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24 November 2015

00:00, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Cyrtopone striata fossil

... that species of the extinct ant genus Cyrtopone (example pictured) are noted for having small heads?
... that Al-Istibsar is one of the four major works of Shiite Islamic traditions authored by Shaykh Tusi, a Shia scholar?
... that the abandoned Newmarket Canal was so short of water that local newspapers joked they could dispense with bridges and just walk across in rubber boots?
... that actor Sarah-Jane Redmond auditioned for the film Hellraiser: Hellseeker using bondage artwork by Eric Stanton instead of a head shot?
... that the HTC One A9 is the first non-Nexus device to come pre-installed with Android Marshmallow?
... that Heinrich Schmitt was arrested in 1935, survived ten years in detention, and re-emerged in 1945 as a leading regional politician in occupied Bavaria?
... that according to the Bhikshuka Upanishad, the ascetic lifestyle of four types of monk includes eating eight mouthfuls of food a day?
... that Blood Money was inspired by the "cuteness" of Mr. Heli?

23 November 2015

12:00, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

A Qatar Airways A319

... that Qatar Airways used an Airbus A319 (pictured) to operate an all-business-class flight between London and Doha this year?
... that Kristin Feireiss became a Pritzker Architecture Prize juror in 2015?
... that the Surface Book's casing is constructed from machined magnesium?
... that Naoya Emura is a "kind younger brother"?
... that Sovereignty Day in Slovenia is a state holiday but not a work-free day?
... that after Ming dynasty army officer Lu Tang helped capture the pirate warlord Wang Zhi, he was demoted for letting some of the other pirates escape?
... that Team Mexico's entry into the United States was delayed, causing them to be late to the 2008 TNA World X Cup?
... that one of Helen Maitland Armstrong's stained glass windows was still intact after flying half a mile in a hurricane?

00:00, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Queen Liliʻuokalani, last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii

... that the United States government has sanctioned a $2.6 million constitutional convention that will lead to the creation of a Native Hawaiian tribal nation in Hawaii (last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii pictured)?
... that Admiral Zhang Dingfa stepped down as Commander of the Chinese Navy because of cancer, and died soon afterwards?
... that the church at which a young man was beaten to death was described by its neighbors as a "cult" where people "used to build fires on the roofs, and there was chanting and weird rituals"?
... that German biochemist Ulrike Beisiegel is the first woman to serve as president of the University of Göttingen?
... that various incarnations of Doctor Strange, the upcoming 2016 Marvel Studios film, have been in development since 1986?
... that the external boundary walls of the fort in the plains are built with "lime-surki sun-baked bricks"?
... that when he was 27 years old, R. P. Eddy was allowed to live in the "palatial" official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, in lieu of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke?
... that despite being banned by the BBC, the acid house anthem "Everything Starts with an 'E'" reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart?

22 November 2015

12:00, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Illustration by Edith Clements

... that botanist and ecologist Edith Clements illustrated most of her own books?
... that Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight's grandfather Bobby Speight had his basketball jersey retired by NC State?
... that prices of spirits in Indonesia were raised by 154.4% from 2009 to 2014?
... that potential candidates in the United States presidential election of 2020 include Tom Cotton, Hillary Clinton, and Kanye West?
... that Anupama Kundoo, an Indian architect working at Auroville from 1990, created innovations in her project designs by adopting "sustainable building technologies and infrastructural systems"?
... that the Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei) is named after its discoverer, Alfred Russel Wallace?
... that James de Saumarez had a Japanese temple shipped to Europe and re-erected on his Guernsey estate?
... that Hasbro Studios were originally disconcerted with setting Littlest Pet Shop at a pet shop?

00:00, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Turbinellus kauffmanii

... that the vase-shaped mushroom Turbinellus kauffmanii (pictured) of the Pacific Northwest can reach 35 centimetres (14 in) in diameter?
... that neuroscientist Kay Tye has used light to identify connections in the brain that are linked to anxiety?
... that action game Agar.io was used in the June 2015 Turkish election as a medium of political advocacy?
... that the general-care NewYork–Presbyterian/Queens hospital in Queens, New York, originally started out as a women's rescue home in Manhattan?
... that when French Empire style became popular in the tropical Dutch Indies, it became known as the Indies Empire style?
... that Iranian poet Fateme Ekhtesari was arrested and found guilty in court of "insulting the sacred" after appearing at the Gothenburg poetry festival?
... that the writer Maria Dąbrowska reported to the Polish authorities that Poles in Bosnia and Herzegovina lived better than villagers in Poland?
... that German referee Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder once called half-time after 32 minutes in a Bundesliga match?

21 November 2015

12:00, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage

... that the M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage (pictured) saw service with U.S. forces in the Italian Campaign, Operation Overlord, the Battle of Arracourt, and the Ardennes Offensive?
... that Daniel Galvin, a British hairdresser whose clients included Margaret Thatcher and Diana, Princess of Wales, was awarded an OBE in 2006?
... that TodayTix, a ticket-buying app, launched the first mobile lotteries for theater tickets for both New York's Broadway and London's West End?
... that theoretical physicist Mariangela Lisanti was named on MIT Technology Review's TR35 list of innovators when she was 18 years old?
... that Stone Run was historically stocked with trout, but is now Class A Wild Trout Waters?
... that a retrospective review of Pssst noted that its graphics were a significant improvement over those of previous games for the ZX Spectrum?
... that Michiyo Tsujimura's discovery of vitamin C in green tea contributed to an increase in tea exports to America?
... that the mushroom Hygrophoropsis rufa was reported to smell like a photocopier?

00:00, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

A plague cross in Brugherio

... that three crosses in Brugherio (example pictured) commemorate the "plague of Saint Charles"?
... that some commentators credit Leelah Alcorn with inspiring "a flashpoint for transgender progress in 2014"?
... that the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless was Australia's most highly decorated signals unit of World War II?
... that Grace Medes discovered the human metabolic disorder of tyrosinemia in 1932?
... that with a double-hourglass-shaped deck and helical on-ramp, the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge contains almost no straight lines?
... that Albert Stewart, an Irish international rugby player, was recommended for the Victoria Cross during the First World War?
... that while addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up a copy of Palestine, an Iranian compilation of Ayatollah Khamenei's statements on Palestine?
... that the fungus Laetiporus cremeiporus smells like garbage?

20 November 2015

12:00, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Statue of Hu Zongxian in Yuyao, Zhejiang

... that Hu Zongxian (statue pictured), the supreme commander in charge of fighting the "wokou" pirates in the 16th century, is an ancestor of the former Chinese president Hu Jintao?
... that Lansdowne Bridge has the longest span of any extant masonry bridge in Australia?
... that Gene Roddenberry received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after a campaign by Star Trek fan clubs for $1 donations towards its upkeep?
... that Singapore is the third-largest foreign investor in Vietnam?
... that journalist Arzu Geybullayeva has received numerous death threats and has been branded a "traitor" because she worked for an Armenian newspaper?
... that several cyclists were blown off their bicycles in the 2015 Gent–Wevelgem?

00:00, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Free Speech Flag

... that the Free Speech Flag (pictured) embeds the secret HD DVD key into the colors of the flag itself, using the flag hex code format colors?
... that Canadian oncologist Kathleen I. Pritchard was one of the most cited researchers in the world in 2014 and 2015?
... that the EP That We Can Play by Daniel Lopatin's Games, a duo with Joel Ford, was praised by critics for their use of 1980s influences?
... that the extinct ant Cephalopone is noted for its large, toothed mandibles?
... that astronomer Liu Hong developed a means of predicting lunar motion which was used by the Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China?
... that citrullinemia type I is a rare disease that can cause hyperammonemic coma?
... that Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice-elect Kevin Dougherty was the first in his family to attend college, and worked three part-time jobs while attending Temple University?
... that the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus has so many unusual features that it has been described as "the platypus of microbiology"?

19 November 2015

12:00, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

George W. Cheyney

... that Arizona Territorial Superintendent of Public Instruction George W. Cheyney (pictured) resigned his office to serve in the territorial legislature?
... that the fossil scorpion Tityus apozonalli is named from a Náhuatl word meaning sea foam?
... that Bill Ponsford was the first cricketer to score centuries in each of his first two Test matches?
... that Second Thoughts are Best is a 1729 pamphlet about the increase of criminality rate in London, written by Daniel Defoe under the pseudonym of Andrew Moreton?
... that the character of Ed Argent in "Show Me the Monkey", an episode of Veronica Mars, was originally envisioned to be a cameo by Ted Nugent?
... that Barbara Oakley's book Pathological Altruism explores negative aspects of altruism and empathy?
... that Vietnamese people in Poland, significantly composed of illegal immigrants, are one of the largest ethnic group minorities in Poland?
... that the Adventure Time episode "Time Sandwich" was inspired by a slowed-down video of Paula Deen making a sandwich?

00:00, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

"Black Book of Hours"

... that there is an illuminated "Black Book of Hours" (pictured) known for its mournful tone?
... that WT1190F was a small satellite that impacted the atmosphere near Sri Lanka on November 13, 2015?
... that Liverpool's 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers in the 1995 Football League Cup Final was their fifth League Cup victory?
... that Grace Oladunni Taylor was the first African to win the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and the second woman inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science?
... that Baker Run is shorter than its tributary, Windfall Run?
... that Melanie Dawes was the first Permanent Secretary of a British Government ministry to be selected by the Prime Minister?
... that the town of Martel is said to have been founded by Charles Martel, nicknamed "the hammer" after his victory in the Battle of Tours?
... that Venetian ambassador Lorenzo de Monacis defended Hungarian queens Mary and Elizabeth from murder charges by writing a poem?

18 November 2015

12:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Nako monastery

... that the Nako Monastery (pictured) in Nako has clay sculptures of five Dhyani Buddhas in the main hall, which also has many images on the walls?
... that Hurricane Dennis in 2005 made landfall as a major hurricane three times?
... that the song "Angels Cry" by Mariah Carey became her 28th career entry on the United States' Adult Contemporary chart?
... that following the Ayutthayan–Cambodian War in 1594, some 90,000 Cambodians were taken to neighbouring Ayutthaya?
... that Lionel M. Jacobs and his brother operated an arbitrage business that exchanged greenbacks for gold coins?
... that the holotype for Habronyx minutus was discovered at a bridge over a river that was later used as a film location for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug?
... that Hajjah Fatimah, one of the inaugural inductees into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame, provided for the construction of a mosque that now bears her name?
... that Hanford city officials opposed placing California High-Speed Rail's Kings–Tulare Station inside city limits, and then complained about its remoteness from downtown?

00:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Grey heron

... that grey herons spend much time on the ground, striding about or standing still for long periods with an upright stance, often on a single leg?
... that European high jump champion Anne-Marie Colchen also won a World Championship medal in women's basketball?
... that "SummerThing!" was premiered on the Saturday Night Online radio show?
... that the memorial service for Beverly L. Greene, "believed to be the first African American woman licensed as an architect in the United States", took place in a funeral home she had designed?
... that ununennium is the element with the lowest atomic number that has not yet been synthesized?
... that Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice-elect Christine Donohue is the daughter of a United Mine Worker and a union seamstress?
... that glaciers in the Central Karakoram National Park exhibit the "Karakoram anomaly"?
... that Abdullah Pasha had his mentor Haim Farhi killed during his first year as Acre's governor, a position only made possible by Farhi's lobbying efforts?

17 November 2015

12:00, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Schloss Krobnitz

... that Schloss Krobnitz (pictured) belonged to the Prussian Minister of War Albrecht von Roon?
... that Harry Winer and Rob Thomas created one scene from "Of Vice and Men", an episode of Veronica Mars, because they thought the show was lacking in visual complexity?
... that Meithalun is the largest Palestinian village in the Marj Sanur valley?
... that Cambodian Princess Soma Norodom, the self-dubbed "Royal Rebel", is known for her exposé newspaper columns about corruption in Cambodia?
... that one of the Somerset cricket team players claimed that they played badly during the 1978 Gillette Cup Final because they were intimidated by the situation?
... that Roaring Run is the only wild brook trout and rainbow trout fishery in Pennsylvania?
... that Stan and Jan Berenstain had to provide 20,000 sketches of the Bear Family before animators began working on The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree, their first NBC television special?
... that before its reconstruction in the late 1990s, Cincinnati's Fort Washington Way was the most accident-prone mile of urban freeway in Ohio?

00:00, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Edith Villiers by George Frederic Watts

... that the model for a Pre-Raphaelite painting (pictured) became the Vicereine of India?
... that Soundway Records has released compilation albums and re-issues of African, Caribbean, Latin, and Asian music from the 1950s to 1980s?
... that in 1389 Venetian ambassador Pantaleone Barbo fell victim to a robbery while on a diplomatic mission to Hungary?
... that Du'a Arafah is a Du'a that was narrated by Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imam of Shia?
... that Taza National Park is a UNESCO-recognized biosphere reserve and includes the largest forest of cork oaks and gall oaks in Algeria?
... that the first-ever goal in the Scottish Football League was scored at the original Celtic Park?
... that Eva-Maria Neher, a German scientist in biochemistry and microbiology and founder of Göttingen Xlab, is married to Erwin Neher, a Nobel laureate?
... that Mariah Carey sings about Lego, Harvard University, and Humpty Dumpty in her song "Up Out My Face"?

16 November 2015

12:00, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Typical senior housing of Roosevelt Park

... that Effie Maud Aldrich Morrison originated the concept and was the instigator for the plan of the first senior housing project in the United States (example houses pictured)?
... that Gaggan, an Indian restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, was named the best restaurant in Asia and tenth worldwide in the 2015 list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants?
... that Israeli Hasidic singer-songwriter Yosef Karduner made Psalm 121 into a hit tune?
... that Valls, in the Catalonian district of Alt Camp, is known for its calçots and castells?
... that the whinchat breeds in Europe and western Asia from Ireland and northern Portugal east to the Ob River basin, and from northern Norway south to central Spain, Italy and Greece?
... that the Jal Mandir dedicated to Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara and founder of Jainism, marks the place of his cremation?
... that the title of the 17th-century English song "Down Among the Dead Men" is a reference to drunken unconsciousness?
... that the American artist Eugenie McEvoy, who created the painting Taxi! Taxi!, was also a vaudeville sharpshooter and a breeder of champion collies?

00:00, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Czech bramboráček bread being deep fried

... that deep-fried foods (example pictured) have been described as "a staple of almost all street cuisines on all continents"?
... that in her 18 years playing the title role on the daily radio soap opera Stella Dallas, Anne Elstner missed only one performance?
... that the robust tuco-tuco is threatened by loss of its habitat to agricultural development?
... that the Leona Lewis song "I Am" is about her former record label boss Simon Cowell?
... that Mercados Libres Campesinos were farmers' markets in Cuba that operated from 1980 to 1986?
... that the former German Reformed Sanctity Church Parsonage is the oldest building in Germantown, New York?
... that Myeong-Hee Yu won a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 1998 for her work on the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin?
... that a Royal Flush elicited a Turkish apology during World War II?

15 November 2015

12:00, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Great organ of Notre Dame de Paris

... that Olivier Latry, organist of the great organ of Notre Dame de Paris (pictured), derived Salve Regina from his own improvisation?
... that Marilyn Monroe was featured on the cover and on the centerfold of the first issue of Playboy?
... that even though gambling in Cambodia is illegal for its citizens, gambling addiction is a widespread social issue?
... that the seaweed expert Mary Philadelphia Merrifield learnt Swedish so she could correspond with the naturalist Jacob Georg Agardh?
... that Brecon Castle was attacked by the Welsh six times in 58 years?
... that despite his service in the Confederate States Army, James Henry Wright was given a military funeral with U.S. Army soldiers marching at the head of the procession?
... that Lake Glory has an "inspirational name"?
... that after winning the 1979 FA Charity Shield, manager Bob Paisley quipped, "I am just sorry we didn't get two points for it!"?

00:00, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Oppong with the Oshawa Power in 2012

... that Canadian professional basketball player Papa Oppong was traded to the Windsor Express so he could attend teachers' college in that city?
... that Rihanna debuted Anti‍ 's official artwork and title at a private viewing for fans and press at Los Angeles' MAMA Gallery?
... that chef André Chiang is known for his "Octo-philosophy" of preparing dishes?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 2014 decision that police officers may conduct traffic stops even if they have not personally observed a traffic violation?
... that the frigid bumblebee is one of only two species of bumblebee to have natural-borne cues to prevent inbreeding?
... that the University of Hong Kong council's decision to reject Johannes Chan's appointment to pro-vice-chancellor is said to be "very sad news for Hong Kong's autonomy and freedom"?
... that Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets is powered by the UbiArt Framework engine?
... that biologist Marvalee Wake, an expert on caecilians, is married to an expert on salamanders?

14 November 2015

12:00, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Schematic of paternoster lift

... that when the New City Hall in Prague was new in 1911, it had two paternoster lifts (schematic pictured)?
... that Indian Urdu poet Ale Ahmad Suroor was honoured by Presidents of both India and Pakistan?
... that Sugar Hollow Creek and South Branch Roaring Run are Class A Wild Trout Waters, but are entirely on private land?
... that the Apple Pencil features pressure sensitivity and angle detection?
... that the lack of activity of the Contadora group led to the creation of the Contadora support group?
... that Larry Kelly founded Shelby Gem Factory, which at one site grows uncut cultured gems, including diamonds, facets them, and mounts them in gold?
... that Hygrophorus erubescens is extinct in Britain, not having been seen since 1878?
... that salacious sex scenes were filmed for Isabelle Eberhardt, though they did not make the film's final cut?

00:00, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

General view of Jaba'

... that the mountainous Palestinian village of Jaba' (pictured) served as the throne village of the Jarrar clan?
... that MIT microbiologist Boris Magasanik was also an art collector?
... that the 1948 ruling in the Sinn Féin Funds case was that the Sinn Féin party was not legally a continuation of the Sinn Féin party that governed the Irish Republic during the Anglo-Irish War?
... that the glaciologist Moira Dunbar is the only female recipient of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Massey Medal?
... that the Buçaco Forest contains an olive tree to which the future Duke of Wellington tethered his horse?
... that Major General Gladeon M. Barnes oversaw the development of the M26 Pershing tank and ENIAC computer?
... that the Severn River heath-myrtle is found only along a single ridge?
... that the Japanese chemist Chika Kuroda helped to create an antihypertensive drug from an onion skin?

13 November 2015

12:00, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Nahem Shoa standing beside Giant Head of Ben

... that some of the British painter Nahem Shoa's portraits (example pictured) were painted at up to 15 times life size?
... that Järflotta island in Sweden contains both a nature reserve and a 24 cm (9.4 in) calibre gun?
... that in the early 1940s, Beatrice Beeby, Joan Wood, and Inge Smithells established the first nursery playcentres, precursor to the present-day Playcentre organisation in New Zealand?
... that the Veronica Mars episode "Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves" was scored by Mark Lanegan, with whom series creator Rob Thomas had gone to elementary school?
... that medal-winning ice dancer Kakani Katija Young is a bioengineer studying the contribution of sea creatures to tidal movement?
... that Arsenal F.C. broke Nottingham Forest's record of league matches undefeated during the 2004–05 season?
... that Katherine Cutler Ficken was the first woman to be licensed as an architect in Maryland?
... that the river dolphin is one of the few cetaceans that can turn its head?

00:00, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Faskally Forest

... that "The Enchanted Forest", a colourful event held in the Faskally Forest (pictured), was named "Best Cultural Event in Scotland" for three years in a row?
... that Agathe L. van Beverwijk left her research role at the Amsterdam Cancer Institute because she refused to experiment on animals?
... that the 2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship became the first tournament in its 30-year history to run on artificial turf?
... that Alejandro González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director nominated for the Academy Award for Best Directing, and the first to win the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award?
... that Harry Fenn and J. D. Woodward, the artists for Picturesque Palestine, received special permission to sketch within and beneath the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem?
... that the Papakating Creek watershed offers wetland habitats for the endangered bog turtle and rare Fraser's Saint John's wort?
... that a forensic chemist can assist in the identification of unknown materials found at a crime scene?
... that baseball player Kenichi Marumo scored a run for the Orix Buffaloes‍ ' first team despite never appearing at the plate?

12 November 2015

12:00, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Elephantomyia pulchella male

... that when the crane fly Elephantomyia pulchella (pictured) was redescribed in 2015, one of the fossils was in a private collection?
... that the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's soccer team has won four Lone Star Conference regular season championships and three conference tournament titles?
... that Theodore Roosevelt was quoted in advertising for Bela Lugosi's first American film, The Silent Command?
... that Admiral Ding Yiping was groomed to be the candidate for commander of the Chinese Navy, but was demoted following a fatal submarine accident?
... that the 26 named tributaries of Bowman Creek include ten streams that are Class A Wild Trout Waters?
... that Borja Mayoral was the top scorer at the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship?
... that by 1980, the structure of the Barmouth Viaduct had come under attack from marine woodworm, which threatened its closure?
... that camel-hair brushes are made from squirrels?

00:00, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Laying of the U.S. Capitol cornerstone

... that the cornerstone of the United States Capitol (commemorative mural pictured) was laid in a Masonic ceremony in 1793?
... that Thomas Kirby-Green was one of the first men to escape Stalag Luft III in the "Great Escape" in March 1944?
... that the greylag goose was domesticated in Ancient Egypt about 3000 years ago?
... that Mariah Carey denounces the existence of poverty and racism in her song "There's Got to Be a Way"?
... that places of worship in Waverley, Surrey include a former Strict Baptist chapel founded in a loft by a Jewish convert?
... that Gaby Lewis, who made her debut for the Irish women's cricket team at the age of 13, is the first international cricket player to be born in the 21st century?
... that Shirazi salad is a traditional salad in Iranian cuisine that originated from Shiraz in Southern Iran?
... that Trudeliese Schmidt performed trouser roles at the Salzburg Festival and Mozart's Coronation Mass for a Papal Mass in Rome?

11 November 2015

12:00, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Macrolepiota clelandii

... that the graceful parasol (pictured) is typically found in eucalypt forest and subtropical rainforests?
... that Andrew III of Hungary left his prison in disguise with two monks' assistance before hastening from Vienna to his coronation in Székesfehérvár in 1290?
... that the Kepler space telescope has seen unusual patterns in the light from KIC 8462852?
... that Japanese animation film company Studio Ghibli produced the animated sequences for the video games Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn and Wrath of the White Witch?
... that Kathrin Barboza Marquez rediscovered a bat in Bolivia which had been thought to be extinct in the country?
... that Bakersfield, California, supported a downtown location for its high-speed rail station in 2003, but opposed it in 2011 due to impacts on its newly revitalized downtown?
... that the architect Chitra Vishwanath built her own large mud house in Bengaluru to promote her theme of mud architecture as an environmentally sound proposition?
... that Kosherfest, an annual trade fair for the kosher-certified food industry, has been called "a cross between a professional trade show and the buffet line at your cousin's bar mitzva"?

00:00, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Halifax Central Library

... that the Halifax Central Library (pictured) is said to resemble a stack of books?
... that on 25 February 1990, Violeta Chamorro of Nicaragua became the first elected woman president in the Americas?
... that Battle of Britain, a turn-based strategy video game, contains elements of first-person shooting?
... that over 200 separate lawsuits were filed as part of local authorities swaps litigation after the English courts ruled that swap transactions between banks and local authorities were unlawful?
... that Jack jumper ant workers are gamergates?
... that the architect Judith Ledeboer studied at Cambridge but designed buildings for Oxford?
... that the Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages in Bursa, Turkey, exhibits the replica of a 6th-century B.C. chariot reproduced from artifacts found in a tumulus?
... that the masked perpetrator of the Trollhättan school attack avoided suspicion because it was nearly Halloween?

10 November 2015

12:00, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Masroor Rock Cut Temple

... that according to a popular legend, the Pandavas of the Mahabharata built the Masroor Rock Cut Temple (pictured) during their "incognito" exile from their kingdom?
... that Vernon Jones was the first African American to be elected as CEO of DeKalb County, Georgia, and the youngest person to ever serve in that office?
... that players can ride on elephants in Far Cry 4?
... that Alice Alldredge, an expert on marine snow, has been in the top 0.1% of the Web of Science's highly cited researchers list since 2003?
... that Chuixian San Chi was released in Taiwan to commemorate Ringo Sheena's first overseas concert?
... that Andreas Panayiotou was kicked out of school at the age of 14 for punching his teacher, and became an amateur boxing champion and the UK's largest private landlord?
... that in the 1985 John Candy film Volunteers, the Washington State University fight song is used as a battle cry by Thai communist partisans?
... that with certain diseases, vaginal discharge can become cheesy, frothy, or fishy?

00:00, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Darejan Dadiani

... that Queen consort Darejan Dadiani (pictured) had 23 children with her husband, Heraclius II of Georgia?
... that Harveys Lake, the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by volume, drained into Beaver Run and Bowman Creek in preglacial times, but no longer does so?
... that Nelle Morton is thought to have taught the first course on women and religion?
... that the video series Every Single Word depicts the lack of people of color in major Hollywood films?
... that the old-fashioned doughnut may be deep fried at a lower temperature compared to other styles?
... that Bibi Bourelly, who wrote Rihanna's "Bitch Better Have My Money", is the daughter of guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly?
... that the placement of two fossil flies into the species Elephantomyia longirostris has been questioned?
... that some French fry vending machines cook frozen fries in hot oil and dispense condiments such as ketchup and mayonnaise?

9 November 2015

12:00, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Baryonyx with a fish

... that with a head shape likened to a gharial, the dinosaur Baryonyx (illustrated) is thought to have eaten fish?
... that Sydney architect Eleanor Cullis-Hill practiced from her home since she felt that women were unwelcome in large architectural offices?
... that the French destroyer Jaguar was unique among the Chacal-class destroyers in being fitted to serve as a flagship and she was fitted to accommodate the admiral and his staff?
... that the perpetrator of the murder of Richard Everitt was never apprehended, because members of the gang who killed him fled to Bangladesh?
... that Netflix paid $60 million to buy distribution rights to the War Machine?
... that starting in 2020, The Ocean Cleanup will endeavour to rid the Great Pacific garbage patch of plastic debris?
... that Daniel Bogado has seen Antonov military aircraft in the Nuba Mountains, and a deaf child in Uganda learning sign language?
... that Yellowknife's Ragged Ass Road was formerly known as Privy Road because it had many outhouses?

00:00, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Avonmouth railway station

... that Avonmouth railway station (pictured) was developed from a halt for the construction workers of the Avonmouth Docks, built in 1868?
... that the first woman to notoriously wear lipstick in Honduras is said to now be their premier woman poet?
... that corruption in South Sudan is surpassed only by Somalia, North Korea, Sudan, and Afghanistan?
... that Pink Floyd's Richard Wright was a keen collector of Persian rugs?
... that little egrets have a diet of mainly fish, but they also eat amphibians, small reptiles, mammals and birds, as well as crustaceans, molluscs, insects, spiders and worms?
... that Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway in Hamilton County, Ohio, was the first highway to be named after U.S. President Ronald Reagan?
... that the German refugee Mary Saran had a marriage of convenience to help her stay in Britain?
... that moviegoers in 1924 saw Justin Victor get away with murder because It Is the Law?

8 November 2015

12:00, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

C. L. Blood

... that 19th-century con man C. L. Blood (pictured) falsely claimed to have invented nitrous oxide, which he touted as a cure for consumption?
... that following the recent Dadri mob lynching, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi urged Hindus and Muslims to fight against poverty and not against each other?
... that iHeartRadio bet Leona Lewis $5 to sing her name in the style of Jason Derulo at the beginning of her performance of "Thunder" live on air?
... that the fuchsia gall mite, a serious pest of Fuchsia, was probably introduced into Europe accidentally by a Fuchsia enthusiast?
... that although Monica Pidgeon's father persuaded her not to study architecture, she went on to edit Architectural Design for almost three decades?
... that rapid strep tests may help to limit the use of antibiotics in viral illnesses?
... that Cherry Run in Ricketts Glen State Park has been described as "incredibly beautiful" and "phenomenal"?
... that in 1971, Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller participated in an undercover drug raid by hiding in a trunk of a car in order to make arrests?

00:00, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

RMS Strathmore

... that the P&O ocean liner Strathmore (pictured) was one of five "Beautiful White Sisters"?
... that Salvatore Grimaldi has been described as the "richest immigrant in Sweden"?
... that the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final was the first edition to be staged at Wembley Stadium?
... that according to the commander of the Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, there are underground missile bases in all the provinces and cities of Iran ready for launch at the Supreme Leader's order?
... that the mold species Dicranophora fulva was not recorded between 1935 and 1994?
... that the film Iron Man 2 was dedicated to the memory of DJ AM?
... that billionaire Joseph Grendys has built a business that kills 12 million chickens a week, but lives in the "bungalow where he grew up and drives a beat-up old Cadillac"?
... that a Zeppelin helped the Allies during World War II?

7 November 2015

12:00, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Joglo style roof associated with Javanese aristocrats

... that the social and economic status of the owners of a Javanese traditional house (example pictured) can be ascertained by the shape of the roof?
... that Roshanara, who was born and trained in India, taught Bette Davis to dance?
... that the Program for Action, a transportation proposal in New York City, was drastically truncated in the 1970s due to a lack of funds?
... that the one known fossil of the ant species Pachycondyla petrosa might be either a queen or worker?
... that the funicular at Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran provides panoramic views over the Estuary of Bilbao?
... that Harry Anthony replaced John Bieling in the American Quartet?
... that it took only six months to complete the production of Frozen Fever?
... that Ion Buzdugan, poet and deputy of the Romanian nationalist Bessarabian Peasants' Party, was chided for his poor grasp of the Romanian language?

00:00, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Little owl

... that the little owl (pictured) was sacred to the goddess Athena, from whom it gets the generic name?
... that Edwin McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951 for their discovery of the transuranium elements?
... that the Walker Art Gallery changed the name of Giovanni Segantini's painting The Punishment of Lust to avoid offending the Victorian public?
... that Osaka Tōin High School's baseball team became national champions in just their fourth year of existence?
... that scholars have uncovered the record books of the Tripoli Jewish community and 18th-century manuscripts in the study hall of Hakham Saul Adadi?
... that although Wolf Run is only 0.9 miles (1.4 km) long, it was historically used as a water supply for the Lehigh Valley Railroad?
... that a Ni no Kuni collectible card game was developed for mobile devices?
... that the title of Mariah Carey's song "H.A.T.E.U." is an acronym for "Having A Typical Emotional Upset"?

6 November 2015

12:00, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Betty Grable posing

... that press agent Harry Brand had 20th Century Fox insure Betty Grable's legs (pictured) for $1 million?
... that some sushi machines can automatically produce sushi rolls from start to finish?
... that Silvana Imam and her girlfriend Beatrice Eli performed together in 2015 under the stage name Vierge Moderne?
... that ATR-16 syndrome causes very similar symptoms to ATR-X syndrome, despite being on different chromosomes?
... that police struggled to investigate double murderer Stephen Farrow, because of his nomadic lifestyle?
... that by 1975, the year Marcy Cottrell Houle's book Wings for My Flight documents, only 324 pairs of peregrine falcons resided in the United States?
... that before becoming a provincial governor, Sun Zhigang was the chief of China's Office of Health Care Reform?
... that the University of Southern California sports anthem "Tribute to Troy" has been called one of the "top 10 most annoying college football fight songs"?

00:00, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Pinol

... that although pinol (pictured), a beverage made with toasted barley flour, unrefined sugar, and spices, was invented in the 20th century, it is already considered a traditional food of Ecuador?
... that Stella Bloch headlined in New York after she returned from learning Javanese dance at the Prince of Solo's palace?
... that Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn was shipped on a 4-gigabit game card, in order to fit the orchestral music?
... that historian Victor Langlois was tasked with researching the relations between Armenians and the French during the Crusades?
... that the queen Bombus hyperboreus kills the queen of another bumblebee species and takes over its colony?
... that Post Malone coined the song name "White Iverson" after getting braids in his hair, a reference to professional basketball player Allen Iverson?
... that three days before committing a mass shooting and then suicide at Umpqua Community College, Christopher Harper-Mercer reportedly uploaded a documentary on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting?
... that Teresa Borsuk's interest in architecture was sparked partly by Lego?

5 November 2015

12:00, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Jersey cow mushroom (left, right) and rosy spike-cap (centre)

... that the Jersey cow mushroom is thought to be parasitised by the rosy spike-cap (both pictured)?
... that jazz violinist Karen Briggs received the moniker "Lady in Red" while featuring as a soloist in Yanni's Live at the Acropolis tour?
... that "Bad Timing", an Adventure Time episode, is visually framed to have its main action occur in the center, while polygonal creatures comprise the outer margins?
... that the mutineers of the Argentine 1987 Carapintada mutiny were named "Carapintadas" ("Painted Faces") for their use of military camouflage?
... that the Bailo of Corfu also administered the affairs of the Venetian dependencies of Butrinto and Lepanto?
... that Lyubow Demeetriyevna Oosava and her fellow students of the Moscow Architectural Institute were required to study architecture and manufacture munitions during World War II?
... that L'Isle-Adam is a picturesque town with a beach beside the River Oise in Val-d'Oise?
... that his support of a women's suffrage bill resulted in Gustav A. Hoff being labeled "Petticoat Hoff"?

00:00, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Rolling lift bridge

... that William Donald Scherzer invented the first rolling lift bridge (animated)?
... that the eleventh-century Chinese military compendium Wujing Zongyao contains the earliest known written formulas for gunpowder?
... that the naval historian Peter Padfield was on the maiden voyage of Mayflower II?
... that at the 85th Academy Awards, Silver Linings Playbook became the first film in 31 years to be nominated in all four acting categories?
... that Joshua Wheeler was both the first American service member killed in action by ISIL militants, and the first killed in action in Iraq since 2011?
... that San Andrés del Rabanedo is one of the fastest-growing towns in the Spanish Province of León?
... that the BBC was accused of ignoring women architects when Patty Hopkins was removed from a photograph of The Brits Who Built the Modern World?
... that the yellow fly is Florida's most aggressive horse-fly?

4 November 2015

12:00, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Rideau Cottage in 1892

... that incoming Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will live in Rideau Cottage (pictured) instead of 24 Sussex Drive?
... that Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Elizabeth Williams is also an archaeologist and art historian who has taught at Columbia University and UC Berkeley?
... that Golem Arcana is a miniature wargaming game that interfaces with a digital app through the use of a Bluetooth stylus?
... that Vida Latham advocated for women in dentistry and medicine throughout her career in both fields?
... that the music video for Adam Lambert's "Another Lonely Night" features a transgender woman as its protagonist?
... that Dominik Wörner, winner of the 2002 International Bach Competition, recorded Lieder from Vienna written in the fin de siècle period, including works by Berg, Schönberg, Schreker and Wolf?
... that Villa Geber is best known as being Sweden's second most expensive residential property when it was sold to Salvatore Grimaldi in 2000?
... that while Brock Lesnar was stripped of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship by New Japan Pro Wrestling, Inoki Genome Federation continued to recognize him as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion?

00:00, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Portraits of Soolmans and Coppit

... that in September 2015, the portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit (pictured) broke the record as the most expensive works by Rembrandt sold at auction?
... that Centris pallida male bees regularly have internal temperatures only three degrees Celsius (about five degrees Fahrenheit) from being lethal?
... that the 2012 drama film Smashed was partly funded by Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf?
... that Arba'een Pilgrimage, the world's largest annual gathering, is held every year 40 days after Ashura for the commemoration of Husayn ibn Ali's death?
... that Tomoya Kawakita, a Japanese-American convicted of treason against the United States after World War II, was arrested after a former POW recognized him in a Los Angeles department store?
... that pink earth lichen was once thought to be in the same genus as the similar-looking brown beret lichen, until DNA sequencing proved otherwise?
... that Israeli police theorize that the NIS 9 million embezzled from the Itri yeshiva in 1999 was meant to pay for the defense of politician Aryeh Deri in his 2000 corruption trial?
... that South Branch Bowman Creek is also known as Cherry Run, but only by mistake?

3 November 2015

12:00, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Termites

... that 43 termite species (examples pictured) are used as food by humans or are fed to livestock?
... that Mark Slonim, professor of Russian literature at Sarah Lawrence College in the 1950s, was once offered a job by Benito Mussolini?
... that a burial urn on display in Aydın Archaeological Museum depicts destiny's gods Moirai, the god of the underworld Hades, the judges of the underworld, and Hades' three-headed guard dog Cerberus?
... that Constance Leathart, one of the first women to fly over the Alps, flew heavy bombers in the Second World War?
... that Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus was a U.S. government plan for recovery efforts in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack?
... that, if King Louis I of Hungary is to be trusted, his in-law Maria of Bosnia had children in her fifties and lived to be over 90?
... that the actor Ewan McGregor is making his directorial debut with American Pastoral, after the original director left?
... that Colonel John Shelton was so unpopular with his men that they gave three cheers upon hearing of his death?

00:00, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Fauré in uniform of l'Ecole Niedermeyer, Paris

... that Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine is often performed with his Requiem, although he composed it much earlier as a student (pictured in school uniform)?
... that Michael Francis Egan served as the first Bishop of Philadelphia from 1808 to 1814?
... that the anime series Charlotte has been described as defying the "moe anime" stereotype?
... that the Commonwealth of Independent States may be an example of the international relations concept of nesting?
... that The Mother is the best-known novel by Maxim Gorky and his only novel on the Russian revolutionary movement?
... that the BBC's pre-match coverage of the 2002 FA Cup Final included a sketch featuring Ricky Gervais?
... that architect Eva Vecsei has designed projects in Hungary, Canada and Pakistan?
... that the Sulawesi myna sometimes issues a "meeow"-like sound with its head thrusting forwards and its back feathers fluffed up?

2 November 2015

12:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Meat-filled pasticciotto

... that one variety of pasticciotto (example pictured) pastry is filled with meat but topped with sugar?
... that the London-based architect Rosemary Stjernstedt was the first woman to reach senior grade I status in a British council county division?
... that Yellowknifers no longer swim in the city's Frame Lake for fear of leeches in the water?
... that the Pakistani politician, ex-colonel, and ex-commander of the 13th Lancers Shuja Khanzada was recently assassinated by suicide bombers?
... that Scaptotrigona postica worker bees can trace the scent markers of workers from other colonies in order to find food sources?
... that George Edward Hilt founded the largest farm-store retailer in the United States?
... that the municipality of Amorebieta-Etxano was formed in 1951 by the merger of two communities, one of which had nearly 17,000 inhabitants by 2014 while the other had just 221?
... that the director of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter says it really will be the final chapter of Resident Evil?

00:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Meadrow Unitarian Chapel, Godalming

... that Godalming's Roman Catholic, Quaker, and Unitarian (pictured) places of worship, former Congregational chapel, and former Salvation Army hall are all Grade II listed buildings?
... that Cecile Hoover Edwards, an expert on African-American nutrition, sought to identify low-cost foods with an optimal amino acid composition?
... that in the 14th century, the Catalan town of Santa Coloma de Queralt had a large Jewish population?
... that Harry Alexander was captain of England for just one match?
... that Whiplash won the Grand Jury Prize as well as the Audience Award at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered?
... that in 1888, Vasile Morțun became the first socialist elected to the Romanian Assembly of Deputies?
... that the yellow-faced myna may pair for life?
... that when George Givot played Mae West's character's lover in blackface in a 1931 Broadway play, producers had him remove his wig after each performance to show patrons he was white?

1 November 2015

12:00, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Harry Fox

... that the Russian authorities claimed the Svans had murdered Harry Fox (pictured), but they almost certainly did not?
... that there is a large horseshoe in downtown Zagreb, Croatia?
... that Mercedes Gleitze had to attempt to swim the English Channel again to prove she had already done it?
... that Ryan Adams's album 1989 is a cover of a Taylor Swift album of the same name?
... that professional wrestler El Hijo de Dos Caras needed an opponent's help to hold a ladder so he could win a ladder match?
... that environmental issues in Tehran include severe air pollution and a high risk of earthquakes?
... that Mahmood Yakubu is the first and only Northern Nigerian with a first-class degree in history?
... that the U.S. President's Guest House is larger than the White House?

00:00, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Depiction of the werewolves of Ossory

... that the werewolves of Ossory (pictured) were said to be descended from the brother of an Irish king?
... that metal corsets probably served a medical purpose rather than being a "cruel, tortuous fashion" enforced by a dominant 16th-century queen?
... that serial killer Lizzie Halliday was the first woman sentenced to die in the electric chair?
... that Modern Vampires of the City was called "a deeply God-haunted work"?
... that ghost insects may camouflage themselves as leaves swaying in the breeze?
... that a "monster" confessed dramatically, "My heart swims in blood"?
... that "even the dead sit for Buehman"?
... that vampires were caught on camera in Prague?

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