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30 November 2016

00:00, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Sydney Eardley-Wilmot

... that Sydney Eardley-Wilmot (pictured) was one of four brothers who served as officers in the British military?
... that it is not known whether the Marquis Léonce de Tarragon named the rosy-throated longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) for his wife or his mother?
... that horse trainer Wink Groover and his Tennessee Walking Horse Ace's Sensation won a World Grand Championship at their third attempt?
... that Sairecabur has the world's highest submillimetre telescope and is adjacent to a peak that may have been one of the world's highest volcanoes at about 7,000 metres (23,000 ft)?
... that Auschwitz survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan writes Holocaust stories for children that have happy endings "in order not to rob them of their faith in mankind"?
... that video game MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death features characters paired with robotic Guardians?
... that the chamber orchestra Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen, founded in 1958, is the only orchestra to regularly perform at the historic Villa Hügel?
... that Section 127 of the Australian Constitution mandated that the Aboriginal peoples not be counted in "reckoning the numbers of the people of the Commonwealth"?

29 November 2016

00:00, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Schloss Tutzing

... that a speech by Egon Bahr at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (main building pictured) influenced the Ostpolitik of chancellor Willy Brandt toward the German Democratic Republic?
... that Suzuka Mambo was a Japanese racehorse sired by the American 1989 Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence?
... that 4A Games hoped that Metro: Last Light would "rekindle memories of Half-Life 2"?
... that the South Sudan National Cup has been won more times by Al-Malakia FC than by any other team?
... that since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, ultra-royalists in Thailand have criticized and harassed those who did not wear mourning black?
... that during the 1895 counter-revolution, Joseph Heleluhe, private secretary to Hawaii's deposed queen Liliuokalani, was "stripped of all clothing and placed in a dark cell without light, food or water"?
... that the United States' team at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup consisted entirely of athletes with experience in other sports, but none in kabaddi?

28 November 2016

00:00, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Air-Cobot

... that Air-Cobot (pictured) is a French research and development project for a wheeled collaborative mobile robot able to inspect aircraft during maintenance operations?
... that Cybele Records has published award-winning audiobooks, "portraits" of living composers, and in 2016 the complete organ works of Max Reger?
... that 2016 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Callahan once ran for the Oregon House of Representatives under the Green Party label in order to siphon votes from the Democratic candidate?
... that the Palace of Cerro Castillo is the summer residence of the President of Chile?
... that Slovenian gymnast and Olympic medallist Boris Gregorka later coached the double gold Olympic medallist Miroslav Cerar?
... that around 1100, Yaozhou ware was accepted by the Chinese Imperial court, but several decades later it was described by a poet as "extremely coarse and used only by restaurants"?
... that Montreal architect Maxwell M. Kalman designed more than 1,100 buildings, including Canada's first shopping centre?
... that The Passion of Christ was moved from one church to another, which saved it from being destroyed by fire in 1904?

27 November 2016

00:00, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Göran Fredrik Göransson

... that Göran Fredrik Göransson (pictured) was the first to successfully implement the Bessemer process for steel production on an industrial scale?
... that the Communist Party of Pakistan was founded on the sidelines of the 1948 Second Party Congress of the Communist Party of India in Calcutta?
... that boxer Issake Dabore was the first athlete from Niger to win an Olympic medal?
... that the Sentry anti-ballistic missile was packed into a container that looked like an MX missile?
... that with A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a live-action film with a budget over $100 million?
... that Martin Gotthard Schneider wrote the lyrics and music for the hymn Danke, which made it to the German charts in 1963?
... that per-capita consumption of primary energy in the Faroe Islands is about 60% higher than that in continental Denmark?
... that in the run-up to the 1953 Philadelphia municipal election, a Democratic nominee died and the office he was running for was abolished?

26 November 2016

00:00, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Smog in New York

... that three days of smog in New York City 50 years ago today increased public awareness of air pollution (pictured) and led to the passage of the 1967 Air Quality Act?
... that W.Z. Ahmed's film Roohi was the first to be banned in Pakistan?
... that "gold thread and iron wire" Ge ware has two sets of cracks in the glaze, accentuated by staining in different colours?
... that in her Gloria, Hyo-Won Woo combines elements from Korean music and Western contemporary composition techniques?
... that the Swaziland national cricket team was disqualified from the 2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two after they fielded ineligible players in 2014?
... that when Barbara Berman and Mary Keating Croce took office in 1978, they became the first pair of women to represent a single legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly?
... that quarrying at West End in Penistone Hill Country Park once involved using a bar to make the cliff face collapse whilst the workers ran away?
... that everyone eligible to receive the Commemorative Medal for Participants of the Barricades of 1991 from Latvia has already received one?

25 November 2016

00:00, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

A kronkåsa

... that a kronkåsa (pictured) was used by the Swedish nobility as a drinking vessel during the Renaissance?
... that Soledad Alatorre, known for her labor activism and advocacy of civil rights, previously worked as a model for bathing suits?
... that after a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp became a Russian emperor, his wife and son traded away his ancestral lands in the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo?
... that Maurice Gaffney was the oldest practising barrister in Ireland when he died aged 100?
... that the daily newspaper Aachener Zeitung began as the first free newspaper published by Germans after World War II?
... that the USS Helianthus, built as a private motorboat, went on to serve as a patrol boat for the U.S. Navy, and then for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey?
... that Conservative Member of Parliament Sarah Wollaston switched from supporting to repudiating the pro-Brexit Vote Leave group, calling its repetition of debunked claims "post-truth politics"?
... that while writing Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer would move between rooms of his house whenever he experienced a "Jonathan block"?

24 November 2016

00:00, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Madagascar succulent woodlands

... that the Madagascar succulent woodlands (pictured) are home to the world's smallest primate?
... that "Danke", one of Germany's best-known sacred songs, was considered a sin against music and religion when first released?
... that Monique Luiz, star of the famous 1964 political advertisement Daisy, did not see it for herself until 2000?
... that the 308th Infantry Regiment was the first United States National Army regiment in the First World War to be presented with its regimental colors?
... that with a modest force of Bedouin horsemen, Shibl al-Dawla Nasr defeated a much larger Byzantine army led by Emperor Romanos III?
... that events at Los Angeles' Fiesta Park included a reception for President William McKinley, the Los Angeles Auto Show, and USC Trojans football games?
... that the Liberian Welington Zaza is the African junior record holder in the men's 110 metres hurdles?
... that the Eider Canal was first proposed as part of Ducal Holstein, built under Danish rule, conquered by Prussia, and decommissioned under the German Empire?

23 November 2016

00:00, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Queen Emma

... that Queen Emma of Hawaii (pictured) never knew her father George Naʻea because he had contracted leprosy?
... that Dr. J. Butz, founded in 1924, has published sacred music by English composers such as Colin Mawby, Christopher Tambling, and Robert W. Jones in Germany?
... that in 2016, Rachel Freier became the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in the state of New York?
... that Mauritian boxer Kennedy St-Pierre has won two gold medals at the African Games, one in the middleweight division and one in the heavyweight division?
... that The Vine in Vancouver, Washington, will be the first bus rapid transit system in the Portland metropolitan area?
... that Proceratium petrosum is one of two ant species in the genus Proceratium described from fossil males?
... that Eugen Eckert, who wrote the lyrics of more than a thousand songs in the Neues Geistliches Lied genre, is the minister for a sports stadium in Frankfurt?
... that daisy bushes can be downy, viscid, twiggy, or clammy?

22 November 2016

00:00, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

The Vaile Mansion

... that the Vaile Mansion (pictured), built in 1881 in Independence, Missouri, contains chandeliers originally intended for the White House?
... that when it was released in 2012, Cybergeddon was the most expensive web series ever made?
... that Jin Chae-seon was the first female master of pansori, a male-dominated Korean folk opera genre?
... that Streitraum, a regular series of panel discussions with Carolin Emcke, has been called "an intelligent and aggressive public lecture series"?
... that Gilberto Gil said his Grammy Award for Quanta Live was particularly meaningful because the album is a summary of his three decades in music?
... that resists can be used in dyeing textiles, pottery, painting, metalwork, and semiconductor fabrication?
... that Marc Bassingthwaighte is a two-time medalist at the Namibian National Road Race Championships?
... that the black-and-white 1923 Western Wild Bill Hickok starring William Hart was the first film to depict Wyatt Earp?

21 November 2016

00:00, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

A circular maze

... that dual graphs can explain why the halls and walls of many mazes (example pictured) form interlocking trees?
... that the curve of the roof of Oriam, Scotland's new national sports training centre, was inspired by Roberto Carlos's goal that "defied physics"?
... that tap dancer Ayodele Casel developed her style under the influence of salsa music?
... that Burning Rangers was among the last five Sega Saturn games released in America?
... that Alfred Clark pioneered continuity, plot, and special effects in The Execution of Mary Stuart?
... that "Inspirasi" was written by Faizal Tahir as a tribute to Siti Nurhaliza and her achievements in the Malaysian music scene for the past 20 years?
... that Taiwan's Danhai Light Rail Transit cars will have batteries so that the overhead power cable does not need to be continuous through intersections?
... that photographer Sally Bush bought a 1909 Baker electric car and drove it just once, through the front window of a local pharmacy?

20 November 2016

00:00, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Aroup Chatterjee

... that Aroup Chatterjee (pictured) was one of two Devil's advocates during the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta?
... that University of Sydney students might have failed if they had not started studying by the time the jacaranda tree bloomed?
... that fencer Salah Dessouki also served as the Governor of Cairo?
... that after the mutineer sailors involved in the Revolt of the Lash were granted amnesty, many were discharged from the Brazilian Navy, put in prison, or sent to work on rubber plantations?
... that women first joined Chile's La Moneda Palace Guard in 2001?
... that the Golden Ball pub in Bishophill is owned by a local community cooperative?
... that St John Harmsworth designed the iconic Perrier bottle, based on Indian exercise clubs he used after being paralysed from the waist down in a 1906 car crash?
... that cerium saved the writer Primo Levi's life in Auschwitz?

19 November 2016

00:22, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Banda-Yangere slit drum

... that the Banda people of Central Africa carved wooden slit drums (example pictured) in the shape of animals?
... that at the age of 23, Roman Tmetuchl was placed in the 11th grade at George Washington High School?
... that in the geography of Somerset, rough ground where lead was once mined is called "gruffy"?
... that the New Jersey black bear Pedals walked on his hind legs due to injuries to his front paws?
... that the Warner Estate provided social housing in East London for over 110 years?
... that Odile Ahouanwanou broke the Beninese record for the 100 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... that in breeding pairs of the orange ground thrush, the female consistently weighs more than the male?
... that Christoph Bartneck wrote a nonsense submission for a predatory conference using iOS's autocomplete function and it was accepted within three hours?

18 November 2016

00:00, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Charles E. King

... that composer Charles E. King (pictured) was taught music by Queen Liliuokalani, and at her funeral led a choir in her composition "Aloha ʻOe" as her catafalque was carried out of Iolani Palace?
... that during the West African Ebola virus epidemic as many as 15 different vaccines were in development?
... that the 7th Marquess of Bristol once reportedly opened a fridge door by blasting it with a shotgun?
... that each larva of the lesser clover leaf weevil damages three or four clover inflorescences?
... that Jessica Alba reprised her role as Max Guevara in the video game Dark Angel by voicing the character?
... that when the Latvian town of Talsi became part of the Russian Empire, sixty percent of its population was Baltic German?
... that 13-year-old Togolese swimmer Adzo Kpossi was the youngest athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... that Warratyi, the oldest known site of human habitation in inland Australia, was discovered by a man looking for somewhere to go to the toilet?

17 November 2016

00:49, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

SMS Novara

... that SMS Novara (pictured) was ceded to France as a war prize under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
... that Taslima Akhter's photograph "Final Embrace" became an iconic image of the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse?
... that "Dirgahayu", by Malaysian artists Faizal Tahir and Siti Nurhaliza, serves as a theme song for a 100-episode television series?
... that at the suggestion of a group of fourth-graders, Thomas J. Shusted and John A. Rocco introduced legislation that made Hadrosaurus foulkii New Jersey's official state dinosaur?
... that a new organ with 3,370 pipes was built in the Gothic church Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main in 2008?
... that Moses Bensinger helped organize the American Bowling Congress, which standardized the rules of modern ten-pin bowling?
... that the Katihar Medical College campus includes a 590-bed general hospital and a branch of the State Bank of India?
... that the white-backed night heron is hunted for traditional medicine in Nigeria?

16 November 2016

00:38, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

A gold coin of Govindachandra

... that a hoard of 800 gold coins (example pictured) of king Govindachandra was discovered at Nanpara?
... that the hosts of the podcast Chapo Trap House popularized the "Baseball Crank" Twitter meme to mock anti-Donald Trump conservatives?
... that descendants of the first settlers of the tiny rural hamlet of Kingston, Mississippi, include actors William Holden and Patrick Swayze?
... that women conductors lead only 4.1% of "big budget" American symphony orchestras?
... that Jackie Stedall won the 2013 Neumann Prize for the best English-language book on the history of mathematics?
... that the short story "Black Destroyer" was the basis for A. E. van Vogt's lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, as the plot of the movie Alien matched it so closely?
... that Gisèle Rabesahala was the first woman to lead a political party and become a government minister in Madagascar?
... that the cocoon of a tiny wasp that parasitises the alfalfa weevil can "jump"?

15 November 2016

00:20, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

The Segara Anak caldera

... that the 1257 eruption of Samalas (caldera pictured) was one of the largest eruptions of the Holocene, and may have triggered the Little Ice Age and famines in Europe?
... that Hugues Fabrice Zango was Burkina Faso's only medalist at the 2015 Summer Universiade?
... that the One Piece Treasure Cruise mobile game has been one of the highest grossing titles in Japan and the US?
... that the Franciscan Helmut Schlegel wrote the lyrics of an oratorio Laudato si', including writings by Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis, and the Magnificat?
... that the eighth-century Umayyad Painting of the Six Kings is badly damaged, partly as a result of Alois Musil's attempts to remove it from its site in Quseir Amra, Jordan?
... that the fairy gerygone nests near wasp nests, possibly to keep itself safe from predators?
... that the English footballer Roy Jennings scored 60 goals during his career, 51 of which were penalties?
... that the Tumbuka people's Vimbuza tradition uses dance, music, and singing to heal illness?

14 November 2016

00:00, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Todd McKenney and Nancye Hayes

... that Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, starring Todd McKenney (pictured waltzing with Nancye Hayes) in his first non-musical role, is the "most successful" play in the Ensemble Theatre's 58-year history?
... that seeking to challenge both Fatah and Hamas, five left-wing factions united to jointly contest the 2016 Palestinian local elections, which have since been postponed?
... that the auction in 1973 of 50 pop art works from the collection of Robert Scull was viewed by the art establishment as the "nouveaux riches cashing in"?
... that the Güney Waterfall, a natural monument, was reestablished 50 m (160 ft) to one side after a landslide swept away its original location?
... that the setting of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is heavily based on the city of Miami?
... that Harry Norwitch served five terms on Philadelphia's City Council but quit his race for re-election in 1967, calling the Democratic party machine "self-serving"?
... that the closest relative of the Caribbean sea slug Pleurobranchus areolatus is Pleurobranchus varians from the central Pacific?
... that "eloquent" Holbrook, "popular" Humble, ex-Congregationalist Miller, and Pilling who feared "plottings", were all vicars of St Mark's, Huddersfield, England?

13 November 2016

00:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Tommy Tucker

... that Tommy Tucker, a male pet squirrel wearing women's clothes (pictured), became famous during World War II, selling war bonds and entertaining children?
... that the first paper mill in Scotland was located in Dalry, Edinburgh?
... that Alastair Storey ended celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's two-year reign as "most influential" in the British hospitality industry?
... that Salar de Coipasa, Salar de Uyuni and Lake Poopó were formerly part of the larger Lake Minchin?
... that Comoran Olympian Maoulida Darouèche has competed in both the 400 metres hurdles and the javelin throw?
... that the Tolpuddle Martyrs were tried in the Shire Hall at Dorchester?
... that Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León was the longest serving Governor-General of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period?
... that before she became a famous aviator, Amelia Earhart was a social worker at Denison House in Boston?

12 November 2016

00:00, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Alfred Harmsworth

... that Alfred Harmsworth (pictured) was the father of two viscounts, one baron, and two baronets?
... that the 1994 bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad left at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured?
... that Burundian Abraham Niyonkuru finished fourth in the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie despite being only 0.03 seconds behind the silver medallist?
... that the modern Palestinian village of Beit Qad is associated with the biblical locality of Beth Ekad, mentioned in the Book of Kings as the site of a massacre?
... that the French Consul to Hawaii Marie Gabriel Georges Bosseront d'Anglade accompanied Queen Liliuokalani on her visit to the leper settlement of Kalaupapa in 1891?
... that flowerpots for the Ming emperors were made in official Jun ware?
... that a 1994 John F. Gaffney proposal would have allowed Donald Trump to own four Atlantic City casino licenses, even though all three of his casino properties there had recent bankruptcy filings?
... that ancient Indian texts include as many as 64 different lipi?

11 November 2016

01:10, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams

... that al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams (pictured), was leveled to the ground by Wahhabis in 1806 and in the mid-1920s?
... that Ralph Nader was nominated by the Ecology Party of Florida as a presidential candidate in 2008?
... that SMS Custoza was the first Austro-Hungarian major warship to have an iron hull?
... that the British long-distance runner Andy Vernon won silver and bronze at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, losing out to Mo Farah both times?
... that tunnel nests of the rosy bee-eater become submerged in the rainy season?
... that Kentucky family court judge Timothy N. Philpot says he does not "mention Jesus inside the courthouse very much, even when I know he is absolutely the only answer to the problem in front of me"?
... that the award-winning Bulgarian film Glory was inspired by a newspaper clipping about a railway worker who discovered a huge pile of banknotes on the tracks?

10 November 2016

00:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Inès de Bourgoing

... that nurse Inès de Bourgoing (pictured) was named Honorary Corporal of the Foreign Legion after she established a convalescent hospital in Morocco and a retirement center in France for French soldiers?
... that athletes from more than 50 countries who had a prior doping offence were allowed to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
... that John J. Horn supported New Jersey's proposed Illegal Alien Employment Prohibition Act, stating "illegal aliens holding jobs represent more than half of our total unemployed"?
... that no official conservation measures are in place to protect the critically endangered Iris cedreti, endemic to Lebanon?
... that in the Battle of Kharistan in 737, the Umayyads caught the Turgesh khagan off guard with only a fraction of his army, and secured a victory that saved Arab rule in Central Asia?
... that the Zimbabwean prophetess Mai Chaza, who called herself a messenger from God, was regarded by her followers as an African reappearance of Christ?
... that the Peak Farmland theory predicts that global acreage of farmland will decrease, even as the world population grows?
... that Katsura Hoshino says she comes up with most of the ideas for the manga series D.Gray-man after falling asleep in her bath?

9 November 2016

00:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Paul Nahaolelua

... that Paul Nahaolelua (pictured) was president during the elections of two kings of Hawaii?
... that the author of Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future argues we are living in a golden age?
... that Gertrude Foster Brown encouraged New York women to exercise their new right to vote in her 1918 book Your Vote and How to Use It?
... that although the black grasswren was discovered in 1901, its nesting habits remained unknown for nearly one hundred years?
... that Christiana Willes is sometimes incorrectly attributed as the founder of roundarm bowling?
... that in 1972, Idi Amin expelled Hindus and other Asians from Uganda after he said God told him to do so in a dream?
... that Māori tribal leader and baptized Mormon Mere Mete Whaanga and her sister-in-law made quite a spectacle on the streets of Salt Lake City sporting traditional facial tattoos?
... that Rhodesian athletes were permitted to attend their events at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but not participate in them?

8 November 2016

00:00, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Water bottle flipping

... that flipping water bottles (pictured) has been banned in some U.S. and British schools?
... that during the Second World War, Kenneth Le Couteur worked at Bletchley Park on Tunny?
... that the Suffolk University Political Research Center included mobile phones in its polls for the first time in 2012?
... that when queen consort ʻAnaseini Takipō and King George Tupou II did not have a son, his daughter from his first marriage, Sālote Tupou III, ascended to the throne of Tonga upon his death?
... that Luscombe Castle in Devon has an American Garden developed between 1812 and 1814?
... that Adrian Moss was named Indiana Mini Mr. Basketball when at high school?
... that Robert Forward invoked van Vogt's short story "Far Centaurus" when discussing the problem of interstellar travel?
... that Mary Chubb was an "accidental archaeologist" who only took a job with the Egypt Exploration Society so she could pay for art school?

7 November 2016

00:00, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

West Horsley Place

... that in 2014, West Horsley Place (pictured) was "accidentally" inherited by Bamber Gascoigne?
... that Peter Reulein composed the oratorio Laudato si‘ for five soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra to be premiered in Limburg Cathedral?
... that Archive of Our Own hosts over two million stories and artworks by fans of media franchises?
... that Ernest Titterton performed the countdown for the American Operation Crossroads nuclear tests, and witnessed British nuclear tests at Maralinga in Australia?
... that the Japanese steamship Nunobiki Maru undertook an ill-fated delivery of military supplies from Nagasaki to the Philippines in 1899?
... that hurdler Ned Justeen Azemia was the youngest member of the Seychelles team at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
... that the Russian gay propaganda law has been blamed for an alleged increase in homophobic attacks?
... that police noted that the disappearance of Sky Metalwala five years ago today was "strikingly similar" to an episode of Law & Order: SVU broadcast the night before?

6 November 2016

00:00, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Rogožarski IK-3

... that the prototype Rogožarski IK-3 (pictured) crashed during a test flight when its windscreen detached and half a wing broke off?
... that peace activist Margaret Thorp was punched, scratched, and kicked by women at a pro-conscription rally?
... that in the 1966 Championship Game, Texas Western became the first team to field an all-African-American starting lineup in an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament final?
... that Charles Husband was the engineer behind what was, on completion, the world's largest fully-steerable radio telescope?
... that two arches of a Roman bridge were found in the basement of the Mausoleum of Danyal during renovations?
... that the journalist and author Carolin Emcke was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 2016?
... that Horsey Island in Essex was the basis for Swallow Island in Arthur Ransome's Secret Water?
... that French physician Victor Despeignes thought that cancer was a parasite which could be killed with radiation?

5 November 2016

00:00, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall

... that while Sydney Robert Elliston was vicar of St Thomas, Killinghall (pictured), his fellow clergy appreciated an "improvement in their incomes"?
... that Nike Wagner removed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony from the program of the festival Beethovenfest?
... that while working for the American Fur Company, trapper Warren Angus Ferris was one of the first people to map and describe Yellowstone?
... that the white-eared night heron had been recorded from only about 20 localities by 2001, but was discovered in over 30 localities between 2001 and 2011?
... that in order to increase his name recognition, Lawton Chiles walked 1,003 miles (1,614 km) across Florida for his United States Senate campaign in 1970?
... that Australian W-League association footballer Gabe Marzano was appointed to the Professional Footballers Australia executive committee in May 2016?
... that scholars in the field of Mongolian studies are often referred to as Mongolists?
... that Jason Graae had to use his ad libbing skills when a fake moustache "started to take on a life of its own" on the opening night of Little Me?

4 November 2016

00:00, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Anton Malej

... that Slovenian gymnast Anton Malej (pictured), a bronze medallist in the 1928 Summer Olympics, died after falling from the rings on the first day of competition at the 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
... that tsunamis build up their height according to Green's law, as they travel from the ocean towards the coast?
... that harpsichordist Jean Rondeau has been called a classical music "sex symbol"?
... that despite having been formed in 1932, the Lesotho Football Association did not gain FIFA membership until 1964?
... that Stanley Silverstein won an American Shoe Designer Award in 1963 for a ballerina flat he created using "leftover scraps of leather"?
... that the greenbug is the vector of several plant viruses?
... that journalist Stephen Kurkjian claims murdered Boston mobster Robert Donati masterminded the world's largest art theft to get his boss out of jail?
... that Captain America: Civil War was originally going to feature the Madbomb storyline from the comics, where Captain America would fight other heroes who had been zombified?

3 November 2016

00:00, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Taiwan whistling thrush

... that Robert Swinhoe called the Taiwan whistling thrush (pictured) the "Formosan Cavern-bird"?
... that the Mapenduma hostage crisis lasted for more than four months?
... that the 1987 Czechoslovak film Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker is based on a fairy tale by Communist writer Jan Drda?
... that the head of hajduk commander Bajo Pivljanin was sent to the Ottoman sultan as a war trophy?
... that in 2013, the production of Oxford Blue cheese created around 50,000 litres (13,000 US gal.) of waste whey per month, which was processed using an anaerobic digester?
... that the bioarchaeologist Charlotte Roberts once worked as a nurse on a burns unit?
... that Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon of Jerusalem was the fourth yeshiva established on three continents by Rabbi Simcha Wasserman?
... that Juanita's Galley was noted for a "fabulous" breakfast, the proprietor's "unpredictable disposition", and a 40-person brawl featuring car jacks, pipes, steel bars, a fishbowl, and an axe?

2 November 2016

00:28, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

OREYA in 2009

... that the Ukrainian mixed chamber choir OREYA (pictured) won a special prize for the best interpretation of a religious choral work at the 14th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf?
... that the 1973 Indian film Kaadu, which won the National Award for Second Best Feature Film, was based on the novel of the same name by Srikrishna Alanahalli?
... that John F. Good's role in the Abscam sting operation was portrayed in the 2013 film American Hustle, though he felt if it was more like real life "it would be a very boring movie"?
... that FUNCINPEC started as a Cambodian resistance movement and later became a political party?
... that the Burmese court treatise Zabu Kun-Cha is believed to have been written by Chief Minister Min Yaza of Ava?
... that the ant Pachycondyla oligocenica is one of three Pachycondyla species with described fossil males?
... that Lidiane Lopes holds the Cape Verdean record in the women's 100-metre sprint?
... that the artwork of the West African Senufo people inspired Pablo Picasso?

1 November 2016

00:00, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Pterosaur portrayed as spawn of Satan

... that early in the history of pterosaur research, these flying Mesozoic reptiles were variously mistaken for aquatic animals, bats, birds, and even the spawn of Satan (pictured)?
... that Vlad Dracula forced Dan III of Wallachia to dig his own grave?
... that the ant Pachycondyla aberrans was described from a headless adult of unknown sex?
... that the ghost of Henry Trigg is said to roam his house searching for his remains, which were stolen from his coffin?
... that the French punished a queen by sending her to Hellville?
... that before he became mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, Danny Jones worked as a gravedigger?
... that the racket-tailed roller makes a racket as it rockets?
... that the "Gates of Hell" could be found in Washington, D.C.?