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30 April 2016

15:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Australasian darter

... that the plumage of the Australasian darter (pictured) absorbs water to reduce the bird's buoyancy and allow it to swim submerged?
... that the current Bank of England £50 note is the first Bank of England banknote to feature two people on the reverse?
... that in 2014, the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment was assigned its first female commander?
... that a Hollyoaks insider believes that Joanne Cardsley has "become one of the most talked-about bunny boilers in soaps"?
... that forensic chemist Mary Louisa Willard was referred to as "Lady Sherlock" for assisting law enforcement officials?
... that "If I wanted you to understand it, I'd explain it better" is a favorite expression in Cruijffiaans, the idiolect of Dutch soccer coach Johan Cruyff?
... that the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 250 was the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held on a road course since 2000 and the first Truck road course race in Canada?
... that according to George Smathers, Harry Truman told him, "I want you to beat that son-of-a-bitch Claude Pepper." prior to the 1950 United States Senate election in Florida?

03:21, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Mask of Agamemnon

... that the Mask of Agamemnon (pictured) is probably the most famous artifact from Mycenaean Greece (c. 1600–1100 BC)?
... that the Swiss embassy gave Nellie Gubler an award for her research on Swiss immigrants in Utah?
... that the minimum mass of an exoplanet can be calculated with the binary mass function using the velocity of its host star?
... that Michael Fassbender's film roles include a Spartan soldier, Irish republican Bobby Sands, a slave owner, and a sex addict?
... that the name of the Chinese postman problem honors Chinese mathematician Meigu Guan, who first formulated it?
... that the Conductor's Building was proposed to be turned into "the longest bar in America"?
... that Chuck Mosley worked with a range of musicians on Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food, including Roddy Bottum, Jonathon Davis and "a guy named Eric"?
... that the Mexico City wrestling commission banned Espectro I from using a casket as part of his entrance ritual?

29 April 2016

15:36, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Long-nosed bandicoot

... that the long-nosed bandicoot (illustrated) has one of the briefest known gestation periods of all mammals at 12.5 days?
... that Ho Sin Hang conceived the idea of creating the Hang Seng Index as the "Dow Jones Industrial Average of Hong Kong"?
... that Bach's early cantata Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196, was possibly composed for the wedding of the minister who performed Bach's first wedding in Dornheim?
... that The Lab, a virtual reality game by Valve, is set in the Portal universe and features pocket universes?
... that on this day in 1993, former Italian Communist Party politician Augusto Barbera served for several hours as a Minister in the Ciampi Cabinet?
... that in Reformed theology, baptism is believed to be a replacement for circumcision as a rite signifying forgiveness of sin?
... that the Museum of Socialist Art was established in Sofia in 2011 amidst a controversy over its name, which was initially proposed as "Museum of Totalitarian Art"?
... that Sairat, which is set to be released today, is the first Indian film to include a symphonic score recorded in Hollywood?

03:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Walt McDougall

... that when Pennsylvania legislators pushed a bill banning caricatures of politicians as animals, cartoonist Walt McDougall (pictured) drew them as a tree, a beer mug, and assorted vegetables?
... that Kashf al-Asrar (The Unveiling of Secrets) was written by Ruhollah Khomeini to answer the criticisms of Shia Islam published in a pamphlet titled The Thousand-Year Secrets?
... that Norwegian terrorist Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow took part in killing 63 people at a shopping mall in Kenya?
... that the upcoming film Allied, scripted by Steven Knight, is based on a true story personally told to Knight at the age of 21?
... that Jessie Rose started her career playing a variety of soprano roles, but later became the principal mezzo-soprano of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company?
... that the 12th-century baptismal font of St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, was moved away for safekeeping when the church was closed?
... that Tom Bass was born a slave but trained horses for Theodore Roosevelt, Will Rogers, and Buffalo Bill Cody?
... that despite mentioning her in five of his speeches, Demosthenes never spoke his mother's name?

28 April 2016

11:06, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Jami Masjid Complex, Khambhat

... that the interior of the Jami Masjid, Khambhat, (pictured) has an open courtyard with 100 columns built from ruins of Hindu and Jain temples?
... that Bogna Burska's initial painting compositions were narratives of congealed blood forms made with red paints applied by fingers on walls, canvas, and glass?
... that an inscription in Harran dated from 568 CE is among the earliest known appearances of Arabic in Syria?
... that soprano Tamara Wilson won the Richard Tucker Award, "one of the most prestigious prizes in opera"?
... that the Hotel Amalo suicide car bombing was perpetrated by a 60-year-old Norwegian Labour Party supporter and Al-Shabaab member?
... that Bonnie Sveen played two different characters in the Australian soap opera Home and Away?
... that the United States Coast Guard tartan is patterned in a ten-thread count to represent the first ten ships of the Revenue-Marine?
... that Jamie Ramsay claimed he ate iguana on his 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) run from Vancouver to Buenos Aires?

27 April 2016

22:51, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

A refurbished Kawasaki C151 train

... that competition for the contract to build Singapore's first MRT trains (pictured) was so fierce that it involved last-minute discounts, offers of free parts, and allegations of sabotage?
... that the Brazilian football defender Marquinhos was surprised by how many goals he scored after joining Paris Saint-Germain?
... that the first shots of the Great Syrian Revolt occurred at the village of Urman?
... that Marion Boulton Stroud created The Fabric Workshop as a place for artists "to explore, to take liberties, to be a studio and laboratory of new design"?
... that the Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act 1919 led to a Welsh bishop expressing his desire that the Church of England never be disestablished?
... that decades before Han Xu became China's ambassador to the United States, he was a guerrilla fighter who helped rescue American pilots shot down by the Japanese?
... that one of the claims of North Korean propaganda is that there is no taxation in North Korea?
... that the contralto Caroline Trevor, who has been a member of The Tallis Scholars for over three decades, broke a tradition of nine centuries when she became a singer at St Paul's Cathedral?

10:36, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Charlie Applewhite

... that as a boy, Charlie Applewhite (pictured) sang on Fort Worth street corners when his allowance ran out?
... that both the highest and lowest temperatures in South America were recorded in Argentina?
... that the Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning racehorse Gay Donald enjoyed liquorice allsorts and sardine sandwiches?
... that the 1930 song It Happened in Monterey fell out of popularity until it was revived by Frank Sinatra in 1956?
... that some instant puddings are vegan?
... that the Rudra Mahalaya Temple is an ancient ruined temple complex built to lavish proportions during the 12th century by the Jayasimha Siddharaja of the Solanki dynasty?
... that Charlotte Kerwood was 15 when she won her first Commonwealth Games gold medal?
... that if you are wrongly convicted in the United States and you do not petition for review of your case, you may not be able to challenge your conviction in the future?

26 April 2016

22:21, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

McBride Creek bridge

... that the McBride Creek bridge (pictured) of the Columbia and Nehalem Valley Railroad was built from horizontal logs?
... that at the start of his career, Fulke Johnson Houghton was the youngest licensed racehorse trainer in Britain?
... that meanness is a personal quality whose classical form, discussed by many from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas, characterizes it as a vice of "lowness", but whose modern form deals more with cruelty?
... that the 13th-century Welsh nobleman Tudur Hen was the direct ancestor of the House of Tudor, and introduced the name to the line?
... that development of the Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital in Vaughan, Canada, was delayed four years because of a land use dispute?
... that Herbert L. Packer proposed two models for the U.S. criminal justice system, crime control and due process, which became influential in criminal policy debates?
... that five schoolchildren and their leader's assistant died in a blizzard in the 1971 Cairngorm Plateau Disaster when they failed to reach the Curran shelter in the Scottish Highlands?
... that Zohreh Tabatabai coordinated with more than 100 heads of state to plan the United Nations' Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration?

10:06, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

A clam dip with various dipping foods

... that after the Kraft Music Hall television show aired a recipe for clam dip (example pictured) in the early 1950s, canned clams in New York City sold out within 24 hours?
... that Tokyo-born archeologist Carl Whiting Bishop served in U.S. naval intelligence during World War I?
... that the 2008 AMP Energy 500 saw a record-breaking 28 race drivers leading at least one lap in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series?
... that Gu Xiulian was China's first female provincial governor?
... that The Simpsons episode "The Burns Cage" takes its name from The Birdcage, a film starring Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria?
... that American painter Edith Emerson was the curator and director of the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia for over 30 years?
... that the Hindu text Natya Shastra is an ancient encyclopedic treatise on the performing arts?
... that the British poet Anne Penny was criticised for having poor grammar?

25 April 2016

21:51, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Raymond Cazallis Davis

... that Raymond Cazallis Davis (pictured) was the first to offer a college course in bibliography?
... that one doughnut shop chain uses an estimated one billion disposable cups per year, enough to circle the Earth twice?
... that wide receiver T. J. Acree was a walk-on in college but went on to play in the Canadian Football League?
... that "The Royal Welch Fusiliers" is the only march written by John Philip Sousa for a British Army regiment?
... that the couple Janie and Victor Tsao started Linksys in their garage, and sold it for half a billion dollars?
... that the Woodstock Observer was the second attempt to establish a newspaper in Woodstock, Vermont?
... that on his One Voice album, Aled Jones performed duets with himself?

09:36, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Detail of Yokoyama Taikan's 40m scroll Metempsychosis

... that the first exhibition of Metempsychosis (detail pictured) was abandoned after only a few hours due to the Great Kantō earthquake?
... that Ottoman politician Mehmet Celal Bey is known as the Turkish Oscar Schindler for having saved many lives during the Armenian Genocide?
... that In for a Penny, In for a Pound is regarded as just the third album by a jazz composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
... that David A. Shirley was the first chemist to become the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory?
... that the Primrose International Viola Archive at Brigham Young University is said to be haunted?
... that the Darkhuang gong's cultural usage in Mizoram is as a dowry gift demanded by the bride's parents?
... that the Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 has been described as "New York's first all-out welcoming parade"?
... that Elspeth Beard was the first English woman to ride a motorcycle around the world?

24 April 2016

21:21, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Guan Zilan

... that painter Guan Zilan (pictured), once an art world favourite, became largely forgotten in Communist China and rediscovered photos of her were mistaken for images of the movie star Ruan Lingyu?
... that Meghan Trainor considered "Dear Future Husband" to be one of the strongest tracks on Title?
... that steamed banana cake is found in Chinese cuisine, Indonesian cuisine and Vietnamese cuisine?
... that Denis Smith suffered so many broken bones, he was named in the Guinness Book of Records as the most injured man in association football?
... that despite winning the 2008 UAW-Dodge 400, Carl Edwards was penalized 100 drivers' points for a loose lid on his car's oil reservoir encasement?
... that the Battle of Tulgas is also called "The Battle of Armistice Day"?
... that on 14 April 2016, 15-year-old Jenna Jones and 16-year-old Emily Beecroft were named as members of the 2016 Australian Paralympic Team?
... that Conair Aviation Flight 448, a flight meant to fight wildfires, inadvertently started one?

09:06, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle

... that Community Transit in the Seattle area has a fleet of 45 double-decker buses (example pictured), the second-largest fleet among public transit agencies in the United States?
... that the footballer Ray Jones, who died at 18, was described as Queens Park Rangers' own Wayne Rooney?
... that The Electro-Magnetic and Mechanics Intelligencer was the first newspaper printed on a press run by electricity?
... that Humira Saqib started educating the women of Afghanistan through her magazine Negah-e-Zan on their rights and to "tell women that we have great ideas, and the ability to make those ideas a reality"?
... that Boudewijn Zenden scored a penalty kick for Middlesbrough in the 2004 Football League Cup Final, despite slipping over in the process?
... that The Indigo Book is a public domain version of the Bluebook?
... that Sahwat al-Khudr is named after an ancient Byzantine church in the village dedicated to Saint George, who is known to Muslims as "al-Khudr"?
... that Emily Temple-Wood says she will create a Wikipedia article about a woman scientist for every harassing email she receives?

23 April 2016

11:10, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Sha Fei's photo of the Eighth Route Army cavalry in 1937

... that Harvard University is holding a conference today on Sha Fei, "The Photographer Who Shaped Modern China" (sample photograph pictured)?
... that the Beeching cuts resulted in the closure of Groeslon railway station in Wales, despite the expansion of the station 17 years earlier?
... that in order to move to Los Angeles to be an actress, Emma Stone prepared a PowerPoint presentation to convince her parents?
... that Starbreeze Studios was once working on a video game set within the Bourne universe?
... that NSA cryptanalyst Dorothy Blum was using the Fortran programming language three years before its public release in 1957?
... that in The Boy Next Door the main character receives a first-edition printed copy of Homer's Iliad?
... that despite being removed from the 1992 Honduras Olympic team and Olympic Village, Polin Belisle still competed in the Olympic marathon?
... that paleontologists cannot determine whether Dispersituberoolithus, a type of fossil egg, was laid by a bird or a non-avian dinosaur?

