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18:34, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the base of the main memorial (pictured) at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, designed by Frederic Charles Hirons, has a dirt floor?
... that AFL club the Fitzroy Lions' former best and fairest winner Norm Johnstone is the grandfather of current Brisbane Lions player Travis Johnstone?
... that there are nine known trans-Neptunian detached objects in our Solar System?
... that the first airmail of the United States was a personal letter from George Washington carried on an aerial balloon flight from Philadelphia by Jean Pierre Blanchard?
... that Willem IV van den Bergh was Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen until being arrested in 1583 by Elbertus Leoninus for treason?
... that in his 2004 book The End of Oil, Paul Roberts cautioned that the price of oil might climb to US$60 a barrel within five years, but it took only thirteen months?

12:33, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the erratic meteorological history of Hurricane Gordon (pictured) included six landfalls in four countries during November 1994?
... that journalist and art museum curator Erastus Brainerd led the publicity campaign that established Seattle's role as the gateway to the Yukon Gold Rush?
... that although the Siege of Mahdia in 1390 was a military failure, the subsequent ten year armistice reduced piracy from the Barbary coast?
... that South American Coati males were originally considered a separate species from females due to different social habits?
... that the 1989 New Jersey School Report Card was the first report to make statistics such as standardized test scores, student-teacher ratio, and cost of public schools available to all taxpayers in the United States?
... that Pieter van den Broecke was one of the first Dutchmen to drink coffee when he visited Mocha, Yemen in 1614?
... that miners living in Sego, Utah bought out the coal mine they worked for?

05:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the Ghost Slug (pictured), recently discovered in Wales, blindly hunts earthworms using its blade-shaped teeth?
... that the lob bomb is a newly developed form of airborne improvised explosive device made from a propane tank, and used by insurgents in Iraq against U.S. forces?
... that the work of Martin Rota as engraver to the Imperial court in Vienna included a portrait of Emperor Maximilian II?
... that in 2007, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund provided deposit insurance for nearly 87 million accounts at 8,101 credit unions in the United States?
... that the Underground City in Beijing is a bomb shelter said to accommodate six million people?
... that former American Geological Institute president Samuel S. Adams was son of New Hampshire Governor Sherman Adams?

23:40, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the Buffalo Treehopper (pictured) is an insect named for its resemblance to the American Bison?
... that the Taipei Metro Xiaonanmen Station was a target of serial vandalism in March 2006?
... that the Vector Field Histogram (VFH) algorithm used in robotic motion planning received two major updates after its original creation in 1991, which were renamed as VFH and VFH*?
... that Budweiser Bier Bürgerbräu, introduced in 1802, is offered by the Czech brewery in Europe as "Budweiser Bier", while in North America, is called "B. B. Bürgerbräu"?
... that an owner of the DeForest Skinner House was once the youngest railroad director in the United States?
... that Atunda Ayenda is the first radio soap opera ever aired in Sierra Leone?
... that the Narragansett Turkey is a breed of domestic turkey unique to North America and named after Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island?

18:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
... that birds' eyes have three lids, including the nictitating membrane (pictured), which moves across the eyeball horizontally?
... that the Sigtuna box has a runic poem that threatens thieves, but in a metre that was usually reserved for Viking lords and kings?
... that Temple Sinai, a Reform synagogue in Oakland, California, grew out of Oakland's Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1875?
... that the red mushroom Russula sanguinaria, known as the "bloody brittlegill", smells fruity but is hot tasting?
... that Hendrik van den Bergh founded the South African Bureau of State Security in 1969 to coordinate intelligence gathering and suppress anti-apartheid dissidents?
... that Harold's Steer-In in Indianapolis' North Irvington Gardens Historic District was the site of a 2005 MasterCard commercial featuring quarterback Peyton Manning?
... that the Rum Swizzle is often called "Bermuda's national drink"?

11:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
... that members of Scottish clans wear a sprig of a particular plant (example pictured), known as a clan badge, to identify their affiliation?
... that McDonald Clarke, known as the "mad poet of Broadway", drowned in prison after being subjected to an elaborate prank?
... that omnidirectional cameras have a 360-degree field of view and have been used in robotics to solve the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem visually?
... that Greek band ONIRAMA’s name comes from the Greek phrase "Onira Mas" meaning "Our Dreams"?
... that the first Protestant church in Korea was founded in 1884 at Sorae in present-day Ryongyon county in South Hwanghae, North Korea?
... that radio collars for animal tracking were first tested at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve?
... that an eclectic castle in a small village of Moszna in Poland has exactly 99 turrets and 365 rooms?

05:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
... that Tookoolito (pictured) and her companion were advertised as "Esquimaux Indians... from the arctic regions" and exhibited at Barnum's American Museum in 1862?
... that the Croaking Tetra is a tropical fish that "chirps" when it comes to the surface to gulp air?
... that the poem Płyniesz Olzo po dolinie, by Polish poet and educator Jan Kubisz, became the unofficial anthem of Cieszyn Silesia?
... that the German Mine Sweeping Administration, a naval mine sweeping organisation made up of former members of the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany, was under command of the Royal Navy?
... that notable residents of Colonnade Row included John Jacob Astor IV, Washington Irving and Cornelius Vanderbilt?
... that in 2003, Chinese scientists invented a way of producing yarn from bamboo fibre?
... that Dr David Moor admitted in a press interview to having helped up to 300 ill patients to die?

23:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
... that a sotdae (pictured) is a tall wooden pole or stone pillar with a sculptured bird atop, traditionally set up for the purpose of folk belief in Korea?
... that dozens of congressional candidates have endorsed "A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq"?
... that the Iraiyanar Akapporul ("Study of Stolen Love") contains the first major prose work written in the Tamil language?
... that although chaotic, the Solar System is stable enough that its planets will not collide with each other for a few billion years?
... that the highest point on Cape Cod is not Scargo Hill in Dennis as is commonly believed, but Pine Hill in Bourne?
... that the Boreray is the most critically endangered breed of sheep in the United Kingdom, according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust?
... that infielder Mike Cervenak spent so much time as a member of the Norwich Navigators that residents of the town dubbed him the "Mayor of Norwich"?

16:38, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
... that Mesotherium ("middle beast") (skull pictured) was so named because its discoverer believed it was an intermediate between rodents and pachyderms?
... that Watts Station was the only structure to remain intact along "Charcoal Alley" during the Watts Riots?
... that according to legend, water from a holy well in Penrhys, Wales, can be used to cure rheumatism and poor eyesight?
... that the Museum of Texas Tech University was housed in a basement for approximately thirteen years?
... that G. S. Khaparde earned the moniker "Nawab of Berar" because of his personal and political influence in the central Indian province?
... that the Ziegler Polar Expedition was stranded in the arctic for two years until it was rescued in 1905?
... that "Gizzie" and "Slit" are two alternative common names for the Little Lorikeet of eastern Australia?
... that the Cleveland Indians traded Bob Allen to the Pittsburgh Pirates in December 1963, only to take him back four months later?

09:43, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
... that St. Kazimierz Church in Warsaw (pictured) was designed by the leading Dutch architect Tylman van Gameren?
... that Agile Mangabeys are known to contract the T-cell leukemia virus, similar to the leukemia virus that infects humans?
... that when VOC forces led by Steven van der Hagen captured a Portuguese fort on Ambon in 1605, it was the first territory captured by the Dutch Republic in the East Indies?
... that the Young Romance comic book series, first published in 1947, is regarded as the first romance comic?
... that HMT Bedfordshire was one of 24 Royal Navy anti-submarine vessels sent to assist the United States after its entry into World War II?
... that Alex Perelson is the youngest professional skaterboarder in the vert field?
... that the relics housed within the chapel near the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae in Istanbul were credited by the Byzantines for victories against the Avars, Arabs, and Rus?
... that in 1837 Nathaniel Parker Willis won $1,000 from Josephine Clifton by writing Bianca Visconti for her to perform?

03:34, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the Glass Pavilion (pictured), a prismatic glass dome structure built for the 1914 Werkbund Exhibition, was destroyed after the exhibition?
... that the ABC documentary television program Our World was often assigned to students as homework, with ABC distributing 39,000 study guides a month?
... that conceptual artist Joan Fontcuberta's works include a hoax exhibition of bizarre animals such as winged monkeys and snakes with 12 feet, incorporating fieldnotes, photographs and X-rays?
... that Bill Stoneman, who pitched two no-hitters for the Montreal Expos and later ran the Major League Baseball club as the general manager, first joined the franchise in the 1968 expansion draft?
... that from October 2008, the Norwegian digital ticketing system t:kort will be valid on Kystekspressen?
... that Charles Marshall chose the location where Robert E. Lee's surrender ceremony took place near the end of the American Civil War?

19:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
... that namsadang is a Korean itinerant troupe during the Joseon Dynasty that performed acrobatics (example pictured), dancing, and playing like a circus?
... that in 1382, Jogaila arrested and imprisoned his 80-year old uncle Kęstutis when he arrived for negotiations during the Lithuanian Civil War?
... that Therefore Repent! is a 2008 graphic novel set in a post-Rapture world where fundamentalist Christian eschatology has come true?
... that Pleistodontes froggatti, the fig wasp that pollinates the Moreton Bay fig, was intentionally introduced into Hawaii in 1921?
... that the 2008 ILF Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships included three first-time participants Bermuda, Finland, and Scotland?
... that SS Catalina, after reportedly carrying more passengers than any other ship anywhere, has been stuck half-submerged in Ensenada, Mexico for more than ten years?

13:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
... that Mangalitsa (pictured) is a lard-type pig breed that was the most prominent swine breed in Hungary until 1950?
... that Australian cricketer Keith Miller, while attending high school during his teenage years, had Test captain Bill Woodfull as his mathematics teacher, who gave him a zero on a geometry exam?
... that the tablet known as Gabriel's Revelation, written in Hebrew before the birth of Christ, allegedly tells of a man killed by the Romans and resurrected after three days?
... that Russian avant-garde poet and singer-songwriter Alexei Khvostenko is often referred to as the "grandfather of Russian rock"?
... that fossil collectors often call Polyptychoceras vancouverensis the "paperclip ammonite" or the "candy cane", due to its shape?
... that U.S. statesman Frederick Douglass said that George William Alexander had spent "more than an American fortune" in promoting the anti-slavery cause?

06:10, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
... that in the center of the Old Town Market Place in Warsaw, Poland is the Warsaw Mermaid Statue (pictured) along with other Warsaw Old Town attractions?
... that over the course of five decades, Toshio Masuda directed 16 films which made the top ten list at the Japanese box office, a record surpassed by only one other director?
... that the 17th-century Theatrum Chemicum is a comprehensive compendium on alchemy in the western world?
... that Bartholomew Gilbert is responsible for the failure to establish a colony on Cape Cod in 1602 which would have been the first English colony in the Americas?
... that Ficus obliqua, which may reach 100 ft (35 m) high in Australian rainforests, is well suited for use in bonsai?

06:10, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the Magnoliidae include species that produce safrole, the primary precursor for synthesis of Ecstasy (chemical structure pictured)?
... that Francis Fox Tuckett was one of the main figures of the golden age of alpinism, making the ascent of 269 peaks and the crossing of 687 passes?
... that instead of making a triumphant entry to Harar, Ethiopia after the Battle of the Ogaden, Italian general Rodolfo Graziani tripped and injured himself at a local church?
... that microbial mats increase our understanding of evolution by helping to preserve soft-bodied organisms and soft parts of hard-shelled animals?
... that the only known surviving work of Catalan poet Pere de Queralt is a maldit-comiat in which he accuses his lady of having three lovers in a single day?
... that A Driver for Vera, Ukraine's submission for the 77th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, was rejected because too much of the production was based in Russia?
... that Fitzroy Football Club was so impressed by Allan Ruthven’s potential he was given guernsey number 7, made famous by Brownlow medalist Haydn Bunton?

16:55, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the keepers of the Elbow of Cross Ledge Light (pictured) slept in life jackets for fear of the lighthouse being struck by passing ships?
... that Korean writer Park Kyung-ni spent 25 years writing the 16-volume epic novel Land, which has been included in the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works?
... that the largest sports research library in North America is located on the grounds of LA's Britt House, a Colonial Revival mansion built in 1910?
... that the Type 77 semi-automatic pistol is a common side arm used in the Chinese People's Liberation Army?
... that according to X-ray analysis, William Hogarth's painting Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse originally had a dog relieving himself on a pile of old master paintings?
... that after capturing Amba Aradam during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, the Italians bombed the fleeing Ethiopian soldiers with mustard gas?
... that the red-purple coloured inedible mushroom Russula sardonia has a hot peppery taste?

11:17, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
... that Knickerbocker Epes Sargent (pictured) wrote Velasco for Ellen Tree, only to have Edgar Allan Poe damn it with faint praise?
... that the 1974 film La prima Angélica reportedly created the greatest scandal surrounding any Spanish film during the Franco years?
... that the Electrosport was a US$11,900 electric car in 1971, when gasoline was 36 cents per gallon, and the company established the “World’s First Electric Car Expressway” between Detroit and Chicago?
... that the public reaction after the death of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia caused Adolf Hitler to issue a decree barring all members of Germany's former royal houses from service in the military?
... that Santo Alcala’s age of 23 in 1976 made him the second youngest player on an aging Cincinnati Reds baseball team?
... that the American Palestine Line claimed that its ship the SS President Arthur was the first ocean liner to fly the Zionist flag when it began service in 1925?
... that Joseph Nathan Kane had personal possession of America's first fountain pen and the 1849 patent model for America's first safety pin?

04:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the Italian mountain Cimon della Pala appears on the coat of arms of the Guardia di Finanza (pictured)?
... that when Teddy Morgan led Wales in their national anthem before the 1905 rugby union match, it was the first time a national anthem had been sung before a sporting event?
... that the 2001 feature film Cupid's Mistake was produced on a budget of US$980?
... that shipping company Bastø Fosen operates the most trafficked car ferry route in Norway, from Moss to Horten?
... that Union Army officer Frank A. Haskell’s account of the Battle of Gettysburg was hailed by historian Bruce Catton as "one of the genuine classics of Civil War literature"?
... that much of modern theatre in Burkina Faso has developed from the need to educate rural people?
... that the Proletarian Revolutionary Organisation of Nepal proposed a synthesis of Buddhism and Maoism in 1977?
... that the Vorwerk is the only breed of chicken to share its name with a brand of household appliance?

22:13, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the 1880s Victorian Hale House (pictured), with its exuberant ornamentation and color scheme, has been called "the most photographed house" in Los Angeles?
... that Nara Bahadur Karmacharya is the sole surviving founding member of the Communist Party of Nepal?
... that brightly colored leheria turbans were male business attire in Rajasthan, India during the 19th and early 20th centuries?
... that Charles Thomas Bolton was the first astronomer to prove the existence of a black hole?
... that the Treaty of Dubysa was never ratified as the Teutonic Knights failed to reach the agreed-upon destination due to shallow water in the Neman River?
... that the Boston Red Sox once traded Major League Baseball pitcher Anastacio Martínez to the Pittsburgh Pirates only to take him back in a different trade a week later?
... that the Dogger, a type of fishing boat, takes its name from the Dogger Bank, which was itself named after an earlier type of fishing vessel?

15:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
... that a subsidence crater (pictured) resulting from a nuclear test in 1962 at Yucca Flat is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places?
... that African slave Abu al-Misk Kafur’s rise to power in 946 as the ruler of Egypt and southern Syria is one of the first examples in Islamic history of a sovereign with the lowliest of origins?
... that Australian Test cricketer Keith Miller once broke from his air force flying formation to fly over Beethoven's birthplace of Bonn?
... that the title of The West Wing episode "On the Day Before" refers to the Jewish holiday Erev Yom Kippur?
... that robot-assisted surgery was recently performed to treat ovarian vein syndrome, a rare condition in which a dilated ovarian vein compresses the ureter, causing pain?
... that among other changes, the Hungarian Round Table Talks in 1989 led to a complete overhaul of the country's constitution?
... that Johnny Oates, the only Texas Rangers manager to make it to the postseason, won the Manager of the Year Award in 1996?
... that Captain Ralph Kerr, briefly commander of the Royal Navy's largest warship HMS Hood, had previously only commanded destroyers?

09:54, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the Gero Cross (pictured) of about 970 AD is one of the earliest known depictions of the dead Christ on the cross?
... that Walt Whitman and Theodore Roosevelt frequently visited Chichester's Inn in West Hills, New York?
... that Humphrey Littleton informed on a priest wanted in connection with the Gunpowder Plot after seeing him give mass at Hindlip Hall?
... that the Australian banana fig is one of the few figs known to be pollinated by more than one species of fig wasp?
... that Japanese mathematician Yozo Matsushima received the Asahi Prize for his research on continuous groups in 1962?
... that every person detained by the International Criminal Court has a personal computer in his cell?
... that in 1846, George Pope Morris was one of two founders of the periodical that would become Town & Country, which is still published today?

03:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the English Riviera Geopark in Torbay, United Kingdom (pictured) is the world's only urban Geopark?
... that as a Boston College freshman, current Toledo Mud Hens pitcher Chris Lambert was named Big East Conference "Pitcher of the Year" and "Rookie of the Year" in 2002?
... that Adbot, one of the first internet advertising companies, was forced to close only seven months after opening due to the fraudulent source of its start-up funding?
... that when Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly scored a century on test debut at Lord's in 1996, he became the third overall and first since John Hampshire in 1969 to do so?
... that actor Michael Sharrett played the grandson of Clovis, played by Jimmy Stewart, in the 1978 musical film The Magic of Lassie?
... that Lou Piniella, the only Mariners manager to lead a team into the playoffs, recorded a season with 116 wins, tying the major league record of wins in a season?
... that Australian naturalist and botanical artist Rica Erickson wrote her first book Orchids of the West in 1951?
... that Floyd Womack of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks was nicknamed "Pork Chop" because his mother thought he resembled professional wrestler Porkchop Cash?

22:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
... that pteridomania is the Victorian-era craze for fern collecting (pictured) and for fern motifs in decorative art?
... that Penelope Wensley, who will become the next Governor of Queensland this month, was the first female Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations in New York?
... that the Streeterville neighborhood sits almost entirely on land that did not exist when the city of Chicago first incorporated?
... that chemist and science policy-maker Rudolf Mentzel, head of the German Research Foundation in the 1930s and later VP of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, was also an SS Brigadier?
... that four players from the Morgan State University Football Bears are in the NFL Hall of Fame?
... that the Zebu element in Jamaica Hope cattle comes from one Sahiwal bull?
... that Brad Paisley's 2008 single "Waitin' on a Woman" is a re-recording of a song that he originally recorded on his 2005 album Time Well Wasted?

14:58, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
... that on the Mars Exploration Rover (artist's impression pictured), a technique known as visual odometry allowed the rover to estimate its position and orientation using only camera images?
... that Abdur Rashid Kardar, a pioneer of the Pakistani film industry in Lahore, was a calligraphist who prepared posters for foreign-made films?
... that South Park Lofts in Los Angeles, originally an eight-story parking garage, was converted to lofts, whereupon residents complained about a lack of parking?
... that the fungus gnat is often found around houseplants because it lays eggs in moist potting soil?
... that English footballer Tom Holford played professionally until he was 46, making him the sixth oldest player to have appeared in a Football League match?
... that many traumatic brain injuries have aspects of both focal and diffuse brain injury?
... that Charles Mathias, Jr. is the only Republican from Maryland to be elected to three terms in the United States Senate?

08:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
... that Madonna, Michelangelo, Napoleon, Pelé and Voltaire (pictured) are all mononymous persons — each is commonly known by a single name?
... that the Podgórski sisters—six-year-old Helena and her teenage sister Stefania—harbored thirteen Jews for over two years in the attic of their house during the Holocaust?
... that gaming fads such as Bank Night contributed more than any other tactic to the resiliency of the U.S. film industry during the Great Depression?
... that the former general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal, Keshar Jung Rayamajhi, turned royalist and became chairman of Nepal's Royal Privy Council?
... that the name of popular Ivorian music genre Coupé-Décalé is a local slang term for cheating somebody and running away?
... that the concept of hurricanes as "a moving vortex" was first developed by John Farrar after the Great September Gale of 1815?
... that mizuna is a cold-resistant mustard green grown extensively during winter in Japan?

02:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
... that the rough leaves of Australian fig species Ficus coronata (pictured) have the texture of sandpaper?
... that Thomas Kimmwood Peters was the only newsreel photographer to film the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906?
... that in 1870, the Indian Reform Association aimed at putting into practice some of the ideas that the Brahmo leader Keshub Chunder Sen was exposed to during his visit to Britain?
... that the cult of Saint Chiaffredo arose after the discovery of a sarcophagus containing a mysterious skeleton near the Italian town of Crissolo?
... that the Dr. Nelson Wilson House is unusual for having Eastlake stickwork done in brick instead of wood?
... that the success of the World War II bombing campaign Operation Strangle was unrelated to its original objective?
... that Julio Vizcarrondo played a key role in the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico in the 19th century?