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...that, in the
1940s, the female fans of the Soviet tenor Sergei Lemeshev(pictured), often quarrelled with the fans of his rival, Ivan Kozlovsky?
...that the highest distinction among the Caloyers, a
Greekmonastic order, involves spending one's entire life alone, confined in a cave on top of a mountain?
...that the Capitoline Games of
Ancient Rome became so popular that the Romans counted periods of time by them, rather than their previous unit of
lustrum?
...that
Aristotle believed that a vital heat was produced in the
heart, causing
blood to boil and expand outward into the
arteries with each pulsation?
...that the Land Run of 1889 resulted in the founding of both
Oklahoma City and
Guthrie, whose populations grew from zero to over 10,000 in less than a day? (pictured: Flag of Oklahoma)
...that the circulation of major
Soviet sports newspaper Sovetsky Sport has declined from 5,000,000 in 1988 to 122,903 in 2006?
...that 19th-century Myriorama and moving
panorama shows entertained audiences with stories of travel, adventure, and historic events scrolling past on huge rolls of painted
canvas? (pictured: myriorama poster)
...that the Neues Museum in
Berlin, which was almost completely destroyed in
World War II, will be reopened in 2009, and exhibit the bust of
Nefertiti(pictured)?
...that Robinow syndrome is an extremely rare
genetic disorder whose facial deformities were described by Meinhard Robinow with the term fetal facies, due to the resemblance of some patients' faces to that of a
fetus?
...that Yakov Kulnev, a Russian general killed in action during
Napoleon's invasion of Russia, was reputed to live in poverty, in order to emulate the soldiers of Roman antiquity that were his ideal?
...that schools of traditional Japanese arts such as
Go,
calligraphy,
tea ceremony,
Noh theatre and
martial arts are based on a hereditary system of grand masters called Iemoto? (pictured: Sen no Riky?, founder of 3 schools of arts)
...that ergs are huge (> 125 km²) fields of
sand dunes and that approximately 85% of all the Earth's mobile sand is found in ergs that are larger than 32,000 km²?
...that cracker butterflies acquired their name because of the unusual sound that males produce as part of their territorial displays?
...that advanced practitioners of
Japanese tea ceremony are awarded ceremonial tea names that may incorporate the names of animals, trees or flowers, natural phenomena, or personal characteristics, or may be based on Buddhist teachings?
...that
Richie Evans holds the record for the most
NASCAR championships with nine NASCAR Modified championships, including his posthumous championship in 1985, the first year of the Whelen Modified Tour?
20 May 2006
02:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
... that the first commission of printmaker Hashiguchi Goyo (pictured right, Goyo's Kamisuki) was to organize the layout and illustrations of
Natsume Sōseki's novel I Am a Cat?
...that Heart Mountain(pictured) in Wyoming, USA, was transported to its current location by the largest
landslide ever discovered, approximately 50 million years ago?
...that people with a Schatzki ring can develop sudden crushing
chest pain, often termed the "steakhouse syndrome", if they do not chew their food properly?
...that the Sansenke, or "three houses of Sen," the three main schools of Japanese tea ceremony, are all associated with 16th-century tea master
Sen no Rikyu and his descendents?
...the movie Spy Game depicts a burn bag, albeit used in an unintended manner?
...that Jim Roper was credited with
NASCAR's first Strictly Stock (now
NEXTEL Cup) win after apparent winner Glenn Dunnaway was found to have illegally modified springs?
...that
Duke Kahanamoku won the 100m freestyle at the
1912 Olympics after the eventual silver medallist Cecil Healy lobbied against Duke's semifinal disqualification for turning up late?
...that the unanimous decision Holmes v. South Carolina (reversing the conviction of a man who was barred from arguing that another man committed the crime) was the first decision written by
Samuel Alito as a
Supreme CourtJustice?
...that Domenico Gabrielli, one of the first composers to write solo music for the
violoncello, was himself a virtuoso cello player and earned himself the Italian dialect nickname Minghino dal viulunzeel among his contemporaries?
