Did You Know?

Misafir · **23-02-2007**

...that Bruce Smith was the only member of the first Parliament of Australia to oppose the White Australia Policy?
...that George Crichton's death in 1544 initiated a decade long quarrel over the position of Bishop of Dunkeld until the appointment of his nephew, Robert Crichton?
...that The Log from the Sea of Cortez documents a trip taken by John SteinbeckEd Ricketts around the Gulf of California, but neither is mentioned by name in the book? and
...that as part of a publicity stunt, the 1927 Texas Relays held a 89 mile (143 km) running race from San Antonio to Austin?
...that the entire Kannada film industry lead by Dr.Rajkumar participated in the Gokak agitation to demand the first language status of Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka?

Misafir · **25-02-2007**

...that there are over 2,300 local historic districts in the United States?
...that British General Sir Charles Harington was president of the Hurlingham Club for over 25 years?
...that in order to accommodate the rock musical Dude, The Broadway TheatreManhattan was turned into an arena filled with ramps, runways, catwalks, columns, trapezes, and trapdoors at a cost of US$800,000? in
...that "Black May" was a turning point in the World War II Battle of the Atlantic?
...that Stephen Gilbert was one of only two British artists to join the CoBrAavant-garde art group?
...that Chip Berlet's non-fiction book Clouds Blur the Rainbow: The Other Side of New Alliance Party was referenced in a 1993 United States Federal Court lawsuit involving the FBI?
...that British architect Stephen Gardiner wrote biographies of sculptors Jacob Epstein and Elisabeth Frink, both of whom were family friends?
...that the Western Blue-tongued Lizard displays its tongue to frighten off predators?

Misafir · **27-02-2007**

...that one of the statues at the erotic temple Candi Sukuh in Java, Indonesia, is a 1.82 m (6 feet) standing phallus with four balls placed below the tip?
...that Derek Gardner became a leading British painter of marine subjects after retiring from a civil engineering career due to deafness?
...that Kobe Bryant's agent, Rob Pelinka, was the only person to play in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship for both the 1989 champion Michigan and for both of the 1992 and 1993 runners-up known as the Fab Five teams?
...that Fort William College, set up for the training of British officials, fostered the development of Indian languages?
...that the lower species diversity among certain mammals of New England compared to mammals of the American West is thought to be due to fewer glacialrefugia in the Eastern United States?
...that according to legend, Joseph Stalin remained in Moscow during World War II partly due to a prophecy from Matryona Nikonova, who he covertly visited while she was hiding from his government?

Misafir · **28-02-2007**

...that a Drascombe is a class of small sailing boats designed by John Watkinson?
...that Air Marshal Sir Richard Gordon Wakeford flew Catalina flying boats in the Second World War, and was involved in the last sinking of a German U-boat on 8 May 1945?
...that the National Language Authority in Pakistan is the first autonomousregulatory institution to have internationally standardized the Urdu language code table and Urdu keyboard for typewriters, teleprinters, and computer software?
...that in the Lithuanian calendar, three months are named for birds and two for trees?
...that Winnie Winkle by Martin Branner was, in 1920, the first American comic strip to have a working woman as the main character?
...that the Volga Tatars believed that the Volga Bulgarian medieval city of Aşlı was founded there by Alexander the Great?

Misafir · **02-03-2007**

...that the Eastgate Clock in Chester is the second most photographed timepieceUnited Kingdom, after Big Ben? in the
...that the location of tropical cyclone formations are traditionally divided into seven basins?
...that Hernando Arias de Saavedra was the first native-born governor of a New World colony and issued the order leading to the modern-day partition of ArgentinaParaguay? and
...that Kavirajamarga, the earliest extant literary work in the Kannada language, was written by King Amoghavarsha I who was a famous poet and a scholar?
...that many Australian wool, dairy, and wheat towns were created overnight when demobilized WWI and WWII soldiers accepted Crown land in otherwise uninhabited rural locations?
...that the Life Assurance Act 1774, still in force in Britain today, closed a legal loophole which had allowed life insurance policies to be used as a form of gambling?

23-02-2007	#46 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that Bruce Smith was the only member of the first Parliament of Australia to oppose the White Australia Policy? ...that George Crichton's death in 1544 initiated a decade long quarrel over the position of Bishop of Dunkeld until the appointment of his nephew, Robert Crichton? ...that The Log from the Sea of Cortez documents a trip taken by John SteinbeckEd Ricketts around the Gulf of California, but neither is mentioned by name in the book? and ...that as part of a publicity stunt, the 1927 Texas Relays held a 89 mile (143 km) running race from San Antonio to Austin? ...that the entire Kannada film industry lead by Dr.Rajkumar participated in the Gokak agitation to demand the first language status of Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka?

25-02-2007	#47 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that there are over 2,300 local historic districts in the United States? ...that British General Sir Charles Harington was president of the Hurlingham Club for over 25 years? ...that in order to accommodate the rock musical Dude, The Broadway TheatreManhattan was turned into an arena filled with ramps, runways, catwalks, columns, trapezes, and trapdoors at a cost of US$800,000? in ...that "Black May" was a turning point in the World War II Battle of the Atlantic? ...that Stephen Gilbert was one of only two British artists to join the CoBrAavant-garde art group? ...that Chip Berlet's non-fiction book Clouds Blur the Rainbow: The Other Side of New Alliance Party was referenced in a 1993 United States Federal Court lawsuit involving the FBI? ...that British architect Stephen Gardiner wrote biographies of sculptors Jacob Epstein and Elisabeth Frink, both of whom were family friends? ...that the Western Blue-tongued Lizard displays its tongue to frighten off predators?

27-02-2007	#48 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that one of the statues at the erotic temple Candi Sukuh in Java, Indonesia, is a 1.82 m (6 feet) standing phallus with four balls placed below the tip? ...that Derek Gardner became a leading British painter of marine subjects after retiring from a civil engineering career due to deafness? ...that Kobe Bryant's agent, Rob Pelinka, was the only person to play in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship for both the 1989 champion Michigan and for both of the 1992 and 1993 runners-up known as the Fab Five teams? ...that Fort William College, set up for the training of British officials, fostered the development of Indian languages? ...that the lower species diversity among certain mammals of New England compared to mammals of the American West is thought to be due to fewer glacialrefugia in the Eastern United States? ...that according to legend, Joseph Stalin remained in Moscow during World War II partly due to a prophecy from Matryona Nikonova, who he covertly visited while she was hiding from his government?

28-02-2007	#49 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that a Drascombe is a class of small sailing boats designed by John Watkinson? ...that Air Marshal Sir Richard Gordon Wakeford flew Catalina flying boats in the Second World War, and was involved in the last sinking of a German U-boat on 8 May 1945? ...that the National Language Authority in Pakistan is the first autonomousregulatory institution to have internationally standardized the Urdu language code table and Urdu keyboard for typewriters, teleprinters, and computer software? ...that in the Lithuanian calendar, three months are named for birds and two for trees? ...that Winnie Winkle by Martin Branner was, in 1920, the first American comic strip to have a working woman as the main character? ...that the Volga Tatars believed that the Volga Bulgarian medieval city of Aşlı was founded there by Alexander the Great?

02-03-2007	#50 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that the Eastgate Clock in Chester is the second most photographed timepieceUnited Kingdom, after Big Ben? in the ...that the location of tropical cyclone formations are traditionally divided into seven basins? ...that Hernando Arias de Saavedra was the first native-born governor of a New World colony and issued the order leading to the modern-day partition of ArgentinaParaguay? and ...that Kavirajamarga, the earliest extant literary work in the Kannada language, was written by King Amoghavarsha I who was a famous poet and a scholar? ...that many Australian wool, dairy, and wheat towns were created overnight when demobilized WWI and WWII soldiers accepted Crown land in otherwise uninhabited rural locations? ...that the Life Assurance Act 1774, still in force in Britain today, closed a legal loophole which had allowed life insurance policies to be used as a form of gambling?