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... that chestnut cake may be prepared using flour from ground chestnuts?
00:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Georgiana Simpson
... that after receiving her PhD in 1921, Georgiana Simpson(pictured), like other black women scholars, could only find a university position teaching
home economics?
... that the plot for the Veronica Mars episode "Postgame Mortem" was based around a scene in an elevator, and the crew "wrote backwards" from that scene?
... that Lebanese
IT expert and
U.S. permanent residentNizar Zakka, detained in Iran since September 18, 2015, has been accused of being an American spy?
... that the Navalgund Durries are a type of Indian rug with geometric patterns and designs of birds and animals?
... that Governor Ye Liansong said he never thought of becoming a politician until he was told of his appointment as vice-mayor?
... that Puri hosts the famed
Rath Yatra, attended by at least a million people every year?
... that James Maxie Ponder,
St. Petersburg, Florida's first African-American physician, began a medical practice out of his home and accepted payment in poultry, vegetables, and ham?
00:00, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
A jack-o'-lantern Halloween cake
... that Halloween cake themes (example pictured) include cakes that resemble
jack-o'-lanterns and the human brain, and cupcakes with bloody teeth emerging from them?
... that Zeng Junchen, one of 20th-century China's most successful
drug lords, started out selling
salt?
... that in her colorful memoir When Denver and I Were Young, Edwina Hume Fallis warned against trying on another child's hat, because "you might bring home something you didn't like"?
26 February 2016
12:00, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Mells War Memorial
... that one son of a former prime minister unveiled Mells War Memorial(pictured) while another is commemorated on it?
... that Carrie A. Tuggle established the Tuggle Institute, in
Birmingham, Alabama, a boarding school to give free education for black children who were destitute orphans or juvenile defendants?
... that professional wrestler Atomic Star became the only rookie to compete in three El Protector tournaments when he won the 2016 El Protector?
... that Nic Case became the first driver to top 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) with a radio-controlled car in 2014?
... that Zvezdelina Stankova brought ideas from her Bulgarian mathematical education to California by founding the Berkeley
Math Circle?
... that the Indian state of Kerala celebrates over 10,000 festivals annually?
... that entrepreneur Ren Jianxin, founder of the world's 265th largest company, began with a loan of
CN¥ 10,000?
... that in the Battle of Dumpu, Lieutenant Colonel
Ralph Honner, although covered in blood and black ants, refused to be carried from the field for fear it might endanger the stretcher bearers?
00:00, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
Norwich War Memorial
... that Norwich War Memorial(pictured), first unveiled in 1927, was relocated in 1938, and then rotated in 2011?
... that Tibs the Great vanquished all his foes during his 14-year reign?
24 February 2016
12:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
Echinopsis spachiana in flower
... that the flower of the cactus Echinopsis spachiana(pictured) mainly opens at night?
... that the American policy analyst
Gareth Porter, argues in his Manufactured Crisis that allegations of Iran's attempts to build nuclear weapons have been fabricated by Israel and the United States?
... that Banner Lane was the site of one of the largest Second World War
British shadow factories with over one million square feet of floorspace?
... that Detty Kurnia is an Indonesian vocalist who sang Dari Sunda which was among the five best albums listed by
Q Magazine?
... that the losses sustained by the crew of patrol boat Phaethon, during the
battle of Tillyria in 1964, were the first battle casualties of the
Hellenic Navy after World War II?
... that C. C. Beall's 1945 Treasury poster (pictured) of
Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the raising of the American flag on
Iwo Jima was used for a World War II campaign which brought in $26 billion?
... that Paulette Poujol-Oriol's literary works focus principally on the social and economic problems of Haiti, evoking moral options and suggesting solutions?
... that to hike round the Mont Blanc massif in the
Alps is a 170-kilometre (110 mi) trip, usually taking 11 days, but top athletes run round the
Tour du Mont Blanc circuit in just 21 hours?
... that director Naji Abu Nowar produced Theeb,
Jordan's first film ever to be nominated for an Academy Award?
... that Undulatoolithus, a kind of
fossil egg from China, probably received intensive parental care?
... that the Bestiaire by Philip de Thaun is one of two medieval English sources for the story behind the phrase "
crocodile tears"?
... that Rose Piper's 1946 painting Back Water was inspired by
Bessie Smith's "Backwater Blues"?
22 February 2016
12:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Kashmir papier-mâché with paint and gold leaf
... that Kashmir papier-mâché(pictured), a colourful painted handicraft of
Kashmir that was brought by
Shia Muslims from
Persia in the 15th century, is based primarily on paper pulp?
... that Wang Baosen, vice mayor of
Beijing, committed suicide while under investigation for corruption?
... that Astrid Schirmer appeared in roles by Richard Wagner, both Venus and Elisabeth in his Tannhäuser, and in the Bayreuth Jahrhundertring as both Ortlinde and Sieglinde?
... that the
association footballerDick Pudan was banned from the sport in 1907 after he walked out on his club, which had refused to let him play professional cricket too?
