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31 July 2006
- 23:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Edinburgh University did not teach Scottish history until 1901, when a new professor, Peter Hume Brown(pictured), insisted that it was not revolutionary to study its national history?
- ...that the Canadian caper?
- ...that a bridge-playing robot managed to defeat two reigning European bridge champions?
- ...that Kakori train robberybut was not hanged because he was a teenager?
- ...that the Divine Comedy?
- ...that Mount Burbidge in Namadgi National Park was named for Australian botanist Nancy Tyson Burbidge, who was instrumental in lobbying for the foundation of the park?
- 00:23, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Hartog Plate (pictured), a pewter plate, is the oldest-known artefact of European exploration in Australia?
- ...that Charles St. Clair was both a Scottish Peer and a York Herald of Arms, and was consequently able to attend the State Opening of Parliamentin either capacity?
- ...that informal cricket games often replace the original cricket ball with a tape covered tennis ball known as the tape ball?
- ...that Obaysch became the first living hippopotamus in England since prehistoric times when he joined the London Zoo in 1850?
- ...that 9 of Indiana's 12 native bat species have been observed in the National Natural Landmark Wyandotte Caves?
- ...that the collectible miniatures game Gamoja involves twin character pieces that are either good or evil?
29 July 2006
- 23:14, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that myths and legends?
- ...that Baba Kanshi Ram wore only black clothes from 1931 to 1943 in support of Indian independence, which earned him the sobriquet of Siahposh General or General in Black?
- ...that the Battle of Wuhan was the largest ground battle of the Far East theatre of World War II?
- ...that the family Caponiidae is unique among spiders because its members usually have two eyes?
- ...that Indigenous Australian resistance leader who led a raid on Shenton’s Mill in Western Australia in 1834 for a half-tonne of flour?
- ...that for shops and other establishments?
- 11:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Stockholms Enskilda Bank was one of Sweden's first private banks? (pictured is Alida Rossander, an early employee)?
- ...that akuaba are dolls, traditionally carried on the backs of Ghanian women who want to conceive?
- ...that young people to provide financial support for communityprojects?
- ...that King of France to end his support for the Greeks in their fight for independence?
- ...that virtual reality has been used to create three-dimensional simulated environments for rehabilitation?
- ...that Gordon K. Bush Airport was built to serve Ohio University and serves as the base for its department of aviation?
28 July 2006
- 20:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that coniferous trees, were found in Tutankhamun's tomb?
- ...that New Australia was a utopian settlement founded in Paraguay in 1893 by former members of the Australian labour movement?
- ...that American Jackson Haines is considered the father of modern figure skating?
- ...that Kolachal, India was the location of a battle in 1741 where an Indian kingdom defeated a European naval force for possibly the first time in Indian history?
- ... that the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve in northern Ontario, Canada is the largest game preserve in the world?
- ...that Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India was a scientific text published in Goa in 1563 that included the first published verses by Luís de Camões, Portugal's national poet?
- 04:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Hansken the elephant (pictured) toured many European countries in the 17th century, performing feats of "intelligence", and was sketched by Rembrandt several times?
- ...that the National Art Gallery of Bulgaria occupies the Neo-Baroque19th-century edifice of the former royal palace?
- ...that the 2004 Texas Longhorn football team made college football history by being the first team to ever win the Rose Bowl Gameas time ran off the clock?
- ...that the revolversin official service until 1963?
- ... that craniofacial syndromes?
- ...that national park passport stampprogram, which has sold over 1.3 million copies since 1986?
27 July 2006
- 14:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Battle of Central Plains (prominent combatants pictured), fought in Republican Chinafrom 1929 to 1930, involved more than one million troops?
- ...that former Australian Olympic swimming coach Forbes Carlile is the only person to have coached and later competed at the Olympic Games?
- ...that drug-eluting stents are often coated with chemotherapy compounds, to prevent blockage by tissue when placed into arteries?
