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... that as a student,
mathematicianAudrey Terras was steered into
math away from her other choice,
history, by a post-
Sputnik program that paid students to study mathematics?
... that
Michael Kupperman's Snake 'n' Bacon are a pair of
cartoon characters, a
snake and a strip of
bacon, whose conversations are limited to hissing (on Snake's part) and making bacon-related comments (on Bacon's part)?
02:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
... that Kutani ware(pictured), first produced about 1656 near the current city of
Kaga, is a type of
Japanese porcelain known for its use of multicolored glazes in bold designs?
... that in 2007 Major General Graham Binns signed the document that handed control of
Basra back to the Iraqi people?
... that the
Polishliterary criticOstap Ortwin would wake up the people of
Lwów by loudly threatening
futurism in the middle of a night and then abuse the policemen who’d ask him for identification?
... that according to legend, the foundation for the Siri Fort(pictured) in
Delhi was laid on the severed heads ("Siri" in
Urdu: "head") of about 8,000
Mongol soldiers?
... that Operetta: A Theatrical History, written by
operetta scholar and historian Richard Traubner was described as the "ultimate love letter to operetta"?
... that in 1875 actress Kate Bishop created the role of Violet Melrose in Our Boys, which was by far the longest-running work of theatre up to that time?
... that despite being armed
en flûte as a
troopship, HMS Wilhelmina still engaged and drove off a more heavily armed
privateer to protect the merchant she was escorting?
... that after leaving
Global TV after founding it three months earlier, Al Bruner became one of the first broadcasters to consider
local insertion on television?
... that the legal reforms that came about as a result of the Glanville Davies affair were far weaker than those initially proposed?
... that recently deceased photographer Luke Smalley's earlier collections were inspired by fitness manuals and
yearbooks circa 1910?
... that St. James Episcopal Church in
Hyde Park, New York held Sunday services for nearly 100 years in its chapel(pictured) during wintertime because it was too difficult to heat the main church building?
... that in 1948, Dr. William Glenn and medical student William Sewell used ordinary laboratory components and an
Erector Set to create one of the world's earliest
artificial hearts?
... that the Twaddle Mansion in
Reno, Nevada, served as lodgings for
divorce seekers waiting out Reno's comparatively short mandatory residency period, before it became a
Baha'i religious center?
... that the first annual diary with printed daily sections for notes was
published in 1812?
... that in 1909 Étienne Lombard found that people automatically adjust their voice in
noise to keep it audible, a finding known as the Lombard effect?
... that the
Terminal ClassicPuucMaya site of Sayil(pictured) in
Mexico is known for its terraced palace that gives the impression of a three-story building?
... that the French Boirault machine built in early 1915 during
WWI is considered as an ancestor of the
tank, but was ultimately abandoned and nicknamed Diplodocus militaris?
... that despite his pronounced
nationalism, Czech composer Bedřich Smetana was distrusted by his country's conservatives due to his close ties with Hungarian composer
Franz Liszt?
... that according to her groom, when the
racehorseChicado V stood in the
starting gate, she looked like a rabbit because all you could see above the gate were her ears?
... that the architect
John Douglas built Walmoor Hill(pictured) in
Chester,
Cheshire, as a house for himself, and since his death it has been used as a girls’ college and as the County Fire Headquarters?
... that All-American Beaton Squires wrote an editorial in 1905 against turning
football into a "parlor game" after
Harvard's president criticized its violent nature?
... that
jockeyBill Passmore, winner of 3,531 races, described fellow riders as "the worst touts at the track" and said that "the track makes a big mistake not installing a
mutuel window in the jocks' room"?
... that Jørgine Boomer, born and raised in a remote
valley in Norway, rose to prominence as an executive at the
Waldorf-Astoria, befriending a generation of celebrities?
... that in 1998, during the two
IFMAR World Championship events for 1:10th scale
gas poweredradio-controlled cars held at the same weekend, all Top 10 positions were dominated by users of Serpent cars?
... that US TV series Parks and Recreation season finale "Rock Show" received positive reviews but the lowest ratings of the season, with only 4.25 million households tuning in?
... that information gathered by spy Peggy Taylor, who posed as a prostitute in France during the
Second World War, was instrumental in planning
D-Day?
