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30 April 2007

20:32, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
D-Day
in 1944?
...that a special kind of soil from Bidar fort is an essential ingredient in making Bidriware, a metal handicraft of Karnataka, India?
...that
Representative Preston Brooks in the Old Senate Chamber of the United States Capitol
?

...that

Aztec

foods?

...that the
Buckler was taken out of the market in the Netherlands after sales dropped as a result of the negative image created by comedian Youp van 't Hek
in 1989?

...that
types of rainfall, is caused when cool air is forced upward by mountains to form clouds
which then produce rain?

13:35, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

...that British East India Company
in the 18th and 19th centuries?

...that the
Brown Rock Chat sometimes nests in the rafters of inhabited houses
?

...that Polish Cathedral
' style?

...that nomadic eagle falconers
maintain that "as the man trains the eagle, so does the eagle train his man"?
...that Josef Hoffmann co-founded two major art groups and his designs served as a precedent for modern architecture?

...that ten case forms can be traced in the Lithuanian language, seven of which are preserved in the standard language version?

...that Arthur Fonjallaz was expelled from the Heimatwehr, a fascist organization in Switzerland, because he advocated an annexation by Italy?

06:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Japanese painter Takeuchi Seihō (work pictured) was one of the first to receive Japan's Order of Culture when it was established in 1937?

...that mouthbrooding fish endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa
?

...that the first Director of Singapore's Commercial Affairs Department, Glenn Knight, was also the first legal officer in the country to be charged for corruption?

...that a WWI, but the loss of the Socialists in the Finnish Civil War forced the crews to scuttle the fleet outside Helsinki
?

...that the term "
hunters
who have killed their enemy or prey?

29 April 2007

23:22, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Aztec wooden slit drum
?

...that Fort Antes in what is now Nippenose Township, Pennsylvania, survived a scorched earth attack during the American Revolutionary War, despite having been abandoned by its defenders?

...that
Chitrakala Parishat, an art institution and a cultural organization in Bangalore, was the brainchild of famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich
who used to reside in that city?

...that Peter of Tarentaise started the charitable tradition of giving food to poor farmers in the spring called pain de Mai (May-bread), which continued for over 600 years?

17:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

...that none of the more than 1000 windows in the Waldspirale residential complex (pictured) in Darmstadt, Germany are identical?

...that the people of the Bronze Age Elp culture in the present-day Netherlands lived in longhouses similar to those inhabited by the area's farmers today?

...that Post Office Department order holding obscene
materials "nonmailable"?

...that the Arab Socialist Action Party, the main secular opposition group in Saudi Arabia at the time, faced a massive crackdown in the spring of 1982?

...that wild boar by the ear from a farmer's plot and instructed it to fast
for the night in a solitary cell?

09:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

...that
Charles Shreeve Peterson (pictured) was the first settler of Utah's Morgan Valley
?

...that the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 established the first peacetime draft in the United States?

...that Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia -- as were his son Kenneth and his grandson Laurence
?

...that the perennial plant found throughout Eurasia, is traditionally used as a mild sedative
?

...that the Potawatomi, a tribe of Native Americans, were evicted from land near Indiana’s Yellow River less than six years after tribal chiefs signed a treaty granting them that land in perpetuity?

...that the Lutheran Church of China was created from the union of no less than 25 separate Lutheran missionary agencies?

28 April 2007

21:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Ibirapuera Auditorium (pictured) in São Paulo, Brazil, features a reversible stage that can play concerts to audiences inside and out?

...that 18% of all deaths occurring in
automobile accidents are the result of traumatic aortic ruptures
?

...that Gaetano Donizetti's opera Le duc d'Albe didn't receive its first performance until more than 40 years after his death?

...that Dr. Andrew Rochford, a presenter on the popular Australian television show What's Good For You, got his break after he won the popular show The Block?

...that the ideology of the Romanian National Renaissance Front has been described as "operetta fascism"?

...that according to
fundamentalist, conservative Christianity
"?

...that Nova Studios developed the "West Coast Look", a stylized and highly planned filmmaking style of gay pornography which dominated the genre through the 1980s?

10:57, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
The Bronze Horseman
(pictured) is believed to be the largest stone ever moved by humans?

...that the port of Kuala Belait, one of the two ports in Brunei, is located in Kampong Sungai Duhon?

...that
Sugarloaf Hill
, from which he then fled?

...that
Shimomura Kanzan came from a family of Noh
actors, and that themes from Noh drama frequently appeared in his works?

...that participants in the Sterling Institute of Relationship dance naked in a ritual while being videotaped?

...that Jim Hutchinson, who died in 2000, was the longest-lived first-class cricket player, at 103 years and 344 days?

...that Edward R. Bradley was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in the Southern United States during the early 20th century?

03:04, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
D-Day landings on "Utah Beach
" in 1944?

...that there are 618 species of birds in Belize?

...that the Zambian district of Chiengi has no television or telephone service?

...that American
Highlights for Children
?

...that the Polish politics
?

...that the Israeli history
up until that time?

...that when Reprise Records signed 17-year-old Chris Cummings to a record contract in 1992, he was the youngest artist they had ever signed?

27 April 2007

16:59, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Olmec culture
paintings (pictured)?

...that
ceramics expert Otto Natzler perfected over 2,000 colours and styles of glazes
?

...that the enrollment rate of girls in schools in Yemen is the lowest out of all Middle Eastern countries?

...that
loops before founding his own company, Nova Studios
?

...that more than one million
Koreans moved to Arab countries and Iran
between 1975 and 1985?

...that nearly 3 million rupees worth of property was stolen from the house of Kannada cinema actor Srinath on the day of his daughter's marriage in 2001?

09:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
Tatsuo Kawai
(pictured) was sacked as an official spokesman at the Foreign Ministry after leading a strike there in 1940?

...that the 1914
Jewish protagonist
, has been called the first adult comic?

...that ulfhéðinn or werewolf
?

...that Shredded Wheat operations to General Foods, and the international Shredded Wheat operations to General Mills
?

...that between her marriage to
Pan-Africanist activist Amy Ashwood Garvey ran a club on London's Carnaby Street
?

02:15, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

...that a cyclic cellular automaton is a system of simple mathematical rules that can generate complex patterns mixing random chaos, blocks of color, and spirals (pictured)?

...that logical fallacy that occurs when qualities of a living being are attributed to an abstract concept
?

...that
Whistling Kites in Australia primarily hunt live prey, while those in New Guinea are principally scavengers
?

...that the blasting works during its construction, and it initially had no playground
?

...that the women courtiers in the erstwhile
Mysore Kingdom were expected to be adept in 64 arts, with Kasuti
embroidery being one of them?

26 April 2007

19:55, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

...that
Otagaki Rengetsu, to synthesize Buddhist and Shinto
elements in his works?

...that former
drug trafficking
-related charges?