- ...that the Russian presidential election, 1996but received only 0.02% of the vote?
- ...that USD) in damage to the Philippines, mainland China, and Taiwan, making it the most damaging storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon seasonso far?
- ...that the narrow, steep-sided Vall de Boí in Spain contains nine extant First Romanesque churches, making it the densest concentration of Romanesque architecturein Europe?
26 July 2006
- 14:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- ... that the fish known as the snapper (Chrysophrys aurata; pictured) in Australia and New Zealand does not belong to the snapper familyof tropical fish?
- ... that during the provided over 360,000 soldiers who served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York?
- ...that the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem?
- ...that Dorothy was the longest-running musical stage production ever until the 20th century, with an initial run of 931 performances?
- ...that the from the skin?
- ...that during the Siege of Florence, Michelangelo was placed in command of the city's fortification?
25 July 2006
- 23:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that left-handedpeople?
- ... that Olympic athlete?
- ...that there has been Jynx character design and blackfaceimages?
- ...that Clara the rhinoceros, the fifth living rhinoceros to be seen in Europe in modern times, became famous during a seventeen year tour of Europe from 1741 to 1758?
- ...that the dispute regarding the distribution of the ?
- 00:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the execution of ?
- ...that the first simulated patient was trained to act as if he had paraplegia and multiple sclerosis, in order to teach medical trainees?
- ...that sociologist Max Weberto determine the likely outcomes of an individual's life, on the basis of certain underlying factors?
- ...that Catherine the Great named the Pella Palace after the birthplace of Alexander the Great, hoping that it would become the favorite lodging of her own grandson Alexander?
- ... that typhoon season?
- ...that textile mill industry from Mumbai?
24 July 2006
- 13:06, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the FSO car factory under a license agreement with the Italian company Fiat?
- ...that Subroto Mukerjee, the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, died of choking in a Tokyo restaurant?
- ...that pretelescopic astronomy was practiced nearly two millennia prior to the introduction of the telescope?
- ...that Harriot Stanton Blatch helped revive the American women's suffrage movement in the early 20th century, by involving working classwomen?
- ...that Fig Newtonswere originally made?
- ...that at least 36 have affected South America since 1588?
- ...that former home plate?
23 July 2006
- 18:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Dürer's Rhinoceros (pictured), a woodcut of the first rhinoceros seen in Europe in a millennium, was created by Albrecht Dürer in 1515 without him ever seeing the animal itself?
- ...that Ram Shastri, a celebrated 18th-century judge in the Maratha Empire, created judicial history in India by sentencing the incumbent Peshwa(de facto ruler) to death on a charge of murder?
- ...that although the last game in the Advanced Strategic Command, to recreate the series?
- ...that the Greeks introduced wine to Romania around 3,000 years ago?
- ...that United Kingdom declared war on Germany?
- ...that the ponds of the Tatra Mountains?
- 02:42, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, cover a total area of 77 square kilometres yet have an average depth of less than two metres?
- ...that Charles Gascoigne developed the carronade while manager of the Carron Company in Scotland, but emigrated to avoid his creditors and spent the last 20 years of his life organising the production of iron and cannon for the Russian Empire?
- ...that, at the pinnacle of its power, the Avar Khanate exacted tribute from the rulers of Azerbaijan and Georgia?
- ...that Dove Cottage was a home of the English poet William Wordsworth for 8½ years of "plain living, but high thinking"?
- ...that Muslim state of Pakistan?
- ...that Dana International was the first transsexual to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 with the song "Diva"?
22 July 2006
- 19:03, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Boy Charlton (pictured) won gold in the 1500m freestyle at the 1924 Olympics despite his coach jumping overboard on the sea voyage to Europe?
- ...that due to legal restrictions, the first scheduled electric Neva Riverduring winter season?
- ...that King James I's power by limiting the appointment of Scottish people, and as a result was dismissed from his position as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
- ...that the Communist Consolidation group was formed by Indian revolutionary prisoners at the Andaman Cellular Jail in 1935?
