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30 September 2014

12:00, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

... that despite being fairly common, little is known of the breeding behaviour or diet of the Peruvian thick-knee (pictured)?
... that the 1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash was the worst accident in Canadian military aviation history?
... that the Dodoma Region in Tanzania is roughly the same size as Switzerland?
... that Chinese Vice Premier Gu Mu was a key figure in the creation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone?
... that about three quarters of the Sicilian land devoted to growing Fiano grapes is in the Province of Agrigento?
... that both Miguel Laurencena and his son, Eduardo, served as governor of Uruguay's Entre Ríos Province?
... that Istanbul's Byzantine Cistern of the Hebdomon has been used, at times, as an elephant stable, a vegetable garden, and a concert arena?

00:00, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Gabriela Eibenová (pictured) flew from Prague to Frankfurt to fill in for a soprano in Bach's Mass in B minor in St. Martin, Idstein, a year ago?
... that while language extinction has occurred many times throughout history, it has accelerated in the 20th and 21st centuries?
... that female European cave salamanders do not normally eat while they guard their eggs for six months or more?
... that Victoria Cleland is the first woman to be Chief Cashier of the Bank of England?
... that the little Sumba hawk-owl was identified as new to science by its voice?
... that Ichharam Desai compiled the Brihat Kavyadohan, an eight-volume anthology of the medieval Gujarati poets and poetry?
... that the entomologist-to-be Alfred M. Boyce was arrested by Italian authorities after the SS Philadelphia mutiny?

29 September 2014

12:00, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Knockeen Portal Tomb (pictured) is one of the finest examples of a dolmen in Ireland?
... that the reliable ARQ-M communications protocol on shortwave radio allowed Telex messages to be sent internationally?
... that scheduled monuments in the ceremonial county of Somerset range in age from neolithic to World War II?
... that when his company went public in 1965, John Michael Ingram had 17 stores and was a flag-bearer for Swinging London, exporting worldwide?
... that on July 28, 1903, U.S. Civil Governor William H. Taft declared the land surrounding the lighthouse in Poro Point a protected reservation?
... that the main predator of the little desert pocket mouse is the barn owl?
... that John W. Olmsted earned his blues playing lawn tennis in 1927?

00:00, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

... that bellflower resin bees (pictured) were among the first insects noted to use synthetic materials in manufacturing nests?
... that Bertha Lamme Feicht was both the first woman to ever receive a degree in engineering from Ohio State University and to be employed by Westinghouse Electric as an engineer?
... that the Malagonlong Bridge is the longest bridge made during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines?
... that U.S. television broadcasters have used local marketing agreements to work around government policies regulating local media consolidation?
... that in 1969 Terry Miller submitted a proposal to the British Railways Board for what became the InterCity 125?
... that the Charlotte Medal, said to be the first work of Australian colonial art, was created in 1788 by a British convict to commemorate the First Fleet's voyage to Botany Bay?
... that Professor of Ancient History John Crook tried to get his colleagues to sing "Waltzing Matilda" in Latin, with the chorus for swag of "ambiclitella! ambiclitella!"?

28 September 2014

12:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the ugliest building in Amsterdam (pictured) was demolished in 1994?
... that the chef Delia Smith was criticised after the publication of How to Cheat at Cooking for the use of canned mince and frozen mashed potato?
... that the size of its automotive industry makes Poland the second largest producer of light vehicles in Central and Eastern Europe?
... that Madonna's 2004 concert tour was chronicled in a documentary film?
... that the Balkan whip snake hibernates in winter, with several snakes sometimes sharing a single site?
... that in addition to appearing in TV shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Space: Above and Beyond, Lanei Chapman was a kindergarten teacher?
... that strolghino salami is made from leftover cuts of culatello salami?

00:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Warren Spector (pictured) began planning the development of Deus Ex after connecting his wife's fascination with The X-Files to "conspiracy stuff"?
... that Lomatia fraseri can have leaves of markedly different shapes on the same plant?
... that Yuta Watanabe is only the third Japanese basketball player to sign with a NCAA Division I team?
... that the Fort ship Fort Stikine was destroyed in a 1944 explosion at Bombay which killed over 700 people and injured some 3000?
... that the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Philippines' Pagsanjan Church was a gift from Mexico, and was installed at the main altar in 1688?
... that the use of thick pieces of asparagus can enhance the flavor of cream of asparagus soup?
... that a porn parody of the "Soup Nazi" episode of Seinfeld starred James Deen as "Gerry" Seinfeld?

27 September 2014

12:00, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the yellow band on the flag of Gabon (pictured) represents the Equator, which cuts across the republic?
... that after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, all new oil tankers built for use between U.S. ports were required to have full double hulls?
... that the Italian Province of Palermo has been ruled by the Romans, Byzantines, Normans and the Arabs?
... that the Canadian actress Charlotte Le Bon worked as a model for almost a decade in New York, Tokyo and Paris, but "really hated it"?
... that the Lumban Church was built in Lumban, Laguna, in 1586 and finished in 1600 under San Pedro Bautista?
... that in Sicily, maccu may be prepared on Saint Joseph's Day to clear out the pantry and make room for new spring vegetables?
... that one can see all of the London Borough of Sutton's European twin towns without needing a passport?

00:00, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Swedish playwright Martina Montelius (pictured) hosted an episode of the popular radio show Sommar that was described as "controlled madness and seductive"?
... that the parasitic ant species Mycocepurus castrator evolved from its host while sharing the same nest?
... that seven-term U.S. Congressional commissioner Larry Wortzel is considered one of the top American experts on China's military strategy?
... that William George Hoskins' The Making of the English Landscape (1955) is widely used as a text in local and environmental history courses?
... that Eric Lawson was the first directly elected MP in the Solomon Islands?
... that "Angola Avante", the national anthem of Angola, is used as a nickname for an inter-community football competition held in Portugal?
... that in 2013 Wikimedia Ukraine contributed to the preservation of kobzar music, an effort begun in 1901 in Kharkiv?

26 September 2014

12:00, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

... that William Lever used nearly thirty architects to plan houses for his workers in the model village of Port Sunlight (example pictured), and vetted all the designs himself?
... that Martin Manulis was the producer of Playhouse 90, voted the greatest television series of all time in a 1970 poll of television editors?
... that the National IQ Test assessed whether people who support Aussie rules are more intelligent than those who follow rugby league?
... that the French Minister of Economy Emmanuel Macron was an assistant to philosopher Paul Ricœur?
... that the cover of the 1890s feminist periodical Shafts depicted a woman shooting an arrow labelled "Wisdom", "Justice", and "Truth"?
... that the genus Equus became extinct in the Americas about 12,000 years ago and remained that way until the Conquistadors reintroduced it?
... that the popular science writers Elizabeth and Mary Kirby crowdsourced their first joint book in 1848?

00:00, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Byzantine Neorion Harbour (pictured in ancient map), lying on the southern shore of the Golden Horn, was the first port to be built in Constantinople?
... that the lined pocket mouse differs from Nelson's pocket mouse in having no stiff spines on its rump?
... that the Angolan Cuanza Sul Province has a high density of landmines left over from the country's civil war?
... that Jean-François Autié was one of three brothers who worked as Marie Antoinette's hairdresser Monsieur Léonard, and he fled Paris to escape the guillotine?
... that 33 species of fish have been identified in Towanda Creek?
... that Lü Zushan succeeded Xi Jinping, now President of China, as Governor of Zhejiang province?
... that the video for "Louder" features Neon Jungle singing in a giant metallic dome?

25 September 2014

12:00, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

... that when asked why he writes such strong female characters, Joss Whedon (pictured) replied, "Because you're still asking me that question"?
... that the most stable known isotope of ununpentium, ²⁸⁹Uup, has a half-life of only 220 milliseconds?
... that Hovdala Castle in Sweden belonged to the same family from 1651 to 1944?
... that the Memel communist labour leader Hermann Suhrau later became a Nazi Party member?
... that according to a tradition a passage under Constantinople linked the Byzantine Cistern of Aspar with the Hagia Sophia?
... that the fossil ant genus Archiponera is known from a single pair of fossils described in 1930?
... that the Swiss politician Josi Meier once declared, "Women belong in the house ... in the House of Representatives!"?

00:00, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Marie Antoinette's hairdresser, Léonard Autié (pictured), invented the pouf and founded the Théâtre de Monsieur?
... that in the comic Nowhere Men, "Science is the new Rock-N-Roll"?
... that Walter Wu, a blind Canadian swimmer and three-time gold medalist at the Paralympics, was a torchbearer for the 2010 Winter Paralympics after his retirement in 2004?
... that the Barry Waterfront redevelopment scheme is one of the largest to be undertaken in the UK?
... that Freddie Sessler was "almost a father" to Keith Richards?
... that the 2014 Beijing ePrix was won by Lucas di Grassi after a final-turn collision between Nick Heidfeld and Nicolas Prost?
... that the Punta Cruz Watchtower is the only perfect isosceles triangle tower-fort structure in the Philippines?

24 September 2014

12:00, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the golden wattle (pictured) was proclaimed the floral emblem of Australia on 1 September 1988, and in 1992 this date was formally declared "National Wattle Day"?
... that the state of Washington's supreme court meets in the Temple of Justice?
... that Robert Lewin worked with Gene Roddenberry both on Star Trek: The Next Generation and on Mission: Impossible?
... that in ant colonial society, gamergate females occupy an intermediate caste between queens and workers?
... that despite having only two players in a three-on-three basketball game, the 2011 USA Women's U18 3x3 Team took a game to overtime, almost winning a medal?
... that National Scientist Edgardo Gomez pioneered giant clam breeding for coastal communities in the Philippines?
... that Pile chose her stage name after the pile that is on towels?

00:00, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Swedish king Eric XIV was imprisoned, and ultimately died, in Örbyhus Castle (pictured)?
... that although the New Zealand activist Frances Ann Stewart considered herself a "pioneer" for women, she believed that not all women should receive the right to vote?
... that the German Shepherd Lucky was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery for tracking communist forces during the Malayan Emergency?
... that the former American Idol finalist Matthew Rogers once hosted a cooking game show entitled Beat the Chefs?
... that Frankenstein, MD is PBS Digital Studios' first scripted show?
... that Fisher Run is considered to be impaired by acid mine drainage and metals, but is a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and Class A Wild Trout Waters?
... that the call of the Sonoran green toad is said to resemble "the buzzer on an electric alarm clock"?

23 September 2014

12:00, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the trans woman activist Miss Major (pictured) was meeting with her girlfriend at the Stonewall Inn during the police raid that precipitated the Stonewall riot?
... that Patagosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from Patagonia that is known from an almost complete skeleton and partial skull?
... that Darol Froman was the scientific director of the Operation Sandstone nuclear tests at Enewetak Atoll in 1948?
... that little is known of the breeding habits of the fiery-shouldered parakeet?
... that the Australian plant Lomatia arborescens has large serrated leaves when it grows in a sheltered spot and small entire-margined leaves in an exposed location?
... that Robert Pitcairn was only fifteen when he discovered the island which is now named after him?
... that, after playing a detective, the social worker LV Wijnhamer became a suspect?

00:00, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

... that René Just Haüy modeled octahedral crystals mathematically as polycubes made of a centered octahedral number of cubes (pictured)?
... that in 1958 the US Air Force was sued for $54,000 by the family of victims injured by the accidental release of a nuclear bomb over Mars Bluff, South Carolina?
... that in French cuisine, lettuce soup is usually served poured atop thin slices of lightly toasted French bread?
... that after he released his 2014 Japanese single "Hot Sun", the Korean singer Kim Hyun-joong was the first foreign male artist to reach number one twice on the Oricon Singles Weekly Chart?
... that in 2014 Mukund Varadarajan was posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, for killing three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists?
... that at 500 feet (150 m), the interactive screen of Wonder Mountain's Guardian, at the Canada's Wonderland amusement park, is the longest in the world?
... that Sandra Bullock is the first person to win both a Razzie and an Oscar on the same weekend?

