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... that Meinong's jungle is the name given to the
ontological realm in which non-existent objects such as
unicorns, square circles, and golden mountains subsist?
... that after
Dale Earnhardt's first win, his crew chief Jake Elder said, "Stick with me, kid, and we'll win diamonds as big as
horse turds"?
... that The New York Times moved in 1858 to a building at 41 Park Row, making it the first newspaper in
New York City housed in a building built specifically for its use?
... that the media of the Mortal Kombat franchise not only includes the
video game series which has sold 26 million copies but also two feature films, a television series, two books, and several comics books?
... that historic Sleddale Hall, the filming location for Crow Crag in the 1986
cult filmWithnail and I is derelict and has faced demolition in the past?
... that after being rejected from
HaShomer, a Jewish defense organization in
Ottoman Palestine, Yosef Lishansky founded a rival group called HaMagen, operating in the south of the country?
... that Dipor Bil reportedly provides its natural resources for the livelihood of 14 indigenous villages (1,200 families) located in its
wetland ecosystem in
Assam,
India?
... that
footballerPeter Stringfellow suffered a dramatic decline in form, which ultimately ended his professional career, after being involved in a car crash in which a team-mate died?
... that after his son was murdered during a
study abroad program,
entrepreneurTom Petters formed a foundation to provide endowments that would benefit future students at several universities?
... that Marguerite Sylva(
pictured) modestly told
W. S. Gilbert at her sister's audition that she "sang a little" and, after demonstrating, was offered a part?
... that the Universal Edit Button is a
Firefoxadd on supported by many websites that informs users when the web page they are viewing contains editable content?
... that
Dick Trickle, billed as the winningest short track driver in history, won his first race outside of his home region at the 1966 National Short Track Championships at Rockford Speedway?
... that the
Victorian painter William Shakespeare Burton was said to have dug a hole in the ground to stand in, so that he could paint the grass and ferns at eye level?
... that
Zac Brown Band's single "Chicken Fried" was previously recorded by
The Lost Trailers, whose version was withdrawn after Brown changed his mind about licensing the song to that record label?
... that the
penitential tone of John Audelay's poetry may have been influenced by his sense of responsibility for his
lord's involvement in a fatal brawl?
... that
Spain, which placed second at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Su canción", was rumored to have given high marks to a competitor so it would not have to host the contest the following year?
... that Dave Levine, the president of an
e-commerce company, was featured in the inaugural episode of Millionaire Matchmaker where he described the type of wife he sought?
... that the Oregon State Bar was the first
bar association in the U.S. to provide complete access to all attorney records it keeps, but only after a lawsuit?
... that M-67, a state highway in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has remained essentially unchanged but the highways connecting to it have changed three times since 1919?
... that Julie Couillard's memoir My Story reveals confidential opinions that
Canadian member of
ParliamentMaxime Bernier allegedly shared with her and was released eight days before Bernier is seeking
re-election?
... that Clarence D. Wiley, already a 40-year public official in
Louisiana, was to have joined his
parish governing council when he died in 1976 of a sudden
stroke?
... that
EnglishfootballerGlen Thomas came close to losing an eye in 1996 when he stumbled into a tree during a training session and was hit in the face by a branch?
... that the medieval
motetSub Arturo plebs has the name of its composer along with those of 14 fellow musicians, plus instructions on how to perform the piece, written into its own lyrics?
... that
BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme The Media Show, which looks at the current state of the
media, is seen as a replacement to The Message, a similar programme axed by the BBC earlier in 2008?
... that only twelve examples survive of the Bosom of Abraham Trinity, a uniquely English subject in late medieval religious art?
... that, when
Tang Dynasty poet
Wang Wei was set to be punished for having joined the rebel state
Yan under duress, his brother Wang Jin successfully interceded for him by offering to resign as an imperial official?
... that the website Techmeme, created by Gabe Rivera, searches for the most popular
technology-related news on the
Internet and orders them based on an
algorithm that determines popularity?
... that Nic Waal, who rescued
Jewish children in
Norway from the
Holocaust, started her own institute for pediatric
psychiatry when turned down for a job because her appearance was too messy?
... that after Robert Bealknap offended the people of
London before the coronation of
Richard II they placed a model of his head on a water fountain so that it would vomit wine when the king walked past?
... that the existence of a Stroke Belt in the
southeastern United States was recognized as early as 1962, but the causes of high
stroke incidence in this region have not been determined?
... that in addition to teaching underprivileged youth, Giovanni Buscaglione designed such architectural works as
Colombia's Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Carmen?
... that after Milt Davis was rejected by the
Detroit Lions because they did not have a
black roommate for him, Davis won two championships in four seasons with the
Baltimore Colts?
... that after Li Xilie, who had rebelled against the
Tang Dynasty,
grew ill after eating beef, his general Chen Xianqi induced his physician to poison him to death?
... that the 2004 Cairns Tilt Train derailment was the result of excessive speed which may have been caused by the driver leaving his seat?
... that Anastasiu di Iaci wrote Vinuta di lu re Iapicu in Catania shortly after 1287, making it one of the earliest narrative sources for the
War of the Vespers?
... that while his father-in-law, brother and son were national politicians, Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen concentrated on entrepreneurship, establishing the railway car factory
Strømmens Værksted?
... that
Irving Berlin stuffed towels into a piano while he was composing "That International Rag" (
listen) to muffle the sound because other hotel guests made noise complaints?
... that
Los Angeles police were sent to guard the remains of the 1000-year-old Encino Oak Tree, a victim of "slime flux", after it was felled by an
El Niño storm in 1998?
... that there are currently over 1,000 more international chess tournaments per year than there were in 1951?
... that in addition to being a government aide during the
Vietnam Conflict, Michael Forrestal was also a mediator in international disputes between the
USSR and the US?
... that the album title Ordinary Dreamers is about doing extraordinary things with a "dreamer mentality" as an ordinary person?
... that Bob Miller lost his first 12 games with the
1962New York Mets and played for 10 different teams in his
Major League Baseball career, tying modern-day records for both that have since been broken?
... that John T. David, a small-town
Louisianamayor, was elected to his parish governing council in 1956, less than a year after resigning as mayor because of two
bootlegging convictions?
Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were taken off the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to article's
talk page and follow the archive link in the DYK talk page message box.
Please add the line *'''''~~~~~''''' at the top for the newly posted set of archived hooks. This page should be archived once a week, anytime on a Friday. Leave any already archived Friday hooks here and archive from the final Thursday update. Thanks.
... that Meinong's jungle is the name given to the
ontological realm in which non-existent objects such as
unicorns, square circles, and golden mountains subsist?
... that after
Dale Earnhardt's first win, his crew chief Jake Elder said, "Stick with me, kid, and we'll win diamonds as big as
horse turds"?
... that The New York Times moved in 1858 to a building at 41 Park Row, making it the first newspaper in
New York City housed in a building built specifically for its use?
... that the media of the Mortal Kombat franchise not only includes the
video game series which has sold 26 million copies but also two feature films, a television series, two books, and several comics books?
... that historic Sleddale Hall, the filming location for Crow Crag in the 1986
cult filmWithnail and I is derelict and has faced demolition in the past?
... that after being rejected from
HaShomer, a Jewish defense organization in
Ottoman Palestine, Yosef Lishansky founded a rival group called HaMagen, operating in the south of the country?
... that Dipor Bil reportedly provides its natural resources for the livelihood of 14 indigenous villages (1,200 families) located in its
wetland ecosystem in
Assam,
India?
... that
footballerPeter Stringfellow suffered a dramatic decline in form, which ultimately ended his professional career, after being involved in a car crash in which a team-mate died?
... that after his son was murdered during a
study abroad program,
entrepreneurTom Petters formed a foundation to provide endowments that would benefit future students at several universities?
... that Marguerite Sylva(
pictured) modestly told
W. S. Gilbert at her sister's audition that she "sang a little" and, after demonstrating, was offered a part?
... that the Universal Edit Button is a
Firefoxadd on supported by many websites that informs users when the web page they are viewing contains editable content?
... that
Dick Trickle, billed as the winningest short track driver in history, won his first race outside of his home region at the 1966 National Short Track Championships at Rockford Speedway?
... that the
Victorian painter William Shakespeare Burton was said to have dug a hole in the ground to stand in, so that he could paint the grass and ferns at eye level?
