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30 September 2015

20:07, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Ernest Deane

... that Ernest Deane (pictured), who had played rugby for Ireland, earned the Military Cross while serving with the Indian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in 1915?
... that around divers, hooded cuttlefish are more curious and confident than squid or octopus?
... that an estimated 20,000 Muslim pilgrims, including a sister of Sultan Osman III, were killed in a major Bedouin raid against the Hajj caravan in 1757?
... that after artist Chen Zhen died without completing La Danse de la fontaine émergente, his widow spent seven years finishing the work?
... that players can kill each other in the co-operative multiplayer mode of Overlord: Fellowship of Evil?
... that Patty Hearst guest starred on "Lord of the Pi's", an episode of Veronica Mars?
... that basketball player Jonas Pierre was the NBL Canada blocks leader in 2013?
... that Anne of Cleves House in Ditchling has been occupied by Henry Poole MP, the Duke of Wellington and Jamie Theakston, but never by Anne of Cleves?

07:52, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Hercules

... that in the Alanya Archaeological Museum an important exhibit is a 2nd-century bronze statue of Hercules (pictured), which measures 52 centimetres (20 in) in height?
... that Uturunku volcano in Bolivia may be turning into a supervolcano?
... that in 2015 the UK Supreme Court was asked to reconsider the law on penalties 101 years after the previous authoritative decision stating the law?
... that cinematographer Eric Steelberg has shot five films for director Jason Reitman, including the Oscar-nominated Juno and Up in the Air?
... that New South Wales Marine Corps sergeant William Baker was the inaugural crier for Australia's oldest Supreme Court?
... that Merry Christmas II You became Mariah Carey's sixteenth Top 10 album on the US Billboard 200?
... that, to promote release of Dyscourse, developer Owlchemy Labs hid one hundred thumb drives containing the game in a tree on Hawaii 2?
... that Robert Schumann wrote the Three Romances for Oboe and Piano in the course of three non-consecutive days during a period of mania?

29 September 2015

19:37, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Kuala Terengganu

... that part of capital city Kuala Terengganu's (pictured) name, according to one theory, is derived from terang ganu, Malay for "bright rainbow"?
... that Bach based the first movement of his last cantata for the feast of St. Michael and all angels, Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149, on the finale of his Hunting Cantata?
... that after being paralyzed five years ago today, Devin Wilson made a full recovery and now plays Canadian football professionally?
... that the spearfish remora lives attached to a host fish?
... that Baltic German archaeologist Jean Baptiste Holzmayer excavated numerous ancient hill forts on Saaremaa in the second half of 19th century?
... that a 24-year-old sloop, HMS Trial, was the Royal Navy's original choice for Captain Cook’s first voyage around the world?
... that a murder in a Danish village of 412 people received international coverage?
... that the American poet Michael Derrick Hudson, a white man from Fort Wayne, Indiana, published a poem under the Chinese pseudonym "Yi-Fen Chou", igniting a heated debate in the literary world?

07:22, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Lata Mangeshkar

... that by popular demand Lata Mangeshkar (pictured) was presented with the Filmfare Special Award for the 1994 song "Didi Tera Devar Deewana"?
... that Thomas Bell accumulated a library of more than 15,000 books?
... that at least 23 people died in Köpenick's week of bloodshed?
... that Katie Page, CEO of Harvey Norman and an active supporter of women in sports, announced a $500,000 purse for horses owned or leased by women at the 2013 Magic Millions racing event?
... that green oropendolas sometimes follow red-throated caracaras through the rainforest canopy?
... that Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero, who served as a senator in the Legislature of Guam, is the Chairwoman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Bank of Guam?
... that the experimental drug vosoritide accelerated growth in a clinical study with children having a form of dwarfism, but did not normalize body proportions?
... that the theatrical agent Robin Fox told his new wife "I have no intention of being faithful to you"?

28 September 2015

19:07, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

P. eocenica fossil

... that the original paratype of the extinct ant Pachycondyla eocenica (pictured) preserved only the head?
... that forward air control operations established by Charles Larimore Jones dropped over two million tons of bombs on the Kingdom of Laos?
... that the comedy The Late Bloomer was inspired by Ken Baker, who went through puberty at the age of 27?
... that Canadian tech entrepreneur Suhayya Abu-Hakima, who has founded two startups and holds 30 international patents, received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012?
... that the department of Tarn-et-Garonne was created by Napoleon in 1808?
... that Roland Paoletti has been called "the Medici of London Transport" for his work on the Jubilee Line Extension?
... that Taco Bell founder Glen Bell ran taco stands prior to establishing the restaurant chain?
... that the Great Lakes merchant Rasmus Rasmussen named his schooner after a postmaster's wife?

06:52, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Onion powder

... that commercial onion powder (pictured) is generally around ten times stronger in flavor compared to fresh onion?
... that astrobiologist and freediver Nathalie Cabrol selected the landing site for the Mars rover Spirit?
... that Back to Stone, released in 2006 for the Game Boy Advance, was heavily criticized for not featuring savegames, instead relying on an "inexcusably archaic" password system?
... that despite Soviet politician Suren Shadunts being awarded the Order of Lenin, he was purged and executed five years later?
... that the Magellanic oystercatcher nests inland and moves to the coast outside the breeding season?
... that billionaire hedge fund manager Chase Coleman III is a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Governor of New York?
... that the iTunes version of Siti Nurhaliza's live album Unplugged has "bonus to the bonus tracks"?
... that when gallery owner Annely Juda moved back to London, she was followed by her nanny who took on paid work to help her?

27 September 2015

Mammillaria spinosissima var. 'rubrispina'

06:30, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
... that the cactus Mammillaria spinosissima (pictured) is endemic to central Mexico and has berries that are club-shaped, smooth, and juicy?
... that Stephanie Langhoff, who has produced numerous films made by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, has been referred to as "the honorary Duplass sister"?
... that Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral was director A. Bhimsingh's last film?
... that according to legend, Matsumoto Masanobu created the Kashima Shin-ryū style of swordfighting after being visited in a dream by the god Takemikazuchi?
... that BK Chicken Fries were discontinued in 2012, but reintroduced to Burger King's menu in 2014 after a highly successful social media campaign initiated by fans of the product?
... that H. P. G. Quack, though a socialist sympathizer, supported the firing of 11% of staff after the 1903 railroad strikes?
... that the Community of Royalist People's Party was a short-lived Cambodian political party that existed between April 2014 and January 2015?
... that the Spanish footballer Cristian Bustos has moved to India to play for Mumbai City FC after playing over 270 games for six Spanish clubs?