...that the town of Channapatna in India is known as the "toy-town of Karnataka" due to the popularity of the wooden toys manufactured there?

...that the eight surviving medieval Bulgarian royal charters are among the few available secular documents from the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire?

...that the performance of "Let Me Try" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 featured performers banging on what appeared to be drums of industrial waste?

13:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

...that during the
Toronto Raptors 2006-07 season (team pictured), the National Basketball Association
team won their first division title in franchise history?

...that there are 254 Hewitts and Nuttalls
in England?

...that
Yalchik Lake is the biggest lake in Mari El, Russia
?

...that WAGGGS
for fifty years?

...that Ordinary of the Mass
?
...that
Member of Parliament from the Kanakapura constituency of Karnataka, was previously an anchor of a talk show on Udaya TV
?

05:27, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the International One Design for yachts (pictured) was developed so that races would be decided by the crew's skills?

...that microfinance organization FINCA International is known as the "World Bank for the poor"?

...that footballer to play for both the Republic of Ireland and Rangers F.C.
?

...that the
Est Playing the Game was almost blocked from publication because it described techniques used in Erhard Seminars Training
?

...that one of the
Western Rite Vicariate, a part of Western Rite Orthodoxy, is a modified form of the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer
?

...that Holmenkollen ski festival
in 1968?
...that Banga Mahila Vidyalaya (Bengali Women’s College) was the first women’s liberal arts college in India?

25 April 2007

21:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Winter Quarters Bay (pictured) is the southern-most port in the Southern Ocean?

...that the
Kannada language
?

...that Marthe Richard was a former prostitute and spy who worked to make brothels illegal in France?

...that Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park in California was initially built and run in the 1970s by the Newhall Land and Farming Company?

...that despite a requirement for scientists to share data, over a quarter of geneticists could not access data required to validate research?

...that hand gestures
?

...that Prince of Wallachia
?

...that the villagers of
Dominican visionary and anchoress Osanna of Cattaro as "the trumpet of the Holy Spirit" and the "teacher of mysticism
"?

...that it is said that the name for Gilbertstone in Birmingham derives from a man named Gilbert lifting an erratic to extend his land?

13:08, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Ruben M. Benjamin House (pictured) was built by John Long Routt, the first governor of Colorado?

...that Amsterdam's Prostitution Information Center provides the city's visitors with information and advice about prostitution?

...that the Lieutenant Governor's Court was the first real civil court in Tasmania and that a judge-advocate presided in the court rather than the lieutenant governor?

...that Terry Major-Ball, elder brother of the former British Prime Minister Sir John Major, wrote an "exquisitely funny" autobiography detailing his mishaps running the family's garden ornament business in the 1950s?

...that the Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation is the first attempt at recording the complete history of Russian and Soviet animation?

...that the father of 1962 Presidential Palace bombing, was a dissident jailed by Ngo Dinh Diem
?

...that the
Bright Young Things
?

...that amateur championship
?

...that
religious movement
?

05:26, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the land holdings of Henry Newhall (pictured) formed the basis of what is now Santa Clarita, California?

...that 25 of the 368 endemic
?

...that according to legend, when a peasant stole a donkey from Opportuna of Montreuil's abbey, she "left the matter up to God," and the next day, the peasant's field was sown with salt?

...that the 2,000 American soldiers who fought in the Battle of Short Hills against 17,000 British men suffered only minor casualties and were able to inflict considerable damage on the enemy?

...that there are two
Gurkhali for the Nepalese speakers of the First Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles
stationed in Brunei?

...that Jiang Rong was inspired to write his
wolf
?

...that the 1983 film Circle of Power won a Dramatic Films award at the 1982 Sundance Film Festival?

...that
County Route 708 in Camden County, New Jersey
is only one of four routes in that county that has multiple routes of the same number?

24 April 2007

21:39, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Oscar Niemeyer Museum (pictured) in Paraná, Brazil was reinaugurated to honor its famous architect Oscar Niemeyer, who completed his design for the museum's annex at the age of 95?

...that Donald Stephens, recently deceased mayor of Rosemont, Illinois for 51 years, is believed to have been the longest-serving mayor in the United States?

...that in
sticky
prices?

...that
primitive
?

...that the Lykaia in Arcadia was a primitive rite of passage centered upon a threat of cannibalism and the possibility of a werewolf transformation?

...that war crimes after World War II
?

14:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

...that even though its theatrical adaptations
(advertising poster pictured)?

...that in minus sign
?

...that Sikh Sangats
all over Malaysia, including a large sum from the Prime Minister's Department?

...that in 2000,
Willamette Industries, Inc. was fined a then-record $11.2 million by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the Clean Air Act
?

...that Ladipo Solanke, long the Secretary-General of the West African Students' Union, was the first person to broadcast on the radio in the Yoruba language?

...that the ABL
during the 1997 to 1998 season?

07:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the LWD Szpak (pictured) was the first Polish-designed post-World War II airplane?

...that the
Communist regime for publishing caricatures of Joseph Stalin during World War II
?

...that a
Brunei Revolt
?

...that Winter Olympics or Nordic skiing World Championships
?

...that
Charles Menzies established Newcastle, New South Wales
as a settlement, when he was only 21 years of age?

...that commentator in the history of BBC football programme Match of the Day
?

01:38, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the students of
Franz Joseph I to pieces at the Collegium Novum (pictured) while rallying for independence from the Austrian Empire
?

...that the Avinguda Diagonal, a street in Barcelona, Spain, is so named because it cuts the central district Eixample in two diagonally?

...that final prophecy
" the day before Smith was killed?

...that the
Phan Dinh Phung, who led a rebel army in the initial colonisation of Vietnam
?

...that
Australian Test cricketer Ray Lindwall played in two rugby league grand finals for the St. George Dragons
?

...that
Annette Akroyd, an orientalist, is remembered primarily for her early efforts at women’s education in India
?

...that a German-American was aboard the German submarine, Canadian Navy
forces?

23 April 2007

18:19, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
Pillsbury, Northwestern Consolidated (pictured) and General Mills before the Great Depression was the world's largest flour miller
?

...that the Royal Brunei Navy formed as the Boat Section of the Brunei Malay Regiment?

...that Jewish doctor whose life was saved out of "everlasting gratitude" by Adolf Hitler
?

...that on
crashed into the Bank of Rajasthan in India
, killing eight?

...that the
Swiss Army
?

...that
Vietcong's Christmas Eve 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing
, fearing that fighting during the holiday season would damage morale?

...that Julian Salomons was the only chief justice in New South Wales to resign before he was sworn into office?

12:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

...that in
the Big Runaway during the American Revolution in Pennsylvania in 1778, Rachel Silverthorn (pictured) rode to warn settlers on Muncy Creek
of impending attack when no man would?

...that tourism is Nicaragua's second largest industry, having grown 394% in the past 12 years?

...that Royal Governor of Chile José de Garro planned to defeat the Mapuches by taking their chiefs hostage in a ruse, but the plan was rejected by King Charles II of Spain as too deceitful?