22 April 2016

22:55, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

White House Passover Seder, 2011

... that President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to conduct a Passover Seder in the White House (pictured), which he has done annually since 2009?
... that with over 50 million copies in print, the Maxwell House Haggadah is the best known and most popular Passover Haggadah among American Jews?
... that Gérard Lhéritier's career took off when he discovered balloon mail?
... that during Passover, some people use matzah as a substitute for traditional pizza crusts?
... that in times past, the head of the household would go out to the street to say Ha Lachma Anya, thus inviting poor people to join him at the Passover Seder?
... that L'Shana Haba'ah is sung at the end of the Passover Seder?
... that common hogweed was originally the main ingredient of borscht?

10:00, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Colonel Johnson

... that Colonel Johnson (pictured), who was imprisoned by the British at the age of seven, became famous for eating tomatoes?
... that the ruler of the Banu Kanz, a mixed Arab-Beja tribe, regulated the Fatimid Caliphate's diplomatic and commercial relations with Nubia?
... that Swedish writer Eva Alexanderson translated works by Umberto Eco, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
... that the Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground holds the record for some of the lowest scores by the Free State cricket team?
... that the tomb of Henry VIII's ancestor at St Gredifael's Church was vandalised by pilgrims who thought it had healing powers?
... that Svetoslav Roerich, one of the recipients of the Padma Bhushan award in the 1960s, is the only artist whose three portraits are displayed at the Central Hall of Indian Parliament?
... that the library at Queen Mary University of London was named after an expert in Welsh history, Caroline Skeel?
... that a collection of light bulbs was bought by General Electric in 1912 for $10,000 and by 1931 was valued at over a million dollars?

21 April 2016

21:45, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Catherine Zeta-Jones

... that Catherine Zeta-Jones' (pictured) wedding ceremony cost an estimated £1.5 million?
... that blueberry sauce can be used to prepare blueberry Martinis?
... that, with 6000 members, Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat is Norway's largest mosque?
... that Iris timofejewii is a rare and endangered iris threatened by overgrazing?
... that Derick Adamson won the 1984 and 1985 Philadelphia Marathons?
... that Shuangyu, an international entrepôt used by Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese traders and smugglers, was destroyed by the Ming dynasty in 1548?
... that Gerri Major was the first African American woman to announce programs on commercial radio?
... that the 14th-century tower of St Mary's Church, Caldicot, was not completed until the 16th century?

09:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

The Ten-Faced Samantabhadra stupa

... that on the 3,077-metre (10,095 ft)-high Golden Summit stands a 48-metre (157 ft)-tall stupa of the Ten-Faced Samantabhadra (pictured)?
... that after death of Muhammad al-Mahdi's father, al-Mahdi appointed Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi as his representative, making al-Asadi the main link between al-Mahdi and the Shia community?
... that Marshal Lin Biao attempted to flee China from Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport, but was killed when his plane crashed in Mongolia?
... that Interstate 97 is the shortest 2-digit mainline Interstate Highway and only intracounty 2-digit Interstate in the contiguous United States?
... that the art historian Graham Reynolds wrote the catalogue raisonné of the works of John Constable?
... that Gobioolithus is a type of fossil bird egg that often contains embryos with well-developed wings?
... that Peregrin Saxon was the first Bishop of Bosnia to reside in Bosnia since Ponsa was driven out by heretics a century earlier?
... that Joe's Steaks + Soda Shop in Philadelphia changed its business name in 2013 because the name it had used for 64 years was controversial?

20 April 2016

21:15, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Flag of South Africa between 1928 and 1994

... that the former flag of South Africa (pictured) was created as a compromise but later came to be viewed as a symbol of apartheid?
... that in the United States, Grand Theft Auto III was the best-selling game of 2001, and the second best-selling game of 2002, behind only its sequel?
... that the name of Maenan Hall, a Grade I listed building near Llanddoged, Wales, means "place of the big stone" in Welsh?
... that biologist Katherine Sanford was the first person to successfully clone a mammal cell in vitro?
... that the Hindu mythical beast Supratika – Bhagadatta's elephant – nearly killed Bhima during the Kurukshetra War?
... that in a 2014 Sussex Cricket League Premier Division match against Horsham, Philip Salt scored 200 not out from just 129 balls?
... that city officials in Plymouth, Minnesota, opposed the idea of a 240,000-square-foot (22,000 m²) Walmart Supercenter replacing the Four Seasons Mall?
... that South Korean politician Choo Mi-ae has been compared to Joan of Arc?

09:00, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Camaron rebosado being fried

... that camaron rebosado (example pictured) is a Philippine dish that has a Spanish name, but originated in China?
... that the detective fiction writer Soeman Hs is considered a pioneer of the Indonesian short story for his collection Kawan Bergeloet?
... that Orange Is the New Black is the first series to receive Emmy Award nominations in both the comedy and drama categories?
... that environmental and children's rights activist Rosemary Edna Sinclair was named Miss Australia 1960?
... that after the Sudeten German Party was banned, its followers in areas that remained in Czechoslovakia regrouped as the German People's Group?
... that rags-to-riches colonial Virginia slave owner Samuel Gist owned as many as 1000 slaves, most of whom were freed after his death?
... that St Tewdric's axed or speared skull is purportedly buried under the altar of St Tewdric's Church?
... that the pilot of Carson Air Flight 66 flew his plane while intoxicated?

19 April 2016

20:45, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Ulupi with Arjuna

... that in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the Nāga princess Ulupi (pictured with her husband) is said to have restored her dead husband's life?
... that Ursula K. Le Guin's Hugo and Nebula award-winning 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness is set on a fictional planet whose people are neither male nor female for most of their sexual cycle?
... that Seán Kinsella is regarded as Ireland's first celebrity chef?
... that Strauss composed the cantata Taillefer, based on a romantic medieval tale and set for three soloists, an eight-part choir, and a large orchestra, for the centenary of the Heidelberg University?
... that during the attempted theft of George Washington's head, the body of Bushrod Washington was accidentally decapitated?
... that in 1970, Prince Charles became the first heir to the British throne to complete a university degree?
... that cell biologist Ruth Lehmann studied maternal effect genes in fruit flies?
... that many people believe there is no such thing as Welsh food?

06:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Newcastle Emlyn Castle

... that sixty oxen were used to haul the siege engine that helped force Newcastle Emlyn Castle (pictured) to surrender in 1287?
... that FEMA's "Other than a Plan D Situation" file includes draft legislation to waive penalties for the late-filing of income tax by persons residing in cities destroyed by nuclear attack?
... that the student body at Kennebec Valley Community College grew from 100 to 3,300 during Barbara W. Woodlee's nearly three decades as president?
... that Campaign 972 attacked Paksong 15 minutes after a ceasefire ended the Laotian Civil War?
... that Minna Salami, a woman journalist of Nigeria, is actively participating on African women's issues through her award-winning blog called MsAfropolitan?
... that Carew Tidal Mill is the only restored tide mill in Wales?
... that All Saints' Church, which was attended by Jane Austen when she lived in Southampton, was destroyed in the Second World War?
... that the WWE Women's Championship was created because female wrestlers felt that the former Divas Championship diminished them to "eye candy"?

18 April 2016

17:15, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Margaret Sanger

... that Planned Parenthood was conceived 100 years ago in Brooklyn when Margaret Sanger (pictured), her sister Ethel Byrne, and Fania Mindell distributed birth control plus advice, and were soon arrested?
... that John Logie Baird's Telechrome was the first single-tube color television display, and could also display stereoscopic (3D) images?
... that historian Howard Henry Peckham discovered that American Revolutionary War deaths were much higher than previously assumed, totaling about 25,000?
... that during the Industrial Revolution, the Welsh coal industry was at the forefront of the development of new mining technologies?
... that Yi Qiu was the first recorded weiqi player?
... that more than 10 wrestlers have worn the Espanto mask, including Espanto I, Espanto II, Espanto III, Espanto IV and V, Los Hijos del Espanto, Espanto Jr., his son Espanto Jr., and Mini-Estrella Espantito?
... that the Malator is known locally as the "Teletubby house"?

05:30, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

The Ninth Wave (1850) by Ivan Aivazovsky

... that the painter Ivan Aivazovsky (work pictured) threw away his Ottoman medals to protest large-scale massacres of Armenians?
... that the Atari 2600 game Adventure contained the first well-known instance of a video game Easter egg?
... that despite indicating willingness to renew his contract with a Portuguese club, Portuguese footballer Rúben Fernandes signed with a newly promoted Belgian one instead?
... that Octaware Technologies is India's first company claiming Sharia compliance that has been approved for listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange?
... that early in her career, Emma Stone won the Young Hollywood Award for Exciting New Face?
... that the New York City Subway is the largest rapid transit system in the world by number of stations, with 469 stations in operation?
... that Li Ye, a Taoist nun and courtesan renowned for her beauty and talent in poetry, was executed for treason?
... that St Mary's Church forms part of the name of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

17 April 2016

17:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Peniel Chapel

... that Peniel Chapel (pictured) changed the practice of the traditional interior of a Welsh church to that of a theatre building with a ramped gallery floor for an auditorium experience?
... that conservation biologist Leela Hazzah began a program teaching Maasai hunters to protect lions instead of hunt them?
... that Jerusalem's first printing press was established in the Armenian Quarter?
... that Indian nationalist Santi Ghose assassinated a British magistrate when she was 15 years old?
... that the large pre-Columbian Maya city of Cihuatán, in central El Salvador, was destroyed by a massive fire within 150 years of being founded?
... that in 1953, Philipp Meyer became the first former Nazi Kreisleiter elected to the West German Bundestag?
... that an 18th-century recipe for the vegetarian Glamorgan sausage references the use of pork as an ingredient?
... that Chen Run'er was recently appointed Governor of China's Henan Province, despite the prediction of his downfall by a Radio Free Asia columnist?

06:00, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Peter Maxwell Davies in 2012

... that compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies (pictured) include ten symphonies, ten Strathclyde Concertos, ten Naxos Quartets, and the monodrama Eight Songs for a Mad King?
... that Ralph Milne worked as a casual labourer in the same season that he played for Dundee United in the semi-final of the European Cup?
... that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk worked in the Neo-Baroque Sarmadzhiev House in Sofia, Bulgaria and his office has been preserved as a small museum?
... that Bu Xiaolin, her father Buhe, and her grandfather Ulanhu have all served as Chairman of Inner Mongolia?
... that the Flag of the Church in Wales was adopted following the split of the Church in Wales from the Church of England?
... that Phillip Adams, an Australian farmer, co-holds the record for the most medals won at the Commonwealth Games?
... that according to chef Fergus Henderson, drinking a Black Velvet at Sweetings "puts you in the mood for romance"?
... that Dr. George Fell, a pioneer of life-saving mechanical respiration techniques in the 1880s, also had a role in designing the first electric chair used for an execution?

16 April 2016

12:10, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Stroganina being sliced

... that stroganina (example pictured) is a popular raw fish dish among native Siberians?
... that Bertha Badt-Strauss was one of the first women in Prussia to receive a doctoral degree?
... that in order to film a scene for the "Give It All" music video, the film crew was forced to sneak into a local zoo?
... that a Newfoundland dog serves as both a mascot and a rehabilitation animal for Australian military personnel detained at the Defence Force Correctional Establishment?
... that Vasile Moga was the first Romanian Orthodox bishop of Transylvania in over a century?
... that the species name of the ant Dolichoderus pinguis is taken from the Latin word meaning "fat"?
... that the first test match of rugby union's professional era was played during the 1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa?
... that conceptual artist Maria Anwander French-kissed a wall at MoMA without authorization?

00:00, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

An older Elizabeth playing with her blind father

... that when three and a half years old, Elizabeth Randles (depicted) played piano for King George III and his family?
... that the former motte-and-bailey Barland Castle is thought to have originally been called "Bernoldune", the name changing gradually over the following centuries?
... that Drishyam became the second film to show for 100 days in the UAE, after Titanic (1997)?
... that Jennifer Lopez described the concept behind her song "Ain't Your Mama" as "very empowering"?
... that the second Horn Island Light was destroyed in the 1906 Mississippi hurricane, killing the keeper and his family?
... that Nisha Ayub has said she could be stripped naked and killed, but her transgender identity could not be taken from her?
... that Donald Knuth's analysis of the linear probing strategy for resolving collisions in hash tables has been called "a landmark in the analysis of algorithms"?
... that Welshmen are sometimes called sheep shaggers?

