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...that the 1940s
experimental aircraftVought V-173 featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of a flat, somewhat disk-shaped body with a pair of three-bladed
propellers?
...that the first labor investigations by a United States government body were prompted by
petitions from the Lowell girls,
textile workers in
Lowell,
Massachusetts, during the mid-nineteenth century?
...that the Markonahalli Dam across the River Shimsha in
India had to be partly demolished in order to prevent excess water from flooding the villages?
...that a rock-cut basin may eventually form a circular holed stone, and passing through the hole was considered to have healing properties according to
legend?
...that Michelle Rocca, longtime
girlfriend of singer
Van Morrison, was the first woman to appear on one of Morrison's album covers since his then-wife Janet Minto in 1971?
...that Dick Merrill piloted a transatlantic flight known as the "Ping Pong Flight" because his client, singer
Harry Richman, insisted on carrying 41,000
ping pong balls in case of a crash at sea?
...that despite declines in production in recent years, Victoria still produces almost 19.5% of
Australia's
crude oil?
...that Franco Freda, one of the main Italian
far right ideologues, has been put to trial for the
Piazza Fontana bombing, which was originally believed to have been perpetrated by anarchists?
...that painter Thomas Luny(example of his work pictured) created over 2,000 artistic works during the last 30 years of his life despite suffering from
arthritis in both hands?
...that
John Lamb was accused of diverting money from the New York impost to publish the Federal Farmer pamphlets?
...that Carcross Desert, the "world's smallest
desert", measuring just over one square
mile, is in fact not a desert, but a large series of northern
sand dunes?
...that Holbeach House served as the theatre for the final battle of the conspirators of the
Gunpowder Plot, in which the conspirators undid themselves after they accidentally detonated their
gunpowder store?
...that Bargil Pixner's identification of the biblical location of
Bethsaida was based on artifacts found in trenches used by Syria in the
Six-Day War?
...that the
2003French musical film Not on the Lips had a predominantly enthusiastic reception in
France, but caused indignation and incomprehension in
Britain?
...that influential
makeup artistPat McGrath takes between 30 and 50 bags of tools, materials, and reference books whenever she travels to
fashion shows?
27 August 2007
23:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
...that to make space for passenger seats in the
racing cars used in the TVR Tuscan Challenge (pictured), the fuel tank has to be moved from the driver's side to the rear of the car?
...that before the 17th century, it was believed that all organisms grew from miniature versions of themselves that had existed since the beginning of
creation?
...that a pub in Old Whittington was the shelter for three men in 1688 who were plotting the replacement of
James II of England with a Protestant foreigner?
...that the Silpathorn Award is given to significant living
Thai contemporary artists and that the name of the award means "upholder of art"?
...that Catholic priest Cornelius Loos was forced to recant his view in 1593 that
witch trials in early modern Europe were not required as witchcraft didn't exist?
...that Joseph "Blueskin" Blake, accomplice of notorious
18th century thief
Jack Sheppard, grievously wounded the self-styled "Thief-Taker General"
Jonathan Wild outside the courtroom where he was subsequently convicted of
burglary and sentenced to death, hastening Wild's fall from power?
...that Den, a fictional character in the Battle Angel Alita, is actually a giant remote-controlled slave unit run from a transmitter embedded in the chest of one of the story's
main characters?
...that a
camel is led through the streets of
Béziers(pictured),
France on the feast day of Saint Aphrodisius, a semi-legendary saint said to have come from
Egypt?
...that after spending seven years traveling across the
Saskatchewan District, Rev.
Robert Rundle was allowed to establish a mission in 1847, only to be forced to leave a year later due to health issues?
...that the 13th-century
troubadourGuilhem Figueira was a strong critic of the contemporary
Papacy, going so far in his sirventes contra Roma as to consign
Rome to
hell?
...that during
World War II,
United States Army officer Colonel Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr.(pictured) parachuted behind enemy lines to lead an attack that captured the town of Prétot,
France leading the main Plaza of the town to be named "La Place du Colonel Mendez"?
...that the Rani people, a
West Slavic tribe inhabiting the island of
Rugia, maintained their
native paganism, its ritual, temple, and priesthood, well into the twelfth century?
...that in the
folklore of the
Celts, a fairy path is a route taken by these supernatural beings, usually in a straight line and between sites of traditional significance, such as
Stone Age monuments?
...that in 1989, some 300,000 people created a 300
milehuman chain stretching from
Lviv to
Kiev on the 71st anniversary of the Act Zluky?
...that the São Francisco Church(pictured) in
Salvador is known as the "Golden Church", because its interior, from floor to ceiling, is covered with intricate gold-leaf carvings?
...that the
Romanian politician and socialite Pantazi Ghica was identified as the "black-faced, hunchbacked and greedy" person depicted, alongside other
liberals, in one of
Mihai Eminescu's most famous poems?
...that when
Democratic congressman A. Jeff McLemore opposed President
Woodrow Wilson over the United States' entry into
World War I, the Texas legislature redrew the state's congressional districts in 1917 to force him to run against another incumbent?
...that public support for the revitalization of Esther Short Park (pictured), located in
Vancouver, Washington, increased in 1997 after the mayor was attacked by a transient in the park?
...that although an
Iron Workersunion member planted the dynamite in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, the 21 people who died in the explosion and fire were all workers and not managers?
...that a ditch excavated to fend off marauding
Maratha soldiers, was filled up when the city was never attacked, to form a road from Shyambazar's five-point crossing?
...the first edition of Patience and Sarah, winner of the 1971
Stonewall Book Award, was self-published and all copies sold by the author after six publishers rejected it for not being marketable?
...that
Socrates, the last defender of orality in
ancient Greece, denounced
writing as 'inhuman' because it weakened the
mind, the
memory and the prospects for finding truth through dialogue?
...that with
Calcutta developing in the 18th century, the Janbazar neighbourhood was gradually taken over by the Portuguese, Armenians,
half-castes and others, to become a grey area between Black and White Towns?
...that Antonio Bagioli, musical director for one of the first Italian
opera companies to tour the United States, stayed behind for love, rather than continuing on to
Cuba?
...that Rangayana is the only
repertory in India that is sponsored by the government?
...that the Protector lock, a
lock design by
A. C. Hobbs, which was said by Hobbs himself to be impossible to crack, was defeated only one or two years after its patenting?
...that Balfour, Orkney was built in 1782 to house tenants evicted to make way for the house now called
Balfour Castle, then partly demolished later to improve the castle's view?
...that Epiphanius,
Bishop of
Pavia from
466 to
496, often influenced and changed the tides of war as a result of his negotiations with numerous war leaders?
...that Robert E. Murray, a partial owner of
Crandall Canyon Mine, which recently collapsed trapping six workers, says he was himself once trapped in a collapsed mine for 12 hours?
...that Walter Braithwaite, who was dismissed for incompetence following the
Battle of Gallipoli, was later commissioned to write an official report on the effectiveness of British staff officers during
World War I?
...that the Solar Sentinels, a
NASAspacecraft designed to study the
Sun, will have to survive at distances from the Sun only one-quarter of
Earth's distance?
...that Cornelius Canis was the music director at the imperial chapel of Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V?
...that the annual Suicide Race is a
horse race where riders charge down a 225-foot (70m) slope at a 62-degree angle into and through the
Okanogan River?
...that the Tai chi classics are manuscripts and commentaries that are used as standards for the correct study and practice of the art of
tai chi chuan?
...that Andrew Clemens designed hundreds of elaborate
sand bottles from 1880–1886 some of which are valued at more than
US$25,000 today?
...that the first match between the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and the
Wisconsin Badgers took place in 1890, starting the most played rivalry at the top level of
NCAA competition?
...that the Snake River Bridge, in the U.S. state of
Washington, was originally built in one location, completely dismantled, and reassembled in its current location?
