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...that
Mark Kellogg (
pictured ) became the first
Associated Press correspondent to die in the line of duty when he was killed at the
Battle of the Little Bighorn ?
...that
Colony Collapse Disorder is a syndrome describing the increasing die-off of
honey bees in the
United States ?
...that the first of the
Joe McDoakes series of one-reel
short subjects began as a project to teach students at the
University of Southern California movie making before being bought by
Warner Bros. for $2500 in
1942 ?
...that the
Polish Second Army was the second major formation of the
Peoples' Army of Poland fighting alongside the
Soviet Union in the
Second World War ?
...that
RNA -binding
piwi proteins are required for the formation of
sperm in many animals, including
mammals ?
...that Uzbekistani artist
Nikolai Shin spent more than two decades working on his 44-metre-long painting Requiem , which depicts the
1937 deportation of the
Koryo-saram to
Central Asia ?
...that
French
geologist
Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois (
pictured ) was the first to arrange the
chemical elements by
atomic weight , but his design was ignored by many chemists?
...that a road in
Charlcombe ,
Somerset ,
England is closed for two months every spring to allow
frogs and
toads to cross safely?
...that
Colin McDonald and
George Thoms were
Australian
cricketers who, uniquely,
opened the batting for their club, state and national teams in the same season?
...that the 101 female
Members of Parliament elected in the
United Kingdom in
Labour 's landslide
general election victory in 1997 were popularly known as
Blair Babes ?
...that
plant cells go through an additional stage in their
cell cycle , the
preprophase , which does not occur during
mitosis in
animal cells ?
...that the
five themes of geography is an
educational framework for
geography adopted in 1984 by the
Association of American Geographers ?
...that
Sausenburg Castle (
pictured ) in
Germany was destroyed in 1678 by the army of
French Marshall Creque during the
Franco-Dutch War ?
...that the
House of Lords declined to hear an appeal from the decision of the
Court of Appeal in
Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's application , concerning the
patentability of computer programs in the
United Kingdom ?
...that
Little Mikey was the name of a character who appeared in a
television advertisement for
Quaker Oats '
Life
cereal which was aired in the
United States for over 12 years?
...that the
The Bull Ring is a
henge which was built in the late
Neolithic period near
Dove Holes in
Derbyshire ?
...that the causes and extent of
Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures are still being debated long after they were first raised at a conference in
Tuxtla Gutiérrez in 1942?
...that the
Seal Slough tidal channel in
California hosts a thriving
marshland
habitat despite encroachment by a
sewage treatment plant and two schools?
...that
grid fins (
pictured ) are used on the
Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) so it can fit inside a
C-130 aircraft?
...that
Ann Ebsworth was the first female
High Court judge to be assigned to the
Queen's Bench Division , the previous five having all been assigned to the
Family Division ?
...that
Iñaki de Juana Chaos began a
hunger strike in November 2006 to protest what he feels to be unlawful imprisonment by the
Spanish government ?
...that because the
horse does not have a
gall bladder , they can only have up to 20% fat as part of their
equine nutrition ?
...that
Able Seaman
Just Nuisance is the only dog to have been officially enlisted in the
Royal Navy ?
...that the
Dutch barn was the first non-native
barn model ever built in the
United States ?
...that, as well as being used to clear
snow ,
winter service vehicles (
pictured ) can be used to repair roads which have melted in hot weather?
...that
Indian Test cricketer
Murali Kartik was expelled from the first intake of the
National Cricket Academy due to indiscipline?
...that 16th century
Genevan
reformer
John Calvin held
Bible studies in the
Calvin Auditory ?
...that the
Brunswick Manifesto , issued during the
French Revolution to intimidate
Paris , backfired and spurred further revolutionary action?
...that
archaeologist
Francis Turville-Petre , discoverer of
Neanderthal remains in
Israel , was portrayed in works by authors
W. H. Auden and
Christopher Isherwood ?
...that 17th century philosopher
Cesare Cremonini refused to look at the
Moon 's mountains through
Galileo 's telescope, because
Aristotle had proved the Moon was a perfect
sphere ?
...that the relics of
St. Florian kept in
St. Florian's Church (
pictured ) were brought to
Kraków from
Rome for political reasons?
...that a recent
oil discovery in
Bojonegoro is the biggest in Indonesia for three decades and one of the biggest reserves in
Indonesia ?
...that the
Minute Women of the U.S.A. was a militantly
anti-communist organization for American housewives in the 1950s?
...that
General
Stanislav Poplavsky was one of thousands of
Soviet officers who served as commanders, advisors and officials in the
People's Republic of Poland during the
Stalinization period?
...that
Philip Blaiberg survived for more than nineteen months after receiving the second
heart transplant ever?
