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13:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

... that after Melina (pictured) stripped Torrie Wilson to win a bra & panties match at The Great American Bash (2005), referee Candice Michelle stripped Melina and herself as well?

... that Ukrainian Cossack Grégoire Orlyk was a spy of the French king Louis XV, fought in the Seven Years' War, received a title of a comte and was promoted to the general's rank of Maréchal de camp?

... that monocopters can have one rotating wing or have only one fixed wing and rotate entirely?

... that English headmistress Olive Willis founded Downe House School, where her chauffeur-architect-engineer slept in her bathroom?

... that the Condon Committee report into the Lakenheath-Bentwaters UFO incident in 1956 concluded it was likely that at least one genuine UFO was involved?

... that following Australia's failure to win the 2003 Rugby World Cup, British pie retailer Square Pie produced a "humble pie" filled with kangaroo meat?

... that the sixth emergency special session of the UN General Assembly ended with a call for the total withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan so its people could freely choose their political system?

... that the Romanian poet Anatol E. Baconsky, who debuted as a socialist realist, came to depict the communist regime as an "anti-utopia" shortly before dying in the 1977 earthquake?

05:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

... that there are approximately 2,000 species of mantis (example pictured)?

... that a grand jury found Arizona Territory's "Thieving Thirteenth" legislature exceeded a US$4,000 legal limitation for operating expenses by US$46,744.50?

... that Reinhard von Werneck gave Munich's Englischer Garten much of its current form by almost doubling its area and by creating a new lake, the Kleinhesseloher See?

... that the world's first successful demonstration of laser surgery was held at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose, Massachusetts?

... that when playing at the 2008 NME Awards in support of their triple-nominated single "Flux", indie rock band Bloc Party were stunned by the scale of the gig?

... that 30-year Seattle City Council member David Levine served as Seattle's acting mayor on over 250 occasions?

... that diaphragmatic rupture can allow abdominal organs to herniate into the chest cavity and interfere with breathing?

... that lobbyist Stephen Payne was caught on hidden camera in July 2008 offering access to senior U.S. officials in return for a US$250,000 donation to the George W. Bush Presidential Library?

23:02, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the National Taiwan Library (entrance pictured), founded in 1914, is the oldest public library in Taiwan?

... that in 2005, 20-year-old Kevin Nee became the youngest person to reach the finals in the World's Strongest Man championships?

... that the Srizbi botnet of 300,000 infected computers is responsible for sending 60 billion spam e-mails per day?

... that seven-term member of the Norwegian Parliament Otto Vincent Lange later served as Minister of Finance and Customs on four non-consecutive occasions between 1855 and 1863?

... that social interface is a term used in social sciences both in a theoretical literature, and in a practical design of computer user interfaces?

... that the pharmacy of former Welsh rugby union player Willie Llewellyn was saved from rioters during the Tonypandy Riot because of his past services to his country?

... that Grant County, Indiana is placing Garfield statues throughout the county?

16:56, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

... that a word square found in Mamucium (pictured), a Roman fort in Manchester, may be one of the earliest examples of Christianity in Britain?

... that Jean Mohr has photographed Palestinian refugees for the U.N. and International Red Cross since 1949, yet also published two books on L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande?

... that a memorial to "Unknown Confederate Dead" at the Fort Smith National Cemetery also commemorates James McIntosh and Alexander Steen, even though neither Confederate general was unknown?

... that Henry Moore's Nuclear Energy sculpture was erected and dedicated to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction?

... that Rachel Dratch lost the role of 30 Rock character Jenna Maroney to Jane Krakowski, but later appeared as a maid in the 30 Rock episode The Aftermath?

... that Peter Lorillard may have been the first American publicly referred to as a "millionaire"?

10:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the sinking of the SS Königin Luise (pictured) was the first German naval loss of the First World War?

... that in his 2005 book Race Against Time, the UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis claimed the spread of AIDS across Africa is partly due to a succession of disastrous economic policies promoted by international financial institutions?

... that Prince Mihail Sturdza accepted 33 of 35 demands made by the leaders of the Moldavian Revolution of 1848, and when the leaders stood firm proceeded to crush the revolution?

... that Washington's Union Station was turned into the short-lived National Visitor Center in 1976, but so few tourists used it that it closed two years later?

... that the Quatama Station light rail stop in Hillsboro, Oregon, includes a piece of art based on an arrangement created by a Japanese Macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center?

03:49, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

... that areas around Mangochi (Lake Malawi pictured), Malawi, have recently been terrorised by elephants?

... that the Rev. William Plenderleath's book Memoranda of Cherhill was first published 95 years after the author's death?

... that attacks by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, led by Nigerian rebel Henry Okah, are believed to indirectly raise the price of oil?

... that British actor Terence Stamp's brother Chris, a New York City psychodrama therapist, co-managed and produced rock band The Who from 1964 to 1975?

... that after a painted garage door was destroyed, the Precita Eyes muralists salvaged it and merged it into a new one, said to be one of their most beautiful in San Francisco?

... that a picture of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Lee Grissom rowing a boat inside Crosley Field ran nationwide after the worst flood in the city's history?

... that Benjamin Ferguson bequeathed a fund to Chicago, Illinois that provided for seventeen of the city's most prominent sculptures?

21:06, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... that an obelisk at Mamhead (pictured) was built in the 1740s for "the safety of such as might use to sail out of the Port of Exon or any others who might be driven on the coast"?

... that Mike Ayers coaches the smallest school in the highest division of NCAA college football?

... that Muphry's law states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written"?

... that Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford was allegedly killed by a spear through the anus at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322?

... that Indian Village, Chicago hosts the only 24-hour elevator operator building in Chicago, Illinois?

... that Polish poet Paweł Kubisz was sentenced in 1928 by Czech authorities for 13 months in prison for alleged transport of illegal literature to Slovakia and conspiring against the Czechoslovak Republic?

... that in rugby union, New Zealand has only lost four Test matches at Carisbrook stadium in over one hundred years?

... that the state of emergency, enforced by the enactment of Emergency Powers Act 1939 to help maintain Irish neutrality during World War II, was not rescinded until 1 September, 1976?

14:57, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... that Sci-Arc architecture school built its Los Angeles campus from the 1907 Santa Fe Freight Depot (pictured), a concrete structure with 120 bays stretching as long as the Empire State Building is tall?

... that 90 percent of the United Kingdom's pig and dairy production is sold under the Red Tractor farm assurance mark?

... that when the Congolese village of Bogoro was attacked in 2003, survivors were imprisoned in a room filled with corpses, and women and girls were sexually enslaved?

... that, despite its name, the soft drink Grapico, first sold in 1914, did not contain any grape juice and used deceptive advertising to promote the product?

... that Montreal Mayor Aldis Bernard was the first President of the Dental Association of the Province of Quebec when it was founded in 1869?

... that the 7.9 M_w Denali Fault earthquake on November 3, 2002 was the strongest shock ever recorded in the interior of Alaska?

... that Benjamin Franklin's letter Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress was cited in a 1973 United States Supreme Court opinion by justice William O. Douglas?

09:07, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the Pisgah Home (pictured) was the centre of a controversial movement in the early 1900s by a Pentecostal faith healer to care for the poor and downtrodden?

... that T. Muthuswamy Iyer was the first Indian judge of the Madras High Court?

... that Ray Combs, host of Family Feud, was the guest announcer for a "family feud" match at the World Wrestling Federation's 1993 Survivor Series event?

... that Miron Merzhanov was a personal architect to Joseph Stalin from 1933–1941?

... that Madeline Kahn made her screen debut in De Düva, an Academy Award-nominated short comedy that parodied the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman?

... that the Pseudo-Bonaventura is a name given to the authors of several medieval devotional books once wrongly attributed to Saint Bonaventure?

... that the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, Cry Baby, earned no points from any of the voting countries?

... that sociologists distinguish between general social movements and specific social movement organizations?

01:42, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the Ghost Mantis (pictured with 50 cent euro coin for size comparison) looks like a dead leaf?

... that the parish church of Thurning, Norfolk, contains many furnishings of a destroyed chapel of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge?

... that Mike Karakas was the first American-born and trained professional ice hockey goaltender to play in the National Hockey League?

... that 209 people were killed and 41,000 houses were damaged or totally destroyed in the 1970 floods in Romania, with over a million arable acres inundated, and more than 100,000 animals drowned?

... that transwoman actor Judiel Nieva was once sought out as a healer and visionary?

... that the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station is the second largest employer in Clark County, Idaho?

... that in 1999, the JKNC expelled Saifuddin Soz, India's current Minister of Water Resources, when he voted against the Government headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee defying the party whip?

19:54, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

... that Georgetown University Hoyas mascot Jack the Bulldog (pictured) is a living English bulldog whose name derives from a 1962 dog called "Lil-Nan's Royal Jacket?"

... that nearly 60 years after surviving a lynching attempt, and being convicted as an accessory to murder, James Cameron founded America's Black Holocaust Museum?

... that the residents of Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1860 built a new school right next to a preexisting cemetery?

... that Ivan Pyryev was the winner of six Stalin Prizes and was the Director of Mosfilm studios?

... that 18th-century poet Christopher Smart spent seven years in mental asylums for madness but may have been imprisoned out of revenge or actions resulting from drinking too much?

... that Rosabelle Sinclair, a native of Scotland, established the first women's lacrosse team in the United States in 1926?

... that Nikolay Likhachov collected medieval coins and manuscripts, Byzantine seals, Russian icons, and cuneiform tablets?

11:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

... that Pushkin House (pictured) is another name for the Institute of Russian Literature in St. Petersburg?

... that C.W. Bergstrom was the last professional wrestler to ever hold the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship?

... that the container ship Atlantic Causeway was refitted with a ski-jump to enable her to operate Sea Harriers during the Falklands War?

... that Sun Prairie, Wisconsin is the birthplace of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe?

... that Akwamu slaves in the Danish West Indies revolted in 1773, taking control of most of the island of Saint John in the present-day U.S. Virgin Islands?

... that Withington Community Hospital was, at its height, the largest teaching hospital in Europe?

... that according to legend, Saint Palladius of Embrun made prophecies, knew angels, and defeated the Devil by crossing himself?

... that the football game between Offenburger FV and the SC Freiburg on 28 March 1920 lasted for over three hours?

... that Nat Williams is the first ever African American sheriff elected in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, where the last three elected sheriffs had been sent to jail?
04:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the Cherhill White Horse, an English hill figure (pictured), once had a glittering glass eye made of bottles?

... that Boris Kovač’s folklore music is influenced by the twenty nationalities of the Pannonian Plains?

... that the spray pool on Boston Common doubles as an ice-skating rink in winter?

... that Flora Danica, a comprehensive botanical collection containing pictures of all known wild plants native to Denmark, was initiated by Georg Christian Oeder?

... that the Chianan Plain, the largest plain of Taiwan located at the central-southwestern region of the island, has three harvests of rice crops annually?

... that Jason Castro, who was recently signed by the Singapore Slingers, is slated to become the first Filipino player in Australia's National Basketball League?

... that the Cathedral of Freedom featured on the Slovene 0.10€ Euro coins was a parliamentary building proposed in 1947 that was never built?

... that WWE's The Great American Bash (2004) pay-per-view ended with The Undertaker burying his manager in cement?
21:29, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... that aircraft from 825 Naval Air Squadron (aircraft pictured) carried out attacks against several German battleships during the Second World War?

... that Carl Johan Cronstedt increased the efficiency of wood-burning stoves in the 18th century by a factor of eight?

... that wine can be made from substances other than grapes, including marijuana?

... that Jurgis Bielinis and his organizations smuggled about half of all Lithuanian books printed in East Prussia during the Lithuanian press ban?

... that a 73-yard run during the 1949 Rose Bowl by Frank Aschenbrenner of the Northwestern Wildcats was the longest run from scrimmage in Rose Bowl history?

... that Cardinal Lodovico Trevisan, who won several battles as Captain General of the papal army, was known as the "angel of peace"?

... that Terling Windmill in Essex, England was featured in the film Oh, Mr. Porter!?

... that the German-American confectioner Charles F. Gunther claimed to own the remains of the serpent from the Garden of Eden?

13:46, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... that LA's Fire Station No. 23 (pictured) has been a location in over 50 film productions, including Ghostbusters headquarters and scenes from The Mask and National Security?

... that Michael Ferreira was the first amateur billiards player to break the 1,000 points barrier when he scored a break of 1,149 in 1978?

... that the first peacekeeping force, the UNEF, was approved at the first emergency special session of the UN General Assembly with 57 supports, 0 opposes, and 19 abstains?

... that according to legend, a spring came up on all three spots where the severed head of Catholic martyr Saint Baudilus bounced after his martyrdom in Nîmes?

... that the excavation at Norton Priory, Cheshire, in the 1970s revealed the largest floor of mosaic tiles to be found in any modern excavation?

... that petitions called for the firing of Ohio State athletic director Dick Larkins when he hired little-known football coach Woody Hayes in 1951 instead of Paul Brown?
07:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... that cycles of the Life of Christ in medieval art (example pictured) usually show relatively few of his miracles?

... that Charlie Waitt was taunted and called a "sissy" by fans and teammates because he was one of the first to wear baseball gloves to protect his hands?

... that at the Battle of Bov, Schleswig-Holstein's senior commander did not arrive until two hours after the fighting had started?

... that the insolvency law of Switzerland is codified in a statute that is nearly 120 years old?

... that John Huston quit his directing job on the 1971 action film The Last Run after fighting with George C. Scott, the film’s star?

... that the 1891 Martinique hurricane was considered to be the worst on the island since 1817?

... that Edward P. Hurt, who coached Morgan State College to 14 CIAA football championships, was also the school's track coach and on the coaching staff at the 1964 Olympic Games?

02:35, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

... that Neafie & Levy built the U.S. Navy's first submarine (pictured) in 1862 and its first destroyer in 1902?

... that Han Chinese Emperor Jing had Imperial Secretary Chao Cuo executed to appease various subordinate kingdoms?

... that the Irish Greyhound racing regulator Bord na gCon includes Viagra on its list of banned substances?

... that Josiah and William Forster, early members of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, visited U.S. President Franklin Pierce to promote their cause?

... that archaeological evidence suggest that the history of French wine began with the Celts, long before the Greeks and Romans settled the area?

... that while working on Lipstick and Dynamite, a 2005 documentary about women's professional wrestling, Neko Case found out Ella Waldek in the film was her great-aunt?

... that Arnaud de Pellegrue, a cardinal-nephew of Pope Clement V, led the papal army in a 1309 war against Venice?

17:17, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the Lamentation of Christ (pictured) is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque?

... that Salvador Toscano Barragán was Mexico's first filmmaker?

... that Dowlish Wake was the home of John Hanning Speke who explored Africa in the mid–19th century in search of the source of the Nile?

... that Louis-Adolphe Paquet was one of the most vocal opponents of both mandatory public education and women's suffrage in early 20th-century Quebec?

... that the Ashtabula Harbor Light in Lake Erie was encased in ice by a storm in 1928, trapping its keepers inside for two days?

... that the remote Aboriginal community of Jigalong in Western Australia was the venue for the world premiere of the film Rabbit-Proof Fence?

... that Nick Vitucci is the first goaltender inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame?

... that Faker's debut studio album Addicted Romantic includes a track written by lead singer Nathan Hudson eight years earlier?

10:23, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

... that Puerto Rican businessman Fermín Tangüis developed the Tanguis cotton in Peru and was given the Order of the Sun medal (pictured)?

... that Massera's lemma, a result in stability theory and nonlinear control, can be used to construct common Lyapunov functions for switched systems?

... that after John Huston filmed a scene from Moby Dick in front of the Seamen's Bethel in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the increase in tourism spurred the creation of the New Bedford Historic District?

... that Wanda Hjort Heger showed up uninvited every week at the gate of Sachsenhausen during WWII with two jars of potato salad for the Norwegian prisoners?

... that an adrenergic storm can be caused by a cocaine overdose, use of the MAOI class of antidepressants, or a subarachnoid hemorrhage?

... that Maya Angelou wrote one of her characters in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to demonstrate how she survived her childhood as a black in a white-dominated world?

... that 25 percent of the population of Ecuador is of indigenous heritage, while another 65 percent is of mixed indigenous and European heritage?

... that part of the 1975 comedy film Linda Lovelace for President was shot on the campus of the University of Kansas?
07:06, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the Lone Star Tick (pictured) can be a carrier of Masters' disease, an emerging infectious disease related to Lyme disease in parts of the United States?

... that according to The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend, had the plot succeeded, it would have created more persecution of English Catholics rather than less?

... that the National Conference Center, formerly known as Xerox Document University, is one of the largest corporate training facilities in Northern Virginia?

... that despite being outnumbered by more than two to one, Denmark defeated Schleswig-Holstein in the Battle of Fredericia in 1849?

... that after several gold and platinum hits, Neil Diamond and Lee Holdridge collaborated on the film score for Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

... that Kazakhstan-South Korea relations are strengthened by the presence of 100,000 Koryo-sarams in Kazakhstan?

... that former WLS-TV news anchor Joel Daly and his co-presenter Fahey Flynn popularized "Happy Talk"?

20:56, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the name of the mushroom Amanita echinocephala (pictured) means "hedgehog-head" in Ancient Greek, referring to its spiny, or warty-looking cap?

... that the 1958 Operation Chico was the first mass evacuation in United States history in which residents were quartered away from their homes overnight?

... that the exploration problem in robotics is that of maximizing knowledge over an area by the use of a robot?

... that a number of physicians and nurses at the tuberculosis sanitorium founded by Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau in Saranac Lake, New York in 1882 were patients themselves and served without pay?

... that Dewan Seshayya Sastri ruled the kingdom of Pudukkottai as regent from 1886 to 1894?

... that the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was the first Canadian unit on the ground in France in the Invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 1944?

... that Bette Sussman and Whitney Houston's version of the Dolly Parton classic, "I Will Always Love You" has sold over 17 million copies?

15:48, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the Royal Road leading into Wawel Castle (pictured) through the medieval Old Town, goes by way of the only defensive gate still standing after the modernization of Kraków?

... that civil engineer Robert Wynne-Edwards was the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers to be elected while still working as a contractor?

... that the most common victims of barodontalgia, a dental pain evoked by a change in barometric pressure, are SCUBA divers and military pilots?

... that Sarah Thompson was the first American countess?

... that Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sea Songs is due to be played at the 2008 Last Night of the Proms to commemorate 50 years since the composer's death?

... that the Presidio La Bahía was moved twice before being permanently located near Goliad, Texas?

... that Pedro Luis de Borja Lanzol de Romaní was made a priest, bishop, and cardinal—in the opposite order—by his grand uncle Pope Alexander VI?

08:48, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... that Antarctic Minke Whales were only recently recognized as a separate species from Common Minke Whales (pictured) based on mitochondrial DNA testing?

... that the Istanbul landmark Mihrimah Mosque was constructed in the 16th century for Suleiman the Magnificent's daughter?

... that whether prosections are as effective as dissections in the teaching of medicine is an unsettled aspect of medical education?

... that the Greenfield Lane segment of the decommissioned New York State Route 273 is no longer part of the highway's new designation?

... that the global media alliance Project Klebnikov is dedicated to investigating the July 2004 murder of journalist Paul Klebnikov?

... that the San Francisco Bay Area will have a new direct rail to ferry connection when the Hercules intermodal rail station and WETA ferry terminal is constructed?

02:23, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

... that the first Texian to be seriously wounded during the Texas Revolution was Samuel McCulloch, a freed slave who was shot during the Battle of Goliad (location pictured)?

... that Walter Jackson Bate called Samuel Johnson's Life of Mr Richard Savage, included in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, "one of the innovative works in the history of biography"?

... that when constructed in 1906, the Baku-Batumi pipeline was the world's longest kerosene pipeline?

... that American journalist Alan Cabal was one of the luminaries of New York City's occult movement during the "occult renaissance" started in the 1960s?

... that for many years, kibbutz Mizra's store was the only place in Israel that sold non-kosher meat?

... that the 1953 film Striporama features the only color footage of pin-up model Bettie Page in a speaking role?