22 September 2014

12:00, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Queen Elizabeth's godmother Venetia James (pictured) was so frugal that she reused unwanted milk from her cat's dish and hosted Catholics on Fridays, when they could not eat expensive meat?
... that Beyoncé's perfume Rise was inspired by a Maya Angelou poem?
... that Randi Blehr co-founded and chaired the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, and was married to a Norwegian Prime Minister?
... that The Owl Drug Company sponsored a minor-league baseball team and ran a beauty contest in which winners received a Hollywood screen test?
... that two days into her career, the fashion model Jill Kennington was chosen for a major UK tour by Norman Hartnell, who declared, "Darling, you are going to be my mascot"?
... that several wind and rain machines were used to create the storm effects for the Neighbours tornado storyline?
... that the artist Kate Downie recently interviewed the Forth Road Bridge?

00:00, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

... that babies will instinctively hold their breath underwater (pictured) until the age of six months?
... that Walt Disney's first interest in animatronics came after he happened upon a toy animatronic bird by chance while on vacation? (TAFI)
... that at the outbreak of World War II, British fashion designer Elspeth Champcommunal and her partner Jane Heap fled from Germany to London via Switzerland?
... that the mountaineer Jean-Antoine Carrel missed being the first to ascend the Matterhorn by only three days?
... that in 2012 there were 83.3 million dogs in the United States, with about 47% of American households owning one?
... that a critic from The Atlantic wrote that "Jealous" was one of the most notable songs in Beyoncé's music catalog?
... that Sheila was the first non-military dog to be awarded the Dickin Medal, considered the animals' Victoria Cross?

21 September 2014

12:00, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

... that solar activity and related events (solar flare pictured) have been recorded since the time of the Babylonians in the 8th century BCE? (TAFI)
... that Ashley Tisdale became the first female artist to have two songs debut at the same time on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top"?
... that ajaw Itzam K'an Ahk II's reign of Piedras Negras, from 729 to 757 AD, was one marked by hegemony over neighboring kingdoms?
... that the jawbone of Armenian activist Khetcho was shattered by a bullet during a battle?
... that illegal forms of gambling in Manila included jueteng, masiao, and "last two"?
... that despite being injured by a land mine some 3 feet (1 m) away, war dog Ricky continued to clear the mines from the surrounding area?
... that the Washington State Treasurer must post a $500,000 surety bond before taking office?

00:15, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

... that breeding in the southern toad (pictured) can be triggered by heavy rain?
... that the German archaeologist Michael Meinecke excavated the ruins of the eighth-century palace complex of Harun al-Rashid at Ar-Raqqah in Syria?
... that many of the women interviewed for Aspergirls were diagnosed with Asperger syndrome only after their children had received that diagnosis?
... that Geoffrey Bles bought his employee's publishing firm and thus acquired the rights to the Narnia series by C. S. Lewis?
... that Philip Rosenthal was inspired to write "Italy", the two-part season five premiere of Everybody Loves Raymond, based on a conversation with Ray Romano about their plans for the summer?
... that the baseball player Dick Burns's "up-shoot" was called "a beauty"?
... that Mine Gap Run is designated as a coldwater fishery even though no fish have been observed in it?

20 September 2014

12:30, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

... that in the village of Billinge, Merseyside, both the Anglican St Aidan's Church and the Roman Catholic St Mary's Church (pictured) have Doric-style entrances?
... that Harry Scott Smith coined the term "biological control" in 1919?
... that during World War II, white Southern Rhodesian troops operating behind German lines communicated by radio in an African language?
... that Van Gogh visited the Musée Réattu upon his arrival in Arles in 1888, describing it as "dreadful and a joke" in a letter to his brother Theo?
... that the first law prohibiting racial discrimination in Washington state theaters and restaurants was introduced in 1890 by William Owen Bush?
... that the extinct ant Attopsis was fossilized in what may have been a lagoon?
... that in the year before he became Fort William mayor, Robert Pow was a member of the winning curling team at the 1932 Winter Olympics?

00:45, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Vince Banonis (pictured) was an All-American center for the University of Detroit and All-NFL for the Chicago Cardinals?
... that the headwaters of Mehoopany Creek are home to three plant species that are rare or endangered in Pennsylvania?
... that Ghory and Dixit were called the Indian Laurel and Hardy?
... that the Himalayan pika inhabits rocky places, screes, walls and cliffs at altitudes of up to 4,200 metres (13,800 ft)?
... that the French engineer Joseph Farcot's design for two coupled horizontal steam engines won the grand prize at the 1867 Universal Exhibition in Paris?
... that the Italian cargo liner SS Bosnia pulled off the French armored cruiser Amiral Charner on 3 March 1915 after the warship had run aground under enemy fire off Dedeagatch, Bulgaria?
... that thousands of St. Louis, Missouri, residents rioted after a bullfight was canceled by governor Alexander Monroe Dockery?

19 September 2014

13:00, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department's engines (one pictured) are and have always been white for increased visibility?
... that the Barry Docks were once the largest coal port in the world?
... that Mosaic by Jeri Taylor is one of two novels to have been considered canon in the Star Trek universe?
... that Yuxian was called the "Butcher of Shanxi", and blamed for ordering the Taiyuan Massacre – execution of Western missionaries in 1900 – but he probably only witnessed it and did not order it?
... that Kelaart's toad is considered endangered because its range totals less than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi)?
... that Victor Hartman was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal in 1882?
... that The Raid: Redemption's "Mad Dog", Yayan Ruhian, is scheduled to act in a Yakuza–vampire film?

01:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Irene Morales (pictured) was orphaned and twice widowed prior to joining the Chilean Army in 1879, aged 13?
... that the German fighter pilot Joachim Müncheberg shot down the Hurricane of British flying ace James MacLachlan?
... that the first Belgian postage stamp series depicted Leopold I wearing military uniform, with highly visible epaulettes?
... that Kim Hyun-joong's fourth EP Timing reflects his past, present, and future endeavors?
... that the choreographer Liam Scarlett is The Royal Ballet's first Artist in Residence, a post created especially for him?
... that the fulvous harvest mouse may be able to reduce its body temperature while sleeping in winter, possibly doing so on a daily basis?
... that the development of the game Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake was boosted by a Kickstarter campaign?

18 September 2014

13:30, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

... that databending of images (example pictured) can occur through "the WordPad effect"?
... that in 1547 Mrauk-U defenses stopped an invasion by the Taungoo Dynasty of Burma by opening the sluices of the Mrauk-U city's reservoirs, and flooding out the invaders?
... that American singer ILoveMakonnen was named after the royal family of Ethiopia, but is in fact of African, Indian, Irish, Belgian, German and Chinese descent?
... that the narrow-skulled pocket mouse can be distinguished from Goldman's pocket mouse partly by the dimensions of its skull?
... that the social democratic newspaper Volkswacht was placed under preventive censorship during World War I?
... that the extinct ant species Apterostigma electropilosum was described from a solitary fossil in amber?
... that the costume historian Anne Hollander claimed that clothes reveal more than they conceal?

01:45, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

... that in his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut, Kevin O'Connell (pictured) utilized his Rolex Sports Car Series pit crew?
... that Fu Shanxiang is known as the first female Zhuangyuan because she took first place in the 1853 imperial civil service exams for women given by the rebel Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
... that the distinct fauna of the Kirtlandian includes the dinosaur Pentaceratops sternbergii?
... that Otto Stadie, a nurse who served at Adolf Hitler's headquarters with the Nazi euthanasia program, kept the register of stolen gold and diamonds at Treblinka?
... that the Guthrie Historic District was created to preserve architecturally significant structures built when Guthrie was the capital of Oklahoma Territory and the first capital of the state of Oklahoma?
... that Glen Rounds, a prolific author and illustrator of children's books, spent a summer touring the Western United States with fellow art student Jackson Pollock?
... that the founder of Little Athletics once turned away three young boys from an athletics meet, citing their youth as the reason?

17 September 2014

14:00, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Sonderkommando photographs (example pictured) of events around the Auschwitz gas chambers in 1944 were smuggled out of the camp in a toothpaste tube?
... that the discoverers of mendelevium had to seek the permission of the United States government to propose it be named after Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, father of the periodic table?
... that a female Afghan pika may have 30 or more offspring in a year?
... that Ron Capps served in five war zones in ten years before founding the Veterans Writing Project?
... that the title of Kim Kyu-jong's 2012 EP Meet Me Again refers to his promise to meet with his fans again after his two-year mandatory military service in South Korea?
... that Tony Gwynn bypassed the usual two-year wait for the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame in becoming its first unanimous selection?
... that Ecce sacerdos magnus by Anton Bruckner is a sacred work "of almost barbaric intensity"?

02:15, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park (pictured) has been voted one of the most beautiful landforms in China?
... that Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson, and had a long-term relationship and six children with him?
... that Jacobus Anthonie Meessen spent six years photographing the Dutch East Indies in the 1860s, then gave an album of the best images to his king?
... that the Michoacan pocket gopher may live almost entirely underground?
... that although Deng Liqun was instrumental in ousting Zhao Ziyang following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he was one of the few Chinese leaders to lay a wreath at Zhao's funeral in 2005?
... that the first automobile factory in the United States built with reinforced concrete beams and encasements was constructed by Julius Kahn's Trussed Concrete Steel Company and its Truscon Laboratories, with Albert Kahn Associates as the architects?
... that the fern genus Gaga is named for Lady Gaga?

16 September 2014

14:30, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the artist Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (self-portrait pictured) and her husband Burr divorced after her work was accepted at the Paris Salon but his painting was rejected?
... that in 1966, Beijing Daily, the official newspaper of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, was forced to cease publication after it refused to publish a paper by one of the Gang of Four?
... that Aerolot, the predecessor of Poland's flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines, has common roots with Lufthansa, the flag carrier of Germany?
... that the film Dallas Buyers Club is about Ron Woodroof (played by Matthew McConaughey), a real-life AIDS patient who smuggled unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into Texas?
... that the yellow-cheeked chipmunk is secretive in its habits and is more likely to be heard than seen?
... that Andrew Velazquez set a Minor League Baseball record by reaching base safely in 74 consecutive games played?
... that the German non-profit organisation GWUP annually tests persons claiming paranormal skills (and seeking a €10,000 reward), but nobody has ever passed the test?

02:45, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

... that on the evening of September 15, 2008, the pattern of lights in the windows of the Ford World Headquarters (building pictured) spelled out "Happy 100 GM", in honor of Ford's chief rival?
... that the red-tailed chipmunk feeds mainly on seeds and berries but has been caught in traps baited with meat?
... that civil engineer Mike Cottell was an early contributor to computer-aided design, and software he developed in 1970 was still in use thirty years later?
... that mushroom ketchup dates back to the 18th century in the United Kingdom and United States?
... that Craig Borten first sold a script for Dallas Buyers Club in 1996, but the film was not released until 2013?
... that Jaggermeryx naida was named in honor of Mick Jagger due to its large, sensitive lips?

15 September 2014

15:00, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Chokkanathaswamy temple at Domlur (pictured), built during the 10th century AD by the Cholas, is the oldest in Bangalore?
... that In the Room, currently in-production and directed by Eric Khoo, is the first ever Singaporean erotic film?
... that the Central Intelligence Agency characterized their operative William Young as American on the outside, Lahu on the inside?
... that Malcolm's Ethiopian toad has what is believed to be a unique breeding strategy with many females laying their eggs at a single site on land?
... that the wetlands on Beaver Run are the largest and most biologically diverse wetlands in Columbia County, Pennsylvania?
... that Brandon Poulson signed a professional baseball contract out of art school after he was recorded throwing 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)?
... that the owner of the restaurant Las Vacas Gordas in Florida claimed Gordon Ramsay's The Fat Cow in California was using his trademark?

