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Did you know...

28 April 2005

14:07, 28 April 2005 (UTC)

...that streetcar and bus manufacturer in High Point, North Carolina
?

...that
actress Susan Oliver, after surviving a plane crash that almost ended her life, became the first woman to fly a single-engined aircraft solo from New York City across the Atlantic Ocean
?

...that the library by Microsoft
?

...that the two airplanes on the Bar Harbor Airlines fleet that had accidents were numbered N200WP and N300WP respectively?

27 April 2005

17:19, 27 April 2005 (UTC)

...that one-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of the United States, Canada and Australia until the early 20th century, and that they continue in some parts of Ireland today?

... that thousands of
exploding toads
?

...that a kid hack was a horse-drawn vehicle used for transporting children to school in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States? This early form of school bus powered by both horses and mules, was usually loaded at the rear to avoid frightening the animals.

...that a remand prisoner
may be entitled to wear their own clothing, rather than a prison uniform?

26 April 2005

07:24, 26 April 2005 (UTC)

...that sculptor August Leimbach, 12 were placed from Maryland to California
in 1928 and 1929.

...that the growing of heirloom plants may help increase the genetic variety of crops?

...that the
Laotian Rock Rat is a new species of rodent that is unique enough to lead researchers to create a new family of mammals
?

...that the International Dance Day has been celebrated on April 29 since 1982? It commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet.

25 April 2005

02:54, 25 April 2005 (UTC)

...that fictional character, in the early 1920s
?

...the
Fletcher-class destroyer, and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd
?

...that
musical montage (montage meaning "putting together") is a technique where musical compositions or sound objects are created from collage
?

22 April 2005

20:30, 22 April 2005 (UTC)

...that the town of Baird, Texas, is named after the second owner of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Matthew Baird?

...that the
software author
as an adult?

...that action games
?

...that
Chrissy Snow from the American sitcom Three's Company was actually named "Christmas Snow
"?

21 April 2005

18:16, 21 April 2005 (UTC)

...that the
D.C. Convention Center, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Corcoran Gallery of Art are all located on or near New York Avenue in Washington, D.C.
?

...that traitor
two weeks before he was born?
...that a police officer in the United States may only briefly detain and frisk a person if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in a crime?

...that the song "Delta Dawn" was first sung by Tanya Tucker and turned down by Barbra Streisand before gaining widespread pop success by Helen Reddy?

02:02, 21 April 2005 (UTC)

...that animal trainers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax, was the name of the first dog to portray Lassie
?

20 April 2005

18:09, 20 April 2005 (UTC)

Ohio, Warren County is highlighted

...that the Warren County Canal was a twenty-mile long canal in Ohio that linked Lebanon to the Miami and Erie Canal and which operated only eight unprofitable years?

...that sexologist Ernest Borneman
when he was not yet 20 years of age?

...that the biodiversity of New Zealand is dominated by bird families that flew in from Australia and insects, frogs and plants that were on the island when it broke off from Gondwana?

...that a
Sub Inspector or S.I. is the rank of an Indian police officer who is in command of a police station
?

19 April 2005

09:53, 19 April 2005 (UTC)

...that junk, which sailed from China to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848
?

...The Jeff Corwin Experience is an American television show about animals hosted by actor and conservationist Jeff Corwin on Animal Planet?

...that the
footballer Lucien Laurent scored the first ever World Cup goal, against Mexico in 1930
?

...that the fifth century AD
?

18 April 2005

10:08, 18 April 2005 (UTC)

...that the complex
generative sciences
?

...that Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is the largest producer of diamonds by value in the world?

...that high school
?

...that the
GoldenPalace.com Monkey
?

16 April 2005

21:24, 16 April 2005 (UTC)

...that Queen's Gambit Accepted is a chess opening in which Black takes a White pawn after two moves, but is not a real gambit because Black cannot count on keeping his advantage?

...that actor Philip Ahn was the first child of Korean ancestry to be born in the United States?

...that Boneless Fish is a Japanese frozen food made from fish, which is deboned by hand and then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme?

...the
radio station signed on with 50 watts in 1924, it was heard as far away as New Zealand
, far exceeding anyone's expectations.

15 April 2005

10:08, 15 April 2005 (UTC)

100x100px|Bhutan Broadcasting Services logo

...that the Bhutan Broadcasting Service had transmitted radio broadcasts for many years, but only commenced with television broadcasts in 1999?

...that every British monarch since
Queen Victoria has worshipped at Crathie Kirk, a small parish church near Balmoral Castle
?

...that
Giovanni Bugatti was the longest-serving executioner in the Papal States
?

...
network television show produced by a college or university
?

14 April 2005

19:46, 14 April 2005 (UTC)

...that Marie-Anne Gaboury was the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in the Canadian west?

...that Terri Irwin, co-owner of the Australia Zoo and co-star of The Crocodile Hunter series on television, began caring for injured wildlife as a child and ran her own rehab facility for 5 years before she met Steve Irwin?

...that the MCC beat Warwickshire in the first game of the 2005 English cricket season?

13 April 2005

11:57, 13 April 2005 (UTC)

...that the Galápagos tortoise is the largest living tortoise in the world, only native to the Galápagos Islands, where about 15,000 of them live?

...that Edgar Buchanan was a dentist before becoming an American actor with a long career in both movies and television, and is probably best remembered as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction and Green Acres television sitcoms of the 1960s?

...that Dismal Swamp Canal which runs along the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina is the oldest continually operating man-made canal in the United States?

12 April 2005

11:54, 12 April 2005 (UTC)

100x100px|An "F-Zero" video game

... that the F-Zero series
of video games is renowned for its sheer visceral impression of speed?

...that song writer wrote over 700 songs, including "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" in 1878, which was later the official State Song of Virginia
from 1940 to 1997?

...that automobile dealership in the United States
?

...that the Lebanon Correctional Institution and the Warren Correctional Institution are on land once owned by the Shakers?

01:06, 12 April 2005 (UTC)

...that Dr. Hunter McGuire was a physician who amputated General Stonewall Jackson's arm during the American Civil War and later helped found several hospitals and a prominent medical school in Richmond, Virginia?

... that a consistent
?

...that Mountain Lake, one of only two natural lakes in Virginia, was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in New York's Catskill Mountains for the 1987 feature film Dirty Dancing?

10 April 2005

20:08, 10 April 2005 (UTC)

...that James River in Virginia, hosts an award-winning VDOT project to provide nesting locations for peregrine falcons
which are traceable on a website?

...that although
1966 World Cup
final?

...that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
?

9 April 2005

19:49, 9 April 2005 (UTC)

The World Trade Center on fire

...that video September 11, 2001 attacks
?

...that hippos
are related?

...that "Gigantour," a six-week heavy metal music festival devised by Megadeth front-man Dave Mustaine, will travel North America in late-July?

...that
Congress for the benefit of Miami University
?

8 April 2005

10:02, 8 April 2005 (UTC)

...that an troy ounce of .999 pure silver
?

...that some stationery companies produce scented paper and envelopes specifically for love letters?

...that a blowtorching the carcass of a sheep or goat without removing its fleece
?

...that Reverend John Chilembwe is celebrated as the first Malawian nationalist, and was a martyr for his cause?

6 April 2005

19:35, 6 April 2005 (UTC)

...that the million
eggs a day?

...that during the Elizabethan era in England, theatres were constructed of wood and were circular in form, open to the elements and with a large portion of the audience standing directly below the stage?

...that "
Lil' Romeo
?

5 April 2005

19:26, 5 April 2005 (UTC)

Wilfrédo Gomez

...that Wilfredo Benitez share not only their first name, but also their Puerto Rican nationality? They also won three world boxing
titles each.

...that
note or sound on the recording, making the turntable a fully performable and improvisational
instrument?

...that Robert Dick Wilson was a leading Bible scholar who was able to read the New Testament in nine different languages while still at Princeton University, and strongly defended the Bible's historical accuracy?

4 April 2005

20:18, 4 April 2005 (UTC)

...that the
junk from India" rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1420, around 70 years before the navigations of Vasco da Gama
?

...that The Brady Bunch actress Maureen McCormick was one of the many people who voiced the 1960s toy Chatty Cathy?

...that Flying Dog Brewery employs the unusual artwork of Ralph Steadman on its labels, best known for his work as the illustrator of the works of Hunter S. Thompson?

...that Arthur Owens, codenamed SNOW, was a vital double agent who supplied information to German intelligence under the direction of British MI5 during the early years of World War II?

08:23, 4 April 2005 (UTC)

Sushi on display

...that the history of sushi shows that although sushi is famous for its use in the Japanese cuisine, it actually originated in China in the 3rd or 4th century BC, more than 900 years before its first known appearance in Japan?

...that undertaker after he retired from football
?

...that
pilot Victor Chapman died after being attacked by German enemies while on flight to carry oranges
to a wounded friend?

...that coupler design out of wood in 1873
?

3 April 2005

13:12, 3 April 2005 (UTC)

100x100px|Bunchy Carter

...that Bunchy Carter founded the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party?

...that childhood
?

...that from
Union Minière du Haut Katanga had a virtual monopoly of the world uranium
market?

...that on March 4 1839, William F. Harnden became the first person to send an express freight shipment by rail?

2 April 2005

11:56, 2 April 2005 (UTC)

...that although railroad technologies in the early 1820s, including tracks and wheels, he never patented
them?

...that Arcadia University changed its name from Beaver College because the latter "too often elicited ridicule in the form of derogatory remarks"?

...that the
Alexandre Dumas' recently rediscovered last novel The Knight of Sainte-Hermine has a pivotal encounter with the British admiral Horatio Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar
?

...a adversity, disadvantage, or disability
without correcting or eliminating the underlying condition?

1 April 2005

18:17, 1 April 2005 (UTC)

...that a bulbous bow can increase a ship's fuel efficiency by as much as 15%?

...that Jesus spelled backwards sounds a bit like sausage?

...that the Sedlec Ossuary
is a chapel decorated with the bones of 40,000 people?

...that Stephen Clarke is a humorous look at the tense Franco-British relations during the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
?

11:16, 1 April 2005 (UTC)

...that the BMT Sea Beach Line has at times hosted the fastest express train service between Manhattan and Coney Island, but now carries only local trains of the New York City Subway, and doesn't even reach Coney Island due to reconstruction?

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