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Did you know...

31 January 2005

...that 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish war
?

...that political illustrator Steve Brodner has caricatured American Presidents going back to Richard Nixon?

...that the evil spirits and demons
?

...that
MP Leah Manning organised the evacuation of almost 4,000 Basque children to Britain during the Spanish Civil War
?

30 January 2005

...that the September 11, 2001 attacks
?

...that the
HEAT warhead
?

...that Buddhism in Austria is a legally recognized religion and has 10,402 followers according to the 2001 census?

...that although it was a hoax gone awry, scientists originally believed Drake's Plate of Brass to be genuine, based on initial metallurgical studies?

...that the
Bourbonnais train accident
?

28 January 2005

...that meters) above the Lower New York Bay
and can be seen as far as 18 miles (29 km) away?

...that Austrian entrepreneur Richard Lugner has been nicknamed Mörtel ("Mortar", as in masonry) by the media?

... that the graves of 13
Glanbrook, Ontario
?

...that St. Francois range
are believed to be one of the few spots in the central US that may never have been submerged under ancient seas?

...that the
mollusks, secretes the calcium carbonate that creates their shell
?

...that the
traditional Greek theatre
of shadows?

...that Father co-operative
?

27 January 2005

... that the Diana who got his position by killing the previous incumbent
?

...that
editor
before he became a full-time author?

...that
Aer Arann is the only scheduled airline that uses Waterford Airport, which lies close to Tramore Bay in the Republic of Ireland
?

...that Takashi Sakai, a General of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, was sentenced to death on August 27, 1946 for atrocities committed against civilians and surrendered soldiers in Hong Kong?

...that Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Polish Scouting Association) during World War II
?

...that the
Des Moines Register, "The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon," ended its tradition of printing the sports sections on peach-colored paper in 1999
?

...that in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Ness' son Conchobar mac Nessa was brought up as the son of the druid Cathbad, although the true father may have been her lover, Fachtna Fáthach, the High King of Ireland?

...that repairs
?

26 January 2005

... that the Ciconiidae
?

...that the aerobatics
teams in the world?

...that
Member of Parliament – just one day, before his death in 1945
?

...that
USD
to pose for his camera, which would be equivalent to more than 20,000 USD today?

The Blue Eagles at work

...that
actress Alla Pugacheva has had a career lasting over 40 years, remaining one of the most popular musical artists
to this day?

24 January 2005

...that Washingtonia is a genus of palm and produces a fruit, eaten by Native American people as a minor food source and by birds?

...that
Salt is an ancient agricultural town in west-central Jordan, famous for the quality of its grape harvest, and therefore speculated to be the root for the English word sultana
?

...that
car accident in February 1982
?

...that
Member of Parliament Ellen Wilkinson organised the 1936 Jarrow March of 200 unemployed men and women from Tyneside to London
to demand jobs?

22 January 2005

...that a Bok globule is a dark cloud of dense dust and gas, first observed by astronomer Bart Bok in the 1940s, in which star formation is taking place within the H II region?

...that L'Origine du monde, Gustave Courbet's most provocative painting, remained in the privacy of its successive owners for almost 130 years before entering the musée d'Orsay?

...that
pilot Alberto Braniff was the first pilot to fly a plane over Mexico City
?

...that the British ice hockey team The Blackburn Hawks are often referred to as the Blackhawks, and were briefly called the Lancashire Hawks?

20 January 2005

$10 polymer Australian bank note

...that counterfeiting
more difficult?

...that the Sydney Riot of 1879 was one of international cricket's earliest riots?

...the fire from the feet (90 m
) high?

...that Repenomamus may have been the largest mammal in the Cretaceous period and is the only mammal known to have eaten non-avian dinosaurs?

17 January 2005

SS-Lieutenant Collar Patch

...that one of
international cricket's earliest riots occurred in Sydney in 1879
?

...that
Watchdog helped uncover the Hoover Company
"free flights" scam?