- ...that from the 6th to 12th centuries, a large part of Dagestan was dominated by the Christian kingdom of Sarir?
- ...that the first professional in 1879?
21 July 2006
- 17:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that a New Orleans, Louisiana, warned of "human suffering incredible by modern standards" before Hurricane Katrina's landfall?
- ...that although the German invasion of Poland in 1939?
- ...that the ?
- ...that Captain Humbert Roque Versace was the first Army P.O.W. in Southeast Asia to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in captivity?
- ...that world's expositions, but the most recent was in 1937?
- ...that the makers of ad campaign "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" with a completely new campaign, noting the error?
20 July 2006
- 14:15, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that for nearly three centuries until 1956, the Punjabifamily (family member pictured)?
- ...that the World Championship to permit bodychecking in women's ice hockey?
- ...that the Dictionary of Western Australians and the related Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians are two biographical dictionaries which contain biographical details of over 20,000 individuals?
- ... that the Zigong Dinosaur Museum in Zigong, Sichuan Province, China, established in 1987, was the first specialized dinosaur museum to open to the public in Asia?
- ... that the James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota, built in 1891 by railroad magnate James J. Hill, has 36,000 square feet of living area and is the largest residence in Minnesota?
- 04:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that famed photographer of Native Americans Frank Rinehart used platinum emulsion instead of silver in photographs taken at the 1898 Omaha World's Fair to make the tonal range broader? (pictured: Hattie Tom, photograph by Frank Rinehart, 1898)
- ...that The Colgate Comedy Hour was a musical variety television show that ran on the NBC television network from November 1950 to December 1956, and was the first NTSC color television broadcast?
- ...that True Service-trees in England?
- ...that Silvestre S. Herrera is the only living person authorized to wear both the U.S. Medal of Honor and Mexico's equivalent "Premier Merito Militar"?
- ...that , and were believed to inhabit the deepest parts of lakes and rivers?
19 July 2006
- 09:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that U.S. Army's first Hispanic Medal of Honorrecipient?
- ...that the dinosaur Lufengosaurus, whose remains were found in China, was the first dinosaur to appear on a commemorative postage stamp, in 1958?
- ...that, as a result of track switchbacks on either side of a mountain pass, all trains of the Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad crossed over the U.S. continental divide running backwards?
- ...that forensic odontological evidence in North America?
- ...that Red Man, one of the leading U.S. brands of chewing tobacco, has been especially successful in marketing itself with rural sporting events?
18 July 2006
- 16:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that U.S. Armed Forces? (pictured: unit insignia)
- ...that Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty was an Indian meteorologist who was a pioneer of remote sensing technologies in India?
- ...that TEACCHprogram?
- ...that The Boke of Chyldren by paediatrics written in the English language?
- ...that Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is famous for his heavy French accent and even gives readings of French poetry at the museum?
- ...that ElectricSquirrel Pokémon that can shock opponents?
- 00:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Vitebsk Rail Terminal in Saint Petersburg (pictured) contains a replica of the first train used in the Russian Empire?
- ...that Great Lakes regionin the late eighteenth century?
- ...that the COMILOG Cableway, built to transport manganese ore mined in Gabon, was the world's longest cable car at over 75 km?
- ...that U.S. Army General James Harbord, who commanded the United States Marine Corps' 4th Marine Brigade at the Battle of Belleau Wood during World War I, was President of RCA in the 1920s when it formed NBC and RKO Pictures?
- ...that "Everybody Knows", a song by Leonard Cohen and collaborator Sharon Robinson was described as a "bleak prophecy about the end of the world as we know it"?
17 July 2006
- 10:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Yilgarn craton? (pictured)
- ...that Santiago, and who also dabbled in mining and ranching?
- ...that Amharic, the language of the local Orthodoxpriests?
