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2023 British Athletics Championships
Antonia Niedermaier
Chiara Mazzel
2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées
Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba
Mia Brookes
2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships
Scott Meenagh
Tanja Scholz
2023 London Marathon
Charlotte Payne
2023 Netball Superleague season
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2022 New York City Marathon
2021 New York City Marathon
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2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial
2020 London Marathon
1861 Tooley Street fire
Murder of Dora Bloch
French football bribery scandal
Mary Hogarth
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DYKs
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2023 DYKs
... that the men's 100 metres event at the
2023 British Athletics Championships was run in heavy rain?
... that German cyclist
Antonia Niedermaier won a stage on her first
UCI Women's World Tour event, then crashed out of the event the next day?
... that the final stage of the
2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées was cancelled for safety reasons?
... that the elite men's event at
today's London Marathon will feature four of the five fastest competitors of all time? ++++ (21,196 views)
... that the men's winner of the
2022 New York City Marathon was almost hit by a vehicle during the race? + (6,620 views)
... that in 2022, Briton
Charlotte Payne broke the world record for a
hammer throw by a deaf woman by almost 5 metres (16 ft)?
2022 DYKs
... that
rhythmic gymnast
Gemma Frizelle won a gold medal at the
2022 Commonwealth Games performing to her mother's favourite song?
... that at the
2022 British Athletics Championships ,
Daryll Neita became the first woman since 2010 to win both the 100- and 200-metre events?
... that Welsh
shot putter
Adele Nicoll was approached about taking up
bobsleigh based on a video on
social media of her exercising?
... that in 2020, Ukrainian
association football referee
Maryna Striletska was part of the first all-woman officiating team for a men's international football match?'
... that
windsurfer
Penny Way won the British qualification event for the
1996 Summer Olympics with two races to spare?
... that at the
2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships ,
Lorraine Ugen (pictured) equalled the championship
long jump record?
... that in May 2021,
Alisson became the
sixth goalkeeper to score in the Premier League ? + (8,734 views)
... that British
alpine skier
Shona Brownlee , who competed at the
2022 Winter Paralympics , plays the
French horn and the
piano in the
Central Band of the Royal Air Force ?
... that the women's wheelchair race at the
2021 Tokyo Marathon featured just two competitors?
... that in 2022,
Frida Westman was the first Swedish
ski jumper to compete at an
Olympic Games since 1994, when
her father competed?
... that ski jumper
Joséphine Pagnier (pictured) , who competed at the
2022 Winter Olympics , won two medals at the
Winter Youth Olympics two years ago? ++ (12,937 views)
... that
freestyle skier
Kirsty Muir was the youngest
Team GB competitor at the
2022 Winter Olympics ? + (8,582 views)
... that when American-born skier
Katie Vesterstein chose to compete for Estonia, she had only visited the country once, and did not speak the language? + (8,848 views)
... that in 2014, Trinidadian sprinter
Deon Lendore won
the highest award in
National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field while at
Texas A&M University ?
... that at the
2016 Summer Paralympics , German para-cyclist
Hans-Peter Durst won a
time trial despite having no
saddle for most of the event?
... that
paracyclist
Juan José Florián fought for both sides in the
Colombian conflict ?
2021 DYKs
... that
Aline Rocha , the first Brazilian woman to compete at the
Winter Paralympic Games , also came third in the women's wheelchair race at the
2021 Berlin Marathon ?
... that Brazilian
wheelchair racer
Vanessa Cristina de Souza won a race despite completing the last two kilometres (1.2 mi) with a flat tyre?
... that Canadian
diver
Jeff Hirst won his event at the 1988 Canadian Championships despite having fractured his thumb five weeks before?
... that New Zealand
association football coach
Olli Harder has worked in the US, China, Norway and England?
... that in October 2021, American
wheelchair racer
Yen Hoang came in the top three in marathons on consecutive days?
... that the women's race at
today's New York City Marathon will feature two of the medalists from
this year's Olympic marathon ? ++ (10.1k)
... that English netball player
Sophie Drakeford-Lewis was once the highest ranked British youth tennis player?
... that in September 2021, the
England national netball team won a
series in New Zealand for the first time?
