
... that Siegfried Translateur, a Viennese composer of dance music, died in a Nazi concentration camp?
... that the house now called Hill Bark was built as Bidston Court on Bidston Hill, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, in 1891, but was demolished and rebuilt on its present site and renamed in 1928–31?
... that when Turkey gave out personal identification numbers to their citizens in 2000, they chose to number all 120 million people born since 1840, living or dead?
07:21, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Canadian government has approved InterPlane Skyboy (pictured) as an Advanced Ultra-Light Aeroplane (AULA)?
... that when Rakel Seweriin stepped down as a member of the Parliament of Norway in 1969, she had served for 24 years, a record for a Norwegian woman?
... that Nippon Professional Baseball's Climax Series, implemented in 2007, is the first and only postseason playoff system used by both the Central and Pacific Leagues?
... that Vernon Burge was the first American enlisted man to be certified as a military aviator?
... that Mandazi, a form of fried bread that is popular in Eastern Africa, is often mixed with coconut milk and other ingredients, toppings, and dips to create different flavors?
... that once Li Yingshi, a decorated veteran of the Korean War of 1592–1598, converted to Catholicism, it took him and two Jesuits three days to find and burn all the prohibited books in his library?
... that the Stavanger Airport, Forus in Norway was constructed at the location of the former lake Stokkavatnet?
... that the South Park episode "Dances with Smurfs" calls out the similarities of the upcoming film Avatar to the 1990 film Dances with Wolves?
01:14, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

... that a British 18-inch (460 mm) gun (example pictured) made naval history on 28 September 1918 as it fired the heaviest shell from the biggest gun at the longest range in combat to date?
... that when President John Adams nominated Lucius Horatio Stockton to be Secretary of War in 1801, Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, Jr. called him "a crazy, fanatical young man"?
... that the round fantail stingray has recently colonized the Mediterranean Sea, but not as a Lessepsian migrant?
... that when the first Green Island Light was destroyed by fire, the keeper and his family survived by huddling in an outhouse?
... that the Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant discovered in 2005 is the only known British-made medieval astrolabe?
... that Gausel was the location of a rich woman's grave from the Viking era, discovered in the 1880s?
... that the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry claimed in 1987 that a ten-year education reform plan in Louisiana had been "a long journey to nowhere"?
... that David Booth found the Stirlingshire Hoard of four gold Iron Age torcs on his very first metal detecting outing?

22 November 2009

19:14, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Parker's Buildings (pictured), built in Chester, England, for the Duke of Westminster, are still standing after 120 years despite former complaints about their 'poor materials and workmanship'?
... that France is the only former colonial power still to maintain territory in North America?
... that in his book Acquainted with the Night, Dewdney tells of a syndrome in which the victims, almost always Asian men, presumably die of terror while dreaming of something sitting on their chest?
... that Richard Barre (died around 1202), a medieval English judge and clergyman, wrote a work on the Bible titled Compendium de veteri et novo testamento?
... that Sevmash is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia?
... that the single "My Girl" by Arashi currently holds the third largest first-week sales of 2009 in Japan?
... that Alfred "Centennial" Johnson landed at Abercastle in 1876 sailing from Gloucester, Massachusetts, and becoming the first person to make the single-handed Atlantic crossing?
... that the Phineas and Ferb episode "Are You My Mummy?" originally aired as part of "Phineas and Ferb-urary," a special event which showed episodes of the series every night in February 2008 on Disney Channel?
13:14, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

... that United Streetcar of Oregon is currently the only American company building modern streetcars (pictured)?
... that in the Siege of Diu in 1538 an Ottoman fleet equipped with 130 cannons attempted to eliminate the Portuguese from the harbour of Diu in India?
... that Ben Graf Henneke, who later became president of the University of Tulsa, wrote the school's fight song as a student there?
... that The Digby Conversion of Saint Paul, a Middle English miracle play of the late 15th century, tells the story of the conversion of Paul the Apostle?
... that one of the best sources on Yaqub Beg's rule in East Turkestan is Tārīkh-i amniyya (History of peace), written by Musa Sayrami?
... that Petrillo Music Shell was commissioned by Mayor of Chicago Anton Cermak to help lift the spirits of the citizenry with free concerts following the Great Depression?
... that Jean McNaughton was the first South African to take a five-wicket haul in Women's Test cricket?
... that Achille Casanova was the first official spokesman of the Swiss Federal Council?
07:14, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Temple I (pictured), in the Maya ruins of Tikal in Guatemala, is a 47-metre (154 ft) high funerary monument dedicated to king Jasaw Chan K'awiil I who died in AD 734?
... that after finishing active duty with the United States Air Force, Kenneth Dickson worked as a law clerk for U.S. federal judge Howard Boyd Turrentine?
... that the Brazilian large-eyed stingray may use coastal sandbanks as nurseries for its young?
... that Spanish Republican guerillas held out in the mountains of the Maestrazgo in eastern Spain, against General Franco's forces until the mid 1950s?
... that the crematory at the Oahu Cemetery in Hawaii was used to burn $200 million in U.S. bank notes after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941?
... that Lalla Carlsen is regarded as one of the most legendary female revue artists in Norway?
... that American flying ace John C. "Pappy" Herbst painted a swastika on his P-51B Mustang to indicate an aerial victory he said he earned while flying with the Royal Canadian Air Force?
... that as mayor of Murray, Utah, Dan Snarr was set to shave his nearly foot-long handlebar mustache for charity, but he was pressured by the American Mustache Institute to keep it?
01:14, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

James Lilley and Deng Xiaoping

... that diplomat James R. Lilley (pictured) is the only American to have served as head of diplomatic missions to both Taiwan and China?
... that La Amelia, a small Maya archaeological site in Guatemala, features hieroglyphic panels describing the ritual sacrifice of a bound captive who is rolled into a ball and thrown to his death?
... that Minnesota's Pudge Wyman scored the first kickoff return for a touchdown, the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown, and the first passing touchdown in the history of the NFL?
... that the medieval office of the Chancery was responsible for the production of documents for royalty and other nobles?
... that Brazil has recently opened a commercial fishery targeting the Colares stingray, for export to Europe?
... that when Henry Heth became commander of the 45th Virginia Infantry, he felt frustrated by the illiteracy and lack of discipline of his men?
... that Dean Clough business park at Halifax was once one of the world's largest carpet factories?
... that writer Francis Wheen criticized Michael Jackson's book Dancing the Dream and thanked God that "none" of Jackson's fans could read?

21 November 2009

19:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the campus of Saint-Cyr, Gravure 1690 (pictured), a French military academy founded by Napoleon Bonaparte, used to be a boarding school for girls, Maison royale de Saint-Louis, during the reign of Louis XIV?
... that Jack Grayburn was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross after the Battle of Arnhem?
... that the first integrated prom in Charleston is the subject of the 2009 documentary film Prom Night in Mississippi?
... that the death of Indian mafioso Manya Surve at the hands of the Mumbai Police in 1982 was the city's first recorded encounter killing?
... that the proposed new internationalized country code top-level domain in the Cyrillic alphabet for Ukraine is .укр?
... that in 2003, Louisiana State legislator Danny Martiny sought penalties for sexual acts in public of up to a year in jail and a maximum $1,000 fine?
... that restoration projects of the Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust include Wilton Windmill?
... that Bård Mikkelsen, chief executive officer of Widerøe, the Ulstein Group and Statkraft, has skydived over Antarctica?
13:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Gulbarga Fort (pictured) was the capital of the Bahmani Kingdom in southern India between 1347 and 1424?
... that the Reggiane Re.2007 was a proposed Italian fighter aircraft to be used in the final phase of World War II as a defense against the increasing Allied bombing raids?
... that the concept of a national personal autonomy was strongly opposed by the Bolsheviks, and criticized by Lenin and Stalin?
... that Alfred Seale Haslam, Mayor of Derby, became rich from keeping meat cool on its way from the British colonies?
... that Turnaround ADR is the preferred, out-of-court process under which companies in Japan may attempt to reorganize their debt?
... that Hristo Gruev Danov founded Bulgaria's first publishing house?
... that an Agorapocalypse was created using software from hell?
... that the Triumph Tiger T110 British sports motorcycle was fitted with enclosed panels in 1961, which earned it the nickname "the bathtub"?
07:00, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

... that actor Greg Kinnear (pictured) fills in for Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper in the Parks and Recreation episode, "The Camel"?
... that in 1902, the Boveri-Sutton Chromosome Theory unified the genetic laws of Mendelian inheritance with the physical structures of chromosomes observed in cells?
... that after World War II, US General Douglas MacArthur placed Sankichi Takahashi on the list of the 59 most wanted Japanese?
... that the Joint Professional Military Education was established following greater awareness during WWII of a need for effective cooperation between the branches of the United States armed forces?
... that in spite of the Canadian telecommunications industry being gripped by "Telidon fever" in 1982, most attempts to commercialize the videotex system had ended by 1985?
... that Maryland politician William S. James served in all three branches of state government, as a trial magistrate, Senate President, and State Treasurer?
... that Trillium reliquum is an endangered species that exists at only 21 sites in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina?
... that San Antonio's Sporting District, one of the largest red-light districts in the U.S. in the early 1900s, was so large that a tourist guide was published for visitors?
01:00, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Rouffach's Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Church (pictured) was built between the 11th and the 19th century, but is still unfinished?
... that over 9,000 suspects have been investigated in relation to trials in Chongqing, China, including 14 high-ranking officials?
... that Hawaiian "George Prince" Kaumualiʻi Humehume served in the War of 1812 with the United States Marine Corps and was wounded in battle?
... that the Gothic style railroad station originally built 1868 at the Newlin Mill Complex served as a railway station, post office, polling station, and finally a park office?
... that German actor Ottfried Fischer founded his own theater dedicated to Kabarett in Munich in 1980?
... that the defunct Hill Military Academy in Portland, Oregon, was a party to the U.S. Supreme Court case of Pierce v. Society of Sisters?
... that with 507,000 readers, Hemmets Journal is the second largest weekly magazine in Sweden?
... that fighter ace Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent served as the prototype for two comic strip characters after his wife sent photographs to cartoonist Milton Caniff?

