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=== 30 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:LuTaO4structure.jpg|100x100px|Crystal structure of M' phase of LuTaO4 (or YTaO4). Colors are red (oxygen), green (Lu or Y), blue (Ta).]]
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*... that '''[[lutetium tantalate]]''' ([[lutetium|Lu]][[tantalum|Ta]][[oxygen|O<sub>4</sub>]]) ''([[crystal structure]] pictured)'' is the [[density|densest]] known stable white material and is therefore an ideal material for [[X-ray]] [[phosphors]]?
*... that [[astronomer]] '''[[Rolf Brahde]]''' provided commentary for the [[1969 moon landing]] on [[Norwegian television]]?
*... that the '''''[[vestararius]]''''' managed both the wardrobe and money of the [[pope]] from the 8th to 11th centuries?
*... that '''[[Pete Overfield]]''' won a professional [[American football]] championship in 1901 and was later nominated by [[U.S. President]] [[William Howard Taft]] as a [[United States federal judge|federal judge]] in [[Alaska]]?
*... that the 1953 '''[[Asian Socialist Conference]]''' held in [[Rangoon]], was an important precursor to the 1955 [[Bandung Conference]]?
*... that [[Cherokee]] Chief '''[[J. B. Milam]]''' funded an expedition to [[Mexico]] in 1939 to find the grave of [[Sequoyah]], the inventor of the [[Cherokee syllabary|Cherokee writing system]]?
*... that members of a thief network, named "'''[[Pink Panthers]]'''" by [[Interpol]], have stolen millions of dollars worth of jewels by driving [[limousine]]s through a window, escaping on a [[Motorboat|speedboat]] and [[Cross-dressing|cross-dressing]]?


*'''''14:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sri Lanka-Trincomalee-Pigeon Island.JPG|100x100px|Pigeon Island national park]]
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*... that '''[[Pigeon Island National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' contains some of the best remaining [[coral reef]]s of [[Sri Lanka]]?
*... that as Director of the '''[[Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (USA)|Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service]]''', '''[[Wayne L. Horvitz]]''' played a major role in negotiating labor disputes ranging from [[Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978|coal strikes]] to musicians at the [[Metropolitan Opera]]?
*... that '''''[[Xi (alternate reality game)|Xi]]''''', a [[Video game console|console]]-based [[alternate reality game]], involved the users in searching for clues in the [[Real life (reality)|real world]]?
*... that [[Mormaer|Earl]] '''[[Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick|Donnchadh]]''' of [[Carrick, Scotland|Carrick]] gave lands to [[Paisley Abbey]] so that he could found a [[Crossraguel Abbey|new abbey at Crossraguel]], but because the [[monk]]s of [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] wanted to keep the lands for themselves the foundation was delayed?
*... that defunct [[Christian radio]] station '''[[KPBA (defunct)|KPBA]]''' was owned by former [[National Football League]] [[tight end]] [[Jackie Harris]]?
*... that '''[[Ingvald Smith-Kielland]]''' left his [[ambassador]]ship in the [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak Republic]] after the [[Prague Spring]]?
*... that the "[[Ozzie Smith|Wizard of Oz]]" and "[[Cal Ripken, Jr.|Iron Man]]" are just two of the four members of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] who have won '''[[List of Gold Glove Award winners at shortstop|Gold Glove Awards at shortstop]]'''?


*'''''08:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:WJM Lokubandara.jpg|100x100px|W. J. M. Lokubandara]]
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*... that '''[[W. J. M. Lokubandara]]''' ''(pictured)'', the current [[Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka|Speaker]] of the [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]] of [[Sri Lanka]], assumed the position after he won the election by one vote?
*... that '''[[HMS Canopus (1798)|HMS ''Canopus'']]''' served for less than six months for the [[French Navy]], and then for 89 years for the [[Royal Navy]]?
*... that '''[[SN 2002cx]]''' was classified as a [[type Ia supernova]], but does not have some features that define a type Ia supernova?
*... that [[AUF Great Danes|Angeles University Foundation]], '''[[Arellano Chiefs|Arellano University]]''' and the '''[[EAC Generals|Emilio Aguinaldo College]]''' are [[NCAA Season 85#New member|the guest teams]] playing in the '''[[NCAA Season 85 basketball tournaments|2009 basketball season]]''' of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)|Philippine NCAA]]?
*... that the success of the championship '''[[1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team]]''' inspired promoters to form the first [[National Football League (1902)|National Football League]] in 1902?
*... that 20th-century medieval scholar '''[[Erika Cheetham]]''' interpreted [[Nostradamus]]' writings as prophecies of [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]], [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], and the establishment of modern [[Israel]]?
*... that although it was mocked by [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[Congress (I)]] as the "Congress for Defectors", [[Jagjivan Ram]]'s '''[[Congress for Democracy]]''' helped the opposition [[Janata Party]] win the [[Indian general election, 1977|1977 election]]?


*'''''02:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Clarence Herschberger.jpg|100x100px|Clarence Herschberger]]
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*... that [[University of Chicago]] [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] '''[[Clarence Herschberger]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been credited as the first player to run the [[Statue of Liberty play]]?
*... that typical subjects for late medieval '''[[Andachtsbilder]]''' include the ''[[Pietà]]'', ''[[Pensive Christ]]'', ''[[Man of Sorrows]]'' and ''[[Arma Christi]]'', and the ''[[Veil of Veronica]]''?
*... that '''[[Nanuli Shevardnadze]]''', wife of the future [[president of Georgia]] [[Eduard Shevardnadze]], initially rejected his marriage proposal, fearing her family background would ruin his career?
*... that while the '''[[Pakistan Socialist Party]]''' won several seats in 1954 in [[East Pakistan]] due to reservations for religious minorities, the party opposed such reservations in principle?
*... that '''[[Bernardo Peres da Silva]]''', the only [[Native-born citizen|native]] Governor of [[Portuguese India]] in its 451-year history, was deposed after just seventeen days in office?
*... that the leaves of young '''''[[Bagassa|Bagassa guianensis]]''''' trees are so different from those of the adults that [[taxonomy|taxonomists]] considered them to be different species for at least 150 years?
*... that the ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' episode "'''[[Subway (Homicide: Life on the Street)|Subway]]'''" was inspired by an episode of the [[HBO]] documentary series ''[[Taxicab Confessions]]'' where a detective talked about a man who became pinned between a subway train and the platform?

=== 29 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 29 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Cheilopogon melanurusPCCA20070623-3956B.jpg|100x100px|Atlantic flyingfish]]
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*... that the '''[[Atlantic flyingfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' can glide {{convert|3|to|12|m|ft|0}} in the air after jumping out of the water?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician '''[[Rolf Thommessen]]''' edited the newspaper '''''[[Tidens Tegn]]''''' for more than twenty years, from 1917 to 1938?
*... that the '''[[1932 Colgate Red Raiders football team|1932 Colgate University football team]]''' was "undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited" after being snubbed by the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]]?
*... that '''[[Centipede (band)|Centipede]]''' were an English [[jazz]]/[[progressive rock]] band with more than 50 members?
*... that during [[World War II]], '''[[Richard Andvord (born 1920)|Richard Andvord]]''' conducted illegal [[Norwegian resistance movement|resistance]] work through the company [[Rich. Andvord]], founded in 1865 by his '''[[Richard Andvord|ancestor of the same name]]'''?
*... that industries that have shaped the [[Hudson, New York]], '''[[Hudson Historic District (New York)|historic district]]''' include [[whaling in the United States|whaling]], [[antique shop]]s and [[prostitution in the United States|prostitution]]? 
*... that '''[[Frank Bossard]]''' was the first [[spy]] caught with the aid of an electronic [[transmitter]]?


*'''''14:35, 29 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Stein Homestead Barn at Wilsonville Memorial Park.JPG|100x100px|Stein Homestead Barn at Wilsonville Memorial Park]]
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*... that '''[[Wilsonville Memorial Park]]''' is both the oldest and largest park in [[Wilsonville, Oregon]], and includes a barn built in 1901 ''(pictured)''?
*... that although he headed the Royal Stables of Norway from 1945 to 1960, '''[[Richard Andvord (born 1886)|Richard Andvord]]''' only had responsibility for [[motor vehicle]]s?
*... that the '''[[Veterans Benevolent Association]]''', an early organization for [[gay]] American veterans, worked with the [[NAACP]] to end the issuance of the less-than-honorable [[blue discharge]]?
*... that the [[classical architecture|classically]]-inspired [[portico|porticoes]] on the [[Hudson, New York]], '''[[U.S. Post Office (Hudson, New York)|post office]]''' echo those of the [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] courthouse across the square?
*... that '''[[Michel T. Halbouty]]''' was a [[wildcatter]] who was credited with discovering more than 50 oil and gas fields, though he twice declared bankruptcy?
*... that a [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruler of '''[[Ixlu]]''', a small ancient city in [[Guatemala]], claimed to be the lord of the major Maya city of [[Tikal]]? 
*... that '''[[John Mayberry, Jr.]]''' hit his first two career [[home run]]s against the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], the last two [[Major League Baseball]] teams for which [[List of second generation Major League Baseball players|his father]] '''[[John Mayberry]]''' played?


*'''''08:35, 29 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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*... that although the [[Stonewall riots]] in 1969 are generally recognized as the beginning of the modern [[gay liberation]] movement, there were over a dozen '''[[List of pre-Stonewall LGBT actions in the United States|pre-Stonewall LGBT rights actions in the US]]''' ''([[Barbara Gittings]] pictured [[Picketing_(protest)|picketing]])''?
*... that the rarely seen [[Rufous Scrub-bird]] occurs on '''[[Mount Banda Banda]]''' in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]?
*... that pioneering [[lesbian]] journalist Edith Eyde only assumed the pseudonym '''[[Lisa Ben]]''' after editors of the lesbian magazine ''[[The Ladder (magazine)|The Ladder]]'' rejected her first choice, "Ima Spinster"?
*... that [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[naturalist]], lecturer, artist and author '''[[John Lhotsky]]''' was credited as the first discoverer of [[gold]] in [[New South Wales]]?
*... that the 1749 [[pamphlet]] '''''[[Satan's Harvest Home]]''''' blamed influences from France and Italy for promoting [[effeminacy]] and homosexual contact among British gentlemen? 
*... that '''[[Kelly Misa]]''' ranked 84th in the [[FHM|FHM Philippines]]' sexiest women of 2006?


*'''''02:35, 29 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Iowa_lgbt.jpg|100x100px|Pro same sex marriage rally in Iowa]]
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*... that the [[LGBT rights]] group '''[[One Iowa]]''' held public forums during the landmark case ''[[Varnum v. Brien]]'' to discuss the importance of [[marriage equality]] ''(pro [[same-sex marriage]] rally pictured)''?
*... that [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] used light rails and heavy timber baulks for the [[Great Western Railway]]'s '''[[baulk road]]''' [[Permanent way|track]] because existing technology could not produce strong rails?
*... that despite having organized [[List of pre-Stonewall LGBT actions in the United States|the first LGBT rights demonstration in the US]], activist '''[[Randy Wicker]]''' denounced the [[Stonewall riots]], saying that "throwing rocks through windows doesn't open doors"?
*... that the poet '''[[William Dickey (poet)|William Dickey]]''' finished a poem about the death of his mentor, [[John Berryman]], shortly before his own death in 1994?
*... that '''''[[São Gabriel (ship)|São Gabriel]]''''' was one of the two ships of [[Vasco da Gama]]'s armada that returned from the trip to [[India]]?
*... that the main theme of [[India]]n novelist '''[[V.J.P. Saldanha]]'''{{`}}s writings was the 18th-century [[Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam|captivity of 60,000 Mangalorean Roman Catholics at Seringapatam]]?
*... that the organizers of San Francisco's '''[[Trans March]]''' rerouted the event through the city's [[Mission District]] to draw attention to [[Trans-bashing|violence]] against [[transgender]] people?

=== 28 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 28 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Pink triangle.svg|100x100px|Pink triangle]]
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*... that the publication of a rare memoir by [[concentration camp]] survivor '''[[Heinz Heger]]''' has been described as a turning point in the [[gay community]]{{`}}s adoption of the [[pink triangle]] symbol ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[HMS Lively (G40)|HMS ''Lively'']]''' won five [[battle honour]]s during the [[Second World War]], despite a career lasting less than a year from [[ship commissioning|commissioning]] to being sunk?
*... that the [[Los Angeles]] chapter of the [[Gay Liberation Front]] organized a project to take over the government of [[Alpine County, CA]], to establish a gay [[separatism|separatist]] community called '''[[Stonewall Nation]]'''?
*... that the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] archaeological site of '''[[El Tintal]]''', in the northern [[Petén Basin|Petén]] region of [[Guatemala]], includes a triadic-style pyramid estimated to be {{convert|30|m|ft}} tall? 
*... that the '''[[Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building]]''' is the tallest building in [[Harlem]]?
*... that [[Pungent Stench]]'s early demos compiled on '''''[[Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins]]''''' caused a "considerable amount of interest" in the group, leading them to sign a deal with [[Nuclear Blast]]?


*'''''14:35, 28 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:St Mary's Church, Mold.jpg|100x100px|St Mary's Church, Mold]]
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*... that the first patron of '''[[St Mary's Church, Mold]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Lady Margaret Beaufort]], the mother of [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]?
*... that '''[[Alan Wagner]]''', the first president of the [[Disney Channel]], was also an [[opera]] critic and radio personality?
*... that [[Philipp Schoch]] is the only '''[[List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding|snowboarder to win two gold medals]]''' at the [[Winter Olympic Games]]?
*... that while [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of Defence Staff]] '''[[Jean Boyle]]''' was ridiculed for ordering the [[Canadian Forces|Canadian military]] to halt nearly all operations for one day to search for [[Somalia Affair|missing files]], some were subsequently found?
*... that [[India]]n women's activist '''[[Moturu Udayam]]''' is said to have been the first woman to ride a bicycle in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]?
*... that a "no [[Identity document|ID]], no sitting on the bench" rule will be implemented in the '''[[UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments|2009 UAAP basketball season]]''' to avoid what happened [[UAAP Season 71 men's basketball tournament#ID controversy|last year]] when a [[Coach (sport)|coach]] was given a [[technical foul]] for not wearing his ID?


*'''''08:35, 28 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Limusaurus inextricabilis.jpg|100x100px|''Limusaurus'']]
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*... that the unusual finger structure of the [[dinosaur]] '''''[[Limusaurus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' gives clues on how dinosaur hands evolved into [[bird]] [[wing]]s?
*... that despite its author keeping detailed journals of his experiences, the [[baseball]] [[memoir]] '''''[[Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit|Odd Man Out]]''''' was criticized by many people named in the book as being factually inaccurate?
*... that as [[governor]] of [[Davao del Norte]], '''[[Prospero Amatong]]''' oversaw the creation of nearby [[Compostela Valley]], eventually serving as the new [[Philippines|Filipino]] province's [[interim]] governor in 1998?
*... that '''[[Christian Zheng Sheng College]]''' on [[Lantau Island|Lantau]], [[Hong Kong]], has a dormitory on [[Cheung Chau]] from which students take small ferries called [[kai-to]]s to get to school?
*... that the British '''[[21st Army Tank Brigade]]''' had so few [[Tank|tanks]] after the [[Battle of Dunkirk]] that two-thirds of the brigade was forced to serve as [[infantry]]?
*... that '''[[Mika Tervala]]''' won gold medals in all the first five World Championships in [[mountain bike orienteering]]?
*... that the estimated '''[[Demographics of Japan before Meiji Restoration|population of Japan]]''' significantly decreased from 160,300 in 1300&nbsp;BC to 75,800 in 900&nbsp;BC?


*'''''02:35, 28 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F007416-0008, Bahnhof Bonn, Verabschiedung Apostolischer Nuntius.jpg|100x100px|Aloisius Muench]]
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*... that Bishop '''[[Aloisius Joseph Muench|Aloisius Muench]]''' ''(pictured, center)'', the liaison between the Vatican and the [[Office of Military Government, United States|U.S. post-war occupation authority in Germany]], referred to the latter as "other Hitlers in disguise"?
*... that the '''[[Garfield School]]''', a 19th-century [[school|schoolhouse]] in [[Brunswick, New York|Brunswick]], [[New York]], is considered unique for its time period because its design was [[Commission (remuneration)|commissioned]]?
*... that '''[[Coleman Coker]]'''{{`s}} work has been featured in the [[Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum|Cooper-Hewitt National  Museum]], the [[New York City]] [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]], the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art|San Francisco MoMA]], the [[Wexner Center for the Arts]], and the [[National Building Museum]]?
*... that '''''[[Duguetia tobagensis]]''''', a small tree  [[endemism|endemic]] to the island of [[Tobago]], has only been collected three times since its original discovery in 1912?
*... that [[Lucha Libre|Luchador]] '''[[Mascara Dorada]]''' had to outlast nine other [[Professional wrestling|wrestlers]] to win the [[CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship]]?
*... that the '''[[Quartermaster Award (Boy Scouts of America)|Quartermaster Award]]''' is the highest rank in the [[Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scouting]] program of the [[Boy Scouts of America]]?
*... that [[Broderbund Software|Broderbund]]'s computer game '''[[Orly's Draw-A-Story]]''' won the inaugural [[Interactive Achievement Award]] for Computer Innovation in 1998?

=== 27 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 27 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Libocany_church.jpg|100x100px|Church in Libočany]]
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*... that ''Liebotschaner Beer'', produced by some [[United States]] [[breweries]], was originally brewed in and named after the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] village of '''[[Libočany]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that [[Negro league baseball]] executive [[Cumberland Posey|Cum Posey]] organized the '''[[East-West League]]''' in 1932, but the league folded before the end of the season?
*... that during [[World War II]], the [[Czech people|Czech]] [[actor]] '''[[Oldřich Nový]]''' refused to divorce his wife, as a consequence of which they were both imprisoned in a [[History of Germany during World War II|German]] [[concentration camp]]?
*... that the internal column ([[Columella (gastropod)|columella]]) of the [[gastropod shell|shell]] of snail '''''[[Holospira]]''''' is hollow?
*... that ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' [[pop music]] critic '''[[Joel Selvin]]''' was an early member of the [[rock and roll]] band [[Rock Bottom Remainders|Rock Bottom Remainders]], made up of authors and journalists?
*... that in 1906, '''[[Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party|Georgian Socialist-Federalists]]''' managed to seize 315,000 [[rubles]] during an attack on a [[Russian Empire|Russian]] treasury in [[Dusheti]]?
*... that '''[[Helena Palaiologina]]''', [[Kingdom of Cyprus|Queen consort of Cyprus]], gave orders for the nose of her [[John II of Cyprus|husband]]'s beautiful [[Marietta de Patras|mistress]] to be cut off?


*'''''14:35, 27 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Ramparts of the Fort, Chitradurga.jpg|100x100px|Chitradurga Fort]]
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*... that '''[[Chitradurga Fort]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Karnataka]] has so many interconnecting [[Irrigation tank|tanks]]  to [[Rainwater harvesting|harvest rain water]], it was said it never ran out of water?
*... that the '''[[City of Carlisle]]''' is the largest [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]] in [[England]] [[List of English districts by area|in terms of area]], but is one of the smallest by population?
*... that '''[[Hans G. Furth]]''', [[Professor emeritus|Professor]] in the Faculty of Psychology of the [[Catholic University of America]], trained to become a [[Pianist#Classical pianists|concert pianist]] and performed for [[Jew]]ish [[internment]] camps?
*... that '''[[Aso Mining forced labor controversy|Aso Mining Company]]''', which belongs to [[Prime Minister of Japan]] [[Aso Taro]]'s family, allegedly forced [[prisoners of war]] to work in mines during [[World War II]]?
*... that the '''[[Cawston Road Mill, Aylsham|windmill at Aylsham]]''' in [[Norfolk]] was built so well that its demolition was abandoned?
*... that '''[[Congregation Emanu-El (Victoria, British Columbia)|Congregation Emanu-El]]''' in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], built in 1863 in the building boom that followed the [[Fraser Canyon Gold Rush]], is the oldest surviving [[synagogue]] in Canada?
*... that '''[[Wushan Man]]''', a species of ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]'', was identified from a fossil [[jaw]] found south of the [[Yangtze River]] but is now thought to come from an extinct [[ape]] that lived in [[China]] two&nbsp;million years ago?


