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30 June 2015

13:34, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

... that SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei August Meyszner (pictured) was hanged in 1947 for overseeing the killing of as many as 8,000 Jewish women and children using a gas van?
... that Holland's Magazine was influential in securing the passage of a pure food law in Texas?
... that all tickets for Siti Nurhaliza's 2015 unplugged concert sold out three days before the concert date, although the concert had been planned only two weeks earlier?
... that Massachusetts was the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage?
... that the Hungarian writer Teréz Karacs turned down the request of Countess Blanka Teleki to start a school, and started her own instead?
... that Paul Gerhardt's hymn "Du meine Seele singe" (You my soul sing), a paraphrase of Psalm 146, became known for a melody beginning with a rocket motif?
... that in the Atharvasiras Upanishsad, the Devas offer prayers to Rudra extolling him as immortal and indestructible?
... that the tiny horrid ground-weaver stopped a building development?

00:49, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

... that while the Beijing headquarters building (pictured) of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation is meant to evoke the prow of an oil tanker, locals thought it looked like a giant toilet bowl?
... that during the 2014 Irish cricket season, the bowler Craig Young became the ninth cricketer to take five wickets on One Day International debut?
... that St John's Church, Silverdale, is notable for the high quality of the stone carvings in its interior?
... that for his composition Tre Motetter, Carl Nielsen and his wife selected texts from three psalms, he composed the music reflecting the mood, and later he added the words?
... that the Indologist Jouveau Dubreuil found gems and an intaglio of Augustus Caesar at Arikamedu and said that the archaeological site was "a true Roman city"?
... that besieged by British troops with his mentor Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Yusuf Abu Durra managed to escape to become one of the main rebel leaders of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine?
... that a track from The Ventures album Wild Things! was given its title by one of Mel Taylor's sons?
... that Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, Africa's second richest king, saw a car for the first time in 1961?

29 June 2015

13:04, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Shaker-style pantry boxes (pictured) are associated with Shaker folklife because they "express the utility and uniformity valued in Shaker culture"?
... that before pianist Vince Cardell was discovered by Liberace, he drove a truck for a diaper company?
... that the lawn game bocce became popular during the English Renaissance?
... that Thomas Eshelman set an NCAA single-season record for fewest walks per nine innings pitched?
... that the lesser valley coral attacks and may kill less aggressive species, such as the larger star coral?
... that at the end of eight years of conflict in the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars, Britain was allowed to retain only Ceylon?
... that Thirty Seconds to Mars released the song "Conquistador" before the album's release, as a way of saying thanks to their fans?
... that Miss Alabama 2015 Meg McGuffin's childhood nickname was Egg McMuffin?

01:19, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

... that deep-fried crickets (pictured) are eaten in southeast Asia?
... that the 1922 Princeton vs. Chicago football game, won by Princeton's "Team of Destiny", was the first to be nationally broadcast on radio?
... that several secularist writers and bloggers have been hacked to death in Bangladesh since 2013 by Islamist extremists?
... that Frank Spedding directed the Atomic Energy Commission's Ames Laboratory in Iowa from its founding in 1947 until 1968?
... that plantations on the mountains in Alto Paraguay Department close to Asunción proved viable for coffee production in Paraguay?
... that the Game of Thrones episode "Hardhome" is considered by critics as a "ridiculous turnaround" compared to the rape scene in "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"?
... that when the frigates Forte and HMS Sybille fought the Action of 28 February 1799, the opposing captains were both killed?
... that AJ's Infinite Summer features musical score and voice work by the creator's hometown friends from Fargo, North Dakota?

28 June 2015

13:34, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Portrait of Mlle Rachel (detail pictured) has an oil sketch of a crouching nude woman on its reverse?
... that DJ AM died from a drug overdose shortly after filming was completed for the drug intervention reality show Gone Too Far?
... that the Macau Incident of January 1799 was the second failed attempt to destroy the annual British trade convoy from China in three years?
... that Leena Gade is the first female race engineer to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans?
... that the state of New York initially refused a gift of 650 acres (260 ha) around Breakneck Brook because it was too rugged to develop as a park?
... that vaginal evisceration is a rare complication of surgically removing the uterus entirely through the vaginal canal?
... that Duke Huan of Chen went missing for 16 days before his body was found, and in the chaos his brother murdered the crown prince to usurp the throne?
... that before the Archaeological Survey of India acquired the 400-year-old Tombs of Battashewala Complex, the site was leased as a youth camping ground?

01:49, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

... that highlights from the history of ornithomimosaur research include the ostrich-like Ornithomimus (skeletal mount pictured), an Archaeornithomimus bonebed in Mongolia, and the bizarre, giant-armed Deinocheirus?
... that critically acclaimed historical romance author Sherry Thomas was born in China, lives in Texas, and writes about Victorian England?
... that a High Orbit Ion Cannon took out the FBI and the US Department of Justice websites?
... that in 2012, John McLaughlin selected Aniello Desiderio to perform at the European premiere of his concerto Thieves and Poets?
... that Seminar Studies in History was one of the first series of academic history books to include documentary sources as standard?
... that the 1991 All-Big Ten Conference football team included Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard and conference rushing leader Vaughn Dunbar?
... that during the 1990s, the Muslim National Council of Sandžak sought autonomy for the Sandžak region in present-day Serbia and Montenegro, and its unification with the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
... that Violet Chachki is the winner of season seven of RuPaul's Drag Race?

27 June 2015

14:04, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (pictured) set Israeli records in the long jump in 2014, and in the triple jump in 2013 and 2015?
... that in the 1981 composition Charivari by HK Gruber, based on a Strauss polka in perpetual motion, the mask of Gemütlichkeit "is gradually allowed to slip"?
... that the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument at Lackland Air Force Base is dedicated to U.S. war dogs and their handlers?
... that David K. Smith, a York University professor of chemistry, has been described as "one of the most visible out gay scientists"?
... that in 1819, the Scotsman Gregor MacGregor led a failed attempt to free Panama, two years before the Independence Act?
... that Priyanka Chopra won several Best Actress awards including the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for the 2008 drama film Fashion?
... that Team Colorblind thought that their upcoming beat 'em up, Aztez, would empower players because it minimizes direct guidance?
... that 12-year-old conservative political activist C.J. Pearson defended former mayor Rudy Giuliani and criticized President Barack Obama in a YouTube video that got nearly two million views?

