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==Did you know...==

=== 31 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Lincoln statue.jpg|100x100px|Abraham Lincoln statue]]
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*... that contrary to popular myth, [[Robert E. Lee]]'s face is not carved on the back of the '''[[Abraham Lincoln (1920 statue)|1920 statue of Abraham Lincoln]]''' ''(pictured)'' in the [[Lincoln Memorial]], [[Washington D.C.]]?
*... that as a student, [[mathematician]] '''[[Audrey Terras]]''' was steered into [[math]] away from her other choice, [[history]], by a post-[[Sputnik]] program that paid students to study mathematics?
*... that the '''[[pencil skirt]]''' was popularised by French designer [[Christian Dior]] in the late 1940s?
*... that '''[[John Heald]]''', the senior [[cruising (maritime)|cruise]] director of [[Carnival Cruise Lines]], began working in [[cruise ship]]s as a [[bar (counter)|bar]] [[waiting staff|waiter]]?
*... that '''[[miniature pig|miniature pigs]]''' are bred and raised as pets and for [[medical research]] into [[organ transplant]]s rather than for [[bacon]]?
*... that ''Arses lorealis'' is the scientific name for a bird commonly known as the '''[[Frill-necked Monarch]]'''?
*... that '''[[McFarland Mall]]''' in [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] is the second oldest standing [[shopping mall]] in the US state of [[Alabama]]?
*... that actress '''[[Kate Cutler]]''' walked out of the lead role in [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[The Vortex]]'' a week before it opened in 1924?


*'''''14:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Bacon vodka.jpg|100x100px|A bottle of bacon vodka]]
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*... that '''[[bacon vodka]]''' ''(bottle pictured)'' is [[vodka]] infused with [[bacon]] flavor, created based on the concept of a "meat and potatoes" pairing?
*... that '''[[Niles Searls]]''', a [[California Gold Rush]] miner, became Chief [[Judge|Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of California]]?
*... that the '''[[Puretic power block]]''' revolutionized the technology of hauling [[purse seine]] nets on [[Fishing vessel#Seiners|seine fishing vessels]]?
*... that '''[[Alvin T. Smith]]''' was the first [[postmaster]] of the first post office in [[Washington County, Oregon]]?
*... that the '''[[Pedrail wheel]]''' was invented in 1903 for all-terrain locomotion, and was the inspiration for [[H.G. Wells]]' short story "[[The Land Ironclads]]"?
*... that '''[[Mary Millicent Miller]]''' was the first American woman to acquire a [[steamboat]] master's license?
*... that to prepare a '''[[bacon martini]]''', bacon has to soak in vodka for 24 hours, before it is strained over ice and served with a bacon [[garnish (food)|garnish]]?
*... that '''[[Walter Borchers]]''' was one of three brothers, all three received the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] during World War II?


*'''''08:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:HMS Forte (1893) IWM Q 038895.jpg|100x100px|The HMS Hermione (1893)]]
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*... that [[HMS Hermione (1893)|one of the ships]] of the '''[[Astraea class cruiser|''Astraea''-class]]''' of [[protected cruiser]] ''(example pictured)'' built in the early 1890s survived into the 1940s?
*... that '''[[Islip Speedway]]''', at 0.2&nbsp;miles (0.32&nbsp;km), is the smallest [[race track]] ever to host [[NASCAR]]'s [[Sprint Cup Series]]?
*... that the arms of a crucifix in a [[Barra de Navidad, Jalisco|Barra de Navidad]] church broke during [[1971 Pacific hurricane season|1971]]'s '''[[Hurricane Lily (1971)|Hurricane Lily]]''', earning the statue the name "Christ of the Cyclone"?
*... that a speaking engagement by [[Tom Tancredo]] at a '''[[Youth for Western Civilization]]''' meeting was canceled after police used [[pepper spray]] against student protesters who were gathered outside?
*... that a 1970s [[weather forecast]] of "low [[goat]] pressure" on [[radio station]] '''[[KRSB-FM|KRSB]]''' in [[Roseburg, Oregon]], was a sure sign of [[rain]] ahead?
*... that '''[[turkey bacon]]''' is used as a substitute for [[pork]] [[bacon]] at [[Camille's Sidewalk Cafe]] locations in the [[Middle East]]?
*... that American historian '''[[Claude H. Van Tyne]]''' won the 1930 [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] for ''[[The War of Independence]]''?
*... that [[Michael Kupperman]]'s '''[[Snake 'n' Bacon]]''' are a pair of [[cartoon]] characters, a [[snake]] and a strip of [[bacon]], whose conversations are limited to hissing (on Snake's part) and making bacon-related comments (on Bacon's part)?


*'''''02:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[Image:KUTANI Ewer.JPG|100x100px|Kutani ware]]
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*... that '''[[Kutani ware]]''' ''(pictured)'', first produced about 1656 near the current city of [[Kaga, Ishikawa|Kaga]], is a type of [[Japanese pottery and porcelain|Japanese porcelain]] known for its use of multicolored glazes in bold designs?
*... that in 2007 Major General '''[[Graham Binns]]''' signed the document that handed control of [[Basra]] back to the Iraqi people?
*... that one of the tasks of the '''[[Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board]]''' is to prevent [[conveyancing]] monopolies developing in England and Wales?
*... that '''[[Robert Seddon]]''', captain of the first [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]] rugby team, drowned during the [[1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia|1888 Australian tour]] in a sculling accident?
*... that '''[[carucage]]''', a medieval English land tax, was first collected in 1194 in order to raise funds for the ransom of King [[Richard I of England]]?
*... that [[Los Angeles Lakers]] [[point guard]] [[Nick Van Exel]] was fined $25,000 and suspended seven games by the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for shoving referee '''[[Ron Garretson]]''' into the scorer's table?
*... that the '''[[Charles Sumner School]]''' served as the first teachers college for African-Americans in the [[District of Columbia]]?
*... that the '''[[List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy|first class of United States Navy destroyers]]''' were designated [[torpedo boat]] [[destroyer]]s?

=== 30 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Breton-Pretot machine.jpg|100x100px|Breton-Pretot machine]]
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*... that the French '''[[Breton-Pretot machine]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an armoured wire-cutting tractor developed in early 1915, and a predecessor to the [[tank]]?
*... that the [[University of Oregon]]'s '''[[Pacifica Forum]]''' hosted a lecture in which the speaker referred to [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] as a "moral leper and a communist dupe"?
*... that the British [[lion tamer]] and [[politician]] '''[[John Smith Clarke]]''' cured [[Lenin]]'s dog of an illness?
*... that a year after its death in 2006, the remains of a [[bottlenose whale]] removed from the [[River Thames]] at '''[[Battersea Bridge]]''' were put on public display in the offices of ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper?
*... that [[Greg Monroe]] was the sixth [[Georgetown Hoyas|Georgetown Hoya]] to win the '''[[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year]]''' award?
*... that the [[Poland|Polish]] [[literary critic]] '''[[Ostap Ortwin]]''' would wake up the people of [[Lwów]] by loudly threatening [[futurism]] in the middle of a night and then abuse the policemen who’d ask him for identification?
*... that the '''[[Nevada Brewery]]'''’s storage cave, used for aging [[cask]]s of [[ale]], was originally connected to other parts of [[Nevada City, California]], via tunnels?
*... that [[quarterback]] '''[[Scott Zolak]]''' was a [[waterboy]] at [[Ringgold High School (Pennsylvania)|Ringgold High School]] as a boy when [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Joe Montana]] was the quarterback?


*'''''14:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Diego de Guevara - Sittow.jpg|100x100px|Portrait of Diego de Guevara by Michael Sittow]]
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*... that there are more than thirty works attributed to '''[[Michael Sittow]]''', but only three ''(one pictured)'' have been verified as his?
*... that '''[[Trustom Pond]]''' in [[Rhode Island]], [[United States]] is part of a [[National Wildlife Refuge]] that contains over 300 species of birds?
*... that former [[USAF]] officer '''[[David P. Cooley]]''' who was the chief test pilot for the [[F-117 Nighthawk]] died in March 2009 while testing the [[F-22 Raptor]]?
*... that '''"[[One Rainy Wish]]"''' was one of [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s many songs inspired by dreams?
*... that [[American football]] [[wide receiver]] '''[[Jaymar Johnson]]''' became the first player from [[Jackson State University]] to be [[NFL Draft|drafted]] by the [[National Football League|NFL]] since [[Sylvester Morris]] in 2000?
*... that '''[[HMS Pique (1795)|HMS ''Pique's'']]''' service with the [[Royal Navy]] lasted for just three years after her capture in 1795 by '''[[HMS Blanche (1786)|HMS ''Blanche'']]'''?
*... that '''[[Gunnar Heiberg]]''' advocated [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905|dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden]], but was dissatisfied that Norway subsequently became a [[monarchy]]?
*... that the [[New York City]] government purchased the once-luxurious '''[[Concourse Plaza Hotel]]''' in [[The Bronx]] in 1974 and turned it into a senior citizens' residence?


*'''''08:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Fleetwood Pellew.jpg|100x100px|Fleetwood Pellew]]
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*... that despite [[Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth|his father]] calling him 'the flower of my fleet', '''[[Fleetwood Pellew]]''' ''(pictured)'' still managed to provoke two [[mutiny|mutinies]] and spent thirty years on [[half-pay]]?
*... that when a member of the [[Redcliffe-Maud Report|Royal Commission on Local Government in England]] in 1966–69, '''[[Derek Senior]]''' wrote a memorandum of dissent as long as the report itself?
*... that [[Scott Lost]], while teaming with [[Joey Ryan (wrestler)|Joey Ryan]], won the '''[[List of PWG World Tag Team Champions|PWG World Tag Team Championship]]''', but lost the championship to himself and [[Chris Bosh (wrestler)|Chris Bosh]]?
*... that after winning the [[2008 Atlantic Championship season|2008 Atlantic Championship]], '''[[Brooks Associates Racing]]''' sold both its cars to [[Primetime Race Group]] and will not compete in 2009?
*... that the '''[[Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009]]''', which was signed into law on May 20, gives an additional 165&nbsp;million [[USD]] in [[federal funding|funding]] to the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] to detect and [[prosecute]] [[fraud]]?
*... that actress '''[[Helen Ernstone]]''' appeared in stage adaptations of [[Charles Dickens]] novels?
*... that most staff in the [[Government of Australia|Australian Government's]] '''[[Department of Post-War Reconstruction (Australia)|Department of Post-War Reconstruction]]''' were young [[economist]]s who had been [[Conscription|conscripted]] into the [[Australian Public Service]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that '''[[Mrs. Pack]]''' was selected as [[wet nurse]] for [[William, Duke of Gloucester]] by [[George of Denmark|his father]] because of her breasts, which were "gigantic"?


*'''''02:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Lowndes Grove (House), Saint Margaret Street & Sixth Avenue, Charleston (Charleston County, South Carolina).jpg|100x100px|Lowndes Grove]]
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*... that '''[[Lowndes Grove]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the Woman’s Building at the '''[[South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition]]''' of 1901?
*... that '''[[Henry Benson, Baron Benson|Sir Henry Benson]]''' was the first living non-American to be inducted into the [[Accounting Hall of Fame]]?
*... that [[Davey Richards]]' '''[[PWG World Tag Team Championship]]''' reign with [[Super Dragon]] holds the record for most defenses, while his reign with [[Roderick Strong]] is tied with seven other teams for least?
*... that '''[[Teresa Saporiti]]''', the [[soprano]]  who created the role of Donna Anna in [[Mozart]]'s opera ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', lived to be 106? 
*... that after 14 years above an [[ambulance]] company, '''[[KDCQ]]''' in [[Coos Bay, Oregon]], relocated its [[radio studio]]s to a former [[buffet restaurant]]?
*... that '''[[Matthew Mullineux]]''', captain of the '''[[1899 British Lions tour to Australia|1899 British Lions]]''' rugby team, was immortalised in verse by Australian bush poet [[Banjo Paterson]], famed author of "[[Waltzing Matilda]]"?
*... that Italian architect [[Donato Bramante]] was nicknamed ''il Ruinate'' for the destruction of the '''[[papal tombs in Old St. Peter's Basilica]]'''?
*... that while fleeing from [[Greece]] to [[Egypt]] during [[World War II]], a frustrated '''[[Olivia Manning]]''' used a [[chamberpot]] to crush a fellow [[refugee]]'s Parisian hats?

=== 29 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Siri Fort wall at Panchsheel Park.jpg|100x100px|Siri Fort]]
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*... that according to legend, the foundation for the '''[[Siri Fort]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Delhi]] was laid on the severed heads ("Siri" in [[Urdu]]: "head") of about 8,000 [[Mongol]] soldiers?
*... that '''[[Devin Britton]]''' won the 2009 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship|Men's Tennis singles national championship]] as a [[freshman]] and is the only [[Ole Miss Rebels tennis|University of Mississippi]] tennis player to win the championship?
*... that '''[[Buxhall Windmill|Buxhall]]''' [[tower mill]] was built in 1860, incorporating the base of an earlier [[smock mill]], which was itself built in 1815?
*... that pioneer '''[[Morris Moss]]''' caused an [[international incident]] between the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] by [[seal hunting]] along the [[British Columbia Coast]] in the 1870s?
*... that according to medieval French legend, '''[[guivre]]s''' were dragon-like creatures with venomous breath, known to prowl the French countryside?
*... that '''[[Mickey Morandini]]''' turned the first [[Major League Baseball season|regular-season]] [[unassisted triple play]] by a [[second baseman]] in [[National League]] history?
*... that '''[[Washington State Route 203]]''' originally was split into four roads, later combined in 1937?
*... that, in nine years of professional [[gridiron football]], '''[[Jacoby Shepherd]]''' has played for eleven teams in three leagues?


*'''''14:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Heber UP618.JPG|100x100px|Union Pacific 618]]
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*... that the locomotive used in the 2006 film '''''[[Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was once owned by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]], whose trains [[Butch Cassidy]] had robbed in the 1890s?
*... that the '''[[Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009]]''' passed both the [[United States]] [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[unanimously]]?
*... that the translation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' by '''[[Andrey Kistyakovsky]]''' and '''[[Vladimir Muravyov (translator)|Vladimir Muravyov]]''' is the first official [[Russian language]] [[Translations of The Lord of the Rings|translation of the novel]]?
*... that in 1993 almost 10 per cent of [[Canada]]'s [[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]] was made up of '''[[Municipal government in Canada|municipal government]]''' spending?
*... that despite not playing as a high school junior in 1999, [[American football]] [[cornerback]] '''[[Brock Williams]]''' still led [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] defenders in playing time in 2000?
*... that the '''[[Roşia Poieni copper mine]]''' represents the largest copper reserve in [[Romania]] and the second largest in [[Europe]]?
*... that ''Operetta: A Theatrical History'', written by [[operetta]] scholar and historian '''[[Richard Traubner]]''' was described as the "ultimate love letter to operetta"?
*... that '''[[ship's doctor]]s''' were originally termed surgeons in the [[Royal Navy]] and were paid £5 for every 100 cases of [[venereal disease]] they treated?


*'''''08:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Crux Easton wind engine.jpg|100x100px|Crux Easton wind engine]]
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*... that the '''[[Crux Easton wind engine|wind engine]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Crux Easton]], [[Hampshire]], was built in 1891 by '''[[John Wallis Titt]]'''?
*... that [[Yukon general election, 1996|1996 Yukon election]] candidate '''[[Lois Moorcroft]]''' received less than a third of the votes, but still won her seat in the [[Yukon Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]?
*... that the inscriptions in [[Hieronymus Bosch]]'s '''''[[Ecce Homo (Bosch, 1470s)|Ecce Homo]]''''' are used to convey their conversation like [[Speech balloon|speech balloons]] in comics?
*... that the father-and-son architects '''[[Amon Wilds|Amon]]''' and '''[[Amon Henry Wilds]]'''—leading figures in [[Brighton]]'s development—used the [[Ammonite Order|ammonite]] [[Capital (architecture)|capital]] as their [[Signature#Other uses|signature]] device as a pun on their first names?
*... that before the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], '''[[Fenwick Hall]]''' on [[Johns Island, South Carolina]], was called Johns Island Stud because of its [[thoroughbred]] horses?
*... that in 1901, after the death of '''[[John Flint Kidder]]''', president of the '''[[Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad]]''', [[Sarah Kidder|his widow]] took over, becoming the first female [[railroad]] president?
*... that an illustration for [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s "'''[[The Most Incredible Thing]]'''" was published during the [[Nazi]] occupation of Denmark that depicted a [[rabbi]] striking a semi-naked [[Aryan]]?
*... that although the [[Quarter Horse]] '''[[Lightning Bar]]''' is known as a racehorse and father of racehorses, he won a [[Team Roping|roping]] contest once?


*'''''02:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Blue runner under platform.jpg|100x100px|Blue runner under an oil platform]]
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*... that the '''[[blue runner]]''' is [[fish aggregating device|easily attracted]] to a variety of floating and underwater structures such as [[oil platform]]s ''(example pictured)'' and [[aquaculture]] structures?
*... that in 1969, '''[[Ivar Orgland]]''' was the first foreigner to take a [[doctorate]] at the [[University of Iceland]]?
*... that [[news director]] Brad Boyer of [[Missouri]] [[radio station]] '''[[KIRK (FM)|KIRK]]''' received a Distinguished Service Award from the [[Missouri State High School Activities Association|MSHSAA]] in 2008 for his "lifelong contributions to the ideals of [[amateur sports|interscholastic activities]]"?
*... that the pirate '''[[Henry Strangwish]]''' had his image recorded by '''[[Gerlach Flicke|Flicke]]''' in 1554?
*... that [[Steve McQueen]]'s posthumous popularity led to the reintroduction of the '''[[TAG Heuer Monaco]]''' [[chronograph]] [[watch]] in 1998 and again in 2003?
*... that '''[[Yehoshua Zettler]]''' organized the September 1948 assassination of Swedish Count [[Folke Bernadotte]], who had been sent by the [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]] as its mediator following the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]?
*... that '''[[famo]]''' is a type of music from [[Lesotho]], named after the action of female dancers exposing their naked rear?
*... that [[National Assembly of Afghanistan|Afghani parliamentarian]] and [[Islamic feminism|Islamic feminist]] '''[[Shukria Barakzai]]''' began to campaign against [[Polygyny in Islam|multiple marriages]] when her husband took a second wife without telling her?

=== 28 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Wilmot Pass Sgn.jpg|100x100px|Wilmot Pass]]
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*... that the road over the '''[[Wilmot Pass]]''' ''(pictured)'' is not connected to any other road on the [[New Zealand]] network?
*... that screenwriter '''[[John Briley]]''' won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Academy Award]] for ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' and was nominated for a [[Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay|Golden Raspberry]] for ''[[Christopher Columbus: The Discovery]]''?
*... that President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] approved the design for a new '''[[Hyde Park Elementary School|elementary school]]''' in his native [[Hyde Park, New York]]?
*... that 2009 [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame]] inductee '''[[Miss Meyers]]''' was the mother of the first [[American Quarter Horse Association]] (AQHA) Supreme Champion, fathered by fellow AQHA Hall of Famer [[Three Bars]]?
*... that the '''[[Hanuman Temple, Connaught Place]]''', in [[New Delhi]], is unusual in having the [[Islamic symbol]] of a [[crescent moon]] fixed on its spire instead of a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[symbol]] like [[Aum]] or the sun?
*... that in 1875 actress '''[[Kate Bishop (actress)|Kate Bishop]]''' created the role of Violet Melrose in ''[[Our Boys]]'', which was by far the longest-running work of theatre up to that time?
*... that despite being armed [[en flûte]] as a [[troopship]], '''[[HMS Wilhelmina (1798)|HMS ''Wilhelmina'']]''' still engaged and drove off a more heavily armed [[privateer]] to protect the merchant she was escorting?
*... that during the term of [[Governor of Indiana|Governor]] of [[Indiana]] '''[[Isaac P. Gray]]''', a dispute arose that led the entire [[Indiana General Assembly]] to break into a fist fight, with [[USDemocrat|Democrats]] and [[USRepublican|Republicans]] threatening to kill each other?


*'''''14:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Gorgon didrachm British Museum.jpg|100x100px|An ancient Gorgon coin]]
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*... that at least 37 cities of the [[ancient world]] placed an '''[[Gorgoneion|image of the Gorgon's head]]''' on their [[coin]]s ''(example pictured)''?
*... that 19th-century actor '''[[Henry Gartside Neville|Henry Neville]]''' was the twentieth child of a twentieth child?
*... that of the eleven wrestlers who have held the '''[[List of PWG World Champions|PWG World Championship]]''', [[Low Ki]] is the only to have lost the title outside the ring?
*... that '''[[Georgette Sanchez]]''' won the [[silver medal]] in the 9th Paris International Dance Competition?
*... that the [[Japanese American internment]] during [[World War II]] cost [[Seattle]]'s '''[[Lincoln High School (Seattle, Washington)|Lincoln High School]]''' the presidents of its two service clubs and the editor of its school newspaper?
*... that '''[[Marcus Favonius]]''', in attempting to imitate the manner of [[Cato the Younger]], frequently descended into [[rudeness]]?
*... that the album cover artwork of [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]]'s '''''[[Evangelion (album)|Evangelion]]''''' is a depiction of "[[Whore of Babylon|The Great Harlot of Babylon]]", the figure of evil mentioned in the [[Book of Revelation]] in the [[Bible]]?
*... that, while awaiting sentencing for [[income tax evasion]] and [[obstruction of justice]], '''[[David Friedland]]''' went [[scuba diving]], faked his own death, and fled to the [[Maldives]] where he built a chain of scuba diving shops?


*'''''08:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Frot Laffly 28 March 1915.jpg|100x100px|The Frot-Laffly landship]]
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*... that the '''[[Frot-Laffly landship]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an early [[tank]] design based on a [[compactor]], and built by [[France]] in early 1915?
*... that after leaving [[Global Television Network|Global TV]] after founding it three months earlier, '''[[Al Bruner]]''' became one of the first broadcasters to consider [[local insertion]] on television?
*... that the legal reforms that came about as a result of the '''[[Glanville Davies affair]]''' were far weaker than those initially proposed?
*... that recently deceased photographer '''[[Luke Smalley]]'''{{`s}} earlier collections were inspired by fitness manuals and [[yearbook]]s circa 1910?
*... that [[Cam'ron]] filed a [[lawsuit]] against [[R. Kelly]] as he did not receive credit for his remix of "'''[[Snake (song)|Snake]]'''"?
*... that '''[[George Nicholas Hardinge]]''' served as a [[midshipman]] aboard '''[[HMS St Fiorenzo (1794)|HMS ''St Fiorenzo'']]''' in 1793, a ship he would die commanding fifteen years later?
*... that the '''[[Palace of the Inquisition (Museum of Mexican Medicine)|headquarters of the Inquisition in Mexico]]''' has been converted into a museum dedicated to the history of medicine in Mexico?
*... that [[Vice Admiral (Australia)|Vice Admiral]] '''[[James Willis (RAN officer)|Sir James Willis]]''' was the last [[Chief of Navy (Australia)|head of the Royal Australian Navy]] to be [[Knight|knighted]]?


*'''''02:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Bard Infant School and St James Chapel.jpg|100x100px|St. James Chapel]]
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*... that St. James Episcopal Church in [[Hyde Park, New York]] held Sunday services for nearly 100 years in '''[[St. James Chapel (Hyde Park, New York)|its chapel]]''' ''(pictured)'' during wintertime because it was too difficult to heat the main church building?
*... that '''[[Kyell Gold]]''', a [[furry fandom|furry]] [[LGBT literature|homosexual erotic literature]] author, has won six [[Ursa Major Awards]], equaling ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'' author [[Stan Sakai]]?
*... that the 1915 '''[[Triumph Model H]]''' was the first [[Triumph Engineering Co Ltd|Triumph]] not fitted with pedals, so it was their first true [[motorcycle]]?
*... that at age 22, Captain '''[[Jose M. Portela]]''' of the United States Air Force was the youngest [[C-141 Starlifter]] aircraft commander and captain?
*... that remaining papal tombs in the '''[[Catacomb of Callixtus]]''' were emptied in the ninth century because of a feared [[Lombards|Lombard invasion]]?
*... that [[country music]] singer [[Buck Owens]]' son '''[[Buddy Alan]]''' is also a country music singer?
*... that '''[[Tito Livio Burattini]]''' explored the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] with English [[mathematician]] [[John Greaves]]?

=== 27 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Emily Fowler.jpg|100x100px|Emily Fowler]]
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*... that actress '''[[Emily Fowler]]''' ''(pictured)'' originated the male role of Hans in ''[[The Gentleman in Black]]'' by [[W. S. Gilbert]] and [[Frederic Clay]]?
*... that [[George Grosz|George Grosz's]] '''''[[The Funeral (Grosz)|The Funeral ]]''''' is in part a depiction of the madness induced by [[syphilis]]?
*... that listeners in the [[Klamath Falls, Oregon]], area know [[radio station]] '''[[KRAT]]''' as "The Rat"?
*... that [[Ontario]]-based musical group '''[[Family Brown]]''' has received eighteen [[Canadian Country Music Association]] awards, more than any other artist in the association's history?
*... that beta males of '''''[[Paracerceis sculpta]]''''' [[mimic]] females and gamma males mimic juveniles, allowing them to mate without the [[alpha male]]s realising?
*... that when ill health rendered [[George Orwell]] incapable of caring for his son Richard, the child was placed in the care of anarchist '''[[Lilian Wolfe]]''' at the [[Tolstoyan]] [[Whiteway Colony]]?
*... that during '''[[UK Gay Liberation Front 1971 Festival of Light action|action by the UK Gay Liberation Front]]''' (GLF) to disrupt a [[Nationwide Festival of Light|Christian morality campaign]] in 1971, a GLF "bishop" began an impromptu sermon urging people to "keep on sinning"?
*... that in 1948, Dr. '''[[William Glenn]]''' and medical student William Sewell used ordinary laboratory components and an [[Erector Set]] to create one of the world's earliest [[artificial heart]]s?


*'''''14:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Procopio dei Coltelli.jpg|100x100px|Procopio dei Coltelli]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Procopio Cutò|Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli]]''' ''(pictured)'' opened a [[Cafe Procope|French]] [[brasserie]] in 1686 that was [[Business license|permitted]] by [[Louis XIV of France|King Louis XIV]]?
*... that [[Privateer (motorsport)|privateer]] racing team '''[[Primetime Race Group]]''' is the only team to race a [[Dodge Viper#Viper Competition Coupe|Dodge Viper Competition Coupe]] in the [[American Le Mans Series]]?
*... that '''[[Kenneth St Joseph]]''', who pioneered the use of [[aerial photography]] for archaeology, persuaded the [[Royal Air Force]] to take photos for him without charging?
*... that having led [[Saint Lucia]] to independence in 1979, [[John Compton]] became [[Prime Minister of Saint Lucia|Prime Minister]] again at the age of 81 after his party won the '''[[Saint Lucian general election, 2006|2006 Saint Lucian general election]]'''?
*... that [[Andrew Carpenter (baseball)|Andrew Carpenter]] and '''[[Sergio Escalona]]''' earned the first back-to-back [[Win (baseball)|victories]] by [[rookie]] [[pitcher]]s for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] since {{mlby|2007}}?
*... that the sleep '''[[K-complex]]''' is the largest [[electroencephalographic]] (EEG) event that happens to the normal [[human brain]]?
*... that American [[Visual arts|artist]] '''[[Tony Sisti]]''' (1901–1983) traveled with  [[Ernest Hemingway]] and was also a [[New York]] State [[boxing]] champion?
*... that the '''[[Twaddle Mansion]]''' in [[Reno, Nevada]], served as lodgings for [[divorce]] seekers waiting out Reno's comparatively short mandatory residency period, before it became a [[Baha'i]] religious center?


*'''''08:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:DublinVermeer.jpg|100x100px|Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid]]
</div>
*... that after [[Johannes Vermeer|Vermeer]]'s '''''[[Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was [[theft|stolen]], it was given to the [[National Gallery of Ireland]] ''[[in absentia]]''?
*... that '''[[James J. Galdieri|James J.]]''' and '''[[James A. Galdieri]]''' each served one term in the [[New Jersey Legislature]], the father in the [[New Jersey General Assembly|Assembly]] and the son in the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]]?
*... that the first '''[[Diary (stationery)|annual diary]]''' with printed daily sections for notes was [[published]] in 1812?
*... that in 1909 '''[[Étienne Lombard]]''' found that people automatically adjust their voice in [[noise]] to keep it audible, a finding known as the  '''[[Lombard effect]]'''?
*... that the marine fish '''[[Pacific crevalle jack]]''' is usually not found north of the [[Gulf of California]], but may appear in [[San Diego Bay]] due to [[El Niño-Southern Oscillation|El Niño]] events?
*... that '''[[John Douglas (architect)|John Douglas]]''' was an [[architect]] responsible for the 19th-century black-and-white revival in [[Chester]], [[Cheshire]]? 
*... that the album '''''[[Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ)]]''''', by the American [[Kronos Quartet]], features [[Tuvans|Tuvan]] [[throat singer]]s, a Swedish [[bagpipe]] and [[nyckelharpa]], and Chinese [[ruan]]s?
*... that after selecting '''[[Sean Brewer]]''' in the [[2001 NFL Draft]], the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] discovered that he suffered from a three-pack-a-day [[cigarette]] habit?


*'''''02:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<!--Hooks--><div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Maketa Sinagoga Zagreb MGZ.jpg|100x100px|Model of the Zagreb synagogue]]
</div>
*... that the site of the '''[[Zagreb synagogue]]''' ''(model pictured)'', demolished in [[World War II]], has been used as a [[volleyball]] court and a [[parking lot]]?
*... that the first [[vampire literature|vampire story]] written by a woman was ''[[The Skeleton Count]]'', by '''[[Elizabeth Caroline Grey]]''', in 1828?
*... that during his '''[[United States Senate election in California, 1950|1950 U.S. Senate race]]''', [[Richard Nixon]] was so angered by his opponent, [[Helen Gahagan Douglas]], that he threatened to [[castrate]] her?
*... that [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham Football Club]]'s supporters donated £2,500 in an attempt to fund a month's extension to [[loan (association football)|loanee]] [[defender (association football)|defender]] '''[[Mick Bodley]]'''{{`}}s contract? 
*... that on '''''[[Floodplain (album)|Floodplain]]''''', [[San Francisco]]-based string quartet the [[Kronos Quartet]] plays instruments built by [[Walter Kitundu]], including the ''beguèna maridhia'', which is based on an [[Ethiopia]]n 10-string lyre?
*... that the '''[[Frisian kingdom]]''' came to an end after their king was killed in the [[Battle of the Boarn]] where they  were defeated by the [[Carolingian Empire|Frankish Empire]]?
*... that during [[World War II]], Brigadier General '''[[Alberto A. Nido]]''' (USAF), a native of [[Puerto Rico]], fought for three different countries?
*... that '''''[[Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka]]''''', released in 1933 and directed by [[Kenzō Masaoka]], was the first "[[talkie]]" [[anime|animated film]] in Japan?

=== 26 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St Stephen's Church (Closed), Brighton.JPG|100x100px|The former St Stephen's Church, Brighton]]
</div>
*... that the former '''[[St Stephen's Church, Brighton|St Stephen's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Brighton]], England, was built as a [[tavern]] [[ballroom]] a mile away from its present site?
*... that Canadian politician '''[[Louis Deniset]]''' only served a term of nine months and 21 days before losing his seat?
*... that after 60 years of service to [[Greenville, Alabama]], the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] is allowing [[radio station]] '''[[WGYV]]''' to move to [[Aurora, Indiana]], a [[suburb]] of [[Cincinnati]]?
*... that actress '''[[Kate Terry]]''', grandmother of [[John Gielgud]], had a very successful acting career until she left the stage at age 23?
*... that [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band '''[[Destroy Destroy Destroy]]''' played their first show in a [[pizzeria]] as the opening band for [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]?
*... that '''[[James Annesley]]''', an [[Ireland|Irishman]], was kidnapped by his uncle and shipped to [[USA|America]] to work as a [[slave]] in the [[Plantation|plantations]], before returning in 1741 to try to claim the title "[[Earl of Anglesey]]"?
*... that the '''[[battle of Ancona]]''' was the only independent operation of the [[Polish II Corps]] in World War II?
*... that [[press agent]] '''[[Lee Solters]]''' had [[Pope John Paul II]] made an honorary [[Harlem Globetrotter]], represented [[Frank Sinatra]] for decades and claimed to have known client [[Dolly Parton]] "since she was flat-chested"?


*'''''14:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Cameo gonzaga.jpg|100x100px|The Gonzaga cameo]]
</div>
*... that the figures on the '''[[Gonzaga Cameo]]''' ''(pictured)'' were identified as [[Alexander the Great]] and [[Olympias]], [[Germanicus]] and [[Agrippina the Elder]], [[Nero]] and [[Agrippina the Younger]], and many other famous couples of antiquity?
*... that about 12 plays into his [[National Football League|NFL]] career '''[[Charles Fisher (American football)|Charles Fisher]]''' tore three [[ligaments]] in his [[knee]] and never played in another game?
*... that the turret of the '''[[LT vz. 34]]''' [[light tank]] could be disconnected from its gearing and rotated using the commander's shoulder?
*... that "'''[[Company Picnic]]'''", which aired on [[NBC]] on May 14, 2009, was the 100th episode of the comedy series, ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]''?
*... that since '''[[Zaynab bint Khuzayma]]''' died shortly after her marriage, less is known about her than any of [[Muhammad]]'s other wives?
*... that the '''[[Armenian presidential election, 2003|2003 Armenian presidential election]]''' was the first in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] where an [[incumbent]] [[president]] had failed to be re-elected in the first round?
*... that the [[NYPD]] has '''[[2009 New York City bomb plot|charged four men]]''' with attempting to blow up two [[Bronx]] [[synagogue]]s and shoot down military aircraft?
*... that [[France|French]] artist '''[[Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux]]''' and his son [[Paul Philippoteaux|Paul]] created a [[Gettysburg Cyclorama|cyclorama]] of the 1863 [[Battle of Gettysburg]] that drew over half a million viewers within a year of its premiere?


*'''''08:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Palacio Sayil.jpg|100x100px|The terraced palace Sayil, in Mexico]]
</div>
*... that the [[Mesoamerican chronology|Terminal Classic]] [[Puuc]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] site of '''[[Sayil]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Mexico]] is known for its terraced palace that gives the impression of a three-story building?
*... that an American consul in [[Riga]] examined [[Russian-American]] [[mathematician]] '''[[Jacob Tamarkin]]''' in [[analytic geometry]] in order to verify his identity?
*... that a [[population bottleneck]] among [[Finns]] about 4,000 years ago may be the origin of the '''[[Finnish heritage disease|Finnish disease heritage]]''' that affects 1 in 500 children born in [[Finland]] today?
*... that '''[[Dwaine Carpenter]]'''{{`}}s first [[Interception (American football)|interception]] in the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] came in a semifinal game?
*... that the French '''[[Boirault machine]]''' built in early 1915 during [[WWI]] is considered as an ancestor of the [[tank]], but was ultimately abandoned and nicknamed ''[[Diplodocus]] militaris''?
*... that despite his pronounced [[nationalism]], Czech composer '''[[Bedřich Smetana]]''' was distrusted by his country's conservatives due to his close ties with Hungarian composer [[Franz Liszt]]?
*... that the '''[[Burn Notice (season 3)|third season]]''' of [[USA Network]]'s ''[[Burn Notice]]'' will focus on the backgrounds of the main characters?
*... that 19th-century actor '''[[Lionel Brough]]''' played the character [[Tony Lumpkin]] in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' 7,777 times?


*'''''02:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Military_goat.jpg|100x100px|Lance Corporal William "Billy" Windsor]]
</div>
*... that '''[[William Windsor (goat)|Lance Corporal William Windsor]]''' ''(pictured, on left)'' of [[The Royal Welsh]], who retired on 20 May 2009, is a [[Cashmere goat]]?
*... that [[American football]] coach '''[[Wayne Howard (football coach)|Wayne Howard]]''' retired from the [[Utah Utes football|University of Utah]] for "no real reason" after his team nearly won a conference title?
*... that the ancient '''[[Yogmaya Temple]]''', [[Mehrauli]] is believed to be one of five surviving temples from the [[Mahabharat]] period in [[Delhi]]?
*... that a "think piece" written by '''[[Graham Fuller]]''' was instrumental in leading to the [[Iran-contra affair]]?
*... that an '''[[Anglo-Moroccan alliance]]''', developed between [[Elizabeth I of England]] and the [[Morocco|Moroccan]] Sultan [[Ahmad al-Mansur]], had an influence on at least two of [[Shakespeare]]'s plays?
*... that American theatre director '''[[Jonathan Alper]]''' directed the New York premieres of works by [[Brian Friel]], [[Terrence McNally]] and [[Beth Henley]]?
*... that the '''[[General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument]]''' and the '''[[Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset]]''' were built due to a young girl decorating a white oak tree each [[Memorial Day]]?
*... that '''[[Coby Miller]]''' is the only [[track and field athletics|track athlete]] to have run [[100 meters|100&nbsp;meters]] in under ten&nbsp;seconds at [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] Trials and not make the Olympic team?

=== 25 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.JPG|100x100px|The Battle of San Juan Hill]]
</div>
*... that [[Harvard University|Harvard]]'s All-American [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] '''[[Dudley Dean]]''' was cited by [[Theodore Roosevelt]] for bravery after the [[Rough Riders]]' charge of [[Battle of San Juan Hill|San Juan Hill]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that in September 1844 a [[clown]] from [[Astley's Amphitheatre]] sailed from '''[[Vauxhall Bridge]]''' to [[Westminster Bridge]] in a [[washtub]] towed by [[goose|geese]]?
*... that '''[[Newt Heisley]]''' designed the [[POW/MIA flag]] in 1971 for the [[National League of Families]], which [[United States Congress|Congress]] requires be flown at federal and military buildings on six days annually, including [[Memorial Day]]?
*... that actor [[Sterling Hayden]] admitted his shame at having co-operated with the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] in the 1983 documentary film '''''[[Leuchtturm des Chaos]]'''''?
*... that '''[[Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker]]''', a military officer whose highest rank was [[Major General]], presided over the [[Norwegian Order of Freemasons]]?
*... that according to her groom, when the [[racehorse]] '''[[Chicado V]]''' stood in the [[starting gate]], she looked like a rabbit because all you could see above the gate were her ears?
*... that '''[["Big Ed" Wilkes|Edwin "Big Ed" Wilkes]]''', a [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]], [[radio talk show]] host, and a colleague, [[Bud Andrews]], produced the first albums of the country [[comedian]] [[Jerry Clower]]?
*... that in 1955, the '''[[Glass Age Development Committee]]''' proposed to demolish the whole of [[London]]'s [[Soho]] district and rebuild it entirely in [[glass]]?


*'''''14:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Walmoor Hill 1.jpg|100x100px|Walmoor Hill]]
</div>
*... that the architect [[John Douglas (architect)|John Douglas]] built '''[[Walmoor Hill]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Chester]], [[Cheshire]], as a house for himself, and since his death it has been used as a girls’ college and as the County Fire Headquarters?
*... that All-American '''[[Beaton Squires]]''' wrote an editorial in 1905 against turning [[American football|football]] into a "parlor game" after [[Harvard University|Harvard]]'s president criticized its violent nature?
*... that the red [[Pinot noir]] wines of the '''[[Côte Chalonnaise]]''' villages [[Givry, Saône-et-Loire|Givry]] and [[Mercurey]] were reportedly the favorite wines of King [[Henri IV of France]] and his mistress, [[Gabrielle d'Estrées]]?
*... that [[jockey]] '''[[William J. Passmore|Bill Passmore]]''', winner of 3,531 races, described fellow riders as "the worst touts at the track" and said that "the track makes a big mistake not installing a [[parimutuel betting|mutuel window]] in the jocks' room"?
*... that the [[United States]] [[Lebanese cuisine]] restaurant chain '''[[Aladdin's Eatery]]''' has grown to more than 20 sites from an initial [[United States dollar|$]]10,000 in 1994?
*... that '''[[Jørgine Boomer]]''', born and raised in a remote [[Bøverdalen|valley]] in Norway, rose to prominence as an executive at the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel|Waldorf-Astoria]], befriending a generation of celebrities?
*... that the giant pulses of '''[[PSR B1937+21]]''', the first discovered [[millisecond pulsar]], are the [[brightness temperature|brightest]] [[radio wave|radio]] emission ever observed?
*... that former ''[[You're a Star (series 5)|You're a Star]]'' winner '''[[David O'Connor (singer)|David O'Connor]]''' participated in the 2004 [[Karaoke World Championships]] in [[Finland]], placing sixth?


*'''''08:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:William Lucas House, U.S. Routes 17 & 701, McClellanville (Charleston County, South Carolina).jpg|100x100px|Wedge Plantation]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Richard B. Dominick]]''', an amateur [[lepidopterist]], collected over 25,000 [[moth]]s over ten years at his '''[[Wedge Plantation]]''' ''(pictured)''  in South Carolina?
*... that '''[[Skytterdalen]]''' near [[Sandvika]], [[Norway]], is so named because it was the site of a [[sport shooting]] field?
*... that the earliest commentary on a part of [[Maimonides]]' transforming work of [[Jewish philosophy]], ''[[The Guide for the Perplexed]]'', was written by '''[[Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi]]''', a [[Persians|Persian]] [[Muslim]]?
*... that the pose of the goddess in [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Holbein the Younger's]] '''''[[Venus and Amor]]''''' closely echoes that of [[Jesus]] in [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci's]] ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|Last Supper]]''?
*... that '''[[Garrett's Miss Pawhuska]]''', a [[Quarter Horse]] racehorse, lost a [[match race]] by running over a stake 50 yards from the finish line?
*... that [[quarterback]] '''[[Mark Vlasic]]''' was injured when, after [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] beat [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] on a last second [[Field_goal_(football)|field goal]], a mob tore down the goalpost in celebration?
*... that an appeals court overturned one formulation of the '''[[toothpaste tube theory]]''' in [[administrative law]]?
*... that '''[[Winfried Freudenberg]]''' was the last person to die in an attempt to escape across the Berlin Wall?


*'''''00:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Basilica of the Holy Blood - Saint-Baselius Chapel, Bruges, Belgium..jpg|100x100px|Basilica of the Holy Blood (Bruges, Belgium)]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Basilica of the Holy Blood]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Bruges]] is known as the repository of a venerated [[phial]] said to contain a cloth with [[Blood of Christ|blood of Jesus Christ]], brought to the city by [[Thierry of Alsace]] after the [[Second Crusade]]?
*... that [[North Carolina]]-based author '''[[Perry Deane Young|Perry Deane Young's]]''' first [[Vietnam War]] article for [[United Press International|UPI]] was about the [[Tet Offensive]], which began the night he arrived in [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]]?
*... that '''[[Evening Bell (song)|Evening Bell]]''' is a Russian song based on a translation from English, but the English source was claimed to be translated from Russian?
*... that [[Grantland Rice]] wrote that All-American [[American football|football]] [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] '''[[Sheppard Homans, Jr.|Shep Homans]]''', who played in every minute of all 22 games for [[Princeton University|Princeton]] in 1890 and 1891, "represented the football that used to be"?
*... that [[Jimi Hendrix]] described the lead guitarist of '''[[The Ace of Cups]]''', an [[All female band|all-female]] [[Rock music|rock]] band, as "really great"?
*... that the onset and increased prominence and severity of the rare [[autosome|autosomal]] [[dominance (genetics)|dominant]] [[skin disorder]] '''[[keratolytic winter erythema|Oudtshoorn skin]]''' usually take place during [[winter]]? 
*... that in six seasons with the [[Ottawa Senators (senior hockey)|"Senior" Senators]], '''[[Lude Check]]''' was among the top ten scorers for his [[ice hockey]] league four times?
*... that '''[[Clifton's Cafeteria]]''' was once known as [[Clifton%27s_Cafeteria#Founding_branch:_Clifton.27s_Pacific_Seas|Clifton's Golden Rule]] because patrons were obliged to pay only what they felt was fair?

=== 24 May 2009 ===
*'''''18:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:C900conv.jpg|100x100px|A covertible]]
</div>
*... that as CEO of its U.S. subsidiary, '''[[Robert J. Sinclair]]''' had [[Saab-Scania]] build cars with [[turbocharger]]s and [[convertible]] tops ''(pictured)'' for America, while the company sold no-frills cars in its home market?
*... that after the second '''[[Mong Kok acid attacks|Mong Kok acid attack]]''', the initial 100,000&nbsp;[[HK$]] [[bounty (reward)|reward]] for information was tripled?
*... that '''[[Shirley E. Flynn]]''', a local historian in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]], is considered an authority on the history of the annual [[Cheyenne Frontier Days]], one of the largest outdoor western celebrations in the world?
*... that the '''[[Goa Opinion Poll]]''' was the only [[referendum]] to have been held in  [[India|Independent India]]?
*... that the '''[[Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District]]''' in [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]], was expanded 15 years after its designation to include two [[city block]]s that had been originally scheduled for [[demolition]]?
*... that '''[[Sid Laverents]]'''{{`}} 1970 film ''[[Multiple Sidosis]]'', which features up to 11 different images of him simultaneously playing a song, is one of the few amateur films chosen for the [[National Film Registry]]?
*... that [[Arkansas]] [[Arkansas State Senate|State Senator]] '''[[Kim Hendren]]''' authored a failed bill to require [[motorcycle|motorcyclists]] to wear [[helmet]]s or offer proof of [[health insurance]]?
*... that in 1998, during the two [[International Federation of Model Auto Racing|IFMAR]] World Championship events for 1:10th scale [[Glow plug (model engine)|gas powered]] [[radio-controlled car]]s held at the same weekend, all Top 10 positions were dominated by users of '''[[Serpent Model Racing Cars|Serpent cars]]'''?


*'''''12:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:USSNicholsonDD52.jpg|100x100px|The USS Nicholson]]
</div>
*... that '''{{USS|Nicholson|DD-52|6}}''' ''(pictured)'' and {{USS|Fanning|DD-37|6}}, a pair of American destroyers built before [[World War I]], are credited with the [[United States Navy]]'s first [[U-boat]] kill for sinking ''U-58'' on 17 November 1917?
*... that "'''[[The Snowman (fairy tale)|The Snowman]]'''" was likely the product of [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s [[homosexuality|homoerotic ardor]] for Harald Scharff, a [[ballet dancer]] at the [[Royal Danish Theatre]]?
*... that in 1899 '''[[Isaac Seneca]]''' became the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to be named as an [[All-American]] [[American football|football]] player while playing [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] for the [[Carlisle Indian Industrial School|Carlisle Indian School]]?
*... that '''[[Chichester Castle]]''' was built in the [[Rape (county subdivision)|Rape]] of [[Chichester]] in the 11th century?
*... that although '''[[Kevin Daft]]''' set two records in [[NFL Europe]], he was released by the [[Tennessee Titans]] in August 2002?
*... that the '''[[Nepalese legislative election, 1994|1994 Nepalese legislative election]]''' saw the first democratically elected [[communist]] government in [[Asia]] come to power?
*... that US TV series ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' season finale "'''[[Rock Show (Parks and Recreation)|Rock Show]]'''" received positive reviews but the lowest ratings of the season, with only 4.25 million households tuning in?
*... that information gathered by spy '''[[Peggy Taylor (spy)|Peggy Taylor]]''', who posed as a prostitute in France during the [[World War II|Second World War]], was instrumental in planning [[D-Day]]?


*'''''06:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Flam.greater.600pix.jpg|100x100px|Greater Flamingo which visits in large flocks of over 1000 individuals, from Rann of Kutch of India]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Bundala National Park]]''' of [[Sri Lanka]] harbors 197 species of [[bird]]s, the highlight being the [[Greater Flamingo]] ''(pictured)'', which [[Bird migration|migrate]] in large flocks?
*... that according to [[Henry's Law]] and [[Dalton's Law]], '''[[fizz keeper]]s''', which are claimed to pump air into bottles of [[Carbonation|fizzy drink]] and thereby stop them going flat, do not actually work that way?
*... that from 1956 to 1986, [[radio station]] '''[[KYKN]]''' in [[Keizer, Oregon]], was called "KGAY"?
*... that '''[[Pontius of Carthage]]''' voluntarily accompanied [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] into exile and later wrote his biography? 
*... that '''[[Faith Ireland]]''' won two national championships as a [[Powerlifting|powerlifter]] while serving on the [[Washington Supreme Court]]?
*... that two-time All-American [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] '''[[Thomas Graydon|"Blondy" Graydon]]''' performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"?  
*... that the '''[[Dollis Brook Viaduct]]''' is the highest point on both the [[Northern Line]] and the [[London Underground]] above ground level, reaching {{convert|60|ft|m}} in height?
*... that the '''[[Khirki Masjid]]''' [[mosque]] and the '''[[Satpula]]''' [[weir]] were both built during the time of the [[Tughlaq dynasty]] in 14th century [[Delhi]]?


