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19 October 2010

12:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

A bespectacled Chinese man smiling.

... that China labeled the decision to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo (pictured) as a "blasphemy"?

... that Rich Iott, a first-time candidate in the 2010 House of Representatives elections in Ohio, came to media prominence due to his past participation in a World War II reenactment group?

... that Al-Musta'in was the only Cairo-based Abbasid caliph to hold both political and spiritual power?

... that the 1629 Siege of Privas was one of the last events of the French Huguenot rebellions, and that it ended in the total plunder and destruction of the city of Privas by the troops of Louis XIII?

... that Suiyo Seamount, a seamount near Japan, was thought to be extinct until a hydrothermal event in 1991 was brought to light?

... that Harry Thorneycroft was the first British Labour candidate to receive a letter of support from Winston Churchill and other leaders of the coalition government?

... that in a gesture of appreciation for his service in the Spanish Civil War, International Brigades veteran Sam Lesser was offered honorary Spanish citizenship in 1996?

... that the Swedish river monitor HMS Sköld had a combined hand and steam propulsion system designed by John Ericsson?

... that Seattle Community Access Network carried a TV show that ran uncensored pornography?

06:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

... that demolition of Manchester Courts (pictured), a Category I heritage building damaged in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, starts today?

... that Ching Chong Song topped a poll in The Village Voice as the "Worst Band Name in New York"?

... that English football captain Bobby Moore was accused of stealing a bracelet in Bogotá, Colombia, during the run-up to the 1970 FIFA World Cup?

... that the dumping of slag into Kilbirnie Loch by the local ironworks unearthed a set of logboats and a crannóg?

... that, despite the stock market crash of 1929, construction of the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle went ahead with a groundbreaking ceremony held in December of 1929?

... that the English artist Henry Clarence Whaite was one of the central figures in the formation of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Wales' first art academy?

... that Roy Roundtree was the leading receiver for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team even though he only started four games?

... that, according to the Dallas Morning News, William Madison McDonald was "probably Texas' first black millionaire"?

00:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Mexican state of Puebla is home to chiles en nogada, mole poblano and the China Poblana (pictured)?

... that Marshall Flaum, who won two Emmys for The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, earned an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature for Let My People Go: The Story of Israel in 1965?

... that modern tribes in the area of the village of Negomano on the Mozambique–Tanzania border can be traced to the southern shores of Lake Malawi, and that their ancestors moved to escape severe drought?

... that King's Carpenter John Abel also designed a wooden tank called the Sow?

... that the Constitution of Bhutan is based on Buddhist philosophy, International Conventions on Human Rights, public opinion, and existing laws, authorities, and precedents?

... that Chris Deschene is the first Native American to run for Secretary of State in Arizona?

... that the Patron of the Auto-Cycle Union which oversees the British Motocross Championship is HRH the Duke of Edinburgh?

... that in 1854, Michel Maxwell Philip, the illicit son of a white planter and a slave, wrote Emmanuel Appadocca, the first Trinidadian novel?

... that the demolition of Mount Carmel High School, a historic landmark in Los Angeles, was filmed for the movie Rock 'n' Roll High School?

18 October 2010

18:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

... that according to a legend, the Heishi rock (pictured) represents the God of the Sea of Japan?

... that despite being the largest church in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, St Mary's was declared redundant in 1987?

... that, during Sulla's civil wars, Romans were killed if the consul Gaius Marius did not nod to them in response to a conversation?

... that Lom prisoner of war camp, operated by the 2nd Division during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, held both German PoWs and Norwegians suspected of collaborationism?

... that soul singer and songwriter Brenda Lee Eager has written and performed in a musical theatre show based on her own life story?

... that rock blasting during excavation of the second Veliki Gložac Tunnel tube required the original tunnel tube to be closed to traffic more than 220 times?

... that the Italian tanker Gianna M was captured by the British Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Hilary in 1941?

... that Sakis Rouvas became the first Greek artist to have his own fashion label with the launch of the Sakis Rouvas Collection in October 2010?

... that thawing ice forced four of the ice hockey matches at the 1932 Winter Olympics to move from an outdoor venue to an indoor one?

12:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Koserow church (pictured) is reportedly the oldest church on Usedom's Baltic Sea coast?

... that one of the Google driverless cars was able to drive itself down the narrow hairpin turns of San Francisco's Lombard Street?

... that the Swedish monitor Folke was designed opposite of her sister ships, with a gun turret at the stern, so that she could protect them during a retreat?

... that thawing of the ice rink venue during the 1928 Winter Olympics led to the cancellation of the 10,000 m speed skating event?

... that the Byzantine general Manuel the Armenian achieved the highest Byzantine military ranks, defected to the Abbasids, escaped back, and saved emperor Theophilos from captivity?

... that Mexican singer Luis Miguel received a Grammy Award and a Platinum certification for his album Segundo Romance in the United States?

... that Hyderabad-born Asher Noria is the only shooter in the world to win the double trap event of the International Shooting Junior World Cup for two consecutive years?

... that architectural historians have described the Norman chancel arch of St James' Church, Stirchley, Shropshire, as "quite incongruously ornate"?

... that Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse was depicted on a 1955 Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin?

06:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

... that after the Paris Exposition of 1867, the London Times referred to the works of Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (self-portrait pictured) as "the finest photographic portraits in the world"?

... that Oatka Creek disappears from an area north of Le Roy, New York, during the summer months?

... that Tenczyn Castle was captured and pillaged because of a rumor that the Polish Crown Jewels were hidden in its walls?

... that St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham contains wall paintings dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries, painted on top of each other up to seven layers thick?

... that Sofie is the first surgical robot to return tactile information back to the operating surgeon?

... that Dinesh Dhamija went from selling tickets in a London tube station kiosk to a net worth of over £100m?

... that Podvugleš Tunnel is separated from neighboring Javorova Kosa Tunnel by a 30-metre (98 ft) section of the Croatian A6 motorway?

... that Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine won an Ig Nobel Prize for research on treating hiccups with digital rectal massage?

00:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

ZETA fusion power machine at Harwell

... that in May 1958, eight months after John Cockroft had announced with great fanfare that the British-designed ZETA device (pictured) had achieved nuclear fusion, he was forced to retract this claim?

... that Adam of Kilconquhar, first husband of Robert the Bruce's mother Marjory of Carrick, died on crusade at Acre in 1271?

... that Philipsburg Manor, one of the four main manors of the Province of New York, was dissolved in 1779 because its owner was a loyalist?

... that the Top Pops chart, which ran for less than three years, had 15 number-one singles that failed to top the official UK Singles Chart?

... that the al-'Awasim was the fortified frontier zone established by the Ummayad and Abbasid caliphates along their border with the Byzantine Empire?

... that the tower of St Bartholomew's Church, Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, is detached from the body of the church, standing about 10 metres (33 ft) to its east?

... that the BSA B50 SS motorcycle proved its credentials by winning the 500 cc class in the Thruxton 500 and the Barcelona 24-hour endurance race?

... that the New Academy, an 18th-century higher learning institute and center of Greek culture, in Moscopole, Albania, was nicknamed "the worthiest jewel of the city"?

... that fetuses of the endangered Giant Panda have been artificially grown in the womb of a cat?

17 October 2010

18:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the 2010 sockeye salmon run on the Adams River (pictured) in British Columbia, Canada, is expected to be the largest since 1913, with an estimated 9 million fish returning to the river to spawn?

... that plans to restore the derelict Leah's Yard in Sheffield, England, have been put on hold because of government budget cuts?

... that Ekgmowechashala was the only North American genus of primate during the Late Oligocene?

... that Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey won the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions in both 1996 and 1998, but the 1996–97 team had the best record?

... that Figaro was brought back in 2008 for the Australian and northern sawtail catsharks?

... that the New Jersey Historical Commission established the Mildred Barry Garvin Prize to recognize educators in the state for outstanding teaching of African-American history?

... that, earlier this month, Leon Baptiste won England's first gold medal for sprinting at the Commonwealth Games in over a decade?

... that the first battle of the Crimean War led to an increased usage of the name Alma?

12:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

... that in addition to its rich wildlife, Lore Lindu National Park (pictured) on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi contains megaliths dating from before 1300 AD?

... that Robert Lee Bobbitt, a prominent Texas politician of the 1920s and 1930s, was a presidential elector in 1944 for the Roosevelt-Truman ticket?

... that a series of novels based on the tale of Sleeping Beauty was removed from the Columbus Metropolitan Library in 1996?

... that the Double-O Ranch Historic District in Harney County, Oregon, was once owned by cattle baron Bill Hanley and is now part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?

... that Gin Pit was the first colliery belonging to Astley and Tyldesley Collieries, and its name suggests it had horse-driven winding gear and was on the site of even older coal workings?

... that Maurice Neligan was described as "the first superstar of Irish medicine"?

... that many newspapers refused to publicize the 1932 Pre-Code film Merrily We Go to Hell because of its racy title?

... that the last two known individuals of the South Island Snipe died on 1 September 1964, two days after they were captured?

... that William W. Norton wrote scripts for films starring John Wayne and Burt Reynolds, but when asked by a nurse if she would know any of his films, he replied, "I don't think your IQ is low enough"?

06:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Sack of Amorium (pictured) in 838 by the Abbasids discredited Byzantine Iconoclasm and led to the restoration of the veneration of icons?

... that Papua New Guinean Anglican archbishop Sir George Ambo was "the first South Pacific native to be made a bishop", in 1960?

... that Robert Levin reconstructed for the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage missing parts of Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162?

... that the 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m²) wave pool at Hyderabad's Jalavihar, which is the largest in India, can accommodate about 1,000 people at a time?

... that, during the 2010 Winter Olympics, Stephen Colbert visited Pride House Vancouver, which is located in the LGBT community centre Qmunity?

... that English photographer Greg Williams used a high-resolution video camera to create a photograph of Megan Fox for the cover of Esquire magazine?

... that Lake Sausacocha in Peru is one of the rare Andean lakes with acidic waters?

... that professional wrestler and Maori Anglican Church member Ike Robin was once said to be "so absorbed in his preaching that he failed to notice that the congregation comprised only his dog"?

... that during the 16th century, St Peter and St Paul's Church, Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire, was used as a dog kennel and a pigeon house?

00:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Jauja, located near Laguna de Paca (pictured), was the capital of Peru before the founding of Lima?

... that French comedy actor Louis de Funès made his film debut at the age of 31 with a 40-second appearance in The Temptation of Barbizon?

