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30 April 2015

12:06, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the three-wheeled Davis Divan (pictured) was developed by a former used-car salesman who later created Dodge 'Em bumper cars?
... that the Afrikaans-language author Bartho Smit's play Putsonderwater could not be performed in his home country of South Africa because of its political message?
... that the construction of Palais Lantivy was part of the plan to develop and honour the town where Napoleon Bonaparte was born?
... that a dam on White Oak Run was once found to have spillway only capable of handling 110% of the Probable Maximum Flood without overtopping?
... that Julianne Moore has won acting awards from the Berlin, Cannes, and Venice film festivals as well as the Best Actress Oscar?
... that the planning process for the new Forge Wood neighbourhood of Crawley took 13 years?
... that safety behaviors can promote anxiety and fear in nonthreatening situations?
... that Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez make up the tag team The Canadian NINJAs, which is short for National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness?
00:07, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

... that at least one species of the goblin spider Unicorn (male pedipalp pictured) practices genital mutilation?
... that Elda Emma Anderson prepared the first sample of pure uranium-235 at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory?
... that one of the passengers of the wrecked steamship SS Nile escaped its sinking because he spent too long ashore drinking with a friend?
... that the Tamil poet Vairamuthu is the most frequent winner of the Indian National Film Award for Best Lyrics, winning six times?
... that A Hill Above the Clouds documents Vesna Krmpotić's journey to a faith embracing aspects of Ancient Egyptian and Indian philosophies, during her futile efforts to save her son from leukemia?
... that György Kurtág completed Stele as composer-in-residence with the Berlin Philharmonic, dedicating it to the orchestra and conductor Claudio Abbado?
... that in a Girl Scout troop formed at the Clinton Engineer Works, girls were registered just by their first names in order to safeguard their fathers' identities?
... that David Earle choreographed a recreation of the Stations of the Cross?

29 April 2015

12:00, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

... that although the Durgiana Temple (pictured) in Amritsar is a Hindu temple, its architecture is similar to the Sikh Golden Temple?
... that Fran Kirby scored nine goals for Reading in her first two 2015 Women's Super League appearances?
... that Super Mario Land was the first Super Mario series game made without Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto?
... that Ha Gorge in Crete is about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) deep and the fissure is said to be one of the largest in the world?
... that Frederick Whitworth Aylmer was awarded the royal order of St Ferdinand and of Merit for his part in the Bombardment of Algiers?
... that the airing of Premier Boxing Champions on NBC marked the first time the network broadcast a boxing event in prime time in 30 years?
... that a bronze statue of Nelson Mandela is dancing the "Madiba jive"?

00:00, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

... that explorer Henry Grier Bryant (pictured) was among the first non-natives to see Churchill Falls in Labrador?
... that the 2015 Scottish Cup Final will be the first appearance in the final for Inverness Caledonian Thistle?
... that the anatomy of the nude figures of Conrad Meit draws more from the works of Albrecht Dürer than from classical sculpture?
... that Cortina, Italy's premier ski resort, has over 50 cable cars and lifts in the Boite valley?
... that several of Banjo-Tooie's cut features were made available in its updated version, nine years later?
... that a pioneer of women's rowing, Amy Gentry, assisted Barnes Wallis with his experiments to develop a bouncing bomb?
... that according to legend, the twin towers of Färlöv Church in Sweden were built by a knight's wife to let him know he had twins?

28 April 2015

16:00, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

... that mating damselflies (pictured) adopt a "heart" posture?
... that Zohre Esmaeli fled from Afghanistan to Germany at age thirteen and is now an internationally sought-after model?
... that the 2013 IAM Cycling season was the first for the team?
... that Yazd Atash Behram of Iran is one of the nine Atash Behrams, the other eight being in India?
... that the upcoming film Captive depicts the true story of Brian Nichols?
... that after ruling less than three months, Queen Berengaria of Castile abdicated in favor of her son?
... that a protest movement began after excrement was thrown at a university statue in South Africa?

08:00, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the "Buried Fort" (barracks pictured) of Cilacap is rumored to have an undersea tunnel to Nusa Kambangan Island?
... that Indian actress Parineeti Chopra won the National Film Award – Special Mention for her first lead role in the 2012 romantic drama Ishaqzaade?
... that Andado Station takes its name from the Arrente word for stone tool?
... that the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata states that to destroy the embryo of a woman, Kadru the serpent enters her womb by assuming a very tiny form called Skanda graha?
... that the female swimming marine mollusc Firoloida desmarestia has a string of eggs in various stages of development trailing behind her?
... that Barbara Swan illustrated books by two Pulitzer Prize-winning poets?
... that Brett Gelman called his special Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends a combination of Dinner for Five and The Shining?

00:00, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

... that art professor Xu Beihong regarded his student Sun Duoci (pictured, in a painting by Xu) as a "painter of genius"?
... that the 1907 Fiat 130 HP racer had wooden wheels?
... that Nobel Prize winner Harry Markowitz, who has been called the father of the modern portfolio theory, wrote that A.D. Roy could equally claim to be the father of the theory?
... that an inscription found in the ancient port city of Syedra on the southern coast of Turkey advised residents to resist pirates with "violent battle" and "unbreakable chains?"
... that Steeve Briois is the first politician for Front National to receive one of Le Trombinoscope's yearly prizes for politicians?
... that when Thomas Jefferson's daughter Martha expressed a desire to become a nun, he ended her education at Pentemont Abbey?
... that Acoustic Classics includes a song called "From Galway to Graceland" about an Irish woman who is convinced she is married to Elvis Presley?

27 April 2015

16:00, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

... that images of the Power of Women, such as Phyllis Riding Aristotle (example pictured), decorated several Renaissance German town halls?
... that West Virginia lawyer Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy was appointed by Governor Homer A. Holt to the Charleston Civil Service Board, on which he served as president and spokesperson?
... that Kou Kiet was supported by 200 flights per day?
... that Maria Quisling was given a lock of hair by her husband Vidkun before his execution in 1945 for collaborating with the Nazis in Norway?
... that the newest MARC Train commuter rail station is not planned to open until 2040?
... that German activist Josephine Witt disrupted a European Central Bank press conference and showered ECB president Mario Draghi with confetti?
... that the Champion County match is played with a pink cricket ball?

08:00, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Ovda Regio (pictured), Venus' largest crustal plateau, covers an area of about 15,000,000 km² (5,800,000 sq mi)?
... that The Airfield has retractable floodlights because of a nearby working runway?
... that the autobiographical novel A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz ends with the suicide of the author's father?
... that Zelia N. Breaux owned the only black theater in Oklahoma City and hired many jazz artists, but taught her students Charlie Christian, Jimmy Rushing, and Ralph Ellison classical music theory?
... that Fidel Castro preferred to meet foreign diplomats early in the morning, believing they would be tired and easily persuaded during negotiations?
... that paintings by the Kiowa artist David E. Williams were chosen by Vincent Price to be sold in the Sears Fine Art collection?
... that it is a rite of passage for professional wrestlers to dine at Ribera Steakhouse when in Japan?

00:00, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Lieutenant General Xiao Wangdong (pictured) briefly served as China's Minister of Culture, before he was purged and imprisoned for nine years?
... that a site along Little Roaring Brook has prehistoric archaeological significance?
... that in 1521, the Danish King Christian II had the abbot and five monks of Nydala Abbey drowned even though they had sheltered him for the night?
... that the Nobel laureate James Rainwater collapsed after a lecture but a student revived him via CPR?
... that Siegfried Kracauer called the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari a premonition of the rise of Adolf Hitler, because it spoke to a subconscious need in German society for a tyrant?
... that on his 2015 single, "Mr. Put It Down", Ricky Martin uses processed vocals and his falsetto to deliver the lyrical content?
... that Michigan's Matt Elliott went on to play four years in the NFL despite being "Mr. Irrelevant" in 1992?