*'''''00:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:306783Burrell.jpg|100x100px|Henry Burrell]]
</div>
*... that [[Vice Admiral]] '''[[Henry Burrell (RAN officer)|Henry Burrell]]''' ''(pictured)'' initiated a [[Royal Australian Navy]] re-equipment program in the 1960s that included new [[helicopter]]s, [[submarine]]s, [[destroyer]]s, [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]], and [[Auxiliary ship|auxiliaries]]?
*... that [[Jack Benny]] was so impressed with native [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer]] [[Gisele MacKenzie]] that he was co-[[executive producer]] of her [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] [[variety show]], '''''[[The Gisele MacKenzie Show]]'''''?
*... that [[Wernher von Braun]]'s father '''[[Magnus von Braun (senior)|Magnus von Braun]]''' was dismissed out of civil service for supporting the [[Kapp Putsch]] in 1920?
*... that the watershed of '''[[Sulphide Creek]]''', a {{convert|2.5|mi|adj=on}} stream, harbors at least three waterfalls taller than {{convert|2000|ft|m}}?
*... that racehorse '''[[Clyde Van Dusen]]''', winner of the 1929 [[Kentucky Derby]], was named after his trainer?
*... that '''[[List of sled dog races|dozens of sled dog races]]''' have been created since the first organized long-distance [[sled dog]] race was held in 1908?
*... that '''[[Rai Purdy]]''' raised over [[:Canadian dollar|C]]$250,000,000 for charity through his [[Telethon]] efforts?
*... that the '''[[Bergh-Stoutenburgh House]]''', one of only two remaining [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|Dutch Colonial]] stone houses in [[Hyde Park, New York]], has been [[adaptive reuse|converted]] into a [[Japanese cuisine|Japanese restaurant]]?

=== 23 May 2009 ===
*'''''18:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:William Seabrook House, County Road 768, Edisto Island (Charleston County, South Carolina).jpg|100x100px|William Seabrook House]]
</div>
*... that tradition says that [[James Hoban]], the architect of the [[White House]], designed the '''[[William Seabrook House]]''' ''(pictured)'' on [[ Edisto Island, South Carolina]]?
*... that the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] corps of the '''''[[Optimatoi]]''''' originated as an elite [[Goths|Gothic]] cavalry regiment, but was downgraded to a corps of [[mule]]-drivers after participating in the failed revolt of [[Artabasdos]]?
*... that the same month '''[[Willamette Falls Hospital]]''' in [[Oregon City, Oregon]], announced a plan for the next 20 years, they announced they intended to merge with [[Providence Health & Services]]?
*... that in 1991 the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] attempted to assassinate [[John Major]] and his [[War Cabinet]] with a '''[[Downing Street mortar attack|mortar attack on Downing Street]]'''?
*... that the nominees for the [[25th Golden Raspberry Awards]] were announced by founder [[John J.B. Wilson|John Wilson]] at a book signing for '''''[[The Official Razzie Movie Guide]]'''''?
*... that '''[[HMS Centurion (1774)|HMS ''Centurion'']]''' had to be sent back to Britain for repairs in 1804, partly because she was infested with [[termite]]s?
*... that '''[[Thelnetham Windmill]]''' was completely restored from dereliction to working order by [[amateur]] volunteers?
*... that [[Ty Cobb]] would hide black [[Detroit Tigers]] mascot '''[[Li'l Rastus]]''' in his room or under his train berth to evade [[Jim Crow laws]]?


*'''''12:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:NortonStPhilipTheGeorge.jpg|100x100px|The George Inn]]
</div>
*... that '''[[The George Inn, Norton St Philip|The George Inn]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Norton St Philip]], [[Somerset]], was used as an army headquarters during the [[Monmouth Rebellion]] in 1685, and then as a courtroom to try the rebels in the [[Bloody Assizes]]?
*... that ''[[Sugar Babies]]'', conceived by '''[[Ralph G. Allen]]''', was based on his collection of more than 5,000 [[comedy sketch]]es? 
*... that the [[suffix]] "'''[[-up]]'''" in [[Western Australia]]n [[toponymy|place names]] means "place of" in a dialect of the [[Noongar]] language?
*... that playwright [[Larry Kramer]] called '''[[Rodger McFarlane]]''', the first paid executive director of the [[Gay Men's Health Crisis]], someone who "did more for the gay world than any person has ever done"?
*... that '''''[[The Last Nightingale]]''''' was an [[album]] recorded to raise money for striking coal miners in the [[UK miners' strike (1984-1985)|1984–1985 UK miners' strike]]?
*... that [[Jack Billingham]] gave up [[Hank Aaron]]'s record tying 714th home run as the '''[[List of Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitchers|Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitcher]]''' in 1974?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[Slovenian-style polka]] musician '''[[Louis Bashell]]''' received [[Wisconsin]]'s first [[National Heritage Fellowship]] grant from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]]?
*... that '''[[Cyrus C. Miller]]''' believed the United States and Canada would one day become a single nation and that [[field lacrosse|lacrosse]] could be its [[national sport|official sport]]?


*'''''06:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:20090227 Louie Caporusso wins faceoff.jpg|100x100px|Louie Caporusso in a faceoff]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Louie Caporusso]]''' ''(pictured)'' led the U.S. in [[goal (ice hockey)|goals]] scored through most of the [[2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season]], but when he only scored two in the last nine games, [[Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey|Michigan]] won eight of those nine?
*... that [[Fireflight]]'s song "'''[[Unbreakable (Fireflight song)|Unbreakable]]'''" was inspired by a fan's question asked on [[MySpace]]?
*... that '''[[Sigurd Bødtker]]''' was [[Norway]]'s first full-time [[theatre critic]]?
*... that the '''[[Battle of Bologna|capture of Bologna]]''' on 21 April 1945 was the last battle of the [[Polish II Corps]]?
*...  that local [[legend]] suggests that '''[[Ai-Ais Hot Springs]]''' in southern [[Namibia]] were discovered in 1850 by a [[nomadic]] [[Namaqua|Nama]] shepherd rounding up stray sheep?
*... that [[Reba McEntire]] starred in a [[television movie]] based on her 1992 hit single '''"[[Is There Life Out There]]"'''?
*... that '''[[Spey casting]]''' is a two-handed [[fly fishing]] technique that was developed on the [[River Spey]] in [[Scotland]]?
*... that although the 1998 film '''''[[Restless (1998 film)|Restless]]''''' takes place in [[Beijing]], only about 20&nbsp;percent of the dialogue is in [[Standard Mandarin|Chinese]]? 


*'''''00:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Xlapak 1.jpg|100x100px|Entrance to a palace at Xlapak]]
</div>
*... that the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] archaeological site of '''[[Xlapak]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Mexico]] features well-preserved examples of the ostentatious [[Puuc]] style of architecture?
*... that the '''[[Niagara Engine House]]''' building is the only one of six engine company firehouses in [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]], still standing?
*... that [[Philadelphia Athletics]] manager [[Connie Mack (baseball)|Connie Mack]] once sent [[Kyphosis|hunchbacked]] [[batboy]] '''[[Louis Van Zelst]]''' out to coach first base, but the umpires made Mack recall him to the dugout?
*... that each of the [[Chinese languages]] has over 100 '''[[Chinese classifier|classifiers]]''', or "measure words", which must be used any time a [[noun]] appears with a number or a [[demonstrative]]?
*... that the '''[[Father Millet Cross]]''' on the grounds of [[Fort Niagara]], at just {{convert|0.0074|acre|m2|-1|lk=off}}, was the smallest [[National Monument (United States)|National Monument]] ever established in the [[United States]]?
*... that the '''[[Interstate Bridge (Marinette, Wisconsin – Menominee, Michigan)|Interstate Bridge]]''' over the [[Menominee River]] was sculpted with wild rice motifs in the concrete?
*... that the first of [[Thomas Eakins]]'s '''''[[William Rush and His Model]]''''' paintings provoked controversy by its inclusion of the discarded clothes of [[William Rush]]'s nude model?
*... that although '''[[Mellor hill fort]]''' is [[Iron Age]] in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000&nbsp;years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000-year-old amber necklace?

=== 22 May 2009 ===
*'''''18:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:USS_American_1918.JPG|100x100px|SS American in 1918]]
</div>
*... that with a voyage of 59 days, the '''{{SS|American|1900|6}}''' ''(pictured)'' set a 1901 record for the fastest [[New York City|New York]] – [[San Francisco]] ocean passage?
*... that by pinpointing three [[counter-culture|counter-cultural]] traits of [[Western Norway]] &mdash; [[Landsmål]], [[temperance movement|temperance]] and [[laity]] &mdash; '''[[Gabriel Øidne]]''' laid the grounds for Norwegian voter [[sociology]]?
*... that "[[I Don't Know What It Is]]", the first single from [[Rufus Wainwright]]'s album '''''[[Want One]]''''', samples [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Bolero]]''?
*... that '''[[Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld]]''' was an [[Austria]]n aristocratic [[night fighter]] [[flying ace]] who fought for the German ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' in [[World War II]]?
*... that the [[South Carolina]] town which '''[[Biggin Church Ruins|Biggin Church]]'''{{'s}} [[chapel of ease]], '''[[Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site|Strawberry Chapel]]''', was built to serve, no longer exists?
*... that [[Egypt]]ian actor '''[[C. K. Alexander]]''' composed under the [[pseudonym]]s Mario Quimber and Basheer Qadar?
*... that, under the '''[[drug policy of Canada]]''', of those convicted of [[prohibition (drugs)|drug offences]] under [[Law of Canada|Canadian law]] in 1921, three-quarters were [[Chinese people|Chinese]]?
*... that former [[President of Poland|President]] of [[Poland]] [[Lech Walesa]] only won 1% of the vote in the '''[[Polish presidential election, 2000|2000 Polish presidential election]]'''?


*'''''12:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hanuman in Terra Cotta.jpg|100x100px|Statue of Hanuman]]
</div>
*... that the image of [[Hindu]] deity [[Hanuman]] ''(pictured)'' reportedly came alive and moved when installed at the '''[[Shri Hanuman Mandir, Sarangpur| Hanuman temple in Sarangpur]]'''?
*... that '''[[Price's Post Office]]''' in [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina]], was a "[[Public house|publick house]]" and [[stagecoach]] stop in the early 19th century?
*... that '''[[Switzerland–Uruguay relations|Uruguay]]''' is known as the "'''[[Switzerland–Uruguay relations|Switzerland]]''' of the Americas" from its adoption of Swiss-based banking laws?
*... that '''[[Elsie B. Washington]]''' was called the "mother of the [[African American|African-American]] [[romance novel|romance]]" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author?
*... that the [[Specific name|specific epithet]] of '''[[bigeye trevally]]''' ''(Caranx sexfasciatus)'' refers to the six dark bands on their sides that fade and disappear as the marine fish mature and age?
*... that '''[[Don Zimmerman]]''', once called the "best coach in [[college lacrosse|college]] [[field lacrosse|lacrosse]]", has traveled around the world promoting the sport, with the ultimate goal of having it once again become [[field lacrosse#Olympics|an Olympic event]]?
*... that the '''[[candy (unit)|candy]]''' was a traditional [[South Asia]]n [[Units of measurement|unit]] of [[mass]], equal to twenty [[maund]]s?
*... that the '''[[Nebraska House]]''' in Virginia was so named because Colonel [[Samuel D. McDearmon]]'s wife refused to move to Nebraska?


*'''''06:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bettino Ricasoli.jpg|100x100px|Bettino Ricasoli]]
</div>
*... that [[Bettino Ricasoli]] ''(pictured)'', developer of the first "modern" '''[[Chianti]]''' wine recipe based on the [[Sangiovese]] grape, later became [[Italian Prime Minister]]?
*... that the '''[[Latting Observatory]]''', described as "[[New York City|New York's]] first [[skyscraper]]", was the tallest building in the United States at {{convert|315|ft|m}} during its brief life from 1853 until it burnt down in 1856?
*... that the 350cc engine in the 1949 '''[[Douglas Mark III]]''' [[Great Britain|British]] [[motorcycle]] was based on a [[WW2]] electricity generator engine?
*... that while still in college, children's author '''[[Eloise Greenfield]]''' realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the [[U.S. Patent Office]]?
*... that the previous owners of '''[[KWVR (AM)|KWVR]]''' in [[Enterprise, Oregon]], actually lived at the [[radio station]] until they sold it in 2008?
*... that '''[[Yohl Ik'nal]]''', queen of the [[Mesoamerican chronology|Classic Period]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city of [[Palenque]] in [[Mexico]], was the first known female Mayan ruler?
*... that after a [[hurdling|hurdle]] was misplaced on the [[Track and field athletics|running track]], [[Angelo Taylor]] said he would never again compete at the '''[[Adidas Track Classic]]'''?
*... that [[Nevada City, California]]’s '''[[Doris Foley Library for Historical Research]]''' includes a [[Cornish people|Cornish]] Studies Collection?
*... that [[neurosurgery|neurosurgeon]] '''[[Keith Black]]''', featured in a ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' special issue on "Heroes of Medicine", is known for his discovery that the [[peptide]] [[bradykinin]] can be effective in opening the [[blood-brain barrier]]?


*'''''00:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:The Torment of Saint Anthony (Michelangelo).jpg|100x100px|The Torment of Saint Anthony, c. 1487–1489]]
</div>
*... that '''''[[The Torment of Saint Anthony (Michelangelo)|The Torment of Saint Anthony]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has recently been identified as the earliest known painting by [[Michelangelo]]?
*... that the '''[[Smith Tobacco Barn]]''' is one of the few remaining examples of intact [[Curing of tobacco #Flue|flue-cured]] [[tobacco barn]]s in [[Dillon County, South Carolina]], built between 1895 and the 1950s?
*... that the '''[[N100]]''' brain response to auditory stimuli can help predict [[coma]] patients' probability of recovery?
*... that in May 2009, the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] ruled that '''[[Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Washington, D.C.)|Third Church of Christ, Scientist]]''' could go forward with [[demolition]] of its [[brutalist architecture|brutalist]]-style building? 
*... that '''[[John G. Cullmann]]''' was nearly assassinated after establishing a settlement of [[German American|German immigrants]] in northern [[Alabama]]?
*... that a Zen temple's '''[[Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)|Main Hall]]''' looks like a two story building, but has in fact only one?
*... that architect [[Richard Neutra]] used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, the '''[[Neutra VDL Studio and Residences]]''', on [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California|Silver Lake]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]?
*... that '''[[Building at 73 Mansion Street|73 Mansion St.]]''', [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]], was architecturally inconsistent with the neighboring '''[[Balding Avenue Historic District]]''', so it was later listed separately on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]?

=== 21 May 2009 ===
*'''''18:56, 21 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Heringsschwarm.gif|100x100px|A school of Atlantic herrings migrating at high speed to their spawning grounds]]
</div>
*... that [[Atlantic herring]]s form immense '''[[Shoaling and schooling|fish schools]]''' ''(pictured)'' containing up to three&nbsp;billion fish?
*... that [[Don Cardwell]] was the '''[[List of Chicago Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers|Chicago Cubs' Opening Day starting pitcher]]''' against the [[Houston Colt .45s]] (now known as the Astros) on April 10, 1962, the first official game in Colt .45 history?
*... that despite strong support from [[England]], all three '''[[Huguenot rebellions]]''' in southwestern [[France]] were suppressed by [[List of French monarchs|King]] [[Louis XIII]]?
*... that in 1970, '''[[George M. Stafford]]''' became the first presidentially-appointed [[Interstate Commerce Commission]] chair, 83 years after it was formed?
*... that novelist [[Michael Crichton]] and seven [[Nobel laureate]]s, among others, wrote the 1972 textbook '''''[[Biology Today]]'''''? 
*... that songwriter '''[[Gordon Chambers]]''' credited his hometown of [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], with fostering his dream of becoming a professional? 
*... that a student at '''[[Clatskanie Middle/High School]]''' organized a statewide food drive in [[Oregon]] that earned the student a national award?
*... that '''[[Catherina Margaretha Linck]]''' is the last [[Europe]]an known to have been executed for [[lesbianism]]?


*'''''13:07, 21 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Turner, The Battle of Trafalgar (1822).jpg|100x100px|Battle of Trafalgar painting]]
</div>
*... that despite the decisive action of the '''[[Trafalgar Campaign]]''' being the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] ''(pictured)'', the final action was fought a fortnight later, at the [[Battle of Cape Ortegal]]?
*... that '''[[Marc Sautet]]''' started the philosophical cafe known as '''[[Café Philosophique]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Vassar Home for Aged Men]]''', in [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]], could not operate at full capacity until [[Matthew Vassar]]'s wife died and left it the money to do so?
*... that '''[[Håkon Stenstadvold]]''', [[rector]] of the [[Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry]], was a member of the [[Bærum]] [[municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]]?
*... that Robert Lindahl, the [[recording engineer]] on [[The Kingsmen]]'s famous version of "[[Louie Louie]]", lost his job as a [[disc jockey]] for '''[[KBKR]]''' because he refused to empty the [[Oregon]] station's [[chemical toilet]]? 
*... that the real name of '''[[Hagop Hagopian]]''', the leader of the [[Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia]], was revealed only after his assassination in [[Athens]] in 1988?
*... that rock band [[21 Demands]] made chart history after finishing as runners-up in the '''[[You're a Star (series 5)|fifth series]]''' of ''[[You're a Star]]'', featuring [[Eurovision Song Contest 1992|1992]] [[Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision]] winner [[Linda Martin]] as a judge?
*... that '''[[Ray H. Altman]]''', as a [[Kentucky House of Representatives|Kentucky state representative]] from [[tobacco]]-growing [[Taylor County, Kentucky|Taylor County]], opposed a bill in 1990 to ban [[smoking]] zones for students in [[public schools]]?


*'''''07:21, 21 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hemiscyllium ocellatum beach.jpg|100x100px|An epaulette shark]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[epaulette shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' can survive for an hour without [[oxygen]]?
*... that ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine editor '''[[Otto Fuerbringer]]''' was responsible for the controversial 1966 "'''[[Is God Dead?]]'''" cover?
*... that some [[grass]]-[[endophyte]] [[Symbiosis|symbioses]] produce '''[[loline alkaloids]]''' that are [[Insecticide|insecticidal]] and deterrent to various [[insect]]s?
*... that after his death, the [[doujinshi|amateur manga]] collection of the manga critic '''[[Yoshihiro Yonezawa]]''' was made into a library by his [[alma mater]], [[Meiji University]]?
*... that the '''[[Vassar Institute]]''' in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]],  now used for a local [[arts centre|arts center]], is on the former site of a [[brewery]]? 
*... that in 1853, '''[[Ole Thomesen]]''' signed the contract to build the [[paddle steamer]] ''[[Skibladner]]'', which is still in operation in [[Norway]]?
*... that the 1960 [[independent film|indie film]] '''''[[Weddings and Babies]]''''' is considered to be the first fictional movie to be shot with a camera that recorded [[sound film|synchronized sound]]?
*... that [[field lacrosse|lacrosse]] coach '''[[Bill Schmeisser|"Father Bill" Schmeisser]]''' was known for carrying an [[umbrella]] on the sidelines regardless of the weather, reasoning that, "This way I know it won't rain"?


*'''''01:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Confederate Monument in Augusta 2.JPG|100x100px|The gravestone at the Confederate Monument in Augusta.]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Confederate Monument in Augusta|Confederate Monument]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Augusta, Kentucky]], is a [[headstone|gravestone]] placed forty-one years after the soldiers it honors died?
*... that '''[[Carl Bødtker]]''' was a popular [[radio personality|radio presenter]] for children during the early days of [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[broadcasting]]?
*... that the '''[[12–6 curveball]]''' gets its name from the way the [[Pitch_(baseball)|pitch]] [[breaking ball|break]]s downward, looking like it moves from the number 12 to the number 6 on a [[clock]]? 
*... that 18-year-old '''[[Jay Weinberg]]''' is [[Working on a Dream Tour|touring]] with [[Bruce Springsteen]] as the [[E Street Band]]'s [[drummer]] while his father, [[Max Weinberg]], prepares for the June premiere of ''[[The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien]]''?
*... that [[auto racing|motorsport]] [[illustrator]] '''[[Michael Turner (illustrator)|Michael Turner]]''' designed the original [[Formula One]] [[McLaren]] team [[logo]]?
*... that California [[radio station]] '''[[KOWL]]'''{{'}}s original [[radio studio]]s were located inside the [[Harrah's Lake Tahoe|Harrah's Stateline Club]], a casino in [[Stateline, Nevada]]?
*... that '''[[John "Bam" Carney]]''', a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]], became well-known in his district through his work as a [[high school]] [[basketball]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]]?

=== 20 May 2009 ===
*'''''19:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Stegostoma fasciatum mozambique.jpg|100x100px|A zebra shark]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[zebra shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' is striped when young and spotted when mature?
*... that the '''[[Second Baptist Church (Poughkeepsie, New York)|Second Baptist Church]]''' is the only [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] church remaining in [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]]?
*... that '''[[Gustav Natvig-Pedersen]]''', a [[President of the Storting]] in Norway, also wrote [[orthography|orthographic]] dictionaries?
*... that [[Bronson Pinchot]] spent three months visiting [[Psychic|psychics]] to prepare for his role in the 1989 comedy film '''''[[Second Sight (film)|Second Sight]]'''''?
*... that [[singer-songwriter]] '''[[Django Walker]]''' was named after [[Belgium|Belgian]] guitarist [[Django Reinhardt]]?
*... that the officers' mess hall at '''[[Camp Abbot]]''' military training center was built by the [[Army Corps of Engineers]] in 1944, and is now the "Great Hall" at [[Sunriver Resort]]?
*... that '''[[François Coignet]]''' was the first builder to use iron [[reinforced concrete]]?
*... that '''[[Bob Bruce (Texas journalist)|Bob Bruce]]''' of the ''[[Abilene Reporter-News]]'' in [[Texas]] was considered a "superb [[raconteur]]" and versatile [[journalist]] whose "institutional memory" empowered his newsroom colleagues?


*'''''14:00, 20 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:ArmyNavyLax2009.JPG|100px|Lacrosse being played by Army.]]
</div>
*... that during the 20th century, many [[Army Black Knights football|football players]] at the [[United States Military Academy]] also played '''[[Army Black Knights men's lacrosse|Army lacrosse]]''' ''(modern player pictured)'' to stay [[Physical exercise|physically fit]] during the off-season?
*... that '''[[Arlie Metheny]]''', as public information officer in 1958 at [[Fort Chaffee]], [[Arkansas]], handled media inquiries relating to the induction of [[Elvis Presley]] into the [[United States Army|Army]]?
*... that '''[[René Olry]]''', the commander of the [[French Third Republic|French]] Army of the Alps during the [[Battle of France]] (1940), was a ''[[École Polytechnique|polytechnicien]]''?
*... that while most [[wine]]s can benefit from being '''[[Storage of wine|stored]]''' on their side, [[Champagne (wine)|Champagne]] and other [[sparkling wine]]s tend to [[age (wine)|age]] better if they are kept upright?
*... that [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''[[Thomas Baker (Royal Navy officer)|Thomas Baker]]''' played a significant role in bringing about three battles during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Copenhagen]], [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]], and [[Battle of Cape Ortegal|Cape Ortegal]]?
*... that the objective of the '''[[Nazi board games|Nazi board game]]''' ''Juden Raus!'' (Jews Out) was to move [[figurine]]s representing Jews across a map to "collection points" outside the city walls for [[deportation]]?
*... that diplomat '''[[Sabrina De Sousa]]''' in 2009 sued the [[United States]] government to get [[diplomatic immunity]]?
*... that '''[[Rick Gibson]]''' intended his [[Fetus|human]] earrings sculpture to raise questions about the appropriateness and usage of such materials for art and self adornment?


