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30 September 2009

20:42, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

... that after serving in the Swedish and French militaries, Thure de Thulstrup later gained a reputation as "the foremost military artist in America" (example shown)?
... that the Norwegian airline Braathens' destinations included seven offshore oil fields served by Braathens Helikopter?
... that Sister Pearl Corkhill was one of only seven Australian military nurses to win the Military Medal in the First World War?
... that the 2006 The Dawn album Tulad Ng Dati was not intended to serve as a soundtrack album for the film of the same title?
... that in eastern Turkey around 1900 BCE, a Near East mass migration set in motion a vast wave of refugees that changed the population of Greece forever?
... that Canadian writer Carol Shields died before she ever got to see the completed version of the screen adaption of her novel, The Republic of Love, despite being involved in the pre-production of the film?
... that rigged elections to the People's Assemblies of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus became an official legitimization of Soviet annexation of eastern Poland in 1939?
... that when the play Trafford Tanzi was produced on Broadway, the cast included singer Deborah Harry as a professional wrestler and comedian Andy Kaufman as a referee?
12:42, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the recently described synapsid Raranimus (pictured) is the most basal member of the order Therapsida, from which mammals are a descendant taxon?
... that, in 2007, the spiritual needs of the residents of Linxia County were served by 445 imams, 12 Taoist priests, 31 Buddhist monks, 15 lamas, and 3 living Buddhas?
... that the Chrysotriklinos, the ceremonial hall of the Great Palace of Constantinople, was the model for Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel in the Palace of Aachen?
... that at the 1895 United Kingdom General Election, Tankerville Chamberlayne's election as a Member of Parliament was declared void because of electoral fraud?
... that the persecuted Cagots were only allowed to use the special holy water font when attending the church in Saint-Savin?
... that Typhoon Choi-wan was the first Category 5 equivalent super typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale during 2009?
... that when M.P. and Lord Mayor, Sir James Sanderson, bart. died, his widow helped make a rich prophet of William Huntington S.S.?
... that the Black African Students Federation in France (F.E.A.N.F.) opposed the French 1965 Loi Cadre, which it considered as a move to Balkanize Africa?
04:42, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881 (troops pictured) received the approval of both Great Britain and Germany, but that Italy protested in vain?
... that bankers, airline executives, Academy Award-winning directors, Bob Geldof and a representative from Coca-Cola were among delegates who attended the Global Irish Economic Forum in September 2009?
... that lawyer, politician and anti-immigration activist Erik Gjems-Onstad also initiated the cyclosportive Styrkeprøven?
... that the United Bible Society and Norwegian Protestant Mission have provided a New Testament in the Khassonké language for the Malian commune Tomora?
... that in 1960, Archbishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara became the first papal representative to visit the British Houses of Parliament in four centuries?
... that Matt Brown, from Idalou, Texas, won the gold medal for discus with a prosthetic leg at the 2008 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro?
... that unlike most Depression-era armories in New York, the Schenectady Armory was built in the center of its city rather than on its outskirts?
... that "Pawnee Zoo", an episode of the American television comedy Parks and Recreation, features a fictional same-sex marriage between two penguins?

29 September 2009

20:42, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Sky Room atop the Breakers Hotel (pictured) was the local Airwatch headquarters in World War II?
... that ferritic nitrocarburizing is a ferrous case hardening process that causes little shape distortion because of its low temperature (below 650 °C)?
... that Mette Hanekamhaug, at 22, became the youngest parliamentarian elected in the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election?
... that the first United States national track and field championships were organized by the New York Athletic Club in 1876?
... that the "severe" and "assertive" former St Peter's Church in Shoreham-by-Sea was converted into a nursing home, retaining many of its original features?
... that former Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Dale Sittig was credited with obtaining lighting for the Louisiana State University at Eunice's baseball stadium?
... that Marcel Oopa, French National Assembly member from Tahiti and the Polynesian autonomist R.D.P.T, died on Bastille Day 1961?
... that Buster Keaton built a trestle bridge near Culp Creek, Oregon, just to burn it down for a movie?
12:42, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Jerusalem Delivered, the epic poem by Torquato Tasso (pictured), has inspired at least 100 operas set in the Crusades?
... that Admiral Sir Francis Wheler's mangled body was washed up two days after the loss of his flagship HMS Sussex in 1694?
... that a pastor of the First Congregational Church in Long Beach, California, vowed to defy an order to block homeless people from sleeping on the church steps?
... that the historical region of Colchis in which the Kolkheti National Park of western Georgia is now located appears in the Jason and the Argonauts myth?
... that the 1955 Hindi film Vachan marked composer Ravi's debut as a film music director?
... that after the Division I men's basketball coach Norman Shepard went undefeated in his first year, he quit?
... that Travis Touchdown, the anti-hero of the Wii video game No More Heroes, was so named to "sound cool to a Japanese audience"?
04:42, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

... that only one Skinner & Eddy ship built for World War I service was lost in that conflict, but 31—including West Lashaway, West Elcasco, West Eldara, West Haven (pictured), West Hobomac, West Humhaw and West Maximus—were lost to enemy action in World War II?
... that Ireland's annual National Ploughing Championships is Europe's largest agricultural event?
... that Yilun Yang is ranked as a 7 dan in the board game Go?
... that the 1920 film Sex, opening with its star performing a seductive "spider dance" clad in "a translucent cloak of webs", had its title censored in Pennsylvania?
... that the rice rat "Oryzomys hypenemus", first identified from bones collected from caves in Antigua and Barbuda as early as 1958, still lacks a formal scientific name?
... that B.G. Dyess was elected to the Louisiana Senate at the age of 73?
... that no one was allowed to take photographs of the Beardmore Relics for more than thirty years?

28 September 2009

20:42, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the first practical amphibious helicopter was created in 1941 when Igor Sikorsky fitted floats to his VS-300 (pictured)?
...that when Friedrich Giesel discovered actinium independently from André-Louis Debierne, he wanted to call it "emanium"?
... that the First Presbyterian Church of Redmond, Oregon, is the city's oldest church?
... that Emanuel Levenson married the widow of the record producer of his only surviving recording?
... that Lunugamvehera National Park is one of the protected areas where the near threatened species Tufted Gray Langur occurs?
... that Romanian writer Eugène Ionesco deemed critic Şerban Cioculescu "stupid by obligation" during a cultural debate of the 1930s?
... that Guo Moruo wrote a poem about the Liujiaxia Dam, while the displaced farmers received about RMB 364 per person?
... that Jo Swerling initially declined to rewrite Frank Capra's first draft screenplay for the 1930 film Ladies of Leisure because he thought it was a "putrid piece of gorgonzola"?
12:42, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

... that hardstone carvings in semi-precious stones range from Neolithic Chinese jades and Olmec face masks (example pictured) to tiny animals by Fabergé?
... that besides being a clown, mime, juggler, and sleight of hand magician, vaudevillian Avner the Eccentric is a certified Ericksonian hypnotist?
... that the blurred and smooth lanternsharks form a species group distinguished from the rest of their family by the shape and arrangement of their dermal denticles?
... that John C. Cremony was a Boston newspaperman and United States Army Major who wrote the first dictionary of the Apache language and an account of their culture in 1869?
... that Bath, the only entire city in England to be a World Heritage Site, was awarded that status largely because of its buildings and architecture?
... that Robert Bloet, a medieval Bishop of Lincoln, appointed his own son Simon as Dean of Lincoln?
... that Trondheim Airport Station opened as the Nordic Countries's first airport rail link in 1994?
... that Andy "The Bull" McSharry, who was jailed for banning hillwalkers from his land, compared his opponents to the Mafia and patrolled his farm on a quad?
04:42, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Great Grey Shrikes (pictured) have been known to skilfully skin toads to prevent the poisonous skin secretions from spoiling the meat?
... that physical chemists Isabella Karle and her Nobel Prize-winning husband Jerome Karle retired in July 2009 after a combined 127 years of employment at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory?
... that reviewers called The Wolf Woman the "greatest vampire picture of all" and its star, Louise Glaum, "the greatest vampire woman of all time"?
... that Sandouping, China, has not only the world's largest power plant, but also 1,000 hectares of citrus orchards?
... that after limited success in film, actor Patrick McVey won starring roles in three television series: Big Town, Boots and Saddles, and Manhunt?
... that the United States revenue cutter Jefferson Davis was named in 1853 for Jefferson Davis, later president of the Confederate States of America?
... that Ilyas Kashmiri was an elite Pakistani commando before he was killed by a U.S. drone in 2009?
... that the landmark Insurance Exchange Building in Long Beach, California, has housed a boy's clothing store, courthouse, dance studio, nightclub and Jamaican restaurant?

27 September 2009

20:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

... that in modern India, the ethos of the old religious order is retained by worship of computers during the Ayudha Puja (pictured), as practised in the past for other implements?
... that Captain Robert Waterman set three speed records for sailing from China to New York in the 1840s?
... that Studio Wall, an oil painting by the German artist Adolph Menzel, is considered one of the "masterpieces of Menzel's maturity"?
... that the Tibetan Annals form the oldest surviving Tibetan history providing a summary of events from the 640s to 764 CE, when Tibetan soldiers returned from sacking the Chinese capital, Chang'an?
... that the Benham Plateau is located in the West Philippine Basin and its basement is probably a micro-continent?
... that the green lanternshark often preys on squid and octopus much larger than itself, which it may overwhelm by attacking in packs?
... that Ras Alula Engida was called "the Garibaldi of Abyssinia"?
... that U.S. Independence Day is celebrated every 4th of July in Rebild National Park in Himmerland, Denmark?
12:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Soviet transport glider Ilyushin Il-32

... that the nose and tail sections of the Soviet Ilyushin Il-32 prototype cargo glider (pictured) were hinged to open up to 95° to facilitate the loading of cargo?
... that the Sanni Yakuma is a traditional Sinhalese exorcism and dance ritual that calls various demons believed to be ailing humans and humiliates them through comic and obscene enactments?
... that as of 2009, Liz Shuler is the first woman and youngest person to hold the position of AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, and the highest-ranking woman in the labor federation's history?
... that "Gossip", the sixth season premiere of The Office, saw an 18 percent Nielsen Ratings drop compared to the fifth season premiere, "Weight Loss"?
... that just behind the Agave Garden on the Plaza Garibaldi, a museum of tequila is being built, complete with a large tasting room?
... that Jesse Sublett was a pioneer of the Austin, Texas, punk rock scene, authored a series of mystery novels, and wrote a history of the Texas Turnpike Authority?
... that with Kerry's victory in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Tadhg Kennelly became the first person to win medals at the highest level of Australian rules and Gaelic football?
... that frogfish can suck prey into their mouths in just 6 milliseconds, too fast for other animals to see?
04:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

... that only about 200 fragments and 15 complete objects of early Roman cameo glass survive, including the Portland Vase (pictured)?
... that the song "Sentimental Lady," written by Bob Welch, which appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1972 album, Bare Trees, was re-recorded to feature on his 1977 debut album, French Kiss?
... that during the 1527 sacking of Rome by imperial troops, William of Enckenvoirt paid 40,000 scudi to protect his house and properties?
... that Du Jun was recently sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in Hong Kong's biggest insider trading case?
... that the Suceava North railway station in Suceava was selected as a location for the film Gruber's Journey because the filmmakers believed the architecture was reminiscent of World War II?
... that some geologists say the Great Falls Tectonic Zone is a shear, while others argue it is a suture?
... that John T. Elson, who famously asked, "Is God Dead?" in 1966, is dead at age 78?
... that the largetooth cookiecutter shark has the largest teeth relative to its body of any living shark?