...that in 1961 the Western Hockey League championship to win the Lester Patrick Cup
in its first season of existence?

...that the
encounter groups
?

...that Irish
cricketer and artist Robert Gregory was the subject of four poems by W. B. Yeats
?

...that piano player and pupil of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Maryla Jonas, debuted at the age of 9?

05:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

...that housing development in the United States, featuring that country's first row houses
?

...that book peddlers played an important cultural role in various countries, for which they sometimes suffered state persecution and sometimes enjoyed state protection?

...that
Australian Olympic swimming gold medalist Neil Brooks retired after being suspended for drinking 46 cans of beer on a flight from Britain back to Australia
?

...that as British Colonial Secretary, Arthur Creech Jones oversaw dominion status in 1948 for Ceylon?

...that the fall of communism
six decades later?

22 April 2007

20:17, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
armistice
ended the fighting?

...that
Kayyara Kinyanna Rai
published his first journal, Susheela, at the age of 12?

...that Michigan State University Libraries has the largest catalogued collection of comic books in the world, with over 150,000 items?

...that President
1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing
after a 500 lb (225 kg) bomb landed in his room and failed to detonate?

13:41, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

...that John Ives (pictured) was elected a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society by the age of 21?

...that the second-worst
?

...that Du battant des lames au sommet des montagnes (French for "From the beating of the waves to the summit of the mountains") is a legal description of the manner in which the island of Réunion was divided into parcels?

...that oil fields of Brunei
, was discovered in 1979 but oil production only started in 1983?

...that when the
hijacked, the hijacker originally wanted to fly to Rome or London but was forced to settle for Chad
due to a lack of fuel?

05:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

...that St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford (pictured) was closely associated with the early Oxford Movement?

...that the mushroom Lactarius rubrilacteus is also known as the "Bleeding milkcap" because it releases a dark-red milky substance when sliced or cut?

...that the Kanakas in Queensland, Australia
?

...that British Conservative politician Robert Jones was the only person to represent the parliamentary constituency of West Hertfordshire from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997?

...that the brief
Dodecanese Campaign in 1943 resulted in one of the last major German victories in World War II
?

...that football, hockey and cricket
?

21 April 2007

21:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

...that in the Texas Longhorns tied their record for biggest margin of victory over their rival, the Oklahoma Sooners
?

...that Wee Chong Jin, one of the former judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore, was the longest-serving Chief Justice of Singapore and of a Commonwealth country, having held the post for over 27 years?

...that Dr. Hanumappa Sudarshan was honored with the Right Livelihood Award, also known as alternative Nobel Prize, for showing how tribal culture can help secure the basic rights and needs of indigenous people?

...that post-war off spinner, had his career curtailed by arthritis
?

...that the
feet
) in length?

...that, even though the
Red Lancers, a horse-mounted military unit, first served as the Dutch
Royal Guards, they were almost completely destroyed after their first battle in 1812?

13:45, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
Rothschild giraffe (pictured) is the most endangered and tallest subspecies of giraffe
?

...that the role of Kanephoros was the most prominent public office a girl or woman could hold in ancient Athens?

...that tens of thousands of
Khachkars have allegedly been destroyed in a systematic manner by the government of Azerbaijan
?

...that during a 1942 air attack on the
Koolama, an Australian merchant ship, a man survived a direct hit to his head by a bomb, dropped by a Japanese
aircraft?

...that Dr. Pakistan cricket team
?
...that Oneida chief, was an emissary between the Iroquois and colonial government of Pennsylvania
for nearly twenty years and helped negotiate several treaties?

...that the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt stalled after President Ngo Dinh Diem falsely promised reform, allowing loyalist forces to crush the rebels?

06:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Sugarlands (pictured), a valley once known as "Moonshiners' Paradise", is now the location of Great Smoky Mountains National Park headquarters?

...that in the early 18th century the Marquis de Ségur owned three of the five most prestigious wine estates in Bordeaux?

...that 1927 Torino F.C. were stripped of their title for match fixing
?

...that
Auto-Lite Strike, is the grandfather of noted experimental filmmaker Damon Packard
?

...that the
national minority
in his country?

...that
months
?

00:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
USS Indra are the only U.S. Naval vessels to have borne the name of Hindu deities
?

...that the body of a 5th-century Germanic warrior found with the Treasure of Pouan was initially thought to be that of Theodoric I?

...that Australian cricketer John Gleeson attributed the finger strength used in his two-finger bowling action to a childhood of milking cows?

...that the first documented discovery of
California Gold Rush
?

...that the Tran Thien Khiem
overslept?

...that
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee John Pesek was also inducted into the Greyhound
National Hall of Fame?

20 April 2007

15:27, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

...that David Farragut (pictured) in 1862 became the first Hispanic U.S. Navy Admiral?

...that somewhere between a quarter and a third of Laki, and the subsequent famine
?

...that illusions
?
...that despite the scar literature after the Cultural Revolution in China contributing to Deng Xiaoping's return to power, he later suppressed it?

...that the
Robert D. Fitzgerald became so skilled in his hobby of botany that Charles Darwin
corresponded with him and 4 plants were named in his honour?

...that Churumuri.com, one of the most popular blogs on WordPress.com, is named after a snack made of puffed rice that is a speciality of Mysore, Karnataka in India?

...that the Governors Court in New South Wales had a rule barring ex-convict lawyers from appearing before it, but all of the lawyers in the penal colony were ex-convicts?

07:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Gilbert Jessop called Henry Scattergood (pictured) America's greatest wicket-keeper?

...that
scientific revolution to ethics
?

...that the
nuclear power plants that float on water
?

...that during the
2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona, Katherine Legge
completed the one millionth lap in the history of the race?

...that predators
?
...that the person or group responsible for the blackmail letters of the Glico Morinaga case in Japan is known as the Monster with 21 Faces?

...that U.S. military, was found "willfully" non-compliant related to fraudulent activities in its marketing
?

00:31, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

...that priest, but felt unworthy to be anything more than an altar server
?

...that fighter ace in the Mediterranean theatre in World War II
, having shot down at least 27 aircraft?

...that the NCAA Tournament
and every Sweet 16?
...that in the book Beyond Capricorn Peter Trickett claims that the Portuguese were the first to discover Australia, between 1519-24?

...that Sir Charles MacCarthy, the British colonial governor of Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast, was killed by the Ashanti and his head kept as a trophy?

...that
footballer Víctor Rodríguez Andrade helped found the Uruguayan Basketball Federation
team 25 de Agosto?

...that Tsinghua University Middle School, converted to Islam
?

19 April 2007

16:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

...that bats comprise about 20% of all mammal species found in the Central Oregon Coast Range (pictured)?

...that a version of the traditional
Hindu astrological almanac, comes with an interactive CD-ROM
?

...that none of the storms of the landfall
?

