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[edit] Did you know...

23:04, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

... that 820 Naval Air Squadron (aircraft pictured) was involved in attacks on the German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz during the Second World War?
... that Franz Kafka started his Diaries 1914 with this entry: January 2. A lot of time well spent with Dr. Weiss?
... that Williamsport Bills minor leaguer Dave Bresnahan was thrown off the team for substituting a potato for a baseball?
... that Noah W. Cross, sheriff of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, from 1944–1948 and 1952—1973, was forced to resign upon a perjury conviction in U.S. District Court in Alexandria?
... that Price Hill is one of the oldest outlying settlements of Cincinnati, Ohio?
... that Christopher Columbus's letter recounting his first voyage, the first written description of America, was so popular it went through nine printed editions?
... that in 1963, entertainment manager Bob Marcucci got a recording contract for John D'Andrea, leading D'Andrea to a regular spot on Shindig!?
... that in 2001, American screenwriter William Monahan pseudonymously wrote a comic serial narrative at New York Press titled Dining Late with Claude La Badarian?

08:09, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the winter flooding of the Elpeus river was used as a defensive military device by Perseus of Macedon (pictured on coin)?
... that Norsk Hydro Rjukan, an industrial facility in Tinn, Norway, produced 30 million tonnes of fertilizer from its opening in 1911 to its closing in 1991?
... that philanthropist and civic leader Marion Jorgensen died at St. John's Health Center, the very place where she volunteered her time for many years?
... that China has helped Nigeria launch the NigComSat-1 satellite and pledged to invest USD 4 billion in oil and infrastructure development?
... that Percival Goodman, described as "the most prolific architect in Jewish history" by The Forward, was also an urban planning theorist who criticized Robert Moses' ideas for parkways in New York City?
... that Your Name is Justine, Luxembourg's submission for the 79th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, was rejected due to insufficient creative contributions from Luxembourg in the film?
... that Frank Leslie Walcott, the first Barbadian ambassador to the United Nations, was also an exceptional cricket umpire?

12:21, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum (pictured) is located in the world's first plant for mass production of heavy water?
... that the Dalecarlian runes was a runic script that was in use until the 20th century?
... that the British franchisee of Domino's Pizza's almost decade-long sponsorship of The Simpsons ended with a 2007 Ofcom ban on advertising junk food to children?
... that eight of the nine Priori of the Signoria were chosen from the guilds of Florence?
... that it took just over 20 years to finish developing the Lamona breed of chicken, but it was nearly extinct by the 1980s?
... that Ted Mack auditioned contestants for the Original Amateur Hour in the 400-seat theatre at Irvington, New York's village hall?
... that many localities on the coast of Great Britain developed their own type of fishing boat adapted to local fishing and sea conditions, and the nobbies are examples of this?
... that the largest herbarium in the world is housed by the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris?

17:21, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

... that most of the stamps of Mexico (example pictured) from 1856 to 1883 have district overprints, which were added as an anti-theft device?
... that Confederate president Jefferson Davis had a young mulatto ward named Jim Limber‎?
... that during the Agra famine of 1837–38 in the North-Western Provinces of India, approximately 800,000 people died of starvation and an even larger number of livestock perished?
... that the volcano Piton de la Fournaise, a tourist attraction in Réunion, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world?
... that in 1883, former British diplomat Sir William Lane Booker became Consul-General of eleven US states?
... that the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord ended the 20-year conflict and insurgency in 1997 and allowed more than 50,000 displaced peoples to return home?
... that Strawhead is a 1982 play by American writer Norman Mailer about Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe that takes its title from Monroe's real life code name?
... that Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù‎, founded in 1720, was the first modern opera theatre in Greece?
... that the New York-based mock metal/glam metal band Satanicide replaced their bassist when they became aware that he "secretly liked Billy Joel"?

07:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

... that Albert Pujols (pictured) received more votes than any other player in Major League Baseball's 2006 all-star fan ballot?
... that Samuel Gray was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on behalf of three different electoral districts?
... that the nationalist activities of India House in the early 1900s led Valentine Chirol to describe it as the "most dangerous organisation outside India"?
... that Ernest O. Thompson, a Texas businessman, politician, and petroleum expert, received a battlefield promotion during World War I for developing improved machine gun tactics?
... that there was a monument to British philanthropist John Howard in a hall of Russia's Kresty Prison?
... that having won three of the first five races, Anne Margrethe Hausken is currently leading this year's World Cup in orienteering?
... that the LSR Preserve in Grand Teton NP was a former dude ranch and Rockefeller family retreat, and the first LEED certified property in Wyoming?
... that businessperson and Norwegian Parliament member Peter Bøyesen has been described as a predecessor of the Liberal Party of Norway?
... that in Puerto Rico, a Piragua is a frozen treat made of shaved ice, covered with fruit-flavored syrup?

10:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

... that Monkey Bay (pictured) on Lake Malawi is a tourist resort accessed through the road to Cape Maclear?
... that when 20,000 Mennonites immigrated to Mexico from Canada in 1922, they were given freedom from taxation for 100 years so long as they supplied cheese to northern Mexico?
... that Odo J. Struger is known as the "father of the programmable logic controller," an electronic device used in nearly every automated factory worldwide today?
... that the 104th Company of Syndicalists was a military unit created by the Union of Polish Syndicalists, which participated in the Warsaw Uprising?
... that Pakistani pop band Strings is the first South Asian band to endorse Gibson Guitars?
... that the book Goodnight Bush, a parody of Goodnight Moon satirizing the presidency of George W. Bush, was written by two former employees of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld?

03:37, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

... that cushion plants (example pictured), which grow extremely slowly, can live for up to 350 years?
... that all of Beekman Park in Amenia, New York, was once the site of a freshwater lake?
... that V.D. Savarkar wrote The Indian War of Independence, a nationalist history of the 1857 uprising, in response to British celebrations of the 50th anniversary of its suppression?
... that Edward Sagarin was titled "father of the homophile movement"?
... that U.S. Routes within Washington state currently make up about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) of the Washington highway system?
... that Tang Dynasty general Li Siye once bared his upper body and battered fleeing soldiers with his staff to stop a general panic?
... that five detached human feet have been discovered on British Columbian beaches since August 2007, with no confirmed explanation?
... that the 6th-century musician Yared introduced the concept of sacred music to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church services?
... that the owners of a Californian memorial park tried to buy St Margaret's Church, Rottingdean, England, dismantle it and rebuild it there, but built a replica instead when permission was refused?

18:52, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the edible mushroom swamp yellow brittlegill (pictured) has a fruity smell?
... that Frank McEncroe, a boilermaker from rural Victoria, invented the Chiko Roll?
... that India established its diplomatic representation in Nigeria in 1958, two years before Nigeria's independence from British rule?
... that administering a strong solution of coffee through the rectum by means of a Murphy drip was alleged to have been a treatment for shock at the Battle of Midway?
... that Herman Farr, an African American clergyman from Shreveport, Louisiana, single-handedly desegregated the historic Strand Theatre during the heyday of the civil rights movement?
... that the Foguang Temple's East Hall is the third oldest wooden building in China, dating from 857 AD?
... that Ride the Lobster is an 800-kilometer long unicycle race around Nova Scotia?
... that Liverpool actor and guitarist Ozzie Yue used to flick pieces of paper at Paul McCartney in art class when they attended the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys?

10:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the tallest building in Baltimore, Maryland is the forty-story Legg Mason Building (pictured), which rises 529 feet (161 m) in height?
... that the Pakistan-based Institute of Sindhology is a research institution working on the history, culture, and literature of Sindh?
... that when Peter Perez Burdett went to Karlsruhe, leaving his wife and debts behind, he took his portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby?
... that improving Indo-South African relations have led to phenomenal growth in bilateral trade, rising from US$3 million in 1992-93 to US$4 billion in 2005-06 and targeting US$12 billion by 2010?
... that the Sir John Maynard who used Elize Hele's money to create The Maynard School for girls in 1658 is not the same Sir John Maynard—Henry Maynard's son—who attended Charles I's trial?
... that in his book In Defense of Anarchism, anarchist Robert Paul Wolff argues that the incompatibility of state authority and individual autonomy means that all states are morally illegitimate?
... that near the summit of Sir Lowry's Pass in South Africa, you can still see the ruts left by ox-wagons being dragged over the Hottentots-Holland mountains before the current pass was built?

04:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the Budweiser Clydesdales (pictured) were first introduced to the public on April 7, 1933, to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition?
... that the Engkanto, a Philippine mythical creature, might be based on early encounters with European friars?
... that the South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York, is the only known work of architect Julius Munckowitz, despite his later career with New York City's parks?
... that had the Endeavour Strait not prevented the Dutch from proceeding further southward, they might have found the eastern coast of Australia 150 years before James Cook did?
... that In All Languages is the first and only compilation album released by industrial metal band Godflesh?
... that Burkina Faso contains the most elephants in West Africa, with Deux Balés National Park containing 400?
... that Ferrante Pallavicino was the anonymous author of Il Divortio celeste (1643), a satire wherein Jesus Christ asks God for a divorce from his eternal bride, the Roman Catholic Church?
... that fans at the UEFA Euro 2008 reportedly prefer The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" to the official anthem, Enrique Iglesias' "Can You Hear Me"?

21:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

... that a swimmer escaped a crocodile attack in Nkhata Bay, Malawi (pictured) by biting the crocodile on the nose?
... that M. P. T. Acharya is associated with Indian Nationalism and communism, as well as the anarchist movement?
... that an estimated 73 percent of what and how much all children eat is determined by nutritional gatekeepers?
... that Sir John Hussey, Chief Butler of England under King Henry VIII, was executed for treason?
... that in Norse mythology, the goddesses Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa defeated a Danish fleet by shooting arrows from their fingertips?
... that Bristol and South Wales Union Railway was actually two separate railway lines with a ferry crossing of the River Severn between?
... that Matsuura Takanobu was an early host and patron to the Jesuits, whom he hoped would influence an increase in trade between European traders and Japan?
... that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played Conan the Barbarian in the 1982 film, proposed a law in 2007 for regulating the sales of violent video games such as Conan?
... that John Paul, Sr. and his son became the first father-son duo to win an IMSA Camel GT race, hours after the former was married on the track infield?

15:49, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the scaly hedgehog (pictured) is actually a species of brown mushroom found in spruce forests and used to dye wool in Norway?
... that Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez led the entire 2007 all-star game voting ballot with 1,404,001 votes?
... that average people use subpersonalities to allow them to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations?
... that India and Pakistan have expanded cross-border road and rail transport links, including across the disputed region of Kashmir?
... that Bette Midler's back-up trio The Harlettes once included the actress Katey Sagal, better known for her role as Peggy Bundy on the television series Married...with Children?
... that Scotland's Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-operative Society was founded in 1839, five years before the Rochdale Pioneers?
... that Gray Barker's 1956 book They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers introduced the concept of the Men in Black to UFO lore?
... that the historic floodplains of Oregon's Willamette Valley ecoregion rarely function today, due to dams in the Upper Willamette Basin?
... that all eleven stories in Australian Patrick White's The Burnt Ones have a real or metaphorical reference to burning?

09:40, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

... that Archie J. Old Jr. completed the first round-the-world nonstop flight (route shown) by a jet-powered aircraft?
... that though Captain Edward Mallory was wounded by shot, saber, and bayonet, he and his men forced the enemy to retreat at the Skirmish at Waters Creek?
... that between 1861 and 1869, Wolfgang Wenzel Haffner was Norwegian Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs on three non-consecutive occasions?
... that growing Indo-Singaporean relations include extensive military cooperation and diverse bilateral trade, which is expected to rise from USD 9–10 billion in 2006 to USD 50 billion by 2010?
... that April FitzLyon's biography of Mozart's librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte debunked his unreliable memoirs?
... that the Pythagorean theorem can be proven without words?
... that human rights activist Chiang Peng-chien was the first chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan?
... that the girls of St Mary's School, Calne, are divided into five Companies, each named after local bishops?
... that after his Major League Baseball career, Baseball Hall of Famer Dan Brouthers once led the Hudson River League in batting average at the age of 46?

17:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

... that Burgundian manuscript illuminator and painter Simon Marmion created many images of Heaven and Hell (detail pictured)?
... that the 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion resulted in thirteen deaths and the first major shutdown of a US sugar refinery since Hurricane Katrina?
... that Indian film director Mohan Krishna Indraganti won eleven awards including the National Film Award and Nandi Award for his first directorial venture?
... that the Mormon practice of polygamy was first inspired in 1831 when Joseph Smith said Jesus wished his followers to marry Native Americans to make their descendants white?
... that residents of Changureh, Iran threw stones at the car of a government minister in anger following the 2002 Iran earthquake?
... that Murphy Bell, a civil rights attorney in Baton Rouge, represented the since imprisoned black radical H. Rap Brown on gun violation charges in 1972?
... that the medieval Battle of Sparrsätra is held to have deeply changed Swedish society?
... that Linda Finch is the first person to complete Amelia Earhart's unfinished final flight using the same aircraft type, a Lockheed L-10 Electra?

12:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

... that 100 North Tampa (pictured), which rises 42 floors and 579 feet (176 m) in height, is the tallest building in Tampa?
... that the murder of Celia Douty was the first murder in Australia to be solved using DNA profiling, after remaining unsolved for 18 years?
... that Frank W. Preston invented the furnace which made Corelle glassware possible and worked to establish Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania?
... that the collapse of more than 7,000 schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, while nearby buildings stood, has led to allegations of corruption involving contractors and government officials?
... that in 2003, Church of Scientology board member and Office of Special Affairs executive Kurt Weiland accompanied actor Tom Cruise in a private meeting with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State?
... that the Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church, whose members still use horse-drawn carriages, was formed when another Mennonite church split after a 17-year dispute over the use of automobiles?
... that Fred Forman scored two goals in England's 13–2 win over Ireland in 1899—the highest-scoring match involving England in international football history?
... that several years after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published "The Village Blacksmith", a chestnut tree mentioned in the poem was made into a chair for the poet?