02:19, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Tuna (pictured) gained celebrity status after Instagram featured him on their website?
... that Lucien von Römer wrote in 1908 that homosexuality was innate, a view described by others as being "in conflict with morality and offensive to others"?
... that Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee resisted a court order to transfer a state prisoner to the U.S. government, because the transfer could have made the prisoner eligible for capital punishment?
... that coffee production in Cameroon includes robusta in the coastal areas and arabica in the western highlands?
... that Cardiff Blues vs Leicester Tigers in the 2008–09 Heineken Cup was the first professional rugby union match to feature a penalty shootout?
... that Hodad's Guido Burger was inspired by celebrity chef Guy Fieri, who featured the San Diego burger joint on his show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
... that linebacker Sam Sword was the leading tackler on the undefeated 1997 Michigan football team?
... that the open cluster NGC 6067 is 15 to 20 times as rich as the Pleiades?

26 June 2015

14:34, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Leonardo da Vinci drew a world map (pictured) in which eight octants of the earth were projected onto eight Reuleaux triangles?
... that Howard Lee McBain, a Columbia University professor, helped draft electoral laws in Cuba?
... that thousands of logs that were the 12th-century wooden fort Bulverket, built in the middle of Sweden's Lake Tingstäde, can still be seen through the ice in winter?
... that Sheila Florance broke her knee wielding an antique shotgun while filming Mad Max?
... that the order in which Mass-goers kissed the pax led to disputes and sometimes violence in the Middle Ages?
... that Romanian architect Alexandru Săvulescu's Communal Palace of Buzău was declared an architectural monument?
... that Heo Young-saeng's 2013 album Memories to You was a parting gift for his Japanese fans before his two-year mandatory military service in South Korea?
... that in the future, virtual pharmaceuticals may be tested on virtual patients in in silico clinical trials before the real drugs are tested on real people in real clinical trials?

02:49, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the ship that succeeded in capturing the pirate flagship Anne (pictured) was previously plundered by its captain?
... that P. Krishnamoorthy won the Indian National film award for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for the same film on two different occasions?
... that according to Enrico Fermi, George B. Pegram was "the man who could carry out magic around the University"?
... that coffee was first introduced in the Dominican Republic in 1715 and has been a principal crop of small-scale farmers since then?
... that at the age of 10, Sydney Lucas became the youngest individual to win an Obie Award for her portrayal of Small Alison in the musical Fun Home?
... that 4,920 Iron Age pellet moulds were uncovered at Sleaford, one of the largest deposits of its kind in Europe?
... that after the death of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1707, his fifth son Muhammad Kam Bakhsh ascended the throne of Bijapur?
... that the album Same as You by the British jazz band Polar Bear was mixed in the Mojave Desert?

25 June 2015

15:04, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed (pictured) was accused of a level of offensiveness one would expect from a foreign, not a British, artist?
... that Crown Prince Theingapati and his father King Kyawswa of Pagan were branded traitors and executed in 1299 by the Myinsaing brothers for their submission to the Mongol Empire?
... that mature trees grow directly in the stream channel of White Oak Run?
... that the British barrister Jeremy McMullen represented Dame Shirley Porter and the trade union president Arthur Scargill?
... that the Federal Trade Commission describes the Reynolds cancer charities as "one of the largest charity fraud cases ever", with $187 million allegedly misappropriated?
... that the women's record for the Bob Graham Round, one of Britain's toughest fell races, was broken by the 47-year-old Nicky Spinks in 2015?
... that Luther's hymn about baptism, "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam", is the basis for Bach's chorale cantata for the feast of John the Baptist?
... that the Froberg mutiny ended after mutineers blew up Fort Ricasoli's gunpowder magazine?

03:19, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the flowers of both the tortuous mesquite (pictured) and the Chilean mesquite are pollinated by bees?
... that openly gay chemistry professor James Nowick taught a course called "Queer Science, Queer Scientists"?
... that The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was banned in the Soviet Union for its alleged "occultism"?
... that prior to coaching the German national basketball team, Terry Schofield won three national titles playing for UCLA under John Wooden?
... that Pathala Bhairavi (1951) was the only South Indian film to be screened at the first International Film Festival of India?
... that Lord Pingyuan was celebrated for his role in lifting Qin's siege of the Zhao capital, thus saving Zhao from annihilation?
... that over 600 Etruscan bronze statuettes were found in the Lake of the Idols?
... that David Peterson, Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1985 to 1990, characterized his 1976 convention address as the "worst speech in modern political history"?

24 June 2015

14:44, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the Indonesian poet Iman Budhi Santosa (pictured) worked in agriculture for over a decade?
... that The New York Times described Vox Media's Re/code acquisition as an indicator of tumult in the field of online technology journalism?
... that Enrique Porta is the only Granada CF footballer to win the Pichichi Trophy for top scorer in La Liga?
... that the nymphs of giant mayflies feed on detritus in their mud burrows, but the adults do not feed at all?
... that Trent Kelly, recently elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeated a nine-term incumbent to become a district attorney in northeastern Mississippi in 2011?
... that a unit that fought under the command of Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić later fought as mercenaries in the First Congo War?
... that in Animal Rights Without Liberation, Alasdair Cochrane argues that hunting animals is unacceptable, but controlling their numbers using contraception is permissible?
... that Apple Music was "one more thing"?

02:59, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the Shakers were the first to package seeds for sale in small paper envelopes that were sold through the Shaker Seed Company (box label pictured)?
... that Harley A. Wilhelm, a chemistry professor who worked on the Manhattan Project, was one of 80 players selected in 2006 as part of Drake University's all-decade basketball teams?
... that Operation Sahayogi Haat ("helping hands") delivered about 120 short tons (110 t) of emergency disaster supplies for the Nepal 2015 earthquake relief effort?
... that Mexican writer Esther Seligson translated the works of Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran and Egyptian Jewish poet Edmond Jabès?
... that Turkic loanwords in the Hungarian language show the prehistoric Hungarians adopted many practices of animal husbandry and agriculture from the Turkic peoples?
... that part-Hawaiian Robert Grimes Davis served as the Peruvian Consul General to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and later as an Associate Justice of the Hawaiian Supreme Court?
...that houses of many University of Virginia fraternities were styled after residences of the Old South, including Monticello, Farmington, and Carr's Hill?
... that Graham Chapman was one of the first celebrities to come out of the closet in Britain, and financially supported Gay News?

