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31 August 2013

12:00, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

... that termite nests (pictured) can be nearly 7 m (23 ft) tall, that bald eagle nests can weigh 2 tonnes (4,400 lb), and that the extinct Sylviornis likely made a nesting mound 50 m (160 ft) in diameter?
... that Dylan Covey turned down $1.6 million to play professional baseball when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes?
... that Profeti della Quinta, a male vocal ensemble from Israel based in Basel, performed Italian madrigals and Hebrew psalms by Salomone Rossi in a documentary of the composer's life?
... that the board game Discworld: Ankh-Morpork lets players take on the roles of different Discworld characters?
... that Xu Ming, formerly China's eighth-richest person, testified at Bo Xilai's trial that he gave Bo's wife more than $3 million to buy a villa in France?
... that freethinker Harriet Law was the only woman on the general council of the First International, and was praised by Eleanor Marx and Karl Marx?
... that because taiko group Ondekoza could not replicate the rhythms in the original version of Yatai-bayashi, they actually played it faster?

00:00, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Cristóbal Oudrid (pictured), founding father of Spanish musical nationalism, was known for his "many contributions to the zarzuela genre"?
... that Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów, a major firearms producer in interwar Poland, also designed its own weaponry, including an anti-tank rifle?
... that Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty played first string quarterback ahead of NFL hall-of-famer Terry Bradshaw in college at Louisiana Tech University?
... that in 1992, Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel set a record for the most Lo Nuestro Award wins at a single ceremony?
... that almost all kings of Hungary after 1046 descended from Michael, the second son of Grand Prince Taksony?
... that buffalo clover is a legume and a golf course weed?

30 August 2013

12:00, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

... that in the 19th century, the residents of four hamlets in Apinac (pictured) voted to become part of Estivareilles because of a spiritual connection?
... that Ann Arbor's County Farm Park occupies the land that was once home to Washtenaw County's poor house?
... that Henry III of England competed in piety with his brother-in-law Saint Louis IX of France, washing the feet of lepers and touching sick people, but was never sainted because his son was sceptical?
... that the large-eared pika lives in high mountains and is listed by the IUCN as "Least Concern" while the Helan Shan pika is restricted to a single mountain and is listed as "Critically Endangered"?
... that Johnny Greene, a converted lineman, was nicknamed the "Cinderella Kid" when he became one of the leading pass receivers in the NFL in the late 1940s?
... that Swahili is the official language in more countries than Mandarin Chinese, the language with the most native speakers?
... that the Jar~with~a~Twist is a peanut butter jar that has a twisting bottom like a deodorant stick to push peanut butter up from the sides and bottom of the jar?

00:00, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Mattersey Priory's church (pictured) was destroyed by fire and never rebuilt?
... that Thado Dhamma Yaza I of Prome is identified in Thai history as the Burmese commander who slew Queen Suriyothai on her war elephant in the first Burmese invasion of Siam?
... that Rugosodon eurasiaticus is the oldest known species of multituberculata, the most successful lineage of mammals in history?
... that the 1983 Luzon earthquake collapsed the church in Sarrat that hosted the wedding of President Ferdinand Marcos' daughter Irene, crushing its altar?
... that one of the world's hardest crack climbing routes is along Century Crack in Canyonlands National Park?
... that the Alpine shrew can live at altitudes of up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) and above the tree line?

29 August 2013

12:05, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Mesoamerican sculptures known as chacmools (example pictured) held receptacles to receive sacrificed human hearts?
... that the title of Marquis of Veere and Flushing was so powerful that it was abolished to prevent the abuse of power, but is now one of the titles of the Dutch king?
... that Destroyer Squadron 60 is one of three U.S. Navy destroyer squadrons permanently based outside the continental United States?
... that in 1994 Partha Pratim Majumder wrote, choreographed and staged The Nightmare which was the first mimodrama focused on child abuse to be staged in South Asia?
... that Cape Mountain on Cape Prince of Wales is the northern terminus of the Continental Divide of the Americas?
... that the dialogue for the film Cars 3 was completely improvised by the actors?

00:05, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, aka Major Mite (pictured), was billed as the world's smallest man?
... that the mint plant Florida betony was the Florida Department of Agriculture's "Weed of the Month" for February 2010?
... that architectural historians regard the Church of Holy Trinity and St George in Kendal to be the best of the three churches in the town designed by George Webster?
... that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played the greatest number of matches as a captain in the Indian Premier League?
... that Sue Falsone of the Los Angeles Dodgers is the first and only female head athletic trainer in the major American professional sports leagues?
... that the "fastest speedway in the world" was destroyed by the 1926 Miami hurricane?
... that the board game K2 gives players a realistic simulation of climbing a mountain?

28 August 2013

12:00, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

... that HMCS Morden (pictured) of the Royal Canadian Navy sank the Nazi submarine U-756?
... that Roderick Cox, the 1933 NCAA Champion in the hammer throw, played college football with Gerald Ford at the University of Michigan?
... that the two colossal statues of Imyremeshaw were usurped by Aqenenre Apepi and Ramses II?
... that the book The Age of Miracles chronicles the fictional phenomenon of "slowing", in which one earth day takes longer to complete?
... that the floorplan is marked on the pavement where St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle once stood near a larger church of the same name?
... that Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner's biography of her father, Charles Bradlaugh, the first atheist member of the British House of Commons, was considered "preposterously long" at over 800 closely printed pages?
... that William Grefé was paid trading stamps for directing The Psychedelic Priest?

00:00, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

... that 75 years ago, Major League Baseball player Monte Pearson pitched the first no-hitter at the original Yankee Stadium (pictured)?
... that in 2007, three people died in an arson attack on the office of Indian newspaper Dinakaran?
... that the Christchurch area now known as Victoria Square was formerly part of Puari, a Waitaha settlement, an early Māori iwi?
... that Tan Tjoei Hock's "in every way successful" film Matula centres on a disfigured man, a shaman, and a life debt?
... that NGC 6752, containing 100,000 stars, is the third brightest globular cluster in the sky?
... that Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory is a Bristol-based theatre company that aims to produce Shakespeare's plays in an intimate manner, but with large casts?
... that the Singaporean food business Botak Jones sells halal American cuisine?

27 August 2013

12:00, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the dry, hooked fruits of the Louisiana unicorn-plant (pictured) are particularly suited for catching on "the fetlocks of ungulates"?
... that physicist M. Brian Maple presided over the "Woodstock of physics" in 1987?
... that Banshee at the Kings Island amusement park will become the longest inverted roller coaster in the world when it opens in 2014?
... that The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947) was the last film to have Gerald Mohr play the title character?
... that Thio Tjin Boen's novel Tjerita Oeij Se, with a man who becomes rich after finding a kite made of paper money, has been read as a condemnation of interethnic marriage?
... that one of the unofficial mottos of Poland, God, Honor and Fatherland, likely originated from the Napoleonic motto of the Legion of Honour order?
... that David Beckham and the Spice Girls were in the Titanic when it launched?

