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30 April 2016
15:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Australasian darter
... that the plumage of the Australasian darter(pictured) absorbs water to reduce the bird's buoyancy and allow it to swim submerged?
... that forensic chemist Mary Louisa Willard was referred to as "Lady Sherlock" for assisting law enforcement officials?
... that "If I wanted you to understand it, I'd explain it better" is a favorite expression in Cruijffiaans, the
idiolect of Dutch soccer coach
Johan Cruyff?
... that Bach's early cantata Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196, was possibly composed for the wedding of the minister who performed Bach's first wedding in
Dornheim?
... that the Museum of Socialist Art was established in
Sofia in 2011 amidst a controversy over its name, which was initially proposed as "Museum of Totalitarian Art"?
... that Sairat, which is set to be released today, is the first Indian film to include a symphonic score recorded in
Hollywood?
... that Kashf al-Asrar (The Unveiling of Secrets) was written by
Ruhollah Khomeini to answer the criticisms of
Shia Islam published in a pamphlet titled The Thousand-Year Secrets?
... that the interior of the Jami Masjid, Khambhat, (pictured) has an open courtyard with 100 columns built from ruins of Hindu and Jain temples?
... that Bogna Burska's initial painting compositions were narratives of congealed blood forms made with red paints applied by fingers on walls, canvas, and glass?
... that an inscription in Harran dated from 568 CE is among the earliest known appearances of
Arabic in
Syria?
... that competition for the contract to build Singapore's first MRT trains (pictured) was so fierce that it involved last-minute discounts, offers of free parts, and allegations of sabotage?
... that the Brazilian football defender Marquinhos was surprised by how many goals he scored after joining
Paris Saint-Germain?
... that decades before Han Xu became
China's ambassador to the United States, he was a guerrilla fighter who helped rescue American pilots shot down by the Japanese?
... that meanness is a personal quality whose classical form, discussed by many from
Aristotle to
Thomas Aquinas, characterizes it as a vice of "lowness", but whose modern form deals more with cruelty?
... that the 13th-century Welsh nobleman Tudur Hen was the direct ancestor of the
House of Tudor, and introduced the name to the line?
... that Herbert L. Packer proposed two models for the U.S. criminal justice system,
crime control and
due process, which became influential in criminal policy debates?
... that five schoolchildren and their leader's assistant died in a blizzard in the 1971 Cairngorm Plateau Disaster when they failed to reach the Curran shelter in the
Scottish Highlands?
... that after the Kraft Music Hall television show aired a recipe for clam dip(example pictured) in the early 1950s,
canned clams in New York City sold out within 24 hours?
... that Tokyo-born archeologist Carl Whiting Bishop served in U.S. naval intelligence during World War I?
... that Elspeth Beard was the first
English woman to ride a motorcycle around the world?
24 April 2016
21:21, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Guan Zilan
... that painter Guan Zilan(pictured), once an art world favourite, became largely forgotten in Communist China and rediscovered photos of her were mistaken for images of the movie star
Ruan Lingyu?
... that Humira Saqib started educating the
women of Afghanistan through her magazine Negah-e-Zan on their rights and to "tell women that we have great ideas, and the ability to make those ideas a reality"?
... that in times past, the head of the household would go out to the street to say Ha Lachma Anya, thus inviting poor people to join him at the
Passover Seder?
... that Shuangyu, an international
entrepôt used by Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese traders and smugglers, was destroyed by the
Ming dynasty in 1548?
... that Gerri Major was the first African American woman to announce programs on commercial radio?
... that the 14th-century tower of St Mary's Church, Caldicot, was not completed until the 16th century?
09:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
The Ten-Faced Samantabhadra stupa
... that on the 3,077-metre (10,095 ft)-high Golden Summit stands a 48-metre (157 ft)-tall
stupa of the Ten-Faced
Samantabhadra(pictured)?
... that after death of
Muhammad al-Mahdi's father, al-Mahdi appointed Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi as his representative, making al-Asadi the main link between al-Mahdi and the
Shia community?
... that in the United States, Grand Theft Auto III was the best-selling game of 2001, and the second best-selling game of 2002, behind only
its sequel?