- ...that, according to carbon subnitride burns with the hottest flameof any chemical, at 5260 K (4987 °C, 9008 °F)?
- ...that Roy Smeck's virtuoso ukulele performance in the 1926 sound film "His Pastimes" sealed his reputation as "Wizard of the Strings"?
16 July 2006
- 16:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Fremantle Arts Centre (pictured) was originally known as the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum and was built between 1861 and 1868 by British convicts?
- ...that the Christii fly primarily lives under the bark of smaller branches and twigs of dead aspen trees?
- ...that Bernard-René de Launay?
- ...that the inflorescences?
- ...that South African trade union legislation uses the term "conscientious objector" to refer to workers who do not want to join unions on the basis of personal beliefs?
- ...that Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass is one of the most popular German children's songs?
- 04:31, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the 18th-century Guadalajarawas built on one level, so as to facilitate the movement of the sick, the aged, and children?
- ...that in 1935, New Zealand in the fourth ever women's Test match, setting a world record that was not beaten for over 50 years?
- ...that during the Beslan school hostage crisis 74-year-old school teacher Yanis Kanidisrefused to leave his students and ultimately died to save their lives?
- ...that the Christmas carol "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" was originally written as dance music for French nobility?
- ... that Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, marks the first use of footage of Japanese Super Sentai actors in a Power Rangersseries?
- ...that on arrival at Buckingham Palace, all 3,000 guests to the Children's Party at the Palace received a hamper with snacks put together by Jamie Oliver?
15 July 2006
- 15:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Tortuguero National Park (pictured) is the third-most visited park in Costa Rica, despite the fact that it can only be reached by airplane or boat?
- ...that cheerleading squad at their high school in Rockton, Illinois?
- ...that Margherita Gonzaga d'Este ran her own balletto delle donne in the late 16th century, comprised entirely of women who frequently cross-dressed?
- ...that Hispanics have been awarded the Medal of Honor?
- ...that laws of physics?
- ...that Olympic pair skating champions Andrée Brunet and Pierre Brunet refused to defend their title at the 1936 Winter Olympics because Nazi Germany was hosting the Games?
- 09:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Newburgh, New York, holds enough water to supply the city for a year?
- ...that ?
- ...that at the end of his 13-match batsmen?
- ...that although the presence of Armenians in Bulgaria dates to the Early Middle Ages, their large-scale emigration to the country only began in the 19th century?
- ...that appetite suppressantactivity of Hoodia extracts?
- ...that some historians claim that Russian engineer electric tramway?
14 July 2006
- 01:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the ?
- ...that in 2003 Erin Crocker became the first woman to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals sprint car race?
- ...that in the Battle of Węgierska Górka, four unfinished and undermanned Polish bunkers held out against an assault of an entire German division for two days and two nights?
- ...that double helix rather than the traditional snake?
- ...that the Bangladesh Nazrul Sena, founded upon the philosophy of Kazi Nazrul Islam, pioneered the introduction of computer science and multimedia education for children at the kindergarten level in Bangladesh?
13 July 2006
- 08:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that on drinking spoonfuls of milkoffered to them by worshippers?
- ...that the bird bandsonce attached to their prey?
- ... that the WWE Video Library has an archive of over 75,000 hours of footage dating back more than fifty years, representing a very significant portion of the visual history of modern professional wrestling?
- ... that Dia do Soldado?
12 July 2006
- 21:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Mary Anne of Austria, gave him descendants?
- ...that in 1883, Southern Pacific Railroad tried to block the California Southern Railroad from installing a level junction across their tracks in Colton, California, by moving a locomotiveslowly back and forth at the intersection point?
- ...that after Harry Ashmore won the Pulitzer Prize in 1958, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus vetoed a resolution to rename Toad Suck Ferry to Ashmore Landing on the grounds that the name change would defame a well known landing?
- ...that the fish intestine protruding from its belly, so that while living inside spongesit can defecate outside its shelter without being exposed to outside dangers?