... that the 2010–11 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team is coming off its first year with a postseason victory since the 1998–99 team won two games in the 1999 National Invitation Tournament?

... that native Pennsylvanian Alexander Fulton named the Louisiana city that he founded, Alexandria, after himself?

... that the generation of Husák's Children was named after a communist president of Czechoslovakia?

... that Philadelphia School of Circus Arts teaches static trapeze, corde lisse, lyra, unicycling, tightwire, and Chinese acrobatics?

... that Prince Abbas Hilmi, a great-grandson of both the last Ottoman sultan and the last Ottoman caliph, was the first foreign member of the London Stock Exchange?

... that the Grandview Apostolic Church was the second-oldest church in Brown County, Indiana, until it was burned last July?

... that physician Charles de Lorme (1584–1678) prescribed an eye cosmetic concoction to French kings Henry IV and Louis XIII as a medicine?

16 October 2010

18:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Javorova Kosa Tunnel (pictured) caved in during construction, requiring removal of 400 cubic metres (14,000 cubic feet) of rock and soil before the work could resume?

... that the anonymous 6th-century treatise About the Mystery of the Letters interpreted the three Greek numeral signs Digamma (6), Koppa (90) and Sampi (900) as mystical symbols of the Holy Trinity?

... that James Kennedy Patterson, the first president of the University of Kentucky, once secured a personal loan to help the institution meet its financial obligations?

... that the deciding game of the 2004 UAAP men's college basketball finals was played a day before the 29th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila at the same venue?

... that baritone Georges Baklanoff created the title role in Sergei Rachmaninoff's The Miserly Knight at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow in 1906?

... that St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, has been the chancel of a medieval church, the south aisle of a 19th century church, and is now a free-standing structure?

... that when a diabetic passenger needed an emergency stop on a JetBlue flight, David Barger, now the company's CEO, personally apologized to every customer for the delay?

... that after recovering from polio as a 12-year old, Leo Byrd went on to win a gold medal with the United States men's basketball team at the 1959 Pan American Games?

... that the father Snares Snipe looks after the first chick to leave the nest, while the mother takes care of the second?

12:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

... that a bronze statue of Ludwig van Beethoven (pictured) was unveiled in 1845 to coincide with his 75th birthday?

... that in 1997, Marko Račič became the only Slovenian to receive the Gold Badge of the European Athletic Association?

... that cloud gaming developments allow players to access their saved games at multiple locations, using the same game data on platforms ranging from desktop computers to tablet devices?

... that, after Bobby Godsell had resigned as Chairman of South African company Eskom in 2009, he was accused of racism but defended by both the Mineworkers Union and the ANC?

... that the 2009–10 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team earned the first postseason college basketball victory for Princeton since the 1999 National Invitation Tournament?

... that the Early Cretaceous crocodilian relative Susisuchus was one of the first mesoeucrocodylians to have a segmented shield of bony osteoderms over its back, which allowed for greater flexibility while swimming?

... that Tuhobić Tunnel is the longest tunnel on the Croatian A6 motorway route?

... that Super Heavyweight Sean McCorkle has been nicknamed "The Hater", "The Big Angry", "Big Hungry" and "The Alpha Male", and claims he changes his nickname "to keep it interesting"?

06:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Military Engineering-Technical University (pictured) in Saint Petersburg was the alma mater of author Fyodor Dostoyevsky?

... that Edentulina moreleti is the only known herbivorous streptaxid?

... that Edward Elgar may have played on the organ of the now-redundant Pendock Church?

... that Kenneth North was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War for almost six years?

... that in 1934, the British industrialist and philanthropist Sir John Jarvis established the Surrey Fund to raise money for the depressed town of Jarrow?

... that Creation Records, Superdry and Viz magazine were all started with funding from the Enterprise Allowance Scheme?

... that as a Federal Reserve System governor, Sherman J. Maisel served on a White House task force that suggested that Ginnie Mae and Fannie Mae play a greater role in funding mortgages for homebuyers?

... that at the end of the first game of the 2005 UAAP men's basketball finals, a De La Salle University-Manila assistant team manager ran onto the court and hit opposing player Arwind Santos in the back of the head?

00:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Hyalella azteca (pictured) is the most abundant amphipod in North American lakes?

... that English courtier Isabella Markham, the love object and muse of poet John Harington, was the daughter of his former jailer?

... that shots fired by Johnny Edgecombe into the door of the flat where his girlfriend was visiting led to disclosure of the Profumo Affair, a scandal which brought down UK War Secretary John Profumo?

... that the 1994 College Baseball All-America Team included four future Major League Baseball All-Stars: Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek, Danny Graves and Mike Hampton?

... that from the widow's walk of the Samuel May Williams House people could watch horse races at the nearby race track?

... that the British businessman and Member of Parliament Sir Edgar Horne owned most of the village of Shackleford in Surrey?

... that the fairy shrimp Branchinecta brushi lives at 5,930 m (19,460 ft) in the Chilean Andes, higher than any other crustacean in the world?

... that from the late 1860s, Danish photographer Kristen Feilberg captured many of the earliest images of the landscapes and peoples of Borneo, Sumatra and Singapore?

... that a Washington, DC, legend states that a Demon Cat lives in the basement crypts at Capitol Hill?

15 October 2010

18:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the wood frame and clapboard in the apexes of the gambrel roof on the Michael Salyer Stone House (pictured) in Orangetown, New York, may reflect Huguenot building traditions?

... that according to studies published by The Alliance for Safe Children, in Bangladesh every day an estimated 46 children die from drowning?

... that the parasitic mushroom Pholiota squarrosa may smell like garlic, lemon, radish, onion, or skunk?

... that Lake Amaramba is a shallow lake in Mozambique near the border with Malawi, located in the Nyasa plateau?

... that Herb Wilkinson, a devout Mormon, quit his professional basketball job with the Minneapolis Lakers because they made him play on Sundays?

... that Texas Republican politician Jack Cox lost important races to two better-known candidates, John Connally and George Herbert Walker Bush?

... that the Early Cretaceous crocodilian relative Susisuchus was one of the first mesoeucrocodylians to have a segmented shield of bony osteoderms over its back, which allowed for greater flexibility while swimming?

... that Jim Tuck named his pioneering fusion power system the Perhapsatron, reflecting his skepticism that it would actually work?

12:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the French ironclad Richelieu (pictured), cast loose by her tugboat during a storm in the Bay of Biscay while being towed to the ship breakers in 1911, survived the storm and was recovered near the Scilly Isles?

... that the animal characters in ABC's 1986 primetime special, The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure, were based on biblical figures?

... that British Cheney Racing hand-built motorcycles can take over 400 hours to complete?

... that the Emancipation Proclamation was ceremoniously read on the 140th anniversary of its signing under the oak tree where Mary Smith Peake taught children of former slaves in 1861?

... that Ch. Rocky Top's Sundance Kid is the most successful Colored Bull Terrier show dog of all time?

... that Nevada politician Sharron Angle serves as a legislative chairwoman for the National Foundation for Women Legislators?

... that in a 1988 administrative law judgment, the High Court of Singapore held that an alien allowed to enter the country for a fixed period has no legitimate expectation of staying a day longer?

... that though his work usually appeared to have been painted very quickly, Stephen Pace often made subtle fixes to his art, saying of himself, "You might call me a fake Zen painter"?

06:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Marguerite Bériza

... that opera singers Marguerite Bériza (pictured) and Orville Harrold appeared in 1917 at the Ravinia Festival in both Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Massenet's Manon?

... that Ralph A. Loveys left an Assembly seat from the 26th Legislative District to chair the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, but quit after Governor James Florio would not support his toll increase plan?

... that the mushrooms Mycena clariviolacea, M. fonticola, M. fuscoaurantiaca, M. intersecta, M. lanuginosa, M. multiplicata, M. mustea, and M. nidificata, newly described in 2007, are only known from Kanagawa, Japan?

... that the Gwich'yaa, easternmost of the Gwich’in groups in Alaska, derive income from trapping and from selling handicrafts?

... that Bailey's Hotel, founded by British politician James Bailey, attracted many wealthy and foreign guests – including Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor, who lived out his last days in the hotel in 1895?

... that five players from the 1969–70 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team were selected in the NBA Draft?

... that Bird class patrol vessels were so unsuccessful that they were never used in their designed role?

... that the Kebbi Emirate in Nigeria is one of the "seven bastard kingdoms" whose rulers trace their lineage back to a Hausa king's concubine?

00:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the type species of the fungal genus Boletellus is the pineapple bolete (pictured)?

... that there is a 9 ft bronze statue of the founder of the American SPCA, Henry Bergh, petting an injured dog, standing in Milwaukee since 1891?

... that St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Ozleworth, has one of the only two hexagonal towers in Gloucestershire?

... that folk singers Kathy & Carol released their second album 45 years after their debut?

... that to honour Jaguar Cars' 75th anniversary, the carmaker developed the Jaguar C-X75, a plug-in hybrid two-seat concept car which debuted at the 2010 Paris Motor Show?

... that Brian Rose was Somerset County Cricket Club's most successful captain, leading the side to five one-day trophies in as many years?

... that, in pre-independence Swaziland, French was taught in the colony's three White-only high schools?

... that at the helm of United Artists, Andy Albeck oversaw production of Raging Bull, a film considered one of the greatest ever, and Heaven's Gate, the biggest box office bomb at the time?

14 October 2010

18:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the only exit from a Tett turret (pictured) could expose a soldier trying to leave the fortification to direct fire from the enemy?

... that Len Garrison's writings about black British identity and history led to formation of the Black Cultural Archives, and plans for the first UK national Black heritage centre in 2011?

... that trumpeter Gracie Cole was the first woman to compete for the Alexander Owen memorial scholarship in 1942—and won by an unprecedented 21-point margin?

... that when Helmut de Boor taught at the University of Bern, his neighbours objected to his many young German visitors, but also to his red and orange car paid for by the German embassy?

... that Jack Parkinson passed up a Major League Baseball contract with the Cincinnati Reds to play for Adolph Rupp and the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team?

... that The CW Television Network plans to develop an adaption of the hit German sitcom Danni Lowinski, marking the first time a German TV series is adapted for American audiences?

... that the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center was created in July 2008 to protect American consumers from potentially harmful trade goods?

... that one of the 15 bridges in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, is the Bridge of Love, enclosed by love padlocks?

12:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

... that a tributary of the Chusovaya River (pictured) naturally dives underground for about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi)?

