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{{*mp}}...that [[sandwich board]]-wearing '''[[human billboard]]s''' ''([["Image:London human billboards Scharf.jpg|pictured]])'' gave rise to the term "sandwich man"?

{{*mp}}...that [[Brazilian]] [[indie (music)|indie]] [[singer-songwriter]] '''[[CéU]]''' was the first international artist chosen for promotion through the [[Starbucks#Hear_Music|Starbucks Hear Music]] Debut CD series?

{{*mp}}...that the [[non-fiction]] book '''''[[Gifts of Deceit]]''''' described [[Koreagate]], and the [[United States Congressional investigation of the Unification Church|United States Congressional investigation]] of the [[Unification Church]]?

{{*mp}}...that the regional [[newspaper]] of [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales|Wagga Wagga]], '''''[[The Daily Advertiser]]''''' was first published in 1868, making it one of the oldest in [[Australia]]?

{{*mp}}...that the valleys of the [[Minnesota River|Minnesota]] and Upper [[Mississippi River]]s were carved by '''[[Glacial River Warren]]''', an enormous river which drained [[Glacial Lake Agassiz]] in central [[North America]]?

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{{*mp}}...that sailors and shipowners would refuse to sail when '''[[Moll Pitcher]]''' ''([[:Image:Moll Pitcher.gif|pictured]])'', an eighteenth-century [[fortune-teller]] famous throughout New England, predicted disaster?

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{{*mp}}...that [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] has indicated he may use the [[List of United States presidential vetoes#George W. Bush|third veto]] of his Presidency on the '''[[Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007|Matthew Shepard Act]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that the world's third largest statue under cover, ''The Statue of the Republic'', is housed in '''[[El Capitolio]]''', in [[Havana]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[José María Morelos]]''', a mule driver and priest from [[Michoacán]], won 22 straight battles against the Spanish in the [[Mexican War of Independence]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Brian Smedley|Sir Brian Smedley]]''' was named a [[High Court judge]] only a few years after overruling Government attempts to keep key evidence secret in the 1992 [[Matrix Churchill]] trial?

{{*mp}}...that 2007 [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] inductee '''[[Bruton Smith]]''' went to [[United States bankruptcy court|bankruptcy court]] before he became one of the [[Forbes 400|400 richest Americans]]?

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{{*mp}}...that the original version of the '''[[Gettysburg Cyclorama]]''' ''([[:Image:High Water Mark from Gettysburg.png|detail pictured]])'', a [[cyclorama|cylindrical painting]] of almost 300&nbsp;[[foot (unit of length)|feet]] (91&nbsp;[[metre|m]]) in length, recently sold for an undisclosed amount?

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{{*mp}}...that [[Ray Davies]] of [[The Kinks]] began having an [[identity crisis]] when people walked up to him singing "Oh yes he is" after "'''[[Dedicated Follower Of Fashion]]'''" became a hit?

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{{*mp}}...that the [[football (soccer)|football]] [[stadium]] '''[[Nya Gamla Ullevi]]''' which is under construction in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]], is only the second [[Allsvenskan|Swedish top league]] stadium built since 1966?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Prodromos (Mount Athos)|Romanian Skete Prodromos]]''' on [[Mount Athos]] shelters an [[icon]] of [[Theotokos]] considered in the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] world to have been [[miracle|miraculously]] painted?

{{*mp}}...that [[Jacobean]] play '''''[[The Atheist's Tragedy]]''''' is the only dramatic work recognized by the consensus of modern scholarship as the undisputed work of [[Cyril Tourneur]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Ganendranath Tagore]]''' established the Jorasanko Natyasala, a private [[theatre]] in his own household, in [[Kolkata]] in 1865?

{{*mp}}...that the the site of the '''[[Observatory, Bristol|Observatory]]''' ''([[:Image:Observatorycliftondown.jpg|pictured]])'' on [[Clifton Down]] in [[Bristol]] is likely to have been used as a lookout post since at least the [[Iron Age]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Werner Erhard]] named his [[private company|company]] [[Erhard Seminars Training]] after the [[science fiction]] book '''''[[est: The Steersman Handbook]]'''''?

{{*mp}}...that of 43 people on board, the sole survivor of the '''[[2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash]]''' was in the toilet at the time of the crash?

{{*mp}}...that, fearing his life was threatened, [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Dragoman]] '''[[Alexander Hangerli]]''' crossed the [[Black Sea]] into [[Russian Empire|Russia]] and started a career as a linguist?

{{*mp}}...that [[Plant collecting|plant collector]] '''[[Mary Strong Clemens]]''' sometimes paid for field-trip accommodation with scripture lessons and hymn-singing?

{{*mp}}...that native [[Tennessee|Tennessean]] '''[[Peter Ellis Bean]]''' ''([[:Image:Peter Ellis Bean.jpg|pictured]])'' fought with [[José María Morelos]] in the [[Mexican War of Independence]] and with [[Andrew Jackson]] in the [[Battle of New Orleans]]?

{{*mp}}...that ancients thought that the river ''Himera'' divided the island of [[Sicily]] in half, when in reality ''Himera'' was the name of two separate rivers, the '''[[Grande River (Sicily)|Grande River]]''' and the '''[[Salso River]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that [[Malaysian Army]] [[Corporal]] '''[[Maniam Moorthy]]''', a member of the first team of [[Malaysia]]ns to [[Timeline of climbing Mount Everest|summit]] [[Mount Everest]], fell during [[Malaysian Army|army]] training a year later and became a [[paraplegic]]?

{{*mp}}...that though the '''[[Origin of the Western Ganga Dynasty]]''' of [[Talakad]] (in modern [[Karnataka]], [[India]]) is debated, they made rich contributions to the [[polity]], culture and literature of the region?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[historical demography]]''', popularized in the 20th century by [[French]] historian [[Louis Henry]], is the [[Content analysis|study of historical records]] leading to estimations of past [[human population]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Australia]]n [[cricketer]] '''[[E.B. Dwyer|John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer]]''' was the great-grandson of [[penal transportation|transportee]] [[Michael Dwyer]], a leader in the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Flaschenhals]]''' was a [[micronation]] created in the [[Rhineland]] after the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|Armistice of 1918]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Hurricane Tico (1983)|Hurricane Tico]]''' ''([[:Image:Hurricane Tico (1983).JPG|pictured]])'', a [[Pacific hurricane]] of the [[1983 Pacific hurricane season|1983 season]], caused [[flooding]] and record rainfall in [[Oklahoma]]?

{{*mp}}...that there are eleven '''[[Disused railway stations (Exeter to Plymouth Line)|disused railway stations]]''' between [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter St Davids]] and [[Plymouth Millbay railway station|Plymouth Millbay]], [[Devon]], [[England]], at eight of which there are visible remains?

{{*mp}}...that the [[website]] of the defunct magazine '''''[[Child (magazine)|Child]]''''' was so successful, it has become a [[web portal|portal]] to the publisher's other parenting magazines' sites?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Marc-André Raffalovich]]''', a [[France|French]] poet, writer on [[homosexuality]], and patron of the arts, had a life-long relationship with [[John Gray]], the purported model for [[Oscar Wilde]]'s [[Dorian Gray]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[PZL-106 Kruk]] ''([[:Image:Pzl106 im flug.jpg|pictured]])'' is a [[Poland|Polish]] [[agricultural aircraft]] designed and built by [[PZL|WSK-Okęcie]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy]]''' account for the largest minority group in the institution?

{{*mp}}...that the [[non-fiction]] book '''''[[A Doctor's Report on Dianetics]]''''' criticized [[L. Ron Hubbard]]'s prescription of [[vitamin]]s and [[glutamic acid]] to [[Dianetics]] subjects?

{{*mp}}...that a scandal caused by the suicide of [[France|French]] politician and suspected murderer '''[[Charles de Choiseul-Praslin]]''' helped foment the [[Revolutions of 1848 in France|1848 Revolution]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Wiborada]]''', a spiritual mentor of [[Ulrich of Augsburg]], was the first female [[saint]] to be [[canonization|canonized]] by the [[Holy See|Vatican]]?

{{*mp}}...the tiger's prey in [[Henri Rousseau]]'s painting, '''''[[Tiger in a Tropical Storm]]''''' ''([[:Image:Surprised-Rousseau.jpg|pictured]])'', is not shown but Rousseau said it was a group of explorers?

{{*mp}}...that in 1843 the [[Germany|German]] [[missionary]] '''[[Hermann Mögling]]''' published the first ever [[newspaper]] in the [[Kannada language]]?

{{*mp}}...that a '''[[Joseph Napoleon's Regiment (France)|regiment of Spanish troops]]''' served in the [[La Grande Armée|French Army]] from 1809 to 1813, despite [[France]] and [[Spain]] being [[Peninsular War |at war with each other]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[acid mine drainage|mine drainage]] from the '''[[Iron Mountain Mine]]''' toxic waste site in [[Northern California]] was measured to have a [[pH]] of -3.6?

{{*mp}}...that [[star]]s must have at least 9 times the [[mass]] of the [[Sun]] in order to undergo a core collapse and become a '''[[Type II supernova]]''' ''([[:Image:HST SN 1987A 20th anniversary.jpg|example pictured]])''?

{{*mp}}...that '''''[[Robbery Under Arms]]''''' by [[Thomas Alexander Browne|Rolf Boldrewood]], a classic [[Australia]]n [[novel]], hasn't been out of print since it was edited into a single volume 1889?

{{*mp}}...that at '''[[Traverse Gap]]''', a valley in [[Minnesota]] and [[South Dakota]], water originating in the [[watershed]] of the [[Gulf of Mexico]] can flood across the [[Continental divide|continental divide]] into the watershed of [[Hudson Bay]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[endocrinology|endocrinologist]] '''[[Raymond Hoffenberg|Sir Raymond Hoffenberg]]''' was forced to leave [[South Africa]] in 1968 due to his opposition to [[apartheid]], and was later President of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] and President of [[Wolfson College, Oxford]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Very Reverend]] '''[[Anthony Bridge]]''', brother of former [[Law Lord]] [[Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich| Lord Bridge of Harwich]], gave up a career as an artist to become a [[Church of England]] [[priest]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[hadrosaurid|duckbilled]] [[dinosaur]] '''''[[Hypacrosaurus]]''''' is known from the largest collection of [[hatchling]] remains for any duckbill, due to the discovery of [[nest]]s belonging to ''H. stebingeri''?