20 November 2009

19:00, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Pledge of Allegiance was first published in 1892 in the popular magazine that gave its name to the Youth's Companion Building (pictured)?
... that when Parliament of Norway member Frederik Schmidt took the initiative to scrutinize the government in 1814, it led to Norway's first Impeachment case?
... that the 1994 season of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club has been described as the most remarkable by any side in the history of county cricket?
... that while a district court judge in Metairie, Louisiana, Charles Cusimano was instrumental in revamping the criminal justice computer system?
... that Amerigo Vespucci may have seen the extinct rodent Noronhomys, otherwise known only from bone remains, on a voyage to the islands of Fernando de Noronha in 1503?
... that the National Weather Service Central Illinois once used kites to measure data in the atmosphere?
... that Ivan Ostromislensky was a pioneer of the production of synthetic rubber?
... that the organ of St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide ironically conceals a stained glass window dedicated to Saint Cecilia, patron saint of church music?
13:00, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the mediaeval wall paintings in the church of St Peter ad Vincula, South Newington, Oxfordshire, are considered to be "of a nature seldom found in a parish church" and include the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket (pictured)?
... that Augustin de Beaulieu was a French general who led an expedition to Aceh in the East Indies in 1619–22?
... that Pico Blanco Scout Reservation, built on 1445 acres of virgin Redwood forest donated by William Randolph Hearst, is the oldest Boy Scout camp on California's Central Coast?
... that music business executive Wayne Bickerton played early in his career as bassist with former Beatle Pete Best, and later co-wrote and produced several hits for The Rubettes?
... that 14 Prince's Gate, London, has been the residence of eight American ambassadors to the United Kingdom, and is now the headquarters of the Royal College of General Practitioners?
... that Gunnar Isachsen, topographer on Otto Sverdrup's Fram expedition, later became Director of the Norwegian Maritime Museum?
... that the Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group has been responsible for solar energy development in Ladakh in northern India?
... that the Rosario class was the last class of wooden sloops constructed for the Royal Navy?
07:00, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Scots American War Memorial (detail pictured) has a poetic line by Ewart Mackintosh who was killed while observing fighting at Cambrai?
... that 16 children died during a stampede at a public hall in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, in 1908?
... that the cruise ship Ocean Monarch was awarded a gold medal for her design by the American Academy of Designing?
... that Robert Stewart Hyer was the first president of Southern Methodist University?
... that in the 18th and 19th centuries, Native American warriors used gunstock war clubs, shaped like wooden rifle stocks but embedded with blades?
... that Titan, a Great Dane, is currently recognised as the world's tallest dog, standing 107.3 cm (42.25 in) high at the shoulders?
... that Gerhard Ritter became so angry lecturing against the content of the book Germany's Aims in the First World War that he broke down in tears?
... that, in a publicity stunt from an aircraft, Harold M. McClelland dropped three baseballs on Babe Ruth who was "knocked flat" by the first two?
01:00, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

... that brick has been the main building material for churches in the architecture of Denmark (1170 church pictured) since the mid-12th century?
... that American Lion won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography?
... that before its scientific description in 2004, the groovebelly stingray had been misidentified as either the bluntnose stingray or the common stingray?
... that the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Dutch Republic compelled the Dutch to fight against their French Protestant coreligionists at the Capture of Ré island in 1625?
... that cheerleader Desiree Jennings says she developed dystonia from a flu shot?
... that Tepito in Mexico City is nicknamed barrio bravo ("fierce neighbourhood") due to crime and its production of pro boxers?
... that Young-Chang Cho was still in his twenties when appointed professor for violoncello at the Folkwang Hochschule?
... that the Netherlands' proposal in 1913 for nine dreadnoughts was part of a ƒ595,000,000 rearmament plan?
... that John Ingram was so afraid of being bugged as North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance that he held meetings in parking garages?

19 November 2009

18:56, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Indefatigable-class battlecruiser HMAS Australia (pictured) was the first flagship of the Royal Australian Navy?
... that the Monsoon Palace in Udaipur, Rajasthan, was used as a major location for the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy?
... that the Russian Spaniel is the youngest breed of Russian gundog and was first standardised in 1951?
... that a propeller operated at such a high rpm that it cuts more than it pushes, is sometimes known as a blade grinder?
... that the Fort Washington Avenue Armory in Manhattan was used as a homeless shelter before becoming the permanent home of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame?
... that Greek singer Kostas Martakis' second album Pio Konta was partly recorded and produced in Sweden by the duo Holter/Erixson?
... that microminiature sculptor Hagop Sandaldjian carved Mount Ararat on a grain of rice, and made a crucifix out of a bisected strand of his own hair?
12:56, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

... that since 1998 All Nippon Airways has operated Pokémon Jets (pictured)?
... that Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart was the first United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees?
... that the first railway in Estonia, connecting the cities Paldiski, Tallinn and Narva with Gatchina, Russia, opened in 1870?
... that despite being running mates in Manila's upcoming local elections, Alfredo Lim and Isko Moreno support different candidates in the presidential election?
... that Grammy-winning musician Fred "Too Slim" LaBour's 1969 satiric review of Abbey Road in the Michigan Daily is regarded as the single most important factor in the spread of the "Paul is dead" rumor?
... that engineer T.J. O'Malley pushed the button that launched American astronaut John Glenn into orbit on February 20, 1962?
... that the Polikarpov VIT-1 prototype was the first Soviet aircraft with metal-skinned control surfaces?
... that "Big Joe" Curtis was the starting left tackle for Michigan Wolverines football teams that outscored opponents by a combined total of 1,627 to 30 from 1903 to 1905?
06:56, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Sabi, the Australian special forces explosives detection dog that was declared missing in action in September 2008, and found 14 months later by a US soldier

... that when Sabi (pictured), a detection dog of the Australian Special Forces, was found after 14 months missing in action in Afghanistan, a journalist joked that she may have been on a spying mission?
... that the six U-Boats of the German 30. Unterseebootsflottille reached the Black Sea after transport over land and canals in 1942?
... that Roger Villere, chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party since 2004, was among the candidates who lost a state House race in 1989 to David Duke?
... that China commemorates the Battle of Onjong by marking October 25 as the War to Resist America and Aid Korea Memorial Day?
... that the Monro Muffler and Brake franchise was founded by a former Midas Muffler franchisee, Charles August?
... that John S. Treen, the choice of the Republican leadership, lost the 1989 special election which sent David Duke to the Louisiana House of Representatives?
... that the video game Metal Walker combines elements of the Pokémon series with billiards?
... that Max Beerbohm's 1894 satire on Oscar Wilde A Peep into the Past was not published until 1923?
00:49, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the bluespotted ribbontail ray (pictured) is the most commonly found stingray in the home aquarium trade, even though it seldom thrives in captivity?
... that Gordon Olley was the first pilot to fly more than one million miles?
... that English jazz musician Eddie Freeman's custom four-string guitar was adopted for manufacture by Selmer?
... that in 1649, Thomas Andrewes attended the execution of King Charles I, was responsible for proclaiming the abolition of the English monarchy, and was appointed to be the Lord Mayor of London?
... that after being told he was too small for professional wrestling, Sam DeCero increased his weight from 75 to 90 kg (165 to 200 lbs) within three months?
... that Hannah Böge was the first German merchant ship captured at sea by Britain in the Second World War?
... that François Martin de Vitré was the first Frenchman to publish an account of his travels to the Far East?
... that the Gullfisk trams were so named because they had tails that made them look like goldfish?

18 November 2009

18:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I-250

... that the Soviet Minister for the Aviation Industry set up a commission in 1946 to investigate why the I-250 (pictured) production was delayed, but refused to accept its findings and had the factory director arrested for sabotage?
... that mifamurtide is a drug used against osteosarcoma, a kind of bone cancer diagnosed in only 1,000 persons per year in Europe and the US?
... that the assumption of modern historians that Elisabeth of Greater Poland is a daughter of Elisabeth of Hungary is based on them sharing the same name and coming from Hungary?
... that London-born actress Sarah Badel made her acting debut in India?
... that Fort Harney, a United States Army outpost in eastern Oregon, was officially designated as a fort in 1879 and then abandoned in 1880?
... that Meryl Dorey, president of the Australian Vaccination Network, has said that the Australian government is spending too much money on swine flu vaccination efforts?
... that the Røa Line has been extended eight times, more than any other line of the Oslo Metro?
... that Michael Jackson blamed his record label, Sony Music, for the failed release of his charity song "What More Can I Give", and branded the label's CEO "racist" and "very, very, very devilish"?
12:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

... that because of shoddy workmanship, the magazine of the Gorgon-class monitor HMS Glatton (pictured) exploded only a week after the ship was commissioned?
... that the aftershocks of the 1868 Hawaii earthquake, the largest in the island's history, continue to the present day?
... that the grave of war hero and victim of political repression in communist Czechoslovakia Josef Bryks was discovered 52 years after his death?
... that the motorized recliner a man was caught driving while under the influence was not, as widely reported, a La-Z-Boy?
... that the Japanese documentary filmmaker Fumio Kamei had films banned by both Japan's militarist wartime government and the democratizing Allied Occupation?
... that one purpose of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review is to correct the U.S. State Department's problem of not knowing whether it has enough resources?
... that the Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno fight was the first time that two British-born boxers had fought for the world heavyweight title?
... that St Thomas Church, located at Palayoor, Kerala, was established in 52 AD by St. Thomas, one of the twelve close disciples of Jesus Christ?
06:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

... that at 21 years old, Joe Cada (pictured) is the youngest person to win the World Series of Poker main event?
... that John Messmer was captain of the University of Wisconsin's football and swim teams, set a U.S. high school record in the discus and was the first Badger to win nine varsity letters in major sports?
... that the archaeologists that named Howieson’s Poort Shelter, the site that gave its name to the Howiesons Poort period in the Middle Stone Age, did so by misspelling "Howison"?
... that the Texas Engineering Extension Service operates the largest firefighter and emergency responder training facility in the United States, which includes a 52-acre replica city for use in training simulations?
... that the opposition against the use of censorship to fight child pornography on the internet by MOGIS helped strengthen the credibility of the movement against such measures?
... that Richard R. Burt, who was the chief American negotiator of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, was a correspondent for The New York Times in the late 1970s?
... that Mountain, a 2003 advertisement for the PlayStation 2 video game console, was nominated for more than 40 awards?
... that the Star Stories parody Being Tom Cruise spoofs the actor's association with Scientology?
00:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the most recent jet blast deflector (example pictured) developed for the USS George H.W. Bush is covered with heat-dissipating ceramic tiles similar to those used on the Space Shuttle?
... that the discovery of ethyl acetoacetate in 1863 by Anton Geuther stimulated studies on tautomerism in chemical molecules?
... that Cliff Sparks, hailed in 1916 as "eel-like," a "whirlwind" and "the greatest quarterback Michigan ever has had," punted by forcefully throwing the ball at his uprising foot?
... that Władysław Oporowski, archbishop and primate of Poland, was a chief political rival of cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki?
... that Bokken Lasson established the cabaret Chat Noir in Oslo, Norway, in 1912?
... that the first legitimate flea market in downtown Moscow was held in Shkolnaya Street in 2007?
... that Earache Records released Gama Bomb's third studio album Tales from the Grave in Space via free RapidShare downloads?
... that J. A. Adande called a joke from the episode "The Problem Solvers" his "favorite 30 Rock gag"?

17 November 2009

18:49, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Sunda megathrust (pictured) was responsible for the great earthquakes of 1797 and 1861?
... that the Chiflik system of land management under the Ottoman Empire was one of the reasons the Greek peasants supported the Greek War of Independence?
... that the Niger stingray and the pincushion ray are the only two freshwater stingrays found in Africa?
... that Lutheran priest Henrik Lund wrote Greenland's nation anthem, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit, in the indigenous Greenlandic language?
... that Sherza Darwaza in Bidar Fort, India, depicts two images of tigers carved on its fascia, which according to Shia belief, denotes Ali's assured protection of the fort from enemy attack?
... that "Blood and the Moon" is a poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1928 in response to the 1927 assassination of Kevin O'Higgins, the Vice President of the Executive Council of the Free State?
... that the 2009 album Ultimate Diamond by J-pop singer Nana Mizuki became the first album released by a Japanese voice actress to top the Japanese weekly Oricon albums chart?
... that American geriatric psychiatrist Gene D. Cohen appeared with comedian George Burns in public service announcements about aging and mental health?
12:49, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Orang National Park in Assam, India, is the only stronghold of rhinoceros (pictured) on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river?
... that Oconee County Cage was a "jail on wheels" for the Oconee County, South Carolina chain gang in the early 20th century?
... that although the Kongsvegen glacier has been retreating in length since 1948, its ice mass has been increasing consistently for the past 22 years?
... that Charles Connick was described by The New York Times as "the world’s greatest artisan on stained windows"?
... that Italian Camorrista Giuseppe Setola escaped a police raid on his hideout by slipping into secret trap door that led to the sewers?
... that due to his home country's proximity to Ireland, the music of Davy Knowles – a Manx blues guitarist – is influenced by the Celtic genre?
... that the farmhouse at Big Bottom Farm in rural Allegany County, Maryland, is recognized for its architecture inspired by the Greek revival style?
... that before becoming a full-time Kabarett artist, Georg Schramm was a soldier with the Bundeswehr and then a psychologist in a rehab clinic?
06:49, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1799, Louis-Nicolas Robert (pictured) patented the first machine to produce paper in continuous sheets?
... that Maesyronnen Chapel in Powys, Wales, was one of the earliest Nonconformist chapels to be built in the country, and that it is still in use as a chapel?
... that the single known specimen of the Irrawaddy river shark was generally dismissed as an abnormal bull shark until 2005?
... that Americana group Or, The Whale formed through the website Craigslist, where the two founding members of the group posted an advertisement titled "Wanna Form a Sweet Country Rock Band"?
... that eight Canadian soldiers were tried for manslaughter in Britain after the Epsom Riot of 1919?
... that Stenkjær og Namsos Automobilselskap started Norway's first post-carrying bus route in 1908?
... that Pat Brister, first woman state chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, was ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women from 2006 to 2008?
... that Richard Rogler became the only German professor for Kabarett in 1999?

16 November 2009

19:21, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Alexanderplatz demonstration (pictured) was one of the largest demonstrations in East German history?
... that a Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense Canadair CL-44 crashed in the Soviet Union in 1981, after smuggling arms from Israel to Iran during the Iran-Contra affair?
... that before he was a Louisiana state senator from Slidell, Gerry E. Hinton worked to obtain licensing of chiropractors in his state, the last to recognize the profession?
... that the unsuccessful siege of Hlukhiv and the following retreat of the Polish army became the worst defeats in the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667?
... that the land gastropod Schizoglossa novoseelandica is predatory and also cannibalistic?
... that distributed element filters can use a wide and varied library of printed elements including butterfly and clover stubs?
... that the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail was the first (and still the largest) state bird-watching trail system in the U.S.?
... that before he died in battle, John Baskeyfield VC had trained as a butcher?
13:21, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

... that a T1000 Oslo Metro train (example pictured) ran more than 2.9 million km (1.8 M mi) before becoming a heritage train?
... that sea lice flourishing on salmon farms can spread to nearby wild salmon and devastate their stocks?
... that Polish media mogul Jan Wejchert, founder of the TVN television network, also converted a ruined papermill into a shopping center?
... that the Archaeological Museum of Eretria in Greece contains a 10th century B.C. terracotta centaur from Lefkandi which was discovered broken in two parts, each placed in a different grave?
... that the Clay Island Light at the mouth of the Nanticoke River on the Chesapeake Bay collapsed only two years after being decommissioned?
... that the entire rear fuselage and tail of the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-1000 aircraft was removable to allow access to the engine?
... that P.J. Mills, a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, is a descendant of Robert Mills, the architect who designed the Washington Monument?
... that Sosnowiec Ghetto was the setting of the Maus comic book?
07:21, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Portuguese dogfish (pictured) is the deepest-living shark known, found as far down as 3,675 m (2.284 mi)?
... that although Kristijonas Donelaitis wrote the poem The Seasons in Lithuanian, it was first published in its German translation in 1818?
... that Spanish airline Spantax was the world's largest operator of Convair 990 planes, one of which was involved in a mid-air collision?
... that in 1883, Ludwig Knorr discovered the first commercially successful synthetic painkiller Phenazone?
... that the Suicide Tree flowers only once before dying and falling over, creating a small gap for its seedlings to grow in?
... that Oregon pioneer Joseph Hamilton Lambert developed the Lambert cherry?
... that the books produced by the Dun Emer Press were written or selected by W. B. Yeats?
... that for scenes in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Jerk De Soleil" where the character Candace had a deep voice, co-creator Dan Povenmire had to step in for the normal voice actress?
01:26, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the historic Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery (pictured), which played a critical role in the preservation of the Golden trout, California's state fish, was badly damaged by a mudslide on July 12, 2008?
... that Ascension Island was annexed in 1815 by the British crew of HMS Peruvian and HMS Zenobia so as to deny the French from using it as a base to rescue Napoleon from Saint Helena?
... that as a Louisiana state senator, Tom Schedler teamed with later U.S. Senator David Vitter to repeal the Louisiana inheritance tax, effective in 2004?
... that because of the Albanian Muslim concept of Besa, Albanians saved about 2000 Jews from the Holocaust during World War II?
... that Iolas Melitus Huffman reportedly played in every quarter of every Ohio State football game except one from 1918 to 1921 and later played for the Cleveland Indians of the NFL?
... that the Swedish fried-dough pastry klenät is traditionally eaten around Christmas in southern Sweden?
... that PS Monarch, currently operating cruises along River Medina on the Isle of Wight, is the world's smallest commercially operated paddle steamer?
... that after adding thallium formate and thallium malonate to water, diamonds can float in it?

15 November 2009

19:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the church cemetery of San Andrés Mixquic (pictured) glows with thousands of lighted candles and burning incense on the night of 2 November for for its Day of the Dead commemorations?
... that cricketer Audrey Jackson was only able to play in the fourth women's Test for South Africa after securing travel to the game with the opposition England side?
... that the medieval town walls of Edinburgh served better throughout their history as a trade barrier than as a defensive one?
... that Sverre Krogh was replaced as chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities after his political party's coalition partners supported another candidate, Jakob Eng?
... that Kaiser Permanente sold some land it owned in Hillsboro, Oregon after deciding not to build a hospital there, only to later begin building their Westside Medical Center at that same location?
... that bandmates of Beverley O'Sullivan, recently killed in India, found out the true extent of her hearing difficulties when she developed a sore ear during a Westlife performance?
... that Jerry Toppazzini is the final position player in National Hockey League history to substitute as a goaltender during a game?
... that tungsten hexafluoride is a colorless gas that is over ten times heavier than air?
13:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

... that twenty dragoons were needed to seal off North Bridge, Halifax (pictured) from exuberant crowds so that an opening ceremony could be held?
... that on November 15, 1992, members of the Colombian National Police gunned down nine members of a church youth group in Medellín?
... that the 1911 United Kingdom heat wave set a July temperature record of 36 °C (97 °F) that was not broken until 79 years later?
... that early Christian writers Jerome and Orosius believed that Philip the Arab, not Constantine the Great, was the first Christian Roman emperor?
... that Léon Levavasseur invented the V8 engine?
... that the style of Ancient Greek black-figure pottery had its origins in Corinth, Greece?
... that State Representative Jim Fannin wrote the Louisiana "career diploma" law, designed to reduce the dropout rate by allowing high schoolers to pursue less rigorous studies?
... that the bolete eater which attacks boletes is actually another type of fungus?
07:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Korean painter of the Joseon period, Byeon Sang-byeok, was referred to as "Byeon Cat" because of his dedication to cat paintings such as Myojakdo (pictured)?
... that when the six separate British colonies in Australia federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, they all had their own armies fighting in the Second Boer War?
... that the Colombian actress and beauty queen Liliana Lozano was shot to death two days after the murder of her boyfriend, the drug lord Leonidas Vargas?
... that in late 1921 a series of arrests of its activists led to the break-up of the Japanese Enlightened People's Communist Party?
... that Russian-born Joe Magidsohn was the first Jew to win a varsity "M" at the University of Michigan and the first athlete known to have refused to compete on the High Holy Days?
... that romidepsin, a new treatment for T-cell lymphomas, was discovered in a culture of bacteria obtained from a soil sample collected in Yamagata Prefecture?
... that potato doughnuts are made with either mashed potatoes or potato starch?
... that Makerita Urale, a leading figure in contemporary Polynesian theatre, directed the play Frangipani Perfume, the first Pacific play written by a woman for an all-female cast?
01:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Heinz-Josef Große was an East German construction worker shot and killed on the inner German border in 1982 while trying to escape across it (route pictured)?
... that both spans of Washington, D.C.'s 11th Street Bridges are considered "fracture critical", which means if one girder in a span fails the entire bridge is likely to collapse?
... that the first Volkswagen ever built outside Germany was assembled in Ireland?
... that unlike other other Siricid Wood wasps, Xeris spectrum does not have symbiotic fungi to aid its larvae as they burrow in the wood of fir and other conifer trees?
... that the cantref of Arwystli was at the center of a dispute, which involved Llywelyn the Last and Edward I of England and escalated tensions between the Principality of Wales and the English crown?
... that the popular Chinese TV talent show contestant Lou Jing, dubbed the "Black Pearl", is of Chinese and African American heritage?
... that 1,468 fauna species are found within the protected area of Laguna de Términos, located in southeastern Mexico?
... that before a hitman shot Colombian drug lord Leonidas Vargas to death in his hospital bed, the shooter asked a neighboring patient whether he was Vargas?