*'''''08:35, 27 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Nymphaea stellata, Myanmar.jpg|100x100px|Blue water lily (''Nymphaea stellata''/''Nymphaea nouchali'')]]
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*... that '''''[[Nymphaea nouchali]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is the [[national flower]] of [[Sri Lanka]] where it is known as ''Nil Manel'' in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]?
*... that '''[[Jan Władysław Dawid]]''' was a lecturer at the [[Flying University]] in [[Warsaw]]?
*... that the shooting death of striking miner Tom Manning in the 1920 '''[[Anaconda Road Massacre]]''' in [[Butte, Montana]] is still officially unsolved?
*... that in 1992, the '''[[Utah Utes football under Ron McBride|Utah Utes football team]]''', coached by [[Ron McBride]], ended a 28-year bowl game drought by appearing in the 1992 Copper Bowl?
*... that [[choreographer]] Sergey Vikulov selected three lead couples where '''[[Jennifer Olayvar]]''' was one of the dancers chosen to perform in [[La Fille Mal Gardée]]?
*... that in September 2008, the '''[[Abu Dhabi Media Company]]''' established Imagenation, a subsidiary with access to more than [[United States dollar|US$]]1&nbsp;billion with which to finance [[Film_production#Production|film production]]?
*... that former [[long jump]] [[United States records in track and field|record]] holder '''[[Carol Lewis]]''' tried out for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] [[bobsleigh]] team?


*'''''02:35, 27 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:DominantWhiteHorsesD.jpg|100x100px|A thoroughbred stallion exhibiting one form of dominant white]]
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*... that '''[[Dominant white (horse)|dominant white]]''', a collection of related [[heredity|genetic]] conditions, causes horses to be born with no [[Biological pigment|skin pigmentation]] and completely or partly white coats ''(example pictured)''?
*... that there are more than 250 different '''[[polymorphs of silicon carbide|crystalline forms of silicon carbide]]''', and that some of them have a 301.5&nbsp;[[Nanometre|nm]] [[lattice constant]], about 1,000 times longer than usual lattice spacings?
*... that '''[[Liam Jurrah]]''', a [[Warlpiri]] from [[Yuendumu, Northern Territory|Yuendumu]], is the first [[Indigenous Australian]] from a remote community in [[Central Australia]] to play in the [[Australian Football League]]?
*... that Mexican group [[Los Bukis]] won the [[Lo Nuestro Awards|Lo Nuestro Award]] for Best Regional Mexican Song in 1989 with their [[List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1988|number-one single]] "'''[[Y Ahora Te Vas]]'''"?
*... that in the 2009 [[Inter-Provincial Twenty20]] tournament's semi-finals [[Wayamba cricket team|Wayamba]] beat '''[[Ruhuna cricket team|Ruhuna]]''' in the [[bowl-out]] to reach the finals?
*... that '''[[Sacajawea Peak]]''' is the highest point in the [[Wallowa Mountains]] and the sixth highest peak in [[Oregon]]?
*... that [[Milwaukee Brewers]] baseball player '''[[Dan Thomas]]''' was called the "Sundown Kid" because he refused to play on [[seventh-day Sabbath|Sabbath]]?

=== 26 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 26 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Bly Ranger Station Office.jpg|100x100px|Bly Ranger Station Office]]
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*... that the district office at the '''[[Bly Ranger Station]]''' ''(pictured)'' in south central [[Oregon]] was built by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] in 1937 at a cost of $1,700?
*... that '''[[Charles Cameron (architect)|Charles Cameron]]''', fired and deprived of his house by [[Paul I of Russia]] during the '''[[battle of the palaces]]''', later lived in retirement in [[Saint Michael's Castle|Paul's favorite palace]]?
*... that [[Harvard University|Harvard]] historian '''[[Ernest May (historian)|Ernest May's]]''' 1997 book ''The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]'' was the primary source for the 2000 film ''[[Thirteen Days (film)|Thirteen Days]]'' starring [[Kevin Costner]]?
*... that in [[Albania]]n folklore, the '''[[Zana e malit|zana]]''', mountain [[fairy|fairies]] revered for their beauty and courage, are said to have watched approvingly over Albanian protests against the 1878 [[Treaty of San Stefano]]?
*... that '''[[Kendrick Moxon]]''' assisted [[Scientology|Scientologists]] in filing 50 lawsuits against the [[Cult Awareness Network]], which eventually led to the bankruptcy of the organization?
*... that the koa wood [[hull (watercraft)|hull]] of a Hawaiian-style [[outrigger canoe]] named '''''[[Malia (Hawaiian canoe)|Mālia]]''''' became the mold for modern [[fiberglass]] [[outrigger canoeing|racing canoes]]?
* ... that '''''[[How Am I Supposed to Kill You If You Have All the Guns?]]''''' was described as "disgusting" by the parents of one of its creators?


*'''''14:35, 26 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sri_Lanka_Elephant_Orphanage.jpg|100x100px|A herd of elephants bathing]]
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*... that around 30–40 [[endangered species|endangered]] [[Sri Lankan Elephant|Sri Lankan elephants]] ''(pictured)'' are present within '''[[Kumana National Park]]'''?
*... that [[Japan|Japanese]] [[tenor]] '''[[Taro Ichihara]]''' made his [[Metropolitan Opera]] debut in the role of the Italian tenor in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''?
*... that the '''[[2001 Gator Bowl]]''' was the final [[College football|collegiate game]] of [[American football]] star [[Michael Vick]]?
*... that '''[[Stylianos Zaoutzes]]''', the father-in-law of [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Leo VI the Wise]], was one of only two people to ever be awarded the [[Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy|title]] of '''''[[basileopator]]''''', meaning "father of the emperor"?
*... that the strong, dark red timber of the [[Australia]]n [[hardwood]] tree the '''[[Eucalyptus crebra|Narrow-leaved Ironbark]]''' was used in [[Elizabeth Farm, New South Wales|Elizabeth Farm]], Australia's oldest surviving European dwelling?
*... that [[Korea Aerospace Research Institute]]'s '''[[STSAT-2]]''' (Science and Technology Satellite-2) will carry two payloads, a [[Satellite laser ranging|satellite laser ranging]] and a Lyman-alpha Imaging Solar Telescope?
*... that '''[[Geary Eppley]]''', an [[university administration|administrator]] at the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], confiscated thousands of copies of [[The Diamondback|the student newspaper]] when it printed an [[investigative journalism|exposé]] on dormitory living conditions?


*'''''08:35, 26 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:John McLean (Michigan).jpg|100x100px|John McLean]]
</div>
*... that the 1906 firing of '''[[John McLean (American football)|John McLean]]''' ''(pictured)'' for paying an athlete to play [[college football]] was called "the biggest scandal in the history of [[Missouri]] athletics"?
*... that some historians argue that '''[[Haimo (dapifer)|Haimo]]''', a medieval royal official who died around 1100, was one of the first [[Baron of the Exchequer|barons of the Exchequer]]?
*... that in 1796, '''[[Abraham Bradley, Jr.]]''' published the first comprehensive postal route maps for the [[United States Post Office Department]]?
*... that '''[[Chennai Central Prison]]''' was 172 years old when demolition of its premises began in June 2009?
*... that former Olympic [[Show jumping|show jumper]] '''[[Marion Coakes]]''' won a silver medal on a pony and learned to [[Riding animal|ride]] on a donkey?
*... that '''[[St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden]]''', [[Wales]], contains monuments to [[William Gladstone|W. E. Gladstone]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], and his family?
*... that the song '''"[[Debo Hacerlo (song)|Debo Hacerlo]]"''' written by [[Juan Gabriel]] has been covered by [[Aleks Syntek]], [[Pandora (musical group)|Pandora]], [[Nydia Rojas]] and [[Ana Gabriel]]?


*'''''02:35, 26 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Francis A Walker MIT president.jpg|100x100px|Francis Amasa Walker]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Francis Amasa Walker]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Brevet (military)|brevetted]] a [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] in the [[Union Army]] at the age of 24 and placed in charge of the [[1870 United States Census]] at 29?
*... that during the tour in promotion of the album '''''[[Rise to Power (Monstrosity album)|Rise to Power]]''''', the [[death metal]] band [[Monstrosity (band)‎|Monstrosity]] headlined the Rock Al Parque festival in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], and performed in front of 80,000 people?
*... that the website '''[[United Kingdom Election Results]]''' is listed as a resource by the [[Parliament of Australia]], [[The University of New South Wales]], and [[The University of York]]?
*... that '''[[Iceland–Norway relations]]''' date back to [[Norway|Norwegian]] colonization of [[Iceland]] in the ninth century?
*... that in the course of its 150-year history, '''[[Haili Church]]''' has survived [[earthquake]]s, [[tsunami]]s, [[lava flows]], fires, and heavy tropical rains?
*... that '''[[Edward Hanrahan]]''', groomed to succeed [[Chicago]] mayor [[Richard J. Daley]], saw his elected career end after a 1969 police raid that resulted in the death of [[Black Panther Party]] leader [[Fred Hampton]]?
*... that the section of the '''[[Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999]]''' covering [[arbitration clause]]s was described as "very messy" and "a mire"?

=== 25 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 25 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Eglwys_Y_Plwyf_Llanafan_y_Trawsgoed.jpg|100x100px|Saint Afan Church]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Saint Afan's Church, Llanafan]]''' ''(pictured)'', near [[Aberystwyth]], [[Wales]], was originally founded by [[Saint Afan]] in the 6th century?
*... that [[Lucha libre|masked wrestler]] '''[[Dos Caras, Jr.]]''' only defended the [[CMLL World Heavyweight Championship]] four times in 533 days?
*... that the [[satellite]] '''[[GPS IIR-1]]''', intended to become part of the [[United States Air Force]] [[Global Positioning System]], was destroyed 13 seconds after launch?
*... that the 1979 Australian vampire-science fiction film '''''[[Thirst (1979 film)|Thirst]]''''' drew influence from sources as diverse as [[Elizabeth Báthory]] and ''[[Soylent Green]]''?
*... that the current minister at the '''[[First Presbyterian Church of Marcellus|First Presbyterian Church]]''' in [[Marcellus (village), New York|Marcellus, New York]], was ordained in 1956?
*... that [[Dublin]]'s '''[[Windmill Lane Studios]]''' is regularly visited by tourists wishing to view the [[U2]]-inspired [[graffiti]] adorning the walls?
*... that [[Prescott, Arizona]], Mayor '''[[Sam Steiger]]''' was [[Criminal procedure|criminally prosecuted]] for painting a [[crosswalk]] between the local [[courthouse]] and the [[Western saloon|saloons]] on Whiskey Row?


*'''''14:35, 25 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Ideajasoni.jpg|100x100px| Ceylon Tree Nymph]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Ceylon Tree Nymph]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the largest [[butterfly]] of the [[Danaidae]] family in [[Sri Lanka]]?
*... that '''[[Joseph Anthony]]''' directed ''[[The Rainmaker (play)|The Rainmaker]]'', its [[The Rainmaker (1956 film)|1956 film adaptation]], and the [[Musical theatre|musical]] version ''[[110 in the Shade]]''?
*... that '''[[Specific ion Interaction Theory]]''' is a theory used to estimate single-[[ion]] [[activity coefficient]]s in [[electrolyte]] solutions at relatively high concentrations?
*... that [[Israel]]'s '''[[Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center]]''', known for its association with [[Jerusalem Syndrome]], was built on the site of [[Deir Yassin massacre|a 1947 massacre]]?
*... that '''[[Sverre Mitsem (writer)|Sverre Mitsem]]''' wrote the column "SORRY" in [[Norway]]'s ''[[Aftenposten]]'' from 1946 to 1996, the year he turned 89 years old?
*... that the [[New York Islanders]]'s '''[[2009–10 New York Islanders season|2009–10 season]]''' will be the franchise's 38th season in the [[National Hockey League]]?
*... that a '''[[Royal Command Performance]]''' of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' was held before [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] at [[Windsor Castle]] in 1891?


*'''''08:35, 25 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[Image:Matthew Boulton - Carl Frederik von Breda.jpg|100x100px|Matthew Boulton]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Matthew Boulton]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' [[Soho Mint]] struck the first copper British pennies?
*... that the '''[[Rumford Prize]]''', awarded for excellent contributions to the fields of [[heat]] and [[light]], is one of the oldest scientific prizes in America?
*... that [[Air Vice-Marshal]] '''[[John Ernsting]]''' became a [[professor]] at [[King's College London]] and [[Imperial College, London]] after a successful military career of 35 years with the [[RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine]]?
*... that the song "'''[[Qué Te Pasa]]'''", performed by Mexican singer [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]], became the longest running number-one single of the 1980s in the [[Hot Latin Tracks|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks]]?
*... that due to rapids on the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]], [[mule]]s had to be used to transport mail to the post office at '''[[Illahe, Oregon]]'''?
*... that [[Czech people|Czech]] [[actress]] '''[[Olga Scheinpflugová]]''' suffered a [[heart attack]] directly on the stage, during her performance in the play ''Mother'', written by her husband [[Karel Čapek]]?
*... that [[Hughie Lehman]], the '''[[List of Chicago Blackhawks head coaches|Blackhawks third head coach]]''', was hired after yelling at the first [[Chicago Blackhawks]] owner [[Frederic McLaughlin]]?


*'''''02:35, 25 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Marie-taglioni-in-zephire.jpg|100x100px|Marie Taglioni]]
</div>
*... that [[Marie Taglioni]] ''(pictured)'' made her 1830 London debut in '''''[[Flora and Zephyr|Flore et Zéphire]]''''', the [[ballet]] credited with the introduction of dancing ''[[en pointe|sur les pointes]]''?
*... that by the end of its second year in business, '''[[Participant Media]]'''{{`}}s films had been nominated for 11 [[Academy Award]]s?
*... that '''[[Zalman Shapiro]]''', who received a 2009 [[patent]] for a method of [[diamond synthesis]] at age 89, was instrumental in developing the world's first [[nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered]] [[submarine]], the ''[[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|Nautilus]]'', launched in 1954?
*... that the '''[[Little Red Schoolhouse (Brunswick, New York)|Little Red Schoolhouse]]''' in [[Brunswick, New York|Brunswick]], [[New York]], served as a one-room schoolhouse from the 1830s until 1952?
*... that the '''[[Tonkin commemorative medal]]''' was awarded to the [[France|French]] soldiers and sailors who participated in the [[Tonkin campaign]] and the [[Sino-French War]], between 1883 and 1885?
*... that despite being named one of the "top prospects of the decade" by [[Baseball America]], American [[baseball]] [[pitcher]] '''[[Nick Neugebauer]]''' compiled a career record of just two wins and eight losses?
*... that the protagonist of the [[Japan]]ese [[PlayStation 2]] [[console role-playing game|RPG]] '''''[[Venus & Braves]]''''' is a 345-year-old with the appearance of a teen

=== 24 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 24 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Laura Cobb 1.jpg|100x100px|Laura M. Cobb]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Laura M. Cobb]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the [[United States Navy Nurse Corps|US Navy Nurse Corps]] was a Japanese [[prisoners of war|POW]] in [[World War II]] for 37 months, during which time she continued to serve as Chief Nurse for ten other imprisoned Navy nurses?
*... that [[Charles Perrault]]'s '''''[[Puss in Boots|The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots]]''''' existed in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript a full two years before its publication in ''[[Histoires ou Contes du temps passe|Histoires ou contes du temps passé]]'' in 1697?
*... that [[Canadian]] security guard Claude Brunelle, who was killed during the '''[[1985 Turkish embassy attack in Ottawa]]''', was awarded the [[Star of Courage (Canada)|Star of Courage]]?
*... that '''[[limbic resonance]]''' is a process of "internal adaptation whereby two [[mammal]]s become attuned to each other's inner states"?
*... that historian '''[[Philip D. Curtin]]''' challenged widely-used estimates that 20&nbsp;million [[African slaves]] had crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], estimating that 9.5&nbsp;million had arrived in the [[Americas]] by 1870?
*... that the [[New York Yankees]] refused to allow its logo to appear in the ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' three-part episode "'''[[Blood Ties (Homicide: Life on the Street)|Blood Ties]]'''", which featured a subplot involving a murderous Yankees fan?


*'''''14:35, 24 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:James F. Calvert.gif|100x100px|James F. Calvert]]
</div>
*... that '''[[James F. Calvert]]''' ''(pictured)'' commanded the [[nuclear submarine]] [[USS Skate (SSN-578)|USS ''Skate'']], the first ever to surface at the [[North Pole]] when it did so on August 11, 1958?
*... that the inaugural '''[[1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens]]''' took place in [[Scotland]], the birthplace of the [[rugby sevens]] variant of [[rugby union]]?
*... that [[India]]n labour leader '''[[J. Hemachandran]]''' called for a ban on sales of [[Coca-Cola]] and [[Pepsi]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]?
*... that '''''[[Mincarlo (trawler)|Mincarlo]]''''' is the last surviving sidewinder [[fishing trawler]] of the [[Lowestoft]] fishing fleet?
*... that '''[[Freeman Fitzgerald]]''' played [[American football|football]] with [[Knute Rockne]] and once [[strikeout|struck out]] 19 batters in a [[baseball]] game?
*... that the '''[[taillight shark]]''' has a [[gland]] on its belly that releases clouds of [[bioluminescence|luminescent]] blue fluid?
*... that British [[civil engineer]] '''[[Thomas Page (engineer)|Thomas Page]]''', who designed [[Westminster Bridge]], suggested placing a submerged tube between England and France to be used as a tunnel?


*'''''08:35, 24 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Squatina californica.jpg|100x100px|Pacific angelshark]]
</div>
*... that at night, the '''[[Pacific angelshark]]''' ''(pictured)'' may use [[bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] [[plankton]] to target its prey?
*... that while in [[Boston]] in 1768, sailors and [[Royal Marines|marines]] from '''[[HMS Romney (1762)|HMS ''Romney'']]''' tried to confiscate a merchant vessel belonging to [[John Hancock]]?
*... that in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] village of '''[[Badbea]]''', livestock and children were tethered to prevent them being blown over the cliffs?
*... that when former [[New Jersey Senate]] President '''[[George H. Large]]''' died in 1939, he was the last surviving participant in [[1869 college football season#First football game ever played|the first college football game ever played]]?
*... that the [[Norway|Norwegian]] band '''[[Superfamily (band)|Superfamily]]''' consists of several academics, including lead singer Steven Wilson who holds a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in chemistry?
*... that in [[tropical cyclone naming]], the name "Hazel" is the only name to be retired in both the [[Hurricane Hazel|Atlantic]] and in the '''[[Tropical Storm Hazel (1965)|East Pacific]]'''?
*... that 51 composers wrote a total of 83 variations on a waltz by [[Anton Diabelli]], which were published in 1823–24 as '''''[[Vaterländischer Künstlerverein]]''''' and included [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven's]] 33 ''[[Diabelli Variations]]''?


*'''''02:35, 24 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Ascocoryne sarcoides.jpg|100x100px|Ascocoryne sarcoides]]
</div>
*... that colonization of mature [[black spruce]] trees by '''[[Ascocoryne sarcoides|jelly drops]]''' ''(pictured)'' helps protect them from future infection by [[wood-decay fungus|rot-causing fungi]]?
*... that the 1977 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] case '''''[[Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.]]''''' dealt with the legal issues of broadcasting a [[human cannonball]] act without consent?
*... that the '''[[Feminist Improvising Group]]''' challenged the male-dominated [[musical improvisation]] scene in the late 1970s?
*... that '''[[Krijn]]''' is the common name for the first [[Neanderthal]] discovered in the [[Netherlands]]?
*... that '''[[461 Fifth Avenue]]''' is a [[post-modern architecture|post-modern]] [[skyscraper]] noted for its use of a [[pre-cast concrete]] finish to mimic the appearance of [[limestone]]?
*... that [[baseball]] player '''[[Don Kelly (baseball)|Don Kelly]]''' was [[draft (sports)|drafted]] by the [[Detroit Tigers]], made his [[Major League Baseball|major league]] debut with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], and later played his first game as a Tiger against the Pirates?
*... that [[Central Morocco Tamazight|Tamazight language]] '''[[Central Morocco Tamazight grammar|cannot grammatically express]]''' an equivalent to the English phrase "who saw what?"

