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===31 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Ciliopagurus strigatus cropped highlight legs.JPG|100x100px|Halloween hermit crab|alt=A Halloween hermit crab in a conus shell walks across an aquarium bottom]]
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*... that a '''[[Halloween hermit crab]]''' ''(pictured)'' may trick a [[snail]] into becoming a treat?
*... that '''[[Ben Cooper, Inc.]]''', the "[[Halston]] of Halloween", said it sold a scary {{Nowrap|4 million}} [[Halloween costume]]s in the [[United States]] in 1990?
*... that '''[[Margaret Jones (Puritan midwife)|Margaret Jones]]''' was the first person in [[Boston]] to be executed for [[witchcraft]] in a [[New England]] witch hunt that lasted between 1648 and 1663?
*... that ghosts at '''[[Preston Manor, Brighton|Preston Manor]]''', reputedly one of Britain's most haunted houses, have included a grey lady, an [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] nun, a floating hand and one driving a toy tractor?
*... that a disc jockey at [[WTCM-FM]] created a song about the '''[[Michigan Dogman]]''', which has been sighted in northwestern [[Michigan]], as an [[April Fools' Day]] joke?
*... that the '''[[Thyreophora cynophila|bone skipper]]''' came back from the [[extinct|dead]] after 160 years to feed on rotting [[bone marrow|bone]]s?
*... that critics praised a scene in the horror film '''''[[Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp]]''''' where a student is attacked by a motorbike outfitted with revolving blades?
*... that the "'''[[Devils Brigade (album)|Devils Brigade]]'''" was conceived to tell of 19 men who went halfway to hell?


*'''''12:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:ParacasSkullsIcaMuseumTwo.jpg|100x100px|Distorted Paracas skull|alt=Distorted skull]]
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*... that the '''[[Paracas textile]]s''' found wrapped around 2,200 year old [[mummies]] ''(distorted skull shown)'' show a winged [[shaman]] carrying a severed head by its hair?
*... that the '''''[[Beginning of the End (film)|Beginning of the End]]''''' could not begin until 200 grasshoppers had been sexed?
*... that '''[[bonfire toffee]]''' is brittle, dark [[toffee]] associated with [[Halloween]] and [[Guy Fawkes Night|Bonfire Night]] in the [[United Kingdom]]?
*... that the '''[[Ipswich Witchcraft Trial]]''' has been called the "Second [[Salem witch trials|Salem Witch Trial]]", and was the last witch trial held in the United States?
*... that [[Didymium wildpretii|a slime mold]] eats the decaying remains of the '''[[Ferocactus latispinus|Devil's tongue barrel]]'''?
*... that, according to legend, a wooded area in [[Hellam Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Hellam Township, Pennsylvania]], is home to '''[[Seven Gates of Hell|seven gates that lead directly to hell]]'''?


*'''''06:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Euphorbia tithymaloides cropped.jpg|100x100px|The brightly colored red bracts and flowers of ''Euphorbia tithymaloides'', a succulent spurge|alt=The brightly colored red bracts and flowers of ''Euphorbia tithymaloides'', a succulent spurge]]
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*... that a person can create more of a '''[[Euphorbia tithymaloides|Devil's Backbone]]''' ''(pictured)'' by cutting it off above a joint and burying it?
*... that '''''[[Podostroma cornu-damae]]''''' can [[brain shrinkage|shrink your brain]], [[desquamation|make your skin fall off]], cause you to [[speech disorder|speak]] and [[movement disorder|move]] abnormally and [[death|kill]] you?
*... that [[Johnny Cash]] cast [[Watergate scandal]] prosecutor '''[[James F. Neal]]''' to play a lawyer in the 1983 made-for-television movie ''Murder in Coweta County''?
*... that in various regions in [[India]], a haunting '''[[Bhoot (ghost)|''bhoot'']]''' can be thwarted using [[water]], [[steel]] or [[iron]] objects, or the scent of burnt [[turmeric]]?
*... that [[Ireland|Irish]] [[psychic]] '''[[Sandra Ramdhanie]]''', who specialises in [[exorcisms]], was born on [[Halloween]] night?
*... that an 18th-century soldier, [[court-martial]]ed for sleeping at his post, swore that he heard the clock of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] '''[[Thirteenth stroke of the clock|strike 13 times]]''' &ndash; and other witnesses corroborated it, saving his life? 
*... that '''[[Ann Hibbins]]''' was convicted and hanged for being a [[Witchcraft|witch]] in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] in 1656, 36 years prior to the beginning of the [[Salem Witch Trials]]?


*'''''00:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Kielce03DSC 0219.JPG|100x100px|Cracow Bishops' Palace in Kielce|alt=Main façade as seen from the Collegiate Church]]
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*... that the [[plafond]] in the '''[[Cracow Bishops' Palace in Kielce|Bishops' Palace in Kielce]]''' ''(pictured)'' depicts its founder's victory over the [[Polish Brethren]] [[Protestant]] church, which taught the equality and brotherhood of all people?
*... that in the [[Requiem|requiem mass]] for [[John F. Kennedy]], '''[[Mac Morgan]]''' performed the [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] solo of [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]]''? 
*... that '''[[Fohoren]]''' was one of the traditional kingdoms of [[Timor]] which were ruled by a [[Liurai]]?
*... that '''[[Steven Girvin]]'''{{`s}} group has successfully implemented [[quantum algorithm]]s on a two-[[qubit]] quantum processor?
*... that '''[[St Peter's Church, Northampton]]''' is considered by the [[Churches Conservation Trust]] to be "the most outstanding [[Norman architecture|Norman]] church in the county" of [[Northamptonshire]]?
*... that [[Lord of Montpellier|Lord]] '''[[William VI of Montpellier]]''' (1121–49) looked out for the interests of the [[merchants]] of his town, since his revenues depended on theirs?
*... that two [[Critically Endangered]] [[Arecaceae|palms]] in [[Madagascar]], '''''[[Dypsis brevicaulis]]''''' and '''''[[Dypsis humilis]]''''', have fewer than 60 known specimens in the wild combined?
*... that '''[[Harold Martin (New Jersey politician)|Harold Martin]]''' won election to the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] in the '''[[39th Legislative District (New Jersey)|39th District]]''' running in support of the creation of a [[state income tax]]?
*... that in a best-dressed list published in 1958 by the New York Dress Institute, '''[[Consuelo Crespi]]''' was ranked third, behind the [[Wallis, Duchess of Windsor|Duchess of Windsor]] but ahead of [[Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]]?

===30 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Marie Sass as Elisabeth in Don Carlos - cartoon - Gallica15.jpg|100x100px|Marie Sasse|alt=Cartoon depiction of Marie Sasse as Elisabeth de Valois]]
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*... that [[soprano]] '''[[Marie Sasse]]''' ''(pictured)'' created the role of Elisabeth de Valois in the world premiere of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s ''[[Don Carlos]]''?
*... that [[Grace Cossington Smith]]'s '''''[[The Bridge in Curve]]''''' was rejected from the 1930 Society of Artists exhibition, but is now described as one of [[Australia]]'s most significant [[Modernism|modernist]] paintings?
*... that [[Demographics of India|Indian]] [[badminton]] player '''[[P. V. Sindhu]]''' reported on time at the coaching camps despite travelling {{convert|56|km}} on a daily basis?
*... that of seven entries in a 1935 [[Bureau of Air Commerce]] competition to build a [[roadable aircraft]] from a [[Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company|Pitcairn]] [[autogiro]], only the '''[[Autogiro Company of America AC-35]]''' met all requirements?
*... that the '''[[2010–11 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team]]''' lost their "emotional leader" in [[Denis Clemente]]?
*... that [[Harold Greenwood (solicitor)|'''Harold Greenwood''']], acquitted in 1920 of the murder of his wife, is a rare example of a [[Solicitor|lawyer]] charged with [[Homicide|murder]]?
*... that in the churchyard of '''[[St Mary's Church, Wormsley]]''', [[Herefordshire]], are the chest tombs of writer [[Richard Payne Knight]] and his brother [[Thomas Andrew Knight|Thomas]], an expert on apple trees?
*... that the United States federal case '''''[[Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc.]]''''' held that recommending [[Trademark|trademarks]] for [[Keyword advertising|keyword advertising]] was commercial use?
*... that [[China|Chinese]] warlord '''[[Li Jinglin]]''' (1885–1931), nicknamed "China's First Sword", was a renowned swordsman and [[baguazhang]] martial artist?


*'''''12:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Cranford St. Andrew Church - geograph.org.uk - 119333.jpg|100x100px|St Andrew's Church, Cranford, from the south|alt=A stone church seen from the south, with a tower surmounted by a battlemented parapet on the left, and the nave with a porch and the chancel to the right]]
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*... that in 1847, a north [[transept]] was added to '''[[St Andrew's Church, Cranford]]''', [[Northamptonshire]] ''(pictured)'' to form a family pew for the Robinsons of nearby Cranford Hall?
*... that [[Czechs|Czech]] [[Architecture|architect]] '''[[Ladislav Žák]]''' found design inspiration from [[ocean liner]]s and [[Fixed-wing aircraft|airplanes]]?
*... that on 4 April 1866, '''[[Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg]]''' and her brother Nicholas were accompanying their uncle, [[List of Russian rulers#House of Romanov|Emperor]] [[Alexander&nbsp;II of Russia]], when someone tried to assassinate him?
*... that the '''[[Oregon Maneuver]]''' involved over 100,000 [[United States Army]] troops?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[Piedmont blues]] singer '''[[Irene Scruggs]]''' worked alongside [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]], [[Joe "King" Oliver]], [[Lonnie Johnson (musician)|Lonnie Johnson]], and [[Little Brother Montgomery]], but today remains largely forgotten?
*... that in 2008, [[Demographics of India|Indian]] [[boxer]] '''[[Nanao Singh Thokchom]]''' won a gold medal at the [[2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships|inaugural Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships]] held in [[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]]?
*... that scientists at the [[J. Craig Venter Institute]] have created a [[Bacteria|bacterium]] with a '''[[Mycoplasma laboratorium|synthesized genome]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Acheron class torpedo boat|''Acheron'' class torpedo boat]]''' and the ''Avernus'' were sold separately after they were joined together to become part of the [[Commonwealth Naval Forces]]?
*... that the '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster]]''' has included '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (A)|Allens]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (B)|Bateses]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (C)|Covingtons]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (D)|Delahantys]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (E)|Ennises]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (F)|Fultzes]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (G)|Greens]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (H)|Hamiltons]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (I–J)|Jacksons]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (K)|Kennedys]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (L)|Lees]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (M)|Morgans]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (N–O)|Nicholsons]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (P–Q)|Powells]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (R)|Robertses]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (S)|Schmidts]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (T)|Thompsons]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (U–V)|Vukoviches]]''', '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (W)|Watts]]''', and '''[[Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (Y–Z)|Youngs]]''', but never a player whose [[surname]] begins with [[X]]?


*'''''06:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Ophiophagus hannah (2).jpg|100x100px|King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)|alt=King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)]]
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*... that '''[[ophanin]]''', '''[[piscivorin]]''', '''[[ablomin]]''', '''[[latisemin]]''' and '''[[triflin]]''', found in the [[venom]] of the [[King Cobra]] ''(pictured)'', the [[water moccasin]], the [[Mamushi|Mamushi snake]], the [[Laticauda semifasciata|Erabu sea snake]] and the [[Trimeresurus flavoviridis|Habu snake]], respectively, are all '''[[cysteine-rich secretory protein]]s''' that can reduce [[muscle contraction]]s?
*... that '''[[John E. Bush (Hawaii politician)|John E. Bush]]''' was sent on a mission to form a [[Polynesia]]n empire with only one ship manned by a boy's band?
*... that five [[High Sheriff of Kent|High Sheriffs]] of [[Kent]] lived at '''[[Oxon Hoath]]''', a former [[manor house]] at [[West Peckham]]?
*... that when '''[[Einar Johannessen]]''' was suspended from [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK television]] because of payments in his secondary job, the decision was overturned by the [[Ministry of Culture (Norway)|Ministry of Culture]]?
*... that the [[Federalist Party|Federalists]] of [[New England]] did not support the [[War of 1812]], so Captain Oliver Filley of [[Connecticut]], who built the '''[[Oliver Filley House]]''', commanded 40 [[Militia (United States)|militiamen]] under state control?
*... that '''[[Giovanni Francisco Vigani]]''' became the first professor of chemistry at the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1703?
*... that [[Viacom]] '''[[Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.|sued YouTube]]''', seeking [[damages]] of [[United States dollar|US$]]{{Nowrap|1 billion}}?
*... that eleven-year [[National Football League]] veteran [[defensive back]] '''[[Maurice Douglass]]''' was once a professional [[stripper]]?


*'''''00:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Tomb in St Cuthbert's, Holme Lacy.jpg|100x100px|Effigies on a tomb in St Cuthbert's Church, Holme Lacy|alt=A tomb bearing the effigies of a man and a woman, their hands held in prayer]]
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*... that most of the memorials in '''[[St Cuthbert's Church, Holme Lacy]]''', [[Herefordshire]], ''(example pictured)'' are to the Scudamore family, which owned the church land until 1909–10?
*... that [[Commissioner of Guam]] '''[[José Sisto]]''' was arrested for misappropriation of government funds and exiled to [[Manila]] in 1899?
*... that in '''''[[Lamparello v. Falwell]]''''', [[Jerry Falwell]] lost one of the earliest cases of trademark infringement based on [[cybersquatting]]?
*... that [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] leaders convinced '''[[Frank Herbert (politician)|Frank Herbert]]''' to run as a write-in against [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] John Kucek, saying "the first thing we had to do was convince people not to vote for the [[Nazi]]"?
*... that the book '''''[[Targeted Killing in International Law]]''''' argues support in the [[Western world]] for [[targeted killing]] increased following the [[September 11 attacks]]?
*... that '''[[Rodrigo Rivera Salazar]]''', [[Colombia]]'s new [[Ministry of National Defense (Colombia)|Minister of Defence]] started working in politics when he was only 20 years old as a Councilman in his native [[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]]?
*... that [[Magic Johnson]], the first overall pick in the '''[[1979 NBA Draft]]''', won the [[NBA Finals|NBA championship]] and the [[Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|Finals Most Valuable Player Award]] in his first season in the league?
*... that '''[[Joseph Mitchell Parsons]]''' was the first prisoner to die in an [[capital punishment|execution]] chamber at [[Utah State Prison]] designed to accommodate both [[execution by firing squad|firing squad]]s and [[lethal injection]]s?
*... that cheeses made from '''[[thermization|thermized]]''' milk are not considered [[raw milk|raw-milk]] cheeses in Europe, but are still subject to [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] restrictions on raw-milk cheeses in the U.S.?

===29 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 29 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|100x100px|Plutonium-238 glowing because of its radioactivity|alt=Plutonium-238 glowing because of its radioactivity]]
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*... that most '''[[actinide]]s''' [[Black body|glow]] because of their [[Radioactive decay|radioactivity]] ''(example pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Louis F. Bantle]]''' saw [[UST, Inc.|U.S. Tobacco]]'s income rise tenfold to [[United States dollar|US$]]{{Nowrap|1 billion}} led by sales of [[Dipping tobacco|smokeless tobacco]], telling managers, "We must sell the use of tobacco in the mouth and appeal to young people"?
*... that '''''[[i (newspaper)|i]]''''', a [[List of newspapers in the United Kingdom|British newspaper]] launched on {{Nowrap|26 October}} 2010, contains several "matrixes" &ndash; small paragraphs of news which are expanded upon in full articles inside the paper?
*... that '''[[1366 Technologies]]''' has created a technique to cast [[silicon]] [[Wafer (electronics)|wafers]] from the melt rather than sawing them from an [[ingot]]?
*... that '''[[Wesley Bennett]]''' scored 21 points to lead [[Westminster College (Pennsylvania)|Westminster College]] to a 37–33 victory over [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's University]] in the opening game of the first college doubleheader played at [[Madison Square Garden]]?
*... that [[Billy Squier]]'s number-one mainstream rock hit "'''[[Everybody Wants You]]'''" has been performed by [[Damone (band)|Damone]], [[The Unband]], [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]], and players of ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''?
*... that the prevalence of [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]] is the prime drive in the development of [[biosensor]]s such as '''[[fluorescent glucose biosensors]]'''?
*... that the [[Tennispalatsi|Tennis Palace]] '''[[Venues of the 1952 Summer Olympics|venue]]''' which hosted some of the [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Olympics]] [[Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics|basketball]] games was later converted into an [[art museum]]?
*... that [[Nigeria]]n boxer '''[[Franklin Egobi]]''' fought for the [[Latvia]]n heavyweight title in {{Nowrap|October 2008}}?


*'''''12:00, 29 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:6609-UAL-DC-6-NorthRampStapletonDEN.jpg|100x100px|A Douglas DC-6, similar to N37512, which crashed in New York on 4 April 1955|alt=A Douglas DC-6 painted in blue and white United Airlines livery. The DC-6 is powered by four propeller engines.]]
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*... that in 1955, a [[United Airlines]] [[Douglas DC-6]] ''(similar example pictured)'' '''[[MacArthur Airport disaster|crashed]]''' only days after a device that could have prevented it was installed on a sister aircraft?
*... that '''[[Louis Keppel Hamilton]]''' took a [[QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun|12-pounder gun]] from [[HMS Challenger (1902)|HMS ''Challenger'']] 640 miles along the [[Niger River|Niger]] and [[Benue River|Benue]] rivers, then 60 miles overland, to assist the taking of [[Garoua]] from the [[German Empire|Germans]]?
*... that '''[[Barnum's Kaleidoscape]]''' was the first Ringling show to be held under a tent since 1956 and also its first one-ring presentation in more than a century?
*... that in his short time with [[Great Britain|British]] '''[[McEvoy Motorcycles]]''', racer [[George William Patchett|George Patchett]] set nine world records?
*... that in "one of the most spectacular homicide trials ever", a jury acquitted '''[[Melvin Lane Powers]]''' and his aunt &ndash; and lover &ndash; [[Candy Mossler]] for the murder of her husband?
*... that '''[[Kutmichevitsa]]''', a region of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]] now mostly in [[Albania]], was home to one of the two most important cultural centres of 9th-century Bulgaria?
*... that '''[[Yoram Ben-Zeev]]''', the current [[List of Israeli ambassadors to Germany|Israeli ambassador to Germany]], was born on {{Nowrap|20 July}} 1944 &ndash; the day of the attempted assassination of [[Adolf Hitler]]?
*... that [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] hackers redirected [[Gene Simmons|GeneSimmons.com]] to [[The Pirate Bay|ThePirateBay.org]] during '''[[Operation Payback]]'''?
*... that [[Nicholas II of Russia]] reportedly gave '''[[Princess Anna of Montenegro]]''' {{Nowrap|one million}} [[rubles]] as a [[dowry]]?


*'''''06:00, 29 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Mesobuthus martensii (283).jpg|100x100px|Manchurian scorpion ''(Mesobuthus martensii)''|alt=Manchurian scorpion ''(Mesobuthus martensii)'']]
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*... that the [[venom]] of a '''[[Mesobuthus martensii|Manchurian scorpion]]''' ''(pictured)'' contains an '''[[BmKAEP|anti-epilepsy peptide]]'''?
*... that '''[[Howard Russell Butler]]''', who persuaded [[Andrew Carnegie]] to build [[Princeton University|Princeton]]'s [[Carnegie Lake|rowing lake]], was later employed to paint a '''[[Solar eclipse of June 8, 1918|solar eclipse in 1918]]'''?
*... that [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]] was the only actress whom the producers met during casting for the role of [[Marilyn Monroe]] in the upcoming film '''''[[My Week with Marilyn]]'''''?
*... that "'''[[I Hear You, I See You]]'''", the second season premiere of the comedy-drama series ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'', marked the first of several appearances by [[William Baldwin]]?
*... that the [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]] of the [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[chancel]] arch of '''[[St John the Baptist's Church, Wakerley]]''', [[Northamptonshire]], are said to be "some of the finest in England"?
*... that despite her French title and ancestry, '''[[Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg]]''' was born and raised in Russia, and was entitled to the rank ''[[Imperial Highness]]''?
*... that '''[[Adobe Systems, Inc. v. Southern Software, Inc.|Adobe Systems, Inc. has successfully sued]]''' for the copyright infringement of a [[computer font]], even though [[typefaces]] are not protected under [[U.S. copyright law]]?
*... that '''[[Bo Shepard]]''' and [[Norman Shepard]] are the only siblings ever to have both coached [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball]]?
*... that the only known location of '''''[[Isoetes eludens]]''''', a recently discovered [[aquatic plant]], is a single {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} deep seasonal [[Panhole|rock pool]]?


*'''''00:00, 29 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Jacob P Perry House, Pearl River, NY.jpg|100x100px|House from foot of driveway to northwest|alt=A house built of red stone house with a curved, sloping roof and white wooden top, seen from the side. It has brick chimneys at either end and some ivy on the visible side.]]
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*... that the '''[[Jacob P. Perry House]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Pearl River, New York]], is one of the few post-[[American Revolution|Revolutionary]] [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|Dutch Colonial]] houses in [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]] built in a prewar [[architectural style|style]]?
*... that undefeated [[mixed martial arts|MMA]] fighter '''[[Dragan Tešanović|Dragan "Gagi" Tešanović]]''' makes his North American debut tonight at the [[Bellator Fighting Championship|Bellator]] [[Bellator 34|34 event]]?
*... that '''[[Ardelve]]''' has a notable population of [[Grebe]]s?
*... that [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]'s cover of "'''[[Blue Monday (Orgy song)|Blue Monday]]'''" was said to help guide a [[cyberpunk]] revival?
*... that the current [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist]] [[synagogue]] building of '''[[Temple Israel of the City of New York]]''' was completed in 1967?
*... that [[Count of Geneva|Count]] '''[[Rudolf of Geneva]]''' performed the act of [[homage (feudal)|homage]] to his overlord, [[Peter&nbsp;II, Count of Savoy]], in an orchard outside of a castle in 1263?
*... that American [[electric blues]]man '''[[Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis]]''' remained a regular performer on [[Chicago]]'s [[Maxwell Street]] for over 40 years?
*... that the underground [[Elisenberg Station|Elisenberg railway station ]] at '''[[Elisenberg]]''', [[Oslo]], was only partially finished and never taken into use? 
*... that boxer '''[[Jacob Hyer]]''' has been called "The Father of the American Ring" although he broke his arm in his only match, in 1816?

===28 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 28 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:TreeOfLifeYellowBM.jpg|100x100px|The Tree of Life in the Britsh Museum|alt=A metal tree welded from rusty parts]]
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*... that the idea for making art like the '''''[[Tree of Life (Kester)|Tree of Life]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from [[AK-47]]s and other old guns came from '''[[Dinis Sengulane|Bishop Dinis Sengulane]]''' of [[Mozambique]]?
*... that [[Francis Bacon]] and [[Christopher Marlowe]] are among the people who have been suggested as the '''[[List of Shakespeare authorship candidates|true author]]''' of the [[William Shakespeare]] plays?
*... that [[Shapley–Folkman lemma#Shapley–Folkman theorem and Starr's corollary|Starr's corollary]] to the '''[[Shapley–Folkman lemma]]''' was proved by an undergraduate student of [[Kenneth J. Arrow|Kenneth Arrow]]?
*... that the traditional form of government in [[Tibet]] from 1642 to 1951 was the '''[[Dual system of government|''Cho-sid-nyi'']]'''?
*... that [[Parry O'Brien]] won the gold medal in the '''[[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|men's shot put]]''' at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]] as part of a four-year long streak in which he won 116 consecutive meets and set 17 world records?
*... that [[Calgary]]'s new mayor '''[[Naheed Nenshi]]''' used [[social media]] extensively in his surprise win in the [[Calgary municipal election, 2010|2010 municipal election]], which made him the first [[Muslim]] mayor of a major [[Canada|Canadian]] city?
*... that Sir [[Arthur Bignold]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Wick Burghs]], was the proprietor of the '''[[Achanalt]]''' Inn?
*... that [[historian]] '''[[Brison D. Gooch]]''', who researched the [[Crimean War]], concludes that [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] and [[France]] practically ignored their ally, the [[Ottoman Empire]], in the two-year fight against [[Russia]]?
*... that [[World War&nbsp;II]] [[search and rescue dog]] '''[[Crumstone Irma]]''' barked differently depending on whether those buried by rubble were dead or alive?


*'''''12:00, 28 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Church of St Peter, Deene - geograph.org.uk - 255749.jpg|100x100px|St Peter's Church, Deene|alt=A stone church with a tower and spire, seen from the southwest]]
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*... that '''[[St Peter's Church, Deene|St Peter's Church]]''' in [[Deene]], [[Northamptonshire]] ''(pictured)'' contains a monument to the [[James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan|7th&nbsp;Earl of Cardigan]], who led the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] in 1854?
*... that [[Scientology]] spokesperson '''[[Jessica Feshbach]]'''{{`s}} father incorporated [[Dianetics]] philosophy into his firm's [[stock market]] [[investing]]?
*... that a [[hydroelectricity|hydro dam]] was built by a state agency within the borders of the '''[[Munzur Valley National Park]]''' in [[Turkey]], violating the existing laws for its protection?
*... that '''[[Kim Williams (writer)|Kim Williams]]''' was the longest-running guest commentator on [[National Public Radio]], appearing on the show ''[[All Things Considered]]'' for over ten and a half years?
*... that the '''[[Malta Test Station]]''' was the site of the first large test stand for [[static rocket engine tests]] in the [[United States]]?
*... that '''[[Stanley Gordon Orr]]''' was the highest-scoring [[fighter ace]] of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]?
*... that the medieval [[Ca na Catanach]], a [[drovers' road]] in [[Sutherland]], begins at [[Dorrery]] Lodge and ends north of '''[[Achentoul]]'''?
*... that under head coach '''[[Joe Lombardi (basketball)|Joe Lombardi]]''', the [[IUP Crimson Hawks]] men's basketball team advanced to the [[2010 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament|2010 basketball championship]] just two years after being placed on [[National Collegiate Athletic Association#Rules violations|NCAA probation]]?
*... that the name of '''[[Bjørnsletta (station)|Bjørnsletta Station]]''' of the Oslo Metro is ultimately derived from a [[bear]] sighting in 1852?


*'''''06:00, 28 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:BSA A65 650 twin.jpg|100x100px|BSA A65|alt=BSA A65]]
</div>
*... that in 1967 the '''[[BSA A65 Star]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped [[Birmingham Small Arms Company|BSA]] win a [[Queen's Awards for Enterprise|Queens Award to Industry]] and by 1969 BSA were responsible for 80% of the British motorcycles exported?
*... that the term "[[hatchet man (politics)|hatchet man]]" originated from the weapon of choice used in killings on [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown's]] '''[[Doyers Street (Manhattan)|Doyers Street]]''', known as the "Bloody Angle" for its frequent gang murders in the early 20th century?
*... that [[Paul Erdős]] challenged '''[[Jon Folkman]]''' to solve [[mathematical problem]]s immediately after Folkman's surgery for brain cancer?
*... that '''[[List of Chinese military texts|Chinese military texts]]''' have influenced strategists ranging from members of the [[Communist Party of China]] to former [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]]?
*... that [[Kentucky Wildcats football|University of Kentucky]] running back '''[[Derrick Locke]]''' set the Oklahoma high-school record in the [[long jump]]?
*... that Canadian artist '''[[Henry Sandham]]''' won an award at the 1878 [[Exposition Universelle (1878)|Exposition Universelle]] for a composite photograph consisting of 300 separate pictures?
*... that the '''[[Sikorsky S-97]]''' scout [[helicopter]] is intended to be able to fly with one, two, or [[Optionally Piloted Vehicle|no pilot]]s?
*... that [[Ethiopia]]n [[Long-distance track event|long-distance runner]] '''[[Getu Feleke]]''' set a new course record when he [[List of winners of the Amsterdam Marathon|won]] the 2010 [[Amsterdam Marathon]] earlier this month?
*... that the most northerly outpost of [[Harrods]] is located in a former tourist information office in the [[Scottish Highlands]] between '''[[Achany]]''' Forest and [[Shin Falls]]?


*'''''00:00, 28 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:PRESLAV 04 12a.jpg|100x100px|The Round Church in Preslav|alt=Central view towards the entrance and apse of a partially preserved medieval church]]
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*... that the interior of the 10th-century '''[[Round Church, Preslav|Round Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in the medieval [[Bulgaria]]n capital of [[Preslav]] features medieval inscriptions in three alphabets and two languages?
*... that the official proclamation of the abolition of slavery by the [[National Convention|French government]] in 1794 was delivered to the [[Caribbean]] colony of [[Saint-Domingue]] (present-day [[Haiti]]) by the [[corvette]] '''[[HMS Esperance (1795)|''Esperance'']]'''?
*... that the body of [[Cardinal-bishop of Albano|Cardinal]] '''[[Gonzalo García Gudiel]]''', returning from Rome to his native [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], was reportedly greeted in the streets by a delighted crowd of [[Christians]], [[Jews]] and [[Muslim]]s?
*... that in '''''[[State of Alabama v. State of Georgia]]''''' in 1860, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] defined what a [[Stream bed|river bed]] was?
*... that all five [[Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics|venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics]] in [[St. Moritz]] were reused as '''[[Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics|venues]]''' when the [[Winter Olympics]] returned to the city [[1948 Winter Olympics|twenty years later]]?
*... that a local resident donated land for and paid part of the construction cost of the [[Le Roy (village), New York|Le Roy, New York]], '''[[U.S. Post Office (Le Roy, New York)|post office]]'''?
*... that during two years in the early 1950s American '''[[Jim Fuchs]]''' won 88 consecutive meets and set four world records in the [[shot put]]?
*... that the [[extinct]] [[crab]] '''''[[Metacarcinus starri]]''''' from [[Washington state]] is related to the [[graceful rock crab]]?
*... that physician '''[[James Clark (physician)|Sir James Clark]]''' is said to have contributed to the agonising death of poet [[John Keats]] by putting him on a starvation diet consisting of a single anchovy and a piece of bread a day?

===27 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Parabuthus transvaalicus (male).jpg|100x100px|South African spitting scorpion|alt=South African spitting scorpion]]
</div>
*... that the [[venom]] of the [[Parabuthus transvaalicus|South African spitting scorpion]] ''(pictured)'' contains the [[neurotoxin]]s '''[[birtoxin]]''' and '''[[bestoxin]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Awaaz Foundation]]''' has successfully petitioned both local and state governments in [[India]] to impose stricter [[noise pollution]] laws?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[electric blues]] harmonicist '''[[Johnny Dyer]]''', on his ''Rolling Fork Revisited'' album, did reworkings of songs by another [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]] native, [[Muddy Waters]]?
*... that [[Johan Falkberget]]'s satirical story '''''[[Bør Børson]]''''' was a [[feuilleton]] in the newspaper '''''[[Nidaros (newspaper)|Nidaros]]''''' before being released as a book?
*... that the incumbent '''[[Mayor of Invercargill]]''', [[Tim Shadbolt]], is currently the longest serving mayor in [[New Zealand]]?
*... that cars were brought into the [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Empire Stadium]] '''[[Venues of the 1948 Summer Olympics|venue]]''' to illuminate the last two [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon|decathlon]] events at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Mary Malcolm]]''', one of the [[BBC]]’s first female announcers, was a granddaughter of [[Victorian era|Victorian]] actress [[Lily Langtry]], mistress of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward&nbsp;VII of England]]?
*... that sales at '''[[Sprinkles Cupcakes]]''' increased 50% after the store was featured on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''?
*... that [[New Hampshire]]-born '''[[Charles Coffin Harris]]''', who served as cabinet minister and judge in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]], also had a business selling [[pulu|fern hair]]?


*'''''12:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St James church, Lancaut.jpg|100x100px|Ruins of St James' church at Lancaut|alt=Ruins of stone church in green hills]]
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*... that the idea that '''[[Lancaut]]''', on the border between [[England]] and [[Wales]], may be the site of a medieval [[leper colony]] is supported by the unusual number of [[List of plants used as medicine|medicinal herbs]] found in the churchyard ''(pictured)''?
*... that [[Walter Winchell]] described the 1942 British film '''''[[Thunder Rock (film)|Thunder Rock]]''''' as "a glowing fantasy that lights up the dark corners of many current issues"?
*... that the [[Innu]] and [[Naskapi]] of the '''[[Lac-John, Quebec|Lac-John Reserve]]''' in northern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], initially lived in poverty without sanitation, electricity, schools, or a medical facility?
*... that '''[[Amane Gobena]]''' is the first [[Ethiopia]]n runner to win the [[Osaka Marathon]]?
*... that the [[fairy shrimp]] '''''[[Branchinecta gaini]]''''' is the largest freshwater invertebrate in [[Antarctica]]?
*... that many former [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[rocket scientist]]s were employed in [[Egypt]]'s rocket program in the 1960s, and were targeted by [[Israel]] in '''[[Operation Damocles]]''', a campaign of [[letter bomb]]s, [[assassination]]s and [[Kidnapping|abductions]]?
*... that American [[guitar]]ist '''[[Frankie Lee Sims]]''' is regarded as "one of the great names in [[post-war]] [[Texas blues|Texas country blues]]"?
*... that '''[[William Coleman (editor)|William Coleman]]''', the first editor of the ''[[New York Post]]'', killed an adversary in a [[duel]] in 1804?
*... that one academic commentator described '''''[[Dr. Bonham's Case]]''''' simply as an "abortion"?


*'''''06:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Tillingbourne Bus Company Leyland Tiger B877 OLJ.jpg|100x100px|Tillingbourne Bus|alt=A yellow bus with a dark blue stripe running its length; the bus number is 50 and its destination says Cranleigh.]]
</div>
*... that a fall in bus passenger numbers in [[Hampshire]] between 1999 and 2001 was partly attributed to the collapse of the '''[[Tillingbourne Bus Company]]''' ''(bus pictured)''?
*... that the '''[[Virginia Street Bridge]]''' in [[Reno, Nevada]], is also known as the "Bridge of Sighs", as legend has it that new [[divorce]]es would toss their [[wedding ring]]s from the bridge into the [[Truckee River]]?
*... that the '''''[[Marivagia stellata]]''''', a new [[genus]] and [[species]] of [[jellyfish]], was identified in the summer of 2010?
*... that the '''[[St Mary the Virgin, Tarrant Crawford|Church of St Mary the Virgin]]''' in [[Tarrant Crawford]], [[Dorset]], England, is all that remains of the medieval [[Tarrant Abbey]]?
*... that the '''[[Battle of Macau]]''' of 1622 was the only battle on Chinese soil to be fought between two European powers?
*... that ''[[The New York Times]]'' provided plans for constructing the [[wet-folding]] [[origami]] sculpture of a rat created by '''[[Eric Joisel]]''', but warned readers that "no lay person should even contemplate the hedgehog"?
*... that, together with the [[Moisie River]], the '''[[Natashquan River]]''' is one of the most renowned [[Atlantic salmon|salmon]] rivers on the [[Côte-Nord|North Shore]] of the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]?
*... that 100,000 victims of the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] were buried at the port town of '''[[Lafiteau]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Useless Parliament]]''' withdrew from [[London]] to [[Oxford]] because of [[bubonic plague]]?


*'''''00:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Earth's shadow and Belt of Venus.jpg|100x100px|Earth's shadow and Belt of Venus|alt=Earth's shadow and Belt of Venus]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Earth's shadow]]''' ''(pictured)'' can be observed during [[twilight]] hours?
*... that the '''[[Regency of Algiers]]''' was founded around 1525 when [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Barbarossa]] recaptured the city?
*... that English [[cricket]]er '''[[Herbie Hewett]]''' walked off the field before play began when captaining an England&nbsp;XI, after receiving insults from the crowd?
*... that the [[mycelium]] of the [[mushroom]] '''''[[Mycena maculata]]''''' [[bioluminescence|glows]]?
*... that when the West German '''[[Senate of Berlin]]''' and the [[East Berlin]] ''Magistrat'' first met as a joint body during [[German reunification]] in 1990, it was dubbed the ''MagiSenat''?
*... that the specific name of the [[chaenopsidae|chaenopsid blenny]] '''''[[Protemblemaria perla]]''''' refers to both [[Pearl Islands|its place of discovery]] and to the white bands on its body?
*... that in 1960 '''[[Odd Grythe]]''' hosted the first show after the official opening of [[Television in Norway|Norwegian television]], ''Startskuddet går''?
*... that [[prototype]]s of the '''[[City Car (Concept)|CityCar]]''', the ultra-small [[urban car|urban]] [[electric car]] designed by [[MIT Media Lab]], are being built in [[Spain]] to be field tested by mid 2011 in [[Boston]], [[Singapore]], [[Taiwan]] and [[Florence]]?
*... that the '''[[longhead catshark]]''' is the only known [[cartilaginous fish]] that normally has [[hermaphrodite|both male and female]] [[reproductive system]]s?

===26 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sunbaker maxdupain nga76.54.jpg|100x100px|Sunbaker|alt=A man lying stomach down on the sand with his head resting on his arm. Taken from a low angle, head-on, in bright sunlight.]]
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*... that [[Max Dupain]]'s 1937 photograph '''''[[Sunbaker]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was described as "perhaps the most famous and admired photograph in Australia"?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[historian]] '''[[R.J.Q. Adams]]''' details the conflicting views of [[Neville Chamberlain]] and [[Winston Churchill]] in his work ''British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935–1939''?
*... that the [[Bay of Kiel]] was the venue for [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|sailing]] events at both the '''[[Venues of the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Summer Olympics]]''' and the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that in Constantinople, [[Mehmed&nbsp;II]] ordered a group of [[Albanians|Albanian]] officers captured in the '''[[Battle of Vaikal]]''' to be tortured and their bodies thrown to the dogs?
*... that the '''[[Sisquoc Formation]]''' in [[Southern California]] supports the largest [[Diatomaceous earth|diatomite]] [[mining]] operation in the world?
*... that [[Hebraist|Hebraic studies]] specialist '''[[Harris Lenowitz]]''' has translated the works of 18th-century [[Jewish Messiah claimants|Jewish Messiah claimant]] [[Jacob Frank]] from [[Polish language|Polish]] into [[English language|English]]? 
*... that '''[[Lindy, Nebraska]]''', was named for [[Charles Lindbergh|Lucky Lindy]]?
*... that the charity '''[[Elizabeth Finn Care]]''' was established in 1897 as the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association?
*... that the strongest aspect of the [[Canaanites|Canaanite]] army &ndash; its [[Chariot#Chariots in the Bible|chariots]] &ndash; proved to be its weakness during the '''[[Battle of Mount Tabor (biblical)|biblical battle of Mount Tabor]]'''?


*'''''12:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Bernard Bosanquet Vanity Fair 15 September 1904.jpg|100x100px|Bernard Bosanquet as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, September 1904|alt=Caricature of a cricketer with a cricket ball in his hands]]
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*... that [[cricket]]er '''[[Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)|Bernard Bosanquet]]''' ''(pictured)'' invented the [[googly]] after playing a table top game using a tennis ball?
*... that the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled in '''''[[Poole v. Fleeger]]''''' that the [[U.S. state|states]] of [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]] had properly entered into an agreement establishing a mutual border between the two states?
*... that '''[[Irene Jerotich Kosgei|Irene Kosgei]]''', despite injuring her knee at a drinks station early in the [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's marathon|women's marathon]] at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], edged compatriot '''[[Irene Mogaka]]''' to become the first [[Sport in Kenya|Kenyan]] woman to win a Commonwealth marathon title?
*... that '''[[Turkey–Morocco relations]]''' started as early as the 16th century, with the expansion of the [[Ottoman Empire]] into [[Northern Africa]]?
*... that '''[[Kenneth R. Mladenka]]''' was among those [[political scientist]]s in the [[1980s]] who pushed successfully for inclusion into the discipline of [[city|urban]] case studies and quantitative analysis?
*... that the '''[[Hamburg Historic District (Davenport, Iowa)|Hamburg Historic District]]''' was settled by [[Germans]], mostly from [[Schleswig-Holstein]]?
*... that ghost hunter '''[[Andrew Green (ghost hunter)|Andrew Green]]''' claimed to have only ever seen one ghost, that of a [[fox terrier]], in his 60 years of research; and he wasn't even sure about that?
*... that the '''[[Três Marias Dam]]'''{{'}}s power plant is named after Bernard Mascarenhas, who built '''[[Marmelos Zero Power Plant|Marmelos Zero]]''', South America's first major hydroelectric power plant?
*... that '''[[Eleanor Gates]]''', who wrote seven [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] plays, had to leave her second husband when they found out they were not married?


*'''''06:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Khandita Nayika.jpg|100x100px|Khandita Nayika|alt=Radha as Khandita with the nayaka Krishna]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Ashta Nayika|Khandita]]''' ''(illustrated)'' is an enraged heroine in Indian arts, whose lover cheats on her and spends the night with another woman?
*... that '''[[Jocotenango]]''', [[Guatemala]], has a coffee museum, and coffee grown in '''[[Alotenango]]''', also located in [[Sacatepéquez Department]], received an international award?
*... that [[Jayma Mays]] will perform her audition song, "[[Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me]]", for the [[The Rocky Horror Glee Show|''Rocky Horror'' tribute episode]] of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' and its '''[[Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show|accompanying extended play]]'''?
*... that in '''''[[Virginia v. West Virginia (1911)|Virginia v. West Virginia]]''''' in 1911, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] ordered the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[West Virginia]] to pay one-third of the state of [[Virginia]]'s pre-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] debt?
*... that the '''[[1945 Japan–Washington flight]]''' made by three American air generals in three [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]]es was the first nonstop flight from Japan to the United States?
*... that extracts of the '''[[Amanita rubrovolvata|red volva Amanita]]''' can cause [[Hyperglycemia|high blood sugar]] in mice?
*... that the Duncan family, of '''[[Duncan & Miller Glass Company|Duncan glass]]''' fame, built a 17 room [[Queen Anne Style architecture|Queen Anne]] mansion that was later donated to [[Washington & Jefferson College]] and is now used as the college's [[List of Washington & Jefferson College buildings#President’s House|President’s House]]?
*... that a [[Aberchalder railway station|railway station]] once served '''[[Aberchalder]]''' but the line closed in 1935?
*... that relatives of '''[[Nava Applebaum]]''', who traveled to [[Jerusalem]] for her wedding, attended her funeral instead?


*'''''00:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Suncus etruscus crop.jpg|100x100px|Etruscan shrew on a human thumb|alt=''Suncus etruscus'' on a human thumb]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Etruscan shrew]]''' ''(pictured on a human thumb)'' is the smallest known [[mammal]] by weight?
*... that although he began playing [[basketball]] only after high school, [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Notre Dame]] [[Forward (basketball)|forward]] '''[[John Moir (basketball)|John Moir]]''' broke every single school scoring record set by three-time [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All American]] [[Moose Krause]] in the 1930s?
*... that '''[[Kenneth Nichols]]''' initiated the [[Oppenheimer security hearing|Atomic Energy Commission hearing]] in 1954 that resulted in atomic scientist [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] being stripped of his security clearance?
*... that the [[extinct]] [[paddlefish]] '''''[[Paleopsephurus]]''''' was first described from the [[Cretaceous]] [[Hell Creek Formation]]?
*... that the last remains of '''[[Tonbridge Priory]]''' were demolished in 1842 to make way for the building of [[Tonbridge]] [[Tonbridge railway station|railway station]]?
*... that 2006 [[National Capital Marathon]] winner '''[[Amos Tirop Matui]]''' was disqualified and received [[Damages|financial compensation]] due to a misplaced barrier on the course?
*... that in the 1930s, '''[[Domaine Armand Rousseau]]''' was one of the first producers to bottle its own wine in [[Burgundy wine|Burgundy]]?
*... that "'''[[Make It Easy]]'''", a [[Yes (band)|Yes]] song recorded in 1981, went unreleased for ten years but became a mainstream rock hit in 1991 and was retroactively added to their 1983 album ''[[90125]]''?
*... that during the '''[[Siege of Badajoz (1658)|1658 Siege of Badajoz]]''' between [[Portuguese Army|Portugal]] and [[Spanish Army|Spain]], Spanish forces at the [[garrison]] of [[Badajoz]] were either dressed in rags or nude?

===25 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sio AWM070302.jpeg|100x100px|Members of "B" Company, 30th Infantry Battalion crossing a shallow creek between Weber Point and Malalamai|alt=A line of about five men are marching in a New Guinean jungle.]]
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*... that even though it was disbanded three times, the '''[[30th Battalion (Australia)|Australian 30th Battalion]]''' ''(pictured)'' fought in the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World Wars]]?
*... that according to a popular myth, the [[Chinese philosophy|Chinese philosopher]] [[Confucius]] once asked the elderly recluse '''[[Rong Qiqi]]''' how a man so poor and frail as he could be happy?
*... that [[American football]] [[running back]] '''[[Keith Elias]]''' graduated from [[Princeton University]] with 21 [[Princeton Tigers football|Princeton Tigers]] records and 4 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] [[Division I (NCAA)#Football Championship Subdivision|I-AA]] records?
*... that after battling over who could use the name "[[Yes (band)|Yes]]", the musicians involved reconciled and released "'''[[Lift Me Up (Yes song)|Lift Me Up]]'''", a number-one mainstream rock song about [[homelessness]]?
*... that the [[mushroom]] '''''[[Clitopilus byssisedoides]]''''', formally [[species description|described]] as new to science in 2010, was discovered growing in a German [[greenhouse|hothouse]]?
*... that [[Manila]]'s '''[[Manila Jai Alai Building|Jai Alai Building]]''', a building designed by [[Welton Becket]], was demolished in 2000 to give way to a building that was never erected?
*... that the '''[[Al Wahda Dam (Morocco)|Al Wahda Dam]]''' is the largest [[dam]] in [[Morocco]] and was described as "the second most important dam in Africa after the [[Aswan Dam|High Aswan dam]]"?
*... that [[Demographics of India|Indian]] [[badminton]] player '''[[Gurusai Datt]]''' took to the sport after watching [[2001 All England Open Badminton Championships|2001 All England Champion]] [[Pullela Gopichand]] play at a local stadium?
*... that [[jazz]] photographer '''[[Chuck Stewart]]''' tried to capture his subjects in flattering poses, saying "I didn't want them picking their nose or scratching their behind"?


*'''''12:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Krasin ice.PNG|100x100px|Icebreaker Krasin|alt=Icebreaker Krasin]]
</div>
*... that the [[icebreaker]] ''[[Lenin (icebreaker)|Lenin]]'' became trapped in the ice of the '''[[Laptev Sea]]''' in 1937 and was rescued in 1938 by [[Krasin (1916 icebreaker)|another icebreaker]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that the [[United States|American]] [[electric blues]] guitarist and [[singer-songwriter]], '''[[Rusty Zinn]]''', also recently worked with [[Sly Dunbar]] and [[Boris Gardiner]]?
*... that in mid-1863, the '''[[Eighteen Mile House]]''' near [[Harrison, Ohio]], was attacked by [[Morgan's Raid]]ers?
*... that the 2001 '''[[Boshears Skyfest]]''' was canceled because of the [[September 11 attacks|September&nbsp;11 terrorist attacks]]?
*... that '''[[Jean Charles Faget]]''', a [[New Orleans]] physician, discovered the [[Faget sign]]—an important [[Pathognomonic|early diagnostic]] warning sign of [[yellow fever]]?
*... that '''[[To‘rtko‘l]]''', the former [[capital city|capital]] of [[Karakalpakstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], was destroyed overnight in 1942 by the [[Amu Darya]] river?
*... that '''[[Leroy Wright]]''' was the first repeat winner of the [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season rebounding leaders|NCAA Division&nbsp;I men's basketball rebounds title]], achieving the feat in 1959 and 1960?
*... that the '''[[Church of St Michael, Princetown|Church of St Michael]]''' in the [[Dartmoor]] town of [[Princetown]] is the only church in England to have been built by [[prisoners of war]]?
*... that the '''[[Xeronema callistemon|Poor Knights Lily]]''' resembles a giant toothbrush?


*'''''06:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Jökulsárlón lagoon in southeastern Iceland.jpg|100x100px|Jökulsárlón lagoon in southeastern Iceland]]
</div>
*... that live coverage of '''[[Jökulsárlón]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Iceland]] on the [[United States|American]] TV program ''Good Morning America'' in 2006 was viewed by an estimated {{Nowrap|4 million}} people?
*... that [[historian]] '''[[Chester Dunning]]''' spent 12 years researching and writing his nearly 700-page volume, ''Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty''?
*... that ranked [[India]]n [[badminton]] players [[Saina Nehwal]], [[Parupalli Kashyap]], and [[Gurusai Datt]] all train at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]'s '''[[Gopichand Badminton Academy]]'''?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[Detroit blues|Detroit]] and [[electric blues]] guitarist '''[[Willie D. Warren]]''' was once described as "one of the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]'s true blues treasures"?
*... that the 1933 film '''''[[She Had to Say Yes]]''''' was one of a series of movies that drew inspiration from the "real-life compromises working girls made to get and retain employment" during the [[Great Depression]]?
*... that '''[[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha]]''' was the son of [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Barbarossa]], and was three times ruler of the [[History of Ottoman Algeria|Algiers Regency]]?
*... that the '''[[George B. Cox House]]''' in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], was the home of the city's [[George B. Cox|political boss]]?
*... that [[Athletics in Australia|Australian runner]] '''[[Michael Shelley (athlete)|Michael Shelley]]''' lost his [[sports scholarship|scholarship]] funding and suffered a [[broken leg]] in 2009, but went on to win a [[silver medal]] in the [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon|marathon]] at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]?
*... that the modern [[given name]] '''''[[Randal (given name)|Randal]]''''' is ultimately derived from a medieval [[personal name]] composed of the [[Germanic language|Germanic]] elements meaning "[[shield]]" (or "rim") and "[[wolf]]"?


*'''''00:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Heliobatis radians, Buffalo Museum of Science.jpg|100x100px|Heliobatis radians|alt=Heliobatis radians fossil in the Buffalo Museum of Science]]
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*... that the [[extinct]] [[stingray]] '''''[[Heliobatis]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has been found with up to three stings on its tail?
*... that ''[[Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y. State v. Oneida County|Oneida I]]'', by allowing [[aboriginal title in the United States|aboriginal title]] claimants into federal court, "overturned '''[[Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christy|one hundred forty-three years of American law]]'''"?
*... that geneticist '''[[Piotr Słonimski]]''' joined with colleagues to organize support for scientists repressed during 1982–1983, the time of [[martial law in Poland]]?
*... that [[Taylor Swift]]'s song "'''[[Speak Now (song)|Speak Now]]'''" was inspired by one of Swift's friends, whose high school sweetheart married another person?
*... that [[Riessersee]] was the host '''[[Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics|venue]]''' for the [[1936 Winter Olympics]] for [[Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics|speed skating]] and some [[Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics|ice hockey]] matches, while the [[Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics|bobsleigh]] was located just south of the lake?
*... that during [[World War&nbsp;II]], the '''[[201 Schutzmannschaft Battalion]]''' was engaged in [[anti-partisan operations in Belarus]]?
*... that '''[[Petter Nome]]''' was relieved of his job as television host after protesting the prospect of an [[Iraq War]]?
*... that three ancient [[Maya civilization|Maya]] stone heads, including one of an [[Nine-banded Armadillo|armadillo]], were uncovered at '''[[Chojolom]]''' in the [[Guatemala]]n [[Guatemalan Highlands|Highlands]] after a period of heavy rain?
*... that scientists have suggested that more [[penis|penes]] needed to be studied to assess the affinities of [[Van Gelder's bat]] with other '''[[Antrozoini]]'''?

===24 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:WintonPlaceMethodistEpiscopal.jpg|100x100px|An ornate Romanesque Revival church built of grey stone|alt=An ornate Romanesque Revival church built of grey stone <!-- {{deletable image-caption|Tuesday, November 02, 2010|date=November 2010}} -->]]
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*... that [[Samuel Hannaford]] designed the '''[[Winton Place Methodist Episcopal Church]]''' ''(pictured)'', where his funeral was eventually held?
*... that when [[St. Louis]] city officials blocked the expansion of the company that would become known as [[Burroughs Corporation]], '''[[Alvan Macauley]]''' packed the entire factory into [[boxcar]]s and sent it overnight to [[Detroit]]?
*... that around '''[[Reaction to the 2010 Copiapó mining accident|2,000 members of the media from around the world]]''' traveled to the site of the [[2010 Copiapó mining accident#Rescue|rescue]] of the Chilean miners?
*... that [[University of Kentucky]] [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] '''[[Forest Sale]]''' served for five terms in the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] before bowing out of politics?
*... that the '''[[Étang Saumâtre]]''' in [[Haiti]] is a landlocked lake fed by springs emanating from [[calcareous]] rocks, with western part saline and eastern part with fresh water?
*... that '''[[Pedro Borrell]]''', the [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] architect of the National Aquarium, is designing a million square meter coastal reclamation project for the [[Caribbean Sea]]?
*... that Bach assigned two opposing voices to one singer in his [[Bach cantata|cantata]] '''''[[Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben, BWV&nbsp;109]]''''', for the [[List of Bach cantatas by liturgical function#Trinity XXI|21st Sunday after Trinity]]?
*... that '''[[Perlman syndrome]]''' is a very rare [[overgrowth syndrome|overgrowth disorder]] with an estimated incidence of less than one in 1,000,000 and fewer than 30 reported cases in world literature?
*... that non-vocal sounds made by the '''[[Hakawai]]''' have been described as like a cable chain being lowered into a boat?


*'''''12:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Phrontisterion of Trapezous.JPG|100x100px|The Greek school of Trabzon, known as Phrontisterion of Trapezous|alt=A three-story building near the coast, depicted in an early 20th century card]]
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*... that construction of the '''[[Phrontisterion of Trapezous]]''' ''(pictured)'', a former [[Greeks|Greek]] school in [[Trabzon]], [[Turkey]], has been described as the most impressive surviving [[Pontic Greeks|Pontic Greek]] monument of the city?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[historian]] '''[[Terry H. Anderson]]''' co-authored with [[Charles Bond (pilot)|Charles R. Bond, Jr.]] the first published diary of the exploits of a pilot assigned to [[General]] [[Claire Chennault]]'s World War&nbsp;II [[Flying Tigers]]?
*... that the '''[[Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross]]''' [[Diocese|diocesan]] community in [[Wisconsin]] was founded in 1868 to teach and provide medical care to the [[Belgians|Belgian]] residents?
*... that [[Anne Brontë]]'s '''''[[Agnes Grey]]''''' discusses both issues of the fair treatment of [[governess]]es and the [[animal rights|ethical claim]] of animals to human protection?
*... that the [[Yoweri Museveni|father]], [[Janet Museveni|mother]], and [[Sam Kutesa|father-in-law]] of '''[[Muhoozi Kainerugaba]]''', Commander of the Special Forces Group in the [[Uganda People's Defence Force]], are all members of the [[Cabinet of Uganda]]?
*... that the passing of the '''[[Food Quality Protection Act]]''' marked the first time the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] was asked to directly address the risks that [[pesticide]]s posed for infants and children?
*... that the German [[battleship]] '''{{SMS|Grosser Kurfürst|1913|6}}''' was involved in a series of accidents during her service career, including collisions and several groundings?
*... that [[James Turrell]]'s [[art installation]]s '''[[Stuck Red/Stuck Blue|''Stuck Red'' and ''Stuck Blue'']]''' create an [[optical illusion]] which seems to collapse the room they occupy into a single [[plane (geometry)|plane]]?
*... that the '''[[British Alpine Hannibal Expedition]]''' managed to march the 2.6&nbsp;t [[elephant]] ''Jumbo'' over the [[Alps]], but could not make her accept the name ''Hannibella''?


*'''''06:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Grafton National Cemetery.jpg|100x100px|Grafton National Cemetery|alt=A row of white grave markers on the left and right of a stone walkway with a large American flagpole in the center]]
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*... that '''[[Grafton National Cemetery|Grafton]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[West Virginia National Cemetery|West Virginia National Cemeteries]] are the only two [[United States National Cemetery|national cemeteries]] in [[West Virginia]], and both are located in the small city of [[Grafton, West Virginia|Grafton]]?
*... that [[peerage of the United Kingdom|British peer]] '''[[Ted Hill (trade unionist)|Ted Hill]]''' lived in a [[terraced house]] in [[Wivenhoe]]?
*... that '''[[Alexis Rockman]]'''{{`s}} mural ''Manifest Destiny'', commissioned by the [[Brooklyn Museum]] in 2002, depicts [[Brooklyn]] in the year 5004 after a catastrophic rise in sea level?
*... that the [[Naskapi]] ceded any rights or interests to the '''[[Matimekosh, Quebec|Matimekosh Reserve]]''' in northern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], as a prerequisite to the formation of their own [[Indian reserve|reserve]]?
*... that in 1970, [[Texas]] [[historian]] '''[[Robert A. Calvert]]''' co-authored ''The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL'', an inside study of the financing and organization of the popular [[Dallas Cowboys|football team]]?
*... that in 1833, the [[opium]] [[clipper]] '''''[[Sylph (ship)|Sylph]]''''' set the unbroken record of sailing from [[Calcutta]] to [[Macao]] in 17 days, 17 hours?
*... that the '''[[Araçuaí River]]''' valley in [[Brazil]] is famous for the settlements established during the [[gold rush]] in the early 18th century in the region of [[Minas Novas]]?
*... that the incomplete structural test [[airframe]] of the '''[[Avro 720]]''' is often claimed to be the [[prototype]] of the cancelled [[interceptor aircraft|interceptor]]?
*... that [[Mark Twain]] denounced '''[[Isabel Lyon|his former secretary]]''' as "a liar, a forger, a thief, a hypocrite, a drunkard, a sneak, a humbug, a traitor, a conspirator, a filthy-minded & salacious slut pining for seduction"?


