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30 May 2004
- ...that the Oxford University Museum was the site of a major debate in evolutionary biology?
- ...that whale songs?
- ...that ?
- ...that ?
- ...that Canada Dry ginger ale became a popular mixer during Prohibition, when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor?
28 May 2004
- ...that border?
- ...that four planes were simultaneously hijacked in the 1970 Dawson's Field hijackings?
- ...that the caterpillars of the Anise Swallowtail butterfly like to eat fennel?
27 May 2004
- ...that Battleship Row bore the brunt of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor?
- ...that Sale of the Century was Australia's longest-running game show?
- ...that freak waves are common near Cape Algulhas off the southern tip of Africa?
26 May 2004
- ...that Andante in C was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first composition?
25 May 2004
- ...that in Irish politics, no ordinary referendum has ever occurred?
24 May 2004
- ...that the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington was the first major volcanic eruption to occur in the U.S. since the 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California?
- ...that USSR following the Russian Revolution?
- ...that women are twice as likely as men to have pulmonary hypertension?
- ...that some people believe that the Angels of Mons helped protect British forces during World War I's Battle of Mons?
23 May 2004
- ...that the most popular brand of Pernod Fils?
- ...that Canada's tax policy does not include an inheritance tax?
- ...that an oast house is a traditional Kentish structure for drying hops before brewing?
- ...that George Rogers Clark, older brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, captured two British forts during the American Revolutionary War?
- ...that Emilio Carranza was known as "the Lindbergh of Mexico"?
- ...that Kawaiahao Church is known as the Westminster Abbey of Hawaii?
- ...that index fossils?
- ...that the Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria led to World War I? (Okay, you probably did know that one.)
- ...that many old buildings near ?
21 May 2004
- ...that the Irish Supreme Court sits at the Four Courts building in Dublin?
- ...that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned literacy tests as a voting qualification in the U.S.?
- ...that surgery patients who experience anesthesia awareness may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder?
- ...that superconducting materials rather than the present-day transistorstandard?
20 May 2004
- ...that Pizza Hut was founded by Dan and Frank Carney?
- ...that the tea?
- ...that in Communist Party?
- ...that after the Red Baron, French ace René Fonck had the most confirmed World War I aerial victories?
- ...that the Australian Corps was the largest corps fielded by the British army in France during World War I?
- ...that authentic shrunken heads have nose hair?
- ...that an World War II's Battle of Stalingrad?
- ...that public broadcasting in New Zealand of color television began in 1975?
- ...that the first branch of the city hall?
19 May 2004
- ...that the Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the biggest jellyfishin the world?
- ...that residents of California buy more earthquake insurance than residents of any other U.S. state?
- ...that in architecture, there are at least five kinds of buttress: clasping, angle, flying, set-back and diagonal?
- ...that during the ?
- ...that the Temple Bar marks the western edge of the City of London?
18 May 2004
- ...that badlands?
- ...that the evolution of sex is a major puzzle of evolutionary biology, due to the so-called two-fold cost of sex?
- ...that the hyper engine was a hypothetical aircraft engine design meant to deliver 1 horsepower from 1 cubic inch of displacement?
- ...that Gatianus of Tours was one of seven bishops sent by Pope Fabian from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel?
- ...that quantum optics is a field of research in physics, dealing with the application of quantum mechanics to phenomena of light?
16 May 2004
- ...that badlands?
- ...that the Hubbard Glacier is the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska?
- ...that former Olympic Flame during the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics?
- ...that it was the Boucher de Perthes?
- ...that ?
15 May 2004
- ...that magnum opus?
- ...that Groundskeeper Willie, a character on The Simpsons, coined the phrase cheese-eating surrender monkeys?
- ...that the nuclear attackearly-warning system?
- ...that what was probably the last living Spix's Macaw died in 2000?
- ...that the Western Tiger Swallowtail butterflyhas large yellow eyespots?
- ...that on Dagen H, or H Day, (Sunday September 3, 1967) at 5:00 am, Swedes switched from driving on the left to the right?
- ...that ?
14 May 2004
- ...that the People's Republic of China, regulating the use of the internetby the Chinese youth?
13 May 2004
- ...that the Vickers machine gun was the standard weapon on all British and French military aircraft after 1916?
- ...that nearly half the eligible male population of New Zealand served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War I?
- ...that the Pascha greeting is an Easter custom amongst Orthodox Christians?
12 May 2004
- ...that the ?
- ...that the Duchy of the Archipelago was an alliance of islands in the Aegean Sea organized after the Fourth Crusade?
11 May 2004
- ...that the ?
- ...that Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
- ...that the so-called Loughall Martyrs were a group of eight men from the Provisional IRA's East Tyrone Brigade who were ambushed and killed on May 8 1987 by the British special forces, the SAS?
10 May 2004
- ...that the ?
8 May 2004
- ...that the first helicopter flight was in 1906 in Lisieux, France?
- ...that most people on a )?
- ...that the root of the Purple Salsify tastes of oysters?
- ...that the lesbians who have been subjected to persecution because of their sexual orientation?
- ...that the generals of Alexander the Greatwho sought power after his death?
- ...that when released, the film Waterworld was the biggest failure, in terms of returns?
6 May 2004
- ...that the saliva of a Common Garter Snake may be toxic to amphibiansand other small animals?
- ...that the Maltese alphabet contains 29 letters but does not contain the Latin letter Y?
- ...that Abercrombie & Fitch was founded in 1892 and originally sold hunting, camping and fishing gear?
- ...that in the 19th century the Wörthersee became an exclusive summer retreat for Vienna's nobility?
5 May 2004
- ...that mental institution in England?
- ...that the longest extra inning game in professional baseball history was an International League game that lasted 33 innings?
- ...that the People's Republic of China?
- ...that an racehorse named Cigar was the first winner of the Dubai World Cup?
3 May 2004
- ...that all members of the genus Zigadenus are unpalatable to livestock because of the presence of alkaloids?
- ...that in 1169 Denny Abbey was handed over to the Knights Templar?
- ...that savesin a career?
- ...that the co-winner with Nicholas Butler?
2 May 2004
- ...that although opera contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink had a son fighting on the other side, she toured the United States to raise money for the USA in World War I?
- ...that Teacher's Day holiday each September 28?
- ...that both antidepressants like bupropion work on multiple neurotransmitters?
- ...that the HMS Finisterre replaced her sister-ship the Hogue in Far Eastern service after the latter was destroyed by a collision with an Indiancruiser?