15 April 2016

12:10, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Old College

... that an architect who despised the design of Old College, Aberystwyth (pictured) was fired from working on it amid fears that his plans would prove too expensive?
... that the Arena México 60th Anniversary Show celebrates the completion of Arena México in 1956, the largest venue ever built specifically for professional wrestling?
... that Matthew N. Levy has been referred to as "the father of neurocardiology"?
... that the Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House is Hindustan Unilever's first tea restaurant business?
... that a line in the single "Game On" by the Welsh band Catatonia appeared in one of the tracks on their original demos?
... that the extinct ant genus Paraneuretus is known from amber and compression fossils?
... that according to a former editor of The Observer, Nora Beloff "had one of the most distinguished careers any woman has had in British journalism"?
... that an Earnest performance necessitates the rhythmic smashing of forty dinner plates?

00:25, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Antlion pit trap

... that many antlion larvae dig pit traps to catch prey?
... that The Sound of a Flower is based on the life of Jin Chae-seon, who became Joseon's first female pansori singer in 1867, when women were forbidden to perform on stage?
... that the Gerard Behar Center, today a major arts centre in Jerusalem, was the site of the 1961 trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann?
... that the shell of Incognitoolithus, the largest known North American fossil bird egg from the Eocene, bears possible peck-marks from a predatory bird?
... that the medical geneticist Meena Upadhyaya has developed tests to diagnose more than 20 genetic diseases?
... that the Thoroughbred Spark was a gift to Samuel Ogle from Lord Baltimore regifted from the Prince of Wales?
... that Turkish journalist and playwright Nezihe Araz was fired from her newspaper job because a photo attached to her report showed an Arab man urinating, which angered the King of Iraq?
... that Aardvarks struck the communists during Operation Phou Phiang III?

14 April 2016

12:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Head of the Croatian Apoxyomenos

... that the Croatian Apoxyomenos (head pictured), a 2,000-year-old Ancient Greek bronze statue, was discovered on the seabed by a Belgian tourist?
... that Rhian Edwards' debut book of poetry was named the Wales Book of the Year?
... that the female southern masked chafer beetle attracts a mate by emitting a volatile chemical?
... that when her uncles sought to take her land and send her to a nunnery, Hawys Gadarn took an audience with Edward II and returned with English troops to take back her castle?
... that the 2016 documentary film The Smart Studios Story was crowdfunded at under $125,000?
... that Subhashni Raj of Fiji participated in the protests at the 2009 United Nations Climate Talks in Copenhagen?
... that Pu Songling wrote of a man and his hibernating dragon?
... that Park Hall is in England but is considered by UEFA to be Welsh?

00:00, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Lord Baltimore penny

... that the Lord Baltimore penny (pictured) was the first copper coin issued for circulation in the Thirteen Colonies?
... that Major General Carlos Brewer asked to be demoted to colonel so he could command combat troops during World War II, because he was too old to command a division as a general?
... that the previews of Spec Ops: The Line, a game that depicts Dubai in a state of destruction, were banned in the United Arab Emirates?
... that Lin Duo, the new governor of China's landlocked Gansu Province, was a navy submariner?
... that "Road Rage" by the Welsh band Catatonia was nominated for best song at the Q Awards, the Brit Awards, and the Ivor Novello Awards?
... that Dame Lesley Fallowfield was the UK's first professor of psycho-oncology?
... that in promos for the series finale of Veronica Mars, The CW billed it as a season finale, even though the series had already been cancelled?
... that Japanese Emperor Hirohito had a Liverpudlian cousin named Paddy Murphy?

13 April 2016

12:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Tessie Reynolds cycling in her rational outfit

... that in 1893, 16-year-old Tessie Reynolds cycled from Brighton to London and back in a rational outfit?
... that chestnut pie dates back to the 15th century in Italy, having been documented in an early cookbook written by Bartolomeo Platina?
... that Argentine president Raúl Alfonsín sponsored the Trial of the Juntas against the leaders of the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship?
... that the Brighton Herald, latterly based at 2–3 Pavilion Buildings in Brighton, was the first newspaper in England to report Napoleon's escape from Elba?
... that Ace Air Flight 51 crashed in the same area as a 2010 plane carrying nine people including U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe?
... that the commoner-born Theingaba successfully established himself as the first king of Toungoo during the last years of the Pinya Kingdom?
... that apart from matte-chamfered edges and an inset stainless steel rear Apple logo, the exterior design of the iPhone SE is nearly identical to that of the iPhone 5S?
... that Judge Guido Calabresi believes close cases lead to slippery slopes?

00:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

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Tasmanian laurel flower head

... that the Tasmanian laurel (pictured) can flower in autumn after flowering in spring?
... that the regimental band of the U.S. Army's 369th Regiment (the "Harlem Hellfighters Band") is credited with introducing jazz to Europe during World War I?
... that Dara Nusserwanji Khurody established the Aarey Milk Colony and introduced affordable toned milk in Mumbai?
... that over a dozen pre-teen soldiers served supply and communications duty during Operation Phou Phiang II?
... that in 1932 Margareta Suber wrote Sweden's first lesbian novel?
... that Basang, a former slave, was the only woman leader in the Tibet Autonomous Region for more than two decades?
... that Saputangan, a film that follows a man who restores his beloved's eyesight, was banned in Singapore?
... that rather than accept an appointment as bishop, Father Louis de Barth told Archbishop Leonard Neale that he would burn the papal bull nominating him and flee to the wilderness?

12 April 2016

12:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

St Mellons Church

... that one of the oldest parts of the medieval St Mellons Church (pictured) is the base of the font, which was made from an old Norman pier?
... that Vanderbilt athlete Oliver "Doc" Kuhn helped start the athletics program at the University of Tampa and led the effort to plant podocarpus trees in downtown Tampa?
... that the Welsh goat's cheese Pantysgawn was created after a farmer was sent to market to buy a cow?
... that John Sigismund Zápolya, the only Unitarian monarch in history, was the first Prince of Transylvania?
... that domestication of the Syrian hamster began in the 1930s?
... that in 1975 Najma Sadeque and seven others perturbed by human rights violations in Pakistan established a NGO called Shirkat Gah?
... that Graham Charlesworth has played first-class cricket in England and South Africa?
... that bodybuilding in China was once banned?

00:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Welsh Mountain sheep

... that the Welsh Mountain sheep (pictured), a traditional part of Welsh agriculture, was described by the agriculturalist Arthur Young as "the most despicable of all types"?
... that Charles A. Cogswell was the first attorney to practice law in Lakeview, Oregon?
... that Dyserth Castle was the last of the British fortified defence castles on the Clwydian hills in the Middle Ages?
... that Chen Peiqiu is the best-selling Chinese woman painter?
... that according to the Official Charts Company, Lady Gaga's song "Applause" sold over 10,000 copies within a few hours in the UK?
... that the sailor and navigator Michael Richey was awarded the inaugural John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for literature in 1942?
... that the champion Saddlebred horse Imperator's tail was 14 feet (4.3 m) long?
... that Hungarian politician Béla Grünwald telegraphed the news of his death to his party leader before committing suicide in Paris?

11 April 2016

12:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Bai Yang

... that Bai Yang (pictured), one of China's most popular film actresses, was imprisoned for five years during the Cultural Revolution?
... that the text for Bach's early cantata Actus tragicus, using Bible verses and three hymns, is similar to the sermon held at the funeral of a former mayor of Mühlhausen?
... that Marti Stevens used improvisational theatre to teach high school students about substance abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence?
... that Juhi Chaturvedi won two National Film Awards for writing the screenplay and dialogues of Piku?
... that the Igwisi Hills may be the youngest kimberlite volcanoes on Earth?
... that Meghan Trainor's "Watch Me Do" references a number of rap songs?
... that the long-lost names of 86 Jews killed for the Jewish skeleton collection planned by Nazi anatomist August Hirt over 70 years ago were published by Hans-Joachim Lang?
... that singer Marina and the Diamonds took up smoking in an unsuccessful attempt to get the voice of Brody Dalle from The Distillers?

00:25, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

The U.S. Marine Band

... that the U.S. Marine Band, a U.S. military premier ensemble, is the oldest continuously active professional music organization in the United States?
... that the fossil ant genus Gerontoformica is known from thirteen species?
... that Gov. Saw Yan Naung of Prome helped to tame Pinya's former southern vassals for his brother, King Swasawke of Ava?
... that Pakistani policeman Mumtaz Qadri was executed for killing the former Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer, who spoke against the blasphemy law and in favor of Asia Bibi?
... that after synthwave producer Com Truise made his third extended play Wave 1, he said he had not realized it was really a reflection of the previous few months of his life?
... that International Bus Roadeo competitors must stop their buses within six inches of a traffic cone?
... that jianbing is one of the most popular street breakfasts in China?
... that professional American football player Nikita Whitlock was named when his father pointed at a random name in a phone book?

10 April 2016

12:40, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Charles I of Hungary

... that Charles I of Hungary (pictured) could "promote a daughter to a son" to entitle her to inherit her father's estates?
... that bioanalytical chemist Cynthia Larive uses NMR and mass spectroscopy to authenticate the contents of pomegranate juice?
... that the pastrami on rye sandwich has come to be a symbol of the classic New York Jewish deli?
... that in his book Mysterious New Mexico, Ben Radford describes the use of scientific techniques to investigate thirteen cases of purported paranormal phenomena?
... that according to one theory, Bintulu got its name from the gathering of severed heads from the headhunting activities in Sarawak, Borneo?
... that Catharine van Tussenbroek settled the question of the existence of ovarian pregnancy clinically and histologically in 1899?
... that in the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, during the wars between Alexander the Great's generals, Demetrius Poliorcetes defeated the fleet of Ptolemy I and conquered Cyprus?
... that both animals and plants self-advertise?

00:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Hong Kong rose

... that the Hong Kong rose (pictured) is mainly pollinated by birds?
... that Easter Hero's second-place finish in the 1929 Grand National has been described as the greatest performance in the history of the race?
... that Lin Zongsu's article reporting her discussion of women's suffrage with Sun Yat-sen brought the right to vote into the public arena in China?
... that Jyotisha was an ancient Vedic study of time keeping and astronomy, that later adopted astrology ideas and the zodiac from the Greeks?
... that installation of the Middleton Beach shark barrier in Albany, Western Australia was delayed when sharks attacked pygmy whales just a few meters from the beach?
... that novelist Louie Myfanwy Thomas had to re-write one of her manuscripts after it was thrown into a fire?
... that in 1839, the landlord of The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny was found guilty of failing to provide sufficient hay to horses of the 12th Royal Lancers?
... that Eddy Merckx gave the bike he used to win the men's road race at the 1974 UCI Road World Championships to Pope Paul VI?

9 April 2016

13:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

West gate of the Vizianagaram fort

... that the 18th-century Vizianagaram fort's Rajasthani style western gate (pictured) was traditionally used for removing dead bodies from the fort?
... that Mārtiņš Nukša, an architect and a diplomat, was sentenced to death and killed during the Soviet occupation of Latvia?
... that the fossil ant Camelomecia has distinct cup-shaped mandibles?
... that Richard Strauss composed Die Tageszeiten, setting poems about four times of the day, for the men's chorus that serenaded him for his 60th birthday?
... that the success of Elizabeth Aston's first published novel, Mr. Darcy's Daughters, encouraged the publisher to release more stories adapted from the works of Jane Austen?
... that when it was built in 1846, Llandinam Bridge became the first cast-iron bridge in the historic Welsh county of Montgomeryshire?
... that Ieremia Cecan, a regional leader of the Romanian Nazi Party, campaigned for the unification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches?
... that in "Twenty Years a Dream", Pu Songling refers to a woman's breasts as "lotus kernels"?

01:25, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Higginbotham with Gibraltar in 2014

... that Alex Ferguson gave Danny Higginbotham (pictured) a four-year professional contract whilst Higginbotham was serving a year-long ban from football?
... that the Cork Public Museum building was used to host visiting royalty in the 1900s, and as an air-raid protection office in the 1930s?
... that Beth Shapiro's book How to Clone a Mammoth discusses the science involved in resurrection biology and how one would resurrect a mammoth?
... that when Newburgh city manager Joseph Mitchell summoned all the city's welfare recipients to City Hall to investigate their legitimacy, no cases of fraud were uncovered?
... that for his 1973 film version of A Doll's House, director Joseph Losey expanded Henrik Ibsen's original script with new scenes?
... that the beetle Cyclocephala castanea has a mutually beneficial relationship with a water lily?
... that Kayin Ba, the 14th-century governor who transformed Toungoo into a powerful vassal state of Pinya, began his career as the chief of prisons?
... that within a day of the release of the Microsoft chatterbot Tay on Twitter, it was taken offline because it started making inflammatory tweets?