26 September 2009

20:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the adult (pictured) and juvenile specimens of the Red-capped Parrot were so different that its discoverer Heinrich Kuhl gave it the specific name spurius, meaning "illegitimate"?
... that the Italian comune of Acerno in the Province of Salerno was founded by refugees from Picentia, destroyed by the Romans after the Second Punic War?
... that the Carolina Liar single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was described as "rock music for anyone who finds Snow Patrol a bit too giddy sometimes"?
... that Dirty Diaries is a collection of Swedish pornographic feminist short films that sparked controversy because it was financed with tax money?
... that the Ilyushin Il-18 airliner was installed with different engines than those originally intended, but the plane was then cancelled because its engines were unreliable?
... that historians have cited an article in the May 31, 1921, Tulsa Tribune as a cause of the Tulsa race riot, but all copies of that page of the newspaper have apparently disappeared?
... that the Peeters directive describes French-speaking residents of Flanders, Belgium, having the right to use French to deal with the government as being "exceptional" and "temporary"?
... that after the release of The Beatles' "Lady Madonna" in March 1968, radio personality Larry Josephson liked the song so much that he broadcast it over and over for two hours?
12:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

... that one of the two tjaskers at Zeijen, Drenthe (pictured) is listed as a Rijksmonument?
... that the Chief Kno–Tah statue in Hillsboro, Oregon, was designed to incorporate features of Chief Joseph?
... that "a whole entertainment ecosystem" involving donkeys and sheepdogs emerged from Alice O'Sullivan's victory in the 1959 Rose of Tralee pageant?
... that Einar Sissener acted in the first Norwegian sound film, Den store barnedåpen from 1931, playing the same character as he did in the stage production six years earlier?
... that Tennessee politician Tommy Burnett easily won re-election to the state legislature while he was in U.S. federal prison?
... that Union College in Schenectady, New York, has the first comprehensively planned college campus and had the longest-serving college or university president in the United States?
... that according to Manichaean tradition Mar Ammo brought Manichaeanism east into Sogdiana, and was viewed as the founder of a Manichaean sect after the death of Mani?
... that the AFL-CIO gained its latest member union when the 265,000-member UNITE HERE reaffiliated on September 16, 2009?
04:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

... that many of the freighters built by Skinner & Eddy for World War I service—including Edenton, West Cressey, West Elcajon, West Gotomska, West Hosokie, West Loquassuck, West Mahomet and Western Front (pictured)—were quickly commissioned into the United States Navy on completion?
... that Sankey Tank in Bangalore is named after Sir Richard Hieram Sankey, an officer in the Royal (Madras) Engineers in British India?
... that the namesake of the Victorian Bembridge House was strangled to death in 1999 at the house where she had lived for 81 years?
... that Trimön, a Tibetan conservative politician and governor was one of the officials involved in the search and recognition of the reincarnated 14th Dalai Lama in 1935?
... that the Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California contains an ancient seabed with fossils of various marine lifeforms, such as sand dollars and bivalves?
... that the history of Bulgarians in Italy dates to the 7th century, when groups of Bulgars settled in several regions of the Italian Peninsula?
... that the first Red-fronted Parrot to be scientifically identified was named Congo Jack?

25 September 2009

20:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Schenectady's Stockade Historic District (statue of Lawrence the Indian pictured) was the first one created by a local government in New York?
... that Makiko Esumi won the 1995 Rookie of the Year Award at both the 19th Annual Japan Academy Prize ceremonies and at the 38th Blue Ribbon Awards for her debut acting role in the 1995 film Maborosi?
... that Kompani Linge's Oslo Detachment, a subgroup of the Special Operations Executive, was the dominant sabotage group in occupied Oslo between May and September 1944?
... that professional wrestler Kerry Brown won a tag team championship with his real-life uncle, Bob Brown?
... that 851 children were reported to have been poisoned by a lead plant in Shaanxi province in China this year?
... that Green Day's Grammy Award winning concept album American Idiot has been adapted for the stage by the band members and two Tony Award winners?
... that Leon Feiner, a leader of the Bund and of Żegota, wrote many communiques to the Western Allies describing the Holocaust in Poland?
... that Hillsboro, Oregon, based Norm Thompson Outfitters was started with an ad in Field & Stream magazine?
12:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the first engineering analysis of a manned mission to Mars (artist's conception pictured) was made by Wernher von Braun in 1948, which included ten ships with seventy crewmembers?
... that the mushrooms Boletus zelleri, B. mirabilis, Suillus americanus, S. brevipes, S. lakei, and Leccinum manzanitae are all examples of edible boletes?
... that gridiron football quarterback Mike Quinn was the final member of the Houston Texans' first signings left on the team?
... that in 1946, the residents of the former Palestinian village of Biriyya were arrested after the discovery of an arms cache in the village?
... that South Gate Assembly, opened in 1936, was the first General Motors plant west of the Mississippi River and the first to build more than one car line?
... that Australian criminal Dennis Ferguson was forced to relocate to numerous locations around Australia due to public hostility and news media attention?
... that the Senate of France has an Administrative Meeting, instead of a full fledged Group, for Senators who are Independents or from small parties?
... that in the 1977 pink film Fairy in a Cage, according to actress Naomi Tani, her upside-down torture scenes were not faked with suspension braces, in order to show tension in her thigh muscles?
04:21, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

... that among the Taíno people of the Caribbean, a zemi (pictured) is a spirit or a sculpture representing the spirit?
... that Robert Searcy, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, was employed after the war by United Airlines cleaning aircraft?
... that Arbois is the only grape variety besides Chenin blanc permitted in the Loire Valley wine of Vouvray?
... that the South African film Jerusalema is based on the real-life case of an organized crime figure taking over real estate in Johannesburg's Hillbrow neighborhood?
... that a weir built to aid fish traveling up a fish ladder in Little Butte Creek was destroyed just three months later?
... that Viola Tree, her father Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and her son David Tree all performed in premieres of play or film versions of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion?
... that The Book of est compares Werner Erhard's est training to The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda?
... that before the 2008 International Bowl, American football linebacker Jamaal Westerman was asked questions about the weather in Toronto, because he had lived there?

24 September 2009

20:21, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Arthur's Day benefit concerts—celebrating the 250th anniversary of Guinness (pictured)—will be held today in locations as diverse as Dublin, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Yaoundé?
... that Louis Cordier expanded the geological collection of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1,500 specimens in 1819 to 200,000 specimens in 1861?
... that application of iron salts will turn a white coral green?
... that Gary Ablett, Jr. won the 2009 Brownlow Medal, an award that his father, Australian Football Hall of Fame member Gary Ablett, Sr., never won?
... that some houses on Union Street in Schenectady, New York, were built with a veranda-width setback to allow views of the Union College campus by those approaching it from downtown?
... that Russian pilot Semyon Bychkov served both in the Soviet Air Forces and the Luftwaffe and was stripped of all Soviet awards posthumously?
... that Mubarak Shah, founder of the lost city of Mubarakabad, was buried in Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur Complex in 1434?
... that the chicken tax led to Ford importing light trucks to the United States from Turkey and immediately shredding portions of their interiors in Baltimore?
12:21, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

... that pulque (jar pictured) was a popular Mexican alcoholic drink made from sap of the maguey plant?
... that actor Bret Harrison's first role was in Our Town at the Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre in Hillsboro, Oregon?
... that the coronation ceremonies of Russian Tsars Paul I, Alexander I and Nicholas I were decorated by Italian theatre set designer Pietro Gonzaga?
... that violence in the 1970 Koza riot against US military presence in Okinawa was directed specifically against white servicemen, while care was taken to avoid attacking black MPs?
... that the site of Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural work was Mexico City's Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters?
... that Oregon Republican state senator Jeannette Hamby made several trips to Nicaragua and supported the socialist Sandinistas?
... that Romania's ruling Social Democratic–Democratic Liberal coalition was divided over Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu's intervention in the appointment of school directors?
... that when Cooper Arms opened in Long Beach, California, it boasted the latest amenities, including "disappearing beds" and "dustless roller screens"?
04:21, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the extinct New Zealand Little Bittern (pictured) was described as always being found alone and standing for hours in one place?
... that although the 1954 Guinean by-poll was marred with irregularities, only the communists and the African Democratic Rally voted against validating the results in the French National Assembly?
... that the Long Beach Post Office has been called "Post-Quake Moderne" due to the local prevalence of the style after the Long Beach earthquake of 1933?
... that Rafael Trujillo's daughter presided as Queen Angelita I over the Fair of Peace and Fraternity of the Free World in the Dominican Republic?
... that Carl Rubin made significant modifications to Meir Dizengoff's house changing it into an art museum, which would later become Israel's Independence Hall?
... that although the Coronation grape has been described as having "an odd, off taste", it is the most-planted seedless table grape variety in southern Ontario?
... that Rancho Las Mariposas, unwanted by John C. Frémont until gold was discovered in September 1849, turned out to be the richest rancho in California?
... that Queen Elizabeth II was taught constitutional history by Henry Marten?

23 September 2009

20:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

... that despite its name, the edibility of the rhubarb bolete (pictured) is unknown?
... that 50 years ago today, on an Iowa farm, farmer and hybrid corn salesman Roswell Garst hosted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev?
... that while in the lead of the last relay leg of the 2009 World Orienteering Championships, Martin Johansson was injured by a wooden stick penetrating 12 centimetres (5 in) into his leg?
... that Son of Ingagi was the first film with an all-black cast in the science fiction-horror film genre?
... that of Japanese band Supercell's eleven members, only one of them makes the music and the rest are illustrators and designers?
... that the Seinfeld episode "The Revenge" was based on an experience by screenwriter Larry David, who once quit his job at Saturday Night Live and returned the following morning as if nothing had happened?
12:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the machine shop in the Dry Dock Engine Works-Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex (pictured) was built with a then-novel load-bearing steel frame, but has curtain walls of traditional brick construction?
... that the 1999 anime series Digimon Adventure was first seen as an imitation of Nintendo's Pokémon franchise when its episodes first aired in North America?
... that Mirosław Iringh, a leader of Slovak Platoon 535, wore a white-blue-red armband made out of a French military decoration once bestowed upon a fellow insurrectionist by Marshal Foch?
... that the Binford & Mort publishing company in Hillsboro, Oregon, was once the largest book publisher in the Northwestern United States?
... that John Lawford was the only captain who fought at Copenhagen in 1801 to receive an honorary reward specifically for his actions during the battle?
... that in 2009 two MIT students made a vehicle to take pictures of the Earth from 93,000 feet (28,000 m) for US$148?
... that Arnold Laven directed feature films about a psychotic gardener/serial killer, an army of giant mollusks and George Armstrong Custer, and episodes of The A-Team?
04:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Palms Depot (pictured) was known as the "Grasshopper Stop" because "grasshoppers were present in veritable clouds" when it opened?
... that the tomb of Pope John V was destroyed in the Sack of Rome in 846 AD, centuries before nearly all of the remainder of the papal tombs in Old St. Peter's Basilica were demolished?
... that Japanese manga Red Colored Elegy has an eponymous single performed by Morio Agata, which ranked seventh in Japan's Oricon charts in 1972?
... that Clayton W. Williams, Sr., an oilman and rancher from Fort Stockton, Texas, was part of the group that formed the American Legion in Paris in 1919?
... that visually impaired chess player Reginald Bonham founded the International Braille Chess Association?
... that the land for 53rd Avenue Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, was purchased from exercise equipment maker Soloflex?
... that during the absence of Byzantine emperor Heraclius from Constantinople in 622–626, the patrician Bonus defended the city from a major Avar siege in July 626?
... that when describing his time fighting jihad in Afghanistan, Mohamad Elzahabi said "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"?

22 September 2009

20:21, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Scottish Rite Cathedral (pictured), covered in some 250 tons of ornamental terra cotta, was among the first eight structures designated as a Long Beach Historic Landmark?
... that Tajammul Hussain Malik headed an unsuccessful coup attempt against Pakistani dictator General Zia-ul-Haq in 1980?
... that Metallica's management company told The Quietus magazine to remove published reviews of early track versions from the band's 2008 album Death Magnetic?
... that after the merger of UNITE and HERE in 2004, the merged union UNITE HERE owned the Amalgamated Bank of Chicago?
... that Czech ice-hockey goaltender Josef Mikoláš' career injuries included eight lost teeth, a broken cheekbone, a double fracture of his lower jaw and 35 head sutures?
... that single-pass bore finishing can finish a bore to a size tolerance of 0.001 mm and a geometry tolerance of 0.0003 mm?
... that the prewar AVA Radio Company, in Warsaw, built all the electro-mechanical equipment used by Poland's Cipher Bureau to break German Enigma ciphers?
... that Frank Coghlan said "damn" in Gone with the Wind, but is best known for saying "Shazam" in Captain Marvel, the first big screen depiction of a comic book superhero?
12:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

... that after events of the Gulf War in February 1991, the highway which connects Kuwait City to Al Jahra became known as the Highway of Death (demolished vehicles on the highway pictured)?
... that Mike Milligan was a Division I head coach for football and basketball at two different institutions?
... that ABC aired the Marcus Welby, M.D. episode "The Outrage" despite having been zapped for the earlier episode "The Other Martin Loring"?
... that Captain Isaac Coffin rescued a man from drowning while commanding HMS Alligator, but injured himself in doing so?
... that the largely residential community of Dockton on Maury Island, Washington, was once an industrial center?
... that Kir Ianulea, a 1909 novella by Romanian author Ion Luca Caragiale, relocated Niccolò Machiavelli's Belfagor arcidiavolo into Phanariote-era Bucharest?
... that Gordon Faber, as mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, once carried an ax while wearing an executioner's hood to an employee's performance review?
04:07, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Tutte 12-cage (example pictured) is a 3-regular graph with 126 vertices and 189 edges?
... that Columbia College acting dean Henry S. Coleman, held hostage in the Columbia University protests of 1968, later wrote law school recommendation letters for some of his student captors?
... that in writing the 1973 song "Hypnotized", Bob Welch drew upon his perception of the Benifold mansion in Hampshire that Fleetwood Mac were inhabiting at the time, and where the song was recorded?
... that a casket discovered by Anant Sadashiv Altekar near Vaishali, on display at the Patna Museum, is said to contain the remains of the Buddha?
... that Yreka phlox, an endangered flowering plant that grows in serpentine soil, is the official city flower of Yreka, California?
... that the Pedersen bicycle with its unusual cantilever frame, though never hugely popular since its introduction in the 1890s, is still produced today?
... that the prewar AVA Radio Company, in Warsaw, built all the electro-mechanical equipment used by Poland's Cipher Bureau to break German Enigma ciphers?

