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31 May 2012
16:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
... that
Jan Matejko's painting Stańczyk(pictured), portraying a solemn
court jester, is considered one of the most recognized and significant paintings of Poland?
... that after the Battle of Azaz in 1030, the victorious Arabs needed seventy camels to carry off the imperial tent of the
Byzantine emperorRomanos III and its treasures?
... that the Annaberg hill (Góra Świętej Anny) in
Silesia has a pilgrimage church that remained popular despite Nazi efforts to draw attention away with an open-air theatre and a heroes' mausoleum?
... that Duke Zhuang II of Qi ascended the throne with the help of minister Cui Zhu, but was later killed by Cui for having an affair with his wife?
... that
Sarah, Duchess of York, observed a tradition by diving naked into the swimming pool at Hurst Lodge School at midnight on the eve of her last day there?
... that Angampora (pictured), a
martial art native to Sri Lanka which incorporates
pressure point attacks, was banned by the British who
gained control of the island in the early 19th century?
... that the 2000
a cappella composition Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) was recorded by a Virtual Choir of 185 singers from 12 countries, conducted by its composer
Eric Whitacre(pictured)?
... that "Dinosaur", a song by American singer
Kesha, was inspired by an encounter with an old man whom she perceived as "prehistoric" and "like a dinosaur"?
... that a physical examination of strongman Gino Martino by
Harvard Medical School discovered that his skull was more than 2.3 times thicker than the average human skull?
... that the Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.7 floatplane
trainer was intended as an interim solution, yet it served for several years after the introduction of its successor, the
M.F.8?
... that after
a police raid, Ali al-Ghanmi, a Bahraini police officer, left his guard post and joined
protests because he could no longer support "a killer institution"?
... that 90% of Tracy Beaker fans are girls between 8 and 14?
... that Uthayan is the only newspaper in
Jaffna which did not cease publication during the
Sri Lankan Civil War, amid numerous attacks and threats?
... that Bruno Müller was implicated in
Nazi atrocities against Polish academics, Ukrainian Jews, and prisoners in a slave labor camp, but died a free man?
... that Mike Daniels, now a rookie for the
Green Bay Packers, was first noticed by the American football team when they were scouting other
Iowa linemen?
... that there are two versions of
Roy Lichtenstein's In the Car, one of which set the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein work?
... that although the town of
Saint Saëns provided 60,000 francs towards the construction of its own railway line, it was only enough to pay for the station?
08:00, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
... that the Kuriyama(pictured) is the southernmost river in Japan with a
salmon run?
... that a statue of the
founder of
Manichaeism as the "Buddha of Light" has survived for almost 700 years in China's Cao'an Temple?
... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient
state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors?
... that Duke Xiang, ruler of the ancient state of
Qi, had an incestuous relationship with his sister Wen Jiang and had her husband Duke Huan of Lu murdered?
... that Albert André's monograph of his friend
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is considered to be "one of the most accurate contemporary accounts of the artist's work"?
... that dramatist Kevin Laffan could not find a publisher for his first novel, Pendle's Disposal, but had two offers within a week of changing the title to Virgins are in Short Supply?
... that students of the Jack Welch Management Institute participate in video conferences with the founder, whom Fortune magazine named Manager of the Century?
... that the large prehistoric amphibian Cyclotosaurus had a skull up to 70 cm (28 in) long?
... that Eagle's Store, structurally similar to the
Old Faithful Inn, has been operated by the same family since its founding in 1908?
... that the Polish Writers' Union had an annual budget set by
the state allowing for food supplements, health clinics, foreign travel, cars, vacations,
stipends and cash prizes?
... that the
Maya archaeological site of Tres Islas in Guatemala has an alignment of monuments that imitates an
architecturalgroup at
Uaxactun that served as an astronomical observatory?
... that legally the Trade Unions of
socialist Albania had "sweeping powers to regulate hours, wages, working conditions", but were, according to Anton Logoreci, "an appendage of the party"?
... that the LVMH Tower in New York has a 30-foot-high glass "Magic Room" at the top made possible by folding the facade in an unusual interpretation of
setback requirements?
