Did You Know?

Blue Blood · **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?

Blue Blood · **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?

Blue Blood · **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

Blue Blood · **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 ** 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?

Blue Blood · **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?

Blue Blood · **01-04-2007**

...that the cappuccio (pictured), a type of headgear worn by men and women in 15th century Florence, was typically made by tailors instead of hatmakers?
...that Desmarest's Hutia has the most complex stomach of any rodent?
...that Richard de Southchurch, Sheriff of Essex, planned to attack London with burning cocks?
...that Rush Limbaugh was a U.S. ambassador to India?
...that the Tempest Prognosticator employs a jury of twelve leeches that use small hammers to ring a bell to indicate the approach of a storm?
...that Serge Voronoff's surgical technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue onto human males has some modern supporters?

Blue Blood · **04-04-2007**

...that Dyrehaven, a forest park outside Copenhagen, has 15 entrances, all with characteristic red gates (pictured)?
...that Phoebe Hessel, who masqueraded as a man for 17 years to fight in the British Army alongside her husband, is buried in the churchyard at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, England?
...that when Indrajit Gupta, a Communist, became India's Union Minister for Home Affairs in 1996, he became head of a ministry 'which once policed the Commies'?
...that Russian architect Lev Kekushev built Art Nouveau buildings in MoscowLev) ornament or sculpture? in the 1890s and early 1900s, "signed" with a lion (
...that the synagogue at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna was heavily devastated during the Kristallnacht in 1938 and converted into a transformer station after the war?
...that John Aloysius Ward, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff from 1983, took early retirement in 2001, after the later years of his ministry were overshadowed by cases of sexual misconduct by priests in his archdiocese?

**11-04-2007**

in ...that because of its unique geology, a 230 hectare area of Rosthwaite Fell (pictured)Cumbria, England was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985?
...that Michael Groce indirectly started the Brixton riot of 1985?
...that Wyoming Seminary, a private school in Kingston, Pennsylvania, participated in the first nighttime American football game in 1892?
...that the pigment responsible for the colour of the bright green Parrot Toadstool is not chlorophyll as it is a fungus?
...that the finds at the village of Gnezdovo near Smolensk include an early folding razor, the first pivoted scissors found in Eastern Europe, and the earliest inscription in the Old Russian language?
...that the self-taught weapon designer Aimo Lahti designed over 50 weapons of all types prior to and during World War II, including the successful Suomi M-31?
...that the barrel vault (pictured) was developed chiefly by the ancient Greeks and Romans, but endured to be a mainstay of medieval and even modern architecture?
...that "On Again...Off Again" features influences from both dance music and opera, the only time that such a combination has appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest?
...that Sarskoye Gorodishche outpost on the near Rostov has been interpreted either as a VarangianVolga trade route or the capital of the Finnic Merya?
...that the primary disposal method for human feces in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, is the unsanitary flying toilet?
...that the painting The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (pictured), owned by Queen Elizabeth II, has recently been verified as an authentic Caravaggio, and not a relatively worthless copy?

Blue Blood · **24-04-2007**

...that the Oscar Niemeyer Museum (pictured) in Paraná, Brazil was reinaugurated to honor its famous architect Oscar Niemeyer, who completed his design for the museum's annex at the age of 95?
...that Donald Stephens, mayor of Rosemont, Illinois for 51 years, is believed to be the longest-serving mayor in the United States?
...that in economics, the kinked demand curve theory was the first attempt at explaining sticky prices?
...that French mycologist and naturalist Lucien Quélet claimed in his book, Mycologic Flora of France, that the human race as a whole was becoming more and more primitive?
...that the Lykaia in Arcadia was a primitive rite of passage centered upon a threat of cannibalism and the possibility of a werewolf transformation?
...that James T. Brand of the Oregon Supreme Court was the presiding judge for most of the Judges' Trial, in which 10 German lawyers and judges were convicted of war crimes after World War II?

**25-04-2007**

...that, although Mozart never visited Kroměříž, much of the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus was filmed at the local episcopal residence (pictured)?
...that A Perfect Vacuum, a 1971 book by Polish author Stanisław Lem, is an anthology of imaginary reviews of nonexistent books?
... that the disputed Sir Creek, a tidal estuary, has prevented India and Pakistan from setting a permanent maritime boundary in the Arabian Sea?
...that Harry Pursey started his career as a boy seaman in the Royal Navy, retired with the rank of Commander, and served as a Member of Parliament for twenty-five years?
...that Harvard's prestigious annual Dudleian lectures, endowed in 1750 for denouncing the supposed errors of Catholicism, were held by the Catholic Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini in 1998?
...that Dutch football manager Clemens Westerhof is credited with turning the Nigerian national team into a perennial powerhouse in African football, having guided them to victory in the 1992 African Cup of Nations as well as their first FIFA World Cup participation in 1994?
...that the historical painting called the Black Admiral (pictured), long thought to depict an African-American Revolutionary War officer, has now been discovered to be a 1970s fraud?
...that partly because of issues highlighed by the London matchgirls strike of 1888, the Salvation Army opened up its own match factory in Bow, London in 1891, which used harmless red phosphorus and paid better wages?
...that Joseph Wallace Oman, a future Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, was awarded a Navy Cross during World War I for commanding the seized German SS Vaterland (renamed the USS Leviathan), and delivering almost 120,000 troops to the war effort in Europe?
...that during the French Revolution, the lawyer defending Marie Antoinette, Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde, came under such suspicion for the able defense he made, that he was forced to defend himself before the Comité de sûreté générale?
...that the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, a regiment of the British Indian Army, uniquely possessed an Honorary Colour granted for service under General Lake in 1803 and employed an additional jemadar to carry it?
...that the Mundum Neriyathum (pictured) is a remnant of the ancient saree worn by women in the South Indian state of Kerala including the Nair community noted for their matrifocality?
...that LT United's Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry "We Are The Winners" was so well-received by the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, that the group were invited to his Presidential Office to perform the song live for him?
...that the first pilgrimage made by Christopher Columbus upon discovering America was to the Royal monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe, the principal house of the monastic order of the Hieronymites?
...that Yakov Kulnev, a Russian general killed in action during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, was reputed to live in poverty, in order to emulate the soldiers of Roman antiquity that were his ideal?
...that the seal of Baruch ben Neriah, a legendary 6th century BCE scribe and disciple of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah, was found imprinted on two clay bullae excavated in 1975 and 1996?
...that the Basilica of Begoña in Bilbao, Spain has 24 bells, each imported from Switzerland?
...that schools of traditional Japanese arts such as Go, calligraphy, tea ceremony, Noh theatre and martial arts are based on a hereditary system of grand masters called Iemoto? (pictured: Sen no Rikyū, founder of 3 schools of arts)
...that Eastley End House, in Surrey, was used as a base for "burglar-hunting" parties?
...that with some 150,000 customers per day, the Seventh-Kilometer Market outside of Odessa, Ukraine, is among the largest markets of the world and consists almost entirely of shipping containers?
...that Garry Parker ran the full length of the pitch at Wembley Stadium to score a goal for Nottingham Forest in the final of the Simod Cup against Everton in 1989, which Forest won 4-3?
...that legislation concerning slavery in ancient Greece allowed guardians of unmarried women who lost their virginity to sell them as slaves?
...that the Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel (map at right) is a proposed underwater tunnel for rail transport of freight between central New Jersey and southern New York City, United States?
...that Tanaka Shosuke is the first recorded Japanese to have travelled to the Americas in 1610, on the Japanese-built ship San Buena Ventura?
... that in the case of Sue v Hill, the High Court of Australia decided that the United Kingdom was a "foreign power" to Australia, recognising Australia's complete independence?
...that during the Iberian War, Kavadh I tried to make peace with the new emperor Justinian I by attempting to have Justinian adopt his son Khosrau I?
...that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the Republic of Kalmykia and head of the World Chess Federation, built the multi-million dollar Chess City complex for hosting international chess tournaments?
...that after winning Germany's only Eurovision victory in 1982 with a record margin, Nicole performed her reprise of the winning song "Ein Bisschen Frieden" in four different languages?
...that a group of angry American colonists inspired by the Boston Tea Party gave the owner of a tea ship, Peggy Stewart (pictured) the option to burn his ship or be hanged on October 19, 1774?
...that Michael Moorcock wrote the book The City in the Autumn Stars in tandem with The Laughter of Carthage, one during the day, and the other at night?
...that ergs are huge (> 125 km²) fields of sand dunes and that approximately 85% of all the Earth's mobile sand is found in ergs that are larger than 32,000 km²?
...that cracker butterflies acquired their name because of the unusual sound that males produce as part of their territorial displays?
...that advanced practitioners of Japanese tea ceremony are awarded ceremonial tea names that may incorporate the names of animals, trees or flowers, natural phenomena, or personal characteristics, or may be based on Buddhist teachings?
...that Richie Evans holds the record for the most NASCAR championships with nine NASCAR Modified championships, including his posthumous championship in 1985, the first year of the Whelen Modified Tour?
... that the first commission of printmaker Hashiguchi Goyo (pictured right, Goyo's Kamisuki) was to organize the layout and illustrations of Natsume Soseki's novel I ** a Cat?
...that the oldest remaining structure showing the establishment of Buddhism in Australia are two bodhi trees planted by Sinhalese immigrants on Thursday Island in the 1890s?
...that Harold Hardwick, an Australian swimming gold medallist at the 1912 Olympics, was also a national boxing champion and later an army colonel?
...that throughout the Second World War, there were four formations that carried the name of Polish 8th Infantry Division and two of them existed simultaneously?
...that the MacHeths were a Gaelic kindred who raised several rebellions against the Scotto-Norman kings of Scotland in the 12th and 13th centuries?
...that Broadway producer Jed Harris was the inspiration for both Laurence Olivier's interpretation of Richard III, and Walt Disney's Big Bad Wolf?
...that Heart Mountain (pictured) in Wyoming, USA, was transported to its current location by the largest landslide ever discovered, approximately 50 million years ago?
...that tent pegging is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation?
...that the University of Liberia, founded in 1862, is the oldest institute of higher learning in West Africa?
...that an unnamed hurricane in October, 1804 brought up to three feet of snow to parts of New England?
...that Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki, a peasant, became a Polish national hero after he captured a Russian cannon during the Battle of Racławice?
...that one of the Sunken Forests of New Hampshire off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire, hasn't been above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean since 1978?
...that the Transport typeface was created for use on British road signs (pictured) following the introduction of the motorway network?
...that people with a Schatzki ring can develop sudden crushing chest pain, often termed the "steakhouse syndrome", if they do not chew their food properly?
...that the Sansenke, or "three houses of Sen," the three main schools of Japanese tea ceremony, are all associated with 16th-century tea master Sen no Rikyu and his descendants?
...the movie Spy Game depicts a burn bag, albeit used in an unintended manner?

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