Did You Know?

Blue Blood · **27-05-2007**

...that the St. Philomena's Church (pictured) in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany?
...that during his research into women's olfactory selection of potential mates, Swiss biologist Claus Wedekind conducted what has become known as the "Sweaty T-shirt Study"?
...that emigration of physicians and nurses poses a major problem for Nigeria's health care system, as there were 21,000 Nigerian doctors practising in the US alone?
...that the events in the novel The Dig take place during the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk England?
...that Kona lows bring severe weather to Hawaii two to three times each year between October and April?
...that while leader of the short-lived secessionist state of South Kasai, Albert Kalonji gave himself the title of Supreme Chief of the Muluba People and Protector of the Associated Tribes?

Blue Blood · **31-05-2007**

...that the Villa Medicea di Pratolino (pictured), visited by Michel de Montaigne in 1581, was later owned by the Demidov princely family of Russia and by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia?

...that Lucy Brewer claimed to have served in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812, but was probably invented by an American writer?
...that Suyab, the 7th-century capital of the Western Turkic Khaganate, had Buddhist temples, Nestorian monasteries, Zoroastrian ossuaries, and Turkicbal-bals?
...that little is known about the career of American architect John S. Van Bergen because a fire in 1964 destroyed most of his architectural drawings and records?
...that Supraśl Lavra is one of six Eastern Orthodox monasteries for men in Poland?
...that Alse Young is believed to have been the first person to be executed as a witch in the American colonies?

Blue Blood · **03-06-2007**

...that during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, the Palestine Police Force (fort pictured) was augmented by the Jewish Settlement Police, Jewish Supernumerary Police and the Special Night Squads?
...that Allen Steere, a professor of rheumatology at Harvard University, is credited with discovering Lyme disease?
...that Trivikrama Mahadeva has organized the funerals of over 42,000 people?
...that debt-relief activist Ann Pettifor staged a 70,000 person protest which formed a human chain and encircled the 1998 G8 summit?
...that the first wine region established as an American Viticultural Area was the Augusta AVA in Augusta, Missouri being selected eight months before Napa Valley, California?
...that the nudie cutie The Adventures of Lucky Pierre was the first sexploitation movie to be filmed in color?
...that the Gotha Go 145 bi-plane started service as a trainer in the Luftwaffe in 1935, and was still in service as a night bomber at the end of the war in Europe?

Blue Blood · **10-06-2007**

...that Frank Lloyd Wright's 1915 Emil Bach House (pictured) in Chicago was originally a "country home" that now stands on a busy city street in the Rogers Park neighborhood?
...that Ernest Austin set the whole of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress for solo organ, at a length of nearly three hours?
...that in order to stem a population decline a "dollar block" promotion was held in the Australian town of Jandowae, Queensland where 38 parcels of land were sold for one dollar each?
...that World War II historian Janusz Piekałkiewicz fled Poland in 1956, relying on mountaineering and secret resistance routes?
...that Dutch amateur football club IJsselmeervogels received the Dutch Sports Team of the Year Award in 1975, for reaching the semi-final of the KNVB Cup?
...that 2006 Winter Olympics speedskating champion, Shani Davis', welcome-home celebration was held at the Harold Washington Cultural Center?

Blue Blood · **24-07-2007**

...that Citoyenne Henri (illustration pictured) was only allowed to take a balloon trip with Andre-Jacques Garnerin after it was ruled that "there was no more scandal in seeing two people of different sexes ascend in a balloon than it is to see them jump into a carriage"?
...that Smederevo fortress survived for over 500 years without much damage, then was devastated in a single explosion during World War II?
...that, in addition to having a passion for opera, dramatic soprano Othalie Graham enjoys music by Prince and Jamaican reggae musician Jimmy Cliff?
...that Dode Criss is considered by historian Bill James to be the first player to be used as a baseball pinch hitter regularly?
...that the comprehensive metabolic panel is a suite of 14 blood tests routinely administered to screen for many different diseases?
...that Captain William Walter Kouts located the son of the Medal of Honor recipient who died while saving Kouts during World War II after over sixty years of searching?
...that famous Mexican poet and politician Guillermo Prieto saved the life of President Benito Juárez by interposing himself between the guns of rebellious guardsmen and the president?
...that Quebec City's Clarendon Hotel originally hosted the Queen's Printers for Canada?

Blue Blood · **28-07-2007**

...that the influence of singer Jeff Tweedy's side group Loose Fur on Wilco's 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot led to the dismissal of two other Wilco members?
...that the homosexual relationship between Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone only became a major on-screen plot line on All My Children after the series fans demanded it?
...that the Cleeves Cove caves were used as a refuge for the local Covenanters, a religious group seeking religious freedom, during the time of their persecution by Charles II's government?
...that Johnny Ramensky was a Scottish criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities to help the British Army?
...that in 1999, John Pollack quit his job as a Congressional speechwriter to build a boat made entirely out of corks?
...that State Route 69 (road sign pictured) in the U.S. state of Utah was renumbered State Route 38 in 1993, due to sign theft caused by one connotation of the number?
...that catfish of the genus Leporacanthicus are also known as vampire plecostomus because of the presence of very long teeth on their upper jaw?

Blue Blood · **10-10-2007**

...that Pennsylvania's Kinzua Bridge (remnants pictured) was the world's longest and tallest railroad bridge when built in 1882, became a state park in 1970, and was knocked down by a tornado in 2003?
...that segregated seating known as ghetto ławkowe ("ghetto desks" or "ghetto benches") were introduced in Polish universities in the late 1930s, primarily for Jewish students?
...that the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island includes three books bound in human skin?
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...that the Fehr Round Barn, the Otte Round Barn and the Harbach Round Barn are three of 21 round barns that were built in Stephenson County, Illinois during the early 20th century?
...that the Susukino district was established as a red-light district in Sapporo, Japan in 1871 to keep labourers in Hokkaidō?
...that most land south of latitude 40°S is part of the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, with plant species that remain closely related despite their physical separation, dating back to the prehistoric southern hemispheresupercontinent of Gondwana?
...that English clergyman Ralph Tollemache gave his many children increasingly eccentric names, such as that of British Army officer Captain Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache?

Blue Blood · **16-10-2007**

...that John Pegram (pictured) was the first former U.S. Army officer to be captured while in Confederate service?
...that the Kerguelen Shag, a species of cormorant of the Kerguelen Islands, is the smallest species amongst Blue-Eyed Shags?
...that the Mahāvyutpatti is the first substantial bilingual dictionary known?
...that Princess Vera Konstantinovna was the last surviving member of the Romanov family who could remember Imperial Russia?
...that George J. Adams led an ill-fated effort to establish a U.S. colony in Palestine?
...that British MP Arthur Allen became Sir Stafford Cripps' assistant right after defeating Cripps' nephew in an election?
...that technology from 18th-century France and China was used to improve the economy of Mysore kingdom?
...that the city of Sapporo has the only beer museum in Japan?
...that in three years, baritone William Walker performed over 360 times at New York's Metropolitan Opera?
...that one of the first discoveries of atmospheric neutrinos was made at India's Kolar Gold Fields?

Blue Blood · **18-10-2007**

...that archaeological excavations near the Andries DuBois House (pictured) in Wallkill, New York, found evidence that it was built half a century later than previously believed?
...that A Gift to Young Housewives, a Russian cookbook condemned under communism, contained nearly 4,000 recipes in some editions?
...that former Belfast City Councillor Pat McGeown was a Provisional IRAvolunteer referred to as the "11th hunger striker" in the 1981 Irish hunger strike?
...that in 1959, Barksdale Hamlett, the U.S. commandant in Berlin, threatened to forcefully prevent the East German government from flying its new flag over elevated railway stations in West Berlin?
...that a galdr was an incantation that Viking men chanted in falsetto?
...that the New Caledonia cricket team have lost every international they have ever played, including the only known loss by more than 500 runs?
...that four member states of the European Union have de jure opt-outs and do not participate fully in all common policies?

Blue Blood · **20-10-2007**

...that the Charter Arms Bulldog revolver (pictured) became notorious after it was revealed to be serial killer David Berkowitz's weapon of choice?
...that the freshwater weed Azolla may have grown in the Arctic Ocean with enough vigour to plunge the world into an ice age?
...that North American helitack crews are airlifted into remote areas to "attack" wildland fires before they get out of control?
...that in the USSR, people such as Nikolai Yezhov and Leon Trotsky were removed from photos to erase them from Soviet history?
...that sky anchors combine a gas balloon for buoyancy and a superpressure balloon for ballast?
...that lignosulfonates, wood pulp byproducts, are used to make concrete, tanned leather, and even artificial vanillin?
...that Polish painter and politician Henryk Józewski protected Ukrainian leader Symon Petliura from extradition to Soviet Union by hiding him in his flat?
...that a translocation mutation in chromosome 11 may result in mantle cell lymphoma?
...that though Alfred Balfour was a British MP for 14 years, he made only a single speech in the House of Commons?
...that English civil engineer James Trubshaw's straightening method used on Wybunbury's St Chad's tower in 1832 was later used to stabilise the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

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