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... that the valley of Laurel Run is the only place in the
USGS quadrangle of Elk Grove where Wisconsinan Flow-
Till occurs?
... that Danish retail billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen is the second largest private landowner in Scotland?
... that the Chandos Glass Cone was used for pottery and brick manufacture for much longer than it was for
glassmaking?
... that although the
Greek Orthodox bishop of
Korçë, Photios, took initiatives for the promotion of the local education, he was assassinated in 1906 for not supporting
Albanian cultural activity?
... that one man was the model for three of the figures representing the stages of a
Scouting career in
Norman Rockwell's Growth of a Leader, and the man's son was the model for the fourth?
... that the composer Aram Khachaturian was "entirely a creation of the Soviet musical and dance establishment"?
... that Big Run drains an area of only half a square mile?
27 January 2015
12:13, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
... that the chronicle Gesta Hungarorum(pictured) explicitly mentions only the
Khazars and
Székelys as peoples who inhabited the realm of Duke Menumorut around 900?
... that King
Narathihapate of
Pagan compared his Chief Minister Yazathingyan, who had just put him on the throne, to unnecessary scaffold before exiling him to
Dala?
... that the sword of the god Vishnu symbolizes knowledge?
... that if the solar storm of 2012(pictured) had hit
Earth, it might have taken several years to recover from the resulting widespread destruction of electronic equipment?
... that after The American Review's owner expressed admiration for Hitler and Mussolini, a former contributor said he wouldn't write for it again "if it were the last publication left in America"?
01:58, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
... that Elk Run(pictured) received its name when one of the few elk in northeast Pennsylvania was killed in the stream?
... that the Cronica Walliae helped popularise a legend that the Welsh discovered America in about 1170, a tale used to justify English encroachments on the early colonies of the
Spanish Empire?
... that Bloody Run is so named due to a legend that a hunter killed seven deer near the stream in one day?
... that plastiglomerates are rock formations that contain plastic?
02:28, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
... that under suspicion of having nationalist sympathies,
Armenian priest Garegin Srvandztiants(pictured) was closely monitored by the Ottoman government?
... that Maximilian Henry of Bavaria was an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire who restricted the power of the Emperor and ultimately wound up opposing the Emperor in war?
... that the Swedish woman Karolina Olsson purportedly stayed in a constant state of sleep for 32 years?
22 January 2015
14:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
... that Guiuan Church(pictured) is known in the
Philippines for the extensive
shell ornamentation in its interiors?
... that
Kim Hyung Jun released and promoted the Japanese version of his single "Always Love You" at around the time that both his film and television series were scheduled to premiere?
... that the 19th-century forger and swindler Monroe Edwards once used forged letters to get money from
Lord Spencer, but later repaid the nobleman with funds obtained from a later fraud?
... that in the late 19th century china painting(illustrated) was considered a useful occupation for women "who have nothing better to do than novel reading"?
... that publication of the final edition of the South African Defence Review 2012 was delayed for so long that it was retitled "South African Defence Review 2014"?
... that residents of the Percy and Wagner Almshouses in
Brighton were given two gowns, a black bonnet, and a duffel cloak "not to exceed 21 shillings" from Hanningtons department store (pictured)?
... that Indian film actor and director Aditya Raj Kapoor owns a construction company that developed amusement parks?
... that adjacent colonies of the lobed brain coral(pictured) may grow together to form a composite
colony?
... that little is known about The Lady's Realm's publishing history because many records were destroyed during
the Blitz?
... that football club
Dukla Prague achieved their record win, 10–0, under the management of Jiří Lopata?
... that in the 1984
Indian Tamil film Achamillai Achamillai, a dwarf character named "Suthanthiram" (literally, "Freedom") metaphorically depicts that the freedom of the nation is stunted?
... that Marsh Run is only 1 mile (1.6 km) long, but flows through two counties?
16 January 2015
20:57, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
... that the
Umbrella Movement transformed an eight-lane highway running through Hong Kong's financial district into an artistic canvas(statue pictured)?
... that an early nineteenth-century
Native American man refused to ascend Spanish Hill because he feared a spirit that "made holes through Indians' bodies"?
... that Luther's German Te Deum, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir", was set by
Bach in cantatas for New Year's Day and by
Mendelssohn to celebrate the millennium of the German Reich?
... that people tend to exhibit a negativity bias, such that negative experiences have a greater impact than positive experiences on psychological states and processes?
... that McCauley Mountain has numerous coal deposits, but all attempts at mining coal on the eastern side of the mountain were disastrous for the corporations that attempted it?
... that the Ariel Ace motorcycle has been called an "adult
Lego set" for its many factory customization options?
... that the English missionary James Sibree helped design and build approximately 50 churches in
Madagascar in addition to writing books about the island's flora and fauna?
... that
AT&T once warned customers that using a privacy device called the Hush-A-Phone could result in termination of their telephone service?
... that the mouths of Rough Run and Peterman Run are only 0.06 miles (0.1km) from each other?
... that the upcoming video game Adrift is a metaphor for the controversy caused by developer Adam Orth's comments on the
Xbox One's proposed
digital rights management strategy?
... that the Lord's Slope affects cricketers but not archers?
13 January 2015
16:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
... that the truncated spire of St Paul's Church, Seacombe(pictured during reconstruction) was restored to its original height using a stainless-steel frame?
... that after the end of the Second World War, newly
demobilised British soldiers in their demob suits felt that they had swapped one uniform for another?
... that Chi-Mc is a Korean term for a chicken and beer dinner?
12 January 2015
12:00, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
... that the British Army's first radar system, the Gun Laying radar(Mk. II pictured), used up the nation's entire stockpile of
chicken wire?
... that in 1989, the colonial coral Astroides calycularis expanded its range to the
Adriatic Sea after previously being restricted to an area west of
Sicily?
... that Daniel Ashelman built a cabin on Ashelman Run in the early 1800s and the land was still owned by the Ashelman family in 1982?
... that the Lenborough Hoard, found just before Christmas 2014, is believed to be one of the largest hoards of
Anglo-Saxon coins ever discovered in Britain?
... that Queen Myat Hla, given away by King
Minkhaung I of
Ava to
another man just five months into their marriage, returned to Ava as the chief queen 16 years later when the other man became king?
... that when the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls was released in South Korea, it featured a new character exclusive to the region's version?
... that Reilly Creek is one of the shortest named streams in the
Nescopeck Creek watershed and is considerably shorter than even its own tributary, Mill Creek?
00:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
... that
Swedish Democrat politician Linus Bylund(pictured) made an election campaign song for the party as part of the duo Korpöga?
... that the Egyptian pharaoh
Seti II was buried in tomb KV15 in the
Valley of the Kings after a later pharaoh took over the tomb where he may originally have been buried?
... that the Caribbean Legion was a loosely-knit group of political exiles and mercenaries that sought to overthrow dictatorships in
Central America?
... that Pakistani cricketer Kiran Baluch's 242 against the West Indies is the highest individual score in
Women's Test cricket?
... that Livermore, California's Carnegie Library started with just 250 books?
6 January 2015
12:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
... that Guillaume Gallienne(pictured) received critical acclaim for his portrayal of himself and his mother in his 2013 autobiographical comedy film Me, Myself and Mum?
... that North American Piedmontese cattle(pictured) are a breed of beef cattle originating from the Italian Piedmontese cattle that carry a unique gene mutation that causes double muscling?
... that in the film Paa ("Father"), actor Abhishek Bachchan portrays a father, while his real-life father, actor
Amitabh Bachchan, plays the role of his 13-year-old son?
... that although Chinese immigrants in Seattle were initially welcomed to the area, within a few decades they were the target of anti-Chinese riots?
... that an American court case hinges on whether the
Communications Decency Act immunizes web-based service providers against civil claims brought by users for harm caused by other users?
... that the creation of the pro-Russian Donbass Association was viewed by many as an act of Russian involvement in
Sweden, causing one commentator to proclaim that "the shadow of
Moscow reaches
Scania"?
... that the aero-engined car "
Babs" (pictured) crashed at
Pendine, Wales in 1927 and was buried under the sand before being excavated in 1969 and ultimately restored to working order by 1985?
... that it has been estimated that the measure Proposition 47, enacted this past year in
California, will affect about 40,000 annual felony convictions in that state?
... that when Bruckner's Pange lingua was published in Musica sacra, the journal's editor removed "some of the work's more daring harmonies" without the composer's consent?
00:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
... that while
Georges Méliès recreated The Eruption of Mount Pelee(pictured) using scale models and pyrotechnics,
Edison employees attempted to get a similar effect by making a beer barrel explode?
... that Thurstaston Hall in
Merseyside has been described as being "of charming appearance, tranquil and mellow"?
... that during the
Vietnam War, Ronald Markarian flew 116 combat reconnaissance missions and received numerous awards?
... that the sea anemone Aiptasia diaphana can produce new individuals when fragments of its base become detached?