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...that in
China, access to
water supply and
sanitation varies greatly between rural areas, where only 67% of the population has access to improved water supply, and cities, where 93% does?
...that the prehistoric
mammalYanoconodon(pictured) was a
Eutriconodont, a group of early, ancestral mammals that in some cases, grew so big they were able to eat small
dinosaurs?
...that Paul C. Barth, former mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky, committed suicide after being ridiculed for a scandal involving the use of city funds to buy an expensive saddle horse?
...that American sculptor Lynda Benglis sought to confront the
male ethos in the arts community with an advertisement in which she only wore a pair of sunglasses?
...that Louise Pitre, a
Tony Award-nominated musical theatre actress, was turned down after auditioning for the role of Josephine in the
London musical Napoleon?
...that three years after tying for its final
Kentucky State
Football championship, Flaget High School closed due to falling enrollment?
...that the final episode of the 1986 television series Outlaws recycled footage from The Oregon Trail, because actors
Rod Taylor and
Charles Napier appeared in both programs?
...that income inequality increased in the
United States in 2005 with the top 1% of earners having roughly the same share of income as in 1928?
...that the Lajkonik is an unofficial symbol of the city of
Krakow as well as an annual festival celebrated for over 700 years commemorating victory over the
Tatar invasion?
28 June 2007
18:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
...that Enguerrand Quarton'sCoronation of the Virgin (pictured) appears to be unique in 15th century art in depicting
Christ and
God the Father as identical figures?
...that the color signals of
Israel Broadcasting Authority television transmissions were erased until 1981, when Minister of Communications Yoram Aridor authorized color television broadcasting?
12:27, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
...that brownouts have claimed more helicopters in recent military operations than all other threats combined?
...that
Vancouver police Chief Jamie Graham apologized for leaving a paper target riddled with bullet holes on the desk of the
city manager, his boss, as a joke?
...that the third of four expeditions sent in the late 19th century by
French nobleman
Marquis de Rays to an imaginary majestic colony called New France in present day
Papua New Guinea, saw 123
Italian settlers perish of disease and famine?
...that in the 18th century the owners of Tom King's Coffee House developed their own
argot, Talking Flash, to prevent informers learning of their misdeeds?
...that Paul C. Barth, former mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky, committed suicide after being ridiculed for a scandal involving the use of city funds to buy an expensive saddle horse?
...that Ba Cut (meaning Short Third), a military commander of the
Hoa Hao religious sect in Vietnam, was so named because he cut off his third finger to remind him to fight
French colonialism?
...that a decline of the population of
brook trout in the Straight River in central
Minnesota was caused by rising water temperatures, prompting government scrutiny of nearby
irrigation operations?
...that Key Highway, built to provide better access to the municipal piers in
Baltimore in preparation for increased trade through the
Panama Canal, is now a truck bypass of the historic
Federal Hill neighborhood?
...that the Ordos culture includes some of the easternmost
Scythians, who were settled for several centuries in an area about 300 kilometers from modern
Beijing in
China?
25 June 2007
21:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
...that the bill of the Magpie Duck(pictured) becomes green as the bird gets older, and its black crown may go completely white?
...that Tom Dennison got a mayor elected eight times, instigated a
race riot and controlled all sale of liquor, gambling and prostitution during his 30+ year reign as
Omaha's
political boss?
...that Semar, although depicted as a
clown in
Indonesianwayang shadow puppetry, is said to be the guardian spirit of
Java and a god in human form?
...that litigation in the Vice Admiralty Court was frustrated after Justice
Jeffery Bent absconded with its seal when he was not re-appointed to the Supreme Court?
...that Gubbi Veeranna's
theatre company was the first one in the state of
Karnataka,
India to employ female artists to portray female characters on the stage?
...that Robert Clark made his own alcoholic drink, "Gut Rot 1916", while stranded on
Elephant Island in 1916?
...that it may take more than 220 years for
eucalyptus trees to form hollows suitable for larger animals?
16:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
...that
blackfaceminstrel dancer John Diamond (pictured) won numerous "Ethiopian" dance competitions until he was defeated by a real black man known as
Master Juba?
...that the oldest state government building in the US state of
Oregon, the 1914 Supreme Court Building in
Salem, has a stained glass skylight in the shape of the State seal?
...that Robert Worth Bingham purchased the
LouisvilleCourier-Journal in 1918 using a bequest from his second wife, to whom he had been married for less than a year before her death?
...that on a clear day visitors to Holy Hill (pictured) can view the
Milwaukee skyline, located 30
miles (48 km) away?
...that the
beach where Australian Prime Minister
Harold Holt disappeared in 1967, and presumably drowned, was named after the SS Cheviot that was wrecked nearby in 1887 with the loss of 35 lives?
...that Roman trade with India was so large as to drain gold resources from
Rome and involved the despatch of 120 ships every year?
...that Francisco Sionil José is one of the most widely-read
Filipino writers in the English language, and has been translated into 22 other languages?
...that the Lutheran liturgical calendar includes several biblical personages as “Saint” though it is commonly believed that Lutherans “do not have saints”?
...that it was common for the
Roman Emperor to be elected to one of two offices of the highest judicial magistrates known as duumviri, and the other position was left up to the emperor for the appointment of a
praefectus?
...that the initial publication of the The Highfield Mole (since dubbed "the next
Harry Potter") was financed by the sale of the house of one of the authors?
00:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
...that
Chicago's Crown Fountain (pictured) displays
LED images of faces, which typically create the illusion of puckered lips spouting water?
...that, after the wife of liberal journalist Aleksey Suvorin was shot dead by her lover, Suvorin experienced a conversion to virulent
conservatism?
...that French mathematician André Bloch murdered his brother, produced all his mathematical work from an
insane asylum, and published under aliases to avoid the interest of Nazi occupiers?
...that Omar Hayssam, a
Syrian-born
Romanian financier, was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a court found him guilty of masterminding the kidnap of three Romanian journalists in
Iraq in 2005?
...that almost 1 in 10 of the inhabitants of Pingelap (pictured), a
Micronesianatoll, have
complete achromatopsia, a rare form of colourblindness which normally only affects 1 in 33,000?
...that
one British bank, as an incentive for university students to open a new account with it, offers free Young Persons Railcards, valid for five years and worth
£100?
...that, in
Scientology beliefs and practices, KRC ("Knowledge, Responsibility and Control") forms the main ingredients of "cause" or effectiveness in life?
...that newspaper editor George D. Prentice expressed regret later in life for fiery anti-Catholic editorials that played a role in the
Bloody Monday riot of 1855?
...that Jack Hides led what Lieutenant-Governor
Hubert Murray described as "the most difficult and dangerous" patrol ever carried out in
Papua?
...that Swedes have lived in Estonia for more than 700 years, although only a small number are permanently resident there today?
...that New Mexico State Road 6563 takes its number from the wavelength (6563
Å) used by scientists to locate areas of interest on the
Sun?
...that despite shortages of money during the construction of the Deerwood Auditorium in
Minnesota, the building was substantially completed in time for its first event, a
lutefisk supper?
...that the
Vietnamese emperor Minh Mang attempted to stifle the work of
Catholic missionaries by appointing them as
mandarins in the royal court, claiming a lack of translators?
...that during
World War II, Pietro Cardinal Boetto protested against the shelling of
Genoa by British warships, claiming that God would assure the triumph of Italy?
...that the Iran-Pakistan barrier is currently being constructed by
Iran along its border with
Pakistan to stop illegal migration and thwart terror attacks?
...that the
Jerusalem neighbourhood of Mamilla (pictured) has been under construction for the last 37 years, even though it is only 0.1
square kilometres large?
...that in 2003, Kimberly Casiano became the first Hispanic woman to serve on the board of one of the
Fortune 1000 top five companies when she was appointed to the board of
Ford Motor Company?
...that the city of Quneitra in
Syria was captured on the last day of the
Six-Day War, was later destroyed and never rebuilt, and is today preserved as a memorial to the
Arab-Israeli wars?
...that zuclopenthixol is a medication that can be given every two weeks to treat people suffering from
schizophrenia who are unable to take tablets daily?
...that the Wiseman hypothesis proposes the accounts of the book of
Genesis were written hundreds to thousands of years before
Moses, and that Genesis names the authors?
...that poor performance in the twilight of the career of Graham McKenzie,
Australia's leading
pace bowler of the 1960s, led to mistaken fears that he had contracted
hepatitis?
...that in order to stem a population decline a "dollar block" promotion was held in the
Australian town of Jandowae, Queensland where 38 parcels of land were sold for one
dollar each?
...that
Dutch amateur
football club IJsselmeervogels received the Dutch Sports Team of the Year Award in 1975, for reaching the semi-final of the
KNVB Cup?
...that Paul Philippoteaux was a noted painter of
cycloramas, cylindrical paintings over 100 yards long, whose effect was so realistic they have been likened to
IMAX movies?
...that
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the George W. Smith House (pictured) in 1895 as one of a series of low-cost homes but it was not constructed until 1898?
...that the Soviet MT-55bridge layer tanks were modified by the Czechoslovakians using their gap measuring mechanism and infrared equipment and renamed as the MT-55A?
...that Germerius is said to have been given as much land as the shadow of his cloak could cover (about a six miles radius) by
Clovis I in exchange for his
prayers?
...that, after playing the solo for the disastrous premiere of
Elgar's Cello Concerto, the English
cellistFelix Salmond never taught the piece to his students, even though he taught cello in America for 18 years?
...that the Australian town of Great Western, Victoria is home to a series of labyrinthine tunnels ("drives"), originally made by miners
searching for gold and now used to store
sparkling wine while it is resting and settling?
...that Elsa Eschelsson, the first woman both to finish a
doctorate in Law and to teach in a university in
Sweden, was denied the right to serve even as acting professor because of her sex?
...that the law enforcement agencies of
Adjara made a gift of four cars and two two-roomed apartments to six of its most successful officers?
...that cricketer Charles Macartney, who set a record for the most
runs scored in one day, first learnt to
bat with
apples from the family orchard?
...that
Oregon Governor
Oswald West sent his personal secretary Miss Fern Hobbs to Copperfield, Oregon, to shut down illegal activities and impose
martial law in 1914?
...that the climate of Florida includes snowfall or sleet as early as November (in 2006) and as late as April (in 2007)?
...that when British
charityAid Convoy's first dedicated vehicle broke down while delivering aid to
Macedonia, it was rescued by British radio and TV presenter
Simon Mayo?
...that Gordon Murray, the creator of classic British children's television shows Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley, burnt all but one of his puppets on a bonfire in the 1980s?
...that for the past 16 years Michael Kesterton has written a column in The Globe and Mail made up of a collection of odd news stories pulled from various sources?
...that after the 1607 Battle of Guzów, the victorious King
Sigismund III Vasa gave a general amnesty which punished nobody and decided nothing?
...that in 1877 naturalist
John Muir described the waterfall in Eaton Canyon(pictured) as "a charming little thing, with a low, sweet voice, singing like a bird, as it pours from a notch in a short ledge, some thirty or forty feet into a round mirror-pool"?
...that four Japanese War Memorials found in the Japanese Cemetery Park(pictured) were built without knowledge of the British colonial government of
Singapore?
...that Don Tallon, regarded as one of Australia's greatest ever wicketkeepers, was once dropped from his
state team because he was ruled to be too young to travel interstate?
...that John J. Bernet was known for bringing
railroad companies back from
bankruptcy to solvency, earning him the nickname "Doctor of Sick Railroads"?
...that Peter Herdic, a 19th-century
Pennsylvania lumber baron, millionaire, and philanthropist, also invented the horse-drawn
herdic, an early form of taxicab?
...that the Dunedin(pictured), the first commercially successful
refrigerated ship, ushered in a meat and dairy boom in
Australasia and
South America with its first shipment in 1882?
...that
Luxembourg City's Place Guillaume II is colloquially known as the 'Knuedler', after the knot in the belt worn by
Franciscan friars, one of whose monasteries once stood there?
...that Matysiakowie is both the most popular
radio drama in
Poland and one of the longest running in the world, with over 2600 episodes broadcast since 1956?
1 June 2007
14:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
...that some of the sick and the wounded left behind by the
Volunteer Army during the Ice March(recruitment poster pictured) of 1919 shot themselves rather than be captured by the
Bolsheviks?
...that Paula Cooper, sentenced to death at age 15, had her sentence commuted in 1989 after an international uproar ensued and
PopeJohn Paul II appealed to the
Governor of
Indiana for leniency?
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
China, access to
water supply and
sanitation varies greatly between rural areas, where only 67% of the population has access to improved water supply, and cities, where 93% does?
...that the prehistoric
mammalYanoconodon(pictured) was a
Eutriconodont, a group of early, ancestral mammals that in some cases, grew so big they were able to eat small
dinosaurs?
...that Paul C. Barth, former mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky, committed suicide after being ridiculed for a scandal involving the use of city funds to buy an expensive saddle horse?
...that American sculptor Lynda Benglis sought to confront the
male ethos in the arts community with an advertisement in which she only wore a pair of sunglasses?
...that Louise Pitre, a
Tony Award-nominated musical theatre actress, was turned down after auditioning for the role of Josephine in the
London musical Napoleon?
...that three years after tying for its final
Kentucky State
Football championship, Flaget High School closed due to falling enrollment?
...that the final episode of the 1986 television series Outlaws recycled footage from The Oregon Trail, because actors
Rod Taylor and
Charles Napier appeared in both programs?
...that income inequality increased in the
United States in 2005 with the top 1% of earners having roughly the same share of income as in 1928?
...that the Lajkonik is an unofficial symbol of the city of
Krakow as well as an annual festival celebrated for over 700 years commemorating victory over the
Tatar invasion?
28 June 2007
18:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
...that Enguerrand Quarton'sCoronation of the Virgin (pictured) appears to be unique in 15th century art in depicting
Christ and
God the Father as identical figures?
...that the color signals of
Israel Broadcasting Authority television transmissions were erased until 1981, when Minister of Communications Yoram Aridor authorized color television broadcasting?
12:27, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
...that brownouts have claimed more helicopters in recent military operations than all other threats combined?
...that
Vancouver police Chief Jamie Graham apologized for leaving a paper target riddled with bullet holes on the desk of the
city manager, his boss, as a joke?
...that the third of four expeditions sent in the late 19th century by
French nobleman
Marquis de Rays to an imaginary majestic colony called New France in present day
Papua New Guinea, saw 123
Italian settlers perish of disease and famine?
...that in the 18th century the owners of Tom King's Coffee House developed their own
argot, Talking Flash, to prevent informers learning of their misdeeds?
...that Paul C. Barth, former mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky, committed suicide after being ridiculed for a scandal involving the use of city funds to buy an expensive saddle horse?
...that Ba Cut (meaning Short Third), a military commander of the
Hoa Hao religious sect in Vietnam, was so named because he cut off his third finger to remind him to fight
French colonialism?
...that a decline of the population of
brook trout in the Straight River in central
Minnesota was caused by rising water temperatures, prompting government scrutiny of nearby
irrigation operations?
...that Key Highway, built to provide better access to the municipal piers in
Baltimore in preparation for increased trade through the
Panama Canal, is now a truck bypass of the historic
Federal Hill neighborhood?
...that the Ordos culture includes some of the easternmost
Scythians, who were settled for several centuries in an area about 300 kilometers from modern
Beijing in
China?
25 June 2007
21:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
...that the bill of the Magpie Duck(pictured) becomes green as the bird gets older, and its black crown may go completely white?
...that Tom Dennison got a mayor elected eight times, instigated a
race riot and controlled all sale of liquor, gambling and prostitution during his 30+ year reign as
Omaha's
political boss?
...that Semar, although depicted as a
clown in
Indonesianwayang shadow puppetry, is said to be the guardian spirit of
Java and a god in human form?
...that litigation in the Vice Admiralty Court was frustrated after Justice
Jeffery Bent absconded with its seal when he was not re-appointed to the Supreme Court?
...that Gubbi Veeranna's
theatre company was the first one in the state of
Karnataka,
India to employ female artists to portray female characters on the stage?
...that Robert Clark made his own alcoholic drink, "Gut Rot 1916", while stranded on
Elephant Island in 1916?
...that it may take more than 220 years for
eucalyptus trees to form hollows suitable for larger animals?
16:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
...that
blackfaceminstrel dancer John Diamond (pictured) won numerous "Ethiopian" dance competitions until he was defeated by a real black man known as
Master Juba?
...that the oldest state government building in the US state of
Oregon, the 1914 Supreme Court Building in
Salem, has a stained glass skylight in the shape of the State seal?
...that Robert Worth Bingham purchased the
LouisvilleCourier-Journal in 1918 using a bequest from his second wife, to whom he had been married for less than a year before her death?
...that on a clear day visitors to Holy Hill (pictured) can view the
Milwaukee skyline, located 30
miles (48 km) away?
...that the
beach where Australian Prime Minister
Harold Holt disappeared in 1967, and presumably drowned, was named after the SS Cheviot that was wrecked nearby in 1887 with the loss of 35 lives?
...that Roman trade with India was so large as to drain gold resources from
Rome and involved the despatch of 120 ships every year?
...that Francisco Sionil José is one of the most widely-read
Filipino writers in the English language, and has been translated into 22 other languages?
...that the Lutheran liturgical calendar includes several biblical personages as “Saint” though it is commonly believed that Lutherans “do not have saints”?
...that it was common for the
Roman Emperor to be elected to one of two offices of the highest judicial magistrates known as duumviri, and the other position was left up to the emperor for the appointment of a
praefectus?
...that the initial publication of the The Highfield Mole (since dubbed "the next
Harry Potter") was financed by the sale of the house of one of the authors?
00:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
...that
Chicago's Crown Fountain (pictured) displays
LED images of faces, which typically create the illusion of puckered lips spouting water?
...that, after the wife of liberal journalist Aleksey Suvorin was shot dead by her lover, Suvorin experienced a conversion to virulent
conservatism?
...that French mathematician André Bloch murdered his brother, produced all his mathematical work from an
insane asylum, and published under aliases to avoid the interest of Nazi occupiers?
...that Omar Hayssam, a
Syrian-born
Romanian financier, was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a court found him guilty of masterminding the kidnap of three Romanian journalists in
Iraq in 2005?
...that almost 1 in 10 of the inhabitants of Pingelap (pictured), a
Micronesianatoll, have
complete achromatopsia, a rare form of colourblindness which normally only affects 1 in 33,000?
...that
one British bank, as an incentive for university students to open a new account with it, offers free Young Persons Railcards, valid for five years and worth
£100?
...that, in
Scientology beliefs and practices, KRC ("Knowledge, Responsibility and Control") forms the main ingredients of "cause" or effectiveness in life?
...that newspaper editor George D. Prentice expressed regret later in life for fiery anti-Catholic editorials that played a role in the
Bloody Monday riot of 1855?
...that Jack Hides led what Lieutenant-Governor
Hubert Murray described as "the most difficult and dangerous" patrol ever carried out in
Papua?
...that Swedes have lived in Estonia for more than 700 years, although only a small number are permanently resident there today?
...that New Mexico State Road 6563 takes its number from the wavelength (6563
Å) used by scientists to locate areas of interest on the
Sun?
...that despite shortages of money during the construction of the Deerwood Auditorium in
Minnesota, the building was substantially completed in time for its first event, a
lutefisk supper?
...that the
Vietnamese emperor Minh Mang attempted to stifle the work of
Catholic missionaries by appointing them as
mandarins in the royal court, claiming a lack of translators?
...that during
World War II, Pietro Cardinal Boetto protested against the shelling of
Genoa by British warships, claiming that God would assure the triumph of Italy?
...that the Iran-Pakistan barrier is currently being constructed by
Iran along its border with
Pakistan to stop illegal migration and thwart terror attacks?
...that the
Jerusalem neighbourhood of Mamilla (pictured) has been under construction for the last 37 years, even though it is only 0.1
square kilometres large?
...that in 2003, Kimberly Casiano became the first Hispanic woman to serve on the board of one of the
Fortune 1000 top five companies when she was appointed to the board of
Ford Motor Company?
...that the city of Quneitra in
Syria was captured on the last day of the
Six-Day War, was later destroyed and never rebuilt, and is today preserved as a memorial to the
Arab-Israeli wars?
...that zuclopenthixol is a medication that can be given every two weeks to treat people suffering from
schizophrenia who are unable to take tablets daily?
...that the Wiseman hypothesis proposes the accounts of the book of
Genesis were written hundreds to thousands of years before
Moses, and that Genesis names the authors?
...that poor performance in the twilight of the career of Graham McKenzie,
Australia's leading
pace bowler of the 1960s, led to mistaken fears that he had contracted
hepatitis?
...that in order to stem a population decline a "dollar block" promotion was held in the
Australian town of Jandowae, Queensland where 38 parcels of land were sold for one
dollar each?
...that
Dutch amateur
football club IJsselmeervogels received the Dutch Sports Team of the Year Award in 1975, for reaching the semi-final of the
KNVB Cup?
...that Paul Philippoteaux was a noted painter of
cycloramas, cylindrical paintings over 100 yards long, whose effect was so realistic they have been likened to
IMAX movies?
...that
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the George W. Smith House (pictured) in 1895 as one of a series of low-cost homes but it was not constructed until 1898?
...that the Soviet MT-55bridge layer tanks were modified by the Czechoslovakians using their gap measuring mechanism and infrared equipment and renamed as the MT-55A?
...that Germerius is said to have been given as much land as the shadow of his cloak could cover (about a six miles radius) by
Clovis I in exchange for his
prayers?
...that, after playing the solo for the disastrous premiere of
Elgar's Cello Concerto, the English
cellistFelix Salmond never taught the piece to his students, even though he taught cello in America for 18 years?
...that the Australian town of Great Western, Victoria is home to a series of labyrinthine tunnels ("drives"), originally made by miners
searching for gold and now used to store
sparkling wine while it is resting and settling?
...that Elsa Eschelsson, the first woman both to finish a
doctorate in Law and to teach in a university in
Sweden, was denied the right to serve even as acting professor because of her sex?
...that the law enforcement agencies of
Adjara made a gift of four cars and two two-roomed apartments to six of its most successful officers?
...that cricketer Charles Macartney, who set a record for the most
runs scored in one day, first learnt to
bat with
apples from the family orchard?
...that
Oregon Governor
Oswald West sent his personal secretary Miss Fern Hobbs to Copperfield, Oregon, to shut down illegal activities and impose
martial law in 1914?
...that the climate of Florida includes snowfall or sleet as early as November (in 2006) and as late as April (in 2007)?
...that when British
charityAid Convoy's first dedicated vehicle broke down while delivering aid to
Macedonia, it was rescued by British radio and TV presenter
Simon Mayo?
...that Gordon Murray, the creator of classic British children's television shows Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley, burnt all but one of his puppets on a bonfire in the 1980s?
...that for the past 16 years Michael Kesterton has written a column in The Globe and Mail made up of a collection of odd news stories pulled from various sources?
...that after the 1607 Battle of Guzów, the victorious King
Sigismund III Vasa gave a general amnesty which punished nobody and decided nothing?
...that in 1877 naturalist
John Muir described the waterfall in Eaton Canyon(pictured) as "a charming little thing, with a low, sweet voice, singing like a bird, as it pours from a notch in a short ledge, some thirty or forty feet into a round mirror-pool"?
...that four Japanese War Memorials found in the Japanese Cemetery Park(pictured) were built without knowledge of the British colonial government of
Singapore?
...that Don Tallon, regarded as one of Australia's greatest ever wicketkeepers, was once dropped from his
state team because he was ruled to be too young to travel interstate?
...that John J. Bernet was known for bringing
railroad companies back from
bankruptcy to solvency, earning him the nickname "Doctor of Sick Railroads"?
...that Peter Herdic, a 19th-century
Pennsylvania lumber baron, millionaire, and philanthropist, also invented the horse-drawn
herdic, an early form of taxicab?
...that the Dunedin(pictured), the first commercially successful
refrigerated ship, ushered in a meat and dairy boom in
Australasia and
South America with its first shipment in 1882?
...that
Luxembourg City's Place Guillaume II is colloquially known as the 'Knuedler', after the knot in the belt worn by
Franciscan friars, one of whose monasteries once stood there?
...that Matysiakowie is both the most popular
radio drama in
Poland and one of the longest running in the world, with over 2600 episodes broadcast since 1956?
1 June 2007
14:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
...that some of the sick and the wounded left behind by the
Volunteer Army during the Ice March(recruitment poster pictured) of 1919 shot themselves rather than be captured by the
Bolsheviks?
...that Paula Cooper, sentenced to death at age 15, had her sentence commuted in 1989 after an international uproar ensued and
PopeJohn Paul II appealed to the
Governor of
Indiana for leniency?