... that
Horselunges Manor was featured in the film
The Song Remains the Same about
Led Zeppelin ?
... that
today's London Marathon is expected to have 50,000 runners, and another 50,000 virtual competitors? ++ (13,084 views)
... that the winner of the men's race at the
2004 London Marathon fell during the race on
cobblestones ?
... that despite not initially being selected for the
2020 Summer Paralympics , British equestrian
Georgia Wilson won two bronze medals at the Games?
... that
Suzanna Hext chose to compete in swimming rather than equestrian at the delayed
2020 Summer Paralympics ?
... that
Aaron Pike has competed in
wheelchair racing at three
Summer Paralympics , and in both
biathlon and
cross-country skiing at two
Winter Paralympics ?
... that
Sjerstin Vermeulen has won
Paralympic medals in
swimming and
equestrian ?
... that German
paracyclist
Bernd Jeffré may have lost his
2010 Berlin Marathon race because he ignored his wife and did not wear enough clothes?
... that
refugee swimmer
Abbas Karimi , who competed at the
2020 Summer Paralympics , has won national championships in Afghanistan, Turkey and the US?
... that
wheelchair racer
Nathan Maguire , who is scheduled to compete at the
2020 Summer Paralympics , appeared on
a British gameshow with his partner in 2020?
... that British
modern pentathlete
Jo Muir
qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics despite missing the last qualification event due to
COVID-19 –related travel restrictions?
... that German runner
Alica Schmidt (pictured) ,
who is running in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics , has won multiple European junior
relay medals? Incorrect, as she had changed race at short notice. (13.9k)
... that author, poet and
Arabian horse breeder
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt chose to be buried without a coffin at his house,
Newbuildings Place ?
... that
Marthe Yankurije , who dropped out of school during her fourth year of
secondary school , will
compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics ?
... that
Mark Stanforth won the
1978 Chicago Marathon despite running the last few miles with
blisters ?
... that two hours before Canadian boxer
Mandy Bujold competed in a
2016 Summer Olympics fight, she had been in hospital with
gastroenteritis ?
... that
Michael McIntyre , who was an
Olympic sailing champion in 1988 , was awarded an
MBE for services to yachting
the following year ?
... that English cricketer
Josh de Caires , the son of former England captain
Michael Atherton , was given his mother's
maiden name at birth, and he does not know why?
... that at the
2016 Summer Olympics , French sailor
Hélène Defrance won a medal by a single point?
... that in 2021,
Lisa Barbelin won her
European Archery Championships event, and briefly became the world's number one ranked player?
... that
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe was the top
try scorer at the
2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series , the first time the feat had been achieved by someone not from Australia or New Zealand?
... that for the first time this century,
this year's British Athletics Championships were not broadcast on live television?
... that Belgian international
association footballer
Anaëlle Wiard , who started playing
beach soccer in 2020, was the top scorer in a competition that year?
... that
judoka
Loretta Doyle found out that she was pregnant during pre–Olympic selection medical checks? + (7.9k)
... that
Rod Bonella , who won a
Commonwealth Games marathon medal, was also a
horse trainer ?
... that German swimmer
Lisa Höpink won two medals at the
2019 Summer Universiade and qualified for two events at the
2020 Summer Olympics ?
... that in his debut
first-class cricket season,
Jack Carson took the most wickets of any
Sussex player in the
2020 Bob Willis Trophy ?
... that after the
2020 Summer Olympics were postponed, South African
artistic gymnast
Caitlin Rooskrantz
livestreamed the routine she was going to perform?
... that British sailor
Eilidh McIntyre , who has qualified for the
2020 Summer Olympics , is the daughter of
a former Olympic gold medallist ?
... that Canadian cyclist
Bernie Willock , who missed out on competing at the Olympics due to the
1980 Summer Olympics boycott , later owned furniture stores?
... that Irish
association footballer
Margaret Saurin later worked as a coach in the US?
... that Fijian
Napolioni Bolaca was the top point scorer at the
2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series ?
... that in 2012, French women's football club
Arras FCF were promoted to
the country's top division and reached the semi-finals of
the French Cup ?
