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Did you know...
- 20:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the ?
- ... that after switching sides multiple times during the American Civil War, Benjamin Anderson committed suicide, saying he "would prefer being dead than disgraced"?
- ... that the cultivation of biofortfied food crops has occasionally faced resistance because they sometimes have different characteristics, such as unusual colours?
- ... that the neighborhood of Winnipeg, Canada, was originally a park created by the Winnipeg Street Railway Company to increase trolleyuse?
- ... that although the first type of panemone, is one of the least efficient designs it is also one of the most commonly reinvented and patented?
- ... that country singer Philip Claypool's greatest chart success was a cover version of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love"?
- 14:00, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the African Agricultural Union, led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny (pictured), received the support of nearly 20,000 plantation workers shortly after it was established?
- ... that the personal computer game by the University of Tokyo's Theoretical Science Group?
- ... that as of May 2008, the International Harvester strike of 1979–1980 is the fourth-longest national strike in the history of the UAW and the longest in the history of International Harvester?
- ... that the Marshall Islands, Montenegro, and Tuvalu will all be making their first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing?
- ... that the episode of 30 Rock entitled "Sandwich Day" was actress Johnnie May's second appearance in the series, after playing a blood donations nurse in the episode "Tracy Does Conan"?
- ... that Ivorian politician Jean Konan Banny invented a non-alcoholic drink he described as "a wine [made] from pineapples"?
- 07:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that one Benedictine authorities of "embezzlementof the priory's goods" and of living an "evil life"?
- ... that author forensicbook?
- ... that James Carlile introduced an educational system in 1830s Ireland whereby children of different denominations could attend the same school?
- ... that residential lots in the US$100 to US$250?
- ... that the final twenty minutes of the 1941 documentary film Kukan shows an air attack by Japanese bombers against Chongqing, the World War II capital of China?
- ... that in the Rochester Red Wingplayer since 1979?
- 23:28, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that Robert Nanteuil's engraving of Pompone de Bellièvre (pictured) was described as "the most beautiful engraved portrait that exists"?
- ... that creation-evolution controversy?
- ... that the Battle of Annaberg in 1921 was the largest battle of the Silesian Uprisings?
- ... that Grammy award for restoration of a 1949 performance by Woody Guthrie?
- ... that master contractsin order to meet special economic, competitive, or other needs of employers?
- ... that the 79th Street Boat Basin, featured in the 1998 film You've Got Mail, is the only marina that allows year-round residency by Manhattan boat owners?
- ... that Cinimod Studio in London, United Kingdom, designed a virtual sky ceiling for a Snog frozen yogurt outlet with clouds whose speeds and colors depend upon the time of day?
- 14:07, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that Princes Pier (pictured) in Port Melbourne, Australia, suffered fourteen fires from 2001 to 2004?
- ... that Lambda Literary Award finalist, primarily writes LGBT literature?
- ... that the Corfu Channel Incident, involving the United Kingdom and Albania, is considered one of the early episodes of the Cold War?
- ... that Canada – United States border, is renowned for its smallmouth bassfishing?
- ... that Bronze Starrecipient?
- ... the pranksters behind the Martian Monkey hoax were fined US$40?
- ... that the 2002 Algerian legislative election was Algeria's lowest yet since independence in 1962?
- ... that jockey Ralph Neves, pronounced dead after a fall in 1936, arrived at the racetrack later the same day demanding to ride?
- 07:27, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that Tower Hill Water Tower (pictured) in Ormskirk, Lancashire, is reputed to be the oldest remaining water tower in England?
- ... that Daliyat el-Karmel, disappeared on duty near Haifa and was formally declared to be missing in actionin June 2005?
- ... that the Las Vegas, Nevada?
- ... that in 1993, police officer ventriloquist's dummyon patrol?
- ... that after a collision with the Ville du Havresank in only 12 minutes, with the loss of 226 lives?
- ... that the album title Even Heroes Need a Parachute was chosen to emphasize "the common ground that all humans share"?