... that John Douglas conducted more than 50 opera productions at Temple University?

... that the southernmost section of the Wellington Fault in North Island, New Zealand, has moved at a rate of 6.0–7.6 mm (0.24–0.30 in) per year for the last 140,000 years, shown by the offset of dated river terraces?

... that after crashing in the North Sea in February 1916, the crew of the Zeppelin L.19 died because the crew of a British fishing boat refused to rescue them?

... that, while serving in the Solomon Islands during World War II, Austin Volk discovered a river which he named "Brown Bear River" in honor of his alma mater, Brown University?

... that Walk in My Shoes by Arthur Holch, aired by ABC in 1961, "to a degree never before achieved in TV documentary" depicted life "in the Negro's world and sharing the frustration that is his lot"?

... that the Hero's Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal are currently the highest and second-highest military decoration in the People's Republic of China?

... that letters from the 17th-century Catholic monk Ansaldo Cebà to a married Jewish woman, Sara Copia Sullam, included elements of sexual innuendo and physical allusions?

06:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Ljubljana Central Market, view from the Dragon Bridge, on a foggy autumn morning

... that the Central Market (pictured) in Ljubljana was designed by the Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik?

... that despite using clean coal, Prairie State Energy Campus, due to go online in August 2011, may become the largest source of carbon dioxide built in the United States in a quarter-century?

... that St Wilfrid's Church and its rectory in Ribchester, Lancashire, were constructed in the 13th century of sandstone rubble?

... that in his final season as Princeton Tigers men's basketball head coach, John Thompson III led the 2003–04 team to the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament?

... that the world's littlest skyscraper, located in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, is only 40 ft (12 m) tall, with exterior dimensions of 18 ft (5.5 m) by 10 ft (3.0 m)?

... that a "temporary" regent of Nigeria's Idoani Confederacy ended up ruling the state for over 14 years, as the chiefs couldn't agree on the succession?

... that in 1883, after Robert Russ was persuaded to donate 600 acres (240 ha) of land for a new townsite in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, the town was called Russ Town—today the city of Ruston and the parish seat?

... that a student-run high school station is the only oldies radio station in the market of Knoxville, Tennessee?

00:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Alan Pastrana (pictured) played as a linebacker in his first season at Maryland, but was switched to quarterback and set the Atlantic Coast Conference record for passing touchdowns in 1966?

... that the Dutch Ter Apel Monastery, founded by the Croziers, used to make money by selling loam, dug from land owned by the neighboring hamlet of Weerdinge, to the hamlet of Roswinkel?

... that Albanian Grand Vizier Davud Pasha built the largest public baths in the Balkans?

... that the Ka'Kabish archaeological site in Belize has revealed evidence of a Mayan city?

... that Stevie Wonder said that "professionally, I could not talk about my life without there being a chapter on how Dick Griffey, as a promoter, helped to build my career"?

... that Redline, Madhouse's latest anime movie, took seven years and 100,000 hand-made drawings to be produced?

... that portable palisades carried by Texians at the Battle of Velasco were completely ineffective against Mexican gunfire?

... that soprano Dolores Wilson lamented that "the Italian I'd learned by studying operas enabled me to talk intelligently only about poisons and suicide and tragic love affairs"?

13 October 2010

18:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

... that in Anatomy of an Epidemic, Robert Whitaker asks why the number of Americans disabled by mental illness nearly doubled since 1987 (chart pictured)?

... that a deadly anti-Semitic riot involving approximately 10,000 people erupted in Warsaw in 1922 in response to a planned concert of Yiddish song by soprano Isa Kremer?

... that Holly Madison's personal assistant Angel Porrino will replace her in the lead role of the Las Vegas production Peepshow for nine weeks in 2011?

... that by taking the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 Princeton Tigers basketball teams to the National Invitational Tournament, coach Bill Carmody achieved the Ivy League record for career winning percentage?

... that in 1418 Margery Kempe was tried for Lollardy in All Saints Church, Leicester?

... that the Supreme Court of Bangladesh declared the 1982 military coup led by General Hussain Muhammad Ershad to be illegal?

... that in 1860 schoolteacher Thomas Hopley was found guilty of manslaughter for the beating to death of a student described as "stolid and stupid"?

... that a human skull was found from the Ratcliff Site "perforated with seven holes, and had evidently been held as a trophy, the holes being the score of enemies slaughtered in battle by the wearer"?

12:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

... that before her death in 2007, Nevenka Urbanova (pictured) was the oldest living Serbian actor?

... that the Lombardy Apartment Building has been named one of the Cincinnati region's best examples of late 19th century urban Victorian architecture?

... that the Superintendent of the Otago Province, John Hyde Harris, would have played an even more important role in New Zealand politics but for his difficult financial situation?

... that jazz musician Phil Moore arranged and worked on the scores of over 30 films?

... that the 1979–80 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team of the Ivy League played seven games against participants in the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, although they did not play in the tournament themselves?

... that the character Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars was inspired after George Lucas suggested that the bounty hunter in the series should go Western?

... that even though it was outside the city at the time, the medieval Church of St George in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, was Kyustendil's cathedral until 1816?

... that Bill Andriette was 15 years old when he joined the pedophile organization North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA)?

06:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the land around the St. Johns River Light (pictured) in

Jacksonville, Florida, has been raised 7 feet (2.1 m), burying the door and making the tower accessible only through a window 8 feet (2.4 m) off the ground?

... that Bryant Fleming's 1927 renovations to the Keeney House in Le Roy, New York, made it a more purely Federal-style building?

... that the first Orthodox Christian service ever held in Canada was conducted by the Russian Church and took place in 1897 in the tiny hamlet of Wostok, Alberta?

... that with his appointment to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 1979, Stephen Lachs was the first openly gay judge appointed in the United States?

... that one of the venues of the 1904 Summer Olympics was Forest Park, the site of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition?

... that Kalaallit Jørgen Brønlund was a member of the 1902–1903 Danish Literary Greenland Expedition, along with Knud Rasmussen, Harald Moltke, and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen?

... that John Thompson III led the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team to postseason tournaments in his first two seasons as head coach in 2000–01 and 2001–02?

... that Archaeomarasmius, Aureofungus, Coprinites, Palaeoagaracites, and Protomycena are the only five genera of agaric mushrooms known from the fossil record?

... that Sean Morton claims that, while in India, Nepalese monks taught him the secret of time travel?

00:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

... that in All Saints Church, Kedleston, Derbyshire, (pictured) are 35 monuments to the Curzon family of Kedleston Hall?

... that Alms and Doepke was once the leading dry goods company in the region of Cincinnati, Ohio?

... that Minds and Machines is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cognitive science?

... that coach Pete Carril led the 1995–96 Princeton Tigers to an upset in the 1996 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, and successor Bill Carmody led the 1996–97 and 1997–98 teams back to the Tournament?

... that the hamlet of Trefasser, Pembrokeshire, is said to be named either after Asser, a friend and biographer of Alfred the Great, or Asser's nephew, Asser Meneventsis, a Benedictine monk?

... that the Girl Scout National Center West outside Ten Sleep, Wyoming, was one of the largest encampments in the world, covering 14,600–15,400 acres of rugged wilderness?

... that Charles Joseph Faulkner and Peter Paul Marshall were founder-shareholders in the decorative arts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. along with Pre-Raphaelite artist William Morris?

... that the Spanish warship that fought in the Action of 13 June 1898 would later serve in the Venezuelan Navy?

12 October 2010

18:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Kurobe Dam (pictured) is the tallest dam in Japan and its construction claimed the lives of 171 people?

... that the centrepiece of the Messner Mountain Museum, established by Italian mountaineer, Reinhold Messner, is at Sigmundskron Castle near Bolzano, and focuses on man's encounter with the mountains?

... that Hyderabad-based Snow World was India's first and the world's biggest snow themed park at the time of its opening in 2004?

... that the 1987–88 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team holds the national record for single-season three point field goal percentage and individuals on that team hold the career and single-season Ivy League records?

... that Sava River Bridge carrying the A3 motorway was the largest prefabricated girder bridge, in terms of plan area, in Croatia when completed in 1981?

... that the controversial Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila started out as a music workshop at a local university?

... that the Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov was the flagship of Admiral Rozhestvensky at the Battle of Tsushima?

... that despite its general accuracy, Carnegie Mellon's Never-Ending Language Learning semantic learning tool came to the conclusion that Internet cookies were a kind of baked good?

12:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Nansen was the ship's cat on board Belgica (pictured) during the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99?

... that the surviving buildings of the medieval Blackfriars, Bristol have housed a register office, a theatre company and a restaurant in recent years?

... that Barton Kay Kirkham was the last prisoner to be hanged by the state of Utah?

... that the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas was founded by members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad in 1993 to oversee the construction of a Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya?

... that the 1986–87 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team led the nation in field goal percentage?

... that in 2004, President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam inaugurated a dedicated stem cell research center at Hyderabad's L. V. Prasad Eye Institute?

... that four of the seven venues used for the 1896 Summer Olympics were reused for the 2004 Summer Olympics?

... that a spontaneous strike in Oslo in 1941, due to lack of milk, led to martial law, court-martial, executions, and mass arrests?

06:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

... that six Pre-Raphaelite artists designed the set of stained glass panels (pictured) illustrating scenes from the story of Sir Tristram and la Belle Isoude as told in Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur?

... that the Tokuyama Dam is the largest dam by volume in Japan and also creates the country's largest reservoir by volume?

... that Fleet Air Arm squadrons on the Attacker class escort carriers sank six U-Boats during the Second World War?

... that the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team earned four consecutive invitations to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where the 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92 teams lost by a combined total of 15 points?

... that Kremlin adviser Georgy Arbatov acknowledged that the Soviet Union had lost the Cold War, but insisted that the United States had suffered too by losing "The Enemy"?

... that during the rule of the Qutb Shahi dynasty (ca. 1518–1687), water from Hyderabad's Durgam Cheruvu lake was supplied to the residents of Golconda Fort?

... that during the 18th century, St Gregory's Church, Fledborough, Nottinghamshire, was regarded as "the Gretna Green of the Midlands"?

... that High Court Justice Thomas Dickson Archibald was one of 19 children?

... that while Comstock Lode mining millionaire Sandy Bowers claimed he had money to throw at birds, Samuel Clemens described Bowers as "miraculously ignorant"?

00:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

A brightly coloured plate which shows a worker stamping on the word "Capital" – in Russian

... that a porcelain plate (pictured) by Mikhail Adamovich features a Russian worker stamping on the forces of "Kapital"?

... that Louis-Guillaume Perreaux was a French inventor and engineer who submitted one of the first patents for a working motorcycle in 1869?

... that, in Lesotho, English replaces Sotho as the medium of instruction after the fourth year of primary school?

... that Mark Friedman, founder of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute, described his year as a high school mathematics teacher in Warminster, Pennsylvania, as the hardest job he ever did?

... that the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive broke the siege of Leningrad?

... that Piper George Findlater of the Gordon Highlanders won the Victoria Cross for playing the bagpipes whilst wounded and under fire, in the British attack on the Dargai Heights in 1897?

... that in 1958, Texas Republican U.S. Senate nominee Roy Whittenburg proposed the direct election of United States Supreme Court justices?

... that the 1980–81, 1982–83, and 1983–84 Princeton Tigers men's basketball teams all went to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament?

... that Encosta De Lago's service fee rose to AUD$302,500 in the 2008 season, during which he served 227 mares who produced 166 live foals?

11 October 2010

18:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

... that when Elisha Winfield Green (pictured), an elderly African American Baptist leader, won a case for assault by a white minister in 1883, the effect was to increase pressure for segregation?

... that in the week that "When It Rains, It Pours" originally aired, 30 Rock was the only Thursday program whose ratings did not fall from its season premiere?

... that Wheatland, the former home of the 15th US President, James Buchanan, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966?

... that Rear Admiral Nora W. Tyson became the first woman to command a United States Navy aircraft carrier task group when she was chosen to command Carrier Strike Group Two?

... that the Desert Mothers were Christian ascetics and hermits who lived in the desert of Egypt during the 4th and 5th centuries?

... that the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike in the United Kingdom led to the first UK legislation aimed at ending pay discrimination between men and women?

... that the British ironclad HMS Neptune was deemed "a white elephant, being a thoroughly bad ship in most respects—unlucky, full of inherent faults and small vices, and at times a danger to her own consorts"?

... that John Albert Taylor chose to be executed by firing squad to embarrass the state of Utah?

... that due to his intense fear of flying, Bill Green was never able to play for the NBA's Boston Celtics?

12:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Benson raft (pictured) was a huge sea-going log raft designed to transport millions of board-feet of timber at a time through the open ocean?

... that the apex organisation of Hindu saints, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, has welcomed the 2010 Ayodhya verdict, saying it will prevent further political exploitation of the Ram Janmabhumi Temple issue?

... that in the 1970s Pete Carril led two Princeton Tigers men's basketball teams to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 1975–76 and 1976–77 teams?

... that Élie Barnavi, an Israeli historian and a former Israeli ambassador to France, has called for an independent inquiry into the controversial Muhammad al-Durrah incident?

... that Washington, D.C.'s Capital Bikeshare is expected to become the largest bicycle sharing system in the U.S. when fully deployed, offering 1,100 bicycles and 110 stations?

... that while St Bartholomew's Church, Furtho was being used for storage of the archives of the Northampton Record Society during the Second World War, all of its windows were destroyed by a bomb?

... that the dog Old Jock, born 1859, is considered to be one of the founding sires of the modern Fox Terrier?

... that Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Morgan Trent was a sprinter for the Michigan track team and set indoor state track records in the 60-yard dash and 200-meter run?

... that Prince Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi of Venosa, owner of Italian wine estate Fiorano, considered the white mold that covered his cellars beneficial to his wines?

06:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the summer truffle (pictured) and the burgundy truffle are varieties of one species of truffle, Tuber aestivum, which is found across Europe?

... that, due to a compromise between the National Basketball Association and its player union, players banned "permanently" for substance abuse are allowed to be reinstated after two years?

... that St Mary's Church in Wilton, Wiltshire, was restored by Robert Bingham, the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, whose ancestor Robert de Bingham was consecrated there in 1229?

... that Prenkë Jakova wrote Mrika, the first Albanian opera, which premiered in 1958?

... that the extinct Protosialis casca is one of only two known alderflies from the West Indies?

... that the Fifth Dalai Lama was installed as supreme ruler of Tibet in the 17th century at Shigatse Dzong by Mongol ruler Güshi Khan?

... that Lucius Copeland invented one of the first motorcycles, the steam-powered, penny-farthing "Star", and also the first successfully mass-produced three-wheeled car, the "Phaeton steamer"?

... that chemical analysis of remains from Herod the Great's Royal Stoa supports Josephus' account of the Roman destruction of the Temple Mount in a great conflagration?

... that California State University announced that students who use NoteUtopia, a website founded by a CSU alumnus and dedicated to the buying and selling of academic material, are at risk of expulsion?

00:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Edward Salyer House (pictured), one of the few remaining wood frame Dutch Colonial houses in Rockland County, New York, is believed to be the oldest house in Pearl River?

... that in the comedic documentary The Standard of Perfection: Show Cats some show cat owners treat their cats better than family?

... that the North Korean 766th Independent Infantry Regiment lost half its men during the Battle of P'ohang-dong in 1950?

... that although the 1971–72 and 1974–75 Princeton Tigers men's basketball teams did not win the Ivy League, they both played in the postseason in the National Invitation Tournament, and were champions in 1975?

... that the rock garden in Indira Park, Hyderabad, India, is an award-winning design of 2001 by the then commissioner of customs and excise duty?

... that four-time NFL All-Pro safety Rick Volk spent two days in an intensive-care unit after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Jets fullback Matt Snell in Super Bowl III?

... that Katrin Zytomierska is one of the most-read bloggers in Sweden?

... that the Taft Homes of Peoria, Illinois, were originally built in 1952 as a temporary means of shelter for veterans returning from the Korean War?

... that Kermit the Frog asked Sesame Street adviser Gerald S. Lesser "when you get back to Harvard, how are you going to explain that you spent all day in New York talking to a frog"?

10 October 2010

18:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Jean-Marc Boivin made the first paraglider descent of Mount Everest (pictured)?

... that in Bach's cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity, Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48, a trumpet plays a chorale in canon with two oboes?

... that HMS Avenger was the only aircraft carrier to take part in Convoy PQ 18, one of the Arctic convoys of World War II?

... that Princeton Tigers men's basketball won or shared the Ivy League regular season championship in both of Pete Carril's first two years as head coach in 1968 and 1969?

... that Edward Thorndike and company counted 18,000,000 words by hand to create the first English language words frequency list of its size?

... that the town of Lice, Turkey, was rebuilt 2 km (1.2 mi) south of its original location after the earthquake in 1975, with houses, shops, a school, a bakery and a mosque completed only 54 days later?

... that Mekia Cox can be seen dancing with Michael Jackson to the song "The Way You Make Me Feel" in This Is It?

... that Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who renounced his claim to the duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1909, later claimed he had been forced to by being locked up in an insane asylum?

... that despite breaking his left wrist, gymnast Sam Oldham managed to complete his floor routine to lead Great Britain to junior team gold at the 2008 European Championships?

12:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

... that according to legend, a group of Circassians attempting to destroy the roof of the medieval Church of St Nicholas (pictured) in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria, fled in horror when one of them fell to his death?

... that the bracketed sic, while sometimes used to insinuate ignorance of a source, may also reflect upon the user's own ignorance of American and British English spelling differences?

... that during his five seasons as head coach of Princeton Tigers men's basketball, Butch van Breda Kolff, who retired with the highest all-time career Ivy League winning percentage, led the team to four Ivy League championships: 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1967?

... that the 18th-century "Frenchman's Garden" in Maisland, New Jersey, was responsible for the spread of the non-native Lombardy poplar throughout the United States?

... that the British central battery ironclad HMS Audacious grounded twice while she was transiting through the Suez Canal despite the presence of escorting tugs?

... that discards from commercial fishing ships are a major food source for black dogfish in the northwestern Atlantic?

... that Andre Weathers returned interceptions for game-winning touchdowns against Ohio State in Michigan's 1997 national championship season and in his first NFL game in 1999?

... that NATO nations periodically deploy fighter aircraft to Iceland under the Icelandic Air Policing mission as the country does not have an air force?

... that the Penicillium fungus in blue cheese is parasexual?

06:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the village of Codiponte in Tuscany, Italy, has a 17th-century campanile and a pieve (pictured) dating to the 12th century or earlier?

... that Mike Martin won consecutive high school state championships in both wrestling and shot put and has been called "the Most Valuable Player Not Named Denard" on the 2010 Michigan football team?

... that Sir Ronald Ross won the Nobel Prize mainly due to his experiments on malaria at the then Begumpet military hospital in Hyderabad?

... that in a 2010 game against Notre Dame, Stanford football player Owen Marecic scored touchdowns on offense and defense—and did so within 13 game seconds?

... that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduces, but does not eliminate, the disparity in criminal penalties for crack versus powder cocaine in the United States?

... that Sir Anand Satyanand, the first Governor-General of New Zealand of Indian descent, attended the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Delhi, India?

... that the Holy Cross Church in Burley, Rutland, contains a memorial to Lady Charlotte Finch, governess to the children of George III?

... that Ysrael Seinuk came to the United States with little more than "my slide rule and my diploma from the University of Havana" and became known as "Mr. New York"?

... that after playing basketball for the Chicago Stags, Gene Rock joined the Los Angeles Police Department and was eventually promoted to captain?

00:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

... that between being replaced by a new church in 1877 and being restored over a century later, Old St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Sapey, Worcestershire (pictured) was used as a farm building?

... that James St. Clair Morton was the only general during the American Civil War to voluntarily reduce his rank?

... that the explosive charge in some Canadian pipe mines would soon deteriorate into a porridge-like mush?

... that despite receiving a budget allocation in 2003, the public sports stadium in Gibeon, Namibia hadn't been repaired as of December 2007?

... that stockbroker Fulham Davies managed to keep open the Merrill Lynch office in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the Great Depression?

... that the Spartan-V sports car has no headlights, indicators or other features required by law in most countries, so it cannot be used on public roads?

... that Bill Henry was listed as Rice University's all-time greatest men's basketball player in the 2009 book ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game?

... that snooker player Stephen Maguire won his first ranking tournament at the 2004 European Open in Malta?

... that Rudolf Katz became a League of Nations envoy in Nanjing after he escaped from Nazi Germany?

9 October 2010

18:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

... that molecular phylogenetics suggests that Pthirus gorillae (pictured) jumped from gorillas to early humans about 3.3 million years ago and speciated into the present day pubic louse?

... that Castle of Park, near Glenluce, Scotland, has "commodious closets"?

... that in 2005 the Pearl River, New York, post office was officially renamed in memory of a local Marine whose remains were returned from Vietnam that year?

... that Capricorn Silvereyes are not only socially, but also genetically, monogamous?

... that the salt-shaker earthstar is distinguished from other earthstar fungi by the presence of numerous holes on top of its spore sac?

... that St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch, Herefordshire, is notable for its 13th-century wall paintings and the presence of a reconstructed Roman altar?

... that KaBOOM! founder Darell Hammond was raised in a group home with his seven siblings?

... that Spring Canyon, Utah, the largest coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, was abandoned in 1969 and nothing remains of the town except a railroad trestle?

... that Don Doll, the only player in NFL history to register 10 or more interceptions in 3 separate seasons, changed his surname to "Doll" after being discharged from the Marines?

12:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the spire of St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester (pictured) suffered a direct hit by cannon fire in the Siege of Gloucester in 1643, and had to be reduced in size in 1783?

... that Sverre Iversen, Norway's first director of the Director of Labour, took voice classes in order to work himself up from being a mason?

... that even though Wesleyan missionaries described the fortified settlement of ǁKhauxaǃnas in the 1840s its ruins have only been rediscovered in 1986?

... that architect Togo Murano designed the first class lounge and dining room for the luxury liner Argentina Maru that was sunk in World War II after being converted into an aircraft carrier?

... that Princeton coach Franklin Cappon led the 1958–59 and 1959–60 teams to the Ivy League basketball championships, but a heart attack caused him to give up control of the champion 1960–61 team?

... that Tore Holden was chosen as host of the Norwegian version of the Swedish game show BingoLotto without prior TV host experience?

... that the commune of Hiesville has three memorials related to the invasion of Normandy during World War II in the area as it was where the gliders of the 101st Airborne Division landed?

... that Wayne Winterrowd and Joe Eck were called "one of the driving forces in North American horticulture", while their gardens in Vermont were said to represent "American gardening at its best"?

... that the recently described extinct penguin Inkayacu from the Eocene of Peru is postulated to have had gray and reddish brown feathers, unlike the black and white feathers of living penguins?

06:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

... that gastric antral vascular ectasia (pictured) is also called "watermelon stomach" because the streaky long red areas that are present in the stomach may resemble the markings on watermelon?

... that James Stovall created Nativity: A Life Story as an African American-themed annual musical Nativity play intended to rival the Radio City Christmas Spectacular?

... that the Place d'Armes in Luxembourg City originally served as a parade ground for the troops defending the city?

... that tour guide/social activist Carlos Celdran was arrested for protesting Catholic Church interference in Philippine politics after he held a protest action that disrupted a mass in Manila Cathedral?

... that Inez Haynes Gillmore's 1914 science fiction novel Angel Island has been called a "classic of early feminist literature"?

... that Steve Munisteri, the chairman of the Texas Republican Party, met his former wife on a bus trip from Austin to Kansas City to attend the 1976 Republican National Convention?

... that the St. James Theatre, Auckland underwent renovations in preparation for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II, who attended a film premiere there in 1953?

... that Irish barrister and philatelist William Russell Lane-Joynt was a four-time Revolver Champion of Ireland and won a silver medal for Great Britain in shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics?

... that during motor-paced racing, cyclists can reach a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph)?

00:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Plymouth Congregational Church of Lawrence, Kansas (pictured), the first church to be established in Kansas Territory, lost members to the Lawrence Massacre of 1863?

... that the anime film xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream was released on DVD and Blu-Ray alongside the film Tsubasa The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom?

... that a poll once found that 99 percent of Somalis in the United Kingdom listen to the BBC Somali Service?

... that the pygmy locust lobster is too small for fishing?

... that one of the six buildings in the Stafford Village Four Corners Historic District is the oldest extant house in Genesee County, New York?

... that the late Singaporean Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan became a neurosurgeon after seeing the effects of Minamata disease in Minamata, Japan, as a medical student?

... that the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies gives the annual Una Padel Award in memory of its former director?

... that in Holy Trinity Church, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, is a memorial to the poet Thomas Randolph who died while visiting Blatherwyke Hall?

... that Gay Street is the setting for events described in literary works by James Agee, Cormac McCarthy, Mark Twain, and George Washington Harris?

8 October 2010

18:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Mässmogge (pictured), Swiss candies sold in Basel at the autumn fair, are filled with ground hazelnuts?

... that 19th-century Boston artist Frank Hill Smith lived in the Sunflower House, a cheery yellow and red edifice adorned with a huge sunflower and a winged lion?

... that former Scientology official Mike Rinder was called a "whistleblower" for his appearance on the BBC Panorama documentary, The Secrets of Scientology?

... that Peter Endrulat never played in the Fußball-Bundesliga again after conceding 12 goals for Borussia Mönchengladbach's record 12–0 league victory over Borussia Dortmund?

... that The Night of Enitharmon's Joy (1795), by William Blake, represents the Feminine Will upon a patriarchal Christianity?

... that the poisonous mushroom Inocybe cookei smells faintly of honey?

... that Nicholas Benson is a third-generation stone carver and a 2010 MacArthur Fellow?

... that, rather than paying property taxes on land it had clear-cut, the Jackson Lumber Company donated the land that is now Geneva State Forest to Alabama?

... that the Throne of Weapons which has been exhibited in British schools is made from AK-47s?

12:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the font (pictured) in St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter, was constructed from the base of a former Roman column?

... that George Ballis, whose photographs documented the efforts of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers, learned his craft from a class he took with Great Depression photojournalist Dorothea Lange?

... that the designers of Cabbage Patch Kids created Selchow and Righter's Scrabble People, the title characters of 1985's syndicated cartoon special A Pumpkin Full of Nonsense?

... that Gus Bevona resigned from local SEIU 32BJ in 1999, in the face of criticism for annual pay of US$531,529 in 1997, more than 17 times the salary of the janitors and building workers he represented?

... that Operation Trident was set up by the Metropolitan Police to investigate gun crime in London's black community?

... that it was assumed Prince Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz would succeed Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, as his mother and cousin were expected to give up their claims to the throne?

... that the British ironclad HMS Enterprise had a wooden hull and iron upperworks which made her the first ship of composite construction in the Royal Navy?

... that residents of Colonia Peralvillo in Mexico City burned in effigy the three presidential candidates of the Mexican general election, 2000 after staging a mock trial?

... that in addition to delivering 6,000 babies, obstetrician William Harrison performed 20,000 abortions, eventually becoming the only physician in Northwest Arkansas to perform the procedure?

06:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Colonia Morelos in Mexico City is home to a 25-street tianguis market and two public sites to worship Santa Muerte (pictured)?

... that research by Dorothy M. Horstmann and Robert W. McCollum at Yale University showed that the poliovirus reached the brain by way of the blood, leading to the development of the polio vaccine in the early 1950s?

... that the Ryan Premises, a national historic site in Newfoundland and Labrador, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's landing in Bonavista?

... that Nazi and neo-Nazi sympathizer Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld translated numerous works into German, including Paul Rassinier's Holocaust-denying work The Drama of European Jews?

... that the Kiruna Mine located in Kiruna, Sweden, is the largest and most modern underground iron ore mine in the world?

... that out of a total of eight training venues for rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, seven are colleges of Delhi University?

... that when cut or injured, the poisonous mushroom Lactarius vinaceorufescens will ooze a white latex that rapidly turns sulfur-yellow?

... that Elizabeth Turk was a Washington, D.C., lobbyist before she became a sculptor and was named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow?

... that the captain of the Swedish river monitor HMS Garmer had to steer the ship as well as aim and fire her gun?

00:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the medieval Church of Saints Peter and Paul (pictured) in Nikopol, north-central Bulgaria, belonged to a now-ruined monastery complex?

... that Larry Bird's hometown team, the Indiana Pacers, did not draft him in the 1978 NBA Draft because they could not convince him to leave college early?

... that chef Josh Capon was able to cook a three-course fish dinner for four on The Early Show Saturday Edition's "Chefs on a Shoestring" challenge while spending less than $10 per person?

... that for centuries, the Roman marble Torlonia Vase was the largest in diameter of known antique vases?

... that 19th-century Albanian rilindas Zef Jubani argued that the Albanian language should have a unique alphabet since it was a unique language?

... that HMS Minotaur and her sisters were called "the dullest performers under canvas of the whole masted fleet of their day, and no ships ever carried so much dress to so little purpose"?

... that Whitefriars, a Carmelite foundation in Bristol, England, was described by 16th-century antiquary John Leland as "the fairest friary in England"?

... that epidemiologist Joseph L. Melnick found that polio chiefly spread through fecal contamination, usually by soiled hands, and that the poliovirus could survive for extended periods in sewage?

... that French artist Eugène Delacroix is said to have used his own pet cat as a model to paint the tigers of A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother (1830)?

7 October 2010

18:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

... that individual cigarettes in Red Cross parcels (pictured) in the Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp were valued at precisely 27 cents each?

... that the 2009 French comedy Neuilly sa mère ! revisits themes of social inequality that were explored in the 1988 French comedy Life is a Long Quiet River?

... that the Russian battleship Sevastopol was the only battleship not salvaged by the Japanese at Port Arthur, following destruction of the Russian Fleet?

... that Mexican cuisine chef Sue Torres' restaurant Sueños was listed in Vogue magazine as "Taster's choice" by critic Jeffrey Steingarten, describing it as "one of the lasting 4 monuments" of 2003?

... that at the time of his death in 1995, former Gunsmoke director Robert Totten was scheduled to direct a television series based on Lonesome Dove?

... that before joining the Ivy League, Princeton Tigers men's basketball won six Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League college basketball conference championships: 1922, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1952, 1955?

... that the two claiming Melkite Patriarchs, Ignatius III Atiyah and Cyril IV Dabbas, were both consecrated on the same day, April 24, 1619, but in different places?

... that the Bhutan-Thailand Friendship Park was launched in 2009 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Thailand?

... that Bubble Wrap, which was originally designed to be wallpaper, was invented when two men sealed shower curtains together?

12:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

... that a flame fougasse (pictured) can shoot a jet of flame 10 feet (3.0 m) wide and 30 yards (27 m) long?

... that the Yamaha XV1900 is the largest Yamaha V-twin motorcycle in production?

... that a Village Defence Party is organised on the basis of one platoon of men and one platoon of women for each village in Bangladesh?

... that the first use of bronze doors on an Italian building is attributed to the Amalfi Cathedral, and they came from Constantinople?

... that Dutch dressage rider Edward Gal and his horse have been called "rock stars in the horse world" after setting multiple world records in top competition?

... that Deam Lake State Recreation Area is named for Charles C. Deam, who was the first state forester of Indiana and discovered 25 new plant species?

... that after BingoLotto in Norway was launched in 1993 and cancelled in 1994, an attempted revival in 1996 was stalled and stopped by the government in 1998 after being a part of the election campaign in 1997?

... that Grainsby Halt railway station served a Victorian hall in Lincolnshire which was later said to be haunted?

... that Jimi Heselden, owner of the company that makes the Segway personal transport system, died after a Segway he was riding fell off a cliff?

06:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Wandsworth Shield (pictured) has a repoussé design of two large birds with outstretched wings and trailing tail feathers, and is considered to be a masterpiece of British Celtic art?

... that "Jack" Jackson, who was called "the last slave in New Jersey", died and was buried at the Abel I. Smith Burial Ground in 1875?

... that while mainly charged with maintaining law and order, Bangladesh Ansars are also assigned to help in schemes promoting local development?

... that the Great Flood of 1862 inundated or swept away towns, mills, dams, flumes, houses, fences, and domestic animals in Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona?

... that the people of the Pakuashipi settlement in Quebec, Canada, are considered the most traditional and conservative Innu band, both in terms of culture and language?

... that Montana Territorial Governor Benjamin F. White founded the city of Dillon?

... that in 2008, part of Carlton Hill—originally one of Brighton's poorest slums—became one of 34 conservation areas in the city?

... that Irving J. Moore directed the 1980 episode "Who shot J.R.?" of the CBS soap opera Dallas?

... that the Chesterfield Island, butterfly, and New Caledonian stingarees are all found off the Chesterfield Islands, the first two nowhere else?

00:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the apricot jelly fungus (pictured) can be used raw in salads, pickled, candied, or fermented to produce wine?

... that in 1538, Richard Ingworth reported that the warden of Greyfriars, Bristol was "stiff", continuing, "yet for all his great port, I think him 20 marks in debt, and not able to pay it"?

... that Bob Mann, the first black player for Detroit and Green Bay, claimed he was "railroaded" out of football when he objected to a pay cut after leading the NFL in receiving yards?

... that shortly after its inauguration, part of the Gilgel Gibe II Power Station's 26 km (16 mi) tunnel, which was "considered one of the most difficult tunnel projects ever undertaken", collapsed?

... that Italian Iron Chef Mario Batali claimed that American chef Jody Williams was one of his favorite cooks in the world?

... that in 2009, the Seattle Mariners drafted Dustin Ackley, Kyle Seager, and Brian Moran, who were all teammates on the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team?

... that Babatunde Jose has been described as the "grandfather of Nigerian journalism"?

... that one critic called Scribe's second album Rhyme Book an "attempt to be considered the Aotearoa version of Kanye West"?

... that silent shorts featuring Fred Evans as "Pimple" rivalled those of Charlie Chaplin for popularity and have been described as "proto-Pythonesque"?

6 October 2010

18:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

... that William Blake's 1795 painting Pity (pictured) reflects a time when Shakespeare's Macbeth had a revival, being performed nine times in English theatres?

... that Marilyn McAdams Sibley wrote histories of both the Port of Houston and The Methodist Hospital of Houston, Texas?

... that the geography of New York includes the Adirondack Park, the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States?

... that the 2003 Twenty20 Cup included the first-ever Twenty20 cricket match, played between the Hampshire Hawks and the Sussex Sharks?

... that Barbara Scherler of the Deutsche Oper Berlin recorded Bach's Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72 with Fritz Werner's Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn?

... that the TLC reality television series Sister Wives follows a polygamist family of four wives and 16 children living in Lehi, Utah?

... that Samuel Bowman was selected to be a bishop in the Episcopal Church three times, but did not take office until his third selection in 1858?

... that the Aurora mine, located in Beaufort County, North Carolina, is the largest integrated phosphate mining and chemical plant in the world?

... that Sharon Cherop fell over at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon but got back up and ran the fastest marathon ever by a woman in Canada?

12:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

... that bonnets may be orange (pictured), clustered, scarlet, frosty, mealy, ivory, nitrous, grooved, snapping, milking, bleeding, or bulbous?

... that the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which is the Ivy League's predecessor, was founded by Basketball Hall of Famer Ralph Morgan?

... that the expiration date of a drug required for lethal injection was a factor in delaying the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown until 2011?

... that a mural in the Spring Valley, New York, post office, called Waiting for the Mail, shows how mail can reach even the most isolated person?

... that marathon events have been held at the Paralympic Games since 1984?

... that during World War II, Kalaymyo was an important regroup point for the British during their retreat from Burma in 1942?

... that three months after being rushed from a game to the hospital with a brain aneurysm, Swedish ice hockey forward William Wallén was back on the ice, playing for the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors?

... that Ralph T. Coe, described as "enormously significant in the growth of appreciation of Native American art in the 20th century", began his collection after seeing a totem pole in a Manhattan shop?

... that the British ironclad HMS Valiant had to wait nearly five years after she was launched to receive her rifled muzzle-loading guns?

06:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Okmulgee State Park (pictured) in Oklahoma is one of only a few places in the world where the fossil coral Gymnophyllum wardi is found?

... that an amicus brief to the courts in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association argues that Super Mario Bros. is a violent video game?

... that the Elias Abel House is the best-preserved historic I-house in Bloomington, Indiana?

... that Turkish Army's Güvercinlik Air Base was the first civil airport of Ankara that served as such from 1933 until 1955?

... that Beatrix Potter registered The Game of Peter Rabbit at Stationers' Hall before the game board or the rules had been perfected?

... that the Miraj township of Wanlesswadi is named for William James Wanless, who founded the first missionary medical school in India?

... that Scotsman Walter Forrester, future bishop of Brechin, was rector of the University of Paris between October and December 1395?

... that "You Are the Girl" was The Cars' only Top 40 hit after they regrouped from a three-year hiatus in 1987?

... that Miriam Shapira-Luria, known for her beauty, taught Talmud to elite young men from behind a curtain so that they would not get distracted by her appearance?

00:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–1517 (map pictured) gave the Ottoman Empire control of Syria, Egypt and most of the Arabian Peninsula?

... that George E. Hearn was the first licensed industrial psychologist in his native Louisiana?

... that The Cosmic Landscape by Leonard Susskind is mainly about "the scientific explanations of the apparent miracles of physics and cosmology and its philosophical implications"?

... that attorney Jack Kershaw sculpted a monument to Confederate Army general and KKK founder Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1998, arguing that "somebody needs to say a good word for slavery"?

... that after assaulting bishop of Brechin John de Crannach in his own cathedral, in 1435 the archdeacon of Brechin was excommunicated?

... that the German SMS Kronprinz was the only Error: {{sclass}} invalid format code: 6. Should be 0–5, or blank (help) to escape damage at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916?

... that England was invaded by the French in 1216?

... that sexologist James M. Cantor found that male pedophiles have significantly less white matter in their brains than do control subjects?

... that though the Spanish naval gunboat Ligera fired 10 shots and the American naval gunboat Foote fired 70 in the Action of 25 April 1898, Foote was heavily damaged but Ligera was hit only once?

5 October 2010

18:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Alexander Classical School (pictured) building in Alexander, New York, is the only cobblestone building in North America used as a town hall?

... that Iranian caricaturist and satirist Javad has created a scientific/philosophical cartoon on the theory of relativity entitled 4D Humor?

... that Jo Andrews, former political correspondent for ITN, was the first woman to join press conferences held by the Labour Party during the run-up to the United Kingdom general election of 2001?

... that the married couple who founded the Windsor Mountain School in Massachusetts had previously established a school in Germany?

... that all three singles from Scribe's debut album, The Crusader, including "Dreaming"/"So Nice", were double A-sides?

... that according to Elizabeth Gaskell, Maria Brontë was the inspiration for the character of Helen Burns in Jane Eyre?

... that the National D-Day Museum honored Beth Courtney, president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, for co-hosting a three-hour, live tribute to World War II veterans from Louisiana?

... that tenor Werner Güra recorded with Harnoncourt and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor at the Musikverein, Bach's cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29?

... that the chicken wire statue who once rode behind the Cardiff Kook was retired to a ranch with poinsettias?

12:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

... that people making speeches at Speakers' Corner in Singapore (pictured) must use one of Singapore's four official languages – English, Malay, Mandarin or Tamil – or a related dialect?

... that the Bulqizë, Kalimashi 1, Kalimashi 3, Krasta, Përroi Batrës, Qaf-Buall, Vlahna and Zogaj mines are the only mines in Albania to have reserves of over 1 million tonnes of chromium ore?

... that a granddaughter of German businessman Paul Isenberg was the first manager of the Kauaʻi Museum?

... that in the season premiere episode of the fifth season of the television comedy series 30 Rock, the Jack Donaghy character makes reference to the Fabian strategy?

... that during his time on Purdue University's baseball team, pitcher Matt Bischoff broke the school's single-season and career strikeout records?

... that piers of the 1,378-metre (4,521 ft) Mirna Bridge on the Croatian A9 motorway were designed to support a concave deck in order to reduce weight of the bridge?

... that Bernard Carvalho, the current Mayor of Kauai, was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in 1984 after attending the University of Hawaii on a full football scholarship?

... that Hawaiian sugar plantation owner Albert Spencer Wilcox was the son of Abner Wilcox, a New England missionary teacher to Hawaii?

... that during the Crimean War, Captains Arthur Cumming and Astley Cooper Key took control of the town of Libau with just 110 men, without firing a shot?

06:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Catholic judge John Callan (pictured) considered resigning after Pope Pius XII talked about judges' duties with respect to divorce cases?

... that when first described, the extinct bird Cruschedula was thought to be a "dry-land" penguin?

... that Michigan's All-American 60-minute man Tom Johnson was the second African-American player for the Green Bay Packers?

... that for the 1999 reissue of The Cars' 1978 debut album, no usable demo of their single "Good Times Roll" could be found?

... that Ruck machine gun posts were built from prefabricated sections, paving slabs, sandbags and rammed earth?

... that Dubois' seasnake is one of at least seventeen sea snake species living in the Coral Sea, and has the world's most toxic sea snake venom?

... that 19th-century publicist Anastas Byku held that the Albanians were descendants of the Pelasgians and the Illyrians?

... that within four months footballer Barry Endean went from playing for an amateur team in a public park to lining up against Manchester United at Old Trafford?

... that the wax flowers of eastern Australia are members of the citrus family, while those from the west are of the myrtle family?

00:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the archaic Greek letter Sampi (pictured) has also been called san, enacosin, angma, sincope, charaktir, or even parakyisma, which literally means "spurious pregnancy"?

... that eccentric tycoon Ian Stuart Millar's seafront home in Hove, England, was built of specially commissioned handmade bricks—the leftovers of which were reputedly buried elsewhere in Hove?

... that following the London premiere of Fabio Campana's opera Esmeralda in 1870, The Saturday Review pronounced it "irredeemably bad"?

... that Larry Taylor returned a punt for a touchdown in each of the Connecticut Huskies football team's first two bowl games: the 2004 Motor City Bowl and the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl?

... that Maui's present mayor, Charmaine Tavares, is the daughter of the island's longest-serving mayor, Hannibal Tavares?

... that the Jagiellonian tapestries became state property of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the testament of King Sigismund II Augustus?

... that a veal and ham pie is a critical plot element in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan?

... that Vinnie Doyle, one of the longest-serving editors in the newspaper business in Ireland, was editor of the Irish Independent for 24 years?

... that excavations at Alba Cathedral uncovered an ancient baptistery redesigned as a burial place?

4 October 2010

18:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the British Museum's oldest African-American object is the Akan Drum (pictured) that was used to "dance the slaves"?

... that the Pied Crested Cuckoo, which is considered as a harbinger of the monsoon season due to the timing of its arrival, is frequently spotted at Hyderabad's Sanjeevaiah Park?

... that Maria Esperanza de Bianchini, a Venezuelan Servant of God, was reportedly witnessed levitating during mass and engaging in bilocation?

... that after Julius Caesar's civil war military campaign, he planned to distribute land to about 15,000 of his veterans?

... that professional baseball player Erasmo Ramírez was named the pitcher of the year for the Seattle Mariners minor league organization in 2009?

... that the majority of the inhabitants of Saint-Augustin in Quebec, Canada, are Métis – descendants of Inuit and Europeans?

... that although the competition for designing Old Christ Church, Waterloo, Merseyside, was won by a different firm of architects, Paley, Austin and Paley were commissioned to build it?

... that Bhutan was one of the first countries in the world to recognize the independence of Bangladesh in 1971?

... that St Mary's Church, Elsing has, according to Nikolaus Pevsner, "the most sumptuous of all English church brasses"?

... that Oregon cattle baron Bill Hanley died in 1935 after attending Bill Hanley Day at the Pendleton Round-Up?

12:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the most valuable biosphere reserve in Poland's Puszcza Piska Forest is home to the Mute Swan (pictured), which arrives in numbers reaching up to 2,000 birds in time of moult?

... that an anti-abortion movement commercial, featuring a depiction of President Barack Obama, was CatholicVote.org's first advertisement and recorded over 700,000 hits?

... that Noosa National Park in Australia receives more than 1 million visitors a year?

... that Robert Twycross was a pioneer of the hospice movement during the 1970s?

... that Benwick's High Street in Cambridgeshire is built on a rodham—another way of spelling roddon, an East Anglia term for an old watercourse?

... that coffee production in Papua New Guinea slumped by 23 percent in 2000?

... that the spider Tetragnatha extensa can walk on water, where it can move faster than it can on land?

... that black South African footballer Darius Dhlomo went missing on his debut for Dutch club Heracles Almelo because he was unaware that blacks and whites were allowed in the same changing room?

06:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

... that NGC 3109 (pictured) might be the smallest spiral galaxy in the Local Group?

... that the Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling was once used by Zaifeng, the father of Puyi, the last emperor of China?

... that in the 1966 movie Hold On!, the children of American astronauts choose to name a NASA space capsule after the British band Herman's Hermits?

... that writer and broadcaster Clive James made a guest appearance in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as a postman?

... that girl group Sophia Fresh's debut single, "What It Is", impressed Rihanna so much that she said she wished the song was hers?

... that the Kirklees Priory in West Yorkshire is the supposed site of Robin Hood's grave?

... that bass-baritone Stephen Varcoe recorded Bach cantatas with the Monteverdi Choir, including Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140?

... that The Battle of Waterloo, made in five days in 1913 at a cost of £1,800 by British and Colonial Films, has been called "the first British epic film"?

... that U.S. Army officer Dan Tyler Moore, an aide to and sparring partner of Theodore Roosevelt, struck the President in the eye, causing him to lose sight in that eye?

00:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Gros-Mécatina (pictured) on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada, has excellent crab, lobster, and scallop fishing grounds?

... that Bach scored a sopranino recorder to illustrate the morning star in the opening chorus of his cantata Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96?

... that Jim Cardwell gave up his engineering business to become full-time secretary for Melbourne Football Club, a post he held for 25 years?

... that Wat Pasantidhamma was the first Thai Buddhist temple in the Tidewater (southeastern) region of Virginia?

... that a fortune made as a merchant in Gothenburg enabled Thomas Erskine (later 9th Earl of Kellie) to buy back Cambo House, a property forfeited because of his family's Jacobite sympathies?

... that U2 wrote the song "Mothers of the Disappeared" about the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, whose children disappeared during the Dirty War?

... that James Eccles made the first ascent of the second-highest summit in the Alps ninety years after the first ascent of the highest?

... that the four statues of saints on the tower of St Andrew's Church, East Heslerton were originally intended for Bristol Cathedral, but were rejected because the dean said they were papist?

... that at age 25, Julius Caesar was captured by pirates, but after being ransomed, chased them, captured them, and had them crucified?

3 October 2010

18:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the World Golf Village (pictured) is a golf resort near St. Augustine, Florida, created to showcase the World Golf Hall of Fame?

... that in the documentary television series about South American serial killers, Instinto Asesino (Killer Instinct), the death toll of the six criminals exceeds one hundred victims, mostly women and children?

... that eight gymnasts from the Norwegian club Bergens TF won medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics as part of the rare Men's team, free system event?

... that the NASDA satellite ADEOS I malfunctioned less than a year in orbit – a fate repeated by its successor six years later?

... that Commanding General Kristian Laake warned that war might reach Norway in a sudden manner, but when the invasion actually came, he was removed from his command for being too passive?

... that the Windhoek Show was first held in 1899, when South-West Africa was still a colony of Imperial Germany?

... that the suggestion of repressed sexuality in Thomas Eakins' Portrait of Maud Cook has been seen as both intriguing and disturbing?

... that during the Newfoundland expedition of 1796, French and Spanish forces destroyed over 100 merchant vessels?

... that Grove Church Cemetery has been called "a cemetery for the living"?

12:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the nave of the Church of All Souls, Bolton, Greater Manchester, (pictured) was built without pillars to give the congregation an excellent view and to enable them to hear the sermon clearly?

... that the "Parasol Protectorate" steampunk books Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless by Gail Carriger will be adapted as graphic novels by Yen Press?

... that Clarence River Light, a lighthouse in Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, was built in 1955, replacing a previous lighthouse built in 1880?

... that Marty Amsler was the first University of Evansville graduate to be drafted into the National Football League?

... that mezzo-soprano Petra Noskaiová recorded alto parts with La Petite Bande in Bach cantatas such as Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12?

... that historian David Bushnell introduced the study of the history of Colombia in American academic circles?

... that the Battle of Nui Le was the last major battle fought by the Australian army during the Vietnam War?

... that George Munroe is a retired American professional basketball player, Navy veteran, Rhodes scholar, lawyer, and former CEO of Phelps Dodge Corporation?

... that British architect Charles Fitzroy Doll's design for the dining room for the Hotel Russell in London was also later used on the RMS Titanic?

06:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the American Honda Motor Company (headquarters pictured) was Honda's first U.S. subsidiary and the first Japanese automaker to build cars in the U.S.?

... that Richard Cantillon's treatise, Essai, was considered by economist William Stanley Jevons to be the "cradle of political economy"?

... that one of the best-preserved Viking settlements in Europe, Linn Duachaill, was founded at the same time as Dublin, in the 840s, and was unearthed and identified in September 2010?

... that when Father Scott Pilarz became President of the University of Scranton he brought Georgetown University's mascot, Jack the Bulldog, with him?

... that according to a local legend, the medieval Church of St Demetrius in Patalenitsa, Bulgaria, was rediscovered thanks to a thunderbolt striking a cherry tree?

... that actor and musician Chord Overstreet was named after the musical term of the same name?

... that the word "constable" derives from the Byzantine office of comes stabuli or Count of the Stable, responsible for the horses and pack animals intended for use by the army and the imperial court?

... that professional baseball player Ji-Man Choi won the Arizona League Most Valuable Player Award after the 2010 season?

... that Oprah Winfrey completed the America's Finest City Half Marathon in 1993, running under a pseudonym and accompanied by a bodyguard, a trainer, and a video crew?

00:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

... that the Inca sites of Machu Picchu (pictured) and Cusco became the first World Heritage Sites of Peru in 1983?

... that Ned Sutton was the Melbourne Football Club's inaugural captain in the Victorian Football League in 1897?

... that Brooke Fraser described her third album, Flags, as "a graduation"?

... that contralto Hildegard Laurich performed in Bach's cantata for Ratswahl (inauguration of the Leipzig town council) Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120?

... that because of its height, the Gaza Baptist Church was commandeered by both Fatah and Hamas troops as an observation post during the Fatah–Hamas conflict?

... that according to local legend Dead Timber State Recreation Area in Nebraska is named for the "dead timbers" that were left over after a wildfire?

... that President Obama called the Paycheck Fairness Act "a common-sense bill" that would help end persistent male–female income disparity in which American women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn?

... that Nagesh Kukunoor's 3 Deewarein was filmed at the then defunct and now demolished Musheerabad Jail in Hyderabad, India?

... that Leona Helmsley hired Joyce Beber to promote her hotels and fired her four times, including once after Helmsley was convicted for income tax evasion and blamed Beber for having raised her profile?

2 October 2010

18:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

... that consumption of the poisonous mushroom Inocybe maculata (pictured) could lead to death by respiratory failure?

... that the only Christian bookstore in Gaza closed after its owner was beaten and murdered by armed extremists?

... that the Nazis claimed the successful Blitzkrieg against France in 1940 saved the Soviet Union from an allied strategic bombing campaign called Operation Pike?

... that The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman was the first Chinese film to premiere at Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival?

... that Australian Murray Sayle, known for his "rat-like cunning", was a war correspondent in Vietnam, tracked Che Guevara through the Bolivian jungle, climbed Mt. Everest and sailed solo across the Atlantic?

... that HIP Petrohemija is the largest petrochemical company in Serbia?

... that the British ironclad HMS Hector was assigned as Queen Victoria's guard ship nearly every summer between 1868 and 1886 when she was in residence at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight?

... that Canadian charity Actua, which delivers educational programs to young people, received the 2009 Ontario Trillium Foundation Minister's Award?

... that virologist John R. Paul blamed better hygiene for polio's spread in the 20th century, saying early exposure to poliovirus would have given immunity?

12:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Hornby Lighthouse (pictured), on South Head, New South Wales, Australia, was known as the "Lower Light", to distinguish it from Macquarie Lighthouse, the "Upper Light"?

... that Clarence Seamans was the president of the largest typewriter manufacturer in the world?

... that Kenneth Strong was Britain's first Director General of Intelligence?

... that the Church of St Pothinus in Lyon holds a 17th century painting depicting St Paul in front of the Areopagus that was previously kept at the Notre Dame de Paris?

... that sound engineer and record producer Paul De Villiers has worked with Yes, Marc Jordan, King Crimson and Mr. Mister, whose number-one hits "Kyrie" and "Broken Wings" he co-produced?

... that in the mid-1970s, the Star Trek Concordance and The Making of Star Trek were the only references used by writers of the Star Trek: Phase II television show?

... that Fathi Osman's 1997 book Concepts of the Quran: A Topical Reading, in which he explained concepts in Islam for non-Muslims, was nearly 1,000 pages long?

... that the SweeTango is a new variety of apple, not a romantic dance?

... that in the extremely rare 1983 video game Mangia, the player controls a boy whose mother attempts to feed him so much pasta that his stomach will explode?

06:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

... that in 1850 the area outside London's Westminster Abbey was a notorious slum called Devil's Acre (pictured)?

... that Texas State Rep. Byron Cook is a leading supporter of maintaining the scenic Texas State Railroad from Rusk to Palestine?

... that there are several alternative explanations of Frédéric Chopin's illness?

... that the six movements of a Missa of Bach, a short mass consisting of Kyrie and Gloria, are parodies of his cantata music?

... that Brett Beavers was the bandleader and bass player for both Martina McBride and Lee Ann Womack?

... that the Miss Albany Diner, an Albany, New York, architectural landmark, was used as a set for the 1987 film Ironweed?

... that there is a border dispute between Canada and the United States over a part of the Beaufort Sea?

... that the parish churches of Ormskirk, Purton and Wanborough are the only churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire?

... that Padilla, Bolivia, is named in honor of Manuel Ascencio Padilla who was referred to as "a hero with the soul of a child and the heart of a lion"?

00:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

... that while Red-and-yellow Barbets (male pictured) are tame in areas where they are not persecuted, they are hunted by the Maasai for their feathers?

... that as CEO of Stanley Works, Donald W. Davis helped bring the do it yourself home improvement trend to the U.S. and coined the company slogan "Stanley helps you do things right"?

... that the Anina mine supplied Crivina Power Station with oil shale?

... that American history researcher Ann Dexter Gordon leads a project at Rutgers University which has cataloged more than 14,000 papers related to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?

... that the British ironclad HMS Defence damaged her propeller and rudder when she was nearly blown ashore during a gale off Pantelleria in March 1872?

... that when someone called to complain about a dead animal in front of a residence, Laredo City Councilman Joe A. Guerra grabbed a shovel and went to take care of the problem himself?

... that once completed, the Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm will be the largest onshore wind farm in Europe?

... that the band OK Go's music video for "White Knuckles" is a one-shot take of the band interacting with twelve trained dogs and a goat?

... that the Sun and Pluto are only 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) apart on the Somerset Space Walk?

1 October 2010

18:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

... that 70 years ago on October 1, 1940, little "Whitey" Bernard was photographed running after his father (pictured) who was marching to war?

... that during the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491, the Ottomans prevailed at sea, but the Mamluks consistently resisted them on land?

... that Gene Swick was the first college quarterback to amass more than 8,000 career yards, but was cut by the Cleveland Browns during camp and never played professional football?

... that in 2010, the Swiss based Alpiq became the largest open market electricity trader in Romania?

... that Paul S. Martin and Paul Sidney Martin both worked as anthropologists at the University of Arizona in the early 1970s?

... that Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom was nominated for GameSpot's Worst PC Game of 2002 award?

... that the Çubuk-1 Dam was the first concrete dam constructed in Turkey and is recognized as one of the country's top 50 engineering feats?

... that oral historian Alessandro Portelli has compared the stories of industrial workers in his hometown of Terni, Italy, with those of coal miners in Harlan County, Kentucky?

... that Mecklenburg's Garden in Cincinnati used a ship model to inform patrons whether alcohol could be sold safely during Prohibition in the United States?

12:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

... that Portland, Maine's Eastern Promenade (pictured) is home to a narrow gauge railroad museum, the mast of the WWII-era USS Portland heavy cruiser, and a mass grave of US prisoners of war from the War of 1812?

... that percussionist Ollie E. Brown has produced or performed on over 100 singles and albums, including Ray Parker, Jr.'s Ghostbusters, Michael Jackson's Bad, and the theme from Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo?

... that a Pawnee creation account centered on Pahuk, a bluff overlooking the Platte River in Nebraska?

... that former Texas State Senator David Sibley lost the 2000 Senate vote for lieutenant governor by a single ballot?

... that Cape Parry's Thick-billed Murre colony, located in Northwest Territories, Canada, is more isolated than any other murre colony in the world?

... that the true source of New York's official nickname, The Empire State, is not known?

... that Monte Robbins holds the Michigan Wolverines football records for longest punt at 82 yards and the highest career average for a punter?

... that Lucernaria janetae has eight lance-shaped gonads?

... that as an attorney, William Coblentz represented Patty Hearst, Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, and once called Ronald Reagan "a menopausal Cary Grant"?

06:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

... that severe floods (pictured), among the worst in the country's history, affected Slovenia two weeks ago?

... that the Adelaide leak could have landed the Australian economy in hot water?

... that radar detector millionaire Dodge Morgan at age 54 sailed solo around the globe without stops in 150 days, shattering the prior record of 292 days?

... that gravediggers working within the ruins of northern Albania's Shirgj Monastery would often encounter mosaics from the old church?

... that despite being eliminated from The Ultimate Fighter just weeks prior, Pablo Garza was signed by World Extreme Cagefighting to appear tonight at WEC 51?

... that in Thomas Eakins' Self-portrait, the contrast between his formal attire and his unkempt grooming alludes to a rebellious nature restrained by cultural mores?

... that an early use of pascalization in the United States was the treatment of guacamole, extending its shelf life tenfold?

... that the work of "animation God" Bill Littlejohn includes Tom and Jerry, A Charlie Brown Christmas and an Oscar-winning short with Dizzy Gillespie debating the possibility of nuclear war?

... that after the Nazi invasion of Norway, former naval officer Olaf Kullmann bicycled around Norway to agitate for pacifism?

00:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

... that 19th-century painter Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (example painting pictured), born in Maryland into a Dutch American family, became known as the "Dean of Texas's Artists"?

... that tensile testing is a fundamental materials science test used to find a material's ultimate tensile strength and maximum elongation before fracture?

... that the 2007–08 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team included Ekpe Udoh who led both the Big Ten Conference and Big 12 Conference in blocked shots?

... that the remains of the San Juan de Silicia, a Spanish Armada ship which sank off the coast of Scotland, were mistaken for those of a treasure ship and destroyed by countless searches for gold?

... that, hoping to cut off the Dalmatian coast from Croatia, Yugoslav and Serbian forces attacked the city of Šibenik for six days in 1991?

... that the album Amar la Trama by Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler was recorded in just four days?

... that a practice in Afghanistan, where a daughter in a family without sons is dressed in male clothing and acts as a boy, allowing her to do things she could not do as a girl, is called bacha posh?

... that the seventh season of The West Wing featured a live television episode that was broadcast twice for the East and West Coasts of the United States?

... that the Canadian Air-Sea Transportable Brigade Group, formed to rapidly reinforce Norway in wartime, disbanded after it took two years of planning and 21 days to cross the Atlantic?

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+[[File:Liu Xiaobo-300.jpg|100x100px|Liu Xiaobo|alt=A bespectacled Chinese man smiling.]]
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+{{*mp}}... that China labeled the decision to award the '''[[2010 Nobel Peace Prize]]''' to imprisoned human rights activist [[Liu Xiaobo]] ''(pictured)'' as a "blasphemy"?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Rich Iott]]''', a first-time candidate in the [[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010#District 9|2010 House of Representatives elections in Ohio]], came to media prominence due to his past participation in a [[World War II reenactment]] group?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Al-Musta'in (Cairo)|Al-Musta'in]]''' was the only [[Cairo]]-based [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] [[caliph]] to hold both political and spiritual power?
+{{*mp}}... that the 1629 '''[[Siege of Privas]]''' was one of the last events of the [[France|French]] [[Huguenot rebellions]], and that it ended in the total plunder and destruction of the city of [[Privas]] by the troops of [[Louis XIII]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Suiyo Seamount]]''', a [[seamount]] near [[Japan]], was thought to be [[Volcano#Extinct|extinct]] until a [[hydrothermal vent|hydrothermal event]] in 1991 was brought to light?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Harry Thorneycroft]]''' was the first British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate to receive a letter of support from [[Winston Churchill]] and other leaders of the [[United Kingdom coalition government (1940–1945)|coalition government]]?
+{{*mp}}... that in a gesture of appreciation for his service in the [[Spanish Civil War]], [[International Brigades]] veteran '''[[Sam Lesser]]''' was offered [[citizenship#Honorary citizenship|honorary]] [[Spanish nationality law|Spanish citizenship]] in 1996?
+{{*mp}}... that the Swedish [[river monitor]] '''{{HMS|Sköld}}''' had a combined hand and steam propulsion system designed by [[John Ericsson]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Seattle Community Access Network]]''' carried a [[Television program|TV show]] that ran uncensored [[pornography]]?
 *'''''06:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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