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... that when
prisoner of conscience and philosopher Ukshin Hoti's sentence was complete, he was transferred to another prison instead of being released?
... that elderly Family Guy character Herbert's voice and design was inspired by a man that character creator
Mike Henry met while working in a grocery store?
... that soon after the creation of the Łomża Ghetto,
Nazi Germans killed all the
Jews suspected of collaborating with the previous occupying power, the
Soviet Union?
... that the gold and
enamelDunstable Swan Jewel dates from about 1400 when such
livery badges were highly controversial and could be dangerous for the wearer?
... that to secure
sponsorship for
his TV show, New York-based
hostJake Sasseville talked his way onto a local broadcast 700 miles away, so he would be seen by executives at his target's headquarters?
... that the original
Small Diameter Bomb was developed by
Boeing but the competition was restarted as a result of a corruption scandal and the
Raytheon version of the GBU-53/B was selected instead?
... that publisher
Moses Annenberg bought Ranch A in 1927 with
US$27,000 cash that he had in his pocket?
... that Harvey B. Scribner oversaw the 1965 busing plan that made
Teaneck, New Jersey, the first district in the US with a white majority to implement a voluntary school integration program?
... that the Western Union Defence Organization was a precursor to
NATO, with its headquarters, personnel, and plans providing the structure for NATO's military command?
... that Glacier Bay(pictured) in
Alaska,
US, known in the 18th century as the
Grand Pacific Glacier, was a single glacier that has now retreated by 65 miles to the head of the bay at Tarr Inlet?
... that the Dortmunder Philharmoniker, the orchestra of the city of
Dortmund, Germany, for opera and concert, founded in 1887, recorded its first
CD in 2010?
... that in 1663, Roger Wilbraham organised the replacement of Nantwich Bridge in
Cheshire, and the new bridge was completed in time for his son to be the first corpse carried across it?
00:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
... that March 1862 purchases of Greek
bonds in
London were the result of a report that Prince Wilhelm of Baden(pictured) was to be formally recommended as a candidate for the
Greek throne?
... that the KunstHausWien, a private museum in
Vienna, occupies the former building of the
Thonet furniture factory, creator of the iconic
bistro chair?
... that the Memphite Formula, a standardized greeting on ancient Egyptian letters, was used so frequently that
papyrus intended for use as letters would be prepared with the greeting already written?
... that bandleader Joe Lutcher abandoned his secular music career because of his religious beliefs, and influenced
rock and roll star
Little Richard to do the same?
... that on the American syndicated game show Jeopardy!, five-time champion Chuck Forrest held the regular winnings record from early Season 2 to early Season 6?
... that Angelo Gaja, owner of
Piemonte wine producer Gaja, is often described as "the man who dragged Piedmont into the modern world"?
... that Operation Banquet was a contingency plan to use every available aircraft in a last-ditch effort to repel a
German invasion of Britain in 1940 or 1941?
... that one of the many interpretations of the anecdotal meeting of Diogenes and Alexander was that of
Samuel Johnson, who related it to wasting other people's time?
06:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
... that
CaptainJames Young's capture of a Spanish
frigate in 1799 (illustrated) brought each of his seamen the equivalent of ten years' pay in
prize money?
... that the 1991 documentary The Search for Robert Johnson shows the first interview with Claude Johnson, who in 1998 was legally declared Delta blues legend
Robert Johnson's son?
... that, called out of retirement to work on the murder case of
JonBenét Ramsey, detective Lou Smit resigned 18 months later after concluding that "the Ramseys did not do it"?
... that as the
Victoria Barge Canal was dredged near Guadalupe Bay, ancient artifacts and
middens were discovered at what is now the Guadalupe Bay Archeological Site?
... that the Queen's Aid House(pictured) has a plaque commemorating
Elizabeth I's aid in rebuilding
Nantwich after a fire, the only time she is known to have contributed to such a cause?
... that the City of Besançon got a regional
Parlement from
Louis XIV partly as compensation for losing its democratic government and claims to independence?
... that although Typhoon Sudal was the strongest storm to hit the island of
Yap in 50 years, damaging or destroying 90% of property, there were no deaths?
... that the FC Barcelona Museum attracts 1.2 million yearly visitors, making it the second most visited museum in Barcelona, only surpassed by the
Museu Picasso?
... that in 1896, Edward Ford built the 32-room George P. MacNichol House for his daughter, and the next year built the 27-room Ford-Bacon House(pictured) across the street for himself?
... that while serving as the chief of staff of the
Hawaiian Department of the US Army, Philip Hayes warned about the possibility of a sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor by Japan?
... that Ivar Eskeland was accomplished as a
philologist, publisher, translator, biographer, literary critic, newspaper editor, theatre worker, radio personality and organizational leader?
... that the New Ulyanovsk Bridge, one of Europe's
longest bridges, took more than 23 years to complete due to economic difficulties following the collapse of the Soviet Union?
... that when Lieutenant Nevelskoy of the 14-gun
Opyt surrendered to Captain Bathurst of the 42-gun frigate
HMS Salsette, Bathurst returned Nevelskoy's sword because of the heroic fight he had put up?
... that a
seagull dropping a lit cigarette it had apparently mistaken for food may have caused a fire that wrecked a
£750,000
penthouse at
Brighton's Van Alen Building?
... that American
stock car racer Nelson Stacy lost one of the closest season points battle in
ARCA history before winning the next three championships?
... that bacteria expressing the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase are resistant to all standard intravenous antibiotics for treatment of severe infections?
... that the Slav Epic cycle of paintings by
Alfons Mucha consists of 20
canvases, up to six metres tall and eight metres wide?
... that a 1999
internet hoax led people to believe that a wealthy family in the 16th century would share
bacon with their guests so they could sit around and "chew the fat"?
... that after being fined due to an incident,
professional baseball player Tal Abernathy promised his teammates that if he was ever fined again he would buy them all a
steak?
... that it is customary at Chimi Lhakhang to strike female pilgrims on the head with a 10-inch (25 cm) wooden
phallus and that the monastery features phallic paintings on its walls?
... that Harry George Woolley, who holds a
club record for the most penalty minutes spent off the field, also donated the Most Sportsmanlike trophy to his
lacrosse league?
... that after losing his seat in the
House of Commons in
January 1910, the British politician and pastor George Nicholls stood again eight times over the next 19 years, without success?
... that Rabbi
Bruce M. Cohen established Interns for Peace to foster personal connections between Arabs and Jews, saying "every time you create contact it's successful because it breaks stereotypes"?
... that research by Dr. Harold Ginsberg on
adenoviruses led to the development of
gene therapy, in which modified versions of viruses can be used to implant healthy versions of genes to treat disease?
... that as son of a
Lebanese Arab father who was raised by Jewish stepfathers after his father's death, Bradley M. Campbell quipped that his "aspiration is to become ambassador-at-large in the
Middle East"?
... that the rock gong was a
neolithic musical instrument made out of
dolerite that would resonate with a metallic tone when struck with a small
igneous stone?
... that the 3D Express Coach allows cars under two meters high to drive under it since the passengers are in an upper level of the bus elevated four meters above the ground?
... that Exercise Verity, a 1949 multilateral exercise involving over 60 warships, was described by a British newsreel as involving "the greatest assembly of warships since the
Battle of Jutland?"
... that the Fandango Pass in the
Warner Mountains is located at the convergence of two trails, the
Applegate and the
Lassen, that were traveled by emigrant pioneers between 1846 and 1850?
... that a work based on legends from the Regina Coeli Church in
Mexico City was performed by the "Fenix Novohispano" National Theater Company?
... that the historic P Ranch in
Oregon, owned by cattle baron
Peter French, covered 140,000 acres (570 km2) and required 500 miles of
barbed wire fence for protection?
... that The Lame Devil,
Sacha Guitry's 1948 historical film, was blocked by French censorship and had to be turned into a successful play before being allowed filming?
... that the long hidden ceilings of the Monheim Town Hall in
Bavaria, a Jewish residence until 1741, depict scenes of the
Tanakh that were only restored in 1978?
... that the Durrës Archaeological Museum contains a collection of miniature busts of
Venus, a testament to the time when the area was a centre of worship of the goddess?
... that the 1993 Grand Nationalhorse race was declared void after 30 of the 39 riders failed to realise a
false start had been called, leading it to be called "the race that never was"?
... that the game described in the 16th-century poem Chess was reconstructed almost 350 years later?
18 August 2010
18:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Swimming Reindeer(pictured), a 13,000-year-old
Ice Age sculpture, was originally thought to be two separate reindeer sculptures until
Henri Breuil realised they fitted together?
... that entrants in the Sukkah City architecture contest are allowed to erect their structures atop a live
camel?
06:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
... that Roger Wilbraham founded the Widows' Almshouses(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire, in memory of his wife, who died on the first anniversary of the death of their eldest son?
... that a geomagnetic storm in 1882 resulted in unusual phenomena reported in various parts of the world as an "
auroral beam", a "blood red" sky, and a "luminous mass, shaped somewhat like a
torpedo"?
00:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Winchester Hoard jewellery (pictured), thought to be a
diplomatic gift from the
Romans, was so chunky that no "self-respecting" Roman would wear it?
... that
Ann Meyers signed with the New Jersey Gems in 1979, with her
US$50,000 salary matching what she had been paid by the
Indiana Pacers in her bid to become the first woman to play in the
NBA?
... that one 16th-century Registrar of the University of Oxford was dismissed after neglecting his duties for a year, then imprisoned and fined after throwing a punch when the debate had ended?
... that as part of efforts to balance
New Jersey's $2.76 billion budget in 1976,
State SenatorJames P. Vreeland proposed cutting the governor's annual salary by $2,500?
... that
con manAlexander Day used the name 'Marmaduke Davenport Esq.' to convince his victims that he was a member of the
gentry in order to gain
purchasing credit, which he would never repay?
... that Park51, an Islamic cultural center whose proposed site has sparked controversy, will include a
mosque, a 500-seat auditorium, and a swimming pool?
... that Tower Optical coin-operated binoculars (pictured) can hold up to 2,000
US quarters and have kept their same distinctive look since first manufactured in 1932?
... that Louis Fred Pfeifer received the United States military's highest decoration for bravery, the
Medal of Honor, while serving under a false name?
... that during a fire at a nursing home in
Nigel, South Africa, on August 1, 2010, a resident objected to being rescued as she was not properly dressed?
... that
Efraim Zuroff expressed his frustration at the failure to bring 95-year-old Erich Steidtmann to justice, saying "I am the only Jew in the world who prays for the health of Nazi war criminals"?
... that fictional data analyst Robin Sage was freely given access to government email accounts, private bank accounts, and top secret military information by their owners within two months of her creation?
00:00, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the extinct
hazel species Corylus johnsonii(fruit pictured) resembles three modern hazels found in
China?
... that Bron Taylor coined the term "dark green religion" as a set of
beliefs characterized by a conviction that "
nature is
sacred, has
intrinsic value, and is therefore due reverent care"?
... that although travel times between downtown
Tainan and the
Tainan High Speed Rail Station will be halved by the new Shalun Line, residents have complained that it will worsen local road traffic?
... that
Bob Dylan paid
US$2,500 per week to percussionist Bobbye Hall to get her to tour with him in 1978, in compensation for missed
session musician work?
... that the Champlain Hudson Power Express could lower SO 2 emissions by 6,800
tonnes, NO x emissions by 10,800 tonnes, and CO 2 emissions by nearly 37 million tonnes during the first decade of operation?
... that Arthur R. Albohn was known in the
New Jersey General Assembly as "Dr. No" for his consistent pattern of voting against legislation that included unnecessary spending?
... that insurance litigator Eugene Anderson was admitted to
Harvard Law School with the help of an attorney he met while hitchhiking across the United States?
... that when alleged
demoniacAntoine Gay met another alleged demoniac, a friar who saw the meeting claimed he could hear the two demons arguing over which one was greater?
... that the fragile building material bungaroosh is so prevalent in
Brighton that much of the town "could be demolished with a well-aimed hose"?
... that John R. Branca wanted all three judges at a
bout to be women, but one of the
boxer's handlers nixed the idea as "there's going to be a lot of blood and I don't want the three judges throwing up"?