=== 23 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 23 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Heterodontus francisci catalina cropped.jpg|100x100px|Horn shark]]
</div>
*... that relative to its body size, the '''[[horn shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' has the strongest known bite of any [[shark]]?
*... that [[Dan Povenmire]] was at a [[Wild Thyme]] restaurant in [[South Pasadena, California]], when he first drew the character '''[[Phineas Flynn]]'''?
*... that the new '''[[Puzhal Central Prison]]''' is the largest prison in [[India]] and provides relatively more facilities to inmates?
*... that the 1963 '''[[Leopold Report]]''' was written in response to the controversial killing of an estimated 4,309 [[elk]] in [[Yellowstone National Park]] by the U.S. [[National Park Service]]?
*... that '''[[Wade Walker]]''' helped smuggle the 1963 [[Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball|Mississippi State basketball]] team out of the state to play a [[desegregation|racially integrated]] opponent in violation of a [[injunction|court order]]?
*... that '''[[Bible translations in the Middle Ages]]''' were rare because "the vernacular appeared simply and totally inadequate" for such a prestigious work?
*... that '''[[John Houghtaling]]''' created the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, which reached its peak of popularity in the 1960s, earning [[United States dollar|US$]]2&nbsp;million in gross revenue each month, 25&nbsp;cents at a time?
*... that '''''[[Leucopaxillus albissimus]]''''', one of the larger [[mushroom]]s in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], has a [[fruiting body]] unusually resistant to decay?


*'''''14:35, 23 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Evan Bayh official portrait cropped.jpg|100x100px|Evan Bayh]]
</div>
*... that despite a buildup that lasted nearly two years, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Evan Bayh]]'s ''(pictured)'' '''[[Evan Bayh presidential campaign, 2008|2008 presidential campaign]]''' officially lasted two weeks?
*... that '''[[Robert Despenser]]''', a royal steward under King [[William II of England]], derived his surname from his office which was also known as [[Butler|dispenser]]?
*... that '''[[St. Paul's (Zion's) Evangelical Lutheran Church|St. Paul's (Zion's) Evangelical Lutheran Church]]''' in [[Red Hook (village), New York|Red Hook, New York]], converted to [[Lutheranism]] from the [[German Reformed Church]] when they could not find a new [[pastor]]?
*... that [[Poland|Polish]] [[philosopher]] '''[[Józef Kalasanty Szaniawski]]''' began as an advocate for restoring Poland's independence but ended as a high government official in [[Russian Poland]]—and an enemy of philosophy?
*... that [[University of Virginia|Virginia Cavaliers]] [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] '''[[Eugene Mayer|Eugene "Buck" Mayer]]''' became the first consensus first-team All-American from a Southern school in 1915?
*... that it has been argued that '''[[privity in English law]]''' is simply an element of [[Consideration in English law|consideration]]?
*... that '''[[Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr.|Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon]]'''{{'}}s land claim was logged for firewood to be used in a foundry by the [[Oregon Iron Company]], but is now the [[Tryon Creek State Natural Area]]?
*... that during the [[American Civil War]], the Third Tennessee regiment was sent to '''[[Camp Trousdale]]''' to help relieve disease, but its soldiers still suffered from epidemics? 


*'''''08:35, 23 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Macro cannabis bud.jpg|100x100px|A dried flower of the Cannabis sativa plant]]
</div>
*... that penalties for possessing or supplying [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] ''(dried flower pictured)'', one of the many '''[[List of drugs illegal in the United Kingdom|drugs illegal in the UK]]''', were reduced in 2004, only to [[Cannabis reclassification in the United Kingdom|be increased in 2009]]?
*... that of the 68 track [[sprint (race)|sprinters]] who have broken the '''[[10-second barrier]]''' in the [[100 metres]], only [[Patrick Johnson (sprinter)|Patrick Johnson]] is not of [[West Africa]]n descent?
*... that following the 1995 [[Dayton Accords]], it was suggested that [[Bosnian mujahideen]] commander '''[[Abdelkader Mokhtari]]''' had secured a cache of [[SA-7|SA-7 missiles]] through his influence with the President?
*... that the '''[[Keane Wonder Mine]]''' in [[Death Valley National Park|Death Valley]] was mined so intensely in the early 1900s that it has begun to collapse?
*... that '''[[Villy Christensen]]''' is a core developer of the [[Ecosystem model|ecosystem modelling]] software system [[Ecopath]], which [[NOAA]] named as one of the ten biggest scientific breakthroughs in its history?
*... that according to rumour, an Englishman was murdered and a fire ruined [[Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, 4th Baronet|Metcalfe]]'s testimonials during a [[Christmas Eve]] party in 1895 at the '''[[Metcalfe House]]''' in [[Delhi]], [[India]]?
*... that the developers of the [[vehicle simulation game|simulation game]] '''''[[PHM Pegasus]]''''' consulted with the [[hydrofoil]] manufacturer Boeing Marine Systems to increase the realism of hydrofoils in their game? 
*... that '''[[Dick King (American football)|Dick King]]''', who played in the early days of the [[NFL]], was called "one of the greatest backs who ever wore moleskins"?


*'''''02:35, 23 June 2009'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Alisterus amboinensis -Brevard Zoo-8a-3c.jpg|100x100px|Moluccan King Parrot]]
</div>
*... that unlike other '''[[king parrot|king parrots]]''', the male and female '''[[Moluccan King Parrot]]''' ''(pictured)'' are similar in appearance?
*... that Sir '''[[Frank Newsam]]''' took charge of the [[United Kingdom|British]] recovery efforts after the [[North Sea flood of 1953]] and "secured achievements that would have surprised [[Cnut the Great#Ruler of the waves|Canute]]"?
*... that [[Ken Boyer]] and [[Clete Boyer]] are the only brothers both to have won '''[[List of Gold Glove Award winners at third base|Gold Glove Awards at third base]]'''?
*... that '''[[Alphonso Boone]]''', grandson of [[Daniel Boone]], started a [[Boones Ferry|ferry]] in [[Oregon]] that ran from 1847 until 1954?
*... that in the churchyard of '''[[St Peter's Church, Ardingly|St Peter's Church]]''', [[Ardingly]], [[West Sussex]], one gravestone depicts angels watching a [[skeleton]] stabbing a woman with a [[lance]]?
*... that while Justice Minister, [[Ministry of Defence (Brazil)|Brazilian Defense Minister]] '''[[Nelson Jobim]]''' lobbied for decriminalization of the use of [[marijuana]]?
*... that [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland|Prince Carl Philip]] of [[Sweden]] is a licensed race driver currently driving for '''[[Flash Engineering]]''' in the [[Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia]]?
*... that '''[[Johnny Gilroy|"The Great Gilroy"]]''', the leading scorer in [[college football]] in 1916, was charged in 1940 with stealing 35 shoe stitching machines from a Massachusetts factory?

=== 22 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:ChateauThierryTurningPointWorldWarCard.jpg|100x100px|Battle of Château-Thierry]]
</div>
*... that [[University of Chicago]] [[American football|football]] star '''[[Laurens Shull|Laurens "Spike" Shull]]''' died of wounds suffered rushing a machine gun nest at the [[Battle of Château-Thierry (1918)|Battle of Château-Thierry]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that a '''[[neutron monitor]]''' can only directly [[particle detector|detect]] [[neutrons]], but is used to indirectly detect [[cosmic ray]]s, high-energy [[charged particle|charged]] [[subatomic particle]]s impacting the [[Earth's atmosphere]] from [[outer space]]?
*... that '''[[Aine Lawlor]]''' presents ''[[Morning Ireland]]'', [[Ireland]]'s most listened to [[Radio programming|radio programme]]?
*... that [[John Watts de Peyster]] prevented the [[Tivoli, New York]], village board from meeting in the '''[[Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall|firehouse]]''' he had built for them, because of a tax dispute?
*... that as a child, [[Swedish people|Swedish]] opera singer '''[[Hjördis Schymberg]]''' and her four sisters performed live music to accompany [[silent film]]s?
*... that there are six '''[[List of nature reserves in Jordan|nature reserves]]''' in [[Jordan]]?
*... that after writing songs for [[Garth Brooks]], '''[[Stephanie Davis]]''' joined Brooks' road band and recorded an album for [[Asylum Records]]?
*... that the '''[[Cemetery of the Holy Rood]]''' has a privately funded area set aside for the burial of abandoned children?


*'''''14:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Omar Bongo cropped.jpg|100x100px|Omar Bongo]]
</div>
*... that the June 2009 '''[[Death and state funeral of Omar Bongo|state funeral]]''' of [[Omar Bongo]] ''(pictured)'' was attended by 40 heads of state, including representatives from [[France]], [[Spain]] and the [[List of heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe|President]] of the [[São Tomé and Príncipe|Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe]]?
*... that American business historian '''[[Thomas K. McCraw]]''' won the 1985 [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] for ''[[Prophets of Regulation]]''?
*... that [[country music]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[Roger Miller]]'s third studio album, '''''[[The 3rd Time Around]]''''', was the only record of his career to top the [[Top Country Albums|Country Album charts]]?
*... that '''[[Michael Annals]]''' designed the sets for productions of ''[[Macbeth]]'' in the [[Soviet Union]] and in [[Portugal]]?
*... that the South Woods at '''[[Montgomery Place]]''' near [[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York]], are the oldest oak forest in the [[Hudson Valley]]?
*... that, because of a bout with [[infectious mononucleosis|mononucleosis]], '''[[Dale Castro]]''' became a record-setting [[college football]] [[placekicker]] and consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]]?
*... that before '''[[St Wilfrid's Church, Haywards Heath|St Wilfrid's Church]]''' was built, [[Anglicanism|Anglicans]] in [[Haywards Heath]], [[West Sussex]], had to worship in the loft of a carpenter's workshop?
*... that [[Lucha libre|masked wrestler]] '''[[Ephesto]]''' is named after the [[Greek god]] [[Hephaestus]]?


*'''''08:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Gabe Kaplan.jpg|100x100px|Gabe Kaplan, who played "Gabe Kotter" in ''Welcome Back, Kotter'']]
</div>
*... that members of the [[Poker Hall of Fame]] won events at the '''[[Super Bowl of Poker]]''', the second most prestigious [[poker]] tournament, in '''[[1979 Super Bowl of Poker|1979]]''', '''[[1981 Super Bowl of Poker|'81]]''', '''[[1982 Super Bowl of Poker|'82]]''', '''[[1983 Super Bowl of Poker|'83]]''', '''[[1984 Super Bowl of Poker|'84]]''', '''[[1985 Super Bowl of Poker|'85]]''', '''[[1986 Super Bowl of Poker|'86]]''', '''[[1987 Super Bowl of Poker|'87]]''', '''[[1988 Super Bowl of Poker|'88]]''', '''[[1989 Super Bowl of Poker|'89]]''', '''[[1990 Super Bowl of Poker|'90]]''', and '''[[1991 Super Bowl of Poker|'91]]''', but actor [[Gabe Kaplan]] ''(pictured)'', who portrayed "[[Welcome Back, Kotter#Gabe Kotter|Mr Kotter]]" in ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'', won in '''[[1980 Super Bowl of Poker|'80]]'''?
*... that [[Uruguay|Uruguayan]] [[Senate of Uruguay|Senator]] '''[[Rafael Michelini]]''', whose father [[Zelmar Michelini|Zelmar]] was assassinated, is a politician active in [[human rights]] issues?
*... that an estimated 75% of examples of American '''[[cobblestone architecture]]''' can be found within {{convert|75|mi|km}} of [[Rochester, New York]]?
*... that the Pâquet family, which owned much of what is now '''[[Saint-Nicolas Heritage Site]]''' for over 150&nbsp;years, has included local, [[Étienne-Théodore Pâquet|provincial]] and [[Eugène Paquet|federal]] politicians?
*... that the '''[[Yaocomico]]''' Native Americans traded the land that became [[St. Mary's City, Maryland]] to English settlers for tools and cloth?
*... that '''[[Albert Adu Boahen]]''', an academic at the [[University of Ghana]], challenged former [[head of state of Ghana|head of state]] of [[Ghana]] [[Jerry Rawlings]] in the [[Ghanaian presidential election, 1992|presidential election of 1992]]?
*... that the [[Lee Child]] novel ''The Visitor'' was published as '''''[[Running Blind (Lee Child book)|Running Blind]]''''' in the United States because the American publisher thought the original title sounded too much like a [[science-fiction]] novel?


*'''''02:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Yorktown80.JPG|100x100px|Battle of Yorktown]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Franco-American alliance]]''' ''(Battle of Yorktown pictured)''  was sealed in February 1778 by [[Benjamin Franklin]], officializing French support in the [[American War of Independence]]?
*... that '''[[John Murray (broadcaster)|John Murray]]''', presenter of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s [[Morning Ireland|most popular radio show]], once worked as a deputy [[press secretary]] for the [[Government of Ireland|Irish government]]?
*... that in 2009, the newly discovered [[ultramicrobacteria]]l species '''''[[Herminiimonas glaciei]]''''' was isolated from 120,000-year-old [[glacial]] ice, {{convert|3042|m|mi|2}} deep?
*... that '''[[Rommie Loudd]]''' was the first [[African American]] majority owner of a major league sports team?
*... that the '''[[1923 Kraków riot]]''' resulted in over 30 fatalities and helped in the fall of the [[Chjeno-Piast]] government of [[Wincenty Witos]]?
*... that U.S. [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Eugene McCarthy]]'s '''[[Eugene McCarthy presidential campaign, 1968|1968 presidential campaign]]''' won the most [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] primary votes but was denied the nomination at the party's [[1968 Democratic National Convention|1968 National Convention]]?
*... that '''[[Christian Rynning-Tønnesen]]''' accepted a [[CEO]] job offer of [[Agder Energi]] in 2006, but changed his mind shortly after when offered the same position in [[Norske Skog]]?
*... that [[George Harrison]] included two versions of the song "'''[[Isn't It a Pity]]'''" on his ''[[All Things Must Pass]]'' album?

=== 21 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 21 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Kohno Michisei Self-Portrait.jpg|100x100px|Self-Portrait, 1917, by Kohno Michisei]]
</div>
*... that the work of '''[[Kohno Michisei]]''' ''(pictured)'' was influenced by [[European art]], which he knew almost exclusively from books and [[magazine]]s?
*... that the '''[[Village Diner]]''' in [[Red Hook (village), New York|Red Hook]] was the first [[diner]] in New York to be listed on the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]]?
*... that '''[[Ole Mørk Sandvik]]''' was a founder and first president of the [[Norwegian Folk Music Research Association]]?
*... that there are '''[[List of United States district and territorial courts|ninety-four]]''' [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] [[United States district court|district]] and [[United States territorial court|territorial]] [[United States federal courts|courts]] in the [[United States]]?
*... that [[Irish people|Irish]] journalist '''[[Mary Wilson (broadcaster)|Mary Wilson]]''' received three out of five stars for her meal on [[reality television]] show ''[[The Restaurant (Irish TV series)|The Restaurant]]''?
*... that [[Indonesia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]] share a {{convert|760|km|mi|adj=on}} border that has raised tensions and '''[[Indonesia–Papua New Guinea relations|ongoing diplomatic issues]]''' over many decades?
*... that [[Liberal Party of Norway|Norwegian Liberal]] [[Storting|MP]] '''[[Hans Larsen Saakvitne]]''' was among the "Pure Liberals" who turned against the [[Johan Sverdrup|Liberal Prime Minister]] in 1888?
*... that '''''[[Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion]]''''' was inspired by a 1980s cartoon which followed the attempts of [[Mr. T]] to coach an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[gymnastics]] youth team?


*'''''14:35, 21 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Ted Coy.jpg|100x100px|Ted Coy]]
</div>
*... that [[Yale University|Yale]] All-American '''[[Ted Coy]]''' ''(pictured)'', who played football with "his long blonde hair held back by a white sweatband," was the basis for a character in a short story by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]?
*... that '''[[Coronation Park, Delhi|Coronation Park]]''' was the site of the 1911 [[Delhi Durbar]] that marked the shifting of the capital of [[India]] from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]]?
*... that '''[[Jan and Anna Puchalski]]''', [[Polish Righteous among the Nations]], harbored six [[Jew]]ish fugitives from the '''[[Grodno Ghetto|ghetto in Grodno]]''', under their bedroom floor during [[the Holocaust]]?
*... that the '''[[Dollis Valley Greenwalk]]''' is one of ten [[Barnet parks and open spaces|parks and open spaces]] in the [[London]] [[London Borough of Barnet|Borough of Barnet]] to win a £400,000 grant to improve its quality and safety?
*... that '''[[Ricardo Rangel]]''' co-founded [[Mozambique]]'s first full color [[magazine]] ''[[Tempo (Mozambique magazine)|Tempo]]'', as a voice of opposition to [[Portuguese East Africa|Portuguese colonial rule]]?
*... that '''[[Cards Pond]]''' is among only three of [[Rhode Island]]'s nine [[salt pond]]s that receives significant freshwater from streams or rivers? 
*... that the '''[[swellshark]]''' bends its body in a U-shape and sucks in water to double in size and avoid attacks from predators?
*... that while their old band was named after a [[The Dharma Bums|Jack Kerouac novel]], '''[[Harrys Gym]]''' took their name from an abandoned [[Health club|fitness center]]?


*'''''08:35, 21 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:CatIslandLight1831.JPG|100x100px|1831 Cat Island Light]]
</div>
*... that the first '''[[Cat Island Light]]''' ''(pictured)'' was constructed directly on sand, with no [[Foundation (engineering)|foundation]]?
*... that '''[[Pauline Rita]]''' played three roles in [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] operas for [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]], but left his company in 1878 never to return?
*... that [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] [[Economist]] [[Robert Lucas, Jr.|Robert Lucas]] estimated that the '''[[Lucas Welfare Cost of Fluctuations|welfare costs]]''' of the [[business cycle]] in terms of [[Social welfare function|social welfare]] are negligible?
*... that [[Storebrand]] executive '''[[Gustav Aarestrup]]''' marked himself as an opponent of the [[Festning Tunnel]] and [[Fjellinjen]]?
*... that '''[[Valley Entertainment]]''' acquired in 2001 the prestigious back catalogue of [[ambient music]] from [[Hearts of Space]]?
*... that '''[[Marion West Higgins]]''', the first female [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]], was the daughter of Dr. [[James E. West (Scouting)|James E. West]], the first [[Chief Scout Executive]] of the [[Boy Scouts of America]]?
*... that the '''[[National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame]]''' is home to the world's largest [[muskellunge|muskie]] sculpture?
*... that the [[FBI]] issued a 2002 [[Terror alert system|terrorism alert]] after '''[[Michael John Hamdani]]''' invented a story about terrorists entering the United States as part of a [[plea bargain]]?


*'''''02:35, 21 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Egg and chips.jpg|100x100px|Egg and chips]]
</div>
*... that '''[[egg and chips]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[John Lennon]]'s favourite food?
*... that '''[[Realph Norland]]''', father of ''[[Verdens Gang]]'' and ''[[Aftenposten]]'' chief editor [[Andreas Norland]], was himself a newspaper editor for ''[[Tønsbergs Blad]]''?
*... that [[Gao Ling]] is the all-time leader for the most '''[[List of Olympic medalists in badminton|Olympic medals in badminton]]'''?
*... that during the 2008 fall [[bird migration|migration]], over 10,000 [[hawk]]s passed the observation point at '''[[Washington Valley Park|Washington Valley Park]]''', [[New Jersey]]?
*... that the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinals]] were not allowed to serve '''[[External cardinal|simultaneously as residential bishops]]''' until the pontificate of [[Pope Alexander III|Alexander III]]?
*... that '''[[Cathal Mac Coille]]''' ate breakfast with [[CNN]] broadcaster [[Larry King]] on [[Super Tuesday]] of [[Super Tuesday, 2008|2008]]?
*... that in the 1625 '''[[Battle of Blavet]]''', a French [[Huguenot]] fleet under [[Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise|Soubise]] captured a Royal fleet belonging to [[Louis XIII]], triggering the [[Huguenot rebellions|Second Huguenot rebellion]]?
*... that [[Bronisław Malinowski]]'s [[ethnography]] '''''[[Coral Gardens and their Magic]]''''' describes [[Magic_(paranormal)#Varieties_of_magical_practice|magic spells]] used in [[Trobriand Islanders|Trobriand]] agriculture as a pragmatic component of human behaviour?

=== 20 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 20 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Karl der große cropped.jpg|100x100px|Bust of Charlemagne the Great]]
</div>
*... that the '''''[[Annales laureshamenses]]''''' justify the imperial coronation of [[Charlemagne]] ''(bust pictured)'' because at the time the title ''Emperor'' was unused?
*... that '''[[William F. Hyland]]''', while serving as [[Attorney General of New Jersey]], performed as a clarinetist with [[Benny Goodman]] and later became executor of his estate?
*... that '''''[[Debo Hacerlo]]''''' was the last album released by Mexican singer-songwriter [[Juan Gabriel]] until 1994, due to a dispute with [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] over [[copyrights]] of his songs?
*... that [[Yale University|Yale]] All-American '''[[Paul Veeder]]''' has been credited with throwing the "first [[forward pass]] in a major game"? 
*... that the '''[[1988 Polish strikes]]''' shook the country's Communist regime to such an extent that it was forced to begin considering recognition of [[Solidarity]]? 
*... that Norwegian [[philologist]] '''[[Konrad Nielsen]]''', known for work on the [[Sami languages]], was a member of the [[Hungarian Academy of Sciences]]?
*... that the '''[[Capitulations of Santa Fe]]''' granted [[Christopher Columbus]] the titles of [[Admiral]] of the [[Ocean Sea]], the [[Viceroy]], the [[Governor-General]] and honorific [[Don (honorific)|Don]]?


*'''''14:35, 20 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Coleridge cropped.jpeg|100x100px|Samuel Coleridge]]
</div>
*... that topics of [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Samuel Coleridge]]'s ''(pictured)'' '''[[Samuel Coleridge's early life|early poems]]''' include: '''[[Easter Holidays|holidays]]''', '''[[Dura Navis|cannibals]]''', '''[[Songs of the Pixies|pixies]]''', '''[[Pain: Composed in Sickness|pain]]''', '''[[Monody on the Death of Chatterton|suicide]]''', '''[[On Receiving an Account|loss]]''', '''[[Lines Written at Shurton Bars|bars]]''', '''[[The Destruction of the Bastile|a prison raid]]''', '''[[Lines on an Autumnal Evening|women]]''', '''[[Religious Musings|God]]''', '''[[To the River Otter|an otter]]''', '''[[To a Young Ass|a donkey]]''', '''[[To Fortune|gambling]]''', '''[[Ode on the Departing Year|farming]]''', '''[[On Quitting School|school]]''' and '''[[The Destiny of Nations|Joan of Arc]]'''?
*... that '''[[Washington State Route 106]]''' has been renumbered four times over a 49-year period from 1915 until 1964?
*... that both of the [[Kaiserliche Marine]]<nowiki>'s</nowiki> '''{{sclass|Odin|coast defense ship|1}}s''' were rebuilt as freighters after the end of [[World War I]]?
*... that in 1947, [[University of Michigan]] [[basketball]] player '''[[Mack Supronowicz|Mack "Soup" Supronowicz]]''' was hailed as "the greatest cage prospect in college history"?
*... that [[Japanese pop]] rock singer [[Yui (singer)|Yui]]'s "'''[[Again (Yui song)|Again]]'''" has the highest opening week sales for a female act in 2009?
*... that the '''[[Heinz Award]]''', named in honor of the late [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[John Heinz]], is worth [[USD|$]]250,000?
*... that '''''[[The Meaning of Life (TV series)|The Meaning of Life]]''''' series featured filmmaker [[Neil Jordan]]'s account of having met his dead father on an aeroplane?


*'''''08:35, 20 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dalatias licha.jpg|100x100px|<!--Insert rollover text here-->]]
</div>
*... that, like the related [[cookiecutter shark]], the '''[[kitefin shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' sometimes feeds by taking bites out of animals larger than itself?
*... that at the age of seven, '''[[Zach Bonner]]''' founded the '''[[Little Red Wagon Foundation]]''' to aid the 1.3&nbsp;million [[homeless]] children in the [[United States]]?
*... that [[Plácido Polanco]] became the first '''[[List of Gold Glove Award winners at second base|Gold Glove winner at second base]]''' to post an [[error (baseball)|errorless]] season in {{mlby|2007}}?
*... that '''[[Thomas Bertie]]''' was one of three future admirals who served together on {{HMS|Seahorse|1748|6}} in 1773, the others being [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] and [[Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet|Thomas Troubridge]]?
*... that '''[[Cyclone Nancy]]''' of the [[2004–05 South Pacific cyclone season]] was one of four severe tropical cyclones to impact the [[Cook Islands]] during the span of a month?
*... that journalist and novelist '''[[Gerd Grønvold Saue]]''' is also a former board member of the [[International Peace Bureau]]?
*... that a critical [[software bug|bug]] in the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] game '''''[[Class of Heroes]]''''' was found only days before manufacturing began?


*'''''02:35, 20 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hafiz Mausoleum in Shiraz.jpg|100x100px|The current pavilion over Hafez's tomb]]
</div>
*... that a shrine in [[Shiraz]] over the '''[[Tomb of Hafez|tomb]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the famed [[Persian literature|Persian poet]] [[Hafez]] was pulled down in 1899 by protesters, because it was being built by a [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]]?
*... that 77-year-old U.S. Representative [[Claude Pepper]] used his chairing of the '''[[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Aging]]''' to highlight the falsehoods of [[ageism|age stereotyping]]?
*... that [[Ho Chi Minh]]'s marriage to '''[[Tang Tuyet Minh]]''' has never been acknowledged by the [[Politics of Vietnam|government of Vietnam]]?
*... that although the '''{{sclass|Siegfried|coast defense ship|1}}s''' were rendered obsolete by the [[German Naval Laws|2nd Naval Law]] in 1908, they continued to serve in their intended roles until 1915?
*... that [[theoretical biologist]] '''[[Mary Jane West-Eberhard]]''' says that she learnt more about science at high school from her English course on critical reading and writing than from her biology class?
*... that '''[[Fun Little Movies]]''' is the first United States company to produce [[comedy film]]s to play on [[mobile phone]]s worldwide?

=== 19 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:San Marc Pilastri Acritani 1.jpg|100x100px|Remains of Church of St. Polyeuctus]]
</div>
*... that the 6th-century '''[[Church of St. Polyeuctus]]''' ''(remains pictured)'' in [[Constantinople]] was deliberately planned to imitate the [[Temple of Solomon]]?
*... that '''[[John W. Wescott]]''' initially opposed [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s candidacy for [[Governor of New Jersey]] but later gave the nominating speech for Wilson at both the [[1912 Democratic National Convention|1912]] and [[1916 Democratic National Convention|1916]] [[Democratic National Convention]]s?
*... that [[Constance Demby]]'s 1986 album '''''[[Novus Magnificat]]''''' helped build the reputation of [[Stephen Hill]]'s [[Hearts of Space Records]]?
*... that when [[Indigenous Australian]] artist '''[[Makinti Napanangka]]''' won the [[National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award]] in 2008, her age and family circumstances prevented her from attending the ceremony?
*... that '''[[August Lange]]''', '''[[Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln|Carl Jakhelln]]''' and [[Olav Larssen]] co-wrote a book about their experiences from the [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that a [[ship replica|reconstruction]] of [[Verrazzano]]'s [[flagship]] '''''[[La Dauphine]]''''' is planned to arrive in [[New York Harbor]] for the 500th anniversary of Verrazzano's arrival in 2024?


*'''''14:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Elmendorph Inn, Red Hook, NY.jpg|100x100px|Elmendorph Inn]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Elmendorph Inn]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the oldest building in the village of [[Red Hook (village), New York|Red Hook, New York]]?
*... that former [[Prime Minister of Tonga|Prime Minister]] of [[Tonga]] '''[[Baron Vaea]]''' piloted [[PBY Catalina]] [[flying boat]]s for the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that '''[[Fluxus 1]]''', an [[Artist's Book|artists' book]] produced by the [[Lithuanian-American]] artist [[George Maciunas]], was assembled over a period of 13 years?
*... that '''[[Rachael English]]''', [[news presenter|presenter]] of the [[Ireland|Irish]] radio news programme ''[[Five Seven Live]]'', was joined on the show by her father, who provided [[Cheltenham Racecourse|Cheltenham]] horse racing tips for her listeners?
*... that through extensive studying of the '''[[pathophysiology of hypertension]]''', it was discovered that [[hypertension]] can be caused by [[Pathophysiology_of_hypertension#Genetics|genetic inheritance]]?
*... that '''[[Damian Sims]]''' and '''[[Fred Reid (Canadian football)|Fred Reid]]''' spent a year out of [[American football|football]] before being recommended to their current [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] teams?
*... that according to legend, [[Pope Fabian|Fabian]] was '''[[papal selection before 1059|selected]]''' as [[pope]] because a dove landed on him?


*'''''08:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Trevi_-_SS_Vincenzo_e_Anastasio.jpg|100x100px|Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi]]
</div>
*... that the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] church of '''[[Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi]]''' ''(pictured)'', which houses the hearts of 25 [[pope]]s, was presented to the [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] by [[Pope John Paul II]]?
*... that actress '''[[Nancy Andrews (actress)|Nancy Andrews]]''' won a [[Theatre World Award]] for her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut performance in 1949?
*... that '''[[Honewort]]''', growing in the [[Avon Gorge]] near Bristol, was one of the first rare plants to be documented in Britain, by [[William Turner (ornithologist)|William Turner]] in 1562?
*... that [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] '''[[Scott Williamson]]''' underwent two [[Tommy John surgery|Tommy John surgeries]]?
*... that the custom of collecting a '''[[feudal aid]]''' from a [[vassal]] originated in the 11th-century France, in the [[Anjou|County of Anjou]]?
*... that '''[[Liz Swaine]]''' was a locally well-known television [[news anchor]] who quit to become a mayoral executive assistant and later ran for mayor of the city of [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]?


*'''''02:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Franco Persian alliance cropped.jpg|100x100px|Napoléon reçoit l’ambassadeur de Perse au château de Finkenstein, by Francois Mulard]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[Franco-Persian alliance]]''' ''(artist's impression pictured)'' was concluded by [[Napoleon]] in 1807 as a step to help him accomplish his objective of attacking [[British India]]?
*... that the [[California]]n plant '''''[[Eryngium racemosum]]''''' has become [[local extinction|extirpated]] due to the non-occurrence of natural flooding?
*... that the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] is awarded annually by the '''[[Norwegian Nobel Committee]]'''?  
*... that after a [[Brinks robbery (1981)|1981 robbery]], lawyers for Dr. '''[[Alan Berkman]]''' claimed that he was the first U.S. doctor [[accessory (legal term)|charged]] for treating a [[fugitive]] since Dr. [[Samuel Mudd]] treated [[John Wilkes Booth]] in 1865?
*... that the '''[[Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve]]''' in the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Ontario]] supports a population of the nationally endangered [[Juglans cinerea|Butternut]]?
*... that '''[[Bob Haymes]]''' played a song publisher in the sitcom ''[[It's a Business]]'' and actually co-wrote the song "[[That's All]]"?
*... that the reference '''''[[Conspiracy Encyclopedia]]''''' discusses 365 different [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]?

=== 18 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Carlota by Winterhalter cropped.jpg|100x100px|Portrait of Charlotte of Belgium, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter]]
</div>
*... that [[Charlotte of Belgium]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Belgium–Mexico relations|reigned]]''' as Empress of [[Mexico]] starting in 1864?
*... that '''[[DemiDec]]''', a company that sells study material for the [[United States Academic Decathlon]], also annually hosts the [[World Scholar's Cup]]?
*... that during [[Shakespeare]]'s time, it was commonly believed that there were '''[[five wits|five "outward" wits]]''' as well as five "inward" wits? 
*... that '''''[[Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf]]''''' was at the time publisher [[Electronic Arts]]' highest-selling video game ever?
*... that in a '''[[2009 New York State Senate Leadership Crisis|June 2009 "parliamentary coup"]]''', [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] '''[[Pedro Espada, Jr.]]''' and [[Hiram Monserrate]] agreed to vote with [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], giving the minority Republicans control of the [[New York State Senate]]?
*... that [[baboon]]s are among the hazards faced by '''[[South African wine|South African winemakers]]'''?
*... that [[paleontology|paleontologist]] '''[[Gerta Keller]]''' theorizes that dinosaurs did not become extinct until 300,000 years after the [[Chicxulub crater|Chicxulub meteor]], though she agrees that "I'm sure the day after, they had a headache"?


*'''''14:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Banksia dolichostyla email.jpg|100x100px|Ironcap banksia]]
</div>
*... that the rare '''[[Banksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla|Ironcap Banksia]]''' ''(pictured)'' from Western Australia has the longest [[pistil]]s of any [[banksia]]?
*... that during the 1950s, [[Louisiana]] [[Louisiana State Legislature|State Senator]] '''[[Herman "Wimpy" Jones]]''' advocated voting by 18-year-olds long before ratification of the [[26th Amendment to the United States Constitution|26th Amendment]]?
*... that the '''[[Ritland crater]]''' is believed to be a [[meteoric]] [[impact crater]]?
*... that actress '''[[Mary Lawson (actress)|Mary Lawson]]''' married [[F. W. L. C. Beaumont]], son of the [[Sibyl Mary Collings |Dame of Sark]], and they died together in 1941 during the [[Liverpool Blitz]]?
*... that '''[[camber thrust]]''' contributes to the ability of [[bicycle]]s and [[motorcycle]]s to negotiate a turn with the same radius as automobiles but with a smaller steering angle?
*... that the '''[[Mill Colonnade]]''' was originally reviled by critics before eventually becoming a symbol for [[Karlovy Vary]]?
*... that [[Indigenous Australian]] artist '''[[Rosella Namok]]''' gave birth to her second son on the way to submit a painting for the [[Wynne Prize]]?


*'''''08:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tom Shevlin.jpg|100x100px|Tom Shevlin]]
</div>
*... that four-time All-American [[American football|football]] [[End (American football)|end]] and millionaire [[lumberman]] '''[[Tom Shevlin]]''' ''(pictured)'' died of [[pneumonia]] after contracting a cold while training the [[Yale]] football team?
*... that despite the success of [[Ennio Morricone]]'s soundtrack for ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'', the '''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (song)|main theme]]''' only became a hit [[single (music)|single]] in the [[cover version]] by [[Hugo Montenegro]]?
*... that '''[[John Strange (English politician)|Sir John Strange]]''' trained at the same set of [[chambers (law)|chambers]] as [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke|Lord Hardwicke]], who later made him [[Master of the Rolls]]?
*... that the '''[[Global Forum for Health Research]]''' identified the [[10/90 gap]]: just 10% of medical research spending is on 90% of existing health problems?
*... that during [[World War II]], the [[Czech comics]] [[illustrator]] '''[[Kája Saudek]]''' was imprisoned in a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[concentration camp]]?
*... that '''[[Undulus asperatus]]''' is the first new proposed [[List of cloud types|cloud type]] in over 50 years?
*... that '''[[E.D. Gleason]]''', a member of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana House of Representatives]] during the 1950s, proposed a one-cent state [[sales tax]] earmarked for [[public school]] teacher salaries?


*'''''02:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:HanSaiPor-Seeds-NationalMuseumofSingapore-20090614-04.jpg|100x100px|Seeds (2006) by Singaporean sculptor Han Sai Por]]
</div>
*... that [[Singapore]]an [[sculpture|sculptor]] '''[[Han Sai Por]]''' created her 2006 work ''Seeds'' ''(pictured)'', situated at the [[National Museum of Singapore]], from [[sandstone]] excavated during the Museum's redevelopment?
*... that the [[Emmy Award]]-winning show '''''[[The Freddy Awards]]''''', a ceremony honoring high school theater in the [[Lehigh Valley]] region in [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]], is to be the subject of a documentary film?
*... that on May 31, 2009, the [[Remotely operated underwater vehicle|ROV]]  '''''[[Nereus (underwater vehicle)|Nereus]]''''' reached an underwater depth of {{convert|10902|m|mi|1}}, becoming the world's deepest-diving vehicle?
*... that of the three precious statues of the goddess [[Kannon]] enshrined in the '''[[Sugimoto-dera]]''' temple in [[Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]], [[Japan]], likely none were made by the artists they are traditionally attributed to?
*... that the '''[[Black Procession]]''' of Polish [[Bourgeoisie|burghers]] in 1789 resulted in the passage of the [[Free Royal Cities Act|belated major urban reform]] in the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]?
*... that before its removal, '''[[Pennsylvania Route 963]]''' was the easternmost state traffic route in [[Pennsylvania]]?

=== 17 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Irene-Olivia 1971 track.png|100x100px|Hurricane Irene-Olivia 1971 track]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Hurricane Irene–Olivia]]''' ''(track pictured)'' was the first actively tracked [[tropical cyclone]] that moved into the eastern [[Pacific Ocean]] from the [[Atlantic hurricane|Atlantic basin]]?
*... that '''[[Jesse Wharton (Maryland governor)|Jesse Wharton]]''', a colonial governor of [[Province of Maryland|Maryland]], died just over a month after taking office in 1676?
*... that '''[[Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality]]''', the [[doctrine]] of the [[Russian Empire]] in the 1830s–1850s, was also a [[motto#Heraldry|family motto]] of its creator [[Sergey Uvarov]]?
*... that while in college, [[New England Patriots]] [[cornerback]] '''[[Jonathan Wilhite]]''' was described as "a jokester" who "could be a [[stand-up comedian]]"?
*... that [[post-hardcore]] band [[Enter Shikari]]'s song "'''[[Juggernauts (song)|Juggernauts]]'''" contains a "[[Mockney]] spoken words" section that has drawn comparisons with [[The Streets]]?
*... that in 1979, '''[[L.D. Knox]]''' of [[Winnsboro, Louisiana|Winnsboro]], [[Louisiana]], had his name legally changed to "None of the Above" Knox to dramatize the lack of choices for voters on his state's [[Elections in Louisiana|ballot]]?


*'''''14:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Jayco pup up 2006 tent camper.jpg|100x100px|Jayco pop-up 2006 tent camper]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Jayco, Inc|Jayco]]''', the largest privately held manufacturer of [[recreational vehicle]]s ''(collapsible model pictured)'' in North America, has mostly [[Amish]] and [[Mennonite]] employees?
*... that [[mental health]] patients released after long stays in [[psychiatric hospital]]s may experience '''[[institutionalization (psychology)|institutionalization]]''', or difficulty in managing the demands of independent living?
*... that in 2005, [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]], led by quarterback '''[[Richie Williams (Canadian football)|Richie Williams]]''', became the first college or university in [[North Carolina]] to win an [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|national championship]] in [[college football|football]]?
*... that the reference book '''''[[The History of British Political Parties]]''''' contains information on over 250 political parties in the [[United Kingdom]]? 
*... that due to certain environmental conditions, '''[[Maschaug Pond]]''' in [[Rhode Island]] is considered particularly vulnerable to [[storm surge]]? 
*... that actress '''[[Charlene McKenna]]''' was pleased that her full-frontal [[Nudity|nude]] scene in the television series ''[[Raw (television series)|Raw]]'' attracted few complaints?


*'''''08:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Thermador Car Cooler.JPG|100x100px|Thermador car cooler]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[car cooler]]''' ''(pictured)'' is an early type of [[automobile]] "[[air conditioner]]" that has been around since 1930?
*... that [[Major League Baseball]] [[outfielder]] '''[[Pete Milne]]'''{{`s}} only career [[home run]] was a game-winning [[inside-the-park home run|inside-the-park]] [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]]? 
*... that '''[[Waldmann disease]]''', a disease that is characterized by dilated [[lymphatic vessels]], is usually diagnosed before the patient is three years old? 
*... that [[Belgian Senate|Belgian senator]] [[Baron]] '''[[Jacques Brotchi]]''' survived [[World War II]] as a child when his Jewish family was hidden from the [[Nazism|Nazis]] by a Belgian family in [[Comblain-au-Pont]]?
*... that '''[[Pilot Rock (Jackson County, Oregon)|Pilot Rock]]''' is one of the oldest [[volcano|volcanic]] formations in the [[Cascade Range]]?
*... that [[Grammy award]]-winning singer [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] made her TV debut on the [[Welsh language]] talent show '''[[Wawffactor]]'''?


*'''''02:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Geastrum pectinatum2.jpg|100x100px|Geastrum pectinatum]]
</div>
*... that the whitish powder found on the [[spore]] sac of the '''[[Geastrum pectinatum|beaked earthstar]]''' ''(pictured)'' is made of crystalline [[calcium oxalate]]?
*... that [[Pope Innocent II]] demolished [[Santa Maria in Trastevere]] and was buried in the rebuilt [[basilica]], in the space formerly occupied by the '''[[List of tombs of antipopes|tomb of his rival, Anacletus II]]'''?
*... that [[George Strait]]'s 2009 single "'''[[Living for the Night]]'''" is the first single of his solo career that he co-wrote?
*... that almost 29 years after she went missing in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin Harbour]] during [[Cyclone Tracy]], the '''''[[Booya (ship)|Booya]]''''' was discovered by accident in only {{convert|20|m|ft}} of water?
*... that from July 1, 2009, [[content-control software]] called '''[[Green Dam Youth Escort]]''' must be included with all [[personal computers]] sold in the [[Mainland China|mainland]] of the [[People's Republic of China]]?
*... that the perpetrator of the '''[[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting]]''' had self-published a book praising [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1999?

=== 16 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Stannard Rock Light USCG cropped.jpg|100x100px|Stannard Rock Light]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Stannard Rock Light]]''' ''(pictured)'', known as the "Loneliest Place in the World", is the furthest [[lighthouse]] from land and described as one of the top ten engineering feats in the [[United States]]?
*... that [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] journalist '''[[Richard Downes]]''' secretly entered [[Zimbabwe]] disguised as a tourist to film an undercover report for the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Newsnight]]'' during the [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|2008 Zimbabwean presidential election]]? 
*... that '''[[human rights in Estonia]]''' are generally well respected, but controversies still surround the [[Bronze Night]] incident of April 2007?
*... that '''[[Thomas S. Rodgers]]''' was one of five members of his family to reach the rank of [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]] during the first 25 years of the 20th century? 
*... that the '''[[Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines]]''' advocates the 18 minutes of advertising per hour rule for [[Philippines|Philippine]] [[Television|TV stations]]?
*... that in the U.S. state of '''[[Geography of Michigan|Michigan]]''', no one is more than {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} from a [[lake]]?


*'''''14:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Otwock Jews - August 19, 1942.jpg|100x100px|Otwock 1942. Jews await transport to Treblinka]]
</div>
*... that the [[Polish Righteous]] '''[[Krystyna Dańko]]''' rescued her [[Jew]]ish friend's sister by "smuggling" her to [[Warsaw]] before most Jews from [[Otwock]] were deported to [[Treblinka extermination camp|Treblinka]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Diane Dietz]]''' set the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] single-game [[basketball]] scoring record with 45 points in 1982 and the [[University of Michigan]] career record with 2,076 points?
*... that prior to the 1929 '''[[Royal Mail Case]]''', British accountants were not expected to use their moral and ethical judgment in making decisions?
*... that when the [[Louisiana]] [[Louisiana State Legislature|State Representative]] '''[[C.W. Thompson]]''' died in office in 1951, then [[Governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Earl Kemp Long|Earl K. Long]] appointed [[Lizzie P. Thompson]] to finish her husband's term?
*... that after receiving more than 10,000 protest letters, the editors of the '''''[[United Methodist Hymnal]]''''' decided not to eliminate "[[Onward, Christian Soldiers]]" from it?
*... that in 1984, [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] [[billionaire]] '''[[Ed Bass]]''' committed $30&nbsp;million to (and eventually spent over $150&nbsp;million on) [[Biosphere 2]], to experiment with "recreating the Earth" and potentially settling [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]?


*'''''08:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Guillotinemodels-left.jpg|100x100px|Guillotine]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Nicolas Jacques Pelletier]]''' was the first person to be [[capital punishment|executed]] by [[guillotine]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Rafael Carrión, Sr.]]''' was one of the founders of [[Banco Popular de Puerto Rico]], the largest bank in [[Puerto Rico]] and the largest Hispanic bank in the United States?
*... that [[Ireland|Irish]] band '''[[Fight Like Apes]]''' named one of their 2007 [[Extended play|EP]]s '''''[[David Carradine is a Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch]]'''''? 
*... that '''[[Ninigret Pond]]''' is the largest of [[Rhode Island]]'s nine [[lagoon|salt ponds]]?
*... that '''''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''''' will have a feature that allows the game to play on its own while paused?
*... that when the '''[[Washington Huskies softball|Washington Huskies softball team]]''' won the [[2009 Women's College World Series]], it marked the 22nd time in the 28 World Series that a [[Pac-10]] team was crowned champion?
*... that it took 16 years for the '''[[Rollercoaster (Phineas and Ferb)|pilot episode]]''' of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' to be picked up?


*'''''02:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Rhodotus palmatus2.jpg|100x100px|Rhodotus]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Rhodotus|"wrinkled peach"]]''' mushroom ''(pictured)'' requires light from the red end of the [[visible spectrum]] to induce fruiting?
*... that [[gridiron football]] player '''[[Malik Jackson]]''' has played at every [[American football#Defense|defensive position]] in his professional career?
*... that  although [[Telltale Games]] was formed after [[LucasArts]] abandoned [[graphic adventure game|adventure game]] development in 2004, the two companies are now collaborating to create a '''[[Tales of Monkey Island|new series of adventure games]]'''?
*... that the song '''"[[Aquí Estoy Yo]]"''' by Puerto Rican [[singer-songwriter]] [[Luis Fonsi]] became his sixth number-one single in the [[Hot Latin Tracks|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart]]?
*... that the [[Louisiana]] [[politician]] '''[[J. Frank Colbert]]''' was active during the 1920s and 1930s in [[Henry George]]'s "Single Tax" [[Utopia|Utopian]] movement? 
*... that  [[Fremantle Football Club]] defender '''[[Clancee Pearce]]''' is only the fourth player of [[Indian Australian|Indian heritage]] to play  in the [[Australian Football League]]?

=== 15 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:35, 15 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Fernandez-Virgin of the Navigators (proper inversion).jpg|100x120px|The Virgin of the Navigators]]
</div>
*... that '''''[[The Virgin of the Navigators]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is the earliest known painting about the [[discovery of the Americas]]?
*... that after performing the theme to the 1963 film ''[[Hud (film)|Hud]]'', [[country music]] singer '''[[Darrell McCall]]''' decided to take up acting, appearing in three films during the 1960s?
*... that upcoming [[MMORPG]] [[video game]] '''''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]''''' has been in development by [[Square Enix]] under the codename ''Rapture''?
*... that when the future [[Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet|9th]], [[George Cockburn|10th]] and [[Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet|11th]] [[Cockburn Baronets|Baronets of Cockburn]] were painted with '''[[Augusta Anne Ayscough|Augusta Anne]]''', the daughter of '''[[Francis Ayscough]]''', Dean of [[Bristol Cathedral]], she was the only one dressed?
*... that the [[People's Action Party]] has dominated the '''[[Government of Singapore]]''' by winning a majority of seats in every [[Parliamentary elections in Singapore|general election]] since [[Singaporean general election, 1959|1959]]?
*... that '''[[John Verney (judge)|John Verney]]''' became a [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] to gain contacts to help him in his career as a [[barrister]]?


*'''''11:28, 15 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sword_of_Stalingrad.jpg|100x100px|The Sword of Stalingrad]]
</div>
*... that after [[Winston Churchill]] handed [[Joseph Stalin]] the '''[[Sword of Stalingrad]]''' ''(pictured)'' at the [[Tehran Conference]], a [[Kliment Voroshilov|clumsy Soviet general]] let it slip out of its scabbard?
*... that in 1956, '''[[Christian A. R. Christensen]]''' was behind the first revision of the [[Ethical Code of Practice for the Norwegian Press]]?
*... that [[Garth Brooks]] released both live and studio recordings of his 1998 single '''"[[It's Your Song]]"''' to radio?
*... that '''[[Tracy Kidder]]''', a [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner for his second book, was so unhappy with his first book that he bought back the rights from the publisher so that it would not "see the light of day again"?
*... that the '''[[2006 MPC Computers Bowl]]''' featured the [[2006 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami Hurricanes]], whose season had been marred by an [[Miami-FIU brawl|on-field brawl]], the termination of [[Larry Coker|their head coach]], and underachievement on the field?
*... that [[Emirati]] [[marriage counselor]] '''[[Wedad Lootah]]''' claimed that many men in [[Saudi Arabia]] have their first sexual experiences with other men, due to its [[gender segregation]]?


*'''''05:28, 15 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Cromer Windmill - geograph.org.uk - 109693.jpg|100x100px|Cromer Windmill, Ardeley]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Cromer Windmill, Ardeley|Cromer Windmill]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been dated [[dendrochronology|dendrochronologically]] to 1681?
*... that the 36-year-old Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund changed its name to '''[[LatinoJustice PRLDEF]]''' last year, partly due to fewer [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]]s being in [[New York City]]'s [[Latino]] population?
*...  that as the world's third largest [[democracy]], [[Indonesia]]'s '''[[Indonesian legislative election, 2004|2004 legislative election]]''' was the most complicated in the world?
*... that '''[[Barry Wood (singer)|Barry Wood]]''', [[Frank Sinatra]]'s predecessor on the [[radio program]] ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'', was promoted as America's "sweater boy"? 
*... that at its establishment in 1760, the '''[[Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters]]''' was the northernmost [[learned society]] in the world?
*... that the '''[[List of CZW World Tag Team Champions|CZW World Tag Team Championship]]''' has been won by an [[Professional wrestling|individual wrestler]] once, when it is only supposed to be intended for [[tag team]]s?

=== 14 June 2009 ===
*'''''23:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Nebrius ferrugineus.jpg|100x100px|A tawny nurse shark]]
</div>
*... that when captured, the '''[[tawny nurse shark]]''' ''(pictured)'' often spits a jet of water into the faces of its captors?
*... that the old Honolulu Police Station in [[Hawaii]]'s '''[[Merchant Street Historic District]]''' was designed by American architect '''[[Louis Davis (architect)|Louis Davis]]''' in the [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Mission Revival Style]]?
*... that a section of the former '''[[M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)|BUS M-28]]''' in [[Newberry, Michigan]], has also carried the designations [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]], [[M-48 (Michigan highway)|M-48]], [[M-117 (Michigan highway)|M-117]] or [[M-123 (Michigan highway)|M-123]] at different times in its history?
*... that while training for [[World War I]], American athlete '''[[Brooke Brewer]]''' played for the "Usaacs", a [[American football|football]] team composed of soldiers from the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]'s ambulance service?
*... that in 1920 [[Bolsheviks]] '''[[1920 Georgian coup attempt|attempted to stage]]''' a [[coup d'etat]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]?
*... that a copy of '''[[Sharlot Hall‎]]'''{{'}}s poem ''Arizona'', which mocked efforts to merge [[Arizona Territory]] and [[New Mexico Territory]] into a single state, was given to every member of the [[U.S. Congress]]?


*'''''17:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:National Police Motorcycle Rodeo 2.jpg|100x100px|Motor officers of the Fairfax County, VA police at the National Police Motorcycle Rodeo, on the National Mall, Washington D.C., July 14, 2007]]
</div>
*... that ''[[Motor Officer#Qualifications|motor officers]]'', police jargon for motorcycle officers, go through weeks of '''[[motorcycle training]]''' ''(pictured)'', where they can expect to "drop" or crash their bikes dozens, even hundreds of times?
*... that actor '''[[Frank Cellier (actor)|Frank Cellier]]''' toured in Britain, Germany, America and South Africa from 1903 to 1920, appearing only once in London, before beginning a [[West End theatre|West End]] career?
*... that the ''[[Pokémon]]'' [[Pokémon (video game series)|video game]] [[glitch]] '''[[MissingNo.]]''' occurs as a result of [[Data buffer|buffer data]] containing the player's name not being cleared?
*... that galleries with '''[[Henrik Sørensen]]'''´s artwork have been raised at two of his favorite painting locations?
*... that [[A Fine Frenzy]]'s debut album, '''''[[One Cell in the Sea]]''''', launched the group to the top of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s [[Top Heatseekers]] chart? 
*... that '''[[Brett Swenson]]''' of [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]], one of [[college football]]'s top [[placekicker]]s, was passed over for the 2008 [[Lou Groza Award]] after missing three consecutive [[field goal (football)|field goal]]s against [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]?


*'''''11:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[file:Gnathonemus_petersii.jpg| 100x100px|Gnathonemus_petersii, a species of Mormyrinae]]
</div>
*... that the brains of '''[[Mormyrinae]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[subfamily]] of [[Fauna of Africa|African]] [[freshwater fish]], use 60 percent of their body's energy, three times more than [[human]]s, the animal with the next highest percentage?
*... that [[India]]n politician '''[[Erasmo de Sequeira]]''' rejected [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]]'s offer to make him a Deputy Minister, stating that he wanted her post?
*... that the [[Great Britain|British]] '''[[Velocette MAC (WD)]]''' 350cc single was [[Velocette]]'s first military [[motorcycle]] for [[World War Two]]?
*... that [[cinematography|cinematographer]] '''[[Lawrence Sher]]''' first developed an interest in photography after his father convinced him to take a [[35mm]] camera on a [[Teaneck High School]]-sponsored trip to [[France]]?
*... that '''[[Operation Antyk]]''' was the [[Polish Underground State]]'s [[anti-communist]] propaganda department? 
*... that half of the regular advertisers for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series ''[[thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]'' pulled out of the episode "'''[[Strangers (thirtysomething)|Strangers]]'''", costing the network some [[US$]]1.5&nbsp;million, because it showed two men in bed together?


*'''''05:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dustbot Demo Pontedera 001 crop-headshot.jpg|100x100px|Dustbot]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Dustbot]]''' ''(pictured)'', the cleaning robot, responds to [[SMS|text messages]] and uses [[GPS]] to find homes and collect trash?
*... that '''[[Tom Kruse (mailman)|Tom Kruse]]''' was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) for his work in the [[outback|Australian outback]]?
*... that the [[List of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy|'''first two classes''']]  of [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]]s were actually conversions of other ship types?
*... that while mayor of [[Gaza]], '''[[Fahmi al-Husseini]]''' was imprisoned by [[British Mandate of Palestine|British Mandate authorities]] on charges of opposing the British presence in [[Palestine]] during the [[1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine|1936 Arab revolt]]? 
*... that in 2006, a division of the [[Philippines]]' '''[[National Labor Relations Commission (Philippines)|National Labor Relations Commission]]''' had confirmed resolving 2,697 labor disputes? 
*... that '''[[James Scott (boxer)|James Scott]]''' became a top contender in the [[World Boxing Association]]'s [[light heavyweight]] division while serving time at [[Rahway State Prison]]?

=== 13 June 2009 ===
*'''''23:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Spherical Wedge.svg|100x100px|A spherical wedge]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[spherical wedge]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a portion of a [[ball (mathematics)|ball]] bounded by two plane [[semidisk]]s and a spherical [[lune (mathematics)|lune]]?
*... that historian '''[[Czesław Madajczyk]]''', best known for his works on the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupation of Poland]] and [[Polish culture during World War II]], has been criticized for being too malleable to the demands of the [[Polish United Workers Party|Polish communist regime]]?
*... that a '''[[Luton Town 1–0 Millwall (13 March 1985)|full-scale riot]]''' at [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]]'s [[Kenilworth Road]] ground on 13 March 1985 led to a four-season ban on visiting supporters?
*... that '''''[[Gazette de Leyde]]''''' was likely the most important [[newspaper]] of the late 18th-century Europe, and the only one read by [[Louis XVI]]? 
*... that [[Patrick Swayze]] was the star of the first and only season of the 1982 television show '''''[[The Renegades]]'''''? 
*... that Mexican [[singer-songwriter]] [[Ana Gabriel]] ranked third at the [[OTI Festival]] held in [[Lisbon, Portugal]], in 1987 with the song '''"[[Ay Amor]]"'''?


*'''''17:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Albert Bridge illuminations.jpg|100x100px|Albert Bridge at night]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Albert Bridge, London|Albert Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[London]] is seriously structurally unsound in part because of [[Decomposition|rotting]] caused by [[dog|dog's]] [[urine]]?
*... that [[XU]] leader '''[[Lauritz Sand]]''' was turned in to the [[Gestapo]] by a female Norwegian [[Abwehr]] agent? 
*... that '''''[[The Tubridy Show]]'''''{{`s}} [[Book discussion club|book club]] significantly boosted book sales in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]?
*... that the '''[[motor theory of speech perception]]''' proposes that people understand [[speech]] not only through sound, but also by seeing the movements of the [[mouth]]? 
*... that the 2009 '''[[Loyal Arrow]]''' [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] exercises in [[Sweden]] are the biggest aerial military exercises ever held in Sweden, involving around 2000 soldiers and 50 jets? 
*... that '''[[Hurricane Gustav (1990)|Hurricane Gustav]]''' of the [[1990 Atlantic hurricane season]] was the only [[SSHS#Category 3|major hurricane]] to develop during the season?


*'''''11:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Pale-headed Rosela.jpg|100x100px|Pale-headed Rosella]]
</div>
*... that the Australian '''[[Pale-headed Rosella]]''' ''(pictured)'' is partial to seeds of the introduced [[Onopordum acanthium|Scotch Thistle]] and [[Xanthium strumarium|Rough Cockleburr]], as well as the native [[Eucalyptus camaldulensis|River Red-gum]] and [[melaleuca|tea tree]]?
*... that in [[blackjack]], regardless of the casino's rules for betting and how the cards are played, it is always optimal to split '''[[Aces and eights (blackjack)|aces and eights]]'''?
*... that the '''[[New Lipchis Way]]''' passes an [[Hundred (country subdivision)|hundredal]] church and an [[Iron Age]] hill fort used by [[clubmen]] before crossing the Devil's Ditch?
*... that the 1992 French film '''''[[The Lover (film)|The Lover]]''''', the first Western film produced in [[Vietnam]], is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by [[Marguerite Duras]]? 
*... that the '''[[Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadeniya|KDN forest complex]]''' is the last large remaining [[rainforest]] in [[Sri Lanka]] other than [[Sinharaja Forest Reserve|Sinharaja]]? 
*... that the '''[[Life without Death]]''' [[cellular automaton]], a mathematical model of [[pattern formation]],  is a variant of [[Conway's Game of Life]] in which cells, once brought to life, never die?


*'''''05:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Thrill the World6.jpg|100x100px|Thrill the World 2008 in Austin, Texas]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Thrill the World]]''' is an international event in which participants ''(example pictured)'' simultaneously emulate the [[zombie]] dance from [[Thriller (music video)|the music video]] of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]"?
*... that American journalist '''[[Andrea Elliott]]''' received the 2007 [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing]] for a series of articles on an Egyptian-born [[imam]] living in Brooklyn?
*... that the '''[[Anna Kournikova (computer virus)|Anna Kournikova computer virus]]''' was created by [[Jan de Wit]] using a generic Visual Basic Worm Generator program? 
*... that '''[[William Fortescue|Sir William Fortescue]]''' was prompted to become a [[barrister]] by the death of his wife?
*... that [[Rafael Palmeiro]] won the '''[[List of Gold Glove Award winners at first base|Gold Glove Award at first base]]''' in {{mlby|1999}} despite appearing in only 28 games at the position?
*... that '''[[Vegard Sletten]]''', editor of ''[[Verdens Gang]]'' in his later life, saw his liberation from [[Berg concentration camp]] on his birthday?