... that Norwegian footballer
Sissel Grude retired aged 22, but returned for a one-off appearance 22 years later? + (5.4k)
... that
Martin Willock took breaks in his cycling career to build a house and start a repairs company?
... that
Emma Mullin , who won four
Gaelic football championships , was also the first player from her
association football club to play
for the Republic of Ireland ?
... that
Linn Sömskar (pictured) has won medals at World Cups in both
cross-country skiing and
roller skiing ?
... that
Camillo Vaz managed
Paris Saint-Germain Féminine when they qualified for the
UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time?
... that French
rugby union referee
Aurélie Groizeleau also breeds almost 7,000 pairs of pigeons?
... that when
Irene del Río was called up to the
Spain women's national football team squad, she was the only player who did not compete in the country's
top division ?
... that
Stephanie Davis , who has qualified for the
2020 Summer Olympics , is a part-time marathon runner who works in finance?
... that in 2021,
Lefébre Rademan was unable to play for the
South Africa national netball team as she was playing club netball in England?
... that
Ben Connor , who competed in his first marathon in October 2020, has qualified for the marathon race at the delayed
2020 Summer Olympics ?
... that every competitor at the
2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial received a commemorative
bonsai tree?
... that the French football club
GPSO 92 Issy was founded by three Peruvian sisters in 1997?
... that Ivorian politican
Téné Birahima Ouattara , the brother of the country's president, is nicknamed "Photocopy" due to their similar appearance?
... that when
Marjan Haydaree became the all-time top scorer for the
Afghanistan women's national football team , she had never set foot in Afghanistan?
... that the 13th-century
Barnston Manor was owned by the same family for 700 years before being put up for sale in 2018? + (5.0k)
... that
Barnham Court in
West Sussex is built in a similar style to
Kew Palace in London?
... that Icelandic footballer
Þórdís Hrönn Sigfúsdóttir has had to self-isolate on four occasions during the
COVID-19 pandemic ?
... that Irish sportswoman
Carol Breen has played internationally in both
association and
Australian rules football ?
... that
Lisa Martin captained the
Scotland women's national rugby union team in 2018 to their first victory in Ireland for 12 years?
... that the owners of
Kettlethorpe Hall used a relocated 14th-century chapel as a boathouse, and the chapel's remains are now in
a public park ?
... that French
rugby union player
Audrey Forlani scored a try in the decisive match of the
2016 Women's Six Nations Championship , after which France won the tournament?
... that when
Mark Coles started coaching the
Pakistan women's national cricket team , he was not being paid, and he later lived in a
compound with
snipers on the roof?
... that in 2020,
Jasmin Taylor broke the record for the
most medals won by a British skier at the World Cup and World Championships ?
... that New Zealander
Fran Jonas made her domestic cricket debut aged 15, and took three wickets in the final of the competition?
... that
Girma Bekele Gebre finished third at the
2019 New York City Marathon , despite not having a coach or sponsor, and having to pay to enter the race?
... that South African association footballer
Amanda Sister has played for clubs in Hungary and Italy?
... that after being told that women could not compete in athletics at the
1924 Summer Olympics , the
FSFSF set up their own
Women's Olympiad ?
... that
Malysha Kelly 's return to the
Jamaica national netball team after a three-year absence was halted by the
COVID-19 pandemic ?
... that due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the UK the entire
2021 Netball Superleague season is being hosted at just two venues?
... that
Joseildo da Silva beat
Roy Dooney at the
1991 Chicago Marathon by six seconds in the slowest winning time for 10 years?
... that
Tomoki Suzuki won the men's wheelchair race at the
2020 Tokyo Marathon by over eight minutes?
... that
Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo , a founder of the Cuban
National Revolutionary Militia , ignored instructions from the Cuban president
Miguel Díaz-Canel to make a
Twitter account?
... that
Antoinette Dinga Dzondo (pictured) , Minister of Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action of the Republic of the Congo, set up a fund to help refugees in the country return home?
... that
Edmilsa Governo won Mozambique's first medal at a
Paralympic Games in 2016?
... that the
Royal Victoria Arcade, Ryde , had an underground market that is now used as a local history museum?
... that Ethiopian runner
Helen Bekele Tola has stated a desire to compete for Switzerland at the
2020 Summer Olympics ?
... that
Elaine Van Blunk finished third at the
1994 Chicago Marathon , her second marathon event?
... that Spanish physicist
Teresa Rodrigo worked on the discovery of the
Higgs boson at
CERN and the discovery of the
top quark at
Fermilab ?
2020 DYKs
... that in 1975, Finland's Minister of Education
Marjatta Väänänen sent a petition to the
Archbishop of Turku with almost 1 million signatures, advocating for the introduction of female priests?
... that during the
Nazi occupation of Poland ,
Halina Kwiatkowska acted in an underground theatre alongside
a future pope ?
... that
Katie Levick gave up the chance to play cricket for England in order to pursue a full-time job?
... that
Eric Kimaiyo won the 2003
Baltimore Marathon in a
sprint finish with one of the athletes that he trained?
... that table-tennis player
Isabelle Li received a standing ovation despite losing the final at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics ?
... that cricketer
Charlotte Taylor was the top wicket-taker in the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , despite not being initially picked in the squads for the tournament?
... that cricketer
Issy Wong can solve a
Rubik's Cube in seconds? + (6.8k)
... that
today's London Marathon is not being run on its usual course, but instead as 19.6 laps around
St James's Park , to prevent spectators from attending? ++++ (21,991 views)
... that pole vaulter
Holly Bradshaw (pictured) won her eighth national title at the
2020 British Athletics Championships ?
... that in 1995, French journalist
Didier Roustan helped set up a world footballers union with
Eric Cantona and
Diego Maradona ?
... that during the
2018 Women's Cricket Super League ,
Tash Farrant took a
hat-trick , but her team still lost the match?
... that in 2018, Guyanese politician
Charrandas Persaud voted against his own government coalition in a
no-confidence motion , causing the coalition to fall by one vote?
... that the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , which starts today, was created to allow English domestic
women's cricket to be played in spite of the
COVID-19 pandemic ?
... that when footballer
Przemysław Płacheta signed for
Norwich City from
Śląsk Wrocław in 2020, he was Śląsk's record sale and Norwich's first-ever Polish player?
... that
Georgia Adams is the captain of the
Sussex Women cricket team , and her father
Chris is a former captain of the
Sussex men's team ?
... that British 19th-century prison visitor
Sarah Martin criticised living conditions at
The Tolhouse jail, and objected to the fact that the inmates had no access to a church or chaplain?
... that
Emma Lamb was part of the
Lancashire Women cricket team that in 2017 won both the
Women's County Championship and the Counties
Twenty20 competition?
... that
Pippa Wicks , the deputy chief executive officer of
the Co-operative Group , has supported the company's initiative to employ people who have escaped
modern slavery ?
... that Belgian academic and judge
Étienne Cerexhe was a co-founder of the Faculty of Law at the
University of Ouagadougou in
Burkina Faso ?
... that
Joseph Ngolepus finished third at the
2003 London Marathon , one second behind the winner, in the closest London Marathon finish in history?
... that in a 2013 ranking compiled by the political editors of
Verdens Gang ,
Astrid Gjertsen was rated the ninth-most important woman in Norwegian history?
... that husband and wife
Ralf and
Kristin Bochröder both won their 1975
Berlin Marathon races, the only couple to have done so?
... that the "lost manuscript" of
The Ickabog was featured on the dress worn by
J. K. Rowling at her 50th birthday party? ++ (10,657 views)
... that there is
a large cock on a junction in
Sutton High Street , London? ++ (13,050 views)
... that the 13th-century
St Andrew-in-the-Oxmarket Church in
Chichester , which was bombed during the Second World War, is now an arts centre?
... that Canadian soccer player
Christabel Oduro is the cousin of
Dominic Oduro , who has played for Ghana?
... that
Raymond Kipkoech won the 2011
Jerusalem Marathon despite crossing the wrong finish line?
... that the
Corn Exchange in
Chichester has also been used as a cinema and a
McDonald's ?
... that
Jitse Groen founded
Takeaway.com while still a student, after being unable to get a takeaway delivered to North Holland?
... that
Luis Ocaña won the
Orcières-Merlette stage of the
1971 Tour de France , beating the
1970 champion ,
Eddy Merckx , by more than eight minutes?
... that more than 3 million people have downloaded the
COVID Symptom Study app in the UK and the US?
... that between 1857 and the 1930s, a Russian gun captured during the
Crimean War was displayed on the Hastings seafront near
Pelham Arcade ?
... that during the COVID-19 pandemic,
Camille Combal hosted episodes of
Qui veut gagner des millions ? – the French version of
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? – from his living room?
... that in 2015,
Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men's
US Open tennis final?
... that
Dalma Iványi has won ten Hungarian women's basketball championships and played for three teams in the
WNBA ?
... that
Dagmar Burešová hid a classmate after he escaped a communist prison, and enabled him to flee from Czechoslovakia to West Germany?
... that
Hege Lanes Steinlund is believed to have officiated more international
football matches than any other Norwegian referee?
... that
Grégoire Margotton replaced
Christian Jeanpierre as the main presenter of the French football programme
Téléfoot in 2018?
... that
Noureddine Diwa was one of the first Tunisian footballers to play abroad?
... that Austrian engineer
Ernst Lauda , who worked on preventing the
Danube from flooding, was granted his own coat of arms (depicted) ?
... that no admiral has ever lived at
Admiral's House in
Hampstead ?
... that Britons are being urged to
clap for their carers every Thursday evening during
the country's COVID-19 pandemic ?
... that a path up the
Col de la Loze , the seventh highest
mountain pass in France, opened one year ago today and was first used in professional cycling during the
2019 Tour de l'Avenir ?
... that the company that built
Six Pillars House also constructed
Highpoint I , and the penguin enclosure at
London Zoo ?
... that Swiss World War II spy
Otto Pünter used crosswords and lemon juice as means of
encryption ?
... that French weightlifter
Alexandre Maspoli , who won a medal at the
1906 Intercalated Games , later competed in the
sculpture event at the 1924 Summer Olympics ?
... that French philosopher
Lucien Sève wrote a four-volume work focusing on his perceived problems with various interpretations of
Marxism ?
... that
Nelson House is located on
Rotherhithe Street , London's longest street, alongside the
River Thames ?
... that Austrian industrialist
Hans Lauda was critical of his grandson
Niki 's Formula One ambitions, as he believed that "a Lauda should be on the economic pages of the newspaper, not the sports pages"?
... that while living in China, New Zealand tour guide
Troy Collings co-founded a company specialising in tours of North Korea?
... that British
windsurfer
Emma Wilson won the under-15
Techno 293 World Championships at the age of 12?
... that English
judoka
Samantha Lowe was selected, then deselected, then reselected for the
2002 Commonwealth Games , and went on to win a gold medal?
... that at the age of 10,
Sky Brown became the youngest professional skateboarder in the world?
... that at the age of 11,
Gabrielle Reidy made her first appearance at the
Abbey Theatre in Dublin?
... that the
Irish Central Committee for the Employment of Women , which operated from 1914 to 1919, paid Irish women the same as their British counterparts?
... that in a January 2020
Premiership Rugby match, referee
Luke Pearce appointed
Manu Vunipola as
Saracens captain, after Pearce decided that he did not want to speak with
Jackson Wray ?
... that
Dorothy Doolittle , winner of the inaugural
Chicago Marathon , was later an assistant coach for the U.S. team at the
1992 Summer Olympics ?
... that while other 1978
Chicago Marathon runners complained the late start meant finishing in 80 °F (27 °C) heat, winner
Lynae Larson was concerned about its effect on her six-hour drive home?
2019 DYKs
... that Ivorian special advisor
Euphrasie Kouassi Yao has worked as a
UNESCO chair for Water, Women and Decision-making, and has been honoured by the Global Platform for Enterprising Women?
... that medieval historian
Maria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol believed that the 14th-century
Mudéjar , Jewish, and Muslim communities in
Catalonia and
Valencia co-existed due to
religious segregation ?
... that jams made by French
chocolatier
Christine Ferber (pictured) are sold in Tokyo
Isetan department stores, each wrapped in red cloth with a white bow? + (5.4k)
... that the
Central Committee on Women's Employment was founded to help British women who were out of work due to the First World War?
... that
Egyptologist
Wafaa El Saddik has provided historical tours to
Margaret Thatcher ,
Jimmy Carter ,
Helmut Schmidt , and
Anwar Sadat ?
... that the main award of the
Danish Animation Society is named after
Børge Ring (pictured) , who directed the
Oscar -winning animated short film
Anna & Bella ?
... that during the Second World War,
Rachel Dübendorfer received sensitive German military information, including
plans for the invasion of the USSR ?
... that from 1977 to 1982,
Pierre Cangioni presented
Téléfoot , France's first dedicated
football television programme?
... that
Stephen Twinoburyo , a Ugandan expatriate in South Africa, said that Ugandans were unhappy about the ticket prices for the
2010 FIFA World Cup that took place in his new country?
... that in 1956, German
civil servant
Erica Pappritz co-wrote a book on
etiquette which included sections on correct odour and on how
Bonn diplomats liked to carry umbrellas?
... that the main award of the
Danish Animation Society is named after
Børge Ring , the first Dane to win an
Oscar ? Incorrect as he wasn't the first, contrary to the source
... that in 1901, French feminist writer
Marie-Louise Gagneur was awarded the
Legion of Honour ?
... that
Jean-Pierre Bernès , former general manager of
Olympique de Marseille , started out selling membership cards for the club?
... that in 1960
Emil Paleček discovered that
nucleic acids could be studied
electrochemically , contradicting previous assumptions that DNA molecules were too large to have electrochemical properties?
... that in November 2018,
Matthew Hedges received a pardon from his life sentence for spying in the
United Arab Emirates ?
... that
Roberto Tobar officiated the 2017
Segunda División final, in which only one team turned up for the
penalty shootout ?
2018 DYKs
... that
Dorothée Munyaneza , who moved to London as a girl because of the
Rwandan genocide , has choreographed two works about her experiences?
... that
Clare Faulds , the first woman admitted to the
Manx
bar , later served as the
Vicar General of Sodor and Man ?
... that
Lisa Buckwitz and
Mariama Jamanka , who were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", won the
two-woman bobsleigh event at the
2018 Winter Olympics ?
... that a bracelet lost by
Josephine Heffernan during the
First World War was found in 2002, and returned to her family in 2017?
... that
Clémentine Touré coached the
Ivory Coast women's national football team in their first matches outside Africa at the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup ?
... that
Karabo Mathang-Tshabuse is South Africa's first female
FIFA -accredited
soccer agent ?
... that gymnast
Pierre Payssé , who won two gold medals at the
1906 Intercalated Games , later helped organise women's football matches?
... that
Susanna Dinnage is expected to become the first female chief executive of the English
Premier League early next year?
... that in 2018,
Sara Cox became the first woman to referee a
Premiership Rugby match?
... that in 1794, a silver statue of the
Virgin Mary from the chapel at
Notre-Dame de la Garde was melted down at the mint of
Marseille located on
Rue du Tapis-Vert ?
... that
trail runner
Aurélia Truel gave up on playing
handball because she was too short?
... that
Iris Kadrić played international football for
Sweden under-17s , before switching to play for
Bosnia and Herzegovina ?
... that former
First Lady of Slovenia
Barbara Miklič Türk met her husband and former Slovenian president
Danilo Türk while working as a librarian at the
United Nations ?
... that in 2017,
Sofía Gómez broke the
CMAS Constant Weight Bi-Fins
freediving world record, and then broke her own record two days later?
... that in 2017,
Renee Rabinowitz successfully sued
El Al after the airline forced her to move at the request of a
Haredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her? ++ (12,070 views)
... that
Colombian Supreme Court judge
Augusto Ibáñez Guzmán claimed that in 2008, a dozen armed men stormed his house to steal his personal computer?
... that
Christian Boros owns an art gallery in a former
bunker in Berlin?
... that at the
2018 Winter Olympics ,
Dom Parsons won the first medal for a British male in
skeleton in 70 years?
... that
bobsleigh duo
Mica McNeill and
Mica Moore crowdfunded £30,000 to compete at
2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup events?