100x100px|A men's adventure magazine

...that Untersturmführer was the first commissioned officer rank of the German SS?

...that the north-eastern states
?

...that the men's adventure genre of pulp magazine often featured damsels in distress menaced by Nazis?

...that melasma is a skin hyperpigmentation commonly affecting pregnant women that is caused by the overproduction of melanin?

16 January 2005

...that modern web cams
to watch the baby as well as listen to it?

...that the racy George Michael song I Want Your Sex touted monogamy instead of promiscuity?

15 January 2005

United Nations Medal (Standard Design)

...that the term United Nations Medal refers to over two dozen international military awards which have been issued since 1950?

...that Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a major division of Lockheed Martin, is manufacturer of some of the world's most advanced military aircraft?

...that
Jeopardy!'s impact on culture has earned it references or parodies in no less than 64 feature films, and appearances on more than 10 television show
episodes?

13 January 2005

... that gear pumps use the meshing of gears to pump fluid by displacement?

...that
Zentatsu Richard Baker was an influential American Zen priest who played a leading role in founding Tassajara, the first Buddhist training monastery outside of Asia
?

... that the Pushkar Fair is the world's largest camel/cattle fair?

Arthur and the Big Riddle, a Jeopardy tribute.

... that laserdisc
features to appeal to hardcore movie fans?

11 January 2005

Players at the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal

...that the highlight event of the ODI
series between a World XI and an Asian XI?

...that Justice
Chief Justice in India
?

...that before building his first
railroad steam locomotive, in 1832, Matthias W. Baldwin was apprenticed as a jeweler and devised and patented a method for applying gold
plating?

Tin whiskers

...that metal can grow whiskers?

...that the
U.S. federal government sold the disputed Erie Triangle region to Pennsylvania in 1792 so that state
would have a freshwater port?

...that Bewitched actress Elizabeth Montgomery made her acting debut as a regular on her father's popular series Robert Montgomery Presents in 1952?

9 January 2005

...that Lord's Cricket Ground (right), the Home of Cricket in 1814
?

...that
mental breakdown
?

...that with his roles in Malcolm in the Middle and Unhappily Ever After, Justin Berfield is the youngest person to appear in over 100 episodes of two different television shows?

...that a Fairchild
C-119 Flying Boxcar was used in the 2004 movie The Flight of the Phoenix
?

8 January 2005

...that the New Braunfels
?

7 January 2005

...that the Department of Veterans Affairs
?

...that the railroad construction in the United States since the American Civil War
?

...that the
Great Black Hawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, hawks and Old World vultures
?

6 January 2005

100x100px|Telford Taylor, Chief Prosecutor

...that Nuremberg Trials, was also an opponent of McCarthyism and an outspoken critic of the U.S. conduct in the Vietnam War
?

...that businessman
John King was Chairman of British Airways from 1981 and was successfully sued by Richard Branson for libel as a result of BA's dirty tricks against Virgin Atlantic
?

...that Wai-Wai is a popular noodle-like snack in Nepal, Sikkim and in northern parts of West Bengal?

5 January 2005

...that the first Wabash was a steam screw frigate in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War?

...that Lord Byron
"?

...that in October
U.S. National Guard bombed the small town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico, where Blanca Canales
led a revolt?

3 January 2005

...that the
Mistley towers were part of the now demolished church of "St. Mary the Virgin" at Mistley in Essex
?

...that Styria
?
...that the Zippe-type centrifuge, named after Gernot Zippe, is a device designed to collect uranium-235?

2 January 2005

...that
actress Anne Bracegirdle most frequently played vivacious, breeches-wearing
, guardian-tricking young women of great initiative?

...that a major milestone in the Nalanda was destroyed by Turkish Muslim
raiders?

...that Kordylewski clouds are large concentrations of dust that orbit Earth at the distance of the Moon?

...that Warton in Lancashire is a historic village famous for its contribution to the UK aerospace industry?

1 January 2005

...that the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism was famous for developing the shakuhachi flute as a means of meditation?

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