26 September 2015

17:47, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Engraved portrait of Joseph Sprigg, 1890

... that Joseph Sprigg (pictured) was the first Democratic Attorney General of West Virginia and the first president of the West Virginia Bar Association?
... that the Argentine Austral plan led to a victory of the Radical Civic Union in the 1985 midterm elections?
... that Greek soprano Arda Mandikian was born to parents who survived the Armenian Genocide?
... that in some breeding locations, the endangered Peruvian tern nests by the shore, while in others it uses sandy plains further inland?
... that Alan Wiggins set a professional baseball stolen base record in 1980, but his team allowed him to be taken by another club in that year's Rule 5 draft?
... that Alicia Vikander left The Circle for the fifth Bourne film?
... that according to the locals, Bennys Run had always been referred to thus, though referred to as "Buddys Run" on a 1952 United States Geological Survey map?
... that players can use zombies as a shield in Umbrella Corps?

01:52, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Mongols pursuing Hungarians

... that while they ravaged the rest of Eastern Europe, Mongol hordes saved the "heretic" Bosnians from crusaders (Mongol invasion depicted)?
... that while both the Blue Mountain and the southern water skink produce live young, the latter can manipulate the sex of its offspring?
... that Iranian-born Azita Shariati, an executive with the French catering and support services multinational Sodexo, has been named the most powerful businesswoman in Sweden?
... that Cartoon Network asked for Tome of the Unknown, the pilot for the miniseries Over the Garden Wall, to be a feature film, while its director envisioned a three-season order?
... that Donald Trump's grandfather Frederick Trump operated a boomtown hotel during the Klondike Gold Rush?
... that the Xbox One launch game Ryse: Son of Rome was originally a Kinect game for the Xbox 360?
... that under the direction of Austin Cornelius Dunham the first transmitted three-phase electric current in the United States for a distance of several miles was done by a public utility company?
... that diplomatic relations between Mexico and Singapore were officially established only in 1975 although Singapore took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City?

25 September 2015

14:07, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Giant basket star

... that the giant basket star (pictured) climbs to an elevated position and spreads its arms to "fish"?
... that at age 70, music conductor Rolf Beck is still active with choral academies he founded, presenting Carmina Burana in Brazil and Bach motets at the Rheingau Musik Festival?
... that Adventures in Stationery was described by one reviewer as "high-class pornography for the stationery enthusiast"?
... that the first geothermal energy project in Chile has been planned at the Apacheta-Aguilucho volcanic complex?
... that the ornithologist Joseph Bryan Nelson spent a year living in a tent on the Galápagos Islands, where he was visited by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh?
... that the YouTube trailer of Friends with Benefits attracted over a million views in 48 hours, becoming the most viewed video in the film category?
... that in the 10th century BC, King Zhao of the Chinese Zhou dynasty drowned during his disastrous campaign against the state of Chu?
... that David Greenglass was part of a spy ring that included his sister and brother-in-law Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were later executed for espionage?

02:22, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Palazzo Alicorni seen from Borgo Santo Spirito

... that Palazzo Alicorni in Rome (pictured), erected during the Renaissance and thoroughly restored in 1928, was demolished three years later, only to be rebuilt in 1938?
... that film professor Ray Carney found the first version of Shadows after searching for decades?
... that American epidemiologist Abraham Lilienfeld has been called "the father of contemporary chronic disease epidemiology"?
... that "Mikraj Cinta", a single by Siti Nurhaliza from her latest live album, was inspired by the story of the Prophet Muhammad's journey during the event of Isra and Mi'raj?
... that identifying the female olive, lemon-spectacled and ochre-breasted tanagers is made easier by the fact that they do not share a common range?
... that Zhou Enlai plays a brief role in John Hersey's novel The Call?
... that, after granting Mansur ibn Furaykh authority over Biqa'a, the Ottomans executed him for oppressing the population?
... that to play The Thompson Twins Adventure it is recommended that it first be re-recorded from the original flexi disc to an audio cassette intermediate?

24 September 2015

14:37, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Graphocephala coccinea

... that while all true bugs have sucking mouthparts and most feed on sap (Graphocephala coccinea pictured), some suck body fluids?
... that Canadian physician John Stephenson was a co-founder of McGill University Faculty of Medicine?
... that the Attack on Titan: Junior High parody spinoff manga has an anime adaptation in the works?
... that Miss Oregon 2009 CC Barber was raised by her grandmother?
... that among the founder members of the National Democratic Alliance, only the Shiv Sena had an ideology similar to that of the alliance leader Bharatiya Janata Party?
... that Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio" has been sampled by numerous hip-hop artists?
... that Mary Ann Turcke, the recently-appointed President of Bell Media, Canada, began her career designing and building bridges and highways for the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario?
... that Doorathu Idi Muzhakkam and Nizhalgal were the only Tamil films to be screened at the International Film Festival of India in 1981?

02:52, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Train arrives at Yawkey station

... that because the Yawkey station (pictured) is located on a tight curve, one of its side platforms is located in between the tracks?
... that in the Kaga Rebellion, thousands of peasants overthrew the shugo and established a "province ruled by peasants"?
... that before its felling on September 23, 1938, West Virginia's Mingo Oak was the oldest and largest living white oak in the world?
... that Franz Ferdinand's third studio album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand was partially recorded at the old town hall of Govan, Scotland?
... that the second season of Agent Carter will film and be set in Los Angeles, in part because much of the city still looks like it did in the 1940s?
... that Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president of IBM Global Business Services, oversees 100,000 consultants and service providers in 170 countries?
... that the red-bellied grackle is sometimes parasitised by the giant cowbird?
... that Pope Theodore II was only pope for twenty days?

23 September 2015

14:50, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Jacqueline Fernandez

... that Jacqueline Fernandez (pictured) was named in The Times of India's "Most Desirable Woman" list for five consecutive years?
... that the marine sponge Dysidea arenaria was originally described based on a single specimen collected near Palau?
... that The Go-Betweens had to stick all the labels on their debut single, "Lee Remick", by hand?
... that Ecuador has been training Haitian soldiers to aid in the reestablishment of the Haitian army, which was disbanded in 1995?
... that in 1890, "robber baron" Louis F. Menage built what was then the tallest skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota to house his offices?
... that Rare Replay is a compilation of 30 games developed over 30 years?
... that the northern Spanish town of Comillas became popular with the aristocracy after King Alfonso XII stayed there?
... that Kåre Rodahl met his future wife for the first time when he was parachuting, coincidentally landing beside her while she was milking a cow?