... that siblings
Thomas ,
Glen , and
Eve Muirhead are all competing in
curling for
Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics ?
... that
Angeline Murimirwa received money for her secondary education from
Camfed , and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa?
2017 DYKs
... that
Alex Virot is the only journalist to have died whilst covering the
Tour de France ?
... that
William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse , the first airman to receive the
Victoria Cross , is buried at
Parnham House ?
... that after the
disappearance of Dora Bloch , Britain cut all diplomatic ties with Uganda? ++ (14,000 views)
... that
Mary Hogarth (pictured) is believed to be the inspiration for
Charles Dickens ' characters Rose in
Oliver Twist and Little Nell in
The Old Curiosity Shop ?
... that from 1973 until 2012,
Myra Nimmo held the Scottish women's national
long jump record?
... that the British art historian
Humphrey Brooke grew more than 500 varieties of rose?
... that
Carlos Fernández Gondín fought against Cuban dictator
Fulgencio Batista and the United States in the
Bay of Pigs Invasion , and afterwards helped found the
Communist Party of Cuba ?
... that
Patrick Eagar took photographs at 325
Test matches , including 98
Ashes matches ?
... that
James Braidwood , superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment, was killed during the
1861 Tooley Street fire (pictured) ? + (7.0k)
... that in 2015,
Alison Hughes was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in a
Fed Cup final?
2016 DYKs
... that
Mary Barkas was the first female
house physician at the
Bethlem Royal Hospital in London?
... that
Helen Boyle was the first female president of the
Royal Medico-Psychological Association ?
... that
Hannah Dadds was the first female train driver on the London Underground? + (6.3k)
... that
Jackie Stedall won the 2013
Neumann Prize for the best English-language book on the
history of mathematics ?
... that
Christiana Willes is sometimes incorrectly attributed as the founder of
roundarm bowling ?
... that in 2014,
West Horsley Place (pictured) was "accidentally" inherited by
Bamber Gascoigne ?
... that the extension to
Poole Methodist Church was nominated for the 2016
Carbuncle Cup ?
... that in 1976, the Admiral Von Tromp
fishing trawler was shipwrecked at
Saltwick Bay ?
... that the
Grid Compass was allegedly designed to match the dimensions of the company founder
John Ellenby ' s briefcase?
... that at the age of 57,
Jude Flannery became the oldest woman ever to be named Master Female Triathlete of the Year?
... that in 1747, the
Custom House in
Poole was raided by 30 smugglers, led by members of the
Hawkhurst Gang ?
... that
Tony Sainsbury is the
chef de mission of the
Independent Paralympic Athletes Team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics ?
... that in 2016,
Andrew Butchart broke the Scottish
5000 metres record, despite running the last lap of the race with only one shoe?
... that
Theodor Lewald (pictured) successfully campaigned for
Germany to compete at the
1928 Summer Olympics and host the
1936 Summer Olympics ?
... that
Norwich City F.C. joint majority shareholder
Michael Wynn-Jones attended his first Norwich match in 1953?
... that
Yona Knight-Wisdom is the first male
Jamaican diver to compete at the
Olympic Games ? + (6.4k)
... that in 2013, a Russian man who had edited his credit card agreement with
Tinkoff Bank attempted to sue the bank for 24 million rubles?
... that between 2005 and 2014 the
Qhubeka Foundation provided more than 45,000 bicycles in South Africa?
... that due to the
French football bribery scandal , no team is classed as winning the
1992–93 French Division 1 title?
... that the British art dealer
Sir Jack Baer saved £150 million of art for the nation?
... that in December 2015,
Trinidadian commentator
Fazeer Mohammed was banned from speaking to players in the
West Indies cricket team before the
Boxing Day Test match?
... that cricket journalist
Tony Munro was born with
dwarfism ?
... that in February 2016, fake documents were sent to
Companies House claiming that
Katrien Meire had resigned as chief executive of
Charlton Athletic F.C. ?
... that
Hamza Ali died at age 20, having already played
first-class cricket for
Hampshire County Cricket Club and
List A cricket for
Rawalpindi Rams ?
... that due to the
points system being used,
England won the
2013–14 Women's Ashes despite winning fewer matches?
... that
Maison Bertaux in
Soho is London's oldest
pâtisserie shop?
...that the
Grade I listed
Trinity Green Almshouses were built to house "28 decay'd Masters & Commanders of Ships or ye Widows of such"?
... that the original
Hove Town Hall building (pictured) was damaged by fire in 1966?
... that the website
Football Leaks reveals transfer fee, wage and contract information about famous
footballers ?
... that current
Liga de Fútbol Profesional president
Javier Tebas is a
Real Madrid supporter?
... that 1–13
Arundel Terrace in
Brighton consists entirely of
Grade I listed buildings ?
... that the
Old Ship Hotel is the oldest hotel in
Brighton ?
... that the
Farmers Cricket Club Ground in
Saint Martin, Jersey , is scheduled to host five matches in the
2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five between 21 and 28 May?
... that
Laura Wolvaardt made her
Women's One Day International cricket debut for
South Africa at the age of 16?
... that the
Grade I listed building
56 Artillery Lane in
London is now used as a free art exhibition space?
... that
Neisha Pratt captained the
Hong Kong women's national cricket team in their first official match in 2006?
... that
Elspeth Beard was the first
English woman to ride a motorcycle around the world?
... that despite being removed from the 1992
Honduras Olympic team and
Olympic Village ,
Polin Belisle still competed in the
Olympic marathon ?
... that the
Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground holds the record for some of the lowest scores by the
Free State cricket team ?
... that
Derick Adamson won the 1984 and 1985
Philadelphia Marathons ?
... that in a 2014
Sussex Cricket League Premier Division match against
Horsham ,
Philip Salt scored 200
not out from just 129
balls ?
... that
Graham Charlesworth has played
first-class cricket in England and South Africa?
... that
Gehan Mendis was part of the
Lancashire cricket team that won the 1990
Benson & Hedges Cup and
Natwest Trophy ?
... that
Keenu Gill became
vice-captain of the
Hong Kong women's national cricket team at the age of 17?
... that
Charles Wollaston was the first person to win five
FA Cup winners medals?
... that
Jake Doran is the youngest player to have signed for a
Big Bash League team?
... that in September 2003, the
Zoological Society of London released
crickets of the endangered species
Gryllus campestris into the wild at the
Arundel Castle Cricket Ground ?
... that
Mark Sanders scored only one
first-class century in his
cricket career?
... that
W. G. Grace ,
Jack Hobbs ,
Denis Compton and
Don Bradman all scored
first-class centuries at the
Central Recreation Ground, Hastings ?
... that
Matt Hobden scored 65
not out in a
Sussex County Cricket Club record tenth-wicket
partnership of 164 with
Ollie Robinson ?
... that
City Oval ,
Pietermaritzburg and
St Lawrence Ground ,
Canterbury , are the only two
first-class cricket grounds with a tree inside the
boundary ? Incorrect, as the St Lawrence Ground no longer has a tree inside the boundary, but the
VRA Cricket Ground does.
... that in April 2015,
Ollie Robinson became the first
Sussex cricketer in 95 years to score a century on a
County Championship debut?
2015 DYKs
... that exactly one year ago,
Amy Hughes ran the first of 53
marathons in 53 days?
... that the
County Cricket Ground in
Hove has hosted
football ,
lawn tennis and
rugby ?
... that in 2002,
Mark Davis scored his maiden
first-class century during a
record partnership with
Robin Martin-Jenkins ?
... that in 1998, the English cricketer
Jason Lewry took a
hat-trick with deliveries across two innings?
... that
Jamie Porter took a wicket with the fifth ball he bowled in
first-class cricket ?
... that during the
2003 Cricket World Cup , Zimbabwean cricketers
Andy Flower and
Henry Olonga wore
black armbands ?
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2023 London Marathon U
2022 London Marathon U
The Boat Race 2022 N
1915 Çanakkale Bridge U
Shane Warne (death) U
2021 New York City Marathon N U
2021 Boston Marathon U
2021 London Marathon N U
2021 European floods U
2020 London Marathon N U
2018 Yilan train derailment U
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash U
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