26 April 2015

16:00, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Grosvenor Picture Palace (pictured), built in 1913–15 in Manchester, was once the largest cinema in the United Kingdom outside of London, and is now a student pub called The Footage?
... that in 2002, the Theta Land Corporation leased land along Panther Creek to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for $1 per year?
... that Rik Vercoe gunned down the world record at the 2014 London Marathon for the "fastest runner dressed as a cowboy" but was pipped to the post by the "fastest jockey"?
... that the first part of Glee's two-part series finale, "2009", was initially announced as airing three weeks prior to the finale date?
... that the investigative journalist David Marchant was responsible for exposing the Ponzi scheme at First International Bank of Grenada?
... that the Espy Bog is the only site in Columbia County, Pennsylvania where organic soils have been observed?
... that Bob Drury earned $20 for his first published news story?

08:00, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the octagonal $50 piece of the Panama-Pacific commemorative coin issue (pictured) is the only U.S. coin that is not round?
... that though many critics saw "The 12 Days of Christine", an episode of Inside No. 9, as a representation of a life review, Andrew Billen interpreted it as a story about early-onset Alzheimer's?
... that the holy wells of SS Fagan & Deruvian were credited as curative for "the falling sickness" and paralysis, respectively?
... that Rattlesnake Creek is Class A Wild Trout Waters for its last 2.2 miles (3.5 km), despite being closed to the public on that stretch?
... that Lazio's run to the 2015 Coppa Italia Final began with a 7–0 victory over Bassano Virtus?
... that Margo Humphrey based her colorful The Last Bar-B-Que on The Last Supper, creating one of the "iconic images in American visual culture?
... that in 1935, Thor Solberg became the first person to fly from the United States to Norway?

00:00, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

... that although the Huastec civilization (figure pictured) was an offshoot of the Maya, it is not considered a part of the Maya civilization?
... that the Aam Aadmi Party won 67 out of 70 seats‍—‌including Nerela, Krishna Nagar, Gokalpur, Sultan Pur Majra, Tri Nagar, Vikaspuri, Matia Mahal, Madipur, Model Town, Shalimar Bagh, Hari Nagar, and Rohtas Nagar‍—‌in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election?
... that Green Run is not only Class A, Wild Trout Waters, but it meets the criteria for an Exceptional Value designation?
... that the Earl of Ashburnham's yacht ran guns to Spanish rebels?
... that Robert Power has been described as "unbelievably talented" and "one of the most exciting climbing talents ... in Australian cycling for a very, very long time"?
... that the English footballer Tim Chow was to be released by Wigan Athletic in 2015, but after a change of manager he was given a new contract?
... that newspaper publisher Bob Brown became involved with the mob in order to keep the Valley Times in business?

25 April 2015

16:00, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

... that according to Walter Brasch's 1982 book Columbia County Place Names, some maps list the valley of Davis Hollow (pictured) as being in Fishing Creek Township while others list it as being near Rohrsburg?
... that certain offences from Singapore's new anti-harassment law include online acts committed outside of the nation?
... that in reaction to child sexual exploitation cases in Rochdale and in Rotherham, police investigated and prosecuted a similar case in Peterborough?
... that Béla Bartók composed his Rhapsody, Op. 1, in Lisztian style?
... that Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill, the longest serving member of Queen Victoria's personal household, predeceased the monarch by one month?
... that the Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team is the longest-running selection of high school basketball All-Americans in the United States?
... that the early DVD release of The Last Proletarians of Football was shipped with a pennant claiming that Hamburger SV won the 1982 UEFA Cup Final, even though that team lost the final?

07:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Xu Beihong painted Jiang Biwei several times (example pictured), but an $11 million nude is possibly not of her, nor by him?
... that Rowley Richards was a prisoner of war of the Japanese when the transport he was on was sunk by a US submarine?
... that Aubrey Dawkins and Muhammad Ali Abdur Rahkman became starters for the 2014–15 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team when Caris LeVert and Derrick Walton had season-ending injuries in January?
... that during archaeological excavations in Dah Parvatiya in 1924 a sixth-century antiquity unearthed is in the form of a stone door frame with extensive carvings?
... that Rock Band 4 will drop its predecessor's focus on musical instruction in favor of its core experience?
... that the New Zealand actress Zoe Cramond fractured four ribs while competing on Dancing with the Stars?
... that the emerging adult giant waterfall damsel looks like a trembling green leaf, closely resembling the foliage nearby?

24 April 2015

23:30, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the first Armenian Genocide memorial (pictured) was erected in Turkey and eventually dismantled under unknown circumstances?
... that Chicana artist Santa Barraza uses motifs from folk art to express a sense of spirituality in her work?
... that Google allows advertisers to use third-party trademarks in their advertising text and also as their advertisement keywords?
... that Armenia's diplomatic relations with Croatia are handled through its embassy in Rome?
... that Christopher Hornsrud was the first from the Labour Party to become Prime Minister of Norway, and the longest-living person to ever hold that position?
... that Aegirocassis is the earliest example of massive filter-feeder animals discovered?
... that George Washington refused to accept a marble bust of himself as a gift, and wouldn't pay $1,500 for it either?

15:15, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the stones of Surb Karapet Monastery (pictured), destroyed during the Armenian Genocide, were used to build houses in a Kurdish village?
... that there is no evidence that an English Flowermaiden was Richard Wagner's nemesis?
... that Luciano Berio's The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred takes only one minute to perform?
... that the Muslim communist leader Liu Geping accompanied the Dalai Lama on his tour of China?
... that the multicoloured tanager is a species of bird endemic to Colombia, threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation?
... that singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler is the first Academy Award winner from Uruguay?
... that most of "Cold Comfort", an episode of the British dark comedy Inside No. 9, is made up of footage from a fixed camera in a call centre booth?

07:00, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

... that there is a surprise if you search for "doge meme" (pictured) on YouTube?
... that 10-year-old Uthara Unnikrishnan is the youngest-ever recipient of the Indian National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer?
... that Többens and Schultz, owned and operated by two major war profiteers in the Warsaw Ghetto, supplied the German army with uniforms, socks, and other garments?
... that the extinct brown lacewing Cretomerobius is known from both the Cretaceous and Eocene?
... that David Pla is believed to be one of the three people who read out ETA's October 2011 ceasefire declaration?
... that the phantom Dragon's Tail peninsula was part of the reason that Christopher Columbus thought he had reached East Asia in 1492?
... that triple amputee Bryan Anderson credits his smoking habit with saving his right hand?

23 April 2015

22:45, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

... that a church's 1510 spiral of justice (pictured) declares: "Justice suffered in great need. Truth is slain dead. Faith has lost the battle"?
... that Rosina Heikel was the first woman from the Nordic countries to become a physician?
... that people in China and Japan called Europe the Far West?
... that his son's refusal to pay a hut tax led to the siege of Baphuthi chief Morosi on a mountaintop, culminating in his death and decapitation?
... that the in-production Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur is the first of a planned six-film series?
... that Australian rules footballer Ken Seymour unofficially equalled the Australian record for the 110-yard breaststroke during a trial swim?
... that in many Greek restaurants in Greece, it is not considered impolite for guests to enter the kitchen to see what is cooking before ordering?