- ... that Governor of New Mexico Territoryfrom 1866 to 1869?
- 01:29, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the earliest written record of Scotland during the Roman Empire is the submission of the King of Orkney to the Emperor Claudius (pictured) at Colchester in the year 43?
- ... that Haruji Matsue was the first person to manufacture the sugar cube in Japan?
- ... that the tugboat Tuff-E-Nuff, built in 1895 by Neafie & Levy, was still working commercially in 2007 after 112 years of service?
- ... that Swazi police told Gabriel Mkhumane's mother that he would come home "wrapped in a black bag" hours before his death was reported?
- ... that the mushroom fire-milk Lactarius is so named because of its acrid taste?
- ... that John Harfield Tredgold who helped slaves in the Cape Colony in the 19th century, was also a chemist?
- ... that a German Shepherd named Rajah was the first police dog in New Zealand?
- ... that baseball pitcher Marc Wilkins balked on Rob Ryan's first at bat, on the day of Ryan's major league debut, making the Arizona Diamondbacks score one run?
- 19:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that "eggs" of the foul-smelling, insect-attracting dog stinkhorn (pictured) have been eaten in West Virginia?
- ... that British athlete Stan Cox was nearly killed after being struck with a javelin while working as a judge for the British Amateur Athletic Association?
- ... that the Europe Firstpolicy?
- ... that Cadbury plc?
- ... that Washington Block was one of the first buildings to use the isolated pier foundation technique whereby load-bearing points have separate foundations?
- ... that the North German baroque organ in Örgryte Nya Kyrka is the largest meantone organ in the world?
- ... that kicker?
- ... that the Norwegian National Rail Administration owns all 4,114 km (2,556 mi) of railways in Norway, but does not operate any trains?
- 13:03, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that a subspecies of to have blue eyes?
- ... that U.S. Consul General in Durban, South Africa?
- ... that in side lettersto reach agreement on non-workplace-related matters?
- ... that scuba divers concerned about the deterioration of the Samuel P. Ely shipwreck worked underwater to install reinforcing tie rods that would hold the hulltogether?
- ... that the upright bugle often interbreeds with its more widespread cousin, the common bugle, producing hybrid offspring?
- ... that at the Convention of 1836, delegates approved the Texas Declaration of Independence with no debate?
- ... that Polish Army in the Battle of Kock during World War II?
- ... that Henry Fairfield Osborn almost doubled the size of Castle Rock, his father's Garrison, New York, mansion, to accommodate his family?
- 07:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that although on private property, the Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (pictured) outside Perryville, Kentucky was built by the federal government sixty-six years after the battle?
- ... that liver biopsy (obtaining a tissue sample from the liver) is sometimes needed in unexplained forms of hepatitis?
- ... that the geologic features located within the ?
- ... that before earning a science writer Mary Batten worked as a library clerk at the New York Public Library?
- ... that the console role-playing games, other than its traditional visual novel gameplay?
- ... that Well No. 4 in the Pico Canyon Oilfield was the first commercially successful oil well in the Western United States and the longest producing oil well in the world at 114 years?
- ... that Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park is the only state park dedicated solely to veterans of the Vietnam War?
- ... that former rushing touchdown (27) in the 2002 San Francisco Bowl?
- 22:12, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that 52 ships of the German scuttled in Scapa Flow (example pictured) in 1919, but many were later salvaged?
- ... that New York abstract painter Dennis Ashbaugh is one of the first artists to employ DNA marking patterns in paintings?
- ... that according to class divisionsbetween conquerors and the dominated?
- ... that James Ludington never lived in Ludington, Michigan – the town that bears his name?
- ... that although the fisheries?
- ... that Ronald Ribman's play The Journey of the Fifth Horse, based on a short story by Ivan Turgenev, won an Obie Award and starred a young Dustin Hoffman?
- ... that many slogans and several mottoes currently used in heraldry originated as war cries or battle cries?