00:00, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Broadway Hollywood Building, which is located in the Hollywood Walk of Fame monument area at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, has a metal neon sign (pictured) on its roof?
... that the Eijkman Institute was named in honor of Christiaan Eijkman, who discovered that beriberi is not caused by germs, but by a lack of Vitamin B1?
... that the excavated cemetery at the Atlantic Trading Estate proved to be a rare find for the Late Roman period in South East Wales?
... that the newspaper Der Funke published an appeal signed by Albert Einstein, calling for unity against Adolf Hitler in the July 1932 elections in Germany?
... that the last remaining pair of twin covered bridges in Pennsylvania crossed Huntington Creek until one was destroyed by a flood in 2006?
... that the Byzantine Cistern of Mocius, once the largest open air cistern in Constantinople, has been turned into the educational park of the Fatih district in Istanbul?
... that Prof and Rahzwell performed a regular "drunk show" in which they would only begin rapping once Rahzwell threw up?

14 September 2014

12:00, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

... that although the type specimen of the black catbird (pictured) was reportedly collected in Honduras, the species has never been recorded there since?
... that Charles Romeyn, an All-American fullback for the Army football team, was sent to Montana in 1902 with the charge of "quieting" the Cheyenne Indians?
... that the Irish billionaire property developer Sean Mulryan grew up in rural poverty?
... that the olive-backed pocket mouse keeps its cheek pouches clean by rubbing them in the sand?
... that William Byam's World War I research into trench fever appeared in Lice and their Menace to Man?
... that St Helen's Church, in St Helens, Merseyside, has been described as "the focal point of the town"?
... that the demoness Trijata is described as the ideal of a true friend by Indologist Camille Bulcke?

00:00, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Johannes Jørgensen said the dog in P. S. Krøyer's Summer Evening at Skagen. The Artist's Wife and Dog by the Shore (pictured) was "an ugly and unpleasant animal to behold"?
... that 1904 All-American football player Arthur Tipton prompted a rule change when he kicked a loose ball down the field and fell on it for a touchdown after it crossed the goal line?
... that Starr Long, executive producer of the video game Shroud of the Avatar, was also the original director of the pioneering game Ultima Online?
... that the role of the two Admiral Spiridov-class monitors in Russian war plans during the 1890s was to defend the Gulf of Riga against an anticipated German amphibious landing?
... that Chicago High School, the first secondary school in Chicago, survived the Great Chicago Fire?
... that Alton Lemon was surprised to have a leading piece of First Amendment jurisprudence, the "Lemon Test", bear his name?
... that Shep the Dog was considered to have given a superior performance to that of his child co-star in A Dog's Love?

13 September 2014

12:00, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Edgewood Avenue (pictured), Atlanta's newest and "most diverse" restaurant and entertainment street, was originally created as a route for Atlanta's first electric streetcar line?
... that Sandy Proctor sculpted The Guardians, depicting two War in Afghanistan SEALs who inspired the film Lone Survivor?
... that the Argentine actor Mike Amigorena refused the role of Andrés Goddzer in the telenovela Graduados?
... that types of habitats in the watershed of Fallow Hollow include a deciduous seepy forest, a shrub swamp, a forested ravine, a graminoid/forb opening, and a pond?
... that the Association of British Secretaries in America was created in the 1960s to assist a wave of such women coming to the United States to work and live?
... that one song by Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt went viral among anti–wind power activists in Germany?
... that James Randi used his 1980 book Flim-Flam! to launch an annual award for "the psychic who fools the greatest number of people with the least effort"?

00:00, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone includes alpine brook saxifrage (pictured), alpine pussypaws, alpine gold, alpine paintbrush and even shooting stars?
... that the daily load of aluminum in Black Creek below the Gowen Discharge is 12 times the load above it?
... that Peter Russell was a horse rancher in Saskatchewan, Canada, a rubber planter in Malaya and a farmer in Norfolk, England, before becoming a fashion designer?
... that every woman who undergoes an abortion in Iceland is required to receive counselling and education about contraception?
... that Margaret Fritsch was the first woman to be licensed as an architect in Oregon?
... that the Kawayan Torogan is the only remaining habitable torogan in the Philippines?

12 September 2014

12:00, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Jan Matejko (self-portrait pictured), one of the most famous Polish painters, transported arms to the insurgents' camp during the January Uprising of 1863?
... that the 2001 documentary Mind Meld features Star Trek's William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy discussing the effects the show had on their lives?
... that Advanced Computer Techniques, a software company begun in the 1960s, featured language compilers from its developers and showmanship from its founder and leader?
... that the chicks of Cabot's tragopan can fly within a few days of being hatched?
... that Hungarian Archbishop József Grősz was imprisoned in 1951, despite committing the Church to supporting the country's Communist government?
... that while Fredrik Vogt served as director general of Norway's Water Resources and Energy Agency, that country's total annual hydroelectric production capacity increased from about 2 to nearly 8 TWh?
... that in the 1872 U.S. presidential election, Arkansas' electoral votes were rejected by a joint session of Congress because the physical document reporting the votes carried the wrong state coat of arms?

00:00, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Roses (pictured) by P. S. Krøyer was anonymously donated to the Skagens Museum in 2008 after almost 100 years in private ownership?
... that Blackberry Run has "very poor" water quality, but is designated as a high-quality coldwater fishery?
... that Basuki Resobowo was a painter and an actor who portrayed a painter?
... that Indang Church in Cavite has eight patrons – St. Gregory the Great and the Seven Archangels?
... that although Christian Madsen is the son of actor Michael Madsen, it was his grandmother who encouraged him to pursue a career in acting?
... that the Georgian nave of St Peter's Church, Formby, Merseyside, and its Gothic Revival chancel have been described as creating a "jarring contrast"?
... that after being purged, Romanian communist Mișu Dulgheru went from being a leading figure in the Securitate secret police to heading up Bucharest's waste collectors?