*'''''00:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:HMS Nairana.jpg|100x100px|HMS ''Nairana]]
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*... that in May 1944, [[Hawker Sea Hurricane|Sea Hurricanes]] from the [[escort carrier]] '''[[HMS Nairana (D05)|HMS ''Nairana'']]''' ''(pictured)'' destroyed 10 percent of Germany's [[Junkers Ju&nbsp;290]] aircraft?
*... that '''[[Dennis Mackrel]]''', the last [[Jazz drumming|jazz drummer]] to be personally hired by [[Count Basie]], is the new director of the [[Count Basie Orchestra]]?
*... that the '''[[Saxony Apartment Building]]''' in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], features two [[facade]]s?
*... that '''[[BPP University College of Professional Studies]]''' is the United Kingdom's first [[for-profit school|for-profit]] institution of [[higher education]]?
*... that Herman G. Felhoelter was the first [[United States Army|US Army]] chaplain to win a valor award in the [[Korean War]] for his actions at the '''[[Chaplain-Medic massacre]]'''?
*... that [[English people|English]] vocalist [[Sarah Brightman]] had to beg [[List of Italian composers|Italian composer]] [[Ennio Morricone]] to let her add [[lyrics]] to his movie [[theme music|theme]], "'''[[Gabriel's Oboe]]'''", to create her own song, "[[Nella Fantasia]]"?
*... that the '''[[Fort des Ayvelles]]''' was the scene of German executions of French civilians in both [[World War&nbsp;I]] and [[World War&nbsp;II]]?
*... that in the '''[[Expedition of Mostaganem (1558)|Expedition of Mostaganem]]''' in 1558, [[Spain]] failed to capture the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]-held city of [[Mostaganem]], and lost thousands of men?
*... that '''[[Herb Wiedoeft]]''', Ad and Gay all played Cinderella, and that their brother [[Rudy Wiedoeft|Rudy]] and their sister Erica were both players too?

===23 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 23 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Biddenden Maids, Gentleman's Magazine 1869.JPG|100x100px|The Biddenden Maids|alt=Engraving dated 1808 showing Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, a pair of conjoined twins born in Biddenden, Kent in either 1100 or 1500.]]
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*... that [[Edward Hasted]] dismissed the existence of '''[[Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst]]''' ''(pictured)'' of [[Biddenden]], [[Kent]] as "[[Fairy tale|vulgar tradition]]"?
*... that the [[Umayyad]] general '''[[Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik]]''', who led the [[Second Arab Siege of Constantinople|second Arab siege]] of [[Constantinople]], was also ascribed the construction of the city's first mosque in popular legend?
*... that the '''[[Nairana class escort carrier]]s''' of the [[Royal Navy]] were constructed in three different countries? 
*... that [[Arrangement|arranger]] and [[Conducting|conductor]] '''[[Peter Matz]]''' won a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] and an [[Emmy Award]] for his work with [[Barbra Streisand]]? 
*... that after the [[United Kingdom general election, 1880|1880 general election]] in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], the election of [[Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Macclesfield]] MP '''[[David Chadwick (politician)|David Chadwick]]''' was declared void, and his agent convicted of bribery?
*... that '''[[EastCare]]''' is the [[Critical care medicine|critical care]] mobile [[Air ambulance|air]] and [[Ambulance|ground]] transport of [[Pitt County Memorial Hospital]]? 
*... that '''[[Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1935)|Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis]]'''{{`}} plans to construct a luxury hotel in view of [[Neuschwanstein Castle]] caused an uproar from local [[Bavaria|Bavarian]] farmers, who believed it would ruin the rural landscape?
*... that [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antiguan]] professional [[basketball]] player '''[[Kurt Looby]]''' did not play high school basketball? 
*... that the 2010 album '''''[[Genuine Negro Jig (album)|Genuine Negro Jig]]''''', by an [[African American]] [[string band (American music)|string band]] called the [[Carolina Chocolate Drops]], reached the No. 1 position on the Billboard Bluegrass chart?


*'''''12:00, 23 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Ichalki Pyana.jpg|100x100px|Pyana river|alt=Pyana river]]
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*... that the name of the '''[[Pyana River]]''' ''(pictured)'' reflects the drunkenness of the Russian Army during the [[Battle on Pyana River|associated battle]] in 1377?
*... that [[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech]] [[professor emeritus]] '''[[Alwyn Barr]]''', who is white, wrote ''Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995'', and the introduction for ''Black Cowboys of Texas''?
*... that the [[Greece|Greek]] television series '''''[[To Nisi]]''''', based on the best-selling novel ''[[The Island (2005 novel)|The Island]]'' by [[Victoria Hislop]], is one of the most expensive Greek television productions ever made?
*... that a [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit|U.S. appeals court]] declared the federal government was obliged to '''[[Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton|bring a lawsuit]]''' against the state of [[Maine]], claiming 60% of the state's land on behalf of the [[Passamaquoddy people|Passamaquoddy]] and [[Penobscot people|Penobscot]]?
*... that in the 1970s, '''[[Sunn Classic Pictures]]''' specialized in '''[[four wall distribution]]''', a practice in which distributors show their films in rented theaters and keep all of the [[box office]] revenue?
*... that '''[[Evangelical mysticism]]''', a branch of [[Christianity]], dates back to the 18th-century works by [[John Wesley]], founder of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]]?
*... that after the '''[[Ottoman invasion of the Balearic islands (1558)|Ottoman invasion of the Balearic islands in 1558]]''', over 3,000 inhabitants were taken as [[slaves]]?
*... that [[country music]] songwriter '''[[Bill Rice]]''' has 73 awards from [[ASCAP]], more than any other songwriter?
*... that, as part of the agreement to end the deadly '''[[Tarakan riot]]''' in 2010, the communities involved agreed to jointly hold an [[Idul Fitri]] celebration?


*'''''06:00, 23 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Chott Melrhir NASA.jpg|100x100px|Satellite image of Chott Melrhir lake in Algeria|alt=Satellite image of Chott Melrhir lake in Algeria]]
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*... that '''[[Chott Melrhir|the largest lake of Algeria]]''' ''(pictured)'' dries up in summer and is replenished in winter by the '''[[Djedi River]]'''?
*... that the [[United States|American]] [[boogie-woogie]] [[pianist]] and [[singer]], '''[[Mose Vinson]]''', recorded two versions of "[[Forty-Four (song)|Forty-Four]]", one retitled "Worry You Off My Mind", and the other as "My Love Has Gone"?
*... that the only airstrikes carried out by India in its own civilian territory happened during the '''[[March 1966 Mizo National Front uprising]]'''?
*... that in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1945|1945 general election]], '''[[Harold Roberts (politician)|Harold Roberts]]''' was one of only three [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MPs elected in the English city of [[Birmingham]]?
*... that the 1932 [[Pre-Code Hollywood|Pre-Code]] film '''''[[Laughter in Hell]]''''' drew praise for its open depiction of the [[lynching]] of [[African Americans]]?
*... that [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]] [[historian]] '''[[Walter L. Buenger]]''' wrote articles on [[Texas]] entrepreneurs [[H. L. Hunt]] and [[Jesse H. Jones]]?
*... that the '''[[blind electric ray|blind]]''' and '''[[oval electric ray]]s''' can barely swim, instead "walking" along the [[sea floor]]?
*... that English former professional [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Jimmy Fletcher]]''' became a successful breeder of [[greyhound racing|racing greyhounds]] and once led a consortium which won [[pound sterling|£]]200,000 on a single race?
*... that when sailors on board '''{{Ship|Chilean battleship|Almirante Latorre||2}}''' [[Chilean naval mutiny of 1931|mutinied]], one of their demands was for more sugar?


*'''''00:00, 23 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Haruna sea trials 1915.jpg|100x100px|The Japanese battlecruiser ''Haruna'' undergoing sea trials at high speed in 1915]]
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*... that the '''[[List of battlecruisers of Japan|battlecruisers of Japan]]''' ''(Haruna pictured)'' were destroyed by scrapping, air attack, surface engagements, a submarine, and an earthquake?
*... that '''[[Anita Martinez]]''' was the first [[Mexican American]] woman to serve on the [[city council]] of [[Dallas, Texas]]?
*... that approximately 8% of commuters in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], '''[[Cycling in Portland, Oregon|bike to work]]''', the highest proportion of any major [[United States]] city?
*... that '''[[Reginald Laurence Scoones]]''' was the last British military commander in the [[Sudan Defence Force]]?
*... that an elaborate, three-storey tomb memorializing Sir George Shirley inside the '''[[Church of St Mary and St Hardulph]]''' at [[Breedon on the Hill]], [[Leicestershire]], was constructed 20 years before his death?
*... that the [[Cold War]] led nations to subsidise [[Foreign student exchange|foreign exchange program]]s to encourage '''[[student migration]]''' from [[developing country|developing countries]]?
*... that in '''''[[State of Missouri v. State of Iowa (1849)|State of Missouri v. State of Iowa]]''''' in 1849, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] resolved a border dispute between two states that had caused the "[[Honey War]]" of 1839?
*... that '''[[Ed Beisser]]''' won three consecutive [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] basketball national championships from 1946 to 1948 and was selected as an alternate for the [[United States men's national basketball team]]?
*... that [[Internet service provider]] '''[[Fasthosts]]''', sold for [[Pound sterling|£]]61.5&nbsp;million in 2006, was founded by a 17-year-old for a school project?

===22 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 22 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Mona Lisa detail eyes.jpg|100x100px|Mona Lisa eye closeup|alt=Closeup of eyes of female in the painting Mona Lisa]]
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*... that '''[[Craquelure|the pattern of cracks]]''' ''(example pictured)'' in a painting can be used to detect [[Art forgery|forged art]]?
*... that completion of the '''[[A4 (Croatia)|Croatian A4 motorway]]''' on {{Nowrap|October 22}}, 2008 marked completion of the [[Budapest]]&ndash;[[Zagreb]]&ndash;[[Rijeka]] motorway route?
*... that [[puppeteer]] '''[[Van Snowden]]''', who performed the [[puppetry]] for the [[H.R. Pufnstuf]] and [[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Crypt Keeper]] characters, also developed the facial movements for [[Furby]] toys?
*... that [[running back]] '''[[Gerald White]]''' played [[American football|football]] for [[Bo Schembechler]] at [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]], [[Tom Landry]] at [[Dallas Cowboys|Dallas]] and [[Don Shula]] at [[Miami Dolphins|Miami]]?
*... that tens of thousands of victims of the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] '''[[List of populated places affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake|were buried]]''' in multiple [[mass grave]]s near [[Titanyen]]?
*... that, during the height of the [[Cold War]], the [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]] '''[[PROFUNC|drew up plans]]''' for mass arrests of [[Communism|communists]] and [[Crypto-communism|crypto-communists]]?
*... that '''[[Beles Hydroelectric Power Plant]]''' will be the largest [[power plant]] in [[Ethiopia]] when fully operational, but has been accused of aiming "to provoke [[Egypt]]’s anger"?
*... that the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] was used as a [[velodrome]] as one of the '''[[venues of the 1932 Summer Olympics]]'''?
*... that '''[[Louis Henkin]]''' slept on the couch of [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] on Friday nights so he could attend the justices' weekly Saturday conference without [[activities prohibited on Shabbat|violating the Jewish Sabbath]]?


*'''''12:00, 22 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Elizabeth Knollys.jpg|100x100px|Elizabeth Knollys|alt=a Tudor-style portrait of a woman with pale skin and curly red hair, wearing a feathered black cap, a ruff, and an elaborate orange and black gown. In the upper left is a coat of arms consisting of a left-facing elephant between the letters E and K, over a red shield with a white chevron bearing three Tudor roses.]]
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*... that '''[[Elizabeth Knollys]]''' ''(pictured)'' served as [[Maid of Honour]] to [[Elizabeth&nbsp;I of England]]?
*... that [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning reporter [[David Halberstam]]'s book '''''[[The Breaks of the Game]]''''' was listed as one of the best sports books ever written by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''?
*... that [[Ethiopia]]n [[long-distance runner]] '''[[Atsede Habtamu]]''' set a new course record at the [[Eindhoven Marathon]] with her first marathon victory earlier this month?
*... that the release of '''''[[Future X-Cops]]''''' was delayed, as time was needed to enhance the quality of the film's [[special effect]]s?
*... that after winning his last fight via 10-second knockout due to head kick, English [[Welterweight (MMA)|welterweight]] '''[[Mark Scanlon (fighter)|Mark Scanlon]]''' was signed by the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]?
*... that '''[[Shamkir reservoir]]''' is the second largest [[reservoir]] in the [[Caucasus]]?
*... that American [[soprano]] '''[[Lauren Flanigan]]''' premiered the title role of [[Hugo Weisgall]]'s opera ''[[Esther (opera)|Esther]]'' at the [[New York City Opera]] in 1993?
*... that a 13-year-old girl discovered '''[[Grotte du Vallonnet]]''', a cave in the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] of France that contained [[stone tool]]s dated to 1&nbsp;million to 1.05&nbsp;million years [[Before Christ|BC]]?
*... that a 1967 appeal by '''[[Felix Ziegel]]''' on [[USSR|Soviet]] television led to citizens submitting a barrage of supposed [[unidentified flying object]] sightings?


*'''''06:00, 22 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Inocybe praetervisa 21502.jpg|100x100px|Inocybe praetervisa|alt=Two mushrooms on a rock. The larger, on the left, has a flattened cap and is brown; the smaller has a bell-shaped brown cap with white gills and a white stem.]]
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*... that the [[lamella (mycology)|gills]] of '''''[[Inocybe praetervisa]]''''' ''(pictured)'' change from whitish to clay brown as the mushrooms mature?
*... that '''[[Jameel Sayhood]]''' was shot down by '''[[Cesar Rodriguez (USAF pilot)|Cesar Rodriguez]]''' mere minutes after achieving one of the few [[Iraqi Air Force|Iraqi]] [[aerial combat|aerial victories]] of the [[Gulf War]]?
*... that the term '''[[educology]]''', referring to the fund of knowledge about the educational process, has been in use since the 1950s?
*... that '''[[Robert Tishman]]''' co-founded [[Tishman Speyer]] in 1978 with his son-in-law [[Jerry Speyer]], a firm that is one of the largest owners and builders of office buildings in the United States?
*... that [[Chesham tube station]] on the '''[[Chesham branch]]''' is both the northernmost and westernmost point of the [[London Underground]]?
*... that [[International Olympic Committee|IOC member]] '''[[Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen]]''' had five [[cap (football)|caps]] in [[association football|football]], two in [[bandy]] and an [[Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics - 8 Metre|Olympic silver medal in sailing]]?
*... that even though it was released in 1932, the [[Pre-Code Hollywood|Pre-Code]] film '''''[[The Devil Is Driving (1932 film)|The Devil is Driving]]''''' deals openly with sex and violence?
*... that the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament]] '''[[Cooper Rawson|Sir Cooper Rawson]]''' was a chairman of [[Durex]] Ltd?
*... that '''[[Codex Floriacensis]]''', an [[Vetus Latina|Old Latin]] manuscript of the [[New Testament]], begins from the [[Book of Revelation]]?


*'''''00:00, 22 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Debria Brown.jpg|100x100px|Débria Brown|alt=Photograph, by Carl Van Vechten, of Débria Brown as Carmen, at the New York City Opera, in 1958]]
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*... that [[mezzo-soprano]] '''[[Débria Brown]]''' ''(pictured)'' created the role of [[Tituba]] in the world premiere of [[Robert Ward (composer)|Robert Ward]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize for Music|Pulitzer-winning]] opera, ''[[The Crucible (opera)|The Crucible]]'', at the [[New York City Opera]] in 1961?
*... that in 1995, Canada's lower [[Kazan River]] area, an important [[caribou]] crossing as well as the ancestral home of '''[[Harvaqtuurmiut]]''', was designated the [[List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Nunavut|Fall Caribou Crossing National Historic Site]]?
*... that despite suffering from [[asthma]], [[Demographics of India|Indian]] [[badminton]] player '''[[Parupalli Kashyap]]''' continues to play the sport?
*... that '''[[Silvio D'Amico]]''', first editor of the '''''[[Encyclopedia of Performing Arts]]''''', gave his name to the state-funded '''[[Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico]]'''?
*... that '''[[Rusty Mike Radio]]''' broadcasts [[Internet radio|over the internet]] to the two hundred and fifty thousand [[Anglo]]s in [[Israel]]?
*... that '''[[Robert L. Rutherford]]''' was the vice commander of the [[United States Air Force]]'s [[Military Airlift Command]] and commander of both the [[Air Mobility Command]] and [[United States Transportation Command]]?
*... that [[Yvor Winters]] titled the third volume in his '''[[In Defense of Reason|three-volume collection]]''' of [[literary criticism]], examining the work of prominent writers associated with [[Modernist poetry]], ''The Anatomy of Nonsense''?
*... that '''[[The Waybacks]]''', a four-piece band from [[San Francisco Bay]], played covers from [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Abbey Road]]'' at the 2010 [[MerleFest]]?
*... that upon the release of the 1934 [[Pre-Code Hollywood|Pre-Code]] film '''''[[Hitler's Reign of Terror]]''''', ''[[Film Daily]]'' scoffed at the film's prediction that Hitler's Germany was a future threat to world peace?

===21 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 21 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Ramon de Boniface on horse.jpg|100x100px|Ramón de Bonifaz|alt=Ramón de Bonifaz, man on horse]]
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*... that '''[[Ramón de Bonifaz]]''' ''(illustrated)'' broke the river defenses of [[Seville]], leading to the city's capture from the [[Moors]]?
*... that '''[[Saint Mary's College Gaels men's basketball]]''' coach [[Randy Bennett]] turned around a team that was 2–27 in 2001 to 28–6 in 2010?
*... that '''[[Jovan Ćirilov]]''' has been the [[Artistic director|artistic director]] and selector of [[BITEF]] festival for 43 years, the longest term in the history of international [[Theatre festivals|theatre festivals]]?
*... that [[Allen & Unwin|the original publishers]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' also released the [[Slavic mythology]]-based short story collection '''''[[Croatian Tales of Long Ago]]''''' by [[Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić]] 30 years earlier?
*... that [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]] [[women's studies]] professor and historian '''[[Sara Alpern]]''' wrote the definitive [[biography]] of [[Freda Kirchwey]], editor of ''[[The Nation]]'' from 1933 to 1955?
*... that the 1974 '''''[[Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y. State v. Oneida County|Oneida&nbsp;I]]''''' decision, holding that [[United States federal courts|U.S. federal courts]] have [[subject-matter jurisdiction]] to hear [[aboriginal title]] disputes, "spawned a vast number of [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] land claims"?
*... that a horse was added to the buttock of the central figure of '''''[[The Street Enters the House]]''''' as a nod to [[Umberto Boccioni|the artist's]] earlier work?
*... that '''[[Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo]]''' paid [[United States dollar|US$]]1&nbsp;million to build and furnish the four-story [[Rhinelander Mansion]] at [[Madison Avenue]] and [[72nd Street (Manhattan)|72nd Street]] in [[Manhattan]], but never lived in it?
*... that [[Virginia]] [[Governor of Virginia|Governor]] [[William E. Cameron]] was lampooned in a [[comic opera]] after he personally led a failed expedition against illegal dredgers in the '''[[Oyster Wars]]'''?


*'''''12:00, 21 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:John O'Reily c 1900.jpg|100x100px|Archbishop of Adelaide John O'Reily|alt=Archbishop of Adelaide John O'Reily]]
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*... that [[Archbishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide|Adelaide]] '''[[John O'Reily (bishop)|John O'Reilly]]''' ''(pictured)'' removed an "l" from his last name to save time and effort when signing documents?
*... that the directors of '''[[ForceSelect]]''', a charitable foundation aimed at supporting military service leavers, include [[Mike Jackson (British Army officer)|General Sir Mike Jackson]] and bestselling author [[Andy McNab]]?
*... that, in 2004, '''[[Shikha Tandon]]''' became the first female [[India]]n [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] to qualify for two separate events at a single [[Olympic Games|Olympics]]?
*... that the '''[[San José Mine]]''' in [[Atacama Region]], [[Chile]], began to be exploited in 1889?
*... that [[France|French]] priest '''[[Jean-Claude Faveyrial]]''' wrote the first recorded [[history of Albania]]?
*... that '''''[[The Hangover 2]]''''', the upcoming sequel to the [[The Hangover (film)|2009 comedy film]], is set to take place in [[Thailand]]?
*... that the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician '''[[Francis Lucas (English politician)|Francis Lucas]]''' married the daughter of [[David de Stern|a Viscount of Portugal]]?
*... that nearly one-quarter of the '''[[Vrata Tunnel]]''' on the [[A6 (Croatia)|Croatian A6 motorway]] is actually a bridge built over an underground cavern?
*... that '''[[Matthew Werkmeister]]''' almost missed out on his audition for ''[[Neighbours]]'' because his father refused to drive the five hours it took to get there?


*'''''06:00, 21 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Antimonyall Cupps.jpg|100x100px|Antimonial cups|alt=Antimonial cups]]
</div>
*... that the tainted wine from an '''[[antimonial cup]]''' ''(examples pictured)'' was used to make oneself vomit?
*... that '''[[Wobogo]]'''{{`s}} given name was Boukary Koutou, and that he lived in perpetual fear of assassination, according to Dr. Crozat?
*... that after [[SMS Wien|her sister]] was sunk in late 1917 while anchored right next to her, [[SMS Budapest|'''''Budapest''''']] took on her role of being a floating barracks?
*... that [[San Beda Red Lions|San Beda College]] had a 28-year [[NCAA Basketball Championship (Philippines)|men's basketball championship]] drought until they won in the [[Philippine NCAA]]'s '''[[NCAA Season 82 basketball tournaments|82nd season]]'''?
*... that "'''[[Smoke and Mirrors (Spooks)|Smoke and Mirrors]]'''", the season-two finale of the [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award-winning]] TV series ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'', was watched by over a third of the British television audience?
*... that after '''[[Joe C. Carr]]''' [[Military service|enlisted]] during [[World War&nbsp;II]], his wife took on his role as [[Tennessee Secretary of State]], becoming the first female constitutional officer in the state?
*... that the [[A6 (Croatia)|Croatian A6 motorway]] crosses the '''[[Bajer Bridge]]''', which spans Lake Bajer, and the '''[[Kamačnik Bridge]]''', which spans a canyon that is [[Protected area|protected landscape]]?
*... that the '''[[Atlantic Wind Connection]]''' is a planned "superhighway for clean energy" to serve {{Nowrap|1.9 million}} [[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic]] households with power from [[wind farm]]s to be built {{convert|20|mi}} offshore?
*... that '''[[Colonia San Rafael]]''' in [[Mexico City]] is known for old [[mansion]]s, [[Theater (structure)|theaters]], and [[prostitution]]?


*'''''00:00, 21 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Rødkilde Højskole.JPG|100x100px|Rødkilde Højskole folk high school, Møn, Denmark|alt=Rødkilde Højskole, a folk high school on the island of Møn, Denmark]]
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*... that the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[folk high school]] '''[[Rødkilde Højskole]]''' ''(pictured)'' owes its existence to the [[dowry]] of a [[Norway|Norwegian]] bride who did not live to see it open?
*... that [[Entrepreneur (magazine)|''Entrepreneur'' magazine]] dubbed '''[[Michael Sedge]]''' "the wizard of marketing"?
*... that, despite being ejected from the "[[Recruit training|boot camp]]" stage of the ''[[Popstars (UK series 1)|Popstars]]'' [[talent show]], '''[[Warren Stacey]]''' was signed by an American [[record label]] and went on to support [[Destiny's Child]] in concert?
*... that '''[[Elina Ringa]]''', who was the [[Latvia|Latvian]] national [[pole vault]] champion on ten occasions, has also published a book about [[Microsoft Office]]?
*... that the '''[[Church of St Edmund, Rochdale|Church of St Edmund]]''' in [[Rochdale]] is unique among English churches for its overt [[Masonic symbolism]]?
*... that entertainment news journalist '''[[Roger Friedman]]''' was one of the producers of [[D. A. Pennebaker]]'s [[documentary film]] about [[Memphis soul]] musicians, ''Only the Strong Survive''?
*... that '''[[Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998)]]''', the state [[constitutional amendment]] restricting [[same-sex marriages]], passed through the Twentieth [[Alaska Legislature]] with a vote of 42 yeas to 18 nays?
*... that as a result of the approaching Soviet [[Red Army]], '''[[Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein]]''' and her family were forced to flee eastern Germany, leaving most of their possessions behind?
*... that in addition to being made an officer of the [[Order of Canada]], '''[[Myer Horowitz]]''' has received eight honorary doctorate degrees from various universities?

===20 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:SochiGambusiaMonument.jpg|100x100px|Monument to ''gambusia affinis'' in Sochi|alt=Monument to ''gambusia affinis'' in Sochi]]
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*... that the role of [[Gambusia affinis|mosquitofish]] in the '''[[history of Sochi]]''' was acknowledged by a monument ''(pictured)''?
*... that the 20 days between [[Dallas Braden's perfect game]] and '''[[Roy Halladay's perfect game|Roy Halladay]]'''{{`s}} was the shortest span between two [[perfect game]]s since 1880? 
*... that the deck of '''[[Severinske Drage Viaduct]]''', a part of the [[A6 (Croatia)|Croatian A6 motorway]], is at a constant grade at one part of the viaduct, while vertically curved at the other?
*... that during the [[Spanish–American War]] the Spanish gunboat '''''[[USS Elcano (PG-38)|Elcano]]''''' captured the American bark ''Saranac'', which was carrying 1,640 tons of [[coal]] from [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle, NSW]], for [[George Dewey|Admiral Dewey's]] fleet?
*... that the '''[[Liberty Green Historic District]]''' in [[Clinton, Connecticut]], contains a [[time capsule]] that should be opened on {{Nowrap|4 July}} 2976?
*... that [[Italy|Italian]] [[opera]]tic [[tenor]] '''[[Lodovico Graziani]]''' was described as lacking "dramatic gifts"?
*... that the memorial in the churchyard of '''[[St. Mary's Church, Hadlow|St. Mary's Church]]''', [[Hadlow]] to the 30 hop-pickers who drowned in the [[River Medway]] on {{Nowrap|20 October}} 1859 is [[Listed building|Grade&nbsp;II listed]]?
*... that '''[[Norman O. Houston]]''' co-founded what was, in 1945, the largest business [[west of the Mississippi]] owned by an [[African American]]?
*... that during the [[Second World War]] the [[Royal Navy]] [[escort carrier]] '''[[HMS Vindex (D15)|HMS ''Vindex'']]''' still used the [[Fairey Swordfish]] [[biplane]]?


*'''''12:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Belgrano y la Bandera.JPG|100x100px|Manuel Belgrano holding the Flag of Argentina|alt=Manuel Belgrano holding the Flag of Argentina]]
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*... that the '''[[Flag of Macha]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered to be the first physical [[flag of Argentina]]?
*... that [[Universal Pictures]] sold its 1946 horror [[B movie]] '''''[[The Brute Man]]''''' to another distributor to avoid accusations of having exploited star [[Rondo Hatton]], who died of [[acromegaly]] before the film's release? 
*... that [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[basketball]] player [[Gabby Espinas]] lost the Most Valuable Player race during the '''[[NCAA Season 81 basketball tournaments|2005 NCAA season]]''' to a former [[volleyball]] star?
*... that the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician '''[[Pierse Loftus]]''' was a part-owner of [[Adnams Brewery]]?
*... that after [[Long Island University]] [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] '''[[R. Gordon Hoxie]]''' forced [[provost (education)|provost]] '''[[William Birenbaum]]''' to resign, 1,500 students protested, chanting "We want Bill" and demanding Birenbaum's reinstatement?
*... that the '''[[Blue Monkey Brewery|Blue Monkey]]''' [[microbrewery]] produces award-winning beers including Ape Ale, Guerrilla [[stout|Porter]], and 99 Red Baboons?
*... that the '''[[1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche]]''' in north-eastern [[Turkey]] killed 59 people and 650 livestock, and caused the relocation of the village to a safe zone?
*... that [[Sport in Kenya|Kenyan athlete]] '''[[Paul Malakwen Kosgei]]''' became the [[IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Champion]] in 2002 despite having never competed in a [[half marathon]] before?
*... that '''[[Jehiel R. Elyachar|Jehiel Elyachar]]''' would not sell a [[tenement]] he owned to make way for [[1&nbsp;Lincoln Plaza]], so the five-story building "sticks out like a sore thumb, or a finger&mdash;which is probably what [he] had in mind"?


*'''''06:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Barack Obama sitting at the Resolute desk 2009.jpg|100x100px|Barack Obama at the ''Resolute'' Desk|alt=A man wearing a white shirt and blue tie, talking on the phone while seated behind a large, rectangular, sculpted wooden desk]]
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*... that the [[Resolute Desk|''Resolute'' Desk]] ''(pictured)'' is one of only five desks ever '''[[List of Oval Office desks|used in the Oval Office]]'''?
*... that '''[[Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre|Urraca the Asturian]]''', born in 1132 as an illegitimate daughter of [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile|King Alfonso&nbsp;VII]] of [[Kingdom of León|León]] and [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]], became queen in a [[Kingdom of Navarre|neighboring kingdom]] in 1144?
*... that 2.5-inch-long "nano-drones" now being developed for '''[[targeted killing]]''' will, like little [[Africanized bee|killer bees]], be able to follow their target, even entering a room through an open window?
*... that '''[[Joan Henry]]'''{{`s}} ''Look on Tempests'' was the first play dealing explicitly with the subject of [[homosexuality]] to be approved for performance by the [[Lord Chamberlain]]?
*... that the '''[[Lugenda River]]''' of [[Mozambique]] in the [[Yao language]] means simply "a large river"?
*... that the successful [[United Kingdom general election, 1895|1895 election]] campaign of British Conservative MP '''[[Alfred Lafone]]''' in [[Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Bermondsey]] was assisted by the loan of carriages from two Dukes?
*... that the [[World War&nbsp;II]] [[search and rescue dog]] '''[[Jet of Iada]]''' was awarded both the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|RSPCA]]'s Medallion of Valor and the [[Dickin Medal]]?
*... that the chief of the [[Chilean Army]]'s [[meteorological]] office predicted the '''[[1906 Valparaíso earthquake]]''' ten days in advance? 
*... that when [[rugby union]] international player '''[[David Marques]]''' arrived with the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]] in [[Australia]], he stepped off the plane dressed as a city gent, complete with [[bowler hat]] and umbrella?


*'''''00:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:St Cosmas and St Damian, Stretford - geograph.org.uk - 702040.jpg|100x100px|St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford|alt=A stone church with a tiled roof seen from the south. On the left gable is a shingled bellcote, and a wooden porch protrudes from the church]]
</div>
*... that '''[[St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford]]''', [[Herefordshire]], ''(pictured)'' is [[dedication|dedicated]] to the [[patron saint]]s of physicians and surgeons?
*... that the parallel structures of [[Croatia]]'s '''[[Hreljin Viaduct]]''' were built using different construction methods, since the original one proved cumbersome?
*... that '''[[Clyde Lucas|Clyde Lucas and His California Dons]]''' recorded background music for some of the early [[Sound film|talkies]]?
*... that producers for the '''[[The West Wing (season 6)|sixth season]]''' of ''[[The West Wing]]'' originally cast [[Marley Shelton]] as Deputy Press Secretary [[Annabeth Schott]]?
*... that '''[[William Rule (American editor)|William Rule]]''' published the first comprehensive history of the [[United States|American]] city of [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]?
*... that the '''[[Messalo River]]''' flooded its banks in {{Nowrap|March 2000}} during the [[2000 Mozambique flood]]?
*... that the first [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club]] fled the United Kingdom after the club's captain '''[[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1890|in 1890]]''' discovered [[embezzlement]] of [[pound Sterling|£]]1000 from the club's coffers?
*... that before a population crash due to [[overfishing]], the annual catch of [[Bering Sea]] '''[[Chionoecetes bairdi|Tanner crab]]''' was as much as {{convert|332000000|lbs}}?
*... that influential American [[wine]] critic [[Robert M. Parker, Jr.|Robert Parker]] is [[satire|satirised]] in the French [[Franco-Belgian comics|''bande dessinée'' comic book]] '''''[[Robert Parker Les sept pêchés capiteux]]''''' (''Robert Parker: The Seven Heady Sins'')?

===19 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Museum für angewandte Kunst Köln.JPG|100x100px|Museum für Angewandte Kunst|alt=An external shot of the entrance to a building. The facade is composed of alternating columns of protruding red brick and in-set glass windows. The building is at least three stories high. Mounted to a projecting cover over the entrance is a set of large red letters spelling out "Museum". Works of art are visible on the walls of the foyer.]]
</div>
*... that [[Cologne]]'s '''[[Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne)|Museum für Angewandte Kunst]]''' ''(pictured)'' houses over 100,000 pieces of [[applied art]]?
*... that '''[[Parfait-Louis Monteil]]''' made an epic land journey between 1890 and 1892 from [[Senegal]] in [[West Africa]] to [[Lake Chad]] and across the [[Sahara]] to [[Tripoli]]?
*... that in the 1622 '''[[Siege of Montpellier]]''', [[Huguenot]] troops were able to repel the [[Catholic]] troops of [[Louis&nbsp;XIII]] repeatedly, until the encounter had to end in negotiations?
*... that during the '''[[UAAP Season 65 men's basketball tournament|2002 season]]''', [[Ateneo Blue Eagles|Ateneo de Manila University]] prevented a 14–0 sweep of [[De La Salle Green Archers|De La Salle University-Manila]] en route to their first men's [[College basketball in the Philippines|college basketball]] [[UAAP Basketball Championship|championship]] since 1988?
*... that [[The Hollies]] had seven '''[[List of Fab 40 number-one singles|number-one singles]]''' on [[Wonderful Radio London]]'s [[Fab 40]] chart, six of which failed to top the [[List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)|UK Singles Chart in the 1960s]]? 
*... that the 1975 [[Bollywood|Indian]] film ''[[Jai Santoshi Maa]]'' propelled the then little-known "new" goddess '''[[Santoshi Mata]]''' to the pan-Indian [[Hinduism|Hindu]] pantheon?
*... that the worst [[coal mining]] disaster in [[Tyldesley]] occurred at Yew Tree Colliery, which became part of the '''[[Tyldesley Coal Company]]''' in 1870?
*... that the [[SWAT]] team was called in to restrain unruly fans during the '''[[UAAP Season 66 men's basketball tournament|2003 UAAP semifinals]]'''?
*... that the deck of the '''[[Zečeve Drage Viaduct]]''' follows both a horizontal and a vertical curve?


*'''''12:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Liu Xiaobo-300.jpg|100x100px|Liu Xiaobo|alt=A bespectacled Chinese man smiling.]]
</div>
*... that China labeled the decision to award the '''[[2010 Nobel Peace Prize]]''' to imprisoned human rights activist [[Liu Xiaobo]] ''(pictured)'' as a "blasphemy"?
*... that '''[[Rich Iott]]''', a first-time candidate in the [[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010#District 9|2010 House of Representatives elections in Ohio]], came to media prominence due to his past participation in a [[World War II reenactment]] group?
*... that '''[[Al-Musta'in (Cairo)|Al-Musta'in]]''' was the only [[Cairo]]-based [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] [[caliph]] to hold both political and spiritual power?
*... that the 1629 '''[[Siege of Privas]]''' was one of the last events of the [[France|French]] [[Huguenot rebellions]], and that it ended in the total plunder and destruction of the city of [[Privas]] by the troops of [[Louis XIII]]?
*... that '''[[Suiyo Seamount]]''', a [[seamount]] near [[Japan]], was thought to be [[Volcano#Extinct|extinct]] until a [[hydrothermal vent|hydrothermal event]] in 1991 was brought to light?
*... that '''[[Harry Thorneycroft]]''' was the first British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate to receive a letter of support from [[Winston Churchill]] and other leaders of the [[United Kingdom coalition government (1940–1945)|coalition government]]?
*... that in a gesture of appreciation for his service in the [[Spanish Civil War]], [[International Brigades]] veteran '''[[Sam Lesser]]''' was offered [[citizenship#Honorary citizenship|honorary]] [[Spanish nationality law|Spanish citizenship]] in 1996?
*... that the Swedish [[river monitor]] '''{{HMS|Sköld}}''' had a combined hand and steam propulsion system designed by [[John Ericsson]]?
*... that '''[[Seattle Community Access Network]]''' carried a [[Television program|TV show]] that ran uncensored [[pornography]]?


*'''''06:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:ManchesterCourts1 annzstream.jpg|100x100px|The Manchester Courts building after the earthquake|alt=A seven-storey commercial building made mainly of red and white masonry]]
</div>
*... that demolition of '''[[Manchester Courts]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[New Zealand Historic Places Trust|Category&nbsp;I heritage]] building damaged in the [[2010 Canterbury earthquake]], starts today?
*... that '''[[Ching Chong Song]]''' topped a poll in ''[[The Village Voice]]'' as the "Worst Band Name in New York"?
*... that [[English national football team|English]] [[Captain (association football)|football captain]] [[Bobby Moore]] was accused of '''[[Bogotá Bracelet|stealing a bracelet]]''' in [[Bogotá|Bogotá, Colombia]], during the run-up to the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]?
*... that the dumping of [[slag]] into '''[[Kilbirnie Loch]]''' by the local [[ironworks]] unearthed a set of [[logboat]]s and a [[crannóg]]?
*... that, despite the [[stock market crash of 1929]], construction of the '''[[Washington Athletic Club]]''' in [[Seattle]] went ahead with a groundbreaking ceremony held in December of 1929?
*... that the English artist '''[[Henry Clarence Whaite]]''' was one of the central figures in the formation of the '''[[Royal Cambrian Academy of Art]]''', Wales' first art academy?
*... that '''[[Roy Roundtree]]''' was the leading receiver for the [[2009 Michigan Wolverines football team]] even though he only started four games?
*... that, according to the ''Dallas Morning News'', '''[[William Madison McDonald]]''' was "probably [[Texas]]' first [[African American|black]] millionaire"?


*'''''00:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:La china.jpg|100x100px|China Poblana|alt=Catherine de San Juan]]
</div>
*... that the Mexican state of '''[[Puebla]]''' is home to [[chiles en nogada]], [[mole poblano]] and the [[China Poblana]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Marshall Flaum]]''', who won two [[Emmy Award|Emmys]] for ''[[The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau]]'', earned an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|best documentary feature]] for '''''[[Let My People Go: The Story of Israel]]''''' in 1965?
*... that modern tribes in the area of the village of '''[[Negomano]]''' on the [[Mozambique]]–[[Tanzania]] border can be traced to the southern shores of [[Lake Malawi]], and that their ancestors moved to escape severe drought?
*... that King's Carpenter '''[[John Abel]]''' also designed a wooden tank called the Sow?
*... that the '''[[Constitution of Bhutan]]''' is based on [[Buddhist philosophy]], International [[International human rights instruments|Conventions on Human Rights]], public opinion, and existing laws, authorities, and precedents?
*... that '''[[Chris Deschene]]''' is the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to run for [[Secretary of State of Arizona|Secretary of State]] in [[Arizona]]?
*... that the Patron of the [[Auto-Cycle Union]] which oversees the '''[[British Motocross Championship]]''' is [[HRH]] the [[Duke of Edinburgh]]?
*... that in 1854, '''[[Michel Maxwell Philip]]''', the illicit son of a white planter and a slave, wrote ''Emmanuel Appadocca'', the first [[Trinidad]]ian novel?
*... that the demolition of '''[[Mount Carmel High School (Los Angeles)|Mount Carmel High School]]''', a [[List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles|historic landmark]] in [[Los Angeles]], was filmed for the movie ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]''?

===18 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Heishiiwa Rock Esashi crop.jpg|100x100px|Heishi rock at Kamome Island, Sea of Japan|alt=Heishi rock at Kamome Island, Sea of Japan]]
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*... that according to a legend, the '''[[Kamome Island|Heishi rock]]''' ''(pictured)'' represents the God of the '''[[Sea of Japan]]'''?
*... that despite being the largest church in [[Shrewsbury]], [[Shropshire]], '''[[St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury|St Mary's]]''' was declared [[redundant church|redundant]] in 1987?
*... that, during '''[[Sulla's civil wars]]''', Romans were killed if the [[consul]] [[Gaius Marius]] did not nod to them in response to a conversation?
*... that '''[[Lom prisoner of war camp]]''', operated by the [[2nd Division (Norway)|2nd Division]] during the 1940 [[Norwegian Campaign]], held both [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Prisoner of war|PoWs]] and Norwegians suspected of [[collaborationism]]?
*... that [[soul music|soul]] singer and songwriter '''[[Brenda Lee Eager]]''' has written and performed in a [[musical theatre]] show based on her own life story?
*... that [[rock blasting]] during excavation of the second '''[[Veliki Gložac Tunnel]]''' tube required the original tunnel tube to be closed to traffic more than 220 times?
*... that the [[Italy|Italian]] [[tank ship|tanker]] '''{{SS|Gianna M||2}}''' was captured by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Armed Merchant Cruiser]] {{HMS|Hilary|1931|6}} in 1941?
*... that [[Sakis Rouvas]] became the first Greek artist to have his own fashion label with the launch of the '''[[Sakis Rouvas Collection]]''' in October 2010?
*... that thawing ice forced four of the [[Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics|ice hockey]] matches at the [[1932 Winter Olympics]] to move from an outdoor '''[[Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics|venue]]''' to an indoor one?


*'''''12:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Koserowkirche.jpg|100x100px|Koserow church|alt=Stone church]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Koserow]]''' church ''(pictured)'' is reportedly the oldest church on [[Usedom]]'s [[Baltic Sea]] coast?
*... that one of the '''[[Google driverless car]]s''' was able to drive itself down the narrow [[hairpin turn]]s of [[San Francisco]]'s [[Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]]?
*... that the Swedish [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]] '''{{HMS|Folke||2}}''' was designed opposite of her [[sister ship]]s, with a [[gun turret]] at the stern, so that she could protect them during a retreat? 
*... that thawing of the [[St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink|ice rink]] '''[[Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics|venue]]''' during the [[1928 Winter Olympics]] led to the cancellation of the [[Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|10,000&nbsp;m speed skating]] event?
*... that the [[Byzantine]] general '''[[Manuel the Armenian]]''' achieved the highest Byzantine military ranks, defected to the [[Abbasids]], escaped back, and saved emperor [[Theophilos (emperor)|Theophilos]] from captivity?
*... that Mexican singer [[Luis Miguel]] received a [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album|Grammy Award]] and a [[RIAA certification|Platinum certification]] for his album '''''[[Segundo Romance]]''''' in the United States?
*... that [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]-born '''[[Asher Noria]]''' is the only [[Shooting sports|shooter]] in the world to win the [[double trap]] event of the International Shooting Junior World Cup for two consecutive years?
*... that architectural historians have described the [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[chancel]] arch of '''[[St James' Church, Stirchley]]''', [[Shropshire]], as "quite incongruously ornate"?
*... that '''[[Mrs. Tittlemouse (character)|Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse]]''' was depicted on a 1955 [[Huntley & Palmer]] [[biscuit tin]]?


*'''''06:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon self-portrait, c1860.png|100x100px|Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon|alt=A sepia photograph of a bearded white man gripping the lapel of his nineteenth century corduroy suit. He is posed sitting next to a classical bust draped with a curtain.]]
</div>
*... that after the [[Exposition Universelle (1867)|Paris Exposition of 1867]], the London ''[[The Times|Times]]'' referred to the works of '''[[Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon]]''' ''(self-portrait pictured)'' as "the finest photographic portraits in the world"?
*... that '''[[Oatka Creek]]''' [[losing stream|disappears]] from an area north of [[Le Roy (village), New York|Le Roy, New York]], during the summer months?
*... that '''[[Tenczyn Castle]]''' was captured and pillaged because of a rumor that the [[Polish Crown Jewels]] were hidden in its walls?
*... that '''[[St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham]]''' contains [[Mural|wall paintings]] dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries, painted on top of each other up to seven layers thick?
*... that '''[[Sofie (surgical robot)|Sofie]]''' is the first [[Robotic surgery|surgical robot]] to return [[Haptic technology|tactile information]] back to the operating surgeon?
*... that '''[[Dinesh Dhamija]]''' went from selling tickets in a [[Earl's Court tube station|London tube station]] [[kiosk]] to a net worth of over [[Pound sterling|£]]100m?
*... that '''[[Podvugleš Tunnel]]''' is separated from neighboring [[Javorova Kosa Tunnel]] by a {{convert|30|m|adj=on}} section of the [[A6 (Croatia)|Croatian A6 motorway]]?
*... that [[Francis M. Fesmire]] of the '''[[University of Tennessee College of Medicine]]''' won an [[Ig Nobel Prize]] for research on treating [[hiccup]]s with digital rectal massage?


*'''''00:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:The zeta fusion device.jpg|100x100px|ZETA fusion power machine at Harwell|alt=ZETA fusion power machine at Harwell]]
</div>
*... that in May 1958, eight months after [[John Cockroft]] had announced with great fanfare that the British-designed '''[[ZETA]]''' device ''(pictured)'' had achieved [[nuclear fusion]], he was forced to retract this claim?
*... that '''[[Adam of Kilconquhar]]''', first husband of [[Robert the Bruce]]'s mother [[Marjory of Carrick]], died on [[crusade]] at [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] in 1271?
*... that '''[[Philipsburg Manor]]''', one of the four main [[Manorialism|manors]] of the [[Province of New York]], was dissolved in 1779 because its owner was a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|loyalist]]?
*... that the '''[[List of Top Pops number-one singles|''Top Pops'' chart]]''', which ran for less than three years, had 15 number-one singles that failed to top the official [[UK Singles Chart]]?
*... that the '''''[[al-'Awasim]]''''' was the fortified frontier zone established by the [[Ummayad]] and [[Abbasid]] caliphates along their border with the [[Byzantine Empire]]?
*... that the tower of '''[[St Bartholomew's Church, Richard's Castle]]''', [[Herefordshire]], is detached from the body of the church, standing about {{convert|10|m}} to its east?
*... that the '''[[BSA B50|BSA B50 SS]]''' [[motorcycle]] proved its credentials by winning the 500&nbsp;cc class in the [[Thruxton 500]] and the [[Barcelona]] 24-hour endurance race?
*... that the '''[[New Academy (Moscopole)|New Academy]]''', an 18th-century higher learning institute and center of Greek culture, in [[Moscopole]], [[Albania]], was nicknamed "the worthiest jewel of the city"?
*... that [[Fetus (biology)|fetuses]] of the [[Endangered species|endangered]] [[Giant Panda]] have been '''[[interspecific pregnancy|artificially grown]]''' in the womb of a cat?

===17 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:AdamsRiverWide.JPG|100x100px|Adams River, British Columbia|alt=Looking north up the Lower Adams River]]
</div>
*... that the 2010 [[sockeye salmon]] run on the [[Adams River (British Columbia)|'''Adams River''']] ''(pictured)'' in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], is expected to be the largest since 1913, with an estimated {{Nowrap|9 million}} fish returning to the river to [[spawn (biology)|spawn]]?
*... that plans to restore the derelict '''[[Leah's Yard]]''' in [[Sheffield|Sheffield, England]], have been put on hold because of [[June 2010 United Kingdom budget|government budget cuts]]?
*... that '''''[[Ekgmowechashala]]''''' was the only North American genus of [[primate]] during the [[Late Oligocene]]?
*... that [[Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey]] won the [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions|NCAA Division&nbsp;I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions]] in both '''[[1995–96 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team|1996]]''' and '''[[1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team|1998]]''', but the '''[[1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team|1996–97 team]]''' had the best record?
*... that '''''[[Figaro (genus)|Figaro]]''''' was brought back in 2008 for the '''[[Australian sawtail catshark|Australian]]''' and '''[[northern sawtail catshark]]s'''?
*... that the [[New Jersey Historical Commission]] established the '''[[Mildred Barry Garvin]]''' Prize to recognize educators in the state for outstanding teaching of [[African-American history]]?
*... that, earlier this month, '''[[Leon Baptiste]]''' won [[England at the Commonwealth Games|England]]'s first [[gold medal]] for [[sprint (running)|sprint]]ing at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in over a decade?
*... that the [[Battle of Alma|first battle]] of the [[Crimean War]] led to an increased usage of the name '''[[Alma (given name)|Alma]]'''?


*'''''12:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Danau Lindu w bird 2007.jpg|100x100px|Danau Lindu lake in Lore Lindu National Park|alt=Danau Lindu lake in Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia]]
</div>
*... that in addition to its rich wildlife, '''[[Lore Lindu National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' on the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Sulawesi]] contains [[megalith]]s dating from before {{Nowrap|1300 AD}}?
*... that '''[[Robert L. Bobbitt|Robert Lee Bobbitt]]''', a prominent [[Texas]] [[politician]] of the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], was a [[presidential elector]] in 1944 for the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]-[[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] ticket?
*... that '''[[The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy|a series of novels]]''' based on the tale of ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' was removed from the [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]] in 1996? 
*... that the '''[[Double-O Ranch Historic District]]''' in [[Harney County, Oregon|Harney County]], [[Oregon]], was once owned by cattle baron [[William "Bill" Hanley|Bill Hanley]] and is now part of the [[Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]]?
*... that Gin Pit was the first [[colliery]] belonging to '''[[Astley and Tyldesley Collieries]]''', and its name suggests it had [[Horse mill|horse-driven]] winding gear and was on the site of even older coal workings?
*... that '''[[Maurice Neligan]]''' was described as "the first superstar of Irish medicine"?
*... that many newspapers refused to publicize the 1932 [[Pre-Code Hollywood|Pre-Code]] film '''''[[Merrily We Go to Hell]]''''' because of its racy title?
*... that the last two known individuals of the '''[[South Island Snipe]]''' died on {{Nowrap|1 September}} 1964, two days after they were captured?
*... that '''[[William W. Norton]]''' wrote [[Screenplay|scripts]] for films starring [[John Wayne]] and [[Burt Reynolds]], but when asked by a nurse if she would know any of his films, he replied, "I don't think your [[Intelligence quotient|IQ]] is low enough"?


*'''''06:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Siege of Amorium.jpg|120x100px|The Siege of Amorium|alt=Medieval miniature of a fortified city in the centre, attacked on both sides]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Sack of Amorium]]''' ''(pictured)'' in 838 by the [[Abbasids]] discredited [[Byzantine Iconoclasm]] and led to the [[Feast of Orthodoxy|restoration]] of the veneration of [[icon]]s?
*... that [[Papua New Guinea]]n [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[archbishop]] Sir '''[[George Ambo]]''' was "the first South Pacific native to be made a bishop", in 1960?
*... that [[Robert D. Levin|Robert Levin]] reconstructed for the [[Monteverdi Choir#Bach Cantata Pilgrimage|Bach Cantata Pilgrimage]] missing parts of '''''[[Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV&nbsp;162]]'''''?
*... that the {{convert|18000|sqft|adj=on}} [[wave pool]] at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]'s '''[[Jalavihar]]''', which is the largest in [[India]], can accommodate about 1,000 people at a time?
*... that, during the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], [[Stephen Colbert]] visited Pride House Vancouver, which is located in the [[LGBT community centre]] '''[[Qmunity]]'''?
*... that English photographer '''[[Greg Williams (photographer)|Greg Williams]]''' used a [[Red Digital Cinema Camera Company|high-resolution video camera]] to create a photograph of [[Megan Fox]] for the cover of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine?
*... that '''[[Lake Sausacocha]]''' in [[Peru]] is one of the rare Andean lakes with acidic waters?
*... that [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|Maori Anglican Church]] member '''[[Ike Robin]]''' was once said to be "so absorbed in his preaching that he failed to notice that the congregation comprised only his dog"?
*... that during the 16th&nbsp;century, '''[[St Peter and St Paul's Church, Preston Deanery]]''', [[Northamptonshire]], was used as a dog [[kennel]] and a pigeon house?


*'''''00:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Laguna de Paca-El Inca durmiendo.jpg|100x100px|Laguna de Paca|alt=Village in wooded setting with hills]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Jauja]]''', located near '''[[Laguna de Paca]]''' ''(pictured)'', was the capital of [[Peru]] before the founding of [[Lima]]?
*... that [[French people|French]] [[comedy]] [[actor]] [[Louis de Funès]] made his film debut at the age of 31 with a 40-second appearance in '''''[[The Temptation of Barbizon]]'''''?
*... that the '''[[2010–11 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team]]''' is coming off its first year with a postseason victory since the [[1998–99 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1998–99 team]] won two games in the [[1999 National Invitation Tournament]]?
*... that native [[Pennsylvania]]n '''[[Alexander Fulton (Louisiana)|Alexander Fulton]]''' named the [[Louisiana]] city that he founded, [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], after himself?
*... that the generation of '''[[Husák's Children]]''' was named after a [[Gustáv Husák|communist president]] of [[History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)|Czechoslovakia]]?
*... that '''[[Philadelphia School of Circus Arts]]''' teaches [[static trapeze]], [[corde lisse]], [[Aerial hoop|lyra]], [[unicycling]], [[tightwire]], and [[Chinese acrobatics]]?
*... that '''[[Prince Abbas Hilmi]]''', a great-grandson of both the [[Mehmed VI|last Ottoman sultan]] and the [[Abdülmecid II|last Ottoman caliph]], was the first foreign member of the [[London Stock Exchange]]?
*... that the '''[[Grandview Apostolic Church]]''' was the second-oldest [[church (building)|church]] in [[Brown County, Indiana]], until it was [[arson|burned]] last July?
*... that physician '''[[Charles de Lorme]]''' (1584–1678) prescribed an [[antimony|eye cosmetic concoction]] to French kings [[Henry IV of France|Henry&nbsp;IV]] and [[Louis XIII of France|Louis&nbsp;XIII]] as a medicine?

===16 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:A6 13 Javorova Kosa 130109.jpg|100x100px|Javorova Kosa Tunnel|alt=Tunnel portal, variable traffic signs indicating traffic flow direction and speed limit enforced are visible at the tunnel entrance and to the side of the road]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Javorova Kosa Tunnel]]''' ''(pictured)'' caved in during construction, requiring removal of {{convert|400|m3|abbr=off}} of rock and soil before the work could resume?
*... that the anonymous 6th-century treatise '''''[[About the Mystery of the Letters]]''''' interpreted the three Greek numeral signs [[Digamma]] (6), [[Koppa (letter)|Koppa]] (90) and [[Sampi]] (900) as mystical symbols of the [[Holy Trinity]]?
*... that '''[[James Kennedy Patterson]]''', the first president of the [[University of Kentucky]], once secured a personal loan to help the institution meet its financial obligations?
*... that the deciding game of the '''[[UAAP Season 67 men's basketball tournament|2004 UAAP men's college basketball finals]]''' was played a day before the 29th anniversary of the [[Thrilla in Manila]] at the [[Araneta Coliseum|same venue]]?
*... that [[baritone]] '''[[Georges Baklanoff]]''' created the title role in [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s ''[[The Miserly Knight]]'' at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], [[Moscow]] in 1906?
*... that '''[[St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals]]''', [[Shropshire]], has been the [[chancel]] of a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] church, the south [[aisle]] of a 19th&nbsp;century church, and is now a free-standing structure?
*... that when a [[diabetes|diabetic]] passenger needed an emergency stop on a [[JetBlue]] flight, '''[[David Barger]]''', now the company's [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], personally apologized to every customer for the delay?
*... that after recovering from [[poliomyelitis|polio]] as a 12-year old, '''[[Leo Byrd]]''' went on to win a gold medal with the [[United States men's national basketball team|United States men's basketball team]] at the [[1959 Pan American Games]]?
*... that the father '''[[Snares Snipe]]''' looks after the first chick to leave the nest, while the mother takes care of the second?


*'''''12:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bnbeetm1.jpg|100x140px|A statue of Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, Germany|alt=A statue of Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, Germany]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[Beethoven Monument, Bonn|bronze statue of Ludwig van Beethoven]]''' ''(pictured)'' was unveiled in 1845 to coincide with his 75th birthday?
*... that in 1997, '''[[Marko Račič]]''' became the only [[Slovenia]]n to receive the Gold Badge of the [[European Athletic Association]]?
*... that '''[[cloud gaming]]''' developments allow players to access their saved games at multiple locations, using the same game data on platforms ranging from desktop computers to [[Tablet computer|tablet devices]]?
*... that, after '''[[Bobby Godsell]]''' had resigned as Chairman of [[South Africa|South African]] company [[Eskom]] in 2009, he was accused of racism but defended by both the [[National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa)|Mineworkers Union]] and the [[African National Congress|ANC]]?
*... that the '''[[2009–10 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team]]''' earned the first postseason [[college basketball]] victory for [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball|Princeton]] since the [[1999 National Invitation Tournament]]?
*... that the [[Early Cretaceous]] [[crocodilian]] relative '''''[[Susisuchus]]''''' was one of the first [[mesoeucrocodylia]]ns to have a segmented shield of bony [[osteoderm]]s over its back, which allowed for greater flexibility while swimming?
*... that '''[[Tuhobić Tunnel]]''' is the longest tunnel on the [[A6 (Croatia)|Croatian A6 motorway]] route?
*... that [[Super heavyweight (MMA)|Super Heavyweight]] '''[[Sean McCorkle]]''' has been [[nickname]]d "The Hater", "The Big Angry", "Big Hungry" and "The Alpha Male", and claims he changes his nickname "to keep it interesting"?


*'''''06:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Mihailovskij zamok cropped.jpg|100x100px|Military Engineering-Technical University of Saint Petersburg|alt=Large red-brick university, with a golden spire]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Military Engineering-Technical University]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Saint Petersburg]] was the [[alma mater]] of author [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]?
*... that '''''[[Edentulina moreleti]]''''' is the only known [[herbivorous]] [[streptaxid]]?
*... that [[Edward Elgar]] may have played on the organ of the now-[[redundant church|redundant]] '''[[Pendock Church]]'''?
*... that '''[[Kenneth North]]''' was a prisoner of war during the [[Vietnam War]] for almost six years?
*... that in 1934, the British industrialist and philanthropist '''[[Sir John Jarvis, 1st Baronet|Sir John Jarvis]]''' established the Surrey Fund to raise money for the depressed town of [[Jarrow]]?
*... that [[Creation Records]], [[Superdry]] and [[Viz (comic)|''Viz'' magazine]] were all started with funding from the '''[[Enterprise Allowance Scheme]]'''?
*... that as a [[Federal Reserve System]] governor, '''[[Sherman J. Maisel]]''' served on a White House task force that suggested that [[Government National Mortgage Association|Ginnie Mae]] and [[Fannie Mae]] play a greater role in funding mortgages for homebuyers?
*... that at the end of the first game of the '''[[UAAP Season 68 men's basketball tournament|2005 UAAP men's basketball finals]]''', a [[De La Salle Green Archers|De La Salle University-Manila]] assistant team manager ran onto the court and hit opposing player [[Arwind Santos]] in the back of the head?


*'''''00:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hyalella azteca 2.jpg|100x100px|Hyalella azteca|alt=A small, white crustacean on a decaying leaf]]
</div>
*... that '''''[[Hyalella azteca]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is the most abundant [[Amphipoda|amphipod]] in North American lakes?
*... that English courtier '''[[Isabella Markham]]''', the love object and muse of poet [[John Harington (treasurer)|John Harington]], was the daughter of his former jailer?
*... that shots fired by '''[[Johnny Edgecombe]]''' into the door of the flat where [[Christine Keeler|his girlfriend]] was visiting led to disclosure of the [[Profumo Affair]], a scandal which brought down [[Secretary of State for War|UK War Secretary]] [[John Profumo]]?
*... that the '''[[1994 College Baseball All-America Team]]''' included four future [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|Major League Baseball All-Star]]s: [[Nomar Garciaparra]], [[Jason Varitek]], [[Danny Graves]] and [[Mike Hampton]]?
*... that from the [[widow's walk]] of the '''[[Samuel May Williams House]]''' people could watch [[horse race]]s at the nearby race track?
*... that the British businessman and [[Member of Parliament]] '''[[Sir Edgar Horne, 1st Baronet|Sir Edgar Horne]]''' owned most of the village of [[Shackleford]] in Surrey?
*... that the [[fairy shrimp]] '''''[[Branchinecta brushi]]''''' lives at 5,930&nbsp;m (19,460&nbsp;ft) in the [[Chile]]an [[Andes]], higher than any other [[crustacean]] in the world?
*... that from the late 1860s, [[Denmark|Danish]] photographer '''[[Kristen Feilberg]]''' captured many of the earliest images of the landscapes and peoples of [[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Singapore]]?
*... that a [[Washington, DC]], legend states that a '''[[Demon Cat]]''' lives in the basement crypts at [[Capitol Hill]]?

===15 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Michael Salyer Stone House, Orangetown, NY.jpg|100x100px|Front view of house showing frame infill|alt=A small house made of reddish stone. It has a curved roof with three windows. Near the top of the roof the house's siding is maroon-colored wood.]]
</div>
*... that the [[timber framing|wood frame]] and [[clapboard (architecture)|clapboard]] in the apexes of the [[gambrel roof]] on the '''[[Michael Salyer Stone House]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Orangetown, New York]], may reflect [[Huguenot]] [[vernacular architecture|building traditions]]?
*... that according to studies published by '''[[The Alliance for Safe Children]]''', in [[Bangladesh]] every day an estimated 46 children die from [[drowning]]?
*... that the [[parasitism|parasitic]] mushroom '''''[[Pholiota squarrosa]]''''' may smell like garlic, lemon, radish, onion, or skunk?
*... that '''[[Lake Amaramba]]''' is a shallow lake in [[Mozambique]] near the border with [[Malawi]], located in the [[Nyasa (lake)|Nyasa]] plateau?
*... that '''[[Herb Wilkinson]]''', a devout [[Mormon]], quit his professional basketball job with the [[Minneapolis Lakers]] because they made him play on Sundays?
*... that [[Texas]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]] '''[[Jack Cox (Texas politician)|Jack Cox]]''' lost important races to two better-known candidates, [[John Connally]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]?
*... that the [[Early Cretaceous]] [[crocodilian]] relative '''''[[Susisuchus]]''''' was one of the first [[mesoeucrocodylia]]ns to have a segmented shield of bony [[osteoderm]]s over its back, which allowed for greater flexibility while swimming?
*... that [[James L. Tuck|Jim Tuck]] named his pioneering [[fusion power]] system the '''[[Perhapsatron]]''', reflecting his skepticism that it would actually work?


*'''''12:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Richelieu1-Bougault.jpg|100x100px|''Richelieu'' at anchor|alt=A black-painted ship with three masts lacking yards or sails and a plough-shaped ram bow]]
</div>
*... that the '''{{ship|French ironclad|Richelieu}}''' ''(pictured)'', cast loose by her [[tugboat]] during a storm in the [[Bay of Biscay]] while being [[Towing|towed]] to the [[ship breaking|ship breakers]] in 1911, survived the storm and was recovered near the [[Scilly Isles]]?
*... that the animal characters in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s 1986 primetime special, '''''[[The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure]]''''', were based on biblical figures?
*... that [[Great Britain|British]] '''[[Cheney Racing]]''' hand-built [[motorcycle]]s can take over 400 hours to complete?
*... that the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] was ceremoniously read on the '''[[140th Year Anniversary Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation|140th anniversary of its signing]]''' under the [[Emancipation Oak|oak tree]] where [[Mary Smith Peake]] taught children of former slaves in 1861?
*... that [[Championship (dog)|Ch.]] '''[[Rocky Top's Sundance Kid]]''' is the most successful Colored [[Bull Terrier]] [[show dog]] of all time?
*... that [[Nevada]] [[politician]] [[Sharron Angle]] serves as a legislative chairwoman for the '''[[National Foundation for Women Legislators]]'''?
*... that in a 1988 [[administrative law]] judgment, the [[High Court of Singapore]] held that an [[alien (law)|alien]] allowed to enter the country for a fixed period has no '''[[legitimate expectation in Singapore|legitimate expectation]]''' of staying a day longer?
*... that though his work usually appeared to have been [[painting|painted]] very quickly, '''[[Stephen Pace (artist)|Stephen Pace]]''' often made subtle fixes to his art, saying of himself, "You might call me a fake [[Zen]] painter"?


*'''''06:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Margherita Beriza, 1914.jpg|100x100px|Marguerite Bériza|alt=Marguerite Bériza]]
</div>
*... that [[opera]] [[singing|singer]]s '''[[Marguerite Bériza]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Orville Harrold]]''' appeared in 1917 at the [[Ravinia Park|Ravinia Festival]] in both Mascagni's ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'' and Massenet's ''[[Manon]]''?
*... that '''[[Ralph A. Loveys]]''' left an [[New Jersey General Assembly|Assembly]] seat from the '''[[26th Legislative District (New Jersey)|26th Legislative District]]''' to chair the [[New Jersey Turnpike|New Jersey Turnpike Authority]], but quit after [[Governor of New Jersey|Governor]] [[James Florio]] would not support his [[Toll road|toll]] increase plan?
*... that the mushrooms '''''[[Mycena clariviolacea]]''''', '''''[[Mycena fonticola|M.&nbsp;fonticola]]''''', '''''[[Mycena fuscoaurantiaca|M.&nbsp;fuscoaurantiaca]]''''', '''''[[Mycena intersecta|M.&nbsp;intersecta]]''''', '''''[[Mycena lanuginosa|M.&nbsp;lanuginosa]]''''', '''''[[Mycena multiplicata|M.&nbsp;multiplicata]]''''', '''''[[Mycena mustea|M.&nbsp;mustea]]''''', and '''''[[Mycena nidificata|M.&nbsp;nidificata]]''''', newly described in 2007, are only known from [[Kanagawa]], [[Japan]]?
*... that the '''[[Gwichyaa Gwich’in|Gwich'yaa]]''', easternmost of the [[Gwich’in]] groups in [[Alaska]], derive income from [[Animal trapping|trapping]] and from selling [[handicraft]]s?
*... that '''[[Millennium Bailey's Hotel|Bailey's Hotel]]''', founded by British politician '''[[James Bailey (UK politician)|James Bailey]]''', attracted many wealthy and foreign guests &ndash; including [[Sultan]] [[Abu Bakar of Johor]], who lived out his last days in the hotel in 1895?
*... that five players from the '''[[1969–70 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team]]''' were selected in the [[National Basketball Association Draft|NBA Draft]]?
*... that '''[[Bird class patrol vessel]]s''' were so unsuccessful that they were never used in their designed role?
*... that the '''[[Kebbi Emirate]]''' in [[Nigeria]] is one of the "[[Hausa Kingdoms#Banza Bakwai|seven bastard kingdoms]]" whose rulers trace their lineage back to a [[Hausa people|Hausa]] king's [[concubine]]?


*'''''00:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Boletellus ananas 45219.jpg|100x100px|Boletellus ananas|alt=A mushroom with a bent white stem and purple cap covered with whitish scales]]
</div>
*... that the [[type species]] of the [[fungus|fungal]] genus '''''[[Boletellus]]''''' is the '''[[Boletellus ananas|pineapple bolete]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that there is a '''[[Henry Bergh (sculpture)|9 ft bronze statue]]''' of the founder of the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|American SPCA]], [[Henry Bergh]], petting an injured dog, standing in [[Milwaukee]] since 1891?
*... that '''[[St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Ozleworth]]''', has one of the only two hexagonal towers in [[Gloucestershire]]?
*... that [[folk music|folk singers]] '''[[Kathy and Carol|Kathy & Carol]]''' released their second album 45 years after their debut?
*... that to honour [[Jaguar Cars]]' 75th anniversary, the carmaker developed the '''[[Jaguar C-X75]]''', a [[plug-in hybrid]] two-seat [[concept car]] which debuted at the [[2010 Paris Motor Show]]?
*... that [[Brian Rose (cricketer)|Brian Rose]] was '''[[List of Somerset cricket captains|Somerset County Cricket Club's most successful captain]]''', leading the side to five [[Limited overs cricket|one-day]] trophies in as many years?
*... that, in [[History of Swaziland|pre-independence]] [[Swaziland]], [[French language|French]] '''[[Languages of Swaziland|was taught]]''' in the colony's three [[Racial segregation|White-only]] high schools?
*... that at the helm of [[United Artists]], '''[[Andy Albeck]]''' oversaw production of ''[[Raging Bull]]'', a film considered one of [[films considered the greatest ever|the greatest ever]], and ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'', the biggest [[box office bomb]] at the time?

===14 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Tett Turret Close up - geograph.org.uk - 168509.jpg|100x100px|Surviving Tett Turret at RAF Hornchurch|alt=Surviving Tett Turret at RAF Hornchurch. Light coming through one of several spy-holes can be seen opposite the embrasure.]]
</div>
*... that the only exit from a '''[[Tett turret]]''' ''(pictured)'' could expose a soldier trying to leave the fortification to direct fire from the enemy? 
*... that '''[[Len Garrison]]'''{{`s}} writings about black British identity and history led to formation of the Black Cultural Archives, and plans for the first UK national Black heritage centre in 2011?
*... that [[trumpet]]er '''[[Gracie Cole]]''' was the first woman to compete for the Alexander Owen memorial scholarship in 1942&mdash;and won by an unprecedented 21-point margin?
*... that when '''[[Helmut de Boor]]''' taught at the [[University of Bern]], his neighbours objected to his many young German visitors, but also to his red and orange car paid for by the German embassy?
*... that '''[[Jack Parkinson (basketball)|Jack Parkinson]]''' passed up a [[Major League Baseball]] contract with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] to play for [[Adolph Rupp]] and the [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team]]?
*... that [[The CW Television Network]] plans to develop an adaption of the hit [[German language|German]] [[sitcom]] '''''[[Danni Lowinski]]''''', marking the first time a German TV series is adapted for [[United States|American]] audiences?
*... that the '''[[National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center]]''' was created in {{Nowrap|July 2008}} to protect [[United States|American]] [[consumers]] from potentially harmful trade goods?
*... that one of the 15 bridges in [[Vrnjačka Banja]], [[Serbia]], is the '''[[Most Ljubavi|Bridge of Love]]''', enclosed by [[love padlocks]]?


*'''''12:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Maksimovsky rock Chusovaya river.jpg|100x100px|Maksimovsky rock in the Chusovaya River in Russia|alt=Maksimovsky rock in the Chusovaya River in Russia]]
</div>
*... that a tributary of the '''[[Chusovaya River]]''' ''(pictured)'' naturally dives underground for about {{convert|6|km}}?
*... that '''[[John Douglas (conductor)|John Douglas]]''' [[conducting|conducted]] more than 50 [[opera]] productions at [[Temple University]]?
*... that the southernmost section of the '''[[Wellington Fault]]''' in [[North Island]], [[New Zealand]], has moved at a rate of 6.0–7.6&nbsp;mm (0.24–0.30&nbsp;in) per year for the last 140,000 years, shown by the offset of [[Radiocarbon dating|dated]] [[river terrace]]s?
*... that after crashing in the North Sea in {{Nowrap|February 1916}}, the crew of the '''[[Zeppelin L.19 (LZ 54)|Zeppelin L.19]]''' died because the crew of a British fishing boat refused to rescue them?
* ... that, while serving in the [[Solomon Islands]] during [[World War&nbsp;II]], '''[[Austin Volk]]''' discovered a river which he named "Brown Bear River" in honor of his [[alma mater]], [[Brown University]]?
*... that ''Walk in My Shoes'' by '''[[Arthur Holch]]''', aired by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1961, "to a degree never before achieved in TV documentary" depicted life "in the Negro's world and sharing the frustration that is his lot"?
*... that the '''[[Hero's Medal]]''' and the '''[[Meritorious Service Medal (China)|Meritorious Service Medal]]''' are currently the highest and second-highest [[military decoration]] in the [[People's Republic of China]]?
*... that letters from the 17th-century [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[monk]] Ansaldo Cebà to a married [[Jews|Jewish]] woman, '''[[Sara Copia Sullam]]''', included elements of sexual innuendo and physical allusions?


*'''''06:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Ljubljana Central Market 2010.jpg|100x100px|Ljubljana Central Market|alt=Ljubljana Central Market, view from the Dragon Bridge, on a foggy autumn morning]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Ljubljana Central Market|Central Market]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Ljubljana]] was designed by the [[Slovenia]]n architect [[Jože Plečnik]]?
*... that despite using [[clean coal]], '''[[Prairie State Energy Campus]]''', due to go online in {{Nowrap|August 2011}}, may become the largest source of [[carbon dioxide]] built in the United States in a quarter-century?
*... that '''[[St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester|St Wilfrid's Church]]''' and its [[rectory]] in [[Ribchester]], [[Lancashire]], were constructed in the 13th century of [[sandstone]] [[rubble]]?
*... that in his final season as [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]] [[head coach]], [[John Thompson&nbsp;III]] led the '''[[2003–04 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|2003–04 team]]''' to the [[2004 NCAA Men's Division&nbsp;I Basketball Tournament]]?
*... that the '''[[world's littlest skyscraper]]''', located in downtown [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls]], [[Texas]], is only {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall, with exterior dimensions of {{convert|18|ft|m|abbr=on}} by {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}}?
*... that a "temporary" regent of [[Nigeria]]'s '''[[Idoani Confederacy]]''' ended up ruling the [[List of Nigerian traditional states|state]] for over 14&nbsp;years, as the chiefs couldn't agree on the [[Order of succession|succession]]?
*... that in 1883, after '''[[Robert Edwin Russ|Robert Russ]]''' was persuaded to donate {{convert|600|acre}} of land for a new townsite in [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana]], the town was called Russ Town&mdash;today the city of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and the [[parish seat]]?
*... that a '''[[WKCS|student-run high school station]]''' is the only [[oldies]] radio station in the market of [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]?


*'''''00:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Alan Pastrana.jpg|100x100px|Quarterback Alan Pastrana rolls out of the pocket looking to pass in 1966.|alt=A running quarterback in 1960s vintage American football equipment looks downfield to pass while clutching the football in both hands.]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Alan Pastrana]]''' ''(pictured)'' played as a [[linebacker]] in his first season at [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]], but was switched to [[quarterback]] and set the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] record for [[forward pass|passing]] [[touchdown]]s in 1966?
*... that the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] '''[[Ter Apel Monastery]]''', founded by the [[Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross|Croziers]], used to make money by selling [[loam]], dug from land owned by the neighboring [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of [[Weerdinge]], to the hamlet of [[Roswinkel]]?
*... that [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[Grand Vizier]] '''[[Koca Davud Pasha|Davud Pasha]]''' built the largest [[Public bathing|public baths]] in the [[Balkans]]?
*... that the '''[[Ka'Kabish]]''' archaeological site in [[Belize]] has revealed evidence of a [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] city?
*... that [[Stevie Wonder]] said that "professionally, I could not talk about my life without there being a chapter on how '''[[Dick Griffey]]''', as a promoter, helped to build my career"?
*... that '''''[[Redline (2010 film)|Redline]]''''', [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]]'s latest [[anime]] movie, took seven years and 100,000 hand-made drawings to be produced?
*... that portable [[palisade]]s carried by [[Texian]]s at the '''[[Battle of Velasco]]''' were completely ineffective against [[Mexico|Mexican]] gunfire?
*... that [[soprano]] '''[[Dolores Wilson]]''' lamented that "the [[Italian language|Italian]] I'd learned by studying [[opera]]s enabled me to talk intelligently only about poisons and suicide and tragic love affairs"?

===13 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:SSDI-SSI-1987-2003.png|100x100px|Epidemic in the age of Prozac|alt=Chart showing the increase (in red) over the baseline (in blue) of people receiving SSDI and SSI payments in the U.S. in 1987 and 2003]]
</div>
*... that in '''''[[Anatomy of an Epidemic]]''''', [[Robert Whitaker (author)|Robert Whitaker]] asks why the number of Americans disabled by [[mental illness]] nearly doubled since 1987 ''(chart pictured)''?
*... that a deadly [[antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] riot involving approximately 10,000 people erupted in [[Warsaw]] in 1922 in response to a planned concert of [[Klezmer|Yiddish song]] by soprano '''[[Isa Kremer]]'''? ''(See discussions regarding this hook at [[Talk:Isa Kremer]] and at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland/Archive 7#Did you know? 18:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)]], as well as at [[Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 59#Printing corrections and apologies|WT:DYK#Printing corrections and apologies]].)''
*... that [[Holly Madison]]'s personal assistant '''[[Angel Porrino]]''' will replace her in the lead role of the Las Vegas production ''[[Peepshow (burlesque)|Peepshow]]'' for nine weeks in 2011?
*... that by taking the '''[[1998–99 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1998–99]]''' and '''[[1999–2000 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1999–2000]]''' [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball|Princeton Tigers basketball teams]] to the [[National Invitational Tournament]], coach [[Bill Carmody]] achieved the [[Ivy League]] record for career winning percentage?
*... that in 1418 [[Margery Kempe]] was tried for [[Lollardy]] in '''[[All Saints Church, Leicester]]'''?
*... that the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]] declared the '''[[1982 Bangladesh coup d'état|1982 military coup]]''' led by General [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] to be illegal?
*... that in 1860 schoolteacher Thomas Hopley was '''[[Eastbourne manslaughter|found guilty of manslaughter]]''' for the beating to death of a student described as "stolid and stupid"?
*... that a [[human skull]] was found from the '''[[Ratcliff Site, Wendat (Huron) Ancestral Village|Ratcliff Site]]''' "perforated with seven holes, and had evidently been held as a trophy, the holes being the score of enemies slaughtered in battle by the wearer"?


*'''''12:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Nevenka Urbanova.jpg|100x100px|Nevenka Urbanova as Ms. Alvarez in This Thing Called Love by Edwin J. Burke|alt=Woman in white dress in profile]]
</div>
*... that before her death in 2007, '''[[Nevenka Urbanova]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the oldest living [[Serbia]]n [[actor]]?
*... that the '''[[Lombardy Apartment Building]]''' has been named one of the [[Cincinnati]] region's best examples of late 19th century urban [[Victorian architecture]]?
*... that the [[Superintendent (politics)|Superintendent]] of the [[Otago Province]], '''[[John Hyde Harris]]''', would have played an even more important role in [[New Zealand]] politics but for his difficult financial situation?
*... that [[jazz]] musician '''[[Phil Moore (jazz musician)|Phil Moore]]''' arranged and worked on the [[Film score|scores]] of over 30 [[film]]s?
*... that the '''[[1979–80 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team]]''' of the [[Ivy League]] played seven games against participants in the [[1980 NCAA Men's Division&nbsp;I Basketball Tournament]], although they did not play in the tournament themselves?
*... that the character '''[[Cad Bane]]''' in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' was inspired after [[George Lucas]] suggested that the [[bounty hunter]] in the series should go [[Western (genre)|Western]]?
*... that even though it was outside the city at the time, the medieval '''[[Church of St George, Kyustendil|Church of St George]]''' in [[Kyustendil]], [[Bulgaria]], was Kyustendil's [[cathedral]] until 1816?
*... that '''[[Bill Andriette]]''' was 15 years old when he joined the [[pedophile]] organization [[NAMBLA|North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA)]]?


*'''''06:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Stjohnmayportlh.jpg|100x100px|The St. Johns River Light|alt=The St. Johns River Light, a decommissioned lighthouse in Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida]]
</div>
*... that the land around the '''[[St. Johns River Light]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], has been raised {{convert|7|ft}}, burying the door and making the tower accessible only through a window {{convert|8|ft}} off the ground?
*... that [[Bryant Fleming]]'s 1927 renovations to the '''[[Keeney House (Le Roy, New York)|Keeney House]]''' in [[Le Roy (village), New York|Le Roy, New York]], made it a more purely [[Federal architecture|Federal-style]] building?
*... that the first Orthodox Christian service ever held in [[Canada]] was conducted by the '''[[Russian Orthodox Church in Canada|Russian Church]]''' and took place in 1897 in the tiny [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of [[Wostok, Alberta]]?
*... that with his appointment to the [[Los Angeles Superior Court]] in 1979, '''[[Stephen Lachs]]''' was the first [[Coming out|openly gay]] judge appointed in the United States?
*... that one of the '''[[venues of the 1904 Summer Olympics]]''' was [[Forest Park (St. Louis, Missouri)|Forest Park]], the site of the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]]? 
*... that [[Kalaallit]] '''[[Jørgen Brønlund]]''' was a member of the 1902–1903 Danish Literary Greenland Expedition, along with [[Knud Rasmussen]], [[Harald Moltke]], and [[Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen]]?
*... that [[John Thompson III]] led the [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]] team to postseason tournaments in his first two seasons as [[head coach]] in '''[[2000–01 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|2000–01]]''' and '''[[2001–02 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|2001–02]]'''?
*... that '''''[[Archaeomarasmius]]''''', '''''[[Aureofungus]]''''', '''''[[Coprinites]]''''', '''''[[Palaeoagaracites]]''''', and '''''[[Protomycena]]''''' are the only five [[genera]] of [[Agaricales|agaric]] [[mushroom]]s known from the fossil record?
*... that '''[[Sean Morton]]''' claims that, while in [[India]], [[Nepal]]ese [[monk]]s taught him the secret of [[time travel]]?


*'''''00:00, 13 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:All Saints Church, Kedleston.jpg|100x100px|All Saints Church, Kedleston|alt=A stone church seen from the east. It has a three-light east window, over which is a sundial, and beyond it is a battlemented tower]]
</div>
*... that in '''[[All Saints Church, Kedleston]]''', [[Derbyshire]], ''(pictured)'' are 35&nbsp;monuments to the Curzon family of [[Kedleston Hall]]?
*... that '''[[Alms and Doepke Dry Goods Company|Alms and Doepke]]''' was once the leading [[dry goods]] company in the region of [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]?
*... that '''''[[Minds and Machines]]''''' is a [[peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] covering [[artificial intelligence]], [[philosophy]], and [[cognitive science]]?
*... that [[head coach|coach]] [[Pete Carril]] led the '''[[1995–96 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1995–96 Princeton Tigers]]''' to an upset in the [[1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1996 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament]], and successor [[Bill Carmody]] led the '''[[1996–97 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1996–97]]''' and '''[[1997–98 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1997–98]]''' teams back to the Tournament?
*... that the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of '''[[Trefasser]]''', [[Pembrokeshire]], is said to be named either after [[Asser]], a friend and [[Biography|biographer]] of [[Alfred the Great]], or Asser's nephew, Asser Meneventsis, a [[Benedictine]] [[monk]]?
*... that the '''[[Girl Scout National Center West]]''' outside [[Ten Sleep, Wyoming]], was one of the largest encampments in the world, covering 14,600–15,400 acres of rugged wilderness?
*... that '''[[Charles Joseph Faulkner]]''' and '''[[Peter Paul Marshall]]''' were founder-shareholders in the [[decorative arts]] firm [[Morris & Co.|Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.]] along with [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] artist [[William Morris]]?
*... that the [[Spanish Navy|Spanish warship]] that fought in the '''[[Action of 13&nbsp;June 1898]]''' would later serve in the [[Venezuelan Navy]]?

===12 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Kurobe Dam survey 2.jpg|100x100px|Kurobe Dam|alt=A concrete structure blocking a river discharges water]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Kurobe Dam]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the tallest [[dam]] in Japan and its construction claimed the lives of 171 people?
*... that the centrepiece of the '''[[Messner Mountain Museum]]''', established by Italian [[mountaineer]], [[Reinhold Messner]], is at [[Sigmundskron Castle]] near [[Bolzano]], and focuses on man's encounter with the [[mountains]]? 
*... that [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]-based '''[[Snow World]]''' was [[India]]'s first and the world's biggest [[amusement park|snow themed park]] at the time of its opening in 2004?
*... that the '''[[1987–88 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team]]''' holds the national record for single-season [[three point field goal]] percentage and individuals on that team hold the career and single-season Ivy League records?
*... that '''[[Sava River Bridge (A3)|Sava River Bridge]]''' carrying the [[A3 (Croatia)|A3 motorway]] was the largest prefabricated girder bridge, in terms of plan area, in Croatia when completed in 1981?
*... that the controversial Lebanese rock band '''[[Mashrou' Leila]]''' started out as a music workshop at a local university?
*... that the Russian battleship '''''[[Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov|Knyaz Suvorov]]''''' was the flagship of [[Zinovy Rozhestvensky|Admiral Rozhestvensky]] at the [[Battle of Tsushima]]?
*... that despite its general accuracy, [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon's]] '''[[Never-Ending Language Learning]]''' [[Semantics|semantic]] learning tool came to the conclusion that [[HTTP cookie|Internet cookies]] were a kind of [[Baking|baked good]]?


*'''''12:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Belgica schiff.jpg|100x100px|RV ''Belgica'' trapped in ice|alt=Photograph showing the Belgian research ship ''Belgica'' trapped in ice in Antarctica, 1898]]
</div>
*... that [[Nansen (cat)|Nansen]] was the [[cat|ship's cat]] on board '''{{ship|RV|Belgica|1884|2}}''' ''(pictured)'' during the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] of 1897–99?
*... that the surviving buildings of the medieval '''[[Blackfriars, Bristol]]''' have housed a register office, a theatre company and a restaurant in recent years?
*... that '''[[Barton Kay Kirkham]]''' was the last prisoner to be [[hanging|hanged]] by the state of [[Utah]]?
*... that the '''[[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]]''' was founded by members of the [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] in 1993 to oversee the construction of a [[Ram Janmabhoomi|Ram Janmabhoomi temple]] in [[Ayodhya]]?
*... that the '''[[1986–87 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team]]''' led the nation in [[field goal percentage]]?
*... that in 2004, [[President of India]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] inaugurated a dedicated [[Stem cell|stem cell]] research center at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad's]] '''[[L. V. Prasad Eye Institute]]'''?
*... that four of the seven '''[[Venues of the 1896 Summer Olympics|venues]]''' used for the [[1896 Summer Olympics]] were reused for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Milk strike|a spontaneous strike in Oslo in 1941]]''', due to lack of [[milk]], led to [[martial law]], [[court-martial]], executions, and [[mass arrest]]s?


*'''''06:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dante Gabriel Rossetti Sir Tristram and la Belle Ysoude stained glass.png|100x100px|Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Sir Tristram and la Belle Isoude drink the love potion|alt=Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Sir Tristram and la Belle Isoude drink the love potion]]
</div>
*... that six [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] artists designed the set of '''[[Tristram and Isoude stained glass panels|stained glass panels]]''' ''(pictured)'' illustrating scenes from the story of [[Tristan and Iseult|Sir Tristram and la Belle Isoude]] as told in Sir [[Thomas Malory]]'s ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur|Morte d'Arthur]]''?
*... that the '''[[Tokuyama Dam]]''' is the largest [[dam]] by volume in [[Japan]] and also creates the country's largest [[reservoir]] by volume?
*... that [[Fleet Air Arm]] squadrons on the '''[[Attacker class escort carrier]]s''' sank six [[U-Boats]] during the [[Second World War]]?
*... that the [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]] team earned four consecutive invitations to the [[NCAA Men's Division&nbsp;I Basketball Tournament]], where the '''[[1988–89 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1988–89]]''', '''[[1989–90 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1989–90]]''', '''[[1990–91 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1990–91]]''' and '''[[1991–92 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1991–92]]''' teams lost by a combined total of 15 points?
*... that [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]] adviser '''[[Georgy Arbatov]]''' acknowledged that the [[Soviet Union]] had lost the [[Cold War]], but insisted that the [[United States]] had suffered too by losing "The Enemy"?
*... that during the rule of the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]] (ca. 1518–1687), water from [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]'s '''[[Durgam Cheruvu|Durgam Cheruvu lake]]''' was supplied to the residents of [[Golconda Fort]]?
*... that during the 18th century, '''[[St Gregory's Church, Fledborough]]''', [[Nottinghamshire]], was regarded as "the [[Gretna Green]] of the Midlands"?
*... that [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] Justice '''[[Thomas Dickson Archibald (judge)|Thomas Dickson Archibald ]]''' was one of 19 children?
*... that while [[Comstock Lode]] [[mining]] millionaire '''[[Sandy Bowers]]''' claimed he had money to throw at birds, [[Mark Twain|Samuel Clemens]] described Bowers as "miraculously ignorant"?


*'''''00:00, 12 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Adamovich Kapital.jpg|100x100px|Plate called "Kapital"|alt=A brightly coloured plate which shows a worker stamping on the word "Capital" – in Russian]]
</div>
*... that a [[porcelain]] plate ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Mikhail Mikhailovich Adamovich|Mikhail Adamovich]]''' features a [[USSR|Russian]] worker stamping on the forces of "[[Capitalism|Kapital]]"?
*... that '''[[Louis-Guillaume Perreaux]]''' was a [[France|French]] inventor and engineer who submitted one of the first patents for a working [[motorcycle]] in 1869?
*... that, in [[Lesotho]], [[English language|English]] '''[[Languages of Lesotho|replaces]]''' [[Sotho language|Sotho]] as the [[medium of instruction]] after the fourth year of [[primary school]]?
*... that '''[[Mark Friedman (FPSI)|Mark Friedman]]''', founder of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute, described his year as a high school mathematics teacher in [[Warminster]], [[Pennsylvania]], as the hardest job he ever did?
*... that the '''[[Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive]]''' broke the siege of [[Leningrad]]?
*... that Piper '''[[George Findlater]]''' of the [[Gordon Highlanders]] won the [[Victoria Cross]] for playing the [[bagpipe]]s whilst wounded and under fire, in the British attack on the [[Dargai Heights]] in 1897?
*... that in 1958, [[Texas]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[U.S. Senate]] [[nominee]] '''[[Roy Whittenburg]]''' proposed the direct election of [[United States Supreme Court]] justices?
*... that the '''[[1980–81 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1980–81]]''', '''[[1982–83 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1982–83]]''', and '''[[1983–84 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1983–84]]''' [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]] teams all went to the [[NCAA Men's Division&nbsp;I Basketball Tournament]]?
*... that '''[[Encosta De Lago]]'''{{`s}} service fee rose to [[Australian dollar|AUD$]]302,500 in the 2008 season, during which he served 227 mares who produced 166 live foals?

===11 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Elisha Winfield Green.jpg|100x100px|Elisha Winfield Green|alt=Elisha Winfield Green, sketch of black man in a suit]]
</div>
*... that when '''[[Elisha Winfield Green]]''' ''(pictured)'', an elderly [[African American]] [[Baptists|Baptist]] leader, won a case for [[assault]] by a white minister in 1883, the effect was to increase pressure for [[Racial segregation|segregation]]?
*... that in the week that "'''[[When It Rains, It Pours (30 Rock)|When It Rains, It Pours]]'''" originally [[broadcasting|aired]], ''[[30 Rock]]'' was the only Thursday [[television program|program]] whose [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]] did not fall from its [[season premiere]]?
*... that '''[[Wheatland (James Buchanan House)|Wheatland]]''', the former home of the 15th [[President of the United States|US President]], [[James Buchanan]], was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1961 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1966?
*... that Rear Admiral '''[[Nora W. Tyson]]''' became the first woman to command a [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]] task group when she was chosen to command '''[[Carrier Strike Group Two]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Desert Mothers]]''' were [[Christian]] [[ascetic]]s and [[hermit]]s who lived in the desert of [[Egypt]] during the 4th and 5th centuries?
*... that the '''[[Ford sewing machinists strike 1968|1968 Ford sewing machinists strike]]''' in the [[United Kingdom]] led to the first UK legislation aimed at ending pay discrimination between men and women?
*... that the British [[ironclad warship|ironclad]] '''{{HMS|Neptune|1874|6}}''' was deemed "a [[white elephant]], being a thoroughly bad ship in most respects&mdash;unlucky, full of inherent faults and small vices, and at times a danger to her own consorts"?
*... that '''[[John Albert Taylor]]''' chose to be [[execution by firing squad|executed by firing squad]] to embarrass the state of [[Utah]]?
*... that due to his intense [[fear of flying]], '''[[Bill Green (basketball)|Bill Green]]''' was never able to play for the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s [[Boston Celtics]]?


*'''''12:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Benson sea-going log raft.jpg|100x100px|Benson raft|alt=Benson raft]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Benson raft]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a huge sea-going log raft designed to transport millions of board-feet of timber at a time through the open ocean?
*... that the apex organisation of [[Hindu]] [[Sant (religion)|saints]], the '''[[Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad]]''', has welcomed the [[Ayodhya debate|2010 Ayodhya verdict]], saying it will prevent further political exploitation of the [[Ayodhya debate|Ram Janmabhumi Temple issue]]?
*... that in the 1970s [[Pete Carril]] led two [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]] teams to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] – the '''[[1975–76 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1975–76]]''' and '''[[1976–77 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1976–77 teams]]'''?
*... that '''[[Élie Barnavi]]''', an [[Israelis|Israeli]] [[historian]] and a former Israeli [[ambassador]] to France, has called for an independent inquiry into the controversial [[Muhammad al-Durrah incident]]?
*... that [[Washington, D.C.]]'s '''[[Capital Bikeshare]]''' is expected to become the largest [[bicycle sharing system]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] when fully deployed, offering 1,100 bicycles and 110 stations?
*... that while '''[[St Bartholomew's Church, Furtho]]''' was being used for storage of the [[archives]] of the Northampton Record Society during the Second World War, all of its windows were destroyed by a bomb?
*... that the dog '''[[Old Jock]]''', born 1859, is considered to be one of the founding sires of the modern [[Fox Terrier]]?
*... that [[Cincinnati Bengals]] [[cornerback]] '''[[Morgan Trent]]''' was a [[sprint running|sprinter]] for the [[Michigan Wolverines men's track and field|Michigan track]] team and set indoor state track records in the 60-yard dash and 200-meter run?
*... that Prince Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi of [[Venosa]], owner of [[Italian wine]] estate '''[[Fiorano (wine)|Fiorano]]''', considered the white [[mold]] that covered his cellars beneficial to his wines?


*'''''06:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tuber aestivum Valnerina 018.jpg|100x100px|Summer truffle (''Tuber aestivum'')|alt=Summer truffle (''Tuber aestivum'')]]
</div>
*... that the summer truffle ''(pictured)'' and the burgundy truffle are varieties of one species of [[Truffle (fungus)|truffle]], '''''[[Summer truffle|Tuber aestivum]]''''', which is found across Europe?
*... that, due to a compromise between the [[National Basketball Association]] and its [[National Basketball Players Association|player union]], '''[[List of players banned or suspended by the NBA|players]]''' banned "permanently" for [[substance abuse]] are allowed to be reinstated after two years?
*... that '''[[St Mary's Church, Wilton|St Mary's Church]]''' in [[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]], [[Wiltshire]], was restored by [[Robert Worth Bingham|Robert Bingham]], the [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom|US Ambassador to the United Kingdom]], whose ancestor [[Robert de Bingham]] was consecrated there in 1229?
*... that '''[[Prenkë Jakova]]''' wrote ''[[Mrika]]'', the first [[Albania]]n [[opera]], which premiered in 1958?
*... that the extinct '''''[[Protosialis casca]]''''' is one of only two known [[alderfly|alderflies]] from the [[West Indies]]?
*... that the [[Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, "The Great" 5th Dalai Lama|Fifth Dalai Lama]] was installed as supreme ruler of [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]] in the 17th century at '''[[Shigatse Dzong]]''' by [[Mongols|Mongol]] ruler [[Güshi Khan]]?
*... that '''[[Lucius Copeland]]''' invented one of the first [[motorcycle|motorcycles]], the steam-powered, [[penny-farthing]] "Star", and also the first successfully mass-produced three-wheeled car, the "Phaeton steamer"?
*... that chemical analysis of remains from [[Herod the Great]]'s '''[[Royal Stoa (Jerusalem)|Royal Stoa]]''' supports [[Josephus]]' account of the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] destruction of the [[Temple Mount]] in a great [[conflagration]]?
*... that [[California State University]] announced that students who use '''[[NoteUtopia]]''', a website founded by a CSU alumnus and dedicated to the buying and selling of academic material, are at risk of [[Expulsion (academia)|expulsion]]?


*'''''00:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Edward Salyer House, Pearl River, NY.jpg|100x100px|Side view of house from street|alt=A gray wooden house seen from the side, lit by a setting sun from the left. Its roofline curves in segments, with a brick chimney at the crest. The upper section has wood shingled siding in a scale pattern.]]
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*... that the '''[[Edward Salyer House]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of the few remaining [[timber framing|wood frame]] [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|Dutch Colonial]] houses in [[Rockland County, New York]], is believed to be the oldest house in [[Pearl River, New York|Pearl River]]?
*... that in the [[comedy film|comedic]] [[documentary film|documentary]] '''''[[The Standard of Perfection: Show Cats]]''''' some [[show cat]] owners treat their cats better than family?
*... that the [[North Korea]]n '''[[766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea)|766th Independent Infantry Regiment]]''' lost half its men during the [[Battle of P'ohang-dong]] in 1950?
*... that although the '''[[1971–72 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1971–72]]''' and '''[[1974–75 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team]]s''' did not win the [[Ivy League]], they both played in the postseason in the [[National Invitation Tournament]], and were champions in [[1975 National Invitation Tournament|1975]]?
*... that the [[Garden design#Rock garden|rock garden]] in '''[[Indira Park]]''', [[Hyderabad, India]], is an award-winning design of 2001 by the then [[commissioner]] of [[Indian Revenue Service|customs and excise duty]]? 
*... that four-time [[National Football League|NFL]] [[All-Pro]] [[Safety (American football position)|safety]] '''[[Rick Volk]]''' spent two days in an [[intensive-care unit]] after a helmet-to-helmet collision with [[New York Jets|Jets]] [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] [[Matt Snell]] in [[Super Bowl&nbsp;III]]?
*... that '''[[Katrin Zytomierska]]''' is one of the most-read [[blog]]gers in [[Sweden]]?
*... that the '''[[Taft Homes]]''' of [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]], [[Illinois]], were originally built in 1952 as a temporary means of shelter for veterans returning from the [[Korean War]]?
*... that [[Kermit the Frog]] asked ''[[Sesame Street]]'' adviser '''[[Gerald S. Lesser]]''' "when you get back to [[Harvard Graduate School of Education|Harvard]], how are you going to explain that you spent all day in New York talking to a frog"?

===10 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg|100x100px|Mount Everest|alt=World's tallest mountain, snow capped]]
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*... that '''[[Jean-Marc Boivin]]''' made the first [[paragliding|paraglider]] descent of [[Mount Everest]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that in [[Bach cantata|Bach's cantata]] for the [[List of Bach cantatas by liturgical function#Trinity XIX|19th Sunday after Trinity]], '''''[[Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV&nbsp;48]]''''', a [[trumpet]] plays a [[chorale]] in [[Canon (music)|canon]] with two [[oboe]]s?
*... that '''[[HMS Avenger (D14)|HMS ''Avenger'']]''' was the only [[aircraft carrier]] to take part in [[Convoy PQ&nbsp;18]], one of the [[Arctic convoys of World War&nbsp;II]]?
*... that [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]] won or shared the [[Ivy League]] regular season championship in both of [[Pete Carril]]'s first two years as [[head coach]] in '''[[1967–68 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1968]]''' and '''[[1968–69 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1969]]'''?
*... that [[Edward_Thorndike#Thorndike.E2.80.99s_Word_Books|Edward Thorndike]] and company counted 18,000,000 words by hand to create the first [[English language]] [[Word lists by frequency|'''words frequency list''']] of its size?
*... that the town of [[Lice, Turkey]], was rebuilt {{convert|2|km|abbr=on}} south of its original location after the '''[[1975 Lice earthquake|earthquake in 1975]]''', with houses, shops, a school, a bakery and a mosque completed only 54 days later?
*... that '''[[Mekia Cox]]''' can be seen dancing with [[Michael Jackson]] to the song "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]" in ''[[Michael Jackson's This Is It|This Is It]]''?
*... that '''[[Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]''', who renounced his claim to the [[duchy]] of [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] in 1909, later claimed he had been forced to by being locked up in an [[History of psychiatric institutions|insane asylum]]?
*... that despite breaking his left wrist, gymnast '''[[Sam Oldham]]''' managed to complete his [[floor (gymnastics)|floor]] routine to lead Great Britain to junior team gold at the 2008 [[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]?


*'''''12:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sv.Nikola.Sapareva.Banya.1.JPG|100x100px|Church of St Nicholas in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria|alt=Side view of a small Byzantine-style medieval church constructed out of bricks and mortar. The church's entrance is visible. A street lamp and greenery in the surrounding area.]]
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*... that according to legend, a group of [[Circassians]] attempting to destroy the roof of the medieval '''[[Church of St Nicholas, Sapareva Banya|Church of St Nicholas]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Sapareva Banya]], [[Bulgaria]], fled in horror when one of them fell to his death?
*... that the '''[[Sic|bracketed sic]]''', while sometimes used to insinuate ignorance of a source, may also reflect upon the user's own ignorance of [[American and British English spelling differences]]?
*... that during his five seasons as [[head coach]] of [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]], [[Butch van Breda Kolff]], who retired with the highest all-time career [[Ivy League]] winning percentage, led the team to four [[Ivy League]] championships: '''[[1962–63 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1963]]''', '''[[1963–64 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1964]]''', '''[[1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team‎|1965]]''', and '''[[1966–67 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1967]]'''?
*... that the 18th-century "[[Machpelah Cemetery, North Bergen#History|Frenchman's Garden]]" in '''[[Maisland]]''', [[New Jersey]], was responsible for the spread of the non-native [[Populus nigra|Lombardy poplar]] throughout the United States?
*... that the British [[Central battery ship|central battery ironclad]] '''{{HMS|Audacious|1869|6}}''' grounded twice while she was transiting through the [[Suez Canal]] despite the presence of escorting [[tug]]s?
*... that discards from [[commercial fishing]] ships are a major food source for '''[[black dogfish]]''' in the northwestern [[Atlantic]]?
*... that '''[[Andre Weathers]]''' returned [[interception]]s for game-winning [[touchdown]]s against [[1997 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] in [[1997 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan's 1997 national championship season]] and in his first [[National Football League|NFL]] game in 1999?
*... that [[NATO]] nations periodically deploy [[fighter aircraft]] to [[Iceland]] under the '''[[Icelandic Air Policing]]''' mission as the country does not have an [[air force]]?
*... that the ''[[Penicillium roqueforti|Penicillium]]'' [[fungus]] in [[blue cheese]] is '''[[parasexuality|parasexual]]'''?


*'''''06:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Codiponte-pieve santi Cornelio e Cipriano-abside.jpg|100x100px|alt=An ancient, round building projection faced in stone and featuring decorative arches and window]]
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*... that the village of '''[[Codiponte]]''' in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]], has a 17th-century [[campanile]] and a [[pieve]] ''(pictured)'' dating to the 12th century or earlier?
*... that '''[[Mike Martin (defensive lineman)|Mike Martin]]''' won consecutive high school state championships in both [[Scholastic wrestling|wrestling]] and [[shot put]] and has been called "the [[Most Valuable Player]] Not Named [[Denard Robinson|Denard]]" on the [[2010 Michigan Wolverines football team|2010 Michigan football team]]?
*... that [[Sir Ronald Ross]] won the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] mainly due to his experiments on [[malaria]] at the then [[Begumpet]] '''[[Sir Ronald Ross Institute Of Parasitology|military hospital]]''' in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]?
*... that in a 2010 game against [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]], [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford football]] player '''[[Owen Marecic]]''' scored touchdowns on [[American football positions#Offense|offense]] and [[American football positions#Defense|defense]]&mdash;and did so within 13 game seconds?
*... that the '''[[Fair Sentencing Act]]''' of 2010 reduces, but does not eliminate, the [[Disparity between United States federal criminal penalties for crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses|disparity in criminal penalties for crack versus powder cocaine]] in the United States?
*... that [[Anand Satyanand|Sir Anand Satyanand]], the first [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] of Indian descent, attended the '''[[2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony]]''' in [[Delhi]], [[India]]?
*... that the '''[[Holy Cross Church, Burley|Holy Cross Church]]''' in [[Burley, Rutland]], contains a memorial to [[Lady Charlotte Finch]], [[governess]] to the children of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George&nbsp;III]]?
*... that '''[[Ysrael Seinuk]]''' came to the [[United States]] with little more than "my [[slide rule]] and my diploma from the [[University of Havana]]" and became known as "Mr. New York"?
*... that after playing basketball for the [[Chicago Stags]], '''[[Gene Rock]]''' joined the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] and was eventually promoted to [[Police captain|captain]]?


*'''''00:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:The Old Church, Lower Sapey - geograph.org.uk - 1482317.jpg|100x100px|Old St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Sapey|alt=Part of the south face of a small stone church, seen from an angle, with tiled roofs and a gabled, wooden porch]]
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*... that between being replaced by a new church in 1877 and being restored over a century later, '''[[Old St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Sapey]]''', [[Worcestershire]] ''(pictured)'' was used as a farm building?
*... that '''[[James St. Clair Morton]]''' was the only general during the [[American Civil War]] to voluntarily reduce his rank?
*... that the explosive charge in some '''[[Canadian pipe mine]]s''' would soon deteriorate into a porridge-like mush?
*... that despite receiving a budget allocation in 2003, the public sports stadium in '''[[Gibeon, Namibia]]''' hadn't been repaired as of December 2007?
*... that [[stockbroker]] '''[[Fulham Davies]]''' managed to keep open the [[Merrill Lynch]] office in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], during the [[Great Depression]]?
*... that the '''[[Spartan-V]]''' sports car has no headlights, indicators or other features required by law in most countries, so it cannot be used on [[Highway|public roads]]?
*... that '''[[Bill Henry (basketball)|Bill Henry]]''' was listed as [[Rice University]]'s all-time greatest men's basketball player in the 2009 book ''ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game''?
*... that [[snooker]] player [[Stephen Maguire]] won his first [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] tournament at the '''[[2004 European Open]]''' in [[Malta]]?
*... that '''[[Rudolf Katz]]''' became a [[League of Nations]] envoy in [[Nanjing]] after he escaped from [[Nazi Germany]]?

===9 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Pthirus gorillae.jpg|100x100px|Pthirus gorillae or gorilla louse is a species of parasitic sucking lice that afflicts gorillas.|alt=A magnified image of ''Pthirus gorillae'', a short and broad six-legged louse]]
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*... that [[molecular phylogenetics]] suggests that '''''[[Pthirus gorillae]]''''' ''(pictured)'' jumped from [[gorilla]]s to [[early human]]s about {{Nowrap|3.3 million}} years ago and [[Speciation|speciated]] into the present day [[pubic lice|pubic louse]]?
*... that '''[[Castle of Park]]''', near [[Glenluce]], [[Scotland]], has "commodious [[closet]]s"?
*... that in 2005 the [[Pearl River, New York]], '''[[U.S. Post Office (Pearl River, New York)|post office]]''' was officially renamed in memory of a local [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] whose remains were returned from [[Vietnam]] that year?
*... that '''[[Capricorn Silvereye]]s''' are not only socially, but also genetically, [[monogamy|monogamous]]?
*... that the '''[[Myriostoma|salt-shaker earthstar]]''' is distinguished from other [[Geastrales|earthstar fungi]] by the presence of numerous holes on top of its [[spore]] sac?
*... that '''[[St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch]]''', Herefordshire, is notable for its 13th-century wall paintings and the presence of a reconstructed [[Roman empire|Roman]] altar?
*... that [[KaBOOM!]] founder '''[[Darell Hammond]]''' was raised in a [[group home]] with his seven siblings?
*... that '''[[Spring Canyon, Utah]]''', the largest coal mining town in [[Carbon County, Utah]], was abandoned in 1969 and nothing remains of the town except a railroad [[trestle]]?
*... that '''[[Don Doll]]''', the only player in [[National Football League|NFL]] history to register 10 or more [[interception]]s in 3 separate seasons, changed his surname to "Doll" after being discharged from the [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]]?


*'''''12:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:- geograph.org.uk - 1432164.jpg|100x100px|St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester|alt=A stone church in a town seen from the southeast. St the far end is a large tower surmounted by a truncated spire with pinnacles and, at the top, a ball finial]]
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*... that the spire of '''[[St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester]]''' ''(pictured)'' suffered a direct hit by cannon fire in the [[Siege of Gloucester]] in 1643, and had to be reduced in size in 1783?
*... that '''[[Sverre Iversen]]''', Norway's first director of the [[Norwegian Directorate of Labour|Director of Labour]], took voice classes in order to work himself up from being a [[masonry|mason]]?
*... that even though [[Methodism|Wesleyan]] [[missionary|missionaries]] described the fortified settlement of '''[[ǁKhauxaǃnas]]''' in the 1840s its ruins have only been rediscovered in 1986?
*... that architect '''[[Togo Murano]]''' designed the first class lounge and dining room for the luxury liner [[Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyo|Argentina Maru]] that was sunk in [[World War II]] after being converted into an [[aircraft carrier]]?
*... that [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball|Princeton]] [[head coach|coach]] [[Franklin Cappon]] led the '''[[1958–59 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1958–59]]''' and '''[[1959–60 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1959–60 team]]s''' to the [[Ivy League]] [[basketball]] championships, but a [[heart attack]] caused him to give up control of the champion '''[[1960–61 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1960–61 team]]'''?
*... that '''[[Tore Holden]]''' was chosen as host of the [[Bingolotto (Norway)|Norwegian version]] of the Swedish game show ''[[Bingolotto|BingoLotto]]'' without prior TV host experience?
*... that the commune of '''[[Hiesville]]''' has three memorials related to the [[invasion of Normandy]] during [[World War&nbsp;II]] in the area as it was where the gliders of the [[101st Airborne Division]] landed?
*... that '''[[Wayne Winterrowd]]''' and Joe Eck were called "one of the driving forces in North American horticulture", while their gardens in [[Vermont]] were said to represent "American gardening at its best"?
*... that the recently described extinct [[penguin]] '''''[[Inkayacu]]''''' from the [[Eocene]] of [[Peru]] is postulated to have had gray and reddish brown feathers, unlike the black and white feathers of living penguins?


*'''''06:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Gastric_antral_vascular_ectasia_(before_and_after).png|100x120px|Endoscopic image of gastric antral vascular ectasia seen as a radial pattern around the pylorus before (top) and after (bottom) treatment with argon plasma coagulation|alt=Image of GAVE showing watermelon signs]]
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*... that '''[[gastric antral vascular ectasia]]''' ''(pictured)'' is also called "watermelon stomach" because the streaky long red areas that are present in the stomach may resemble the markings on [[watermelon]]?
*... that '''[[James Stovall]]''' created '''''[[Nativity: A Life Story]]''''' as an [[African American]]-themed annual [[musical theatre|musical]] [[Nativity play]] intended to rival the [[Radio City Christmas Spectacular]]?
*... that the '''[[Place d'Armes (Luxembourg)|Place d'Armes]]''' in [[Luxembourg City]] originally served as a parade ground for the troops defending the city?
*... that tour guide/social activist '''[[Carlos Celdran]]''' was arrested for protesting Catholic Church interference in Philippine politics after he held a protest action that disrupted a mass in [[Manila Cathedral]]?
*... that [[Inez Haynes Irwin|Inez Haynes Gillmore]]'s 1914 science fiction novel '''''[[Angel Island (novel)|Angel Island]]''''' has been called a "classic of early feminist literature"?
*... that '''[[Steve Munisteri]]''', the chairman of the [[Republican Party of Texas|Texas Republican Party]], met his former wife on a bus trip from [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] to [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] to attend the [[1976 Republican National Convention]]? 
*... that the '''[[St. James Theatre, Auckland]]''' underwent renovations in preparation for the visit of [[Queen Elizabeth II]], who attended a film premiere there in 1953?
*... that [[Irish people|Irish]] [[barrister]] and [[Philately|philatelist]] '''[[William Russell Lane-Joynt]]''' was a four-time Revolver Champion of Ireland and won a silver medal for [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] in [[shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics|shooting]] at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that during '''[[motor-paced racing]]''', [[Cycling|cyclist]]s can reach a speed of {{convert|100|km/h|abbr=on}}?


*'''''00:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:1870s Church photo-160x191.jpg|100x100px|Plymouth Congregational Church in 1870|alt=Plymouth Congregational Church in 1870]]
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*... that the '''[[Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kansas)|Plymouth Congregational Church of Lawrence, Kansas]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first church to be established in [[Kansas Territory]], lost members to the [[Lawrence Massacre]] of 1863?
*... that the [[anime]] film '''''[[xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''''' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] alongside the film ''Tsubasa The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom''?
*... that a poll once found that 99 percent of [[Somalis in the United Kingdom]] listen to the '''[[BBC Somali Service]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Scyllarus pygmaeus|pygmy locust lobster]]''' is too small for [[lobster fishing|fishing]]?
*... that one of the six buildings in the '''[[Stafford Village Four Corners Historic District]]''' is the oldest extant house in [[Genesee County, New York]]?
*... that the late [[Singapore]]an [[Government of Singapore#Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries|Senior Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Foreign Affairs]] '''[[Balaji Sadasivan]]''' became a [[neurosurgery|neurosurgeon]] after seeing the effects of [[Minamata disease]] in [[Minamata, Kumamoto|Minamata]], [[Japan]], as a medical student?
*... that the '''[[Centre for Crime and Justice Studies]]''' gives the annual Una Padel Award in memory of its '''[[Una Padel|former director]]'''?
*... that in '''[[Holy Trinity Church, Blatherwycke]]''', [[Northamptonshire]], is a memorial to the poet [[Thomas Randolph (poet)|Thomas Randolph]] who died while visiting Blatherwyke Hall?
*... that '''[[Gay Street (Knoxville)‎|Gay Street]]''' is the setting for events described in literary works by [[James Agee]], [[Cormac McCarthy]], [[Mark Twain]], and [[George Washington Harris]]?

===8 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Basler Mässmogge in Trommel.jpg|100x100px|Mässmogge|alt=Hazelnut candles]]
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*... that '''[[Mässmogge]]''' ''(pictured)'', Swiss [[candy|candies]] sold in [[Basel]] at the autumn fair, are filled with ground [[hazelnut]]s?
*... that 19th-century [[Boston]] artist '''[[Frank Hill Smith]]''' lived in the Sunflower House, a cheery yellow and red edifice adorned with a huge [[sunflower]] and a winged lion?
*... that former [[Scientology]] official [[Mike Rinder]] was called a "[[whistleblower]]" for his appearance on the [[BBC]] ''[[Panorama (TV programme)|Panorama]]'' [[documentary]], '''''[[The Secrets of Scientology]]'''''?
*... that '''[[Peter Endrulat]]''' never played in the [[Fußball-Bundesliga]] again after conceding 12 goals for [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]'s '''[[Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund|record 12–0 league victory]]''' over [[Borussia Dortmund]]?
*... that '''''[[The Night of Enitharmon's Joy]]''''' (1795), by [[William Blake]], represents the Feminine Will upon a [[patriarchal]] [[Christianity]]?
*... that the [[mushroom poisoning|poisonous mushroom]] '''''[[Inocybe cookei]]''''' smells faintly of [[honey]]?
*... that '''[[Nicholas Benson]]''' is a third-generation stone carver and a 2010 [[MacArthur Fellow]]?
*... that, rather than paying [[property tax]]es on land it had [[clearcutting|clear-cut]], the Jackson Lumber Company donated the land that is now '''[[Geneva State Forest]]''' to [[Alabama]]?
*... that the '''[[Throne of Weapons]]''' which has been exhibited in British schools is made from [[AK-47]]s?


*'''''12:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:St Andrews Wroxeter 04.jpg|100x100px|Font in St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter|alt=A circular sandstone font standing on an octagonal base, bearing a floral decoration]]
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*... that the [[baptismal font|font]] ''(pictured)'' in '''[[St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter]]''', was constructed from the base of a former [[Architecture of ancient Rome|Roman]] column?
*... that '''[[George Ballis]]''', whose photographs documented the efforts of [[César Chávez]] and the [[United Farm Workers]], learned his craft from a class he took with [[Great Depression]] photojournalist [[Dorothea Lange]]?
*... that the designers of [[Cabbage Patch Kids]] created [[Selchow and Righter]]'s Scrabble People, the title characters of 1985's syndicated cartoon special '''''[[A Pumpkin Full of Nonsense]]'''''? 
*... that '''[[Gus Bevona]]''' resigned from local [[SEIU 32BJ]] in 1999, in the face of criticism for annual pay of [[United States dollar|US$]]531,529 in 1997, more than 17 times the salary of the janitors and building workers he represented?
*... that [[Operation Trident (Metropolitan Police)|Operation Trident]] was set up by the [[Metropolitan Police Service|Metropolitan Police]] to investigate '''[[Race and crime in the United Kingdom|gun crime in London's black community]]'''?
*... that it was assumed '''[[Prince Heinrich&nbsp;XXXII Reuss of Köstritz]]''' would succeed [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]], as his [[Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|mother]] and [[William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|cousin]] were expected to give up their claims to the throne?
*... that the British [[ironclad warship|ironclad]] '''{{HMS|Enterprise|1864|6}}''' had a wooden [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]] and iron upperworks which made her the first ship of composite construction in the [[Royal Navy]]?
*... that residents of '''[[Colonia Peralvillo]]''' in [[Mexico City]] burned in effigy the three presidential candidates of the [[Mexican general election, 2000]] after staging a mock trial?
*... that in addition to delivering 6,000 babies, [[obstetrics|obstetrician]] '''[[William Harrison (physician)|William Harrison]]''' performed 20,000 [[abortion]]s, eventually becoming the only physician in [[Northwest Arkansas]] to perform the procedure?


*'''''06:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Santa-muerte-nlaredo2.jpg|100x100px|Santa Muerte|alt=A close up of a Santa Muerte image]]
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*... that '''[[Colonia Morelos]]''' in [[Mexico City]] is home to a 25-street [[tianguis]] market and two public sites to worship [[Santa Muerte]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that research by '''[[Dorothy M. Horstmann]]''' and '''[[Robert W. McCollum]]''' at [[Yale University]] showed that the [[poliovirus]] reached the brain by way of the blood, leading to the development of the [[polio vaccine]] in the early 1950s?
*... that the '''[[Ryan Premises]]''', a national historic site in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], was opened by [[Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]] to mark the 500th anniversary of [[John Cabot]]'s landing in [[Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador|Bonavista]]?
*... that [[Nazism|Nazi]] and [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] sympathizer '''[[Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]''' translated numerous works into [[German language|German]], including [[Paul Rassinier]]'s [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust-denying]] work ''The Drama of European Jews''?
*... that the '''[[Kiruna Mine]]''' located in [[Kiruna]], [[Sweden]], is the largest and most modern underground [[iron ore]] mine in the world?
*... that out of a total of eight training '''[[Venues of the 2010 Commonwealth Games|venues]]''' for [[rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|rugby sevens]] at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], seven are colleges of [[Delhi University]]?
*... that when cut or injured, the [[poisonous mushroom]] '''''[[Lactarius vinaceorufescens]]''''' will ooze a white [[latex]] that rapidly turns sulfur-yellow?
*... that '''[[Elizabeth Turk]]''' was a [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] before she became a [[sculpture|sculptor]] and was named a 2010 [[MacArthur Fellow]]?
*... that the [[captain (nautical)|captain]] of the Swedish [[river monitor]] '''{{HMS|Garmer}}''' had to steer the ship as well as aim and fire her gun?


*'''''00:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Nikopol, Bulgaria, Tsvetan Tsolov.jpg|100x100px|The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Nikopol, Bulgaria|alt=frontal view of a partially destroyed medieval church constructed out of interchanging rows of stone and red brick]]
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*... that the medieval '''[[Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Nikopol|Church of Saints Peter and Paul]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Nikopol, Bulgaria|Nikopol]], north-central [[Bulgaria]], belonged to a now-ruined [[monastery]] complex?
*... that [[Larry Bird]]'s hometown team, the [[Indiana Pacers]], did not draft him in the '''[[1978 NBA Draft]]''' because they could not convince him to leave [[college basketball|college]] early?
*... that chef '''[[Josh Capon]]''' was able to cook a three-course fish [[dinner]] for four on [[The Early Show#Saturday edition|''The Early Show Saturday Edition'']]'s "Chefs on a Shoestring" challenge while spending less than $10 per person?
*... that for centuries, the Roman marble '''[[Torlonia Vase]]''' was the largest in diameter of known [[Antiquities|antique vases]]?
*... that 19th-century [[Albanians|Albanian]] [[rilindas]] '''[[Zef Jubani]]''' argued that the [[Albanian language]] should have a unique [[alphabet]] since it was a unique language?
*... that '''{{HMS|Minotaur|1863|6}}''' and her [[sister ship|sisters]] were called "the dullest performers under canvas of the whole masted fleet of their day, and no ships ever carried so much dress to so little purpose"?
*... that '''[[Whitefriars, Bristol|Whitefriars]]''', a [[Carmelite]] foundation in [[Bristol]], [[England]], was described by 16th-century [[Antiquarian|antiquary]] [[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]] as "the fairest friary in England"?
*... that [[Epidemiology|epidemiologist]] '''[[Joseph L. Melnick]]''' found that [[Poliomyelitis|polio]] chiefly spread through fecal contamination, usually by soiled hands, and that the [[poliovirus]] could survive for extended periods in [[sewage]]?
*... that French artist [[Eugène Delacroix]] is said to have used his own [[Cat|pet cat]] as a model to paint the tigers of '''''[[A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother]]''''' (1830)?

===7 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Red Cross Parcel.jpg|100x100px|Red Cross parcel|alt=Parcel for prisoners of war wrapped in brown paper and sealed with string, carrying the symbols of the Red Cross and the order of St John]]
</div>
*... that individual cigarettes in '''[[Red Cross parcel]]s''' ''(pictured)'' in the [[Stalag Luft&nbsp;I]] [[prisoner-of-war camp]] were valued at precisely 27 cents each?
*... that the 2009 [[Cinema of France|French comedy]] '''''[[Neuilly sa mère !]]''''' revisits themes of social inequality that were explored in the 1988 French comedy ''[[Life is a Long Quiet River]]''?
*... that the Russian [[battleship]] '''''[[Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895)|Sevastopol]]''''' was the only battleship not [[Marine salvage|salvaged]] by the Japanese at [[Siege of Port Arthur|Port Arthur]], following destruction of the [[Russian Pacific Fleet|Russian Fleet]]?
*... that [[Mexican cuisine]] chef '''[[Sue Torres]]'''{{`}} restaurant Sueños was listed in ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' magazine as "Taster's choice" by critic [[Jeffrey Steingarten]], describing it as "one of the lasting 4 monuments" of 2003?
*... that at the time of his death in 1995, former ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' [[television director|director]] '''[[Robert Totten]]''' was scheduled to direct a [[television series]] based on ''[[Lonesome Dove]]''?
*... that before joining the [[Ivy League]], [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball]] won six [[Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League]] [[college basketball]] conference championships: '''[[1921–22 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1922]]''', [[1924–25 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1925]], [[1931–32 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1932]], [[1949–50 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1950]], [[1951–52 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1952]], '''[[1954–55 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1955]]'''?
*... that the two claiming [[Melkite]] Patriarchs, '''[[Ignatius&nbsp;III Atiyah]]''' and Cyril&nbsp;IV Dabbas, were both consecrated on the same day, {{Nowrap|April 24}}, 1619, but in different places?
*... that the Bhutan-Thailand Friendship Park was launched in 2009 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of '''[[Bhutan–Thailand relations|diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Thailand]]'''?
*... that '''[[Bubble Wrap (brand)|Bubble Wrap]]''', which was originally designed to be [[wallpaper]], was invented when two men sealed [[shower curtain]]s together?


*'''''12:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:D 024854 new.jpg|100x100px|A flame fougasse demonstration|alt=A demonstration of flame fougasse, somewhere in Britain. A car is surrounded in flames and a huge cloud of smoke. In the foreground, a soldier can be seen running from left to right.]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[flame fougasse]]''' ''(pictured)'' can shoot a jet of flame 10 feet ({{Nowrap|3.0 m}}) wide and 30 yards ({{Nowrap|27 m}}) long?
*... that the '''[[Yamaha XV1900]]''' is the largest [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] [[V-twin]] [[motorcycle]] in production?
*... that a '''[[Village Defence Party]]''' is organised on the basis of one [[platoon]] of men and one platoon of women for each village in [[Bangladesh]]?
*... that the first use of [[bronze]] doors on an Italian building is attributed to the '''[[Amalfi Cathedral]]''', and they came from [[Constantinople]]?
*... that [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[dressage]] rider '''[[Edward Gal]]''' and his [[horse]] have been called "rock stars in the horse world" after setting multiple world records in top competition?
*... that '''[[Deam Lake State Recreation Area]]''' is named for '''[[Charles C. Deam]]''', who was the first state [[forester]] of [[Indiana]] and discovered 25 new plant [[species]]?
*... that after '''''[[Bingolotto (Norway)|BingoLotto]]''''' in [[Norway]] was launched in 1993 and cancelled in 1994, an attempted revival in 1996 was stalled and stopped by the government in 1998 after being a part of the election campaign in 1997?
*... that '''[[Grainsby Halt railway station]]''' served a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] [[Country house|hall]] in [[Lincolnshire]] which was later said to be haunted?
*... that '''[[Jimi Heselden]]''', owner of the company that makes the [[Segway PT|Segway personal transport system]], died after a Segway he was riding fell off a cliff?


*'''''06:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:British Museum Wandsworth Shield.jpg|100x100px|The Wandsworth Shield on display at the British Museum|alt=Circular bronze shield with a domed boss and two stylised bird designs]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Wandsworth Shield]]''' ''(pictured)'' has a [[repoussé]] design of two large birds with outstretched wings and trailing tail feathers, and is considered to be a masterpiece of British [[Celtic art]]?
*... that "Jack" Jackson, who was called "the last [[History of slavery in New Jersey|slave in New Jersey]]", died and was buried at the '''[[Abel I. Smith Burial Ground]]''' in 1875?
*... that while mainly charged with maintaining law and order, '''[[Bangladesh Ansars]]''' are also assigned to help in schemes promoting local development?
*... that the '''[[Great Flood of 1862]]''' inundated or swept away towns, mills, dams, flumes, houses, fences, and domestic animals in [[Oregon]], [[California]], [[Utah Territory|Nevada]], and [[New Mexico Territory|Arizona]]?
*... that the people of the '''[[Pakuashipi, Quebec|Pakuashipi settlement]]''' in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], are considered the most traditional and conservative [[Innu]] band, both in terms of culture and language?
*... that [[Montana Territory|Montana Territorial]] Governor '''[[Benjamin F. White (Montana politician)|Benjamin F. White]]''' founded the city of [[Dillon, Montana|Dillon]]?
*... that in 2008, part of '''[[Carlton Hill, Brighton|Carlton Hill]]'''&mdash;originally one of [[Brighton]]'s poorest slums&mdash;became one of '''[[List of conservation areas in Brighton and Hove|34 conservation areas in the city]]'''?
*... that '''[[Irving J. Moore]]''' [[television director|directed]] the 1980 episode "[[Who shot J.R.?]]" of the [[CBS]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''?
*... that the '''[[Chesterfield Island stingaree|Chesterfield Island]]''', '''[[Butterfly stingaree|butterfly]]''', and '''[[New Caledonian stingaree|New Caledonian stingaree]]s''' are all found off the [[Chesterfield Islands]], the first two [[endemism|nowhere else]]?


*'''''00:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Guepinia helvelloides 47030.jpg|100x100px|Apricot jelly fungus|alt=A cluster of a salmon-pink ear-shaped fungus growing on the ground]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Guepinia|apricot jelly]]''' fungus ''(pictured)'' can be used raw in salads, [[pickling|pickled]], [[candied fruit|candied]], or [[fermentation (wine)|fermented]] to produce wine?
*... that in 1538, [[Richard Yngworth|Richard Ingworth]] reported that the warden of '''[[Greyfriars, Bristol]]''' was "stiff", continuing, "yet for all his great port, I think him 20 [[Mark_(money)#England and Scotland|mark]]s in debt, and not able to pay it"?
*... that '''[[Bob Mann (American football)|Bob Mann]]''', the first [[African American|black]] player for [[Detroit Lions|Detroit]] and [[Green Bay Packers|Green Bay]], claimed he was "railroaded" out of [[American football|football]] when he objected to a pay cut after leading the [[National Football League|NFL]] in [[Reception (American football)|receiving]] yards?
*... that shortly after its inauguration, part of the '''[[Gilgel Gibe&nbsp;II Power Station]]'''{{`s}} {{Convert|26|km|mi|abbr=on}} tunnel, which was "considered one of the most difficult tunnel projects ever undertaken", collapsed?
*... that [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] [[Iron Chef America|Iron Chef]] [[Mario Batali]] claimed that American [[chef]] '''[[Jody Williams (chef)|Jody Williams]]''' was one of his favorite cooks in the world?
*... that in 2009, the [[Seattle Mariners]] drafted [[Dustin Ackley]], Kyle Seager, and '''[[Brian Moran (baseball)|Brian Moran]]''', who were all teammates on the [[North Carolina Tar Heels baseball]] team?
*... that '''[[Babatunde Jose]]''' has been described as the "grandfather of [[Nigeria]]n journalism"?
*... that one critic called [[Scribe (rapper)|Scribe's]] second album '''''[[Rhyme Book]]''''' an "attempt to be considered the [[Aotearoa]] version of [[Kanye West]]"?
*... that [[silent film|silent]] [[short film|shorts]] featuring '''[[Fred Evans (comedian)|Fred Evans]]''' as "Pimple" rivalled those of [[Charlie Chaplin]] for popularity and have been described as "proto-[[Monty Python|Pythonesque]]"?

===6 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:WilliamBlakePity.jpeg|100x100px|''Pity'' by William Blake|alt=Angelic painting of angels on black background]]
</div>
*... that [[William Blake]]'s [[1795 in art|1795]] painting '''''[[Pity (William Blake)|Pity]]''''' ''(pictured)'' reflects a time when [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Macbeth]]'' had a revival, being performed nine times in [[England|English]] [[theatre]]s?
*... that '''[[Marilyn McAdams Sibley]]''' wrote [[history|histories]] of both the [[Port of Houston]] and [[The Methodist Hospital]] of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]?
*... that the '''[[geography of New York]]''' includes the [[Adirondack Park]], the largest publicly protected area in the [[contiguous United States]]?
*... that the '''[[2003 Twenty20 Cup]]''' included the first-ever [[Twenty20]] [[cricket]] match, played between the [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire Hawks]] and the [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex Sharks]]?
*... that '''[[Barbara Scherler]]''' of the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] recorded [[Bach cantata|Bach's]] ''[[Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV&nbsp;72]]'' with Fritz Werner's [[Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn]]?
*... that the [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]] [[reality television]] series '''''[[Sister Wives]]''''' follows a [[Polygamy|polygamist]] family of four wives and 16 children living in [[Lehi, Utah|Lehi]], [[Utah]]?
*... that '''[[Samuel Bowman]]''' was selected to be a [[bishop]] in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] three times, but did not take office until his third selection in 1858?
*... that the '''[[Aurora mine]]''', located in [[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]], [[North Carolina]], is the largest integrated [[phosphate]] [[mining]] and [[chemical]] plant in the world?
*... that '''[[Sharon Cherop]]''' fell over at the [[Toronto Waterfront Marathon]] but got back up and ran the fastest [[marathon]] ever by a woman in [[Canada]]?


*'''''12:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Mycena acicula 85767.jpg|100x100px|Orange bonnet mushroom|alt=Slender mushroom with long thin yellowish stem and reddish-orange cap]]
</div>
*... that [[Mycena|bonnets]] may be '''[[Mycena acicula|orange]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Mycena inclinata|clustered]]''', '''[[Mycena adonis|scarlet]]''', '''[[Mycena adscendens|frosty]]''', '''[[Mycena cinerella|mealy]]''', '''[[Mycena flavoalba|ivory]]''', '''[[Mycena leptocephala|nitrous]]''', '''[[Mycena polygramma|grooved]]''', '''[[Mycena vitilis|snapping]]''', '''[[Mycena galopus|milking]]''', '''[[Mycena sanguinolenta|bleeding]]''', or '''[[Mycena stylobates|bulbous]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League]]''', which is the [[Ivy League]]'s predecessor, was founded by [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]r [[Ralph Morgan (basketball)|Ralph Morgan]]?
*... that the [[shelf life|expiration date]] of a drug required for [[lethal injection]] was a factor in delaying the [[capital punishment|execution]] of '''[[Albert Greenwood Brown]]''' until 2011?
*... that a [[mural]] in the [[Spring Valley, New York]], '''[[U.S. Post Office (Spring Valley, New York)|post office]]''', called ''Waiting for the Mail'', shows how mail can reach even the most isolated person?
*... that '''[[Marathon at the Paralympics|marathon events]]''' have been held at the [[Paralympic Games]] since 1984?
*... that during [[World War&nbsp;II]], '''[[Kalaymyo]]''' was an important regroup point for the [[British Armed Forces|British]] during their [[Burma Campaign 1942-1943|retreat from Burma]] in 1942?
*... that three months after being rushed from a game to the hospital with a brain [[aneurysm]], [[Swedes|Swedish]] [[forward (ice hockey)|ice hockey forward]] '''[[William Wallén]]''' was back on the ice, playing for the [[Mississauga St. Michael's Majors]]?
*... that '''[[Ralph T. Coe]]''', described as "enormously significant in the growth of appreciation of [[Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American art]] in the 20th century", began his collection after seeing a [[totem pole]] in a [[Manhattan]] shop?
*... that the British [[ironclad warship|ironclad]] '''{{HMS|Valiant|1863|6}}''' had to wait nearly five years after she was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] to receive her [[Muzzle-loading rifle|rifled muzzle-loading guns]]?


*'''''06:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Okmulgee State Park Good Morning Sunshine.jpg|100x100px|Okmulgee Lake in Okmulgee State Park|alt=Sunlight shining through trees on a lake which reflects the plants lining its shore]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Okmulgee State Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Oklahoma]] is one of only a few places in the world where the fossil [[coral]] '''''[[Gymnophyllum wardi]]''''' is found?
*... that an [[amicus brief]] to the courts in '''''[[Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association]]''''' argues that ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' is a violent video game?
*... that the '''[[Elias Abel House]]''' is the best-preserved historic [[I-house]] in [[Bloomington, Indiana]]?
*... that [[Turkish Army]]'s '''[[Ankara Güvercinlik Army Air Base|Güvercinlik Air Base]]''' was the first civil airport of [[Ankara]] that served as such from 1933 until 1955?
*... that [[Beatrix Potter]] registered '''''[[The Game of Peter Rabbit]]''''' at [[Stationers' Hall]] before the game board or the rules had been perfected?
*... that the [[Miraj]] township of Wanlesswadi is named for '''[[William James Wanless]]''', who founded the first missionary medical school in [[India]]?
*... that [[Scottish people|Scotsman]] '''[[Walter Forrester]]''', future [[bishop of Brechin]], was [[List of Rectors of the University of Paris|rector of the University of Paris]] between October and December 1395?
*... that "'''[[You Are the Girl]]'''" was [[The Cars]]' only Top 40 hit after they regrouped from a three-year hiatus in 1987?
*... that '''[[Miriam Shapira-Luria]]''', known for her beauty, taught [[Talmud]] to elite young men from behind a curtain so that they would not get distracted by her appearance?


*'''''00:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Abraham Ortelius - Tvrcici imperii descriptio.jpg|100x100px|Abraham Ortelius – Tvrcici imperii descriptio|alt=Abraham Ortelius – Tvrcici imperii descriptio]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517)|Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–1517]]''' ''(map pictured)'' gave the [[Ottoman Empire]] control of [[Syria]], [[Egypt]] and most of the [[Arabian Peninsula]]?
*... that '''[[George E. Hearn]]''' was the first licensed industrial [[psychologist]] in his native [[Louisiana]]?
*... that '''''[[The Cosmic Landscape]]''''' by [[Leonard Susskind]] is mainly about "the scientific explanations of the apparent miracles of physics and cosmology and its philosophical implications"?
*... that attorney '''[[Jack Kershaw]]''' [[Sculpture|sculpted]] a monument to [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] general and [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] founder [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] in 1998, arguing that "somebody needs to say a good word for [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]]"?
*... that after assaulting [[bishop of Brechin]] '''[[John de Crannach]]''' in [[Brechin Cathedral|his own cathedral]], in 1435 the [[archdeacon of Brechin]] was [[excommunication|excommunicated]]?
*... that the German '''{{SMS|Kronprinz|1914|6}}''' was the only {{sclass|König|battleship|2}} to escape damage at the [[Battle of Jutland]] on {{Nowrap|31 May}} &ndash; {{Nowrap|1 June}} 1916?
*... that '''[[Medieval invasions of the British Isles|England was invaded]]''' by the [[France|French]] in [[1216]]?
*... that [[sexology|sexologist]] '''[[James M. Cantor]]''' found that male [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] have significantly less [[white matter]] in their brains than do [[scientific control|control subjects]]?
*... that though the [[Spanish Navy|Spanish naval]] [[gunboat]] ''Ligera'' fired 10 shots and the [[United States Navy|American naval]] gunboat ''[[USS Foote (TB-3)|Foote]]'' fired 70 in the '''[[Action of 25&nbsp;April 1898]]''', ''Foote'' was heavily damaged but ''Ligera'' was hit only once?

===5 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Alexander Classical School, Alexander, NY.jpg|100x100px|Alexander Classical School, Alexander, NY.jpg|alt=Brick school bldg]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Alexander Classical School]]''' ''(pictured)'' building in [[Alexander (town), New York|Alexander, New York]], is the only [[cobblestone architecture|cobblestone building]] in [[North America]] used as a [[town hall]]?
*... that Iranian [[Caricature|caricaturist]] and [[Satire|satirist]] '''[[Javad Alizadeh|Javad]]''' has created a scientific/philosophical cartoon on the [[theory of relativity]] entitled ''4D Humor''? 
*... that '''[[Jo Andrews]]''', former political correspondent for [[ITN]], was the first woman to join [[News conference|press conferences]] held by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] during the run-up to the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|United Kingdom general election of 2001]]?
*... that the married couple who founded the '''[[Windsor Mountain School]]''' in [[Massachusetts]] had previously established a school in [[Germany]]?
*... that all three singles from [[Scribe (rapper)|Scribe's]] debut album, '''''[[The Crusader (album)|The Crusader]]''''', including "'''[[Dreaming (Scribe song)|Dreaming]]'''"/"[[So Nice (Scribe song)|So Nice]]", were [[double A-side]]s?
*... that according to [[Elizabeth Gaskell]], '''[[Maria Brontë]]''' was the inspiration for the character of Helen Burns in ''[[Jane Eyre]]''?
*... that the [[National World War II Museum|National D-Day Museum]] honored '''[[Beth Courtney]]''', president of [[Louisiana Public Broadcasting]], for co-hosting a three-hour, live tribute to [[Surviving U.S. veterans of World War II|World War&nbsp;II veterans]] from [[Louisiana]]?
*... that [[tenor]] '''[[Werner Güra]]''' recorded with [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt|Harnoncourt]] and the [[Arnold Schoenberg Chor]] at the [[Musikverein |Musikverein]], Bach's [[Bach cantata|cantata]] ''[[Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV&nbsp;29]]''?
*... that the [[chicken wire]] statue who once rode behind the '''[[Cardiff Kook]]''' was retired to a ranch with [[poinsettia]]s?


*'''''12:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Speakers' Corner sign, Singapore - 20050906.jpg|100x100px|Speakers' Corner, Singapore|alt=A brown wooden sign with the words "Speakers' Corner" in white]]
</div>
*... that people making speeches at '''[[Speakers' Corner, Singapore|Speakers' Corner]]''' in [[Singapore]] ''(pictured)'' must use one of Singapore's four official languages – English, [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] or [[Tamil language|Tamil]] – or a related dialect?
*... that the '''[[Bulqizë mine|Bulqizë]]''', '''[[Kalimashi 1 mine|Kalimashi 1]]''', '''[[Kalimashi 3 mine|Kalimashi 3]]''', '''[[Krasta mine|Krasta]]''', '''[[Përroi Batrës mine|Përroi Batrës]]''', '''[[Qaf-Buall mine|Qaf-Buall]]''', '''[[Vlahna mine|Vlahna]]''' and '''[[Zogaj mine|Zogaj]]''' mines are the only mines in [[Albania]] to have reserves of over {{Nowrap|1 million}} tonnes of [[chromium]] ore?
*... that a granddaughter of [[German people|German]] businessman '''[[Paul Isenberg]]''' was the first manager of the '''[[Albert Spencer Wilcox Building|Kaua{{okina}}i Museum]]'''?
*... that in the '''[[The Fabian Strategy (30 Rock)|season premiere episode]]''' of the [[30 Rock (season 5)|fifth season]] of the television comedy series ''[[30 Rock]]'', the [[Jack Donaghy]] character makes reference to the [[Fabian strategy]]?
*... that during his time on [[Purdue University|Purdue University's]] [[baseball]] team, [[pitcher]] '''[[Matt Bischoff]]''' broke the school's single-season and career [[strikeout]] records?
*... that piers of the {{convert|1378|m|adj=on}} '''[[Mirna Bridge]]''' on the [[A9 (Croatia)|Croatian A9 motorway]] were designed to support a concave deck in order to reduce weight of the bridge?
*... that '''[[Bernard Carvalho]]''', the current [[Mayor of Kauai|Mayor of]] [[Kauai]], was [[1984 NFL Draft|drafted]] by the [[Miami Dolphins]] in 1984 after attending the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa|University of Hawaii]] on a full [[American football|football]] scholarship?
*... that [[sugar plantations in Hawaii|Hawaiian sugar plantation]] owner '''[[Albert Spencer Wilcox]]''' was the son of '''[[Abner Wilcox]]''', a [[New England]] missionary teacher to Hawaii?
*... that during the [[Crimean War]], [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captains]] [[Arthur Cumming (Royal Navy officer)|'''Arthur Cumming''']] and [[Astley Cooper Key]] took control of the town of [[Liepāja|Libau]] with just 110 men, without firing a shot?


*'''''06:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:John Callan.jpeg|100x100px|John Callan in 1934|alt=Man in his early 50s wearing a lawyers' wig and gown, standing in front of a book shelf]]
</div>
*... that [[Catholic]] judge '''[[John Callan (judge)|John Callan]]''' ''(pictured)'' considered resigning after [[Pope Pius&nbsp;XII]] talked about judges' duties with respect to [[divorce]] cases?
*... that when first described, the [[extinct]] bird '''''[[Cruschedula]]''''' was thought to be a "dry-land" [[penguin]]?
*... that [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]'s [[All-American]] 60-minute man '''[[Tom Johnson (tackle)|Tom Johnson]]''' was the second [[African-American]] player for the [[Green Bay Packers]]?
*... that for the 1999 [[reissue]] of [[The Cars]]' 1978 [[The Cars (album)|debut album]], no usable [[Demo (music)|demo]] of their single "'''[[Good Times Roll]]'''" could be found?
*... that '''[[Ruck machine gun post]]s''' were built from prefabricated sections, paving slabs, sandbags and rammed earth?
*... that '''[[Aipysurus duboisii|Dubois' seasnake]]''' is one of at least seventeen [[sea snake]] species living in the '''[[Coral Sea]]''', and has the world's most toxic sea [[snake venom]]?
*... that 19th-century publicist '''[[Anastas Byku]]''' held that the [[Albanians]] were descendants of the [[Pelasgians]] and the [[Illyrians]]?
*... that within four months footballer '''[[Barry Endean]]''' went from playing for an amateur team in a public park to lining up against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] at [[Old Trafford]]?
*... that the wax flowers of '''[[Eriostemon australasius|eastern Australia]]''' are members of the [[rutaceae|citrus family]], while those from '''[[Chamelaucium|the west]]''' are of the [[myrtaceae|myrtle family]]?


*'''''00:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sampi.svg|100x100px|Archaic Greek letter sampi|alt=Archaic Greek letter with three lines]]
</div>
*... that the archaic [[Greek letter]] '''''[[Sampi]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has also been called ''san'', ''enacosin'', ''angma'', ''sincope'', ''charaktir'', or even ''parakyisma'', which literally means "spurious pregnancy"?
*... that eccentric tycoon Ian Stuart Millar's '''[[Barford Court, Hove|seafront home]]''' in [[Hove]], England, was built of specially commissioned handmade bricks—the leftovers of which were reputedly buried elsewhere in Hove?
*... that following the London premiere of '''[[Fabio Campana]]'''{{`s}} [[opera]] ''Esmeralda'' in 1870, ''[[Saturday Review (London)|The Saturday Review]]'' pronounced it "irredeemably bad"?
*... that '''[[Larry Taylor (gridiron football)|Larry Taylor]]''' returned a [[punt (gridiron football)|punt]] for a [[touchdown]] in each of the [[Connecticut Huskies football|Connecticut Huskies football team's]] first two [[List of Connecticut Huskies bowl games|bowl games]]: the '''[[2004 Motor City Bowl]]''' and the '''[[2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl]]'''?
*... that [[Maui]]'s present [[Mayor of Maui|mayor]], '''[[Charmaine Tavares]]''', is the daughter of the island's longest-serving mayor, [[Hannibal Tavares]]?
*... that the '''[[Jagiellonian tapestries]]''' became state property of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] by the testament of King [[Sigismund&nbsp;II Augustus]]?
*... that a '''[[veal and ham pie]]''' is a critical plot element in [[Beatrix Potter]]'s ''[[The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan]]''?
*... that '''[[Vinnie Doyle]]''', one of the longest-serving editors in the newspaper business in [[Ireland]], was editor of the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' for 24 years?
*... that excavations at '''[[Alba Cathedral]]''' uncovered an ancient [[baptistery]] redesigned as a burial place?

===4 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Brit Mus 13sept10 brooches etc 062.jpg|100x100px|The Akan Drum|alt=A wooden African drum]]
</div>
*... that the [[British Museum]]'s oldest African-American object is the '''[[Akan Drum]]''' ''(pictured)'' that was used to "dance the slaves"?
*... that the [[Pied Crested Cuckoo]], which is considered as a harbinger of the [[monsoon]] season due to the timing of its arrival, is frequently spotted at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad's]] '''[[Sanjeevaiah Park]]'''?
*... that '''[[Maria Esperanza de Bianchini]]''', a [[Venezuela]]n [[Servant of God]], was reportedly witnessed [[Saints and levitation|levitating]] during [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]] and engaging in [[bilocation]]?
*... that after [[Julius Caesar]]'s '''[[military campaigns of Julius Caesar|civil war military campaign]]''', he planned to distribute land to about 15,000 of his veterans?
*... that [[professional baseball]] player '''[[Erasmo Ramírez (right-handed pitcher)|Erasmo Ramírez]]''' was named the [[pitcher]] of the year for the [[Seattle Mariners]] [[minor league baseball|minor league]] organization in 2009?
*... that the majority of the inhabitants of '''[[Saint-Augustin, Côte-Nord, Quebec|Saint-Augustin]]''' in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], are [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] – descendants of [[Inuit]] and Europeans?
*... that although the competition for designing '''[[Old Christ Church, Waterloo]]''', [[Merseyside]], was won by a different firm of architects, [[Sharpe, Paley and Austin#Paley, Austin and Paley|Paley, Austin and Paley]] were commissioned to build it?
*... that [[Bhutan]] was one of the first countries in the world to '''[[Bangladesh-Bhutan relations|recognize the independence of Bangladesh]]''' in 1971?
*... that '''[[St Mary's Church, Elsing]]''' has, according to [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], "the most sumptuous of all English [[Monumental brass|church brasses]]"?
*... that [[Oregon]] cattle baron '''[[William M. Hanley|Bill Hanley]]''' died in 1935 after attending ''Bill Hanley Day'' at the [[Pendleton Round-Up]]?


*'''''12:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:CygneVaires.jpg|100x100px|The Mute Swan|alt=White mute swan on water]]
</div>
*... that the most valuable [[biosphere reserve]] in Poland's '''[[Puszcza Piska|Puszcza Piska Forest]]''' is home to the [[Mute Swan]] ''(pictured)'', which arrives in numbers reaching up to 2,000 birds in time of [[Moulting|moult]]? 
*... that an [[pro-life|anti-abortion movement]] commercial, featuring a depiction of President [[Barack Obama]], was '''[[CatholicVote.org]]'''{{`s}} first advertisement and recorded over 700,000 hits?
*... that '''[[Noosa National Park]]''' in [[Australia]] receives more than {{Nowrap|1 million}} visitors a year?
*... that '''[[Robert Twycross]]''' was a pioneer of the [[hospice]] movement during the [[1970]]s?
*... that [[Benwick|Benwick's]] High Street in [[Cambridgeshire]] is built on a rodham&mdash;another way of spelling '''[[roddon]]''', an [[East Anglia]] term for an old [[watercourse]]?
*... that '''[[coffee production in Papua New Guinea]]''' slumped by 23 percent in 2000?
*... that the [[spider]] '''''[[Tetragnatha extensa]]''''' can walk on water, where it can move faster than it can on land?
*... that [[Black people#South Africa|black]] [[South Africa]]n [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Darius Dhlomo]]''' went missing on his debut for Dutch club [[Heracles Almelo]] because he was unaware that [[Reservation of Separate Amenities Act|blacks and whites were allowed in the same changing room]]?


*'''''06:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:NGC 3109 GALEX WikiSky.jpg|100x100px|NGC 3109|alt=A photograph of the galaxy NGC 3109]]
</div>
*... that '''[[NGC 3109]]''' ''(pictured)'' might be the smallest [[spiral galaxy]] in the [[Local Group]]?
*... that the '''''[[Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling (Beijing)|Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling]]''''' was once used by [[Zaifeng]], the father of [[Puyi]], the last [[emperor of China]]?
*... that in the 1966 movie '''''[[Hold On! (film)|Hold On!]]''''', the children of American [[astronaut]]s choose to name a [[NASA]] [[space capsule]] after the British band [[Herman's Hermits]]?
*... that writer and broadcaster [[Clive James]] made a '''[[List of celebrity guest appearances on Neighbours|guest appearance]]''' in the Australian soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]'' as a postman?
*... that girl group '''[[Sophia Fresh]]'''{{'}}s debut single, "What It Is", impressed [[Rihanna]] so much that she said she wished the song was hers?
*... that the '''[[Kirklees Priory]]''' in [[West Yorkshire]] is the supposed site of [[Robin Hood]]'s grave?
*... that [[bass-baritone ]] '''[[Stephen Varcoe]]''' recorded [[Bach cantata]]s with the [[Monteverdi Choir]], including ''[[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV&nbsp;140]]''?
*... that ''The Battle of Waterloo'', made in five days in 1913 at a cost of [[Pound sterling|£]]1,800 by '''[[British and Colonial Films]]''', has been called "the first British [[epic film]]"?
*... that [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] officer '''[[Dan Tyler Moore]]''', an aide to and sparring partner of [[Theodore Roosevelt]], struck the President in the eye, causing him to lose sight in that eye?


*'''''00:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Gros-Mecatina.jpg|100x100px|Gros-Mécatina|alt=Gros-Mécatina]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Gros-Mécatina, Quebec|Gros-Mécatina]]''' ''(pictured)'' on the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]], in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], has excellent [[crab]], [[lobster]], and [[scallop]] [[fishing ground]]s?
*... that [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] scored a [[recorder (musical instrument)#Nomenclature|sopranino recorder]] to illustrate the [[Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern|morning star]] in the opening chorus of his [[Bach cantata|cantata]] '''''[[Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV&nbsp;96]]'''''?
*... that '''[[Jim Cardwell]]''' gave up his engineering business to become full-time secretary for [[Melbourne Football Club]], a post he held for 25 years?
*... that '''[[Wat Pasantidhamma]]''' was the first [[Thailand|Thai]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple in the [[Tidewater region of Virginia|Tidewater (southeastern) region of Virginia]]?
*... that a fortune made as a merchant in [[Gothenburg]] enabled '''[[Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie|Thomas Erskine]]''' (later 9th Earl of Kellie) to buy back [[Cambo House]], a property forfeited because of his family's [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] sympathies?
*... that [[U2]] wrote the song "'''[[Mothers of the Disappeared]]'''" about the [[Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo|Madres de Plaza de Mayo]], whose children [[forced disappearances|disappeared]] during the [[Dirty War]]?
*... that '''[[James Eccles]]''' made the [[first ascent]] of the [[Mont Blanc de Courmayeur|second-highest summit]] in the [[Alps]] ninety years after the first ascent of the [[Mont Blanc|highest]]?
*... that the four statues of saints on the tower of '''[[St Andrew's Church, East Heslerton]]''' were originally intended for [[Bristol Cathedral]], but were rejected because the [[Dean (Christianity)|dean]] said they were [[papist]]?
*... that at age 25, '''[[Early life and career of Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]]''' was captured by pirates, but after being ransomed, chased them, captured them, and had them [[crucified]]?

===3 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:WorldGolfVillage.JPG|100x100px|Hall of Fame at World Golf Village|alt=Hall of Fame at World Golf Village]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[World Golf Village]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a golf resort near [[St. Augustine, Florida]], created to showcase the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]]?
*... that in the documentary television series about [[South America]]n [[serial killers]], '''''[[Instinto Asesino]]''''' (''Killer Instinct''), the death toll of the six criminals exceeds one hundred victims, mostly women and children?
*... that eight [[Gymnastics|gymnasts]] from the Norwegian club '''[[Bergens TF]]''' won medals at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] as part of the rare [[Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team, free system|Men's team, free system]] event? 
*... that the [[NASDA]] satellite '''[[ADEOS&nbsp;I]]''' malfunctioned less than a year in orbit &ndash; a fate repeated by [[ADEOS II|its successor]] six years later?
*... that Commanding General '''[[Kristian Laake]]''' warned that [[World War II|war]] might reach [[Norway]] in a sudden manner, but when the [[Operation Weserübung|invasion]] actually came, he was removed from his command for being too passive?
*... that the '''[[Windhoek Show]]''' was first held in 1899, when [[South-West Africa]] was still a colony of [[German Empire|Imperial Germany]]?
*... that the suggestion of repressed sexuality in [[Thomas Eakins]]' '''''[[Portrait of Maud Cook]]''''' has been seen as both intriguing and disturbing?
*... that during the '''[[Newfoundland expedition]]''' of 1796, French and Spanish forces destroyed over 100 merchant vessels?
*... that '''[[Grove Church Cemetery]]''' has been called "a cemetery for the living"?


*'''''12:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:All Souls Church, Bolton.jpg|100x100px|Church of All Souls, Bolton|alt=A broad church in brick with stone dressings, seen from the northeast, with a canted apse, a crocketted pinnacle, and in the distance a tower, also with crocketted pinnacles]]</div>
*... that the [[nave]] of the '''[[Church of All Souls, Bolton]]''', [[Greater Manchester]], ''(pictured)'' was built without pillars to give the congregation an excellent view and to enable them to hear the sermon clearly?
*... that the "Parasol Protectorate" [[steampunk]] books '''''[[Soulless (novel)|Soulless]]''''', '''''[[Changeless (novel)|Changeless]]''''', and '''''[[Blameless (novel)|Blameless]]''''' by [[Gail Carriger]] will be adapted as [[graphic novel]]s by [[Yen Press]]?
*... that '''[[Clarence River Light]]''', a [[lighthouse]] in [[Yamba, New South Wales]], [[Australia]], was built in 1955, replacing a previous lighthouse built in 1880?
*... that '''[[Marty Amsler]]''' was the first [[University of Evansville]] graduate to be [[National Football League Draft|drafted]] into the [[National Football League]]?
*... that [[mezzo-soprano]] '''[[Petra Noskaiová]]''' recorded [[alto]] parts with [[La Petite Bande]] in [[Bach cantata]]s such as ''[[Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV&nbsp;12]]''?
*... that [[historian]] '''[[David Bushnell (historian)|David Bushnell]]''' introduced the study of the [[history of Colombia]] in American academic circles?
*... that the '''[[Battle of Nui Le]]''' was the last major battle fought by the [[Australian army]] during the [[Vietnam War]]?
*... that '''[[George Munroe]]''' is a retired American [[Basketball Association of America|professional basketball]] player, [[United States Navy|Navy]] veteran, [[Rhodes scholar]], lawyer, and former CEO of [[Phelps Dodge Corporation]]?
*... that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[architect]] '''[[Charles Fitzroy Doll]]'''{{`s}} design for the dining room for the [[Hotel Russell]] in [[London]] was also later used on the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]?


*'''''06:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:AmericanHondaTorranceCA.JPG|100x100px|Headquarters of American Honda]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[American Honda Motor Company]]''' ''(headquarters pictured)'' was [[Honda]]'s first U.S. subsidiary and the first Japanese [[Automotive industry|automaker]] to build cars in the U.S.?
*... that '''[[Richard Cantillon]]'''{{`s}} treatise, ''Essai'', was considered by [[economist]] [[William Stanley Jevons]] to be the "cradle of [[political economy]]"?
*... that one of the best-preserved [[Viking]] settlements in Europe, '''[[Linn Duachaill]]''', was founded at the same time as [[Dublin]], in the 840s, and was unearthed and identified in {{Nowrap|September 2010}}?
*... that when Father '''[[Scott Pilarz]]''' became President of the [[University of Scranton]] he brought [[Georgetown University]]'s [[mascot]], [[Jack the Bulldog]], with him?
*... that according to a local legend, the medieval '''[[Church of St Demetrius, Patalenitsa|Church of St Demetrius]]''' in '''[[Patalenitsa]]''', [[Bulgaria]], was rediscovered thanks to a thunderbolt striking a cherry tree?
*... that actor and musician '''[[Chord Overstreet]]''' was named after the [[Chord (music)|musical term of the same name]]?
*... that the word "[[constable]]" derives from the [[Byzantine]] office of ''comes stabuli'' or '''[[Count of the Stable]]''', responsible for the horses and pack animals intended for use by the [[Byzantine army|army]] and the imperial court?
*... that [[professional baseball]] player '''[[Ji-Man Choi]]''' won the [[Arizona League]] [[Most Valuable Player]] Award after the 2010 season?
*... that [[Oprah Winfrey]] completed the '''[[America's Finest City Half Marathon]]''' in 1993, running under a pseudonym and accompanied by a bodyguard, a trainer, and a video crew?


*'''''00:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:80 - Machu Picchu - Juin 2009 - edit.2.jpg|100x100px|Machu Picchu|alt=Machu Picchu]]
</div>
*... that the [[Inca Empire|Inca]] sites of [[Machu Picchu]] ''(pictured)'' and [[Cusco]] became the first '''[[List of World Heritage Sites in Peru|World Heritage Sites of Peru]]''' in 1983?
*... that '''[[Ned Sutton]]''' was the [[Melbourne Football Club]]'s inaugural [[Captain (Australian rules football)|captain]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] in 1897?
*... that [[Brooke Fraser]] described her third album, '''''[[Flags (Brooke Fraser album)|Flags]]''''', as "a graduation"?
*... that [[contralto]] '''[[Hildegard Laurich]]''' performed in Bach's [[Bach cantata|cantata]] for Ratswahl (inauguration of the Leipzig town council) ''[[Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120]]''?
*... that because of its height, the '''[[Gaza Baptist Church]]''' was commandeered by both [[Fatah]] and [[Hamas]] troops as an [[observation post]] during the [[Fatah–Hamas conflict]]?
*... that according to local [[legend]] '''[[Dead Timber State Recreation Area]]''' in [[Nebraska]] is named for the "dead timbers" that were left over after a [[wildfire]]?
*... that [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] called the '''[[Paycheck Fairness Act]]''' "a common-sense bill" that would help end persistent [[Male–female income disparity in the United States|male–female income disparity]] in which American women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn?
*... that [[Nagesh Kukunoor]]'s '''''[[3 Deewarein]]''''' was filmed at the then defunct and now demolished [[Musheerabad Jail]] in [[Hyderabad, India]]?
*... that [[Leona Helmsley]] hired '''[[Joyce Beber]]''' to promote her hotels and fired her four times, including once after Helmsley was convicted for [[Tax avoidance and tax evasion#Illegal income and tax evasion|income tax evasion]] and blamed Beber for having raised her profile?

===2 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Inocybe maculata 20080913wb.JPG|100x100px|Inocybe maculata|alt=Three stout, brown mushrooms with prominent umbos and a white substance on the cap growing from soil. One is lying down, revealing the gills.]]
</div>
*... that consumption of the [[mushroom poisoning|poisonous]] [[mushroom]] '''''[[Inocybe maculata]]''''' ''(pictured)'' could lead to death by [[respiratory failure]]?
*... that the only '''[[The Teacher's Bookshop|Christian bookstore]]''' in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] closed after its owner was beaten and murdered by armed extremists? 
*... that the [[Nazi]]s claimed the successful [[Battle of France|Blitzkrieg against France]] in 1940 saved the [[Soviet Union]] from an allied strategic bombing campaign called '''[[Operation Pike]]'''?
*... that '''''[[The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman]]''''' was the first [[Cinema of China|Chinese film]] to premiere at Midnight Madness at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]?
*... that [[Australia]]n '''[[Murray Sayle]]''', known for his "rat-like cunning", was a war correspondent in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], tracked [[Che Guevara]] through the [[Bolivia]]n jungle, climbed [[Mount Everest|Mt. Everest]] and sailed solo across the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]?
*... that '''[[HIP Petrohemija]]''' is the largest [[petrochemical]] company in [[Serbia]]?
*... that the British [[ironclad warship|ironclad]] '''{{HMS|Hector|1862|6}}''' was assigned as [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria's]] [[guard ship]] nearly every summer between 1868 and 1886 when she was in residence at [[Osborne House]] on the [[Isle of Wight]]?
*... that Canadian charity '''[[Actua]]''', which delivers educational programs to young people, received the 2009 [[Ontario Trillium Foundation]] Minister's Award?
*... that [[virology|virologist]] '''[[John R. Paul]]''' blamed better hygiene for [[Poliomyelitis|polio]]'s spread in the 20th century, saying early exposure to [[poliovirus]] would have given immunity?


*'''''12:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hornby Light 2010.jpg|100x100px|Hornby Lighthouse, 2010|alt=Hornby Lighthouse, a tapered circular structure painted with red and white vertical stripes, with a white balcony and railing, and glass lantern]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Hornby Lighthouse]]''' ''(pictured)'', on [[South Head, New South Wales]], [[Australia]], was known as the "Lower Light", to distinguish it from [[Macquarie Lighthouse]], the "Upper Light"?
*... that '''[[Clarence Seamans]]''' was the president of the largest [[typewriter]] manufacturer in the world?
*... that '''[[Kenneth Strong]]''' was Britain's first [[Defence Intelligence Staff|Director General of Intelligence]]?
*... that the '''[[Église Saint-Pothin|Church of St Pothinus]]''' in [[Lyon]] holds a 17th century painting depicting [[Paul of Tarsus|St Paul]] in front of the [[Areopagus]] that was previously kept at the [[Notre Dame de Paris]]?
*... that sound engineer and record producer '''[[Paul De Villiers]]''' has worked with [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Marc Jordan]], [[King Crimson]] and [[Mr. Mister]], whose number-one hits "[[Kyrie (song)|Kyrie]]" and "[[Broken Wings (Mr. Mister song)|Broken Wings]]" he co-produced?
*... that in the mid-1970s, the '''''[[Star Trek Concordance]]''''' and ''The Making of Star Trek'' were the only references used by writers of the ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' television show?
*... that '''[[Fathi Osman]]'''{{`s}} 1997 book ''Concepts of the Quran: A Topical Reading'', in which he explained concepts in [[Islam]] for non-Muslims, was nearly 1,000 pages long?
*... that the '''[[SweeTango (apple)|SweeTango]]''' is a new variety of apple, not [[Tango (dance)|a romantic dance]]? 
*... that in the extremely rare 1983 video game '''''[[Mangia]]''''', the player controls a boy whose mother attempts to feed him so much pasta that his stomach will explode?


*'''''06:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Devils acre.jpg|100x100px|The Devil's Acre|alt= The Devil's Acre in the shadows of Westminster Abbey]]
</div>
*... that in 1850 the area outside London's [[Westminster Abbey]] was a notorious slum called '''[[Devil's Acre]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Rep.]] '''[[Byron Cook (politician)|Byron Cook]]''' is a leading supporter of maintaining the scenic [[Texas State Railroad]] from [[Rusk, Texas|Rusk]] to [[Palestine, Texas|Palestine]]?
*... that there are several alternative explanations of '''[[Frédéric Chopin's illness]]'''?
*... that the six movements of a '''''[[Missa (Bach)|Missa of Bach]]''''', a short [[Mass (music)|mass]] consisting of [[Kyrie]] and [[Gloria in Excelsis Deo|Gloria]], are [[Parody music|parodies]] of his [[Bach cantata|cantata]] music?
*... that '''[[Brett Beavers]]''' was the [[bandleader]] and [[bass guitar|bass]] player for both [[Martina McBride]] and [[Lee Ann Womack]]?
*... that the '''[[Miss Albany Diner]]''', an [[Architecture of Albany, New York|Albany, New York, architectural landmark]], was used as a set for the 1987 film ''[[Ironweed (film)|Ironweed]]''?
*... that there is a [[border dispute]] between [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] over a part of the '''[[Beaufort Sea]]'''?
*... that the [[parish church]]es of '''[[Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk|Ormskirk]]''', '''[[St Mary's Church, Purton|Purton]]''' and '''[[St Andrew's Church, Wanborough|Wanborough]]''' are the only churches in England to have both a western tower and a central [[spire]]?
*... that '''[[Padilla, Bolivia]]''', is named in honor of '''[[Manuel Ascencio Padilla]]''' who was referred to as "a hero with the soul of a child and the heart of a lion"?


*'''''00:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Lake_Manyara_Bartvogel.jpg|100x100px|Red-and-yellow Barbet|alt=A bird with a yellow breast, red head and black sides with white spots sat on a branch]]
</div>
*... that while '''[[Red-and-yellow Barbet]]s''' ''(male pictured)'' are tame in areas where they are not persecuted, they are hunted by the [[Maasai people|Maasai]] for their feathers?
*... that as CEO of [[Stanley Black & Decker|Stanley Works]], '''[[Donald W. Davis]]''' helped bring the [[do it yourself]] [[home improvement]] trend to the U.S. and coined the company slogan "Stanley helps you do things right"?
*... that the '''[[Anina mine]]''' supplied '''[[Crivina Power Station]]''' with [[oil shale]]?
*... that American history researcher '''[[Ann Dexter Gordon]]''' leads a project at [[Rutgers University]] which has cataloged more than 14,000 papers related to [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and [[Susan B. Anthony]]?
*... that the British [[ironclad]] '''{{HMS|Defence|1861|6}}''' damaged her propeller and rudder when she was nearly blown ashore during a [[gale]] off [[Pantelleria]] in March 1872?
*... that when someone called to complain about a dead animal in front of a residence, [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]] City Councilman '''[[Joe A. Guerra]]''' grabbed a shovel and went to take care of the problem himself?
*... that once completed, the '''[[Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm]]''' will be the largest onshore wind farm in [[Europe]]?
*... that the band [[OK Go]]'s music video for "'''[[White Knuckles]]'''" is a one-shot take of the band interacting with twelve trained dogs and a goat?
*... that the Sun and [[Pluto]] are only {{Convert|11|km|mi}} apart on the '''[[Somerset Space Walk]]'''?

===1 October 2010===
*'''''18:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:British Columbia Regiment 1940.jpg|100x100px|alt=Soldiers marching down the street with a boy chasing his father]]
</div>
*... that 70 years ago on {{Nowrap|October 1}}, 1940, little "Whitey" Bernard was '''[[Wait for me, Daddy|photographed running after his father]]''' ''(pictured)'' who was marching to war?
*... that during the '''[[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491)|Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491]]''', the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] prevailed at sea, but the [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluks]] consistently resisted them on land?
*... that '''[[Gene Swick]]''' was the first college [[quarterback]] to amass more than 8,000&nbsp;career yards, but was cut by the [[Cleveland Browns]] during camp and never played professional [[American football|football]]?
*... that in 2010, the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] based '''[[Alpiq]]''' became the largest open market electricity trader in [[Romania]]?
*... that '''[[Paul S. Martin]]''' and '''[[Paul Sidney Martin]]''' both worked as anthropologists at the [[University of Arizona]] in the early 1970s?
*... that '''''[[Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom]]''''' was nominated for [[GameSpot]]'s Worst PC Game of 2002 award?
*... that the '''[[Çubuk-1 Dam]]''' was the first concrete dam constructed in [[Turkey]] and is recognized as one of the [[Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey|country's top 50 engineering feats]]?
*... that [[Oral history|oral historian]] '''[[Alessandro Portelli]]''' has compared the stories of industrial workers in his hometown of [[Terni]], [[Italy]], with those of [[Coal mining|coal miners]] in [[Harlan County, Kentucky]]?
*... that '''[[Mecklenburg's Garden]]''' in [[Cincinnati]] used a [[ship model]] to inform patrons whether alcohol could be sold safely during [[Prohibition in the United States]]?


*'''''12:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Eastern promenade portland.jpg|100x100px|View of Casco Bay from the Eastern Promenade Park|alt=View of Casco Bay from the Eastern Promenade Park]]
</div>
*... that [[Portland, Maine]]'s '''[[Eastern Promenade]]''' ''(pictured)'' is home to a [[Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum|narrow gauge railroad museum]], the mast of the [[World War II|WWII]]-era [[USS Portland (CA-33)|USS Portland]] [[heavy cruiser]], and a mass grave of [[United States|US]] [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] from the [[War of 1812]]?
*... that [[percussion instrument|percussionist]] '''[[Ollie E. Brown]]''' has produced or performed on over 100 singles and albums, including [[Ray Parker, Jr.]]'s ''[[Ghostbusters (song)|Ghostbusters]]'', [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'', and [[Electric Boogaloo (song)|the theme]] from ''[[Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo]]''?
*... that a [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] [[creation myth|creation account]] centered on '''[[Pahuk]]''', a bluff overlooking the [[Platte River]] in [[Nebraska]]?
*... that former [[Texas State Senate|Texas State Senator]] '''[[David Sibley (politician)|David Sibley]]''' lost the 2000 Senate vote for [[Lieutenant Governor of Texas|lieutenant governor]] by a single ballot?
*... that '''[[Cape Parry]]'''{{`s}} [[Thick-billed Murre]] colony, located in [[Northwest Territories]], [[Canada]], is more isolated than any other [[Uria|murre]] colony in the world?
*... that the true source of [[New York (state)|New York]]'s [[List of U.S. state nicknames|official nickname]], '''[[Empire State|The Empire State]]''', is not known?
*... that '''[[Monte Robbins]]''' holds the [[Michigan Wolverines football]] records for longest [[punt (gridiron football)|punt]] at 82 yards and the highest career average for a [[Punter (football)|punter]]?
*... that '''''[[Lucernaria janetae]]''''' has eight [[lance]]-shaped [[gonad]]s? 
*... that as an attorney, '''[[William Coblentz (attorney)|William Coblentz]]''' represented [[Patty Hearst]], [[Jefferson Airplane]] and the [[Grateful Dead]], and once called [[Ronald Reagan]] "a menopausal [[Cary Grant]]"?


*'''''06:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:LjubljanaVic-poplavaSept2010.jpg|100x100px|Flooding in Ljubljana|alt=Flooding in Slovenia]]
</div>
*... that severe '''[[2010 Slovenia floods|floods]]''' ''(pictured)'', among the worst in the country's history, affected [[Slovenia]] two weeks ago?
*... that the '''[[Adelaide leak]]''' could have landed the [[Australian economy]] in hot water?
*... that [[radar detector]] millionaire '''[[Dodge Morgan]]''' at age 54 sailed solo around the globe without stops in 150 days, shattering the prior record of 292 days?
*... that [[gravedigger]]s working within the ruins of northern [[Albania]]'s '''[[Shirgj Monastery]]''' would often encounter mosaics from the old church?
*... that despite being eliminated from ''[[The Ultimate Fighter]]'' just weeks prior, '''[[Pablo Garza (fighter)|Pablo Garza]]''' was signed by [[World Extreme Cagefighting]] to appear tonight at [[WEC&nbsp;51]]?
*... that in [[Thomas Eakins]]' '''''[[Self-portrait (Thomas Eakins)|Self-portrait]]''''', the contrast between his formal attire and his unkempt grooming alludes to a rebellious nature restrained by cultural mores?
*... that an early use of '''[[pascalization]]''' in the United States was the treatment of [[guacamole]], extending its [[shelf life]] tenfold?
*... that the work of "animation God" '''[[Bill Littlejohn]]''' includes ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'', ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' and an Oscar-winning short with [[Dizzy Gillespie]] debating the possibility of nuclear war?
*... that after the [[Operation Weserübung|Nazi invasion of Norway]], former naval officer '''[[Olaf Kullmann]]''' [[Cycling|bicycled]] around Norway to agitate for [[pacifism]]?


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*... that 19th-century painter '''[[Robert Jenkins Onderdonk]]''' ''(example painting pictured)'', born in [[Maryland]] into a [[Dutch American]] family, became known as the "Dean of Texas's Artists"?
*... that '''[[tensile testing]]''' is a fundamental [[materials science]] test used to find a [[material]]'s [[ultimate tensile strength]] and maximum [[elongation (materials science)|elongation]] before [[fracture]]?
*... that the '''[[2007–08 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' included [[Ekpe Udoh]] who led both the [[Big Ten Conference]] and [[Big 12 Conference]] in [[blocked shot]]s?
*... that the remains of the '''''[[San Juan de Silicia]]''''', a [[Spanish Armada]] ship which sank off the coast of [[Scotland]], were mistaken for those of a [[Spanish treasure fleet|treasure ship]] and destroyed by countless searches for gold?
*... that, hoping to cut off the [[Dalmatia|Dalmatian coast]] from [[Croatia]], [[Yugoslav National Army|Yugoslav]] and [[Serbia]]n forces '''[[September War for Šibenik|attacked the city of Šibenik]]''' for six days in 1991?
*... that the album '''''[[Amar la Trama]]''''' by [[Uruguay|Uruguayan]] singer-songwriter [[Jorge Drexler]] was recorded in just four days?
*... that a practice in [[Afghanistan]], where a daughter in a family without sons is dressed in male clothing and acts as a boy, allowing her to do things she could not do as a girl, is called '''[[bacha posh]]'''?
*... that the '''[[The West Wing (season 7)|seventh season]]''' of ''[[The West Wing]]'' featured a [[live television]] episode that was broadcast twice for the East and West Coasts of the United States?
*... that the '''[[Canadian Air-Sea Transportable Brigade Group]]''', formed to rapidly reinforce [[Norway]] in wartime, disbanded after it took two years of planning and 21 days to cross the [[Atlantic]]?