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Cannonball in Milwaukee, 1966

... that despite being an ordinary commuter train, the Cannonball (pictured) was known for its Friday-night parties?
... that Jeya Wilson invited New Zealand prime minister David Lange to debate the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons at the Oxford Union?
... that the music producer of Barney & Friends considered it ludicrous that its theme song was used in torture at Guantanamo Bay?
... that the Xinwen Bao was first published during the Lunar New Year to take advantage of its competitors being on hiatus?
... that psychologist Sonya Friedman recommends that women create a totem, a collection of objects that represent important turning points in their lives?
... that the FCC canceled a permit to build a Florida TV station, finding that "the most prominent facility completed within the studio building appears to be a toilet"?
... that a renovation of 240 Centre Street was delayed by several months because a street map was incorrect?
... that with the exception of one day in 1941, the Kaunas Carillon stopped playing music for sixteen years due to the Soviet and German occupations of Lithuania?

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December 27

...that PSUC viu was formed by a group of hardline communists in Catalonia, Spain in 1997, as the historical Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) became dormant? (self-nom) --Soman 11:45, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
...that Go.com partnered with Goto.com in 2001, even though a judge had ordered Go.com to pay Goto.com $21.5 million earlier for having a similar logo? (self-nom) Flcelloguy (A note?) 02:32, 27 December 2005 (UTC) (alternatively,...)[reply]
...that Go.com, which incorporated Infoseek search in 1998, announced that it would close in 2001 but never did so? (self-nom) Flcelloguy (A note?) 02:35, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
... that Garo Yepremian was voted as Kicker of the Decade by the Pro Football Hall of Fame between 1970 and 1980. Self-Nom --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 06:33, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
... that a dead-rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches. -- Ian ≡ talk 16:38, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

December 26

...that the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton is the 14th-century Lennoxlove House in East Lothian, Scotland which contains many important artworks and artefacts, including the death mask of Mary Queen of Scots? --article by User:Cactus.man, nom by Ghirla | talk 14:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
...that ministeriales formed the core of the knightly class in the 15th-century Germany? - article by User:Staffelde, nom by Ghirla | talk 14:47, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Japanese clairvoyant Mifune Chizuko (1886-1911) was reported to have read the messages written inside hidden envelopes? --article by User:SoundEnman, nom by Ghirla | talk 14:45, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
...that Frank Ticheli is an American composer whose works have become particularly notable as standards in concert band repertoire? -Rebelguys2 02:52, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
...that Corry v. Stanford was a California court case that declared Stanford University's speech code illegal under the freedom of speech protections of the state's Leonard Law? OCNative 06:36, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Bonn Agreement concerning Afghanistan was actually negotiated and signed on the Petersberg? (self nom) Ekem 18:25, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

December 25

...that the American Bridge Company, builders of the world's longest arch bridge (3 separate times) and world's tallest building (4 separate times) founded the company town of Ambridge, Pennsylvania on the Ohio River in 1905 by purchasing the extensive land holdings of the Harmony Society after their celibacy practice led to their decline? ( American Bridge Company article and nom by ++Lar 00:50, 27 December 2005 (UTC), Harmony Society and Ambridge, Pennsylvania by others) (free images available)--Gurubrahma 14:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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...that several cases of interactions between Buddhism and the Roman world are documented by Classical and early Christian authors? PHG 07:44, 25 December 2005 (UTC) (free images available)--Gurubrahma 14:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

December 24

...that Alfirin is a fictional flowering plant created by J. R. R. Tolkien in his books, The Lord Of The Rings and has golden, bell-shaped flowers? (self-nom) Spawn Man 03:29, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Stub.--nixie 23:51, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

December 23

...that Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet was Franklin's proposal for a spelling reform of the English language? - stub by User:Revolucion, nom by Ghirla | talk 00:32, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stub--Gurubrahma 18:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Sheriff of Mumbai is a titular figure, second only to the mayor in the protocol list? =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:28, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stubby--Gurubrahma 18:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

...that veduta was the most popular genre of landscape painting in the 18th century? --self-nom by Ghirla | talk 00:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stub and an old article before the move--Gurubrahma 18:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Let me respectfully disagree here. Stub "generally means 3 to 10 short sentence", while this article, while treating a fairly narrow subject, is larger. As for the "old article" it sat at vedute (plural form) not veduta and comprised results of a google search of which nothing remains now. --Ghirla | talk 08:00, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