- ...that Tokugawa period?
- 15:06, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Robert Baden-Powell in 1907 was the official start of the Scout movement and will be celebrated as part of the Scouting centenaryin 2007?
- ...that there is a monoclonal antibodies"?
- ...that there have been at least fifteen deaths at the Welsh cave Porth yr Ogof in the last twenty years, all but one in the seven-metre-deep Resurgance Pool?
- ...that in musical modes?
- ...that by using physicists have estimated the temperature of the core of the sunto within 1%?
- 07:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the monks of the Ross Errilly Friary (pictured) in Ireland were evicted six times in the span of 118 years, but kept moving back in?
- ...that Texas produces the most helium in the United States, all of which is won from the Cliffside gas field near Amarillo?
- ...that the 144 ?
- ...that the CornerShot is a gun that can shoot around corners?
- ...that the American Meat Institute and the Federal Meat Inspection Act celebrate their hundredth anniversary this year?
- ...that The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault was a live television special in which Al Capone's secret vault was opened and shown to only contain a bottle of moonshine?
- ...that Kingdom of Poland, managed to break the alliance between Władysław II the Exile and Rus'princes while blinded, muted and exiled?
11 July 2006
- 21:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that supernumerary body parts can include fingers, toes, and ribs, or in some rare cases, additional sex organs or heads?
- ...that the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey, is the only zoo in the world that has a pair of Malaysian "black dragon" monitor lizards on display?
- ...that the Polish September Campaign, was a failure as the submarines did not manage to sink a single German vessel?
- ...that the Berlin Straßenbahn?
- ...that Saint Gilbert of Dornoch was the last Scot to appear in the Calendar of Saints?
- ...that the number of Jewish partisans during World War II exceeded 20,000?
- 08:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that cows, and that it often does not include any physical contact?
- ...that Russian composer Boris Sobinov was abducted from the Berlin American Zone by the NKVD and condemned to ten years in prison in the Soviet Union?
- ...that Wogan Philipps was the only member of the Communist Party of Great Britain to sit in the House of Lords?
- ...that prior to the Zora G. Clevenger in effect traded jobs as head coach at Kansas State University and the University of Tennessee?
- ...that Ash Lawn-Highland, the former home of U.S. President James Monroe, has been transformed into a 535-acre working farm, museum, and site for the performing arts?
- ...that the Chamber of Nationalities is a now-defunct chamber of the bicameral parliament of Myanmar?
10 July 2006
- 19:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- ... that U.S. Marine Corps offensive of the Vietnam War?
- ...that ?
- ...that the satirical German radio programme The Ketchup Song" which attacked Gerhard Schröder's tax policies?
- ...that the River Banksia (Banksia seminuda) was originally considered a subspecies of the Swamp Banksia (Banksia littoralis), as they share many similar characteristics?
- ...that homes in the homeowners associationrequires all dwellings to be larger than 5,000 ft²?
- ...that the bribed or coerced by the Russian Empire's army?
- 08:57, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that one architectural style of 18th-century Spanish Baroque was named after a candy made from egg whites and sugar?
- ... that television drama for children about the bombings of the London public transport system on July 7, 2005?
- ...that the Florida mangroves are vital to an estimated 75 percent of the game fish and 90 percent of the commercial fish species in South Florida?
- ...that openly gay best-seller list in 1970, at a time when most authors would not write about homosexualthemes for a mass audience?
- ...that there is a long history of animals in sport, ranging from common horse racing and fox hunting events to the more unusual rabbit show jumping and camel wrestling competitions?
- ...that the Renault FT-17 of the First World War?
9 July 2006
- 20:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that traitors in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising?
- ...that the ?
- ...that loans made by Lou Graham saved some of the city's most prestigious families from bankruptcy after the Panic of 1893?
- ...that composer Leningrad, and completed the opera?
