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... that William Tassie thought parents would send their children to private schools if other schools did not provide the opportunity to learn
Latin at an early age?
... that although the Smith's red rock hare is a nocturnal species, it occasionally comes out during early mornings or late afternoons in places where it is not hunted?
... that the Delaware Railroad was sued in 1863 because it did not have enough freight cars to transport a
bumper crop of peaches?
28 September 2017
00:45, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
The Elbphilharmonie
... that
Kent Nagano commissioned Jörg Widmann's oratorio Arche for the opening celebrations of the
Elbphilharmonie(pictured), and conducted 300 performers in the premiere?
... that during the Rhine Campaign of 1796, the French troops were hampered by having to steal their supplies, which turned the local populations against them?
... that the anti-illegal immigration bill Georgia House Bill 87, which was signed into law in 2011, was partly based on
Arizona's
SB 1070 immigration bill?
... that white-crowned forktails(example pictured) breed between mountaintops in
Borneo, but not with individuals of the same species in adjacent lowlands?
... that the dark, organic setting of the graphic adventure video game Oxenfree was designed to contrast with its bright, geometric, supernatural elements?
... that a
canoeist bore the São Tomé and Príncipe flag at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, but at the closing ceremony it was carried by an unnamed volunteer?
... that, in 1895, Orelia Key Bell dedicated a collection of poems to her "Heavenly Muse" Ida Jane Ash, next to whom she is now buried in
Atlanta?
... that after the Stadt Zürich collided with another ship in
Lindau Harbour, a Bavarian correspondent sarcastically commented that it had sunk more German ships than the entire
Royal Danish Navy?
... that Hippopotamus is
Sparks' first UK top-ten album in over 40 years?
... that architect Mikhail Eisenstein and his film-director
son Sergei fought on opposite sides of the Russian Civil War?
... that in order to accurately portray her character Kirsty Clements' domestic violence storyline, actress
Lucy Gaskell spoke to women affected by domestic abuse?
... that when the Pass A L'Outre Light began to sink into the ground, its floor was raised and a new door cut in its side to compensate?
... that although it drinks when it gets the chance, the Natal red rock hare(illustration pictured) can obtain all the moisture it needs from its food and the dew?
... that the cellar system(pictured) under the
Kőbánya district of
Budapest, Hungary, has served as a limestone quarry, a beer cellar, an aircraft engine factory, and a bicycle race venue?
... that the season two premiere of the Canadian television series 19-2 featured an uninterrupted, 13-minute single-camera sequence of a school shooting, based on the
2006 Dawson College shooting in Montreal?
... that the scale worm Arctonoe vittata protects the keyhole limpet(shell pictured) with which it lives by attacking predatory starfish?
... that 14-year-old Lai Ning died fighting a
forest fire in China in 1988 and was subsequently declared a revolutionary martyr?
... that
Vince Lombardi began his football coaching career at
New Jersey's St. Cecilia High School, where he taught algebra, chemistry, physics and Latin, in addition to his coaching duties?
... that the
Martian wedge-shaped mound Abalos Mensa has been described as "an enigmatic wedge of material"?
... that Anette Hosoi designed a robot snail that moved by rippling over artificial
snail slime?
... that Ōrora Satoshi is the heaviest ever wrestler in professional
sumo?
... that television showings and online streaming of the documentary Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence were stopped after a blogger discredited its key photograph?
... that Nancy Coonsman sculpted Victory, the war memorial erected in
Cheppy, France, to honor the men from Missouri in the
35th Infantry Division killed during World War I?
... that the creator of the popular YouTube channel Ali-A has been called a "YouTube megastar" by the
BBC?
... that Paolo and Francesca, the second work "for Reader with Piano accompaniment" by pianist and composer Berenice Wyer, was performed in New York and Chicago?
... that Frederick Langenheim made the first set of panoramic images (example pictured) of
Niagara Falls and a sequential set of images of the first American total solar eclipse ever photographed?
... that the producers of the
horror podcastTanis have never confirmed whether the show is fictitious?
... that although Tammy Kingery left her keys inside her
South Carolina house when she disappeared from it three years ago today, the door was found locked from the outside?
... that the oldest surviving illuminated Passover Haggadah depicts Jews as humans with the faces and beaks of birds (detail pictured)?
... that Ivy Wedgwood's retirement after 21 years in the
Australian Senate was reported with the headline "Ivy is a housewife again"?
... that
Henry Purcell's eight-voice anthem Hear my prayer, O Lord features "pungent" harmonies in a long, "inexorable" build-up to a "towering dissonant tone cluster" right before it ends?