...that the four corners of the main crossroads in the historic town of
Ross in
Tasmania are known as
Temptation ,
Recreation ,
Salvation and
Damnation ?
...that the
Empire State Building in
New York City was illuminated with blue lights on April 5, 2005 to mark the 10th anniversary of
National Poetry Month which is celebrated every April in the
United States ?
...that
Squad Five-O grew from an indie band and eventually signed to the general market label
Capitol Records before disbanding in 2006?
...that
Charles Calhoun (
pictured ) , the first
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard , served in the
United States Navy during
World War II before enlisting in the
Coast Guard ?
...that the representatives at the
Vilnius Conference in 1917 elected a 20-member
Council of Lithuania to negotiate with the
Germans for the independence of
Lithuania ?
...that the statue of the
Virgin and Child in the porch of the
University Church of St Mary the Virgin in
Oxford was cited as evidence in
Archbishop Laud's execution trial, and has bullet holes made by
Oliver Cromwell 's troops?
...that
Polish Navy
admiral
Włodzimierz Steyer commanded the
Polish Army in the
Battle of Hel , the longest battle of the
Polish September Campaign ?
...that
John Oliver Wheeler and his grandfather
Arthur Oliver Wheeler mapped the
Selkirk Mountains ?
...that
George Washington 's
threshing barn was an early example of an American
round barn ?
...that
balloonist
Sophie Blanchard (
pictured ) was
Napoleon 's Chief Air Minister of Ballooning, and was named "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration" by
Louis XVIII of France ?
...that
Jablunkov is the easternmost town of the
Czech Republic ?
...that
Daniel Friedmann ,
Israel 's
Minister of Justice , is a seventh-generation
sabra , a rarity in a country where
mass Jewish immigration did not begin until the late 19th century?
...that 49 of
Egyptian
novelist
Ihsan Abdel Quddous ' s
novels have had
film adaptations ?
...that
Caffè Florian , established in 1720, was the first
coffeehouse in
Venice to admit women?
...that the 7th century King
Cynegils , the first
West Saxon ruler known to have been
baptised as a
Christian , is called the son of at least three different fathers in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ?
...that the
Anstruther Fish Bar (
pictured ) in
Fife has won the accolade "best
fish and chip shop " in Scotland, on three occasions?
...that
Bryan Pearce overcame
learning disabilities from
congenital
phenylketonuria to be recognised as one of the
UK 's leading
naïve artists ?
...that the deadly
mushroom
Clitocybe dealbata is known as the "sweating mushroom" because this is a striking side effect of consuming it?
...that
laminopathies are a diverse group of
genetic diseases caused by mutations in
nuclear envelope filaments?
...that a
strike in the
Hipolit Cegielski Industries in
Poznań , June 1956, led to
the first major Polish protest against
communism ?
...that
Charles R. Stelck proved that
ancient
coral reefs had once existed in the
Arctic and that
oil could be found there?
...that despite being
illiterate ,
Duncan Bàn MacIntyre became one of the most famous
Scottish Gaelic poets?
...that, worldwide, only 9 cases of the
genetic disorder
atransferrinemia have ever been reported?
...that
Gerhard Schröder sponsored a star for
Dieter Hildebrandt on the
Walk of Fame of Cabaret (
pictured ) during his time as
Chancellor of Germany ?
...that the
advertising campaign "
Love in the Afternoon " only became successful for
ABC when advertisements chronicling the troubled union of
Luke and Laura were aired, bringing
General Hospital to the top of the
U.S.
soap opera ratings?
...that Polish general
Jan Rządkowski was dismissed from his post as the commander of the armed forces of
Central Lithuania when it was discovered that he did not have
citizenship in that state?
...that
aojiru , a
vegetable drink made from
kale , tastes so bad that it is commonly used as a
punishment on Japanese TV
game shows ?
...that even though
Denis Potvin retired in 1988, fans of the
New York Rangers still practice a
tradition aimed at insulting him?
...that the
United States Africa Command , the newest U.S. military
Unified Combatant Command , will cover all of
Africa , except for
Egypt ?
...that
lead shot for the
Napoleonic Wars was made at
Chester Shot Tower (
pictured ) , probably the oldest surviving
shot tower in the world?
...that J.M. Legard's
2006 novel
Giraffe is based on the real-life mass killing of
giraffes at the
zoo in the
Czechoslovakian town of
Dvůr Králové nad Labem on the night of
30 April
1975 ?
...that
Private Passions , a weekly
classical music programme on
BBC Radio 3 , has occasionally featured interviews with
hoax characters played by comedian
John Sessions ?
...that
Robin Wilson was not only a
science fiction author and editor, but President of
California State University, Chico ?