00:00, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

... that critics complained that a bronze statue (pictured) of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal standing in San Francisco's Civic Center more closely resembled the Sumerian king Gilgamesh?
... that Russian victory at the Battle of Warsaw in 1831 ended the Polish November Uprising?
... that writer Anuradha Ramanan is the granddaughter of Tamil actor R. Balasubramaniam?
... that in what has been described as a "surrealistic twist", Neil Young's "Pocahontas" brings Marlon Brando and Pocahontas together in the Astrodome following an Indian massacre?
... that in 1927, the once proposed Watford Central tube station was planned to be built on tea rooms?
... that Paul Acquah was with the International Monetary Fund prior to his appointment as governor of the Bank of Ghana?
... that Rufus the Hawk was named "the world's most notable bird" after being stolen in 2012?

26 August 2013

12:00, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the 11th century Thầy Temple (pictured) is one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam?
... that Oprah Winfrey has stated that the gospel hymn "I Surrender All" played a pivotal role in her life?
... that Cowan Creek Circular Enclosure in Ohio was once part of a group of archaeological sites that has since been submerged by a reservoir?
... that Arundhati Roy argues in Kashmir: The Case for Freedom that Kashmir was never an integral part of India?
... that the Argentine mini-series El puntero received the Golden Martín Fierro Award?
... that the Lautten Compagney played Monteverdi's Vespers for the Rheingau Musik Festival's annual Marienvesper, which was sung by ensemble amarcord and guests?
... that Prince Charles had to close his fruit and vegetable shop this year because it was no longer profitable?

00:00, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

... that places of worship in the Surrey district of Reigate and Banstead include a mosque in an old Methodist chapel, a church decorated with ancient artefacts from Constantinople, and a windmill (pictured)?
... that the Kawahiva, an uncontacted tribe of people in Brazil, were recently caught on video for the first time?
... that Toshi Seeger executive produced a PBS documentary on her husband, Pete Seeger, when she was 85 years old?
... that the Bangui Agreement was signed in 1997 after a crisis the previous year, which included three mutinies within the Central African Armed Forces?
... that Yugoslav communist Karlo Štajner survived 17 years in the Gulag camps, and later wrote a book titled Seven Thousand Days in Siberia?
... that after nearly dying, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in July 1874 at his father's home, the Bell Homestead?
... that the Georgian queen Khorashan of Kartli avoided being captured by enemy soldiers thanks to a nightmare that frightened her into hiding?

25 August 2013

12:00, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

... that architect Joseph Nunan wrote about escaping from a moving train for his convict ship's weekly newspaper (pictured)?
... that the Algonquian Bible was the first Christian Bible to be published in America?
... that Union Army Captain David P. Muzzey was denied the promised Medal of Honor because the target of his forlorn hope mission surrendered first?
... that the ending of the film The Flesh and Blood Show was originally filmed in 3-D?
... that Tottenham Hotspur L.F.C. were originally called Broxbourne Ladies?
... that Angel Unchained (1970), featuring bikers and hippies against village folk, marked the film debut of T. Max Graham?
... that there are proposals to build a 2 km tall mountain in the Netherlands?

00:00, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Barking Abbey's (pictured) former abbesses include three saints, three queens, two king's daughters, and the sister of Thomas Becket?
... that 259 people were hospitalised because of an incident at a marching band competition?
... that the innovative Edna S. Purcell House, built in 1913, has a rare example of an original kitchen and bathroom, nearly untouched since the house was built?
... that the film There's Nothing Out There, about a frog-like alien who tries to mate with female campers, was compared to Scream?
... that amongst the twenty-six players who have taken more than 300 Test wickets, Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets?
... that the likely-lost film Wanita dan Satria (The Woman and the Hero) was said to "give a clear picture of the precarious position of Indonesian women"?
... that William Cantelo invented an early machine gun, then mysteriously disappeared?

24 August 2013

12:00, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the medieval triumphal cross (pictured) in Öja Church on the Swedish island of Gotland has been called "Gotland's most admired wooden sculpture"?
... that Simon Jackson, Britain's most successful judoka, also won gold medals in tandem cycling races?
... that the uphill trail between the Bluestone mine and Teller, Alaska was characterized as "very poor walking for both man and beast"?
... that members of the Byzantine family of Gabras rebelled against the Byzantine emperors, governed as independent rulers and ruled a principality in the Crimea?
... that Odakalu Bimba was Indian playwright Girish Karnad's return to directing after more than thirty years?
... that Prince El-Mirza of Kakheti was defeated in his bid for the throne by his half-brother, Alexander II in 1574?
... that 20 people were injured when a publicity stunt for the LG G2 went awry?

00:00, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Prague's Franz Joseph Bridge (pictured) became the first bridge built using the Ordish–Lefeuvre system because the construction of its London counterpart was delayed, but no longer survives?
... that former Alabama golfer Brooke Pancake was the first female golfer to be recognized as Academic All-America Team Member of the Year?
... that the Swedish country music group Cookies 'N' Beans appeared on the tribute album of Leonard Cohen, Cohen – the Scandinavian Report with the song "First We Take Manhattan"?
... that Sir John Crosby's former mansion in Bishopsgate, Crosby Hall, is the "only extant example of domestic architecture built for a London merchant in the Middle Ages"?
... that Ibitekerezo explains the history of Rwandan dynasties in poetic form?
... that in 2007, Frederic Hauge appeared on Time magazine's list of "Heroes of the Environment"?
... that according to Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Armenia would not have lost some of its territories if the country had been Sovietized sooner?

23 August 2013

12:00, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Pricasso (pictured), an Australian artist who paints with his genitals and buttocks, studied furniture design after failing to get an art degree?
... that the IFEM was referred as the "most active organization" dealing with international emergency medicine development?
... that Kumaravel Premkumar is the Indian national record holder in long jump?
... that in 2006, Puerto Rican singer Zion embarked on his solo career, which includes "The Way She Moves" with R&B singer Akon?
... that kosynierzy, the war scythe-wielding peasantry militia, became one of the symbols of the struggle for Polish independence?
... that Geoffrey Davis compared the mass rapes during the Bangladesh Liberation War to the Nazi Lebensborn program?
... that French children learn the mnemonic Mais où est donc Ornicar ? to help them remember their language's coordinating conjunctions?