... that
Strauss composed the cantata Taillefer, based on a romantic medieval tale and set for three soloists, an eight-part choir, and a large orchestra, for the centenary of the
Heidelberg University?
... that
FEMA's "Other than a Plan D Situation" file includes draft legislation to waive penalties for the late-filing of
income tax by persons residing in cities destroyed by nuclear attack?
... that Minna Salami, a woman journalist of Nigeria, is actively participating on African women's issues through her award-winning blog called MsAfropolitan?
... that despite indicating willingness to renew his contract with a Portuguese club, Portuguese footballer Rúben Fernandes signed with a newly promoted Belgian one instead?
... that Peniel Chapel(pictured) changed the practice of the traditional interior of a Welsh church to that of a
theatre building with a ramped gallery floor for an auditorium experience?
... that conservation biologist Leela Hazzah began a program teaching
Maasai hunters to protect lions instead of hunt them?
... that Jerusalem's first printing press was established in the Armenian Quarter?
... that Indian nationalist Santi Ghose assassinated a British magistrate when she was 15 years old?
... that the former
motte-and-baileyBarland Castle is thought to have originally been called "Bernoldune", the name changing gradually over the following centuries?
... that Drishyam became the second film to show for 100 days in the
UAE, after Titanic (1997)?
... that an architect who despised the design of Old College, Aberystwyth(pictured) was fired from working on it amid fears that his plans would prove too expensive?
... that a line in the single "Game On" by the Welsh band
Catatonia appeared in one of the tracks on their original
demos?
... that the extinct ant genus Paraneuretus is known from amber and compression fossils?
... that according to a former editor of The Observer, Nora Beloff "had one of the most distinguished careers any woman has had in British journalism"?
... that an Earnest performance necessitates the rhythmic smashing of forty dinner plates?
00:25, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Antlion pit trap
... that many antlion larvae dig pit traps to catch prey?
... that The Sound of a Flower is based on the life of Jin Chae-seon, who became
Joseon's first female pansori singer in 1867, when women were forbidden to perform on stage?
... that the shell of Incognitoolithus, the largest known North American fossil
bird egg from the
Eocene, bears possible peck-marks from a predatory bird?
... that Turkish journalist and playwright Nezihe Araz was fired from her newspaper job because a photo attached to her report showed an Arab man urinating, which angered the
King of Iraq?
... that when her uncles sought to take her land and send her to a nunnery, Hawys Gadarn took an audience with
Edward II and returned with English troops to take back her castle?
... that Major General Carlos Brewer asked to be demoted to colonel so he could command combat troops during World War II, because he was too old to command a division as a general?
... that the Brighton Herald, latterly based at 2–3 Pavilion Buildings in Brighton, was the first newspaper in England to report Napoleon's escape from Elba?
... that Ace Air Flight 51 crashed in the same area as a 2010 plane carrying nine people including U.S. Senator
Ted Stevens and former NASA administrator
Sean O'Keefe?
... that apart from matte-
chamfered edges and an inset
stainless steel rear Apple logo, the exterior design of the iPhone SE is nearly identical to that of the
iPhone 5S?
... that the Tasmanian laurel(pictured) can flower in autumn after flowering in spring?
... that the regimental band of the
U.S. Army's
369th Regiment (the "Harlem Hellfighters Band") is credited with introducing jazz to Europe during World War I?
... that rather than accept an appointment as bishop, Father Louis de Barth told Archbishop
Leonard Neale that he would burn the
papal bull nominating him and flee to the wilderness?
12 April 2016
12:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
St Mellons Church
... that one of the oldest parts of the medieval St Mellons Church(pictured) is the base of the
font, which was made from an old
Norman pier?
... that the champion
Saddlebred horse Imperator's tail was 14 feet (4.3 m) long?
... that Hungarian politician Béla Grünwald telegraphed the news of his death to
his party leader before committing suicide in Paris?
11 April 2016
12:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Bai Yang
... that Bai Yang(pictured), one of China's most popular film actresses, was imprisoned for five years during the
Cultural Revolution?
