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28 February 2017

12:00, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

The Big Horn

... that the Big Horn (pictured), a gateway sculpture to Manchester's Northern Quarter, was built on the remains of a hat factory in 1999?
... that John Michael Bednarek was commander of the First United States Army, prior to becoming the top US military officer in Iraq?
... that to promote her song "Chained to the Rhythm", Katy Perry left disco balls playing the track in various cities?
... that a television crew captured the beating of a handcuffed protester by police during the 2014 Hong Kong protests?
... that the White House Family Theater was built out of a former cloakroom in 1942?
... that Avicenna made an argument to prove the existence of God which became known as the "Proof of the Truthful"?
... that Maria Luise Thurmair published the "love talks" she exchanged with her husband when he was a soldier in World War II, and wrote the lyrics for many hymns in the Gotteslob?
... that during the Knowles Riot of 1747, Bostonians put the sheriff's deputy in the stocks?

00:00, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Curtis P. Iaukea

... that Curtis P. Iaukea (pictured) served as the Hawaiian ambassador to the coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and the Golden and Diamond Jubilees of Queen Victoria?
... that the architecturally outstanding Kensington Railway Station, now a National Historic Site of Canada, is referred to as a "boulder station" because of its fieldstone walls?
... that the plot of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine revolves around Dr. Robotnik turning bean-like creatures into robots with his "Mean Bean-Steaming Machine"?
... that Kodandera M. Cariappa is one of only two Indian Army officers to hold the five-star rank of field marshal?
... that a group of 1,000 U.S. diplomats signed a dissent cable protesting Donald Trump's Executive Order 13769?
... that "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn" is the only hymn by Paul Gerhardt which Bach set to music as a chorale cantata?
... that Maria Eugenia Bozzoli was one of the founders of anthropology in Costa Rica?
... that the cleaner shrimp Lysmata grabhami waves its white antennae to attract clients?

27 February 2017

12:00, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Moon carrot flowers

... that moon carrot rust, which infects the moon carrot (pictured), was thought extinct in Britain, but was re-discovered in 2009?
... that the anthropologist Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann, who made field trips to villages in Slavonia, Transylvania, and Turkey, met Jews after they were liberated from Theresienstadt?
... that the potentially explosive trifluoroperacetic acid is not commercially available, yet can be quickly prepared in three different ways using hydrogen peroxide?
... that the Blue Castle Project is a proposed nuclear power plant that will increase Utah's electrical generation capacity by 50 percent?
... that the Ciomadul volcano in Romania last erupted less than 50,000 years ago and is still potentially active?
... that Kathleen N. Straus served three consecutive eight-year terms on the Michigan State Board of Education, ending when she was age 93?
... that in Osmanoğlu and Kocabaş v. Switzerland, the court ruled that compulsory mixed-gender swimming lessons in public school do not violate the freedom of religion of Muslim families?
... that the Point Abino Light Tower on Lake Erie derives its name from a Jesuit missionary who lived on the point in a log cabin atop a dune?

00:00, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Flag of Provo, Utah, 1985–2015

... that the former flag of Provo, Utah (pictured), was compared to Centrum vitamin bottles?
... that the sea snake barnacle is short-lived because it does not usually survive when its host sheds its skin?
... that Southampton reached the 2017 EFL Cup Final against Manchester United today without conceding a goal?
... that William Walsh was Bishop of Mauritius in 1892 when the country suffered one of its worst cyclones?
... that the Art Deco Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris has presented mostly boulevard plays?
... that a version of the Freeform television series Cloak & Dagger had been in development since 2011, when the network was still known as ABC Family?
... that the ZTE Orbit was the first Windows Phone to include near field communication?
... that former professional wrestling world champion Bruno Sammartino once wrestled an orangutan?

26 February 2017

12:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Brigham Young readies women to fight

... that the portrayal of Mormons in comics (example pictured) in the 1900s imagined women fighting in the Utah War in large dresses?
... that a sports stadium in Shahjahanpur and a crude oil tanker were named after Jadunath Singh, a Param Vir Chakra recipient?
... that Winslade's chapel was sold for £35?
... that Theodore Sizer was named Yale University's first Pursuivant of Arms in 1963?
... that Dhanush played a character with bipolar disorder in 3, a 2012 Tamil film?
... that Michael Praetorius published Missodia Sionia, a collection of 104 pieces of sacred music in Latin, including 14 settings of Amen and a mass for eight voices?
... that a congressman suggested Franklin D. Roosevelt use the U.S. Treasury Building as a bunker during World War II because "there's nothing in the treasury vaults except IOU's anyway"?
... that in Shinto, rice gruel divination is used for predicting the harvest?

00:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Canadian $25 banknote

... that the royal purple 1935 commemorative banknote (pictured) for the silver jubilee of George V is the only $25 banknote ever issued by the Bank of Canada?
... that George A. Mitchell has been called the father of Cadillac?
... that regional regulations passed by Indonesian regencies and cities occupy the lowest position in the country's hierarchy of laws?
... that "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort" by Luther was titled "A hymn for the children to sing against the two arch-enemies of Christ, and His Holy Church, the Pope and the Turks"?
... that maize, cacao, and achiote were historically the main crops produced in El Progreso, Guatemala?
... that India's lifetime achievement sporting honour is named after field hockey player Dhyan Chand, who scored more than 1000 goals during his career?
... that because he was unfamiliar with the cello, Francis Poulenc received help from the cellist Pierre Fournier when composing his Cello Sonata?
... that the authors of Prophets of Deceit warned that a time might come when Americans become susceptible to psychological manipulation by a political agitator?

