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31 October 2011

12:00, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the case of the Hammersmith Ghost (pictured) was tried at the Old Bailey and the accused was sentenced to death by hanging and dissection?
... that the purportedly haunted King House is now home to feral cats?
... that the entrance to the Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum is modeled after the gateways at Egypt's Karnak Temple Complex?
... that Lucifer died in 2011?
... that the will of James Kidd sparked the Ghost Trial of the Century?
... that, for Norma Eberhardt, 1958 was the year to be seen with Dracula and Live Fast, Die Young?
... that Jeruk Purut Cemetery is supposedly haunted by a headless pastor who is followed by a large black dog?

00:00, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Margaret Sanger (pictured) coined the term birth control in 1914 in her monthly newsletter The Woman Rebel, which she published as part of a campaign to overturn anti-contraception laws?
... that in nine days in August 1944, the 6th Airborne Division liberated 400 square miles (1,000 km²) of France and captured over 1,000 German prisoners?
... that baseball player Nino Bongiovanni appeared in the World Series two years after leading the Pacific Coast League in hits?
... that River is the first film to deal with the 2008 Akihabara massacre incident?
... that during his 43 years with the New York City Opera, tenor buffo Jack Harrold appeared in more than 100 productions?
... that Henri Ford performed brain surgery with CNN correspondent Sanjay Gupta on a victim of the 2010 Haiti earthquake aboard the USS Carl Vinson?
... that the ancient murals at St Mary's Church in West Chiltington include a wounded Christ standing on a wheel—a warning against breaking the Sabbath?

30 October 2011

12:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

... that St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw (pictured) is a rare example of a church in Anglesey, Wales, with two naves?
... that British brigadier Aubertin Mallaby was killed 66 years ago today in the Battle of Surabaya while flying a white flag?
... that the squirrel glider and yellow-bellied glider feed on the sap of the pink bloodwood directly from an incision in the trunk?
... that Mad Dog O'Malley teamed with Lucifer to take down his former partner?
... that John Hurt received three award nominations for The Elephant Man, winning one of them?
... that professional baseball player Bill Bagwell led three different leagues in batting average?
... that the producer of the Bad Lip Reading viral videos first encountered the technique of lip reading when his mother lost her hearing?

00:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

... that 1911 journal Der yidisher arbeyter (The Jewish Worker) (pictured) was the first Yiddish labour journal published in France?
... that by early polls, the opposition Serbian Progressive Party had higher ratings than the next three most popular parties combined in the upcoming elections in Serbia?
... that St Eugrad's Church, Llaneugrad, Wales, contains an Art Nouveau memorial to one of the officers who died in the wreck of the Royal Charter in 1859?
... that Jesse Baker, who was born in a log cabin, became the first person from Pierce County, Washington, to play in Major League Baseball?
... that an aria of "heart-stopping intensity" in Bach's solo cantata for alto Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169, has been compared to "Erbarme dich" from his St Matthew Passion?
... that Lawrence James Baker's son married the sister of his architect, and the married couple lived in a house within the grounds of Haydon Hall designed by the bride's brother?
... that Tennessee Volunteers basketball coach Ray Mears recruited Mike Edwards without even having seen him play competitively?

29 October 2011

12:00, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

... that with today's opening of the City Mall in Christchurch (pictured), the first part of the central business district reopens since the February earthquake, with 27 shops accommodated in shipping containers?
... that professional baseball pitcher Oscar Graham, who won 276 games in his career, worked as a rabbit hunter during the winter?
... that microalgae is used widely in aquaculture and is now cultured itself in hatcheries?
... that at least 17 tropical cyclones in the East Pacific have existed during the off-season?
... that Ian Bankier became Celtic F.C.'s 15th chairman in the club's 123-year history?
... that the lead ship of the Reina Victoria Eugenia class was to be named after King Alfonso XIII's English wife?
... that Nia Dinata, director of controversial films on homosexuality and polygamy, started a children's film festival in 2009?

00:00, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

... that octopus aquaculture (common octopus pictured) is being seriously investigated because of overfishing, but so far it has been difficult to culture the early life stages?
... that former couple Acha Septriasa and Irwansyah united for their last Love Story under the supervision of Irwansyah's future wife and direction of Hanny Saputra?
... that the first complete translation of the Bible into Cornish was published in 2011?
... that watching Tom Parker play helped former Kentucky Wildcats basketball standout Jack Givens decide to attend Kentucky?
... that the works of Jagadguru Rambhadracharya include more than 90 titles, including published books and unpublished manuscripts?
... that the early Christian Martyrion of Saints Carpus and Papylus, which is part of the Church of Saint Menas complex in Istanbul, currently houses two shops, an iron workshop and a car wash?
... that baseball player Paddy Siglin once got punched in the face by an umpire?

28 October 2011

12:00, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Miraflores Altarpiece (center panel pictured) by Rogier van der Weyden was a chronological reading of the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus?
... that the Tayloe family of Richmond County, Virginia, including John Tayloe I, his son, John Tayloe II, and grandson, John Tayloe III, exemplified gentry entrepreneurship?
... that in 2009 the Toronto Star called Winnipeg's Manitoba Hydro Place, which uses 60% less energy than a typical large office tower, "the most important building in Canada"?
... that Dira Sugandi was awarded the Indonesian Young Jazz Talent Award for her duet with Jason Mraz?
... that the 2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team had all ten of its victories vacated by the NCAA, resulting in an official record of zero wins and two losses for the season?
... that the Japanese anime film Magic Tree House is based on the American children's book series of the same name?
... that Ratih Hardjono connected her wedding with corruption, collusion, and nepotism?

