Did You Know?

NoRanynn · **28-04-2007**

...that the Ibirapuera Auditorium (pictured) in São Paulo, Brazil, features a reversible stage that can play concerts to audiences inside and out?
...that 18% of all deaths occuring in automobile accidents are the result of traumatic aortic ruptures?
...that Gaetano Donizetti's opera Le duc d'Albe didn't receive its first performance until more than 40 years after his death?
...that Dr. Andrew Rochford, a presenter on the popular Australian television show What's Good For You, got his break after he won the popular show The Block?
...that the ideology of the Romanian National Renaissance Front has been described as "operetta fascism"?
...that according to Ronald Enroth's book Churches That Abuse, "spiritual abuseBible-preaching, fundamentalist, conservative Christianity"? can take place in the context of doctrinally sound,
...that Nova Studios developed the "West Coast Look", a stylized and highly planned filmmaking style of gay pornography which dominated the genre through the 1980s?

NoRanynn · **29-04-2007**

...that the teponaztli (pictured) is an Aztec wooden slit drum?
...that Fort Antes in what is now Nippenose Township, Pennsylvania, survived a scorched earth attack during the American Revolutionary War, despite having been abandoned by its defenders?
...that Chitrakala Parishat, an art institution and a cultural organization in Bangalore, was the brainchild of famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich who used to reside in that city?
...that Peter of Tarentaise started the charitable tradition of giving food to poor farmers in the spring called pain de Mai (May-bread), which continued for over 600 years?

NoRanynn · **30-04-2007**

...that Company style paintings (example pictured) were made by Indian artists for patrons from the British East India Company in the 18th and 19th centuries?
...that the Brown Rock Chat sometimes nests in the rafters of inhabited houses?
...that St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is one of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's oldest churches and a prime example of the 'Polish Cathedral' style?
...that nomadic eagle falconers maintain that "as the man trains the eagle, so does the eagle train his man"?
...that Josef Hoffmann co-founded two major art groups and his designs served as a precedent for modern architecture?
...that ten case forms can be traced in the Lithuanian language, seven of which are preserved in the standard language version?
...that Arthur Fonjallaz was expelled from the Heimwehr, a fascist organization in Switzerland, because he advocated an annexation by Italy?

NoRanynn · **02-05-2007**

...that Albert Tissandier (pictured) and his brother Gaston demonstrated the first electric powered flight?
...that chocolate was the first non-alcoholic social beverage in early modern European cuisine?
...that the South Wales Gas Pipeline is the United Kingdom's largest high pressure gas pipeline?
...that the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team has won two NIT championships and made 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, but has also had a winless season?
...that children in a test audience for Sesame Street’s episode Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce were so devastated by the show that producers declined to air it?
...that Saint Gorgonia supposedly cured herself of a life-threatening illness by anointing herself with elements of the Eucharist mixed with her own tears?

Miriel · **05-05-2007**

...that the current rendering of the mermaid in the coat of arms of Ustka (pictured) is the result of a two-year debate over the size of her breasts?
...that from around 900 to 1500 the Mixtec people wrote using pictorial representations and symbols?
...that Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center archivist Larry Pile has a military intelligence background with the U.S. Army Security Agency?
...that Philadelpian Nelson Graves was only 14 years old when he made his first-class cricket debut?
...that the Kentucky bar examination is the only one in the United States that uses the Multistate Essay Examination without also using the Multistate Performance Test?
...that The Man Who Came Early, a 1956 time travel short story by Poul Anderson, was written as the antithesis of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?

28-04-2007	#61 (mesaj-linki)
NoRanynn	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that the Ibirapuera Auditorium (pictured) in São Paulo, Brazil, features a reversible stage that can play concerts to audiences inside and out? ...that 18% of all deaths occuring in automobile accidents are the result of traumatic aortic ruptures? ...that Gaetano Donizetti's opera Le duc d'Albe didn't receive its first performance until more than 40 years after his death? ...that Dr. Andrew Rochford, a presenter on the popular Australian television show What's Good For You, got his break after he won the popular show The Block? ...that the ideology of the Romanian National Renaissance Front has been described as "operetta fascism"? ...that according to Ronald Enroth's book Churches That Abuse, "spiritual abuseBible-preaching, fundamentalist, conservative Christianity"? can take place in the context of doctrinally sound, ...that Nova Studios developed the "West Coast Look", a stylized and highly planned filmmaking style of gay pornography which dominated the genre through the 1980s?

29-04-2007	#62 (mesaj-linki)
NoRanynn	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that the teponaztli (pictured) is an Aztec wooden slit drum? ...that Fort Antes in what is now Nippenose Township, Pennsylvania, survived a scorched earth attack during the American Revolutionary War, despite having been abandoned by its defenders? ...that Chitrakala Parishat, an art institution and a cultural organization in Bangalore, was the brainchild of famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich who used to reside in that city? ...that Peter of Tarentaise started the charitable tradition of giving food to poor farmers in the spring called pain de Mai (May-bread), which continued for over 600 years?

30-04-2007	#63 (mesaj-linki)
NoRanynn	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that Company style paintings (example pictured) were made by Indian artists for patrons from the British East India Company in the 18th and 19th centuries? ...that the Brown Rock Chat sometimes nests in the rafters of inhabited houses? ...that St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is one of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's oldest churches and a prime example of the 'Polish Cathedral' style? ...that nomadic eagle falconers maintain that "as the man trains the eagle, so does the eagle train his man"? ...that Josef Hoffmann co-founded two major art groups and his designs served as a precedent for modern architecture? ...that ten case forms can be traced in the Lithuanian language, seven of which are preserved in the standard language version? ...that Arthur Fonjallaz was expelled from the Heimwehr, a fascist organization in Switzerland, because he advocated an annexation by Italy?

02-05-2007	#64 (mesaj-linki)
NoRanynn	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that Albert Tissandier (pictured) and his brother Gaston demonstrated the first electric powered flight? ...that chocolate was the first non-alcoholic social beverage in early modern European cuisine? ...that the South Wales Gas Pipeline is the United Kingdom's largest high pressure gas pipeline? ...that the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team has won two NIT championships and made 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, but has also had a winless season? ...that children in a test audience for Sesame Street’s episode Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce were so devastated by the show that producers declined to air it? ...that Saint Gorgonia supposedly cured herself of a life-threatening illness by anointing herself with elements of the Eucharist mixed with her own tears?

05-05-2007	#65 (mesaj-linki)
Miriel	Cvp: Did You Know... ...that the current rendering of the mermaid in the coat of arms of Ustka (pictured) is the result of a two-year debate over the size of her breasts? ...that from around 900 to 1500 the Mixtec people wrote using pictorial representations and symbols? ...that Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center archivist Larry Pile has a military intelligence background with the U.S. Army Security Agency? ...that Philadelpian Nelson Graves was only 14 years old when he made his first-class cricket debut? ...that the Kentucky bar examination is the only one in the United States that uses the Multistate Essay Examination without also using the Multistate Performance Test? ...that The Man Who Came Early, a 1956 time travel short story by Poul Anderson, was written as the antithesis of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?