... that during the American Civil War, Ephraim C. Dawes almost lost his lower jaw to a bullet wound, but went on to become a noted public speaker?
... that the two distinct forms of the
Martian dunes of Hyperboreae Undae apparently cannot coexist?
... that the British climber and YouTuber Ally Law was globally banned from all sites owned by
Merlin Entertainments after trespassing in
Thorpe Park and climbing the
Stealth roller coaster?
... that learning Japanese bamboo weaving(pictured) involves a lengthy apprenticeship and the skills require at least a decade to fully master?
... that before becoming a state representative and state senator, George Merryman served as a ship's doctor on a commercial steamship traveling between
Portland, Oregon and the
Far East?
... that after a deal with Shark Tank member
Mark Cuban fell through,
meal kit delivery service Plated earned a deal with another shark?
00:00, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
Berlin Street Scene
... that in 2006, the English communist Anita Halpin recovered Berlin Street Scene(pictured) by
Ernst Kirchner, which was looted from her grandfather by the Nazis, and sold it for £20.5 million?
... that when only 23 years old, Nigel Williams was tasked with restoring
"the most iconic object"(pictured) from a spectacular archaeological discovery?
... that the
amphipodLuckia striki was named after the location of its discovery, the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent?
... that Ghanaian legislator Samuel Atta Akyea suggested that the fight against
galamseyers required military support?
... that Krake ZK 14 was a floating poet's workshop?
... that the video game developer Dontnod Entertainment found success in narrative-driven games after their debut action game had poor sales?
... that although the 8.0Mw1679 Sanhe-Pinggu earthquake devastated towns near
Beijing, China, during the
Qing dynasty, another large earthquake along this fault is not expected for 6,500 years?
... that Kalasipalyam in central
Bangalore, India, known for its traffic congestion and unhygienic conditions, is also a transportation hub for 800,000 bus passengers a day?
... that Eleonore von Grothaus, a writer and poet, raised thirteen children, including seven from her husband's first marriage, and educated
a future queen?
... that from 1981, Swiss set designer Marco Arturo Marelli also directed operas, and in 2010 staged the premiere of Reimann's Medea at the Vienna State Opera?
... that in 2014, Iva Honyestewa created the pootsaya, a combination of coil and sifter basket, "a rare innovation in
Hopibasketry"?
... that the UK organization Serious Hazards of Transfusion discourages hospitals from using some blood products donated by women?
... that
Katsura Hoshino acceded to her editor's demand to draw her D.Gray-manmanga character Lenalee Lee with long hair, but then had her lose part of her hair in a fight?
13 September 2017
00:00, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Peter Gabriel
... that
Peter Gabriel(pictured) wrote "Biko" after learning of the death of
Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977?
... that Danish-born Jørgen Jensen was awarded the
Victoria Cross for an action during which he pulled the pin from a hand grenade with his teeth?
... that Phyllodoce mucosa can form "roads" as they crawl across the beach towards carcasses?
... that Reinhard Peters conducted several new operas and
Wilhelm Killmayer's Tre Canti di Leopardi, and a number of his recordings were chosen for the CD compilation Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000?
... that American novelist Cynthia Propper Seton, who wrote about affluent, middle-aged wives and mothers dissatisfied with their lives, was often compared to
Jane Austen?
... that the 3.5 miles (5.6 km) separating the New York City Subway's JFK Airport and
Broad Channel stations is the longest distance between two consecutive stations in the system?
... that the
Kingdom of Bosnia allowed the Ottoman Turks to penetrate deep into their territory before inflicting a heavy defeat on them at the 1388 Battle of Bileća?
... that the mirror suggested by
Elsie de Wolfe and added by James Amster to make his Amster Yard look bigger is still in place today?
... that when her husband was shot by police during a
Quit India protest march, Tara Rani Srivastava bandaged his wounds with her
sari and continued leading the march?
... that prior to the season, the 2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team lost two players to graduation, three others who transferred, and two assistant coaches who took head coaching jobs?
... that American socialite Isabel Pell joined the
Maquis and rescued a contingent of American soldiers in France during World War II?
... that Bohemia Interactive bought a T-72 tank, stating: "A massive tanks goes out to everyone who has supported the studio and its games throughout the past 16 years"?
... that Elisabeth Kulman, Gora in the premiere of Reimann's Medea at the
Vienna State Opera, changed from soprano to mezzo, and from opera singer to concert singer?
... that Lillie Rose Ernst, the first woman assistant superintendent of instruction in the
St. Louis public school system, was the mentor of The Potters?
... that forest rings had gone unnoticed by geologists until
aerial photography became a common surveying tool in the 1950s?