... that in Abandon the Old in Tokyo,
Yoshihiro Tatsumi wanted to depict postwar Japan, where he felt that the focus on economic growth was given precedence over the lifestyles of its people?
... that
Gujarat's Sankheda furniture is named after the
Sankheda village, where it is made with teak wood and lacquer and painted in traditional bright shades of maroon and gold?
... that nearly $26 million of funds for a $42.5 million Haitian education program went missing after being raised partly from taxes on international phone calls?
... that the then Iranian prime minister,
Mir-Hossein Mousavi, defined the Bridgeton incident as "an irreparable blow on America's political and military prestige"?
... that sandalwood oil is so important to the economy of
Mysore, India, that it has been registered and trademarked?
... that shortly after becoming the first woman and first African American television news anchor in
Colorado, Reynelda Muse began wearing an
Afro on the air to assert her identity?
00:15, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
Fresco of a servant in the Roman Tomb of Silistra
... that the 4th-century frescoes in the Roman Tomb of
Silistra depict a procession of servants (example pictured) carrying gifts to the tomb's owners?
... that Florida Ruffin Ridley co-founded the Society for the Collection of Negro Folklore?
... that a fan-made video called "Shrek is love, Shrek is life" and its duplications garnered more than three million views by May 2014?
00:00, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Black Cross Nurses' parade, 1922
... that in an era when women of
African descent had little access to education or public role models, the Black Cross Nurses(pictured) trained them in
healthcare, allowing them to be seen in leadership roles?
... that in 1898 Sir Joseph Terry died of heart failure due to over-exertion while attempting to win a by-election in
York?
... that the Negro Labor Committee was formed in 1935 so that African Americans could be allowed to join labor unions?
... that
Calvin Coolidge described his beloved dog Rob Roy(pictured) as a "stately gentleman of great courage and fidelity"?
... that shortly after the
forced conversions of
Muslims in
Castile, a fatwa was issued which allowed outward practice of Christianity while secretly keeping the Islamic faith?
... that despite being described by its leader as "liberal", the Social Encounter Party supported a constitutional amendment in
Baja California to ban same-sex marriage?
... that Sarah Tenant-Flowers has worked as an administrator for the Choir of the Year and as General Manager of "
The Sixteen"?
... that
Vice PremierKang Shi'en, China's "energy czar", received an unprecedented demerit of the first grade after an oil rig accident that killed 72 people?
... that Pura Vida Bracelets, which now sells over 125,000 bracelets a month, started when two friends brought 400 bracelets back from a vacation in Costa Rica?
... that the ancient text Nirvana Upanishad is written in
Sutra-style and states that a solitary place is a monastery of bliss for a
Hindu monk?
... that the
proposed sculptureRebirth, projected as a deer with a human child's face, was meant to represent "the interaction between the nearby
riparian forest and the people living in
Oak Grove"?
... that the French General André Sordet's cavalry corps covered close to 1,500 km (930 miles) in the first month of World War I?
... that Donald Lavoie, a
hit man for Montreal's
Dubois Gang, escaped his intended execution at their hands by sliding down a laundry chute?
... that
Gregg Allman's album Laid Back was titled as an inside reference to a studio term that Allman coined for when a song needed to be more relaxed?
... that jazz pianist and composer Dodo Marmarosa once got mad at his old piano and chopped it up with an ax?
00:00, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
Pocket FM, a portable radio transmitter
... that a portable radio transmitter called Pocket FM(pictured) enables people to create
pirate radio networks in areas where authoritarian governments tightly control communications?
... that the auxiliary nurse midwife is a village-level female health worker in India who acts as the first contact person between the community and the health services?
... that Romona Robinson won a television news anchor job in
Cleveland, Ohio, with a demo tape that showed her remaining poised and self-confident while "being wiped out by a hurricane-whipped wave"?
... that Xin Fengxia(pictured) refused to divorce her persecuted husband Wu Zuguang, and he took care of her after she was persecuted and became paralyzed?
... that Sports Phone received 50 million calls in 1981?
... that the husband-and-wife
piano duo of Bartlett and Robertson were said to play like "four hands at a double keyboard controlled by a single mind"?
... that Rosita Baltazar, co-founder of the Belize National Dance Company, taught language and dance on
St. Vincent in a
Garifuna cultural reclamation project?
... that the Hindu text Kathashruti Upanishad, composed before the 3rd-century CE, states a
sannyasi should neither rejoice when someone praises him, nor curse when someone abuses him?
... that the mountain nyala, featured on the obverse of the
Ethiopian ten santim coin (pictured), was the last species of large antelope to be discovered in Africa?
... that Ruth Guimarães, the first
Afro-Brazilian author to gain a nationwide audience, translated classic literature but also wrote original works about
fables, legends, and everyday life?
... that the ancient
Sanskrit text Dhyanabindu Upanishad states there is a soul in every living being just as there is fragrance in flowers and butter in milk?
... that Mami Kawada's music career began after she was discovered by her music teacher?
... that the
cosmology in the ancient
Hindu text Avyakta Upanishad proposes that there was nothing, until light appeared consisting of knowledge and bliss, followed by the universe?
... that authorities in 17th-century Amsterdam ordered the confiscation and burning of
Adriaan Koerbagh's Een Bloemhof because of its heretical opinions?
... that in Glik v. Cunniffe, the
First Circuit noted that "we have previously recognized that the videotaping of public officials is an exercise of First Amendment liberties"?
... that after the departure of the previously attached
distributor, the upcoming film Bad Moms' U.S. rights are now being handled by
STX Entertainment?
... that rebel leader Spiro Crne was forced to leave Serbia after Ottoman diplomatic intervention?
... that the ancient Nyāya Sūtras text of
Hindu philosophy is a discourse on knowledge and logic which was studied by scholars of
Buddhism in the 2nd century CE?
... that The New York Times described the book
Psychic Blues as "a compelling look at the disputed territory where entertainment meets religion"?
... that the decline of
Angkor marked the beginning of the Middle Khmer period, during which the language's number of vowels was doubled in a few centuries?
... that a financial analyst considered Evolve, released one year ago today, to be "too niche to reach a wide audience"?
... that Swedish actress Bahar Pars was born in
Shiraz, Iran, and came to Sweden in 1989 after her family fled the war with Iraq?
... that the first post-Reformation Catholic Church in
Aberdeen, St Peter's Church, closed in 1860 when
the cathedral was built, but was re-opened 20 years later?
... that after he tackled the assassin of
William McKinley, former slave James Benjamin Parker said, "
Father Abe freed me, and now I saved his successor from death, provided that bullet ... don't kill him"?
... that software startup company Tartan Laboratories was considered an example of
Pittsburgh's attempt in the 1980s to shift from an industrial-based economy to high technology?
... that in December 1869 an employee of the Alert committed suicide by jumping overboard into the
Willamette River after being released from an
insane asylum?
... that the male Krabi mouth-brooding betta incubates the fertilized eggs in his mouth until they hatch?
... that China's Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport, currently being built on 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) of reclaimed land, is set to become the world's largest offshore airport?
... that the 12th-century nobleman Hugh of Chalcombe faced arrest for failing to answer a charge of wrongful possession of
cattle?
00:00, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
A shrimp and corn chowder
... that chowder(example pictured) originated as a
shipboard dish, and was thickened with
hardtack?
... that Ford Fry has been described as one of the most prolific chefs and restaurateurs in the United States?
... that the coral Polycyathus muellerae is part of an assemblage of organisms that grow in caves?
... that Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, a 10th-century
Shia jurist and theologian, was said to be so persuasive in debate that he could convince his opponents "that a wooden column was actually gold"?
9 February 2016
12:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Ranikot Fort
... that the Ranikot Fort(pictured), also known as the Great Wall of
Sindh, is believed to be one of the world's largest forts, and has been compared to the
Great Wall of China?
... that
American football player Thomas Duarte was one of the rare high-profile college recruits to be of Asian descent?
00:00, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Malouma
... that before she became a
Senator of
Mauritania, Malouma(pictured) was censored for her songs, which promoted women's rights and challenged apartheid?
... that the 140–160 mm (5.5–6.3 in) long wings of Makarkinia are the longest of any
lacewing?
... that St. Paul's Church, Rusthall, has been viewed as a symbol of the wealth of
Tunbridge Wells due to the churchyard being "chockablock with expensive tombstones and memorials"?
00:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
Dibatag
... that rock paintings of the dibatag(pictured) have been discovered on the west bank of the
Nile River, far from its present range?
... that Brenda Andrews co-led a team of scientists to create the first fully detailed cell protein map?
... that the ancient
Sanskrit text Kundika Upanishad states a man should visit sacred places in his retirement, and take his wife with him?
... that although For What It's Worth was originally meant to have a different expert each week, the episodes were broadcast such that there was a different expert allocated to each weekday?
... that in 2001, Cliff Lett broke the official land speed record for
radio-controlled cars, exceeding 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) for the first time?
... that in
windsurfing, performing a waterstart(example pictured) in a light wind is considered to be an expert-level skill?
... that Sonia Humphrey took the
ABC to the
Anti-Discrimination Board in 1984, after the broadcaster removed her from an on-air role, citing her pregnancy as a "visual overload" to viewers?
... that Guinness World Records named Saugat Bista, the seven-year-old director of Love You Baba, the "youngest director of a professionally made feature length film"?
... that the shrub Persoonia laxa was found in Sydney but is now presumed extinct?
... that Dave Howie played
rugby seven times for
Scotland, but his father refused to watch him play?
00:00, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Sandsfoot Castle
... that
Historic England considers Sandsfoot Castle(pictured) to be "one of the most substantial examples" of the 16th-century blockhouse to survive in England?
... that a man reputedly died riding a horse backwards up a hill at the Mitre Inn(pictured) in
Chipping Barnet?
... that Minuetta Kessler, a classical composer and concert pianist who wrote and performed her first piece at age five, created a game to teach
musical composition to young children?
... that the Mongalla gazelle has continued its extensive migration in
South Sudan despite three decades of civil war?