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30 September 2011

12:00, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Aretha Franklin (pictured) disappeared while recording "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"?
... that geophysical methods have been used to look for the palace of Cleopatra?
... that the Nantgarw tradition of Morris dancing is based on what one woman remembered of the dances she had seen when she was young?
... that several members of the Hyatt 10 were reappointed by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III because he thought it would be "liberating" for them?
... that tenor Ulrich Cordes was the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion in St. Martin, Idstein, the Berliner Philharmonie and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels?
... that the northern tamandua eats up to nine thousand ants and termites per day?

00:00, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the Utzon Center (pictured) in Aalborg, the last work of Danish architect Jørn Utzon, also celebrates the boatbuilding designs of his father?
... that there were concerns that the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square looked too much like Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini?
... that, despite its name, the freshwater crab Potamon ibericum does not live in Iberia?
... that this year's World Series of Poker Europe will be the first one not to be held in London?
... that Virginia's policy of "massive resistance" led to enactment, in September 1956, of the Stanley plan, laws requiring immediate closure of any public school that integrated racially?
... that rhinoceroses in ancient China were used as models for wine vessels?

29 September 2011

12:00, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the 1886 novel Albertine (painting of a scene shown) expedited the abolition of public prostitution in Norway?
... that during a feud with the singer and composer Francesca Caccini, Andrea Salvadori wrote a poem entitled "Women musicians speak from Hell"?
... that the myrtle geebung is a food item for native bees, currawongs and possibly kangaroos and possums?
... that the Coles 4038 microphone, used on records by The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, has the appearance of a waffle iron?
... that the extinct species Agulla mineralensis is the first North American snakefly to be described from Neogene fossils?
... that Harry Lee played his only Test cricket match over 15 years after being declared dead?

28 September 2011

23:50, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

... that in some archaic Greek alphabets (Corinthian inscription pictured), an Ε could look like a Β, a Β like a C, a Γ like an Ι, an Ι like a Σ, or a Σ like an Μ?
... that Hiallt was a Viking warrior who settled in Normandy and whose descendants, the Hauteville family, became rulers of Sicily and were leaders in the First Crusade?
... that the Tamil film Avana Ivan is an adaptation of the 1951 American film A Place in the Sun?
... that interior designer Kelly Wearstler has been called "the presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design"?
... that the horticultural varieties of Ptilotus nobilis include 'Passion', 'Poise' and 'Purity'?
... that Norman Kamaru went from being a police officer to "billionaire" singer in less than six months?

11:35, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

... that after being shot in 1881, U.S. President Garfield was treated by Doctor Doctor Bliss (pictured)?
... that the extinct snakefly Agulla protomaculata is the only snakefly described from the Green River Formation?
... that Ewan McGregor was inspired to buy his own pet dog after working with canine actor Cosmo?
... that Norwegian publisher Ernst G. Mortensen founded Norway's first correspondence school?
... that a club started by two undergraduates in 1839 was central to the spread of Victorian restoration which determined the character of most English churches and cathedrals today?
... that Indian businessman and builder T. Namberumal Chetty is said to have owned 99 residences in the Chennai neighborhood of Chetpet, but would not purchase a 100th for astrological reasons?

27 September 2011

23:20, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the documentary To Whom It May Concern (poster pictured) tells the story of Nancy Kwan, one of the first Asian leads in a Hollywood film?
... that John's Phone has been dubbed "the world's simplest phone"?
... that the nearest living relatives of Eosacantha, a fossil tortoise beetle from Colorado, are found in Africa, tropical Asia, and Australia?
... that at a total cost of US$264 million, the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles is the most expensive golf course ever constructed?
... that film producer Masaichi Nagata was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame?
... that White House Honey Ale is the only beer known to have been brewed in the White House?

11:05, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

... that although Archibald Clark (pictured) served only one year as Mayor of Auckland Borough, it took 20 years for the next mayor to be chosen?
... that Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie were nominated for a Grammy award for a song in the key of X?
... that after St Gwenllwyfo's Church in Anglesey, Wales, was abandoned in 1856 in favour of a replacement, its medieval roof took nearly 100 years to collapse?
... that the closed circle of suspects is a common literary device from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction?
... that England ranked first in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games medal table?
... that Paul Luther, son of theologian Martin Luther, became an alchemist?

26 September 2011

22:50, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

... that bigfin reef squids (pictured) have one of the fastest recorded growth rates of any large marine invertebrate?
... that only 14 cricketers have represented Japan in Women's One Day Internationals?
... that the Fredensborg Houses were specifically designed by Jørn Utzon for Danes returning from abroad?
... that Lindsay Pearce had to be sneaked in to film the Glee third season premiere because The Glee Project finale awarding her the role had not yet aired?
... that the James Elliott Farm in Indiana was the home of the brewer for the New Harmony commune of Owenites?
... that while some prolific authors used pen and paper or typewriters, Philip M. Parker has used a computer to write more than 200,000 books?

10:35, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the inspiration for the Paustian House (pictured) in Copenhagen came to architect Jørn Utzon while he was walking through a forest of beech trees?
... that wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc became the first disabled recipient of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's female athlete of the year after she won five Paralympic gold medals in 2008?
... that in 1945 a Japanese battalion was rearmed to serve alongside the British 5th Parachute Brigade in the Far East?
... that the cut flowers of the crinkle bush can attract and kill flies when kept indoors?
... that The Shirelles, described as having a "naive schoolgirl sound", are credited with starting the girl band genre?
... that John Randolph Neal, chief defense counsel in the Scopes Trial, had once lost a job as part of a "Slaughter of the Ph.D.s"?

25 September 2011

22:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the A. Mendelson and Son Company Building (pictured) on the Albany, New York, waterfront is one of the few intact examples of early 20th-century industrial buildings in that city?
... that the Athletics Bridge is an international track and field competition held annually in Slovakia?
... that when he was a child, African-American songwriter Ted Jarrett was told that "only white boys write songs"?
... that "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty", the hymn that inspired Bach's cantata BWV 137, has been published in more than ten English translations?
... that Annæus Schjødt was prosecutor in the trial against Vidkun Quisling?
... that the velvet horn is fed upon by the sap-sucking slug?

10:05, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the European route E751 (pictured), located in Croatia and Slovenia, has three endpoints: in Koper, Pula, and Rijeka?
... that Mexican-born merchant Estevan Ochoa undertook a dangerous 250-mile (400 km) journey through Apache territory to avoid swearing loyalty to the Confederate States of America?
... that the type specimen of the extinct tortoise beetle Denaeaspis is only 6.04 millimetres (0.238 in) long?
... that New England Patriots assistant George Godsey is the most accurate quarterback in Georgia Tech history?
... that three singer-songwriters formed the supergroup Alex, Jorge y Lena?
... that bookseller Johan Dahl is immortalized through a farce by Henrik Wergeland from 1835?

