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30 June 2013

17:50, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the race horse Paynter (pictured) survived a near-fatal case of colitis, laminitis and abdominal surgery, then won the first race of his 2013 comeback by 4+1⁄2 lengths?
... that despite writing moderate columns and playing the role of mediator, Mansoor al-Jamri was not spared from the effects of the Bahraini uprising?
... that it took seven years after the French destroyer Espingole ran aground for her captain to be court-martialled and acquitted?
... that baritone Gerhard Faulstich takes an "unpretentious, conversational approach" to the part of Jesus in his recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion?
... that when Garendon Hall was demolished in 1964, the building's rubble was used in the construction of the M1 motorway?
... that ChinaAid, Bob Fu's legal aid organization for Christians in China, is largely funded by wealthy oil magnates from Midland, Texas?
... that IDT Megabite Cafe is considered to be the world's first kosher cybercafe?

10:05, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the rotunda of the New York Court of Appeals Building (pictured) in Albany uses all three classical orders?
... that the 25-year-old law student Vardan Stepanyan fought in two wars?
... that in 2009 the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia defended a 12-year-old boy who was arrested after being given a stolen chocolate Freddo Frog?
... that after losing three fingers and an arm in World War II and being pronounced dead during one of his 33 surgical operations, Sam K. Harrison went on to head two successful corporations?
... that beef calves born in the spring may have their diets supplemented with creep feeding to encourage weight gain?
... that German goalkeeper Jürgen Rynio is the only player to have been relegated from the Bundesliga with five different clubs?
... that 13th-Century Benedictine nuns of Langley Priory claimed to belong to the Order of Cistercians as a means of avoiding land tax?

02:20, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

... that although the Elgin half dollar (pictured) was struck to celebrate the centennial of Elgin, Illinois (1835–1935), neither date appears on the coin?
... that blind singer Annie Landouw may have inspired a main character in Armijn Pane's Belenggu?
... that the Sadler effect explains why more ancient geological periods are longer than more recent ones?
... that according to Larry Loh of CNNGo, Milo Dinosaurs are a reason why Singapore is the best country in the world?
... that in the upcoming video game The Crew, players can drive coast-to-coast across the United States in 90 minutes?
... that William M. Brish was instrumental in developing the first closed circuit television network for public elementary schools?
... that Singaporean businessperson Zeng Guo Yuan spent three weeks in jail for placing sunshades at his two stores without permission?

29 June 2013

18:35, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

... that WikiLeaks's Sarah Harrison (pictured) accompanied Edward Snowden on his flight from Hong Kong to Moscow en route to political asylum?
... that the court of requests instituted by Sir John Shaa while he was Lord Mayor of London proved unpopular because it favoured the poor more than "Justyce & good lawe Requyrid"?
... that Crak! is a Roy Lichtenstein lithograph used in marketing posters for Lichtenstein's 1963 exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery that included Whaam!, Drowning Girl, Torpedo...Los! and In the Car?
... that the King's Lines, Queen's Lines and Prince's Lines in Gibraltar were part of a British defensive system that the Spanish called the "Mouth of Fire"?
... that German biochemistry student Magnus Manske wrote an early version of the Wikipedia platform, and Jimmy Wales declared January 25 to be Magnus Manske day in his honor?
... that the olive ridley sea turtle nests on the beach in Carazo Department, Nicaragua?
... that National Hero of Indonesia Iwa Koesoemasoemantri was jailed by both the Dutch and Indonesians?

10:50, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Virtuix Omni omnidirectional treadmill video game controller (pictured) lets virtual reality gamers physically walk within virtual game environments?
... that Henri de Kérillis supported Mussolini, opposed Hitler, supported de Gaulle, then opposed de Gaulle?
... that in the poem The Hymn of Samadhi, Swami Vivekananda explained experiences of Nirvikalpa Samadhi?
... that the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute predicts that by the year 2100, tropical cyclone effects in Europe will greatly increase, including storms similar to 2012 Hurricane Sandy?
... that Andjar and Ratna Asmara each earned 1,000 gulden for their roles in Noesa Penida?
... that although the 1822 Battle of Nauplia ended without any major losses on either side, it is considered a victory for the Greek admiral Andreas Vokos Miaoulis?
... that Frederick Ashton's first ballet, A Tragedy of Fashion, was inspired by a chef who killed himself when his fish delivery was late?

03:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Johannes Kuhn from Strassburg did the stucco work (pictured) in St. Andreas, the court church in Düsseldorf?
... that over half the inhabitants of Cabañas Department of El Salvador are impoverished?
... that according to EA Sports, its Ignite game engine for next-gen consoles allows players to act more like real athletes in having to make snap judgements and brace for impacts?
... that the blackspot shark feeds on small fish, crustaceans and squid and is not dangerous to man?
... that David Berg broke the National Collegiate Athletic Association record for saves in a single college baseball season?
... that Santana's Supernatural won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year in 2000?
... that Bibi Amtus Salam, an associate of Gandhi's, played a role in popularising Jinnah's title of Quaid-e-Azam?

28 June 2013

19:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Texas-based Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill (Austin location pictured) has trademarked the term "breastaurant"?
... that Prince Leopold Clement's failure to marry his girlfriend led her to burn his face with acid and commit suicide after fatally wounding him?
... that the poems in Maya Angelou's Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well are best if read aloud?
... that the Battle of Kozludzha on 20 June 1774 was a decisive Ottoman defeat in the four year Russo-Turkish War that ended a month later?
... that Inoe Perbatasari's first films were Elang Darat (Land Hawk) and Poetri Rimba (Jungle Princess)?
... that highly skilled fielder Jim Eaglestone had the distinction of being featured in two successive County Championship–winning cricket teams?
...that nearly 8,000 birds per hour can be gathered up with the chicken harvester?

11:35, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

... that places of worship in the Surrey district of Tandridge include a Latter-day Saints' Temple (pictured), a Neo-Byzantine United Reformed church and a converted school building?
... that medical doctor Moewardi organised security for both Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta?
... that John Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is one of only seven printed works he acknowledged authorship of?
... that Bill Orr, the only First Gentleman of Nebraska, wrote a cookbook, with recipes by Johnny Carson and Warren Buffet, to raise money to refurbish the state governor's mansion?
... that EA Sports put its Fight Night boxing video game series on hiatus to develop their upcoming mixed martial arts game, EA Sports UFC?
... that the Catholic Press and the Australian Workers' Union periodical the Worker were the only two Australian newspapers opposing conscription in 1916–17?
... that West Indies cricket star Garfield Sobers outraged supporters in 1970 by playing in Rhodesia?

03:50, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the second USS Arctic (pictured) received her commission in spite of being described as slow, unwieldy and vulnerable to shellfire?
... that Operation Claw was a Swedish-American operation to transfer 35 German signals intelligence experts from Norway to a U.S. base in Germany?
... that US corn production is ranked first in the world, and 20% of its annual yield is exported?
... that Rii Sen won a best actress award at Osian's Cinefan Film Festival for the movie Cosmic Sex?
... that Bruce Springsteen praised the lyrics of Chuck Berry's "Nadine" by saying, "I've never seen a coffee-colored Cadillac, but I know exactly what one looks like"?
... that Bunostegos was named for its unusually knobbly head?
... that a pizza party resulted in no one receiving the DFL endorsement for mayor of Minneapolis this year?

27 June 2013

16:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Gray's Almhouses

... that Gray's Almshouses (pictured) in Taunton are probably the oldest brick buildings in Somerset?
... that upcoming video game Just Dance 2014 features a competitive massively multiplayer online mode where all players worldwide dance to the same playlist?
... that in 1996, the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority announced a Dh2.4 billion development plan of Mussafah and a new port?
... that Mary Anne Whitby, who had reintroduced sericulture to England in the 1830s, carried out selective breeding experiments on her silkworms which were published by Darwin?
... that a shortage of firearms caused the World War II 1st Czechoslovak Partisan Brigade of Jan Žižka to have to turn away new recruits?
... that T. W. Hinchliff has been called "one of the first to penetrate the higher solitudes of the world of ice and snow"?
... that the National Council on Teacher Quality's first report and rankings of U.S. teacher preparation programs refer to the field as "an industry of mediocrity"?

08:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

... that although the protagonist of F.D.J. Pangemanann's novel Tjerita Si Tjonat (cover pictured) is evil without a single redeeming feature, he was portrayed as a popular hero in wartime Indonesia?
... that John Young founded Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities in 1989 as a response to declining African-American participation in baseball?
... that Maach, the folk theatre from Madhya Pradesh, derives its name from manch, the Hindi word for "stage"?
... that the servers of cloud storage company Tresorit have yet to be hacked, despite its offer of $10,000 to anyone who can do this?
... that Justin Timberlake wrote "The Only Promise That Remains", a duet with country-music singer Reba McEntire, the day after the two met at the 2007 Grammy Awards?
... that Bob Richards was Canadian national champion in the double sculls six times between 1928 and 1950?
... that the Spring House Gazebo in Cincinnati, Ohio, is said to be haunted?

00:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Dinkey Creek Bridge (pictured) is named after a dog?
... that North Antelope Rochelle Mine is the largest coal mine in the United States?
... that Amir Hamzah left one of his fifty poems in his prison cell before being executed?
... that Takka Takka is a Roy Lichtenstein painting that depicts combat at the Battle of Guadalcanal?
... that child actor Gus Lewis is said to have portrayed the only sympathetic character in the 2005 film Asylum?
... that Arena Corinthians will have the largest video screen in the world?
... that Chinese courtesan Liu Rushi dressed up as a man in order to woo her husband Qian Qianyi?

26 June 2013

16:00, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the old Tudor house of what is now the Golden Lion pub (pictured) was the oldest house in Fulham before demolition in April 1836?
... that Whaam!, Bratatat! and Varoom! are among Roy Lichtenstein's most well-known onomatopoeic works?
... that inmates at the Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony have partnered with the Frescobaldi family to produce high-end Italian wine?
... that filming for Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret began as the related trial was underway, with the film's courtroom scenes being shot two days after the trial's conclusion?
... that Ernest Hemingway rewrote "The Revolutionist", first published as a vignette, for the 1925 American edition of In Our Time?
... that the scholar and mountaineer A. J. Butler disparaged "the fuss made about peak-climbing"?
... that Auguste Dreyfus took over Peru's foreign debt in exchange for a guano monopoly?

08:10, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

... that lifetime Zionist Jacobo Timerman (pictured) survived arrest and torture in Argentina's Dirty War and reached Israel in 1979, only to return to Argentina five years later?
... that some versions of the Ramayana narrate that the demon Ravana abducts an illusionary double of Sita, rather than the real one?
... that "White Foxes", a 2012 single by singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfør, quickly grew to be the most downloaded song on iTunes in Norway?
... that Steven Balbus and John F. Hawley shared a US$1,000,000 prize for their astronomical discovery?
... that the Georgian Oakley Hall in Hampshire is now a hotel and conference centre?
... that the military doctrine of command by negation, developed by the United States Navy in the 1980s, is similar to the Auftragstaktik doctrine used by German armed forces in the Second World War?
... that one Belén López was nominated for the Newcomer Award for her role in The Distance (2006), while another Belén López was the inspiration of film director Franco Zeffirelli?

00:00, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

... that in World War II, Britain's Petroleum Warfare Department threatened to set the sea on fire (demonstration pictured)?
... that with James Ince, Larry Phillips won two consecutive Winston Racing Series championships?
... that The Company of Heaven, Benjamin Britten's 1937 composition for speakers, soloists, choir and orchestra, contains "metrical spoken (shouted) male chorus"?
... that Bahraini former parliamentarian Abduljalil Khalil resigned his position in February 2011 in protest against government crackdown on anti-government demonstrations?
... that when the Merchandise Mart opened in Chicago in 1930, the $32 million, 4.2 million square foot (390,000 m²) building was the world's largest commercial building?
... that the Pacific Ocean crash of Transocean Air Lines Flight 512 mobilized 19 United States Navy ships from Pearl Harbor, as well as 12 US Navy P2V Neptune aircraft?
... that as of 2012, China is the largest producer of garlic in the world, producing 59 million metric tons annually, about 66 percent of total world production?

25 June 2013

16:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

... that when a French general saw the tunnels (pictured) excavated by British Army Sergeant-Major Henry Ince, he is said to have exclaimed, "These works are worthy of the Romans"?
... that the baronies of Akova and Patras were the two largest in the Principality of Achaea?
... that Costanzo Antegnati published his most famous work, L'arte organica, after suffering a stroke?
... that the largest Swiss organization of IT academics and professionals celebrates its 30th anniversary today?
... that Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen described Maroon 5's "Hands All Over" as a "big, silly arena-rock song reminiscent of Def Leppard"?
... that argillipedoturbation is a process of soil-mixing in vertisol soils that results from large cracks in the soil's surface?
... that the US government turned two cents into one?

08:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Orval Overall (pictured) is the only Major League Baseball player to strike out four batters in one inning in the World Series?
... that the three cities of the West Triangle Economic Zone contribute 40% of Western China's GDP?
... that Kismet, directed by Gyan Mukherjee, ran at the Roxy, Kolkata, for 3 years and 8 months?
... that Vauix Carter both coached and played for the 1882 Navy Midshipmen football team?
... that Zhu Chenhao was sentenced to slow slicing for leading the Prince of Ning rebellion against the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhengde?
... that Mirza Adeeb was a prominent modern Pakistani Urdu playwright whose later work focuses on social problems and daily life?
... that in Die Wahl des Herkules, Hercules must choose between the good cop and the bad cop?

00:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

... that in the Municipal Coat of Arms of Milizac (pictured) a black lion with a golden crown adorns one half of the coat of arms?
... that in 1925 Prince Christian of Hesse became the first person of German origin post-World War I to dine with King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace?
... that Alien Voices was a project founded by Star Trek actors John de Lancie and Leonard Nimoy to record science fiction radio plays?
... that Louis Duret was the chief physician to King Charles IX and his brother King Henry III?
... that on the upcoming studio album Age Against the Machine, the Goodie Mob sings about White Power from a Black perspective?
... that Garendon Abbey was already partially ruinous when it was dissolved in 1536?
... that a man with a scrotum estimated to weigh over 160 pounds (73 kg) is the subject of a Channel 4 documentary titled The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles?

24 June 2013

16:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

... that actor John Wayne was the recipient of The Brass Balls Award from The Harvard Lampoon for his "outstanding machismo and penchant for punching people" in 1974?
... that the Prince of Anhua rebellion began when Zhu Zhifan massacred the officials invited to his banquet during the Ming Dynasty under the reign of the Zhengde Emperor (pictured)?
... that Kuwaiti electrochemist Faiza Al-Kharafi was the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East?
... that the animated film God's Faithful Servant: Barla was the fourth highest-grossing Turkish film in 2011?
... that anti-government protesters in 1996 beat up the Armenian parliament speaker Babken Ararktsyan?
... that Donald N. Bersoff is the first lawyer practitioner to serve as president of the American Psychological Association?
... that The Long Short Cut is the first book printed completely by electronically controlled typesetting?
... that the grandfather of "Bobby" Peel was famous for his Parsley?
... that the starfish Nepanthia belcheri can split itself in half and grow new arms on each section?

08:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

... that in the 1920s, the Los Angeles Philharmonic began its summer series at the Hollywood Bowl (pictured)?
... that New York Times photographer Du Bin was detained in China after releasing a documentary on the Masanjia Labor Camp?
... that Lucius Minicius Natalis Quadronius Verus was the first known Olympic champion to have been born in the Iberian Peninsula?
... that in August 1975, almost the entire San Francisco Police Department staged a strike as the city refused a pay increase for them?
... that many family members and friends of Milorg member Kai Holst, who officially committed suicide, believed he was murdered?
... that justiciability is a threshold issue in Singapore administrative law, and the Court of Appeal has held that exercises of prosecutorial discretion and the clemency power are justiciable?
... that although the protagonist of F.D.J. Pangemanann's novel Tjerita Si Tjonat is evil without a single redeeming feature, modern takes on the character portray him as Robin Hood?

00:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the recording of "Faith of the Heart" by tenor Russell Watson (pictured) was played four times on Space Shuttle missions?
... that Gavin Arthur, grandson of United States President Chester A. Arthur, worked as an astrologer and sexologist in San Francisco in the 1960s?
... that Roy Lichtenstein's Masterpiece is regarded as an ironic jest that accurately forecast Lichtenstein's career?
... that the Keith Car & Manufacturing Company built coffins for bodies exhumed during the building of the Cape Cod Canal, which was also responsible for the demolition of the plant when it was widened?
... that Johann Hugo von Wilderer's Missa in G minor was copied out and performed by Bach?
... that Jack Torrance held the world record in shot put for almost fourteen years?
... that garlic ice cream, according to garlic restaurant The Stinking Rose's recipe, is basically vanilla ice cream with garlic?

23 June 2013

16:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Sweden's Eva Brunne (pictured) is the first openly lesbian bishop in the world?
... that a five-year investigation by Ben Radford into the chupacabra, detailed in Tracking the Chupacabra, revealed that the creature may have been inspired by the movie Species?
... that at least five of the Lieutenants of the Tower of London were later prisoners in the Tower themselves?
... that Khrushchev: The Man and His Era was based on over 70 personal interviews with members of Nikita Khrushchev's family and won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography?
... that banker Hilton Clarke thought sitting at one's desk was "idling", and was considered a "master of the calculated indiscretion"?
... that British passengers of British Airways Flight 2069 were offered £2,000 and a free ticket as compensation for the attempted hijacking of the flight?
... that Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122, has been described as providing a "moral hangover" for listeners after Christmas overindulgence?

08:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Apple Macintosh was named after the McIntosh apple (pictured), until recently the most popular variety of apple in northeastern North America?
... that Amrit Nahata was an Indian politician who published twelve books translated from English to Hindi, including works of Maxim Gorky, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi?
... that the Millionaire's Church is a Jersey City landmark?
... that drug lord Héctor Manuel Sauceda Gamboa intimidated journalists who dared to write about his criminal organization?
... that Alicia Keys is credited as the sole writer of "Fallin'"?
... that The Insider, a roman à clef, was Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's first novel?
... that Jacksonville Bolles School football coach Corky Rogers was drafted in 1966 by the Baltimore Colts and the United States Army?

00:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Project Loon (research balloon pictured) is a project by Google to send thousands of high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere to beam wireless Internet to remote locations worldwide?
... that Günter Pröpper scored a total of 52 goals in 34 league games – a record in German professional football for most goals in one season?
... that the scaly dragonfish is bioluminescent and has light-emitting photophores which can be turned on and off?
... that Egyptian actress Naglaa Fathi, who started her career at age 16, has acted in over 80 films?
... that high-traffic areas on the playing fields in the video game Madden NFL 25 deteriorate during the course of a game?
... that the 2012 World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index found the United States to have achieved gender equality in education, but ranked it only 55th for political empowerment?
... that it was to Sir Edmund Walsingham that Sir Thomas More made his final ironic jest while ascending the scaffold?

22 June 2013

16:00, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the original lens of the Grand Turk Lighthouse, dated to 1852, is on display in the Turks and Caicos National Museum (pictured)?
... that Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy and Melanie Domaschenz were part of the Gliders team that won the Osaka Cup for the fifth time in 2013?
... that the Russian newspaper Moskovsky Korrespondent was shut down after running a story that President Vladimir Putin was to divorce his wife and marry gymnast Alina Kabaeva?
... that Jirayr Ohanyan Çakır, a former president of the Turkish Chess Federation, was of Armenian descent?
... that Wikipediocracy, a weblog and forum dedicated to criticizing Wikipedia, has assisted journalists reporting on controversies involving the online encyclopedia?
... that Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias was awarded the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year two years in a row?
... that Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark's incestuous feelings for his mother may have sparked his interest in marriages between one woman and several men?

08:00, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Singaporeans commemorate the Birthday of the Monkey God (Monkey God pictured) by writing in blood?
... that the Third Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre will be used to launch missions of the Indian human spaceflight programme?
... that the albums that shared the 1999 Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year were nominated against each other at the 41st Grammy Awards?
... that Simon Achikgyozyan, a geologist for 30 years, is considered a hero for his activities in the Nagorno-Karabakh War?
... that Wargaming West, developer of World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition, was acquired by Wargaming.net after creating a prototype of their World of Tanks game "in mere days"?
... that Archbishop Pargev has been the primate of the Diocese of Artsakh since 1989?
... that a lottery winner paid some of his prize money to prevent the Norwegian football club Odd from selling Fredrik Semb Berge?

00:00, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Lord North and Grey (pictured) was implicated in the Atterbury Plot, but no one would give evidence against him?
... that a 1998 election made George W. Bush the first person to be elected to two consecutive four-year terms as Governor of Texas?
... that the 1934 Jeanne Galzy novel Jeunes filles en serre chaude, with its seductive title, was deemed to contain "dangerous aberrations" and "strong emotional reaction[s] of an undesirable nature"?
... that a one-armed Russian military officer became a monk in Praskvica Monastery and built a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) stone road from Sveti Stefan to the monastery?
... that in 1991 there were 34,633 births and 44,886 abortions in Latvia?
... that Arkansas Post was relocated at least three times during its existence because of both war and flooding?
... that Howard Lindzon once passed on the opportunity to invest in Twitter but went on to found StockTwits?

21 June 2013

16:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

... that HMS Aldenham (pictured), which struck a mine near the island of Pag, was the final destroyer lost by the Royal Navy in World War II?
... that Prince Peter of Greece lost his dynastic rights by marrying a twice-divorced Russian commoner soon after Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry a twice-divorced U.S. commoner?
... that the House of Plantagenet derives its name from a royal heraldic badge used by Geoffrey of Anjou and his descendants, in the shape of a common broom plant (planta genista)?
... that Paul Ireland was a fishmonger before acting in Neighbours?
... that Heather Preceptory was founded around the turn of the 13th century by the Knights Hospitaller?
... that Joe Murray became better known as "Corporal Murray", despite being a Sergeant Major, due to his work in Bad Lads' Army?
... that GeoGuessr was criticized for having too much Australia?

08:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Tears of the Prophets" was the final episode to feature actress Terry Farrell (pictured), whose character was killed off?
... that the Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat is so similar to the Mexican funnel-eared bat that "no detailed description" was required for its formal species description?
... that although Lindsay Doran did not want to enter the profession of her father, the film industry, she eventually became the president of film studio United Artists?
... that during the French and Indian War, Major Robert White fortified his residence with a stone addition and stockade to shelter neighboring settlers from Native American attacks?
... that Robert Žák was the first manager to lose his job in the 2009–10 Gambrinus liga?
... that Petroglyph Canyon is one of Montana's most important petroglyph sites?
... that songwriter and lyricist Elaine Laron once wrote a Kool-Aid jingle that was recorded by The Monkees?

00:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

... that English Heritage considers cross dykes (example pictured), earthwork barriers built throughout upland Britain, to be Bronze Age territorial boundaries of national importance?
... that iTunes Radio includes an automatic playlist of Twitter's trending songs?
... that Francis White served as a U.S. Congressman, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Senator, and county sheriff?
... that the crash of Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410 led the Civil Aeronautics Board to establish national minimum flight altitudes?
... that the Battle of Arkansas Post was the only battle of the Anglo-Spanish War fought in what is now the state of Arkansas?
... that upcoming indie video game Hohokum features licensed and original music from indie record label Ghostly International?
... that a scene in the Psych episode "Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" was criticized due to its inclusion of pine trees in the background?

20 June 2013

16:00, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the vault of St. Augustin (pictured) holds the remains of a Brazilian princess, a Bulgarian tsar, a French princess and twelve more royal Coburgers?
... that Virginia judge Robert White studied law under his uncle Alexander White while recovering from injuries received in the American Revolutionary War?
... that while most wine grapes belong only to the Vitis vinifera species, the hybrid Canadian wine grape L'Acadie blanc has members of eight different Vitis species in its family tree?
... that Roy Lichtenstein's Hopeless and both versions of Crying Girl were mid-1960s romance comic-based works that may have been inspired by his marital difficulties or Pablo Picasso's weeping women?
... that Günter Bittengel was named as the new manager of FK Chmel Blšany after the club had lost seven games in a row?
... that the Wong brothers' film Sorga Ka Toedjoe was the first in which Roekiah did not act alongside Rd. Mochtar?
... that within Sydney Gardens in Bath even the public conveniences are listed buildings?

08:00, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Carl Genian (pictured), who flew 66 missions during World War II, wrote to his mother, "We're all sick and tired of killing one another"?
... that crab ice cream is sweet in taste and has been compared to "frozen crab bisque"?
... that Russian tennis champion and Olympian Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston was right-handed, but had to adopt a left-handed playing style after surgery?
... that the daughter of New Zealander actress Sarah McLeod played her character's infant son in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?
... that the 1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team was recognized as college football national champions by the Associated Press after they defeated Nebraska in the Orange Bowl?
...that Darrell Tryon, who completed the first systematic survey of the languages of Vanuatu, identified more than 100 languages as part of the Austronesian language family?
... that Miami Valley Hospital South was constructed with architecture intended to evoke a feeling of calm?

00:00, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Jean Metzinger's painting En Canot (pictured in black and white) appeared in the Nazi Degenerate Art catalogue with the notation "Even this was once taken seriously and bought for good money!"?
... that on June 19, 1963, White American business leaders and philanthropists raised $800,000 over breakfast in support of the Black Council for United Civil Rights Leadership?
... that Vazgen Sargsyan is the founder of the Armenian army?
... that Longleat Priory was suppressed in 1529, seven years before Henry VIII started his Dissolution of the Monasteries?
... that the 16-day April 1988 hijacking of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 was one of the world's longest skyjacking incidents?
... that Hans Mauch worked on early jet engine development in Germany, but was better known as the inventor of the S-N-S artificial leg?
... that St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, Wales, was extended in 1988 by demolishing and reassembling St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl?

19 June 2013

16:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

... that archaeological excavations conducted in May 2013 at the Sobibór Museum (monument pictured) unearthed an escape tunnel made by Holocaust victims in the Sobibór extermination camp?
... that the Indian Navy's Chennai is a Kolkata class destroyer being built in Mumbai?
... that World War II Luftwaffe ace Ulrich Steinhilper was credited by later employer IBM with the concept of word processing?
... that Norton Juxta Twycross's former rectory has been a zoo since the 1960s?
... that Scipione Cobelluzzi was chief archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives from 17 February 1618 until his death on 29 June 1626?
... that passages of Bach's Nur jedem das Seine have been compared to the descent into earth in Das Rheingold and the love duet of L'incoronazione di Poppea?

08:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the fortifications of Gibraltar (Princess Anne's Battery pictured) have made it probably the most densely fortified place in Europe and possibly the world?
... that Jack Carroll, the recent runner-up in Britain's Got Talent, performed with comedian Jason Manford as part of his live show at the age of 12?
... that a Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a province in Pakistan?
... that baritone Robert Leonhardt was released from the Metropolitan Opera when it was determined he was an enemy alien?
... that Maganlal Dresswala & Co, a costume designer for Bollywood, has supplied costumes for films such as Ram Rajya, Mughal-e-Azam, Anarkali and for TV series including Ramayan and Mahabharat?
... that Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano once owned one of the top ten largest producers of Brunello di Montalcino?
... that Tio Ie Soei's novel Sie Po Giok has been called the only work of Chinese Malay literature fit for children to read?

00:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Hôtel du Palais (pictured) made Biarritz, France, the "queen of resorts and resort of Kings"?
... that the tiny green porcelain crab has been recorded at densities of up to 30,000 per square metre (11 square feet) of seabed?
... that production on Star Trek: Enterprise was shut down for a day to mourn the death of assistant director Jerry Fleck?
... that much of the success of the Christianization of Moravia is attributed to the work of Saints Cyril and Methodius?
... that in the 1970 Cold War spy film The Executioner, George Peppard plays the role of a secret agent who kills his colleague and assumes his identity?
... that Kabang, who was hailed as "hero dog" for saving two girls from a traffic accident, received donations from 47 countries to repair her badly injured face?
... that British Army soldiers traditionally drink Gunfire in their beds on Christmas?

18 June 2013

16:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Christopher O'Neill (pictured) declined a royal title upon marrying Princess Madeleine of Sweden?
... that British Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding initially instructed his Spitfire and Hurricane groups to use a gun harmonisation scheme that aimed eight guns at a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) rectangle?
... that Oxyrrhis marina is a model organism in the study of protist biology?
... that in 1930, Hungarian Olympic tennis player Aurél von Kelemen was arrested for embezzlement but acquitted by a military tribunal?
... that West Virginia's Daniel Vineyards' best-selling style of wine is made from blackberries, not the normal grapes?
... that the design of the Wangjing SOHO towers in Beijing has been pirated?

08:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the first edition of the Star Trek novel Killing Time included overtones of Kirk/Spock (Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner pictured) slash fiction?
... that the 1899 Carrabelle hurricane was said at the time to be "the most disastrous cyclone that ever visited this section of Florida"?
... that Kissa Kursi Ka, a satirical film on the politics of Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi, was banned by the Indian Government during The Emergency period and all prints confiscated?
... that Alasdair Cochrane was one of the first writers to consider the relationship between animal ethics and political theory?
... that the Agiorgitiko wine of Nemea is nicknamed the "Blood of Hercules" after the legend of the Greek hero slaying the Nemean lion?
... that former U.S. Marine Armando Torres III was recently kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico?
... that Minneapolis politician Mark Andrew owns stands that sell french fries and s'mores at the Minnesota State Fair?

00:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

... that publication of one of Adam Mickiewicz's first poems, "Ode to Youth" (manuscript pictured), was delayed due to censorship?
... that the team developing the USHUS sonar was awarded the Agni Award for self-reliance by the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in May 2007?
... that the printing presses of the daily newspaper El Pueblo were confiscated by the Sandinista People's Army in January 1980?
... that Hungarian writer Károly Pap lived in desperate poverty?
... that despite not charting in Billboard magazine, the music video for "Chika Ideal" reached the Top 10 on Terra Networks' Top Music Video countdown?
... that all the nominees for Pop Song of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1998 reached number-one on the Billboard Latin Songs chart?
... that at the time of his death in 1960, Kentucky judge Robert Alexander Early was 111 years old?

17 June 2013

16:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

... that despite a crackdown on illegal narcotics, as of 2012, some 300,000 households are still involved in opium production (opium field pictured) in Burma?
... that the 2005 Dickies 500 was run after the Ferko lawsuit created the race?
... that Barbadian singer Rihanna admitted that "Cold Case Love" was inspired by her hard relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown?
... that current Nashville actress Kourtney Hansen has appeared in music videos for Keith Urban, Luke Bryan as well as her new husband Jeremy McComb?
... that Reuben T. Durrett was a founder of the Louisville Free Public Library?
... that Mahatma Gandhi Road, previously known as Harrison Road, was the first street in Kolkata to be lit by electricity?
... that Phoa Keng Hek promoted the use of English to help Chinese Indonesians "move freely"?

08:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the N.C.O. Building (pictured) in Alturas, California, has a single metal bell in its belfry and several wooden ones?
... that in the 1919 English cricket season, two-day County Championship matches were played, but they were not popular?
... that Karen Finney, host of MSNBC's Disrupt with Karen Finney, started her career in politics by volunteering at the 1992 Democratic National Convention?
... that Titanfall is the first game created by Respawn Entertainment, the studio founded by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's creators and Infinity Ward's co-founders?
... that Jugatram Dave, along with Jayaprakash Narayan and Vinoba Bhave, set up the Shanti Sena, which worked in war-affected NEFA and among Bengali refugees from East Pakistan?
... that German-born Israeli Holocaust historian Leni Yahil, member of the editorial board of the Yad Vashem Studies journal, advocated an approach to Holocaust research relying on both Jewish and non-Jewish sources?
... that Flight Lieutenant Bill Hely crash landed a Dragon Rapide in the Northern Territory in 1936, and later used the same aircraft to locate missing flying doctor Clyde Fenton?

00:15, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Homer Lafian (pictured) single-handedly destroyed six German tanks during World War II?
... that Jeanne Galzy's novel Burnt Offering, winner of the 1930 Prix Brentano, explores a love between a teacher and a 12-year-old female student?
... that christianization of Bohemia in late 9th century was one of the factors leading to the christianization of Poland a century later?
... that John Traicos played cricket for two different international teams over 22 years apart?
... that the Spanish town of La Línea de la Concepción was built on top of the ruins of an 18th century fortification built to stop Britain invading Spain?
... that Falcon's Fury at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay will be the tallest freestanding drop tower in North America and the first to tilt riders face down when it opens in spring 2014?
... that white box are used for railway sleepers and fences in Australia?

16 June 2013

16:30, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

... that U.S. Army neurologist Dr. Geoffrey Ling (pictured) described the problem of developing quality artificial arms, which include a proper sense of touch, as "doggone hard"?
... that the central event of the Game of Thrones episode "The Rains of Castamere" was the initial inspiration for the producers to adapt A Song of Ice and Fire for television?
... that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe was declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan?
... that paleobotanist Shya Chitaley named an extinct plant species for Cleveland's bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her?
... that the Iris hut, used by the British in the Second World War alongside the better-known Nissen hut, had a major design flaw that caused it to collapse after snowfalls?
... that Singaporean theatre director Natalie Hennedige's production company produced Nothing in 2007?
... that approaching the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Chinese internet censors blocked the term "big yellow duck"?

08:45, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

... that No. 36 Squadron (C-17 Globemaster pictured) became the first RAAF flying unit to be led by a woman when Wing Commander Linda Corbould was appointed commanding officer in 2006?
... that Cary Grant cited Grace Kelly as his all-time favorite film actress co-star?
... that Norway under-21 international footballer Anders Konradsen is the most expensive player ever sold by Strømsgodset IF?
... that director Balu Mahendra claimed that he made Neengal Kettavai to prove that he could direct commercially successful films?
... that Kristin Beck served as a Navy SEAL for 20 years before revealing her gender identity as a woman?
... that Cygne blanc, a white-berried seedling of Cabernet Sauvignon, has been touted as the "first truly Australian grape variety"?
... that the Pindad Komodo was named after the Indonesian Komodo dragon so that the vehicle can "bring glory" to Indonesia?

01:00, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the spire of Fresno, California's Tower Theatre (pictured) was inspired by the "Star Pylon" at the 1939 New York World's Fair?
... that María Gómez Carbonell, a Cuban stateswoman, was one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Havana?
... that Tan Tjoei Hock finished his commercial failure Sorga Palsoe in a month?
... that Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell and Captain Deak Parsons were the "Tinian Joint Chiefs" who coordinated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
... that spines of the long-spined sea urchin can break off in the skin and cause a painful sting?
... that after retiring from government service, Canadian diplomat Morley Byron Bursey was "heavily involved" in developing the automotive portion of NAFTA?
... that after dying in the indie shooter video game Super Time Force, the player fights alongside ghost replicas of their previous runs through the level?