00:00, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Princess Maria-Pia (pictured) and Prince Stefan of Liechtenstein have both served their principality as ambassadors to more than one country, including Austria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland?
... that the exiled HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen was wrecked off the volcanic island Jan Mayen in November 1940, after striking a previously uncharted rock west-southwest of Eggøya in the northern part of Rekvedbukta?
... that in 1326, pagan Lithuanians were allowed by Pope John XXII to raid Brandenburg, part of the Holy Roman Empire?
... that Ohio State Route 607 was upgraded to a state highway after Morgan Township was asked to give the road up?
... that Michael Anaba won silver and bronze with the Ghana-U20 team in 2013?
... that The White Mandingos' first album, The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me, is a concept album influenced by The Who's Tommy?
... that if his longevity claim is proven true, Carmelo Flores Laura will have the longest verified lifespan in human history?

22 August 2013

12:00, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Hamish Hay (pictured) was the first cast iron bridge in New Zealand?
... that the Sesame Street segment "Elmo's World" was replaced by "Elmo the Musical" in 2012?
... that in June 1942, HMCS Edmundston rescued 31 crew of SS Fort Camosun, which had been torpedoed off Cape Flattery, Washington by a Japanese sub?
... that Russian television personality Anton Krasovsky caused a controversy in Russia by publicly declaring he is gay?
... that Wasim Akram was the first bowler to reach 300, 400 and 500 ODI wickets?
... that director Shana Feste was a nanny for the daughter of Tobey Maguire and that he later produced her second film Country Strong?
... that Daniel and Lucy Lindley founded Inanda Seminary School to ensure that schoolboys in South Africa would not have to marry "naked girls"?

00:00, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

... that while on its way to India from the Soviet Union, the nuclear submarine INS Chakra (pictured) was tracked by Australian and American P-3 Orion aircraft?
... that Howard Hoffman, the 1922 NCAA Champion in the javelin throw, was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2012?
... that the remains of Sweden's best-preserved early stave church were found under the floor of Hemse Church in 1896?
... that xkcd creator Randall Munroe recently finished a self-updating webcomic strip that spanned 3,099 frames over 123 days?
... that at the age of 18, Joseph Backler was sentenced to death for forgery, but lived as a convict and then painter to age 82?
... that the larvae of most of the beetle species in the genus Bruchus develop inside beans?
... that you should swear when you hurt yourself?

21 August 2013

12:00, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

... that when Mahatma Gandhi visited Sirsi in 1933 during his campaign to abolish untouchability, he refused to visit Marikamba Temple (pictured), as animal sacrifice was a prevalent practice there?
... that the musicians of the chamber orchestra Kammerorchester Basel accompanied Andreas Scholl in Bach cantatas and also sang the closing chorale?
... that the fort at Upper Zohar, once thought to be a part of Roman frontier defenses, may have been constructed for economic reasons?
... that Indiana State Auditor appointee Dwayne Sawyer is the first African-American Republican to hold statewide office?
... that Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra was a triple nominee for Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards?
... that Valerie Robertson won gold medals in swimming and athletics before having a highly successful wheelchair lawn bowling career?
... that while medieval popes ordered Europeans to kill them, cats are so revered in Islam for their neatness and Muhammad's love for them that an Egyptian sultan set up a charitable trust for them?

00:15, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Meems Bottom Covered Bridge (pictured) is the longest covered bridge in the U.S. state of Virginia?
... that, in 1747, German educator Johann Julius Hecker started a high school that prepared students for careers in practical fields and emphasized hands-on instruction instead of rote learning?
... that the species name for rattlesnake root honors the Seneca people, who used the plant to treat snakebite?
... that the first British victim of World War I, Henry Hadley, was shot by a Prussian officer before the United Kingdom entered the war?
... that the associate producer of Grotesque was Linda Blair, who also starred in the film?
... that after suddenly losing his vision at age 17, Gustavo Nieves Campello left football to compete in athletics?
... that the title of Nabiha's song "Mind the Gap" can refer to the gap between her front teeth, and was inspired by warning signs in the London Underground stations?

20 August 2013

12:30, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Borley Church in Essex is known for its ghosts, its topiary walk (pictured), and its grave monuments?
... that Tennessee Williams coined the term memory play to describe his play The Glass Menagerie?
... that the film Killer Nerd was filmed in Ravenna, Ohio, with a prosumer grade camcorder?
... that before he was ordered to be executed, jailed communist leader Juan Pablo Wainwright is said to have spat in the face of Guatemalan dictator Jorge Ubico?
... that Proteus has been described as an anti-game, due to its lack of clear objectives?
... that Governor Jiang Minkuan's proposal to link Sichuan's economy more closely to that of the Soviet Union was rejected by premier Zhao Ziyang as "unrealistic"?
... that Richard Doty, an olfactory researcher, argues in The Great Pheromone Myth that human pheromones do not exist?

00:30, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

... that James K. Johnson (pictured) shot down ten enemy aircraft during the Korean War?
... that the 1972 film An American Hippie in Israel has been screened monthly in Tel Aviv since its rediscovery in 2007?
... that the Humane Society of the United States recommends avoiding pet travel by air if possible?
... that Diego García de Moguer was a 16th-century pioneer in exploring the Paraná River, as well as the Sierra de la Plata of the Río de la Plata?
... that the track was torn up before the final spike of the Northern Pacific Railway was driven in September 1883 near Independence Creek, Montana, by former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and others?
... that between 1955 and 1960, Hassan Mamoun issued 11,992 fatwas ("edicts"), more than any other Egyptian grand mufti?
... that women in Venezuela are being targeted by hair thieves known as the Piranhas who steal their hair in broad daylight?

19 August 2013

12:00, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

... that in 1877 Schneider et Cie built the world's largest steam hammer (pictured), capable of delivering a 100 ton blow?
... that two different U.S. Representatives once lived in the Rombach Place in Wilmington, Ohio?
... that Bristol Packet Boat Trips have been offering tours of Bristol Harbour since 1973?
... that author Vincent Starrett used Chicago Cubs pitcher Jimmy Lavender's name for the central character in his 1944 compilation The Case Book of Jimmie Lavender?
... that Lye Church on the Swedish island of Gotland contains the best preserved set of medieval stained glass windows in all the Nordic countries?
... that climber Paul Robinson was the second person to "flash" a V13 bouldering problem?
... that the makeup artist for the film Luther the Geek refused to be credited?

00:00, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the razor grinder (pictured) of eastern Australia is so named because its call is reminiscent of a metal grinder?
... that American Wesley Coe set world records in the 8-pound, 12-pound, and 16-pound shot put events?
... that Dominican monks may have preached for a crusade against Livonia, Courland and Prussia in Lau Church on the Swedish island of Gotland?
... that the endangered San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike has seen its numbers rise significantly since 1998 despite nesting in the center of a United States Navy bombing range?
... that seven films have had multiple cast members nominated for a Citra Award for Best Supporting Actress?
... that Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University has affiliations with more than 60 engineering colleges and 30 polytechnic colleges in Chhattisgarh, India?
... that Tennessee State Senator Mark Green spent 24 hours with Saddam Hussein after Hussein was captured?

