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June 20

• ...that Rugby union in Fiji was first played by European and Fijian soldiers in the 1880s? Cvene64 02:59, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that the famous phrase We who are about to die salute you, attributed to the gladiators of Ancient Rome was only recorded as having been used once - and that was for a Naumachia? -- selfnom, major addition to article (was 94 word stub)Bridesmill 01:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

  Nice to see a nom based on a translation from a foreign article. Can you reword, possibly with a different hook, to put the article reference first? GRBerry 02:54, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Governor James B. A. Robertson called out the Oklahoma National Guard and declared martial law to bring about the restoration of law and order following the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921? -- Rougher07 20:24, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that May crowning is a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs on or about 1 May every year where an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is ceremonially crowned to indicate the status of Mary as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God? self-nom, --ScienceApologist 17:11, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Is this neutral? Not everyone believes Mary, mother of Jesus was blessed, a virgin, the mother of god, the queen of heaven, or even existed. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 17:15
    • I just chose the introduction I wrote in the article. There are other sentences that can be chosen, I'm sure. In any case, since the sentence is contextualized by Roman Catholicism, I believe that the "status" imparted upon Mary is clearly that given to her by Roman Catholicism and not "in general". --ScienceApologist 18:22, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
      • I think the POV enters with the use of "indicate", as in, they are simply stating what is already true, rather than their own opinion. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 18:24
        • I'm not sure I follow, but if that's what you think, please do offer a rewording. --ScienceApologist 18:27, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
          • How about: ...that May crowning is a traditional Roman Catholic ritual occurring about 1 May, in which the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary is ceremonially crowned to signify her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 21:54
            • sounds great to me. I think we should use Blessed Virgin Mary, though, because that article conforms more to what the image usually is that the Mary, mother of Jesus article. --ScienceApologist 22:05, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
        • Here is an alternative sentence:
        • "...that the May crowning ceremony traditionally takes place with young girls dressed in dresses carrying flowers (traditionally hawthorne) to adorn a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary?"

• ...that Santiago meteorite, which exploded over Chile in 1938, was considered to be the remains of a Soviet spacecraft? self-nom, --Brand спойт 15:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Considered by whom? The article only says "considered by some". — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 17:17

• ...that the Battle of Beroia in Bulgaria resulted in the disappearance of the Pecheneg people as an independent force? Bigdaddy1204 12:36, 20 June 2006
  • I would remove all the trivial info and just focus on the last part. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 17:20
    • Done. Bigdaddy1204 21:23, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the Morris Marina was one of the first cars at the end of the 1970s/ the early 1980s to have a diesel engine? --Sunholm(talk) 11:50, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
  • How about: "... first cars of the late '70s and early '80s ..." — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 12:14

• ...that on the Barsa-Kelmes island due to its paranormal activity fugitives, having sat out of all some years, returned to their old relatives after the decades? self-nom, --Brand спойт 10:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't understand your nomination. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 11:11
    • Why? --Brand спойт 11:20, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
      • It doesn't make any sense; specifically, "paranormal activity fugitives", "having sat out of all some years", "old relatives after the decades". — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 12:01
        • The article suffers from some of the same word and phrasing choice problems as the nomination in my view and could use a copyedit. Perhaps try "...that Barsa-Kelmes was formerly an island but due to shrinkage of the Aral Sea from overirrigation, is now a peninsula?" which seems a more interesting and verifiable fact. ++Lar: t/c 12:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
          • Babelfish's translation of the Russian article makes much more sense :) — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 17:21

• ...that a Roman man once received the surname of "Tricongius" for his ability to drink three congii of wine (9.8 litres; 2.6 gallons) in one sitting, a feat that he even performed before Emperor Tiberius, who himself was once an alcoholic? — (self-nom; will expand) BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 01:49

• ...that Betsey Stockton, the first single female foreign missionary, was a manumitted slave, who established schools in Hawaii and Canada? — (self-nom) GRBerry 03:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
  • What do you mean "first single"? She wasn't married? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 05:01
    • ...that Betsey Stockton, who established schools in Hawaii and Canada, the first unmarried woman sent as an overseas missionary, was a manumitted slave? — that would be a yes. GRBerry 12:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
      • The 2nd rephrasing is a bit odd. I prefer the first, except replacing "single" with "umarried". — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 12:48
        • ...that Betsey Stockton, the first unmarried female foreign missionary, was a manumitted slave, who established schools in Hawaii and Canada? — fine by me, here it is to make it easier when included. GRBerry 12:50, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that future NASCAR winners Sterling Marlin, Tim Richmond, Morgan Shepherd, Mark Martin, and Ernie Irvan all drove for Jasper Motorsports when it was owned by D.K. Ulrich? Self-nom by --D-Day ^{I'm all ears} 13:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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• ...that the Greenbrier Ghost is believed to have been the only ghost in American history whose testimony influenced a jury trial? (picture on left goes with the article) (self-nom) --AlbertHerring 22:58, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