... that Edwin Benbow, the only ace on the
FE.8, evaded combat with the Red Baron,
Manfred von Richthofen, on 23 January 1917, only to shoot him down on 6 March 1917?
... that Tony Rio, placed on probation in 1958 for being part of a football gambling ring, went on to become the
MVP of the
1959 Michigan football team?
... that the 1992 Simpsons video game Bart's House of Weirdness is mostly unknown today because it was only released for
DOS, and therefore has almost no fan base?
... that more than 440 players have lived at La Masia(pictured), but only 10% have made it into the
FC Barcelona first team?
... that in the
New Jersey Senate, John H. Dorsey invoked "senatorial courtesy", an unwritten rule whereby a senator can block consideration of a gubernatorial appointee from the senator's home county?
... that before it was dismantled, the Mariposa botnet was estimated to consist of 8 to 12 million
zombie computers, making it one of the largest
botnets in history?
... that the 5th century BCE Ma'agan Michael Ship(pictured) shows no wear from recurrent use and no
shipworm damage, leading its excavators to believe that it sank on its maiden voyage or not long afterward?
... that of over 200 artworks known to have been created by
BelgianpainterVirginie Bovie, only 7 have been located?
... that the family of Sogen Kato now face an investigation into allegations they claimed 9.5 millionyen in
pension money when they kept Kato's death a secret for thirty years?
... that flooding from the
Yangtze River destroyed part of the city of Haimen before the river changed course in 1701 and created new land for the city?
... that after the medieval lawyer John of Tynemouth was kidnapped for ransom, he informed his kidnappers that the writer
Gerald of Wales would be travelling nearby, causing Gerald to also be kidnapped?
06:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Crown of Bolesław I the Brave(replica pictured) was melted down in 1794 and recreated in 2003 using some of its original gold?
... that to celebrate the opening of the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, reality TV show Cake Boss produced a 10-foot (3.0 m) 1,200-pound (540 kg) cake in the shape of a flip-flop?
... that
1974 Michigan footballMVPSteve Strinko suffered a degenerative knee injury and later formed an organization to provide medical assistance to others injured in college athletics?
... that drummer Ben Koller is rumored to be a member of the band
United Nations, but due to contractual obligations, the members are bound to remain anonymous?
... that Franklin W. Smith helped establish the
YMCA in
Boston, the first chapter of the organization in the United States?
... that School ChancellorIrving Anker resisted demands to cut the school budget in 1974, saying "we cannot write off the children of
New York City without calling into question every value we live by"?
... that by the late 1910s, the population of the Kenai Peninsula Wolf had been almost completely eradicated through hunting and application of
strychnine?
... that the US entered the precursor to the International Coffee Agreement because they feared that the declining price of coffee could drive Latin American countries towards Nazi or Communist sympathies?
10 August 2010
18:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Gyantse Dzong(pictured) was badly damaged and plundered during the 1904
British invasion because the primitively armed Tibetans were overwhelmed after holding off the British for two months?
... that the beating of a child in a Boston public school sparked the Eliot School rebellion and motivated the creation of a nationwide system of
parochial schools?
... that the outcome of reforming actions such as the Bill of Middlesex, initially intended to increase the business of the English
Court of King's Bench, was its dissolution?
... that the maize weevil(pictured) is a serious pest of
maize in the United States, and also infests standing crops and
cereals in all
tropical areas of the world?
... that Dutch architect Wolff Schoemaker, who designed the
Villa Isola, was assisted by former first President of Indonesia
Sukarno during the renovation of the Hotel Preanger?
... that any act or statement which alleges bias, impropriety or any wrongdoing concerning a
judge in the exercise of his judicial function falls within the offence of scandalizing the court in Singapore?
... that Anthony J. Alvarado was named
New York City School Chancellor in 1983, the school system's first Hispanic in that post, but was forced to resign in 1984 amid charges of financial improprieties?
... that Taichiro Morinaga was the first person to manufacture chocolates in Japan which he learned after working as a janitor in an American candy factory?
... that the Women's Professional Basketball League, which played its first game in 1978 in
Milwaukee in front of 7,800 fans, collapsed after three seasons and an estimated US$14 million in total losses?
... that the location of the Silver King Mine was first discovered by a soldier building a road during the
Apache Wars, who found black rocks that flattened when struck?
... that Nathan Quinones felt so relieved after leaving his position as
New York City School Chancellor, that he said he "felt like a little bird", singing to himself as he walked down the street?
... that the Oceanography Society gives out the Jerlov Award "in Recognition of Contribution Made to the Advancement of Our Knowledge of the Nature and Consequences of Light in the Ocean"?
... that the Thrangu Monastery, the first traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Canada, with a 4 metre golden Buddha, was officially opened in
Richmond, British Columbia, on 25 July 2010?
... that research by Gerson Goldhaber on
supernovae provided evidence that the rate of the expansion of the universe was increasing due to what was termed "
dark energy"?
... that the annual Pflasterspektakel ('pavement spectacle') in
Linz,
Austria, features over 400 international street artists and attracts some 200,000 visitors each year?
... that the first episode of The Force, a 2009 documentary series, followed a murder investigation after the burnt corpse of a woman was found in a suitcase?
... that when Lemrick Nelson was tried in 1992 for the murder of
Yankel Rosenbaum, a few of the largely
African-American jury that acquitted him later attended a party that honored him as a "hero"?
... that the Saw-shelled Turtle is one of the few native Australian animals which successfully prey on the introduced poisonous
Cane Toad?
... that despite being shown only three times in its entirety, the
TV adOld Lions is credited with increasing sales of
Carlsberglager in the
UK by over four hundred percent?
... that many crew members began to cry while filming
hospital scenes for the
Swedish film Glowing Stars, because they thought the scenes were emotional?
... that almost none of Robert Streater's 17th-century architectural painting survives except the ceiling of the
Sheldonian Theatre in
Oxford, which was restored in 2008?
... that
Eric Liu's 1998 book, The Accidental Asian, was praised by Time magazine for its balanced approach toward racial topics?
... that the Sajur is the only river in
Syria that joins the
Euphrates on its right bank?
... that Gerald Garson, a
New York Supreme Court Justice who was later convicted of accepting bribes, assured the lawyer bribing him: “Justice is being done”?
... that the web content lifecycle can be so complex that most
experts do not agree on descriptions of the number, name, or type of stages to include in the
process?
... that art historian Eugene Goossen saw abstract paintings by Doug Ohlson as depicting "yellowish pink and green dawns, blue noons, and red-orange sunsets that swiftly slide from purple to black"?
... that Public Employees Federation president Kenneth Brynien was elected in 2006 by a margin of 850 votes out of 14,898 cast, but was unopposed for reelection in 2009?
... that the earliest known Chairman Mao badges were made from used toothpaste tubes?
00:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
... that many sex positions derive their
Sanskrit names from that of the
Hindu goddess of sexual pleasure – Rati (pictured with her husband, the lovegod
Kama)?
... that people tend to see the world as a grey gloom when they are
depressed?
... that as superintendent of
Mount Vernon starting in 1937, Charles Wall would ride on horseback to inspect the grounds, which he saw restored to the way they were in the days of
George Washington?
... that the
Cretaceous mammal Argentodites is known only from a blade-like tooth with eight cusps arranged in a row?
... that the
historianMark T. Carleton penned a 1971 study entitled "Politics and Punishment" which described a sudden change in racial demographics in the
Louisiana penal system?
... that Jim Neu's first dance theater production, Aerobia, told the story of six characters at a health club of the future where people come to exercise their "sociomuscularity"?
... that The Ecumenical Council is
Salvador Dalí's vision of the meeting of heaven and earth, inspired by the first communication between the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury in 426 years?
... that the fragmentary fossil jaw TNM 02067 may represent the only known mainland African member of the enigmatic
Gondwanatheria?
... that after 33 years in jail as the "Elevator Bandit", 63-year-old Arthur Williams went on a final crime spree with a gun in one hand, a cane in the other and an oxygen tank hooked up to his nose?
... that George Veenker has the highest winning percentage of any
basketball coach in
Michigan history and served on the
NCAA Football Rules Committee from 1938 to 1945?
... that courts in California, Maryland, and Wisconsin held that ladies' night discounts are unlawful
gender discrimination under state or local statutes?
... that the town of Marche,
Arkansas, was founded by a
Polishcount who wanted to restore the agricultural environment familiar to most Poles before their arrival in
America?
3 August 2010
18:00, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
... that former fighter pilot Robert V. Whitlow(pictured), although trying to secure an
NFL franchise for
Phoenix, said the
Philadelphia Eagles' plans to relocate to Arizona did not "seem very wise"?
... that, although the 1481 Rhodes earthquake caused only a minor
tsunami, it matches the age of a tsunami deposit found near
Dalaman on the Turkish coast?
... that the Deer Rock, a heritage monument of the
Tlingits in
Haines Borough, Alaska,
US, was witness to a peaceful settlement of conflicts between Chilkoot and Chilkat clans?
... that the owner of the
American Quarter Horse stallion Poco Pine once bet against his horse winning a Grand Championship, and lost the bet?
... that Óscar Zamora Medinaceli, a communist student activist and leader of a
Maoist insurgency in the 1970s, would become a senator, mayor, ambassador, prefect and minister of
Bolivia?
... that Maureen Ogden of
New Jersey's 22nd Legislative District sponsored a bill making original birth certificates available to adoptees, saying "basic rights of the little babies were not being considered"?
... that CenSeam is an initiative to biologically sample
seamounts (
underwater volcanoes), of which about 100,000 exist and only 350 have received attention?
... that José de la Borda went from being the richest man of
Taxco to near-bankruptcy to being the richest man in
Zacatecas?
... that the Wonoboyo hoard(examples pictured) is a collection of 9th century golden artifacts from the
Medang Kingdom that were discovered in a paddy field in
Central Java during irrigation work?
... that Denise Jefferson started learning to dance when she was eight, but didn't pursue a career in ballet because she "had never seen anyone who wasn't white in a ballet company"?
... that Vietnamese General Duong Van Minh had been captured by the
Kempeitai during
World War II and had all but one of his teeth knocked out during torture?
... that Tomm Murstad, who featured in show performances on
skis and started a
summer camp for youths, used the moniker "Onkel Tomm" (
Uncle Tom) on himself?
... that as the first American to play Henry Higgins on
Broadway in My Fair Lady, Larry Keith said he doubted if he could get away with his English accent in England, "but I think I can in New York"?
... that before being elected
Abbot of Farfa in 761 AD, Alan of Farfa was a hermit who penned what would become one of the most successful
homiliaries of the late 8th and 9th centuries?
... that the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, founded 1758, is the third-oldest Dutch newspaper still being published?
... that, angry with being demoted by junta leader Nguyen Khanh, Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc launched a failed coup, only to have Khanh acquit them in his military court?
... that, as a young priest, Alexandre Le Roy accompanied an 1881 expedition to
Bagamoyo,
Tanzania, during which he wrote articles for European magazines?
... that Daniel I. Arnon was the first to demonstrate the chemical function of
photosynthesis outside of a plant cell, creating sugar and starch from carbon dioxide and water?
... that
South Vietnamese General Nguyen Huu Co was exiled by military Prime Minister
Nguyen Cao Ky after being sent overseas on a diplomatic trip and then being locked out of the country?
... that
South Vietnamese General Ngo Quang Truong(pictured), known for his incorruptibility, refused to give his nephew a desk job, and the nephew was then killed on the front line?
... that the main town and
mission of the Ibi, a
Timucua tribe, were evidently destroyed by the government of
Spanish Florida as a result of the Timucua Rebellion of 1656?
... that light front holographic methods were originally found by mapping the spatial
quark distribution in a
proton to a higher dimensional warped space (example pictured)?
... that Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky stopped appearing at presidential election rallies during their successfully rigged 1967 campaign after the latter was heavily heckled at their only event?
... that actor
Zac Efron is set to star in and produce the American remake of the successful Swedish thriller film Snabba Cash?
... that, before becoming a
Louisianalegislator, Virgil Orr once published a paper called "Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium for the Hexamethyldisiloxane–n-Propyl Alcohol System"?