18 August 2013

12:00, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Tower Belle (pictured), built by Armstrong Whitworth on the Tyne in 1920 as the Wincomblee, worked on the Thames in London after World War II before moving to Bristol in 1976?
... that the Federal District is the Brazilian federative unit with the highest Human Development Index?
... that the Ram Jam Inn allegedly got its name from a confidence trick pulled by Dick Turpin, that involved ramming and jamming thumbs in barrels?
... that in spite of an egg throwing incident, Richard and Adam Johnson eventually finished third in Britain's Got Talent?
... that the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel The 34th Rule was intended to be an allegory for the Japanese American internment during the Second World War?
... that, having competed at eight different Games, Deanna Coates is Britain's most experienced Paralympian?
... that the film Northville Cemetery Massacre was described as the "perfect funeral wreath to the biker movie phenomenon"?

00:00, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

... that tricks performed by Olate Dogs include a back flipping dog, a dog jumping rope, and a dog riding a scooter (pictured)?
... that although Georgia Supreme Court Justice Francis H. Cone stabbed Alexander Stephens six times over a political disagreement, he was elected a Georgia State Senator eight years later?
... that the Treaty of Shaoxing established the Huai River as the boundary between the Jin Dynasty and Song Dynasty during the Jurchen campaigns against the Song?
... that the owner of the Lavabit e-mail service said he cannot legally disclose the reasons for its mysterious closure, which occurred soon after Edward Snowden's use of the service was disclosed?
... that Holly Campbell from Keweenaw Peninsula won the 1930 NCAA Championship in the hammer throw?
... that the Deming Armory in Deming, Luna County, was a training center for U.S. troops during the Mexican Revolution?
... that the Burka Avenger is Pakistan's first animated female superhero?

17 August 2013

12:00, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the First Symphony by Joachim Raff (pictured), subtitled An Das Vaterland (To the Fatherland), won the first prize out of 32 entries at a competition in Vienna?
... that British manufacturer Karrimor's formidable reputation for ground-breaking outdoor pursuit equipment was a direct result of its location in Lancashire, and a CEO who was an avid climber and trekker?
... that the ancient Maya architectural complex of Tazumal, in El Salvador, contained some of the earliest known metal artefacts from Mesoamerica?
... that before the inception of the Latin Grammys, the Lo Nuestro Awards were considered the Latin equivalent to the Grammy Awards?
... that Caroline Baird has won Paralympic gold medals in 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m sprints?
... that the Guadalcanal American Memorial was established on 7 August 1992 as a tribute to the Americans and their Allies who lost their lives during the Guadalcanal Campaign?

00:00, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Nelson Mandela wrote that Anton Lembede's (pictured) "views struck a chord with me ... I came to see the solution as militant African Nationalism"?
... that the Toruń Castle, one of the first castles of the Teutonic Knights, was demolished by rebellious burghers a century or so after its construction, at the beginning of the Thirteen Years' War?
... that in the United States Mexican arrowwood is known only from a single locality near the town of Madera Springs, Texas?
... that the number of students at Dedham High School earning a qualifying score on the Advanced Placement exam has risen 57% in three years?
... that Charles Alexander Bruce is considered the father of the tea industry in India?
... that the Milwaukee Road's North Woods Hiawatha was the first passenger train outside the Chicago–Twin Cities service to carry the Hiawatha brand?
... that Bulla Felix was a legendary bandit who mocked and eluded Imperial Roman authorities for years, until betrayed by a lover and condemned to the beasts in the arena?

16 August 2013

12:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Swedish singer Linnea Henriksson's (pictured) song "Enastående" was part of the soundtrack to the Swedish movie Once Upon a Time in Phuket?
... that a peace treaty signed in Sveti Srdj ended the Second Scutari War waged between Serbia and Venice over Scutari and other former possessions of Zeta captured by the Venetian Republic?
... that after a 2013 recall of Fonterra dairy products, China banned the import of milk powder products from New Zealand?
... that the rood screen in the Church of All Saints, Norton Fitzwarren, tells the story of the Dragon of Norton Camp?
... that George Washington and Henry Clay visited the Snodgrass Tavern in Berkeley County, West Virginia?
... that K. Balachander is the second personality and the first director from Tamil cinema to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
... that Conor McNicholas, former editor of NME, credits "the X factor" as the one thing that all entries on NME's Cool List have in common?

00:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Yongle Emperor (pictured) took over the Ming Dynasty throne by launching the Jingnan Campaign?
... that in the 2006 USG Sheetrock 400, race leader Matt Kenseth was spun by Jeff Gordon, ran out of fuel, and was involved in a second wreck?
... that Singaporean film director Anthony Chen's Ilo Ilo (2013) earned him the Caméra d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival?
... that the first Jews in Namibia settled there in the 19th century?
... that the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir has found 2,700 unknown and unmarked graves in Jammu and Kashmir?
... that the Tampuan language is spoken by 21% of the population in Cambodia's Ratanakiri province?
... that John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, invented Lincoln Logs?

15 August 2013

12:00, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

... that George St Lo (pictured) was reprimanded for allowing the designer of the Eddystone Lighthouse, and the crew building it, to be captured by a French privateer?
... that the Northwestern Shoshone were paid less than $0.50 per acre in 1968 for lands promised by the United States in the 1863 Box Elder Treaty?
... that the 1904 earthquake destroyed 540 houses on Samos?
... that retired NFL placekicker Fuad Reveiz holds the University of Tennessee record for longest field goal, at 60 yards?
... that the Polish question was a major recurring issue in European diplomacy for well over a century, following the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century?
... that Thomas Yeoman was the first president of a group of non-military engineers in the English-speaking world?
... that in an urban legend, babies are roasted and fed to their parents?

00:00, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

... that in April 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin spent a night in the nuclear submarine K-18 Karelia (pictured), at a depth of over 50 metres (160 ft)?
... that Wilford Ketz won an NCAA championship for throwing a hammer nearly 164 feet (18 meters) and later served as president of the IC4A?
... that publicly accessible art in Paris includes the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo?
... that The Wreckage in Ocean Park, Washington, is a log cabin built in 1912 from shipwreck debris and other materials salvaged from the shoreline?
... that in 1806, the former Dutch State Printing House, Sdu, was one of the first Dutch companies to be called "royal"?
... that Franz Liszt's favorite protégé became a Discalced Carmelite friar who opened monasteries of his order in both France and England, and is being considered for canonization by the Catholic Church?
... that South Korea's crime rate dropped by 21 percent during the first ten days of the 2002 FIFA World Cup?