{{*mp}}...that French explorer '''[[Christian de Bonchamps]]''' ''([[:Image:Christian_de_Bonchamps.jpg|pictured]])'' proposed breaking a stalemate in treaty negotiations by capturing and holding hostage [[Msiri]], King of [[Katanga]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Hugh O'Bryant]]''', the first mayor of [[Portland, Oregon]], was elected into office by a mere four votes?

{{*mp}}...the '''[[Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley]]''', a [[World Heritage Site]], is considered to be the "spiritual heart" of [[Andorra]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Catherine Lim]]'s 1994 essay '''[[The PAP and the people - A Great Affective Divide]]''' invoked such a strong response from the [[Government of Singapore|Singapore government]], its [[Prime Minister of Singapore|then-PM]] [[Goh Chok Tong]] outlined which topics were [[OB marker|permissible]] for public discussion?

{{*mp}}...that [[Chinese migration|Chinese immigration]] to the [[Russian Far East]] has led to fears of [[China|Chinese]] [[irredentism]] in [[Russia]], even though there are under 35,000 '''[[Chinese people in Russia|Chinese in all of Russia]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Neonatal nursing in the United States|neonatal nurses]]''' are in high demand in the [[United States]] because the number of nurses has not kept up with the 27 percent rise in [[premature birth]]s ''([[:Image:Neonatal Jacoplane.jpg|premature infant pictured]])'' over the last 20 years?

{{*mp}}...that the congress hall on the site of the former [[Nazi party rally grounds]] in [[Nuremberg]] has been converted into a '''[[Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds|museum]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that in [[1775]] military-minded Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] dedicated the '''[[Gloriette|Schönbrunn Palace Garden Gloriette]]''' as a monument to [[Just War]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of New South Wales]]''' was the first Supreme Court in [[Australia]] and that its first judge evaded hearing any cases?

{{*mp}}...that American aircraft designer '''[[Clyde Vernon Cessna]]'s''' most famous inventions included the [[cantilever wing]] and the [[V-shaped tail]] configuration?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Omphalotus nidiformis|ghost fungus]]''' ''([[:Image:Omphalotus nidiformis Binnamittalong 2 email.jpg|pictured]])'' from southern [[Australia]] is so named as it is [[Bioluminescence|bioluminescent]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[cricket]]er '''[[Les Jackson]]''' played in two [[Test cricket|Test match]]es for [[English cricket team|England]], one in 1949 and a second in 1961, the longest gap between Test appearances for any player with only two caps?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Thomas MacNutt]]''', the first [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]], was also one of the original eight people who formed the precursor of the [[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive Party]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Way of Human Rights]]''' in [[Nuremberg]], [[Germany]] has a sculpture and engraving dedicated to each article of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]?

{{*mp}}...that in 1927, [[Oregon]] congressman '''[[Maurice E. Crumpacker]]''' drowned in [[San Francisco Bay]] after claiming he had been poisoned?

{{*mp}}...that [[cricket]]er '''[[Dick Motz]]''' took one [[wicket]] in his last [[Test match]] in August 1969, becoming the first [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] bowler to take 100 Test wickets?

{{*mp}}...that the current rendering of the [[mermaid]] in the '''[[coat of arms of Ustka]]''' ''([[:Image:POL Ustka COA 1.svg|pictured]])'' is the result of a two-year debate over the size of her breasts?

{{*mp}}...that from around [[900]] to [[1500]] the [[Mixtec]] people '''[[Mixtec writing|wrote]]''' using pictorial representations and symbols?

{{*mp}}...that [[Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center]] archivist '''[[Larry Pile]]''' has a [[military intelligence]] background with the [[U.S. Army Security Agency]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Philadelphian cricket team|Philadelpian]] '''[[Nelson Graves]]''' was only 14 years old when he made his [[first-class cricket]] debut?

{{*mp}}...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]]'''?

{{*mp}}...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]]''?

{{*mp}}...that [[Nihonga]] [[watercolor painting]] ''Dance of Flames'' ''([[:Image:Enbu by Hayami Gyoshu.jpg|pictured]])'' by [[Japanese painting|Japanese artist]] '''[[Hayami Gyoshū]]''' was the first art work of [[Showa period]] Japan to be accorded the status of "Important Cultural Property" by Japan's [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]?

{{*mp}}...that since its founding in 1948 [[Israel]] has had twelve '''[[Attorney General of Israel|Attorneys General]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[John F. Davis]]''', who served for ten years as [[Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States]], had previously worked as a defense lawyer for perjury defendant [[Alger Hiss]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Canada|Canadian]] [[agronomist]] '''[[Seager Wheeler]]''' was instrumental in developing a sustainable agricultural economy in [[Saskatchewan]], which has a short prairie growing season and harsh winters?

{{*mp}}...that former journalist '''[[Walter Hayes]]''' developed the business case for the development of the [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]], the most successful engine in [[Formula One]] history?

{{*mp}}...that the [[fish]] '''''[[Coreoleuciscus splendidus]]''''' had a [[Shiri (film)|movie named after it]] in [[1999 in film|1999]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Rufous Hornero]]''' ''([[:Image:Nbii guyra h00067.jpg|pictured]])'', a common species in the [[ovenbird (family)|ovenbird]] [[family (biology)|family]], is the [[List of national birds|national bird]] of [[Argentina]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Monument of Liberty, Istanbul|Monument of Liberty]]''' in [[Istanbul]], the gathering place for the [[Republic Protests#Second rally|second rally of the Republic Protests]], is a memorial for the [[31 March Incident]] that took place in 1909?

{{*mp}}...that the creation of '''[[Kannada Sahitya Parishat]]''', an [[Indian]] non-profit organization to promote the [[Kannada language]], was first initiated by [[Bharat Ratna]] [[Sir M V|Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah]], the [[Diwan]] of the [[Mysore Kingdom]]?

{{*mp}}...that during the [[Emancipation reform of 1861|drive to emancipate]] Russia's [[serfdom|serfs]], one scurrilous rumor held that committee member '''[[Grand Duke Constantine Nikolayevich of Russia|Grand Duke Constantine Nikolayevich]]''' was insane thanks to too much [[masturbation]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Farm Labor Organizing Committee]]'s''' [[2004]] [[collective bargaining]] agreement with the [[Mount Olive Pickle Company|Mt. Olive Pickle Co.]] marked the first time an [[United States|American]] [[trade union|labor union]] represented [[guest workers]]?

{{*mp}}...that the currently abandoned '''[[Old High School of Music, Rousse|Old High School of Music]]''' ''([[:Image:Rousse High School of Music Nedko 4.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Rousse]], [[Bulgaria]] has previously housed a primary school, a junior high school, a university, and a trade school?

{{*mp}}...that the wealthy connoisseur '''[[Claude-Henri Watelet]]''' created the first romantic [[landscape garden]] in France?

{{*mp}}...there are at least twelve large '''[[Rottnest Island shipwrecks]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that for fifty years the '''[[Red River Trails]]''' were used by [[Red River ox cart]]s as the principal means of transportation between modern-day [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]] and [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St Paul, Minnesota]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Bold Lane|Bold Lane car park]]''', used by shoppers in [[Derby]], [[England]], is one of the ten most secure places in the world alongside [[Air Force One]], [[Area 51]], and [[United States Bullion Depository|Fort Knox]]?

{{*mp}}...that before he became Vice Chancellor at [[Ahmadu Bello University]], '''[[Ishaya Audu]]''' was the personal physician of the University's namesake, [[Ahmadu Bello]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Cross in the Woods]]''' shrine ''([[:Image:Cross in the woods.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Michigan]] contains the [[United States]]' largest collection of figurative dolls dressed as [[nun]]s?

{{*mp}}...that there are 43 designated "'''[[Great Lakes Areas of Concern|Areas of Concern]]'''" within the [[Great Lakes]] [[drainage basin|watershed]] that show severe environmental degradation?

{{*mp}}...that some [[South Wales|South Welsh]] [[coal mining|coal miners]] in the 1800s would raid the homes of [[strikebreaker]]s dressed as a "herd" of '''[[Scotch Cattle]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Jyotirindranath Tagore]]''' played a major role in the flowering of the talents in his younger brother, the first Asian [[Nobel Prize]] winner [[Rabindranath Tagore]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[James Mortimer]]''' was regularly invited to [[chess]] tournaments even though he lost most of his matches, managing to beat [[chess master|masters]] including [[Johannes Zukertort]] and [[Mikhail Chigorin]]?

{{*mp}}...that the film '''''[[Quitting]]''''', originally titled ''Yesterday'' in an allusion to [[Yesterday (song)|the song]] by [[The Beatles]], was retitled after copyright owner [[Michael Jackson]] withheld permission to use the song title?

{{*mp}}...that [[Japanese painting|Japanese painter]] '''[[Uemura Shoen]]''' ''([[:Image:Jo-no-mai by Uemura Shoen.jpg|work pictured]])'' was the first woman awarded Japan's prestigious [[Order of Culture]]?

{{*mp}}...that a researcher at the '''[[University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences]]''' discovered that the linear arrangement of [[gene]]s on a [[chromosome]] corresponds to the development of body segments in [[fruit flies]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Victor Gauntlett]]''' supplied his personal pre-production [[Aston Martin]] [[Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977)|Vantage]] for use in the filming of the [[James Bond]] [[film]] ''"[[The Living Daylights]]"''?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[architecture of Ottawa]]''' is dominated by its role as the [[national capital]] of [[Canada]]?

{{*mp}}...that in the '''[[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]]''', the daughter of the [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Minister for Home Affairs]] of [[India]] at the time, [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]], was [[kidnapping|kidnapped]] within 5 days of his assuming that office?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Cave of the Mounds]]'''’s many [[speleothems]] have earned it recognition as the “jewel box” of North American [[cave]]s?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Itasca State Park]]''' ''([[:Image:Lake Itasca Mississippi Source.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Minnesota]] contains the headwaters of the [[Mississippi River]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[cefquinome]]''' is an [[antibiotic]] developed to treat [[bovine]] respiratory disease?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Marine conservation activism|marine conservation activists]]''' have organized an annual International Coastal Cleanup day that draws more than 300,000 volunteers in 88 countries to pick up [[trash]] from the beaches around the world?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Sue Gordon|Dr Sue Gordon]]''' became the first full-time and first [[Indigenous Australian|Aboriginal]] [[magistrate]] in [[Western Australia]] in 1988?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge]]''' protects nearly 7,000&nbsp;[[acre]]s of [[American crocodile]] habitat in southern [[Florida]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Sabancaya]]''', a 5,976&nbsp;m (19,606&nbsp;ft) [[stratovolcano]] in the [[Andes]], is the most active [[volcano]] in [[Peru]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge]]''' ''([[:Image:PelicanIslandNWR.jpg|pictured]])'' was the first of more than 500 [[national wildlife refuge]]s in the [[United States]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[arctic haze]]''' contributes to [[global warming]], raising temperatures by up to 5.4&deg;C (3&deg;F) during the [[arctic winter]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[rifleman]] '''[[William Green (rifleman)|William Green's]]''' [[memoir]] is one of the few accounts by an enlisted man of life in the [[Duke of Wellington]]'s army, and as such, has provided source material for many [[historians]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Xaltocan]]''', an island in [[Mexico]], means "sandy ground of [[spider]]s" in [[Nahuatl]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[EAA AirVenture Museum]]''' in [[Oshkosh, Wisconsin|Oshkosh]], [[Wisconsin]] provides visitors with rides in an 80-year-old [[biplane]]?

{{*mp}}...that in [[1851]], '''[[Hugh O'Bryant]]''' was elected the first mayor of [[Portland, Oregon]] by a mere four votes?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Roseland Christian School]]''' ''([[:Image:Roseland Christian School Current Building 1929.jpg|pictured]])'' changed from a completely [[Dutch-Americans|Dutch-American]] student body in 1884 to a completely [[African American]] one by the mid 1980s?

{{*mp}}...that King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] was a talented musician and composer, and his song '''''[[Pastime with Good Company]]''''' became a popular tune throughout [[Renaissance]] [[Europe]] and remains a [[choir|choral]] favorite?

{{*mp}}...that [[Iceland]] leads the world in '''[[Renewable energy in Iceland|renewable energy]]''' and is the first country to supply all [[electricity]] from [[renewable energy|renewable sources]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Doppler spectroscopy]]''' was used to discover the first [[extrasolar planet]] in 1995 and has since been used to identify more than a hundred exoplanet candidates?

{{*mp}}...that overcrowding in [[Chicago]]’s racially segregated '''[[Black Belt (region of Chicago)|Black Belt]]''' was so severe that in 1934 an estimated 6.8 people were living in the average kitchenette apartment?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Sviatohirsk Lavra]]''' ''([[:Image:Svyatogirs'kaya Lavra 1.jpg|pictured]])'', an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] [[monastery]] in eastern [[Ukraine]] that dates back to the 1500s, was recently rebuilt anew after being destroyed by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]s in the 1930s?

{{*mp}}...that [[Israel]]i pilot and peace activist '''[[Abie Nathan]]''' landed his plane in [[Egypt]] in 1966 in an attempt to deliver a message of peace to [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|President Nasser]]?

{{*mp}}...that the average speed of the contestants in the '''[[Great Steamboat Race]]''', held each year before the [[Kentucky Derby]], is only 7&nbsp;[[miles per hour]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[2008 Olympic Torch Relay]]''' will carry the [[Olympic torch]] across 22&nbsp;countries on 6&nbsp;continents between March and August 2008?

{{*mp}}...that [[Werner Erhard]] was '''[[Scientology and Werner Erhard|investigated]]''' by the [[Church of Scientology]] after he incorporated [[Scientology beliefs and practices]] into [[Erhard Seminars Training]] and [[Werner Erhard and Associates|The Forum]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Albert Tissandier]]''' ''([[:Image:Albert-tissandier.jpg|pictured]])'' and his brother [[Gaston Tissandier|Gaston]] demonstrated the first electric powered flight?

{{*mp}}...that [[hot chocolate|chocolate]] was the first non-alcoholic social beverage in '''[[early modern European cuisine]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[South Wales Gas Pipeline]]''' is the [[United Kingdom]]'s largest high pressure gas pipeline?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball]]''' team has won two [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] championships and made 14 [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] appearances, but has also had a winless season?

{{*mp}}...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?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Saint Gorgonia]]''' supposedly cured herself of a life-threatening illness by anointing herself with elements of the [[Eucharist]] mixed with her own [[tears]]?

{{*mp}}...that Sir '''[[Arthur Chichester]]''' ''([[:Image:Es05 t02.jpg|pictured]])'' was appointed Governor of [[Carrickfergus]] in 1598, succeeding his brother, who had been killed in [[Battle of Carrickfergus|battle]] and whose head was used as a [[football (ball)|football]] by the victors?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[dropstone|huge boulder]]s''' can be transported to the open ocean by [[raft]]s of plant matter?

{{*mp}}...that [[Israel]] is the world's largest '''[[Israel-United States military relations|recipient]]''' of [[United States]] overseas military assistance?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Romania]]n organization '''[[Corpul Muncitoresc Legionar]]''' was created by the [[Iron Guard]] in order to rally the [[working class]] around [[fascism]]?

{{*mp}}...that the cast of '''''[[By the Sword (film)|By the Sword]]''''' (1991), the first feature film about [[fencing]], included two actors sharing the same name as the director?

{{*mp}}...that real estate developer '''[[James Graham Brown]]''', who was worth $100 million when he died in 1969, lived most of his life in a small suite in his [[Brown Hotel]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[reindeer hunting in Greenland|reindeer hunting]]''' provides an important [[staple food]] for many households in [[Greenland]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[William Marshall (illustrator)|William Marshall]]''' produced an engraving ''([[:Image:Eikon.png|pictured]])'' of [[Charles I of England]] as a Christian [[martyr]] for the ''[[Eikon Basilike]]'', published ten days after the King was executed in 1649?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[expulsion of Poles by Germany]]''' was contemplated in the 19th century and implemented in the 20th?

{{*mp}}...that more than half of the 214 '''[[list of birds of Barbados|bird species found on Barbados]]''' are considered "[[vagrancy (biology)|accidental]]"&mdash;that is, they are found there only because they strayed off-course?

{{*mp}}...that [[selenium]] contamination in the late 1970s led the '''[[Kesterson Reservoir]]''' in [[Central California]], once rich in several species of fish and other life, to only support saline-tolerant [[mosquitofish]]?

{{*mp}}...that a [[Ogaden National Liberation Front|separatist group]] refuses to allow the exploitation of [[crude oil]] and [[natural gas]] reserves in the '''[[Ogaden Basin]]''', [[Ethiopia]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[aggressive NK-cell leukemia]]''', a type of [[leukemia]] with a systemic proliferation of [[natural killer cell]]s, is more prevalent in Asians than other ethnic groups?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Long Ya Men|Dragon's Teeth Gate]]''' ''([[:Image:Long Ya Men.jpg|pictured]])'', an ancient navigational landmark, was documented in one of the earliest historic records of [[Singapore]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''''[[Golden Boy (musical)|Golden Boy]]''''' was the first [[book musical]] ever to play at the [[London Palladium]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[England|English]] [[cricket]]er and [[football (soccer)|footballer]] '''[[Arthur Milton]]''' was the last surviving person to have played [[Test cricket]] for the [[England cricket team]] and international football for the [[England national football team|England football team]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Klaus Traube]]''' worked on building the German [[fast breeder]] in [[Kalkar]] when he changed his view about nuclear power, went into opposition and was considered a security threat by the German secret service?

{{*mp}}...that a '''[[Georgian Affair|1922 dispute]]''' about how [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] was to be integrated into the [[Soviet Union]] was one of the factors that led [[Lenin]] to break with [[Stalin]] and call for his removal for office in his [[Lenin's Testament|testament]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Orval Grove]]''' was one out away from a [[no-hitter]] on [[July 8]], [[1943]] when [[Joe Gordon]] doubled off of him?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Gatke Hall]]''' ''([[:Image:GatkeHallWU.JPG|pictured]])'', a former [[post office]], was moved completely intact on rollers down a city street over a six month period in 1938 to its new home at [[Willamette University]]?

{{*mp}}...that the founding of '''[[Phenomena Research Australia]]''', in response to a surge of [[unidentified flying object]] sightings in [[1947]], was the first gathering of Australian UFO enthusiasts?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Marilee Jones]]''', the disgraced former dean of [[University and college admissions|admissions]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], was called "the guru of the movement to tame the college-admissions frenzy" by [[the New York Times]]?

{{*mp}}...that until the discovery of the [[Library of Nag Hammadi]] in 1945, the 2nd century CE work '''''[[On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis|Against Heresies]]''''' was the best surviving description of [[Gnosticism]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[poet]] '''[[Anna Williams (poet)|Anna Williams]]''''s works include the whimsically titled ''On the Death of Sir Erasmus Philipps, Unfortunately Drowned in the River Avon''?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[list of birds of Lithuania|avifauna of Lithuania]]''' includes a total of 342 species, of which 2 have been [[introduced species|introduced]] by humans?

{{*mp}}...that the [[USS Achelous (ARL-1)|''Achelous''-class]] repair ship '''[[USS Atlas (ARL-7)|USS ''Atlas'']]''' ''([[:Image:Atlas ARL-7.jpg|pictured]])'' was used to repair damaged [[landing craft]] after [[D-Day]] in 1944?

{{*mp}}...that a special kind of [[soil]] from [[Bidar]] fort is an essential ingredient in making '''[[Bidriware]]''', a [[Metalworking|metal]] [[handicraft]] of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[United States Senator]] [[Charles Sumner]] was nearly beaten to death by [[United States Representative|Representative]] [[Preston Brooks]] in the '''[[Old Senate Chamber]]''' of the [[United States Capitol]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[maize]] was the staple of '''[[Aztec cuisine]]''', and that [[maguey worm]]s, [[Spirulina (dietary supplement)|spirulina]] and [[corn smut]] were popular [[Aztec]] foods?

{{*mp}}...that the [[low alcohol beer]] '''[[Buckler (beer)|Buckler]]''' was taken out of the market in the [[Netherlands]] after sales dropped as a result of the negative image created by [[comedian]] [[Youp van 't Hek]] in 1989?

{{*mp}}...that [[orographic]] rainfall, one of the three '''[[types of rainfall]]''' , is caused when cool air is forced upward by [[mountain]]s to form [[cloud]]s which then produce rain?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Company style]]''' paintings ''([[:Image:05 GroupofCourtesans.jpg|example pictured]])'' were made by [[Indian art]]ists for patrons from the [[British East India Company]] in the 18th and 19th centuries?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Pittsburgh)|St. Stanislaus Kostka Church]]''' is one of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]'s oldest churches and a prime example of the '[[Polish Cathedral]]' style?

{{*mp}}...that nomadic '''[[Eagle hunting|eagle falconers]]''' maintain that "as the man trains the eagle, so does the eagle train his man"?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Josef Hoffmann]]''' co-founded two major art groups and his designs served as a precedent for modern [[architecture]]?

{{*mp}}...that ten [[grammatical case|case]] forms can be traced in the '''[[Lithuanian declension|Lithuanian language]]''', seven of which are preserved in the standard language version?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Arthur Fonjallaz]]''' was expelled from the ''Heimwehr'', a [[fascism|fascist]] organization in [[Switzerland]], because he advocated an [[annexation]] by [[Italy]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Brown Rock Chat]]''' sometimes [[nest]]s in the rafters of inhabited [[house]]s?

{{*mp}}...that [[Japanese painting|Japanese painter]] '''[[Takeuchi Seihō]]''' ''([[:Image:Madaraneko by Takeuchi Seiho.jpg|work pictured]])'' was one of the first to receive Japan's [[Order of Culture]] when it was established in 1937?

{{*mp}}...that '''''[[Copadichromis borleyi]]''''' is a type of [[mouthbrooding]] fish endemic to [[Lake Malawi]] in [[East Africa]]?

{{*mp}}...that the first Director of [[Singapore]]'s [[Commercial Affairs Department]], '''[[Glenn Knight]]''', was also the first legal officer in the country to be charged for [[political corruption|corruption]]?

{{*mp}}...that a '''[[British submarine flotilla in the Baltic|British submarine flotilla]]''' dominated the [[Baltic Sea]] for a major part of [[WWI]], but the loss of the [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic|Socialists]] in the [[Finnish Civil War]] forced the crews to scuttle the fleet outside [[Helsinki]]?

{{*mp}}...that the term '''"[[a feather in your cap]]"''' comes from the traditional rights bestowed upon [[warrior]]s or [[hunter]]s who have killed their enemy or prey?

{{*mp}}...that the '''''[[teponaztli]]''''' ''([[:Image:Two Teponaztli.jpg|pictured]])'' is an [[Aztec]] wooden [[slit drum]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Fort Antes]]''' in what is now [[Nippenose Township, Pennsylvania|Nippenose Township]], [[Pennsylvania]], survived a [[scorched earth]] attack during the [[American Revolutionary War]], despite having been [[Big Runaway|abandoned]] by its defenders?

{{*mp}}...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?

{{*mp}}...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?

{{*mp}}...that '''''[[Copadichromis borleyi]]''''' is a type of [[mouthbrooding]] fish endemic to [[Lake Malawi]] in [[East Africa]]?

{{*mp}}...that no two of the more than 1000 windows in the '''[[Waldspirale]]''' residential complex ''([[:Image:Darmstadt-Waldspirale-Hundertwasser3.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Darmstadt]], [[Germany]] are identical?

{{*mp}}...that the people of the [[Bronze Age]] '''[[Elp culture]]''' (in the present-day [[Netherlands]]) lived in [[longhouse]]s similar to those inhabited by the area's farmers today?

{{*mp}}...that '''''[[MANual Enterprises v. Day]]''''' [[Case citation|370 U.S. 478]] ([[1962]]) was the first case in which the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] engaged in plenary review of a [[Post Office Department]] order holding [[obscenity|obscene]] materials "nonmailable"?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Arab Socialist Action Party - Arabian Peninsula|Arab Socialist Action Party]]''', the main [[secularism|secular]] opposition group in [[Saudi Arabia]] at the time, faced a massive crackdown in the spring of 1982?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[William Firmatus]]''', a [[Normans|Norman]] [[hermit]], is said to have led a [[Boar|wild boar]] by the ear from a farmer's plot and instructed it to [[fasting|fast]] for the night in a solitary cell?

{{*mp}}...that [[Mormon]] leader '''[[Charles Shreeve Peterson]]''' ''([[:Image:Charles Shreeve Peterson.jpg|pictured]])'' was the first settler of [[Utah]]'s [[Morgan County, Utah|Morgan Valley]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Selective Training and Service Act of 1940]]''' established the first peacetime [[conscription in the United States|draft]] in the [[United States]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Philip Whistler Street]]''' was a [[Chief Justice]] on the [[Supreme Court]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] -- as were his son [[Kenneth Street|Kenneth]] and his grandson [[Laurence Street|Laurence]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Scutellaria galericulata|Common Skullcap]]''', a [[perennial plant]] found throughout [[Eurasia]], is traditionally used as a mild [[sedative]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Potawatomi]], a tribe of [[Native American]]s, were evicted from land near [[Indiana]]’s '''[[Yellow River (Indiana)|Yellow River]]''' less than six years after [[tribal chief]]s signed a [[treaty]] granting them that land in perpetuity?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Lutheran Church of China]]''' was created from the union of no less than 25 separate [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] missionary agencies?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Ibirapuera Auditorium]]''' ''([[:Image:Labareda.JPG|pictured]])'' in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]], features a reversible stage that can play concerts to audiences inside and out?

{{*mp}}...that 18% of all deaths occuring in [[automobile accidents]] are the result of '''[[traumatic aortic rupture]]s'''?

{{*mp}}...that [[Gaetano Donizetti]]'s [[opera]] '''''[[Le duc d'Albe]]''''' didn't receive its first performance until more than 40 years after his death?

{{*mp}}...that Dr. '''[[Andrew Rochford]]''', a presenter on the popular [[Australia]]n television show ''[[What's Good For You]]'', got his break after he won the popular show ''[[The Block (Australian TV series)|The Block]]''?

{{*mp}}...that the ideology of the [[Romania]]n '''[[National Renaissance Front]]''' has been described as "[[operetta]] [[fascism]]"?

{{*mp}}...that according to [[Ronald Enroth]]'s book '''''[[Churches That Abuse]]''''', "[[spiritual abuse]] can take place in the context of doctrinally sound, [[Bible]]-preaching, [[Fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalist]], conservative [[Christianity]]"?

{{*mp}}...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]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[pedestal]] of the '''[[The Bronze Horseman]]''' ''([[:Image:DerEherneReiter.JPG|pictured]])'' is believed to be the largest stone ever moved by humans?

{{*mp}}...that the port of [[Kuala Belait]], one of the two ports in [[Brunei]], is located in '''[[Kampong Sungai Duhon]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that [[Benedict Arnold]] learned about the capture of his fellow-conspirator [[John André]] while living on '''[[Sugarloaf Hill (Hudson Highlands)|Sugarloaf Hill]]''', from which he then fled?

{{*mp}}...that [[Japanese painting|Japanese painter]] '''[[Shimomura Kanzan]]''' came from a family of [[Noh]] actors, and that themes from Noh drama frequently appeared in his works?

{{*mp}}...that participants in the '''[[Sterling Institute of Relationship]]''' dance naked in a ritual while being videotaped?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Jim Hutchinson]]''', who died in 2000, was the longest-lived [[first-class cricket]] player, at 103 years and 344 days?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Edward R. Bradley]]''' was the preeminent owner and [[horse breeding|breeder]] of [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorses]] in the [[Southern United States]] during the early 20th century?

{{*mp}}...that the [[attack transport]] '''[[USS Bayfield (APA-33)|USS ''Bayfield'']]''' ''([[:Image:Bayfield APA-33.jpg|pictured]])'' served as headquarters for planning the [[D-Day]] landings on "[[Utah Beach]]" in 1944?

{{*mp}}...that there are 618 species of '''[[List of birds of Belize|birds in Belize]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Zambia]]n district of '''[[Chiengi]]''' has no [[television]] or [[telephone]] service?

{{*mp}}...that American [[comic book]] artist '''[[Art Saaf]]''' also made [[storyboard]]s for ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'' and illustrated ''[[Highlights for Children]]''?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Institute of National Remembrance]]''', a Polish [[research institute]] on modern [[Polish history]], has been in a center of recent [[Polish politics]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Tel Aviv bus 5 massacre]]''' was the deadliest [[suicide bombing]] in [[History of the State of Israel|Israeli history]] up until that time?

{{*mp}}...that when [[Reprise Records]] signed 17-year-old '''[[Chris Cummings]]''' to a record contract in 1992, he was the youngest artist they had ever signed?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Oxtotitlán]]''' [[grotto]]es feature some of the few existing examples of [[Olmec|Olmec culture]] paintings ''([[:Image:Mural1,Oxtotitlan cave,Guerrero.jpg|pictured]])''?

{{*mp}}...that [[ceramics]] expert '''[[Otto Natzler]]''' perfected over 2,000 colours and styles of [[Ceramic glaze|glazes]]?

{{*mp}}...that the enrollment rate of girls in '''[[Education in Yemen|schools in Yemen]]''' is the lowest out of all [[Middle East]]ern countries?

{{*mp}}...that [[gay pornography|gay pornographic]] [[film director]] '''[[Scott Masters]]''' directed more than 100 [[short subject|loops]] before founding his own company, [[Nova Studios]]?