- ...that the Directive Principles in India, which are guidelines for the government while framing laws and policies, were inspired by the Irish nationalist movement?
- 09:55, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that in the 1869 Battle of Hakodate in Japan, French soldiers fought side-by-side with rebel samurai against the newly formed Imperial government, in an episode reminiscent of the movie The Last Samurai?
- ... that hand grenade with his body, is the only combat photographer to be awarded the Medal of Honor?
- ...that the starting point for the History of Australia is usually taken to be the first undisputed sighting of Australia by the Dutchin 1606, although many researchers alleged that other sightings took place a hundred years earlier?
- ...that Communist Party of China?
- ...that Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman, elected the first Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in 2006, was the first woman to give birth while serving as a British Member of Parliament in the 1970s, and is reported to have been the first woman to breast feed at the Palace of Westminster?
- ...that the Esopus Wars led to the creation of the boundaries of Native American lands in 17th century New York?
8 July 2006
- 20:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Polaris Music Prize is awarded annually to the best Canadian album, regardless of genre, sales, or record label?
- 12:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 is the only time in American history when a governor used the state militia to support rather than suppress a strike?
- ...that Fender's blue Butterfly which feeds upon the threatened Kincaid's lupine?
- ...that Thai boxer Pongsaklek Wonjongkam holds the flyweight division records for fastest knockout (34 seconds) and consecutive title defenses (15)?
- ...that galvanised steel, but not from clear plastic, because it would allow in sunlight, leading to algal blooms?
- ...that the ?
7 July 2006
- 18:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that Edith S. Sampson (pictured) was the first Black U.S. delegate to the United Nations and NATO?
- ...that the Canadian judicial decision Re Burley (1865), was made in colonial times, and is still cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in extradition cases over a century later?
- ...that the Presidential office of India operates from The Retreat at Mashobra in Himachal Pradesh, India at least once every year?
- ...that, in 2007, Houston, Texas?
- ... that French poet and novelist Louis Pergaud was a pacifist who was killed in action during World War I in 1915?
- ...that the alloy hepatizon was highly valuable in classical antiquity, and was named due to its similarity to the colour of liver?
- 07:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the invention of the tone variator (pictured) in 1897 marked the advance beyond classical psychophysics, as it allowed the study of the perception of continuous changes in stimuli?
- ...that the first performance of Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar (1836) was conducted by Catterino Cavos, who composed an opera on the same subject 20 years before Glinka?
- ...that "4th century BCE, employed the plot device we now refer to as a "cliffhanger"?
- ...that The Entrance Bridge was the site of a 1955 accident when the Number 11 Red Bus's brakes failed, whereupon it crashed through a wooden retaining wall and landed in The Entrance Channel?
- ...that Austrian figure skater Herma Szabo practiced on the first artificial ice rink ever made, and went on to win five world championships?
6 July 2006
- 20:57, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the scientific namemeans "dangling swamp-lover"?
- ...that the Oklahoma Aquarium has the world's largest collection of antique fishing tackle, with over 20,000 pieces?
- ...that the Treaty of Viterbo transferred power over the Latin Empire from the last reigning monarch to the Angevin rulers of Sicily?
- ...that science fiction novel by Polish writer Jacek Dukaj, raises the issues of technological singularity, transhumanism and the anthropic principle, and presents a unique model of human evolution?
- ...that LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council?
- ...that Esteban Gómez for the resemblance of its southern pool to the outline of a sack?
- 00:58, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that in 1831, Russian painter Yakov Kolokolnikov-Voronin (pictured) was deemed a "free artist" by the Imperial Academy of Arts?
- ...that Tron?
- ...that in the early 1900s, the Spruce Flats Bog in Forbes State Forest, Pennsylvania underwent a forced reversal from forest to bog, and is now slowly returning to a forest?
- ...that U.S. diplomat Norman Armour disguised himself as a Norwegian courier to help a Russian princess—his future wife—escape the country after the collapse of the Russian Empire?