- ... that the only trio of brothers to appear in a Major League Lacrosse game as members of the same team are Michael, Gregory, and Stephen Peyser of the New Jersey Pride?
- 15:18, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the Highland Park Police Station, where the radical Symbionese Liberation Army (emblem pictured) once planted a bomb that proved to be a dud, is now the Los Angeles Police Museum?
- ... that 1953 British Expedition?
- ... that the Confederate Monument in Perryville was built by the government of Kentucky to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Perryville, and 5,000–10,000 people attended its dedication?
- ... that the Mexican film Boom in the Moon starring Buster Keaton was not commercially released in the United Statesuntil 1983?
- ... that what is now the southwestern United States was at one time connected to East Antarctica according to the SWEAT model?
- ... that a group of Irish publishers tried to print pirated copies of Samuel Richardson′s final novel, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, before the actual first edition was released?
- ... that the Eagle Scoutproject?
- ... that the Payne-Desha House in Georgetown, Kentucky was built by a war hero from the Battle of the Thames and also was the last residence of the ninth governor of Kentucky?
- 01:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the golf course (pictured) around the buildings of the Garrison Grist Mill Historic District in Garrison, New York helps preserve their historic rural character?
- ... that future admirals Samuel Barrington, George Darby, Hugh Palliser, Thomas Pasley, Thomas Troubridge and Horatio Nelson all served aboard HMS Seahorse?
- ... that the town of New York Timesin 1922?
- ... that Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy is the only extant original orphanage in California?
- ... that John Milton (1562–1647) was so successful as a composer and scrivener that his son, John Milton—author of Paradise Lost, never had to work for a living?
- ... that the Okinawa Prefectural Museum was originally established under the U.S. Occupation in 1946?
- ... that maestro di capella at Padua Cathedral?
- ... that the Neutra Office Building, once the office of Modernist architect Richard Neutra, is said to be the only commercial structure that is still intact with Neutra's original design?
- 01:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that Chios Massacre?
- ... that the first Bahá'í Faithtook place in 1961?
- ... that the British Columbia mountain search and rescue organization North Shore Rescue was originally formed for responding to an urban nuclear attack?
- ... that although for £250?
- ... that Burr Caswell built his farmhouse in 1849 out of old driftwood and it is now a museum centerpiece?
- ... that Tropical Storm Kiko, a tropical cyclone of the 2007 Pacific hurricane season, caused at least 15 deaths at sea?
- ... that gay-straight alliance chorusin the United States?
- ... that 19 crewmen of the King George V of the United Kingdomfor rescuing 102 survivors from a burning ship in October 1913?
- 14:33, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the original viewports of the pioneering Ictineo II (replica pictured) ended up as bathroom windows?
- ... that Bill France, Sr. as the "best pure race driver I ever saw", was killed by his cousin during a dispute in the family's moonshinebusiness?
- ... that there are 64 varieties of ?
- ... that the Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor was the first floating battery to engage in hostilities during the American Civil War?
- ... that Felix Mendelssohn walked out in disgust in the middle of the 1827 premiere of his opera Die Hochzeit des Camacho, and cancelled the remaining performances?
- ... that fair trade laws that made it illegal to sell winesat a cheaper price than branded competitors?
- ... that the natural gas pipelines ever built in North America?
- ... that US$306 when he left Buenos Airesin 1985 on his record-breaking 10-year motorcycle journey?
- 06:53, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the type of veterinary school (pictured) can vary widely, ranging from the Bachelor of Science to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine?
- ... that organisations such as sculptures?
- ... that through Muslimsare the largest single religious group to circumcise males?
- ... that Achille-Louis Foville was made a professor at Charenton in 1840, filling the vacancy created by the death of his old teacher Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol?
- ... that the Congressto build it?
- ... that horse drawn carriage?
- 00:00, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that weddings?
- ... that the 1995 Iraqi presidential election?
- ... that emergency room in the state of Oregon?
- ... that Mount Bate, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is probably named after William Thornton Bate, a Royal Navy officer killed during the Second Opium War?
- ... that "Pink Fairhead" is a common name for Calocybe carnea, a small pink mushroom of grassy areas in Europe and North America?
- ... that T-shirts which featured Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney, which were seen in a 30 Rock episode entitled "Jack Gets in the Game", were made commercially available by NBC?
- 14:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that Jane Meutas (pictured) was drawn by Holbein and engraved by Bartolozzi?
- ... that during production of the film The Natural, Robert Redford was coached by Major League Baseball pitcher Spec Shea on how to pitch in an old-time style?
- ... that one of the chief motivations for anarcho-capitalist revolution is the impossibility of implementing anarchythrough peaceful means?
- ... that Georgia Institute of Technology, was the founder of the European Robotics Research Network(EURON)?
- ... that the site of the aboriginal village of Nocoroco, near Ormond Beach, Florida, is marked by a large fountain sculpture, called the "Tomokie Fountain"?
- ... that the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders mistakenly wore the Royal Stewart tartan until they arrived in England during World War II and were told to stop?
- 03:56, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the Giant Dead Leaf Mantis (pictured) falls to the ground and lies motionless when threatened?
- ... that the trail?
- ... that the Swansea and Welsh rugby duo Dick Jones and Dicky Owen were known affectionately as the Dancing Dicks?
- ... that the forthcoming Canadian film Smash Cut will feature a cameo appearance by filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis who invented the splatter film genre?
- ... that the highlight of cultural festivals of the Philippines?
- ... that the faculty of the College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara boast of two Nobel Prize winners and one Millennium Technology Prizewinner?
- 21:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that )?
- ... that the Cheonhado is a type of circular world map developed in Korea during the 17th century that displays both real and fictional places?
- ... that common ancestor of all winged insects?
- ... that "Blooddrunk", a track by Finnish band Children of Bodom about self-destructive behaviour, debuted at number one in Finland?
- ... that after a gift of Rush Limbaugh Show, sales at Wicks n' Moreincreased fivefold?
- ... that dugout in the 1930s while working as coach of Aberdeen?
- ... that the shooting location for the cult film Spider Baby?
- 14:42, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that the old Lodge Room at the Highland Park Masonic Temple (pictured) has been preserved with original anaglyphs and cherry wood paneling?
- ... that the Loire Valley estate Château de Goulaine is believed to be the oldest winery in existence and the third oldest commercial enterprise in the world?
- ... that Christopher Smart's two oratorios, Hannah and Abimelech, are based on the story of biblical women who became fertile because of their devotion to God?
- ... that the Second World War?
- ... that the opposition Parliamentfor six months after?
- ... that World Wrestling Entertainment to be held in Puerto Rico?
- 08:41, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that John Buckler created 13,000 drawings and paintings of historic British buildings, such as Ely Cathedral (pictured)?
- ...that the Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly, convening from 2007 to 2008, was the first since 1989 in which the Democratic partycontrolled both houses of the state's legislature?
- ... that Welsh sportsman St Helens Groundbut also lived there as a child and became its groundsman when he retired?
- ... that the "Madame Marie" mentioned in the 1973 song Asbury Parkboardwalk?
- ... that while setting a UFO?
- ... that inside left?
- ... that Tony Award?
- 01:38, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- ... that ice hockey goaltender Paddy Moran (pictured) aggressively defended the area in front of his net by using his stick to slash opposing players near his net and exhaling at them while chewing tobacco?
- ... that the stages-of-growth model describes the changing role of information technology in organizations?
- ... that power in the military?
- ... that the Grand Lodge of Indiana was started at the Schofield House of Madison, Indiana's historic district on January 13, 1818?
- ... that while serving aboard HMS Carcass as a midshipman on an Arctic expedition, a young Horatio Nelson is reported to have chased a polar bear?
- ... that the Laurel Valley Store in Laurel, Oregon, opened in 1893 and is still in use?