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31 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

... that since William Cowen sketched Kensington Canal and Brompton Cemetery (pictured), the canal has gone but the cemetery and Cowen are still there?
... that Zombie Hunter (2013), starring Danny Trejo as Jesus, premiered at the 2013 Fantasia Festival?
... that the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was recently passed in India following the assassination of its proponent, Narendra Dabholkar?
... that Scandinavian witches reputedly created troll cats from wood shavings and blood, and brought them to life with an invocation to Satan?
... that in addition to infecting squashes, the squash mosaic virus also infects melons?
... that the Killing Us Softly documentary focuses on images of women in advertising, gender stereotypes and sexual objectification?
... that the extinct ant Burmomyrma rossi was missing its head when described?

08:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Wukang Mansion (pictured) is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of the many people who committed suicide there, such as movie star Shangguan Yunzhu?
... that the Halloween-themed Millennium episode "The Curse of Frank Black" was inspired by the Japanese horror film Kwaidan?
... that Rani Sati, a legendary figure from Rajasthan, is worshiped for committing sati on her husband's death?
... that Danny Trejo stars in the Syfy original film Ghostquake as a "kick-butt" janitor?
... that Howard University librarian Joseph Henry Reason was the first African-American to be nominated for president of the American Library Association?
... that Hayao Miyazaki has compared Kiki's plight of becoming a full-fledged witch to the challenges of an aspiring cartoonist moving to Tokyo?
... that Hsien of the Dead (2012) is "Singapore's first zombie movie"?

00:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

... that William Hunter printed the first George Washington official report (print shop sign pictured)?
... that First Belgrade Singing Society is the oldest choir in Serbia?
... that Barry Wellings was Rochdale's top scorer in the 1980–81 season, with 14 goals?
... that the Vestfold Line, including a branch to Horten, was opened by King Oscar II in October 1881?
... that Natterer's bat can catch prey in flight or pursue it on the ground?
... that there were Hill Street blues in 18th-century London?
... that Tomás Menéndez Márquez was abducted from his ranch by pirates and rescued by Native Americans?

30 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the drum sanctuary (pictured) at Gishora in the Gitega Province of Burundi houses one of the king's two personal drums which were played during the "Seeds' ceremony"?
... that Kay Smith, Illinois Artist Laureate, continues to paint at 90 years of age?
... that Agence et Messageries Aérienne du Zaïre operated feeder services for Air Zaïre?
... that English cricketer James Anderson has the highest number of five-wicket hauls in Test cricket at the Trent Bridge?
... that the song "Nobody's Business", by Rihanna featuring Chris Brown, contains interpolation from Michael Jackson's 1987 single "The Way You Make Me Feel"?
... that John Crabbe defended Berwick Castle for the Scots against the English in 1318, but assisted the English when they again besieged Berwick in 1333?
... that singer Morrissey's Autobiography was published in Penguin Classics, an imprint normally reserved for venerated and long-dead authors?

08:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Bertha Parker Pallan (pictured) was one of the first female Native American archaeologists?
... that 105 people were injured during a train crash in Argentina on October 19, 2013?
... that Australian Supreme Court Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse was made a lifelong member of the Senate of the University of Sydney after over 50 years of service?
... that the first NASCAR Cup race was won by Glenn Dunaway, but the victory was awarded to Jim Roper?
... that Israeli swimmer Amit Ivry won medals in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in October 2013?
... that the extinct ant Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni is the first member of its genus found in Europe?
... that preparations for cosplay led to the death of a Malaysian teenager?

00:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the crusty russula (pictured) serves as food for both humans and a pleasing fungus beetle?
... that the Williamsburg publisher Joseph Royle refused to print the 1765 Virginia Resolves in his Virginia Gazette newspaper, causing Thomas Jefferson to intervene with an opposing newspaper?
... that in 1994 and 1995, Mexican singer Luis Miguel won consecutive Lo Nuestro Awards for Pop Album of the Year for albums that also earned Grammy Awards?
... that the GCHQ whistleblower Jock Kane was prevented from publishing two books?
... that the Providence Bruins lost their captain, two alternate captains, and two top defensemen heading into their 2013–14 season?
... that St. Clair Drake, an African-American sociologist, served as an adviser to the prime minister of Ghana in the 1960s?
... that the modern art David Mirvish Gallery was housed on land his father had intended as a parking lot for his discount store?

29 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Mottled Owl (pictured) shows the greatest degree of sexual dimorphism of any species of owl?
... that Peter de Montfort was the first person to have presided over the English Parliament as a prolocutor, an office now known as Speaker of the House of Commons?
... that the Būtingė oil terminal is the only way to supply oil to the ORLEN Lietuva refinery in Lithuania as the pipeline was cut off in 2006?
... that Anna Baetjer discovered the link between chromium exposure and cancer?
... that Green Bay Packers rookie cornerback Micah Hyde broke 17 school records playing high school football, including the most touchdown passes in a season?
... that the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, England, was named after the doctor who discovered the blood circulatory system?
... that according to a critic, the comedy film Oddball Hall "is...well...odd"?

08:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Cavalier Windmill at Langlade (pictured), first mentioned in 1211, has been restored and is in good working order?
... that John P. Hermann, retired from the University of Alabama, was an Old English professor and lifelong critic of the university's Greek system?
... that female physicist Elizabeth Laird came out of retirement during WWII to research radar?
... that Evan Longoria helped the Tampa Bay Rays win the 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game with a home run, his record-setting seventh in final games of the season?
... that Sophia Dobson Collet helped Josephine Butler repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts in India?
... that Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes won the Grammy Award, Latin Grammy Award and the Lo Nuestro Award with the same album?
... that according to its creator, GISHWHES is "the ugliest acronym the world has ever seen"?

00:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

... that ashes of Jews murdered in Treblinka were retrieved by an Israeli delegation in 1963 and buried at a memorial in the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery (pictured) in Giv'atayim?
... that although the reddening russula is mildly to moderately toxic, it is sold as an edible species in some areas of Asia?
... that 4-time Pro Bowl American football quarterback Randall Cunningham's best high school high jump was 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m), but Randall Cunningham II jumped 7 feet 3.25 inches (2.22 m) in his junior year?
... that after spending a decade on the vaudeville circuit, comics Willie and Eugene Howard became "a riot" in Broadway revues?
... that Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, was the owner of an illuminated manuscript, the Lisle Psalter, now Arundel 83 in the British Library?
... that mathematician Grace Bates was the only woman allowed to study differential equations in her final year at college?
... that prior to forming Oedo Sukeroku Taiko, founder Seidō Kobayashi and other members performed in Bon Festival drumming competitions to impress young women?

28 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Finland's Lågskär island lighthouse (pictured) contained the world's first rotating gas lighting device?
... that two years after the magnificent wedding of Edward of Norfolk, his father-in-law was hanged at Tyburn?
... that the wooden chapel on Malören in northern Sweden became known as the "cathedral of the islands" due to its tall spire?
... that a content audit, a qualitative analysis of all or part of a website, can help an organization develop its content strategy?
... that in Dutch director Ruud van Hemert's Schatjes (1984), one of the most successful Dutch movies ever, parents and their children engage in guerrilla warfare?
... that no One Day International cricket matches have been played at the Albion Sports Complex since 1985?
... that royal midwife Mrs. Cannon collected exotic animals and curiosities such as Oliver Cromwell's nightcap?

08:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Remy Sylado (pictured) chose his pseudonym based on the opening five notes of the Beatles song "And I Love Her"?
... that the Cretaceous ant Haidomyrmodes mammuthus is named for the similarity between its mandible shape and mammoth tusks?
... that Gerda Munsinger, called "the Mata Hari of the Cold War", caused Canada's first national sex scandal?
... that DePaul University declined an offer to have its men's and women's basketball teams play rent-free at the United Center, deciding instead to build its own new arena?
... that the Roman Thermae in Varna are the largest surviving ancient buildings in Bulgaria?
... that as a World War II rifleman, William Foley protected his sketches by storing them in a cardboard tube that originally held a mortar shell?
... that the Maggie Murphy hoax involved a photograph of a giant potato?

00:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the extinct ant Zigrasimecia tonsora (pictured) is named from the Latin words tonsor, meaning "barber", and oris, meaning "mouth"?
... that in 2012, Philip Gunn became the first member of the Republican Party to serve as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives since 1876?
... that when Henry IV campaigned in Wales, he left his two children in the charge of Sir Hugh Waterton?
... that the culture of Guam includes Mariana fruit bat in its traditional cuisine?
... that whilst there were no Romanian-language socialist dailies in Romania in the late 1920s, the Banat Socialist Party published a German-language daily?
... that the Ph.D dissertation of taphonomist Kay Behrensmeyer suggested that sauropods were terrestrial?
... that on 15 February 1783, the British captured a Concorde from the French?

27 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

... that there are fifteen runestones in or near Skånela Church (pictured), Sweden?
... that photographer Cecilia Glaisher compiled an illustrated book of ferns during the Victorian fern craze?
... that ants of the extinct genus Haidomyrmex could possibly open their mandibles to almost twice their head size?
... that YouTube personality Daym Drops became a host on the Travel Channel after posting a YouTube video of himself eating a hamburger from Five Guys?
... that the first owner of the Silas Ferrell House owned two businesses and helped to operate a third?
... that the diary of Christian missionary Elizabeth Barrows Ussher is said to have described "unspeakable cruelty"?
... that lawyer Allen Grubman, seeking his first job, told his interviewer: "I really want to work for you, but I don't come from a very wealthy family, so I can't afford to pay you very much to hire me"?

08:00, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

... that actress Wu Yin (pictured) was dubbed the "First Old Lady" of Chinese cinema?
... that the star RR Telescopii increased in brightness by several magnitudes beginning around 1944, but the increase was not noticed until 1948, when it was designated Nova Telescopium 1948?
... that Harry Dorsey Gough was indicted for preaching at his own home during the American Revolution because he refused to swear the oath of allegiance to Maryland's rebel government?
... that according to the The Leadership Challenge one of "the five practices of exemplary leadership" is to "encourage the heart"?
... that Singaporean politician Cedric Foo is currently a Member of Parliament for the Pioneer Single Member Constituency?
... that retired ice hockey goalie Manny Legace became a goaltending consultant for the Springfield Falcons in their 2013–14 season?
... that for her most recent concert, Siti Nurhaliza performed more than 30 songs, played two musical instruments, and blew a blowpipe despite being plagued by a sore throat?

00:00, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the amber entombing the extinct ant Haidoterminus cippus (pictured) was preserved in a lagoon or saltwater marsh?
... that Colin Peter Field has been ranked as the best bartender in the world by Forbes and Travel + Leisure magazines?
... that the Brussels Philharmonic recorded the score for the award winning film The Artist?
... that Sannie Overly is the first woman to serve in a leadership position in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that public protests failed to stop the destruction of the 200,000-piece Chartist Mural in Newport, Wales, installed to commemorate the Chartist rising of 1839?
... that pioneering petrographer Eleanora Knopf was the daughter of General Tasker H. Bliss?
... that the Chesapeake and Ohio class M1 steam turbine locomotive, built in 1947 to haul the Chessie streamliner, could go up to eleven?

26 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

... that during the Armenian Genocide, Christian missionary George E. White (pictured) claimed that girls were being sold for "$2 to $4 each"?
... that large parts of Skagen Odde are protected, including Grenen?
... that medical illustrator Audrey Arnott passed on techniques she learned from Max Brödel to other British illustrators?
... that a Jerusalem orphanage is one of Israel's most important technological training centers?
... that Jamaica Inn will be a three-part adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn novel?
... that Alice of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas of Brotherton and granddaughter of Edward I, died as a result of an assault by her husband and his retainers?
... that although feuds still persist between the centuries-old Omani tribes, Ghafiri and Hinawi, present-day outbursts are generally limited to football rivalry between opposing teams?

08:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the culture of the Cook Islands includes the traditional quilting art form of tivaevae (pictured)?
... that Singaporean politician Alex Yam, a member of the People's Action Party, also works for the National Trade Union Congress?
... that in 1959 sprinter Roscoe Cook of the University of Oregon beat Olympic gold medalist Bobby Morrow and world record holder Ray Norton in the 100 metres and tied the world record?
... that the World Health Organization advises that adults should consume less than 5 g (0.2 oz) of salt per day?
... that Ram Chandra Datta and his cousin Narendra Nath Datta (later titled Swami Vivekananda), as disciples of Ramakrishna, belonged to the "Householder Group" and "Renouncer Group" respectively?
... that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's "Big Dome" dome lounges remained on the El Capitan for just two years before being replaced by Hi-Level cars?
... that pianist Miku Nishimoto-Neubert, a prize winner of the Leipzig Bach Competition, has been described as "moving between capricious high spirits and a meditative inwardness"?

00:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after 26 years of hydrologic dysfunction, the lower channel of California's formerly navigable Salt River (pictured) was restored to tidal action?
... that Thoroughbred racehorse Park Appeal, a leading two-year-old filly in 1984, was purchased as a broodmare by Sheikh Mohammed and produced at least nine winners from twelve foals?
... that the Daylight Building, built in the 1920s in Knoxville, Tennessee, gets its name from a design that provides daylight illumination in its interior?
... that the parsley-flavoured herb Scots lovage grows on northern European cliffs, but cannot survive in seabird colonies?
... that Farnham Hospital received a gift of a Holy Communion set from Florence Nightingale in 1854?
... that macromolecular crystallographer Martha L. Ludwig solved the first flavoprotein structure?
... that Winston Churchill seemed "twenty years younger" when he stayed at La Pausa?

25 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

... that painting a feast of the Gods (example illustrated) allowed artists to display their virtuosity by showing a generous range of nude figures in complicated poses?
... that Virginia merchant Andrew Wodrow auctioned his entire inventory of imported British goods in 1775 to aid the American Revolutionary patriot cause in Boston?
... that during the Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week in April 2012, 65,000 youths were handed job appointment letters in Gujarat, India?
... that when the 1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeated Ole Miss, a national record was set for passes completed between both teams with 55?
... that Thorne Moors, England, once called "Thorne Waste", were preserved by the work of eccentric eco-warrior William Bunting?
... that the Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade is the only Jewish museum in Serbia?
... that Colombian-born artist María Fernanda Cardoso trained her own flea circus for an installation?

08:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the North and South State Street Historic Districts (pictured) in Belvidere, Illinois were intended to form one large historic district, but had to be split?
... that Shen Zhurong is considered the Father of Library Science in China?
... that the upcoming video game Wii Sports Club, featuring HD remakes of Wii Sports minigames, will allow players to represent their region in online contests?
... that philosopher Julia Gulliver was the only woman in a department of 200 men when she studied in Leipzig?
... that the European snow vole gathers, dries and stores bits of grass and leaves for winter use as food?
... that the WWII Allies used thirty-four Vought F4U Corsairs, two aircraft carriers, four battleships, six cruisers, and ten destroyers in Operation Crimson?
... that Dhalia won her Citra Award for Best Leading Actress for playing a prostitute despite having been sent to Islamic schools since youth?

00:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the microscopic cave snail Zospeum tholussum (pictured) is so slow that in a week's time it may only move a few millimeters or centimeters in circles?
... that Albrecht Dürer's paintings of his parents were reunited in 2012 after art historian Lotte Brand Philip identified the portrait of his mother, thought lost since the 17th century?
... that Lewis Henry Morgan's editor refused to let him dedicate Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family to his two dead daughters?
... that ophthalmologist Antoinette Pirie investigated the effect of mustard gas on the cornea?
... that Langrigg Hall Farm produces free range eggs for the UK's Morrisons supermarket?
... that Cam Winton has held press conferences on a moving Metro Transit bus and in the largest pothole in Minneapolis?

24 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after being voted as the German Wine Queen in 1995, Julia Klöckner (pictured) went on to lead the Christian Democratic Union party in her native state of Rhineland-Palatinate?
... that in October 2010, Angela Hartnett acquired sole ownership of the Michelin Guide starred restaurant Murano, having co-established it with Gordon Ramsay?
... that The X-Files: Revelations was compiled as an introduction to The X-Files by series writers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz?
... that Charles Manby was an engineer on the first iron-hulled steamship to cross the English Channel, and was on the scientific commission on the Suez Canal, the International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez?
... that shortly before the First World War, Neo-Slavism advocated the creation of a federation of Slavic states?
... that Argentine drummer Claudio Strunz owned Hermética's rehearsal room, before joining the band?

08:00, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the growing tips of the mycelia of the honey fungus (pictured) are bioluminescent?
... that Singaporean politician and lawyer Ellen Lee was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star in Malay) in 1997?
... that the Pere Marquette Railway's Pere Marquette was the first new streamlined passenger train introduced in the United States after World War II?
... that the Vedaranyam march organised by C. Rajagopalachari from Trichinopoly was the second of its kind and ranked next only to Dandi March?
... that Jason Wade wrote the Lifehouse song "Spin" when he was 16?
... that Tijuana Cartel drug lord Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix was killed by a clown?

00:00, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

... that mathematician Sibyl M. Rock (pictured) helped develop both analog and digital computers for use in mass spectrometry?
... that Minshat Abu Omar was one of the most important strategic and economic places of Protodynastic Egypt and was re-used in late Roman period?
... that Thomas Musgrave Joy painted not just Grace Darling but also the paddlesteamer passengers she rescued?
... that on 4 September 1782, the Royal Navy ship HMS Rainbow was responsible for capturing the 360 men aboard a French Navy frigate with the first proper use of a carronade?
... that self-made billionaire Michael Novogratz became USA Wrestling man of the year for his public service?
... that the greater fairy armadillo is persecuted because of a traditional belief that it is an animal of ill omen?

23 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

... that according to scholars, Swami Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar (image of deity pictured) was a significant event in his life?
... that Gobo Ashley took 7 wickets for 95 runs in his only match for South Africa?
... that the first modern cochlear implant was developed by Austrian electrical engineer Ingeborg Hochmair?
... that Waar set a new opening day box office receipt record for a Pakistani film, beating that previously held by Chennai Express?
... that in 1788, the convict ship Prince of Wales drifted helplessly off Rio de Janeiro for a day, because her crew were too ill to bring her into port?
... that Gaston Borch conducted the first orchestral performance to be broadcast on Swedish radio?

08:00, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

... that some adult Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins (pictured) appear to be pink?
... that Mary Grace Quackenbos was the first female United States Attorney?
... that the Neighbours 20th anniversary episode "Friends for Twenty Years" featured cameo appearances from many former cast members?
... that in 1953, Satyapriya Banerjee, the sole national parliamentarian of the All India Forward Bloc, was expelled from his party?
... that the Pingyao Zhuan, a shenmo fantasy novel written in the Ming Dynasty, is loosely based on a historical revolt?
... that the blushing bracket is used in ornamental paper-making?

00:00, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Philippe Ariès's Centuries of Childhood inspired a cottage industry set to dismantle his thesis on the history of childhood (1560 depiction pictured), which Medieval Children did completely?
... that a sub-surface channel was traced by aeromagnetic surveys in the region of the Mourdi Depression?
... that Blanche Wheeler Williams and Harriet Boyd Hawes discovered the ancient Minoan complex at Gournia in 1901?
... that after receiving his first credited role in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, Danny Trejo went on to star in two hundred-odd more films, including Desperado, Con Air, Grindhouse, and Machete?
... that Brislington House was one of the first purpose built lunatic asylums in England?
... that the B-24 Liberator bomber Black Cat was the last American bomber to be shot down over Germany in World War II?

22 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

... that according to one Roman historian, the Parthian war of Caracalla started after the Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) massacred his would-be bride and wedding guests?
... that public services in Crawley New Town could have included heating for the whole town, but the Development Corporation decided against it?
... that DeKalb County commissioner and former Georgia State Senator Connie Stokes was abandoned by her alcoholic mother as a child?
... that Friedrich Nietzsche, author of The Antichrist, gave a set of essays including On the Pathos of Truth as a Christmas gift to the daughter of Franz Liszt?
... that Nawab Faizunnesa was the first woman in south Asia to be awarded the title of "Nawab" by Queen Victoria, for her campaign for female education and other social issues?
... that Vaksala Church was built next to a thing?

08:00, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Emperor Jahangir (pictured) held the practice of Jharokha Darshan in Agra Fort?
... that James Howe Carse, who was born in Edinburgh, was declared the "best painter" in New South Wales?
... that reviewers compared the video game Star Trek: Away Team to games of the X-COM franchise?
... that Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha, a motto created by Swami Vivekananda, suggests a twofold aim of human life – one is to seek one's own salvation and the other is to do welfare of the world?
... that Brunei Investment Agency, a government-owned corporation that manages 40% of Brunei's foreign reserves, owns The Beverly Hills Hotel?
... that the first person to isolate Vitamin E, Gladys Anderson Emerson, taught history before starting her career in biochemistry?

00:00, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Queen Elizabeth II knighted Francis Chichester on the river steps of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich (pictured)?
... that the Albany Devils lost two of the previous season's three top scorers before the start of their 2013–14 season?
... that during the Armenian Genocide, Tacy Atkinson smuggled razor blades into a prison where Armenians were imprisoned so that they could escape?
... that the Basque Communist publication Euzkadi Roja was banned by French authorities in 1950?
... that The Boys of Ghost Town, starring Danny Trejo, was shot in San Antonio by Latina filmmaker Pablo Véliz?
... that the Reich Bride Schools of Nazi Germany were intended to teach young women how to be "perfect Nazi brides"?

21 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

... that some male Italian tree frogs are parasitic on dominant males (calling male pictured), intercepting females attracted by their calls?
... that in 1988 around 90% of East German journalists were members of the GDR Union of Journalists?
... that the Israeli documentary film Doing Time, Doing Vipassana shows how a Buddhist meditation technique was used to rehabilitate people in one of the world's harshest prisons?
... that on April 1, 1986, Nepalese communist rebels attacked police stations, trying to start a popular uprising?
... that Alexander Carse painted three of the earliest pictorial descriptions of games of football?
... that one of the first items posted through the New York pneumatic tube mail in 1897 was a live cat?

08:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Melissa Bergland (pictured) made her television acting debut playing Jenny Gross in Winners & Losers?
... that Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by Swami Vivekananda when he said that "the love that I had for my country became a thousand-fold"?
... that journalist Marcus Stern won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting that led to the bribery conviction of Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham?
... that the 1947 premiere of Chen Liting's Far Away Love is considered a landmark event in postwar Chinese cinema?
... that when the 1968 Alabama Crimson Tide football team played Miami, it was the first college football game broadcast nationally on prime time television?
... that Singaporean business magnate and former noodle-seller Ron Sim became a billionaire thanks to his investments in the Osim International company?

00:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

... that although a tunicate is an invertebrate, its larva (pictured) may have a notochord and resemble a small tadpole?
... that Tomas Hertl is the first teenager to play in a National Hockey League season opener for the San Jose Sharks since Marc-Édouard Vlasic in 2006?
... that Wild Cub's song "Thunder Clatter" charted in the UK after being featured in an audio-equipment advertisement?
... that Patio 29 became a Chilean national monument partially for its role in verifying the fates of those who disappeared during the Pinochet military government?
... that the church at Bouillargues houses an 18th-century wooden statue of the Virgin Mary bearing the infant Jesus?
... that Miss Gibraltar 2013, Maroua Kharbouch, held hands on stage with Miss Spain at the Miss World 2013 final despite recent political tensions between both countries?

20 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Altenburg Abbey (pictured), the Baroque structure which replaced the earlier Romanesque abbey, is said to be one of the finest in Austria?
... that Swedish television presenter Carin Hjulström presented Melodifestivalen 1990?
... that there were around 525 Filipinos in Poland as of September 2012, and that most of them resided in the country temporarily?
... that the Daniel S. Schanck Observatory, Rutgers University's first astronomical observatory, was designed after the Tower of the Winds in Athens' ancient agora?
... that Jacques Dutronc's Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille was voted best French-language single of all time in a poll of music critics?
... that it is customary in England to give bees a slice of wedding cake?

08:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

... that although Chen Liting (pictured) was abandoned as an infant and then lost both his adoptive parents by age seven, he grew up to become one of China's most prominent playwrights and directors?
... that Professor William Hastie suggested that Swami Vivekananda go to Dakshineswar and meet Ramakrishna to understand the meaning of the word "trance"?
... that New York Yankees prospect Nik Turley was chosen with the third-to-last selection, 1,502nd overall, of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft?
... that Dead in Tombstone (2013), which stars Danny Trejo, was compared with Pale Rider (1985), starring Clint Eastwood?
... that Singaporean politician Ang Wei Neng used to be an officer in the Singapore Police Force but now works with buses?
... that Pullman-Standard's Pleasure Dome dome lounges were named after a line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan?

00:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after their retirement, two of the Milwaukee Road's Skytop Lounges (pictured) became part of the ill-fated floating restaurant SS Lansdowne?
... that the genocide of indigenous peoples in Paraguay led to 85 per cent of the Aché tribe being hacked to death with machetes?
... that the American colonial printer William Parks established four new newspapers in his lifetime?
... that the château at Caveirac now houses the town hall?
... that Tristan Stephenson is considered to be one of London's best cocktail makers?
... that Dale Jarrett kissed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's yard of bricks after winning the 1996 Brickyard 400?

19 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Chechen–Russian conflict (Chechen rebel pictured) dates back as far as 1785?
... that the novel species of plant Reseda minoica is the ancestor of one of the most ancient fragrant plants, the common mignonette?
... that Bridgeport Sound Tigers officials have denied claims the ice hockey team may move to Long Island some time after their 2013–14 season?
... that the first three presidents of the organization that is now the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering were Karl Terzaghi, A. W. Skempton, and Arthur Casagrande?
... that people questioned both the closure of the Embassy of the Philippines in Warsaw in 1993 and its re-opening in 2009?
... that Danny Trejo is BULLET?

08:00, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Harvard professor John Henry Wright (pictured), whose teaching range was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda as "more learned than all our learned professors put together"?
... that the traditional Betawi theatrical genre lenong was almost extinct by the 1960s?
... that First Lady of California, Anne Gust has served as both an Executive Vice-President for Gap Inc. and on the board of directors for Jack in the Box?
... that the Pay Our Military Act provided appropriations to pay members of the U.S. military in spite of the country's recent federal government shutdown?
... that Singaporean politician Zaqy Mohamad, a member of the People's Action Party, is a Member of Parliament for the Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency?
... that although the slender catshark only grows to about 70 centimetres (28 in), the dermal denticles of other sharks have been found in its stomach?

00:00, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Crimonmogate (mansion pictured) reportedly had to be sold to pay the prize money after a puzzle was solved in 2000?
... that Anna Poray retold life-stories of thousands of rescuers including those who died in punishment for trying to save Jews during the Holocaust in Poland?
... that the diet of the Ashy-faced Owl includes small terrestrial mammals, bats, birds, amphibians and reptiles?
... that Si Me Recuerdas by Mexican band Los Bukis earned the Lo Nuestro Award and a Grammy Award nomination?
... that in 1845 Robert Browning met Elizabeth Barrett and wrote "Meeting at Night", the "most sensual poem" he had written up to that time?
... that four-time NASCAR Sportsman Division champion Rene Charland became better known as "The Champ" than by his real name?

18 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the publisher Lonely Planet called the Comodoro Rivadavia Cathedral (pictured) the "ugliest cathedral you'll ever see"?
... that Clearwater mayor George Cretekos served as a legislative aide to Congressman Bill Young for 36 years?
... that Nipsey Hussle released the Crenshaw mixtape for free online with limited edition copies worth $100 that were sold out within 24 hours?
... that John Triscari, the coach of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, works at Rockingham Senior High School?
... that before a drought caused Hart Lake to dry up, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service captured and relocated rare Warner suckers, re-introducing them when water returned to the lake?
... that Argentine thrash metal guitarist Antonio Romano was considered a potential guitarist for V8?

08:00, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Bob Turley (pictured), an award-winning baseball player, earned more money as a financial planner than through baseball?
... that, in his 32-year career, Kwee Tek Hoay wrote about topics ranging from the Eight Immortals to Rabindranath Tagore?
... that De Filippi's Petrel was named after Professor Filippo de Filippi who died in 1867 during the scientific voyage round the world in which the bird was discovered?
... that graduates of the Reality Changers program had earned an estimated $25 million in college scholarships through 2012?
... that archaeological investigations suggest a Harappan occupation of the Nindowari complex before Kulli culture arrived?
... that TechCrunch's Drew Olanoff thought Medium, the service created by Twitter's founders, got its name from being a "medium" size platform in between that and Blogger?

00:00, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

... that spider water beetles (pictured) can only breathe in moderate to fast-moving bodies of water?
... that Jimmy Walker was captain of both the basketball and football teams at the University of Alabama and later served as head basketball coach at the Virginia Military Institute?
... that a water tower and public water supply was built at Fourques to try to prevent future outbreaks of cholera?
... that the actor and director Ian McCurrach co-authored Special Talents, Special Needs: Drama for People with Learning Disabilities?
... that in 1951, a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II vanished, and neither the occupants nor the plane were ever recovered?
... that in An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory, Alasdair Cochrane argues that animals are best offered justice through a theory combining utilitarianism and liberalism?

17 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Gothic House (pictured), a "fanciful and irresponsibly Gothick" 1820s building in Brighton, has most recently housed a video rental shop and the Rock 'N' Roller American Pool bar?
... that although most carpet sharks eat small prey such as shellfish, one was observed swallowing a bamboo shark whole?
... that shenmo, the "gods and demons" genre of Chinese literature, includes fantasy novels such as Journey to the West and Investiture of the Gods?
... that the video game The X-Files: Unrestricted Access includes a comprehensive database based on the first four seasons of The X-Files?
... that Robert Waterton, as Constable of Pontefract Castle, had custody of Richard II of England after his deposition?
... that participants in the 1984 Summer Olympics torch relay had to pay $3,000 to run a kilometer?

08:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Frank Vincent DuMond created the illustrations (example pictured) for Mark Twain's book on Joan of Arc?
... that Grove Chapel is one of several Grade II listed buildings along Camberwell Grove?
... that Demetrius Newton defended Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, and was the first Black speaker pro tempore in the history of the Alabama House of Representatives?
... that retired ice hockey player Rob Blake became general manager of the Manchester Monarchs starting in their 2013–14 season?
... that the 2013 comic book series Superman/Wonder Woman, which explores the relationship between Superman and Wonder Woman, has been compared to Twilight?
... that Newmarket Citizens' Band is the oldest continuously operating concert band in Canada?

00:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Berrío Park (statue in park pictured) is considered the geographical center of Medellín, Colombia?
... that HMCS Norsyd was assigned to the Western Local and Mid-Ocean Escort Forces during WWII, and later, as INS Haganah, to Operation Yoav in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War?
... that the popular comic strip The Phantom is in the fifth installment of reissues by Hermes Press?
... that Dutch record label TopNotch is credited with putting Dutch hip-hop on the map?
... that the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena underwent $2.5 million in renovations before the start of the 2013–14 Binghamton Senators season?
... that Brzeg Castle contains Poland's only "perfectly preserved medieval hunting bow"?

16 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Rogier van der Weyden's c. 1430–32 painting The Virgin and Child Enthroned (pictured) may be the left hand wing of a dismantled diptych, with St George and the Dragon as the opposite panel?
... that the Triple Crown winner Nijinsky lost the 1970 Champion Stakes by three-quarters of a length to the 100/7 long-shot Lorenzaccio?
... that the William A. Berke-directed Fury of the Congo (1951) follows Jungle Jim in the Congo battling a giant desert spider and a few hunters?
... that Forus Airport, built as a military air base by the Luftwaffe at the site of a former lake, is currently the site of an industrial park?
... that Henry Koster's friend, the poet Robert Southey, encouraged him to write his Travels in Brazil?
... that after World War II, HMCS Woodstock was sold for conversion to a whale-catcher?

08:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Callville Bay (pictured) was formed when the abandoned settlement of Callville, Nevada, was submerged under Lake Mead?
... that Daridra Narayana is an axiom enunciated by Swami Vivekananda that espouses service of the poor as equivalent in importance and piety to the service of God?
... that the Venezuelan president Rómulo Betancourt had been the director of the Costa Rican communist newspaper Trabajo in the 1930s?
... that the upcoming film Boss will mark actor Ronit Roy's first role as an antagonist and second consecutive one as a police officer after Shootout at Wadala?
... that Tyus Jones earned two gold medals in international basketball competitions before his 17th birthday?
... that Valerie's debut album included many reggaeton ballads with "clean lyrics" that "women can relate to"?

00:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Barrow Court (pictured) was originally a Benedictine nunnery until the Dissolution when King Henry VIII granted it to John Drew as a private residence?
... that the bottle for Jennifer Lopez's fragrance Love and Glamour, created by the entertainer with designer Jon DiNapoli, was shaped to resemble "a woman wearing an elegant gown"?
... that R. D. Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, considered Erema his "most unlucky novel", in part because the public could not pronounce the title character's name?
... that in an interview with Brian Deer, H. Hugh Fudenberg claimed to be able to cure autistic children using his own bone marrow?
... that the 22 cubic inch Suzuki FE automobile engine gained a double victory in the inaugural Japanese Grand Prix, with an average speed of nearly 56 mph?
... that Montana State University Library is home to the 7500-volume Trout and Salmonids Collection of books, periodicals, grey literature with ephemera, and research materials on trout and fly fishing?

15 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

... that in 1967 Wim T. Schippers (pictured), with Gied Jaspars and Wim van der Linden, wrote and directed Hoepla, the first Dutch TV show to display full nudity, leading to questions in parliament and censure for the broadcaster?
... that the site for the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award-winning Khaplu Palace was based on where a large rock ended up after being rolled down a cliff?
... that rights to the film Cheap Thrills were the focus of a rare bidding war at the South by Southwest Festival?
... that the letters of the family of William Paston are "the richest source there is for every aspect of the lives of gentlemen and gentlewomen of the English middle ages"?
... that some candidates in the 2013 Argentine legislative election ended their political campaigns after a gas explosion in Rosario?
... that in a bullfighting tradition in Aimargues, an unarmed "raseteur" attempts to snatch a rosette from between the bull's horns?

08:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

... that when Fred D. Shepard (pictured) died, someone is said to have remarked "I have not seen Jesus, but I have seen Dr. Shepard"?
... that the town of Enbetsu, Hokkaido, is the northernmost point of rice production in Japan?
... that John Heydon, believing the second child born to his wife Eleanor was not his, threatened to cut off her nose and kill the infant?
... that over 40 now-defunct railroads were part of transportation in Montana in the industrial period of the 19th and early 20th century?
... that former Cincinnati Cyclones head coach Jarrod Skalde became assistant coach with the Norfolk Admirals in their 2013–14 season in the American Hockey League?
... that despite poor reviews, the Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Halmi Sr. film White Dwarf received a 1995 ASC Awards nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" for Phedon Papamichael?

00:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the recent renovation of the Zeinodin Caravanserai (pictured) in Iran took three years and included the use of 13,000 pumice stones to remove the grime on the interior walls?
... that between 1461 and 1465, John Paston, one of the writers of the Paston Letters, was outlawed, and imprisoned three times in the Fleet Prison?
... that the female whitecheek shark gives birth to a litter of up to four live young?
... that when the Swedish Workers Union was dissolved in 1919, its chairman burned all of its central archives?
... that after 35 years of coaching American football, John Strollo considers being tight ends coach at Penn State a "dream job"?
... that H.M.S. Parliament is "rather leaky"?

14 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Hildegard Björck (pictured) was the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree?
... that the Balderschwang Yew is possibly the oldest tree in Germany?
... that Lima is the first Peruvian restaurant in Europe to be awarded a Michelin star?
... that station master Franciszek Ząbecki collected incriminating evidence against Holocaust perpetrators by keeping records of railway deliveries to Treblinka extermination camp?
... that the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), is 45 percent female?
... that The X-Files: The Album contains a spoken word hidden track by the series' creator, Chris Carter?

08:00, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

... that only about 20% of the world's deserts are sandy (dunes pictured)?
... that in January 1943, HMCS Ville de Quebec sank the German submarine U-224 by a combination of ramming and depth charges?
... that the body temperature of the large-eared tenrec fluctuates with its surroundings and it may become torpid in the heat of the day?
... that Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy, who spent 151 days circumnavigating the globe, solo, began his daily routine with the Shambhavi Mahamudra meditation?
... that Mike Haviland replaced Mark French as the Hershey Bears' head coach in the 2013–14 season in the American Hockey League?
... that Sir Ralph Hastings was Keeper of the Lions and Leopards in the Tower of London?

00:13, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the vinhática tree, Plathymenia reticulata (pictured), provides the preferred timber for making dugout canoes in Brazil, because it is resistant to rotting?
... that Earl Sweatshirt recorded his part for his song "Hive" in only one take?
... that the 1674 carving by Burchard Precht for Storkyrkan's Royal Pew was to a design by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger?
... that a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Hall of Fame was created to celebrate the ice hockey team's 2013–14 season?
... that some people fill their screened porches with indoor furniture?
... that when Welsh magistrate Marmaduke Gwynne went to read the Riot Act to Howell Harris, he ended up being converted by the evangelist?

13 October 2013[edit]

16:28, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Jan Matejko's painting Rejtan (pictured) caused a scandal, won a gold medal in Paris, and was purchased by Emperor Franz Joseph I and looted by Nazis?
... that Richard Hastings, Baron Welles attended the coronation of Richard III only three weeks after Richard had beheaded Hastings' brother, William?
... that Serbian rightist theologian and sociologist Nebojša M. Krstić died in a car accident in 2001, which his followers interpreted as a politically motivated assassination?
... that though Lilis Suryani performed multiple patriotic songs, she also made veiled criticisms of President Sukarno?
... that funds for the upcoming action-thriller Snap Shot, starring Danny Trejo, were raised through the website Kickstarter?
... that the 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay saw the torch travel into space?

08:43, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

... that after the death of other judges, Justice Gresson (pictured) remained as New Zealand's only judge?
... that a CIA plot to overthrow the Syrian government failed when some officials turned over their bribes to the Syrian intelligence service?
... that cancer and nausea are associated in about fifty percent of people affected by a malignant neoplasm?
... that American professional soccer player Camille Levin helped Swedish club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC win the 2013 Svenska Supercupen Women?
... that in 1460, the Ottoman sultan rewarded Ali Bey Mihaloğlu for his success in the battle near Baziaş by appointing him as sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Vidin?
... that the recall of Colorado Senate President John Morse was the first recall of a state official since recall was established in Colorado in 1912?

00:48, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Joan Jara (pictured) adopted her husband Víctor Jara's surname upon fleeing Chile in 1973, when he was killed by the Pinochet military government in the 1973 coup?
... that the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who", which introduced the Borg, won two Emmy Awards?
... that Raemer Schreiber was responsible for the development of nuclear rocket propulsion?
... that archaeologists at Le Cailar in southern France have unearthed about thirty human skulls?
... that John Rope was the first Apache scout to receive the medal of honor?
... that Rainham Hall is hailed as having such an "outstanding level of significance" that even its vases are Grade II* listed?

12 October 2013[edit]

17:03, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Mr Straw's House (pictured) is "the nearest thing to a time capsule that the National Trust has ever received"?
... that Polish jurist and activist Józef Wybicki wrote the national anthem of Poland while serving in the Polish Legions in Italy?
... that a community garage in Vauvert helps customers receiving social support with the costs of repairing their vehicles?
... that when alarmed, Banded Quail may run into the undergrowth but sometimes fly off, scattering to confuse the predator?
... that many of the workers that joined the 1899 Christian Workers Union of Sweden did so in response to hikes in membership fees in other unions?
... that in the memorial window of the church at West Wickham, Sir Henry Heydon is depicted as a kneeling skeleton?