25 February 2017

12:00, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Coryphodon

... that the Golden Valley Formation preserves fossilized remains of Coryphodon (life restoration shown)?
... that Vince Allen was twice signed to Canadian Football League teams due to injuries to other players?
... that when completed, the proposed Damen station will be the third new Chicago "L" station of Rahm Emanuel's tenure as Mayor of Chicago?
... that two electors who put forward candidates at the April 1865 Bruce by-election in New Zealand were nearly candidates themselves?
... that the architect for 2&U, an upcoming office building in Seattle, was selected in a hackathon?
... that Damnoen Saduak Floating Market was a location in the 2008 film Bangkok Dangerous starring Nicolas Cage?
... that Bob Kramer has been described as "the greatest American knifesmith working today"?
... that Ed Sheeran's 2010 EP Loose Change entered the Australian charts six and a half years after its original UK-only release?

00:00, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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... that the pyramidal structure of the hexamethylbenzene dication (pictured) has a central carbon atom bonded to an "unprecedented" six other carbon atoms?
... that the 1859 construction of Hamilton Waterworks, now a National Historic Site of Canada, was prompted by a cholera epidemic that killed 552 people?
... that Cecil E. Harris, the U.S. Navy's second most successful World War II flying ace, was a school teacher from landlocked South Dakota?
... that the call of Lagden's bushshrike has been likened to hoop hoop or toot toot?
... that the majority of people seeking refugee status in Poland are citizens of the former Soviet Union?
... that the families of Tongan Princess Fusipala set up a rival court against her half-sister Queen Sālote Tupou III?
... that one commentator predicted that a 2002 United States Supreme Court ruling would lead to a "dim future" for state prisoners?
... that Jamiroquai's 2017 song "Automaton" drew comparisons to the work of Daft Punk?

24 February 2017

12:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Diego de Argumosa

... that Diego de Argumosa (pictured) introduced the use of ether as an anesthetic to Spain in 1847?
... that the diet of the sea anemone Urticinopsis antarctica includes sea urchins, starfish, sea cucumbers, brittle stars, crinoids, gastropods, bivalve molluscs, and small fish?
... that Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina is often considered Hawaii's first female judge?
... that 20 members of the Wehrmacht received Iron Crosses for their involvement in the Kraljevo massacre?
... that although mathematician Vojtěch Jarník is known to computer scientists for his minimum spanning tree algorithm, his main work was in number theory?
... that the forest giant squirrel can crack open nuts with particularly tough shells such as the African walnut?
... that the production team kept the ending of Blood-C a secret from the main cast, allowing them to record only three episodes at a time?
... that when a full-page photograph of a naked Vivien Neves in The Times caused a sensation in 1971, it was being used to advertise a pharmaceutical company?

00:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Dredge No. 4

... that Dredge No. 4 (pictured), now a National Historic Site of Canada, mined nine tons of gold between 1913 and 1959?
... that author Bano Qudsia has been conferred with the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) and the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) by the Government of Pakistan?
... that the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Salford is the oldest purpose-built Greek Orthodox church in England?
... that the 1892 Legislative Session of the Kingdom of Hawaii, which lasted 171 days, was the longest in the history of the monarchy?
... that the upcoming film Horse Soldiers is Nicolai Fuglsig's feature film directorial debut?
... that for foiling his king's plan to assassinate King Minkhaung I of Ava, Lagun Ein of Pegu was forced to make two attempts on Minkhaung's life?
... that the New York City Police Department's Strategic Response Group was formed in 2015 to respond to high-profile events and incidents?
... that the association footballer Albert Barnett was one of five brothers who played for Altrincham F.C.?
... that Zoologia physica, a scientific handbook about animals by Johann Sperling from the University of Wittenberg, was published in 1661 after his death?

23 February 2017

12:00, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Thick-billed ground pigeons

... that the thick-billed ground pigeon (pictured) eats seeds regurgitated by the magnificent bird-of-paradise?
... that Leslie Thrasher, the creator of the fictional character Lil, was a realist?
... that after producing the album They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons, Rich Costey went on to record another whose title was 90 words long?
... that Zoologia physica, a scientific handbook about animals by Johann Sperling from the University of Wittenberg, was published in 1661 after his death?
... that according to Haddad-Adel in The Culture of Nakedness and the Nakedness of Culture, differences between Western clothes and those of Easterners reflect "divergent notions of humankind"?
... that former Major League Baseball player Mike Hollimon became an executive for a player representation agency?
... that artists are not charged to produce work at the Off-Off-Broadway theater The Tank?
... that Llanrumney Hall has been a stately home, a remand centre, and a pub?

00:00, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton

... that in The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 (pictured), the artist wanted to show the compassion of General George Washington?
... that canal engineer John Hore was described as setting a new standard for inland waterways with the Kennet navigation, which was characterised as an important forerunner of the canals of the Industrial Revolution?
... that only two men who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion were convicted of treason, but they were later pardoned by President George Washington?
... that Canadian football defensive back Taurean Allen was considered one of the top prospects in the 2010 CFL Draft but played only six games professionally?
... that Suksdorf's monkeyflower of the genus Erythranthe was named after the mostly self-taught immigrant botanist Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf?
... that Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi earned the nickname the "Butcher of Fallujah" after allegedly masterminding the 2004 ambush in which four private contractors were killed, mutilated, and their bodies displayed?
... that George Washington Pilipō, a leading Hawaiian politician of the 19th century, was known as "The Lion of North Kona"?
... that children playing instruments made from scrap have recorded with Basement Jaxx and performed with Megadeth?

22 February 2017

12:00, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Mantri Manai

... that the Mantri Manai (pictured) has a mixture of European and Dravidian architectural styles?
... that the grey jay builds its nests in late winter, while the forest is still deep in snow?
... that last year, the Indonesian province of Aceh processed 324 court cases and carried out at least 100 caning sentences under its Islamic criminal code?
... that in 1951, Constance Dallas became the first woman elected to Philadelphia City Council?
... that Designed by Apple in California was dedicated to Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs?
... that before the end of 1940, the Dutch Committee for Jewish Refugees had facilitated the emigration from Europe of about 22,000 Jews, who thus escaped the Holocaust?
... that the Huntly rail bridge bombing was called an "infamous act of terrorism" by New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland?
... that comic creator Gerry Alanguilan spent more than a year researching chickens before he began working on Elmer?

00:00, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Ave Maria Gracia Ple[na]

... that the book of hours Heures de Charles d'Angoulême contains a miniature of the beginning of the Ave Maria in historiated letters (pictured)?
... that Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary in Saskatchewan, established in 1887, was the first bird sanctuary in North America?
... that George Francis Hardy was an actuary, Egyptologist, and amateur astronomer whose scientific methods and calculations contributed to all three fields?
... that David Bowie wrote the lyrics to his 1987 song "Time Will Crawl" after hearing of the Chernobyl disaster, and later chose the song as one of his favorites from his entire career?
... that WCHV, the oldest radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia, was founded more than 200 miles (320 km) away on the campus of Emory and Henry College?
... that layers of ash considered to be from the Dacht-i-Navar Group volcanic complex in Afghanistan have been found 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) away in India?
... that more than 300 young stars in RCW 36 have been detected by the Chandra X-ray Observatory?
... that U.S. presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway's mention of a nonexistent massacre in Bowling Green, Kentucky, went viral?

21 February 2017

12:00, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Striated thornbill

... that the striated thornbill (pictured) often hangs upside-down while foraging?
... that fire has been burning continuously since 1971 in an urn at the Indian memorial Amar Jawan Jyoti?
... that in a managed alcohol program, chronic alcoholics are treated with alcohol?
... that despite originally contesting the 1859 Town of Dunedin by-election, William John Dyer did not participate in the poll called afterwards?
... that during Operation Python, oil reserves, ammunition warehouses and workshops worth $3 billion were destroyed by the Indian Navy?
... that Dieter Oesterlen designed the large concert hall of the Funkhaus Hannover?
... that over 1,000 people complained when the Daily Mail called three High Court judges "enemies of the people"?
... that to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada in 2017, access to national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas is free?

00:00, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

General George Washington at Trenton

... that in General George Washington at Trenton (pictured), Trumbull painted Washington in "the most sublime moment", the night before the Battle of Princeton?
... that Pilgrim, the premiere title of video game developer Arxel Tribe, was based on a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, who also wrote the game's screenplay?
... that Canadian football linebacker Zock Allen was named after the sound a cartoon character makes when hitting something?
... that the documentary Hell's Angel claims that Mother Teresa was a demagogue and an obscurantist?
... that the Super V-2 was a French project to develop the V-2 rocket into a long-range missile, one version of which was capable of striking targets as far away as Russia?
... that billionaire Leslie Koo's NT$400 million bribe resulted in an 11-year jail sentence for former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian?
... that "Never Learn Not to Love" is a reworked version of Charles Manson's song "Cease to Exist"?
... that a Nuphar carlquistii waterlily rhizome fossil was once identified as a banana?

20 February 2017

12:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Canal Lake Arch Bridge

... that Canal Lake Concrete Arch Bridge (pictured), a National Historic Site of Canada, is an example of a "transitional structure" between stone arch bridges and reinforced bridges?
... that English association footballer Yasin Ben El-Mhanni made his name as a YouTube sensation?
... that the Samsung Omnia M was announced for the European market prior to being rolled out in Brazil and China?
... that the rival ports of Seattle and Tacoma merged to form the Northwest Seaport Alliance in 2014 because of increased competition from ports in British Columbia?
... that the extinct crape myrtle relative Shirleya was first described from fossils out of a "Hi hole"?
... that Dirk Kaftan conducted Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder, recorded Jenůfa with the Graz Opera, and led Bruckner's Fourth Symphony in seven concerts of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie?
... that from 1909 to 1945, some students were transported to and from Jeffers High School via a special train on the Copper Range Railroad?
... that Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells is a term given to people, traditionally ascribed as being from Royal Tunbridge Wells, who write letters of incensed conservative moral outrage?

00:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Leslie Skinner

... that during development of the M8 rocket in 1941, Leslie Skinner (pictured) built the first prototypes with casings made from old fire extinguishers?
... that when the Ubina Hoard was looted on the day after excavations had started, members of the Estonian Defence League were dispatched to guard it?
... that Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells is a term given to people, traditionally ascribed as being from Royal Tunbridge Wells, who write letters of incensed conservative moral outrage?
... that the January 1868 death of a Romanian nationalist monk just days after he had been elected deputy sparked an antisemitic riot?
... that Ocosta Elementary School in Westport, Washington, has the first public tsunami refuge built in the United States?
... that the Indonesian kingdoms of Gowa and Talloq imported ceramics on a scale that, according to archaeologists Bulbeck and Caldwell, "beggars imagination"?
... that Paul Éluard's poem "Liberté", an ode to liberty written in occupied France, was distributed by parachute from British aircraft?

19 February 2017

12:00, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

St. Marien am Behnitz interior

... that St. Marien am Behnitz (interior pictured), the second-oldest Catholic church in the Berlin area, was designed by August Soller and restored by private owners?
... that a pair of stripe-breasted woodpeckers were once observed sitting on the eggs simultaneously?
... that the upcoming television series Runaways was first developed in 2008 as a feature film by Marvel Studios but was shelved due to the success of The Avengers?
... that the state funeral of John F. Kennedy was the only one for a United States president in which foreign military forces participated?
... that Swedish rock band Mecki Mark Men played with both Jimi Hendrix and the Royal Swedish Opera?
... that the fossil maple Acer eonegundo was described from a single partial leaf?
... that Amy Burvall, co-creator of the historyteachers videos, originally wanted to be a spy?

00:00, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Northern needle-clawed bushbaby

... that the northern (pictured) and southern needle-clawed bushbabies are specialist feeders on gum?
... that out of thirteen elections held in the Gundlupet Vidhan Sabha constituency, in the south-Indian state of Karnataka, seven have been won by K. S. Nagarathanamma and five by H. S. Mahadeva Prasad?
... that SeaTac/Airport station in Seattle was opened in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Vancouver, Canada?
... that Bill Clinton starred with Kevin Spacey in the 2000 short film The Final Days?
... that the rufous-fronted parakeet is endemic to Colombia where it occurs on two volcanic massifs in the Andes?
... that from 1973 until 2012, Myra Nimmo held the Scottish women's national long jump record?
... that the pubic hair of a Milford Lane woman is the scene of a battle in the bawdy 1716 poem, The Duel of the Crabs?

18 February 2017

12:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Britannia Mines concentrator

... that Britannia Mines (concentrator pictured) in British Columbia had the greatest copper ore concentrate output in the British Empire from 1925 to 1930?
... that Manohar Lal Munjal was the first Indian to receive the Distinguished International membership of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering?
... that all four singles from Alejandro Fernández's album Me Estoy Enamorando reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States?
... that Joseph L. Kun served for 30 years on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, but was defeated when he ran for another term in the 1957 elections at the age of 75?
... that in January 2017, anarchist squatters occupied one of the four London houses of the Russian billionaire Andrey Goncharenko, and used it as a homeless shelter?
... that Jean Anouilh's play Léocadia, one of his Pièces roses, was staged on Broadway as Time Remembered?
... that in 2013, two hundred teachers occupied a toll booth on Mexican Federal Highway 180D and allowed cars to pass for free?

00:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Space House, One Kemble Street

... that One Kemble Street (pictured) was built using precast cruciform concrete blocks to avoid the use of scaffolding?
... that the billionaire Philip Day grew up on a council estate, and now owns a country estate?
... that Tamedia, the publishing company of the German language women's magazine Annabelle, banned it from reporting critical political news in 2013?
... that the Working–Hotelling procedure, first formulated in 1929, was one of the earliest methods of simultaneous inference?
... that T. H. White wrote Mistress Masham's Repose for Amaryllis Garnett?
... that some fighters of the Guardians of the Dawn describe themselves as "mujahideen of the cross"?
... that Fantasia's song "I Made It" was described as sounding like a finale for the musical The Color Purple?
... that scientists have proposed four models to describe the arrangement of the layers of rock before the collision of India with Asia that formed the Himalayas?

17 February 2017

12:00, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Anisa Mohammed

... that Anisa Mohammed (pictured) is the only cricketer to take five five-wicket hauls in women's One Day Internationals?
... that scientists have proposed four models to describe the arrangement of the layers of rock before the collision of India with Asia that formed the Himalayas?
... that Henry L. Reaves was an open range cattle rancher on land near what is now Disney World before serving in the Georgia House of Representatives for 38 years?
... that in an air stripline, air is used as an electrical insulator to reduce transmission losses?
... that the Professor Aristóteles Orsini Planetarium in São Paulo, opened in 1957, was the first planetarium in Brazil?
... that "Get Enough" had a commercial release limited to 2,000 7" vinyl singles?
... that German rapper Schwesta Ewa often sings about her former life as a prostitute?

16 February 2017

23:15, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Chemical structure of apparicine

... that establishing the chemical structure of apparicine (pictured) was a notable early use of nuclear magnetic resonance decoupling?
... that Jean Tatlock had a romantic relationship with Robert Oppenheimer, introducing him to poetry and politics?
... that only two chiefs of the Indian Army have ever been promoted to field marshal?
... that the desert hare can produce up to 30 offspring in a year?
... that according to a commentator, fiddle player Joe Thompson "was the inspiration for a national revival of stringband music"?
... that whilst carrying out High Explosive Research, British scientists developed atomic weapons?
... that the Very Large Array observed nearly one million radio sources during the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters survey?
... that over a 22-year period, Colorado cattle ranch owner Sue Anschutz-Rodgers increased her stock from 33 cows and a single bull to 1,700 head of cattle?

11:00, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

VLA radio telescopes

... that the Very Large Array (pictured) observed nearly one million radio sources during the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters survey?
... that over a 22-year period, Colorado cattle ranch owner Sue Anschutz-Rodgers increased her stock from 33 cows and a single bull to 1,700 head of cattle?
... that at a cost of £2.5 million (US$3.2 million), the opening scene for "The Holy Trinity", the first episode of The Grand Tour, was the most expensive scene in television history?
... that Dutch television maker and author Teun van de Keuken started Tony's Chocolonely, which sells what is called "slave-free chocolate"?
... that the Indian Government Mint in Noida is one of the four mints in the country and the only one established since independence in 1947?
... that the British anthropologist Karin Barber started her academic career at the University of Ife, where she was required to teach in Yoruba?
... that the Miami Dolphins have not won a playoff game since the 2000 season?

15 February 2017

22:45, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Carved lacquer tray

... that in 1782, the Qianlong Emperor enquired "lacquer is cause for ten officials to protest; what if it is also carved?" (example pictured)
... that the Grammy-winning opera tenor Aaron Sheehan did not begin singing until his final year of high school?
... that Hanzo and his brother Genji from Overwatch were originally a single character that was split during development?
... that the particle physicist Jeff Forshaw works with data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and appeared on television to explain the Higgs boson to children under 12?
... that after gaining a partial victory over the Jaffna kingdom in 1560, the Portuguese successfully defeated their enemy in the invasion of 1591 and installed their own king?
... that Paul Dibb formulated an eponymous report of Australia’s defence capabilities?
... that We're Going on a Bear Hunt was the text used to break the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Reading Lesson"?

10:30, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Labyrinth of burning tealights

... that in the Christian centre of meditation and spirituality in Frankfurt, visitors can walk through a labyrinth of burning tealights (pictured) one Saturday each year?
... that Yazh Nool, an important research work on the ancient Tamil musical instrument known as yazh, describes six types of forgotten instruments?
... that the Kaʻahumanu Society, originally founded in 1864 by Hawaiian royalty Victoria Kamāmalu, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and Liliuokalani, was rechartered by a lady-in-waiting in 1905?
... that Famatinanthus decussatus is a rare shrub from Argentina threatened by mining, off-road vehicles, and livestock?
... that defensive back Michael Allen set a Canadian Football League record by returning five blocked punts for touchdowns?
... that the elegant rice rat sometimes carries a hantavirus that can cause a fatal disease in humans?
... that gospel street singer Flora Molton performed in downtown Washington, D.C., into her eighties?

14 February 2017

22:15, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

An OFB MPV

... that an Indian Police official called the Ordnance Factory Board Mine Protected Vehicles (example pictured) "coffins on wheels"?
... that August Buchner, a professor of poetry and rhetoric at the University of Wittenberg, wrote the libretto for a lost ballet-opera by Heinrich Schütz?
... that the 1994 New Jersey Rockin' Rollers, led by Manon Rhéaume, defeated Erin Whitten and the Pittsburgh Phantoms, in the first professional roller hockey game with two women as goaltenders?
... that the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine suggested that the depopulated Palestinian village of Dayr Muhaysin was a Crusader village, held as a fief of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
... that the Gobi big brown bat is thought to include butterflies in its diet?
... that the British art historian Humphrey Brooke grew more than 500 varieties of rose?
... that Saturday Night! – The Album was described as "artless" in The Washington Post?

03:29, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Nesting Nemegtomaia

... that the oviraptorid dinosaur Nemegtomaia (pictured) brooded its eggs?
... that the former Palestinian villages of Ni'ilya and al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya appeared in the Ottoman census of 1596?
... that at age 21, Jewell Jones became the youngest state representative in Michigan history?
... that Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration, has been awarded 21 times, of which 14 were made posthumously?
... that the first use of a transfer function matrix in control systems was on development of gas turbine engines for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics?
... that the desert bighorn sheep, cougar, and threatened Mojave Desert tortoise are among the animals whose habitat is protected in the Gold Butte National Monument in southeastern Nevada?
... that the British anthropologist Wendy James started her academic career at the University of Khartoum in Sudan?
... that the flea was illustrated by Robert Hooke in 1665 in his pioneering book Micrographia?

13 February 2017

15:44, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Drawing of a flea by Robert Hooke

... that the flea (pictured) was illustrated by Robert Hooke in 1665 in his pioneering book Micrographia?
... that Qard al-Hasan is considered a "beautiful loan" in Islam, because the borrower is Allah and not the person who receives the loan?
... that John Clive Ward has been called "the father of the British H-bomb"?
... that spoon-leaved ragwort is sometimes eaten by sheep despite being toxic to many grazing mammals?
... that Magong's Mazu Temple claims to be the oldest temple in Taiwan?
... that India annually celebrates Navy Day on 4 December to mark the victory of Operation Trident?
... that playwright and journalist Refik Erduran's fourth marriage, to his third wife's daughter from an earlier marriage, was annulled after six years by court decision for being immoral?

00:29, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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Hrithik Roshan

... that Hrithik Roshan (pictured) topped Eastern Eye's listing of the "50 Sexiest Asian Men" in 2011, 2012, and 2014?
... that Presidential M&M's are given as gifts to guests of the President of the United States?
... that Ian McTaggart-Cowan was considered "the father of Canadian ecology"?
... that according to the 1997 book Policy Design for Democracy, "degenerative policy making" is a major feature of the United States political system?
... that a chapel in the village of Medstead was mentioned in the Domesday Book?
... that Phillip Henry Bridenbaugh's 265–65–25 record was believed to be the best in the history of Pennsylvania high school football?
... that the adult male Masoala fork-marked lemur has a cutaneous gland on the throat which is rubbed against the female during social grooming?

12 February 2017

12:44, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Carmo Planetarium

... that the Carmo Planetarium (pictured) in São Paulo, Brazil, uses 9,000 optical fibres and 109 lenses to portray the night sky?
... that Van Cortlandt Park contains both the Bronx's oldest building and the United States' oldest public golf course?
... that during Krishnapada Ghosh's term as Labour Minister in the second United Front government of West Bengal, police were instructed not to intervene against striking workers?
... that when the USS Albany disappeared off the coast of Venezuela in 1853, its crew included the offspring of several prominent politicians?
... that the extinct sweetgum Liquidambar changii was described from the "Hi hole" location in Central Washington State?
... that United States Navy officer Jesse Iwuji played college football for the Naval Academy and currently races in NASCAR?
... that the lyrics of Tove Lo's song "Not on Drugs" compared falling in love to being under the influence of drugs?

00:43, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Weaver ants

... that weaver ants (pictured) were being used to control citrus pests in China as early as 304 A.D.?
... that after the ballet dancer Franziska Romana Koch sang in the opera Alceste which was composed for her, its librettist celebrated her performance in a poem?
... that as a result of the Suhl card reader case, an amateur psychic spent years in prison?
... that Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre was President of Guatemala for ten days?
... that Acer ferrignoi was named for James Ferrigno, who supplied access to Smithsonian fossils to scientists describing the extinct maple?
... that following the tradition of Urdu poets, Bollywood lyricist Naqsh Lyallpuri took his surname from his birthplace, and his family also adopted it?
... that performances at the Minnesota Fringe Festival have taken place in a loading dock, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a moving car?

11 February 2017

12:37, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

The Flag

... that, objecting to World War I, Georgia O'Keeffe painted The Flag (pictured)?
... that the Amur hedgehog makes pig-like grunts as it searches for food?
... that 17th-century Polish poet Anna Stanisławska wrote about her life and three marriages as a series of 77 laments?
... that defensive back Jeff Allen was traded twice during his career, but played for neither of the teams that traded for him?
... that Sir John Rogerson's Quay, a private development in 18th-century Dublin, became home to a 19th-century diving bell used to further develop Dublin's quays?
... that the constellation Frederici Honores was established to honour Frederick the Great?
... that the six-year reign of the caliph al-Muktafi saw the Abbasid Caliphate recover the territories of Egypt and Syria, marking the last revival in its fortunes before its collapse?
... that Mexican actor and professional wrestler Tonina Jackson was so popular that a soft drink was named after him?

00:00, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Pompeii Lakshmi

... that the Pompeii Lakshmi (pictured) is an Indian ivory statuette of the Hindu goddess, excavated at Pompeii?
... that the U.S. government temporary funding bill passed in December also contained provisions to expedite the approval process for James Mattis as Secretary of Defense?
... that Antonio Fantuzzi's "mildly licentious" etching of Mars and Venus Bathing (c. 1543) probably copies a painting in the six-room bath suite of the Palace of Fontainebleau?
... that the fossil maple Acer lincolnense has leaves divided into three leaflets?
... that while he was trained in classical French cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu, Israeli chef Erez Komarovsky prefers to cook with "couscous, olive oil, and goat cheese"?
... that Sept répons des ténèbres, sacred music by Francis Poulenc, was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and premiered after the composer's death?
... that since its 2007 debut in the United States, the Rumbler siren has been adopted by emergency services in Australia and Singapore?

10 February 2017

12:00, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

The Indian Church

... that Canadian artist Emily Carr felt unable to look at her painting The Indian Church (pictured) because she was embarrassed when people complimented her on her work?
... that one edition of Lenni Brenner's book Zionism in the Age of the Dictators has on its cover a medal commemorating a visit to Palestine by Nazi SS Officer Leopold von Mildenstein?
... that John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly, sneaked out of his fortress during a siege, disguised as a groom seeking a stray horse?
... that the Neurological Society of India was founded in 1951 by Jacob Chandy, Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi, S. T. Narasimhan, and Baldev Singh, pioneers of epilepsy surgery in India?
... that the Aztec thrush, a vagrant to the United States, was first recorded there more than 100 years after it was described in Mexico?
... that the British botanist Professor William Stearn never attended university nor earned a degree, because his family was too poor?
... that the Swiss government made detailed plans to acquire and test nuclear weapons during the Cold War?
... that offensive lineman Ian Allen retired from professional football to pursue a music career?

00:00, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Pamela Cunningham Copeland at Mt. Cuba

... that Pamela Cunningham Copeland (pictured) was honored by the Garden Club of America for her vision in preserving rare and endangered plants at Mount Cuba?
... that drawing the graphic novel diary Dendō helped Brittany Long Olsen cope with "raw and emotional" moments on her LDS mission in Japan?
... that "Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit", a hymn by the Protestant reformer Martin Luther based on Psalm 124, appears in the current Protestant hymnal only partly, within stanzas from a colleague's hymn?
... that an interactive exhibit about the life and work of David Hawkins was called "Cultivate the Scientist in Every Child"?
... that at the establishment of Bahía Portete National Natural Park, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said, "Biodiversity is to Colombia what oil is for the Arabs"?
... that Sophie Molineux won the inaugural Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year Award at the 2017 Allan Border Medal Ceremony?
... that historical comet observations in China as far back as 12 BC have been used to study changes in the brightness of Halley's Comet?

9 February 2017

12:00, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Roosevelt dime

... that the design of the Roosevelt dime (pictured) has remained almost intact through its more than 70 years of production?
... that poems by Martin Greif inspired music by Max Reger, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, and possibly Gustav Mahler?
... that by royal edict, only members of certain families could be masters in the guild for makers of Limoges enamel?
... that at 14 years of age, Minami Itahashi was the youngest person to win a springboard diving event at the Japanese national championships?
... that New York's Constitution Marsh, an Important Bird Area, is adjacent to what was once "the most cadmium polluted site in the world"?
... that King Razadarit once sent Queen Thuddhamaya in a golden litter to one of his top commanders, despite her objections?
... that Laguna del Maule is a volcanic field in Chile that has been inflating at a rapid pace during the last decade?
... that the Ethiopian Debo Band was founded by amateur klezmer musicians?

00:00, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Maximilian Chapel

... that the Maximilian Chapel (pictured), atop Cerro de las Campanas, is built in a style that "has nothing to do with Mexican buildings"?
... that the Superfest International Disability Film Festival is the longest-running disability film festival in the world?
... that the Sulaymi commander Abu'l-A'war led the Arabs to a major naval victory over the Byzantines in the Battle of the Masts?
... that freedom of the press in South Korea has declined since 2010?
... that Carlos Fernández Gondín fought against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and the United States in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and afterwards helped found the Communist Party of Cuba?
... that the drawing of Lucifer from the Divine Comedy illustrated by Botticelli depicts the whole story of canto XXXIV, and shows Lucifer's geographical location in Hell?
... that the English peace campaigner Betty Tebbs was arrested at the age of 89 for participating in anti-Trident protests?

8 February 2017

12:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

HMS Spiteful

... that, in 1904, HMS Spiteful (pictured) became the first warship to be powered solely by fuel oil?
... that high school teacher Gertrude Hull tutored Douglas MacArthur in preparation for passing his entrance examination to West Point?
... that the variegated oil beetle was used as a treatment for rabies in the 19th century?
... that the victims of the Kragujevac massacre in Serbia included 144 high school students?
... that the Canadian government invests millions of dollars in First Nations communities to close the digital divide in Canada?
... that Charoen Krung Road was built because foreign consuls complained of not having a road for their carriages in Bangkok?
... that Robert Boyd missed out on the scoop of a lifetime but won a Pulitzer Prize in the process?

00:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Wild cucumber

... that while the wild cucumber (pictured) and the oneseed bur cucumber both grow in North America, one has been used in a love potion and the other to treat sexually transmitted infections?
... that the Neurological Society of India was founded in 1951 by Jacob Chandy, Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi, S. T. Narasimhan, and Baldev Singh, pioneers of epilepsy surgery in India?
... that the character Komui Lee in the manga series D.Gray-man is based on the author's boss?
... that emotional lability can be seen in conditions such as personality disorder, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and alcohol intoxication, or after a stroke?
... that despite being shot in the back and witnessing atrocities as a child soldier in South Sudan, Deng Adut is now a defence lawyer in Australia?
... that Laguna del Maule is a volcanic field in Chile that has been inflating at a rapid pace during the last decade?
... that George Drumm wrote "Hail, America" while riding the New York City Subway?

7 February 2017

12:00, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Damage and debris from the Manzanita tornado

... that during an October 2016 tornado in Manzanita, Oregon (damage pictured), the local branch of the National Weather Service issued a record ten tornado warnings in a single day?
... that Carlos Enrique Díaz de León, president of Guatemala for two days, once refused a bribe of US$200,000?
... that a 2011 takeover of the Universidad Autónoma Intercultural de Sinaloa in Mexico by protesting students lasted for two months?
... that the composer Peter Janssens subtitled his Menschensohn (Son of man) a "Sacro-Pop-Musical"?
... that you can go directly from Aqueduct Racetrack to Manhattan, but not directly back?
... that Elijah, archbishop of Nisibis, befriended the Abbasid vizier and recorded their conversations in his Book of Sessions?
... that some specimens of the fossil egg Macroolithus have been found with embryos of oviraptorid dinosaurs inside?

00:00, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

White-browed robin-chat

... that the white-browed robin-chat sometimes nests on occupied buildings' walls and trellises covered with climbing plants?
... that under the 1850–1903 Oudh Bequest, six million rupees were transferred from the Indian kingdom of Oudh to the Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala?
... that Tilo Medek set Lenin's Decree on Peace for speaking voice and four percussionists, and wrote an opera based on a Böll novel?
... that the Precordillera Platform in Argentina may have originally broken off from rocks that are now in the southeastern United States?
... that in the late 1970s Beryl Rawson used computers to analyse the family life of Roman slaves?
... that the Big Sur Land Trust pioneered the "conservation buyer" method of preserving land, saving thousands of acres in Big Sur from possible development?
... that scholars have debated whether the mysterious Third Murderer in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth was Macbeth himself?

6 February 2017

12:05, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

John Henry Wise

... that John Henry Wise (pictured) was the first Native Hawaiian to play college football?
... that visitors to the collection at The House of Houdini can gain admittance only by decoding a secret message on their admission ticket?
... that Christopher R. W. Nevinson was described by Charles Lewis Hind as "among the most discussed, most successful, most promising, most admired and most hated British artists"?
... that the Chinese variety store Miniso was co-founded by a Japanese designer and a Chinese entrepreneur?
... that Jain figure Bahubali is said to have meditated motionless in a standing posture for a year, during which time climbing plants grew around his legs?
... that stockpiles of United States Marine Corps weapons and equipment are stored in caves in Norway as part of a Marine Corps Prepositioning Program?
... that Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, one of the first Nepali women to climb K2, was named after the first Nepali woman to climb Everest?

00:20, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Venus, engraving

... that Benedetto Montagna's engravings (example pictured) are rated more highly than his paintings, but he stopped making them around 1523, when he inherited his father's workshop?
... that during the Wilcox rebellion of 1889, Robert Napuʻuako Boyd was shot and wounded in the head, but survived to testify against his fellow conspirators?
... that Scott McCloud's webcomic The Right Number requires readers to zoom in on each panel to view the next one?
... that Patrick Eagar took photographs at 325 Test matches, including 98 Ashes matches?
... that TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes threatened to wear black tape over her mouth on the music video for "Creep" because she opposed the song's lyrical content?
... that democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz was toppled by a CIA-sponsored coup in 1954?
... that the 1953 Chinese painting The Founding Ceremony of the Nation was modified and even repainted, as some of those depicted were purged from government and later rehabilitated?

5 February 2017

12:35, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Train of Tomorrow

... that the dome cars of the Train of Tomorrow (pictured) were inspired by a ride in the Rocky Mountains in either an F-unit or a caboose's cupola?
... that William T. Greenough is called a "towering figure in neuroscience" for showing that the structure of the brain changes throughout one's entire life, and not just in infancy?
... that a documentary on Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's troubled 1972 concert tour was completed in 1974 but released theatrically in 2017?
... that Koh-i-Sultan volcano in Pakistan last erupted approximately 90,000 years ago and still displays fumarolic activity?
... that educational video game Opening Night allowed young players to direct their own plays?
... that St. Peter's Church, Colombo, was previously used as a banquet hall by the Dutch?
... that Amy Richlin teaches ancient sex?

00:50, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

T. davidiifolia

... that the extinct Tsukada davidiifolia (leaf fossil pictured) from Washington State is related to the living dove-tree?
... that the six-year reign of the caliph al-Muktafi saw the Abbasid Caliphate recover the territories of Egypt and Syria, marking the last revival in its fortunes before its collapse?
... that a megaflood from ancient Lake Atna 17,000 years ago may have contributed to the devastation caused by the 1964 Alaska earthquake?
... that Sandra Tayler wrote Hold on to Your Horses to help her daughter "visualize and control her impulsive ideas"?
... that the Ras Al-Khair Power and Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia is the world's largest hybrid desalination plant?
... that Compendium ferculorum by Stanisław Czerniecki is the first cookbook written originally in Polish?
... that Saint Anne's Guest Home is reputed to be haunted by a nun?

4 February 2017

13:05, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

"Master I.B. with a Bird"

... that the real name of the 16th-century Italian printmaker Master I.B. with a Bird (monogram pictured) was long suspected to be bird-related, but this was only demonstrated in 1936?
... that the anti-cancer drug ixazomib can be metabolized by at least eight different enzymes?
... that Red Army commander August Kork served as an Imperial Russian Army staff officer in World War I?
... that Estocolmo is the first Argentine television series to be premiered by Netflix?
... that injury denied Lorne Crerar a full international cap as a player, but 20 years later he took part in two Rugby World Cup Finals as a judicial officer?
... that from the 9th to the late 11th centuries, the droungarios of the Imperial Fleet headed the main fleet of the Byzantine navy, stationed at Constantinople?
... that siderography, a process to produce counterfeit-resistant banknotes, was submitted for an 1817 Bank of England contest in an era when English banknotes were known as "filthy rags"?

01:20, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

1861 Tooley Street fire

... that James Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment, was killed during the 1861 Tooley Street fire (pictured)?
... that Cho Hŏn, a Joseon dynasty official and righteous army leader, died in the Imjin War?
... that the catalogue of compositions by Francis Poulenc, published in 1995 by Carl B. Schmidt, contains Concert champêtre, FP 49, inspired by the harpsichordist Wanda Landowska?
... that Yamuna Eri, a Sri Lankan monument in Jaffna, is so named for the sacred waters added to it from India's Yamuna River in the thirteenth century AD?
... that Giovanni Antonio da Brescia probably made the first print of Laocoön and His Sons, the famous statue excavated in Rome in 1506?
... that Goethe was present at the French victory in the Battle of Valmy and judged it to be the beginning of "a new epoch in the history of the world"?
... that the 1960 crime film Private Property was "condemned" by the National Legion of Decency?

3 February 2017

13:35, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Map of Hell

... that the Map of Hell (pictured) by Botticelli is the subject of the 2016 documentary film Botticelli Inferno?
... that Jaffna kingdom lost sovereignty over Mannar Island after the first invasion by the Portuguese in 1560?
... that Czech-Israeli food technology researcher Zdenka Samish said that every fruit and vegetable can be made into jam?
... that Thompson Snell & Passmore holds the world record for being the oldest continually operating law firm still in existence?
... that the white-headed robin-chat is the only African robin with an entirely white head?
... that the bisexual journalist Edith Shackleton Heald was W. B. Yeats' mistress, and lived with the openly lesbian artist Gluck for 32 years?
... that the Oriental Desert Express is equipped with shovels to help clear sand off the railroad tracks?

01:50, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Mary Jackson

... that Mary Jackson (pictured) became the first black female engineer at NASA after successfully petitioning the City of Hampton, Virginia, to allow her to attend required graduate courses at a whites-only school?
... that while English composers often combine "Mag and Nunc", Arvo Pärt set his Magnificat for Berlin and his Nunc dimittis later for the Edinburgh Episcopal Cathedral?
... that the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore) fell out of favour due to its isolation from other left-wing groups?
... that according to historian Stefan Winter, al-Makzun al-Sinjari is "perhaps the most prominent individual in Alawite history"?
... that Wesley Snipes had been interested in portraying the Black Panther in film for more than 20 years, before Marvel Studios officially announced Black Panther in 2014 with Chadwick Boseman in the role?
... that the East German actress Sonja Kehler, who was known for singing Brecht, taught acting in Denmark?
... that China's Five Water Gods may have originated from a misunderstood surname?

2 February 2017

12:10, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Timoclea

... that on this day in 1574, Elizabeth I and her court saw a play about the rape victim Timoclea (pictured) acted by London schoolboys?
... that approximately 80% of residents of Lusaka, Zambia, live in kombonis?
... that crab apples were regarded as talismans against Wen Shen, the Chinese god of pestilence?
... that the ancient Clattern Bridge was a medieval football goal and scolds were ducked there too?
... that the bass Thomas Thomaschke appeared as Wagner's Hunding at La Scala, as Mozart's Sarastro in Glyndebourne, and recorded Bach's Mit Fried und Freud with Harnoncourt?
... that "to rob Peter to pay Paul" means to eliminate one debt by incurring another?

00:25, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Girl with Peaches

... that the girl with peaches (pictured) married the future chief prosecutor of the Most Holy Synod?
... that Major General James N. Post III flew over 4,000 hours in the F-16 Falcon?
... that female dusky bushbabies carry their infants in their mouths and sometimes "park" them on branches near their nest holes?
... that the oldest bar in Arizona, The Palace Restaurant and Saloon in Prescott, played host to Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in the late 1870s before they moved on to Tombstone?
... that a monument on Chenail Island honours the families that lived there before much of the island was submerged?
... that Vanda Hybnerová was named Best Actress in a Play at the 2004 Thalia Awards for her performance in Proof?
... that a critic of the didactic comic strip Goofus and Gallant observed that the "obnoxious" Goofus may appeal to children more than the "do-gooder" Gallant?

1 February 2017

12:40, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Blue-winged parrot

... that the blue-winged parrot (pictured) is one of three species of parrot that make regular yearly migrations over a sea or ocean?
... that after being granted a wildcard entry, Australian high diver Rhiannan Iffland went on to win the 2016 Cliff Diving World Series championship in her rookie year?
... that the extinct maple Acer taggarti was first described from 13 fossils, 6 of which were fruits?
... that All India Gorkha League leader Deo Prakash Rai was denounced as a communist agent and deported from Malaya in 1950?
... that Gwen Stefani and Justin Timberlake's song "What U Workin' With?" was first revealed through a surprise post on Timberlake's Instagram account?
... that Hugh de Beauchamp is considered to be the first feudal baron of Bedford?
... that Ted Meines assumed the identity of a deceased minister to avoid arrest in the Netherlands during World War II?

00:12, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Elizabeth Plankinton House in 1890

... that "Merchant Prince and Princely Merchant" John Plankinton built a mansion (pictured) as a wedding gift for his daughter Elizabeth, but she refused to live in it because her fiancé, Richard Henry Park, ran off with a dancer?
... that Woody Harrelson's Lost in London became the first film broadcast into theaters live?
... that Alex Vincent's role in Cult of Chucky (2017) is his first principal role in the franchise since Child's Play 2 (1990)?
... that economics professor Carolyn Shaw Bell established a model that sent a disproportionate number of students at Wellesley College into careers in economics and business?
... that Llullaillaco is a historically active volcano and the highest archaeological site in the world?
... that the 1859 by-election in Dunedin, New Zealand, was won by James Macandrew, who had precipitated it with his resignation from office?
... that in 1999 Lucy Dudko hijacked a helicopter to break out her lover from Silverwater Correctional Complex in Sydney?