11 September 2014

12:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Australian entertainer Maynard (pictured) made a career out of being "happily unfashionable", sometimes wearing "a stylish combination of pyjamas and floral beach wear"?
... that Mexico City's new airport was designed by Sir Norman Foster?
... that the 1884-built hunting mansion of the Ottoman Crown Prince Yusuf Izzettin Efendi in Zincirlikuyu, Istanbul, was converted later to a vocational high school?
... that Winners & Losers creator Bevan Lee asked actress Virginia Gay not to pursue her career in the US in order to play Frances James?
... that Bart Bok and his wife Priscilla, who were both astronomers, worked together so closely that it was "difficult and pointless to separate his achievements from hers"?
... that Pope John XXII's decretal Spondent Pariter banned alchemy, but not chemistry (which John himself had studied)?
... that the Romanian exile Ștefan Baciu lost his executive job at the Congress for Cultural Freedom because the CIA determined he was too anti-communistic?

00:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the facade and towers of the Gothic Rheingauer Dom (pictured) in Geisenheim were added in the 19th century?
... that 18 family members were kidnapped by the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros, Mexico in 2011?
... that the Baptist minister James McLemore, founder of the Antioch Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, owned the wife and child of black preacher Caesar Blackwell, who had been bought for US$625 by the Alabama Baptist Association in 1828 to preach to mixed audiences?
... that the Agricultural University of Berlin was founded in 1881, but closed in 1934 and was incorporated as a faculty into the Humboldt University of Berlin?
... that Rajpal Yadav's directorial debut Ata Pata Laapata was the last film of the veteran actors Dara Singh and Satyadev Dubey?
... that the radioactive decay of thorium produces a significant amount of the Earth's internal heat?
... that in ancient Egypt, dwarfs were assisted by guenons and worked as royal zookeepers and jewellers?

10 September 2014

12:00, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the world's most expensive pizza listed by Guinness World Records is a seafood pizza (different example pictured) that costs CA$450?
... that Emilie Gourd is credited as one of the most prominent Swiss feminists of the 20th century?
... that Octavio Rojas Hernández was the fifth journalist killed in Mexico in 2014?
... that long before portraying Louise Brown in the 1990 movie Ghost, Gail Boggs portrayed Silvia in a 1971 performance of The Two Gentlemen of Verona?
... that Pocahontas School, a Tennessee public school for white children, did not have indoor plumbing until 1957?
... that Vladimir Gaćinović, whose campaign for tyrannicide indirectly sparked World War I, was himself assassinated in neutral Switzerland?
... that according to Jesus Freak Hideout, the band Islander, on their album Violence & Destruction, "put together a really solid collection of songs" of nu and rap metal thirteen years after the death of the genre?

00:00, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

... that it has been suggested that the extinct ant Asymphylomyrmex (pictured) belonged to a specialized group with no descendants?
... that after seeking funding through Kickstarter, the Star Trek fan film Prelude to Axanar received US$101,000 – more than ten times the amount of financing originally sought?
... that world number one golfer Rory McIlroy has chosen to represent Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics and not Great Britain?
... that the spotted houndshark, the speckled smooth-hound and the humpback smooth-hound are known as "tollo" and used for human consumption?
... that ten rappers from Houston make cameo appearances in the music video for Beyoncé's "No Angel"?
... that the Māori rugby union player Joe Warbrick was killed by an eruption of the Waimangu Geyser?
... that the 2007 film Adrift in Manhattan was to be initially named 1/9, after the subway lines, but was changed when the Sundance Film Festival demanded a more mainstream title?

9 September 2014

12:00, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Ernst Plassmann's statue of Benjamin Franklin (pictured), situated at Print House Square, commemorates him as a printer by including an issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette in his left hand?
... that infection in childcare is a risk when groups of children meet for school or daycare, but hygiene reduces its prevalence?
... that the Indian author Krishnalal Shridharani's book War Without Violence was studied by Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
... that José Carlos Cocarelli studied the piano in New York on a scholarship from the Brazilian government and won important competitions?
... that Riddles of the Sphinx has been called "one of the most important avant-garde films to have emerged from Britain during the 1970s"?
... that Colonel Elliott Fitch Shepard was president of the New York State Bar Association, and a Union recruiter, wealthy landowner, church founder, and newspaper owner?
... that Dylan Penn—daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright—declined a US$150,000 offer to pose for a Playboy cover, but later appeared nude behind a $6000 Fendi bag on a treats! cover?

00:00, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1654 trompe-l'œil painting The Goldfinch (pictured) by Carel Fabritius has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1896?
... that in 1932 two German aviators were lost for 39 days in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia before being rescued?
... that the group that recorded the Band of Gypsys album with Jimi Hendrix had already broken up by the time of the album's release?
... that in 1858 Robert Jefferson Bingham created the first photographic catalogue raisonné, showing the works of painter Paul Delaroche?
... that the 2nd Dragoon Regiment is the only military unit ever to receive France's Escapees' Medal, because nearly all of its members escaped from the German occupation of southern France in 1942?
... that the experimental filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland's films include Baby Doll, Dirty and Nymphomania?
... that Deep Creek is shallow?

8 September 2014

12:00, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (pictured) was described as "the biggest movie star you've never heard of" by the Los Angeles Times?
... that Germany used the Half Moon Camp to recruit fighters for a jihad against England and France?
... that Maureen Baker created 250 outfits for Princess Anne, including her 1973 wedding dress?
... that The Revenant, scheduled for a 2015 release, has been in development since 2001?
... that Sir Alex Ferguson in 1992 called the Premier League's decision to move its live games on satellite television as "the most ludicrous and backward decision football has taken"?
... that Stony Brook is well-known among locals for its native trout?
... that The Kennel Club have attributed an increased interest in English Cocker Spaniels to Lupo, owned by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?

