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06:29, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the expansion of the New York Central Railroad isolated Main Street (houses pictured) in New Hamburg, New York while making Stone Street more accessible?
... that Czeslaw Lejewski, Polish philosopher and logician, who studied under Jan Lukasiewicz and Karl Popper, became one of the members of the Lwów-Warsaw School of Logic?
... that Margaret Kelly Leibovici, a French-Irish dancer, was interrogated by the Gestapo in occupied France?
... that 10,000 people were employed in the 1830s simply to build canals by the Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act?
... that the liberal Jewish Folksgrupe played an important role in the 1917 Russian Provisional Government, but only obtained around 1% of the Jewish votes the same year?
... that Court Avenue, Ohio, was the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete?
... that the Catedral de San Nicolás in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia was built because the original church was believed to have been possessed by evil spirits?
... that carotene can be used to alter the optical properties of carbon nanotubes?

00:18, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the Iraqi Army launched an offensive into Saudi Arabia on 29 January 1991, leading to the Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War (U.S. Marine artillery pictured)?
... that Ntare Mwine is a Ugandan-American actor, playwright and documentarian who has appeared in Heroes and interviewed Idi Amin's brother?
... that the Teatro del Silenzio is an open air amphitheatre in Italy which remains silent for 364 days of the year?
... that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has mandated a return to paper ballots after an extensive study as well as an experience with failing direct-recording electronic voting machines?
... that Swiss lawyer Georges Brunschvig was first to prove The Protocols of the Elders of Zion to be false in court?
... that Meinong's jungle is the name given to the ontological realm in which non-existent objects such as unicorns, square circles, and golden mountains subsist?
... that after Dale Earnhardt's first win, his crew chief Jake Elder said, "Stick with me, kid, and we'll win diamonds as big as horse turds"?

16:49, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
... that experiments have indicated that ruffed lemurs (pictured) can understand the outcome of simple arithmetic operations?
... that the death of Captain Henry T. Waskow in WWII was the subject of one of Ernie Pyle's most famous columns and the basis for the Oscar-nominated film The Story of G.I. Joe?
... that Borgarting Court of Appeal dates back to at least 1047, at the time organized as a thing?
... that Henry Compton ran away from home three times before his family finally accepted his wish to become an actor?
... that Cloudland Canyon State Park, situated on Lookout Mountain in Georgia, contains many unusual sandstone boulder formations?
... that the enmity between Tang Dynasty general Li Sheng and chancellor Zhang Yanshang began over a military prostitute?
... that during the 2007 Alum Rock earthquake, over 60,000 reports of the earthquake were received?
... that The New York Times moved in 1858 to a building at 41 Park Row, making it the first newspaper in New York City housed in a building built specifically for its use?

13:27, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Snuppy (pictured) is the world's first cloned dog?
... that, in his first season as a baseball player, Brian Barber's age of 22 was the youngest on an aging St. Louis Cardinals team?
... that a brutal rape of a Bengali child by her 35-year-old husband served as a catalyst for increasing the age of consummation to 12 in British India?
... that the media of the Mortal Kombat franchise not only includes the video game series which has sold 26 million copies but also two feature films, a television series, two books, and several comics books?
... that ripple can cause wavy lines on television pictures?
... that after serving in a number of battles of the American and French Revolutionary Wars, Captain Ralph Willett Miller was killed in an accidental explosion aboard his ship HMS Theseus?
... that impeachment in Norway was used six times in 1814–1845, but only twice since?
... that Tropical Storm Kirsten of 1966 did $35.18 million (2008 USD) in damages and caused heavy rain all the way to Phoenix, Arizona when it made landfall?
... that historic Sleddale Hall, the filming location for Crow Crag in the 1986 cult film Withnail and I is derelict and has faced demolition in the past?

03:04, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Filipino proverbs were grouped into six categories by Damiana Eugenio, a professor and author known as the Mother of Philippine Folklore (sample myth pictured)?
... that offset agreements are one of the methods used to ensure a country's balance of trade?
... that after being rejected from HaShomer, a Jewish defense organization in Ottoman Palestine, Yosef Lishansky founded a rival group called HaMagen, operating in the south of the country?
... that Our Man Higgins, a 1962–1963 ABC sitcom, featured Stanley Holloway of My Fair Lady as an emphatic English butler to a suburban American family?
... that Zola Maseko was the first South African filmmaker to receive the top prize at FESPACO, the Golden Stallion of Yennenga, in 2005?
... that when the Church of St Demetrius was built in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, a rumour was spread that the saint would come to the city?
... that Rettamalai Srinivasan, Dalit leader from the Madras Presidency, was a brother-in-law of famous Dalit activist Iyothee Thass?
... that County Route 41 in Onondaga County, New York, was once part of two state highways and one turnpike?
... that Franciszek and Magdalena Banasiewicz, Polish Righteous among the Nations, hid 15 Jews on their farm during World War II undeterred by public execution of their Ghetto liaison?

21:38, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Queen Victoria wore the George III Tiara, part of Elizabeth II's jewel collection, while being painted in Franz Xaver Winterhalter's The First of May (pictured)?
... that over 3,000 Nebraskans participated in the American Civil War, though only 35 were killed in action?
... that Orson Welles originally planned to end his film Don Quixote by having Don Quixote and Sancho Panza survive an atomic cataclysm?
... that Dipor Bil reportedly provides its natural resources for the livelihood of 14 indigenous villages (1,200 families) located in its wetland ecosystem in Assam, India?
... that the Alice Springs Reptile Centre has the largest collection of reptiles in the Northern Territory, and has twice had its animals attacked by humans?
... that Ensign O'Toole, a 1962–1963 NBC military comedy series starring Dean Jones, was filmed aboard the USS Frank E. Evans, which was thereafter destroyed following a collision?
... that Bruce Voeller coined the term "acquired immune deficiency syndrome"?
... that Kazakhstan and Turkey have sought to promote closer bilateral relations and foster close ties between Turkic nations of Central Asia?
... that all U.S. Presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan ordered glassware from Fostoria Glass Company of Moundsville, West Virginia?

