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31 July 2015

15:05, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Grain Tower at low tide

... that the Grain Tower (pictured), the last Martello-style gun tower to be built in Britain, was designed to protect the mouth of the River Medway?
... that Alex Sharp is the youngest winner of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play?
... that the Texas-dwelling tarantula Aphonopelma hollyi was named after rock 'n' roll singer Buddy Holly?
... that Mariam Behruzi was one of four women elected to the first Iranian Parliament?
... that in the 1971 science fiction film The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler, the clones were referred to as soma, which is Greek for body?
... that United News of India is the first and only news agency in the world to supply news in Urdu on the teleprinter?
... that the Nature Reserve of Saint Bartholomew, which includes Île Frégate, is battling an invasion of lionfish?
... that Ray Davies was forced to make a round-trip flight from New York to London to rerecord two words in "Lola"?

00:40, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Wendiceratops

... that the dinosaur Wendiceratops (illustration pictured) was named for fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, who then had it tattooed on her arm in celebration?
... that the architect of "the last synagogue in Slovakia" later worked on Hitler's plans for redesigning Berlin?
... that Ali Wallace, Miss Oregon 2015, is the daughter of Tamara Fazzolari, Miss Oregon 1987?
... that a urethral diverticulum is a pouch that forms in the urethra from trauma or infection?
... that the actress Gerda Müller was Mother Courage in the play by Bertolt Brecht?
... that a reviewer commented that the name of Gangsta.'s fictional location "sounds like some sort of stomach disorder"?
... that Bisrakh village in Greater Noida is believed to be the birthplace of the mythological king Ravana of the epic Ramayana, who in later years was the king of Sri Lanka?
... that Lady Gaga was inspired to write "Sexxx Dreams" from her "mucky" fantasies?

30 July 2015

12:55, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Frans Goedhart

... that Dutch journalist Frans Goedhart (pictured) illegally founded a newsletter during World War II, was sentenced to death, escaped, and served in the House of Representatives for 25 years?
... that the Wistarburgh Glass Works was America's first successful glass factory?
... that Charlotte Manning was the first Mistress of Girton College?
... that over 215,000 Two Together Railcards were sold within a year of the card being launched?
... that on a track of the album 1000 Fires, Traci Lords reveals her experience with rape when she was 10 years old?
... that some Iranian groups accused the U.S.-led coalition of bombarding a pro-government headquarters during the First Battle of Tikrit?
... that German architect Paul Schneider-Esleben's design of Cologne Bonn Airport was emulated by numerous other airports around the world?
... that the music of Giuseppe Verdi appeared on a dress worn by Katy Perry?

01:10, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Suna Besha

... that during the Suna Besha event, held five times a year, Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra are adorned with golden jewellery?
... that Canadian football defensive back John Ojo returned an interception 57 yards (52 m) for a touchdown in the first home game of his rookie season?
... that Goon: Last of the Enforcers is the directorial debut by Jay Baruchel?
... that the mirid bug Macrolophus caliginosus is used to control whitefly on greenhouse tomatoes in Europe, while Dicyphus hesperus is used in North America?
... that the bid of the Empire of Thessalonica to recover Constantinople and re-establish the Byzantine Empire failed when it was defeated by the Bulgarians at the Battle of Klokotnitsa?
... that anthracite coal was being mined near the mouth of Racket Brook by 1820?
... that Carl Thompson, Britain's heaviest man, gained 30 stone (190 kg; 420 lb) over the last three years of his life?
... that "you half expect to find the leaders of the Evil Empire ... plotting the demise of Luke Skywalker" in the Rarig Center?

29 July 2015

12:45, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Ramagiri Fort

... that it is believed that Ramagiri Fort (pictured) inspired the Sanskrit poet Kālidāsa to write his lyric poem, Meghadūta?
... that although Mathilde Wurm's death was ruled a suicide, some believed she was killed by the Gestapo?
... that at 10,400 feet (3,200 m), the Staten Island Tunnel would have been the world's longest tunnel, but it was abandoned after only 150 feet (46 m) of it had been built?
... that Rodger Dudding got his start as the largest owner of self-storage garages in the United Kingdom by buying ten units from his landlord?
... that the fossil crane fly Elephantomyia baltica is known from a single male in amber?
... that Fanling Lodge, the summer residence for the then Governor of Hong Kong, served as a venue for secret discussions between China and the United Kingdom in the years preceding the 1997 handover?
... that the film Miracles from Heaven is based on a memoir by Christy Beam about her sick daughter, who was miraculously cured after surviving a near-death experience?
... that former John Bartram High School basketball player Tyrone Garland scored the third-most points in Philadelphia Public League history, being surpassed only by Maureece Rice and Wilt Chamberlain?

01:00, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Crested quetzal

... that the normally frugivorous crested quetzal (pictured) can catch small vertebrates while raising its young?
... that Thomas Asen Palaiologos, a Byzantine exile and possible grandson of the governor of Corinth, Matthew Palaiologos Asen, financed the construction of the first Orthodox church in Naples?
... that a third bridge over the Cape Cod Canal has been proposed for decades as part of various road projects?
... that Hastie Weir played for a Motherwell team described as "probably the finest pure footballing side that Scotland has ever produced"?
... that Vaughn Armstrong's role as Maxwell Forrest in the Star Trek: Enterprise cast was one of thirteen characters he played in the Star Trek franchise?
... that the Igogo festival has been active for over 400 years?
... that before starring in Focus, Adrian Martinez felt like he had "been running in a marathon for 20 years"?
... that the Navalakaha, a palace in Gondal, India, means "nine lakhs" (INRs 900,000), which was its cost of building?

28 July 2015

13:15, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Lieutenant General Reg Pollard

... that when Lieutenant (later Lieutenant General Sir) Reg Pollard got married, his wife cut the cake with the Sword of Honour he had been awarded at the Royal Military College, Duntroon?
... that the ghost jellyfish may have a goose barnacle hanging from its bell and little fish swimming among its tentacles?
... that in the Paramahamsa Upanishad, Brahma explains that by discerning the staff of knowledge, one may become a paramahamsa?
... that Danielle Wineman, Miss Montana 2015, is the older sister of Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana 2012?
... that Australian power pop group Sunnyboys issued their nation's first cassette single, "Happy Man", in June 1981?
... that the Koma Kulshan Project was built on Mount Baker, a volcano called Koma Kulshan by the Lummi people?
... that Hong Kong Free Press was established in response to concerns of declining press freedom?
... that in the early 1970s, a flooded strip pit near Powderly Creek made national news when a UFO supposedly crashed into it?

01:30, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Paul Gauguin's self‑portrait

... that Paul Gauguin's Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake is a companion piece to his portrait of Dutch artist Meijer de Haan?
... that physical metallurgist Georgii Kurdyumov was a main organizer of the Russian Institute of Solid State Physics in 1963?
... that candyroot tastes like licorice?
... that in 2002, Mark Davis scored his maiden first-class century during a record partnership with Robin Martin-Jenkins?
... that Kim Hyung-jun used his own car in the music video for his single "Better"?
... that cannonballs fired during the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 were manufactured at Demirköy Foundry, an archaeological site today?
... that Romanian literary critic Barbu Lăzăreanu was cremated in a ceremony capped by the singing of "The Internationale"?
... that until recently, ISIS would give you a manicure in New York?

27 July 2015

12:35, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Rikitea

... that Maputeoa's tomb lies in a chapel behind St. Michael's Cathedral in Rikitea, Gambier Islands?
... that the aircraft disaster Double Six Crash killed a total of five cabinet ministers in the Malaysian state of Sabah in 1976?
... that the music video for "Bitch I'm Madonna" features Beyoncé making a "Vogue" pose and Miley Cyrus giving the finger?
... that the Jabali Upanishad explains the significance of the three sacred streaks of ash drawn across the forehead of a brahamachari or sanyasi?
... that Clark Janell Davis entered the 2015 Miss Kentucky pageant as Miss Horse Capital of the World?
... that Max Winston, who directed a short for Uncle Grandpa, is a drummer for a band that includes other crew members of that show?
... that Marcelo Odebrecht is the grandson of the founder of the Latin American conglomerate, Odebrecht?
... that the Charlie Charlie Challenge is a "killer case study in virality"?

00:50, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Doncaster Round Barn

... that the Doncaster Round Barn, named after an English horse, was the Montana birthplace of the racehorse Spokane?
... that the fungus Neonothopanus gardneri glows more brightly than almost all other bioluminescent fungi?
... that AAA When Worlds Collide was the last time Art Barr would wrestle as he died 17 days later?
... that highlights from the history of ankylosaur research include one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and a dinosaur with armored eyelids?
... that the Burmese royal title Queen of the Southern Palace, with rare exceptions, was reserved for the chief queen consort only?
... that the research interests of American Indologist Philip Lutgendorf include Indian popular cinema and the culture of tea in India?
... that blade fire coral is one of the first coral species to recolonise damaged reefs?
... that an English computer was awarded a silver medal by the Vatican?

26 July 2015

13:05, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Franklin with Loxley's house key

... that it was Benjamin Loxley's house key that was used by Benjamin Franklin for his kite experiment to attract lightning?
... that the No. 106 Squadron IAF was awarded a total of nine gallantry medals, including a Maha Vir Chakra and four Vir Chakras, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971?
... that the death of Freddie Gray in police custody sparked the 2015 Baltimore protests?
... that a controversial pool, built at South African president Jacob Zuma's Nkandla compound and deemed as a "fire pool", has faced "public condemnation"?
... that Adam's ale is a humorous epithet alluding to the presumption that the biblical first man had only water to drink?
... that the lyrics for "Crying", the lead track on Heo Young-saeng's 2012 EP Solo, were written by Heo himself?
... that there was a 19th-century secret society in Minnesota dedicated to eliminating native Americans from the state?
... that not all Croats were Croats?

01:20, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Narayana (Vishnu)

... that in Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad, Adi Narayana (pictured) explains that a renouncer is an intelligent person who has learned the Vedic scriptures the hard way through a guru?
... that Ralph Waldo Emerson commemorated the Emancipation Proclamation by composing "Boston Hymn" and surprising a crowd of 3,000 with its debut reading?
... that Coffea arabica accounts for one-fifth of the total production of coffee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
... that the upcoming film Gold recounts the true story of Bre-X's mining scandal?
... that in 1874, Konrad Koch and August Hermann organized what is believed to be the first football match in Germany?
... that the first sawmill in Ransom Township and the first gristmill in Newton Township were built on Gardner Creek more than 50 years after the area was settled?
... that the cricket Anurogryllus muticus makes its burrow close to its preferred food plant?
... that in 1934, participants in a political rally in Kelayres, Pennsylvania, were gunned down as they marched past the house of the local opposition party boss?

25 July 2015

13:35, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

A view from Dilek Peninsula

... that six of the species native to Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park are not found anywhere else in the world?
... that finds of the Neolithic period from the archaeological excavations at Zhejiang and Jiangxi have led to a claim in China that the groundnut is an indigenous crop?
... that I Am Jazz, the first reality show about a transgender teen, debuted on TLC at the same time Caitlyn Jenner was receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs?
... that after signing a professional contract with Italian club Palermo, Norwegian footballer Arne Kotte injured his knee five minutes into his first training match, and was out of action for six months?
... that during the O.J. Simpson murder trial, judge Lance Ito applied a legal rule that has been described as a "discredited doctrine"?
... that Miss Indiana 2015 Morgan Jackson is the daughter of Trina Collins, Miss New Mexico 1984?
... that Ray Holley, who installed air conditioners until April 2015, became a starting running back in the Canadian Football League in June?
... that Peg Plunkett, brothel keeper, had the leader of the Pinking Dindies gang sent to jail after she lost her baby?

01:50, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Maluti temples

... that the Maluti temples have been declared one of the world's twelve most endangered cultural heritage sites by the Global Heritage Fund?
... that there are many more male than female little brittle stars, probably because the males fragment more frequently?
... that the second season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. introduced the Inhumans race to the Marvel Cinematic Universe ahead of their own film?
... that American swimmer Theresa Andrews gave her first Olympic gold medal to her brother for his courage after he was paralyzed in a car accident?
... that Bach's earliest solo church cantata, Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54, for an alto voice on a text by Lehms, begins with a dissonance?
... that Clementia Taylor formed Britain's first national anti-slavery society for women because she could not join the existing organisation?
... that Austin Nola's name appears on the front and back of his baseball uniform?
... that Elvis Presley released a concert album that contains no music at all?

24 July 2015

13:35, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Apollo 11 Robbins medallion

... that every manned NASA spaceflight since Apollo 7 has carried commemorative Robbins medallions?
... that on 5 July 1943, Nazi Germany launched its final major offensive against the Soviet Union in the Battle of Kursk?
... that Jessica Alba spent a year training in martial arts, gymnastics and motorcycle riding for her lead role in the series Dark Angel?
... that the wasp Anoplius viaticus caches a paralysed spider for its offspring to feed on?
... that Robert Dirks, a research chemist known for his work in DNA nanotechnology, died in the 2015 Valhalla train crash?
... that the 1968 Michigan Wolverines football team was ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll in its last season under head coach Bump Elliott?
... that in 2017 the British and Irish Lions will seek their first series win over New Zealand in 46 years?
... that the first hymn in the first Shaker hymn book reflects the Shaker belief that God is both male and female?