14 November 2009

19:22, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Holyrood Church, Southampton (pictured) was destroyed in November 1940 during the Southampton Blitz, but is now dedicated as a memorial to the sailors of the Merchant Navy?
... that the Dutch ocean liner Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft caught fire before entering service, in service, and on her way to the scrapyard?
... that the 1925 silent film The Air Mail was filmed in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada?
... that the 61st Battalion was an Australian infantry battalion that adopted Scottish-style uniforms including kilts and the designation of Queensland Cameron Highlanders?
... that the Eugene Saturday Market in Eugene, Oregon, is the oldest weekly open-air crafts market in the United States and is attended by 3,000 and 5,000 people every week?
... that singer-songwriter Maria Dunn hosted a folk music radio show for twelve years before becoming a performer herself?
... that the video game AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity was inspired by BASE jumping in a wingsuit?
... that cassareep, a flavoring and preservative made from cassava roots, has been rumored to keep a meat stew called Guyanese pepperpot edible for over a century?
13:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Ceylon Rose is a globally threatened butterfly endemic to Sri Lanka.

... that Ceylon Rose (pictured) is a critically endangered endemic butterfly of Sri Lanka?
... that Louisiana State Senator Jack Donahue through his philanthropic Suited for Success helped Hurricane Katrina victims refurbish their business clothing?
... that Marcus Baebius Tamphilus instituted the first Roman law against electoral bribery in 181 BC?
... that during his trial, Colin Ferguson planned to examine himself as a witness?
... that the 5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was held in a church in London in 1907?
... that figure skater Tonya Harding was once treated at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Oregon for injuries from an assault?
... that Shanti Bhushan is an advocate in India who has represented Deve Gowda, Arundhati Roy and the accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and the 2001 Indian Parliament attack?
... that athletes in the 1928 Winter Olympics competed in skijoring, a demonstration sport in which the competitors wore skis while being pulled behind horses?
07:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

... that while married to Lisa Marie Presley, "The King of Pop" (pictured) suggested that he and his wife hold a séance to contact her deceased father, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll"?
... that during the Easter Rising of 1916, the Dublin Gazette printed a proclamation of martial law and temporarily ceased publication?
... that Carolyn Stait, one of only two women to reach Commodore rank in the Royal Navy, had enlisted in 1975 with plans to transfer to the diplomatic service?
... that semi-trailer trucks have struck the Eastern Avenue bridge over the Anacostia Freeway so many times, the District of Columbia is replacing it with a bridge that is two feet higher?
... that colorist Josette Baujot, recently deceased, created the distinct color schemes of works in Hergé's Adventures of Tintin series?
... that West Virginia's Ice Mountain contains ice vents that allow subarctic plant species to survive?
... that Emile St. Godard won the demonstration Sled dog race at the 1932 Winter Olympics, the only time the sport has been in the Olympics?
... that the Austrian town of Fucking installed theft-resistant road signs in 2005 because the signs were frequently stolen by tourists?
01:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the original meetinghouse used by New York's Walden United Methodist Church was moved and bricked over to serve as the Sunday school wing when the current church (pictured) was built in 1893?
... that the Soviet mixed-construction Yak-8 utility aircraft was never produced in spite of a recommendation to do so, probably because the Soviets were switching to all-metal aircraft?
... that pirated CDs were identified by the IFPI to account for 50% of all music sales in Greece in 2006?
... that Jake Warga was an assistant cameraman on Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway, The Prophecy 3: The Ascent and Mimic 2 before becoming a story contributor for National Public Radio?
... that L. Ron Hubbard's book Dianetics influenced Scientology's views of abortion?
... that Academy Award nominated screenwriter Ivan Moffat was the grandson of Victorian actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree?
... that the London Underground's Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was built so Londoners could get to cricket matches?
... that Darvin Moon, a self-employed Maryland logger, had never played in the World Series of Poker before winning US$5.18 million as the 2009 main event runner-up?

13 November 2009

19:21, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

... that with the diameter of 715 km (444 mi) Rembrandt (pictured) is the second largest impact crater on Mercury?
... that flags at the University of Iowa were flown at half-mast following the death from peritonitis of Jim Trickey, one year after he became the first Hawkeye to win All-American honors in 1912?
... that the Slingsby T.53 was the first all-metal sailplane designed and built in the United Kingdom?
... that former pro wrestling announcers, and real life husband and wife, Joe Pedicino and Boni Blackstone, often referred to themselves humbly as "wrestling fans who got lucky"?
... that "Ron and Tammy", an episode of NBC's Parks and Recreation, features comedienne Megan Mullally playing the ex-wife of a character played by her real-life husband, Nick Offerman?
... that Eigenmannia vicentespelaea is the only known South American knifefish that exclusively inhabits caves?
... that World War II air ace Johnny Gibson formed Bechuanaland National Airways and Botswana National Airways in the 1960s?
... that Argleton appears on Google Maps as a settlement in West Lancashire, England, even though no such place exists?
12:29, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the roller coaster Jumbo Jet (pictured) has operated in at least four different amusement parks, in at least three countries, and on two continents?
... that the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry was disbanded in 1824, five years after Hugh Hornby Birley led the regiment's bloody charge on unarmed voting rights demonstrators in the Peterloo Massacre?
... that the documentary film Collision spotlights several days of debate between prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens and conservative theologian Douglas Wilson?
... that the prototype Yak-210 bomber trainer carried a camera that could tilt 15° aft to photograph the bomb impacts?
... that the Hawaiian settlement Kainaliu was named after an ancient canoe bailer who worked for King Keawenuiaʻumi in the 16th century?
... that C. Vijayaraghavachariar, former President of the Indian National Congress, also served as President of All India Hindu Mahasabha in 1931?
... that British sitcom pilot Campus, which was written by six of the same writers who wrote Green Wing, is set in a red brick university whose motto is "With wings"?
... that Meadow is believed to be the first bovine calf fitted with double prosthetics?
06:04, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

... that after George III was attacked with an ivory-handled dessert knife by Margaret Nicholson, the number of men guarding him was increased from 4 to 11?
... that Michigan Wolverines football offensive lineman Stephen Schilling was unable to play organized youth football due to his large size?
... that Prince Vijaya, the founder of the Kingdom of Tambapanni, landed at Tambapanni on the day of the death of Gautama Buddha?
... that Maryland politician George W. Della served both as President of the Maryland Senate and as Potentate of the Boumi Temple of the Shrine?
... that the Sankeien garden in Yokohama, Japan, which houses ten Important National Cultural Properties, was created by a man who collected old buildings?
... that 1930s Federal Theatre Project director Hallie Flanagan considered Seattle's Playhouse Theatre to be the project's best "Negro unit"?
... that aged just 13, Eileen Hurly scored the first recorded century in South African women's cricket?
... that the next Bishop of Peterborough, Donald Allister, hit the headlines in the UK in 2001 when it was reported that he had banned a couple from having the hymn "Jerusalem" at their wedding?

12 November 2009

23:14, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Islamic influences on Christian art are visible in Christian paintings, cult objects, and most of all architecture (example pictured)?
... that Swiss equestrian Gustav Fischer won a medal in every team dressage event held at the Summer Olympics between 1952 and 1968?
... that the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-140 fighter was denied permission to begin flight tests by the Ministry of Aviation Industry, which favored competing designs from Sukhoi and Mikoyan-Gurevich?
... that the Soviet documentary Salt for Svanetia was originally planned to be a fictional feature film?
... that the name serotonin comes from its effect in blood serum upon smooth muscle tone, a process involving serotonylation (protein change) rather than serotonin receptor activation?
... that after unseating long-term incumbent Sixty Rayburn for the Louisiana State Senate in 1995, Republican Phil Short resigned in 1999 to return to the United States Marine Corps?
... that the Vercors Cave System contains the largest cave entrance in Europe?
... that the Moscow International House of Music is topped by an enormous treble clef that rotates like a weathervane?
17:14, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the cult of the Sussex martyrs (pictured) is said to have been started by Mark Lower using James Hurdis's etching of Richard Woodman and nine others burning to death?
... that the period from 1999 to 2002 in Britain, when gold prices were the lowest for 20 years, has been dubbed as the Brown Bottom?
... that CCR5 receptor antagonists are drugs that inhibit the entry of the HIV virus into cells of the immune system?
... that the 1534 Ottoman embassy to France was composed of janissaries who travelled to Châtellerault and Paris to meet King Francis I?
... that press releases for the Phineas and Ferb episode "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror" detailed a cut subplot where the character Lawrence Fletcher searches for a rare bottle cap?
... that the Socialist League of the New East, founded by émigré Socialist-Revolutionaries in Czechoslovakia in 1927, called for splitting up the Soviet Union into separate national states?
... that there are 165 dams in Syria, with a total storage capacity of 19,599 million m³?
... that the industrial web theory was originally based on the conviction by Air Corps Tactical School instructors that a fleet of heavy bombers was invincible?
11:14, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Soviet G-5 class motor torpedo boat

... that when a Soviet G-5-class motor torpedo boat (pictured) fired a torpedo from its rear deck, it had to turn immediately to avoid being hit by its own torpedo?
... that the White Hart, a coaching inn on Crawley High Street, England, had stabling accommodation for 180 horses?
... that Margaret Chin is the first Asian American to represent New York City's Chinatown district on the city council?
... that the South American knifefish Pariosternarchus amazonensis has a wide, flat-bottomed head and almost no body pigmentation?
... that the Leeuwarder Courant, founded in 1752, is the oldest still-existing newspaper in the Netherlands?
... that director Aram Avakian was fired from working on the 1962 film Lad: A Dog for refusing to make a sentimental dog story?
... that footballer Billy Ingham, whose nickname was "the Ginger Pelé", worked as a bus driver after retiring?
... that the army of Dutthagamani captured Vijithapura after a four month siege by attacking it simultaneously from four directions?
05:14, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

... that five rowhouses on East 78th Street (pictured) between Third and Lexington Avenues are among the oldest townhouses on Manhattan's Upper East Side?
... that Sweden, present in Stralsund since 1628, lost the town in 1807 to Napoleon Bonaparte?
... that Charlotte, North Carolina mayor-elect Anthony Foxx is the youngest man to be elected as mayor of the city?
... that according to the 2008 public tax records, Johan H. Andresen jr. is Norway's richest man?
... that after being signed by record producer Kay Gee to his record label Divine Mill, American musical group Next recorded their debut album, Rated Next, in Gee's home recording studio?
... that Denise Annetts and Lindsay Reeler hold the highest wicket partnership for women's Test cricket with 309 runs?
... that Jason Sadler, the founder of I Wear Your Shirt, earned US,000 in 2009 by being a "human billboard"?

11 November 2009

23:14, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Talavera pottery (pictured) of Puebla, Mexico, is still made with the same techniques used in the 16th century?
... that Ruiz v. Estelle, originally a handwritten civil suit filed by a prisoner against the Texas Department of Corrections in 1972, became the most far-reaching prison lawsuit in American history?
... that Chloë Moretz, Mary Mouser, and Ariel Winter all auditioned for the role as the vampire in Let Me In, portrayed by Lina Leandersson in the original Swedish film?
... that the entire Częstochowa massacre, in which hundreds of Poles and Jews were murdered by the Wehrmacht, was captured in narrative form by a German photographer?
... that Bob Storer, captain of Harvard's undefeated, untied 1913 football team, was cited for bravery for saving a French officer during World War I?
... that Argentoratum was an important military Roman outpost on the Rhine, and was rebuilt six times?
... that in 1957, solar energy pioneer George Lof completed a solar-heated home that he lived in for more than 50 years?
... that after just two months as Bishop, Jakob Sverdrup Smitt was replaced by his cousin at the appointment of his uncle, Norwegian Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup?
17:14, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

... that missionary John D. Paris (pictured) had one of his churches occupied by a self-proclaimed prophet who predicted the end of the world in 1868?
... that journalist Albert Londres was one of the 54 people killed in the fire onboard the French ocean liner Georges Philippar on 15 May 1932?
... that the Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance could raise university tuition fees in the United Kingdom to over £7,000 per year?
... that Constant Lambert regarded Summer's Last Will and Testament (1936) as his magnum opus, but it was not recognized as a masterpiece until its premiere recording in 1992?
... that in the New Jersey General Assembly, Steven P. Perskie was an advocate of casino gambling, and was later named chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, the industry's chief regulator?
... that the Kondapalli Fort built in the 14th century was initially used as a business centre, but after the British took control in 1766 it was converted to a military training base?
... that former Louisiana State Representative Suzanne Mayfield Krieger of Slidell has encouraged the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in local schools?
... that "Greg Pikitis", an episode of NBC's comedy series Parks and Recreation, featured actress Rashida Jones dressed as Raggedy Ann?
11:14, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the head of the rebellious Ferdinand von Schill (pictured) was publicly displayed in Leyden after he lost a street fight with Napoleon's troops in 1809?
... that the 1958 mid-air collision of United Airlines Flight 736 and a U.S. Air Force F-100 Super Sabre, with no survivors, is the deadliest crash in the history of Las Vegas?
... that the U2 song "Moment of Surrender", recorded in a single take, contains an uneven hi-hat part because Larry Mullen Jr.'s drum kit malfunctioned?
... that Republican New York City City Councilman Dan Halloran is also the leader of the New Normannii Reik of Theodish Belief, a neopagan religious group?
... that Namkha village, established by the Lao Lom people in 1906, is the oldest village in Pha Oudom District, Laos?
... that secret bombing priorities drawn up by the Air War Plans Division were compromised by Senator Burton K. Wheeler three days before the attack on Pearl Harbor?
... that the Brabants Dagblad, a regional Dutch newspaper, was founded in 1771 and is one of the oldest papers in the country?
... that during a pioneering 54 day crossing of the Canadian Cordillera, explorer John Dunn lost 14 kilograms (31 lb) of body weight?
05:14, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Macleay's Swallowtail (pictured) is one of the most widely distributed Swallowtail butterflies in Australia?
... that Violeta Dinescu composed the children's opera Der 35. Mai based on The 35th of May, or Conrad's Ride to the South Seas by Erich Kästner?
... that in the attack on Hrubieszów partisans of the Polish anti-communist underground cooperated with Ukrainian nationalists, even though the two groups had previously often fought each other?
... that Robert M. Webster studied New York City utilities in the 1930s to determine the best way to bomb an enemy's industrial base?
... that the 1935 500cc Vincent Meteor British motorcycle was powered by Vincent Motorcycles' first in-house developed engine?
... that American political scientist Daniel Lev participated in the Golden Gloves competitions for amateur boxing as a youth?
... that two decades after its release, the U2 song "Running to Stand Still" remains strongly associated, in different and sometimes unwanted ways, with the Ballymun Flats tower block in Dublin?
... that cricketer John McMahon once used an ornamental sword to behead gladioli at a public house at Nottingham?

10 November 2009

23:14, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

... that TiME (artist's rendering pictured) is a boat that is not designed to sail on any water on this planet?
... that Wolfgang Stumph's first film Go Trabi Go was a major box-office hit shortly after the German reunification?
... that Dan Fefferman was director of a group organized by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon to support Richard Nixon when the U.S. President faced impeachment?
... that former professional footballer Spike Rawlings, winner of a 1976 edition of TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, began his entertainment career after being asked to provide the half-time entertainment during a game?
... that there are 20 international co-productions of Sesame Street, seen in over 140 countries?
... that historian and biographer Hans Olav Lahlum is also an International Arbiter in chess?
... that the 1533 Ottoman embassy to France was sent by Barbarossa to visit the French king Francis I in the Auvergne city of Le Puy-en-Velay?
... that British comedian Tim FitzHigham was the first man to cross the English Channel in a bathtub?
17:14, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the first portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie (pictured) by a British artist was by Giles Hussey?
... that after Basque writer Jesús Galíndez was kidnapped from the streets of New York, his body was never found?
... that Ivan Naumovich, a major Ukrainian pro-Russian cultural and political figure, as a youth supported the Polish national movement?
... that the Chittenango ovate amber snail lives only in Chittenango Falls State Park, New York?
... that Harold Gourley was injured by the 1951 Weedon rail crash and received £47,720 in damages?
... that "My Best Friend's Girl," a 1978 hit single for The Cars, was performed by Nirvana during their final concert in Munich?
... that Romanian euro millionaire businessman and politician Relu Fenechiu was reportedly responsible for the appointment of Justice Minister Tudor Chiuariu and two other cabinet members in 2007?
... that Ready Georgia can help people determine exactly how much food, water, and other essential supplies they need to have in their survival kit in the event of a natural disaster?
11:14, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Central Powers combat pilots often painted individual color schemes on their personal aircraft (example pictured) in spite of the factory-applied lozenge camouflage?
... that Yale's two-time All-American "Bo" Bomeisler, called "King of the Hard Luck Players," had his foot crushed by a trolley car on Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue in 1914?
... that the Zamojski Academy, the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in Poland, was founded in 1594 at Zamość by Royal Chancellor Jan Zamoyski?
... that former State Senator Tom Greene, originally an electrical engineer, subsequently became a veterinarian?
... that the little-known South American knifefish Tembeassu marauna has large, fleshy extensions at the tips of its jaws?
... that at Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation signed Route 415 on two highways around the lake?
... that the works of French artist James Gabriel Huquier included a portrait of an 18th century transgender spy?
05:14, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the 1903 Butterworth Building (pictured), built for funeral director Edgar Ray Butterworth, (1847–1921) had the first elevator on the U.S. West Coast, used to transport bodies?
... that the Solway Firth Spaceman is a photograph taken in 1964 in Cumbria, England, which appears to show a background figure in a white space suit?
... that the chemist Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs proposed a periodic table of elements as early as 1855?
... that Eduardo Úrculo's brass sculpture Culis monumentalibus of a 4 m (13 ft) high female bottom is displayed in a square in Oviedo, Spain?
... that Alf R. Bjercke, paint company executive, consul and Norwegian Olympic Committee member, was not allowed to submit a doctoral thesis in Oslo because he lacked formal higher education?
... that information retrieval has been applied to legal text ?
... that Troy Smith established the Sonic Drive-In chain in the 1950s after stopping at a Louisiana drive-in restaurant that used an intercom-based ordering system ?
... that Teddy Tail was a cartoon mouse featured in The Daily Mail and was the first daily cartoon strip in a British newspaper?

9 November 2009

23:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

... that in the 1541 Algiers expedition (pictured) Holy Roman Emperor Charles V lost more than 100 ships and nearly lost his life?
... that Jack E. Anderson's 300,000 pound sculpture Iron Man was a not only a tribute to iron ore miners, but is also the third largest statue in the United States?
... that Ontario's Film Classification Act, 2005 not only governs motion picture ratings, but also legally enforces ESRB's video game ratings?
... that Ree Drummond's Confessions of a Pioneer Woman, the 2009 Bloggies "Weblog of the Year", is known for its "How to Cook a Steak" tutorial with photos in "ridiculous detail"?
... that Fusion Energy Foundation was a proponent of fusion energy and the Strategic Defense Initiative before it was closed down for fraudulent fundraising practices?
... that Go Trabi Go was one of only three films released shortly after, and dealing with, the German reunification that enjoyed box office success?
... that before he switched to the GOP, Gerald Theunissen, a Democrat, won a special election in 1996 to the Louisiana Senate by defeating Republican state chairman Mike Francis?
... that according to Hindu mythology, Ila was cursed to change his/her gender every month?
17:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

... that sappers blew up the Godesburg with mines (pictured), including a 1500 pound bomb, when the large caliber cannons did not damage the walls in the 1583 siege?
... that as of 2005, theories of foul play still have not been ruled out in the 1976 death of jockey Michael Hole?
... that the impeachment of William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer during the Good Parliament of 1376 is the earliest recorded in the Parliament of England?
... that "Moose" Englehorn, who played for Washington State and Dartmouth College, was the oldest living All-American football player when he died in 1993 at age 103?
... that the ancient Bronze Age site of Ulug Depe in modern day Turkmenistan was once a flourishing agricultural town in the foothills of the Kopet Dag mountains?
... that John Metcalf's opera Tornrak features Inuit throat singing?
... that DeWitt Clinton's 1798 deed of land to New York's Hartford Baptist Church was not recorded with Washington County until 1932?
... that until 1981 the Municipality of La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas in Canada had one of the longest place names in Quebec history, namely "La Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-de-l'Isle-du-Pads"?
11:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Kondavid Fort (pictured), built in the 14th century by the Reddy dynasty, was the theatre of several wars among many rulers of North India, South India, and the British?
... that Dartmouth football halfback Dave Morey was given the nickname "David the Giant Killer" by American sportswriter Grantland Rice?
... that the Bishop of Mondoñedo Saint Gonzalo defied the authority of the Archbishop of Toledo?
... that the Whiz Kids, led by Robin Roberts, won the National League pennant in 1950, but never won another with the same players?
... that former Louisiana State Representative Vic Stelly's 2002 Stelly Plan tax-shifting amendment was repealed in 2008 because it led to higher state income taxes?
... that the Nicolaus Copernicus Monument erected in 1853 at Thorn in Prussia, his native place, bears a Latin inscription drawn up by Alexander von Humboldt?
... that American artist Thomas Bigelow Craig is known for his paintings depicting cows in summer landscapes?
05:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Chamba is known for its own school of Pahari paintings (pictured), which deal with themes of Hindu deities and nature?
... that Laguna Ojo de Libre is a World Heritage Site that combines the ecosystems for species such as the grey whale with industrialisation?
... that HaEmes, the organ of the 1876 Hebrew Socialist Union in London, was the first Jewish socialist periodical?
... that Brown's All-American 135-pound quarterback "Kid" Crowther played with an elastic band around his head in lieu of a helmet?
... that in the Battle of Stralsund (1678), two days of bombardment forced Sweden to surrender her last major Pomeranian fortress?
... that shelter in place is a strategy emergency authorities use in case of release of biological, chemical, or radiological contaminants?
... that the Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand, Uzbekistan enabled astronomers to work out the time of a single year to within 1 minute of modern electronic calculations back in 1437?
... that the local English political party the Devizes Guardians was formed after five trees were felled in a marketplace?