...that 141 buildings in Těrlicko were destroyed during the construction of
Těrlicko Dam?
...that to finance the musical Jelly's Last Jam, producer Margo Lion used a nude sculpture by
Henri Matisse, which she inherited at age 18 when her parents died in a plane crash in
Egypt, as collateral?
...that epidemiologist and science activist Tara C. Smith writes the award-winning science blog
Aetiology, rated by a
Nature study as the number 7 science blog out of 46 million blogs studied?
...that the song Chocolate Rain by
Tay Zonday has received more than five million views on
YouTube and has generated thousands of covers, remixes, and parodies?
...that Manuel Benito de Castro assumed the Presidency of
Cundinamarca, with the condition that he would be allowed to leave Congress at a certain time to feed his dog?
...that Alexander Eugen Conrady abandoned his native Germany in disgust, settled in England, and there designed optical instruments used by the British in
World War I?
...that Syādvāda is a
Jain Doctrine of Postulation which provides the teaching or instruction from which a postulate or axiom is provided to determine the truth of the matter?
...that one of the stories of the
Jain teacher Haribhadra relates how he ordered some
Buddhistmonks to leap into a vat of hot oil for killing his nephew?
...that the title of ‘
Raja’ was bestowed on Subodh Chandra Mullick by the people after he donated
Rs. 100,000 in 1906 for the National Council of Education which later became
Jadavpur University?
...that
Catholic bishop and
Visigothic political leader Masona built the first
hospital in
Spain and endowed it with farms to provide its patients with food?
...that one of the survivors of the Spafford Farm massacre (memorial pictured) hid in the forest for days after the attack because he erroneously thought that a local
fort was overtaken by the
Menominee?
...that an image of Tesslynn O'Cull, a
child abuse victim who was murdered by her stepfather at the age of two, was used in the Stop the Abuse poster for
Oregon?
...that Hutti Gold Mines Limited, located in the state of
Karnataka, is the only company in
India that produces gold by mining and extracting it from its ore?
14:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
...that Jordan Park(pictured), set up in 1889 as
Kraków's first public playground, gave free meals to children?
...that two
Italian towns competed over who would receive
pieces of
SaintPaternian — one ultimately receiving a
finger, while the other took the rest?
5 August 2007
20:39, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
...that when the roof of
Dublin's Hellfire Club (pictured) blew off, locals attributed it to
Satan's punishment for using a
cairn as building material?
...that the 1758 British construction of
Fort William in the heart of populous Gobindapur incited the whole colony to migrate north of
Calcutta?
...that folktales claim that 19th century
Ethiopian poet Gebre Hanna spread rumors of his own death to trick Emperor
Menelik II of Ethiopia into sending money for a proper funeral?
...that the childhood home of
Emily Carr, one of Canada's most famous
painters, is open to the public today as a
museum known as Emily Carr House — and still contains the family
Bible?
...that the
West End Street Railway fired Cyrus S. Ching in 1901 after he was nearly electrocuted on the job, only to appoint him manager two months later?
...that it has been suggested that using Incan agriculture technologies (such as the
andenes) again, would solve the
malnutrition problems of the modern Andean peoples for many decades?
...that Old College, the first building on
Northwestern University's campus, stood for over 100 years, despite being built as a temporary structure?
...that the famous black-and-white striped shirts of
Italianfootball club Juventus were based on the kit of English
Notts County, replacing the club's initial pink and black colours in 1903?
...that the Brand Junction shopping centre development in
Melbourne,
Victoria, is located on land known from 1937 until 1962 as the Janefield Colony for the Treatment of Mental Defectives?
...that even though the 1952 steel strike lasted 53 days and cost the
U.S. $4 billion in lost economic output, it was settled on nearly the same terms offered by the
union at the
strike's beginning?
...that the St. Eugene Mine in Moyie, British Columbia produced ten million dollars worth of
ore between 1895 and 1905 and was considered to be the most important
silver–lead
mine in
Canada?