00:00, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Landscape by Sesshū (detail)

... that a landscape by Sesshū (detail pictured) is a National Treasure of Japan?
... that in 2014 the Sunday Independent named Irish venture capitalist Elaine Coughlan one of "The 50 Most Influential and Powerful Women in Business"?
... that three new species of beetle were identified from the stomach contents of the Colombian forest mouse?
... that professional lacrosse player Matt Poskay set an American record of 362 goals scored in his high school career that stood for nearly a decade?
... that the music video of Iggy Azalea's song "Bounce", which was filmed in Mumbai, was accused of cultural appropriation?
... that Philip Baxter was chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission and the Sydney Opera House Trust?
... that Colin Firth is portraying the real-life amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst in an upcoming film?
... that Emmy Award-nominated cinematographer Robert McLachlan turned down a place at the 1976 Summer Olympics?

22 September 2015

12:00, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Emha Ainun Nadjib

... that Muslim thinker Emha Ainun Nadjib (pictured) has led his troupe on international tours following the Muhammad cartoon and Fitna controversies?
... that in its desert burrow, the tawny tuco-tuco can stay cool in the heat of the day?
... that Sophia Lin was selected by TheWrap in 2012 as one of "10 Producers Who Will Change Hollywood"?
... that under the Ottomans, descendants of Muhammad would be tried and sentenced by a naqib al-ashraf instead of in regular court?
... that the scar on Nicky Nichols' chest in Orange Is the New Black is a real scar from Natasha Lyonne's heart surgery in 2012?
... that in 1907, four South African cricketers were praised for the quality of their googlies?
... that Louise O'Sullivan, founder and CEO of Anam Technologies, Dublin, is a vocal advocate for gender parity in the IT industry?
... that "You Love Me?" by Melissa Steel features production by Darkchild, whose previous hits were the reason Steel became a singer?

00:00, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar

... that sculptor Chester Beach was so tired of complaints about the design of the Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar (pictured) that he suggested he be sent to Hawaii to absorb the atmosphere?
... that when the British Honduran Lands Department claimed no lands were available for women, Gwendolyn Lizarraga marched into the swamp and measured lots to create land parcels?
... that Micheal Punke is prohibited from promoting his novel The Revenant ahead of its 2015 film adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio because he is a US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization?
... that Canadian football player Alex Carroll went on to be named a first-team all-star wide receiver in college after tearing the ACL and both menisci in his knee?
... that AllGame recommended Killer Instinct Gold for players who want "Mortal Kombat on speed" with a "hyperactive Barry White" announcer?
... that Ann-Marie Campbell, southern division president for The Home Depot with responsibility for 690 stores and 100,000 employees, started with the company as a part-time cashier?
... that Maiasmokk is said to be the oldest continuously operating café in Estonia, founded in 1864?
... that in 1909 the Philippine Constabulary Band was the lead musical unit in the U.S. presidential inaugural parade, the first time that a band other than the United States Marine Band received that honor?

21 September 2015

12:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Haggis pakora at a restaurant

... that haggis pakora (pictured) has been called an "example of Indo-Gael fusion"?
... that Orsonwelles, a genus of Hawaiian spiders named after Orson Welles, exhibits island gigantism?
... that Rauf Mirgadirov, a once "Honored Journalist of Azerbaijan", is now in custody in Azerbaijan?
... that the Demands of the Slovak Nation, issued in 1848, included a call for universal manhood suffrage that was unusually radical for that time and place?
... that Miss Oregon 2007 Kari Virding saw her first Miss Oregon pageant when she was just eight years old?
... that in 1990, an explosion in the population of the long-tailed pygmy rice rat followed after a mass-flowering of bamboos?
... that Lady Sayer interrupted live firing exercises on an army range in Dartmoor to photograph damage done to ancient monuments?
... that Millennium, a spin-off of The X-Files, is an adaptation of Millennium, a spin-off of The X-Files?

00:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Reshid Akif Pasha

... that Ottoman statesman Reshid Akif Pasha‎ (pictured) once said "I am ashamed as a Muslim"?
... that Brunner's mantis and Scudder's mantis can both be found among little bluestem grass?
... that Ingwær, King of Northumbria, was killed alongside his brothers Eowils and Halfdan at the Battle of Tettenhall in 910?
... that the Churn Creek Protected Area in British Columbia has hoodoos and flammulated owls?
... that Nina Yang Bongiovi is the production partner of actor Forest Whitaker?
... that the ignimbrites of the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex have volumes of at least 15,000 cubic kilometres?
... that 18 US cities have been designated as "Coast Guard Cities"?
... that when investigators searched the homes of Vice Admiral Wang Shouye, they found US $2.5 million in a washing machine and RMB¥ 52 million in refrigerators and microwaves?

20 September 2015

12:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Silver reliquary at Saint Bartholomew's Church

... that relics said to be of the Three Magi are enshrined at Saint Bartholomew's Church (reliquary pictured) in Brugherio?
... that Ottoman governor Hasan Tahsin Uzer once spoke of caravans subject to "attacks and killings"?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Drayton began in 1999 when police discovered passengers on a Greyhound bus were hiding cocaine in their boxer shorts?
... that composer Rolf Schweizer promoted church music's engagement with trends in secular music, especially jazz?
... that while the male white-winged shrike-tanager and the male flame-crested tanager are distinctive, the females could be confused?
... that footballer James Crumley was one of more than a thousand passengers rescued when the SS California ran aground in 1914?
... that the Lomas Rishi Cave, a rock-cut cave, was built as a Buddhist sanctuary during the Ashokan period of the Maurya empire in the 3rd century BC?
... that Rena Vlahopoulou, the star of the film The Countess of Corfu, was born in Corfu?

00:05, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Trinity Chain Pier

... that Trinity Chain Pier (pictured) was built in 1821, eaten by worms, repaired, destroyed in a storm in 1898, then became a pub where in the 1960s the landlady used weapons to chase customers away?
... that Harold A. Fidler was decorated for his World War II service in Berkeley?
... that the wish-fulfilling tree Kalpavriksha is an artistic and literary theme common to the Hindu Bhagavatas, the Jainas and the Buddhists?
... that both species of the ant Pseudectatomma were described in 2012?
... that proposals to build a Muslim cemetery in Farmersville, Texas, have been met by death threats against city officials and threats to desecrate the site with pigs' blood?
... that shortly after receiving the National Film Award for Best Actress for Pasi (1979), Shobha committed suicide by hanging herself?
... that within two years of the hiring of Sandi Peterson as group worldwide chairman of Johnson & Johnson, the company doubled its number of women in executive leadership positions?
... that the Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis is unique in that it creates a federation not between Saint Kitts and Nevis, but between Nevis and the federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis?

19 September 2015

12:20, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou

... that Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (pictured) is the first female Prime Minister of Greece, though never elected to parliament?
... that the Gol Talab pond is an official heritage site, designated by the city administration of Dhaka?
... that Azerbaijani human rights activist Rasim Aliyev was beaten and later died after criticizing a football player for an improper gesture during a game?
... that MC Kinky's "Get Over It" charted on the UK Singles Chart after being featured on an episode of The Word?
... that six days after the 2013 Tiananmen Square attack, General Peng Yong was removed from the Communist Party governing body in Xinjiang and replaced by Liu Lei?
... that Plum Creek has suffered a degree of impairment due to grazing?
... that the male grey pileated finch and red pileated finch both have red crests and black crowns?
... that the author Colin Thompson originally intended only to be a book illustrator?

00:35, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Belle of Temagami at Bear Island in 1926

... that Belle of Temagami (pictured) was the largest vessel ever to cruise Lake Temagami?
... that Demba Diawara persuaded the first group of villages to renounce female genital cutting at Diabougou in Senegal?
... that male lovely and blue cotingas are quite different in appearance to the females?
... that John Peck stood for election to Nottingham City Council 35 times without success before he finally won a seat?
... that "Photograph" was the first properly finished record for Ed Sheeran's second studio album?
... that Miss Georgia 2014 Maggie Bridges wore 3D printed, laser-cut shoes fashioned after Georgia Tech's "Ramblin' Wreck" mascot for Miss America's "Show Us Your Shoes" parade?
... that exhibits in the Konya Archaeological Museum relate to the Neolithic, Bronze Age,Iron Age, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and the Byzantine periods?
... that Bipasha Basu is the first actress in Bollywood to play conjoined twins?

18 September 2015

12:50, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Band-tailed fruiteater

... that the black-chested, orange-breasted, golden-breasted, green-and-black, masked, barred and band-tailed fruiteater (pictured) are all native to montane forests in the Andes, but the fiery-throated fruiteater is only found in the foothills?
... that Louis I of Hungary was forced by the Black Death to return to Hungary from the Kingdom of Naples that he had occupied?
... that tigress Machali won a "Lifetime Achievement Award" for her contributions to tourism and conservation in India?
... that Lieutenant General Gao Jin is president of China's top military research institute?
... that the first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925?
... that the River Ebro rises near the town of Reinosa in northern Spain and is impounded just below the town?
... that Touran Mirhadi has been called "the godmother of progressive education in Iran"?

01:05, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Owen Swift

... that the bare-knuckle prize fighter Owen Swift (pictured) killed at least three opponents, leading to the rewriting of the rules of boxing?
... that Nagy's painting Egyptian Revival, which had been displayed in the Paris Salon and honored with a gold medal, is now in the Mohamed Nagy Museum?
... that the rose-collared piha feeds mainly on fruit, plucked while in flight?
... that the Orange is the New Black character Tiffany Doggett is based on a real-life prisoner?
... that the William Sauntry House and Recreation Hall is a rare example of Moorish Revival architecture in Minnesota?
... that the Province of Fermo was established in 2004, reorganisation of the Marche region having been advocated in 1861?
... that in the 1970s, the concentration of dissolved solids in Locust Creek was high enough to cause sanitation problems?
... that producer Denise Di Novi's directorial debut is Unforgettable?

17 September 2015

13:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Mohale Dam

... that the Mohale Dam (pictured) won South Africa's 2005 Fulton Award for "Best Construction Engineering Project and Best Construction Technique"?
... that actress Lo Kauppi was a singer and guitar player in the feminist punk band Vagina Grande?
... that the bentfin devil ray is threatened by overfishing, both as a targeted species but also as bycatch?
... that after the theatrical release of The Interview was cancelled due to Sony Pictures being hacked, it earned over $40 million from an online release?
... that Cole Pearn is the first regular Canadian crew chief in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history?
... that Chinese general Li Zuocheng was named a "war hero" during the Sino-Vietnamese War?
... that the Huguenot-Walloon half dollar was controversial for being sponsored by a religious group?

01:35, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Horse-fly

... that the horse-fly (pictured) can transfer blood-borne diseases from one animal to another while feeding?
... that when the cargo ship Sinfra was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1943, the German guards machine-gunned the thousands of Italian prisoners on board when they tried to escape the sinking vessel?
... that Somalatha Subasinghe was only 24 when she debuted in the role of an old woman in Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Raththaran?
... that a statue of Amy Winehouse was designed to convey her "attitude and strength, but also give subtle hints of insecurity"?
... that Dianna Agron made her first appearance on Veronica Mars in "President Evil"?
... that former American Chemical Society president Charles P. Casey studies inorganic catalysts that contain both a protic and a hydridic hydrogen?
... that the fossil ant species Casaleia longiventris was described in 1849, but the genus Casaleia was not named until 1990?
... that Nichole Mead was named Miss Oregon 2012 after titleholder Rachel Berry could not prove when she moved to Oregon?

16 September 2015

13:50, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

A cross-section of shark meat

... that in Eastern Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean, shark meat (pictured) has been a significant source of protein for centuries?
... that Sakaye Shigekawa estimated that she delivered between 20,000 and 30,000 babies in her career as an obstetrician?
... that Sussex County Cricket Club won the Twenty20 Cup for the first time in 2009?
... that Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ardabili was the Grand Ayatollah of the Shiites in Najaf after the death of Shahid Thani?
... that opinion turned so sharply against the Sentinel ABM system during the 1968 elections, that incoming President Nixon was forced to cancel the program?
... that Martin Allwood translated Gunvor Hofmo's "Alt jeg bad om, det er også skjedd, / og hjertet—men jeg er bare redd!" as "All I asked for has been granted me—Yet I am scared, although my heart is free."?
... that if the United States Congress is late in passing 2016 spending legislation, it will not trigger across-the-board cuts as in 2013?
... that Abbas Ali Baig was the first Indian cricketer to be kissed on the field?

02:05, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum

... that the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum (pictured) is home to a working telegraph station, an 1894 telephone switchboard, and the Ezekiel Airship?
... that Neo Ao Tiew was credited for ruling over and policing a village of 10,000 people with no crime?
... that the 1962 Major League Baseball expansion was first announced by the National League in 1960, before the announcement of the American League's 1961 expansion?
... that the town of Angera in northern Italy was the birthplace of the Spanish historian Peter Martyr d'Anghiera?
... that Imademo was Kim Hyun-joong's last album release before his mandatory military service in South Korea?
... that Lieutenant General Tan Benhong is the commander of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison?
... that a golf course probably contributes to the impairment of Rolling Green Run?
... that the nomination of Azita Raji, an Iranian American, for the post of Ambassador to Sweden in October 2014, was widely reported in the Indian press because of her Indian-sounding name?

15 September 2015

14:20, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

William Hood Dunwoody

... that William Hood Dunwoody (pictured) was a silent partner in what was to become General Mills?
... that although Shamokin Creek is a Warmwater Fishery, all of its twelve named tributaries are Coldwater Fisheries?
... that occupational hazards can be as diverse as infectious diseases, asbestos, poison ivy, and noise?
... that during World War II, Roman Gross was rescued from the Jewish Tarnopol Ghetto by Józef Regent, whom he in turn had rescued from deportation earlier in the war?
... that the Atlantic bamboo rat lives in bamboo thickets and makes loud squeals when alarmed?
... that activist Arif Yunus, a supporter of a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, is now in jail?
... that the sugar plantation in Spreckelsville, Hawaii, US, was once the largest in the world?
... that Peter Maloney was one of the first Canadian political figures to come out as gay?

02:35, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Wharf terminal at Sibu

... that according to one theory, Sibu (pictured) is named the Swan City because swans supposedly flew over the city after a famine?
... that Ester Claesson is considered Sweden's first female landscape architect?
... that musician Joe Hanley made Syntorial because he wanted to make something that would teach the user how to design synthesizer patches by ear?
... that Jim Baggott calls multiverse, superstring theory, and supersymmetry "fairy tale physics"?
... that the red-banded fruiteater and handsome fruiteater often feed by plucking fruit while hovering?
... that American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with an uncredited role in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)?
... that the Belgium national association football team has won more games against its rival France, a former world champion, than it has lost?
... that in 1958 Sue Bailey Thurman used a cookbook to publish a "palatable history" of professional black women?

14 September 2015

14:50, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Reverse of Cleveland Centennial half dollar

... that the view of the Great Lakes on the Cleveland Centennial half dollar (reverse pictured) has been described as "nothing short of incomprehensible"?
... that Susan Bailey, a British specialist in child psychiatry, appeared as an expert witness in the James Bulger murder trial?
... that although Libya may have one of the world's biggest iron ore deposits in the Wadi ash-Shati', it is not mined because of its remote location?
... that Manuel de Irujo advocated an Iberian federation bringing together Spain, Portugal, the Basque Country and Catalonia?
... that Cut Like Wound is Indian novelist Anita Nair's first work of detective fiction?
... that Miss Massachusetts 2015, Meagan Fuller, earned a Master of Public Health degree from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine?
... that the small-eared pygmy rice rat is sometimes found on rafts of floating vegetation in the Paraguayan Chaco?
... that Korrie Layun Rampan, author of several hundred books, left an election commission to run in the election?

03:05, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Portrait of Kyra Vassiliki

... that Kyra Vassiliki (pictured), wife of the Ottoman ruler, Ali Pasha, was a member of the Greek patriotic organization, Filiki Eteria?
... that Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez made statements critical of ISIS before he shot and killed five U.S. military personnel in Chattanooga?
... that star campaigners in the 2008 Simaria Legislative Assembly seat by-election included Yashwant Sinha, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ajay Maken?
... that Vito Scaletta, the protagonist of Mafia II, will feature as one of the main characters in Mafia III?
... that Canadian football player Josh Aladenoye was released from the practice squad of the BC Lions, only to be re-signed and make his professional debut a week later?
... that during the mythological Battle of the Lacus Curtius, Romulus prayed to Jupiter and promised to devote a temple to him if his armies were victorious?
... that Raveena Tandon won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the 2001 drama film Daman?
... that sand cockroaches vary in colour according to what food they eat?

13 September 2015

15:20, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata

... that St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata (pictured), the largest in the city, was the first Episcopal Church of Asia and the first to be built in the overseas territory of the British Empire?
... that the Hawaiian chief William Keolaloa Sumner was considered a more popular choice for superintendent of the leper colony of Kalaupapa than Father Damien?
... that Bernard Sumner of the English post-punk band New Order described their 1985 song "Love Vigilantes" as "a redneck song"?
... that the joey of the allied rock-wallaby leaves the pouch at six to seven months and is fully weaned when nearly a year old?
... that at the 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue, Chinese general Wang Guanzhong accused Shinzō Abe and Chuck Hagel of provocation, in response to their criticism of China's actions in the South China Sea?
... that the Comoé National Park Research Station is one of the most modern field stations in Africa?
... that Wayne Rooney's goal against Macedonia in September 2003 made him the youngest-ever scorer for England, aged 17 years?
... that the purple flesh of the mushroom Cortinarius cyanites turns blood red when cut or bruised?

03:35, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Slippery jack

... that the slippery jack (pictured) can protect its host pine trees from copper and cadmium toxicity?
... that John Kevan McDowall, an ex-member of the Unionist Party, was a founding member of the Scottish National Party?
... that Public Health Reports was established in 1878 to meet the requirements of the National Quarantine Act, which required American consulates abroad to report on epidemic diseases?
... that in August 2015, David Denson became the first active baseball player affiliated with a Major League Baseball organization to publicly come out as gay?
... that the hoist of the Sainte Marie Coal Mine should have been used only during shaft mining, but was used after this, leading to the entrapment of five miners when it broke?
... that the pathogen load of Stony Run is nearly seven quadrillion organisms per month?
... that the British pharmacist Stafford Allen assisted Harriet Ann Jacobs as she led efforts to help ex-slaves after the American Civil War?
... that a Wolf was placed on the throne of Bosnia in 1366 and remained the official ruler for a year?

12 September 2015

15:50, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

HMS Rattlesnake

... that Charles Orlando Bridgeman commanded HMS Rattlesnake (pictured), and Talavera Anson kept the ship's log, while they were cruising the coast of Greece?
... that Australia-based Riot City Wrestling ran a Mexican-themed lucha libre event at the 2014 Adelaide Fringe Festival?
... that new names of Soviet origin included "Vilen" for V.I. Lenin, "Oktyabrina" for October Revolution, "Gertruda" for Hero of Labour and even "Barrikad"?
... that Vice Admiral Ma Faxiang of the Chinese Navy is believed to have committed suicide after being investigated for corruption?
... that in view of drowning incidents and hooliganism problems, security around India's Lower Manair Dam has been intensified?
... that the Netherlands was one of the first European countries to establish diplomatic relations with Singapore?
... that Upendra Nath Das was just 25 years old when he was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1977?
... that the mountain degu can obtain sufficient moisture from its food to satisfy its water requirements?

00:00, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Ken Giles

... that Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Ken Giles (pictured) routinely throws fastballs in excess of 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)?
... that the mining industry of Malawi is projected by its government to double its contribution to the country's GDP to 20 percent by 2023?
... that when it debuted in 1970, Allen Jones' work Hatstand, Table and Chair was met with furore by feminists?
... that the olive grass mouse lives in diverse habitats and is preyed on by owls, other birds and foxes?
... that Winnie the Pooh: Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood was the first Winnie the Pooh game to be released for a video game console?
... that the 1960 Kerala assembly elections were held as the central government dismissed the communist government even though they had the majority support within the assembly?
... that the 12 Yard Productions Guess This House and Hello Campers premiered on the same channel within hours of each other?
... that Lieutenant Edwin P. Ramsey led the last US cavalry charge in history and drove off a much larger Japanese infantry force in the Philippines during the early part of World War II?

11 September 2015

12:00, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Utica, New York

... that Utica, New York (pictured), was once larger than Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland?
... that Nabeel Qureshi made his feature film directorial debut with Na Maloom Afraad?
... that the Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances was formulated by Thomas Jefferson?
... that Until Dawn, a survival horror video game, has a game mechanic called "butterfly effect"?
... that future Member of Parliament Saul Bonnell was working locally as a physician on the day of one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history?
... that AVI Records was the second record label to use expanded grooves, after Motown?
... that York City F.C. and York City Knights RLFC are expected to move into the York Community Stadium in 2017?
... that before her death in police custody, activist Sandra Bland posted, "In the news that we've seen as of late, you could stand there, surrender to the cops, and still be killed"?

00:00, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Ecstasy tablets

... that "Devil Pray" is about Madonna's experience of taking drugs such as ecstasy (pictured)?
... that in 1921, the Province of Ravenna and the Province of Forlì-Cesena were both involved in the "column of fire" during the rise of Fascism in northern Italy?
... that Travis Tope passed on roles in The Gambler and November Criminals to star in the film Men, Women & Children?
... that the last use of capital punishment in Spain provoked international protests against the Spanish government, including the withdrawal of ambassadors and attacks on Spanish embassies?
... that Ruđina Balšić surrendered Budva to Venetians in 1419 and fled to Dubrovnik with the town's treasury?
... that one of the last smallpox quarantine hospitals in the UK was deliberately destroyed by fire in 1967?
... that as of 2011, the mining industry of Morocco was the world's third largest producer of phosphate?
... that Margaret of Bourbon stopped the Knights Templar from buying Champagne land?

10 September 2015

12:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Anthony Anderson

... that brothers Antonio and Anthony Anderson (pictured) both played for the Saint John Mill Rats in 2012?
... that Dabangg is the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2010?
... that before his recent death, Kyle Jean-Baptiste was the first African-American actor to portray Jean Valjean in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway?
... that the rosy thrush-tanager is shy and difficult to observe, but will respond to hearing a recording of its song played?
... that the first UK Album Downloads Chart number one of the 2000s was This New Day by the British band Embrace?
... that the first miner to be injured in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, was working near Coal Run?
... that the Scottish footballer Darren Brownlie was signed to Queen of the South by his former Cowdenbeath teammate James Fowler?
... that methyldiborane, dimethyldiborane, trimethyldiborane and tetramethyldiborane burst into flame on exposure to air?

00:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Black siskin

... that the black (pictured), thick-billed, and olivaceous siskins all live at high altitudes in South America?
... that Carden Wallace was in the team that discovered mass spawning on the Great Barrier Reef?
... that the United States Central Intelligence Agency deposed the democratically elected government of Guatemala in 1954?
... that the story of the People of the Ditch, mentioned in the Quran, occurred in 520 or 523 A.D in the time of Dhu Nuwas, the last Himyarite king?
... that more than 70% of all Mexican radio stations operate on the FM band?
... that Toni von Langsdorff was inspired to become a physician because of spinal tuberculosis, but was almost foiled by an ophthalmologist?
... that the success of Fascism in the province of Ferrara in 1921 set in motion its transformation into a major political movement?
... that in 1849, Captain William H. Warner led a survey party into the upper Pit River area of northeastern California, but was killed in an ambush just south of the Oregon border?

9 September 2015

12:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Cincinnati chili

... that Cincinnati chili (pictured) is not actually chili?
... that Sarah Spiegel has received continuous funding for nearly 20 years from the National Institutes of Health to research the S1P molecule, which she discovered?
... that a biochronology based on mammal fossils is defined for every continent except Antarctica?
... that Garrison Point Fort in Sheerness, Kent, is a rare example of a two-tiered casemated sea battery of the 1860s?
... that the British wheelchair basketball player Leah Evans launched a public appeal to raise funds for a new chair, which costs £3750?
... that the text of Bach's Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228, a motet for a double choir composed for a funeral, contains two verses by Isaiah that both begin with "Do not fear"?
... that according to Gerda Lerner, Holocaust victim Käthe Leichter "personifies the highest ideals of feminism"?
... that one reviewer said that Davis Cup Tennis might be worth buying only "if all available copies of Virtua Tennis and Mario Tennis suddenly vaporized"?

00:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Amelia Bence

... that Amelia Bence, an actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema, was born to Belarusian Jewish immigrants from Pinsk and Minsk?
... that the unsolved murder of Michael Nigg in Hollywood 20 years ago today may be related to the O. J. Simpson murder case?
... that the game Alphabear uses honey as a currency?
... that gridiron football fullback Matthew Rea was selected in the 2015 CFL Draft, despite playing only three games as a backup fullback in college?
... that if the water temperature rises too much, juvenile tri-spine horseshoe crabs bury themselves in the seabed and may become dormant?
... that Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa banning acquisition, development, and use of nuclear weapons?
... that the mining industry of Guinea ranks first in the world in bauxite reserves and sixth in the extraction of high-grade bauxite?
... that besieged in the city of Stade, the troops of Sir Charles Morgan survived by eating cats and dogs?

8 September 2015

12:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Shamokin Creek in Shamokin, Pennsylvania

... that in the early 1900s, Shamokin Creek (pictured) was said to be the worst stream in Pennsylvania's Coal Region?
... that mathematician Ed Posner wrote the University of Chicago's shortest doctoral thesis, only 26 pages long?
... that the Slovak National Council was created to act as the highest representative of the Slovak nation and evolved into the parliament of Slovakia?
... that the Australian rugby union player Jack Verge took six wickets for 20 runs playing cricket against Melbourne University?
... that the Sardinian Province of Medio Campidano contains the World Heritage Site of Su Nuraxi?
... that a calculus textbook by David J. Foulis was used as a prop in The Sure Thing?
... that Obsidian Entertainment almost developed a Snow White prequel and an Aliens role-playing video game?
... that in the order Blattodea, termites can be considered "eusocial, juvenilized cockroaches"?

00:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Rear Admiral Hoskins

... that U.S. Navy Captain John Hoskins (pictured), his foot severed by an explosion aboard USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, became first commander of the new USS Princeton (CV-37) the next year?
... that Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath was the first to take a five-wicket haul in a One Day International at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium?
... that "The Simpsons Guy", a 2014 crossover between The Simpsons and Family Guy, was described by one critic as a "blight on humanity itself"?
... that the Scottish footballer Omar Kader was signed by Alloa Athletic after playing against them in a play-off game for Forfar?
... that novelist Nuruddin Farah's sister died in a terrorist attack, similar to how a character dies in his then newly finished novel Hiding in Plain Sight?
... that in the three years since Xi Jinping became China's top leader, lieutenant general Yu Zhongfu has been appointed to three leadership positions in the military?
... that cave paintings in Puente Viesgo in northern Spain include a red disc which is believed to be over 40,000 years old?
... that Samuel L. M. Barlow I settled a dispute concerning a $1,600,000 contract to send arms to France?

7 September 2015

12:00, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Bull-leaping scene

... that the Hüseyindede vases (example pictured) are Early Hittite vases depicting festive activities, including bull-leaping?
... that a biography of the much-travelled Professor Josephine Tilden was titled "Algae of Acrimony"?
... that the flail space model models how a passenger will move in a collision with a roadside feature like a guardrail, since crash test dummies are not accurate in such cases?
... that Colla mac Báirid, King of Limerick, may have been a son of Bárid mac Ímair, King of Dublin?
... that the Chilean rock rat is found in monkey puzzle and southern beech forests in the high Andes?
... that gridiron football player Lemar Durant achieved both the single-game conference record for touchdowns and season conference record for catches in his first year with the Simon Fraser Clan?
... that the gold rush at Diabougou has made it the largest site of informal mining in Senegal?

00:00, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Banded butterflyfish

... that the banded butterflyfish (pictured) can act as a cleaner fish, removing parasites from other fish?
... that more than 50 years after being designated as one of the most unremunerative railway lines in Great Britain, part of the Waverley Route has been rebuilt as the Borders Railway?
... that Shaquille Murray-Lawrence ran the fastest 40-yard dash in CFL Combine history, but lost the record later that same event?
... that the Roman settlement of Castelseprio in the Province of Varese was destroyed by the House of Visconti in the thirteenth century?
... that television producer Anita Jacoby arranged the final media interview with fugitive Australian businessman Christopher Skase?
... that Kotaku's Patrick Klepek was at a loss for words to describe Sonic Dreams Collection?
... that in the United States, the right to privacy is located in the Constitution's penumbra?
... that Hedley Sparks, a Biblical scholar, was awarded a scholarship to Oxford University after he was the only person to show up to the exam?

6 September 2015

12:00, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

The Dawn of Love

... that The Dawn of Love (pictured) has been described as "one of the most unpardonable sins against taste"?
... that commercial director Gary Shore made his feature film directorial debut with Dracula Untold?
... that hundreds of thousands of artisanal miners are involved in gold mining in Sudan?
... that the consecration of the Bosnian Croat prelate Berislav Grgić as the first non-German leader of the world's northernmost Catholic bishopric took place in a Norwegian Protestant cathedral?
... that Quaker Run was historically "filled with trout", but now lacks fish life of any kind?
... that Bill Harvey was one of many British footballers denied unemployment benefit in the 1930s?
... that only a single stem of the fossil liverwort Notoscyphus balticus was used to describe the species?
... that because many girls at the Beth Rivkah school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, have the same first name, teachers call on them by their surnames?

00:00, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Lucille Farrier Stickel

... that Lucille Farrier Stickel (pictured) was the first woman to become director of a United States national research laboratory?
... that the long-clawed mole mouse leaves its burrow briefly to forage at night?
... that when Romanian headmaster Alexandru Lambrior was fired for political reasons, all but two of the teachers at his school resigned in protest within two days?
... that only the government of Tunisia is allowed to own the country's mines?
... that Ralph Townsend was described as "the most adamant and extreme of the voices in America defending Japanese policy"?
... that students at the University of San Diego created a law journal to encourage scholarship about "the world's transition to a climate-safe economy"?
... that plains in the Italian provinces of Pordenone and Udine have water rising through the ground in a zone of springs?
... that at different times in its history, West Chester, Pennsylvania, led the U.S. in production of peach trees and penicillin?

5 September 2015

12:00, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Panther Run

... that virtually all of the Panther Run (pictured) watershed is forested?
... that Kévin Malcuit was named by France Football magazine as the best outfield player in Ligue 2 for the 2014–15 season?
... that although the lilac-brown bolete is eaten in the Hengduan Mountains, it has reportedly poisoned people in New England?
... that Doris Cole wrote the first book on female architects from the United States?
... that Mary Kom won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment?
... that Turkish politician Mustafa Arif Deymer once said that certain events turned his country into a "gigantic slaughterhouse"?
... that harper by Harper's Bazaar is a resurrection of Harper's Bazaar's Junior Bazaar?
... that some hotels have made a Wi-Fi deauthentication attack on their guests' computers?

00:00, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Schloss Haimhausen

... that thousands of books from the Bavarian State Library were housed in the chapel of Schloss Haimhausen (pictured) during World War II?
... that the mining industry of Togo includes the production of over a million tons of clinker annually?
... that the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, meaning "the Great God of the Cave", is the largest and most ornate Hindu temple in the medieval temple group at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh?
... that Elizabeth Keawepoʻoʻole Sumner composed the Hawaiian love song Sanoe with Queen Liliuokalani, about a love affair in the Hawaiian royal court?
... that the Syllabical and Steganographical Table was the first cryptography chart ever made?
... that Holly Blanchard won Miss New Hampshire 2015, in part, with a dance and baton twirling routine?
... that the Brazilian guinea pig makes stacks of grass stems and has areas that it uses as latrines?
... that the footballer Adam Stansfield, who died in 2010, is featured on banknotes local to the English city of Exeter?

4 September 2015

12:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Trees in Malaysia displaying crown shyness

... that crown shyness (pictured) may occur between trees of different species?
... that General Song Puxuan commanded the elite 54th Group Army during the relief efforts of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake?
... that "Tracy's Theme" was written for The Philadelphia Story and released under a fictitious name?
... that Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim founded the new capital of Samarra to avoid clashes between his foreign troops and the populace of Baghdad?
... that a species of praying mantis broods its eggs, while another even cares for its young?
... that the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award is given out every year on India's Independence Day in honour of the 11th President of India?
... that during the history of the Province of Savona, the capital city and shipping in the port were destroyed several times by Genoa?
... that Bill Sweek had expected to be kicked off the UCLA basketball team, but Coach John Wooden played him days later when they won their record-setting third straight national championship?

00:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Vahida Maglajlić

... that the Yugoslav national hero Vahida Maglajlić (pictured) used her status as a Sharia judge's daughter to organize resistance against Fascist authorities during World War II?
... that the crimson fruitcrow is not a crow nor primarily a fruit-eater?
... that Mary Isenhour contributed to the campaigns of U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. and Pennsylvania Governors Ed Rendell and Tom Wolf, who all won their elections?
... that uses of Trout Run include a hatchery and a water supply for a city and a prison?
... that Grace Eldering, along with Pearl Kendrick, developed the first successful pertussis vaccine and large-scale controlled trial for it?
... that BBC One's 5-Star Family Reunion involves teams of four alternating between multiple-choice questions and quick-fire questions for four rounds?
... that the first Italian public balloon flight was organized by Count Andreani in Brugherio?
... that a New Jersey Forest Fire Service firewarden can summon any person aged 18 to 50 to assist in putting out wildfires—and it is against the law to refuse?

3 September 2015

12:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Cliff Palace

... that Cliff Palace (pictured) is the largest cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park, a World Heritage Site in Colorado?
... that Salvatore A. Cotillo was the first Italian-American to serve in both houses of the New York State Legislature and as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court?
... that the Province of Pavia was conquered by the Romans in 220 BCE?
... that Franz Ferdinand's fourth album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action was recorded in studios in Glasgow, London, and Stockholm?
... that Charlotte Hogg is the most senior woman in the Bank of England's history?
... that Adirondack Railway revived passenger train service between Utica and Lake Placid, New York for the 1980 Winter Olympics?
... that Derrick Morgan's "Moon Hop", later covered by Symarip, was written to commemorate the Apollo Lunar Module?
... that Miss Oregon Stephenie Steers wore a swimsuit and cap made from recycled bicycle tire inner tubes in the 2011 Miss America Parade?

00:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Perijá tapaculo

... that specimens of the Perijá tapaculo (pictured) were classified as being from four different bird species before being identified as a separate species?
... that South Carolina Circuit Court judge J.C. Nicholson is the presiding judge for the trial of Dylann Roof, even though he officially retired in 2009?
... that evidence of the first settlement of the Province of Pescara dates to 1500 BCE?
... that the Scottish footballer Colin Hamilton joined Heart of Midlothian as a teenager in 2009, alongside his younger brother Jack?
... that Freeze Out and Rebound are both summer replacements for The Chase?
... that in 2000 Ray Marcano became only the second black president of the Society of Professional Journalists in that organization's 91-year history?
... that Lowbridge House on the Lowbridge Estate was built in the cottage orné style?
... that the first edition of Romanian writer Calistrat Hogaș's collected works was destroyed because it contained too many typos, while nearly all copies of the second burned in a fire?

2 September 2015

12:00, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Wollaton Hall, Nottingham

... that in 1616 Ben Jonson described the prodigy houses (Wollaton Hall pictured) of his day as "proud, ambitious heaps", "built to envious show"?
... that former Saturday Night Live writer Neil Casey has just signed on to play a villainous role in the female-set Ghostbusters?
... that between 1995 and 1997, revenues from the mining industry of Uganda increased by about 48%?
... that one of goalkeeper Jimmy Whitehouse's 59 league appearances for Manchester United F.C. (then Newton Heath) was as an inside left?
... that the partnership between model aircraft company Airtronics and transmitter manufacturer Sanwa helped increase the former's annual profit from less than $1 million in 1983 to $8 million in 1989?
... that the black-chinned siskin is native to the southern tip of South America including Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands?
... that Jessica Goodman of Entertainment Weekly deemed "High by the Beach" to be Lana Del Rey's catchiest single yet?
... that Miss Oregon 2014 Rebecca Anderson wore shoes with tiny bicycles atop the laces at the Miss America 2015 "Show Us Your Shoes" parade?

00:00, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Kozarčanka

... that the World War II photograph Kozarčanka (pictured), showing a female Partisan, became iconic in Socialist Yugoslavia?
... that radio station WBCM-LP is a working exhibit inside The Birthplace of Country Music Museum?
... that James Robb and Clifford Lingen each scored a horrendous 9 on the 6th hole in the 1906 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club?
... that the capital city of the Province of Isernia was destroyed by an earthquake in 874, and its cathedral collapsed in another earthquake in 1805?
... that Yasir Jaswal made his feature film directing debut with 2015's Jalaibee?
... that the Elisha Atherton Coray Mill on Sutton Creek is listed on the Historic American Buildings Survey?
... that Sulayman Pasha al-Adil of Acre, who by 1810 was the Ottoman governor of the Sidon and Damascus provinces, presided over the world's last mamluk system?
... that Vine Street has seen erotic asphyxiation, libel charges by Oscar Wilde and a square on the British Monopoly board?

1 September 2015

12:00, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Close-up of the Birmingham Quran manuscript

... that the newly discovered Birmingham Quran manuscript (pictured) comprises fragments of an ancient Quran that may date to near Muhammad's lifetime?
... that Paul Bujor rose from modest beginnings to become a zoology professor, a published fiction author, a member of the Romanian Academy, and president of his country's Senate?
... that Thomson Plaza is one of the first public buildings in Singapore to be designed with barrier-free features?
... that at age 59, Miao Hua is the youngest full general in the Chinese military?
... that Ed Sheeran composed "One" on a guitar made of a whiskey barrel?
... that the unicoloured, pale-eyed, and chestnut-capped blackbirds are all found in marshy areas of South America?
... that Gerard Shelley defended Rasputin in December 1916 when most people were against him?
... that in one Lady's Magazine article printed in June 1775, a male doctor writes that women with red hair have "generally become the best breeders of the nation"?