14:30, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Qian Xiuling (pictured) interceded with the German General Falkenhausen to save nearly a hundred Belgians from execution?
... that in 2007, the tiny hydrozoan jellyfish Muggiaea atlantica killed 100,000 farmed salmon in Norway?
... that Vishal Bhardwaj won two National Film Awards for writing and composing the music for the film Haider (2014), which he also directed and co-produced?
... that yacht designer Tom Fexas worked on the Ohio-class submarines earlier in his career?
... that Kazi Nazrul Islam was arrested by the Bengal Presidency police in 1923 for publishing an anti-British poem in his Dhumketu biweekly?
... that the Vrmac Fortress was the centrepiece of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's defences around Kotor in Montenegro?
... that in 1950 Ronnie Fraser stood as a candidate for the UK Parliament, even though he was too young to vote in that election?

06:15, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the flowers of Hibbertia dentata (pictured) are visited by hoverflies?
... that Siho Lamphouthacoul loaded his police force on landing craft to take over Vientiane?
... that A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy was the first American prime-time documentary aimed at a female audience?
... that 99 high-ranking officials in China have been implicated in an anti-corruption campaign that began in 2013?
... that expectations for the basketball player Schea Cotton were "as great as any pre-high school aged player ever, even LeBron James"?
... that the 1993 Cambodian general election that took place between 23 and 28 May 1993 was conducted by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)?
... that money launderer Marc Harris started his accountancy firm with a $5000 advance on his credit card?

22 April 2015

22:00, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the British singer GFOTY recorded a song inspired by the hex triplet FFB6C1 (pictured)?
... that the Amal Women's Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant provides disadvantaged Moroccan women with job training and experience in the culinary arts?
... that Sydney DeYoung purchased the DeYoung Red Diamond, the third-largest red diamond ever found, at a flea market?
... that Captain Isaac Randell and his crew rescued 35 men from the North Atlantic ice where they had spent two nights exposed to freezing rain and blowing snow without shelter or food?
... that the Croatian parliamentary election of 1990 was the first free, multiparty election for the nation's parliament since 1913?
... that a new documentary recounts how Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali risked his life to rescue hundreds of Jews and partisans during World War II, but never spoke of it until late in life?
... that at a dinner, director Fritz Lang bit Florence Marly's hand?

13:45, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Kathryn Bache Miller fell in love with the Red Boy (pictured)?
... that British producer Danny L Harle composed chamber music that used video game consoles as instruments?
... that Mosquito Creek Lake is the second largest inland lake in Ohio?
... that the title of Caravan's In the Land of Grey and Pink comes from Richard Sinclair looking at the grey and pink sky during sunset in Kent?
... that before Ma Xingrui was appointed Communist Party secretary of Shenzhen, he was chief commander of China's first lunar exploration mission?
... that tesserae on Venus are areas of high radar reflectivity?
... that Pyrrhus of Epirus was killed at Argos after being hit on the head with a tile during Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese?

05:30, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

... that shield volcano outflows cover 48% of Lada Terra on Venus (pictured)?
... that Sivaji Ganesan won Best Actor for Veerapandiya Kattabomman at the 1960 Afro-Asian Film Festival, becoming the first Indian actor to win in that category in an international film festival?
... that Thao Ma's 1973 Laotian coup bombed?
... that the concentration camp survivor Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss wrote many poems about the Holocaust and its victims, which included her husband and son?
... that since production ceased at Bass Maltings in Sleaford, the complex has been used for rearing chickens?
... that Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign began with a road trip from New York to Iowa in a customized Chevrolet Express van?
... that The Last of Us is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest video games of all time?

21 April 2015

21:15, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the 2015 Strade Bianche was partly ridden on dirt roads, but finished in the Piazza del Campo (pictured) in Siena?
... that the Carrington House and the Cherry Grove Community House and Theatre‎‎ are two of only five properties listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their contributions to LGBT history?
... that the Siege of Sparta failed despite the deployment of 24 war elephants?
... that Nintendo deemed the original Super Mario Bros. 2 too difficult for Americans, who instead received a repurposed version of an unrelated game as their Super Mario Bros. 2?
... that Annakarin Svedberg wrote a pornographic parody of Little Red Riding Hood?
... that the 2015 Anbar offensive launched by ISIS coincided with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's visit to Washington?
... that the hotelier Ruth Guler thought nothing of throwing drunken guests out onto the streets of Klosters?

13:00, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

... that during Operation Iraqi Freedom, U.S. soldiers such as William F. Mullen III (pictured) worked with the local population in Falluja, al-Anbar, to resist insurgent groups such as al-Qaeda?
... that Photos for OS X replaced two programs, iPhoto and Aperture?
... that the book Three Came Home was made into a film featuring Claudette Colbert?
... that Six Springs Creek was once described as "a catch basin for runoffs from a car wash, laundromat and malfunctioning septic tanks", but has since been designated a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery?
... that the original Boston Expressionists were known as "the bad boys of Boston"?
... that edible seaweed, royal jelly, and stinky tofu are all examples of specialty foods?
... that a Roman Catholic church in Abucay, Bataan, housed one of the earliest printing presses in the Philippines?

04:45, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the narrow deck of Sisu KB-124 (pictured) made it agile, but could not accommodate two standard pallets?
... that the surficial geology in the vicinity of Trout Creek includes bedrock, Wisconsinan Till, alluvium, fill, wetlands, and lakes?
... that the final six episodes of the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. were informed by the events in the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier?
... that Body Glove surf brand founders Bill and Bob Meistrell taught themselves to dive in Missouri ponds using a bicycle pump, a garden hose and a diving helmet cobbled from household supplies?
... that the arrow worm Parasagitta setosa eats about 85% of its body weight each day?
... that medical professor W. A. Lambeth, dubbed the "father of intercollegiate athletics" at the University of Virginia, wrote a study of Jeffersonian architecture?
... that Dennis Marks survived Life with an Idiot to film The Diary of One Who Disappeared?

20 April 2015

20:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the International Radio Corporation introduced the first mass-produced AC/DC radio (pictured), first pocket radio, and first clock radio before spawning the Argus camera company?
... that Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58 are one of only three tracts of public forest in the watershed of Catawissa Creek?
... that Domoni's wedding ceremonies include a type of bullfight?
... that despite having "little film-industry credibility", Brenda Sexton increased filmmaking-related spending in Illinois by 147 percent in her first year at the Illinois Film Office?
... that the Battle for Outpost Vegas and the surrounding outposts during the Korean War is considered the bloodiest fighting up to that time in western Korea?
... that outbreaks of the Oriental migratory locust in China have been controlled with a fungal pathogen?
... that anti-abortion rhetoric by the Turkish government prompted abortion tours to Northern Cyprus?

12:15, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

... that prior to its demolition in 2014, the Ann Arbor Bus Depot (pictured) was the last surviving example of Streamline Moderne architecture in Ann Arbor?
... that poetess Silva Kaputikyan returned the medal awarded her by the Armenian president after a violent crackdown on an opposition demonstration?
... that a memorial park stands on the site of the United States Embassy in Nairobi‍—‌destroyed in a 1998 terrorist attack?
... that the rufescent tiger heron is crepuscular—that is, it hunts primarily at dusk and dawn?
... that Martin Petzoldt published an award-winning edition of facsimiles of Bach's printed works including the Christmas Oratorio?
... that the Zamama volcanic center on Io had an average output power of 139.6 gigawatts between 1996 and 1999?
... that Laurel van der Wal‍—‌rocket scientist, cop, model, showgirl, art teacher, aircraft mechanic, switchman, and casino shill‍—‌was "impatient with people who do not make full use of all their capabilities"?

