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... that in
Assam, which has one of the largest elephant populations in India, the practice followed to trap them was the khedda system(pictured), also known as Mela Shikar?
... that the Indonesian film actress Titien Sumarni was married to her uncle?
... that Cecil Thomas won the competition to design the first coinage for
Queen Elizabeth II, but his design was used on only two British coins?
... that during the photo shoot for the cover of Take Back,
Kumi Koda did not even know what that shoot was for?
... that orbs are found at Cerro Panizos in Bolivia?
... that an online petition calling for the removal of Survival Island 3 from
Google Play and the
App Store had received more than 60,000 signatures as of January 16, 2016?
... that the Indonesian composer Koesbini changed the final lines of his song "Bagimu Negeri" at the request of
Sukarno?
... that pre-orders of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus exceeded four million within its first 24 hours of availability?
... that Typhoon Fran in 1976 produced a then record 1,140 mm (44.8 in) of rain in 24 hours, in
Hiso, Japan?
... that before becoming a successful pulp magazine illustrator, Modest Stein was an aspiring assassin until he dumped his dynamite in a Pittsburgh
outhouse?
... that during the Napoleonic occupation of the Principality of Erfurt, the
French introduced street lighting and a tax on foreign horses to pay for maintaining the road surface?
... that Birdsill Holly invented a water pumping system for city mains that not only supplied
drinking water for domestic service, but also furnished water under pressure for
fire hydrants(Holly fire hydrant pictured)?
... that the claimant in the English court case of Woodroffe-Hedley v Cuthbertson was a six-year-old child whose father had died in a mountaineering accident in France?
No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School pupil in a
DH.60 Moth, c. 1940
... that lack of parachutes cut flying at No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF(pupil pictured) before "permission was granted to continue training without them until supplies were forthcoming"?
... that American artist Katherine Schmidt made paintings with a realism that one critic called "mysterious" and another "magical"?
... that an unusual number of recipients of the
Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honour for gallantry, are buried in Richmond Cemetery?
... that while interviewing for the post of dean of women at
Bates College, Judith Magyar Isaacson was asked if she had ever resided in a dormitory and she replied, "Yes, at
Auschwitz"?
... that the marbled swamp eel can live out of water for at least six months?
... that the Sydney Jewish Museum records the contribution that
Holocaust survivors made to Australia, which has more survivors per capita than any country except Israel?
... that 23 years ago, the game Electro Man came with a
cassette tape containing the soundtrack?
... that Swedish politician Julia Kronlid has worked as a volunteer at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea?
... that clam juice and aspirin were served at the
Everleigh Clubbrothel as a starter for breakfast, which began at 2:00 in the afternoon?
00:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
Female ghostly seadevil with two attached males
... that many female ghostly seadevils(pictured) never encounter a male in the ocean depths in which they live?
... that various onion cakes are consumed in China, Germany, Korea, Switzerland, Wales, and other countries?
... that journalist Ametist Azordegan is a member of the
Grammis award jury and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame?
... that
Pioneer Place commissioned the Soaring Stones sculpture as a gift to city residents to replace a fountain that was removed during construction of the mall?
... that although all copies of William Ketel's work on the miracles of
John of Beverley are lost, a previous transcription of the work forms the basis for the edition printed in Acta Sanctorum?
... that the Australian shrub Isopogon anemonifolius(pictured) was first cultivated in the UK in 1791?
... that until 1989 a wide downtown
Yangon street was named after Htaw Lay, a 19th-century defector to the
British and principal restorer of the
Shwedagon Pagoda?
... that Freefall 3050 A.D. was one of only eight video games released for the
Nuon platform?
... that many Iranian women chose not to leave their houses, and a few even committed suicide, to avoid removing their
hijabs due to
Reza Shah's Kashf-e hijab decree?
... that contemporaries of the American artist Adelaide Lawson saw her as a lovably gypsy-like young woman who "had never been taught to wash her ears and neck"?
00:00, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
Domaine de Marie
... that Suzanne Humbert, the wife of former French Governor of Indochina
Jean Decoux, is buried in the Domaine de Marie Catholic convent (pictured) in
Da Lat, Vietnam?
... that five protesters were shot during demonstrations against the shooting of Jamar Clark?