14 August 2013

12:15, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Tomb of Safdarjung (pictured), built in 1754 in the latter years of the Mughal Empire, was described as "the last flicker in the lamp of Mughal architecture"?
... that D. J. M. Mackenzie was the last non-Chinese person to hold the post of Director of Medical and Health Services of Hong Kong, from 1958 to 1963?
... that WBSC (AM) was featured in a 2008 South Carolina Educational Television documentary about the plight of local radio stations, only to fall silent three years later?
... that Shankarrao Salvi's birthday is observed as Kabaddi Day in Maharashtra for his lifetime of efforts in the sport?
... that the main building at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto belongs to one of the Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan?
... that when the 1980 Honduras earthquake struck, it gave a man a fatal heart attack?
... that the theft of rice or potatoes is considered a political crime in North Korea?

00:30, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

... that HMS Superb played a pivotal role in the Battle of Cape Passero (pictured), tracking the enemy through the night, then forcing the surrender of the Spanish flagship the following day?
... that stage actor and instructor Jeremy Geidt was dyslexic in his youth?
... that the call of the white drummer is amplified by its sac-like tympal covers?
... that when U.S. President James A. Garfield was assassinated in 1881, his personal physician was out of town and unavailable to treat his gunshot wound?
... that jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco obtained a stake in Diversi after playing one of their clonewheel organs?
... that when President Mills died, Kofi Wampah became acting governor of the Bank of Ghana?
... that Rusty Wallace led the most laps in the 2001 Protection One 400 NASCAR race, but lost after being penalized for speeding on the pit road?

13 August 2013

12:45, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Rapa Nui National Park is home to dozens of moai statues (pictured) attributed to the Rapa Nui people who inhabited Easter Island around AD 300?
... that at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Germany's Heinrich Popow and Australia's Scott Reardon were both awarded a gold medal after a dead heat in the T42 100 metre final?
... that Typhleotris mararybe is the world's only cave fish that is both blind and darkly pigmented?
... that magic realist painter Lodewijk Bruckman has a permanent exhibition in Museum de Oude Wolden, located in Bellingwolde, the Netherlands?
... that Chip Ganassi Racing's 1–2–3 finish at the 2013 Pocono IndyCar 400 was the first time a team swept the podium at a Triple Crown race since 1979?
... that fifty-year-old band the Bintangs have been described as "the most underrated live band from the Netherlands"?
... that in the science fiction film I Was a Zombie for the F.B.I., aliens, criminals, and a reptilian monster attempt world domination?

01:00, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Government House (pictured) in New York, built in 1790 by the state, was intended to be the executive mansion of President George Washington, but he never occupied it?
... that Reževići Monastery in Budva, Montenegro, was allegedly built by Stefan Nemanjić in the 13th century on the place where he drank wine from a wine vessel that was kept for thirsty passersby?
... that Helen F. Holt was the first woman to hold a statewide office in West Virginia?
... that staff and alumni of Adams College in South Africa have included (future) presidents of Uganda and Botswana, ambassadors, ministers, a Nobel laureate and a past West Indian Cricket captain?
... that Louis Stodder was the USS Monitor's turret officer and the first person injured at the Battle of Hampton Roads, surviving a direct hit to Monitor's gun turret?
... that the wildlife of Chile is res nullius?
... that riders on the Backety-Back Scenic Railway rode the roller coaster backwards for part of its length?

12 August 2013

13:15, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the architects who designed the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (pictured) in Missoula, Montana also designed the Grand Central Terminal in New York City?
... that Prince Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre, fought for the Union Navy during the American Civil War even though he was French royalty?
... that the Old Guard was a secret, paramilitary organisation in Australia which had around 30,000 members at the peak of its popularity?
... that when the small Cheslatta River in British Columbia was turned into the Nechako Reservoir's spillway, three Cheslatta Carrier Nation graveyards were washed away?
... that the noise made by large numbers of double drummers has been described as "almost unbearable"?
... that Max Ehrich listens to the music of John Mayer and Bruno Mars to get into the mind of his character, Fenmore Baldwin, on The Young and the Restless?
... that the Mini Lisa is a replica of the Mona Lisa that is smaller than the width of a human hair?

01:30, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the artists' group Generación del 13 (pictured) derives its name from a joint exhibition held in 1912 at the salon of the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio?
... that Belgian politician Charles Vilain XIIII read the new Constitution of Belgium at the inauguration of King Leopold I?
... that Paitchau contains "the best remaining 'primary' forest" in East Timor?
... that according to James Joyce, Édouard Dujardin's 1887 novel Les Lauriers sont coupés is the first example of the stream of consciousness technique?
... that, as a teenager, Mexican photographer Paulina Lavista dreamed of working for the magazines National Geographic and Playboy?
... that the New Zealand Coot and the Chatham Coot were both likely hunted to extinction by the Māori people?
... that the Jersey theatre scene includes Jersey French?

11 August 2013

13:45, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

... that ruins of the Maillezais Cathedral (pictured) in Maillezais, France, were declared a heritage monument in reflection of its Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance forms?
... that Elizabeth Press worked with Rodney Porter for 25 years, contributing significantly to his 1972 Nobel Prize?
... that Battle Metal, the début album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas, contains lyrics from an actual battle march?
... that Paralympian Gwen Buck won gold medals in table tennis, lawn bowls, and swimming?
... that Shikhin was one of the first Jewish villages located in Galilee?
... that the oval-leaf adenanthos is known from only three populations covering less than 0.31 km² (77 acres) in Fitzgerald River National Park?
... that the Prior of Nottingham Carmelite Friary was pardoned after he killed a friar during a drunken fight?

02:00, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the twenty-dollar Liberty Head double eagle (pictured) was minted after the California gold rush as the "most efficient way to coin a given quantity of gold bullion"?
... that Narendra Modi is the longest-serving chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party?
... that The Negro Motorist Green Book provided advice on how African-American drivers could avoid dangers and discrimination on the road in Jim Crow-era America?
... that Jim Reid curated the 1992 Rollercoaster Tour as a British equivalent to Lollapalooza?
... that in "Trials and Tribble-ations", actors from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine were digitally inserted into the The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"?
... that 18th-century astronomer Edmund Weaver was once called "a very uncommon genius"?
... that the were-transvestite in the film Curse of the Queerwolf first appeared in another film made by the same director?