19 April 2015

23:20, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Sammy Younge Jr. (pictured) was the first black university student to be murdered for participating in the African-American civil rights movement?
... that "Bad Little Boy" introduces a genderswapped version of Marceline the Vampire Queen voiced by Donald Glover?
... that Georgette Tsinguirides, employed by the Stuttgart Ballet for 70 years, was the first choreologist in Germany and has taught ballets by Cranko and MacMillan to generations of dancers?
... that the Palestinian town of Burqin has one of the oldest Byzantine churches in the world?
... that Joseph D. Bethune was appointed to the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court after the previous nominee's confirmation sparked a battle within the territory's Democratic party?
... that after winning the 1963 and 1964 Gillette Cup Finals, Sussex County Cricket Club did not win the competition again until 1978?
... that it is possible to catch and cook a St Paul rock lobster without removing it from the sea?

15:05, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the fruit bodies of Ramaria gracilis (example pictured) smell of anise?
... that the Crimean Khanate was annexed by the Russian Empire on 19 April 1783?
... that Edward Sinnott and his crew, known as "The Seven Placentia Giants", carried their boat 145 km (90 mi) overland to compete in and win the Royal St. John's Regatta?
... that stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan will star as a fictionalized version of himself in The Jim Gaffigan Show?
... that the Argeș County Museum in Pitești, Romania, operates a Dacian fort and a medieval citadel?
... that the feminist writings of Carmen de Burgos were censored in Spain until democracy was restored?
... that the solar eclipse of 1 May 1185 gave rise to the first known description of flame-like tongues of live embers?

06:50, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

... that USS Marcellus (pictured) was struck from the Navy list on the same day that her first captain, Herbert Winslow, was retired from active duty?
... that when María Teresa Tula escaped torture in El Salvador after helping the "forcibly disappeared", she was accused of being a terrorist?
... that the presenters of the new series of Top Gear play football with cars?
... that the 2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team was the third Ivy League team to represent its school in a fourth consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament?
... that Edward Tompkins endowed the Louis Agassiz Chair of Oriental Languages and Literature at the University of California?
... that Beirut III has the largest number of Sunni Muslim voters of all electoral districts in Lebanon?
... that Ari Goldwag, the lead vocalist on five albums and three music videos for the Miami Boys Choir, panicked at his audition and had to be convinced to go on stage by his mother?

18 April 2015

22:35, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

... that prima ballerina Marcia Haydée (sculpture pictured) created character roles for John Cranko, including Shakespeare's Juliet and Kate, and Pushkin's Tatiana?
... that the University of Rwanda was formed in 2013 through the merger of Rwanda's seven public institutions of higher education?
... that Fjällhyddan, today a ruin, was built by Ture Malmgren in Uddevalla, Sweden, with inspiration from the hunting traditions of the medieval nobility?
... that Alone in Berlin is based on a best-selling novel about the true story of a German couple who protested against Adolf Hitler and the Nazis?
... that rock fragments present in the stomach of the brown spiny lobster were probably ingested accidentally?
... that writer Charlotte Caroline Richardson reconnected with her mother by writing a poem in the magazine The Ladies' Diary?
... that according to The Times, the tactics of Sussex County Cricket Club in the first Gillette Cup Final were "a perversion of positive cricket"?

13:00, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Quilt National, the first major exhibition of quilt art (example pictured) in the United States, has been held biennially since 1979?
... that it was over 20 years between the first and last time Australian professional wrestler Allan Pinfold was the Australian Light Heavyweight Champion?
... that the music video for Rihanna's song "American Oxygen" depicts various moments from American history, including the inauguration of Barack Obama?
... that former migrant worker Zhou Qunfei started a touchscreen company and became China's richest woman with a net worth of US$10 billion?
... that 14 warbler species were observed in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 55 in May 1997?
... that Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was leaked in advance of its official reveal, an event called "Can't Kill Progress"?
... that one of the 1964 Laotian coups was carried out by policemen?

04:45, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Bourbon virus (pictured), discovered in 2014 from a man who died after tick bites, is the first thogotovirus to be associated with human disease in the Western hemisphere?
... that goalkeeper Mason Springthorpe studied the style of play of Joe Hart, who was also from his hometown of Shrewsbury?
... that the water milfoil species Myriophyllum variifolium provides shelter for fry when planted in an aquarium?
... that Heap's Rice Mill in Liverpool once ground the rice used in Rice Krispies?
... that Ross Gunn was "one of the true fathers of the nuclear submarine program"?
... that Vassar College's Davison House is named for John D. Rockefeller's mother?
... that Brazilian writer Zíbia Gasparetto says her books were the work of someone else?

17 April 2015

20:30, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the female figures depicted in The Exaltation of the Flower (pictured) are wearing the tubular peplos garment and the kekryphalos hairnet typical for women in Ancient Greece?
... that when Jill Knight succeeded Edith Pitt, it was the first time in the UK that a female Member of Parliament was succeeded by another?
... that Zlatan Ibrahimović scored three goals in a semi-final to help Paris Saint-Germain reach the 2015 Coupe de France Final, starting with a penalty kick which was his 100th goal for the club?
... that the Press Association won a court case stating that it was within the public interest to know that five girls who had been given travel bans attended the same school as three who had recently joined ISIL?
... that currently in-production film Joy is about inventor and entrepreneur Joy Mangano?
... that Elvira Dolinar is regarded as the first Slovenian feminist?
... that Tygerberg Zoo sought to breed look-alikes to South Africa's Cape lions, extinct since the 1850s, with two cubs from Novosibirsk Zoo in Siberia?

08:00, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Carolina wren (pictured) had its songs transcribed as names and phrases such as "sweet heart, sweet heart", "come to me, come to me", "sweet William", and "Richelieu, Richelieu"?
... that Wei Heng, party chief of China's Shanxi province, committed suicide after being imprisoned and tortured by the Red Guards?
... that the concept for the Chicken Salad Chick restaurant chain originated from one of its founders selling her chicken salad door-to-door?
... that Jeannette Zarou performed the title role in the stage premiere of Healey Willan's opera Deirdre?
... that five galaxy clusters within the Corona Borealis Supercluster are in the process of collapsing and merging to form a single massive cluster?
... that basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux died the day after winning a game with the Saigon Heat?
... that Tokyo File 212 was Hollywood's first feature film to be shot entirely in Japan?

00:00, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Students' Building at Vassar College (pictured) is modeled after a church attended by George Washington?
... that the British Christian missionary Harriette Colenso bankrupted herself defending the Zulu king Dinuzulu against charges of treason?
... that part of the song "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" evokes William Shakespeare's monologue "All the world's a stage"?
... that Félix Ramos y Duarte, a Cuban exile and teacher, published the first Dictionary of Mexican-Spanish?
... that Obchodní centrum Letňany became the biggest shopping centre in the Czech Republic in 2006?
... that tight end Paul Seal won the Most Valuable Player award on the 1973 Michigan football team and later had 1,586 receiving yards in the NFL?
... that during the second siege of Taunton, Robert Blake declared that he "had four pairs of boots left and would eat three of them before he yielded"?

16 April 2015

16:15, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

... that football player Randy Logan (pictured) was a consensus All-American at Michigan and appeared in 159 consecutive games for the Philadelphia Eagles?
... that the Kazanjian Red Diamond, the second-largest red diamond ever found, was confiscated by the Nazis in 1944?
... that Alma Dolens is thought to have earned her pseudonym, which is Latin for "a heavy heart," from her opinions on war?
... that Stuart Staples carved the cover design of The Hungry Saw into his kitchen wall with a screwdriver?
... that when the cornerstone of St. Mary's Church in Dedham, Massachusetts was laid, special trains brought in many of the 4,000 attendees?
... that Vietnamese journalist Huy Duc was dismissed from his position at a government-run newspaper because of comments he made on his blog?
... that Marnie, a Shih Tzu dog, has received over one million Instagram followers from photos taken by her owner?
08:26, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Naem (example dish pictured), a traditional lactic-fermented sausage prepared from raw ground pork, is popular in Thailand?
... that while recovering at the National Naval Medical Center, Lieutenant Jason Redman hung a sign on his door that attracted the attention of President George W. Bush?
... that the common banded mosquito is a vector for Murray Valley encephalitis virus, Ross River virus, and Japanese encephalitis, as well as dog heartworm and the roundworm Wuchereria bancrofti?
... that current Ann Arbor mayor Christopher Taylor has earned four degrees from the University of Michigan?
... that Jiangsu's pene-enclaves of Haiyong and Qilong on Shanghai's Chongming Island owe their origin to the absorption of their former island, Yonglongsha?
... that some reaches of Red Spring Run have been entirely destroyed either by mining or by post-mining development?
... that Danny Grossman's choreography Endangered Species was set in a post-apocalyptic world where the dancers fought against military oppression?
00:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

... that most ancient Maya graffiti (example pictured) was probably produced by the Maya elite in their own dwellings, with some later additions by squatters?
... that the Solitaires were booked to play at the Paramount with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper in 1959?
... that the offices of the Chief Whip were located at 12 Downing Street for 122 years, until Tony Blair gave them to Alastair Campbell?
... that People v. Marquan M. was the first case in which a US court weighed the constitutionality of criminalizing cyberbullying?
... that Snezhnika, located in the Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria, is the southernmost glacial mass in Europe?
... that Finnish writer Solveig von Schoultz published fifteen collections of poetry over more than fifty years?
... that some barbecue restaurants in the US are referred to as "shrines" due to their high-quality dishes, developed over many years or even over generations?

15 April 2015

16:25, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

... that King Gustav III of Sweden and his Brothers (pictured), an oil painting by the Swedish portrait painter Alexander Roslin, depicts three brothers, including two future kings?
... that the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is buried in the Tomb of Aurangzeb at Khuldabad, near Aurangabad in India?
... that William W. Havens, Jr. worked on the Manhattan Project and was an American delegate at the Geneva "Atoms for Peace" conferences in 1955 and 1958?
... that the Lithuania–Poland border is the only land border that the Baltic States share with a country that is not a member of the Russian-aligned Commonwealth of Independent States?
... that Simon Henig, an academic who studies voting behaviour and election results, has won several elections as a politician?
... that the Javanese grasshopper can be a serious pest in oil palm and rubber plantations?
... that Pearl Schiff couldn't find an American publisher for her second novel after her first made The New York Times Best Seller list?

08:40, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Isaac Hamilton's (pictured) career-high in the 2015 Pac-12 Tournament was the most points scored by a UCLA Bruin in a decade?
... that dogs and deer were buried together with humans by Neolithic peoples, as found in the Burzahom archaeological site?
... that Kouprasith Abhay was involved in coups against the Kingdom of Laos in 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1973?
... that there have been only ten recorded cases of indium lung as of 2010?
... that although "We Built This City" is sung in a competition during the Glee episode "We Built This Glee Club", it is not performed by the group that the show is named for?
... that Patrick Bevin, the 2009 New Zealand Junior Road Cyclist of the Year, won his first professional stage in the 2015 Herald Sun Tour?
... that according to local legend, Pancuran Tujuh was discovered by a missionary with a skin condition?

00:00, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Victorian painting became so unpopular that Flaming June (pictured) was worth just £50 in 1963?
... that Sharon Anderson was the first woman to serve as president of the American Society of Nephrology?
... that the board of FC Barcelona requested for the 2015 Copa del Rey Final to be held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of their rivals Real Madrid?
... that actress Amy Adams has been nominated five times for an Academy Award?
... that Mack Trucks supplied over 32,000 trucks and $3 million in other equipment to the Allies of World War II?
... that Albert Roux was Peter Cazalet's personal chef for eight years?
... that in the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida's Teen Court, high school students act as defense attorney, prosecutor, clerk, and bailiff, and the accused is required to admit guilt?

14 April 2015

16:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the rotund would have struggled to squeeze onto The Crescent (pictured) in Taunton?
... that the Tomb of Nadira Begum was actually built in a water tank?
... that locomotives at Reading Central Goods railway station used to tow vessels upstream on the neighbouring River Kennet?
... that William Fithian, an Illinois State Senator and Civil War Provost Marshal, was also the first white child of Cincinnati, Ohio?
... that the Grimsby Ice Factory was once the largest ice factory in the world?
... that there are around forty thousand unidentified decedents in the United States?
... that although it was named for them, there are no sea turtles at Teluk Penyu Beach?

08:30, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the sculptor whose bust of Alexander Hamilton was used as a model for the head of another sculptor's statue (pictured) later lost his own head?
... that in S.A.S. v. France, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a ban on face covering did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights?
... that Cyclone Mackey was the first man to wrestle in Mexico wearing a mask, starting a tradition in lucha libre that still exists 80 years later?
... that Cari Corrigan was one of the first to analyze a new nakhlite from Mars?
... that the 2012 political thriller Argo was only the fourth film in Academy Award history to win Best Picture without a nomination for its director?
... that Horace Batten captained a rugby team, played professional cricket, and made Darth Vader's boots?
... that when Byzantine general Michael Dokeianos was taken prisoner by the Pechenegs and brought before their leader, he managed to grab a sword and hack off the leader's arm before being killed?

00:45, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Fritz Fliegel (pictured) led an aerial attack on British convoy HG 53, which sank five merchant ships?
... that 265 million people kick a football in association football matches every year?
... that the soft coral Clavularia crassa broods its eggs on the outside of the polyps?
... that the suspect in the deadly shootings in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was the victims' neighbor?
... that André van der Merwe performed the world's first successful penis transplant?
... that Westland Aircraft expanded their factory over the West Hendford Cricket Ground in Yeovil during the Second World War?
... that Zero Freitas has the largest record collection in the world?

13 April 2015

17:00, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the nudibranch Tritoniopsis elegans (pictured) is one of only three predators known to feed on the invasive snowflake coral?
... that the England women's national team played its first official association football match in 1972, 100 years after the men's team's first match?
... that Surasa is described as the mother of all serpents?
... that Abraham Lincoln defended a slave-owner against a slave family during the Matson Trial?
... that the 1965 Laotian coups were simultaneous and independent of one another?
... that Tad Smith, CEO of Sotheby's, is also a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business?
... that medieval Islamic geography placed the Island of the Jewel in the Sea of Darkness, east of the Dragon's Tail?

