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... that the administrative offices of the
Caprivi Region were once located beneath a giant
baobab in Katima Mulilo that today is known as the "Toilet Tree"?
... that a lawsuit brought by William Shernoff against an insurance firm that refused to pay claims for damage from Cyclone Val in
American Samoa yielded penalty payments of
$86.7 million?
... that Harry Neal Baumghostwrote the 1917 novel Mary Louise Solves a Mystery when his ailing father,
L. Frank Baum, could not fulfill his obligations to his publishers?
... that Byzantine silk designs include the
tree of life, winged horses, and imaginary beasts, along with fashionable images of hunting and
quadrigas(pictured)?
... that Common Sense Media protested the
ESRB's rating downgrade of a revised version of Manhunt 2 from "Adults Only" to "Mature", since that version was still banned in the UK?
... that American
anthropologistFrank Bessac was fleeing
China when his group was attacked by
Tibetan border guards, killing three of his party, including the first
CIA agent to be killed in the line of duty?
... that Maxim model and reality television contestant Gia Allemand has been selected to play the role of
Ava Gardner in an upcoming film about the life of
Gianni Russo?
... that Sir Francis Wythens was illegally returned to
Parliament after a book containing 700 votes for the opposition "was artificially mislaid and lost by the officers trusted"?
... that a signal
mortar used to be fired to summon the
lifeboat crew to Poole Lifeboat Station but this was stopped in 1914 as people could mistake the sound for an explosion at the nearby
gas works?
... that 37 different contracts were issued for venue construction and renovation among three different governmental ministries for the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens?
... that of
Andorra's 65 mountain peaks over 6,560 feet (2,000 m), the peak of Coma Pedrosa(pictured) is the highest at 9,652 feet (2,942 m)?
... that former
Oregon Duck and
Detroit LionGeorge Christensen co-founded a multinational manufacturing company with factories in France, Japan, Canada and the United States?
... that the tropical marine fish Gillellus inescatus possesses an
esca similar to that of an
anglerfish, which might be used for luring prey and attracting mates?
... that
New York MayorEd Koch expressed his frustration with the overly generous deals Eric Schmertz negotiated with unions, saying that city workers should say "Thank you Mr. Mayor, for the Schmertz"?
... that the present Alto Vista Chapel(pictured) in
Aruba, completed in 1952, stands at the location where the original chapel was built in 1750 by Domingo Silvestre, a missionary from
Venezuela?
... that diplomat and historian Ignas Jonynas contributed articles to the first universal encyclopedia in the
Lithuanian language?
... that the Salcombe Lifeboat capsized in 1916 with the loss of 13 lives, and again in 1983, with no loss of life?
06:00, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
... that buoy tender USCGC Woodrush(pictured) helped rescue 520 passengers and the crew from the cruise ship
Prinsendam that sank in the
Gulf of Alaska in 1980?
... that the 16th-century judge Sir William Dolben was described by biographer Roger North as an "arrant old snarler"?
... that the 12th-century Lectionary 303 was taken to Paris and later to America despite a
colophon threatening "the wrath of the eternal Word of God" for anyone who removed it?
... that Monte Scheinblum, son of All-Star baseball player
Richie Scheinblum, hit a
golf ball over 329 yards (301 meters) into a 20 mph (32 kph) wind to win the 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Championship?
... that despite attaching an inscription to his first wife's grave implying he would not marry again, British politician Giles Eyre not only remarried but buried his second wife in the same grave?
... that when Great Britain lost the
1951 Ryder Cup by a score of 9½–2½,
golferArthur Lees took part in the team's only two match wins?
... that A Christmas Record released in 1981 on the
ZE label was described as the first-ever alternative
Christmas album and contains both
a hit single and a "blasphemous, nearly tuneless piece of skronk"?
25 December 2010
18:00, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
... that
Michigan football captain James Van Inwagen(pictured) operated the Tiffany Enameled Brick Co. and the company that made Tiffany Never-Wind Clocks?
... that Dexter executive producer
Daniel Cerone encouraged the mother of his son's friend not to let her son audition for "Seeing Red" because he would be filmed sitting in a pool of blood?