... that according to
Henry's Law and
Dalton's Law, fizz keepers, which are claimed to pump air into bottles of
fizzy drink and thereby stop them going flat, do not actually work that way?
... that two-time All-American
fullback"Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"?
... that the
Byzantine corps of the Optimatoi originated as an elite
Gothic cavalry regiment, but was downgraded to a corps of
mule-drivers after participating in the failed revolt of
Artabasdos?
... that although Mellor hill fort is
Iron Age in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000 years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000-year-old amber necklace?
22 May 2009
18:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
... that with a voyage of 59 days, the SS American(pictured) set a 1901 record for the fastest
New York –
San Francisco ocean passage?
... that Uruguay is known as the "Switzerland of the Americas" from its adoption of Swiss-based banking laws?
... that Elsie B. Washington was called the "mother of the
African-Americanromance" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author?
... that the
specific epithet of bigeye trevally(Caranx sexfasciatus) refers to the six dark bands on their sides that fade and disappear as the marine fish mature and age?
... that Don Zimmerman, once called the "best coach in
collegelacrosse", has traveled around the world promoting the sport, with the ultimate goal of having it once again become
an Olympic event?
... that the Latting Observatory, described as "
New York's first
skyscraper", was the tallest building in the United States at 315 feet (96 m) during its brief life from 1853 until it burnt down in 1856?
... that while still in college, children's author Eloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the
U.S. Patent Office?
... that
lacrosse coach "Father Bill" Schmeisser was known for carrying an
umbrella on the sidelines regardless of the weather, reasoning that, "This way I know it won't rain"?
... that the objective of the Nazi board gameJuden Raus! (Jews Out) was to move
figurines representing Jews across a map to "collection points" outside the city walls for
deportation?
... that Rick Gibson intended his
human earrings sculpture to raise questions about the appropriateness and usage of such materials for art and self adornment?
... that spark testing(pictured) is a quick and inexpensive way to determine the general classification of
ferrous materials using only a
grinding wheel?
... that in the late 18th century, the Gotha Observatory became an international center for
astronomy, and the most modern astronomical institute specifically for its instruments?
... that despite nearly throwing a
perfect game in 1993, American baseball pitcher Tom Kramer never pitched at the highest professional level again after that year?
... that a promising anti-cancer drug, swainsonine, causes pea struck in Australia, locoismo in Argentina, and locoweed poisoning in North America?
... that there is more potential for ullage development in
wines bottled with long
corks than in wines with short corks because wine is lost through absorption into the cork?
... that after subduing most of the
Hejaz, Qatada ibn Idris went on to become the
Sharif of Mecca establishing a tradition of sharifs descended from him to rule the city until 1925?
... that the marine fish Caranx sansun, first described in 1775, has no
common name, has no known
holotype, and is labeled a nomen dubium as the correct identification is unlikely to be made?
... that the plane of the ecliptic(effect pictured) is the imaginary plane of the Earth as it orbits the Sun?
... that Damon E. Allen led the successful campaign by the
Kentucky Optometric Association to empower
optometrists in the state to prescribe medication for patients?
... that Lizzie Lloyd King, the alleged murderess of Charles Goodrich, consumed flakes of the victim's desiccated blood during a police interrogation?
... that according to the former mayor of the commune of
Adjohoun,
Gerard Adounsiba, the 2008 Benin floods were the "largest humanitarian crisis to date" to affect the region?
... that the spinner shark is named for the spinning leaps it makes out of the water as part of its feeding strategy?
... that Kim Kang-woo spent about ten days acquainting himself with a
cow to prepare for scenes in the film Le Grand Chef, likening the experience to working with a sensitive actress?
... that the 1987
roguelike computer game NetHack was named differently from its predecessor, Hack, because Hack creator Andries Brouwer "...may eventually release a new version of his own"?
... that the lead character in the
MozartoperaDon Giovanni calls out for a glass of Marzemino in the final banquet scene before he is carried down to
hell?
00:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
... that Tsar
Alexander III is said to have held the collapsed roof of the royal
car on his shoulders while his family escaped the Borki train crash site(pictured) uninjured?
... that the razorfish hides in the spines of
sea urchins both for protection and as a hunting strategy?
... that Leonard Trask published an account of his life as a sufferer of a condition in which his
spine curved forward to the extent that his chin rested on his chest?