09:17, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Mexico is the world's largest producer of avocados (pictured)?
... that sculptor Douwe Blumberg was until 2000 a professional horse trainer for 18 years, and since then has received numerous awards and over 200 commissions, including America's Response Monument?
... that Tang Shaoyi, the first prime minister of the Republic of China, was assassinated at his home on Route Ferguson, now designated a National Historic and Cultural Street?
... that the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study of the 1960s and 1970s sought to end the separate yearly teachings of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, etc. in American high schools?
... that advertisements for the 1940 film Melati van Agam emphasised the writer's credentials as a journalist, in order to appear more modern?
... that the script for the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "The Pirates of Orion" originated from a story by an 11th grader from East Meadow High School?

00:00, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

... that at Harvard commencements, bagpipes herald breakfast, bachelors are welcomed, sheriffs on white steeds preserve order, and Harvard's president occupies a "bizarre" chair (pictured) prone to tipping over?
... that the Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel in the Cayman Islands comprises two buildings set on either side of the boulevard that runs parallel to the Seven Mile Beach and linked by a catwalk?
... that the Worcester Sharks lost their all-time leading goaltender, Alex Stalock, to the San Jose Sharks just before their 2013–14 season?
... that the purpose of Verbrennungskommando Warschau was to dispose of the evidence of a systematic campaign of mass murder after an uprising?
... that from October 1967 (1967-10) onwards, Transportes Aéreos Nacionales and LANICA operated a BAC One-Eleven on a joint basis?
... that both Stefan Heggelund, a conservative, and his girlfriend Hadia Tajik, a social democrat, were elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 2013?

11 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Yazd's Amir Chakhmaq Complex (pictured) contains a bathhouse, caravanserai, confectioner, mosque, and tekyeh?
... that Kjeller Airport, established in 1912, was the first airport in Norway?
... that because American Christian missionary Hulda Stumpf protested against female genital mutilation in Kenya, she was killed and perhaps ritually cut in retribution?
... that Leopold Mozart vacated 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg in 1773 but was in constant touch through letters with his landlord during the Mozart family grand tour between 1763 and 1766?
... that Lectionary 313 and Lectionary 315 were purchased by Baroness Burdett-Coutts, a philanthropist?
... that Lady Mary and her sister Pansy had few childhood friends as they wore such out-of-date clothes?

08:00, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

... that point set registration (example illustrated) can be used to align MRI scans and CAT scans?
... that the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II involved in the Tachikawa air disaster crashed into a watermelon patch, with all hands lost?
... that Njai Dasima, the first talkie produced by Tan's Film, was based on the same novel as their first production three years earlier?
... that HMS Flamborough was the first Royal Navy vessel to be stationed off the British colony of South Carolina?
... that Sun King Brewing won eight awards, including four gold medals, at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival?
... that Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini described his third novel, And the Mountains Echoed, as "kind of like a fairytale turned on its head"?

00:05, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara may have painted a pheasant in his The Feast of the Gods (pictured), adding to the work of Giovanni Bellini and Titian?
... that Józef Piłsudski's cult of personality succeeded in making him one of the most popular figures in Polish history?
... that the Mersey Match Factory was the first building in the United Kingdom to be constructed using the flat-slab concrete technique?
... that Franciscus Pahr supervised the rebuilding of Uppsala Castle and designed its garden plan?
... that Grave Circle B in Mycenae, Greece, was the burial place of the 17th–16th century BC Mycenaean ruling families?
... that Momčilo Gavrić was the youngest soldier-participant in World War I, and the youngest lance sergeant in the world?

10 October 2013[edit]

16:20, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Giuseppe Verdi (pictured) combined in Quattro pezzi sacri four sacred vocal compositions, including an Ave Maria on an enigmatic scale for solo voices and a Te Deum?
... that Isa ibn Shaykh al-Shaybani ruled a short-lived bedouin state in Palestine, governed Armenia for the Abbasids, and finally became ruler of Diyar Bakr, where he was succeeded by his son Ahmad?
... that in response to the worst fire on Upton Heath for 35 years, the Dorset Wildlife Trust formed Heathwatch to monitor this important reserve?
... that the Melody Inn has hosted an estimated 7,000 musical acts since 2001?
... that Dom José Alves Correia da Silva ordered Sister Lúcia to write down the Third Secret of Fatima?
... that when King Gustav III of Sweden visited Övedskloster Manor, he is said to have exclaimed "Too royal for an ordinary citizen!"?

08:35, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Colombo Arwi weekly Muslim Nesan (1884 issue cover pictured) interviewed exiled Egyptian nationalist leader Ahmed Orabi soon after his arrival in Ceylon?
... that according to Sam Lansky from the website Idolator, Christina Aguilera's 2013 song "We Remain" is similar to works of Ryan Tedder?
... that the death of Prince Imperial Pedro prompted his father, Pedro II of Brazil, to become indifferent to the empire's fate?
... that the yellow-necked mouse may enable seedling beech trees to grow in locations away from the parent tree?
... that the removal of magic was one of the ways in which the film Dasima was made more modern than the source material?
... that Norm Benning singlehandedly made the 2013 Mudsummer Classic a success by nearly getting wrecked three times?

00:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

... that odd-clawed spiders (pictured) build ladders to catch prey?
... that the design of the Mission Valley Viaduct on Interstate 805 was inspired by the Mission San Diego de Alcalá and recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers?
... that the Irish nationalist Purcell O'Gorman was caricatured in Vanity Fair by "Ape" as "The Joker for Waterford"?
... that the Caliph al-Mu'tadid managed to halt the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate during his reign, but at the cost of a huge bureaucracy and some 80% of expenditure going to the army?
... that chef Gordon Ramsay has opened or operated restaurants in South Africa, Italy, Japan, Qatar, France and Australia in addition to the United Kingdom and United States?
... that the first costume that actress Jeri Ryan wore in the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager was so tight it caused her to pass out?

9 October 2013[edit]

17:05, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

... that on census day in 1861, the 29 occupied houses in Adelaide Crescent, Hove (east side pictured), had 182 servants between them?
... that Russian painter and art historian Fedor Solntsev is considered one of the founders of modern Russian icon painting canon?
... that the common starfish can detect the odour of the predatory common sunstar and take evasive action?
... that the Dutch band Rubberen Robbie is known for a parodic compilation of old Dutch hit songs, and for their pronunciation of the Leiden dialect?
... that Martín Berasategui holds more Michelin stars than any other Spanish chef?
... that the cinematographer for The House of Discord was nearly fired after he attempted to recreate the glow of a fireplace?

09:20, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Milwaukee Road's Beaver Tail parlor-observation cars (pictured) were so-named because of their distinctive flat, sloped rear area?
... that the Colombo fortnightly Alamat Langkapuri was the world's first Malay language newspaper in Jawi script?
... that Maribel Domínguez is captain and all-time leading scorer of the Mexico women's national football team and plays for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League?
... that during Vivekananda's stay in California, he opined that Jesus was a Yogi?
... that Michael Kum is the thirty-first richest person in Singapore, with a net worth of $750 million?
... that a reviewer of the film Go Go Tales said that "all anyone wanted to talk about was the sequence in which Asia Argento's exotic dancer tongue-kissed a dog onstage"?

00:00, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Nasib al-Bakri (pictured) refused to serve his appointment as Syria's ambassador to Saudi Arabia because of ideological opposition to that country's rulers?
... that the authors of GI Brides drove nearly 13,000 miles around America in 2012 searching for surviving war brides?
... that the statue of Roman Dmowski, father of Polish nationalism, has proven to be one of the most controversial monuments in Warsaw?
... that when the 1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football team lost to Tennessee, it ended a 25-game unbeaten streak that stretched back to their 1965 season?
... that pre-release cover versions are common in the UK because songs by big acts get weeks of airplay before being released?
... that Nivatogastrium nubigenum is commonly known as the bubblegum fungus?