...that the
Newgate novels of the
19th century were attacked by the press for glamorizing the criminals portrayed in their stories?
...that of the world's
largest wooden ships , almost all those longer than 300 feet leaked or were not seaworthy?
...that the
Palanok Castle (
pictured ) in
Mukacheve ,
Ukraine , was used as an all-European political prison after the
fall of the French
Bastille , and as a shelter for the
Crown of St. Stephen , protecting it from
Napoleon I 's troops?
...that
Corona Schröter , an 18th century
German
singer , composed musical settings for several works by
Friedrich Schiller , as well as two dramas, hundreds of
arias and
duets , and an
autobiography given to
Johann Wolfgang Goethe , but that all of these works are now lost?
...that
Australian -born
American actor
Marc McDermott joined an acting troupe to support his mother and sister after his father's death?
...that current
Journal of Food Science scientific editor
Daryl B. Lund was a college roommate of future
Governor of Wisconsin and
Health and Human Services Secretary
Tommy Thompson ?
...that
Charlotte Stuart (
pictured ) was the
illegitimate daughter of
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the secret mistress of the
Archbishop of Bordeaux ?
...that
Canadian
Hockey Hall of Fame member
Allan Pickard built and managed amateur
ice hockey organizations which produced future
NHL stars and became a model for modern organized amateur hockey?
...that the
history of science and technology in China was made known in the West largely through the
work of the
Jesuits and later through
Joseph Needham ?
...that
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University publishes the largest number of research papers among
agricultural universities in India ?
...that a major source for
Greek mythology , the first
Vatican Mythographer , survives in a single text in the
Vatican Library ?
...that five of the nine
Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County , Illinois (
pictured ) have been destroyed since their inclusion on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980?
...that the first foreigner decorated in World War Two with the highest Soviet medal,
Hero of the Soviet Union , was a
Czechoslovak soldier,
Otakar Jaroš after the Battle of Sokolovo in
1943 ?
...that
Radishchev Museum in
Saratov founded by Russian painter
Alexey Bogolyubov was the first museum in the country opened to the general public?
...that the
Ganesha Purana is a religious text in
Hinduism dedicated to the
elephant -headed deity
Ganesha and was produced by the Hindu sect
Ganapatya ?
...that an
odd-eyed cat (
pictured ) is a cat with one blue eye and one green, orange or yellow eye, a
feline form of
heterochromia ?
...that
British
Labour politician
Fiona Jones was disqualified from the
House of Commons when she was convicted for submitting
fraudulent
election expense returns, but was later reinstated?
...that
John T. Ford was the only
American theatre manager to pay
Gilbert and Sullivan royalties for
H.M.S. Pinafore during its initial U.S. run?
...that
Władysław Wejtko joined the
Polish Army and constructed fortifications in the decisive
Battle of Warsaw ?
...that the Iowa horticultural professor
Griffith Buck created over 80 named cultivars of the
rose ?
...that in 1263
Fürstenfeld Abbey was founded by
Ludwig the Severe of
Bavaria as a penance for killing his wife?
...that the painting by
Melchior d'Hondecoeter known as the
The Floating Feather (
pictured ) gained its name from a tiny detail he added to the pool?
...that on February 1, the
National Weather Service began using the
Enhanced Fujita Scale to assess
tornado damage, replacing the
Fujita scale ?
...that
Cuba's
Latin American School of Medicine is supported by both the
Congressional Black Caucus and
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez ?
...that in 1965
Marguerite Legot became the first female
Belgian federal government
minister ?
...that
link-boys were paid to carry a
torch to guide pedestrians at night before
street lighting became commonplace?
...that the
Tomlin order , a
court order in
England and Wales under which a court action is stayed on terms which have been agreed in advance between the parties, is named from a 1927 ruling of the
High Court judge ,
Mr Justice
Tomlin ?
...that the
Freedom Monument (
pictured ) in
Riga ,
Latvia , features a woman lifting three stars, the emblem of a united Latvia?
...that
French
Champagne merchant
Charles Heidsieck was imprisoned for
espionage during the
American Civil War , sparking an international incident?
...that
Calabazas Creek in
Sonoma Valley cuts through a
volcanic
watershed with nearby relict
hot springs ?
...that
Torbjörn Nilsson is considered to be one of the greatest
Swedish
footballers of all time, despite only having played 28 matches for the
national team ?
...that the
levée of
Louis XIV , the privilege of removing the king's nightshirt, was a great honour only accorded to a high
noble ?
...that hundreds of young
North Korean women serve in
state -run groups called
Gippeumjo , providing high-ranking
party officials with song, dance, massage, and sexual favours?
...that
Osu Castle (
pictured ) is the
seat of government in
Ghana ?