...that as
Habsburg
restoration?

...that the study reported in self-perception
?
...that Martin Lindsay led the 1934 British Trans-Greenland Expedition, which set a world record for travelling 1050 mi (1680 km) using sledges?

...that only three works of fourteenth century composer whose music was known in Flanders, Italy, and Poland
, are known to have survived?

05:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
an intense rivalry, during which the two teams won a total of six NBA championships in seven seasons
?

...that Berne
's cityscape both by constructing new buildings and removing a medieval tower?
...that the Punjab in India
?

...that species of duckbilled dinosaur, have been described by Barnum Brown and Jack Horner, two of the most prominent paleontologists
of the 20th century?

...that garden snail
?
...that the
Free Belgian Forces fought in several theaters during World War II
, including Great Britain, East Africa, the Mediterranean, and northwestern Europe?

18 April 2007

23:05, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

...that elementary school in North America
?

...that Jerry Zimmerman was the last active Major League Baseball coach to umpire a major league game?

...that the first recorded use of "
Sir Thomas More
in 1529?

...that the
Polish secret police agent Józef Światło in 1953 shook the Polish United Workers' Party and led to the liberalization of Polish October
?

...that Mother Theresa University, in Panchayat, South India
, is the nation's only university exclusively devoted to women's issues?

...that the left ventricles
of a living horse in 1711?
...that the speakers don't think it can be properly referred to as "Korean
" anymore?

16:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the American prison system of the 19th century and sometimes replaced the military step
of inmates as a form of punishment?

...that
Berne's Christoffelturm
, when it was over 500 years old, was pulled down in a political move that had 415 supporters and 412 opposers?

...that in United States Supreme Court declared that "nudity
itself is not inherently expressive conduct"?

...that Ninasam, a cultural organization in Karnataka, India, had a project sponsored by the Ford Foundation of the United States?

...that the Le Mans prototype did not actually use an engine from a Cadillac, but instead an Oldsmobile
?

...that Dominican Anthony Neyrot renounced Christianity after being captured by Moorish pirates, but publicly reconverted and was stoned to death at Tunis?

...that during the hand grenades
?

08:05, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

...that 18th century French artilleries were the most efficient at cannon operation (pictured), capable of firing 150 shots per cannon daily during siege?

...that the 1932 comedy
Pojkarna på Storholmen, starring Fridolf Rhudin, is one of the most successful Swedish films
in history?

...that the endemic to the Red Sea
, does not have white eyes?

...that Hindu Guru Paramahansa Yogananda, was a self-made American millionaire
named James Jesse Lynn?

...that the polymathic Thomas Shaw Brandreth invented the Cycloped, a horse-powered locomotive, and published a blank verse translation of the Iliad into English?

...that poison gas used at the 1915 Battle of Ypres during World War I
?

...that former Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson was cast in the 1927 silent exploitation film Is Your Daughter Safe? to ensure it would pass the city's censorship boards?

01:17, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Aichi D1A (pictured) was a carrier-borne dive bomber primarily used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second Sino-Japanese War?

...that a nonconvex polygon with three convex vertices is called a pseudotriangle?

...that online data broker Intelius owns more than half of the people search market?

...that Dorus Rijkers was a Dutch lifeboat-captain who saved over 500 men, women and children from drowning at sea?

...that Malay fishermen who moved across the Belait River after a falling out with the inhabitants of Kuala Belait
?

17 April 2007

18:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Tyrannosaurus rex fossil
ever found?

...that the Court of Civil Jurisdiction was the first civil court established in New South Wales, Australia?

...that in 2005, the newly-upgraded
Queen of Oak Bay lost power and crashed into a marina
, damaging or destroying 28 other vessels?

...that the history of the Hakka refugees following the Taiping Rebellion in China
?

...that Guevarist guerilla ERP, was the first large-scale operation in the Argentine Dirty War
?

...that Australian Olympic swimming champion Faith Leech grew up on a diet of carrot juice and beetroot after refusing all other food as a baby?

08:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Cai Wenji

...that the life of
Cai Wenji (pictured) is depicted in Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute
?

...that the
US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission and shut down for fraud
?

...that
penalties
scored in a single season?

...that
American historian Adam Ulam escaped The Holocaust by leaving to study in the U.S. only days before the Germans invaded Poland
?

...that the cities of
Lucia Brocadelli of Narni
would reside?

01:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

San Francisco Armory

...that the National Guard stronghold during the "Bloody Thursday" events of 1934, is now used as a BDSM
porn studio?

...that exploitation film director/producer S. S. Millard was able to pass himself off as Romanian nobility when a former Romanian queen visited California?

...that Premier of South Australia from 1885 to 1887, is the grandfather of Alexander Downer, the current Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
?

...that Beighton Cup is the oldest field hockey tournament in the world?

...that until 1861 Newton Abbot railway station had three separate train sheds for trains running on lines to and from Exeter, Plymouth, and Torquay?

...that HSBC bank which requires that customers without large accounts or mortgages
pay to enter?

...that Reginald H. Thomson, the civil engineer responsible for "virtually all of Seattle's infrastructure", had a Ph.D. in philosophy?

16 April 2007

18:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the enigmatic Ediacaran biota (fossil pictured) have been classified into every major group of lifeforms, including their own kingdom?

...that like the characters in his
Boston
law firm?

...that the concentration ability of Augustine Fangi reportedly allowed him to undergo an operation without anesthetic and feel nothing?

...that 1947 partition of Bengal
?

...that the
legal doctrine of Persona designata
allows a judge to exercise non-judicial power, if it has been conferred to the judge personally, rather than to his or her court?

...that the concept of
cross-boundary subsidies is developed out of a merging of ideas from the studies of landscape ecology and food web
ecology?

...that television programs
since the age of 10?

11:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

...that, according to a ruling issued by U.S. federal judge Robert W. Sweet (pictured), McDonald's is not to blame for its customers' obesity?

...that some species of Iridomyrmex ants have a symbiotic relationship with caterpillars?

...that paranibbana
?

...that the Japan and Korea
?

...that
economic recession
?

...that the genetic mutation
that took place thousands of years ago?

...that, following his death, Constabilis is said to have appeared to the abbots of La Trinità della Cava, which he founded, the first four of whom have also been declared saints?

06:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the first official Japanese Embassy to the United States
(pictured) occurred in 1860?

...that Kannada cinema star Dr. Rajkumar was buried at Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore?

...that aged 14, Olympics
?

...that Sam Mbakwe was nicknamed "the weeping governor" for shedding tears when trying to get the federal government of Nigeria to pay more attention to his state?

...that the events of Polish October together with Hungarian November shook the Eastern Bloc in 1956 and set the course for the Revolutions of 1989?

...that, until Kilimanjaro in 1848, most Europeans thought it could not exist in Africa
?

...that Iran-Iraq war
?
...that the preservation movement that resulted in the
Chicago Landmark designation began with the 1957 adoption of the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House
?

15 April 2007

23:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Master of the Playing Cards (3 of Birds pictured) was a 15th century German engraver and the first major master in the history of printmaking?

...that Polish Hussars
?

...that endemic species
of fish?

...that Grand Rounds and Theodore Wirth
placed a park near every home?

...that
Ogura Yuki was the first woman to be selected chairperson of the Japan Art Academy, and one of only two women painters to be awarded Japan's Order of Culture
?

...that
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles should be accepted by the church as prophets, seers, and revelators
?

...that Ngo Dinh Nhu following South Vietnam
's 1963 coup, was himself executed a few months later, after another coup?

16:50, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Russian admiral Vasily Zavoyko (pictured) defended against superior British-French forces in the 1854 Siege of Petropavlovsk, and even captured the British banner?

...that Thomas Lant called the College of Arms "a company full of discord and envy?"

...that the War Cabinet in 1942, advocated for a strategic bombing campaign of German
cities?

...that American RMS Titanic
?
...that the French-designed infantry weapon of the American Civil War
?

...that Franz Liszt's symphonic poem Hunnenschlacht was inspired by a painting of the same name by Wilhelm von Kaulbach?

...that David Lewis and his son Stephen Lewis served simultaneously as the leaders of the Canadian and Ontario New Democratic Party?

...that Lt.-Col. World War 2, was a graduate of the University of Washington
?

05:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

...that despite his commitment to historical accuracy, Albrecht Altdorfer's masterpiece The Battle of Alexander at Issus (pictured) is depicted as occurring in the Alps, in 16th century costume?

...that Gautama Buddha
, was also the son and former husband of the first two female lay disciples?

...that Chief Justice of New South Wales, Australia, twice, and that he refused it the first time as he would earn less money than if he continued to practise as a barrister
?

...that Emperor
Tay Son dynasty
, sought French military assistance?

...that Canadian Ministers of Finance have a tradition of buying or wearing new shoes on budget day?

...that the NBA basketball courts was widened to reduce the effectiveness of dominating centers like George Mikan
?

14 April 2007

21:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

...that fashion designer Gareth Pugh has earned critical acclaim for his clothing made of inflated PVC (example pictured) but has never sold a single dress?

...that
Shenaz Treasurywala was discovered while stuck in India when Kuwait Airways lost her luggage, including travel documents she needed to return to school
in New York?

...that Alan Davidson, regarded as one of the greatest left arm fast bowlers in the history of cricket, only took up the skill when his uncle's weekend team ran out of fast bowlers?

...that the Beta Effect, which affects larger tropical cyclones and needs to be accounted for in tropical cyclone forecasting, forces a more northwest tropical cyclone track in the Northern Hemisphere?

...that when the Kim Il-sung
was given the position of Vice Chairman of the party?

...that ice cube tray, the electric stove and a toaster which turned bread automatically, was singer Linda Ronstadt
's grandfather?

15:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

...that atop
gilded figure of Chronos
strikes the bell every hour?

...that when Katherine Ann Power, a fugitive from justice for 23 years before turning herself in, was on the run in Oregon, she was treated for depression by Courtney Love's mother?

...that the
lionfish genus Parapterois includes P. heterura, an attractive species uncommon in the aquarium
trade, and the poorly known P. macrura?

...that long after Lana Stempien died by drowning, someone or something turned on the GPS system on her abandoned boat?

...that after being captured by
Matthew Carrieri
offered to remain a captive in place of others, which shocked the pirate captain so much he set all the prisoners free?

...that in 1954, the Federal Communications Commission sought to force union attorney Edward Lamb to surrender his broadcasting license on the grounds that he associated with communists?

...that capacities
and discharge rates are required?

02:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the bust of Ankhhaf (pictured), in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, is a realistic portrayal of the features of an actual person, which is rare in Ancient Egyptian art?

...that the
Ruine Wulp was at one point torn apart and replaced with a single tower
and building?

...that Building 470 at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland housed fermentor tanks for producing Bacillus anthracis during the Cold War?

...that generic antecedents
are essential parts of communication; and there are many strategies to refer to them clearly and appropriately?

...that the 1975 film Tubby the Tuba marked the first time that computers were used in the production of an animated feature?

...that during the
Mexican-American War, Ygnacio del Valle destroyed a gold
mine on his property to prevent the Americans from gaining access to it?

...that it took a musicologist 12 years to reconstruct the missing portions of the only copy of English Renaissance composer Martin Peerson's Latin motets so they could be published and recorded?

13 April 2007

20:12, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the prototypes for the
a Dutch company and built in Finland at the Crichton-Vulcan
shipyard?

...that the Arab states of the former Ottoman Empire advancing the principle of national self-determination
?

...that due to Claude de Bernales' marketing of the gold fields of Western Australia in the 1930s, production increased sevenfold and employment in the industry quadrupled?

...that the masses
in the 16th century?

...that
James Henderson Stewart was only one of four National Liberals to vote against Neville Chamberlain in the Norway Debate
?

...that the Cave of Swallows is so large and wide that it is possible to navigate a hot air balloon through the cave with ease?

...that Phreatobius cisternarum, a species of catfish, is one of the few fish species that lives underground?

11:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

...that British television programmes including
Cluedo and The Forsyte Saga were partly filmed at Arley Hall in Cheshire
?

...that Alwatan is the first and oldest Omani newspaper?

...that legend says that Mary
written on it?

...that US physicist Gaylord Harnwell was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh?

...that Légion d'honneur, was one of four women who inspired Henri Matisse
's painting La Blouse Roumaine?

...that in Fair Labor Standards Act
?
...that the
Ouachita Madtom is a rare species of miniature catfish found only in central Arkansas
?

03:35, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

...that
Conservative Party
press?

...that Kenneth Farrow GC attempted to rescue a boy from an underground aqueduct despite strong current, heavy deposits on the floor and almost no headroom or handholds?

...that
Camillo Ynitia was the only Native American on the northern frontier of Alta California to secure a large land grant
for his tribe?

...that Zen master Dahui Zonggao ordered the destruction of the Blue Cliff Record, his master's collection of koans, making it unavailable for the next two centuries?

...that although Russian is the most widely used second language in Ukraine, it has no official status in the country?

...that 11th century
Muslim Al-Andalusian poet Wallada bint al-Mustakfi dressed in public in the fashion of the harems of Baghdad, without a customary hijab
?

...that the
Catholic students to call for the author's hanging
?

12 April 2007

19:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
red beets and apples
?

...that the
Auto-Lite Strike culminated in the "Battle of Toledo," a five-day melee between 6,000 striking workers and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard
that left two dead and more than 200 injured?

...that
American citizen and did most of his fieldwork in New Guinea
?

...that educator child molestation
?
...that citizens from the city of
Dominican mystic Columba of Rieti
for their own city, but she escaped?

...that US$9.2 million, the highest price ever paid for a Chinese painting
at an auction?