23 June 2015

15:14, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Afternoon Tea (pictured), a children's book by John George Sowerby and Henry Hetherington Emmerson, was considered by Kate Greenaway to be "blatant piracy" of her book Under the Window?
... that one of the most renowned Polish-Jewish composers of popular music, Jakub Kagan‎, who formed the Kagan's Jazz Band in interwar Warsaw, was killed during the Holocaust in Poland?
... that the wife of Naman Ramachandran, author of Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography, said that she had lost him to Rajinikanth while he was researching the book?
... that Jon Moscot, having appeared in a film as a pitcher at age 13, pitched in a Major League Baseball game at age 23?
... that the lead actress in Kim Hyung-jun's music video "oH! aH!" from My Girl has been referred to as "Idol Killer" for working with various idol-singers?
... that mathematician and LGBT activist Ron Buckmire researches topics such as computational aerodynamics, nonstandard finite difference schemes, and modeling the financial performance of movies?
... that highlights from the history of hadrosaur research include the first dinosaur fossils to be mounted in a museum, the colossal Shantungosaurus, and Maiasaura nesting grounds in Montana?
... that Miss Vermont 2015, Alayna Westcom, performs a scientific demonstration with yeast and hydrogen peroxide during beauty pageants?

03:29, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

... that highlights from the history of ceratopsian research include the discovery of the iconic Triceratops (skeletal mount pictured), spike-frilled Styracosaurus, and vast bonebeds preserving thousands of Centrosaurus?
... that the UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage praised the trade unionist Bob Crow in his 2015 autobiography?
... that Heo Young-saeng, who usually sings ballads as a member of South Korean boy band SS501, chose a dance song for the title track of his solo debut album, Let It Go?
... that the cap of the Australian mushroom Cortinarius australiensis can reach 30 centimetres (12 in) across?
... that Carl Nielsen wrote his Flute Concerto for Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, who had played in the première of the composer's Wind Quintet?
... that with Nico Rosberg's victory at the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix, he became the ninth winner of the race in as many years?
... that André Langrand-Dumonceau, a mid-19th-century Belgian financier, was convicted of financial fraud, tried in absentia, and died in exile?
... that The Clock strikes Orson Welles at midnight?

22 June 2015

15:44, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the DNA Holliday junction (schematic pictured) was originally studied for its role in genetics, and was later used as a basic structural element in DNA nanotechnology?
... that it is believed that all prints of the 1940 Argentine film Canto de amor, starring Nelly Omar, were destroyed?
... that Die Freundschaft (Friendship), founded in 1919, was the world's first gay publication to be sold openly at newsstands?
... that rubber farming is a primary source of income and livelihood for the majority of the residents in Muara Bungo, a city in Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia?
... that Paddy McGuinness struggled with the two-a-day recording format of Benchmark and found himself phoning Bradley Walsh to ask how it was possible?
... that the fossil scorpion fly Holcorpa was described in 1878 but the family Holcorpidae not until 1989?
... that fashion illustrator Joe Eula once walked out of an Yves Saint Laurent couture show, shouting that it had been terrible?
... that the first 36 holes of the Southend Tournament were played in May but the final 36 holes were played in September?

03:59, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Ernst Pepping composed in 1937 in Nazi Germany the Evangelienmotette Jesus und Nikodemus on John 3:1–15 (scene pictured), showing "the reality of a different, heavenly world"?
... that endocrinologist Neena Schwartz had a 50-year career in scientific research, but only came out as lesbian after she retired?
... that the depopulated Palestinian-Turkmen village of Abu Zurayq near Haifa was named after a local Muslim holy man?
... that thousands of police officers from around the United States attended the funeral of Brian Moore, a New York City police officer who was shot in May 2015?
... that Shornemead Fort in Kent had to be disarmed only 25 years after it was built because subsidence made it unsafe for the guns to be fired?
... that in a rectovestibular fistula, the vulval vestibule of the female genitalia is connected to the rectum?
... that when the Royal Navy Captain Edward Cooke raided Manila in January 1798, he toasted "the downfall of England"?
... that Madonna's fall at the 2015 Brit Awards while performing "Living for Love" resulted in a 95% increase in Twitter activity about the show?

21 June 2015

16:14, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the west coast seabream and the sand steenbras (pictured) start their adult lives as males and later change sex?
... that baseball player Tilly Walker was second in the 1922 American League home run race, but was in the minor leagues by 1924?
... that Grand Theft Auto IV caused controversy over a gameplay feature allowing players to drive under the influence of alcohol?
... that Viddsee was founded because Asian short films were being drowned out by other video hosting sites?
... that over a west-east distance of 80 kilometres (50 mi) in the Andean Patagonian forest, precipitation can fall from 2,000–200 mm (79–8 in) per year?
... that the lead track "1.2.3" of Heo Young-saeng's album Overjoyed was influenced by the musical style of Avril Lavigne, one of his favorite artists?
... that Shetland sheep have 30 different recognised coat patterns?
... that after being a pastor for 19 years, Ryan J. Bell tried to live a "year without God"?

04:29, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the 14th-century Vischpoort city gate (pictured) in Harderwijk, Netherlands, later served as a lighthouse?
... that actress Cheryl Yang listened to the song "My Destiny" from My Love from the Star so she could arouse her emotions and cry in a scene in Tie the Knot?
... that the original configuration of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge in Washington, D.C., used operational water mains as its principal load-bearing arches?
... that San Diego physician Fred Baker was a co-founder of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the San Diego Zoo?
... that the Ingress into India Ordinance was issued during World War I to restrict Indian emigrants to Canada from returning to British India, for fear of a nationalist uprising?
... that the waterfall Hällingsåfallet discharges into the longest canyon in Sweden?
... that Andy Hill's bestseller was inspired by his career as a television executive, which drew upon his experience playing basketball for John Wooden?
... that a launching point for "the world's first practical guided missile" was installed at Cliffe Fort in the late 19th century?