13:18, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the wool used in the uniforms of the Confederate military (pictured) caused many Confederate soldiers to suffer from heatstrokes on long marches?
... that "The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1969?
... that Jason Dozzell is the youngest player to have scored in the Football League First Division when he scored for Ipswich Town aged 16 years and 57 days?
... that growing relations between Kazakhstan and People's Republic of China help China avert the establishment of U.S. military bases in Kazakhstan and harness its oil resources?
... that alternative rock band The Strokes has been nominated for Best International Band three times from the NME Awards, winning it in 2006?
... that the Palestinian village of Nabi Samwil, near Jerusalem, is regarded by Muslims, Jews and Christians alike as a holy site for containing the tomb of Samuel?
... that protests at the 2002 meeting of the World Bank in Oslo, Norway saw the police prepare for large riots, but turned out to be peaceful?
... that the Amrita Club is one of only two brick Colonial Revival buildings in Poughkeepsie, New York?

07:48, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Solna Church (altar pictured), a round church in Stockholm from the late 12th century, was originally built for defense purposes?
... that cancer specialist Julian Aleksandrowicz, a Polish Jew, joined Polish resistance Armia Krajowa after being aided in the Kraków ghetto by one of the Polish Righteous?
... that former places of worship in Brighton and Hove, England, have been converted into a pub, a screen-printing factory, an art gallery and a sheltered housing complex, among other things?
... that Pre-Raphaelite English artist John Wharlton Bunney painted a picture including the entire western facade of St. Mark's Basilica over six hundred early morning sessions?
... that both the first forensic pathologist and the first female pediatrician in Maine used to live in the Skolfield-Whittier House, now a museum in Brunswick, Maine?
... that Alfred Philippe Roll was the French government's official painter?

02:27, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles include Ray Charles' recording studio, a stadium that hosted two Summer Olympics (pictured), and an early home of the Oscar ceremonies?
... that until the 1990s, the Short-beaked Common Dolphin and the Long-beaked Common Dolphin were considered the same species?
... that mountaineer William Woodman Graham had to abandon an expedition to Kanchenjunga when a porter accidentally burned his boots?
... that the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution sparked army mutinies in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika?
... that Olivia Colman bonded the cast of Beautiful People by arranging a visit from a mobile blood donor unit?
... that the dumbbell-shaped devices commonly seen on overhead power lines are Stockbridge dampers, used to suppress wind-induced vibrations?
... that the Jewish Socialist Workers Party in the Russian Empire mobilized 3,000 of its cadres in self-defense militias during 1906?
... that footballer Peter Stringfellow suffered a dramatic decline in form, which ultimately ended his professional career, after being involved in a car crash in which a team-mate died?

20:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
... that in 2000, an ammonia discharge into a tributary of the River Clun (pictured) in Wales killed its entire population of European bullheads?
... that after his son was murdered during a study abroad program, entrepreneur Tom Petters formed a foundation to provide endowments that would benefit future students at several universities?
... that the first person to learn what is in the United Kingdom Budget, presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Budget Day, is the Queen?
... that South Liberty Street in Poughkeepsie, New York, was renamed Garfield Place after the assassination of U.S. President James A. Garfield?
... that the Celts were animists who believed that all aspects of the natural world contained spirits?
... that New Zealand Police Commissioner Howard Broad successfully completed rewriting the policing law and the introduction of tasers to the New Zealand Police?
... that Spiraea japonica, an invasive plant native to East Asia, was introduced in the United States as an ornamental plant?
... that unique versions of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poems "Mont Blanc" and "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" were rediscovered in a notebook 160 years after they were originally composed?

14:39, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Marguerite Sylva (pictured) modestly told W. S. Gilbert at her sister's audition that she "sang a little" and, after demonstrating, was offered a part?
... that France has strengthened bilateral ties with India by signing agreements allowing it to purchase French-made nuclear reactors, the Mirage 2000 fighters, and the Scorpène submarines?
... that despite a 600-year long tradition of being the back garden of the Zagreb cathedral, the Ribnjak neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia is a focal point of gang violence in the city?
... that Horatio Nelson called the captains who fought with him at the Battle of the Nile his "Band of Brothers"?
... that Georgia Tech professor Jeff S. Shamma and his MIT Ph.D. advisor Michael Athans both received the Donald P. Eckman Award, one of the most prestigious awards in control theory?
... that All Saints' Church, Childwall is the only medieval church in the metropolitan borough of Liverpool, England?
... that American singer Becca provided the closing theme "I'm Alive!" for the episodes of the 2008 Japanese anime Kuroshitsuji?
... that Friston Windmill is the tallest surviving post mill in the United Kingdom?

08:41, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Renaissance woodcuts by Hans Wechtlin (example pictured) cover both the chivalric ideal of war and graphic details of war wounds?
... that Ronn Reynolds spent parts of six seasons as a Major League Baseball catcher, despite a career batting average of just .188?
... that the 1943 German Donbas Operations led to the destruction of 52 Soviet divisions, and the recapture of the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod from the Red Army?
... that Tang Dynasty general Li Huaiguang saved Fengtian, where Emperor Dezong of Tang was at the time, from falling to the rebel Zhu Ci?
... that the only print of Orson Welles' 1938 film Too Much Johnson was destroyed in a 1971 fire at Welles' home outside of Madrid, Spain?
... that army officer and M.P. William Hacket Pain was involved in planning and organising the Larne Gun Running operation, which helped to arm the Ulster Volunteers during the Home Rule crisis of 1912?

02:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Welsh politician David Lloyd George (pictured) said that he would prize no honour more highly than his Honorary Fellowship of Jesus College, Oxford?
... that Haruka Tomatsu, who provides two pieces of theme music for the episodes of the Kannagi anime, is also the seiyū of one of the series' titular characters, Nagi?
... that William Tresham was elected as a Knight of the Shire for 12 successive parliaments?
... that Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy, an Australian domestic science college for women, was officially opened on April 27, 1927 by Her Royal Highness Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon?
... that William Trueheart was the acting U.S. ambassador to Saigon during the Vietnam Conflict, because his superior, Frederick Nolting, wanted a break from duties?
... that cold weather kept the Montreal Expos on the road for their first 19 Opening Day games, until 1988 when Dennis Martínez became the starting pitcher of the team's first opening day home game?

20:36, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the Fiji government claims the entire U.S. zoo population of Fiji Banded Iguanas (pictured) are descended from illegally smuggled animals?
... that Empress Wang, the wife of Emperor Dezong of Tang, was empress for only three days prior to her death in 786 AD?
... that the Universal Edit Button is a Firefox add on supported by many websites that informs users when the web page they are viewing contains editable content?
... that Sir Davidge Gould, who served during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, was promoted to the rank of Admiral in 1825?
... that the Australian hard rock band AC/DC has never won a Grammy Award despite receiving four nominations during their career?
... that Framsden Windmill was raised by 18 feet (5.5 m) in 1836, and worked for another 100 years?
... that the replacement of stale chewing gum, by a sales representative, led to the U.S. Supreme Court case of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.?
... that Bob McLean, who is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, also played first-class cricket and scored a double century in the Sheffield Shield?

14:59, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the pre-Columbian ruins of Dainzú are distinguished by their gallery of bas-reliefs representing ball-players (pictured)?
... that the power of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana was once so great its Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson claimed "I am the law in Indiana"?
... that before he became Chief Scout of South Africa, Nkwenkwe Nkomo was an anti-apartheid activist who was imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela?
... that in Saskatchewan, Oban was known for having the last Interlocking tower at the CNR and CPR level crossing, until it was closed in 1990?
... that Jock Wilson, who died at the age of 105 in September 2008, was Great Britain's oldest D-Day veteran?
... that India has supported Kazakhstan's bid to create a Caspian Sea naval fleet despite Russia's opposition?
... that Carson Parks, who wrote the hit song "Somethin' Stupid", was the brother of Beach Boys' collaborator Van Dyke Parks?
... that Dick Trickle, billed as the winningest short track driver in history, won his first race outside of his home region at the 1966 National Short Track Championships at Rockford Speedway?

06:46, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
... that St George's Church, Everton (pictured) and St Michael's Church, Aigburth were two of the three churches in Liverpool built by John Cragg which contained many cast iron components?
... that Jasper Goodwill, later a mayor in Louisiana, was given the middle initial "K" by the U.S. Army during World War I as a way to enhance identification of the soldiers?
... that the Tugboat Spence and its barge Guantanamo Bay Express deliver cargo twice-monthly from Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba?
... that during the World War II, English footballer Jimmy Boswell served in the same army unit as four other future Gillingham F.C. players?
... that the day that British East India Company acquired a sliver of land to build Fort St. George is celebrated as Madras Day in Madras, India?
... that the Victorian painter William Shakespeare Burton was said to have dug a hole in the ground to stand in, so that he could paint the grass and ferns at eye level?
... that Zac Brown Band's single "Chicken Fried" was previously recorded by The Lost Trailers, whose version was withdrawn after Brown changed his mind about licensing the song to that record label?
... that Georg J. Lober′s sculpture of Hans Christian Andersen in New York City's Central Park was funded in part by contributions from Danish and American schoolchildren?

01:34, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the MIM-46 Mauler (pictured) was the first in a long string of failed attempts to add armored anti-aircraft missile systems into the US Army?
... that despite being of common birth, the marriage of Falkes de Breauté made him "the equal of an earl"?
... that Germany helped India establish the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and their bilateral trade is expected to reach €30 billion by 2010?
... that John Harber Phillips, the legal counsel who defended Lindy Chamberlain, later became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia?
... that the Bain Commercial Building is the only intact Second Empire-style building in Wappingers Falls, New York?
... that the penitential tone of John Audelay's poetry may have been influenced by his sense of responsibility for his lord's involvement in a fatal brawl?
... that Spain, which placed second at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Su canción", was rumored to have given high marks to a competitor so it would not have to host the contest the following year?
... that Dave Levine, the president of an e-commerce company, was featured in the inaugural episode of Millionaire Matchmaker where he described the type of wife he sought?

18:23, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
... that after the 1985 Mexico City earthquake (destroyed building pictured), a number of infants were safely rescued from the Juárez Hospital despite being without food and water for seven days?
... that Australian politician Charlie Lynn held the New South Wales 24-hour Ultra Marathon record in 1985 and 1986?
... that the 2008 teen comedy film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was Lorene Scafaria's ninth screenplay but first novel adaptation?
... that unlike their peers in other Australian states, physiotherapists in New South Wales are subject to discipline by a special Physiotherapists Tribunal?
... that having lost his father early, Norwegian Parliament member Nils Landmark was raised by Jens Stub, a founding father of the Norwegian Constitution?
... that among Connecticut's contributions to the American Civil War are the Henry rifle and the song "Marching Through Georgia"?
... that the British late night satire show Up Sunday was described by one of the cast members as "aimed at dirty-minded insomniacs"?
... that John J. Leonard, a professor at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, developed a vision-based simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm for mapping the RMS Titanic?