... that the Pont Flavien(pictured) in southern France is the only bridge with an arch over each end to have survived from the time of the
Roman emperorAugustus?
... that film director
Peter Mettler said his documentary Gambling, Gods and LSD was not scripted, but "was making itself while I acted as a medium"?
... that Calvin's Case, an English legal case from 1608, helped establish the principle of birth on American soil as the primary means of acquiring United States citizenship at birth?
... that the 3D music video for "Wide Awake" will be used as a tie-in promotion for the 2012 documentary-concert film, Katy Perry: Part of Me as part of her deal with
Pepsi?
... that King Teuruarii IV of
Rurutu and Queen Tamaeva IV(pictured) of
Rimatara, fearing French encroachment, personally petitioned
Queen Victoria for a British protectorate over their islands in 1888?
... that in the 1900s, Sara Agnes Rice Pryor, a "Confederate carpetbagger," published two memoirs of the
American Civil War after more than 30 years of living in New York?
... that Gregory's tree (pictured), near Timber Creek in Australia's Northern Territory, bears inscriptions by 19th-century explorers and is registered as both a heritage place and an Aboriginal sacred site?
... that although an actor, as a filmmaker better known for his
fan films about
Batman, Aaron Schoenke was described by filmschoolrejects.com as being "in another league altogether"?
... that when basketball player Walter Luckett was a
senior in high school, he averaged a
triple-double of 39.5 points, 16 rebounds and 13 assists per game?
... that the Malaysian film Iskandar was described as a "'genre-less' flick"?
17 May 2012
16:45, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
... that over two thousand skulls, legs, ribs and other body parts of unidentified soldiers were sorted and interred in various compartments under the Civil War Unknowns Monument(pictured) in
Arlington, Virginia?
... that the music of
Catalan guitarist Toti Soler has been described as beautifully capturing the "enigmatic mood" of "traumas and passions"?
... that when the German TV film Das Millionenspiel aired in 1970, some viewers thought they were watching a real manhunt and called the fictitious telephone number to register to participate?
... that according to Cornish legend, the
mermaidSaint Senara fell in love with the chorister of the church in Zennor, and that the church is now dedicated to her?
... that under the criminal statutes in force during US Chief Justice
John Marshall's tenure, slave trading was a misdemeanor but insurance fraud was punishable by death?
... that 21-year-old Danny Duffy's abrupt retirement from the
Kansas City Royals organization in 2010 reminded many of when
Zack Greinke left the baseball club in 2006?
... that the critical and commercial
flopBallad of a Man was later called one of the ten best Indonesian films of all time?
... that Martha Wise said she poisoned seventeen family members with
arsenic, killing three, because she was irresistibly drawn to funerals and there weren't enough in her town?
... that the 1481 return of Nicholas Dukagjini and
Gjon Kastrioti II to Albania, and their subsequent military campaigns, indirectly contributed to the defeat of the Ottoman forces in
Otranto?
... that reports of Tristram's Jird(pictured) on the Greek island of
Kos are the only wild
gerbil sightings from Europe outside of the former
Soviet Union?
... that the pioneering Orfordness Beaconradio navigation system (pictured) could be used with nothing more than a radio receiver and clock?
... that the plot of the novel Mothers and Other Liars, about a teenage runaway raising a baby found in a trashcan, was inspired by author
Amy Bourret's work in child advocacy?
... that Leontina Albina Espinoza of
Colina, Chile, claimed to have given birth to 58 children and was cited for a time by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most prolific mother?
13 May 2012
16:00, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
... that human–animal breastfeeding – women breastfeeding young animals, or animals breastfeeding human children, such as goats (pictured) – has been practised throughout history?
... that
A. P. Nagarajan, who played the main lead in Naalvar, also provided the script for the film?
... that mathematician Ioan Mire Melik was a member of the
Romanian literary society Junimea, and recommended it invest in a
salt mine to improve its finances?
... that in 1965, Barbara Robbins became the first female
CIA employee to die in action in the agency's history and the first American woman to die in the
Vietnam War?