21 September 2009

22:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

... that in Zoroastrian tradition (Faravahar pictured), Zoroaster was met with hostility when he arrived at the court of his future patron Vishtaspa?
... that Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling saw the reunions of both Tekno Team 2000 and the father and son team of Dusty and Dustin Rhodes?
... that Nikolay Karamzin compared the architectural projects of Vasili Bazhenov to Plato's Republic and Thomas More's Utopia?
... that the Higgins Industries A-1 lifeboat was first dropped by parachute to save six American airmen stranded in the North Sea in 1945?
... that after seeing Zero Hour, a play about the life of actor Zero Mostel, Theodore Bikel wrote to the playwright, "Thank you for bringing back a volcano that we thought was long extinct"?
... that the West African trade union centre CGTA, a splinter-group of the French CGT, rejected the notion of class struggle, stating that there were no antagonistic classes in Africa?
... that only 1% of students attending Oregon Connections Academy live within the school district?
16:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

... that a pyramid (artist's impression pictured) that contained the grave of Queen Amanishakheto was located in Wad ban Naqa and her stone stela was discovered in Naqa, both of which are in modern-day Sudan?
... that Andrew Berg, a Finnish immigrant to the U.S. state of Alaska, became the Territory's first licensed hunting guide?
... that the 1921 Triumph Ricardo British motorcycle was capable of over 70 mph and set three world speed records?
... that Kilkenny beat favourites Galway in a semi-final match of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009 despite one third of their team being under the age of twenty?
... that Alfred Gottschalk performed the 1972 rabbinic ordination of Sally Priesand, the second woman to be formally ordained in the history of Judaism?
... that the depiction of Eros and Psyche on the Marlborough gem, a carved onyx cameo from as early as the first century CE, was copied or reproduced by Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Wedgwood and Flaxman?
... that one of Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Frank Deasy's last acts before dying led to a record number of applicants for organ donor cards?
... that in October 1945, shortly after unexpectedly entering a cloud, National Airlines Flight 16 crashed into a lake in Lakeland, Florida, drowning two passengers?
10:08, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

... that more than 90 percent of the night sharks (pictured) caught off northeastern Brazil contain mercury concentrations higher than that considered safe by the local government?
... that the first African American to see the Great Falls of the Missouri River was York, a slave who participated in the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
... that two foiled attacks by N.D.F.L.O.A.G. guerrillas in June 1970 sparked a conspiracy to overthrow the Sultan of Oman?
... that IOC organizers proposed to demonstrate American football at the 1932 Summer Olympics as a match-up between the defending national champions at USC and East Coast powerhouse Yale University?
... that botanist Thomas Frederic Cheeseman had a wide range of interests including Māori ethnology?
... that the artist who made a stone relief of the Menorah in Israel's Migdal Synagogue in 50 BCE – 100 CE may have seen the original Menorah in the Second Temple before its destruction in 70 CE?
... that though he has won six nonconsecutive elections to the Louisiana State Senate, Joe McPherson of Rapides Parish has twice failed in bids for his state's Public Service Commission?
... that Australian band The Sundance Kids was formed in a shopping centre car park over takeaway pizza?
04:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Sunday Independent claimed Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen (pictured) was upset following his "mugging" on The Late Late Show?
... that when archaeologists excavated the Urartian fortress-city of Erebuni they discovered a rich collection of Persian artifacts dating back 2,500 years?
... that American sprinter Walter Dix won two bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but hardly competed at all in 2009 due to injury and a legal dispute with his agent?
... that the commander of the Croatian forces who carried out the Stupni Do massacre in 1993 during the Croat-Bosniak war had his name and rank changed as part of a cover-up?
... that the city of Schenectady bought and demolished several other hotels to ensure the success of the Hotel Van Curler, now Schenectady County Community College's Elston Hall?
... that the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer was watched by a global television audience of 750 million, at the time the most popular programme ever broadcast?
... that Sylvan Friedman, a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1944 to 1972, was part of a small but influential Jewish community in Natchitoches Parish?
... that in the 1985 hijacking of Braathens SAFE Flight 139, the hijacker exchanged his gun for beer?

20 September 2009

22:07, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

... that collectors of engraved gems (example pictured) include Julius Caesar, Pope Paul II, Rubens, Christina of Sweden and Catherine the Great?
... that Akaitcho, Chief of the Yellowknives, was John Franklin's Coppermine Expedition guide?
... that the luxurious Villa Riviera was the second tallest building in Southern California from the time of its completion in 1929 through the mid-1950s?
... that James Aubrey, who appeared in the 1963 film version of Lord of the Flies, made his professional acting debut in Isle of Children?
... that the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, asked residents to donate their used Christmas trees for planting at Turner Creek Park?
... that Lars Peder Brekk was Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs for only 56 days, due to his cabinet withdrawing shortly after he was supplemented into it?
... that the French conquest of Senegal started in 1659 with the establishment of a trading post in Saint-Louis?
... that when artist Sérvulo Gutiérrez sold a nude portrait of his lover Doris Gibson, Gibson stole it from the buyer, telling him "I don't want to be nude in your house"?
16:07, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Harvey Locke (pictured) conceived the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, with the goal to create a continuous wilderness corridor from Yellowstone National Park in the United States to the Yukon in Canada?
... that the rheology of food affects how pleasant a food feels in the mouth and therefore how desirable it is to the consumer?
... that prior to writing the book Twisted Scriptures, Mary Alice Chrnalogar had belonged to the religious group Church Universal and Triumphant?
... that while serving in the California Assembly, Republican Michael D. Duvall was described as having "blasted" attempts to legalize gay marriage?
... that the southern African frilled shark preys mainly on smaller sharks, which it swallows whole with its greatly distensible mouth?
... that City View was the first charter school in Hillsboro, Oregon, when it opened in 2004?
... that Norwegian ship-owner Ludvig G. Braathen founded the airline Braathens SAFE in 1946 to serve his ships in the Far East with supplies and crew?
... that the co-founder of the New England Institute of Religious Research was a court-appointed guardian of 13 children removed from a religious sect in Attleboro, Massachusetts?
10:07, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the 1919 BSA Model E British motorcycle (pictured) was the first of a long line of popular V twins?
... that the Brandenburg-Pomeranian conflict involved the houses of Ascania, Hohenzollern, Luxembourg, Pomerania, Sweden and Wittelsbach?
... that Hayden Bridge, a covered bridge on the National Register of Historic Places, had to be repaired in 2006 after a logging truck crashed into it?
... that a car-driving collie recently auditioned for the second series of The All Ireland Talent Show?
... that Barbara Atkinson appeared with the National Theatre Company for their 1969–1970 season?
... that the AIDS activist group ACT UP twice shut down production of the Midnight Caller episode "After It Happened", believing that it would encourage vigilantism against people with AIDS?
... that in only his third full Major League Baseball season, Chuck Workman hit 25 home runs, second in the National League?
... that the Bromley equation is important for the understanding of ions in river, lake and sea-water?
04:07, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Azores Noctule (pictured) is the only species of bat that primarily hunts during the day?
... that Jon Olav Alstad was elected to the Norwegian Parliament at the age of 25?
... that two windmills in Burdaard, the Netherlands, are named after the elephant and the swallow, and that both mills are Rijksmonuments?
... that the Cannock Chase murders sparked one of the largest manhunts in British history?
... that the mineral processing plant at the Kittilä mine includes a bomb shelter, as required by a 1917 law?
... that Romanian actress Ecaterina Nazare appeared in a theatrical version of Shakespeare's sonnets, produced and staged by the National Theatre Bucharest?
... that Belgian dredging company Jan De Nul launched the world's largest dredger in June 2008 with the 46,000m³ capacity Cristobal Colon?
... that James A. Kowalski, dean of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, had a Roman Catholic father and a Jewish mother, but they joined the Episcopal Church when they started a family?

19 September 2009

22:07, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Honda DN-01 motorcycle is the first road-going consumer vehicle with hydrostatic drive (pictured)?
... that Trabzonspor were the first Turkish soccer team entitled to participate in the UEFA Women's Champions League?
... that Arthur P. Luff is considered one of the founders of 20th century forensic medicine?
... that almost 30 years after quitting his career as a composer, Gervase Hughes returned to music in 1960 as a writer of books on musical subjects?
... that Rancho Buena Ventura, the northernmost Mexican land grant in California, was given to Pierson B. Reading in 1844 even though he was never a Mexican citizen?
... that the Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend was ostensibly published by Martin Luther King in 1967, but is actually a forgery that first appeared 30 years after King's death?
... that Italian Gigi Peronace has been described as the first football agent in England?
... that when British mosaicist Elaine M Goodwin and three fellow artists founded an exhibiting group in 2008, they deliberately avoided the word "mosaic" due to its negative perception in the art world?
16:07, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

... that James Wilkes Maurice defended Diamond Rock (pictured) for three days in 1805 until surrendering due to water and ammunition shortages?
... that Jerusalem's historic Stern House houses an Israeli bookstore that once had branches in Beirut, Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad?
... that over the course of his 44 year career as a writer and editor with the Bend Bulletin, Phil Brogan trained numerous young journalists including Tom McCall, who later became governor of Oregon?
... that unlike most other elections held in other parts of French West Africa on the same day, the 31 March 1957 assembly election in Senegal was not dominated by the African Democratic Rally (RDA)?
... that 4,000 people applied to be in the audience of Pat Kenny's new programme The Frontline?
... that the machinima-based music video Dance, Voldo, Dance was featured at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of an exhibit in 2006?
... that Australian Army engineers uncovered and destroyed more than 17 kilometres (11 mi) of Viet Cong tunnels in the Ho Bo Woods as part of Operation Crimp during the Vietnam War?
... that Vilhelm Evang served as head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service for almost twenty years, from 1946?
09:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Countess Mariya Volkonskaya (pictured) renounced her rights, titles and possessions to follow her husband in Siberian exile?
... that radio star Rolf Kirkvaag walked through a blizzard with a broken leg to get help after surviving the plane crash at Hummelfjell?
... that the Perry Professorship of Jurisprudence at the Government Law School in Bombay was established in 1855 to honour judge Thomas Erskine Perry?
... that the archaeological site of Chan-Chan gives its name to the Chanchaense Complex, a archaeological culture extending acoss Chile from 37° to 55° South?
... that the series Svenska Hollywoodfruar follows Swedish women living a glamorous lifestyle in the Hollywood-area with rich American husbands?
... that the gambrel-roofed David and Maggie Aegerter Barn is the only Linn County, Oregon barn featuring overhang on all sides?
... that Herbert K. Pililaau was the first person from Hawaii to receive the Medal of Honor?
03:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

... that a French engineer who built the Bellary Fort (pictured) was executed by Hyder Ali because the fort was lower than a nearby hill?
... that Robert Louis Stevenson donated his birthday, by formal deed, to Henry Clay Ide's daughter, Anne, because she was born on Christmas Day?
... that Pope Sergius I successfully avoided arrest by the Byzantine protospatharios after rejecting the canons of the Quinisext Council?
... that 2009 Michigan Wolverines senior running back Brandon Minor rushed for 209 yards in his first high school football game and 24 yards in his first college football carry?
... that the removal of an icon of Christ from the Chalke, the main ceremonial entrance to the Great Palace of Constantinople, marked the beginning of the Byzantine Iconoclasm?
... that the silky shark is the most common source of ornamental shark jaws sold to tourists in the tropics?
... that Bulgarian far right politician Ivan Dochev died in 2005 despite being given three separate death sentences in the 1940s?
... that the Taxpayer March on Washington was the largest demonstration against President Barack Obama's administration to date?

18 September 2009

21:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the House of Chaim Weizmann (pictured), the first President of Israel, was made by architect Erich Mendelsohn for under £15,000 after lengthy price negotiations?
... that Angelika Amon discovered two gene regulatory networks that regulate the exit of cells from mitosis to the G1 phase?
... that Cencoroll is a 2009 30-minute Japanese animated science fiction film nearly singlehandedly written, designed, directed, and animated by manga author Atsuya Uki?
... that the researchers who lived in the GE Realty Plot in Schenectady, New York, were collectively responsible for over 400 patents and one Nobel Prize?
... that the Zappas Olympics were a series of four athletic contests held in Athens between 1859 and 1889 and are considered as precursors to the modern Olympic Games?
... that baseball player Slick Coffman pitched an 11-inning victory over Hall of Famer Lefty Grove in his first game in Major League Baseball?
... that the CART motor racing series changed the 2001 German 500's name to the American Memorial following the September 11 attacks?
... that George Cruikshank, in Artist and the Author, disputed the origin of William Harrison Ainsworth's stories about evil gypsies, a famous thief, treasonous Catholics, a dark prison, burned sinners, an old miser, a horny king, and a stupid queen?
13:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the leader of the Ottoman forces at the Battle of Parkany (painting pictured) was later executed for failing to defend their Hungarian lands?
... that on Sarvapitri amavasya (today), Hindus offer food to the ancestors, who are believed to accept the offering through a crow?
... that Alf Rolfsen has decorated three of the walls in the Central Hall of Oslo City Hall, where the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held every year?
... that center George Gregory led the Columbia Lions in 1930–31 to its first title in what was to become the Ivy League, and was later named as the first African American All-American basketball player?
... that the Nikkatsu Roman Porno film Love Hunter (1972) was confiscated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, and became the last film to be tried for obscenity in Japan to this day?
... that gymnast Věra Čáslavská was four times elected the Sportsperson of the Year of Czechoslovakia?
... that the French colonial administration in Guinea opposed the founding of the political party Socialist Democracy in 1954, as they feared it would split the anti-Sékou Touré vote?
... that when Cannes Film Festival officials called Zhang Yimou's Not One Less a propaganda piece, he accused them of "discrimination" against Chinese cinema and withdrew the film from the festival?
07:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

... that De Sterrenberg (pictured) is the only windmill in Drenthe winded by a fantail?
... that Czech Republic orienteering world champion Michal Smola joined an orienteering club at age 12 and won his first national championship race at age 14?
... that the radar screen of the prototype reconnaissance version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-14 twin-jet torpedo bomber could be recorded by a special camera?
... that as dean of Columbia College, Carl Hovde advocated for more lenient treatment of participants in the Columbia University protests of 1968, as "the demonstrations were not without cause"?
... that a persimmon regiment was a nickname for three Union army regiments that had an unusual fondness for eating persimmons?
... that 2009 Michigan Wolverines starting quarterback Tate Forcier got his nickname from the 1991 movie Little Man Tate?
... that in the wrongful death lawsuit Slee v. Erhard, the plaintiff claimed her son's death was due to est training?
01:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

... that a joint Nazi-Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk (pictured) was held on September 22, 1939, to display the power of the newly formed Soviet-Nazi pact to the whole world?
... that World Cup winning soccer player José Andrade once played drums in a carnival band?
... that although Atka mackerel are most common to the Bering Sea, they have been reported as far south as Redondo Beach, California?
... that Walter Colquhoun Grant introduced cricket and the invasive plant Scotch broom to the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1849?
... that 1991's Hurricane Grace contributed to the formation of the 1991 Halloween Nor'easter, commonly known as the "Perfect Storm"?
... that Human Rights Watch war crimes investigator Marc Garlasco wrote a book on Nazi war medals?
... that while Venice lost some territories in the Peace of Turin in 1381, it was in fact winning the Venetian–Genoese Wars?
... that music licensing for Rihanna's song, "Take a Bow", was offered at a discounted price for the Glee television episode "Showmance"?
... that Heroes Cross on Caraiman Peak, illuminated at night by 300 light bulbs of 500 watts each, can be seen from dozens of miles away?

17 September 2009

13:14, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the 10th century reservoir Surajkund (pictured) and the 8th century dam Anagpur are both located in Haryana, India?
... that although color-blind, Nicholas U. Mayall was better able to detect faint galaxies than most other astronomers?
... that William Warren Bartley, author of the biography Werner Erhard, also served several years as philosophical consultant to Erhard's est training?
... that Dublin's 2009 Liffey Swim was the 90th anniversary of the race and saw electronic timing used for the first time?
... that the bass-baritone Gustav Hölzel was dismissed from the Vienna State Opera because he changed the words of a song that he was singing in the role of Friar Tuck?
... that Bjørn Kjos, former fighter jet pilot, lawyer, judge, entrepreneur and now CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle, débuted with his first spy thriller in 2006?
... that the public activist group Citizen Action shut down in 1997 due to the effects of a labor union election campaign funds scandal?
... that the Texas historian Ernest Wallace was once a consultant to the Justice Department regarding suits filed by the Kiowa and Comanche against the U.S. government?
07:08, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the outlying islands of Scotland include the highest sea stack in the British Isles and one of the most isolated islets (pictured) in the oceans of the world?
... that Grammy award winning guitarist John Jorgenson of the John Jorgenson Quintet portrays French guitarist Django Reinhardt in the film Head in the Clouds?
... that the hay tedder was a machine that allowed one man and one horse to do the work of fifteen laborers, and improved the aroma and color of hay?
... that Maj. Gen. Charles Bond was credited with shooting down nine-and-a-half Japanese planes and was himself shot down twice while serving with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China?
... that the Pakistan National Congress represented Hindus and other minorities and won 28 seats in the East Bengal Legislature in 1954?
... that Maurice Lenz, a physician, professor, and radiation therapy pioneer, was internationally known amongst his peers for his fluency in English, Russian, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish?
... that the reviewer from The Times was so unnerved by Sarah Waters' book The Little Stranger that she confessed she had to stop reading it?
... that basketball pioneer Lou "Lulu" Bender earned his nickname after scoring an outside shot while in high school when a spectator shouted "now that was a lulu of a basket"?
01:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim (pictured), an influential figure in Haifa and a leader of the Istiqlal, was exiled to the Seychelles for his role in the 1936 Arab revolt in Palestine?
... that the Oregon Chorale based in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA has performed five tours in Europe?
... that Chick Lathers quit Major League Baseball in 1913 to become a car salesman for Ford Motor Company?
... that St. Anne's Church in Trani, Italy, was built as a medieval synagogue?
... that Tecolutla, Veracruz is famous for the "Tecolutla Monster" that washed up on shore in 1969?
... that, in a rare set of circumstances, an unnamed hurricane in 1991 formed from the center of another, larger low pressure system?
... that lawyer Albert L. Gordon, a heterosexual who became a gay rights activist after his son came out, successfully challenged a 1915 California law that criminalized oral sex?
... that the Moine Supergroup, a sequence of Neoproterozoic metasediments forming the main outcrop in the northwest Scottish Highlands, is named after 'a'Mhoine', a peat bog in northern Sutherland?

16 September 2009

19:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the observation deck atop Trzy Korony (pictured) in Pieniny National Park (Poland) hangs over a 500-metre (1,600 ft) precipice with a near perfect view of the Dunajec River Gorge?
... that Lankapura Dandanatha, a general of the army of Parakramabahu I, led an expeditionary force to South India to assist a Pandyan king?
...that Star Air Service, founded by three pilots in 1932, is the predecessor to Alaska Airlines?
... that "Pop" Warner's undefeated 1917 Pitt Panthers football team, known as "The Fighting Dentists", featured dental students "Katy" Easterday, "Tank" McLaren, "Skip" Gougler and "Jake" Stahl?
... that in the entire discography of George Michael, the most successful release in his homeland is a 1998 compilation titled Ladies & Gentlemen, which has been certified sevenfold platinum?
... that SS-Untersturmführer Hans Stark admitted that during the mass gassing of prisoners at Auschwitz, he inserted the Zyklon B into the gas chamber himself when a medical orderly did not turn up?
... that the 2006 Honda ad Cog won more awards than any other advertisement in history?
... that the Cimarron Redoubt in southwestern Kansas was built as a fortification and later converted to a post office?
13:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the first seaplanes to be used in combat were based on the Austro-Hungarian battleships of the Radetzky class in 1912 (the lead ship Radetzky pictured)?
... that the milk shark is so named because of a belief in India that eating its meat improves lactation?
... that Pabonka Hermitage, near Lhasa, is one of the earliest known buildings built by Songtsän Gampo in the Tibetan Empire and is believed to be the site at which the Tibetan alphabet was invented?
... that, prior to the formation of the Washington, D.C. fire department, building owners in the city were required to provide leather buckets for fire control?
... that sale of the Wii Classic Controller was briefly discontinued in the United States due to a lawsuit by Anascape Ltd?
... that Hurricane Fred, which formed and dissipated near Cape Verde earlier this month, was the strongest North Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to appear east of 35°W?
... that Cannonball Adderley recorded "I'm on My Way," his 11-year-old nephew Nat Adderley, Jr.'s first song, for his 1967 album Why Am I Treated So Bad!?
... that Charterhouse Cave is the deepest cave in Southern England?
07:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

... that block books (page pictured), short religious books printed from woodcuts containing both the text and illustrations, were once believed to pre-date the Gutenberg Bible (c. 1455), but are now known to date mostly from the 1460s and later?
... that the State of Oregon laboratories for health and environmental quality used to be located in an old parking garage before moving to a new facility in Hillsboro, Oregon?
... that former PLO member Wahid Khalil Baroud was ordered deported and put on a plane by Canada, but since no countries would agree to host him, lived in airports for the next eight months?
... that the 120 miles per hour (190 km/h) Healey 1000/4 British motorcycle of 1973 was fitted with a 1000cc engine designed by Edward Turner in 1928?
... that Pitt All-American Tom Davies threw a touchdown pass, ran 80 yards for a touchdown, returned a kickoff 90 yards and returned an interception 60 yards in the same game?
... that the passenger capacity of a public transit system is affected by headway?
... that William J.C. Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, a British flying ace in the First World War, scored his first victory when he was a test pilot and was awarded the Military Cross for capturing that enemy plane?
... that during conversion of the Dequindre Cut into a greenway, the existing graffiti art was left in place and new additions encouraged?
01:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

... that a six-year-old boy was killed in 2004 when his head was crushed in a revolving door at the entrance of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (pictured) in Tokyo?
... that retired banker and former Louisiana legislator Loy F. Weaver was as an FBI agent cited five times for outstanding performance and personal bravery by Director J. Edgar Hoover?
... that the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants aimed to prevent girls in London from becoming prostitutes, criminals and alcoholics by training them as domestic servants?
... that French Resistance fighter and spy Hélène Deschamps Adams served as the basis for video game character Manon Batiste?
... that Queen Teuta of Issa, who briefly ruled Illyria in the 3rd century BC, is depicted on the Albanian 100 lekë coin?
... that the 16th century Moro blacksmith Panday Pira is known as the "First Filipino Cannon-maker"?
... that the region formed by Ilfov County and Bucharest accounts for 19% of exports and 40% of imports in Romania?
... that blues singer Jesse Fortune, better known as the "Fortune Tellin' Man," passed on performing in Europe because he did not want to disappoint customers at his Chicago barbershop?

15 September 2009

18:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

... that as many as twenty generations of the agricultural pest green peach aphid (pictured) have been reported in warmer climates over the course of a year?
... that The Chicago Reader in 2007 said the 1971 science fiction theatrical production Warp! "anticipated the Star Wars phenom by several years"?
... that the Geumsansa temple in Gimje, South Korea, served as the training ground for the Buddhist volunteer corps along with monks against Japanese invasions of Korea in the end of the 16th century?
... that Greek monk Maximus the Confessor dominated the Lateran Council of 649, the first council convened by a pope to claim ecumenical status?
... that the Peekskill, New York, post office includes neoclassical arched windows in its Colonial Revival design?
... that 20th-century composers including Kagel, Ligeti, and Xenakis wrote music for cellist Siegfried Palm?
... that Charlie Burns is the only person to have been a player and a head coach for the Minnesota North Stars at the same time, doing so in the 1969–70 NHL season?
...that the British RSPCA now formally prosecutes individuals who are cruel to fish?
12:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

... that songwriter and composer Paul Dresser (pictured) amassed a large fortune writing songs in the 1890s but spent and gave away most of it before dying penniless in 1906?
... that growth rates for broadleaved trees on the British Isles exceed those of mainland Europe?
... that Anders Nordberg was elected Orienteer of the year 2007 by Norwegian sports journalists?
... that five years before he was cast as banker Theodore J. Mooney on The Lucy Show, Gale Gordon played the co-owner of a department store on the NBC sitcom Sally?
... that 2009 US Open girls' singles champion Heather Watson was the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games tennis gold-medalist?
... that after being named to the All–Western Athletic Conference team before the 2008 season, American football tight end Rob Myers suffered a turf toe injury that forced him to miss the entire season?
... that Jan Birger Jansen, Johan Scharffenberg and Sven Arntzen, all with background in the Norwegian resistance movement, were later members of the National Association for Referendum?
06:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

... that soccer club Atlético Independiente changed to play in red after seeing Harry Linacre (pictured) and Nottingham Forest F.C. on the club's first foreign tour in 1905?
... that Icehouse Wilson, a member of "Oakland's first World Champion Baseball team," had a career batting average of .000 in Major League Baseball?
... that in a 2001 survey of Animage magazine readers, the 50-episode series Digimon Adventure 02 was ranked 17th on the list of anime that should be remembered?
... that although Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is named for football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, a court order prevented the school from using "Bears" as its mascot?
... that the British anti-Islamist group Stop the Islamification of Europe was inspired by a Danish group of the same name?
... that Lloyd Brazil, once called "the ideal football player," averaged more than eight yards per carry and gained 5,861 yards in three years at the University of Detroit?
00:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Sakae Menda (pictured) was the first person in the history of Japan to be exonerated while on death row?
... that on the final day of the 1959–60 Football League season, Trevor Meredith scored the goal that won the league title for Burnley?
... that, as a publicity stunt, the makers of the film Asylum Seekers arranged for a couple to be married on the red carpet immediately before the film's premiere?
... that the Scottish Referendum Bill 2010 proposes that a referendum on Scottish independence be held on St. Andrew's Day 2010, Scotland's official national day?
... that Sierra Leonean physician Aniru Conteh saved thousands of lives from Lassa fever before dying from the disease himself?
... that the tower of St Lawrence's in Ipswich houses the oldest ring of church bells in the world?
... that bellum se ipsum alet, "war feeds itself", was a military strategy used during the Thirty Years' War?
... that jasmine is the national flower of Tunisia?

14 September 2009

18:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Australian swellshark (pictured) can survive out of water for more than a day?
... that the Church of St Matthew and St James is described in the Buildings of England series as "one of the best Victorian churches in Liverpool"?
... that in 1900, Wilf Waller was the first South African footballer to play in the English Football League?
... that grants given to the British Library by the Friends of the British Library have enabled it to acquire many historical treasures, such as the Dering Roll?
... that Claude Lambie scored Burnley's first-ever competitive hat-trick?
... that according to ancient Tibetan annals, the founder of the Tibetan Empire, Songtsän Gampo, is believed to be buried at the Valley of the Kings in modern day Qonggyai County?
... that the wild population of the critically endangered Helmeted Honeyeater comprises fewer than 100 birds and is largely restricted to the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve?
... that the lawn mower was invented in a small English village called Thrupp?
12:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the only operating cable ferry in Estonia crosses the Emajõgi river (pictured) in Kavastu?
... that music on The O.C. included world premieres of singles by the Beastie Boys, Gwen Stefani and U2?
... that the City Beautiful-inspired Foster Building was the first terra cotta building in Schenectady, New York?
... that David Avadon earned his livelihood for 30 years as "a daring pickpocket with dashing finesse"?
... that the 14th Searchlight Battery was the only Finnish Army unit comprised entirely of women during World War II?
... that the Wii Zapper was first conceived when a staff member of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess's development team created a makeshift gun-like frame using rubber bands and wires?
... that physician Hans Eng was a part of the Osvald Group's hit list during World War II?
... that former Motown Records president Skip Miller began his career as a stock clerk and has been credited with helping to develop the rap genre?
06:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Tontine Coffee House (pictured), established in 1793, is recognized as the antecedent to the New York Stock Exchange?
... that literary critic Boris Eikhenbaum considered skaz as a central element of Russian culture and literature?
... that, after defeating the troops of Petro Doroshenko in the Battle of Podhajce, John III Sobieski was promoted to Grand Crown Hetman, the highest military rank in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that Grunge Lit is an Australian literary genre which features gritty depictions of urban and suburban life revolving around a nihilistic pursuit of sex, drugs and alcohol?
... that as director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s, Robert Spinrad oversaw development of such products as Ethernet, laser printers and "the first modern personal computer"?
... that 14 of the 16 founding congregants of New York's Peekskill Presbyterian Church were women?
... that Caleb Green holds The Summit League's all-time scoring and rebounding records?
... that specimens of the tiger cowry have been found at Pompeii, where they were most likely used as ornaments?
00:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Buddhist Pantheon (personage pictured) incorporates more than 3,000 Buddhas and deities?
... that USC quarterback Gaius Shaver was the leading rusher in the American football competition at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games?
... that at the Blind Chess Olympiad, the players are required to announce their moves, so the games are often recorded on tape rather than paper?
... that the Legal Framework Order, 1970, issued by Gen. Yahya Khan, set the rules for the first direct popular elections in the history of Pakistan?
... that Jimmy Melbourne, who co-incidentally was murdered in Melbourne, was the first Indigenous Australian to play Australian rules football at a senior level?
... that the city of Anadarko in the U.S. state of Oklahoma is named for the Nadaco, a Native American tribe from Texas?
... that Josefin Crafoord originally declined an offer to appear on the Swedish version of Dancing on Ice because she did not know how to skate?
... that Havelock Ellis called peau d’Espagne “of all perfumes that which most nearly approaches the odor of a woman's skin”?

13 September 2009

18:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

... that after ingesting caffeine, spiders fail to build a proper web (see picture)?
... that Michigan center "Bubbles" Paterson was the namesake of an award recognizing academic achievement by football players?
... that the Bridge of Nations Bell which hung in Shuri Castle on Okinawa is so named for the inscription upon it, alluding to the central role of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in the region's maritime trade?
... that Josephus used the chronicles of Demetrius the Chronographer for his Antiquities of the Jews and adopted his chronological system?
... that the Wayne Wonder song "No Letting Go" is about a girl who is not mentioned by name?
... that the Baroque Cherasco Synagogue was built on a courtyard so that the sounds of Jewish worship would not reach Christian ears, and possibly endanger the Jewish community?
... that Virginia Shehee, Louisiana's first woman state senator, once bought a pig at a 4-H show, the proceeds of which helped a boy with cerebral palsy to learn how to walk?
... that the residents of England's Butt Hole Road raised £300 to have the name of the street changed to keep tourists away and end jokes about the street's name?
12:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

... that in 2008, Cole Hamels (pictured) became the fifth player in Major League Baseball history to win the World Series MVP Award and the League Championship Series MVP Award in the same season?
... that Finnish soldiers nicknamed the 20 ITK 40 VKT "Vekotin", or "gadget"?
... that William Chaloner was a counterfeiter, swindler, charlatan, sham plotter, and agent provocateur, who was convicted by Isaac Newton, sent to Newgate Prison, and hanged on the gallows at Tyburn?
... that Montana's 30 percent tax on coal production, upheld in Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana (1981), was once called "the most significant piece of legislation enacted in Montana in this century"?
... that Nan Vernon provided the end credit music of both of Rob Zombie's Halloween films and has been noted for being part of the "singer-songwriter trend" of women nurturing folk music's rebirth?
... that the Ryūkyū Shimpō, founded in 1893 by former royal prince Shō Jun, was the first newspaper in Okinawa?
... that the Oregon Geographic Names Board was established by Governor George Chamberlain in 1908 to assist the United States Board on Geographic Names in naming geographic features within the state of Oregon?
... that the lollipop catshark is shaped like a tadpole and has an almost gelatinous body?
06:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the range of the Central American Squirrel Monkey (pictured) within Panama has been reduced, and no longer includes its type locality of David?
... that as Clarenceux King of Arms, Robert Cooke arranged the state funeral of Sir Philip Sidney?
... that the prototype of the Soviet Il-22 jet bomber made the first ever Soviet jet-assisted take-off on 7 February 1948 with a pair of SR-2 boosters?
... that the Louisiana oral historian Hubert D. Humphreys was a charter member of the faculty at Louisiana State University in Shreveport?
... that University College London Union is the oldest students' union in England?
... that Burkinabè politician and revolutionary ideologue Valère Somé was forced into exile to Congo-Brazzaville after the overthrow of Thomas Sankara?
... that Chrysler vehicles won 34 races in the 1966 NASCAR season, after winning only six in the previous season?
... that somebody jumped 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) high on a pogo stick at Pogopalooza this year?
00:28, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

... that George William Beatty (pictured, right) flew his first solo flight on July 23, 1911, and set a U.S. altitude record with Al Welsh (pictured, left) that same day?
... that after the German occupants shut down several underground newspapers in Norway in February 1944, Bulletinen was the only one remaining with contacts to the leadership of the civil resistance?
... that William Sharman, a finalist in the 110 meter hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, is also a classically trained pianist and has a master's in banking and finance?
... that in the midst of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, the Indonesian Murba Party pledged to send volunteers to Cuba?
... that the Louisiana short story writer Ada Jack Carver Snell had a French grandmother who encouraged her literary and intellectual pursuits?
... that the first time the Soviet prototype of the Ilyushin Il-40 ground-attack aircraft fired its guns in the air its pilot was temporarily blinded and both jet engines flamed out?
... that after a failed jail escape, anarchist Harold Thompson had 31 years added to his life sentence?
... that the Automatic Complaint-Letter Generator generates complaint letters that are "general enough to be true or fit anyone and everyone, yet specific enough to mean something"?

12 September 2009

18:28, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Bhima Devi Temple Complex (pictured) in Haryana, India, includes the restored ruins of a Hindu temple dated from the 8th to 11th century AD and Pinjore Gardens from the 17th century?
... that Dennis Gorski sponsored legislation in the New York State Assembly that preserved the right to declare "loss of fetus" as a serious injury in automobile accidents?
... that the first airborne lifeboat carried by bombers converted to air-sea rescue service was designed in the UK by Uffa Fox?
... that The Edw. Malley Co. department store operated for 130 years and was billed as "The Metropolitan Store of Connecticut"?
... that according to 1996 research into sexuality in music videos, hip-hop and R&B scored highest in an analysis of sexual content?
... that part of Audenshaw, Greater Manchester and a section of an ancient ditch that according to folklore was the site of a bloody battle between Saxons and Vikings, was destroyed in the 19th century by the construction of Audenshaw Reservoirs?
... that Syrian political activist Faeq al-Mir was arrested and potentially faced life in prison for a phone call?
... that Maltman Barry, a British political activist, was a friend of Karl Marx, but stood for election as a Conservative?
12:28, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the architectural style of the manor houses known as dwór or dworek (example pictured) that evolved during the late Polish Renaissance period still inspires some contemporary Polish manors?
... that staff members of the Maria Mitchell Association conduct research into topics as varied as exoplanets and the American Burying Beetle?
... that SMS Weißenburg, a German pre-dreadnought battleship, was sold to the Ottoman Navy, and later came to the rescue of the battlecruiser Goeben, another former German warship in Ottoman service?
... that Southern Miss Golden Eagles quarterback Austin Davis broke 15 different school records his redshirt freshman season?
... that the song "Voices Carry" was originally written and sung by 'Til Tuesday's lead singer, Aimee Mann, as to a woman?
... that the distinctive "na-na-na-na" sound found in the music of the Katamari Damacy series was created by sound director Yū Miyake as an experiment in creating memorable video game music?
... that the convicted killers known as the Scissor Sisters dismembered and beheaded their mother's partner, chopped off his penis and dumped most of his body in the Royal Canal?
... that at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Communications Workers of America v. Beck is a dispute over a US$10-a-month agency shop fee?
06:28, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

... that in Dutch Golden Age painting a lute (example pictured), stocking or bird may represent a visual sexual pun?
... that the first peace-time air-sea rescue unit equipped entirely with helicopters was No. 275 Squadron RAF in 1953?
... that halfback Andy Hastings led the 1916 Pitt football team to a national championship and was also elected president of Pitt's University Glee Club?
... that after being driven mad, some survivors of the Brazilian cruiser Bahia jumped off of their rafts and were eaten by sharks?
... that two of the three daughters of the Louisiana real estate developer and Springhill mayor Jesse L. Boucher became Hollywood actresses?
... that Vickers Viscount G-ALWE crashed on approach to Ringway Airport, Manchester when a bolt on the starboard flap mechanism failed?
... that the Battle of San Marino was fought between Allied and German forces inside a neutral country?
... that after being reported as dead in LIFE magazine, Don Bell was greeted with "Hello, Lazarus" by General MacArthur?
00:28, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

... that American Dumbo rescue flights (aircraft pictured) worked with submarines and surface boats to help save downed airmen in the Pacific War?
... that when the Vladimir Dudintsev novel Not by Bread Alone was published in the Soviet Union in 1956, it was so popular that copies sold for five times the cover price?
... that the Romanian–American Refinery was one of several refineries bombarded by the allied powers in Operation Tidal Wave during World War II?
... that "Kicks," a 1966 hit single by Paul Revere & the Raiders, was called "a dumb anti-drug song" by singer-songwriter David Crosby?
... that Cut, a 2009 ad designed to promote domestic violence awareness, was deemed too violent to appear on British television?
... that the 19th century New York City saloon Hole-in-the-Wall employed two female criminals as bouncers?
... that Shirley Huffman, the first female mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, worked to change the city's charter to allow her more time in office?
... that while racing in the 2009 World Orienteering Championships gold medalist Thierry Gueorgiou rescued an injured competitor?

11 September 2009

18:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

... that France's Madagascar expedition of 1883 (bombing action pictured) was triggered by the will to remove British economic and religious influence from the island of Madagascar?
... that Caroline Moore was 14 years old when she discovered supernova 2008ha?
... that the Scolanova Synagogue, one of four synagogues confiscated and turned into churches in Trani, Italy in 1380, is now a synagogue again?
... that in 1729, when his plantation Corotoman was destroyed, Robert "King" Carter I lamented in his diary about the total destruction of his wine cellar?
... that David Snell, who was the first person to allege that Japan had tested its own atomic bomb prior to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, later became a writer for Life Magazine?
... that in the legal case Werner Erhard and Associates v. Christopher Cox for Congress the plaintiff claimed charges of libel and slander for being referred to as a "destructive cult"?
... that the film based on the novel Names in Marble is the most successful Estonian film in terms of box office profits?
12:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

... that in May 2008, an amateur astronomer discovered an unusual supernova-like object in the galaxy NGC 300 (ultraviolet image pictured)?
... that forensic techniques in antiquity included pulling donkey tails and filling the mouths of suspects with rice?
... that director Frank Capra cast street people from Downtown Los Angeles as extras in the 1933 film Lady for a Day?
... that a sotie is different from a farce in that it uses allegorical protagonists, rather than real people?
... that the list of alumni of Union College in Schenectady, New York, includes one President of the United States, a Secretary of State from both the Union and the Confederacy, and numerous Congressmen?
... that in 2007, Jon Willis became the first British fencer to win a World Cup since 1981?
... that Fighter Wing 71 is the sole unit in the Luftwaffe still operating the F-4 Phantom II fighter?
... that the 2007 drama The Memory Thief made use of interview footage of actual Holocaust survivors?
05:21, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Giuseppe Verdi did not want Eugenia Tadolini (pictured) to sing Lady Macbeth in his opera Macbeth because her voice was too beautiful?
... that the video sharing website Trilulilu is one of the most visited websites in Romania, with an average of 2.2 million unique visitors per month?
... that in the lawsuit Ney v. Landmark Education Corporation and Werner Erhard, a default judgment of over US$500,000 was entered against Erhard?
... that the Tasmanian Masked Owl is threatened by competition for nest hollows by feral bees, kookaburras and possums?
... that Hillsboro, Oregon, based Beyond Words Publishing's first book retailed for over US$2,000, with one copy presented as a gift to the Japanese Emperor?
... that the Montreal Gazette of November 18, 2008, included the Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve in the 10 hot spots of Quebec's wilderness that "you should experience before you die"?
... that the 1964 British BSA Thunderbolt motorcycle was capable of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)?
... that Arsenal Park Transilvania, one of Europe's few military-themed amusement parks, has villas named after Douglas MacArthur, Julius Caesar, and Eremia Grigorescu?

10 September 2009

23:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the mica cap mushroom (pictured) has glistening particles on top that are remnants of a universal veil?
... that Yaakov Bodo played the character "Moishe Ventilator" more than 1,000 times?
... that the author of the American book How the Scots Invented the Modern World is from the Midwestern United States and has no Scottish in his ancestral background?
... that the F.N.B.P.B. bakery workers' union, founded in 1960, is the oldest member of the Confédération générale du travail du Burkina trade union centre in Burkina Faso?
... that the one off Winton Train commemorates Sir Nicholas Winton, the "English Oskar Schindler"?
... that CFL rookie Bobby Keyes won a $1,000 player pool for grabbing the Edmonton Eskimos' first interception of the 2009 season?
... that Carletonomys, a rodent related to modern rice rats, is known only from one incomplete upper jaw from over 1 million year old silt deposits in Argentina?
... that Fred Allison erroneously claimed to have discovered new chemical elements he called alabamium and virginium in 1930?
17:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

... that SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm (pictured), a German-built pre-dreadnought battleship, was sold to the Ottoman Empire, renamed Heireddin Barbarossa, and sunk by a British submarine during World War I?
... that Australian singer Lana Cantrell, a 1968 Grammy Award nominee for Best New Artist, later became an entertainment lawyer in New York City?
... that Tawang Monastery in northeastern India is said to be the largest Buddhist monastery in the world outside of Lhasa, Tibet?
... that Miranda Lambert's new album Revolution is slated to include songs co-written by Blake Shelton as well as Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum?
... that, in his 1765 work A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World, theologian Jonathan Edwards argued that God's purpose in creating the world was not human happiness but His own glory ?
... that Fred McQueen, the son of Steve McQueen, is in 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope, one of the most expensive Japanese films ever made?
... that in the 1950 confidence vote for the Indonesian Natsir cabinet, the National People's Party was the sole party without ministers of its own to support the government?
... that Leonid Rogozov had to perform an appendectomy on himself because he was the only doctor stationed at the Soviet Antarctic research station Novolazarevskaya?
11:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

... that William Britten illustrated many images from Lord Tennyson's early poems, including: a lonely woman (pictured), a corpse, a jilted lover, drug users, an odd saint, a sleeping lady, a knight, and waves?
... that Ridge A in Antarctica has been identified as the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth?
... that, at seventeen years old, Charles L. Gilliland was the youngest Medal of Honor recipient of the Korean War?
... that the declared purpose of the Texas Psychological Association is to advance the field of psychology as a science, profession, and means of promoting human welfare?
... that Albert Pape scored a goal for Manchester United against Clapton Orient in 1925, despite only completing a transfer from Orient to United an hour before kick-off?
... that singer Myriam received a gold certification in México for an album that included a cover version of the number-one song "Simplemente Amigos"?
... that the Yibir are a Somali clan of itinerant magicians who give blessings to newborns and newly married couples?
... that the daggernose shark can adjust the timing of events in its reproductive cycle by several months?
05:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

... that after B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II (pictured) ended the first round-the-world airplane flight, Curtis LeMay of SAC said the USAF could now fly to "any place in the world that required the atomic bomb"?
... that at the 2000 Camp David Summit, Yasser Arafat denied that a Jewish Temple ever existed in Jerusalem?
... that Pavel Argeyev, a Russian flying ace, fought on both the Eastern Front and the Western Front for both Russia and France during the First World War?
... that the Indonesian Murba Women's Union ran programmes to help women start batik and weaving household industries?
... that while heading the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Harry Fett worked for the preservation of the site Bryggen in Bergen, and the mining town Røros?
... that the then Crown Prince of Austria Karl I praised Galicia's Jews for their patriotism during the Russian occupation of 1914–15?
... that Chamchuri Square, an office/residential/retail building complex in Bangkok, Thailand, stood uncompleted for almost ten years due to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis?
... that after leading Illinois to "the greatest football upset of all time," Bart Macomber left school for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit?

9 September 2009

23:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

... that 70 paintings of Sofia (example pictured), the capital of Bulgaria, by Tyrolean-born painter and engineer Joseph Oberbauer are to be exhibited in Sofia's planned museum of local history?
... that decltype can be used to "clean up function syntax mess" in C++ programming?
... that the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Alma was once the biggest centre for growing olives in the District of Safad?
... that Buffalo's "Ockie" Anderson scored more points in the 1920 NFL season (the league's first) than four entire teams?
... that the pilot in the Soviet Il-20 ground attack aircraft prototype sat on top of the engine, directly behind the propeller?
... that Martha Wollstein became the first female member of the American Pediatric Society in 1930?
... that Judge Richard Posner's 2009 book, A Failure of Capitalism, moves away from his past advocacy of free-market capitalism and criticizes the Bush administration's policies?
... that Eddie Gillette led the Wisconsin Badgers football team to an undefeated season and in baseball "beat some of the best pitchers in the 'Three-Eye League'"?
17:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned in the Belgaum Fort (pictured) during India's struggle for independence?
... that before 1977, hundreds of wild elephants in North-East India were captured each year by mela shikar, a traditional method involving a lasso?
... that Sir John Henry Pelly was Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company and Governor of the Bank of England?
... that although he failed to win the office himself in 1883, Thomas Z. Morrow's brother-in-law and son were both elected governor of Kentucky in 1895 and 1919, respectively?
... that the HAWAII MR1 mapping system was used to find the USS Yorktown, a shipwreck 17,000 feet underwater?
... that Hillsboro, Oregon, native Rick Dancer announced he was running for Oregon Secretary of State while on air working for KEZI?
... that the murder of 17-year-old Raonaid Murray has still not been solved ten years after it occurred?
... that iPod Touch/iPhone game Doodle Jump has been the top paid downloaded app in five countries including the US?
11:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

... that British auto racing team CR Scuderia won races in all three series it participated in during 2008 as well as two championships?
... that Pope Constantine, in 711, was the last pope to visit Constantinople for over 1250 years?
...that Tropical Storm Wendy of 1999 was labeled "the most serious storm of the century" by the local government in Wenzhou, China, where it killed 133 people?
... that Charles of Lorraine-Commercy was the one of the most trusted lieutenants of Prince Eugene of Savoy?
... that the CSCT is the largest container terminal in the Black Sea basin, having an annual traffic capacity of 1,500,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEUs)?
... that No Jacket Required is highest selling release from the discography of Phil Collins, having been certified diamond for sales of over 10 million copies in the United States?
... that between studying maths at Cambridge University and becoming a highly cited neuroscientist, Stephen Dunnett was a social worker in the London Borough of Southwark in the mid-1970s?
... that U.S. President Herbert Hoover was once the manager of the Gwalia Gold Mine in Western Australia?
05:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Egawa Hidetatsu (pictured) designed and built in 1853–54 the artillery batteries of Odaiba at the entrance of Edo (modern Tokyo), to prevent an intrusion by the United States fleet of Commodore Perry?
... that the Nyack, New York, post office has been renamed in memory of two local police officers and a security guard slain in the 1981 Brinks robbery?
... that Wilhelm Munthe served four years as president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)?
... that Faith Bible High School in Hillsboro, Oregon, closed for a day after a student received a threatening message on AOL Instant Messenger?
... that Fred Griffiths, who played twice for the Wales national football team, was killed in action during the First World War?
... that the Indonesian Dayak Unity Party was dissolved in 1959 when President Sukarno issued a ban on ethnic political parties?
... that Carrie Underwood's single "Cowboy Casanova" was rush-released on YouTube after an unfinished mix of the song leaked online?
... that after losing both arms in a coal mining accident, Vladislav Titov wrote several books by holding a pen with his teeth?

8 September 2009

23:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the fragrance of the flowers of Magnolia × wieseneri (pictured) has been likened to that of a pineapple?
... that the U.S. Coast Guard's Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron uses .50-caliber rifles to shoot out the engines of fleeing drug runners?
... that Tore Gjelsvik headed the Norwegian Polar Institute for more than twenty years?
... that Francisco Goya's series of etchings The Disasters of War was not published until 35 years after his death, when there was no risk of political repercussions?
... that the ILO's Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention neither authorizes nor prohibits union security agreements, "such questions being matters for regulation in accordance with national practice"?
... that Samuel Clucas was offered a soccer scholarship in the United States after studying sports development at Lincoln College?
... that the owners of the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts in Alamogordo, New Mexico, gave the building away to local government so that state funding could be used to renovate the building?
... that the songs on Ferdinand Richard's solo album En Avant are sung in eight different languages?
17:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m²) Thomas H. Hoatson House in Laurium, Michigan (pictured), is the largest mansion in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan?
... that when actress Gerda Ring had to flee from Norway to Sweden during World War II, she started the theatre group Fri Norsk Scene, together with her husband Halfdan Christensen?
... that in Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc, the mortal remains of the last Aztec emperor are on public display?
... that in 1949, a monument in recognition of Dr. Niels Ebbesen Hansen and his contributions to the Horticultural Department was erected on the campus of South Dakota State College?
... that 94% of the Members of Parliament elected in the 1992 election in Burkina Faso were male?
... that Dr. Wacław Olszak, Polish physician and former mayor of Karviná, Czechoslovakia, was murdered by Nazis just ten days after the war started?
... that the religious Vision Interfaith Satellite Network evolved into the Hallmark Channel?
... that according to Hindu mythology, god Shiva proposed to his consort Parvati at Guptakashi?
11:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the dark, puffadder, brown, and Natal shysharks (puffadder shyshark pictured) of South Africa are so named because they curl into a ring when threatened and "shyly" cover their eyes with their tails?
... that 2,500 out of 3,000 prisoners at the Chinese Jiabiangou labor camp died within three years, mostly from starvation?
... that the recently discovered Speleonectes atlantida is an eyeless crustacean equipped with powerful prehensile limbs and poisonous fangs that function as hypodermic needles?
... that while filming Counsellor at Law, director William Wyler had to resort to placing cue cards around the set because lead actor John Barrymore kept forgetting his lines?
... that Christopher Elrington, general editor of the Victoria County History, was a professor at the University of London even though he never taught there?
... that in 1770, James Cook named two landmarks near Cook Island, New South Wales, Mount Warning and Point Danger because he nearly shipwrecked there?
... that most of the exhibits at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg are from the private collection of Peter Tamm, who started collecting when he was six years old?
... that Georgia Tech halfback and College Football Hall of Fame inductee "Stroop" Strupper used lip-reading to overcome deafness?
05:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Takashima Shūhan (pictured) was the first major proponent of Western firearms at the end of Japan's Seclusion period in the 19th century?
... that a Lufthansa Junkers Ju 52 was the first plane to land at Oslo Airport, Fornebu in Norway, nine months before it opened?
... that Norman Luxton sailed across the Pacific Ocean in a 100-year old Nootka dugout canoe for five months before being forced to stop from injuries?
... that due to technical malfunctions, it took nine years from the date SL95 trams of Oslo, Norway, were ordered until all units were in service?
... that the 122 miles (196 km) Dorcheat Bayou in Arkansas and Louisiana was once navigable for several months a year to access the Red River?
... that even though Karen Platou in 1921 was the first woman elected to the Norwegian Parliament, the first woman to sit in that assembly was Anna Rogstad, ten years earlier?
... that in Taxco during Holy Week some perform penance walking with 50 kilograms (110 lb) bundles of thorned blackberry canes on their backs?
... that Yummy Dough is modelling clay that can be eaten as well as played with?

7 September 2009

23:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Jens Book-Jenssen (pictured) was Norway's best-selling recording artist of the 20th century?
... that several Armillaria species are bioluminescent?
... that Clarence Cazalot quadrupled Marathon Oil's net income during his first year as chief executive?
... that the Election Commission of Nepal oversaw approximately 10,000 polling places, 10,000 candidates, and 234,000 election workers during voting for the Nepalese Constituent Assembly?
... that William of Pagula's book Oculus Sacerdotis, intended to be a manual for parish priests, was written in such a way that many of the priests couldn't read it?
... that Rancho Cañada de Pogolimi, a fertile California ranch exceeding 8,780 acres (35.5 km²), was granted in 1844 to María Antonia Cazares, who was married at 14 and widowed at 17?
... that semi-professional football player Nevin Saroya featured in the football-themed film Mean Machine?
... that Katsura Hoshino based her manga character Allen Walker on a female character, only altering the hair length?
17:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

... that after William Finch described Delhi in 1611 as a city of seven forts and fifty-two gates, more Gates of Delhi (example pictured) were built by the Mughals and British — but only 13 gates still exist in good condition?
... that Mount Widerøe, Antarctica, is named for Viggo Widerøe, who flew aerial photography planes to map 80,000 km² (31,000 sq mi) of the continent's coast?
... that at only 0.32 miles (0.51 km) long, New Jersey Route 64 is a state highway that consists primarily of a bridge over Amtrak-maintained railroad tracks?
... that Brandenburg and Pomerania settled their conflicts in the Treaty of Soldin, but fought it out when Pomerania disobeyed?
... that the Swedish reality show Wild Kids has been described as a children's version of Survivor?
... that Jim Bunning, currently a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, was the Pittsburgh Pirates' Opening Day starting pitcher in 1968?
... that Polish archaeologist Mieczysław Domaradzki, who was based in Bulgaria for 22 years studying the archaeology of Thrace, discovered the ancient market centre Pistiros?
... that Beverly Hills, California, produces more than 874,000 barrels of oil a year, with approximately 11 million barrels in reserve, and oil wells on campus at the local high school?
11:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Kiliaen van Rensselaer (pictured) is an ancestor of the van Rensselaer family of New York, which included two Lieutenant Governors, five Congressmen, and the tenth-richest man in American history?
... that the gorgon Medusa is a common theme in the mosaic decoration of Villa Armira, a Roman villa near modern Ivaylovgrad, Bulgaria?
... that Jacques Callot's series of etchings The Large Miseries of War were so called to distinguish them from a smaller set of Miseries?
... that of the two formats of Ashokan Edicts (Delhi) namely, rock edicts and stone pillar edicts, the in-situ rock edict found in 1966 links Delhi’s history with the Ashokan era (273–236 BC)?
... that the Simpson Railroad is one of the last operational logging railroads in the continental United States?
... that Austrian Jewish author Elfriede Gerstl as a child had to hide in a wardrobe to avoid deportation to a concentration camp?
... that all but one of Masami Hirosaka's IFMAR titles were won driving cars by Yokomo and their home market distributor Associated Electrics?
... that in the world's northernmost university it is obligatory to take self-defence shooting classes?
05:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

... that commissioners of the Alaska Road Commission declared that it had "no pretense of having built roads adapted for automobile travel" (bad road pictured)?
... that Gershom Schocken was the editor of Haaretz for over 50 years?
... that the hydraulis or water organ of the Dion Archaeological Museum is the first water organ found in Greece, and believed to be the oldest excavated to date anywhere in the world?
... that the history of transport in Somerset has gone from the Sweet Track, an ancient causeway, to a modern international airport?
... that polyaryletherketone (PAEK) is a family of thermoplastics that are used in high temperature applications and surgical implants?
... that mainstream Japanese film journal Kinema Junpo chose director Tatsumi Kumashiro's The World of Geisha as one of the best ten Japanese films of 1973 despite its being in the softcore Roman porno genre?
... that the 2009 Serbian Air Force MiG-29 crash killed Lieutenant Colonel Rade Randjelovic, Serbian Air Force's display pilot and commander of the 98th Air Base?
... that Leonese nobleman Fruela Díaz gave, as a gift to Queen Urraca of León, a horse worth the equivalent of 5,000 sheep?

6 September 2009

23:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the spadenose shark (pictured) exhibits the most advanced form of placental reproduction in fishes?
... that No. 6 Commando, a British commando unit, used American uniforms and equipment during Operation Torch in an attempt to placate the Vichy French?
... that The Homestead, one of the oldest buildings in Haverstraw, New York, has been home to a state legislator and congressman, the county sheriff and the local school superintendent?
... that the thirteen-year-old Kumawakamaru took revenge for his father by assassinating the monk Homma Saburō with his own sword?
... that the two roads that use former New Jersey Route 65, Port Street and Doremus Avenue, dead-end just after their respective intersection?
... that Edward Atienza made his London theatrical debut in 1954, as the Mole in Toad of Toad Hall?
... that the United States Navy conducted Operation Teardrop in 1945 in the mistaken belief that German U-boats were en route to attack the United States east coast with V-1 flying bombs?
... that Japan's incoming First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama claims to have been abducted by aliens in a triangular-shaped UFO and to have known Tom Cruise when he was Japanese in a prior incarnation?
17:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge (pictured) is known locally as "The Church on the Roundabout"?
... that prior to reclamation of the Polaris mine, the 700 feet (210 m) long warehouse that stored concentrated ore was the largest building in Nunavut?
... that in 1947 a group broke away from the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) and founded the rival Red Communist Party, in protest of the PKI leadership's willingness to negotiate with the Dutch?
... that the Russell Drysdale's 1948 painting The cricketers has been described as "possibly the most famous Australian painting of the 20th century"?
... that the Battle of Oldendorf was one of only two battles in the Thirty Years' War where both armies attacked?
... that the political cabaret show Neues aus der Anstalt is the first of its kind to be broadcast on the second German public-service channel since 1979?
... that British Isles and Australian rugby player Blair Swannell played every game in the same pair of unwashed breeches?
... that in combat areas of the Eastern Front of World War II, German soldiers were ordered to shoot any dog because it might be an anti-tank dog?
11:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

... that a sarcophagus found in the Necropolis of Kerkouane (Kerkouane seaside pictured) is one of the only known Punic wood carvings still in existence?
... that Jacob van Deventer spent fifteen years making hundreds of maps of Dutch cities, but his work was only rediscovered 299 years after he began?
... that Battle of Long Khanh was the last joint American-Australian battalion-sized operation in Vietnam?
... that wet storage stain, more commonly known as "white rust", is a very selective type of corrosion that only occurs on fresh zinc surfaces that are stored in close quarters and collect moisture?
... that Bulgarian–Italian Futurist painter Nikolay Diulgheroff, an honorary citizen of Turin, studied at the original Bauhaus in Weimar?
... that the Soviet Il-8-2 ground-attack aircraft prototype mounted a cassette of ten AG-2 aerial grenades to drop in the path of pursuing fighters?
... that the German hospital ship Ophelia was seized by the British Navy as a spy ship in 1914 only to be torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat UB-10 a year later?
... that mob boss Gennaro Angiulo's high-school ambition was to be a lawyer?
05:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the pet parrot species the Yellow-billed Amazon (pictured) is only found on the island of Jamaica?
... that the giant Tiber oilfield was found 6 miles (10 km) down, in some of the oldest offshore rock layers ever drilled for oil?
... that San Jose Mercury News West Magazine received awards for reporting on Japanese American internment, environmental policies of the Reagan administration, and effects of Proposition 13?
... that in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Hale, Cheshire, England, is the grave of John Middleton, who was reputed to have been over 9 feet (3 m) tall?
... that Haitian pianist and composer Ludovic Lamothe was hailed as the "black Frédéric Chopin" after years of recitals to the Haitian elite?
... that the four Brandenburg-class battleships were the first ocean-going battleships built by the German Imperial Navy?
... that in the United Kingdom a drought is defined as fifteen consecutive days or more with less than 0.2 millimetres of rainfall?

5 September 2009

23:21, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

... that a eutactic star (pictured), so named because it is deemed to be "well-situated" or "well-arranged", may be used to prove that any form is "eutactic"?
... that Gaylord Stinchcomb, one of the stars of Ohio State's first football victory over Michigan, also won the 1921 NCAA championship in the broad jump?
... that as the result of a wrong order, the elite British T-Force moved in to Kiel just prior to VE Day while a strong German force was still present in the city?
... that a miniature clay figurine of a woman or goddess in the Argos Archaeological Museum in Greece is one of the oldest sculptural representations of humans found in Europe to date?
... that after being part of the Communist Party of Burma for 20 years, Pheung Kya-shin mutinied against the party and established his own army?
... that in the initial Anglo-Italian Cup football tournaments, one point was awarded for every goal scored?
... that the English explorer Robert Machin, who has been credited with discovering the island of Madeira, may never have existed?
17:21, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

... that ballet Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev was premiered in Mahen Theatre (pictured), Brno, Czech Republic?
... that Romanian DJ David Deejay was the first artist in the country to release two songs simultaneously, I Can Feel and So Bizzare [sic], with the last becoming a number one hit?
... that Ford developed a people mover system known as ACT, but the only one to see passenger service was built between the Hyatt Regency hotel and Fairlane Town Center shopping mall on Ford-developed lands in Dearborn, MI?
... that Pope Pius XII appointed Hilarius Breitinger as Apostolic Administrator to the Reichsgau Wartheland, the portion of Poland annexed by Nazi Germany?
... that during the 2009 Big Ten Conference football season nine teams open their seasons at home?
... that the building of the Archaeological Museum of Chania in Crete was once the main church of a Franciscan monastery and survived a major earthquake in 1595?
... that African-American groom Eddie Sweat is depicted with Secretariat in a life-sized statue at the Kentucky Horse Park?
... that Kirātārjunīya, a Sanskrit poem by Bharavi, is known both for its depth and its wordplay, including a symmetric verse that reads the same forward, backward, horizontally and vertically?
11:21, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

... that in 1885, over 10,000 mourners attended the funeral of English maidservant Alice Ayres (pictured)?
... that Henry Gerber founded the first gay rights organization in the United States in 1924, only to see it destroyed in less than a year following accusations that it was a "strange sex cult"?
... that Roy Nielsen was one of the two saboteurs responsible for sinking the German troop ship SS Donau in the Oslofjord in January 1945?
... that Travis Tritt's song "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" features Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker, Tanya Tucker and Porter Wagoner?
... that the Edenton Tea Party was one of the first instances of political activism by women in the Thirteen Colonies?
... that although Tennessee Williams co-wrote the screenplay for the 1950 film version of his play The Glass Menagerie, he called the film a "dishonest" adaptation of his work?
... that the Oslo Metro station serving the district of Grini in Bærum was closed in 1995 because many passengers chose to walk to another station from whence the fare was cheaper?
05:21, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the appearance of the decorated Pholiota (pictured) at a 1994 North Carolina mushroom foray led to its re-classification two years later?
... that Christian Kølle introduced the feminine grammatical gender in Norway in an anonymous work released in 1785?
... that a turma signified a cavalry squadron of 30 men in the Roman army, but evolved into a regiment of up to 6,000 men in the Byzantine Empire?
... that German CDU politician Karl-Josef Laumann was appointed Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs for North Rhine-Westphalia in 2005?
... that Turner Contemporary, a visual arts venue in Margate, has begun construction atop a promenade so that it won't be destroyed by the North Sea?
... that bonnetmouths can be found at depths from 3 to 90 metres (9.8 to 295.3 ft), but mainly occur in schools at about 64 metres (210 ft) deep?
... that the British Velocette Valiant motorcycle launched in 1956 was criticised for its underpowered engine?
... that Singaporean author Rex Shelley wrote his first novel The Shrimp People, about the Eurasian community in Singapore, in 1991 at age 61?

4 September 2009

23:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal (pictured) on Maine's Kennebec River originally had a bell run by a clockwork counterweight mechanism that had to be wound by hand every four hours?
... that the herald Robert Glover was appointed to the office of Norroy King of Arms jointly with his 82-year-old father-in-law William Flower in 1580?
... that Hamburg's Wellingsbüttel Manor was the former home of Duke Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and used as a student's resident hall from 1964 till 1996?
... that Lewis A. "Tam" McArthur paid to have his book, Oregon Geographic Names, published in 1928 and that the book is still in print today?
... that in the 1894–95 Madagascar expedition, France lost only 25 men in combat, but as many as 4,800 men to diseases?
... that Helga Karlsen, who was the first female Member of Parliament from the Norwegian Labour Party, died only four days before she could be elected for a third term?
... that members of the 15th Arizona Territorial Legislature used a glass eye and the services of a prostitute to ensure passage of the session's first act?
17:14, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

... that knuckle-walking (pictured) is done not only by chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas but also giant anteaters and platypuses?
... that English former footballer David Hamilton was Wigan Athletic's first ever full-time scout?
... that the Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library is the oldest chartered public library in Rockland County, New York?
... that Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg became the youngest soldier in the world when assigned to the 15th Mecklenburg Dragoons by German Emperor William I shortly after his birth?
... that in 1987, 13 years after its citizens voted to repeal the city's gay rights ordinance, Boulder, Colorado, became the only American city to adopt a gay rights law through popular referendum?
... that the former actress Sherry Boucher, formerly married to George Peppard, is now a Realtor in Bossier Parish, Louisiana?
... that Death Risk Rankings, nicknamed the "death calculator", allows users to view their chance of dying of sixty-six causes of death, such as murder, in a twelve-month span?
11:14, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Kielder Viaduct (pictured) in Northumberland, England, was built in 1862 in a baronial style and decorated with a battlemented parapet and faux arrow slits in order to gain approval of the local landowner?
... that the former secretary to the French embassy to Constantinople and army officer Étienne Soulange-Bodin set up a horticultural institute near Paris to rival Kew in the early 19th century?
... that Shirley Temple film vehicles Curly Top and The Littlest Rebel were both named to Variety's list of top box office draws for 1935?
... that Old Norse poems attributed to Torf-Einarr describe his defeat of Hálfdan Longlegs?
... that De Eendracht, a smock mill in Anjum, Netherlands, is used as a tourist information office as well as being a working mill?
... that George Quaintance was an American artist whose "idealized, strongly homoerotic" depictions of men appeared in physique magazines?
... that the deepest living demersal fish ever retrieved, Abyssobrotula galatheae, was found in the Puerto Rico Trench at a depth of 8,370 metres (27,453 ft)?
05:14, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

... that John MacBride (pictured) defeated Hercules and Mars in a single battle?
... that Lake Bistineau in northwestern Louisiana was originally formed in 1800 by flooding stemming from a large log jam on the nearby Red River?
... that on New Year's Day in 1980, 60 people were killed by an earthquake in the Azores Islands?
... that when designing The Spectacular Spider-Man, Victor Cook looked at the style of Hellboy: Blood and Iron, which he directed, for inspiration?
... that the RAF Memorial Flight Spitfire Mk IIa P7350 is the only surviving Spitfire from the Battle of Britain still flying?
... that Tien Ang Tong is the first Methodist church built in China that provided services in the English language?
... that Romanian writer Alexandru Odobescu viewed antisemites preventing linguist Lazăr Şăineanu from obtaining naturalization as "cannibals" devouring "a civilized man"?

3 September 2009

23:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the closure of the Tethys Sea 10–14 million years ago led to the sicklefin lemon shark (pictured) and the lemon shark becoming separate species?
... that Sapta Puri represents the seven holy Hindu cities of Ayodhya, Dwarka, Haridwar, Ujjain, Kanchipuram, Mathura and the holiest, Varanasi?
... that many well-known works of Renaissance art passed through the hands of connoisseur art dealer Stefano Bardini of Florence?
... that Winnfield, home of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, is known as "the birthplace of Louisiana politics" because three governors, Huey and Earl Long and O.K. Allen, were born there?
... that Med Hondo is an award-winning Mauritanian film director who dubbed the voice of Donkey in the French language version of Shrek?
... that since 2006, a Gibraltarian no longer needs be a Member of Parliament to become Mayor of Gibraltar?
... that after cancelling the political cabaret series Notizen aus der Provinz in 1979, the ZDF did not broadcast a similar show for 28 years?
17:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the cargo of the Dalarö wreck (pictured), sunk in the Baltic Sea, included coal and several Bartmann jugs?
... that three-time All-American Eddie Mahan was named by Jim Thorpe as the greatest football player of all time?
... that William Blake's unfinished manuscript An Island in the Moon contains early versions of three of his famous Songs of Innocence?
... that the waviness of bearing balls and bearing races surfaces is one of the reasons for bearing noise and vibrations?
... that the 1986 Vrancea earthquake in Romania, which damaged roughly 55,000 homes, was felt as far north as Poland and as far southwest as Italy?
... that Francesco Torniello was the first to define the point as a unit of measurement in typography?
... that the position of Clerk of the Parliaments has existed in England since at least 1315?
... that the rule of the Salt Hotel is "don't lick the walls"?
11:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the 19th-century artillery of Japan (example pictured) utilized widely disparate technologies, from primitive wooden cannon to state-of-the-art breech loaders?
... that Norwegian professor of bacteriology Sverre Dick Henriksen was an honorary member of the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists, despite having never worked in Poland?
... that Severe Tropical Cyclone Keli was the first recorded tropical cyclone to form within the South Pacific Ocean in June?
... that Henry Dorling, step-father of cookery writer Mrs Beeton, was the first Clerk of the Course of Epsom Racecourse?
... that the farmland at Ramstad, Norway, was affected by the 19th-century construction of both the Drammen Line and the European route E18?
... that in 1974, Louis Gaston Mayila became Deputy Personal Adviser to the then President of Gabon, Omar Bongo?
... that the treadmill COLBERT (Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill) aboard the International Space Station was named after political satirist Stephen Colbert?
05:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Euanthe sanderiana (pictured), also called the Waling-waling, was proposed in the House of Representatives of the Philippines to replace the Sampaguita as the country's national flower?
... that Robin Hoare received the Albert Medal for removing depth charges from a ship while it was on fire?
... that critics praised The Spectacular Spider-Man episode "Natural Selection" for its action and fight sequences?
... that the term surface integrity is defined as the nature of the surface condition of a workpiece after being affected by manufacturing processes?
... that one of the largest fish culture stations in Quebec, Canada, is in Lac-des-Écorces?
... that Triangle, the 1967 album by The Beau Brummels, was partially inspired by the Legion of Honor?
... that Martin Demaine founded the first one-man art glass studio in Canada and home-schooled his son Erik to become MIT's youngest ever professor despite not having a college degree himself?

2 September 2009

23:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Mansfield State Historic Site in western Louisiana commemorates an 1864 Confederate victory by General Richard Taylor, which prevented a pending Union invasion of Texas?
... that Auld Lang Syne was written by Robert Burns at Ellisland Farm near Dumfries, Scotland?
... that supporters invaded the pitch on three occasions during a football match between West Ham United and Millwall in 2009?
... that the Intimidator roller coaster on the South Carolina side of the Carowinds amusement park takes its name from the nickname of former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt?
... that according to government records in 2006, more than a third of the total number of Chinese residents in Botswana worked in the construction business?
... that the Germantown Colony and Museum near Minden, Louisiana, preserves the remnants of a Utopian religious commune active between 1835 and 1871?
... that Giveamanakick's live performances involved gas masks and streamers and one of their albums was said to be "something akin to being battered round the head with a plank of wood for half an hour"?
17:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Mount Hope Estate (pictured) is home to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, a winery, a brewpub, and a rare pre-1840 American formal garden?
... that all proceeds from the 2009 Radiohead song "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" were donated to The Royal British Legion?
... that Giuseppe Ricciotti's book "Life of Jesus Christ" was edited in 1941 and reedited and reprinted several times?
... that as a result of the Okęcie Airport Incident in 1980, four top players of the Polish national football team were disqualified, and one of them never capped for Poland again?
... that Alexander Gordon Lyle is one of only two dental officers ever to receive the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor?
... that, predicted to appear in at least 1 in 20,000 humans, the microduplication of a band on chromosome 17 leads to the rare disease Potocki-Lupski syndrome?
... that King Louis IX of France said that he would rather break clods behind a plough than accept the 1264 Peace of Canterbury?
11:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Doryphora sassafras (pictured) of southeastern Australia gains its name from the similarity of the odour of its leaves to that of the Sassafras of eastern North America?
... that the Castilian nobleman Fernando Núñez de Lara became a Knight Hospitaller on his deathbed in exile in Marrakesh?
... that Joginder Singh and Nick Nowicki were twice members of a group nicknamed the Unsinkable Seven after managing to be among the seven survivors of the East African Safari Rally in 1963 and 1968?
... that users in the upcoming MMORPG DUST 514 will be able to interact with users from another game, EVE Online, through mercenary assistance?
... that the Polish Committee for Settling of Place Names determined 32,138 toponyms of Poland inbetween 1946 and 1950?
... that the White-throated Round-eared Bat creates roosts inside the nests of the termite, Nasutitermes corniger?
... that William Hutton, François Pierre La Varenne and Benjamin Disraeli wrote about game pie, and Josiah Wedgwood made cooking dishes for it?
05:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

... that French author Honoré de Balzac (pictured) found inspiration for his 1840 novelette Z. Marcas from a sign outside a tailor's shop in Paris?
... that groups considered UFO religions by scholars include Aetherius Society, Heaven's Gate, Order of the Solar Temple, Raëlism, and Scientology?
... that the 1966 film Alice of Wonderland in Paris reimagined the Lewis Carroll heroine as an American girl who is obsessed with visiting the French capital?
... that Chisho Itoh, the winner of the 1988 Yokohama Film Festival Best New Director Award, went on to a career as the hardcore Japanese adult video director Tohjiro?
... that about a third of the population of Sheridan, Oregon, are criminals?
... that Fuzhou Tanka people in Fujian lived on boats most of their lives?
... that the Indonesian political party Permai was also a mystical religious movement?

1 September 2009

23:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

... that journeyman Paul Bako (pictured) has played for 11 Major League Baseball teams in his 12-year career, and was formerly Greg Maddux's personal catcher?
... that in the 1990s many users gained Internet access by using Slirp to emulate a TCP/IP connection via a dial-up shell account?
... that after The Saturday Evening Post announced its closure in 1969, embittered editor-in-chief William Emerson wished "that all the [magazine's] one-eyed critics will lose their other eye"?
... that Caney Lakes Recreation Area and nearby Lake Bistineau in northwestern Louisiana have been plagued with the giant salvinia fern, which impairs boating?
... that 80% of the taxis used for transport in Hamburg are driver-owned?
... that the 1930 musical The New Yorkers received criticism for bad taste, and its song "Love for Sale" was subsequently banned from the radio?
... that Mexico celebrates its Bicentennial of Independence and Centennial of the Mexico Revolution in 2010?
17:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

... that the Mercury-Atlas 8 spaceflight (pictured) in October 1962 was piloted by a Turtle?
... that the practice of stacking dead bodies and covering them with soil instead of digging graves has left Postman's Park, a former burial ground in the City of London, elevated above street level?
... that Al Purvis played for the Edmonton Mercurys, an ice hockey team sponsored by a local car dealership, that won the gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics?
... that the extensive ornamentation on the Haverstraw, New York, post office may be due to the influence of Postmaster General James Farley, a native of the area?
... that the Somali Ostrich faces eradication in the Horn of Africa?
... that the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society's headquarters building was one of only two U.S. skyscrapers featured at the 1932 International style exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art?
... that architect Charles Durrett has designed more than 50 cohousing communities in North America?
11:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

... that Titanic's sister ship Britannic (pictured) was one of the hospital ships sunk during the First World War?
... that the documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 gets its name from an actual headline in the Harvard Crimson?
... that Japanese erotic film actress Motoko Sasaki made her screen debut at the advanced age for the field, of 29, and won a Best Actress award at 36?
... that despite leading the New York Giants in tackles in 2004, Kevin Lewis was released before 2005?
... that the Map of Rensselaerswyck shows that Kiliaen van Rensselaer originally named areas around the upper Hudson River, near Fort Orange, after the women in his life?
... that Venezuelan performer José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" received a Grammy Award nomination for his number-one song "Baila Mi Rumba"?
05:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

... that a single bucket of water was used to extinguish a three-alarm fire at the Edith Green - Wendell Wyatt Federal Building (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, USA?
... that five months after the 2nd Arizona Territorial Legislature created Pah-Ute County most of the county's land was given to Nevada?
... that following the depopulation of the Palestinian village of Bayt Susin in 1948, the moshav of Ta'oz was established just two years later?
... that Robert Sommers, who became British Columbia Minister of Forests in 1952, was the first cabinet minister in the British Commonwealth to be imprisoned for taking bribes?
... that the 1st Special Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy was tasked with defending Australia and New Zealand during World War I?
... that both scutching and heckling are steps in the process of turning flax into linen?
... that Bathwick Hill, Bath is the site of a large Italianate villa, built by Henry Goodridge as his own house?