8 November 2009

23:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

... that on May 21, 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr. sat in the basement of the Montgomery, Alabama First Baptist Church (pictured), besieged by thousands, urging Robert F. Kennedy to desegregate interstate travel?
... that in Inuit mythology, an Angakkuq, or shaman, is told to be able to fly with the assistance of a spirit companion, or tuurngaq?
... that What Leave Behind is a concerto for electric guitar and toy orchestra performed by Toychestra and Fred Frith?
... that Philip Elman wrote the U.S. Government's brief in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
... that on his death in 1727, antiquary and historian Thomas Madox's unpublished notes ran to ninety-four volumes, which his wife later left to be added to the British Museum's Sloane library?
... that the Latvian government decided to cancel its contract with Tele2 following the 2009 Latvian meteorite hoax?
... that Jaromir Jagr became the first Czechoslovakian to be drafted in the NHL without defecting when he was selected in the first round by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990?
... that the South American rodent Irenomys, which has teeth similar to those of an African elephant, was named after the Ancient Greek word iren ("peace") to commemorate the end of World War I?
17:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Cesare Maccari's fresco Cicero Denounces Catiline (pictured) is considered the most famous depiction of Cicero's consulship?
... that Harvard All-American Sam Felton averaged between 60 and 70 yards (55 to 64 meters) on football punts in 1912?
... that when the rodent genus Nephelomys was first described in 2006, N. childi, N. maculiventer, N. moerex, N. nimbosus, N. pectoralis, and N. pirrensis were reclassified as separate species in addition to the previously recognized N. albigularis, N. auriventer, N. caracolus, N. devius, N. keaysi, N. levipes, and N. meridensis, almost doubling the known diversity of the genus?
... that after the death of Nikolai Polikarpov in 1944, the Polikarpov TIS fighter program was canceled and his group disbanded?
... that in England in the 1200s the Exchequer of the Jews had to be informed of all financial transactions involving the Jewish community?
... that the charity KaBOOM! builds playgrounds in a single day all over the U.S.A.?
... that author W. S. Gilbert encouraged actress May Fortescue in her successful breach of promise case against Lord Garmoyle in 1884?
... that when Ricky Ponting toured India with the Australian cricket team in 2008–09, a swarm of bees interrupted the third Test, causing on-field players and officials to lie on the ground?
11:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City organises an annual parade (pictured) of giant fantastical creatures called alebrijes?
... that female karateka Yıldız Aras holds more World, European, and Mediterranean Games champion titles than any other Turkish sportsperson?
... that the Hawaiian Newcomb's snail is at significant risk from the introduced Rosy Wolfsnail?
... that on a clear day it is possible to see more than 100 named peaks across the Scottish Highlands from the summit of Beinn Sgritheall?
... that the Wine Museum in Pleven, Bulgaria, has 7,000 old wines and is housed in a natural cave?
... that Edward Kossoy represented about sixty thousand Jews, Roma and Poles in cases for reparations from Germany for Nazi terror?
... that The Kinks' 1970 album featured the hit "Lola", which combined the clangy sounds of a National Steel and Martin guitar?
... that in a scientific paper, Equasy, David Nutt compared the risk of taking the drug ecstasy with the risk of horse riding?
05:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the underwater glue secreted by the sandcastle worm (pictured) is being investigated for potential medical applications, including holding bone fragments together?
... that the Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, Oregon, receives patients from as far as 200 miles (320 km) away?
... that the Georgian actress Nato Vachnadze was one of the first film stars of the Soviet Union?
... that Asturian magnate Pedro Alfonso had vast landholdings in the Asturias, the province of León, and the subkingdom of Toledo, including in the cities of León and Toledo?
... that the 155-student Solomon Schechter Day School of Raritan Valley was selected by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2009, one of only 50 private schools selected throughout America?
... that demonstrations in Oslo, Norway in 2009, held by Arne Tumyr and the organization Stop the Islamisation of Norway, developed into street clashes?
... that Stewart Brand wrote Whole Earth Discipline knowing that many environmentalists would disagree with him?
... that a century ago this year, 20,000 women participated in a successful strike in New York's garment industry?

7 November 2009

23:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

... that hypertrophied skeletons of the deep water coral Madrepora oculata (pictured) were thought to be signs of the first neoplasm to be discovered in coral, but are now reinterpreted as an internal gall?
... that The Prodigy's album The Fat of the Land was the first international alternative dance hit after charting at number one in 25 countries?
... that motorcycle ambulances with double-decker sidecars were used by the British, French, and Americans during World War I?
... that Norwegian writer Gabriel Scott was named both after the country of Scotland and after Sir Walter Scott?
... that 1,868 people broke the world record for the twelve-hour continuous relay race at Breffni Park in June 2009?
... that the Palestinian villages of Nuris and Zikrin were depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War?
... that Charles Wilson Cross was re-appointed to the office of Attorney-General of Alberta after resigning in scandal, only to be fired by Premier Charles Stewart six years later?
... that the scales of the flaming Pholiota are easily sloughed off due to the gelatinous hyphae that make up the cap surface?
17:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

... that superconductors (example pictured) with the highest transition temperature are cuprates?
... that the first postal markings on mail from Barbados appeared in the 1760s?
... that in 1988, Bill Cosby became the first recipient to accept a Golden Raspberry Award, for his work on the film Leonard Part 6?
... that RMS Fort Victoria sank in the Ambrose Channel after she was involved in a collision with SS Algonquin in thick fog?
... that W. S. Gilbert's first full-length comedy, An Old Score, was unsuccessful partly because Victorian audiences would not accept a scene in which a son argues with his father?
... that members of the Maryland Senate were not elected from districts balanced by population until 1972?
... that St. Michael's Church, Southampton, England was founded in 1070?
... that Lieutenant Odas Moon "bombed" the USS Langley with three ripe tomatoes?
11:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

... that in the capture of Algiers (1529), Barbarossa (pictured) delivered the city of Algiers (modern Algeria) from Spanish control and installed it under Ottoman rule for three centuries?
... that Toby Keith's "Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)" is a tribute to basketball player and musician Wayman Tisdale, a friend of Keith's who died in May 2009?
... that Richard Backus has been nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards for both acting and screenwriting?
... that in 1914, the sound of the bells of St. Mary's Church, Southampton inspired Douglas Furber to write the song The Bells of St. Mary's, later made famous by Bing Crosby?
... that Leon Wasilewski of the Polish Socialist Party learned Yiddish in order to be able to edit the party's Yiddish-language newspaper Der arbeyter?
... that at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's 2008 Turning Point pay-per-view event, the TNA Legends Championship was defended for the first time?
... that amongst the first Japanese in Kiribati were labourers who worked in the islands' phosphate mines?
... that the dispute between the English counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire over the maintenance of Datchet Bridge nearly led to the death of an elephant from Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie?
05:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

... that al-Azhar Mosque (pictured) was the first mosque founded in Cairo?
... that Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy co-created a comic book series inspired by the lyrics of his band's music?
... that several Japanese bullhead sharks may lay their eggs in a single communal "nest"?
... that Polish general Józef Haller de Hallenburg faked his death in the 1918 Battle of Kaniów?
... that Slebech in Wales has an important breeding roost for the rare Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)?
... that Olympic cyclist Russell Allen was still bungee jumping into his 90s?
... that Japanese expatriates in the Solomon Islands generally consisted of fishermen from the Miyako Islands in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan?
... that co-founder Elmer Winter named his firm Manpower Inc., despite the fact that most of the company's temporary workers were women?

6 November 2009

23:14, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

... that caterpillars of the Oak leafroller (pictured) and Oak leaftier moths are major defoliators of oak trees, with leafroller timber losses in Pennsylvania of over $100,000,000 in the early 1970s?
... that six new competition venues have been constructed in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia?
... that a missionary brought the first trees of Kona coffee to Kealakekua Church in 1828?
... that before Air Marshal Richard Williams was called "Father of the RAAF", the title was often accorded to Group Captain Eric Harrison, who gave Williams his initial flight training?
... that the 1955 Vincent Black Knight motorcycle was a modified Vincent Rapide which was fully enclosed to keep the rain and dirt from the rider?
... that although it was derided as a "million dollar monster" and eventually cancelled, Ferranti Canada used their Route Reference Computer mail sorter as the basis of a series of specialized computers?
... that the mill museum De Wachter Zuidlaren contains a reconstructed butcher's shop, a clog maker's workshop, grocer's shop, millwright's worksop and waggon maker's workshop?
... that the Coal Act 1938 gave the Coal Commission control of all the coal in England and Wales and in Scotland, but prohibited the commission from mining any of it?
17:14, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Jim Sanborn's sculpture Kryptos (pictured), located at the United States CIA headquarters, contains text that remains undeciphered after more than 18 years?
... that while 3M ceased perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride production in the US and Europe over environmental concerns, it has risen in China?
... that in the Ottoman-Safavid War (1532–1555), the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent invaded Persia as far as Baghdad?
... that the Romanian magazine Sămănătorul promoted pastoral imagery, antisemitic messages, and its own branch of Symbolist poetry?
... that the egg capsule of the crested bullhead shark has paired tendrils extending up to 2 m (6.6 ft), greater than the length of the adult shark?
... that David Molk overcame mononucleosis to become the starting center for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team?
... that a group of Russian Molokans left California to start a settlement in Utah in 1914 after a judge annulled a traditional marriage between two teenagers?
... that the Spanish art gallery Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo is named after an artist notable for his portrayal of luggage, the gentleman's hat, and the female bottom?
10:14, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

