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...that the height of
clouds is measured using a
ceiling balloon?
...that
Maurine Brown Neuberger was the third
woman elected to the U.S. Senate and that as a
U.S. Senator she sponsored one of the first bills to require warning labels on
cigarette packaging?
... that the
1985
comedy film
Head Office has established stars such as
Danny DeVito starring in roles that are little more than
bit parts?
...that
Republican
California State Assemblyman
Chuck DeVore wrote a book that was banned in the
People's Republic of China?
...that the
Revolt of the Comuneros, an uprising against
Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, is considered by some to be the first modern
revolution?
...that comic-book writer
Stan Lee, novelist/historian
Winston Groom, and district attorney
Jim Garrison have all been victims of
Hollywood accounting?
...that the "
Victory Tests" were a series of
cricket matches between a team of
Australian servicemen and an
English national side played just two weeks after
World War II ended?
...that
Ronald E. Neumann the
U.S.
ambassador to
Afghanistan is the first ambassador since
John Q. Adams in
1817 to be appointed to the same country where
his father was also ambassador?
...that
American
Wimbledon champion,
Alice Marble was shot in the back while working as a spy in
Switzerland during
World War II?
...that
Nashville radio station
WWTN launched the career of the nationally-
syndicated financial advisor
Dave Ramsey?
...that
Hertfordshire puddingstone is a
comglomerate rock named after its resemblance to
Christmas pudding?
...that
Wayne McLaren, an
American
model who portrayed the
Marlboro Man in the famous
cigarette advertising campaign, died of
lung cancer?
...that
Republican
California State Assemblyman
Van Tran is the first
Vietnamese-American to serve in a state legislature in
U.S. history?
...that
Johnson composed music for some of the most important motion pictures of
Malayalam cinema, including
Perumthachan and movies directed by
Padmarajan?
...that the
American's Creed was written in
1917 as an entry into a patriotic contest, and was adopted by the
U.S. House of Representatives the next year?
...that the
Australian
Giant burrowing frog does not croak, but rather hoots like an
owl?
...that the
opera
King Arthur is unusual because the principal characters do not sing, rather they recite
dialogue accompanied by
music?
...that
alcohol advertising is heavily restricted in some
countries to avoid associating the drinking of
alcoholic beverages with
sexual success and
physical attractiveness?
...that during the
1937
Louisville, Kentucky
flood the town's
Brown Hotel was partially submerged, and a worker caught a two-pound
fish in the lobby?
...that
Kabloona (
1941) is a classic account of a
Frenchman's life among
Canadian
Inuit?
100px|left
...that all of the publishing
royalties the
Bee Gees' song "
Too Much Heaven" earned went to
UNICEF?
...that the
Houston Ballet has one of the largest
endowments of any
dance company in the
U.S.?
...that the sailors of the
Santa María shipwrecked in
Haiti were
infected by the first reported cases of
tungiasis, a disease caused by burrowing
fleas?
...that the
German
prisoners of war built part of the
Stade de Gerland
stadium in
Lyon,
France, after the
First World War?
...that the
Optimus keyboard is a
prototype
keyboard that uses
OLED technology to make each of its keys act as a small display?
...that
John Dryden created the genre of
heroic drama as a way of reconciling
plays with
epic poetry?
...that
Augustiner Bräu is
Munich's only
German-owned
brewery?
...that
Alexander Selkirk was travelling on the
British
galleon
Cinque Ports when he was abandoned on the uninhabited
Pacific
island of
Juan Fernández in
1704 and that his tale inspired the story of
Robinson Crusoe?
...that
Suudu is a
culture-specific syndrome of
painful urination and pelvic "heat" familiar in
south India, especially in the
Tamil culture?
...that despite apparently predicting that future
naval warfare would rely on boarding actions,
Kipling's
satirical
poem
The Ballad of the "Clampherdown", was taken seriously when published in
1892?
...that the
Ampelmännchen (
German: little men on the traffic signal) of
East Germany had a confident stride, thought to evoke enthusiasm in moving toward an ideal
socialist future?
...that there are at least 60 different
human and
alien
technologies in the fictional Stargate universe?
...that
Marn Grook is the name of ball game played by
Australian Aborginals which is thought to be the basis for the modern game of
Australian Rules Football?
...that
superfecundation is the
fertilization of two or more
ova by
sperm from separate acts of
sexual intercourse and can lead to
twins with different fathers?
...that
Toktogul Satilganov was the most famous of the
Kyrgyz
Akyn storytellers?
...that
California
State Senator
Abel Maldonado ran for election to the
Santa Maria
City Council in
1994 after being involved in a building dispute?
...that the
Dakar-Niger Railway was the site of a
1947
strike celebrated by author
Ousmane Sembène as a turning point in
West Africa's anti-
colonial struggle?
... that the
Mokola virus is a relative of the
rabies virus and was first isolated in
tree shrews?
...that there have only been two
tied Tests in the 128 years of
Test cricket, both involving the
Australian cricket team?
...that misdirected
letters are a common
plot twist in the
19th century genre of
theatre called the
Well-Made Play?
... that the
Tatara Bridge in
Japan has the longest span of any
cable-stayed bridge in the world?
...that
California's current
State Senate
Minority Leader
Dick Ackerman ran for State
Attorney General in
2002?
...that the
BBC1
sitcom
Grace & Favour was the
sequel series to the long-running programme
Are You Being Served?
...that
1980's
Rescue at Rigel by
Epyx was one of the first
science fiction
computer role-playing games?
...that the
Carte Orange is a pass for the
public transportation system in
Paris and the
surrounding region?
...that
Department S was an
ITC Entertainment production which not only led to a successful
spin-off,
Jason King, but was also a large source of inspiration for
Austin Powers?
...that patients with
acrocyanosis have dark or bluish
hands and
feet but are otherwise normal?
...that
Andy Ducat suffered a heart attack and died whilst playing in a
wartime
cricket match and is the only person to have died during a cricket match on the
Lord's Cricket Ground?
...that
Frank Ryan earned a
Ph.D. in
mathematics while playing
quarterback for the
Cleveland Browns?
...that children's book
The Gruffalo was made into a
play; it played the
National Theater and
NYC's
Broadway?
...that the powerful
ancient Egyptian courtier
Yuya is thought by some scholars to have been the historical
Joseph of
Genesis?
...that Internet entrepreneur
Pete Ashdown is running against incumbent
Orrin Hatch for the
2006
U.S. Senate race in
Utah?
...that the
Russian musical group
Terem Quartet performs
classical works on
folk instruments in a humorous, virtuosic style?
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... by nominations | WP:DYKNC |
... by promotions | WP:DYKPC |
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1
...that the height of
clouds is measured using a
ceiling balloon?
...that
Maurine Brown Neuberger was the third
woman elected to the U.S. Senate and that as a
U.S. Senator she sponsored one of the first bills to require warning labels on
cigarette packaging?
... that the
1985
comedy film
Head Office has established stars such as
Danny DeVito starring in roles that are little more than
bit parts?
...that
Republican
California State Assemblyman
Chuck DeVore wrote a book that was banned in the
People's Republic of China?
...that the
Revolt of the Comuneros, an uprising against
Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, is considered by some to be the first modern
revolution?
...that comic-book writer
Stan Lee, novelist/historian
Winston Groom, and district attorney
Jim Garrison have all been victims of
Hollywood accounting?
...that the "
Victory Tests" were a series of
cricket matches between a team of
Australian servicemen and an
English national side played just two weeks after
World War II ended?
...that
Ronald E. Neumann the
U.S.
ambassador to
Afghanistan is the first ambassador since
John Q. Adams in
1817 to be appointed to the same country where
his father was also ambassador?
...that
American
Wimbledon champion,
Alice Marble was shot in the back while working as a spy in
Switzerland during
World War II?
...that
Nashville radio station
WWTN launched the career of the nationally-
syndicated financial advisor
Dave Ramsey?
...that
Hertfordshire puddingstone is a
comglomerate rock named after its resemblance to
Christmas pudding?
...that
Wayne McLaren, an
American
model who portrayed the
Marlboro Man in the famous
cigarette advertising campaign, died of
lung cancer?
...that
Republican
California State Assemblyman
Van Tran is the first
Vietnamese-American to serve in a state legislature in
U.S. history?
...that
Johnson composed music for some of the most important motion pictures of
Malayalam cinema, including
Perumthachan and movies directed by
Padmarajan?
...that the
American's Creed was written in
1917 as an entry into a patriotic contest, and was adopted by the
U.S. House of Representatives the next year?
...that the
Australian
Giant burrowing frog does not croak, but rather hoots like an
owl?
...that the
opera
King Arthur is unusual because the principal characters do not sing, rather they recite
dialogue accompanied by
music?
...that
alcohol advertising is heavily restricted in some
countries to avoid associating the drinking of
alcoholic beverages with
sexual success and
physical attractiveness?
...that during the
1937
Louisville, Kentucky
flood the town's
Brown Hotel was partially submerged, and a worker caught a two-pound
fish in the lobby?
...that
Kabloona (
1941) is a classic account of a
Frenchman's life among
Canadian
Inuit?
100px|left
...that all of the publishing
royalties the
Bee Gees' song "
Too Much Heaven" earned went to
UNICEF?
...that the
Houston Ballet has one of the largest
endowments of any
dance company in the
U.S.?
...that the sailors of the
Santa María shipwrecked in
Haiti were
infected by the first reported cases of
tungiasis, a disease caused by burrowing
fleas?
...that the
German
prisoners of war built part of the
Stade de Gerland
stadium in
Lyon,
France, after the
First World War?
...that the
Optimus keyboard is a
prototype
keyboard that uses
OLED technology to make each of its keys act as a small display?
...that
John Dryden created the genre of
heroic drama as a way of reconciling
plays with
epic poetry?
...that
Augustiner Bräu is
Munich's only
German-owned
brewery?
...that
Alexander Selkirk was travelling on the
British
galleon
Cinque Ports when he was abandoned on the uninhabited
Pacific
island of
Juan Fernández in
1704 and that his tale inspired the story of
Robinson Crusoe?
...that
Suudu is a
culture-specific syndrome of
painful urination and pelvic "heat" familiar in
south India, especially in the
Tamil culture?
...that despite apparently predicting that future
naval warfare would rely on boarding actions,
Kipling's
satirical
poem
The Ballad of the "Clampherdown", was taken seriously when published in
1892?
...that the
Ampelmännchen (
German: little men on the traffic signal) of
East Germany had a confident stride, thought to evoke enthusiasm in moving toward an ideal
socialist future?
...that there are at least 60 different
human and
alien
technologies in the fictional Stargate universe?
...that
Marn Grook is the name of ball game played by
Australian Aborginals which is thought to be the basis for the modern game of
Australian Rules Football?
...that
superfecundation is the
fertilization of two or more
ova by
sperm from separate acts of
sexual intercourse and can lead to
twins with different fathers?
...that
Toktogul Satilganov was the most famous of the
Kyrgyz
Akyn storytellers?
...that
California
State Senator
Abel Maldonado ran for election to the
Santa Maria
City Council in
1994 after being involved in a building dispute?
...that the
Dakar-Niger Railway was the site of a
1947
strike celebrated by author
Ousmane Sembène as a turning point in
West Africa's anti-
colonial struggle?
... that the
Mokola virus is a relative of the
rabies virus and was first isolated in
tree shrews?
...that there have only been two
tied Tests in the 128 years of
Test cricket, both involving the
Australian cricket team?
...that misdirected
letters are a common
plot twist in the
19th century genre of
theatre called the
Well-Made Play?
... that the
Tatara Bridge in
Japan has the longest span of any
cable-stayed bridge in the world?
...that
California's current
State Senate
Minority Leader
Dick Ackerman ran for State
Attorney General in
2002?
...that the
BBC1
sitcom
Grace & Favour was the
sequel series to the long-running programme
Are You Being Served?
...that
1980's
Rescue at Rigel by
Epyx was one of the first
science fiction
computer role-playing games?
...that the
Carte Orange is a pass for the
public transportation system in
Paris and the
surrounding region?
...that
Department S was an
ITC Entertainment production which not only led to a successful
spin-off,
Jason King, but was also a large source of inspiration for
Austin Powers?
...that patients with
acrocyanosis have dark or bluish
hands and
feet but are otherwise normal?
...that
Andy Ducat suffered a heart attack and died whilst playing in a
wartime
cricket match and is the only person to have died during a cricket match on the
Lord's Cricket Ground?
...that
Frank Ryan earned a
Ph.D. in
mathematics while playing
quarterback for the
Cleveland Browns?
...that children's book
The Gruffalo was made into a
play; it played the
National Theater and
NYC's
Broadway?
...that the powerful
ancient Egyptian courtier
Yuya is thought by some scholars to have been the historical
Joseph of
Genesis?
...that Internet entrepreneur
Pete Ashdown is running against incumbent
Orrin Hatch for the
2006
U.S. Senate race in
Utah?
...that the
Russian musical group
Terem Quartet performs
classical works on
folk instruments in a humorous, virtuosic style?