... that the text for
Bach's early cantata Actus tragicus, using Bible verses and three hymns, is similar to the sermon held at the funeral of a former mayor of
Mühlhausen?
... that the
U.S. Marine Band, a U.S. military premier ensemble, is the oldest continuously active professional music organization in the United States?
... that the fossil ant genus Gerontoformica is known from thirteen species?
... that after
synthwave producer
Com Truise made his third extended play Wave 1, he said he had not realized it was really a reflection of the previous few months of his life?
... that the pastrami on rye sandwich has come to be a symbol of the classic New York Jewish
deli?
... that in his book Mysterious New Mexico,
Ben Radford describes the use of scientific techniques to investigate thirteen cases of purported paranormal phenomena?
... that according to one theory, Bintulu got its name from the gathering of severed heads from the
headhunting activities in
Sarawak,
Borneo?
... that the fossil ant Camelomecia has distinct cup-shaped mandibles?
... that Richard Strauss composed Die Tageszeiten, setting poems about four times of the day, for the men's chorus that serenaded him for his 60th birthday?
... that
Alex Ferguson gave Danny Higginbotham(pictured) a four-year professional contract whilst Higginbotham was serving a year-long ban from football?
... that the Cork Public Museum building was used to host visiting royalty in the 1900s, and as an air-raid protection office in the 1930s?
... that when
Newburgh city manager Joseph Mitchell summoned all the city's
welfare recipients to City Hall to investigate their legitimacy, no cases of fraud were uncovered?
... that several riders were forced to withdraw from the 2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling race due to travel restrictions imposed after the
Brussels bombings the previous day?
... that Joan Bates was a queen before she was a princess?
... that the celebrity vet
Buster Lloyd-Jones compared living in the penthouse flat of Courtenay Gate(pictured) in
Hove to "living in a lighthouse"?
... that the Irish
rugby player and physician Major Robertson Smyth was killed by the effects of gas exposure in World War I?
... that the
U.S. Supreme Courtruled that the government can withhold
Social Security payments to collect on student loans that have been delinquent for over 10 years?
... that Yun Bulong, Chairman of
Inner Mongolia, was killed when a train hit his car at a railway crossing?
... that the proportion of
ground beef that contained pink slime, in the United States, declined from 70% in March 2012 to around 5% in March 2013, in part due to media coverage about it?
... that the battalions imported from
Military Region 3 during Operation Sinsay held their objective for three days before being returned?
... that Doris Mackinnon had a reputation for never repeating a lecture in 30 years?
00:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Hoverfly
... that insects that pollinate plants include butterflies, moths, beetles, flies (example pictured), wasps, and ants?
... that the political scientist Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that animal activists should focus on the inconsistent treatment of animals relative to other animals, not relative to humans?
... that the 12-gun
brigHMS Constant captured at least seven French and Dutch vessels while at sea between 1806 and 1813?
... that Wu Qing won the
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2001, the first Chinese woman to receive the honour?
... that upon its 1641 premiere in Venice, the opera La finta pazza was performed twelve times in seventeen days?
... that the ancient
Maya lightning god Yopaat was said to have helped with the rebirth of the
maize god by breaking the shell of a turtle with his
thunderbolt?
... that the Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad of
Hinduism states the liberated person lives by the divine secret and ancient value that "there is no one different from me"?
... that pitcher Ned Garvin(pictured) was fined US$100 and released by the
Chicago White Stockings in 1902 after he shot a bar owner and pistol-whipped a policeman?
... that the tube worm Salmacina dysteri grows on harbour installations, on the hulls of ships and at depths of 600 m (2,000 ft)?
... that the ideas in the pre-4th-century Indian text Mahavakya Upanishad are similar to Neoplatonic Greek philosophy presented by
Proclus in the 5th century?
... that the gold thrymsa was superseded by the silver
sceat after about 675?
... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou co-founded a Greek
suffrage organization and then served as its president for decades?
... that a pre-8th-century sculpture of a
Tandava-dancing
Shiva(pictured) can be found at the Badami cave temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate?