...that the
Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railroad was completed by 1917, but a year later the Finnish Civil War
caused traffic to stop, with a mile of track removed?

13:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

...that All Saints' Church in Daresbury, Cheshire has stained glass panels (pictured) depicting characters from Alice in Wonderland?

...that the
crown in the coat of arms of Amsterdam is the Imperial Crown of Austria
?

...that
yaylag, the Turkic
tradition of moving to highland pastures in the summer, started in the fourth millennium BCE?

...that
Grey Herons began nesting in the Kaggaladu heronry
in only a single tree?

...that the ancient goddess Venus derived her epithet Venus Erycina from her celebrated temple on Mount Eryx in Sicily?

...that the
Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota
is enough to heat 55,000 homes?

...that thorns in imitation of a penance done by St Thomas Aquinas
?

...that the
biblical use of the number 40
, thus meaning just the right amount of sleep?

05:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the soldiers of the Black Brunswickers (pictured) dressed entirely in black and wore hats with Death's Heads on them to reflect their commander's hatred for Napoleon?

...that Sorubim is a genus of catfish with shovel-shaped long noses?

...that despite the country's oil revenues, only 87% of Venezuelan citizens have access to potable water and 71% have access to sanitation?

...that during the
Jews out of Southern France
?

...that chal is a traditional Turkic drink made from fermented camel's milk, which is popular in Central Asia, as well as in the Near East?

...that an
civil servant Georgia Thompson on conclusion of oral arguments
, an almost-unheard of occurrence?

...that the bestselling 1906 erotic novel Bambi
?

11 April 2007

23:14, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Charles Frederick Field (pictured) was the basis for Inspector Bucket in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House?

...that Leela Majumdar, author of children's books, translated Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea into Bengali?

...that Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is an ancient Sumerian tablet describing how Enmerkar of Uruk forced the people of Aratta to contribute materials for the ziggurats he was building?

...that the modern meaning of "
ballad", a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form, came about from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway
composers?

...that
manned exploration of the surface of the Moon, Mars
, or beyond?

15:56, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Belgium's Carnival of Binche (pictured), which features a "battle of confetti", is the culmination of a build-up lasting 50 days?

...that in the 1957 Polish legislative elections
, only 723 of 60,000 candidates were allowed to run?

...that it is unclear whether the Church of St Abamūn in 13th century
Busiris was dedicated to Abāmūn of Tarnūt or Abāmūn of Tukh
?

...that the earliest known examples of
polyphonic music, dating from the 9th century, are written in Daseian notation
?

...that Hypancistrus is a genus of catfish with suckermouths, including popular aquarium fish such as the zebra pleco?

...that pharmacist Sir Hugh Linstead introduced the British Act of Parliament which criminalised cannabis cultivation?

...that Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter was the first of its kind in Hong Kong?

06:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the typical Amsterdammertjes (pictured) that line the streets of Amsterdam will be gradually removed?

...that in 1906 apartment building, noting among its modern amenities "real ice
"?

...that the "secret
POW camp taught subjects as diverse as Urdu
, pig-farming, civics and chess?

...that Neil Doak was named in the Ireland squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup but did not play, just missing out on becoming the first Irish dual cricket/rugby union international since the 1960s?

...that Polish Army
?

10 April 2007

22:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Jewish-Polish historian Litzmannstadt Ghetto (pictured) in World War II was known as the New York City YIVO
's "research consultant to the stars"?

...that the "Girl Grimmett", Peggy Antonio, was the first Australian to take a wicket in women's Test cricket?

...that Finland was close to becoming an independent kingdom in 1742?

...that professional
Bill Dineen
over a nine year period?

...that the process of adding sugar to wine prompted 900,000 people to protest in the French Languedoc, culminating in riots that killed five people?

...that the
Armenian community of Dhaka played a major role in education in Bangladesh, and owned major landmarks, such as the gardens of Shahbag and Bangabhaban
?

...that, as part of an
Nicolae Ceauşescu
?

16:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

...that alongside dukedom
, which he declined?

...that Special Forces units in the Rhodesian Bush War
?

...that although the modern
primitive trumpets
of one form or another have been in existence for millennia?

...that the
Amoy dialect of Chinese formed the basis of Taiwanese
?

...that the folk remedy in Eastern European countries for ulcers, cancer and gastritis
since the 16th century?

...that neurologist who developed the Billings ovulation method of family planning
?

...that the trade fair in Poland
?

05:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park (logo pictured) is the first national tribute to home front
American women?

...that 18th century prostitute Sally Salisbury was sent to prison after a riot but was released by a judge who was infatuated with her?

...that the city of Mysore, in the Indian state of Karnataka, has been called the "Cultural Capital of Karnataka"?

...that North Yemen Civil War
?

...the 1765
cookery book The Frugal Housewife, or, Complete woman cook by English author Susannah Carter was republished in Boston in 1772, illustrated with engravings by Paul Revere
?

...the
AT&T Corporate Center is the tallest building built in Chicago
in the last quarter of the 20th century?

9 April 2007

23:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

...that a view from the Plaza Mayor (pictured) in Trinidad, Cuba, is featured on the 25 centavo convertible peso coin?

...that the Central Park West
?

...that despite plagiarizing a Chinese-French-Latin dictionary ordered by Napoleon, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes went on to become a member of the French Academy of Sciences?

...that convicted
C. Montgomery Burns
"?

...that religious symbolism and color psychology in evangelism
?

...that the
leftist
?

15:59, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

...that grange to be established in Pennsylvania
?

...that upon completion of Central Reclamation Phase 1 of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation project in Hong Kong, the coastline of Central, Hong Kong was extended up to 350 metres beyond the original coastline?

...that Catholic archbishop in the United States
in 1988?

...that Hungerford Market, a food market in London for nearly 200 years, was demolished in the 1860s to make way for Charing Cross railway station?

...that Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1921 to 1922 and was the first and only Republican
to hold that position until 2005?

06:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Jaina Island, a Maya necropolis, contains over 20,000 burials, with every one excavated having one or more ceramic figurines (example pictured)?

...that the
USS Benzie County was featured in a World War II-era Camel cigarettes
advertisement?

...that the
1903 Vagabond Hurricane is the most recent Atlantic hurricane to strike the state of New Jersey, and briefly threatened the life of President Theodore Roosevelt
?

...that the large
St. Martin's Church in Brighton, England, includes 20 pictures and 69 statues, all of which were carved in Oberammergau, Germany
?

...that 8-year-old Sylvia Mendez played an instrumental role in the 1946 Mendez v. Westminster case, which successfully ended de jure segregation in California schools?

...that
Ghostbusters Building, in New York City
, when it opened in 1929?

8 April 2007

23:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

...that a sculpture of Jesus near Tiškevičiai Palace (pictured) in Palanga was torn down in 1948 and not reconstructed until 1993?

...that Zamboni for Detroit Red Wings games, is the namesake of the team mascot Al the Octopus
?

...that naturalist Remington Kellogg used his time serving in France during World War I to collect specimens for universities in the United States?

...that archaeologists discovered bones of at least seven people
druids in Havránok, Slovakia
?

...that the
Imperial Castle in Poznań was to be a symbol of Prussian power but was lost to Poland
only eight years after its completion?

16:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the People's Republic of Poland
?

...that S. graminifolium was one of only four Stylidium species collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander from Botany Bay in 1770 on their voyage to Australia with James Cook?

...that in five years of operation during World War II, more than 747 vessels were built in the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California—a feat not equaled anywhere else in the world, before or since?

...that James, the brother of Jesus stoned
without Roman authorization?

03:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the geology of Gloucestershire (Garden Cliff pictured) is one of the most diverse in England, with rocks from the Precambrian through to the Jurassic represented?

...that The Crystals did not actually sing on their 1962 #1 hit "He's a Rebel"?

...that ice cream cone worm of New Zealand
, builds a delicate tube home from sand grains only one grain thick?

...that New York City's Central Park West Historic District contains only one building not felt to contribute to its historic character?

...that Brazilian bull rider Adriano Moraes is one of only three men to ride ten out of ten bulls at the U.S. National Finals Rodeo?

...that Ellis Bent was the first barrister appointed as a judge in Australia?

7 April 2007

19:14, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the fossil of Ichthyornis (pictured) discovered by Benjamin Franklin Mudge was the first bird recognized to possess teeth?

...that despite the relatively low level of academic output by Professor Gary Chaison, he is widely cited in the American mass media?

...that communists
?

...that crime scenes
or other restricted areas unless it would interfere with the duties of emergency personnel?

...that Innocence, a 2005 documentary film about a school in rural northern Thailand, influenced the Thai government to reverse cuts it had made in the education budget?

...that an apparition of
Saint Michael is said to have convinced Antoninus of Sorrento and Catellus of Castellammare to found a new church after both resigned from the same bishopric
?

06:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Louis-Sébastien Lenormand invented what is now known as BASE jumping by parachuting from the tower of the Montpellier observatory in 1783 (jump illustrated), and also coined the word parachute?

...that
Polish uprising
?

...that
Dr Brewer's A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar is a 19th century example of the persistence of the caloric theory
of heat transfer?

...that poison, over its 6500-year history, has been used for both great progression in medicine and as a hugely popular method of assassination?

...that the
Italian unification, and was the first Bulgarian to be promoted to the rank of Colonel
?

...that Gautama Buddha
, was his cousin?

6 April 2007

22:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Brooklyn, New York
, is the world's most successful and widely shown animal artist?
...that Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets is believed to have been the first professional painter of Chechen origin ever?

...that the Gortyn code is the largest surviving piece of ancient Greek epigraphy?

...that
aquarium filters are necessary to support life as aquaria are relatively small, closed volumes of water compared to the natural environment of most fish
?

...that British architect Jan Kaplický escaped from Prague to London in the wake of the Prague Spring, carrying only US$100 and a few pairs of socks?

...that the cornerstone of moral syncretism is that religion cannot be the only arbiter of morality?

...that Chabad rabbi Milton Balkany misappropriated more than $700,000 of federal grant money from a charitable organisation that cared for disabled children?

16:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

...that, 23 years after explorer
Evelyn Sturt (pictured), a Police Magistrate and notable grazier
, declared it absurd that the area would ever become agricultural?

...that the
during its 2002 India tour, when India recorded only the third win in Test cricket history by a side forced to follow-on
?

...that French Canadian
congregation?
...that Minister of War and Navy of the victorious revolutionary congressional junta in the Chilean Civil War
?

...that Mahamoggallana
, the Buddha's two chief disciples?
...that the Woodward & Lothrop Service Warehouse in Washington, D.C. still features a large pink neon sign identifying it as a Woodward & Lothrop property, even though the company is defunct?

06:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

...that pattens (pictured) were wooden-soled overshoes worn from the 14th to 19th centuries to raise the wearer above mud and dirt?

...that Work, painted over 13 years from 1852 to 1865, is generally considered to be the most important painting by Ford Madox Brown?

...that the units of the Red Army and the Afghan army fought the Battles of Zhawar in 1985-86 to destroy a mujahideen supply base near the Pakistani border?

...that numerous common idioms feature one of the various slang meanings of 'dime'?

...that when Birmingham-based early-music choir Ex Cathedra founded its Baroque orchestra in its 1983–1984 season, this was the first period instrument orchestra to be established in an English city outside London?

...that
Saigon
?

...that Sara Gruen’s historical novel Water for Elephants recounts that circus workers were sometimes thrown off the circus train in the middle of the night, a practice known as "redlighting"?

5 April 2007

22:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the term "reserve heads" (pictured), found in Ancient Egyptian tombs, is derived from the prevalent theory that they serve as an alternate home for the spirit of the dead owner if anything should happen to the body?

...that an entire army had to retreat during the Cádiz Expedition of 1625
because almost all had become drunk on wine taken from a village they were raiding?

...that The Best Bet, a film by former Singaporean gambling addict Jack Neo, was intended to warn people of the perils of gambling?

...that the Communist China, Korea and Vietnam
?

...that a
neo-fascists
?

...that Squirrel Systems introduced the first touch screen point of sale terminal in 1984?

...that the mother of actress and writer
, refused to allow her to attend drama school, after the death of her father?

14:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
Pitkin Marsh lily is limited today to three small colonies, due to cattle overgrazing of its habitat
(pictured) and the flower's popularity with humans?

...that
Byzantine Emperor Constans II by destroying a Temple of Isis in the city, reusing the materials in building the city wall
?

...that royal coup of 1944, and later was a signatory to the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947
?

...that the late-15th century Ordinary of the Mass, is one of the most famous works composed by Josquin des Prez
?

...that the Brabham BT19 driven by Jack Brabham was the first car bearing its driver's name to win a Formula One world championship race?

...that during his
tenure as India's cricket coach, Kapil Dev, broke down in a BBC interview about alleged match-fixing
?

06:17, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
California Wine Country (pictured) is known for its cuisine, recreation and history as much as viticulture
?

...that Test Cricket
player, captain, coach/manager and Chairman of Selectors?
...that decimation of the Theban Legion
for their conversion to Christianity only to be individually beheaded later for the same reason?

...that as part of a successful flattery campaign to persuade
Ton That Dinh to defect, his colleagues bribed his soothsayer
to predict his elevation to political authority?

...that American Chabad Rabbi Moshe Rubashkin has been convicted of fraud twice?

...that British barrister Sir Tony Hetherington was the first head of the Crown Prosecution Service after it was founded in 1986?

...that it is estimated that 40% of the Tamil and Malayalam Nadar caste are Christians?