01:25, 23 June 2008

... that the New Fighter Aircraft program selected the CF-18 Hornet (pictured) for the Canadian Forces Air Command when attempts to purchase Iran's fleet of F-14 Tomcats failed?
... that Rick Rhodes won six Emmy Awards for his work on Santa Barbara, Another World and The Guiding Light?
... that shukr is the Islamic virtue of gratitude?
... that of the major historic Snake River salmon stocks in the Blue Mountains ecoregion, the coho and sockeye are extinct, the chinook are threatened, and the summer steelhead are in decline?
... that American singer Elly Stone was Barbra Streisand’s understudy in the 1962 Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale?
... that the Brigham Young University Museum of Art contains more than 170 images of Jesus, showing how his portrayal in Christian art has changed?
... that Dr. Maressa Orzack at Harvard Medical School stated that 40 percent of World of Warcraft players were addicted?
... that Dizzy Gillespie may have been inspired to write the jazz standard "Groovin' High" by a film serial he saw as a child?
... that Pakistani model Vaneeza Ahmad was one of the select few celebrities to carry the Olympic torch at the relay in Islamabad?

18:14, 22 June 2008

... that invasive cheatgrass (pictured) has replaced native bunch grasses across much of the Northern Basin and Range ecoregion in the northwestern United States?
... that the Japanese visual novel Sakura Sakura allows the player to navigate in a profile side-view perspective similar to a two dimensional platform game?
... that irrigation canals in the Treasure Valley and Magic Valley have dramatically transformed the Snake River Plain ecoregion in southern Idaho?
... that in 1984, during the internal conflict in Peru, members of the Peruvian Army massacred 123 men, women and children in the town of Putis?
... that zooming in from satellite view, one can see the outlines of Wilcox Octagon House and most of the 82 octagon houses listed on the U.S. National Register?
... that Norwegian politician Jacob Aall described Hans Eleonardus Møller, Sr. as "one of Norway's most active and skillful merchants"?
... that the Pumice Plateau in the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills ecoregion of Southern Oregon is covered by a thick layer of volcanic ash from Mt. Mazama?
... that the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus runs across the Line of Control to connect the capitals of the Indian and Pakistani parts of the disputed region of Kashmir?
... that about 10% of the value of gift cards is not redeemed?

12:27, 22 June 2008

... that when William Williams died collecting the fern Alpine Woodsia (pictured) in 1861, his body was found at the foot of the cliff where the species was first found in the 17th century?
... that Nguyen Van Linh, General Secretary of the Communist Party touted as the "Vietnamese Gorbachev" for reforming Vietnam's communist economy, later regretted many of the effects of his policies?
... that plants in some parts of the Klamath Mountains ecoregion in Southern Oregon and Northern California have evolved to grow in potentially toxic and nutrient-poor serpentine soils?
... that oudist Ali Sriti's first public performance was at age eleven, when he sang Ya chiraan waraa dajla yajri by Mohamed Abdel Wahab?
... that The New York Times said the 1944 Laurel and Hardy film The Big Noise "has as much humor in it as a six-foot hole in the ground"?
... that one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's first state visits was to Mongolia, aimed at rebuilding their bilateral relations in the post-Cold War era?
... that John Boylan, who won an acting award in the play On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, eventually died of lung cancer?

06:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the buff and yellow mushrooms (fruiting bodies) of the fungus Boletus radicans (pictured) can reach 30 centimetres (12 in) in diameter?
... that C. W. Thornthwaite, an expert in the field of climatology, wrote his doctoral thesis in an unrelated topic in urban geography?
... that WayForward Technologies developed a video game remake of the 1951 Warner Bros cartoon Duck Amuck?
... that Khalid bin Barghash fought a 38-minute war with the British during his two-day rule as Sultan of Zanzibar?
... that Norwegian merchant and banker Simon Karenius Høegh was also mayor of both Brevig and later Porsgrund?
... that the public library system in Riverside County, California was the first in the US to turn over its entire operation to a private company?
... that when Test cricket twins Mark and Steve Waugh played together in their first ever match, they both scored ducks?
... that since normalizing Sino-Mongolian relations, bilateral trade has risen to US$1.13 billion and China has become the largest trading partner and foreign investor in Mongolia?
... that after George Lansbury lost the Bow and Bromley by-election, 1912, where he stood for re-election on a platform of women's suffrage, he declared "Never Resign!"?

17:44, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

... that the Dobbs Ferry post office (pictured) has an unusually high level of ornament compared to most Colonial Revival-style post offices in New York?
... that Norwegian philology professor Peter Olrog Schjøtt interrupted his academic career in 1888 in favor of a fifteen-month career in