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... that Upper Paleolithic wall paintings in the Lascaux Cave in France are now threatened by Ochroconis anomala, a new species of fungus recently discovered in black stains on the wall inside the cave?
... that the film Panggilan Darah, about two orphaned girls, may have been sponsored by a cigarette factory?
... that Tokujiro Kanamori responded to over a thousand questions in defence of the Constitution of Japan, with his answers taking up to an hour and a half each?
... that the spermatophoreofZorotypus impolitus, one of the smallest in the insect world, contains a single giant sperm cell that is almost as long as the insect itself?
... that the US Army's Nike Zeus(pictured) was cancelled when serious questions arose over its costs and ability to shoot down the enemy ICBMwarheads it was designed to attack?
... that mathematician Zhang Yitang proposed a proof that there are infinitely many pairs of prime numbers with a prime gap of 70 million or less?
... that William Post, who won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania Lottery, was successfully sued by his ex-girlfriend for a third of his winnings?
08:00, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
... that the Palace of San CarlosinBogotá was the scene of an assassination attempt on President Simon Bolivar(pictured), who was taking a bath and escaped through a window after his friend tipped him off?
... that Hollie Sims moved his newspaper, The Negro Star, from Mississippi to Kansas following local anger over his tribute to the black soldiersofWorld War I?
... that the first major idiom dictionary of American English was created for deaf people?
... that the tiger moth Bertholdia trigona(pictured) produces clicks at a very high rate (up to 4,500 clicks per second) to jambat echolocation?
... that Cyril Smart, an English cricketer, was such a powerful hitter that he once took a world-record 32 runs off a single over, and held the record number of sixes for his club, Glamorgan?
... that 300 years after Sir Michael Dormer purchased property that became a free school in Horsham, it was found that the school belonged to his heir at law?
08:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
... that a now nonexistent sixteenth-century crucifix inscription in Roholte Church(pictured) is considered to have been one of the oldest of its kind?
... that freshly minted "cybernat" Stuart Campbell is a well-known figure in the Scottish Independence debate and has been described as "videogames journalism's answer to Al Qaeda"?
... that although implicated in corruption in the administration of the Mint in 1528, Robert Amadas retained his position as Henry VIII's Master of the Jewel House until his death in 1532?
... that Amba was given the epithet "incarnation of penance” for her undaunted courage and dedicated approach to do penance seeking revenge against Bhishma?
... that the wedding of Lydia Kandou to a Muslim singer led to widespread debate in Indonesia about the acceptability of interfaith marriages?
... that upon completion in 1848, the original Palacio Liévano was the largest building in Bogotá?
... that in 1317, a canon from Beeston Priory had to travel to Rome to seek absolution from Pope John XXII for attacking the Bishop of Norwich with a sword?
... that the desert shrimp can colonise new areas even when dead?
08:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
... that after Cardinal Thomas Wolsey(pictured) died at Leicester Abbey in 1530, his body was put on display so it could be viewed by the people of Leicester?
... that Harry Kizirian was awarded the Navy Cross for killing 12 Japanese soldiers while being unable to walk?
... that Erhard Egidi conducted at the Neustädter Kirche both the first performance after more than 300 years of a funeral music by the church's first organist and Bach's Mass in B minor?
... that the Jordaanlied, a genre of sentimental songs celebrating the Amsterdam neighborhood the Jordaan, was popularized by a cabaret artist from Utrecht, a composer from Rotterdam, and a singer from England?
... that James Chadwick(pictured), who was later to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron, experimented with radioactive toothpaste during World War I?
... that the ball used in women's Test cricket can be up to 13⁄16ounces (23.03 grams) lighter than that used in men's cricket?
... that although Anthony Stapleton was granted the reversion of the office of Town Clerk of London in 1544, he was not able to take up the position until 1570?
... that a meeting on 24 May 1963 brought black leaders together with U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who complained, "You can't talk to them the way you can talk to Martin Luther King"?
... that U.S. Civil War general James Spears, who joined the Union Army after a threat of arrest for disloyalty to the Confederacy, was later dismissed from the army for statements opposing the U.S. government?
... that Johann Sebastian Bach reworked music from more than three decades earlier for the central piece Crucifixus in the symmetrical structure of his Mass in B minor?
00:39, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
... that the St Kilda field mouse(pictured) lives 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Scotland, and is twice the size of mainland mice?
... that the 1852 manuscript Meanderings of Memory is used as an early or first source for 51 entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, but when looked for in 2013, could not be located?
... that Paquito D'Rivera became the first performer to be honored in the Jazz and Classical musical fields after winning a Latin Grammy for the albums Brazilian Dreams and Historia del Soldado?
... that mento artist Count Lasher was covered by Bob Marley and once recorded a song about an old lady offering strains of cannabis with names like "Deadman Get-up" and "Granny Crack Cracks"?
... that Tony's Cronies included Tony Blair's former boss, school friend and office manager, who some viewed as appointed to official positions because of their personal friendships with Blair?
... that when German teenagers attended Pinemere Camp(sign pictured) in Pennsylvania, they were shocked at sharing living quarters with their counselors?
... that Indonesian "sex bomb" Meriam Bellina has been called "the fantasy girl come true for the movie-going public"?
... that although both Mieke Wijaya and her daughter have been nominated for Citra Awards, only Mieke has won?
... that in 1933 St. Louis blues singer Dorothea Trowbridge recorded "Grinding Blues", the lyrics of which are cited as an "open declaration of erotic desire"?
... that the Stevenston Canal was the first commercial canal built in Scotland?
... that in some classification systems, the subfamily Hippocampinae includes several genera of pygmy pipehorses, which look like seahorses but do not swim upright?
... that 19th century publisher John Harris's colourfully illustrated children's books, meant to amuse and entertain, were sold from his premises at St. Paul's churchyard?
... that after arriving at Pichilemu, Chile on his holidays in 1933, Basilio Sánchez Berguiristain decided to stay and work there as a doctor because of "the place's beauty"?
... that after the 1975 end of the Laotian Civil War, the lyrics to the national anthem of Laos, "Pheng Xat Lao", were changed but the music remained the same?
... that the Thermal work limit has led to a substantial decrease in incidences of heat illness in the Australian mining industry?
... that before Zhou Benshun was recently appointed party chief of Hebei province, he worked under Zhou Yongkang, China's former security czar?
... that Australian Sam Fullbrook was known as the "last of the bushman painters" (rural artists), yet his works were sophisticated, widely shown and collected internationally?
... that the hot air balloonThe Skywhale has been described as "massive and wondrous", "a great achievement", "an embarrassing indulgence" and "terrifyingly nipply"?
... that while North Korea is abundant in natural resources worth trillions of dollars, most of these often cannot be mined due to the acute shortage of electricity in the country?
... that Johnny Kraaijkamp could have recorded the first version of "Aan de Amsterdamse grachten", one of the best-known Dutch songs of all time, had he not been out drinking the night before?
... that Willie Nelson sold his song "Night Life" for US$150 to a guitar instructor, and it later became a hit for Ray Price in 1963?
... that María Jesús Alvarado Rivera was cited by the National Council of Women of Peru in 1969 as the "first modern champion of women's rights in Peru"?
... that the Vatican Historical Museum contains a collection of decorated carriages (pictured), saddles, sedans, wagons and the first cars used by the popes?
... that according to 2009 figures, approximately 77% of households in Vanuatu are involved in fishing activity?
... that although Ear Mountain is located in an area long known for its tin deposits, its own were only confirmed in 1953–54 during a survey by the U.S. Bureau of Mines?
... that Nandan, the government sponsored film and cultural center of Kolkata, was inaugurated by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray in 1985?
... that the leaves of Grevillea pteridifolia were used by Groote Eylandt indigenous people as stuffing for emu meat, and by early settlers as stuffing for pillows?
... that Wing Commander Richard Pink led No. 2 (Indian) Wing during Pink's War, the first independent action of the Royal Air Force, and is the only RAF officer after whom a campaign is named?
... that Kokila was the first Kannada film to be screened for 100 days in Madras?
... that Ming China's treasure voyages were undertaken by Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet(ship model pictured), even though the 15th-century Portuguese thought that the unknown ships belonged to white Christians?
... that the military career of Major Ernest Gambier-Parry was ended by wounds sustained in a campaign to avenge the grisly death of renowned General Charles George Gordon?
... that ancient Romans marked and decorated their graves in the Catacombs of Rome with the broken-off bottoms of drinking cups with designs in gold sandwich glass(example pictured)?
... that the Egyptian men's handball team qualified for the 1996 Olympics by finishing sixth at the World Championships, at the time the highest placement for a squad from Africa?
... that Mariah Carey does not sing any lyrics for the first third of her new single "#Beautiful"?
... that Ferreirasdorp is the oldest part of Johannesburg, but as the city expanded it ultimately became "synonymous with practically everything that is vile and violent" about Johannesburg?
... that the late Gothic church St. Lamberti(pictured)inHildesheim was rebuilt after destruction in World War II, but a southern annex was kept in ruins as a memorial ?
... that Karja church on the Estonian island of Saaremaa is the rural church richest in medieval carved stone decoration in all the Baltic states?
... that in the first episode of Never Ever Do This At Home, hosts Teddy Wilson and Norm Sousa tested the hazards of using fireworks indoors?
09:10, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
... that after a 46-year career in the Royal Australian Navy, Vice Admiral Sir Alan McNicoll(pictured) was appointed as Australia's first ambassador to Turkey?
... that the Argentine branch of the Anonymous group helped the organization of the 18Acacerolazo?
... that Bombino bianco is known under the synonyms Debit and Pagadebit because of the wine grape's reputation for reliably yielding large crops that would help growers pay off their debts?
... that van Gogh used his Sorrow(pictured) to "express something of life's struggle"?
... that the final version of the 33-metre-high (108 ft) Temple 33 at the ancient Maya cityofTikalinGuatemala was completely destroyed by archaeologists in 1965?
... that after Robert Pakington was shot to death on the morning of 13 November 1536 while on his way to Mass, his murder was interpreted as a Protestant martyrdom?
... that French admiral Latouche-Tréville, who had defeated Horatio NelsonatBoulogne, was chastised by his superior because he had brought a female companion to war?
00:00, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
... that nobleman Louis-André de Grimaldi(pictured) introduced unpopular improvements, such as dismissing the high altar and selling the Medieval and Renaissance silver, during his term as bishopofLe Mans?
... that the origins of the dance move slutdrop can be traced back to music videos such as Dirrty by Christina Aguilera?
... that the Corporation of Derby used to pay two pounds of wax, annually, to the monks of St. James Priory, for the right to cross St. James Bridge?
08:00, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
... that Lu Xun(pictured), a Chinese politician and general known for upholding Confucian ethics, once ordered an attack which led to the deaths and capture of over 1,000 civilians?
... that though the Sulu Bleeding-heart has not been definitively seen since 1891, there is still hope that it is not extinct?
... that The Searchers, listed in a recent survey as the seventh greatest film ever made, was edited by Jack Murray, along with fourteen other films directed by John Ford?
... that one of about 1,000 English poetry miscellanies(pictured) of the 18th century included "the Lucubrations of the Polite Part of the World, written upon walls, in Bog-Houses"?
... that forensic developmental psychology focuses on the reliability, credibility, and accuracy of children's testimonies in the courtroom?
... that screenwriter Sally Wainwright was inspired by her mother's second marriage when writing Last Tango in Halifax, a story of romance between two widowed septuagenarians?
... that the Neanderthals of Gibraltar(male pictured) were among the first to be discovered and may have been among the last surviving members of their species?
... that Disgraced is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play that depicts the challenges for upwardly mobile Muslim Americans in the post-9/11 America?
... that Latu Makaafi became one of Jersey's first professional rugby players?
... that the inmates of Poniatowa camp dug their own graves as fake air-raid trenches?
... that Commander de Fréminville was not only a keen explorer, zoologist and archeologist, but also the anonymous author of a book exalting female clothes?
... that although the fungus Mythicomyces corneipes(pictured) was given its current name in 1986, the name was republished 25 years later when the initial publication was found to be in error?
... that as a choreographer and dancer, Morleigh Steinberg presented her arms as noodles, but to much of the public she is known for being next to The Edge?
... that the best-selling biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, which created Earp as a "superman", omitted his common-law wife of 46 years after his widow threatened to sue the author?
... that in Hunterwali(poster pictured), Fearless Nadia appears as a swashbuckling princess in disguise wearing hot pants, "with her big breasts and bare white thighs" setting things right with a scowl?
... that Sant Tukaram(scene pictured) was the first Indian film to receive international recognition and was adjudged as one of the three best films of the world at the Venice Film Festival?
... that, although a British engineer is generally credited with design of Melbourne's sewerage system, a recent biography attributes the project's success to the Australian William Thwaites?
... that The Daughter of Dawn is a rare, full-length silent film from 1920, with an all Native American cast, that had only been shown once until being rediscovered and restored 85 years later?