*'''''08:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:DOA, South Building - Washington, D.C..jpg|100x100px|U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest office building in the world until the construction of the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]]?
*... that the song "'''[[Te Amo (song)|Te Amo]]'''", performed by [[Panama]]nian [[singer-songwriter]] [[Makano (singer)|Makano]], became his first number-one single in the [[Hot Latin Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart]]?
*... that former fur trader '''[[Michel Laframboise]]''' helped found [[Fort Astoria]] and later operated a [[Historic ferries in Oregon|ferry]] across the [[Willamette River]]?
*... that the '''[[Lower Saxony state election, 2008|2008 Lower Saxony state election]]''' saw the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] have their worst [[performance]] in [[Lower Saxony]] since [[World War II]], while the [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] party won seats for the first time?
*... that folk singer '''[[Travis Edmonson]]''' was an honorary member of the [[Pascua Yaqui Tribe]] and helped create a dictionary for their language?
*... that planning for the '''[[demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II]]''' began in 1942?
*... that the '''[[Children's Literature Association]]''' developed a [[Western canon|canon]] of [[children's literature]] consisting of 63 titles, beginning with ''[[Little Women]]'' (1869)?
*... that [[ABC Radio]] president '''[[Robert Pauley]]''' hired the then-little-known [[Howard Cosell]] in 1960 to host a weekly [[sports]] program after Cosell was able to get a relative's [[shirt]] company as a [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]]?


*'''''02:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:4953 DYK.svg|100x100px|(4953) 1990 MU orbit]]
</div>
*... that '''[[minimum orbit intersection distance]]''' is one of the measures used to determine if a [[near-Earth object]], such as [[(4953) 1990 MU]] ''(orbit pictured)'', is a [[Potentially Hazardous Object]]?
*... that ''[[The New York Times]]'' described  the '''[[Welles declaration]]''' as "one of the most exceptional diplomatic documents issued by the [[U.S. State Department]] in many years"?
*... that Panamanian [[singer-songwriter]] '''[[Makano (singer)|Makano]]''' began writing songs when he was 16 years old?
*... that while the '''[[Conductivity (electrolytic)|electrical conductivity]]''' of [[purified water|pure water]] is very low, the conductivity of [[drinking water]] can be thousands of times greater?
*... that [[gridiron football]] [[wide receiver]] '''[[Chris Jackson (gridiron football)|Chris Jackson]]''' did not play football until attending [[Orange Coast College]] in 1994?
*... that despite winning the '''[[2009 Football League Trophy Final|Football League Trophy]]''' in 2009, [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] are not presently eligible to defend their title?
*... that '''[[M. D. Madhusudan]]''', who received the [[Whitley Awards (UK)|Whitley Award]] for 2009, uncovered links between coffee production in [[Brazil]] and [[cattle]] ownership and grazing in [[Bandipur National Park]]?
*... that the first [[sea trial]]s of a [[Ship replica|replica ship]] in Japan were those of the '''''[[Naniwa Maru]]''''' before it was placed in the [[Osaka Maritime Museum]]?

=== 19 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:42, 19 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:SquareSparks.jpg|100x100px|Sparks flying diagram]]
</div>
*... that '''[[spark testing]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a quick and inexpensive way to determine the general classification of [[ferrous]] materials using only a [[grinding wheel]]?
*... that '''[[Stan Bunn]]''' ran for Congress in [[Oregon's 1st congressional district]] while his brother [[Jim Bunn|Jim]] ran for re-election in [[Oregon's 5th congressional district]]?
*... that '''[[The Orckestra]]'''{{`}}s debut performance was at the ''Moving Left Revue'', a [[Communist Party of Great Britain|Communist Party]] benefit concert in London in 1977?
*... that the '''[[Union Monument in Vanceburg|Union Monument]]''' in [[Vanceburg, Kentucky]], is the only monument south of the [[Mason-Dixon Line|Mason–Dixon line]] that honors Union soldiers that is not in a [[cemetery]]?
*... that the number of women elected in the '''[[Moroccan parliamentary election, 2002|2002 Moroccan parliamentary election]]''' increased to 35 from only 2 in the previous election in 1997?
*... that '''[[Joseph Wicks]]''', a lawyer and judge in [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington State]] and the first [[city attorney]] of [[Grand Coulee, Washington|Grand Coulee]], was an enrolled member of the [[Cherokee Nation]]?
*... that the little balls of [[fiber]]s that appear on [[clothing]] due to wear are called '''[[Pill (textile)|pills]]'''?
*... that the [[Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad]] lost '''[[Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Company of Texas v. Clay May|its appeal]]''' to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] over a [[United States dollar|$]]25 penalty it had been ordered to pay to a farmer?


*'''''14:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Isidella_tentaculum_-_NOAA.jpg|100x100px|Bamboo coral]]
</div>
*... that '''[[bamboo coral]]''' specimens ''(pictured)'' have been found that are 4,000 years old?
*... that Mexican singer [[Vicente Fernández]] selected the anniversary of the [[Battle of Puebla]], to release his single "'''[[Necesito de Tí]]'''"?
*... that '''''[[Henry Eckford (1824)|Henry Eckford]]''''', built in [[New York City|New York]] in 1824, was the world's first [[steamship]] to be powered by a [[marine steam engine#compound|compound engine]]?
*... that [[gridiron football]] [[defensive end]] '''[[Justin Brown]]''' was named in six [[All-American]] teams when playing at [[East Central University]] from 2001 to 2004?
*... that '''''[[The Maori Merchant of Venice]]''''' was the first [[Maori language]] film adaptation of any of [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Shakespeare's plays|plays]]?
*... that '''[[Olga Taratuta]]''', a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[Anarchist communism|anarcho-communist]], escaped from a [[Russian Empire|Russian]] prison in 1906 while serving a 17-year sentence?
*... that amended U.S. Presidential '''[[Executive Order 8389]]''' ordered a freeze of the [[Baltic states]]' assets in the [[U.S.]]?
*... that in '''[[Ayapango]]''', [[Mexico]], older homes have names that are displayed on plaques?


*'''''09:07, 19 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sea Cloud.jpg|100x100px|The Sea Cloud]]
</div>
*... that the '''''[[USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284)|Sea Cloud]]''''' ''(pictured)'', the first fully racially integrated [[United States]] [[warship]] in [[World War II]], later served as a private yacht to racist dictator [[Rafael Trujillo]]?
*... that according to [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize-winning economist]] [[Amartya Sen]], there are more than 100 million '''[[Missing women of Asia|women "missing" in Asia]]'''?
*... that the [[rock music|rock]] band '''[[Goes Cube]]''' obtained its name from a poor [[back-translation]] of the phrase "Go Die" between English and German?
*... that ''[[The Wire]]'' actress [[Felicia Pearson|Felicia "Snoop" Pearson]] wrote an autobiography, '''''[[Grace After Midnight]]''''', chronicling her drug-dealing days in [[Baltimore]], imprisonment on murder charges and rehabilitation?
*... that in the late 18th century, the '''[[Gotha Observatory]]'''  became an international center for [[astronomy]], and the most modern astronomical institute specifically for its instruments?
*... that despite nearly throwing a [[perfect game]] in 1993, American baseball pitcher '''[[Tom Kramer]]''' never pitched at the highest professional level again after that year?
*... that according to the ''[[Golden Legend]]'', '''[[Genebald|Saint Genebald]]''' left his wife around AD 499 to become [[Ancient Diocese of Laon|Bishop of Laon]], and was later imprisoned by her uncle, [[Saint Remigius]], for sleeping with her when she visited?
*... that one of Germany's '''{{Sclass|Kaiser|battleship|1}}s''', {{SMS|Prinzregent Luitpold||6}}, never received a planned [[diesel engine]] to supplement her [[turbine]]s, so her range was much less than her sister ships?


*'''''03:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:A Consultation prior to the Aerial Voyage to Weilburgh, 1836 by John Hollins.jpg|100x100px|A Consultation prior to the Aerial Voyage to Weilburgh, 1836 by John Hollins]]
</div>
*... that the painting ''(pictured)'' of '''[[Robert Hollond]]''', '''[[Thomas Monck Mason|Monck Mason]]''' and [[Charles Green (balloonist)|Charles Green]] planning their record-making balloon trip also includes the artist, '''[[John Hollins (artist)|John Hollins]]'''?
*... that the 2007 dedication of the 1872-built '''[[Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard|Confederate Monument]]''' in [[Crab Orchard, Kentucky]], included [[Kentucky]] governor [[Ernie Fletcher]] and the [[United States Army]]?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[geochemist]] '''[[Knut S. Heier]]''' was a member of the [[Apollo program|Apollo Project]]?
*... that [[Aaron Spelling]]'s 56,500-square-foot mansion, known as '''[[The Manor (Los Angeles, California)|The Manor]]''', is the largest house in [[Los Angeles County]]?
*... that '''[[al-Mansur of Hims|al-Mansur Ibrahim]]''', the [[Ayyubid]] governor of [[Hims]], ended [[Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty|Khwarezmid]] power in [[Syria]] after defeating them in a battle near [[Lake Hims]]?
*... that a promising anti-cancer drug, '''[[swainsonine]]''', causes ''pea struck'' in Australia, ''locoismo'' in Argentina, and '''[[locoweed]]''' poisoning in North America?
*... that there is more potential for '''[[ullage (wine)|ullage]]''' development in [[wine]]s bottled with long [[cork (material)|cork]]s than in wines with short corks because wine is lost through absorption into the cork?
*... that shortly before the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989|1989 Revolution]], current [[Romania]]n [[Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Romania)|Transport Minister]] '''[[Radu Berceanu]]''' was questioned at length by the [[Securitate]] for allegedly intending to flee the country using a [[Hang gliding|hang glider]] he had built?

=== 18 May 2009 ===
*'''''21:35, 18 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Riddle Ranch, Farm Equipment, BLM.jpg|100x100px|Riddle Ranch, Oregon]]
</div>
*... that the site of '''[[Riddle Ranch]]''' ''(pictured)'' in eastern [[Oregon]] was a Native American settlement for over 1,000&nbsp;years?
*... that '''[[Shitou Xiqian]]''' was an obscure [[Zen]] teacher during his life but is now considered one of the two ancestors of all existing branches of Zen?
*... that during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] years, the '''[[History of the San Fernando Valley to 1915|San Fernando Valley]]''' north of [[Los Angeles]] experienced [[flood]]s, [[drought]]s, a [[smallpox]] [[epidemic]], and even a plague of [[locust]]s?
*... that after subduing most of the [[Hejaz]], '''[[Qatada ibn Idris]]''' went on to become the [[Sharif of Mecca]] establishing a tradition of ''[[sharif]]s'' descended from him to rule the city until 1925?
*... that '''''[[Operation Bayshield]]''''' was the first [[machinima]] work to use [[digital asset]]s not provided by the [[video game]] in which it was created?
*... that '''[[Asbjørn Kjønstad]]''' has been referred to as the "[[List of persons considered father or mother of a field|father]] of the [[smoking ban]]" in [[Norway]]?
*... that the marine fish '''''[[Caranx sansun]]''''', first described in 1775, has no [[common name]], has no known [[holotype]], and is labeled a ''[[nomen dubium]]'' as the correct identification is unlikely to be made?
*... that [[John B. Watson]] and '''[[Harvey A. Carr]]''' conducted a study called the '''[[kerplunk experiment]]''', so named because of the sound the rat made when hitting the end of a maze?


*'''''15:49, 18 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:UK0481Bladin1943.jpg|100x100px|Frank Bladin]]
</div>
*... that [[Air Vice Marshal]] '''[[Frank Bladin]]''' ''(pictured)'' was nicknamed "Dad" for the concern he showed for the welfare of his personnel?
*... that the remains of a [[cannon]] ball can still be seen in the wall of '''[[Moni Gonia Monastery]]''' from an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] attack during the [[Cretan Revolt (1866–1869)|Cretan Revolt]] of 1866–1869?
*... that the [[United States Department of Labor]] first began tracking '''[[discouraged worker]]s''' in 1967 and found 500,000 at the time?
*... that in a review of [[David Jordan (singer)|David Jordan]]'s debut album, '''''[[Set the Mood]]''''', it was suggested that the singer could have been [[molecular cloning|cloned]] from the [[DNA]] of [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[Michael Jackson]]?
*... that '''[[Charles Guth]]''' offered to sell [[Pepsi Co.]] to [[Coca-Cola]], but they did not even make a bid?
*... that all [[postal voting]] was used in the '''[[Gateshead Council election, 2003|2003 Gateshead Council election]]''' and saw the third highest [[turnout]] in the [[United Kingdom local elections, 2003|2003 United Kingdom local elections]]?
*... that the [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] [[deejay]] '''[[Barney Cannon]]''' was particularly knowledgeable about the history of [[country music]], his [[radio station]] [[KWKH|KWKH-AM]], and the former [[Louisiana Hayride]]?
*... that during [[World War I]], [[British people|Britons]] could be fined for '''[[The United Kingdom in World War I|feeding the pigeons]]'''?


*'''''10:00, 18 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Pisces V- noaa nur07527.jpg|100x100px|Submersible ''Pisces V'']]
</div>
*... that in  2002, the [[submersible]] '''''[[Pisces V]]''''' ''(pictured)'' and her sister vessel discovered a [[Ko-hyoteki class submarine|Japanese midget submarine]] in [[Pearl Harbor]],  the first vessel to be sunk during the 1941 [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]?
*... that while most [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] scholars '''[[Byzantinism|criticized the Byzantine system]]''' of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], [[Konstantin Leontiev]], a scholar from the [[Russian Empire]] praised it for the very same reasons?
*... that '''[[Charles Carroll the Settler]]'''{{`}}s attempts to gain office in colonial [[Maryland]] led to all [[Catholicism|Catholics]] in the colony losing the right to vote?
*... that official [[Voter turnout|turnout]] in the '''[[Algerian national reconciliation referendum, 2005|2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum]]''' was 99.95% in [[Khenchela]] but only just over 11% in [[Tizi Ouzou Province]]? 
*... that '''[[Sol Rosenberg (Louisiana businessman)|Sol Rosenberg]]''', a survivor of the [[Dachau concentration camp]], established an international [[steel]] company in his adopted city of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]]? 
*... that the [[Oslo]] square '''[[Eidsvolls plass]]''' has been referred to as "the [[National Mall]] of [[Norway]]"?
*... that former United States President [[George H.W. Bush]] is a member of the invitation-only '''[[Alibi Club]]''' in [[Washington, D.C.]]?
*... that [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] called '''[[Skeffington Lutwidge]]''', his commander on two separate occasions, 'that good old man'?


*'''''04:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Plane of Ecliptic.jpg|100x100px|Mercury, Venus and Jupiter showing their position on the ecliptic plane, with the Moon pictured in the foreground.]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[plane of the ecliptic]]''' ''(effect pictured)'' is the imaginary plane of the Earth as it orbits the Sun?
*... that '''[[Damon E. Allen]]''' led the successful campaign by the [[Kentucky]] Optometric Association to empower [[optometrist]]s in the state to prescribe medication for patients?
*... that [[Haiti]]an expatriate artist '''[[Edouard Duval-Carrié]]''' criticized the regime of [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] by creating artwork that parodied Duvalier?
*... that '''[[Lizzie Lloyd King]]''', the alleged murderess of Charles Goodrich, consumed flakes of the victim's desiccated blood during a police interrogation?
*... that according to the former mayor of the commune of [[Adjohoun]], [[Gerard Adounsiba]], the '''[[2008 Benin floods]]''' were the "largest humanitarian crisis to date" to affect the region?
*... that '''[[Allison Bradshaw]]'''{{`}}s mother, [[tennis]] player '''[[Valerie Ziegenfuss]]''', was one of the '''[[Original 9]]''' who established the basis for the [[WTA Tour]]?
*... that '''[[Tom Bunn]]''' served in the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] at the same time as his older brothers [[Stan Bunn|Stan]] and [[Jim Bunn|Jim]]?

=== 17 May 2009 ===
*'''''22:28, 17 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Duryeaauto.png|100x100px|Charles Duryea's Motor Wagon]]
</div>
*... that the 1895 '''[[Chicago Times-Herald race]]''', won by [[Charles Duryea]]'s [[Duryea Motor Wagon Company|Motorized Wagon]] ''(pictured)'', was the first [[auto racing|auto race]] in the [[United States]]?
*... that the subscription service '''[[BoardEx]]''' provides information on the world's [[Board of directors|business directors]] and senior managers, including their [[salary|salaries]], bonuses, and [[Incentive_plan#Monetary_rewards|incentive pay]]?
*... that '''[[Greater Manchester bus route 192]]''' was the first in the UK to have [[solar powered]] on-street ticket machines?
*... that '''[[Hurricane Tara (1961)|1961's Hurricane Tara]]''' was one of the deadliest [[Pacific hurricane]]s on record?
*... that two trunk roads from [[London]] to the [[Sussex]] coast, the [[A22 road|A22]] and the [[A23 road|A23]], use parts of the '''[[London to Brighton Way (Roman road)|London to Brighton Way]]'''?
*... that 16 people were killed in the '''[[1999 Tashkent bombings]]''' when six [[car bomb]]s were detonated, an attack most likely perpetrated by the [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]?
*... that '''''[[Adam and Joe (radio show)|Adam and Joe]]''''' on [[BBC 6 Music]] won the [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] award for [[radio programming|Radio Programme]] of the Year in its first six months of broadcast?
*... that the '''[[Mirrorwing flyingfish]]''' attaches masses of its [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] to floating debris by a series of filaments on each egg?


*'''''16:42, 17 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Toniná Pyramid 1.jpg|100x100px|Pyramid at Toniná]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Toniná]]''' in [[Mexico]] ''(pyramid pictured)'' was one of the last of the [[Mesoamerican chronology|Classic Period]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] cities to fall into ruin?
*... that '''[[Eunice Taylor]]''', a [[catcher]] for the [[Kenosha Comets]] of the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]], was the model for [[Rosie O'Donnell]]'s character in the film ''[[A League of Their Own]]''?
*... that in the 2008 [[motorcycle]] '''[[Scott Trial]]''' event, there were only 60 official finishers out of a starting entry of 200? 
*... that in 1767, '''[[Union Street Historic District (Poughkeepsie, New York)|Union Street]]''' first connected [[Poughkeepsie, New York]], to the [[Hudson River]]?
*... that at the [[Battle of Pulo Aura]], a fleet of [[East Indiaman|East Indiamen]] under [[commodore (rank)|Commodore]] '''[[Nathaniel Dance]]''' fought off an entire [[French Navy|French squadron]]?
*... that "'''[[Thrilla in the Villa]]'''", the first season finale of ''[[Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire]]'', was seen by 858,000 households, about half the viewership of the season premiere one month earlier?
*... that the [[Summit (topography)|summit]] of '''[[Mount Scott (Oregon)|Mount Scott]]''' is the highest point in [[Crater Lake National Park]]?
*... that [[Czechs|Czech]] [[singer]] and [[pianist]] '''[[Jiří Šlitr]]''' died from [[coal gas]] poisoning?


*'''''10:56, 17 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Upthorpe Mill, Stanton.jpg|100x100px|Upthorpe Mill in Stanton]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Upthorpe Mill, Stanton|Stanton windmill]]''' ''(pictured)'' has a wooden [[mill machinery#Windmill machinery|windshaft]]?
*... that '''[[Hector Hyppolite]]''' was a [[Haitian Vodou]] priest who was classified as a [[surrealist]] painter by the surrealist theorist [[André Breton]]?
*... that '''''[[Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!]]''''' won the 2009 [[Sony Radio Academy Awards|Sony Radio Academy Gold Award]] for comedy?
*... that [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Laureate]] [[George Smoot]], whose work cemented the [[Big Bang]] theory, made a [[cameo appearance]] on the [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' in the episode '''"[[The Terminator Decoupling]]"'''? 
*... that [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Bud Houghton]]''' was born in [[Chennai|Madras]] to an [[Anglo-Indian]] family who migrated to England in 1947 when [[India]] gained independence from British rule?
*... that custom '''[[Allocator (C++)|allocators]]''' may greatly improve the performance of a [[computer program]] written in [[C++]]?
*... that the '''[[Jablonkow Incident]]''' has been named the first commando operation of the [[Second World War]]?
*... that the 1931 '''[[Vickers Type 161]]''' may have been the first aircraft to be fitted with in-flight adjustable [[Flight_control_surfaces#Elevator_trim|elevator trims]]?


*'''''05:07, 17 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sri Aravan.jpg|100x100px|Aravan]]
</div>
*... that in an annual festival in [[Koovagam]], India, [[eunuch]]s and [[transvestism|transvestite]]s ritually marry the [[Hindu god]] '''[[Iravan|Aravan]]''' ''(statue pictured)''?
*... that [[Philip Glass]] composed a '''[[Dracula (Kronos album)|soundtrack]]''' in 1998, recorded by the [[Kronos Quartet]], for the 1931 ''[[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]]'' film starring [[Béla Lugosi]]?
*... that [[Czechs|Czech]] [[jazz]] [[double-bass]]ist '''[[Luděk Hulan]]''' co-founded ''Studio 5'', one of the most important modern [[jazz ensemble]]s in [[Czechoslovakia]]?
*... that the shell of marine [[snail]]s in the family '''[[Juliidae]]''' is composed of two parts, like a [[clam]]?
*... that '''[[Raquel Forner]]''' was one of the earliest [[fine art|fine artists]] to portray scenes of [[outer space]]?
*... that [[radio station]] '''[[KLBS]]''' broadcasts a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese-language]] [[world music]] format to California's [[San Joaquin Valley]]?
*... that '''[[Shamar Sands]]''', the [[The Bahamas|Bahamian]] [[110 metre hurdles]] national record holder, has a degree in [[accountancy]]?
*... that '''[[Spratt's]]''' supplied [[dogs in warfare|army dogs]] with 1,256,976,708 [[dog food|dog biscuit]]s during [[World War I]]?

=== 16 May 2009 ===
*'''''23:21, 16 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Oliver Cromwell's head, late 1700s.jpg|100x100px|Oliver Cromwell's head, late 1700s]]
</div>
*... that for over 20 years after his [[posthumous execution]] in 1661, '''[[Oliver Cromwell's head]]''' ''(pictured)'' stood on a spike outside [[Westminster Hall]]?
*... that '''[[Earl Sprackling]]''', who was selected as the best [[college football]] player of 1910, gained 456 total yards and kicked three [[field goal (football)|field goal]]s in one game?
*... that [[Belgium|Belgian]] firm [[Interbrew]] has a 34.4% share in the '''[[Belgium–Ukraine relations|Ukrainian beer market]]'''?
*... that [[Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food|Norwegian Minister of Agriculture]] and [[Storting|Member of Parliament]] '''[[Bernt Holtsmark]]''' had two first cousins, '''[[Wilhelm Blakstad|Wilhelm]]''' and '''[[Finn Blakstad]]''', who were also Members of Parliament?
*... that '''[[aquaculture of salmon|farmed salmon]]''' can escape from their sea cage and [[interbreed]] with [[Wild fisheries|wild]] salmon?
*... that '''[[Friedrich Foertsch]]''' was the second [[Chief of Staff, Bundeswehr|chief of staff]] of the [[Bundeswehr]] and recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that '''[[Danny Friend]]''' was the [[Chicago Colts]]' [[Opening Day]] starting pitcher in 1896, despite only having pitched five previous [[Major League Baseball]] games?
*... that after Pacific States Lumber went [[bankruptcy|bankrupt]] in 1939, the [[company town]] of '''[[Selleck, Washington]]''', was sold for [[United States dollar|US$]]3,000?