10 August 2013

14:15, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

... that La Feria Chapultepec Mágico (pictured) is a Mexican amusement park which once had the world's tallest roller coaster, Montaña Rusa?
... that Ny Dag publisher Knut Olsson was sentenced to eight months of hard labour for articles published regarding the 1931 Ådalen riots?
... that the Keen Kutter Building in Wichita is now a hotel that displays a vast collection of Keen Kutter hardware on every floor?
... that despite being native to New York City, the Gotham Bee was not discovered until 2010?
... that Terry McDaniel, who later became an NFL cornerback, won his state's high school championships in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes?
... that the bushshrikes, helmetshrikes, Ioras, vangas and woodswallows all belong to a group of shrike-like songbirds known as the Malaconotoidea?
... that the Sun in the Sands pub gets its name from the sight of the setting sun amidst dust, kicked up by drovers' sheep travelling from Kent to London?

02:30, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the mating song of the male Slate-colored Boubou (pictured), a member of the Bushshrike family, depends more on his mate's hormone levels than his own?
... that Lake Bell wrote the female-protagonist-driven In a World... after being intrigued that the prototypical movie trailer voice was male?
... that it took Tan Qixiang more than 30 years to finish his most important work, the Historical Atlas of China?
... that the tall ship Astrid served as a lugger, an alleged drug smuggling boat, and luxury sailing ship during its 95-year history?
... that the Byzantine general Gregory Taronites was killed while trying to rescue his son from a Bulgarian ambush?
... that Nelson Mandela went especially to Ohlange High School to see a grave and to place his vote in South Africa's first free election?
... that David Gregory created a cannon which was destroyed after Isaac Newton called it "destructive to the human species"?

9 August 2013

14:45, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

... that although Ethiopia is rich in mineral and quarry resources (microcline pictured), the mining sector has only contributed about 1% towards the country's GDP with an investment of 14 billion birr?
... that Hella Haasse submitted her debut novel Oeroeg under the pseudonym Soeka toelis ("Like to write")?
... that former British fighter pilot Ronald Nixon became widely revered as a Hindu saint and was hailed as a "great soul" by Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?
... that the 1989 West Papua earthquake created landslides as tall as 200 m (660 ft)?
... that during World War II, the Soviet Union equipped two air regiments with single-engine fighters armed with the Nudelman-Suranov 45 mm cannon?
... that the first White Wonderland music festival was held on the same night as a competing festival that its sponsor had previously co-organized?
... that the jellyfish Bazinga rieki was named in part for the catchphrase uttered by Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory?

03:00, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

... that William and Ida Belle Wilcox (pictured) "sacrificed all that they had in solidarity with the South African people"?
... that Mozart wrote a cat duet for The Philosopher's Stone?
... that in her 1992 Robin Hood novel Lady of the Forest, Jennifer Roberson sought to depict how seven "very different" people would come together to fight the "inequities of medieval England"?
... that the Belgian Congo provided both soldiers and material assistance to the Allies during World War II?
... that Charlie Kimball's win in the 2013 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was his first in any racing series since 2006?
... that Jackie Davis, who had a bit part in Caddyshack, was an accomplished jazz organist, preceding the better known Jimmy Smith by several years?
... that the three versions of the video game The Idolmaster SP sold out in several stores in Akihabara on their release day?

8 August 2013

15:15, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Jesse B. Jackson (pictured) is known for saving thousands of lives during the Armenian Genocide?
... that Partnership Africa Canada accused Barclays of "participating in diamond-related violence"?
... that without the efforts of British stenographer J. J. Goodwin, a good number of lectures of Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda would have been lost?
... that a 400-pound (180 kg) tapir was transported by FedEx from Florida to Los Angeles?
... that one reviewer for TrekNation complained about the gratuitous female sexuality seen in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Rajiin"?
... that pork-knockers ate pickled pork of wild pig?
... that David Lynch's first film was projected on a custom-built screen constructed from plaster casts of his own head?

03:30, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

... that The Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar (pictured) is a late 15th-century manuscript recording the histories of England and of Bristol, the civic customs and list of mayors?
... that the Thinkwell Group helped create a Harry Potter studio tour and the US theme park?
... that Brighton's Royal Pavilion Tavern was home to the town's Hundred Court in the early 19th century?
... that in the 1960s South Korea started its intangible heritage registration based on a series of articles about folklore masters by a well-known journalist?
... that in 1950 Pittsburgh Steelers head coach John Michelosen christened the Morning Steeler, then the Pennsylvania Railroad's newest passenger train?
... that soldiers in Cromwell's army were issued a soldier's pocket version of the Geneva Bible, with just 16 pages of verses all of which pertained to war?
... that Alan D. Eames claimed to have found a six-thousand-year-old advert for beer, depicting a headless woman with large breasts holding goblets of beer in each hand?

7 August 2013

15:45, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

... that five-horn smotherweed (pictured) is so toxic to sheep, they have been known to die after just one feeding?
... that before making her acting debut through Nenjathai Killathe Suhasini Maniratnam worked as an assistant cinematographer to Ashok Kumar?
... that the first female professor at Glasgow University, Delphine Parrott, was especially good at vivisecting mice?
... that for over 70 years the now demolished Allen Theater showed second-run films at low admission, earning the slogan "Wait until it comes to the Allen"?
... that Mkhululi Nyathi was a commissioner at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, which was staffed as part of a political agreement?
... that after writing his first Star Trek story at the age of eight, Mike Sussman has since been credited with writing more than 30 episodes of the franchise?
... that the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, got soggy when it rained?

04:00, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Jack Warhop (pictured) gave up Babe Ruth's first two career home runs?
... that the star of Bengawan Solo helped direct the remake 22 years later?
... that architect Carl Moritz designed an opera house in Cologne (opened in 1902, destroyed in 1943), the Opernhaus Wuppertal, and theatres in Düren and Stralsund?
... that United States president Theodore Roosevelt had a resort near East Branch Fishing Creek?
... that it costs nearly US$170 to buy all three versions of the iOS video game The Idolmaster Shiny Festa, and that it would be cheaper to import the PlayStation Portable version?
... that the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "The Council" was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects, but lost to the following episode?
... that Kinnairdy Castle was once owned by a man accused of witchcraft?

6 August 2013

16:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Addleshaw Tower (pictured) in Chester is the first free-standing bell tower to be built for an English cathedral since the 15th century?
... that Benjamin Britten wrote out the Latin text for Cantata academica in one of his old German exercise books?
... that Argentine actor Luciano Castro worked with Natalia Oreiro in Amanda O, a telenovela distributed directly by internet?
... that Felley Priory received charters of confirmation from three popes: Alexander III, Celestine III and Gregory IX?
... that cellist Toby Saks was one of the first female members of the New York Philharmonic?
... that directors who were asked to direct the 1970s film Star Trek: Planet of the Titans included Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, but Philip Kaufman took the job?
... that the suffragist Hugh Franklin, in protest against police brutality, once attacked Winston Churchill with a whip?

08:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Image Lake (pictured), a popular hiking destination in Washington state, is near the site of a failed proposal to open an open-pit copper mine?
... that the 1987 film Psychos in Love, about a couple who are murderers, was adapted into a play at Broom Street Theater?
... that Helmer Molander was the sole member of Zeth Höglund's Communist Party in the Second Chamber?
... that of the three playable pop idols in the video game The Idolmaster Dearly Stars, the sole cross-dresser has been called the cutest?
... that Mon admiral Smim Payu switched to supporting the Burmese Toungoo and led a naval attack that ended his former kingdom?
... that the Goosebumps novella One Day at Horrorland was adapted into a two-part television episode, two video games, a comic, and a book series?
... that the Post Rock Scenic Byway is so named because of limestone fenceposts?

00:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

... that mushrooms of the genus Xerocomellus (X. armeniacus pictured) are often brightly coloured?
... that even after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Congress unconstitutionally withheld Robert M. Lovett's salary, the House Appropriations Committee did not appropriate funds to pay him?
... that Broadholme Priory was one of only two female houses of the Premonstratensian Order in England?
... that Rufus Riddlesbarger acquired Kinjockity Ranch with the proceeds from his contraceptives company?
... that depending on the circumstances of exposure, tetraethyl dithiopyrophosphate can cause hypotension, hypertension, or an increase or decrease in heart rate?
... that Victor Edelstein, a former couturier to the British Royal Family, painted a portrait of Miss Manners that now hangs in the U.S. National Portrait Gallery?
... that the steeple of St Oswald's Church, Old Swan, Liverpool, was designed in the 1840s, and the body of the church was designed in the 1950s?

5 August 2013

16:00, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

... that two dancing girls (statue pictured) performed an erotic dance in front of Tuyuhun soldiers, while Chai Shao of Tang attacked them from the rear with his cavalry?
... that Scottish band Mogwai began work on the soundtrack of French drama Les Revenants after reading only a few translated scripts?
... that architectural historians have described Goodwyns as "unusually good" for a council estate, with "more elegant than average" tower blocks?
... that bookless libraries consist of all-digital collections instead of printed works?
... that some 50 years before archaeologist Wang Zhongshu won the Japan-based Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, he was a refugee fleeing from the Japanese invaders?
... that black truffles suppress plant growth around their host tree, creating an area that looks burned?

08:00, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Church of St. Francis of Assisi (pictured) in Kraków Old Town in Poland displays an exact replica of the Shroud of Turin, consecrated by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 2003?
... that Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes is the first known children's book published in America?
... that businessman Berthold Beitz saved hundreds of Jews, including tailors, hairdressers and Talmudic scholars, by designating them as essential to Nazi Germany's war effort?
... that the 1970 Colombia earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the Richter scale, was the largest earthquake with a deep focus until the 1994 Bolivia earthquake?
... that Klondike, based upon a book by Charlotte Gray, is slated to be the Discovery Channel's first original scripted miniseries?
... that Bud VanDeWege coached the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1990?
... that while the year 1837 is inscribed on TWG Tea's logo, it was founded in 2008?

00:00, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the 1768 journal An Account of Corsica (engraved illustration pictured) was so successful its author Boswell became widely known as "Corsica Boswell"?
... that the Astoria Theatre in Brighton – one of the south coast's largest "super-cinemas" – showed its last film in 1977, and permission to demolish it has been granted?
... that Greek tennis champion Augustos Zerlendis still holds the record from 1920 for the longest Olympic tennis match played?
... that judging from sculptures discovered in the ancient Maya city of Río Azul, it is believed that the local elite was sacrificed after a takeover by Tikal?
... that Willie Louis has been called a hero of the Civil Rights Movement for testifying in 1955 against two white men accused of murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till?
... that the 1798 poem "On the Receipt of My Mother's Picture" was written by William Cowper in memory of his mother, who died when he was six years old?
... that although George Livermore dropped out of school at the age of 14, he was given an honorary master of arts degree by Harvard College?

4 August 2013

16:00, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Providence Chapel (pictured)—a former church in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England—was once a Napoleonic-era officers' mess and "would not be out of place in the remotest part of East Kentucky"?
... that Argentine actor Arturo Puig has played Alan Turing in a biographical play?
... that Charlene Downes, a fourteen-year-old teenager from Blackpool, United Kingdom, disappeared on 1 November 2003?
... that the steeple of First Presbyterian Church in Coldwater is one of the tallest in southern Michigan?
... that British firefighter Aylmer Firebrace was awarded the Bronze Medal by the Royal Humane Society in 1918, and the King's Police Medal in 1938?
... that The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou is the author's first collection of poetry, published after she read her poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993?
... that Sonja Schlesin was slapped by her boss, Mohandas Gandhi, in South Africa?

08:00, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the Jurchens captured the Song Dynasty emperor Qinzong and the former emperor Huizong (pictured) during the second siege of Kaifeng in 1126?
... that The Midnight Zoo won the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers in 2011?
... that Lake Ira Lalaro is the largest lake in East Timor?
... that Jim Motavalli, a senior writer for E–The Environmental Magazine, has his own syndicated column in The New York Times?
... that the 2011 film Legend of a Rabbit was made over the course of three years, with a crew of 500 animators involved?
... that Kailasanathar Temple is the oldest extant structure in Kanchipuram?
... that Vince Lombardi said of the 1966 Crimson Tide, "I don't know, we haven't played Alabama yet", when asked how it felt to have the world's greatest football team after winning Super Bowl I?

00:00, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

... that basketball player Andrew Smith (pictured) was a high school All-American his senior year despite missing half the season with a stress fracture?
... that widespread permafrost explains why the whole landscape in the midlatitudes of Mars appears softened?
... that Eagle Peak is the highpoint of Yellowstone National Park?
... that it would take about 300 billion years without sleep to view every possible combination of content in the video game The Idolmaster Live For You!?
... that Sarah Moore was the first female racing driver to win a mixed-gender, national-level series in the UK?
... that John C. Best became the first prisoner in Essex County, Massachusetts, to be sentenced to the electric chair after he was found guilty of murdering George E. Bailey?
... that until 1989, the village of Broadholme in Lincolnshire was located in Nottinghamshire?

3 August 2013

16:00, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the 19th-century physician Alice Vickery (pictured), the first qualified woman chemist and druggist in Britain, advocated free love and believed that marriage was "legal prostitution"?
... that El Puerto, from 1908, was the first newspaper published in the beach resort of Pichilemu, Chile?
... that although Mongols won the Battle of Tursko in 1241, at first the Polish forces managed to capture the Mongol camp?
... that Catatonia performed the title track from their album International Velvet at the opening ceremony of the 1999 Rugby World Cup?
... that actress Kelly Thiebaud, known for her role as the antagonistic Britt Westbourne on General Hospital, previously appeared in music videos for French disc jockey David Guetta?
... that on the last meeting of the Drobnjaci clan held in Podmalinsko Monastery in 1840 they decided to inform Njegoš about their intention to kill Smail-aga Čengić?
... that the standard size of a platform tennis court was influenced by the presence of a rock and a steep hill in the backyard of the sport's co-inventor?