20 June 2015

00:43, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

... that highlights from the history of ichthyosaur research (example pictured) include fossils of pregnant females, whale-sized ichthyosaurs from Nevada, and ichthyosaurs with swordfish-like jaws?
... that a fraud scandal involving the U.S. lottery game Hot Lotto is linked to an employee of the association that organizes the game?
... that the Bissau Palace Hotel in Jaipur features displays of jewelry, weapons, historical artifacts, and photographs, including that of Lord Mountbatten visiting the royal family of Bissau?
... that the Franciscan friar Filip Lastrić wrote the first history and geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1765?
... that in Philadelphia's municipal election of 1951, Democrat Joseph S. Clark, Jr. was elected mayor, ending 67 years of Republican rule in the city?
... that the last emperor of Ethiopia used to travel to Ambo Senkele, Ethiopia, to drink the mineral water that is bottled under the Ambo Mineral Water brand?
... that the Delaware Department of Transportation maintains 89 percent of the roads in Delaware?
... that Bow Wow's 2003 single "Let's Get Down" was co-written by the then-unknown T.I.?

19 June 2015

13:15, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Gérôme's painting of Cleopatra and Caesar (pictured) was commissioned by French courtesan La Païva for use as a transparent silk room divider in her mansion?
... that Duke was the first Genesis album to feature a drum machine?
... that coffee production in Puerto Rico peaked during Spanish colonial rule, but was much reduced after the island was annexed by the United States in 1898?
... that the feedback of XCOM: Enemy Unknown players was important in the development of XCOM 2, according to its creative director?
... that Everett Peter Greenberg was a co-recipient of the 2015 Shaw Prize for his work in quorum sensing, a mechanism by which bacteria communicate with each other?
... that St George's Church near Taunton features Saxon "long and short" stonework?
... that Esteban Servellón was the assistant director of the Salvadoran Army Symphony Orchestra, and, after it was renamed the El Salvador Symphony Orchestra, he served as its conductor?
... that the creator of fake news blooper videos featuring a vulgar phrase earned $20,000 in a single month from merchandise sales?

01:32, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the 1921 Michigan Wolverines football team (pictured) outscored its opponents with a combined score of 187 to 21?
... that Alia Shawkat and Michael Cera asked not to play roles similar to the ones they played on Arrested Development when they guest-starred on "The Rapes of Graff", an episode of Veronica Mars?
... that according to the Annals of Ulster, the arrival of reinforcements led by Ragnall ua Ímair turned the tide at the Battle of Mag Femen?
... that an investigation into the case of Juan Rivera uncovered proof of evidence tampering when his shoes, which had the victim's blood on them, also bore DNA from the real killer?
... that in 2012, Femi Robinson called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to ban Chinua Achebe's world-famous novel, Things Fall Apart, in Nigerian schools?
... that theatre in Bahrain traditionally consisted of puppet shows and shadow plays?
... that Therezinha Zerbini delivered a letter to US First Lady Rosalynn Carter on behalf of Brazilian women and the amnesty movement, which opened, "We who fight for justice and peace"?
... that the L Street Bridge does not carry or cross over L Street?

18 June 2015

04:32, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

... that multiple horseshoe worms may be associated with a single cylinder anemone (pictured)?
... that Naughty Dog wanted the music of The Last of Us, a survival horror video game, to be emotional instead of scary?
... that Jiffy mix products have a considerable market share in the United States, even though their manufacturer spends no money on advertising?
... that 13 Hours, a dramatization of the 2012 attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, is filming in Malta and Morocco?
... that while Vanilla tahitensis is found primarily in French Polynesia's Society Islands, it is not a leading export product of that territory?
... that the Cheshire West and Chester Council election was the only one in the 2015 UK local elections in which Labour won control of a Conservative council?
... that historical therizinosaur research misinterpreted these unusual bird-like herbivorous dinosaurs as giant turtles, semiaquatic fish-eaters, and tree-climbing insectivores?
... that even after all three involved frigates ran aground during the Action of 30 June 1798, the battle continued?

17 June 2015

15:05, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the star HD 115600 had its debris disk (pictured) imaged in 2015?
... that Marharyta Dorozhon set a new Israeli national record in the women's javelin throw in 2015?
... that FDNY Racing's crew consists of volunteers from the New York City Fire and Police Departments?
... that Kumara Kassapa was the Mongol-installed king of Pagan for ten weeks during the second Mongol invasion of Burma in 1301?
... that Last Chance Disco by Acoustic Ladyland was named the Jazzwise Album of the Year in 2005?
... that Richard Byron took part in one of the first actions of the 1812 Anglo-American War?
... that the M Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. is said to be haunted by a stagecoach driver and horses that were killed when the old bridge collapsed in a storm?
... that Val Logsdon Fitch found "the answer to the physicist's 'Why do we exist?'"?

02:40, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the private apartments of the Winter Palace were a residence of the Russian Imperial family (bedroom of Maria Alexandrovna pictured)?
... that years after Israeli Nimrod Mashiah won a Young Artist Award for playing a diver in a commercial, he was ranked number one in men's windsurfing?
... that Patrick Morrisey is the first Republican to serve as Attorney General of West Virginia since 1933?
... that Ludwig van Beethoven once directed a four-hour concert that featured the public premières of his Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6, Piano Concerto No. 4 and Choral Fantasy?
... that in 2013, the Museum of Modern Art in New York exhibited Dwarf Fortress among other games selected to showcase the history of video gaming?
... that the public relations man Roland Rudd succeeded in becoming president of the Oxford Union at his third attempt?
... that the Church of Scientology has plans to convert Trout Run, a retreat used by Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, and Eisenhower, into a facility for its Narconon drug rehabilitation program?
... that Governor Chen Qiufa, a former Director of the China Atomic Energy Authority, is a Miao?

16 June 2015

14:55, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

... that major discoveries in the history of ceratosaur research include horned predators like Ceratosaurus (pictured), Majungasaurus, and Carnotaurus, as well as a bonebed of the projecting-toothed Masiakasaurus?
... that Duke Hu of Chen is considered the founding ancestor of the Chen surname, which is shared by 80 million people worldwide?
... that in Arsenal's 2015–16 season, they will compete in the UEFA Champions League for the 18th consecutive year?
... that the children's book editor Marni Hodgkin was the daughter of one Nobel Prize winner (Francis Peyton Rous) and the wife of another (Alan Lloyd Hodgkin)?
... that the coral Madracis auretenra has been used to study the likely effects of ocean acidification on corals?
... that "the Terminator" was recently appointed CEO of Malaysia Airlines?
... that Cove Fort in Cork Harbour, Ireland, has a memorial garden to those who joined the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage from that harbour?
... that Josh Naylor and Demi Orimoloye were named High School All-Americans, even though they are Canadian?

15 June 2015

21:50, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

... that a chape (example pictured) is a protective fitting at the end of a scabbard and is sometimes decorated?
... that the K Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., for decades contained unused ramps intended to connect to the unbuilt Inner Loop Expressway?
... that 16 Vayathinile (1977) was Rajinikanth's first colour film?
... that Martha Harris was the winner of the first-ever PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award?
... that in 1648 Sava Stanislavić was appointed as bishop of the Bishopric of Marča, although Zagreb bishop Petar Petretić had proposed another candidate?
... that in 1986 The New York Times adopted the use of the honorific "Ms." to refer to women, regardless of marital status, after Paula Kassell argued for the change at a shareholders' meeting?
... that Rihanna half-sings and half-raps "Bitch Better Have My Money"?
... that several of the 45 candidates in the 2015 Puerto Princesa mayoral recall election withdrew after being duped into signing up as candidates?

07:55, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the artist ‎‎Thomas Crane, known for his decorative greeting cards and books, produced embroidery designs (example shown) for the Royal School of Needlework along with his brother Walter Crane?
... that in Franklin D. Roosevelt's original plans for the United Nations, the Four Policemen (the US, UK, Soviet Union, and China) were the only nations allowed to possess weapons more powerful than a rifle?
... that animals in the Cathedral Range State Park are threatened by introduced predators such as foxes, feral dogs and feral cats?
... that U.S. Highway 12 followed the route of the St. Joseph Trail until 1962, and since then it has followed the Sauk Trail, two former Indian trails in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan?
... that Ernie Reyes, Sr. used his own black belt students when choreographing fights for his son, Ernie Reyes, Jr., on Sidekicks?
... that state senator Edwin Maxwell proposed the 1865 "Maxwell amendment" to the West Virginia Constitution, which would have removed the citizenship rights of former Confederates?
... that the 1,481-acre (599 ha) Conyers Farm was unoccupied for 15 years after the death of founder Edmund C. Converse?
... that the mayfly Dolania americana dies before the sun rises?

14 June 2015

19:40, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the male frigatebird (pictured) attracts a mate with its red gular pouch?
... that the gift shop of the South Bend Cubs is located inside America's only Ballpark Synagogue?
... that the Family album by Thompson features three generations of the Thompson family, with every instrument played by a family member?
... that the Estoire des Engleis, whose title means "History of the English", is the oldest-known history chronicle written in the French language?
... that "Moula Ali dargah" on Moula Ali hill is the only dargah for Hazrat Ali, son-in-law of Muhammad?
... that food manufacturers may process and form baking chocolate into bulk-sized 10-pound (4.5 kg) bars, which are then sold to confectioners and bakers?
... that, with an area of 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) and a population of nine, Bowden is the smallest and least populous census-designated place in West Virginia?
... that the Amuse Museum in Asakusa, Tokyo, houses more than 30,000 pieces of old clothing, some of which are rags?

07:25, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

... that when the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in Washington, D.C. was constructed, almost all the nearby crossings of Rock Creek (four crossings pictured) were replaced for aesthetic reasons?
... that by 1956, the Salon des arts ménagers in Paris was attracting up to 1.4 million visitors a year?
... that voice artist Ashly Burch provides the voice for the Mortal Kombat X character Cassie Cage?
... that in 2007, failure of the penstock valve at the Ponmudi Dam killed seven people, destroyed fifteen houses, and damaged 150 acres (61 ha) of crops?
... that in J. Slauerhoff's 1932 novel The forbidden kingdom, the narratives of the 16th-century poet Luís de Camões and a 20th-century Morse radio operator are merged?
... that the Governor of Texas will activate the Texas State Guard to monitor Jade Helm 15, a military exercise being conducted by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command?
... that York City were knocked out of the first round of the FA Cup in their 2014–15 season?
... that actress Ruthie Ann Miles once played Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd?

13 June 2015

13:20, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the Casino de la Plage of Arcachon is an exact replica of the Château de Boursault (pictured) in Boursault, France?
... that the immunology professor Mary Collins studies ways to use genetically engineered HIV as a vaccine?
... that over the course of the history of stegosaur research, their iconic back plates have been thought to function as armor plating, to regulate body temperature, or to attract mates?
... that George G. Rockwood is generally acknowledged as the first to produce carte de visite photograph cards in the United States?
... that a wasp, a fly and a roundworm are being used to control southern, tawny and shortwinged mole crickets in Florida?
... that Priyanka Chopra won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for portraying a femme fatale who murders her seven husbands in 7 Khoon Maaf?
... that even though Hull Creek is impaired by habitat alteration, its habitat assessment score is in the "optimal" range?
... that Beat the Brain has been berated for graphics that look like they were "designed on one of Alan Sugar's old Amstrads"?

