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=== 2 February 2009 ===
*'''''07:40, 2 February 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the '''[[Wilkinson TMC|Wilkinson]]''' [[motorcycle]] ''([[:|pictured]])'' failed to impress the [[British Army|British military]] – despite having a [[Maxim machine gun]] mounted on the handlebars?
*... that [[Bardstown, Kentucky]]'s '''[[Wickland]]''', namesake of [[Shelbyville, Kentucky]]'s '''[[Wickland (Shelbyville)|Wickland]]''', was the home of three different U.S. state governors?
*... that '''''[[Thriller – Live]]''''' is a new [[West End theatre|West End]] musical, directed by the creator of a [[Michael Jackson]] [[fansite]]?
*... that the recently defunct '''''[[Pacific Magazine]]''''', a [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] publication focusing on the [[Pacific Islands]] of [[Oceania]], was the region's longest continuously published [[magazine]]?
*... that '''[[Adolph C. Miller]]''' served as [[United States Secretary of the Interior|United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior]] before being appointed as an original Governor of the [[Federal Reserve System]]?
*... that the account of the death of 12,000 [[prison]]ers aboard the [[Gulag]] ship '''''[[Dzhurma]]''''' has been disproven?
*... that the [[Japan]]ese band Daisy × Daisy provided the song "Brave your truth" as the opening [[theme song]] of the '''[[List of Chrome Shelled Regios episodes|episodes]]''' of the ''[[Chrome Shelled Regios]]'' [[anime]]?
*... that '''[[Maurice Catarcio]]''', at age 69, pulled an {{convert|80|ft|adj=on}} boat filled with 125 passengers while swimming {{convert|300|ft}} in a lake, which earned him a place in ''[[Guinness World Records|The Guinness Book of World Records]]''?


*'''''01:48, 2 February 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that singer [[Amy Winehouse]] ''([[:|pictured]])'' gained entry to the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' in 2009 for having '''[[List of awards and nominations received by Amy Winehouse|the most]]''' [[Grammy Award]]s won by a [[United Kingdom|British]] female act?
*... that [[Premier of Alberta]] [[John Edward Brownlee]] was forced to resign in 1934 '''[[John Brownlee sex scandal|due to a sex scandal]]'''?
*... that the [[Jamaica]]n '''[[Gun Court|Gun Court Act]]''' of 1974 mandated a sentence of indefinite imprisonment with [[hard labor]] for all [[firearm]]s offenses, including possession of unlicensed guns?
*... that only after the end of [[World War II]] was it publicly revealed that the [[Norway|Norwegian]] ships '''[[SS Irma (1905)|SS ''Irma'']]''' and '''[[SS Henry|SS ''Henry'']]''' had been sunk by the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]]?
*... that then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s selection to give the 2000 '''[[Jefferson Lecture]]''', the U.S.'s highest [[humanities]] honor, was criticized as a politicization of the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]]?
*... that [[Indonesia]]'s largest [[container terminal]], handling more than 3.5 million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]]'s of freight in 2007, is in the '''[[Port of Jakarta]]'''?
*... that [[Dutch]] [[architect]] '''[[Kees Christiaanse]]''', a proponent of mixed communities, has described his buildings as "socializing machines"?
*... that the television series '''''[[Use It or Lose It]]''''' documented the return of former [[association football]]ers [[Niall Quinn]] and [[Ronnie Whelan]] to their respective youth teams? 

=== 1 February 2009 ===
*'''''19:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the largest [[kiln]]s for '''[[Ancient Roman pottery]]''' ''([[:|example pictured]])'' fired up to 40,000 pieces at a time?
*... that the first '''[[List of Atlanta Hawks head coaches|head coach]]''' of the NBA club now known as the [[Atlanta Hawks]] was [[Roger Potter]], whose tenure only lasted seven games into the team's inaugural season in 1949?
*... that six prehistoric [[List of impact craters in Canada|meteorite impacts]] have created large [[astrobleme]]s affecting the '''[[geology of Saskatchewan]]'''?
*... that the [[New York State Assembly|New York Assembly]] passed a 1970 [[Abortion law|abortion rights law]] sponsored by '''[[Constance Cook]]''' and '''[[Franz Leichter]]''' after '''[[George Michaels]]''' broke a 74&ndash;74 deadlock by switching his vote?
*... that of the ten '''[[Brough Superior Austin Four]]''' motorcycles built&mdash;eight in 1932 plus one each in 1933 and 1934&mdash;a total of eight have survived to this day?
*... that according to US and [[Turkey|Turkish]] officials, the '''[[Kısmetim-1 incident|MV ''Kısmetim-1'']]''' was deliberately sunk in December 1992 by its crew in order to prevent the capture of the [[drug trade|illicit drug]] load?
*... that '''[[James Brady (columnist)|James Brady]]''', who wrote a celebrity profile for nearly 25 years in ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' magazine, won the [[Bronze Star Medal]] for his [[Korean War]] service and wrote a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-finalist book about his war experiences?
*... that [[landscape architecture]] firm '''[[West 8]]''' designed the so-called "Reptile Bridge" between [[Leidsche Rijn]] and [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]] in the [[Netherlands]]?


*'''''14:08, 1 February 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the burning sensation caused by red hot [[chili pepper]]s or the warmth caused by [[camphor]] are due to the activation of different '''[[TRPV]]''' [[ion channels]] ''([[:|[[TRPV1]] pictured]])'', which are also [[Thermoreceptor|thermosensitive]]? 
*... that two members of the [[Boston Red Sox]]'s '''[[Golden Outfield]]''' have been elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]?
*... that ruins from '''[[Bradenstoke Abbey]]''' in [[Wiltshire]], [[England]], were bought by [[William Randolph Hearst]] and used in alterations to [[St Donat's Castle]] in [[Wales]]?
*... that the '''[[Economy of the Ming dynasty|GDP of the Ming Dynasty]]''' was 31&nbsp;percent of the world's [[GDP]], a percentage which is relatively higher than the [[GDP of the United States]] in 1997?
*... that the '''[[Old L & N Station]]''' in [[Bardstown, Kentucky]], was [[Kentucky|the state's]] only [[dry stone]] [[railroad station]]?
*... that [[British]] [[economist]] '''[[Gilbert Slater]]''' suggested in the [[Madras Legislative Council]] that a committee be appointed to investigate the introduction of a common script for the [[Madras Presidency]]?
*... that in '''''[[Cheney v. United States District Court]]''''', [[SCOTUS|Supreme Court]] [[United States Supreme Court Justice|Justice]] [[Antonin Scalia|Scalia]] was alleged to have had a conflict of interest because he had recently hunted ducks with [[Dick Cheney]], a party to the case?
*... that '''[[Stephen Neill]]''', former bishop of [[Tirunelveli]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], suffered from [[insomnia]] which helped him to author his [[magnum opus]], ''History of Christianity in India''?


*'''''08:16, 1 February 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''''[[Salvia fruticosa]]''''' or Greek sage ''([[:|pictured]])'' was depicted on a 1400-BCE [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] [[fresco]] on the island of [[Crete]], and is still grown and used widely today?
*... that '''[[Eddie Tolan]]''', the first African-American to be the "world's fastest human" after winning double gold at the [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Olympics]], returned home jobless and appeared in [[vaudeville]] with [[Bill Robinson|Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]]?
*... that [[General Motors]]'s pioneering [[computer aided design|CAD]] system, '''[[DAC-1]]''', could [[digitize]] hand-drawn [[diagram]]s, turn them into [[3D model]]s, and then build models of them on [[milling machine]]s?
*... that [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[ballerina]] '''[[Nora Kovach]]'''{{'s}} 1953 [[defection]] to the [[Western world|West]] was the first highly publicized [[Cold War]]-era defection of individuals in the field of dance?
*... that the controversial 1982 [[anti-racism]] film '''''[[White Dog]]''''' was director [[Samuel Fuller]]'s last American film due to his disgust with [[Paramount Pictures]]' refusal to release the film?
*... that the small [[Croatia]]n town of '''[[Jastrebarsko]]''' was home to two [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]s of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], who were also both [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb|archbishops]] of the country's capital [[Zagreb]]?
*... that the '''[[St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame]]''' is the only [[professional wrestling]] hall of fame that lets fans select the inductees?
*... that in addition to his academic work, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[history]] [[professor]] '''[[Øystein Sørensen]]''' is considered an expert on the [[Donald Duck|Donald Duck universe]]?


*'''''02:27, 1 February 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the '''[[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox Park]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' has a '''[[Old Appomattox Court House|Court-house]]''', '''[[Clover Hill Tavern|Tavern]]''', '''[[New County Jail|Jail]]''', '''[[Plunkett-Meeks Store|Store]]''' and '''[[Sweeney Prizery|Prizery]]''', the '''[[Bocock-Isbell House|Bocock-Isbell]]''', '''[[McLean house|McLean]]''', '''[[Peers House|Peers]]''' and '''[[Mariah Wright House|Wright]]''' houses, the '''[[Charles Sweeney Cabin|Sweeney]]''' and '''[[Sweeney-Conner Cabin|Sweeney-Conner]]''' cabins, the '''[[Jones Law Office|Jones]]''' and '''[[Woodson Law Office|Woodson]]''' law offices, '''[[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park ruins|ruins]]''' and '''[[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park cemeteries|cemeteries]]'''?
*... that '''''[[Callianassa subterranea]]''''' is a burrowing [[shrimp]] that ingests [[sediment]] particles and [[digestion|digests]] their [[biofilm|organic coating]]?
*... that [[Maurice Maeterlinck]] threatened legal action and physical violence against [[Claude Debussy]] after he did not cast Maeterlinck's lover, [[Georgette Leblanc]], in the title role of their [[opera]] '''''[[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]'''''?
*... that the '''[[Willow Creek/Southwest 185th Avenue Transit Center|Willow Creek Transit Center]]''' in [[Oregon]] has artwork with a reading theme for a planned library branch nearby that was never built?
*... that celebrated [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] activist of the [[French Resistance]] '''[[Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov]]''' was persecuted by the [[NKVD]] upon his return to the [[USSR]]?
*... that [[Bob Foster]]’s win on a '''[[New Imperial Model 76|New Imperial]]''' in the [[1936 Isle of Man TT]] was the last time that [[Great Britain]] won a Lightweight TT?
*... that despite its acrid taste, '''''[[Lactarius vietus]]''''' is edible after boiling?
*... that during [[World War I]], President [[Woodrow Wilson]] reportedly stopped discussing important matters at Cabinet meetings because of the indiscretions of Interior Secretary '''[[Franklin Knight Lane]]'''?

=== 31 January 2009 === 


*'''''20:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the worshippers of '''[[Xipe Totec]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', the [[Aztec]] god of renewal, wore the flayed skins of their [[Human sacrifice in Aztec culture|sacrificial]] victims?
*... that '''[[Lorene Rogers]]''' was described as the first woman to serve as head of a public university in the [[United States]] when she became president of the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1974?
*... that [[Anacletus II]] is regarded as an [[antipope]] although he had received the majority of the votes in the '''[[Papal election, 1130|Papal election of 1130]]'''?
*... that [[economist]] [[John Kenneth Galbraith]] called ''The Go-Go Years'', a book by '''[[John Brooks (writer)|John Brooks]]''' about [[Wall Street]]'s [[speculative bubble]] in the 1960s, "a small classic in the history of financial insanity"?
*... that during the [[Angolan Civil War]], the surrounding area of [[Luanda]]'s '''[[Palácio de Ferro]]''', believed to be designed by [[Gustave Eiffel]], was once used as a [[parking lot]]?
*... that [[ice hockey]] [[Official (ice hockey)|referee]] '''[[Marcus Vinnerborg]]''' has officiated two [[Ice Hockey World Championships|Ice Hockey World Championship]] finals in row?
*... that [[historian]] [[P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar]] believed that '''[[Kanchipuram in the pre-Pallava period|Kanchipuram]]''' was the southernmost outpost of [[Sanskrit]] culture during the pre-[[Pallava]] period?
*... that [[drag queen|female impersonator]] '''[[T. C. Jones]]''' played murderous [[Transvestism|transvestites]] in both a 1965 episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' and a 1967 episode of ''[[The Wild Wild West]]''?


*'''''14:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that one-time [[List of Speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the Oregon House of Representatives '''[[Charles B. Moores]]'''{{'}} ''([[:|pictured]])'' uncle, father, and grandfather all served in the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|Oregon Legislature]], while his son served in the [[Washington State Legislature|Washington Legislature]]?
*... that the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] destroyer '''[[Japanese destroyer Kamikaze (1922)|''Kamikaze'']]''' was one of the few larger Japanese warships to survive the [[Pacific War]] without significant damage?
*... that [[Robert Dallek]] researched [[JFK]] for five years by tapping [[National Security Archives]], [[oral histories]], [[White House]] tapes, and [[medical records]] to write '''''[[An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963]]'''''?
*... that in December 1955, [[India]] became the first country outside the [[Eastern bloc]] to establish '''[[India-Mongolia relations|diplomatic relations with Mongolia]]'''?
*... that results from the '''[[JUPITER trial]]''' indicated that [[rosuvastatin]] may lower the [[relative risk]] of [[heart attack]]s and [[stroke]] in patients with normal [[cholesterol]] levels?
*... that [[New Zealand]] [[Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)|Transport Minister]] '''[[Steven Joyce]]''' started radio station Energy FM with a group of friends?
*... that the remnants of '''[[Tropical Depression Ten (2005)|2005's Tropical Depression Ten]]''' partially contributed to the formation of [[Hurricane Katrina]]?
*... that '''[[Fred Shaw Mayer]]''' was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] for breeding [[Birds of Paradise]]?


*'''''08:24, 31 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[Streamline Moderne]] building ''([[:|pictured]])'' of the '''[[Washington Talking Book & Braille Library]]''' is a former [[Dodge]] automobile dealership?
*... that '''[[Johann Phillip Fabricius]]''', a [[Germans|German]] [[Christian]] [[missionary]], completed the first translation of the [[Bible]] to [[Tamil language|Tamil]]?
*... that [[Malay people|Malay]] monarchs lost their [[legal immunity]] after '''[[1993 amendments to the Constitution of Malaysia|a series of amendments]]''' was made to the [[Constitution of Malaysia]] in 1993?
*... that American writer '''[[Howard Norman]]''' stated there was a shorter distance between his [[unconsciousness|unconscious]] life and his [[consciousness|conscious]] life in [[Nova Scotia]] than anywhere else?
*... that the '''[[effects of Hurricane Ivan in Jamaica]]''' proved among the most severe in the island's history?
*... that '''[[Halle Jørn Hanssen]]''' was [[Norway]]'s first [[television]] [[correspondent]] stationed in an [[Africa]]n country?
*... that [[radio station]]s '''[[WMFC (AM)|WMFC]]''' and '''[[WMFC-FM]]''' originally broadcast from a [[Quonset hut]] in the heart of [[Monroeville, Alabama]]?
*... that '''[[Andrew Ritchie (Brompton)|Andrew Ritchie]]''' named his [[Brompton Bicycle|Brompton]] folding bicycle company after the [[Brompton Oratory|Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary]]?