June 19

• ...that tropical leatherleaf, a tropical slug has a very thin foot to survive in dry conditions? self-nom, --Snek01 11:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • The article needs some expansion. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-19 14:54

• ...that Ah Meng, a Sumatran Orangutan and tourism icon of Singapore, had breakfast with celebrities including Prince Philip of Britain and pop star Michael Jackson? self-nom, --Vsion 01:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that in 2003, the Cuban town of San Antonio de los Baños had no water for 2 days while a 100-year old aqueduct supplying the city was being repaired? (stub created by anon on 4 September 2005, expanded by self today) Kimchi.sg 02:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Another article on the same town but based on 1911 EB material was at San Antonio de los Banos [1]. Kimchi.sg 03:39, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that professional ice hockey player Duncan MacPherson disappeared in 1989 at the age of 23 and was missing for fifteen years? self-nom, BoojiBoy 13:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that the Swedish adjective yrast meaning "dizziest" is used as a technical term in nuclear physics referring to nuclear states of high angular momentum? self-nom —Keenan Pepper 21:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Stub smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 21:33, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I'm still working on it! —Keenan Pepper 21:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

For the next article you want to have selected for DYK, you may want to work on the article in your userspace and move it over to articlespace when it is ready to go. That gives you the full 5 days to get selected with the article fully formed. (but does mean others may not make contributions of their own till it's in articlespace) Hope that suggestion is helpful. ++Lar: t/c 13:12, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Roman Emperor Trajan was heavily criticized for giving extravagant donations, called congiaria, to every citizen? — (self-nom) BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-19 17:47

• ...that despite competing full-time in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2004, Jeff Fuller of NEMCO Motorsports failed to finish a single race? Self nom by --D-Day ^{I'm all ears} 21:10, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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  ...that the 1900 Paris Exposition's Mareorama was a simulated sea voyage using two 2,460-foot-long panoramic paintings and a giant motion platform? self-nom - Davepape 23:39, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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• ...that the Kutiyapi is a two-stringed, fretted boat-lute with beeswax frets? Article by PhilipDM. Mak (talk) 05:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, creator of the National Bank of Poland and author of many economic reforms in Congress Poland, has also laid foundations for the industrialization of the city of Łódź? --self-nom by Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:34, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

June 18

• ...that Rymbai had to discontinue his education due to poverty but became the head master of a school later and went on to become the Chief Minister of Meghalaya? Self-nom --Gurubrahma 06:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that Ashta Pradhan, a council formed by Shivaji to help him in administration, was one of the first instances of ministerial delegation in India? 1-line stub (and on afd) till 18th could be considered self-nom as I expanded it. --Gurubrahma 06:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that the name of the Azeri settlement Ramana is probably derived from Latin Romana - Roman? self-nom, --Brand спойт 21:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Are there any other interesting facts in the article? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-19 01:53
    • ...that the hypothesis, set up in the Soviet era was that Ramana is probably derived from Latin Romana - Roman? Gnangarra 03:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC) hows this
      • I thought about it, also sounds good. --Brand спойт 11:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
      • What hypothesis? Your fact doesn't really make sense. Is there anything else of interest about the settlement, besides the etymology of its name? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 00:10
        • Everybody has a subjective opinion. Choose any other fact if you wish :P --Brand спойт 09:32, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that when David Gilliland won his first career Busch Series race in 2006, driving for an unsponsored part-time team, commentator Hermie Sadler called it "the biggest upset in Busch Series history"? article by DaNASCAT, nominated by D-Day

• ...that Captain William Reynolds, a veteran of the American Civil War, formally claimed the Midway Atoll for the United States in 1867 due to its abundance of guano? Self-nom, but possibly short. JRP 16:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Jorge Larrionda became only the fourth football referee to send off three players in a single FIFA World Cup finals match? (This article is semi-protected at the moment because the referee's action upset many.) --Tone 16:52, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • We already have a 2006 World Cup entry on the main page, but if anyone else wants to use this suggestion, that's fine. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-18 17:06

• ...that Joseph Krumgold was the first author to win the Newbery Medal twice? Self-nom by Joyous! | Talk 18:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

The Artrain in March 2006.

• ...that Artrain USA is a five car art gallery that tours the USA 11 months of the year, visiting small towns whose residents might not otherwise have a chance to see art up close? (self nom) ++Lar: t/c 18:37, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I went through made made a few grammatical and spelling enhancements; an excellent DYK candidiate, IMHO. Mark Vaoverland 18:59, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree; are there any pictures of the train? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 17:54, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Regrettably I have not found any that are free, or even that are OK to use under fair use, yet... so it's not a lead candidate. Anyone else know of any? I might get a chance to take some, it's going to be in Ann Arbor starting tomorrow? But not before the time limit expires. ++Lar: t/c 19:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, I found one.--Pharos 21:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Underwood International College is the only English exclusive liberal arts program in Korea? self-nom User:Bk641 ++Lar: t/c 18:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • At least the Mission section appears to be a copyright violation. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-19 01:56

• ...that Russian composer Ella Adayevskaya took her pseudonym from the notes played by the kettledrum in Mikhail Glinka's opera Ruslan and Ludmila? (self-nom) --AlbertHerring 01:41, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Union for Active Struggle was a secret Polish paramilitary organization dedicated to reclaiming Polish independence, and was supported by Austro-Hungary against the Russian Empire? --self-nom by Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 17:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that James B. A. Robertson called out the Oklahoma National Guard in order to restore law and order during the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921?--NMajdan•talk 20:41, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

June 17

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• ...that the relatives of Nikita Khrushchev commissioned his tomb from Ernst Neizvestny, although the sculptor's work had been denounced by the Soviet leader as degenerate? --self-nom by Ghirla ^-трёп- 18:17, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • How about "...that although Ernst Neizvestny's work had been denounced by Nikita Khrushchev as degenerate art, he was commissioned to sculpt Khrushchev's tomb?" — GRBerry 17:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Luis Jiménez, an American sculptor known for his large polychromed fiberglass sculptures usually of Southwestern and Hispanic themes, was killed on June 13, 2006 when a large piece of his work fell on him? new article creator User:Carptrash, nom by Vaoverland 19:10, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Shorter alternative to sound less like an In The News item: ...that American sculptor Luis Jiménez, known for his large Southwestern and Hispanic polychromed fiberglass sculptures, was killed when a large piece of his work fell on him? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-18 19:16
    • The alternate is fine with me. Thanks. Vaoverland 00:54, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the New Zealand blogosphere includes party leaders, a person convicted of sedition and an official party blog alongside ordinary New Zealanders? --Midnighttonight 09:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC) (self nom)
  • Isn't that true of most "blogospheres"? Are there any other interesting facts from this article? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-18 15:21
    • V. Stubby; should be more like Canadian blogosphere in length. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 17:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that the Kell antigen system is a group of antigens on the human red blood cell surface that are important determinants of blood type and targets for autoimmune or alloimmune diseases that destroy red blood cells? (self-nom) -- InvictaHOG 05:44, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the Motown recording "Do You Love Me" by The Contours became a Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 hit twice; once in 1962 and again in 1987? (self-nom) --FuriousFreddy 00:47, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Ann Hasseltine Judson, was the first Protestant to translate a scripture into Siamese, and made being a missionary a legitimate calling for Christian women? -- self-nom, de-stubbed today GRBerry 03:12, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Some of the wording is clunky, how about: "...and legitimated the missionary calling for Christian women?", or something like that. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-18 15:21
    • ...that Ann Hasseltine Judson legitimated the missionary calling for Christian women and was the first Protestant to translate a scripture into Siamese? (I didn't realize legitimated was a word, it isn't in my working vocabulary. Thanks for the suggestion. GRBerry 00:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
      • Legitimized might work better. Shimgray | talk | 23:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
        • Going by dictionary.com, "ligitimize" means "to ligitimate". That seems to suggest "ligitimate" is the more common/well-understood term. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 15:37
          • www.m-w.com does the same for "legitimatize" and "legitimate". I'll be happy with either wording, and am comfortable leaving the call between the ..mated and ..matized forms to the updating admin. GRBerry 17:21, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
            • I'd go with legitimised/zed... but Brian will usually change things to what he thinks is correct anyway so don't worry, it'll be right soon enough. ++Lar: t/c 00:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
              • Google shows little or no difference in the usage of the two, so either way should be alright. Forgive me for trying to correct what initially appeared to be a mistake. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-21 04:18

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  ...that the Saxon Axis is an imaginary line linking some of the most notable palaces in Warsaw? -- self-nom by //Halibutt 13:18, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Hook could stand to be more exciting, why is this line there? Article could benefit from more references... ++Lar: t/c 00:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Czech basketball player George Zidek is the younger of the only father-and-son pair to have each played in European club title games in the sport? — originally created by Ikouvdos, nominated by Dale Arnett 03:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • This one might be a little on the short side. I de-stubbed it, though it's borderline. Dale Arnett 03:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

June 16

• ...that Carry On Henry was originally going to have Harry Secombe in the title role? --RMHED 23:55, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Can you suggest any other interesting facts from the article? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-18 15:34
    • try ... that Carry On Henry was the 21st movie in the Carry On series? Gnangarra
      • Maybe add what the Carry On series is to the hook? ++Lar: t/c 00:50, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the conflict between the Indians and the telegraph company portrayed in Fritz Lang's movie Western Union was completely made up just to add excitement to the plot of the film? J. Van Meter 14:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC) self-nom

June 15

• ...that GDRT, a 3rd century king of Aksum controlled parts of what is today Yemen? – self-nomination. It doesn't exactly fit the rules, but it's in the spirit. I didn't know that the article could have been expanded significantly (but have been created a while ago) and still count. It's still in the same spirit, so I think it's okay. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 03:29, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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• ...that Australian boxer Jim Hall (pictured) was buried in an unmarked grave, apparently to elude the man to whom he had sold his skeleton? (Australian middle-weight boxer Jim Hall)
• ...that Tarquin the Proud modified the Roman festival of Compitalia to include the sacrifice of children's heads, but upon his expulsion, Brutus substituted heads of garlic and poppies instead?
• ...that Aleksandra Piłsudska, a Polish revolutionary and second wife of dictator Józef Piłsudski, helped plan the Bezdany train raid?
• ...that the Finnish tango is an established variation of the Argentine tango and one of the most enduring and popular music forms in Finland?
• ...that Russian playwright Yakov Knyazhnin was once thought to have been tortured to death after presenting a libertarian play to Catherine the Great?
• ...that future High Court judge Sir John Vinelott sat by during an argument in a Karl Popper lecture as his mentor, Ludwig Wittgenstein, brandished a red hot poker before storming out?
• ...that Russian General Denis Davydov (pictured) was also a celebrated poet who created a specific genre, known as hussar poetry? (Russian general Denis Davydov)
• ...that the French West India Company was so successful at recovering commerce from the Dutch in the West Indies, that the company became obsolete after only 9 years in operation?
• ...that during the 976-9 civil war in the Byzantine Empire, military support provided by Georgian prince David III of Tao was crucial to Emperor Basil II's continued reign?
• ...that three trophies are given to the winner of the annual Red River Shootout, one of college football's oldest rivalry games, played between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners?
• ...that Boyle Roche, an 18th-century Irish politician famous for his risible use of mixed metaphors and malapropisms, was a member of the same family as Diana, Princess of Wales?
• ...that Russian modernist writer Aleksey Remizov (pictured) was also an expert calligrapher who sought to revive this medieval art form in Russia? (Aleksey Remizov)
• ...that the 1040-foot-long Starrucca Viaduct in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania was the largest and most expensive stone railway viaduct when built in 1848, and is still in use by the Norfolk Southern Railway?
• ...that German tailor Franz Muller committed the first murder on a British train, in 1864?
• ...that the Namibian city of Otjimbingwe was the capital city before the modern capital, Windhoek, replaced it in 1892?
• ...that the Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band played a record-setting 10-hour drum roll in 1934?
• ...that Russian courtier Ivan Betskoy (pictured) was rumoured to have been not only Catherine the Great's confidant but also her father? (Ivan Betskoy)
• ...that the British Levant Company avoided a fatal mistake of other chartered companies by paying their consuls and ambassadors a pension, so that they would not impose taxes on merchants for personal gain?
• ...that Henryk Woliński, Polish resistance Armia Krajowa member, was responsible for the creation of Żegota and saving the lives of thousands of Polish Jews in WWII?
• ...that Yoshioka-Kaitei Station, located 149.5 metres below sea level within the Seikan Tunnel, is the deepest underground station in Japan?
• ...that tradition traces Clan Drummond, a Scottish clan from Stirlingshire, to Hungarian origins?
• ...that the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (pictured) in Sofia, Bulgaria is a reorganized Ottoman mosque, built on the site of an Early Christian temple? (Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church)
• ...that because straw-processing was very important to the town, Twistringen's 750^th anniversary was celebrated by building the world's largest straw hat, at over 5 m (16 ft) wide?
• ...that CRISM is a spectrometer on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and will be used to find minerals on the surface of Mars?
• ...that Portuguese jurist João das Regras aided John I of Portugal by refuting the arguments of pretenders to the throne during the 1383–1385 Crisis?
• ...that Microsoft chose Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee Chris Economaki to author the auto racing history portion of its Encarta encyclopedia?
• ..that Belton House (pictured), a Carolean country house in Lincolnshire, was featured as the residence of Mr. Darcy's aunt in the TV version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice? (Belton House)
• ...that Hewlett Packard's popular LaserJet 4 range of printers included the LaserJet 4LC, the first printer designed exclusively for the Chinese market?
• ...that the Malay word Merdeka has been used in both Singapore and Malaysia to describe the campaigns for self-government and independence in both countries?
• ...that the Dover Straits earthquake of 1580 raised tsunamis in the English Channel, flooding Calais and Boulogne?
• ...that science fiction and fantasy in Poland traces its origins to the Polish Enlightenment, and that many of its writers are translated into foreign languages—with the notable exception of English?
• ...that the recordings of Pyotr Leshchenko (pictured), "the King of Russian Tango", were banned in the Soviet Union as counterrevolutionary? (Pyotr Leshchenko)
• ...that Szinva Terrace, the newest public square in Miskolc, Hungary, features a small artificial waterfall built into the wall bordering the Szinva stream?
• ...that the coat of arms of Greenland depicts a polar bear raising its left forepaw, breaking with the heraldic tradition of showing the right forepaw raised, because polar bears are left-handed?
• ...that Chicago composer Margaret Bonds wrote her first work, the Marquette Street Blues, at the age of five?
• ...that the last male-line descendant of Alexander III of Russia, Count George Brasov, died in a road accident whilst exiled in France at the age of 20?
• ...that Muhammad had the Jewish tribe Banu Nadir expelled from Medina, their men killed, and their wives and property divided among his followers, choosing for himself the widow of the tribe's slain treasurer? (Submission of the Banu Nadir)
• ...that Epiphanius's most important work, the Panarion, is ironically the only surviving source of information on several early Christian sects that he sought to eliminate with his writing?
• ...that Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero, which premiered in 1625, was the first opera written by a woman?
• ...that with the coming of Tropical Storm Henri, parts of Red Clay Creek in Delaware experienced a 500-year flood?
• ...that the Russian Party of Revolutionary Communism was dissolved in 1920 after a decision of the 2nd Comintern congress, which ordered there could only be one communist party in each country?
• ...that the proposed Atlantica trade bloc would economically tie New England in the U.S. to the Atlantic Provinces of Canada?
• ...that the Stinkpot turtle (pictured) deters predators by releasing a musky smell from glands under its shell? ("Stinkpot" turtle)
• ...that polyphenol antioxidants are a class of over 4,000 nutritionally-derived chemicals linked to immune system and cardiovascular health, due to their cellular role of oxidative species scavenging?
• ...that Chile's current Interior Minister, Andrés Zaldívar, was also a senator and cabinet member in pre-Pinochet democratic Chile, a prominent democracy activist, and member of the successful opposition to the subsequent military regime?
• ...that Typhoon Patsy (1970) was the deadliest tropical cyclone to strike Manila since the establishment of the Philippine Weather Bureau in 1865?
• ...that although the Constitution of Singapore had been revised in 1958 to implement self-government for the then British colony of Singapore, self-government was only officially achieved with the Singapore general election of 1959?
• ...that English architect Richard Roach Jewell designed many of the important public buildings in Perth, Western Australia during the latter half of the 19th century?
• ...that Hickman's potentilla (pictured) is a rare plant discovered by Alice Eastwood, who climbed six floors through a burning building in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake to save her specimens? (Hickman’s potentilla)
• ...that Charles N. Haskell was the first governor of Oklahoma, and he played a crucial role in drafting the Oklahoma Constitution?
• ...that the Isted Lion, an important Danish war monument, was located in Berlin for almost 70 years, but was returned to Denmark on the orders of General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
• ...that John Roberts was an Australian businessman who founded the construction company Multiplex, which is currently building the new Wembley Stadium in London?
• ...that Ewale a Mbedi may have been the first Duala leader to trade with Europeans in Cameroon?
• ...that offspring of the Blue Wildebeest can stand seven minutes after birth and run with the herd at two hours old?