... that one of the platoons of the Chrobry II Battalion (badge pictured) was led by Witold Pilecki, who later wrote the first-ever report on the Holocaust?
... that babies with alveolar capillary dysplasia may seem healthy at birth, but cannot breathe well and soon die?
... that a Habsburg-Persian alliance was initiated by Charles V in the 16th century, in order to open a second front in his fight against the Ottoman Empire?
... that soprano Ruth Holton sang at Bach's church on the 250th anniversary of his death?
... that the British battlecruisers HMS Indomitable and HMS Indefatigable bombarded Turkish fortifications on the Dardanelles two days before the British declaration of war on the Ottoman Empire?
... that Roman Catholic priest Giuseppe Diana was killed by the Camorra for resisting their mafia-like rule?
... that Wasur National Park is part of the largest wetland in the Papua province of Indonesia, and due to its high biodiversity is sometimes referred to as the "Serengeti of Papua"?
... that despite a student poll favoring "Fighting Squirrels", the athletic teams at Indiana University of Pennsylvania were renamed the Crimson Hawks in 2006?
03:28, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the exposed flesh of the mushroom Boletus amygdalinus (pictured) will immediately turn blue when cut?
... that Marie-Noël Robert built and co-piloted the world's first manned hydrogen balloon, La Charlière, with professor Jacques Charles?
... that the Martin Marmon House, built in 1820, is a leading example of Quaker architecture in Ohio?
... that owing to its generous seasoning, the poet Thomas Warton used the Oxford sausage as the title for his 1764 compilation of "highly spiced" political and satirical verse?
... that The Fall of a Nation, the sequel to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, is considered to be the first film sequel?
... that in April 2005, cricketer Daleen Terblanche became the first South African woman to pass 1,000 One Day International runs?
... that the U.S. Department of Defense requested to be removed from the credits of Inchon due to the film's ties to Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church?
... that the magnitude of the 1833 Sumatra earthquake was calculated from the amount of uplift recorded by coral microatolls around the Mentawai islands?

5 November 2009

21:28, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

... that El Infiernito (pictured) is an archaeological site in Colombia, which served as a center of purification rites for the Muisca people, as well as a rudimentary astronomical observatory?
... that in William Blake's Four Zoas myth, the Christian God is divided into four parts, Sense, Reason, Imagination, and Love, which have the counterparts Sexual Urges, Pleasure, Inspiration, and Nature?
... that the world's first 'city to city' road race, where contestants rode 'boneshakers' from Paris to Rouen, was organised by the Le Vélocipède Illustré newspaper in 1869?
... that composer André Amellér's stint as bassist for the Opéra National de Paris was interrupted by a stay in the Oflag XIII prison camp?
... that in the Ottoman expedition to Aceh starting in 1565, the Ottoman Empire provided military support to Aceh (modern Indonesia) against the Portuguese?
... that during his nine terms in the New Jersey State Assembly, John V. Kelly authored 143 bills that became law, including the state's first bicycle helmet law?
... that yellow-band disease is a disease that attacks colonies of coral when the coral is under stress from pollution, overfishing, and climate change?
... that The Village of Rochester Hills is the first retail lifestyle center in the Detroit area of the United States?
15:28, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

... that as well as being Australia's first military pilot, Henry Petre (pictured) led the Australian Flying Corps' first unit on active service and earned the DSO, MC and four Mentions in Despatches?
... that Addison's disease's occurrence in canines was not discovered until 1953, even though its occurrence in humans was first described in 1849?
... that in 1100 Warner of Grez took control of Jerusalem to ensure that Baldwin of Boulogne would succeed Godfrey of Bouillon as King of Jerusalem?
... that the name of the flowering plant genus Tetracarpaea refers to its four conspicuous and separate carpels?
... that Anthony T. Kahoʻohanohano was awarded the Medal of Honor 58 years after his death in the Korean War?
... that the United Kingdom's Adoption Act 1958 submitted local authorities to the same regulations as professional adoption agencies?
... that John P. Yount, an American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, was buried with full military honors in 2007, over a century after his death?
... that laid-off workers have turned to bossnapping, or kidnapping their bosses, as a tactic in labor disputes during the current recession?
08:42, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Treadwheel crane at Guildford, Surrey, England (pictured) was in use as recently as c. 1960?
... that wood-carver Hristo Hristov, the debutant male lead in 2009 Bulgarian film Eastern Plays, died of a drug overdose shortly before the end of filming?
... that Ferranti's Sirius small business computer was based on a logic system known as "Neurons" that used transistors to simulate the operation of magnetic amplifiers?
... that Dee Anthony, talent manager for Peter Frampton and Devo, had three rules of success: 1) Get the money; 2) Remember to get the money; and, 3) Don't forget to always remember to get the money?
... that Heli Air Monaco accounts for 90–95% of traffic at the Monaco Heliport?
... that the chemist Basil Weedon discovered the structure of many carotenoids including astaxanthin, rubixanthin and canthaxanthin?
... that "Kaboom", an episode of NBC's Parks and Recreation, featured the real-life charity KaBOOM! as part of a multi-network television campaign to spotlight volunteerism?
... that in October 2009 Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell became the first adult in North America known to have been killed by coyotes?
02:42, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

... that experiments with modern aircraft camouflage (pictured) have used panels that emit light?
... that the Roanoke River Light was moved onshore from its original site on the back of a surplus Landing Craft Infantry?
... that during a 19th-century restoration of the Parish Church of Saint Mary in North Leigh, Oxfordshire, England, a 15th-century Doom painting was uncovered in the nave?
... that wild garlic and mustard are grown in Kings Pond Park, a public park in New Jersey?
... that Fort Lahtzanit was the first fortification of the Bar Lev Line to be captured by the Egyptian Army in the Yom Kippur War?
... that Alison Brie, whose character "Annie" debuted in the pilot episode of the sitcom Community, was chosen after the producers failed to find a Latina or Asian girl for the role?
... that sportswriter O. P. Caylor was the last manager of the New York Metropolitans Major League Baseball team?
... that 122 years after it was first described, the identity of the Brazilian rodent Oryzomys anoblepas is still unknown?

4 November 2009

20:42, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

... that after Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Dietrich von Bothmer convinced his employers to buy the Euphronios krater (pictured) for $1 million, the Italian government claimed the krater had been looted?
... that Canadian documentary filmmaker Louie Lawless previously did production-related jobs on television shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies and The A-Team?
... that United States courts of appeals agree that private individuals can be prosecuted for honest services fraud, but disagree on the criteria for determining guilt?
... that the song "Tu vuò fà l'americano" is about an Italian who imitates the 1950s American lifestyle, drinking and rock 'n' roll dancing, but still depends on his parents for money?
... that U.S. Army lieutenant general John W. O'Daniel, the top American military advisor in French Indochina, was demoted to major general so as not to outrank French lieutenant general Henri Navarre?
... that while SS Norhauk was in the ownership of the Norwegian Government she had Oslo as her port of registry; but never visited the city?
... that the season premiere of the fourth season of 30 Rock had 2.4 million fewer viewers than the premiere of the prior season?
... that Nguyen Ton Hoan learned that he had been offered the prime ministership of South Vietnam over the radio?
14:42, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the "polygraph" (pictured) was an early 19th century mechanism used to create a duplicate of a handwritten document as it was created, as used by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson?
... that Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest number of five wicket hauls in Test cricket?
... that in the 1553 invasion of Corsica, the French allied with the Ottomans to capture the island from the Republic of Genoa?
... that Wronki Prison is the largest prison in Poland?
... that in October 1788, near Tomaševac (in present day Serbia), Friedrich Joseph, Count of Nauendorf and approximately 300 Hussars routed 1,200 Sipahis?
... that the Johnny Lee—Lane Brody duet "The Yellow Rose" uses the same melody as the folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas"?
... that Mauricio Grabois was one of the founders of the Communist Party of Brazil?
... that the name of the Palestinian village of Dayr Nakhkhas translates as "monastery of the cattle drover"?
08:42, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

... that North Sea ferry TS Leda (pictured) was rebuilt as a cruise liner, then became an accommodation vessel at a penal colony for Mafiosi, and ultimately was the scene of a Greenpeace demonstration?
... that the Women's Basketball Coaches Association doesn't just support basketball, they support academic excellence by honoring the teams with the highest GPA?
... that the Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 was the first Act of Parliament to recognise the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and his Cabinet?
... that Clark Griffith was the first Chicago White Sox manager and led the team to the American League championship in 1901?
... that Hadley Freeman accused The Killers of ripping off Richard Marx's "Hazard" with their song "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"?
... that the Russian artist Pavel Svedomsky painted six scenes from the life of Jesus in St Volodymyr's Cathedral?
... that upon leaving the Louisiana House of Representatives because of term limits, Henry "Tank" Powell was appointed to the state Board of Pardons by Governor Bobby Jindal?
... that Sigve Tjøtta, retired mathematics professor and a member of the Acoustical Society of America, competed in a half marathon at age 75?
01:56, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the odor of the North American mushroom species carrot-foot Amanita (pictured) has been compared to an old ham bone, while the related gunpowder Lepidella smells of bleaching powder?
... that Ireland's former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern presented an episode of GAA television programme The Road to Croker when the usual host was at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing?
... that the Upstate South Carolina plantation, Ashtabula, set the "world record" for rice production in 1845?
... that, with The Duchess of Dantzic, composer Ivan Caryll took a break from writing hit Edwardian musical comedies to produce a comic opera?
... that Rage Syndrome is a neurological condition similar to epilepsy that causes a dog to suddenly act aggressively?
... that his experience surviving the London Blitz gave Norman Ayrton the courage to pursue a career in theatre?
... that Avakai Biryani marked the debut of Anish Kuruvilla as a feature film director and Bindu Madhavi as a mainstream actress in Telugu cinema?
... that, in 1917, Jacob Panken was the first socialist judge elected in New York City?