00:00, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Launching the Boat. Skagen, Will He Round the Point? (pictured), Sunlight in the Blue Room, Summer Evening at Skagen Beach – The Artist and his Wife, Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen Beach, and The North Sea in Stormy Weather are all paintings by the Skagen Painters?
... that although the video game Sleeping Dogs sold 1.5 million copies within a year of its release, its publisher Square Enix considered it a commercial failure?
... that the Union Pacific Railroad's Overland Flyer, which debuted in 1887, was one of the first named passenger trains in the United States?
... that the eponymous character of Mr. Pickles, a Border Collie, is based on one of the creators' Australian Cattle Dogs?
... that the United States Lighthouse Society is headquartered at a lighthouse?
... that the 2,100-year-old mausoleum of the King of Jiangdu contained a kitchen with food, 100,000 coins, and the only undamaged jade coffin in China?
... that the artist Bryan Nash Gill, who was known for his sculptures and cross-sections of trees, had a son named Forest?

7 September 2014

12:00, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Afghan snowfinch (pictured) is the only bird endemic to Afghanistan?
... that the American jihadists Troy Kastigar (died in Somalia, 2009) and Douglas McCain (died in Syria, 2014) both hailed from the Twin Cities area in Minnesota and attended the same high school?
... that Ghassan Alian is the first non-Jewish commander of the Israel Defense Forces' Golani Brigade?
... that the 1911 book Political Parties, which introduced the iron law of oligarchy, remains a classic of the social sciences?
... that The Beatles sold for over £19,000?
... that the Gulf Coast kangaroo rat has two distinct color forms, ashy grey or reddish/yellowish-buff?
... that accommodation at No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF was, according to the unit history, "bleak and depressing", and deficiencies in equipment "too numerous for itemising"?

00:00, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Illinois Terminal Railroad's Streamliners (pictured) were the last interurbans built in the United States?
... that Horace Ezra Bixby, who taught Mark Twain to pilot a Mississippi steamboat, piloted the Union flagship at the Battle of Memphis?
... that the Byzantine harbour of Kontoskalion on the Marmara coast of Constantinople could host up to 300 galleys?
... that the composition "Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?" was intended to build support for U.S. involvement in World War I?
... that an untitled Working Title Films film was entitled We Are Your Friends?
... that Great Northern Highway is the longest highway in Australia?
... that Phil Martin was accused of "typographic incest" for redesigning the font Helvetica with swashes?

6 September 2014

12:00, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Charles F. Conrad founded Lake Michigan Carferry Service, which has the last coal-fired passenger steamship in the United States (pictured)?
... that Nelson's kangaroo rat lives in a complex burrow which sometimes includes tunnels dug through the subsurface rock?
... that the minimum pH of Big Run is less than 3?
... that the Slavonic Corps took part in the Syrian civil war?
... that General Pierre Thouvenot was responsible for one of the last actions of the Peninsular War?
... that Bill Nye reacted excitedly when Chief of Naval Research Nevin Carr offered him an Office of Naval Research pocket protector?
... that Robert Ryan Cory's final entry to an anti-smoking campaign in middle school was banned for being vulgar?

00:00, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Modesta Avila (pictured) was the first convicted felon and first state prisoner from Orange County, California?
... that a critic cited the roguelike, bullet hell, brawler Crawl as an example of the indie resurgence of couch co-op?
... that the song "I'm Not Your Hero" by Tegan and Sara is based on Sara's life as a teenager unable to identify with the lives of pop-culture figures, as well as her political views and sexuality?
... that the German actor Eduard von Winterstein was born in Vienna and took acting lessons from his mother, who was of Hungarian origin?
... that female Kaie rock frogs can feed their tadpoles with trophic eggs?
... that in 1893 Johannes Østrup rode on horseback for 60 days from Istanbul to Copenhagen?
... that the American actor Jon Cryer described the 2014 film Hit by Lightning as "sort of a mixture of Body Heat meets The 40-Year-Old Virgin"?

5 September 2014

12:00, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

... that National Scientist Gavino Trono (pictured) investigated the "ice-ice" disease that devastated seaweed farms in the Philippines?
... that the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation council elections were the first in India to allow non-resident Indians to vote online?
... that Emma Irene Åström, the first woman to graduate from a Finnish university, once said, "There is no point in calling me a pioneer, because I have never consciously been one"?
... that a planned parapet was never added to the tower of St Nicholas' Church, Whiston, in Merseyside because of the danger of subsidence?
... that after being displaced from Ford Field by the Quick Lane Bowl, Little Caesars Pizza Bowl organizers considered moving the game to Comerica Park?
... that Hörningsholm Castle, Sweden has been pillaged by Danish and burnt by Russian troops?
... that French onion dip is sometimes referred to as "California dip", and has been described as "an American classic"?

00:00, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Harold Cressy High School (Harold Cressy pictured) is named after the first "coloured" man to gain a B.A. in South Africa?
... that some stadiums in the United States offer foods prepared with crab dip as part of their concessions?
... that the spot-tail shark can produce as many as eight pups after a gestation period of ten months?
... that hunter Steve Hindi stopped hunting and founded the animal rights group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) after witnessing a pigeon shoot in Pennsylvania in 1989?
... that EarthBound's "religiously dedicated" fan base translated its sequel when Nintendo would not, and brought the game's localizer into the media limelight?
... that Walter W. Law went from being a carpet salesman to shipping 8,000 roses daily, earning up to US$100,000 annually?
... that Kingstonian F.C. have had six different names?

4 September 2014

12:00, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the roller coasters Rage (pictured), Crazy Bird, El Loco, Eurofighter, Falcon, Huracan, Timber Drop, Twist Coaster Robin, Typhoon, and Vild-Svinet all have (or were expected to have) steeper-than-vertical drops?
... that the Governor of Western Australia sent the lyrics of William Strahan's The Bugle Call to George V?
... that the United States Mint sold the 32 Old Slip site in Manhattan for US$27 million, making it the most valuable US Government property sold at public auction?
... that the 1959 Typhoon Billie was the first typhoon officially monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center?
... that the former oil industry executive Mark Carne is now chief executive of Network Rail?
... that the land for St Luke's Church, Formby, was donated by a doctor, and the church is dedicated to the patron saint of doctors?
... that the 1340 Great Fire of Spondon may have started at the site now occupied by the Malt Shovel pub?

00:00, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Pistoia's noble Rospigliosi family, before reaching the papacy in 1667 with Clement IX (pictured), gained most of its income from agriculture and the wool trade?
... that Kitty Chiller is the first woman named an Australian Chef de Mission, and in that capacity will represent that nation at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
... that visitors are advised to walk Lugard Road to enjoy its "spectacular views" of Victoria Harbour?
... that in 1966 Antonio Iranzo won the Silver Frames Award for Best Actor of Spanish cinema for the film Burnt Skin?
... that by winning the 2000 UEFA Cup Final, Galatasaray became Turkey's first football team to win a European competition?
... that indie video game Cuphead was inspired by the 1930s cartoons of Fleischer Studios and is drawn in their subversive and surrealist style?
... that in 2006 it was found that a bank account belonging jointly to former Saskatoon mayor Russell Wilson and a priest had lain unclaimed since 1929?

3 September 2014

12:00, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the two basic transformer (pictured) constructions in common use today are based on designs described in patent applications from 1885?
... that members of the fossil insect family Armaniidae have been described as "ant-like wasps"?
... that The Nautical Magazine cited John McFarlane Gray as making "the first example of direct calculation of gyroscopic effect as an engineering quality"?
... that Ohio State Route 212 has followed the same route since 1939?
... that the Warrington architect William Owen designed the first 28 houses in the model village of Port Sunlight?
... that the Byzantine Cistern of Aetius in Constantinople, once containing 250–300 million liters of water, is now a football stadium in Istanbul?
... that because the children's writer Lucy Lyttelton Cameron was so delicate, she did not have to wear a backboard as a child like her sister did?

00:00, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the medieval Tynnelsö Castle (pictured) in Sweden was once given to a niece-in-law of Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa?
... that the fossil ant Apterostigma eowilsoni had good stereoscopic vision but poor side vision?
... that Jacques Guay made a cameo portrait of Louis XV of France in sardonyx?
... that the Indian cricket team have scored the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy with eight?
... that while working as a French teacher, the future Romanian art critic George Oprescu denounced the German occupation, prompting his arrest and deportation to an internment camp in Bulgaria?
... that the black jackrabbit is only known from the island of Espiritu Santo in Mexico?
... that the video game co-developer Kenny Lee tried to keep Don't Shit Your Pants "as clean as possible"?

2 September 2014

12:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

... that due to the viral meme "the Ice Bucket Challenge" (example pictured), the ALS Association has received over US$100 million in donations since July 29, 2014?
... that Wilhelm Filderman helped prevent the deportation of many Jews from Romania to Nazi death camps?
... that the developer Zoe Quinn considered delaying the Steam release of Depression Quest following the death of Robin Williams?
... that the Lundy cabbage flea beetle is found only on the small British island of Lundy, where it feeds on the endemic Lundy cabbage?
... that the physician Conrad Will is the namesake of Will County, Illinois?
... that Sullivan Branch has been described as "the prettiest stream in Pennsylvania"?
... that Ambrose explained in a neoplatonic sermon how death is a good thing?

00:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the Zorlu Center (pictured) contains Istanbul's largest performing arts center and Turkey's first Apple Store?
... that a 1959 hazing death from choking on a quarter-pound piece of raw liver was the inspiration for the 1977 film Fraternity Row?
... that Aleksander Lesser was one of the first artists to paint scenes from modern Polish Jewish history?
... that the Paete Church was established as an independent parish in 1580 by Franciscan priest Juan Plasencia?
... that Justin Holland was an American classical guitarist, music pedagogue, community leader, and equal-rights activist for African-Americans?
... that on a sunny day, one can tell the time on Sutton High Street in London despite not having a watch?
... that the recycling of nutrients in the ocean due to whale poop is referred to as the "whale pump"?

1 September 2014

12:00, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

... that veterans of the South African Air Force can have their ashes interred at the South African Air Force Memorial (pictured)?
... that Will White, the first Major League Baseball player to wear glasses, holds the records of 75 complete games and 680 innings pitched in one season?
... that the Lake Murray Meteorite, discovered in 1933, is the largest Class IIAB octahedrite found in Oklahoma and the fifth largest found in the world?
... that when the telecommunications entrepreneur Robert A. Brooks had his corporate headquarters built in St. Louis, the arrangement of windows spelled out "Brooks Fiber Properties" in Morse code?
... that Abyss Odyssey took inspiration from both the Art Nouveau movement and games like the Super Smash Bros. series?
... that Susan Leeman was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences in physiology and pharmacology?
... that "If It Wasn't True" from countertenor Shamir's 2014 Northtown EP was called "Your Favorite Breakup Song" by Vogue and "semidissonant pulses tickled by antsy snares and hi-hats" by Dazed?

00:00, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the portrait of Captain Gilbert Heathcote by William Owen (pictured) is now held in the collections of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery?
... that the one-armed American football player Eugene Neeley was selected as a member of the 1917 College Football All-America Team?
... that in 1921, Harriet Dunlop Prenter became one of the first women to run as a candidate in a Canadian federal election?
... that the Coptos Decrees are the primary source for the significant powers bestowed upon the vizier Shemay, reflecting the decline of the Old Kingdom of Egypt?
... that the Russian monitor Lava served as a barracks ship and a mine-storage hulk before she was converted into a hospital ship after being struck from the Navy List in 1900?
... that the political cartoonist Paul Conrad was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times, in 1964, 1971 and 1984?
... that in The Almost Nearly Perfect People, Michael Booth details the popular belief among Icelanders in the possible existence of Huldufólk (elves)?