15 June 2013

17:15, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Eva Perón established the Salon Rosado in the Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature (pictured) as an exclusive space for women politicians, where they could discuss issues without men being present?
... that Singaporean entertainer and singer Anna Belle Francis produced Dick Lee's Euranasia?
... that Transdev Melbourne will take over operation of 30% of Melbourne, Australia's bus network in August 2013?
... that Julia Sand, a pen pal of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, might have had significant impact on his presidency?
... that Burma ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world in the 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ?
... that although miler Gene Venzke ran three world records during the 1932 indoor season, he failed to qualify for the Olympics that year and only made the team four years later?
... that three Royal Australian Air Force aircraft flew 25 tonnes of pig bristles from Chongqing in China to Hong Kong in May 1946?

09:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Italian priest-poet Gian Carlo Passeroni (pictured) lived in a cellar with threadbare clothing, minimal furniture and only a rooster as a companion?
... that Montana television hall of fame inductee Norma Ashby was kissed by Robert Goulet during an interview, and once featured a rancher on her local KRTV show who gutted a rattlesnake on live television?
... that Beatriz Ferrer-Salat is the "most successful dressage rider" in Spanish history?
... that Lieutenant Henry Curling of the Royal Artillery was one of only five British officers to survive the massacre of the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War?
... that the 2013 dengue outbreak is one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in Singapore to date?
... that at its peak in the mid-1950s, Ecuador was the largest banana-producing nation in the world?
... that an internet radio service is buying a South Dakota radio station to dodge high music royalties?

01:45, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

... that both the Star Trek novels The Tears of the Singers and Uhura's Song included Uhura (Nichelle Nichols as Uhura pictured) as a main character as the authors thought she was underdeveloped in the show?
... that at age 19, Ron Franklin rode Spectacular Bid to wins in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes?
... that in his late twenties, Phani Bora was appointed secretary of the Communist Party of India in Assam?
... that Tejano singer Pete Astudillo won a Lo Nuestro Award with a song written as a tribute to late performer Selena?
... that Nelson Wong's Si Tjonat sparked a wave of bandit films in the Dutch East Indies?
... that Shia cleric Abdul Amir al-Jamri succeeded in uniting Shia, secular and liberal forces during the 1990s uprising in Bahrain?
... that Dutch "TV economist" Mathijs Bouman is known for such one-liners as "if women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often"?

14 June 2013

18:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Sue Sarafian Jehl (pictured), who served as Dwight Eisenhower's personal assistant, said the famous general believed women made efficient officers?
... that the region of Kastrati was awarded to Montenegro in 1878 under the Treaty of San Stefano, but the subsequent Treaty of Berlin restored it to the Ottoman Empire?
... that Hollis Dow Hedberg led the Gulf Oil Corporation's geological operations in San Tomé and eastern Venezuela?
... that Czech manager Leoš Kalvoda led Slovak football club MŠK Žilina to their first ever league title in 2002?
... that in 1912 Taraknath Palit donated money and property worth ₹15 lakh (US$19,000) to Calcutta University for the establishment of University College of Science and Technology?
... that Japanese tennis player Fumiteru Nakano reached the fourth round of the men's singles at the 1938 French Championships, a result that was not achieved again by a Japanese man until 2013?
... that author Colum McCann described the subject of his 2003 novel Dancer, Rudolf Nureyev, as "a monster"?

10:15, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Old Fresno Water Tower (pictured) was originally designed to house a library?
... that seismologist Harry O. Wood was employed by the Carnegie Institution for Science to establish a small seismic network that eventually grew into the Caltech Seismological Laboratory?
... that the Swiss National Bank engaged in gold laundering during World War II, transferring Nazi gold through a network of central banks?
... that midwife Ruby Dediya, the first woman elected to the Parliament of Nauru, was its only female member in history of the country until 2013?
... that Edward John Thompson's critical biography of Rabindranath Tagore earned him a PhD from the University of London and displeasure from his subject?
... that the pilot episode of the TV series Grimm earned higher ratings than any American TV show on a Friday since New Year's Eve of 2010?
... that Grover Cleveland's 1888 running mate collapsed twice during the presidential campaign?

02:30, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

... that after the famine in North Korea, a potato revolution (potato mound pictured) began?
... that Eugene Chelyshev was the first Russian to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by the Government of India in 2004?
... that after shooting a few scenes in Meendum Kokila, Rekha pulled out of the film citing no reason?
... that Sir Robert Broughton was made a Knight of the Bath in 1478 at the marriage of the four-year-old Richard, Duke of York, one of the two princes later said to have been murdered in the Tower of London?
... that Singaporean businesswoman Margaret Heng is the CEO of Shatec, a hospitality-training school where she was initially an administrator?
... that Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, is known as the "Quango Queen" due to her involvement in many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations?
... that Plaza Rajah Sulayman in Manila, which was once a bathing area, is now considered the city's lovers' lane?

13 June 2013

18:45, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the old school building in Albany, New York (pictured) where Joseph Henry co-discovered electrical inductance is now named after him?
... that Lina Ron was very aggressive and volatile in her radical political life when Chávez called her "uncontrollable", and she even called herself an "ugly part" of the revolution?
... that the chorus of Rihanna's song "What Now" contains background sounds that resemble "sonic bombs"?
... that Myles Landick is St. Peter's groundsman?
... that black coral has been depleted in the shallower waters of the Gulf of Cazones as its use for ornamental jewellery has increased since the 1960s?
... that Hansi Brand was involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust?
... that the McAfrika burger was sold by McDonald's in Norway for a limited time, just as a major famine was happening in Africa, creating a public relations disaster?

11:00, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Colorado mining magnate Horace Tabor's wife, Baby Doe Tabor (pictured), went from being one of the best dressed women in the West to freezing to death in a mining shack?
... that the Palacio Haedo in Buenos Aires was once occupied by the Banco Popular Argentino?
... that the talk show Ra'is el-Tahrir ("Editor in Chief") hosted by Hamdi Qandil was one of the most popular and respected television programs in Egypt before it was discontinued in 2003?
... that with the development of Tropical Storm Andrea on June 5, the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season became the fourth consecutive season with a named storm in the month of June?
... that in October 1518 Richard Jerningham was one of the "sad and ancient knights" appointed to King Henry VIII's reorganized Privy Chamber?
... that the Mathura rape case, an incident of custodial rape in India on March 26, 1972, eventually led to amendments in Indian law?
... that the official coat of arms of Pichilemu, Chile, was created by a graphic design student?

03:15, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the two stars on the Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis (pictured) represent the two islands that make up the federation?
... that Haoui Montaug celebrated killing himself with twenty guests and Madonna on the phone from Los Angeles?
... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings?
... that during the famine of 1943, the Women's Self-Defense Association organised hunger marches across Bengal?
... that Jennifer Lopez teamed up with Verizon Wireless to launch her retail service Viva Móvil?
... that the solitary cup coral can double its diameter by drawing water into its mantle?
... that whilst in his 70s, entrepreneur Eugene Tonkonogy fulfilled a lifelong ambition of marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a clown, and continued to do so every year for twenty years?

12 June 2013

19:30, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

... that fish heads are eaten (dish pictured) in Singapore with a range of ingredients including milk, brandy, and fried noodles?
... that the acting Governor of Curaçao, Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede, signed the Act of Abdication of Queen Beatrix?
... that Devereux Emmet, a pioneering golf course architect, won the Bahama Open when he was 66 years old?
... that Aridhaman is the second nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile submarine being built by India?
... that St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Wales, contains a reading desk made out of 15th-century bench ends, one of which is decorated with a carving of a mermaid?
... that small, low-cost microconsoles like Ouya, GameStick, and GamePop comprise a new field of video game console alternatives?
... that the meter maids in Surfers Paradise top up the parking meter rather than issuing fines?

11:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

... that in the 2010 film The Tourist, Johnny Depp (pictured) walked across the roof of Hotel Danieli in Venice in his pajamas?
... that the tadpole larva of the sea grape Molgula oculata can swim but the larva of Molgula occulta has no tail and cannot?
... that footballer John Mitchell not only played in Doncaster Rovers' first match in 1879, but also played for Bolton Wanderers on the first day of the inaugural Football League season in 1888?
... that American cotton exports to China grew from a value of $46 million in 2000 to more than $2 billion in 2010?
... that the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" scene from Fantasia, which fused wizardry with conducting, is the central concept of Disney Interactive and Harmonix's 2014 video game, Fantasia: Music Evolved?
... that Orlando Cornejo Bustamante was the first Mayor of Pichilemu, Chile to be elected in democracy after Augusto Pinochet's regime ended?
... that the symbolism behind the red in the Flag of the Republic of the Congo was left unexplained?

00:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Eagle MkIII (pictured) was so dominant in IMSA Camel GT racing that it has been blamed for causing the demise of the series?
... that Little Nescopeck Creek's width has more than tripled since 1894, partially due to the construction of the Jeddo Tunnel?
... that Johan Ankerstjerne, a Danish cinematographer, founded a firm which became the leading film laboratory in Denmark for 16 mm and 35 mm films?
... that the Nagato-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts to be launched with guns larger than 15 inches (381 mm) even though they were not the first to be laid down?
... that the 2012 film Knuckleball! followed the 2011 Major League Baseball season of Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey, the only Major League Baseball knuckleball pitchers that season?
... that an increase in the blackbuck population at the Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the reasons for the fall in numbers of the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican there?
... that Oia in Greece is pronounced "EE-ah" and not "OY-ah"?

11 June 2013

16:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

... that chinamen (card pictured) formed a ring at the auctions of the East India Company?
... that having paid a large fine, Repton Priory was reestablished after the first Dissolution of the Monasteries, only to be dissolved again the following year?
... that Herbert Schmertz, former vice president of public affairs for Mobil Corporation, was appointed to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy by Ronald Reagan in 1983?
... that the endangered Hygrocybe lanecovensis is only known from Lane Cove Bushland Park in suburban Sydney?
... that Rob McClure earned a Tony Award nomination for the 2013 Tony Awards ceremony for a role he premiered in 2010?
... that in 1989 the Singapore Parliament reversed the effect of a 1988 Court of Appeal case holding that the Internal Security Act did not exclude judicial review of decisions to detain without trial?
... that Vano Siradeghyan, one of Armenia's most influential politicians, is wanted by Interpol?

08:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

... that two 1963 bombings in Birmingham, Alabama (effects pictured), caused a crisis that eventually involved 18,000 federal troops?
... that Husn Camp was established in Jordan in 1968 as an emergency camp to house 12,500 refugees who were displaced from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War?
... that award-winning set designer Rob Howell is also a nominee for Best Costume Design at the 67th Tony Awards?
... that Saint Illtyd Church on Caldey Island, established in the 6th century, is reputedly the oldest Celtic church in Wales?
... that the Sugababes won their first Brit Award in 2003 for Best British Dance Act?
... that sequences in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Bound" were choreographed by Travis Payne, who had previously worked with Madonna, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears?
... that in the Roman Empire, the Rosalia was a floral commemoration of the dead observed by pagans, Jews, and Christians?

00:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Koehler Depressing Carriage (pictured), which allowed cannon to be fired downwards, included a forerunner of the recoil systems that are standard features of modern artillery pieces?
... that Steffen Peters is the first person to be awarded the United States Equestrian Federation's Equestrian of the Year Award three times?
... that of the five early grounds of Manchester City F.C., four were originally unused wasteland, most had no stands or facilities, and none served for more than two seasons?
... that storm chaser Tim Samaras recorded the lowest pressure ever observed on Earth's surface when adjusted for altitude?
... that Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which premiered on television in 1957, never played on Broadway until its 2013 production?
... that Song Hoot Kiam is credited as the "first local Christian pioneer in Singapore"?
... that Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, a giant, hot pink slug, is specific to a single mountaintop in southeast Australia?

10 June 2013

16:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the nuns of Medingen Abbey (pictured) produced a wealth of illuminated manuscripts in which they expanded Latin liturgy with vernacular prayers, lay-songs and meditations?
... that Lauren Ward and Keala Settle are nominees for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 67th Tony Awards for performances in Matilda the Musical and Hands on a Hardbody, respectively?
... that the iron bridge to Normanskill Farm in Albany, New York, built in 1867, is one of only a few in the United States to use both cast and wrought iron?
... that Dejan was one of the prominent figures of the Serbian Empire?
... that Roy Lichtenstein's Woman with Flowered Hat established a new auction record for the artist when it sold for over $56 million in May 2013?
... that adventurer Theodore Morde claimed to find the legendary "Lost City of the Monkey God" in 1940 and presented thousands of artifacts to support his claim?

08:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Tom Hanks

... that recently deceased Nora Ephron's last play and Tom Hanks' (pictured) Broadway theatre debut, Lucky Guy, is, along with The Assembled Parties, The Testament of Mary and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a 67th Tony Awards Best Play nominee?
... that with their combined wealth estimated at $1.6 billion, Singaporean couple Ong Beng Seng and Christina Ong are among the richest people in Singapore?
... that No. 41 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force operated the "slowest military aircraft in South-east Asia" during the early 1960s?
... that 18-year-old Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan, son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, has served as regent several times since reaching the age of majority?
... that the flag of American Samoa features a Bald Eagle, even though the bird does not live in the territory?
... that Gustavo Parraguez Galarce has been the interim mayor of Pichilemu three times?

00:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the hamburgers at Umami Burger (product pictured) earned the restaurant chain Burger of the Year honors from Alan Richman of GQ?
... that Operation Peppermint was the World War II codename for preparations to counter the danger that the Germans might disrupt D-Day with radioactive poisons?
... that 67th Tony Awards Best Musical nominee A Christmas Story: The Musical was adapted from a 1980s film and Best Revival of a Play nominee The Trip to Bountiful had been adapted into a 1980s film?
... that non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the Grand Mosque of Dubai, except the minaret from where photography is permitted?
... that Singaporean make-up artist Clarence Lee has done make-up for Zhang Ziyi, Stefanie Sun, The Spice Girls, and Chris Isaak?
... that Kothandaramaswamy Temple, believed to be the place where Vibhishana asked Rama for refuge, was the only structure in Dhanushkodi to survive the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone?
... that according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Eddie Dee is "your rapper's favorite rapper"?

9 June 2013

16:00, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

... that only two small fragments remain from 1,333 square feet (123.8 m²) of Giotto's Navicella mosaic (copy illustrated) in Old St. Peter's Basilica?
... that British poet Tony Harrison created the film-poem The Blasphemers' Banquet partially in response to the Salman Rushdie controversy surrounding his publication of The Satanic Verses?
... that Nick Ciuffo received a scholarship to play college baseball before appearing in a single high school baseball game?
... that critics claimed Tarmina only won its Citra Awards because of influence from Djamaluddin Malik?
... that Tommy Kendall suffered critical injuries at Watkins Glen in 1991 when the left rear wheel of his Intrepid RM-1 flew off, pitching him into the guardrail at 140 mph (230 km/h)?
... that Jeffrey Dampier won US$20 million in the Illinois Lottery and was subsequently murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend?
... that bullets are found in central and northern Australia after monsoonal rains?

08:00, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

... that after Worcester Priory lost Coenwulf's gift of Salwarpe (church pictured), St Wulfstan failed to recover it?
... that the Jeddo Tunnel contributes 90,000 pounds (41,000 kg) of acid per day to the Susquehanna River via the Little Nescopeck and Nescopeck Creeks?
... that Hardy Town, an encampment established by the civilians of Gibraltar to escape the Spanish bombardment of the Great Siege of 1779–83, was called the "Cowards' Retreat" by the British garrison?
... that Kentuckian journalist Ewing Galloway owned what was once the biggest stock photography company in the United States?
... that in the UK, social workers do not have the power to remove children without a court order, yet police do?
... that R. Nataraja Mudaliar, acknowledged as the father of Tamil cinema, was the first Indian to sell automobiles?
... that in the UK a total ouster clause in a statute generally does not prevent a person from applying for judicial review of a public authority's decision, but a partial ouster clause does?

00:05, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Gardens of Stone National Park (pictured) is so named for the natural stone pagodas within its boundaries?
... that Indian classical singer Shanno Khurana was awarded Padma Shri in 1991, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2006?
... that in the United States, landowners control subsurface oil and gas resources, while in most of the rest of the world, the petroleum fiscal regime is government-managed?
... that Muthu Alagappan's big data-driven basketball statistical analysis identifies 13 distinct player positions as opposed to the traditional five?
... that the black and white bands on the Flag of Botswana represent the stripes of the zebra, the country's national animal?
... that Marco Gonzales started and won the Colorado state championship game in all four years on his high school baseball team?
... that Ashvin Sivakumar won the Big Spell 2013 by correctly spelling pulchritudinous?

8 June 2013

16:20, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

... that after building the first concrete barn in the United States (pictured) on his farm in Chappaqua, New York, Horace Greeley said it would be "abidingly useful long after I shall have been utterly forgotten"?
... that Abujmarh, a hilly forest area in India, was proposed as a biosphere reserve by the country's Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2008?
... that the oil industry in Singapore generates five percent of the country's gross domestic product?
... that Said Amirov, the mayor of Makhachkala, has survived fifteen assassination attempts, including one that left him wheelchair-bound?
... that the 1970 edition of the National Atlas of the United States was too expensive for most Americans?
... that Knuthenborg was once Denmark's largest private estate?
... that the Bach cantata Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt, BWV 151, opens in a "mood of iridescent transparency"?