09:15, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

... that many of China's "dancing grannies" (see video) are motivated in part by nostalgia for the dances of the Cultural Revolution during their youth?
... that Mongolian Prime Minister Chimediin Saikhanbileg can bench press 175 kilograms (385 lb)?
... that production has finally begun on The BFG, which has been in development since 1991?
... that Moisés Sánchez Cerezo was the first journalist killed in Mexico in 2015?
... that Ahmadiyya in Indonesia has played an influential role in the religious development of the country, yet in recent decades Ahmadis have faced persecution from religious establishments?
... that Centre College alum Robert L. Myers recruited All-American stars such as Bo McMillin and Red Weaver to the small Danville institution which was undefeated in 1919 and upset Harvard in 1921?
... that 2014 game Ether One has been praised by The New Yorker for its portrayal of dementia?

01:30, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Saluting Battery (pictured) in Valletta, Malta, still fires gun signals twice every day?
... that after scoring a goal, Costa Rican footballer Wendy Acosta points to the sky in remembrance of her deceased father?
... that because Renoir disliked cold weather, Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne is one of his few winter landscapes?
... that German-American economist Edith Hirsch met her husband at the childhood home of Albert Einstein's wife?
... that Luxembourg Freeport was opened in 2014 to store art and other valuables "offshore", because the existing facility in Geneva was full?
... that Torrent Suckers have nearly triangular lower lip edges?
... that former Xavier basketball center Matt Stainbrook drove strangers around as a senior?

12 April 2015

16:00, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Dutch author Louise Sophie Blussé wrote the memoirs of Maria Leer (pictured), a prophetess who, with former barge skipper Stoffel Muller, founded the Zwijndrechtse nieuwlichters, a Protestant sect with communist leanings?
... that in March 2015, thousands of Tunisians marched in Tunis with the chant, "Tunisia is free! Terrorism out!"?
... that Bartholomäus Gesius wrote the melody of the Easter hymn which Bach used to conclude the Easter section of his Orgelbüchlein?
... that the last recorded swarm of the Bombay locust was in 1927?
... that the 16th-century srbulje printers Hieromonk Mardarije and Hegumen Mardarije were misidentified in some sources?
... that Mohinder Amarnath is the only player to be dismissed for both handling the ball and obstructing the field in One Day International cricket?
... that Sired sired Serlo?

08:00, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Goa, (pictured) is built in Baroque style in the shape of a wedding cake?
... that Pat Connaughton was forthright about his intent to continue playing college basketball despite warnings that it would impact his prospects in baseball?
... that DREAM City will be Gujarat's third smart city?
... that sixteen popular music artists including Madonna, Kanye West, Beyoncé, and Rihanna co-own the streaming service Tidal, which was recently purchased and relaunched by Jay Z?
... that the first international ballet competition held in Dushanbe was named after Malika Sobirova, and President Gorbachev sent greetings on the occasion?
... that Jane Eyre was the first American movie adaptation of the novel?
... that despite being radially symmetric, the brittle star Ophiocoma echinata has a leading arm when moving?

00:00, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Strandzha Nature Park (pictured) is the largest protected area in Bulgaria, covering over 1% of the nation's territory?
... that a bust of Edward Snowden was erected next to a New York City monument to American Revolutionary War prisoners?
... that in Epik High's 2014 song "Born Hater", Tablo sings about death threats against his family related to his Stanford University degrees?
... that the restoration of wetlands in a mitigation bank created in the path of the planned Poinciana Parkway sextupled cost estimates for the highway?
... that Geoffrey Spicer-Simson was in charge of HMS Niger when it was sunk by the German submarine U-12 in 1914, and later became famous for his part in the African Battle for Lake Tanganyika?
... that Eugene A. Tucker was the last Arizona Territorial Supreme Court justice to die?
... that the Chinese documentary Under the Dome, criticising China's air pollution, was praised by China's environment minister?
... that Billy Bremner was inducted into both the English Football Hall of Fame and the Scottish Football Hall of Fame?

11 April 2015

12:00, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Slovene botanist Fran Jesenko (pictured) died while doing research for Triglav National Park, which he helped establish?
... that the entrance porch of the Shankaragaurishvara Temple in Patan in Jammu and Kashmir, built in the late ninth century, has intricately sculpted carvings that appear freshly chiseled?
... that the contralto Maria Radner, who died in the Germanwings plane crash, performed Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder at his villa, Wahnfried?
... that when Saint Johns Creek is not dry, its flow mainly consists of raw sewage?
... that English broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson is a fan of Genesis' album Selling England by the Pound and wrote sleeve notes for a box-set reissue?
... that the poetess Zhao Luanluan was assumed to be a courtesan because she wrote erotic poems?
... that young men jump off a 25-metre (82 ft) waterfall for money at Baturraden?
... that Cyril Stanley Smith's sister said that "If he didn't go to Oxford or Cambridge, isn't Church of England, and doesn't like sports, you might as well marry an American"?

00:00, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Cottonwood Limestone from Kansas was used to build landmarks like the Kansas State Capitol, Great Overland Station, and Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (pictured)?
... that Pliny the Elder wrote that the name of Magnes the shepherd gave rise to the Latin root from which later arose magnet, magnetism, and related word forms?
... that the Plantagenet Alliance went to court 529 years after Richard III died to complain that their human rights had been violated because they were not consulted on his place of burial?
... that Allan Randall Freelon's painting Barbecue – American Style was a protest against lynching?
... that Westholme House, a neo-Gothic mansion in Sleaford, became a library after World War II and is now part of a school?
... that Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex was originally intended to be a free-roaming game, a decision which was scrapped after a change of developer?
... that the German footballer Jeremy Dudziak is eligible to represent Tunisia, Germany, and Ghana at the senior international level?
... that after a Forces Armées Neutralistes officer failed to capture his objective, Kong Le sacked him for embezzlement?

10 April 2015

12:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

... that thousands of sacred monkeys (example pictured) inhabit the area around Saka Tunggal Mosque?
... that when Margery Blackie treated Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, she brought arsenic, death cap mushrooms, and Gila monster venom?
... that 650 T48 Gun Motor Carriages were given to the Soviets during World War II?
... that The Infiltrator is the true story of DEA agent Robert Mazur, who helped bust Pablo Escobar's money-laundering organization?
... that Della Warrior, the first female chair of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, developed a permanent campus for the Institute of American Indian Arts?
... that tea production in Bangladesh began in 1840 when the first tea garden in the Indian subcontinent was set up in the port city of Chittagong?
... that in a career spanning six decades, Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Madhara'i served three ruling dynasties of Medieval Egypt‍—‌the Tulunids, Abbasids, and Ikhshidids?
... that it is impossible to identify some crayfish species, such as Procambarus natchitochae, without looking at the male reproductive organs or knowing the collection location?

00:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the eponymous coral carver of Alphonse de Lamartine's 1852 novel Graziella (pictured) was inspired by a cigar maker?
... that three swimming holes on Big Wapwallopen Creek are the most dangerous ones in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania?
... that Rudolf Kučera was joint top scorer of the 1960–61 Czechoslovak First League?
... that Fort Campbell was the last major fortification to be built in Malta?
... that the lyrics of "Soweto Blues", written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba, refer to the Soweto uprising of 1976?
... that Domenico De Sole, chairman of auction house Sotheby's, was CEO of Gucci for ten years?
... that although Phantasmagoria was the best-selling computer game of 1995, some retailers like CompUSA refused to carry it due to its violent content, and it was banned in Australia?
... that the Japanese World War II flying ace Kaname Harada has been an anti-war activist since 1991?

