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...that the Royal Fort in
Bristol was built with façades in
Baroque,
Palladian and
Rococo styles because it was a compromise between the designs of three different architects?
...that on
April 29,
1899, trade unionists in
Coeur d'Alene,
Idahokilled two men by steering an explosives-laden train to the site of a mill, in order to protest the firing of fellow union members?
...that
Aristotle's ideas of physics held that because an object could not move without an immediate source of
energy, arrows created a vacuum behind them that pushed them through the air?
...that competitions for the design of José Martí Memorial(pictured) in
Havana,
Cuba started in 1939, but the design that was finally constructed in 1953 was a variation on a design that had come in third in the fourth competition?
...that the passing of the Great Comet of 1577 (pictured) caused almost century-long debate, during which
Galileo argued that comets were merely optical illusions?
...that, according to human rights organizations,
Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev has been beaten, received death threats and had his father kidnapped due to his criticism of the
government?
...that three days after a fire gutted the passenger
ferryLevina 1, killing at least 49, she sank with a party of journalists and investigators on board, killing at least one more?
...that during the Battle of Jarosław in 1939 the
Polish Army defended the town for two days before retreating in good order?
...that Eremitage Palace(pictured) originally had a hoisting apparatus able to lift the dinner table from the basement to the dining room, allowing
Christian VI of Denmark to dine without any waiters present?
...that Lil' Pimp was the first feature-length film to be created entirely with
Macromedia Flash animation?
...that Mao Anqing, the last known surviving son of
Mao Zedong, suffered from a
mental illness often attributed to a severe beating received from a policeman while living on the streets in
Shanghai in the 1930s?
...that shortly after Jonah of Manchuria died in 1925, he is said to have appeared in a dream before a crippled boy saying "Here, take my legs. I don't need them anymore," and the boy woke up completely healed?
...that the Rev. Arthur Wagner, the first curate of the Church of St. Paul, Brighton, England, commissioned
stained glass windows of his mother, father and aunt for the church?
...that the
3rd Earl of Radnor, wanting the
borough of Downton to be free from his own influence, successfully pushed for its complete disenfranchisement?
...that lobbying by the International Seamen's Union led to the abolition of the practice of imprisoning seamen who deserted their ship in the
United States in 1915?
...that Henri Le Secq was a founding member of the short-lived, first ever
photographic organization Société héliographique?
...that author
Dean Koontz reportedly was so unsatisfied with the film version of his novel Hideaway that he attempted to have his name removed from the credits?
...that Cochiti Dam in
New Mexico is one of the ten largest
dams in the
United States, the 23rd largest in the world, and the eleventh largest earthen dam worldwide?
...that adjuvants are sometimes used to modify the effects that a
vaccine has on
disease resistance by stimulating the
immune system to respond to the vaccine with much more
vitality?
...that Jiri Dudacek, the first
Czechoslovak ice hockey player to be selected in the first round of the
National Hockey Leaguedraft, never left Czechoslovakia due to the protests of the country's sports minister?
...that following the 1886
Seattleanti-Chineseriot the United States Congress paid the
Chinese government $276,619.15 in compensation, but the victims received nothing?
09:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
...that the Augustów Canal in north-eastern
Poland(pictured) was built in order to circumvent high customs duties introduced by
Prussia for the transit of goods to the
Baltic Sea?
...that the streak of a
mineral, the
color of the mark it makes when rubbed on a plate, is usually a more consistent identifier than the color of the original mineral?
...that
Rush Limbaugh guest-hosted the short-lived The Pat Sajak Show in 1990 and caused such an uproar with his controversial comments that the audience had to be removed from the studio?
...that Justus of Beauvais, a
cephalophore saint, is reported to have picked up his head and continued preaching after his beheading?
...that The Dove, an
Americanfilm released in
1974, is based on the real life experiences of
Robin Lee Graham, a 16-year-old who spent five years sailing around the world alone?
...that when the
EnglishprogrammerPete Shaw was still a
teen, he had already written eleven technical
computer books, published around the world in several languages?
...that when Arno's Court Triumphal Arch (pictured) was built in 1760, it incorporated statues from the
Bristol city gates which were being demolished at the time?
...that The Irish Famine debunks myths about the
Irish Potato Famine, including one claiming that the country remained a net exporter of food during the famine?
...that, at a congress in May 1921, all Socialist Party of Romania delegates who supported
Bolshevik guidelines were arrested 24 hours after a vote on affiliation to the
Comintern?
...that on
July 1,
1940,
Romanian military units attacked a Jewish funeral in the town of
Dorohoi, killing 53 people according to official sources, but more than 165 people according to Jewish sources?
...that 18th-century
operatic star Anna Maria Strada was known as "the Pig" on account of her ugliness?
...that the Palanga Amber Museum(pictured) in
Lithuania holds a collection of about 28,000 items of
amber, including about 15,000 pieces that contain insects, spiders, and plants?
...that the Alexander Suvorovcruise ship stayed afloat despite its crash into a girder of an
Ulyanovsk railway bridge that led to 177 deaths, and is still in working order today?
...that
Edward Alleyn had to form a partnership with twelve others to meet the £1,000 cost to rebuild the Fortune Playhouse in
London after it burned down in
1621?
...that Ashoka's Major Rock Edict was the first and most impressive of
Ashoka's edicts, and is the only one remaining unaltered in its original location?
...that, after a heavy bomb raid on the city of
Heilbronn, raining fragments of the blast were lodged in cattle in the surrounding countryside, and that this meant days of slaughtering for
veterinarians?
...that
World Vision, an international
charity organization, have developed various famine events that spread across the globe, notably the 30 Hour Famine?
01:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
...that the Altdeutsche Tracht(example pictured), a
Renaissance-influenced fashion, was popular in
Germany during the last years of the
Napoleonic wars as a sign of resistance against "French fashion foolishness"?
...that an inquiry into Sidhom Bishay's execution for his refusal to convert to
Islam and renounce
Christianity resulted in the dismissal of a judge and a governor?
...that the
citadel that once stood on the mountain of Tâmpa in
Transylvania was never captured by an enemy force?
...that the paintings of the
Giant's Causeway by
Irish artist Susanna Drury were so detailed that the authors of the French Encyclopédie used an engraving of one as a reference, and included it in a supplementary volume?
...that Vodka Belt, an informal term for the territory where
vodka is the most popular
alcoholicbeverage, wages a vodka war in support for vodka's traditional ingredients?
...that during the 72 day session of the First State Duma in
1906, a total of 391 requests about illegal actions of the
Russian government were filed, but only two laws were passed?
...that aussieBum, an
Australianswimwear manufacturer, was founded by Sean Ashby in 2001 when he couldn't find the "Aussie cozzie" style of swimwear he grew up with?
...that when builders told
Lou Henry Hoover, who designed her own house, that some of her architectural ideas weren't done, she responded, "Well, it's time someone did"?
...that the gravestone of Abraham von Franckenberg, a 17th century mystic, is covered with as yet undeciphered mystical symbols?
02:57, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
...that the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial(pictured), dedicated to the missing British dead killed in the first few months of
World War I, was built on land donated in memory of the 19th century French physicist
Hippolyte Fizeau?
...that silent film star Norma Talmadge started a famous Hollywood tradition when she accidentally stepped into wet cement in front of
Grauman's Chinese Theater?
...that the Commandeur of the
Légion d'honneur, Géraud Réveilhac ordered artillery to shell his own troops in order to force them to attack?
...that Julius Fromm invented the
latex condom in 1914 and marketed his invention under the name Fromms Act until he was forced to sell his business under
Nazi rule?
...that parti-coloured clothes, divided into different colours on the left and right when viewed from the front (pictured), became popular in late 14th century fashion, especially in England?
...that Nikita Balieff, a
vaudeville performer, writer,
impresario, and director, named his
theater "Chauve-Souris" (
bat) after a bat flew up out of the basement door and landed on his hat?
...that Anthony Baldinucci, a
Jesuitpriest, often carried a cross and wore heavy chains while walking barefoot into towns where he was conducting
missions?
...that when the
Dovre Railway was inaugurated in 1921, the train returning with the prominent guests crashed in the Nidareid train disaster, killing six people?
...that
British politician George Oliver once lost his seat at
Ilkeston by two votes in the closest result in any British Parliamentary election, but later won by 30,398 in the fourth largest majority in
1951?
...that Hurricane Guillermo(pictured) in 1997 was the second strongest storm on record in the Eastern Pacific basin, with a minimal pressure of 919
millibars?
...that Whuppity Scoorie is a traditional celebration in
Lanark,
Scotland during which children run around a
church three times swinging paper balls over their heads?
...that chocolate box art(example pictured) started in the late 19th century as box decorations, though the term 'chocolate box' is now used pejoratively to describe sentimental pictures?
...that
Polish painter and critic Józef Czapski was twice sent to the
Soviet Union to find missing Polish officers who had been executed by the Soviets?
...that the locality of Boinka,
Victoria, (pictured) which has an area population of 28 people, celebrates
Melbourne Cup Day each year despite being located 496 kilometres from
Melbourne?
...that Lothar-Günther Buchheim, author of the 1973 novel Das Boot, refused to give his
Expressionist paintings to a museum unless it would also display his collection of curiosities?
...that Ladurée, which sells 15,000
macarons(pictured) per day, opened a
tea house in its
Parisian pastry shop in the 1930s, to cater for society ladies, who at that time were not admitted to
cafés?
...that the best-selling
British author Edwy Searles Brooks is estimated to have published 800
adventure novels, including the Norman Conquest and Ironsides Cromwell serialized novels, under several
pseudonyms?
...that William Larrabee(pictured), the 13th
Governor of Iowa, almost always posed in profile with the left side of his face showing, because the right side was disfigured in a childhood
gun accident?
...that the
Romanianfascist politician Ion Sân-Giorgiu at first considered
Antisemitism to be "an act of poverty of a failed intellectual", but soon changed his position calling
Jews a "national cancer"?
...that one of the victims of convicted Balcony Rapist Paul Callow was awarded damages of
$220,000 against the
Toronto police force because it failed to warn women in her neighbourhood after four earlier
rapes?
...that Silesia Stadium in
Poland has hosted crowds of over 100,000 people, but its capacity was reduced below 50,000 to comply with international safety standards?
...that despite finishing its first season with a profit of $53,000, the Damrosch Opera Company was forced to close due to mounting
deficits after only six years in business?
...that Albinus of Angers, who as bishop reportedly used diocesan funds to ransom people captured by pirates, thereafter became the
patron saint against pirate attack and of coastal communities as far away as
Poland and
New Jersey?
02:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
...that Saturn Devouring His Son(pictured), by Spanish artist
Francisco Goya, was painted directly onto the wall of his house and never intended for public exhibition?
...that
James Bond author
Ian Fleming suggested that Dame Violet Dickson should write her autobiography while he was researching a book on
Kuwait, and that her autobiographical book was eventually published but his never was?
...that the last
Hungarian inhabitants of Niedzica Castle,
Poland, (pictured) remained there until
1943 when the coming of the
Soviet front in
World War II inspired the last countess to abandon it with her children?
...that wandering spleen is a rare medical
disease caused by the loss or weakening of the
ligaments that help to keep the spleen in the upper left part of the
abdomen?
...that the former
KGB agent Yuri Nosenko was incarcerated for five years by the
CIA including 1,277 days of interrogation, because the
American agents did not believe he had truly
defected?
...that, when first built, the Chicago Board of Trade Building became the second structure located at 141 West Jackson Boulevard to bear, for a time, the title of tallest building in
Chicago?
...that just 51 days after
Adam Air's loss of
Flight 574, Adam Air Flight 172 snapped in half after a hard landing, but there were no casualties?
...that George Cecil Ives created the
Order of Chaeronea, a secret society to promote gay rights, and left 122 volumes of diaries and 45 of scrapbooks?
...that approximately 300 pieces of
mail a day are still being sent to 10048, the
ZIP code assigned to the former
World Trade Center complex?