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... that in August 2007, millionaire businessman Anwar Rashid and his family left Clifton Hall(pictured), their £3.6M home in
Nottingham, because they thought it was
haunted?
... that, at 248.1 metres (814 ft), Midtown Tower(pictured) is the tallest building in
Tokyo,
Japan?
... that William Fox was awarded a scholarship to
drama school, but only on the condition that he passed the money on to another student?
... that the
Portuguese village Cacela Velha was once the site of the Medina of Qast’alla Daraj, an Islamic town dating back to the 10th century?
... that Sir Francis Gawdy, his father and his two older half-brothers were all baptised Thomas Gawdy, although Francis had his name changed at his
confirmation?
... that during testing, M247 Sergeant York(pictured) locked onto an
exhaust fan, shot into the ground instead of its target, and threatened to fire on the high-ranking review panel in nearby stands?
... that despite its leaders being deported to remote parts of the country, the
Gabonese opposition garnered 46% of the vote in a 1964 legislative election?
... that after filing to run for a seat on the
Oregon Supreme Court, judge Jason Lee had two cases decided against his interests in the same court before withdrawing?
... that during the murder trial of Dr Thomas Lodwig, he claimed that he had used the poison
potassium chloride to enhance the effect of painkillers rather than to kill his patient?
... that the Texel Disaster of 1940 resulted in severe damage to
HMS Express and the sinking of two other ships who went to her aid?
00:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
... that the 108.1-kilometre (67.2 mi) Canal de l'Ourcq(pictured) provides over half of the 380,000 cubic metres (500,000 cu yd) of water used daily by the city of
Paris for cleaning public works?
... that Label Fandango was created by Andy Macleod and Simon Williams, the man behind debut singles from
Coldplay and
Keane?
... that George Ashley Campbell decided to use
loading coils for improving telephone line quality only after he realized that the
manholes were the right distance apart to allow this cheaper solution?
... that James W. Cannon co-wrote a paper suggesting that the
"negatively curved" nature of microscopic growth patterns of bio-organisms is responsible for the highly folded structure of the
brain tissue?
... that the current National Palace of Mexico, despite having been destroyed and rebuilt several times, still contains building blocks from the original palace of
Aztec emperor
Moctezuma II?
... that Hyman Golden was co-founder and chairman of
Snapple, which got its name from one of its early products, a carbonated apple juice that had a "snapply apple taste"?
... that
Tang Dynasty general Zhu Ci, angry that he was removed from command due to his brother
Zhu Tao's rebellion, later tried to become emperor of his own state of Qin?
... that when a
mutiny broke out in the absence of
Tang Dynasty general Cui Ning, his
concubine Lady Ren suppressed it with soldiers she had hired herself?
... that the coastal trevally is frequently known under an incorrect
Latin name because of a
typo in the first volume to describe it?
... that
New York State Assembly memberDavid Koon has pushed for full funding for
E911, a system of automatically locating
9-1-1 callers, after his daughter was abducted and brutally murdered in 1993?
... that four months after the one-time-only U.S. airing of the 1991
Disney television
pilotActing Sheriff, Disney sold bonds that promised to pay up to a 20 percent return if Acting Sheriff were
syndicated?
... that after examining 2,500
witness statements and approximately 270,000 pages of evidence, The Shipman Inquiry concluded that doctor
Harold Shipman had murdered 250 of his patients?
... that
systems scientistBéla H. Bánáthy conceived of a
conference where all attendees present papers, and the conference itself is an in-depth, extended conversation between all participants?
... that Biomedical Tissue Services was shut down after investigators discovered that it had harvested remains from 1,000 corpses without consent, including those of
Alistair Cooke?
... that survivors of the Loch Sloy disaster who made it ashore to
Kangaroo Island, were eventually found with the remains of two dead
penguins tied around their neck?
... that, since 2002, the Community design has provided Europe-wide protection for
designs more simply and cheaply than the previous country-by-country approach?
... that despite a
US$900,000 budget, finances on the
1993 filmAmongst Friends were so tight that the contents of a bag of
Doritos opened in the film were replaced by yellow cardboard triangles?
... that men were forbidden to enter the
Palestinian village of Ijnisinya by
Helena of Constantinople to ensure that she and her maids could swim in its lake with total freedom?
... that Controlled Demolition, Inc. was recognized with
world records for its 1998 demolitions of a 1,200-foot (370 m) radio tower, the tallest structure, and a 33-floor department store, the tallest building?
... that
Negro league baseballpitcherDave Brown disappeared in 1925 after murdering a man in a bar fight, but was rumored to have secretly resumed pitching under the alias "Lefty Wilson"?
... that
Tang Dynasty general An Baoyu received permission to use the imperial surname
Li because he did not want to share a surname with the rebel
An Lushan?
... that the traditional dress of Hui'an maidens(statue pictured) has been jokingly referred to as "feudal heads, thrifty jackets, democratic bellies, and wasteful trousers"?
... that the colorfully-painted common room of the
Jazz AgeNaniboujou Club Lodge(pictured) has been called "a psychedelic marriage of
Art Deco and traditional
Cree Indian patterns"?
... that
FrenchphotographerRobert Demachy took hundreds of photographs and wrote more than a thousand articles on photography, but suddenly gave up the subject without any explanation?
... that due to the important archaeological findings near the
Bulgarian village of Durankulak, the area has been dubbed the "Bulgarian
Troy"?
... that Frederick Roehrig's
Castle Green(pictured) in
Pasadena, California, was called "a fantastic folly created from the imagination of a Victorian architect with a penchant for Arabesque opulence"?
... that
PolishmountaineerTadeusz Piotrowski, one of the finest winter mountaineers of the 1970s and '80s, died during descent from
K2, after completing the first and only ascent by the "South Face"?
... that the 2006 death of
NYPD Detective James Zadroga was the first attributed to exposure to toxic dust at the
World Trade Center site, though the circumstances of his death are disputed?
... that
Tang Dynasty imperial prince Li Chenghong carried the title of emperor for 12 days after invading
Tufan forces captured the capital
Chang'an and declared him emperor?
... that museum examples of sprang were misidentified as
lace or
knitting until
archaeological discoveries brought public attention to the overlooked
needlework technique?
... that after the death of Consort Dugu, the favorite
concubine of
Emperor Daizong of Tang, the emperor was so saddened that he kept her casket in the palace and did not bury her until almost three years later?
... that from its creation in 1963 to its closure in about 2000, the Scottish Tartans Society recorded and documented about 2,700 different designs of
tartan?
... that
Liberian Supreme Court Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis was rescued from an angry mob after a car he was in hit and killed a pedestrian?
... that the Tampa Bay Storm has appeared in the
AFL playoffs 19 of their 22 years?
... that in 1862, Phan Thanh Gian said that
France's "wealth and strength are beyond description"?
... that two trains returning from the 1851
Chester races lost adhesion in Sutton Tunnel, and a third crashed into them, killing nine and injuring up to 40 people?
... that Philippe Suchard was not only the creator of
Milkachocolates, but also had an influence on the discovery of a
La Tène settlement dating back to 450 BC? NOTA BENE: Milka was created after the death of Philippe Suchard
... that by the time the Wye Valley Railway opened in 1876, a
Welsh wireworks it was intended to serve had already closed down?
... that
Russian doctor and
serial killerMaxim Petrov was caught because he took the names of his twelve victims all from the same list of patients, enabling police to predict whom he would kill next?
... that the newly discovered Baby Boom Galaxy(pictured) is seen producing stars at a rate of up to 4,000 per year, compared to our own
Milky Way galaxy that produces an average of just 10 stars per year?
... that
Tang Dynasty judge Pei Zunqing spared a group of soldiers accused of treason by pointing out they had neither money nor talent to carry out a rebellion?
... that a hose strap(pictured), a piece of
firefighting equipment, has a variety of uses including carrying un-charged
firehose, opening and closing doors, and dragging the injured?
... that Cyclone Graham dropped 163 millimetres (6.4 in) of rain at
Telfer, Australia in one night, over half the community's annual average?
... that as special counsel investigating loans made to
Jimmy Carter, Paul Curran became the first lawyer to question a sitting
U.S. President under oath in an investigation of that president?
... that architect Albert C. Martin successfully defended his design of the 28-story
Los Angeles City Hall(pictured) against those who argued the city government could fit into the first four floors?
... that the child duo known as the Aquatots planned to swim the
English Channel in 1951 but were forbidden from attempting by both the British and French governments?
... that the village of Anasartha, located in Western
Syria and today known as Khanasser, derived its water supply until 1975 from a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) long
Byzantine-era
qanat?
... that prehistoric Orkney has provided so many ancient ruins (pictured) that one of the islands in the archipelago has been described as "the Egypt of the North"?
... that in 1902, Isabel Gonzalez, a single
Puerto Rican mother, challenged the United States government and helped pave the way for all Puerto Ricans to be recognized as U.S. citizens?
... that carved
Romanesque stone heads (pictured) were added to the walls of Temple Cronan in
Ireland as decoration during renovation in the 12th century?
... that the Masked Rider mascot (statue pictured), one of the Texas Tech University traditions, was the first
mascot in major college sports featuring a live horse?
... that Sylvester O'Halloran suggested in a 1793 book on external injuries to the head that
Irish fights were often caused by drinking too much
whiskey?
... that
Gibraltar's St. Michael's Cave, prepared as an emergency hospital during
World War II, at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
... that when one of the rare recordings of "
Stormy Weather" by The Five Sharps, a
78 rpm record, was broken, the blame was placed on a pet
raccoon that supposedly sat on it?
... that the
Tang DynastychancellorZhang Gao, prior to his civil service career, would attend feasts held by officials just for the purpose of getting drunk?
... that a parade honoring
Jack Benny was held at the Azusa Civic Center, commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?
... that, according to legend, each of the 66 men who laid the tile of the South Dakota State Capitol placed a blue stone in the floor as a personal signature?
... that Henry Clay Fry was the first to imitate cut glass from pressed blanks?
... that the Pomona City Stables, which housed 22 horses upon its completion in 1909, is reported to be one of the oldest municipal buildings still extant in
California?
... that Jerry Shea was the first player to achieve all four
rugby scoring methods—
try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal—in a single international match?
... that
Norwegian comedian Per Inge Torkelsen caused an international stir when as a 15-year old he placed several ancient Chinese coins in a local excavation field?
... that professional wrestler Antonio Pugliese was a fan of opera music and would sing opera before his matches?
... that despite jointly murdering at least 1,000 inmates at
Auschwitz, former
SS-UnterscharführerOswald Kaduk earned the nickname "Papa Kaduk" among patients at the hospital he worked at after the
war?
09:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
... that the 33-room San Dimas Hotel(pictured) built in 1887 never had a paying guest due to a
land boom that never occurred?
... that the cancellation of the
Skybolt missile in 1962 led to a major crisis in US-UK relations, which was solved by personal meetings and the signing of what is today known as the Nassau agreement?
... that the 1770
burlettaThe Recruiting Serjeant has a sergeant cheerily describing the sight of "heads, and limbs, and bullets flying" during battle (song, right) to a potential army recruit?
... that 19th-century American actor and playwright Steele MacKaye(pictured) invented a variety of theatrical devices, including folding theatre seats?
... that while she was working in the billing department of a clinical laboratory firm, Lexie Fyfe became a
professional wrestler at the invitation of a co-worker?
... that the Mangrove monitor possesses
salt-excreting nasal glands, which enabled them to reach new islands and aided in its dispersal across thousands of miles throughout the South Pacific?
... that Yang Jia, a Chinese man
sentenced to death for murdering six policemen, is being hailed as a hero on Chinese internet forums?
... that Malcolm Fraser, a severe
stutterer from an early age, founded the Stuttering Foundation of America and gave it most of its US$10 million
endowment?
... that Lonnie Wright played football for two seasons for the
Denver Broncos and switched to playing basketball for the
Denver Rockets just weeks after the 1967 football season ended?
... that according to People v. Beardsley, it is not against the
U.S. law for a man to not help his drinking partner, a woman who is not his wife, when she is dying of an overdose?
... that
sopranoAdele Addison stepped into the role of Bess in the 1969 film version of
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess as a last-minute replacement of a singer who sounded too shrill?
... that thousands of Flat Daddies, life-size photo cutouts of American soldiers deployed in
Iraq or
Afghanistan, have been created to help families cope with their deployment?
... that until his appointment as Demonstrator in Practical Anatomy at
Queen's College, Birmingham, Balthazar Foster had given up hopes of a medical career, and had even applied for a naval commission?
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 August 2007, millionaire businessman Anwar Rashid and his family left Clifton Hall(pictured), their £3.6M home in
Nottingham, because they thought it was
haunted?
... that, at 248.1 metres (814 ft), Midtown Tower(pictured) is the tallest building in
Tokyo,
Japan?
... that William Fox was awarded a scholarship to
drama school, but only on the condition that he passed the money on to another student?
... that the
Portuguese village Cacela Velha was once the site of the Medina of Qast’alla Daraj, an Islamic town dating back to the 10th century?
... that Sir Francis Gawdy, his father and his two older half-brothers were all baptised Thomas Gawdy, although Francis had his name changed at his
confirmation?
... that during testing, M247 Sergeant York(pictured) locked onto an
exhaust fan, shot into the ground instead of its target, and threatened to fire on the high-ranking review panel in nearby stands?
... that despite its leaders being deported to remote parts of the country, the
Gabonese opposition garnered 46% of the vote in a 1964 legislative election?
... that after filing to run for a seat on the
Oregon Supreme Court, judge Jason Lee had two cases decided against his interests in the same court before withdrawing?
... that during the murder trial of Dr Thomas Lodwig, he claimed that he had used the poison
potassium chloride to enhance the effect of painkillers rather than to kill his patient?
... that the Texel Disaster of 1940 resulted in severe damage to
HMS Express and the sinking of two other ships who went to her aid?
00:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
... that the 108.1-kilometre (67.2 mi) Canal de l'Ourcq(pictured) provides over half of the 380,000 cubic metres (500,000 cu yd) of water used daily by the city of
Paris for cleaning public works?
... that Label Fandango was created by Andy Macleod and Simon Williams, the man behind debut singles from
Coldplay and
Keane?
... that George Ashley Campbell decided to use
loading coils for improving telephone line quality only after he realized that the
manholes were the right distance apart to allow this cheaper solution?
... that James W. Cannon co-wrote a paper suggesting that the
"negatively curved" nature of microscopic growth patterns of bio-organisms is responsible for the highly folded structure of the
brain tissue?
... that the current National Palace of Mexico, despite having been destroyed and rebuilt several times, still contains building blocks from the original palace of
Aztec emperor
Moctezuma II?
... that Hyman Golden was co-founder and chairman of
Snapple, which got its name from one of its early products, a carbonated apple juice that had a "snapply apple taste"?
... that
Tang Dynasty general Zhu Ci, angry that he was removed from command due to his brother
Zhu Tao's rebellion, later tried to become emperor of his own state of Qin?
... that when a
mutiny broke out in the absence of
Tang Dynasty general Cui Ning, his
concubine Lady Ren suppressed it with soldiers she had hired herself?
... that the coastal trevally is frequently known under an incorrect
Latin name because of a
typo in the first volume to describe it?
... that
New York State Assembly memberDavid Koon has pushed for full funding for
E911, a system of automatically locating
9-1-1 callers, after his daughter was abducted and brutally murdered in 1993?
... that four months after the one-time-only U.S. airing of the 1991
Disney television
pilotActing Sheriff, Disney sold bonds that promised to pay up to a 20 percent return if Acting Sheriff were
syndicated?
... that after examining 2,500
witness statements and approximately 270,000 pages of evidence, The Shipman Inquiry concluded that doctor
Harold Shipman had murdered 250 of his patients?
... that
systems scientistBéla H. Bánáthy conceived of a
conference where all attendees present papers, and the conference itself is an in-depth, extended conversation between all participants?
... that Biomedical Tissue Services was shut down after investigators discovered that it had harvested remains from 1,000 corpses without consent, including those of
Alistair Cooke?
... that survivors of the Loch Sloy disaster who made it ashore to
Kangaroo Island, were eventually found with the remains of two dead
penguins tied around their neck?
... that, since 2002, the Community design has provided Europe-wide protection for
designs more simply and cheaply than the previous country-by-country approach?
... that despite a
US$900,000 budget, finances on the
1993 filmAmongst Friends were so tight that the contents of a bag of
Doritos opened in the film were replaced by yellow cardboard triangles?
... that men were forbidden to enter the
Palestinian village of Ijnisinya by
Helena of Constantinople to ensure that she and her maids could swim in its lake with total freedom?
... that Controlled Demolition, Inc. was recognized with
world records for its 1998 demolitions of a 1,200-foot (370 m) radio tower, the tallest structure, and a 33-floor department store, the tallest building?
... that
Negro league baseballpitcherDave Brown disappeared in 1925 after murdering a man in a bar fight, but was rumored to have secretly resumed pitching under the alias "Lefty Wilson"?
... that
Tang Dynasty general An Baoyu received permission to use the imperial surname
Li because he did not want to share a surname with the rebel
An Lushan?
... that the traditional dress of Hui'an maidens(statue pictured) has been jokingly referred to as "feudal heads, thrifty jackets, democratic bellies, and wasteful trousers"?
... that the colorfully-painted common room of the
Jazz AgeNaniboujou Club Lodge(pictured) has been called "a psychedelic marriage of
Art Deco and traditional
Cree Indian patterns"?
... that
FrenchphotographerRobert Demachy took hundreds of photographs and wrote more than a thousand articles on photography, but suddenly gave up the subject without any explanation?
... that due to the important archaeological findings near the
Bulgarian village of Durankulak, the area has been dubbed the "Bulgarian
Troy"?
... that Frederick Roehrig's
Castle Green(pictured) in
Pasadena, California, was called "a fantastic folly created from the imagination of a Victorian architect with a penchant for Arabesque opulence"?
... that
PolishmountaineerTadeusz Piotrowski, one of the finest winter mountaineers of the 1970s and '80s, died during descent from
K2, after completing the first and only ascent by the "South Face"?
... that the 2006 death of
NYPD Detective James Zadroga was the first attributed to exposure to toxic dust at the
World Trade Center site, though the circumstances of his death are disputed?
... that
Tang Dynasty imperial prince Li Chenghong carried the title of emperor for 12 days after invading
Tufan forces captured the capital
Chang'an and declared him emperor?
... that museum examples of sprang were misidentified as
lace or
knitting until
archaeological discoveries brought public attention to the overlooked
needlework technique?
... that after the death of Consort Dugu, the favorite
concubine of
Emperor Daizong of Tang, the emperor was so saddened that he kept her casket in the palace and did not bury her until almost three years later?
... that from its creation in 1963 to its closure in about 2000, the Scottish Tartans Society recorded and documented about 2,700 different designs of
tartan?
... that
Liberian Supreme Court Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis was rescued from an angry mob after a car he was in hit and killed a pedestrian?
... that the Tampa Bay Storm has appeared in the
AFL playoffs 19 of their 22 years?
... that in 1862, Phan Thanh Gian said that
France's "wealth and strength are beyond description"?
... that two trains returning from the 1851
Chester races lost adhesion in Sutton Tunnel, and a third crashed into them, killing nine and injuring up to 40 people?
... that Philippe Suchard was not only the creator of
Milkachocolates, but also had an influence on the discovery of a
La Tène settlement dating back to 450 BC? NOTA BENE: Milka was created after the death of Philippe Suchard
... that by the time the Wye Valley Railway opened in 1876, a
Welsh wireworks it was intended to serve had already closed down?
... that
Russian doctor and
serial killerMaxim Petrov was caught because he took the names of his twelve victims all from the same list of patients, enabling police to predict whom he would kill next?
... that the newly discovered Baby Boom Galaxy(pictured) is seen producing stars at a rate of up to 4,000 per year, compared to our own
Milky Way galaxy that produces an average of just 10 stars per year?
... that
Tang Dynasty judge Pei Zunqing spared a group of soldiers accused of treason by pointing out they had neither money nor talent to carry out a rebellion?
... that a hose strap(pictured), a piece of
firefighting equipment, has a variety of uses including carrying un-charged
firehose, opening and closing doors, and dragging the injured?
... that Cyclone Graham dropped 163 millimetres (6.4 in) of rain at
Telfer, Australia in one night, over half the community's annual average?
... that as special counsel investigating loans made to
Jimmy Carter, Paul Curran became the first lawyer to question a sitting
U.S. President under oath in an investigation of that president?
... that architect Albert C. Martin successfully defended his design of the 28-story
Los Angeles City Hall(pictured) against those who argued the city government could fit into the first four floors?
... that the child duo known as the Aquatots planned to swim the
English Channel in 1951 but were forbidden from attempting by both the British and French governments?
... that the village of Anasartha, located in Western
Syria and today known as Khanasser, derived its water supply until 1975 from a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) long
Byzantine-era
qanat?
... that prehistoric Orkney has provided so many ancient ruins (pictured) that one of the islands in the archipelago has been described as "the Egypt of the North"?
... that in 1902, Isabel Gonzalez, a single
Puerto Rican mother, challenged the United States government and helped pave the way for all Puerto Ricans to be recognized as U.S. citizens?
... that carved
Romanesque stone heads (pictured) were added to the walls of Temple Cronan in
Ireland as decoration during renovation in the 12th century?
... that the Masked Rider mascot (statue pictured), one of the Texas Tech University traditions, was the first
mascot in major college sports featuring a live horse?
... that Sylvester O'Halloran suggested in a 1793 book on external injuries to the head that
Irish fights were often caused by drinking too much
whiskey?
... that
Gibraltar's St. Michael's Cave, prepared as an emergency hospital during
World War II, at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
... that when one of the rare recordings of "
Stormy Weather" by The Five Sharps, a
78 rpm record, was broken, the blame was placed on a pet
raccoon that supposedly sat on it?
... that the
Tang DynastychancellorZhang Gao, prior to his civil service career, would attend feasts held by officials just for the purpose of getting drunk?
... that a parade honoring
Jack Benny was held at the Azusa Civic Center, commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?
... that, according to legend, each of the 66 men who laid the tile of the South Dakota State Capitol placed a blue stone in the floor as a personal signature?
... that Henry Clay Fry was the first to imitate cut glass from pressed blanks?
... that the Pomona City Stables, which housed 22 horses upon its completion in 1909, is reported to be one of the oldest municipal buildings still extant in
California?
... that Jerry Shea was the first player to achieve all four
rugby scoring methods—
try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal—in a single international match?
... that
Norwegian comedian Per Inge Torkelsen caused an international stir when as a 15-year old he placed several ancient Chinese coins in a local excavation field?
... that professional wrestler Antonio Pugliese was a fan of opera music and would sing opera before his matches?
... that despite jointly murdering at least 1,000 inmates at
Auschwitz, former
SS-UnterscharführerOswald Kaduk earned the nickname "Papa Kaduk" among patients at the hospital he worked at after the
war?
09:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
... that the 33-room San Dimas Hotel(pictured) built in 1887 never had a paying guest due to a
land boom that never occurred?
... that the cancellation of the
Skybolt missile in 1962 led to a major crisis in US-UK relations, which was solved by personal meetings and the signing of what is today known as the Nassau agreement?
... that the 1770
burlettaThe Recruiting Serjeant has a sergeant cheerily describing the sight of "heads, and limbs, and bullets flying" during battle (song, right) to a potential army recruit?
... that 19th-century American actor and playwright Steele MacKaye(pictured) invented a variety of theatrical devices, including folding theatre seats?
... that while she was working in the billing department of a clinical laboratory firm, Lexie Fyfe became a
professional wrestler at the invitation of a co-worker?
... that the Mangrove monitor possesses
salt-excreting nasal glands, which enabled them to reach new islands and aided in its dispersal across thousands of miles throughout the South Pacific?
... that Yang Jia, a Chinese man
sentenced to death for murdering six policemen, is being hailed as a hero on Chinese internet forums?
... that Malcolm Fraser, a severe
stutterer from an early age, founded the Stuttering Foundation of America and gave it most of its US$10 million
endowment?
... that Lonnie Wright played football for two seasons for the
Denver Broncos and switched to playing basketball for the
Denver Rockets just weeks after the 1967 football season ended?
... that according to People v. Beardsley, it is not against the
U.S. law for a man to not help his drinking partner, a woman who is not his wife, when she is dying of an overdose?
... that
sopranoAdele Addison stepped into the role of Bess in the 1969 film version of
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess as a last-minute replacement of a singer who sounded too shrill?
... that thousands of Flat Daddies, life-size photo cutouts of American soldiers deployed in
Iraq or
Afghanistan, have been created to help families cope with their deployment?
... that until his appointment as Demonstrator in Practical Anatomy at
Queen's College, Birmingham, Balthazar Foster had given up hopes of a medical career, and had even applied for a naval commission?