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30 June 2013
17:50, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the race horse Paynter(pictured) survived a near-fatal case of
colitis,
laminitis and abdominal surgery, then won the first race of his 2013 comeback by 4+1⁄2lengths?
... that despite writing moderate columns and playing the role of mediator, Mansoor al-Jamri was not spared from the effects of the
Bahraini uprising?
... that after losing three fingers and an arm in World War II and being pronounced dead during one of his 33 surgical operations, Sam K. Harrison went on to head two successful corporations?
... that
beef calves born in the spring may have their diets supplemented with creep feeding to encourage weight gain?
... that although the Elgin half dollar(pictured) was struck to celebrate the centennial of
Elgin, Illinois (1835–1935), neither date appears on the coin?
... that the court of requests instituted by Sir John Shaa while he was
Lord Mayor of London proved unpopular because it favoured the poor more than "Justyce & good lawe Requyrid"?
... that German biochemistry student Magnus Manske wrote an early version of the Wikipedia platform, and
Jimmy Wales declared January 25 to be Magnus Manske day in his honor?
... that although the 1822 Battle of Nauplia ended without any major losses on either side, it is considered a victory for the Greek admiral
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis?
... that Frederick Ashton's first ballet, A Tragedy of Fashion, was inspired by a chef who killed himself when his fish delivery was late?
03:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
... that Johannes Kuhn from Strassburg did the stucco work (pictured) in St. Andreas, the court church in
Düsseldorf?
... that according to
EA Sports, its Ignite game engine for
next-genconsoles allows players to act more like real athletes in having to make snap judgements and brace for impacts?
... that the blackspot shark feeds on small fish, crustaceans and squid and is not dangerous to man?
... that the Catholic Press and the
Australian Workers' Union periodical the Worker were the only two Australian newspapers opposing conscription in 1916–17?
... that
Bruce Springsteen praised the lyrics of
Chuck Berry's "Nadine" by saying, "I've never seen a coffee-colored Cadillac, but I know exactly what one looks like"?
... that Bunostegos was named for its unusually knobbly head?
... that in 1996, the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority announced a Dh2.4 billion development plan of Mussafah and a new port?
... that Mary Anne Whitby, who had reintroduced
sericulture to England in the 1830s, carried out selective breeding experiments on her silkworms which were published by
Darwin?
... that T. W. Hinchliff has been called "one of the first to penetrate the higher solitudes of the world of ice and snow"?
... that the National Council on Teacher Quality's first report and rankings of U.S. teacher preparation programs refer to the field as "an industry of mediocrity"?
08:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
... that although the protagonist of F.D.J. Pangemanann's novel Tjerita Si Tjonat(cover pictured) is evil without a single redeeming feature, he was portrayed as a popular hero in wartime Indonesia?
... that filming for Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret began as the related
trial was underway, with the film's courtroom scenes being shot two days after the trial's conclusion?
... that Auguste Dreyfus took over Peru's foreign debt in exchange for a
guano monopoly?
08:10, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
... that lifetime Zionist Jacobo Timerman(pictured) survived arrest and torture in Argentina's
Dirty War and reached Israel in 1979, only to return to Argentina five years later?
... that the Georgian Oakley Hall in
Hampshire is now a hotel and conference centre?
... that the military doctrine of command by negation, developed by the United States Navy in the 1980s, is similar to the Auftragstaktik doctrine used by German armed forces in the Second World War?
... that one Belén López was nominated for the Newcomer Award for her role in The Distance (2006), while another Belén López was the inspiration of film director
Franco Zeffirelli?
00:00, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
... that in World War II, Britain's Petroleum Warfare Department threatened to set the sea on fire (demonstration pictured)?
... that The Company of Heaven,
Benjamin Britten's 1937 composition for speakers, soloists, choir and orchestra, contains "metrical spoken (shouted) male chorus"?
... that when the
Merchandise Mart opened in Chicago in 1930, the $32 million, 4.2 million square foot (390,000 m²) building was the world's largest commercial building?