00:00, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Charles B. Gatewood (pictured) was the United States Army lieutenant who encouraged Geronimo to surrender in 1886?
... that sea sponge aquaculture has the potential to generate novel anti-inflammatory and anti-viral drugs?
... that Michael Schneider conducted an oratorio by Stradella, performed by students and teachers of the Frankfurt University of Music at Eberbach Abbey for the Rheingau Musik Festival?
... that the 1936 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team finished their season with a loss in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic?
... that Adam Hiorth, Oluf Nicolai Roll, and Ole Gjerdrum were among the founders, in 1845, of a spinning mill that later developed into the largest textile company in Norway?
... that Montana State University educator and artist Frances Senska trained several internationally known ceramic artists although she herself had just two academic quarters of training in ceramics?
... that female viewers of the film Kimi ni Todoke on its opening weekend outnumbered male viewers by a ratio of more than seven to one?

27 October 2011

12:00, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Russian classical poet Dmitry Khvostov (pictured) was relentlessly ridiculed for being pompously archaic by younger Golden Age poets, including Pushkin?
... that if roaming cages were used in offshore aquaculture, juvenile tuna starting out from Mexico could mature and be ready to market by the time they got to Japan?
... that Frank A. Mason was Harvard University's first full-time football coach?
... that Lexicon Branding created the brand names Pentium, BlackBerry, PowerBook, Swiffer, OnStar, Subaru Outback and Forester, Toyota Scion, Dasani, and Embassy Suites Hotels?
... that Catherine Sandoval is the first Hispanic member of the California Public Utilities Commission?
... that St Paul's Church, in Witherslack, Cumbria, was built in 1668–69 as a result of a bequest made by John Barwick, dean of St Paul's Cathedral?
... that Sandra Dewi gave an "arousing" performance in Quickie Express, but has refused to do "vulgar" photo shoots?

00:00, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the medieval Church of St Peter, featuring "particularly remarkable" frescoes (pictured), once had an inscription by a Bulgarian tsar on its exterior?
... that Major League Baseball player Harry Hoch was nicknamed "Schoolmaster" because he attended law school in the offseason?
... that when the Communist Party of Canada relaunched its Yiddish newspaper in 1940, they chose the neutral name Canadian Jewish Weekly in order to avoid a government ban?
... that EastEnders characters Anthony and brother Tyler were compared to EastEnders duo Phil and Grant Mitchell?
... that the 1906 Pensacola hurricane ruined 300,000 bales of cotton?
... that future U.S. Attorney David H. Mason was left with only twenty-five cents after opening his first law office?
... that a Russian sect believes that Vladimir Putin is the reincarnation of Saint Paul?

26 October 2011

12:00, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the village of Pangani (village and river pictured) on the Pangani River's left bank, had a reputation for a high incidence of fevers?
... that T Peter Brody invented the thin-film transistor active matrix display, the predominant flat panel display technology in use today?
... that the North American mushroom species Tylopilus tabacinus has an odor that has been described variously as indistinct, fruity, fishy, or pungent?
... that during a 1963 presidential visit to Brazzaville, the Guinean president Sékou Touré called for the overthrow of the Congolese government?
... that Darren Brooks is the only basketball player in Missouri Valley Conference history to be named both its Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in consecutive seasons?
... that the eponymous bird in Paul McCartney's song "Bluebird" has been interpreted as a metaphor for love?
... that the 2011 Lufeng city riot occurred in a town promoted as a model of harmoniousness?

00:00, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Eucalyptus grandis (pictured) seedlings can put on seven metres (23 ft) of growth in their first year?
... that the Angel Orensanz Center is housed in a Gothic Revival synagogue building built in 1849?
... that after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, dean Peter Beck was described as a "figurehead of the city"?
... that the plans for a popular front between communists and socialists in Poland collapsed after the launching of the newspaper Oblicze Dnia in 1936?
... that Grant Enfinger will compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2012 for a team owned by an Argentine businessman?
... that Lakes Mall in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, home to the first Office Depot and Sports Authority stores, was otherwise completely vacant in August 1990?
... that a reviewer for John Grisham's new novel The Litigators praised it for avoiding clichés such as somebody being murdered for "stumbling too close to the truth"?

25 October 2011

12:00, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the North Umpqua kalmiopsis (pictured) was, for over 50 years, thought to be a form of the floral species Kalmiopsis leachiana?
... that Tristan Wade has had three World Series of Poker final table finishes in 2011?
... that the alternative rock band Unified Theory is named after Albert Einstein's final hypothesis unified field theory?
... that American Sociological Association's annual award in the sociology of education is named after Willard Waller?
... that the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra premiered the work "An Alaskan Symphony," which was written specifically for them by composer Adrienne Albert?
... that in 1919, Babe Ruth set a Major League Baseball record with 29 home runs, the last hit off pitcher Rip Jordan?
... that the upcoming release Joe Danger: The Movie is a video game that parodies various Hollywood film scenes?

00:00, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the land for the Captors' Monument (pictured) at Patriot's Park in Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, New York, was donated by a free African American couple?
... that the dress worn by Ellen Terry in John Singer Sargent's painting of her portrayal of Lady Macbeth is decorated with 1,000 iridescent green beetle wings?
... that PlayStation Network game Joe Danger was made entirely by a team of just four people?
... that New York State Assemblyman Louis DeSalvio co-authored a bill that allowed Castle Clinton to become a national monument, thus thwarting Robert Moses' plan to demolish it?
... that baseball player Buck Thrasher led two different minor leagues in hits before making it to the majors?
... that the Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.4 floatplane, introduced in 1918, was the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service's first purpose-built trainer aircraft?
... that despite posting 32 tackles for the 1994 Michigan Wolverines football team, Kerwin Waldroup did not earn a varsity letter?

