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... that, although projects for restoration of the Everglades are the most comprehensive attempts at environmental repair in history, they are in danger of being eliminated?
... that
Maryland's Frederick High School can trace its roots back more than a century, and has won over 35 state championships in various sports since the late 1950s?
... that despite being considered "much too far away" to affect weather in
California, Hurricane Liza of 1968 caused
US$5,000 in damage and the closure of a portion of Ocean Boulevard in
Long Beach?
... that the Golden Age Passport has been replaced by the "Senior Pass" of the new pass series now called "America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass"?
... that in 1847
Thomas Huling sold the town of Zavala, Texas for
US$1,000 and 5,000 boxes of "Green Mountain Vegitable Ointment"?
10:36, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
... that the
120-cell 4-dimensional puzzle (pictured) is one of several n-dimensional sequential move puzzles that have been implemented as virtual puzzles but have never been solved?
... that
Russian right-wing politician Nikolai Markov tried to convince
Germany to contribute to a conspiracy to re-instate the
House of Romanov after the post-World War I revolutions?
... that Antwerp lace is also known as "Pot Lace" because of its repeated flowerpot
motifs?
... that the 1945 loss of
GermanU-boatU-864 during Operation Caesar, a secret mission to deliver technology to
Japan, is the only known incident of one submerged submarine sinking another?
... that according to one account, after
Thomas Attwood accused fellow composer Charles Edward Horn of
plagiarizing a song, Horn helped clear himself in court by singing his version and that of Attwood's?
... that the church of St. Barlock at Norbury has a monument to the "lewd and vile" wife of its thirteenth Lord?
... that the 12th-century All Saints Church, Patcham, largely unchanged since the 14th century, was rebuilt or restored four times in a 74-year period from 1824?
... that the famine of 1873–74 in
Bihar,
India was less severe than had originally been anticipated, and 100,000 tons of
grain was left unused at the end of the
relief efforts?
... that despite weighing little more than a pound (0.45 kg), the Dutch Bantam breed of
chicken(rooster pictured) can lay more than 160
eggs in a year?
... that California v. Byers was the 1971
U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that providing one's own information in a vehicle accident does not violate the privilege against self-incrimination under the
Fifth Amendment?
... that Edward Lamson Henry paid such close attention to detail that his
nostalgic paintings of
agrarianAmerica(example pictured) were considered authentic historical reconstructions?
... that attempts to merge Cardiff Rugby Football Club and Cardiff Cricket Club to form Cardiff Athletic Club began as early as 1892, but were unsuccessful until 1922?
... that golfer Edith Cummings(pictured) was the first female athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine and the inspiration for a character in The Great Gatsby?
... that by 1901,
£4m of shares in the
Suez Canal bought by
Benjamin Disraeli in 1875 during his premiership were rising in value by £2m per year and yielding an annual
dividend of £880,000?
... that Brussels lace is made in pieces, with the design made separate from the ground, unlike
Mechlin lace or
Valenciennes lace, and is known for its delicacy and beauty?
... that the town of La Balize, Louisiana, at the mouth of the
Mississippi River, was rebuilt several times after 1699 because of
hurricanes before it was destroyed and abandoned around 1860?
... that
Israeli actress Hanna Maron lost her leg after a
grenade was thrown at her airplane, but resumed her acting career a year later?
... that
Jordan's Municipality of Salt derives its name from the
Latinsaltus meaning valley of trees as there is much greenery in the area?
... that Harold Clapp's "fiendish efficiency" in improving
Victorian Railways' train reliability was credited with losing
Melbourne commuters "another excuse for being late for work in the mornings"?
... that Speaking in Strings is a 1999 documentary film about classical violinist
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, whose emotional concert performances have alienated some critics?
... that CMKC Group will construct and retain 30-year management rights over 1500 km of new and 512 km of renovated railway in the
Republic of the Congo?
15 May 2008
21:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
... that one of the major differences between Mechlin(pictured) and Valenciennes lace is the cordonnet, a loosely spun
silk cord used to outline and define the pattern?
... that
astronauts have a patch of velcro inside their
helmets that acts as a nose scratcher and that the manufacturing process used to create silent velcro for the
U.S. Army is a military secret?
... that The Janus Man, a
thriller concerning
espionage and betrayal, is the fourth book in the "Tweed and Co." series, for which
Colin Forbes published a book every year from 1982 to his death in 2006?
... that Daddy Cool’s 1971 single "
Eagle Rock" remained at #1 on the
Australian National charts for a record ten weeks before being replaced by the single "Daddy Cool" by another band cashing in their success?
... that in 1838, Philip Kelland became the first English-born and wholly English-educated mathematician to hold the chair of Professor of Mathematics at the
University of Edinburgh?
...that the
barrack at Aghavannagh, which was primarily built so that British forces could more easily track rebels of the
1798 rebellion, became a
youth hostel during the 1900s?
... that Belgian filmmaker Armand Denis, who became famous for his
wildlifedocumentaries with his wife Michaela in the 1950s, began his career working as a scientist and inventor?
... that Kitch-iti-kipi is Michigan's largest freshwater spring and a major tourist attraction?
11 May 2008
21:11, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
... that pulmonary laceration was thought to be uncommon before
CT scanning(example pictured) became widely available, because the injury is difficult to detect with
X-rays alone?
... that Devil's Den
gully, located within the Heber Down Conservation Area, was so named because the local inhabitants believed that the
Devil was holding court there?
... that the Buis(pictured) was first adapted for use as a fishing vessel in the
Netherlands, after the invention of
gibbing made it possible to preserve
herring at sea?
... that the
Yan emperor Shi Chaoyi committed suicide to avoid capture, and that after his death, his head was delivered to the
Tang Dynasty capital
Chang'an?
... that De Doctrina Christiana, identified as
John Milton's attempt to define his own particular
Christian theology, was suppressed by the government of the day and not published until 150 years after his death?
... that in the Jilava Massacre, perpetrated in
Romania in 1940, 64 prisoners were shot to death, including a former prime minister, justice minister, and chief of secret police?
... that besides training its own officers, the Pakistan Naval Academy has trained over 2000 officers of allied navies including the Chief of Naval Staff of the
Qatar Emiri Navy?
... that French
Jesuit missionary and mathematician Guy Tachard was involved in embassies to
Siam, which came as responses to embassies sent by the Siamese King
Narai to France in order to obtain an alliance against the Dutch?
... that
Canadian radio broadcaster Clyde Gilmour hosted a weekly national show for more than 40 years, presenting from his substantial personal music collection?
... that McCarty Church(pictured) in
Los Angeles gained attention for its pastor's decision to racially integrate his white Protestant church in the mid-1950s?
... that a riot reportedly instigated by writer
André Breton broke out during the 1923 premiere of
Tristan Tzara's Le Cœur à gaz, a play written as a nonsensical dialog between human body parts?
... that Andayya's 13th century
Kannada workKabbigara Kava is considered important for its strict adherence to the indigenous
Kannada language?
... that the sacrifice of Jean Cadieux on behalf of his companions during an
Iroquois attack in 1707 is still commemorated by the inhabitants of Calumet Island?
... that the lawsuit Motte v. Faulkner in 1735 was a legal dispute over the right to publish
Jonathan Swift's complete works and its outcome was viewed by Swift as another example of English oppression?
... that although there is no commercial mining in Equatorial Guinea, 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of
gold were retrieved in 2006?
... that in April 2008,
Forbes listed Omid Tahvili(pictured) as one of the world's ten most wanted
fugitives?
... that
Dr. Seuss'sThe Seven Lady Godivas is one of his few books written for adults, and though it was initially a failure when first published in 1939, original editions have sold for upwards of
US$300?
... that visiting
Cistercian monks could extend the hospitality of Stratford Langthorne Abbey, near
London, by supplying wine and beer for themselves and oats and hay for their horses?
... that as
General Secretary of the
Mexican railroad workers union, Demetrio Vallejo renounced his salary of 20,000
pesos a month, requesting it be turned over to the railway union treasury?
... that the spirits of a wealthy rancher and his Indian wife have been seen and heard since the 1920s at Leonis Adobe, according to TV show Most Haunted?
... that a shrew's fiddle was used to punish women who were caught fighting or arguing in
Germany and
Austria, often until both women agreed to stop bickering?
... that An Qingxu killed his father
An Lushan, the Emperor of
Yan, because he feared that his father would kill him and make his brother
crown prince?
... that the
English names for the towns of
Brecon(pictured) and
Cardigan derive from the names of
Welshmediaeval kingdoms, but the Welsh names for those same places refer to local rivers?
... that after 12 years of legal tussling over delays and cost overruns on the Taipei Metro Muzha Line, the
Taipei City Government was ordered to compensate its contractor
Matra for US$50 million?
... that Ben Gold was just 14 years old when he was elected assistant shop chairman by his local
union during the first
furriers'strike in the United States?
... that by using the
Bevatron and nuclear emulsion technique, Sulamith Goldhaber was the first person to observe nuclear interactions of the
antiproton?
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, although projects for restoration of the Everglades are the most comprehensive attempts at environmental repair in history, they are in danger of being eliminated?
... that
Maryland's Frederick High School can trace its roots back more than a century, and has won over 35 state championships in various sports since the late 1950s?
... that despite being considered "much too far away" to affect weather in
California, Hurricane Liza of 1968 caused
US$5,000 in damage and the closure of a portion of Ocean Boulevard in
Long Beach?
... that the Golden Age Passport has been replaced by the "Senior Pass" of the new pass series now called "America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass"?
... that in 1847
Thomas Huling sold the town of Zavala, Texas for
US$1,000 and 5,000 boxes of "Green Mountain Vegitable Ointment"?
10:36, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
... that the
120-cell 4-dimensional puzzle (pictured) is one of several n-dimensional sequential move puzzles that have been implemented as virtual puzzles but have never been solved?
... that
Russian right-wing politician Nikolai Markov tried to convince
Germany to contribute to a conspiracy to re-instate the
House of Romanov after the post-World War I revolutions?
... that Antwerp lace is also known as "Pot Lace" because of its repeated flowerpot
motifs?
... that the 1945 loss of
GermanU-boatU-864 during Operation Caesar, a secret mission to deliver technology to
Japan, is the only known incident of one submerged submarine sinking another?
... that according to one account, after
Thomas Attwood accused fellow composer Charles Edward Horn of
plagiarizing a song, Horn helped clear himself in court by singing his version and that of Attwood's?
... that the church of St. Barlock at Norbury has a monument to the "lewd and vile" wife of its thirteenth Lord?
... that the 12th-century All Saints Church, Patcham, largely unchanged since the 14th century, was rebuilt or restored four times in a 74-year period from 1824?
... that the famine of 1873–74 in
Bihar,
India was less severe than had originally been anticipated, and 100,000 tons of
grain was left unused at the end of the
relief efforts?
... that despite weighing little more than a pound (0.45 kg), the Dutch Bantam breed of
chicken(rooster pictured) can lay more than 160
eggs in a year?
... that California v. Byers was the 1971
U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that providing one's own information in a vehicle accident does not violate the privilege against self-incrimination under the
Fifth Amendment?
... that Edward Lamson Henry paid such close attention to detail that his
nostalgic paintings of
agrarianAmerica(example pictured) were considered authentic historical reconstructions?
... that attempts to merge Cardiff Rugby Football Club and Cardiff Cricket Club to form Cardiff Athletic Club began as early as 1892, but were unsuccessful until 1922?
... that golfer Edith Cummings(pictured) was the first female athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine and the inspiration for a character in The Great Gatsby?
... that by 1901,
£4m of shares in the
Suez Canal bought by
Benjamin Disraeli in 1875 during his premiership were rising in value by £2m per year and yielding an annual
dividend of £880,000?
... that Brussels lace is made in pieces, with the design made separate from the ground, unlike
Mechlin lace or
Valenciennes lace, and is known for its delicacy and beauty?
... that the town of La Balize, Louisiana, at the mouth of the
Mississippi River, was rebuilt several times after 1699 because of
hurricanes before it was destroyed and abandoned around 1860?
... that
Israeli actress Hanna Maron lost her leg after a
grenade was thrown at her airplane, but resumed her acting career a year later?
... that
Jordan's Municipality of Salt derives its name from the
Latinsaltus meaning valley of trees as there is much greenery in the area?
... that Harold Clapp's "fiendish efficiency" in improving
Victorian Railways' train reliability was credited with losing
Melbourne commuters "another excuse for being late for work in the mornings"?
... that Speaking in Strings is a 1999 documentary film about classical violinist
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, whose emotional concert performances have alienated some critics?
... that CMKC Group will construct and retain 30-year management rights over 1500 km of new and 512 km of renovated railway in the
Republic of the Congo?
15 May 2008
21:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
... that one of the major differences between Mechlin(pictured) and Valenciennes lace is the cordonnet, a loosely spun
silk cord used to outline and define the pattern?
... that
astronauts have a patch of velcro inside their
helmets that acts as a nose scratcher and that the manufacturing process used to create silent velcro for the
U.S. Army is a military secret?
... that The Janus Man, a
thriller concerning
espionage and betrayal, is the fourth book in the "Tweed and Co." series, for which
Colin Forbes published a book every year from 1982 to his death in 2006?
... that Daddy Cool’s 1971 single "
Eagle Rock" remained at #1 on the
Australian National charts for a record ten weeks before being replaced by the single "Daddy Cool" by another band cashing in their success?
... that in 1838, Philip Kelland became the first English-born and wholly English-educated mathematician to hold the chair of Professor of Mathematics at the
University of Edinburgh?
...that the
barrack at Aghavannagh, which was primarily built so that British forces could more easily track rebels of the
1798 rebellion, became a
youth hostel during the 1900s?
... that Belgian filmmaker Armand Denis, who became famous for his
wildlifedocumentaries with his wife Michaela in the 1950s, began his career working as a scientist and inventor?
... that Kitch-iti-kipi is Michigan's largest freshwater spring and a major tourist attraction?
11 May 2008
21:11, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
... that pulmonary laceration was thought to be uncommon before
CT scanning(example pictured) became widely available, because the injury is difficult to detect with
X-rays alone?
... that Devil's Den
gully, located within the Heber Down Conservation Area, was so named because the local inhabitants believed that the
Devil was holding court there?
... that the Buis(pictured) was first adapted for use as a fishing vessel in the
Netherlands, after the invention of
gibbing made it possible to preserve
herring at sea?
... that the
Yan emperor Shi Chaoyi committed suicide to avoid capture, and that after his death, his head was delivered to the
Tang Dynasty capital
Chang'an?
... that De Doctrina Christiana, identified as
John Milton's attempt to define his own particular
Christian theology, was suppressed by the government of the day and not published until 150 years after his death?
... that in the Jilava Massacre, perpetrated in
Romania in 1940, 64 prisoners were shot to death, including a former prime minister, justice minister, and chief of secret police?
... that besides training its own officers, the Pakistan Naval Academy has trained over 2000 officers of allied navies including the Chief of Naval Staff of the
Qatar Emiri Navy?
... that French
Jesuit missionary and mathematician Guy Tachard was involved in embassies to
Siam, which came as responses to embassies sent by the Siamese King
Narai to France in order to obtain an alliance against the Dutch?
... that
Canadian radio broadcaster Clyde Gilmour hosted a weekly national show for more than 40 years, presenting from his substantial personal music collection?
... that McCarty Church(pictured) in
Los Angeles gained attention for its pastor's decision to racially integrate his white Protestant church in the mid-1950s?
... that a riot reportedly instigated by writer
André Breton broke out during the 1923 premiere of
Tristan Tzara's Le Cœur à gaz, a play written as a nonsensical dialog between human body parts?
... that Andayya's 13th century
Kannada workKabbigara Kava is considered important for its strict adherence to the indigenous
Kannada language?
... that the sacrifice of Jean Cadieux on behalf of his companions during an
Iroquois attack in 1707 is still commemorated by the inhabitants of Calumet Island?
... that the lawsuit Motte v. Faulkner in 1735 was a legal dispute over the right to publish
Jonathan Swift's complete works and its outcome was viewed by Swift as another example of English oppression?
... that although there is no commercial mining in Equatorial Guinea, 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of
gold were retrieved in 2006?
... that in April 2008,
Forbes listed Omid Tahvili(pictured) as one of the world's ten most wanted
fugitives?
... that
Dr. Seuss'sThe Seven Lady Godivas is one of his few books written for adults, and though it was initially a failure when first published in 1939, original editions have sold for upwards of
US$300?
... that visiting
Cistercian monks could extend the hospitality of Stratford Langthorne Abbey, near
London, by supplying wine and beer for themselves and oats and hay for their horses?
... that as
General Secretary of the
Mexican railroad workers union, Demetrio Vallejo renounced his salary of 20,000
pesos a month, requesting it be turned over to the railway union treasury?
... that the spirits of a wealthy rancher and his Indian wife have been seen and heard since the 1920s at Leonis Adobe, according to TV show Most Haunted?
... that a shrew's fiddle was used to punish women who were caught fighting or arguing in
Germany and
Austria, often until both women agreed to stop bickering?
... that An Qingxu killed his father
An Lushan, the Emperor of
Yan, because he feared that his father would kill him and make his brother
crown prince?
... that the
English names for the towns of
Brecon(pictured) and
Cardigan derive from the names of
Welshmediaeval kingdoms, but the Welsh names for those same places refer to local rivers?
... that after 12 years of legal tussling over delays and cost overruns on the Taipei Metro Muzha Line, the
Taipei City Government was ordered to compensate its contractor
Matra for US$50 million?
... that Ben Gold was just 14 years old when he was elected assistant shop chairman by his local
union during the first
furriers'strike in the United States?
... that by using the
Bevatron and nuclear emulsion technique, Sulamith Goldhaber was the first person to observe nuclear interactions of the
antiproton?