08:00, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

... that fungi of the mycorrhizal genus Austropaxillus (A. infundibuliformis pictured) are closely related to the brown rot genus Serpula?
... that Kerala Seaplane is the first and the only seaplane service in mainland India?
... that Francisco Esteban Gómez is honored in Venezuela as a hero of the Battle of Matasiete?
... that season two of Star Trek: The Next Generation featured the first appearance of Whoopi Goldberg, after she requested to appear on the show?
... that Wan Long, chairman of Shuanghui, is known as China's "number one butcher" due to the number of pigs his company slaughters?
... that in the wildlife of Nepal, Rhododendron is the most widely found national flower of the country and its red flower, known locally as Lal Guran, forms the wreath round the national symbol?
... that Willie Stokes buried his murdered son in a Cadillac-styled coffin, prompting Stevie Ray Vaughan to record the song "Willie the Wimp"?

00:00, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Tomb of King Tongmyong (pictured) is one of 63 individual tombs believed to belong to the ancient Goguryeo kingdom of Korea that were given UNESCO World Heritage status in 2004?
... that infoboxes on Wikipedia are used to extract structured content using machine learning algorithms?
... that Alfred Beckley, the founder of Beckley, West Virginia, found the townsite a "perfect wilderness"?
... that the 2013 Bilderberg Conference is the first Bilderberg Group meeting to be held in the United Kingdom since 1998?
... that Hauptsturmführer Karl Streibel, who took part in the Nazi extermination of Jews as storm leader of SS Battalion Streibel, was acquitted of any wrongdoing in 1976?
... that the bamboo network of overseas Chinese businesses links the economies of Southeast Asia with the economy of China?
... that Debby Applegate studied pornographic writing techniques for her Pulitzer-winning The Most Famous Man in America?

7 June 2013

16:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

... that two of the three hill complexes of Booti Booti National Park (pictured) were islands during the Pleistocene?
... that Ravi Shankar, the world-renowned Indian sitar player, was a musician from Varanasi?
... that Tom Collins resigned the presidency of RCSI-Bahrain over the alleged government cancellation of an ethics conference?
... that the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, a communist front co-chaired by Dorothy Parker, boycotted Nazi film-maker Leni Riefenstahl's visit to Los Angeles to meet Walt Disney?
... that Bigbury Camp, the only confirmed Iron Age hill fort in east Kent, is thought to be a fortress that Julius Caesar's Seventh Legion stormed in 54 BC?
... that Zainal Abidin acted in over 150 films but won only two Citra Awards?
... that other fish pose as the Haemulon and get in their school to protect themselves from predators?

08:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (pictured) is the first biosphere reserve in Singapore?
... that Lotika Sarkar was the first Indian woman to graduate and to receive a Ph. D. degree in law from the University of Cambridge?
... that face-to-face interaction has been steadily supplemented by mediated interaction since the invention of the printing press in 15th century Europe?
... that in 1976, Jack McAuliffe founded the New Albion Brewing Company, considered the first modern American microbrewery?
... that Mughalsarai marshalling yard is the largest in Asia?
... that Tio Pakusadewo won his Citra Awards for Best Leading Actor eighteen years apart?
... that the Idaho-endemic sedge Carex aboriginum was not seen again for nearly 90 years after its initial discovery?

00:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

... that an Albert Swinden mural (pictured), one of very few of his early paintings not destroyed in a studio fire, was painted over and thought lost, before being rediscovered and restored?
... that Singapore has lost 90% of its natural forests?
... that Sharmila Biswas, an Indian Odissi dancer, was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2012?
... that Arvind Mahankali won the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling knaidel?
... that Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies said journalist Sir Randal Heymanson was "the best informed Australian living in America"?
... that a team of filmmakers and scientists searching for the legendary "lost city of gold," la Ciudad Blanca, found multiple large-scale archeological sites?
... that the Zamorano Eighty list contains a book so rare, only two copies are known to exist, and one collector planned a burglary to obtain it?

6 June 2013

16:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Kuiu Wilderness and Tebenkof Bay Wilderness (pictured) are accessible only by boat or floatplane?
... that the starfish Cryptasterina pentagona and Cryptasterina hystera are believed to have diverged from a common ancestral line a few thousand years ago?
... that Major League Baseball pitcher Preston Claiborne is a major contributor to a website that gives tips on surviving the rigors of minor league baseball?
... that Museum Maribo-Bandholm near Bandholm has the oldest running steam locomotive and the oldest private railway track in Denmark, dated to 1869?
... that the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 38 Squadron was equipped with DHC-4 Caribou transport aircraft for 45 years?
... that Sarla Behn's and Mirabehn's work in Kumaon and Garhwal, respectively, played a key role in bringing focus on issues of environmental degradation and conservation in independent India?
... that plans for an elephant to appear in the Guano Apes' circus-themed music video "You Can't Stop Me" were cancelled after the elephant's owner threatened a rival circus family?

08:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

... that on this day 200 years ago, Australian explorers returned from the first successful colonial expedition to cross the Blue Mountains (pictured)?
... that Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light, the largest organization in the U.S. devoted to volunteer service, is considering running for the U.S. Senate, where her father once served?
... that Cathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh, an account of the wars of Thomond in 13th-century Ireland, is noted for both historical accuracy and vivid descriptions of banshees?
... that leading 1950s New York model Mary Jane Russell won damages after an altered photograph of her reading in bed was used to advertise bed sheets? ...
... that upon relegation to the 2013–14 RFU Championship, London Welsh looked to groundshare with Oxford University instead of returning to their home ground?
... that Stefan Strandberg was the captain of the Norwegian team that qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship?
... that the Batmobile was the pace car at a NASCAR race?

00:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Neo-Gothic renovation of Venezuela's Palacio de las Academias (pictured) gave the façade forty bays containing windows or doors?
... that Karera Wildlife Sanctuary, established to conserve the Great Indian Bustard, is being denotified due to opposition by the local people and the disappearance of the bird locally?
... that after Governor Liu Zihou was captured by the Red Guards and rescued by the army in 1967, rival army factions armed his supporters and opponents, who fought and killed each other for years?
... that the Golden Eagle Regional Park in Sparks, Nevada, is the sports complex with the most artificial turf space in North America, at 1,400,000 sq ft (0.13 km²)?
... that the geology of North America includes the core of the supercontinent Laurentia?
... that the laryngeal tube is a rescue device used for airway management in difficult situations to enable ventilation of the lungs?
... that baseball pitcher Ramón Arano is one of only two players ever to pitch professionally in six different decades, and is the only pitcher to win at least 300 career games in a single minor league?

5 June 2013

16:00, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Transylvanian Saxon noble family Soterius von Sachsenheim (coat of arms pictured) has its origins in the village Stein (part of Jibert commune, Romania)?
... that Clara Leach Adams-Ender was the first woman to receive her master's degree in military arts and sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College?
... that the Indian animation film Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali (2013) was released in three different languages – Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu?
... that the tunicate Ascidia mentula may have a pea crab, bivalve mollusc or copepod living in its body cavity?
... that the Bach cantata Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117, includes "the palpitations of an excited heartbeat"?
... that World Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney was a member of the Committee of Catholics to Fight Anti-Semitism, co-founded in 1939 by Catholic Worker leader Dorothy Day?
... that Malaysian chef Kwan Swee Lian's youngest son is the head of Madam Kwan's restaurant?

08:00, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

... that, fearing persecution, the 19th-century greeting card company Sockl and Nathan often excluded its name from its cards (sample pictured)?
... that American singer Romeo Santos received an award for Frankie J's cover of "Obsesión"?
... that, despite running back Matt Brown being only 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just signed him to a three-year NFL contract?
... that the great northern tilefish digs burrows and tunnels in clay sediment on the outer continental shelf and on flanks of submarine canyons?
... that the Palacio de Justicia de Caracas in Venezuela straddles an access highway to the city centre?
... that Dabba won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award, also known as Grand Rail d'Or, at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival?
... that Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church was founded by a woman who was wagered by her husband in a card game?

00:00, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

... that a British ambassador, a Polish pianist and a Filipino president were once entombed at the USS Maine Mast Memorial (pictured), though none of them died when the ship exploded and sank?
... that the National Art Gallery in Caracas has a wall with sculptural reliefs by Francisco Narvaez, Venezuela's first modernist sculptor?
... that a slotted line for microwave measurement can be made for roughly one ten-thousandth of the cost of a network analyzer?
... that Ranjit Sinha, director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation, unearthed a major cash-for-posts scam by tapping the phone of a colleague he reportedly had a grudge against?
... that Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143, may be too unpretentious to be a Bach work?
... that Dan Clemente developed and built the first residential condo complex in Virginia, which sold out before construction finished?
... that Bancroft Shed gave up kissing the shuttle for health reasons?