08:00, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

... that "Part II (On the Run)" became Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles's (pictured together) first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after they got married in April 2008?
... that the current Chief Justice of India, P. Sathasivam, was the first law graduate in his family and his entire village?
... that the Gothic lantern tower of Ourense Cathedral was completed in 1505?
... that Edward Teller once described Colonel Oliver Haywood as "the only military man I would work for"?
... that the very existence of Mimana state is a major controversy for Korean and Japanese historians?
... that Saw Binnya, Viceroy of Martaban, in 1541 offered half of his treasury to become a vassal of Goa in exchange for Portuguese military assistance against Toungoo Burma?
... that despite weighing just 4.0 ounces (110 g), the hero shrew can support a 160-pound (73 kg) human on its back without injury?

00:00, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

... that a Korean war horse named Sergeant Reckless (pictured) was awarded two Purple Hearts and promoted to Staff Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps in 1959?
... that Torkild Rieber of Texaco communicated a request from Adolf Hitler to Franklin D. Roosevelt to support a European Union led by Germany?
... that the mandatory 13 brothers moved into the Mogiła Abbey around 1225?
... that college baseball player Trea Turner stole more bases in 2012 than 158 teams?
... that a violent scene from the film Night of the Scarecrow, about a murderous scarecrow, was said to be similar to a scene from Dark Night of the Scarecrow?
... that Joseph Shivers, one of the developers of Spandex in the 1950s, received the Olney Medal from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists?
... that Town Range was once known as the filthiest spot in Gibraltar?

2 August 2013

16:00, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

... that at the time of her much-heralded 1926 debut, 19-year-old Marion Talley (pictured) was the youngest prima donna to perform at the Metropolitan Opera?
... that ahead of the 1977 election, the leader of the Spanish Democratic Socialist Party traveled to Brussels to secure support from the European socialist movement?
... that the Indies film Bajar dengan Djiwa, with a father selling his daughter to a loan shark, was advertised as a "realistic" depiction of family life?
... that Confederate Army officer William Walter Leake and Union Navy officer John E. Hart are commemorated by the same marble slab in a Louisiana cemetery?
... that during the 1997 Interstate Batteries 500, a large stretch of Texas State Highway 170 had to be closed for use as a parking lot?
... that I Shall Not Be Moved, Maya Angelou's fifth book of poetry, has been described as "exquisitely simple worksong"?
... that a giant blue cock standing 4.7 metres (15 ft) high has been erected in Trafalgar Square?

08:00, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Motunau Island, with an area of just 3 ha (7.4 acres), is a breeding habitat for 5,000 White-flippered Penguins (pictured) and thousands of other seabirds?
... that Vonnie DeLong holds the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball single-season record with 156 assists during the 1987–88 season?
... that anti-rape organization Take Back the Night has expressed concerns over Justin Timberlake's song of the same name?
... that only 240 Soviet Shpitalny Sh-37 aircraft cannons were produced?
... that Meka Whaitiri, New Zealand's newest Member of Parliament, used to be a member of the Silver Ferns?
... that Vijayakumar made his cinematic debut as a child actor in the 1961 Tamil film Sri Valli?
... that Ted Andrews' book Animal Speak aims to help the reader learn how "to listen with animal ears and to see through animal eyes"?

00:00, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

... that in June 1863, at the Battle of Fairfax Court House (courthouse pictured), 87 men of the Union Army charged a division of at least 2,000 Confederate soldiers?
... that Argentine actress Mónica Ayos was hired for the Mexican telenovela Triunfo del Amor during her vacations in the country?
... that the formation of the Camden County Police Department in New Jersey has been criticized as "union-busting"?
... that Trish Andrew, nicknamed the "human eraser", holds the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball career and single-season records in both rebounds and blocks?
... that the Staatstheater Darmstadt opened a new theatre building in 1972?
... that this year, House of Cards' Frank and Claire Underwood were two of the first three Primetime Emmy Award-nominated web television leading roles and "Chapter 1" was the first webisode to earn such a nomination?
... that West German authorities were accused of having tolerated the hijacking of a Lufthansa jet in order to "get rid of three murderers"?

1 August 2013

16:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Fredrik Pettersson (pictured) won a gold medal at the 2013 IIHF World Championship, where he scored seven points in nine games?
... that one naviduct cost over €55 million?
... that produced by Sudhakar Bokade, the incomplete Bollywood film Kalinga was actor Dilip Kumar's first directorial venture?
... that the architect of Punta della Dogana's recent €20 million renovation, Tadao Ando, intends the art museum's design to symbolize "the union of past, present, and future"?
... that Jennifer Smith set the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball single-season scoring record with 659 points during the 2003–04 season?
... that "Tuya Soy", one of Ivy Queen's better-known songs which featured on a number of compilation albums, failed to chart as a single in Billboard magazine?
... that cryobiologist Audrey Smith's scientific papers include "A Simple Method for Reanimating Ice-cold Rats and Mice" and "Resuscitation of Hamsters after Supercooling or Partial Crystallization"?

08:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

... that dog surfing (pictured) dates back as far as 1920 and was depicted in the silent film On the Waves in Waikiki?
... that 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez is the world's oldest living man?
... that a fresco in Podmaine Monastery, in Budva, Montenegro, depicting a modern version of the Last Judgment, allegedly presents Josip Broz Tito among the damned?
... that the Mali Federation, combining Mali and Senegal, only lasted for two months until political differences split the federation apart?
... that Hezekiah Usher was the first known colonial bookseller in the thirteen colonies?
... that the video game series The Idolmaster and its related media have earned over 10 billion Japanese yen as of 2013?
... that Black Twitter has been compared to signifyin' and the dozens?

00:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

... that the United States Post Office Beacon, New York (pictured), was the first of several in the state built of fieldstone during the Depression?
... that as head of the English-language section of the Vatican Secretariat of State, Leo Cushley has been responsible for accompanying the Pope during all his visits to English-speaking countries?
... that the Ponte Vella rises steeply above the Minho River to ensure safe passage during flash floods?
... that Carmel Borders led the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team to its first winning record during the 1975–76 season?
... that the biodiversity of Vatnsmýrin Nature Reserve has been inhibited due to invasive animals and plants as well as industrial waste?
... that Mexican journalist Evaristo Ortega Zárate managed to send a text message during his 2010 kidnapping?
... that more than 200 performers appeared on recordings by The Beatles, playing instruments such as an alarm clock and a heap of gravel?