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... that American abstract artist Frederick Hammersley devised three categories for his paintings (example pictured): "Hunches", "Geometrics", and "Organics"?
... that at age 46, Bob Emery already ranks among the 20 all-time winningest college men's
ice hockey coaches, with 465 wins?
... that the Ethiopian Garima Gospels(pictured) was redated by radiocarbon testing to between 330 and 650, making it one of the oldest illuminated Christian manuscripts in the world?
... that, in 1925, Doug Turnbull became the first college
lacrosse player to earn first-team
All-America honors four times, and to date only three other players have matched that feat?
... that the music recording project Gigi involves
indie rock musicians singing new 1950s- and 60s-style pop songs?
... that Sauganash Hotel, located at
Wolf Point, was Chicago's first
hotel, first
theater and the site where the newly formed town elected its first town trustees?
... that
Eastern Michiganfootball coach Fred Trosko suffered a 29-game winless streak after the school refused to follow a conference policy allowing athletic scholarships?
... that Ujazdów Avenue in
Warsaw was renamed after
Stalin in 1953, but the traditional name was restored three years later?
... that the Australian kerrawang, which is a shrub, should not be confused with the
kurrajong, a tree, or the
currawong, a sombre-plumaged bird resembling a
crow?
06:00, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the giant maidenhair fern(pictured) of eastern Australia may reach 2 m high, rather than the 10 to 45 cm height of the commonly cultivated maidenhair?
... that the phrase "pass with flying colors" comes from ships sailing into port (pictured)?
... that Elgin Gould, who recommended entrepreneurs build working-class communities serviced by
streetcars on the outskirts of major cities, was killed in a
horseback riding accident?
... that Hercules Renda was described as a "midget from the hills of
West Virginia" who "ran, squirmed and tackled" his way into the hearts of
Michigan football fans in the 1930s?
... that the term "
echolocation" was coined in 1944 by Donald Griffin, whose work with Robert Galambos was the first to conclusively demonstrate its existence in
bats as a tool for navigation?
... that though widowed and in poor health, Princess Marie of Reuss was second-in-line to the
Dutch throne from 1900 to 1909, pending the death of her then-childless cousin
Queen Wilhelmina?
... that the Salmon Creek Dam(pictured) in
Juneau, the capital of
Alaska, was built in 1914 and was the world's first constant-angle arch dam?
... that
IndiannoblemanAnup Rai was known as "Singh Dalan" (Lion Crusher) because he stopped a lion from attacking
Mughal emperor
Jahangir during a royal hunt?
... that Codex Cyprius is one of the very few
uncial manuscripts with the complete text of the four
Gospels?
... that the Chimakum tribe of Native Americans were wiped out in 1847 by a
Suquamish war party led by
Chief Seattle, for whom the city of
Seattle was later named?
... that "Everyone", the official theme song of the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, was sung by five different artistes each representing his or her continent?
... that Thomas J. Deverin proposed a bill requiring
New Jersey public schools to begin with a daily period of silent meditation, which both opponents and supporters saw as reintroducing
school prayer?
... that the Rivadavia-class battleships(pictured) were the subject of a fierce competition between France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States?
... that
Victorian cricketer
Merv Harvey captained his brothers Ray and
Neil twice in the same match, and another brother, Mick, also played for the state?
... that, despite its lack of dedicated tourism infrastructure, 12
cruise ships docked at Da Nang Port in January and February 2010 alone, carrying 6,477 passengers?
... that, though critically injured in a 1944 blast that was "perhaps then the largest release in history of radioactive materials", Arnold Kramish credited his survival to his mother's
chicken soup?
00:00, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
... that there are two Baffin Bays in North America, one(pictured) containing about a million times more water than the other?
... that over 1,200 hoards in Britain from the Roman period have been found, but the very few hoards in Ireland containing Roman coins and silverware were probably loot taken from Britain by Irish raiders?
... that Hans-Joachim Bohlmannvandalized more than 50 artworks worth more than 130 million euros, including
Dürer'sPaumgartner Altar(fragment pictured)?
... that philanthropist Florence Meyer Blumenthal was known by her family for having a "perfect figure" and for "bringing home massive amounts of clothing from Paris"?
... that
US Army soldiers march to the top of Hill 303 in Korea every year to place flowers commemorating the victims of the Hill 303 massacre of the
Korean War(memorial pictured)?
... that Wolf Point, which was part of the original 58-block 1830 plan of
Chicago, was the original social center of the city and is now owned by the
Kennedy family?
... that Swedish physician Nils Rosén von Rosenstein is considered to be the founder of modern
pediatrics with his 1764 book The diseases of children, and their remedies?
... that the 19th-century mime Charles Deburau, son of the illustrious
Jean Gaspard, played before adoring audiences in the French provinces—but found little success in Paris?
... that the Northern Utina tribe took the forefront in the Timucua Rebellion of 1665, a revolt by several
Timucua tribes against the colonial government of
Spanish Florida?
... that Alanngorsuaq, a mountain in
Greenland, has reservoirs providing 882,000 m3 of water?
... that Chinese
MiG pilot Zhang Jihui was credited for shooting down American
Sabre ace
George Davis on February 10, 1952, until Russian pilot Mikhail A. Averin disputed the claim 40 years later?
... that
Josiah Royce was the first
philosopher to address the idea of loyalty, although writers in other fields had previously considered the concept?
... that the Prix Blumenthal was a prize of 20,000
francs awarded to up-and-coming
French painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers, and musicians?
... that Clara Claiborne Park was credited with writing one of the first books to allay the blame that so-called "
refrigerator mothers" were made to feel at having caused their child's
autism?
... that the French ironclad Belliqueuse once served as the China Station flagship but was later used for target practise by the French Navy?
... that Sarama is a bitch – in
Hindumythology – who snatches human foetuses from the womb?
06:00, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
... that Geyuan Temple's Wenshu Hall (pictured) is the earliest extant wooden building dating from 966 CE during
China's
Liao Dynasty?
... that with 16.33 million American viewers, "Warning, It's Dirty" is the highest-rated episode of Two and a Half Men since "David Copperfield Slipped Me a Roofie", which had 16.52 million viewers?
... that after the French ironclad Atalante was condemned in
Saigon in 1887, she fell into such a state of disrepair that "she
foundered one night and gradually sank into the mud"?
... that the States of Maryland and Colorado have laws specifically prohibiting newspaper theft, including the taking of free newspapers, with the intent of preventing another from reading the newspaper?
... that Italian priest Pierino Gelmini remained a respected member of the
Roman Catholic priesthood between his imprisonment in the 1970s and indictment in 2010?
... that by the early 19th century, trett, an allowance of 4 pounds per 104 of commodities imported to Great Britain for dust, sand, and other waste, had fallen into disuse?
... that the newly spreading practice in
East Africa of flashblood, injecting oneself with blood of another
heroin user to get high, has been called "the most effective way of infecting yourself with
HIV"?
... that John Howard explained his failed attempt at establishing a new sport at
DePauw University by saying, "Either I'm a lousy teacher or kids in Indiana just didn't like
lacrosse"?
... that in 2000, porters at
Sotheby's auction disposed of a box in a crushing machine, accidentally destroying a painting worth about
US$157,000 inside?
12:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
... that only a few manuscripts have fallen into such unworthy hands as Codex Boreelianus(pictured)?
... that two British monarchs took the crown at Baynard's Castle, a medieval palace in central London?
... that Google Personalized Search, a feature of
Google Search, returns search results based on previous search queries made by the same person, and which results they clicked on?
... that the largest
landslide triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake, the Yasman valley flowslide, had a volume of 245 Mm3 and killed about 4,000 people?
... that although he was expelled by the
Jesuit order for supporting the
ordination of women, William R. Callahan insisted he was just "following the example of Jesus, who was never willing to shut up"?
... that Randy Corman said juvenile car thieves "should not look at incarceration like summer camp", after an incident where a juvenile sought arrest hoping to be incarcerated together with his friends?
00:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the Dusky Robin(pictured) was known as "Stump Robin" by early settlers in
Tasmania due to its penchant for perching on fenceposts and stumps?
... that
Hinduism allows voluntary fasting to death, known as Prayopavesa, for a person who has no desire or ambition left and no responsibilities remaining in life?
... that
Maine author C. J. Stevens amazed many of his readers by revealing that
gold nuggets can be found by panning certain rivers?
... that Parisian artist Paule Marrot landed a job at
Renault developing bright colors for the forthcoming
Dauphine after writing the company to say the cars of postwar Paris were uniformly somber?
... that Miroslav Tichý is a photographer who took thousands of surreptitious pictures of women in his hometown in the
Czech Republic, using homemade cameras constructed of cardboard tubes and tin cans?
... that in his book The Feather Men,
Sir Ranulph Fiennes claimed to have survived a series of assassinations of
SAS officers by a hit squad known as "The Clinic"?
... that species in the
fungal genus Ceratobasidium cause economically important plant diseases such as sharp eyespot of
cereals and black rot of
coffee?
... that the ferry from Godbout to
Matane,
Quebec, is Godbout's main employer?
... that Claude Bracey, know as "the Texas Flyer," won the 100- and 220-yard sprints at the
1928 NCAA Track Championships and tied the world record in the 100-meter race in 1932?
... that as a
New Jersey State Senator, John J. Fay, Jr. proposed a bill creating the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, and was later appointed its first ombudsman?
... that originally described as the Lord of thieves, Kubera(pictured) is now worshipped as the
Hindu god of wealth and the
regent of the North?
... that ronde-bosse involved the partial concealment of genuine gold, whereas traditional
enamelling practices saw lesser materials such as copper or silver being
gilded to look like gold?
... that according to legend,
Hockey Hall of FamerDuke Keats once scored a goal after carrying the puck the length of the ice while skating backwards?
06:00, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the Fonthill vase(pictured) is the earliest documented example of
Chinese porcelain to have reached
Europe, in the middle of the 14th century?
... that James H. Turpin was among 23 U.S. cavalrymen awarded the
Medal of Honor for "gallantry in actions with
Apaches" in the winter campaign of 1872–1873?
... that despite great risks, the
Polish minesweeperORP Rybitwa successfully towed her sister ship
ORP Mewa to port after Mewa had been hit by German bombs in September 1939?
... that after Ernest L. Oros proposed a bill to tack a $5 surcharge on
New Jerseytraffic tickets to pay for new police cars, opponents argued that police officers would only be encouraged to give out more tickets?
... that
Japanesefilm director and
actressTomoko Matsunashi was described as one of the Japanese directors who "have brought some needed originality and talent to contemporary Japanese cinema"?
... that, in his first two and a half years as
CEO of
AngloGold Ashanti, Mark Cutifani led a program that reduced the number of fatalities within the company by 70%?
... that
Alberta's Big-4 hockey league collapsed in 1921 following repeated accusations its teams were using ineligible players?
... that when asked if he would be willing to direct all 10 plays in
August Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle, Israel Hicks replied "Hell, yeah" and accomplished the feat over 20 years of directing?
16 July 2010
18:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the central monument in Bubanj Memorial Park(pictured) in
Niš,
Serbia, is shaped like three huge raised hands with clenched fists?
... that
Creole slaves under the leadership of Oude Ram Afrikaner were among the first to call themselves Africans, and that
Afrikaans got its name from this appellation?
... that together with his wife Arvilla, American
mycologistJob Bicknell Ellis collected, dried, and distributed 200,000 specimens of
fungi to subscribers?
... that Vidyadharas, semi-gods of
Hindumythology, milked
Mother Earth, who had assumed the form of a cow, to collect mystic powers and the art of flying as her milk?
06:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
... that Mary Virginia Terhune(pictured), mother of famed novelist
Albert Payson Terhune, was a prolific writer who published over 50 novels and non-fiction works during her lifetime?
... that the experimental fiction project The Mongoliad, led by speculative fiction author
Neal Stephenson, is to be released via
smartphones as a serialized novel to which readers can contribute?
... that
American schoolteacher Rita Abrams and the fourth-grade class in her school recorded an album which featured a BillboardHot 100 hit and saw her being nominated for a
Grammy?
... that in 1577
German Reformation theologian Lucas Maius helped develop a philosophical
conundrum known as the 'Devil's Cross' that was said to have turned numerous parishioners away from the
devil?
... that only 1,404 people died in the 1930 Irpinia earthquake, despite 70% of houses being destroyed near the
epicenter, as most villagers were sleeping in the fields during the wheat harvest?
... that after being ambushed by the
Tonto Apaches,
U.S. CalvarymanBernard Taylor carried his wounded commanding officer half a mile back to their encampment under heavy fire?
... that Danny Valencia, who after being drafted only 576th in baseball's 2006 draft said: "It does not matter where you start, but where you finish", debuted in the majors in 2010?
06:00, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the easy-to-grow swamp orchid Phaius australis(pictured) of eastern Australia is endangered with extinction?
... that the plot of Pac-Man Pinball Advance focuses on the kidnapping of all the residents of Pac-Land by the four ghosts Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde?
... that the
Nazifalse flag liquidation operation Blumenpflücken has, well into the 1990s, misled people to believe that non-Nazis carried out certain liquidations?
... that Thomas H. Paterniti introduced legislation in the state of
New Jersey that would hold owners of
adult bookstores liable if individuals contracted
AIDS as a result of sexual activity on the premises?
... that Herb Gardiner, nicknamed "the ironman of hockey", won the
Hart Trophy as most valuable player after being said to have played every minute of every game for the
Montreal Canadiens in
1926–27?
... that although it cost just
£500,000 to make, on its opening day Morris: A Life with Bells On had a higher take per screen than the studio-backed big budget film The Soloist?
... that the Koebel House was the first commission for the father-and-son firm of
Eliel and
Eero Saarinen, and included a built-in electrical and sound system controlled from the master bedroom?
... that during the early Middle Ages the
Gothic rulers in Western Europe established their own (
Arian) churches alongside the Roman churches of their subjects?
... that the Ślężanie were a tribe of
West Slavs of the
Polish group, inhabiting territories of
Silesia, which is named after them, near Ślęża mountain and river, up to the area of modern city of
Wrocław?
... that
Victorien Sardou successfully sued the French periodical Gil Blas for damages when it published a plot description of his play La Tosca before the opening night?
... that although it has been said that she had enough money to buy the city of
Hoboken, the "Witch of
Wall Street"
Hetty Green chose to rent a small, cheap apartment in the Yellow Flats for $19 a month?
... that according to the
Catholic religious scholar John A. Saliba,
new religious movements often serve as a temporary haven for young people, enabling them to stabilise their lives?
... that Andrew Balmford found that eight-year-old British children could identify 80% of
Pokémon characters but only 50% of common species of
British wildlife?
12:00, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
... that Willie Heston(pictured), rated by
Knute Rockne as the greatest back of all time, helped
Michigan outscore its opponents 2,326 to 40 in his four years with the team?
... that aside from the Brigham House, none of
Frank Lloyd Wright's built designs of "
A Fireproof House for $5000"(pictured) were constructed of the specified fire-resistant concrete?
... that Abbot Peter of Farfa rescued his abbey's library and archives when it was attacked by the
Saracens in 897?
... that the extensive manhunt that took place after the Stalag Luft III murders was the only time that a major war crime was investigated by a single service branch of any nation's military?
... that when former
General Motors president F. James McDonald was asked what he might have done differently, he said he "would make the
Eldorado seven inches longer"?
... that the Kildare Poems, one of the first documents of
Irish English, contain a satire written by 14th-century
Franciscan monks against the immoral lifestyle of other monks?
06:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
... that
Julia Child insisted on keeping her "wall oven with its squeaking door" in her kitchen(pictured), now on display at the
Smithsonian?
... that at least four different knuckleball pitchers have been credited as the inventor of the
knuckleball, first used in the 1907 or 1908
baseball season?
... that, in one study on the
aetosaurRedondasuchus, the orientation of a diagram in the paper may have contributed to the misidentification of its
holotype as a left
scute rather than a right?
... that the
Oklahoma football team coached by Fred Ewing played one game that had a ten-minute half and was on a 75-yard
field, the lines of which the players chalked themselves?
... that John James was awarded the
Medal of Honor for "gallantry in action" after defending the Lyman Train from
Indian attacks for three days?
... that modernist architect Peter Womersley (1923–1993) designed a house and studio for the textile designer
Bernat Klein, both of which are now Category A
listed buildings?
... that a rough sketch of
Peter Paul Rubens, his second wife Hélène Fourment and child, was discovered on the reverse side of the drawing of his first wife, Isabella Brant(pictured)?
... that Irish neuro-orthopaedic veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick drew upon influences from the
X-Men character of
Wolverine to pioneer bionic development for animals?
... that in 1979 Stanley Wagner opened his vineyard in the
Finger Lakes area and by 1981 The New York Times said its wine had the characteristics of "some of the great white Burgundies of France"?
... that the Landespartei, which represented the most radical wing of the
Alsatianautonomist movement, moved closer to
fascist positions during the 1930s?
... that according to
Hinducosmology, women seduce and increase the sexual energy of men who enter the first realm of the underworld by intoxicating them?
... that Bam Aquino became the youngest person in Philippine history to head a government agency when he was appointed at age 26 to become Chairman of the
National Youth Commission?
... that art collective Vertical Submarine, winners of the President’s Young Talents award in 2009, placed gray sunflowers in the
Singapore Botanic Gardens with a poem by the fictional Chien Swee-Teng?
... that officials at
Brooklyn College implored federal officials not to hire William L. Taylor for a government job, saying he had "espoused liberal causes such as the rights of the Negro in the South"?
... that on May 16, 2002, Susan Ershler and her husband Phil became the first married couple to reach all
Seven Summits?
... that Dikken Zwilgmeyer's "Inger Johanne" books were popular around 1900, and are regarded as a significant innovation of Norwegian
children's literature?
... that Frederick S. Neilon received the
Medal of Honor but was forced to retire from the military due to a leg injury, and was discharged on a certificate of disability in 1875?
... that the Friendship Games were dubbed the "
Eastern Bloc's alternative Olympics" of 1984 by the Western press?
... that
Hindusadhus live in the
cremation grounds of Tarapith as they believe that goddess
Tara – who is attracted to bones – dwells there?
... that according to a 13th-century
saga, Þórketill Þórmóðsson, and two of his sons, were slain in a
loch near the
Isle of Skye, but another son survived by leaping onto a
cask that floated by?
... that, after attempts were made to seize two works by
Egon Schiele that he had bought, Rudolf Leopold insisted that he had not dealt in
looted art, saying "I'm not a
Nazi and I'm not a Nazi profiteer"?
... that in the massacre of the Albanian beys, around 500 southern
Albanian leaders (
beys) and their forces were treacherously killed by
Ottoman forces when they were invited to a ceremonial salute parade?
... that the 4th century "Empress" pepper pot(pictured) held pepper, and we know the Romans had pepper because translations of the
Vindolanda tablets confirm it?
... that during World War I Dr. William Eldon Tucker performed 150 amputations on troops within a month, while during World War II Dr. William Eldon Tucker made improvised artificial limbs for prisoners of war?
... that, asked for his thoughts two decades after the 1970
Sterling Hall bombing that killed a physics researcher, Dwight Armstrong said "I don't care what public opinion is; we did what was right"?
... that
Diane McWhorter wrote in Carry Me Home that a 1963 Bill Hudson photo of a black protester being attacked by a police dog drove "international opinion to the side of the civil rights revolution"?
... that Brandon Bess, a "surprise debutant" for the
West Indies cricket team in June 2010, was rushed late to the ground, eventually arriving in the second
over of the match?
... that dramatist
Theodore Ward, writer of Big White Fog, had his first attempt at writing a play thrown into a fire at age seven by his father?
... that
Medal of Honor recipient John Nihill won so many shooting medals, he was barred from competing for further
US Army awards?
... that some of the suspects in an alleged network of Russian spies planted in the
United States were paired as couples and had children together to help maintain their covert status?
... that one method of preparing a tiger penis for consumption is to place it dried, with testicles still attached, into a bottle of French cognac or Chinese wine and let it soak for many weeks?
12:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the El Corte River(pictured) (meaning "The Cut River") got its name from the cutting of giant pines which were floated downstream to
Coatzacoalcos to be used for masts and beams by the
Spanish navy?
... that George E. Jonas founded and funded a leadership-training program for disadvantaged boys after the
Wall Street Crash of 1929 and later expanded it to include boys from all over the world?
... that
State SenatorJohn H. Ewing of
New Jersey's 16th District opposed state funding for poorer school districts, as "some drive a Ford Taurus, like me", but "we can't pay for everyone to drive a Mercedes"?
... that visitors can climb through the
Metropolitan Museum of Art's temporary art installation, Big Bambú, which is constantly evolving as a crew of rock climbers builds it throughout its six-month run?
... that Edwin L. Elwood received the
Medal of Honor during the Campaign of the Rocky Mesa, in which he was shot in the chest?
... that Grand Street was a magazine created by Ben Sonnenberg, who said "I thought a magazine would be a good way to give money to individuals whose writing I liked"?
... that the Chetco(pictured) were once one of the largest
Native American tribes on the southern coast of
Oregon, but now only about 40 of their descendants remain?
... that the tomb of Son Ferrer on the island of
Majorca served as a
necropolis where the remains of over a hundred people, including infants, have been found?
... that
Legend of HockeyDon Roberts was assigned to coach
hockey despite having never played the sport and coached his team in boots due to his unsteadiness on skates?
... that the website The Oatmeal, with comics of subjects ranging from zombies, to horse care, to English grammar, receives over 20 million hits a month after existing for less than a year?
... that English common law tracing is so limited many leading academics and judges have called for its abolition as an independent doctrine?
... that the first issue of Inspire, an English-language online magazine published by
al-Qaeda, includes an article titled "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom"?
... that Keith Piper successfully perpetuated the
single-wing, "the formation-of-choice during
football's leather-helmet era," for decades after it had been discarded by other teams?
... that the term firecane is used in New Orleans to describe a hurricane capable of producing a firestorm from the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
... that Dick LaRossa was elected to the
New Jersey Senate after serving as weekend host of the
New Jersey Lottery drawings, which made him "arguably one of the most recognizable faces in the state"?
... that contrary to most
music festivals, The Edge Festival takes place across multiple different locations, with fifty artists performing across seven venues in 2009?
... that Peter "Papa Bear" Mazzaferro was removed as head
football coach at
Bridgewater after 19 years, sued for age discrimination, and coached another 17 years there after being reinstated?
... that, out of the 2,600 km (1,600 mi) of track in use in
Vietnam's national railway network, 85% of passenger volume and 60% of cargo volume is transported along the 1,726 km (1,072 mi)
North–South Railway line?
... that in the
Victorian era the concept of a picture book for children, with illustrations dominating the text, was popularized with small books called toy books?
... that while still a boy, John Ross walked more than 600 km, crossing
crocodile and
hippopotamus-infested rivers, to obtain relief supplies for the settlement at
Port Natal?
06:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the Black Currawong(pictured) of
Tasmania has been observed covering itself with wet yellow clay for a 'dirt bath'?
... that Ed Saugestad began coaching the
Augsburg Collegehockey team while he was still a student and led the school to three
NAIA national championships in 37 years as the coach?
... that Elakala Falls(pictured) may derive its name from the legend of Elakala, the story of a
Native American princess who threw herself over the edge of the first waterfall when her lover scorned her?
... that an enthalpy–entropy chart shows
enthalpy in terms of internal energy, pressure and volume, so that the
work done in vapor cycles can be directly measured as a length?
... that the 47th Battalion was one of three infantry battalions disbanded by Australia due to casualties suffered during the German
Spring Offensive in May 1918?
... that the gape of nestlings of several
passerine bird species have been shown to be conspicuous in the
ultraviolet spectrum?
... that John Thomson served for 55 years as the schoolmaster of Nantwich Blue Cap School in
Cheshire,
England, and the school closed some six months after his retirement aged 86 or 87?
... that HMS Concorde, a former French ship, was involved in the capture of the French frigates
Engageante and
Virginie, and almost captured the
Bravoure?
... that a number of
British pubs, bars and nightclubs operate a safety initiative called PubWatch that may
ban individuals for drunken or
anti-social behaviour?
... that Tim Coghlin advanced to the
Frozen Four in six of the past eight years and has the second highest career winning percentage among the 100 all-time winningest college men's
hockey coaches?
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... that American abstract artist Frederick Hammersley devised three categories for his paintings (example pictured): "Hunches", "Geometrics", and "Organics"?
... that at age 46, Bob Emery already ranks among the 20 all-time winningest college men's
ice hockey coaches, with 465 wins?
... that the Ethiopian Garima Gospels(pictured) was redated by radiocarbon testing to between 330 and 650, making it one of the oldest illuminated Christian manuscripts in the world?
... that, in 1925, Doug Turnbull became the first college
lacrosse player to earn first-team
All-America honors four times, and to date only three other players have matched that feat?
... that the music recording project Gigi involves
indie rock musicians singing new 1950s- and 60s-style pop songs?
... that Sauganash Hotel, located at
Wolf Point, was Chicago's first
hotel, first
theater and the site where the newly formed town elected its first town trustees?
... that
Eastern Michiganfootball coach Fred Trosko suffered a 29-game winless streak after the school refused to follow a conference policy allowing athletic scholarships?
... that Ujazdów Avenue in
Warsaw was renamed after
Stalin in 1953, but the traditional name was restored three years later?
... that the Australian kerrawang, which is a shrub, should not be confused with the
kurrajong, a tree, or the
currawong, a sombre-plumaged bird resembling a
crow?
06:00, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the giant maidenhair fern(pictured) of eastern Australia may reach 2 m high, rather than the 10 to 45 cm height of the commonly cultivated maidenhair?
... that the phrase "pass with flying colors" comes from ships sailing into port (pictured)?
... that Elgin Gould, who recommended entrepreneurs build working-class communities serviced by
streetcars on the outskirts of major cities, was killed in a
horseback riding accident?
... that Hercules Renda was described as a "midget from the hills of
West Virginia" who "ran, squirmed and tackled" his way into the hearts of
Michigan football fans in the 1930s?
... that the term "
echolocation" was coined in 1944 by Donald Griffin, whose work with Robert Galambos was the first to conclusively demonstrate its existence in
bats as a tool for navigation?
... that though widowed and in poor health, Princess Marie of Reuss was second-in-line to the
Dutch throne from 1900 to 1909, pending the death of her then-childless cousin
Queen Wilhelmina?
... that the Salmon Creek Dam(pictured) in
Juneau, the capital of
Alaska, was built in 1914 and was the world's first constant-angle arch dam?
... that
IndiannoblemanAnup Rai was known as "Singh Dalan" (Lion Crusher) because he stopped a lion from attacking
Mughal emperor
Jahangir during a royal hunt?
... that Codex Cyprius is one of the very few
uncial manuscripts with the complete text of the four
Gospels?
... that the Chimakum tribe of Native Americans were wiped out in 1847 by a
Suquamish war party led by
Chief Seattle, for whom the city of
Seattle was later named?
... that "Everyone", the official theme song of the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, was sung by five different artistes each representing his or her continent?
... that Thomas J. Deverin proposed a bill requiring
New Jersey public schools to begin with a daily period of silent meditation, which both opponents and supporters saw as reintroducing
school prayer?
... that the Rivadavia-class battleships(pictured) were the subject of a fierce competition between France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States?
... that
Victorian cricketer
Merv Harvey captained his brothers Ray and
Neil twice in the same match, and another brother, Mick, also played for the state?
... that, despite its lack of dedicated tourism infrastructure, 12
cruise ships docked at Da Nang Port in January and February 2010 alone, carrying 6,477 passengers?
... that, though critically injured in a 1944 blast that was "perhaps then the largest release in history of radioactive materials", Arnold Kramish credited his survival to his mother's
chicken soup?
00:00, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
... that there are two Baffin Bays in North America, one(pictured) containing about a million times more water than the other?
... that over 1,200 hoards in Britain from the Roman period have been found, but the very few hoards in Ireland containing Roman coins and silverware were probably loot taken from Britain by Irish raiders?
... that Hans-Joachim Bohlmannvandalized more than 50 artworks worth more than 130 million euros, including
Dürer'sPaumgartner Altar(fragment pictured)?
... that philanthropist Florence Meyer Blumenthal was known by her family for having a "perfect figure" and for "bringing home massive amounts of clothing from Paris"?
... that
US Army soldiers march to the top of Hill 303 in Korea every year to place flowers commemorating the victims of the Hill 303 massacre of the
Korean War(memorial pictured)?
... that Wolf Point, which was part of the original 58-block 1830 plan of
Chicago, was the original social center of the city and is now owned by the
Kennedy family?
... that Swedish physician Nils Rosén von Rosenstein is considered to be the founder of modern
pediatrics with his 1764 book The diseases of children, and their remedies?
... that the 19th-century mime Charles Deburau, son of the illustrious
Jean Gaspard, played before adoring audiences in the French provinces—but found little success in Paris?
... that the Northern Utina tribe took the forefront in the Timucua Rebellion of 1665, a revolt by several
Timucua tribes against the colonial government of
Spanish Florida?
... that Alanngorsuaq, a mountain in
Greenland, has reservoirs providing 882,000 m3 of water?
... that Chinese
MiG pilot Zhang Jihui was credited for shooting down American
Sabre ace
George Davis on February 10, 1952, until Russian pilot Mikhail A. Averin disputed the claim 40 years later?
... that
Josiah Royce was the first
philosopher to address the idea of loyalty, although writers in other fields had previously considered the concept?
... that the Prix Blumenthal was a prize of 20,000
francs awarded to up-and-coming
French painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers, and musicians?
... that Clara Claiborne Park was credited with writing one of the first books to allay the blame that so-called "
refrigerator mothers" were made to feel at having caused their child's
autism?
... that the French ironclad Belliqueuse once served as the China Station flagship but was later used for target practise by the French Navy?
... that Sarama is a bitch – in
Hindumythology – who snatches human foetuses from the womb?
06:00, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
... that Geyuan Temple's Wenshu Hall (pictured) is the earliest extant wooden building dating from 966 CE during
China's
Liao Dynasty?
... that with 16.33 million American viewers, "Warning, It's Dirty" is the highest-rated episode of Two and a Half Men since "David Copperfield Slipped Me a Roofie", which had 16.52 million viewers?
... that after the French ironclad Atalante was condemned in
Saigon in 1887, she fell into such a state of disrepair that "she
foundered one night and gradually sank into the mud"?
... that the States of Maryland and Colorado have laws specifically prohibiting newspaper theft, including the taking of free newspapers, with the intent of preventing another from reading the newspaper?
... that Italian priest Pierino Gelmini remained a respected member of the
Roman Catholic priesthood between his imprisonment in the 1970s and indictment in 2010?
... that by the early 19th century, trett, an allowance of 4 pounds per 104 of commodities imported to Great Britain for dust, sand, and other waste, had fallen into disuse?
... that the newly spreading practice in
East Africa of flashblood, injecting oneself with blood of another
heroin user to get high, has been called "the most effective way of infecting yourself with
HIV"?
... that John Howard explained his failed attempt at establishing a new sport at
DePauw University by saying, "Either I'm a lousy teacher or kids in Indiana just didn't like
lacrosse"?
... that in 2000, porters at
Sotheby's auction disposed of a box in a crushing machine, accidentally destroying a painting worth about
US$157,000 inside?
12:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
... that only a few manuscripts have fallen into such unworthy hands as Codex Boreelianus(pictured)?
... that two British monarchs took the crown at Baynard's Castle, a medieval palace in central London?
... that Google Personalized Search, a feature of
Google Search, returns search results based on previous search queries made by the same person, and which results they clicked on?
... that the largest
landslide triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake, the Yasman valley flowslide, had a volume of 245 Mm3 and killed about 4,000 people?
... that although he was expelled by the
Jesuit order for supporting the
ordination of women, William R. Callahan insisted he was just "following the example of Jesus, who was never willing to shut up"?
... that Randy Corman said juvenile car thieves "should not look at incarceration like summer camp", after an incident where a juvenile sought arrest hoping to be incarcerated together with his friends?
00:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the Dusky Robin(pictured) was known as "Stump Robin" by early settlers in
Tasmania due to its penchant for perching on fenceposts and stumps?
... that
Hinduism allows voluntary fasting to death, known as Prayopavesa, for a person who has no desire or ambition left and no responsibilities remaining in life?
... that
Maine author C. J. Stevens amazed many of his readers by revealing that
gold nuggets can be found by panning certain rivers?
... that Parisian artist Paule Marrot landed a job at
Renault developing bright colors for the forthcoming
Dauphine after writing the company to say the cars of postwar Paris were uniformly somber?
... that Miroslav Tichý is a photographer who took thousands of surreptitious pictures of women in his hometown in the
Czech Republic, using homemade cameras constructed of cardboard tubes and tin cans?
... that in his book The Feather Men,
Sir Ranulph Fiennes claimed to have survived a series of assassinations of
SAS officers by a hit squad known as "The Clinic"?
... that species in the
fungal genus Ceratobasidium cause economically important plant diseases such as sharp eyespot of
cereals and black rot of
coffee?
... that the ferry from Godbout to
Matane,
Quebec, is Godbout's main employer?
... that Claude Bracey, know as "the Texas Flyer," won the 100- and 220-yard sprints at the
1928 NCAA Track Championships and tied the world record in the 100-meter race in 1932?
... that as a
New Jersey State Senator, John J. Fay, Jr. proposed a bill creating the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, and was later appointed its first ombudsman?
... that originally described as the Lord of thieves, Kubera(pictured) is now worshipped as the
Hindu god of wealth and the
regent of the North?
... that ronde-bosse involved the partial concealment of genuine gold, whereas traditional
enamelling practices saw lesser materials such as copper or silver being
gilded to look like gold?
... that according to legend,
Hockey Hall of FamerDuke Keats once scored a goal after carrying the puck the length of the ice while skating backwards?
06:00, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the Fonthill vase(pictured) is the earliest documented example of
Chinese porcelain to have reached
Europe, in the middle of the 14th century?
... that James H. Turpin was among 23 U.S. cavalrymen awarded the
Medal of Honor for "gallantry in actions with
Apaches" in the winter campaign of 1872–1873?
... that despite great risks, the
Polish minesweeperORP Rybitwa successfully towed her sister ship
ORP Mewa to port after Mewa had been hit by German bombs in September 1939?
... that after Ernest L. Oros proposed a bill to tack a $5 surcharge on
New Jerseytraffic tickets to pay for new police cars, opponents argued that police officers would only be encouraged to give out more tickets?
... that
Japanesefilm director and
actressTomoko Matsunashi was described as one of the Japanese directors who "have brought some needed originality and talent to contemporary Japanese cinema"?
... that, in his first two and a half years as
CEO of
AngloGold Ashanti, Mark Cutifani led a program that reduced the number of fatalities within the company by 70%?
... that
Alberta's Big-4 hockey league collapsed in 1921 following repeated accusations its teams were using ineligible players?
... that when asked if he would be willing to direct all 10 plays in
August Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle, Israel Hicks replied "Hell, yeah" and accomplished the feat over 20 years of directing?
16 July 2010
18:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the central monument in Bubanj Memorial Park(pictured) in
Niš,
Serbia, is shaped like three huge raised hands with clenched fists?
... that
Creole slaves under the leadership of Oude Ram Afrikaner were among the first to call themselves Africans, and that
Afrikaans got its name from this appellation?
... that together with his wife Arvilla, American
mycologistJob Bicknell Ellis collected, dried, and distributed 200,000 specimens of
fungi to subscribers?
... that Vidyadharas, semi-gods of
Hindumythology, milked
Mother Earth, who had assumed the form of a cow, to collect mystic powers and the art of flying as her milk?
06:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
... that Mary Virginia Terhune(pictured), mother of famed novelist
Albert Payson Terhune, was a prolific writer who published over 50 novels and non-fiction works during her lifetime?
... that the experimental fiction project The Mongoliad, led by speculative fiction author
Neal Stephenson, is to be released via
smartphones as a serialized novel to which readers can contribute?
... that
American schoolteacher Rita Abrams and the fourth-grade class in her school recorded an album which featured a BillboardHot 100 hit and saw her being nominated for a
Grammy?
... that in 1577
German Reformation theologian Lucas Maius helped develop a philosophical
conundrum known as the 'Devil's Cross' that was said to have turned numerous parishioners away from the
devil?
... that only 1,404 people died in the 1930 Irpinia earthquake, despite 70% of houses being destroyed near the
epicenter, as most villagers were sleeping in the fields during the wheat harvest?
... that after being ambushed by the
Tonto Apaches,
U.S. CalvarymanBernard Taylor carried his wounded commanding officer half a mile back to their encampment under heavy fire?
... that Danny Valencia, who after being drafted only 576th in baseball's 2006 draft said: "It does not matter where you start, but where you finish", debuted in the majors in 2010?
06:00, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the easy-to-grow swamp orchid Phaius australis(pictured) of eastern Australia is endangered with extinction?
... that the plot of Pac-Man Pinball Advance focuses on the kidnapping of all the residents of Pac-Land by the four ghosts Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde?
... that the
Nazifalse flag liquidation operation Blumenpflücken has, well into the 1990s, misled people to believe that non-Nazis carried out certain liquidations?
... that Thomas H. Paterniti introduced legislation in the state of
New Jersey that would hold owners of
adult bookstores liable if individuals contracted
AIDS as a result of sexual activity on the premises?
... that Herb Gardiner, nicknamed "the ironman of hockey", won the
Hart Trophy as most valuable player after being said to have played every minute of every game for the
Montreal Canadiens in
1926–27?
... that although it cost just
£500,000 to make, on its opening day Morris: A Life with Bells On had a higher take per screen than the studio-backed big budget film The Soloist?
... that the Koebel House was the first commission for the father-and-son firm of
Eliel and
Eero Saarinen, and included a built-in electrical and sound system controlled from the master bedroom?
... that during the early Middle Ages the
Gothic rulers in Western Europe established their own (
Arian) churches alongside the Roman churches of their subjects?
... that the Ślężanie were a tribe of
West Slavs of the
Polish group, inhabiting territories of
Silesia, which is named after them, near Ślęża mountain and river, up to the area of modern city of
Wrocław?
... that
Victorien Sardou successfully sued the French periodical Gil Blas for damages when it published a plot description of his play La Tosca before the opening night?
... that although it has been said that she had enough money to buy the city of
Hoboken, the "Witch of
Wall Street"
Hetty Green chose to rent a small, cheap apartment in the Yellow Flats for $19 a month?
... that according to the
Catholic religious scholar John A. Saliba,
new religious movements often serve as a temporary haven for young people, enabling them to stabilise their lives?
... that Andrew Balmford found that eight-year-old British children could identify 80% of
Pokémon characters but only 50% of common species of
British wildlife?
12:00, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
... that Willie Heston(pictured), rated by
Knute Rockne as the greatest back of all time, helped
Michigan outscore its opponents 2,326 to 40 in his four years with the team?
... that aside from the Brigham House, none of
Frank Lloyd Wright's built designs of "
A Fireproof House for $5000"(pictured) were constructed of the specified fire-resistant concrete?
... that Abbot Peter of Farfa rescued his abbey's library and archives when it was attacked by the
Saracens in 897?
... that the extensive manhunt that took place after the Stalag Luft III murders was the only time that a major war crime was investigated by a single service branch of any nation's military?
... that when former
General Motors president F. James McDonald was asked what he might have done differently, he said he "would make the
Eldorado seven inches longer"?
... that the Kildare Poems, one of the first documents of
Irish English, contain a satire written by 14th-century
Franciscan monks against the immoral lifestyle of other monks?
06:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
... that
Julia Child insisted on keeping her "wall oven with its squeaking door" in her kitchen(pictured), now on display at the
Smithsonian?
... that at least four different knuckleball pitchers have been credited as the inventor of the
knuckleball, first used in the 1907 or 1908
baseball season?
... that, in one study on the
aetosaurRedondasuchus, the orientation of a diagram in the paper may have contributed to the misidentification of its
holotype as a left
scute rather than a right?
... that the
Oklahoma football team coached by Fred Ewing played one game that had a ten-minute half and was on a 75-yard
field, the lines of which the players chalked themselves?
... that John James was awarded the
Medal of Honor for "gallantry in action" after defending the Lyman Train from
Indian attacks for three days?
... that modernist architect Peter Womersley (1923–1993) designed a house and studio for the textile designer
Bernat Klein, both of which are now Category A
listed buildings?
... that a rough sketch of
Peter Paul Rubens, his second wife Hélène Fourment and child, was discovered on the reverse side of the drawing of his first wife, Isabella Brant(pictured)?
... that Irish neuro-orthopaedic veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick drew upon influences from the
X-Men character of
Wolverine to pioneer bionic development for animals?
... that in 1979 Stanley Wagner opened his vineyard in the
Finger Lakes area and by 1981 The New York Times said its wine had the characteristics of "some of the great white Burgundies of France"?
... that the Landespartei, which represented the most radical wing of the
Alsatianautonomist movement, moved closer to
fascist positions during the 1930s?
... that according to
Hinducosmology, women seduce and increase the sexual energy of men who enter the first realm of the underworld by intoxicating them?
... that Bam Aquino became the youngest person in Philippine history to head a government agency when he was appointed at age 26 to become Chairman of the
National Youth Commission?
... that art collective Vertical Submarine, winners of the President’s Young Talents award in 2009, placed gray sunflowers in the
Singapore Botanic Gardens with a poem by the fictional Chien Swee-Teng?
... that officials at
Brooklyn College implored federal officials not to hire William L. Taylor for a government job, saying he had "espoused liberal causes such as the rights of the Negro in the South"?
... that on May 16, 2002, Susan Ershler and her husband Phil became the first married couple to reach all
Seven Summits?
... that Dikken Zwilgmeyer's "Inger Johanne" books were popular around 1900, and are regarded as a significant innovation of Norwegian
children's literature?
... that Frederick S. Neilon received the
Medal of Honor but was forced to retire from the military due to a leg injury, and was discharged on a certificate of disability in 1875?
... that the Friendship Games were dubbed the "
Eastern Bloc's alternative Olympics" of 1984 by the Western press?
... that
Hindusadhus live in the
cremation grounds of Tarapith as they believe that goddess
Tara – who is attracted to bones – dwells there?
... that according to a 13th-century
saga, Þórketill Þórmóðsson, and two of his sons, were slain in a
loch near the
Isle of Skye, but another son survived by leaping onto a
cask that floated by?
... that, after attempts were made to seize two works by
Egon Schiele that he had bought, Rudolf Leopold insisted that he had not dealt in
looted art, saying "I'm not a
Nazi and I'm not a Nazi profiteer"?
... that in the massacre of the Albanian beys, around 500 southern
Albanian leaders (
beys) and their forces were treacherously killed by
Ottoman forces when they were invited to a ceremonial salute parade?
... that the 4th century "Empress" pepper pot(pictured) held pepper, and we know the Romans had pepper because translations of the
Vindolanda tablets confirm it?
... that during World War I Dr. William Eldon Tucker performed 150 amputations on troops within a month, while during World War II Dr. William Eldon Tucker made improvised artificial limbs for prisoners of war?
... that, asked for his thoughts two decades after the 1970
Sterling Hall bombing that killed a physics researcher, Dwight Armstrong said "I don't care what public opinion is; we did what was right"?
... that
Diane McWhorter wrote in Carry Me Home that a 1963 Bill Hudson photo of a black protester being attacked by a police dog drove "international opinion to the side of the civil rights revolution"?
... that Brandon Bess, a "surprise debutant" for the
West Indies cricket team in June 2010, was rushed late to the ground, eventually arriving in the second
over of the match?
... that dramatist
Theodore Ward, writer of Big White Fog, had his first attempt at writing a play thrown into a fire at age seven by his father?
... that
Medal of Honor recipient John Nihill won so many shooting medals, he was barred from competing for further
US Army awards?
... that some of the suspects in an alleged network of Russian spies planted in the
United States were paired as couples and had children together to help maintain their covert status?
... that one method of preparing a tiger penis for consumption is to place it dried, with testicles still attached, into a bottle of French cognac or Chinese wine and let it soak for many weeks?
12:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the El Corte River(pictured) (meaning "The Cut River") got its name from the cutting of giant pines which were floated downstream to
Coatzacoalcos to be used for masts and beams by the
Spanish navy?
... that George E. Jonas founded and funded a leadership-training program for disadvantaged boys after the
Wall Street Crash of 1929 and later expanded it to include boys from all over the world?
... that
State SenatorJohn H. Ewing of
New Jersey's 16th District opposed state funding for poorer school districts, as "some drive a Ford Taurus, like me", but "we can't pay for everyone to drive a Mercedes"?
... that visitors can climb through the
Metropolitan Museum of Art's temporary art installation, Big Bambú, which is constantly evolving as a crew of rock climbers builds it throughout its six-month run?
... that Edwin L. Elwood received the
Medal of Honor during the Campaign of the Rocky Mesa, in which he was shot in the chest?
... that Grand Street was a magazine created by Ben Sonnenberg, who said "I thought a magazine would be a good way to give money to individuals whose writing I liked"?
... that the Chetco(pictured) were once one of the largest
Native American tribes on the southern coast of
Oregon, but now only about 40 of their descendants remain?
... that the tomb of Son Ferrer on the island of
Majorca served as a
necropolis where the remains of over a hundred people, including infants, have been found?
... that
Legend of HockeyDon Roberts was assigned to coach
hockey despite having never played the sport and coached his team in boots due to his unsteadiness on skates?
... that the website The Oatmeal, with comics of subjects ranging from zombies, to horse care, to English grammar, receives over 20 million hits a month after existing for less than a year?
... that English common law tracing is so limited many leading academics and judges have called for its abolition as an independent doctrine?
... that the first issue of Inspire, an English-language online magazine published by
al-Qaeda, includes an article titled "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom"?
... that Keith Piper successfully perpetuated the
single-wing, "the formation-of-choice during
football's leather-helmet era," for decades after it had been discarded by other teams?
... that the term firecane is used in New Orleans to describe a hurricane capable of producing a firestorm from the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
... that Dick LaRossa was elected to the
New Jersey Senate after serving as weekend host of the
New Jersey Lottery drawings, which made him "arguably one of the most recognizable faces in the state"?
... that contrary to most
music festivals, The Edge Festival takes place across multiple different locations, with fifty artists performing across seven venues in 2009?
... that Peter "Papa Bear" Mazzaferro was removed as head
football coach at
Bridgewater after 19 years, sued for age discrimination, and coached another 17 years there after being reinstated?
... that, out of the 2,600 km (1,600 mi) of track in use in
Vietnam's national railway network, 85% of passenger volume and 60% of cargo volume is transported along the 1,726 km (1,072 mi)
North–South Railway line?
... that in the
Victorian era the concept of a picture book for children, with illustrations dominating the text, was popularized with small books called toy books?
... that while still a boy, John Ross walked more than 600 km, crossing
crocodile and
hippopotamus-infested rivers, to obtain relief supplies for the settlement at
Port Natal?
06:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
... that the Black Currawong(pictured) of
Tasmania has been observed covering itself with wet yellow clay for a 'dirt bath'?
... that Ed Saugestad began coaching the
Augsburg Collegehockey team while he was still a student and led the school to three
NAIA national championships in 37 years as the coach?
... that Elakala Falls(pictured) may derive its name from the legend of Elakala, the story of a
Native American princess who threw herself over the edge of the first waterfall when her lover scorned her?
... that an enthalpy–entropy chart shows
enthalpy in terms of internal energy, pressure and volume, so that the
work done in vapor cycles can be directly measured as a length?
... that the 47th Battalion was one of three infantry battalions disbanded by Australia due to casualties suffered during the German
Spring Offensive in May 1918?
... that the gape of nestlings of several
passerine bird species have been shown to be conspicuous in the
ultraviolet spectrum?
... that John Thomson served for 55 years as the schoolmaster of Nantwich Blue Cap School in
Cheshire,
England, and the school closed some six months after his retirement aged 86 or 87?
... that HMS Concorde, a former French ship, was involved in the capture of the French frigates
Engageante and
Virginie, and almost captured the
Bravoure?
... that a number of
British pubs, bars and nightclubs operate a safety initiative called PubWatch that may
ban individuals for drunken or
anti-social behaviour?
... that Tim Coghlin advanced to the
Frozen Four in six of the past eight years and has the second highest career winning percentage among the 100 all-time winningest college men's
hockey coaches?