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... that in nine days in August 1944, the 6th Airborne Division liberated 400 square miles (1,000 km2) of France and captured over 1,000 German prisoners?
... that
Lawrence James Baker's son married the sister of his architect, and the married couple lived in a house within the grounds of Haydon Hall designed by the bride's brother?
... that with today's opening of the City Mall in Christchurch(pictured), the first part of the central business district reopens since the
February earthquake, with 27 shops accommodated in shipping containers?
... that professional
baseball pitcher Oscar Graham, who won 276 games in his career, worked as a rabbit hunter during the winter?
... that Nia Dinata, director of controversial films on homosexuality and polygamy, started a children's film festival in 2009?
00:00, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
... that octopus aquaculture(common octopus pictured) is being seriously investigated because of
overfishing, but so far it has been difficult to culture the early life stages?
... that in 2009 the Toronto Star called Winnipeg's Manitoba Hydro Place, which uses 60% less energy than a typical large office tower, "the most important building in Canada"?
... that Dira Sugandi was awarded the Indonesian Young Jazz Talent Award for her duet with
Jason Mraz?
... that the 2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team had all ten of its victories vacated by the
NCAA, resulting in an official record of zero wins and two losses for the season?
... that if roaming cages were used in offshore aquaculture, juvenile
tuna starting out from Mexico could mature and be ready to market by the time they got to Japan?
... that Sandra Dewi gave an "arousing" performance in Quickie Express, but has refused to do "vulgar" photo shoots?
00:00, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
... that the medieval Church of St Peter, featuring "particularly remarkable" frescoes (pictured), once had an inscription by a
Bulgarian tsar on its exterior?
... that the North American mushroom species Tylopilus tabacinus has an odor that has been described variously as indistinct, fruity, fishy, or pungent?
... that the plans for a
popular front between communists and socialists in
Poland collapsed after the launching of the newspaper Oblicze Dnia in 1936?
... that a reviewer for
John Grisham's new novel The Litigators praised it for avoiding clichés such as somebody being murdered for "stumbling too close to the truth"?
... that the upcoming release Joe Danger: The Movie is a video game that parodies various Hollywood film scenes?
00:00, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
... that the land for the Captors' Monument (pictured) at Patriot's Park in
Sleepy Hollow and
Tarrytown, New York, was donated by a free African American couple?
... that the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act of
Singapore allows restrictions to be placed on religious leaders who promote political causes under the guise of religious activity?
... that the wedding of the French pop singers of the seventies
Sheila and Ringo was attended by 15,000 people and "resembled a royal wedding"?
... that despite leaving school at age 14, Thomas Kirkman became one of 19th-century England's leading mathematicians and helped found
combinatorial design theory?
... that
Max Adler had no idea his one-episode jock character Dave Karofsky on Glee would become the "nuanced" role of a closeted gay ex-bully and
bearded prom king?
... that Fred Donovan was manager of the first professional baseball team that included future Hall of Famer
Ray Schalk?
... that Karet Bivak, Jakarta's second-largest cemetery, holds more than 48,000 graves in a space of 16.2 hectares (40 acres)?
... that after assuming his post on the
Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, Judge DeForest Porter was surprised to learn that area temperatures reached 114 °F (46 °C)?
00:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
... that the trials of three people accused of involvement in assassination attempts on U.S. presidents were held at the District of Columbia City Hall(pictured)?
... that
baseball player Andy Cusick was described by his teammates as a "good batsman", even though he
batted .193 with no
home runs in his major league career?
... that the most recently described member of the fungal genus Spongiforma(pictured) is named after the cartoon character
SpongeBob SquarePants?
... that Heamasi Sekona of Tonga won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight class of
boxing in the
2011 Commonwealth Youth Games without winning a single bout?
... that the
geosocial networking app Blendr expands on its gay-oriented predecessor
Grindr to allow all people to connect with others nearby with common interests?
... that, in 1980, U.S. presidential candidate
John Anderson wrote in the San Francisco Sentinel that, if elected, he would end federal government discrimination based on sexual orientation?