4 April 2007

23:35, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the priest Leopold Moczygemba (pictured) was responsible for the founding of Panna Maria, Texas, the first Polish community in the United States?

...that the
Hauptamt SS Gericht
?

...that after his 1967 film Branded to Kill, contract director Seijun Suzuki was fired by the Nikkatsu Company for making films "that make no sense"?

...that retired
"Jigsaw John" St. John
was posthumously reinstated to active duty in 1995 so that he could be buried as a detective?

...that the Chronicle of Huru, a 19th century forgery advancing Moldavia's independence, claimed that a Moldavian federal republic emerged from the Roman province of Dacia in 274?

...that Gautama Buddha in her mastery of the Vinaya
?

...that the 16th-century Castillo de la Real Fuerza in Havana is the oldest stone fortress in the Americas?

15:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Kupa Synagogue (pictured) in Kraków features paintings of people standing by the rivers of Babylon, a rare depiction of human figures in Jewish religious art?

...that German textile artist Gunta Stölzl was the only female "master" of the Bauhaus?

...that Tan dynasties
in the 7th century?

...that
Ngo Dinh Can, brother and confidant of South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem, was believed to have organised black market smuggling into North Vietnam
?

...that the 800,000-member Christ
"?
...that French pirate Jacques de Sores, who captured Havana in 1555, went by the nickname of "The Exterminating Angel"?

...that the
Kim Il-sung's communists
?

06:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

...that light years
?

...that the fruits of hemorrhage, and to treat infections
?

...that
Manto, Thanos Kalliris, and, most successfully, Despina Vandi
?

...that the
The Wandering Jew
?

...that the television series ER aired an episode based on the 2003 Chicago balcony collapse?

...that Clarenceux King of Arms Stephen Leake appointed his thirteen year old son Chester Herald in 1752?

...that short stories under her own name in science fiction magazines
?

00:35, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

...that
Dyrehaven, a forest park outside Copenhagen, Denmark, has 15 entrances, all with characteristic red gates
(pictured)?

...that
St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, England
?

...that when Union Minister for Home Affairs
in 1996, he became head of a ministry "which once policed the Commies"?
...that Russian architect Lev Kekushev built Art Nouveau buildings in Moscow, Russia, in the 1890s and early 1900s, "signed" with a lion (Lev) ornament or sculpture?

...that the synagogue at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, Austria was devastated during Kristallnacht in 1938 and converted into a transformer station after the war?

...that archdiocese
?

3 April 2007

17:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Jack Iverson developed his unique "bent finger" bowling action (pictured) while experimenting during recreational cricket while serving in Papua New Guinea during World War II?

...that Craspedacusta sowerbyi
?

...that
Monisha, a South Indian cinema actress, was only 15 years old when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress
for her debut performance in Nakhashathangal?

...that the
USS Orange County was decommissioned in August 1946, less than 18 months after entering service, but recommissioned four years later for the Korean War
?

...that Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association Michael S. Greco taught English at Phillips Exeter Academy before attending law school?

10:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the daisy-like Sydney flannel flower (pictured) is actually a member of the carrot family?

...that
1909 tour of Jamaica
?

...that
Anastasio Aquino led a rebellion of El Salvador's indigenous Nonualco tribe in the early 19th century, sacking the city of San Vicente in the then-Federal Republic of Central America
?

...that
pure reason
?

...that Turkic oral literature of Central Asia
?

...that the λ calculus
?

03:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Battery Chamberlin contains one of the last disappearing guns (pictured) on the West Coast of the United States?

...that the Chernobyl accident
?

...that the site of Elizabethan house near Finchingfield in Essex, has been owned by only three families since the Domesday Book
was compiled in 1086?

...that the Gautama Buddha's two chief disciples, were the subject of more than two million Sri Lankan pilgrimage visits after their discovery by Sir Alexander Cunningham
?

...that the
Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, the first criminal court in Australia under British rule, operated more like a court-martial
than a court of law?

...that Jan du Plessis, Chairman of British American Tobacco's board of directors, was named the tenth most powerful person in British business by The Times in 2006?

2 April 2007

20:51, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the BBC recorded live performances of Hancock's Half Hour, The Goon Show and Steptoe and Son at the Playhouse Theatre (pictured) in London?

...that the 1860 Republican and 1864 Democratic national conventions were held at the Wigwam, a building built in just over a month?

...that Lor Tok, a Thai comedian and actor, had roles in more than 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1980s?

...that Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona was set at Rancho Camulos in Piru, California?

...that German physicist Max von Laue wrote an article for Acta Crystallographica, which dealt with the absorption of x-rays under interference conditions, while in French military incarceration in 1945?

...that William Ansah Sessarakoo, the "Prince of Annamaboe", became a celebrity in mid-18th century London after he was released from slavery, and was compared to Aphra Behn's fictional Oroonoko?

13:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the complex flavor of licorice, sassafras, anise, nutmeg, mint, tarragon and black pepper
?

...that Burning Bright by John Steinbeck was an attempt at a new form of literature, the "play-novelette"— but both the play and novel were savaged by the critics and Steinbeck never wrote for the theatre again?

...that while the
center of gravity for a set of points is located at the spot from which the sum of the squares of distances to all the points is minimized, the geometric median
is the spot from which the sum of distances is minimized?

...that although a response to the 1885
San Francisco, the batteries at Fort Miley
were not completed until 1902?

...that Flocabulary is an educational New York City-based project that uses hip hop music to teach SAT-level vocabulary?

...that the
Thorlac Thornalli as a saint over 700 years before the Catholic Church
did?

06:08, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Tyska kyrkan (pictured) in Stockholm, is situated in the oldest German ecclesiastical parish outside Germany?

...that Joseph Monier was one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete?

...that expatriates after the Taiwanese
?

...that South African mining magnate Sir Lionel Phillips survived being shot five times in an assassination attempt?

...that when footballer to score in international football
in the 19th century?

...that Parinibbāna
?

00:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the
cappuccio (pictured), a type of headgear worn by men and women in 15th century Florence, was typically made by tailors
instead of hatmakers?

...that
Desmarest's Hutia has the most complex stomach of any rodent
?

...that cocks
?
...that
Rush Limbaugh was a U.S. ambassador to India
?

...that the
Tempest Prognosticator employs a jury of twelve leeches
that use small hammers to ring a bell to indicate the approach of a storm?

...that Serge Voronoff's surgical technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue onto human males has some modern supporters?

1 April 2007

00:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the Alameda Works Shipyard in Alameda, California, was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the United States?

...that
Ananthabhadram, a film by Indian director Santhosh Sivan, was inspired by classical Kathakali dancing and paintings of Raja Ravi Varma
?

...that the
Kakapo were all saved from extinction using modern bird conservation
techniques?

...that German settlement in Bulgaria dates back to the 13th–14th century?

...that Mahmoud el-Meliguy, an Egyptian actor famed for his villain film roles, was nicknamed "Marlon Brando of the East"?

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