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31 May 2011

16:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Edward Chiera considered the setting of the Debate between sheep and grain (example of sheep pictured) to be the Babylonian Garden of Eden?
... that just three days after announcing he would retire in August, John Lipsky became Acting Managing Director of the IMF when Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned?
... that the majority trained with Artisans d'Angkor in Siem Reap are uneducated young Cambodians from rural areas?
... that abortion provider Susan Wicklund has been obliged to wear disguises to get past protesters in airports and at her workplace?
... that Efthimios Mitropoulos is the seventh and current Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization?
... that American children's author Agnes Hewes, a three-time winner of the Newbery Honor, was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, to medical missionary parents?
... that the Isabella Psalter (named for Isabella of France) and the Queen Mary Psalter (for Mary I of England) are 14th-century devotional books that also contain bestiaries?

08:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Titanic Engineers' Memorial (pictured) in Southampton was unveiled in front of a crowd of 100,000, who gathered in Andrews Park on 15 April 1914, two years after the disaster?
... that Robert W. Chandler bought the Bend Bulletin newspaper from Robert W. Sawyer in 1953 with only a US$6,000 down payment?
... that the Dering Roll begins with the coats of arms of two illegitimate sons of King John of England?
... that Bible translations into Polish date from the 13th century?
... that Erskine Thomason struck out one batter in his Major League Baseball career, which consisted of pitching one inning in 1974?
... that as a result of the 2011 British privacy injunctions controversy, Ryan Giggs attempted to take legal action against Twitter?
... that the American Express Gold card dress worn at the 67th Academy Awards by costume designer Lizzy Gardiner was made from 254 expired American Express cards?

00:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

... that there was a segregated Filipino Infantry Regiment (insignia pictured) in the United States Army during World War II?
... that children's author Jeanette Eaton, a four-time winner of the Newbery Honor, was a feminist who also wrote for a socialist magazine and felt that women were inhibited by reading women's magazines?
... that Bharattherium may have been among the first grazing mammals?
... that the Confederate States Navy casemate ironclad CSS Missouri was the last Confederate ironclad to surrender during the American Civil War?
... that Jean-Pierre Latz, like several other very prominent ébénistes in 18th-century Paris, was born in Germany?
... that on June 2, 1933, Clarence Pickrel, a pitcher for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, allowed the New York Giants to score four runs without recording a single out?
... that the comforts of the Association Residence Nursing Home, now the largest youth hostel in North America, have caused many people to wish they were old women?

30 May 2011

16:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Smålandsstövare (pictured) originates from dogs brought home by soldiers in the 16th century wars of the Swedish Empire?
... that Kenkoy was a Philippine comics character whose name became synonymous with the words joker, jester, or a hilarious person?
... that botanist Alfred Byrd Graf's richly illustrated books included some of the more than 100 plant species he had discovered on his worldwide journeys, including the first known white African Violet?
... that Kalamata olives are protected under the European Protected Geographical Status scheme?
... that in the early stages of World War II the steamer Refah from neutral Turkey was torpedoed by an unidentified submarine in the eastern Mediterranean killing 168 of the 200 people aboard?
... that three Welsh boxers have won the British super-featherweight title, Neil Haddock, Robert Dickie and Floyd Havard?
... that when the steam ferry Issaquah was first launched in Lake Washington in 1914, it got stuck in mud?

08:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

... that under the supervision of archaeologists, the graduates of Cambodia's Artisans d'Angkor have been able to reproduce some portions of Kbal Spean's (pictured) missing bas-relief carvings?
... that Stanford University's president wrote in 1907 that the career of Michigan center George W. Gregory illustrated "the evils of football"?
... that Benjamin Vulliamy, who designed the clock that defined time at the Prime Meridian, also designed clocks with porcelain cases?
... that Greek has been taught at Sierra Leone Grammar School since 1845?
... that Liang Huazhi led the Patriotic Sacrifice League in Shanxi to fight against the Japanese invasion of China?
... that Temple basketball player Ramone Moore improved his three point percentage from 12.5 percent as a sophomore to 38.3 percent as a junior?
... that Edward VII and his lover reportedly once got stuck in a too-narrow bathtub at the Hôtel Ritz Paris, which led to the tubs being enlarged?

00:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

... that a fossil of the extinct sea scorpion Eurypterus (restoration pictured) was once thought to be a catfish?
... that Peter Jackson's 1994 film Heavenly Creatures is based on the Parker–Hulme murder case involving two New Zealand girls who went to school at what became the Cranmer Centre?
... that Aníbal Pérez, a former First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, was also President of the O'Higgins football club?
... that 184 38th Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh is the oldest known log house to be used as a residence in any major American city?
... that Salter's duck is a wave-powered generator that uses gyroscopes to convert up to 90% of wave power into electricity?
... that Clarence Clemons reached the studio at midnight to record the saxophone part on Lady Gaga's song "Hair" and finished by 3:00 am?
... that on May 18, 2011, the United States Government posted a blog and a couple of tweets to raise public awareness about incoming zombie apocalypse, natural disasters and pandemics?

29 May 2011

16:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

... that San Pellegrino in Vaticano (pictured) is one of the oldest churches in the Vatican City?
... that baseball player Lou Raymond's career with the Philadelphia Phillies consisted of one game, during which he earned a single hit in two at-bats?
... that Bach began his cantata, Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86, with a quotation from the Farewell discourse, sung by the bass as the Vox Christi?
... that in the 2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, two Arab-Americans allegedly planned to attack a synagogue, and one of the suspects expressed interest in blowing up the Empire State Building?
... that a planet was discovered around the star MOA-2009-BLG-387L after it eclipsed a background star, refracting the star's light in a process called gravitational microlensing?
... that Georg Dörffel was a ground attack pilot but was killed in combat against four-engined bombers?
... that a football team's travelling army of supporters is often referred to as its 12th man?

08:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the US$30 million development of Citygarden (pictured), an urban park and sculpture garden in St. Louis, Missouri, was funded solely by a local nonprofit organization?
... that Sofitel New York Hotel won the 2000 Emporis Skyscraper Award?
... that retired American baseball player Hank Aaron holds ten Atlanta Braves team records?
... that the mineral kurnakovite was named after the Russian chemist Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov?
... that former Temple assistant basketball coach Matt Langel once drove almost ten hours to recruit a player?
... that General Franco signed over the output of six mines to help pay for German involvement in the Spanish Civil War?
... that Colorado's governor-elect William Lee Knous formally opened Aspen's Ski Lift No. 1 in 1947 by breaking a bottle of champagne over one of its chairs?

00:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

... that sand may form 50% of the stomach contents of a Screaming Hairy Armadillo (pictured)?
... that photographer Reid Blackburn, who was killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, was supposed to remain on the mountain only until the day before the eruption?
... that the Grands Projets of François Mitterrand were commissioned in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution?
... that after World War II, 252 men of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion were charged with mutiny?
... that the bison bone bed at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park in Montana is 13 feet (4.0 m) deep?
... that former Columbia Lions men's basketball coach Gordon Ridings "never saw a harder worker" than John Azary?
... that vermouth was originally consumed as a medicinal drink, but is now popular as a cocktail ingredient?

28 May 2011

16:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

... that although Laotian women (pictured) are constitutionally equal to Laotian men, due to inequalities in education only 63% are literate, compared with 83% of Laotian men?
... that the Argentine The Cámpora political youth organization is named after Héctor José Cámpora?
... that a phantom goal awarded against Small Heath F.C. in the 1894–95 season led the Football League to instruct referees to inspect the goalnets before each match?
... that Juan Acevedo Pavez was elected regidor of San Bernardo, Chile, in 1950 and simultaneously he held office as mayor of the same commune from 1952 until 1953?
... that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority of Ghana established online registration to increase efficiency and abolish the activities of middlemen?
... that the orbit of WASP-43's one planet, which has the smallest orbit known amongst planets of its kind, has been attributed to the star's unusually low mass?
... that Norwegian newspaper editor Einar Hoffstad went from classical liberalism to collectivism and Fascism in the late 1930s?

08:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Columbia Club (pictured) has hosted every Republican president while in office or campaigning since Benjamin Harrison in 1888?
... that children's author Genevieve Foster was a four-time winner of the Newbery Honor?
... that the Argentinian anarchist movement was the strongest anarchist movement in South America?
... that the 2010 assessment of the collection and trade of amphibians in Cambodia was a joint initiative of the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity and Fauna and Flora International?
... that, due to the California gold rush, the Seated Liberty dollar became scarce in American commerce in the early 1850s, only to cause complaints due to a surplus of the coins by the end of the decade?
... that Mayor Henry L. Bridges of Minden, Louisiana, succeeded a future governor in 1928 and defeated a subsequent lieutenant governor in 1930?
... that a talking crow was buried near the temple of the Roman deity Rediculus?

00:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

... that French actress Isabelle Huppert (pictured) is the most recent recipient of the British Film Institute Fellowship award?
... that the ancient Roman Amphitheatre of Serdica in central Sofia, Bulgaria, was accidentally discovered during construction works in the 2000s?
... that José Zabala-Santos is one of the pioneers of Philippine comics?
... that former Leinster Rugby and Scotland coach Matt Williams is a technical adviser to Irish rugby sevens team Shamrock Warriors RFC?
... that Abdullah Rimawi, one of the founders of the Ba'ath Party in Jordan, became its secretary-general in 1952?
... that the creeping snowberry is assisted by solitary bees, bumblebees, bee-flies, hoverflies, chipmunks and deer mice in reproduction in its native environment?
... that Fujiwara Shunzei once commented that "it is shocking for anyone to write poetry without knowing Genji"?

27 May 2011

16:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

... that there was only one survivor of the explosion which obliterated HMS Princess Irene (pictured) and killed 352 people?
... that Bayside Church held its 2011 Easter services at the Power Balance Pavilion (formerly Arco Arena), attracting nearly 17,000 people?
... that the Fasci Italiani all'Estero, the fascist movement for Italian expatriates, which was led by Giuseppe Bastianini, claimed to have groups in over 40 countries in 1925?
... that the late 7th-century Kentish law code, the Law of Hlothhere and Eadric, has no provisions regarding the church?
... that Geograpsus severnsi is the first crab species known to have become extinct?
... that Indonesian biographer Alberthiene Endah has called writing biographies similar to dating the subject?
... that the Cambriae Typus map shows a sea monster in the Irish Sea?

08:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

... that some species of giant stink bugs (example pictured) are edible?
... that the 1854 funeral procession for London Ferrill, preacher of First African Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, numbered 5,000, second only to that for the statesman Henry Clay?
... that bride-buying, although illegal, still takes place in some countries?
... that as a senior in 1972–73, St. John's University basketball standout Billy Schaeffer averaged a school record 24.7 points per game en route to winning the Haggerty Award?
... that 10% of skiers were expected to suffer an injury in the era of cable ski bindings, earning them the nickname "bear traps"?
... that Modernisme architect Joan Martorell headed the committee that in 1883 selected Antoni Gaudí to complete the still-unfinished Sagrada Família?
... that according to the Parks and Recreation episode "Road Trip", the character played by actress Rashida Jones looks very good dressed like a prostitute?

00:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the false potto may be a true potto (pictured)?
... that Ethiopia, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Rhodesia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United States were among the 28 nations that competed in the 1968 Summer Paralympics?
... that adivasi activist Kartam Joga has been accused of joining the deadliest Naxalite attack in India's history?
... that Rhodes Twenty Four and Rhodes W1 are both London-based Michelin star restaurants of chef Gary Rhodes?
... that the extinct giant ant genus Formicium is known only from forewings found in Dorset, England and Tennessee, US?
... that mezzo-soprano opera singer Olivia Ward won season 11 of US television show The Biggest Loser?
... that Kegasus, the centaur mascot of the infield party at the 2011 Preakness Stakes, has a nipple ring, body hair and a beer gut?

26 May 2011

16:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the approximately 1,400 caves of China's Longmen Grottoes contain about 100,000 statues, some of which are only 1 inch (25 mm) high, while the largest Buddha statue (pictured) is 57 feet (17 m) in height?
... that Arthur Bedford commanded HMS Kent in the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands and sank the German cruiser Nürnberg?
... that the 2011 indie film Return, directed by Liza Johnson and starring Linda Cardellini, was the only U.S. film selected for this year's 25-film Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight?
... that Welsh footballer Dickie Morris became the first Plymouth Argyle player to be capped at senior international level in April 1908?
... that although the Brazilian rodent Drymoreomys has traits that suggest it lives in trees, it is usually captured on the ground?
... that 84-year-old Gus Douglass, who was first elected as West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner in 1964, is the longest-serving state agriculture commissioner in United States history?
... that residents of a street in the British city of Preston went without council services for six weeks as part of a BBC documentary?

08:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Swiss painter Anton Graff made portraits of almost 1,000 contemporaries, including Frederick the Great (pictured), Goethe, Schiller, and Herder?
... that the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary contains over 400 pigs and three pig graveyards?
... that a paper by the academic Rod Thornton was censored for criticising the UK's arrest of a student who downloaded a copy of an Al-Qaeda training manual from a US government web site?
... that the bodyguard to the Pet Shop Boys was a leader of Arsenal FC's hooligan firm during the 1980s?
... that all graduates from Ghanaian tertiary institutions must complete a one year national service programme after their schooling?
... that having "killed" her alter ego Sasha Fierce in 2010, Beyoncé Knowles planned to create her own mix of music genres with her fourth studio album, 4?
... that the top prize on Al Murray's Compete for the Meat is a frozen chicken?

00:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission is named for the only Holocaust survivor (pictured) ever to serve in the United States Congress?
... that 19th-century shipwright Thomas Morton invented the widely used patent slip because he couldn't afford a dry dock?
... that the first settlers of Tell Halula brought fully domesticated forms of wheat, barley and flax from somewhere else, circa 7750 BC?
... that father and son Augustyn and Roman Träger were Polish intelligence agents who provided the Allies with crucial information about German testing of the V-1 and V-2 rockets during World War II?
... that Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler wrote the script for the episode "The Fight", the filming for which she called "the most fun I've ever had"?
... that Tom Sullivan is only the second head coach in UMBC Retrievers men's basketball history to amass 100 career wins?
... that "unruly" diplomat Henry Labouchère was the first person to publish Truth in Britain?

25 May 2011

16:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Lorca Castle (pictured) of medieval origin built in Lorca, Spain, between the 9th and 15th centuries suffered serious damages to its walls and the Espolón Tower during the 2011 earthquake?
... that the icon of "the Death of Death" is popular in South India?
... that the European Parliament issued a resolution condemning the drug arrest of Azerbaijani activist Jabbar Savalan?
... that star WASP-15 has a planet whose large radius cannot be explained without some other factor, such as some form of internal heating?
... that Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts became the first prominent American sports executive to come out as gay when he did so in an interview with The New York Times on May 15, 2011?
... that feminist writer Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan rallied with an organization which argued that union with Romania had harmed the women of Transylvania?
... that David Duchovny said, "I'm sure that nobody is looking at me", when standing beside Jennifer Lopez who was wearing her "jungle" Versace dress?

08:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the 1946–47 Ashes series was arranged when Australian Attorney-General Dr. H. V. Evatt (pictured) made a personal appeal to the MCC for the resumption of Test cricket after the Second World War?
... that University of Virginia professor Peter Ochs, who coined the term "scriptural reasoning", believes that this mode of interfaith dialog could achieve peace in the Middle East?
... that the Canadian Opimian Society wine purchasing cooperative is named after Roman consul Lucius Opimius?
... that the documentary Oil on Ice won the 2004 International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Award for best representing the "democratic sensibility, activist spirit and lyrical vision" of Lorentz?
... that Oguntola Sapara infiltrated and exposed a secret society in Nigeria that was deliberately spreading smallpox?
... that Operation Breakthrough was an international effort to free three gray whales from pack ice in the Beaufort Sea near Point Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska in 1988?
... that a motocycle is not a two-wheeled bicycle with an engine, but a four-wheeled automobile?

00:00, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the many examples of extinct 48-million year old bat genus Palaeochiropteryx (life restoration pictured) found in the Messel lake may have drowned after being rendered unconscious in flight by poisonous volcanic gases?
... that Paratroop dog Glen of the 9th Parachute Battalion was killed during the Normandy Landings and is buried in a British war cemetery?
... that NGO PSCORE uses the term Corea to promote North Korean and South Korean unity?
... that at the 2008 Games, Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale became the first British men to compete in Olympic modern pentathlon since 1996?
... that the evergreen juniper haircap moss is believed to be a powerful diuretic?
... that Valentino Garavani cited the moment Julia Roberts collected her Academy Award for Best Actress wearing his gown as the high point of his 45-year career?
... that according to The Dog Pillow, wearing armour without underwear makes one's hair stand on end?

24 May 2011

16:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the clock tower (pictured) of the Chief Post Office in Christchurch, New Zealand, is reputed to be a replica of London's Big Ben?
... that the then-closed Hayford Mill in Cambusbarron, Scotland, now a Category A listed building, was used during World War I as a training base by the King's Own Scottish Borderers?
... that New York Judge Charles Fraser MacLean earned the first U.S. Ph.D. in philosophy and was among the first non-combatants to enter Paris after the French surrender in the Franco-Prussian War?
... that the Croatian National Theatre in Split was the biggest theatre in Southeast Europe at the time of its completion in 1893, even though there were no professional actors in the city of Split yet?
... that filming for the now-on-hold Arnold Schwarzenegger movie project Cry Macho originally began in 1991 with Jaws star Roy Scheider in the lead role?
... that the dayflower family genus Cartonema is completely restricted to Australia except for one species that occurs on Trangan Island in Indonesia?
... that the first Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Navy wore a cross?

08:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

... that HMS Beagle's chronometers (example pictured) were so important to its mission that John Lort Stokes rescued one despite being speared in the chest by an indigenous Australian?
... that in the Battle of Byczyna, Chancellor and Hetman Jan Zamoyski of Poland-Lithuania took Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria prisoner, ending the brief War of the Polish Succession?
... that U.S. President Barack Obama delivered the 2011 commencement speech at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee?
... that the black Givenchy dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's has been called "perhaps the most famous little black dress of all time"?
... that Hugh Boustead deserted the Royal Navy to fight in the trenches during World War I, and later became an Olympic pentathlete, explorer and diplomat?
... that St. Vital Bulldogs' leading rusher had to reschedule his wedding four times due to changing dates for the Canadian Amateur Football Association championship game against the Bramalea Satellites?

00:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Charles Brady King made and drove the first automobile (pictured) in Detroit—three months before Henry Ford made his?
... that the Jain universal history is composed of the deeds of 63 illustrious persons known as Salakapurusas?
... that some English fans, including members of Combat 18, gave the Nazi salute to the Irish national anthem before the Lansdowne Road football riot?
... that the extinct Pliocene pine Pinus matthewsii is thought to have been a colonizing tree?
... that the scene featuring Ursula Andress in her iconic white bikini in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No has been voted No. 1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments" of cinema?
... that taaffeite, one of the world's rarest gemstones, is the first mineral known to contain both beryllium and magnesium as essential components?
... that Henry Walton Ellis was appointed an ensign in the 89th Regiment of Foot at birth, and when the regiment disbanded the baby was put on half-pay?

23 May 2011

16:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Will Rogers's engraved portrait Queen Elizabeth Standing in a Room with a Lattice Window (pictured) is based on a drawing by Isaac Oliver?
... that the Franklin House, built on a lot once owned by the University of Georgia, has held a hotel and a hardware company, and now leases office space to the university?
... that the 2003 Bollywood comedy drama Freaky Chakra, directed by V. K. Prakash, was the only Hindi film for which Ouseppachan composed the music?
... that Filipino comic book illustrator and writer Francisco Coching is regarded as the King of Philippine comics?
... that Charlotte Shaw, who drowned in Walla Brook on Dartmoor, is the only person to have died on a Ten Tors expedition?
... that Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Mark "Swinger" Fulton had an image of former leader Billy Wright tattooed over his heart?
... that Echobelly's 1994 song "Insomniac" is a "gentle warning of the dangers of snorting too much speed"?

08:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

... that South East Forest National Park in the southeastern corner of New South Wales is a haven for the uncommon Olive Whistler (pictured) and endangered Smoky Mouse?
... that after his term as President of Argentina, Bartolomé Mitre wrote a biography of José de San Martín: Historia de San Martín y de la emancipación sudamericana?
... that families of farmers and fishermen affected by submergence of the Upper Wardha Dam, in Maharashtra resorted to agitation, seeking fishing rights in the reservoir as an economic incentive?
... that Romanian scholar Nicolae Iorga constructed a conservative vision of world history, contrasting Max Weber's Protestant Ethic?
... that spiderlings of Crossopriza lyoni can catch mosquitoes four times their own size barely one week after hatching?
... that Time magazine voted the white floral Givenchy dress worn by Audrey Hepburn at the 1954 Academy Awards as the greatest Oscar dress of all time?
... that Don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story has been described as a profoundly moving video game about love, sex and the internet?

00:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Pullman cars at the former Croton North station (pictured) in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, were never used in the state but are still contributing resources to its National Register listing?
... that Colonel Waldemar Quintero of the Colombian National Police was shot and killed by the Medellín Cartel?
... that "Dirty Dancer", a song by Enrique Iglesias, Usher and Lil Wayne, was performed by Iglesias on American Idol on May 12, 2011?
... that Hermann Kasack's first novel Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, published in 1947, "catapult[ed] his name into the literary limelight" and won the 1949 Fontane prize of Berlin?
... that Burmese democracy activist Ohn Than is serving a life sentence for holding up a poster in front of the US Embassy in Yangon?
... that the Ralph Lauren dress which Gwyneth Paltrow wore to the 71st Academy Awards in 1999 has been cited as bringing pink back into fashion?
... that Henry Graham was dismissed by Queen Anne's husband for marrying the natural daughter of King Charles II?

22 May 2011

16:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the golden penda (pictured) can flower at any time of year?
... that a chorale in Bach's cantata Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166, is sung by the soprano, accompanied by the violins and viola in unison "of great vigour and determination"?
... that MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb is the eleventh planet discovered using the gravitational microlensing phenomenon?
... that the Sixty Pillar Mosque located in Bagergat in south Bangladesh is one of the oldest mosques in the country, and is described as "historic mosque representing the Golden Era of Muslim Bengal"?
... that in the 1980s Gciriku king Sebastian Kamwanga allowed PLAN guerrilla fighters to use his farm as operational base in the Namibian War of Independence?
... that a poll published in The Daily Telegraph voted Björk's swan dress the ninth most iconic red-carpet dress of all time?
... that in 2010, Wipas Raksakulthai became the first Thai man arrested for committing lèse majesté on Facebook?

08:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

... that according to Hindu mythology, the god-king Indra was cursed with having a thousand vagina marks on his body for having extra-marital sex with Ahalya (pictured)?
... that after World War II the 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion had to deal with riots in Tel Aviv?
... that the 10th or 11th-century Old Bulgarian Enina Apostle is the oldest Cyrillic manuscript currently part of a Bulgarian collection?
... that during his student days, working on spermatogenesis, UCSF Medical Center pediatric cardiologist Julien Hoffman developed a close relationship with Sydney Brenner and Phillip V. Tobias?
... that when the 5,800-seat Four Seasons Arena was built at Montana ExpoPark in 1979 it lacked air conditioning?
... that Elastica's 1995 song "Waking Up" resulted in the band being sued for plagiarism?
... that the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum in Hillsboro, Oregon, once bought a fighter jet from a car dealership?

00:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Pisa Griffin (pictured) is the largest known medieval Islamic metal sculpture, and may have been designed to emit noises?
... that although Ray Charles and Nancy Sinatra solos of "Here We Go Again" made Billboard's Hot 100, Charles' 2004 duet with Norah Jones became the second Grammy Record of the Year that did not?
... that in the 1970s the Daily Times of Nigeria was one of the most successful locally owned businesses in Africa, selling 270,000 copies daily?
... that the genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is predicted to contain 45 copies of vapBC?
... that Bardhyl Ajeti, a journalist from Kosovo, was killed in a drive-by shooting on 28 June 2005?
... that Deborah Nadoolman Landis, designer of Michael Jackson's red Thriller jacket, also designed Indiana Jones's jacket in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
... that first baseman Mike Pasquella played two games in Major League Baseball—his first for the Philadelphia Phillies and his last opposing them?

21 May 2011

16:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Gidleigh Park, a hotel-restaurant in Chagford, Devon, England, is located in a Tudor-style country house (pictured) set in 54 acres of gardens and woodlands?
... that Montenegrin nationality law first recognised the right of renunciation of citizenship in 1905 during the reign of Nicholas I?
... that the Malagasy rodent Eliurus petteri is the only tufted-tailed rat with completely white underparts?
... that Lauren Beukes wore a fake sloth draped over her shoulders to the ceremony in which she won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel Zoo City?
... that, as president of the College of St. Scholastica, Jesuit educator Francis X. Shea started a campus tradition by holding a fish fry at his home during the spring smelt run?
... that the Belgian Entertainment Association, established in February 2008, represents the interests of the music, video and video game industries in Belgium?
... that the 15.5-metre (51 ft) floodgate that protected Fudai, Iwate, Japan, from the recent tsunami was derided as a waste of public funds when it was built in the 1970s?

08:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Mexican city San Cristóbal de las Casas (pictured) has a "Zapaturismo" industry of tourists interested in the Zapatista uprising of 1994?
... that Women's League of Burma activist Khin Ohmar evaded arrest during Burma's pro-democracy 8888 Uprising when a Japanese diplomat allowed her and other students to hide from police in his home?
... that under the presidency of Father Francis P. Smith, Duquesne University founded WDUQ, Pittsburgh's first college radio station?
... that all the equipment for the power plant of the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam in India was imported from Canada?
... that Jesse Levan, winner of multiple minor league batting championships, was the last person banned by baseball's governing organizations for conspiring to fix games?
... that the Isthmian Alligator Lizard, native to Costa Rica and Panama, was not seen for 50 years?
... that Adam Mansbach's bedtime-book Go the Fuck to Sleep was No. 1 on Amazon.com's bestseller list on May 12, 2011—a month before its release—thanks to free advance copies emailed via PDFs?

00:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Michigan football coach William Ward (pictured) later became a physician who experimented with the surgical creation of artificial vaginas?
... that the church of Saints Martin and Sebastian of the Swiss is the private chapel of the Pontifical Swiss Guards in the Vatican City?
... that the Working Girls' Vacation Society Historic District in rural Connecticut is a site where thousands of New York City women were given summer vacations during 1892 to 1945?
... that Ugandan Rolling Stone editor Giles Muhame alleged that a gay rights group conspired with Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab in the July 2010 Kampala suicide bombings?
... that Walt Disney's Riverfront Square in St. Louis, Missouri, was to have been entirely indoors, with artificial lighting simulating weather and time of day?
... that the German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt was sunk during the 1942 Battle of the Barents Sea when she mistook the British light cruiser Sheffield for the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper?
... that the meat dress of Lady Gaga was to be preserved by being made into a type of jerky?

20 May 2011

16:00, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the first all-female crew to open up Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station was a Lockheed LC-130 crew of VXE-6 squadron (insignia pictured) in 1991?
... that the Irish bishop and saint, Dagan, may have attempted to excommunicate the Roman missionaries sent by Pope Gregory the Great to convert the Anglo-Saxons by refusing to eat with them?
... that 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America, a 2011 dystopian novel by Albert Brooks, was originally written as a movie script?
... that Roger Sutton might be the most important appointment of the year for the Government of New Zealand?
... that Warblington Castle near Langstone in Hampshire was granted to two different 1st Earls of Southampton?
... that during World War II, a Luftwaffe pilot, observing that there were several wounded crewmen on a United States Army Air Corps's plane, declined to fire and safely escorted it to the North Sea?
... that the Kingdom of the Little People theme park in Kunming, China, requires its performers to be less than 51 inches (130 cm) tall?

08:15, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

... that before appearing in the episode "Eagleton", actress Parker Posey (pictured) long wanted to appear on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, and grew frustrated by the time taken to be asked?
... that unusual archosauromorph reptile Teraterpeton from the Late Triassic of Nova Scotia had nostril openings in its skull that were longer than its eye sockets?
... that the Gandhi Sagar Dam forms India's second-largest reservoir area, attracting more than 20,000 waterfowl each year?
... that in 2010, national security consultant, lawyer and economist Jim Rickards rated Ben Bernanke a greater threat to the United States than Osama bin Laden?
... that the Grammy Award category for Best Hawaiian Music Album was first presented in 2005 but eliminated six years later?
... that when Father Raymond V. Kirk was appointed president of Duquesne University at the age of 38, he was one of the youngest university presidents in the United States?
... that early female tennis players in Australia had to pay as much as a week's wages to buy a racquet?

00:30, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

... that St Wilfrid's Chapel, Church Norton (pictured) inspired a Kipling poem in which the priest preached Midnight Mass to a donkey and a bullock when nobody else turned up?
... that the anomalously high radius of extrasolar planet WASP-15b is thought to be caused by some form of internal heating?
... that breeding males of the Malagasy rodent Voalavo produce a sweet-smelling musk?
... that Peter Velappan served as General Secretary of the Asian Football Confederation for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2007?
... that Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant has been described as a "cult favorite", a "brunch magnet", and New York City’s "hottest breakfast nook"?
... that Indian sitarist Janardhan Mitta was a student of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar?
... that Greek skier Antoin Miliordos crossed the finish line of the downhill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics backwards after falling 18 times?

19 May 2011

16:45, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Federico Fernández Cavada (pictured), Commander-in-Chief of Cuban forces during the Ten Years' War, and his brother Adolfo, were both former Union Army officers and US Consuls?
... that Carex riparia, a Eurasian plant up to 130 cm (51 in) tall, is Britain's largest sedge?
... that the Argentine philologist María Rosa Lida de Malkiel was an Arthurian-Hispanist pioneer?
... that in March 2011, Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization announced it would set up five refugee camps for Ivorians fleeing post-election violence in their country?
... that English footballer Walter Anderson died of pneumonia four days after collapsing at Craven Cottage, having ignored doctors' advice to rest?
... that the Battle of Bautzen in 1945 was the bloodiest battle of the Polish Army since the Battle of Bzura in 1939?
... that serial killer Richard Laurence Marquette was the first person to be an eleventh name on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list?

09:00, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

... that M-134 is one of three state highways in Michigan on an island, and one of two to use a ferry (pictured)?
... that Khun Htun Oo, a former head of Burma's Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, is now serving a 93-year sentence for treason?
... that 20-year-old Jennifer Lawrence's Best Actress Academy Award nomination, which made her the second youngest nominee ever in that category, was one of a number of accolades received by Winter's Bone?
... that Arizona State Jewish studies professor Norbert M. Samuelson, who lectures at university-level conferences around the world, gives a weekly class on Maimonides's Mishneh Torah to rabbis in Phoenix?
... that Griselda Siciliani won the Argentine Clarín Award and Martín Fierro Award as new female artist in 2005?
... that competitors in triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics will swim in the Serpentine, run in front of Buckingham Palace, and cycle through Wellington Arch?
... that industrialist Wellington Burt, once among the richest Americans, left his fortune to descendants yet unborn in his lifetime; his will's conditions were met in 2010—92 years after his death?

01:15, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the discovery of the fossil giant ant Titanomyrma (pictured with a hummingbird) in Wyoming indicates that warmth-loving fauna spread through the north between Europe and America during hot spells in the Eocene?
... that, based on the research of historian Momčilo Spremić, it is possible that Vuk Branković really betrayed his Serbian allies during the Battle of Kosovo in 1389?
... that according to folklore, descendants of the royal family of Abomey who built the Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin are the progeny of Princess Aligbonon of Tado and a panther?
... that Linwood Pendleton discovered that 49% of U.S. economic output comes from estuaries and coasts, which account for only 13% of its land?
... that the newly discovered mineral krotite likely was one of the earliest minerals formed in the Solar System?
... that Ukrainian-born Alexi Salamone, a gold medalist for the United States at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, was adopted by a family from Buffalo, New York, at the age of six?
... that Rabbi Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, mashgiach (spiritual supervisor) of the Lakewood Yeshiva, was so removed from worldly concerns that he called his house an "inn" and his furniture "lumber"?

18 May 2011

17:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

... that "Musica proibita" by Italian composer Stanislao Gastaldon (pictured) was the first of six songs for which he also wrote the lyrics under the pseudonym "Flick-Flock"?
... that destinations for jihadi tourism have included a mosque in Hamburg and Somali terrorist training sites?
... that farmer Jørgen Rytterager was appointed station master of Snarum Station in 1872?
... that Zaw Htet Ko Ko, a photographer for the pro-democracy 88 Generation Students Group, is serving an 11-year prison sentence for his involvement in Burma's "Saffron Revolution"?
... that over 70,000 cubic yards (54,000 m³) of sand was excavated to extricate the Liberian steamship Santa Kyriaki from a beach in the Netherlands?
... that Scottish businessman Craig Whyte bought the controlling interest in Rangers Football Club from David Murray for £1?
... that Androids can now play streamed music using Music Beta by Google?

09:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Sanmenxia Dam (pictured) on the Yellow River in the People's Republic of China was hailed as an engineering success after completion and its picture was printed on banknotes?
... that the Lacandon Jungle is one of the last forests in North America large enough to support jaguars?
... that Anna, the first wife of 13th-century Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II, was retired to a monastery and became a nun shortly after her husband's accession?
... that extreme temperature, small orbit and large size made Kepler-5b a possible case study of extreme extrasolar planets?
... that basketball players Jimmy Alapag and Jason Castro were named co-Finals MVPs of the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals?
... that Lewis Milestone began directing the 1926 silent film Fine Manners but left the project after quarreling with actress Gloria Swanson, leaving first-time director Richard Rosson to finish the film?
... that a conman impersonating Oskar Daubmann received international fame, caused an incident in French-German relations, and helped the Nazis win the 1932 German elections?

01:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the first people to visit the South Pole since Robert Falcon Scott (1912) arrived in 1956 in a U.S. Navy R4D Skytrain (pictured) of the VX-6 squadron?
... that the Anglo-Norman administrator Pain fitzJohn (died 1137) was once called a "second-class baron and a first-class civil servant"?
... that the rodent Voalavo gymnocaudus and its parasitic mite Andreacarus voalavo are known only from two massifs in the Northern Highlands of Madagascar?
... that former basketball player Bill Thieben is considered the first "big man" in Hofstra University history?
... that in the Camp Ashraf massacre, the Iraqi Army used armed force against unarmed civilians, killing 34 people and injuring another 318?
... that Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones recorded a live tribute album covering songs of Ray Charles?
... that the James Fort Prison in Accra, which is run by the Ghana Prisons Service, is almost 400 years old?

17 May 2011

17:42, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

... that double-tailed tent spiders (pictured) have to fend off food-stealing dewdrop spiders who take up residence in their webs?
... that English sculptor Ronald Pope learnt how to work with metals at Rolls-Royce during World War II?
... that the Manhyia Palace in Ghana is the seat of the Asantehene (ruler of the Ashanti people) as well as his official residence?
... that Baron Ludwig von Westphalen was a friend and mentor of young Karl Marx?
... that Easwaran's Dhammapada states that the joy in the Buddha's message is "that he has found a way for everyone, not just great sages, to put an end to sorrow"?
... that in 2008, Burmese 88 Generation democracy activist Mie Mie was sentenced to 65 years imprisonment for "illegally using electronic media" and "forming an illegal organization"?
... that a reviewer unfavourably compared the dialogue in the BBC docudrama Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend to that of Holby City?

08:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

... that seismologist Fusakichi Omori (pictured) of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who mapped the effects of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, later designed and donated the equipment to found the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory?
... that RAF Air Vice-Marshal William "Paddy" Harbison's 1952 report on Korean War air combat tactics was used as a strategy guide for a 1999 computer game?
... that prior to Ghana's independence, the Ghana Immigration Service was known as the Immigration and Passport Unit and was a unit under the Colonial Police Force of the Gold Coast?
... that historian W. Darrell Overdyke spent more than three decades researching the colonial and antebellum plantation homes in his adopted state of Louisiana?
... that the heathlands of Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve are habitat for the endangered Eastern Bristlebird?
... that Yan Yan Chan, whose band Acid released Burma's first hip hop album, spent nine months in prison for involvement in the pro-democracy group Generation Wave?
... that steam devils can be more important than convection in vertically transporting moisture during cold air outbreaks?

00:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Old All Saints Church (pictured) in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, was mainly designed by the 1st Earl Harcourt?
... that Antiguan politician Robin Yearwood has held the same seat in the Antiguan Parliament continuously since 1976?
... that German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner visibly tilted when hit by the 15-inch (380 mm) semi-armor piercing shells fired by the battleship HMS Warspite during the Second Battle of Narvik on 13 April 1940?
... that escaped slaves using the Underground Railroad hid in tunnels beneath the train track in Ypsilanti, Michigan's Depot Town?
... that between 1970 and 1977, Kenya lost more than half of its elephants to hunting?
... that the journalism of Siamak Pourzand ranged from film criticism for Cahiers du cinéma to coverage of the "Chain Murders" of Iranian dissidents?
... that television dramas have portrayed criminals riding around Weston-super-Mare on an open-top bus?

16 May 2011

18:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... that rowing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics are planned to take place 25 miles outside the host city of London, at Dorney Lake (pictured)?
... that Fay Kellogg, described as "the foremost woman architect in the United States" in 1918, liked to fence, box, wrestle and play basketball?
... that in March 2011, the Ghana Refugee Board partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other state agencies to assist refugees from Ivory Coast?
... that archaeologist and college president Larry Geraty has also been noted for supporting women's ordination in the Seventh-day Adventist Church?
... that extrasolar planet WASP-43b was, at the time of its discovery, the most closely orbiting Hot Jupiter known?
... that Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes was in development from 2004 to 2009 before a cease-and-desist letter from Square Enix led to its cancellation?
... that the ghost of Desmond Arthur is believed to have been haunting Montrose Airfield since 1916?

12:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... that, while in Sudan, Osama bin Laden (pictured) lived in a pink stucco and brick house in Khartoum, and often weekended with his family in a one-storey mud house overlooking the Blue Nile in Soba?
... that five McGill University students—Charmaine Borg, Matthew Dubé, Mylène Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Jamie Nicholls—were elected to Parliament in Canada's 2011 federal election, but the youngest new MP is Université de Sherbrooke student Pierre-Luc Dusseault?
... that the California spider species Pimoa cthulhu was named after H. P. Lovecraft's mythological deity Cthulhu?
... that Czech actress Anna Letenská was killed by the Nazis for her alleged participation in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich?
... that the state of Chiapas produces most of Mexico's coffee and hydroelectric power?
... that imprisoned Ulster Volunteer Force leader Gusty Spence was "kidnapped" by his own men after being granted two days' leave to attend his daughter's wedding?

06:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... that commissioner Bart Chilton (pictured), who sports long hair and cowboy boots, has been called "the modern-day equivalent of Eliot Ness" for wanting the CFTC to prosecute fraud?
... that before becoming Namibia's first ambassador to China, Peter Mweshihange worked as traditional healer, truck driver, miner, chef, guerrilla commander, and Minister of Defense?
... that Sanjak of Prizren became part of the newly established Prizren Vilayet in 1868?
... that Henri Lavachery, the first professional archaeologist to visit Easter Island, founded the Society of Americanists in Belgium?
... that the Marine Unit of the Ghana Police Service is responsible for cases of piracy and associated crimes from the country's oil and gas industry?
... that the BBC producer and director of Bigipedia, David Tyler, is a member of the Labour Party?
... that imprisoned Burmese singer Zayar Thaw's group Generation Wave distributed anti-government hip-hop and copies of banned movies, including Rambo IV?

00:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Royal Aeronautical Society held garden parties at Fairey Aviation's Great West Aerodrome in Heathrow (map pictured), which is now Heathrow Airport?
... that Randy Roth was convicted of faking a boating accident in order to cover up the murder of his fourth wife?
... that hybrids of cassava and the endangered Walker's Manihot possess tubers that experience delayed postharvest physiological deterioration?
... that since 2007, the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana, through its collaboration with the Operation West Bridge project, has intercepted illicit drugs worth £214 million at the Kotoka International Airport?
... that the famous golfer Seve Ballesteros, who recently died, hailed from Pedreña, located across the bay from Santander in Cantabria?
... that opera singer Edyth Walker portrayed the title heroine in the UK premiere of Richard Strauss' Elektra at Covent Garden in 1910?
... that two kilometres from Al-Sakhir Palace in Bahrain is an oil-pumping well decorated as a hoopoe bird?

15 May 2011

18:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the fountain in Rome's Piazza della Rotonda (pictured) was built by Giacomo della Porta to bring water from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct to the public?
... that Bach superimposed voice parts to the "deeply moving slow movement" of his Harpsichord Concerto in his cantata Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal, BWV 146, for Jubilate?
... that in March 2010 it was announced that the Ghana National Fire Service was to change its name to Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service?
... that Metallica v. Napster, Inc. was the first case that involved an artist suing a P2P software company?
... that the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan, is housed in the last surviving Hudson Motor Car Company dealership?
... that, perhaps paradoxically, Plato defended his phonocentrism using the written word?

12:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... that a loch on Rubha an Dùnain (pictured) has the remains of a 12th century stone quay and a "Viking canal" unlike any other site in Scotland?
... that in 1957, at the pinnacle of the Cold War, mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom became the first American to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow?
... that the background of the Spanish Civil War includes a period called the "black two years" between 1934 and 1936?
... that Abbud al-Zumar, founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad which merged into al-Qaeda under his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri in 1998, provided the ammunition which assassinated President Anwar Sadat on 6 October 1981?
... that the Guild of St. Bernulphus, a guild trade union of church Gothic Revival architecture, was operated more like a jovial feasting fraternity than a scholarly society?
... that in the credits of the unaired pilot episode of Here Comes Tobor, the robot Tobor is credited as playing himself?
... that prior to the 2011 National Democratic Party presidential primaries, a former first lady of Ghana was the first person to seek the ruling party's nomination for president?

06:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Chapel Hill Bible Church (pictured) was moved from midtown Manhattan to a farm in Marlborough, New York, almost 50 years after it was built?
... that former longtime Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan became the first Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council?
... that The Plaza in West Wickham, London, was the one hundredth cinema designed by John Stanley Coombe Beard?
... that numerous scenes of Le Miracle des loups were filmed at France's Cité de Carcassonne?
... that in 1860, William F. Raynolds led the first US government-sponsored party to cross the Wind River Range and enter Jackson Hole, Wyoming?
... that St Paul's Church in Hooton has been described as "unquestionably one of the most spectacular churches of Cheshire"?
... that the Villa Giulia is home to the Genius of Palermo, a city symbol and laic patron of Palermo?

00:00, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

... that UNESCO claims that Qal'at al-Bahrain (pictured) was the capital of the ancient Dilmun civilization?
... that Jaroslav Rössler, an important exponent of the Czech modern photography and avant-garde art, experimented in his works with the Sabatier effect?
... that the 1989 horror movie Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge featured Pauly Shore's first on-screen full moon?
... that a corner post shaped as a cairn has been preserved in the third construction of the Maryland Bridge in Winnipeg, Canada?
... that the Native American Languages Act of 1990 was the first time Congress gave official status to Native American languages for the purpose of conducting tribal business?
... that leading cannabinoid neurotransmitters researcher Lumír Ondřej Hanuš was growing cannabis on two large fields in Olomouc in the 1970s for medical purposes?
... that the POLYGON experiment, conducted in the 1970s, was the first experiment to establish the existence of so-called "mesoscale eddies", giving rise to the "mesoscale revolution" in oceanography?

14 May 2011

18:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Rodion Shchedrin's opera Lolita, which uses a Russian-language libretto based on Nabokov's novel, was performed in German in the presence of the composer and his wife (pictured)?
... that Bicentennial Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, partly commemorates the city's centennial?
... that for eight years Steve Scully, host of C-SPAN's Washington Journal, taught a cable TV distance learning class on media and politics through the University of Denver?
... that multicast encryption is what enables a node on a network to send one unit of data to a special set of receivers?
... that Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti has been described as Osama bin Laden's "favorite courier and right-hand man"?
... that Lewis Milestone's 1953 musical biographical drama Melba, about the life of soprano Nellie Melba, was the feature film debut of Metropolitan Opera star Patrice Munsel?
... that the Siam Cup was hidden in an unknown place to prevent it from being melted down by the Nazis, and was only rediscovered in 1947?

12:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Atlas Coelestis (pictured) is a star atlas published posthumously in 1729, based on the First Astronomer Royal's observations?
... that after the 1926 FA Cup Final, Manchester City F.C. became the first team to reach the final and suffer relegation in the same season?
... that in the 2010 NPP Presidential Primaries, Nana Akufo-Addo, son of a former president of Ghana, was elected leader of the NPP with 77.92% of total votes cast?
... that as of March 2011, Benefis Health System was the largest hospital in the U.S. state of Montana?
... that Agus Suhartono, nominated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was considered the most deserving candidate for commander-in-chief of the Indonesian military by the leader of the opposition?
... that nine runners completed the full course of the inaugural Gaza Marathon, which was won by Nader al-Masri?
... that David Sencer prepared instructions for the quarantine of US astronauts returning from the moon, which was suspected to harbor extraterrestrial pathogens?

06:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the wildlife of Zimbabwe (flame lily pictured) is collectively called the "Wildlife Estate", which covers about 12.5% of the total land area of Zimbabwe?
... that Knut Tvedt had various positions in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation for almost 25 years?
... that the German Light Infantry Vehicle for Special Operations is built on the chassis of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class?
... that the Austrian former communist leader Karl Toman was appointed mayor of Eichgraben by German authorities in 1938?
... that, at the time of its discovery, KOI-428 was the largest and most evolved star known to host a transiting planet?
... that Wilhelm Victor Alfred Tepe had a virtual monopoly on the building of new Catholic churches in Utrecht from 1872 until 1882?
... that the bow-shaped pedestrian Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi over the Kura River, equipped with motion sensors, lights up the interior walkway in response to pedestrian movement?

00:00, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

... that mathematical models developed in theoretical ecology show that complex food webs (pictured) tend to be unstable?
... that James Middleton, the brother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, baked 21 cakes for HELLO! magazine's 21st birthday?
... that extrasolar planet KOI-428b was confirmed as a planet after astronomers compiled the equivalent to one night of observations on the planet using a 1.93m telescope?
... that basketball player Dick Davies played for his Hall of Fame father, Bob, before going on to win a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics?
... that the greatest relative disparity of per capita wealth between two neighbouring countries is between Botswana and Zimbabwe?
... that John Sanford was called "perhaps the most outstanding neglected novelist"?
... that "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" was intended to replace a purportedly racist song as the Florida State Song?

13 May 2011

18:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... that due to the age of the Pitkin County Courthouse (pictured), in Aspen, Colorado, outside media coverage of Charlie Sheen's trial was limited to 16 seats allocated by lottery?
... that Mathieu Ravignat defeated Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons despite Cannon's party making a net gain of seats in the 2011 federal election?
... that, having won four gold medals in 2008, China is the defending champion in all table tennis events at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... that New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton was married to the granddaughter of Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas?
... that the German destroyer Erich Giese managed to torpedo the British destroyer HMS Jersey during the night of 6/7 December 1939 without ever being spotted?
... that new Princeton Tigers men's basketball head coach Mitch Henderson was co-captain of the 1997–98 Princeton Tigers, the first Princeton basketball team to win 20 consecutive games?
... that the creation of the documentary film America's Most Hated Family in Crisis was prompted by an email?

12:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Princess Lolowah (pictured) supports overturning the prohibition of women from driving in Saudi Arabia?
... that in St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, Christ Church, St John's and St Peter's Anglican churches are Grade II* listed buildings, and there are Grade II listed Baptist, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches?
... that most of 75 was recorded on Joe Zawinul's 75th birthday and about two months before he died?
... that the perpetrator of the Kaycee Nicole hoax was investigated by the FBI but charges were never filed because the financial loss was not large enough?
... that Temasek Review, a popular Singapore website critical of the ruling party, is to close in July?
... that Khun Bedu was sentenced to 37 years in prison for offenses including organizing Loikaw youth to release balloons and rafts in protest of the 2008 Burmese constitutional referendum?
... that when Great Falls High School in Montana was built in 1896, a herd of sheep was used to compact earth around the foundation?

06:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Arthur's Pass (pictured) in New Zealand was named by Edward Dobson after the alpine pass was explored by his son Arthur?
... that the likely Bulgarian-built medieval Church of the Holy Mother of God in Donja Kamenica, Serbia, features unusual towers on either side of the entrance?
... that IceMole, an autonomous ice research probe developed for exploring polar regions, glaciers and extra-terrestrial regions, is a student project at the Fachhochschule Aachen, Germany?
... that the J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment in April 2009 of US$4.2 billion?
... that the counting of the votes from the 2011 Puducherry legislative assembly election begins on May 13, 2011, exactly one month after the election was held?
... that Tom Haverford revealed in "Soulmates", an episode of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, that he dreams of playing both the Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze roles in a remake of Point Break?
... that at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, Kate and Pippa Middleton were following in the footsteps of the spy writer John le Carré?

00:00, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

... that during his life Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (pictured) defeated an Ottoman fleet, seduced a princess, bred horses and chickens, and is alleged to have murdered a Tsar?
... that the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum contains two Egyptian temples which were originally built by Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III but were relocated because of the flooding caused by Lake Nasser?
... that Conservative Party candidate Bernard Trottier won a seat in the 41st Canadian Parliament by defeating the incumbent Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2011 federal election?
... that the 1955 drama The Widow was one of only three films directed by Lewis Milestone while he was working in Europe during the Red Scare?
... that W. D. Twichell surveyed more than 40 towns and 165 of the 254 counties in Texas and even launched the concert band in Amarillo?
... that the extinct rose family member Neviusia dunthornei is one of only three known Neviusia species?
... that Black Arts Movement artist Wadsworth Jarrell utilizes a bricklayer's trowel to create a 3-D look in his Afrocentric paintings?

12 May 2011

18:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the heathland shrub Banksia paludosa (pictured) is pollinated by sugar gliders and brown antechinus?
... that the Central Committee of Polish Jews, formed in 1944, was instrumental in organizing and implementing the free immigration of Jews to the new State of Israel?
... that the Met Ball is considered to be the fashion industry's premier annual red carpet event?
... that in FCC v. AT&T Inc., the US Supreme Court struck a blow to corporate personhood and held that corporations cannot claim exempt status from Freedom of Information Act requests?
... that Chinatown, Newcastle, is on land once part of Blackfriars monastery in Newcastle, England?
... that Gordon Ramsay became the first Scottish chef to win three Michelin stars at his self-titled restaurant in 2001?
... that in the 1974 BBC documentary A Passion for Churches, Poet Laureate John Betjeman compares the likeness of church architect Ninian Comper to Colonel Harland Sanders?

12:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... that bark extracts of Leichhardt trees (pictured) can be used to stun fish and make them easier to catch?
... that in 2005, lobbyists attributed George W. Bush's increased "outspokenness" on Burmese human rights to a 50-minute meeting with Shan activist Charm Tong?
... that the tenth-century Old English poem Battle of Brunanburh celebrates a victory of the English over a combined army of Vikings and Scots?
... that Japanese filmmaker Noriaki Tsuchimoto documented both the ravages of Minamata disease and Afghanistan before the Taliban?
... that the formation of the Allegiance Council changed the laws of succession in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?
... that Balai Pustaka, publisher of some of the most famous works of Indonesian literature, faces possible liquidation?
... that laser guns were considered as replacements for pistols for the modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics?

06:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Joan Crawford and Hattie McDaniel were members of American Women's Voluntary Services (pictured) during World War II?
... that Viktor Herou, a member of the first Swedish communist parliamentary group, later became a Centre Party municipal politician?
... that the 1960 Grammy Award winning comedy album Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris garnered U.S. singer Jo Stafford a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album?
... that Bono personally lobbied for Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to investigate the treatment of imprisoned conscientious objector İnan Süver?
... that Beckington Castle, built in the early 17th century, was not called a castle until 1839?
... that Antiguan politician Vere Bird, Jr. became Minister of Science, Technology and Communications in 1996, despite an earlier report recommending that he never be allowed to hold public office again?
... that Jacqueline Kennedy disliked her own wedding dress?

00:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

... that between 1886 and 1894, Athens, Georgia, Judge Young L. G. Harris (pictured) donated more than US$50,000 to start Young Harris College, but he never set foot on the campus?
... that gain before feedback is reduced when using multiple microphones for live sound?
... that Gene Schoor, the author of more than forty "juvenile" sports biographies, was awarded US$5000 damages in a suit against boxing champion Rocky Marciano for being punched by him?
... that Steve Vai plays the sitar on "Moroccan Roll", a track from Mike Stern's Grammy-nominated album Big Neighborhood?
... that Michel and Albert Roux were the first chefs in the UK to gain three Michelin stars?
... that "That Dress", worn by Elizabeth Hurley at the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994, has been voted the greatest red carpet dress of all time and is perhaps Gianni Versace's best-known creation?
... that during the invasion of Narvik on 9 April 1940, the Norwegian coast defense ship Norge fired 13 shells at the German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim at 600–800 meters (660–870 yd) range and missed?

11 May 2011

18:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Jacqueline Kennedy wore her pink Chanel suit (pictured) at the inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, even though it was stained with her husband's blood?
... that Teresa de Jesús, an eight-hour television/DVD mini-series about St. Teresa of Ávila, won the 1985 Spanish TP de Oro for Best National Series?
... that the community of Frontera Corozal, Chiapas, Mexico, is the main access to the Maya site of Yaxchilan?
... that Fay Wray played the mother of Natalie Wood in a forgotten sitcom, The Pride of the Family, which aired on ABC from 1953 to 1954?
... that the Battle of the Echinades in 1427 was the last naval victory in the history of the Byzantine Empire?
... that you can improve your maximum a-vO₂ diff through aerobic exercise?
... that Pima County, Arizona Supervisors ordered Sheriff Robert H. Paul to bring his friend Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday back from Colorado after they killed four outlaw Cowboys, but he returned empty-handed?

12:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Millingtonia Avenue in Lucknow is named after Millingtonia hortensis (pictured), which is the sole species of genus Millingtonia?
... that newly appointed Commissioner of the Israel Police Yohanan Danino was involved in investigations against the Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel?
... that during the Battle of Kos a British Parachute Company captured the airfield, despite there being 4,000 defenders?
... that Philippe Saisse's Grammy-nominated album At World's Edge was dedicated to his father Maurice?
... that according to the authors of Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, Israel has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country except the United States?
... that during the Ghanaian 2011 New Patriotic Party Primaries, candidate Musa Superior canvassed for votes through Twitter and Facebook whilst living in the UK?
... that Sir George Gibb, head of the British government's former Road Board, was accused of having delayed the construction of new roads because he had been a railwayman?

06:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... that in 2010, the Waterside Inn (pictured) became the first restaurant outside of France to hold three Michelin stars for 25 years?
... that the 14 workers that constructed Wyborn Reef Light in 1938 had to live in tents on a 50 by 50 feet (15 m × 15 m) wooden platform, 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) above tiger shark infested water?
... that Cambodian women have been described as comparable to the Apsaras on the walls of the temples of Angkor Wat?
... that during the bombing of Darwin in World War II, Gunner's hearing was so acute that he detected approaching Japanese aircraft before they showed up on radar?
... that on 6 June 1944 during Operation Mallard, Tetrarchs became the first tanks to be flown into battle?
... that not long after the Elizabethtown station opened in 1915, the Liberty Bell visited the station on its way to San Francisco?
... that a 17th-century copy of the diwan that 13th-century Hebrew language poet Todros Abulafia made in Castile was rediscovered in Hong Kong in the 19th century?

00:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Hotel Astoria (pictured) at Copenhagen's main railway station was designed to look like a steam locomotive?
... that the scarcity of female participants in Armenian politics makes Armenia's women among the most underrepresented in the world?
... that the 1948 comedy No Minor Vices was one of the only four films made by Dana Andrews for director Lewis Milestone?
... that the ship's mascot of HMS Sainfoin, a baboon named Mortimer, took a fancy to the rescued ship's cat of the hospital ship Takliwa?
... that Amangalla was originally named the "New Oriental Hotel" from 1865 and is located within the premises of the Galle Fort UNESCO World Heritage Site?
... that armoured trains of Poland proved to be surprisingly successful during the Polish Defensive War of 1939?
... that the O'Donnell Heritage Museum contains a Dan Blocker display dedicated to the Bonanza star who was reared in rural O'Donnell in West Texas?

10 May 2011

18:06, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... that President Obama's nominee for Surgeon General of the United States Army, Patricia Horoho (pictured), gave first aid to 75 victims of the September 11 attacks?
... that there are three paradoxes confronting career women in Singapore?
... that the fruit bodies of the Australian secotioid fungus Gymnogaster boletoides will turn bright blue when injured or bruised?
... that Leoš Janáček dedicated his opera Jenůfa and the cantata Elegy on the Death of Daughter Olga to the memory of his daughter?
... that Samuel Taylor Coleridge spelled William Shakespeare's last name as "Shakspere"?
... that at 46.5 metres (153 ft), the longest Foucault pendulum in Poland is suspended inside the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in the Old Town district of Kraków?
... that more than 120 family members of a founder of Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel are buried in its graveyard?

12:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the former British royal yacht Alexandra (pictured), sold to Norway in 1925, was sunk by Luftwaffe bombers when she tried to escape to the United Kingdom in 1940?
... that the ASME describes the Oneida Street Station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the "first central power station in the United States to be equipped and successfully operated with pulverized coal?"
... that it was at the wheel of the Brabham BT3 that Jack Brabham became the first driver ever to score Formula One World Championship points in a car of his own manufacture?
... that Osama bin Laden's hideout compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan is known locally as the Waziristan Haveli mansion?
... that after the surge of multinational investments into Indonesia during the 1970s, many Indonesian women became the primary and cheap workforce in manufacturing businesses?
... that socialist politician Arvid Olsson was among the first Swedes to receive political training in Soviet Russia?
... that Banksia candolleana shrubs have been estimated at 1000 years old?

06:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting, The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (detail pictured), was only sold after his death, when all of his possessions were auctioned at Christie's?
... that the Throne Room of the Bronze Age Palace of Knossos, in Greece, is claimed to be the oldest in Europe?
... that the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias worked together to build the Palace Lodge in Winslow, Indiana?
... that shot putter Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez has the record for most national athletics selections for Spain, but is now a film actor?
... that it's possible to receive a wireless internet signal almost anywhere in Minneapolis, except on the city's numerous lakes?
... that women in Oman live in the Persian Gulf country that is considered to be one of the most advanced in terms of women's rights?
... that The Red Onion, the oldest restaurant in Aspen, Colorado, wasn't formally named that until more than 50 years after it was built?

00:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

... that during the American Civil War, the U.S. Navy's Unadilla-class gunboats (example pictured) played a leading role in the capture of New Orleans?
... that Norman Hartnell designed both the wedding dress and the coronation gown of Elizabeth II?
... that the mistletoe Dendrophthoe vitellina has been found growing on 66 Australian plant species of 16 families?
... that Wiki-Watch is a free software tool to automatically assess the reliability of Wikipedia articles?
... that the Motley County Historical Museum in Matador, Texas, was formerly a hospital equipped with an iron lung, once used to treat polio?
... that George Edmund Butler‎ was an official war artist for New Zealand during World War I even though he lived in the United Kingdom?
... that Cincinnati Public Schools used the Cummins School, an ornamented brick building, as a model for later school construction?
... that the band Blue, who will represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, appeared naked in British gay magazine Attitude in May 2011?

9 May 2011

18:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... that a luxury hotel and resort on the islet of Sveti Stefan, Montenegro (pictured) has been described as a "'70s Adriatic playground on a hilly peninsula that's barely connected to the mainland"?
... that in Rocky Mountain Bank v. Google Inc., if a Gmail user had viewed a particular email, Google was ordered to disclose to a bank the user's real name?
... that Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg was a nineteenth century German-Dutch sculptor who built church interiors in the Gothic Revival style?
... that the Altec Lansing 604 coaxial speaker became the standard U.S. studio monitor after 1945?
... that conductor Herbert Grossman collaborated with his wife on a popular English language translation of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi?
... that deforestation in the surrounding rainforest has led to howler monkeys being seen on the streets of modern Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico?
... that the wedding dress of Grace Kelly, characterized as "one of the most-beloved of all time", was designed by Helen Rose, a leading costume designer of the era for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)?

12:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Pierre Koffmann served a signature dish of pig's trotter (pictured) with chicken mousseline, sweetbreads and morels at his three Michelin star restaurant La Tante Claire?
... that since being drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1982, Greg Legg has worked continually for the franchise as a minor leaguer, a major leaguer, a manager, and a coach?
... that former Croatian Member of Parliament Ruža Tomašić appeared in television series The X-Files and Millennium as a stuntwoman?
... that after the Battle of Arnhem, the British 156th Parachute Battalion was reduced to only 68 men?
... that during the terms of Governor Jeb Bush, the Republican-dominated Florida Council of 100 began taking an activist role, funding studies and proposing solutions to critical issues?
... that "Jerry's Painting", an episode of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, features a painting with a topless centaur Greek goddess that resembles the lead character, played by Amy Poehler?
... that the octagonal Church of St Mary in Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, has no roof?

06:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Plaza Resort Bonaire (pictured) is the largest diving resort in the southern Caribbean island of Bonaire?
... that opera singer Maria di Gerlando created the role of Carmela in the 1954 world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street?
... that abstract expressionist painter Jay Meuser painted two portraits for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur?
... that RideShare Delaware forms carpools from a database that grew to include 15,000 commuters in 2009?
... that the Roman settlement at Gatcombe, in the modern English county of Somerset, may be the site of Iscalis described by Ptolemy?
... that the Tecopa pupfish was the first animal delisted under the Endangered Species Act because of its extinction?
... that GJ 3634 b, a recently discovered Super-Earth in orbit around a red dwarf star, is estimated to be over eight times more massive than Earth?
... that New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara has five sisters named Passionate, Peace, Precious, Princess, and Promise?

00:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark (pictured) was the first to be filmed of any royal family member?
... that the Teufelsturm, a prominent rock tower and climbing rock about 40 metres (130 ft) high in Saxon Switzerland, is referred to as the "Symbol of Saxon Climbing"?
... that the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs predates the founding of Saudi Arabia?
... that Henry Norlande Ruttan, an Empire Loyalist, was the project engineer for a Winnipeg pumping station considered in 1906 to be the most modern such institution in the world?
... that the Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album was presented in 2000 to an album deemed "unremarkable" by a critic?
... that Richard Phipson's Victorian church spire at Great Finborough in Suffolk has been nicknamed "Thunderbird One" after the Supermarionation space rescue vehicle?
... that a frog battery can decompose potassium iodide?

8 May 2011

18:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the former St John the Evangelist's Church in Chichester was designed according to such extreme Low Church principles that the altar (pictured) resembles "a kind of kitchen table"?
... that Captain Władysław Raginis is known as a modern Leonidas for facing Nazi German forces which outnumbered the Poles 40:1 at the Battle of Wizna?
... that Bach set the theme of the Good Shepherd in his cantata for the second Sunday after Easter, Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, as a pastorale, a trio of oboes playing triplets to pedal points?
... that Lisa Head was the second British servicewoman killed on active service in the War in Afghanistan since 2001?
... that the Rabboni was the first regular tugboat to work the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River?
... that after soprano Gianna Galli's opera career ended at the age of 40 due to problems with her vocal cords, she had a second successful career as a talent manager of singers in Italy?
... that Phaeacius, a very lazy jumping spider, waits motionless until prey walks almost into its jaws?

12:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the government of Skopje passed a law to preserve the Ristiḱ Palace (pictured) as a "Cultural Heritage" when it was threatened with destruction for illegal infringement?
... that baritone Richard Torigi created the role of Silvio de Narni in the world premiere of Alberto Ginastera's Bomarzo in 1967?
... that the small Land Yeo river in Somerset, England, has powered at least ten watermills in the last 1,000 years?
... that the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory has been cited as having the best ice cream in New York City?
... that English shipwright James Beeching invented a self-righting lifeboat in 1851, which became the standard model for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's new fleet?
... that at its peak in the early 20th century, the Matador Ranch had 90,000 head of cattle on nearly 900,000 acres in parts of four West Texas counties?
... that The King retired after a girl curtsied to him?

06:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Ed Schieffelin (pictured) prospected for ore near hostile Chiricahua Apache Indians, and when he found a large silver deposit, he named the claim Tombstone because everyone said that's all he'd find?
... that the owner of the prehistoric Tell Ezou in Syria has expressed an interest to turn it into an olive plantation?
... that Cath Kidston started her shopping chain after surviving breast cancer?
... that Dr. Richard Spademan invented the Spademan binding after seeing 150 fractures in a single long weekend at Squaw Valley?
... that the Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger attributed the deaths of 600 sheep in the AD 62 Pompeii earthquake to the effects of poisonous gases?
... that the 2008 California Statewide Truck and Bus Rule is expected to save 9,400 lives and over US$48 billion in health-care costs?
... that the only surviving example of subdivision gates in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, built by property owners instead of a real estate developer are located at Armstrong’s Point?

00:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

... that males of jumping spider Maevia inclemens (pictured) were once considered different species, but the females knew better?
... that Samuel Paull Andrews was the first working class man to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament?
... that Italy's Carabinieri maintain a unit dedicated to fighting art and antiquities crimes?
... that the title Baron Carrickfergus was given to Prince William as a gift from Queen Elizabeth II for his wedding?
... that the Nava System ski binding used a plastic arm to control the ski, instead of a stiff ski boot?
... that Charles Bemies organized the first college basketball team in the 1890s and later became a Presbyterian minister and evangelist?
... that Pulvermacher's chain battery was used in experiments by dentists in an attempt to anaesthetise patients with electric shocks?

7 May 2011

18:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Vincent van Gogh called his 1888 painting Langlois Bridge at Arles (pictured) "something funny ... I will not create every day"?
... that Barney Gibson became the youngest-ever English first-class cricketer when he played for Yorkshire aged 15 years and 27 days?
... that the precursors to the White House Press Secretary and White House press corps both formed during the presidency of Grover Cleveland?
... that the tomb of Robert Ingylton in St Michael and All Angels' Church in Thornton, Buckinghamshire, was re-assembled from a grotto?
... that Kate Middleton's wedding dress for her marriage to Prince William was designed by Sarah Burton?
... that Nude Nuns with Big Guns is a nunsploitation thriller film that is the subject of a copyright lawsuit against torrent users involving 5,865 IP addresses?

12:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the seed of the Australian plant Banksia canei (pictured) requires stratification (keeping at 5 °C for 60 days) before germination?
... that within six months of opening The Kitchin restaurant in Edinburgh, chef Tom Kitchin became the youngest-ever recipient of a Michelin star?
... that Radhakrishnan's Dhammapada was recommended reading for victims of the "annihilation-extinction" theory of nirvana?
... that Captain Cedric Holland was sent with the British terms for the surrender of the French fleet prior to the attack on Mers-el-Kébir?
... that the Kunming–Singapore Railway will be 3,900 km (2,400 mi) long when completed?
... that Italian athlete Roberto Marson was proclaimed the outstanding athlete of the Games after winning 10 gold medals at the 1968 Paralympics?
... that Queen Victoria has been credited with starting the western tradition of white bridal gowns by wearing one at her 1840 wedding?

06:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the English theologian Daniel Whitby (pictured) in 1710 defended Textus Receptus's finding of 30,000 textual variants in John Mill's edition of the New Testament?
... that the first time Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers starred together in a film was in Lewis Milestone's 1940 comedy romance drama Lucky Partners?
... that Virginia rabbi Jack Moline helped write President Bill Clinton's famous 1995 "Shalom, Haver" eulogy for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin?
... that for the first time in 11 years, the 2010 budget passed by the 15th Congress of the Philippines was signed by President Benigno Aquino III before the calendar year ended?
... that basketball player Othyus Jeffers and his two older brothers, Gerome Allen and Edmund Allen, were all shot during three separate shooting incidents in their hometown, but only Jeffers survived?
... that the earliest history of Alishang in Afghanistan is traced to the Mughal Emperor Babur, when in the 1520s he hunted wildlife in the mountains there before returning to India?
... that Sufjan Stevens has released four versions of "Chicago", including the "Multiple Personality Disorder Version"?

00:00, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the house at 36 Forest Street (pictured) in Hartford, Connecticut, was built by an insurance company to satisfy a mortgage payment the neighborhood's developers could not make?
... that a fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana has been released along with a parasitic wasp Tetrastichus planipennisi in the US as a biological control agent of the emerald ash borer?
... that Mongolia's top Olympic marathon runner Ser-Od Bat-Ochir trains with Morpeth Harriers in Gateshead, England?
... that tantalum hafnium carbide is believed to have a melting point as high as 4,215 °C (7,619 °F)?
... that George Jessel and Arlene Francis hosted a 1953–54 ABC reality show, The Comeback Story, in which guests discuss how they overcame great adversity in their lives?
... that at 127.4 kilometres (79.2 mi) long, the Great Wall of Vietnam is the longest monument in Southeast Asia?
... that future cantor David Werdyger was saved from a Nazi firing squad by singing the Jewish prayer for the dead?

6 May 2011

18:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the iridescent metallic hues of some jewel bugs (Scutelleridae) (example pictured) are caused by structural colors instead of pigmentation?
... that GeoCenter Møns Klint on the island of Møn in Denmark was designed by PLH Architects, the winners of an international design competition?
... that in the men's decathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics, British athlete Daniel Awde set a personal best in the pole vault and had the fastest time of anyone in the 400 metres, but finished 21st?
... that Esad Mekuli is considered the father of modern Albanian poetry in Yugoslavia?
... that during the Battle of Arnhem the 4th Parachute Brigade suffered 78 per cent casualties?
... that it was Jerry Shipp who led the United States men's national basketball team in scoring at the 1964 Summer Olympics, even though its roster included two future Hall of Famers?
... that an extremophile bacterium, Paracoccus denitrificans, has been found to grow even under 400,000 times Earth's gravity, a fact having implications on the feasibility of panspermia?

12:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... that in 2011 the annual festival Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, founded in 1896 after the model of the Bayreuth Festival, opened at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (pictured) with the first performance in German of Rodion Shchedrin's opera Lolita?
... that Sanjak of Montenegro was joined to the Sanjak of Shkodra in 1514 as a unique administrative unit with a certain degree of autonomy?
... that timber from the Ruislip Woods was used in the construction of the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, the Palace of Westminster, and the manor of the Black Prince in Kennington?
... that Debedeavon, the Laughing King of the Accawmacke Virginia Indian tribe, and an Englishman whom he adopted named Thomas Savage, warned the settlers at Jamestown of the impending 1622 Massacre?
... that host country West Germany won the most gold medals at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, but the United States won the most total medals?
... that more than 120 archaeological sites have been found in the Econfina Creek watershed?
... that Russell and Sigurd Varian, who played childhood pranks on family guests by giving them minor electric shocks, went on to invent the klystron and become pioneers of microwave technology?

06:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Keith Thiele (pictured), whose daring motorcycle escape during WWII has been compared to Steve McQueen's in The Great Escape, is one of only four New Zealanders to be awarded the DFC and two bars?
... that Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum has won Paralympic medals for Israel in athletics, swimming and table tennis?
... that the Burmese were "on the brink of victory" in the Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) when they suddenly withdrew from their siege of Ayutthaya because their king Alaungpaya had fallen ill?
... that Dinochelus ausubeli, a deepwater lobster discovered during the Census of Marine Life expedition, was named in honour of its sponsor, Jesse H. Ausubel?
... that policies promoting wireless broadband plan to bring the Internet to 98% of Americans?
... that Tekalif-i orfiye, Resm-i çift, Rav akçesi, Nüzül, İspençe, Avariz, Adet-i ağnam, Resm-i arusane, Tuz resmi, Resm-i bennâk, Bedl-i askeri, Gümrük resmi, Sursat, Müskirat resmi, Temettu, Adet-i deştbani, Damga resmi, Resm-i mücerred, Öşür, Ihtisab, Resm-i donum and Tapu resmi were Ottoman taxes, whilst Muafiyet were exemptions, and Emins were tax collectors?

00:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Pfaffenstein (pictured), a low table mountain and one of the most important climbing areas in Saxon Switzerland, was visited by Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony, in 1915?
... that solar panels provide part of the power for electric vehicle charging stations at Hillsboro, Oregon's Intermodal Transit Facility?
... that the British Colonial Hilton Nassau is located on the site of the Old Fort of Nassau?
... that until the Migrant Housing Act of North Carolina was amended in 2007, North Carolina had very few health and safety regulations for migrant farmers' housing?
... that the tadpole of the Vampire flying frog Rhacophorus vampyrus has two fang-like hooks in its mouth?
... that Nellie McClung, the Canadian novelist, prohibitionist, and activist, lectured at the Cornish Library in Winnipeg?
... that Gustav Elfving invented the optimal design of experiments, and so minimized the cost of a cartographic survey, while trapped in his tent in storm-ridden Greenland?

5 May 2011

18:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... that during a 1762 British siege of the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception (pictured) in El Castillo village within El Castillo municipality, Nicaragua, Rafaela Herrera inspired the outnumbered Spanish defenders to victory?
... that Heather Knight was the first woman to be selected President of Pacific Union College and the first African American woman to lead an Adventist College in North America?
... that Footes Lane is the main sporting venue in Guernsey?
... that in 1852 Franz Johann Joseph Bock founded the first large exhibition of ancient masterpieces of Christian art?
... that St Lawrence's Church in Broughton, Buckinghamshire, is listed Grade I because of its "remarkable series" of medieval wall paintings?
... that Curry Hicks was the head football coach for the Michigan State Normal Normalites in 1910 and the athletic director at UMass from 1911 to 1949?
... that the buildings in Jižní Město, the Czech Republic's largest housing estate, were color-coded to facilitate orientation?

12:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... that shea trees, most heavily concentrated in Burkina Faso, are referred to as "women's gold" (woman processing shea nuts pictured) by the locals for their properties?
... that the ancient custom of ringing the curfew bell each evening from St Peter's Church in Sandwich, Kent, still continues?
... that an artificial lake near the Lebanese village of Qaraoun has become a seasonal home for about 20,000 migratory birds each year?
... that members of the Brisbane-based Women's National Emergency Legion served as drivers for United States military units in Australia during World War II?
... that Twicket, the first ever village cricket match to be live-streamed around the world, was played in Wray, Lancashire, on Easter Monday 2011?
... that women in Burma wore a skirtcloth known as the htamein during the Konbaung Dynasty?
... that although Earth, Wind & Fire's song "Reasons" has never charted, it is included on several dozen albums including most of the group's greatest hits compilation albums?

06:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Civic (pictured), a Category II heritage building damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, is to be demolished?
... that Eddie Wilcoxen, morning show host on radio station KWHW, is the current Poet Laureate for the state of Oklahoma?
... that next-generation DDR4 computer memory, developed since 2005, is the first of its family to discard multi-channel architecture, and the first to include 3D silicon stacking in its specification?
... that G. L. Pridgen, a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, supports a bill requiring a referendum on English being his state’s official language?
... that the Jacksonville Aviation Authority owns and operates four airports on a budget of US$63.8 million in Jacksonville, Florida, but costs taxpayers nothing?
... that Sudanese human rights activist Mudawi Ibrahim Adam has been imprisoned four times for his work in Darfur?
... that in Coffee: A Dark History, Antony Wild claims that coffee helped cause the Age of Enlightenment?

00:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Loire (pictured) is the longest river in France?
... that before they owned large ranches in Texas, John Wesley Snyder and his brother operated an apple orchard and horse-trading business in Williamson County near Austin?
... that in the churchyard of St Mary's Church in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, are the graves of the notable military figures Henry "Hangman" Hawley and Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke?
... that bone marrow drives hosted by Yale University in honor of ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz netted more than 2,400 donors and resulted in six matches for those awaiting transplants?
... that bandleader Ivy Benson and her all-female band were the first entertainers invited to perform at the VE Day celebrations in Berlin at the request of Field Marshal Montgomery?
... that British Paralympic rowing gold medallist Tom Aggar was once part of the Saracens F.C. youth development squad?
... that the Silent Way is a language teaching method in which students do 90 percent or more of the talking?

4 May 2011

18:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that despite his racing career cut short by two wars, Finnhorse trotter Eri-Aaroni (pictured) sold in 1946 for the equivalent of 680,000 euros, the all-time highest price for a horse in Finland?
... that Nathan "Ned" Miller had two hit songs in the 1920s at the age of 22?
... that there is a tri-state water dispute between Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin?
... that when Nikita Khrushchev gave the go-ahead to build the Berlin Wall, Mikhail Pervukhin was the first to know?
... that TV quiz show Don't Scare the Hare has been described as "fantasy based toddler telly with an adult twist"?
... that Burmese democracy activist Aye Aung is serving a 59-year prison sentence for distributing leaflets and organizing protests in Yangon?
... that the characters of "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World" are only allowed to experience one day a week?

12:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that richness of the wildlife of the Central African Republic (gorilla pictured) is reflected in its about 3,600 species of plants and more than 1,000 species of birds, mammals and reptiles?
... that the main target of the 1945 attack on Yokosuka was the battleship Nagato, the flagship of the fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941?
... that Alfred E. Goodey collected and commissioned paintings to record the history of Derby?
... that Mochtar Lubis's novel Salah Asuhan had to avoid themes of rebellion and portray the European characters in a positive light in order to be published?
... that Dragan Velić is the current President of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo?
... that workers at the Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury, England, lived in "Bata-ville", a company town complete with houses, schools, shops, sports facilities, a theatre, a post office, and its own newspaper?
... that Amie MacRuari was divorced by the first Lord of the Isles despite giving him no grounds for doing so?

06:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Engine Company 2 Fire Station (pictured) in Hartford, Connecticut, was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style, not commonly used for firehouses?
... that the OS Museum in Post, Texas, contains a hybrid of exhibits on both the American West and Asia, which are changed three times per year?
... that at the 2008 Games, Helene Raynsford became the Paralympic's first ever rowing gold medallist?
... that Homeland Security is recruiting every local jail in the U.S. to become a deportation office through a new program called Secure Communities?
... that liquid crystal lasers can emit several wavelengths from a single device?
... that the original Shaare Zedek Synagogue was the oldest synagogue in Winnipeg?
... that poet, historian and radical William Jones was described by a contemporary as "the hottest arsed" Welshman he had ever known?

00:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the Red Faced Lovebird (pictured) is found in both the Central African Republic's Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and in Nigeria's Gashaka Gumti National Park?
... that during Operation Rhodes of January 1970, Israeli paratroops held the Egyptian island of Shadwan for over a day before leaving with 62 prisoners of war?
... that Milton Olander, who led the Western Michigan football team to an unbeaten and unscored upon record in 1922, was later offered a position as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor?
... that Hillingdon House once housed the Royal Flying Corps Armament School, which established a firing range in the grounds?
... that Ron Hextall was the first ice hockey goaltender to shoot and score a goal in the National Hockey League?
... that the Rhine Terrace restaurant in Berlin's Haus Vaterland featured hourly fake thunderstorms?
... that Salilyn's Condor and Salilyn 'N Erin's Shameless are the only father and daughter to have both won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show?

3 May 2011

18:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... that dressmakers working on Kate Middleton's wedding gown (pictured) changed needles every three hours, and washed their hands every half hour?
... that the widest path problem forms the algorithmic basis of the Schulze method used by Wikimedia to decide the winners of multiway elections?
... that Italian runner Silvana Cruciata ran over 18 km (11.2 miles) in one hour—a world record which went unbeaten for 17 years?
... that the first transcontinental trip by a solar-powered vehicle was completed in 1983?
... that, despite being a monastery of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Gunda Gunde provided many converts to the Roman Catholic faith for missionary (later saint) Justin de Jacobis?
... that Jay Houghton, a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, had an uncle, two great-uncles, and a great-great-grandfather who also served as representatives?
... that Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is the result of continued commercial success of Olympic video games starring Nintendo's and Sega's once-rival mascots, Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog?

12:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Cézanne may have painted Pyramid of Skulls (pictured) because he was drawn to the forms, exclaiming, "How beautiful a skull is to paint!"?
... that Gwangju Prize for Human Rights winner Angkhana Neelaphaijit has been investigating the forced disappearance of her husband for more than seven years?
... that the American Civil War delayed the construction of the George Stumpf House in Indianapolis by nearly 10 years?
... that the concept for the Euthanasia Coaster, a roller coaster designed to kill its riders, caused concern among anti-euthanasia groups when it went on display?
... that apartheid in South Africa and the Mozambican Civil War caused an increase in the number of tourists visiting Swaziland?
... that author Ephraim Emerton taught medieval ecclesiastical history at Harvard Divinity School for over 40 years?
... that the wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer became one of the most famous outfits in the world and featured a 25-foot (7.6 m) train?

06:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the design competition for Our City (pictured) caused much controversy, as the winning architect was young, inexperienced and proposed an architectural style that New Zealanders were unfamiliar with?
... that among the all-time list of AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans, 33 have competed in the Olympic Games while nine have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame?
... that in Luoji Township in Yunnan, there are laws against the picking of young matsutake mushrooms smaller than 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter?
... that American sailor Ed Baird has won the America's Cup with syndicates from New Zealand and Switzerland, but failed at two attempts to win it with teams from his native country?
... that the skinny triangle is used by snipers to estimate target range?
... that "What's Your Name", a 2008 electro single by Usher and will.i.am, was noted by some critics as one of the best tracks on Here I Stand, while others described it as "downright awful"?
... that the maiden voyage of Empire Cowdray was delayed because most of her crew were drunk?

00:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the film Ronald Reagan called "the worst picture I ever made" inspired Jerry Parr to join the Secret Service, and that Parr saved President Reagan's life during the 1981 assassination attempt (pictured)?
... that the UK House of Commons Treasury Committee challenged the Payments Council's plan to abolish cheques by 2018?
... that Morića Han is the only surviving han in Sarajevo?
... that RNA thermometers are found in human cells and help protect them from overheating?
... that Clement W. Payton won a British Distinguished Flying Cross and a Belgian Croix de guerre?
... that on Mt. Murchison in New Zealand's Braeburn Range, a small population of large carnivorous snails, Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes", is only found above the bush line?
... that Brian Bowman performed the first euphonium recital at Carnegie Hall?

2 May 2011

18:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the name of Fisheating Creek (pictured) is derived from the Seminole name for the stream, Thlothlopopka-Hatchee, or "the river where fish are eaten"?
... that the M2 gas mask protected the wearer for at least five hours against the common World War I chemical weapon phosgene?
... that during the 2010–11 NBA Development League season, 20 players were called-up to the NBA, while 39 NBA players were assigned to the D-League?
... that during the 2010 Australian federal elections Bruce Hawker helped the incumbent Labor Party form a minority government after negotiations with the independents?
... that South Africa's winning of the 1997 Wills Golden Jubilee Tournament marked its first cricket tournament victory in the Indian subcontinent and in their seventh attempt?
... that Bertrand Teyou is serving two years in jail for attempting to read publicly from his book about Chantal Biya, the first lady of Cameroon?
... that while playing cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club, E. W. Bastard once dismissed Australian cricket captain Billy Murdoch?

12:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that early Western Australian settler George Layman Sr. was speared to death by a Wardandi elder at Wonnerup House (pictured) in 1841?
... the government of the Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic was headed by Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Vladimir Lenin's brother?
... that democracy activist Htay Kywe was described as Burma's "most-wanted man" following his leadership role in the 2007 anti-government protests?
... that Heart Peaks in northern British Columbia, Canada, is the third largest volcano in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province?
... that 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winner Paige St. John is married to John Wark, a former Pulitzer Prize finalist?
... that the past captains of the Indian cricket team were honoured during the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup, which was organised to celebrate India's 50th anniversary of independence?
... that size matters when the jumping spider Phidippus clarus selects mates?

06:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that in 2010, Washington Nationals pitcher Collin Balester (pictured) hit two batters in the head in a span of nine days?
... that British physicist Alexander Rankine gave the 1932 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture and worked on fog dispersal systems during World War II?
... that Chinese explorer Jin Feibao has completed the Explorers Grand Slam in only 18 months and 24 days, the fastest recorded time?
... that Penny White lost her seat on the Tennessee Supreme Court because of her vote in a single court decision?
... that the Los Angeles Times calls Love, Loss, and What I Wore a The Vagina Monologues-What Not to Wear mix, and The New York Times calls it a "show about matters of the heart and matters of the closet"?
... that during World War II, men of the American 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion were awarded nine Silver Stars and seventy-two Bronze Stars?
... that the Sunmobile, world's first solar-powered automobile, was demonstrated in a 1955 General Motors car show?

00:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

... that the church of Llangadfan (pictured), near Dyfnant Forest, was visited by Saint Cadfan who founded a church there before moving to Bardsey Island in 516?
... that the upscale boutiques and exclusive nightclub that Aspen, Colorado, developer Harley Baldwin put in the Brand Building and Collins Block earned them the nickname "Glitter Gulch"?
... that Albanian leader Skanderbeg ambushed his would-be ambusher at the Battle of Meçad?
... that the Emissions Control Technology Association (ECTA) claims that more than $20 in healthcare savings is generated for every dollar spent on the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act?
... that Admiral Samuel Goodall fought in three wars, seeing action at Ushant, the Saintes, Genoa and the Hyères Islands?
... that Arroyo Seco, Querétaro, Mexico, is home to the Sótano del Barro, a pit cave which is one of the largest cavities of the world by volume?
... that a proposal by Republican Charles Austin Tweed allowing California to hire women at the same rate of pay offered to men was defeated by the California State Senate?

1 May 2011

18:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Polish Countess Eveline Hańska (pictured) was once ordered by a doctor to stick her feet into a small pig in order to treat her gout?
... that the former station house at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot in Galesburg, Illinois, had two waiting rooms, one for men and one for women?
... that journalist Iryna Khalip is under incommunicado house arrest following a protest of the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, in which her husband was also a candidate?
... that Sophie Christiansen, the youngest athlete for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, won a bronze medal in dressage?
... that despite intending to cast a 40–50 year old Japanese actor in the upcoming Fringe episode "The Day We Died", American actor Brad Dourif was chosen instead?
... that the Cloth of St Gereon is the oldest known European tapestry still existing?
... that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's state funeral took place twice, once immediately after his death in 1938 and then again in 1953?

12:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that Bach's cantata for the St. Thomas Sunday (pictured) of 1725, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42, is the only one in his second annual cycle beginning with a Sinfonia?
... that Buddhist monk U Gambira was sentenced to sixty-three years in prison for his leadership role in Burma's Saffron Revolution?
... that the Plain of Torvioll saw the first battle of Skanderbeg's war against the Ottoman Empire?
... that Ghada Amer created the Encyclopedia of Pleasure sculpture in 2001 to illustrate parts of the eponymous Islamic Golden Age encyclopedia that discusses female sexual pleasure?
... that Adrian Lombard, who had no formal training in aerodynamics, became one of the world's foremost designers of jet engines?
... that professional wrestling events have been held to honor Sherri Martel, Shinya Hashimoto (also known as Hustle King), and Fred Ward?
... that on the north wall of St Nicholas' Church in Freefolk, Hampshire, are three layers of wall paintings?

06:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that faced with what they thought to be a suicide mission, the crews of several battleships of the German High Seas Fleet (squadron pictured) mutinied in 1918?
... that the FCC's attempts to modify media ownership laws in 2003 was stayed until 2010 by Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC until the FCC explained and justified each change?
... that at the 2010 Games, skier Kelly Gallagher became the first-ever Winter Paralympian from Northern Ireland?
... that Beyoncé Knowles hired 200 native African dancers to appear in her music video for "Run the World (Girls)"?
... that born-again Christian political activist David Lane, who works to support right-wing politics in the US, was called the "stealth weapon for the right"?
... that Miami Vice producer Michael Mann originally conceived the character of Ricardo Tubbs as "nobody's Tonto"?
... that Edward John Trelawny married the sister of a Greek warlord and then lived with her in a mountain cave?

00:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

... that it is widely believed that Elsie Stevens, wife of poet Wallace Stevens, was the model for the Mercury dime (pictured)?
... that Italian leftist politician Emanuele Fiano was a Jewish youth leader in the Hashomer Hatzair Socialist–Zionist youth movement in Milan?
... that the Kosovo Liberation Army destroyed Zočište Monastery in 1999?
... that mad prophet William Hacket was executed in London in 1591, after denouncing Queen Elizabeth I and defacing her image with a bodkin?
... that the Tajikistan Aluminum Company (TALCO) runs one of the largest aluminum manufacturing plants in the world?
... that Salusbury Pryce Humphreys commanded HMS Leopard during the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair in 1807?
... that in 1937, the slopes of Joppenbergh Mountain were coated with borax for a summer ski jumping competition?