...that
Dominicanbaseball player Tetelo Vargas led the Dominican Republic's winter baseball league in
1952, hitting for an average of .350 at the age of 46?
...that Merritt-Chapman & Scott, a marine salvage and construction firm, investigated the
USS Maine sinking in 1898, sank the
USS Moody in 1933, and raised the Normandie in 1943? (pictured: MC&S Salvage Tug)
...that in the 1848 Moray Firth fishing disaster on the east coast of
Scotland, 124 boats sank and 100 fishermen perished, leading to a major redesign of fishing boats in the following years?
...that chaki(pictured), tea caddies for
Japanese tea ceremonies, are traditionally made from
wood,
bamboo, or
ceramic, and are classified by material, shape and the type of
tea they are designed to hold?
...that Ernst Reuter, after having not been approved by the
Soviets as the elected mayor of post-war
Berlin, became the first mayor of the non-Soviet controlled part of the city,
West Berlin?
...that although the director of
Bollywood comedy Malamaal Weekly has offered money to anyone who can show that it is not an original work, several reviewers have labelled it a
remake of Waking Ned?
...that DJ Gruff, pioneer of
Italian hip hop, was forced to retract a song violently attacking
Articolo 31, another Italian hip hop band?
...that the Yuba Goldfields, said to resemble
intestines from the air, are a bizarre collection of gravel mountains, ponds, and streams that remained a major source of gold long after the
California Gold Rush?
...that
bowls player
Willie Wood was the first athlete to compete in 7
Commonwealth Games, despite being barred from the 1986 games in his home country of
Scotland for refusing to reclassify as an amateur?
10 May 2006
18:14, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
...that the Russian Futurists 1912
manifesto, A Slap in the Face of Public Taste, argued that past artists such as
Pushkin,
Dostoevsky and
Tolstoy should be "heaved overboard from the steamship of modernity"?
...that the unconventionally named Boots Mallory was a teenage
dancer and
model who appeared in
Hollywood films of the 1930s, largely as a result of her good looks?
...that the Gaylord Building, key to building the
I&M Canal, was restored so successfully that
Ronald Reagan presented Gaylord Donnelly, millionaire grandson of a former owner, with the President's Award for Historic Preservation?
...that newly-launched First News, a British weekly newsmagazine for children with a unique focus on current events, is headed by "editorial overlord" and ex-Mirror editor
Piers Morgan?
...that Huron University, the first institute of higher education to grant a degree in the then-
Dakota Territory, closed in 2005 after 123 years of existence and had its assets
auctioned off?
09:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
...that actinoform clouds form a distinct leaf-like or spokes-on-a-wheel pattern, and can spread out to over 300 kilometers across?
...that following the Mississauga train derailment of 1979, nearly 250,000 people had to be evacuated for up to five days while toxic chemicals that had spilled onto the railway tracks were cleaned up?
...that Escape from Paradise, a book which documents a
Singaporean woman's divorce, was removed from
bookstores and
libraries in the country in 2002, even after it had been reviewed in the Singapore press?
...that in
Persia,
non-Muslims were considered to be najis (ritually unclean) by
Shi'aMuslims, and were not allowed to go outside in rain or snow for fear that some impurity could be washed from them onto a Muslim?
...that the Funicular dos Guindais was originally built to carry cargo - including
port wine - from the Ribeira quayside to the centre of
Porto, and is now a tourist attraction and one of the world's steepest counter-balanced cable railways?
...that Sara Christian was the first woman to compete in a
NASCAR race, the only woman to have a Top Five finish, and the recipient of the 1949 United States Drivers's Association Woman Driver of the Year award?
...that the character of Betts, played by Andrew Paul, was the only inmate seen to be released from the
borstal–albeit temporarily–during the controversial British
filmScum?
...that Dmitry Pavlov, who was appointed to the rank of
General of the Army in 1941, was the highest-ranking
Soviet commander to be executed for military incompetence during the
World War II, only to be exonerated in 1956?
...that the Waldo-Hancock Bridge, designed by
David B. Steinman in 1931, came in so far under budget that another bridge was built with the money saved?
...that Olaus Johannis Gutho (d. 1516), who was a student at the newly founded
University of Uppsala from 1477 until at least 1486, and later became a monk in the
Abbey of Vadstena, left seven bound volumes of lecture notes that have been preserved until today?
...that three years after Anders Uppström had published his edition of the 6th-century
Codex Argenteus, a dying library janitor presented him with ten
leaves that had been missing from the manuscript for over two decades?
...that the Free Economic Society, founded at the instigation of
Catherine II of Russia in
1765, was briefly closed down by the imperial Russian authorities in
1900 amid accusations of fomenting revolutionary upheaval?
...that the affair between Teresa Bagioli Sickles and
Philip Barton Key was the motive for the murder committed by Teresa's husband, who became the first person to successfully use the
insanity defense in U.S. legal history?
...that David Clyde was the first person selected in the
1973 MLB Draft and signed to a $125,000 bonus, the highest bonus ever given to a draft pick at the time?
...that Russian sculptor Anna Golubkina used the same model for her sculpture, The Old Age, as
Auguste Rodin had used for his sculpture, The Thinker, 14 years earlier?
...that Michelle Ford was the first woman to win individual
swimming medals at the
Olympics in two distinct specialized strokes?
...that the
Lake Tanganyika passenger ferry MV Liemba began its life as a German warship in World War I, spent eight years on the bottom of the lake, and later portrayed the Empress Luisa in the film The African Queen?
...that the houses at Roman Bulla Regia in
Tunisia were built in two levels, a ground level to catch winter sun and a subterranean one round an open
atrium for coolness in summer?
...that firing of Anna Walentynowicz, a Polish free
trade union activist, was one of the events that led to the giant wave of
strikes in Poland and eventually the creation of
Solidarity?
...that John Devitt was awarded a gold medal in the 100m freestyle at the
1960 Summer Olympics in
Rome despite all three timekeepers awarding a faster time to the silver medallist?
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.
...that, in the
1940s, the female fans of the Soviet tenor Sergei Lemeshev(pictured), often quarrelled with the fans of his rival, Ivan Kozlovsky?
...that the highest distinction among the Caloyers, a
Greekmonastic order, involves spending one's entire life alone, confined in a cave on top of a mountain?
...that the Capitoline Games of
Ancient Rome became so popular that the Romans counted periods of time by them, rather than their previous unit of
lustrum?
...that
Aristotle believed that a vital heat was produced in the
heart, causing
blood to boil and expand outward into the
arteries with each pulsation?
...that the Land Run of 1889 resulted in the founding of both
Oklahoma City and
Guthrie, whose populations grew from zero to over 10,000 in less than a day? (pictured: Flag of Oklahoma)
...that the circulation of major
Soviet sports newspaper Sovetsky Sport has declined from 5,000,000 in 1988 to 122,903 in 2006?
...that 19th-century Myriorama and moving
panorama shows entertained audiences with stories of travel, adventure, and historic events scrolling past on huge rolls of painted
canvas? (pictured: myriorama poster)
...that the Neues Museum in
Berlin, which was almost completely destroyed in
World War II, will be reopened in 2009, and exhibit the bust of
Nefertiti(pictured)?
...that Robinow syndrome is an extremely rare
genetic disorder whose facial deformities were described by Meinhard Robinow with the term fetal facies, due to the resemblance of some patients' faces to that of a
fetus?
...that Yakov Kulnev, a Russian general killed in action during
Napoleon's invasion of Russia, was reputed to live in poverty, in order to emulate the soldiers of Roman antiquity that were his ideal?
...that schools of traditional Japanese arts such as
Go,
calligraphy,
tea ceremony,
Noh theatre and
martial arts are based on a hereditary system of grand masters called Iemoto? (pictured: Sen no Riky?, founder of 3 schools of arts)
...that ergs are huge (> 125 km²) fields of
sand dunes and that approximately 85% of all the Earth's mobile sand is found in ergs that are larger than 32,000 km²?
...that cracker butterflies acquired their name because of the unusual sound that males produce as part of their territorial displays?
...that advanced practitioners of
Japanese tea ceremony are awarded ceremonial tea names that may incorporate the names of animals, trees or flowers, natural phenomena, or personal characteristics, or may be based on Buddhist teachings?
...that
Richie Evans holds the record for the most
NASCAR championships with nine NASCAR Modified championships, including his posthumous championship in 1985, the first year of the Whelen Modified Tour?
20 May 2006
02:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
... that the first commission of printmaker Hashiguchi Goyo (pictured right, Goyo's Kamisuki) was to organize the layout and illustrations of
Natsume Sōseki's novel I Am a Cat?
...that Heart Mountain(pictured) in Wyoming, USA, was transported to its current location by the largest
landslide ever discovered, approximately 50 million years ago?
...that people with a Schatzki ring can develop sudden crushing
chest pain, often termed the "steakhouse syndrome", if they do not chew their food properly?
...that the Sansenke, or "three houses of Sen," the three main schools of Japanese tea ceremony, are all associated with 16th-century tea master
Sen no Rikyu and his descendents?
...the movie Spy Game depicts a burn bag, albeit used in an unintended manner?
...that Jim Roper was credited with
NASCAR's first Strictly Stock (now
NEXTEL Cup) win after apparent winner Glenn Dunnaway was found to have illegally modified springs?
...that
Duke Kahanamoku won the 100m freestyle at the
1912 Olympics after the eventual silver medallist Cecil Healy lobbied against Duke's semifinal disqualification for turning up late?
...that the unanimous decision Holmes v. South Carolina (reversing the conviction of a man who was barred from arguing that another man committed the crime) was the first decision written by
Samuel Alito as a
Supreme CourtJustice?
...that Domenico Gabrielli, one of the first composers to write solo music for the
violoncello, was himself a virtuoso cello player and earned himself the Italian dialect nickname Minghino dal viulunzeel among his contemporaries?
...that
Dominicanbaseball player Tetelo Vargas led the Dominican Republic's winter baseball league in
1952, hitting for an average of .350 at the age of 46?
...that Merritt-Chapman & Scott, a marine salvage and construction firm, investigated the
USS Maine sinking in 1898, sank the
USS Moody in 1933, and raised the Normandie in 1943? (pictured: MC&S Salvage Tug)
...that in the 1848 Moray Firth fishing disaster on the east coast of
Scotland, 124 boats sank and 100 fishermen perished, leading to a major redesign of fishing boats in the following years?
...that chaki(pictured), tea caddies for
Japanese tea ceremonies, are traditionally made from
wood,
bamboo, or
ceramic, and are classified by material, shape and the type of
tea they are designed to hold?
...that Ernst Reuter, after having not been approved by the
Soviets as the elected mayor of post-war
Berlin, became the first mayor of the non-Soviet controlled part of the city,
West Berlin?
...that although the director of
Bollywood comedy Malamaal Weekly has offered money to anyone who can show that it is not an original work, several reviewers have labelled it a
remake of Waking Ned?
...that DJ Gruff, pioneer of
Italian hip hop, was forced to retract a song violently attacking
Articolo 31, another Italian hip hop band?
...that the Yuba Goldfields, said to resemble
intestines from the air, are a bizarre collection of gravel mountains, ponds, and streams that remained a major source of gold long after the
California Gold Rush?
...that
bowls player
Willie Wood was the first athlete to compete in 7
Commonwealth Games, despite being barred from the 1986 games in his home country of
Scotland for refusing to reclassify as an amateur?
10 May 2006
18:14, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
...that the Russian Futurists 1912
manifesto, A Slap in the Face of Public Taste, argued that past artists such as
Pushkin,
Dostoevsky and
Tolstoy should be "heaved overboard from the steamship of modernity"?
...that the unconventionally named Boots Mallory was a teenage
dancer and
model who appeared in
Hollywood films of the 1930s, largely as a result of her good looks?
...that the Gaylord Building, key to building the
I&M Canal, was restored so successfully that
Ronald Reagan presented Gaylord Donnelly, millionaire grandson of a former owner, with the President's Award for Historic Preservation?
...that newly-launched First News, a British weekly newsmagazine for children with a unique focus on current events, is headed by "editorial overlord" and ex-Mirror editor
Piers Morgan?
...that Huron University, the first institute of higher education to grant a degree in the then-
Dakota Territory, closed in 2005 after 123 years of existence and had its assets
auctioned off?
09:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
...that actinoform clouds form a distinct leaf-like or spokes-on-a-wheel pattern, and can spread out to over 300 kilometers across?
...that following the Mississauga train derailment of 1979, nearly 250,000 people had to be evacuated for up to five days while toxic chemicals that had spilled onto the railway tracks were cleaned up?
...that Escape from Paradise, a book which documents a
Singaporean woman's divorce, was removed from
bookstores and
libraries in the country in 2002, even after it had been reviewed in the Singapore press?
...that in
Persia,
non-Muslims were considered to be najis (ritually unclean) by
Shi'aMuslims, and were not allowed to go outside in rain or snow for fear that some impurity could be washed from them onto a Muslim?
...that the Funicular dos Guindais was originally built to carry cargo - including
port wine - from the Ribeira quayside to the centre of
Porto, and is now a tourist attraction and one of the world's steepest counter-balanced cable railways?
...that Sara Christian was the first woman to compete in a
NASCAR race, the only woman to have a Top Five finish, and the recipient of the 1949 United States Drivers's Association Woman Driver of the Year award?
...that the character of Betts, played by Andrew Paul, was the only inmate seen to be released from the
borstal–albeit temporarily–during the controversial British
filmScum?
...that Dmitry Pavlov, who was appointed to the rank of
General of the Army in 1941, was the highest-ranking
Soviet commander to be executed for military incompetence during the
World War II, only to be exonerated in 1956?
...that the Waldo-Hancock Bridge, designed by
David B. Steinman in 1931, came in so far under budget that another bridge was built with the money saved?
...that Olaus Johannis Gutho (d. 1516), who was a student at the newly founded
University of Uppsala from 1477 until at least 1486, and later became a monk in the
Abbey of Vadstena, left seven bound volumes of lecture notes that have been preserved until today?
...that three years after Anders Uppström had published his edition of the 6th-century
Codex Argenteus, a dying library janitor presented him with ten
leaves that had been missing from the manuscript for over two decades?
...that the Free Economic Society, founded at the instigation of
Catherine II of Russia in
1765, was briefly closed down by the imperial Russian authorities in
1900 amid accusations of fomenting revolutionary upheaval?
...that the affair between Teresa Bagioli Sickles and
Philip Barton Key was the motive for the murder committed by Teresa's husband, who became the first person to successfully use the
insanity defense in U.S. legal history?
...that David Clyde was the first person selected in the
1973 MLB Draft and signed to a $125,000 bonus, the highest bonus ever given to a draft pick at the time?
...that Russian sculptor Anna Golubkina used the same model for her sculpture, The Old Age, as
Auguste Rodin had used for his sculpture, The Thinker, 14 years earlier?
...that Michelle Ford was the first woman to win individual
swimming medals at the
Olympics in two distinct specialized strokes?
...that the
Lake Tanganyika passenger ferry MV Liemba began its life as a German warship in World War I, spent eight years on the bottom of the lake, and later portrayed the Empress Luisa in the film The African Queen?
...that the houses at Roman Bulla Regia in
Tunisia were built in two levels, a ground level to catch winter sun and a subterranean one round an open
atrium for coolness in summer?
...that firing of Anna Walentynowicz, a Polish free
trade union activist, was one of the events that led to the giant wave of
strikes in Poland and eventually the creation of
Solidarity?
...that John Devitt was awarded a gold medal in the 100m freestyle at the
1960 Summer Olympics in
Rome despite all three timekeepers awarding a faster time to the silver medallist?