8 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Jamie Fleeman (pictured), the last Scottish family jester, was better known than the laird who employed him?
... that a concrete mural by Pablo Picasso was damaged in the 2011 Norway attacks?
... that in the early 1900s, numerous sewers discharged into the stream that provided the main water supply for the community of Montgomery, Pennsylvania?
... that Kristoffer Olsson was offered a trial at Chelsea, but failed to attend, and later went through two trials before signing for Arsenal?
... that the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the most watched first episode of a drama series in the United States for nearly four years?
... that five Arabian oryx from the San Diego Zoo were released into Oman's Jiddat al-Harasis desert after the species had become extinct in the wild?

08:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

... that genetic studies revealed birds of the family Calcariidae, namely longspurs and snow buntings (pictured), are more closely related to tanagers, New World warblers and cardinals than they are to buntings?
... that although Guan Liang was one of China's first oil painters, he was known for his traditional ink paintings portraying Peking opera characters?
... that the success of the Ferko String Band would ultimately result in the launch of Bill Haley's career?
... that Cheng Wai Keung, the thirtieth richest person in Singapore, is the Chairman of Wing Tai Holdings, a garment company-turned-real estate firm?
... that the Bengali anthology Sangeet Kalpataru (1887), edited by Narendranath Datta and Vaishnab Charan Basak, was republished in 1963 as Sangeet Sadhanay Vivekananda O Sangeet Kalpataru?
... that Robby Mook became involved in politics when he tried out for a school play?

00:00, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

... that 16th-century world landscape paintings (example pictured) showed "an idealized composite of the world taken in at a single Olympian glance", according to Simon Schama?
... that Pullman-Standard's Super Dome was the first full-length dome car to enter service?
... that Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna wanted to have the documentary film The Punk Singer feature women as experts?
... that St Ambrose's Church, Speke, claims to be the first Roman Catholic church in England to be completed to a rectangular plan with a free-standing altar?
... that there are three living and two extinct species of badger in the genus Meles?
... that early in his career, film editor Gene Ruggiero often skipped work to play golf?

7 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the busts of Miklós Zrínyi and Sultan Suleiman, rivals at the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566, stand in the Hungarian-Turkish Friendship Park (pictured) side-by-side rather than confronting one another?
... that in the 2013 high school elections in Norway the Conservative Party became the largest for the first time since 1987?
... that it is owing to Sir John Paston that we have an account of a famous tournament in England between Paston's friend, Earl Rivers, and the Bastard of Burgundy?
... that What Remains is Tony Basgallop's first whodunit television series?
... that Gloria Long Anderson, a chemist and school administrator, was appointed by President Richard Nixon to serve on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board?
... that the groom was not always a willing participant in a knobstick wedding?

08:00, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines hockey team (pictured) won the first "Frozen Four" NCAA hockey championship in March 1948?
... that in 2010, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition for Xie Zhiliu to commemorate the artist's 100th birthday?
... that supergroup 8in8, featuring Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and Damian Kulash, tried to write and record eight songs in eight hours with the help of their Twitter followers?
... that the first issue of the Singapore Tamil weekly Singai Nesan commemorated the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria?
... that the horn stalkball fungus grows on decomposing horns and other animal remains?
... that Namath: From Beaver Falls to Broadway interviewed Suzy Kolber, who was asked by the film's subject to be allowed to kiss her?

00:00, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Sava River (pictured) is the largest tributary of the Danube in terms of discharge and the second-largest in terms of catchment area?
... that the Altai Snowcock and other species of Snowcock live above the tree line in mountain ranges in Asia?
... that HMY Alberta carried Queen Victoria back to the British mainland after her death on the Isle of Wight in 1901?
... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was advocated by Gautama Buddha and Swami Vivekananda?
... that Irish cricketer Kevin O'Brien holds the record for the fastest century scored in a World Cup?
... that writer Chris Sheridan, who has received three Emmy Award nominations for his work on Family Guy, initially feared that writing for it would end his career?

6 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

... that St. Louis Cathedral (pictured) in Fort-de-France is the seventh church to be erected on the site since 1657, due to the natural disasters that have plagued the city over the years?
... that Sidaz Jack, the winner of the 2013 English Greyhound Derby is the son of two-time winner Westmead Hawk?
... that the museum in Geology Hall at Rutgers University displays a Ptolemaic-era female Egyptian mummy?
... that British charity SARbot UK use remote-controlled robots to perform underwater search and rescue missions?
... that Lie Kim Hok's Tjhit Liap Seng (Seven Stars) amalgamated two European novels?
... that the place where Sarah Wesley lived in Marylebone with her teetotal Methodist husband Charles Wesley is marked with a plaque on a pub wall?

08:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

... that American frontier doctor Charles Boarman (pictured), a founding member of the Society of California Pioneers, died fighting a smallpox epidemic in Amador County, California?
... that the eggs of the Black Guineafowl are reddish-brown but its nesting habits are unknown?
... that John Chuang, the co-founder of chocolate manufacturer Petra Foods, is the twenty-second richest person in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of $965 million?
... that "Know It All Ed" (November 26, 1999), the first episode of the second season of Danny Antonucci's hit Cartoon Network series Ed, Edd n Eddy, was considered a highlight episode of its season by DVD Talk?
... that utilitarian genocide was defined in 1975 by genocide scholar Vahakn Dadrian?
... that according to legend, the hermit Xu You was offered the royal throne by Emperor Yao, but he declined and even washed his ears out in embarrassment?

00:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park?
... that Emil Reich became well-known to London high society by giving lectures on Plato at Claridge's Hotel?
... that the location of the Józef Piłsudski Monument in Warsaw has been criticized by its designer?
... that the European free-tailed bat can be recognised by the sound it emits in flight?
... that during 1942, the fairly new HMCS La Malbaie was transferred from both the Western and Mid-Ocean Escort Force due to mechanical issues?
... that geneticist Florence Margaret Durham bred 6,983 guinea pigs for her study of whether daily doses of alcohol had hereditary effects?

5 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the chemical element lawrencium is named after Ernest Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron (pictured, with his 60-inch cyclotron)?
... that the primary building of the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market, Canada's largest year-round farmers' market, was built in the late 1970s and destroyed by fire in 2013?
... that director Robert Wise personally selected Ettington Hall for exterior shots in the 1963 horror film, The Haunting?
... that the 1981 Entumbane Uprising threatened to cause a fresh civil war in Zimbabwe barely a year after the end of the Rhodesian Bush War?
... that for season nine of How I Met Your Mother, a cast member—Cristin Milioti—is being promoted to the main cast for the first time in the show's history?
... that chef Gordon Ramsay was allowed to open a restaurant at Claridge's hotel because his father-in-law agreed that it would serve breakfast?

08:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the incisor teeth of rabbits, hares and pikas (European rabbit pictured) continue to grow throughout their lives?
... that Oregon judge Harl H. Haas, Jr. used to help babysit Rush Limbaugh?
... that the World Access for the Blind has helped over 7,000 blind people to use human echolocation?
... that brown bear numbers are declining in Fairy Meadows?
... that the Verre in Dubai was Gordon Ramsay's first restaurant outside Great Britain?
... that the 1942 film Duke of the Navy was an attempt to make a "light funster" out of Ralph Byrd?

00:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Easterners (pictured) split into the Southerners and Northerners, they themselves having split from the Sarim?
... that as of 1999, Little Shamokin Creek is the only creek in the Shamokin Creek watershed where fish can survive?
... that Little Red Wagon Foundation founder Zach Bonner's story was selected from among a pool of 6,000 candidates and made into the 2012 docudrama Little Red Wagon?
... that Pavel Rychagov, a Commander of the Soviet Air Forces, was executed as part of the purge of the Red Army in 1941?
... that out of about 20,000 Clarno Formation fossils, only 5 were from the extinct dogwood Cornus clarnensis?
... that the former manor of Gladsaxehus in Sweden was once bequeathed to become a nunnery of Dominicans, but Queen Margaret preferred it to remain a strategic royal fief?

4 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the Great Bustard has been known to eat the giant pasture puffball (pictured)?
... that in May 1942, HMCS Halifax rescued three surviving crewmen of the American trawler Foam that was sunk by Nazi submarine U-432 south of Halifax itself?
... that toy designer Janese Swanson wrote her doctoral thesis on gender issues in product design?
... that in January 1948, during the civil war in Mandatory Palestine, the Palestinian Arab residents of Ijlil al-Shamaliyya pledged neutrality with the Haganah, but left the village months later?
... that in the 1930s, Maurice Yvain's operettas were translated and performed in Germany, Hungary and Austria as well as on Broadway where Ta Bouche was presented over a hundred times?
... that for many years, Jørgen Olufsen's House was known as Ellen Marsvinsgaard even though Ellen Marsvin, Christian IV's mother-in-law, never had any connections with it?

08:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Nakayama Tadayasu was exceptionally awarded the Order of the Chrysanthemum (pictured) in his own lifetime?
... that Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda asserted that "Buddhism was the fulfilment of Hinduism"?
... that Clitocybe albirhiza, Floccularia albolanaripes, Geopora cooperi, Hygrophorus goetzii, H. marzuolus, H. purpurascens, Lentinellus montanus, Ramaria magnipes and Tricholoma vernaticum are snowbank mushrooms?
... that the character Nilkantha Bagchi in Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (1977) and Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013), resembled film director Ritwik Ghatak's personality?
... that in 1983, the Irish Thoroughbred Stanerra became the first European-trained racehorse to win the Japan Cup?
... that Keri Rosebraugh incorporates discarded wood, paper, and other re-purposed trash into her mixed media artworks?

00:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Ohio's Morrow County Courthouse (pictured) was originally built without a tower?
... that on 3 October 1963, the Honduran military overthrew its civilian government ten days before a scheduled election?
... that horses fed hay containing the toxic fluids of crushed old-fashioned potato beetles can get horse colic or even die?
... that Pavel Fedorovich Zhigarev was the Commander of the Soviet Air Forces during the entirety of Operation Barbarossa?
... that the episode "Shades of Gray" was created as a clip show for Star Trek: The Next Generation and was later described by a critic as "god-awful"?
... that wildlife cameraman Eric Ashby, nicknamed "The Silent Watcher", refused to film tame animals?

3 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

... that during World War II, HMCS Midland and HMCS New Westminster (pictured) escorted supply convoys on the "Triangle Run", the route between New York, Boston and St. John's?
... that the 3 October Festival in Leiden, Netherlands, features a free meal of herring and white bread handed out in the Weigh House?
... that historian Stanley Mordaunt Leathes and physiologist John Beresford Leathes were the sons of Hebrew scholar Stanley Leathes?
... that combining computer animation with live action, Adhisaya Ulagam 3D was the first 3D Indian film that featured dinosaurs?
... that when Edinburgh Trams commence service in May 2014, it will have been fifty-eight years since the closure of Edinburgh's previous tramway?
... that the sound effects for Motocross Mania 3 have been criticized for making car crashes sound like water bottles being crushed?

08:00, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Red Ruffing (pictured) became a Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher despite losing four toes in a coal mining accident as a child?
... that scramble competition is one of the causes of the large population swings experienced by the field vole?
... that Eknath Ranade, who founded the Vivekananda Kendra in Kanyakumari, was honoured as a Karmayogi?
... that more than fifty pharmacies in North Dakota deliver pharmaceutical care without a pharmacist present using telepharmacy?
... that Ed Gagnier, the first gymnast to represent Canada at the Olympic games, later coached three NCAA national championship teams at Iowa State?
... that the trailer for the Japanese horror film Henge was described by a reviewer as "a minor work of art"?

00:00, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

... that despite officially being impartial, Pope Pius XII (pictured) acted as an intermediary between the German Resistance and the Allies during World War II?
... that the 1912 short film A Cure for Pokeritis was about a woman who arranged a fake police raid on her husband's weekly poker game?
... that sociologist Kenneth A. Bollen has been listed in the ISI Highly Cited database of "highly cited researchers" in the Social Sciences category?
... that during the 1984 European Cup Semi-Final between Liverpool and Dinamo Bucharest, Graeme Souness punched Lică Movilă in the face, breaking his jaw, but it wasn't seen by the referee?
... that the Pied Wheatear often perches on a bush or rock, bobbing its tail up and down while looking around for insects?
... that "genius" has not been a term used in IQ classification since 1937?

2 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

... that in November 2003, Prince Charles visited the restored Nakhal Fort (pictured) during an official visit to Oman?
... that for the first time in 20 years, the Portland Pirates will not be playing in Portland for their 2013–14 season?
... that an airplane formerly owned by Hermann Göring was used to transport delegates to the founding congress of the African Democratic Rally?
... that Ryszard Siwiec, protesting the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, was the first political protester to commit suicide by self-immolation in Central and Eastern Europe?
... that William Blake's character Spectre, which represents unchanging reason in his spiritual mythology, may have been inspired by the poet William Cowper?
... that the directors of Chipotle Mexican Grill's short film The Scarecrow took inspiration from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Metropolis?

08:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum were the first to successfully climb Mount McKinley (pictured)?
... that India's 1996–97 series in South Africa was Sachin Tendulkar's first overseas Test tour as captain?
... that Mind Games is one of a record-setting six television shows that filmed in Chicago in 2013?
... that the bolete mushroom Tylopilus intermedius is named for its appearance, considered intermediate between T. peralbidus and T. rhoadsiae?
... that Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee was fined a million yen in February 2013 for not censoring his nude photographs in Japan?
... that the 1983 Oregon State vs. Oregon football game (often referred to as "The Toilet Bowl") was the last NCAA Division I college football game to end in a scoreless tie?

00:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

... that art historians often find it difficult to judge whether 17th-century merry company paintings (example illustrated) show scenes of prostitution?
... that as of the 2013 AAA 400, Nick Harrison has served as crew chief for eleven different drivers during the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season?
... that fossils of the extinct hazelnut relative Coryloides were informally identified as palm nuts first?
... that Spanish influenza closed Colorado's Durango High School a little over a year after it opened?
... that Jakob Pistiner served as editor of the newspaper Vorwärts, in Cernăuți (present-day Chernivtsi)?
... that upon losing his last shilling while gambling, Virginia statesman Gabriel Jones began staking the gold buttons on his coat?

1 October 2013[edit]

16:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the knifetooth sawfish (pictured) and the longcomb sawfish can be told apart by the number of teeth on their saws?
... that Salomée Halpir, a Lithuanian Catholic born in 1718, learned medicine from a doctor she married at age 14, and eventually became a physician to the harem of the Ottoman Empire's Sultan?
... that on 20 September 1893, Swami Vivekananda stated at the Parliament of the World's Religions that Religion was not the crying need of India?
... that Nigeria is the world leader in cassava production?
... that jewels stolen at the Carlton Cannes in the July 2013 heist are worth $136 million?
... that Hungarian secretary of state Zoltán Illés said to fellow member of parliament Bernadett Szél, "just because you're pretty doesn't also mean you're smart"?

08:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the China Art Museum (pictured), housed in the former China Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo, is the largest art museum in Asia?
... that the two British Duke of Edinburgh-class cruisers captured three German merchantmen while on convoy escort duties in the Red Sea shortly after the start of World War I in 1914?
... that West Virginia railroad and timber executive William B. Cornwell was rendered unconscious by a falling longcase clock?
... that one of the main cast of Pawn Stars UK, Mark Andrew "Big Mark" Manning, used to work at a crematorium before becoming a pawnbroker?
... that Alfred Legoyt organised the census of France in 1856, 1861 and 1866?
... that the name for the extinct birch family genus Kardiasperma is from the Greek words for "heart" and "seed"?

00:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

... that, while a portrait by Thomas Eakins of his brother-in-law (pictured) was described as ugly and awkward, a critic later singled it out as "the most restrained, most classical of all the Eakins canvases"?
... that in 2011, Cauley Woodrow became the first non-League footballer to play for England at youth level since Bob Oates 37 years earlier?
... that Boynton Beach, Florida, was founded by Byrd S. Dewey, not Nathan Boynton, who was erroneously credited up to last year?
... that the former site of Nottingham's Greyfriars Friary is now occupied by a shopping centre?
... that Stephen Rhodes was the first openly gay driver in NASCAR competition?
... that the mushroom Boletus subluridellus was first described scientifically from specimens collected on a golf course?