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20 November 2009

15:07, 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?

09:07, 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)

... 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)

... 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 Eretria Archaeological Museum 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)

... 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)

... 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 the 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 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 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?

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