Did You Know?

Misafir · **03-03-2007**

...that in 1918 the issue of Lietuvos Aidas containing the text of the Act of Independence of Lithuania was confiscated by the German authorities?
...that "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" received three perfect scores at the start of voting in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 before ultimately coming in fourth, making Hungary the only debuting nation to lead the voting?
...that a shop drawing is not created by the architect or the engineer, but by the fabricator?
...that Dr. Colin Skinner, a British molecular biologist, is attempting to walk around the world?
...that wandering spleen is a rare medical disease caused by the loss or weakening of the ligaments that help to keep the spleen in the upper left part of the abdomen?
...that the Stowe Recreation Path received the majority of its funding from selling of pieces of it, as small as an inch?

Misafir · **04-03-2007**

...that the National Art Museum of Ukraine's collections were first exhibited outside the country after it reached independence in 1991?
...that "Antietam" is misspelled on the facade of the Civil War Memorial in DeKalb County, Illinois?
...that the majority of Assyrians in Finland live in Oulu, the sixth largest city in the country?
...that for participating in the American premiere of Richard Wagner's Parsifalagainst the wishes of the composer's family, Milka Ternina was never again invited to perform at Bayreuth?
...that the Grade I-listed St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton, England, was described as a "monster excrescence", "a cheese warehouse" and a "brick parallelogram" by some of its detractors at a heated Council meeting in 1893?
...that Albinus of Angers, who as bishop reportedly used diocesan funds to ransom people captured by pirates, thereafter became the patron saint against pirate attack and of coastal communities as far away as Poland and New Jersey?

Misafir · **13-03-2007**

...that Italian-Australian hermit Valerio Ricetti shifted hundreds of tons of rock over 23 years to create his own utopia at Hermit's Cave near Griffith, New South Wales?
...that Madame Montour, of Native American and French Canadian heritage, was paid the same as a man when she worked as an interpreter for the colonial governments of New York and Pennsylvania in the first half of the 18th century?
...that Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna-Honeycomb House takes its inspiration from the hexagonal structure of a bee's honeycomb?
...that Arishima Ikuma, Japanese novelist, published his new-style poems and short stories as a vehicle to introduce the works of the French impressionist painter Paul Cézanne to the Japanese public?
...that eight of Australia's top fighter pilots attempted to resign their commissions in the final months of World War II, in the so-called Morotai Mutiny? f

Misafir · **15-03-2007**

...that Regal Mountain , an eroded stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains, is the third highest thirteener (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska?
...that German toymaker Richard Steiff's invention of a toy bear received highest honors at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair?
...that more is known about Neaira, a hetaera who lived during the 4th century BC in ancient Greece, than any other prostitute in classical antiquity?
...that taxi driver David Wilkie was killed during the UK miners' strike in 1984, when two striking coal miners dropped a 46 lb concrete block on the taxicab in which was carrying a working miner?
...that the Bienwald is a large forested area in the southern Pfalz region of Germany, near the towns of Kandel and Wörth am Rhein?
...that "urban Indian" activist Bernie Whitebear was the brother of groundbreaking health care administrator Luana Reyes and of sculptor, curator and memoirist Lawney Reyes?

Misafir · **21-03-2007**

...that United States Marine Sergeant Aubrey McDade was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in Iraq in 2004?
...that the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum recorded over 1,200 violations of human rights in Zimbabwe by the law enforcement agencies from 2001 to September 2006?
...that Edward Alleyn had to form a partnership with twelve others to meet the £1,000 cost to rebuild the Fortune Playhouse in London after it burned down in 1621?
...that Sir Norman Hulbert claimed that That Was The Week That Was infringed Parliamentary privilege in 1963 when it named 13 MPs who had not spoken in the chamber of the House of Commons since they were elected in 1959?
...that the musical Foxy was a total flop in Dawson City in 1962, costing its producers their $400,000 investment, but was revived on Broadway in 1964?
...that Bandung in Indonesia was dubbed the "Paris of Java" (Parijs van Java) in the 1920s due to the European ambience of Braga Street?

03-03-2007	#51 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that in 1918 the issue of Lietuvos Aidas containing the text of the Act of Independence of Lithuania was confiscated by the German authorities? ...that "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" received three perfect scores at the start of voting in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 before ultimately coming in fourth, making Hungary the only debuting nation to lead the voting? ...that a shop drawing is not created by the architect or the engineer, but by the fabricator? ...that Dr. Colin Skinner, a British molecular biologist, is attempting to walk around the world? ...that wandering spleen is a rare medical disease caused by the loss or weakening of the ligaments that help to keep the spleen in the upper left part of the abdomen? ...that the Stowe Recreation Path received the majority of its funding from selling of pieces of it, as small as an inch?

04-03-2007	#52 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that the National Art Museum of Ukraine's collections were first exhibited outside the country after it reached independence in 1991? ...that "Antietam" is misspelled on the facade of the Civil War Memorial in DeKalb County, Illinois? ...that the majority of Assyrians in Finland live in Oulu, the sixth largest city in the country? ...that for participating in the American premiere of Richard Wagner's Parsifalagainst the wishes of the composer's family, Milka Ternina was never again invited to perform at Bayreuth? ...that the Grade I-listed St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton, England, was described as a "monster excrescence", "a cheese warehouse" and a "brick parallelogram" by some of its detractors at a heated Council meeting in 1893? ...that Albinus of Angers, who as bishop reportedly used diocesan funds to ransom people captured by pirates, thereafter became the patron saint against pirate attack and of coastal communities as far away as Poland and New Jersey?

13-03-2007	#53 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that Italian-Australian hermit Valerio Ricetti shifted hundreds of tons of rock over 23 years to create his own utopia at Hermit's Cave near Griffith, New South Wales? ...that Madame Montour, of Native American and French Canadian heritage, was paid the same as a man when she worked as an interpreter for the colonial governments of New York and Pennsylvania in the first half of the 18th century? ...that Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna-Honeycomb House takes its inspiration from the hexagonal structure of a bee's honeycomb? ...that Arishima Ikuma, Japanese novelist, published his new-style poems and short stories as a vehicle to introduce the works of the French impressionist painter Paul Cézanne to the Japanese public? ...that eight of Australia's top fighter pilots attempted to resign their commissions in the final months of World War II, in the so-called Morotai Mutiny? f

15-03-2007	#54 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that Regal Mountain , an eroded stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains, is the third highest thirteener (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska? ...that German toymaker Richard Steiff's invention of a toy bear received highest honors at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair? ...that more is known about Neaira, a hetaera who lived during the 4th century BC in ancient Greece, than any other prostitute in classical antiquity? ...that taxi driver David Wilkie was killed during the UK miners' strike in 1984, when two striking coal miners dropped a 46 lb concrete block on the taxicab in which was carrying a working miner? ...that the Bienwald is a large forested area in the southern Pfalz region of Germany, near the towns of Kandel and Wörth am Rhein? ...that "urban Indian" activist Bernie Whitebear was the brother of groundbreaking health care administrator Luana Reyes and of sculptor, curator and memoirist Lawney Reyes?

21-03-2007	#55 (mesaj-linki)
Misafir	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that United States Marine Sergeant Aubrey McDade was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in Iraq in 2004? ...that the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum recorded over 1,200 violations of human rights in Zimbabwe by the law enforcement agencies from 2001 to September 2006? ...that Edward Alleyn had to form a partnership with twelve others to meet the £1,000 cost to rebuild the Fortune Playhouse in London after it burned down in 1621? ...that Sir Norman Hulbert claimed that That Was The Week That Was infringed Parliamentary privilege in 1963 when it named 13 MPs who had not spoken in the chamber of the House of Commons since they were elected in 1959? ...that the musical Foxy was a total flop in Dawson City in 1962, costing its producers their $400,000 investment, but was revived on Broadway in 1964? ...that Bandung in Indonesia was dubbed the "Paris of Java" (Parijs van Java) in the 1920s due to the European ambience of Braga Street?