{{*mp}}...that more than one million [[Korean people|Koreans]] '''[[Koreans in the Arab world|moved to Arab countries]]''' '''[[Koreans in Iran|and Iran]]''' between 1975 and 1985?

{{*mp}}...that nearly 3 million [[Indian rupee|rupees]] worth of property was stolen from the house of [[Kannada cinema]] actor '''[[Srinath]]''' on the day of his daughter's marriage in 2001?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Japan|Japanese]] diplomat '''[[Tatsuo Kawai (diplomat)|Tatsuo Kawai]]''' ''([[:Image:Tatsuo Kawai 1941.jpg|pictured]])'' was sacked as an official spokesman at the Foreign Ministry after leading a strike there in 1940?

{{*mp}}...that the 1914 [[comic strip]] '''''[[Abie the Agent]]''''', the first American comic with a [[Jew|Jewish]] [[protagonist]], has been called the first [[Adult comics|adult comic]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Kveldulf Bjalfasson]]''', a ninth-century [[Norway|Norwegian]] landowner and grandson of the [[Viking]] [[Egill Skallagrímsson]], was reputed to be an ''[[ulfhéðinn]]'' or [[werewolf]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Nabisco Brands, Inc.]]''' sold the US [[Shredded Wheat]] operations to [[General Foods]], and the international Shredded Wheat operations to [[General Mills]]?

{{*mp}}...that between her marriage to [[Marcus Garvey]] and her relationship with [[President of Liberia]] [[William Tubman]], [[Pan-Africanist]] activist '''[[Amy Ashwood Garvey]]''' ran a club on [[London]]'s [[Carnaby Street]]?

{{*mp}}...that a '''[[cyclic cellular automaton]]''' is a system of simple mathematical rules that can generate complex patterns mixing random chaos, blocks of color, and spirals ''([[:Image:2dCCA-n16.png|pictured]])''?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Reification (fallacy)|reification]]''' is a [[logical fallacy]] that occurs when qualities of a [[life|living being]] are attributed to an [[abstraction|abstract concept]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Whistling Kite]]s''' in [[Australia]] primarily hunt live prey, while those in [[New Guinea]] are principally [[scavenger]]s?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Poplar Tree Elementary School]]''' building was damaged by [[boulder]]s from [[rock blasting|blasting]] works during its construction, and it initially had no [[playground]]?

{{*mp}}...that the women courtiers in the erstwhile [[Mysore Kingdom]] were expected to be adept in 64 arts, with '''[[Kasuti]]''' embroidery being one of them?

{{*mp}}...that [[Japanese painting|Japanese painter]] '''[[Tomioka Tessai]]''' ''([[:Image:Tomioka Tessai Two Divinities Dancing.jpg|work pictured]])'' was encouraged by his mentor, [[Buddhist]] nun and [[Japanese poet|poet]] [[Otagaki Rengetsu]], to synthesize Buddhist and [[Shinto]] elements in his works?

{{*mp}}...that former [[Ghana]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] '''[[Eric Amoateng]]''' was arrested in the [[United States]] and has pled guilty to [[drug trafficking]]-related charges?

{{*mp}}...that the town of [[Channapatna]] in [[India]] is known as the "toy-town of [[Karnataka]]" due to the popularity of the '''[[Channapatna_toys|wooden toys]]''' manufactured there?

{{*mp}}...that the eight surviving '''[[medieval Bulgarian royal charters]]''' are among the few available secular documents from the time of the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]]?

{{*mp}}...that the performance of '''"[[Let Me Try]]"''' at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005]] featured performers banging on what appeared to be drums of [[industrial waste]]?

{{*mp}}...that during the '''[[Toronto Raptors 2006-07 season]]''' ''([[:Image:Raptors warm up.JPG|team pictured]])'', the [[National Basketball Association]] team won their first division title in franchise history?

{{*mp}}...that there are 254 '''[[List of Hewitts and Nuttalls in England|Hewitts and Nuttalls]]''' in England?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Yalchik Lake]]''' is the biggest lake in [[Mari El]], [[Russia]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Anne Hyde Choate]]''' was the second president of the [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] and also an international [[Scouting]] leader in [[WAGGGS]] for fifty years?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Marbrianus de Orto]]''' was one of the first [[composer]]s to write a completely [[canon (music)|canon]]ic setting of the [[Ordinary of the Mass]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Tejashwini Sreeramesh]], an [[India]]n [[Member of Parliament]] from the [[Kanakapura]] constituency of [[Karnataka]], was previously an anchor of a talk show on '''[[Udaya TV]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[International One Design]]''' for [[yacht]]s ''([[:Image:International One Design - Hamilton Harbour - Bermuda.jpg|pictured]])'' was developed so that [[yacht racing|sail racing]] would be decided by the skill of the crew?

{{*mp}}...that [[microfinance]] organization '''[[FINCA International]]''' is known as the "[[World Bank]] for the poor"?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Alex Stevenson]]''' is the only [[football (soccer)|football]]er to play for both the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] and [[Rangers F.C.]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[non-fiction]] book '''''[[Est Playing the Game]]''''' was almost blocked from publication because it described techniques used in [[Erhard Seminars Training]]?

{{*mp}}...that one of the [[liturgy|liturgies]] of the Antiochian [[Western Rite Vicariate]], a part of '''[[Western Rite Orthodoxy]]''', is a modified form of the 1928 American [[Book of Common Prayer]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[John Bower]]''' was the first non-[[Europe]]an to ever win anything at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]] in 1968?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Banga Mahila Vidyalaya]]''' (Bengali Women’s College) was the first women’s liberal arts college in [[India]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Winter Quarters Bay]]''' ''([[:Image:Mcmurdo sound.jpg|pictured]])'' is the southern-most port in the [[Southern Ocean]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]] [[amusement park]] in [[California]] was initially built and run in the 1970s by the '''[[Newhall Land and Farming Company]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that the [[1934 in film|1934 film]] '''''[[Sati Sulochana]]''''' was the first ever [[talkie]] produced in the [[Kannada language]]?

{{*mp}}...that despite a requirement for [[scientist]]s to '''[[Data sharing|share data]]''', over a quarter of [[genetics|geneticists]] could not access data required to validate research?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Andrew N. Meltzoff]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s research revealed that infants of only a few weeks of age can imitate [[facial expression]]s and [[hand gesture]]s?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Alexandru Ghika]]''', the founder of the [[Romania]]n school of [[functional analysis]], was the great-great-grandson of [[Grigore IV Ghica]], [[Prince of Wallachia]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Marthe Richard]]''' was a former [[prostitution|prostitute]] and [[espionage|spy]] who worked to make [[brothel]]s illegal in [[France]]?

{{*mp}}...that the villagers of [[Kotor]] referred to [[Third Order of St. Dominic|Dominican]] [[visionary]] and [[anchorite|anchoress]] '''[[Osanna of Cattaro]]''' as "the trumpet of the [[Holy Spirit]]" and the "teacher of [[Christian mysticism|mysticism]]"?

{{*mp}}...that it is said that the name for '''[[Gilbertstone]]''' in [[Birmingham]] derives from a man named Gilbert lifting an [[glacial erratic|erratic]], now displayed at [[Blakesley Hall]], to extend the boundaries of his land?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Ruben M. Benjamin House]]''' (''[[:Image:Bloomington Il Benjamin House2.JPG|pictured]]'') was built by [[John Long Routt]], the first governor of [[Colorado]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Amsterdam]]'s '''[[Prostitution Information Center]]''' provides the city's visitors with information and advice about [[prostitution]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Lieutenant Governor's Court]]''' was the first real [[civil court]] in [[Tasmania]] and that a judge-advocate presided in the court rather than the lieutenant governor?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Terry Major-Ball]]''', elder brother of the former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[John Major|Sir John Major]], wrote an "exquisitely funny" [[autobiography]] detailing his mishaps running the family's [[garden ornament]] business in the 1950s?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation]]''' is the first attempt at recording the complete [[History of Russian animation|history of Russian and Soviet animation]]?

{{*mp}}...that the father of '''[[Nguyen Van Cu]]''', the [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] pilot who led the [[1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing|1962 Presidential Palace bombing]], was a dissident jailed by [[Ngo Dinh Diem]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[David Bowie]] song "'''[[Aladdin Sane (song)|Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)]]'''" was inspired by [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel ''[[Vile Bodies]]'', which was also the basis for the film ''[[Bright Young Things]]''?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club]]''' was the site of [[Tiger Woods]]’ record third consecutive [[United States Amateur Championship (men's golf)|amateur championship]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Very Light Jet]] [[entrepreneur]] '''[[Jim McCotter]]''' founded a [[New Religious Movement|religious movement]]?

{{*mp}}...that the land holdings of '''[[Henry Newhall]]''' ''([[:Image:Henry Mayo Newhall.jpg|pictured]])'' formed the basis of what is now [[Santa Clarita, California]]?

{{*mp}}...that 25 of the 368 '''[[List of Cuban birds|Cuban bird species]]''' are [[Endemism in birds|endemic]]?

{{*mp}}...that according to legend, when a [[peasant]] stole a [[donkey]] from '''[[Opportuna of Montreuil]]''''s [[abbey]], she "left the matter up to [[God]]," and the next day, the peasant's field was [[Salting the earth|sown with salt]]?

{{*mp}}...that the 2,000 American soldiers who fought in the '''[[Battle of Short Hills]]''' against 17,000 British men suffered only minor casualties and were able to inflict considerable damage on the enemy?

{{*mp}}...that there are two [[radio station]]s in [[Brunei]] that broadcast partially in [[Gurkhali]] for the Nepalese '''[[Languages of Brunei|speakers]]''' of the First Battalion of the [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] stationed in Brunei?

{{*mp}}...that Jiang Rong was inspired to write his [[2004 in literature|2004]] novel '''''[[Wolf Totem]]''''' during [[China]]'s [[Cultural Revolution]] after a failed attempt to [[domestication|domesticate]] a [[gray wolf|wolf]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Oscar Niemeyer Museum]]''' ''([[:Image:Museu Oscar Niemeyer 2 Curitiba Brasil.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Paraná (state)|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?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Donald Stephens]]''', [[mayor]] of [[Rosemont, Illinois]] for 51 years, is believed to be the longest-serving mayor in the United States?

{{*mp}}...that in [[economics]], the '''[[kinked demand|kinked demand curve theory]]''' was the first attempt at explaining [[sticky (economics)|sticky]] prices?

{{*mp}}...that [[French people|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]]?

{{*mp}}...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 [[Subsequent Nuremberg Trials|war crimes]] after [[World War II]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Lykaia]]''' in [[Arcadia]] was a primitive [[rite of passage]] centered upon a threat of [[cannibalism]] and the possibility of a [[werewolf]] transformation?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[LWD Szpak]]''' ''([[:Image:LWD SZPAK.JPG|pictured]])'' was the first [[Poland|Polish]]-designed post-[[World War II]] [[airplane]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Romania]]n artist '''[[Ion Valentin Anestin]]''' was censored and ultimately arrested by the [[Communist Romania|Communist regime]] for publishing caricatures of [[Joseph Stalin]] during [[World War II]]?

{{*mp}}...that a [[British Army|British]] [[Gurkha]] Battalion has been '''[[Military_Forces_Based_in_Brunei|maintained in Brunei]]''' at the request of the [[Hassanal Bolkiah|Sultan of Brunei]] after the 1962 [[Brunei Revolt]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Kerry Lynch]]''' is the only [[nordic combined]] skier to ever be disqualified for [[Doping (sport)|doping]] and stripped of his medal at the [[Winter Olympics]] or [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|Nordic skiing World Championships]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Charles Menzies (commandant)|Charles Menzies]]''' established [[Newcastle, New South Wales]] as a settlement, when he was only 21 years of age?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Jacqui Oatley]]''' is the first female [[football (soccer)|football]] [[sports commentator|commentator]] in the history of [[BBC]] football programme ''[[Match of the Day]]''?

{{*mp}}...that the students of [[Jagiellonian University]] tore the portrait of Emperor [[Franz Joseph I]] to pieces at the '''[[Collegium Novum]]''' ''([[:Image:Collegium Novum w Krakowie 2006-06-09.jpg|pictured]])'' while rallying for independence from the [[Austria-Hungary|Austrian Empire]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Avinguda Diagonal]]''', a street in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], is so named because it cuts the central district [[Eixample]] in two diagonally?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Dan Jones (1810-1862)|Dan Jones]]''' heard [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]]'s "[[Prophecies of Joseph Smith, Jr.|final prophecy]]" the day before Smith was killed?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Vietminh]] named the [[grenade]]s they made and used against the French after '''[[Phan Dinh Phung]]''', who led a rebel army in the initial colonisation of [[Vietnam]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Australian cricket team|Australian]] [[Test cricket]]er '''[[Ray Lindwall]]''' played in two [[rugby league]] grand finals for the [[St. George Dragons]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Annette Akroyd]]''' an [[orientalist]], is remembered primarily for her early efforts at women’s education in [[India]]?

{{*mp}}...that a German-American was aboard the German submarine, '''[[Unterseeboot 94 (1940)|U-94]],''' when she was sunk by [[United States Navy]] and [[Maritime Command (Canada)|Canadian Navy]] forces?

{{*mp}}...that the [[oligopoly]] of [[Pillsbury Bakery|Pillsbury]], '''[[Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company|Northwestern Consolidated]]''' ''([[:Image:Northwestern Consolidated Elevator A.jpg|pictured]])'' and [[General Mills]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]] before the [[Great Depression]] was the world's largest [[gristmill|flour miller]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Royal Brunei Navy]]''' formed as the Boat Section of the [[Royal Brunei Armed Forces|Brunei Malay Regiment]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Eduard Bloch]]''' was a [[Jew]]ish doctor whose life was saved out of "everlasting gratitude" by [[Adolf Hitler]]?

{{*mp}}...that on [[May 3]], [[2002]] a military [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21bis]] aircraft '''[[2002 Jalandhar India MiG-21 crash|crashed]]''' into the Bank of Rajasthan in [[India]], killing eight?

{{*mp}}...that the later [[far right]] political writer '''[[Armin Mohler]]''' was once refused entry to the [[SS]] and forced to return to his native [[Switzerland]], where he was arrested for [[desertion]], a year later?

{{*mp}}...that [[Lyndon Johnson]] declined to respond to the [[Vietcong]]'s [[Christmas Eve]] '''[[1964 Brinks Hotel bombing]]''', fearing that fighting during the holiday season would damage morale?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Julian Salomons]]''' was only [[chief justice]] in [[New South Wales]] to resign before he was sworn into office?

{{*mp}}...that in '''[[the Big Runaway]]''' during the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]] in [[Pennsylvania]] in 1778, Rachel Silverthorn (''[[:Image:Rachel Silverthorne Mural in Muncy, Pennsylvania crop.JPG|pictured]]'') rode to warn settlers on [[Muncy Creek]] of impending attack when no man would?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Tourism in Nicaragua|tourism]]''' is [[Nicaragua]]'s second largest industry, having grown 394% in the past 12 years?

{{*mp}}...that [[Royal Governor of Chile]] '''[[José de Garro]]''' planned to defeat the [[Mapuche]]s by taking their chiefs hostage in a ruse, but the plan was rejected by King [[Charles II of Spain]] as too deceitful?

{{*mp}}...that in 1961 the '''[[Portland Buckaroos]]''' hockey team beat the [[Seattle Totems]] in the [[Western Hockey League (minor pro)|Western Hockey League]] championship to win the [[Lester Patrick Cup]] in its first season of existence?

{{*mp}}...that the [[non-fiction]] book '''''[[The Pit: A Group Encounter Defiled]]''''' is cited in [[academic journal]]s as an extreme example of [[encounter group]]s?

{{*mp}}*...that '''[[Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia|Jewelers' Row]]''' ''([[:Image:Jewelers Row.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Philadelphia]] was the first speculative [[housing development]] in the [[United States]], featuring that country's first [[Terraced house|row houses]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[book peddler]]s''' played an important cultural role in various countries, for which they sometimes suffered state persecution and sometimes enjoyed state protection?

{{*mp}}...that [[Australian Olympic medalists in Swimming|Australian Olympic swimming gold medalist]] '''[[Neil Brooks]]''' retired after being suspended for drinking 46 cans of [[beer]] on a flight from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] back to [[Australia]]?

{{*mp}}...that as [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Secretary of State for the Colonies|Colonial Secretary]], '''[[Arthur Creech Jones]]''' oversaw [[Dominion|dominion status]] in 1948 for [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]], the first non-white colony in the [[British Empire]] to gain it?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Polish legislative election, 1928|1928 legislative election]]''' is considered the last free election in Poland before the [[fall of communism]] six decades later?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Royal Air Force]] ordered 1,291 '''[[De Havilland DH.10]]s''' ''([[:Image:Airco DH 10 ExCC.jpg|pictured]])'' for use in [[World War I]], but they were only used in a single bombing mission before the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|armistice]] ended the fighting?

{{*mp}}...that [[Kannada]] poet and [[Freedom fighters of India |Indian political activist]] '''[[Kayyara Kinyanna Rai]]''' published his first journal, ''Susheela'', at the age of 12?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Michigan State University Libraries]]''' has the largest catalogued collection of [[comic book]]s in the world, with over 150,000 items?

{{*mp}}...that President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] survived the '''[[1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing]]''' after a 500&nbsp;lb (225&nbsp;kg) bomb landed in his room and failed to detonate?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[John Ives]]''' ''([[:Image:John Ives from 1822.jpg|pictured]])'' was elected a fellow of both the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]] and the [[Royal Society]] by the age of 21?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[West Pharmaceutical Services explosion]]''' in 2003 occured just 170 miles from the site of another [[industrial disaster]], [[America]]'s [[1991 Hamlet chicken processing plant fire|second-worst]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''''[[Du battant des lames au sommet des montagnes]]''''' ([[French]] for "From the beating of the waves to the summit of the mountains") is a [[Land description|legal description]] of the manner in which the island of [[Réunion]] was divided into parcels?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Rasau|Rasau Field]]''', one of the two onshore [[oil field]]s of [[Brunei]], was discovered in 1979 but oil production only started in 1983?

{{*mp}}...that when the [[Sudan|Sudanese]] [[Boeing]] [[Boeing 737|737]] [[Air West]] '''[[Air West Flight 612|Flight 612]]''' was [[airliner hijacking|hijacked]], the hijacker originally wanted to fly to [[Rome]] or [[London]] but was forced to settle for [[Chad]] due to a lack of fuel?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford]]''' ''([[:Image:St Thomas the Martyr - south wall.JPG|pictured]])'' was closely associated with the early [[Oxford Movement]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[mushroom]] '''''[[Lactarius rubrilacteus]]''''' is also known as the "[[blood|Bleeding]] [[milk]]cap" because it releases a dark-red milky substance when sliced or cut?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[South Seas Evangelical Church]]''', the third-largest religious affiliation in the [[Solomon Islands]], traces its history to a [[mission (Christian)|mission]] for [[Kanakas]] in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician '''[[Robert Jones (British politician)|Robert Jones]]''' was the only person to represent the parliamentary constituency of [[West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Hertfordshire]] from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997?

{{*mp}}...that the brief '''[[Dodecanese Campaign]]''' in [[1943]] resulted in one of the last major [[Nazi Germany|German]] victories in [[World War II]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Pankaj Gupta]]''' was one of the earliest [[India|Indian]] sports administrators involved in [[football (soccer)|football]], [[Field hockey|hockey]] and [[cricket]]?

{{*mp}}...that in the '''[[2005 Oklahoma vs. Texas football game|100th meeting]]''' of the [[Red River Shootout]] ''([[:Image:TX OU Red River Shootout in Cotton Bowl seen from fair grounds - with arrow showing 50 yard line.JPG|pictured]])'', the [[2005 Texas Longhorn football team|Texas Longhorns]] tied their record for biggest margin of victory over their rival, the [[Oklahoma Sooners football under Bob_ Stoops#2005|Oklahoma Sooners]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Wee Chong Jin]], one of the former '''[[judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore]]''', was the longest-serving [[Chief Justice of Singapore]] and of a [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] country, having held the post for over 27 years?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Dr. H. Sudarshan]]''' was honored with the [[Right Livelihood Award]], also known as [[alternative Nobel Prize]], for showing how tribal culture can help secure the basic rights and needs of indigenous people?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Ashley Mallett]]''', [[Australian cricket team|Australia]]'s most successful [[Second World War|post-war]] [[off spin]]ner, had his career curtailed by [[arthritis]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[genus]] '''''[[Brachyplatystoma]]''''' includes many large [[species]] of [[Amazon River|Amazon]]ian [[catfish]], including one which may reach about 3 [[metre]]s (almost 12 [[foot (unit of length)|feet]]) in length?

{{*mp}}...that, even though the [[soldier]]s that constituted the '''[[Red Lancers]]''', a [[horse]]-mounted [[military]] unit, first served as the [[Holland|Dutch]] Royal Guards, they were almost completely destroyed after their first battle in 1812?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Rothschild giraffe]]''' ''([[:Image:Giraffe08 - melbourne zoo edit.jpg|pictured]])'' is the most endangered and tallest subspecies of [[giraffe]]?

{{*mp}}...that the role of '''[[Kanephoros]]''' was the most prominent public office a girl or woman could hold in ancient [[Athens]]?

{{*mp}}...that tens of thousands of [[Armenia]]n '''[[Khachkar destruction in Nakhichevan|Khachkars have allegedly been destroyed]]''' in a systematic manner by the government of [[Azerbaijan]]?

{{*mp}}...that during a [[1942]] air attack on the '''''[[Koolama]]''''', an [[Australia]]n [[merchant ship]], a man survived a direct hit to his head by a [[bomb]], dropped by a [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] aircraft?

{{*mp}}...that Dr. '''[[Naseem Ashraf]]''' was accused in ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' of having a hidden agenda of de-Islamisation of the [[Pakistan cricket team]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Shikellamy]]''', an [[Oneida (tribe)|Oneida]] [[Tribal chief|chief]], was an emissary between the [[Iroquois]] and [[Province of Pennsylvania|colonial government of Pennsylvania]] for nearly twenty years and helped negotiate several treaties?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt]]''' stalled after President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] falsely promised reform, allowing loyalist forces to crush the rebels?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[the Sugarlands]]''' ''([[:Image:Sugarlands-bh1.jpg|pictured]])'', a valley once known as "[[Moonshine]]rs' Paradise", is now the ___location of [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] headquarters?

{{*mp}}...that towards the end of his career, [[Gothic art|Gothic]] [[Panel painting|painter]] '''[[Henri Bellechose]]''' made commissions for the [[Duke of Burgundy|Dukes of Burgundy]] even though he was not paid at all?

{{*mp}}...that in the early 18th century the '''[[Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur|Marquis de Ségur]]''' owned three of the five most [[First Growth|prestigious wine estates]] in Bordeaux?

{{*mp}}...that 1927 '''[[Italian football champions]]''' [[Torino F.C.]] were stripped of their title for [[match fixing]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[trade union|labor union]] activist '''[[Sam Pollock (labor leader)|Sam Pollock]]''', who helped lead the [[Auto-Lite Strike]], is the grandfather of noted experimental filmmaker [[Damon Packard]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Romania]]n politician '''[[Costică Canacheu]]''' campaigns for the official recognition of [[Aromanians]] as a [[Minorities of Romania|national minority]] in his country?

{{*mp}}...that [[female]]s of the [[tropics|tropical]] [[fish]] [[scientific classification|subfamily]] '''[[Glandulocaudinae]]''' are able to hold [[sperm]] in their [[ovary|ovaries]] for several [[months]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[USS Achelous (ARL-1)|''Achelous''-class]] [[landing craft]] repair ship '''[[USS Krishna (ARL-38)|USS ''Krishna'']]''' ''([[:Image:Krishna ARL-38.jpg|pictured]])'' and her sister ship USS ''Indra'' are the only [[United States Navy|U.S. Naval]] vessels to have borne the name of a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[deity]]?

{{*mp}}...that the body of a 5th-century Germanic warrior found with the '''[[Treasure of Pouan]]''' was initially thought to be that of [[Theodoric I]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Australia]]n [[cricket]]er '''[[John Gleeson]]''' attributed the finger strength used in his two-finger [[bowling (cricket)|bowling action]] to a childhood of [[milk]]ing cows?

{{*mp}}...that the first documented discovery of [[gold]] in [[California]], was at '''[[Rancho San Francisco]]''' in 1842, six years before the [[California Gold Rush]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[1964 South Vietnamese coup]]''' by General [[Nguyen Khanh]] succeeded despite his accomplice General [[Tran Thien Khiem]] oversleeping?

{{*mp}}...that [[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame]] inductee '''[[John Pesek]]''' was also inducted into the Greyhound National Hall of Fame?

{{*mp}}...that [[David Farragut]] ''([[:Image:Admiral David G Farragut.jpg|pictured]])'' in 1862 became the first '''[[Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy|Hispanic U.S. Navy Admiral]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that somewhere between 25–33% of '''[[Icelanders]]''' living in [[Iceland]] died due to the 1783 [[Volcanic eruption|eruption]] of [[Laki (volcano)|Laki]], and the subsequent [[famine]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Light echo|light echoes]]''' appear to exceed the [[speed of light]] due to simple [[interstellar]] [[illusions]]?

{{*mp}}...that despite the '''[[scar literature]]''' after [[China]]'s [[Cultural Revolution]] contributing to [[Deng Xiaoping]]'s return to power, he later suppressed it?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Irish people|Irish]]–[[Australian]] surveyor '''[[Robert D. Fitzgerald]]''' became so skilled in his hobby of [[botany]] that [[Charles Darwin]] corresponded with him and 4 plants were named in his honour?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Churumuri.com]]''', one of the most popular blogs on [[WordPress.com]], is named after a [[snack]] made of [[puffed rice]] that is a speciality of [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]] in [[India]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Governors Court]]''' in [[New South Wales]] had a rule barring ex-convict [[lawyer]]s from appearing before it, but all of the lawyers in the penal colony were ex-convicts?

{{*mp}}...that [[Gilbert Jessop]] called '''[[Henry Scattergood]]''' ''([[:Image:Henry Scattergood.jpg|pictured]])'' America's greatest [[wicket-keeper]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[United Kingdom|British]] philosopher '''[[Iain King]]''' is attempting to apply the [[scientific revolution]] to [[ethics]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency]] is building '''[[floating nuclear power station|nuclear power plants that float on water]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that during the '''[[2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona]]''', [[Katherine Legge]] completed the one millionth lap in the history of the race?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Dusky Woodswallow]]s''' roost together in large flocks during the [[breeding season]] to protect their young from [[predator]]s?

{{*mp}}...that the person or group responsible for the [[blackmail]] letters of the [[Glico Morinaga case]] in [[Japan]] is known as '''[[the Monster with 21 Faces]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[First Command Financial Planning, Inc.]]''', a [[financial services]] company that caters to the [[U.S. military]], was found "willfully" non-compliant related to [[fraud]]ulent activities in its [[marketing]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Joachim Piccolomini]]''' ''([[:Image:Jpiccolominismall.JPG|pictured]])'' was repeatedly urged by his fellow [[Servite Order|Servites]] to become a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]], but felt unworthy to be anything more than an [[altar server]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Neville Duke]]''' was the top Allied [[fighter ace]] in the Mediterranean theatre in [[World War II]], having shot down at least 27 aircraft?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball]]''' program is the only college women's team to appear in every [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] and every Sweet 16?

{{*mp}}...that in the book '''''[[Beyond Capricorn]]''''' Peter Trickett claims that the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] were the first to discover [[Australia]], between 1519-24?

{{*mp}}...that Sir '''[[Charles MacCarthy (governor)|Charles MacCarthy]]''', the [[United Kingdom|British]] colonial governor of [[Sierra Leone]] and the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], was killed by the [[Ashanti]] and his head kept as a trophy?

{{*mp}}...that [[Uruguay]]an [[football (soccer)|football]]er '''[[Víctor Rodríguez Andrade]]''' helped found [[Uruguayan Basketball Federation]] team 25 de Agosto?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Zhang Chengzhi]]''', who formed [[China]]'s first group of [[Red Guards (China)|Red Guards]] while a student at [[High School attached to Tsinghua University|Tsinghua University Middle School]], [[religious conversion|converted]] to [[Islam]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[bat]]s comprise about 20% of all [[mammal]] species found in the '''[[Central Oregon Coast Range]]''' ''([[:Image:CentralOrCoastRange.jpg|pictured]])''?

{{*mp}}...that the traditional [[Bengali language|Bengali]] '''[[panjika]]''', the [[Hindu]] astrological [[almanac]], has come out with an interactive [[CD-ROM|CD]] version?

{{*mp}}...that none of the storms of the '''[[1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season]]''' in the [[Arabian Sea]] made [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]]?

{{*mp}}...that as [[Charles I of Austria]] '''[[Charles I of Austria's conflict with Miklós Horthy|attempted]]''' to regain the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] throne in 1921, [[Czechoslovakia]] nearly entered [[Budapest]] in order to prevent a [[Habsburg]] restoration?

{{*mp}}...that the study reported in '''''[[Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training]]''''' concluded that attending an [[Large Group Awareness Training|LGAT]] seminar had minimal lasting effects, positive or negative, on participants' [[self-perception]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Sir Martin Lindsay, 1st Baronet|Martin Lindsay]]''' led the 1934 [[United Kingdom|British]] Trans-[[Greenland]] Expedition, which set a world record for travelling 1050&nbsp;mi (1680&nbsp;km) using [[sled]]ges?

{{*mp}}...that only three works of '''[[Egardus]]''', a [[Music of the trecento|fourteenth century]] [[composer]] whose music was known in [[Flanders]], [[Italy]], and [[Poland]], are known to have survived?

{{*mp}}...that the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and [[San Antonio Spurs]] ''([[:Image:Spurs vs Lakers.jpg|teams pictured]])'' had '''[[Spurs-Lakers rivalry|an intense rivalry]]''', during which the teams combined for six [[NBA]] championships in seven seasons?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Gottlieb Ott]]''' changed [[Berne]]'s cityscape both by constructing new buildings and removing a medieval tower?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[All India Sikh Students Federation]]''' was a major part of the movement for a [[Sikh]]-majority state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] in [[India]]?

{{*mp}}...that species of '''''[[Prosaurolophus]]''''', a [[hadrosaurid|duckbilled]] [[dinosaur]], have been described by [[Barnum Brown]] and [[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|Jack Horner]], two of the most prominent [[paleontology|paleontologists]] of the 20th century?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Thrud the Barbarian]]''', a [[comics|comic]] character parodying [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s depiction of [[Conan the Barbarian]], has the intelligence of a [[Helix aspersa|garden snail]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Free Belgian Forces]]''' fought in several theaters during [[World War II]], including Great Britain, East Africa, the Mediterranean, and northwestern Europe?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[The Mather School]]''' ''([[:Image:Mather school.jpg|pictured]])'' in [[Dorchester, Massachusetts]], is the oldest free public [[elementary school]] in [[North America]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Jerry Zimmerman]]''' was the last active [[Major League Baseball]] coach to [[umpire]] a major league game?

{{*mp}}...that the first recorded use of '''"[[mad as a March hare]]"''', which refers to the antics of [[hare]]s during their [[breeding season]], was written by [[Sir Thomas More]] in 1529?

{{*mp}}...that the [[defection]] of [[Ministry of Public Security of Poland|Polish secret police agent]] '''[[Józef Światło]]''' in 1953, shook the [[Polish United Workers' Party]] and led to the liberalization of [[Polish October]]?

{{*mp}}...that Mother Theresa University, in '''[[Vilpatti]]''' [[Panchayat]], [[South India]], is the nation's only university exclusively devoted to women's issues?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[history of invasive and interventional cardiology]]''' began with [[catheter]]s being placed into the [[right ventricle|right]] and [[left ventricle]]s of a living horse in 1711?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Zainichi Korean language|Korean dialect]]''' spoken by [[Zainichi Korean|ethnic Koreans in Japan]] has changed so much that some of its [[heritage speaker|speakers]] don't think it can be properly referred to as "[[Korean language|Korean]]" anymore?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[lockstep]] walking''' ''([[:Image:Auburn lockstep.gif|pictured]])'' was a trademark of the [[Prisons in the United States|American prison system]] of the 19th century and sometimes replaced the '''[[military step]]''' of inmates as a form of punishment?

{{*mp}}...that [[Berne]]'s '''[[Christoffelturm]]''', when it was over 500 years old, was pulled down in a political move that had 415 supporters and 412 opposers?

{{*mp}}...that in '''''[[Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.]]''''', the [[United States Supreme Court]] declared that "[[nudity]] itself is not inherently expressive conduct"?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Ninasam]]''', a cultural organization in [[Karnataka]], [[India]], had a project sponsored by the [[Ford Foundation]] of the [[United States]]?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Cadillac Northstar LMP]]''' [[Le Mans prototype]] did not actually use an engine from a [[Cadillac]], but instead an [[Oldsmobile]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] '''[[Anthony Neyrot]]''' [[apostasy|renounced Christianity]] after being captured by [[Moors|Moorish]] [[Piracy#Middle Ages|pirate]]s, but publicly [[Religious conversion|reconverted]] and was [[stoning|stoned to death]] at [[Tunis]]?

{{*mp}}...that during the '''[[Battle of Dalmatia]]''', [[Croatia]]n forces were so ill-equipped that they stuffed with [[explosive]]s into [[Coca-Cola]] cans to create [[hand grenade]]s?

{{*mp}}...that [[France|French]] [[artillery]] officers were the most efficient at '''[[cannon operation]]''' ''(pictured)'' during the [[18th century]], firing 150 shots per cannon daily during [[siege]], instead of the usual 100?

{{*mp}}...that the 1932 comedy '''''[[Pojkarna på Storholmen]]''''', starring [[Fridolf Rhudin]], is one of the most successful [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[film]]s in history?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[White-eyed Gull]]''', a rare gull [[Endemism in birds|endemic]] to the [[Red Sea]], does not have white eyes?

{{*mp}}...that self-made American [[millionaire]] James Jesse Lynn became '''[[Rajarsi Janakananda]]''', the leading disciple of the [[Hindu]] Guru [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]?

{{*mp}}...that the [[polymath]]ic '''[[Thomas Shaw Brandreth]]''' invented the ''[[Cycloped]]'', a horse-powered locomotive, and published a [[blank verse]] translation of the ''[[Iliad]]'' into English?

{{*mp}}...that [[chemist]] '''[[Hugo Stoltzenberg]]''' developed the [[poison gas]] used by [[Germany]] at the 1915 [[Second Battle of Ypres]] in [[Belgium]], the first time it was used on the [[Western Front]]?

{{*mp}}...that former [[Chicago]] mayor [[William Hale Thompson]] was cast in the 1927 [[silent film|silent]] [[exploitation film]] '''''[[Is Your Daughter Safe?]]''''' to ensure it would pass the city's censorship boards?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Aichi D1A]]''' ''([[:Image:Aichid1a-1.jpg|pictured]])'' was a [[aircraft carrier|carrier]]-borne [[dive bomber]] primarily used by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]?

{{*mp}}...that a nonconvex [[polygon]] with three [[convex set|convex]] vertices is called a '''[[pseudotriangle]]'''?

{{*mp}}...that online [[data broker]] '''[[Intelius]]''' owns more than half of the people search market?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Dorus Rijkers]]''' was a Dutch [[lifeboat]]-captain who saved of over 500 men, woman and children from drowning at sea?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Kampong Sungai Teraban]]''' in [[Brunei]] was settled by a group of [[Malay people|Malay]] fishermen who moved across the Belait River after a falling out with the inhabitants of [[Kuala Belait]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Sue (dinosaur)|Sue]]''' ''([[:Image:Chicago Illinois - Sue - Field Museum1.jpg|pictured]])'' is the largest, most complete, and best preserved ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' [[fossil]] ever found?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Court of Civil Jurisdiction]]''' was the first [[civil court]] established in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]?

{{*mp}}...that in 2005, the newly-upgraded [[Roll-on/roll-off|RORO]] [[ferry]] '''[[Queen of Oak Bay]]''' lost power and crashed into a [[marina]], damaging or destroying 22 other vessels?

{{*mp}}...that the history of the '''[[Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore]]''' dates back to the arrival of [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Hakka]] refugees following the [[Taiping Rebellion]] in [[China]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Operativo Independencia|Operation Independence]]''', which aimed to crush the [[Guevarist]] guerilla [[People's Revolutionary Army (Argentina)|ERP]], was the first large-scale operation in the [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Dirty War]]?

{{*mp}}...that the life of [[Han Dynasty]] poet and composer [[Cai Wenji]] ''([[:Image:1-CaiWnji.jpg|pictured]])'' is depicted in '''''[[Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute]]'''''?

{{*mp}}...that the [[pyramid scheme]] '''[[Holiday Magic]]''' was investigated by the [[State of California]], the [[United States Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]], and [[Federal Trade Commission]], and was later shut down for [[fraud]]?

{{*mp}}...that [[football (soccer)|footballer]] '''[[Francis Lee]]''' earned his nickname ''Lee One Pen'' by setting an English record for the most [[penalty kick|penalties]] scored in a single season?

{{*mp}}...that [[Polish-Jewish]] and [[Polish-American|American]] historian '''[[Adam Ulam]]''' escaped [[The Holocaust]] by leaving to study in the [[United States|U.S.]] only days before the [[invasion of Poland|Germans invaded Poland]]?

{{*mp}}...that the cities of [[Viterbo]] and [[Narni]] fought a two-year battle over where the popular [[nun]] '''[[Lucia Brocadelli of Narni]]''' would reside?

{{*mp}}...that the poem '''''[[Fei hua qing han]]''''', attributed to 8th century poet [[Li Bai]], was really a hoax that contains the hidden message, "Go to hell [[Japan]], [[Junichirō Koizumi|Junichiro]] will die"?

{{*mp}}...that the '''[[San Francisco Armory]]''' ''([[:Image:SFArmory1.jpg|pictured]])'', a [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] stronghold during the "[[Bloody Thursday]]" events of 1934, is now used as a [[BDSM]] porn studio?

{{*mp}}...that [[exploitation film]] director/producer '''[[S. S. Millard]]''' was able to pass himself off as [[Romania]]n nobility when a former Romanian queen visited [[California]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[John Downer]]''', [[Premiers of South Australia|Premier]] of [[South Australia]] from 1885 to 1887, is the grandfather of [[Alexander Downer]], the current [[Australia]]n [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Beighton Cup]]''' is the oldest [[field hockey]] tournament in the world?

{{*mp}}...that until 1861 '''[[Newton Abbot railway station]]''' had three separate [[train shed]]s for trains running on lines to and from [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter]], [[Plymouth Millbay railway station|Plymouth]], and [[Torre railway station|Torquay]]?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Canford Cliffs]]''', an affluent [[suburb]] of [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], includes an exclusive branch of [[HSBC Bank (Europe)|HSBC]] bank which requires that customers without large accounts or [[mortgage]]s pay to enter?

{{*mp}}...that '''[[Reginald H. Thomson]]''', the [[civil engineering|civil engineer]] responsible for "virtually all of [[Seattle]]'s infrastructure", had a Ph.D. in [[philosophy]]?

{{*mp}}...that the enigmatic '''[[Ediacaran biota]]''' ''([[:Image:Spriggina_flounensi_C.jpg|fossil pictured]])'' have been classified into every major [[phylum|group]] of lifeforms, including their own [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]]?

{{*mp}}...that like the characters in his [[television series]] ''[[The Practice]]'' and ''[[Boston Legal]]'', '''[[David E. Kelley]]''' worked as a [[lawyer]] in a [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] law firm?

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