... that as of 2012, China is the largest producer of garlic in the world, producing 59 million metric tons annually, about 66 percent of total world production?
25 June 2013
16:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
... that when
a French general saw the
tunnels(pictured) excavated by British Army Sergeant-Major Henry Ince, he is said to have exclaimed, "These works are worthy of the Romans"?
... that although the protagonist of F.D.J. Pangemanann's novel Tjerita Si Tjonat is evil without a single redeeming feature, modern takes on the character portray him as
Robin Hood?
00:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the recording of "Faith of the Heart" by tenor
Russell Watson(pictured) was played four times on Space Shuttle missions?
... that
Roy Lichtenstein's Masterpiece is regarded as an ironic jest that accurately forecast Lichtenstein's career?
... that the Keith Car & Manufacturing Company built coffins for bodies exhumed during the building of the
Cape Cod Canal, which was also responsible for the demolition of the plant when it was widened?
... that banker Hilton Clarke thought sitting at one's desk was "idling", and was considered a "master of the calculated indiscretion"?
... that British passengers of British Airways Flight 2069 were offered £2,000 and a free ticket as compensation for the attempted hijacking of the flight?
... that Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122, has been described as providing a "moral hangover" for listeners after Christmas overindulgence?
08:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the
AppleMacintosh was named after the McIntosh apple(pictured), until recently the most popular variety of apple in northeastern North America?
... that Project Loon(research balloon pictured) is a project by Google to send thousands of high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere to beam wireless Internet to remote locations worldwide?
... that Günter Pröpper scored a total of 52 goals in 34 league games – a record in German professional
football for most goals in one season?
... that Wikipediocracy, a weblog and forum dedicated to criticizing Wikipedia, has assisted journalists reporting on
controversies involving the online encyclopedia?
... that Spanish singer-songwriter
Enrique Iglesias was awarded the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year two years in a row?
... that a 1998 election made
George W. Bush the first person to be elected to two consecutive four-year terms as Governor of Texas?
... that the 1934
Jeanne Galzy novel Jeunes filles en serre chaude, with its seductive title, was deemed to contain "dangerous aberrations" and "strong emotional reaction[s] of an undesirable nature"?
... that a one-armed Russian military officer became a monk in Praskvica Monastery and built a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) stone road from
Sveti Stefan to the monastery?
... that although Lindsay Doran did not want to enter the profession of her father, the
film industry, she eventually became the president of film studio
United Artists?
... that while most wine grapes belong only to the Vitis vinifera species, the hybrid
Canadian wine grape L'Acadie blanc has members of eight different Vitis species in its family tree?
... that
Roy Lichtenstein's Hopeless and both versions of Crying Girl were mid-1960s romance comic-based works that may have been inspired by his marital difficulties or
Pablo Picasso's weeping women?
... that
Jean Metzinger's painting En Canot(pictured in black and white) appeared in the Nazi Degenerate Art catalogue with the notation "Even this was once taken seriously and bought for good money!"?
... that in the 1970 Cold War spy film The Executioner,
George Peppard plays the role of a secret agent who kills his colleague and assumes his identity?
... that Kabang, who was hailed as "hero dog" for saving two girls from a traffic accident, received donations from 47 countries to repair her badly injured face?
... that
British Army soldiers traditionally drink Gunfire in their beds on Christmas?
... that British Air Chief Marshall
Hugh Dowding initially instructed his
Spitfire and
Hurricane groups to use a gun harmonisation scheme that aimed eight guns at a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) rectangle?
... that despite not charting in Billboard magazine, the music video for "Chika Ideal" reached the Top 10 on
Terra Networks' Top Music Video countdown?
... that despite a crackdown on illegal narcotics, as of 2012, some 300,000 households are still involved in opium production(opium field pictured) in
Burma?
... that white box are used for railway sleepers and fences in Australia?
16 June 2013
16:30, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
... that U.S. Army neurologist Dr. Geoffrey Ling(pictured) described the problem of developing quality artificial arms, which include a proper sense of touch, as "doggone hard"?