- ...that performers?
- ...that Japanese designer Kenzo Takada developed his love for fashionby reading his sisters' magazines as a child?
5 July 2006
- 19:01, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Persoonia longifolia (pictured), known as the Upright Snottygobble, is a species of tall shrub characterised by its distinctive flakey paper-like dark red bark?
- ...that during the German occupation of Luxembourg in World War I, over 1% of the Luxembourgian population died fighting for France, even though Luxembourg remained officially neutral?
- ...that in 1908 Olympic champion by winning the figure skating special figuresevent, the only year in which it was an Olympic event?
- ...that student development theories are tools used by scholars and teachers in understanding how students gain knowledge?
- ...that the Pernambucan Revolt of 1817 was a conflict to establish independence for the current Brazilian state of Pernambuco from Portugal?
- ...that West Liberty Foods provides Subway restaurant franchises with over one million pounds of meat per week?
- 12:37, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Newfoundland Tricolour (pictured), a popular but unofficial flag of Newfoundland and Labrador, is one of the oldest flags of North America, and the oldest flag in the world to use the color pink?
- ...that Armia Krajowa Polish resistance in WWII, commanded several incursions into the Warsaw Ghetto in support of the Warsaw Ghetto fighters?
- ...that Lord Neaves, a judge on the supreme court of Scotland, was quoted by Darwin on evolution, but attributed the concept of evolution to Lord Monboddo, not Darwin?
- ...that rock?
- ...that several months after Cossack robber Kudeyar?
- ...that, in the 1970s, Roman Catholic Lord Chancellor since Thomas Morein 1532?
- 04:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- ... that the analysis of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology?
- ...that , and for covertly photographing people?
- ...that 'Celia Rosser' named in her honour?
- ...that both monarchies in the European Unionnot to have equal primogeniture?
- ...that a Navy shower is a method of showering that conserves both water and energy?
- ...that the highest scoring word in Scrabble is OXYPHENBUTAZONE, which uses a bingo, and can theoretically score 1778 in one go?
4 July 2006
- 15:18, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the Coastal Zone Color Scanner provided the first global view of phytoplanktonconcentrations? (pictured: scan of Tasmania)
- ...that the rulers of Yogyakarta brought female bedhaya dancers with them into battle?
- ...that ?
- ...that the Confederation of the Equator was a short-lived state established in northeastern Brazil during her struggle for independence from Portugal?
- ...that there have been several proposals for billboard visible from Earth?
- ...that during the Battle of Beecher Island in 1868, 51 U.S. soldiers held out against some 700 Arapaho Indians and their allies for 9 days, surviving on nothing but muddy water and meat from their own fallen horses?
2 July 2006
- 15:22, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that ? (pictured: water with dissolved solids)
- ...that the New Shepard is a commercial space tourism vehicle designed and assembled by Blue Originwhich will start subscale flight testing in 2006?
- ... that NASCAR driver-turned-broadcaster Phil Parsons is the (16 years) younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion Benny Parsons?
- ...that the Palace of Tau in Reims, France, is named after its shape, which resembles the letter T (tau, in the Greek alphabet)?
- ...that Bennie Owen introduced the forward pass to the southwestern United States as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team?
- ...that an increasing number of countries are looking to regulate fast food advertising to try to reduce childhood obesity?
1 July 2006
- 15:03, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that the U.S.-built Canadian Forces?
- ...that the symphony said to have been written in 1809 by Ukrainian landowner Mykola Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky was later proven to be a hoax?
- ...that a total of 19 tropical cyclone names?
- ...that International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, and was later a founding director of Amnesty International?
- ...that Church Hill Tunnel in Richmond, Virginia contains a steam locomotive and ten flat cars trapped in a collapse in October 1925 which were never recovered?
- 14:25, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- ...that habitual con artist Amy Bock impersonated a man in early-20th century New Zealand in order to marry and defraud her landlady's daughter?