8 April 2016

13:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Maison Carrée in Nîmes, one of the best preserved Roman temples

... that Roman temples (example pictured) developed out of Greek and Etruscan forms?
... that Lenny Schultz kept his day job as a high school gym teacher while gaining popularity on late-night talk shows and in comedy clubs?
... that Operation Black Lion III was a land grab before the Secret War ended?
... that the Spanish footballer Airam López once scored three penalty kicks in the same game?
... that the Lamar County Historical Museum in Paris, Texas, is home to the Biard Cabin, built in 1846 and now relocated inside the museum structure?
... that by winning the 2016 Rebelión de los Juniors tournament, professional wrestler Danny Casas earned a match for the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship?
... that Azealia Banks originally devised Slay-Z as a tribute to American rapper Jay-Z?
... that the crab Lauridromia dehaani prefers to wear sponge?

01:55, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Diesel rail car in Onverwacht

... that the passengers of the Lawa Railway (rail car pictured) had to cross the Suriname River via cable car?
... that in 1958 Anil de Silva planned an all-woman expedition to China to study the cave paintings in Dunhuang and Maijishan in the Gansu province?
... that Something Beautiful by Jordan Smith had the highest Billboard debut and best sales week of any album by a contestant on The Voice?
... that baseball pitcher Tim Melville underwent surgery to correct his pectus excavatum when he was 11 years old?
... that the snaggletooth avoids the sea surface when the latter is illuminated?
... that the journalist Kamadjaja raised funds for the Indonesian National Revolution by smuggling opium?
... that several riders were forced to withdraw from the 2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling race due to travel restrictions imposed after the Brussels bombings the previous day?
... that Joan Bates was a queen before she was a princess?

7 April 2016

14:10, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Chief of Staff Ali Abu Nuwar, 1956

... that Jordanian Army Chief of Staff Ali Abu Nuwar (pictured) was accused of conspiring to overthrow King Hussein and was consequently exiled?
... that singer Madonna dressed up as a clown for her one-off acoustic show in Australia?
... that Shamsi Hekmat was a founder of the Jewish Ladies' Organization of Iran and the Iranian Jewish Women's Organization of Southern California?
... that King Sisavang Vatthana wanted Black Lion to attack Paksong?
... that in August 2015, the term "social justice warrior" was one of several new words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionaries?
... that Stephen Jurika was one of 18 crewmen of the USS Franklin (CV-13) awarded the Navy Cross for their actions on 19 March 1945?
... that in 1921 more than 95% of the Czechoslovak citizens of Polish ethnicity lived in the Těšín electoral district?
... that after he won the 2011 Gran Alternativa with Último Guerrero, wrestler Escorpión anointed himself King?

00:01, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Cobbles on a beach

... that two researchers have argued that some cobbles (pictured) should be called "very small boulders"?
... that the Scottish international rugby player Andrew Ross joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the start of World War One?
... that contestants on 1000 Song Challenge race to the microphone in order to get a chance to sing karaoke?
... that Cumans, Bulgarians, and Vlachs supported Duke Glad in the late 9th century, according to the Gesta Hungarorum?
... that the first video game based on Star Trek was Phaser Strike, released for the Microvision handheld console in 1979?
... that educator, author, and speaker Esther E. Wood became known as the "town historian" of Blue Hill, Maine, though she disliked the moniker?
... that the flagship of the Fujian Fleet, the Chinese corvette Yangwu, was destroyed 27 seconds into the opening engagement of the Sino-French War?
... that the fossil egg Ageroolithus may have been laid by a theropod dinosaur?

6 April 2016

12:16, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Courtenay Gate in Hove, pictured in 2007

... that the celebrity vet Buster Lloyd-Jones compared living in the penthouse flat of Courtenay Gate (pictured) in Hove to "living in a lighthouse"?
... that the Irish rugby player and physician Major Robertson Smyth was killed by the effects of gas exposure in World War I?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government can withhold Social Security payments to collect on student loans that have been delinquent for over 10 years?
... that Yun Bulong, Chairman of Inner Mongolia, was killed when a train hit his car at a railway crossing?
... that the proportion of ground beef that contained pink slime, in the United States, declined from 70% in March 2012 to around 5% in March 2013, in part due to media coverage about it?
... that Hollyoaks character Diego Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz caused controversy with viewers because a Confederate flag decorated his van?
... that the battalions imported from Military Region 3 during Operation Sinsay held their objective for three days before being returned?
... that Doris Mackinnon had a reputation for never repeating a lecture in 30 years?

00:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Hoverfly

... that insects that pollinate plants include butterflies, moths, beetles, flies (example pictured), wasps, and ants?
... that the political scientist Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that animal activists should focus on the inconsistent treatment of animals relative to other animals, not relative to humans?
... that the 12-gun brig HMS Constant captured at least seven French and Dutch vessels while at sea between 1806 and 1813?
... that the first original novel in the Gujarati language, Karan Ghelo, was published in 1866 by Nandshankar Mehta?
... that Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl played their first performance together since the death of Kurt Cobain at 1994's Yoyo A Go Go punk rock festival?
... that Wu Qing won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2001, the first Chinese woman to receive the honour?
... that upon its 1641 premiere in Venice, the opera La finta pazza was performed twelve times in seventeen days?
... that the ancient Maya lightning god Yopaat was said to have helped with the rebirth of the maize god by breaking the shell of a turtle with his thunderbolt?

5 April 2016

09:06, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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Josh Reaume

... that before he started racing, NASCAR driver Josh Reaume (pictured) grew up in Nigeria for 13 years while his parents worked in humanitarian aid?
... that the Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad of Hinduism states the liberated person lives by the divine secret and ancient value that "there is no one different from me"?
... that physicist Kurt Gottfried worked on behalf of Russian dissident Yuri Orlov to obtain his release from Siberia and employment at Cornell University?
... that an explosion in March 2016 at Güvenpark in Ankara, Turkey, caused the death of more than 30 people and injured about 100?
... that Tracey Ross based her soap opera performance as Eve Russell on Eve White from the film The Three Faces of Eve and Catherine Halsey from Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead?
... that the Transportation Security Administration's program SPOT was developed by psychologist Paul Ekman?
... that Milos Raonic is the first tennis player born in the 1990s to win an ATP title, be ranked in the top 10, and qualify for the ATP Finals?