... that the 1941 film Christmas Under Fire features people celebrating Christmas underground?
08:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
... that the native American rose Rosa blanda(pictured) is hybridising with the introduced Japanese rose Rosa rugosa?
... that the Danish theological movement Tidehverv, represented in
parliament from 2001 to 2011, published combined pamphlets by
Martin Luther under the title "Against the Turk and the Jew" in 1999?
... that the Andrew Freedman Home(pictured) served as a
retirement home for "aged and indigent persons of both sexes" who had formerly been of "good circumstances"?
... that Tricana poveira are Portuguese girls known for a characteristic style of dressing, based on folk costume, and way of walking?
... that Tunisian police officer and whistle-blower Samir Feriani became known as "the first 'Prisoner of Conscience' in post-revolutionary Tunisia"?
... that
Lindsay Lohan is one of three celebrity judges appearing in the "Nationals" competition episode of Glee?
... that
Romanian politician Nicolae Penescu was seriously wounded in two assassination attempts thirty-five years apart, dying as a result of injuries sustained the second time?
... that in the medieval period, Mont Aiguille(pictured) was traditionally called "Mount Inaccessible", and typically depicted as an "inverted pyramid" or "mushroom"?
... that U.S. Navy
rear admiralJohn W. Wilcox, Jr.(pictured) was lost overboard from the deck of his flagship during World War II?
... that the anti-cancer drug polyestradiol phosphate was discovered accidentally when scientists experimented with a compound found in apple tree leaves?
... that the cremated remains of Romanian
communist politician Alexandru Drăghici were smuggled into his native country and, refused burial, lay uninterred for a decade?
... that school teacher and conspirator Jadwiga Apostoł(pictured) survived three German
camps, including
Auschwitz, and was jailed in
Stalinist Poland on trumped-up charges soon after her return?
... that iron hydride is one of the few molecules found in the Sun's atmosphere?
... that of the 17 confirmed Olmec colossal heads of
Mexico(example pictured), the largest is estimated to weigh 40 tons?
... that the Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Tramway was the only one of three independent tramways in Plymouth to be built to the British
standard gauge?
... that the group theatre of Kolkata is a theatre tradition that arose contrasting with the commercial theatre in the 1940s?
... that the name of the racehorse Ela-Mana-Mou, the beaten favourite for the 200th
Epsom Derby, means "Come on, my darling" in Greek?
... that the film Shodo Girls is based on the true story of a group of high school girls who organized a
performance calligraphy competition to revive their hometown?
... that the main theme of the 1994 Asian Games was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations, which was emphasized because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack?
... that the zig-zag wattle(pictured) is so named for its zig-zag stems?
... that Sherina's Adventure featured a young girl going against Sadam, then joining forces with him, in a story inspired by Grease?
... that in 678 BCEDuke Wu started the practice of funeral
human sacrifice in
Qin, which continued in the ancient Chinese state for nearly three centuries till Duke Xian abolished it in 384 BCE?
... that the Pebblesmartwatch failed to interest traditional investment groups, and then became the most successful project in the history of
Kickstarter?
... that
German general Hermann von Kuhl is one of only five recipients to be distinguished with both the "military class" and "peace class" of the
Pour le Mérite?
... that despite having few registered women players and their team never playing a
FIFA-recognised match,
Burundi has an under-20 women's national team?
... that
Romanian politician George Mârzescu championed a law banning the
Communist Party and was targeted for assassination when he paved the way for
Jews to gain citizenship?
... that when Nikolaus Simrock(pictured) founded music publisher
N. Simrock in 1793, his earliest publications included piano variations by his friend
Beethoven, a former orchestra colleague in Bonn?
... that although the prehistoric shark Nanocetorhinus is named for the resemblance of its teeth to miniature Cetorhinus teeth, there is no evidence the two genera are closely related?
... that the
Pulitzer Prize jury voted to award Les Payne the prize, but the advisory board overruled the decision without explanation?
... that the defendant in an Amsterdam sex crimes case awaiting final judgment has admitted to
abuse of 83 young children?
... that Horst von der Goltz, a German spy against the U.S. in World War I, played himself in the 1918 American anti-German propaganda film The Prussian Cur?
... that Trachysalambria curvirostris, one of the most important species of
fished prawns, is abundant around Australia but is considered too small to be commercial there?
... that plates in the
pre-ColumbianWulfing style, likely made by the same workshop at
Cahokia, have been found as far apart as Oklahoma, Illinois, and Florida?
... that poet and
underground leader Augustyn Suski refused to agree to the assassination of a
Gestapo informant for lack of material evidence, and died as a result of his denunciation?
... that in SEC v. Rajaratnam, the
US 2nd Circuit Court held that defendants can be compelled to disclose relevant wiretapped conversations given to them in a separate trial?
... that in
ancient Rome, a horse was sacrificed to the deity
Mars each year on the
Ides of October, with ceremonies in various venues involving different parts of the horse's body?
... that after being born on a ship in the
North Sea and growing up in poverty, Hannah Kempfer(pictured) went on to become one of the first women legislators in
Minnesota?
... that Da-Don took the office of chief
rabbi of
Croatia in 1998, more than fifty years since the last office-holder?
... that although the newspaper Bauer und Arbeiter rapidly gained popularity amongst German colonists in Azerbaijan, it was closed down after only a few months of existence?
... that the actor who played Lord Alex Oakwell on Emmerdale was reportedly "thrilled" to get the part and described the character as "weak-willed, arrogant and motivated by self-preservation"?
... that although the Sudanese Anti-Imperialist Front had opposed a union with Egypt, it sent volunteers to help the Egyptian side in the
1956 Suez Crisis?
... that Lake Manassas, a reservoir operated by the City Council of
Manassas, Virginia, to provide drinking water to the city, is not located in Manassas?
... that the planned Timna Airport near
Eilat, Israel, will be named after Israeli astronaut
Ilan Ramon, who died in the
Columbia disaster, and his son Assaf, who died in a flight training accident?
Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were taken off the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to article's
talk page and follow the archive link in the DYK talk page message box.
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.
31 May 2012
16:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
... that
Jan Matejko's painting Stańczyk(pictured), portraying a solemn
court jester, is considered one of the most recognized and significant paintings of Poland?
... that after the Battle of Azaz in 1030, the victorious Arabs needed seventy camels to carry off the imperial tent of the
Byzantine emperorRomanos III and its treasures?
... that the Annaberg hill (Góra Świętej Anny) in
Silesia has a pilgrimage church that remained popular despite Nazi efforts to draw attention away with an open-air theatre and a heroes' mausoleum?
... that Duke Zhuang II of Qi ascended the throne with the help of minister Cui Zhu, but was later killed by Cui for having an affair with his wife?
... that
Sarah, Duchess of York, observed a tradition by diving naked into the swimming pool at Hurst Lodge School at midnight on the eve of her last day there?
... that Angampora (pictured), a
martial art native to Sri Lanka which incorporates
pressure point attacks, was banned by the British who
gained control of the island in the early 19th century?
... that the 2000
a cappella composition Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) was recorded by a Virtual Choir of 185 singers from 12 countries, conducted by its composer
Eric Whitacre(pictured)?
... that "Dinosaur", a song by American singer
Kesha, was inspired by an encounter with an old man whom she perceived as "prehistoric" and "like a dinosaur"?
... that a physical examination of strongman Gino Martino by
Harvard Medical School discovered that his skull was more than 2.3 times thicker than the average human skull?
... that the Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.7 floatplane
trainer was intended as an interim solution, yet it served for several years after the introduction of its successor, the
M.F.8?
... that after
a police raid, Ali al-Ghanmi, a Bahraini police officer, left his guard post and joined
protests because he could no longer support "a killer institution"?
... that 90% of Tracy Beaker fans are girls between 8 and 14?
... that Uthayan is the only newspaper in
Jaffna which did not cease publication during the
Sri Lankan Civil War, amid numerous attacks and threats?
... that Bruno Müller was implicated in
Nazi atrocities against Polish academics, Ukrainian Jews, and prisoners in a slave labor camp, but died a free man?
... that Mike Daniels, now a rookie for the
Green Bay Packers, was first noticed by the American football team when they were scouting other
Iowa linemen?
... that there are two versions of
Roy Lichtenstein's In the Car, one of which set the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein work?
... that although the town of
Saint Saëns provided 60,000 francs towards the construction of its own railway line, it was only enough to pay for the station?
08:00, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
... that the Kuriyama(pictured) is the southernmost river in Japan with a
salmon run?
... that a statue of the
founder of
Manichaeism as the "Buddha of Light" has survived for almost 700 years in China's Cao'an Temple?
... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient
state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors?
... that Duke Xiang, ruler of the ancient state of
Qi, had an incestuous relationship with his sister Wen Jiang and had her husband Duke Huan of Lu murdered?
... that Albert André's monograph of his friend
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is considered to be "one of the most accurate contemporary accounts of the artist's work"?
... that dramatist Kevin Laffan could not find a publisher for his first novel, Pendle's Disposal, but had two offers within a week of changing the title to Virgins are in Short Supply?
... that students of the Jack Welch Management Institute participate in video conferences with the founder, whom Fortune magazine named Manager of the Century?
... that the large prehistoric amphibian Cyclotosaurus had a skull up to 70 cm (28 in) long?
... that Eagle's Store, structurally similar to the
Old Faithful Inn, has been operated by the same family since its founding in 1908?
... that the Polish Writers' Union had an annual budget set by
the state allowing for food supplements, health clinics, foreign travel, cars, vacations,
stipends and cash prizes?
... that the
Maya archaeological site of Tres Islas in Guatemala has an alignment of monuments that imitates an
architecturalgroup at
Uaxactun that served as an astronomical observatory?
... that legally the Trade Unions of
socialist Albania had "sweeping powers to regulate hours, wages, working conditions", but were, according to Anton Logoreci, "an appendage of the party"?
... that the LVMH Tower in New York has a 30-foot-high glass "Magic Room" at the top made possible by folding the facade in an unusual interpretation of
setback requirements?
... that the Pont Flavien(pictured) in southern France is the only bridge with an arch over each end to have survived from the time of the
Roman emperorAugustus?
... that film director
Peter Mettler said his documentary Gambling, Gods and LSD was not scripted, but "was making itself while I acted as a medium"?
... that Calvin's Case, an English legal case from 1608, helped establish the principle of birth on American soil as the primary means of acquiring United States citizenship at birth?
... that the 3D music video for "Wide Awake" will be used as a tie-in promotion for the 2012 documentary-concert film, Katy Perry: Part of Me as part of her deal with
Pepsi?
... that King Teuruarii IV of
Rurutu and Queen Tamaeva IV(pictured) of
Rimatara, fearing French encroachment, personally petitioned
Queen Victoria for a British protectorate over their islands in 1888?
... that in the 1900s, Sara Agnes Rice Pryor, a "Confederate carpetbagger," published two memoirs of the
American Civil War after more than 30 years of living in New York?
... that Gregory's tree (pictured), near Timber Creek in Australia's Northern Territory, bears inscriptions by 19th-century explorers and is registered as both a heritage place and an Aboriginal sacred site?
... that although an actor, as a filmmaker better known for his
fan films about
Batman, Aaron Schoenke was described by filmschoolrejects.com as being "in another league altogether"?
... that when basketball player Walter Luckett was a
senior in high school, he averaged a
triple-double of 39.5 points, 16 rebounds and 13 assists per game?
... that the Malaysian film Iskandar was described as a "'genre-less' flick"?
17 May 2012
16:45, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
... that over two thousand skulls, legs, ribs and other body parts of unidentified soldiers were sorted and interred in various compartments under the Civil War Unknowns Monument(pictured) in
Arlington, Virginia?
... that the music of
Catalan guitarist Toti Soler has been described as beautifully capturing the "enigmatic mood" of "traumas and passions"?
