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=== 30 September 2008 ===
*'''''20:52, 30 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Clifton Hall Beeston.jpg|100x100px|Clifton Hall]]
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*... that in August 2007, millionaire businessman Anwar Rashid and his family left '''[[Clifton Hall, Nottingham|Clifton Hall]]''' ''(pictured)'', their £3.6M home in [[Nottingham]], because they thought it was [[haunted house|haunted]]?
*... that '''[[John Montague (baseball)|John Montague]]''' of the [[Seattle Mariners]] earned the first [[save (baseball)|save]] in team history, pitching two scoreless innings to preserve a 5–1 win against the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] on April 9, 1977?
*... that the [[2006 in film|2006 film]] '''''[[Strawberry Fields (2006 film)|Strawberry Fields]]''''' is a documentary about [[Palestinian]] farmers in [[Gaza]] facing hardships caused by the [[Israel]]–[[Hamas]] military conflict?
*... that '''[[New York State Route 146B]]''' was decommissioned after as little as 17&nbsp;years after its initial designation?
*... that in 1715, '''[[Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov]]''', the largest [[Russia]]n landowner after the [[tsar]], owned territories larger than modern [[Bulgaria]] or [[Iceland]]?
*... that a '''[[List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley#Tower of Pallets|tower of 2,000 wooden Schlitz beer pallets]]''', described as "a rotting vestige of one man's egotism" that festers "like a sore on the community's body", is a '''[[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument]]'''?
*... that the 15th-century figure '''[[John Juyn|Sir John Juyn]]''' served simultaneously as [[Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer]] and [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]], only relinquishing the positions when he was appointed [[Chief Justice of the King's Bench]]?


*'''''14:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Tokyo midtown tower.JPG|100x100px|Midtown Tower in Tokyo, Japan]]
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*... that, at {{convert|248.1|m}}, '''[[Midtown Tower]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the tallest building in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]?
*... that '''[[William Fox (actor)|William Fox]]''' was awarded a scholarship to [[drama school]], but only on the condition that he passed the money on to another student?
*... that the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] village '''[[Cacela Velha]]''' was once the site of the Medina of Qast’alla Daraj, an Islamic town dating back to the 10th century?
*... that '''[[Francis Gawdy|Sir Francis Gawdy]]''', his father and his two older half-brothers were all baptised Thomas Gawdy, although Francis had his name changed at his [[confirmation]]?
*... that [[oyster]]s deposit '''[[pseudofeces]]''' in such amounts that they can clean up an entire [[estuary]]?
*... that '''[[Marguerite Wilson]]''' is celebrated in the '''[[Golden Book of Cycling]]''' for holding all 16 British road records?
*... that '''[[vaporized hydrogen peroxide]]''' was used to disinfect buildings contaminated in the [[2001 anthrax attacks]] in the U.S.?
*... that the '''[[Angel Island Chuckwalla]]''', an [[Iguanidae]] species, was considered such an important food item to the [[Seri]] people that they translocated the species to islands within the [[Sea of Cortés]]?


*'''''08:19, 30 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:M247 2.jpg|100x100px|M247 Sergeant York]]
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*... that during testing, '''[[M247 Sergeant York]]''' ''(pictured)'' locked onto an [[exhaust fan]], shot into the ground instead of its target, and threatened to fire on the high-ranking review panel in nearby stands?
*... that '''[[International Gothic]]''' art is so called because very similar styles existed in centres as far apart as [[France]], [[Bohemia]], [[Italy]] and [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]]?
*... that English [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Fred Geary]]''' scored the first goal at the opening of [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]'s new [[Goodison Park]] stadium in August 1892?
*... that the [[Korea]]n traditional winter hat '''[[nambawi]]''' can be luxuriously adorned with [[geumbak|gold leaf]] decoration for women?
*... that '''[[Mike Berniker]]''' produced [[Barbra Streisand]]'s first three albums, which were described by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "among the most expressively uninhibited" of her career?
*... that despite its leaders being deported to remote parts of the country, the [[Gabon]]ese opposition garnered 46% of the vote in '''[[Gabonese legislative election, 1964|a 1964 legislative election]]'''?
*... that '''[[Greenbank Gardens]]''' near [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] were built by Robert Allason, a [[slave trade]]r?


*'''''01:59, 30 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Execution of Robert Tresilian in medieval miniature.jpg|100x100px|Execution of Robert Tresilian]]
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*... that after [[Chief Justice of the King's Bench]] '''[[Robert Tresilian]]''' was executed for [[treason]] in 1388 ''(pictured)'', his wife married a [[pirate]]?
*... that [[Rage Software]] were forced to use fictitious footballer names on the [[PC game]] '''''[[Microsoft International Soccer 2000]]''''' because they did not acquire a license from [[FIFA]]?
*... that the '''[[Dome of the Prophet]]''' was built by the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman]]s on the spot where some believe [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] prayed on the night of [[Isra and Mi'raj]]?
*... that [[George Washington]] called '''[[Dismal Swamp State Park|Dismal Swamp]]''' a "glorious paradise" and now part of it is a [[List of North Carolina state parks|North Carolina state park]]?
*... that the '''[[Sołtan argument]]''' as outlined in 1982 suggests that the [[supermassive black hole]] at the center of [[Milky Way|our galaxy]] was once a [[quasar]]?
*... that '''[[New York State Route 194]]''' was the only state highway in [[Lewis County, New York|Lewis County]] removed because of the 1980 state maintenance swaps?
*... that two sculptors from [[Vest-Telemark]], '''[[Dyre Vaa]]''' and '''[[Anne Grimdalen]]''', both contributed to the decoration of [[Oslo City Hall]]?
*... that the name of '''[[Cabonga Reservoir]]''' in central [[Quebec]] is derived from the [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]] ''kakibonga'', meaning "completely blocked by sand"?
*... that the '''[[Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Constanţa|Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul]]''' in [[Constanţa]], [[Romania]], which twice served as a parish church and twice as a cathedral, was made a [[monastery]] as well in 2001?

=== 29 September 2008 ===
*'''''18:41, 29 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Riley Scott Mk III.jpg|100x100px|Riley & Scott Mk III]]
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*... that from 1996 to 2001, [[auto racing|racers]] driving the '''[[Riley & Scott Mk III]]''' ''(pictured)'' [[sports prototype]] won a total of eight Drivers Championships in four different [[sports car racing]] series?
*... that the cause of the '''[[Svenskehuset Tragedy|''Svenskehuset'' Tragedy]]''', where 17&nbsp;men died on [[Svalbard]] in the winter of 1872&ndash;73, was until recently a mystery?
*... that '''[[Richard Wesley]]''' first won critical acclaim for his 1971 play ''Black Terror'' and financial success for his screenplays for the [[Bill Cosby|Cosby]]/[[Sidney Poitier|Poitier]] vehicles ''[[Uptown Saturday Night]]'' and ''[[Let's Do It Again (1975 film)|Let's Do It Again]]''?
*... that a '''[[jobawi]]''' is a [[Korea]]n traditional winter [[cap]] with ear-flaps which was worn by women during the late [[Joseon Dynasty]]?
*... that '''[[George Odgers]]''' was the last living member of the 14 historians who wrote the [[Military history of Australia in World War II|official history of Australia's involvement]] in [[World War II]], ''[[Australia in the War of 1939–1945]]''?
*... that the '''[[C. Burton Hotel]]''' may be the only [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] building in [[Sullivan County, New York]], with a recessed [[porch]] and [[columns]]?
*... that during the [[Siege of Paris]], [[France|French]] [[inventor]] and [[photographer]] '''[[René Dagron]]''' used [[carrier pigeon]]s carrying [[microfilm]]s to send messages across German lines?
*... that "'''[[Where do you want to go today?]]'''", launched in November 1994, was the title of [[Microsoft]]'s first global image [[advertising campaign]]?


*'''''12:39, 29 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:HoratioNelson1.jpg|100x100px|Horatio Nelson]]
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*... that '''[[Edmund Nelson (clergyman)|Reverend Edmund Nelson]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most famous son, [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]] ''(pictured)'', was born 250&nbsp;years ago today?
*... that the 17th-century gardeners of the '''[[Izmaylovo Estate]]''' managed to grow [[figs]], [[coconuts]] and [[melon]]s but failed to breed [[silk worm]]s?
*... that after filing to run for a seat on the [[Oregon Supreme Court]], judge '''[[Jason Lee (Oregon judge)|Jason Lee]]''' had two cases decided against his interests in the same court before withdrawing?
*... that during the [[2008 in television|2008]]–[[2009 in television|2009 television season]], the actress [[Shenae Grimes]] has starring roles in both the '''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 8)|eighth season]]''' of ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'', and the first season of ''[[90210_(TV_series)|90210]]''?
*... that [[Cameroon]]ian politician '''[[Louis-Paul Aujoulat]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thesis was named best in his [[faculty (university)|faculty]] at the [[Catholic University]]?
*... that in the [[Toronto Blue Jays seasons]], they have had seven different pitchers '''[[List of Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day starting pitchers|start twice or more on Opening Day]]'''?
*... that during the murder trial of '''[[Thomas Lodwig|Dr Thomas Lodwig]]''', he claimed that he had used the poison [[potassium chloride]] to enhance the effect of painkillers rather than to kill his patient?


*'''''06:38, 29 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:20080708 Oversized Cubs Win Flag.jpg|100x100px|Cubs Win flag]]
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*... that the [[Chicago Cubs]] have a tradition of raising a '''[[Cubs Win flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' on the [[flagpole]] atop the [[scoreboard]] at [[Wrigley Field]] after every Cubs [[home (sports)|home]] victory?
*... that British [[swimming|swimmer]] '''[[Heather Frederiksen]]''' won four medals at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] after being told by doctors that she would never be able to swim again?
*... that the [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] novel '''''[[Thrones, Dominations]]''''' was started by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]] in 1936 and completed by [[Jill Paton Walsh]] over 60 years later?
*... that the '''[[Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton]]''', a [[charter school|chartered]] [[middle school]] that requires students to learn three years of [[Latin]] and to study [[classic books|Literary classics]], has been recognized as a [[Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School]]?
*... that strong waves from '''[[Hurricane Bonnie (1998)|Hurricane Bonnie]]''' in [[1998 Atlantic hurricane season|1998]] washed thousands of tires, part of an artificial reef, ashore in [[North Carolina]]?
*... that the '''[[Texel Disaster]]''' of 1940 resulted in severe damage to [[HMS Express (H61)|HMS ''Express'']] and the sinking of two other ships who went to her aid?


*'''''00:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:SEVRAN_-_Chemin_de_halage_et_pont_de_Sevran.jpg|100x100px|]]
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*... that the {{convert|108.1|km|mi|adj=on}} '''[[Canal de l'Ourcq]]''' ''(pictured)'' provides over half of the {{convert|380000|m3|cuyd}} of water used daily by the city of [[Paris]] for cleaning public works?
*... that [[Latvians|Latvian]] [[basketball]] player '''[[Ieva Tāre]]''' suffered a serious arm injury during the [[FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008|qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics]], but recovered in time for the actual [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Label Fandango]]''' was created by Andy Macleod and Simon Williams, the man behind debut singles from [[Coldplay]] and [[Keane (band)|Keane]]?
*... that '''[[George Ashley Campbell]]''' decided to use [[loading coil]]s for improving telephone line quality only after he realized that the [[manhole]]s were the right distance apart to allow this cheaper solution?
*... that the '''[[Schlesinger Doctrine]]''' of 1974 re-introduced the idea of [[flexible response]] to U.S. nuclear warfighting policy?
*... that '''[[San Giorgio a Cremano]]''' is so named because the residents called on their patron saint [[Saint George]] for protection from the fiery eruptions of [[Mount Vesuvius]]?
*... that unlike most other [[Jewish American|Jewish]] communities in the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]], the congregants of '''[[Ulster Heights Synagogue]]''' were farmers rather than resort operators?
*... that '''''[[The Mock Tempest]]''''' was a [[1674 in literature|1674]] [[parody]] of [[John Dryden|Dryden]] and [[William Davenant|Davenant's]] adaptation of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] ''[[The Tempest|Tempest]]''?

=== 28 September 2008 ===
*'''''17:51, 28 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Disneyland with the Death Penalty.jpg|100x100px|Singapore]]
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*... that "'''[[Disneyland with the Death Penalty]]'''" became a famous description for [[Singapore]] ''(pictured)'' following the 1993 publication of [[William Gibson]]'s article of the same name?
*... that '''[[James W. Cannon]]''' co-wrote a paper suggesting that the [[Non-Euclidean geometry|"negatively curved"]] nature of microscopic growth patterns of bio-organisms is responsible for the highly folded structure of the [[brain tissue]]?
*... that the current '''[[National Palace (Mexico)|National Palace of Mexico]]''', despite having been destroyed and rebuilt several times, still contains building blocks from the original palace of [[Aztec]] emperor [[Moctezuma II]]?
*... that '''[[Sydney Deane]]''', who narrowly missed representing [[Australia]] in [[cricket]], was the first Australian to appear in a [[Hollywood]] film?
*... that '''{{SS|Empire Simba}}''', a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cargo ship]], was severely damaged in port by a [[land mine]] dropped by a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[bomber]] during the [[World War II]]?
*... that the '''[[Menlo Avenue-West Twenty-ninth Street Historic District|Menlo Avenue Historic District]]''' in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] reflects the transition to [[American Craftsman]] style architecture?
*... that [[Canoe racing|flatwater canoer]] '''[[Vladas Česiūnas]]''' was forcibly returned by the [[KGB]] to the [[Soviet Union]] out of fear that he would publish a book on [[Doping (sport)|doping]] in the Soviet Union prior to the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Schools Plus]]''', an education policy proposed by [[New Zealand]] [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Helen Clark]], was boycotted by 15 schools?
*... that '''[[Louis Timothee]]''' was the first public [[librarian]] in the United States?


*'''''11:39, 28 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:PaparizouMad2008 cropped.jpg|100x100px|Dodger Stadium]]
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*... that [[Elena Paparizou]] ''(pictured)'', the second choice to represent '''[[Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005]]''', ended up winning the contest with "[[My Number One]]"?
*... that [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Famers]] [[Don Drysdale]] and [[Don Sutton]] each made seven '''[[List of Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers|Opening Day starts]]''' for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] since the Dodgers moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1958?
*... that former [[Thailand|Thai]] [[Minister of Education]] '''[[Pin Malakul|M.L. Pin Malakul]]''' created a [[slide rule]] for calculating the day of week of any given date despite being required to study [[Sanskrit]] rather than mathematics?
*... that the '''[[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Willesden)|Swaminarayan Temple]]''' in the [[London]] suburb of [[Willesden]] is in a [[adaptive reuse|converted]] church?
*... that '''[[Hyman Golden]]''' was co-founder and chairman of [[Snapple]], which got its name from one of its early products, a carbonated apple juice that had a "snapply apple taste"?
*... that the 1991 '''[[Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy]]''' has been called a major political accomplishment of the post-[[Cold War]] era?
*... that '''[[Michael Sachs (judge)|Sir Michael Sachs]]''' was the first [[England|English]] [[solicitor]] to become a [[High Court judge]], appointed in 1993?
*... that [[Bob Brenly]] led his team to the [[2001 World Series]] and won in his first season as the '''[[List of Arizona Diamondbacks managers|Arizona Diamondbacks manager]]'''?


*'''''05:44, 28 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:The Temple of Dakka by Dennis Jarvis.jpg|100x100px|Temple of Dakka]]
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*... that the [[ancient Egypt]]ian temples of '''[[Temple of Dakka|Dakka]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Temple of Maharraqa|Maharraqa]]''', '''[[Wadi es-Sebua]]''',  '''[[Amada]]''', and '''[[Temple of Derr|Derr]]''' were all dismantled in the 1960s and rebuilt elsewhere, to avoid the rising waters of [[Lake Nasser]] created by the [[Aswan Dam]]?
*... that '''[[Bill Laxton]]''' was the winning pitcher in the first game ever won by the [[Seattle Mariners]], a come-from-behind, 7–6 win over the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]]?
*... that six hours after it had been [[Tropical cyclone forecasting#Intensity|forecast]] to become a [[tropical storm]], '''[[Hurricane Joyce (2000)|Hurricane Joyce]]''' unexpectedly dissipated?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] general '''[[Zhu Ci]]''', angry that he was removed from command due to his brother [[Zhu Tao]]'s rebellion, later tried to become emperor of his own state of Qin?
*... that the members of the [[Music of Canada|Canadian]] [[alternative dance]] band '''[[Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker]]''' met while stocking the beer fridge at a golf course?
*... that '''[[Theresa Elmendorf]]''' was the first woman president of the [[American Library Association]]?
*... that [[Baghdad]] was '''[[Siege of Baghdad (812-813)|under siege]]''' for more than a year during a civil war in the 9th century between [[Al-Amin]] and his brother [[Al-Ma'mun]] for the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]?
*... that [[architect]] '''[[Andrew Rebori]]''' once referred to modern buildings as "steel and glass upside-down cakes"?

=== 27 September 2008 ===
*'''''23:44, 27 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Infobox philpott.jpg|100x100px|Toby Philpott, in front of a Jabba replica at a Star Wars convention]]
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*... that [[Jabba The Hutt]] [[puppeteer]] '''[[Toby Philpott]]''' ''(pictured)'' began his career as a homeless [[juggling|juggler]] in the streets of [[London]]?
*... that '''[[Tropical Storm Gilma (2006)|Tropical Storm Gilma]]''' was, in terms of [[wind speed]], the weakest named storm of the [[2006 Pacific hurricane season]]?
*... that two weeks before the '''[[1964 United States Embassy in Libreville bombings|1964 bombings]]''' of the United States Embassy in [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]], the country had undergone an [[1964 Gabon coup d'état|abortive coup d'etat]] which overthrew its president, [[Leon M'ba]]?
*... that '''[[Farhad Reza]]''', along with 12 other [[Bangladesh]]i [[cricket]]ers, was banned from playing for 10&nbsp;years after joining the '''[[Dhaka Warriors]]''' team in the unauthorised [[Indian Cricket League]]?
*... that the '''[[papal election, 1159|papal election in 1159]]''' that followed the death of [[Pope Adrian IV]] resulted in a [[papal]] [[Schism (religion)|schism]], which lasted until 1178?
*... that '''[[Michael P.C. Carns]]''', who was the [[Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force]] from 1991&ndash;94, received numerous military awards and decorations such as the [[Silver Star]]?
*... that the '''''[[Instructions of Shuruppak]]''''', first attested in a tablet from '''[[Abu Salabikh]]''', has been called "the most significant piece of [[wisdom literature]] in [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]]"?
*... that '''[[J. Clarence Karcher]]''' invented the [[Reflection seismology|reflection seismograph]] and founded [[Geophysical Service Incorporated]], which became [[Texas Instruments]]?


*'''''17:41, 27 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Philipgoldberg cropped.jpg|100x100px|Philip Goldberg]]
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*... that '''[[Philip Goldberg]]''' ''(pictured)'', former [[Diplomatic missions of the United States|U.S. Ambassador]] to [[Bolivia]], was the eighth [[Head of Mission|chief of mission]] in U.S. diplomatic history declared ''[[persona non grata]]'' and expelled from a country where he was serving?
*... that [[Mario Lemieux]] became the only rookie in [[National Hockey League]] all-star history to win game MVP honours at the '''[[37th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1985 All-Star Game]]'''?
*... that the damaged and demasted brig '''[[Polly_(brig)|''Polly'']]''' drifted over six months and more than {{convert|2000|mi}} across the [[Atlantic]] with its surviving crew?
*... that the [[Lombards|Lombard]] duke '''[[Euin]]''' had to twice defend the [[Duchy of Trent]] from the [[Franks]], in 584 by battle and in 591 by diplomacy?
*... that '''[[Vihar Lake]]''', the largest in [[Mumbai]], was created in 1860?
*... that [[socialite]] '''[[Hazel Crane]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s posthumous memoirs revealed her secret criminal career, including smuggling [[emerald]]s out of [[South Africa]] in her [[Beehive (hairstyle)|beehive hairdo]] and her baby's [[Diaper|nappy]]?
*... that reforms enacted by [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], after the 1909 '''[[Goudi coup]]''' helped bring him to power, largely forestalled the development of strong [[Socialism|socialist]] and [[Agrarianism|agrarian]] movements then seen elsewhere in the [[Balkans]]?
*... that '''[[Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland)|Diocesan School for Girls]]''' students can download whiteboard notes to their laptops?


*'''''11:41, 27 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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*... that [[T.S. Eliot]]'s poem "[[The Waste Land]]" parodies the lyrics of the [[Irving Berlin]] & [[Ted Snyder]] song "'''[[That Mysterious Rag]]'''" ''(song to the right)''?
*... that [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s '''[[Heather Fell]]''', the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic]] silver medallist in [[modern pentathlon]], had to work three part-time jobs in order to fund her training?
*... that '''[[Fateh Sagar Lake]]''' was re-created in 1888 by re-constructing an earlier [[earth dam]] which got washed away?
*... that '''[[Helga Vlahović]]''' was picked, along with Oliver Mlakar, to host the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1990|1990 Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Zagreb]] following [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]'s win at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1989|1989 contest]]?
*... that '''''[[The City Sun]]''''', a black-owned newspaper, told [[David Dinkins]], [[New York City]]'s first [[African American]] mayor, that he was "beginning to look like a wimp"?
*... that according to recent research, the '''[[shadow trevally]]''' is one of the first fish to move in after a ship is [[Scuttling|scuttled]]?
*... that '''[[Myna Potts]]''', an [[history|historical]] [[preservationist]] from [[West Texas]], converted her father's former [[general store]] into a [[museum]] dedicated to [[rural]] people of the recent past?


