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Paleontology in the United States (February 7, 2013)
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... that within the
United States,
dinosaur fossils
have been found in
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Georgia,
Idaho,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Virginia,
Washington, D.C., and
Wyoming, but not in
Florida,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Michigan,
New Hampshire,
Ohio,
Rhode Island,
Vermont,
Washington,
West Virginia, or
Wisconsin?
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Abyssal
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Nayanars (February 9, 2015)
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... that images of
Nandanar,
Vayilar,
Sakkiya,
Idangazhi,
Anaya,
Kalikamba,
Kaliya,
Satti,
Pusalar,
Kungiliya Kalaya,
Sadaiya,
Murthi,
Murkha,
Nami Nandi Adigal,
Somasi Mara,
Isaignaniyar,
Viralminda,
Eyarkon Kalikkama,
Pugal Chola,
Eripatha,
Manakanchara,
Kotpuli,
Enathinathar,
Sirappuli,
Seruthunai,
Amaraneedi,
Nesa,
Pugazh Thunai,
Kutruva,
Kalarsinga,
Munaiyaduvar,
Ilayankudi Maranar,
Meiporul,
Iyarpagai,
Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar,
Tirunilakanta,
Tiruneelanakka, and
Apputhi Adigal are among the 63
Nayanar saints paraded during processions at temple festivals in
Tamil Nadu?
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Redtigerxyz
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Apollo 11 lunar sample display (November 17, 2012)
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... that samples of
moon rock and lunar dust soil from the
Apollo 11 and
Apollo 17 missions, mounted on wooden plaque displays especially for
Brazil,
Canada,
Cyprus,
Honduras,
Ireland,
Malta,
Netherlands,
Nicaragua,
Norway,
Romania,
Spain, and
Sweden, plus the states of
Alaska,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Delaware,
Hawaii (pictured),
Illinois,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
Oregon, and
West Virginia, were later reported missing by many of the recipients?
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Doug Coldwell
7&6=thirteen
JoannaSerah
CCI cleanup effort per
DC GAR/CCI
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New MPs:
2023 New Zealand general election (January 11, 2024)
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... that a third of the MPs elected in the
2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including
Carlos Cheung,
Grant McCallum,
Suze Redmayne,
Dana Kirkpatrick,
Ryan Hamilton,
James Meager,
Greg Fleming,
Vanessa Weenink,
Mike Butterick,
Katie Nimon,
David MacLeod,
Miles Anderson,
Carl Bates,
Rima Nakhle,
Nancy Lu,
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel,
Reuben Davidson,
Scott Willis,
Darleen Tana,
Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured),
Kahurangi Carter,
Todd Stephenson,
Laura Trask,
Cameron Luxton,
Tākuta Ferris,
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi,
Casey Costello,
Jamie Arbuckle, and
Tanya Unkovich?
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Adabow,
Chocmilk03,
DrThneed,
HenryCrun15,
Idiosyncritic,
Kiwichris,
Lcmortensen,
MerrilyPutrid,
Moondragon21,
MW691,
Nurg,
Pakoire,
Paora,
Pokelova,
Schwede66,
Vaticidalprophet
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Acroporid coral species (August 14, 2015) |
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... that
acroporid
coral species
Acropora abrolhosensis,
A. anthocercis,
A. awi,
A. batunai,
A. caroliniana,
A. dendrum,
A. derawanensis,
A. desalwii,
A. donei,
A. echinata,
A. elegans,
A. hemprichii,
A. hoeksemai,
A. horrida,
A. indonesia,
A. kimbeensis,
A. kirstyae,
A. kosurini,
A. loisetteae,
A. lokani,
A. microclados,
A. multiacuta,
A. paniculata,
A. papillare,
A. pharaonis,
A. plumosa, and
A. polystoma are all classed as
vulnerable? |
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Thine Antique Pen
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Contemporary Indigenous Australian art (January 26, 2010)
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... that
Napaljarri
artists include
Biddy,
Daisy,
Susie,
Kowai,
Wentja,
Peggy,
Doris,
Parara,
Eileen,
Louisa,
Lucy,
Helen,
Linda,
Kitty,
Sheila,
Valerie,
Maggie,
Topsy,
Nora,
Ada,
Ngoia,
Molly,
Mona and
Norah?
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Hamiltonstone
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Taxation in the Ottoman Empire (May 6, 2011)
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... that
Tekalif-i orfiye,
Resm-i çift,
Rav akçesi,
Nüzül,
İspençe,
Avariz,
Adet-i ağnam,
Resm-i arusane,
Tuz resmi,
Resm-i bennâk,
Bedl-i askeri,
Gümrük resmi,
Sursat,
Müskirat resmi,
Temettu,
Adet-i deştbani,
Damga resmi,
Resm-i mücerred,
Öşür,
Ihtisab,
Resm-i donum and
Tapu resmi were
Ottoman taxes, whilst
Muafiyet were exemptions, and
Emins were tax collectors?
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bobrayner
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Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (October 30, 2010)
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... that the
Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster has included
Allens,
Bateses,
Covingtons,
Delahantys,
Ennises,
Fultzes,
Greens,
Hamiltons,
Jacksons,
Kennedys,
Lees,
Morgans,
Nicholsons,
Powells,
Robertses,
Schmidts,
Thompsons,
Vukoviches,
Watts, and
Youngs, but never a player whose
surname begins with
X?
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Killervogel5
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Stingarees (September 19, 2010)
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... that there are 21
endemic Australian
stingarees, including the
brown,
circular,
common,
Coral Sea,
greenback,
Kapala (pictured),
lobed,
masked,
mitotic,
patchwork,
sandyback,
sparsely-spotted,
spotted,
striped,
wide, and
eastern,
western and
yellow shovelnoses?
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Yzx
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Ibrahim Omer (
November 25, 2020)
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... that 42 new
MPs were elected to the
53rd New Zealand Parliament: 23 for
Labour, including
Arena Williams,
Ibrahim Omer,
Helen White,
Neru Leavasa,
Ingrid Leary,
Rachel Brooking,
Anna Lorck,
Tracey McLellan, and
Shanan Halbert (all pictured); 5 for
National, including
Joseph Mooney,
Simon Watts, and
Penny Simmonds; 9 for
ACT, including
Toni Severin,
Simon Court,
Brooke van Velden, and
Chris Baillie; 3 for the
Greens, including
Ricardo Menéndez March and
Teanau Tuiono; and 2 for
Māori, including
Rawiri Waititi?
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HenryCrun15
Kiwichris
YttriumShrew
Idiosyncritic
Pokelova
MurielMary
MerrilyPutrid
DrThneed
Schwede66
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Samuel Coleridge's early life (June 20, 2009)
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... that topics of
Samuel Coleridge's (pictured)
early poems include:
holidays,
cannibals,
pixies,
pain,
suicide,
loss,
bars, a
prison raid,
women,
God,
an otter,
gambling,
farming,
school,
asses, and
Joan of Arc?
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Ottava Rima
Jake Wartenberg
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Henry Fielding's early plays (March 7, 2009)
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... that
Henry Fielding's (pictured)
early plays before the
1733 Actor Rebellion include
Love in Several Masques,
Temple Beau,
Author's Farce,
Tom Thumb,
Rape upon Rape,
Tragedy of Tragedies,
Letter Writers,
Welsh Opera,
Grub Street Opera,
Lottery,
Modern Husband,
Old Debauchees,
Covent Garden Tragedy, and
Mock Doctor?
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Ottava Rima
NocturneNoir
PeterSymonds
Res2216firestar
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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (
Jan. 31, 2009)
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... that the
Appomattox Park (pictured) has a
Court-house,
Tavern,
Jail,
Store and
Prizery, the
Bocock-Isbell,
McLean,
Peers and
Wright houses, the
Sweeney and
Sweeney-Conner cabins, the
Jones and
Woodson law offices,
ruins and
cemeteries?
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Doug Coldwell
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Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram (
April 25, 2013)
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... that the
UNESCO-inscribed
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram of the
Pallava Period include:
Ganesha Ratha; the
Pancha Rathas of
Dharmaraja,
Arjuna,
Bhima,
Draupadi, and
Nakula Sahadeva; several
cave temples such as
Varaha,
Krishna,
Mahishasuramardini, and
Panchapandava; the structural temples of
Olakkannesvara and
Shore; and the
Descent of the Ganges, one of the largest open-air
bas-reliefs in the world?
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Nvvchar,
Rosiestep,
Dr. Blofeld
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Formula One World Drivers' Champions (
November 25, 2012)
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... that
Formula One World Drivers' Champions have come from
Argentina,
Austria,
Australia,
Brazil,
Canada,
Finland,
France,
Germany(2011 champion Sebastian Vettel pictured),
Italy,
New Zealand,
South Africa,
Spain, the
United Kingdom, and the
United States?
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violet/riga
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Brookesia ambreensis (November 20, 2012)
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... that
Brookesia ambreensis,
B. bekolosy,
B. bonsi,
B. brygooi,
B. confidens,
B. exarmata,
B. griveaudi,
B. lambertoni,
B. lineata,
B. lolontany,
B. nasus,
B. therezieni,
B. thieli and
B. valerieae are all species of
chameleon
endemic to
Madagascar?
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Thine Antique Pen
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Buru (November 9, 2010)
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... that unique to the
Indonesian islands of
Buru and
Ambelau are the
Ambelau,
Buru,
Kayeli and
Lisela people; the
eponymous
Ambelau,
Buru,
Kayeli and
Lisela languages; as well as the
Rufous-throated White-eye,
Buru Lorikeet,
Black-lored Parrot and a
hairy variety of the
babirusa pig (pictured)?
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Materialscientist
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Nephelomys (
November 8, 2009)
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... that when the
rodent genus
Nephelomys was first described in 2006,
N. childi,
N. maculiventer,
N. moerex,
N. nimbosus,
N. pectoralis, and
N. pirrensis were reclassified as separate species in addition to the previously recognized
N. albigularis,
N. auriventer,
N. caracolus,
N. devius,
N. keaysi,
N. levipes, and
N. meridensis, almost doubling the known diversity of the genus?
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Ucucha
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Provinces of Laos (
January 11, 2013)
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... that
Attapeu,
Bokeo,
Bolikhamxai,
Champasak,
Houaphan,
Khammouane,
Luang Namtha,
Luang Prabang,
Oudomxai,
Phongsali,
Sainyabuli,
Salavan,
Savannakhet,
Sekong,
Xiangkhoang and the
Vientiane Provinceand
Prefecture form the
provinces of
Laos (mapped)?
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Blofeld
Rosiestep
Nvvchar
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Subantarctic (
June 11, 2010)
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... that many
subantarctic
glaciers on
Heard Island, including
Allison,
Compton,
Deacock,
Downes,
Ealey,
Fiftyone,
Gotley,
Lied,
Schmidt,
Stephenson,
Vahsel and
Winston, have a negative
mass balance and are in
retreat?
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DiverDave
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (
August 17, 2009)
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... that
Samuel Coleridge's
Eminent Characters series include:
a lawyer,
a speaker,
a Unitarian,
a general,
a rebel,
a betrayer,
a poet,
an actress,
a philosopher,
a friend,
a playwright and
a lord?
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Ottava Rima
Julian Colton
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Rio Tinto's
Pilbara operations (
Nov. 14, 2010)
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... that in 2009,
Rio Tinto's
Pilbara operations, consisting of the
Brockman 2,
Channar,
Eastern Range,
Hope Downs,
Marandoo,
Mesa A,
Mesa J,
Mount Tom Price,
Nammuldi,
Paraburdoo,
West Angelas and
Yandicoogina mines, produced 202 million tonnes of iron ore, accounting for almost 13% of the world production?
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Calistemon
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List of earthquakes in Taiwan (
Aug. 17, 2009)
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... that according to
Taiwan's
Central Weather Bureau the
earthquakes of
Douliu,
Meishan,
Nantou,
Hsinchu-Taichung,
Zhongpu,
Xinhua,
the East Rift Valley,
Hengchun,
Baihe, and
Jiji were the
ten deadliest quakes to strike the island in the 20th century?
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taiwantaffy
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Guerrilla Gourmet (
May. 8, 2009)
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... that
Dunbrody Country House Hotelowner
Kevin Dundon and
Thornton's Restaurant owner
Kevin Thornton of
Heat were featured on
Guerrilla Gourmet alongside
Café Paradiso owner
Denis Cotter,
The Mustard Seed owner
Dan Mullane and former
Mint Restaurant proprietor
Dylan McGrath?
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Candlewicke
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Lucques (
Jan. 30, 2009)
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... that
Lucques (pictured),
Aglandau,
Salonenque,
Picholine,
Olivière,
Tanche,
Bouteillan,
Cailletier,
Grossane,
Germaine,
Cayon and
Sabine are some of about a hundred
French
olive
cultivars?
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Lampman
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Kieran Govers (
10, 2012)
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... that
Kieran Govers,
Simon Orchard,
Robert Hammond,
Nathan Burgers,
Matthew Butturini,
Kiel Brown,
Joel Carroll,
Mark Knowles,
Fergus Kavanagh,
Glenn Turner,
Jason Wilson and
Russell Ford are in training with the
Australian field hockey team for the
2012 Olympics?
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User talk:LauraHale
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Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar (
20 June 2017)
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...that the
National Film Awards in various categories have been presented to the films
Doghi (
Other Social Issues),
Vastupurush (
Best Feature Film in Marathi),
Devrai (
Environment Conservation/Preservation),
Samhita (
Best Music Direction),
Astu (
Best Dialogue) and
Kaasav (
Best Feature Film), all by filmmaker duo
Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar?
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Vivvt
Dharmadhyaksha
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1968 Summer Paralympics (
27 May 2011)
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... that
Ethiopia,
Great Britain,
Ireland,
Israel,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Rhodesia,
South Africa,
Spain,
Sweden, and the
United States were among the 28 nations that competed in the
1968 Summer Paralympics?
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Basement12
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11 Provinces in North Vietnam (September 06, 2010)
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... that the 11
provinces of
Bắc Giang,
Bắc Kạn,
Cao Bang,
Ha Giang,
Lang Son,
Lao Cai,
Phu Tho,
Quang Ninh,
Thai Nguyen,
Tuyen Quang and
Yen Bai are part of the 59 administrative provinces and 5 municipalities in
Vietnam?
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Nvvchar
YellowMonkey
Bloefeld
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Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (
Jan. 18, 2009)
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... that
Harvey,
Barnes,
Brown,
Johnson,
Loxton and
Hassett were members of
Bradman's
Invincibles who won the
First,
Second and
Fourth
Ashes series
Test matches of 1948 and drew the
Third?
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YellowMonkey
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Grove Road Cemetery (April 9, 2023) |
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... that
Grove Road Cemetery once had two chapels (pictured) by architect
Thomas Charles Sorby, and contains self-made men
George Dawson,
Richard Ellis and
David Simpson, banker
John Smith, bandleader
Daniel Schwarz, newspaperman
Robert Ackrill, kayaker
Fridel Meyer, and miser
John Turner? |
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Storye book
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Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols (Feb. 6, 2021) |
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... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame included
a WASP pilot,
a World War II Marine, a "
Chickie",
a Hall of Fame lacrosse player,
a world-champion softball player,
an All-College basketball player,
the founder of the first collegiate squash program in the United States,
a professor and
a valedictorian of Ursinus College, and
a resident of Atlantis (pictured)? |
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Cbl62
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Rage (roller coaster) (
September 4, 2014)
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... that the roller coasters
Rage (pictured),
Crazy Bird,
El Loco,
Eurofighter,
Falcon,
Huracan,
Timber Drop,
Twist Coaster Robin,
Typhoon, and
Vild-Svinet all have (or were expected to have) steeper-than-vertical drops?
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IronGargoyle
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György Dungyersky (
Feb. 11, 2014)
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... that Yugoslavian tennis players
György Dungyersky,
Ivan Balás,
Aleksandar Popović,
Franjo Šefer,
Krešimir Friedrich,
Ivan Radović,
Franjo Kukuljević,
Franjo Punčec,
Josip Palada, and
Dragutin Mitić were all members of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Davis Cup team?
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Lajbi
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Matt Byrne (
Aug. 26, 2012)
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... that
Matt Byrne,
Terry Bywater,
Gaz Choudhry,
Peter Finbow,
Abdi Jama,
Jon Hall,
Dan Highcock,
Ade Orogbemi,
Simon Munn,
Jon Pollock,
Ian Sagar, and
Matt Sealy have been selected to play
wheelchair basketball for
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?
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Thine Antique Pen
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Michael Crouse (
March 13, 2012)
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... that Canadian baseball players
Michael Crouse (pictured),
Marcus Knecht,
Chris Bisson,
Andrew Albers,
Jamie Romak,
Tim Smith,
Kyle Lotzkar,
Mark Hardy,
Nick Bucci, and
Jon Malo won
gold at the
2011 Pan American Games?
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Muboshgu
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Brett Jackson (
February 28, 2012)
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... that American baseball players
Brett Jackson,
Jeff Beliveau,
James McCann,
Tuffy Gosewisch,
Matt Clark,
Pete Andrelczyk,
Matt Shoemaker,
Justin Cassel,
Chad Tracy and
Andrew Garcia won
silver at the
2011 Pan American Games?
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Muboshgu
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Leigh Hunt (October 14, 2009)
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... that
Leigh Hunt's works involve:
a juvenile poem about
the pleasure palace,
Hero's suicide,
the jilted Ariadne,
a diary with
a calendar,
poetic feasts,
a masque,
nymphs, and a
deadly love affair?
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10
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Ottava Rima
Ironholds
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George Cruikshank's dispute with
William Harrison Ainsworth (September 18, 2009)
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... that
George Cruikshank, in
Artist and the Author, disputed the origin of
William Harrison Ainsworth's stories about
evil gypsies,
a famous thief,
treasonous Catholics,
a dark prison,
burned sinners,
an old miser,
a horny king, and
a stupid queen?
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Ottava Rima
Malleus Fatuorum
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Stortinget (station) (
Mar. 31, 2009)
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... that the stations
Mortensrud on the
Østensjø Line,
Forskningsparken on the
Sognsvann Line,
Nydalen,
Storo and
Sinsen on the
Ring Line and
Husebybakken have opened after the
Oslo T-bane was declared completed with the reopening of
Stortinget in 1987?
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Arsenikk
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Women's Premiership (
13 March 2014) |
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... that the
Women's Premiership is currently comprised of
Bristol Ladies,
Darlington Mowden Park Sharks,
Lichfield Ladies,
Richmond Women,
Saracens Women,
Wasps Ladies,
Worcester Ladies and
Aylesford Bulls Ladies, after having defeated
Thurrock T-Birds in a playoff? |
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The C of E
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2024 Inductees:
Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame (23 May, 2024)
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... that the 2024 inductees to the
Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame include a
man with Down syndrome who has lifted 425 pounds (193 kg) (pictured), an
"average gymnast" turned Olympics judge, a
"preeminent sportswriter", the state's
"greatest high hurdler", the
"inventor" of the modern sports mascot, a record-setting
10-year-old, a
champion gymnast, an Olympic
field hockey player, and a
pro baseball player in five countries?
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BeanieFan11
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Ashtabharya
25 May, 2013)
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... that the Hindu god
Krishna is described as having
eight chief queens (pictured with Krishna) –
Rukmini,
Satyabhama,
Jambavati,
Kalindi,
Mitravinda,
Nagnajiti,
Bhadra and
Lakshmana – and
16,000 other wives headed by
Rohini?
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Nvvchar
Redtigerxyz
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Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (
Oct.17, 2012)
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... that the
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park contains dozens of
monuments, including the
Bawaman,
Jama (pictured),
Kevada,
Lila Gumbaj, and
Nagina
mosques, as well as the
Kalika Mata Temple atop
Pavagadh Hill?
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Nvvchar
Dr. Blofeld
Rosiestep
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Julie Anne Genter (Dec. 11, 2011)
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... that 26 new
MPs were elected to the
50th New Zealand Parliament, including
Julie Anne Genter (pictured) and
Denise Roche (both
Greens),
Rino Tirikatene (
Labour),
Maggie Barry,
Paul Goldsmith and
Alfred Ngaro (
National), and
Richard Prosser and
Denis O'Rourke (both
NZ First)?
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Schwede66
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Yale Bulldogs football (July 4, 2011)
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... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the
Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including a
lingerie manufacturer,
"the phantom line cleaver", a
manufacturer of machine guns, a
victim of typhoid fever, a
Harvard law student, the
senior partner of Smith Barney & Co., the
grandfather of a noted documentary filmmaker, the
nephew of the U.S. Secretary of State, and the
president of a historically black university?
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9
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cbl62
|
William Blake (November 5, 2009)
|
|
... that in
William Blake's
Four Zoas myth, the
Christian God is divided into four parts,
Sense,
Reason,
Imagination, and
Love, which have the
counterparts
Sexual Urges,
Pleasure,
Inspiration, and
Nature?
|
9
|
Ottava Rima
|
William Blake (October 26, 2009)
|
|
... that in
William Blake's poems,
Imagination fights
Reason in his version of
Genesis,
Eden, and
Exodus while
his son later
starts revolutions in
America,
Europe,
Africa and Asia?
|
9
|
Ottava Rima
|
William Britten's illustrations of
Tennyson's poetry (September 10, 2009)
|
|
... that
William Britten illustrated many images from
Lord Tennyson's early poems, including:
a lonely woman (pictured),
a corpse,
a jilted lover,
drug users,
an odd saint,
a sleeping lady,
a knight, and
waves?
|
9
|
Ottava Rima
Julian Colton
Shoemaker's Holiday
|
Conversation poems (July 3, 2009)
|
|
... that
conversation poems of
Samuel Coleridge were inspired by many events:
adulterous love,
marriage sex,
a French invasion,
a bad childhood,
depressed birds,
a fever,
burning his foot, and
a better poet?
|
9
|
Ottava Rima
|
This is Nightlive (
Jan. 17, 2009)
|
|
... that before starring in
This is Nightlive,
John Ryan was co-creator with
Derek O'Connor of
blogorrah.com, and a former co-owner of the unsuccessful
New York Dog and
Stars on Sunday publications in partnership with
Kiss and
Stellar founder
Michael O'Doherty?
|
9
|
Candlewicke
|
John William Lambert (
Dec. 22, 2008)
|
|
... that
John W. Lambert (pictured) in 1891 made the
first U.S. car for sale as well as
Union cars and
Lambert cars using his
gasoline engines and
gearless transmissionsfor the
Union car company and
Lambert car company as
subsidaries of the
Buckeye Manufacturing Company?
|
9
|
Doug Coldwell
|
Egg fossils (September 9th, 2013)
|
|
... that paleontologists have
discovered the
fossilized
eggs of
cephalopods,
fishes, and
reptiles, with some
dinosaur eggs (pictured) being preserved with
pathological shell deformities?
|
8
|
Abyssal
|
Chromium mines in
Albania (October 5, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Bulqizë,
Kalimashi 1,
Kalimashi 3,
Krasta,
Përroi Batrës,
Qaf-Buall,
Vlahna and
Zogaj mines are the only mines in
Albania to have reserves of over 1 million tonnes of
chromium ore?
|
8
|
Bine Mai
|
[[]] (September 18, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached by
Johnny Orr featured
Rudy Tomjanovich,
Campy Russell,
Rickey Green and
Phil Hubbard and included the
1968–69,
1969–70,
1970–71,
1971–72,
1973–74,
1976–77, and
1979–80 teams, and the
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1975–76 team?
|
8
|
TonyTheTiger
|
Struve family (June 3, 2010)
|
|
... that over the course of more than 200 years, the
Struve family produced renowned scientists including
Jacob,
Friedrich,
Otto Wilhelm,
Genrikh,
Hermann,
Ludwig,
George Hermann,
Wilfried and
Otto Struve?
|
8
|
Materialscientist
|
the first monastery (
May 24, 2010)
|
|
... that
Chogyal established
the first monastery (pictured) in
Sikkim at
Yuksom in 1701, which is part of a
Buddhist pilgrimage circuit including
Norbugang,
Pemayangtse ,
Rabdentse,
Sanga Choeling,
Khecheopalri Lake, and
Tashiding?
|
8
|
Nvvchar
Himalayan Explorer
|
Ex-
Baptist chapels in
Sussex (Ebenezer Chapel, Hastings pictured) (Apr. 27, 2010)
|
|
... that
Burgess Hill,
Hadlow Down,
Hastings,
Newick,
Pell Green,
Rye,
Shover's Green and
Southover in
Sussex each have a
Grade II-listed former
Baptist chapel which has been converted to residential use?
|
8
|
Hassocks5489
|
Skinner & Eddy (Sep. 29, 2009)
|
|
... that only one
Skinner & Eddy ship built for
World War I service was lost in that conflict, but 31—including
SS West Lashaway,
West Elcasco,
SS West Eldara,
West Haven (pictured),
West Hobomac,
SS West Humhaw and
SS West Maximus—were lost to enemy action in
World War II?
|
8
|
Gatoclass
|
SS Edenton (Sep. 25, 2009)
|
|
... that many of the
freighters built by
Skinner & Eddy for
World War I service—including
SS Edenton,
SS West Cressey,
SS West Elcajon,
SS West Gotomska,
SS West Hosokie,
SS West Loquassuck,
West Mahomet and
Western Front (pictured)—were quickly
commissioned into the
United States Navy on completion?
|
8
|
Gatoclass
|
Dong Son drums (
Feb. 26, 2008)
|
|
... that the
Ngoc Lu (pictured) is regarded as the most important
drum of the
Dong Son culture of the
Bronze Age, whose artefacts have been found at
Co Loa Citadel,
Chau Can,
Lang Ca,
Lang Vac,
Xuân La and
Viet Khe?
|
8
|
YellowMonkey
|
First ten Revenue Service cutters (
Jan. 24, 2008)
|
|
... that the
ten Revenue Marine
cutters authorized by the
U.S. Congress in 1790 – including the
Vigilant,
Active,
General Green,
Massachusetts,
Scammel,
South Carolina and
Eagle – comprised the
U.S. Federal government's first "armed force afloat"?
|
8
|
Gatoclass
|
Going to the Dogs (
September 19, 2013)
|
|
... that Dutch artist
Wim T. Schippers (pictured) wrote and directed
Going to the Dogs, a play for six German shepherds,
Ronflonflon, a radio show full of jingles, and TV shows for the
VPRO including
De Fred Haché Show,
Barend is weer bezig,
Het is weer zo laat!,
De lachende scheerkwast, and
Opzoek naar Yolanda?
|
7
|
Drmies
|
Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video (November 25, 2012)
|
|
... that
Agustín Alberdi,
Jason Archer and Paul Beck,
Luis Miguel Leal,
Israel Lugo,
Jorge "Fish" Rodríguez and
Alejandro Santiago Ciena earned the
Latin Grammy Award for
Best Short Form Music Video by directing artists such as three-time winners
Calle 13?
|
7
|
Jaespinoza
|
Loring Air Force Base (November 11, 2012)
|
|
... that
Loring AFB
alert crews would scramble from a
mole hole, run to
awaiting jets on a
christmas tree (both within
the alert area), and perform an
elephant walk and a
MITO, all within fifteen minutes?
|
7
|
User talk:Ktr101
|
Mail bag (October 26, 2012)
|
|
... that throughout U.S. history, different types of
mail bags have been called
mail pouch,
mail sack,
mail satchel,
catcher pouch,
mochila saddle mailbag (pictured), and
portmanteau depending on form, function, place and time?
|
7
|
Doug Coldwell
7&6=thirteen
|
Mongolian shamanism (August 25, 2012)
|
|
... that
Mongolian shamanism (which comes in
yellow and
black) reveres a
white old man (pictured) besides
ongod such as
Dayan Deerh and 99 or possibly 102
tngri?
|
7
|
Drmies
LadyofShalott
Uncle G
|
Renee Chatterton (
29 July 2012)
|
|
... that
2012 women's eights Olympic rowers
Renee Chatterton,
Tess Gerrand,
Alexandra Hagan,
Sally Kehoe,
Elizabeth Patrick,
Phoebe Stanley, and
Hannah Vermeersch are part of a team nicknamed the "
Motley Crew"?
|
7
|
LauraHale
|
(September 19, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached by
Bill Frieder won five consecutive
NCAA tournament berths and include the
1980–81,
1983–84,
1984–85,
1985–86,
1986–87, and
1987–88 teams, and
1988–89 national championship team?
|
7
|
TonyTheTiger
|
Welsh League (August 10, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Welsh League, consisting of
Aberdare,
Barry,
Ebbw Vale,
Merthyr Tydfil,
Mid-Rhondda and
Treherbert, was the first professional rugby league competition in Wales?
|
7
|
FruitMonkey
|
Frank Freeman (
February 28, 2010)
|
|
... that many works by "
Brooklyn's greatest architect",
Frank Freeman, have been destroyed, including the
Hotel Margaret,
Germania Club House,
Brooklyn Waterworks,
Bushwick Democratic Club House,
Brooklyn Savings Bank and
Thomas Jefferson Building (pictured)?
|
7
|
Gatoclass
|
Skylark operators (
Jul. 7, 2009)
|
|
... that during
World War II,
Norwegians
Erik Welle-Strand,
Egil Reksten,
Sverre Midtskau,
Einar Johansen,
Haakon Sørbye and
Bjørn Rørholt operated illegal radio
transmitters codenamed "Skylark" for the
Secret Intelligence Service?
|
7
|
Geschichte
|
The Pressure Cooker (
May. 10, 2009)
|
|
... that
Dylan McGrath's documentary
The Pressure Cooker was criticised by
Michelin star-
winning
French restaurateur
Patrick Guilbaud but has been praised by
L'Ecrivain owner
Derry Clarke, a judge alongside
Sammy Leslie on the
Adare-produced
Fáilte Towers?