... that in the Maitreya Upanishad,
Sakayanya expounds the nature of human life, stating that "Artha is Anartha", or "objects of senses are in truth worthless"?
... that to get her first job in television, Melissa Bachman worked for free, drove 150 miles (240 km)* daily, and supported herself as a waitress?
... that the red-tailed goby lays its eggs in fresh water but the
larvae will die if they are not washed downstream to the sea?
... that smokebushes get their name from the resemblance of their flowers to smoke arising from the plant?
... that Fanny Knight excavated a Roman villa, repaired a castle, wrote a book, and was an accomplished botanist and artist?
... that the Museum of Goa in India does not host a permanent collection, instead operating as a
gallery temporarily exhibiting works from around the world?
... that the Bulgarian idiom "Ideal Petrov", denoting something of excellent quality, derives from the name of an actor?
00:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Clara Henry
... that Clara Henry(pictured) wrote the book I've Got the Period, So What? about female
menstrual periods and why women should not be ashamed to talk about them?
... that the Theatre Royal in
Bath has been described by the
Theatres Trust as "one of the most important surviving examples of
Georgian theatre architecture"?
... that the nearly 2000-year-old Hindu text Jabala Upanishad discusses what makes
Varanasi(pictured) holy?
... that when General
Vang Pao begged senior generals for reinforcements to stave off defeat in Campaign 139, they were busy with parade practice?
... that "Zueignung" (Dedication), the first published song by
Richard Strauss, was dedicated to
Heinrich Vogl, the principal tenor of the Munich Court Opera?
... that fig cake and similar cakes have traditionally been served in the
Appalachian Mountains as a part of Old Christmas celebrations?
... that 2015 auction prices for pieces from the
Meissen porcelainSwan Service of 1737–1742 (example pictured) include £31,250 for a teacup and saucer?
... that King
Henry II of England supposedly said of Alan de Neville, his chief forester, that an abbey could have his body, the king would have his money, and "the demons of hell his soul"?
... that a small fish, the California grunion, buries its eggs in sand high on a beach?
... that one historian described the family relationships of Alan de Neville (
floruit 1168) as "a veritable labyrinth into which many a genealogical enquiry has vanished without trace"?
... that the
National Education Association started a teacher legal defense fund with monies left over from collections for Kate Frank's case to be rehired by Muskogee schools?
... that some trainee pilots of Project Waterpump had to sit on cushions to fly?
00:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Sharyn Canyon
... that the geology of the Sharyn Canyon(pictured) is sedimentary red sandstone, which has weathered to create unusual formations?
... that the video for the rap number "An Open Letter to Honey Singh", which was written in one hour, received around a million hits in five days?
... that Crab Run is listed as being impaired by
abandoned mine drainage, even though no mining has been done in its watershed?
... that, according to a
Reuters analyst, Hyundai launched Genesis Motors to target "fat profit margins from high-end motorists to help it reverse out of a protracted earnings slide"?
... that French economist Laurence Tubiana, appointed Special Ambassador to the
COP21 climate change meeting in Paris, managed the negotiations that led to a new agreement signed by 195 countries?
21 January 2016
12:00, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Jarrad Seng
... that photographer Jarrad Seng(pictured) pranked music festivalgoers by disguising himself as American DJ
Steve Aoki?
... that Jessica Plummer started her singing and acting careers in 2013?
... that during feeding, the cichlid fish Retroculus lapidifer dives into the sediment with its mouth open and then expels sand through its gill chambers?
... that Lionel Royce, who fled Europe due to the Nazi persecution of Jews, became well known in American films for playing a Nazi?
... that the symmetrical appearance of Kankainen Manor is a result of renovations made between 1762 and 1763, when the windows were realigned and a false second entrance was added?
... that Rattling Run is a Coldwater Fishery, but had no fish as of 2001?
... that literary scholar Hana Wirth-Nesher grew up with her father reading to her in
Yiddish, her mother and grandmother speaking to her in
German, and her friends conversing with her in
English?
... that in 1965 a
USGS employee found everyone he met in and around
Freeburg, Pennsylvania, knew a nearby stream as "Susquehecka Creek", but only two knew how to spell the name?
... that the
Baltit Fort(pictured), which also functioned as a palace, was built when the village of Karimabad was under the rulership of the
Mir of Hunza?