*'''''02:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Harmon Northrop Morse]]''' was awarded the Avogadro Medal in 1916 for his extensive report on [[osmotic pressure]] and [[semipermeable membranes]] ''([[:|concept pictured]])''?
*... that '''[[Itek]]''' Corporation was formed to build image retrieval systems, but instead became a reconnaissance camera vendor after winning the contract for the CIA's [[Corona (satellite)|CORONA]] satellite?
*... that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[poison|poisoner]] '''[[Frederick Seddon]]''' made a secret [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] signal to his trial judge, prominent Freemason [[Thomas Townsend Bucknill]], in an attempt to overturn the jury's guilty verdict?
*... that '''''[[The Hunters of Kentucky]]''''', which commemorated the [[Battle of New Orleans]], was used as [[Andrew Jackson]]'s 1828 campaign song?
*... that Russian ski jumper '''[[Arthur Khamidulin]]''' retired after his violent crash in ski flying in [[Vikersund]] in 2000?
*... that the '''[[Bradley Airport Connector]]''', a [[freeway]] in the U.S. state of [[Connecticut]], was renamed the "82nd Airborne Memorial Highway" in 1999 to honor the [[82nd Airborne Division]]?
*... that '''[[Sri Ponna]]''', the classical [[Kannada language]] poet of c.&nbsp;950, is considered one of the "three gems of [[Kannada literature]]?
*... that the [[specific name]] of mushroom '''''[[Lactarius theiogalus]]''''' comes from the Greek for "[[sulphur|brimstone]]" and "[[latex|milk]]"?

=== 30 January 2009 === 


*'''''20:40, 30 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Niepołomice Forest]]''' in [[Poland]] incorporates the most protected [[nature reserve]] inhabited by European [[bison]] called [[wisent]] ''([[:|pictured]])'', the heaviest surviving land animal in [[Europe]]?
*... that [[World Sculling Championship|World Sculling Champion]] oarsman '''[[Joseph Sadler]]''' was a [[chimneysweep]] by profession?
*... that [[Isaac Albéniz]]'s [[opera]] '''''[[Pepita Jiménez]]''''' has been adapted several times by numerous people into different constructs and languages?
*... that '''[[Pernessa C. Seele]]''', the founder of the [[Harlem]] Week of Prayer for Healing of AIDS, is an [[immunologist]] and one of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's [[Time 100|Top 100 Americans]] in 2006?
*... that '''[[St. Mary's Islands, Karnataka]]''', known for the distinctive geological formation of [[columnar basalt]]ic lava, are a set of four small islands in the [[Arabian Sea]] off the coast of [[Malpe]]?
*... that ''Ratchanya Yatreegam'', [[magnum opus]] of [[Indian literature|Indian]] [[poet]] '''[[Henry Alfred Krishnapillai]]''' written in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], was based on [[John Bunyan]]'s ''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]''?
*... that no one knows the age of the '''[[Greaser Petroglyph Site|Greaser Petroglyphs]]''' located in eastern [[Lake County, Oregon|Lake County]], [[Oregon]], [[USA]], but they could be up to 12,000 years old?
*... that '''[[Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen]]''', who had two tenures as [[Norway|Norwegian]] Minister of Education and Church Affairs, became a [[bishop]] after his political career?


*'''''14:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that 52 of '''[[Sholto Johnstone Douglas]]'''{{'s}} paintings of [[World War I|First World War]] "dazzle ships" ''([[:|[[dazzle camouflage]] pictured]])'' are in the [[Imperial War Museum]]?
*... that in [[Tanta]], [[Egypt]], some restaurants sell an "al-Tourbini sandwich", named after '''[[Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour|a serial child killer]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Kay Moor]]''' coal mine near [[Fayetteville, West Virginia]], was first worked with mule-drawn railcars?
*... that '''[[Michael Christian Festing]]''' was [[Thomas Arne]]'s mentor and it is through his influence that Arne was able to pursue a music career?
*... that '''[[Agriculture in Guyana|Guyana's sugar production]]''' was halved between 1978 and 1988 due to the economic decline of the nation during the 1980s?
*... that '''[[Balanadarajah Iyer]]''' was the second [[Sri Lanka]]n journalist to be [[List_of_assassinations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War#Journalists|assassinated]] in 2004?
*... that although composed in late 1812, the popular Canadian [[War of 1812]] song '''''[[The Bold Canadian]]''''' was not published until 1907, and not fully until 1927?
*... that the noted medieval [[Telugu-language]] writer and poet '''[[Palkuriki Somanatha]]''' wrote important classics in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] as well?
*... that the '''[[Beverly Hilton Hotel]]''' has hosted the [[Golden Globe Awards]] since 1961?


*'''''08:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that 52 of '''[[Sholto Johnstone Douglas]]'''{{'}} paintings of [[World War I|First World War]] "dazzle ships" ''([[:|[[dazzle camouflage]] pictured]])'' are in the [[Imperial War Museum]]?
*... that in [[Tanta]], [[Egypt]], some restaurants sell an "al-Tourbini sandwich", named after '''[[Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour|a serial child killer]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Kay Moor]]''' coal mine near [[Fayetteville, West Virginia]], was first worked with mule-drawn railcars?
*... that '''[[Michael Christian Festing]]''' was [[Thomas Arne]]'s mentor and it is through his influence that Arne was able to pursue a music career?
*... that '''[[Agriculture in Guyana|Guyana's sugar production]]''' was halved between 1978 and 1988 due to the economic decline of the nation during the 1980s?
*... that '''[[Balanadarajah Iyer]]''' was the second [[Sri Lanka]]n journalist to be [[List_of_assassinations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War#Journalists|assassinated]] in 2004?
*... that although composed in late 1812, the popular Canadian [[War of 1812]] song '''''[[The Bold Canadian]]''''' was not published until 1907, and not fully until 1927?
*... that the noted medieval [[Telugu language]] writer and poet, '''[[Palkuriki Somanatha]]''', wrote important classics in the [[Kannada language]] and [[Sanskrit language]] as well?
*... that the '''[[Beverly Hilton Hotel]]''' has hosted the [[Golden Globe Awards]] since 1961?


*'''''08:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Lucques]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', '''[[Aglandau]]''', '''[[Salonenque]]''', '''[[Picholine]]''', '''[[Olivière]]''', '''[[Tanche]]''', '''[[Bouteillan]]''', '''[[Cailletier]]''', '''[[Grossane]]''', '''[[Germaine (olive)|Germaine]]''', '''[[Cayon (olive)|Cayon]]''' and '''[[Sabine (olive)|Sabine]]''' are some of about a hundred [[France|French]] [[olive]] [[cultivar]]s?
*... that '''[[Trailanga Swami]]''', an Indian [[yogi]], is reputed to have lived nearly 300 years and reportedly "read people’s minds like books"?
*... that the '''[[Hawthorn Farm]]''' rail station in [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], has a piece of art that indicates the wind's direction by using lights and sounds?
*... that both '''[[Charles Langbridge Morgan (engineer)|Charles Langbridge Morgan]]''', a civil engineer, and his son [[Charles Langbridge Morgan]], a playwright and novelist, served in the [[British Armed Forces]] during the [[First World War]]?
*... that although [[Katharine Hepburn]] wrote most of the filmed script for '''''[[Travels with My Aunt (film)|Travels with My Aunt]]''''', she was denied screen credit because she was not a member of the [[Screen Writers Guild]]?
*... that the village of '''[[Worsley]]''' is centred around the [[Worsley Navigable Levels|coal mines]] that helped kickstart the [[industrial revolution]] in nearby [[Manchester]]?
*... that [[New York Road Runners]] CEO '''[[Mary Wittenberg]]''' was the first female director of a major international marathon?
*... that [[Sega]] changed a dainty, big-eyed female character into a [[Boris Vallejo|Vallejo]]-like golden [[bikini]]-clad female barbarian, to market the video game '''''[[Alisia Dragoon]]''''' to the [[Western culture|Western]] market? 


*'''''02:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that wolf lichen, [[fungus|fungal]] species '''''[[Letharia vulpina]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', was used historically as a wolf poison by combining it with powdered glass and meat?
*... that the first [[container ship]] arrived in the '''[[Port of Tokyo]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Shinagawa terminal in 1967?
*... that '''[[Haskel Lookstein]]''', who succeeded his father '''[[Joseph Lookstein]]''' as [[Rabbi]] of [[New York City]]'s [[Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun]] in 1979, was ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine's second-ranked U.S. pulpit rabbi in 2008?
*... that around 80&nbsp;percent of [[El Salvador]]'s forests are associated with '''[[Coffee production in El Salvador|shade coffee plantations]]'''?
*... that after serving as a [[Union Army]] [[General officer|general]] during the [[American Civil War]], '''[[Joseph Alexander Cooper]]''' was enlisted to suppress [[Ku Klux Klan]] disturbances in [[Tennessee]]?
*... that [[The Beatles]] appeared ten times on the [[BBC Radio]] programme '''''[[Saturday Club (BBC radio)|Saturday Club]]''''' in the early 1960s?
*... that [[University of Pennsylvania]] track coach '''[[Ken Doherty (track)|Ken Doherty]]''' removed [[Bruce Dern]] from the track team in 1957 after his [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]]-like sideburns caused a commotion while running the [[relay race|two-mile relay]]?
*... that a split in [[India]]'s [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] party in 1988 resulted in a split in the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party in [[Tamil Nadu]], leading to the birth of the new party '''[[Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Diamond darter]]''', discovered in 2008, lives only in the [[Elk River (West Virginia)|Elk River]] of [[West Virginia]], [[USA]]?

=== 29 January 2009 === 


*'''''21:09, 29 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Vladas Jurgutis]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered to be the "father of the [[Lithuanian litas]]"?
*... that the '''[[invitations to the inauguration of Barack Obama]]''' were produced in an [[environmentally friendly]] manner by companies certified by the [[Forest Stewardship Council]]?
*... that '''[[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen]]''' was the acting [[Viceroy of India]] from June 1929 to April 1931?
*... that [[Chicago]]'s '''[[Fountain of Time]]''' by [[Lorado Taft]] is considered the earliest outdoor [[concrete]] sculpture?
*... that when '''[[Jean-Jacques Démafouth]]''', in exile from the [[Central African Republic]], agreed to lead the '''[[People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (CAR)|APRD rebel group]]''' in March 2008, he stipulated they must negotiate a peace deal?
*... that controversy erupted when [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]] was selected to play in the '''[[2002 Gator Bowl]]''' [[college football]] game instead of [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]], which had more wins in [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|the regular season]]?
*... that '''[[Corethrellidae]]''', a family of [[parasitic]] [[midges]] belonging to the same order as the common [[housefly]], have been found to spread the [[disease]]-causing [[protozoan]] ''[[Trypanosoma]]'' among their host [[frog]] populations?
*... that designer '''[[Shigeo Fukuda]]'''{{'s}} poster "Victory 1945" of a projectile heading straight at the opening of a cannon barrel was described as a "bitingly satirical commentary on the senselessness of war"?


*'''''15:16, 29 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the color scheme for [[Israel Railways]]' new '''[[Siemens Viaggio Light]]''' trains ''([[:|pictured]])'' was chosen by the general public in a poll?
*... that President [[George W. Bush]] appointed three '''[[List of foreign-born United States Cabinet Secretaries|Cabinet members who had been born outside of the United States]]''', the most of any U.S. president?
*... that '''[[Château de Cayx]]''' is a '''[[residences of the Danish monarch|royal residence of the Danish monarch]]''' in [[France]]?
*... that '''[[Holly Coors]]''', wife of beer magnate [[Joseph Coors]], stated while planning to run for [[Governor of Colorado]] that the way to help women was "not the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] but through [[capitalism|free enterprise]]"?
*... that '''[[Typhoon Wayne (1986)|Typhoon Wayne]]''', which roamed the [[South China Sea]] and [[Formosa Strait]] for over three weeks in 1986, remains the longest lived [[tropical cyclone]] on record in the western [[Pacific Ocean]]?
*... that in May 1776, the future [[Chaldean Catholic Church|Chaldean]] Patriarch '''[[Yohannan Hormizd]]''' was consecrated [[metropolitan bishop]] with right of succession at the age of 16 by his uncle, Patriarch Mar Eliya XII Denkha?
*... that '''''[[Star Trek: Countdown]]''''', a comic book [[prequel]] to the 2009 film ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', is also a sequel to the 2002 film ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''?
*... that '''[[Barashnûm]]''' is a [[Zoroastrian]] [[ritual purification|purification]] [[ritual]] in which a "defiled" person is confined to a corner of the house called ''Armêsht-gah'' for a period of nine nights?


*'''''09:24, 29 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the '''[[Light-mantled Albatross]]''' ''(pictured)'' does not start breeding, on average, until 12 years old?
*... that Count Hans von Schack of [[Duchy of Schleswig|South Jutland]] was given '''[[Schackenborg Castle]]''' as a token of [[Frederick III of Denmark]]'s gratitude for his military achievements in the [[Northern Wars]]?
*... that '''[[Providence Newberg Medical Center]]''' in [[Oregon]] was the first hospital in the United States to earn a Gold [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED certification]]?
*... that [[child actor]] '''[[Asa Butterfield]]''' appeared on the cover of [[Patrick Skene Catling|Patrick Skene Catling's]] autobiography ''Better Than Working''?
*... that after surviving 1945's [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Battle of Manila]], the [[Standalone movie theaters of the Philippines#Avenue Theater|Avenue Theater]] along '''[[Rizal Avenue]]''' was demolished in 2006 in order to turn it into a parking lot?
*... that [[hip hop music|rapper]] [[T.I.]] is starring in '''''[[T.I.'s Road To Redemption]]''''', an upcoming [[reality television]] show?
*... that the legend of '''[[Sumbha and Nisumbha]]''', demons from [[Hindu mythology]], is used as a warning against the dangers of seduction in [[Shashi Tharoor]]'s novel ''[[The Great Indian Novel]]''?
*... that [[Major League Baseball]] [[manager (baseball)|manager]] [[Billy Martin]] served five separate terms as '''[[List of New York Yankees managers|manager of the New York Yankees]]'''?


*'''''03:32, 29 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] [[bryozoan|moss animal]]s live on the [[Seta|bristles]] of the [[crab]] known as the '''[[Goneplax rhomboides|Mud-Runner]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])''? 
*... that [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''[[John Maitland (Royal Navy officer)|John Maitland's]]''' decisive quashing of an attempted [[mutiny]] was termed 'Doctor Maitland's recipe' by [[Admiral (United Kingdom)|Admiral]] [[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent|John Jervis]]?
*... that ever since the '''''[[Griffin v. California]]''''' case in the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]], judges and [[prosecutor]]s are forbidden from mentioning that a defendant has refused to testify?
*... that '''[[Al-Maquar]]''', which contains the royal residence of [[Jordan]], was built on the camp-site for the armies of the [[Arab Revolt]], who captured [[Amman]] in 1918?
*... that '''[[Marcia P. Sward]]''', who created the children's [[environmental education]] program ''GreenKids'', started her career as a [[mathematician]]?
*... that because of differences in the demands for a separate nation called [[Dravida Nadu]], [[India]]'s [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] party split in 1962 and a short-lived '''[[Tamil National Party]]''' was formed?
*... that '''[[Alexander Ross (engineer)|Alexander Ross]]''' was Engineer-in-Chief of the '''[[Breydon Viaduct]]'''? 
*... that there was public outcry when the ''Sea Alarm''—formerly one of [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] [[WWII]] '''[[List of Empire ships - A|Empire ships]]'''—was scrapped after the closure of the [[Mermaid Quay|Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum]]?
*... that in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] in the 1980s, '''[[Jean Gagné|Frenchy Martin]]''' accompanied [[Dino Bravo]] to the [[wrestling ring|ring]] with a sign that read "USA is not OK"?

=== 28 January 2009 === 


*'''''15:48, 28 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that one-time [[List of Speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the Oregon House of Representatives '''[[Charles B. Moores]]'''{{'}} ''([[:|pictured]])'' uncle, father, and grandfather all served in the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|Oregon Legislature]], while his son served in the [[Washington State Legislature|Washington Legislature]]?
*... that the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] destroyer '''[[Japanese destroyer Kamikaze (1922)|''Kamikaze'']]''' was one of the few larger Japanese warships to survive the [[Pacific War]] without significant damage?
*... that [[Robert Dallek]] researched [[JFK]] for five years by tapping [[National Security Archives]], [[oral histories]], [[White House]] tapes, and [[medical records]] to write '''''[[An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963]]'''''?
*... that in December 1955, [[India]] became the first country outside the [[Eastern bloc]] to establish '''[[India-Mongolia relations|diplomatic relations with Mongolia]]'''?
*... that results from the '''[[JUPITER trial]]''' indicated that [[rosuvastatin]] may lower the [[relative risk]] of [[heart attack]]s and [[stroke]] in patients with normal [[cholesterol]] levels?
*... that [[New Zealand]] [[Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)|Transport Minister]] '''[[Steven Joyce]]''' started radio station Energy FM with a group of friends?
*... that the remnants of '''[[Tropical Depression Ten (2005)|2005's Tropical Depression Ten]]''' partially contributed to the formation of [[Hurricane Katrina]]?
*... that '''[[Fred Shaw Mayer]]''' was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] for breeding [[Birds of Paradise]]?


*'''''15:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[Polish resistance in World War II]] designed and produced hundreds of [[flamethrower]]s, most of them of the '''[[K pattern flamethrower|K pattern]]''' model ''([[:|pictured]])''?
*... that a ''[[Liveline]]'' phone-in debate on [[LGBT adoption|gay adoption]] staged by '''[[Evelyn O'Rourke]]''' led to more than half of the total complaints issued against the radio show in a six-month period?
*... that in 1952, three '''[[BSA A7]]''' motorcycles won the [[Maudes Trophy]] and the [[International Six Days Enduro]], achieving {{convert|4500|mi}} without any problems?
*... that '''[[Maraimalai Adigal]]''', a [[Saivite]] and considered the father of the [[Pure Tamil movement]], disagreed with the [[atheism|atheistic]] beliefs of [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy|Periyar]]'s [[Self-Respect Movement]]?
*... that in 2005, Gov. [[Ted Kulongoski]] signed a bill making [[Oregon]] the first U.S. state to '''[[Controlled substances in Oregon|require prescriptions for cold medicines]]''' containing [[pseudoephedrine]], a key ingredient used to make [[methamphetamine]]?
*... that, being a descendant of ''[[Pliohippus]]'', '''''[[Astrohippus]]''''' is not considered to be an ancestor to modern [[horse]]s?
*... that in 1975, '''[[Tivi Etok]]''', a [[Quebec]] artist, was the first [[Inuit|Inuk]] [[printmaking|printmaker]] to have a collection of his own prints released?
*... that a '''[[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs Walter Watkins|2009 Pennsylvania court case]]''' ruled that [[poker]] is a game of skill, thus not subject to the state laws related to [[gambling]]?


*'''''09:48, 28 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that this year's '''[[2009 Tour of California|Tour of California]]''' will cross the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] ''([[:|pictured]])'' for the first time?
*... that the Norwegian Minister of the Interior and [[President of the Storting]], '''[[Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne]]''', was a business partner of '''[[Theodor Peterson]]''' before entering politics?
*... that ''[[Murder on a Sunday Morning]]'', a French film about the 2000 '''[[Brenton Butler case|Brenton Butler murder case]]''' in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], won the [[Academy Award for Documentary Feature]] in 2001?
*... that '''[[Étienne-Émile Baulieu]]''', the "father of the [[abortion pill]]", first described the concept of [[neurosteroid]]s?
*... that [[NBC]]'s 2009 [[reality television]] program '''''[[Superstars of Dance]]''''' is hosted by "Lord of the Dance" [[Michael Flatley]]?
*... that '''[[East Wallabi Island]]''' has the highest number of plant species on any island of the [[Houtman Abrolhos]] [[archipelago]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]?
*... that many modern legal commentators believe the decision in '''''[[Stilk v Myrick]]''''' was made at least partly due to public policy?
*... that '''[[Steven Hoefflin]]''' [[skin graft|grafted skin]] to [[Michael Jackson]]’s scalp after the singer was burnt during the filming of a [[Pepsi]] commercial in 1984?


*'''''03:56, 28 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[Trondheim Tramway]] of [[Norway]] could not sell their used '''[[TT Class 8|Class 8]]''' trams ''([[:|pictured]])'' because they had the unique combination of {{convert|260|cm|abbr=on}} width and [[meter gauge]]?
*... that '''[[Sedgeley]]''', designed by [[Benjamin Henry Latrobe]] in 1799 and built in [[Philadelphia]], was the first [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic revival]]-style house in the [[United States|U.S.]]?
*... that '''[[Oslac of York|Oslac]]''', the first [[ealdorman]] of [[Yorkshire|southern Northumbria]], is said to have escorted the Scottish king [[Cináed mac Maíl Coluim]] to the court of the English king [[Edgar the Peaceful]]?
*... that [[Ron Rothstein]] was the '''[[List of Miami Heat head coaches|first head coach of the Miami Heat]]''', an American professional [[basketball]] team based in [[Miami]], [[Florida]]?
*... that remnants of [[defensive wall]]s and [[Dugout (shelter)|stone shelters]] on '''[[West Wallabi Island]]''', constructed by survivors of the 1629 ''[[Batavia (ship)|Batavia]]'' shipwreck, are the oldest known European-built structures in [[Australia]]?
*... that '''[[Brett Queener]]''', an American [[Goalkeeper (field lacrosse)|goalkeeper]] in professional [[field lacrosse]], plays an offensive position in professional [[indoor lacrosse]]?
*... that the '''[[Wolf Popper Synagogue]]''' in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]], was founded in 1620 by one of the richest [[Early modern Europe|European]] traders in [[Potassium nitrate|saltpetre]], used for the making of [[gunpowder]]?
*... that '''[[Bob May (actor)|Bob May]]''' got the role of the Robot in the 1960s TV series ''[[Lost in Space]]'' when he met the show's creator [[Irwin Allen]] in the studio lot who said "if you can fit in the suit, you've got the job"?

=== 27 January 2009 === 


*'''''22:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the '''[[Thomas Paine Cottage]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' is where the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] hero and author of ''[[Common Sense (pamphlet)|Common Sense]]'' lived from 1802 to 1806, was buried in 1809, and was [[Burial#Exhumation|disinterred]] in 1819 by [[William Cobbett]]?
*... that the [[Moss, Norway]]-based corporation '''[[Peterson (company)|Peterson]]''' started as a [[general store]] in 1801, later expanding into packaging and [[Pulp and paper industry|paper industry]] via timber trade and [[shipping]]?
*... that the [[U.S. Olympic Committee]] awarded medals to '''[[Sam Stoller]]''' and [[Marty Glickman]] 62 years after the only two Jews on the U.S. track team were pulled from the 400-meter relay team at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Jagannatha Dasa]]''' is one of the widely known 18th-century saint-poets of the [[Kannada language]]?
*... that the '''[[Weberian apparatus]]''', a set of modified bones that link the [[swim bladder]] and [[inner ear]] of some fishes, is a distinguishing characteristic of the [[superorder]] [[Ostariophysi]]?
*... that the collection of the '''[[Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely]]''' includes 275 aircraft, of which approximately 110 are on public display?
*... that [[college football]] player '''[[Bob Ward (American football)|Bob Ward]]''' is the only player to have been selected by the [[Associated Press]] as a first-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in both an offensive and defensive [[American football positions|position]]?
*... that the 2005 '''[[List of World Series of Poker Ladies Champions|World Series of Poker Ladies Champion]]''' had been nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]] in 1994?


*'''''16:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the biennial world [[chef]] championship '''[[Bocuse d'Or]]''', named for [[Paul Bocuse]] ''([[:|pictured]])'', is one of the world's most prestigious cooking competitions?
*... that the '''''[[Citizen's Briefing Book]]''''' is a compilation work of citizen recommendations to [[Barack Obama]], to be presented to him after his [[Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration|inauguration]] as [[President of the United States]]?
*... that the birth place of [[Tipu Sultan]], also known as the ''[[Tiger]] of [[Mysore]]'', is located {{convert|150|m}} south-west of '''[[Devanahalli Fort]]''' in [[Karnataka]], [[India]]?
*... that '''[[Chesley Sullenberger|Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger]]''', the captain of [[US Airways Flight 1549]], also runs an aviation safety consultant company and has worked as an accident investigator for the [[United States Air Force|USAF]], [[National Transportation Safety Board|NTSB]], and [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]?
*... that '''''[[SS Benalbanach (1946)|Empire Athelstan]]''''' was the first merchant ship built by [[Vickers-Armstrongs]] at [[Barrow in Furness]] after the [[Second World War]]?
*... that '''[[C. Natesa Mudaliar]]''' was responsible for bringing bitter rivals [[Theagaroya Chetty]] and [[Dr. T. M. Nair]] together and is remembered as one of the founders of India's [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]?
*... that development of the '''[[Namsos Line]]''' was halted both in 1908, when final plans for the [[Nordland Line]] used another route via [[Snåsa]], and in 1927, when the Norwegian [[Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway)|Minister of Labour]] stopped construction?
*... that following [[Andrew Jackson]]'s '''[[Andrew Jackson 1829 presidential inauguration|inauguration in 1829]]''', a drunken mob inside the [[White House]] was only dispersed once bowls of punch and liquor were placed on the front lawn?


*'''''10:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the unusual layout of [[Bay (architecture)|bays]] in the aisles of '''[[St Luke's Church, Queen's Park, Brighton|St Luke's Church, Brighton]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', was described by [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Sir Nikolaus Pevsner]] as "curious" and "disturbing"?
*... that '''[[Leonard Andrews]]''' created ''The New York Standard'', the largest alternative paper printed during the 114-day '''[[1962 New York City newspaper strike]]''', with a peak circulation over 400,000 in its 67 issues?
*... that the [[antimicrobial]] [[protein]] '''[[hydramacin-1]]''' was extracted and isolated in 2008 by [[German]] scientists from ''[[Hydra (genus)|Hydra]]'', a freshwater relative of [[coral]]s and [[jellyfish]]?
*... that [[Russia]]n poetess [[Anna Akhmatova]] regarded [[Osip Mandelstam]]'s poem on Russian poetess '''[[Mariya Petrovykh]]''' as the "best love poem of the twentieth century"?
*... that the '''[[Indiana Rangers]]''' inspired the creation of the more famous [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]]?
*... that the '''[[MV Domala|MV ''Domala'']]''' was the first ship of the [[British-India Steam Navigation Company]] that was powered by [[diesel engine]]s?
*... that, in 2008, [[college football]] player '''[[Russell Wilson]]''' of [[NC State Wolfpack football|North Carolina State]] became the first freshman [[quarterback]] to ever be named to the All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference]] first team?
*... that the '''[[Little Wattlebird]]''' lacks the [[Wattle (anatomy)|wattles]] which characterise the [[wattlebird]]s?


*'''''04:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Mike Murphy (trainer and coach)|Mike Murphy]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' trained heavyweight boxing champion [[John L. Sullivan]], was the first [[Michigan Wolverines]] football coach, and has been called the "the father of American track athletics"?
*... that the '''[[Singsaker Line]]''' was the first part of the [[Trondheim Tramway]], [[Norway]], to be closed?
*... that after escaping from German forces in [[World War II]], '''[[Peter Lewis (British Army officer)|Peter Lewis]]''' hid in a [[safe house]] in [[Modena]] for almost two months in late 1943?
*... that the '''[[UNIO High School, Satu Mare|UNIO High School]]''' in [[Satu Mare]], [[Romania]], was established only to [[Training|train]] and promote skilled workers for the UNIO Company?
*... that entrepreneur [[Ralph D. Foster]] and his partner started Missouri [[radio station]] KGBX (now '''[[KSGF (AM)|KSGF]]''') in 1926 to advertise their [[Firestone Tires]] dealership?
*... that '''[[Australian contribution to the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918–1919|Australian forces]]''' were deployed as a part of the [[North Russian Expeditionary Force]] and [[North Russia Relief Force]] during the [[Russian Civil War]]?
*... that '''[[Stephen Etnier]]''', an [[United States|American]] [[Realism (visual arts)|realist]] painter, commanded the [[United States Navy]] ship [[USS Mizpah (PY-29)|USS ''Mizpah'']] during [[World War II]]?
*... that the title for [[Peter Benchley]]'s best-selling 1974 novel '''''[[Jaws (novel)|Jaws]]''''' was not agreed until 20 minutes before it went into production?

=== 26 January 2009 === 


*'''''22:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that species from '''''[[Cookeina]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[cup fungi]], are used in [[Peninsular Malaysia]] as [[fish bait]]?
*... that [[IBM]]'s '''[[Automatic Language Translator]]''' machines used by the [[US Air Force]] had [[optical disk]]s that stored thousands of [[Russian language|Russian]]-to-[[English language|English]] translations?
*... that during the '''[[captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam]]''', 30,000 of the captured 60,000 Christians were [[Forced conversion|forcibly converted]] to [[Islam]] by [[Tipu Sultan]]?
*... that [[microbiologist]] '''[[Hans Knöll]]''' defended the historic center of [[Jena]], which was threatened by the construction of the [[Jen-Tower]]?
*... that the four-part [[Arts & Entertainment|A&E]] [[documentary film|documentary]] [[television series|series]] '''''[[The Greatest Pharaohs]]''''' is being used in many college and university courses on [[anthropology]] and [[archaeology]]?
*... that after being sent to the [[Solovki prison camp|GULAG]], [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] writer '''[[Hryhorii Epik]]''' continued to write and sent one of his works to the [[NKVD]] in [[Moscow]] before his execution during the [[Great Purge]] in 1937?
*... that '''[[George Webb Restaurants]]''' locations each have two clocks that employees claim are set one minute apart to evade a local law banning businesses from being open 24 hours per day?
*... that '''[[Stephen Farrell (track and field)|Steve Farrell]]''', called "the greatest professional foot-racer" in America, raced against horses for several years in the 1890s and reportedly only lost a half dozen times?
*... that the Russian artist '''[[Joseph Constantinovsky]]''', who fled the Ukraine after an anti-Jewish [[pogrom]], became a famous sculptor and author in Paris, writing an award-winning collection of short stories in French? 


*'''''16:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the first egg laid in a [[Clutch (eggs)|clutch]] by '''[[Crested penguin]]s''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' of the [[genus]] ''Eudyptes'' is as little as 60% of the size of the second egg?
*... that undercover [[apartheid]] agent '''[[Fabio Barraclough]]''' used a cover identity as an [[Anti-Apartheid Movement|anti-apartheid campaigner]]?
*... that the 1983 song "'''[[Everyday I Write the Book]]'''" was [[Elvis Costello]]'s first [[hit single]] in the [[United States]]?
*... that [[Malaysia]]n royalty's immunity from legal prosecution was removed after a 1992 [[Sultan Iskandar of Johor#Gomez_Incident|assault incident]], involving '''[[Tunku Abdul Majid|Tunku Majid]]''' of [[Johor]], sparked a [[Gomez Incident|constitutional crisis]]?
*... that the [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]]'s cold-weather testing facility was moved from [[Ladd Army Airfield|Ladd Field]] in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], to a refrigerated hangar, the '''[[McKinley Climatic Laboratory]]''', at [[Eglin Air Force Base]], [[Florida]]?
*... that an electronic opera ''Raab'' by the [[Czech people|Czech]] [[composer]] '''[[Jaroslav Krček]]''' was banned by the [[Communism|communist]] regime in 1972?
*... that the [[United States Department of Transportation]] incorrectly lists the former [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]] bridge on '''[[County Route 35 (Warren County, New York)|Warren County Route 35]]''' as an old state road?
*... that professional wrestler '''[[George "Two Ton" Harris]]''' was promised continued employment with [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] when he assured the owner that he would learn to read and write?


*'''''11:00, 26 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that [[Eugène Delacroix]]'s efforts to produce '''''[[The Barque of Dante]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' in time for the [[Salon (Paris)|Paris Salon]] of 1822 left him weak and in need of recuperation?
*... that [[Cheshire]] landowner '''[[Rowland Egerton-Warburton]]''' arranged for his house, [[Arley Hall]], to be designed in [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] style while the [[chapel]] was designed in [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] style?
*... that after being saved from the [[shipbreaking|scrapyard]] by a [[Washington Naval Treaty|U.S. delegation]], two [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese warships]] of the '''{{Sclass|Amagi|battlecruiser|5}}''' and '''{{Sclass|Tosa|battleship|5}}''' classes, [[Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi|''Akagi'']] and [[Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga|''Kaga'']], were converted to [[aircraft carrier]]s and took part in the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]?
*... that only 100 '''[[India 10 Rupees Mahatma Gandhi postage stamp|Mahatma Gandhi 10 Rs. stamps]]''' were overprinted with "Service", making it the world's least printed stamp?
*... that disputes between [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]]s [[William Hardee]] and '''[[John Creed Moore]]''' caused Moore to resign his commission?
*... that '''[[Cosmos 1818]]''', which has an inactive [[nuclear reactor]], was fractured by either a collision or [[thermal stress]]es, generating [[radioactivity|radioactive]] debris in a [[high earth orbit]]?
*... that '''[[Elliott Woods]]''', who was [[Architect of the Capitol]] from 1902 to 1923, oversaw the construction of the [[Cannon House Office Building]] and the [[Russell Senate Office Building]]?
*... that [[zoologist|protozoologist]] '''[[Leonard Goodwin]]''' claimed to have started the use of [[Hamster#Hamsters_as_pets|hamsters as pets]] in the [[United Kingdom]]? 


*'''''05:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[United States Navy]] has trained '''[[Common Bottlenose Dolphin]]s''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' to locate [[sea mine]]s?
*... that the '''[[Temple of Human Passions]]''', first building of [[Art Nouveau]]'s architect [[Victor Horta]], was closed three days after its inauguration under the pressure of the puritanic [[Belgium|Belgian]] public in 1899?
*... that '''[[Joseph P. Williams]]''' led the team that created the [[BankAmericard]] in 1958, the first national bank [[credit card]] in the United States?
*... that the '''[[Candy cap]]''' [[mushroom]] species ''Lactarius camphoratus'' has been used as part of a pipe [[tobacco]] mix? 
*... that the "London Cage," a [[World War II]] [[prisoner of war]] facility commanded by Lt. Col. '''[[Alexander Scotland]]''', was beset by allegations of [[torture]]?
*... that [[Bryan Trottier]], [[Denis Potvin]], [[Mike Bossy]], and [[Bryan Berard]] all won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] while playing for the '''[[List of New York Islanders award winners|New York Islanders]]'''? 
*... that sprint champion '''[[Charles B. Hoyt|Charles Hoyt]]''', who lost a chance for an Olympic medal when the [[1916 Summer Olympics|1916 games]] were cancelled due to [[World War I]], later coached [[Eddie Tolan]] to two gold medals in the [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Olympics]]?
*... that people have had to be taken to hospital due to [[drug overdose]]s at '''[[Dance party|dance parties]]'''?

=== 25 January 2009 === 


*'''''23:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the '''[[orange webcap]]''' [[mushroom]] ''([[:|pictured]])'' can [[bioaccumulation|bioaccumulate]] the toxic element [[mercury (element)|mercury]]?
*... that instead of [[kidnapping|abducting people]], '''[[Francesco Paolo Varsallona]]''', who became an [[outlaw]] in 1893, introduced tribute payments for guaranteed safety and was credited with modernizing [[brigandage]] in [[Sicily]]?
*... that in June 1991, a gasoline tanker attempting to exit from '''[[Interstate 68]]''' at [[Cumberland, Maryland]], overturned and set eight houses on fire, causing US0,000 in damages?
*... that [[Royal Air Force]] pilot '''[[Robert Leith-Macgregor]]''' was twice shot down during [[World War II]] and then strafed by German fighters, but survived uninjured both times?
*... that [[Kentucky]]'s '''[[Great Saltpetre Cave]]''', which produced [[Potassium nitrate|saltpetre]] for the [[War of 1812]], was later used to film part of the 1997 [[Steven Seagal]] film ''[[Fire Down Below (1997 film)‎|Fire Down Below]]''?
*... that composer '''[[Egidio Duni]]''' was particularly influential in creating a new genre of [[opera]] which blended [[Italian opera]] elements with traditional [[French opera|French]] ones?
*... that the '''[[Polhemus Memorial Clinic]]''' in [[Brooklyn, New York]], is considered to be the first [[skyscraper]] hospital ever built?
*... that despite its name, the '''[[Corsican Hare]]''' is not native to [[Corsica]] and is rarely found on this Mediterranean island today?


*'''''17:30, 25 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''''[[Tricholoma ustaloides]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', generally considered an inedible species of [[mushroom]], is consumed by inhabitants of some [[Mexico|Mexican]] communities?
*... that composer '''[[Jonathan Battishill]]''' once performed several airs from [[Samuel Arnold (composer)|Samuel Arnold]]'s [[oratorio]] ''The Prodigal Son'' without the [[sheet music]], and after not hearing the work for more than 20 years?
*... that the first '''[[Filipinos in the Netherlands|Filipinos]]''' to settle in the [[Netherlands]] arrived in 1947?
*... that in addition to her academic career, [[German people|German]]-[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[political science|political scientist]] '''[[Helga Hernes]]''' has been a [[State Secretary (Norway)|State Secretary]] as well as an [[ambassador]] to several European countries?
*... that though students spend their entire [[high school]] career at '''[[Tech Valley High School]]''' in [[New York's]] [[Capital District]], their diploma comes from their home school district?
*... that '''[[Robert Millar (marketer)|Robert Millar]]''' has been credited for establishing modern [[marketing]] in [[Norway]]?
*... that the [[private railroad car]] '''[[Georgia 300]]''' has been used by [[List of Presidents of the United States|United States Presidents]] [[George H.W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Barack Obama]], as well as presidential candidate [[John Kerry]]?
*... that '''[[Sam (army dog)|Sam]]''', an army dog who served with the [[Royal Army Veterinary Corps]], posthumously received the [[Dickin Medal]] in 2003 for holding off armed rioters in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]?


*'''''11:40, 25 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that [[Thomas Eakins]]' wife is credited with painting him into '''''[[The Agnew Clinic]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])''?
*... that the '''[[Dalsenget fire]]''' in 1956 caused the [[Trondheim Tramway]] to lose its 26 newest trams?
*... that '''[[Hedda Berntsen|Hedda]]''' and '''[[Ingrid Berntsen]]''' became the first siblings in [[Norway]] to compete in different events at the same [[Olympic Games]]?
*... that the [[avant-garde]] magazine '''''[[291 (journal)|291]]''''' is credited with first introducing [[visual poetry]] to the United States back in 1915? 
*... that according to ''[[De primo Saxonum adventu]]'', '''[[Osulf I of Bamburgh|Osulf of Bamburgh]]''' was the first [[Kingdom of England|English]] "earl" of [[Northumbria]]?
*... that a '''[[BSA Lightning]]''' fitted with a working missile launching system featured in the 1965 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''?
*... that '''[[Robert Elliott-Cooper]]''' lived for 12 more years after the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' described him as "among the oldest of [[England|English]] engineers"? 
*... that '''''[[Catch My Soul]]''''', a [[rock musical]] adaptation of ''[[Othello]]'' set in a late 1960s [[commune]] in [[New Mexico]], [[USA]], was the only film directed by the late [[Patrick McGoohan]]? 
*... that [[Australia]]n [[photographer]] '''[[Olive Cotton]]''' captured her childhood friend, photographer [[Max Dupain]], in ''Fashion shot, Cronulla Sandhills'', and married him in 1937?


*'''''05:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Barnet Burns]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' toured [[England]] from 1835, exhibited his [[Tā moko|Māori tattoos]] and recounted his adventures in [[New Zealand]]?
*... that '''[[Beaver Creek State Park]]''' in [[Ohio]], [[USA]], is home to both [[Little Beaver Creek]], a [[National Wild and Scenic River|National Scenic River]], and a restored 1837 [[gristmill|mill]]?
*... that the '''[[Munkkivuori#Huopalahdentie_accident|Pysähdy ajoissa - Stanna i tid]]''' ("Stop in time") traffic campaign was the result of the public response to a road death of a nine-year-old girl in [[Finland]]?
*... that '''[[Mark Donaldson]]''' became the first recipient of the [[Victoria Cross for Australia]], for his gallant actions under enemy fire in [[Afghanistan]] in September 2008?
*... that the '''[[Madhu church shelling]]''' affected the [[Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu]], the holiest [[Roman Catholic]] shrine in [[Sri Lanka]]?
*... that '''[[poppy seed]]''', harvested from the [[opium poppy]] seed head, has had its use dated back to the [[Sumerians]]?
*... that before '''[[John Parker (archbishop)|John Parker]]''' became [[Archdiocese of Tuam (Church of Ireland)|Archbishop of Tuam]] and of [[Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)|Dublin]], he had been imprisoned by [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s forces as a suspected [[Cavalier|Royalist]] [[espionage|spy]]?
*... that in its heyday, the [[National Register of Historic Places|historic]] '''[[Mountain Springs Hotel]]''' in [[Ephrata, Pennsylvania]], hosted [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidents]] [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]], [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant]], and [[James Buchanan|Buchanan]]?
*... that both parents of the '''''[[Cryptoheros septemfasciatus]]''''' fish care for their fry intensively?


*'''''00:00, 25 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the lush [[canyon]] '''[[Ein Avdat]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' and its surroundings have been experiencing continuous human activity for some 80,000–90,000 years?
*... that '''[[Joseph Yuill]]''' and his wife Margaret operated [[Ontario]]'s first travelling [[dairy]]?
*... that the '''[[Sunday Magazine Editors Association]]''' gives out [[journalism]] awards recognizing work in writing, [[investigative journalism]], and design in Sunday newspaper magazines?
*... that '''[[Said al-Shawa]]''' was the first mayor of [[Gaza]], appointed in 1906?
*... that before the chancery records began around 1200, the '''[[Pipe rolls]]''' were the only continuous records kept by the English government?
*... that '''[[Harlington Wood Jr.]]''' is credited with helping to negotiate a truce between federal officers and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] during the [[Wounded Knee incident]] in 1973?
*... that the [[extinct]] [[coral]] '''''[[Coelosimilia]]''''' is the first known example of a [[scleractinia]]n coral to have a skeleton not composed of the mineral [[aragonite]]?
*... that '''[[Wisconsin Highway 131]]''' crosses nine [[bridge]]s in {{convert|7.3|mi|km|1}} between the communities of [[Rockton, Wisconsin|Rockton]] and [[Ontario, Wisconsin|Ontario]]?
*... that at different times '''[[Phnom Voar]]''' (Vine Mountain) in southern [[Cambodia]] was a [[B-52]] target, a rebel base, a [[The Killing Fields|killing field]], a kidnapping site, and finally a peaceful mountain?

===24 January 2009===
*'''''18:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the white [[coral fungus]] '''''[[Clavulina cristata]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' contains the [[conjugated fatty acid]] [[Alpha-Parinaric acid|α-parinaric acid]]?
*... that [[Rose Byrne]] said that filming the opening scene of ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'' episode "'''[[Get Me a Lawyer]]'''" on a winter's morning in only underwear and a coat was "very traumatic"?
*... that the earliest [[Roman glass]] found in [[China]] comes from a 1st-century-BC tomb in [[Guangzhou]], '''[[History of the Han Dynasty|dated to the Han Dynasty]]'''?
*... that '''[[Thomas Robbins (minister)|Thomas Robbins]]''', the [[Connecticut Historical Society]]'s first [[librarian]], owned the 385 volume ''[[Journal des sçavans]]'', the earliest published [[academic journal|scholarly periodical]]?
*... that world motorcycle champion [[Mike Hailwood]] won the 1965 Hutchinson 100 Production race at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] on a '''[[BSA Lightning Clubman]]'''?
*... that '''[[Francis Mallison]]''' was elected to the [[New York State Assembly]] after being held as a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[prisoner of war]] during the [[American Civil War]]?
*... that the private company '''[[Gråkallbanen (company)|Gråkallbanen]]''' reopened the [[Trondheim Tramway]] in 1990, two years after it had been permanently closed by the city council?
*... that wrestling manager [[Lou Albano]]'s part in a [[Cyndi Lauper]] [[music video]] inspired storylines for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] shows '''[[The Brawl to End it All]]''' and '''[[The War to Settle the Score]]'''?


*'''''12:20, 24 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Keene Fitzpatrick]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' invented modern [[Pole vault|pole-vault]]ing technique, coached five [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalists, and trained the [[University of Michigan]]'s "Point-a-Minute" football teams from 1901 to 1905? 
*... that when [[NBC]] pulled "'''[[Steve Burdick]]'''", an [[AIDS]]-themed episode of the medical drama ''[[Lifestories]]'', gay and [[ACT UP|AIDS activists]] accused the network of fearing advertiser backlash?
*... that the '''[[Port of Piraeus]]''' is the largest [[passenger]] port in [[Europe]] and one of the largest in the world with total traffic of 21,522,917 people in 2007?
*... that '''[[Harold Snyder]]''' said that the 1985 [[New York Stock Exchange]] listing of Biocraft Laboratories, which he founded, was the first such listing for a [[generic drug|generic pharmaceutical]] company? 
*... that '''[[Vesicular film|Kalvar]]''' is a type of [[photographic film]] that can be developed simply by heating it?
*... that [[United Kingdom|British]] actor '''[[Norman Lumsden]]''', who played [[J. R. Hartley]] in the popular 1983 [[Yell Group|Yellow Pages]] ''Fly Fishing'' advert, was originally an [[Opera|opera singer]] who created roles for [[Benjamin Britten]]?
*... that "[[Girls on Film]]" by [[Duran Duran]] served as the opening theme for the Japanese [[anime]] '''''[[List of Speed Grapher episodes|Speed Grapher]]''''' though [[FUNimation]] was unable to obtain its license for US release?
*... that in 1865, a party led by Captain '''[[Franklin B. Sprague]]''' of the [[1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment|1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry]] descended an {{convert|800|ft|adj=on}} [[caldera]] wall to become the first explorers to reach the shore of [[Crater Lake]]?


*'''''06:30, 24 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[equestrian statue|equestrian]] [[Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Kraków|'''statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko''']] ''([[:|pictured]])'', Polish American hero of independence, which was erected around 1920 at the [[Wawel Castle]] in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]], has a duplicate in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]?
*... that '''[[Magnolia Park (Hillsboro, Oregon)|Magnolia Park]]''' was the first park in [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], to include a recreational [[Splash pad|water fountain]]?
*... that '''[[Fathima Beevi|Justice M. Fathima Beevi]]''' was the first woman judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and also first of any highest judiciary of a nation in Asia?
*... that [[radio station]] WLIQ (now '''[[WMOB]]''') broadcast from the historic [[Battle House Royale|Battle House Hotel]] in [[Mobile, Alabama]], from 1964 to 1971?
*... that amateur photographer '''[[George Caddy]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 70-year-old lost negatives that surfaced in 2007 are the only documents of an historic [[Bondi Beach, New South Wales|Bondi beach]] acrobatic troupe?
*... that, in his 2000 book '''''[[The Ingenuity Gap]]''''', [[Thomas Homer-Dixon]] argues the nature of problems faced by our society are becoming more complex and that our ability to implement solutions is not keeping pace?
*... that '''[[Trondhjems Omnibus Aktieselskab]]''' started the first scheduled [[coach (carriage)|coach]] route in [[Trondheim]], [[Norway]], in 1893?
*... that consuming the '''[[Gyromitra infula|elfin saddle]]''' [[mushroom]] would result in the harmful formation of [[monomethylhydrazine]], a component of [[rocket propellant|rocket fuel]], in your body?


*'''''00:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that to defend '''[[Indiana in the War of 1812|Indiana during the War of 1812]]''', Governor [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]] ''([[:|pictured]])'' had to recruit '''[[Kentucky in the War of 1812|militia from Kentucky]]''' as those from Indiana would not join the army? 
*... that before entering politics, '''[[Guro Fjellanger]]''' studied to be a [[goldsmith]]?
*... that the [[fungus]] '''''[[Humaria hemisphaerica]]''''' is [[common name|commonly known]] as the "hairy fairy cup"?
*... that, upon being hired by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]], professional wrestler '''[[Lanny Kean]]''' was told to base his persona on Jethro Bodine from ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''?
*... that the '''[[Port of Thessaloniki]]''' in [[Greece]] will double its [[container terminal]] capacity after an investment of US600&nbsp;million made by the [[Hutchison Whampoa|Hutchison Port Holdings]] company based in [[Hong Kong]]?
*... that the [[interactive fiction]] '''''[[Lost Pig]]''''' won four [[XYZZY award]]s and took first place in the 2007 [[Interactive Fiction Competition]]?
*... that ''[[The New York Times]]'' credited the success of promoter '''[[Gary Kurfirst]]'''{{'s}} 1968 New York Rock Festival featuring [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Janis Joplin]], and [[The Doors]] as inspiring the 1969 [[Woodstock Festival]]?
*... that '''[[Shire Brook]]''' in [[Sheffield]], [[England]], was part of the boundary between [[Yorkshire]] and [[Derbyshire]] for 900 years?
*... that '''[[Frank Vandiver]]''' received his high school diploma while serving as Acting President of [[Rice University]]?

===23 January 2009===
*'''''18:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that American soldiers and sailors did not have access to dental service until [[Military of the Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Surgeon General]] '''[[Samuel P. Moore]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' brought in the first [[dentist]]s at military hospitals during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]?
*... that the 13th-century French romance '''''[[Palamedes (romance)|Palamedes]]''''' describes the adventures of the fathers of [[King Arthur]] and the Knights of the Round Table?
*... that a 42&ndash;3 win by the [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina Tar Heels]] in the '''[[1998 Gator Bowl]]''' was the worst loss for the [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech Hokies]] [[college football]] team since a 45&ndash;0 shutout in 1983?
*... that the popular [[Calypso Carol]] was written by an Englishman, '''[[Michael Perry (hymnwriter)|Michael Perry]]''', while still a student, and only became famous by accident?
*... that the proposed '''[[Rampart Dam]]''' on the [[Yukon River]] in [[Alaska]] would have created a man-made reservoir larger than [[Lake Erie]]?
*... that the '''[[Bank Emisyjny w Polsce|Bank of Issue in Poland]]''', created by the Nazis to support the [[Nazi economy]], was penetrated by the [[Polish resistance in WWII|Polish resistance]] which used it as a source of falsified documents?
*... that '''[[Edmund W. Wells]]''', a delegate to [[Arizona]]'s [[Constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]], refused to sign the [[Arizona Constitution|final document]] due to its radical features?
*... that the '''[[Meråker Line]]''' railway of [[Norway]] branches off from the [[Nordland Line]] at [[Hell Station|Hell]]?


*'''''13:00, 23 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the controversial [[sculpture]] '''[[Entropa]]''', unveiled in [[Brussels]] on January 13, 2009, depicts [[Bulgaria]] as a series of [[squat toilets]] ''([[:|example pictured]])''?
*... that [[Scuderia Ferrari]] [[Works team|factory]] driver '''[[Peter Sutcliffe (race driver)|Peter Sutcliffe]]''' was also a [[textile]] manufacturer? 
*... that in July 1905, during the '''[[Theriso revolt]]''', three insurgent leaders met the consuls of the European Great Powers at a [[monastery]] surrounded by rebels, and that [[martial law]] was declared after the talks failed?
*... that [[college football]] [[cornerback]] '''[[Kevin Barnes (American football)|Kevin Barnes]]''' of [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] delivered a tackle hard enough to cause [[Heisman Trophy]] prospect [[Jahvid Best]] to [[vomiting|vomit]] on the field, footage of which became a [[viral video]]?
*... that the '''[[Jastrzębie-Zdrój 1980 strikes]]''' forced the government of the [[People's Republic of Poland]] to sign the last of three agreements establishing the [[Solidarity]] trade union?
*... that after '''[[Kent Williams (politician)|Kent Williams]]''' was elected speaker of the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]], his [[political party|party]] expelled him from its [[caucus]]?
*... that the extinct fish '''''[[Santanichthys]]''''' is the oldest known member of Order [[Characiformes]], which includes the [[tetra]]s and the [[piranha]]?
*... that [[Oklahoma]] [[historian]] '''[[Angie Debo]]''' won numerous honors for her books on [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] history, but never found a permanent position in an academic history department?
*... that the first '''[[List of World Series of Poker Main Event Champions|World Series of Poker Champion]]''' did not win by defeating his opponents?


*'''''07:10, 23 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that [[University of Michigan]] athletic director '''[[Philip Bartelme]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' hired [[Branch Rickey]] as a baseball coach in 1910, and the two later worked together for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]?
*... that a Soviet '''[[P-19 radar]]''' (Flat Face B) was captured in the 1987 [[Chadian–Libyan conflict]] and reviewed by French experts?
*... that [[child actor]] '''[[Laura Ann Kesling]]''', who made her film debut in [[Adam Sandler]]'s 2008 film ''[[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]]'', is the daughter of [[LPGA]] golfer [[Danielle Ammaccapane]]?
*... that according to legend, '''[[Anandibai]]''' led to the assassination of the 13-year-old king [[Narayanrao Peshwa]] by changing one letter ''dha'' to ''ma'', thus changing the order "capture him" to "kill him"?
*... that the '''[[NSB Class 66]]''' was the first [[Norway|Norwegian]] train capable of 120&nbsp;km/h (75&nbsp;mph)?
*... that '''[[Melissa Anelli]]''' and [[Emerson Spartz]], [[webmaster]]s for [[Harry Potter fandom|''Harry Potter'' fansites]], were the only Americans invited to [[Edinburgh]] to interview [[J.K. Rowling]] the day after the ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]]'' was released? 
*... that '''[[Teedyuscung]]''', known as the ''King of the [[Lenape|Delawares]]'', lost much of his territory to [[Province of Pennsylvania|colonial Pennsylvania]] in the [[Walking Purchase]] and later sought retribution for the massive land loss?
*... that '''''[[The Visitors (opera)|The Visitors]]''''' is the only [[opera]] [[Mexico|Mexican]] composer [[Carlos Chávez]] ever scored?
*... that [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]] director '''[[Aryeh Neier]]''', a refugee from [[Nazi Germany]], supported the [[Neo-Nazi]] [[National Socialist Party of America]] in its efforts to march in [[Skokie, Illinois]], an area with many Holocaust survivors?


*'''''01:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that when an upgraded part of the '''[[Østfold Line]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' opened in 1996, it was the first railway in Norway built for speeds of 200 km/h (120 mph)?
*... that, according to theories by '''[[Dennis MacDonald]]''', the earliest books of the [[New Testament]] are responses to the [[Homer]]ic [[Epic poetry|Epics]], thus "nearly everything written on early Christian narrative is flawed"?
*... that a '''[[1998 Jesse pipeline explosion|pipeline exploded]]''' in [[Nigeria]] on October 18, 1998, killing a total of 1,082 people and injuring hundreds more?
*... that [[college football]] [[tailback]] '''[[Mikell Simpson]]''' of [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]] ran for a 96-yard touchdown in the [[2008 Gator Bowl]], which is the longest [[rush (American football)|rush]] by a running back in an [[NCAA]] [[bowl game]]?
*... that the 1904 '''[[Advance Motor Manufacturing Company|Advance]]''' 2 3/4hp motorcycle displayed at the [[National Motorcycle Museum (UK)]] is thought to be the only complete Advance motorcycle in existence?
*... that '''[[Thomas D. Brock]]''' discovered ''[[Thermus aquaticus]]'', an [[extremophile]] living at greater than 70 °C in [[hot spring]]s at [[Yellowstone National Park|Yellowstone]] which became the source of the [[Taq polymerase|enzyme]] used in [[polymerase chain reaction|PCR]]?
*... that the film ''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950) gained '''[[Barbara McLean]]''' a record seventh nomination for the [[Academy Award for Film Editing]], and that this record remains unbroken?
*... that the 450 aircraft that conducted the opening aerial bombardment during the '''[[Battle of Aachen]]''' failed to hit a single [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Bunker|pillbox]]?

===22 January 2009===
*'''''19:30, 22 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the '''[[Los Carneros AVA]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', located in both [[Napa County wine|Napa]] and [[Sonoma (wine)|Sonoma]] counties, was the first [[American Viticultural Area|wine region]] in [[California (wine)|California]] to be defined by its climate characteristics instead of political boundaries?
*... that [[Group Captain|Group Officer]] '''[[Clare Stevenson]]''' was the first Director of the [[Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force]] (WAAAF)?
*... that in the 1894 case '''''[[Schillinger v. United States]]''''', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruled that a [[patent infringement]] suit can't be pursued against the U.S. because it held [[sovereign immunity]] for [[intentional tort]]s?
*... that '''[[Abdur Rahim (judge)|Sir Abdur Rahim]]''' [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] was [[Speaker (politics)|President]] of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] of [[British India|India]] for ten years?
*... that '''''[[Air and Simple Gifts]]''''', performed at the [[Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration|inauguration]] of [[Barack Obama]] on 20 January 2009, was the first [[classical music]] quartet ever performed at a United States presidential inauguration?
*... that '''[[Jerome Murphy-O'Connor]]''', the [[Dominican order|Dominican]] priest and [[Biblical criticism|Bible scholar]], is a cousin of [[Cormac Murphy-O'Connor]], the [[Archbishop of Westminster]]?
*... that thanks to its [[fluorescence]], '''[[Alpha-Parinaric acid|α-parinaric acid]]''' has been used to analyze the stability of [[beer foam]]?
*... that in light of the [[Nazi Germany]] [[Polish culture during World War II|attempt to destroy Polish culture]], the '''[[Secret Teaching Organization]]''' created [[Education in Poland during World War II|an underground education system]] with over a million students?


*'''''13:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the "scarlet elf cup", [[fungi|fungal]] species '''''[[Sarcoscypha coccinea]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', has been used medicinally by the [[Oneida tribe|Oneida]] First Nations people?
*... that [[Brian Hill (basketball coach)|Brian Hill]] is the only '''[[List of Orlando Magic head coaches|head coach]]''' for the [[Orlando Magic]] to serve during two non-consecutive periods?
*... that while in the service of the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]] during [[World War I]], [[Polish Legions in World War I|Polish Legionnaires]] decided to mutiny, fighting their former master at the '''[[Battle of Rarańcza]]'''?
*... that [[post-black art]]ist '''[[Rashid Johnson]]''' had multiple works in the collection of the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] before the age of 25?
*... that '''[[Kanthirava Narasaraja I]]''' was the first ruler in the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] to create symbols associated with Mysore royalty, such as the coins (Kanthiraya) that he named after himself?
*... that '''[[Philip De Witt Ginder]]''' won the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States Army)|Distinguished Service Cross]] for actions in [[Germany]] during [[World War II]] and became the youngest American general to command a combat division in the [[Korean War]]?
*... that there are 115,200 solutions to the '''[[ménage problem]]''' of [[permutation|permuting]] six couples at a twelve-person table so that men and women alternate and are seated away from their partners?
*... that, shortly after breaking '''[[Donn Lewin]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s nose during a [[professional wrestling]] match, '''[[Danny McShain]]''' was introduced to Lewin's sister, who he later married?


*'''''07:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[Classic Period]] [[Maya]] archaeological site of '''[[Quiriguá]]''' in [[Guatemala]] has what is possibly the largest free-standing worked monolith ''([[:|pictured]])'' in the [[New World]]?
*... that because the [[Indo-Pacific]] [[sea urchin]] '''''[[Diadema setosum]]''''' has been found in [[Turkey|Turkish]] waters, it is the first [[invasive species|invasive]] [[echinoid]] in the [[Mediterranean]]?
*... that '''[[Marcus Schrenker]]''', after committing [[pseudocide]], may face charges from the [[Coast Guard]], the [[Federal Aviation Administration]], as well as [[Indiana]], [[Alabama]], and [[Florida]] law enforcement?
*... that [[:Category:German rugby union clubs|German rugby club]] '''[[SC 1880 Frankfurt]]''' adopted a red and black strip after a set of friendlies in 1894 against the [[England|English]] club [[Blackheath F.C.]], who also played in those colours? 
*... that '''[[William K. Jones]]''', awarded the [[Navy Cross]] and the [[Silver Star]] for valor at [[Battle of Tarawa|Tarawa]] and [[Battle of Saipan|Saipan]], was the youngest commander of a [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] [[1st Battalion, 6th Marines|battalion]] during [[World War II]]? 
*... that a "lively [[controversy]]" occurred at the 1902 '''[[International Congress of Americanists]]''' over the word "[[Amerind (people)|Amerind]]"?
*... that '''[[Charles Morgan, Jr.]]''' resigned from his [[ACLU]] position after the group's head criticized Morgan for calling a [[New York]]er a bigot for his refusal to consider voting for [[Jimmy Carter]] as President?
*... that the '''[[Carnegie Library, Runcorn|Carnegie Library]]''' in [[Runcorn]], [[Cheshire]], England, was designed in 1906 by the local council's surveyor and water engineer and is now a [[listed building]]?
*... that at 5 feet 5 inches tall and 165 pounds, '''[[Howard Stevens]]''' was one of the smallest players ever in the [[National Football League]]?


*'''''02:00, 22 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that in 1901, the [[steamboat]] '''[[City of Erie (sidewheeler)|''City of Erie'']]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' beat the steamboat '''[[Tashmoo (sidewheeler)|''Tashmoo'']]''' in a {{convert|94|mi|adj=on}} long race, from [[Cleveland, Ohio]], to [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], by 45 seconds?
*... that between 20,000 and 80,000 '''[[Filipino Italian|Filipinos]]''' live illegally in [[Italy]]?
*... that the '''[[Ames-Florida House]]''' is one of a few houses in [[Minnesota]] built with [[timber framing]] before [[balloon framing]] and [[dimensional lumber]] were well-known in that [[U.S. state]]?
*... that following [[TV3 Ireland|TV3]]'s axing of ''[[Night Shift (Irish TV series)|Night Shift]]'' the presenter, model '''[[Michelle Doherty]]''', was said to have been left feeling "completely bewildered, and absolutely gutted"?
*... that the '''[[Lipari Landfill]]''' in [[New Jersey]], where nearly 3 million gallons and 12 thousand tons of hazardous waste were dumped, was called the worst toxic dump in the United States?
*... that '''[[Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen|Hans Jørgen]]''' and '''[[Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen]]''', sons of industrialist '''[[Lauritz Jenssen]]''', both served as [[Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Labour]]?
*... that '''[[Marra Farm]]''' is one of only two historic agricultural parcels inside [[Seattle]], [[Washington]], city limits that retains an agricultural use today?
*... that, in 2008, [[college football]] [[quarterback]] '''[[Rodney Landers]]''' of [[James Madison Dukes|James Madison]] became the first player from an [[Division I#Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] school to win the [[Dudley Award]] for most outstanding player in [[Virginia]] since 1998?
*... that until recent [[XMM-Newton]] images, the [[supernova remnant]] '''[[G350.1-0.3]]''' was mistakenly thought to be a distant [[galaxy]]?

===21 January 2009===
*'''''20:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that out of 281 [[T-26]] '''[[List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War|tanks supplied]]''' to the [[Second Spanish Republic|Popular Front]] ''([[:|example pictured]])'', the [[Spain under Franco|Nationalists]] were able to capture 178 during the war, putting at least 50 into service against their former users?
*... that '''[[Nigel Hamilton (author)|Nigel Hamilton]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s biography of the young [[John F. Kennedy]], ''JFK: Reckless Youth'', was turned into a television miniseries of the same name starring [[Patrick Dempsey]] as JFK?
*... that the whorl [[snail]] ''Nesopupa turtoni'', previously known only as a [[fossil]], was discovered alive in 2003 in the '''[[Prosperous Bay Plain]]''' area of [[Saint Helena]]?
*... that [[Bob Francis (ice hockey)|Bob Francis]] is the only '''[[List of Phoenix Coyotes head coaches|Phoenix Coyotes head coach]]''' to have won the [[Jack Adams Award]], having won it in the [[2001–02 NHL season]]?
*... that the '''[[T2000 train|T2000]]''' stock of the [[Oslo T-bane]], [[Norway]], is equipped with both a [[pantograph (rail)|pantograph]] and a [[third rail|third rail shoe]] so they can operate both east and west of the city center?
*... that in 1923, '''[[Charles Scott Haley]]''' conducted [[California]]'s first statewide comprehensive study of tertiary [[fluvial]] [[placer deposit|placers]], dredge fields, and dry placers?
*... that '''[[Japan–Netherlands relations|relations between Japan and The Netherlands]]''' date back 400 years when the first formal trade relations were established in 1609?
*... that '''[[Noella Marcellino]]''', a [[Benedictine]] [[nun]] and modern [[connoisseur]] of [[cheese]], was named the official [[cheesemaker]] of [[Connecticut]]'s [[Abbey of Regina Laudis]]?


*'''''14:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that one year after delivery, six of eleven '''[[NSB Class 93]]''' trains ''([[:|example pictured]])'' were out of service due to technical problems?
*... that "pig's ears", [[fungus|fungal]] species '''''[[Gomphus clavatus]]''''', are the only ''[[Gomphus (fungus)|Gomphus]]'' species in North America?
*... that as a junior officer [[Rear Admiral]] '''[[Teddy Gueritz]]''' served as beachmaster on [[Sword Beach]] from [[D-Day]] until he was severely wounded 19 days later, and was awarded a [[medal bar|bar]] to his [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]]?
*... that the '''[[Chennai Book Fair]]''' is an annual event in [[Chennai]], [[India]], which takes place between the last week of December and the third week of January?
*... that composer '''[[Michael Arne]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s obsession for [[alchemy]] and the search for the [[philosopher's stone]] led him into serious financial problems resulting in his arrest and confinement in a [[Dublin]] [[sponging-house]]?
*... that the [[War of 1812]] battle '''[[Spur's Defeat]]''' was so named due to the survivors having to [[spur]] their horses in order to escape?
*... that due to the [[Arab League boycott of Israel]], '''[[McDonald's Israel|McDonald's]]''' did not open in [[Israel]] until 1993 when they opened their first branch in [[Ramat Gan]]?
*... that [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Sue Green|Susan Green]]''' legally changed her name to Susan Tex Green to differentiate herself from another woman named Susan Green who was writing bad [[Cheque|checks]]?


*'''''08:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''[[Chthamalus stellatus|Poli's Stellate Barnacle]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' is [[Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic]] and has a [[penis]] significantly longer than its body?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Jostein Grindhaug]]''' scored the first league goal for the club [[FK Haugesund]]?
*... that during the '''[[New Haven Battlefield Site|Battle of New Haven]]''', the fort the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[howitzer]] aimed at was not damaged, but the town's only hotel and bar were?
*... that [[Action of 6 November 1794|intercepted by a larger French force on 6 November 1794]], [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''[[Richard Bligh]]''' of [[HMS Alexander (1778)|HMS ''Alexander'']] chose to stay and fight, allowing his companion ship, [[HMS Canada (1765)|HMS ''Canada'']], to safely retreat?
*... that [[glucuronidation]] of '''[[hyodeoxycholic acid]]''' by the [[UGT2B4]] and [[UGT2B7]] [[isoforms]] is an example of redundancy in the natural protection against harmful endogenous compounds?
*... that [[college football]] coach '''[[Don Brown (American football coach)|Don Brown]]''' led the [[UMass Minutemen]] to their best five-year record in [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|school]] history?
*... that the [[mushroom]] '''''[[Lactarius glyciosmus]]''''' smells strongly of [[coconut]]s?
*... that in a 1967 television interview, [[David Frost]] compared [[Welsh nationalism|Welsh nationalist]] activist '''[[Dennis Coslett]]''' to [[Israel]]i general [[Moshe Dayan]], because both wore [[eyepatch]]es?
*... that a {{convert|25|ft|adj=on}} tall, traditionally-dressed [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] woman offers bread and salt to '''[[Saskatchewan Highway 5]]''' travelers at [[Canora, Saskatchewan|Canora]], a town in [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]?


*'''''02:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that when [[Muhammad Ali]] ''([[:|pictured]])'' won the BBC's '''[[Other BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards|Sports Personality of the Century Award]]''' he received more votes than the other candidates put together?
*... that the first [[steamship]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] basin, ''Real Ferdiando I'', was launched on September 27, 1818, from the '''[[Port of Naples]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Barack Obama "HOPE" poster]]''' designed by artist [[Shepard Fairey]] was based on a photograph from before [[Barack Obama|Obama]] officially launched [[Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008|his presidential campaign]]?
*... that the [[olive]] [[cultivar]] '''[[Bosana]]''' makes up more than half the olive production of [[Sardinia]]?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[historian]] '''[[Tore Linné Eriksen]]''' has published several books about [[Namibia]], including one on what was described as [[Herero and Namaqua Genocide|the first genocide in the twentieth century]]?
*... that the day when [[ExxonMobile|Exxon]] canceled its '''[[Colony Shale Oil Project]]''' in [[Colorado]] is known by locals as "[[Black Sunday]]"?
*... that '''[[Anthony Young (musician)|Anthony]]''', '''[[Charles Young (musician)|Charles]]''', '''[[Cecilia Young|Cecilia]]''', '''[[Isabella Lampe|Isabella, Sr.]]''', '''[[Isabella Young|Isabella, Jr.]]''', '''[[Esther Young|Esther]]''', '''[[Elizabeth Young (contralto)|Elizabeth]]''', and '''[[Polly Young]]''' were part of an [[England|English]] family of musicians that included several professional [[singing|singers]] and [[organist]]s in the 17th and 18th centuries?
*... that [[List of Speed Grapher characters#Chōji Suitengu|Chōji Suitengu]], a '''[[List of Speed Grapher characters|character]]''' from the [[anime]] ''[[Speed Grapher]]'', rolls his cigarettes with 10,000&nbsp;[[yen]] bills?

===20 January 2009===
*'''''19:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that with hundreds of '''[[List of Oregon birds|birds found in the state]]''' ''([[:|[[Western Meadowlark]] pictured]])'', [[Oregon]] ranks fifth in the United States in terms of avian [[species diversity]]?
*... that soon after understudy '''[[Eric Lewis (actor)|Eric Lewis]]''' left the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] in frustration that [[George Grossmith]] rarely took a day off, Grossmith fell gravely ill? 
*... that [[venture capital]]ists committed [[US$]]25,000 to the '''[[Next Big Sound]]''' after a group of [[Northwestern University]] students presented it as their [[entrepreneur]] class assignment? 
*... that '''[[George Miller Bligh]]''' was present at [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson's]] death at [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]], and was subsequently incorporated into [[Arthur William Devis]]'s [[The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805|painting of the event]]?
*... that [[Kentucky]]'s '''[[Cherokee State Park (Kentucky)|Cherokee State Park]]''', now part of '''[[Kenlake State Resort Park]]''', was the first [[Separate but equal|blacks-only]] state park in the [[Southern United States]]?
*... that '''[[Jon Tvedt]]''' took up competitive [[fell running|mountain running]] in his late thirties, his career in [[orienteering]] having peaked several years earlier?
*... that B.Day, '''[[Bakery Music]]''''s tenth-anniversary and parting concert, was performed at [[Rajamangala Stadium]] to an audience of 50,000 and was the largest concert ever held in [[Thailand]] at the time?
*... that the poor grade [[sandstone]] used in the original '''[[U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts]]''' required them to undergo a complete [[building restoration|restoration]] in 1938?


*'''''13:40, 20 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that all 17 [[etching]]s by '''[[Juste de Juste]]''' show only naked men, in five cases forming [[human pyramid]]s ''([[:|example pictured]])''?
*... that [[rabbit]]s that were introduced as food for [[arctic fox]]es still populate '''[[Anangula Island]]''' in the [[Aleutian Islands]], although the foxes were removed in the 1940s?
*... that '''[[Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte|Bhausaheb Kolte]]''' was the first to edit ''[[Leela Charitra]]'', the first written biography in the [[Marathi]] language?
*... that '''[[Harry Endo]]''' had been filmed in a commercial for the bank in [[Hawaii]] where he worked when he was asked to play the role of "Che Fong", an original cast member of the television series ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]''?
*... that '''[[Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield]]''' hosts around 30,000 music fans every September for the annual [[Rock'n Coke]] open air [[music festival]]?
*... that [[anthropologist]] '''[[Donat Savoie]]''' was the first director of Canada's [[Inuit]] Relations Secretariat? 
*... that the book '''''[[Outliers (book)|Outliers]]''''', written by [[Malcolm Gladwell]], claims that the key to success in any field is practicing a specific task for 10,000 hours?
*... that [[college football]] coach [[Jim Tatum]] secured a [[NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship|national championship]] without a single losing season in '''[[Maryland Terrapins football under Jim Tatum (1947–1955)|his nine years at Maryland]]''', but was called a "parasitic monster" by one student newspaper?
*... that '''[[Appollo (dog)|Appollo]]''' received the [[Dickin Medal]] on behalf of all [[search and rescue dog]]s who participated in rescue operations after the [[September 11 attacks]]?


*'''''07:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the largest surface action during [[World War I]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] was the '''[[Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)|Battle of the Strait of Otranto]]''' ''([[:|ships pictured]])''?
*... that [[radio station]] '''[[WMSP]]''' in [[Montgomery, Alabama]], broadcasts the [[college football]] games of both the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]] and arch-rival [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]]?
*... that when [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] was attacked for calling his friend '''[[Kuldip Singh Dhillon]]''' "Sooty", Dhillon defended the Prince as a man of "zero prejudice"?
*... that when a young [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] '''[[Mozart in Italy|toured Italy]]''', [[Pope Clement XIV]] awarded the composer a knighthood, but [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Empress Maria Theresa]] dismissed Mozart and his father as "useless people"?
*... that '''[[Joseph K. Gill|J. K. Gill]]''' started a bookstore in [[Portland, Oregon]], in 1870 that grew to a chain of 63 stores before the company folded in 1999?
*... that despite its fishy smell, '''''[[Lactarius volemus]]''''' is considered a choice [[mushroom]] for eating?
*... that the 1895 deaths of '''[[Richard Corney Grain]]''' and Alfred German Reed ended the [[German Reed Entertainments]], which had been presented since 1855?
*... that according to [[Hinduism|Hindu]] mythology, the devotee '''[[Pundalik]]''' kept the god [[Krishna]] waiting because he was busy serving his parents?


*'''''01:20, 20 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that during the '''[[1927 Nagpur riots]]''' in [[India]], in which 22 people were killed, the house of [[Hindu nationalist]] leader [[K. B. Hedgewar]] ''([[:|pictured]])'' was [[Stoning|stoned]]?
*... that '''[[Evelyn Lauder]]''', who co-created and popularized the [[pink ribbon]] as a symbol for [[breast cancer]] awareness, helped create [[Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder]]'s Pink Ribbon lipstick and blusher as a breast cancer fundraiser?
*... that the '''[[BSA M20]]''' was one of the longest serving [[British military]] [[motorcycle]]s and the most numerous with 126,000 produced?
*... that the '''[[Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts]]''' is the first of three major theaters in [[New Orleans]], [[USA]], to reopen since [[Hurricane Katrina]] struck the city in August 2005?
*... that [[Australia]]n [[Second World War]] [[flying ace]] '''[[Adrian Goldsmith]]''' was credited with shooting down 12¼ [[Axis powers|Axis]] aircraft over [[Malta]] between the months of February and July 1942?
*... that [[Michael Jackson]] was only 10 years old when he recorded "'''[[Big Boy (The Jackson 5 song)|Big Boy]]'''", the first single by [[The Jackson 5]]?
*... that Father '''[[Émile Petitot]]''' was the first European to reach the [[Tuktut Nogait National Park]] area in [[northern Canada]]?
*... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Mighty Igor Vodic]]''' used to bring [[kielbasa]] to his matches and share it with the fans?

=== 19 January 2009 === 


*'''''19:10, 19 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that from 1904 to 1927, passengers travelling by rail from [[Stavanger]] to [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], needed to change to steam ship at '''[[Flekkefjord Station]]''' ''([[:Image:Flekkefjord stasjon.jpeg|pictured]])''?
*... that '''''[[To My Surprise (album)|To My Surprise]]''''' was the only album ever released by the [[alternative rock]] band [[To My Surprise]] before they disbanded in 2006?
*... that while [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] was initially enthusiastic about his new command '''[[HMS Albemarle (1779)|HMS ''Albemarle'']]''', his more experienced uncle, [[Maurice Suckling]], expressed doubts?
*... that the {{convert|4400|acres|ha|adj=on}} '''[[McLean Game Refuge]]''' was privately created by [[George P. McLean]], a [[United States Senator|Senator]] and [[Governor of Connecticut]]?
*... that [[Liverpool]]-based [[singer-songwriter]] '''[[Eugene McGuinness]]''' once performed for Sir [[Paul McCartney]]?
*... that the filming of ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' was forced to move from [[Miami]] to [[Los Angeles]], beginning with the episode "'''[[It's Alive! (Dexter)|It's Alive!]]'''", because of the overlap between the show's production window and Miami's hurricane season?
*... that [[Domino Day 2005 sparrow|the shooting of a sparrow]], during the preparations for the [[Domino Day]] World record attempt, was investigated by the '''[[Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals]]''' in 2005?
*... that [[Frank Layden]] is the only '''[[List of Utah Jazz head coaches|Utah Jazz head coach]]''' to have a number retired by the Jazz?
*... that '''[[Leon Keyserling]]''' was the head of the [[Council of Economic Advisers]] advising [[U.S. President]] [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]], yet never finished his own graduate dissertation in economics?


*'''''13:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that after [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''[[Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy captain)|Hugh Pigot]]''' was killed in a [[mutiny]], Captain '''[[Sir Edward Hamilton, 1st Baronet|Edward Hamilton]]''' led the force ''([[:File:Capture of Hermione.jpg|pictured]])'' that recaptured his ship [[HMS Hermione (1782)|HMS ''Hermione'']]?
*... that the post office in '''[[Coxs Creek, Kentucky]]''', had to be moved because it created many accidents along '''[[U.S. Route 31E in Kentucky|U.S. 31E]]'''?
*... that, due to [[racial segregation]], [[African American]] [[wrestler]]s like '''[[Tiger Conway, Sr.]]''' competed on the "[[chitterling]] circuit", named after pig innards that were fed to slaves?
*... that on the outbreak of the [[First World War]] [[Bat Motor Manufacturing Co. Ltd|Bat]] sold all their remaining stock of '''[[Bat No. 2 Light Roadster]]''' motorcycles to the Russian military but were never paid?
*... that [[baseball]] [[pitcher]] [[Nick Carter (baseball)|Nick Carter]] was the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]' '''[[List of Philadelphia and Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers|Opening Day starting pitcher]]''' in 1908, his only season on the [[Major League Baseball|Major Leagues]]?
*... that a November 2008 '''[[The Late Late Show (season 46)|appearance]]''' by a dance troupe called Satanic Sluts, featuring the granddaughter of actor [[Andrew Sachs]], on ''[[The Late Late Show]]'' led to a significant number of complaints?
*... that the U.S. '''[[Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989]]''' provided penalties ranging from a [[life sentence]] to a term of any number of years for violators?
*... that '''[[Norman Denning|Sir Norman Denning]]''' anticipated an [[Battle of Singapore|attack on Singapore]] by the Japanese as early as the mid-1930s, but his report was dismissed as him "over-exercising his imagination"?


*'''''06:50, 19 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the "monstrous" five-masted steel barque '''''[[Potosi (ship)|Potosi]]''''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' was named after the [[Potosí|highest city]] in the world? 
*... that '''[[Harry Kinnard]]''' was the inspiration for General [[Anthony McAuliffe]]'s one-word reply "Nuts!" in response to a German demand for surrender at the [[Siege of Bastogne]]?
*... that two perpetrators of the '''[[1977 Moscow bombings]]''' were caught after attempting to bomb the city's [[Kursky Rail Terminal]] later that year? 
*... that in 1966, '''[[Donald Gleason]]''' developed the [[Gleason score]], still used as the standard to measure the aggressiveness of [[prostate cancer]] despite millions spent in attempts to displace it?
*... that though the '''[[Vigo Ordnance Plant]]''' never produced any [[biological agent]]s it did produce {{convert|8000|lb}} of the [[anthrax]] simulant ''[[Bacillus globigii]]''? 
*... that [[Sweden|Swedish]] painter and [[pop art|pop artist]] '''[[Sven Inge]]''' changed his name twice?
*... that a [[Chardonnay]] from the Robert Young Vineyard in the '''[[Alexander Valley AVA]]''' was one of the first premium [[vineyard designated wine]]s in [[California history (wine)|California history]]?
*... that '''[[Leon Kruczkowski]]''', a major figure in post-[[WWII]] [[Polish theater]], was also involved in introducing the [[socrealism in Poland|socrealism doctrine in Poland]]?
*... that '''[[Hamilton Clarke]]''', a prolific [[composer]] of the [[Victorian era]], is remembered today chiefly for his compilation of the overture to [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]''?


*'''''00:40, 19 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that because of difficulties customers had using '''[[square milk jug]]s''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', a [[Sam's Club]] offered lessons in how to pour them without spilling?
*... that [[Anglican church music|church music]] [[composer]] '''[[Geoffrey Shaw]]''' was the father of [[Sebastian Shaw (actor)|Sebastian Shaw]], who played [[Anakin Skywalker]] in ''[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]''?
*... that the '''[[Bernard Daly Educational Fund]]''', established in 1922, has provided over 2,000 college [[scholarships]] to students from communities in [[Lake County, Oregon]]? 
*... that '''[[Théodore Vienne]]''', who founded the [[Paris-Roubaix]] [[Road bicycle racing|cycle race]], was described by the ''[[New York Times]]'' as "the leading fight promoter of France"?
*... that the [[East Africa]]n plant '''''[[Commelina lukei]]''''' has been informally recognised as a separate species since 1969, but was only formally described in 2008? 
*... that [[industrialist]] '''[[S. Anantharamakrishnan]]''' became the first Indian director of the British-owned Simpson's group of companies of [[Madras]] in 1938?
*... that during her husband's [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|presidential campaign]], [[Michelle Obama]] met with [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormon]] officials in their '''[[Church Administration Building]]'''?
*... that '''[[Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Harvey]], [[Sid Barnes with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Barnes]], [[Bill Brown with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Brown]], [[Ian Johnson with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Johnson]], [[Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Loxton]]''' and '''[[Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Hassett]]''' were members of '''[[Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Bradman's]]''' [[Australian cricket team in England in 1948|''Invincibles'']] who won the '''[[First Test, 1948 Ashes series|First]]''', '''[[Second Test, 1948 Ashes series|Second]]''' and '''[[Fourth Test, 1948 Ashes series|Fourth]]''' [[The Ashes|Ashes series]] [[Test cricket|Test matches]] of 1948 and drew the '''[[Third Test, 1948 Ashes series |Third]]'''?

=== 18 January 2009 === 


*'''''18:30, 18 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that [[University of Michigan|Michigan]]'s first athletic director '''[[Charles A. Baird|Charles Baird]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' built the largest college athletic ground in the United States and negotiated the school's appearance in the first [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] game? 
*... that the [[Government of Australia|Australian government]] hopes to use the '''[[Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement]]''' as a model for future [[free trade agreements]] with other countries? 
*... that in 1636, '''[[Phineas Hodson]]''', Chancellor of [[York Minster]], lost his 38-year-old wife Jane during the birth of the couple's 24th child?
*... that the character of [[Biff Tannen]] in the ''[[Back to the Future (series)|Back to the Future]]'' films was named after studio executive '''[[Ned Tanen]]''', who had reacted aggressively towards writers [[Bob Gale]] and [[Robert Zemeckis]] at a meeting?
*... that [[Isle of Man TT|TT racer]] [[Harold Daniell]] tested the new [[Norton motorcycle]] frame in 1950 and declared that it was like "riding on a featherbed" – and it has been called the "'''[[Featherbed frame]]'''" ever since? 
*... that '''[[William Thomas Pecora]]''', who headed the [[United States Geological Survey]] from 1965 to 1971, was a member of the U.S. fencing team at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]]?
*... that on 22 October 2008, 15,000 members of the "grey army" descended on [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'s government buildings to protest the '''[[Fallout of the Irish government budget, 2008|proposed abolition]]''' of their previously guaranteed free health treatment?
*... that the '''[[Great Divide Brewing Company|Great Divide Brewery]]''' won a prestigious [[Great American Beer Festival]] award less than three months after opening?
*... that '''[[Sahu Mewalal]]''' scored the only goal in the final of the first [[Asian Games]] [[soccer|football]] competition held at [[Delhi]], [[India]], in 1951?


*'''''12:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that immature specimens of the '''[[Lysurus mokusin|lantern stinkhorn]]''' [[fungus]] ''([[:|pictured]])'', with an odor of dog feces, sewage, or rotting flesh when mature, are considered an edible and medicinal delicacy in [[China]]?
*... that during the '''[[Puna de Atacama dispute]]''' the [[United States|U.S.]] minister in [[Buenos Aires]] and two delegates from [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]] drew the northern portion of the border between Chile and Argentina?
*... that '''[[Arthur Dodd (Auschwitz survivor)|Arthur Dodd]]''', a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[prisoner of war]] during [[World War II]], was an eye-witness to the horrors of [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]?
*... that '''[[Philip Leget Edwards]]''', the first teacher in what became the U.S. state of [[Oregon]], later served in the legislatures of [[Missouri]] and [[California]]? 
*... that from 1936 to 1998, the [[Germany national football team]] had just five '''[[Germany national football manager|managers]]''', each of whom won a major trophy, with [[Helmut Schön]] (1964&ndash;1978) winning two? 
*... that '''[[John Clarke Hawkshaw]]''' was a member of the [[Royal Commission]] set up by [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]] to decide the [[United Kingdom|British]] representation at the 1904 [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|St Louis World's Fair]]?
*... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Rufus R. Jones]]''' used to tell opponents that his middle initial stood for "guts"? 
*... that a [[helicopter]] once [[aviation accidents and incidents|crashed]] on '''[[Interstate 84 in New York]]''', stopping traffic and causing a [[power outage]]? 
*... that the 1871 election of Father '''[[Eduard Müller (German politician)|Eduard Müller]]''' to the new [[Reichstag (institution)|Reichstag]] was considered "an astonishing victory of a nobody" over an aristocratic landowner?


*'''''06:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that under the command of [[Georg Ritter von Trapp]], the [[World War I]] [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] [[U-boat]] '''{{SMS|U-14|Austria-Hungary|6|sub=y}}''' sank the Italian [[steamship]] '''{{SS|Milazzo||2}}''' ''([[:|pictured]])'', reported as the largest [[cargo ship]] in the world?
*... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Gene Petit]]''' was hired by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] because of a picture he took as a joke?
*... that prior to the '''[[fall of Mazar-i-Sharif]]''', all American military flights into [[Afghanistan]] had to be launched from [[Uzbekistan]] or [[aircraft carrier]]s in the [[Arabian Sea]]?
*... that "I'll be a bridge over deep water if you trust in my name", from '''[[Claude Jeter]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 1961 song "Mary Don't You Weep", was the inspiration for [[Paul Simon]]'s 1970 song "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]"?
*... that the '''[[Alternanthera mosaic virus]]''', a type of ''[[Potexvirus]]'', has been misdiagnosed as the closely-related [[Papaya mosaic virus]]? 
*... that '''[[U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts]]''' used to be part of the [[Boston Post Road]], one of the earliest roads established in the [[United States]]?
*... that '''[[Sin Chang-won]]''', a [[South Korea]]n fugitive criminal famous for his close escapes, was first arrested at the age of 15 after being turned in by his father for stealing a [[watermelon]]?
*... that the historic '''[[McGehee-Stringfellow House]]''' in [[Greensboro, Alabama]], collapsed in the 1980s when the [[MacMillan Bloedel Limited|MacMillan Bloedel]] company tried to move it?
*... that while '''[[Kevin Thomas (footballer)|Kevin Thomas]]''' played for [[Edinburgh Athletic F.C.|Edinburgh Athletic]] in the [[East of Scotland Football League]] he also worked for a hotel [[travel agency|booking agency]] run by his mother?


*'''''00:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that 19th-century politician '''[[Søren Jaabæk]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' is the longest-serving member of [[Storting|parliament]] in the history of [[Norway]]?
*... that [[Prairieville, Alabama]]'s [[Italianate]] '''[[Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama)|Browder Place]]''' was inspired by an 1852 [[Samuel Sloan]] publication?
*... that [[archivist]] '''[[Margaret Storrs Grierson]]''' was founder and first director of the [[Sophia Smith Collection]] at [[Smith College]]?
*... that the proposed '''[[Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary]]''' would be the southernmost [[Protected areas of Tamil Nadu|protected area]] on the '''[[Central Asian Flyway]]''', a [[bird migration]] [[Flyway|route]] covering 30 countries and used by 279 migratory [[waterbird]] populations?
*... that '''[[Lucien Heath]]''', the first [[Oregon Secretary of State]], later served in the [[California State Assembly]]?
*... that in 1991, [[Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Company|Manufacturers Hanover]] CEO '''[[John McGillicuddy]]''' was the chief architect of a merger with the [[Chemical Banking|Chemical Banking Corporation]] that was the largest US bank merger to that time?
*... that [[winemakers]] in the '''[[Carmignano (wine)|Carmignano]]''' region of [[Tuscany (wine)|Tuscany]] have been blending [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] with [[Sangiovese]] since the 18th century, long before the emergence of "[[Super Tuscans]]"?
*... that, despite competing for over 20 years, '''[[Alberto Madril]]''' now reportedly refuses to acknowledge that he was once a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]?

=== 17 January 2009 === 


*'''''17:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that unlike most historical homes, the '''[[Paul Dresser Birthplace]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' in [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre&nbsp;Haute, Indiana]], [[USA]], reflects the furnishings of a [[working class]] family, not the well-to-do?
*... that [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] '''[[Jack Wheeler]]''' and his five [[defender (association football)|defenders]] set a [[Football League]] record in the [[1952-53 in English football|1952–53]] season by all playing in every league game for [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]? 
*... that '''[[Mount Hamiguitan]]''' in the [[Philippines]] has a [[protected area]] with a {{convert|2000|ha|adj=on}} [[pygmy forest]] of century-old trees growing in [[Ultramafic rock|ultramafic soil]]?
*... that [[professional wrestler]]s [[Jos LeDuc]] and '''[[Paul LeDuc (wrestler)|Paul LeDuc]]''' played the role of brothers so well that news that they were not related created a sensation on talk shows?
*... that '''[[Kanhopatra]]''' is venerated as a saint in the [[Varkari]] sect of [[Hinduism]], despite spending most of her life as a [[courtesan]]?
*... that [[Cialis]], the [[erectile dysfunction]] drug developed by '''[[Icos]]''', was originally researched in the hopes of a treatment for [[cardiovascular diseases]] such as [[hypertension]] and [[angina]]?
*... that when [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine skier]] '''[[Ole Kristian Furuseth]]''' won a silver medal in [[slalom skiing|slalom]] at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]], he had not placed this high in a major race since March 1995?
*... that pathologist '''[[Kenneth Walton (pathologist)|Kenneth Walton]]''' conducted a 1973 study into the causes of [[heart disease]] in which he got participants to eat greasy [[fry-up]]s?


*'''''11:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the development of the [[linotype machine]] ''([[:|matrix pictured]])'' was initiated by '''[[James O. Clephane]]''', a [[court reporter]] who sought a quick way to transcribe [[Brief (law)|legal brief]]s?
*... that '''[[shale oil]]''' was used to light the streets of [[Modena]], [[Italy]], at the turn of the 17th century?
*... that in his later years, [[Union Army]] [[General officer|general]] '''[[Thomas Alfred Davies]]''' published a number of books supporting the [[divine inspiration]] of the [[Bible]], and refuting the [[materialism|materialistic philosophy]]?
*... that '''''[[The Softwire]]''''' is '''[[PJ Haarsma]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[young adult literature|young adult]] [[science fiction]] series about a thirteen-year-old Johnny T, and his struggles with "the Knudniks, the Nagools, and his [[indentured slavery]]"? 
*... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Ray Gunkel]]''' won his final match despite suffering a heart injury in that match that killed him later that day?
*... that the '''[[Phnom Penh Commercial Bank]]''' was [[Cambodia]]'s 23rd bank and the first Japanese-financed bank in the country?
*... that in addition to his academic works, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[mycologist]] '''[[Leif Ryvarden]]''' is known as a conveyor of [[popular science]] and a former [[board of directors|board member]] of [[Greenpeace]]?
*... that in 2006, a prisoner escaped from '''[[Ranby (HM Prison)|HM Prison Ranby]]''', [[England]], by hiding in a [[Waste collection vehicle|rubbish lorry]]?


*'''''05:30, 17 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that 1966 [[European Rally Championship|European Rally Champion]] '''[[Günter Klass]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' was given no spare parts as [[Porsche]]s "simply don't break"?
*... that '''[[Khmer numerals]]''' were the first material evidence of the figure [[Zero#Zero as a decimal digit|zero as a numerical figure]]?
*... that before starring in '''''[[This is Nightlive]]''''', '''[[John Ryan (publisher)|John Ryan]]''' was co-creator with '''[[Derek O'Connor (journalist)|Derek O'Connor]]''' of '''[[blogorrah.com]]''', and a former co-owner of the unsuccessful '''''[[New York Dog]]''''' and '''''[[Stars on Sunday]]''''' publications in partnership with '''''[[Kiss (Irish magazine)|Kiss]]''''' and '''''[[Stellar (magazine)|Stellar]]''''' founder '''[[Michael O'Doherty (publisher)|Michael O'Doherty]]'''?
*... that [[Bishop Auckland F.C.]] was the only [[Association football|football]] club to '''[[List of FA Amateur Cup winners|win the FA Amateur Cup]]''' in three consecutive seasons?
*... that historic '''[[Glencairn (Greensboro, Alabama)|Glencairn]]''' in [[Greensboro, Alabama]], was built in 1835 by [[Alabama Legislature|Alabama legislator]] John Erwin?
*... that [[Lucy Kennedy]] has described '''''[[The Lucy Kennedy Show]]''''' as "''[[Livin' with Lucy]]'' in a studio" and "a bit like ''[[The Charlotte Church Show]]'' gone wrong"?
*... that professional wrestler '''[[Dan Kroffat]]''' created the [[ladder match]] during a [[feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] with [[Tor Kamata]] in [[Stampede Wrestling]]?
*... that the [[Spanish-American War|Spanish–American War]]-era '''[[Fort Terry]]''' on [[Plum Island (New York)|Plum Island]] was used as a U.S. [[biological weapons]] research facility from 1952 to 1969?
*... that former [[Benin]]ese army Chief of Staff '''[[Alphonse Alley]]''' was known as "the wine, women and song officer"?

=== 16 January 2009 === 


*'''''23:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] is said to have visited the '''[[St. Peter's Church, Jaffa|St. Peter's Church]]''' ''([[:|pictured]])'' in [[Jaffa]] during his [[Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt|campaign in Egypt and Syria]] in 1799?
*... that British [[plant physiology|plant physiologist]] '''[[Daphne Osborne]]''' showed that the gas [[ethylene]] is a natural [[plant hormone]] which regulates [[senescence|ageing]] and the [[abscission|shedding]] of leaves and fruits?
*... that [[1944]] was proclaimed the "Year of naturalization and '''[[Hebraization of surnames|the Hebrew name]]'''" by the [[Zionist]] leadership?
*... that '''[[Anatoly Koryagin]]''' was imprisoned for conducting [[psychiatric interview]]s with [[Soviet dissidents]] confined to mental institutions and smuggling a paper about his findings to the ''[[The Lancet|Lancet]]''? 
*... that the '''[[Seashell Trust]]''' is the oldest [[Charitable organization|charity]] for [[Hearing impairment|deaf]] children in [[North West England]]?
*... that [[Okinawa]]n folk singer '''[[Rinshō Kadekaru]]''' was gravely wounded during [[World War II]], and reported dead, only to survive and enjoy a lengthy career, living until 1999?
*... that '''''[[We Were Dancing]]''''', '''''[[The Astonished Heart]]''''', '''''[[Red Peppers]]''''', '''''[[Hands Across the Sea (play)|Hands Across the Sea]]''''', '''''[[Fumed Oak]]''''', '''''[[Shadow Play (play)|Shadow Play]]''''', '''''[[Ways and Means (play)|Ways and Means]]''''' and '''''[[Star Chamber (play)|Star Chamber]]''''' were presented in rotation, in groups of threes, as part of [[Noël Coward]]'s 1935 play cycle ''[[Tonight at 8:30]]''?
*... that, due to a government-imposed [[curfew]], [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Mario Milano]]''' had to wrestle under a mask at the beginning of his career because he was underage and not allowed out after 9 o'clock?


*'''''17:10, 16 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that '''''[[VIP (magazine)|VIP]]''''' and '''''[[TV Now]]''''' magazines give their names to the '''[[VIP Style Awards]]''' ''([[:|[[Shelbourne Hotel|venue]] pictured]])'' and '''[[TV Now Awards]]''' respectively, the latter of which regularly features '''[[Lorraine Keane]]'''?
*... that the 30 June 1961 [[wrestling]] match between '''[[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)|Pat O'Connor]]''' and [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]] had ticket sales of US8,000, which was a North American [[professional wrestling]] record for almost 20 years? 
*... that the '''''[[SS Empire Arnold|Empire Arnold]]''''' was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk less than five months after her launch? 
*... that in 1914, [[rail transport|railway]] official '''[[Lucius Seymour Storrs]]''' became president of the [[Connecticut Company]]?
*... that '''''[[Relative Values (play)|Relative Values]]''''', a satire of postwar snobbery, marked the return of [[Noël Coward]] to playwriting after [[World War II]]? 
*... that '''[[Tangton Gyelpo]]''', a 15th-century [[Nyingma]] [[yogi]], physician, treasure finder, and founder of Tibetan opera, is known for building numerous iron chain [[suspension bridge]]s in [[Tibet]]? 
*... that '''[[Mohammad Usman of Madras|Mohammad Usman]]''' was the first Indian to act as the [[Governors of Madras|Governor of Madras Presidency]] in [[British India]]?
*... that one draft of the 1982 [[Spanish film]] '''''[[Labyrinth of Passion]]''''' had [[Salvador Dalí]] and the Pope meeting and falling passionately in love? 


*'''''11:04, 16 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[genus]] '''''[[Platax]]''''', composed of five species of [[Seawater|marine]] [[batfish]]es ''([[orbicular batfish]] [[:File:Platax orbicularis.jpg|pictured]])'', used to include the [[Pterophyllum|freshwater angelfish]]?
*... that '''[[Karim el-Mejjati]]''' was implicated in the bombing of [[2003 Casablanca bombings|targets in Casablanca]], the [[Riyadh compound bombings|American barracks in Riyadh]], the [[2004 Madrid train bombings]] and the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|2005 London bombings]]?
*... that [[Joseph Losey]] directed both the first U.S. theatrical version of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Life of Galileo|Galileo]]'' in 1947 and the '''[[Galileo (film)|1975 film version]]'''?
*... that after three years as a back-up, [[college football]] [[quarterback]] '''[[David Johnson (American football)|David Johnson]]''' threw for 46 [[touchdown]]s in 2008 and led [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|Tulsa]] to an 11–3 record? 
*... that ships built by the '''[[Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]''' during [[World War II]] included the '''[[SS Empire Arthur|SS ''Empire Arthur'']]''' and the '''[[SS Empire Clansman|SS ''Empire Clansman'']]'''?
*... that despite her [[illiteracy]], '''[[Catherine Ferguson (educator)|Catherine Ferguson]]''' founded the first [[Sunday school]] in [[New York City]] which later became known as Murray Street Sabbath School?
*... that the [[Radio Telefís Éireann|RTÉ]] series '''''[[Five Women Go Back to Work]]''''' follows [[Five Women Go Back to Work#The five women|five women]] as they attempt to compile a glossy magazine aimed at working women? 
*... that [[pitcher]]s '''[[Bill Wilkinson]]''' and [[Jim Bluejacket]] are the only great-grandfather and great-grandson pair to both play in [[Major League Baseball]]? 
*... that many soldiers in the '''[[Wehrmacht forces for the Ardennes Offensive|Wehrmacht forces deployed for the Ardennes Offensive]]''' could not speak [[German language|German]]? 


*'''''05:27, 16 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
*... that the [[cruise ship]] '''{{MS|Rhapsody}}''' ''([[:File:Rhapsody en el Puerto de la Bahía de Cádiz .jpg|pictured]])'' was designed in part by [[Hugh Hefner]], who envisioned the ship as a "floating [[Playboy Club]]"?
*... that '''[[Teiji Honma]]''' became one of the first [[goaltender]]s in [[ice hockey]] to wear a [[Goalie mask|mask]] when he used one that resembled a [[baseball]] [[catcher]]'s mask at the [[1936 Winter Olympics]]?
*... that the [[Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1944)|Revolutionary Communist]] [[Jock Haston|candidate]] at the '''[[Neath by-election, 1945|1945 Neath by-election]]''' was the first [[Trotskyist]] to stand in a British parliamentary election?
*... that the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]] forced the cancellation of some [[professional wrestling|wrestling]] events in [[Mississippi]] to protest a tar-and-feather match featuring '''[[Melvin Nelson]]''' wrestling as "Burrhead Jones"?
*... that the '''[[Edmund Barton Building]]''', named after the first [[Prime Minister of Australia]], is the largest example of the late 20th-century [[International style (architecture)|International Style]] of [[Australia]]n architecture in [[Canberra]]?
*... that more than 3,000 containers of the [[chemical agent]] [[lewisite]] were dumped off the [[Florida]] coast during '''[[Operation Geranium]]'''?
*... that after acquiring [[Movado]] in 1983, '''[[Gedalio Grinberg]]''' heavily promoted the modernistic "Museum Watch", based on a design by '''[[Nathan George Horwitt]]''' included in the collection of the [[Museum of Modern Art]]?
*... that during a '''[[Blowout (sports)|blowout]]''', fans often chant to request that players who only play in [[garbage time]] be put in the game?


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