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30 April 2014

22:51, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the global poultry industry was expected to produce 65.5 million tonnes of eggs (pictured) in 2013?
... that Abbi Jacobson plays a fictionalized version of herself on the Comedy Central series Broad City?
... that despite influencing several Beatles' songs, Arthur Alexander's 1962 song "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" was nearly forgotten until a Beatles' bootleg recording surfaced more than a decade later?
... that Madman's Drum was a novel in woodcuts?
... that Kelly Tanner and Chris Raudman were among the championship winners during 1996 in NASCAR?
... that Yang Bojun, who was taught to read Confucian classics by his grandfather, became an author of several influential commentaries on them?

14:36, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

... that eight years after rowing a Titanic lifeboat and honoring her drowned son with a Harvard library, Eleanor Widener waited on a yacht (pictured) while her new husband fought "scantily-clad, ferocious cannibals"?
... that "La Popola" was banned in the Dominican Republic because of its sexual lyrics?
... that former IAS cadre Pancham Lal is one of the candidates of the All India Forward Bloc in the 2014 election?
... that Meldon Viaduct, on Dartmoor in Devon, is one of only two surviving lattice truss railway bridges in Britain?
... that the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora feeds on the copepod Dioithona oculata which swarms in sunlit patches of water among mangrove roots?
... that a symposium on Genghis Khan led to the removal of Daramyn Tömör-Ochir from the Mongolian Politburo for being a "nationalist"?

05:01, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

... that American librarian Josephus Nelson Larned (pictured) sat at a desk opposite Mark Twain when they both wrote for the Buffalo Express?
... that during the 20-event 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, 15 world records were equalled or surpassed?
... that the Bluefin-21 is an underwater drone that is being used in search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
... that Maryland Delegate Torrey C. Brown, a physician, once assisted in saving the life of a fellow legislator who suffered a heart attack during a debate?
... that the Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) leader A.V. Thamarakshan is supported by the BJP in this year's parliamentary poll?
... that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band's title track was once described as a "revolutionary moment in the creative life" of the Beatles?

29 April 2014

20:46, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

... that many mountains on Io (example pictured) have straight margins?
... that medieval historian Seta Dadoyan was awarded the David Anhaght medal for her contributions to Armenian philosophical studies?
... that one of Nader Kadhim's main motivations to write Saving Hope was to defend the hope "revived" by the Arab Spring?
... that Swedish soprano Malin Byström sang the title role in Thaïs at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in 2012?
... that in 1970 the State of Connecticut acquired 198 acres (108 ha) of Haley Farm from A. C. White for a total of $300,000 and declared it a state park?
... that Bert "Yank" Levy, who taught the British Home Guard and coauthored one of the first books on guerrilla warfare, said a cheese cutter could be used as a weapon?

28 April 2014

16:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

... that MacLellan's Castle (pictured) used to look like a haystack?
... that Australian actress Yael Stone's Boston accent on Orange Is the New Black has been called "the most amazing accent on television"?
... that cellarettes were designed with 3-D optical illusion art to conceal their illegal alcoholic beverages during prohibition in the United States?
... that the late 16th-century yadu poems by Queen Hsinbyushin Medaw are among the earliest Burmese language records of Lan Na?
... that mountaineer Joe Puryear made the first ascents of six peaks in the Himalayas?
... that parts of Cantiones sacrae, 40 choral pieces composed by Heinrich Schütz during the Thirty Years' War, have been described as intensely expressive, others as happy?

08:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

... that a 2009 protest by gay men in People's Park (pictured) "has been hailed as a milestone" in the history of LGBT rights in China?
... that American snowboarders Taylor Gold and his sister Arielle both went to Sochi to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics, but both saw their efforts derailed by falls?
... that the Australian Renewable Energy Agency is helping fund construction of the southern hemisphere's largest solar power station?
... that Cassey Ho discovered an image of a model with a photoshopped thigh gap on Target's website?
... that when Nimdoma Sherpa summited Mount Everest at the age of 16, she became the youngest woman to do so at the time?

00:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Maximus/Minimus (pictured) is a food truck based in Seattle, Washington that was built with modifications to resemble a pig's snout and ears?
... that Jack Charlton was the first foreigner to manage the Republic of Ireland national football team?
... that actress Danielle Brooks has been cast as the first black woman on the HBO series Girls?
... that Twomile Run has the highest potential fish biodiversity of any stream in the Kettle Creek watershed?
... that the plaque on the memorial of Czech poet Viktor Dyk shows only his name?
... that it was wrongly said that Frank Crocker killed himself after building the pub now called Crocker's Folly in the wrong place?

27 April 2014

16:00, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Vassar College students living in Raymond House (pictured) were able to receive $115 off their annual bills in exchange for housekeeping duties?
... that Bulgarian footballer Mihail Lozanov, nicknamed The Tank, captained FC Bayern Munich in the 1930s and reportedly shattered the crossbar with a powerful shot?
... that The Music of Grand Theft Auto V features an original score composed by a team of producers for the video game Grand Theft Auto V?
... that Ty Glaser shadowed a surgical team at Whipps Cross University Hospital to help her prepare for her role as Gemma Wilde on Holby City?
... that the Easter hymn "Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron" was written in 1531, but is known with the 1609 dancing tune by Melchior Vulpius?
... that in 1944, gun-wielding models launched fashion designer Robert Piguet's debut fragrance Bandit?

08:00, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Nancy Kelsey (pictured), the first white woman to cross overland from Missouri to California, was also known as the "Betsy Ross of California"?
... that People's Park in Ürümqi was once the site of a Dragon King Temple?
... that The Last Arrow was praised for its "inventive re-imagining" of the Robin Hood legend, although one reviewer felt that its "sadistic sexual torture may offend some"?
... that after Rembrandt toothpaste discontinued its canker sore toothpaste, the 3 oz (85 g) tube that had formerly sold for $6.99 instead sold for approximately $50, on eBay?
... that screenwriter Geoff LaTulippe was offered a directing job by the president of Paramount Film Group after the latter saw one of LaTulippe's short films?
... that as of 2009, the Indian submarine Sindhukirti had spent 10 out of her 30 years of service in refits?

26 April 2014

23:50, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

... that, in 1966, the Teaching Assistants Association (1970 strike pictured) of the University of Wisconsin–Madison became the first graduate-student labor union?
... that the title character in William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus may have been inspired by Emperor Andronicus Comnenus, who also shot arrows with messages attached?
... that Kiesza had a broken rib while filming her music video "Hideaway"?
... that E. Gail de Planque was the first woman and first health physicist to become a Commissioner at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission?
... that abnormal P50 suppression is an endophenotype for schizophrenia?
... that in 1919 Hans Jürgen von der Wense composed a piece for piano, clarinet, and suspended metal colander?

15:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries (shown in the video) include 17 round barrows but may have had 20 in the Bronze Age?
... that Ernest Psichari, grandson of liberal philosopher Ernest Renan, became an idol of right-wing French nationalism?
... that according to a national report, the conviction rate of rape in Germany has declined, from 20% in the 1980s to 13% by 2000?
... that Malcolm took the throne from Macbeth after the latter killed Malcolm's father, King Duncan, in William Shakespeare's Macbeth?
... that the Praja Socialist Party, the Ambedkarite Harijan Mandal and the Akali Dal formed an alliance ahead of the 1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election?
... that the "world's luckiest man" survived seven brushes with death, then won the lottery?

07:20, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

... that in 1925, Wally Pipp (pictured) "took the two most expensive aspirin in history"?
... that the Joffrey Ballet is debuting a new choreography to Prokofiev's score of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the United States, 30 years after it debuted Cranko's adaptation?
... that Gabor Racz fled Budapest in 1956 after the Hungarian revolution and went on to hold a million-dollar endowed chair in anesthesiology at Texas Tech?
... that Dakshin Gangotri, India's first research station in the Antarctic, was an unmanned base built in 8 weeks by an 81-member team?
... that Trent Reznor recorded The Downward Spiral at 10050 Cielo Drive, the house where Sharon Tate was murdered?
... that mental health advocate Eleanor Owen is known in the Washington State Legislature as "The Barracuda"?

25 April 2014

23:05, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the West African green mamba (pictured) has one of the most rapidly acting venoms among all snakes?
... that Morris H. Whitehouse designed several Oregon buildings which made it to the National Register of Historic Places list, including the Conro Fiero House-turned-restaurant?
... that Allan du Toit was 15 years old when he wrote his first published book?
... that The Widow's Son pub is named for the legend of a widow who every Good Friday baked a hot cross bun for her only son, in the hope that he was not lost at sea and would one day return home?
... that St Mary's Church, Preston, is now a conservation centre?
... that after Emerson Etheridge returned to the U.S. Congress even though his state had seceded, he was made Clerk of the House of Representatives?

14:50, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1915 landing at Anzac Cove on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula is marked on 25 April each year by a dawn service at the cove (pictured), attended by 50,000 people in 2013?
... that in the 2003–04 season, Arsenal won the Premier League at White Hart Lane, home of their rivals Tottenham Hotspur?
... that Rezan Zuğurlu, who spent eight months in the infamous Diyarbakır Prison, became Turkey's youngest mayor when she was elected by Lice at the age of 25?
... that the Early Nationalists were the beginning of the organised national movement in India?
... that a judge has ordered that information be removed from the Greek Wikipedia biography of politician Theodore Katsanevas?
... that the Australian plant Banksia coccinea is grown commercially in South Africa, North America, New Zealand, and Israel as a cut flower crop?

06:35, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Garland Trench Mortar (pictured), used by British and Australian forces in the Gallipoli Campaign, was essentially a steel tube affixed to a wooden base that fired a Jam Tin Grenade?
... that Nat Sanders won the inaugural Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing in 2014?
... that Union Films attempted to draw educated audiences by hiring a doctor to star in their film?
... that Lyndsie Holland played the Gilbert and Sullivan contralto roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company?
... that Eckhart Hall at the University of Chicago is named for miller and state senator Bernard A. Eckhart?
... that Corporal Edgar Worrall, who claims to have fired the last shot at Lone Pine, was one of over 1,100 Australians to keep a diary during World War I?

24 April 2014

22:20, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

... that actor Yenovk Shahen (pictured) was arrested and ultimately murdered during the Armenian Genocide?
... that wing-assisted incline running (WAIR) is a hypothesis about the origin of avian flight derived from observing modern partridges?
... that British composer Thomas Adès thought he was having a heart attack when composing Asyla, a contemporary classical composition with techno music characteristics?
... that the Iraqi Railway Workers Union was banned in the midst of a 1945 strike?
... that in 1957, painter Mary Potter swapped houses on the east coast of England with composer Benjamin Britten?
... that the easiest difficulty level in the video game Alien Rage is "challenging", and the second easiest is "hard"?

14:05, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Vysočina Region is home to more UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Telč pictured) than any other region of the Czech Republic?
... that differences on the issue of Muslim personal law led to a split between the All India Muslim League and the Communist Party of India (Marxist)?
... that skier Cameron Rahles-Rahbula carried the Australian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, but was unable to compete in any of his events?
... that La India's recordings of "Ese Hombre" and "Dicen Que Soy", on her album Dicen Que Soy, have been described as "anthems for female salsa lovers"?
... that whilst the Communist Party of the Soviet Union opposed the setting up of an independent Jewish party organization, an autonomous Jewish Communist Party was founded in Bielorussia?
... that opium poppies are grown in Hagley, Tasmania?

01:50, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

... that judges tried to ban a Charles Chaplin painting (example pictured) as they felt it was "too erotically suggestive"?
... that wild populations of the black rock scorpion are depleted due to collecting by the pet trade?
... that Dr. Edith Claypole died of typhoid while working on immunizations for WWI troops, even though she had been immunized herself?
... that GenePeeks' Matchright software simulates reproduction to determine the likelihood of a child receiving a genetic disorder?
... that New Orleans blues / soul musician Rockie Charles was described as "The President of Soul"?
... that the community of Fruitvale, Tennessee, developed around a railroad switch?

23 April 2014

18:05, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1843 Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms (pictured) is regarded as the first significant Chinese book on the West and had an important impact in Japan?
... that the success of Larry Wagner's composition Whistler's Mother-in-Law led to a permanent rift between Paul Whiteman and himself?
... that the Masikryong Ski Resort in North Korea took only ten months to construct?
... that Louise Delamere decided to make her Holby City character Colette Sheward childless after reading a national statistic?
... that the Compromise of Nobles was drafted in the Sablon in Brussels, which would later be the site of the execution of 18 of its signatories?
... that baseball pitcher Seth Blair had a tumor in the joint of his middle finger on his throwing hand?

10:20, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the actor Innocent is one of the candidates of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in this year's parliamentary election (election rally pictured)?
... that Irene Greif is a founder of computer-supported cooperative work?
... that the bro in "don't tase me, bro" is not the person being called a bro?
... that Derrick Gordon is the first NCAA Division I college basketball player to come out as gay?
... that Qiu Xigui's book Chinese Writing is "universally acclaimed to be the definitive overview" of Chinese palaeography?
... that both the picarel and the blotched picarel start life as females but later change sex?

00:00, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Catlow Valley (pictured) is a graben depression covering 1,300 square miles (3,400 km²) between two fault block mountains, Hart Mountain and Steens Mountain, in southeastern Oregon?
... that Jamaican American jazz pianist and composer Wynton Kelly toured the Caribbean with an R&B band at age 15?
... that TerraCycle collects waste materials such as empty juice pouches which are then recycled or upcycled into new products?
... that writer/director Hal Hartley raised $395,292 to produce his upcoming film Ned Rifle by launching a Kickstarter campaign?
... that the Republic of Texas presented a formal proposal for annexation by the United States to President Martin Van Buren, who rejected it?
... that the tissues of the hidden anemone contain symbiotic single-celled algae?

22 April 2014

16:00, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

... that girls were first admitted to Norwich School (pictured) in 1994, marking the end of nearly 900 years of single-sex education at the school?
... that both the chairman and the senior vice chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami League were killed in 2003?
... that actor Michael Thomson toured a hospital to help him prepare for his role as Jonny Maconie in Holby City?
... that Susan Stryker's book Transgender History discusses the Compton's Cafeteria riot and other transgender protests of the 1960s?
... that minigenes have been used to study isolated growth hormone deficiency?
... that Daisy Voog was the first woman to reach the summit of the Eiger via the mountain's north face?

08:00, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

... that top-scoring Singaporean footballer Aleksandar Đurić (pictured) represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics?
... that geological activity on Venus is concentrated along its rift zones?
... that Makah chairman Edward Eugene Claplanhoo established the Makah Museum to house artifacts uncovered at the Ozette Indian Village Archeological Site?
... that The Psycho Ex-Wife, an anonymous blog, was shut down by a U.S. family court judge?
... that "Love Money Party" by Miley Cyrus was distinguished by a music journalist for highlighting her "more philosophical side"?
... that Marty Schmidt named his son Denali after the Alaskan mountain that he climbed 27 times?

00:00, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Ada Hitchins's measurements of atomic mass from uranium ores (pictured) provided the first experimental evidence for the existence of isotopes?
... that the first libraries on U.S. military bases were run by volunteers?
... that the Welsh climber Emmeline Lewis Lloyd, who made the first climb of Aiguille du Moine, retired in 1873?
... that cancer cells can die from paraptosis after treatment with certain anti-cancer substances?
... that Marty Haggard, a son of Merle Haggard, survived being shot by a hitchhiker while driving to a filming location for a TV movie?
... that Cambridge won the 2004 University Boat Race by six lengths after Oxford's bowman was unseated following a clash of blades?

21 April 2014

16:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Dayton Project (building pictured) produced radioactive polonium in a residential suburb in Ohio?
... that during the long nineteenth century, Belgium was ruled by Austria, rebels, France, and the Netherlands before gaining independence and itself ruling the Congo?
... that New Zealand actress Morgana O'Reilly had her husband film her first audition for a role on Neighbours in their garden?
... that the production of season 3 of House of Cards is being delayed and may be moved due to legislative decisions involving tax incentives?
... that in De kellner en de levenden (1949), Dutch author Simon Vestdijk presents a Last Judgment in the basement of a movie theater, with Satan sitting in judgment and a waiter as a Christ figure?
... that actor Keith Stanfield worked in a marijuana factory before appearing in his first feature film?

08:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Fay Fuller (pictured) was the first woman to climb Mount Rainier?
... that the 2008 surreal film Your Name Here, based on the life of author Philip K. Dick, was the feature film directorial debut of Matthew Wilder?
... that Holcim is one of the two largest cement manufacturers in the world?
... that the player-characters of Grand Theft Auto Online are designed by a genetics-related process?
... that chloride-bearing deposits on Mars appear as irregularly shaped fractures on the surface?

00:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the church St. Patrokli, which has held the relics of its patron saint since 954, is known for its Tower of Westphalia (pictured)?
... that the hymn "Thine Be the Glory" is based on the resurrection of Jesus?
... that whilst the Khedut Sangh was the second-largest political force in the 1951 elections in Saurashtra State, it lacked prominent leaders?
... that the Santa Cruz – Chembur Link Road was called an "engineering marvel" by the National Geographic Society and the "world's most delayed road project" by the World Bank?
... that following the death of Rani Chandra in a plane crash, unfinished portions involving her in the 1976 Tamil film Bhadrakali were shot with a look-alike?
... that Franklin Pierce Adams did not think his 1910 poem, "Baseball's Sad Lexicon", was "much good"?

20 April 2014

16:00, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

... that 19th-century female climber Jeanne Immink (pictured) once wrote, "I challenge the male mountaineers to follow in my steps"?
... that the Karlovy Vary Region is responsible for more than half of the Czech Republic's spa industry?
... that Adolphus Jones has represented Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally in soccer, high jump, track running, and decathlon?
... that Marsha Canham was inspired to write In the Shadow of Midnight after discovering the story of the "lost princess of Brittany"?
... that Meghraj Tawar has contested every Lok Sabha election for the past three decades?
... that "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"?

08:15, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Olympic rower Dr. Hugo Goeggel sold his award-winning collection of Brazilian Bull's Eyes (pictured) for over $1 million?
... that the Morris J. Berman oil spill was the first to take place in U.S. waters after the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 was passed?
... that after working on the Manhattan Project, Myrtle Bachelder went on to develop methods for the purification of the rare elements tellurium and indium?
... that Mr. Bean once sang "All Creatures of Our God and King"?
... that industrialist Robertson Stewart was the first to manufacture plastic in New Zealand?
... that a ladies' rest room is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places?

00:30, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 1911 American caricature of capitalism, IWW's Pyramid of Capitalist System (pictured), is based on a 1900 Russian work?
... that Claude Weston was effectively the first president of the New Zealand National Party?
... that the 1954 Series of Canadian banknotes were known as the "Devil's Head" series?
... that in 1849, Juraj Šporer published his tragedy on Skanderbeg and depicted him as the Slav who united all South Slavs from Istria to Krujë?
... that crew member Sarah Elizabeth Jones, who was killed on the set of Midnight Rider, received acknowledgement at the Oscars' ceremony?
... that Steelhouse Lane police station used to have its own bar?

19 April 2014

16:45, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

... that impala (pictured) are known for their unique leaping ability, reaching heights up to 3 metres (9.8 ft)?
... that soprano Kristīne Opolais made two Met Opera debuts, as Puccini's Cio-Cio-San and Mimi, within a day?
... that Maunsel House has been the family seat of the Slade baronets since 1772?
... that the episode "The 37's" was the first time in a Star Trek series that a Federation starship had landed on a planet's surface?
... that three men were convicted for using child soldiers in Sierra Leone during the civil war?
... that pointy ears are a common characteristic of numerous races in the fantasy genre?

09:00, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Isadora sleeping next to the game's title

... that the Secrets of Rætikon (screenshot pictured) involve ancient machinery?
... that Stop Watching Us, a protest against mass surveillance, was supported by an EFF video featuring director Oliver Stone and actor John Cusack?
... that in 2011 there were 19,945 non-Status Indians living in Alberta?
... that Lyndon Johnson's biographer Robert Caro refused to meet Bryan Cranston, who plays Johnson in a new Broadway show, saying it might blur his image of the former president?
... that Dr. Agnes Bluhm wrote that the "female psyche" is predisposed towards working for "racial hygiene"?
... that the bikini bridge hoax was dubbed the new thigh gap?

01:15, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

... that in the structure of Bach's St John Passion (first page pictured), the centre of symmetry is "Durch dein Gefängnis ...", expressing: "By your prison ... came our freedom"?
... that Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria from 1841 to 1846 after being selected for the post by Robert Peel?
... that according to the Vulgate translation of the New Testament, Pontius Pilate said "Quod scripsi, scripsi" to Jewish priests who objected to his description of Jesus as King of the Jews?
... that a European patent can only be granted jointly in respect of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, not for only one of these two countries?
... that the construction of the Deliktaş Tunnel, Turkey's longest railway tunnel, lasted almost four decades?
... that until the results from the Magellan mission, the impact crater Cleopatra Patera on Venus was believed to be a volcano?

18 April 2014

17:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the New Testament narratives of the mocking of Jesus (pictured) are filled with irony?
... that the 2007 University Boat Race featured the most non-British rowers in the race's history?
... that the third verse of Martin Schalling's death song "Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr" concludes Bach's St John Passion in its first and fourth version, ending with "praise you for ever"?
... that the partly submerged Mersey flat, Daresbury, is a scheduled monument?
... that Southport War Memorial consists of an obelisk, two colonnades, and gardens?
... that the digital board game Armello was pitched as "Game of Thrones meets Kung Fu Panda"?

09:45, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Joaquín Gutiérrez (pictured), a popular children's book author from Costa Rica, created a false identity for Soviet spy and future assassin Iosif Grigulevich?
... that members of The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers perform full circle ringing in more than 60 bell towers?
... that relief worker Nellie Miller-Mann wrote in her diary about the plight of the many orphans she cared for?
... that according to the 2013 ruling of the court case In re Application of the United States for Historical Cell Site Data, the government can access cell site records without a warrant?
... that the 63rd Cavalry of the Indian Army was given the epithet of "Ghost" during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971?
... that Barney Berlinger won the United States decathlon championship in 1933 despite jogging through the final event, 1500 meters, so slowly he scored no points?

02:00, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Ben-Hur (publicity pictured) had so much unused footage, Charlton Heston used some in Antony and Cleopatra?
... that although Karl Ove Knausgård's family threatened legal action over his autobiographical novel series My Struggle, he published it anyway and sold half a million copies?
... that the 2005 University Boat Race featured eight Olympic rowers?
... that Heike Friedrich played over 200 games of basketball with the national team before switching to wheelchair basketball?
... that all three major video game console manufacturers refuse to publish games that have been given the Adults Only rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board?
... that Percy Wyndham was denounced as a fraud by Percy Wyndham?

17 April 2014

18:15, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Herbert Garland (pictured) taught Lawrence of Arabia how to use explosives?
... that Li Xueqin, considered in China to be "the most important historian working today", never finished college?
... that the Assembly of Delvino ratified the Protocol of Corfu in 1914, which gave Northern Epirus autonomy inside Albania?
... that Victorian polymath Gordon Smith was a rower, mathematician, barrister, major and freemason who formed the finest collection of mint stamps of South Australia of his day?
... that Argentine actor Alfredo Alcón read Richard III by William Shakespeare at the age of 11?
... that ghost craters on Mercury contain both graben and wrinkle ridges?

10:30, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

... that ten copies of the Goražde Psalter (page pictured), printed in 1521, are known to exist today?
... that violinst Ignaz Schuppanzigh founded the Schuppanzigh Quartet, which played the premieres of several string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven?
... that rape during the Armenian Genocide was described as being part of a plan for "the virtually complete extermination of the Armenians"?
... that the Japanese ironclad Fusō sank after colliding with two ships during a storm when her anchor chain broke on 29 October 1897?
... that German coach Holger Glinicki celebrated his team's win at the 2012 Paralympics by plunging off Canary Wharf into London's River Thames?
... that Tall Jawa is now known as "The Rock"?

00:00, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the kāhili standard (pictured) of Hawaiian royalty was made from the bones of an enemy king and the feathers of a bird of prey?
... that the meteorite EETA 79001, recovered from the Elephant Moraine, was found to have come from Mars?
... that Redcliffe N. Salaman was the first person to identify genetic resistance to late blight in wild potatoes?
... that Czech Radio broke a national record for the longest uninterrupted radio broadcast when it celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2013?
... that the Sterbelied "Valet will ich dir geben" is described in a subtitle as a song of consolation, in which a pious heart bids farewell to this world?
... that Silver the Hedgehog, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games, was originally intended to be orange?

16 April 2014

16:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the minor planet Chariklo has a ring system (artist's rendering pictured), making it the smallest body known to be surrounded by rings?
... that Filip Fabricius was given an epithet of Hohenfall (literally "of high fall") after he had survived the Second Defenestration of Prague in 1618?
... that during the Tucker County Seat War in 1893, over 200 armed men seized Tucker County, West Virginia's court records and courthouse bell from St. George and transferred the county seat to Parsons?
... that Pierre Pascau cited a dispute with a coworker over her smoking as the reason for leaving his top-rated radio show?
... that wheelchair basketballer Marina Mohnen edged out Olympic gold medallists Britta Heidemann, Marion Rodewald and Oksana Chusovitina to become Cologne's Sportswoman of the Year?
... that in 1953, Port Vale had a Steele Curtain?

08:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

... that New Zealand judge Thomas S. Weston (pictured) moved from bench to bar?
... that the "Sol" in Sol Republic is an acronym for "soundtrack of life"?
... that Bob Mariano, CEO of Roundy's, was denied from five medical schools and thirteen pharmaceutical companies before starting work?
... that the team developing Civilization: Beyond Earth, a spiritual successor to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, visited the latter's Wikipedia article for inspiration?
... that the soldiers who die by sword neither bravely nor cowardly are described as going to the abode of "the hidden ones" in Hinduism?
... that when he was 12, NASCAR Legends racer Gray Gaulding was sponsored by a gun-selling website?

00:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

... that round Munsö Church (pictured) was built to serve both a religious and a defensive purpose?
... that salmon canning magnate Frank M. Warren, the only first-class passenger from Oregon to perish in the sinking of the Titanic, played for one of the first baseball teams in Portland?
... that Morton B. Panish and a colleague at Bell Labs developed a laser that led to fiber optics, laser printers, barcode readers, and optical disc drives?
... that Sigma called their label "Life Recordings" on the grounds that the music industry made them make the record label their life?
... that the first Cassette Store Day was observed on 7 September 2013 to celebrate the Compact Cassette music format?
... that Anthony Minoprio provided a new master plan for Crawley New Town after the previous planner suddenly resigned in "an extraordinary decision [... which was] never completely explained"?

15 April 2014

16:10, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Great Captain Island Lighthouse (pictured) started cracking only a decade into its lifetime?
... that as of 2013, Iran is one of only four countries known to carry out public executions?
... that in 1853, Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll helped draft a letter addressing women in the United States which called for the abolition of slavery?
... that the first Seumas McNally Grand Prize award winner, 1999 indie game Fire and Darkness, was never finished?
... that Anna Murià was a founding member of the Union Group of Catalan Writers?
... that two days after last year's Boston Marathon bombings, U.S. authorities received two applications to register the term "Boston Strong" as a trademark?

08:25, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

... that John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. (pictured), the 11th President of Morehouse College, previously led the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
... that the proposed UEFA Nations League will largely replace friendly matches for UEFA member nations?
... that former Hillsboro, Oregon mayor Miller M. Duris had six daughters whose first names all started with the letter "C"?
... that Bach used a stanza from "Vater unser im Himmelreich", Luther's versification of the Lord's Prayer, as a chorale in his St John Passion?
... that Ana María Martínez Sagi, a Spanish national champion in javelin, was a journalist for the Durruti Column?
... that, according to the Blood Moon Prophecy, tonight's eclipse could be a sign that the end time is near?

00:40, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

... that architect William Swinden Barber (pictured in medieval costume) designed many 19th-century churches in northern England, often in a style based on buildings from the Middle Ages?
... that Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 2001 cover of "Take Me Home" by Cher received criticism from the latter for having "overtly sexual" new lyrics?
... that Ivan Milutinović was one of the major exponents of the Leftist errors policy in Montenegro?
... that three of 16 stanzas of Paul Gerhardt's hymn "O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben" appear in Bach's Passions, two in St John and two in St Matthew?
... that the first assembly election in Kerala led to the formation of the first democratically-elected communist government in India?
... that due to the alleged Operation Trojan Horse, Birmingham City Council has put a temporary freeze on appointing new school governors?

14 April 2014

16:55, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Alexandria, Virginia mansion Colross (pictured) was disassembled and transported to Princeton, New Jersey, where it serves as a Princeton Day School administration building?
... that in China, the production, management and sales of all edible salt is regulated by a state-owned monopoly enterprise?
... that the Church of St Cuthbert by the Forest in Mouldsworth, Cheshire, has a detached campanile?
... that the death of Polish Army chaplain Ignacy Skorupka at the battle of Warsaw became a political tool for opponents of military commander Józef Piłsudski?
... that Star Film was unable to complete its sixth film due to the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies?
... that a version of the astro pop cocktail is layered with red, white, and blue colors, and served in a shot glass?

09:10, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

... that in 1901 Beatrice Tomasson (pictured) and her teammates became the first to climb the south face of the Marmolada, which was then considered "the longest and most difficult climb in the Alps"?
... that Pike's Lane was the venue of the first-ever goal scored in league football?
... that despite its single release being cancelled, "Blow" by Beyoncé debuted on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs at number 48?
... that the Toluid Civil War, fought between Kublai Khan and his brother Ariq Böke for the title of Great Khan, permanently divided the Mongol Empire into separate autonomous khanates?
... that the Knights Hospitaller owned a number of colonies in the Caribbean in the mid-17th century?
... that King Solomon was abandoned by his mother and wife, abdicated, and was arrested, before possibly becoming a saint?

01:25, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska (pictured) taught at Warsaw's Flying University before she became a Polish senator?
... that a January 1947 contest, on radio station WINC in Winchester, Virginia, was responsible for shorting out the telephone system for the entire city?
... that Annegret Brießmann was ranked in the top ten in the world in her class in the shot put and discus, and won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball?
... that the French documentary Sous le Manteau was shot by prisoners of war and shows preparations for an escape attempt?
... that the Toronto Argonauts are the oldest existing professional sports team in North America that still utilizes its original name?
... that "Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!" was once called one of the most popular Palm Sunday hymns?

13 April 2014

17:40, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

... that 7th-grade science students at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, California, helped researchers discover a new series of Martian lava tubes (pictured)?
... that after their defeat in the Battle of Pljevlja during the Uprising in Montenegro, many Partisans deserted to the Chetniks?
... that in Rajiv Malhotra's book Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity (2014), Hindu gurus are compared to systems integrators, and Hinduism to an open architecture?
... that Chad Kellogg was the first known person to ascend and descend Mount McKinley in under 24 hours?
... that legend holds that Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious, on hearing Theodulf of Orléans sing "All Glory, Laud and Honour", released Theodulf from exile and ordered the hymn sung every Palm Sunday?
... that Invader's cousin is Mr. Brainwash?

09:55, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

... that for his actions during the Battle of Shok Valley in 2008, Combat Controller Zachary Rhyner (pictured) became the first living recipient of the Air Force Cross since the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993?
... that friends of classical music critic Harris Goldsmith claimed that he remembered every note of music he had ever heard?
... that Centennial Broadcasting owner Allen B. Shaw began his radio career at the age of 15?
... that in the same year Bill Clinton was elected, Harold Bloom wrote in The American Religion that he feared there would never be another Democrat US President in his lifetime?
... that whilst the 1951 founding conference of the Uttar Pradesh Praja Party targeted getting 2.5 million members, it won just two seats in that year's Legislative Assembly election?
... that the eastern section of Nerang–Broadbeach Road on Australia's Gold Coast is also known as Hooker Boulevard?

02:10, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

... that although the song "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh" had a limited success during its initial release by Woody Guthrie (pictured), its popularity soared when it was recorded by The Weavers?
... that the Seumas McNally Grand Prize awards US$30,000 to indie game developers?
... that texts by the lawyer and successful opera librettist Christian Heinrich Postel are part of Bach's St John Passion?
... that Iranian student activist Maryam Shafipour spent seven months in pre-trial detention, including more than two months in solitary confinement, before being sentenced to seven years in prison?
... that Oswald Harding, Jamaica's longest serving senator, is the only person to have served two non-contiguous terms as President of the Senate of Jamaica?
... that Oxford won the 4.2 mile 2003 University Boat Race by one foot, the narrowest victory in the history of the race?

12 April 2014

18:25, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the green orchid bee (pictured), native to Central America, has taken up residence in Florida?
... that Hideki Shirakawa, Alan Heeger, and Alan MacDiarmid received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of polyacetylene, an electronically conductive polymer?
... that Mick Parker climbed five 8,000 metre mountains without the assistance of Sherpa guides or bottled oxygen?
... that the stained glass windows of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, incorporate George Washington's family coat of arms?
... that when Michael Weiße published 157 songs in German for the Bohemian Brethren, it was the most extensive hymnal of his time, and the first organized by topic?
... that according to legend, William II de Soules's tenants expressed their opinion of his management by boiling him alive at the stone circle of Ninestane Rig?

10:40, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

... that The Wall Street Journal called 2048 (screenshot pictured) "almost like Candy Crush for math geeks"?
... that Indian-born Israeli Sarah Avraham converted to Judaism and moved to Israel after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and became a Kickboxing World Champion?
... that the idea of the struggle for existence was influential in Darwin's Theory of Evolution, but he got the idea from a famous economist?
... that all five compositions for harpsichord by Iannis Xenakis, among them Komboï, were dedicated to harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka?
... that Angie Epifano gained widespread media attention and millions of page views after she wrote an essay on her personal experience of sexual assault?
... that the largest lake trout in Maine was caught on Beech Hill Pond in 1958?

02:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Saint Birgitta's chapel (pictured), on the Swedish island Öland, was likely a 13th-century pilgrimage church dedicated to the Irish Brigit of Kildare?
... that former Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore Andrew Ang worked as a corporate and tax lawyer for 30 years before being elevated to the Bench?
... that 300,000 people live within a 10-minute drive of the Ramot Mall, the second-largest shopping center in Jerusalem?
... that Oxford won the 2002 University Boat Race by three-quarters of a length?
... that K. Rudzki i S-ka, an engineering firm from Poland, built roughly 20 percent of all rail bridges in Imperial Russia, including the Khabarovsk Bridge and Maurzyce Bridge?
... that Belgian politician Isabelle Blume was awarded the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples in 1953?

11 April 2014

17:48, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis), despite being a cavalry regiment fully manned by Muslim troops (officer pictured), used a Hindu salaam in place of a regulation military salute?
... that soprano Carmen Reppel performed several parts in the Jahrhundertring, Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle staged by Chéreau, and sang in Siegfried Wagner's Schwarzschwanenreich?
... that Guinevere Planitia, a lowland plain on Venus, has three main volcanoes: Atanua, Tuli, and Var Mons?
... that Jennie Brand-Miller coined the term Australian paradox to describe what she claims is a decrease in sugar consumption in Australia while obesity rates have increased?
... that Denis Legersky was allowed to play for the Turkish national ice hockey team in a friendly match in 2014, even though he is a Slovak citizen?
... that although Old Pine Church in Purgitsville, West Virginia, was built in 1838, the earliest burial sites in its cemetery date from as early as 1759?

10:03, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the owners of the race horse California Chrome (pictured) turned down an offer of $6 million for the horse prior to his win in the Santa Anita Derby?
... that Deadwood Draw was a staging area for freight wagons carrying supplies to the Black Hills during the gold rush?
... that Dutch Jesuit priest Frans van der Lugt, who had lived in Syria since 1966 and ministered to Christians and Muslims alike, was shot dead in April 2014 in Homs?
... that Kelly Field is where Charles Lindbergh earned his wings?
... that Yuhui Choe replaced the injured Natalia Osipova at short notice in the lead role in Sleeping Beauty for The Royal Ballet and "appeared radiantly unfazed by the challenge"?
... that the upcoming video game Dragon Fin Soup will have randomly generated weather and earthquakes?

02:18, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Karma (1933) featured the longest kissing scene in the history of Indian cinema (screenshot pictured), lasting for about four minutes?
... that at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 15-year-old swimmer Sarah Hardcastle became the youngest ever British female to win an Olympic medal?
... that Lifeless Planet is an upcoming adventure game inspired by Cold War sci-fi B movies?
... that although only 9 miles (14 km) long, the Mann's Creek Railroad serviced 193 beehive coke ovens?
... that Kerry Teague once quit his ride in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, saying he didn't have enough experience to compete?
... that because of opposition by the Polish communist government, the Warsaw Uprising Monument was constructed over 40 years after the event it commemorates?

10 April 2014

18:33, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium (pictured) was built as a memorial to American soldiers killed in World War I?
... that HMS Algerine was sunk 20 months to the day after she was laid down?
... that abolitionist Thaddeus Hyatt was jailed by the United States Senate after he refused to comply with a Congressional subpoena?
... that upcoming tactical role-playing game Prodigy met its US$100,000 Kickstarter funding goal in less than three days?
... that Benjamín Galván Gómez, the former mayor of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, was recently kidnapped and killed?
... that after a bout with a toothache, Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote "Address to the Toothache"?

10:48, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Boeing CQM-121A Pave Tiger and CGM-121B Seek Spinner (CGM-121B pictured) were intended to disrupt enemy air defences, sometimes explosively?
... that Eurogamer called the monochrome art style in the video game Betrayer "undeniably striking"?
... that James Hooper made the first journey from the North to the South Magnetic Pole using only human and natural power?
... that communist leader Nurul Huda entered the parliament of India following a 1974 by-election?
... that Manchester United–Arsenal brawl in 1990 is the only instance in English league football history in which a team has been docked points due to player misconduct?
... that in the 1960s, Robert Heinecken inserted pornographic images into mainstream magazines such as Time and Vogue and then returned the altered magazines to the newsstands?
00:40, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the single-celled Methanosarcina (Methanosarcina barkeri fusaro pictured) may have played a significant role in both the evolution of early life and the worst extinction event in history?
... that Nákladové nádraží Žižkov became a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic, a decade after closing?
... that American artist Adelia Armstrong Lutz most liked to paint flowers, especially hollyhocks?
... that Prussian Fort Srebrna Góra in Poland is a rare example of a surviving 18th-century European mountain stronghold?
... that Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, sponsor of the rival USA Freedom Act, said the FISA Improvements Act would "allow unrestrained spying on the American people"?
... that Battle of the Sittang Bend was the last significant land battle of the Western allied powers in the Second World War?

9 April 2014

16:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the first vicar of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw (pictured), was Charles Farrar Forster?
... that mountaineer Loulou Boulaz was given honorary membership in the Swiss Alpine Club before the club allowed women to become members?
... that when Dickson Chumba and Tirfi Tsegaye won the 2014 Tokyo Marathon, they each set a new course record for the men's and women's competitions, respectively?
... that Kangana Ranaut was awarded the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying a substance-abusing supermodel in Fashion?
... that the unaired pilot for 17th Precinct was briefly leaked online in December 2011?
... that Xenia is a software project that aims to emulate Xbox 360 games on a computer?

08:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Neenga Nalla Irukkanum (1992), a Tamil film on Prohibition, had Jayalalithaa (pictured), then chief minister, playing herself?
... that in 1924, 35 million tons of coal were mined in the 14-square-mile (36 km²) watershed of Newport Creek?
... that Project Alberta was the section of the Manhattan Project which participated in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
... that Argentine actresses Mercedes Morán and Mercedes Scápola, who are mother and daughter, play as mother and daughter in the telenovela Guapas?
... that in 2006, the Flying Lions Aerobatic Team waterskied across the Klipdrift Dam in Johannesburg flying North American Harvard aircraft?
... that Hissa Hilal, the first woman to reach the final of reality TV poetry contest Million's Poet, won one round with a poem criticizing fatwas?

00:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Sturehov Manor (pictured) has been described as one of the most beautiful manor houses dating from the reign of Gustav III of Sweden?
... that the musical team for Psych has received more awards than any of the show's actors?
... that Leonard Wyburd was the first head of Liberty's Furnishing and Decoration Studio in the West End of London, aged only 18?
... that males of the millipede genus Siphoniulus were unknown until 2003?
... that St Catherine's Hill in Dorset was the site of a Cold War nuclear bunker?
... that control of the Papuan plantation termite has been attempted by the use of explosives?

8 April 2014

16:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Emma Thompson (pictured) garnered dual Academy Award nominations in 1993 for performances in The Remains of the Day and In the Name of the Father?
... that the Generali Building, a downtown Jerusalem landmark, was designed by the chief architect of the Italian Fascist regime?
... that Ronald MacKenzie co-sponsored legislation that would have killed the Green Monster?
... that the documentary When Björk Met Attenborough features the two celebrities discussing music and technology?
... that Ancient Trader was developed using an old military map of Slovakia?
... that Bernie Hayden made two trips by boat every day to light and extinguish the Essex Reef Light?

08:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

... that GQ magazine ranked the Sip 'n Dip Lounge (pictured), a tiki bar in Great Falls, Montana, as the #1 bar in the world "worth flying for"?
... that Isabella Charlet-Straton climbed Mont Blanc four times, including the first winter ascent in 1876?
... that the Chester Rock Light was struck and carried away by a barge being towed by Sachem, a tugboat, on May 10, 1912?
... that when Philadelphia Phillies player Darin Ruf was in the minor leagues, his team sold shirts that said "Babe Ruf"?
... that the earliest surviving European drawing of an emu comes from the journal of a surgeon?
... that Lego Ninjago: Nindroids is the second video game to be based on the Lego Ninjago line of play sets?

00:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna (detail pictured) by Frederic Leighton depicts a Madonna not by Cimabue, but one by another artist, because of a centuries-old misattribution by Giorgio Vasari?
... that the President of the Senate of Jamaica, Floyd Morris, became the legislative body's first blind member in 1998?
... that the chameleon goby has been known to nest in crevices, mollusc shells, or even discarded bottles and cans?
... that Leoš Mareš was listed as one of the 50 most influential people in Czech media?
... that American football linebacker Mike Junkin's style of play was compared to "a mad dog in a meat market?"
... that Hurricane Juan caused $1 billion of damage in one American state?

7 April 2014

16:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the call of the White-fronted Chat (male pictured) has been likened to the twang of a rubber band?
... that John Perring became Lord Mayor of London when Britain was "threatened by an implacable and unprincipled enemy"?
... that a 13th-century painting associated with the Knights Templar, which is in the Church of St Mary, Abbas and Templecombe, was cleaned with Vim?
... that bibliographer Henry Scholberg chose to participate in the Minnesota Starvation Experiment rather than continue working in a mental hospital?
... that Typhoon Nelson was the worst tropical cyclone to affect China in 16 years?
... that Stanley Redwood resigned from the position of President of the Senate of Jamaica in order to emigrate to Canada?

08:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Woodward Iron Company president A. H. Woodward (pictured) owned the Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team?
... that Typhoon Lee was the second storm to strike the Philippines in December 1981?
... that Michael Luciano edited twenty of the films directed by Robert Aldrich between 1954 and 1977, including Kiss Me Deadly and The Dirty Dozen?
... that American singer Lady Gaga is performing the final seven concerts at the historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City?
... that hip hop choreographer Sonia Destri Lie recruited dancers from Brazil's favelas, without regard to their social backgrounds?
... that B. R. Ambedkar led the Mahad Satyagraha to assert the rights of Dalits to use a public water tank in Mahad?

00:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

... that German wheelchair basketball player Gesche Schünemann (pictured) was sidelined for three months to repair the tendons of her little finger?
... that Lamprechtsofen was the deepest known cave on Earth for less than three years?
... that American Arielle Gold was the second-youngest snowboarder to win a world championship?
... that the set of Three Bagatelles by György Ligeti consists of only one note?
... that the 1967 general election marked the introduction of ministerial rule in the British Virgin Islands?
... that NASA's "Mr. Fix It", Jack Kinzler, used fishing rods to save Skylab?

6 April 2014

16:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the seal of Mali (pictured) depicts the Great Mosque of Djenné at the centre?
... that Lily Bristow made the second-ever ascent of Grépon, and did so without a guide?
... that Typhoon Mamie was the worst storm to affect China in 26 years?
... that baritone Eike Wilm Schulte, who performed more than 100 roles since 1966, stepped in at the Bayreuth Festival as Gunther in Götterdämmerung?
... that Caris LeVert was the one-on-one partner of 2013 national player of the year Trey Burke and the training partner of 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year Nik Stauskas?
... that the Lewis and Clark Exposition dollar is the only US coin with two "heads" sides?

08:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the British aircraft carrier HMS Formidable (pictured) became known as "The Ship That Launched Herself" due to a surprising mishap before her launching ceremony?
... that Charles LoPresti, trainer of two-time American Horse of the Year Wise Dan, enjoys team roping in his spare time?
... that Härkeberga Church contains medieval frescos that have never been covered or painted over?
... that the Bank of Canada described the use of $2 banknotes of the 1937 Series as appearing "like migratory birds and disappearing like the lemmings"?
... that Ralf Dujmovits is the first German to have climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000 metre mountains?
... that following the death of Major League Baseball pitcher Steve Bechler, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the use of ephedra?

00:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Danish women's rights activist Astrid Stampe Feddersen (pictured) took part in the fight against prostitution and fought for greater equality between men and women, including unmarried women?
... that the design of Stadio della Roma, the newly proposed stadium for Italian Serie A team A.S. Roma, was inspired by the Roman Colosseum?
... that billionaire William "Tex" Moncrief was inspired to become a wildcatter after witnessing the opening of his father's oil well?
... that LIAT Flight 319 crashed into the sea and disappeared after two failed attempts to land at the Arnos Vale Airport?
... that Katharine Richardson and Mary Paillon were the first women to summit the Méridionale d'Arves?
... that upon the announcement of the West End closure of The Full Monty, its writer Simon Beaufoy signed the petition against the closure?

5 April 2014

16:00, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

... that when Max Aue married Emma Topperwin, he went from a saltbox to a dog trot (pictured)?
... that the journal American Diplomacy is published online, free for anyone to read?
... that Henry Walter Barnett and Marius Sestier's film of the 1896 Melbourne Cup has been cited as Australia's first film production?
... that Bernice Coppieters of the Ballets de Monte Carlo is Jean-Christophe Maillot's muse?
... that the crossroads town Creagerstown burned down in 1914 and never recovered?
... that Keith Brown, who broke the pole vault world record in 1935, later served as the Republican Party's state chairman in Arizona?

08:00, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the 2013 smog in East China could be seen by satellite (pictured)?
... that Matthew Grocoff lives in America's oldest net zero energy home?
... that the puzzle game Pokémon Battle Trozei's rock-paper-scissors combat system has players battling 718 different Pokémon?
... that Mary Grannan did not receive any royalties for her first three books because she was a CBC Radio employee?
... that in Connection Distributing Co. v. Holder, the Sixth Circuit held that record-keeping requirements of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act were not unconstitutional?
... that Australian tour promoter Michael Chugg was served divorce papers on the same day he was awarded "Father of the Year"?

00:00, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the flag of NATO (pictured) was first hoisted on November 9, 1953, at the opening ceremony of the Atlantic Exhibition in Paris?
... that biochemist Sofia Simmonds, despite her scientific accomplishments, was not promoted to full professor at Yale until nearly 30 years after she started there?
... that the Argentine telenovela Sres. Papis will include scenes shot at the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
... that Skrillex collaborator Sirah's debut release was produced by DJ Hoppa?
... that Ben Maidment's failure to serve a rugby union league ban resulted in Jersey R.F.C. losing two RFU Championship points?
... that when there is cold weather in Louisiana, alligators burrow in holes?

4 April 2014

16:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Mom & Me & Mom, the seventh autobiography by Maya Angelou (pictured with U.S. President Barack Obama), appeared shortly before Mother's Day last year?
... that, during the 1929–30 English football season, at a point when only one other Watford F.C. player had scored more than one goal, Frank McPherson had already scored 22 of Watford's 29 total goals?
... that La Storta has a chapel, a piazza, and an annual feast day dedicated to the vision that Saint Ignatius is said to have experienced there in 1537?
... that Romanian linguist Sextil Pușcariu spent three years in Berlin during World War II, leading a propaganda effort against Hungary's hold on Northern Transylvania?
... that the plot of Inside No. 9 episode "The Understudy" both revolved around and was based upon Shakespeare's Macbeth?
... that it was Monique Loudières's doctor who recommended she should take up ballet, given her rather fragile constitution?

08:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the flower spikes of Banksia media (pictured) are pollinated by honey possums?
... that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher David Buchanan has drawn comparisons to teammate Kyle Kendrick because both have been overlooked during their development?
... that the five-year development of Grand Theft Auto V was conducted by a team of over 1,000 people?
... that although Lafran Pane is considered the founder of the Muslim Students' Association, members sometimes did not recognize him or considered him a government spy?
... that the Madras High Court banned quarrying activities on or near a hill in Keelavalavu because it contains a monument of archaeological importance?
... that when Bill Sefton raised the pole vault world record to 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in), he could not try to improve it further as the uprights did not go any higher?

00:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Copenhagen Psalter (illuminated page pictured) is a book believed to have been made for a seven-year-old king?
... that Philip Lindsley declined the presidencies of Princeton, Transylvania University, Ohio University, and Dickinson College, but accepted the job at the University of Nashville?
... that Kalman Taigman did not go back to the Treblinka camp for over 60 years, unable to speak a word of Polish due to trauma caused by the Holocaust?
... that Innes' star is a red dwarf star with a super-Earth in orbit?
... that baseball player Zelous Wheeler has two uncles who played in the National Football League?
... that James Bond once had to be rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat?

3 April 2014

16:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Peter the Venetian (pictured) was King of Hungary twice?
... that visitors at The Flask, Highgate, were once asked to swear to drink only strong beer, and not to kiss the maid if they could kiss the mistress, unless they preferred the maid or could kiss both?
... that the Australian subterranean termites Coptotermes acinaciformis and Coptotermes frenchi can both cause substantial damage to timbers in buildings?
... that after taking an early interest in gymnastics in Algiers, Myriam Ould-Braham turned to dance, finding it was more fun to move about with music?
... that Hoolock gibbons, the sole ape species in India, are translocated to the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary from fragmented habitats?
... that Italy's Andrea Doria-class battleships were attacked by Swordfish during the Battle of Taranto?

08:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Australian World War I fighter ace Garnet Malley (pictured) served as an aviation adviser to Chiang Kai-shek's government in China during the 1930s?
... that Elliott Corbett Memorial State Recreation Site is a 63-acre (25 ha) wilderness park located along the southern caldera rim of Blue Lake Crater in the Cascade Mountains of Central Oregon?
... that Tyler Ulis is one of four 2014 McDonald's All-Americans who have committed to play basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats?
... that developers of the upcoming survival horror video game The Forest were partly inspired by Disney?
... that Isabelle Ciaravola received a 30-minute standing ovation after her final performance with the Paris Opera Ballet?
... that bites from the lone star tick can make you allergic to mammalian meat products?

00:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the Garden of Ninfa (pictured) has been called "the most romantic garden in the world"?
... that Cold War-era spy Hüseyin Yıldırım, sentenced to life without parole in the United States, was later pardoned and secretly extradited to Turkey, where he stayed only one day in prison?
... that baseball player Mario Hollands is seeking a second bachelor's degree in merchandise marketing?
... that Washington County Fire District 2 in Oregon began as the Hillsboro Rural Fire Protection District and is now headed by the Hillsboro Fire Department's chief?
... that Yulia Makhalina and Ulyana Lopatkina are part of "the basketball team", a group of tall and slender Kirov/Mariinsky ballerinas?
... that Wisps, creatures in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games, were added to Sonic Colors as power-ups so that the player would not have to switch characters to experience varied gameplay?

2 April 2014

16:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

... that the music video for Mariah Carey's new single "You're Mine (Eternal)" was shot at El Yunque National Forest (pictured) in Puerto Rico?
... that Annette Winkler, CEO of Smart, once headed a commercial truck dealership and became licensed to drive heavy trucks in nine days, to better understand her customers?
... that in 1901 Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts built their own Palace in Kraków Old Town using public donations?
... that Art Nouveau painter Maximilian Liebenwein lived in a tower of the medieval Burghausen Castle and painted a frieze on three of its walls?
... that the body of a murdered child was found in Wheal Eliza Mine?
... that Alice Renavand, a star (étoile) at the Paris Opera Ballet, has been described as "having the beauty of the devil"?

08:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Harold Clark designed a Taj Mahal (pictured) at Schertz, Texas?
... that Ludmila Pagliero is the first South American to receive the title of étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet?
... that the titular character of Evan S. Connell's Mrs. Bridge (1959) experiences "inarticulate rage" when her son uses one of the guest towels?
... that James A. Kelly, Jr. sought to have his prison sentence delayed until after he had earned his master's degree?
... that Insite, North America's first legal supervised injection site for drug users, was opened by the Portland Hotel Society in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003?
... that when California Interscholastic Federation ruled Kameron Chatman ineligible for varsity basketball competition, he played junior varsity?

00:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Christian Griepenkerl thwarted Adolf Hitler because Alois Delug (pictured) could not?
... that Biden is believed to be an eccentric frozen pink dwarf?
... that Fucking was renamed Fugging for an unknown reason?
... that the United States once sued 50,000 cardboard boxes and clacker balls?
... that Jackson County, Florida elected a Wankard to represent it?
... that the Chicago Cubs claim that one of their representatives is descended from a live bear?
... that small white breasts smell like aniseed?
... that Canada's new money has been criticized for featuring too much nudity and not enough women?
... THAT FEMINIST HULK SMASH GENDER BINARY AND ONLY MAKE CAPITALIZATION EXCEPTION FOR bell hooks?

1 April 2014

16:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

... that in the late 19th century, those academics who used the letters "F.S.Sc." after their names had been duped by a "bogus literary society" (emblem pictured)?
... that Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society has identified places where Martian drones can land on Earth?
... that I believe I'll dust my broom?
... that Batman once sued the Commissioner?
... that the Queen of Hell was Jamaican?
... that Microsoft made a man dress up in drag and dance in front of women to promote The Idolmaster 2?
... that Amy Garnett is English rugby's most-capped female hooker?
... that Utopia existed?

08:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

... that 16th-century artillery master Franz Helm proposed using "rocket cats" (pictured) to attack castles?
... that a Little Cockup is smaller than a Great Cockup?
... that scientists observed an echo that lasted 65 years?
... that Caucasians are brown?
... that the idea of Santa Claus being shot can be "hilarious"?
... that it is illegal to wear armour in the British Parliament?
... that the novel Southern Cross does not contain any words?
... that William Wallace died inside the Rock of Gibraltar after falling off his bicycle?

00:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

... that Béla I of Hungary (bust pictured) was mortally wounded by his throne collapsing under him?
... that Operation In Our Sites is an effort by the U.S. government to detect intellectual property violations, and that agencies can arrest suspects connected with targeted websites and seize their assets?
... that Isabelle Guérin and Laurent Hilaire have been described by John Rockwell as "two of the Paris Opera Ballet's greatest stars"?
... that an instrument used to measure magnetic anomalies was originally developed to detect submarines during World War II?
... that soon after starting her career at the Met, Gwendolyn Killebrew appeared as a valkyrie in Wagner's Die Walküre in a live broadcast alongside Birgit Nilsson in the title role?
... that the Moravian Church Mission Ships were a series of twelve ships that made an annual voyage from London to the church's mission stations in Labrador every summer between 1770 and 1926?
... that Randi Altschul's disposable cellphone was named "product of the year" in 2002?