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31 December 2013
12:00, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
... that Wilhelm Zahn was one of the commanding officers during the sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff(pictured), which has been described as "Adolf Hitler's Titanic"?
... that more than 35,000 pounds (16,000 kg) of sediment flow through Hemlock Creek per day?
... that the
Yangon-based Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra, founded in 2001, was permitted to perform just three public concerts in its first dozen years of existence?
... that Francisco Javier Muñiz was considered the first important naturalist from Argentina?
... that the
first Duke of Qin inherited his father's land at Lixian when his older brother Shifu chose to dedicate his life to war against the
barbarians who killed their grandfather?
... that Malplaquet House in
Stepney, London, uninhabited for over a century, is "possibly the most superbly restored, privately owned Georgian house in the country"?
... that the declaration of Christmas Peace is read publicly on Christmas Eve at the
Old Great Square in the Finnish city of
Turku, and has been almost every year since the 14th century?
... that
Bonnier Carlsen temporarily halted its re-release of one of the Barna Hedenhös Swedish children's books because the 1950 publication refers to
Native Americans as "red skins"?
... that the sale of Saying Grace has left an "irreplaceable hole" in the
Norman Rockwell Museum's collection, according to the museum's director?
... that the female footballer Bilgin Defterli decided to go to
Germany because she saw no chance to play
football in Turkey due to the dissolution of women's football leagues in 2003?
... that
Macau's Time Capsule is scheduled to be opened on December 19, 2049?
... that the BBC filmed The Great Train Robbery in Yorkshire, as it was the "most cost-effective and realistic alternative" to the original sites, much changed since the 1960s?
... that Sir Denis Wright, former U.K. ambassador to Iran, was brought out of retirement on a covert mission to inform the deposed
Shah that he would not be granted asylum in Britain?
17 December 2013
14:45, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
... that the extinct ant Agroecomyrmex duisburgi(head pictured) was first described in 1868?
... that Elizabeth Burchenal, considered America's leading authority on folk dancing, organized large folk dance gatherings – one in particular involving 10,000 schoolgirls?
... that
Charles Voysey's remodelling of Garden Corner in London ensured that politician
Emslie Horniman's wife had sliding shelves, to bring the morning tea-tray over her bed?
... that hōchōdō (庖丁道, the way of the cleaver) is a traditional Japanese culinary art form of filleting a fish or fowl without touching it with one's hands (demonstration pictured)?
... that it took four years after giving a 1999 four-star rating award for New York Post restaurant critic Steve Cuozzo to award his next four-star rating?
... that USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1)(pictured) will be the first purpose-built afloat forward staging base (AFSB) support vessel for the United States Navy?
... that Cromwell Lee compiled an Italian-English dictionary which, although unfinished, is said to have been "as big as a church bible"?
... that
National Hockey League player Reg Sinclair quit the sport in 1953 after only three seasons to take a job with
Pepsi that paid less than a quarter of what he would have made in the NHL?
04:00, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
... that
Lyndon B. Johnson's dual appointment of Thomas C. Mann(pictured) was called "a declaration of independence, even perhaps a declaration of aggression against the
Kennedys"?
... that when a person's belief is disconfirmed, it can actually lead to stronger conviction?
... that Lilian Bland was the first woman to design and build her own aircraft, in 1910, but gave up flying when offered a
motorcar instead?
... that despite some reviewers praising ATV: Quad Frenzy's graphics and soundtrack,
VideoGamer.com's review said it was "quite disgraceful" that it "even made it onto the store shelves"?
05:00, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
... that a freeway segment of U.S. Highway 31, delayed for many years because of the
Mitchell's Satyr butterfly (pictured), is now on hold due to funding issues?
... that South African trade union leader Moses Mayekiso was the central figure in the
Alexandra township uprising of 1986, subsequently getting arrested and severely beaten?
... that in 1718 lightning struck the powder magazine at the Old Fortress of Corfu(pictured) causing "one of the greatest catastrophes" in
the island's history?
... that stuffed pelts of lesser grisons have been used to make ritual offerings to
Pachamama?
... that New York industrialist and diplomat Arnold A. Saltzman has his name associated with an art museum, a health services center, and an international relations research center?
... that the Dobrilovina Monastery(pictured) was "the centre of the spiritual and political life and aspirations for freedom" in the Tara River region?
... that convolutional neural networks have achieved performance double that of humans on some image recognition problems?
... that 50,000 people attended the opening of the Grossmont Center shopping mall in
La Mesa, California – 20,000 more than the city's population at the time?
... that Mathis Bolly is the fastest football player in the video game FIFA 14, but in real life is not as fast as
Luton Shelton?
... that the contracts for the two Charodeika-class monitors were transferred to their designer,
Charles Mitchell, upon the death of their builder, S. G. Kudriavtsev, in August 1865?
... that the remains of the armoured dinosaur Europelta were uncovered in a coal mine in Spain in 2011?
... that despite the Norwegian torpedo boat Brand having "exceptionally good" chances at scoring a hit against a group of
invading German warships, her commander refrained from opening fire?
... that while international rankings show corruption in Poland as steadily decreasing, over 80% of the Polish public still sees it as a significant problem for the country?
... that one reviewer described
Katy Perry's 2013 ballad "By the Grace of God" as having a "humming, dark tension in which Perry and melody float like red balloons"?
... that the Plumbeous Water Redstart(male pictured) catches flies in rivers by flying vertically above the water, then gliding down in a spiral back to the same place?
... that chess champion Alexandra Nicolau had to promise the
Romanian secret police that she would return to Romania after playing international tournaments?
... that when the 19th Street Bridge(pictured) was closed to automobile traffic, the planned replacement was tentatively called the "Nineteen and A-Half Street Bridge"?
... that Sir William Lok brought French translations of the Gospels and Epistles from the continent for
Anne Boleyn?
... that Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire, was once owned by the "richest commoner in the northern part of the kingdom"?
... that although cancer researcher Henry T. Lynch has been described as "the father of cancer genetics," he said that distinction should go to pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin?
... that
Ottoman Turkey customs officials removed maps from the Bible belonging to American physician Clarence Ussher because they contained the word "
Armenia"?
... that Stekenjokk holds the Swedish record for wind speed, with 170 km/h (110 mph) recorded during
Cyclone Hilde on 16 November 2013?
... that based on the history of medicine in the Philippines, Spanish Philippines was ahead of other European colonies in providing
healthcare to the ill and invalid at the start of the 17th century?
... that Chinese
ParalympianGenjimisu Meng was abandoned by her mother because she was born with a disability?
... that the sea defences of the New Fortress of Corfu were destroyed by the British when the
British protectorate came to an end and the island was united with Greece in 1864?
... that the
Charlotte Checkers ice hockey team went five consecutive away games without a regulation loss, but lost a franchise-worst six straight home games in their 2013–14 season?
... that as a child, Filipino TV and radio personality Tim Yap sneaked out of school to attend rehearsals of a Repertory Philippines production of Lost in Yonkers?
... that the 1970 mascot-naming contest for the Canada Fitness Award Program received 131,745 votes in one month despite a rotating strike of postal workers at
Canada Post?
... that a special screening of "Neighbours: The Explosion" marked the first time the Australian soap opera had been aired during
prime time in the UK?
... that the call of the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater(pictured) is said to sound like a "machine gun rattle"?
... that Geoffrey Prime worked for eleven years at
GCHQ, and was only discovered to be a
Soviet spy after his arrest in 1982 for the indecent assault of young girls?
... that an additional clock face was added at a higher level to the tower of All Saints Church, Thornton Hough because its founder could not see the lower one from his house?
... that the chronicler Robert Fabyan recorded the arrival in England in 1502 of three men from
Newfoundland?
08:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
... that painter Simmie Knox was the first
black American artist to be officially commissioned to create a portrait (pictured) of a
U.S. President?
... that a crocodilian can replace each of its
teeth up to 50 times during its lifetime?
... that while it was ultimately built as a single U-shaped building, the initial
euthenically inspired plans for Cushing House envisioned the dormitory as eight separate houses?
... that in 1555 John Lok brought five Africans from present-day
Ghana to England to learn English and act as interpreters on future trading voyages to
Guinea?
... that Grange Court, built as a market hall in 1633 and decorated with carved mermaids, angels and grotesque people, was dismantled and stored in the 1850s?