|
7
|
Candlewicke
|
John Milton (Dec. 9, 2008)
|
|
... that the
later political works of
John Milton (born 400 years ago today), including
Tenure of Kings,
Eikonoklastes,
Defensio Secunda,
Civil Power, and
Ready and Easy Way, were
controversial but still sold well?
|
7
|
Ottava Rima
|
John Milton (Dec. 8, 2008)
|
|
... that
John Milton (born 400 years ago today) discusses
his religious views in numerous
antiprelatical tracts, including
Of Reformation,
Of Prelatical Episcopacy,
Animadversions,
Reason of Church-Government, and
Apology for Smectymnuus?
|
7
|
Ottava Rima
|
Samuel Johnson (Aug. 21, 2008)
|
|
... that in addition to
Boswell's famous
Life (1791) (pictured), major
accounts of Samuel Johnson's life include
Biographical Sketch (1784),
Anecdotes (1786), the rival
Life (1787),
Essay (1792), and
Thraliana?
|
7
|
Ottava Rima
|
Jesus College, Oxford (June 4, 2008)
|
|
... that the
Welshmen
Edward Edwards,
Griffith Griffith,
Owen Owen,
Richard Richards,
Robert Roberts and
Thomas Thomas (and his son
Thomas Thomas) were all educated at
Jesus College, Oxford?
|
7
|
Bencherlite
|
Emery ball May 15, 2021
|
|
... that
Russ Ford developed the
emery ball
pitch and taught it to
Ed Sweeney and
Earle Gardner, who taught it to
Cy Falkenberg, before it was outlawed by
Major League Baseball when
Ray Keating was caught using it?
|
6
|
Muboshgu
|
List of members of the National Assembly of Kenya, 2017–present (
September 15, 2020)
|
|
... that
the current Kenyan National Assembly is made up of 290 constituency elected members including
Samuel Arama, 47
county woman representatives including
Gladys Boss Shollei and
Sabina Wanjiru Chege, and 12 appointed members including
Dennitah Ghati?
|
6
|
User:Pi
|
Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (
September 5, 2020)
|
|
... that
Juan Mateos and
Alonso Martínez de Espinar, both writers on
hunting in
Spanish Baroque literature, are depicted in
Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (pictured) by
Diego Velázquez, whose
half-length portrait of Mateos was identified from an engraving by
Pedro Perete, son of
Pieter Perret?
|
6
|
User:evrik and
User:Justlettersandnumbers
|
Left Front (West Bengal) (January 11, 2017 )
|
|
... that the
Left Front governed the Indian state of
West Bengal for 34 years, winning the elections of
1977,
1982,
1987,
1991,
1996,
2001, and
2006?
|
6
|
User:Soman
|
Ariel Award for Best Actress (January 10, 2017 )
|
|
... that Mexican performers
Marco Pérez,
Sofía Espinosa,
Noé Hernández, and
Adriana Paz received the
Ariel Award for
Best Actor,
Best Actress,
Best Supporting Actor, and
Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the
2016 ceremony?
|
6
|
User:Jaespinoza
|
The World's Billionaires (June 4, 2014)
|
|
... that
Bill Gates (pictured) topped
Forbes' annual
list of the world's billionaires in
2014, after not having topped the list in
2013,
2012,
2011, or
2010?
|
6
|
ThaddeusB
|
[[]] (July 26, 2013)
|
|
... that at the
2013 World Series of Poker,
Marco Johnson,
Loni Harwood and
Matthew Ashton won their first
World Series of Poker bracelets and
Michael Gathy,
Matt Perrins and
Athanasios Polychronopoulos became
multiple bracelet winners?
|
6
|
TonyTheTiger
|
1902 Baltimore Orioles season (April 13, 2012)
|
|
... that the
New York Giants and
Cincinnati Reds raided
Joe McGinnity,
Joe Kelley,
Cy Seymour,
Dan McGann,
Jack Cronin, and others from the
Baltimore Orioles during the
1902 season?
|
6
|
Muboshgu
|
Asian Games Federation (February 5, 2012)
|
|
... that
Afghanistan,
Burma,
India,
Pakistan, and
Philippines were the first five members of the
Asian Games Federation?
|
6
|
Bill william compton
|
New Zealand WWII pilots (June 2, 2011)
|
|
... that
New Zealand-born World War II
pilots
Roy Calvert,
Fraser Barron,
Gordon Cochrane,
Bob Yule, and
Reg Grant were between them awarded 4
DSOs, 11
DFCs, and 2
DFMs, while
Frank Watkins was recommended for the
Victoria Cross?
|
6
|
Spy007au
|
Parliament of Canada/
Canadian federal election, 2011 (May 16, 2011)
|
|
... that five
McGill University students—
Charmaine Borg,
Matthew Dubé,
Mylène Freeman,
Laurin Liu, and
Jamie Nicholls—were elected to
Parliament in
Canada's 2011 federal election, but the youngest new MP is
Université de Sherbrooke student
Pierre-Luc Dusseault?
|
6
|
OCNative
|
Various churches in
St Leonards-on-Sea (St John the Evangelist's Church pictured) (13 May 2011)
|
|
... that in
St Leonards-on-Sea in
East Sussex,
Christ Church,
St John's and
St Peter's
Anglican churches are Grade II*
listed buildings, and there are Grade II listed
Baptist,
Roman Catholic and
Greek Orthodox churches?
|
6
|
Hassocks5489
|
Persoonia levis (Mar. 13, 2011)
|
|
... that the
geebungs of the
eastern states of Australia can be
narrow-leaved,
lance-leaved,
broad-leaved (pictured),
prickly,
prostrate, or
stiff?
|
6
|
Casliber
|
Archidendron muellerianum (Dec. 17, 2010)
|
|
... that the rainforests of eastern Australia harbour such trees as the
yellow satinheart,
five-leaf bonewood,
northern yellow boxwood,
shiny-leaved condoo,
yellow bulletwood and
veiny lace-flower?
|
6
|
Casliber
|
Cysteine-rich secretory protein (Oct. 30, 2010)
|
|
... that
ophanin,
piscivorin,
ablomin,
latisemin and
triflin, found in the
venom of the
King Cobra (pictured), the
water moccasin, the
Mamushi snake, the
Erabu sea snake and the
Habu snake, respectively, are all
cysteine-rich secretory proteins that can reduce
muscle contractions?
|
6
|
Millesya
Jstedehouder
Danyasimone
Aleid Lisanne
SKambizLMvanMegen
EdChem
|
[[]] (September 28, 2010)
|
|
... that
Tommy Amaker coached the
2001–02,
2002–03,
2003–04,
2004–05,
2005–06 and
2006–07 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams, winning the
2004 NIT and finishing runner-up in the
2006 NIT?
|
6
|
TonyTheTiger
|
[[]] (September 27, 2010)
|
|
... that
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached by
Steve Fisher featured
Fab Five stars
Juwan Howard,
Jalen Rose and
Chris Webber, and include the
1990–91,
1991–92,
1992–93,
1993–94,
1994–95,
1995–96 and
1996–97 teams?
|
6
|
TonyTheTiger
|
[[]] (July 8, 2010)
|
|
... that
Oklahoma Sooners football
head coach
Barry Switzer won eight consecutive
Big Eight Conference
college football championships in his first eight years with the
1973,
1974,
1975,
1976,
1977,
1978,
1979, and
1980 teams?
|
6
|
TonyTheTiger
|
Alsatian Workers and Peasants Party (Jul. 6, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Bloody Sunday events of 1926 in
Alsace were the starting point of
cooperation between communists and clerical autonomists, which led to the expulsion of the
Neue Welt group of
Charles Hueber and
Jean-Pierre Mourer from the
French Communist Party and the formation of the Alsatian
Opposition Communist Party?
|
6
|
Soman
|
Private railways of Norway (Apr. 27, 2010)
|
|
... that the only non-industrial
private railways of Norway never to be nationalized were the
Holmestrand–Vittingfoss,
Lier,
Lillesand–Flaksvand,
Nesttun–Os and
Tønsberg–Eidsfoss lines?
|
6
|
Arsenikk
|
Arrested professors (
Jan. 25, 2010)
|
|
... that
Endre Berner,
Bjørn Føyn,
Carl Jacob Arnholm,
Eiliv Skard,
Harald K. Schjelderup and
Anatol Heintz were among the professors at the
University of Oslo who were arrested by
Nazis during
World War II?
|
6
|
Geschichte
|
Bodley's Librarian (Jan. 16, 2010)
|
|
... that
one of
Bodley's Librarians at
Oxford University had been in the
King's African Rifles,
another wrote about French anarchy,
another had sixteen siblings,
another used boys for routine library tasks, and
another later died of a "surfeit of cherries"?
|
6
|
Bencherlite
|
Cormier wrestling family (
Aug. 20, 2009)
|
|
... that
professional wrestling promoter
Emile Dupré has said that the
Cormier wrestling family (
Yvon,
Jean-Louis,
Leonce, and
Romeo) "were to
New Brunswick what the
Hart family was to
Calgary"?
|
6
|
GaryColemanFan
|
Katherine Lynch (
May. 8, 2009)
|
|
... that the
first season of
Celebrity Bainisteoir was said to have "brought the worlds of celebrity and
GAA
club
football crashing together", and the
second season features
Working Girls and
Wonderwomen star
Katherine Lynch and
Miss Universe contender
Andrea Roche?
|
6
|
Candlewicke
|
John Roach
May 4, 2009
|
|
... that
John Roach (pictured) rose from humble origins to establish
America's largest
postbellum shipbuilding empire,
John Roach & Sons, which included the
Etna Iron Works, the
Morgan Iron Works, and the former
Reaney shipyard, renamed the
Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works?
|
6
|
Gatoclass
|
Bjørvika (
Mar. 27, 2009)
|
|
... that the
Bjørvika Tunnel, financed through
Oslo Package 1, will allow urban renewal of
Bjørvika (pictured) and
Sørengautstikkeren by
HAV Eiendom, as part of the
Fjord City?
|
6
|
Arsenikk
|
Lisa Hannigan (
Mar. 17, 2009)
|
|
... that Ireland's
2008 Meteor Awards featured a duet between
Sinéad O'Connor and
Mick Pyro and a performance by
Gary Lightbody and
Lisa Hannigan (pictured) of the song "
Some Surprise", taken from the
self-titled album of
The Cake Sale which was organised by former
Bell X1 member
Brian Crosby?
|
6
|
Candlewicke
|
SM UB-42 (
Feb. 20, 2009)
|
|
... that six
World War I
German Type UB II U-boats—
UB-42,
UB-43,
UB-44,
UB-45,
UB-46, and
UB-47—were built in
Bremen but cut apart and shipped by
rail for reassembly at the
Austro-Hungarian port of
Pola?
|
6
|
Bellhalla
|
Kentucky Railway Museum (
Feb. 13, 2009)
|
|
...that the
Kentucky Railway Museum (pictured), next door to an
historic hotel, features the
official state locomotiveof
Kentucky, a
"Jim Crow" car, a
four-star hotel on rails, and the only
gas-powered motor rail car in the
southeastern United States?
|
6
|
Bedford
|
Pennsylvania class steamship (Dec. 23, 2008)
|
|
... that the
Pennsylvania class
ocean liners—
Pennsylvania,
Ohio,
Indiana and
Illinois (later
USS Supply, pictured)—were the largest iron ships ever built in the
United Statesupon their completion in 1874?
|
6
|
Gatoclass
|
John Milton (Dec. 9, 2008)
|
|
... that the
early poetry of John Milton (born 400 years ago today), including "
Christ's Nativity", "
The Passion", "
Upon the Circumcision", "
Arcades", "
L'Allegro", and "
Il Penseroso", was written as early as 1624 but not published until 1645?
|
6
|
Ottava Rima
|
Gilliam class attack transport (Feb. 5, 2008)
|
|
...that sixteen ships of the
US Navy's
Gilliam class, including
Banner,
Carteret,
Dawson (pictured),
Gasconade and
Geneva, were
expended as
atomic bombtargets after barely two years of service?
|
6
|
Gatoclass
|
USS Meriwether (Jan. 27, 2008)
|
|
...that the
US Navy's
Haskell class
attack transports
Meriwether (pictured),
Tazewell,
Natrona,
Okaloosa,
Oneida and
Rawlins all participated in only one battle – the
invasion of Okinawa in 1945 – before being collectively struck from the
Naval Register on the same day in October 1958?
|
6
|
Gatoclass
|
Rhodesian/Zimbabwean government buildings (
Mar. 2, 2021)
|
|
... that the president of Zimbabwe has access to
State House which has a "drunk" "Superman"
statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds, and to the former
Rhodesian prime minister's house and
Cecil Rhodes's
Government House in Bulawayo (pictured), but not to Mugabe's
Blue Roof mansion?
|
5
|
The C of E
|
Canadian Comedy Awards (
Jul. 1, 2019)
|
|
... that
poutine (example pictured) and
back bacon on a bun were served while
the Beaver was awarded to
Made in Canada at the
inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards?
|
5
|
Reidgreg
|
Union Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) (
May 24, 2020)
|
|
... that the New York City Subway stations at
9th,
25th,
59th, and
Union Streets, as well as
Prospect Avenue, were opened with a competition between two trains heading to
Coney Island?
|
5
|
Epicgenius,
Kew Gardens 613
|
Marlon Bundo (Apr. 30, 2018)
|
|
... that
a children's book illustrated by
Gerald Kelley parodies
another children's book written by
Charlotte Pence about her pet rabbit
Marlon Bundo (pictured) by portraying him as gay?
|
5
|
IronGargoyle
Dalsegnoalfine
Adavidb
GreenMeansGo
Wumbolo
|
Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters (Aug. 1, 2017)
|
|
... that Harry Traver's
Jazz Railways,
Sesquicentennial Cyclone, and
Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters (including the notorious
Palisades Park Cyclone,
Oaks Park Zip,
Crystal Beach Cyclone, and
Revere Beach Lightning) all included rapidly undulating "Jazz Track" (diagram pictured)?
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5
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IronGargoyle
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Women's Super Rugby and new clubs (18 May 2017)
|
|
... that the newly established
Women's Super Rugby league will include
Gloucester-Hartpury Women,
Harlequins Ladies,
Loughborough Students (Lightning), and
Waterloo Ladies, but will exclude a team that has been in the top flight for 15 years?
|
5
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The C of E
|
Various places of worship in
Godalming (1 November, 2015)
|
|
... that
Godalming's
Roman Catholic,
Quaker and
Unitarian (pictured) places of worship, former
Congregational chapel, and former
Salvation Army hall are all Grade II
listed buildings?
|
5
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Hassocks5489
|
Tributaries of
Huntington Creek (December 30, 2014)
|
|
... that
Huntington Creek has six direct tributaries that are Class A Wild Trout Waters:
Mitchler Run,
Shingle Run,
Arnold Creek,
Lick Branch,
Phillips Creek, and part of
Kitchen Creek?
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5
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Jakec
|
International Institute for Species Exploration (June 28, 2014)
|
|
... that
the Top 10 New Species of the past year include
a 40 foot (12 m) tall tree (pictured), a
crustacean that looks like a skeleton, a
protist that acts like a sponge, and a
fungus named after the King of the Netherlands?
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5
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ThaddeusB
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Nicolas Zamora (29 December 2014)
|
|
... that
Nicolas Zamora (pictured) was the first
Filipino
Protestant
minister in the
Philippines and is credited with the foundation of the first indigenous
evangelical church in the Philippines?
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5
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Arius1998
|
Thomas Simpson (architect) (28 May 2014)
|
|
... that
Thomas and
Gilbert Murray Simpson designed "a distinguished
group of board schools" (one pictured) in the Victorian era for suburban areas of
Brighton such as
Elm Grove and
Prestonville?
|
5
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Hassocks5489
|
Leader of Alderney (18 February 2014)
|
|
... that the
Leader of Alderney has historically been a
hereditary Governor, a
Judge and a
non-politically elected
President?
|
5
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The C of E
|
Flip Flap Railway (October 5, 2013)
|
|
... that
Lina Beecher's
Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its
circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping
coasters at
Coney Island,
Atlantic City, and
Olentangy Park?
|
5
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IronGargoyle
|
Royal Tunbridge Wells
7 March 2013
|
|
... that
Royal Tunbridge Wells has a
church dedicated to King Charles I that had no
vicar for 33 years, an
opera house that became a pub and a
rugby club whose alumni include an
RFU regional administrator and aftershave drinking
Colin Smart?
|
5
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The C of E
|
Sahara Sea (
January 15, 2013)
|
|
... that
François Roudaire (pictured) proposed
flooding the Sahara by a channel cut from the Mediterranean to the
Chott
el Fejej, an event which was portrayed in
Jules Verne's last novel, and later was re-imagined with nuclear explosives?
|
5
|
IronGargoyle
|
Yam (
December 12, 2012)
|
|
... that the
Ashanti celebrate the
Adae,
Adae Kese,
Akwasidae,
Awukudae, and
Yam (pictured) festivals?
|
5
|
Nvvchar
Rosiestep
|
Coxed four rowers for
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (September 2, 2012)
|
|
... that
adaptive rowers
Pam Relph,
Naomi Riches,
James Roe and
David Smith, alongside
cox
Lily van den Broecke, won a gold medal at the
2011 World Rowing Championships and have been selected to represent
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?
|
5
|
Basement12
|
Dungeon Village (
June 8, 2012)
|
|
... that the simulation video games
Cafeteria Nipponica,
Dungeon Village,
Epic Astro Story,
Grand Prix Story, and
Hot Springs Story were developed by Japanese
video game developer
Kairosoft?
|
5
|
Nomader
|
Wukui and brothers (May 25, 2012)
|
|
... that the five brothers Prince
Wukui,
Duke Xiao,
Duke Zhao,
Duke Yi, and
Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient
state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors?
|
5
|
Zanhe
|
Ashleigh Southern (
March 7, 2012)
|
|
... that
Australian Stingers
Ashleigh Southern,
Glencora Ralph,
Zoe Arancini,
Rowena Webster and
Nicola Zagame are five of seventeen water polo players trying to make the
2012 Summer Olympics squad?
|
5
|
User talk:LauraHale
|
5
Derby-winning Thoroughbred racehorses (
February 10, 2012)
|
|
... that the racehorses
Assassin,
Hannibal,
Cardinal Beaufort,
Election and
Lap-dog won the
Derby Stakes in 1782, 1804, 1805, 1807 and 1826 respectively, making the
3rd Earl of Egremont the first-ever owner of five Derby winners?
|
5
|
Froggerlaura &
Tigerboy1966
|
Union of Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Organizations (
January 31, 2012)
|
|
... that the
Derg military junta supported the formation of the
Union of Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Organizations, but eventually crushed or disbanded its member organizations (
Meison,
Seded,
Echat,
Waz and
Malerid)?
|
5
|
Soman
|
Clayton & Black (
January 22, 2012)
|
|
... that prolific
Brighton architects
Clayton & Black's works include
churches,
mansion flats,
banks,
cinemas and their "chef d'œuvre"—a pink granite
insurance office (pictured)?
|
5
|
Hassocks5489
|
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football (
November 29, 2011)
|
|
... that
Jacque LaPrarie,
Eric Hochberg,
Tom Tarver,
Mike Stephans, and
Chas Dodd all led the
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team in passing yards?
|
5
|
PM800
|
List of most expensive sculptures and four of the sculptures (
November 13 2011)
|
|
... that the
most expensive sculptures ever sold include modern works such as
Picasso's
Tete de femme,
Modigliani's
Tête, and
Giacometti's
Grande tête mince, and ancient statues like
Artemis and the Stag?
|
5
|
violet/riga
|
Love Story and related articles (
October 28 2011)
|
|
... that former couple
Acha Septriasa and
Irwansyah united for their last
Love Story under the supervision of
Irwansyah's future wife and direction of
Hanny Saputra?
|
5
|
Crisco 1492
|
Mochtar Lubis and his works (
July 23 2011)
|
|
... that
Indonesian "renaissance man"
Mochtar Lubis, co-founder of the daily
Indonesia Raya, wrote novels involving
superstition,
corruption, and
erectile dysfunction?
|
5
|
Crisco 1492
|
Caribbean accounting groups (
July 18 2011)
|
|
... that
BICA,
ICAG and
ICAJ are
ICAC members, but as of 2008
CISPA was not?
|
5
|
Aymatth2
|
Chrisye albums (
June 10, 2011)
|
|
... that during his career,
Chrisye released albums that
sold like "chicken shit", were
recorded with studio executives locked out, raised controversy for
being "against Asian mores", went
double platinum on his birthday, and
had to be recalled to replace the cover design?
|
5
|
Crisco 1492
|
Badai Pasti Berlalu (
June 5, 2011)
|
|
... that
Marga T's novel
Badai Pasti Berlalu sold roughly 24,000 copies—remarkable for an
Indonesian novel in the 1970s—and spawned a critically acclaimed
film,
album and
song?
|
5
|
Crisco 1492
|
List of places of worship in Arun (Former Trinity Congregational Chapel, Arundel pictured) (
June 1, 2011)
|
|
...that
past and present churches in
Arun,
West Sussex, include
one in the grounds of a luxury hotel,
one in a former Penny School,
one (pictured) that became a market, and a
"strangely towered" one?
|
5
|
Hassocks5489
|
Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua (
May 5, 2011)
|
|
... that during a 1762
British siege of the
Fortress of the Immaculate Conception (pictured) in
El Castillo village within
El Castillo municipality, Nicaragua,
Rafaela Herrera inspired the outnumbered Spanish defenders to victory?
|
5
|
DiverDave
|
Jack up rigs owned by the
Romanian company
Grup Servicii Petroliere (Jan. 19, 2011)
|
|
...that the
Romanian company
Grup Servicii Petroliere owns five
jackup independent leg cantilever
drilling rigs:
Atlas,
Jupiter,
Orizont,
Prometeuand
Saturn?
|
5
|
Bine Mai
|
M-1 Challenge XXII (
Dec. 10, 2010)
|
|
... that
M-1 Global's
welterweight (
Shamil Zavurov vs.
Abner Lloveras),
middleweight (
Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs.
Rafał Moks), and
light heavyweight (
Tomasz Narkun vs.
Vyacheslav Vasilevsky)
mixed martial arts champions will be determined at
M-1 Challenge XXIItoday?
|
5
|
EdChem
Paralympiakos
|
2010 M-1 Challenge Season (
Nov. 5, 2010)
|
|
... that at
M-1 Global's
Challenge XXI event,
Artiom Damkovsky defeated
Mairbek Taisumov to become their inaugural
Lightweight
MMA Champion and
Guram Gugenishvili defeated
Kenny Garner (who was replacing the injured
Maxim Grishin) for their inaugural
Heavyweight Championship?
|
5
|
EdChem
Paralympiakos
|
Shannan Prefecture
(September 29, 2010 )
|
|
... that
Gonggar County of
Shannan Prefecture in
Tibet contains the
Gonggar Choide Monastery, a
dzong, and a
regional airportwhich serves
Lhasa, despite being located about 62 kilometres (39 mi) from it?
|
5
|
Nvvchar
Himalayan Explorer
|
Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
(September 28, 2010 )
|
|
... that
Dzanga-Ndoki National Park and
Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve of the
Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas in the
Central African Republic form the Sangha Tri National Landscape with
Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the
Republic of Congo and
Lobéké National Park in
Cameroon?
|
5
|
Nvvchar
Rosiestep
Himalayan Explorer
|
Iguazu River Dams (Sep. 23, 2010)
|
|
... that before reaching the
Iguazu Falls (pictured) on the border of
Brazil and
Argentina, the
Iguazu River is interrupted by the
hydroelectric
José Richa,
Salto Osório,
Salto Santiago,
Ney Braga and
Bento Munhoz Dams?
|
5
|
NortyNort
|
Oskar Höcker (Sep. 17, 2010)
|
|
... that the family of
Oskar Höcker, a German writer and a celebrated actor of the
Lessing Theater, included three more writers: his brother
Gustav, his son
Paul Oskar, and his granddaughter
Karla?
|
5
|
Drmies
|
Hochland (magazine) (Aug. 6, 2010)
|
|
... that the German Catholic magazine
Hochland, founded by
Carl Muth in 1903, published regular contributions by historians
Theodor Schieffer and
Heinrich Lützeler, and philosopher
Peter Wust?
|
5
|
Drmies
|
African Barrick Gold (Aug. 6, 2010)
|
|
... that, in 2009,
African Barrick Gold produced 716,000 ounces of gold from the
Tulawaka,
Bulyanhulu,
Buzwagi, and
North Mara Gold Mines?
|
5
|
Kelapstick
Calistemon
|
(July 17, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Michigan Wolverines football team's records in years such as
1990,
1994,
1995,
1996, and
1997 include those in
field goals, school completion percentage, single-game receptions, and the largest comeback among others?
|
5
|
TonyTheTiger
|
Centuria Insectorum (June 27, 2010)
|
|
... that the animals described in
Carl Linnaeus'
Centuria Insectorum include the
crab
Hepatus epheliticus, the
rhinoceros beetle
Dynastes tityus (pictured), the
scale insect
Conchaspis capensis and the
butterfly
Catopsilia scylla?
|
5
|
Stemonitis
|
List of places of worship in Hastings (Christ Church, Ore pictured) (
May 21, 2010)
|
|
...that
past and present churches in
Hastings,
East Sussex, include
one in the middle of a wood,
one on the beach for the fishermen,
one on a "crazy site" and
one (pictured) with "a very naughty turret"?
|
5
|
Hassocks5489
|
Austrian battleships(
April 30, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Austro-Hungarian
battleships
Habsburg,
Babenberg,
Árpád,
Prinz Eugen,
Tegetthoff and
Viribus Unitis participated in the
bombardment of Ancona?
|
5
|
Buggie111
|
Sera Monastery
(March 10, 2010 )
|
|
... that the great
Sera Monastery (pictured) in
Lhasa,
Tibet, has 19 affiliated hermitages, including 4 nunneries:
Chupzang Nunnery,
Garu Nunnery,
Negodong Nunnery and
Nenang Nunnery?
|
5
|
Nvvchar
Himalayan Explorer
|
Bulgarian runners (Mar. 8, 2010)
|
|
... that the
Bulgarian female runners
Zlateva,
Yordanova,
Pekhlivanova,
Shtereva,
Tomova and
Petrova all won
medals in
800 metres at the
European Indoor Championships in the 1970s?
|
5
|
Geschichte
|
Herman Behr Mansion
(February 27, 2010 )
|
|
... that surviving works by
Brooklyn architect
Frank Freeman include the
Herman Behr Mansion,
Eagle Warehouse,
Brooklyn Union Gas Company Headquarters,
Villa Maria and
Crescent Athletic Club House (pictured)?
|
5
|
Gatoclass
|
Robert Southey (Oct. 02, 2009)
|
|
... that
Robert Southey composed five
epic poems that describe:
human sacrifices,
murderous Hindu demons,
evil sorcerers,
a Goth rapist, and
a violent maid?
|
5
|
Ottava Rima
|
T. S. Eliot (April 29, 2009)
|
|
... that
T. S. Eliot's
Paradiso-like poems of the
Four Quartets (
Burnt Norton,
East Coker,
The Dry Salvages, and
Little Gidding) are modeled on the structure of his
Inferno-like poem
The Waste Land?
|
5
|
Ottava Rima
|
Blond Bombers (
Feb. 2, 2009)
|
|
... that
Jim Crockett Promotions hosted an unusual series of
pro wrestling
tag team matches in the 1970s, as
heel (villain) teams such as the
Blond Bombers (
Rip Hawk and
Swede Hanson) faced fellow heels
Brute Bernard and
Skull Murphy?
|
5
|
GaryColemanFan
|
VIP (magazine)/
TV Now (
Jan. 16, 2009)
|
|
... that
VIP and
TV Now magazines give their names to the
VIP Style Awards (
venue pictured) and
TV Now Awardsrespectively, the latter of which regularly features
Lorraine Keane?
|
5
|
Candlewicke
|
John Keats (Jan. 8, 2009)
|
|
... that the
1819 odes of
English poet
John Keats, including
On Melancholy,
To a Nightingale,
To Psyche, and
To Autumn, created "a new tone for the English lyric" according to critic
W. Jackson Bate?
|
5
|
Mrathel
Ottava Rima
|
Operation Parthenon (Jan. 5, 2009)
|
|
... that
Operations Parthenon,
Boris,
Finery,
Shed and
Plan Giralda were all
British plans for military intervention in
Zanzibar following the
1964 revolution?
|
5
|
Dumelow
|
John Milton (Dec. 15, 2008)
|
|
... that the
failed marriage of
John Milton inspired his
divorce tracts:
Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce,
Judgement of Martin Bucer,
Tetrachordon, and
Colasterion?
|
5
|
Ottava Rima
|
Davidson-Cadillac armored car (
Dec. 6, 2008)
|
|
...that
Royal Page Davidson, son of
Northwestern Military Academy founder
Harlan Page Davidson, invented the first U.S.
military car and
fully armored car (
pictured) as well as a
lightly armored car?
|
5
|
Doug Coldwell
|
William Wordsworth (Nov. 14, 2008)
|
|
... that one poetic focus in
William Wordsworth's early life, especially in the
"Lucy" poems, the
"Matthew" poems,
We are Seven, and
Lucy Gray, is man's relationship with death and nature?
|
5
|
Ottava Rima
Ceoil
|
Buddhist temples in Huế (
Feb. 22, 2008)
|
|
... that of
Bao Quoc,
Dieu De and
Tu Dam, the three
"national pagodas" in Huế under the
Nguyen Dynasty, the latter two were
vandalised by the regime of
Ngo Dinh Diem, while
Thien Mu (pictured) was regarded as the unofficial
city symbol?
|
5
|
YellowMonkey
|
Orangeville, Illinois (
Oct. 13, 2007)
|
|
...that in
Orangeville, Illinois, four of the five
Registered Historic Places:
Union House,
Masonic Hall,
People's State Bank, and
Central House are all within three blocks of each other?
|
5
|
IvoShandor
|