... that the wildlife of Malaysia is some of the most diverse in the world, existing in forests believed to be 130 million years old?
... that the Scott Sisters of
Mississippi are serving life sentences for their alleged involvement in a robbery in which $11 was stolen and no one was injured, although they had no previous criminal records?
12:00, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
... that Air Vice Marshal Ian McLachlan's(pictured) concerns regarding cost and delivery of the
F-111 to the
RAAF proved "painfully prescient" as the new bomber came six years late and way over budget?
... that after
Rosa Ponselle created the role of Carmelita in
Joseph Breil's "Lyric Tragedy in One Act" The Legend(libretto pictured) at the
Met, she burned her copy of the
score?
... that the Blood Qur'an, formerly displayed in the Mother Of All Battles mosque in
Baghdad(pictured), was written in over 20 litres of
Saddam Hussein's blood?
... that
Sakis' Parafora (2010) received more bids than any other Greek album to be released as a
covermount since the practice became common after the
recent economic crisis, and all were refused?
... that feathers from a dead
swan, which crashed into scaffolding at All Saints Church in
Roffey during construction, were incorporated into the church's
antependium?
... that before the
62nd Grey Cup,
CFL defensive back Tony Proudfoot fired staples from a
staple gun into his shoes to improve his traction on an icy football field?
06:00, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
... that in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Satyavati(pictured) – who initially stank of fish – was blessed with the
musk fragrance by a sage, with whom she had premarital sex?
... that the award-winning war photographer Yuri Kozyrev, who spent several years working for the American press in
Baghdad, lived together with Iraqis in the city?
... that a survey conducted in 1993 on the influence of the children's television program Sesame Street found that by the age of three, 95% of all American children had watched the show?
... that the
Bulgar notable Mauros intended to organize an uprising in
Thessaloniki on the night before
Easter in order to catch its defenders unprepared?
... that though 2000 lay dead on the field of the Battle of Zappolino (November 1325), when forces of
Modena routed
Bologna, the status quo was re-established afterwards and historians generally ignore the event?
... that Plas yn Rhiw house in
Gwynedd was originally built in the 10th century to prevent incursions by
Vikings into Porth Neigwl, and is reportedly haunted?
... that the Glacier Blanc(pictured) is the largest
glacier in the Southern
French Alps with an area of 5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi) and a length of 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi)?
... that English artist Chantal Joffe, who sometimes uses pornography for source material, created such large paintings that she required scaffolding to work on them?
... that adult males of the
parasiticwasp, Encarsia perplexa, can only develop when a
virgin female lays eggs in a fully developed larva of her own species?
... that in 1934, the congregation of the St. John's Lutheran Church in New Finland,
Saskatchewan,
Canada, had their church cut into two halves so as to relocate it by five miles using a
tractor?
... that McGaheysville in
Virginia was originally named "Ursulaburg" after the wife of the ousted Reverend Charles Lang, who was ordered to leave the
Colony of Virginia in 1771 and left Ursula behind?
... that on December 19, 1981, the entire crew of the Penlee Lifeboat were killed trying to rescue people from a ship in a storm, but sufficient volunteers came forward within a day to form a new
lifeboat crew?
... that the Florida Reef is the third largest
coral barrier reef in the world, and that in the middle of the 19th century there were close to 50
shipwrecks a year on the reef?
... that Johann Wilhelm Schwedler preferred other engineering solutions over his own invention, the Schwedler
truss, on aesthetic grounds?
... that Tell Shemshara in
Iraq was once the capital of the "land of the gatekeeper"?
... that
American yachtswoman J. J. Isler, who competed in both the
Olympics and the
America’s Cup races, was the first woman named to the Sailing World Hall of Fame?
... that
Brad Paisley released "
This Is Country Music" as a single long before the album was to come out, even though it was "bad timing for his label"?
... that Walter Keane, known for paintings of "big-eyed waifs," claimed a sore shoulder and declined a 1986 court-ordered paint-off with his
ex-wife, resulting in a US$4 million judgment against him?
... that an obituary for Hughie Hearne stated that he was a "well known
baseball star" and "one of the game's best
catchers," although he never played a full major league season?