*'''''17:35, 16 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Pregnant seahorse4.JPG|100x100px|A pregnant male common seahorse]]
</div>
*... that the male '''[[Hippocampus kuda|common seahorse]]''' ''(pregnant male pictured)'' carries and delivers its young?
*... that [[Texas]] [[clergy]]man '''[[Harold Reeves]]''' was the first [[missionary]] dispatched to [[Thailand]] by the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]?
*... that during its one year of existence, the '''[[Tainan Air Group]]''' produced more [[Flying ace|aces]] than any other [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] unit in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]?
*... that [[William Butler Yeats]] intended the [[poem]] '''"[[Politics (poem)|Politics]]"''' to be an [[envoi]] to '''"[[The Circus Animals' Desertion]]"''' and for it to be last in his final collection of poems?
*... that the [[Indiana]]-based [[Upland Brewing Company]] provided beer bottles and props to lend Indiana authenticity to the "'''[[Boys' Club (Parks and Recreation)|Boys' Club]]'''" episode of ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''?
*... that the [[Czechs|Czech]] [[trumpeter]] and [[singer]] '''[[Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter)|Jiří Jelínek]]''' was nicknamed "The Czech [[Louis Armstrong|Satchmo]]"?
*... that the '''[[spinner shark]]''' is named for the spinning leaps it makes out of the water as part of its feeding strategy?
*... that '''[[Kim Kang-woo]]''' spent about ten days acquainting himself with a [[cattle|cow]] to prepare for scenes in the film ''[[Le Grand Chef]]'', likening the experience to working with a sensitive actress?


*'''''11:49, 16 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, and a detail, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg|100x100px|The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb]]
</div>
*... that in [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s novel ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]'', [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]'s '''''[[The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is said to have the power to make viewers lose their faith?
*... that [[Tennyson Bardwell]]'s second film '''''[[The Skeptic (film)|The Skeptic]]''''' was actually written in the 1980s, but did not start filming until 2005?
*... that the San Juan Bautista Parish of '''[[Tenango del Aire]]''' in [[Mexico]] was initially run by the [[Franciscans]]?
*... that before starting her [[Model (person)|model]]ing career and appearing on ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'', '''[[Celia Ammerman]]''' lived across from a chicken [[slaughterhouse]] in [[Brooklyn]]?
*... that the winning candidate in the '''[[Hartlepool Council election, 2002|2002 Hartlepool Council election]]''', known as [[H'Angus the Monkey]] before taking office, pledged to give free bananas to school children in [[Hartlepool (borough)|Hartlepool]]?
*... that '''[[Duane Purvis]]'''{{`s}} right arm made him a world-class [[javelin]] thrower and "without peer" as a long passer in [[American football|football]]?
*... that every [[December 11]] in '''[[Acatlán de Juárez]]''', [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]], bonfires are lit along the streets to commemorate the vision of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] to [[Juan Diego]]?
*... that [[Hacker (computer security)|computer hacker]] '''[[Raphael Gray]]''' sent [[Viagra]] tablets to [[Bill Gates]] and then published what he said was Gates' [[credit card]] number?


*'''''06:00, 16 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Baby_Elephant.jpg|100x100px|Baby Asian elephant]]
</div>
*... that '''[[elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus]]''', found mostly among young captive [[Asian elephant]]s ''(pictured)'', can have a fatality rate of up to 90%?
*... that in the [[United States]], 88&nbsp;percent of [[Public sector|public]] employees are [[insurance|covered]] by a '''[[defined benefit pension plan]]'''?
*... that the 1987 [[roguelike]] computer game ''[[NetHack]]'' was named differently from its predecessor, ''[[Hack (video game)|Hack]]'', because ''Hack'' creator '''[[Andries Brouwer]]''' "...may eventually release a new version of his own"?
*... that an '''[[Abbasid-Carolingian alliance|alliance]]''' was formed in the [[8th century]] between the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] and the Frankish [[Carolingian Empire]] against the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the Muslim [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyads]] of [[Spain]]?
*... that '''[[Saucon Valley Country Club]]''' has hosted five [[United States Golf Association|USGA]] [[golf]] tournaments, and is the site of the [[2009 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship]]?
*... that the '''[[Dogger Bank itch]]''' is a [[list of skin-related conditions|skin condition]]  prevalent in fishermen who work in the [[North Sea]]?
*... that [[Leona Lewis]]' "[[Bleeding Love]]" made her the first non-North American act to reach number-one on the '''[[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 (Canada)|Canadian Hot 100 in 2008]]'''?
*... that the lead character in the [[Mozart]] [[opera]] ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' calls out for a glass of '''[[Marzemino]]''' in the final banquet scene before he is carried down to [[hell]]?


*'''''00:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Russian imperial train crush1888.jpg|100x100px|The crash site of the Borki train disaster]]
</div>
*... that Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] is said to have held the collapsed roof of the royal [[Railroad car|car]] on his shoulders while his family escaped the '''[[Borki train disaster|Borki train crash site]]''' ''(pictured)'' uninjured?
*... that '''[[Canaiolo]]''' was included in the 19th-century [[Chianti]] recipe to add [[fruit (wine)|fruitiness]] and soften the [[tannin]]s of [[Sangiovese]], much like [[Merlot]]'s role in [[Bordeaux (wine)|Bordeaux]] wine blends?
*... that '''[[Henry Jenkins (supercentenarian)|Henry Jenkins]]''' of [[Bolton-on-Swale]], [[Yorkshire]] is said to have lived to the age of 169?
*... that the only surviving structure from the '''[[Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad]]''' is a '''[[Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad Station|train station]]''' that is now the [[city and town halls|town hall]] of [[Coudersport, Pennsylvania]]?
*... that [[India]]n businessman '''[[Ness Wadia]]''', a co-owner of the [[Indian Premier League]] cricket team [[Kings XI Punjab]], is the great-grandson of [[Pakistan]] founder [[Mohammad Ali Jinnah]]?
*... that '''[[GRB 050709]]''' was the first short-duration [[gamma-ray burst]] for which an [[Visible spectrum|optical]] afterglow was detected?
*... that '''[[Jens Wisløff]]''', a [[Conservative Party of Norway]] politician, was called "the grand old man of [[asphalt]]"?
*... that funding to help '''[[J-D's Down Home Enterprises]]''' start producing [[bacon]]-flavored salt came from a three-year-old child's winnings on ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]''?

=== 15 May 2009 ===
*'''''18:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:CapillaAbiertaTlalMX.jpg|100x100px|An open air chapel at Tlalmanalco]]
</div>
*... that the [[Mexico|Mexican]] town of '''[[Tlalmanalco]]''' has one of the few remaining intact open-air [[chapel]]s ''(pictured)'' built for [[Indigenous peoples in Mexico|native people]] who would not enter [[church]]es?
*... that the '''[[Aeoliscus strigatus|razorfish]]''' hides in the spines of [[sea urchin]]s both for protection and as a hunting strategy?
*... that '''[[Leonard Trask]]''' published an account of his life as a sufferer of a condition in which his [[Vertebral column|spine]] curved forward to the extent that his chin rested on his chest?
*... that the '''[[Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (Singapore)|Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act]]''' of [[Singapore]] that allows for suspected criminals to be [[preventive detention|detained without trial]] has been renewed 12 times since its enactment in 1955?
*... that [[Mount Veniaminof]] in the '''[[Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge]]''' contains the most extensive crater [[glacier]] in [[North America]], at roughly {{convert|5.2|mi|km}} in diameter?
*... that among '''[[Gerhard Knoop]]'''´s stage productions are [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', [[August Strindberg|Strindberg]]'s ''[[Miss Julie]]'',  [[Samuel Beckett|Beckett]]'s ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'', and [[Eugène Ionesco|Ionesco]]'s ''[[The Chairs]]''?
*... that from 1995 to 2003, an [[Arkansas]] [[radio station]] now called '''[[KZTD]]''' shared its "KBBL" [[call sign]] with the [[media in The Simpsons|fictional radio station]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]''?
*... that '''[[Juliano Verbard]]''' escaped from a [[France|French]] prison in a [[aircraft hijacking|hijack]]ed [[helicopter]]?


*'''''12:42, 15 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Woodburn (Pendleton, South Carolina).jpg|100x100px|Woodburn Plantation]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Jane Edna Hunter]]''', an [[African American]] social worker in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], was born on the '''[[Woodburn (Pendleton, South Carolina)|Woodburn Plantation]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Pendleton, South Carolina]]?
*... that the [[Jungle Shrew]] is a small mammal found only in '''[[Sri Lanka lowland rain forests]]'''?
*... that heavy losses on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] in the [[World War I|First World War]] caused the '''[[French Army in World War I|French Army]]''' to [[conscription|conscript]] men up to age 45?
*... that [[vibraphone|vibraphonist]] '''[[Karel Velebný]]''' is considered one of the founders of modern [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[jazz]]?
*... that '''[[enamel tufts]]''', [[Self-healing material|self-healing]] defects in [[tooth enamel]] at its junction with [[dentin]], help enamel withstand bite forces as high as 1,000&nbsp;[[Newton|N]]?
*... that '''[[Lester Belding]]''' was the first [[Iowa Hawkeyes]] [[American football|football]] player to be named an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]]?
*... that the '''[[aerial telescope]]''' is a type of very long focal length [[refracting telescope]] built in the second half of the 17th century that did not use a tube?
*... that [[Rotten Sound]]'s '''''[[Murderworks]]''''' album cover was [[censorship|censor]]ed in Europe by manufacturers in Germany who considered it too disturbing for consumers?


*'''''06:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Mibbit logo.png|100x100px|Mibbit]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Mibbit]]''' ''(logo pictured)'' will be used as the default [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC protocol]] handler in the upcoming release of [[Mozilla Firefox#Version 3.5|Firefox 3.5]]?
*... that '''[[Hauz Khas Complex]]''' in [[South Delhi]] encompasses a water tank, an [[Islam]]ic [[seminary]], a [[mosque]], a [[tomb]] and pavilions built around a medieval village in the [[13th-century]] [[Delhi Sultanate]] reign?
*... that '''''[[The Ladies' Mercury]]''''' was the first [[periodical]] publication designed just for women?
*... that actor [[Kim Kang-woo]] had to overcome his fear of water to star in '''''[[Marine Boy (film)|Marine Boy]]''''', and went on to film dangerous water sequences without using a [[stunt double]]?
*... that the [[larva]]e of the '''[[Appalachian Azure]]''', a [[species]] of [[Lycaenidae|gossamer wings]] [[butterfly]], can only feed on the flowers of the [[Actaea racemosa|black cohosh]]?
*... that '''[[Christopher Grigson]]''' made important contributions to [[scanning electron microscope|scanning electron microscopy]], but switched careers and became a [[naval architecture|naval architect]]?
*... that in the late 1980s, there was a surge of interest in using '''[[Colorino]]''' in [[Chianti]] blends for the added deep dark coloring and structure from [[Phenolic compounds in wine|phenolic compounds]] that it brought to the [[wine]]?
*... that KDMN (now '''[[KVBV|KSKE]]''') and its Radio Colorado [[sister stations]] became the target of [[prank call]]s in 2003 when the film ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' displayed the station group's [[telephone number|phone number]] as [[God]]'s?


*'''''01:07, 15 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Fiasco di vino rosso da tavola Monteriggioni.jpg|100x100px|A bottle of Chianti wine]]
</div>
*... that in the early '''[[history of Chianti]]''' ''(bottle pictured)'', the [[wine]] was white and not red?
*... that ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' episode "'''[[Cafe Disco]]'''" includes cameos by series writers [[Gene Stupnitsky]] and [[Lee Eisenberg]] at an office dance party?
*... that [[cartographer]] '''[[Jan Martin Larsen]]''' was a pioneer in the development of the specialized [[orienteering map]]?
*... that [[Oregon]] radio station '''[[KKRB]]''' won ''[[New Music Weekly]]'' magazine's "Adult Contemporary Radio Station of the Year" [[New Music Awards|New Music Award]] in 2006, 2007, and 2008?
*... that [[Bulgaria]]n [[zoology|zoologist]] '''[[Ivan Buresh]]''', dubbed "the patriarch of Bulgarian biology", was the son of a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[zincography|zincographer]]?
*... that [[Becharof Lake]] within the '''[[Becharof National Wildlife Refuge]]''' in [[Alaska]] contains the second largest run of [[sockeye salmon]] in the world?
*... that the early 20th-century diaries of German [[Ornithology|ornithologist]] '''[[Bernhard Hantzsch]]''' influenced British [[Arctic explorer]] [[Pen Hadow]]?
*... that '''[[Carrington Moss]]''' was used to dispose of [[Manchester]]'s [[night soil]], and was a [[Starfish site]] in [[World War II]]?

=== 14 May 2009 ===
*'''''19:26, 14 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">

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*... that the heroic [[Ancient Greek sculpture|Greek marble]] '''[[Gaddi Torso]]''' ''(pictured)'' in the [[Uffizi|Uffizi, Florence]], was so admired in the [[Italian Renaissance]] that it was never "restored" by completing it?
*... that '''[[Carlton Skinner]]''' commanded the first racially integrated [[United States]] [[warship]]s, and later served as [[Guam]]'s first [[List of Governors of Guam|civilian governor]]?
*... that '''[[Hel Fortified Area]]''' was in 1939 the last place of [[Poland]] to surrender to the invading Wehrmacht, and during [[World War II]] it was used as a [[Kriegsmarine]] base?
*... that [[William Butler Yeats]] originally published the [[poem]] "'''[[On being asked for a War Poem]]'''" under the title "A Reason for Keeping Silent" in 1916?
*... that the [[Baptist]] [[folk high school]] at '''[[Strand, Akershus]]''', [[Norway]], was visited by [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King]] in 1964?
*... that '''[[James Edward Hanger]]''', the first amputee of the [[American Civil War]],  designed his own [[prosthesis]] and went on to found a prosthetic manufacturer still in business today?
*... that two aircraft working for the [[New Zealand Police]] '''[[1993 Auckland mid-air collision|collided in mid-air]]''' over central [[Auckland]] in 1993?
*... that New York [[talent agent]] '''[[Sam Cohn]]''', who ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine called "the first superagent of the modern age", liked to eat paper?


*'''''13:35, 14 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Osaka maritime museum01s3200.jpg|100x100px|The dome of the Osaka Maritime Museum]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Osaka Maritime Museum]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a [[geodesic dome]] that sits out in [[Osaka Bay]] and is accessed by an underwater tunnel?
*... that '''''[[The Hate That Hate Produced]]''''', a [[documentary film|documentary]] critical of the [[Nation of Islam]], caused the group's membership to double?
*... that '''''[[Praise of the Two Lands (ship)|Praise of the Two Lands]]''''' is the first [[ship]] mentioned by name in a written record?
*... that in [[college basketball]] a '''[[Bonus (basketball)|bonus]]''' is awarded to a team beginning with the seventh [[foul (basketball)|foul]] in a half from the opposing team?
*... that [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] sculptor '''[[Mikhaylo Parashchuk]]''', who decorated many major buildings in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], was reportedly a student of [[Auguste Rodin]]?
*... that '''[[Jonathan Roberts]]''', a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] from 1814 to 1821, built a school for poor children?
*... that the song "'''[[Que No Se Rompa la Noche]]'''", first performed by [[Julio Iglesias]], has been [[cover version|covered]] by [[Pandora (musical group)|Pandora]], [[Vikki Carr]] and [[Ray Conniff]]?
*... that in 2003 a '''[[2003 ricin letters|ricin contaminated letter]]''' was sent to the [[White House]]?
*... that [[Netherlands|Dutch]] film pioneer '''[[Willy Mullens]]''' worked as a [[human cannonball]] before becoming a [[film director]]?


*'''''07:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Vanessa Rousso.jpg|100x100px|Vanessa Rousso]]
</div>
*... that 26-year-old '''[[Vanessa Rousso]]''' ''(pictured)'' is among the top five females in career earnings in [[poker]] history?
*... that [[Microsoft]] attempted to tap into the Chinese computing [[market]] in 1999 with a prototype computer known as '''[[Microsoft Venus]]'''?
*... that Polish merchant '''[[Jan Dekert]]''' was a vocal advocate for the enfranchisement of [[Bourgeoisie|burghers]] during the [[Great Sejm]] in the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]?
*... that a '''[[1947 Wisconsin earthquake|1947 earthquake]]''' in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Wisconsin]] was strong enough to break a [[seismograph]] at [[Marquette University]]?
*... that although '''[[Mahfouz Ould al-Walid|Mahfouz al-Walid]]''' was reported killed in 2002, it was not until 2007 that the [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] acknowledged that his name was not an alias for [[Mohamedou Ould Slahi|Mohamedou Slahi]]?
*... that the '''[[four-slide]]''' machine is an atypical type of [[stamping (metalworking)|stamping]] machinery that can produce 1,200 to 4,300 stampings per hour?
*... that Adam Davis was convicted of the murder of '''[[Vicki Robinson]]''' and is currently on [[Florida]]'s [[death row]]?
*... that the first use of the format of the [[advice column]] was in '''[[The Athenian Mercury]]''' in 1690?


*'''''02:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Carcharhinus isodon.jpg|100x100px|Finetooth shark (''Carcharhinus isodon'')]]
</div>
*... that during the summer the '''[[finetooth shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' is found exclusively in water less than 10&nbsp;m (30&nbsp;ft) deep?
*... that '''''[[Work Is a Four-Letter Word]]''''' is the only film in which [[Cilla Black]] has had a starring role?
*... that the [[thoroughbred]] horse '''[[Onion (horse)|Onion]]''' never won another [[Graded stakes race|stakes race]] after his upset defeat of [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] in the 1973 [[Whitney Handicap]]?
*... that when '''[[Riaz Mohammad Khan]]''' stepped down as [[Foreign Secretary of Pakistan]], media speculated that he was sacked because he opposed the [[United Nations|UN]] investigation into the [[assassination of Benazir Bhutto]]?
*... that [[William Butler Yeats]] wrote the [[poem]] '''"[[A Prayer for My Daughter]]"''' in 1919 while staying in the tower at Thoor Ballylee during the [[Irish War of Independence]]?
*... that the '''[[SARK]]''', the [[United States Navy|US Navy]]'s Search and Rescue Knife, was designed and built within 24 hours by custom knifemaker [[Ernest Emerson]]?
*... that a possible extension of the [[Røa Line]] [[Oslo Metro|metro]] to '''[[Øverland]]''' was considered in the [[interwar period]], but did not materialize?
*... that after '''[[Bill Sketoe]]''' was [[lynching|lynched]] in 1864, a hole dug to facilitate his hanging remained visible for over a century?

=== 13 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Katta Lemur catta.jpg|100x100px|A Ring-tailed Lemur (L. catta)]]
</div>
*... that between 2000 and 2008, '''[[List of lemur species|39 new species of lemur]]''' ''([[Ring-tailed Lemur]] pictured)'' were described in [[Madagascar]], bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99?
*... that a network of companies including the '''[[Chester Rolling Mill]]''', '''[[Chester Pipe and Tube Company]]''', '''[[Standard Steel Casting Company]]''' and '''[[Combination Steel and Iron Company]]''' made shipbuilder [[John Roach & Sons]] one of [[United States|America's]] first [[vertical integration|vertically integrated]] businesses?
*... that Polish merchant '''[[Jan Dekert]]''' was a vocal advocate for the enfranchisement of [[Bourgeoisie|burghers]] during the [[Great Sejm]] in the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]?
*... that [[radio station]] '''[[KBCH]]''' chose its [[call sign]] to represent the "20 Miracle Miles" of [[beach]]es in [[Lincoln County, Oregon]]?
*... that still-extant English piano manufacturer '''[[Broadwood and Sons]]''' once made instruments favoured by [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] and [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]?
*... that American '''[[Louis Littlepage]]''' had to receive a special permission from the [[United States Congress|US Congress]] to serve as a secretary to the last king of Poland, [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]]?
*... that the fungus '''''[[Helvella corium]]''''' has been found growing on caustic spoil mounds of a [[sodium hydroxide|soda]] factory and on [[uranium tailings]]?
*... that Ohio teenager '''[[Vicki Lynne Cole]]''' held up a sign (which she hadn't read) saying "Bring Us Together Again" at a 1968 [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] rally, and the candidate later mentioned it in his victory speech?


*'''''14:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Honeybee thermal defence01.jpg|100x100px|A. c. japonica forming a "bee ball" in which two giant hornets (Vespa simillima xanthoptera) are engulfed and are being heated]]
</div>
*... that when a '''[[Apis cerana japonica|Japanese honeybee]]''' hive is invaded by a [[Asian giant hornet|giant hornet]] scout, the honeybees "bake" the hornet in a ball of about 500 bees ''(pictured)''?
*... that on April 7, 1977, [[baseball]] [[pitcher]] [[Ken Brett]] was the '''[[List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers|Chicago White Sox's Opening Day starter]]''' against the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] in the latter's first-ever [[List of baseball jargon (R)#regular season|regular season]] game?
*... that '''[[Ismail Shammout]]'''{{'}}s painting ''Where to ...?'', depicting the [[Exodus from Lydda|Lydda Death March]] of July 1948, is said to have attained iconic status in [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] culture?
*... that because actor [[Alan Dale]] was unable to go to [[Hawaii]] to appear on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' as '''[[Charles Widmore]]''', the camera crew moved to [[London]] to include him on the show anyway?
*... that the fungus '''''[[Helvella acetabulum]]''''' resembles a [[cabbage]] leaf?
*... that '''[[Anne Donahue]]''' was one of only five [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] in the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] to vote in favor of a bill legalizing [[same-sex marriage]] in the state?
*... that when the new [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[dreadnought]] '''[[ARA Rivadavia|''Rivadavia'']]''' arrived in [[Buenos Aires]] on 19 February 1915, over 47,000 people, including [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Victorino de la Plaza]], came out to see the ship?
*... that [[Karsten Solheim]]'s invention of the modern '''[[lob wedge]]''' [[Golf club (equipment)|golf club]] may have come from experimentally [[adhesive|gluing]] a [[potato chip]] to a straw?


*'''''08:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Persian embassy at the Quirinale.jpg|100x100px|Persian embassy to Europe]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Persian embassy to Europe (1609–1615)|Persian embassy to Europe in 1609–1615]]''' ''(pictured)'' was led by the [[turban|enturbaned]] English adventurer [[Robert Shirley]]?
*... that [[World War I]] [[flying ace]] [[Eddie Rickenbacker]]'s memoirs influenced 1930s "flying pulp" magazines such as '''''[[Flying Aces (magazine)|Flying Aces]]'''''?
*... that [[opera]] singer '''[[Richard Suart]]''', known for his roles in [[Gilbert and Sullivan]], has also specialised in [[avant-garde]] modern opera?
*... that [[Richard Upjohn]]'s [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] alterations to the '''[[Mandeville House]]''', the oldest in [[Garrison, New York]], were removed by a later owner?
*... that [[extract]]s from the '''[[Helvella elastica|elastic saddle fungus]]''' can dissolve [[fibrin]] [[thrombus|blood clot]]s?
*... that in June 1994 the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] blocked the sale of the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] to a group seeking to move the franchise to [[New Orleans]], thus '''[[Minnesota Timberwolves failed relocation to New Orleans|keeping the Timberwolves in Minneapolis]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Air Battle of El Mansoura]]''' in the [[Yom Kippur War]] involved nearly 180 [[aircraft]] in a continuous engagement lasting 53 minutes?
*... that '''[[Mary Roberts (painter)|Mary Roberts]]''' was the first recorded female [[Portrait miniature|miniaturist]] in the [[Colonial history of the United States|American colonies]]?


*'''''02:43, 13 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Holland Road Baptist Church, Hove 01.JPG|100x100px|Holland Road Baptist Church, Hove]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Holland Road Baptist Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Hove]], England, was paid for by George Congreve, who made his fortune selling [[tuberculosis]] [[elixir]]?
*... that the '''[[Greeves (motorcycles)|Greeves]]''' [[motorcycle]] company funded production from a contract with the [[Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance|Ministry of Pensions]] for their [[Thundersley Invacar|Invacar]] for disabled drivers?
*... that although '''[[Victor Gold (journalist)|Vic Gold]]'''  co-wrote [[George H. W. Bush|the first President Bush]]'s autobiography and wrote a novel with [[Lynne Cheney|Dick Cheney's wife]], in 2007 he wrote a book attacking [[George W. Bush|the second President Bush]] and [[Dick Cheney|Cheney]]?
*... that in the '''[[Capture of Ormuz (1622)|capture of Ormuz in 1622]]''', an [[Anglo]]-[[Persia]]n force combined to expel the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]]?
*... that 19th century wrestler '''[[John McMahon (wrestler)|John McMahon]]'''{{`}}s career began with a 17-year undefeated streak?
*... that the [[bacterium]] '''''[[Streptococcus iniae]]''''' has been called "one the most serious aquatic [[pathogen]]s in the last decade"?
*... that [[Golden Raspberry Award]]s founder '''[[John J.B. Wilson|John Wilson]]'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> marketing work has included publicity for the [[Academy Award]]s?
*... that [[Local government in the United Kingdom|local councils]] in the [[United Kingdom]] can make '''[[Byelaws in the United Kingdom|byelaws]]''' regulating the design of [[swimsuit|bathing costumes]] worn on the beach?