24 September 2011

21:50, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

... that a divine silkworm moth (pictured) is one of those participating in the Extermination of Evil?
... that the Military Officers Association of America reports that the "I'm a lighthouse. Your call" urban legend is forwarded to the organization an average of three times a day?
... that Saltford Brass Mill contains a complete annealing furnace claimed to be one of the best remaining examples of this technology in Britain?
... that Gardiner regards the unusual use of independent trombones in Bach's cantata Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25, as an "anticipation of the finale to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"?
... that National Football League offensive tackle Levi Horn is a member of the Cheyenne tribe?
... that the Eternal Diet, "a bladeless knife without a handle", followed the Youngest Recess of the Holy Roman Empire?

08:45, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the common name of the 1533 Parmigianino painting Turkish Slave (pictured) is due to confusion of the typical headgear of noblewomen of the time with a turban?
... that less than a decade after he fought Seminoles in Florida to keep them from aiding the Spanish, U.S. Senator John Williams voted against the treaty in which Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.?
... that Hurricane Norbert fluctuated from a Category 3 to Category 4 three times in two days?
... that the Young Justice episode "Independence Day" introduces a younger version of the DC Universe?
... that the Indian astronomer Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary discovered the variable star R Reticuli in 1867?
... that Blessing in Disguise condemns conservative traditionalism in a two-page discussion of Indonesian witch-doctors?

23 September 2011

20:30, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

... that during the Siege of Chester, King Charles I watched the Battle of Rowton Heath from the Phoenix Tower (pictured) on the city's walls?
... that Lou Frost was elected nine times as public defender in Jacksonville, Florida, without opposition?
... that the plant Hakea macraeana was first described in The Australian Journal of Pharmacy?
... that the 12th-century Auspicious Tantra of All-Reaching Union, discovered among the rubble of the Baisigou Square Pagoda after it had been blown up, is the earliest-known book printed using wooden movable type?
... that Belinda Clark of Australia is the first person of either sex to score a double century in international limited overs cricket?
... that a listing on eBay led to the discovery of a new species?

08:15, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the kidney garden spider (pictured) builds webs that are missing one segment?
... that award-winning Indonesian film director Teguh Karya directed numerous romances, but never married?
... that the Chennakesava Perumal Temple in Chennai, India, is dedicated to Chennakesava Perumal, the patron deity of the city?
... that New Zealand trade union leader Tom Skinner was manager of the 1960 New Zealand national rugby league team's tour to Britain?
... that David Lynch experimented with backwards speech for Eraserhead before deciding to use it in "Episode 2" of Twin Peaks?
... that a reviewer wrote that Katia Plaschka, "quite accurately described as a high soprano, sings music of stratospheric difficulty" when performing Luigi Nono's music?

22 September 2011

20:00, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the portrait (pictured) of Italian nobleman Gian Galeazzo Sanvitale by late Renaissance artist Parmigianino in 1524 was once thought to be a portrait of Christopher Columbus?
... that after the English Civil War, a statue of King Charles I was hidden by a metalsmith whilst he sold cutlery that he claimed was made from its melted-down metal?
... that the venom of the lesser Asian scorpion contains proteins that are toxic to Plasmodium falciparum, a pathogenic parasite that causes malaria in humans?
... that Brian Epstein was so angered that The Beatles were paid in loose change for a gig at the Aintree Institute, he never booked with the venue's promoter again?
... that Markus Flaig brought Handel's darkness and great light to St. Martin, Idstein?
... that Ali Jawad al-Sheikh was killed when he was allegedly hit by a tear gas canister during protests after an initial government crackdown in Bahrain?

08:00, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the P. R. Chinese government has published a list of sixty-four important cultural relics (one pictured) that are forbidden to be exhibited outside of China?
... that Bach structures his cantata movement Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, on the Great Commandment by a canon of trumpet and continuo on a chorale on the Ten Commandments?
... that Yrkingar by Janus Djurhuus was the first collection of a Faroese poet's works to be published?
... that Michael Douglas competed for Canada in the Winter Olympics?
... that the type specimen of the extinct bulldog ant Macabeemyrma ovata is the fossilized remains of an adult queen preserved in shale?
... that the Bright Copper, Fiery Copper and Clouded Footman can be found on the prickly box in Australia?

00:00, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the extinct lobe-finned fish Laccognathus embryi (reconstruction pictured) had fangs up to 3.8 cm (1.5 in) long?
... that the owners of Potato Valley Cafe, located in Annapolis, Maryland, are not worried about competition because no other restaurant serves only potatoes?
... that while preparing for the air assault over the River Rhine, the commanders of the 3rd Parachute Brigade were told to expect almost a third of their strength to become casualties?
... that members of the Queensland Shearers Union and British Seamen's Union blockaded wool bales produced by non-union shearers in Brisbane in 1890?
... that Amnesty International has described Fiji's Essential National Industries (Employment) Decree 2011 as "a breathtaking abuse of fundamental rights"?
... that The Shirelles singer Shirley Owens made her voice sound almost off-tune to sound innocent in the sexually charged single "Tonight's the Night"?

21 September 2011

16:00, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Marco da Gagliano's opera La Flora (libretto pictured) was first performed on 14 October 1628 to celebrate the marriage of Margherita de' Medici and Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma?
... that Barney Gilligan died on April Fools' Day?
... that if Go Vacation players get bored of scuba diving they can throw pies at each other?
... that the Rędziński Bridge, a recently constructed cable-stayed bridge spanning the Oder river in Wrocław, is the tallest and longest bridge in Poland?
... that although Daniel is portrayed as a young man by Rubens in his depiction of Daniel in the lions' den, Daniel would have been over eighty according to biblical chronology?
... that astronomers have discovered a real-life "Tatooine"?

08:00, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the taboo offering of a cloth stained with menstrual blood to the Hindu goddess Matangi (pictured) is thought to grant the ability to attract a mate?
... that actor Holter Graham lived in Baltimore, Maryland, while growing up, but spent summers on a Montana cattle ranch?
... that Indian cricketer Anil Kumble took 37 five-wicket hauls and is only the second player to take 10 wickets in an innings after Jim Laker?
... that Sekar Ayu Asmara's directorial debut, The Stringless Violin, with "pat" dialogue and "illogical" scenes, was submitted for an Oscar?
... that the architect of the Houses of Parliament initially objected to a statue of Richard the Lionheart being placed nearby?
... that the Great Famine in Greece during the Axis occupation is claimed to be the worst famine that Greeks have experienced since ancient times?

00:00, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

... that a former Speaker of the House of Commons raised money for the Monument to the Women of World War II (pictured) by appearing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
... that Miró named a painting Man and Woman in Front of a Pile of Excrement because of something Rembrandt said?
... that Jim Hunter is the first Canadian male skier to win a medal in the World Championships for alpine skiing?
... that Kirsopp Lake published the text of the Codex Sinaiticus?
... that during the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel's 147 Squadron flew the lightly armed Fouga Magister trainer in combat, losing six aircraft and pilots?
... that Marie Antoinette's favorite hairdresser, Leonard, designed a hairstyle called the loge d'opera that towered five feet upon the wearer's head?

20 September 2011

16:00, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the 15th-century church of the Dragalevtsi Monastery on the outskirts of the Bulgarian capital Sofia features frescoes of military saints in full knights' armour (pictured)?
... that the breakaway North America Vishwa Kannada Association was formed in March 2009 by 7 founder members of the Association of Kannada Kootas of America and 25 others?
... that in 1737 cooper Charles Milsom discovered a spring in Lyncombe, Bath, while fixing a fishpond, and styled himself as a doctor to market the spring water for its health-giving properties?
... that Argentina stayed neutral during most of World War II, and declared war on the Axis powers on March 27, 1945?
... that even after Hurricane Estelle dissipated, rain continued over Hawaii for three days?
... that the controversial novel Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen gave its name to a literary movement in Norway in the 1880s?

08:00, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the 13th-century Mårup Church (pictured) was partially dismantled in 2008 to prevent it from falling into the North Sea?
... that Lady Gaga embarked early on her 2009–11 Monster Ball Tour due to the cancellation of her Fame Kills tour with Kanye West?
... that, though it owes much in design to the Royal Crescent in Bath, Buxton Crescent is said to be "more richly decorated and altogether more complex"?
... that Junior Hemingway was expected to be the biggest beneficiary of the 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team's decision to switch to a pro-style offense from a spread offense?
... that the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album was earned in 2009 by Draco Rosa for his album Teatro?
... that Wojciech Pietranik was told to replace the Sydney Opera House with the Roman Colosseum in his design for the Sydney 2000 Olympic medals?

00:00, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Peruvian women (example pictured) may marry at age 16, but the age of consent is 18?
... that Bagsværd Church, designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, has a vault made from concrete shells spanning 17 metres (56 ft)?
... that most of the habitat of the vulnerable tree Eucalyptus benthamii has disappeared under Warragamba Dam or been cleared?
... that 1995 College Football All-America Team selection Heath Irwin is the nephew of World Golf Hall of Fame member Hale Irwin?
... that despite reports that they played so badly their set was cut short, The Beatles' first performance at Lathom Hall led to a number of future bookings there, earning them the 2005 equivalent of £120 per concert?
... that Steve Crosby was named the National Football League's top special teams coach in 2007 and developed the league's most accurate kicker of all-time?

19 September 2011

16:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the giant stele (section pictured) with which the Yongle Emperor meant to honor his father, never left the quarry?
... that the report National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope, by US Senator Tom Coburn, has generated controversy for portraying much scientific research as "silly"?
... that Jin Guangping, Jin Qizong and Aisin-Gioro Ulhicun, three generations of the same family who all studied the extinct Jurchen language and script, are direct descendants of the Qianlong Emperor?
... that A Day in the Life is an internet television documentary web series produced by Morgan Spurlock that represents Hulu's first original long-form programming venture?
... that Eduar Villanueva set a Venezuelan national record while competing in the men's 1500m event during the World Championships in Athletics held earlier this month in Daegu, South Korea?
... that Mircea Florian, seen as one of the four leading protest singers in Communist Romania in his folk rock years, pioneered minimal music in his career as a computer scientist?

08:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

... that New York's Tarrytown Light (pictured) was ultimately located offshore in the Hudson River as sites on land were too expensive?
... that Sericothrips staphylinus were released as part of biological control of gorse in New Zealand, but have not spread far because too few of them have wings?
... that there were over a dozen Zaporozhian Cossacks uprisings against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire?
... that Iowa politician James B. Weaver wrote in 1912 that the current Jasper County Courthouse in Newton, Iowa, will last "long after the pages of the county's history are worn and turned yellow"?
... that the Burrunan dolphin is only the third new dolphin species to be recognized since the late 19th century?
... that some fans of the National Football League's San Diego Chargers have played the team's fight song at their weddings?

00:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Marcel Janco (pictured), the founder of Dada stagecraft, decided to emigrate from Romania when his brother-in-law was tortured to death by the Iron Guard?
... that a third of Madagascar's women marry before the age of 19?
... that only weeks after Hurricane Celia devastated southern Texas in 1970, residents had to evacuate again when Hurricane Ella threatened?
... that of the three described species in the Eocene bulldog ant genus Avitomyrmex, one species is known only from worker caste individuals?
... that Amos P. Catlin authored the law that made Sacramento the permanent capital of California?
... that Norsemen made vows at Yule on the bristles of a sacrificial boar?

18 September 2011

16:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Haines Shoe House (pictured) is right by a shoe-shaped doghouse on Shoe House Road?
... that water-filled holes in the trunk of Platypodium elegans are an important habitat for the larvae of giant damselflies?
... that William Butler Yeats loathed Robin de la Condamine's performance in his The Shadowy Waters, but could not fire him because all the actors were working for free?
... that Prince Mahidol used to teach medicine at Windsor Palace before it was demolished to make way for the National Stadium?
... that John Danowski coached the Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse team to its first NCAA national championship in 2010?
... that inhaling spores from the devil's snuff-box can cause the respiratory disease lycoperdonosis?

08:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Newfoundland dogs with similar markings to those seen in Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's 1831 work A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society (pictured) are known as Landseers?
... that during Operation Hasty in Italy, a German division was kept in reserve because of the presence of 60 British parachutists?
... that Henry P. Moulton appointed William H. Lewis to serve as the first African-American Assistant United States Attorney?
... that about 12,000 local people died during clearance of the oil concession Block 5A in Unity State, South Sudan?
... that the editor of the Tribune, Richard Clements, was accused of being a Soviet agent?
... that in 2008, Thuraya Alzaabi became the first female athlete to represent the United Arab Emirates at the Paralympics?

00:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Olympic gold medals (example pictured) have been made out of silver, jade, and glass?
... that the extinct Itilochelys is one of only three known fossil cheloniid sea turtle taxa found in the Volgograd Region?
... that for the production of the upcoming U2 documentary, From the Sky Down, director Davis Guggenheim was given full access to the band's archives?
... that The Straits Times criticized the Singapore Port Authority for refusing its reporter access to the tanker Norse Commander when it caught fire?
... that the Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album was awarded in 2008 to Rodolfo?
... that the 1773 French satirical drawing of the First Partition of Poland, The Troelfth Cake, was banned in several European countries?

17 September 2011

16:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

... that a judge's error on the first episode of a television game show (pictured) hosted by Swedish television director Nils Erik Bæhrendtz introduced a new term into the Swedish language?
... that Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel in Robertsbridge was founded by a "mystical Micawber"?
... that the Dorrigo waratah and its relatives have had red terminal flowers for over sixty million years?
... that Ottoman officer Ahmed Niyazi Bey never lived to see his estate, the Saraj, completed?
... that Darlenys Obregón helped set a national record in the 4 × 100 metres relay in 2005?
... that a former owner of Ascog House on the Isle of Bute kept a litter of pigs in his bedroom?

08:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the Treaty of Kępno (1282) between Mestwin II and Przemysł II (pictured) transferred control over Gdańsk Pomerania and facilitated the reunification of Poland?
... that some of the proceeds from the 2009 album Connie Talbot's Holiday Magic went to Toys for Tots?
... that Indonesian singer Ari Lasso quit smoking after his son hid his cigarettes?
... that Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton owned the world's largest collection of boxing fight films?
... that DreamWorks plans to produce at least three films in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise?
... that the 400,000-ton Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever built?

00:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the organ in All Saints Church, Thorpe Bassett, North Yorkshire, (pictured) was originally built for Claydon House, and was later discovered in a poor state of repair in York Minster?
... that the theft of a saddlebag from the Sioux City Public Museum in 1996 may have been part of a string of museum thefts which involved stealing Native American artifacts?
... that Turtagrø was the location for the first climbing school in Norway?
... that Bruce Timm, the producer of the animated film adaptation Batman: Year One, said that adapting the comic story arc was straightforward since the original story was already cinematic?
... that former Idaho Vandals basketball player Orlando Lightfoot once scored 50 of his team's 69 points in a game?
... that Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University in Uttar Pradesh, India, is the world's first university which is exclusively for the disabled?

16 September 2011

16:00, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Prussian Homage (fragment pictured) by Jan Matejko was among the most wanted Polish paintings searched for by Nazis during World War II?
... that concert organist Zsolt Gárdonyi played his father's Partita "Veni Creator Spiritus" along with his own jazzy Mozart Changes at the Marktkirche?
... that Mick the Miller has been called "the world's most famous Greyhound"?
... that the vicar of St John the Baptist's Church, Allington in Wiltshire was engaged to Cassandra, sister of Jane Austen, but he died before he could marry her?
... that according to Slow Food experts, the Bulgarian Cherni Vit green cheese is the only traditional mold cheese produced in the Balkans?
... that the Mississippi restaurant Mammy's Cupboard, built in the shape of a woman, has been said to resemble Aunt Jemima?

08:00, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

... that U.S. Senator Hugh White (pictured), once a staunch ally of President Andrew Jackson, stood against Jackson's chosen successor in the 1836 Presidential election, placing third in the electoral vote?
... that Eris is the first successful detailed simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy?
... that John Hearne was so important in drafting the 1937 Constitution of Ireland that he was referred to as the Irish Thomas Jefferson?
... that the freehold for Michelin starred restaurant Club Gascon is owned by homeless charity Centrepoint?
... that, three days before his death in a plane crash, Chilean journalist Roberto Bruce replaced the host of a breakfast programme for the first time?
... that printed solar panels can be printed on ordinary untreated paper at a cost similar to that of inkjet printing?

00:00, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

... that of more than 300 trolleybus systems currently serving cities worldwide, the 1914-opened trolleybus system in Shanghai is the oldest, and its counterpart in Philadelphia (pictured) the second-oldest?
... that by sponsoring the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference in Windhoek (1975–1977), the South African government attempted to quell armed resistance waged by the People's Liberation Army of Namibia?
... that the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad offered "millions of acres" of cheap land as a motivation for settlers to move to Iowa and Nebraska in 1872?
... that when Jane Colebrook won the 800 metres race at the 1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in San Sebastián, Spain, she set a British indoor record that would stand for 26 years?
... that one species of the extinct Eocene bulldog ant Ypresiomyrma reached up to 25 millimetres (0.98 in) in length?
... that Carl Sagan worked with the US Air Force on detonating a nuclear device on the Moon?

15 September 2011

16:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the Blue Mountains Ash (pictured) has a corky wooden skirt that helps it resist fire?
... that The Secret of the Nagas was in such high demand before its release that 80,000 copies of the book were pre-ordered?
... that Wenderholm Regional Park includes a house built by Sir Robert Graham?
... that after trying out with the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Summer League, forward Marquin Chandler signed with the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs?
... that Graham Waterhouse composed the piano trio Bei Nacht (At Night), inspired by a Kandinsky oil painting entitled Nacht?
... that ancient scholars considered the Mutiny at Sucro the most important event of Scipio Africanus' early military career?

08:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

... that after its 1688 re-gilding, the Coventry Cross (replica pictured) was so bright that people could hardly bear to look directly at it on a sunny day?
... that M-78, a state highway in Michigan, was extended several times and converted into a freeway, but now follows its original 1919 routing?
... that musicologists Finn Benestad and Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe wrote a Grieg biography in 1980 that was later translated into English, German, and Russian?
... that in addition to serving as Lizzie Borden's defense attorney, Melvin O. Adams was a U.S. Attorney and a railroad executive?
... that Rob Feaster is the Patriot League's all-time men's basketball scoring leader, yet still only ranks second at his own school?
... that the exceptional Holstein sire Carlin M Ivanhoe Bell passed on the genes for both good milk production and complex vertebral malformation, a lethal genetic disorder?

00:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Liesl Tesch (pictured) is the first woman to play professional wheelchair basketball?
... that Louise Casey, a British civil servant known for being outspoken, once said that "doing things sober is no way to get things done"?
... that Seattle Sounders FC will face the Chicago Fire in the 2011 U.S. Open Cup Final on October 4, 2011, for a chance to three-peat as champion?
... that a review of "The Rise of the Blue Beetle!" said that it is not for people who dislike "wormholes, single-cell organisms and evil intergalactic pirates being mentioned in the same breath as Batman"?
... that in 1899, Major League Baseball pitcher Frank Bates lost 18 of 19 games while making "a circus-like assortment of pitching mistakes"?
... that the world's smallest electric motor is made up of a single molecule and can be driven at up to one million revolutions per second?

14 September 2011

16:00, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

... that West Wing Week (title card pictured) is narrated by White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest?
... that the Calabar River was a major conduit of supply for the Atlantic slave trade?
... that Major League Baseball outfielder George Bristow once won 23 consecutive games as a pitcher in the minor leagues?
... that there is a community of over 20,000 recent African migrants in a concentrated area in Guangzhou, China?
... that East Timor made its debut in the Asian Games in 2002, just four months after its declaration of independence?
... that science fiction author Lisa Tuttle is the only person to have refused a Nebula Award?

08:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

... that as a 12-year-old, Empress Shōshi (artistic depiction pictured) was sent by her father Fujiwara no Michinaga to live in Emperor Ichijō's harem?
... that Gevra mine in India's Korba Coalfield has been described as the largest open cast mine in Asia and has reported a record daily production of 100,000 tonnes?
... that Getic king Dromichaetes defeated and captured Lysimachus, a former general of Alexander the Great?
... that prior to its reconstruction, the Sioux Narrows Bridge, located along Ontario Highway 71, featured the longest single span of a wooden bridge in North America, at 64 metres (210 ft)?
... that the last song on El Mundo Cabe en Una Canción is a tribute to singer-songwriter Fito Páez's hometown?
... that Indonesian songwriter Dewiq was without Pay for three years before telling the public?

00:00, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

... that in Christianity the term Water of Life (artistic depiction pictured) may refer to the Holy Spirit?
... that the old YMCA building in Albany, New York, hosted the first basketball game played away from Springfield College, where the sport was developed?
... that the lyrics of Baldur, the début album of the Icelandic Viking / folk metal band Skálmöld, are written in the dróttkvætt style?
... that Cheap Trick guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen got the idea for the song "Hello There" from Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera?
... that rally driver Michèle Mouton and her all-female team won their class at the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans?
... that the frilled anemone may be eaten by the shag rug nudibranch?

13 September 2011

16:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the parishioners of St. Peter's Kierch (pictured) rented the church from the founder of Middletown, Pennsylvania, for one grain of wheat per year?
... that Captain William Lechmere missed the chance to command a ship at the Battle of Trafalgar by a single week?
... that the thin-leaved stringybark is so named as the bark fibres can be peeled off the trunk in strings?
... that after moving into the Bethesda Home for Boys at age seven, current San Francisco 49er Demarcus Dobbs moved in with his high school football coach's family in 2005?
... that, according to specialist midwife Comfort Momoh, 74,000 women living in the UK in 2000 had undergone female genital mutilation?
... that fossils of the extinct reptile Acallosuchus were found in a cigar box in 1983?

08:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Jane Dieulafoy (pictured) received special permission from the French government to wear men's clothing in public?
... that part of the Great Wall of China is submerged in the reservoir formed by the construction of the Panjiakou Dam in Hebei Province, and sometimes it re-emerges during droughts?
... that in his first career start for Notre Dame, defensive end Ronald Talley recorded seven tackles?
... that an 1869 decision to use earthquake-resistant timber construction led to St Michael's Church being the only Christchurch Central City Anglican church in use after the 2011 earthquake?
... that AP Columbae, the closest young star known, formed after the dinosaurs became extinct?
... that Robert Graves was in charge of aliens at the Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Works?

00:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

... that James Underdown (pictured), an investigator of fringe science claims, once declared himself Poet Laureate of Calumet City, Illinois, and toured Midwest comedy clubs under the name Jim U-boat?
... that the song "He's a Whore", originally performed by Cheap Trick, is not just about sex?
... that the sea anemone Adamsia palliata growing on the exterior of a gastropod shell inhabited by the hermit crab Pagurus prideaux is capable of enlarging the shell to better accommodate the crab inside?
... that the trumpet plays the chorale melody in Bach's cantata Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, in C major within an aria in A minor in "a battle for harmonic supremacy"?
... that Ronald Ngala led the Kenya African Democratic Union political party from its creation until its dissolution?
... that the Michael Jordan statue once wore the jersey of ice hockey player Jonathan Toews?

12 September 2011

16:00, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Zoltán Gárdonyi studied composition with Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (building pictured) and taught at the Academy for 26 years?
... that the Lionel Conacher Award for Canada's male athlete of the year was awarded to Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky a record six times?
... that Sophie of Isenburg married Prince Georg Friedrich the same year the House of Hohenzollern celebrated its 950th anniversary?
... that the rare fern Adiantum viridimontanum was first described from a specimen collected at an old asbestos mine in the Green Mountains?
... that the same Partition Sejm that acceded to the First Partition of Poland also created the celebrated Commission of National Education, seen as Europe's first ministry of education?
... that after Robert Laws was made temporary head of the Livingstonia Mission, he kept the position for 50 years?

08:00, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the University of Pittsburgh's D-Scribe Digital Publishing program has digitized the complete double elephant folio set of Audubon's Birds of America (example of work pictured)?
... that the extinct hangingfly genera Formosibittacus, Jurahylobittacus, and Mongolbittacus are only known from the Middle Jurassic of China?
... that the Constable Hook Cemetery is enclosed by a tank farm?
... that the Canadian Special Service Medal may be awarded under such varied criteria as service with the United Nations or NATO, serving in the Canadian Arctic at CFS Alert, or service as a Canadian Ranger?
... that the film Gerrymandering draws on the perspectives from different individuals, reporters, pundits and politicians including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Howard Dean, Bob Graham, Lani Guiner, Ed Rollins, and John Fund?
... that a horse was killed by the novel electrification system of the Torquay Tramways before it had even opened to the public?

00:00, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the temple spire of the Vigneshwara Temple, Ozar (gate pictured)—dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesha—is covered with gold?
... that Dennis Russell Davies conducted the premiere of the Fifth Symphony Now and in the hour of death by Heinz Winbeck, which reflects Bruckner's Ninth Symphony?
... that racehorse Stay Thirsty's win in the 2011 Travers Stakes made him a front-runner for top American three-year-old colt honors?
... that El Fua, originally made popular by an alcoholic Mexican man, has been used by Chilean students during the protests for free education in the country?
... that the University of Lomé is the largest university in the African country of Togo with a student body of roughly 40,000?
... that in June 2009, the price of Brent Crude went up to its highest point in eight months after one man spent less than three hours trading futures while drunk?

11 September 2011

16:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Bob Beckwith, the firefighter accompanying President George W. Bush at Ground Zero (pictured), had been retired for 7 years and bluffed his way into the rescue site using old gear?
... that the concept of Nesting Orientalisms is based on the ideas of historian Larry Wolff and Edward Said's Orientalism?
... that Frank Ponta competed in five Paralympic Games, including the first in 1960, and coached several medal-winning Paralympic athletes including Louise Sauvage and Priya Cooper?
... that The Comic Strip Presents... film The Hunt for Tony Blair portrays former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a fugitive on the run?
... that Egyptian Healy had one of the lowest winning percentages of any Major League Baseball pitcher during the 1880s?
... that the woollybutt is useful in the production of honey and railway sleepers?

08:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

... that destroyers of the British C and D classes (example of a D class pictured) sank three Italian submarines in June 1940?
... that one of Indonesia's "most sought-after movie songwriters" started her career by writing about flatulence and sexual deviancy?
... that at the base of each tentacle of the sea anemone Sagartia troglodytes, there is a distinctive black mark shaped like a capital letter "B"?
... that Miguel Ángel Coria's first opera, Belisa, based on Lorca's play Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín, premiered in 1992 at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid?
... that Echoes is a limited series comic partially inspired by Psycho?
... that hairdresser Vidal Sassoon was trained by 'Mr Teasy-Weasy'?

00:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

... that in Peter's vision of a sheet with animals (pictured), Peter's triple refusal to eat is thought to echo his triple denial of Jesus?
... that the smallest member of the Boeing 737 Next Generation family will not be continued in the family's replacement, the Boeing 737 MAX?
... that Norrköpings Tidningar is Sweden's oldest continually published newspaper?
... that the discoveries of Judge Joseph Pratt Allyn were published under the name "Putnam"?
... that after Chasing Dreams Gita Gutawa was chosen for Love in Perth?
... that writer Elizaveta Polonskaya was the only female member of the Serapion Brothers?

10 September 2011

16:00, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Neo-Confucianism during Japan's Edo Period (pioneer Fujiwara Seika pictured) believed that the universe could be understood through human reason, even if interpretations were different depending on the philosophical school?
... that from the day of his marriage till his death, Texas Governor Peter Hansborough Bell never set foot in the state?
... that St James' Church, Daisy Hill in Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, has been described as "a masterly performance for relatively little cash"?
... that the debut album of Gita Gutawa featured a song written by eight people?
... that Andreas Munch was the first person to be granted a poet's pension by the Parliament of Norway?
... that there were concerns that The Bouncy could derail a train?

08:00, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Pitt, Wellington, and Nelson are celebrated on the Camphill Column, Alnwick (pictured), now standing on an oval hillfort in the middle of a golf course?
... that Gid Gardner was part of the first known platoon arrangement in baseball?
... that Spreetshoogte Pass is the steepest mountain pass in Namibia?
... that peace activist Rachel MacNair founded the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List in 1993?
... that the Nyorai, top-level Buddhist gods of Japan, are portrayed as almost human, but with very long arms, webbed fingers, and other unusual marks?
... that Teguh Karya had to fight for Christine Hakim's right to act in Cinta Pertama (First Love) after his producer said her breasts were too small?

00:00, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the leaves of the grey gum (bark pictured) are a staple food of the koala?
... that Ahmed al-Senussi, a member of the Libyan National Transitional Council, is related to Idris of Libya, Libya's only king?
... that only four of the Capcom Five titles were released, and only one remained a Nintendo GameCube exclusive as originally announced in 2002?
... that Mani Nagappa, who sculpted the statue of Thiruvalluvar near Halasuru Lake, Bangalore, was the son of Rao Bahadur M. S. Nagappa, who made statues of British governors and administrators?
... that in 2009, Revolution Analytics named Norman H. Nie, one of the original SPSS developers, as their new CEO?
... that a 1934 novel by the Romanian H. Bonciu shows painter Egon Schiele and his muse in a sadomasochistic ménage à trois with the protagonist?

9 September 2011

16:00, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the elaborately Gothick Grade 1 listed Brizlee Tower (pictured) was built by the third 1st Duke of Northumberland who declared "they are my orders, it is my planning"?
... that hockey goaltender Robbie Moore finished in the top ten in the NHL in shutouts in the 1978–79 season, despite playing in only five games?
... that the bacteria Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii were believed to be the only causes of ehrlichiosis in the United States until Ehrlichia Wisconsin HM543746 was discovered in 2009?
... that Wolfgang Sawallisch conducted Helen Donath, Hermann Becht and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in the first recording of the cantata Media in vita by Herbert Blendinger?
... that puppeteer Timothy M. Rose asked to portray Return of the Jedi's Admiral Ackbar solely based on the character's looks?
... that Major League Baseball player Emmett Seery was so patient during at bats that one newspaper wrote that he was "a good enough waiter to preside at a restaurant"?

08:00, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the Jewish folktale of Yossele the Holy Miser (tombstone pictured) speaks to one of the highest forms of charity in the Jewish tradition – giving anonymously?
... that André Watson holds records for refereeing the greatest number of finals in the Rugby World Cup, Currie Cup and Super Rugby?
... that Indonesian band Kerispatih sang compositions by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on two albums?
... that the National Farm Toy Museum, located in Dyersville, Iowa, has one of the largest cast iron farm toy collections?
... that Tsang Kam To represented the Hong Kong football team for the 2009 East Asian Games and 2010 Asian Games?
... that FEMA determines the impact of a storm based on the service at Waffle House?

00:00, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

... that renowned poet William Wordsworth was inspired by a leech collector (leech pictured)?
... that Apple Inc.'s Numbers has been called a page layout and presentation program disguised as a spreadsheet?
... that Indonesian writer Ajip Rosidi first became a magazine editor at the age of 15?
... that, named for its "rope-like" stem, Marasmius funalis itself became the basis of another fungus's name, due to a morphological resemblance?
... that baseball player Bloody Jake Evans, who once led the National League in outfield assists, injured his arm while throwing the ball and played his last game at the age of 28?
... that many children have been injured or died while sweeping up cotton?

8 September 2011

16:00, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the yellow bloodwood (bark pictured) tends to grow on the western slopes of plateaus and escarpments?
... that as a Major League Baseball rookie, Buster Hoover finished second in the league batting statistics even though his team did not complete the season?
... that the Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic is the highest award presented by the Czech Minister of Defence?
... that it is claimed that tavern sandwiches were first created in Sioux City, Iowa in 1924, at a restaurant that later became known as Ye Olde Tavern?
... that the art photographers Anna and Bernhard Blume created Kitchen Frenzy and Pure Reason?
... that the developers of Myth III: The Wolf Age turned their Fear & Loathing into Vengeance for the modding community?

08:00, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Hawaii–Tahiti relations during the 1800s included a proposal that Hawaiian Princess Kekāuluohi (pictured) should marry a son of Tahitian King Pōmare I?
... that Elli Hatschek, her husband Paul, and his daughter, Krista Lavíčková, were all executed by the Nazis within seven months of each other?
... that some dark and eerie scenes in the film Cinta Pertama (First Love) reflect the director's previous experience in horror films?
... that the world auction record for cars was set last month by a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa at $16.4 million?
... that Eros Djarot's biopic on Cut Nyak Dhien has been interpreted as attributing Indonesia's independence to her guerrilla campaign?
... that in 1945 the British government denied that it supported Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi becoming king of Sudan?

00:00, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the gonads of the sea urchin Sphaerechinus granularis (pictured) are considered a delicacy in Italian cuisine?
... that before Tom Oberheim started Oberheim Electronics, he was the first ARP synthesizer dealer on the US West Coast, and sold an ARP synthesizer to Frank Zappa?
... that the original Melakarta scheme in Carnatic music, still in use today, has no scientific or mathematical rules?
... that after joining the Boise State football team as a walk-on, Ryan Winterswyk appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and was named to the school's All-Decade team?
... that the Battle of Clervaux, part of the Battle of the Bulge, has been compared to the Alamo?
... that Alfred Baker, who scored England's first goal in international football, was an auctioneer by profession?

7 September 2011

16:00, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

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... that the South Tar River Greenway (trailhead pictured) is the longest greenway in Greenville, North Carolina, and eventually will become part of the East Coast Greenway?
... that Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag was the first publisher of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony?
... that the 2011–12 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team returns all five starters from last season, including a Nigerian who did not play high school basketball and a Swede who is the son of a former NBA player?
... that the investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the first ever formal investigation to be opened by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court?
... that the London International Basketball Invitational was the first sporting tournament to take place within London's Olympic Park?
... that Buster Warenski made a replica, containing over 32 ounces of gold, of a dagger found in Tutankhamun's tomb?

08:00, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the black brittle star (pictured) and its associate the common brittle star may form beds on the sea floor extending hundreds of square metres and consisting of millions of individuals?
... that in 1768, Duke Ernest Gottlob of Mecklenburg received an inoculation against smallpox alongside the future King William IV of the United Kingdom?
... that R&B singer Glenn Fredly credits Michael Jackson for inspiring him to do humanitarian work?
... that Bach's cantata Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113, is based on a penitential chorale, matching the prescribed reading, the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector?
... that Charles Davis Lucas, the first person to be awarded the Victoria Cross, is buried in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church in Mereworth, Kent?
... that Portia Iverson's Strange Son documents how an autistic Indian boy and his mother traveled from India to California to help Iverson's son communicate?

00:00, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Swedish television's first TV news presenter, Olle Björklund, (pictured) was fired after his name appeared in a tobacco advertisement?
... that Reel Moments is a competition in which Glamour readers submit short stories to be produced as short films by celebrity volunteer female directors?
... that the new Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion in Peru aims to improve the quality of life of the poor?
... that the Austrian ALEA Ensemble performed string quartets of Iván Erőd and Herbert Blendinger, and piano trios of these composers, Graham Waterhouse and their founder Gerhard Präsent?
... that when children's book illustrator Clare Turlay Newberry purchased a $500 ocelot for a live drawing model, The New York Times headline read "Still A Lot For Ocelot"?
... that a clone of Desktop Dungeons was released for the iPhone before the developers had even finished the game?

6 September 2011

16:00, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

... that St Michael's Church, Whittington, (pictured) in Lancashire stands in the bailey of a former castle, and a sundial stands on the summit of its motte?
... that the original script written by Oliver Stone for Conan the Barbarian featured 10,000 mutants and was called a "total drug fever dream" by the film's director, John Milius?
... that Lake Rawa Pening in Indonesia may dry up within the next ten years?
... that the Spanish conquest of Guatemala was a prolonged conflict against the Maya that lasted nearly two hundred years?
... that at an estimated 4 metres (13 ft), Cratochelone is the largest of the three extinct protostegid sea turtles found in Australia?
... that in 2012 Six Flags Magic Mountain plans to open Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom, the world's tallest vertical drop ride?

08:00, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the seven armed starfish (pictured) can "walk" and does not have an anus?
... that the Battle of Tripoli in 1825 was the result of the Sardinian consul's failure to provide Yusuf Karamanli, the ruler of Tripoli, with tribute?
... that the extrasolar planet HD 85512 b is one of the best candidates for habitability ever discovered?
... that in 1884, Major League Baseball pitcher Billy Taylor had a win–loss record of 25–4 before leaving his team in July?
... that although St Lawrence's Church in Morecambe, Lancashire, is considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be Paley and Austin's best church in the town, it is now redundant?
... that the short story "Langit Makin Mendung" was banned in Indonesia partly because a character wore glasses?

00:00, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

... that, 66 years after it opened as a department store, the 1910 Olds, Wortman & King building (pictured) became the first indoor shopping mall in downtown Portland, Oregon?
... that by winning in the 2011 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, the Petron Blaze Boosters prevented the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters from winning the first Grand Slam in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1996?
... that the New York Court of Appeals denied the Cayuga people residing in Canada $500,000 in back annuities in 1885?
... that the Soviet Union tried to reform workers' wages between 1956 and 1962?
... that American football player Joe Iacone gained 3,983 rushing yards in three years and set PSAC rushing and scoring records that remained unbroken for decades?
... that Solomon was accidentally castrated as an infant?

5 September 2011

16:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

... that in 1854, Charles S. Drew (pictured) was appointed quartermaster general of the Oregon territorial militia by Democratic governor John W. Davis, but was removed from office when he joined the Know-Nothing Party?
... that the Indonesian literary group Lekra was accused of having foreknowledge of the attempted coup d'état in 1965?
... that the Thomas Hynes House, home to Nobu Matsuhisa's restaurant in Aspen, Colorado, is considered to epitomize the city's early miners' cottages?
... that Lesotho–Soviet relations suffered a setback after the January 1986 overthrow of Basotho Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan by Justin Lekhanya?
... that Orator Shafer's 50 outfield assists in 1879 established a Major League Baseball record that has stood for over 130 years?
... that in 1992 the future Peace in Africa destroyed the Terminator?

08:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Tadeusz Rejtan is remembered in Poland for his dramatic gesture (pictured) as a symbol of patriotism?
... that the trolleybus system serving Dayton, Ohio, in operation since 1933, is the second-oldest such system in the Western Hemisphere?
... that evidence collected by Brazilian scientists indicates that there may be salty water flowing underneath the Amazon and into the Atlantic Ocean?
... that while working on his 1897 painting of eleven Fox Terriers, The Totteridge XI, artist Arthur Wardle was repeatedly told to make the dogs appear closer to the breed standard?
... that Argentine president Juan Perón expelled the terrorist organization Montoneros from the Plaza de Mayo during the 1974 celebrations of the International Workers' Day?
... that Dairi farms produce coffee, corn, and fish?

00:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Red-headed Honeyeater males (pictured) fight each other by grappling in mid-air and falling close to the ground before disengaging?
... that Norman Rockwell's The Problem We All Live With could not be displayed in a public area of the White House because of the racial slur painted behind Ruby Bridges?
... that Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, a 2nd-century astrology book, is still considered a basic text in Western astrology?
... that twice-capped Guyana international footballer Clydie Roberts is a cousin of England international Jermain Defoe?
... that the early 20th-century John Martin's Book was called the "most entertaining magazine" aimed at young children in the United States?
... that a Muslim "pope" translated the Quran after being tried for blasphemy?

4 September 2011

16:00, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

... that one year ago today the 2010 Christchurch earthquake irreparably damaged much of the city's built heritage (example of a now-demolished building pictured)?
... that The Longford Trust's inaugural Longford Lecture was given by Cherie Blair in 2002?
... that GrubHub Food Delivery & Pickup advertises its food delivery services as free, but has been sued for allegedly charging a customer an extra dollar?
... that Robert Crawford, scorer of the first goal in international football, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for causing a servant to be flogged to death?
... that Ragusan diplomat Paladin Gundulić performed services for Eric of Pomerania, Ferdinand I of Naples and the Duchy of Saint Sava?
... that Yale University alumnus Ryan Lavarnway employs the "tools of ignorance" as a rookie for the Boston Red Sox?

08:00, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the species name of the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (pictured) means "bloodstained"?
... that the upcoming game Borderlands 2 allows players to throw their empty guns at enemies to injure them?
... that the pollen of Texas wild rice becomes non-functional within one hour after it is released?
... that before founding the humanitarian fashion label OmniPeace, Mary Fanaro considered selling chocolate to help end poverty in Africa?
... that members of a club earn a special platinum prize for visiting 394 places in the US?
... that it takes more muscles to smile than it does to frown?

00:00, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Academy Hall (pictured) was the first building at Edinboro University and is the oldest normal school building in Pennsylvania?
... that John Millson went from being mayor of Windsor, Ontario, to president of its raceway?
... that five National Basketball Association (NBA) teams own and operate their NBA Development League affiliates in the upcoming 2011–12 NBA Development League season?
... that the arch bridge on International Street in Canada's Wonderland is actually a structure hiding the computer system that controls lights and fountains?
... that Mary P. Sinclair and her family were shunned and harassed for years after she spoke out against the nuclear power plant proposed for Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan?
... that phantom rides were often filmed by a cameraman tied to the front of a speeding train?

3 September 2011

16:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Charles Sylvester described toilets in 1819 at the new Derby Infirmary that cleaned themselves and exchanged foul air every time they were used (see diagram)?
...that QRpedia lets museum visitors quickly see Wikipedia articles about exhibits, on their mobile phones, in their own language?
... that among those killed in the 1740 Batavia massacre were 500 prisoners and hospital patients?
... that the 1924 Australian silent film Fisher's Ghost was not shown in Sydney because it was deemed "too gruesome"?
... that Banksia plagiocarpa was undescribed for 112 years after it was first collected?
... that Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer's young lions almost caught General Edmund Allenby's pet stork?

08:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Princess Sophia (pictured), the fifth daughter of King George III, once remarked her life was so "deadly dull" that she wished she were a kangaroo?
... that John E. Carroll may have been the first baseball player to be nicknamed "Scrappy"?
... that South Africa's Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was described by the Guttmacher Institute as "one of the most liberal abortion laws in the world"?
... that the amount of personal information collected from kids on the Bomb Pops website, as of 1999, was used as an example of why children's privacy laws were needed?
... that the production of the 2009 album Love's Harmony took place on four continents?
... that Richard Bacon had a lengthy career in fishing, as well as serving in both World Wars?

00:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

... that St Maxentius' Church (pictured) in Bradshaw, Greater Manchester, is the only church in England dedicated to Saint Maxentius?
... that professional baseball player Thomas Jefferson Sullivan had two nicknames – "Sleeper" and "Old Iron Hands"?
... that the first coal-mine pit in India was established at Narayankuri in Raniganj in 1777?
... that Sister Agnes Mary Mansour left the Sisters of Mercy after three decades of service rather than make a statement against abortion?
... that some Home and Away viewers complained about character Miles Copeland eating too much food on-screen?
... that the Canberra Roller Derby League has referees called Fair-as Bueller, Sin Bin Laden and Major Dyck?

2 September 2011

16:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Dummy Taylor (pictured), once the highest salaried deaf person in the United States, was ejected from a baseball game for cursing out the umpire in sign language?
... that Hashim Abdul Halim served West Bengal as the Speaker of the House for 29 years before being replaced by Biman Banerjee in 2011?
... that when she sang "Circle the Drain" in a 2011 concert, Katy Perry was dressed in a catsuit and the stage was decorated with meat?
... that the extinct griffenfly genus Bohemiatupus inhabited peat-mires?
... that the first episode of the 2011 British-American television series Strike Back: Project Dawn gave the network Cinemax its best ratings since 2005?
... that there was a widespread belief in 19th-century German psychiatry that all forms of mental illness were simple variations of a single unitary psychosis?

08:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the architecture of Liverpool's 1906 State Insurance Building (pictured) has been described as "wiry," "sinuous" and "flamboyant Gothic"?
... that the bus service Coastliner 700 between Brighton and Southsea on the south coast of England, has been running for more than 35 years?
... that approximately 100,000 psychedelic Psilocybe cyanescens mushrooms were once found growing on a racetrack?
... that Balgownie, the residence of Wellington businessman John Duthie, is believed to have been the first in the region to have had electricity?
... that Michelle Hurd, who played Detective Monique Jeffries on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, was frustrated by the lack of material for her character and departed from the show?
... that Fred Dunlap, who was once the highest paid player in professional baseball, died penniless at the age of 43?

00:00, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the right-trunked Ganesha icon of the Siddhivinayak Temple (pictured) is considered to be very powerful and a giver of success and powers?
... that, in 1972, lesbian feminist Dolores Alexander opened "Mother Courage", the first feminist restaurant in the United States?
... that 2,274 tonnes of sand was transported onto the Horse Guards Parade ground for the VISA FIVB Beach Volleyball International?
... that current New York Giants linebacker Jacquian Williams has been a teammate of Jason Pierre-Paul in junior college, college and now with the Giants?
... that Edvard Grieg composed only one song cycle, ''Haugtussa'' for soprano and piano?
... that the Caplan Collection at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is made up of 32,000 pieces of folk art and toys from 120 countries?

1 September 2011

16:00, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

... that spines of the purple sea urchin (pictured) provide shelter for large-headed Goby juveniles?
... that his first fight against Gray Maynard was "a turning point" in Frankie Edgar's career?
... that professor emeritus Gerhard Tötemeyer dropped out of school because he spoke neither English nor Afrikaans, the official languages in South-West Africa?
... that buds of Tennessee yellow-eyed grass are forced open by the bee Lasioglossum zephyrum, seeking first access to the flowers' pollen?
... that both the Tarnogród Confederation and the Silent Sejm were engineered by Russian Tsar Peter the Great to strengthen Russia's influence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that while serving in the Nixon administration, Barry Locke also worked as a boxing manager?

08:00, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

... that Chintamani Temple at Theur (pictured), dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesha, was given a large European bell by Peshwa general Chimaji Appa?
... that the 2008 album Kamar Gelap features both pop and waltz styles?
... that the Illuminate Light & Laser Spectacular at Dreamworld features a segment that recreates Aurora Australis?
... that people in Berlin raised over a million gold marks for charity in World War I by hammering nails into a wooden statue of Hindenburg 12 metres (42 feet) high?
... that the Old Church of Helsinki was intended to be a temporary building that could serve the parish until consecration of the Helsinki Cathedral?
... that Pizza Hut's success in the People's Republic of China inspired the Norwegian pizza chain Peppes Pizza to open in Beijing?

00:00, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

... that the suicidal civil servant Urmuz (pictured) was depicted by posterity as Romania's first Dadaist?
... that Operation Eagle is an Egyptian military campaign aimed at confronting Islamic insurgents and criminal gangs in the Sinai Peninsula?
... that Indonesian prostitutes are sometimes marketed via Facebook?
... that Greg Bear's 2008 science fiction novel City at the End of Time pays homage to William Hope Hodgson's 1912 novel, The Night Land?
... that the native wisteria of eastern Australia is a food source for pencilled blue and narrow-banded awl caterpillars?
... that wheelchair-tennis player David Hall was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2010?