00:00, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Millicent Sowerby, known for her children's book illustrations (Alice in Wonderland, pictured), illustrated several books by her sister, the playwright Githa Sowerby?
... that a high-definition remastered version of 2002's Resident Evil became Capcom's fastest-selling digital game ever, across both North America and Europe?
... that Mary Jane Veloso was granted a last-minute stay of execution to provide evidence against her alleged trafficker?
... that in June 1910, the Royal Hotel, Cardiff hosted a fundraising banquet for Captain Robert Falcon Scott two days before his ship departed for Antarctica?
... that an incomplete copy of the 1910 silent film Thelma exists in the Library of Congress archives?
... that John Weaver was elected mayor of Philadelphia with the support of the city's political machine, but later sided with reformers against it?
... that the 1983 Tamil film Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum featured a performance by Bharata Natyam dancer V. P. Dhananjayan, depicting the tale of Nandanar, a Nayanar saint?
... that Eric Bakie combined his football career with his job as a civil servant, and only saw his teammates once a week?

12 June 2015

12:00, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the Ayyubid sultan Saladin attempted, but failed, to capture the fortress of Masyaf (pictured), which served as the headquarters of the Assassins in Syria?
... that West Virginia Attorney General Robert White secured tax revenues from railroad companies and belligerent rights for former Confederate soldiers?
... that from June to August 1944, Albert Ouzoulias coordinated the Francs-Tireurs Partisans' military action in the Paris region?
... that the film Dimension 5 featured many cast members who had appeared, or would appear, on Star Trek, including three who appeared on the pilot episode "The Cage"?
... that while the GE steam turbine locomotives took almost two years to build, they were only in operation for six months?
... that Iglesia de San Felipe contains a statue of Cristo Negro (Black Christ), which was found on the shores of Portobelo harbor, Panama?
... that Don Revie changed the playing strip of Leeds United from blue and yellow to all-white, to mimic Real Madrid?
... that the King of Aragon prohibited Franciscan friars from visiting his adolescent cousin James of Majorca at night?

11 June 2015

23:48, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

... that in 2012, the gates of the Pazhassi Dam (pictured) failed to open and caused a flood?
... that gold coral has one of the longest lifespans of any organism on Earth?
... that evangelist James W. Fifield Jr. founded the Spiritual Mobilization organization in 1935?
... that Glow Lake in the Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary has an elevation of 5,000 feet (1,500 m)?
... that the star R Sagittae has 90% of the mass and 10,000 times the luminosity of the Sun?
... that the 1971 play Stallerhof features an old farmer masturbating?

11:33, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the neo-classical Arabic poet Badawi al-Jabal (pictured) led parties of rebels in night-time raids against French military checkpoints during the Great Syrian Revolt?
... that Gayby Baby is a documentary film about "gaybies", children raised by gay or lesbian couples?
... that in the first of the two Battles of Ramadi in 1917, the temperatures‍—‌as high as 71 °C (160 °F) in the sun‍—‌caused more British casualties than did enemy fire?
... that the anatomical term "mesentery" is derived from the Greek mesos, meaning "in the middle", and enteron, "intestine"?
... that A. S. Neill thought the founder of the Albany Free School would "be mad to try" a Summerhill School model for working-class children?
... that Patrick Doyle received his first Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for composing the musical score to Sense and Sensibility, written by and starring his friend Emma Thompson?
... that Chicken in the Rough, established in 1936, was one of the first restaurant chain franchises in the United States?
... that Leó Szilárd teamed up with Albert Einstein to build a refrigerator?

10 June 2015

11:37, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

... that chips and dip (pictured) gained significant popularity in the United States circa 1954, in part due to an advertising campaign that promoted using Lipton dehydrated onion soup mix to prepare dip?
... that paraplegic woman writer Zhang Haidi has been hailed as China's Helen Keller?
... that the American Society for Virology, the first independent scientific society specifically for virologists, was founded only 34 years ago?
... that Valdemar Tofte, who studied with Joseph Joachim, instructed hundreds of violinists at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, including Carl Nielsen?
... that the President of India, Giani Zail Singh, attended the centennial celebration of the Knesset Eliyahoo synagogue in Mumbai in 1985, and India Post issued a commemorative stamp?
... that Rogen Nature Reserve contains Sweden's entire population of wild muskoxen?
... that Network Rail temporarily banned the West Coast Railway Company from Britain's rails following a SPAD?
... that Arizona Territorial Delegate Ralph H. Cameron held a contract to operate a toll road inside the Grand Canyon?

9 June 2015

23:22, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the Kamran ki Baradari (pictured), built by Kamran Mirza, was the first Mughal structure in Lahore, Pakistan?
... that Vilhelm Andersen wrote the libretto for Carl Nielsen's opera Maskarade based on a comedy by Ludvig Holberg?
... that Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje described the feeling of the television show he voices as "like being high"?
... that Russian biker and political activist Alexander Zaldostanov is a former surgeon?
... that the musical Groundhog Day reunites the creative team behind Matilda the Musical?
... that Per Askim was part of the Allied Surrender Commission when the German troops in Norway surrendered on 8 May 1945?
... that the hypothesis that the pachycephalosaurian dinosaurs used their domed skulls in head-butting competitions was first proposed in a work of science fiction?
... that Eddy Creek has been compared to an "old perforated pipe"?

09:16, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

... that grasshoppers (pictured) lay their eggs in pods in the ground?
... that Lady Strangford is honoured in Bulgaria for her work following the Batak massacre?
... that the bridge near P Street was built so that motorists would not have to use the P Street Bridge?
... that a 1999 UK case held that a disabled woman told by a health authority she would have a "home for life" in a facility had a substantive legitimate expectation the authority would not shut it down?
... that Ahmadiyya in the United States was the most influential Muslim community in African American Islam until the 1950s?
... that the upcoming film How to Be Single is based on Liz Tuccillo's debut novel of the same name?
... that the 16th-century Ragusan merchant, Jesuit, and linguist Marin Temperica believed that the purest and most beautiful version of the Serbian language was spoken in Bosnia?
... that Carnival in French Guiana features, among other things, an act of marital cross-dressing and the burning of an effigy of the devil?

8 June 2015

21:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

... that though Ali Mardan Khan was a successful engineer and administrator his tomb in Lahore (pictured) is considered a shrine by the locals?
... that Ximena Bedregal was the editor of La Jornada's supplement, Triple Jornada?
... that Claudico, an artificial intelligence computer program, won a Texas hold 'em poker championship for computers, but it was defeated by a team of humans?
... that the songs in Kim Hyung-jun's Japanese single "Long Night" were used as Korean soundtracks before and after the single was released?
... that art around 1600 AD illustrating the proverb Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes may reflect the patronage of Haarlem's brewers?
... that the Great Britain men's and women's national rugby sevens teams cannot select Northern Irish players for the Olympics due to the Irish Rugby Football Union?
... that the star S Sagittae changes its radius, temperature, luminosity, and colour over an eight-day period?
... that art historian and museum curator Pratapaditya Pal owes his career to University of Calcutta not offering anthropology courses in 1957?

7 June 2015

23:32, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the burial shroud of Moldavian Princess consort Maria of Mangup (pictured) is both the oldest found in a Romanian monastery and "the most beautiful one"?
... that highlights from the history of coelophysoid research include a bone bed preserving thousands of Coelophysis in New Mexico, the large Gojirasaurus, and the Asian coelophysoid Panguraptor?
... that soprano Josepha Duschek, who premiered Ah! perfido, advertised it as "an Italian scena written by Beethoven for Mad. Duschek"?
... that South Bay Salt Works is the second longest-running business in San Diego?
... that Audrey Hepburn won the Best Actress Oscar for her first Hollywood role?
... that the river name Ngounié is a French rewording of "Ngugni", which was used by Vili language speakers in the mid-1800s?
... that evolutionary biologist Scott Edwards and social psychologist Jennifer Richeson were the only two black scientists elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2015?
... that two of the four competing car dealers on Dallas Car Sharks are mother and son?

07:46, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Wajxaklajun (pictured) is unusual among Classic-period highland Maya cities in its use of stelae?
... that German politician Adele Schreiber-Krieger advocated extensively for the rights of mothers and children, but never had children herself?
... that the fungus Penicillium psychrosexualis, described as new to science in 2010, was discovered growing in a crate of moldy apples?
... that Walter "Tiger" Mayberry, a running back inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great", died in a Japanese POW camp on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea?
... that Indian Cave Creek flows over a 40-foot (12-meter) waterfall to reach White Oak Run?
... that Ímar founded a dynasty which provided multiple kings of Dublin, Northumbria and the Isles?
... that the Arabic translation of Borunsi sold one million copies in its first year of publication?
... that if it were not for the new points system that was adopted, Kent would have won the 1911 County Championship rather than Warwickshire?

6 June 2015

19:31, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Grace Kelly (pictured) won the Best Actress Oscar in 1955, then retired from acting the following year at the age of 26?
... that Ulysses S. Grant III approved the unsightly design of the original Shoreham Hill Bridge in Washington, D.C. because it would encourage the public to demand a more aesthetic and expensive bridge?
... that goat meat pepper soup has been described as the most popular of the Nigerian pepper soups?
... that there are about 9.2 million horses in the United States and 4.6 million Americans are involved in the horse business?
... that the city of Ramadi in Iraq was founded to encourage nomadic Arab tribes to settle and become easier for the state to control?
... that openwork‍—‌decoration or construction featuring openings or gaps‍—‌may be seen on everything from handkerchiefs to cathedral spires?
... that the propaganda activities of the 16th century papal diplomat Aleksandar Komulović were continued by an even greater supporter of Pan-Slavism, Bartol Kašić?
... that Baron von Münchhausen was furious at the creation of Baron Munchausen?

07:16, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

... that an unusual feature of the Pothundi Dam (pictured) earth dam is the core wall, which is constructed with a mixture of jaggery and quicklime?
... that at the Battle of Apamea in 998, a lone Kurdish rider killed the Byzantine commander Damian Dalassenos, throwing Damian's initially victorious army into panic and leading to an important Fatimid victory?
... that Interstate 94 in Michigan, completed 1960, was the first toll-free interstate highway completed border to border in a U.S. state?
... that the role of Phoebe Nicholson in Home and Away is Isabella Giovinazzo's first acting job?
... that at one point, Grassy Island Creek lost all of its base flow to deep mines, except during storm events?
... that Miri was the first town in Malaysia that was not a state capital to be granted city status?
... that Phineas Waller's heirs were surprised by how much they received from his estate?
... that Christian Marclay's Graffiti Composition was written by the people of Berlin?

5 June 2015

13:50, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Dampiera linearis (pictured) is a suitable plant for hanging baskets?
... that neither recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize retained his UK parliamentary seat in 2005?
... that The Last of Us Remastered "looked broken up until a week before shipping"?
... that Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue for keyboard was regarded as "unique" and "second to none" by Bach's first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel?
... that Scott's restaurant in London was the favourite of the James Bond author Ian Fleming?
... that the writing system of the Maya civilization was the most sophisticated in Mesoamerica, and was one of the most outstanding accomplishments of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas?
... that West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek is really a tributary of Wildcat Creek?
... that oviraptorosaurs were thought to be egg-eaters after the discovery of Oviraptor on a nest of presumed Protoceratops eggs, until the nest was recognized as belonging to Oviraptor itself?

02:05, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Easter Aquhorthies stone circle (pictured) is one of the best preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle?
... that in an 1884 edition of the Railroad Gazette, railroad engineer Horatio Allen reported that he was the operator of the first locomotive run on a railroad in the United States?
... that Aladura religious leader Christiana Abiodun claimed that angels had visited her during a trance and taken her to heaven?
... that Malta's new Parliament House was designed by Renzo Piano?
... that Cillian Sheridan, who currently plays for APOEL in Cyprus, started his professional career with Scottish club Celtic?
... that the Louisiana Digital Media Archive is the first media collections collaboration between an American state archive and a public broadcaster?
... that Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker was a significant contributor of African artifacts to British museums, particularly his collection of African shields?
... that Bash Tapia Castle was blown up by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in April 2015?

