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... that the Afrikaans-language author Bartho Smit's play Putsonderwater could not be performed in his home country of
South Africa because of its political message?
... that the construction of Palais Lantivy was part of the plan to develop and honour the town where
Napoleon Bonaparte was born?
... that a dam on White Oak Run was once found to have spillway only capable of handling 110% of the Probable Maximum Flood without overtopping?
... that A Hill Above the Clouds documents
Vesna Krmpotić's journey to a faith embracing aspects of Ancient Egyptian and Indian philosophies, during her futile efforts to save her son from
leukemia?
... that György Kurtág completed Stele as composer-in-residence with the
Berlin Philharmonic, dedicating it to the orchestra and conductor
Claudio Abbado?
... that in a
Girl Scout troop formed at the Clinton Engineer Works, girls were registered just by their first names in order to safeguard their fathers' identities?
... that the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata states that to destroy the embryo of a woman, Kadru the serpent enters her womb by assuming a very tiny form called Skanda graha?
... that the female swimming marine mollusc Firoloida desmarestia has a string of eggs in various stages of development trailing behind her?
... that an inscription found in the ancient port city of Syedra on the southern coast of
Turkey advised residents to resist pirates with "violent battle" and "unbreakable chains?"
... that Fidel Castro preferred to meet foreign diplomats early in the morning, believing they would be tired and easily persuaded during negotiations?
... that the Grosvenor Picture Palace(pictured), built in 1913–15 in
Manchester, was once the largest cinema in the United Kingdom outside of London, and is now a student
pub called The Footage?
... that in 2002, the Theta Land Corporation leased land along Panther Creek to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for $1 per year?
... that Rik Vercoe gunned down the world record at the
2014 London Marathon for the "fastest runner dressed as a cowboy" but was pipped to the post by the "fastest jockey"?
... that the first part of Glee's two-part series finale, "2009", was initially announced as airing three weeks prior to the finale date?
... that Robert Power has been described as "unbelievably talented" and "one of the most exciting climbing talents ... in Australian cycling for a very, very long time"?
... that the English footballer Tim Chow was to be released by
Wigan Athletic in 2015, but after a change of manager he was given a new contract?
... that newspaper publisher Bob Brown became involved with
the mob in order to keep the Valley Times in business?
25 April 2015
16:00, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
... that according to
Walter Brasch's 1982 book Columbia County Place Names, some maps list the valley of Davis Hollow(pictured) as being in Fishing Creek Township while others list it as being near Rohrsburg?
... that in reaction to child sexual exploitation cases
in Rochdale and
in Rotherham, police investigated and prosecuted a similar case
in Peterborough?
... that during archaeological excavations in Dah Parvatiya in 1924 a sixth-century
antiquity unearthed is in the form of a stone door frame with extensive carvings?
... that Rock Band 4 will drop its
predecessor's focus on musical instruction in favor of its core experience?
... that Christopher Hornsrud was the first from the
Labour Party to become Prime Minister of
Norway, and the longest-living person to ever hold that position?
... that Captain Isaac Randell and his crew rescued 35 men from the North Atlantic ice where they had spent two nights exposed to freezing rain and blowing snow without shelter or food?
... that a new documentary recounts how Italian cycling champion
Gino Bartali risked his life to rescue hundreds of Jews and
partisans during World War II, but never spoke of it until late in life?
... that shield volcano outflows cover 48% of Lada Terra on
Venus(pictured)?
... that
Sivaji Ganesan won Best Actor for Veerapandiya Kattabomman at the 1960 Afro-Asian Film Festival, becoming the first Indian actor to win in that category in an international film festival?
... that the concentration camp survivor Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss wrote many poems about the
Holocaust and its victims, which included her husband and son?
... that since production ceased at Bass Maltings in
Sleaford, the complex has been used for rearing chickens?
... that Six Springs Creek was once described as "a catch basin for runoffs from a car wash, laundromat and malfunctioning septic tanks", but has since been designated a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery?
... that
Body Glove surf brand founders Bill and Bob Meistrell taught themselves to dive in Missouri ponds using a bicycle pump, a garden hose and a diving helmet cobbled from household supplies?
... that the arrow worm Parasagitta setosa eats about 85% of its body weight each day?
... that Domoni's wedding ceremonies include a type of bullfight?
... that despite having "little film-industry credibility", Brenda Sexton increased filmmaking-related spending in Illinois by 147 percent in her first year at the Illinois Film Office?
... that the Battle for Outpost Vegas and the surrounding outposts during the
Korean War is considered the bloodiest fighting up to that time in western Korea?
... that Laurel van der Wal—rocket scientist, cop, model, showgirl, art teacher, aircraft mechanic, switchman, and casino shill—was "impatient with people who do not make full use of all their capabilities"?
... that Joseph D. Bethune was appointed to the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court after the previous nominee's
confirmation sparked a battle within the territory's
Democratic party?
... that Edward Sinnott and his crew, known as "The Seven Placentia Giants", carried their boat 145 km (90 mi) overland to compete in and win the
Royal St. John's Regatta?
... that Beirut III has the largest number of
Sunni Muslim voters of all electoral districts in Lebanon?
... that Ari Goldwag, the lead vocalist on five albums and three music videos for the
Miami Boys Choir, panicked at his audition and had to be convinced to go on stage by his mother?
... that Fjällhyddan, today a ruin, was built by
Ture Malmgren in
Uddevalla, Sweden, with inspiration from the hunting traditions of the medieval nobility?
... that Bourbon virus(pictured), discovered in 2014 from a man who died after
tick bites, is the first thogotovirus to be associated with human disease in the Western hemisphere?
... that the
Press Association won a court case stating that it was within the public interest to know that five girls who had been given travel bans attended the same school as three who had recently joined ISIL?
... that currently in-production film Joy is about inventor and entrepreneur
Joy Mangano?
... that Elvira Dolinar is regarded as the first Slovenian feminist?
... that the Carolina wren(pictured) had its songs transcribed as names and phrases such as "sweet heart, sweet heart", "come to me, come to me", "sweet William", and "Richelieu, Richelieu"?
... that Wei Heng, party chief of China's
Shanxi province, committed suicide after being imprisoned and tortured by the
Red Guards?
... that the concept for the Chicken Salad Chick restaurant chain originated from one of its founders selling her
chicken salad door-to-door?
... that during the second siege of Taunton,
Robert Blake declared that he "had four pairs of boots left and would eat three of them before he yielded"?
... that Vietnamese journalist Huy Duc was dismissed from his position at a government-run newspaper because of comments he made on his blog?
... that Marnie, a
Shih Tzu dog, has received over one million
Instagram followers from photos taken by her owner?
08:26, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
... that Naem(example dish pictured), a
traditionallactic-
fermented sausage prepared from raw ground pork, is popular in Thailand?
... that while recovering at the National Naval Medical Center, Lieutenant Jason Redman hung a sign on his door that attracted the attention of President
George W. Bush?
... that some reaches of Red Spring Run have been entirely destroyed either by mining or by post-mining development?
... that Danny Grossman's choreography Endangered Species was set in a post-apocalyptic world where the dancers fought against military oppression?
00:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
... that most ancient Maya graffiti(example pictured) was probably produced by the
Maya elite in their own dwellings, with some later additions by squatters?
... that Finnish writer Solveig von Schoultz published fifteen collections of poetry over more than fifty years?
... that some barbecue restaurants in the US are referred to as "shrines" due to their high-quality dishes, developed over many years or even over generations?
... that in the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida's Teen Court, high school students act as defense attorney, prosecutor, clerk, and bailiff, and the accused is required to admit guilt?
14 April 2015
16:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
... that the rotund would have struggled to squeeze onto The Crescent(pictured) in
Taunton?
... that the 2012
political thrillerArgo was only the fourth film in Academy Award history to win
Best Picture without a nomination for its director?
... that Horace Batten captained a rugby team, played professional cricket, and made
Darth Vader's boots?
... that when
Byzantine general Michael Dokeianos was taken prisoner by the
Pechenegs and brought before their leader, he managed to grab a sword and hack off the leader's arm before being killed?
00:45, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
... that Fritz Fliegel(pictured) led an aerial attack on British convoy HG 53, which sank five merchant ships?
... that many of China's "dancing grannies" (see video) are motivated in part by nostalgia for the dances of the
Cultural Revolution during their youth?
... that Mongolian Prime Minister Chimediin Saikhanbileg can bench press 175 kilograms (385 lb)?
... that production has finally begun on The BFG, which has been in development since 1991?
... that Ahmadiyya in Indonesia has played an influential role in the religious development of the country, yet in recent decades
Ahmadis have faced persecution from religious establishments?
... that the first international ballet competition held in
Dushanbe was named after Malika Sobirova, and President
Gorbachev sent greetings on the occasion?
... that Jane Eyre was the first American movie adaptation of
the novel?
... that the restoration of wetlands in a
mitigation bank created in the path of the planned Poinciana Parkway sextupled cost estimates for the highway?
... that the Slovene botanist Fran Jesenko(pictured) died while doing research for
Triglav National Park, which he helped establish?
... that the entrance porch of the Shankaragaurishvara Temple in Patan in
Jammu and Kashmir, built in the late ninth century, has intricately sculpted carvings that appear freshly chiseled?
... that the poetess Zhao Luanluan was assumed to be a
courtesan because she wrote erotic poems?
... that young men jump off a 25-metre (82 ft) waterfall for money at Baturraden?
... that Cyril Stanley Smith's sister said that "If he didn't go to Oxford or Cambridge, isn't Church of England, and doesn't like sports, you might as well marry an American"?
... that the Plantagenet Alliance went to court 529 years after
Richard III died to complain that their
human rights had been violated because they were not consulted on his place of burial?
... that Allan Randall Freelon's painting Barbecue – American Style was a protest against lynching?
... that it is impossible to identify some crayfish species, such as Procambarus natchitochae, without looking at the male reproductive organs or knowing the collection location?
00:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
... that the eponymous coral carver of
Alphonse de Lamartine's 1852 novel Graziella(pictured) was inspired by a cigar maker?
... that although Phantasmagoria was the best-selling computer game of 1995, some retailers like
CompUSA refused to carry it due to its violent content, and it was banned in Australia?
... that the Japanese World War II
flying aceKaname Harada has been an anti-war activist since 1991?
... that Esther Ballestrino, the former boss of Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later
Pope Francis), was thrown from an aircraft by the Argentine security services?
... that Carnufex is an extinct relative of crocodiles that lived 231 million years ago in Carolina?
... that in Wilson v. Territory of Arizona, 7 Arizona 47 (1901), Judge George Russell Davis found that bad spelling in a court finding was insufficient to overturn a conviction?
... that automotive design critic Robert Cumberford called the
Jaguar XKE "the ultimate automotive expression of phalliform perfection?"
... that when the marble plaques on the floor of Büyük Hamam, a
Turkish bath in
Nicosia, were disassembled, one of them was revealed to be a medieval tombstone?
... that Rogue Ales' Beard Beer was reported to be a hoax when it was introduced on
April Fools' Day in 2013?
7 April 2015
12:00, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
... that some
winter warmers(example pictured), a type of seasonal beer, were historically aged in barrels for months or years to enhance their flavor profiles?
... that the upcoming film The Great Wall is said to be the largest film ever shot entirely in China?
... that Chandro Tomar, an octogenarian from
Johri, has attained fame as an accomplished shooter with 25 national championships and is believed to be the oldest woman sharpshooter in the world?
... that Australian recording artist
Sia agreed to release 1000 Forms of Fear on the condition that she was not obligated to do a tour or press appearances?
... that in its final episode, after six seasons and over 700 musical performances, the last song sung on the US television series Glee was "
I Lived" by
OneRepublic?
... that Vivian Pinn(pictured), the former director of the
NIH Office for Research on Women's Health, was the first African-American woman to head a pathology department in the United States?