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15 January 2016

12:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Swimming porpoises

... that porpoises (pictured) were one of the most accessible species for early cetologists, because they could be seen very close to land, inhabiting shallow coastal areas?
... that a reviewer of a solo exhibition by Lena Gurr said that the American artist "painted with the gusto of a Goya"?
... that in 2015, the Indian whiskey Officer's Choice became the world's highest-selling spirit brand?
... that director Frank Stähle revived the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem for the centenary of the Lutherkirche?
... that physical paintings of Pepe the frog have been put up for sale on eBay?
... that Max Deutsch intentionally destroyed his compositions so that his only surviving legacy would be his students?
... that King Abdullah II donated two helicopters to Jordan's newly established Air Ambulance Center?
... that David Dewhurst's campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Texas released disco-themed "Lt. Gov. You've Gotta Love" and "Frozen", a parody of "Let It Go", as political advertisements?

00:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Jo-Anne McArthur

... that the photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur (pictured) was the "main human subject" of the 2013 documentary film The Ghosts in Our Machine?
... that the Andes have risen significantly in the last 30 million years?
... that Belgian cartoonist Hergé died before completing Tintin and Alph-Art, the final volume in the The Adventures of Tintin, leaving the character's fate unexplained?
... that U.S. Highway 102 was the first U.S. Highway in Michigan to be decommissioned, just two years after designation?
... that Larycia Hawkins, American professor at Wheaton College, was suspended after she wore a hijab and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015?
... that American Samoan association football team Utulei Youth had a perfect season in 2014, winning every game in the Senior League and taking home the President's Cup?
... that haematologist Lucy Meredith Bryce was the director of the first blood transfusion service in Australia?
... that shortly after the full moon and precisely 55 minutes after sunset, the female Bermuda fireworm rises to the sea surface and produces a bioluminescent display?

14 January 2016

12:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Arii Matamoe

... that Arii Matamoe (pictured), an 1892 painting of a Pacific Islander's severed head, may have been inspired by the death of Pōmare V shortly after Paul Gauguin's arrival in Tahiti?
... that Ida Silverman logged over 600,000 air miles traveling the world, speaking and fund-raising for the creation of a Jewish state?
... that Ian McDonald's 2015 science fiction novel Luna: New Moon has been called "Game of Thrones in space"?
... that Emma Dench, a British classicist and the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University, appeared in a film alongside her aunt Judi Dench in 1968?
... that the type fossil of the damselfly Electropodagrion consists only of a thorax, leg, and wing portions?
... that Lord Minginish is the first Gaelic-speaking Chairman of the Scottish Land Court?
... that the Sacred Heart Church in Exeter, England is the earliest surviving architectural work of Leonard Stokes?
... that Donald Trump's spokesperson Katrina Pierson appeared on CNN with a necklace made of bullets?

13 January 2016

22:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

The Gerrards Cross Memorial Building

... that the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed dozens of war memorials, but the Gerrards Cross Memorial Building (pictured) was the only one with a functional purpose?
... that a legal challenge by Zunera Ishaq resulted in allowing the niqāb to be worn while taking the Canadian Oath of Citizenship?
... that Liza Levy, a board member and past president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, originally joined the group as a way to make friends and retain her Jewish identity?
... that Cyclone Ilona produced record rainfall over Pilbara, Western Australia, in December 1988?
... that the scene in Neighbours Episode 7202 where Terese Willis pushed Lauren Turner into the pool could only be shot once?
... that Ruth B's debut single started off as a Vine video?
... that Mycomorphoolithus is a kind of fossil egg distinguished by its mushroom-shaped eggshell units?
... that some fans consider Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens to be a "Mary Sue"?

02:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Northern three-toed jerboa

... that the midday jird, the Libyan jird and the northern three-toed jerboa (pictured) all colonised Aralkum, a man-made desert?
... that Carrie Mac, a Canadian author specializing in Young Adult fiction, is a winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, and the Arthur Ellis Award?
... that Nellie Campobello's Cartucho is the only canonical literary representation of the Mexican Revolution written by a woman?
... that Justin Bieber asked his Twitter followers to get charity record "A Bridge over You" to the UK Singles Chart Christmas number one ahead of his own song?
... that during the start up of Chicago Pile-1, Norman Hilberry stood ready with an ax to cut the scram line?
... that when the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball team was established in 2015, it made A&M–Commerce the last school in the Lone Star Conference to sponsor the sport?
... that when Otto Hackbarth nearly defeated eventual winner Jim Barnes in the second round of the 1919 PGA Championship, The New York Times described the match as "the proverbial close shave"?
... that places of worship in Woking borough include Britain's first mosque, a Buddhist temple in a former asylum and an Eastern Orthodox church in a cemetery?

12 January 2016

12:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Cedar of Lebanon

... that the cedar of Lebanon (pictured), an iconic part of Lebanon's wildlife, is under threat?
... that Edith Mansford Fitzgerald invented the Fitzgerald Key, which at one time was used by 75% of the US schools teaching the hearing impaired?
... that the Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina won key leadership posts in the Córdoba auto workers union election of 1972?
... that percussionist Annette A. Aguilar was sent to South Africa by the U.S. State Department as a Latin Jazz Ambassador?
... that Andrew Tremlett had his appointment as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons blocked because he was "another white middle aged man"?
... that during the Naqib al-Ashraf Revolt, the rebels and inhabitants of Jerusalem engaged in virtual self-rule in the city for over two years?
... that the British physician Albertine Winner helped establish the first modern hospice at St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, London?
... that during Operation Junction City Jr., members of Bataillon Commando 203 fled from a crowd of refugees they mistook for enemy troops?

00:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

A rock relief at Taq Bostan

... that rock reliefs (example pictured) have been made in many cultures, and were especially important in the art of the ancient Near East?
... that a young Cincinnati artist, Joseph Mason, painted uncredited plant-life backgrounds for more than 50 of John James Audubon's bird studies?
... that the Hindu text Mantrika Upanishad is one of the earliest Yoga Upanishads composed in the 1st millennium BCE?
... that Theodore Komnenos Doukas founded the short-lived Empire of Thessalonica and came close to restoring the Byzantine Empire before his defeat and capture by the Bulgarians?
... that professional golfer Eddie Loos accidentally hit Walter Hagen's ball in the 1931 Los Angeles Open, earning a two-stroke penalty and a loss to Ed Dudley?
... that the Muslims of Granada revolted against their Catholic rulers seven years after the conquest of Granada, triggered by forced conversions imposed by Cardinal Cisneros?
... that Steven Anzovin published the first serious study on computer pollution and how it affects the world's environment?
... that medical self-experimenter Nicholas Senn had nearly six litres of hydrogen pumped into his anus?

11 January 2016

12:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Davina Delor

... that choreographer and TV artist Davina Delor (pictured) became a Buddhist nun after meeting the Dalai Lama, and converted her country home in Haims to a monastery?
... that the Supreme Court of the United States recently held that plaintiffs cannot sue foreign sovereigns for injuries that are based upon conduct that occurs solely in a foreign country?
... that in Dick Hogan's last film role, in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rope, his character is murdered at the start and concealed in a chest at a dinner party?
... that it is claimed that 36 M3 Gun Motor Carriages destroyed 30 German tanks, including 2 Tiger tanks, at the Battle of El Guettar in March 1943?
... that, while studying interfacial phenomena, Heather C. Allen discovered that halides such as bromide are located close to the surface of water?
... that the ant tribe Prionomyrmecini has two members, the genus Prionomyrmex, which is extinct, and Nothomyrmecia, which is critically endangered?
... that Miriam Goldberg succeeded her husband as publisher of the Intermountain Jewish News, which he had bought for one dollar?
... that the frog galvanoscope was tens of thousands times more sensitive to electric current than galvanometers available in the early nineteenth century?

00:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms

... that in the painting A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (pictured), a handwritten sign in Flemish is posted on a wood placard that scholars have stated represented a warning to society at that time?
... that Bach composed the cantata for the Sunday after Epiphany, Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32, as a dialogue of the Soul and Jesus, using elements of contemporary opera?
... that Afghanistan's vineyards cover an area larger than do Austria's despite alcohol being officially forbidden?
... that Porcupine was the first Native American to derail a train during the Indian Wars?
... that distinguishing science from non-science is an unsolved problem in the philosophy of science, so an "I know it when I see it" standard is sometimes used to recognize pseudoscience?
... that Colonel Frank M. Hume formed his own army, which would later be designated Company L of Maine's National Guard?
... that mazamorra is an historical corn stew of the indigenous peoples in South America?
... that November 14, 1976 was proclaimed by Governor Boren as Opaline Wadkins Day to honor the first African American to earn a master's degree in nursing education from the University of Oklahoma?

10 January 2016

12:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi

... that Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (pictured), the second holiest mosque of Islam, was built by Muhammad partly on a burial ground?
... that Indian otorhinolaryngologist Mohan Kameswaran performed the first auditory brainstem implant surgery in South Asia, and later became the first in Asia to perform the procedure on a child?
... that Priscilla Laws conceived AtariLab after seeing a computer chart temperatures in real time and realizing it would make lab work easier?
... that Sir George Kenning called his Derby car showroom Morris House and it was opened by Sir William Morris?
... that in 1920, a deadly arson attack occurred at the offices of the Federación Obrera de Magallanes trade union in Punta Arenas, Chile?
... that five-time Pro Bowl linebacker John Offerdahl founded a chain of bagel restaurants, helped rescue an elderly couple from drowning, and may have foiled a murder attempt?
... that The Talk of the Town was the first Tennessee Walking Horse to win three World Grand Championships, and one of only two horses ever to do so?
... that the second time that Christina Carpenter was placed in a cell, it had no door?

00:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

The Tour Ronde

... that a mountain guide whose client was killed whilst climbing the Tour Ronde (pictured) near Mont Blanc was successfully sued for negligence by the client's six-year-old son?
... that Jeanette Rubio was a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader before she married Senator Marco Rubio?
... that in Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall offers a credible but "far from compelling" hypothesis for why dinosaurs became extinct?
... that Ode de Pougy, abbess of Notre Dame aux Nonnains and niece of Manassès II de Pougy, was excommunicated after throwing the Archbishop of Tyre out of the Church of St Urbain?
... that despite its name meaning "quick, active, swift" in Old English, the River Tale is noted as being "sluggish"?
... that after being jailed for 10 years and then deported to Jordan, Palestinian communist leader Arabi Awwad was elected to the Palestinian National Council in 1974?
... that the Milam Building was both the tallest brick and reinforced concrete structure and first office building with built in air conditioning in the United States when it opened in 1928?
... that in December 2015, Trent Zimmerman became the first openly gay man to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives?

9 January 2016

12:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

The Human Comedy

... that The Human Comedy (pictured) by French sculptor Ernest Christophe inspired Baudelaire's poem "The Mask"?
... that Ananda Thuriya, a chief minister, general, and son-in-law of King Sithu II of Pagan, began his career in the royal security detail?
... that basketball player Kobe Bryant was the first guard to play 20 seasons in the NBA?
... that Turkish-German women's footballer Melike Pekel was top scorer of the German Regionalliga Süd in the 2013–14 season, and became a member of the Turkey women's national team in 2015?
... that the fossil bumblebee Bombus cerdanyensis has notable darkening and texturing of the wing apex?
... that a Palestinian, Muhammad Najati Sidqi, wrote a book in 1940 arguing that Nazism was incompatible with Islam?
... that although designed as an input for gaming controllers like joysticks, the Atari joystick port was also used as a serial port for devices like modems?
... that Indian cricketer M. P. Pandove scored his maiden first-class century at age 16, while his son Dhruv Pandove scored his at age 14?

00:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Army & Navy Union badge

... that the Army and Navy Union (badge shown) is the oldest veterans' organization in America?
... that sociologist C. K. Yang argued that religion was an important "diffuse" force in Chinese society even though it was not institutionalized in churches?
... that the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource originally included over 50 stations deemed significant for their architectural and cultural merit?
... that 100 years ago, Robert Burgess was killed after being knocked off his bike by a shell?
... that the pharmaceutical drug patiromer lowers potassium levels in the blood but is not absorbed from the gut?
... that the Austrian physician Gisela Januszewska, famed for her work among Bosnian Muslim women and highly decorated for her World War I service, died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp?
... that the biologist Honor Fell directed the Strangeways Research Laboratory for 41 years, then returned to continue her research until shortly before her death in 1986?
... that in David v. Poe, the Senate Electoral Tribunal of the Philippines declared that Grace Poe, formerly a foundling, is a "natural-born Filipino", allowing her to remain in the Philippine Senate?

8 January 2016

12:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8

... that the firehouse (pictured) from Ghostbusters is to be released as a 4,500-piece Lego set?
... that on 29 August 1942, Gordon Gollob became the first fighter pilot to claim 150 aerial victories in World War II?
... that flooding in October 2008 in Central America was considered the worst natural disaster since Hurricane Mitch 10 years prior?
... that Indian composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan made his acting debut in the 2015 Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusali?
... that despite using forward air control operations during the Korean War, the U.S. military could not agree on a common doctrine between 1946 and 1966?
... that Hu Di, a top Communist Chinese secret agent, was executed by the Communist commander Zhang Guotao?
... that the title of Monica Byrne's drama What Every Girl Should Know is drawn from a sex education column in the New York Call by Margaret Sanger?
... that Bionade-Biedermeier might be replaced by rhubarb spritzer-Rokoko?

00:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Khandro Rinpoche

... that Khandro Rinpoche (pictured) of the Mindrolling lineage is considered the present reincarnation of Urgyen Tsomo?
... that the HTC One (E8) has been described as an HTC One (M8) with a plastic shell?
... that Ju Zheng was persuaded to oppose Chiang Kai-shek's candidacy for president of China in 1948 and received 10 percent of the vote in the National Assembly, with Chiang elected overwhelmingly?
... that the music of Red Dead Redemption was inspired by Ennio Morricone's work on the Dollars Trilogy?
... that after leading a nationwide strike during his presidency of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, Isaac Folorunso Adewole was declared a wanted man and had to go into exile?
... that the two-story station building at Readville was destroyed in a suspicious fire in 1983?
... that on 24 October 1941, Günther Lützow became the second fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories in World War II?
... that stale beer tends to smell like cat urine and then cardboard?

7 January 2016

12:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

A layer cake prepared with avocado

... that avocado cake (example pictured) may be topped with an avocado-based fool, a pressed fruit mixture or fruit purée mixed with custard or cream?
... that William Walker was the last underarm bowler to have played for Tasmania?
... that the wildlife of Jordan includes a critically endangered fish found at a single oasis with a shrinking water supply?
... that while Caroline Stephen's book was considered a "Quaker classic" even 100 years after publication, her brother had dismissed it as "another little work of hers"?
... that an altarpiece by Bror Hjorth was the only item saved from a 1993 fire in Salabacke Church in Uppsala?
... that Mary Docherty, a Scottish communist, was treated for tuberculosis while visiting the Soviet Union?
... that the upcoming film The Bleeder is about Chuck Wepner (portrayed by Liev Schreiber), who challenged Muhammad Ali for the world's Heavyweight title in 1975?
... that David van Rooyen was the South African Minister of Finance for four days?

00:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Al-Maghtas baptism site

... that Al-Maghtas (pictured), in Jordan, is considered by Christians as the location for the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist?
... that Victoria Bricker has studied the languages, astronomy, and ethnobotany of the Maya?
... that Julian Lage's album World's Fair was inspired by Andrés Segovia?
... that four years after Han Qing set the Asian Games record in the 200 metres sprint, she tested positive for using dihydrotestosterone and was given a ban that effectively ended her career?
... that an entire chapter was censored from the hentai manga Coffin of Cerebrum due to "the shota aspect and the violence towards children"?
... that Sergeant Donald Nichols correctly forecast that the Korean War would start within a certain three-day period?
... that Saimaluu Tash, a petroglyphs site, has black-and-white rock paintings which are a globally important collection of rock art?
... that players can fire teddy bears strapped to sticks of dynamite in Sunset Overdrive?

6 January 2016

12:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

The Adoration of the Three Kings

... that Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar are the traditional names of the Biblical Magi who visited the baby Jesus (pictured), though they are not named in the Bible?
... that binary logarithms can be used to determine the number of octaves between two musical tones?
... that violinist Mia Matsumiya spent ten years cataloging online harassment that she received, and has created a popular Instagram account featuring those messages?
... that the leaves of the scallop hakea cup the stem and the axillary flowers?
... that Major Arthur V. Peterson traveled to Europe before D-Day to warn General Eisenhower about the dangers of the Germans using radioactive weapons?
... that the Khpal Kor Foundation, which operates an orphanage in Pakistan's Swat District, established a Child Assembly that Malala Yousafzai once chaired?
... that Commonwealth Games multiple medal-winning gymnast Nathan Gafuik was diagnosed with Addison's disease at the age of 15?
... that the "Mauthausen Trilogy", composed by Mikis Theodorakis, has been described as the "most beautiful musical work ever written about the Holocaust"?

00:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Demarest Building, circa 1891

... that the Demarest Building (pictured) built by Aaron T. Demarest was the first building with an electric elevator?
... that the second column of the Tchepone Operation was Orange, Red, and Black?
... that the guitar/drum duo Two Gallants are named after a short story by James Joyce?
... that Israeli filmmaker Yael Reuveny says she only really got to know her mother by interviewing her for Farewell Herr Schwarz, her documentary about her family's history?
... that Edith Irby made national news when she was accepted in 1948 as the first African American medical student in the Southern United States?
... that the ice-breaking in the title Islossningen i Uleå älv, a 1889 composition for narrator, men's chorus, and orchestra by Jean Sibelius, was a political statement?
... that by 2013, the revenue of the Syrian tourist industry had decreased by 94 percent since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011?
... that the Anita Krajnc case could result in her spending ten years in prison for giving water to thirsty pigs on their way to slaughter?

5 January 2016

12:00, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Christian Ramsay, Lady Dalhousie

... that Christian Ramsay (pictured), an honorary member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, died with a list of plants in her hand?
... that the Turkish slave-soldier Ahmad ibn Tulun established the first local dynasty to rule Egypt since the Pharaohs?
... that fossil eggs classified as Elongatoolithidae have been found with preserved embryos inside?
... that Marianne Katoppo, who wrote the book Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology, found the term feminist theology "too loaded"?
... that the virtually abandoned Rukai slate village of Kucapungane is an "endangered site" according to the World Monuments Fund?
... that the Manav Vikas Mission of the Government of Maharashtra provides free bus service for village girls from their native village to their schools?
... that Appian Way Productions has produced The Aviator (2004) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
... that a recitative in Bach's cantata for the Sunday after New Year's Day, Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58, retells the prescribed gospel about the Flight into Egypt?

00:00, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Lucy Goode Brooks

... that former slave Lucy Goode Brooks (pictured) helped found the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans, which still serves families in Richmond, Virginia, as the Friends' Association for Children?
... that six different species of gibbon are among the animals found in Laos?
... that Aviel Barclay, the first woman to be traditionally trained and certified as a Jewish scribe, completed her first Torah scroll in 2010?
... that the funeral march In Memoriam by Jean Sibelius was conceived in memory of Eugen Schauman, who shot a Governor-General in 1904?
... that Mãe Menininha do Gantois was instrumental in gaining legal recognition of Candomblé and its rituals?
... that the lemon-shaped container for Jif lemon juice was one of the first blow moulded polythene containers used for food applications?
... that Ernie Blake helped interrogate Nazis Hermann Göring and Albert Speer, and adopted his code name as his real name, before founding Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico?
... that the 2015 Bangkok Half Marathon was called the "world's longest half marathon"?