...that the
Krazy Kat cartoons printed in the
San Francisco Examiner prompted a serious physical assault on author
Agnes Newton Keith ?
...that Norwegian politician
Harald T. Nesvik claimed to have nominated
George W. Bush and
Tony Blair for the
Nobel Peace prize ?
...that
Lublin Castle was the place where the
Union of Lublin , creating the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , was signed?
...that
Salmson 2 , along with the
Breguet 14 , was the main
reconnaissance
aircraft of the French army in the
First World War ?
...that "
Vrede " was the first
Eurovision entry to feature
DJ
scratching ?
...that the construction of
Basilica Cathedral St. Peter and St. Patern, Vannes (
pictured ) took seven centuries and featured styles from
Romanesque to Neo
Gothic ?
...that
U-256 was one of seven
German
World War II
submarines converted into anti-aircraft submarines, and the last German submarine to leave
Brest, France ?
...that
Gordon Macklin was the first president and
CEO of
NASDAQ , and later a
board member of
WorldCom up to its
bankruptcy in 2002?
...that
Carnival in Flanders , which was performed only six times, is the least performed play to be recognized with a
Tony Award ?
...that
Ludwig Preiss collected the first specimen of the
Western Swamp Tortoise in 1839, but no further collections occurred until 1953?
...that
Kesatuan Melayu Muda was the first
Malayan political body to request Malayan independence?
...that the
Passeio Público (
pictured ) of
Rio de Janeiro , built between 1779 and 1783, is one of the oldest
public parks in
the Americas ?
...that
Fossil Cycad National Monument , established in
South Dakota in 1922, was withdrawn as a national monument in 1956 because all of the visible
fossils had been stolen?
...that English seaman
John Vincent lost part of his upper
lip when it froze to a metal cup during the voyage of the
James Caird ?
...that the first class
Kaunas Fortress was captured by
German forces in 1915 after eleven days of fighting?
...that
Hurricane Flossy was the first
tropical cyclone to significantly impact
oil refining in the
Gulf of Mexico ?
...that
Southern stingrays , originally drawn to an area in
Hol Chan Marine Reserve in
Belize by food from fishermen cleaning their nets, are now a tourist attraction being fed by local tour guides?
...that the
Roman bronze bust
Pseudo-Seneca (pictured) , known not to be
Seneca since 1813, is probably an imaginary portrait of
Hesiod ?
...that
Třinec Iron and Steel Works produces more than a third of the
steel in the
Czech Republic ?
...that
Aeroplanes Voisin , a major
French
aircraft manufacturer during
World War I , was dissolved after the war when its cofounder
Gabriel Voisin became more interested in designing
automobiles than planes?
...that television executive
Barry Crane was such an avid
contract bridge player his record number of
masterpoints was not matched until six years after his death?
...that on
Malaita in the
Solomon Islands , the mean daily temperature in the warmest month is only 3.4°
F warmer than that of the coolest?
...that the
lyrics of the debut song of
Indian
rock
musician
Rabbi Shergill were written by the 18th century
Punjabi poet
Bulleh Shah ?
...that the
Lumber Exchange Building (
pictured ) in
Minneapolis, Minnesota (1885) is the oldest remaining building in the
United States outside of
New York City with 12 or more floors?
...that the
Monkey River feeds the second largest
barrier-reef complex in the world?
...that the
Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro was the setting for the coronation of
Emperor Pedro I of Brazil in 1822 and several other important historical events?
...that the
Arado Ar 197 plane was designed by
Germany before
World War II for a never completed
aircraft carrier ?
...that modern
dye tracing techniques are capable of detecting concentrations of
dye as low as one
part per trillion ?
...that
U-106 , was one of
Germany's most successful submarines sinking 22
Allied ships in
World War II ?
...that
highwayman
Henry Simms invented a plot against the
King to try to gain a
pardon ?
...that
Château de Clermont (
pictured ) belonged to the
French actor
Louis de Funès ?
...that the
bulbs of
Utah 's
state flower , the
Sego Lily , were an important food source for
Native Americans and the
Mormon pioneers ?
...that
Robert King High was mayor of
Miami for ten years and unsuccessfully ran for
Governor of Florida as a
Democrat in 1966?
...that the
Ramban Synagogue , founded by
Nahmanides in
1267 , is the oldest active
synagogue in the
Old City of
Jerusalem ?
...that
zookeeper
Ram Brahma Sanyal ' s pioneering works on the scientific treatment of
captive breeding led to his
zoo 's hosting the first live birth in captivity of a
Sumatran Rhinoceros , a feat not replicated for 112 years?
...that the Palace in the
Quinta da Boa Vista park in
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil , was inhabited by one
King of Portugal and the two
Brazilian Emperors ?