=== 12 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Brede waterworks edit1.jpg|100x100px|Brede Waterworks, Brede, East Sussex]]
</div>
*... that the Worthington–Simpson [[Steam engine#Multiple expansion engines|triple expansion steam engine]] at '''[[Brede Waterworks]]''' ''(pictured)'' can pump {{convert|3500000|impgal|l|lk=on}} of water per day to a height of {{convert|515|ft|m}}?
*... that radio evangelist '''[[Robert P. Shuler|"Fighting Bob" Shuler]]''', known for his attacks on politicians and support of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], received 25% of the votes in a 1932 [[United States Senate|US Senate]] election in [[California]]?
*... that no specialist '''[[ceramics museum]]''' has as large a collection as the 340,000 pieces in [[Collections of the Palace Museum#Ceramic|The Palace Museum, Beijing]]?
*... that '''[[1952 in NASCAR|in NASCAR, 1952]]''' was the first year that companies started to pay award monies for publicity?
*... that in the '''[[Capture of Ré island]]''' in 1625, [[England|English]] and [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] warships were used controversially to quell a revolt of [[France|French]] [[Huguenot]] coreligionaries?
*... that Tyler Shanabarger's death was believed to be caused by [[sudden infant death syndrome]] until '''[[Ronald Shanabarger|his father]]''' confessed to the murder?
*... that one can list every [[positive number|positive]] [[rational number]] without repetition by [[breadth-first search|breadth-first traversal]] of the '''[[Calkin–Wilf tree]]'''?
*... that '''[[George E. Cryer|George Cryer]]''', [[Mayor of Los Angeles]] in the [[Roaring Twenties]], was allegedly controlled by the city's political boss '''[[Kent Kane Parrot|Kent Parrot]]''' and vice king '''[[Charles H. Crawford|Charles Crawford]]''', whose coterie of bootleggers and criminals was known as the "City Hall Gang"?


*'''''13:49, 12 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Anna Cuyler (Mrs. Anthony) Van Schaick.jpg|100x100px|Portrait of Anna Cuyler (Mrs. Anthony) Van Schaick]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Henrietta Johnston]]''' ''(work pictured)'' was the first recorded female artist and the first [[pastel]]ist to work in the [[Colonial history of the United States|English colonies in America]]?
*... that the '''[[Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1627)|Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1627]]''' resulted in the failure of the [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|Duke of Buckingham]] to occupy the French island of [[Ile de Ré]] and support the [[Siege of La Rochelle]]?
*... that '''[[Gene Lees]]''' wrote the [[English language]] lyrics to [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]]'s "[[Corcovado (song)|Corcovado]]" on a bus travelling to [[Belo Horizonte]]?
*... that [[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]] pretends to fire [[Pam Beesly]] as a prank in ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' episode "'''[[Casual Friday (The Office)|Casual Friday]]'''", which is a reference to a similar scene in the show's [[Pilot (The Office)|first episode]]?
*... that in 1917, [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|engineer]] '''[[William Ruthven Smith]]''' drew a {{convert|6000|ft|m|r=-2|adj=on}} [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] net across the [[Channel (geography)|channel]] at [[Hampton Roads]]?
*... that both solvent-shared and '''[[ion-association|contact ion-pairs]]''' of [[magnesium]] and [[sulphate]] ions are present in sea-water?
*... that after some members of the [[Legislature of Guam|Guamanian Congress]] refused to attend a joint session, Governor '''[[Charles Alan Pownall]]''' removed them from office?
*... that the [[purse distribution|purse]] won by a claimed [[thoroughbred|horse]] in a '''[[claiming race]]''' usually goes to the former owner?


*'''''07:27, 12 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Loutherbourg-Spanish Armada.jpg|100x100px|Fireships of the Royal Navy]]
</div>
*... that the [[Royal Navy]] has tended to name '''[[List of fireships of the Royal Navy|its fireships]]''' ''(examples pictured)'' after subjects related to [[volcano]]es or fire?
*... that "'''[[A Supermarket in California]]'''" is a [[poem]] by [[Allen Ginsberg]] published in 1956 and dedicated to [[Walt Whitman]] in the centennial year of the first edition of ''[[Leaves of Grass]]''?
*... that the recipe for [[tomato sauce]] published by '''[[Antonio Latini]]''' in [[Naples]] in 1692 was the very first one?
*... that [[2009 Kentucky Derby]] winner '''[[Mine That Bird]]''' had the second highest odds of a Derby winner?
*... that in 2001, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] musician and artist [[Herman Brood]] committed [[suicide]] by jumping from the roof of the '''[[Amsterdam Hilton Hotel]]'''?
*... that a [[blister beetle]] was introduced in [[Hawaii]] to trim the wood-boring '''[[Sonoran carpenter bee]]''' population, but the beetle failed to survive in the islands?
*... that three of [[Gia Long|Nguyen Anh]]'s generals, '''[[Do Thanh Nhon]]''', '''[[Chau Van Tiep]]''' and '''[[Vo Tanh]]''', were called "Gia Định Tam Hùng" (Three Heroes of [[Gia Dinh]]) in [[Culture of Vietnam|Vietnamese folk culture]]?
*... that [[Michael Jackson]] was unavailable for the filming of the music video for [[The Jacksons]]' song, "'''[[Torture (The Jacksons song)|Torture]]'''", so a [[Wax sculpture|wax dummy]] was used in his place for the video?

=== 11 May 2009 ===
*'''''23:54, 11 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tortoise.aldabra.750pix.jpg|100x100px|An Aldabra Giant Tortoise]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Changuu|Changuu Island]]''', [[Zanzibar]], houses a collection of [[IUCN Red List|endangered]] [[Aldabra Giant Tortoise]]s ''(pictured)''?
*... that [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]s [[Winfield Scott]] and [[Edmund P. Gaines]] fought bitterly over a promotion to '''[[List of major generals in the United States Regular Army before July 1, 1920|major general in the United States Regular Army]]''' that [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] [[Alexander Macomb (American general)|Alexander Macomb]] received instead?
*... that when the [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese delicacy]] '''[[Buddha Jumps Over the Wall]]'''  was introduced to [[South Korea]], the name ignited a controversy in the [[Buddhism in Korea|Buddhist community]]?
*... that '''[[Abigail Bush]]''', in 1848, was the first American woman to serve as president of a [[women's rights]] [[Convention (meeting)|convention]]?
*... that '''''[[Nymphaea leibergii]]''''' is an uncommon North American dwarf waterlily whose flowers open each day and close at night?
*... that '''[[Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford]]''' had a father, a [[Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford|grandfather]] and a [[Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford|son]], all with the same name?
*... that, despite having a run of only 18&nbsp;months, close to 1.5&nbsp;million '''[[Penny Venetian Red]]''' [[postage stamp]]s were printed in [[Great Britain]] between 1880 and 1881?
*... that the '''[[Gibson Mansion]]''', once believed to be a [[haunted house]], is now a historical museum with a working [[blacksmith]]?


*'''''17:13, 11 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Humbug mt.jpg|100x100px|Humbug Mountain, Oregon]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Humbug Mountain]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of the tallest [[mountain]]s in [[Oregon]] to rise directly from the [[ocean]]?
*... that the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour party]] lost control of [[Hartlepool (borough)|Hartlepool council]] for the first time in 21&nbsp;years after the '''[[Hartlepool Council election, 2000|2000 Hartlepool Council election]]'''?
*... that the [[Billy Joel]] and [[Ray Charles]] duet, '''"[[Baby Grand]]"''', was originally produced because Charles had contacted Joel over Joel naming his daughter after Charles?
*... that [[Wilmslow Road]] in [[Manchester]] is reputed to have the busiest '''[[Wilmslow Road bus corridor|bus corridor]]''' in Europe?
*... that, unable to sell the [[radio station]] and facing financial difficulties, '''[[KORC]]''' in [[Waldport, Oregon]], went [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] on [[April Fool's Day]] 2009?
*... that the perpetrator of the '''[[Orly airport attack]]''', [[Varujan Garabedian]], was freed and deported to [[Armenia]] in 2001, after serving 17&nbsp;years in jail?
*... that the '''[[Kentucky Route 2014 Bridge]]''' in [[Pineville, Kentucky]], is one of only two bridges built in Kentucky by an in-state construction company?
*... that [[Great Britain|British]] [[motorcycle]] pioneer '''[[Bert Greeves]]''' owned a 1912 [[Triumph Engineering Co Ltd|Triumph]] with the registration 'OLD 1'?


*'''''10:51, 11 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Callihams Mill, Stevens Creek SC-15-18.jpg|100x100px|Price's Mill near Parksville, South Carolina]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Price's Mill]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of the few remaining operating [[Watermill|water-powered]] [[gristmill]]s in 1970 in [[South Carolina]]?
*... that '''[[Charlie Crowe]]''' started an appeal to raise money for a machine to prevent [[Alzheimer's]]?
*... that singles from [[Stone Sour]]'s self titled '''[[Stone Sour (album)|debut album]]''' received two [[Grammy Award]] nominations in consecutive years?
*... that Indian musician '''[[Niladri Kumar]]''' started learning the [[sitar]] at the age of four and gave his first live performance when he was six years old?
*... that even though '''[[MacAdam/Cage]]''' was outbid for [[Audrey Niffenegger]]'s novel ''[[The Time Traveler's Wife]]'', Niffenegger chose the small, independent firm because of their desire to publish the work?
*... that [[Poland|Polish]] [[Jesuit]] and missionary '''[[Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki]]''' introduced the knowledge of [[logarithm]]s to [[China]] in the mid-17th century?
*... that [[Timbaland]]'s "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" featuring [[OneRepublic]] was '''[[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada)|Canada's longest-running chart-topping single in 2007]]'''?
*... that '''[[Alberts Frères]]''', one of the earliest film production companies in the [[Netherlands]], filmed a stunt at a [[Maastricht]] [[market]] with a [[donkey]] and a [[suckling pig]] to promote the company?


*'''''04:02, 11 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Oregon Iron Company Furnace.jpg|100x100px|Oregon Iron Company furnace]]
</div>
*... that in 1867, the '''[[Oregon Iron Company]]''' ''(furnace pictured)'' became the first company to smelt [[pig iron]] west of the [[Rocky Mountains]]?
*... that '''[[Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington|Peter Gummer]]''', founder of [[Weber Shandwick|Shandwick]], went to [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]] wanting to be a priest?
*... that singer [[Matthew West]]'s song "'''[[The Motions]]'''" was "brought to life" for him after having vocal surgery?
*... that '''[[Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt]]''' was the first woman to throw a [[shot put]] more than 19 [[meter]]s in the [[Summer Olympic Games]]?
*... that the [[Hello, Dolly (movie)|film version]] of ''[[Hello, Dolly]]'' used '''[[Garrison Landing Historic District|Garrison Landing]]''', New York, for scenes set in 1890 [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]]?
*... that '''[[Tofo]]''' in southern [[Mozambique]] draws foreign tourists to its beaches and population of [[whale shark]]s?
*... that critically-acclaimed Bolivian [[Aymara]] painter, '''[[Alejandro Mario Yllanes]]''', disappeared from New York after winning, but not claiming, the [[Guggenheim fellowship]] in 1946?
*... that the '''[[Dokos shipwreck]]''' is the oldest underwater shipwreck known to [[archeologist]]s?

=== 10 May 2009 ===
*'''''21:16, 10 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Outer wall of Moth Ki Masjid with tower.JPG|100x100px|Moth Ki Masjid]]
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*... that '''[[Moth Ki Masjid]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a new type of [[mosque]] built in 1505 by Miya Bhoiya, [[Prime Minister]] during [[Sikander Lodi]]'s reign in the fourth city of medieval [[Delhi]] of [[Delhi Sultanate]]?
*... that with his number one single "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)", '''[[Leon Ashley]]''' became the first [[country music]] artist to write, record, release, distribute and publish his own material?
*... that the suburb of '''[[South Dunedin]]''' in [[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]], contains one of only three known preserved [[gasworks]] museums in the world?
*... that '''''[[Five Tango Sensations]]''''' by the [[Kronos Quartet]] was the last studio recording by [[tango music]] legend [[Ástor Piazzolla]]?
*... that despite playing the position of [[wide receiver]] in [[American football|American]] [[College football|college football]], '''[[LaShaun Ward]]''' was the third leading rusher for the [[California Golden Bears football|University of California Golden Bears]] in 2001?
*... that [[Stevie Smith]]'s most famous [[poem]], "'''[[Not Waving but Drowning]]'''", describes a man who [[drown]]s because onlookers mistake his thrashing for waving? 
*... that '''[[Aleksander Sulkiewicz]]''' was a [[Muslim]] [[Lipka Tatars|Tatar]] who co-founded the [[Polish Socialist Party]] and probably saved the life of the future leader of Poland, [[Józef Piłsudski]], by planning his escape from a mental hospital?
*... that "The Cowboy Culture Center" is a weekly three-hour block of [[cowboy poetry]] and [[western music (North America)|western music]] on [[radio station]] '''[[KNND]]''' in [[Cottage Grove, Oregon]]? 


*'''''14:43, 10 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Grey reef shark.jpg|100x100px|Grey reef shark]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[grey reef shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first shark species known to perform a [[shark threat display|threat display]] to warn off [[scuba|divers]] who are too close?
*... that '''[[Irving Phillips]]'''{{`s}} comic strip ''[[The Strange World of Mr. Mum]]'' is cited as paving the way for later titles like ''[[The Far Side]]'' and ''[[Bizarro (comic strip)|Bizarro]]''?
*... that [[Rafael Nadal]] is the first player to win five consecutive titles at the '''[[2009 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters|Monte Carlo Masters]]'''?
*... that [[Dylan McGrath]]'s documentary '''''[[The Pressure Cooker]]''''' was criticised by [[Michelin Guide|Michelin star]]-'''[[Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud|winning]]''' [[France|French]] restaurateur '''[[Patrick Guilbaud]]''' but has been praised by '''[[L'Ecrivain]]''' owner '''[[Derry Clarke]]''', a judge alongside '''[[Sammy Leslie]]''' on the '''[[Adare Productions|Adare]]'''-produced ''[[Fáilte Towers]]''?
*... that a '''[[captain's clerk]]''' was a job, now obsolete, in the [[Royal Navy]] for a person employed by the [[Captain (nautical)|captain]] to keep his [[records]] and correspondence, and his [[Bookkeeping|accounts]] for the [[Admiralty]] to approve?
*... that '''[[Nathaniel Henry Hutton]]''' was a [[civil engineer]] on routes for the [[Pacific Railroad Surveys]] and a wagon road used by the [[Butterfield Overland Mail]] in the years before the [[American Civil War]]?
*... that one of the members of [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[girl group]] '''[[RichGirl]]''' was discovered through [[MySpace]]?


*'''''07:59, 10 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Piero di Cosimo 013.jpg|125x100px|The Death of Procris]]
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*... that [[Piero di Cosimo]]'s painting '''''[[The Death of Procris]]''''' ''(pictured)'' may contain allusions to the practice of [[alchemy]]?
*... that [[Henrich Krummedige]]'s 1502 murder of '''[[Knut Alvsson]]''' ended the feud started by their fathers, '''[[Hartvig Krummedige]]''' and '''[[Alv Knutsson]]''', as well as Knut's leadership of the rebellion against [[Hans of Denmark|King Hans']] rule over [[Norway]]?
*... that a '''''[[New Man]]''''' magazine endorsement helped convince [[Chuck Norris]]  to support [[Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2008|Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign]]?
*... that the government of [[Tunisia]] initially believed [[Ghriba synagogue bombing|the explosion]] caused by '''[[Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar]]''' was accidental, until they learned he had sent a letter taking credit in the name of [[al-Qaeda]]?
*... that '''[[Old Bethpage Village Restoration]]'''  on [[Long Island, New York]], has been preserving historic buildings as a [[living museum]] since 1970?
*... that '''[[Merle Fainsod]]''' based his book ''Smolensk under Soviet Rule'' on [[Soviet]] documents captured by the [[Wehrmacht]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that the band '''[[Dead Hot Workshop]]''' got their start at a [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]] club named [[Long Wong's]], where bands such as the [[Gin Blossoms]] and [[The Refreshments (Arizona band)|The Refreshments]] also performed in the [[1990s in music|1990s]]?
*... that a former minister at '''[[Hove Methodist Church]]''', [[England]], spoke so forcefully during sermons that [[Holy Communion|Communion]] [[Cruet#Types|cruets]] would sometimes be sent crashing to the floor?  


*'''''01:56, 10 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dark matter halo.png|100x100px|A simulated dark matter halo]]
</div>
*... that the absence of [[dark matter halo]]s ''(example pictured)'' and [[elliptical galaxies]] with axis ratios more extreme than 3:1 is probably due to the '''[[firehose instability]]'''? 
*... that '''[[MGM Group of Companies]]''' is the master [[franchisee]] of [[Marrybrown]] fast food chain for Southern [[India]]?
*... that '''[[Altman Lighting Co.]]''' introduced the [[Parabolic aluminized reflector light|PAR 64]] for a [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] concert tour in 1966?
*... that [[Taiwan]]'s first printed [[newspaper]], the '''[[Taiwan Church News]]''', was written in [[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]], not [[Chinese character]]s?
*... that [[United States|American]] painters [[Robert Feke]] and [[Benjamin West]] were strongly influenced by the technique and compositions of English-born painter '''[[John Wollaston (painter)|John Wollaston]]'''?
*... that '''[[Woolmer Forest]]''', a former [[Royal forest|royal hunting forest]] in [[Hampshire]], is the only site where all twelve species of [[amphibian]]s and [[reptile]]s native to [[England]] are found?
*... that in 1978, '''[[Franklin Jacobs]]''' [[high jump]]ed {{convert|59|cm|sp=us}} above his own height, setting an indoor world record that lasted a day, and a height differential record that still stands?
*... that one of many examples of '''[[territorial evolution of the Caribbean]]''' is that [[France]] sold the Caribbean island of [[Saint-Barthelemy]] to [[Sweden]] in 1784,  who in turn sold it back to France in 1878?

=== 9 May 2009 ===
*'''''19:48, 9 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tasomeastgop3east cropped.jpg|100x100px|East side of the third eastern gopura, Ta Som]]
</div>
*... that the [[Buddhist temple]] of '''[[Ta Som]]''' ''(pictured)'' near [[Angkor]], [[Cambodia]], was built in the 12th century by the [[Jayavarman VII]] to honour his father [[Dharanindravarman II]]?
*... that the largest [[striped bass]] ever caught in [[California]], weighing {{convert|67.5|lb|kg}}, was found in the '''[[O'Neill Forebay]]''' Reservoir in August 2008?
*... that the '''[[Council of Bourges]]''' in November 1225 has been called the "fountainhead" of [[representational democracy]] in [[Western Europe]]?
*... that the '''[[City Hall Post Office and Courthouse (New York City)|City Hall Post Office and Courthouse]]''' in [[New York City]], designed by architect [[Alfred B. Mullett]], was known as "Mullett's Monstrosity" until it was torn down in 1939?
*... that '''[[Christine Crawley, Baroness Crawley of Edgbaston|Baroness Crawley]]''' first became involved in politics while seeking funding for a youth theatre she ran?
*... that '''''[[Terry Riley: Cadenza on the Night Plain]]''''' is the first record to result from the long and fruitful collaboration between American composer [[Terry Riley]] and the [[Kronos Quartet]]?
*... that the '''[[capture of Tunis]]''' by the [[Ottoman Empire]] from the [[Spanish Empire]] in 1574 decided that [[North Africa]] would be under [[Muslim]] rather than [[Christian]] rule?
*... that '''[[Shadow Hare]]''' is a [[real-life superhero]] who wears a cape and mask while fighting crime in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]? 


*'''''12:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Flag of Buddhism.svg|100x100px|The Buddhist flag]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera]]'''  once served on the committee that designed the [[Buddhist flag]] ''(pictured)'' in 1885?
*... that the song "'''[[Lo Mejor de Tu Vida]]'''" by Spanish singer [[Julio Iglesias]] held the record for biggest leap to number-one in the [[Hot Latin Tracks|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart]] for almost 20 years?
*... that retired [[New York State Assembly]] Deputy Speaker '''[[Arthur Eve]]''' was an observer and [[negotiator]] at the 1971 [[Attica Prison riot]] where he entered the prison to hear inmate demands? 
*... that the [[Playing field|sports field]] at '''[[Ringstabekk]]''', [[Norway]], has hosted matches in the [[Bandy World Championships]]? 
*... that [[Dion Boucicault]] introduced the '''[[combination company]]''' to England with his first tour of ''[[The Colleen Bawn]]''?
*... that the [[powdery mildew]] fungus '''''[[Phyllactinia guttata]]''''' has gelatinous filaments thought to help it adhere to leaves?
*... that [[Office of Strategic Services|American spy]] [[Allen Welsh Dulles|Allen Dulles]] ran an intelligence organization from his house on '''[[Herrengasse (Bern)|Herrengasse]]''', a street in the [[Old City of Berne|Old City]] of [[Berne]], [[Switzerland]], collecting information on the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that although the ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]'' [[fan film]] '''''[[The Hunt for Gollum]]''''' is completely unofficial, its creators "reached an understanding" with [[Tolkien Enterprises]]?


*'''''06:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Buddha tooth pilgrims.jpg|100x100px|Painting of the two pilgrims, Danta and Hemamala, who brought the relic of the tooth of the Buddha from India to Sri Lanka]]
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*... that the site of '''[[Kothduwa temple]]''' is reputed to be one of the places where the [[Relic of the tooth of the Buddha|Buddha's tooth]] was hidden when it was brought to [[Sri Lanka]] ''(tooth smuggling pictured)''?
*... that the '''[[Western Weald]]''' is to be included in the proposed [[South Downs National Park]], an outcome which author [[Bill Bryson]] said would have been "a national tragedy" had it not happened?
*... that [[Susan Boyle]]'s 2009 rendition of the song "'''[[I Dreamed a Dream]]'''" from the musical ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' created an upsurge in public interest that elevated [[Patti LuPone]]'s original version to #45 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]? 
*... that '''[[Robert F. Hale]]''' was serving as Executive Director of the [[American Society of Military Comptrollers]] when President [[Barack Obama]] appointed him [[Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)]]?
*... that '''[[gashing]]''' is a [[machining]] process used to rough out gears prior to final machining operations, like [[hobbing]] or [[gear shaper|shaping]]?
*... that Jampa Tsedroen, the [[Religious name|monastic name]] of German [[Buddhist]] nun '''[[Carola Roloff]]''', means "loving kindness" and "lamp of life" in [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]]?
*... that [[radio station]] '''[[KSWB (AM)|KSWB]]''' in [[Seaside, Oregon]], was originally owned by [[Jerden Records]] founder Jerry Dennon and American folk group [[The Brothers Four]]?
*... that studies with '''[[sham surgery]]''' in humans have shown that treatments with cell transplants into the [[brain]]s of patients with [[Parkinson disease]] were ineffective?

=== 8 May 2009 ===
*'''''23:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)''''' 
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:1905 No Pants Dutchman.jpg|100x100px|Screen shot from ''The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach'']]
</div>
*... that the 1905 film '''''[[The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach]]''''' ''(screenshot pictured)'' is one of the oldest surviving [[Cinema of the Netherlands|Dutch fictional films]]?
*... that '''[[J.T. Alley]]''', [[police chief]] of [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]], vowed in 1970 to shoot [[looting|looters]] taking advantage of his city's devastating [[1970 Lubbock tornado|tornadoes]]?
*... that '''''[[Queen Millennia]]''''' was combined by [[Harmony Gold USA|Harmony Gold]] and [[Carl Macek]] with another [[Leiji Matsumoto]] series, ''[[Space Pirate Captain Harlock|Captain Harlock]]'', to create ''[[Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years]]''?
*... that [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Alex Koslov]]''' was the first Russian to wrestle in Arena Coliseo, 72&nbsp;years after it was built?
*... that during the 2008–09 [[seasonal influenza|flu season]] in the United States, only '''[[Influenza-like illness|14.1% of influenza tests were positive for influenza]]'''?
*... that '''[[Jerzy Borejsza]]''', in charge of the [[Polish communist]] [[cultural policy]] in the [[aftermath of World War II|early postwar years]], was so influential that his network was called an "empire" or "state within a state"?
*... that in the [[comic fantasy]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] '''''[[ElvenQuest]]''''', "The Chosen One" who will find the sacred Sword of Asnagar is a dog called "Amis"?
*... that [[Spain|Spanish]] murderer '''[[Francisco Arce Montes]]''' developed an obsession with personal hygiene during his teenage years?


*'''''17:28, 8 May 2009 (UTC)''''' 
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:LeonardGSiffleet.jpg|100x100px|Len Siffleet's execution in WWII]]
</div>
*... that [[Sergeant]] '''[[Leonard Siffleet|Len Siffleet]]''' was the subject of a famous photograph ''(pictured)'' depicting an [[decapitation|execution]] by the Japanese in [[World War II]]?
*... that the {{convert|85|mi|adj=on}} '''[[Susquehannock Trail System]]''' [[trail|hiking trail]] passes through the {{convert|30253|acre|adj=on}} '''[[Hammersley Wild Area]]''', the largest area  in [[Pennsylvania]] without a road?
*... that the '''[[Celebrity Bainisteoir (season 1)|first season]]''' of ''[[Celebrity Bainisteoir]]'' was said to have "brought the worlds of celebrity and [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] [[List of Gaelic games clubs|club]] [[Gaelic football|football]] crashing together", and the '''[[Celebrity Bainisteoir (season 2)|second season]]''' features '''''[[Katherine Lynch's Working Girls|Working Girls]]''''' and '''''[[Katherine Lynch's Wonderwomen|Wonderwomen]]''''' star '''[[Katherine Lynch]]''' and [[Miss Universe]] contender '''[[Andrea Roche]]'''?
*... that at the age of 61, [[Junko Akimoto]] is the oldest singer to have a '''[[List of number-one singles of 2009 (Japan)|number one single in Japan]]'''?
*... that [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Christopher Bauman]]''' first gained recognition in a [[ladder match]] described as "psychotic"?
*... that '''[[Wandsworth Bridge]]''' has been described as "probably the least noteworthy bridge in [[London]]"?
*... that staff at '''[[KLYC]]''' in [[McMinnville, Oregon]], reported a [[paranormal]] "presence" in the [[radio station]]'s previous studio building?


*'''''10:56, 8 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:CloseupfacadeLoretoDF.JPG|100x100px|Nuestra Señora de Loreto Church]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Nuestra Señora de Loreto Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Mexico City]] may be in danger of collapsing?
*... that the world's largest [[mathematics|mathematical]] experiment, designed by '''[[Brian Butterworth]]''', found women to be faster than men at [[subitizing]]?
*... that '''[[Dunbrody Country House Hotel]]''' owner  '''[[Kevin Dundon]]''' and '''[[Thornton's Restaurant]]''' owner '''[[Kevin Thornton (chef)|Kevin Thornton]]''' of '''''[[Heat (TV series)|Heat]]''''' were featured on '''''[[Guerrilla Gourmet]]''''' alongside '''[[Café Paradiso]]''' owner '''[[Denis Cotter]]''',  '''[[The Mustard Seed (restaurant)|The Mustard Seed]]''' owner '''[[Dan Mullane]]''' and former '''[[Mint Restaurant]]''' proprietor '''[[Dylan McGrath]]'''?
*... that [[BoA]]'s '''''[[Best of Soul]]''''' made her the first non-[[Japan]]ese [[Asia]]n singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan?
*... that [[Richard Nixon]] was approached to run in '''[[California's 12th congressional district election, 1946]]''' only after local [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] failed to interest General [[George Patton]] in the race?
*... that in ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'' the story of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' will be cut down to only [[List of Dragon Ball Kai episodes|'''one hundred episodes''']]?
*... that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] '''[[Percy Hurd|Sir Percy Hurd]]''' used to go round villages in [[Wiltshire]] telling funny stories?


*'''''03:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Rivoli Theater, South Fallsburg, NY.jpg|100x100px|Rivoli Theatre (South Fallsburg, New York)]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Rivoli Theatre (South Fallsburg, New York)|Rivoli Theater]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[South Fallsburg, New York]], was used as a fruit stand in the late 1990s?
*... that a major weakness of the Japanese '''[[Red (cipher machine)|RED]]''' [[cipher]] arose from the desire to save money on [[telegram]]s?
*... that [[Rufus Wainwright]]'s EP '''''[[Waiting for a Want]]''''' features guest appearances by family members [[Martha Wainwright]] and [[Suzzy Roche]] and musicians [[Teddy Thompson]] and [[Joan Wasser]]?
*... that [[Royal Navy]] officer '''[[Charles Elphinstone Fleeming]]''' was once challenged to a [[duel]] by his former subordinate, [[Charles John Napier]]?
*... that [[Microsoft]]'s '''[[Microsoft Chrome|Chrome]]''' project was so widely criticized by web developers for failing to meet media standards that the project was cancelled before it was released?
*... that [[Italy|Italian]] [[Vice Consul]] '''[[Vito Positano]]''' saved the future [[Bulgaria]]n capital [[Sofia]] from burning by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army?
*... that the '''[[Corgi Motorcycle Co Ltd.]]'''{{'}}s Corgi scooter was branded the "Indian Papoose" for the [[United States]] market?
*... that actress '''[[Venida Evans]]''' has appeared as a "[[muse]]" in a series of [[IKEA]] [[television commercials]] which have been described as "[[surrealism|surreal]]" and "creepy"?

=== 7 May 2009 ===
*'''''21:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Levi coffin.JPG|100x100px|Levi Coffin]]
</div>
*... that [[Quaker]] and [[abolitionist]] leader '''[[Levi Coffin]]''' ''(pictured)'', known as the President of the [[Underground Railroad]], personally helped more than 2,000 [[Slavery in the United States|slaves]] escape their masters?
*... that "'''[[Share the World/We Are!]]'''" made [[K-pop]] [[boy band]] [[TVXQ]] the only foreign artist to have six number one singles in Japan?
*... that '''[[Johannes Gerckens Bassøe]]''' was Norway's first permanent [[Governor of Svalbard]]?
*... that Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons, co-founder of KVAS (now '''[[KKEE]]''') in [[Astoria, Oregon]], created the one of the [[Cable television in the United States#History and regulation|first cable television system]]s in the United States?
*... that in 1979, '''[[John Phillip Santos]]''' became the first [[Mexican-American]] [[Rhodes Scholar]]?
*... that [[Del Rey Manga]] finds most of its translator talent from '''[[Anime and manga fandom|anime and manga fans]]''' at conventions since fluent English speakers who know enough Japanese are preferred over native Japanese translators? 
*... that '''[[Harrison Oxley]]''' was the youngest cathedral [[organist]] in Britain when he became organist of [[St Edmundsbury Cathedral]] at age 24?
*... that '''[[Gold Toe Brands]]''' produces more than half the men's dress socks sold in United States department stores?


*'''''14:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Ville de Milan Cleopatre Caussé PU5687.jpg|100x100px|Ville de Milan and Cleopatra]]
</div>
*... that after an engagement ''(pictured)'' initiated by '''{{HMS|Cleopatra|1779|6}}''', captained by '''[[Sir Robert Laurie, 6th Baronet|Sir Robert Laurie]]''', the larger [[France|French]] [[frigate]] '''[[HMS Milan (1805)|''Ville de Milan'']]''' captured her attacker, but was so badly damaged in the battle that both ships were later captured in turn by [[HMS Leander (1780)|HMS ''Leander'']]?
*... that '''[[R. Thamaraikani]]''' punched former Agriculture minister [[Veerapandi Arumugam]] during a debate in the [[Tamil Nadu]] state assembly in 1999?
*... that the original [[radio studio]]s of the station now called '''[[KLMG]]''' were located in [[California]]'s [[Old Sacramento State Historic Park]]?
*... that '''[[Hartvig Andreas Munthe]]''', an [[aide-de-camp]] of [[Oscar II of Sweden|King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway]], was made [[Colonel]] in the [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905|turbulent year of 1905]], only to die three&nbsp;months later?
*... that the film '''''[[Best: His Mother's Son]]''''' was made in 2009 without the consent of [[George Best]]'s family?
*... that '''[[Hugh Stockwell]]''' rose from the rank of [[Major]] to that of [[Major General]] in fewer than five&nbsp;years?
*... that the [[South Fallsburg, New York]], '''[[South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Synagogue|Hebrew Association Synagogue]]'''  has a full ''[[sukkah]]'' in its basement?
*... that the host of '''''[[The Political Cesspool]]''''' was described as "ecstatic" that the show was included on the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]'s Hate Watch List?


*'''''07:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Octogal tomb with Mihrab on the west side.JPG|105x100px|Sultan Ghari]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Sultan Ghari]]''' ''(pictured)'', built in 1231 for Prince Nasiru'd-Din Mahmud, eldest son of [[Iltumish]], was the first [[Islamic]] [[mausoleum]]  in the "[[funerary]] landscape of [[Delhi]]"?
*... that in 1994, '''[[Joseph Takahashi]]''' and his collaborators identified the [[CLOCK|genetic basis]] for [[circadian rhythms]] in [[mammal]]s? 
*... that '''[[Harriman Historic District]]''' in [[Bristol, Pennsylvania]], originally built to house workers of the '''[[Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation]]''', was the largest single housing project undertaken by the [[Emergency Fleet Corporation|EFC]] in [[World War I]]?
*... that '''[[Wes Schulmerich]]''' turned down an offer to play football for [[Knute Rockne]] at [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]], later becoming a [[Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball player]]?
*... that [[South Africa]]'s '''[[Take a Girl Child to Work Day]]''' started in 2003 to fight [[gender inequality]] in the [[women in the workforce|workforce]]?
*... that '''[[Rigoberto Torres]]''' and John Ahearn collaborated on the ''South Bronx Hall of Fame'', monuments of ordinary people, as a response to the practice of enshrining public figures?
*... that the '''[[Lipka Rebellion]]''' of 1672 was the only time that the [[Muslim]] [[Lipka Tatars]] mutinied against the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]?
*... that an early '''[[Washington National Opera (1919-1936)|Washington National Opera]]''', unrelated to its modern namesake, presented [[Bidu Sayão]] in her 1936 U.S. [[opera]]tic debut with [[organ (music)|organ]], not [[orchestra]], accompaniment owing to a financial dispute?

=== 6 May 2009 ===
*'''''23:17, 6 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Lytes Cary 2009 East front (entrance front).JPG|100x100px|Lytes Cary]]
</div>
*... that in 1907, the [[medieval]] [[Great hall|Great Hall]] of '''[[Lytes Cary]]''' [[manor house]] ''(pictured)'' was being used as a [[cider]] store?
*... that '''[[Alice Allison Dunnigan]]''' became the first [[African-American]] journalist to accompany a [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] while traveling?
*... that '''[[Salbit]]''', thought to have been the site of the biblical Shaalabbin, was depopulated during the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]?
*... that '''[[Ann-Kristin Olsen]]''' was the first female [[chief of police]] in [[Norway]] as well as the first female [[Governor of Svalbard]]?
*... that the '''[[Lake Chelan wine region]]''' petition was delayed because of a hold on all [[American Viticultural Areas|AVA]] approvals due to the [[Napa Valley AVA|Napa Valley]] sub-AVA controversy?
*... that '''[[V. Ramaswami]]''' was the first Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]] to face impeachment proceedings in independent [[India]]?
*... that the '''[[Cotton Press (Latta, South Carolina)|cotton press]]es''' near [[Latta, South Carolina]] and '''[[Cotton Press (Tarboro, North Carolina)|Tarboro, North Carolina]]''', are [[antebellum]], animal-powered, handmade wooden presses?
*... that in a 1997 Alaskan expedition, pathologist '''[[Johan Hultin]]''' retrieved samples of the [[1918 flu pandemic|1918 influenza virus]] from the lungs of flu victims preserved by [[permafrost]]?


*'''''17:03, 6 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:ColegioSanIldefonsoDF1.JPG|100x100px|Facade of San Ildefonso]]
</div>
*... that '''[[San Ildefonso College]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Mexico City]] is considered the birthplace of [[Mexican muralism]]?
*... that [[Governor of Minnesota]] [[Jesse Ventura]] had his former [[professional wrestling|wrestling]] [[tag team]] partner '''[[Stephen Cepello]]''' paint his official portraits?
*... that the book '''''[[Yellow Star (book)|Yellow Star]]''''' is based on the true story of one of twelve children who survived the [[Lodz Ghetto]]?
*... that '''[[Ida Henrietta Hyde]]''' was the first woman to receive a [[Ph.D.]] at the [[University of Heidelberg]]?
*... that '''[[Cothelstone Manor]]''' was largely destroyed during the [[English Civil War]] and rebuilt 200&nbsp;years later?
*... that '''[[Terry King (patricide)|Derek and Alex King]]''' changed their defense twice in the course of prosecution for the murder of their father?
*... that the encyclical '''''[[Demandatam]]''''' was issued in 1743 to ordain the full preservation of the [[Byzantine Rite]] in the [[Melkite Catholic Church]]?
*... that '''[[Barbara McGuire]]''' invented the "Duo-Stamp," a two-sided [[rubber stamp]] that is popular with the stamping community?


*'''''09:26, 6 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Carcharhinus limbatus - Caraibische zwartpunthaai.jpg|100x100px|Blacktip shark]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[blacktip shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' can [[asexual reproduction|reproduce asexually]]?
*... that '''[[Thomas Henry Barry]]''' was [[List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents)|Superintendent of the United States Military Academy]] from 1910 to 1912?
*... that in his first [[television series|TV series]], '''''[[Crusader (TV series)|Crusader]]''''' ([[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]], 1955–1956), [[Brian Keith]] portrayed fictional [[journalist]] Matt Anders, who during the [[Cold War]] liberates oppressed people from [[communism]]?
*... that the medieval bishop '''[[Julian of Cuenca]]''' raised money for himself and the poor by making and selling baskets?
*... that after a '''[[Silver Lake Dam|dam]]''' created a [[reservoir (water)|reservoir]] for the [[Delaware and Hudson Canal]] during the 19th century, it was later named '''[[Silver Lake (Woodridge, New York)|Silver Lake]]''' and became an attraction for guests at the summer resorts near [[Woodridge, New York]]?
*... that '''[[Fernanda Nissen]]''' was one of the two first film censors in Norway?
*... that [[Charity (practice)|charitable]] initiatives championed by '''[[List of current United States first spouses|current First Spouses of the United States]]''' have included [[blanket]]s for the [[Homelessness in the United States|homeless]] and [[development assistance]] in [[Rwanda]]?
*... that the application of a '''[[spray-on condom]]''' was based on the logistics of a drive-through [[car wash]]?


*'''''02:49, 6 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Cottonwood Creek, BLM, Oregon, 2002.jpg|100x100px|Cottonwood Creek in the Trout Creek Mountains]]
</div>
*... that [[environmentalist]]s and [[ranchers]] worked with the [[Bureau of Land Management]] to restore [[riparian]] areas in the '''[[Trout Creek Mountains]]''' ''(pictured)'' of southeastern [[Oregon]]?
*... that after being sentenced to a 14-year deportation in 1845, [[Norway|Norwegian]] '''[[Knud Bull]]''' became a pioneer in [[Australia]]n [[landscape art|landscape painting]]?
*... that when [[architect]] [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] designed his '''[[American System-Built Homes]]''', he produced over 900 [[Architectural plan|working drawings]], which was more than he made for any other project?
*... that '''[[Fatma Aliye Topuz]]''', whose portrait illustrates the reverse of the current 50 [[Turkish lira]] banknote, is credited as the first female [[Turkey|Turkish]] and [[Muslim]] writer?
*... that the '''[[Caricature Museum, Mexico City|Caricature Museum]]''' of [[Mexico City]] has featured cartoons and sketches by [[Frida Kahlo]] and [[Jose Clemente Orozco]]?
*... that [[actor]] [[Jeff Bridges]] credits his mother, '''[[Dorothy Bridges]]''', with passing down lessons she learned from acclaimed [[acting]] teacher [[Michael Chekhov]] to her children?
*... that the '''[[University of Toronto Libraries|library system]]''' of the [[University of Toronto]]  is the fourth-largest [[academic library]] in [[North America]]?
*... that '''[[Ward Van Orman]]''' was denied the 1925 [[Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning]] for landing his balloon not on land, but on the deck of a ship?

=== 5 May 2009 ===
*'''''20:42, 5 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Gentile Bellini Madonna and Child Enthroned late 15th century.jpg|100x105px|Madonna and Child in oriental carpet]]
</div>
*... that several types of [[Turkish carpet]]s are now named after '''[[Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting|Renaissance artists who depicted them]]''' in paintings ''(example pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Johannes Sejersted Bødtker]]''', Finland's [[Consul (representative)|Honorary Consul]] to Oslo, was held almost three&nbsp;years in a concentration camp during [[World War II]]?
*... that the [[tugboat]] that towed log rafts across [[Upper Klamath Lake]] to the Algoma lumber mill in '''[[Algoma, Oregon]],''' is now on display in the [[Collier Memorial State Park]] logging museum?
*... that '''[[Samuel D. McDearmon]]''' played a critical role in developing the village of [[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox Court House]], where [[Robert E. Lee]] surrendered to [[Ulysses S. Grant]]?
*... that based on the documents in the '''''[[Liber instrumentorum memorialium]]''''' the twelfth-century population of [[Montpellier]] and its environs has been estimated at 9,000 people?
*... that '''[[Amalia Mesa-Bains]]''', a Ph.D. psychologist, was awarded a [[MacArthur Fellowship]] for her artwork?
*... that the '''[[Galapagos shark]]''' is often the most abundant shark around oceanic islands?
*... that although [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Max Bauer (wrestler)|Max Bauer]]''' won the 2008 [[Toxic Waltz tournament]], it was not counted because he competed under a [[Lucha libre#Masks|mask]]?


*'''''13:48, 5 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:LPMilligan.jpg|100x105px|Lambdin P. Milligan]]
</div>
*... that in the case of ''[[Ex parte Milligan]]'', the convictions of '''[[Lambdin P. Milligan]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Harrison H. Dodd]]''' and '''[[William A. Bowles]]''' were thrown out?
*... that the town of '''[[Shenkeng, Taipei|Shenkeng]]''' is popularly known in [[Taiwan]] as the "[[Tofu]] Capital"?
*... that in 1897, a [[Texas]] farmer discovered a [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] landed on his property: an [[Balloon (aircraft)|airship]] operated by [[United States Army]] [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|engineer]] '''[[Samuel Escue Tillman]]''' and inventor [[Amos Dolbear]]?
*... that when the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]] eroded [[andesite|andesitic]] lava in the [[Rogue Valley]], it created the '''[[Upper and Lower Table Rock]]''' geologic formations?
*... that '''[[Daniel Cragin Mill|Frye's Measure Mill]]''' is the only remaining water-powered measure mill in the United States after some 150 years of operations?
*... that when '''[[Richard Peek]]''' of '''[[Loddiswell]]''' became [[Sheriffs of the City of London|Sheriff of London]], he paid for a missionary to visit the prisoners at [[Newgate Prison]]?
*... that [[John Ruskin]] had [[wallpaper]] made for his [[Study (room)|study]] at [[Brantwood]] based on the design of a tablecloth in a painting of 1499 by '''[[Marco Marziale]]'''?
*... that the fictitious newspaper article written by the journalist in the ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' episode "'''[[The Reporter (Parks and Recreation)|The Reporter]]'''" was featured as a [[PDF]] file on the official [[NBC]] website?


*'''''07:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Elogio del horizonte 2.jpg|100x100px|An example of a monumental sculpture by Eduardo Chillida]]
</div>
*... that the definition of '''[[monumental sculpture]]''' ''(example pictured)'' may vary depending on the period being discussed?
*... that [[Rufus Wainwright]]'s second [[studio album]] '''''[[Poses (album)|Poses]]''''' features a song originally written by his father, [[Loudon Wainwright III]]? 
*... that '''[[St Joseph's Church, Brighton|St Joseph's Church]]''', a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] church in [[Brighton]], England, was not officially [[Dedication#Dedication of churches|dedicated]] until 100&nbsp;years after building work started because a debt had not been settled?
*... that '''[[The Grove (Ole Miss)|The Grove at Ole Miss]]''' was called "the mother and mistress of outdoor ritual mayhem" for its legendary football game day [[Tailgate party|tailgating]] by ''[[The New York Times]]''?
*... that '''[[Pacnews]]''' stopped [[reporting]] on [[Fiji|Fijian]] [[news]] rather than submit to [[government censorship]] in the wake of the [[2009 Fijian constitutional crisis]]?
*... that the [[alfalfa]] grown on the '''[[Wendelin Grimm Farmstead]]''' in [[Carver County, Minnesota]], became the source of varieties of alfalfa grown on {{convert|25000000|acre}} of the [[United States]]?
*... that the '''[[Hallein Salt Mine]]''' is known for its long wooden slides for miners and tourists to descend into the mine?
*... that although [[professional wrestler]] '''[[B-Boy]]''' lost a [[Loser Leaves Town match]] to [[Nate Webb]] in [[Combat Zone Wrestling]] in August 2005, he returned to the promotion the next month?


*'''''01:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:John Roach.jpg|100x100px|John Roach]]
</div>
*... that '''[[John Roach]]''' ''(pictured)'' rose from humble origins to establish [[United States|America's]] largest [[postbellum]] shipbuilding empire, '''[[John Roach & Sons]]''', which included the '''[[Etna Iron Works]]''', the '''[[Morgan Iron Works]]''', and the former '''[[Reaney, Son & Archbold|Reaney shipyard]]''', renamed the '''[[Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works]]'''?
*... that the "'''[[Chorioactis geaster|Devil's Cigar]]'''" is a [[mushroom]] found only in [[Texas]] and [[Japan]]?
*... that among '''[[French Handball Federation|French handball]]''' player '''[[Valérie Nicolas]]'''´ triumphs are victories at the [[World Women's Handball Championship|World Championship]], [[EHF Women's Champions League|Champions League]], [[Women's EHF Cup|EHF Cup]], [[Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]], and both French and Danish national championships?
*... that an 1830s newspaper article in ''[[Freedom's Journal]]'' in favor of the '''[[free produce movement]]''' determined that the [[sugar]] consumption of 25 people required the toil of one [[Slavery|slave]]?
*... that British [[flight instructor]] '''[[Valentine Baker (pilot)|Valentine Baker]]''' taught such noted pupils as [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward, Prince of Wales]], [[Amy Johnson]], and [[Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry|Lord Londonderry]] of the [[Air Ministry]]?
*... that '''[[Johanson-Blizzard syndrome]]''', a [[dominance (genetics)|recessive]] [[congenital disorder]], can cause abnormal development of the [[pancreas]], [[nose]] and [[scalp]], with [[mental retardation]], [[hearing loss]] and [[growth failure]]?
*... that in April 2009, [[Lim Hwee Hua]] became the first woman to be appointed a full Minister in [[Singapore]]'s '''[[Cabinet of Singapore|Cabinet]]'''?
*... that the [[Royal Navy]] accepted '''[[HMS Gay Viking|''Gay Viking'']]''' and '''[[HM Motor Gun Boat 2007|''Gay Corsair'']]''' into their service during the [[Second World War]], with another 12&nbsp;'''[[Gay class fast patrol boat]]s''' joining in the 1950s?