... that
paleobotanistShya Chitaley named an extinct plant species for
Cleveland's bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her?
... that the Iris hut, used by the British in the
Second World War alongside the better-known
Nissen hut, had a major design flaw that caused it to collapse after snowfalls?
... that Singaporean theatre director Natalie Hennedige's production company produced Nothing in 2007?
... that spines of the long-spined sea urchin can break off in the skin and cause a painful sting?
... that after retiring from government service, Canadian diplomat Morley Byron Bursey was "heavily involved" in developing the automotive portion of
NAFTA?
... that
Eva Perón established the Salon Rosado in the Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature(pictured) as an exclusive space for women politicians, where they could discuss issues without men being present?
... that Italian priest-poet Gian Carlo Passeroni(pictured) lived in a cellar with threadbare clothing, minimal furniture and only a
rooster as a companion?
... that Montana television hall of fame inductee Norma Ashby was kissed by
Robert Goulet during an interview, and once featured a rancher on her local
KRTV show who gutted a
rattlesnake on live television?
... that Dutch "TV economist" Mathijs Bouman is known for such one-liners as "if women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often"?
14 June 2013
18:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
... that Sue Sarafian Jehl(pictured), who served as
Dwight Eisenhower's personal assistant, said the famous general believed women made efficient officers?
... that Japanese tennis player Fumiteru Nakano reached the fourth round of the men's singles at the
1938 French Championships, a result that was not achieved again by a Japanese man until 2013?
... that Lina Ron was very aggressive and volatile in her radical political life when
Chávez called her "uncontrollable", and she even called herself an "ugly part" of the revolution?
... that the
chorus of
Rihanna's song "What Now" contains background sounds that resemble "sonic bombs"?
... that black
coral has been depleted in the shallower waters of the Gulf of Cazones as its use for ornamental jewellery has increased since the 1960s?
... that Hansi Brand was involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust?
... that the McAfrika burger was sold by
McDonald's in
Norway for a limited time, just as a major famine was happening in
Africa, creating a public relations disaster?
11:00, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
... that Colorado mining magnate
Horace Tabor's wife, Baby Doe Tabor(pictured), went from being one of the best dressed women in the West to freezing to death in a
mining shack?
... that the talk show Ra'is el-Tahrir ("Editor in Chief") hosted by Hamdi Qandil was one of the most popular and respected television
programs in
Egypt before it was discontinued in 2003?
... that the solitary cup coral can double its diameter by drawing water into its mantle?
... that whilst in his 70s, entrepreneur Eugene Tonkonogy fulfilled a lifelong ambition of marching in the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a clown, and continued to do so every year for twenty years?
... that St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Wales, contains a reading desk made out of 15th-century bench ends, one of which is decorated with a carving of a mermaid?
... that in the
Roman Empire, the Rosalia was a floral commemoration of the dead observed by pagans, Jews, and Christians?
00:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the Koehler Depressing Carriage(pictured), which allowed
cannon to be fired downwards, included a forerunner of the recoil systems that are standard features of modern
artillery pieces?
... that of the five early grounds of Manchester City F.C., four were originally unused wasteland, most had no stands or facilities, and none served for more than two seasons?
... that
Tommy Kendall suffered critical injuries at
Watkins Glen in 1991 when the left rear wheel of his Intrepid RM-1 flew off, pitching him into the guardrail at 140 mph (230 km/h)?
... that Jeffrey Dampier won US$20 million in the
Illinois Lottery and was subsequently murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend?
... that bullets are found in central and northern Australia after monsoonal rains?
... that the Jeddo Tunnel contributes 90,000 pounds (41,000 kg) of acid per day to the Susquehanna River via the Little Nescopeck and Nescopeck Creeks?
... that Hardy Town, an encampment established by the civilians of
Gibraltar to escape the Spanish bombardment of the
Great Siege of 1779–83, was called the "Cowards' Retreat" by the British garrison?
