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... that the inconvenience of getting to Yanmen Pass(pictured) makes it one of the less crowded
AAAAA-rated sites along the
Great Wall of China?
... that American scholar Paul Y. Hammond sought to develop a more discerning understanding of how organizational behavior and domestic political considerations affected American foreign policy?
... that a porter at Blossom's Inn(pictured) was revived by treatment that included bleeding, brandy, and a turpentine enema?
... that while chief justice of the
Colony of Cape Breton, Richard Gibbons founded a group that was later banned as being a possible "Seed of Rebellion"?
... that Cider with Rosie could not be filmed in
Slad, where the story takes place, as the village had changed too much?
... that Sciota Brook is only 2 miles (3.2 km) long but flows through three counties in Pennsylvania?
... that Shmuel Abba Twersky's immigration to Canada from Ukraine – to serve as
MakaroverRebbe of Winnipeg in the 1920s – was held up by two years of bureaucratic
red tape?
... that in his review,
IGN's Craig Harris called Elite Forces: Unit 77 the "perfect storm of gaming mediocrity"?
29 January 2018
12:10, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
Hardenbergia comptoniana
... that the seed pods of Hardenbergia comptoniana(flowers pictured) make an audible 'pop' as they release the seed?
... that after contracting
diphtheria, John Hunt believed he was one of the last cases in England to have his tonsils painted with
cocaine and then removed by guillotine?
... that SCA1 was the first genetic defect found to cause
ataxia?
... that activist Mandisa Thomas was recognized in the bill officially proclaiming October 15, 2017, as the 16th annual celebration of California
Freethought Day?
... that the Prospect House at
Blue Mountain Lake in New York was the first hotel anywhere to be equipped with electric lighting in all the guest rooms?
... that the Welsh
footballerSyd Thomas impressed
Fulham so much in a trial match that he was offered a contract at half-time?
00:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
American Base Hospital No. 57 operating room
... that from September 1918 to August 1919, when it left France, American Base Hospital No. 57(operating room pictured) treated 8,505 surgical and medical cases, and 7,292 dental cases?
... that the
watershed of the West Kill (Diamond Notch Falls pictured) has the steepest slopes and highest overall elevation of any subbasin of New York's
Schoharie Creek?
... that the authors of the 1940 Frisch–Peierls memorandum were assigned to research nuclear weapons because, as
enemy aliens, they could not work on secret military projects?
... that the English
footballerDanny Lloyd sold bins for a waste management company before turning professional in 2017?
... that "Erde, singe" ("Earth, sing") was a
carol in ten stanzas derived in the 19th century from a pastoral
lullaby, but appears in the
current hymnal in four stanzas, alluding to Christmas only once?
... that the gastropod mollusc Thyca crystallina is in the early evolutionary stages of becoming parasitic on a starfish?
... that the
United States Navy tested a Flyrt for distracting radar-guided missiles from its ships?
26 January 2018
12:00, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Vladimir Putin and George W. Bushwearing tangzhuangs
... that the "silly shirt" chosen for the 2001 APEC forum—the tangzhuang(pictured)—launched a fashion craze in China?
... that during World War II, Colonel George F. Good Jr. successfully defended
Funafuti from ten Japanese attacks with a mixed unit that was "poorly armed" and "stuck out like a sore thumb"?
... that the English
footballerTammy Abraham was the first player to win
Bristol City's Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, and Top Goalscorer awards in the same season?
... that American construction company RMK-BRJ trained 200,000 Vietnamese workers in construction and administrative trades during the
Vietnam War?
... that despite
London Welsh being liquidated, their amateur team London Welsh Amateur continued as they held separate independent membership of the Rugby Football Union?
... that the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board oversees a park system that has been called the best-designed, best-financed, and best-maintained in America?
... that following its recent rediscovery, Dora Saker's 1917 book Practical Cheddar Cheese-making has "quickly acquired cult status amongst farmhouse cheese-makers" (cheese press pictured)?
... that a one-eyed figure shown on one of the Torslunda plates(pictured) is possibly the Norse god
Odin?
... that although the song that Eri Sasaki submitted for use in the anime series Plastic Memories was not chosen, she later passed an audition to sing the series' opening theme?
... that Phillipe Cunningham is one of the first openly transgender people of color to be elected to public office in the United States?
... that although the 1928–1929 Red Spears' uprising in Shandong broke out in protest against high taxes, banditry, and government brutality, the rebels themselves came to raise taxes, loot, rape, rob and kidnap for ransom?
... that the 2015 Indian epic historical romance film Bajirao Mastani spent eleven years in
development hell before being revived in 2014?
... that Thomas Johnston made the first historical print engraved in America?
... that in healthy adults, HMB has been shown to increase exercise-induced gains in
muscle size, muscle strength, and
lean body mass, reduce muscle damage, and speed recovery from exercise?
... that before Margaret L. Curry introduced vocational training and education for women prisoners in
Colorado, their only activity was washing and ironing the clothes of the male prisoners?
... that adult pale crackers feed on rotting fruit, carrion, and mud?
... that the newly named dinosaur Sibirotitan is only the second sauropod species named from the country of
Russia, and one of the oldest
titanosauriform sauropod species known from all of Asia?
... that peanut farmer Harris DeVane won the first race held on
Atlanta Motor Speedway's present configuration by 0.023 seconds, leading only the last 100 yards (91 m) of the event?
... that the nest of the large frogmouth consists of a circular cushion of down on which a single egg is balanced?
... that Chen Guangyi was appointed to the top post of his home province of
Fujian reportedly after provincial cadres opposed another candidate from North China?
... that five siblings and an in-law made up the Bartell Group, which owned radio stations around the United States during the 1940s–1960s and was a pioneer in the
Top 40 format?
... that Marvin Pipkin invented the first electric light bulb frosted on the inside with sufficient strength for ordinary handling that could be sold to the public?
... that the English physicist and television technology developer Boris Townsend(pictured) described
colour television as a "judicious combination of human imperfections and clever technical solutions"?
... that Lorenzo Viotti conducted Massenet's Werther in three productions in opera houses of three countries in 2017, silently singing with the soloists?
... that in 1858, the obstetrician Gustavus Murray claimed to be able to identify the parts of a
fetus, including each vertebra, through an abdominal examination of a pregnant woman?
... that during the 1655 papal conclave, the younger cardinals played pranks on the older cardinals for fun?
03:45, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
The Legend of Melusine (1491)
... that
Felix Mendelssohn was so fascinated by a particular singer playing the role of a mermaid that he was inspired to write the
overtureThe Fair Melusine(legend pictured)?
... that Xu Shijie came out of retirement to serve as the first party chief of the new province of
Hainan, but was dismissed in the aftermath of the
Tiananmen protests?
... that the high-waisted fashions of the early 1800s likely helped the
Countess of Bessborough hide her figure from her husband while pregnant with her illegitimate daughter, Harriet Osborne?
... that targets for the ASM-N-6 Omar missile were put in a spotlight?
... that Tennessee state representative Charles P. Fahey sponsored bills prohibiting the non-medical sale of
cocaine and requiring the racial segregation of
Nashville streetcars?
... that Otto Franke, the pre-eminent German
sinologist of his time, died "practically from hunger and exhaustion" before he could complete his history of China?
... that Angeline Murimirwa received money for her secondary education from
Camfed, and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa?
... that confirmation of the controversial claim that the Ram Khamhaeng Inscription was fake would have forced Thai history to be rewritten?
... that John Samuel Phene's five-storey house was called the "Gingerbread Castle" because of its numerous devices and fixtures?
15 January 2018
12:00, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Left panel of Baegert's altar
... that the high altar in the Propsteikirche, created by
Derick Baegert, includes the oldest depiction of
Dortmund on its left panel (pictured)?
... that
Didier Drogbascored twice for the
Ivory Coast in a match which was abandoned after fans rioted, throwing food and drinks onto the pitch?
... that the 5th-century Tigawa temple (pictured) is the only survivor of around 36
Hindu temples at the site that were quarried for building stone during a 19th-century construction project?
... that the Australian Air Board(inaugural members pictured) chose 31 March rather than 1 April as the founding date of the
Royal Australian Air Force to avoid being called "
April Fools"?
... that Kenyan Brigadier Fatumah Ahmed joined the armed forces "by accident" when she saw a recruitment campaign whilst applying for an identity card?
... that Project Flying Cloud was expected to affect an area "comparable in size to that affected by a low-yield nuclear weapon"?
... that Wolfgang Stockmeier made around 150 recordings of organ music, taught at three music academies, and composed an opera on a libretto by
Gabriele Wohmann?
... that Hatto Ständer, who played the organ in church services at age nine, was professor of organ playing, choral conducting, Gregorian chant and composition at the
Technical University of Dortmund for more than three decades?
... that after Richard Sloan eloped with his employer's daughter, the couple settled in the
Mill Creek valley and built the Sloan–Parker House(pictured) around 1790?
... that Arsenal Ladies player Clare Wheatley took over as the club's development officer and general manager from
Vic Akers, who once told her, "Arsenal Ladies is not a social club"?
... that inside the Cabaret du Ciel (Cabaret of Heaven), beer was served, and the entertainment included depictions of angels playing music and
Saint Peter sprinkling holy water from the heavens?
... that Jie Zhitui, who loyally followed Prince Chong'er in exile for almost 20 years, was supposedly burned alive because he did not want to ask for any reward once his lord was restored to power?
... that the Lilac Fire in Southern California grew from a small brush fire to 4,100 acres (17 km2) in one day?
... that the organ virtuoso and teacher Heinz Wunderlich held a Hamburg post that
Bach had once wanted?
... that Professor He Siyuan(pictured) became an anti-Japanese guerrilla leader during World War II and later survived two assassination attempts, one of which killed his young daughter?
... that the mushrooms of the Asian fungus Macrocybe crassa can weigh up to 1.25 kilograms (3 lb)?
... that Ramona Go was the first female military pilot,
line officer, battalion commander,
adjutant general, and regular service general in the Philippine Armed Forces?
... that Ghanaian keyboardist Alfred P. Addaquay composed and performed his first
oratorio when he was 20 years old?
... that all five of the surviving members of the original cast of the Power Rangers series attended the film adaptation's Los Angeles premiere in March 2017?
... that Janai Haupapa joined the Canadian national rugby league team while still playing for a rugby union club?
... that patrons of the Cabaret du Néant (Cabaret of Nothingness) drank beverages in the "Intoxication Hall" (pictured), which had chandeliers made of human bones and coffin-shaped tables?
... that the first
Columbus Crew soccer match attended by future owner Anthony Precourt was delayed after the stadium's scoreboard caught fire?
9 January 2018
12:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Lei Jieqiong
... that US-educated sociologist Lei Jieqiong(pictured) served as vice-mayor of Beijing and taught at
Peking University until the age of 100?
... that the Abatan River estuary in
Bohol has one of the Philippines' most diverse
mangrove forests?
... that modelling agent Cherry Marshall discovered
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain?
... that the Record of the Year and Seasons of Jingchu shows how religious, calendrical, culinary, and entertainment changes led to a new canon of major Chinese holidays between the Han and Tang dynasties?
... that Facebook's Aquilasolar-powered drone is intended to provide internet access to remote regions of Earth using no more electricity than three
blow dryers?
... that houseflies have been used in germ warfare to distribute
cholera?
... that at Harvard University, Walter J. Leonard designed "one of the country's earliest and most effective
affirmative-action programs, which became a model for other universities around the country"?
... that the initial plan for the renovation of the Metropolitan Theatre in Winnipeg was for a rock and roll museum?
... that after the neutral American ship William P. Frye(pictured) was sunk by a World War I Imperial German
raider, the German government was billed $228,059.54?
... that Congolese artist Rhode Makoumbou sculpts figures up to 3 metres (10 ft) tall out of sawdust and woodglue?
... that while the
Three Kings bring gold, incense and myrrh to the manger, the singer of "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" offers spirit and mind, heart, soul and courage as gifts?
... that the art of Uruk includes the 5,000-year-old
Mask of Warka, probably one of the earliest known near life-size sculptures?
... that Harold Basil Christian, a self-taught horticulturalist in southern Africa, became a world expert on African aloe species after planting one in his yard to block the view of a large, unsightly rock?
... that
Electric Wizard described their album Wizard Bloody Wizard as "43 brain-damaging minutes, six savage hymns to death, drugs, sex and violence, music dragged (and drugged) back from the grave"?
... that the Italian mezzo-soprano Armanda Degli Abbati appeared as
Ortrud in Rome and as
Amneris in Rio de Janeiro, had an affair with a Russian revolutionary, and trained Estonian singers?
... that Shu Xiuwen(pictured) became an escort dancing girl after her father tried to sell her to repay debts, but later supported him when she became a movie star?
... that a collaborative practice agreement, which allows a pharmacist to prescribe medications, order
drug therapy-related laboratory tests, and design therapy plans, can improve people's health?
... that in a legacy game, players may be instructed to destroy physical components?
... that Jordan Murphy was the first basketball player to earn
Big Ten Conference Player of the Week three weeks in a row since
Evan Turner did so eight seasons earlier?
... that underwater thumps and moans in a West African swamp may indicate the presence of certain air-breathing fish?
3 January 2018
00:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Pascual Abaj in 1948
... that Pascual Abaj(pictured), near
Chichicastenango in Guatemala, is a sculpted stone idol that survived the
Spanish conquest but was badly damaged in the 1950s by religious activists?
... that the ants Poneropsis affinis, Ponera affinis, and Formica schmidtii are all the single fossil species Liometopum imhoffii?
... that after serving as Ghana's ambassador to Iran, Cuba, and Denmark, Hassan Ahmed is now director of protocol for the
President of Ghana?
... that while the medieval
bergfried of the Boosenburg in
Rüdesheim still stands, the castle's moat was made into a wine cellar and other buildings were replaced by a
Gothic Revival villa?
... that women's sexual preferences and attractiveness may shift across their ovulatory cycles?