... that the aerial telescope is a type of very long focal length
refracting telescope built in the second half of the 17th century that did not use a tube?
... that
Rotten Sound's Murderworks album cover was
censored in Europe by manufacturers in Germany who considered it too disturbing for consumers?
06:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
... that Mibbit(logo pictured) will be used as the default
IRC protocol handler in the upcoming release of
Firefox 3.5?
... that actor
Kim Kang-woo had to overcome his fear of water to star in Marine Boy, and went on to film dangerous water sequences without using a
stunt double?
... that in the late 1980s, there was a surge of interest in using Colorino in
Chianti blends for the added deep dark coloring and structure from
phenolic compounds that it brought to the
wine?
... that Ohio teenager Vicki Lynne Cole held up a sign (which she hadn't read) saying "Bring Us Together Again" at a 1968
Nixon rally, and the candidate later mentioned it in his victory speech?
14:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
... that when a Japanese honeybee hive is invaded by a
giant hornet scout, the honeybees "bake" the hornet in a ball of about 500 bees (pictured)?
... that the
Billy Joel and
Ray Charles duet, "
Baby Grand", was originally produced because Charles had contacted Joel over Joel naming his daughter after Charles?
... that with his number one single "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)", Leon Ashley became the first
country music artist to write, record, release, distribute and publish his own material?
... that in 1978, Franklin Jacobshigh jumped 59 centimeters (23 in) above his own height, setting an indoor world record that lasted a day, and a height differential record that still stands?
... that the largest
striped bass ever caught in
California, weighing 67.5 pounds (30.6 kg), was found in the O'Neill Forebay Reservoir in August 2008?
... that the site of Kothduwa temple is reputed to be one of the places where the
Buddha's tooth was hidden when it was brought to
Sri Lanka(tooth smuggling pictured)?
... that studies with sham surgery in humans have shown that treatments with cell transplants into the
brains of patients with
Parkinson disease were ineffective?
... that
Microsoft's Chrome project was so widely criticized by web developers for failing to meet media standards that the project was cancelled before it was released?
... that
Del Rey Manga finds most of its translator talent from anime and manga fans at conventions since fluent English speakers who know enough Japanese are preferred over native Japanese translators?
... that Rigoberto Torres and John Ahearn collaborated on the South Bronx Hall of Fame, monuments of ordinary people, as a response to the practice of enshrining public figures?
... that the fictitious newspaper article written by the journalist in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Reporter" was featured as a
PDF file on the official
NBC website?
07:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
... that the definition of monumental sculpture(example pictured) may vary depending on the period being discussed?
... that 14-year-old Raymond Steed(pictured) was the youngest person in the British services to die in battle during the
Second World War, when his ship SS Empire Morn was damaged by a
mine?
... that the CQC-6 knife (pictured) by
Ernest Emerson was first developed for a
US Navy SEAL Team, and went on to popularize the concept of the "tactical folding knife"?
... that
Zen masterLínjì Yìxuán(pictured) once jumped up, grabbed a monk, shouted at him, and then called him a "shit stick" in an episode of Dharma combat?
... that having observed the four sights as a young prince,
Gautama Buddha(statue pictured) realized the sufferings in life and started an
ascetic life against his father's wish?
... that Gerontion is a poem by
T. S. Eliot that was first published in 1920 which relates the opinions and impressions of a gerontic, or elderly man?
... that both members of Duo Crommelynck, a noted classical piano duo, committed
suicide in 1994, the only known such case in
classical music history?
... that children in the high-altitude
gold mining town of Kimberly, Utah, attended school from April through November to avoid the deep snows of winter?
... that although the
steam-poweredSS Clan Alpine had a maximum forwards speed of 10.5
knots (19.4
km/h), on her final journey she went backwards at 35 knots (65 km/h)?
... that a 1.5 million dollar land concession project in Sameakki Mean Chey District,
Cambodia, will provide land to 732 of the poorest farming families?
... that the history of the underwire bra(patent pictured) dates back to 1893 when Marie Tucek patented a "breast supporter" that used a metal or cardboard support under the breasts?
... that the Federal Works Agency funded and supervised the construction of housing, public health facilities, and schools for communities impacted by fast-growing defense industries during
World War II?
... that architect Georg Andreas Bull designed about sixty railway stations, including the Krøderen Station from 1872?
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 as a student,
mathematicianAudrey Terras was steered into
math away from her other choice,
history, by a post-
Sputnik program that paid students to study mathematics?
... that
Michael Kupperman's Snake 'n' Bacon are a pair of
cartoon characters, a
snake and a strip of
bacon, whose conversations are limited to hissing (on Snake's part) and making bacon-related comments (on Bacon's part)?
02:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
... that Kutani ware(pictured), first produced about 1656 near the current city of
Kaga, is a type of
Japanese porcelain known for its use of multicolored glazes in bold designs?
... that in 2007 Major General Graham Binns signed the document that handed control of
Basra back to the Iraqi people?
... that the
Polishliterary criticOstap Ortwin would wake up the people of
Lwów by loudly threatening
futurism in the middle of a night and then abuse the policemen who’d ask him for identification?
... that according to legend, the foundation for the Siri Fort(pictured) in
Delhi was laid on the severed heads ("Siri" in
Urdu: "head") of about 8,000
Mongol soldiers?
... that Operetta: A Theatrical History, written by
operetta scholar and historian Richard Traubner was described as the "ultimate love letter to operetta"?
... that in 1875 actress Kate Bishop created the role of Violet Melrose in Our Boys, which was by far the longest-running work of theatre up to that time?
... that despite being armed
en flûte as a
troopship, HMS Wilhelmina still engaged and drove off a more heavily armed
privateer to protect the merchant she was escorting?
... that after leaving
Global TV after founding it three months earlier, Al Bruner became one of the first broadcasters to consider
local insertion on television?
... that the legal reforms that came about as a result of the Glanville Davies affair were far weaker than those initially proposed?
... that recently deceased photographer Luke Smalley's earlier collections were inspired by fitness manuals and
yearbooks circa 1910?
... that St. James Episcopal Church in
Hyde Park, New York held Sunday services for nearly 100 years in its chapel(pictured) during wintertime because it was too difficult to heat the main church building?
... that in 1948, Dr. William Glenn and medical student William Sewell used ordinary laboratory components and an
Erector Set to create one of the world's earliest
artificial hearts?
... that the Twaddle Mansion in
Reno, Nevada, served as lodgings for
divorce seekers waiting out Reno's comparatively short mandatory residency period, before it became a
Baha'i religious center?
... that the first annual diary with printed daily sections for notes was
published in 1812?
... that in 1909 Étienne Lombard found that people automatically adjust their voice in
noise to keep it audible, a finding known as the Lombard effect?
... that the
Terminal ClassicPuucMaya site of Sayil(pictured) in
Mexico is known for its terraced palace that gives the impression of a three-story building?
... that the French Boirault machine built in early 1915 during
WWI is considered as an ancestor of the
tank, but was ultimately abandoned and nicknamed Diplodocus militaris?
... that despite his pronounced
nationalism, Czech composer Bedřich Smetana was distrusted by his country's conservatives due to his close ties with Hungarian composer
Franz Liszt?
... that according to her groom, when the
racehorseChicado V stood in the
starting gate, she looked like a rabbit because all you could see above the gate were her ears?
... that the architect
John Douglas built Walmoor Hill(pictured) in
Chester,
Cheshire, as a house for himself, and since his death it has been used as a girls’ college and as the County Fire Headquarters?
... that All-American Beaton Squires wrote an editorial in 1905 against turning
football into a "parlor game" after
Harvard's president criticized its violent nature?
... that
jockeyBill Passmore, winner of 3,531 races, described fellow riders as "the worst touts at the track" and said that "the track makes a big mistake not installing a
mutuel window in the jocks' room"?
... that Jørgine Boomer, born and raised in a remote
valley in Norway, rose to prominence as an executive at the
Waldorf-Astoria, befriending a generation of celebrities?
... that in 1998, during the two
IFMAR World Championship events for 1:10th scale
gas poweredradio-controlled cars held at the same weekend, all Top 10 positions were dominated by users of Serpent cars?
... that US TV series Parks and Recreation season finale "Rock Show" received positive reviews but the lowest ratings of the season, with only 4.25 million households tuning in?
... that information gathered by spy Peggy Taylor, who posed as a prostitute in France during the
Second World War, was instrumental in planning
D-Day?
... that according to
Henry's Law and
Dalton's Law, fizz keepers, which are claimed to pump air into bottles of
fizzy drink and thereby stop them going flat, do not actually work that way?
... that two-time All-American
fullback"Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"?
... that the
Byzantine corps of the Optimatoi originated as an elite
Gothic cavalry regiment, but was downgraded to a corps of
mule-drivers after participating in the failed revolt of
Artabasdos?
... that although Mellor hill fort is
Iron Age in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000 years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000-year-old amber necklace?
22 May 2009
18:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
... that with a voyage of 59 days, the SS American(pictured) set a 1901 record for the fastest
New York –
San Francisco ocean passage?
... that Uruguay is known as the "Switzerland of the Americas" from its adoption of Swiss-based banking laws?
... that Elsie B. Washington was called the "mother of the
African-Americanromance" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author?
... that the
specific epithet of bigeye trevally(Caranx sexfasciatus) refers to the six dark bands on their sides that fade and disappear as the marine fish mature and age?
... that Don Zimmerman, once called the "best coach in
collegelacrosse", has traveled around the world promoting the sport, with the ultimate goal of having it once again become
an Olympic event?
... that the Latting Observatory, described as "
New York's first
skyscraper", was the tallest building in the United States at 315 feet (96 m) during its brief life from 1853 until it burnt down in 1856?
... that while still in college, children's author Eloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the
U.S. Patent Office?
... that
lacrosse coach "Father Bill" Schmeisser was known for carrying an
umbrella on the sidelines regardless of the weather, reasoning that, "This way I know it won't rain"?
... that the objective of the Nazi board gameJuden Raus! (Jews Out) was to move
figurines representing Jews across a map to "collection points" outside the city walls for
deportation?
... that Rick Gibson intended his
human earrings sculpture to raise questions about the appropriateness and usage of such materials for art and self adornment?
... that spark testing(pictured) is a quick and inexpensive way to determine the general classification of
ferrous materials using only a
grinding wheel?
... that in the late 18th century, the Gotha Observatory became an international center for
astronomy, and the most modern astronomical institute specifically for its instruments?
... that despite nearly throwing a
perfect game in 1993, American baseball pitcher Tom Kramer never pitched at the highest professional level again after that year?
... that a promising anti-cancer drug, swainsonine, causes pea struck in Australia, locoismo in Argentina, and locoweed poisoning in North America?
... that there is more potential for ullage development in
wines bottled with long
corks than in wines with short corks because wine is lost through absorption into the cork?
... that after subduing most of the
Hejaz, Qatada ibn Idris went on to become the
Sharif of Mecca establishing a tradition of sharifs descended from him to rule the city until 1925?
... that the marine fish Caranx sansun, first described in 1775, has no
common name, has no known
holotype, and is labeled a nomen dubium as the correct identification is unlikely to be made?
... that the plane of the ecliptic(effect pictured) is the imaginary plane of the Earth as it orbits the Sun?
... that Damon E. Allen led the successful campaign by the
Kentucky Optometric Association to empower
optometrists in the state to prescribe medication for patients?
... that Lizzie Lloyd King, the alleged murderess of Charles Goodrich, consumed flakes of the victim's desiccated blood during a police interrogation?
... that according to the former mayor of the commune of
Adjohoun,
Gerard Adounsiba, the 2008 Benin floods were the "largest humanitarian crisis to date" to affect the region?
... that the spinner shark is named for the spinning leaps it makes out of the water as part of its feeding strategy?
... that Kim Kang-woo spent about ten days acquainting himself with a
cow to prepare for scenes in the film Le Grand Chef, likening the experience to working with a sensitive actress?
... that the 1987
roguelike computer game NetHack was named differently from its predecessor, Hack, because Hack creator Andries Brouwer "...may eventually release a new version of his own"?
... that the lead character in the
MozartoperaDon Giovanni calls out for a glass of Marzemino in the final banquet scene before he is carried down to
hell?
00:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
... that Tsar
Alexander III is said to have held the collapsed roof of the royal
car on his shoulders while his family escaped the Borki train crash site(pictured) uninjured?
... that the razorfish hides in the spines of
sea urchins both for protection and as a hunting strategy?
... that Leonard Trask published an account of his life as a sufferer of a condition in which his
spine curved forward to the extent that his chin rested on his chest?
... that the aerial telescope is a type of very long focal length
refracting telescope built in the second half of the 17th century that did not use a tube?
... that
Rotten Sound's Murderworks album cover was
censored in Europe by manufacturers in Germany who considered it too disturbing for consumers?
06:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
... that Mibbit(logo pictured) will be used as the default
IRC protocol handler in the upcoming release of
Firefox 3.5?
... that actor
Kim Kang-woo had to overcome his fear of water to star in Marine Boy, and went on to film dangerous water sequences without using a
stunt double?
... that in the late 1980s, there was a surge of interest in using Colorino in
Chianti blends for the added deep dark coloring and structure from
phenolic compounds that it brought to the
wine?
... that Ohio teenager Vicki Lynne Cole held up a sign (which she hadn't read) saying "Bring Us Together Again" at a 1968
Nixon rally, and the candidate later mentioned it in his victory speech?
14:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
... that when a Japanese honeybee hive is invaded by a
giant hornet scout, the honeybees "bake" the hornet in a ball of about 500 bees (pictured)?
... that the
Billy Joel and
Ray Charles duet, "
Baby Grand", was originally produced because Charles had contacted Joel over Joel naming his daughter after Charles?
... that with his number one single "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)", Leon Ashley became the first
country music artist to write, record, release, distribute and publish his own material?
... that in 1978, Franklin Jacobshigh jumped 59 centimeters (23 in) above his own height, setting an indoor world record that lasted a day, and a height differential record that still stands?
... that the largest
striped bass ever caught in
California, weighing 67.5 pounds (30.6 kg), was found in the O'Neill Forebay Reservoir in August 2008?
... that the site of Kothduwa temple is reputed to be one of the places where the
Buddha's tooth was hidden when it was brought to
Sri Lanka(tooth smuggling pictured)?
... that studies with sham surgery in humans have shown that treatments with cell transplants into the
brains of patients with
Parkinson disease were ineffective?
... that
Microsoft's Chrome project was so widely criticized by web developers for failing to meet media standards that the project was cancelled before it was released?
... that
Del Rey Manga finds most of its translator talent from anime and manga fans at conventions since fluent English speakers who know enough Japanese are preferred over native Japanese translators?
... that Rigoberto Torres and John Ahearn collaborated on the South Bronx Hall of Fame, monuments of ordinary people, as a response to the practice of enshrining public figures?
... that the fictitious newspaper article written by the journalist in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Reporter" was featured as a
PDF file on the official
NBC website?
07:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
... that the definition of monumental sculpture(example pictured) may vary depending on the period being discussed?
... that 14-year-old Raymond Steed(pictured) was the youngest person in the British services to die in battle during the
Second World War, when his ship SS Empire Morn was damaged by a
mine?
... that the CQC-6 knife (pictured) by
Ernest Emerson was first developed for a
US Navy SEAL Team, and went on to popularize the concept of the "tactical folding knife"?
... that
Zen masterLínjì Yìxuán(pictured) once jumped up, grabbed a monk, shouted at him, and then called him a "shit stick" in an episode of Dharma combat?
... that having observed the four sights as a young prince,
Gautama Buddha(statue pictured) realized the sufferings in life and started an
ascetic life against his father's wish?
... that Gerontion is a poem by
T. S. Eliot that was first published in 1920 which relates the opinions and impressions of a gerontic, or elderly man?
... that both members of Duo Crommelynck, a noted classical piano duo, committed
suicide in 1994, the only known such case in
classical music history?
... that children in the high-altitude
gold mining town of Kimberly, Utah, attended school from April through November to avoid the deep snows of winter?
... that although the
steam-poweredSS Clan Alpine had a maximum forwards speed of 10.5
knots (19.4
km/h), on her final journey she went backwards at 35 knots (65 km/h)?
... that a 1.5 million dollar land concession project in Sameakki Mean Chey District,
Cambodia, will provide land to 732 of the poorest farming families?
... that the history of the underwire bra(patent pictured) dates back to 1893 when Marie Tucek patented a "breast supporter" that used a metal or cardboard support under the breasts?
... that the Federal Works Agency funded and supervised the construction of housing, public health facilities, and schools for communities impacted by fast-growing defense industries during
World War II?
... that architect Georg Andreas Bull designed about sixty railway stations, including the Krøderen Station from 1872?