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...that the seemingly irrational composition of
El Greco's painting Opening of the Fifth Seal(pictured) is a result of it being trimmed by about two meters in
1880?
...that Providence, Ohio became a
ghost town in the mid-nineteenth century after suffering both a catastrophic fire and a
cholera epidemic?
...that in
1994, a wild
Bottlenose dolphin in
Brazil named Tião killed one man and seriously injured a second after they had been harassing the animal?
...that the history of the late
Roman and early
Byzantine empires published by British historian Arnold Hugh Martin Jones in 1964 is still considered the definitive narrative of that period?
...that Milt Gross, writer of
comics that used
Yiddish-inflected
English, also wrote a 1930 "silent"
graphic novelHe Done Her Wrong: The Great American Novel and Not a Word in It — No Music, Too?
...that Sail Rock(pictured) is a federally protected natural monument, located among village health resorts on the eastern shore of the
Black Sea in
Krasnodar Krai,
Russia?
...that the Battle of Vyazma(pictured) had a disconcerting impact on the entire
Grande Armée, as it spread disorder to the center of
Napoleon’s long retreating column of troops?
... that the
USMC Sergeant Major Gilbert "Hashmark" Johnson received his nickname because of wearing on the sleeve of his uniform three diagonal stripes (hashmarks), indicating successful previous enlistments?
... that Orsten,
fossil-bearing
lagerstätten in
Sweden and elsewhere, are called "stinking stones" from organic content that has been preserved since the
Cambrian Period?
... that a body part involved in a
seizure can be paralyzed for minutes to days in an event known as Todd's paresis?
... that a crow-stepped gable is a roof slope design arising in the
Middle Ages which was decorative, but also facilitated access to
chimneys for maintenance?
... that Lady Sybil Grant (pictured), the eldest daughter of the British Prime Minister
Lord Dalmeny, in her later years, became an
eccentric, spending most of her time in a caravan or up a tree, communicating to her butler through a
megaphone?
... that in 1971, a
Damascus school founded by Ozar Hatorah, a
Jewish religious education organisation, was named by
Syria as having the highest grades in the country?
... that wealthy ship-owner Henry Hayman Toulmin gave away his 1860s U.K. shipping empire because none of his three sons were interested in following in their father's footsteps?
...that John Wilson Danenhower, survivor of an
Arctic expedition whose ship was crushed by ice, later committed suicide due to the grounding of the ship which was to be his first command?
... that the Stonehaven Tolbooth (pictured) attained its greatest notoriety when three local
Episcopalian clergymen were imprisoned for holding services for more than nine people, a limit established to discourage the Episcopalian religion in the mid
1700s?
... that, in
hyperbolic geometry, hypercycles are curves with constant distance from a straight line but are not themselves straight?
... that the location for Janesville Mall was chosen so that shoppers could leave by taking a right-hand turn, as the developers'
research showed that
women preferred right-handed turns?
... that, as a consequence of their victory in the Second Battle of Polotsk(pictured), the Russian army captured the French supply depot at
Vitebsk and broke
Napoleon's northern front in
Russia?
...that after receiving global media attention for pulling her kittens out of a burning garage, Scarlett the cat and her kittens received 7000 adoption requests?
... that Eilhart von Oberge's
German poem Tristrant, dating to the late 12th century, is the earliest complete version of the
Tristan and Iseult legend in any language?
... that the Ch'onma-ho is a little known, indigenously produced
North Koreantank; information on which has proven to be elusive even to the
U.S. government?
...that sanitation deficiencies are thought to be responsible for about 14,000
deaths per day at present, and were a major cause of 25 million deaths from the
plague in
Europe in
1348?
...that, according to
Ahmed ibn Fadlan, the supreme ruler of the Rus' Khaganate"had no duties other than to make love to his slave girls, drink, and give himself up to pleasure"?
...that Juditha triumphans is an
oratorio by
Antonio Vivaldi, narrating the story of the Jewish widow
Judith, who beheaded the invading
Assyrian general
Holofernes after he fell in love with her; and that all characters were interpreted by orphan female singers?
...that modified starch is added to processed frozen foods to prevent them from dripping when defrosted?
...that the Shelter was an experimental
city car of the early 1950s designed and built by a Dutch engineering student with financial backing by the government of the
Netherlands?
