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31 March 2004
- ...that in the late USAF Northrop YB-49set both an unofficial endurance record and a trans-continental speed record?
- ...that the cause of exploding head syndrome may be a minor seizure in the temporal lobe?
- ...that Power Girl is a cousin of Superman from the DC Comics universe?
- ...that ?
- ...that meiosis, a form of cell division, confers a selective advantage?
- ...that a chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chickenhatchlings?
- ...that a Klondike bar is a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla square coated with a thin layer of chocolate?
- ... the ?"
30 March 2004
- ... the ?"
- ...that Greeneyes are hermaphroditic?
- ...that NHLhistory?
- ...that a Chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chickenhatchlings?
- ...that Monique Serf was only ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II?
- ...that in the 1930s, Australia was home to a paramilitary Fascist organization called the New Guard?
- ...that Dolmabahçe Palace was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1923?
- ...that the U.S. Academic Decathlon was first organized in Orange County, California?
- ...that until the antifreeze?
- ...that the Chicago, Illinois was intended to rival New York City's Metropolitan Opera House?
29 March 2004
- ...that space shuttle called Getaway Specials?
- ...that Dido class cruisers fought in the Battle of Cape Matapan, Battle of Okinawa, Operation Overlord, and Operation Torch?
- ...that Zenna Henderson's story "Pottage" was made into an ABC-TV Movie, "The People", starring William Shatner?
- ...that Lord Byron, had gone mad?
- ...that the Kharosthi script was in use from the middle of the 3rd century BC until around the 3rd century AD?
- ...that the governor of Texas during the American Civil War was Francis Lubbock?
- ...that Death with Dignity Act?
28 March 2004
- ...that, in the Petty Officer First Classis dependent on time in service, performance evaluations, and rate examinations?
- ...that Joan of Arc and Mahatma Gandhi were protagonists in Clone High?
- ...that deafchildren to master quickly?
27 March 2004
- ...that FDR, founded the American Red Crossnursing service?
- ...that the Persian king Cyrus the Younger invented the scythed chariot?
- ...that there is no widely accepted explanation for geographic features called meteorsmay be the cause?
26 March 2004
- ...that Newfoundland?
- ...that there is a collection of reptiles called a nucleus accumbensthat is implicated in reward responses?
- ...that New York City has been working on the Second Avenue Subway project since 1919?
- ...that the freshwater ecoregion?
- ...the howler monkeysof equal size?
- ...that the Workers Socialist Federation began as a suffragettegroup?
25 March 2004
- ...that people who suffer from anosognosia deny or do not know that they have relatively significant challenges such blindness or paralysis?
- ...that Captain & Tennille now reside in Nevada, United States?
- ...that siblings raised separately may experience genetic sexual attraction if they meet as adults?
- ...the brains of spider monkeys are weigh twice as much as the brains of howler monkeysof equal size?
- ...that according to the ancient doctrine of signatures, the plant hepatica was useful for treating liver disorders?
- ...that Church House is the headquarters building for the Church of England?
- ...that Irving proposed to Cathy on Valentine's Day 2004?
- ...that nuclear weapons?
- ...that the Great Patriotic War?
- ...that in bodhisattvas?
24 March 2004
- ...that Comiskey Park was the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball until its demolition in 1991?
- ...that a demisemiquaver is a musical note that is played for 1/32 the duration of a whole note?
- ...that "Persian violet" is another name for cyclamen?
- ...that Pharoah Hatshepsut?
- ...that the be-bop?
23 March 2004
- ...that the UN founded the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in 1975?
- ...that Venice, Italy, is not a dialect of Italian?
- ...that ?
- ...that 236 islands?
- ...that the Ancient Greek mathematician Polybius invented the Polybius square, a cryptographic technique?
- ...that troubadors?
- ...that the term Apostles and the Church Fathers?
22 March 2004
- ...that ?
- ...that Albert R. Broccoli produced Dr. No and remained involved with the James Bond series until his death?
- ...that famous Late West Saxon?
- ...the liturgicalcalendar?
21 March 2004
- ...that Betti numbers?
- ...that a litigation claims or procedures?
- ...that American frontiersman Hugh Glass traveled 200 miles through the wilderness, alone and gravely injured, after surviving a grizzly bear attack?
- ...that the framework of the cautionary tale became a cliché in 1980s slasher films?
20 March 2004
- ...that founding fathers, served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?
- ...that ruler-and-compass construction?
- ...that the Waldorf Astoria in New York City sits on the site of the former home of William Waldorf Astor?
- ...that the Super Friends had two sets of sidekicks: Wendy & Marvin, and then the Wonder Twins?
19 March 2004
- ...that movie Creepshow?
- ...that the False Vampire Batwill fall out of a tree to pounce upon unsuspecting prey?
- ...that "Persianlove story?
- ...that settlers are people who travelled, of their own choice, from their land of birth to live in "new" lands or colonies?
- ...that the United States Naval War College grants a Master of Artsdegree?
- ...that the movie series is based on a Stephen King short story?
- ...that the viscosity of a ferrofluid can be controlled with electromagnets?
18 March 2004
- ...that the neurobiology because of its small number of large neurons?
- ...that Stalinistwork?
- ...that Cornell University in the United States has four statutory colleges?
17 March 2004
- ...that the first Mickey Mouse clock was made by Timex?
- ...that ?
- ...that X-rated animatedfeature?
- ...that the biggest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere will be the Southern African Large Telescope, opening later this year?
- ...that the first standard for non-heart beating donors"?
- ...that Unité d'Habitation in Marseille?
- ...that the ?
- ...that scientists are testing artificial satellite?
- ...that cell adhesion is a product of protein bonding?
16 March 2004
- ...that the Armistice Day Blizzardof 1940 killed at least 140 people?
- ...that Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay is a World Heritage Site?
- ...that male Western fence lizardshave blue bellies?
- ...that the Zulu war?
- ...that Michael Schumacher has won the last three Spanish Grand Prix?
- ...that France was the first country to adopt the 35-hour workweek?
- ...that Napoleon once commissioned Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes to write an éloge on George Washington?
15 March 2004
- ...that the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is a Hubble Space Telescope image that contains roughly 10,000 galaxies?
- ...that Michael Clarke Duncan worked as a bodyguard for people like Will Smith before making it big in acting?
- ...that Daniel S. Goldin spearheaded the "faster, better, cheaper" approach at NASA?
- ...that the rusting?
14 March 2004
- ...that Mark Catesby published the first account of the flora and fauna of North America?
13 March 2004
- ...that a Street artist is someone who draws pictures for the pleasure of passers-by?
- ...that Severnaya Zemlya was the last archipelago on Earth to be discovered?
- ...that Canadian Prime Minister?
- ...that the Tibetan Plateau is known as the "roof of the world"?
- ...that chocolate contains large quantities of oxalic acid?
- ...that the only remaining dock on the south side of London's River Thames is Greenland Dock, the city's oldest riverside dock?
- ...that Caedwalla of Wessex conquered southeast England during his brief 7th centuryreign?
- ...that the San Andreas fault?
- ...that the full force of the WWII in parts of the country, particularly Western Canada?
- ...that Monument Valley was once mined for uranium ore?
- ...that during World War I thimbles were used as currency?
- ...that the Magellanic subpolar forests of South America are the world's southernmost forests?
11 March 2004
- ...that SBD Dauntless dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser during the Battle of Midway?
- ...that Jimmy Piersall ran the bases backwards after hitting his hundredth home run?
- ...that the first Exocet missile during the Falklands War?
- ...that there are at least 18 different distinct video game genres?
- ...that the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees is Aneto?
10 March 2004
- ...that Orson Squire Fowler, who popularized the octagon house, was also a phrenologist?
- ...that misquote?
- ...that Tetricus I was the last of the Gallic Emperors?
- ...that Wite-Out correction fluid was invented in 1966?
8 March 2004
- ...that the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo attacked workers who were building the Uganda Railway which connects Uganda and Kenya?
- ...that the Assembly of First Nations is an advocacy group for aboriginal people in Canada?
- ...that Oriental" influences?
- ...that housing project in 1981?
- ...that the Valdivian ecoregion contains the only temperate rainforest in South America?
7 March 2004
- ...that U.S. Navy?
- ...that Henry Wade never lost a case until Roe v. Wade?
6 March 2004
- ...that most "tin cans" are actually made of steel?
- ...that 1997 Golden Raspberriesaward for Worst Picture?
- ...that the Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber used during World War II?
- ...that the Pai Chung-hsi?
- ...that left-handed specialists in baseball frequently enjoy long careers since their pitching arm suffers lesser stress?
5 March 2004
- ...that American Zoetrope was originally housed in a warehouse in San Francisco in 1969?
- ...that the African-American airborne unit in the United States Army?
- ...that Singapore's first elected President was Ong Teng Cheong?
4 March 2004
- ...that the gestation period of the ring-tailed lemur is approximately 146 days?
- ...that NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has logged 497 hours in space?
- ...that the original "dreamer of dreams" was British poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy?
- ...Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, was the father of the infamous Vlad the Impaler?
3 March 2004
- ...that industrialist Nazi Party member John Rabe saved more than 50,000 Chinese nationals from the Rape of Nanking?
- ...that Enrico Fermi was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1942?
- ...that the improper use of a ruse of war?
2 March 2004
- ...that the Palau Congressional Library was founded in 1981, and has a staff of two?
- ...that Thutmose I was the first Pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings?
- ...that the Reduced Shakespeare Company performs all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes?
- ...that congenital condition of being born without irises?
1 March 2004
- ...that children born between 1901 and 1910 are said to be from the Interbellum Generation?
- ...that because of an effort to curb the spread of STDs, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s?
- ...that the ?