... that the Trudenstein rocks in the
Harz Mountains are so-named because they supposedly resemble a
drude, a German witch-like figure associated with dreams?
... that the wasp Megarhyssa macrurus(pictured) paralyzes her prey by injecting it with an
ovipositor 4 inches (10 cm) long?
... that the manuscripts of Thomas Kantzow's 16th-century chronicles were rediscovered in 1729, 1832 and 1973?
... that on October 21, 1915, a band of Mexicans invaded the United States and conducted a raid on Ojo de Agua in Texas as part of the
Plan de San Diego?
... that
Slovenia'sVelenje Castle, along with two castles in Šalek and Ekenštajn, played a key role in defending the routes from the Celje Basin to
Carinthia?
... that
Hillsboro, Oregon, based Acumed, a medical device company, once built a motorcycle that included
titanium body parts?
... that
Michiganfootball player "Octy" Graham(pictured) at age 16 was called a "young Hercules" after "gripping machines did not register high enough to show his strength"?
... that Harry Yount(pictured) killed 70
antelope in one day during a hunting competition, but was ashamed because "it went against his heart to kill so many innocent creatures just for the glory"?
... that after acquiring the script for Santa Santita, the director did not start production for five years due to the lack of an appropriate lead actress?
... that although Owen Bieber intended to be an
auto parts worker only for a single summer, he stayed on the job and later became president of the
United Auto Workers?
... that under
football coach J. White Guyn, the cash-strapped
Kentucky program arranged to play
Michigan to generate revenue, but travel costs limited its income and the team lost, 62–0?
... that the 1958–59
ABCreality showConfession, hosted by Jack Wyatt, featured criminals discussing the circumstances which propelled them into a life of lawlessness?
... that the fungus Entomophthora muscae makes flies climb upwards before killing them, so they are better able to release a shower of
spores for the next cycle of infection?
... that after
RAAFTomahawk pilots John Jackson(pictured) and
Bobby Gibbes shared in destroying a
Vichy French fighter plane in 1941, they tossed a coin to see who would take the credit for it?
... that over 30,000 eggs were used to prepare the paint and glaze that went into the elaborate decorations of the Šarena Džamija of
Tetovo?
... that Old Caloundra Light, a
lighthouse inactive since 1968, was relocated twice, in 1970 and back in 1999, and was damaged on the second relocation attempt?
... that
Sri Lankan politician A. M. M. Naushad, as Deputy Secretary of the
UNP, created a problem for his
party leader by advocating his view that "his community came first and the party next"?
... that the Chinese translations of the IS (Infinite Stratos)light novels were under indefinite suspension because the publisher had entered into overseas contracts without the writer's consent?
... that the Perry Nelson House(pictured) – dubbed the "House of Politics" – was a place where
Yankee farmers and politicians discussed issues of the day?
... that New York City offered the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Kingsbridge Armory(pictured), in
The Bronx, reputedly the largest in the world, to the
UN General Assembly as a temporary meeting space?
... that although Persier was due to be scuttled as a
blockship during
Operation Overlord in June 1944, she was returned to service, only to be
torpedoed and sunk in February 1945?
... that in 1893 a sculpture of Indiana(pictured) by Retta Matthews portrayed an "ideal figure of Indiana" at the
Chicago World's Fair?
... that in the deepest underwater rescue in history, CURV-III, a
US NavyROV, saved two men stranded in a
submersible at a depth of 1,575 ft (480 m) with just minutes of air remaining?
... that philanthropist Richard Goldman and his wife established
a prize in 1990 that has been called "The Green Nobel"?
... that the first iron mine in the
Lake Superior region, the Jackson Mine, was established where
iron ore was found in the roots of a fallen tree?
... that this year a
U.S. Embassy attaché visited the tomb of Samuel Lucas who lived to hear the "tidings of the destruction of the slave power in the United States"?
... that the
reality TV programme Bedsitcom featured actors following the producer's instructions, as well as unaware members of the public, leading to it being labelled "morally reprehensible"?
... that Australian actress and filmmaker Elsa Chauvel met her future husband
Charles when he scouted her for the lead role in Greenhide?
06:00, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
... that when the foundations of an old
Scottish castle in
Angus were cleared in 1819, a floor slab in the castle's kitchen was found to be a
Pictish stone, the Woodwrae Stone(pictured)?
... that during the creation of the
Ottoman Archives in the 19th century, hatt-i humayuns were cut out from their documents without cross-referencing, resulting in great loss of information to historians?
... that initially described as devouring children on the sixth day after birth, today the
Hindu goddess Shashthi(pictured) is worshiped on this day as the protector of children?
... that after Steven Posner filed suit against his financier father
Victor Posner, the amount of the settlement was determined based on the result of a golden coin flipped in front of the judge?
... that the composer Olof Åhlström, who had parallel careers in the Swedish war office and as an organist in two
Stockholm churches, also founded the first larger-scale musical
printing press in Sweden?
... that, when
BHP Billiton awarded the contract to manage the Yarrie mine to Ngarda Civil & Mining, it was the largest-ever mining contract awarded to an
Australian Aboriginal-owned company?
... that
Hudson's Bay Company fur trader John Work fell out of a tree during an 1840 expedition and tore open his abdomen, but pushed his intestines back inside, recovered and continued his journey?
... that the
VenetianSandolo(pictured) can be distinguished from a
Gondola as it lacks a high steel
prow, or ferro?
... that fashion model Ann Ward, who was mocked as a child due to her height, was the only contestant of America's Next Top Model to be named best photo five times in a row?
... that critic Christopher Gray said the
U2 song "Yahweh" could be about
Jesus or lead singer
Bono's two children?
06:00, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
... that although the Rans S-12XL Airaile(pictured) was scheduled to go out of production in 2006, customer demand has kept the
kitplane in production?
... that although a recommendation to establish Booby Island Light(pictured) was made in 1873, it was only constructed in 1890, and was the last major
lighthouse to be constructed along the
Queensland coast?
... that after Lieutenant-General Hew Fanshawe was removed from command of the British
V Corps in 1916, he was replaced by his elder brother Edward – who was himself sacked in 1918?
... that despite being enveloped by the urban sprawl of
Mexico City, the borough of Coyoacán still has areas with the narrow winding roads of rural villages?
... that the
role-playing gameShining Hearts features hearts, collectible and usable by the player, that represent the other characters' feelings about the player's actions?
... that ice cream manufacturer William Wilson Talcott (pictured) killed himself by jumping from an excursion steamer into
Lake Michigan with rocks in his pockets after he was unable to extricate his wife from a "love cult" in 1922?
... that medieval
Bulgarian anti-
Bogomil writer Cosmas the Priest was regarded as a saint although there is no data that he was ever canonised?
... that in 1899 the Lynmouth Lifeboat was pulled over a 1,423-foot (434 m) hill by men and horses so that it could launch to the aid of a ship 15 miles (24 km) from
Lynmouth?
... that the 2009–10 Stanbic Bank 20 Series was heralded as a success by
Zimbabwe Cricket, after the crowd for the final was described as "the biggest for a domestic match in living memory"?
... that
GuineanFodéba Keïta was the founder of the first professional African theatrical troupe, Theatre Africain?
... the indigenous people of Malaysia, known as the Orang Asal, were originally named as such by communist rebels seeking support during the
Malayan Emergency?
... that the Michigan Federation of Labor in 1906 wrote that perhaps no individual had done more to "promote the interests of wage-earners than William W. Hannan, the real estate hustler"?
... that it was so cold during the 1962 NFL Championship Game that television crews used bonfires to thaw out their cameras, and one cameraman suffered
frostbite?
... that banana powder was utilized by scientists in the 1980s for its
antiulcer compounds that both helped prevent
ulcers and helped in healing areas where ulcers had previously occurred?
... that
anglers using the Motueka River in
New Zealand must clean their boots to stop the spread of invasive
algae or face up to five years in prison?
00:00, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
... how to tell which of the two possible Saint Catherines is shown marrying Jesus in a painting of the Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine(example pictured)?
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
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Please add the line ==={{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}=== for each new day and the time the set was removed from the DYK template at the top for the newly posted set of archived hooks. This will ensure all times are based on UTC time and accurate. This page should be archived once a month. Thanks.
... that the administrative offices of the
Caprivi Region were once located beneath a giant
baobab in Katima Mulilo that today is known as the "Toilet Tree"?
... that a lawsuit brought by William Shernoff against an insurance firm that refused to pay claims for damage from Cyclone Val in
American Samoa yielded penalty payments of
$86.7 million?
... that Harry Neal Baumghostwrote the 1917 novel Mary Louise Solves a Mystery when his ailing father,
L. Frank Baum, could not fulfill his obligations to his publishers?
... that Byzantine silk designs include the
tree of life, winged horses, and imaginary beasts, along with fashionable images of hunting and
quadrigas(pictured)?
... that Common Sense Media protested the
ESRB's rating downgrade of a revised version of Manhunt 2 from "Adults Only" to "Mature", since that version was still banned in the UK?
... that American
anthropologistFrank Bessac was fleeing
China when his group was attacked by
Tibetan border guards, killing three of his party, including the first
CIA agent to be killed in the line of duty?
... that Maxim model and reality television contestant Gia Allemand has been selected to play the role of
Ava Gardner in an upcoming film about the life of
Gianni Russo?
... that Sir Francis Wythens was illegally returned to
Parliament after a book containing 700 votes for the opposition "was artificially mislaid and lost by the officers trusted"?
... that a signal
mortar used to be fired to summon the
lifeboat crew to Poole Lifeboat Station but this was stopped in 1914 as people could mistake the sound for an explosion at the nearby
gas works?
... that 37 different contracts were issued for venue construction and renovation among three different governmental ministries for the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens?
... that of
Andorra's 65 mountain peaks over 6,560 feet (2,000 m), the peak of Coma Pedrosa(pictured) is the highest at 9,652 feet (2,942 m)?
... that former
Oregon Duck and
Detroit LionGeorge Christensen co-founded a multinational manufacturing company with factories in France, Japan, Canada and the United States?
... that the tropical marine fish Gillellus inescatus possesses an
esca similar to that of an
anglerfish, which might be used for luring prey and attracting mates?
... that
New York MayorEd Koch expressed his frustration with the overly generous deals Eric Schmertz negotiated with unions, saying that city workers should say "Thank you Mr. Mayor, for the Schmertz"?
... that the present Alto Vista Chapel(pictured) in
Aruba, completed in 1952, stands at the location where the original chapel was built in 1750 by Domingo Silvestre, a missionary from
Venezuela?
... that diplomat and historian Ignas Jonynas contributed articles to the first universal encyclopedia in the
Lithuanian language?
... that the Salcombe Lifeboat capsized in 1916 with the loss of 13 lives, and again in 1983, with no loss of life?
06:00, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
... that buoy tender USCGC Woodrush(pictured) helped rescue 520 passengers and the crew from the cruise ship
Prinsendam that sank in the
Gulf of Alaska in 1980?
... that the 16th-century judge Sir William Dolben was described by biographer Roger North as an "arrant old snarler"?
... that the 12th-century Lectionary 303 was taken to Paris and later to America despite a
colophon threatening "the wrath of the eternal Word of God" for anyone who removed it?
... that Monte Scheinblum, son of All-Star baseball player
Richie Scheinblum, hit a
golf ball over 329 yards (301 meters) into a 20 mph (32 kph) wind to win the 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Championship?
... that despite attaching an inscription to his first wife's grave implying he would not marry again, British politician Giles Eyre not only remarried but buried his second wife in the same grave?
... that when Great Britain lost the
1951 Ryder Cup by a score of 9½–2½,
golferArthur Lees took part in the team's only two match wins?
... that A Christmas Record released in 1981 on the
ZE label was described as the first-ever alternative
Christmas album and contains both
a hit single and a "blasphemous, nearly tuneless piece of skronk"?
25 December 2010
18:00, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
... that
Michigan football captain James Van Inwagen(pictured) operated the Tiffany Enameled Brick Co. and the company that made Tiffany Never-Wind Clocks?