4 April 2016

20:51, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Pine Tree and Chrysanthemums by Chen Shu

... that Chen Shu, whose works (example pictured) were collected by the Qianlong Emperor, was praised by her son as an "exemplar of Confucian virtue"?
... that the lanternfishes Notoscopelus bolini‎, N. caudispinosus, N. elongatus, N. kroyeri and N. resplendens make daily vertical migrations between the deep ocean and surface waters?
... that after Gene Roddenberry left the production of Star Trek in 1968, he attempted to turn Isaac Asimov's I, Robot into a film?
... that Engy Ghozlan is known as the "voice and face" of efforts to eradicate sexual harassment of women in Egypt?
... that hula hoops and Tide detergent boxes were two consumer products that used the fluorescent pigments invented by the Day-Glo Color Corp.?
... that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's nemesis system was inspired by sports games?

00:00, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Ned Garvin

... that pitcher Ned Garvin (pictured) was fined US$100 and released by the Chicago White Stockings in 1902 after he shot a bar owner and pistol-whipped a policeman?
... that The True Cost links fast fashion to consumerism, globalization, capitalism, structural poverty, and oppression?
... that Annie Furuhjelm of Finland was the first elected woman legislator to speak before the British Parliament?
... that the tube worm Salmacina dysteri grows on harbour installations, on the hulls of ships and at depths of 600 m (2,000 ft)?
... that the ideas in the pre-4th-century Indian text Mahavakya Upanishad are similar to Neoplatonic Greek philosophy presented by Proclus in the 5th century?
... that after the release of Counter-Strike: Falklands, two of the developer's websites were _targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack?
... that Ida Sedgwick Proper was a founding member of the feminist group Heterodoxy?
... that by 2014, Effortless Mastery had sold over 90,000 copies?

3 April 2016

12:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

A bean dip

... that bean dip (example pictured) may be prepared using reconstituted dried bean flakes?
... that the initiation ceremonies for Japan's blind necromancers, known as itako, involve "sleeplessness, semi-starvation and intense cold"?
... that Kansas v. Carr included the final majority opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia before his death in February 2016?
... that the bass-baritone Jacques Villisech recorded Bach cantatas, including the Actus tragicus, the Hunting Cantata, and the secular solo cantata Amore traditore?
... that Barcelona's Les Tres Torres district is named after three large houses built there between 1901 and 1903?
... that Professor Mary Ryan earned her BA from the Royal University of Ireland, though rules forbade her attending University classes?
... that although Konsert Satu Suara, Vol. 2 served as a contingency plan for Siti Nurhaliza, it was later recognized as the highest-grossing, locally produced concert at Istana Budaya for 2015?
... that Japanese eelgrass is believed to have travelled to North America in the company of oysters?

00:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Bridge for Laboratory Sciences

... that Vassar College's Bridge for Laboratory Sciences (pictured) crosses a stream?
... that Gehan Mendis was part of the Lancashire cricket team that won the 1990 Benson & Hedges Cup and Natwest Trophy?
... that screenwriter Jason Hall is making his directorial debut with Thank You for Your Service?
... that Ibn al-Sal'us, an Arab merchant from Nablus and vizier of Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil, participated in the Mamluks' siege of Acre in 1291?
... that Bad Milk, developed by two brothers in their apartments in Queens, New York, won the grand prize at the 2002 Independent Games Festival?
... that the gold thrymsa was superseded by the silver sceat after about 675?
... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou co-founded a Greek suffrage organization and then served as its president for decades?
... that the Spanish aizoon uses jet propulsion to disperse its seeds?

2 April 2016

12:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Dancing Shiva at Badami cave 1

... that a pre-8th-century sculpture of a Tandava-dancing Shiva (pictured) can be found at the Badami cave temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate?
... that John Edgcumbe, a collateral descendant of Joshua Reynolds and co-editor of The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, was Devon's first consultant haematologist?
... that Gregory the Great preached at San Menna?
... that SS officer Herbert Mehlhorn was involved in the camouflage of the mass graves of the Jewish victims at the Chełmno extermination camp?
... that a 1960 telecast of Night of the Auk was the first time William Shatner played a spacecraft crew member on television?
... that Benjamin D. Wood produced the first multiple choice test?
... that the parliament of the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine met only once for a single day?
... that as a child, British chef Margot Henderson would cook garden snails with breadcrumbs for her parents' dinner parties?

00:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

A Tyrannosaurus

... that US officials grabbed a Tyrannosaurus that entered the country illegally?
... that Taco Cabana paid $22 million for two pesos?
... that the Hidden Report was published?
... that a bird grew nearly 4% a year for forty years?
... that Althea McNish is not American, but she is descended from a Merikin?
... that hurling poo-poo at your opponent is frowned upon?
... that The Frog God comes in front of you?
... that Pu Songling says: Lie down with dogs, wind up in pieces?

1 April 2016

16:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

John Cena

... that somebody stole the show in Ghostbusters, Breaking Bad, and SpongeBob SquarePants, and his name is—JOHN CENAAA!? (pictured)
... that motorists may use warp drive in Dulles, Virginia?
... that a British giant swallowed a little red virgin?
... that everybody's eating makeup?
... that Northern Ireland recently outlawed the practice of sitting in two places at the same time?
... that computer says no?
... that He was gay?
... that President Obama lost his cannonball, cowpuncher, and corkscrew, but retains his crown and palace?
... that one method of defying gravity is to fall for your own prank?

08:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

The monster

... that a storm in the stars spawned Frankenstein (monster pictured)?
... that space travel cost only US$50–75 in 1969?
... that Parvoblongoolithus appears to be a fossilized dwarf?
... that black ghosts were once sold in China?
... that hu created utopia?
... that Melitta Marxer and Sleeping Beauty won women the right to vote in Liechtenstein?
... that a dispute over hacking led to the split between rugby and association football?
... that you can look through a window made of shrubby seablight, then wash your hands with it before eating it?

00:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Ferruccio Busoni in 1877

... that Ferruccio Busoni (pictured) composed his Concerto for Piano and String Quartet, a four-movement work lasting 20 minutes, at the age of twelve?
... that freestyle swimmer Yusra Mardini pushed a boat in the Aegean Sea for over three hours while fleeing Syria?
... that Inca archaeological sites have been found on the Aracar volcano, which may have erupted in March 1993?
... that ten years ago today, Brian Shaffer walked into a bar in Columbus, Ohio, and hasn't been seen since?
... that Mandala-brahmana Upanishad, a Yoga text of Hinduism, suggests that the spiritually-liberated person's conduct is like a child?
... that the colonial hydroid Pennaria disticha has two types of tentacles?
... that artist and textbook author Elina González Acha de Correa Morales was the driving force for creating the Geographical Society of Argentina?
... that Pyongyang Maternity Hospital is equipped with video call booths for visiting family members?