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... that at just over 18 millimetres (0.71 in), Fibla carpenteri is the largest species of
snakefly known from
amber?
... that in the four largest cities within the Greater Austin metropolitan area (US) the percentage of college-educated individuals in each is over 39% (compared to the national average of 24.4%)?
... that former
Scotland international rugby union player Andrew Balfour led a health initiative that reduced malaria deaths in
Khartoum,
Sudan, by 90%?
... that 1967's Hurricane Doria was described as "one of the most erratic storms ever observed"?
... that KV35YL, a
mummy that was discovered in the ancient Egyptian tomb
KV35 in 1898 and thought to be male at the time, was recently determined by
DNA testing to be
King Tut's mother?
... that a humongous fungus(example pictured) caused a media stir after it was reported to cover an area of 37 acres (15 ha), weigh at least 21,000 pounds (10,000 kg), and be 1,500 years old?
... that Electrinocellia peculiaris is named for the Latin "electrum" meaning
amber, "Inocellia", the type genus for
Inocelliidae, and "peculiaris" for the enigmatic nature of the species?
... that the principles of insanity in English law have been described as based on a "now obsolete" belief and "not therefore a satisfactory test of criminal responsibility"?
... that comedian and actor
Dane Cook is referenced in the Archer episode "Training Day" when main character Archer negatively compares
karate to him?
... that
R&B singer Barrence Whitfield changed his name from Barry White, to avoid confusion with the
other Barry White, who had changed his name from Barrence?
... that Alphastates vocalist Catherine Dowling has been compared to both
Beth Gibbons and
Shirley Manson and called "a lady with the most evocative vocals in Irish music"?
... that Jeon Ok, a
Korean actress and the mother of actress Kang Hyo-shil, was referred to as "Queen of Tears" for her excellence at acting for
tragic dramas?
... that numerically-controlled oscillators offer several advantages over other types of oscillators in terms of agility, accuracy, stability, and reliability?
... that in 1749, London newspapers advertised that at the
Haymarket Theatre, and in full view of the audience, the Bottle Conjuror would climb into a wine bottle?
... that Captain Phil Harris, best known from the Discovery Channel's reality TV series Deadliest Catch, developed a line of coffees called "Captain's Reserve"?
... that one oldfield mouse was observed gently pulling out her young with her forefeet while giving birth?
06:00, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
... that
Stephen Crane(pictured) based the 1898 short story "The Open Boat" upon his personal experience of having survived a shipwreck off the coast of
Florida?
... that the Arlington Club, a private club organized by business and banking leaders in
Portland, Oregon, excluded women from membership for 123 years before admitting them in 1990?
... that when police raided the Cambridge College of Learning, a London-based bogus college for overseas students, they discovered just three classrooms and eleven desks?
... that an electronic gear-shifting system for
bicycles can shift faster than a traditional mechanical system and calibrate itself to minimize maintenance?
... that in 1968 American archaeologist A. Ledyard Smith received the Order of the Quetzal from the
Guatemalan government for his services to the cultural heritage of the country?
... that, despite being named for
Antelope, Antelope Island State Park(map pictured) is noted for being the home of one of the largest herds of
Bison in the United States?
... that BDTH2, an industrial
chelation agent that separates heavy metals from polluted soil, is also marketed as a
dietary supplement for children with
autism?
... that the Honda CB900F(pictured), known as the Hornet 900 in Europe and the 919 in North America, was out of production for 19 years before returning in 2002?
... that during the January 1961 nor'easter on the eve of
John F. Kennedy's presidential inauguration, thousands of abandoned cars led to massive traffic jams, including on the inauguration parade route?
... that the evacuation of its base at
Žatec, Czechoslovakia, in August 1948 allowed the
Israeli Air Force to bring over 2,000 tons of supplies to the besieged
Negev in Operation Avak?
... that the first
copyright act, the Statute of Anne or "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning" (pictured), became law almost 300 years ago?
... that
Maryland politician Karen S. Montgomery has an adult son with
autism whom she has referenced in her advocacy for better developmental disability services in the state?
... that
Pope John Paul II placed rosary devotions(example pictured) at the very center of Christian spirituality and called them "among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation"?
... that in 1939 it was ruled that a child born in the United States to alien parents retains U.S. citizenship, even if the parents take the child back to their home country?
... that the sawmill of Mitford, Alberta, failed partly because most of the good quality
lumber to be found in the area was used in the construction of the railway designed to haul said lumber to market?
... that prominent sociologist Nathan Glazer has, at different points in his career, been referred to as a
Marxist, a
neoconservative, and an espouser of "armchair intellectual
liberalism"?
... that former
Welsh international
footballerWayne Jones was forced to retire at the age of 24 when it was discovered that he had a previously undiagnosed
arthritic condition?
... that in 1782, the rector of the University of Osuna reminded the students to "abstain from throwing rocks, both inside and outside the university?"
17 February 2010
18:00, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
... that a crowd of 20,000 rioted in an attempt to secure the release of the
mutinous crew of the
battleshipSMS Helgoland(pictured) in November 1918?
... that
social bookmarking service AddThis, combined with its parent company
Clearspring, reach an online audience of more than 200 million monthly viewers?
... that in the 19th century, Ganoga Lake(pictured) in
Pennsylvania had a hotel, its own
ice cutting company, and a branch railroad line to serve both?
... that UMOPAR, the
anti-narcotics forces in
Bolivia, funded and trained by the U.S. government as part of the
War on Drugs, staged an unsuccessful
coup d'état against the Bolivian government in 1984?
... that in traditional Plains hide painting,
Native American women painted abstract, geometric designs while men painted representational, narrative images?
... that
John Scagliotti's 2003 film Dangerous Living was the first documentary about the experiences of gay and lesbian people in the non-Western world?
... that the former District 10 School outside
Margaretville, New York, was demolished in the mid-19th century only to be rebuilt from the same stones three years later?
... that because a Hang Trong painting was once indispensable for each
Hanoi family during the
Tết holiday, it was also called Tết painting?
... that archaeologist Vance Haynes challenged the right of
Native Americans to rebury
Kennewick Man—skeletal bone fragments about 9,000 years old—which Haynes said should be studied further?
... that among the items exhibited at the Bsous Silk Museum in
Lebanon are
silkworms and the traditional dresses and trousers worn by princesses in the 19th century?
... that hundreds of words still in use today, including accident, cinnamon, desk, scissors, vacation, and Valentine, first appear in manuscripts written by
Geoffrey Chaucer in the 1300s?
12:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
... that the white colour of Dong Ho painting(example pictured), a genre of traditional
Tết painting in Vietnam, is obtained from powder of
egg shells?
... that when the Super Ball was first introduced in 1965, US presidential adviser
McGeorge Bundy had five dozen shipped to the White House for the amusement of the staff?
... that Howard Burnham, an American
mining engineer, worked for France as a
spy operating behind enemy lines, and used his wooden leg to secretly transport equipment?
13 February 2010
18:00, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
... that the 1,200–1,500
Chinkara(pictured), the key species in the Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary,
Kutch, India, are also its most frequently observed animal?
... that the first successful
sugar beet factory opening in
Utah, built by the
Mormon-owned Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, was celebrated by looting, bonfires, and free barrels of beer?
... that the
Byzantine general Constantine Diogenes, who was implicated in a conspiracy against Emperor
Romanos III, committed suicide rather than revealing the names of his co-conspirators?
... that Ernest F. Coe was the primary force behind the creation of
Everglades National Park, but at the dedication of it (pictured) he considered his efforts a failure?
... that we know the exact birth time of the 5th-century poet Pamprepius thanks to a
horoscope calculated by the Egyptian astrologer
Rhetorius?
... that the 101 Dalmatians Musical has several performers working on 15" stilts to simulate a canine perspective, and uses 15 real
Dalmatian dogs for several scenes?
... that the early 13th century
romanceGuillaume de Dole is the first extant
French literary work combining
narrative and
lyric, a form which by the end of the century had become canonical?
... that the depictions of fish on the
medieval statue of St Christopher in
Norton Priory,
Cheshire, England, are so realistic that five different species can be identified?
... that when R. Shamasastry discovered the
Arthashastra, it altered the perception of ancient India and the view that Indians learned administration from the Greeks?
... that in "The Baby Sitter" of
ABC's The Rifleman, Phyllis Avery plays a dance hall girl who asks
Lucas McCain to hide her daughter from a bigoted grandfather?
... that
French protests caused the
Russians to award the contract for the Gangut-classbattleship to a Russian firm rather than the
German winner of the 1908 international design contest?
... that when the giant flightless birds called
moa(pictured) were overexploited to the point of
extinction, the giant
Haast's Eagle that preyed on them also became extinct?
... that the sports hall of
Europe's largest prison complex in Istanbul was converted into a courtroom because the existing one was not big enough to accommodate the hearings of the
Ergenekon trial?
... that a Seattle Times journalist described
Michael Jackson's "Tabloid Junkie" as "a disingenuous attack on sensational news stories about him", most of which the singer "planted"?
... that
Old French literary genre of the chanson de toile consisted of songs supposedly sung by women weaving, songs about women in love who often sew as they relate their stories?
... that
R&B singer Margie Day, who had a hit record with "
Little Red Rooster" in 1951 and also recorded "Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy", established a children's art project in
Norfolk, Virginia?
... that
Thai government and army officials have insisted on the effectiveness of the GT200 "remote substance detector", despite the
BBC having found it to consist of an empty plastic case?
... that a major flood in the
Tigris in 1936 caused the building site of the Kut Barrage in
Iraq to be flooded entirely so that construction had to be temporarily halted?
... that Anne Jordan-Reynolds and her daughter Stephanie, founders of the non-profit HIP Haiti, escaped disaster at the
Hotel Montana during the
2010 earthquake because of a glitch in their plans?
... that Alasdair Crotach MacLeod is said to have prayed for six hours prior to ordering the massacre of almost the entire population of the
Hebridean island of
Eigg?
... that in 1686, at the Tōshiya archery contest in
Kyoto,
Japan, Wasa Daihachiro successfully fired a record 13,053 arrows in 24 hours, averaging nine arrows a minute and hitting the target 8,133 times?
... that the Rubin test was once considered by many specialists "the twentieth century's most important contribution to the clinical study of
female infertility"?
... that even though the Bradford Durfee Textile School was chartered in 1895 and incorporated in 1899, it opened in 1904?
... that during World War II the Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company made the "Galloping Gertie", a railroad motor car with a large target above it used for gunnery practice?
... that the "Love Chu Chu!" part of the name of the
visual novelChaos;Head Love Chu Chu! was narrowed down from about one hundred different candidates?
... that anyone who sees the Dancing Hare is said to have good fortune for the rest of their days?
... that the town of Lille, Alberta, was named as such because its coal mine's financial backers resided in
Lille,
France?
... that Warrington Colescott created the etching Christmas with Ziggy (1964), a social satire of businessmen entertaining their mistresses at a posh London restaurant?
... that GameDaily named Uncharted character Elena Fisher the 49th hottest video game babe of all time?
06:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
... that the eastern harvest mouse(pictured) usually lives for less than a year in the wild?
... that Arthur Sweatman was elected bishop of the
Diocese of Toronto in 1879 as a compromise candidate after five days of balloting?
... that the Gbedu drum is traditionally used on state occasions or during ceremones of
Ogboni, the ancient
Yoruba secret society?
... that upon hearing Robert Ambrose's work One Sweetly Solemn Thought, a gambler reportedly laid down his cards and immediately became a reformed
Christian?
... that the wounding in the
Siege of Sarajevo of five-year-old Irma Hadzimuratovic, whose suffering garnered worldwide attention, prompted the Operation Irma medical evacuation?
... that according to legend, the
MacLeods were on the verge of being defeated at the Battle of Glendale by the
MacDonalds, but their magical
Fairy Flag was then unfurled, inspiring them to a hard-fought victory?
... that the Alchi Monastery in
Ladakh was built, according to local tradition, by the translator
Rinchen Zangpo (c. 1000 AD), although inscriptions ascribe it to an 11th-century Tibetan noble?
... that the word pyxidata in the mushroom name Clavaria pyxidata comes from the
Greek word pyxis meaning "small box"?
... that the clause of the
Magna Carta prohibiting sentences of exile, except as the result of a lawful trial, refers particularly to the case of Robert Fitzwalter?
... that
Oscar Wilde praised the location of a resort hotel at the foot, rather than the summit, of the
Catskills' Mount Tremper(pictured) because it provided better views?
... that indigenous rights activist Stephen Corry thought that
British civilization and development was the best, until he made a trip to
Nepal at age 18 and met the local people?
... that the journalist and theatre historian
abbéAntoine de Léris collaborated with
abbé Laugier in the first French review of music, Sentiment d'un harmonophile, 1756?
... that Misshitsu no Sacrifice lets players investigate scenes and use items, unlike other
visual novels that are primarily driven by text and graphics?
... that the plant Campanula isophylla is able to tolerate frost on the mountains of northern
Italy, but not when grown in a pot?
... that the
parish church of Up Hatherley, England, was built because an elderly widow found it difficult to travel to a neighbouring village to worship?
... that former
Burnley chairman Bob Lord described coach Billy Dougall, who worked for the
football club for 23 years, as the finest servant a club could have?
... that the kitchen wing of the Lace House in
Canaan, New York, deteriorated so badly during a
probate fight over the house that it had to be demolished and rebuilt?
... that the renovation of the The Devonshire Dome in 1881 by
Robert Rippon Duke created the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft), and is still the largest in the UK today?
... that the illuminated Minuscule 569 was bought in Bulgaria in 1757, became a part of the
Załuski Library, and was dispatched to Saint Petersburg in 1794?
... that the Remington 887, which has many of the inner workings of the famous
Remington 870, uses a unique
polymer-based finish which makes it virtually impervious to
corrosion and inclement weather?
... that Dwight Baldwin, a 19th-century missionary to
Hawaii, is credited with saving hundreds of lives as a physician despite having only an
honorary degree in medicine?
... that Pitzer equations are important for the understanding of the behaviour of
ions dissolved in natural waters such as rivers, lakes and sea-water?
... that Eiríkr Magnússon fell out with scholar
Guðbrandur Vigfússon over the need for famine relief in their native Iceland and how to translate the Bible?
... that Chloe Frazer of the Uncharted franchise has been cited as an example of a
video game character who accurately portrays the desires and frustrations of human sexuality?
... that the phrase "doing a Leeds" has become synonymous in
English football with the pitfalls of financial mismanagement of football clubs, after the demise of Premier League team
Leeds United?
... that actress
Aubrey Plaza conceived the idea of April Ludgate, her character on the
NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, having a "gay boyfriend" who also simultaneously dates another boy?
... that the
2010 Newbery WinnerRebecca Stead only started writing children's books after her young son broke her laptop, destroying all of her 'serious writing'?
... that the city of
Hobart in
Australia had the first fully electrified tram network in the Southern Hemisphere, and the entire fleet was double-decker?
... that
Indian singer Master Saleem released his first album when he was 10 years old?
... that baseball player Ben Paschalhit .360 as
Babe Ruth's replacement while Ruth missed the first 40 games of the
1925 season with a stomach ailment?
... that Felipe Neri, a
deafZapatista general, constructed explosives out of
salmon cans and earned the nickname mochaorejas (clipper of ears) by cutting off ears of his
prisoners and
deserters?
... that in the 1930s the
Indian girl Shanti Devi related details of an alleged
former life, and a commission set up by
Gandhi deemed her claims to be accurate?
... that Ngo Dinh Nhu(pictured right), a Hitler admirer, younger brother and chief adviser to President
Diem of
South Vietnam, tried to assassinate
Sihanouk of
Cambodia and publicly vowed to kill his father-in-law?
... that in 1130 the Emperor Lý Thần Tông ordered that all daughters of court mandarins of the
Lý Dynasty must not wed so that he could select them as concubines?
... that according to a
stele found in the late 1930s, Đỗ Anh Vũ was a devoted
Lý Dynasty official of noble character, in contrast to the traditional account in the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư?