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... that Yohannan Sulaqa, to oppose the hereditary patriarchal succession, took a step unprecedented in the
Church of the East: traveled to
Rome and was there consecrated
patriarch in 1553?
... that during the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad's last week of passenger service, the superintendent transported the train's passengers in his own private
vehicle?
... that in 1915, T. V. Seshagiri Iyer founded the Indian Boat Club at
Kodaikanal in response to discrimination against
Indians at the English Boat Club?
... that Takalik Abaj, an archaeological site in lowland
Guatemala, has one of the greatest concentrations of
Olmec-style sculpture outside of the
Gulf of Mexico coast?
... that the numerous photographs of Charles Darwin—at least 53 (
example pictured)—may have helped secure the singular connection between Darwin and the theory of evolution in popular thought?
... that sources indicate that Cedric "Pat" Smith, who later worked at
Ford's
Rouge plant, was either the second or third leading scorer in the
NFL during its first season in 1920?
... that college mathematics professor David Bressoud chose to major in
mathematics because that was the quickest way to complete his degree and get away from college and
academia?
... that
headache is a symptom commonly described by patients suffering from
lupus, but the existence of lupus headache as a specific disorder is contested?
... that students hoping to increase their brainpower before exams made offerings of incense to the body of a two-headed calf in Koh Sotin District,
Cambodia?
10 February 2009
21:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
... that
American football player "Aqua" Allmendinger(
pictured), once described as "a young giant in perfect physical condition," acquired his nickname after working as a waterboy for railroad building crews?
... that Memot District in eastern
Cambodia is home to several huge prehistoric villages that date to the first millennium
BCE?
... that
Beninese politician Sourou-Migan Apithy was said to have ended slavery in Benin, although in fact he was not involved with the abolition bill?
... that male
field crickets of the species Gryllus veletis attract sexually receptive mates by
acoustic signals, and one changes his "courtship song" when a female enters his territory?
... that in the
Wii video game Neighborhood Games, when playing with more than one person,
player characters can taunt opposing players to break their concentration?
... that chocolataires, popular around the late 19th century, were thrown as a novel alternative to
tea parties—once even for a kindergarten
fundraiser in
Indiana, USA?
... that the white
Piedmont wine grape Arneis is known as "white
Barolo" because it was traditionally blended with
Nebbiolo to soften that grape's harsh
tannins?
... that Bridgemere Garden World in Bridgemere,
Cheshire, now one of the largest
garden centres in Europe, started as "a little garden shed in a small field" in 1961?
... that in the middle of building Fagernes Airport, Leirin, the authorities changed their minds and gave the airport more than twice the
runway length?
... that on 28 May 1931, a
Bellanca CH-300, fitted with a Packard DR-980diesel engine, set a 55-year record for staying aloft for 84 hours and 32 minutes without being refueled?
... that Steve Carson, the producer/director husband of
RTÉ host
Miriam O'Callaghan, has been named as the channel's Director of Television?
... that actor
Peter Falk, the affable detective in the long-running TV series Columbo, was propelled to stardom by portraying a vicious killer in the 1960 film Murder, Inc.?
01:48, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
... that the Cambridge CAP([[:|pictured]]) was the first successful experimental computer that demonstrated the use of
capabilities, both in hardware and software?
... that Hrelja, a 14th-century semi-independent feudal lord under
Serbian suzerainty, built the defensive tower ([[:|pictured]]) in
Bulgaria's largest monastery, the
Rila Monastery?
... that Gáspár Békés organized two unsuccessful rebellions against
Stephen Báthory of Poland but later became Báthory's close advisor despite differences in their religions?
... that in Gretchen, a play by
W. S. Gilbert based on
Goethe's Faust, Faustus hopes to be purified by loving Gretchen, but instead his influence corrupts and eventually kills her?
... that while Auguste Achintre was traveling to
New York City as
Haiti's ambassador to the United States, the Haitian government was overthrown, revoking his role as
ambassador?
... that the English architectural historian Edward Hubbard wrote the definitive biography of the
Cheshire architect
John Douglas, but died before it could be published?
... that
developmental biologistAron Moscona's research on growth of embryos into complex tissues and organs led to the discovery of
cadherins, which help cells recognize each other and cluster together?
... that after being completed in October 2008,
Tokyo's Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower([[:|pictured]]) is the second-tallest educational building in the world, at 204 metres (669 ft)?
... that a relative of the culinary herb
sage, Salvia involucrata, has been found to contain
compounds that can help prevent memory loss?
09:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
... that in 1716, Richard Phelps cast the hour bell popularly known as "Great Tom" ([[:|illustration pictured]]) still in use at
St Paul's Cathedral,
London?
... that 19th-century English portrait painter Henry William Pickersgill was a member of the
Royal Academy for almost 50 years, and showed a total of 384 works there?
... that the indigenous flora of Saskatchewan([[:|example pictured]]) is used for jellies, jams, pies, herbal teas, medicinal
decoctions and technological products?
... that the prolific author Maxwell Gray, whose real name was Mary Gleed Tuttiett, was a permanent invalid who seldom left her home in
Newport,
Isle of Wight?
... that, when the München RFC played the Bad Tölz US Army in June 1978, it was the first game of
rugby union played in
Munich in almost 50 years?
... that the film Dark Habits was rejected by the
Cannes Film Festival because the organizing committee considered it sacrilegious, blasphemous and anti-Catholic?
... that David Yuile and his brother William attempted to control the
Canadianglass manufacturing sector by founding the Diamond Glass Company, which did not make any glass?
... that in 1785, men between 16 and 50, who were not ministers, were required to help build
Bardstown, Kentucky's Cobblestone Path or be subject to a fine?
... that a civil rights lawsuit brought by Andrew W. Cooper led to the election of
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
... that an episode of the
documentary series Hostage detailed
Saddam Hussein's placing of two
Irish civilians as "human shields" at sites of strategic importance during the
Gulf War?
... that the Parc de Belleville is the highest park in
Paris and also contains the city's longest cascading water fountain?
... that to open the swing door on the General Aircraft Hamilcarglider([[:|pictured]]) and allow vehicles to emerge,
pilots had to climb out of the glider's
cockpit and slide down 15 feet (4.6 m) of
fuselage?
... that Laurie D. Cox performed the first comprehensive tree census in
New York City in 1915, finding that most street trees in
Manhattan were in bad condition?
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 ===== {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} ===== and *'''''{{subst:CURRENTTIME}}''''' at the top for the newly posted set of archived hooks. This will ensure all times are based on UTC time and accurate. 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 Yohannan Sulaqa, to oppose the hereditary patriarchal succession, took a step unprecedented in the
Church of the East: traveled to
Rome and was there consecrated
patriarch in 1553?
... that during the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad's last week of passenger service, the superintendent transported the train's passengers in his own private
vehicle?
... that in 1915, T. V. Seshagiri Iyer founded the Indian Boat Club at
Kodaikanal in response to discrimination against
Indians at the English Boat Club?
... that Takalik Abaj, an archaeological site in lowland
Guatemala, has one of the greatest concentrations of
Olmec-style sculpture outside of the
Gulf of Mexico coast?
... that the numerous photographs of Charles Darwin—at least 53 (
example pictured)—may have helped secure the singular connection between Darwin and the theory of evolution in popular thought?
... that sources indicate that Cedric "Pat" Smith, who later worked at
Ford's
Rouge plant, was either the second or third leading scorer in the
NFL during its first season in 1920?
... that college mathematics professor David Bressoud chose to major in
mathematics because that was the quickest way to complete his degree and get away from college and
academia?
... that
headache is a symptom commonly described by patients suffering from
lupus, but the existence of lupus headache as a specific disorder is contested?
... that students hoping to increase their brainpower before exams made offerings of incense to the body of a two-headed calf in Koh Sotin District,
Cambodia?
10 February 2009
21:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
... that
American football player "Aqua" Allmendinger(
pictured), once described as "a young giant in perfect physical condition," acquired his nickname after working as a waterboy for railroad building crews?
... that Memot District in eastern
Cambodia is home to several huge prehistoric villages that date to the first millennium
BCE?
... that
Beninese politician Sourou-Migan Apithy was said to have ended slavery in Benin, although in fact he was not involved with the abolition bill?
... that male
field crickets of the species Gryllus veletis attract sexually receptive mates by
acoustic signals, and one changes his "courtship song" when a female enters his territory?
... that in the
Wii video game Neighborhood Games, when playing with more than one person,
player characters can taunt opposing players to break their concentration?
... that chocolataires, popular around the late 19th century, were thrown as a novel alternative to
tea parties—once even for a kindergarten
fundraiser in
Indiana, USA?
... that the white
Piedmont wine grape Arneis is known as "white
Barolo" because it was traditionally blended with
Nebbiolo to soften that grape's harsh
tannins?
... that Bridgemere Garden World in Bridgemere,
Cheshire, now one of the largest
garden centres in Europe, started as "a little garden shed in a small field" in 1961?
... that in the middle of building Fagernes Airport, Leirin, the authorities changed their minds and gave the airport more than twice the
runway length?
... that on 28 May 1931, a
Bellanca CH-300, fitted with a Packard DR-980diesel engine, set a 55-year record for staying aloft for 84 hours and 32 minutes without being refueled?
... that Steve Carson, the producer/director husband of
RTÉ host
Miriam O'Callaghan, has been named as the channel's Director of Television?
... that actor
Peter Falk, the affable detective in the long-running TV series Columbo, was propelled to stardom by portraying a vicious killer in the 1960 film Murder, Inc.?
01:48, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
... that the Cambridge CAP([[:|pictured]]) was the first successful experimental computer that demonstrated the use of
capabilities, both in hardware and software?
... that Hrelja, a 14th-century semi-independent feudal lord under
Serbian suzerainty, built the defensive tower ([[:|pictured]]) in
Bulgaria's largest monastery, the
Rila Monastery?
... that Gáspár Békés organized two unsuccessful rebellions against
Stephen Báthory of Poland but later became Báthory's close advisor despite differences in their religions?
... that in Gretchen, a play by
W. S. Gilbert based on
Goethe's Faust, Faustus hopes to be purified by loving Gretchen, but instead his influence corrupts and eventually kills her?
... that while Auguste Achintre was traveling to
New York City as
Haiti's ambassador to the United States, the Haitian government was overthrown, revoking his role as
ambassador?
... that the English architectural historian Edward Hubbard wrote the definitive biography of the
Cheshire architect
John Douglas, but died before it could be published?
... that
developmental biologistAron Moscona's research on growth of embryos into complex tissues and organs led to the discovery of
cadherins, which help cells recognize each other and cluster together?
... that after being completed in October 2008,
Tokyo's Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower([[:|pictured]]) is the second-tallest educational building in the world, at 204 metres (669 ft)?
... that a relative of the culinary herb
sage, Salvia involucrata, has been found to contain
compounds that can help prevent memory loss?
09:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
... that in 1716, Richard Phelps cast the hour bell popularly known as "Great Tom" ([[:|illustration pictured]]) still in use at
St Paul's Cathedral,
London?
... that 19th-century English portrait painter Henry William Pickersgill was a member of the
Royal Academy for almost 50 years, and showed a total of 384 works there?
... that the indigenous flora of Saskatchewan([[:|example pictured]]) is used for jellies, jams, pies, herbal teas, medicinal
decoctions and technological products?
... that the prolific author Maxwell Gray, whose real name was Mary Gleed Tuttiett, was a permanent invalid who seldom left her home in
Newport,
Isle of Wight?
... that, when the München RFC played the Bad Tölz US Army in June 1978, it was the first game of
rugby union played in
Munich in almost 50 years?
... that the film Dark Habits was rejected by the
Cannes Film Festival because the organizing committee considered it sacrilegious, blasphemous and anti-Catholic?
... that David Yuile and his brother William attempted to control the
Canadianglass manufacturing sector by founding the Diamond Glass Company, which did not make any glass?
... that in 1785, men between 16 and 50, who were not ministers, were required to help build
Bardstown, Kentucky's Cobblestone Path or be subject to a fine?
... that a civil rights lawsuit brought by Andrew W. Cooper led to the election of
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
... that an episode of the
documentary series Hostage detailed
Saddam Hussein's placing of two
Irish civilians as "human shields" at sites of strategic importance during the
Gulf War?
... that the Parc de Belleville is the highest park in
Paris and also contains the city's longest cascading water fountain?
... that to open the swing door on the General Aircraft Hamilcarglider([[:|pictured]]) and allow vehicles to emerge,
pilots had to climb out of the glider's
cockpit and slide down 15 feet (4.6 m) of
fuselage?
... that Laurie D. Cox performed the first comprehensive tree census in
New York City in 1915, finding that most street trees in
Manhattan were in bad condition?