...that local farmers would drive rock laden wagons onto the Ada Covered Bridge(pictured) in
Ada,
Michigan to prevent it from washing away during floods?
...that athlete Gretel Bergmann left
Germany for America because she was discriminated against for being
Jewish, and that she refused to return to attend festivities when the
Berlin-Wilmersdorf sports complex was named in her honour?
...that modernization of the Ostkreuz station (pictured) in
Berlin, the busiest interchange station of the city's transportation system, has been proposed since 1937 and is due to start next year?
...that Hamel, a town located in the
South West of
Western Australia, owes its name to solicitor and politician Lancel Victor de Hamel, the former owner of the land where the townsite is situated?
... that the phrase to grab the brass ring comes from the brass ring dispenser, which presents rings to
carousel riders to grab and possibly win prizes?
...that the
Bangladeshi musician and composer Samar Das, who composed over 2,000 songs and was the music director of over 50 films, also played a prominent role in the
Bangladesh Liberation War in
1971?
...that the name of the
endangeredlanguage isolateHuave, spoken in the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, probably comes from a
Zapotec word meaning "people of the sea", but that the Huave people who call themselves Ikoots refer to their language as ombeayiiüts, "our language"?
...that the Kennedia nigricans, or the Black Coral Pea, is a robust
Western Australian species of climbing plant that spreads to over 18 m2 (200 ft2)?
...that Sajal Barui, who escaped after being convicted of murdering his family, was recaptured by the
West Bengal police for
theft without his true identity being discovered?
... that deaths caused by falling billboards in
Metro Manila during Typhoon Xangsane (Milenyo) prompted a renewed push by Philippine legislators for a ban on billboard advertising?
...that rational egoism is the idea that it is always in accordance with reason to pursue one's own interest, used by
Ayn Rand as the rationale behind
objectivism?
...that "
Kylie Said To Jason" was a deliberate attempt by then-cash-strapped British band
The KLF to have a hit single, however it failed to enter the
UK Top 100?
...that the 1985
trademark infringement case of Canfield v. Honickman, involving the makers of Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge soda, continues to be used as an example during the study of trademark product law in the
U.S.?
...that David Eldridge is the earliest known person of European descent to die in the
Western Reserve, and the first person to be buried in the newly-created city of
Cleveland?
...that
BritishConservativeMP Sir Ian Lloyd left his native
South Africa in 1955 due to his opposition to
apartheid, but was later called "
Botha's mouthpiece" for his advocacy of closer links with South Africa to stimulate reform?
...that in one of the first tests of Hajile, an experimental
BritishWorld War IIretrorocket system, a gigantic block of
concrete was dropped through the roof of the workshop from 2000
ft?
...that Asif Hossain Khan, a
Commonwealth Games gold medal winner at the age of just 15, was brutally beaten and seriously injured by the police of his own country?
...that the Peachliner (pictured)
people mover in
Komaki,
Japan was planned originally to carry 43,000 passengers daily, but only carried an average of 2670 per day during 15 years of operation?
...that feminism in Poland is traditionally divided into seven historical periods, the first one dating to the beginning of the
19th century?
...that credit and royalties for the 1968
Arthur Brown song "Fire" had to be shared due to similarities to another song, "Baby, You're a Long Way Behind"?
06:00, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
...that the Wrinkled Toadlet (pictured) is also commonly known as the Chubby Gungan?
...that Japanese historian and economist Taguchi Ukichi has often been referred to as the
Adam Smith of Japan?
...that the Leather cannon was an early 17th century attempt of making a mobile
cannon that would bridge the gap between
muskets and heavy stationary
artillery?
...that William Garwood, an American silent film actor, starred in 149 films in under 10 years—between
1909 and
1919?
00:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
...that during the Ulm Campaign (pictured) in 1805, French forces under
Napoleon Bonaparte eliminated an entire
Austrian army by capturing 60,000 troops?
...that experiments with winged tanks, meant to
glide into a
drop zone and provide support for
airborne forces, were tried but abandoned by several military forces?
...that a subtlety was an elaborate
medieval dish that was supposed to entertain and surprise diners with extravagant decorations or by imitating other types of
food?
... that the website Machinima.com got its name when the founder misspelled his original
portmanteau of machine and cinema and liked the new version better?
...that, in opposition to the orthodox architectural canon, a giant undulating
apse occupies the entire east façade of the Church of the Holy Trinity in
Svishtov?