... that in the UK a total ouster clause in a statute generally does not prevent a person from applying for
judicial review of a public authority's decision, but a partial ouster clause does?
... that in the United States, landowners control subsurface oil and gas resources, while in most of the rest of the world, the petroleum fiscal regime is government-managed?
... that Wan Long, chairman of Shuanghui, is known as China's "number one butcher" due to the number of pigs his company slaughters?
... that in the wildlife of Nepal,
Rhododendron is the most widely found national flower of the country and its red flower, known locally as Lal Guran, forms the wreath round the national symbol?
... that Willie Stokes buried his murdered son in a Cadillac-styled coffin, prompting
Stevie Ray Vaughan to record the song "Willie the Wimp"?
... that HauptsturmführerKarl Streibel, who took part in the Nazi extermination of Jews as storm leader of SSBattalion Streibel, was acquitted of any wrongdoing in 1976?
... that the Idaho-
endemic sedge Carex aboriginum was not seen again for nearly 90 years after its initial discovery?
00:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
... that an Albert Swinden mural (pictured), one of very few of his early paintings not destroyed in a studio fire, was painted over and thought lost, before being rediscovered and restored?
... that a team of filmmakers and scientists searching for the legendary "lost city of gold," la Ciudad Blanca, found multiple large-scale
archeological sites?
... that the Zamorano Eighty list contains a book so rare, only two copies are known to exist, and one collector planned a burglary to obtain it?
... that Sarla Behn's and
Mirabehn's work in
Kumaon and
Garhwal, respectively, played a key role in bringing focus on issues of environmental degradation and conservation in
independent India?
... that plans for an elephant to appear in the
Guano Apes' circus-themed music video "You Can't Stop Me" were cancelled after the elephant's owner threatened a rival circus family?
... that Cathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh, an account of the wars of
Thomond in 13th-century Ireland, is noted for both historical accuracy and vivid descriptions of
banshees?
... that the
Neo-Gothic renovation of Venezuela's Palacio de las Academias(pictured) gave the façade forty bays containing windows or doors?
... that Karera Wildlife Sanctuary, established to conserve the
Great Indian Bustard, is being denotified due to opposition by the local people and the disappearance of the bird locally?
... that after Governor Liu Zihou was captured by the
Red Guards and rescued by the army in 1967, rival army factions armed his supporters and opponents, who fought and killed each other for years?
... that baseball pitcher Ramón Arano is one of only two players ever to pitch professionally in six different decades, and is the only pitcher to win at least 300 career games in a single
minor league?
... that, despite running back Matt Brown being only 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall, the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers just signed him to a three-year
NFL contract?
... that
Swami Vivekananda said it would not have been possible for him to do anything for India without the help of Ajit Singh, eighth king of Shekhawat dynasty of
Khetri,
Rajasthan?
... that SS-HauptsturmführerHans Bothmann was one of at least a dozen high-ranking Nazi functionaries and
Holocaust perpetrators who committed suicide?
... that the facade of the Jean Cocteau Museum has been likened to a "string of alabaster forearms holding up the sky"?
... that porn star Danny Wylde and his girlfriend contributed a film of themselves having sex to a website that aims to provide more realistic representations of sex than are found in
hardcore pornography?
... that in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, pointy flower heads of the herb Thonningia sanguinea (pictured) are often tied to the ankles of young children to help them learn to walk?
... that the Dhambalin archaeological site, discovered in 2007 by Somali archaeologist Sada Mire, has the earliest known rock art pictures of sheep in
Somalia?
... that the USS Ferret was part of a naval fleet that sailed to the
Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of
pirate raids on
merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s?
... that Cardinal Kollonitsch said he would "first render
Hungary obedient, then destitute, and finally Catholic"?
... that Venezuela formerly produced almost as much coffee as Colombia, but by 2001 its coffee production was only about one percent of world production?
... that the edifice (pictured) was the focal point for the Constitutional Convention and signing of the Declaration of Independence of
Venezuela in the nineteenth century, hence known as the "cradle of independence”?
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.
30 June 2013
17:50, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the race horse Paynter(pictured) survived a near-fatal case of
colitis,
laminitis and abdominal surgery, then won the first race of his 2013 comeback by 4+1⁄2lengths?
... that despite writing moderate columns and playing the role of mediator, Mansoor al-Jamri was not spared from the effects of the
Bahraini uprising?
... that after losing three fingers and an arm in World War II and being pronounced dead during one of his 33 surgical operations, Sam K. Harrison went on to head two successful corporations?
... that
beef calves born in the spring may have their diets supplemented with creep feeding to encourage weight gain?
... that although the Elgin half dollar(pictured) was struck to celebrate the centennial of
Elgin, Illinois (1835–1935), neither date appears on the coin?
... that the court of requests instituted by Sir John Shaa while he was
Lord Mayor of London proved unpopular because it favoured the poor more than "Justyce & good lawe Requyrid"?
... that German biochemistry student Magnus Manske wrote an early version of the Wikipedia platform, and
Jimmy Wales declared January 25 to be Magnus Manske day in his honor?
... that although the 1822 Battle of Nauplia ended without any major losses on either side, it is considered a victory for the Greek admiral
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis?
... that Frederick Ashton's first ballet, A Tragedy of Fashion, was inspired by a chef who killed himself when his fish delivery was late?
03:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
... that Johannes Kuhn from Strassburg did the stucco work (pictured) in St. Andreas, the court church in
Düsseldorf?
... that according to
EA Sports, its Ignite game engine for
next-genconsoles allows players to act more like real athletes in having to make snap judgements and brace for impacts?
... that the blackspot shark feeds on small fish, crustaceans and squid and is not dangerous to man?
... that the Catholic Press and the
Australian Workers' Union periodical the Worker were the only two Australian newspapers opposing conscription in 1916–17?
... that
Bruce Springsteen praised the lyrics of
Chuck Berry's "Nadine" by saying, "I've never seen a coffee-colored Cadillac, but I know exactly what one looks like"?
... that Bunostegos was named for its unusually knobbly head?
... that in 1996, the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority announced a Dh2.4 billion development plan of Mussafah and a new port?
... that Mary Anne Whitby, who had reintroduced
sericulture to England in the 1830s, carried out selective breeding experiments on her silkworms which were published by
Darwin?
... that T. W. Hinchliff has been called "one of the first to penetrate the higher solitudes of the world of ice and snow"?
... that the National Council on Teacher Quality's first report and rankings of U.S. teacher preparation programs refer to the field as "an industry of mediocrity"?
08:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
... that although the protagonist of F.D.J. Pangemanann's novel Tjerita Si Tjonat(cover pictured) is evil without a single redeeming feature, he was portrayed as a popular hero in wartime Indonesia?
... that filming for Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret began as the related
trial was underway, with the film's courtroom scenes being shot two days after the trial's conclusion?
... that Auguste Dreyfus took over Peru's foreign debt in exchange for a
guano monopoly?
08:10, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
... that lifetime Zionist Jacobo Timerman(pictured) survived arrest and torture in Argentina's
Dirty War and reached Israel in 1979, only to return to Argentina five years later?
... that the Georgian Oakley Hall in
Hampshire is now a hotel and conference centre?
... that the military doctrine of command by negation, developed by the United States Navy in the 1980s, is similar to the Auftragstaktik doctrine used by German armed forces in the Second World War?
... that one Belén López was nominated for the Newcomer Award for her role in The Distance (2006), while another Belén López was the inspiration of film director
Franco Zeffirelli?
00:00, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
... that in World War II, Britain's Petroleum Warfare Department threatened to set the sea on fire (demonstration pictured)?
... that The Company of Heaven,
Benjamin Britten's 1937 composition for speakers, soloists, choir and orchestra, contains "metrical spoken (shouted) male chorus"?
... that when the
Merchandise Mart opened in Chicago in 1930, the $32 million, 4.2 million square foot (390,000 m²) building was the world's largest commercial building?
... that as of 2012, China is the largest producer of garlic in the world, producing 59 million metric tons annually, about 66 percent of total world production?
25 June 2013
16:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
... that when
a French general saw the
tunnels(pictured) excavated by British Army Sergeant-Major Henry Ince, he is said to have exclaimed, "These works are worthy of the Romans"?
... that although the protagonist of F.D.J. Pangemanann's novel Tjerita Si Tjonat is evil without a single redeeming feature, modern takes on the character portray him as
Robin Hood?
00:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the recording of "Faith of the Heart" by tenor
Russell Watson(pictured) was played four times on Space Shuttle missions?
... that
Roy Lichtenstein's Masterpiece is regarded as an ironic jest that accurately forecast Lichtenstein's career?
... that the Keith Car & Manufacturing Company built coffins for bodies exhumed during the building of the
Cape Cod Canal, which was also responsible for the demolition of the plant when it was widened?
... that banker Hilton Clarke thought sitting at one's desk was "idling", and was considered a "master of the calculated indiscretion"?
... that British passengers of British Airways Flight 2069 were offered £2,000 and a free ticket as compensation for the attempted hijacking of the flight?
... that Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122, has been described as providing a "moral hangover" for listeners after Christmas overindulgence?
08:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the
AppleMacintosh was named after the McIntosh apple(pictured), until recently the most popular variety of apple in northeastern North America?
... that Project Loon(research balloon pictured) is a project by Google to send thousands of high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere to beam wireless Internet to remote locations worldwide?
... that Günter Pröpper scored a total of 52 goals in 34 league games – a record in German professional
football for most goals in one season?
... that Wikipediocracy, a weblog and forum dedicated to criticizing Wikipedia, has assisted journalists reporting on
controversies involving the online encyclopedia?
... that Spanish singer-songwriter
Enrique Iglesias was awarded the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year two years in a row?
... that a 1998 election made
George W. Bush the first person to be elected to two consecutive four-year terms as Governor of Texas?
... that the 1934
Jeanne Galzy novel Jeunes filles en serre chaude, with its seductive title, was deemed to contain "dangerous aberrations" and "strong emotional reaction[s] of an undesirable nature"?
... that a one-armed Russian military officer became a monk in Praskvica Monastery and built a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) stone road from
Sveti Stefan to the monastery?
... that although Lindsay Doran did not want to enter the profession of her father, the
film industry, she eventually became the president of film studio
United Artists?
... that while most wine grapes belong only to the Vitis vinifera species, the hybrid
Canadian wine grape L'Acadie blanc has members of eight different Vitis species in its family tree?
... that
Roy Lichtenstein's Hopeless and both versions of Crying Girl were mid-1960s romance comic-based works that may have been inspired by his marital difficulties or
Pablo Picasso's weeping women?
... that
Jean Metzinger's painting En Canot(pictured in black and white) appeared in the Nazi Degenerate Art catalogue with the notation "Even this was once taken seriously and bought for good money!"?
... that in the 1970 Cold War spy film The Executioner,
George Peppard plays the role of a secret agent who kills his colleague and assumes his identity?
... that Kabang, who was hailed as "hero dog" for saving two girls from a traffic accident, received donations from 47 countries to repair her badly injured face?
... that
British Army soldiers traditionally drink Gunfire in their beds on Christmas?
... that British Air Chief Marshall
Hugh Dowding initially instructed his
Spitfire and
Hurricane groups to use a gun harmonisation scheme that aimed eight guns at a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) rectangle?
... that despite not charting in Billboard magazine, the music video for "Chika Ideal" reached the Top 10 on
Terra Networks' Top Music Video countdown?
... that despite a crackdown on illegal narcotics, as of 2012, some 300,000 households are still involved in opium production(opium field pictured) in
Burma?
... that white box are used for railway sleepers and fences in Australia?
16 June 2013
16:30, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
... that U.S. Army neurologist Dr. Geoffrey Ling(pictured) described the problem of developing quality artificial arms, which include a proper sense of touch, as "doggone hard"?
... that
paleobotanistShya Chitaley named an extinct plant species for
Cleveland's bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her?
... that the Iris hut, used by the British in the
Second World War alongside the better-known
Nissen hut, had a major design flaw that caused it to collapse after snowfalls?
... that Singaporean theatre director Natalie Hennedige's production company produced Nothing in 2007?
... that spines of the long-spined sea urchin can break off in the skin and cause a painful sting?
... that after retiring from government service, Canadian diplomat Morley Byron Bursey was "heavily involved" in developing the automotive portion of
NAFTA?
... that
Eva Perón established the Salon Rosado in the Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature(pictured) as an exclusive space for women politicians, where they could discuss issues without men being present?
... that Italian priest-poet Gian Carlo Passeroni(pictured) lived in a cellar with threadbare clothing, minimal furniture and only a
rooster as a companion?
... that Montana television hall of fame inductee Norma Ashby was kissed by
Robert Goulet during an interview, and once featured a rancher on her local
KRTV show who gutted a
rattlesnake on live television?
... that Dutch "TV economist" Mathijs Bouman is known for such one-liners as "if women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often"?
14 June 2013
18:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
... that Sue Sarafian Jehl(pictured), who served as
Dwight Eisenhower's personal assistant, said the famous general believed women made efficient officers?
... that Japanese tennis player Fumiteru Nakano reached the fourth round of the men's singles at the
1938 French Championships, a result that was not achieved again by a Japanese man until 2013?
... that Lina Ron was very aggressive and volatile in her radical political life when
Chávez called her "uncontrollable", and she even called herself an "ugly part" of the revolution?
... that the
chorus of
Rihanna's song "What Now" contains background sounds that resemble "sonic bombs"?
... that black
coral has been depleted in the shallower waters of the Gulf of Cazones as its use for ornamental jewellery has increased since the 1960s?
... that Hansi Brand was involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust?
... that the McAfrika burger was sold by
McDonald's in
Norway for a limited time, just as a major famine was happening in
Africa, creating a public relations disaster?
11:00, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
... that Colorado mining magnate
Horace Tabor's wife, Baby Doe Tabor(pictured), went from being one of the best dressed women in the West to freezing to death in a
mining shack?
... that the talk show Ra'is el-Tahrir ("Editor in Chief") hosted by Hamdi Qandil was one of the most popular and respected television
programs in
Egypt before it was discontinued in 2003?
... that the solitary cup coral can double its diameter by drawing water into its mantle?
... that whilst in his 70s, entrepreneur Eugene Tonkonogy fulfilled a lifelong ambition of marching in the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a clown, and continued to do so every year for twenty years?
... that St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Wales, contains a reading desk made out of 15th-century bench ends, one of which is decorated with a carving of a mermaid?
... that in the
Roman Empire, the Rosalia was a floral commemoration of the dead observed by pagans, Jews, and Christians?
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... that the Koehler Depressing Carriage(pictured), which allowed
cannon to be fired downwards, included a forerunner of the recoil systems that are standard features of modern
artillery pieces?
... that of the five early grounds of Manchester City F.C., four were originally unused wasteland, most had no stands or facilities, and none served for more than two seasons?
... that
Tommy Kendall suffered critical injuries at
Watkins Glen in 1991 when the left rear wheel of his Intrepid RM-1 flew off, pitching him into the guardrail at 140 mph (230 km/h)?
... that Jeffrey Dampier won US$20 million in the
Illinois Lottery and was subsequently murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend?
... that bullets are found in central and northern Australia after monsoonal rains?
... that the Jeddo Tunnel contributes 90,000 pounds (41,000 kg) of acid per day to the Susquehanna River via the Little Nescopeck and Nescopeck Creeks?
... that Hardy Town, an encampment established by the civilians of
Gibraltar to escape the Spanish bombardment of the
Great Siege of 1779–83, was called the "Cowards' Retreat" by the British garrison?
... that in the UK a total ouster clause in a statute generally does not prevent a person from applying for
judicial review of a public authority's decision, but a partial ouster clause does?
... that in the United States, landowners control subsurface oil and gas resources, while in most of the rest of the world, the petroleum fiscal regime is government-managed?
... that Wan Long, chairman of Shuanghui, is known as China's "number one butcher" due to the number of pigs his company slaughters?
... that in the wildlife of Nepal,
Rhododendron is the most widely found national flower of the country and its red flower, known locally as Lal Guran, forms the wreath round the national symbol?
... that Willie Stokes buried his murdered son in a Cadillac-styled coffin, prompting
Stevie Ray Vaughan to record the song "Willie the Wimp"?
... that HauptsturmführerKarl Streibel, who took part in the Nazi extermination of Jews as storm leader of SSBattalion Streibel, was acquitted of any wrongdoing in 1976?
... that the Idaho-
endemic sedge Carex aboriginum was not seen again for nearly 90 years after its initial discovery?
00:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
... that an Albert Swinden mural (pictured), one of very few of his early paintings not destroyed in a studio fire, was painted over and thought lost, before being rediscovered and restored?
... that a team of filmmakers and scientists searching for the legendary "lost city of gold," la Ciudad Blanca, found multiple large-scale
archeological sites?
... that the Zamorano Eighty list contains a book so rare, only two copies are known to exist, and one collector planned a burglary to obtain it?
... that Sarla Behn's and
Mirabehn's work in
Kumaon and
Garhwal, respectively, played a key role in bringing focus on issues of environmental degradation and conservation in
independent India?
... that plans for an elephant to appear in the
Guano Apes' circus-themed music video "You Can't Stop Me" were cancelled after the elephant's owner threatened a rival circus family?
... that Cathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh, an account of the wars of
Thomond in 13th-century Ireland, is noted for both historical accuracy and vivid descriptions of
banshees?
... that the
Neo-Gothic renovation of Venezuela's Palacio de las Academias(pictured) gave the façade forty bays containing windows or doors?
... that Karera Wildlife Sanctuary, established to conserve the
Great Indian Bustard, is being denotified due to opposition by the local people and the disappearance of the bird locally?
... that after Governor Liu Zihou was captured by the
Red Guards and rescued by the army in 1967, rival army factions armed his supporters and opponents, who fought and killed each other for years?
... that baseball pitcher Ramón Arano is one of only two players ever to pitch professionally in six different decades, and is the only pitcher to win at least 300 career games in a single
minor league?
... that, despite running back Matt Brown being only 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall, the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers just signed him to a three-year
NFL contract?
... that
Swami Vivekananda said it would not have been possible for him to do anything for India without the help of Ajit Singh, eighth king of Shekhawat dynasty of
Khetri,
Rajasthan?
... that SS-HauptsturmführerHans Bothmann was one of at least a dozen high-ranking Nazi functionaries and
Holocaust perpetrators who committed suicide?
... that the facade of the Jean Cocteau Museum has been likened to a "string of alabaster forearms holding up the sky"?
... that porn star Danny Wylde and his girlfriend contributed a film of themselves having sex to a website that aims to provide more realistic representations of sex than are found in
hardcore pornography?
... that in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, pointy flower heads of the herb Thonningia sanguinea (pictured) are often tied to the ankles of young children to help them learn to walk?
... that the Dhambalin archaeological site, discovered in 2007 by Somali archaeologist Sada Mire, has the earliest known rock art pictures of sheep in
Somalia?
... that the USS Ferret was part of a naval fleet that sailed to the
Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of
pirate raids on
merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s?
... that Cardinal Kollonitsch said he would "first render
Hungary obedient, then destitute, and finally Catholic"?
... that Venezuela formerly produced almost as much coffee as Colombia, but by 2001 its coffee production was only about one percent of world production?
... that the edifice (pictured) was the focal point for the Constitutional Convention and signing of the Declaration of Independence of
Venezuela in the nineteenth century, hence known as the "cradle of independence”?