...that Les Rivières pourpres II: Les anges de l'apocalypse, also known as Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse in the English release, is a French action-thriller, starring Jean Reno as Commissioner Neimans? (self-nom) Spawn Man 10:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stub--Gurubrahma 18:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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...that Cassiobury Park is the principal amenity area of Watford, Hertfordshire, in England? (Image:Cassiobury park 1888.jpg)
...that Nottinghamshire and England cricketer Charles Wright was the first captain to declare an innings closed?
...that Rickard D. Gwydir, an early settler of Washington state, was born in Kolkata and served in the Confederate army before being named Indian agent of the Colville Indian Reservation?
...that the English football player Eric Brook is the all-time record goalscorer for Manchester City F.C. with 178 goals?

...that Italian Renaissance architect and stage designer Nicola Sabbatini discovered that the l'œil du prince ("the prince's eye") has the best perspective of the stage of any seat in a theater's audience? (Image:Oeil-du-prince.jpg)
...that the first Superman character in Superman's publication history, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, was not a hero, but a villain?
...that Rue de l'Abbaye in Paris takes its name from an abbey where the Merovingian kings of France used to be interred?
...that the 1966 New York City transit strike at the start of the mayoralty of John V. Lindsay was led by the defiant Irish-born TWU founder Mike Quill, who was briefly jailed for leading the illegal strike, and died before the month was out?

...that sand festivals are held all over the world and not only on sandy beaches? (Image:Nn-003-kipling.jpg)
...that John Kemble, hanged in 1679 for his part in the Titus Oates plot, was subsequently canonized by the Roman Catholic Church?
...that a nineteenth century utopian socialist community known as Kaweah Colony identified the world's largest tree now called the General Sherman tree, and named it after Karl Marx?
...that the song "Wildwood Flower" evolved from a 19th century parlor song called "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" and that the song was most famously performed by the Carter Family?

...that Khabarovsk Railway Bridge, the longest in Eurasia, was originally named Alekseyevsky after Tsesarevich Alexis? (Image:Amurbridge.jpg)
...that Dan Brown's depictions of core aspects of Christianity and the history of the Roman Catholic Church in his most famous novel have generated numerous criticisms of The Da Vinci Code among critics who feel that much of what he wrote is factually inaccurate?
...that a new free trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore will come into effect on 1 January 2006?
...that electrogas welding is an arc welding process commonly used in the shipbuilding industry?

...that Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac sponsored the construction of Pažaislis monastery, one of the finest examples of baroque architecture in Lithuania? (Image:Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac.jpg)
...that a historic Water Village built on stilts above a river is home to ten percent of the population of the country of Brunei?
...that while the Berber scholar Arsène Roux of France collected and studied an enormous amount of Sous Berber texts and manuscripts, almost nothing from his scholarly work actually saw publication during his lifetime?
...that the defeat of the Welsh army in the Battle of Orewin Bridge effectively ended the independence of medieval Wales?

...that Cavenagh Bridge, the only suspension bridge in Singapore, was originally designed as a drawbridge but on its completion in 1869 was found to be suitable only as a fixed structure, and is now a pedestrian bridge? (Image:Cavenagh Bridge 6, Dec 05.JPG)
...that forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union was considered as part of war reparations to cover the damages inflicted by Nazi Germany on the Soviet Union during the World War II?
...that in 1994, Greg Landry was a key reason why Illinois had the second-best passing offense in the Big Ten, which eventually carried the team to a 30-0 win in the Liberty Bowl over East Carolina, the school’s first bowl appearance in 16 seasons?
...that dead yellow patches in suburban Australian lawns are often the work of Christmas beetle larvae?

...that the Nativity Church at Putinki was the last pyramidal church constructed in Muscovite Russia? Image:Putinki.jpg
...that the film I'm No Angel (1933) starred Mae West as a circus lion tamer, and that West did her own stunts including riding an elephant into the ring and putting her face between the lion's jaws?
...that the Housing Act 1980 was an Act of Parliament that gave residents of council houses in Great Britain the right to buy their residence?
...that the early Italian composer Gherardello da Firenze belonged to the Benedictine order of the Vallombrosa?

...that Francis Wayland Parker, creator of the Quincy Plan and founder of the School of Education at the University of Chicago, was called the "father of progressive education" by American educational reformer John Dewey? (Image:Francis W Parker.jpg)
...that the Karamanli dynasty of 18th century Tripoli depended almost entirely on piracy for its income?
...that the In Soviet Georgia advertisements for Dannon yogurt helped to reverse negative growth in the company's United States division?
...that David Tweed is an Australian share market trader who has attempted to purchase shares from small investors for less than the market price?

...that the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was inscribed on the World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of Central European Baroque artistic expression"? (Image:Holy Trinity Column.jpg)
...that Clinton v. Jones established that a President of the United States was not exempt from being sued by private citizens in civil lawsuits?
...that the Kanembu, an ethnic group of Chad, are generally considered the modern descendants of the Kanem-Bornu Empire?
...the chess Grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann is one of the world's leading experts on the French Defence?

...that the doshpuluur is a two-stringed lute of Tuva commonly used to accompany throat singing? (Image:Doshpuluur.png)
...that the National Museum of Mali is housed in a traditional mud brick structure?
...that Serge Chermayeff and Erich Mendelsohn designed the De La Warr Pavilion in 1934, and that the Pavilion is a significant work in the British modernist movement of architecture?
...that California's Leonard Law applies the United States Constitution's First Amendment protections to students at private colleges and universities?

...that Palace Bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is lifted every night, making communication between the downtown and Vasilievsky Island virtually impossible?(Image:Sankt Petersburg Dworzowy-Bridge 2005 b.jpg)
...that the Indian cricketer Bapu Nadkarni got the nickname Bapu—literally, father, and Mahatma Gandhi's sobriquet—for the curious reason that he used to wear loincloths (langotis) instead of modern underwear?
...that a violent incident at Pont-de-Montvert in the Cévennes, July 24, 1702, sparked the rebellion of the French Protestant Camisards?
...that the Adrar des Ifoghas, a sandstone massif in Mali's Kidal Region, is half the size of France?

...that the American photographer Arthur Rothstein is famous mostly for his photographs of Gee's Bend in Alabama, a poor African American tenant community? (Image:Pettway home.jpg)
...that French naturalist and explorer Théodore Monod had the same great-grandfather as biologist Jacques Monod and director Jean-Luc Godard?
...that string instruments are bowed, plucked, or have their strings struck, with three exceptions : the Aeolian harp uses air movement, the Hurdy gurdy a rotating wheel and for Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument it will take rosined hands?
...that it took half a century to construct Bolshoi Kamennyi Bridge, which was the first stone bridge in the city of Moscow?

...that prior to the construction of the Colonial Building the first legislative assembly for the Newfoundland government was held at a tavern and lodging house owned and operated by a Mrs. Travers? (Image:Colonial riot 500.jpg)
...that John Drainie was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles?
...that Steadicam camera magazines are specially designed with a pair of moving spindles that gradually change position as the film rolls through the camera in order to maintain a steady center of gravity?
...that Yusuf ibn Ali Karamanli, pasha of Tripoli, declared war on the United States in 1801 by ordering the flagpole of Tripoli's United States consulate cut down?

...that the Château de Lusignan, now in ruins, was so impressive that a 14th-century legend credited its construction to a water faery, Melusine—as a love-gift? (Image:Les_Très_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_mars.jpg
...that broadcasting in the Soviet Union was so secretive that they didn't disclose the frequencies the domestic radio stations operated on, thus leaving SWLs wanting to tune into Soviet radio to memorize the frequencies and remember where the sites were?
...that Seattle-based company Sur La Table is the second-largest specialty cookware retailer in the United States, after Williams-Sonoma?
...that John Surma is the president and chief executive officer of United States Steel Corporation?

...that Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was only twenty-eight years old when he helped found Pan American World Airways?
...that the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and design represented a drastic rupture with Byzantine traditions that had dominated Russian architecture for almost a millenium? Image:Pan Am 747 LAX.jpg
...that the Inca Dove is a small New World dove that ranges from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica?
...that Tom Bauer is a lawyer and politician from Saint Louis, Missouri who was recalled after supporting several redevelopment proposals using eminent domain?

...that Huangshan Pines are venerated in China for their unique rugged shapes, and are frequently portrayed in traditional Chinese paintings?(Image:Huang shan resa huangshan6.JPG)
...that Negro League catcher Biz Mackey was regarded in his prime as superior to Josh Gibson, won two batting titles, and mentored the young Roy Campanella?
...that there are more than 100 nature reserves in Russia, which cover an area of about 33 million hectares?
...that Rabbi David Wolpe proposed that the name of Conservative Judaism be changed to Covenantal Judaism to better encompass the view that rabbinic law is both binding and evolving?

...that Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator were both filmed in the ksar Aït Benhaddou in Morocco? Image:Aït Benhaddou, a Kasbah.JPG
...that Jorge Isaacs' only novel, María, became an immediate success in his native Colombia and is considered a representative work of the Spanish Romantic movement?
...that the exhumation of Yagan's head in 1997 first required a sophisticated geophysical survey of the gravesite to ensure that the remains of 22 stillborn babies would not be disturbed?
...that the tiny municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec was set up in 1722 to protect its only occupant, a hospital, from taxes?

...that the Cave Bath of Miskolc, Hungary is an unusual thermal bath with low salt content, in a natural cave, that allows people to take a bath for a longer time? (Image:Mtapolca_cave_bath_entrance.jpg)
...that the Afro-Brazilian trader Octaviano Olympio dominated the politics of Lomé, Togo, for the first 50 years after its inception?
...that the race horse Flockton Grey did not even run in the race for which it is best remembered?
...that the Russian Byzantine historian Alexander Vasiliev was persuaded by Michael Rostovtzeff to defect in 1925?

...that the La Tour d'Auvergne family held three ducal titles in the Peerage of France - those of Duc de Bouillon, Duc d'Albret, and Duc de Chateau-Thierry? (Image:Bouillonarms.jpg)
...that Interrabang was an Italian television adventure series about a secret treasure hidden inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
...that the Blijde Inkomst (the "Joyous Entry") of January 1356 was the basic charter of freedoms for Brabant, compared by Romantic historians to Magna Carta?
...that as a child, B.A. Rolfe was billed as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder", and that he went on to become a bandleader and significant film producer?

...that you can find the acceleration and the displacement of a moving object by analyzing its velocity vs. time graph? (Image:Velocity vs time graph.PNG)
...that the parents of Chicana fiction writer and Cornell University English professor Helena Maria Viramontes met while working in the fields, and that the impact of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers later influenced her fiction?
...that the John Lennon song "Beautiful Boy" features the lines "Every day in every way/It's getting better and better", which were inspired by the mantra of French psychologist Émile Coué?
...that the earliest known patrilineal ancestors of the Romanov Dynasty of Russian tsars were a certain boyar Andrei, nicknamed "The Mare," and his son Fyodor, nicknamed "The Cat"?

...that the Don Cossack rebel Stenka Razin was quartered alive at the Lobnoye Mesto in Moscow on June 6, 1671? (Image:Lobnoye.jpg)
...that the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was launched to secure oil for Britain and provide a route for Lend-Lease supplies desperately needed by the Soviet Union during World War II?
...that soul singer Bettye Lavette's album Souvenirs was recorded in 1972, but was shelved by Atlantic Records until a French music collector discovered it and released it in 2000, sparking a continuing surge of interest in the singer?
...that the English garden designer Batty Langley attempted to "improve" Gothic architectural forms by giving them classical proportions, described in his book Gothic Architecture, improved by Rules and Proportions?

...that Christopher Columbus's journal is housed in the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, in a building by Juan de Herrera that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site? (Image:Cathedral and Archivo de Indias - Seville.jpg)
...that Frisian literature refers to written works produced in West Frisian, a language spoken primarily in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands?
...that the Florentine Mannerist sculptor Niccolo Tribolo is often called "the father of the Italian garden" for his axial designs for Cosimo I de Medici at the Boboli Gardens and at Cosimo's villas?
...that in an effort to generate listenership for his Top-40 radio station WHB, owner Todd Storz coordinated a treasure hunt that caused traffic tie-ups across the Kansas City metropolitan area?

...that according to Noongar culture, the Wagyl is a snake-like Dreamtime creature responsible for the creation of the Swan and Canning Rivers and other waterways around present-day Perth and the southwest of Western Australia? (Image:Swan River Map.png)
...that Cuban boxer Kid Charol fought former world middleweight champion Dave Chade and held him to a twelve-round draw despite being in critical condition due to tuberculosis?
...that the University of Arkansas owns SEFOR, a highly contaminated experimental research nuclear reactor that was deactived in 1972?
...that the Scouting movement's "one good turn" was inaugurated on behalf of British newspaper magnate Cyril Arthur Pearson, who founded several newspapers before going blind with glaucoma and then devoted his life in support of the blind?

...that the Soviet singer Lidiya Ruslanova financed the construction of two Katyusha batteries, which she presented to the Red Army in 1942? (Image:Ruslanova.jpg)
...that Rini Templeton created works of graphic art for the New Mexico Land-Grant movement before moving to Mexico to collaborate with the Labor movement there?
...that Lake Monger is one of the few remaining wetland areas in suburban Perth, Western Australia as up to 80% of the naturally occurring lakes and swamps north of the city have been reclaimed since European settlement in 1829?
...that Moctesuma Esparza is a Chicano filmmaker who produced the movie Selena?

... that according to legend, the Teufelstritt (Devil's Footstep), in the Munich Frauenkirche in Munich, Germany, marks the spot where the devil stood when he thought that the builder had constructed a cathedral with no windows? (Image:Frauenkirche München.jpg)
...that the trance producer Tatana Sterba is the only trance artist to have three consecutive album chart number ones in Switzerland?
...that in the mid-fourth millennium BC, at the "Eye Temple" at Nagar in northeastern Syria, hundreds of "eye idol" figurines with large watchful eyes were added to the very mortar used to build the temple?
...that in 1914, Lois Weber was the first American woman to direct a full-length feature film?

...that the Larkin Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was the first entirely air-conditioned modern office building on record? (Image:LarkinAdministrationBuilding1906.jpg)
...that the Soviet pop singer Klavdiya Shulzhenko performed more than 500 concerts in besieged Leningrad in 1941 and 1942?
...that the United States Air Force does not own the copyright to its official service song, "The U.S. Air Force"?
...that Jonas of Bobbio based his Life of St. Columbanus on the recollections of Benedictine monks who had known the Irish saint personally?

...that the Russian puppeteer Sergey Obraztsov owned one of the largest collections of puppets in the world? (Image:Obraztsov.jpg)
...that after the first demonstration by members of Catolicos Por La Raza at St. Basil's Cathedral, in downtown Los Angeles, California, the archbishop resigned?
...that the Christmas carol Carol of the Bells was originally a Ukrainian New Year's carol called Shchedryk?
...that Thomas Vorster, an alleged white supremacist terrorist in South Africa, was accused of plotting to throw poisoned oranges into the streets of Soweto?

...that Junípero Serra and Juan María de Salvatierra have both been called "the apostle of California," for their work establishing Spanish missions in Alta and Baja California, respectively? (Image:Juan María de Salvatierra.JPG)
...that the Girays of Crimea were regarded as the second family of the Ottoman Empire after the House of Ottoman?
...that of the hundreds of Sesame Street picture books illustrated, Ernie's Work of Art is one of the few with voice bubbles?
...that in 1977, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration banned the use of electroslag welding for joining certain bridge structural members due to quality concerns?

...that Momotus is a genus of green and blue birds with raquet-shaped tails? (Image:Blue-crowned Motmot back 2.jpg)
...that the submarine Nautile was used to probe the wrecks of the Titanic and Prestige?
...that Guyana won the first senior regional cricket tournament of the 2005-06 West Indian cricket season?
...that the Liverpool Scottish, a unit of the British Territorial Army, was raised in 1900 from Scotsmen living in Liverpool, England?
...that Agilisaurus was first discovered when construction workers were excavating a site for a new dinosaur museum in China?
...that the Norwegian politician Kåre Kristiansen, a former minister and chairman of the Christian People's Party, resigned from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in protest over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat?

...that there have been many castaways both in fiction and on real desert islands? (Image:Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday Offterdinger.jpg)
...that Man of the World was a 1960s UK television series starring Craig Stevens as a world-renowned photographer that spun off the series The Sentimental Agent?
...that leaders of Workers Resistance, a Trotskyist group in Ukraine, set up a swathe of invented parties in order to defraud other left-wing organisations?
...that The Clash's song "English Civil War," warning against the rise of far right groups in Britain, was adapted from a popular American Civil War song?

...that Edith Cowan was the first woman elected to a government in Australia? (Image:Edith Cowan.jpg)
...that the little-known Xiaosaurus may be an evolutionary missing link between Lesothosaurus to Hypsilophodon?
...that flutamide is a medicine used to treat prostate cancer?
...that on Christmas Eve 1969, when California lawyer and noted political activist Ricardo Cruz was a law student at Loyola Law School, he was arrested for leading a march of several hundred demonstrators protesting the newly constructed, $4 million St. Basil's Cathedral?
...that Baltimore, Maryland has a permanent Rumor Control Center?

...that Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" Gail Halvorsen would wiggle the wings of his plane to identify himself to children below? (Image:Gail-halvorsen-wiggly-wings.jpg)
...that selective yellow is a colour for automotive lamps, defined by UNECE Regulations, and that it was designed to improve vision and reduce glare by removing blue wavelengths from the projected light?
...that Senegalese marabout Mahmadu Lamine was executed by French soldiers for leading an 1886 rebellion against the French colonial government?
...that 1956 was the first time when a computer was able to play a chess-like game, Los Alamos chess?

...that the little borgo of Settignano, near Florence, Italy, was the birthplace of four sculptors of the Florentine Renaissance— Desiderio da Settignano, Bernardo Rossellino, Antonio Rossellino and Bartolomeo Ammanati? (Image:Telemaco Signorini 001.jpg)
...that the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. was an African Methodist Episcopal Church for 50 years before being rededicated last year?
...that the Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales of the Mexican-American War occured after the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was already signed?
...that the New Testament's "camel passing through the eye of a needle" is an example of adynaton, an extreme form of hyperbole used to imply impossibility?

...that Robert E. Brown was the ethnomusicologist credited with coining the term "world music"? (Image:RobertEBrown.jpg)
...that the Havengore is a ceremonial vessel that was used to carry the body of Winston Churchill during his state funeral on 30 January 1965?
...that the first gang injunction to make headlines was obtained by Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn against the West Los Angeles-based street gang the Playboy Gangster Crips in 1987?
...that the song "The Show Must Go On" by the British rock band Queen was written by guitarist Brian May, and is about lead singer Freddie Mercury's desire to continue making music even as his health was deteriorating?

...that Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, founder of the United States Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team, chose the name based on a nightclub advertisement in The New Yorker magazine? (Image:Butch Voris 1941 Flight Training Oakland CA.jpg
...that basketball coach Bob Knight told a radio program that if he had not been fired from Indiana University in 2000, he would have fired his assistant Mike Davis, who replaced him as IU coach?
...that Hurricane Alma was a rare June major hurricane in the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the earliest Continental U.S. hurricane strike since 1825?
...that the Gleason score is a measure of how different prostate cancer cells are from normal cells?

...that the island of Pseira, off the coast of Crete, has an archaeological history from the end of the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, with Minoan ruins being the most studied? (Image:Minoan Crete.png)
...that César Sampaio is a former Brazilian football player who played offensive midfielder for Palmeiras and the Brazilian national team?
...that Felipe Pinglo Alva is known as the father of Peruvian Musica criolla, and is best known for his often covered song "El Plebeyo"?
...that Pastoral Care was a book written by Pope Gregory I around A.D. 590 to address the responsibilities of the clergy?
...that Steve Steen was given a role in the movie version of Porridge, but his character did not say anything during the film?

...that the mattenklopper was used not only for cleaning rugs, but also for spanking naughty children on the buttocks, leaving behind a distinctive pattern? (Image:Mattenklopper.jpg)
...that Tomás Rivera, a Chicano author, poet, and educator, was the first Mexican American chancellor of the University of California system?
...that during World War II, the United States developed Who me?, a top secret stench weapon designed to humiliate German officers?
...that The Clash's single "Complete Control" was actually produced by famed dub and reggae musician Lee "Scratch" Perry?

...that the Battle of Gingindlovu showed for the first time that the British Army could defeat the Zulu tactics that had wiped them out at the famous Battle of Isandlwana? (Image:Ginginpainting.jpg)
...that sporotrichosis is a chronic fungal infection that commonly affects farmers?
...that footballer Alan Taylor scored two goals in the quarter final, two goals in the semi final and two goals in the final of the 1975 FA Cup as his club West Ham United won the competition?
...that the Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers is a union that represents pizza-delivery drivers, and is one of the first unions in the United States to operate entirely over the Internet?
...that Hurricane Fico caused significant damage in Hawaii without making landfall?

...that the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat is a manuscript of medieval music made in a Catalan monastery for pilgrims to sing? (Image:Mariam matrem virginem.jpg
...that prostate cancer staging is the process by which physicians evaluate the spread of prostate cancer?
...that Christine Witty is both a speed skater and a cyclist who has won three Olympic medals in speed skating and holds the 1000-metre world record?
...that Jack Jouett, known as the "Paul Revere of the South", saved Thomas Jefferson and other Revolutionary leaders in Virginia by warning them of a British cavalry raid meant to capture them?

...that St Martin Orgar, a church in the City of London most famous as being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons, was all but destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666? (image:St_Martin_Orgar.jpg)
...that Kasturbhai Lalbhai represented the mill-owners when Mahatma Gandhi undertook his first ever fast for a political cause in support of the mill workers during the 1918 Ahmedabad strike, but later became Gandhi's staunch follower?
...that Rabbi Judah ben Ilai was a second century Talmudic scholar who said "Who teacheth his son no trade, guideth him to robbery"?
...that Korean American cartoonist Lela Lee created the cartoon Kim, the Angry Little Asian Girl after being enraged at racist cartoons she had seen at Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation?

...that Bangor Cathedral in North Wales was completed without a tower or spire because of a cracking foundation? (Bangor Cathedral)
...that the Sri Lanka National Pharmaceuticals Policy was established in the 1970s to ensure that Sri Lankans could get high-quality, reasonably priced medications at correct dosages, and later became a model for national drug policies worldwide?
...that Uładzimir Karatkievič was a Belarusian writer whose novels deal predominantly with Belarus's history, including the January Uprising?
...that Socks was one of Bill Clinton's two pets while President of the United States?

...that the parish church of James Parkinson, after whom Parkinson's disease is named, was St Leonard's, Shoreditch, a church just outside the City of London and most famous for being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons"?
...that geographical renaming can take place to change the name of a city or country for many reasons, including as part of a sponsorship deal?
...that a Hi-point 995 Carbine Rifle was used in the Columbine High School massacre?
...that fossil remains of the dinosaur species Aralosaurus were found in Kazakhstan after the Aral Sea started shrinking significantly?

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...that the Bowery Theatre in New York City was burnt down five times in 17 years?
...that the decidua is the maternal contribution to the placenta?
...that Jaja, one of the most successful merchant kings in 19th-century Nigeria, began his life as a slave in Bonny?
...that Raghib Ismail became the highest paid player in gridiron football history when he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League?

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...that a Grand Illumination is an outdoor ceremony involving the simultaneous activation of electric Christmas lights and is derived from an English tradition of placing lighted candles in the windows of homes and public buildings to celebrate a special event?

...that invasion literature, such as The War of the Worlds, was a literary genre influential in foreign politics during the years leading up to World War I?

...that Come Out by composer Steve Reich was made out of the recorded speech of a young man injured in a race riot who was wrongly arrested for murder?

...that the Combined Islands cricket team were dissolved the year after they won their first — and thus last — domestic trophy in West Indian cricket?

...that over 50 parents contacted Gonzaga University's athletic department on the first day that a Sports Illustrated issue featuring a story on Gonzaga basketball player Adam Morrison and his life with Type 1 diabetes was available at retail outlets?

...that the Baldock Beer Disaster occurred on March 14, 1904 when an unstable storage room floor collapsed at the Simpson Brewery, in what is now the Twitchell, in the North Hertfordshire town of Baldock?

...that Chetan Sharma, a former Indian cricketer, was the first Indian ever to get a ten wicket haul overseas, taking 10/188 against England in a Test Series in 1986?

...that the Suramadu Bridge, connecting the islands of Java and Madura, will become the longest bridge in Indonesia when completed in 2008?

...that George W. Atherton served as president of the Pennsylvania State University for 24 years and is buried on the university's main campus?
...that Lamb Chop is a fictional sheep that was created by comedienne and ventriloquist Shari Lewis and first appeared on the children's morning television show Captain Kangaroo in 1957?
...that the Alfa Romeo Montreal was so named because it was first unveiled in prototype form at Montreal's Expo 67 world's fair?
...that F.I.B.S is the earliest backgammon server on the internet and has been actively operating since July 19, 1992?

...that Nadezhda Durova was a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars, started as a private in 1807 and retired with the rank of stabs-rotmistr in 1816?
...that silicosis is a lung disease caused by inhalation of silica, the second most common mineral on earth's crust?
...that a sheriff officer is an officer of the Scottish Sheriff Court, responsible for serving documents and enforcing court orders within the area of their commission?
...that Odoardo Beccari was an Italian naturalist best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878?

Planting Fields, estate of William R. Coe, Oyster Bay, New York

...that Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay, New York was the historic 353-acre estate of Gilded Age millionaire William R. Coe?

...that the first person shooter computer game Requiem: Avenging Angel was influenced by the Bible and Christian Mythology?

...that the genera Bergerocactus and Bergeranthus are named after Alwin Berger, a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti?

...that a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, directly elected by citizens of member countries, has been proposed by legislators in an effort to counter the influence of the World Trade Organization and other unelected international bodies?

Nockamixon dam

...that Lake Nockamixon is the start of a whitewater kayaking course going through northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania?
...that as of 2005 James Neil Tucker was the last person executed in the United States using the electric chair?
...that Amos Urban Shirk was a prodigious reader of encyclopedias?
...that during the Indian Independence Movement, Tanguturi Prakasam bared his chest when the police threatened to shoot and that after the incident, he was respected with the epithet of Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra)?
...that A Different Corner by George Michael became the first #1 in the UK singles chart to be written, sung, played, arranged and produced by the same person?

...that Typhoon Vamei formed only 92 nautical miles north of the equator, a record at the time?
...that the Sanhedrin, which is part of the Mishnah, a major Jewish religious text, focuses on criminal law, and that commentaries on the Sanhedrin by rabbis, as recorded in the Talmud, are noteworthy as precursors to the development of common law principals?
...that Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and co-author of the definitive Language of Psycho-Analysis, is also an accomplished vintner?
...that Beau Sia, a perennial Nuyorican Poets Cafe favorite, first discovered slam poetry through MTV as a teenager?

...that the Schmidt-Pechan prism is a type of roof prism used for image erection in binoculars?
...that Jacob Bruce, a Russian nobleman of Scottish descent and one of the most educated people in Russia at the time, was famous among the 18th century Muscovites as an alchemist and mage?
...that the 1972 case of Yvonne Wanrow, a Colville Indian, charged with the murder of a child molester, brought about changes in U.S. criminal law as it affects women and Native Americans?
...that Badruddin Amiruldin is a Member of the Parliament of Malaysia who has told those who oppose Malaysia's status as an Islamic theocracy to leave the country?

Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1st January 1864

...that according to Breton folklore, not completing the 600km long Tro Breizh in one's lifetime would condemned their soul to repeating an equivalent length tour every seven years from within their coffin.
...that the first Intercolonial cricket match in Australia was played in Launceston, Tasmania between players from Port Phillip and Van Diemen's Land in February 1851?
...that a condenser is used to condense steam from a steam turbine to obtain maximum efficiency?
...that Samuel Andrews (1836-1904) was a English-born chemist and inventor whose request for investment capitol to build an oil refinery in 1862 led to a partnership with John D. Rockefeller and formation of the Standard Oil companies?
...that Sandia Pueblo in central New Mexico was discovered by Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1539 while on an expedition to discover the seven Cities of Cibola?

Aztec calendar stone

...that Chicanismo is a cultural movement by Mexican Americans to recapture their Mexican, Native American culture, which began in the 1930s in the Southwest United States?
...that Newman and Baddiel in Pieces was the final show on which the comic partnership of Robert Newman and David Baddiel worked together before going their separate ways?
...that the parents of Rachel Whitear allowed a photograph of her dead body to be used in a campaign against heroin?
...that at 67 years old, Elias Syriani was the oldest person executed in the United States since James Hubbard was executed by Alabama at the age of 74 in 2004?

...that polydactyl cats, with extra toes as a genetic trait, were long considered good luck by many sailors, as the cats' extraordinary climbing and hunting skills were helpful in controlling shipboard rodents? (Image:Tootsie a polydactyl cat in Virginia.jpg)
...that the video for the Tori Amos single "Silent All These Years" is #98 on Rolling Stone 's top 100 videos of all time?
...that fashion designer Katharine Hamnett once met with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher while wearing her own t-shirt with the slogan "58% Don't Want Pershing"?
...that the wedding of the parents of Anne of Cleves took place at Schloss Burg, now the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia?

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