13:17, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Neel Kashkari (pictured), six years after completing his MBA, was put in charge of the $700 billion U.S. Government bailout of financial institutions?
... that Arya Samaj spearheaded the 19th-century cow protection movement, Hindu opposition to Muslim cow sacrifice, leading to violent riots spreading all across India?
... that Arthur Wimperis, after a career as a songwriter and librettist for British musical comedies, became an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in Hollywood, surviving a torpedo attack to get there?
... that pollution has risen in the Sundarijal reservoir in Nepal due to large numbers of tourists who crowd the area every weekend?
... that Queensland lawyer Mostyn Hanger said it was "a chore" to be Chief Justice?
... that the SS Schenectady, an oil tanker, broke in two while sitting at the dock in calm weather?
... that the 5th-century Palace of Lausus in Constantinople housed a vast collection of classical statues, including that of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
... that Jack Montgomery, a Louisiana state senator from 1968 to 1972, was preceded and succeeded in the post by Harold Montgomery, and they were unrelated?

06:14, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
... that after the standardisation of the German Shepherd Dog, other herding dogs in Germany became known as Old German Shepherd Dogs which is now the name given to a rare modern breed (pictured)?
... that Tam Spiva, from a family of small-town newspaper publishers, wrote scripts for such television series as The Brady Bunch and Gentle Ben?
... that the Japanese manga Black God was created by a manhwa team of Koreans who do not know the Japanese language?
... that the Oregon State Bar was the first bar association in the U.S. to provide complete access to all attorney records it keeps, but only after a lawsuit?
... that Ole Hovelsen Mustad, namesake of the company O. Mustad & Son, also served one term in the Norwegian Parliament?
... that King's Mill on the River Trent was used to grind flints for the pottery industry?
... that Swaminarayan's biography, Satsangi Jeevan, comprises of 19,387 Shlokas among 360 chapters, in 5 volumes?
... that virologist Harald zur Hausen is recipient of both the Gairdner Foundation International Award and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008?

00:00, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
... that on Jackie Robinson Day of 2007, more than 200 baseball players wore number 42 in honor of the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's (pictured) major league debut?
... that Kang Hye-jeong made her feature film debut in the 2001 science fiction film Nabi, winning Best Actress at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival?
... that the Art Building is the third oldest building at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, but has been on campus longer than all but one other building?
... that Captain William Mounsey, in command of the much smaller HMS Bonne Citoyenne, captured a frigate and later commanded her as HMS Furieuse?
... that Tropical Storm Karina is currently the shortest-lived storm in the 2008 Pacific hurricane season?
... that Tang Dynasty chancellor Chang Gun was demoted over Emperor Dezong's erroneous belief that Chang had falsified signatures from his colleagues Guo Ziyi and Zhu Ci?
... that Future Primitive and Other Essays by anarcho-primitivist philosopher John Zerzan is regarded as an underground classic by anarchists and technophobes alike?

17:40, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the 1962–1963 CBS sitcom The New Loretta Young Show (Loretta Young pictured) introduced audiences to later stars Dack Rambo and Ted Knight?
... that Cubbon Park in Bangalore, India, has indigenous and exotic botanical species of 68 genera and 96 species with about 6,000 plants?
... that Bolivian Mollo culture drinking cups included a built-in straw?
... that Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf is a C.P.A. and lawyer whose first job assignment was the delinquency of then-owner of the White Sox Bill Veeck?
... that in Shinto, a gongen represents a manifestation of a buddha from India to guide the Japanese people to salvation?
... that two companies with the name Oregon Central Railroad both claimed the same federal land grants?
... that Tang Dynasty official Yang Wan declined a customary stipend as a senior official of his rank and distributed the stipend to his colleagues?
... that Eduardo Galeano's 1978 revolutionary chronicle Days and Nights of Love and War inspired anarchist collective CrimethInc. to write their manifesto Days of War, Nights of Love 22 years later?

12:07, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
... that art historian George Kubler declared The Wrestler (pictured), an ancient Olmec statuette, "among the great works of sculpture of all ages"?
... that Nicholas Carr wrote a controversial article titled "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic Monthly?
... that South African Jean-Michel d'Avray played football in England and Holland before becoming the last ever National Soccer League Coach of the Year in Australia?
... that M-67, a state highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has remained essentially unchanged but the highways connecting to it have changed three times since 1919?
... that Jens Landmark, Norwegian Lieutenant Colonel and director of Kongsberg Weapons Factory, also served three terms in the Norwegian Parliament?
... that Julie Couillard's memoir My Story reveals confidential opinions that Canadian member of Parliament Maxime Bernier allegedly shared with her and was released eight days before Bernier is seeking re-election?
... that architect Sidney Eisenshtat designed a futuristic synagogue that was later a filming location for the 1991 film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country?

05:24, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
... that before Charles Aitken installed electric lighting, the Tate Gallery (pictured) was cleared of visitors on dark and foggy days?
... that anyone who has loaned or borrowed money has participated in the hypothetical loanable funds market that brings savers and borrowers together?
... that the Welsh inventor Edwin Stevens devised the world's first wearable electronic hearing aid?
... that the Zionist Socialist Workers Party broke with the World Zionist Organization after the 1905 WZO congress had rejected the proposal to resettle Jews in East Africa?
... that an oil painting by Ryūsei Kishida was auctioned for 7.731 billion yen, the highest price ever achieved for a Japanese painting?
... that MTA Regional Bus Operations consolidates all bus operations formerly maintained by MTA New York City Bus, MTA Long Island Bus, and MTA Bus?
... that Hungarian István Réti travelled to Turin, to paint 1848 revolutionary Lajos Kossuth, who had died there recently?
... that the plesiosaur Bathyspondylus was first described in 1982 from a specimen collected in 1774?
... that William Long, Minister of Home Affairs in Northern Ireland at the start of The Troubles, later became the skipper of a fishing boat?
... that only a few English churches celebrate the ancient custom of "clipping the church"?
... that Ontario has more universities, with 22, than any other Canadian province?

23:15, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the Fiji Crested Iguana (pictured) was discovered when a scientist saw the lizard in the 1980 film Blue Lagoon?
... that Clarence D. Wiley, already a 40-year public official in Louisiana, was to have joined his parish governing council when he died in 1976 of a sudden stroke?
... that the 2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election campaign saw candidates bathing in a canal and punching a journalist?
... that as Israeli military governor of the Gaza Strip, Yitzhak Pundak planned to relocate the Palestinian refugees there to a new city in the Sinai Peninsula, but met with opposition from Ariel Sharon?
... that unlike other Dutch Colonial stone houses in the Hudson Valley, the Wynkoop House has no stone with the builder's initials?
... that Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz studied economics at Harvard University for two years before moving to Palo Alto, California to work on Facebook full-time?

13:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
... that juvenile and adult Novaculichthys taeniourus (pictured) are so different in appearance they have distinct common names?
... that in 1793, Admiral John Gell captured a Spanish ship that contained two million dollars and goods worth over 200,000 pounds?
... that Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, a district of Berne, Switzerland, contains rural hamlets, Baroque estates and modernist highrise satellite towns?
... that One Night the Moon, a 2001 Australian film depicting the search for a missing child, was inspired by indigenous police tracker Alex Riley's work in the 1930s?
... that Tang Dynasty chancellor Du Hongjian, immediately prior to his death, undertook tonsure and formally became a Buddhist monk?
... that according to a survey by Reader's Digest, the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is New Zealand's second most trusted charity?
... that Owen Thomas, managing editor of New York City-based gossip and news blog Valleywag, writes most of the website's articles?

07:43, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the 6th-century Archangel ivory (pictured), depicting the archangel Michael holding a sceptre and imperial orb, is the largest surviving Byzantine ivory carving?
... that the National Debt Clock in Manhattan ran out of digits on 30 September 2008, when the United States public debt passed the $10 trillion mark?
... that a medallion awarded by the city of Hamburg to honor "those—both Jewish and non-Jewish—who have contributed to Jewish life in Germany" is named for the Jewish First Mayor Herbert Weichmann?
... that Orson Welles took the role of Hastler in his 1962 film The Trial after comic actor Jackie Gleason turned down the part?
... that, as a teenager, American Civil War Confederate brigadier general Richard Waterhouse ran away from home to fight in the Mexican–American War?
... that presenters Jay Burridge and Mark Speight created all of the art projects for the children's television show SMart?

01:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Manasbal Lake (pictured), with the sobriquet "the supreme gem of all Kashmir Lakes", is the deepest lake in the Kashmir valley?
... that after Captain George Blagdon Westcott was killed at the Battle of the Nile, Horatio Nelson gave his own medal from the battle to Westcott's family?
... that Jack Womack's 2000 alternate history novel Going, Going, Gone is set in two converging parallel versions of New York?
... that Baltic Finns are considered to be among the early indigenous inhabitants of Europe according to the Settlement Continuity Theory?
... that Hulk Hogan lost the WWF Championship at King of the Ring 1993 after a ringside photographer's camera exploded in Hogan's face?
... that the constitution of Cyprus broke down in 1963 when Turkish Cypriots withdrew from the government?
... that the Adriatic LNG terminal is the world's first offshore liquid natural gas terminal?
... that Norwegian piano manufacturer Karl Hals was also active in politics for the Conservative Party?
... that British National (Overseas) was a British nationality specially created for British Dependent Territories citizens of Hong Kong in 1985?

17:16, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
... that marine loading arms (pictured) are used to safely and efficiently move liquids between tankships and cargo terminals?
... that English footballer Glen Thomas came close to losing an eye in 1996 when he stumbled into a tree during a training session and was hit in the face by a branch?
... that after six years as Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Mary Schiavo wrote Flying Blind, Flying Safe, a book critical of air safety practices at the Federal Aviation Administration?
... that in 2007, the New Zealand initiative eDay saw 415 tonnes (915,000 lb) of electronic waste collected?
... that British WWII prisoner of war John Fancy dug eight tunnels with a table knife and escaped a total of 16 times, but was always recaptured?
... that Adobe Systems made its largest acquisition ever by purchasing rival company Macromedia for over US$3.5 billion?
... that the upcoming film Sherlock Holmes revolves around Holmes and Watson, played by Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, stopping a conspiracy to destroy Britain?
... that Modernisme architect Enrique Nieto not only designed the main synagogue in Melilla, but also the Central Mosque and several Catholic church buildings?

11:17, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Irving Berlin wrote the song "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" while serving in the United States Army during World War I?
... that Tate gallery director Sir Norman Reid was the son of a shoemaker?
... that alpine Lake Wakatipu has a unit of the Royal New Zealand Coastguard?
... that Hurricane Rosa caused 100-year floods at 19 locations in Texas?
... that analgesic nephropathy was a major cause of kidney failure until the analgesic drug phenacetin was banned from markets?
... that the medieval motet Sub Arturo plebs has the name of its composer along with those of 14 fellow musicians, plus instructions on how to perform the piece, written into its own lyrics?
... that the House character Detective Michael Tritter has been compared to Inspector Javert in Les Misérables?
... that Nonghyup, the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation of South Korea, provides 48 percent of the country's rural food marketing?
... that General William C. Chase was awarded the Bronze Star for his successful defense against Japanese counterattacks during the Admiralty Islands campaign in World War II?

07:42, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
... that evidence indicates that the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (pictured) may be more closely related to the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin than to the Common Bottlenose Dolphin?
... that Hans Prydz came to Nittedal as a physician, but eventually served as mayor of that municipality as well as representing the district in the Norwegian Parliament?
... that a retired teacher Simon Vega operates the "Little Graceland" museum in Los Fresnos near Brownsville, Texas as a tribute to his Army buddy Elvis Presley?
... that BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme The Media Show, which looks at the current state of the media, is seen as a replacement to The Message, a similar programme axed by the BBC earlier in 2008?
... that only twelve examples survive of the Bosom of Abraham Trinity, a uniquely English subject in late medieval religious art?
... that the 106-kilometre (66 mi) Voss Line was converted from narrow to standard gauge in one night?
... that Norwegian Parliament member and priest Søren Georg Abel was the father of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel?
... that after Moscow mayor Nikolay Alekseyev was mortally wounded by an insane gunman, he bequeathed 300,000 rubles of his personal money to a psychiatric hospital he had built?
... that Charles Frederick Holder invented the sport of big-game fishing and was also a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses?

22:13, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
... that some hermaphrodite snails and slugs pierce each other with love darts (pictured) during mating?
... that one of John Romney's etchings which sold well was of The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bridge Accident which occurred in 1847?
... that Nintendo plans to release a revised model of the Nintendo DS Lite handheld game console called the Nintendo DSi, with two built-in cameras?
... that Krishnammal Jagannathan, one of this year's winners of the Right Livelihood Award, began her struggle for the rights of the landless after an incident in which 44 people were burnt alive by landlords?
... that Legacy Meridian Park Hospital in Tualatin, Oregon, was built when the city had only 750 residents?
... that, when Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei was set to be punished for having joined the rebel state Yan under duress, his brother Wang Jin successfully interceded for him by offering to resign as an imperial official?
... that the Egyptian Geological Museum, established in Cairo in 1904, was the first of its kind in Africa?
... that although Carl Emil Krarup was originally a civil engineer, he was responsible for the first ever continuously loaded submarine telecommunication cable?
... that the publication of his Striking and Picturesque Delineations of the Grand, Beautiful, Wonderful, and Interesting Scenery Around Loch-Earn led to Angus McDiarmid being called "the world's worst author"?

09:49, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
... that British activist Emmeline Pankhurst (pictured) once slapped a police officer so she would get arrested to raise awareness about the need for women's suffrage?
... that the website Techmeme, created by Gabe Rivera, searches for the most popular technology-related news on the Internet and orders them based on an algorithm that determines popularity?
... that a 1989 Samsung commercial began the late South Korean actress Choi Jin-sil's path to stardom?
... that the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has 11 universities, including the University of King's College, the oldest university in British North America?
... that at Henry Parkyns Hoppner's court martial, he received "no blame whatever" for his actions while commanding the HMS Fury, ice-damaged and left on Somerset Island in 1825?
... that according to Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson's poem "Hay and Hell and Booligal", the town of Booligal, New South Wales is regarded as being worse than Hell?
... that former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood holds the record for the biggest-selling American Idol album?
... that the Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV. in England and the Finall Recouerye of His Kingdomes from Henry VI. A.D. M.CCCC.LXXI is considered the most reliable source for those events?

02:24, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Minthorn Hall (pictured) in Newberg, Oregon, is the oldest building on the campus of George Fox University?
... that Nic Waal, who rescued Jewish children in Norway from the Holocaust, started her own institute for pediatric psychiatry when turned down for a job because her appearance was too messy?
... that Meralco's John F. Cotton Corporate Wellness Center was the first implementation of a corporate wellness program in the Philippines?
... that after Robert Bealknap offended the people of London before the coronation of Richard II they placed a model of his head on a water fountain so that it would vomit wine when the king walked past?
... that the Nerepis River in New Brunswick was exposed to dioxins from the use of Agent Orange and Agent Purple during secret tests in 1966 and 1967?
... that Mexico's largest pawnbroker, Nacional Monte de Piedad, is legally recognized as a charity?
... that in 1967, Ray Miller, a Houston news director, hired future U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as the first female television journalist in Texas?

20:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Hannikel (pictured), today a character of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival, was a 18th-century robber and murderer in Württemberg, Southern Germany?
... that the existence of a Stroke Belt in the southeastern United States was recognized as early as 1962, but the causes of high stroke incidence in this region have not been determined?
... that 1970 Italian crime thriller film Città violenta was only picked up for distribution in the United States after the success of Death Wish established star Charles Bronson as a leading man?
... that the outback town of Tilpa, New South Wales claims to have the only cemetery in Australia with no burials?
... that Bob Miller, signed as a "bonus baby" by the Detroit Tigers, was the youngest of three 17-year-olds to play in Major League Baseball in the 1953 season?
... that Eelam, a Tamil name for Sri Lanka, could also mean toddy, spurge, or gold?
... that the St. John's Lodge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is one of the oldest continuously operating Masonic Lodges in the Americas?
... that during the Catalonian Civil War, three different pretenders were proclaimed against John II of Aragon?

09:50, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
... that noise rock band Jucifer's L'Autrichienne is a concept album about Marie Antoinette (pictured)?
... that Sir Trevor Williams of Llangybi in Wales changed sides between Royalists and Parliamentarians four times in the English Civil War, before being imprisoned for the crime of scandalum magnatum?
... that Typhoon Jangmi was upgraded to a category five super typhoon by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center?
... that architect Stiff Leadbetter's house Elvills was the first completely new house of the Georgian Gothic revival in England?
... that upcoming film The Marc Pease Experience has been dubbed "the next Rushmore" as the two films share both similar character traits and Jason Schwartzman in the lead role?
... that the song "Steal My Sunshine" by Len was almost not released because its master recording was hidden under the producer's bed?
... that the Campbell's Covered Bridge, built in 1909, is the last remaining covered bridge in South Carolina?
... that Matthew T. Mason, a professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, developed the first origami-folding robot in 2004?

04:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Martin Luther compared images of the Virgin of Mercy (example pictured) to "a hen with her chicks"?
... that the United States Academic Decathlon National Championships have featured teams from Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Northern Ireland and Brazil?
... that in addition to teaching underprivileged youth, Giovanni Buscaglione designed such architectural works as Colombia's Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Carmen?
... that the butterfly Argynnis hyperbius has been threatened in New South Wales by the draining of swamps containing its natural foodplant Viola betonicifolia?
... that the Tang Dynasty chancellor Liu Yan had, as a child, impressed Emperor Xuanzong of Tang by writing a song dedicated to his sacrifices at Mount Tai?
... that after Milt Davis was rejected by the Detroit Lions because they did not have a black roommate for him, Davis won two championships in four seasons with the Baltimore Colts?

22:19, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the colorful kkachi durumagi (pictured) evokes the good fortune associated with the magpie in Korean folklore?
... that Quentin Tarantino, a longtime fan of Australian cinema, helped put together 2008 documentary film Not Quite Hollywood, examining the "Ozploitation" B movies of the 1970s–'80s Australian New Wave?
... that Bogdan Saltanov, the court artist of Tsar Alexis I of Russia, was born in Persia and granted Russian nobility eight years after arrival to Moscow?
... that Drinkstone Post Mill is the oldest surviving windmill in Suffolk, England, having been built in 1689?
... that comedian and actor Asi Cohen performed in Mesudarim, an Israeli television show purchased by the Fox Entertainment Group?
... that Roy Oswalt has been the starting pitcher on six consecutive Opening Days for the Houston Astros from 2003 to 2008?
... that after Li Xilie, who had rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, grew ill after eating beef, his general Chen Xianqi induced his physician to poison him to death?
... that the 2004 Cairns Tilt Train derailment was the result of excessive speed which may have been caused by the driver leaving his seat?
... that the LoPresti Fury sports plane was built based on the design of aeronautical engineer Roy LoPresti?

15:12, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
... that George Orwell interpreted the lyrics of "Ain't We Got Fun?" (listen) as representative of post-World War I working class unrest?
... that Anastasiu di Iaci wrote Vinuta di lu re Iapicu in Catania shortly after 1287, making it one of the earliest narrative sources for the War of the Vespers?
... that, according to Afrikaner nationalistic ideology, Afrikaners were seen as a chosen people?
... that Reuben Noble-Lazarus became the youngest footballer in the Football League when he came on as a substitute in Barnsley's 3–0 defeat to Ipswich Town in 2008?
... that the distinctive rustic porch trim of the Fish and Fur Club in Nelsonville, New York, which earned it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, has since been replaced?
... that while his father-in-law, brother and son were national politicians, Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen concentrated on entrepreneurship, establishing the railway car factory Strømmens Værksted?
... that southern African vine Acetosa sagittata is a weed in Australia and New Zealand, and may smother vegetation it grows upon?
... that Tove Strand, Norwegian government minister in 1986–1989 and 1990–1992, was formerly married to fellow Labour Party politician Rune Gerhardsen?

08:57, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the Obando Fertility Rites are held annually at the Obando Church (pictured) of Bulacan in the Philippines during the month of May?
... that Cress Williams portrayed a Jem'Hadar leader in the Star Trek series, in the Deep Space Nine episode "The Jem'Hadar"?
... that the first mass transport to Auschwitz concentration camp consisted of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnow prison?
... that the Japanese visual novel Twinkle Crusaders received three manga adaptations before its release?
... that Oregon State Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson is a first cousin of The Simpsons creator Matt Groening?
... that Sir Robert Charleton was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas despite having no previous experience in that court?
... that writer-director Brian Dannelly was expelled from the first grade for hitting a nun at his Catholic elementary school?
... that the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton hosts an annual event honoring girls and women named "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth Ann"?

02:35, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Irving Berlin stuffed towels into a piano while he was composing "That International Rag" (listen) to muffle the sound because other hotel guests made noise complaints?
... that Nakamura Yoshikoto, director of the South Manchurian Railway, sponsored his childhood friend, the famed author Natsume Sōseki on a publicity jaunt to Manchuria?
... that the historic monuments in the Los Angeles Harbor area include a Civil War Powder Magazine, a World War I coastal artillery battery, and the bridge of a World War II heavy cruiser?
... that according to John Foxe and Raphael Holinshed, the fate of Lady Jane Grey drove Richard Morgan insane?
... that Aerosteon, a 9-metre (30 ft) long bipedal carnivorous dinosaur that lived approximately 84 million years ago, had air-sacs in its bones similar to those in the respiratory systems of modern birds?
... that Korean composer and violinist Hong Nan-pa is best known for his song Bongseonhwa written in 1919 which was widely sung during the Japanese occupation of Korea?
... that the Great Mosque of Aleppo, built by the Umayyads in 717, is the oldest mosque in Aleppo, Syria?
... that the opening theme of the eighth season of the Bleach anime, "After Dark", was provided by the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation?
... that in 1947, Thelma Dewitty became not just the first African American hired to teach in the Seattle Public Schools, but one of the first married women as well?

20:20, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the ancient opencast iron ore workings known as scowles (pictured) in the Forest of Dean, England, are believed to have been an inspiration for settings in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings?
... that a Rotarian and an active sponsor of sports Joakim Puhk was one of the richest men in pre-WWII Estonia?
... that in 878, the Byzantines lost Syracuse in Sicily to the Arabs because the imperial fleet was occupied with transporting marble for the construction of the Nea Ekklesia cathedral?
... that the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial commemorates the 1951 protests started by 16-year-old Barbara Johns which helped bring about school desegregation in Virginia?
... that Zamosc Fortress, one of the biggest fortresses of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, was besieged six times by various armies?
... that in July 1530, Clan Forbes attacked Aberdeen?
... the Cape Spinytail iguana coexists with the giant San Esteban Chuckwalla on San Esteban Island contrary to predictions of ecological niche theory?
... that Los Angeles police were sent to guard the remains of the 1000-year-old Encino Oak Tree, a victim of "slime flux", after it was felled by an El Niño storm in 1998?
... that there are currently over 1,000 more international chess tournaments per year than there were in 1951?

12:29, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Rohitha Bogollagama (pictured) represented Sri Lanka at peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at Geneva in 2006?
... that "Back 2 You / Still Grey" was simultaneously the first single by drum and bass band Pendulum to feature either a guest vocalist, or a guest instrumentalist?
... that in addition to being a government aide during the Vietnam Conflict, Michael Forrestal was also a mediator in international disputes between the USSR and the US?
... that the album title Ordinary Dreamers is about doing extraordinary things with a "dreamer mentality" as an ordinary person?
... that two summits of Potter Fell in the Lake District are mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland?
... that musician Bruce Conforth was the first curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio?
... that the Church of Our Lady of Light in Chennai, India was built in 1516 by Portuguese missionaries?
... that Dutch Arts and Crafts designer Peter Waals was the nephew of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist?
... that Bangladesh Police plan to recruit 3,000 women to expand the newly-created Special Women Police Contingent across Bangladesh?
... that as a result of Janina San Miguel's response to a question in the 2008 Binibining Pilipinas World pageant, the Philippine government proposed English courses for beauty pageant contestants?

07:06, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the first public Swedish orienteering competition, held in 1901, had two churches, Spånga and Bromma kyrka (pictured) as control points?
... that the 1944 Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment, later celebrated for showing that DNA is the genetic material, challenged the prevailing wisdom that genes were made of protein?
... that in 1992, when Oddny Aleksandersen was appointed Norwegian Minister of Government Administration and Labour, no male had yet held this position?
... that the recent series of "I'm a PC" advertisements for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system were created using Apple Macintosh computers?
... that Steve Souchock was possibly going to be first baseman for the New York Yankees, but instead served military service during World War II, eventually earning five battle stars and one Bronze Star?
... that the opera Les vêpres siciliennes (1885) by Giuseppe Verdi was based in part on the medieval Sicilian tract Lu rebellamentu di Sichilia (1290)?
... that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police first inducted female officers in 1978?
... that American Australian astronomer Penny Sackett has been appointed as the next Chief Scientist of Australia and will commence her duties in November 2008?

23:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
... that suggestions for rejuvenating the Big Orange (pictured), near Berri, South Australia, include turning it into a big golf ball?
... that the press box at the University of Wyoming is named for Larry Birleffi, who announced all Wyoming Cowboys football and basketball games from 1947–1986?
... that former Chief Justice of Queensland Neal Macrossan's brother and nephew were also Chief Justice as well?
... that The Independent Journal, a New York newspaper and journal edited and published by John McLean, was the first newspaper to publish the first of the eighty-five Federalist Papers?
... that Roger Vanderfield, an Australian doctor, rugby union referee and administrator, was instrumental in establishing the first Rugby World Cup?
... that after witnessing first hand the carnage of the First World War, English artist David Bomberg lost his faith in modernism and Russian Ballet was his last work in a vorticist idiom?
... that, during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike, umpire Larry Young refereed a match at WrestleMania XI?
... that San Marino debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with "Complice", a song performed by Miodio?
... that Swedish-American ornithologist Thure Kumlien was probably poisoned by preservatives used on bird specimens sent to him?

16:39, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
... that a jeogori (pictured) is a Korean basic upper garment of traditional hanbok having been worn by both men and women?
... that publisher Irvin J. Borowsky created TV Digest, America's first television program listing, which was sold to Walter Annenberg and became part of TV Guide?
... that the HMS Inconstant, a Royal Navy frigate, captured three French warships during the French Revolutionary Wars?
... that Bob Miller lost his first 12 games with the 1962 New York Mets and played for 10 different teams in his Major League Baseball career, tying modern-day records for both that have since been broken?
... that painter Karp Zolotaryov created a handmade Zodiac calendar for teaching then-seven-year-old Peter I of Russia?
... that Christopher Munch had to shoot his film The Sleepy Time Gal over an extended two-and-a-half year period due to a lack of finances?
... that Nils Claus Ihlen served as Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs for seven years, but as Minister of Industrial Provisioning for only seven days?
... that the Bangladesh Police inherits much of its structure from the police of British India and contributes to U.N. peace-keeping missions?

10:37, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
... that Ochna serrulata is called "Mickey Mouse Plant" because the plant's bright-red sepals (pictured) resemble the face of Mickey Mouse?
... that the Umikaze class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the first large destroyers designed for open ocean service to be built in Japan?
... that John T. David, a small-town Louisiana mayor, was elected to his parish governing council in 1956, less than a year after resigning as mayor because of two bootlegging convictions?
... that Iceland and India established diplomatic relations in 1972?
... that William T. Kane, a physicist with Corning Incorporated, held three patents in crystallography important to the development of fiber optics?
... that the Supreme Court of Cocos (Keeling) Island once administered laws described as "Byzantine" in complexity?
... that Artus de Lionne, who went to China for missionary work in 1689, played a role against Jesuits in the Chinese Rites controversy?
... that the ballad Mulga Bill's Bicycle by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson was inspired by an outback worker who purchased a bicycle when drought meant there was no feed for horses?
... that Don Ultang co-won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for images of the Johnny Bright Incident, showing a violent hit by an Oklahoma A&M player on Drake University's Johnny Bright that broke Bright's jaw?