24 October 2011

12:00, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

... that so many people used Brighton's Jubilee Library (pictured) on its opening day that the toilets stopped flushing?
... that Bing Slamet started a trend of using actors' names in the titles of films?
... that former Cleveland Browns safety Michael Jameson was the final member of the Browns' 2001 NFL Draft class to be on the roster?
... that Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco De Vita received nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards for his album En Primera Fila and the song "Tan Sólo Tú"?
... that Argo Tea is a chain of cafés focused on the world's most popular beverage after water?
... that minor league baseball pitcher Tom Drohan threw a no-hitter in 1912 and made his major league debut less than a year later?
... that although the Umpqua Mariposa lily is rare, up to 800,000 grow on Ace Williams Mountain in Oregon?

00:00, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Pythagorean tiling, a pattern of squares of two sizes that can be used to prove the Pythagorean theorem, appears in a painting (pictured) by Dutch Golden Age artist Jacob Ochtervelt?
... that in July 1946, the 6th Airborne Division placed a cordon around Tel Aviv and searched every building looking for those responsible for the King David Hotel bombing?
... that Atomatrix, who will skate for Team USA at the Roller Derby World Cup, has competed at the international level in inline and ice speed skating?
... that Mexican singer-songwriter Espinoza Paz did not want to release his album Canciones Que Duelen but was persuaded by his record label to do so?
... that the redfruit desertparsley is a wild carrot found only on the Blue Mountains of Oregon?
... that in his last professional baseball season, Harry Suter set the Pacific Coast League single-game strikeout record?
... that players in the upcoming first person video game Warco will shoot camera footage, not bullets?

23 October 2011

12:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Russian writer Ivan Goncharov (pictured) called his debut novel A Common Story, while his memoirs (in which he tried to prove Ivan Turgenev had stolen his best ideas) are An Uncommon Story?
... that in 2004 Dewi Sandra was selected as one of the sexiest women in the world by FHM?
... that the Montecito Inn was built by Fatty Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin and their friends in 1928 and was the inspiration for the 1936 Rodgers and Hart song, "There's a Small Hotel"?
... that SS Mantola sailed for less than a year before being sunk in 1917 while carrying around 600,000 ounces of silver?
... that Prince Royce's debut album peaked at number one 58 weeks after its release?
... that Pat Dillard set the Major League Baseball single-game record for putouts by a third baseman?
... that St George's Church, Heaviley has been described as "by far the grandest church of Stockport"?

00:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Nut Grove (pictured) in Albany, New York, is the only extant Grecian country house designed by Alexander Jackson Davis?
... that Chick Brandom was a Major League Baseball pitcher for three seasons, even though he had a birth defect that made it painful for him to pitch?
... that the greatest hits album Desde un principio: From the Beginning by Marc Anthony was the best-selling Latin album of 2000?
... that the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act of Singapore allows restrictions to be placed on religious leaders who promote political causes under the guise of religious activity?
... that the wedding of the French pop singers of the seventies Sheila and Ringo was attended by 15,000 people and "resembled a royal wedding"?
... that the Church of St. George of Samatya in Istanbul may have been given to the Armenian community because of the intercession of a favorite of Sultan Ibrahim?
... that soon after being ingested by the gregarious jellyfish, the larvae of the developing twelve-tentacled parasitic anemone will eat the jellyfish's gonads?

22 October 2011

12:00, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the parents of Australian Paralympic gold medalist Fabian Blattman (pictured) installed an elevator in their home so he could get to his bedroom on the third floor?
... that Antonio Mohedano painted the main hall of the Archbishop's Palace in Seville?
... that when first launched, the Official Subscription Plays Chart tracked more than 3.2 million digital plays per week in the United Kingdom, across 340,000 unique songs?
... that stock car drivers who set a track record at Darlington Raceway in qualifying for the Southern 500 would be rewarded with a white blazer?
... that James Smith led an armed rebellion by colonists against British rule in North America in 1765, ten years before the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
... that actor Michel Lonsdale considers the part of a vice-consul in India Song to be his "most favorite role"?
... that baseball player Ed Conwell struck out in his only major league at bat?

00:00, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

... that, contrary to claims of a medieval origin for the term shite-hawk, it originated as British military slang for the Black Kite (pictured)?
... that Major League Baseball umpire Paul Sentell collapsed on the field during a game and died a few days later?
... that Captain Thomas Fortescue Kennedy was first-lieutenant of HMS Temeraire at Trafalgar in 1805, and her last commander at Sheerness in 1838?
... that Bach finished the opening chorus of his cantata Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47, with a repeat of the ritornello, adding the complete text of Luke 14:11?
... that poet Antonio Machado was born at the Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville?
... that triathletes Chrissie Wellington and Emma Snowsill are among the World and Olympic champions who have been coached by Brett Sutton?
... that despite leaving school at age 14, Thomas Kirkman became one of 19th-century England's leading mathematicians and helped found combinatorial design theory?

21 October 2011

12:00, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

... that J. M. W. Turner's painting of HMS Temeraire (pictured) has been voted Britain's favourite painting?
... that Max Adler had no idea his one-episode jock character Dave Karofsky on Glee would become the "nuanced" role of a closeted gay ex-bully and bearded prom king?
... that Welsh lock Huw Richards, a former sheep shearing champion, was the first player to be sent off in a Rugby World Cup tournament?
... that the 1906 Florida Keys hurricane killed 135 of the Florida East Coast Railway's workers?
... that St Edern's Church, Bodedern, Wales, is dedicated to one of the knights of King Arthur?
... that Uncle Tom once led a professional baseball league in stolen bases?

00:00, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Lorado Taft's The Crusader (pictured) uses a medieval knight to symbolize the character of Chicago Daily News publisher Victor Lawson?
... that John Clapp was the inaugural manager of baseball's New York Gothams, which became the modern-day San Francisco Giants?
... that Irma Lozada was the first female police officer to die in the line of duty in New York?
... that in "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", U.S. singer-songwriter Phil Ochs mocked the difference between what liberals say and what they do?
... that Alicia Aberley is a Paralympic swimmer who has held multiple world records and works for Amway?
... that the Sands of Samar, the last remaining sand dunes in Israel's Arava region, are being threatened by sand mining?

20 October 2011

12:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Pliny the Elder's "White Aethiopians" may have been members of the Fulani ethnic group (pictured)?
... that An Anglo-American Alliance: A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future, published in 1906, has been described as the first lesbian science fiction novel?
... that King Nicholas I of Montenegro supported the insurgents in the Albanian Revolt of 1911?
... that Fred Donovan was manager of the first professional baseball team that included future Hall of Famer Ray Schalk?
... that Karet Bivak, Jakarta's second-largest cemetery, holds more than 48,000 graves in a space of 16.2 hectares (40 acres)?
... that after assuming his post on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, Judge DeForest Porter was surprised to learn that area temperatures reached 114 °F (46 °C)?

00:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the trials of three people accused of involvement in assassination attempts on U.S. presidents were held at the District of Columbia City Hall (pictured)?
... that the effort put forth by the subject of Miró's 1937 Naked woman climbing a staircase and her heavy limbs are thought to reflect the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War?
... that baseball player Andy Cusick was described by his teammates as a "good batsman", even though he batted .193 with no home runs in his major league career?
... that the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Hamma had a station on the Jezreel Valley railway, linking the Hejaz Railway to Haifa?
... that John T. Alsap, operator of the first saloon in the Arizona Territory town of Prescott, was appointed the territory's first treasurer?
... that physicists running the OPERA experiment detected neutrino particles apparently moving faster than light?

19 October 2011

12:00, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

... that "gill rot" in the Lost River sucker (pictured) may be associated with ammonia contamination?
... that during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Israel's Galilee Squadron was menaced by Syrian trainer aircraft?
... that Jacques Borlée, the father and coach of Olympic medalist Olivia and twin athletes Jonathan and Kevin Borlée, won a silver medal at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships?
... that completion of the Zrinski Bridge marked the end of 40-year long construction of Budapest–Zagreb–Rijeka motorway?
... that after hearing a sermon by George Whitefield, a member of Ditchling Chapel said he would "tear the church to pieces" and founded his own church, the Bethel Chapel?
... that, as a U.S. Justice Department lawyer, James A. Fowler argued before the Supreme Court in cases about water and vinegar?

00:00, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

... that baseball pitcher Ralph Bell (pictured) led both the Western Association and Northern League in wins but appeared in only three major league games?
... that the 2009 film Tenshi no Koi was based on a Japanese cell phone novel?
... that Hanna Bergas was one of three teachers who, at Dovercourt, England, met thousands of children fleeing Nazi Germany without their parents on the Kindertransports?
... that the African Confederation of Free Trade Unions was founded in 1958 on the basis of the French Charter of Amiens?
... that V. V. S. Laxman's 281 is the highest individual score by a batsman in an India–Australia Test match?
... that the entire population of Angel Island mice on the island of Estanque in the Gulf of California may have been killed by a single domestic cat in a period of just two years?

18 October 2011

12:00, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the most recently described member of the fungal genus Spongiforma (pictured) is named after the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants?
... that Heamasi Sekona of Tonga won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight class of boxing in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games without winning a single bout?
... that Ahmad Dhani once found Once to be the lead singer of Dewa 19?
... that the geosocial networking app Blendr expands on its gay-oriented predecessor Grindr to allow all people to connect with others nearby with common interests?
... that baseball pitcher George Hodson had six 20-win seasons in the minor leagues?
... that Lord Carnarvon named the 1993 European filly champion after one of his wife's favourite recipes?

00:00, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Amy Winehouse (pictured) have all had posthumous number-one albums in the UK?
... that, in 1980, U.S. presidential candidate John Anderson wrote in the San Francisco Sentinel that, if elected, he would end federal government discrimination based on sexual orientation?
... that Daniel Abibi, Congolese permanent representative to the U.N. during the 1990s, was amongst the first Central Africans to obtain a doctorate in mathematics?
... that Supremacy MMA is the first mixed martial arts video game to have female fighters?
... that two-time US Open women's wheelchair tennis champion Daniela Di Toro became paraplegic when a wall fell on her while she was competing at a school swimming carnival?
... that Pino Orioli helped D. H. Lawrence circumvent the censorship of Lady Chatterley's Lover by having it printed in Italy by workers who did not know any English?

17 October 2011

12:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Edward Harden Mansion (pictured) in Sleepy Hollow, New York, was the site of the first Montessori school in the United States?
... that the upcoming video game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will not be based on a movie, unlike the 2010 title, Transformers: Dark of the Moon?
... that the extinct Cretaceous wasp family Plumalexiidae is known from only the two Plumalexius type specimens found in New Jersey amber?
... that painter Velino Herrera was ostracized by Pueblo elders for depicting sacred Native American ceremonies?
... that Om mani padme hum is engraved in the Lantsa, Tibetan, Uyghur, 'Phags-pa, Tangut and Chinese scripts on a 1348 stele, and in the Tibetan, Jurchen, Chinese, and Mongolian scripts on a 1413 stele?
... that immunologist and AIDS advocate Robert Frascino considered himself privileged after being infected with HIV?

00:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

... that one of the oldest camellia trees in Europe was planted in the garden of Pillnitz Castle (pictured) in 1801?
... that after securing its first-ever bowl victory in the 1955 Gator Bowl, Vanderbilt did not win its second until the 2008 Music City Bowl?
... that Miró's The Caress of a Bird uses a turtle shell to show that the sculpture represents a woman?
... that American engineer Edward J. Wasp received the Elmer A. Sperry Award in 1981 for his work developing long distance slurry pipelines?
... that on his first day filming "Pot of Gold", Glee newcomer and The Glee Project winner Damian McGinty was shoved into a locker 25 times?
... that Vic Flowers is considered as the unofficial leader of the Barmy Army?

16 October 2011

12:00, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Soviet Tupolev Tu-142 (pictured) maritime patrol aircraft was developed in response to the American UGM-27 Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile?
... that political novice Julie Hardaker beat the experienced incumbent Bob Simcock in 2010's contest for the mayoralty of Hamilton, New Zealand?
... that publisher Meridian4 compared the video game Wasteland Angel to honey badgers and even used a video of badgers to promote the game?
... that poorly treated wastewater from raceways used in aquaculture can result in outbreaks of red tide?
... that a white audience gave the black power sign and Little Richard is said to have "openly embraced androgyny" in Let the Good Times Roll?
... that the 893 Ardabil earthquake is a 'fake earthquake', created due to a misreading of the original Armenian reports for the 893 Dvin earthquake?

00:00, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Scotsmen James and Robert Smith (pictured) were the first pair of brothers to play international football?
... that MercyMe's song "Finally Home" was written after lead singer Bart Millard heard the group's guitarists improvising on an acoustic guitar riff?
... that studio executive Mo Rothman persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States in 1972, which restored Chaplin's public reputation and popularity?
... that a new Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle could be used for relaying targeting information for ballistic and cruise missiles to destroy enemy ships?
... that the Goethe–Schiller Monument in Syracuse, dedicated 100 years ago today, was the last of 13 US monuments honoring Friedrich von Schiller, the German "poet of freedom"?
... that bees and wasps can be trained to detect explosives, illegal drugs, cancer, and pregnancy?

15 October 2011

12:00, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Cyclone Hollanda (satellite image shown) of 1994 caused the worst cyclone impacts on Mauritius since 1975, destroying half of the island's sugar plantations?
... that Max Bell went from making $35 per week at a Calgary newspaper during the Great Depression to owning Canada's largest newspaper syndicate in 1965?
... that the Turnhalle building in Windhoek lent its name to a conference, an alliance, and two political parties?
... that "king of the paparazzi" Felice Quinto was shot with an arrow in the course of his duty?
... that the extinct wasps Dryinus grimaldii and Dryinus rasnitsyni are distinguishable by the modified claws on their front legs?
... that a Danish vagabond named Eiler Larsen became famous as "The Greeter" of Laguna Beach, California?

00:00, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Lojze Slak (pictured), a diatonic button accordion player, performed at rock festivals?
... that the city of Coimbatore in India was constructed by a 9th century Irula chieftain named Covan?
... that Man With A Mission is a Japanese alternative band whose members wear wolf masks on stage?
... that Dominica, Barbados, Solomon Islands, and Saint Kitts and Nevis were among ten nations that only won one bronze medal in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games?
... that when J J Cahill Memorial High School was built, the first students carried their books and furniture there by themselves?
... that poet Teofil Lenartowicz described heaven as looking like a Polish village?

14 October 2011

12:00, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Port of Split (pictured) in Croatia is the third largest passenger seaport in the Mediterranean?
... that upon his retirement in 1998, Peter Joslin was among Britain's longest-serving police officers, having served for 44 years?
... that the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, a Singaporean body that ensures laws do not discriminate against racial or religious minorities, has not issued an adverse report since its creation?
... that Russian poet Stepan Shevyryov was a founder of the "poetry of thought" movement?
... that coral aquaculture may be becoming an effective tool for restoring coral reefs, which have been declining around the world?
... that Carl Rettenmeyer found hundreds of mite species that live on army ants, including one that acts as an extension to the foot whilst sucking blood?

00:00, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Puerto Rican American policeman Nicholas Estavillo (pictured) was the first Hispanic to become a three-star Chief in the NYPD?
... that on 24 September, pro-Gaddafi forces launched a raid on the oasis town of Ghadames, held by the National Transitional Council and home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
... that Il sogno di Scipione, an opera by Luca Antonio Predieri, was first performed in 1735 to celebrate the birthday of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor?
... that the Aidanfield subdivision in Christchurch was developed over the last decade to raise funds for a Catholic order?
... that Titiek Puspa's stage name was given to her by President Sukarno?
... that the tubers of the Potato Orchid taste of beetroot?

13 October 2011

12:00, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Marrus orthocanna (pictured) is a colonial animal composed of smaller animals arranged on a stem?
... that baritone Konrad Jarnot recorded lieder by Richard Strauss, including Four Last Songs?
... that Maurice Fernandes captained the West Indies cricket team to their maiden Test victory?
... that the video game Iron Grip: Marauders changed from an isometric to a perspective camera during open beta?
... that the reaction of the public to a 26-foot-tall statue of Marilyn Monroe has been criticized as "juvenile"?

00:00, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Benjamin Walworth Arnold House and Carriage House (pictured) was Stanford White's only design in Albany, New York, and the city's first fully electrified house?
... that A Letter to Momo is the first Japanese anime film to be showcased at the Warsaw International Film Festival?
... that Prussian statesman Georg von Vincke, known as one of the great orators of contemporary German politics, fought a duel with Otto von Bismarck?
... that the only fossil of the extinct moth Baltimartyria sat on a paleoentomologist's desk for a number of years before being described in 2011?
... that despite being with five different teams during the 2004 NFL season, cornerback Mike Echols did not appear in any games?
... that Kasper Twardowski's 1617 erotica, banned by the Bishop of Kraków, was rejected by the poet himself as immoral?

12 October 2011

12:00, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Brown Honeyeater nestlings (adult pictured) can fall victim to green tree ants and Pied Currawongs?
... that former BBC Newsround reporter Lucy Mathen is now an ophthalmologist, and has launched a volunteer group aimed at eradicating cataract blindness in India?
... that the German war film Der Stern von Afrika portrayed the combat career of Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille?
... that an ongoing outbreak of listeriosis associated with cantaloupes is now one of the three worst U.S. outbreaks of foodborne illness in the past 40 years, as measured in number of deaths?
... that Ifeany Otounye of the Turks and Caicos Islands set a new national record for long jump in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games?
... that the "intellectual poet" Chairil Anwar enjoyed stealing and womanizing?

00:00, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

... that award-winning director Garin Nugroho (pictured) liked to bathe in volcanic runoff as a child?
... that following their win in the 1980 Garden State Bowl, the Houston Cougars did not win another bowl game until their victory in the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl?
... that the sans-serif typeface Neutraface is the subject of a YouTube parody video of Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face"?
... that Faroese folk hero Nólsoyar Páll had to illegally sell 2,600 knitted sweaters to try to open direct trade with his country?
... that the newspaper vending machine was invented by George Thiemeyer Hemmeter in 1947?
... that Bert V. Royal, who wrote the high school comedy film Easy A, did not attend high school?

11 October 2011

12:00, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Australian heathland shrub Epacris obtusifolia (pictured) was first cultivated in the United Kingdom in 1804?
... that Dick Cogan, a former Major League Baseball player, organized the Hudson River League and was a player-manager for one of its teams?
... that the world's highest webcam is capable of streaming live HD video of the summit of Mount Everest?
... that the vaccine MVA-B has been found to create a resistance to HIV in 90% of the Phase I testers?
... that the SS Robert E. Peary was built and launched in only 4 days, 15 hours and 29 minutes, faster than any other Liberty ship?
... that the brown-tinted and shaky camerawork of Under the Tree was considered "sometimes near-nauseating"?

00:00, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the aquaculture of cobia, a large warm water fish (pictured), has high potential because of its rapid growth and good flesh quality?
... that professional wrestler Frank Stalletto once claimed to be a lookalike for country music star Billy Ray Cyrus?
... that the Augusta Victoria broke a speed record on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic?
... that in 1933, a mostly Jewish boarding school escaped Nazi Germany and re-opened as Bunce Court School in Kent, England, ultimately saving the lives of hundreds of children and several teachers?
... that Bernice Lake, the chief architect of Anguilla's constitution, was the first Eastern Caribbean woman to be appointed Queen's Counsel?
... that common law rules of natural justice do not require public authorities to give reasons for their decisions?

10 October 2011

12:00, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Ralph Allen built Prior Park (pictured) of Bath Stone to advertise its qualities as a building material?
... that the Cleveland Rosenblums, owned by department store owner Max Rosenblum, won the first championship of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1926?
... that Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville's 1805 novel Le Dernier Homme (The Last Man) was the first work of modern speculative fiction to describe the end of the world?
... that even though stab wounds occur four times more often than gunshot wounds, there is a lower mortality rate?
... that the 1981 Garden State Bowl was the first bowl game Wisconsin participated in that was not the Rose Bowl Game?
... that the majority of blue spiny starfish reproduce sexually in winter, but asexually in the summer?

00:00, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

... that in China, the aquaculture of sea cucumbers (sea cucumber pictured) takes place together with the aquaculture of prawns, so the sea cucumbers can feed on the waste from the prawns?
... that Brian Eisner led the University of Michigan men's tennis team to 18 Big Ten Conference championships in 30 years as the head coach?
... that mules were used to help transport the 7,200 tiles in the Miró Wall from Spain to Germany?
... that Arizona Territorial Chief Justice Edmund Francis Dunne was made a count by Pope Leo XIII?
... that the mintbush Prostanthera stenophylla grows in sandstone pagodas?
... that Finland's Lasse Virén won the gold medal and set a world record in the 10,000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics, despite falling onto the track about halfway through the race?

9 October 2011

12:00, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Philip A. Payton, Jr. (pictured), called the "Father of Harlem", would evict white tenants and replace them with black ones?
... that the North geomagnetic pole is not the same as the magnetic North Pole, and that a compass points at neither?
... that Bill Lange led the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1941?
... that Bach included stanzas from four funeral hymns in his cantata Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 (Christ, he is my life)?
... that Somerset all-rounder Craig Meschede's first wicket in first-class cricket was that of Sachin Tendulkar?
... that David M. Friedman's book A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis was described as "embarrassingly europhallocentric"?

00:05, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the bombed-out St Mary's Church in Hampden Park, East Sussex, was replaced by "one of Edward Maufe's most charming designs" (pictured)?
... that in August 1990 FC Bayern Munich lost in the first round of the cup at amateur side FV 09 Weinheim?
... that French Napoleonic General François-Xavier Donzelot showed his appreciation for the return of his library by the British by reserving a seat at his table for any captured British officer?
... that Tropical Storm Greta was described as a "bomb that did not explode"?
... that most of the provisions of Alabama HB 56, considered the toughest anti-illegal immigration law in the United States, recently went into effect after surviving a legal challenge?
... that fairyflies include the smallest known insects, smaller than a single-celled Paramecium?

8 October 2011

12:20, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

... that transit of cargo between the Croatian Port of Ploče (pictured) and Bosnia and Herzegovina is exempt of duties and taxes?
... that Victor Pascall of Trinidad was considered the best left-arm spinner in West Indies cricket during his career?
... that it has been said that the opening chorus of Bach's cantata Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99, "would still work perfectly well if the vocal parts were entirely removed"?
... that due to the sexually explicit content of Saman, Ayu Utami's debut novel, her mother refused to read it to her father?
... that Nnamdi Azikiwe was concerned about a possible "Pakistan" emerging in Nigeria?
... that Thomas Edison hoped to make furniture, refrigerators, and pianos using the concrete he developed but it was instead used to make the Yankee Stadium?

00:35, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

... that 293 Major League Baseball players have hit for the cycle, most recently Pablo Sandoval (pictured)?
... that the Tamil film Dakshayagnam was the first talkie based on the story of Daksha?
... that Leonard Reiffel helped Enrico Fermi build a cyclotron, studied launching a missile at the Moon, and won a Peabody Award for his radio show?
... that the Alaska Veterans Memorial honors all the main branches of the United States Armed Forces, as well as the Merchant Marine and the Alaska Territorial Guard?
... that Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl was known as the "court painter" to United States President Andrew Jackson?
... that the star IRAS 17163-3907, the closest yellow hypergiant ever found, is said to resemble a fried egg?

7 October 2011

12:50, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Thomas Edison lost a fortune in his ore-milling company (building pictured) but "had a hell of a good time spending it"?
... that the Polish poem "Murzynek Bambo" has been criticised for its portrayal of black people?
... that Cecil Newton, Sr. attended two NFL training camps without making the team, but both of his sons have played in the NFL?
... that the Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy in 1944 included ten Royal Australian Air Force squadrons and hundreds of personnel posted to Royal Air Force units and Royal Navy warships?
... that the first letter in its name stands for "open," but the openness of the ODB++ CAD-to-CAM data exchange format is disputed?
... that educator Anna Essinger, ordered to fly the swastika on Hitler's birthday, planned a day-long outing for her school, leaving the flag to fly over an empty building?

00:50, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

... that on her first English album, All Your Love, Siti Nurhaliza (pictured) was managed by her stepson, who is 11 years younger than she is?
... that the design of the Dronningegården residential complex in Copenhagen was shaped by the shortage of materials during World War II?
... that Bhaskaracharya Tripathi, a Sanskrit poet, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2003 for his poetry work Nirjharini?
... that the Martin Ryerson Tomb is one of three mausoleums designed by famous architect Louis H. Sullivan?
... that the Striped Honeyeater's primary food source is insects, not honey or nectar?
... that Pink Floyd, Rod Stewart, and Maria Callas have all performed in Verona's Bra?

6 October 2011

12:10, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Albian 100-million-year-old fossil wasp Myanmymar (pictured) is only half a millimetre long?
... that although he is of European descent, Richard Nunns is regarded as the foremost authority on Māori musical instruments?
... that the Bergmann Hotel, an historic building in Juneau, Alaska, was built in 1913 by Marie E. Bergmann as a home for local miners?
... that twice-married Indonesian singer Dewi Persik announced earlier this year that she had officially become a virgin again following a pilgrimage to Mecca?
... that J. Wesley Gephart gave up his law practice with a governor to run a railroad and two blast furnaces?
... that the entire global population of the Owens pupfish was once contained in two buckets?

00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

... that Guns for China became the Island of Lost Men (key player pictured)?
... that the male Pahrump killifish turns blue during spawning?
... that Redjuice added cat ears to Guilty Crown?
... that MercyMe's song "So Long Self" broke the record for most first-week adds on the Christian AC radio format?
... that despite witnessing the event from the bench, Arizona Territorial Chief Justice John Titus declined to bring charges against a prosecutor who tried to kill a criminal defendant in open court?
... that the plant Spigelia genuflexa bends down to bury its own seeds?

5 October 2011

12:00, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

... that one of the peculiarities of the statue of Thomas Munro (pictured) in The Island, Chennai, is the absence of stirrups?
... that more than 50 of John Mennie's drawings of his life as a prisoner of war were donated to the Imperial War Museum?
... that the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage does not allow traditions that violate international human rights?
... that the extinct planthopper Emiliana was described from a single 47 million-year-old wing?
... that a quarter of Symonds Street Cemetery, one of New Zealand's oldest cemeteries, was destroyed by the construction of the Auckland Southern Motorway?
... that the Tempera, built in 2002, was the first oil tanker designed to break ice by going astern?

00:00, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the deep water barreleye fish (pictured) is so named because of its unusual visual system which uses barrel-shaped, telescopic eyes that are generally directed upwards?
... that Jake Stenzel has the 21st-highest batting average in Major League Baseball history?
... that the Sint Servaasbrug in Maastricht has been called the oldest bridge in the Netherlands, and was built in the 13th century to replace a Roman bridge that gave its name to the city?
... that HealthGrades proprietary ratings of U.S. healthcare providers are free to view, but providers pay licensing fees to publicize their own favorable ratings?
... that finds unearthed at the Israelite Tower in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter attest to the Babylonian sack of the city in 586 BCE?
... that for the last 186 years the rulers of Russia succeeded each other in the bald – hairy sequence?

4 October 2011

12:00, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

... that political cartoonist Ahmad Nady (self-portrait caricature pictured) took part in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, drawing cartoons while he demonstrated?
... that the Jipe tilapia is endemic to Lake Jipe, whose main water sources descend from Mount Kilimanjaro?
... that E. W. Middlemast wrote a letter recommending Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan for a job?
... that the Armed Boats Squadron Dubrovnik provided a resupply route to the city of Dubrovnik during its 1991–1992 siege?
... that Democrat Harry D. Boivin was elected Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives at the age of 33, becoming the youngest person ever to hold that office?
... that golden frogs are often mistaken for bronzed frogs?

00:00, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the function of the Gorgon and panther reliefs (Gorgon pictured) on the pediment of the Temple of Artemis in Corfu is believed to be apotropaic?
... that, after going bankrupt as Receiver General of Finances for Paris, Pierre Perrault developed the theory of the hydrologic cycle?
... that Haydn's oratorio The Creation is structured in three parts, the first two about the creation as narrated in Genesis, the third about Adam and Eve in Paradise?
... that Brian Jamieson received several citations for reconstructing The Big Red One?
... that the blushing tricholoma fungus formed a fairy ring in Germany which was 80 m (260 ft) across and contained an estimated 10,000 mushrooms?
... that in his early life, David Hoberman couldn't walk on cracks, and had to touch poles?

3 October 2011

12:00, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

... that at least 257 species of butterfly (example pictured) have been recorded in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in the Indian state of Goa?
... that Cox & Barnard of Hove, England, made stained glass windows for a Canadian church from shards of glass collected by an army chaplain from war-damaged churches across Europe?
... that the Indonesian romance Layar Terkembang has chapters with no dialogue?
... that the Pōmare Dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tahiti from 1788 to 1880?
... that the extinct sweat bee Halictus? savenyei was the first fossil bee from Canada to be described?
... that in 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt became honorary president of the American School Hygiene Association, a Progressive Era organization dedicated to school children's health?

00:00, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the spotted Linckia (pictured) frequently reproduces by self amputating an arm, which then grows into a new individual?
... that Qatar's Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser was elected to preside over the 66th UN General Assembly?
... that in 2009 Entertainment Weekly listed X as one of 20 "black sci-fi icons"?
... that the Portland Youth Philharmonic, the oldest youth orchestra in the United States, has had only five conductors since its establishment in 1924?
... that Historic Masters is a vinyl record label which continues to issue rare 78 rpm opera discs on a regular basis?
... that the iPlant Collaborative developed a DNA Subway?

2 October 2011

12:00, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the highly regarded edible mushroom Tricholoma portentosum (pictured) can be mistaken for poisonous mushrooms?
... that Robert V. Bruce won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1988?
... that as many as 80,000 benthic animals were found living on a single stem in a bed of the kelp species Laminaria hyperborea?
... that Mei-Ann Chen was the first woman to win the Malko Competition, the "world's most prestigious prize for young conductors"?
... that Russell Howarth of the Minstermen had a trial with the Toffeemen in 2002?
... that U2's song "Exit" was used in the defence of Robert John Bardo at his trial for the murder of Rebecca Schaeffer?

00:00, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

... that the Maroon Creek Bridge (pictured) is the only significant remnant of two rail lines that once served Aspen, Colorado?
... that doctor and author James Le Fanu has associated Darwinian evolution with materialism?
... that the handpainted Changzhou comb was a desired object among Chinese royalty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties over 1500 years ago?
... that the flesh of Tricholoma argyraceum has a floury and rancid taste?
... that Codex Ravianus, Toletanus, Theodulphianus, Legionensis, Sangallensis 63, Sangallensis 907, and minuscule 918 contain the spurious biblical text Comma Johanneum?
... that the compilation album Puros Trankazos features a song about not killing someone lately?

1 October 2011

12:00, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

... that American McCaull Comic Opera Company actress May Yohé (pictured), once the owner of the Hope Diamond, died poor?
... that the term eternal life is not explicitly defined in the New Testament?
... that before John Collee became a screenwriter, he practised medicine in places including Gabon, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and the Solomon Islands?
... that Eighty Five East Ridge is a major aseismic ridge in the Bay of Bengal that may have formed over a short-lived hotspot?
... that there were only seven copies of Miró's lithograph series that was printed in Barcelona in 1944?
... that, at the age of fourteen, Elizabeth Edmondson was told that she had broken a world record while swimming at Beatty Park?

00:00, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

... that James Clark (pictured) was part of the so-called Limited Circle that set up well known companies like NZI and the Bank of New Zealand?
... that after a nervous breakdown Miró started art classes, where he met and painted his friend Vincent in a style that resembled Van Gogh's?
... that John Palocaren's students included spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran, bishop George Alappatt, and EMS Namboodiripad, head of the world's first freely elected communist government?
... the following the federal recognition of the Seminole Tribe of Florida in 1957, some traditionalist Florida Seminoles formed the separate Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida?
... that Liu Huang A-tao was the first former Taiwanese comfort woman to sue the Japanese government for compensation and an apology?
... that the Great Church of Antioch was still standing after the earthquake of 526 AD, but was destroyed seven days later by the resulting fire?