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Pizza served in North Korea

... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)?
... that the Church of St John of the Collachium was said to contain the hand of John the Baptist, a bowl used by Jesus, and a piece of the True Cross?
... that LA LOM named many of their songs after various locations in Los Angeles?
... that the Nuwhaha people, despite sometimes being erroneously known as the "Upper Samish", do not speak the Samish language?
... that Betty Hanley, originally a Michigander, was appointed lampshade designer to the British royal family?
... that the spin-off episode of the live-action adaptation of Motokare Retry was written to portray "conversations between men" and "male friendship"?
... that during the 1964 New York World's Fair, police officers used computers at the United States Pavilion to help arrest people?
... that Greenlandic content creator Qupanuk Olsen petitioned the Inatsisartut to move Greenland's time zone to UTC−03:00?
... that many an Xplorer has traversed the rails in Canberra?

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June 19

...that Nickajack was the name of a proposed neutral state made up of Unionist areas of North Alabama and East Tennessee in the period leading up to the U. S. Civil War? --Dystopos 14:50, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

...that Love Israel, a cult in northern Washington, filed for bankruptcy then sold their commune to the Union for Reform Judaism to become their 13th summer camp? --Hersch 06:49, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

...that "I Love to Singa", an Al Jolson song written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, is also the title of a popular 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon? --FuriousFreddy 01:55, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

...that prosector's wart is a skin lesion caused by contamination with tuberculosis of a diseased cadaver during its preparation for autopsy by a prosector, a preparator of dissections?

June 18

...that a postage stamp the United States Department of the Treasury issued in 1962 that commemorated the centennial of the Homestead Act featured art based on a photograph by Fred Hultstrand? (Image:Homestead Act Stamp.jpg). -20:06, Jun 18, 2005

This ought to read "based on a photograph in Fred Hultstrand's collection." I apologize. ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 00:25, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

…that jockey Kent Desormeaux and his horse Real Quiet missed thoroughbred horse racing immortality by a few inches? (Image:VictoryGallop-RealQuiet.jpg) - 14:24, 18 Jun 2005

...that Norwegian football commentator Bjørge Lillelien famously taunted Margaret Thatcher after Norway's victory over England in 1981? Qwghlm 12:52, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

June 17

...that Franco-Japanese relations were initiated in 1615 by the visit of the Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga to the Southern France city of Saint Tropez? Image:Faxicura.jpg PHG 07:01, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

…that Harold Davidson, after he was defrocked as a Church of England priest in 1932 for consorting with prostitutes, became a seaside entertainer and was killed in 1937 by a lion when he trod on its tail? Image:HaroldDavidson.jpg -- David File:Arms-westminster-lb.jpg | Talk 23:38, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

…that the annual Grawemeyer Award for music composition carries a prize of US$200 000, and that distinguished recipients have included Witold Lutosławski, György Ligeti, Pierre Boulez and John Adams? --RobertG ♬ talk 11:36, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 16

...that the General Council of the Valleys, the parliament of Andorra, has only twenty-eight members? Shimgray 20:08, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

...that Jesuit priest John Nobili founded Santa Clara University in 1851?

...that both the Silver Jubilee and Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II fell on the official Queen's Birthday holiday? Mike H 17:59, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

I know we usually don't bold two facts at once, but these were such crucial articles and they were both penned at the same time...I figure, why not? Mike H 03:52, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

…that Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton was the first African American to sign a contract to play in the National Basketball Association? (Image:SweetwaterClifton.jpg) - 20:46, 16 Jun 2005

...that Packet Storm is a non-profit organization comprised of computer security professionals whose goal is to provide the information necessary to secure computer networks?

June 15

...that in tapeworm infection, beef and fish tapeworms can grow up to 25 feet long inside the small intestine?

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...that the Australian Blue Ant is not an ant at all, but a large solitary wasp? (Image:100 6644.jpg)
...that American patriot John Milledge named Athens, Georgia, the city surrounding the University of Georgia, in imitation of Athens, Greece, the city of Plato's Academy? (Image:Milledge.jpg)
...that the light cruiser Oyodo of the Imperial Japanese Navy was Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's flagship after the aircraft carrier Zuikaku was sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf? (Image:Oyoda alongside Zuikaku.jpg)
...that Bend It Like Beckham was a crowd favorite at the 9th Pyongyang Film Festival in 2004?
...that Swiss cyclist Hugo Koblet, a Tour de France winner and the first non-Italian to win the Giro d'Italia, died at age thirty-nine under mysterious circumstances? (Image:HugoKoblet.jpg)

...that HMS Adventure was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe from west to east? (Image:Hodges, Resolution and Adventure in Matavai Bay.jpg)
...that for actress KaDee Strickland's role in The Grudge, she was inspired by Jane Fonda's Academy Award-winning performance in the 1971 film Klute? (Image:KaDee_Strickland_in_The_Grudge.jpg)
...that the Blondie song "Call Me" was only the third song from a soundtrack to be the highest-selling single in the United States? (Image:Callmecover.jpg)
...that classical compounds make up much of the technical and scientific lexicon of Western European languages?
...that whole grains are often more expensive than refined grains because their higher oil content is susceptible to oxidation, complicating processing, storage, and transport?