4 January 2016

12:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Magdala stone

... that the Magdala stone (pictured) may show the oldest known image of the Temple Menorah?
... that the 1981 election of Kathryn J. Whitmire as mayor heralded a major change in the city politics of Houston, Texas?
... that the house of the Chief or King of the community, at the southwestern end of Bawomataluo village, is said to be the "oldest and largest on Nias"?
... that devout Muslim Mohamed Hadid, a lifelong teetotaler, owns a 5,000-bottle wine cellar and a Beverly Hills winery?
... that Judd Nelson, who played Joe Hunt in the 1987 TV movie Billionaire Boys Club, is playing the character's father in the upcoming film of the same name?
... that Polish football player Łukasz Cieślewicz was named player of the year in the Faroe Islands in 2011 and 2015?
... that We, too, have a Job to Do was painted by Norman Rockwell to encourage Boy Scouts to participate in the war effort during World War II?
... that Izzy Slapawitz was responsible for several fan riots in the Southern United States between 1978 and 1982?

00:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Qian Zhuangfei

... that Qian Zhuangfei (pictured), a Communist secret agent credited with saving the life of Premier Zhou Enlai, was the father of Li Lili, nicknamed "China's Mae West"?
... that the plot for the 200th episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was partly inspired by the strip search phone call scam?
... that the Welsh rugby league prop Morgan Evans made his national debut in a charity match against Keighley Cougars in honour of the rugby league footballer Danny Jones?
... that the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale is used in clinical settings to measure distress?
... that in February 1850, Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo was the subject of a public letter-writing feud?
... that Harald Sigtryggsson was installed as King of Limerick by his cousin Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin?
... that the first popular bootleg rock album was Bob Dylan's Great White Wonder?
... that after Rachel Henderlite's 1965 ordination as a minister, a retired pastor sent her a postcard every year quoting the biblical injunction, "Let the women keep silent in the churches"?

3 January 2016

12:00, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Minaret next to the Malé Friday Mosque

... that the minaret adjoining the Malé Friday Mosque has a wide base like a ship's funnel and resembles a wedding cake?
... that Maria Corsini, Italian writer and Roman Catholic lay person, was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 31 October 2001 along with her husband, Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi?
... that the Huawei Ascend P7 smartphone has been noted for its high-resolution front camera and slow processor?
... that Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller, a senior faculty member at Neve Yerushalayim College for Women, has thousands of students around the globe?
... that Edvard Munch's painting Love and Pain sold for more than US$38 million in 2008?
... that Ismail Pasha al-Azm laid the foundations for the Azm family's political dominance in Damascus during Ottoman rule?
... that a ban on women Shinto priests ended after World War II?
... that during the American Revolution, Loyalist spy Joseph Bettys failed in his mission to capture General Philip Schuyler because Bettys left his unit and went off to visit his girlfriend?

00:00, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Madagascar hissing roaches

... that a few cockroach species (example pictured) are kept as pets, and several species are raised as food for insectivorous pets?
... that The X Factor winner Louisa Johnson initially applied for Britain's Got Talent?
... that Level Mountain is the most voluminous and most persistent volcano in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province of North America?
... that Vernon Arnold Haugland was the first civilian to receive the Silver Star medal, normally awarded only to members of the United States Armed Forces?
... that the 2015 Hurricane Blanca was the earliest recorded tropical cyclone to make landfall on the Baja California Peninsula in any given year?
... that the legend of Lopamudra in Mahabharata is said to be "the glorification of domestic life and family and demonstrates the incompleteness of a life based solely on asceticism"?
... that British media have compared the Scottish footballer Ryan Gauld to Lionel Messi?
... that Operation Maeng Da translates as "Operation Pimp"?

2 January 2016

12:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Yedigöller National Park

... that the Yedigöller National Park (pictured) in Turkey is best known for its seven lakes formed by landslides?
... that Elisabeth Abegg, a teacher who provided shelter to Jews during the Holocaust, also tutored Jewish children at her home?
... that music from Bach's cantata for New Year's Day, Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171, appears in his Mass in B minor?
... that polymer chemist Swaminathan Sivaram holds the record for the most United States patents by an Indian national working in India?
... that in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Baekje Historic Areas, about 4,600 antiquities were discovered in good condition in the Royal Tomb of King Muryeong?
... that Pu Shunqing is considered the first female screenwriter in China?
... that the Argentine stem weevil is not considered economically important in its native South America, but is a serious agricultural pest in New Zealand?
... that an opposing basketball coach praised UCLA Bruins freshman Aaron Holiday's defense by comparing him to a Tasmanian devil?

00:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Bara Gumbad

... that Bara Gumbad (pictured), built during the Lodi dynasty in 1490 CE, is believed to have the earliest constructed full dome of any building in Delhi?
... that after almost drowning during his foray into water polo, Ka'imi Fairbairn returned to American football and was named the top college kicker in the nation?
... that perennial ryegrass staggers is a disease of livestock caused by an endophytic fungus sometimes present in perennial ryegrass?
... that 138 years after establishment of the Anglican Diocese of Nassau, Angela Palacious became its first woman deacon in 1999?
... that by 1566, Fukuda was home to more than 1,000 Catholic Kirishitans?
... that Ardina Moore, a fluent speaker of Quapaw, created her own workbook, tapes, and classes to help preserve and teach the language to younger members of her tribe?
... that Jean Sibelius conducted his Andante Festivo in a live broadcast on New Year's Day 1939, the only sound document of his interpretation of his works?
... that the abolitionist Eliza Ann Gardner made her living as a dressmaker?

1 January 2016

12:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Meherzia Labidi Maïza

... that Meherzia Labidi Maïza (pictured) was proud of including women's rights in the post-Arab Spring Tunisian constitution?
... that Pitbull began producing a New Year's Eve special for Fox in 2014?
... that in 1941, Scottish soldier Peter Cochrane single-handedly destroyed two Italian machine gun posts with grenades?
... that real ear measurement used by audiologists involves insertion of a probe to within 6 mm of the eardrum?
... that Elvis Presley's hairstylist Larry Geller was also his spiritual advisor?
... that in 2013, there were 819 active mines in Yemen producing stone, gypsum, refined petroleum products, and salt?
... that at the pulpit of the synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Arenda Haasnoot said, "This is my calling. Here I am in my place"?
... that in the 1907 Tour de France, some participants treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find?

00:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Raspberry-vanilla beer jam

... that beer jam (pictured) may be sweet or savory, and some have a syrupy consistency?
... that 210 journalists and intellectuals called for Governor Li Hongzhong to step down after he grabbed the recorder from a reporter who sought to interview him?
... that Natalia Lafourcade sought inspiration for her album Hasta la Raíz in Agustín Lara's repertoire and her native country, Mexico?
... that the Venezuelan footballer Edder Farías scored against Honduras in February 2015, his country's first victory since September 2013?
... that in the Sharabha Upanishad, Shiva, incarnating as Sharabha in a fierce anthropomorphic form of an eagle, lion, and man, slays Narasimha, an incarnation of Vishnu?
... that serial killer Hilda Nilsson committed suicide by hanging the same day the courts commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment?
... that The New York Times called the 2013 film Stray Dogs a "glum, humorless exercise in Asian miserablism"?
... that drummer, singer, and songwriter Emily Estefan was born in 1994 after her mother, Gloria Estefan, had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash?

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