4 June 2015

14:20, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the only building in its street to survive the London Blitz (pictured) was demolished by property developers, who have been ordered to rebuild it "brick by brick"?
... that the island of Niue gets its name from the coconuts that grow there?
... that in South Carolina v. North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on issues related to the equitable apportionment of water from the Catawba River?
... that the Philippine Armed Forces called the foiled 2014 Ninoy Aquino International Airport bombing plot "comic relief"?
... that the Martin Declaration of 30 October 1918 marked Slovakia's exit from the Kingdom of Hungary and the start of its union with the newly-created Czechoslovakia?
... that George Kuchar's Hold Me While I'm Naked was ranked 52nd in the Village Voice Critics' Poll of the 100 best films of the 20th century?
... that Adolphe Demange painted the Duchesse d'Uzès working on a huge sculpture of Joan of Arc?
... that a group of Old Believers live on an island in a bog in Teiči Nature Reserve in Latvia?

00:55, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

... that La Promenade (pictured) shows the influence of the Rococo Revival and the high-key palette of Impressionism?
... that Yao Yuan Hao swam in a lake on a cold day for a scene in Big Red Riding Hood, then ran a half marathon in his birthday week?
... that on 16 March 1942 (the day before St Patrick's Day), St Patrick was toasted in the conning tower of U-boat U-753 as they awaited orders from Germany on whether or not to sink the Irish Willow?
... that Zainab Sultan Begum, a wife of Mughal emperor Babur, was also his cousin?
... that 245 teams entered the 2009–10 FA Women's Cup, which was eventually won by Everton?
... that both Gracchi brothers were slain after a decree known as senatus consultum ultimum was passed against them?
... that the National Transportation Safety Board found that a track gauge 5⁄16 of an inch (7.9 mm) too wide caused a garbage train to derail in the Bronx?
... that Madhuri Dixit holds the record for the most nominations (14) for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress?

3 June 2015

11:00, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

... that in 2013 the Rönninge Show Chorus (pictured) achieved the highest-ever score at the Sweet Adelines International competition for women's barbershop?
... that in 1287 Shin Ditha Pamauk, a Buddhist monk, negotiated with Emperor Kublai Khan for a treaty that ended the Mongol occupation of northern Burma in exchange for annual tribute?
... that the viral Early 35 kDa protein may be useful in gene therapy as a universal inhibitor of programmed cell death?
... that U.S. Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce was the first president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association?
... that in 2010, the Maharashtra government blocked Moneycontrol.com and bseindia.com in its headquarters, Mantralaya?
... that comic book artist Brandon Graham wrote "Jermaine", his first episode for Adventure Time?
... that the Seoul slum of Guryong lies across the street from the luxurious Dogok-dong Ward of Gangnam District?
... that in 1943 several airplanes landed on the highway near C. W. E. Jennings' store in Valley Falls, Oregon, and taxied up to the store's gas pump to refuel?

2 June 2015

22:45, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

... that highlights from the history of troodontid research include the discovery that troodontids (example pictured) were among the most intelligent dinosaurs?
... that Leonard's Bakery is known for popularizing the malasada, a Portuguese doughnut, into the cuisine of Hawaii?
... that the first newspaper to be printed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, issued by Sopron's Printing House, had "a decidedly Serb orientation", while its owner and editor was an ethnic German?
... that Lieutenant General Ragnar Garrett initiated the Australian Army's short-lived reorganisation into a "pentropic" structure?
... that Wildcat Creek was found to have no base flow in November 2000, but is a source of flooding in Archbald and Blakely, Pennsylvania?
... that the money raised for Pillars of Eternity through its crowdfunding campaign saved the developer of the game Obsidian Entertainment from closure?
... that Statz Friedrich von Fullen bought a manor house in Störmthal and initiated the village's first school in 1691?
... that the Sunrise Ruby is the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond?

10:30, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

... that Cullerlie stone circle (pictured) in Aberdeenshire has a unique layout, with eight stones surrounding eight small cairns?
... that the Michigan State Spartans, under Big Ten Coach of the Year George Perles, placed seven first-team players on the 1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team?
... that Ture Malmgren created a tomb for himself at the foot of the mountain Fjällsätern, but was buried elsewhere by the local authorities after his death in 1922?
... that homework helps patients practice the skills they learn in therapy?
... that in Niuean mythology, Fao is one of the five principal gods (tupua) of the island?
... that Mark Wahlberg is playing real-life hero Mike Williams in the upcoming film Deepwater Horizon?
... that in 1690, the Honourable James Campbell abducted and forcibly married a teenage heiress in London?
... that Chaetostoma microps, a suckermouth armored catfish species from Ecuador, has been found climbing a cave wall?

1 June 2015

22:15, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

... that the Archaeological Museum of Lamia exhibits Bronze Age artifacts from the Kynos excavations, including gold ornaments (pictured)?
... that journalist Abby Martin condemned the Russian military intervention in Ukraine on the RT America network?
... that according to the embodied bilingual language theory, second language words such as "kick" and "run" stimulate the parts of the motor cortex controlling leg movements?
... that the Askam Borehole, which was built by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, discharges thousands of gallons of acid mine drainage into Nanticoke Creek every minute?
... that Robert Grant Haliburton was instrumental in discovering the "dwarf races" of northern Africa and the Atlas region?
... that the plot of the 2015 Malayalam film Oru Second Class Yathra was found to begin well but end weakly?
... that Daniel Brustlein, known as a cover artist for The New Yorker, received critical praise as a "painter's painter"?
... that the wreck found off the coast of Isla San Telmo was established by James P. Delgado as one of the first submarines ever built?

10:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

... that erotic sections of two drawings by Joachim Wtewael for his paintings of Mars and Venus Surprised by the Gods (detail pictured) were cut out by later collectors?
... that the Steven Universe–Uncle Grandpa crossover was promoted with the release of a mobile game for the former?
... that Lady Charlotte Finch served as the royal governess to the children of King George III for over 30 years?
... that Lalitgiri, a major Buddhist complex in India, forms part of the "Diamond Triangle" with nearby sites Ratnagiri and Udayagiri?
... that North Korean leader Kim Il-sung credited his Chinese teacher Shang Yue with introducing him to Chinese classics and Russian literature?
... that Denzel Washington was the first African American actor to win two competitive Oscars?
... that gay and bisexual boys who adopted more feminine gender roles at a younger age are at higher risk for suicide, sexual abuse, and drug abuse than other gay and bisexual youth?
... that the 2015 Tour of California was won by three seconds and a bike throw?