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31 May 2005
- 11:51, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that ?
- ...that the largest suspension bridgesin the world?
- ...that Brancaleon, a 15th century Venetian painter who gained fortune, fame and notoriety in his adopted home of Ethiopia, is an example of early contacts between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa?
- ...that the short-lived slaves and disenfranchised Marylanders who fought for or supported the Confederacy?
- ...that the 1st century Greek historian Nicolaus of Damascus reported the embassy of holy men from India to the Levant, Athens and Rome during the time of Jesus?
30 May 2005
- 17:00, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that Tell Halaf in Syria contains the archaeological remains of a Neolithic culture characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs?
- ...that presidential pets, has a bronze statue in his likeness at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial?
- ...that Member of Parliament largely responsible for legalising male homosexual relations in the United Kingdom?
- ...that Nippon Steel Corporation, the Japanese steelmaking giant, once ventured into mushroom cultivation in an earnest bid to avoid layoffs?
29 May 2005
- 14:48, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the painful swellingif consumed?
- ...that ?
- ...that in Antiope was the only Amazonknown to have married?
- ...that the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago built the first nuclear reactor and achieved a self-sustaining nuclear reaction in December 1942?
27 May 2005
- 23:37, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the Scottish composer and pianist Ronald Stevenson composed an 80-minute passacaglia for solo piano based on the four-note motif D-E♭-C-B?
- ...that backlash from the union?
- ...that West Germanyby chipping the ball?
- ...that Mac OS X?
25 May 2005
- 23:52, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistanand is the centre of a property dispute?
- ...that Australian tennis players Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, known as The Woodies, are the most successful men's doubles pair in history, winning a record six Wimbledon titles?
- ...that the ?
- ...that trematode, some species of which are notable for the manipulation of the behaviour and growth of their hosts?
- ...that William Bergsma wrote an opera about a dog who turned into a man in 1920s Moscow as the result of a crazy experiment?
- 10:37, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
- ... that Didiereaceae is a family of cactus-like flowering plants that make up the spiny thickets of Madagascar?
- ... that the feminist Madeleine Pelletier (1874–1939) was the first female psychiatrist in France and that she dressed as a man to protestthe oppression of women?
- ... that the Delaware Basin in Texas contains fossilised coral reefs from the Permian era?
- ... that electrical power plug?
- ... that Gilbert Mabbot (1622–1670) was a pioneering journalist during the English Civil War who also served as an official licenser of the press?
23 May 2005
- 22:18, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that ?
- ...that the Vietnam War protest song "War," originally recorded by the Temptations, was Motown artist Edwin Starr's only number-one hit?
- ...that Temple Beth-El, built in 1876, is the oldest synagogue in the U.S. state of Florida?
- 09:00, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- ... that Bigleaf hydrangeas bloom in different colors depending on the soil pH?
- ... that English national cricket captainsin its 141-year history?
- ... that Paula Ackerman was the first woman to serve as a rabbi in the United States?
- ... that sitcom Sister Kate after playing the glamorous Sable Colby on the drama Dynasty?
- 07:26, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- ... that Kuttanad in Kerala, India, is the country's only region below sea level?
22 May 2005
- 18:26, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
- ... that state universities in the U.S. state of Kentucky?
- ... that the FTSE 100-listed company Hays plc dates back to the 1600s, when they owned warehouses and wharves on the River Thames?
- ... that the predecessor to the Peter the Great?
- ... that Willi Münzenberg (1889–1940) was known as "The Red Millionaire" because he ran a whole network of publishing and business companies, all dedicated to his Workers International Relief organisation and to promoting socialism.
20 May 2005
- 20:06, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that bishop William McKendree (1757–1835) earned the nickname "Father of Western Methodism" for his travels through his vast see of Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois?
- ... that long?
- ... that until it was looted in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade, the Church of the Holy Apostles was the busiest place of worship in Constantinople?
- ... that in the voicedby a third?
- 11:58, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
- ... that the group to be the finest he had seen?
- ... that the naval battle between two modern fleets in Japan?
- ... that the Copa Libertadores, in 1981, only four years after the club's founding?
- ... that ?
18 May 2005
- 16:16, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that Graham Berry (1822–1904), 11th Premier of Victoria, attempted to break the power of the Victorian Legislative Council, the stronghold of the landowning class?
- ...that in the National Lacrosse League of North America, the Coach of the Year Award is named after the late Les Bartley?
- ...that Der Blaue Engel starring Marlene Dietrich?
- ...that Pope Eugenius III, calling for a Second Crusade?
- ...that the Mann Gulch fire of 1949 was a wildfire in Montana which claimed the lives of 13 firefighters?
17 May 2005
- 22:50, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that Dutch admiral Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604–1655) kept Maarten Tromp's standard raised to maintain morale after the latter died in the Battle of Scheveningen in 1653?
- ...that ?
- ...that the ?
- ...that the outbreak of that disease on the Britishmainland?
- ...that Ralph Samuelson invented water skiing in 1922?
- 20:17, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that ?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the outbreak of that disease on the Britishmainland?
- 08:29, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that tissues as an organism develops?
- ...that only five people have been decorated Hero of Belarus, the highest title that can be bestowed on a citizen of Belarus?
- ...that Rwandan Genocide, is the first and only head of government to plead guilty to genocide?
- ...that Kokin-wakashu?
16 May 2005
- 15:51, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the Eastern Newt changes its skincolour from bright red to olive green when it becomes an adult, and is known as the red eft before adulthood?
- ...that because Adelaide del Vasto was divorced by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1117, her son Roger II of Sicily refused to give assistance to the Crusader states during the Second Crusade?
- ...that the decoration of the 1877 Papal Tiara includes 540 pearls, 68 rubies, 37 emeralds, and many other precious stones?