=== 4 May 2009 ===
*'''''19:01, 4 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:William H. Lewis (1892).jpg|100x100px|William H. Lewis]]
</div>
*... that '''[[William H. Lewis]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first [[African-American]] [[college football]] player in 1888 and the first African-American to serve as [[United States Assistant Attorney General|U.S. Assistant Attorney General]] in 1911?
*... that the '''[[Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association]]''' stymied [[Anti-suffragism|anti-suffragists]] by denying them widespread [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] support?
*... that when [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s play ''[[Brand (play)|Brand]]'' was first staged in [[Norway]], 38&nbsp;years after it was published, '''[[Egil Eide]]''' played the title role?
*... that '''[[Ki-a-Kuts Falls]]''' in [[Oregon]] were named after the last chief of the [[Atfalati]] band of Native Americans?
*... that in 1950 former record-setting [[balloon (aircraft)|balloonist]] '''[[Thomas G. W. Settle]]''' was assigned to perform a [[nuclear testing|nuclear test]] in the [[Aleutian islands]]?
*... that the first series of British [[radio]] [[stand-up comedy]] show '''''[[Mark Steel's in Town]]''''' was recorded in [[Skipton]], [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]], [[Lewes]], [[Walsall]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]] and the [[Isle of Portland]]?
*... that '''[[Donald Featherstone (artist)|Don Featherstone]]''' created over 750&nbsp;plastic animals, but is most famous for the [[plastic flamingo]]?
*... that '''[[Scolypopa australis|fluffy bums]]''' suck on [[passion vine]] juice?


*'''''10:54, 4 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:San Serapio, por Francisco de Zurbarán.jpg|100x100px|Saint Serapion]]
</div>
*... that the crucified figure in [[Francisco Zurbarán]]'s  1628 painting '''''[[Saint Serapion (Zurbarán)|Saint Serapion]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was based on a Mercedarian [[friar]] who fought and was [[martyr]]ed during the [[Third Crusade]] of 1196?
*... that '''[[Frank Grouard]]''', a famous scout during the [[American Indian Wars|Indian Wars]], was believed by many to be an [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] but actually came from the [[Society Islands]] in the [[Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]]?
*... that individual '''[[smalltooth sand tiger]]s''' have been documented returning to the same location off [[Lebanon]] every summer?
*... that '''[[Julian Myrick]]''', an [[insurance]] businessman, was inducted in the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] for his promotion and administration of the sport in the United States?
*... that on 28&nbsp;February 1828, dozens of people died when '''''[[The Emma]]''''' was launched on the [[River Irwell]] in [[Manchester]]?
*... that the [[Czechs|Czech]] [[actor]] '''[[Bolek Polívka]]''' was involved in one of the oddest [[Legal case|legal disputes]] in the history of the [[Czech Republic]]?
*... that according to her [[autobiography]] '''''[[Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas]]''''', Marguerite Johnson changed her name to [[Maya Angelou]] because it sounded more exotic?
*... that [[volcano|volcanoes]] in the '''[[Puyehue-Cordón Caulle|Puyehue Volcano complex]]'''  may have produced some of the most primitive [[magmas]] in the [[Andes]]?


*'''''03:34, 4 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hemileia vastatrix.jpg|100x100px|Hemileia vastatrix]]
</div>
*... that the [[fungus]] ''[[Hemileia vastatrix]]'' ''(pictured)'' which plagued the coffee industry in [[Ceylon]] from 1869 contributed to the growth of '''[[Tea production in Sri Lanka|commercial tea production]]'''?
*... that '''[[Studioteatret]]''' was started in [[Oslo]] by actors and students, including '''[[Jens Bolling]]''', '''[[Liv Dommersnes|Liv Strømsted]]''' and '''[[Arne Thomas Olsen]]''', who had secretly studied [[Constantin Stanislavski|Stanislavski]]'s theatre theories during [[World War II]]?
*... that '''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 8)|season 8 of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'']]''' premiered April 2009 after a five-month delay, reportedly because the episodes with [[Jeff Goldblum]] were so "terrible" the production crew had to be changed?
*... that '''[[Archie Roe]]''', who scored [[South Shields F.C.]]'s first ever goal in [[The Football League]], was then signed by the team he had scored it against?
*... that a 2.5&nbsp;million [[United States dollar|dollar]] [[climate change]] project in '''[[Basedth District]]''', [[Cambodia]], aims to improve water supply and increase rice production?
*... that Major '''[[Caleb Huse]]''' purchased the majority of imported weapons used by the [[Confederate Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]?
*... that the '''[[Kangchu system]]''' was instrumental in driving [[Johor]]'s economy during the 19th century?
*... that [[Arizona Territory|Arizona Territorial]] Governor '''[[Alexander Oswald Brodie]]''' pardoned [[Pearl Hart]] under the condition the stagecoach robber left the territory?

=== 3 May 2009 ===
*'''''21:14, 3 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Panzer badge.jpg|100x100px|Panzer Badge]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Panzer Badge|Panzer Battle Badge]]''' ''(pictured)'' was designed by '''[[Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus]]''', a designer of five other [[Wehrmacht]] badges? 
*... that a rare, [[Iridescence|iridescent]] purple [[pearl]] worth thousands of [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]] was found in a plate of '''[[steamed clams]]''' at a [[Florida]] restaurant?
*... that '''[[Gerhard Munthe (painter)|Gerhard Munthe]]''', a painter, illustrator and [[chair (official)|chair]] of the [[National Gallery of Norway]], lost his wife to explorer [[Fridtjof Nansen]]?
*... that the '''[[Persian embassy to Europe (1599–1602)|Persian embassy to Europe in 1599–1602]]''' aimed at establishing a [[Christian]]–[[Persia]]n alliance against the [[Ottoman Empire]]?  
*... that '''[[Patrick Murphy Malin]]''' was expected to become head of the family bank, but instead served as executive director of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]]?
*... that patients with the [[congenital]] [[vascular malformation]] '''[[double aortic arch]]''' have two [[aortic arch]]es, instead of one, which form a [[vascular ring]] that can compress the [[Vertebrate trachea|trachea]]?
*... that the '''[[Indian Fields Methodist Campground]]''' in [[South Carolina]] has been used for [[camp meeting]]s and religious gatherings for over 160&nbsp;years?
*... that the erotic-philosophical film ''I + People = ?'' was created by '''[[Leonid Konovalov]]''', a [[homeless]] [[Russians|Russian]] who has not showered in 19&nbsp;years?


*'''''15:50, 3 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">a
[[File:TVXQ in Paris France cropped.JPG|100x100px|TVXQ in Paris]]
</div>
*... that [[South Korea]]n [[boy band]] [[TVXQ]] ''(pictured)'' became the first foreign artist to have four&nbsp;number-one singles on the '''[[List of number-one singles of 2008 (Japan)|Japanese single charts]]'''?
*... that [[Leonard T. Schroeder|'''Leonard T. "Max" Schroeder Jr.''']] was the first American soldier to [[Normandy Landings|land in Normandy]] from an assault boat on [[D-Day]] in [[World War II]]?
*... that more than a quarter of [[freshwater fish]]es that have been discovered in  '''[[Southwestern Sri Lanka rivers and streams|rivers and streams]]''' of southwestern [[Sri Lanka]] are [[Endemism|endemic]]?
*... that the [[Norway|Norwegian]] novelist and editor of ''[[Vinduet (magazine)|Vinduet]]'', '''[[Henrik Langeland]]''', wrote a [[doctorate|doctoral thesis]] on [[Marcel Proust]]?
*... that the '''[[Department of Central Eurasian Studies (Indiana University)|Department of Central Eurasian Studies]]''' at [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]] began as a specialized [[U.S. Army]] training program during the [[Second World War]]?
*... that '''[[al-Batani al-Sharqi]]''', a depopulated [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village near [[Gaza]], was originally founded as a ranch by the [[Umayyad]] caliph [[Muawiyah I]] in the 8th century?
*... that '''[[James D. Hutton]]''' was a pioneer [[photographer|photographer]] of the northern [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]] who betrayed the plans for the Federal defense of [[Alexandria, Virginia]], to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] early in the [[American Civil War]]?
*... that the 1957–1958 [[CBS]] [[sitcom]] '''''[[Dick and the Duchess]]''''' was one of the few [[United States|American]] [[television series]] filmed in [[Great Britain|England]]?


*'''''08:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:44027993 raymond other 300.jpg|100x100px|Raymond Steed]]  
</div>  
*... that 14-year-old '''[[Raymond Steed]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest person in the British services to die in battle during the [[World War II|Second World War]], when his ship '''[[SS Empire Morn|SS ''Empire Morn'']]''' was damaged by a [[naval mine|mine]]?
*... that the '''[[2009 WWE Draft|2009 World Wrestling Entertainment Draft]]''' featured seven&nbsp;selections that affected seven of the company's nine&nbsp;[[List of current champions in World Wrestling Entertainment|championships]]?
*... that before becoming director general of the [[Norwegian State Railways]] in 1924, '''[[Eivind Heiberg]]''' was the director of the manufacturing company [[Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk]]?
*... that [[Queen Latifah]]'s rendition of "[[I'll Be Seeing You (song)|I'll Be Seeing You]]" from the [[Broadway musical]] ''[[Right This Way]]'' during the '''[[List of 81st Academy Awards In Memoriam tribute honorees|81st Academy Awards In Memoriam tribute]]''' was the annual tribute's first [[vocal music|vocal]] accompaniment?
*... that '''[[Jan Konopka]]''' was a [[Poles|Polish]] cavalry commander in the [[Napoleonic period]], a general, a Baron of the [[First French Empire|French Empire]], and was decorated with the [[Légion d'honneur]]?
*... that "'''[[Broke (The Office)|Broke]]'''", a [[The Office (US TV series) season 5|fifth season]] episode of ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'', was directed by lead actor [[Steve Carell]] himself?
*... that '''[[Hamby Park]]''' in [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], is named after the owner of a [[Chevrolet]] car dealership?
*... that the '''[[Violet goby|Dragon Goby]]''', which looks like a tiny dragon, is actually an almost blind and totally harmless fish?


*'''''02:02, 3 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Brahminy kite flight.jpg|100x100px|Brahminy kite at Boeng Tonle Chhmar, Cambodia]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Boeng Tonle Chhmar]]''' [[wildlife sanctuary]] in [[Cambodia]] is home to many rare, vulnerable and endangered species including the [[Brahminy Kite]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that although '''[[Leo Wolman]]''' was once director of research for the [[Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America|Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union]], his criticisms of [[trade union|unions]] led directly to the passage of the [[Taft-Hartley Act]] in 1947?
*... that the extreme [[luminosity]] observed for [[supernova]] '''[[SN 2005gj|2005gj]]''' could be explained by the incidence of a [[quark nova]]?
*... that after [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] "the New Horror" '''[[Sami Callihan]]''' won the [[CZW Iron Man Championship]], he renamed it the "CZW New Horror Championship"?
*... that [[George Habash]], founder of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]], was a survivor of the '''[[Lydda Death March]]''' of July 1948?
*... that [[NBC]] network executive '''[[Perry Lafferty]]''' produced the 1985 [[television movie]] ''[[An Early Frost]]'', one of the first dramatic films to deal with the subject of [[HIV]] / [[AIDS]]?
*... that the first chapter of '''''[[Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari]]''''', an eleventh-century Japanese tale, no longer exists?
*... that '''[[David Shaw (writer)|David Shaw]]''', who won the 1991 [[Pulitzer Prize for Criticism]] for coverage of the [[McMartin preschool trial]], got his first writing job at age 16 filling in at a motorcycle race for an absent reporter?

=== 2 May 2009 ===
*'''''19:47, 2 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:5 versions of the CQC-6 knife.jpg|100x100px|CQC-6 knives]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[CQC-6]]''' knife ''(pictured)'' by [[Ernest Emerson]] was first developed for a [[United States Navy SEALs|US Navy SEAL Team]], and went on to popularize the concept of the "tactical folding knife"?
*... that the '''[[Anyangcheon]]''', a river in [[Gyeonggi-do|Gyeonggi Province]] and [[Seoul|Seoul City]] of [[South Korea]], is home to a variety of [[wildlife]] such as [[goldfish]], [[Grey Heron]] and [[Northern Shoveler]]?
*... that the day the ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' episode "'''[[Canvassing (Parks and Recreation)|Canvassing]]'''" aired on [[NBC]], it captured almost one&nbsp;million viewers more than its direct [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] time-slot competitor, ''[[Samantha Who?]]''
*... that '''[[John Henry Turpin]]''', who survived the catastrophic explosions of {{USS|Maine|ACR-1|6}} in 1898 and '''{{USS|Bennington|PG-4|6}}''' in 1905, was one of the first [[African American]] [[Chief Petty Officer#United States|Chief Petty Officer]]s of the [[United States Navy]]?
*... that '''[[Bobby Cowell]]''' only played for one professional club during his entire [[Association football|football]] career ([[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]])?
*... that the ending of the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "'''[[Fatbeard]]'''" mirrors the resolution of the [[Maersk Alabama hijacking|hijacking]] of the ''[[MV Maersk Alabama|Maersk Alabama]]'' by [[Piracy in Somalia|Somalian pirates]]?
*... that the linguistic works of '''[[Daniel Gravius]]''' are used by modern scholars to shed light on the society of the 17th-century [[Siraya]] people of [[Taiwan]]?
*... that over 100&nbsp;countries are represented and almost 170&nbsp;languages are spoken in the '''[[New York City ethnic enclaves|ethnic enclaves of New York City]]'''?


*'''''13:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:RinzaiGigen.jpg|100x105px|Zen master Línjì Yìxuán]]
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*... that [[Zen master]] [[Línjì Yìxuán]] ''(pictured)'' once jumped up, grabbed a monk, shouted at him, and then called him a "shit stick" in an episode of '''[[Dharma combat]]'''?
*... that American [[journalist]] '''[[Phelan Beale, Jr.]]''' was a son of [[Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale]] and a brother of [[Edith Bouvier Beale]], whose lives were highlighted in the documentary ''[[Grey Gardens]]''?
*... that the '''[[Foothill Yellow-legged Frog]]''' secretes an [[Antifungal drug|anti-fungal]] protein from its skin to prevent [[infection]]s by various [[Fungus|fungi]] such as ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]''?
*... that during the [[Great Migration (African American)|First Great Migration]], the majority of [[Shubuta, Mississippi]], moved to [[Albany, New York]], with some recreating a religious rural community in '''[[Rapp Road Community Historic District]]'''?
*... that '''[[protected areas of Sri Lanka]]''' such as [[Sinharaja Forest Reserve]] account for 26.5&nbsp;percent of the total area of [[Sri Lanka]]?
*... that '''[[Anshei Glen Wild Synagogue]]''' in [[Thompson, New York|Glen Wild, New York]], is so small it has never had its own [[rabbi]]?
*... that Norwegian politician '''[[Lars T. Platou]]''' was an [[electrical engineer]] and [[farmer]] by occupation?
*... that the term '''[[Maverick (animal)|maverick]]''', referring to an animal without a [[livestock branding|brand]], came from [[Texas]] [[land baron]] [[Samuel Maverick]] who was notorious for not branding his cattle?


*'''''06:41, 2 May 2009 (UTC)''''' 
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[[File:SeatedBuddhaGandhara2ndCenturyOstasiatischeMuseum.jpg|100x105px|Gautama Buddha statue]]
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*... that having observed the '''[[four sights]]''' as a young prince, [[Gautama Buddha]] ''(statue pictured)'' realized the sufferings in life and started an [[ascetic]] life against his father's wish? 
*... that '''''[[Gerontion]]''''' is a poem by [[T. S. Eliot]] that was first published in 1920 which relates the opinions and impressions of a gerontic, or elderly man?
*... that '''[[Brian McMenamin]]''' graduated with a degree in [[political science]], but is co-owner of the [[McMenamins]] chain of [[brewpub]]s?
*... that '''''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]''''' was the first film to give [[James Fox]] a starring role, at the age of 11?
*... that '''[[Julie Wainwright]]''' was [[CEO]] of one of [[Pets.com|the shortest-lived]] [[public company|public companies]] on record?
*... that in '''''[[Breaking the Spell: My Life as a Rajneeshee and the Long Journey Back to Freedom|Breaking the Spell]]''''', the author discusses how she helped plan an [[1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot|assassination plot]] against a [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] while at [[Osho|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]]'s [[Commune (intentional community)|commune]] in [[Rajneeshpuram]], [[Oregon]]?
*... that '''[[José Sabogal]]''' was "the most renowned early supporter" of the artistic indigenist movement of [[Peru]]?
*... that [[openly gay]] actor [[John Barrowman]] was one of the final candidates for the role of the gay character [[Will Truman|Will]] in the '''[[The Pilot (Will & Grace)|pilot episode]]''' of ''[[Will & Grace]]'', but lost to heterosexual [[Eric McCormack]] for not being "gay enough"?


*'''''00:48, 2 May 2009 (UTC)''''' 
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[[File:Atef.jpg|100x105px|Mohammed Atef]]
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*... that ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' purchased computers belonging to [[al-Qaeda]] leaders found in the rubble of '''[[Mohammed Atef]]'''{{'s}} ''(pictured)'' house? 
*... that '''[[Poricy Park]]''' in [[New Jersey]] is known for allowing limited collecting at its [[Cretaceous]]-era [[fossil]] shell beds?
*... that director/screenwriter '''[[Kang Dae-ha]]''' from [[Jeju-do|Jeju Island]], [[South Korea]], directed films related to [[Korean shamanism]]?
*... that '''''[[Disappearing Model]]''''', a [[body painting]] in which a model is painted so that she is indistinguishable from her background, is [[Joanne Gair]]'s most famous work and was displayed on ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]''?
*... that although [[Darius Danesh]] did not win the '''[[Pop Idol (UK series 1)|first series]]''' of ''[[Pop Idol]]'', he still achieved a number-one single with "[[Colourblind (song)|Colourblind]]"?
*... that the [[Australian Army]]'s 1965&ndash;6 [[Operation Claret|secret incursions]] into [[Indonesia]] during  '''[[Military history of Australia during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation|Australia's involvement in the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation]]''' were not officially acknowledged until 1996?
*... that then [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative party]] leader [[William Hague]] and former [[Eastenders]] actor [[Michael Cashman]] campaigned for the '''[[Lichfield Council election, 1999|1999 Lichfield Council election]]'''?
*... that after [[Daniel Shanks]] and '''[[John Wrench]]''' calculated [[pi]] to 100,000&nbsp;[[decimal digit]]s, a bound, gold-inscribed printout of the digits was presented to the [[Smithsonian Institution]]?

=== 1 May 2009 ===
*'''''19:26, 1 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Puits aerien knappen trans 83 00.jpg|100x100px|Air well in [[Trans-en-Provence]]]]
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*... that an '''[[Air well (condenser)|air well]]''' ''(pictured)'' collects water by promoting the [[condensation]] of moisture from air?
*... that [[Wilco]]'s '''[[Wilco (The Album)|upcoming studio album]]''' is expected to feature a duet with [[Canada|Canadian]] singer [[Feist (singer)|Feist]]?
*... that '''[[Islam and Protestantism]]''' have an early history of mutual support against [[Catholicism]], and share some common attitudes to faith, such as [[textual criticism]] and [[iconoclasm]]?
*... that '''[[Johnny Madison Williams Jr.]]''', one of the most successful [[bank robber]]s in American history, was nicknamed "[[The Shootist]]" by the [[FBI]] because of his ''[[modus operandi]]'' of firing into the air at the beginning of each heist?
*... that the '''[[Kyshtym disaster]]''' was a serious nuclear accident in [[1957]], which resulted in permanent evacuation of about 10,000 people?
*... that '''[[Benjamin Edwards (stockbroker)|Benjamin Edwards]]''', who expanded the privately-held [[A. G. Edwards]] into the largest U.S. brokerage firm headquartered outside of [[New York City]], owned the world's largest collection of [[Imari porcelain]]?
*... that both members of '''[[Duo Crommelynck]]''', a noted classical piano duo, committed  [[suicide]] in 1994, the only known such case in [[classical music]] history? 
*... that children in the high-altitude [[gold mining]] town of '''[[Kimberly, Utah]]''', attended school from April through November to avoid the deep snows of winter?


*'''''12:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Otto Becher DUKJ3812.JPG|100x100px|Otto Becher]]
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*... that Captain (later Rear Admiral) '''[[Otto Becher]]''' ''(pictured)'' was awarded both the [[Distinguished Service Order]] and United States [[Legion of Merit]] as commander of [[HMAS Warramunga (I44)|HMAS ''Warramunga'']] during the [[Korean War]]? 
*... that the 1956 film '''''[[Lovers and Lollipops]]''''', by indie filmmaker [[Morris Engel]], was noted for its realism and New York City locations, and influenced the [[French New Wave]]?
*... that although the [[steam engine|steam-powered]] '''{{SS|Clan Alpine|1942|6}}''' had a maximum forwards speed of {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h|lk=on}}, on her final journey she went backwards at {{convert|35|kn|km/h}}?
*... that '''[[Joey Hamilton]]''' held five&nbsp;[[baseball]] records at [[Georgia Southern University]] until 1995?
*... that in 2008, the '''[[Triumph Bonneville America]]''' was updated with [[fuel injection|electronic fuel injection]] to meet [[European emission standards|European legislation]] and had the fuel injectors concealed by dummy [[carburetor|carburettor]]s?
*... that a 1.5&nbsp;million&nbsp;dollar land concession project in '''[[Sameakki Mean Chey District]]''', [[Cambodia]], will provide land to 732 of the poorest farming families?
*... that the ''[[Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire|Kröd Mändoon]]'' episode "'''[[Our Bounties Ourselves]]'''" included an almost verbatim parody of [[George W. Bush]]'s famous "Fool me once" speech gaffe?


*'''''06:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:USpatent494397a1893.png|100x100px|Patent for Marie Tucek's underwire bra]]
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*... that the history of the '''[[underwire bra]]''' ''(patent pictured)'' dates back to 1893 when Marie Tucek patented a "breast supporter" that used a metal or cardboard support under the breasts?
*... that '''[[Kevin Walton]]''' and [[Richard Butson]] were the first to climb several [[Antarctic]] peaks, with both of them going on to receive the [[Albert Medal (lifesaving)|Albert Medal]] for heroism and the [[Polar Medal]]?
*... that [[Festival Republic]] has replaced '''[[Aiken Promotions]]''' as co-organiser of '''[[Stradbally Hall]]'''{{`s}} boutique [[Electric Picnic]] arts-and-music festival in '''[[Electric Picnic 2009|2009]]'''?
*...  that '''[[Obadiah Rich]]''' was a diplomat and [[bibliographer]] specializing in [[Latin America]]n works whose younger brother '''[[William Rich]]''' was a [[botanist]] with the [[United States Exploring Expedition]] of 1838–42?
*... that the '''[[Federal Works Agency]]''' funded and supervised the construction of housing, public health facilities, and schools for communities impacted by fast-growing defense industries during [[World War II]]?
*... that architect '''[[Georg Andreas Bull]]''' designed about sixty railway stations, including the Krøderen Station from 1872?
*... that the [[butterflyfish]] species '''''[[Forcipiger longirostris]]'''''  has the longest [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] name for any fish: ''lauwiliwilinukunukuʻoiʻoi''?
*... that '''[[Ohave Shalom Synagogue]]''' was founded when the members of the existing synagogue in [[Woodridge, New York]], had a dispute over who would be the community's [[shechita|ritual slaughterer of animals]]?


*'''''00:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:La Porta-St-Jean-Baptiste-1.jpg|100x100px|La Porta]]
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*... that the tiny commune of '''[[La Porta]]''', with only 196 inhabitants (1999 census), has the most famous [[Baroque architecture|Baroque church and belltower]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Corsica]]?
*... that the '''[[Welbike]]''' was the smallest [[motorcycle]] ever used by the British Armed Forces?
*... that [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] [[Attorney at law (United States)|attorney]] '''[[Dan Claitor]]''' was elected in 2009 to the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senate]] despite his fellow [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], [[Governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] endorsing his opponent?
*... that the problem of '''[[deforestation in Costa Rica]]''' in the 1980s and early 1990s was referenced in [[Michael Crichton]]'s [[1990 in literature|1990]] novel, ''[[Jurassic Park]]''?
*... that, although professional wrestlers '''[[Kurt and Karl Von Steiger]]''' won the [[AWA World Tag Team Championship]], their title reign is not recognized because the previous champions were not authorized to lose the title?
*... that the 64-pillared 17th century [[marble]] monument '''[[Chausath Khamba]]''' is a tomb for Mirz Aziz Koka?
*... that '''[[Jeffrey Zients]]''', the new [[United States Chief Performance Officer]], was in a club that tried to buy the [[Washington Nationals]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] team?
*... that [[Sofmap]], a Japanese retailer, released a [[special edition|collector's box]] of '''''[[Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns]]''''' that mirrors the design of erotic ''[[eroge]]'' games?