... that when the German TV film Das Millionenspiel aired in 1970, some viewers thought they were watching a real manhunt and called the fictitious telephone number to register to participate?
... that according to Cornish legend, the
mermaidSaint Senara fell in love with the chorister of the church in Zennor, and that the church is now dedicated to her?
... that under the criminal statutes in force during US Chief Justice
John Marshall's tenure, slave trading was a misdemeanor but insurance fraud was punishable by death?
... that 21-year-old Danny Duffy's abrupt retirement from the
Kansas City Royals organization in 2010 reminded many of when
Zack Greinke left the baseball club in 2006?
... that the critical and commercial
flopBallad of a Man was later called one of the ten best Indonesian films of all time?
... that Martha Wise said she poisoned seventeen family members with
arsenic, killing three, because she was irresistibly drawn to funerals and there weren't enough in her town?
... that the 1481 return of Nicholas Dukagjini and
Gjon Kastrioti II to Albania, and their subsequent military campaigns, indirectly contributed to the defeat of the Ottoman forces in
Otranto?
... that reports of Tristram's Jird(pictured) on the Greek island of
Kos are the only wild
gerbil sightings from Europe outside of the former
Soviet Union?
... that the pioneering Orfordness Beaconradio navigation system (pictured) could be used with nothing more than a radio receiver and clock?
... that the plot of the novel Mothers and Other Liars, about a teenage runaway raising a baby found in a trashcan, was inspired by author
Amy Bourret's work in child advocacy?
... that Leontina Albina Espinoza of
Colina, Chile, claimed to have given birth to 58 children and was cited for a time by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most prolific mother?
13 May 2012
16:00, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
... that human–animal breastfeeding – women breastfeeding young animals, or animals breastfeeding human children, such as goats (pictured) – has been practised throughout history?
... that
A. P. Nagarajan, who played the main lead in Naalvar, also provided the script for the film?
... that mathematician Ioan Mire Melik was a member of the
Romanian literary society Junimea, and recommended it invest in a
salt mine to improve its finances?
... that in 1965, Barbara Robbins became the first female
CIA employee to die in action in the agency's history and the first American woman to die in the
Vietnam War?
... that the 1941 film Christmas Under Fire features people celebrating Christmas underground?
08:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
... that the native American rose Rosa blanda(pictured) is hybridising with the introduced Japanese rose Rosa rugosa?
... that the Danish theological movement Tidehverv, represented in
parliament from 2001 to 2011, published combined pamphlets by
Martin Luther under the title "Against the Turk and the Jew" in 1999?
... that the Andrew Freedman Home(pictured) served as a
retirement home for "aged and indigent persons of both sexes" who had formerly been of "good circumstances"?
... that Tricana poveira are Portuguese girls known for a characteristic style of dressing, based on folk costume, and way of walking?
... that Tunisian police officer and whistle-blower Samir Feriani became known as "the first 'Prisoner of Conscience' in post-revolutionary Tunisia"?
... that
Lindsay Lohan is one of three celebrity judges appearing in the "Nationals" competition episode of Glee?
... that
Romanian politician Nicolae Penescu was seriously wounded in two assassination attempts thirty-five years apart, dying as a result of injuries sustained the second time?
... that in the medieval period, Mont Aiguille(pictured) was traditionally called "Mount Inaccessible", and typically depicted as an "inverted pyramid" or "mushroom"?
... that U.S. Navy
rear admiralJohn W. Wilcox, Jr.(pictured) was lost overboard from the deck of his flagship during World War II?
... that the anti-cancer drug polyestradiol phosphate was discovered accidentally when scientists experimented with a compound found in apple tree leaves?
... that the cremated remains of Romanian
communist politician Alexandru Drăghici were smuggled into his native country and, refused burial, lay uninterred for a decade?
... that school teacher and conspirator Jadwiga Apostoł(pictured) survived three German
camps, including
Auschwitz, and was jailed in
Stalinist Poland on trumped-up charges soon after her return?
... that iron hydride is one of the few molecules found in the Sun's atmosphere?
... that of the 17 confirmed Olmec colossal heads of
Mexico(example pictured), the largest is estimated to weigh 40 tons?
... that the Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Tramway was the only one of three independent tramways in Plymouth to be built to the British
standard gauge?
... that the group theatre of Kolkata is a theatre tradition that arose contrasting with the commercial theatre in the 1940s?
... that the name of the racehorse Ela-Mana-Mou, the beaten favourite for the 200th
Epsom Derby, means "Come on, my darling" in Greek?
... that the film Shodo Girls is based on the true story of a group of high school girls who organized a
performance calligraphy competition to revive their hometown?
... that the main theme of the 1994 Asian Games was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations, which was emphasized because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack?
... that the zig-zag wattle(pictured) is so named for its zig-zag stems?
... that Sherina's Adventure featured a young girl going against Sadam, then joining forces with him, in a story inspired by Grease?
... that in 678 BCEDuke Wu started the practice of funeral
human sacrifice in
Qin, which continued in the ancient Chinese state for nearly three centuries till Duke Xian abolished it in 384 BCE?
... that the Pebblesmartwatch failed to interest traditional investment groups, and then became the most successful project in the history of
Kickstarter?
... that
German general Hermann von Kuhl is one of only five recipients to be distinguished with both the "military class" and "peace class" of the
Pour le Mérite?
... that despite having few registered women players and their team never playing a
FIFA-recognised match,
Burundi has an under-20 women's national team?
... that
Romanian politician George Mârzescu championed a law banning the
Communist Party and was targeted for assassination when he paved the way for
Jews to gain citizenship?
... that when Nikolaus Simrock(pictured) founded music publisher
N. Simrock in 1793, his earliest publications included piano variations by his friend
Beethoven, a former orchestra colleague in Bonn?
... that although the prehistoric shark Nanocetorhinus is named for the resemblance of its teeth to miniature Cetorhinus teeth, there is no evidence the two genera are closely related?
... that the
Pulitzer Prize jury voted to award Les Payne the prize, but the advisory board overruled the decision without explanation?
... that the defendant in an Amsterdam sex crimes case awaiting final judgment has admitted to
abuse of 83 young children?
... that Horst von der Goltz, a German spy against the U.S. in World War I, played himself in the 1918 American anti-German propaganda film The Prussian Cur?
... that Trachysalambria curvirostris, one of the most important species of
fished prawns, is abundant around Australia but is considered too small to be commercial there?
... that plates in the
pre-ColumbianWulfing style, likely made by the same workshop at
Cahokia, have been found as far apart as Oklahoma, Illinois, and Florida?
... that poet and
underground leader Augustyn Suski refused to agree to the assassination of a
Gestapo informant for lack of material evidence, and died as a result of his denunciation?
... that in SEC v. Rajaratnam, the
US 2nd Circuit Court held that defendants can be compelled to disclose relevant wiretapped conversations given to them in a separate trial?
... that in
ancient Rome, a horse was sacrificed to the deity
Mars each year on the
Ides of October, with ceremonies in various venues involving different parts of the horse's body?
... that after being born on a ship in the
North Sea and growing up in poverty, Hannah Kempfer(pictured) went on to become one of the first women legislators in
Minnesota?
... that Da-Don took the office of chief
rabbi of
Croatia in 1998, more than fifty years since the last office-holder?
... that although the newspaper Bauer und Arbeiter rapidly gained popularity amongst German colonists in Azerbaijan, it was closed down after only a few months of existence?
... that the actor who played Lord Alex Oakwell on Emmerdale was reportedly "thrilled" to get the part and described the character as "weak-willed, arrogant and motivated by self-preservation"?
... that although the Sudanese Anti-Imperialist Front had opposed a union with Egypt, it sent volunteers to help the Egyptian side in the
1956 Suez Crisis?
... that Lake Manassas, a reservoir operated by the City Council of
Manassas, Virginia, to provide drinking water to the city, is not located in Manassas?
... that the planned Timna Airport near
Eilat, Israel, will be named after Israeli astronaut
Ilan Ramon, who died in the
Columbia disaster, and his son Assaf, who died in a flight training accident?