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Blue Blood · **27-12-2006**

...that Russian painter Konstantin Makovsky (pictured) left the Imperial Academy of Arts without a formal diploma, after having refused to paint on a set topic in Scandinavian mythology?
...that only one horse in the International Special horse races was born outside the United States?
...that Romanian leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej accused Miron ConstantinescuStalinist only a few years after sidelining him for supporting de-Stalinization? of being a
...that Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon ordered that the Living Museum of the Horse be built, believing he would be reincarnated as a horse?
...that 45,000 Romanians living near the Yugoslav border were forcibly deportedJune 18, 1951 due to deteriorating relations between the two countries? on
...that the Filipino special court Sandiganbayan holds equivalent rank to the Philippine Court of Appeals?

Blue Blood · **27-12-2006**

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Blue Blood · **31-12-2006**

...that Thomas Cole painted The Oxbow (pictured) in 1836 after taking a break from working on his famous series of paintings The Course of Empire?
...that the Barker Inlet in South Australia contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world ?
...that although Pueblo Revival Style architecture draws its inspiration from the Pueblos and the Spanish missions of New Mexico, it first appeared in California?
...that Trdat the Architect reconstructed the dome of the Hagia Sophia in 989Cathedral of Ani? and built the
...that the Roman Catholic prelature of Trondheim was founded in 1843 and based on the archbishop diocese abandoned in 1537 with the Reformation on the shrine of St. Olav, one of the most important pilgrim destinations in the Middle Ages?
...that 22-year-old Indian cricketer Vikram Singh, regarded by many as the fastest bowler in India, played only 5 matches for his state before being selected for the national squad against Sri Lanka?

Blue Blood · **01-01-2007**

...that the history of the carom billiards disciplines, balkline and straight rail(balkline table pictured), features a veritable billiards evolutionary arms race, in which each new rule implemented was interdicted by a shot developed to counter it?
...that former New Jersey Representative Edward J. Patten was unanimously cleared by the House Ethics Committee of charges associated with the 1978Koreagate scandal?
...that Bruce Campbell was removed from office as a Circuit Court Judge in the United Kingdom after being convicted of importing whisky and cigarettes without paying customs duty on them?
...that sleeve garters were first used in the 19th century and are still worn by poker dealers and barbershop musicians?
...that sonofabitch stew is a cowboy dish made with meats and organs from a freshly killed calf?

Blue Blood · **03-01-2007**

...that Ford Madox Brown painted most of The Last of England (pictured) outdoors in bad weather?
...that the university mascot called "the Ichabod" is named after Ichabod Washburn, an owner of the world's largest wire mill?
...that in Public Prosecutor v. Khong Teng Khen & Anor. it was held that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia can promulgate ordinances with the force of law?
...that women may be subject to honor killing for violation of namus?
...that after Frank W. Towey, Jr. lost his House of Representatives re-election bid, he became assistant to the U.S. Attorney General?
...that the Young Bengal leader Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee was largely ostracized for marrying the widow of Maharaja Tejendra?
...that the Malta Summit was the first face-to-face meeting between George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev?

Blue Blood · **04-01-2007**

...Ichikawa Danjūrō I (pictured) was killed onstage by a fellow Kabuki actor?
...the Swedish forces at the Siege of Jasna Góra were actually Germanmercenaries and Polish supporters of Charles X Gustav?
...jazz musician Roscoe Mitchell, while in Germany for the U.S. Army, studied under the first clarinetist of the Heidelberg Symphony?
...the Australian punk rock single "(I’m) Stranded" pre-dated the Sex Pistols' debut release?
...Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, a Kannada poem, was declared the official anthem of the Indian state of Karnataka in 2004?
...Plagiostomum vittatum, the "Candy Cane Worm", is a flatworm with red stripes?
...the Normal School for Colored Girls was incorporated into the University of the District of Columbia?

Blue Blood · **06-01-2007**

...that approximately one-third of nearby galaxies contain low-ionization nuclear emission-line regions?
...that the McCarthy-style interrogations of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee caused the firing or expulsion of scores of professors and students from Florida universities between 1956 and 1966?
...that among the earliest accounts of the use of a man-lifting kite is in the story of Ishikawa Goemon's robbery from Nagoya Castle?
...that Major Megan McClung, the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat in Iraq, organized and competed in the first satellite running of the Marine Corps Marathon in Iraq?
...that John Litchfield trod on the foot of one Prime Minister, sat on the lap of another, and was the first person to toast the health of Queen Elizabeth II?
...that the future mother-in-law of Kunikida Doppo urged her daughter to commit suicide rather than marry the Japanese author?

Blue Blood · **14-01-2007**

...that Darwin Falls is the tallest waterfall in Death Valley National Park and features a rare example of riparian greenery in the driest place in North America?
...that William E. "Bud" Davis wanted "to be the world's greatest football coach" and got a chance to prove it in 1962, but went 2-8 and never coached again, but went on to a successful career as university president at 4 universities?
...that, in autumn 1934, Amicii URSS, a Romanian left-wing cultural society, dispatched the writer Alexandru Sahia on an illegal visit to the Soviet Union, as a means to commemorate the October Revolution?
...that Mandy Mitchell-Innes was the last surviving English cricketer to have played Test cricket before the Second World War?
...that William Dronfield founded the United Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades, which inspired the creation of the Trades Union Congress?
...that "On the very first of May", a work composed by singer and organist William Savage, was set to nonsense verses by his wife?

Blue Blood · **17-01-2007**

...that An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (pictured) depicts the recreation of an experiment first carried out by Robert Boyle over a hundred years earlier?
...that Sir Samuel Davenport, a South Australian parliamentarian, had an electoral district named after him?
...that "Push It To The Limit", a pop rap song backed by The Walt Disney Company, was recently the most downloaded song at the iTunes Store?
...that in the 1950s, the names and telephone numbers of women who attended the integrated meetings of civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr were published in a Ku Klux Klan magazine?
...that recently-departed Dame Joyanne Bracewell was the fifth woman to be appointed as an English High Court judge?
...that despite having won the Cricket World Cup only once (1983), Indian cricket team batsmen hold most Cricket World Cup batting records?
...that the Sao civilisation is the earliest to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon?

Blue Blood · **18-01-2007**

...that the Australian steamer TSS Kanowna (pictured) was requisitioned twice during World War I, first as a troopship and then as a hospital ship?
...that male spiders, scorpions and mantids have special strategies to avoid sexual cannibalism?
...that Joseph E. Widener, a major figure in U.S.Thoroughbred horse racing, lost his elder brother and nephew in the Titanic disaster?
...that the Federal Corrupt Practices Act was the primary law regulating campaign finance in U.S. federal elections until the passage of the Federal Election Campaign Act in 1971?
...that Trondheim Tramway was reopened in 1990 after being permanently closed for two years, the process costing two mayors in Trondheim their jobs?
...that Russian billionaire, politician and philanthropist Alexander LebedevKGB agent working in London? started his career as a
...that Windows DreamScene displays videos in MPEG or WMV format as desktop wallpaper?
...that Öpir, the "shouter", was the most productive of the old Vikingrunemasters?

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