... that
Zac Brown Band's single "Chicken Fried" was previously recorded by
The Lost Trailers, whose version was withdrawn after Brown changed his mind about licensing the song to that record label?
... that the
penitential tone of John Audelay's poetry may have been influenced by his sense of responsibility for his
lord's involvement in a fatal brawl?
... that
Spain, which placed second at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Su canción", was rumored to have given high marks to a competitor so it would not have to host the contest the following year?
... that Dave Levine, the president of an
e-commerce company, was featured in the inaugural episode of Millionaire Matchmaker where he described the type of wife he sought?
... that the Oregon State Bar was the first
bar association in the U.S. to provide complete access to all attorney records it keeps, but only after a lawsuit?
... that M-67, a state highway in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has remained essentially unchanged but the highways connecting to it have changed three times since 1919?
... that Julie Couillard's memoir My Story reveals confidential opinions that
Canadian member of
ParliamentMaxime Bernier allegedly shared with her and was released eight days before Bernier is seeking
re-election?
... that Clarence D. Wiley, already a 40-year public official in
Louisiana, was to have joined his
parish governing council when he died in 1976 of a sudden
stroke?
... that
EnglishfootballerGlen Thomas came close to losing an eye in 1996 when he stumbled into a tree during a training session and was hit in the face by a branch?
... that the medieval
motetSub Arturo plebs has the name of its composer along with those of 14 fellow musicians, plus instructions on how to perform the piece, written into its own lyrics?
... that
BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme The Media Show, which looks at the current state of the
media, is seen as a replacement to The Message, a similar programme axed by the BBC earlier in 2008?
... that only twelve examples survive of the Bosom of Abraham Trinity, a uniquely English subject in late medieval religious art?
... that, when
Tang Dynasty poet
Wang Wei was set to be punished for having joined the rebel state
Yan under duress, his brother Wang Jin successfully interceded for him by offering to resign as an imperial official?
... that the website Techmeme, created by Gabe Rivera, searches for the most popular
technology-related news on the
Internet and orders them based on an
algorithm that determines popularity?
... that Nic Waal, who rescued
Jewish children in
Norway from the
Holocaust, started her own institute for pediatric
psychiatry when turned down for a job because her appearance was too messy?
... that after Robert Bealknap offended the people of
London before the coronation of
Richard II they placed a model of his head on a water fountain so that it would vomit wine when the king walked past?
... that the existence of a Stroke Belt in the
southeastern United States was recognized as early as 1962, but the causes of high
stroke incidence in this region have not been determined?
... that in addition to teaching underprivileged youth, Giovanni Buscaglione designed such architectural works as
Colombia's Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Carmen?
... that after Milt Davis was rejected by the
Detroit Lions because they did not have a
black roommate for him, Davis won two championships in four seasons with the
Baltimore Colts?
... that after Li Xilie, who had rebelled against the
Tang Dynasty,
grew ill after eating beef, his general Chen Xianqi induced his physician to poison him to death?
... that the 2004 Cairns Tilt Train derailment was the result of excessive speed which may have been caused by the driver leaving his seat?
... that Anastasiu di Iaci wrote Vinuta di lu re Iapicu in Catania shortly after 1287, making it one of the earliest narrative sources for the
War of the Vespers?
... that while his father-in-law, brother and son were national politicians, Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen concentrated on entrepreneurship, establishing the railway car factory
Strømmens Værksted?
... that
Irving Berlin stuffed towels into a piano while he was composing "That International Rag" (
listen) to muffle the sound because other hotel guests made noise complaints?
... that
Los Angeles police were sent to guard the remains of the 1000-year-old Encino Oak Tree, a victim of "slime flux", after it was felled by an
El Niño storm in 1998?
... that there are currently over 1,000 more international chess tournaments per year than there were in 1951?
... that in addition to being a government aide during the
Vietnam Conflict, Michael Forrestal was also a mediator in international disputes between the
USSR and the US?
... that the album title Ordinary Dreamers is about doing extraordinary things with a "dreamer mentality" as an ordinary person?
... that Bob Miller lost his first 12 games with the
1962New York Mets and played for 10 different teams in his
Major League Baseball career, tying modern-day records for both that have since been broken?
... that John T. David, a small-town
Louisianamayor, was elected to his parish governing council in 1956, less than a year after resigning as mayor because of two
bootlegging convictions?