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... that when
prisoner of conscience and philosopher Ukshin Hoti's sentence was complete, he was transferred to another prison instead of being released?
... that elderly Family Guy character Herbert's voice and design was inspired by a man that character creator
Mike Henry met while working in a grocery store?
... that soon after the creation of the Łomża Ghetto,
Nazi Germans killed all the
Jews suspected of collaborating with the previous occupying power, the
Soviet Union?
... that the gold and
enamelDunstable Swan Jewel dates from about 1400 when such
livery badges were highly controversial and could be dangerous for the wearer?
... that to secure
sponsorship for
his TV show, New York-based
hostJake Sasseville talked his way onto a local broadcast 700 miles away, so he would be seen by executives at his target's headquarters?
... that the original
Small Diameter Bomb was developed by
Boeing but the competition was restarted as a result of a corruption scandal and the
Raytheon version of the GBU-53/B was selected instead?
... that publisher
Moses Annenberg bought Ranch A in 1927 with
US$27,000 cash that he had in his pocket?
... that Harvey B. Scribner oversaw the 1965 busing plan that made
Teaneck, New Jersey, the first district in the US with a white majority to implement a voluntary school integration program?
... that the Western Union Defence Organization was a precursor to
NATO, with its headquarters, personnel, and plans providing the structure for NATO's military command?
... that Glacier Bay(pictured) in
Alaska,
US, known in the 18th century as the
Grand Pacific Glacier, was a single glacier that has now retreated by 65 miles to the head of the bay at Tarr Inlet?
... that the Dortmunder Philharmoniker, the orchestra of the city of
Dortmund, Germany, for opera and concert, founded in 1887, recorded its first
CD in 2010?
... that in 1663, Roger Wilbraham organised the replacement of Nantwich Bridge in
Cheshire, and the new bridge was completed in time for his son to be the first corpse carried across it?
00:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
... that March 1862 purchases of Greek
bonds in
London were the result of a report that Prince Wilhelm of Baden(pictured) was to be formally recommended as a candidate for the
Greek throne?
... that the KunstHausWien, a private museum in
Vienna, occupies the former building of the
Thonet furniture factory, creator of the iconic
bistro chair?
... that the Memphite Formula, a standardized greeting on ancient Egyptian letters, was used so frequently that
papyrus intended for use as letters would be prepared with the greeting already written?
... that bandleader Joe Lutcher abandoned his secular music career because of his religious beliefs, and influenced
rock and roll star
Little Richard to do the same?
... that on the American syndicated game show Jeopardy!, five-time champion Chuck Forrest held the regular winnings record from early Season 2 to early Season 6?
... that Angelo Gaja, owner of
Piemonte wine producer Gaja, is often described as "the man who dragged Piedmont into the modern world"?
... that Operation Banquet was a contingency plan to use every available aircraft in a last-ditch effort to repel a
German invasion of Britain in 1940 or 1941?
... that one of the many interpretations of the anecdotal meeting of Diogenes and Alexander was that of
Samuel Johnson, who related it to wasting other people's time?
06:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
... that
CaptainJames Young's capture of a Spanish
frigate in 1799 (illustrated) brought each of his seamen the equivalent of ten years' pay in
prize money?
... that the 1991 documentary The Search for Robert Johnson shows the first interview with Claude Johnson, who in 1998 was legally declared Delta blues legend
Robert Johnson's son?
... that, called out of retirement to work on the murder case of
JonBenét Ramsey, detective Lou Smit resigned 18 months later after concluding that "the Ramseys did not do it"?
... that as the
Victoria Barge Canal was dredged near Guadalupe Bay, ancient artifacts and
middens were discovered at what is now the Guadalupe Bay Archeological Site?
... that the Queen's Aid House(pictured) has a plaque commemorating
Elizabeth I's aid in rebuilding
Nantwich after a fire, the only time she is known to have contributed to such a cause?
... that the City of Besançon got a regional
Parlement from
Louis XIV partly as compensation for losing its democratic government and claims to independence?
... that although Typhoon Sudal was the strongest storm to hit the island of
Yap in 50 years, damaging or destroying 90% of property, there were no deaths?
... that the FC Barcelona Museum attracts 1.2 million yearly visitors, making it the second most visited museum in Barcelona, only surpassed by the
Museu Picasso?
... that in 1896, Edward Ford built the 32-room George P. MacNichol House for his daughter, and the next year built the 27-room Ford-Bacon House(pictured) across the street for himself?
... that while serving as the chief of staff of the
Hawaiian Department of the US Army, Philip Hayes warned about the possibility of a sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor by Japan?
... that Ivar Eskeland was accomplished as a
philologist, publisher, translator, biographer, literary critic, newspaper editor, theatre worker, radio personality and organizational leader?
... that the New Ulyanovsk Bridge, one of Europe's
longest bridges, took more than 23 years to complete due to economic difficulties following the collapse of the Soviet Union?
... that when Lieutenant Nevelskoy of the 14-gun
Opyt surrendered to Captain Bathurst of the 42-gun frigate
HMS Salsette, Bathurst returned Nevelskoy's sword because of the heroic fight he had put up?
... that a
seagull dropping a lit cigarette it had apparently mistaken for food may have caused a fire that wrecked a
£750,000
penthouse at
Brighton's Van Alen Building?
... that American
stock car racer Nelson Stacy lost one of the closest season points battle in
ARCA history before winning the next three championships?
... that bacteria expressing the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase are resistant to all standard intravenous antibiotics for treatment of severe infections?
... that the Slav Epic cycle of paintings by
Alfons Mucha consists of 20
canvases, up to six metres tall and eight metres wide?
... that a 1999
internet hoax led people to believe that a wealthy family in the 16th century would share
bacon with their guests so they could sit around and "chew the fat"?
... that after being fined due to an incident,
professional baseball player Tal Abernathy promised his teammates that if he was ever fined again he would buy them all a
steak?
... that it is customary at Chimi Lhakhang to strike female pilgrims on the head with a 10-inch (25 cm) wooden
phallus and that the monastery features phallic paintings on its walls?
... that Harry George Woolley, who holds a
club record for the most penalty minutes spent off the field, also donated the Most Sportsmanlike trophy to his
lacrosse league?
... that after losing his seat in the
House of Commons in
January 1910, the British politician and pastor George Nicholls stood again eight times over the next 19 years, without success?
... that Rabbi
Bruce M. Cohen established Interns for Peace to foster personal connections between Arabs and Jews, saying "every time you create contact it's successful because it breaks stereotypes"?
... that research by Dr. Harold Ginsberg on
adenoviruses led to the development of
gene therapy, in which modified versions of viruses can be used to implant healthy versions of genes to treat disease?
... that as son of a
Lebanese Arab father who was raised by Jewish stepfathers after his father's death, Bradley M. Campbell quipped that his "aspiration is to become ambassador-at-large in the
Middle East"?
... that the rock gong was a
neolithic musical instrument made out of
dolerite that would resonate with a metallic tone when struck with a small
igneous stone?
... that the 3D Express Coach allows cars under two meters high to drive under it since the passengers are in an upper level of the bus elevated four meters above the ground?
... that Exercise Verity, a 1949 multilateral exercise involving over 60 warships, was described by a British newsreel as involving "the greatest assembly of warships since the
Battle of Jutland?"
... that the Fandango Pass in the
Warner Mountains is located at the convergence of two trails, the
Applegate and the
Lassen, that were traveled by emigrant pioneers between 1846 and 1850?
... that a work based on legends from the Regina Coeli Church in
Mexico City was performed by the "Fenix Novohispano" National Theater Company?
... that the historic P Ranch in
Oregon, owned by cattle baron
Peter French, covered 140,000 acres (570 km2) and required 500 miles of
barbed wire fence for protection?
... that The Lame Devil,
Sacha Guitry's 1948 historical film, was blocked by French censorship and had to be turned into a successful play before being allowed filming?
... that the long hidden ceilings of the Monheim Town Hall in
Bavaria, a Jewish residence until 1741, depict scenes of the
Tanakh that were only restored in 1978?
... that the Durrës Archaeological Museum contains a collection of miniature busts of
Venus, a testament to the time when the area was a centre of worship of the goddess?
... that the 1993 Grand Nationalhorse race was declared void after 30 of the 39 riders failed to realise a
false start had been called, leading it to be called "the race that never was"?
... that the game described in the 16th-century poem Chess was reconstructed almost 350 years later?
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18:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Swimming Reindeer(pictured), a 13,000-year-old
Ice Age sculpture, was originally thought to be two separate reindeer sculptures until
Henri Breuil realised they fitted together?
... that entrants in the Sukkah City architecture contest are allowed to erect their structures atop a live
camel?
06:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
... that Roger Wilbraham founded the Widows' Almshouses(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire, in memory of his wife, who died on the first anniversary of the death of their eldest son?
... that a geomagnetic storm in 1882 resulted in unusual phenomena reported in various parts of the world as an "
auroral beam", a "blood red" sky, and a "luminous mass, shaped somewhat like a
torpedo"?
00:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Winchester Hoard jewellery (pictured), thought to be a
diplomatic gift from the
Romans, was so chunky that no "self-respecting" Roman would wear it?
... that
Ann Meyers signed with the New Jersey Gems in 1979, with her
US$50,000 salary matching what she had been paid by the
Indiana Pacers in her bid to become the first woman to play in the
NBA?
... that one 16th-century Registrar of the University of Oxford was dismissed after neglecting his duties for a year, then imprisoned and fined after throwing a punch when the debate had ended?
... that as part of efforts to balance
New Jersey's $2.76 billion budget in 1976,
State SenatorJames P. Vreeland proposed cutting the governor's annual salary by $2,500?
... that
con manAlexander Day used the name 'Marmaduke Davenport Esq.' to convince his victims that he was a member of the
gentry in order to gain
purchasing credit, which he would never repay?
... that Park51, an Islamic cultural center whose proposed site has sparked controversy, will include a
mosque, a 500-seat auditorium, and a swimming pool?
... that Tower Optical coin-operated binoculars (pictured) can hold up to 2,000
US quarters and have kept their same distinctive look since first manufactured in 1932?
... that Louis Fred Pfeifer received the United States military's highest decoration for bravery, the
Medal of Honor, while serving under a false name?
... that during a fire at a nursing home in
Nigel, South Africa, on August 1, 2010, a resident objected to being rescued as she was not properly dressed?
... that
Efraim Zuroff expressed his frustration at the failure to bring 95-year-old Erich Steidtmann to justice, saying "I am the only Jew in the world who prays for the health of Nazi war criminals"?
... that fictional data analyst Robin Sage was freely given access to government email accounts, private bank accounts, and top secret military information by their owners within two months of her creation?
00:00, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the extinct
hazel species Corylus johnsonii(fruit pictured) resembles three modern hazels found in
China?
... that Bron Taylor coined the term "dark green religion" as a set of
beliefs characterized by a conviction that "
nature is
sacred, has
intrinsic value, and is therefore due reverent care"?
... that although travel times between downtown
Tainan and the
Tainan High Speed Rail Station will be halved by the new Shalun Line, residents have complained that it will worsen local road traffic?
... that
Bob Dylan paid
US$2,500 per week to percussionist Bobbye Hall to get her to tour with him in 1978, in compensation for missed
session musician work?
... that the Champlain Hudson Power Express could lower SO 2 emissions by 6,800
tonnes, NO x emissions by 10,800 tonnes, and CO 2 emissions by nearly 37 million tonnes during the first decade of operation?
... that Arthur R. Albohn was known in the
New Jersey General Assembly as "Dr. No" for his consistent pattern of voting against legislation that included unnecessary spending?
... that insurance litigator Eugene Anderson was admitted to
Harvard Law School with the help of an attorney he met while hitchhiking across the United States?
... that when alleged
demoniacAntoine Gay met another alleged demoniac, a friar who saw the meeting claimed he could hear the two demons arguing over which one was greater?
... that the fragile building material bungaroosh is so prevalent in
Brighton that much of the town "could be demolished with a well-aimed hose"?
... that John R. Branca wanted all three judges at a
bout to be women, but one of the
boxer's handlers nixed the idea as "there's going to be a lot of blood and I don't want the three judges throwing up"?
... that Edwin Benbow, the only ace on the
FE.8, evaded combat with the Red Baron,
Manfred von Richthofen, on 23 January 1917, only to shoot him down on 6 March 1917?
... that Tony Rio, placed on probation in 1958 for being part of a football gambling ring, went on to become the
MVP of the
1959 Michigan football team?
... that the 1992 Simpsons video game Bart's House of Weirdness is mostly unknown today because it was only released for
DOS, and therefore has almost no fan base?
... that more than 440 players have lived at La Masia(pictured), but only 10% have made it into the
FC Barcelona first team?
... that in the
New Jersey Senate, John H. Dorsey invoked "senatorial courtesy", an unwritten rule whereby a senator can block consideration of a gubernatorial appointee from the senator's home county?
... that before it was dismantled, the Mariposa botnet was estimated to consist of 8 to 12 million
zombie computers, making it one of the largest
botnets in history?
... that the 5th century BCE Ma'agan Michael Ship(pictured) shows no wear from recurrent use and no
shipworm damage, leading its excavators to believe that it sank on its maiden voyage or not long afterward?
... that of over 200 artworks known to have been created by
BelgianpainterVirginie Bovie, only 7 have been located?
... that the family of Sogen Kato now face an investigation into allegations they claimed 9.5 millionyen in
pension money when they kept Kato's death a secret for thirty years?
... that flooding from the
Yangtze River destroyed part of the city of Haimen before the river changed course in 1701 and created new land for the city?
... that after the medieval lawyer John of Tynemouth was kidnapped for ransom, he informed his kidnappers that the writer
Gerald of Wales would be travelling nearby, causing Gerald to also be kidnapped?
06:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Crown of Bolesław I the Brave(replica pictured) was melted down in 1794 and recreated in 2003 using some of its original gold?
... that to celebrate the opening of the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, reality TV show Cake Boss produced a 10-foot (3.0 m) 1,200-pound (540 kg) cake in the shape of a flip-flop?
... that
1974 Michigan footballMVPSteve Strinko suffered a degenerative knee injury and later formed an organization to provide medical assistance to others injured in college athletics?
... that drummer Ben Koller is rumored to be a member of the band
United Nations, but due to contractual obligations, the members are bound to remain anonymous?
... that Franklin W. Smith helped establish the
YMCA in
Boston, the first chapter of the organization in the United States?
... that School ChancellorIrving Anker resisted demands to cut the school budget in 1974, saying "we cannot write off the children of
New York City without calling into question every value we live by"?
... that by the late 1910s, the population of the Kenai Peninsula Wolf had been almost completely eradicated through hunting and application of
strychnine?
... that the US entered the precursor to the International Coffee Agreement because they feared that the declining price of coffee could drive Latin American countries towards Nazi or Communist sympathies?
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18:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
... that the Gyantse Dzong(pictured) was badly damaged and plundered during the 1904
British invasion because the primitively armed Tibetans were overwhelmed after holding off the British for two months?
... that the beating of a child in a Boston public school sparked the Eliot School rebellion and motivated the creation of a nationwide system of
parochial schools?
... that the outcome of reforming actions such as the Bill of Middlesex, initially intended to increase the business of the English
Court of King's Bench, was its dissolution?
... that the maize weevil(pictured) is a serious pest of
maize in the United States, and also infests standing crops and
cereals in all
tropical areas of the world?
... that Dutch architect Wolff Schoemaker, who designed the
Villa Isola, was assisted by former first President of Indonesia
Sukarno during the renovation of the Hotel Preanger?
... that any act or statement which alleges bias, impropriety or any wrongdoing concerning a
judge in the exercise of his judicial function falls within the offence of scandalizing the court in Singapore?
... that Anthony J. Alvarado was named
New York City School Chancellor in 1983, the school system's first Hispanic in that post, but was forced to resign in 1984 amid charges of financial improprieties?
... that Taichiro Morinaga was the first person to manufacture chocolates in Japan which he learned after working as a janitor in an American candy factory?
... that the Women's Professional Basketball League, which played its first game in 1978 in
Milwaukee in front of 7,800 fans, collapsed after three seasons and an estimated US$14 million in total losses?
... that the location of the Silver King Mine was first discovered by a soldier building a road during the
Apache Wars, who found black rocks that flattened when struck?
... that Nathan Quinones felt so relieved after leaving his position as
New York City School Chancellor, that he said he "felt like a little bird", singing to himself as he walked down the street?
... that the Oceanography Society gives out the Jerlov Award "in Recognition of Contribution Made to the Advancement of Our Knowledge of the Nature and Consequences of Light in the Ocean"?
... that the Thrangu Monastery, the first traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Canada, with a 4 metre golden Buddha, was officially opened in
Richmond, British Columbia, on 25 July 2010?
... that research by Gerson Goldhaber on
supernovae provided evidence that the rate of the expansion of the universe was increasing due to what was termed "
dark energy"?
... that the annual Pflasterspektakel ('pavement spectacle') in
Linz,
Austria, features over 400 international street artists and attracts some 200,000 visitors each year?
... that the first episode of The Force, a 2009 documentary series, followed a murder investigation after the burnt corpse of a woman was found in a suitcase?
... that when Lemrick Nelson was tried in 1992 for the murder of
Yankel Rosenbaum, a few of the largely
African-American jury that acquitted him later attended a party that honored him as a "hero"?
... that the Saw-shelled Turtle is one of the few native Australian animals which successfully prey on the introduced poisonous
Cane Toad?
... that despite being shown only three times in its entirety, the
TV adOld Lions is credited with increasing sales of
Carlsberglager in the
UK by over four hundred percent?
... that many crew members began to cry while filming
hospital scenes for the
Swedish film Glowing Stars, because they thought the scenes were emotional?
... that almost none of Robert Streater's 17th-century architectural painting survives except the ceiling of the
Sheldonian Theatre in
Oxford, which was restored in 2008?
... that
Eric Liu's 1998 book, The Accidental Asian, was praised by Time magazine for its balanced approach toward racial topics?
... that the Sajur is the only river in
Syria that joins the
Euphrates on its right bank?
... that Gerald Garson, a
New York Supreme Court Justice who was later convicted of accepting bribes, assured the lawyer bribing him: “Justice is being done”?
... that the web content lifecycle can be so complex that most
experts do not agree on descriptions of the number, name, or type of stages to include in the
process?
... that art historian Eugene Goossen saw abstract paintings by Doug Ohlson as depicting "yellowish pink and green dawns, blue noons, and red-orange sunsets that swiftly slide from purple to black"?
... that Public Employees Federation president Kenneth Brynien was elected in 2006 by a margin of 850 votes out of 14,898 cast, but was unopposed for reelection in 2009?
... that the earliest known Chairman Mao badges were made from used toothpaste tubes?
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... that many sex positions derive their
Sanskrit names from that of the
Hindu goddess of sexual pleasure – Rati (pictured with her husband, the lovegod
Kama)?
... that people tend to see the world as a grey gloom when they are
depressed?
... that as superintendent of
Mount Vernon starting in 1937, Charles Wall would ride on horseback to inspect the grounds, which he saw restored to the way they were in the days of
George Washington?
... that the
Cretaceous mammal Argentodites is known only from a blade-like tooth with eight cusps arranged in a row?
... that the
historianMark T. Carleton penned a 1971 study entitled "Politics and Punishment" which described a sudden change in racial demographics in the
Louisiana penal system?
... that Jim Neu's first dance theater production, Aerobia, told the story of six characters at a health club of the future where people come to exercise their "sociomuscularity"?
... that The Ecumenical Council is
Salvador Dalí's vision of the meeting of heaven and earth, inspired by the first communication between the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury in 426 years?
... that the fragmentary fossil jaw TNM 02067 may represent the only known mainland African member of the enigmatic
Gondwanatheria?
... that after 33 years in jail as the "Elevator Bandit", 63-year-old Arthur Williams went on a final crime spree with a gun in one hand, a cane in the other and an oxygen tank hooked up to his nose?
... that George Veenker has the highest winning percentage of any
basketball coach in
Michigan history and served on the
NCAA Football Rules Committee from 1938 to 1945?
... that courts in California, Maryland, and Wisconsin held that ladies' night discounts are unlawful
gender discrimination under state or local statutes?
... that the town of Marche,
Arkansas, was founded by a
Polishcount who wanted to restore the agricultural environment familiar to most Poles before their arrival in
America?
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... that former fighter pilot Robert V. Whitlow(pictured), although trying to secure an
NFL franchise for
Phoenix, said the
Philadelphia Eagles' plans to relocate to Arizona did not "seem very wise"?
... that, although the 1481 Rhodes earthquake caused only a minor
tsunami, it matches the age of a tsunami deposit found near
Dalaman on the Turkish coast?
... that the Deer Rock, a heritage monument of the
Tlingits in
Haines Borough, Alaska,
US, was witness to a peaceful settlement of conflicts between Chilkoot and Chilkat clans?
... that the owner of the
American Quarter Horse stallion Poco Pine once bet against his horse winning a Grand Championship, and lost the bet?
... that Óscar Zamora Medinaceli, a communist student activist and leader of a
Maoist insurgency in the 1970s, would become a senator, mayor, ambassador, prefect and minister of
Bolivia?
... that Maureen Ogden of
New Jersey's 22nd Legislative District sponsored a bill making original birth certificates available to adoptees, saying "basic rights of the little babies were not being considered"?
... that CenSeam is an initiative to biologically sample
seamounts (
underwater volcanoes), of which about 100,000 exist and only 350 have received attention?
... that José de la Borda went from being the richest man of
Taxco to near-bankruptcy to being the richest man in
Zacatecas?
... that the Wonoboyo hoard(examples pictured) is a collection of 9th century golden artifacts from the
Medang Kingdom that were discovered in a paddy field in
Central Java during irrigation work?
... that Denise Jefferson started learning to dance when she was eight, but didn't pursue a career in ballet because she "had never seen anyone who wasn't white in a ballet company"?
... that Vietnamese General Duong Van Minh had been captured by the
Kempeitai during
World War II and had all but one of his teeth knocked out during torture?
... that Tomm Murstad, who featured in show performances on
skis and started a
summer camp for youths, used the moniker "Onkel Tomm" (
Uncle Tom) on himself?
... that as the first American to play Henry Higgins on
Broadway in My Fair Lady, Larry Keith said he doubted if he could get away with his English accent in England, "but I think I can in New York"?
... that before being elected
Abbot of Farfa in 761 AD, Alan of Farfa was a hermit who penned what would become one of the most successful
homiliaries of the late 8th and 9th centuries?
... that the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, founded 1758, is the third-oldest Dutch newspaper still being published?
... that, angry with being demoted by junta leader Nguyen Khanh, Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc launched a failed coup, only to have Khanh acquit them in his military court?
... that, as a young priest, Alexandre Le Roy accompanied an 1881 expedition to
Bagamoyo,
Tanzania, during which he wrote articles for European magazines?
... that Daniel I. Arnon was the first to demonstrate the chemical function of
photosynthesis outside of a plant cell, creating sugar and starch from carbon dioxide and water?
... that
South Vietnamese General Nguyen Huu Co was exiled by military Prime Minister
Nguyen Cao Ky after being sent overseas on a diplomatic trip and then being locked out of the country?
... that
South Vietnamese General Ngo Quang Truong(pictured), known for his incorruptibility, refused to give his nephew a desk job, and the nephew was then killed on the front line?
... that the main town and
mission of the Ibi, a
Timucua tribe, were evidently destroyed by the government of
Spanish Florida as a result of the Timucua Rebellion of 1656?
... that light front holographic methods were originally found by mapping the spatial
quark distribution in a
proton to a higher dimensional warped space (example pictured)?
... that Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky stopped appearing at presidential election rallies during their successfully rigged 1967 campaign after the latter was heavily heckled at their only event?
... that actor
Zac Efron is set to star in and produce the American remake of the successful Swedish thriller film Snabba Cash?
... that, before becoming a
Louisianalegislator, Virgil Orr once published a paper called "Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium for the Hexamethyldisiloxane–n-Propyl Alcohol System"?