*'''''05:40, 27 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Lord Byron in Albanian dress cropped.jpg|100x100px|Lord Byron in Albanian dress]]
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*... that the '''[[George Gordon Byron's early life|young Lord Byron]]''' ''(1813 portrait pictured)'' shared his mother's violent temper and, during one fit of anger, bit into a [[saucer]]?
*... that the '''[[Cadillac Gage Peacekeeper II]]''' [[armoured vehicle]] has a {{convert|0.5|in|adj=on}} thick [[armour]] that can provide protection against [[7.62mm]] [[armour piercing ammunition]]?
*... that new [[Manchester City F.C.]] chairman '''[[Khaldoon Al Mubarak]]''' was also the man who negotiated the [[Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]]'s inclusion in the [[2009 Formula One season]]?
*... that '''[[North University Park Historic District|North University Park]]''' in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] contains many well-preserved [[Victorian house]]s and was the birthplace of [[U.S. President|U.S. Presidential]] candidate [[Adlai Stevenson]]?
*... that when a [[mutiny]] broke out in the absence of [[Tang Dynasty]] general '''[[Cui Ning]]''', his [[concubine]] Lady Ren suppressed it with soldiers she had hired herself?
*... that the '''[[coastal trevally]]''' is frequently known under an incorrect [[Latin name]] because of a [[typo]] in the first volume to describe it?
*... that as well as being an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] competitor and World Championship bronze medallist in the multi-discipline sport of [[modern pentathlon]], '''[[Katy Livingston]]''' also played [[netball]] at [[Counties of the United Kingdom|county]] level?

=== 26 September 2008 ===
*'''''22:31, 26 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Niagara rail 2.jpg|100x100px|Advertisement for Great Western Railway travel via the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, c. 1876.]]
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*... that a simple [[kite]] defeated [[cannon]]s, [[Steamboat|steamers]], and [[rocket]]s in the bid to lay a line for the '''[[Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge]]''' ''(ad pictured)''?
*... that in [[Norse mythology]], '''[[Hjúki and Bil]]''' have been theorized as personifying the waxing and waning moon and, due to similarities, as connected to the [[nursery rhyme]] "[[Jack and Jill (song)|Jack and Jill]]"?
*... that [[Al Jackson]] and [[Roger Craig]] share the worst [[winning percentage]] of the '''[[List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers|Opening Day starting pitchers for the New York Mets]]''' with a record of 0&ndash;2?
*... that '''[[Arthur Raikes]]''' was a [[British army]] [[army officer|officer]] but received honours from [[Zanzibar]], [[Austria]] and [[Portugal]]?
*... that the ceiling of the [[burial chamber]] in the '''[[Pyramid of Merenre]]''' has an [[Astrology|astrological theme]]?
*... that in the fictional [[1977 in literature|1977]] novel ''[[The Sword of Shannara]]'', '''[[Shea Ohmsford]]''' is the only descendant of [[Jerle Shannara]] left in the [[Four Lands]], and therefore the only one left who can use the [[Shannara artifacts#The Sword of Shannara|Sword of Shannara]]?
*... that people with classical '''[[auditory agnosia]]''' cannot associate a sound (such as a motor running) with its meaning or concept (such as a car)?
*... that the largest surviving painting by 15th-century [[Gothic art]]ist '''[[Master Francke]]''' is an [[altarpiece]] dedicated to Saint [[Thomas of Canterbury]]?


*'''''16:23, 26 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:LgFall2007 1.jpg|100x100px|Huletts Landing, New York]]
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*... that '''[[Huletts Landing, New York]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of three settlements near [[Lake George (New York)|Lake George]] whose place names derive from members of General [[James Wadsworth]]'s [[American Revolutionary War]] brigade?
*... that [[UK|British]] [[canoeing|canoeist]] '''[[David Florence]]''' failed with an application to join the [[European Space Agency]]'s [[astronaut]] training program before winning a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that '''"[[All the Way (Eddie Vedder song)|All the Way]]"''' by [[Eddie Vedder]] is a song about the [[Chicago Cubs]] written at the request of [[Ernie Banks]]?
*... that the '''[[Mazagon Fort]]''' in [[Mumbai]] was destroyed by [[Yakut Khan]] in 1690?
*... that [[photojournalist]] '''[[Stanley Greene]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s image of a [[ballet tutu|tutu]]-clad girl with a [[champagne (wine)|champagne]] bottle became a symbol of the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]]?
*... that when Britain took the dispute over the '''[[sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]''' to the [[International Court of Justice]] in 1955, [[Argentina]] declined to cooperate?
*... that the six [[home run]]s hit in the '''[[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]]''' were all hit by future [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Famers]], including a {{convert|520|ft|adj=on}} shot by [[Reggie Jackson]]?
*... that when [[Haydn Tanner]] and '''[[Willie Davies]]''' orchestrated [[Swansea RFC|Swansea rugby club]]'s defeat of the touring [[All Blacks]] they were both still schoolboys?


*'''''10:22, 26 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Heloderma horridum pair (Buffalo Zoo) cropped.jpg|100x100px|Beaded Lizard]]
</div>
*... that the [[venom]] of the '''[[Beaded Lizard]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been found to contain several [[enzyme]]s useful in the manufacturing of drugs to treat [[diabetes]]?
*... that the '''[[2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash]]''' caused the [[Columbia Metropolitan Airport]] to be closed for a day because the other runway at the airport was also unusable since it was undergoing resurfacing?
*... that small '''[[modello|modelli]]''' of works of art were produced for patrons to approve?
*... that [[UK|British]] [[swimming|swimmer]] '''[[Matt Walker (swimmer)|Matt Walker]]''' has won eight silver and bronze [[Paralympic Games|Paralympic]] medals in individual events, but all three of his gold medals have come in the 4×100&nbsp;m [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[relay race|relay]]?
*... that "'''[[Go, Cubs, Go]]'''" was the most popular [[folk music]] [[digital download]] on [[iTunes Store|iTunes]] in the first week of October 2007?
*... that ''Pandorea'' "Golden Showers" is a yellow-flowering variety of the [[Flora of Australia|Australian]] [[native plant]] the '''[[Pandorea pandorana|Wonga Wonga Vine]]'''?
*... that in the final game of the '''[[1926–27 Boston Bruins season]]''', [[Billy Coutu]]'s attack on a [[referee]] caused him to be the first player banned from the [[National Hockey League]] for life?
*... that the works of German artist '''[[Erich Buchholz]]''' were labeled "degenerate" by the [[Nazis]], and only after the end of [[WWII]] his work became appreciated?


*'''''03:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hurricane Michelle 2001.jpg|100x100px|Hurricane Michelle]]
</div>
*... that [[Hurricane Michelle]] ''(pictured)'', '''[[List of storms in the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season|a storm which took place in the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season]]''', caused numerous deaths and large-scale damage in [[Jamaica]], [[Cuba]], [[Honduras]], and [[Nicaragua]]?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] general '''[[Duan Xiushi]]''' died after an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Zhu Ci, who was planning to dethrone [[Emperor Dezong of Tang]]?
*... that the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] accused [[Cricket Australia]] of double-standards when the latter expressed its '''[[2008/09 Australian cricket team tour to India|willingness to tour India]]''' even while cancelling its tour to [[Pakistan]] earlier this year?
*... that '''''[[Ageratina adenophora]]''''', a plant native to [[Mexico]] which has invaded [[Flora of Australia|Australia]], [[Flora of India|India]] and the [[Flora of the United States|United States]], causes [[respiratory  failure]] called "blowing disease" in [[horse]]s?
*... that before her election to the [[New York State Senate]], '''[[Carol Berman]]''' led the ultimately unsuccessful effort to prevent the [[Concorde]] from landing at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|Kennedy Airport]] in [[New York City]]?
*... that [[Azúcar Moreno]]'s song "'''[[Bandido]]'''" caused a stir at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1990|1990 Eurovision Song Contest]] when one of the backing tracks malfunctioned, causing the singers to storm off stage?
*... that '''[[Jack Hillman]]''' was responsible for the earliest recorded case of [[match fixing]] in [[association football|football]]?

=== 25 September 2008 ===
*'''''21:24, 25 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:USS West Grama (ID-3794).jpg|100x100px|USS West Grama]]
</div>
*... that [[United States|American]] [[cargo ship]] '''{{MS|West Grama}}''' ''(pictured)'', while in the service of the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] in 1919, was the first American-[[flag state|flagged]] ship to enter [[Bulgaria]]n waters?
*... that [[Admiral (United Kingdom)|Admiral]] '''[[Joseph Sydney Yorke|Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke]]''' drowned when his boat [[capsize]]d returning to shore?
*... that there were several '''[[allegations of cheating in the 1994 Formula One season|allegations of cheating]]''' during the [[1994 Formula One season]]?
*... that '''[[Erich Walter Sternberg]]''' was the first of a wave of professional musicians to flee [[Germany]] for [[Palestine]] prior to [[World War II]]?
*... that [[Udo Zimmermann]]'s [[opera]], '''''[[Die weisse Rose (opera)|Die weisse Rose]]''''' tells the story of [[Hans Scholl|Hans]] and [[Sophie Scholl]], a brother and sister who were [[guillotined]] by the [[Nazis]] for leading a non-violent resistance group?
*... that [[Half Japanese]]'s '''''[[Greatest Hits (Half Japanese album)|Greatest Hits]]''''' was included in ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''{{'s}} top 100 [[indie rock]] albums?
*... that the '''[[Idangai]]''' or ''left-hand'' is the name of a faction of six [[castes]] which existed in [[Tamil people|Tamil society]] in ancient times?
*... that [[Orson Welles]]' [[1968 in film|1968 film]] '''''[[The Immortal Story]]''''' played in the U.S. as a double feature with [[Luis Buñuel]]'s ''[[Simon of the Desert]]''?
*... that the first [[library catalog]] was the '''[[Pinakes (tables)|Pinakes]]''' developed by the first [[bibliography|bibiliographer]] [[Callimachus|Callimachus of Cyrene]] at the [[Library of Alexandria]]?
*... that in 1998, [[Henry Kissinger]] introduced '''[[Lynn Forester de Rothschild|Lynn Forester]]''' to her future husband, [[Evelyn Robert de Rothschild]]?


*'''''13:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Pendulum Live Electric 2007.jpg|100x100px|Pendulum's live concert in 2007]]
</div>
*... that to avoid worrying about sound quality for too long, [[Record producer|producer]] '''[[Rob Swire]]''' of [[Pendulum (band)|Pendulum]] ''(pictured)'' drafted the [[demo (music)|demos]] for the album ''[[In Silico]]'' using [[Commodore 64]] and [[Nintendo video game consoles|Nintendo]] [[emulator]]s?
*... that multiple book reviews have referred to '''''[[Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People]]''''' as the definitive book on [[Jim Jones]] and the [[Peoples Temple]]?
*... that victory in the '''[[1904 FA Cup Final]]''' gave [[Manchester City F.C.]] their first major honour?
*... that [[architect]] '''[[Alfred Rosenheim]]''' doubted whether [[modern architecture]] could strictly be regarded as architecture?
*... that the producers of [[2008 in film|2008]] [[Bollywood|Hindi]] [[Spy film|espionage]] [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] film '''''[[Mukhbiir]]''''' offered a [[money back guarantee]] for those who did not like the film, but prepared the refund for only 5,000 viewers?
*... that '''[[Thomas Jones (justice)|Sir Thomas Jones]]''' was made [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]] as a reward for his severity in sentencing, and then removed three years later for not being severe enough?
*... that '''''[[Partenope (Zumaya)|Partenope]]''''' was the first [[opera]] written by an [[Americas|American]]-born [[composer]]?
*... that [[Chilean]] [[Canadian]] writer '''[[Carmen Rodriguez]]''' publishes much of her work in both [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and that she herself is responsible for their [[translation]]?


*'''''08:02, 25 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Gueto de v.jpg|100x100px|Children of the Warsaw Ghetto]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Jerzy and Eugenia Latoszyński]]''' have been named [[Righteous among the Nations|Righteous Among the Nations]] for harboring one of many [[Jew]]ish children of the [[Warsaw Ghetto]] ''(pictured)'' during the [[Nazi]] [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupation of Poland]]?
*... that one of the short stories in [[Sandra Cisneros]]' collection '''''[[Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories]]''''' relates to the myth of [[La Llorona]], who haunts the real [[Woman Hollering Creek]] in [[Texas]]?
*... that in 1906, [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[architect]] Sir [[Robert Lorimer]] built the '''[[Hill of Tarvit]]''' mansion house on an [[Iron Age]] site?
*... that as captain of the cruiser [[USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)|''Pittsburgh'']], future [[List of United States Navy four-star admirals|four-star admiral]] '''[[John E. Gingrich]]''' managed to sail his ship {{convert|900|mi}} to safety after a [[typhoon]] tore off its [[bow (ship)|bow]]?
*... that '''[[Barley Yards Brewing Company]]''' is the first [[brewery]] in the [[United States]] to brew a [[Riesling]] ale?
*... that [[Prussia]]n noble '''[[Christian Ludwig von Kalckstein]]''' was kidnapped by the order of [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg]], and later tried and executed for [[treason]]?
*... that [[jökulhlaup]]s, glacial bursts, from [[Oregon]]'s '''[[White River Glacier (Oregon)|White River Glacier]]''' on [[Mount Hood]] have washed out a highway six times since 1926?


*'''''01:59, 25 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Thermal imaging tire.jpg|100x100px|Thermal imaging camera]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[thermal imaging camera]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been called the best advance in [[firefighting]] equipment in the last 25 years, and the most expensive?
*... that the [[parish church]] at '''[[Penterry]]''' stands isolated in a field near [[Chepstow]] in [[Wales]], with a nearby [[plague pit]] thought to hold the remains of many villagers who perished in the [[Black Death]]?
*... that [[New York State Assembly|New York State Assembly member]] '''[[David Koon]]''' has pushed for full funding for [[Enhanced 911|E911]], a system of automatically locating [[9-1-1]] callers, after his daughter was abducted and brutally murdered in 1993?
*... that the '''[[Kamikaze class destroyer (1905)|Kamikaze class destroyer]]''' ''Shiratae'' was one of the few ships of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] to have been lost in combat during the [[Battle of Tsingtao]]?
*... that four months after the one-time-only U.S. airing of the 1991 [[Walt Disney Television|Disney]] television [[Television pilot|pilot]] '''''[[Acting Sheriff]]''''', Disney sold bonds that promised to pay up to a 20&nbsp;percent return if ''Acting Sheriff'' were [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]]?
*... that after examining 2,500 [[witness]] statements and approximately 270,000 pages of evidence, '''[[The Shipman Inquiry]]''' concluded that doctor [[Harold Shipman]] had murdered 250 of his patients?
*... that [[agribusiness]] executive '''[[Daron Joffe]]''' used to teach [[horticulture]] and farming to incarcerated teenagers in the [[San Francisco]] area?

=== 24 September 2008 ===
*'''''18:19, 24 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Blason paris 75.svg|100x100px|The coat of arms of the city of Paris]]
</div>
*... that in 1817, the previously banned '''[[coat of arms of Paris]]''' ''(pictured)'' was restored to its traditional form?
*... that [[New York City Medical Examiners Office|Chief Medical Examiner]] '''[[Charles Hirsch]]''', responsible for identifying remains of [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11 attack]] victims, was injured while setting up a temporary morgue when the [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|North Tower collapsed]]?
*... that the '''[[lattice phase equaliser]]''' was invented by [[Otto Zobel]], better known for his work on [[constant-resistance network]]s to equalise amplitude?
*... that the [[1935 in film|1935]] [[short subject]] '''''[[Alibi Bye Bye]]''''' was the last film appearance of the comedy team of [[Bobby Clark (comedian)|Bobby Clark]] and [[Paul McCullough]]?
*... that [[systems scientist]] '''[[Béla H. Bánáthy]]''' conceived of a [[Academic conference|conference]] where all attendees present papers, and the conference itself is an in-depth, extended conversation between all participants?
*... that the '''[[1993 Independence Bowl]]''' was the first game in which a blocked [[field goal]] was returned for a [[touchdown]] by a [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech football]] player?
*... that 13th-century [[Armenians|Armenian]] [[historian]] and scholar '''[[Vardan Areveltsi]]''' was a religious adviser to [[Doquz Khatun]], the wife of [[Ilkhanate|Ilkhanate Mongol]] leader [[Hulagu Khan]]?
*... that rock band '''[[The Waxwings]]''' took their name from a poem in [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s novel ''[[Pale Fire]]''?


*'''''11:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:A Victim Of The Mormons 4.jpg|100x100px|Ad for ''A Victim Of The Mormons'', appearing in The Moving Picture World trade paper (10 February 1912)]]
</div>
*... that '''''[[A Victim of the Mormons]]''''' ''(ad pictured)'' is a [[1911 in film|1911]] [[Cinema of Denmark|Danish]] [[silent film]] that initiated a decade of anti-[[Mormon]] films in the [[United States]]?
*... that the spectators '''[[List of fatal World Rally Championship accidents|killed]]''' in '''[[Alex Fiorio]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash at the 1989 [[Monte Carlo Rally]] were fellow rally drivers '''[[Lars-Erik Torph]]''' and his co-driver?
*... that '''[[Biomedical Tissue Services]]''' was shut down after investigators discovered that it had harvested remains from 1,000 corpses without consent, including those of [[Alistair Cooke]]?
*... that '''[[Charles Beattie]]''' became a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Member of Parliament#United Kingdom|Member of Parliament]] despite never winning an election, and lost his seat despite never being voted out?
*... that '''[[Holler House]]''' is a century-old [[tavern]] that has the oldest [[bowling alley]] in America?
*... that survivors of the '''''[[Loch Sloy]]''''' disaster who made it ashore to [[Kangaroo Island]], were eventually found with the remains of two dead [[penguin]]s tied around their neck?
*... that, since 2002, the '''[[Community design]]''' has provided Europe-wide protection for [[design]]s more simply and cheaply than the previous country-by-country approach?
*... that [[Whitewater kayaking|whitewater kayaker]] '''[[Douglas C. Gordon]]''' died while attempting the first descent of the [[Yarlung Zangbo River|Tsangpo River]] in [[Tibet]]?


*'''''05:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Porsche PFM 3200.jpg|100x100px|Porsche PFM 3200]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Porsche PFM 3200]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a version of the [[Porsche 911]]'s [[Engine cooling|air-cooled]] engine built for the [[general aviation]] market?
*... that '''[[Henry Taylor Parker]]''', a critic nicknamed "Hard-to-Please", was "[[Boston]]'s oracle on theatre and music" for 29 years?
*... that '''''[[Bibliotheca universalis]]''''' was the first modern [[bibliography]] of importance done by the "father of bibliography", [[Conrad Gesner]]?
*... that in the [[Florida Marlins]]' 16 seasons, they have had six different pitchers '''[[List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers|start twice or more on Opening Day]]'''?
*... that '''[[Louis Réard]]''', who invented the [[bikini]], chose nude dancer [[Micheline Bernardini]] to model the first modern-day bikini in July 1946 at Piscine Molitor in [[Paris]]?
*... that despite a [[US$]]900,000 budget, finances on the [[1993 in film|1993 film]] '''''[[Amongst Friends]]''''' were so tight that the contents of a bag of [[Doritos]] opened in the film were replaced by yellow cardboard triangles?
*... that the [[via ferrata]] '''[[VF Ivano Dibona|Ivano Dibona]]''' in the '''[[Cristallo (mountain)|Cristallo]]''' in the [[Dolomites]] is a restored historical route which was used during [[World War I]]?
*... that '''[[Herbert Mayfield]]''', one of the Mayfield Brothers, a [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] [[band (music)|band]], earned his living as a [[welder]] for [[cattle]] [[feedlots]] in [[West Texas]]?

=== 23 September 2008 ===
*'''''19:56, 23 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Irving Berlin Michigan1c.jpg|100x100px|Cover art of "I Want to Go Back to Michigan"]]
</div>
*... that [[Irving Berlin]] composed the song "'''[[I Want to Go Back to Michigan]]'''" ''(cover pictured)'' more than 30 years before [[Judy Garland]] performed it for the [[1948 in film|1948 film]] ''[[Easter Parade (film)|Easter Parade]]''?
*... that [[Luxembourger]] [[mathematician]] '''[[Joseph Jean Baptiste Neuberg|Joseph Neuberg]]''' founded the [[journal]] ''Nouvelle correspondance mathématique'' in honour of the earlier journal ''Correspondance mathématique et physique''?
*... that in 1914, the '''[[Cumberland Market Group]]''' of [[neo-realism]] painters founded in [[London]]'s [[Cumberland Market]] held only one exhibition, but was never formally dissolved?
*... that U.S. [[bodybuilding]] champion '''[[Brandon Curry]]''' was first interested in [[weight training]] when he received a pair of [[Hulk Hogan]]-branded [[dumbbells]] for his sixth birthday?
*... that '''[[St Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street, Hove|St Andrew's Church, Brunswick Town, Hove]]''', designed by Sir [[Charles Barry]], was the first [[Italianate architecture|Italianate-style]] church in [[England]]?
*... that the [[1999 in literature|1999 book]] '''''[[A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China]]''''' won the [[Lionel Gelber Prize]] and the [[New York Public Library]]'s Helen Bernstein Book Award?
*... that '''[[Curtis Woodhouse]]''' was a [[professional boxer]] while still playing [[professional sports|professional]] [[Association football|football]] for [[Rushden & Diamonds F.C.|Rushden & Diamonds]]?


*'''''13:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Korean headgear-Jokduri-01A.jpg|100x100px|Jokduri]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[jokduri]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a type of [[Korea]]n traditional [[coronet]] worn by women for special occasions such as [[wedding]]s?
*... that '''[[United Copper]]''' survived a lengthy battle with [[Standard Oil]]-controlled [[Amalgamated Copper]], backed by the wealth of [[John D. Rockefeller]], only to collapse in the [[Panic of 1907]]?
*... that '''[[Edith Atkins]]''' who broke numerous [[UK|British]] [[cycling]] records died aged 79 pushing her bike across a [[zebra crossing]]?
*... that some believe the [[pictograph]]s in '''[[Burro Flats Painted Cave]]''' were drawn by [[Native American]] maidens who slept in the cave as part of a [[puberty]] ritual?
*... that [[The Dave Clark Five]] sang ''[[London Bridge is Falling Down]]'' on [[Lucille Ball]]'s 1966 [[Television special|TV special]] '''''[[Lucy in London]]'''''?
*... that [[Singapore]]an [[equestrianism|equestrienne]] '''[[Laurentia Tan]]''' won Singapore's first-ever [[Paralympic Games|Paralympic]] medals, two [[bronze medal|bronzes]] in [[dressage]], at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]]?
*... that '''[[Columbia Aircraft]]''' successfully converted the famed [[Lancair IV]] to a fixed-gear [[general aviation]] aircraft, but was purchased by [[Cessna]] in 2007 after stiff competition from the [[Cirrus SR22]]?


*'''''07:53, 23 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:One Fathom Bank Lighthouses (old and new), Selangor.png|100x100px|The One Fathom Bank Lighthouses]]
</div>
*... that the old and new '''[[One Fathom Bank Lighthouse]]s''' in [[Malaysia]] ''(pictured)'' are situated an estimated {{convert|500|m}} apart from each other?
*... that '''[[Philip Marc]]''', [[John of England|King John]]'s [[High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests|sheriff in Nottinghamshire]], should have had his [[bailiwick]] removed under the terms of the [[Magna Carta]]?
*... that [[Orson Welles]] shot the footage for his unfinished film '''''[[The Dreamers (unfinished film)|The Dreamers]]''''' in his Hollywood home?
*... that [[Track and field athletics|athlete]] '''[[So Wa Wai]]''' was only able to compete at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Paralympic Games]] after being given a job by [[Cantopop]] star and actor [[Andy Lau]] that allowed him time to train?
*... that the first '''[[mail chute]]''' was installed in the Elwood Building in [[Rochester, New York]] in 1884?
*... that '''[[Operation Mole Cricket 19]]''' was the first time a Western air force successfully destroyed a [[Soviet]]-built [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]] network?
*... that historian '''[[Maurice Isserman]]''', known for books on the [[Communist Party USA]] and the [[New Left]], has refocused on the history of [[mountaineering]] in the [[Himalayas]]?


*'''''01:50, 23 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Corpus Clock 1.jpg|100x100px|Corpus Clock]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Corpus Clock]]''' ''(pictured)'', a large sculptural [[clock]] at [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] featuring the world's largest [[grasshopper escapement]], is entirely accurate only once every five minutes?
*... that [[African-American]] [[mezzo-soprano]] '''[[Muriel Smith (singer)|Muriel Smith]]''' turned down a part in the [[Porgy and Bess (film)|1959 film version]] of ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'', saying "it doesn't do the right thing for my people"?
*... that the first airplane flight in [[Norway|Norwegian]] history was performed by [[Carl Cederström]] at '''[[Etterstad]]''' in [[Oslo]] in 1910?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[cargo ship]] '''{{MS|West Honaker}}''' was the first [[diesel engine|diesel]]-powered ship to [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe?
*... that [[Paralympic Games|Paralympic]] [[gold medalist]] [[swimming|swimmers]] '''[[Sascha Kindred]]''' and '''[[Nyree Lewis]]''' are nicknamed the "golden couple" of disability swimming?
*... that the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]'s '''''[[Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.|Prima Paint]]''''' decision created the [[Arbitration#Severability and law governing the arbitration agreement|separability principle]], requiring that most issues in [[contract]]s with [[arbitration clause]]s be decided by the arbitrator?
*... that '''[[Kamio Mitsuomi]]''', an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] general, was in command of [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] ground forces at the [[Battle of Tsingtao]] in [[World War I|WWI]]?
*... that the 18th-century '''[[James "Squire" Patton House]]''' in [[New Windsor, New York]], is now a training facility for the [[Newburgh (city), New York|city of Newburgh]] [[police]] [[police dog|K-9]] unit?
*... that the ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' version of [[fictional character]] '''[[Lex Luthor (Smallville)|Lex Luthor]]''' was written to be likeable and vulnerable instead of comedic?

=== 22 September 2008 ===
*'''''19:43, 22 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Korean hat-Ayam-01 cropped.jpg|100x100px|Ayam]]
</div>
*... that an '''[[ayam (cap)|ayam]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a [[Korea]]n traditional winter [[cap]] mostly worn by women in the [[Joseon period]]?
*... that at the time of its sinking in the 1896 [[Anglo-Zanzibar War]], '''[[HHS Glasgow|HHS ''Glasgow'']]''' was the only ship in the navy of [[Zanzibar]]?
*... that a '''[[A Nonpartisan Message from Governor Sarah Palin & Senator Hillary Clinton|''Saturday Night Live'' sketch]]''', featuring [[Amy Poehler]] and [[Tina Fey]] as [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Sarah Palin]] respectively, was dismissed by [[Carly Fiorina|Palin's spokeswoman]] as "sexist"?
*... that [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] '''[[Peter Litchfield]]''' donated the man of the match award from his [[The Football League|Football League]] debut to [[motor neurone disease]] in memory of former teammate Mel Holden?
*... that the [[2001 in film|2001 film]] '''''[[Sia, le rêve du python]]''''' was inspired by a 7th-century myth of the [[Wagadu]] people of [[Western Africa]]?
*... that [[New Zealand]] telecommunications entrepreneur '''[[Annette Presley]]''' once claimed that she would work as the CEO of [[Telecom New Zealand]] for [[NZ$]]1?
*... that the '''[[Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center]]''' hosts a biennial competition for artists living or working in [[Connecticut]]?
*... that the [[The United Kingdom in World War I|British]] failure to break through [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] lines in the '''[[Battle of Wadi (WWI battle)|Battle of Wadi]]''' during [[WWI]], led to [[Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend|Charles Townshend]]'s disastrous surrender following the [[Siege of Kut]]?


*'''''10:52, 22 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Gesner fossil illustration 1551.jpg|100x100px|Gesner's fossil illustration, 1551]]
</div>
*... that [[Conrad Gessner]]'s 1551 book '''''[[Historiae animalium (Gesner)|Historiae animalium]]''''' is the first use of [[fossil]] illustrations ''(pictured)''?
*... that the '''[[Oregon Civic Justice Center]]''' at the [[Willamette University College of Law|Willamette Law School]] was dedicated exactly 96 years after the building was first opened as a [[Carnegie library]]?
*... that '''[[Kitigan Zibi, Quebec|Kitigan Zibi]]''', a [[First Nations]] [[Indian reserve|Reserve]] in the [[Outaouais region]] of [[Quebec]], is the largest [[Algonquin]] Nation in Canada, in both area and population?
*... that the '''''[[Commercial & Financial Chronicle]]''''' was modeled after ''[[The Economist]]'' to be the first weekly national  business newspaper in the United States?
*... that [[Brazil]]ian [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Bobô (footballer born 1962)|Bobô]]''' won the 1988 [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]] before playing three games for the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]] in 1989?
*... that the [[1994 in film|1994 film]] '''''[[Walls of Sand]]''''' was the first contemporary feature film to be [[webcast]] on the [[Internet]]?
*... that [[Darryl Kile]] is the only [[Colorado Rockies]] [[starting pitcher]] to '''[[List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers|win twice on Opening Day]]'''?
*... that '''[[Trawsgoed Crosswood]]''' Estate, owned by the Vaughn family since the year 1200, was home to the second largest [[lead]] mine in [[Britain]]?
*... that when [[Kristin Kreuk]] was cast as '''[[Lana Lang (Smallville)|Lana Lang]]''' in the television series ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', she had no idea who her character was in [[Superman]] lore?


*'''''04:50, 22 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Bourbon Red tom close-up cropped.jpg|100x100px|<!-- THE ROLLOVER CAPTION GOES HERE -->]]
</div>
*... that '''[[heritage turkey]]s''' ''(pictured)'' are the only [[domestic turkey]]s able to reproduce without [[artificial insemination]]?
*... that in 2005, '''[[Abdullah Wardak]]''', a former [[Mujahideen]] commander from [[Afghanistan]], received the "[[key to the city]]" of [[Evansville, Indiana]]?
*... that a recent live performance of "'''[[The Robots]]'''" by [[Kraftwerk]] was disrupted by a curtain that refused to close?
*... that Lieutenant-General '''[[Robert Richardson (British Army officer)|Robert Richardson]]''' commanded units of the [[British Army]] on three separate occasions during [[the Troubles]]?
*... that the origin of '''[[Chicano literature]]''', the literature of [[Mexican-Americans]] in the U.S., has been traced back as far as 1542 and the chronicle of [[Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca]]?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] general '''[[Li Baozhen]]''', in search of [[immortality]], consumed over 20,000 pills made by an [[alchemy|alchemist]], which eventually killed him?
*... that the '''[[Cambridgeshire Cats]]''' [[American football]] team were briefly known as the "Cambridge Crunchers" following a [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] deal with a [[Seattle]]-based apple export company?
*... that men were forbidden to enter the [[Palestinian]] village of '''[[Ijnisinya]]''' by [[Helena of Constantinople]] to ensure that she and her maids could swim in its lake with total freedom?
*... that '''[[John G. Jackson (writer)|John G. Jackson]]''' became a contributor to influential [[black nationalist]] journal ''[[Negro World]]'' while still in high school?

=== 21 September 2008 ===
*'''''22:48, 21 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Kauno soboras. 2007-04-06.jpg|100x100px|St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kaunas]]
</div>
*... that '''[[St. Michael the Archangel Church, Kaunas|St. Michael the Archangel Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]] was a military church, built for the [[Kaunas Fortress]] [[garrison]]?
*... that [[screenwriter]] '''[[Gustin Nash]]''' was inspired to write the [[teen film]] ''[[Charlie Bartlett]]'' by a group of teenagers that he spent time with while working at a mall in [[Burbank, California]]?
*... that the '''[[2008 Congo football riots]]''' were sparked by accusations of [[witchcraft]]?
*... that '''[[Maxime de la Falaise]]''', called "the only truly [[Chic (style)|chic]] [[English people|Englishwoman]]" by [[Cecil Beaton]], said that "no [[Heterosexuality|straight]] man was attractive" in the 1970s' [[fashion]] industry?
*... that '''[[Controlled Demolition, Inc.]]''' was recognized with [[Guinness Book of World Records|world records]] for its 1998 demolitions of a {{convert|1200|ft|adj=on}} radio tower, the tallest structure, and a 33-floor department store, the tallest building?
*... that [[Negro league baseball]] [[pitcher]] '''[[Dave Brown (baseball)|Dave Brown]]''' disappeared in 1925 after murdering a man in a bar fight, but was rumored to have secretly resumed pitching under the alias "Lefty Wilson"?
*... that the '''[[Valluvar|Valluvars]]''' are the hereditary priests of the [[Pallar|Pallars]] and [[Paraiyar|Paraiyars]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]?
*... that '''[[Richard Mohun]]''' was the only [[White people|white]] survivor of a three-year expedition to lay a [[telegraph line]] from [[Lake Tanganyika]] to the [[River Nile]]?
*... that a [[Japanese mythology|Japanese]] sea spirit named '''[[shōjō]]''' with red hair and a fondness for [[sake]] is featured in [[Noh]] and [[Kabuki]] plays?


*'''''13:27, 21 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Moragsoorm.jpg|100x100px|Full-scale replica of a viking longship]]
</div>
*... that when the [[Malcolm III of Scotland|King of Scotland]] told [[Magnus III of Norway|King Magnus]] of [[Norway]] he could have any land he could [[circumnavigate]], Magnus had a [[longship]] ''(reconstruction pictured)'' dragged across an [[isthmus]] to '''[[East Loch Tarbert, Argyll]]''' and claimed [[Kintyre]]?
*... that the complete, power operated, low recoil force [[gun turret]] of the [[Stingray light tank]] is used on the '''[[LAV-600]]''' light armoured vehicle?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] general '''[[Li Baoyu|An Baoyu]]''' received permission to use the imperial surname [[Li (surname)|Li]] because he did not want to share a surname with the rebel [[An Lushan]]?
*... that audiences of the 1658 theatrical presentation '''''[[The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru]]''''' were entertained by [[Acrobatics|acrobats]] and trained [[ape]]s between the scenes?
*... that architect '''[[Elmer Grey]]''' recalled that "my health broke down completely" after he finished a major commission on a [[Christian Science]] church in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]?
*... that '''[[Songpa sandaenori]]''' is a type of [[Talchum|Korean mask play]] originated in the neighborhoods of [[Songpa-dong]] of [[Seoul]], [[South Korea|Korea]]?
*... that [[Australia]]n politician '''[[Mick Clough]]''' defeated a sitting member of parliament at three different elections?
*... that '''[[Bridgeport Village (Oregon)|Bridgeport Village]]''', a shopping center in [[Washington County, Oregon]], was built on the site of a former rock [[quarry]]?


*'''''07:25, 21 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Huian maiden statue.JPG|100x100px|Statue of a Hui'an maiden in Quanzhou]]
</div>
*... that the traditional dress of '''[[Hui'an maidens]]''' ''(statue pictured)'' has been jokingly referred to as "feudal heads, thrifty jackets, democratic bellies, and wasteful trousers"?
*... that despite printing only 1500 copies per issue, the journal [[Scrutiny (journal)|'''''Scrutiny''''']] helped [[F. R. Leavis]] become an influential [[literary critic]]?
*... that in [[1975 Major League Baseball season|1975]], his only full [[season (sports)|season]], '''[[Stan Perzanowski]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[earned run average]] was the lowest on the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]?
*... that '''''[[Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers]]''''' is the first dated book printed in [[England]]?
*... that '''[[Charles Ancliffe]]''''s [[waltz]] ''Nights of Gladness'' became famous enough that [[BBC]] named a whole series of programmes after it?
*... that '''[[Rudy Robbins]]'''' since disbanded "The Spirit of Texas" was named in 1991 by the [[Texas State Senate]] as the "official Cowboy Band for Texas"?
*... that '''[[Destruction of Kalisz|the town of Kalisz was almost completely destroyed]]''' during [[WWI]] by German forces pursuing the ''[[Schrecklichkeit]]'' policy?
*... that the [[United Nations Human Rights Committee]] found that [[Cameroon]]ian [[investigative journalism|investigative journalist]] '''[[Philip Njaru]]''' has faced repeated [[police brutality]] since 1997?
*... that '''[[Edgar Speyer|Sir Edgar Speyer]]''' funded the [[The Proms|Promenade Concerts]] from 1902 to 1914, but he was accused of trading with the enemy during the [[First World War]] and lost his [[British citizenship]]?


*'''''01:24, 21 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Korea-Deoksugung-01.jpg|100x100px|Dancheong]]
</div>
*... that '''[[dancheong]]''' ''(example pictured)'' refers to [[Architecture of Korea|Korean]] traditional decorative coloring on [[hanok|wooden building]]s and [[artifact]]s for style?
*... that in February 1943, [[Nazi Germany|German]] General '''[[Hubert Lanz]]''' plotted to arrest [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] during a visit to his headquarters?
*... that the '''[[yellowfin whiting]]''' is so popular for [[recreational fishing]] that recreational catches have represented nearly a third of the catch in its [[Southern Australia]]n range?
*... that never having previously taken five [[Wicket#Dismissing a batsman|wickets]] in a match, '''[[Nikita Miller]]''' managed the feat twice in the 2007&ndash;08 [[Carib Beer Cup]] final?
*... that '''[[Bellifortis]]''' is the first illustrated manual of military techology?
*... that the '''[[Kress Drachenflieger]]''' of 1901 was the first [[Aircraft#Heavier_than_air.E2.80.94aerodynes|heavier-than-air]] machine to use an [[internal combustion engine]] in an [[first flying machine|attempt to fly]]?
* ... that [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Presenter|broadcaster]] '''[[John Creedon]]''' is set to learn a [[musical instrument]] alongside [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-[[Academy Award for Best Actor|winning]] actor [[Jeremy Irons]]?
*... that [[New York State Route 30]] is the longest of only five '''[[State highways in Hamilton County, New York|state highways in Hamilton County, New York]]'''?

=== 20 September 2008 ===
*'''''19:18, 20 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Naniboujou Lodge DR.jpg|100x100px|Naniboujou Lodge]]
</div>
*... that the colorfully-painted common room of the [[Jazz Age]] '''[[Naniboujou Club Lodge]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been called "a psychedelic marriage of [[Art Deco]] and traditional [[Cree]] Indian patterns"?
*... that [[Senegal]]ese filmmaker '''[[Ben Diogaye Beye]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first feature film was critical of [[polygamy]]?
*... that starting in 2009, certain [[biotech]] [[corn]] hybrid seeds will be covered by the risk management program of the U.S. '''[[Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]]'''?
*... that although [[William Hogarth]] painted his '''''[[March of the Guards to Finchley]]''''' as a gift for [[George II of Great Britain|George II]], the King took great offence at the artwork and refused to keep it?
*... that the three major peaks of the '''[[Tofane]]''' were first reached in 1863, 1864 and 1865 by [[Austria]]n [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]] [[Paul Grohmann]]?
*... that '''[[Lydia Thompson]]''' and her troupe of "British Blondes" introduced [[Burlesque (genre)|burlesque]] to America in 1868?


*'''''13:01, 20 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Lepeshinskaya-Kitri.jpg|100x100px|Olga Lepeshinskaya]]
</div>
*... that [[prima ballerina]] '''[[Olga Vasiliyevna Lepeshinskaya|Olga Lepeshinskaya]]''' ''(pictured)'' first performed at the [[Bolshoi Theater]] at the age of ten?
*... that '''[[crime in Singapore]]''' includes [[mobile phone]] snatching which have in the past been the main target for robbers and [[Snatch theft|snatch thieves]]?
*... that the 1898 [[Carpenter Gothic]] '''[[Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Church]]''' in [[California]] underwent extensive renovations after a portion of the ceiling fell on a parishioner during a 1982 service?
*... that [[France|French]] [[photographer]] '''[[Robert Demachy]]''' took hundreds of photographs and wrote more than a thousand articles on photography, but suddenly gave up the subject without any explanation?
*... that due to the important archaeological findings near the [[Bulgaria]]n village of '''[[Durankulak]]''', the area has been dubbed the "Bulgarian [[Troy]]"?
*... that '''[[Smokey Mayfield]]''', a [[ranch]] supervisor in the [[Texas Panhandle]], once played the [[fiddle]] as a warmup act for [[Country music|country]] performer [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]]?


*'''''07:24, 20 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Aaflight96dc10 cropped.png|100x100px|American Airlines Flight 96]]
</div>
*... that a failure to correct an aircraft flaw revealed by the "Windsor Incident" with '''[[American Airlines Flight 96]]''' ''(pictured)'' caused the crash of [[Turkish Airlines Flight 981]] two years later?
*... that '''[[Philip Zec]]''' enraged both [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] with his wartime [[political cartoon|cartoons]] and nearly had the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' shut down?
*... that in 1935, the [[Supreme Muslim Council]] built the '''[[an-Nasr Mosque]]''' in the [[Palestinian]] city of [[Nablus]] after an earthquake in 1927 completely destroyed the previous structure on the site?
*... that the '''[[Vegas Vampire]]''' was a television horror host who stuck pins in [[voodoo doll]]s of famous politicians and celebrities?
*... that free [[croquet]] equipment and music on a Sunday afternoon are provided at the '''[[Larmer Tree Gardens]]''' in [[Wiltshire]], [[England]]?
*... that the biography '''''[[Vita Karoli Magni]]''''' on the life of [[Charlemagne]] is the first of a medieval European king?
*... that British justice '''[[Thomas Reeve]]''' was knighted at the same time he was made [[Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]?


*'''''00:30, 20 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Thetrons.jpg|100x100px|The Trons]]
</div>
*... that [[New Zealand]] band '''[[The Trons]]''' ''(pictured)'' has no human members?
*... that '''[[Johnny Anders]]''', [[mayor]] of [[Stamford, Texas|Stamford]] in [[West Texas]], built from spare [[automobile]] parts a 22-foot [[dinosaur]] model displayed in Stamford's city park?
*... that [[England|English]] [[film director|director]] and actor [[Steven Berkoff]] featured in a two-minute film inviting the viewer to '''''[[Watch Your Own Heart Attack]]'''''?
*... that at one point, the powerful [[Tang Dynasty]] [[eunuch]] '''[[Yu Chao'en]]''' was believed to be responsible for instigating the [[grave robbing]] of the general [[Guo Ziyi]]'s father?
*... that '''''[[It's About Time (Christina Milian album)|It's About Time]]''''', singer [[Christina Milian]]'s second studio album, served as her debut album in the U.S. due to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11 attacks]]?
*... that '''[[Associazione Volontari Italiani Sangue|AVIS]]''', the association of [[Italy|Italian]] [[blood donor]]s founded in 1927, was asked to include an ''F'' for ''[[fascist]]'' in its [[acronym]] by [[Mussolini]]?
*... that after '''[[Charles W. Morse]]''' started scandals that toppled a [[New York City]] mayor and sparked the [[Panic of 1907]], he faked illness by eating prison soap to convince [[William Howard Taft|President Taft]] to commute his sentence?
*... that the main tourist attraction in '''[[Namaqua National Park]]''' in [[South Africa]] is the abundant spring bloom of brightly coloured [[wildflowers]]?

=== 19 September 2008 ===
*'''''14:45, 19 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Ananda Ranga Pillai cropped.JPG|100x100px|Ananda Ranga Pillai]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Ananda Ranga Pillai]]''' ''(pictured)'', famous for his diaries which portray life in 18th-century [[India]], was a ''[[dubash]]'' in the service of the [[French East India Company]]?
*... that [[row house]]s built in the 1840s for workers at a [[textile mill]] on '''[[Olmstead Street Historic District|Olmstead Street]]''' in [[Cohoes, New York]], are today used as [[Section 8 (housing)|federally subsidized]] [[affordable housing]]?
*... that in [[Norse mythology]], '''[[Sumarr and Vetr]]''' are the personified seasons of [[summer]] and [[winter]]?
*... that former [[Louisiana]] [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] committeewoman '''[[Virginia deGravelles]]''' became in 1941 one of the first two whites to register [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]], now a Republican stronghold?
*... that '''[[Stephen's Tower (Baia Mare)|Stephen's Tower]]''' in [[Baia Mare]], [[Romania]] has had four fires in its history, three caused by [[lightning]]?
*... that the [[science fiction]] novel '''''[[The Masks of Time]]''''' by [[Robert Silverberg]], which featured a naked time traveler from the future, was a nominee for the 1969 [[Nebula Award]]?
*... that '''[[George Treby (judge)|Sir George Treby]]''' was rejected as a possible [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons of England]] because his eyesight was so bad he could not distinguish between different [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Members of Parliament]]?
*... that the former '''[[800 Westchester Avenue|General Foods Corporate Headquarters]]''' in [[Rye Brook, New York]], have been described as an "[[Aztec architecture|Aztec Temple]]"?


*'''''05:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:HotelgreenWesternArch1905.JPG|100x100px|Hotel Green]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Frederick Roehrig]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Castle Green]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Pasadena, California]], was called "a fantastic folly created from the imagination of a Victorian architect with a penchant for Arabesque opulence"?
*... that the [[Canada|Canadian-based]] [[fast food]] company '''[[Extreme Pita]]''' began to expand to include stores in the [[United States]] in 2003, beginning with [[Arizona]]?
*... that [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''[[Jonathan Davidson]]''' used his civilian experience as a [[civil engineer]] to improve his battalion's trenches during the [[First World War]]?
*... that the chart run for [[George Jones]]' first chart single "'''[[Why Baby Why]]'''" was interrupted when [[Red Sovine]] and [[Webb Pierce]] released a duet cover of the same song?
*... that [[Poland|Polish]] [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]] '''[[Tadeusz Piotrowski (mountaineer)|Tadeusz Piotrowski]]''', one of the finest winter mountaineers of the 1970s and '80s, died during descent from [[K2]], after completing the first and only ascent by the "South Face"?
*... that a [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] [[submarine]] shelled the '''[[Ellwood Oil Field]]''' during [[World War II]], the first direct attack by an enemy power on the mainland United States since the [[War of 1812]]?
*... that [[baseball]] player [[Randy Johnson]] has pitched six times on '''[[List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers|Opening Day for the Arizona Diamondbacks]]''', three more times than any other pitcher in Diamondbacks' history?

=== 18 September 2008 ===
*'''''23:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Operation Asuta.jpg|100x100px|A house blown up during Operation Asuta]]
</div>
*... that the [[Definition of Palestine and Palestinian|Palestinian]]–[[Jordan]]ian alliance forged at the '''[[Battle of Karameh]]''' ''(house blown up during the battle pictured)'' is considered by observers to have led to [[Black September in Jordan]]?
*... that '''[[Charlotte Glennie]]''' became the first [[New Zealand]] journalist to officially film in [[North Korea]]?
*... that the {{convert|50|ft|adj=on}}-tall [[neon sign]] of the '''[[First National Bank Building (Saint Paul, Minnesota)|First National Bank Building]]''' in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] can be seen from {{convert|75|mi|-1}} away on a clear night?
*... that the '''[[Osvald Group]]''', led by '''[[Asbjørn Sunde]]''', was the dominating [[sabotage]] organisation in [[Norway]] from 1941 to 1944?
*... that the '''[[Dresden Codex]]''' is the earliest known book written in the [[Americas]]?
*... that [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[Naval Armed Guard|gunners]] aboard '''{{SS|West Cheswald}}''' during [[World War II]] were awarded a [[battle star]] after the ship was deliberately sunk during the [[Invasion of Normandy]]?
*... that [[People's Republic of China|China]]'s '''[[Sanlu Group]]''' refused to [[Product recall|recall]] contaminated [[infant formula]] until [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Helen Clark]] of [[New Zealand]] intervened?
*... that, in his only full [[Major League Baseball]] [[season (sports)|season]], '''[[Eddie Yuhas]]''' led the [[National League]] in [[1952 in baseball|1952]] with a win-loss percentage of .857?


*'''''18:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Soldene2.jpg|100x100px|Emily Soldene]]
</div>
*... that [[Victorian era|Victorian]] English [[operetta]] star '''[[Emily Soldene]]''' ''(pictured)'' later became a celebrated [[gossip columnist]]?
*... that [[Taiwan]]'s '''[[Guo Huaiyi Rebellion]]''' of 1652 was partially motivated by the falling price of [[venison]]?
*... that the 2006 death of [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Detective '''[[James Zadroga]]''' was the first attributed to exposure to toxic dust at the [[World Trade Center site]], though the circumstances of his death are disputed?
*... that at one time, [[Toronto]]'s '''[[Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion]]''' was the largest outdoor [[swimming pool]] in the world?
*... that in 2004, '''[[Expedition Global Eagle]]''' was the first attempt in [[history]] to [[circumnavigate]] the [[Earth|globe]] using an [[autogyro]]?
*... that '''[[Mohammad Usman Rana]]''', a [[Norwegians of Pakistani descent|Norwegian Pakistani]] student, is one of the prolific [[Muslim]] debaters in the [[Norway|Norwegian]] public sphere?
*... that when a '''[[2007 Painesville, Ohio derailment|train derailed in Painesville, Ohio]]''', the area was evacuated for fear a [[liquefied petroleum gas]] [[tank car|tank]] might explode?
*... that the resentment generated during the '''[[Drifts Crisis]]''' indirectly sparked the [[Second Boer War]]?
*... that the [[Portland, Oregon]] [[theatre|theater]] company '''[[Portland Center Stage]]''' was started as a branch of the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]]?


*'''''12:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv, 2006.jpg|100x100px|St. Volodymyr's Cathedral]]
</div>
*... that [[St. Volodymyr's Cathedral]] ''(pictured)'' was the first '''[[Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire|neo-byzantine design approved for construction in the Russian Empire]]''' in 1852?
*... that the [[2000 in video gaming|2000]] [[Personal computer game|PC game]] '''''[[Crimson Skies (PC game)|Crimson Skies]]''''' is set in an [[alternate history]] of the 1930s in which the [[United States]] has fractured into a number of smaller, independent [[nation-state]]s?
*... that the {{convert|6.6|km|mi}} '''[[Canal Saint-Denis]]''', finished in 1821, was built to provide a water route through [[Paris]],  other than the [[Seine]]?
*... that the '''[[Oregon Nursery Company]]''' founded the town of [[Orenco, Oregon]] in 1908 to house its [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] immigrant workers?
*... that politicians have proposed replacing the red [[lion]] on the '''[[Flag of Tasmania]]''' with a [[thylacine]] or [[cape Barren Goose]]?
*... that '''[[Historic Washington State Park]]''' near [[Hope, Arkansas|Hope]] includes the Block-Catts House, the oldest still-standing two-story [[house|residence]] in [[Arkansas]]?
*... that after manual [[typewriter]] expert '''[[Martin Tytell]]''' accidentally inverted a key on a [[Burmese language]] typewriter he built, it became the standard even in [[Burma]]?
*... that after 175 years in operation the '''[[Red Brick School]]''', one of the oldest single room school houses in the U.S., closed in 2008?


*'''''05:10, 18 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">

</div>
* ... that '''[[Nonsuch House]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the earliest documented [[prefabricated building]]?
*... that '''[[molecular farming]]''' is a type of [[genetic modification]] involving the use of [[plants]], and potentially also [[animals]], as the means to produce [[compound (chemistry)|compounds]] of [[therapeutic]] value?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] [[eunuch]] '''[[Cheng Yuanzhen]]''', after his fall from power, entered the capital [[Chang'an]] disguised as a woman to plot his return to power?
*... that the [[French opera|French one-act opera]] '''''[[Le trompeur trompé]]''''' had its première given as 14 [[Thermidor]] an VIII, since the [[French Republican Calendar]] was still in use?
*... that '''[[Buddy Fletcher]]'''′s first experience with risk-reward tradeoff came from developing a strategy to bet on [[dog racing]]?
*... that '''[[Vrav]]''', a village in the northwest of [[Bulgaria]], is inhabited by "wet [[Vlachs]]"?
*... that despite having excruciating pain in her back and knees because of the disease [[achondroplasia]], '''[[Miranda Uhl]]''' went on to win a [[gold medal]] in the [[Medley swimming|individual medley]] at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]]?

=== 17 September 2008 ===
*'''''23:08, 17 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Camarillo Ranch House.jpg|100x100px|Camarillo Ranch House]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Camarillo Ranch House]]''' ''(pictured)'', headquarters for "the largest [[lima bean|bean]] ranch in the world", was renowned for its [[Arabian horse|Arabian stallion]]s that led the [[Tournament of Roses Parade|Rose Parade]]?
*... that Twin-T '''[[Topology (electronics)|topology]]''' can be used as a substitute for [[Bridge circuit|bridge]] topology in many [[electronic circuit]]s when [[Ground (electricity)|grounding]] is an issue?
*... that '''[[HMS Vidal|HMS ''Vidal'']]''', the ship sent to [[Annexation|annexe]] [[Rockall]], was named after '''[[Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal|Alexander Vidal]]''', the first man to properly survey the [[islet]]?
*... that '''[[Alex Garcia (Race Car Driver)|Alex Garcia]]''', driver of No. 98 in the [[NASCAR Nationwide Series]], is the first [[Venezuela]]n to race in [[NASCAR]]?
*... that the [[2008 in film|2008]] [[Indian film]] '''''[[Ru Ba Ru]]''''' is the cinematic adaptation of the [[Hollywood film]] ''[[If Only (film)|If Only]]''?
*... that a '''[[splash dam]]''' was a temporary wooden [[dam]] used to raise the water level in [[stream]]s to float [[logging|logs]] downstream to [[sawmill]]s?
*... that '''[[Svetozar Delić]]''' was a [[List of mayors of Zagreb|mayor]] of [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]] for three days, but it took three more days to remove him from the city hall?
*... that singer [[Eva Tanguay]] was reportedly booed off the stage in her first appearance at '''[[Cohoes Music Hall]]''' in [[New York]]?
*... that [[geophysicist]] '''[[Geoffrey Ballard (businessman)|Geoffrey Ballard]]''', acknowledged as the father of the [[fuel cell]] industry, was named a "Hero for the Planet" by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' in 1999?


*'''''15:05, 17 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Habitat du Chinchilla brevicaudata - Lllullaillaco.jpg|100x100px|Llullaillaco]]
</div>
*... that early claims by European [[mountaineers]] to have set '''[[World altitude record (mountaineering)|world altitude records]]''' in the [[Himalayas]] have been disproven by the discovery of [[Inca]] artefacts on the summit of [[Llullaillaco]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that the '''[[International High School (New Jersey)|International High School]]''' in [[Paterson, New Jersey]], was built with triple-pane windows to keep out noise from [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]], located just {{convert|20|ft|0}} from the school building?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] imperial prince '''[[Li Chenghong]]''' carried the title of emperor for 12 days after invading [[Tufan]] forces captured the capital [[Chang'an]] and declared him emperor?
*... that [[startup company|startup]] [[airline]] '''[[Miwok Airways]]''' has been described as competing not with other carriers but the roads of [[Southern California]]?
*... that one of the characters from the [[Hindi film]] '''''[[Summer 2007]]''''' was inspired by [[Muhammad Yunus]], the 2006 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner?
*... that [[cargo ship]] '''{{SS|West Nohno}}''' was the first [[United States|American]] merchant vessel to be armed for service in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that the expensive and ornate '''[[Royal Aquarium]]''', which opened in [[London]] in 1876 to present [[art exhibit]]s and [[classical music]], soon turned to [[circus]] acts and [[music hall]] instead?


*'''''09:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Astrodome (Houston) Skylights.jpg|100x100px|Astrodome]]
</div>
*... that [[Prem Rawat|Guru Maharaj Ji]]'s followers predicted that [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrials]] would attend the '''[[Millennium '73]]''' in the [[Astrodome]] ''(pictured)'' and that the festival's failure was a major setback for the [[Divine Light Mission]]?
*... that American [[soap]] magnate '''[[Benjamin T. Babbitt]]''' held over 100 [[patents]]?
*... that '''[[political opportunity|political opportunity theory]]''' explains the rise and decline of [[social movements]] by their dependence on outside, political factors?
*... that '''[[George Halpin]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Bull Wall]] and [[Bull Island]], engineering works at the mouth of the [[River Liffey]], enabled deep-draught ships to use the port of [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] for the first time?
*... that museum examples of '''[[sprang]]''' were misidentified as [[lace]] or [[knitting]] until [[archaeology|archaeological]] discoveries brought public attention to the overlooked [[needlework]] technique?
*... that [[Bear Bryant|Paul "Bear" Bryant]] won his final game as a head coach in the '''[[1982 Liberty Bowl]]''', his 323rd victory?
*... that after the death of '''[[Consort Dugu]]''', the favorite [[concubine]] of [[Emperor Daizong of Tang]], the emperor was so saddened that he kept her casket in the palace and did not bury her until almost three years later?


*'''''03:03, 17 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Downtown Cohoes, NY.jpg|100x100px|View south on Ontario Street, Cohoes, NY, USA]]
</div>
*... that among the many historic buildings in '''[[Downtown Cohoes Historic District|downtown]]''' [[Cohoes, New York]] ''(Ontario Street pictured)'', is the first [[textile mill]] in the United States that manufactured [[hosiery]] and other [[Knitted fabric|knitwear]]?
*... that a '''[[logocracy]]''' is government through words?
*... that the [[Portland, Oregon]] [[magazine]] '''''[[Portland Monthly]]''''' was founded in 2003 and by 2006 was the seventh-largest city magazine in the [[United States]]?
*... that from its creation in 1963 to its closure in about 2000, the '''[[Scottish Tartans Society]]''' recorded and documented about 2,700 different designs of [[tartan]]?
*... that besides hosting the [[Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|canoeing]] and [[Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|rowing]] events for the [[1964 Summer Olympics]], '''[[Lake Sagami]]''' is also a popular [[recreational fishing]] area for [[black bass]]?
*... that though the 2004 [[miniseries]] '''''[[Category 6: Day of Destruction]]''''' earned [[CBS]] the highest ratings of any show during the November [[sweeps week]], it was generally panned by critics?
*... that artist '''[[Derek Davis (artist)|Derek Davis]]''' met his wife at a [[sanatorium]] for [[tuberculosis]] patients?

=== 16 September 2008 ===
*'''''20:45, 16 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Service Medal of the Order of St John.jpg|100x100px|Service Medal of the Order of St John]]
</div>
*... that the only current [[United Kingdom|British]] [[medal]] to retain the head of [[Queen Victoria]] on its obverse is the '''[[Service Medal of the Order of St John]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Temple Beth Israel (Eugene, Oregon)|Temple Beth Israel]]''' in [[Eugene, Oregon]] was attacked by [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] members of the [[Volksfront]] in 1994 and 2002?
*... that the winning players in [[cricket]]'s '''[[Stanford Super Series]]''' take home one&nbsp;million&nbsp;dollars each, while the losing players walk away with nothing?
*... that '''[[List of Slipknot awards|Slipknot]]''' has been nominated for six [[Grammy Award]]s and won their first for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] with "[[Before I Forget (song)|Before I Forget]]" in 2006?
*... that '''[[George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick]]''' was [[baptized]] at [[Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick|St. Mary's]], [[Warwick]], with [[King George I]] standing as his sponsor?
*... that the seven-mile-long '''[[San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct|Ventura Mission Aqueduct]]''', built between 1780 and 1815, has been called "an engineering marvel"?
*... that the phrase "'''[[lipstick on a pig]]'''" may have its origins in the 18th-century expression "A hog in armour is still but a hog"?
*... that the '''[[Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt]]''', completed in 1913, was equipped with a centralised [[vacuum cleaner|vacuum cleaning]] system?


*'''''13:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Lacc.lacc.jpg|100x100px|Laccaria laccata]]
</div>
*... that the deceiver [[mushroom]] '''''[[Laccaria laccata]]''''' ''(pictured)'', initially described by the [[Tyrol]]ian naturalist [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli|Scopoli]], is a traditional food of the [[Zapotec peoples|Zapotec]] of [[Oaxaca]]?
*... that '''[[Whitney Darrow, Jr.]]''' had over 1,500 of his cartoons published in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' during a career with the magazine that lasted almost 50 years?
*... that underwater visibility can reach {{convert|80|m}} in the [[limestone]] [[sinkhole]]s of [[Australia]]'s '''[[Ewens Ponds (South Australia)|Ewens Ponds]]'''?
*... that [[Sudan]]ese journalist '''[[Mahjoub Mohamed Salih]]''' was awarded the 2005 [[Golden Pen of Freedom]], despite being from "one of the most restrictive media environments on the African continent"?
*... that the 1756 '''[[Fleming Castle]]''' is the oldest house in [[Flemington, New Jersey]], but longstanding traditions that it housed a tavern visited by [[George Washington]] have been disproven?
*... that '''[[Egan-Sud, Quebec]]''', a community of 508 people, is home to the largest ice rink in its [[List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec|regional county municipality]]?
*... that '''[[John Stonor|Sir John Stonor]]''' was one of only two [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas|Chief Justices of the Common Pleas]] to be appointed on three separate occasions?
*... that the earliest '''[[Fault-tolerant computer systems|fault-tolerant computer]]''' was built by [[Antonín Svoboda]] in 1951?


*'''''07:52, 16 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Coloured Voronoi 2D.svg|100x100px|Coloured Voronoi diagram]]
</div>
*... that despite the long-established use of '''[[mathematical diagram]]s''' ''([[Voronoi diagram]] pictured)'', going back to the [[Greek mathematics|Ancient Greeks]], the scientific study of them has only recently begun?
*... that the 1828 '''[[Hunterdon County Courthouse]]''' was the site of the "Trial of the Century" of [[Bruno Hauptmann]] for his role in the [[Lindbergh kidnapping]] and murder?
*... that there were at least five attempts by imposters to pretend to be '''[[Consort Shen|Empress Dowager Shen]]''', who disappeared during the [[Anshi Rebellion]]?
*... that the '''[[Religion Newswriters Association]]''' awards [[scholarships]] for full-time [[journalist]]s who wish to take college courses on [[religion]]?
*... that [[London]]'s '''[[Novelty Theatre]]''', built in 1882, changed its name at least five times in its first dozen years of operation?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[swimming|swimmer]] '''[[Cynthia Woodhead|Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead]]''' received three gold medals and two silver medals at the [[1978 World Aquatics Championships]], when she was only 14 years old?
*... that [[1944]] was called the "'''[[year of ten victories]]'''" by the [[Soviet Union]] for ten battles the [[Red Army]] won during that year?
*... that the [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[horror film]] '''''[[1920 (film)|1920]]''''' was filmed at a [[Yorkshire]] mansion that was rumored to be haunted by the spirit of a carpenter?


*'''''01:41, 16 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Alexios Apokaukos.jpg|100x100px|''Megas doux'' Alexios Apokaukos]]
</div>
*... that although the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] ''[[megas doux]]'' '''[[Alexios Apokaukos]]''' ''(pictured)'' owed his rise to the patronage of [[John VI Kantakouzenos|John VI Kantakouzenos]], he instigated the [[Byzantium under the Palaiologoi#The Second Palaiologan Civil War and the fall of Kantakouzenos, 1341 - 1357|Civil War of 1341–1347]] against him?
*... that a '''[[deductive fallacy]]''' is an argument that has true premises, but may still have a false [[conclusion]]?
*... that '''[[Iyothee Thass]]''' was a [[Dalit Buddhist movement|Dalit Buddhist leader]] from the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]] after whom a hospital was named?
*... that '''[[McDynamo]]''' won the Grade 1 [[Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase]] in five consecutive years, with the fifth win coming as a 10-year-old, the oldest horse running that day?
*... that in 2001, the French government announced the appointment of '''[[Henri Loyrette]]''' as the new director of the [[Louvre Museum]]?
*... that the island of [[Hsiao Liuchiu]] off [[Taiwan]] was the scene of a '''[[Lamey Island Massacre|massacre of 300 native inhabitants]]''' by [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch soldiers]] and allied [[Taiwanese aborigines|Formosan]] warriors in 1636?
*... that '''[[Claude Kirkpatrick]]''', [[Louisiana]] [[public works]] director in the 1960s, joined with state officials in [[Texas]] to establish [[Toledo Bend Reservoir]] on the common [[Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)|Sabine River]] border?
*... that in the [[Germanic paganism|Germanic pagan]] [[Merseburg Incantations|Merseburg Incantation]], '''[[Sinthgunt]]''' and the [[Solar deity|personified sun]], [[Sól (Sun)|Sunna]], are sisters using [[Magic (paranormal)|charms]] to heal a wounded horse?
*... that [[screenwriter]] '''[[Dorothy Ann Purser]]''' was nominated for seven awards and won two, including a [[Daytime Emmy]]?

=== 15 September 2008 ===
*'''''18:54, 15 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:JPLControlRoom.jpg|100x100px|JPL Control Room]]
</div>
*... that there are nearly '''[[List of Registered Historic Places in Pasadena|100 Registered Historic Places in Pasadena, California]]''', including a [[Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator|25-foot Space Simulator]] and the [[JPL]] [[Space Flight Operations Facility]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[crime in the Maldives]]''' includes [[drug trafficking]], which according to the [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime|UNODC]] is a side effect of the nation's increased exposure to the outside world?
*... that [[placekicker]] '''[[Kevin Kelly (American football)|Kevin Kelly]]''' is the all-time leading scorer for the [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State Nittany Lions]]?
*... that the [[World War I]] diaries '''''[[Tommy's War]]''''' only came to be published after an appearance on the TV programme ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]''?
*... that following a 17-year campaign, '''[[Vijayabahu I]]''' successfully reunited [[Sri Lanka]] in 1070, for the first time in more than a century?
*... that the '''[[Mount Edziza volcanic complex]]''' in northern [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] was a source of [[obsidian]] for [[Tahltan]] people and its [[lava]] [[plateau]] has been an important cultural resource?
*... that the '''[[Fall Creek Massacre]]''' led to the first white man receiving capital punishment for the killing of a [[Native American]]?
*... that the [[Beauty salon|hair salon]] chain '''[[First Choice Haircutters]]''' helped launch the career of [[soap opera]] star [[Jacqueline MacInnes Wood]]?


*'''''12:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Creagrus furcatus flight.jpg|100x100px|Creagrus furcatus in flight]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Swallow-tailed Gull]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the [[Galápagos Islands]] is the only fully [[nocturnal]] [[gull]]?
*... that '''[[VP-8|Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8)]]''' became the first operational [[P-3 Orion]] squadron in the [[United States Navy]] during October 1962?
*... that [[medieval art|medieval]] '''[[donor portrait]]s''' often showed the donor of a religious image at a completely different scale to the main figures?
*... that English-born [[architect]] '''[[John C. Austin]]''' designed several landmark buildings in [[Southern California]], including the [[Griffith Observatory]]?
*... that according to [[Interpol]] data, the rate of '''[[Crime in Qatar|rape in Qatar]]''' decreased by 67.1% between 1995 and 1999, while the rate of robbery increased by 100%?
*... that '''[[Isis Tsunami]]''' is the first [[transwoman]] to be amongst the 14 finalists on the [[fashion model]] [[reality show|reality series]] ''[[America's Next Top Model]]''?
*... that the '''[[Kłodzko Fortress]]''' in present-day southwestern [[Poland]] took the [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]ns and the [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]ns 200 years to build?
*... that only three out of 32 [[Association football|football]] matches in the Third Round of the '''[[FA Cup 1962-63]]''' were played on their scheduled day because of the [[1963 United Kingdom cold wave|Big Freeze of 1963]]?


*'''''06:36, 15 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Crowded cytosol.png|100x100px|Macromolecular crowding]]
</div>
*... that '''[[macromolecular crowding]]''' ''(pictured)'' can make [[molecule]]s in [[cell (biology)|cells]] behave in radically different ways than in [[test-tube]] [[enzyme assay]]s?
*...  that [[Supreme Court of Liberia|Liberian Supreme Court]] Chief Justice '''[[Johnnie Lewis]]''' was rescued from an angry mob after a car he was in hit and killed a pedestrian?
*... that the '''[[Tampa Bay Storm seasons|Tampa Bay Storm]]''' has appeared in the [[Arena Football League|AFL]] playoffs 19 of their 22 years?
*... that in 1862, '''[[Phan Thanh Gian]]''' said that [[France]]'s "wealth and strength are beyond description"?
*...  that two trains returning from the 1851 [[Chester Racecourse|Chester races]] lost adhesion in '''[[Sutton Tunnel railway accident|Sutton Tunnel]]''', and a third crashed into them, killing nine and injuring up to 40 people?
*... that '''[[Charlotte Guillard]]''' was the first European woman [[printer (publisher)|printer]] of history?
*... that the [[WWF Championship]] match at '''[[WrestleMania IX]]''' was between [[Bret Hart]] and [[Rodney Anoa'i|Yokozuna]], but [[Hulk Hogan]] won the title?
*... that the '''[[Hull triple trawler tragedy (1968)|1968 triple trawler tragedy]]''' caused the deaths of all but one member of the crews of three fishing vessels from [[Kingston upon Hull]]?
*... that '''[[Charlie Nothing]]''' created the [[Charlie Nothing#Dingulator|dingulator]]?


*'''''00:34, 15 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:The Sultans Elephant-Rocket.jpg|100x100px|The Sultan's Elephant]]
</div>
*... that the arts company '''[[Artichoke (creative company)|Artichoke]]''' produced [[The Sultan's Elephant]] ''(pictured)'', the biggest piece of free [[theatre]] ever staged in [[London]]?
*... that in his book '''''[[The War Within: A Secret White House History (2006-2008)]]''''', author [[Bob Woodward]] alleged that a secret killing program was used by [[Military of the United States|American forces]] in [[Iraq]]?
*... that the '''[[Manchester and Bolton Railway]]''' was originally proposed as a replacement for the [[Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal]] but was eventually built alongside it instead?
*... that [[linguist]] '''[[Asim Peco]]''' is an expert in the language of eastern [[Herzegovina]]?
*... that prior to statehood, '''[[Indian removals in Indiana|negotiations with Indians in Indiana]]''' included 13 separate treaties purchasing 2,500,000&nbsp;acres for white settlement?
*... that '''[[Sumerian Farmer's Almanac]]''' is the first farmer's [[almanac]] on record?
*... that the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] operation '''[[Gross Aktion]]''' resulted in the destruction of the [[Jew]]ish population of [[Warsaw]]?
*... that investor and philanthropist '''[[Ray Chambers]]''' helped bring the [[New Jersey Devils]] to [[Newark, New Jersey]] and was named as the [[United Nations Secretary-General]]'s Special Envoy for Malaria?

=== 14 September 2008 ===
*'''''16:25, 14 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Ceiling_painting_of_the_Marble_Hall_-_Melk_Abbey_-_Austria.jpg|100x100px|Ceiling painting of the marble hall of the Melk Abbey(1731)]]
</div>
*... that [[Austria]]n [[Baroque painting|Baroque painter]] '''[[Paul Troger]]''' was known for his [[fresco]]es in Austrian abbeys ''(example pictured)''?
*... that the Glacial Gardens of '''[[Interstate Park]]''' in [[Minnesota]] and [[Wisconsin]] contain the greatest concentration of [[Giants kettle|glacial potholes]] in the world?
*... that '''[[Philippe Suchard]]''' was not only the creator of [[Milka]] [[chocolates]], but also had an influence on the discovery of a [[La Tène culture|La Tène]] settlement dating back to 450 BC? NOTA BENE: Milka was created after the death of Philippe Suchard
*... that the '''[[Mobile Tigers]]''', a [[Negro League]] [[baseball team]], paid [[pitch (baseball)|pitcher]] [[Satchel Paige]] "$1 when the [[Admission to an event or establishment|gate]] was good and a [[keg]] of lemonade when it wasn't"?
*... that [[Quebec nationalism|Quebec nationalist]] '''[[Walter-Patrice O'Leary]]''' was the younger brother of [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] [[correspondent]] [[Émile-Dostaler O'Leary]]?
*... that the odour of the poisonous [[mushroom]] '''''[[Inocybe geophylla]]''''' has been likened to [[semen]]?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Diwu Qi]]''' ordered the [[Mint (coin)|minting of coins]] valued significantly higher than ordinary coins and was blamed for the subsequent [[Commodity price shocks|rise in food prices]]?
*... that '''''[[We Need Each Other]]''''' was the first [[Sanctus Real]] album to feature guest musicians?


*'''''10:25, 14 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:End of universe.jpg|100x100px|End of universe]]
</div>
*... that [[cosmologist]]s [[C. B. Collins]] and [[Stephen Hawking]] proposed an [[multiple universes|infinite number of universes]] to explain the '''[[Flatness problem]]''' in the [[curvature of spacetime]] ''(three possibilities pictured)''?
*... that the [[1961 in film|1961]] [[German film]] '''''[[The Miracle of Father Malachia]]''''' was finished only seven hours before its premiere at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]]?
* ... that [[Louisiana]] piano player '''[[Allen "Puddler" Harris]]''', whose career spanned five decades, was inducted into the [[Delta Music Museum]] Hall of Fame?
*... that a new '''[[Louvre Abu Dhabi|Louvre museum]]''' is scheduled to be completed by 2012 in [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]]?
*... that '''''[[City of Peking]]''''' and '''''[[City of Tokio]]''''' were the largest ships ever built in the [[United States]] upon their completion in 1875?
*... that actress '''[[Marion Terry]]''', a younger sister of Dame [[Ellen Terry]], appeared in over 125 chief roles?
*... that '''[[Bridge Island Meadows]]''' is an inaccessible [[nature reserve]] on the [[floodplain]]s of the  [[Charles River]] in [[Massachusetts]]?


*'''''03:49, 14 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Showa kinen park 1989.jpg|100x100px|Tachikawa Airfield today]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Tachikawa Airfield]]''' ''(aerial photo pictured)'' was the military base in [[Tokyo]] from which the 1937 original [[Kamikaze (1937 aircraft)|Kamikaze]] plane to [[London]] took off?
*... that [[composer]] '''[[Tom Scott (composer)|Tom Scott]]''' also had a career as a [[folk music|folk singer]] known as "The American Troubador"?
*... that the [[Palestinians]] consider the [[East Jerusalem]] neighbourhood of '''[[Jabel Mukaber]]''' as the site of their [[Positions on Jerusalem|future capital]]?
*... that the mouth of the disgraced [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Yuan Zai]]''' was stuffed with  socks by the executioner when he was [[capital punishment|executed]] for corruption?
*... that by the time the '''[[Wye Valley Railway]]''' opened in 1876, a [[Wales|Welsh]] wireworks it was intended to serve had already closed down?
*... that [[Russia]]n doctor and [[serial killer]] '''[[Maxim Petrov]]''' was caught because he took the names of his twelve victims all from the same list of patients, enabling police to predict whom he would kill next?
*... that '''''[[The Owl Service (TV series)|The Owl Service]]''''', a 1969 TV adaptation of [[The Owl Service|the novel]], was the first fully-scripted colour production by [[Granada Television]]?

=== 13 September 2008 ===
*'''''21:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Ssc2008-12a small.jpg|100x100px|]]
</div>
*... that the newly discovered '''[[Baby Boom Galaxy]]''' ''(pictured)'' is seen producing stars at a rate of up to 4,000 per year, compared to our own [[Milky Way galaxy]] that produces an average of just 10 stars per year?
*... that in his memoirs of the [[Battle of Waterloo]],  '''[[William Leeke]]''' claimed that the [[52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot|52nd Light Infantry]] singlehandedly defeated 10,000 of [[Napoleon]]'s [[Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)|Imperial Guard]]?
*... that '''[[Congress Hall]]''' in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] served as the capitol building of the United States from 1790 to 1800?
*... that '''[[Daniel Dobbins]]''' was in charge of the building of the ships that [[Oliver Hazard Perry]] commanded in the [[Battle of Lake Erie]]?
*... that [[screenwriter]] '''[[Melissa Rosenberg]]''' originally aspired to be a dancer, and ended up writing the 2006 [[dance film]] ''[[Step Up (film)|Step Up]]''?
*... that [[J. D. Chakravarthy]]'s [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film '''''[[Homam (film)|Homam]]''''' drew inspiration from [[Martin Scorsese]]'s [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning film ''[[The Departed]]''?
*... that '''[[Charlie Grant]]''' nearly broke [[Baseball color line|baseball's color barrier]] decades before [[Jackie Robinson]] when [[John McGraw]] disguised him as a [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] named "Charlie Tokohama"?


*'''''14:28, 13 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Ivan milev selfportrait.jpg|100x100px|Ivan Milev self-portrait]]
</div>
*... that [[Bulgaria]]n [[modernism|modernist]] painter '''[[Ivan Milev]]''' ''(pictured)'' is depicted on the five [[Bulgarian lev]]a banknote?
*... that [[Chicago]]'s defunct '''[[58th (CTA)|58th]]''' station must be kept in operable condition because federal funds were used in its renovation?
*... that German-Swedish driver '''[[Freddy Kottulinsky]]''', who won the 1980 [[Dakar Rally]], was hired only a few days before the start?
*... that the '''[[Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard, California)|Carnegie Art Museum]]''' in [[Oxnard, California]] originally opened in 1907 as a [[Carnegie library]]?
* ... that [[Armenians|Armenian]] [[merchant]] '''[[Coja Petrus Uscan]]''' built the first ever bridge across the [[Adyar River]] in [[Madras]]?
*... that the readership of the new [[Dow Jones & Company]] magazine, '''''[[WSJ.]]''''', has average household assets of [[US$]]2.9&nbsp;million?
*... that after '''[[Edwin E. Moise]]''' retired from [[mathematics]] research he became a [[literary critic]] of 19th-century [[English poetry]]?
*... that  '''[[cardanol]]''', a substance obtained from a byproduct of [[cashew nut]] processing, is used to make vehicle [[brake]]s and [[coating]]s for concrete floors?


*'''''08:29, 13 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Douglas SBD flies over USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) on 19 December 1942.jpg|100x100px|Air Group Six off Guadalcanal (1942)]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Carrier Air Wing Six|Air Group Six]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]'s only carrier-based air group to carry out three complete tours of duty during [[World War II]]?
*... that the main candidate to replace [[Pope Callistus III]] died two days before the beginning of the '''[[papal conclave, 1458]]'''?
*... that the [[Bertie Corbett|headmaster]] of '''[[Shardlow Hall (school)|Shardlow Hall]]''', a school in [[Derbyshire]], played [[soccer]] for [[England F.C.|England]]?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] judge '''[[Pei Zunqing]]''' spared a group of soldiers accused of treason by pointing out they had neither money nor talent to carry out a rebellion?
*... that the '''[[Coast Range Arc]]''' is the largest [[continent]]al [[volcanic arc]] [[fossil]] in the world and the largest [[granite]] projection in [[North America]]?
*... that though small in size, the '''[[Crime in Bahrain|underground drug market in Bahrain]]''' is growing?
*... that '''[[Richard Lawson (British Army officer)|Richard Lawson]]''', a [[British Army]] officer, was nicknamed "Dick the Lionheart" for his work in the [[United Nations Operation in the Congo|United Nations peacekeeping force]] during the [[Congo Crisis]]?
*... that '''''[[Stephen Fry's Podgrams]]''''' are one of the top five most downloaded [[podcast|podcasts]] from [[iTunes]]?


*'''''03:10, 13 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hose strap folded.jpg|100x100px|Hose strap folded]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[hose strap]]''' ''(pictured)'', a piece of [[firefighting]] equipment, has a variety of uses including carrying un-charged [[firehose]], opening and closing doors, and dragging the injured?
*... that '''[[Cyclone Graham]]''' dropped {{convert|163|mm|in}} of rain at [[Telfer, Western Australia|Telfer, Australia]] in one night, over half the community's annual average?
*... that musicians have recorded in the Widow Jane Mine at the '''[[Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District]]''' in [[Rosendale, New York]] because of the [[acoustics]]?
*... that according to legend, the [[eponymous]] ancestor of '''[[Clan McCorquodale]]''' was awarded lands for recovering the [[Decapitation|decapitated]] head of [[Alpín mac Echdach|Alpin]], father of [[Kenneth MacAlpin]], [[King of Scots]]?
*... that in '''''[[Personnel Administrator MA v. Feeney]]''''', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled that giving preference to [[War veteran|veterans]] in hiring decisions did not [[United States Constitution|unconstitutionally]] [[Sexual discrimination|discriminate against women]]?
*... that out of all the [[Television in Norway|Norwegian TV]] guest appearances during the first half of 2007, '''[[Linn Skåber]]''' had the most?
*... that '''[[memiljeon]]''' is a type of [[Korean cuisine|Korean]] [[jeon (food)|pancake]], made with [[buckwheat]] flour and vegetables?
*... that as special counsel investigating loans made to [[Jimmy Carter]], '''[[Paul Curran (politician)|Paul Curran]]''' became the first lawyer to question a sitting [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] under oath in an investigation of that president?

=== 12 September 2008 ===
*'''''20:26, 12 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:The Battle of the Nile.jpg|100x100px|The Battle of the Nile]]
</div>
*... that [[Landscape art|landscape painter]] '''[[George Arnald]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most successful painting ''(pictured)'' was his only known work of [[marine art|maritime art]]?
* ... that '''[[Washington State Route 339]]''' is actually a [[ferry]] route?
*... that [[Great Britain|British]] [[cycling|cyclist]] '''[[Simon Richardson]]''' won two gold medals and one silver at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Beijing]]?
*... that the '''[[National Cartoon Museum]]''' wandered between four homes before its acquisition by [[Ohio State University]]?
*... that [[Charles II of England]] attended the 1667 premiere of the [[tragicomedy]] '''''[[The Maiden Queen]]'''''?
*... that accountant '''[[Jack Liebowitz]]''' was not only joint owner of [[All-American Publications]] that created [[Wonder Woman]] and [[Green Lantern]], but his companies also distributed ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' and ''[[Playboy]]''?
*... that roughly 300 fish species, three of which are not named, swim in the rivers of [[Cameroon]]'s '''[[Boumba Bek National Park]]'''?
*... that the [[science]]-based [[panel game]] '''''[[The What in the World? Quiz]]''''' guest stars appearances from [[The Naked Scientists]]?
*... that '''[[Steve Foley (drummer)|Steve Foley]]''' was the replacement [[drummer]] for [[The Replacements]] when [[Chris Mars]] left the band in 1990?


*'''''14:25, 12 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Rosendale, NY, library building.jpg|100x100px|The Rosendale library, formerly All Saints' Chapel]]
</div>
*... that '''[[All Saints' Chapel]]''' ''(pictured)'', now a [[public library]] in [[Rosendale, New York]], is faced in locally-produced [[Rosendale cement]]?
*... that the '''[[Wawer massacre]]''' around [[Christmas]] 1939 in [[occupied Poland]] is considered one of the first [[Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles|large massacres of Polish civilians by Nazi Germany]]?
*... that '''[[John C. Ostlund]]''', a [[Wyoming]] [[Wyoming State Senate|state senator]] and 1978 [[gubernatorial]] [[nominee]], lost his eyesight to [[diabetes]] and penned his [[autobiography]] to benefit the training of [[seeing-eye dog]]s?
*... that the '''[[Dublin Virginal Manuscript]]''' represents an important step in the development of secular [[Music of the United Kingdom|English]] [[keyboard music]]?
*... that [[Singapore]]an [[Paralympic Games|Paralympian]] '''[[Theresa Goh]]''', who is [[paraplegia|paraplegic]], won six [[gold medal]]s in swimming at the 2003 [[World Wheelchair and Amputee Games|ISMWSF World Wheelchair Games]] in 2003?
*... that comics artist [[Ham Fisher]] worked as a salesman for the '''[[McNaught Syndicate]]''' before they started distributing his comic strip ''[[Joe Palooka]]''?
*... that '''[[Beecher's Handmade Cheese]]''' is an [[artisan cheese]] maker in [[Seattle, Washington]] that is known for mixing combinations of [[cheese culture|cheese cultures]]?
*... that actresses [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Liv Ullman]] were involved in a campaign for the release of [[refusenik]] '''[[Ida Nudel]]''' from exile?


*'''''07:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Korean cuisine-Dakgalbi-01.jpg|100x100px|Dak galbi]]
</div>
*... that the city of [[Chuncheon]], [[South Korea|Korea]] is famous for '''[[dak galbi]]''' ''(pictured)'', which is made by [[stir-frying]] marinated chicken, vegetables, and [[tteok|rice cake]] in [[gochujang|chili pepper paste]]?
*... that among the '''[[effects of Tropical Storm Allison in Texas]]''' was severe damage to the [[Baylor College of Medicine]], including the loss of 60,000 [[tumor]] samples?
*... that '''[[Ralph Sandwich]]''' served as the justice at the 1305 trial of [[William Wallace]]?
*... that there are more than 1,200 '''[[historical marker]]s''' in [[Ohio]]?
*... that '''[[Parithimar Kalaignar]]''' is best remembered for his sustained efforts to establish [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as a [[classical language]]?
*... that the [[2005 in literature|2005 book]] '''''[[Baseball Before We Knew It]]''''' brought new evidence of the [[origins of baseball]] into play?
*... that '''''[[King Rother]]''''' is the earliest known ''[[Spielmannsdichtung]]'' heroic [[epic poetry|epic]] of wandering [[minstrel]]s?
*... that poet '''[[David Wagoner]]'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> novel ''The Escape Artist'' was made into a film by [[executive producer]] [[Francis Ford Coppola]]?


*'''''01:08, 12 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Los Angeles City Hall (color) edit1.jpg|100x100px|Los Angeles City Hall]]
</div>
*... that architect '''[[Albert C. Martin, Sr.|Albert C. Martin]]''' successfully defended his design of the 28-story [[Los Angeles City Hall]] ''(pictured)'' against those who argued the city government could fit into the first four floors?
*... that the '''[[Arafura Swamp]]''' in [[Australia]], the [[filming location]] for ''[[Ten Canoes]]'', is an important breeding site for [[crocodile]]s?
*... that "Woolwick" was a fictional name for [[Kent, Ohio]] in the writing of '''[[Lucien Price]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Marsala Ship]]''' is the first [[warship]] known from [[archeological]] evidence?
*... that '''[[Greg Urwin]]''' was the first [[Australia|Australian]] and first non-[[Pacific Islander]] to become [[Secretary General]] of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]]?
*... that '''''[[MV Westward]]''''' was modeled after a salmon cannery [[ship's tender|tender]]?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Li Kui (chancellor)|Li Kui]]''' had once referred to future chancellor [[Yuan Zai]] as the son of a [[water deer]] or a [[rodent]], drawing Yuan's eventual retaliation?
*... that '''"[[Spirit in the Night]]"''' was the first of three songs from [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s debut album ''[[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]'' that was covered by [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]?

=== 11 September 2008 ===
*'''''19:25, 11 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Shanksville Fire Coat.jpg|100x100px|Shanksville Fire jacket]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department]]''' ''(jacket pictured)'', which responded to the [[United Airlines Flight 93|Flight 93]] crash during the [[September 11 attacks]], received a memorial made of steel from the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]?
*... that '''[[Giovanni Soro]]''' was likely the [[Western world]]'s first great [[cryptanalyst]]?
*... that the marriage of [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward VIII]] and [[Wallis Simpson]] took place at '''[[Château de Candé]]'''?
*... that although '''[[Kim Oler]]''' and Alison Hubbard's musical tracks for ''[[Little Women (musical)|Little Women]]'' won the [[Richard Rodgers Award]] in 1998, those tracks did not make it to [[Broadway]]?
*... that the '''''[[Statesman Journal]]''''' is the second oldest newspaper in [[Oregon]]?
*... that in [[Norse mythology]], '''[[Valhalla]]''' is an enormous hall located in [[Asgard]] where those that die in combat go upon [[Death in Norse paganism|death]]?
*... that adults in [[septic shock]] who have [[low blood pressure]] despite adequate [[resuscitation]] can be treated with [[hydrocortisone]] if '''[[critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency]]''' is suspected?
*... that [[Mike Francesa]] of '''''[[Mike'd Up]]''''', who co-hosted his last [[sports radio]] program, said he wouldn't have a co-host on this one?


*'''''13:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Korean cuisine-Andong jjimdak-01.jpg|100x100px|Andong jjimdak]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Andong jjimdak]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a [[Korean cuisine|Korean]] [[jjim|steamed dish]] originated in the city of [[Andong]]?
*... that [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] aircraft, including the one that located the [[German battleship Bismarck|''Bismarck'']], were permitted to fly across [[Irish neutrality in World War II|neutral Irish territory]] using the '''[[Donegal Corridor]]'''?
*... that [[author]]-[[illustrator]] '''[[Polly Dunbar]]''' has been selected by ''[[The Times]]'' as one of the ten best new picture book illustrators of 2008?
*... that although '''[[Mackerel scad]]''' are found from [[Nova Scotia]] to [[Rio de Janeiro]], they do not seem common in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]?
*... that after the '''[[Battle of Chmielnik]]''', a major victory for the [[Mongols]] during their [[Mongol invasion of Poland|invasion of Poland]], inhabitants of [[Kraków]] abandoned their city?
*... that the '''[[Power Memorial Academy]]''' [[basketball]] team, led by [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] in 1964, was named "The #1 High School Team of The Century" by National Sports Writers?
*... that, because '''[[Li Xian (chancellor)|Li Xian]]''' would not flatter him, the [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] [[Yang Guozhong]] blamed torrential rains near the capital [[Chang'an]] on divine displeasure with Li Xian?


*'''''07:29, 11 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Panorama Nydeggbruecke Bern.jpg|100x100px|The Untertorbrücke in Berne, Switzerland, as seen from the Nydeggbrücke]]
</div>
*... that the construction of the '''[[Untertorbrücke]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first bridge in [[Berne]], [[Switzerland]], triggered a war?
*... that '''[[Roy Staiger]]''' played for both [[New York City|New York]] [[Major League Baseball]] teams, the [[New York Mets|Mets]] and [[New York Yankees|Yankees]], but for no other Major League teams?
*... that the child duo known as the '''[[Aquatots]]''' planned to swim the [[English Channel]] in 1951 but were forbidden from attempting by both the British and French governments?
*... that the village of '''[[Anasartha]]''', located in Western [[Syria]] and today known as Khanasser, derived its water supply until 1975 from a {{convert|12|km|mi|adj=on}} long [[Byzantine]]-era [[qanat]]?
*... that the '''[[Far Hills Races]]''' has hosted the [[Breeders' Cup]] Grade 1 [[Steeplechase]], which has been called "steeplechasing's richest race"?
*... that [[Wales|Welsh]] [[comedienne]] '''[[Gladys Morgan]]''' was renowned for her toothless, ear-splitting, infectious laugh?


*'''''01:25, 11 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Korean seafood-Ganjang gejang-01.jpg|100x100px|Ganjang gejang]]
</div>
*... that '''[[gejang]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a variety of [[jeotgal]], fermented seafood in [[Korean cuisine]], which is made by [[marinating]] fresh raw [[crab]]s in [[Soy sauce#Korean soy sauce|soy sauce]]?
*... that on [[January 13]], [[1964]], a [[B-52 bomber]] containing two 24-[[megaton]] [[nuclear weapons]] crashed on '''[[Savage Mountain]]''' in [[Garrett County, Maryland]]?
*... that [[Mohan Krishna Indraganti]]'s [[2008 in film|2008]] [[Telugu cinema|Telugu film]] '''''[[Ashta Chamma]]''''' was inspired by [[Oscar Wilde]]'s play ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''?
*... that [[Admiral (United Kingdom)|Admiral]] '''[[Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet|Sir Francis Geary]]''' was a noted [[change ringing|bellringer]] at [[St Bride's Church]],   [[London]]?
*... that the [[Lithuanian Jews|Jewish community]] dates its presence in '''[[Eišiškės]]''', [[Lithuania]], back to the year 1097 or 1171?
*... that ''[[Daily Mail]]'' journalist '''[[Rodney Hallworth]]''' was questioned during the 1956 police investigation of suspected [[serial killer]] [[John Bodkin Adams]] for leaking information to two [[Member of Parliament|MPs]]?
*... that the '''[[Footprints of Eve]]''' are the oldest known [[Footprint|footprints]] of an [[Archaic Homo sapiens|anatomically modern human]]?
*... that '''''[[Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure]]''''' featured [[Rory McGrath]] and [[Patrick McGuinness|Paddy McGuinness]] in "strange but quintessentially British sporting events", such as [[Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake|cheese rolling]] and [[bog snorkelling]]?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Evangelism|evangelical]] [[preacher]] '''[[Aril Edvardsen]]''' performed in a [[country music]] band in his youth?

=== 10 September 2008 ===
*'''''16:15, 10 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Abell39 wiyn big.jpg|100x100px|Abell 39]]
</div>
*... that the [[planetary nebula]] '''[[Abell 39]]''' ''(pictured)'' is unusually spherical, yet its [[central star]] is offset from the center?
*... that the '''[[beoseon]]''' are [[sock]]s worn with [[hanbok]], [[Culture of Korea|Korean]] traditional clothing?
*... that between 1221 and 1244, '''[[Robert of Lexinton]]''' served as a justice on [[Eyre (legal term)|Eyre]] on 64 occasions, acting as senior justice for 31?
*... that '''[[Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center]]''' in [[Alamogordo, New Mexico|Alamogordo]] is the first military/civilian hospital in the [[United States]]?
*... that '''[[Benjamin Hallowell Carew|Captain Benjamin Hallowell]]''' gave his friend [[Lord Nelson]] a coffin made from the French [[flagship]] destroyed at the [[Battle of the Nile]]?
*... that the [[2007 in film|2007 film]] '''''[[The Pool (film)|The Pool]]''''' was directed by [[Milwaukee]]-based [[Chris Smith (filmmaker)|Chris Smith]] in [[Hindi language|Hindi]], a language alien to him?
*... that [[Cricket|cricketer]] '''[[Leo Bennett|Major Leo Bennett]]''' was meant to have been made captain of [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] in 1946, but a different [[Nigel Harvie Bennett|Major Bennett]] was offered the position by mistake?
*... that the [[molybdenum]] mines in '''[[Knaben]]''', [[Norway]], were the target of a massive [[B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17]] bombing raid in 1943?
*... that '''[[Brooke Miller]]''', a [[road racing cyclist|racing cyclist]] and the  [[United States National Criterium Championships|US national criterium]] and [[United States National Road Race Championships|road race champion]], has a Ph.D in [[evolutionary biology]]?
*... that '''[[Timothy Creasey]]''', a [[British Army]] officer, was commander of the [[Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces|Sultan of Oman's Forces]] for three years before serving in [[Northern Ireland]]?


*'''''10:21, 10 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Sitting Alouatta palliata, Costa Rica.JPG|100x100px|Mantled Howler (''Alouatta palliata'')]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[Mantled Howler]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''(pictured)'' calls can be heard for several [[kilometer]]s?
*... that '''[[Archibald Russell (engineer)|Archibald Russell]]''' was [[Bristol Aeroplane Company]]'s Chief Designer during his 44-year career?
*...that '''[[Lonar Lake]]''' was created by the only [[hypervelocity]] [[meteor|meteoritic]] [[impact crater]] on [[basalt]] rock?
*... that the [[Textual criticism|critical editions]] of the [[Classics]] produced by '''[[Giovanni Andrea Bussi]]''' between 1468 and 1472 were criticised at the time for inaccuracy?
*... that the '''[[Gloster Grouse]]''' [[biplane]], developed in 1922, never saw active service in the [[Royal Air Force]]?
*... that '''[[James Lingan]]''', officer of the [[Continental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]], was beaten to death by a mob in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] for defending the [[freedom of the press]]?
*... that '''[[Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed (bookshop)|Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed]]''' was the largest [[science fiction]] bookshop and [[comic store]] in [[Europe]] during the 1970s?
*... that [[Samuel Johnson]]'s ''[[London (1738 poem)|London]]'', [[Samuel Johnson's early life|his first major work]], contains the beginnings of his views on '''[[Samuel Johnson's literary criticism|literature]]''', '''[[Samuel Johnson's politics|politics]]''' and '''[[Samuel Johnson's ethical views|ethics]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Delta Music Museum]]''' in [[Ferriday, Louisiana]], honors 16 [[musicians]] of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] [[River delta|delta]]?
*... that '''[[Afro-Brazilian Culture]]''' is prominent in regions like [[Bahia, Brazil]], where over 80&nbsp;percent of people are of [[African descent]]?
*... that '''[[Daniel Kievsky]]''' was the first [[Russian people|Russian]] [[Travel literature|travel-writer]]?


*'''''04:30, 10 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Orkney Skara Brae.jpg|100x100px|Skara Brae]]
</div>
*... that '''[[prehistoric Orkney]]''' has provided so many ancient ruins ''(pictured)'' that one of the islands in the archipelago has been described as "the Egypt of the North"?
*... that in 1902, '''[[Isabel Gonzalez]]''', a single [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] mother, challenged the United States government and helped pave the way for all Puerto Ricans to be recognized as U.S. citizens?
*... that [[Hindu deities|Hindu deity]] [[Chinnamasta]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] deity [[Vajrayogini]] are often depicted as drinking blood from the '''[[Kapala|kapala]]'''?
*... that [[Czech people|Czech]] poet '''[[František Gellner]]''' disappeared in [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] with the outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914 and was never found?
*... that the 110-foot (34&nbsp;m) [[fresco]] '''''[[The Age of Reptiles]]''''' is the largest painting on the subject of [[natural history]] in the world?
*... that '''[[Lü Yin]]''' grew up in poverty and would not have been able to become a [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] without the financial support from his father-in-law?
*... that [[Julius Caesar]] is believed to have taken a nap under the '''[[Caesarsboom]]''' [[Taxus baccata|yew]] in [[West Flanders]]?
*... that '''[[Erkki Nghimtina]]''', [[Cabinet of Namibia|Minister of Mines and Energy]] of [[Namibia]], was only reprimanded for firing a gun shot near a relative after the teenager joined the opposition [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]]?

=== 9 September 2008 ===
*'''''20:29, 9 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Russ.del.jpg|100x100px|Russula delica]]
</div>
*... that although the [[mushroom]] '''''[[Russula delica]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is technically edible, its smell of fish or bugs and acrid taste make it fairly poor fare?
*... that in 1998, English writer '''[[Joyce Dunbar]]''' cycled across [[Cuba]] to raise funds for the [[National Deaf Children's Society]], on behalf of a people with [[hearing impairment]]?
*... that the [[Croatia]]n [[eurodance]] group '''[[Colonia (music group)|Colonia]]''' won the first annual ''Eurodance'' contest in 2001 with its song "Za tvoje snene oči"?
*... that the replica of a ''[[Hadrosaurus]]'' unearthed in [[New Jersey]] in 1858 was displayed at the '''[[New Jersey State Museum]]''' for decades with an incorrect skull?
*... that the '''[[2008 Kerry bogslide]]''' was described as "one of the most frightening and overwhelming events ever witnessed"?
*... that '''''[[La púrpura de la rosa]]''''' is the first known [[opera]] to be written in and performed in the [[Americas]]?
*... that '''[[The Bostonian Society]]''' was formed in 1881 to prevent the [[Old State House (Boston)|Old State House]], site of the [[Boston Massacre]], from being moved to [[Chicago]]?


*'''''14:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Tcronan stone face.jpg|100x100px|Tcronan stone face]]
</div>
*... that carved [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] stone heads ''(pictured)'' were added to the walls of '''[[Temple Cronan]]''' in [[Ireland]] as decoration during renovation in the 12th century?
*... that [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] [[correspondent]] '''[[Émile-Dostaler O'Leary]]''' founded the [[International Francophone Press Union]]?
*... that the [[Voith]] Corporate Group claims that its own '''[[Voith Maxima]]''' 40CC locomotive is the world's most powerful [[diesel-hydraulic locomotive]]?
*... that '''[[Peel Park, Salford|Peel Park]]''' in [[England]] was the first of three public parks to be opened for the people of [[Manchester]] and [[Salford]] in 1846?
*... that [[Culture of Hawaii|Hawaiian cultural]] advocate '''[[Bob Worthington]]''' served as the [[honorary consul]] of the [[Cook Islands]] to the [[United States]]?
*... that in the 1890s, '''[[Moloundou]]''', [[Cameroon]] was considered "one of the richest [[rubber]] areas of [[Africa]]"?
*... that the '''[[Seimas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]''' was officially abolished by the [[Union of Lublin]] in 1569?
*... that the [[monkey]] "Marcel" on the TV [[sitcom]] ''[[Friends]]'' was a '''[[White-headed Capuchin]]'''?


*'''''07:20, 9 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[:File:MRstatue.jpg|100x100px|The Masked Rider mascot]]
</div>
*... that the Masked Rider mascot ''(statue pictured)'', one of the '''[[Texas Tech University traditions]]''', was the first [[mascot]] in major college sports featuring a live horse?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[television presenter]] '''[[Dan Børge Akerø]]''' started his career as a [[research fellow]] at the [[International Peace Research Institute, Oslo]]?
*... that the 12th-century '''[[St Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean]]''' is one of only two extant churches in [[England]] with [[Wulfram of Sens|that dedication]]?
*... that despite having immigrated from [[Poland]], '''[[Dahn Ben-Amotz]]''' was often considered the epitome of the concept of the [[Israel]]i native "[[Sabra (person)|Sabra]]"?
*... that '''[[Crime in Kuwait|incidents of violent crime]]''' against foreign citizens are rare in [[Kuwait]]?
*... that American writer and former [[Montague, Massachusetts|Montague]] [[Bookmill]] proprietor David Lovelace published a [[2008 in literature|2008]] [[memoir]] titled '''''[[Scattershot (book)|Scattershot: My Bipolar Family]]''''', about his family's battles with [[bipolar disorder]]?
*... that '''[[Bronco Lane]]''' presented his severed [[toe]]s to the [[National Army Museum]]?


*'''''01:22, 9 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Tati-Loutard_cropped.jpg|100x100px|Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard]]''' ''(pictured)'', Minister of State for the [[Republic of the Congo]], is also an acknowledged poet?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] official '''[[Miao Jinqing]]''' was demoted after he ranked a colleague's son, Zhang Shi, first in the [[imperial examination]]s despite Zhang's lack of knowledge?
*... that '''''[[The Portraitist]]''''' is a [[2005 in television|2005]] Polish television [[documentary film]] about the life and work of [[Wilhelm Brasse]], the famous "photographer of [[Auschwitz]]"?
*... that '''[[Archibald Russell (engineer)|Archibald Russell]]''' was [[Bristol Aeroplane Company]]'s Chief Designer for 25 years of his 44-year career?
*... that the '''[[massacre of the Acqui Division]]''' provided the historical context for the [[novel]] ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'', which later became a [[Hollywood film]]?
*... that [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[fencing|fencer]] '''[[Pal Szekeres]]''' is the only person ever to have won medals at both the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] and the [[Paralympic Games]]?
*... that '''[[Sylvester O'Halloran]]''' suggested in a 1793 book on external injuries to the head that [[Culture of Ireland|Irish]] fights were often caused by drinking too much [[whiskey]]?

=== 8 September 2008 ===
*'''''19:27, 8 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Death and the Standing Nude.jpg|100x100px|Death and the Standing Nude]]
</div>
*... that the [[German Renaissance]] '''[[Little Masters]]''' specialized in very small [[engraving]]s ''(example pictured)'', often treated erotically?
*... that '''[[Commodore Nutt]]''' grew only {{convert|37|in|cm}} tall?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Li Lin (chancellor)|Li Lin]]''' was removed from office due to the political machinations of the [[Emperor Suzong of Tang|Emperor]]'s [[Empress Zhang (Suzong)|wife]] and the eunuch [[Li Fuguo]]?
*... that [[Gibraltar]]'s '''[[St. Michael's Cave]]''', prepared as an emergency hospital during [[Military history of Gibraltar during World War II|World War II]], at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
*... that '''[[Casey Nicholaw]]''' received three [[Tony Award]] nominations for his first two shows on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] as a [[choreographer]] and director: ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'' (2006) and ''[[Monty Python's Spamalot]]'' (2005)?
*... that [[composer]] '''[[William Turner (composer)|William Turner]]''' was kicked out of the [[Chapel Royal]] [[choir]] when his voice broke?
*... that '''[[Simon of Pattishall]]''', [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]] between 1190 and 1217, had two sons, both of whom became royal administrators themselves?
*... that two-thirds of pioneers arriving in [[Indiana]] from [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]] used the '''[[Buffalo Trace (road)|Buffalo Trace]]''' to settle the state?


*'''''13:20, 8 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:La Princesse.jpg|100x100px|La Princesse]]
</div>
*... that '''[[La Princesse]]''' ''(pictured)'', a giant mechanical [[spider]], roamed the streets of [[Liverpool]], [[England]] as part of the 2008 [[European City of Culture]] celebrations?
*... that there are stories of [[Metacomet]], [[sachem]] of the [[Wampanoag]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]], meeting with allies near '''[[Bear's Den|Bear's Den Falls]]''' to plan attacks on [[Massachusetts]] [[New England town|towns]] during [[King Philip's War]]?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Wang Yu (chancellor)|Wang Yu]]''' was credited with incorporating the custom of burning [[joss paper]] into imperial worship ceremonies?
*... that the [[2008 in film|2008]] [[Indian film]] '''''[[Tahaan]]''''' was the first to be filmed in the strife-torn region of [[Kashmir]] after a gap of 18 years?
*... that '''[[Alliance for Open Society International]]''', operator of [[drug rehabilitation]] programs for [[heroin]] [[drug addiction|addicts]] in [[Central Asia]], sued the U.S. Government over the '''[[anti-prostitution pledge]]'''?
*... that [[Australia]]'s second largest [[gold mine]] is located in '''[[Telfer, Western Australia]]'''?
*... that '''[[Gilbert of Preston]]''', despite serving as a royal justice since 1240, was not given a regular salary until 1253?
*... that the '''[[1964 Liberty Bowl]]''' was played in the [[Boardwalk Hall|Atlantic City Convention Hall]], making it the first indoor game telecast nationwide in the U.S.?


*'''''07:18, 8 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Wislica Basilica 20060325 1125.jpg|100x100px|Collegiate church in Wiślica]]
</div>
*... that the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] '''[[Collegiate church in Wislica]]''', [[Poland]] ''(pictured)'', was built in 1350 on foundations of two earlier [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] churches?
*... that when one of the rare recordings of "[[Stormy Weather (song)|Stormy Weather]]" by '''[[The Five Sharps]]''', a [[78 rpm]] record, was broken, the blame was placed on a pet [[raccoon]] that supposedly sat on it?
*... that the new [[antiretroviral drug]] '''[[apricitabine]]''' was invented at a Canadian [[pharmaceutical company|drug manufacturer]], which was bought by the British company [[Shire plc]], who sold the drug's development rights to an Australian company?
*... that '''[[Dick Woodson]]''' was the first [[baseball]] player to invoke the [[reserve clause|free agency clause]]?
*... that [[Dante Alighieri]] shared a five-part poetic correspondence, called the ''duol d'amore'', with '''[[Dante da Maiano]]'''?
*... that '''[[creationist museum]]s''' present a [[young Earth creationism|young Earth creationist]] view that [[Earth]] and [[life on Earth|life]] were created c. 6,000 years ago in six days?
*... that the [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Zhang Gao]]''', prior to his civil service career, would attend feasts held by officials just for the purpose of getting drunk?
*... that the '''[[North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company]]''' was the defendant in the first environmental [[lawsuit]] in [[Law of the United States|US legal history]]?


*'''''00:14, 8 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Grevillea venusta mygdn email.jpg|100x100px|Grevillea venusta]]
</div>
*... that the [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] [[Queensland]] [[shrub]] '''''[[Grevillea venusta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is an easily-grown [[garden plant]] and parent of cultivars [[Grevillea 'Fire Sprite'|''G.'' 'Fire Sprite']] and [[Grevillea 'Orange Marmalade'|''G.'' 'Orange Marmalade']]?
*... that despite total defeat of the Polish forces in the '''[[Mongol invasion of Poland]]''', the [[Mongols]] did not occupy the country?
*... that '''[[Google Chrome]]''', a new [[web browser]] developed by [[Google]], was launched with a comic by [[Scott McCloud]]?
*... that the episodes of the [[BBC 7]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] '''''[[Knocker (radio series)|Knocker]]''''' have titles such as "Privinvasionacy", "Obselejectivitysence" and "Confidentialitydence"?
*... that [[Russia]]n [[philologist]] '''[[Mikhail Gasparov]]''' was also a [[poet]], but only one of his poems was published during his lifetime?
*... that worldwide [[antibiotic resistance|resistance]] to the [[antibiotic]] '''[[mecillinam]]''' is remarkably low, even though it has been widely used as a treatment for [[urinary tract infection]]s since the 1970s?

=== 7 September 2008 ===
*'''''15:42, 7 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Dog Bath, Adamson House.jpg|100x100px|Dog bath in Adamson House]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Adamson House]]''', called the "[[Taj Mahal]] of [[Tile]]", has an elaborately tiled dog bath ''(pictured)''?
*... that the French ship ''Le Foudroyant'' was captured in 1758 and fought against the [[French Navy]] as '''[[HMS Foudroyant (1758)|HMS ''Foudroyant'']]'''?
*... that [[Hong Kong]] has the second highest '''[[Healthcare in Hong Kong|life expectancy]]''' in the world?
*... that in '''''[[Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna]]''''', the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that [[Illegal agreement|challenges to the legality]] of a [[contract]] must be heard by an [[arbitration|arbitrator]] if the contract has an [[arbitration clause]]?
*... that the [[name of Lithuania|name]] of [[Lithuania]] was mentioned for the first time in the '''[[Annals of Quedlinburg]]'''?
*... that the [[Detroit Tigers]] gave the '''[[Williamsport Tigers]]''' not only their name, but also grandstand seats taken from [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Briggs Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] for their [[minor league baseball]] [[Bowman Field (stadium)|stadium]] in [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]?


*'''''09:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Rezovo Rainov 1.JPG|100x100px|Black Sea coast at Rezovo]]
</div>
*... that the village of '''[[Rezovo]]''' ''(pictured)'' on the [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast|Bulgarian Black Sea]] is the most southeastern point of the [[European Union]] [[mainland]]?
*... that '''[[Ossie Brown]]''', a [[criminal defense lawyer]] and former [[district attorney]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], composed his [[high school]] ''[[alma mater]]''?
*... that '''[[Suta dwyeri|Dwyer's Snake]]''' is only weakly [[venom]]ous and coils into a ball when threatened?
*... that '''[[Thomas Farnolls Pritchard]]''', an architect from [[Shrewsbury]], England, designed the [[The Iron Bridge|first iron bridge]] in the world?
*... that [[Rich Schroeppel]], the inventor of the '''[[Hasty Pudding cipher]]''', offers a bottle of [[Dom Pérignon (wine)|Dom Pérignon]] for research on the cipher?
*... that [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] was '''[[Investiture of the Prince of Wales|created Prince of Wales]]''' and [[Earl of Chester]] in 1958, though his actual investiture did not take place until [[1 July]] [[1969]]?
*... that '''[[Les Whitt]]''', director of the Zoological Park in [[Alexandria, Louisiana]], won the Dunbar [[Civil Service]] Award for his innovation and success in expanding the [[zoo]]?
*... that a parade honoring [[Jack Benny]] was held at the '''[[Azusa Civic Center]]''', commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?


*'''''02:02, 7 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:HH Rathaus pano1.jpg|100x100px|Hamburg Rathaus]]
</div>
*... that the [[City and town halls|city hall]] '''[[Hamburg Rathaus]]''' ''(pictured)'', constructed from 1886 to 1897, has 647 rooms, six rooms more than [[Buckingham Palace]], and still functions as the seat of the [[government of Hamburg]]?
*... that '''[[Martin of Pattishall]]''', [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]], had served as clerk to the previous Chief Justice, and that Pattishall's clerk in turn rose to this position?
*... that the '''[[National Council of Women of Canada]]''' helped create the [[Victorian Order of Nurses]], the [[Children's Aid Society]], and played a vital role in declaring that [[Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)|women were persons]]?
*... that, according to legend, each of the 66 men who laid the tile of the '''[[South Dakota State Capitol]]''' placed a blue stone in the floor as a personal signature?
*... that the '''[[Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law]]''' at the [[University of Liberia]] in [[Monrovia]] is the only law school in the nation of [[Liberia]]?
*... that after '''[[Yuri Titov]]''' had received nine [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] medals in [[artistic gymnastics]] from three Olympics, he served 20 years as president of the [[International Gymnastics Federation]]?
*... that the 2008 drama '''''[[Whistleblower (TV series)|Whistleblower]]''''' focused on the irregular number of [[Caesarean section|caesarian]] [[Hysterectomy|hysterectomies]] carried out by [[Michael Neary|Dr Michael Neary]] in an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] hospital?

=== 6 September 2008 ===
*'''''17:34, 6 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Sir Edward Hoby 1583.jpg|100x100px|Sir Edward Hoby in 1583]]
</div>
*... that [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] soldier and [[Member of Parliament|MP]] Sir '''[[Edward Hoby]]''' ''(pictured)'' of [[Queenborough Castle]] published [[Protestant]] [[theology|theological]] works, one under the [[pseudonym]] "Nick-Groome of the Hobie-Stable Reginoburgi"?
*... that in 1929, the [[United States|American]] [[cargo ship]] '''[[USS West Alsek (ID-3119)|SS ''West Alsek'']]''' became the first [[steamship]] powered solely by [[pulverized coal-fired boiler]]s to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]]?
*... that  '''[[France-Burma relations]]''' started as early as the 18th century?
*... that '''[[Henry Clay Fry]]''' was the first to imitate cut glass from pressed blanks?
*... that the '''[[Pomona City Stables]]''', which housed 22 horses upon its completion in 1909, is reported to be one of the oldest municipal buildings still extant in [[California]]?
*... that [[medievalism|medievalist]] '''[[Aron Gurevich]]''' was the first in [[Soviet Union]] to defend a [[doctoral thesis]] on [[Viking]] history?
*... that visitors to the '''[[Old Talbott Tavern]]''' in '''[[Bardstown Historic District|Bardstown, Kentucky's historic district]]''' included [[Louis-Philippe of France|King Louis-Philippe of France]] and [[Marie of Edinburgh|Queen Marie of Romania]]?


*'''''11:10, 6 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Frederick Hollyer self-portrait c. 1890.jpg|100x100px|Frederick Hollyer]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Frederick Hollyer]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an English [[photographer]] known for his [[platinotype]]s of [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] paintings and for portraits of literary and artistic figures?
*... that [[I. M. Pei]]'s '''[[IBM Somers Office Complex]]''' has been described as a "futuristic fortress" as a result of its unique [[modernist]] [[architecture]]?
*... that in 2002, [[theft]] was the most common '''[[crime in Saudi Arabia]]''', accounting for 47% of the nation's crime?
*... that '''[[Charles William Bardeen]]''', who took positions of national leadership in the [[National Education Association]], was the grandfather of two-time [[Nobel Prize]]-winning physicist [[John Bardeen]]?
*... that, to mark the 350th anniversary of [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s death, [[Radio Telefís Éireann|RTÉ]] and the [[History (TV channel)|History Channel]] created the multipart [[documentary film|documentary]]  '''''[[Cromwell in Ireland]]'''''?
*... that the '''[[Copper Country Strike of 1913-1914]]''' was a major labor [[strike action]] affecting all copper mines in the [[Copper Country]] of [[Michigan]]?
*... that in 1482, '''[[Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja]]''' proposed a new [[musical temperament]] that achieved more [[Consonance and dissonance|consonant]] [[Major third|thirds]] and [[Major sixth|sixths]]?


*'''''04:00, 6 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hunterian Psalter c. 1170 Eve spinning.jpg|100x100px|Hunterian Psalter - Eve spinning]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Hunterian Psalter]]''', of about 1170, is the oldest English [[illuminated manuscript]] to have miniatures with backgrounds of incised [[gold leaf]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Charles deGravelles]]''' and his wife, Virginia, of [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], were in 1968 the only married couple in [[history]] to serve together on the [[Republican National Committee]]?
*... that in the 1980s, over 35,000 '''[[Vietnamese people in Bulgaria|Vietnamese people]]''' worked in [[Bulgaria]]?
*... that  '''[[Vernon Erskine-Crum]]''' was appointed [[General Officer Commanding]] of the [[British Army]] in [[Northern Ireland]] in 1971, during [[the Troubles]], but was relieved within a month after suffering a [[heart attack]]?
*... that the two '''[[German attacks on Nauru|attacks on Nauru Island]]''' during December 1940 were the greatest success achieved by [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Auxiliary cruiser|auxiliary cruisers]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]] during [[World War II]]?
*... that '''[[Marie Ficarra]]''' is the first [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition party]] woman to have been both a member of the upper and lower houses of the [[New South Wales Parliament]]?
*... that although not a member of [[Nasjonal Samling]], '''[[Kjeld Stub Irgens]]''' was asked by [[Vidkun Quisling]] in 1940 to persuade [[Haakon VII of Norway]] to abdicate and name Quisling Prime Minister?
*... that the larger and more distinctively coloured female '''[[Black-breasted Buttonquail]]''' [[mating|mates]] with multiple male quails, who in turn incubate the eggs?

=== 5 September 2008 ===
*'''''21:59, 5 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Tatton Hall.jpg|100x100px|Tatton Hall]]
</div>
*... that in '''[[Tatton Hall]]''', [[Cheshire]] ''(pictured)'', are ten full-length portraits of the Cheshire [[gentleman|gentlemen]] who met in 1715 and decided to support [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]] rather than [[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Stuart]] in the first [[Jacobite rising#The "Old Pretender"|Jacobite rebellion]]?
*... that [[opera singer]] '''[[Nell Rankin]]''' used her pet [[jaguar]], King Tut, as a negotiating tool at the [[Metropolitan Opera]]?
*... that the '''[[Angle, Pembrokeshire]]''' lifeboat received [[RNLI|silver medals]] in 1878 rescuing the crew of the [[whisky]] laden [[Loch Line|Loch Shiel]] sinking off '''[[Thorn Island]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Peshekee River Bridge]]''' was the first trunk line bridge designed by the Michigan State Highway Department?
*... that the title of the [[1999 in film|1999]] film '''''[[One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich]]''''' is a play on [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]'s novella ''[[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]''?
*... that the longest debate in the [[Australian Senate]] was over laws to change the '''[[Wik Peoples v Queensland|Wik decision]]'''?
*... that '''[[William A. Eddy]]''', president of [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges|Hobart College]] and [[William Smith College]] (1936–42), was a recipient of the [[Navy Cross]] in [[World War I]] and instrumental in the creation of the [[CIA]] in the late 1940s?


*'''''15:25, 5 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Achenseebahn Seespitz.jpg|100x100px|Achenseebahn]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Achenseebahn]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Austria]] is the oldest steam-operated [[rack railway]] in Europe?
*... that General Sir '''[[Harry Tuzo]]''' ordered [[Operation Motorman]] to take back control of [[Irish Republican]] controlled areas of [[Northern Ireland]]?
*... that '''[[Evan Royster]]''' was the [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] [[2008 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Nittany Lions]] starting [[running back]] for the team that let head coach [[Joe Paterno]] tie the record for all-time NCAA Division I victories?
*... that the '''[[Phillips Mansion]]''', described as having been built in the "Classic Haunted Mansion" style, was the home of '''[[Louis Phillips|the richest man in Los Angeles County]]''' from 1875 to 1900?
*... that the '''[[Lester Apartments]]''' in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], originally intended to be the world's largest [[brothel]], were destroyed when a [[B-50 Superfortress]] crashed into it in 1951?
*... that both [[Palestinian Christian|Christian]]s and [[Muslim]]s ritually [[animal sacrifice|sacrifice]] lambs during the '''[[Feast of Saint George]]''' in the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] town of [[al-Khader, Bethlehem|al-Khader]] near [[Bethlehem]]?
*... that '''[[Stanmer Church]]yard''' contains a rare vertical [[Horse mill|donkey-wheel]], an ancient mechanism for drawing water from the ground?
*... that '''[[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan]]''' including the [[Portage Lake Lift Bridge]] was the state's first [[Michigan Heritage Route]] in 1995?
*... that the '''[[Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad|Central Branch]]''' designated by the [[Pacific Railway Act of 1862]] had a hanging end at [[Waterville, Kansas]] when the [[Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division|Eastern Division]] was rerouted to serve [[Denver, CO|Denver]]?


*'''''09:25, 5 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Piggly Wiggly 1918.jpg|100x100px|Piggly Wiggly]]
</div>
*... that [[Clarence Saunders]] developed the first  [[Piggly Wiggly|self-service grocery store]] ''(pictured)'' concept into the '''[[Keedoozle|first fully-automated grocery store]]''' concept?
*... that the [[2008 in film|2008]] [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[comedy film]] '''''[[C Kkompany]]''''' marks the [[directorial debut]] of [[screenwriter|scriptwriter]] [[Sachin Yardi]]?
*... that '''[[Jerry Shea]]''' was the first player to achieve all four [[rugby union|rugby]] scoring methods—[[try]], conversion, penalty goal and drop goal—in a single international match?
*... that in the 1996 case '''''[[Smiley v. Citibank]]''''', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] upheld a [[regulation]] of the [[Comptroller of Currency]] declaring that [[late fee]]s and other [[credit card]] penalties are [[interest]] payments?
*... that '''[[Cyril Tenison White]]''', who authored a 42-part series on [[weed]]s, was awarded the Mueller Medal for his important contributions to [[Australia]]n [[botany|botanical science]]?
*... that [[horseshoe]]ing was among the courses taught at the '''[[Masonic University]]'''?


*'''''03:57, 5 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hermogenes Edejer Ebdane, Jr. 070602-D-7203T-010 0W9EI.jpg|100x100px|Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr.]]
</div>
*... that the resignation of Filipino national police chief '''[[Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr.]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of the demands of the [[Oakwood mutiny]]?
*... that '''[[Frederick Mann]]''' was the first [[Australia]]n-born [[Supreme Court of Victoria|Chief Justice of Victoria]]?
*... that the '''[[International Francophone Press Union]]''', the world's oldest Francophone organisation, has more than 3,000 members in 110 countries?
*... that [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. vice-presidential]] candidate [[Sarah Palin]] attended '''[[Wasilla High School]]'''?
*... that [[Production I.G]] staff was responsible for creating the [[PlayStation 2]] game '''''[[Surveillance Kanshisha]]''''', despite being developed and published by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] comedian '''[[Per Inge Torkelsen]]''' caused an international stir when as a 15-year old he placed several ancient Chinese coins in a local excavation field?
*... that swimmer '''[[Trischa Zorn]]''' of the [[United States]] is the most successful [[Paralympian]] with more than 40 gold medals reported?
*... that the [[Harris Theater (Chicago)|Harris Theater]] opened to serve small performance groups such as the '''[[Luna Negra Dance Theater]]'''?

=== 4 September 2008 ===
*'''''21:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Iron Shiek Milwaukee WI 031008.jpg|100x100px|Iron Sheik]]
</div>
*... that, in a video released by the '''[[Millennium Wrestling Federation]]''', the [[Iron Sheik]] ''(pictured)'' challenged ''[[Seinfeld]]'' character [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]] to a match?
*... that [[French people|French]] [[ethnography|ethnographer]] '''[[Henri Lhote]]''' believed that [[prehistory|prehistoric]] [[rock art]] in the [[Sahara Desert]] was evidence of [[ancient astronaut theories|ancient astronauts]]?
*... that while [[ship chartering|chartered]] to the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]], '''{{SS|Kentuckian}}'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Naval Armed Guard]] gun crew destroyed a running [[German Empire|German]] [[torpedo]] headed for another ship?
*... that the [[Aegean civilization|Aegean]] [[pottery]] known as '''[[Minyan ware]]''' was also referred to as "Orchomenos Ware" by contemporaries of [[Heinrich Schliemann]]?
*... that the '''[[Mount Rennie rape case]]''' in the 1880s in [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]], [[Australia]] was likened by one newspaper to the British oppression of the Irish?
*... that [[Franciscan]] [[friar]] '''[[Matfre Ermengau]]''' (d. 1322) was also a [[troubadour]], [[encyclopaedist]], and [[master of laws]]?


*'''''15:29, 4 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Noel2007_erosion.jpg|100x100px|Noel 2007 erosion]]
</div>
*... that in the [[U.S. State]] of [[Florida]], '''[[effects of Hurricane Noel in the United States|Hurricane Noel]]''' caused 4&nbsp;million dollars' worth of [[beach erosion]] ''(example pictured)'', including washing away most of a {{convert|20|ft|m|0}} [[sand dune]]?
*... that the only ''[[salut d'amour|salut à refrains]]'' composed by a named [[trouvère]] was by [[Philippe de Rémi (died 1265)|'''Philippe de Rémi''' (died 1265)]]?
*... that '''[[Fred L. Schiele]]''', who managed [[Edwin Edwards]]' [[Concordia Parish]] [[gubernatorial]] campaign in 1971–1972, was appointed by Edwards in 1973 as the parish [[sheriff]] to succeed the scandal-plagued [[Noah W. Cross]]?
*... that [[historian]] '''[[Willard Hughes Rollings]]''' published a study of the [[Osage Nation]] entitled ''Unaffected by the Gospel: Osage Resistance to the Christian Invasion''?
*... that professional wrestler '''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''' was a fan of opera music and would sing opera before his matches?
*... that despite jointly murdering at least 1,000 inmates at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]], former [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]-''[[Unterscharführer]]'' '''[[Oswald Kaduk]]''' earned the nickname "Papa Kaduk" among patients at the hospital he worked at after the [[World War II|war]]?


*'''''09:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:San Dimas Hotel (Walker House).jpg|100x100px|San Dimas Hotel]]
</div>
*... that the 33-room '''[[San Dimas Hotel]]''' ''(pictured)'' built in 1887 never had a paying guest due to a [[land boom]] that never occurred?
*... that the '''[[Drummond Nature Reserve]]''' named after botanist [[James Drummond (botanist)|James Drummond]] has 439 [[species]] of [[vascular plants]]?
*... that after winning a [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's hammer throw|2004 Olympic]] [[bronze medal]], [[Cuba]]n [[hammer throw]]er '''[[Yunaika Crawford]]''' was not in the top ten at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Hammer Throw|2005 World Championships]]?
*... that [[Fitchburg State College]] [[research]]ers in [[Lancaster, Massachusetts]] used [[artificial light]]s to mimic the [[bioluminescence]] of [[Photinus|fireflies]] on '''[[Dexter Drumlin]]'''?
*... that, besides books, in 1950 the '''[[Seattle Public Library]]''' had over 27,000 pictures and 3,500 [[phonograph records]] in its circulating collection?
*... that [[Alaska]]'s First Gentleman '''[[Todd Palin]]''' won the '''[[Tesoro Iron Dog|world's longest snowmobile race]]''' four times?
*... that it is accepted that '''[[Samuel Johnson's health|Samuel Johnson]]''' had [[Tourette syndrome]], after a 1967 diagnosis, a [[History of Tourette syndrome|condition unknown during Johnson's lifetime]]?
*... that a 20-day study reported by [[BirdLife International]] discovered 265 species of birds in '''[[Nki National Park]]'''?
*... that '''[[University of Liberia|Liberia College]]''' in the country of [[Liberia]] was authorized by the [[Legislature of Liberia|legislature]] in 1851, but did not start classes until 1863?


*'''''00:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Kinarot valley degania.png|100x100px|Kinarot valley]]
</div>
*... that about 70 Jewish fighters held off an assault by an entire [[Syrian]] infantry [[brigade]] and several armored battalions as part of the '''[[Battles of the Kinarot Valley]]''' ''(see map)'' on [[May 20]], [[1948]]?
*... that tennis player '''[[Julie Coin]]''', ranked 188th, defeated the #1 woman player [[Ana Ivanović]] in the second round of the [[2008 U.S. Open - Women's Singles|2008 US Open]]?
*... that the '''[[Ygnacio Palomares Adobe|Palomares Adobe]]''', '''[[La Casa Alvarado|Casa Alvarado]]''' and '''[[La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose|Casa Primera]]''', built between 1837 and 1855, provided a stagecoach stop, chapel, school and early homes for the 22,000-acre '''[[Rancho San Jose]]''' in [[Los Angeles County]]?
*... that despite being the fifth fastest European of all time in the [[100 metres]], '''[[Ronald Pognon]]''' failed to reach the semifinals in [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|his event]] at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Games]]?
*... that '''[[Willamette Valley Medical Center]]''' in [[McMinnville, Oregon]], is the only hospital in the [[county seat]] of [[Yamhill County, Oregon|Yamhill County]]?
*... that a [[riot]] erupted at the opening night of '''''[[Adelia (opera)|Adelia]]''''', an [[opera]] by [[Gaetano Donizetti]],  because an unscrupulous promoter sold too many tickets?
*... that the first tour of the touring company of [[Chicago]]'s '''[[Black Ensemble Theater Company]]''' included a four-week run at the [[Apollo Theater]]?

=== 3 September 2008 ===
*'''''18:44, 3 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Panama spider monkey, Costa Rica.JPG|100x100px|Geoffroy's Spider Monkey]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Geoffroy's Spider Monkey]]''' ''(pictured)'' has a [[prehensile]] tail that can support its entire body weight?
*... that despite the '''[[Vickers V-1000]]''' [[jet airliner]]'s being canceled, it was so admired that the [[Boeing 707]] and [[Douglas DC-8]] were re-designed to compare with its six-abreast seating?
*... that the conspirators for the 1810 Argentine Independence movement's [[May Revolution]] had their secret gatherings at '''[[Hipólito Vieytes]]'''′s soap factory in [[Buenos Aires]]?
*... that the only surviving '''''[[salut d'amor]]''''' by a woman ([[Azalais d'Altier]]) was addressed to a woman, probably [[Clara d'Anduza]]?
*... that [[architect]] '''[[Ivan Rerberg]]''' despised the title of architect, and preferred to sign his work "[[Engineer]] Rerberg"?
*... that the periodical '''''[[Owl and Weasel]]''''' played a key role in the development of the [[roleplaying]] and [[wargaming]] hobby industries in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]?
*... that the cancellation of the [[AGM-48 Skybolt|Skybolt missile]] in 1962 led to a major crisis in US-UK relations, which was solved by personal meetings and the signing of what is today known as the '''[[Nassau agreement]]'''?


*'''''11:59, 3 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
{{DYK Listen|Dibdin - Oh, What A Charming Thing's A Battle.ogg|Oh, what a charming thing's a battle!}}
*... that the 1770 [[burletta]] '''''[[The Recruiting Serjeant]]''''' has a sergeant cheerily describing the sight of "heads, and limbs, and bullets flying" during battle ''(song, right)'' to a potential army recruit?
*... that '''[[Mandume Ya Ndemufayo]]''' was the last king of the [[Kwanyama]] people of [[Angola]] and [[Namibia]]?
*... that the '''[[Abergil Crime Family]]''' is facing charges of [[money laundering]], [[murder]] and [[drug trafficking]], both in [[Israel]] and the [[United States]]?
*... that [[Lucian Freud]] described the [[Titian]] [[painting]]s ''Diana and Acteon'' and '''''[[Diana and Callisto]]''''' as "simply the most beautiful pictures in the world"?
*... that [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] '''[[Frank Barnes (St. Louis Cardinals pitcher)|Frank Barnes]]''' scored three [[run (baseball)|runs]] despite only having one [[hit (baseball)|hit]] in ten career [[at bat]]s and having no [[Base on balls|walk]]s, no [[hit by pitch]]es and one [[caught stealing]]?
*... that the state of [[Yan (Anshi)|Yan]] ended when its general '''[[Li Huaixian]]''' turned against its emperor [[Shi Chaoyi]] and forced him to commit suicide?
*... that '''[[Paulo Zucula]]''' headed the '''[[National Disasters Management Institute]]''' before he replaced '''[[Antonio Munguambe]]''' as [[Mozambique]]'s Minister of Transport and Communication in March 2008?
*... that [[Philadelphia Phillies]] prospect '''[[Andrew Carpenter (baseball)|Andrew Carpenter]]''' pitched a [[perfect game]] against the [[Fort Myers Miracle]] in {{mlby|2007}}?


*'''''06:01, 3 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Steele-mackaye-2-sized.jpg|100x100px|Steele Mackaye]]
</div>
*... that 19th-century American actor and playwright '''[[Steele MacKaye]]''' ''(pictured)'' invented a variety of theatrical devices, including folding theatre seats?
*... that the book '''''[[Help at Any Cost]]''''' triggered hearings by the [[United States House Committee on Education and Labor]] into [[behavior modification]] techniques used by the [[tough love]] teen industry?
*... that while she was working in the billing department of a clinical laboratory firm, '''[[Lexie Fyfe]]''' became a [[professional wrestler]] at the invitation of a co-worker?
*... that 16th-century noblewoman '''[[Marguerite de La Rocque]]''' was [[castaway|marooned]] on an island in the [[Gulf of St Lawrence]] by her relative, the [[privateer]] [[Jean-François Roberval|de Roberval]], as punishment for an affair?
*... that '''[[Charles Van Riper]]''', a severe [[Stuttering|stutterer]], was a pioneer in the development of [[speech pathology]]?
*... that [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[soprano]] '''[[Ángela Peralta]]''' once sang [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]]'s opera ''[[Maria di Rohan]]'' in a theatre improvised from a disused sand pit in [[La Paz, Baja California Sur|La Paz, Baja California]]?

=== 2 September 2008 ===
*'''''22:23, 2 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Henry Taylor in British swimming colours.jpg|100x100px|Henry Taylor in British swimming colours]]
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*... that in [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]], [[Swimming#Competitive swimming|swimmer]] '''[[Henry Taylor (swimmer)|Henry Taylor]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the only [[British people|Briton]] to win three [[gold medal]]s at a single [[Olympic Games]] until [[Chris Hoy]] equalled his mark in [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]?
*... that '''[[Czesława Kwoka]]''', a [[Poland|Polish]] [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] child victim of the [[Holocaust]], was the subject of a 2007 award-winning mixed-media presentation?
*... that '''[[Rob Johnson (soccer)|Rob Johnson]]''' was one of four of ''[[The Star-Ledger|The Star-Ledger's]]'' top 10 prep soccer players of the 1990s to play pro for the hometown [[Red Bull New York|MetroStars / Red Bulls]]?
*... that '''[[Springfield Park (London)|Springfield Park]]''' was created in 1905 from the grounds of three [[London]] houses, one of which is now a cafe?
*... that the '''[[forking lemma]]''' is a [[lemma (mathematics)|lemma]] in [[cryptography]] first used to prove the security of a [[digital signature]] scheme in the [[random oracle]] model?
*... that the village of '''[[Strezimirovci]]''' has been bisected by the [[Serbia]]n–[[Bulgaria]]n border since 1919?
*... that '''[[Charles Pearson (soldier)|Charles Pearson]]''' was [[Mentioned in Despatches]] 10 times for actions during the [[Anglo-Zulu War]]?
*... that the [[Greek Orthodox]] '''[[Monastery of Temptation]]''' near [[Jericho]] was built around a cave said to be where [[Jesus]] spent forty days and nights fasting and meditating while being tempted by [[Satan]]?


*'''''16:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Remuh Synagogue 20.jpg|100x100px|Remuh Synagogue]]
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*... that of the ninety historic '''[[Synagogues of Kraków]]''', [[Poland]] active before [[World War II]], only  the [[Remuh Synagogue]] ''(pictured)''  still serves as a [[Jew]]ish house of prayer?
*... that [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]] U.S. [[film director]] '''[[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]]''' worked without screen credit on the 1951 [[Laurel and Hardy]] film ''[[Atoll K]]''?
*... that [[coach (carriage)|coach]] builder Jim Frecklington had to mortgage his house to pay for the estimated £620,000 building costs of the '''[[State Coach Britannia]]'''?
*... that '''[[Selmo Cikotić]]''' was recently appointed [[Defence Minister]] for [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]?
*... that [[Florida]]'s '''[[City College (Florida)|City College]]''' paid [[United States dollar|US]]$11.2&nbsp;million to acquire its current [[Fort Lauderdale]] campus?
*... that after six terms in the [[Storting|Norwegian Parliament]], '''[[Olav Akselsen]]''' will take over as director of the [[Norwegian Maritime Directorate]] from October 2009?
*... that the town of '''[[Bezdonys]]''' was the site of one of the most daring and successful [[train robbery|train robberies]] in history?
*... that although [[fortuneteller]] '''[[Marie Castello|Madam Marie]]''' was "finally busted" in [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s "[[4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)]]", she was never arrested in real life?


*'''''10:51, 2 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913.jpg|100x100px|Andrew Carnegie]]
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*... that [[Andrew Carnegie]] ''(pictured)'' founded the '''[[Simplified Spelling Board]]''' in 1906, with the aim of making [[English language|English]] the [[world language]] by addressing its difficult spelling?
*... that '''[[Charles Ndaxu Namoloh]]''', now a member of the [[National Assembly of Namibia]], used the [[nom de guerre]] of "[[Ho Chi Minh]]" during the [[Namibian War of Independence]]?
*... that the '''[[Varanus indicus|Mangrove monitor]]'''  possesses [[salt gland|salt-excreting nasal gland]]s, which enabled them to reach new islands and aided in its dispersal across thousands of miles throughout the South Pacific?
*... that when 15-year-old '''[[Jordon Mutch]]''' was first selected to play for [[Birmingham City F.C.]], he had to be withdrawn only hours before the match because of [[child protection]] regulations?
*... that '''[[Rob Stewart (filmmaker)|Rob Stewart]]''' made the [[2007 in film|2007]] [[documentary film]] ''[[Sharkwater]]'' after learning that [[longline fishing]] in the [[Galapagos Islands]] was killing the sharks?
*... that newspaper publisher [[Katherine Graham]]'s difficulties with her company's ownership of the '''''[[The Times (Trenton)|Trenton Times]]''''' led her to call it her "Vietnam"?
*... that Hall of Fame bowler '''[[Patty Costello]]''' did not begin [[ten-pin bowling|bowling]] until she was sixteen?


*'''''01:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Hester Thrale.jpg|100x100px|"Queeney" Thrale (left) and her mother]]
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*... that two future [[King of England|kings]] stood sponsor at the christening of the daughter of [[George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith|Admiral Lord Keith]] and '''[[Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith|"Queeney" Thrale]]''' ''(pictured)'', herself a child prodigy and friend of [[Samuel Johnson|Dr Johnson]]?
*... that the '''[[Focometer]]''' was created in order to provide rural or [[Disadvantaged#Economically_disadvantaged|economically disadvantaged]] populations the ability to measure spherical [[Refractive Error|refractive errors]]?
*... that the '''[[Rose Museum]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s collection includes the [[trowel]] that was used to lay the cornerstone of [[Carnegie Hall]]?
*... that '''[[Yang Jia (1980)|Yang Jia]],''' a Chinese man [[Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China|sentenced to death]] for murdering six policemen, is being hailed as a hero on Chinese internet forums?
*... that '''[[Malcolm Fraser (philanthropist)|Malcolm Fraser]]''', a severe [[stuttering|stutterer]] from an early age, founded the Stuttering Foundation of America and gave it most of its US$10&nbsp;million [[financial endowment|endowment]]?
*... that '''[[The17]]''', a [[choir]] founded by former [[pop star]] [[Bill Drummond]], never records its music, or performs for audiences?
*... that '''[[Lonnie Wright]]''' played football for two seasons for the [[Denver Broncos]] and switched to playing basketball for the [[Denver Rockets]] just weeks after the 1967 football season ended?

=== 1 September 2008 ===
*'''''18:56, 1 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:MicaSheetUSGOV.jpg|100x100px|Mica sheet]]
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*... that the largest sheet of [[mica]] ''(example pictured)'' ever [[mining|mined]] in the world came from '''[[Denholm, Quebec]]''', [[Canada]]?
*... that [[California Gold Rush]]-era [[outlaw|bandit]] and [[highwayman]] '''[[Jack Powers]]''', after being run out of several cities by [[vigilante]]s, was murdered in [[Mexico]] and his body fed to hogs?
*... that the architect of '''[[Communal House of the Textile Institute]]''' in [[Moscow]], a student dormitory completed in 1931, proposed centralized [[sedation]] of students at night?
*... that members of the '''[[Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance]]''' faced [[surveillance]], [[interrogation]], and [[harassment]] by the [[FBI]]?
*... that major '''[[crime in the United Arab Emirates|crimes in the United Arab Emirates]]''' include [[Human trafficking|trafficking]] of young boys who are used as [[Child camel jockey|camel jockeys]]?
*... that the first passenger [[elevator]] in an American hotel was installed in the '''[[Fifth Avenue Hotel (New York City)|Fifth Avenue Hotel]]''' facing [[Madison Square]], [[New York City]] in 1859?
*... that although some believe that there is no cure for [[stuttering]], others say that it can be eliminated with '''[[stuttering therapy]]''' at early age?
*... that the "K. Bridge" mentioned in the opening scene of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]]'s novel ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' is the '''[[Kokushkin Bridge]]''' in [[Saint Petersburg]]?
*... that '''[[Alice Arden (athlete)|Alice Arden]]''' and her son '''[[Russ Hodge]]''' are the only mother–son [[Olympic Games|Olympians]] in [[United States at the Olympics|American]] history?


*'''''12:56, 1 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Highsmithargylehotelsunsetstrip.jpg|100x100px|Sunset Tower]]
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*... that the '''[[Sunset Tower]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[West Hollywood, California]] was home to gangster [[Bugsy Siegel]], who was asked to leave after being charged with running a [[Bookmaker|bookmaking]] operation there?
*... that a play by '''[[Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam]]''' using animal characters to criticize the [[Ethiopia]]n court prompted [[Zewditu I of Ethiopia|Empress Zewditu]] to ban all theatre in the country?
*... that according to '''''[[People v. Beardsley]]''''', it is not against the [[U.S. law]] for a man to not help his drinking partner, a woman who is not his wife, when she is dying of an overdose?
*... that the first woman to be executed in [[Western Australia]] '''[[murder of John Hurford|murdered John Hurford]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Ozette Indian Village Archeological Site]]''' contained over 55,000 artifacts from a [[Makah]] village inundated by a [[mudslide]]?
*... that American [[lexicographer]] '''[[Robert L. Chapman]]''' added ''[[ecosystem]]'' and ''[[yuppie]]'' to ''[[Roget's Thesaurus]]''?
*... that the slimy spike-cap [[mushroom]] '''''[[Gomphidius glutinosus]]''''' is edible and useful for [[soup]]s and [[stew]]s once the layer of slime is removed?
*... that the only [[season (sports)|season]] that '''[[Eldridge Recasner]]''' ranked in the top ten in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] for [[three point shot]] [[field goal percentage]] was not his best season?
*... that when the '''[[Disley Tunnel]]''' was constructed, the [[navvies]] used 24 simultaneous working faces?


*'''''07:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Russ.xeram.jpg|100x100px|''Russula xerampelina'']]
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*... that the edible [[mushroom]] '''''[[Russula xerampelina]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has a taste and smell reminiscent of [[shellfish]] or [[crab]]?
*... that [[biochemist]] '''[[Harvey Itano]]''', who worked with [[Linus Pauling]] to determine the molecular basis of [[sickle cell disease]], was the first [[Japanese American]] admitted to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]?
*... that in 1881 in the village of '''[[Bakhshali]]''' in northern [[Pakistan]], the [[Bakhshali manuscript]], the oldest surviving example of [[Indian mathematics]], was discovered written on [[birch bark]]?
*... that [[United States|American]] [[cargo ship]] '''{{SS|Iowan}}''' rammed and sank two ships, one on each coast of the United States?
*... that '''[[Jōmon Sugi]]''', located on the island of [[Yakushima]], is the oldest specimen of ''[[Cryptomeria japonica]]'' and the largest [[conifer]] in [[Japan]]?
*... that Sir '''[[Ian Freeland]]''' was [[General Officer Commanding]] [[Northern Ireland]] when the [[British Army]] was drawn into the beginning of [[the Troubles]]?
*... that '''[[Harold Lloyd Estate|Harold Lloyd's Estate]]''', called "the most impressive movie star's estate ever created," included a [[golf course]] and a 900-foot [[canoe]] stream?
*... that '''[[Georg Prahl Harbitz]]''', a priest by education, served as [[President of the Storting|President of the Norwegian Parliament]] for ten terms?


*'''''01:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Allerheiligen-Hofkirche.jpg|100x100px|Court Church of All Saints]]
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*... that [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] was inspired to commission the '''[[Allerheiligen-Hofkirche|Court Church of All Saints]]''' ''(pictured)'' in the [[Munich Residence]] after attending [[Christmas]] [[mass (liturgy)|mass]] at the [[Cappella Palatina|Palatine Chapel]] in [[Palermo]]?
*... that [[soprano]] '''[[Adele Addison]]''' stepped into the role of Bess in the 1969 film version of [[Gershwin]]'s ''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]'' as a last-minute replacement of a singer who sounded too shrill?
*... that [[Matsukata Kojiro]], president of '''[[Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation]]''', implemented Japan's first eight-hour work day in 1919, after a [[strike]] by 30,000 workers threatened to bring down the government?
*... that thousands of '''[[Flat Daddy|Flat Daddies]]''', life-size photo cutouts of American soldiers deployed in [[Iraq]] or [[Afghanistan]], have been created to help families cope with their deployment?
*... that until his appointment as Demonstrator in Practical Anatomy at [[Queen's College, Birmingham]], '''[[Balthazar Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston|Balthazar Foster]]''' had given up hopes of a medical career, and had even applied for a naval commission?
*... that '''[[Dick Jones (Wyoming politician)|Dick Jones]]''', a [[Wyoming]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state legislator and [[gubernatorial]] [[nominee]], also operated a trucking company which at its peak served thirty-eight states?
*... that '''[[Cooleemee]]''', a [[plantation house]] in North Carolina, was built from approximately 300,000 bricks made on site?
*... that former [[Mayor of Auckland]] '''[[Colin Kay]]''' was also twice the New Zealand [[triple jump]] champion?