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...that little is known about the career of American architect John S. Van Bergen because a fire in 1964 destroyed most of his architectural drawings and records?
...that the government of
Kenya named the 1963-67 secessionist Shifta War after "
shiftas", the local word for "
bandit", as part of a
propaganda initiative?
...that Judge
Learned Hand showed his disrespect for
U.S. District JudgeRobert A. Inch by frequently referring to him in internal documents as "the Inchworm" or "Judge Millimeter"?
...that the first experimental reforestation station established in California was Henninger Flats in 1903?
...that the 16th-place of "Vjerujem u ljubav" in the semi-final of
Eurovision 2007 marked the first time that
Croatia had not reached the final since its independence?
...that vinkenzetting (
Dutch) is a 400-year-old sport in which the male
Chaffinch that makes the most bird calls wins?
...that tajchy, a network of 60 water reservoirs and more than 100
km of channels, was built in the 1700s to drain flooded silver mines in
Banská Štiavnica?
...that Dr. Benjamin Bates gave up his practice to accompany Sir
Francis Dashwood around Europe, but Dashwood died and Bates never received the huge payment he had been promised?
...that the distinct resemblance of a certain silver mixture, known as Diana's Tree, to a forest of trees led
alchemists to theorize the existence of life in the realm of minerals?
...that the earliest European term for "cannon" was the
Medieval Latin word "bombardum", and that "cannon" itself came from the Latin word canna, meaning a tube?
...that
emigration of physicians and nurses poses a major problem for
Nigeria's health care system, as there were 21,000 Nigerian doctors practising in the
U.S. alone?
...that while leader of the short-lived
secessioniststate of
South Kasai, Albert Kalonji gave himself the title of Supreme Chief of the Muluba People and Protector of the Associated Tribes?
27 May 2007
15:23, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
...that when noted American
poetLucretia Maria Davidson(pictured) died at age 16, she had written over 278 poems of varying lengths?
...that over 100 million people in
Indonesia lack access to safe water and more than 70 percent of the country’s 220 million population relies on water obtained from potentially
contaminated sources?
...that in
Ancient Roman entertainment, a desultor was a performer who led several horses in full gallop—as many as six or eight at once—and leaped from one to another?
...that the main building for the MacPhail Center for Music(pictured) in
Minneapolis, Minnesota was designed so it could be easily converted into a retail/office space should the school fail?
...that in 2002 Nicaragua had 15 times fewer
banks than its
Central American counterparts with only six compared to the regional average of 107 per country?
...that the Sabine Free State, a border area between
Spanish Texas and
AmericanLouisiana but administered by neither for 15 years in the early 19th century, attracted every kind of
outlaw known from both sides, as well as settlers, adventurers and political refugees?
...that police officers in Croatia are only allowed to use their
guns if there is a threat to their life or the lives of other people, or to prevent a crime from being committed for which the maximum
prison sentence is five years or more?
...that the
cruiseferryM/S Nordlandia (originally M/S Olau Hollandia) was built to be
NATO-compatible, so that she could easily be converted to a
troopship?
...that the
ocean linerSS Paris, built in 1913, reached such heights of luxury and service that
sea gulls purportedly followed it more than any other ship, hoping to feast on scraps of
haute cuisine that were thrown overboard?
...that the Tootingimpact crater on
Mars was named after the
London suburb of the same name because the discoverer "thought [his] mum and brother would get a kick out of having their home town paired with a land form on Mars"?
...that Lieutenant Peter Bover, whose shooting of a
Royal Navy sailor sparked the
Nore mutiny of 1797, was exonerated by the mutineers and cheered on returning to his ship?
...that in the
Roman Empire, ten-year celebrations called "decennalia" originated after
Augustus refused the lifetime supremacy offered to him?
...that although it was not particularly well-known in
Bulgaria until the late 19th century, today Bulgarian beer is one of the country's most popular
alcoholic beverages?
...that the Sauk Rapids Tornado of 1886 changed the economic structure of central
Minnesota after it destroyed at least 109 commercial or public buildings in
Sauk Rapids (damage pictured)?
...that at least 36
vases painted by the
AthenianMeidias Painter are still in existence more than 2,400 years after they were created?
...that the first computer simulations of
galaxy mergers were conducted by Alar Toomre in the 1970s?
...that Crotalus tigris has the highest toxicity of venoms among
rattlesnakes, even though it has a low venom yield?
00:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
...that one of the finest naturalistic
Late Antique ivory
diptychs(pictured) was found in a well at the abbey of Montier-en-Der, originally called Puteolus ("little well")?
...that
German-born Richard Lieber started the trend of American
state parks having
inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more?
...that the 1942 animated short film Japoteurs features a scene similar to the one in Superman Returns in which
Superman catches an airplane in mid-air?
...that
John Vesey, a 16th-century
bishop of
Exeter, had a fordkeeper's
cottage built along Plants Brook to help provide security for travelers on the Wylde Green Road?
...that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the
Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself
shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets?
...that the 2800 verses of the Mohanatarangini make it the longest work by
Kanaka Dasa, a 16th century
saint and one of the foremost names in
Kannada literature?
...that Robert Harrill, ironically known as the "
Fort Fisher Hermit," received thousands of visitors per year and was once the second most popular tourist attraction in
North Carolina?
...that, while the first model of the Atar Volant series was a simple turbojet engine, the third model was a proper
coleopter, an aircraft with an
annularwing that is able to land and take-off vertically without need of a runway?
...that the Hukou F-5F crash in May 2007 involved an
F-5/Fjetfighter hitting a military base in
Taiwan while simulating a low attack, killing four people?
...that the
spring of the Hell-Bourg village
spa on
Réunion started to fail around 1920, but an attempt to reopen it with
dynamite caused the partial destruction of the spa, while the spring was later buried by a landslide?
...that Polish composer Roman Palester's involvement with
Radio Free Europe in the early 1950s led to communist officials expunging his name from official publications and prohibiting performances of his work?
...that Reid Stowe and
Soanya Ahmad are attempting to circle the globe multiple times in a 1,000-day, non-stop voyage in a
gaff-riggedschooner designed and built by Stowe?
...that the once-buried remains of a power canal and
flour mills in downtown
Minneapolis, Minnesota have been unearthed and are now open as Mill Ruins Park to provide historical interpretation in the area?
...that the concept of a communist crime was introduced in
Polish law to facilitate studying and
prosecution of crimes committed by people in
authority against Polish citizens or the nation?
...that Saskatchewan Highway 39 is one of
Canada's busiest highways, facilitating transport for $6 billion in trade goods via approximately 100,000 trucks per year?
...that almost 12,000 years ago, the 2,700 feet- (820 m) wide River Warren Falls fell 175 feet (53 m) in the area that is now downtown
St. Paul, Minnesota?
...that
PakistaniSufi singer Sain Zahoor(pictured) cut his first record in 2006, was nominated for the
BBC World Music awards by word of mouth, and was the winner for the Asia/Pacific region that year?
...that the main threat to Pisonia brunoniana(pictured) in
New Zealand is cutting by people trying to prevent small
songbirds from getting trapped by its very sticky
seeds?
...that out of 60 four-star generals in the history of the
U.S. Marine Corps, 17 were promoted upon retirement in recognition of combat citations, and
one was promoted posthumously?
...that the Stairs Expedition to Katanga(William Stairs pictured) was the winner in a race between two Victorian-era imperial powers to seize a vast
mineral-rich territory in
central Africa, which it achieved by assassinating the African king
Msiri?
...that the current constitution of Nicaragua, the ninth in the country's history, was the final step in the institutionalization of the
Sandinista regime?
...that the Kent Music Report was a weekly table of
Australian music singles and albums which was the primary
record chart in that market from 1974 to 1988?
...that in one type of
Anglo-Saxontrial, the accused tried to prove innocence by swallowing a piece of bread and cheese, called "corsned", without
choking?
...that the
speed of sound and temperature in the
atmosphere can be remotely sensed by bouncing a
radar signal off of sound waves in a RASS system?
...that some irregular troops in the
Khyber Pass region during
World War II were issued Khyber Pass Copy rifles because of concerns they would steal higher-quality ones and
desert with them?
11 May 2007
23:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
...that Vulcana(pictured) was a
Welshstrongwoman who traveled the world with her partner, performing as The Atlas and Vulcana Group of Society Athletes?
...that though no fossil grasses have been discovered, the earliest-known
grassland ecosystem, the 30+ million-year-old Tinguiririca fauna of
Chile, can be detected through the grazers'
teeth?
...that despite his lack of
surgical training, Gerónimo Lluberas once successfully removed a foreign object embedded in the
cornea of an eight-year-old boy's eye?
...that Triptych, May-June 1973 is the second of
Francis Bacon's three "Black Triptychs" painted in commemoration of the suicide of his lover George Dyer?
...that the Oriental Seminary, established in 1829, was the earliest privately run modern school in
Kolkata?
...that
plastic surgeons use body shaping to remove large amounts of hanging
skin from the bodies of men and women who have lost as much as 45 to 136
kg (100 to 300
pounds)?
...that the Duquesne Spy Ring consisted of 33
Nazi spies (one pictured) arrested by the
FBI in 1941 and sentenced to serve a total of over 300 years in prison in what is the largest spy ring conviction in the history of the United States?
...that
American diplomat and attorney Adrian S. Fisher was a leading negotiator of the earliest international nuclear test ban and non-proliferation treaties?
...that sailors and shipowners would refuse to sail when Moll Pitcher(pictured), an eighteenth-century
fortune-teller famous throughout New England, predicted disaster?
...that ancients thought that the river Himera divided the island of
Sicily in half, when in reality Himera was the name of two separate rivers, the Grande River and the Salso River?
...that French explorer Christian de Bonchamps(pictured) proposed breaking a stalemate in treaty negotiations by capturing and holding hostage
Msiri, King of
Katanga?
...that neonatal nurses are in high demand in the
United States because the number of nurses has not kept up with the 27 percent rise in
premature births(premature infant pictured) over the last 20 years?
...that
cricketerLes Jackson played in two
Test matches for
England, one in 1949 and a second in 1961, the longest gap between Test appearances for any player with only two caps?
...that
CanadianagronomistSeager Wheeler was instrumental in developing a sustainable agricultural economy in
Saskatchewan, which has a short prairie growing season and harsh winters?
...that former journalist Walter Hayes developed the business case for the development of the
Ford Cosworth DFV, the most successful engine in
Formula One history?
...that the currently abandoned Old High School of Music(pictured) in
Rousse,
Bulgaria has previously housed a primary school, a junior high school, a university, and a trade school?
...that the film Quitting, originally titled Yesterday in an allusion to
the song by
The Beatles, was retitled after copyright owner
Michael Jackson withheld permission to use the song?
...that marine conservation activists have organized an annual International Coastal Cleanup day that draws more than 300,000 volunteers in 88 countries to pick up
trash from the beaches around the world?
...that Doppler spectroscopy was used to discover the first
extrasolar planet in 1995 and has since been used to identify more than one hundred exoplanet candidates?
...that overcrowding in
Chicago's racially segregated Black Belt was so severe that in 1934 an estimated 6.8 people were living in the average kitchenette apartment?
...that Saint Gorgonia supposedly cured herself of a life-threatening illness by anointing herself with elements of the
Eucharist mixed with her own
tears?
03:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
...that Sir Arthur Chichester(pictured) was appointed Governor of
Carrickfergus in 1598, succeeding his brother, who had been killed in
battle and whose head was used as a
football by the victors?
...that huge boulders can be transported to the open ocean by
rafts of plant matter?
...that the cast of By the Sword (1991), the first feature film about
fencing, included two actors sharing the same last name as the director?
...that real estate developer James Graham Brown, who was worth $100 million when he died in 1969, lived most of his life in a small suite in his
Brown Hotel?
...that more than half of the 214 bird species found on Barbados are considered "
accidental"—that is, they are found there only because they strayed off-course?
...that Klaus Traube worked on building the German
fast breeder in
Kalkar when he changed his view about nuclear power, went into opposition and was considered a security threat by the German secret service?
...that Gatke Hall(pictured), a former
post office, was moved completely intact on rollers down a city street over a six month period in 1938 to its new home at
Willamette University?
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 little is known about the career of American architect John S. Van Bergen because a fire in 1964 destroyed most of his architectural drawings and records?
...that the government of
Kenya named the 1963-67 secessionist Shifta War after "
shiftas", the local word for "
bandit", as part of a
propaganda initiative?
...that Judge
Learned Hand showed his disrespect for
U.S. District JudgeRobert A. Inch by frequently referring to him in internal documents as "the Inchworm" or "Judge Millimeter"?
...that the first experimental reforestation station established in California was Henninger Flats in 1903?
...that the 16th-place of "Vjerujem u ljubav" in the semi-final of
Eurovision 2007 marked the first time that
Croatia had not reached the final since its independence?
...that vinkenzetting (
Dutch) is a 400-year-old sport in which the male
Chaffinch that makes the most bird calls wins?
...that tajchy, a network of 60 water reservoirs and more than 100
km of channels, was built in the 1700s to drain flooded silver mines in
Banská Štiavnica?
...that Dr. Benjamin Bates gave up his practice to accompany Sir
Francis Dashwood around Europe, but Dashwood died and Bates never received the huge payment he had been promised?
...that the distinct resemblance of a certain silver mixture, known as Diana's Tree, to a forest of trees led
alchemists to theorize the existence of life in the realm of minerals?
...that the earliest European term for "cannon" was the
Medieval Latin word "bombardum", and that "cannon" itself came from the Latin word canna, meaning a tube?
...that
emigration of physicians and nurses poses a major problem for
Nigeria's health care system, as there were 21,000 Nigerian doctors practising in the
U.S. alone?
...that while leader of the short-lived
secessioniststate of
South Kasai, Albert Kalonji gave himself the title of Supreme Chief of the Muluba People and Protector of the Associated Tribes?
27 May 2007
15:23, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
...that when noted American
poetLucretia Maria Davidson(pictured) died at age 16, she had written over 278 poems of varying lengths?
...that over 100 million people in
Indonesia lack access to safe water and more than 70 percent of the country’s 220 million population relies on water obtained from potentially
contaminated sources?
...that in
Ancient Roman entertainment, a desultor was a performer who led several horses in full gallop—as many as six or eight at once—and leaped from one to another?
...that the main building for the MacPhail Center for Music(pictured) in
Minneapolis, Minnesota was designed so it could be easily converted into a retail/office space should the school fail?
...that in 2002 Nicaragua had 15 times fewer
banks than its
Central American counterparts with only six compared to the regional average of 107 per country?
...that the Sabine Free State, a border area between
Spanish Texas and
AmericanLouisiana but administered by neither for 15 years in the early 19th century, attracted every kind of
outlaw known from both sides, as well as settlers, adventurers and political refugees?
...that police officers in Croatia are only allowed to use their
guns if there is a threat to their life or the lives of other people, or to prevent a crime from being committed for which the maximum
prison sentence is five years or more?
...that the
cruiseferryM/S Nordlandia (originally M/S Olau Hollandia) was built to be
NATO-compatible, so that she could easily be converted to a
troopship?
...that the
ocean linerSS Paris, built in 1913, reached such heights of luxury and service that
sea gulls purportedly followed it more than any other ship, hoping to feast on scraps of
haute cuisine that were thrown overboard?
...that the Tootingimpact crater on
Mars was named after the
London suburb of the same name because the discoverer "thought [his] mum and brother would get a kick out of having their home town paired with a land form on Mars"?
...that Lieutenant Peter Bover, whose shooting of a
Royal Navy sailor sparked the
Nore mutiny of 1797, was exonerated by the mutineers and cheered on returning to his ship?
...that in the
Roman Empire, ten-year celebrations called "decennalia" originated after
Augustus refused the lifetime supremacy offered to him?
...that although it was not particularly well-known in
Bulgaria until the late 19th century, today Bulgarian beer is one of the country's most popular
alcoholic beverages?
...that the Sauk Rapids Tornado of 1886 changed the economic structure of central
Minnesota after it destroyed at least 109 commercial or public buildings in
Sauk Rapids (damage pictured)?
...that at least 36
vases painted by the
AthenianMeidias Painter are still in existence more than 2,400 years after they were created?
...that the first computer simulations of
galaxy mergers were conducted by Alar Toomre in the 1970s?
...that Crotalus tigris has the highest toxicity of venoms among
rattlesnakes, even though it has a low venom yield?
00:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
...that one of the finest naturalistic
Late Antique ivory
diptychs(pictured) was found in a well at the abbey of Montier-en-Der, originally called Puteolus ("little well")?
...that
German-born Richard Lieber started the trend of American
state parks having
inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more?
...that the 1942 animated short film Japoteurs features a scene similar to the one in Superman Returns in which
Superman catches an airplane in mid-air?
...that
John Vesey, a 16th-century
bishop of
Exeter, had a fordkeeper's
cottage built along Plants Brook to help provide security for travelers on the Wylde Green Road?
...that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the
Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself
shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets?
...that the 2800 verses of the Mohanatarangini make it the longest work by
Kanaka Dasa, a 16th century
saint and one of the foremost names in
Kannada literature?
...that Robert Harrill, ironically known as the "
Fort Fisher Hermit," received thousands of visitors per year and was once the second most popular tourist attraction in
North Carolina?
...that, while the first model of the Atar Volant series was a simple turbojet engine, the third model was a proper
coleopter, an aircraft with an
annularwing that is able to land and take-off vertically without need of a runway?
...that the Hukou F-5F crash in May 2007 involved an
F-5/Fjetfighter hitting a military base in
Taiwan while simulating a low attack, killing four people?
...that the
spring of the Hell-Bourg village
spa on
Réunion started to fail around 1920, but an attempt to reopen it with
dynamite caused the partial destruction of the spa, while the spring was later buried by a landslide?
...that Polish composer Roman Palester's involvement with
Radio Free Europe in the early 1950s led to communist officials expunging his name from official publications and prohibiting performances of his work?
...that Reid Stowe and
Soanya Ahmad are attempting to circle the globe multiple times in a 1,000-day, non-stop voyage in a
gaff-riggedschooner designed and built by Stowe?
...that the once-buried remains of a power canal and
flour mills in downtown
Minneapolis, Minnesota have been unearthed and are now open as Mill Ruins Park to provide historical interpretation in the area?
...that the concept of a communist crime was introduced in
Polish law to facilitate studying and
prosecution of crimes committed by people in
authority against Polish citizens or the nation?
...that Saskatchewan Highway 39 is one of
Canada's busiest highways, facilitating transport for $6 billion in trade goods via approximately 100,000 trucks per year?
...that almost 12,000 years ago, the 2,700 feet- (820 m) wide River Warren Falls fell 175 feet (53 m) in the area that is now downtown
St. Paul, Minnesota?
...that
PakistaniSufi singer Sain Zahoor(pictured) cut his first record in 2006, was nominated for the
BBC World Music awards by word of mouth, and was the winner for the Asia/Pacific region that year?
...that the main threat to Pisonia brunoniana(pictured) in
New Zealand is cutting by people trying to prevent small
songbirds from getting trapped by its very sticky
seeds?
...that out of 60 four-star generals in the history of the
U.S. Marine Corps, 17 were promoted upon retirement in recognition of combat citations, and
one was promoted posthumously?
...that the Stairs Expedition to Katanga(William Stairs pictured) was the winner in a race between two Victorian-era imperial powers to seize a vast
mineral-rich territory in
central Africa, which it achieved by assassinating the African king
Msiri?
...that the current constitution of Nicaragua, the ninth in the country's history, was the final step in the institutionalization of the
Sandinista regime?
...that the Kent Music Report was a weekly table of
Australian music singles and albums which was the primary
record chart in that market from 1974 to 1988?
...that in one type of
Anglo-Saxontrial, the accused tried to prove innocence by swallowing a piece of bread and cheese, called "corsned", without
choking?
...that the
speed of sound and temperature in the
atmosphere can be remotely sensed by bouncing a
radar signal off of sound waves in a RASS system?
...that some irregular troops in the
Khyber Pass region during
World War II were issued Khyber Pass Copy rifles because of concerns they would steal higher-quality ones and
desert with them?
11 May 2007
23:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
...that Vulcana(pictured) was a
Welshstrongwoman who traveled the world with her partner, performing as The Atlas and Vulcana Group of Society Athletes?
...that though no fossil grasses have been discovered, the earliest-known
grassland ecosystem, the 30+ million-year-old Tinguiririca fauna of
Chile, can be detected through the grazers'
teeth?
...that despite his lack of
surgical training, Gerónimo Lluberas once successfully removed a foreign object embedded in the
cornea of an eight-year-old boy's eye?
...that Triptych, May-June 1973 is the second of
Francis Bacon's three "Black Triptychs" painted in commemoration of the suicide of his lover George Dyer?
...that the Oriental Seminary, established in 1829, was the earliest privately run modern school in
Kolkata?
...that
plastic surgeons use body shaping to remove large amounts of hanging
skin from the bodies of men and women who have lost as much as 45 to 136
kg (100 to 300
pounds)?
...that the Duquesne Spy Ring consisted of 33
Nazi spies (one pictured) arrested by the
FBI in 1941 and sentenced to serve a total of over 300 years in prison in what is the largest spy ring conviction in the history of the United States?
...that
American diplomat and attorney Adrian S. Fisher was a leading negotiator of the earliest international nuclear test ban and non-proliferation treaties?
...that sailors and shipowners would refuse to sail when Moll Pitcher(pictured), an eighteenth-century
fortune-teller famous throughout New England, predicted disaster?
...that ancients thought that the river Himera divided the island of
Sicily in half, when in reality Himera was the name of two separate rivers, the Grande River and the Salso River?
...that French explorer Christian de Bonchamps(pictured) proposed breaking a stalemate in treaty negotiations by capturing and holding hostage
Msiri, King of
Katanga?
...that neonatal nurses are in high demand in the
United States because the number of nurses has not kept up with the 27 percent rise in
premature births(premature infant pictured) over the last 20 years?
...that
cricketerLes Jackson played in two
Test matches for
England, one in 1949 and a second in 1961, the longest gap between Test appearances for any player with only two caps?
...that
CanadianagronomistSeager Wheeler was instrumental in developing a sustainable agricultural economy in
Saskatchewan, which has a short prairie growing season and harsh winters?
...that former journalist Walter Hayes developed the business case for the development of the
Ford Cosworth DFV, the most successful engine in
Formula One history?
...that the currently abandoned Old High School of Music(pictured) in
Rousse,
Bulgaria has previously housed a primary school, a junior high school, a university, and a trade school?
...that the film Quitting, originally titled Yesterday in an allusion to
the song by
The Beatles, was retitled after copyright owner
Michael Jackson withheld permission to use the song?
...that marine conservation activists have organized an annual International Coastal Cleanup day that draws more than 300,000 volunteers in 88 countries to pick up
trash from the beaches around the world?
...that Doppler spectroscopy was used to discover the first
extrasolar planet in 1995 and has since been used to identify more than one hundred exoplanet candidates?
...that overcrowding in
Chicago's racially segregated Black Belt was so severe that in 1934 an estimated 6.8 people were living in the average kitchenette apartment?
...that Saint Gorgonia supposedly cured herself of a life-threatening illness by anointing herself with elements of the
Eucharist mixed with her own
tears?
03:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
...that Sir Arthur Chichester(pictured) was appointed Governor of
Carrickfergus in 1598, succeeding his brother, who had been killed in
battle and whose head was used as a
football by the victors?
...that huge boulders can be transported to the open ocean by
rafts of plant matter?
...that the cast of By the Sword (1991), the first feature film about
fencing, included two actors sharing the same last name as the director?
...that real estate developer James Graham Brown, who was worth $100 million when he died in 1969, lived most of his life in a small suite in his
Brown Hotel?
...that more than half of the 214 bird species found on Barbados are considered "
accidental"—that is, they are found there only because they strayed off-course?
...that Klaus Traube worked on building the German
fast breeder in
Kalkar when he changed his view about nuclear power, went into opposition and was considered a security threat by the German secret service?
...that Gatke Hall(pictured), a former
post office, was moved completely intact on rollers down a city street over a six month period in 1938 to its new home at
Willamette University?