... that two-time US Open women's wheelchair tennis champion Daniela Di Toro became paraplegic when a wall fell on her while she was competing at a school swimming carnival?
... that Scotsmen James and Robert Smith(pictured) were the first pair of brothers to play international
football?
... that
MercyMe's song "Finally Home" was written after lead singer Bart Millard heard the group's guitarists improvising on an acoustic guitar riff?
... that studio executive Mo Rothman persuaded
Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States in 1972, which restored Chaplin's public reputation and popularity?
... that bees and wasps can be trained to detect explosives, illegal drugs, cancer, and pregnancy?
15 October 2011
12:00, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
... that Cyclone Hollanda(satellite image shown) of 1994 caused the worst cyclone impacts on
Mauritius since 1975, destroying half of the island's sugar plantations?
... that Max Bell went from making $35 per week at a
Calgary newspaper during the
Great Depression to owning Canada's largest newspaper syndicate in 1965?
... that upon his retirement in 1998, Peter Joslin was among Britain's longest-serving police officers, having served for 44 years?
... that the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, a
Singaporean body that ensures laws do not discriminate against racial or religious minorities, has not issued an adverse report since its creation?
... that Russian poet Stepan Shevyryov was a founder of the "poetry of thought" movement?
... that coral aquaculture may be becoming an effective tool for restoring
coral reefs, which have been declining around the world?
... that Carl Rettenmeyer found hundreds of mite species that live on army ants, including one that acts as an extension to the foot whilst sucking blood?
... that former BBC Newsround reporter Lucy Mathen is now an
ophthalmologist, and has launched a volunteer group aimed at eradicating cataract blindness in India?
... that the Augusta Victoria broke a speed record on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic?
... that in 1933, a mostly Jewish boarding school escaped
Nazi Germany and re-opened as Bunce Court School in
Kent, England, ultimately saving the lives of hundreds of children and several teachers?
... that the Cleveland Rosenblums, owned by department store owner Max Rosenblum, won the first championship of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1926?
... that in China, the aquaculture of sea cucumbers(sea cucumber pictured) takes place together with the aquaculture of
prawns, so the sea cucumbers can feed on the waste from the prawns?
... that French
Napoleonic General François-Xavier Donzelot showed his appreciation for the return of his library by the British by reserving a seat at his table for any captured British officer?
... that most of the provisions of Alabama HB 56, considered the toughest anti-
illegal immigration law in the United States, recently went into effect after surviving a legal challenge?
... that fairyflies include the smallest known insects, smaller than a single-celled Paramecium?
... that the Alaska Veterans Memorial honors all the main branches of the United States Armed Forces, as well as the Merchant Marine and the Alaska Territorial Guard?
... that the first letter in its name stands for "open," but the openness of the ODB++CAD-to-
CAM data exchange format is disputed?
... that educator Anna Essinger, ordered to fly the
swastika on Hitler's birthday, planned a day-long outing for
her school, leaving the flag to fly over an empty building?
00:50, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
... that on her first English album, All Your Love,
Siti Nurhaliza(pictured) was managed by her stepson, who is 11 years younger than she is?
... that the design of the Dronningegården residential complex in
Copenhagen was shaped by the shortage of materials during World War II?
... that the Bergmann Hotel, an historic building in
Juneau, Alaska, was built in 1913 by Marie E. Bergmann as a home for local miners?
... that twice-married Indonesian singer Dewi Persik announced earlier this year that she had officially become a virgin again following a
pilgrimage to Mecca?
... that
MercyMe's song "So Long Self" broke the record for most first-week adds on the Christian AC radio format?
... that despite witnessing the event from the
bench,
Arizona Territorial Chief Justice John Titus declined to bring charges against a prosecutor who tried to kill a criminal defendant in open court?
... that the deep water
barreleye fish (pictured) is so named because of its unusual visual system which uses barrel-shaped, telescopic eyes that are generally directed upwards?
... that HealthGrades proprietary ratings of U.S. healthcare providers are free to view, but providers pay licensing fees to publicize their own favorable ratings?