... that a father and son received the death penalty for the Woodburn bank bombing, which accidentally killed two policemen?
... that at least seven denominations trace their history to
a Pentecostal church founded by Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate, the first American woman to serve as bishop in a nationally-recognized denomination?
... that the fossil bee Protohabropoda has a dense coating of hairs preserved on its body in places?
... that Alfred Charles Garratt was the first full-time medical doctor in
electrotherapy in the United States, and wrote the first book on the subject?
... that the British child rapist William Goad fled to Thailand, only to get caught using his credit card upon return and be sentenced to life imprisonment?
... that the first reported Shinto wedding ceremony was in the 1880s?
... that Kathy Bardswick got her first job at
The Co-operators Group when her mother applied for her and pretended she was Kathy when the company called back?
... that Governor Thilawa of Yamethin is said to have smiled only three times in his life?
00:00, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
Hors d'oeuvre
... that hors d'oeuvre trays (pictured) served on a table may be referred to as
buffet-style, while those held and passed by servers are part of
butler-style service or butlered hors d'oeuvres?
... that Surinam-born Dutch author Astrid Roemer is the first Caribbean writer selected to receive the highest Dutch literary prize, the
P. C. Hooft Award?
... that Dragon Age: Origins has 68,260 lines of dialogue, and its
quality assurance testers enabled a cheat to automatically skip dialogues during test runs?
... that the musicologist David Fallows discovered that the biography of composer
Johannes Ciconia was actually of Ciconia's father?
... that at General
Aung San's request, Myint Swe used to play the violin while
Khin Kyi sang the hits of the day?
15 January 2016
12:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Swimming porpoises
... that porpoises(pictured) were one of the most accessible species for early
cetologists, because they could be seen very close to land, inhabiting shallow coastal areas?
... that a reviewer of a solo exhibition by Lena Gurr said that the American artist "painted with the gusto of a
Goya"?
... that in 2015, the Indian whiskey Officer's Choice became the world's highest-selling
spirit brand?
... that Larycia Hawkins, American professor at
Wheaton College, was suspended after she wore a
hijab and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015?
... that shortly after the full moon and precisely 55 minutes after sunset, the female Bermuda fireworm rises to the sea surface and produces a
bioluminescent display?
14 January 2016
12:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
Arii Matamoe
... that Arii Matamoe(pictured), an 1892 painting of a Pacific Islander's severed head, may have been inspired by the death of
Pōmare V shortly after
Paul Gauguin's arrival in
Tahiti?
... that Ida Silverman logged over 600,000 air miles traveling the world, speaking and fund-raising for the creation of a
Jewish state?
... that Liza Levy, a board member and past president of the
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, originally joined the group as a way to make friends and retain her
Jewish identity?
... that places of worship in Woking borough include Britain's first mosque, a Buddhist temple in a former asylum and an Eastern Orthodox church in a cemetery?
... that choreographer and TV artist Davina Delor(pictured) became a
Buddhist nun after meeting the
Dalai Lama, and converted her country home in
Haims to a monastery?
... that in Dick Hogan's last film role, in the
Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rope, his character is murdered at the start and concealed in a chest at a dinner party?
... that in the painting A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms(pictured), a handwritten sign in
Flemish is posted on a wood placard that scholars have stated represented a warning to society at that time?
... that five-time
Pro Bowl linebacker John Offerdahl founded a chain of bagel restaurants, helped rescue an elderly couple from drowning, and may have foiled a murder attempt?
... that the second time that Christina Carpenter was placed in a cell, it had no door?
00:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
The Tour Ronde
... that a
mountain guide whose client was killed whilst climbing the Tour Ronde(pictured) near
Mont Blanc was successfully sued for negligence by the client's six-year-old son?
... that despite its name meaning "quick, active, swift" in
Old English, the River Tale is noted as being "sluggish"?
... that after being jailed for 10 years and then deported to Jordan, Palestinian communist leader Arabi Awwad was elected to the
Palestinian National Council in 1974?
... that the Milam Building was both the tallest brick and reinforced concrete structure and first office building with built in air conditioning in the United States when it opened in 1928?
... that the Army and Navy Union(badge shown) is the oldest veterans' organization in America?
... that sociologist C. K. Yang argued that
religion was an important "diffuse" force in Chinese society even though it was not institutionalized in churches?