01:50, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Cooling Castle gatehouse

... that Cooling Castle was the first castle in England to be designed for the use of gunpowder weapons?
... that on this evening a year ago, the swarm of mayflies near La Crosse, Wisconsin was so vast that it could be detected on weather radar?
... that Russian billionaire German Sterligov sold most of his assets and now lives in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic?
... that the Maltese cross was the inspiration behind the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 logo?
... that Taiwanese actor Yao Yuanhao's humorous haircut in the TV series Big Red Riding Hood was inspired by that of a character in the Japanese manga Musashi no Ken?
... that Hicks Creek falls 800 feet (240 m) in its upper reaches, but only 12 feet (3.7 m) in its lower?
... that the BBC game show Prized Apart involves contestants being flown to Morocco and back every week?
... that the capital of Japan was once in Hyōgo?

23 July 2015

14:05, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

USS Colorado (BB-45)

... that USS Colorado (BB-45) survived two kamikaze hits during the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
... that the China Disability Sports Training Centre was the first facility in China entirely devoted to disability sports training, and is the largest of its kind in the world?
... that Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including three as Best Actor?
... that L. J. Peak set a Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball record for most points in a freshman debut?
... that the Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority in the 2014 Indian parliamentary election, the first time any political party had done so since 1984?
... that Joseph Kaiha, mayor of the French Polynesian island of Ua Pu, has lobbied for a helicopter to serve the Marquesas Islands for medical emergencies?
... that professional wrestling referee Mark Curtis made an unannounced appearance at Curtis Comes Home, his own benefit show?
... that the hippie-like hair of Chinese Indonesian publisher Tan Khoen Swie has been described as a form of anti-colonial resistance?

02:20, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the Castle of Zafra in Spain (pictured) is a filming location for the next season of Game of Thrones?
... that Keturah, the woman Abraham married after the death of Sarah, has been called "the most ignored significant person" in the Hebrew Bible?
... that Valerie Toranian, the chief editor of Elle in France, has also written a book about the Armenian Genocide?
... that Kashtariti led an unsuccessful campaign against Assyrian king Esarhaddon?
... that despite her pregnancy, actress Smita Patil continued filming for Thikana (1987), but died from childbirth complications before the film's release?
... that the electrical principles of an electrostatic machine invented by a Shaker doctor in 1810 for medical treatment were later used by Thomas Edison?
... that part of the channel of Lees Creek passes through coal waste, cinders, and railroad ballast?
... that the night scenes in the film Mad Max: Fury Road were filmed during the day?

22 July 2015

12:00, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Austroboletus mushrooms (Austroboletus occidentalis pictured) can be distinguished from other boletes by their pitted stems?
... that in 1867, a whole wing of the Palazzo Serristori in Rome was destroyed by an attack against the Papal Zouaves?
... that Glenn Close's daughter Annie Starke is making her acting debut in The Greens Are Gone?
... that Transylvanian journalist Ion Clopoțel, imprisoned for his wartime political writings, was released in time to participate in the assembly that ratified his province's union with Romania?
... that mitotic cell rounding involves an almost 10-fold increase in intracellular pressure?
... that in the Surya Upanishad, the sages Atharvangiras extol the virtues of the Sun God Surya?
... that Winfield Creek is the final named tributary to join the West Branch Susquehanna River?
... that Avalanche Studios, the developer of the Just Cause series, almost developed an open world Star Wars game with LucasArts?

00:05, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Hachim Mastour (pictured) is the youngest person to play international association football for Morocco?
... that Experiments and Observations on Electricity is Benjamin Franklin's only scientific book?
... that petroglyphs dated 5,000 years ago show eruption activity from the Porak volcano at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan?
... that Saladin's brother Tughtakin ibn Ayyub solidified Ayyubid control over Yemen in the late 12th century?
... that the success of Mark Ronson's "Ooh Wee" prompted him to return to the UK?
... that the female burrowing cricket Anurogryllus arboreus lays unfertilised eggs for her offspring to consume?
... that zoologist Thomas Harrison Montgomery, Jr. was the first to propose that chromosomes play a dominant role in determining an organism's sex?
... that the BBC is planning to give away a million new Micro Bit devices to encourage British schoolchildren to code?

21 July 2015

12:20, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the crayfish Cherax pulcher (pictured) was popular in aquariums worldwide before even being recognized as a new species?
... that in the 1955 election, Philadelphians chose a veteran of World War I for mayor and a veteran of both World Wars for district attorney?
... that Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad is one of the first sectarian theologies of Hinduism which focuses on Nrisimha's three forms of Om, Atman, and Brahman?
... that mezzo-soprano Ruth Sandhoff performed a soprano part in the Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach and an alto part in his son's Magnificat?
... that Neepaulakating Creek, New Jersey, was apparently unnamed until 2004?
... that Alex Tillman of the BC Lions returned both an interception and a punt over 90 yards for touchdowns in the same season?
... that an upcoming untitled film is the directorial debut by brothers Mark & Robb Cullen?
... that family quarrels led to a riot at Covent Garden in 1802?

00:35, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

... that according to the philosopher Julian Baggini, "Vegans are the only group who can oppose China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival (typical dish pictured) without any fear of hypocrisy"?
... that the French submarine Mariotte was nicknamed the "toothbrush" on account of her unusual hull configuration?
... that scholars suggest the Supreme Court of the United States is more likely to grant review of a case to resolve a circuit split than for any other reason?
... that in 1998, the English cricketer Jason Lewry took a hat-trick with deliveries across two innings?
... that Teladoc is considered the first and largest telehealth platform in the United States?
... that the Byzantine nobleman Marianos Argyros supported Stephen Lekapenos in the overthrow of his father, Romanos I Lekapenos, and only weeks later supported Constantine VII in sidelining Stephen?
... that all Nazi symbols and references were removed for the German release of Wolfenstein: The New Order?
... that the spawning period of the coral Platygyra lamellina is regulated by the phases of the moon?

20 July 2015

12:50, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

... that a wooden bridge connecting the two towers of the Holy Cross Church (pictured) in Lehre, Germany, was jokingly called the highest bridge in Lower Saxony?
... that the vegetation stored by the tobacco cricket does not ferment, so it is probable that it is cut and allowed to wilt before being carried underground?
... that gridiron football player Bryan Burnham suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament to end his college career, and a lacerated spleen to end his first professional season in the Canadian Football League?
... that Alexandre Desplat's musical score to the 2003 film Girl with a Pearl Earring raised his international profile and led to a career composing major productions like The King's Speech?
... that in 1933, Warner B. Snider was a delegate to Oregon's convention that voted to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and end prohibition in the United States?
... that according to the Ekakshara Upanishad, all that pertains to Vishnu "shines in lovely fashion like gold in some other sky"?
... that Conchita Wurst, who represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, had previously attempted to represent Austria at the 2012 contest?
... that the diminutive pterosaur Arcticodactylus from Greenland had a wingspan of only 24 centimetres (9.4 in)?

00:00, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Edinburgh's "forgotten heroines", Eliza Wigham, Jane Smeal, Priscilla Bright McLaren, and Elizabeth Pease, were associated with the Edinburgh Ladies' Emancipation Society (logo pictured)?
... that an icon of Saint Nicholas was installed on the new lighthouse at Zourafa, a Natura 2000-designated Greek rock in the northeastern Aegean Sea?
... that biological anthropologist David Tab Rasmussen enjoyed working in the Neotropics because it allowed him to study both primates and birds, his two favorite subjects?
... that after Roberto Orci exited the movie Star Trek Beyond, Edgar Wright was rumoured to direct it, but Justin Lin got the job?
... that a year after the successful British invasion of the Cape Colony in 1795, a Dutch reinforcement convoy was forced to surrender at the Capitulation of Saldanha Bay?
... that the flashes of folk humour in I. I. Mironescu's published stories reflect his reported talent as a raconteur?
... that the lyrics of "The Art of Seduction", the lead track on the album Life by Heo Young-saeng, tell a story that is the complete opposite of its music video's plot?
... that each of the top five highest-earning American game show contestants of all time have played on Jeopardy!?

19 July 2015

12:00, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

... that male Ephemera vulgata (pictured) congregate in swarms in which each insect moves repeatedly up and down as part of a "nuptial dance"?
... that Wisconsin's Jug Girard, dubbed "Mr. Versatility", was a quarterback, end, halfback, punter, and kickoff returner in 10 years in the NFL?
... that Simeon I of Bulgaria was crowned the first Tsar in history during the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927?
... that Canadian YouTube personality Matthew Santoro makes more money from posting videos than he did as a full-time accountant?
... that during the Doolittle Raid, the B-25 piloted by William G. Farrow, named Bat out of Hell, was the last aircraft to depart from the USS Hornet?
... that the racehorse Muhaarar won the Greenham Stakes in a course record time?
... that Australian swimmer and Olympic silver medallist Mark Stockwell successfully led Australia's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
... that cell biologist Zena Werb changed her undergraduate major from geophysics to biochemistry after being told there was no accommodation for women at a field site?

00:00, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the widest of the Roman and Byzantine domes was that of the Pantheon, but the pendentives of Hagia Sophia (pictured) form part of a theoretical hemisphere seven percent wider?
... that the former England international rugby player Frank Tarr was killed on 18 July 1915 by a splinter from a shell after telling his men to keep cover?
... that Nabakalebara 2015 is the first 21st-century occurrence of an ancient ritual in which images of the gods Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshan are replaced by new ones at Puri?
... that on 6 May 1527, the Landsknechts of Charles V of Habsburg burst into Rome through the garden of Palazzo Cesi Armellini?
... that lawyer and West Virginia state senator William C. Clayton was an incorporator of two railroad companies and principal of at least three schools, including the Romney Classical Institute?
... that Ali Marpet is the highest-drafted NFL pick in the history of NCAA Division III American football?
... that the Kythira Strait is one of the most dangerous navigational hazards in the Mediterranean?
... that jellyfish ice cream is "slightly chewy" because it is made from real jellyfish?

18 July 2015

12:00, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Darwin's Arch (pictured) sits like a bridge on an irregularly shaped, rocky, submerged plateau, nicknamed "the theatre"?
... that Gay Life was the United Kingdom's first LGBT television series?
... that Eugene Vielle is said to have piloted 150 different types of aircraft by the end of his career with the Royal Air Force?
... that indium sulfate does not remain in solution when diluted, but precipitates as a basic salt?
... that Sanatkumara told Gautama that Hamsopanishad is a compendium of mystic knowledge propounded by Parvati?
... that the inner bark of the rare Caribbean lacebark tree has been used for centuries to make clothing, including a dress for Queen Victoria?
... that the US National Map shows Meredith Creek as being only 0.4 miles (0.64 km) long?
... that the intruder who shot J. P. Morgan, Jr. and bombed the US Senate in 1915 was identified by "Harvard Cop No. 1" Charles Apted as a deranged, wife-poisoning, ex-Harvard German instructor?

00:00, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Cannon Hall, Hampstead (pictured) was the childhood home of novelist Daphne du Maurier, the author of Rebecca?
... that Indonesian jazz musician Joey Alexander taught himself to play piano at age six, and released his first album at age eleven?
... that various dates have been attributed to the 1630 Crete earthquake, which occurred in the Kythira Strait?
... that billionaire Jim Justice built a US$30 million training facility for the New Orleans Saints in West Virginia?
... that The Urban Lawyer is the largest circulating journal of government law in the world?
... that Johann Lukas Legrand, a ribbon maker, was the first president of the Directory of the Helvetic Republic?
... that the parasitoid wasp Gonatopus clavipes lays its eggs inside the bodies of 31 different species of leafhopper?
... that Emily C. Gorman increased enlistment in the American military in the 1960s by allowing female soldiers to live in private, lockable barracks they could personalize and decorate with items from home?

17 July 2015

12:15, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the fragile habitat of the silver-leaf sunray (pictured) is threatened by off-road recreational vehicles?
... that President Barack Obama awarded Meryl Streep the 2010 National Medal of Arts and in 2014 the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
... that allegations have been made that the 2009 film Avatar plagiarised the 1992 film FernGully: The Last Rainforest?
... that contralto Hildegard Rütgers recorded Bach's Magnificat with Christmas interpolations with Helmuth Rilling?
... that some analysts have suggested that the United States Supreme Court's decision in Rodriguez v. United States was influenced by ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri?
... that the British colonies of Demerara and Essequibo issued banknotes denominated in Joes?
... that cats have lived at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg almost continuously since the 18th century?
... that Clayton Vaughn first broke the 10-second barrier for the 100-meter dash on Mother's Day and dedicated his success to his late mother?

00:30, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

... that John D. Voelker (pictured) wanted to be appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court because he "needed the money", but he resigned two years later to be an author instead?
... that the whereabouts of the last northern bald ibis who knows the birds' migratory route are unknown, and without her, the species may face extinction in the wild in Syria?
... that during World War II, Max Nord lived with Simon Carmiggelt and Wim van Norden, and their families, in the same house where they edited the illegal newspaper Het Parool?
... that on the same day George Palmer presented a 49-acre park to the town of Reading, grateful townsfolk gave a bronze statue of the biscuit manufacturer?
... that in spite of his fascist past, Romanian literary historian Petre P. Panaitescu escaped serious punishment by the communist regime?
... that the book Big Little Lies was inspired by a radio interview with a woman whose parents had an abusive relationship?
... that Jamie Porter took a wicket with the fifth ball he bowled in first-class cricket?
... that under the Thai/United Nations Crop Replacement and Community Development Project, coffee has been experimented with as a replacement crop for opium?

16 July 2015

12:00, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

... that compounds of the difluorophosphate ion (model pictured) resemble perchlorates?
... that Australia's leading Battle of Britain ace, Pat Hughes, is thought to have died after his Spitfire collided with debris from a German bomber he intercepted?
... that the ISIL-owned radio station al-Bayan has been compared to National Public Radio for its production style and quality?
... that coach Charles W. Wantland was fired from Central State Teachers College by Governor William H. Murray after supporting Murray's rival?
... that the Tamil film Uyarndha Manithan was adapted from the 1966 Bengali film Uttar Purush?
... that Soraya Syed, a British classically-trained Islamic calligrapher, incorporates modern technologies such as holography into her art?
... that Lake Jean has been partly drained to repair a dam control tower?
... that since 2011, the Royal Derby Hospital has offered nipple tattoos to breast surgery patients?

00:00, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the deep sea, solitary Dactylotrochus cervicornis (pictured) is now included in a family of otherwise shallow-water, colonial corals?
... that a 34-year-old university lecturer in China committed suicide on campus after learning he had lost out to a rival for the position of Communist Youth League leader?
... that William-Adolphe Bouguereau's painting Première rêverie has been considered one of the top exhibits of the New Orleans Museum of Art?
... that 90% of the Arabica coffee produced in Peru is either typica or caturra?
... that Hedy Graf performed soprano parts in premieres of oratorios by Swiss composers?
... that Alex Bregman, who was selected with the second pick of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft, is the grandson of a former general counsel of the Washington Senators?
... that at least eleven tributaries of the Lackawanna River experience total flow loss?
... that the Reverend William Troy left Virginia after he found that the local pastor was selling members of his own congregation?

15 July 2015

12:00, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the Warangal Fort of the Kakatiya Dynasty has four ornamental gates known as Kakatiya Kala Thoranam (pictured), which form the official Emblem of Telangana?
... that a newspaper reproduction of a photograph by Clint Grant is believed to be the last thing John F. Kennedy ever signed?
... that the original version of the Massey Ferguson 35 released in the UK was known as the "Gold Belly" due to its distinctive colour scheme?
... that the larvae of the soft coral Anthelia glauca are brooded in a unique pharyngeal pouch?
... that swimmer Marc Hinawi, who won a bronze medal representing Israel at the 2015 European Games, is a Christian Arab?
... that a painting of Fiddle Lake Creek is on long-term display at the William J. Nealon Federal Building and United States Courthouse?
... that percussionist Babette Haag and her ensemble played Orff's Carmina Burana with the Bachchor Mainz and Anthony and Joseph Paratore in the 1,000th concert of the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte?
... that a New York City police detective likened the way evidence was developed in the Ramona Moore murder case to the Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window?

00:10, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

... that while the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kiryat Itri (pictured) was built for American Jewish immigrants, the apartments were small by American standards?
... that Constanze Backes performed the leading female part in Joseph Schuster's rediscovered opera Il Marito Indolente?
... that at one point, more than half of all Mexican radio stations were affiliates of Radio Programas de México?
... that during this past season, Thomas Welsh became the UCLA Bruins' first 7-foot (2.1 m) basketball player in almost a decade?
... that the Mortal Kombat series inspired a character in The Last of Us: American Dreams?
... that the 1970 general elections in Montserrat saw Percival Austin Bramble's Progressive Democratic Party defeat the ruling Montserrat Labour Party, led by his father William Henry Bramble?
... that Francisca Fernández Hall, the first woman to earn an engineering degree from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, became Guatemala's chargé d'affaires in Israel?
... that Playboy magazine's lavishly designed and illustrated Little Annie Fanny (1962–1988) began as a male character?

14 July 2015

12:25, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the Godavari Maha Pushkaram festival (Godavari River pictured), being held from 14 July 2015, takes place once every 144 years?
... that locusts are the swarming phase of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers?
... that the merchant ship Portmar was a victim of both the first Japanese air attack and last Japanese submarine attack in Australian territory?
... that the tiki is a common figure in Marquesan wood carving?
... that Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies presents annual screenings of Grateful Dead concerts in theaters across the United States?
... that Eliza Meek, the part-Hawaiian daughter of Captain John Meek, was the mistress of the bachelor King Lunalilo?
... that Callender Gap Creek is a coldwater fishery despite being impaired by abandoned mine drainage?
... that musician Craig Taborn, winner of a Doris Duke Artist Award worth up to $275,000, does not have, or want, his own website?

00:40, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

... that as a child, Indian actress Sargun Mehta (pictured) and her brother auditioned for the dance reality show Boogie Woogie, but were rejected?
... that the north celestial pole is located in Ursa Minor?
... that in his tone poem The Oceanides, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius "applied the impressionist method of scoring to the bass instruments, thereby achieving effects of sonority hitherto unknown"?
... that U.S. swimmers Mike Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float and Bruce Hayes were dubbed the "Gross Busters" after beating German star Michael Gross and his team in the 4×200 m relay at the 1984 Olympics?
... that Wingen-sur-Moder is home to the only Lalique glass production facility?
... that Chien-Shiung Wu conducted the Wu experiment, which contradicted the hypothetical law of conservation of parity?
... that Pennsylvania's Lake Rose was built by a squatter?
... that Zambian writer Namwali Serpell, winner of the Caine Prize for African fiction in English, said she would share the prize money with the other nominees since "fiction is not a competitive sport"?

13 July 2015

12:00, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

... that The World Before the Flood (detail pictured) was described on its initial exhibition as a "deadly sin against good taste"?
... that Climate Hawks Vote rated Bernie Sanders as the senator with the highest score for climate leadership in the 113th United States Congress?
... that roving reference engages patrons beyond the traditional library?
... that Šime Budinić created a version of Latin script, based on the Cyrillic and Glagolitic scripts, to make Church writings accessible to 16th-century Southern Slavs?
... that Mariana Fabbiani and Guido Kaczka, hosts of the 45th Martín Fierro Awards ceremony, received awards of their own during the event?
... that Lycodon chrysoprateros, a snake species endemic to the Philippines, is considered critically endangered because its range is only 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi)?
... that it is unclear who first used Franz Wilhelm Ferling's oboe études for the study of the saxophone?
... that the titular character of Simon Vestdijk's 1934 novel Terug tot Ina Damman, the third in the Anton Wachter cycle, was based on a girl who rejected the writer at age 14?

00:00, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the fruit bodies (mushrooms) of Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus (pictured) smell like hay?
... that Christian Kracht's novel Imperium was debated in German newspapers in 2012 when it was accused of signaling a "racist worldview"?
... that the West Branch Lackawanna River was referred to as Ball Creek on a 1944 USGS map, but locals later denied knowledge of the name?
... that although it is generally used as a racist slur, some British Pakistanis are attempting to reclaim the word "Paki"?
... that the right foot of the female figure in The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished "seems actually to glow with the rich juice of life"?
... that, after H2O.ai's open-source machine-learning software H2O was ranked best in its class, Fortune profiled H2O programmer Arno Candel as a Big-Data All-Star?
... that Miss Florida 2015, Mary Katherine Fechtel, won her first pageant title, Junior Miss Leesburg 2007, at age 12?
... that architectural historians have commented that the battlements of St John the Evangelist's Church, Yealand Conyers, are clumsy and the hood moulds lumpy?

12 July 2015

12:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the original Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (replacement pictured) was burned to the ground after Denmark Vesey, one of the church's founders, was implicated in a slave revolt plot?
... that the soprano Romy Gundermann and her husband received a medal from Aschaffenburg for expanding music awareness and adding to the town's cultural heritage?
... that the wasp Sceliphron laetum caches up to nine spiders in a mud cell for consumption by its developing offspring?
... that Mary Whitcher wrote the first published Shaker cookbook?
... that archaeological excavations at Lake Küçükçekmece near Istanbul, Turkey, revealed the existence of an ancient port city?
... that a two-year golden handcuffs contract in 2000 made Sarah Lancashire the highest-paid actress in British television at the time?
... that the constellation Norma depicts a set square and/or ruler?
... that the asthmatic prince Sancho of Majorca became king because his older brother wanted to be a monk and his younger brother was at odds with their father?

11 July 2015

23:46, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Buddhist monks are said to have forecast the future by studying the changing colours of Lake Tsomgo (pictured)?
... that Aaron Novick was one of the inventors of the chemostat?
... that Xylolaemus sakhnovi was the first of its genus described from the fossil record?
... that Ubisoft consulted locals during the development of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, a game set in Bolivia?
... that Jamaica exports more than 80 per cent of its production of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee to Japan?
... that Orlanda Velez Isidro was Madame Mao in a Dutch production of John Adams' Nixon in China?
... that the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad operates a steam locomotive that was once operated by the McCloud Railway?
... that Benjamin Franklin Baker wrote a cantata about a burning ship?

11:31, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

... that "Le Mulâtre" (The Mulatto) by Victor Séjour (pictured) of New Orleans, published in 1837, is the earliest known short story by an African-American writer?
... that early in his criminal career, Swedish bank robber Jan-Erik Olsson attempted to break Clark Olofsson out of jail, but failed to do so because of a dynamite malfunction?
... that during the 20th century, the first large-scale excavation of dinosaur footprints was undertaken in Texas for an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History?
... that the unusual name of Byzantine noble child John Doukas Angelos Palaiologos Raoul Laskaris Tornikes Philanthropenos Asen has been described as "less an instrument of identification than a manifesto of social association"?
... that Savitri Upanishad, which has 15 verses, begins with an invocation hymn seeking blessings for strong functioning of motory and sensory organs?
... that Israeli judoka Sagi Muki was coached by Olympian Oren Smadja for 19 years before he won the 2015 European Judo Championships?
... that "Terbaik Bagimu", a single from Siti Nurhaliza's latest album, was chosen as a theme song for a Malay drama and a telemovie?
... that Miss Louisiana 2015 April Nelson works part-time as a "princess for hire"?

10 July 2015

23:16, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the Lummelunda Cave (entrance pictured) is one of the longest caves in Sweden?
... that the coral Solenosmilia variabilis dominates reefs 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) beneath the sea?
... that Qasim al-Ahmad, from the fortified village of Beit Wazan, led the 1834 Peasants' Revolt in Palestine against Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt?
... that U.C. Berkeley professor Richard M. Eakin gave lectures dressed as Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, and other famous scientists, one of whom he knew personally?
... that Romanian Symbolist poet Ștefan Petică went from publishing in socialist newspapers to denouncing socialism?
... that Hillary Clinton's coffee table book, An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History, described the traditional aspects of her time as First Lady of the United States?
... that Jeff Seidel has sent thousands of Jewish college students to families in Jerusalem to eat a Shabbat meal?
... that the national park visitor centre of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno in the Galápagos Islands has a unique display of a rebuilt ship's hold filled with upturned giant tortoises?

11:01, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

... that highlights from 19th-century ichnology include the discovery of protomammal tracks in England, dinosaur footprints in Massachusetts, and the mysterious hand-shaped Chirotherium tracks (pictured)?
... that Filipino shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra won the first season of Asia's Got Talent in 2015?
... that when word got out that the Shell Polar Pioneer and other Arctic drilling vessels were coming to Seattle, hundreds of kayaktivists came out to protest?
... that the 1941 Michigan Wolverines football team outscored opponents 147 to 41, losing only to the eventual champions, Minnesota?
... that Fort Binġemma in Malta has been illegally occupied since 2009?
... that the soundtrack of 1982 film Ezhavathu Manithan featured songs from a pre-recorded album of L. Vaidyanathan, composed using the lyrics of Subramania Bharati's poetry?
... that the best-quality coffee produced in Panama is grown in Boquete?
... that Tabu has won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress a record four times?

9 July 2015

22:46, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Polish Catholic midwife Stanisława Leszczyńska (pictured) delivered 3,000 babies at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland?
... that the director of the Australian-set film The Inbetweeners 2 considered filming it in South Africa in order to save money?
... that in 2015, the soft coral Maasella edwardsi was reported in the Aegean Sea for the first time?
... that the online platform VyRT was founded by Jared Leto as a live video streaming service?
... that Hilda C. Heine is the first Marshallese woman to earn a doctorate degree?
... that while artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, Reid Anderson also performed as a character dancer?
... that in the early 1900s, Pennsylvania's Price Creek—unlike its tributary Pancoast Creek—was partially filled with culm?
... that Archduke John of Austria met his wife, the future Countess von Meran, while she was posing as a boy?

10:31, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

... that excavations by Yosihiko H. Sinoto in Hane (pictured) in the Marquesas Islands in 1964–5 uncovered more than 12,000 bird bones?
... that herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin is commemorated in the scientific names of twelve reptiles and a mouse?
... that the indie band Allo Darlin' recorded the album We Come from the Same Place in London while their vocalist Elizabeth Morris lived in Florence, Italy?
... that the 13th-century pagoda built to house the remains of the Chinese Zen monk Wansong Xingxiu was covered by an outer pagoda in 1753, the original only being rediscovered in 1986?
... that Sian Heder had written the screenplay for Tallulah by 2006, but the film only began shooting this June?
... that the 2009 All-SEC football team included two Heisman Trophy winners, Tim Tebow of Florida and Mark Ingram, Jr. of Alabama, as well as future convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez?
... that under Dudley Snell, the fifth and last Chairman of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, the first tram extensions in over two decades opened in Melbourne?
... that some scholars fear the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Schmerber v. California will one day be used to justify the involuntary mind reading of criminal suspects?

8 July 2015

13:05, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

... that one of the towers of Bissau Cathedral (pictured) is used as a lighthouse to guide ships to the Port of Bissau?
... that Dixi Crosby was the first surgeon in the United States to be sued for medical malpractice?
... that players can ride on dinosaurs in Ark: Survival Evolved?
... that Israeli wrestler Ilana Kratysh won a Grand Prix event despite allegedly being bitten by an Egyptian opponent?
... that the music of L.A. Noire consists of original vocal recordings that reflect the "musical identity" of its 1940s setting?
... that Gordon Ramsay once called Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy the "Antonio Banderas of cooking"?
... that the female sparkling jewelwing damselfly spends about fifteen minutes submerged while laying a batch of eggs?
... that Victoria Price, the daughter of horror icon Vincent Price, is not a fan of horror films?

00:20, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

... that a toilet service (pictured), containing as many as 48 pieces in silver or silver-gilt for the dressing-table, was a wedding present for rich women from the 17th century onwards?
... that Dutch World War II resistance member Wim van Norden never made a conscious decision to join the resistance?
... that the film Mahler on the Couch deals with a love triangle between Alma Mahler, Walter Gropius, and Gustav Mahler, and Gustav's consultation with Sigmund Freud?
... that Uvais Karnain was the first cricketer to take a five-wicket haul on his One Day International debut?
... that after the attack at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, the mother of one of the gunmen said her son had been brainwashed and she did not blame the police for killing him during the event?
... that the jellyfish Rhopilema esculentum can be eaten raw as a salad and has a crisp texture?
... that John S. Middleton sold his family cigar business to Altria for US$2.9 billion?
... that For Honor, a hack and slash game, was called "a shooter with swords" by its creative director?

7 July 2015

12:35, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the intense lighting of The Wrestlers (pictured) highlights the curves, musculature, and sweat of the participants' naked bodies as they embrace and grapple?
... that President Rafael Correa ordered Ecuador's television stations to broadcast 233 cadenas nacionales in 2009?
... that the sequel to the Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars video game is simply called Rocket League, an easier to remember title?
... that Spencer Wilson played Canadian football for the Calgary Stampeders as a left guard and left tackle before becoming the starting right guard?
... that Jules Verne's play Journey Through the Impossible, featuring Captain Nemo and other heroes from Verne's novels, was presumed lost until 1978?
... that Thomas Corbett, a Shaker doctor, developed an electrostatic medical device in 1810 as a "cure" for rheumatism?
... that the writer of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Unity" based the episode on the destruction of the Tower of Babel?
... that Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, who commissioned Beethoven's Mass in C major for his wife's name day, found it "unbearably ridiculous and detestable"?

00:50, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Voyager 1 (artist's impression pictured) is expected to reach the Oort cloud in around 300 years?
... that the main purpose of the tribal marks on the face or body of the Yoruba people is for identification of a person's tribe or family?
... that Géza II of Hungary was crowned king at the age of eleven?
... that the 9-minute pilot for Long Live the Royals won its creator a Primetime Emmy Award and earned the show an order from Cartoon Network?
... that professional Canadian box lacrosse player Curtis Manning is also a physician?
... that lettuce coral and thin leaf lettuce coral can both be considered "weed" corals?
... that the 2015–16 RFU Championship will be the first time in 13 years that Plymouth Albion is not in English rugby's second tier?
... that the 1970s Dutch children's TV show De Stratemakeropzeeshow was criticized for its "Poop and Pee Minuet"?

6 July 2015

13:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

... that biologist Robert C. Stebbins once dosed Galápagos lava lizards (pictured) with radiation and tracked them with a Geiger counter?
... that Mount Harriet National Park in the Andaman Islands is a butterfly hotspot?
... that an organization to help young African American men avoid gangs and prison was co-founded by law professor Nekima Levy-Pounds?
... that in a 2013 case, the Singapore Court of Appeal held that the Prime Minister was wrong to say he had discretion under the Constitution not to call a by-election to fill a parliamentary vacancy?
... that Andrew Brown was strongly critical of the role of Charles Lawrence, acting governor of Nova Scotia, in the Acadian Expulsion?
... that some sketches in the upcoming TV Sucks last for only a few seconds?
... that the former site of the Old White Horse Cellar, one of the most famous coaching inns in England during the 18th and 19th centuries, is now the location of The Ritz?
... that the visually impaired Romanian poet Mihai Codreanu walked with a cane that concealed a blade of Toledo steel, which he used to ward off jealous husbands?

01:20, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the exhibition of Youth on the Prow, and Pleasure at the Helm (detail pictured) prompted the comment that "no decent family can hang such sights against their wall"?
... that during World War II, James Franck's gold Nobel Prize medal was dissolved in aqua regia and stored in a bottle on a shelf to prevent it from falling into German hands?
... that the snack kue gapit is more popular among tourists than local residents of Cirebon?
... that 18th-century Indian artist Nainsukh is known for his unusually informal paintings of a raja, whose ashes he eventually consigned to the river Ganges?
... that the Alfred Bog is the largest high-quality bog in Southern Ontario, Canada?
... that in 1930, Adeline De Walt Reynolds graduated from college at the age of 68 and made her film debut eleven years later?
... that kongsi federations such as the Lanfang Republic once controlled a large part of western Borneo?
... that in 1882, midshipman Charles Cabaniss was killed by a bullet that ricocheted twice off the deck and once off a gun on the USS Swatara?

5 July 2015

12:00, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the flat broom (pictured) was originally made in the Shaker broom vise?
... that after the shooting of Walter Scott—an African-American—in North Charleston, South Carolina, the state government proposed a bill named after him to equip more police officers with body cameras?
... that the game engine used for games such as Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto V was first used for a table tennis simulation game?
... that María Eugenia Suárez, who plays a victim of anorexia in the film Abzurdah, lost 6 kg (13 lb) during production?
... that A. S. Neill liked the 1972 intellectual biography about himself, Fifty Years of Freedom, but thought it "wasn't critical enough"?
... that eating the poisonous mushroom Neoboletus venenatus can result in vomiting so severe that dehydration results?
... that Regina Spektor wrote the theme song for Orange Is the New Black after watching post-production edits of the first few episodes?
... that Suicide Sarah was Idi Amin's favourite wife?

00:09, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

... that New Tavern Fort (6 in gun pictured) in Gravesend, Kent, was built to protect London and the Thames from a possible French invasion during the American War of Independence?
... that Tom Catena is the only surgeon working in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, covering a population of 750,000?
... that Cofix is the first coffee shop chain to be traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange?
... that Miss Iowa 2015 Taylor Wiebers once shaved her head to raise money for pediatric cancer research?
... that "Praise to the Living God" can be used in both Jewish and Christian worship as a hymn written for interfaith use?
... that Canadian football player Charlie Power played as a linebacker in high school and a slotback in college, but was drafted as a fullback professionally?
... that Clarks Creek is one of the few remaining wild trout streams in the Lackawanna Valley?
... that Toussaint Coffee Liqueur is named after the revolutionary fighter Toussaint Louverture?

4 July 2015

12:24, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the Moulin de Vertain, Templeuve (pictured) was sold on 24 Vendémiaire 6, as its owner had fled France?
... that ten Cuman chieftains took their customary oath upon a dog cut into two at the wedding of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman?
... that during the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Zimbabwean cricketers Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands?
... that Philomena Lynott insisted on washing Brian Robertson's hair before he performed on TV with Thin Lizzy?
... that sponges, worms, and molluscs bore into the stony skeleton of the intermediate valley coral?
... that Craig Novitsky is the first player in the history of UCLA Bruins football to start every game of a four-year career?
... that in 1773, during the voyage of James Cook's HMS Resolution, crew members referred to the beer on board the ship that was prepared from malt as experimental beer?
... that the owner of the world's largest collection of Nazi memorabilia sleeps in Hitler's bed, but has "changed the mattress"?

00:39, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball (pictured) was commissioned from England's foremost painter of nudes by a Conservative Member of Parliament who wanted a picture of his daughters?
... that Chinese film pioneer Hou Yao was murdered by the Japanese during the Sook Ching massacre in Singapore?
... that the ancient basalt doors in Khan al-Sabil are the largest of their kind in the Aleppo region of Syria?
... that Arthur S. Brisbane, the then-public editor of The New York Times, said that the 2012 creation of NewsDiffs imposed a "forced transparency" on The Times?
... that in the unsold 1958 TV pilot, Tales of Frankenstein, Don Megowan played the Monster in the style of Boris Karloff?
... that Swedish fruit soup is typically served as a dessert dish?
... that Tara Strong described the recasting of her character in the upcoming Powerpuff Girls reboot as "a stab in the heart"?
... that the watershed of Meredith Brook contains Lake Erie, which is about 4 feet (1.2 m) deep?

3 July 2015

12:54, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Swedish fashion designer Per Holknekt (pictured) placed second in the first Swedish Big Brother season before starting the clothing company Odd Molly?
... that the Shaker tilting chair lets its occupant lean back without the chair slipping and scraping the floor?
... that Sir William Cunningham Dalyell of the Binns, 7th Baronet, took part in covert operations during the Napoleonic Wars?
... that the ETC Bollywood Business Awards are the only awards in India that judge films based on their box-office performance?
... that Martha E. Sloan was the first female president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers?
... that the fossil moss Rhizomnium dentatum is preserved in the same amber block as two other mosses and part of a centipede?
... that the song "Going Back to My Roots" was inspired by a book by Alex Haley?
... that 18-year-old Israeli swimmer Ziv Kalontarov, who won a gold medal at the 2015 European Games, was trained by his parents?

01:09, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

... that a monument (pictured) was built to commemorate American soldiers who fought in the 1918 Battle of Saint-Mihiel near Montsec, Meuse?
... that Boris Volkoff performed and choreographed under his mother's family name?
... that The Verge wrote that Google Photos had made obsolete the concept of paying for digital photo storage?
... that the wreck of the São José Paquete Africa is the first shipwreck ever discovered of a working slave ship, lost while in transit with its human cargo?
... that the British magazine Eastern Eye named Katrina Kaif the "Sexiest Asian Woman" from 2008 to 2010 and again in 2013?
... that more than 35,000 local governments in the US are served by 556 regional councils of governments?
... that the fortifications of Portobelo-San Lorenzo, at one time the "most heavily fortified Spanish coastal control point in the Americas", are a World Heritage in Danger site?
... that Manny Pacquiao recorded his own entrance song for his fight against Floyd Mayweather, Jr.?

2 July 2015

12:34, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Guadeloupe's coffee heritage (coffee field pictured) is being promoted through ecotourism?
... that Mhairi Black is the youngest elected British Member of Parliament since at least 1832?
... that the first known building designed by Romanian architect Cristofi Cerchez, "Stătescu Villa", in Câmpulung, later became a registered historic monument?
... that many scholars identify the archaeological Yueshi culture‎ with the Eastern Barbarians mentioned in ancient documents, but others disagree?
... that the Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray was awarded both India's highest civilian award and France's highest decoration?
... that the larva of Aphidius nigripes, a parasitoid of the potato aphid, can control the behaviour of its host?
... that Kelley Johnson won the Miss Colorado 2015 pageant with a monologue inspired by her experiences as a nurse?
... that Conrad Black feared that Tom Bower's biography Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge was going to be "a heartwarming story of two sleazy, spivvy, contemptible people"?

00:49, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the "P"-badge (pictured) for Polish forced laborers was the first official, public badge introduced by Nazi Germany, preceding the "Jewish yellow star" by over a year?
... that Lixia Zhang coined the term "middlebox"?
... that Canadian artist Jillian Tamaki, of This One Summer fame, wrote the Adventure Time episodes "Astral Plane" and "The Diary"?
... that Bach's cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, probably served for both a memorial service and for job applications, and certainly for the Third Sunday after Trinity in 1714 and 1723?
... that the golfer Bertie Snowball was a professional in all four Home Nations before being killed in action during World War I, aged just 28?
... that most of the flow that Wilson Creek contributes to the Lackawanna River comes from one acid mine drainage discharge?
... that the #NiUnaMenos demonstration against femicide in Argentina was attended by nearly 200,000 people?
... that in 1681, a white woman married an African slave in colonial Maryland, even though she knew that doing so would condemn her to a life of slavery?

1 July 2015

13:04, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

... that Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed' (detail pictured) has been described as "a titillating moral test for spectators to both enjoy and overcome"?
... that before he became senior vice president of Disney Television Animation, Eric Coleman helped develop SpongeBob SquarePants?
... that the right to name Congregation Albert, a synagogue in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was auctioned off for $250?
... that Carl Nielsen composed At the Bier of a Young Artist for the funeral of the promising painter Oluf Hartmann?
... that the Game of Thrones episode "Mother's Mercy" contains unpublished material from the novel The Winds of Winter?
... that Shelley Cronau, who suffered serious injuries in a fall, joined the Be the Influence advertising campaign to warn others about the dangers of binge drinking?
... that after his favourite concubine gave birth to a son, Duke Xuan of Chen killed the crown prince and made the newborn his heir apparent?
... that Fall Brook falls over Fall Brook Falls?

01:19, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

... that the future Marshal of the Royal Air Force John Slessor (pictured) was lame as a result of polio and only gained his commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 with the help of family connections?
... that the small trees and shrubs Myrcianthes coquimbensis, Myrceugenia rufa, Myrceugenia colchaguensis, and Myrceugenia leptospermoides are endemic to the coastal region of Chile and are all endangered?
... that Tyus Battle won a gold medal in the final of the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship?
... that Ivory Coast is one of the largest producers of robusta in the world?
... that the Saverne Tunnel beneath Mont Saint-Michel will allow trains on a new high-speed rail line in France to operate at a maximum speed of 350 km/h (220 mph)?
... that Kyle Gallner did not know that his character in Veronica Mars, Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas, would be revealed as a murderer in the second season finale, "Not Pictured", until a costumer told him?
... that at Bobby Chinn's self-titled restaurant in Hanoi, dishes are influenced by his time in France, including filet mignon in spring rolls?
... that oncologist Alan Coates was once lowered through the ceiling of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney?