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31 January 2015

12:00, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Jean-François Champollion's (pictured) first major publication on the decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs was reviewed anonymously by Thomas Young, his main rival?
... that Deicke and Millbrig bentonite layers in eastern United States were formed by huge volcanic eruptions?
... that Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer, is the first biography of the producer/director known as the "Father of the Western"?
... that, during his 1903 campaign for Governor of Kentucky, Morris B. Belknap got to a speaking engagement on time by pumping a handcar?
... that a Parliament Square protest against a ban on depiction of certain sexual practices in streaming videos featured slogans such as "Urine for a shock if you expect us to stop"?
... that in 1998 Eleanor Robinson set a world record of 13 days, 1 hour, 54 minutes for a woman to run 1,000 miles (1,600 km)?
... that on parallel computers, processors can steal work from each other?

00:00, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the building of the Chester Burn viaduct (pictured) was delayed for twenty years by the downfall of railway financier George Hudson?
... that "Operation Nine Connect" resulted in the July 2006 arrest of some sixty members of the Nine Trey Gangsters?
... that a former MP for Taunton, Edward Wickham, accompanied both the Shah of Persia and the King of Afghanistan on tours?
... that Virgin Hotels Chicago‍—‌the first of Richard Branson's Virgin Hotels‍—‌has no check-in desk and relies on a mobile app named Lucy to perform many services?
... that the 2014 film The Theory of Everything received ten nominations from the British Academy Film Awards?
... that American chemical weapons researcher and oceanographer Thomas Gordon Thompson sold his stamp collection to pay for his private island?
... that Dollfus' stargazer lures little fishes to their doom?

30 January 2015

12:00, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

... that New Zealand's marine engineer, designer of the country's tallest lighthouse (pictured) on Dog Island, drowned enroute to the funeral of a colleague‍—‌who had also drowned?
... that the scientist Lisa-Ann Gershwin, who has discovered 200 species of jellyfish, is related to George Gershwin?
... that the Broadway Limited was the only Pennsylvania Railroad train to be completely re-equipped with lightweight sleeping cars before World War II?
... that the Kaivalya Upanishad exalts the one who sees without eyes and hears without ears?
... that the rhythm parts for Steely Dan's "Aja" were so long and complex that each player needed three music stands to hold the charts?
... that despite allegations that the vote was corrupt, the 1701 Taunton by-election result stood?
... that properties in Jaywick have been on sale for as little as £20,000?

00:00, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

... that in 1982 the original manuscripts of four string quartets in Joseph Haydn's Opus 50 (1787) were handed to conductor Christopher Hogwood (pictured) in a plastic shopping bag?
... that the colour of the sea snail Simnia spelta varies, but when it grazes on the white gorgonian it mimics the twigs?
... that Robert Simpson broke the old high hurdles world record seven times in one year?
... that the Main Central Thrust extends 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) along the Himalaya mountain belt?
... that Gene Roddenberry blamed religious executives of Paramount Studios for its rejection of Star Trek: The God Thing?
... that Emilio Madero saved Pancho Villa from execution?
... that Florentijn Hofman created a 30-foot (9 m) tall pink cat in Century Park, Shanghai?

29 January 2015

12:00, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

... that when Mary Brodrick (pictured) applied to study Egyptology at the Sorbonne in Paris, she was told, "But we do not take little girls here"?
... that a "big boned policy" is used to draft the Japanese budget?
... that in describing the Battle of Malvern Hill, Confederate officer D.H. Hill wrote, "It wasn't war; it was murder"?
... that ABC's television film adaptation of Robert J. Serling's The President's Plane Is Missing was completed in 1971 but postponed until one year after Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China?
... that Preity Zinta essayed the role of a prostitute hired as a surrogate mother in the 2001 film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke?
... that the 1982 Wimpy Operation marked the start of armed resistance against Israeli troops in Beirut?
... that while fullback Nick Bobeck lettered all four years at Central Oklahoma, he didn't carry the ball until his second-to-last game?

00:00, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (pictured) is a shape-changing flap for aircraft wings intended to substantially reduce fuel cost and noise?
... that Emeric, King of Hungary persuaded Pope Innocent III to excommunicate the Venetians and the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade after they captured the Dalmatian town of Zadar in 1202?
... that the valley of Laurel Run is the only place in the USGS quadrangle of Elk Grove where Wisconsinan Flow-Till occurs?
... that Danish retail billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen is the second largest private landowner in Scotland?
... that the Chandos Glass Cone was used for pottery and brick manufacture for much longer than it was for glassmaking?
... that although the Greek Orthodox bishop of Korçë, Photios, took initiatives for the promotion of the local education, he was assassinated in 1906 for not supporting Albanian cultural activity?
... that the Jiuduansha shoals off Pudong are the spawning ground for hairy crab, a Shanghainese delicacy?

28 January 2015

12:06, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

... that "an esoteric teaching of the science of Brahman" explains the structure of Om (pictured) and its sound?
... that the 2013 film Despicable Me 2 was predicted to be the most profitable film in the history of Universal Studios?
... that Saint Mary's Church in Jajce was the place of coronation of the last Bosnian king and later a mosque?
... that although slavery in Korea has been abolished for over a century, modern slavery is still a concern?
... that one man was the model for three of the figures representing the stages of a Scouting career in Norman Rockwell's Growth of a Leader, and the man's son was the model for the fourth?
... that the composer Aram Khachaturian was "entirely a creation of the Soviet musical and dance establishment"?
... that the Museum of Death owns the head of Bluebeard and a Kevorkian suicide machine?

00:16, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the RIMS Warren Hastings (pictured) was said to be "practically unsinkable" because of its 33 watertight compartments?
... that Scipio Kennedy was an enslaved African who lived at Culzean Castle in Scotland?
... that Saint Joseph Vaz was tied to a yellow cheesewood tree close by the Church of Our Lady of Presentation and beaten as a punishment?
... that although it is not a shark, the shortfin devil ray is used in shark fin soup?
... that more than one hundred unidentified bodies, mostly females and children, were found floating in the Ganges in January 2015?
... that a special election will be held to fill the term of U.S. Representative Michael Grimm, who resigned after pleading guilty to tax evasion?
... that Big Run drains an area of only half a square mile?

27 January 2015

12:13, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the chronicle Gesta Hungarorum (pictured) explicitly mentions only the Khazars and Székelys as peoples who inhabited the realm of Duke Menumorut around 900?
... that the Mother series is big in Japan, but not in the West, where it only has a resilient and enduring cult following?
... that in 1961 the Tabernacle Chapel in Cardiff hosted the first-ever programme of the long-running BBC TV series Songs of Praise?
... that the history of the New York Yankees includes 27 World Series championships, 16 more than any other Major League Baseball team?
... that one person was injured and six died in a killing spree in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania?
... that following Commodore's demise, the Toronto PET Users Group revived the successful World of Commodore computer expos, which continue to this day?
... that people objecting to militarism in "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" do not stand to sing it?

00:28, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Vidya Balan (pictured) won four consecutive Filmfare Awards, three for Best Actress and one for Best Actress (Critics), for her starring roles from 2009 to 2012?
... that medieval Gislöv Church in Sweden may have been built for an exiled Norwegian bishop?
... that Balliet Run is Class A Wild Trout Waters even though a facility has a permit to discharge sewage into it?
... that Polish saint Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz?
... that the tunicate Molgula citrina may have travelled to Alaska in a sea chest via the Northwest Passage?
... that Gary Mills became the youngest player to appear in a European Cup final when playing in Nottingham Forest's 1–0 win over Hamburger SV in the 1980 final?
... that at $1.95 billion, the Waldorf Astoria New York is the most expensive hotel ever sold?

26 January 2015

12:43, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

... that although giant mouse lemurs (pictured) breed easily in captivity, a managed population of 62 individuals of the endangered species fell to only six within twenty years?
... that King Narathihapate of Pagan compared his Chief Minister Yazathingyan, who had just put him on the throne, to unnecessary scaffold before exiling him to Dala?
... that the sword of the god Vishnu symbolizes knowledge?
... that the Tuyamuyun Hydro Complex on the Amu Darya River irrigates land in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan?
... that almost all of the buildings on Labuan island were destroyed by the bombardment which preceded its invasion by Australian forces during the Battle of North Borneo in June 1945?
... that in 1990, Helen Rollason became the first female presenter of the BBC sports programme Grandstand?
... that Culley Run's official name has been said to be erroneous?

00:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Julia Roberts (pictured) was the first actress to earn $20 million for a film?
... that Arsenal won the 2014 FA Community Shield despite resting their three German internationals who had won the World Cup Final earlier that year?
... that the chronicler Roger of Wendover called the 12th-century English nobleman Peter de Maulay one of King John of England's "evil counsellors"?
... that with Pakistani coordination, the Afghan Army launched the Kunar offensive after militants attacked Afghan outposts in 2014?
... that the tunicate Polycarpa fibrosa lives buried in sand or gravel with just its siphons protruding?
... that during the German bombardment of Scarborough in December 1914, Rev Charles Mackarness continued the Holy Communion service at St Martin's Church, despite the noise and damage to the church?
... that the 1914 silent film St. Elmo was financially successful despite a Variety review calling it less valuable than unexposed film?

25 January 2015

13:13, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

... that some of the doors of the Fru Alstad Church (pictured), Sweden, have bullet holes dating to the 17th century?
... that the Iranian missile architect Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam was known as the father of Iran's missile program?
... that the 1880 Greenback National Convention nominated James B. Weaver for President of the United States and passed a resolution supporting women's suffrage?
... that the moth lacewing genus Principiala is known for three, possibly four, fossils?
... that the 14th-century Gongchen Tower in China was destroyed by a fire on 3 January 2015?
... that two works by the self-taught 19th-century Ceylonese artist J. L. K. van Dort are housed in the Royal Collection?
... that controversy arose over dissatisfaction with a Korean airline official's nut bag?

01:28, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

... that if the solar storm of 2012 (pictured) had hit Earth, it might have taken several years to recover from the resulting widespread destruction of electronic equipment?
... that Helen-Ann Hartley is the first woman ordained in the Church of England to become a bishop?
... that the continental crust below the South China Sea is theorized to have begun splitting apart from the Eurasian Plate around 55 million years ago?
... that before airing in the United States, We Bare Bears won the "Young Amsterdam Audience" award after screening in the Netherlands?
... that the North Korean military has a cyberwarfare agency named Bureau 121?
... that after moving from Canada, Akeel Lynch learned American football and was named New York Gatorade Player of the Year?
... that the flowers of the parasitic plant Balanophora fungosa smell like mice?

24 January 2015

13:43, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Jeong Seon (likely self-portrait pictured), one of the most famous Korean painters, introduced the "true-view" style of landscape painting?
... that the prominent medieval Armenian monastery of Narekavank was demolished and replaced with a mosque?
... that The Undertaker was undefeated at WrestleMania from 1991 to 2013?
... that the song "Kanne Kalaimane" from the 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai was the last song Kannadasan wrote before his death?
... that praise can promote positive behavior in adjacent, non-praised individuals?
... that one of John Cunningham's buildings was featured in the BBC television series Restoration?
... that after The American Review's owner expressed admiration for Hitler and Mussolini, a former contributor said he wouldn't write for it again "if it were the last publication left in America"?

01:58, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Elk Run (pictured) received its name when one of the few elk in northeast Pennsylvania was killed in the stream?
... that Dookudu (2011) was the first Telugu film to be released in 21 North Indian cities?
... that L. D. Williams joined Wake Forest's 1,000-point club in his final college basketball game?
... that the book accompanying Computer Engineer Barbie was withdrawn in 2014 after protests that it depicts Barbie as incompetent with computers?
... that both of São Tomé and Príncipe's athletes at the 2012 London Games finished last in their heats?
... that Liu Cigui, the acting governor of Hainan in China, worked as a rusticated youth and studied oceanography?
... that the Cronica Walliae helped popularise a legend that the Welsh discovered America in about 1170, a tale used to justify English encroachments on the early colonies of the Spanish Empire?

23 January 2015

14:13, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the chat flycatcher (pictured) eats blind snakes?
... that silent film actor Frank Erlanger made—and lost—a fortune as a gold prospector?
... that Manchester United F.C.'s victory in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final came 40 years after the team's first European Cup title and 50 years after the Munich air disaster?
... that the Beirut II parliamentary constituency has the highest percentage of Armenian voters in Lebanon?
... that René Echevarria became a screenwriter after selling an unsolicited script to Star Trek: The Next Generation?
... that Bloody Run is so named due to a legend that a hunter killed seven deer near the stream in one day?
... that plastiglomerates are rock formations that contain plastic?

02:28, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

... that under suspicion of having nationalist sympathies, Armenian priest Garegin Srvandztiants (pictured) was closely monitored by the Ottoman government?
... that the Beirut II parliamentary constituency functioned as a "buffer zone" between the Muslim and Christian parts of the city?
... that magnesium monohydride is a molecule known only as a gas and is found on the sun and other stars?
... that Filipino nanny Xyza Cruz Bacani has been compared to American street photographer Vivian Maier?
... that the Liberal Party chose to contest the 1887 by-election in Taunton, Somerset, in order to generate debate on the devolution of power to Ireland?
... that Maximilian Henry of Bavaria was an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire who restricted the power of the Emperor and ultimately wound up opposing the Emperor in war?
... that the Swedish woman Karolina Olsson purportedly stayed in a constant state of sleep for 32 years?

22 January 2015

14:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Guiuan Church (pictured) is known in the Philippines for the extensive shell ornamentation in its interiors?
... that the Northern Ireland Women's Football Association is the governing body of women's football in Northern Ireland?
... that Fullbright shared a house while making the 2013 video game Gone Home, which later won "Best Debut" from the 2014 BAFTA and GDC Awards?
... that former Pittsburgh basketball forward Talib Zanna was fluent in four languages before moving to the United States?
... that a 2009 BBC adaptation of Henry James's 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw set the story in the 1920s rather than the 1840s?
... that Anna Honzáková was in 1902 the first Czech woman to earn a doctor's certificate at a Czech university?
... that The Bishop's Eye is one of the entrances to Wells St Andrew?

02:58, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

... that #JeSuisCharlie (sign pictured) has become one of the most popular hashtags in Twitter's history?
... that the swede midge has invaded North America?
... that William Beverley spurred settlement west of the Blue Ridge Mountains by settling his patent of 118,941 acres (481.34 km²) in Virginia with Irish and Scotch-Irish families?
... that Alfred Welby lost three elections before being elected as an MP for Taunton in 1895?
... that the USS Delaware vs La Croyable resulted in the first capture of a naval vessel by the United States Navy?
... that Wimmenau in France was levelled during the Thirty Years' War, then resettled by Swiss immigrants?
... that fighter pilot Theodor Weissenberger was killed in a car racing accident at the Nürburgring?

21 January 2015

15:13, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

... that a Swedish New York Ranger was Fast (pictured)?
... that HMS Emerald was separated from Nelson's squadron in a storm and thus missed the Battle of the Nile?
... that Dr. Mary Cannon's research group found that more than one-fifth of Irish 11- to 13-year-olds have experienced "auditory hallucinations"?
... that the Ives Lake cisco is a freshwater whitefish known to only one lake, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula?
... that Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn was the first physics fellow at Balliol College, Oxford?
... that the filmography of director J. Gordon Edwards includes over twenty appearances of silent film vamp Theda Bara?
... that as much as 80 percent of government spending continued during the 2011 Minnesota state government shutdown?

03:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the yellow-browed sparrow (pictured) has spread from its former habitats along the Amazon River into grasslands, towns and roadsides throughout much of the Amazon basin?
... that Shingle Mill Run is the only named tributary of West Branch Fishing Creek to enter it from the right?
... that brothers Andy and Fränk Schleck were meant to compete for Luxembourg at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but were unable to after Andy suffered an injury and Fränk failed a drug test?
... that Kim Hyung Jun released and promoted the Japanese version of his single "Always Love You" at around the time that both his film and television series were scheduled to premiere?
... that the Telescopic Bridge in Bridgwater, which carried trains over the River Parrett, could be retracted to allow ships to pass?
... that reproduction in the sea wasp Carybdea marsupialis involves a sexual reproduction phase, budding and fragmentation?
... that the ground floor of the Boljoon Church bell tower was used as a prison cell?

20 January 2015

15:33, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the non-photosynthetic plants of the subfamily Monotropoideae (pictured) depend on both mycorrhizal fungi for food and bumblebees for pollination?
... that the 19th-century forger and swindler Monroe Edwards once used forged letters to get money from Lord Spencer, but later repaid the nobleman with funds obtained from a later fraud?
... that none of the three major professional sports teams owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment have won a championship since 1967?
... that Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), a Yash Raj Films production, is the longest-running film of Indian cinema?
... that Novel Therapeutic Targets for Antiarrhythmic Drugs was described as an "illuminating and far reaching" work on arrhythmia treatment?
... that the Western Australian shrub Lechenaultia biloba is renowned for its vivid blue flowers?
... that Mohammad Beg, the vizier of the Safavid king of Persia, was an ethnic Armenian who once served as a "military slave"?

03:48, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

... that in the late 19th century china painting (illustrated) was considered a useful occupation for women "who have nothing better to do than novel reading"?
... that the Ban Naden raid was the only successful rescue of prisoners of war during the Vietnam War?
... that the Adventure Time episode "Furniture & Meat" was referred to as a throwback episode by The A.V. Club for not dealing with the serial elements of surrounding episodes?
... that Wasp Branch is designated as a Coldwater Fishery, Migratory Fishery and Class A Wild Trout Waters?
... that The Economist compared Ezra Klein's aspirations for Vox, his new Vox Media news website, with John Keats's negative capability?
... that a flash mob by Commodore PET-wielding members of the Toronto PET Users Group is the subject of a 2014 Starbucks documentary?
... that Hans Krueger was never tried for the massacre of Lviv professors on the grounds that he already received a life sentence?

19 January 2015

16:03, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the Northwestern Wildcats field hockey team (pictured) won four of its six Big Ten regular-season titles in the 1980s under head coach Nancy Stevens?
... that publication of the final edition of the South African Defence Review 2012 was delayed for so long that it was retitled "South African Defence Review 2014"?
... that footballer Evan Dimas scored on his debut for Indonesia?
... that Swedish journalist Carolina Neurath ventured into acting when she starred as Princess Arianna Ad'lah in the film Star Wars: Threads of Destiny in 2014?
... that after merging with the Theta Xi fraternity at Amherst College, Sigma Delta Rho (ΣΔΡ) moved into its new home, "the Zoo"?
... that the Apollo Hotel Amsterdam is situated near the confluence of five canals?
... that cars in Grand Theft Auto V's re-release feature functional speedometers?

04:18, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

... that residents of the Percy and Wagner Almshouses in Brighton were given two gowns, a black bonnet, and a duffel cloak "not to exceed 21 shillings" from Hanningtons department store (pictured)?
... that Indian film actor and director Aditya Raj Kapoor owns a construction company that developed amusement parks?
... that the Michigan State Spartans field hockey team plays its home games at a venue originally built for the school's track and field team and dedicated in 1937?
... that prior to becoming Kraft Foods' chief executive officer, Tony Vernon worked for Johnson & Johnson for over two decades?
... that the population of the Yunnan nuthatch is predicted to decrease by between 43.6% and 47.7% by 2040–2069?
... that coins found in the Cuerdale Hoard may indicate that Sichfrith Jarl reigned as King of Jórvík?
... that the Discovery Channel special Eaten Alive did not actually feature anyone being eaten alive?

18 January 2015

16:33, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Marilyn Monroe (pictured) was discovered while building drone aircraft at Radioplane Company in 1945?
... that George A. Zentmyer, professor emeritus at the University of California, Riverside, has an avocado cultivar named after him?
... that female seaweed blennies deposit their eggs in a shared nest where the male fish guards them until they hatch?
... that the novels of Lady Mary Hamilton may have influenced the naming of characters in Jane Austen's books?
... that before moving to its new location, Pierre Bottineau Library could only hold 40 people?
... that Naomi Grossman shaved her head in preparation for her role in American Horror Story: Asylum?
... that Wiki, the leader of New York rap group Ratking, took his stage name from an online encyclopedia?

04:48, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

... that adjacent colonies of the lobed brain coral (pictured) may grow together to form a composite colony?
... that little is known about The Lady's Realm's publishing history because many records were destroyed during the Blitz?
... that football club Dukla Prague achieved their record win, 10–0, under the management of Jiří Lopata?
... that in the 1984 Indian Tamil film Achamillai Achamillai, a dwarf character named "Suthanthiram" (literally, "Freedom") metaphorically depicts that the freedom of the nation is stunted?
... that Walter de Clare was the founder of Tintern Abbey, whose ruins inspired Wordsworth's poem "Tintern Abbey"?
... that M.U.L.E. Returns, a licensed remake of the 1983 strategy game M.U.L.E., was shown at the 2013 World of Commodore in Toronto?
... that Fred Phillips created Spock's ears for Star Trek by baking them?

17 January 2015

09:12, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Crickhowell Bridge (pictured), at 128m (426 ft) long, is claimed to be the longest stone bridge in Wales?
... that Queen Pwa Saw, who wielded considerable political power for at least four decades in 13th-century Burma, was the subject of the novel She Was a Queen by Maurice Collis?
... that the hymn Vatapi Ganapatim – dedicated to the god Ganesha – is sung at the beginning of many Carnatic music concerts?
... that Men of the Docks, by George Bellows, was the first major American painting to be acquired by the National Gallery in London?
... that the Symphonic Prelude was first performed in 1981 as a work by Gustav Mahler and in 1997 as a work by Anton Bruckner?
... that Lionel Palairet and Herbie Hewett scored 346 runs together while playing for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1892, setting a record first-wicket partnership in first-class cricket?
... that Marsh Run is only 1 mile (1.6 km) long, but flows through two counties?

16 January 2015

20:57, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the Umbrella Movement transformed an eight-lane highway running through Hong Kong's financial district into an artistic canvas (statue pictured)?
... that Mellcene Thurman Smith was the first woman sworn in as a member of the Missouri General Assembly?
... that in London's Chenies Street is an entrance to a deep-level bomb shelter that was used as a US Army Signal Corps base during D-Day preparations?
... that Lou Ferrigno was reminded of his role in The Incredible Hulk when he appeared in the Star Trek Continues episode "Lolani"?
... that wings of the extinct moth lacewing Allorapisma are most similar to a Cretaceous genus from Brazil?
... that the British Captain William Leslie was buried with military honours after the Battle of Princeton by the American General George Washington?
... that an early nineteenth-century Native American man refused to ascend Spanish Hill because he feared a spirit that "made holes through Indians' bodies"?

08:42, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

... that actor Don Terry (pictured) was discovered by a Fox screenwriter at Café Montmartre?
... that Luther's German Te Deum, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir", was set by Bach in cantatas for New Year's Day and by Mendelssohn to celebrate the millennium of the German Reich?
... that people tend to exhibit a negativity bias, such that negative experiences have a greater impact than positive experiences on psychological states and processes?
... that Albert Franklin Banta served as a member of the 12th Arizona Territorial Legislature under an assumed name?
... that the diterpene Bipinnatin J can be isolated from the bipinnate sea plume?
... that McCauley Mountain has numerous coal deposits, but all attempts at mining coal on the eastern side of the mountain were disastrous for the corporations that attempted it?
... that the Ariel Ace motorcycle has been called an "adult Lego set" for its many factory customization options?

15 January 2015

20:27, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the George Rymph House (pictured) is the oldest stone house, and second-oldest house, in Hyde Park, New York?
... that the English missionary James Sibree helped design and build approximately 50 churches in Madagascar in addition to writing books about the island's flora and fauna?
... that AT&T once warned customers that using a privacy device called the Hush-A-Phone could result in termination of their telephone service?
... that the mouths of Rough Run and Peterman Run are only 0.06 miles (0.1 km) from each other?
... that the Belgrade printing house, established in 1552, was the first in Belgrade?
... that Lou Tepe made the 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers, while future superstar quarterback Johnny Unitas was cut from the team?
... that the right eye of the eyed flounder migrates during the development of the fish?

00:47, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Ferdinand de Rothschild's will stipulated that the Renaissance treasures of the Waddesdon Bequest (example pictured) be displayed in their own room in the British Museum?
... that Ann Hopkins successfully sued her employer, accounting giant Price Waterhouse, in a landmark U.S. sex-discrimination case?
... that Operation Raindance was followed by a Stranglehold?
... that William Maurice built a three-story library just for his personal book collection?
... that the barnacle Megatrema anglicum lives semi-parasitically on such corals as the Devonshire cup coral?
... that Rahul Sinha is president of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, but his brother is a member of the Trinamool Congress party?
... that the upcoming video game Adrift is a metaphor for the controversy caused by developer Adam Orth's comments on the Xbox One's proposed digital rights management strategy?

14 January 2015

13:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the Gibraltar Range waratah (pictured) was only recognised as a species in 1991?
... that singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist Ole Børud was a member of Arnold B. Family, a gospel group that achieved second place in Norway's 1995 finals for the Eurovision Song Contest?
... that university students in particular are at risk for poor sleep hygiene?
... that the invention of Bard the Bowman could have been inspired by Wiglaf from the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf?
... that Camille Saint-Saëns commented after the premiere of the St. Cecilia Mass by Charles Gounod that "at first one was dazzled, then charmed, then conquered"?
... that James Colliander, Gigliola Staffilani, and Terence Tao are part of a collaborative group of mathematicians called the I-team?
... that the Lord's Slope affects cricketers but not archers?

13 January 2015

16:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the truncated spire of St Paul's Church, Seacombe (pictured during reconstruction) was restored to its original height using a stainless-steel frame?
... that in the 1960s, Inuit musician Willie Thrasher formed Inuvik's first rock 'n' roll band?
... that several other nations also expressed their interest in participating in Combined Task Force 150 in some way when a Pakistani admiral took its command?
... that approximately 28,000 topographic names were changed from their native names to new Turkified renditions under various government policies?
... that George Billman found that an infusion of omega-3 fatty acids prevented ventricular fibrillation in dogs otherwise susceptible to it?
... that the Western Australian shrub Lechenaultia formosa is renowned for its red, orange, or yellow flowers?
... that Galadriel Stineman is named after the elven queen in The Lord of the Rings?

04:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

... that a portrait (pictured) of cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills shows him with flushed cheeks, a sign of his alcoholism?
... that Wyatt Earp refereed the 1896 Fitzsimmons vs. Sharkey world heavyweight boxing championship match and was rumored to have fixed the result?
... that the fossil maple Acer taurocursum is named for its type locality, the "Bull Run flora"?
... that after the Mrkšina crkva printing house became defunct in 1566, no other printing house existed in Ottoman Serbia until 1831?
... that John Covert Boyd helped found the Kappa Sigma fraternity and incorporate the American Red Cross?
... that after the end of the Second World War, newly demobilised British soldiers in their demob suits felt that they had swapped one uniform for another?
... that Chi-Mc is a Korean term for a chicken and beer dinner?

12 January 2015

12:00, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the British Army's first radar system, the Gun Laying radar (Mk. II pictured), used up the nation's entire stockpile of chicken wire?
... that documentary filmmaker Shen Yongping is one of 44 people the Committee to Protect Journalists says were arrested in China in 2014?
... that the cargo ship Cemfjord capsized off the coast of Scotland on 2 or 3 January 2015 with the presumed loss of her entire crew?
... that painter Theora Hamblett was one of the first Mississippi folk artists to achieve national prominence?
... that the fur colorings of Trowbridge's shrew change from brown to gray during certain times of the year?
... that the Lumaha'i Beach, at the mouth of the Lumaha'i River in Hawaii, is remembered as the scenic location for a song sequence in the 1958 film South Pacific?
... that Walter Augustus de Havilland, father of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, published a book about the Japanese game of Go?

00:00, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Sala House (pictured) is built around a spacious farmhouse-style kitchen based on a memory from a childhood visit to the south of France?
... that during the Armenian Genocide, Dr. Floyd Smith treated victims suffering bullet wounds, severed hands, and attempted decapitations?
... that three classic hip-hop radio stations launched in Atlanta within days of each other, with two launching on the exact same day?
... that in 1989, the colonial coral Astroides calycularis expanded its range to the Adriatic Sea after previously being restricted to an area west of Sicily?
... that former Oregon State defensive end Bill Swancutt broke school records in sacks and tackles for loss, and went on to become a financial advisor?
... that experimental work on the production of cylinder glass was carried out at Nailsea Glassworks?
... that mathematician Linda Preiss Rothschild settled for graduate study at MIT after Princeton rejected her for being female?

11 January 2015

12:00, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the barnacle Pyrgoma anglicum is often found living parasitically inside the sunset cup coral (pictured)?
... that Graham Usher, an Anglican bishop, is also interested in ecology?
... that Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones's show runner, Melissa Rosenberg, reconfigured the series for Netflix from her original incarnation as an early 2010s ABC series?
... that Daniel Ashelman built a cabin on Ashelman Run in the early 1800s and the land was still owned by the Ashelman family in 1982?
... that the Lenborough Hoard, found just before Christmas 2014, is believed to be one of the largest hoards of Anglo-Saxon coins ever discovered in Britain?
... that the Anand Patwardhan documentary Ram ke Naam was prevented from being screened at the American Museum of Natural History by the Vishva Hindu Parishad?
... that Sarah Collyer was expelled from the England women's cricket team for taking "an unauthorised holiday"?

00:00, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Georges Weill (pictured) was an elected member of the German Reichstag, yet when World War I broke out, he joined the French Army?
... that around 800 Hindu Dalits of a village converted to Islam over caste discrimination in India in 1981?
... that Joseph Haydn's keyboard sonata in C minor has been called his Appassionata?
... that there are specialized mechanisms in the human brain for trust, language, and putting ourselves "in another person's shoes"?
... that the Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center is named for Philip L. Boyd, the first mayor of Palm Springs, California?
... that continental arc volcanoes have magma formed from a mixture of melted asthenosphere and crustal rocks?
... that Queen Myat Hla, given away by King Minkhaung I of Ava to another man just five months into their marriage, returned to Ava as the chief queen 16 years later when the other man became king?

10 January 2015

12:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Major General Niles Fulwyler was responsible for the restoration of the McDonald Ranch House (pictured), where the pit of the Trinity test "gadget" was assembled?
... that the rear portion of the San Jose de Ivana Church was closed in 1844 due to a decrease in the town's population?
... that Independence Blue Cross CEO Daniel J. Hilferty first realized he "was a pretty good leader" while improving playgrounds with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps?
... that "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" by Grandmaster Melle Mel interpolates a song from Liquid Liquid's EP Optimo?
... that estimates of the prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity have varied from 6 to 75 percent?
... that the perpetrator(s) of the Redhead murders have never been identified, nor have most of the victims?
... that Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia married the former mistress of two of his cousins?

00:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Hartog Jacob Hamburger (pictured) described the chloride shift (or "Hamburger shift") in 1918?
... that Facebook photos of chocolate pudding and a grocery receipt caused a furore in Israel?
... that while officials in the Mexican state Veracruz believe Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz was murdered over a personal dispute, his fellow reporters suspect it was for his investigative work?
... that Karl Jenkins conducted the premiere of his Te Deum, "a joyous, theatrical piece", in the European Capital of Culture of 2008, Liverpool?
... that the flag bearer for The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a first-time Olympic athlete?
... that during the Spanish conquest of Chiapas, frequent changes in colonial administration left the early conquistadores vulnerable to native rebellion?
... that the guitar plant of Tasmania is so named for the shape of its fruit?

9 January 2015

12:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the sea snail Halystina umberlee (pictured) was named after the homonymous fictional evil goddess from the Forgotten Realms role-playing game setting?
... that HIV activist Josh Robbins was diagnosed with HIV while participating in the HIV vaccine research study HVTN 505?
... that Campaign Thoan Thang marked both the first use of tanks and the first wet season offensive in the Laotian Civil War?
... that there are deep-muck soils on Central Mountain?
... that Elaine Surick Oran's techniques for simulating dynamic fluid flows have been applied to phenomena as varied as the movements of fish and the explosions of supernovae?
... that in 2012, French film composer Alexandre Desplat received three nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score?
... that Pearl Lady wasn't identified until 2014?

00:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the first time Geoffrey Bruce climbed a mountain, he and George Finch (pictured together) reached a world record height of 27,300 feet (8,300 m) on Mount Everest?
... that the ancient Roman church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus was briefly used as a sculpture studio before being reconsecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1983?
... that Charlene Morett has spent thirty-one seasons with the Penn State Nittany Lions field hockey team?
... that in December 1979 the Progressive All-Student Unionist Camp mobilized students to occupy Greek universities?
... that Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wore the black clothes of mourning for more than three years after her husband died?
... that when the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls was released in South Korea, it featured a new character exclusive to the region's version?
... that to increase student interest at the University of California, Riverside, biology professor Irwin Sherman would dress up in costume and lecture as one of several famous scientists?

8 January 2015

12:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the sides of the Digital Beijing Building (pictured) are designed to look like circuit boards, and the ends to look like bar codes?
... that Dave Martinez played for four Major League Baseball teams during the 2000 season, tying a record?
... that the Guanacaste Conservation Area, located in Northwest Costa Rica, is a 163,000-hectare (400,000-acre) expanse of protected land and sea?
... that Bernard Gavrin was killed in the Battle of Saipan in 1944 but was not buried in Arlington National Cemetery until 70 years later?
... that The Transactor was an early computer magazine noted for its coverage of Commodore 8-bit hardware hacking?
... that Sefton Park Cricket Club was founded over 150 years ago?
... that Reilly Creek is one of the shortest named streams in the Nescopeck Creek watershed and is considerably shorter than even its own tributary, Mill Creek?

00:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Swedish Democrat politician Linus Bylund (pictured) made an election campaign song for the party as part of the duo Korpöga?
... that four scientists who were part of the British contribution to the Manhattan Project became group leaders at the Los Alamos Laboratory?
... that African bishops were more prominent in the 2014 Synod on the Family than in previous Vatican synods?
... that the ending of Keisuke Kinoshita's film Army was controversial because it depicted a mother's anxiety at her son going off to war?
... that the moth lacewing Elektrithone is the first member of its family found in Baltic amber?
... that Leslie Harpold was an early influential blogger whose unexpected death raised the issue of digital estate planning for online creators?
... that the 1877 Boat Race, in which both teams tied, was later described as "the great gooseberry"?

7 January 2015

12:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

... that despite being located beside the Ghent ring road, the Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen nature reserve (pictured) contains a large colony of cormorants?
... that Karl Haitana has represented New Zealand in rugby union in three separate age groups?
... that School of Rock marks the first time since 1971 that an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will receive its world premiere on Broadway rather than London's West End?
... that the Egyptian pharaoh Seti II was buried in tomb KV15 in the Valley of the Kings after a later pharaoh took over the tomb where he may originally have been buried?
... that the first roads and sawmills in Fairmount Township in Pennsylvania were built along Maple Run?
... that Swedish sports journalist Arne Hegerfors commentated at both the basketball final at the 1972 Olympic Games and the Heysel Stadium disaster for Sveriges Television?
... that flashes of light emitted by the sea snail Hinea brasiliana may act as a "burglar alarm"?

00:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

... that during the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijani officials objected to the use of a monument (pictured) in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to represent Armenia?
... that female Priochilus captivum have been observed nesting in bed covers while they were in use?
... that the only naval battle ever fought in Oklahoma was the ambush of the steamboat J. R. Williams on the Arkansas River in 1864?
... that Kris Aquino's first film role in Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo earned her the Box-Office Queen award?
... that the Caribbean Legion was a loosely-knit group of political exiles and mercenaries that sought to overthrow dictatorships in Central America?
... that Pakistani cricketer Kiran Baluch's 242 against the West Indies is the highest individual score in Women's Test cricket?
... that Livermore, California's Carnegie Library started with just 250 books?

6 January 2015

12:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Guillaume Gallienne (pictured) received critical acclaim for his portrayal of himself and his mother in his 2013 autobiographical comedy film Me, Myself and Mum?
... that Aaron Burr hid at Maizefield in Red Hook, New York, after killing Alexander Hamilton?
... that fruiting bodies of the mealy tooth fungus sometimes exude blood-red drops of fluid?
... that leaders of the Filipino communist youth movement Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino were offered amnesty under a presidential decree in 1974?
... that the 2005 Twenty20 Cup Final was won by Somerset, appearing in their first Twenty20 Cup final?
... that David Rioch is credited with playing a "seminal role" in the creation of modern neuroscience?
... that Kieran Hebden composed Rounds almost exclusively from samples?

00:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

... that North American Piedmontese cattle (pictured) are a breed of beef cattle originating from the Italian Piedmontese cattle that carry a unique gene mutation that causes double muscling?
... that Sylvia Beach gave Tudor Wilkinson a signed first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses to thank him for getting her out of a Nazi internment camp?
... that the statue of Charles II in Soho Square, London was once the centrepiece of a fountain portraying four great rivers of England?
... that in the film Paa ("Father"), actor Abhishek Bachchan portrays a father, while his real-life father, actor Amitabh Bachchan, plays the role of his 13-year-old son?
... that although Chinese immigrants in Seattle were initially welcomed to the area, within a few decades they were the target of anti-Chinese riots?
... that the Artificial Insemination Center of Quebec produces 800,000 doses of bovine semen annually?
... that Nescopeck Mountain is actually a ridge?

5 January 2015

12:00, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Gwalior's Teli ka Mandir (pictured) blends Nagara, Dravida and Buddhist architectural styles?
... that an American court case hinges on whether the Communications Decency Act immunizes web-based service providers against civil claims brought by users for harm caused by other users?
... that sea fans such as Leptogorgia sarmentosa and Eunicella singularis are sometimes overgrown by false coral?
... that the creation of the pro-Russian Donbass Association was viewed by many as an act of Russian involvement in Sweden, causing one commentator to proclaim that "the shadow of Moscow reaches Scania"?
... that Puthiya Paravai (1964) was the first Tamil film to be produced by Sivaji Films?
... that eight children were killed in a suburban home of Cairns, Australia, in December 2014?
... that Thomas Henry Ismay's wife said that Dawpool had "served its purpose in keeping [her husband] amused for fifteen years"?

00:10, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the soft coral Paramuricea clavata (pictured) may live for over fifty years?
... that the stop-time musical phrase from Muddy Waters' 1954 blues standard "Hoochie Coochie Man" was later used in pop songs and film scores?
... that the names of Saint Teath and her eponymous town in Cornwall rhyme with death, not teeth?
... that the 2004 romantic comedy Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao was Kabir Sadanand's directorial debut?
... that sisters Jazzy and Ruby King of the pop group Blonde Electra, finalist in The X Factor (UK) 2014 competition, are related to British chancellor George Osborne?
... that the head of Ebbor Gorge contains the rare mineral mendipite?
... that because no candidate won a majority of the vote, the 2014 Vermont gubernatorial election will be decided by the Vermont General Assembly?

4 January 2015

12:25, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

... that Anton Bruckner composed two settings of Iam lucis orto sidere for the Wilhering Abbey (pictured), and a third setting 18 years later?
... that Ioana Dumitriu began taking graduate mathematics courses as a college freshman, and became the first female Putnam Fellow the following year?
... that with a weight of 19 g (0.67 oz) and a length of 140 mm (5.5 in) the creeping vole (Microtus oregoni) is the smallest in Oregon?
... that in humans, body temperature is typically highest during the mid- to late afternoon?
... that the Armenian liberal daily Aravot was prevented from being published following the deadly 2008 protests?
... that a bin lorry in Glasgow recently went out of control, killed six pedestrians and injured ten others, and crashed into a hotel in George Square?
... that Indian actor Deepak Tijori started his directorial career with a film based on male strippers?

00:40, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the aero-engined car "Babs" (pictured) crashed at Pendine, Wales in 1927 and was buried under the sand before being excavated in 1969 and ultimately restored to working order by 1985?
... that the fourth San Ignacio Church in Intramuros, Manila, was designed by Felix Roxas, Sr., the first recorded Filipino architect?
... that the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen contains over 250,000 km³ (60,000 cu mi) of igneous rock, including a multitude of gabbros?
... that the Palestinian Arab village of Hadatha, where late Roman and Byzantine ceramics were found, was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war?
... that Alvar Aalto presented plans for a theatre in the Aalto Center in 1969, but died before the building was constructed in 1987?
... that folk songs give erotic descriptions of the beauty of Banai that maddened her would-be husband Khandoba?
... that the Oceana County Historical & Genealogical Society contains "an organization within an organization"?

3 January 2015

12:00, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the subject of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Madame Clémentine Valensi Stora (L'Algérienne) (pictured) described it as "horrible"?
... that Apollo 14 astronaut Ed Mitchell told a group of congressmen that aliens exist, at an event organised by the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
... that the ring-tailed ground squirrel is more dainty and agile than most ground squirrels?
... that Sri Lankan militant leader Uma Maheswaran was involved in the 1988 Maldives coup?
... that the 2014 Quick Lane Bowl was the first college football bowl game appearance by the University of North Carolina in the state of Michigan?
... that Arthur Kober set his 1937 play Having Wonderful Time in a Jewish Catskills resort, but the film adaptation sanitized the ethnic humor?
... that in 2012, Mersea Island declared a mock independence from the rest of the United Kingdom for a day?

00:00, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

... that UCLA freshman Kevon Looney (pictured) was named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball after he nearly averaged a quadruple-double in high school?
... that failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba caused the cancellation of Operation Millpond in Thailand?
... that 20-year-old Cincinnati resident Samuel Furman Hunt lowered the Confederate flag over the Virginia State Capitol after Confederate troops abandoned Richmond?
... that Fermat's only complete proof shows there is no integer right triangle with square area, pair of integer right triangles sharing two sides, or square gap between three equally spaced squares?
... that one paper mill on Buck Run is said to be at the same location as the first rolling mill in the United States?
... that Ímar ua Ímair died in battle against the Picts?
... that the music sequences featured in "Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour" had to be shot without Drew Carey as he fell ill prior to filming?

2 January 2015

12:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the genera for fork-marked lemurs (pictured) and giant mouse lemurs were named after characters in the British comedy The Palace of Truth by W. S. Gilbert?
... that Jean-Claude Van Damme is returning in the remake of the original Kickboxer film?
... that King Bayinnaung of Burma entered into several marriages of state, and had more than 50 wives and nearly 100 children?
... that Robert Cade led the research team that formulated Gatorade, which has significant medical application in the treatment of dehydration?
... that Indian film actor Rajesh Khanna contested the 1996 Gandhinagar parliamentary by-election?
... that Peter Moore announced Grand Theft Auto IV by rolling up his sleeve to reveal a tattoo of the logo?
... that the success of the U.S. Auto Defense Choc was based on prepacked equipment?

00:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

... that the feathered mahiole (helmet) and ʻahu ʻula (cloak or cape) (pictured) were the exclusive right of the highest ranking ruling chiefs of Hawaii?
... that Billboard magazine called Christophe's 1974 album Les Mots bleus "outstanding"?
... that Glendale, California city councilman Zareh Sinanyan supported a memorial to Korean comfort women, citing his own background as the grandson of an Armenian Genocide survivor?
... that Narendra Hirwani's bowling analysis of 16 wickets for 136 runs, against the West Indies, are a record for a debutant in Test cricket?
... that doctors in the Hospital in the Rock had to bury their dead in bomb craters during the Siege of Budapest?
... that it has been estimated that the measure Proposition 47, enacted this past year in California, will affect about 40,000 annual felony convictions in that state?
... that the animated film The Garden of Words by Makoto Shinkai is a love story intended to convey the traditional Japanese meaning of "love", koi, or "lonely sadness"?

1 January 2015

12:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

... that construction of the Old Sisters High School (pictured) in Sisters, Oregon, was partially funded by the U.S. government as a Public Works Administration project in 1939?
... that the actress Marie Litton managed the Court Theatre in London in her 20s?
... that Overwatch contains elements from Blizzard's cancelled MMORPG, Titan, but is otherwise unrelated?
... that a 13th-century Armenian monastery dedicated to one of the apostles now lies in ruins?
... that in the north of its range, the sea fan anemone lives on the northern sea fan and further south, on the broad sea fan?
... that Confucius' disciple Qidiao Kai declined to take government office, but started his own school of Confucianism?
... that when Bruckner's Pange lingua was published in Musica sacra, the journal's editor removed "some of the work's more daring harmonies" without the composer's consent?

00:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

... that while Georges Méliès recreated The Eruption of Mount Pelee (pictured) using scale models and pyrotechnics, Edison employees attempted to get a similar effect by making a beer barrel explode?
... that Thurstaston Hall in Merseyside has been described as being "of charming appearance, tranquil and mellow"?
... that during the Vietnam War, Ronald Markarian flew 116 combat reconnaissance missions and received numerous awards?
... that the sea anemone Aiptasia diaphana can produce new individuals when fragments of its base become detached?
... that in 878 an army of West Saxons led by Odda, Ealdorman of Devon captured the raven banner of Ubba?
... that Herb Alpert's Mexican recording experience for the album Fandango led to his forming a Latin branch of A&M Records?
... that one of the children shown in The Graham Children by William Hogarth had died by the time the painting was completed?