...that Austrian mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger (1865–1945) showed how to compute the fundamental group of a knot? (Image:Wilhelm Wirtinger.jpg)
...that unlike many of the Bee Gees' singles, which were recorded in Miami, Florida, "Stayin' Alive" was recorded at the Chateau d'Herouville in Paris? (Image:Bee Gees Stayin Alive.jpg)
...that in the computer game Crush, Crumble and Chomp! the player controls a disaster movie monster and destroys cities?
...that the Minnesota State Constitution initially had two versions: one signed by Republicans and the other by Democrats?

...that Doc Cheatham (1905–1997) has been called the only jazz musician to create his best work after the age of 70? (Image:DocCheathamGoodForWhatAils.jpg)
...that Captain Henry Trollope (1756–1839) of the Royal Navy, commanding the frigate Glatton, defeated a French squadron that outnumbered him six to one?
...that no Punch and Judy performer can consider himself a Professor until he has swallowed his swazzle at least twice?
...that the 1318 Mamluk Qala'un Mosque was considered the most glamorous mosque of Cairo until its wooden dome collapsed in the sixteenth century and the marble dado was carried off to Istanbul by Ottoman conquerors?

...that in 1978, Governor of Florida Reubin Askew gave the Bee Gees "honorary citizenship" after the success of their single "Night Fever"? (Image:Nightfevercover.jpg)
...that chromoblastomycosis is a fungal skin infection that can be caught from a thorn or splinter?
...that Alan Mullery became the first England association football player to be sent off in a full international match during the 1968 European Championship semi-final against Yugoslavia?
...that Samuel Green was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

...that the history of nuclear weapons and the United States includes around 1,054 nuclear tests between 1945 and 1992? (Image:Castle Bravo Blast.jpg)
...that Philip of Poitou, Bishop of Durham from 1197 to 1208, quarelled so fiercely with his monks that he tried to burn them out of a church, and later excommunicated the entire chapter?
...that singer Maureen McGovern was a secretary before she was signed to perform the Academy Award-winning song "The Morning After"? (Image:Maureen mcgovern-the morning after s.jpg)
...that the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England predated, by 12 years, the first tour to England by white Australians?

... that Otokichi (1818–1867) was a Japanese castaway, who circled the globe as he tried unsuccessfully to return to Japan? (Image:Otokichi.jpg)
... that Xihoumen Bridge, a suspension bridge planned for the Zhoushan Archipelago in China will be the third largest suspension bridge in the world when completed?
...that after Peter the Great's reform of the Russian military, serf recruits, and their children born after the recruitment, were liberated, with the boys being sent to specially created Garrison schools? (Image:Peter_der-Grosse_1838.jpg)
...that the US children's television series Romper Room aired for over forty years?

...that the song "Nights in White Satin", largely ignored on its first release in 1967, reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was re-released in 1972? (Image: The_Moody_Blues.jpg)
...that Dr. Acacio Gabriel Viegas was credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Mumbai in 1896, & later became the president of the Bombay Municipal Corporation? =Nichalp (Talk)= 09:00, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
...that the 1985 movie Into the Night is largely responsible for launching Michelle Pfeiffer to stardom? (self-nom) — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:27, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
... that the race car driver Kurt Mollekens won three Formula Ford titles in 1992? - 21:29, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

... that Union Bridge across the River Tweed between England and Scotland was once the longest suspension bridge in the world and is now the oldest surviving? (Image:055167 union bridge.jpg)
...that MTV Canada will be converted into a digital television station called Razer, now that it is owned by CHUM Limited? (Image:Logo_razer.jpg)
...that the virtual economy of massively multiplayer online games sometimes attracts virtual crime, which is punishable by real laws in some countries?
...that James Glynn, captain of the USS Preble, was the first American to negotiate successfully with Sakoku ("closed country") Japan, in 1848? (Image:USS Preble.jpg)

...that the Tarim mummies indicate that Caucasian populations lived in Xinjiang in western China during the 1st millenium BCE? (Image:SteinMummy.jpg)
...that Cherrapunji in India is the wettest place in the world?
...that there are sixteen candidates running in the June 14 Ohio Second Congressional District Election to replace representative Rob Portman?
...that Mick Mills was made captain of the England national football team which started the 1982 World Cup because Kevin Keegan was unable to play through injury?

...that Irish chemist Robert Kane (1809–1890) showed that hydrogen is electropositive? (Image:Robert Kane (chemist).jpg)
...that 1980s horror movie actress Ellie Cornell nearly broke out of her typecasting by appearing the 1992 film A League of Their Own, but had to drop out because she became pregnant?
...that American country music singer Mindy McCready was once engaged to actor Dean Cain?
...that Valerius Anshelm (1475–c. 1546), a Swiss chronicler, wrote a history of Berne from the Burgundy Wars to 1536? (Image:Anshelm Berner Chronik.png)

...that anatomist Caspar Wistar (1761–1818) developed a set of anatomical models from human body parts by injecting them with wax? (Image:Caspar Wistar.jpg)
...that Saki's short story "Sredni Vashtar" plays an important role in Raymond Postgate's 1940 mystery novel Verdict of Twelve?
...that Kermit Roosevelt III, author of the 2005 legal thriller In the Shadow of the Law, is the great-great-grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt?
...that there are parts of Canadian airspace where compasses aren't useful because they're too close to the magnetic north pole? (Image:Canadian-Control-Areas.gif)

...that the scientific collections of Jacques Labillardière (1755–1834) were seized by the British in 1793 as spoils of war, but were returned after lobbying by Sir Joseph Banks? (Image:Jacques Labillardière.jpg)
...that Bono Manso, the capital of Bono state, was an ancient Akan trading town in present-day Ghana, which was frequented by caravans from Djenné as part of the Trans-Saharan trade?
...that the 1960s singing duo Paul & Paula inspired such pairings as Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell?
...that the Brimstone Moth has a variable life cycle of either one generation a year or two generations every three years?

...that Carolus Linnaeus the younger was enrolled by his father at the University of Uppsala at the age of nine? (Image:Forslund, Linnaeus filius.jpg)
...that the bending of starlight around the Sun during the solar eclipse of 1919 was a testimony to the predictive power of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity? (Image:Einstein theory triumphs.png)
...that Niccolò Da Conti (1395–1469) was a Venetian merchant who traveled around the Indian Ocean for 25 years in the early 15th century, and was made to relate an account of his travels as a penance for converting to Islam? (Image:LeVoyageAuxIndes.jpg)
...that Firpo Marberry was the first relief pitcher in Major League Baseball to record 100 saves in his career?

...that the grunion is a sardine-sized fish only found off the coast of California and Baja California that comes up on sandy beaches at very high tides (during the new and full moons) to lay its eggs? (Image:Grunion CF&G -2 100% -a .jpg)
...that Bruce Webster was so burned out from writing the computer game SunDog: Frozen Legacy for the Apple II, that he gave up programming for four years? (Image:Sundogbox.JPG)
...that Jack-Jack Attack is the first Pixar short not to be given a theatrical release? (Image:Jack-jack-attack-1.jpg)
...that Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) signed an agreement in 1963 with Japanese company NEC which gave the latter partial ownership of PTV's network?

...that Barstow, California, and Strong City, Kansas, are both named in honor of William Barstow Strong, former president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway? (Image:William Barstow Strong.jpg)
...that in the music video for the Crazy Frog song "Axel F", the frog's genitalia have been censored for broadcasting? (Image:Crazy frog-axel f s.jpeg)
...that former England footballer Mick Channon is now a successful horse trainer?
...that Chinese BASIC is the name given to several Chinese versions of the BASIC programming language?

...that suffragist Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), publisher of Australia's first woman-run journal, The Dawn, was also the mother of the great Australian poet Henry Lawson? (Image:Louisa Lawson.jpg)
...that the Terik language of Kenya is classified as endangered by UNESCO because the Terik people have increasingly become assimilated to the Nandi people in recent decades?
...that facial symmetry is correlated with health, physical attractiveness, and beauty, and is a factor in interpersonal attraction? (Image:Ziyi Zhang mirrored.jpg)
...that a sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he is not formally a member?

...that Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") was a popular 15th century text on the proper etiquette of how to die? (Image:Ars.moriendi.pride.a.jpg)
...that MOMO syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder characterised by macrosomia, obesity, macrocephaly and ocular abnormalities?
...that the reality television series Dr. 90210 got its name from the zip code for part of the Los Angeles suburb of Beverly Hills?
...that the U.S. airlifted 22,325 tons of military supplies to Israel for use in the Yom Kippur War under Operation Nickel Grass? (Image:Operation Nickel Grass.gif)

...that the Washington State Capitol has been hit by three major earthquakes since its construction? (Image:Washington State Capitol Legislative Building.jpg)
...that David Penhaligon (1944–1986) was a promising Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom but was killed in a car crash at the age of 42? (Image:Davidpenhaligon.jpg)
...that macrosomia is a complication in pregnancy and childbirth when the fetus is dangerously big?
...that the Defaka people of Nigeria are gradually abandoning their language in favour of the language of the Nkoroo, their close neighbours?

...that Joseph Rainey became the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives on December 12, 1870? (Image:Ac.rainey.jpg)
...that the Runyang Bridge and the Jiangyin Suspension Bridge are the two largest suspension bridges in China and the fourth and sixth largest suspension bridges in the world? (Image:Jiangyin bridge.jpeg)
...that Brancaleon, a 15th century Venetian painter who gained fortune, fame and notoriety in his adopted home of Ethiopia, is an example of early contacts between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa?
...that the short-lived Maryland Constitution of 1864 emancipated the state's slaves and disenfranchised Marylanders who fought for or supported the Confederacy? (Image:Maryland state seal.png)
...that the 1st century Greek historian Nicolaus of Damascus reported the embassy of holy men from India to the Levant, Athens and Rome during the time of Jesus?

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