3 November 2009

19:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Brazil's Aquidabã (pictured) was sunk twice in twelve years?
... that Clancy Brown was cast to play the Rhino in the The Spectacular Spider-Man episode "The Invisible Hand" because he could "turn on a dime between dangerous and comedic characterizations"?
... that the rear decking of the Yakovlev Yak-2's fuselage was hinged to pivot down to allow the rear gunner to use his gun?
... that although his 1897 drama The Fortune Hunter is largely forgotten, a letter to The Times written by W. S. Gilbert on the day of its premiere, complaining about rail services, is frequently quoted?
... that the mushroom Hebeloma aminophilum gets its common name of ghoul fungus because it grows on the carcasses of dead animals?
... that recently released GOAL aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki experienced mock executions during their more than 100 days of captivity in Darfur?
... that the Hoosick Falls Armory is now one of only two still operated by the New York National Guard in the Capital District?
... that Kurt Vonnegut once called male Czech theatre director Petr Lébl "my sister"?
13:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Lake County, Oregon's Warner Lakes and their associated wetlands (pictured) offer numerous recreational opportunities but have relatively few visitors because of their remote location?
... that Fort Budapest was the only position of the Bar Lev Line to remain under Israeli control throughout the Yom Kippur War?
... that the Parks and Recreation episode "Sister City" featured Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen in a guest role as the head of a visiting Venezuelan delegation?
... that a Japanese settlement in Papua New Guinea once existed in the first half of the 20th century?
... that the England amateur footballer, Leonard Dawe, became a crossword compiler for The Daily Telegraph newspaper and in 1944 was interrogated on suspicion of espionage in the run-up to the D-Day landings?
... that with a population in excess of 200,000 people, Menik Farm in Sri Lanka is believed to be the largest IDP camp in the world?
... that Pino Puglisi was a Roman Catholic priest in the deprived Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio who was killed by the Sicilian Mafia?
... that VIAFast was an abandoned passenger rail plan that would have cut VIA Rail's trip times throughout the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor?
07:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Tabitha Brown (pictured) was recognized as one of Oregon's state symbols for her assistance in founding Tualatin Academy?
... that the second director of the Australian War Memorial, John Treloar, lived in a "cubby hole" next to his office at the Memorial?
... that the videogame Far Gate won the Independent Games Festival Audience Choice Award in 2000?
... that a witch-hunt in 1590 inspired Hans Wiers-Jenssen's 1908 play Anne Pedersdotter, which was the basis for an opera by Respighi from 1934, a film from 1943, and a second opera by Edvard Fliflet Bræin from 1971?
... that Henry Dudley uncharacteristically used brick instead of stone for St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Hoosick Falls, New York?
... that John William Woolf's son believed that his father resigned from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and returned to Utah because he feared prosecution under Canadian anti-polygamy laws?
... that while playing for Lansdown Cricket Club in 1865, W.G. Grace and two of his brothers took all of the opposition United England Eleven's twenty wickets?
... that the sex magic technique of eroto-comatose lucidity can be traced back to the "sleep of Sialam" described by Paschal Beverly Randolph?
01:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1940, the Office of the High Commission of India ordered 530 BSA C11 motorcycles (pictured) in military specification?
... that the buildings now serving as Consulate General of the United States in Hamburg were once used as local headquarters for the Nazi party?
... that the sakia (water wheel) for the former Palestinian Arab village of Zayta was built out of a Corinthian capital, marble pillars, a rough pulley, and 85 stone jars attached by grass ropes?
... that every year the Portway trunk road in Bristol is closed to traffic to allow inspection of the limestone cliffs of the Avon Gorge and to allow remedial work on loose rocks to be carried out?
... that the Mary E. Surratt Boarding House, where the Abraham Lincoln assassins conspired, is now home to a Chinese/Japanese restaurant?
... that as a student during World War II, Tollak B. Sirnes spent time in Buchenwald and Neuengamme concentration camps following the 1943 University of Oslo fire?
... that the United Kingdom's Advertisements (Hire-Purchase) Act 1957 covered newspapers, posters, and cinema advertisements, but not radio broadcasts?

2 November 2009

19:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

... that the Great Copper Mountain (pictured) in Sweden was mined for a millennium, and at one time produced two-thirds of Europe's copper?
... that Flight Lieutenant Charles Crombie shot down two Japanese bombers and damaged a third in a single action in 1943 despite his aircraft being ablaze?
... that three independent studio albums released by progressive rock band Eufonius from Japan have appeared on the Japanese Oricon albums chart?
... that Eric Fitch Daglish supplied wood engravings for books by authors such as Izaak Walton, Gilbert White, W. H. Hudson and Henry David Thoreau?
... that a team of 13 writers from London aged between 17 and 22 created and wrote the entire series of EastEnders: E20 at a summer school?
... that American singer-songwriter Thad Cockrell's father is a Baptist pastor, and Cockrell is the only child amongst three sons not to also become a pastor?
... that the 1968–1977 United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs first focused on those who were not eating enough, but later focused on those who were eating too much?
13:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC) Prabodhini Ekadashi hooks

... that the elliptical arched windows on the six houses at 208–218 East 78th Street (pictured) in Manhattan are unusual for the Italianate architectural style of the era?
... that Roberts Dunstan was awarded the DSO for his efforts as a rear gunner in the Second World War despite having only one leg?
... that Pushkar Fair—the largest camel fair in Asia—commenced on Kartik Ekadashi (29 Oct) and will end today on Kartik Poornima?
... that the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area in northern British Columbia is 6.4 million hectares; about the size of Latvia?
... that long before her 2009 election as chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, Cathie Adams worked in a crisis pregnancy center?
... that Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge is one of the largest Catholic churches in United Kingdom?
... that hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Automobile Manufacturers Association began a cooperative effort of 654 U.S. auto industry companies that accounted for a quarter of U.S. war output?
... that athlete Simone Schaller began hurdling only three months before she competed in the sport at the 1932 Summer Olympics?
07:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC) Prabodhini Ekadashi hooks

... that during India's Mughal period, the Gwalior Fort (pictured) was used for imprisoning and killing royal princes?
... that the Tulsi Vivah (performed today) – the ritual wedding of the Tulsi plant and god Vishnu – marks the beginning of the current Hindu wedding season?
... that an attack on Freedom Riders in May 1961 at the Greyhound Bus Station in Montgomery, Alabama, led the Kennedy administration to side, for the first time, with civil rights activists?
... that the Arab tenant farmers at Daliyat al-Rawha' were evicted in March 1948 by Yosef Weitz and Jewish settlers from kibbutz Kfar Masaryk?
... that the predatory land flatworm Platydemus manokwari is a serious threat to rare endemic land snails in the Pacific Islands?
... that textile manufacturing in the mill village of Hallville in Connecticut dates to 1752, when a fulling mill was built there?
... that John Athalarichos had his nose and hands cut off for taking part in a plot to overthrow his father the Byzantine Emperor, Heraclius?
... that in 1923, the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey provided funding for Alma White College, the second institution in the northern US to further the Klan's aims?
01:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Frank H. Schwarz's murals for the Oregon State Capitol, including Lewis and Clark at Celilo Falls (pictured), were painted in New York and sent across the continent for installation?
... that Academy Award-winning film score composer W. Franke Harling wrote both the official hymn and official march of the United States Military Academy at West Point?
... that the 1958 BSA C15 was the first unit construction motorcycle produced by the British company BSA?
... that Queens Borough President Joseph Cassidy, who ran the borough with an iron fist and made a fortune despite a $5,000 salary, was nicknamed "The King of Queens"?
... that in 1901, the head of the Russian secret police Sergei Zubatov helped found the Independent Jewish Workers Party in a bid to counter the influence of the General Jewish Labour Bund?
... that the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is one of the star-forming regions closest to the Earth?
... that John Kelly played in three different Major League Baseball leagues during his four-year-long career?
... that the civil service of the Confederate States of America managed to cope with war work only because it employed African Americans?

1 November 2009

19:56, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

... that Princess Antonia of Württemberg (pictured) was an accomplished Hebrew scholar, and devotee of Kabbalah?
... that a fireworks display at Croke Park to a soundtrack compiled by U2 drummer Larry Mullen, Jr was one of the events held in honour of today's 125th anniversary of the GAA?
... that the 1937 Bankers' Toadies incident resulted in the imprisonment of Joseph Unwin, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta?
... that Thomas Stanley was an officer of the Royal Mint at the Tower of London under four monarchs—Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I?
... that the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan affiliate of BirdLife International, provided humanitarian assistance following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami?
... that Anthony Amoroso, who attended culinary school at Hudson County Community College, defeated Masaharu Morimoto on Iron Chef America?
... that only 31 Vincent Grey Flash British motorcycles were ever produced?
... that Peter Sanders began his career as a professional association football player, switched to playing rugby union, and has subsequently spent forty years running a baseball club?
13:56, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

... that USAT McClellan (pictured) took part in the occupation of Veracruz in 1914?
... that St. Paul’s Church, Diu is considered to be one of the best examples of baroque architecture in India?
... that Steven van Herwijck created portrait medals of both Sigismund II Augustus of Poland and Elizabeth I of England?
... that notable figures buried at New Cemetery in Belgrade include Ivo Andrić, winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, and Zoran Đinđić, the Prime Minister of Serbia who was assassinated in 2003?
... that the mushroom species Russula albidula is commonly known as the "boring white Russula"?
... that George P. Jenkins of MetLife helped build Pan American World Airways into a global airline and ABC into a major network through the firm's investments in the private placement market?
... that Peyton Manning has the unusual ability to eat six saltines in one minute?
07:56, 1 November 2009 (UTC) Halloween hooks

... that in 1987 the severed hands of former Argentinian President Juan Perón, (pictured), were stolen from his tomb and held for ransom?
... that in 1950s giant monster films, atomic energy aroused Godzilla, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and Them!?
... that the release of The Vampire's Assistant, starring Chris Massoglia, was moved so it could "capitalize on the Halloween season"?
... that Zac Efron turned down the lead in Footloose to star in the romantic ghost story The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud?
... that 1950s blues musician Little Sammy Davis left the music scene for decades before being rediscovered in 1990?
... that the tenor in the British TV advertisement 'Go Compare' is played by Welsh opera singer Wynne Evans?
... that Jeanne Clemson is credited with both preserving the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from demolition, and for restoring live theater to the building?
... that when Five Go Off to Camp they encounter "spook trains"?
01:28, 1 November 2009 (UTC) Halloween hooks

... that a cult in Mexico venerates "Santa Muerte" (pictured), who is condemned by the local Catholic Church?
... that Hell Gate, a ghost town in western Montana, was the scene of several notorious lynchings in 1864?
... the Halloween genes include spook, spookier, phantom, disembodied, shadow and shade?
... that in the Sinhala novel Madol Doova, the two protagonists Upali and Jinna go to live on a "haunted" island?
... that a 1767 gravestone at St Mary's Church, Walberton shows the victim crushed under a tree, as a laughing skeleton and scythe-wielding Father Time look on?
... that Reeri Yakseya, who is believed to be the most cruel and powerful demon in Sinhalese folklore, can assume 18 different apparitions?
... that, inspired by The Blair Witch Project, Stephen King had the idea of presenting The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red as real by having the fictional "Dr. Joyce Reardon" edit it?
... that some have dared eat the eggs of the devil's dipstick?