4 June 2013

16:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

... that for the Encore shot, 145 ponderosa pines were transported to the Nevada Test Site, set in concrete, and subjected to an atomic blast (pictured)?
... that Singaporean businessman Lien Ying Chow was the first non-American recipient of the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award?
... that the Bliss-Leavitt torpedo remained in service for 41 years, until the end of World War II?
... that, in 1973, Washington Saldías Fuentealba was expelled from the mayorship of Pichilemu, Chile, by the military junta of Augusto Pinochet?
... that Swami Vivekananda said it would not have been possible for him to do anything for India without the help of Ajit Singh, eighth king of Shekhawat dynasty of Khetri, Rajasthan?
... that SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Bothmann was one of at least a dozen high-ranking Nazi functionaries and Holocaust perpetrators who committed suicide?
... that Charlotte Bobcats head coach Steve Clifford was an assistant to Jeff and Stan Van Gundy, and regards both brothers as mentors?

08:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the name of the Zarafshan Range (pictured) is believed to refer to gold deposits found in the river of the same name that flows through it?
... that the Hongwu Emperor was so fond of Gao Ming's play The Lute that he ordered it to be performed every day at court?
... that the historic Siskiyou Pass is within a mile of Siskiyou Summit, the highest elevation on Interstate 5?
... that Eduardo Parraguez Galarce recalled that he "fought against" the mayors of Marchigüe and Santa Cruz for Pichilemu to become capital of the Chilean province of Cardenal Caro?
... that the only landward road to Gibraltar formerly ran along a narrow causeway next to an artificial lake called the Inundation?
... that agriculture in Singapore accounted for only 0.5% of the country's GDP in 2010?
... that the recently assassinated Curaçaoan politician Helmin Wiels once said, "Dutch is a dead language, the same as Greek or Latin"?

00:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Hu Zhengyan's Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy (excerpt pictured) remained in print for around 200 years?
... that Tan Tjoei Hock's Black Wolf was inspired by Zorro?
... that as British poet Tony Harrison finished his speech as the Spirit of Phrynichos in his play The Labourers of Herakles, one of the labourers exclaimed: "Who the fuck was that?"?
... that the facade of the Jean Cocteau Museum has been likened to a "string of alabaster forearms holding up the sky"?
... that porn star Danny Wylde and his girlfriend contributed a film of themselves having sex to a website that aims to provide more realistic representations of sex than are found in hardcore pornography?
... that while American "Cabernet blanc" is made from Cabernet Sauvignon in a style similar to White Zinfandel, an actual Cabernet blanc grape does exist?
... that the design of the church of St. James on-the-Lines did not look enough like an English church for the Bishop of Toronto?

3 June 2013

16:00, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

... that in 1905, Fredrikke Marie Qvam (pictured) as head of a women's voting rights organization gathered about 300,000 signatures from women in support of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden?
... that there were two Citra Awards for Best Leading Actor given in 1955, but none in 1980?
... that Ming Dynasty courtesan Xue Susu was an accomplished archer who gave public performances?
... that many species of fungi involved in ectomycorrhizas are capable of degrading and mineralizing a variety of persistent organic pollutants found in the soil?
... that English botanist Richard Eric Holttum wrote the first book on gardening in Singapore?
... that the Bach cantata Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100, includes up to 24 demisemiquavers per bar?
... that Athous haemorrhoidalis can click and flick itself high into the air?

08:05, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

... that in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, pointy flower heads of the herb Thonningia sanguinea (pictured) are often tied to the ankles of young children to help them learn to walk?
... that the story Janko Muzykant was one of Henryk Sienkiewicz's works mentioned in a speech during his 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature ceremony?
... that fauna of Bangladesh includes Trigona fuscobaltiata, the only species of stingless bees found in the country?
... that the Chopo University Museum building in Mexico City was designed by Bruno Möhring as a pavilion for a 1902 art and textile exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany?
... that the Dhambalin archaeological site, discovered in 2007 by Somali archaeologist Sada Mire, has the earliest known rock art pictures of sheep in Somalia?
... that the USS Ferret was part of a naval fleet that sailed to the Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of pirate raids on merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s?
... that Cardinal Kollonitsch said he would "first render Hungary obedient, then destitute, and finally Catholic"?

00:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the Coronation of Queen Victoria (illustrated) in 1838 was described by the writer Harriet Martineau, who was present, as "highly barbaric"?
... that the US Army's Nike Ajax was the world's first operational surface-to-air missile?
... that Up the Women was the last sitcom to be filmed before an audience at BBC Television Centre?
... that New York City police officer Adrian Schoolcraft was confined involuntarily to a psychiatric ward after criticizing the city's "stop and frisk" policy?
... that Amanda Vaill was an editor at Viking Press alongside Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis?
... that the Tsaobis Leopard Park is the only nature reserve among the protected areas of Namibia to conserve leopards in particular?
... that Minneapolis's only dedicated long form improv theater is HUGE?

2 June 2013

16:35, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

... that John Eliot Gardiner (pictured), conductor of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, noted the "immensity, vigour, flexibility and imagination of the opening chorus" of Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39?
... that photographer Chua Soo Bin has been called "one of the most sought-after commercial photographers" in Singapore?
... that Lockheed made microcomputers?
... that the Bogibeel Bridge being built across the Brahmaputra is expected to become India's longest combined road and rail bridge?
... that IronE Singleton's stint as T-Dog in The Walking Dead was only supposed to last a few episodes, but ended up spanning three seasons?
... that Black Mesa is the highest point of Oklahoma?
... that the velvet roll-rim, larch milkcap, and sooty milkcap use a wound-activated defense system to deter predation?

08:50, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the house where Simón Bolívar was born (pictured) is now a national monument in Venezuela?
... that David Jay Brown wrote about the possible use of MDMA ("ecstasy") to treat post-traumatic stress disorder?
... that the Wib 9 fighter aircraft never went into production, although testing suggested it was faster than the model that preceded it?
... that the lyrics of Kelly Rowland's song "Dirty Laundry" speak candidly about her envy of Beyoncé Knowles?
... that Venezuela formerly produced almost as much coffee as Colombia, but by 2001 its coffee production was only about one percent of world production?
... that Larry Itliong's Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee began the Delano grape strike before Cesar Chavez's National Farm Workers Association joined the picket lines?
... that Princeton University's alma mater "Old Nassau" was originally sung to the melody of "Auld Lang Syne"?

00:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Arshavir Shirakian (pictured) assassinated two Turkish officials for their role in the Armenian Genocide?
... that the success of DavisWiki, which is used by at least half of Davis, California, residents, led to the creation of LocalWiki?
... that Theodore Garman was painted, but not acknowledged, by his father?
... that the release of Bachata Romántica: 1's two weeks before Valentine's Day was used as a promotional tactic to generate a holiday sales boost?
... that China is the world's leader of lettuce production, producing approximately half of the world's lettuce?
... that although the first overall selection in the 1987 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft became a 13-time All-Star, the second overall selection never played in an MLB game?
... that Despot Badžović wrote an alphabet book for schools in Macedonia?

1 June 2013

16:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

... that Cicindela albissima (pictured) is a beetle found only in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes of southern Utah and has a population of less than 1800?
... that 18th-century Virginia pioneer and physician Robert White previously served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy and was the father of U.S. House Representative Alexander White?
... that an 11th-century pagoda was demolished in order to construct Hanoi's St. Joseph's Cathedral in 1886?
... that Singaporean politician Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat was "Singapore's first Malay minister"?
... that the Bach cantata Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74, includes both "childlike openness" and "manic chortling"?
... that Lilian Faithfull, the first women's hockey captain at Oxford University, was the first to suggest the Lady Blue for women competing in a game between Oxford and Cambridge?
... that there is an Indian Salt Service?

08:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

... that in Nano Riantiarno's Semar Gugat the main character Semar (pictured), traditionally a symbol of the people, uses a magic fart?
... that Frank J. Lowry was awarded the Navy Cross for his service as captain of the cruiser USS Minneapolis at the Battle of the Coral Sea?
... that Knuthenborg Safaripark, a major tourist attraction of Lolland, is the largest safari park in northern Europe and the largest natural playground in Denmark?
... that two years after the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, HBO aired a documentary on the decade-long hunt, narrated by the CIA agents involved?
... that businessman Hoo Ah Kay is considered "one of the most influential Chinese (Cantonese) tycoons in Singapore"?
... that "In the Hands of the Prophets" was the Star Trek debut of Louise Fletcher, who won several major acting awards for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
... that Ruut Veenhoven knows a lot about happiness?

00:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

... that the edifice (pictured) was the focal point for the Constitutional Convention and signing of the Declaration of Independence of Venezuela in the nineteenth century, hence known as the "cradle of independence”?
... that José Lino Vargas was taken as a hostage by an extremist that hijacked a Boeing 727 plane?
... that music critics have compared Justin Timberlake's 2013 song "Let the Groove Get In" to Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"?
... that the story of Khachadour Garabedian, the only known Armenian to have fought during the American Civil War, started at a flea market?
... that on the Great Barrier Reef, the coral Acropora loripes breeds synchronously five or six days after the full moon in November and December?
... that the aim of the computer game Kaboom: The Suicide Bombing Game is to kill and injure as many men, women and children as possible?
... that Singaporean politician Chew Swee Kee got robbed of his trousers while on a family holiday?