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...that Higgins Glass(pictured) refers to
fused glass functional artwork produced by Michael and Frances Higgins of
Chicago, in the latter half of the 20th century?
...that Alexander Korzhakov contends that his political adversaries wanted to kill his main rival in the 1997 parliamentary
by-election in
Tula in order to deem it invalid?
...that although
NASA originally thought that there was only one scalloped margin dome on the planet
Venus(pictured), they have since discovered hundreds of them?
...that
choreographerGillian Lynne took up dance as a child to recover from the violent death of her mother?
...that at the
Roman festival of Quinquatria in
59, Emperor
Nero invited his mother
Agrippina to his villa, as part of his plan to assassinate her?
...that David Ross Boyd, the first president of the
University of Oklahoma, planted nearly 10,000 trees on campus during his first 18 months in the post?
...that the Kassel glosses, one of the earliest written documents of the
Old High German language, form a practical language guide for foreigners and include phrases containing the jocular xenophobic jibe "Romans are stupid, Bavarians are smart"?
...that the
Roman festival of hilaria, which allowed anyone to
masquerade as any rank, was used in a plot to assassinate
EmperorCommodus, by conspirators planning to disguise themselves as members of the
Praetorian Guard?
...that
BritishLabour PartyMPRoland Boyes continued in office after being diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease in 1995, but his condition had deteriorated so much that, upon his retirement in
1997, he was unaware that his party had gained control after 18 years in opposition?
...that one can live, work, and play in Fermont, Quebec without going outside, because the town is bordered on two sides by a long building containing living, shopping, work and recreational facilities all under one roof?
... that
NASA test pilot Joe Walker'sX-1E and record-setting
X-15 were two of the very few research aircraft to have
nose art? (pictured, Joe Walker and the X-1E)
...that the only recorded use of the phrase "We who are about to die salute you" in
Ancient Rome was at a naumachia, a theatrical naval spectacular, not said by
gladiators as is widely believed?
...that professional
ice hockey player Duncan MacPherson disappeared in 1989 at the age of 23, and was found dead 15 years later on a mountain in
Austria?
...that Sabantuy is a
Tatar summer festival which features such contests as
Tatar wrestling, horse racing, race-in-sack, pillar-climbing, egg-in-spoon-in-mouth-racing, and finding a coin in a bowl of sour milk?
...that a
Roman man once received the
surname of "Tricongius" for his ability to drink three congii of
wine (9.8
litres; 2.6
gallons) in one sitting in a feat that he once performed before Emperor
Tiberius?
...that when
NASCAR driver David Gilliland won his first career
Busch Series race in
2006, driving for an unsponsored part-time team, commentator
Hermie Sadler called it "the biggest upset in Busch Series history"?
...that in 2003, the
Cuban town of San Antonio de Los Baños had no water for 2 days while a 100-year old
aqueduct supplying the city was being repaired?
...that Artrain USA(pictured) is a 5-
carart gallery that tours the U.S. 11 months of the year, visiting small towns whose residents may not otherwise have a chance to see art up close?
...that Ashta Pradhan, a council formed by
Shivaji in 1674 to help him in administration, was one of the first instances of ministerial delegation in
India?
...that the name of the
Azeri settlement Ramana, with natural gas vents where
Zoroastrians still hold fire rites, might, according to conjecture, be derived from Roma, the
Latin word for Rome?
...that
Czechbasketball player George Zidek is the younger of the only father-and-son pair to have each played in European club basketball title games?
...that the A8(M) motorway is the shortest motorway in
Northern Ireland at only one mile long, and has no junctions with any other roads along its entire length?
...that Russian General Denis Davydov(pictured) was also a celebrated poet who created a specific genre, known as
hussar poetry?
...that the French West India Company was so successful at recovering commerce from the
Dutch in the
West Indies, that the company became obsolete after only 9 years in operation?
...that because
straw-processing was very important to the town, Twistringen's 750th anniversary was celebrated by building the world's largest
straw hat, at over 5 m (16 ft) wide?
...that
Hewlett Packard's popular LaserJet 4 range of printers included the LaserJet 4LC, the first printer designed exclusively for the Chinese market?
...that Szinva Terrace, the newest public square in
Miskolc,
Hungary, features a small artificial waterfall built into the wall bordering the
Szinva stream?
...that the coat of arms of Greenland depicts a
polar bear raising its left forepaw, breaking with the
heraldic tradition of showing the right forepaw raised, because polar bears are left-handed?
...that
Chicago composer Margaret Bonds wrote her first work, the Marquette Street Blues, at the age of five?
...that the last male-line descendant of
Alexander III of Russia, Count George Brasov, died in a road accident whilst exiled in France at the age of 20?
07:56, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
...that
Muhammad had the Jewish tribe Banu Nadir expelled from
Medina, their men killed, and their wives and property divided among his followers, choosing for himself the
widow of the tribe's slain treasurer?
...that
Epiphanius's most important work, the Panarion, is ironically the only surviving source of information on several
early Christiansects that he sought to eliminate with his writing?
...that the Isted Lion, an important
Danish war monument, was located in
Berlin for almost 70 years, but was returned to Denmark on the orders of General
Dwight D. Eisenhower?
...that the prosecution of writer and poet Perihan Magden for urging defiance of mandatory military service has complicated
Turkey's negotiations for membership in the
European Union?
...that the legendary
Tamil stage and film artiste K. B. Sundarambal was also a political activist, and the first film personality to enter an
Indian state legislature?
...that
New York Times theater critic Howard Taubman said, "it is the destiny of the theatre nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing"?
...that due to protests and financial problems, the Saint Petersburg Dam was one of the
Soviet Union's most notorious long-term construction projects?
... that the Chartered Society of Designers is the world's largest and oldest chartered body of professional
designers, and is unique in having designers of all disciplines?
...that
NASCAR driver Stephen Leicht, who started racing at age 7, was unable to participate in
go-karting for 6 months after rupturing his
spleen in an accident at age 11?
...that the deployment of Panjandrum, an experimental
British weapon devised during
World War II, invariably resulted in the random firing of dozens of
cordite rockets into the air?
...that a zayat is a combination rest-house and religious school funded and run by
Burmese Theravada Buddhists, as an act of
daná (meritorious charity)?
...that the
EU legal doctrine of state liability was first introduced following the
Italian government's failure to properly compensate
laid off workers?
...that the victory of
Alexios I Komnenos over the
Pechenegs at Levounion marked a resurgence of Byzantine military power after half a century of turmoil?
...that Tropical Storm Larry caused five deaths and US$53.6 million in damage when it struck the
Tabasco state of
Mexico, the first landfall in the state since
1973?
...that a catoptric theatre(pictured) was an ancient
optical illusion in which a single elaborate scene appeared to be larger than the box that contained it?
...that the fog which filled the
stadium during the 2006 Super 14 Final forced some spectators to leave the match and watch it elsewhere, just to see the players?
3 June 2006
02:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
...that the Black-necked Stilt(pictured) appears to be dressed in a
tuxedo, and the
chicks can
swim competently two hours after hatching?
...that the rostral columns in front of the St. Petersburg Bourse were intended to serve as
beacons and are still lit on ceremonial occasions?
...that the true identity and current whereabouts of Philip Staufen, also known as "Mr. Nobody", who wandered into a
Toronto hospital in 1999 and was diagnosed with
amnesia, are still unknown despite an international search?