... that Dexter executive producer
Daniel Cerone encouraged the mother of his son's friend not to let her son audition for "Seeing Red" because he would be filmed sitting in a pool of blood?
... that the wildlife of Malaysia is some of the most diverse in the world, existing in forests believed to be 130 million years old?
... that the Scott Sisters of
Mississippi are serving life sentences for their alleged involvement in a robbery in which $11 was stolen and no one was injured, although they had no previous criminal records?
12:00, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
... that Air Vice Marshal Ian McLachlan's(pictured) concerns regarding cost and delivery of the
F-111 to the
RAAF proved "painfully prescient" as the new bomber came six years late and way over budget?
... that after
Rosa Ponselle created the role of Carmelita in
Joseph Breil's "Lyric Tragedy in One Act" The Legend(libretto pictured) at the
Met, she burned her copy of the
score?
... that the Blood Qur'an, formerly displayed in the Mother Of All Battles mosque in
Baghdad(pictured), was written in over 20 litres of
Saddam Hussein's blood?
... that
Sakis' Parafora (2010) received more bids than any other Greek album to be released as a
covermount since the practice became common after the
recent economic crisis, and all were refused?
... that feathers from a dead
swan, which crashed into scaffolding at All Saints Church in
Roffey during construction, were incorporated into the church's
antependium?
... that before the
62nd Grey Cup,
CFL defensive back Tony Proudfoot fired staples from a
staple gun into his shoes to improve his traction on an icy football field?
06:00, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
... that in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Satyavati(pictured) – who initially stank of fish – was blessed with the
musk fragrance by a sage, with whom she had premarital sex?
... that the award-winning war photographer Yuri Kozyrev, who spent several years working for the American press in
Baghdad, lived together with Iraqis in the city?
... that a survey conducted in 1993 on the influence of the children's television program Sesame Street found that by the age of three, 95% of all American children had watched the show?
... that the
Bulgar notable Mauros intended to organize an uprising in
Thessaloniki on the night before
Easter in order to catch its defenders unprepared?
... that though 2000 lay dead on the field of the Battle of Zappolino (November 1325), when forces of
Modena routed
Bologna, the status quo was re-established afterwards and historians generally ignore the event?
... that Plas yn Rhiw house in
Gwynedd was originally built in the 10th century to prevent incursions by
Vikings into Porth Neigwl, and is reportedly haunted?
... that the Glacier Blanc(pictured) is the largest
glacier in the Southern
French Alps with an area of 5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi) and a length of 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi)?
... that English artist Chantal Joffe, who sometimes uses pornography for source material, created such large paintings that she required scaffolding to work on them?
... that adult males of the
parasiticwasp, Encarsia perplexa, can only develop when a
virgin female lays eggs in a fully developed larva of her own species?
... that in 1934, the congregation of the St. John's Lutheran Church in New Finland,
Saskatchewan,
Canada, had their church cut into two halves so as to relocate it by five miles using a
tractor?
... that McGaheysville in
Virginia was originally named "Ursulaburg" after the wife of the ousted Reverend Charles Lang, who was ordered to leave the
Colony of Virginia in 1771 and left Ursula behind?
... that on December 19, 1981, the entire crew of the Penlee Lifeboat were killed trying to rescue people from a ship in a storm, but sufficient volunteers came forward within a day to form a new
lifeboat crew?
... that the Florida Reef is the third largest
coral barrier reef in the world, and that in the middle of the 19th century there were close to 50
shipwrecks a year on the reef?
... that Johann Wilhelm Schwedler preferred other engineering solutions over his own invention, the Schwedler
truss, on aesthetic grounds?
... that Tell Shemshara in
Iraq was once the capital of the "land of the gatekeeper"?
... that
American yachtswoman J. J. Isler, who competed in both the
Olympics and the
America’s Cup races, was the first woman named to the Sailing World Hall of Fame?
... that
Brad Paisley released "
This Is Country Music" as a single long before the album was to come out, even though it was "bad timing for his label"?
... that Walter Keane, known for paintings of "big-eyed waifs," claimed a sore shoulder and declined a 1986 court-ordered paint-off with his
ex-wife, resulting in a US$4 million judgment against him?
... that an obituary for Hughie Hearne stated that he was a "well known
baseball star" and "one of the game's best
catchers," although he never played a full major league season?
... that the Trudenstein rocks in the
Harz Mountains are so-named because they supposedly resemble a
drude, a German witch-like figure associated with dreams?
... that the wasp Megarhyssa macrurus(pictured) paralyzes her prey by injecting it with an
ovipositor 4 inches (10 cm) long?
... that the manuscripts of Thomas Kantzow's 16th-century chronicles were rediscovered in 1729, 1832 and 1973?
... that on October 21, 1915, a band of Mexicans invaded the United States and conducted a raid on Ojo de Agua in Texas as part of the
Plan de San Diego?
... that
Slovenia'sVelenje Castle, along with two castles in Šalek and Ekenštajn, played a key role in defending the routes from the Celje Basin to
Carinthia?
... that
Hillsboro, Oregon, based Acumed, a medical device company, once built a motorcycle that included
titanium body parts?
... that
Michiganfootball player "Octy" Graham(pictured) at age 16 was called a "young Hercules" after "gripping machines did not register high enough to show his strength"?
... that Harry Yount(pictured) killed 70
antelope in one day during a hunting competition, but was ashamed because "it went against his heart to kill so many innocent creatures just for the glory"?
... that after acquiring the script for Santa Santita, the director did not start production for five years due to the lack of an appropriate lead actress?
... that although Owen Bieber intended to be an
auto parts worker only for a single summer, he stayed on the job and later became president of the
United Auto Workers?
... that under
football coach J. White Guyn, the cash-strapped
Kentucky program arranged to play
Michigan to generate revenue, but travel costs limited its income and the team lost, 62–0?
... that the 1958–59
ABCreality showConfession, hosted by Jack Wyatt, featured criminals discussing the circumstances which propelled them into a life of lawlessness?
... that the fungus Entomophthora muscae makes flies climb upwards before killing them, so they are better able to release a shower of
spores for the next cycle of infection?
... that after
RAAFTomahawk pilots John Jackson(pictured) and
Bobby Gibbes shared in destroying a
Vichy French fighter plane in 1941, they tossed a coin to see who would take the credit for it?
... that over 30,000 eggs were used to prepare the paint and glaze that went into the elaborate decorations of the Šarena Džamija of
Tetovo?
... that Old Caloundra Light, a
lighthouse inactive since 1968, was relocated twice, in 1970 and back in 1999, and was damaged on the second relocation attempt?
... that
Sri Lankan politician A. M. M. Naushad, as Deputy Secretary of the
UNP, created a problem for his
party leader by advocating his view that "his community came first and the party next"?
... that the Chinese translations of the IS (Infinite Stratos)light novels were under indefinite suspension because the publisher had entered into overseas contracts without the writer's consent?
... that the Perry Nelson House(pictured) – dubbed the "House of Politics" – was a place where
Yankee farmers and politicians discussed issues of the day?
... that New York City offered the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Kingsbridge Armory(pictured), in
The Bronx, reputedly the largest in the world, to the
UN General Assembly as a temporary meeting space?
... that although Persier was due to be scuttled as a
blockship during
Operation Overlord in June 1944, she was returned to service, only to be
torpedoed and sunk in February 1945?
... that in 1893 a sculpture of Indiana(pictured) by Retta Matthews portrayed an "ideal figure of Indiana" at the
Chicago World's Fair?
... that in the deepest underwater rescue in history, CURV-III, a
US NavyROV, saved two men stranded in a
submersible at a depth of 1,575 ft (480 m) with just minutes of air remaining?
... that philanthropist Richard Goldman and his wife established
a prize in 1990 that has been called "The Green Nobel"?
... that the first iron mine in the
Lake Superior region, the Jackson Mine, was established where
iron ore was found in the roots of a fallen tree?
... that this year a
U.S. Embassy attaché visited the tomb of Samuel Lucas who lived to hear the "tidings of the destruction of the slave power in the United States"?
... that the
reality TV programme Bedsitcom featured actors following the producer's instructions, as well as unaware members of the public, leading to it being labelled "morally reprehensible"?
... that Australian actress and filmmaker Elsa Chauvel met her future husband
Charles when he scouted her for the lead role in Greenhide?
06:00, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
... that when the foundations of an old
Scottish castle in
Angus were cleared in 1819, a floor slab in the castle's kitchen was found to be a
Pictish stone, the Woodwrae Stone(pictured)?
... that during the creation of the
Ottoman Archives in the 19th century, hatt-i humayuns were cut out from their documents without cross-referencing, resulting in great loss of information to historians?
... that initially described as devouring children on the sixth day after birth, today the
Hindu goddess Shashthi(pictured) is worshiped on this day as the protector of children?
... that after Steven Posner filed suit against his financier father
Victor Posner, the amount of the settlement was determined based on the result of a golden coin flipped in front of the judge?
... that the composer Olof Åhlström, who had parallel careers in the Swedish war office and as an organist in two
Stockholm churches, also founded the first larger-scale musical
printing press in Sweden?
... that, when
BHP Billiton awarded the contract to manage the Yarrie mine to Ngarda Civil & Mining, it was the largest-ever mining contract awarded to an
Australian Aboriginal-owned company?
... that
Hudson's Bay Company fur trader John Work fell out of a tree during an 1840 expedition and tore open his abdomen, but pushed his intestines back inside, recovered and continued his journey?
... that the
VenetianSandolo(pictured) can be distinguished from a
Gondola as it lacks a high steel
prow, or ferro?
... that fashion model Ann Ward, who was mocked as a child due to her height, was the only contestant of America's Next Top Model to be named best photo five times in a row?
... that critic Christopher Gray said the
U2 song "Yahweh" could be about
Jesus or lead singer
Bono's two children?
06:00, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
... that although the Rans S-12XL Airaile(pictured) was scheduled to go out of production in 2006, customer demand has kept the
kitplane in production?
... that although a recommendation to establish Booby Island Light(pictured) was made in 1873, it was only constructed in 1890, and was the last major
lighthouse to be constructed along the
Queensland coast?
... that after Lieutenant-General Hew Fanshawe was removed from command of the British
V Corps in 1916, he was replaced by his elder brother Edward – who was himself sacked in 1918?
... that despite being enveloped by the urban sprawl of
Mexico City, the borough of Coyoacán still has areas with the narrow winding roads of rural villages?
... that the
role-playing gameShining Hearts features hearts, collectible and usable by the player, that represent the other characters' feelings about the player's actions?
... that ice cream manufacturer William Wilson Talcott (pictured) killed himself by jumping from an excursion steamer into
Lake Michigan with rocks in his pockets after he was unable to extricate his wife from a "love cult" in 1922?
... that medieval
Bulgarian anti-
Bogomil writer Cosmas the Priest was regarded as a saint although there is no data that he was ever canonised?
... that in 1899 the Lynmouth Lifeboat was pulled over a 1,423-foot (434 m) hill by men and horses so that it could launch to the aid of a ship 15 miles (24 km) from
Lynmouth?
... that the 2009–10 Stanbic Bank 20 Series was heralded as a success by
Zimbabwe Cricket, after the crowd for the final was described as "the biggest for a domestic match in living memory"?
... that
GuineanFodéba Keïta was the founder of the first professional African theatrical troupe, Theatre Africain?
... the indigenous people of Malaysia, known as the Orang Asal, were originally named as such by communist rebels seeking support during the
Malayan Emergency?
... that the Michigan Federation of Labor in 1906 wrote that perhaps no individual had done more to "promote the interests of wage-earners than William W. Hannan, the real estate hustler"?
... that it was so cold during the 1962 NFL Championship Game that television crews used bonfires to thaw out their cameras, and one cameraman suffered
frostbite?
... that banana powder was utilized by scientists in the 1980s for its
antiulcer compounds that both helped prevent
ulcers and helped in healing areas where ulcers had previously occurred?
... that
anglers using the Motueka River in
New Zealand must clean their boots to stop the spread of invasive
algae or face up to five years in prison?
00:00, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
... how to tell which of the two possible Saint Catherines is shown marrying Jesus in a painting of the Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine(example pictured)?