- ...that the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan's first attempt to invade Japan?
15 May 2005
- 17:20, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that when Edward VI of England, she plotted instead to raise Jane to the throne by means of a coup d'état in 1553?
- ...that the European White Elm is distinguished from other European elmsby its long flower stems?
- ...that the Ordre de la Libération for her service in World War II?
- ...that the incorrect climatological theory that "rain follows the plow" was promoted in the 1870s to justify the settlement of the arid Great Plains of the American West?
14 May 2005
- 20:06, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
- ... that Rancho Oro Verde Fly-Inn Dude Ranch?
- ... that the Humboldt Squid is a large, aggressive predatory squidwhich can grow to 2 m long and weigh 40 kg?
- ... that Götz von Berlichingen, a knight of the Holy Roman Empire, wore a prosthetic hand made of iron after losing his hand in the siege of Landshut in 1508?
- ... that the Swabian War of 1499 was fought between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the emperor Maximilian I and his Swabian League?
13 May 2005
- 23:30, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the male pink salmon develops a large hump on its back when it is time to spawn, leading to the species nickname "humpie"?
- ...that a freak decompression accident on board the oil rig Byford Dolphin in 1983 literally caused a man to explode?
- ...that cyclist?
- ...that MGM Studios?
- 10:14, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that Rhone at Arles?
- ...that when hyperpyra?
- ...that the rice blast biological weapon during World War II?
- ...that general manager of the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers for eighteen years, helping the team win their first four World Serieschampionships?
12 May 2005
- 21:56, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that prefrontal lobe to dissipate clouds?
- ...that the first ?
- ...that Elsie Tanner was a core character on the British soap opera Coronation Street for over twenty years?
- ...that in cargo trailer-rental company?
- 11:15, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the Dutch ship Brederode was the flagship of the United Provinces in the six largest battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War?
- ...that Dutch maritime painter Simon de Vlieger was influential in the move away from the monochrome grisaille to a more colourful style of sea painting?
- ...that Malin Space Science Systems is a San Diego, California company that operates the camera on the Mars Global Surveyor?
- ...that Video-Enhanced Grave Markers turn headstones into talking video displays for the deceased?
11 May 2005
- 09:49, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that some original sources on medieval hunting contain detailed instructions on how to capture a unicorn?
- ...that Brooklyn Brewery hired Milton Glaser, best known as the creator of the logo for the I Love New York campaign, to create their company logo?
- ...that Josiah Belden was a member of the first party to use the California Trail, and the first mayor of San Jose, California?
- ...that Project Exile was a program of prosecuting illegal gun offenses in federal court, helping reduce gun violence in Richmond, Virginia?
10 May 2005
- 01:17, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the Plague of Athens devastated ancient Athens in 430 BC, perhaps leading ultimately to the city's defeat in the Peloponnesian War?
9 May 2005
- 23:13, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that interstellar dust?
- ...that Hammond circus train wreck in 1918?
- ...that Reagan assassination attempt in 1981?
- 21:50, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
- ... that Florida East Coast Railroadthere?
- ... that Project Aqua was a proposed hydroelectric scheme for the lower Waitaki River in New Zealand that would have diverted up to 77% of the river's flow into a separate canal?
- ... that different stages of the fish parasite Myxobolus cerebralis were originally thought to be three different organisms in two different classes?
- ... that Jack Clement discovered and recorded future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Jerry Lee Lewis for Sun Records while Sam Phillips was away on a trip?
8 May 2005
- 16:39, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the Malabar Yehudan people, is the oldest synagogue in the British Commonwealth of nations?
- ...that the bird-scaring rattle is used to drive birds from vineyards?
- ...that the astronomer Tycho Brahe calculated products quickly using Prosthaphaeresis, a 17th century algorithm exploiting trigonometric identities?
- ...that John Ritter made one of his first film appearances in the 1972 horror film The Other?
7 May 2005
- 19:09, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the principles of bird flight are the same as used in aircraft, with lift being provided by an aerofoil?
- ...that by passing as a man, Isobel Gunn became in 1806 the first woman of European descent employed by the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land?
- ...that Old Yeller?
- ...that the English politician which resulted in the deaths of both men?
6 May 2005
- 19:42, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that Lover's Leap is a name given to a number of locations of great height where legends take place involving couples leaping to their mutual death?
- ...that French painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was ordered to destroy her royal portraits after the French Revolution?
- ...that admiral Michiel de Ruyter saved the United Provinces from invasion in the two Battles of Schooneveld in June 1673?
- ...that 11 of the 13 members of the ?
5 May 2005
- 13:43, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the Nazi Party, numbering almost 500,000 in membership?
- ...that Reverend Academy Award-voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
- ...that racehorse "Your Host" won the 1950 Santa Anita Derby?
- ...that time discipline is the set of social and economic rules, conventions, customs, and expectations about time and its measurement?
4 May 2005
- 09:15, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that the volcanic eruptions and geothermal activity experienced in Iceland?
- ...that Zara Yaqob was the first Emperor of Ethiopia (1434–1468) to send a diplomatic mission to Europe?
- ...that in Hindu mythology, Meenakshi was born with three breasts, fish-eyes and a smell of fish?
- ...that the documentary People's Century, which spans 26 parts?
2 May 2005
- 09:00, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
- ...that Louis XV of France?
- ...that English explorer James Knight died on an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage in 1719?
- ...that Joseph Cornelius O’Rourke, an Irish Count born in Estonia, became a Russian Lieutenant General, and was honoured with a statue in Belgrade for his victory over the Ottoman Empirein 1810?
- ...that American golfer Tony Lema died when the plane he was travelling in crashed into a golf course?
- ...that the serial killings in Australia?