9 April 2015

12:00, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

... that in the open air mandapam of the Kodandarama Swamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh, sculptures (pictured) are carved on 32 pillars?
... that Esther Ballestrino, the former boss of Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis), was thrown from an aircraft by the Argentine security services?
... that Carnufex is an extinct relative of crocodiles that lived 231 million years ago in Carolina?
... that Marvel's character Deadpool is getting his own solo film after appearing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009?
... that Great Depression-era economist E. Wight Bakke focused on the social and psychological aspects of unemployment in addition to the economic ones?
... that Laurel Run is classified as a Least Disturbed Stream by the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program?
... that Chinese writer Chen Xuezhao attended the 1942 Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art with Mao Zedong?
... that the star of Bethlehem can be found in Torndirrup National Park?

00:00, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Akshamalika Upanishad, the Bhasmajabala Upanishad, the Brihajjabala Upanishad, the Kalagni Rudra Upanishad, and the Rudrakshajabala Upanishad glorify Shaiva sectarian practices, such as smearing ash on the body (pictured)?
... that permission was granted to produce Sacred Sperm, despite the premise being prohibited on religious grounds?
... that the 24th Arizona Territorial Legislature made it illegal to employ females in saloons and other establishments that served alcohol?
... that James Graham wrote the television film Coalition with the aim of getting the audience to empathise with politicians?
... that Carl Seffner is best remembered for his statue of J. S. Bach at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig?
... that flock worker's lung is a disease caused by inhaling small particles of nylon?
... that Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera is nicknamed "El Torito", meaning "the little bull"?
... that bouncing bomb experiments were conducted at Silvermere?

8 April 2015

12:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

... that eating the smooth toadfish (pictured) can be fatal?
... that in Wilson v. Territory of Arizona, 7 Arizona 47 (1901), Judge George Russell Davis found that bad spelling in a court finding was insufficient to overturn a conviction?
... that the 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is the highest-ranked cycling race in Africa?
... that contralto Jenny Twitchell Kempton sang in the first performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah in Boston?
... that the June 1914 attack against the Ottoman Greeks of Phocaea, Turkey, as part of the Ottoman policy of ethnic cleansing, closely resembled similar operations against Armenians?
... that automotive design critic Robert Cumberford called the Jaguar XKE "the ultimate automotive expression of phalliform perfection?"
... that when the marble plaques on the floor of Büyük Hamam, a Turkish bath in Nicosia, were disassembled, one of them was revealed to be a medieval tombstone?
... that having created the Nike-X anti-ballistic missile program, Robert McNamara tried to delay its construction after learning it could leave 60 million Americans dead?

00:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) (pictured) served as late as the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) in 1944?
... that NHL first-round draft pick Ray Martynuik ended his final full season by stopping the team bus and throwing his gear into Moyie Lake?
... that the Parliament of the United Kingdom is commemorating the 750th anniversary of the first representative parliament in a year-long celebration?
... that the cover of the They Might Be Giants album Flood uses a photograph captured by Margaret Bourke-White during the Ohio River flood of 1937?
... that Jeanne Schmahl helped married French women gain the right to spend what they earn?
... that although the novel on which it is based is set in North Dakota, the forthcoming film I Am Not a Serial Killer is being filmed in Minnesota?
... that Sitric Cáech was one of four grandsons of Ímar to reign either as King of Dublin or King of Jórvík?
... that Rogue Ales' Beard Beer was reported to be a hoax when it was introduced on April Fools' Day in 2013?

7 April 2015

12:00, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

... that some winter warmers (example pictured), a type of seasonal beer, were historically aged in barrels for months or years to enhance their flavor profiles?
... that Australian historian Joan Beaumont won the 2014 Prime Minister's, New South Wales Premier's and Queensland Literary prizes in history for her book Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War?
... that the upcoming film The Great Wall is said to be the largest film ever shot entirely in China?
... that Chandro Tomar, an octogenarian from Johri, has attained fame as an accomplished shooter with 25 national championships and is believed to be the oldest woman sharpshooter in the world?
... that Fort Davis in Cork Harbour was used to house French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars?
... that the first phase of the Taiyuan Metro is projected to cost 31 billion yuan?
... that a portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton was donated to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by Bettina Burr and other members of the Rothschild family?
... that during the Japanese surrender of Hong Kong, one of HMAS Mildura's duties was overseeing the transfer of the local brewery from Japanese to Allied hands?

00:00, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

... that several star-forming regions lie projected in or near the Serpens-Aquila Rift (pictured)?
... that Hortense Allart's novels were based on her adventures, including Les enchantements de Prudence, Avec George Sand, which enjoyed a succès de scandale?
... that sportswriter Dick Young's description of Dusty Rhodes' game-winning "Chinese home run" in the 1954 World Series prompted Chinese Americans to demand the term be retired?
... that Karl Wilhelm Fricke has been called the "pope for resistance, opposition and oppression" in the former German Democratic Republic?
... that the dead buried in the Imphal War Cemetery are not just from the United Kingdom?
... that Peggy Baker was a member of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company?
... that dyslexia is the most common learning disability, affecting about 3% to 7% of people?
... that pitcher Chris Martin rehabilitated the torn labrum in his shoulder by stocking warehouses?

6 April 2015

12:00, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua (pictured), the "church of all Sarajevans", attracts both Muslim and Eastern Orthodox worshippers?
... that Yreina Cervantez helped design and paint the longest mural in the world, the Great Wall of Los Angeles?
... that the reel length of Mayabazar was 5,888 metres (19,318 ft)?
... that Sebastiano Biancardi, suspected of embezzlement, left his family and became a successful librettist known as Domenico Lalli?
... that XHJMA-TV was the first television station in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua?
... that Camille Dow Baker, a petroleum executive, received awards for humanitarian efforts?
... that the blue-fronted dancer damselfly is not always blue?
... that baseball player Bret Barberie missed a game after getting chili pepper juice in his eye?

00:00, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Melaleuca trichophylla (pictured) can flower prolifically in cultivation?
... that Elena Arizmendi Mejia organized the Neutral White Cross when the Red Cross refused to assist the wounded insurgents during the Mexican Revolution?
... that upon its opening, the Washburn branch asked to borrow materials from other Minneapolis libraries to meet the high demand from patrons?
... that since Theo Müller inherited Müller in 1971, it has gone from employing just four people to over 20,000?
... that Windosill influenced games including Blek, Donut County, and Monument Valley?
... that during the American Civil War Samuel F. Butterworth, manager of the New Almaden mine, prohibited the camp's militia from storing weapons on Quicksilver Mining Company's property?
... that the National Nautical School was originally based on HMS Formidable?
... that Zézé was the first-ever Brazilian player in the Bundesliga but left when he was diagnosed with a snow allergy?

5 April 2015

12:00, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the candy-striped Church of St John the Baptist, Kerch (pictured) is one of the oldest churches in Eastern Europe?
... that musician and band contractor Harry Yerkes managed ensembles that played an important role in the transition from ragtime to jazz?
... that the ancient church of San Trifone in Posterula was demolished during construction of the Convent of Sant'Agostino?
... that the "Last Rosie the Riveter", Elinor Otto, built airplanes for almost fifty years and retired at the age of 95?
... that Filinvest Development Corporation, a Philippine conglomerate with several subsidiaries, began in the 1950s as a used-car financing company?
... that Major General Sourith Don Sasorith commanded the Royal Lao Air Force even though he was not a pilot?
... that Australian recording artist Sia agreed to release 1000 Forms of Fear on the condition that she was not obligated to do a tour or press appearances?
... that "Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!" in English is cut down from the German version because the words didn't fit?

00:00, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

... that as mayor of Philadelphia, Charles F. Warwick (pictured) tried to convince the Pennsylvania state legislature to relocate the capital there from Harrisburg?
... that the altarpiece triptych Sealing the Tomb was William Hogarth's only commission from the Church of England?
... that Julia Gjika and the award-winning Iliriana Sulkuqi wrote poems in Albanian as members of the group "military poets"?
... that DEC's National Replacement Character Set system built character sets on the fly, thus avoiding the need for different terminals in different countries?
... that lead guitarist Ryan Peake funded Nickelback when it first formed?
... that Outer Wilds won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Excellence in Design category at the 2015 Independent Games Festival?
... that rival fans of Bristol City and Bristol Rovers walked 100 miles to the 2015 Football League Trophy Final to raise money for a young fan's surgery?
... that costume designer Alexandra Byrne, who won an Academy Award for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, said of Thor's costumes, "it's all about his arms"?

4 April 2015

12:00, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

... that multiple video game journalists made Metamorphabet (gameplay pictured) their children's first video game?
... that scriptwriter Sugako Hashida wrote the original script for Oshin, the first asadora to be both produced and written by women in Japan?
... that the Quandamooka people have inhabited the area around Moreton Bay for at least 21,000 years?
... that the asteroid 3241 Yeshuhua is named after a woman astronomer?
... that one journalist described the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup Final as "the greatest World Cup final ever"?
... that an extract from the pineapple plant significantly reduces the necessity of surgery after deep burn wounds?
... that Thomas Bryan Martin served in the House of Burgesses alongside George Washington and managed his uncle Lord Fairfax's 5,000,000-acre (20,000 km²) Northern Neck Proprietary?
... that Cegléd water jugs have been used both as water containers and musical instruments?

00:00, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

... that a chorale fantasia on "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" (O man, bewail thy sins so great) by Sebald Heyden concludes Part I of Bach's St Matthew Passion (incipit pictured)?
... that Karenne Wood of the Monacan tribe is studying the cultural effects of losing a language?
... that in its final episode, after six seasons and over 700 musical performances, the last song sung on the US television series Glee was "I Lived" by OneRepublic?
... that big-game hunter Bali Mauladad won the Shaw & Hunter trophy for leading a client to a tiny Oribi antelope?
... that the 1185 East Midlands earthquake is the first earthquake in England for which there are verifiable damage reports?
... that "Lift High the Cross" has been viewed as supporting a Johannine description of the Passion of Christ?
... that billionaire London property developer Chris Lazari emigrated from Cyprus at 16 with just £20?
... that the speckled sandperch changes its sex and colour markings when about 18 cm (7 in) long?

3 April 2015

12:00, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the Anuradhapura cross (pictured) is the most ancient symbol of Christianity in Sri Lanka?
... that before he founded the Valley Times newspaper, Adam Yacenda worked as Richard Nixon's press secretary?
... that the documentary Morrissey: 25 Live commemorates Morrissey's 25-year solo career, and was filmed at a concert that sold out in 12 seconds?
... that Charles Coghlan, the first Premier of Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), was born in South Africa to an Irishman who served in the British Army?
... that Entomophaga grylli causes infected grasshoppers to die at the top of a plant?
... that a horse-drawn tram was used to move dynamite to and from the Dry Creek explosives depot?
... that FishCenter Live is a talk show commentating on footage of a fish tank?
... that General Phoumi Nosavan began a coup on his 45th birthday, even though he had no troops to command?

00:00, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

... that in a motet for Maundy Thursday, Tristis est anima mea, Jesus says in Gethsemane (pictured) "Sad is my soul even unto death"?
... that Romanian communist politician Vasile Patilineț went from being a close associate of Nicolae Ceaușescu to plotting a coup against him?
... that Detroit-based Avalon International Breads is the largest purchaser of organic bread flour in Michigan?
... that the three-minute opening sequence of the film Thor: The Dark World was completed in 12 weeks by Tim Miller?
... that "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt", Luther's hymn for the Eucharist based on a Latin model, includes thoughts from his sermons during Lent of 1524?
... that the plant species Aplectrum hyemale, which is rare in Pennsylvania and extremely rare in northern Pennsylvania, is found in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 226, in Columbia County?
... that Judith Vaitukaitis developed the chemical technique for the first home pregnancy test after trying to use it to diagnose cancer?
... that the British band Kero Kero Bonito found their vocalist through an online bulletin board for Japanese expatriates?

2 April 2015

12:00, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Luther thought the communion hymn "Jesus Christus nostra salus" by Jan of Jenštejn (pictured), archbishop of Prague, was actually by martyr Jan Hus?
... that the British portrait artist Cathleen Mann was also a peeress and film costume designer?
... that Neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer encourages Internet trolling by its "Troll Army"?
... that President Warren G. Harding appointed Louise DeKoven Bowen to represent the United States at the 1922 Pan-American Conference of Women?
... that Philippe Martinez's 2014 action film Viktor, starring Gérard Depardieu and Elizabeth Hurley, was filmed entirely in Russia?
... that Brazilian footballer Digão signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal in 2013?
... that PizzaRev's concept involves custom-order pizzas assembled in a cafeteria-style line?
... that Peter Beatty claimed that a fortune-teller predicted an Epsom Derby victory for one of his racehorses?

00:00, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

... that this cake (pictured) is a pie?
... that extraterrestrial spiders have only six legs?
... that during the 1960 Laotian coups, the anti-counter-coup to the counter-coup was defeated when the paratroopers' coup cooped up General Southone?
... that 220,000 people live in Nada?
... that there is only one major public church in Europe?
... that Osama bin Laden was at least 9 feet (2.7 m) tall?
... that Little Nescopeck Creek is smaller than Little Nescopeck Creek?
... that the Prince of Wales's bum was exposed to public view in London on his 54th birthday and has been visible ever since?

1 April 2015

16:00, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

... that the front of Alex Chinneck's house (pictured) seems to have slipped?
... that the French paid their soldiers in playing cards?
... that some Top Totty was removed from the House of Commons after complaints from a shadow?
... that 71 is 3 miles (4.8 km) long?
... that Knightrider premièred in London in 1322?
... that James II lay on his back for a year amid grass and weeds after he was overthrown to make way for Edward VII?
... that Nick Clegg is sorry?
... that the existence of a sea monster in Scotland has finally been proven?
... that Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators were forcibly withdrawn after officials clamped down on them?

08:00, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

... that you've just lost The Game?
... that in April 2013, a giant alien landed on its head in central London?
... that feminist artists invented the WEB in 1971?
... that a half-naked fakir has taken up residence near Winston Churchill?
... that the sound of a fruit beetle served as "the popular face of Hinduism"?
... that even balls of kryptonite are no protection from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission?
... that the BBC is taking liberties with Parliament?
... that the Crown Prince of Thailand once owned Air Chief Marshal Fufu?
... that God is a billionaire property developer?

00:00, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

... that Vivian Pinn (pictured), the former director of the NIH Office for Research on Women's Health, was the first African-American woman to head a pathology department in the United States?
... that the first private railroad car was made for the singer Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale?"
... that the 12th-century abbot Serlo built "one of the most ambitious churches" in post-Conquest England?
... that the film The Danish Girl is based on the fiction about the life of first identifiable transgender woman Lili Elbe?
... that Firewatch, a first-person adventure game, was inspired by a single painting by Olly Moss?
... that Anne d'Harnoncourt admired Ellen Powell Tiberino for her "alive and forceful" use of line?
... that a recently developed 3D printing technology was inspired by the T-1000 Terminator?
... that Honora Sneyd's rejection of Thomas Day's marriage proposal cited the rights of women, including equality in marriage?