=== 12 June 2009 ===
*'''''23:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Ken Foster crop.jpg|100x100px|Ken Foster during his Lord Mayor parade]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Ken Foster]]''' ''(pictured)'' worked at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]] for 35 years before becoming the [[Lord Mayor]] of [[Plymouth]]?
*... that [[Mike Reid (American football)|Mike Reid]] was a [[linebacker]] for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] before becoming a [[country music]] singer and releasing the single '''"[[Walk on Faith]]"'''?
*... that '''[[Otto Nielsen]]''' played an important role behind the Norwegian cultural scene, as a program editor of the radio magazine ''Søndagsposten'' for more than twenty&nbsp;years?
*... that ''[[Tautiška giesmė]]'', a poem by [[Vincas Kudirka]] written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the '''''[[Varpas]]''''' newspaper, became the Lithuanian [[national anthem]]?
*... that the '''[[Manning–Kamna Farm]]''' near [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], has ten buildings that were included in the [[National Register of Historic Places]], including a [[Outhouse|privy]]?
*... that during the offseason, [[Canadian football]] [[linebacker]], '''[[Raymond Fontaine]]''', works as a [[roughneck]] in the [[Alberta]] oil fields?
*... that Upper Pine Bottom Run in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]], [[Pennsylvania]], was home to an [[pig iron|iron]] furnace and [[sawmill]]s in the 19th century, but today is home to [[Tiadaghton State Forest|state forest]] land and the {{convert|5|acre|adj=on}} '''[[Upper Pine Bottom State Park]]'''?


*'''''17:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Neher-Elseffer House, Rhinebeck, NY.jpg|100x100px|Neher-Elseffer House]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Neher-Elseffer House]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of the few remaining pre-[[American Revolution|Revolutionary]] [[framing (construction)|frame]] houses near [[Rhinebeck (town), New York|Rhinebeck, New York]]?
*... that '''[[Chelsea Bridge]]''' was little used at night when it first opened, because of its owners' policy of only turning the [[Street light|lighting]] on if [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] was spending the night in [[London]]?
*... that the tiny rare green Mystery Orchid, '''''[[Cooktownia|Cooktownia robertsii]]''''', was named after [[Cooktown]] and its discoverer, [[Lewis Roberts (naturalist)|Lewis Roberts]], and is the only member of the genus ''Cooktownia''?
*... that '''[[George Chesworth]]''' was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for [[sorties]] against the [[Chinese people|Chinese]] in the [[Korean War]]? 
*... that the '''[[Agricultural Museum (periodical)|Agricultural Museum]]''' was the first agricultural periodical [[journal]] published in the [[United States]]?
*... that the '''[[Holt-Bragg Bridge]]''' will be named after the family who perished when the previous bridge collapsed during the [[June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms]]? 
*... that '''[[Gumarcaj]]''', in [[Guatemala]], is [[Archaeology|archaeologically]] and [[Ethnohistory|ethnohistorically]] the best known of the [[Mesoamerican chronology|Late Postclassic]] highland [[Maya civilization|Maya]] capitals?


*'''''11:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Pigeoncameras.jpg|100x100px|The Bavarian Pigeon Corps]]
</div>
*... that [[carrier pigeons]], known as the '''[[Bavarian Pigeon Corps]]''', were fitted with chest-mounted cameras and sent behind enemy lines for [[aerial reconnaissance]] by the [[Bavarian Army]] in the early 1900s?
*... that '''[[Verne Meisner]]''' and his son Steve were the first [[polka]] music artists to win the [[Wisconsin Area Music Industry]] award?
*... that the [[Estonian Centre Party]] and [[Res Publica Party]] won 28 seats each in the '''[[Estonian parliamentary election, 2003|2003 Estonian parliamentary election]]''' tying for the most seats?
*... that '''[[Thomas Clarke (jurist)|Sir Thomas Clarke]]''' was only offered the position of [[Master of the Rolls]] after [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield|William Murray]] turned it down?
*... that in 1998, ''Liverdance'' by '''[[Rhode Island Soft Systems]]''' was the first [[screensaver]] to incorporate built-in multiple advertisements?
*... that '''[[Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes|Brigadier Glyn Hughes]]''', the officer who liberated [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp|Belsen concentration camp]], once labelled rugby player [[John Taylor (rugby player)|John Taylor]] a Communist for opposing apartheid?


*'''''05:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:West Point Rice Mill, Ashley River, Near Calhoun Street, Charleston (Charleston County, South Carolina).jpg|100x100px|West Point Rice Mill]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[West Point Rice Mill]]''' ''(pictured)'' was proposed for a [[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]] [[seabase]] terminal in the 1930s?
*... that the discovery of oil in 1966 led to '''[[History of Dubai|Dubai's]]''' rapid expansion and modernisation?
*... that although threatened by [[habitat destruction]], the endangered '''[[Nicobar Bulbul]]''' does not appear to have been impacted by the [[Red-whiskered Bulbul]] or the [[2004 Indian Ocean tsunami]]?
*... that the [[Philippines]] Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spent a total of 112.71 million pesos for the '''[[Overseas absentee voting act of the Philippines (RA 9189)|overseas absentee voters]]''' in 2004? 
*... that the song '''"[[Soy Así (song)|Soy Así]]"''' was recorded by Mexican singer [[José José]] during a personal crisis that included a [[divorce]] and a change of [[Talent manager|management]]? 
*... that '''[[Hockenhull Platts]]''', three bridges on a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] road in [[Cheshire]], England, were crossed in 1353 by the [[Edward, the Black Prince|Black Prince]], in 1698 by [[Celia Fiennes]], and in 1780 by [[Thomas Pennant]]?
*... that had she been completed, the '''[[German aircraft carrier I (1942)|German aircraft carrier I]]''' would have been the largest German carrier of [[World War II]], longer even than the {{sclass|Graf Zeppelin|aircraft carrier|1}}s?

=== 11 June 2009 ===
*'''''23:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Robert Dahlgren WTCC.jpg|100x100px|Robert Dahlgren's ethanol car]]
</div>
*... that although experts expected [[Ethanol fuel|ethanol]] cars ''(example pictured)'' to underperform their [[petrol]] counterparts, '''[[Polestar Racing]]'''{{'}}s [[E85]]-powered S60 won the first two races of the 2007 Swedish Touring Car Championship?
*... that '''[[Hotel Woodland]]''' was designed by [[William Henry Weeks]], a prominent architect, and was his 14th and last major work in [[Woodland, California]]?
*... that in September 1945, [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] '''[[Barney M. Giles]]''' piloted one of three [[B-29 Superfortress]]es that were the first to fly nonstop from Japan to the United States?
*... that in 1961, a [[Great Britain|British]] '''[[Velocette Venom]]''' [[motorcycle]] set the 24-hour world record at a speed of 100.05&nbsp;mph which has never been equalled since?
*... that [[Bob Dylan]]'s song '''"[[On the Road Again (Bob Dylan song)|On the Road Again]]"''' previews the grotesque characters that would feature in Dylan's later songs?
*... that '''[[Hugo Jaeger]]'''{{'}}s personal collection of photographs includes [[Color photography|colour shots]] of [[Adolf Hitler]] on a cruise in 1939 and of the [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] leader attending a [[Christmas]] party in 1941?


*'''''17:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:SMS Niobe (1899).jpg|100x100px|A Gazelle-class light cruiser]]
</div>
*... that all [[Imperial German Navy]] [[light cruiser]]s of the [[First World War]] were patterned after the [[German Empire|German]] '''[[Gazelle class light cruiser|''Gazelle''-class light cruiser]]''' ''(pictured)'', designed in 1895–96?
*... that [[University of Michigan]] pitcher '''[[Herman Fishman]]''' set a [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] record in 1936 with a 0.86 [[ERA]] and was named to the [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'s Jewish All-American basketball team?
*... that '''[[Nocturnes (Chopin)|Chopin's 21 nocturnes]]''' generally feature [[ternary form]], a melancholy melody and a [[broken chord]] bass line?
*... that '''[[Sebastian Petrycy]]''' (1554–1626), in [[Poland]], created a [[vernacular]] [[philosophical]] [[terminology]] not much later than did philosophers in France and Germany?
*... that the '''[[Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado]]''' caused more than $400&nbsp;million in damage, making it the sixth-costliest [[tornado]] in US history?
*... that in the 1950s, geographer '''[[George Cressey]]''' was included on a list of suspected [[communist]]s in the US at the same time that China included him on its list of [[Capitalism|capitalist]] enemies?


*'''''11:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Astor Home for Children.jpg|100x100px|Astor Home for Children]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Astor Home for Children]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Rhinebeck (village), New York|Rhinebeck, New York]], was one of the first psychiatric facilities for children [[accreditation|accredited]] by the [[Joint Commission]]?
*... that [[Cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[filmmaker]] [[Nanni Moretti]], who directed '''[[Antonello Grimaldi]]''' in the 2006 film ''[[Il caimano (film)|Il caimano]]'', starred in the 2008 film ''Caos calmo'', directed by Grimaldi?
*... that in the 1986 case '''''[[Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico]]''''',  the [[United States Supreme Court]] allowed [[Puerto Rico]] to ban legal [[casino]] advertising targeted at local residents?
*... that English actor '''[[Harry Andrews]]''' played the role of [[Laertes (Hamlet)|Laertes]] in the final production at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Theatre]] before it closed in 1939?
*... that the [[systematics]] of '''[[snowfinch]]es''' is quite straightforward, while their [[taxonomy]] was, and still is, subject to extreme confusion?
*... that [[Orange County, California]], has an [[unincorporated area]] popularly known as '''[[Anaheim Island, California|the Gaza Strip]]'''?


*'''''05:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Maj.Gen. Oliver P. Echols.jpg|100x100px|Major General Oliver P. Echols]]
</div>
*... that Chief Engineer '''[[Oliver P. Echols]]''' ''(pictured)'' arranged a high-level military demonstration for the [[Hughes H-1 Racer]] but [[Howard Hughes]] and the plane did not show up?
*... that [[country music]] singer [[George Strait]] discovered his [[backup band]], the '''[[Ace in the Hole (band)|Ace in the Hole]]''', after responding to a flyer posted around the [[Texas State University–San Marcos|Southwest Texas State University]] campus?
*... that [[Governor of Indiana]] '''[[Warren T. McCray]]''' resigned from office and served three years in prison after being convicted of [[mail fraud]]?
*... that [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] [[linebacker]] '''[[Casey Matthews]]''' is the [[Clay Matthews|son]], [[Clay Matthews, Sr.|grandson]], [[Clay Matthews III|brother]], and [[Bruce Matthews (American football)|nephew]] of [[National Football League]] players?
*... that [[Aurangzeb]], apart from imprisoning his brother Murad Baksh, had the dubious credit of incarcerating his eldest daughter [[Zebunnisa]] in the '''[[Salimgarh Fort]]''' in [[Delhi]] for 21 years till her death?
*... that many female [[portrait]]s by '''[[Jeremiah Theus]]''' share identical poses and costumes, down to the folds and shadows of the sitters' dresses?

=== 10 June 2009 ===
*'''''23:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Captain Edward Riou.jpg|100x100px|Captain Edward Riou]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Edward Riou]]''' ''(pictured)'' sailed with [[James Cook|Cook]], survived [[HMS Guardian (1784)|his ship]] hitting an [[iceberg]], but died by being nearly cut in two aboard '''[[HMS Amazon (1799)|HMS ''Amazon'']]''' at [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Copenhagen]]?
*... that [[Lemar]] is the  '''[[List of music releases from Fame Academy contestants|most successful]]''' [[Fame Academy]] graduate with six top ten singles in the [[UK singles chart]]?
*... that '''[[Danuta Siedzikówna]]''', a [[Poland|Polish]] nurse in [[Home Army|anti-Nazi]] and [[Freedom and Independence|anti-Communist]] resistance was only seventeen&nbsp;years old when she was sentenced to death and [[judicial murder|executed]] by the [[People's Republic of Poland|communist government of Poland]] in 1946?
*... that the winner of the [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol|1996 Olympic air pistol competition]], Italian [[Roberto Di Donna]], also competes in the '''[[Bundesliga (shooting)|Bundesliga]]''' for the current German champions, SV Kelheim-Gmünd?
*... that Puerto Rican poet '''[[Francisco Matos Paolí]]''' was arrested in 1950 because he made four speeches in favor of Puerto Rico's independence and he had a [[Flag of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican Flag]] in his house? 
*... that the former '''[[Union Chapel, Brighton|Union Chapel]]''', [[Brighton]]'s oldest [[Nonconformism|Nonconformist]] place of worship, was converted into a [[Public house|pub]] after 300 years of religious use?


*'''''17:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Abantiades_latipennis.jpg|100x100px|Abantiades latipennis]]
</div>
*... that the Australian [[moth]] '''''[[Abantiades latipennis]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is well-adapted to surviving [[clearfelling]] and thrives in [[secondary forest|regrowth]] forests?
*... that [[catcher]] '''[[Alicia Seegert]]''' set [[Big Ten Conference]] records for [[batting average]], [[Hit (baseball)|hit]]s, [[total bases]] and [[RBI]]s while playing [[softball]] for the [[University of Michigan]] from 1984 to 1987?
*... that '''[[video games with isometric graphics]]''' were regarded as the second-most cloned piece of software after [[WordStar]]?
*... that '''[[Rwenzururu]]''', a region in the [[Rwenzori Mountains]] of [[Uganda]], was recognized as having a kingdom 40 years after one was declared?
*... that future [[governor of Mississippi]] and [[Mexican-American War]] general [[John A. Quitman]] was born at the [[parsonage]] of the '''[[Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter|Old Stone Church]]''' in [[Rhinebeck (town), New York|Rhinebeck, New York]]?
*... that one of '''''[[Mooney (radio programme)|Mooney]]'''''{{`s}} [[Blue Tit]]s laid six eggs in [[Áras an Uachtaráin|the gardens]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[President of Ireland|President]] [[Mary McAleese]]?


*'''''11:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Christ Church, Rossett.jpg|100x100px|Christ Church, Rossett]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Christ Church, Rossett]]''', [[Wrexham County Borough]], [[Wales]] ''(pictured)'', was designed in 1886 but not built until 1891&ndash;92?
*... that [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[modern art|modernist]] [[Painting|painter]] '''[[Torsten Andersson]]''' sometimes destroyed hundreds of [[Sketch (drawing)|sketches]] leading up to his finished works?
*... that '''[[Tom Green (basketball coach)|Tom Green]]''' is the winningest men's basketball coach in [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]] history and led the team to its first [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Tournament berth]] in [[1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1985]], losing 59–55 to top-seeded [[Michigan Wolverines|Michigan]]?
*... that [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] official '''[[Peter the Patrician]]''' may have been responsible for the murder of [[Ostrogothic Kingdom|Ostrogothic queen]] [[Amalasuntha]], despite being instructed to secure her safety by emperor [[Justinian I]]? 
*... that '''''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''''' will mark the first time a second full-3D Mario franchise title has been made for a single [[Nintendo]] system?
*... that despite a 26 minute length, the 1965 album '''''[[The Return of Roger Miller]]''''' won the [[Grammy award]] for best [[country music|country]] album, and five additional Grammys for its track "[[King of the Road (song)|King of the Road]]"?


*'''''05:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Albert Bridge columns.JPG|100x100px|Albert Bridge]]
</div>
*... that [[Albert Bridge, London|Albert Bridge]] in [[London]] ''(pictured)'' is the only significant surviving example of a bridge built using the 1858 '''[[Ordish–Lefeuvre Principle]]''' design?
*... that [[United States President|President]] [[Barack Obama]] has appointed two former '''[[List of Presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York|Presidents]]''' of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] to positions in his [[Presidency of Barack Obama|administration]]?
*... that '''[[St Mark's Church, Brighton]]''' was originally planned as a school's private chapel, but served as a public church for nearly 150&nbsp;years before the school took it over?
*... that '''"[[Dahil Sa Iyo]]"''', a song with [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] and [[English language|English]] lyrics, is so popular that it has been suggested as a replacement for the [[Philippines|Filipino]] anthem?
*... that the '''[[Baudette Fire of 1910]]''' burned down the twin towns of [[Spooner Township, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota|Spooner]] and [[Baudette, Minnesota|Baudette]], [[Minnesota]], on October 7, 1910?
*... that before the [[Quarter Horse]] '''[[Barbara L]]''' became a [[racehorse]], she demonstrated [[horse trailer]]s for her owner, a trailer salesman?

=== 9 June 2009 ===
*'''''23:28, 9 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Colomb.jpeg|100x100px|Christopher Colombus]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Beatriz Enriquez de Arana]]''' was the mistress of [[Christopher Columbus]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Adrienne Beames]]''', the daughter of [[Australian rules football]]er, [[first-class cricket]]er, and [[journalist]] [[Percy Beames]], was [[Marathon world record progression#Women|the first woman to break the 3-hour barrier in the marathon]]?
*... that the first Governor of [[Province of Maryland|colonial Maryland]], [[Leonard Calvert]], appointed his successor '''[[Thomas Greene (governor)|Thomas Greene]]''' only hours before Calvert's death?
*... that  remnants of terracotta piping used in public baths during Roman times in [[Morocco]] are on display at the '''[[Rabat Archaeological Museum]]'''?
*... that '''[[Sara Northrup Hollister]]''', the second wife of [[L. Ron Hubbard]], was a noted member of an [[Ordo Templi Orientis|occult society]] in [[Pasadena, California]], who went on to play an important role in the development of [[Dianetics]]?
*... that editor-in-chief '''[[Andreas Norland]]''' left Norway's largest newspaper ''[[Verdens Gang]]'' to edit ''[[Osloavisen]]'', which lasted less than a year?


*'''''17:28, 9 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:GuerreroMayorazgoDF.JPG|100x100px|The Houses of the Mayorazgo de Guerrero]]
</div>
*... that according to legend, the '''[[Houses of the Mayorazgo de Guerrero]]''' ''(pictured)'' were demolished by a jealous husband after they were given to his wife by the viceroy of [[New Spain]]?
*... that a '''[[Boise homosexuality scandal|sex scandal]]''' in [[Boise, Idaho]], in 1955 resulted in almost 1,500 people being interviewed and a list of 500 suspected homosexuals?
*... that as '''[[Adam Best (EastEnders)|Adam Best]]''', [[David Proud]] will be the first visibly disabled adult actor to appear in the British soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''?
*... that as part of preparations for '''[[Tropical Storm Isidore (1984)|1984's Tropical Storm Isidore]]''', some citrus farmers burned seedlings potentially infected with [[canker]] to prevent heavy rains from spreading the disease?
*... that, covering {{convert|19|ha|acre|abbr=on}}, '''[[Maiden Castle, Dorset|Maiden Castle]]''' in [[Dorset]] is the largest [[hill fort]] in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and one of the biggest in Europe?
*... that [[Michael Jackson]] was unsuccessfully sued over allegations he plagiarized the song "'''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson song)|Dangerous]]'''"?


*'''''09:56, 9 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Osmussaar 2001.jpg|100x100px|Osmussaar]]
</div>
*... that the most powerful recorded [[earthquake]] in [[Estonia]], measuring 4.7 magnitudes in [[Richter scale]], occurred in 1976 near the [[Baltic Sea]] island of '''[[Osmussaar]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Calcutta Polo Club]]''', established in 1862, is considered the world's oldest [[polo]] club in existence?
*... that during five years of [[college football]], '''[[E. J. Kuale]]''' played at three different colleges?
*... that [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] is said to have forbidden his followers to collect his sayings, and there is considerable '''[[Criticism of Hadith|criticism of such collections]]''' which have been said to form the basis of [[Islamic law]]? 
*... that '''''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again]]''''' will allow players to create custom-made levels and send them wirelessly to players on other [[Nintendo DSi]] devices?
*... that the presenter of '''''[[The Marian Finucane Show]]''''' has been compared to [[Jay Leno]], [[Michael Parkinson]] and [[Jonathan Ross]]?


*'''''03:56, 9 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Marian-Massonius-USB-Wilno.jpg|100x100px|Marian Massonius]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Marian Massonius]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Poland|Polish]] university professor, wrote in 1920 about the [[Bolsheviks]]' rise to power as a new [[Russia]]n [[oligarchy]] with the aid of [[Marxist]] ideology? 
*... that [[Daniel P. Mannix]] spent a year studying foxes before penning his 1967 novel '''''[[The Fox and the Hound (novel)|The Fox and the Hound]]''''' to ensure he portrayed [[vulpine]] behavior realistically?
*... that '''[[Evelyn Scotney]]''', an [[Australia]]n coloratura soprano, sang opposite [[Enrico Caruso]] in his final appearance on the opera stage?
*... that [[Iowa]]-based '''[[Gomaco Trolley Company]]''', founded in 1982, makes replicas of 1902 [[Tram|streetcars]]?
*... that '''[[Ivory Williams]]''' competed against [[Usain Bolt]] in a 150-metre street race as part of the [[Great Manchester Run#2009 and Great City Games|Great City Games]] in [[Manchester]], [[England]]?
*... that even though the band '''[[Memphis May Fire]]''' formed in December 2006, it was not until February 2007 that the group decided on their name?

=== 8 June 2009 ===
*'''''21:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Silvery marmoset.jpg|100x100px|Silvery marmoset]]
</div>
*... that the [[marmoset]] [[genus]] '''''[[Mico (genus)|Mico]]''''' ''(Mico argentatus  pictured)'' was formerly considered a [[subgenus]] of '''''[[Callithrix]]'''''?
*... that [[Scotland|Scottish]] actress '''[[Rona Anderson]]''' married fellow actor [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] after appearing with him in the romantic drama ''[[Floodtide]]''?
*... that the '''[[Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market, Mexico City|Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market]]''' in [[Mexico City]] has about 1,500 square meters of mural work done by students of [[Diego Rivera]]?
*... that a schoolbag is the only known trace of 13 year-old [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] schoolboy '''[[Philip Cairns]]''', who disappeared in October 1986?
*... that the ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' episode "'''[[Zebras (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)|Zebras]]'''" earned higher ratings than an [[NBC]] special about [[Barack Obama]], which aired the same night?
*... that '''[[Anna Goldfeder]]''', a pioneer in the fields of [[radiology]] and [[cancer treatment]], worked as a research scientist in an abandoned building for two years before she secured enough grant money to move her laboratory?


*'''''15:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Octagonal pavilion and hypostyle hall.jpg|100x100px|Bijaymandal in Jahanpanah]]
</div>
*... that the fortified city of   '''[[Jahanpanah]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the fourth city to be founded in [[Delhi]] when [[Muhammad bin Tughlaq]] established it in 1327?
*... that [[Lithuania]]n writer and educator '''[[Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė]]''', as the oldest representative, chaired the first session of the [[Constituent Assembly of Lithuania]] in 1920?
*... that the [[pendulum]] in the '''[[Hornsby Water Clock]]''' has the same four-second time cycle as the one in [[Big Ben]], but a heavier [[counterweight]]?
*... that [[Province of Maryland|Maryland's]] [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] colonial Governor '''[[William Joseph (governor)|William Joseph]]''' fled the colony after serving only a year in office when [[Protestant]] colonists rebelled?
*... that 95% of cases of [[hypertension]] are of the '''[[essential hypertension]]''' type, and that essential hypertension has many established [[Essential_hypertension#Risk_factors|risk factors]]?
*... that [[Democratic National Committee|DNC]] Chairman '''[[Stephen A. Mitchell (Democratic activist)|Stephen A. Mitchell]]''' was mentioned in [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Checkers speech]] after he called for Nixon to resign from his ticket?


*'''''09:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Lew Wallace Library Crawfordsville Indiana.jpg|100x100px|General Lew Wallace Study]]
</div>
*... that the exterior of the '''[[General Lew Wallace Study]]''' ''(pictured)'' includes reliefs of characters of [[Lew Wallace|Wallace's]] novels?
*... that a former [[brother-in-law]] to [[Barack Obama]] might stand at the '''[[next Bracknell parliamentary election]]''' in the UK?
*... that '''[[Stefan Knapp]]''', a [[List of Polish artists|Polish artist]] working in [[Great Britain]], used his experiences in the [[Gulag]] and as a [[RAF]] pilot as a basis for his artwork?
*... that '''[[Lost Forest Research Natural Area|Lost Forest]]''' in [[Lake County, Oregon|Lake County]], [[Oregon]], is an isolated stand of [[Ponderosa pine]] separated from the nearest pine forest by forty miles of arid [[High Desert (Oregon)|high desert]]?
*... that '''[[Buttrum's Mill, Woodbridge|Buttrum's Mill]]''', [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]], is the tallest surviving [[windmill]] in [[Suffolk]]?
*... that Robert Yates, assistant editor for ''[[The Observer]]'' first coined the term "'''[[grief porn]]'''" at a 2005 news conference to denote a "gratuitous indulgence of tangential association with tragedy"?


*'''''03:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Urogymnus asperrimus.jpg|100x100px|porcupine ray]]
</div>
*... that although classified as a [[stingray]], the '''[[porcupine ray]]''' ''(pictured)'' does not have a stinging spine on its tail?
*... that '''[[Gotjawal Forest]]''', a naturally formed [[forest]] on [[Jeju-do|Jeju Island]] in [[South Korea]], consists of a rocky area of [[Aa_lava#Volcanic_morphologies|aa lava]]?
*... that following the '''[[Grue Church fire]]''' on [[Pentecost]] 1822 in [[Solør]], [[Norway]], in which at least 113 people perished, a law was passed prescribing that all doors of public buildings must swing outwards?
*... that '''[[Holden Bowler]]''', the namesake of [[J.D. Salinger|J.D. Salinger's]] character [[Holden Caulfield]], was also the [[Godparent|godfather]] of singer [[Judy Collins]]?
*... that '''[[seed swap]]s''', [[potluck]]-style events where gardeners exchange seeds, help maintain [[biodiversity]] and preserve cultural and regional traditions?
*... that the early [[homophile]] organization '''[[North American Conference of Homophile Organizations|NACHO]]''' adopted the slogan "Gay is Good", modeled on the [[African American]] slogan [[Black is beautiful|"Black is Beautiful"]]?

=== 7 June 2009 ===
*'''''21:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Homeless man, Tokyo, 2008.jpg|100x100px|Homeless man in Tokyo, Japan]]
</div>
*... that because of the specific [[social structure]] of [[Japan]]ese [[society]] there are many more '''[[Homelessness in Japan|homeless]]''' men ''(pictured)'' than homeless women in [[Japan]]?
*... that the [[antebellum]] '''[[Stoney Creek Independent Presbyterian Chapel of Prince William Parish |Stoney Creek Presbyterian Chapel]]''' in [[McPhersonville, South Carolina]], was built by [[South Carolina Lowcountry|lowcountry]] rice planters as a summer chapel?
*... that '''[[jolly boat]]s''' were carried on practically all types of warships of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[age of sail]], from [[ship of the line|ships of the line]] down to [[brigs]]?
*... that '''[[Alysa Stanton]]''' is the first [[African American]] female [[rabbi]]?
*... that Scottish actor '''[[J. Grant Anderson]]''' served in both [[World War]]s, founded a theatre in [[India]], and played a clown in a [[Burma|Burmese]] circus?
*... that [[The Heartbreak Express]]' first and second [[Full Impact Pro|FIP]] '''[[List of FIP Tag Team Champions|Tag Team Championship]]''' reigns hold the record for most, and fewest title defences respectively?


*'''''15:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Drizzlecombe kist 5.JPG|100x100px|Dartmoor kistavens]]
</div>
*... that  94% of '''[[Dartmoor kistvaens]]''' ''(pictured)'' have the longer axis of the [[tomb]] oriented NW/SE, apparently so that the deceased face the sun?
*... that actress and television announcer '''[[Barbara Matera]]''' is a candidate for the [[centre-right]] [[The People of Freedom]] (PdL) party in the [[European Parliament election, 2009 (Italy)|2009 European Parliament elections]]?
*... that the '''[[Goa Liberation Movement]]''', which sought freedom from [[Portuguese India|Portuguese colonial rule]], achieved its aim only when [[Invasion of Goa|the India Army invaded Goa in 1961]]?
*... that venture capitalist '''[[Frank Legacki]]''' set American records in the 50-yard [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] and 100-yard [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]] while attending the [[University of Michigan]] in 1961?
*... that the fine of £175,000 handed to [[Arsenal F.C.]] in 2003 after the '''[[Battle Of Old Trafford (2003)|Battle of Old Trafford]]''' was a record for English [[Association football|football]]?
*... that one-time [[Nickelodeon (TV network)|Nickelodeon]] star '''[[Jason Zimbler]]''' (''[[Clarissa Explains It All]]'') founded the [[Portland, Oregon]] [[theatre company]] 'The Re-Theatre Instrument' in late 2007?


*'''''09:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sabal causiarum2 edit.jpg|100x100px|Sabal causiarum]]
</div>
*... that '''''[[Sabal causiarum]]''''' ''(pictured)'', the Puerto Rican hat palm, was once the base of an industry that produced large quantities of palm-leaf hats?
*... that [[Fine Gael]] politician [[George Lee (journalist)|George Lee]] used '''''[[The Week in Politics]]''''' – broadcast by his former employer – to criticise a round of [[golf]] played by several [[Seanad Éireann|Irish senators]]?
*... that '''[[Sofia, New Mexico]]''', was founded in 1911 as the first [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] agricultural colony in the [[United States]], and was named after the [[Bulgaria]]n capital [[Sofia]]?
*... that in 1975, '''[[Eugeniusz Knapik]]''' became known as a member of a group of [[Poland|Polish]] composers who rejected the previous generation for seeking the destruction of musical tradition?
*... that despite being a [[World Series of Poker]] [[World Series of Poker bracelet|bracelet]] event, the '''[[List of World Series of Poker Casino Employee Champions|Casino Employee Championship]]''' receives little attention?
*... that the small [[parrot]] known as the '''[[Guaiabero]]''' is so named in its native [[Philippines]] for its penchant for [[guava]]s?


*'''''03:50, 7 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sambisari 01.jpg|100x100px|Sambisari]]
</div>
*... that the 9th-century '''[[Sambisari]]''' [[Hindu temple]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Yogyakarta]], [[Indonesia]], was buried five meters underground for centuries? 
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[physicist]] '''[[Gabriel Gabrielsen Holtsmark]]''' had two brothers who were [[Storting|Norwegian Parliament]] members?
*... that '''[[Rowen House School]]''' in [[Derbyshire]] was an "Educational experiment" that used the power of the childhood group in the same way as [[Summerhill School]]?
*... that two [[United States|American]] bands named themselves after the same 1960 [[Japan]]ese [[Taiyozoku|Sun Tribe]] film '''''[[The Warped Ones]]'''''?
*... that after facing 2009 All-American [[softball]] [[pitcher]] '''[[Nikki Nemitz]]'''{{`s}} fastball, a sports writer for the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' wrote that he "actually felt a breeze" and his "knees buckled"?
*... that during [[World War I]], a '''[[British propaganda during World War I|British propaganda]]''' claim that [[Germany|Germans]] converted the bodies of their dead soldiers into various products, was based on a mistranslation of the German word ''Kadaver''?

=== 6 June 2009 ===
*'''''21:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Banksia benthamiana 3853 cropped.jpg|100x100px|Banksia benthamiana]]
</div>
*... that the old flower spikes of '''''[[Banksia benthamiana]]''''' ''(pictured)'' may contain up to 130 [[Follicle (fruit)|follicles (seed pods)]]?
*... that the [[jazz]] [[singer]] '''[[Eva Olmerová]]''' was persecuted by the [[StB|State Security]] service of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak communist regime]]?
*... that the '''[[medieval lituus]]''', a musical instrument that hasn't been seen or heard for 300&nbsp;years and for which [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] composed music, has been recreated by a team of scientists from [[Switzerland]] and the [[United Kingdom]]?
*... that [[Lazdynų Pelėda]] (''Hazelnut Owl'') was a common [[pen name]] used by two Lithuanian sister writers, '''[[Sofija Pšibiliauskienė]]''' and '''[[Marija Lastauskienė]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Ice Hotel (Québec)|Ice Hotel]]''' in [[Quebec|Québec]], [[Canada]], is the first [[ice hotel]] in [[North America]]?
*... that before winning the [[Britain's Got Talent (series 3)|third series of ''Britain's Got Talent'']], dance troupe '''[[Diversity (dance troupe)|Diversity]]''' won the UK National Street Dance competition?


*'''''15:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum Tooloom NP April 1998.jpg|100x100px|<!--[[Tooloom National Park]], [[Australia]]-->]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum|Thorny Yellowwood]]''' ''(pictured)'' is an [[Australian]] [[rainforest]] tree with a spiky trunk?
*... that the recently-announced video game '''''[[Metroid: Other M]]''''' is being co-developed by both [[Team Ninja]] and [[Nintendo]]?
*... that political boss [[Tom Pendergast]] made future [[Democratic National Committee|DNC]] chair '''[[William M. Boyle]]''' a [[precinct captain]] even though he was too young to vote?
*... that '''[[Anthracite, Alberta]]''', now a [[ghost town]], was once a hotspot for illegal activities?
*... that the '''[[BMW R80G/S]]'''&mdash;launched in 1980&mdash;was the first motorcycle in the [[BMW GS]] family, of which half a million examples have now been built?
*... that '''[[Jerry Rosenberg]]''', [[New York|New York's]] longest-incarcerated [[Prison|inmate]], was the first to earn a [[law degree]] in a [[New York State Department of Correctional Services|New York prison]] and served as a [[jailhouse lawyer]] to the leaders of the [[Attica prison riot]]?


*'''''09:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Richard Gordon cropped.jpg|100x100px|Richard Gordon]]
</div>
*... that [[Philippines|Filipino]] politician [[Richard Gordon (politician)|Richard Gordon]] ''(pictured)'' is known for jumping on the scorer's table to rile up the crowd at '''[[Ateneo – La Salle rivalry|Ateneo – La Salle games]]'''?
*... that after the collapse of the '''[[Broughton Suspension Bridge]]''' in 1831, the [[British Armed Forces|British military]] introduced the order to "break step" when soldiers were crossing a bridge?
*... that cookbook '''''[[Seduced by Bacon]]''''' by '''[[Joanna Pruess]]''' not only includes a recipe for [[pecan]], brown sugar, and bacon ice cream, but also writings by [[Mark Twain]]?
*... that the collapse of Australia's largest [[managed investment scheme]] [[agribusiness]], '''[[Great Southern Group]]''', is being examined by two separate [[Parliament of Australia|Australian parliamentary]] committee inquiries?
*... that the [[Louisa Pyne|Pyne]] and Harrison Opera Company paid composer [[William Vincent Wallace]] only 10 [[Shilling (British coin)|shilling]]s for the rights to his opera '''''[[Lurline (opera)|Lurline]]''''' and later made [[Pound (sterling)|£]]50,000 from its performances?
*... that '''[[Hal Lubarsky]]''' outlasted 6,300 other players at the [[World Series of Poker]] despite playing blind?


*'''''03:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bacon donut.jpg|100x100px|A maple bacon donut]]
</div>
*... that a version of the '''[[maple bacon donut]]''' ''(pictured)'' served up in an [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[bakery]] is based on a simple concept: [[breakfast]] combined into one item that you put in your mouth?
*... that '''[[Barry Wood (American football)|Barry Wood]]''', who played [[quarterback]] at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and became a [[physician]] and [[microbiologist]], was elected to both the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] and the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]?
*... that the [[BBC Radio 4]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] '''''[[Newfangle]]''''' has been described by different sources as being set in either 100,000 B.C. or two million years ago? 
*... that the '''''[[Financial News (1884-1945)|Financial News]]''''' competed with its rival the ''[[Financial Times]]'' by attacking companies which advertised there?
*... that in a US study almost all [[surgeon]]s indicated that they experienced '''[[needlestick injury| needlestick injuries]]''' during their training?
*... that in the [[Cinema of Canada|Canadian]] film '''''[[Public Domain (film)|Public Domain]]''''' the producers of a [[reality television|reality TV]] [[game show]] install cameras in dysfunctional contestants' homes without their knowledge or permission?

=== 5 June 2009 ===
*'''''21:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dispersion prism.jpg|100x100px|Dispersion prism]]
</div>
*... that '''[[optics]]''' began with the development of [[Lens (optics)|lenses]] by the [[ancient Egypt]]ians and [[Mesopotamia]]ns ''([[dispersive prism]] pictured)''?
*... that the '''[[Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct]]''' was disbanded in 1999 despite only having started work in April 1991?
*... that there has been a '''[[Mangalorean regionalism|demand]]''' for a separate [[Tulu Nadu]] state from [[Karnataka]], [[India]] since the 1990s?
*... that law professor '''[[Paul Steven Miller]]''', who has [[achondroplasia|a type of dwarfism]], was one of the longest serving Commissioners of the U.S. [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]]?
*... that the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] '''[[Grini concentration camp|Grini]]''' was built as a women's prison?
*... that despite the word "heavyweight" in the title of the '''[[List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions|CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''', multiple non-heavyweight wrestlers have held the championship?


*'''''15:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[Image:AJS 1920 D 1.jpg|100x100px|AJS Model D]]
</div>
*... that [[WW1]] stopped production of '''[[AJS Model D]]''' [[motorcycle]]s but a 1917  order to supply [[Russia]] with 1,100 military motorcycles enabled them to continue development?
*... that according to the [[2000 United States Census]], [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], [[New Jersey]], is the '''[[List of United States cities by population density|most densely populated incorporated place in the U.S.]]'''?
*... that [[Mabel Philipson]] became the third woman to sit in the [[British House of Commons]] after winning the '''[[Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, 1923|Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election]]''' in 1923?
*... that after the '''[[Poland–Czechoslovakia war]]''', January 23 – January 30, 1919, a new border was agreed to on Feb. 3, 1919, at the signing of the Polish-Czech border agreement, in Paris?
*... that, measuring a mere {{convert|8.6|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, the '''[[Buff-faced Pygmy-parrot]]''' is the world's smallest species of [[parrot]]?
*... that the sale of alcohol was banned for three days during the '''[[Salvadoran legislative election, 2003|2003 Salvadoran legislative election]]'''?


*'''''09:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Pakenham windmill.jpg|100x100px|Pakenham Windmill]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Pakenham Windmill]]''' ''(pictured)'' appeared in a short film used by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] in the 1950s for interludes between programmes?
*... that in the advent of war with Great Britain, [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Plan Z]] stipulated that the '''[[O class battlecruiser]]s''' would be tasked with destroying [[convoy]]s before they could deliver their cargo to the British?
*... that '''''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned]]''''' takes place in the universe of the [[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series]] but its story is not connected to the series at all?
*... that the [[Driver's Privacy Protection Act]], which protects the privacy of [[driver's license]] information in the [[United States]], was upheld by unanimous decision of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in '''''[[Reno v. Condon]]'''''?
*... that '''[[Stanford Keglar]]''' was coached by ex-[[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] [[defensive back]] Ken Coudret in high school, before going on to play at Purdue himself?
*... that '''[[Karatsu ware]]''' is a style of [[Japanese pottery and porcelain|Japanese pottery]] which is considered one of the top choices for implements used in the [[Japanese tea ceremony]]?


*'''''03:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:William Vincent Wallace (cropped).jpg|100x100px|William Vincent Wallace]]
</div>
*... that '''''[[The Amber Witch (opera)|The Amber Witch]]''''', an opera by [[William Vincent Wallace]] ''(pictured)'', was based on a popular [[Gothic novel]] of [[The Amber Witch|the same name]], first published in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in 1844?
*... that the [[Washington State Route 20|longest]] and [[Idaho State Highway 41|shortest]] state highways in [[Washington]] are located in '''[[List of state highways in Pend Oreille County, Washington|Pend Oreille County]]'''?
*... that '''[[Donald Duck talk]]''', the voice used by [[Clarence Nash]] for [[Donald Duck]], is one of three forms of [[alaryngeal speech]]?
*... that '''[[PokerTracker|PokerTracker 3]]''', the leading [[poker tool]] for [[online poker]], uses a [[HUD (video gaming)|HUD]] analogous to the [[head-up display]] that [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s [[Terminator (character)|Terminator]] character used?
*... that the audio series '''''[[The Dongle of Donald Trefusis]]''''' by [[Stephen Fry]] went to No. 2 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] when it was released for download in 2009?
*... that Irish architect '''[[Frederick Clarendon]]''' designed the [[Dublin]] museum known as the [[Natural History Museum (Ireland)|Dead Zoo]]?

=== 4 June 2009 ===
*'''''21:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Melhus kirke 001.JPG|100x100px|Melhus church]]
</div>
*... that [[Medieval runes|Medieval runic]] [[inscription]]s were discovered on the old portal of '''[[Melhus church]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Newington Green Unitarian Church]]''' has strong ties to political radicalism stretching over 300 years, with [[Richard Price]] in the pulpit and [[Mary Wollstonecraft]] in the pews?
*... that the 1960 '''[[Velocette Viper]]''' [[Great Britain|British]] [[motorcycle]] was one of the first to have [[Fiberglass|glass fibre]] enclosure panels?
*... that despite winning 37.3% of the vote the opposition coalition won no seats in the '''[[Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2003|2003 Djiboutian parliamentary election]]'''?
*... that former [[Republican National Committee|RNC]] chairman '''[[Guy Gabrielson]]''' was one of the few Republican politicians not to support [[Richard Nixon]] after the [[Checkers speech]]?
*... that the tollbooths of the 19th-century [[turnpike]] that followed '''[[Pennsylvania Route 171]]''' were torn down by citizens?


*'''''15:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Fiddler beetle nov07.jpg|100x100px|Fiddler beetle (Eupoecila australasiae)]]
</div>
*... that the [[flower chafer]]  species '''''[[Eupoecila australasiae]]''''' ''(pictured)'' gains its common name of 'fiddler beetle' from its [[violin]]-shaped markings?
*... that the '''[[Lurgi-Ruhrgas process]]''' for [[oil shale extraction]] was originally developed for the liquefaction of [[lignite]]?
*... that '''[[Shakespeare Cliff Halt railway station|Shakespeare Cliff Halt]]''', a private [[railway station]] on a cliff ledge near [[Dover]], England, has been used by miners, the [[British Army]], and railway employees, but never by the public?
*... that from [[1936]] to [[1939]], '''[[Alexander Monkman]]''' led a volunteer effort to build a road through the [[Monkman Pass]] into [[British Columbia]]?
*... that the [[Hindu temple]] '''[[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Colonia)|Swaminaryan Mandir]]''' in [[Colonia, New Jersey|Colonia]], [[New Jersey]], USA, was originally a [[synagogue]]?
*... that [[Poland]]'s '''[[Antoni Gawryłkiewicz]]''', a recipient of the ''[[Righteous among the Nations]]'' medal, signed his [[Yad Vashem]] deposition in [[Hebrew]], a language he did not understand?


*'''''09:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Mitch morgan edit1.jpg|100x100px|A Mitch Morgan]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[Mitch Morgan]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[bourbon whiskey|bourbon]] with a slice of [[bacon]] as a [[garnish (food)|garnish]], served as the inspiration for [[J-D's Down Home Enterprises|Bacon Salt]]?
*... that the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy|court title]] of '''''[[protospatharios]]''''' had such high prestige that an aged cleric once purchased it for over {{convert|19|kg}} of [[gold]]?
*... that modern [[radar]]s use '''[[frequency agility]]''' to reduce the effects of [[radar jamming|intentional interference]], or jamming?
*... that German-Italian [[Marxist]] [[political scientist]] '''[[Johannes Agnoli]]''' was, in his youth, an enthusiastic [[fascist]] and ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' volunteer?
*... that '''[[angels on horseback]]''' was featured in the ''[[New York Times]]'' in 1896 as a "dish for sultry weather"?
*... that in the '''[[Cypriot presidential election, 2003|2003 Cypriot presidential election]]''', [[Costas Kyriacou]] called for [[free love]] and claimed that he won 73&nbsp;percent of the vote?


*'''''03:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Otto von Habsburg Belvedere 1998 c.JPG|100x100px|Otto von Habsburg]]
</div>
*... that the [[Otto von Habsburg|current head]] of the '''[[House of Lorraine]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been for the last 87&nbsp;years [[heir]] to one imperial and six royal titles?
*... that a new government was not formed in [[Cambodia]] for almost a year after the '''[[Cambodian parliamentary election, 2003|2003 Cambodian parliamentary election]]'''?
*... that '''[[Stegt Flæsk]]''', a popular [[bacon]] dish in [[Danish cuisine]], has been described as "a dish of [[pork]] [[fat]], and only pork fat, in [[parsley]] sauce"?
*... that the '''[[Dallas Aces]]''' were the world's first professional [[Duplicate bridge|bridge]] team?
*... that '''[[Mar Abba I]]''', the [[Catholicos#Autocephalous_Churches_of_East_Syrian_Rite|Nestorian Catholicos]] of [[Seleucia-Ctesiphon]] from 540 to 552, was a convert from [[Zoroastrianism]]?
*... that after ruling Japan for 135 years, the [[Hōjō clan]] set its [[bodaiji|family temple]] on fire before committing [[mass suicide]] within, and were enshrined ''en masse'' in the temple of '''[[Hōkai-ji (Kamakura)|Hōkai-ji]]'''?

=== 3 June 2009 ===
*'''''21:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[Image:SturgeonBayBridgeJuly2008WIS42WIS57.jpg|100x100px|The Sturgeon Bay Bridge]]
</div>
*... that [[Jackson Browne]] and [[Pat MacDonald]] headlined a 2005 [[benefit concert]] to restore [[Wisconsin]]'s historic '''[[Sturgeon Bay Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that the debut single of [[Romania|Romanian]] singer '''[[Corina (Romanian singer)|Corina]]''' entitled ''Noi Doi'' reached fourth place in the [[Romanian Top 100]]?
*... that [[soprano]] '''[[Deborah Voigt]]''' lost over {{convert|100|lb|kg}} by means of [[gastric bypass surgery]] after she was fired in the "[[Covent Garden]] incident"?
*... that the Olympic ice hockey tournament was nearly canceled when two hockey teams from the [[United States at the 1948 Winter Olympics|United States]] arrived in [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]], to compete in the '''[[1948 Winter Olympic Games]]'''?
*... that '''[[Peter Symonds]]''', an English [[mercer (occupation)|mercer]], founded an [[almshouse]] in [[Winchester]] that was to become [[Peter Symonds College]]?
*... that '''[[National Pig Day]]''' is included in a handbook for first-year teachers as a day for activities including cooking [[bacon]], making [[BLT (sandwich)|BLT]]s, and discussing where [[pork chop]]s come from?


*'''''15:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Centurion at Vizagapatam.jpg|100x100px|The Battle of Vizagapatam]]
</div>
*... that [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''[[James Lind (Royal Navy officer)|James Lind]]''' was [[knight bachelor|knighted]] after the [[Battle of Vizagapatam]] ''(pictured)'', despite losing both [[East Indiaman|merchants]] he was escorting?
*... that '''[[Torvald Tu]]'''{{'}}s musical comedy ''Kjærleik på Lykteland'' from 1923 was one of the greatest stage successes at [[Det Norske Teatret]]?
*... that some of the elements of the adventure pack '''''[[Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate]]''''' were released so that they could be used for free by the ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' community?
*... that [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s song "'''[[For You (Bruce Springsteen song)|For You]]'''" is about a woman who has attempted [[suicide]]?
*... that although the report of the '''[[Benson Commission]]''' led to the '''[[Courts and Legal Services Act 1990]]''', the report and Act disagreed in many ways? 
*... that in only his second [[mixed martial arts]] fight, the 2006 World Champion in [[Greco-Roman wrestling]], '''[[Joe Warren (fighter)|Joe Warren]]''', defeated former champion [[Norifumi Yamamoto|Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto]]?


*'''''09:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Farleigh Hungerford Castle gate.JPG|100x100px|Farleigh Hungerford Castle gate]] 
</div>
*... that when '''[[Farleigh Hungerford Castle]]''' ''(gateway pictured)'' was fortified from an existing [[manor house]] between 1370 and 1380, it was done without the appropriate "[[Crenellation#License to crenellate|licence to crenellate]]" from the king?
*... that '''[[Jan Piekałkiewicz]]''', a leading [[Polish people|Polish]] [[statistician]], became the [[Polish Underground State]]'s [[List of Government Delegates for Poland|Government Delegate]], and died at the hands of [[Nazi Germany]]?
*... that the '''[[Chinatown, Mexico City|Chinatown in Mexico City]]''' may be the world's smallest?
*... that the [[Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_(Short_Subject)#2000s|Oscar Award-nominated film]] '''''[[The Final Inch]]''''', a [[documentary film|documentary]] about efforts to eradicate the [[poliovirus]], is the first film project from [[Google]]'s [[philanthropic]] division [[Google.org]]?
*... that '''[[surform]]''' tools can shape materials as diverse as automobile repair [[plastic body filler]] and [[elephant]]s' [[hoof|hooves]]?
*... that the beard of [[Greece|Greek]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] [[Basilios Bessarion]] was partly responsible for the defeat of his candidacy in the '''[[papal conclave, 1455]]'''?


*'''''03:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[Image:A B Sandwich.jpg|100x100px|A peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich]]''' ''(pictured)'' would be New York City Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]]'s choice for his [[last meal]] and is sometimes referred to as an "[[Elvis]] sandwich"? 
*... that '''[[Katie Jarvis]]''' was cast in the film ''[[Fish Tank (film)|Fish Tank]]'', after a casting agent spotted her having an argument with her boyfriend at [[Tilbury Town railway station]]?
*... that the original [[radio studio]] building of '''[[KOBB (AM)|KOBB]]''' (then called KBMN) in northern [[Bozeman, Montana]], now serves as a small [[casino]]?
*... that when [[classicist]] '''[[Bernard Knox]]''' was selected for the 1992 [[Jefferson Lecture]] (the U.S.'s highest [[humanities]] honor), he gave his speech the "provocative" title "The Oldest Dead White European Males"?
*... that a critic reviewing [[country music]] artist [[Ronnie Milsap]]'s 2006 album '''''[[My Life (Ronnie Milsap album)|My Life]]''''' observed that Milsap's voice remained "virtually unchanged" since his debut in the early 1970s?
*... that the '''[[Sopwith Bulldog]]''', a prototype British [[World War I]] fighter plane, was so unreliable that one test pilot said "I never remember being able to get all cylinders to fire at the same time"?

=== 2 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dilley Oregon church.JPG|100x100px|Church in Dilley, Oregon, USA]]
</div>
*... that the railroad station in '''[[Dilley, Oregon]]''', was built 23 years after the [[Oregon Central Railroad|railroad]] reached the community?
*... that in 1895, the husband of [[English people|English]] actress '''[[Amy Roselle]]''' shot her dead and then killed himself, leaving behind a suicide note censuring the [[acting]] profession?
*... that in the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] case of '''''[[Ashcroft v. Iqbal]]''''', a prisoner sued Federal prison guards and their superiors alleging physical abuse?
*... that '''[[As'ad Pasha al-Azm]]''', governor of [[Damascus]] under the [[Ottoman Empire]] for 14 years, ordered the construction of the [[Azm Palace]] and [[Khan As'ad Pasha]]?
*... that '''[[John Wick (whistleblower)|John Wick]]''', who passed on information that led to an [[Disclosure of expenses of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament|ongoing scandal about expenses of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament]], once commanded the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]]'s Mobile Bath Unit?
*... that the '''[[Fossil Cabin]]''' in [[Wyoming]] was built of [[dinosaur]] bones and was billed by its builder as "the building that used to walk"?


*'''''08:21, 2 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Korean cuisine-Gobchang jeongol-01.jpg|100x100px|Gopchang jeongol]]
</div>
*... that '''[[gopchang jeongol]]''' ''(pictured)'', a spicy [[Korean cuisine|Kore]]an [[jeongol|casserole]] made by boiling beef [[tripe]], vegetables, and seasonings in beef [[broth]], is a popular [[anju (dish)|dish]] when drinking [[Korean alcoholic beverages|alcoholic beverages]] in [[South Korea]]?
*... that music producer '''[[Bill Szymczyk]]''' got started in [[Audio engineering|music engineering]] while working on [[SONAR]] for the [[United States Navy]]?
*... that '''[[Mushet steel]]''' was the first [[tool steel]] and later led to the discovery of [[high speed steel]]?
*... that driving for '''[[Polestar Racing Group]]''', [[Katherine Legge]] became the first woman to win an [[Open wheel car|open-wheel race]] in North America?
*... that '''[[San Pedro Atocpan]]''' hosts a festival every year devoted to [[mole (sauce)|mole sauce]]?
*... that '''[[Henri Pinault]]''', the last [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop of Chengdu]], was imprisoned and expelled from [[China]] by the [[Communist Party of China]] in 1952, but retained his title until 1983?


*'''''02:21, 2 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[Image:Bukelon Fortress Matochina Bulgaria.jpg|100x100px|Matochina Fortress]]
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*... that the [[Bulgaria]]n villages of '''[[Mezek]]''' and '''[[Matochina]]''', situated near the borders with [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]], both have medieval castles ''(Matochina fortress pictured)''?
*... that before '''[[Tommy Walker (footballer born 1923)|Tommy Walker]]''' became a [[association football|footballer]] he was a champion sprinter?
*... that '''[[Hannah Tracy Cutler]]''' wrote an advice column for farm girls before she became president of the [[American Woman Suffrage Association]] in 1870?
*... that human '''[[skin flora]]''' includes roughly 1,000 species of [[bacteria]]?
*... that '''[[Donald G. Fink]]''', later to become a prominent [[electrical engineer]], was selected as the best [[orator]] in his county at a high school competition?
*... that the 1927 [[Great Britain|British]] '''[[AJW Summit]]''' [[v-twin]] [[motorcycle]] was capable of {{convert|161|km/h|mph}}?

=== 1 June 2009 ===
*'''''20:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Marshall Newell.jpg|100x100px|Marshall "Ma" Newell]]
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*... that '''[[Marshall Newell|"Ma" Newell]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of the few four-year [[All-American]]s in [[college football]] history, was run over by a railroad engine on [[Christmas Eve]] 1897?
*... that in the [[Indian general election, 2009|2009 Indian parliamentary election]], '''[[Bangshi Badan Barman]]''' of the '''[[Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party]]''' became the first undertrial prisoner to file candidate nomination papers in [[West Bengal]]?
*... that '''[[The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills]]''', established in 1967, carries more than 500 varieties of [[cheese]]?
*... that the '''[[Derwent Valley Mills]]''' [[World Heritage Site]] in [[Derbyshire]], which includes a mixture of mills and workers' housing, is considered the birthplace of the [[factory system]]?
*... that '''[[Terrence Wheatley]]''' and teammate Sammy Joseph were the first two freshman [[cornerbacks]] to start at the same time in [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado Buffaloes]] history?
*... that her controversial publication of '''''[[The Woman's Bible]]''''' in the 1890s effectively ended [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]]'s further influence in the [[women's suffrage]] movement?


*'''''14:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:I-176_submarine.jpg|100x100px|I-176 submarine]]
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*... that the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[Japanese submarine I-176|'''I-176''']] ''(pictured)'' was the only Japanese [[submarine]] in the [[World War II|Second World War]] to sink one of its American counterparts?
*... that King [[Cnut the Great]] ordered the murder of  [[Eadric Streona]] and '''[[Northman, son of Leofwine|Northman]]''', the eldest son of [[Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce]], in 1017?
*... that '''[[Greg Golson]]''' [[Stolen base|stole]] over 100 bases in his five years as a [[Philadelphia Phillies]] [[List of Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates|minor leaguer]]?
*... that the [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech Hokies]], winners of the '''[[1995 Sugar Bowl (December)|1995 Sugar Bowl]]''', were selected for the game only after sanctions were levied against the [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami Hurricanes]]? 
*... that the '''[[Old Log Theater]]''' is reputedly the oldest professional [[theater]] in the state of [[Minnesota]] and is the oldest continuously operating professional theater in the United States?
*... that '''[[Daphne Anderson]]''' has played Father William, the Walrus, and the [[Red Queen (Through the Looking Glass)|Red Queen]] in various productions of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''?


*'''''08:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Hyde Park Reformed Dutch Church.jpg|100x100px|The Hyde Park Reformed Dutch Church]]
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*... that New York's '''[[Hyde Park Reformed Dutch Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' secured its original building, a union church, by growing the fastest out of the several denominations that shared it?
*... that in a '''[[defined contribution plan]]''', a type of [[retirement plan]], the contributions to the account are guaranteed but the future benefits are not?
*... that [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] won the [[1988–89 in English football|1988–89]] [[Football in England|English]] [[the Football League|Football League]] [[Football League First Division|Championship title]] thanks to a goal scored in the last minute of '''[[Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (26 May 1989)|the very last game]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Helmerich Award]]''', an annual [[literary award]] that pays US$40,000 to an "internationally acclaimed" author, is named after the actress who played "Nurse Kelly" in the 1950 film ''[[Harvey (film)|Harvey]]''?
*... that the [[Indian Star Tortoise]], [[Sri Lanka Junglefowl]], [[Sri Lankan Elephant]], [[Sri Lanka Leopard]] and [[Rusty-spotted Cat]] are among the endangered species of the '''[[Hurulu Forest Reserve]]'''?
*... that the last train to run on the '''[[Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway]]''' was a special passenger service to [[Toronto]] to visit the [[Royal tours of Canada in the 20th century|Royal Tour of 1939]]?
*... that the '''[[Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse]]''' team has won the [[NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship]] five consecutive times since 2005?
*... that approximately 37,500 '''[[Local and Personal Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom|Local and Personal Acts]]''' have been passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] since 1539?


*'''''02:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:044730Lerew.jpg|100x100px|John Lerew]]
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*... that [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] '''[[John Lerew]]''' ''(pictured)'', ordered to defend [[Rabaul]] against [[Battle of Rabaul (1942)|Japanese invasion in 1942]], signalled headquarters the legendary [[gladiator]]ial phrase "We who are about to die salute you"?
*... that the many [[Compositing|optical effects]] apparent in [[Johannes Vermeer]]'s '''''[[The Lacemaker (Vermeer)|The Lacemaker]]''''' indicate that he made use of the [[camera obscura]]; an early [[Photography|photographical]] device? 
*... that '''[[Ralph Alswang]]''' designed the [[Westport, Connecticut]], home of actor [[Paul Newman]]?
*... that the '''[[Benner House]]''' is the sole surviving [[German American|German]]-style [[vernacular architecture|vernacular]] home built to a one-room plan in [[Rhinebeck (village), New York|Rhinebeck, New York]]?
*... that the comic strip character '''[[Pupung]]''' was based on the creator's nephew Jeff Young?
*... that the [[country music]] quartet [[The Oak Ridge Boys]] reached their highest ranking in 26 years on the [[Billboard 200]] with the release of their 2009 album '''''[[The Boys Are Back (Oak Ridge Boys album)|The Boys Are Back]]'''''?
*... that [[Han dynasty]] politician '''[[Zhang Tang]]''' once tried and executed a [[rat]]?
*... that in 1987, the Elk Creek Dam's construction on '''[[Elk Creek (Rogue River)|Elk Creek]]''' was halted due to a [[court injunction]] issued over a lawsuit designed to protect [[salmon]] and other [[migratory fish]] from the effects of the [[dam]] on the river?