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 April 2016
15:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Australasian darter
... that the plumage of the Australasian darter(pictured) absorbs water to reduce the bird's buoyancy and allow it to swim submerged?
... that forensic chemist Mary Louisa Willard was referred to as "Lady Sherlock" for assisting law enforcement officials?
... that "If I wanted you to understand it, I'd explain it better" is a favorite expression in Cruijffiaans, the
idiolect of Dutch soccer coach
Johan Cruyff?
... that Bach's early cantata Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196, was possibly composed for the wedding of the minister who performed Bach's first wedding in
Dornheim?
... that the Museum of Socialist Art was established in
Sofia in 2011 amidst a controversy over its name, which was initially proposed as "Museum of Totalitarian Art"?
... that Sairat, which is set to be released today, is the first Indian film to include a symphonic score recorded in
Hollywood?
... that Kashf al-Asrar (The Unveiling of Secrets) was written by
Ruhollah Khomeini to answer the criticisms of
Shia Islam published in a pamphlet titled The Thousand-Year Secrets?
... that the interior of the Jami Masjid, Khambhat, (pictured) has an open courtyard with 100 columns built from ruins of Hindu and Jain temples?
... that Bogna Burska's initial painting compositions were narratives of congealed blood forms made with red paints applied by fingers on walls, canvas, and glass?
... that an inscription in Harran dated from 568 CE is among the earliest known appearances of
Arabic in
Syria?
... that competition for the contract to build Singapore's first MRT trains (pictured) was so fierce that it involved last-minute discounts, offers of free parts, and allegations of sabotage?
... that the Brazilian football defender Marquinhos was surprised by how many goals he scored after joining
Paris Saint-Germain?
... that decades before Han Xu became
China's ambassador to the United States, he was a guerrilla fighter who helped rescue American pilots shot down by the Japanese?
... that meanness is a personal quality whose classical form, discussed by many from
Aristotle to
Thomas Aquinas, characterizes it as a vice of "lowness", but whose modern form deals more with cruelty?
... that the 13th-century Welsh nobleman Tudur Hen was the direct ancestor of the
House of Tudor, and introduced the name to the line?
... that Herbert L. Packer proposed two models for the U.S. criminal justice system,
crime control and
due process, which became influential in criminal policy debates?
... that five schoolchildren and their leader's assistant died in a blizzard in the 1971 Cairngorm Plateau Disaster when they failed to reach the Curran shelter in the
Scottish Highlands?
... that after the Kraft Music Hall television show aired a recipe for clam dip(example pictured) in the early 1950s,
canned clams in New York City sold out within 24 hours?
... that Tokyo-born archeologist Carl Whiting Bishop served in U.S. naval intelligence during World War I?
... that Elspeth Beard was the first
English woman to ride a motorcycle around the world?
24 April 2016
21:21, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Guan Zilan
... that painter Guan Zilan(pictured), once an art world favourite, became largely forgotten in Communist China and rediscovered photos of her were mistaken for images of the movie star
Ruan Lingyu?
... that Humira Saqib started educating the
women of Afghanistan through her magazine Negah-e-Zan on their rights and to "tell women that we have great ideas, and the ability to make those ideas a reality"?
... that in times past, the head of the household would go out to the street to say Ha Lachma Anya, thus inviting poor people to join him at the
Passover Seder?
... that Shuangyu, an international
entrepôt used by Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese traders and smugglers, was destroyed by the
Ming dynasty in 1548?
... that Gerri Major was the first African American woman to announce programs on commercial radio?
... that the 14th-century tower of St Mary's Church, Caldicot, was not completed until the 16th century?
09:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
The Ten-Faced Samantabhadra stupa
... that on the 3,077-metre (10,095 ft)-high Golden Summit stands a 48-metre (157 ft)-tall
stupa of the Ten-Faced
Samantabhadra(pictured)?
... that after death of
Muhammad al-Mahdi's father, al-Mahdi appointed Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi as his representative, making al-Asadi the main link between al-Mahdi and the
Shia community?
... that in the United States, Grand Theft Auto III was the best-selling game of 2001, and the second best-selling game of 2002, behind only
its sequel?
... that
Strauss composed the cantata Taillefer, based on a romantic medieval tale and set for three soloists, an eight-part choir, and a large orchestra, for the centenary of the
Heidelberg University?
... that
FEMA's "Other than a Plan D Situation" file includes draft legislation to waive penalties for the late-filing of
income tax by persons residing in cities destroyed by nuclear attack?
... that Minna Salami, a woman journalist of Nigeria, is actively participating on African women's issues through her award-winning blog called MsAfropolitan?
... that despite indicating willingness to renew his contract with a Portuguese club, Portuguese footballer Rúben Fernandes signed with a newly promoted Belgian one instead?
... that Peniel Chapel(pictured) changed the practice of the traditional interior of a Welsh church to that of a
theatre building with a ramped gallery floor for an auditorium experience?
... that conservation biologist Leela Hazzah began a program teaching
Maasai hunters to protect lions instead of hunt them?
... that Jerusalem's first printing press was established in the Armenian Quarter?
... that Indian nationalist Santi Ghose assassinated a British magistrate when she was 15 years old?
... that the former
motte-and-baileyBarland Castle is thought to have originally been called "Bernoldune", the name changing gradually over the following centuries?
... that Drishyam became the second film to show for 100 days in the
UAE, after Titanic (1997)?
... that an architect who despised the design of Old College, Aberystwyth(pictured) was fired from working on it amid fears that his plans would prove too expensive?
... that a line in the single "Game On" by the Welsh band
Catatonia appeared in one of the tracks on their original
demos?
... that the extinct ant genus Paraneuretus is known from amber and compression fossils?
... that according to a former editor of The Observer, Nora Beloff "had one of the most distinguished careers any woman has had in British journalism"?
... that an Earnest performance necessitates the rhythmic smashing of forty dinner plates?
00:25, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Antlion pit trap
... that many antlion larvae dig pit traps to catch prey?
... that The Sound of a Flower is based on the life of Jin Chae-seon, who became
Joseon's first female pansori singer in 1867, when women were forbidden to perform on stage?
... that the shell of Incognitoolithus, the largest known North American fossil
bird egg from the
Eocene, bears possible peck-marks from a predatory bird?
... that Turkish journalist and playwright Nezihe Araz was fired from her newspaper job because a photo attached to her report showed an Arab man urinating, which angered the
King of Iraq?
... that when her uncles sought to take her land and send her to a nunnery, Hawys Gadarn took an audience with
Edward II and returned with English troops to take back her castle?
... that Major General Carlos Brewer asked to be demoted to colonel so he could command combat troops during World War II, because he was too old to command a division as a general?
... that the Brighton Herald, latterly based at 2–3 Pavilion Buildings in Brighton, was the first newspaper in England to report Napoleon's escape from Elba?
... that Ace Air Flight 51 crashed in the same area as a 2010 plane carrying nine people including U.S. Senator
Ted Stevens and former NASA administrator
Sean O'Keefe?
... that apart from matte-
chamfered edges and an inset
stainless steel rear Apple logo, the exterior design of the iPhone SE is nearly identical to that of the
iPhone 5S?
... that the Tasmanian laurel(pictured) can flower in autumn after flowering in spring?
... that the regimental band of the
U.S. Army's
369th Regiment (the "Harlem Hellfighters Band") is credited with introducing jazz to Europe during World War I?
... that rather than accept an appointment as bishop, Father Louis de Barth told Archbishop
Leonard Neale that he would burn the
papal bull nominating him and flee to the wilderness?
12 April 2016
12:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
St Mellons Church
... that one of the oldest parts of the medieval St Mellons Church(pictured) is the base of the
font, which was made from an old
Norman pier?
... that the champion
Saddlebred horse Imperator's tail was 14 feet (4.3 m) long?
... that Hungarian politician Béla Grünwald telegraphed the news of his death to
his party leader before committing suicide in Paris?
11 April 2016
12:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Bai Yang
... that Bai Yang(pictured), one of China's most popular film actresses, was imprisoned for five years during the
Cultural Revolution?
... that the text for
Bach's early cantata Actus tragicus, using Bible verses and three hymns, is similar to the sermon held at the funeral of a former mayor of
Mühlhausen?
... that the
U.S. Marine Band, a U.S. military premier ensemble, is the oldest continuously active professional music organization in the United States?
... that the fossil ant genus Gerontoformica is known from thirteen species?
... that after
synthwave producer
Com Truise made his third extended play Wave 1, he said he had not realized it was really a reflection of the previous few months of his life?
... that the pastrami on rye sandwich has come to be a symbol of the classic New York Jewish
deli?
... that in his book Mysterious New Mexico,
Ben Radford describes the use of scientific techniques to investigate thirteen cases of purported paranormal phenomena?
... that according to one theory, Bintulu got its name from the gathering of severed heads from the
headhunting activities in
Sarawak,
Borneo?
... that the fossil ant Camelomecia has distinct cup-shaped mandibles?
... that Richard Strauss composed Die Tageszeiten, setting poems about four times of the day, for the men's chorus that serenaded him for his 60th birthday?
... that
Alex Ferguson gave Danny Higginbotham(pictured) a four-year professional contract whilst Higginbotham was serving a year-long ban from football?
... that the Cork Public Museum building was used to host visiting royalty in the 1900s, and as an air-raid protection office in the 1930s?
... that when
Newburgh city manager Joseph Mitchell summoned all the city's
welfare recipients to City Hall to investigate their legitimacy, no cases of fraud were uncovered?
... that several riders were forced to withdraw from the 2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling race due to travel restrictions imposed after the
Brussels bombings the previous day?
... that Joan Bates was a queen before she was a princess?
... that the celebrity vet
Buster Lloyd-Jones compared living in the penthouse flat of Courtenay Gate(pictured) in
Hove to "living in a lighthouse"?
... that the Irish
rugby player and physician Major Robertson Smyth was killed by the effects of gas exposure in World War I?
... that the
U.S. Supreme Courtruled that the government can withhold
Social Security payments to collect on student loans that have been delinquent for over 10 years?
... that Yun Bulong, Chairman of
Inner Mongolia, was killed when a train hit his car at a railway crossing?
... that the proportion of
ground beef that contained pink slime, in the United States, declined from 70% in March 2012 to around 5% in March 2013, in part due to media coverage about it?
... that the battalions imported from
Military Region 3 during Operation Sinsay held their objective for three days before being returned?
... that Doris Mackinnon had a reputation for never repeating a lecture in 30 years?
00:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Hoverfly
... that insects that pollinate plants include butterflies, moths, beetles, flies (example pictured), wasps, and ants?
... that the political scientist Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that animal activists should focus on the inconsistent treatment of animals relative to other animals, not relative to humans?
... that the 12-gun
brigHMS Constant captured at least seven French and Dutch vessels while at sea between 1806 and 1813?
... that Wu Qing won the
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2001, the first Chinese woman to receive the honour?
... that upon its 1641 premiere in Venice, the opera La finta pazza was performed twelve times in seventeen days?
... that the ancient
Maya lightning god Yopaat was said to have helped with the rebirth of the
maize god by breaking the shell of a turtle with his
thunderbolt?
... that the Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad of
Hinduism states the liberated person lives by the divine secret and ancient value that "there is no one different from me"?
... that pitcher Ned Garvin(pictured) was fined US$100 and released by the
Chicago White Stockings in 1902 after he shot a bar owner and pistol-whipped a policeman?
... that the tube worm Salmacina dysteri grows on harbour installations, on the hulls of ships and at depths of 600 m (2,000 ft)?
... that the ideas in the pre-4th-century Indian text Mahavakya Upanishad are similar to Neoplatonic Greek philosophy presented by
Proclus in the 5th century?
... that the gold thrymsa was superseded by the silver
sceat after about 675?
... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou co-founded a Greek
suffrage organization and then served as its president for decades?
... that a pre-8th-century sculpture of a
Tandava-dancing
Shiva(pictured) can be found at the Badami cave temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate?