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... that the monkey-queen Tara(pictured with her first husband) is described in the Hindu epic Ramayana to have set a habit to visit her second husband Sugriva drunk before indulging in sex?
... that Swiss whistleblowerRudolf Elmer claims that passing secret account details to WikiLeaks is the only hope he has to let "society know what's going on" in the banking sector?
... that Gulet Mohamed, an American citizen who was detained in Kuwait, was blocked from flying home by the U.S. "no-fly list" until a federal court intervened to allow him to return?
... that the script to season one of the Swedish comedy series Solsidan has been sold to the American television network ABC, which plans to create their own version of the series in the United States?
... that when built as currently planned, the Stad Ship Tunnel would allow ships to bypass Stad, one of the most dangerous sections of the Norwegian coast?
... that Penny and the Quarters are a "lost" soul band which came to prominence in 2010 after an unreleased demo of their song "You And Me" was used in the film Blue Valentine?
06:00, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
... that Wilmer Tanner(pictured with a tiger trophy), born 1909, described at least fifteen new speciesorgenera?
... that Carlina White, kidnapped when 19 days old, was reunited with her parents 23 years later as a result of her own investigative work, the longest recorded gap in a non-parental abduction?
... that the Mayo Clinic argued in Mayo v. United States that medical residents, who work up to 80 hours a week and are paid approximately $50,000 a year, should be considered students instead of employees?
... that the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis completed a clinical trial to test whether hypothermia (cooling) within the first few hours of a traumatic spinal cord or brain injury makes a difference in the severity of injury?
... that cyanotoxins are produced by bacteria which float on lakes and oceans as a green scum (pictured) and can kill animals by causing respiratory failure?
... that a memorial all-star game was held in 1937 to raise money for the family of Howie Morenz, who was said to have died of a broken heart in the belief a broken leg had ended his hockey career?
... that when first described in the 1890s, the Bornean Slow Loris was said to have the face of a bear, the hands of a monkey, and to move like a sloth?
... that when the troops in front of his soldiers broke and fled at the Battle of Guilford Court House, General Edward Stevens told his brigade that the retreat was part of the battle plan?
... that bongo player Chaino, whose albums included Jungle Mating Rhythms, claimed to be an orphan from a lost tribe in central Africa but was actually born in Philadelphia and raised in Chicago?
... that the E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency built bicycle racer Major Taylor a revolutionary steam powered pacing tandem he used to break the world record at a speed of 45.56 miles per hour (73.32 km/h)?
... that the surface of the South African plant Peucedanum galbanum(pictured) is covered with blister-causing toxins, and that exposure to sunlight could make the blisters worse?
... that the steam engines and boilers of the Russian ironcladPetr Veliky(pictured) were so defective that they had to be replaced five years after she entered service in 1876?
... that the New Harmony Toll Bridge, which opened in 1930, is owned by the only remaining joint state toll bridge commission chartered by the U.S. Congress?
... that, in 1551, hours after a pregnant woman was hanged during the Spanish Inquisition, two dead infants were seen to fall free of the body in an unusual case of coffin birth?
... that illustrations from three of the Katie Morag series of children's picture books by Mairi Hedderwick have been used in a health promotion campaign to encourage breastfeeding?
... that despite being that year's U.S. champion in the 200 m breaststroke, Iris Cummings still had to raise her own funds to travel to the 1936 Summer Olympics?
... that the Areni-1 winery is believed to be the world's oldest surviving wine production facility?
... that the arrival of the railway eventually left the Ault Store as the only remaining commercial building in Dundas, Minnesota's original business district?
... that the Vigra Fixed Link had more debt after 22 years of toll collection, than when the project was originally finished?
... that James Fenimore Cooper was very dissatisfied with his American Revolutionary War novel Lionel Lincoln, his only "strict attempt" at historical fiction?
... that the 1915 Parnell TunnelinNew Zealand replaced a steeper single-track tunnel known to inundate open carriages with smoke and sparks, causing burns and clothing stains?
... that the Mesa Distance Learning Program is a grades 7–12 distance learning program sponsored by Mesa Public Schools in Mesa, Arizona, that offers students worldwide US based education leading to a high school diploma?
... that, in 2004, Paolo Padovani and a team at the European Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (AVO) discovered 30 supermassive black holes which were previously obscured by dust clouds?
... that an increased printrun for author Amish Tripathi's first book, The Immortals of Meluha, led him to switch to a bigger publisher?
... that Beauchamp Doran, a British Army general, was sacked from command of his brigade in 1914, reinstated, and sacked again from command of a division in 1916?
... that it had been said that the new Michigan Wolverinesfootball coach Brady Hoke would "crawl on hot, broken glass to work inside Schembechler Hall as the head coach"?
... that a 1968 paper by Jack Ertle Oliver helped confirm the existence of continental drift, a theory that had been scoffed at by mainstream scientists when proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912?
... that the prototype Bölkow Phoebussailplane was placed third in its class at the 1964 German national gliding championship?
... that Ruth Cavin edited hundreds of works of mystery fiction in a career that began in her 70s, and was described by Sue Grafton as "soul mother to mystery writers for years"?
... that the Icelandic census of 1703 was the first census to record the names, addresses, and ages of every inhabitant of a country, regardless of social class?
... that the Lucidarius, the first German language summa, written around 1190, was reprinted at least 25 times in two decades three hundred years later, between 1479 and 1499?
... that, as a result of the agitations carried out prior to the founding of the Farm Workers Union of Central Sweden in 1906, the annual wages of statare increased by approximately 40 SEK?
... that the newly released film Season of the Witch was scheduled to be released in March 2010, but the original distributor, Lionsgate, pulled it five weeks before the release date?
... that Doris, a large racing yacht built in 1905, led the 1932 Bermuda Race until light winds undercut its advantages?
... that the Japanese visual novelSubarashiki Hibi won the bronze prize in the overall category of the Moe Game Awards 2010 and the gold prize in the scenario category?
... that despite being designated as an X-planebyNASA, the Gulfstream X-54 project does not otherwise involve the space agency?
... that during a political rally on October 29, 1918, in Ljubljana, Mihajlo Rostohar shouted: "We soldiers renounce Austria and swear obedience to the state of our nation, to Yugoslavia!"?
... that the houseinTekirdağ, Turkey, where Hungarian national hero Francis II Rákóczi spent his last years, is a museum now and is regarded as a cultural bridge between the two countries?
... that the Farman F.281 only logged four hours of flight time between January 1933 and the spring of 1935, despite being in service with Air France?
... that in the case of budget bills and urgent matters, a bill must be passed in the same session of ParliamentinBhutan?
... that The Concord Review is the only academic journal in the world to publish the research papers of high school students?
... that a human relations award honoring those who promote diversity in employment is named for Roy Bass, who served as mayorofLubbock, Texas, from 1974 to 1978?
... that after 53 years, Indiana's last remaining manual bridge toll booth on the Wabash Memorial Bridge, was replaced with an automated toll collection system?
... that Clearwater Fine Foods, a company owned by multi-millionaire John Risley, owns all fishing rights to offshore lobster in Canadian Atlantic waters?
... that although in 1697 Zhuluo County covered more than half the landmass of Taiwan, a visiting Qing official wrote that the county contained "no residents, only savages"?
... that when the Germans invaded Norway in 1940, the crew of the incomplete Sleipner class destroyer Torscuttled their vessel at the shipyard and joined the land forces fighting the invasion?
... that Jacksonville's Atlantic Boulevard, which is considered to have been the beginning of Florida's highway system, was just 18 ft (5.5 m) wide when first built?
... that two of the illustrations in the Leofric Missal, a 10th and 11th century illuminated book from England, depict a method of divination derived from Coptic Egypt?
... that Roberto Córdova became the mayorofPichilemu, Chile, after Marcelo Cabrera Martínez was removed permanently as mayor of the city on August 19, 2009?
... that at the end of the 19th century, E. C. Stearns & Company was one of the most extensive hardware manufacturers in the US?
... that in order to travel to Moscow to study their T-3 fusion reactor, physicist Derek Robinson got married so he would always be "properly accompanied by a reliable person"?
... that according to a BBC report, the ethnic conflict in Sampit town in Indonesia caused 500 deaths, with over 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes?
... that Michigan football player and author Lewis Reimann wrote in 1916 that post-game celebrations by students "filled with 'spirit'" were damaging the university's reputation?
... that an 1848–49 crime thriller set in the world of horseracing, written by journalist Angus Reach, was later described as a "template for the pulp tradition"?
... that although its main expedition was focused on Bulgaria, the Savoyard crusade nevertheless included the first Christian success against the Ottomans?
... that the Cornish delicacy Stargazy pie(pictured), which includes pilchards protruding through the crust, was designed to be fun and amusing to children?
... that 101 Roundhill Crescent(pictured in foreground), in Brighton'sRound Hill suburb, housed England's first hospital for the treatment of mental illness?
... that British chef Gordon Ramsay, who was threatened at gunpoint whilst filming in Costa Rica, described the illegal shark fin trading in the country as "a multi-billion dollar industry"?
... that in November 2010 it was reported that two Iranian Secret Intelligence agents arrived in Ghorband District and were accused by the U.S. of helping insurgents to attack coalition forces?
... that a wooden stork on the façade of the Rathaus(pictured) in the German town of Großbottwar nods its head when the town hall clock strikes the hour?
... that, as a junior in 2009–10, Lavoy Allen became the first Temple basketball player to average a double-double since Ollie Johnson accomplished the feat in 1970–71?
... that the town of Angangueo, Mexico, was nearly moved completely because of landslides and flooding in February 2010?
... that the Thomcord grape(pictured), a seedless hybrid of the Concord and Thompson Seedless grapes, underwent 17 years of testing before being declared ready for growers and gardeners?
... that there are more male snails than females in the shallow waters of Lake Alexandrina, New Zealand, and that snails are sicker in the lake's shallower rather than deeper water?
... that Barbara Newhall Follett, who by age fourteen had published two novels to critical acclaim, left her apartment the night of December 7, 1939, at age twenty-five, and was never seen again?
... that songwriter Marty Balin said that "Miracles", which became Jefferson Starship's biggest hit single, was originally perceived by the other band members as "pretty weird"?
... that in 1929, a group of laborers discovered a 958 carat doubly truncated bipyramidsapphire near Gwebin, which sold for £13,000 to a New York dealer, who cut it into nine different sapphires?
... that users of the Sinclair ZX81(pictured), a Britishhome computer of the early 1980s, balanced cartons of cold milk on top of the case to stop it from overheating?
... that the KnoxvilleL&N rail station had three waiting rooms: one for ladies, one for "colored" people, and a general waiting room?
... that Louis Gilbert, who scored all 21 points in Michigan Stadium's dedication game, was described as "the campus sheik" who "wears bear grease on his hair and dances a mean black bottom"?
... that the inquiry into the murder of Joanna Yeates, dubbed "Operation Braid", has become one of the largest police investigations in Bristol, England?
... that while in space, Apollo 11 astronauts hand canceled the die proof of a stamp (pictured) designed by Paul Calle to commemorate the first manned moon landing?
... that the hydroxide ion is a natural constituent of water?
... that the Leviathan gas field – discovered in 2010 and located 130 kilometres (81 mi) west of Haifa, Israel, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea – is one of the world’s largest offshore gas finds of the past decade?
... that a critic said that landscapes by Rinaldo Cuneo(self-portrait pictured) "are the very soul and essence of California materialized in line and color"?
... that Roberto de la Madrid, the first American-born governor of a Mexican state, earlier appeared in the 1959 Dennis Hopper film The Young Land, playing a character named Don Roberto de la Madrid?
... that in 1975, former Texas lawmaker E L Short urged that citizens be warned door-to-door of the hazards of hydrogen sulfide after the gas exploded in Denver City?
... that during recent renovations to the former Batavia Club building in Batavia, New York, an old safe was found that so far no one has been able to open?
03:08, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
... that Songgwangsa(pictured), originally founded in 867, is one of the oldest Zen temples in Korea?
... that the historic Clutts House(pictured)inWellston, Ohio, retains many of its original decorative details and structural elements despite being converted to law offices?
... that minuscules2276, 2277 and 2278 were classified twice by Gregory under numbers 815, 816 and 812 (in 1886 in Greece), and under numbers 2276, 2277 and 2278 (in 1904 in London)?
14:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
... that due to its long life cycle, the adult Great Arctic(pictured) is only seen every other year?
... that The Double Sunrise was a non-stop, approximately 30-hour airline flight, crossing over 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) above the Indian Ocean during World War II?
... that the Mezcala Bridge(pictured)inMexico suffered a fire and damages to one of its stayed cables in March 2007 due to a traffic accident involving a coconut truck?
... that between 1799 and 1804, warships of the Royal Navy captured one French frigate and five different French privateers all with the name Egyptienne?
... that David Shirk, owner of the historic David L. Shirk Ranch in southeastern Oregon, killed an employee of cattle baron Peter French over a land claim?
... that in the past, Arubans used the caves of Aruba for performing sacrificial services and holding assemblies, and sometimes also to hide in during enemy attacks?
... that a divided wartime control system forced the leader of RAAF Command, Air Vice Marshal Bill Bostock, to serve two masters, one for operational tasking and another for supplies and equipment?
... that before his death, John Warhola's father told him to take care of John's younger brother, Andy Warhol, and "make sure he goes to school, because he's going to be successful someday"?
... that although Sulphurdale was established due to nearby sulfur deposits, it was abandoned and the area is now exploited for its geothermal power?
... that the Lemniawine described by Aristotle was likely made from the Greek wine grape Limnio, which is still being grown today?
02:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
... that the Balsas River valley (pictured) is regarded as one of the earliest maize growing sites in Mexico, dating from around 9,200 years ago?
... that Morris L. Cohen, described by The New York Times as "one of the nation's most influential legal librarians", wrote a six-volume summary of all law sources published in the U.S. before 1860?