... that the biologist
Honor Fell directed the Strangeways Research Laboratory for 41 years, then returned to continue her research until shortly before her death in 1986?
... that in David v. Poe, the Senate Electoral Tribunal of the Philippines declared that
Grace Poe, formerly a foundling, is a "natural-born Filipino", allowing her to remain in the
Philippine Senate?
... that Ju Zheng was persuaded to oppose
Chiang Kai-shek's candidacy for president of China in 1948 and received 10 percent of the vote in the National Assembly, with Chiang elected overwhelmingly?
... that after leading a nationwide strike during his presidency of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, Isaac Folorunso Adewole was declared a wanted man and had to go into exile?
... that the two-story station building at Readville was destroyed in a suspicious fire in 1983?
... that on 24 October 1941, Günther Lützow became the second fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories in World War II?
... that stale beer tends to smell like cat urine and then cardboard?
7 January 2016
12:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
A layer cake prepared with avocado
... that avocado cake(example pictured) may be topped with an avocado-based
fool, a pressed fruit mixture or fruit purée mixed with custard or cream?
... that while Caroline Stephen's book was considered a "
Quaker classic" even 100 years after publication,
her brother had dismissed it as "another little work of hers"?
... that violinist Mia Matsumiya spent ten years cataloging
online harassment that she received, and has created a popular
Instagram account featuring those messages?
... that the leaves of the scallop hakea cup the stem and the axillary flowers?
... that
Israeli filmmaker Yael Reuveny says she only really got to know her mother by interviewing her for Farewell Herr Schwarz, her documentary about her family's history?
... that the ice-breaking in the title Islossningen i Uleå älv, a 1889 composition for narrator, men's chorus, and orchestra by
Jean Sibelius, was a political statement?
... that the Manav Vikas Mission of the Government of
Maharashtra provides free bus service for village girls from their native village to their schools?
... that the house of the Chief or King of the community, at the southwestern end of Bawomataluo village, is said to be the "oldest and largest on
Nias"?
... that Qian Zhuangfei(pictured), a Communist secret agent credited with saving the life of Premier
Zhou Enlai, was the father of
Li Lili, nicknamed "China's
Mae West"?
... that the Welsh rugby league prop Morgan Evans made his national debut in a charity match against
Keighley Cougars in honour of the rugby league footballer
Danny Jones?
... that after Rachel Henderlite's 1965 ordination as a minister, a retired pastor sent her a postcard every year quoting the biblical injunction, "Let the women keep silent in the churches"?
... that Vernon Arnold Haugland was the first civilian to receive the
Silver Star medal, normally awarded only to members of the United States Armed Forces?
... that the legend of Lopamudra in
Mahabharata is said to be "the glorification of domestic life and family and demonstrates the incompleteness of a life based solely on asceticism"?
... that British media have compared the Scottish footballer Ryan Gauld to
Lionel Messi?
... that Elisabeth Abegg, a teacher who provided shelter to Jews during the
Holocaust, also tutored Jewish children at her home?
... that music from
Bach's cantata for New Year's Day, [[[Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171|Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (
help),
appears in his Mass in B minor?
... that Pu Shunqing is considered the first female screenwriter in China?
... that the Argentine stem weevil is not considered economically important in its native South America, but is a serious
agricultural pest in New Zealand?
... that Bara Gumbad(pictured), built during the
Lodi dynasty in 1490 CE, is believed to have the earliest constructed full
dome of any building in
Delhi?
... that by 1566, Fukuda was home to more than 1,000 Catholic Kirishitans?
... that Ardina Moore, a fluent speaker of
Quapaw, created her own workbook, tapes, and classes to help preserve and teach the language to younger members of her tribe?
... that
Jean Sibelius conducted his Andante Festivo in a live broadcast on New Year's Day 1939, the only sound document of his interpretation of his works?
... that in the 1907 Tour de France, some participants treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find?
00:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Raspberry-vanilla beer jam
... that beer jam(pictured) may be sweet or savory, and some have a syrupy consistency?
... that 210 journalists and intellectuals called for Governor Li Hongzhong to step down after he grabbed the recorder from a reporter who sought to interview him?
... that drummer, singer, and songwriter Emily Estefan was born in 1994 after her mother,
Gloria Estefan, had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash?