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22:53, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
... that no two tigers (pictured) have the same pattern of stripes?
... that Ötzi the Iceman was lactose intolerant, and so could not digest milk?
... that Mongolia has the least population density of all independent countries in the world?
... that James Chadwick discovered neutrons in 1932?
... that oxygen in its liquid state is blue?
01:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
... that 90% of flowering plants are pollinated by animals (pictured)?
... that bats which hang upside down have a locking mechanism which stops them falling?
... that the nine-banded armadillo gives birth to genetically identical quadruplets?
... that the Althing of Iceland is the oldest parliament in the world?
... Mourning Doves are fed crop milk for the first 3–4 days of their life?
08:07, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
... that pato (pictured) is Argentina's national sport?
... that the fastest reptile is a turtle?
... that we have about 1,000 trillion microbes living in our gut?
... that Slim Dusty was the first singer to have his voice beamed from space?
... that George Balanchine choreographed over 400 ballets?
10:05, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
... that Herakles wore the Nemean Lion's skull (pictured) after killing the animal as one of his Labors?
... that Helen Hayes wrote four autobiographies?
... that chloroform was used as an anaesthetic during surgery?
... that Macquarie Island is the only place where rocks from the Earth's mantle are being pushed above sea level?
... that scientists have discovered a fifth moon of the dwarf planet Pluto?
22:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
... that the horseshoe crab (pictured) has changed little in 200 million years?
... that lorem ipsum is a dummy text which looks like Latin?
... that the first walkie-talkie was so big it needed a backpack to carry it?
... that some useless parts of buildings or roads can be a type of art called tomason?
... that some men in ancient Greece were buried in their favorite palaestra?
09:11, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
... that a group of bullfrogs is called an army?
... that the London Underground 1938 tube stock are the oldest trains used on timetabled service on the British National Rail network?
... that the Christmas Island Pipistrelle may be a rare example of scientists knowing the exact day a species became extinct in the wild?
... that the Slinky television jingle is the longest running jingle in advertising history?
08:19, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
... that the flowers of Rafflesia (pictured) smell like a dead animal?
... that Tom Baker, who played the Doctor in Doctor Who, was once a monk?
... that Ötzi the Iceman is the first person known to have Lyme disease?
... that Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth with remarkable precision?
... that the world's longest insect is Chan's megastick?
05:10, 27 October 2012
... that granite (pictured) is a type of rock found on Earth, but nowhere else in the Solar System?
... that Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges wrote the story of Giselle in three days?
... that the Quad Cities is actually made up of five cities?
... that Daniel Inouye, a disabled veteran, is the highest-ranking Asian American politician in the history of the United States?
... that The Mansion of Happiness was the first mass-produced board game in the United States?
17:34, 18 November 2012
... that the death mask of a drowned woman from the 1880s (pictured) was a model for the first CPR mannequin in the 1960s?
... that in 1879 a Vermont public library was the first to remove Horatio Alger, Jr.'s books from its shelves?
... that after the Great Yellowstone Fires of 1988, fires in Yellowstone National Park were allowed to burn out naturally?
... that putting mustard seeds on the roof of a house is said to keep vampires away?
... that Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the first woman in the world to be elected head of government?
02:24, 7 January 2013
... that female fir cones (pictured) are cylindrical and erect?
... that the first performance of the ballet Swan Lake in 1877 was a failure?
... that in 2010 nearly 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis?
... that the Sarus Crane is the world's tallest flying bird?
... that all 115 people of the Roanoke Colony disappeared mysteriously?
... that the White Mulberry fires its pollen out with the fastest motion known in biology?
... that even though it is commonly used, the litre is not an SI unit?
... that Magnus Carlsen is now the highest rated player in the history of chess?
21:54, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
... that actor Errol Flynn (pictured) partnered Olivia de Havilland in eight movies that included Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and They Died with Their Boots On?
... that Greg Jennings got a 26.35 million dollar contract in 2009?
... that the name of the dwarf planet Pluto was proposed by an eleven-year-old girl in 1930?
... that the parliamentary procedure rule about discussing only one subject at a time was created in 1581?
... that the fingerprint of the Tollund Man is among the oldest fingerprints on record?
17:10, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
... that Manet reworked Giorgione's The Sleeping Venus and Titian's Venus of Urbino for his Olympia?
... that the first genetically-engineered, synthetic "human" insulin was produced in a laboratory in 1977 using E. coli?
... that the first performance of the French opera Samson and Delilah was sung in German in Weimar, Germany?
... that the capitals in the Hall of Mirrors depict a cock, Apollo, and the fleur-de-lys?
14:20, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
... that Laocoön (pictured) was the only classical subject El Greco ever painted?
... that Richard Wagner wanted Hermann Levi, the Jewish conductor about to direct the premiere of Parsifal, to convert to Christianity before doing so?
... that Terry Branstad was the youngest—and is the longest-serving—governor of Iowa?
... that nobody knows what the Roman dodecahedra, from the 2nd and 3rd century CE, were used for?
10:56, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
... that The Ballet of the Nuns (scene design pictured) was the first ballet blanc and the first romantic ballet?
... that the Pantheon in Rome features the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome?
... that two spectators were killed in the second Japanese Grand Prix in 1977?
... that the stress of having one's blood pressure taken can result in "white coat hypertension"?
... that Benedict XVI (pictured) is the first pope to resign in six centuries?
... that Butterfly McQueen received her nickname after appearing as a dancing butterfly in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
... that the Riace bronzes were found in the Ionian Sea by a vacationing scuba diver?
... that people suffering the symptoms of myocardial infarction (heart attack) will wait three hours, on average, before seeking help?
... that the University of Cambridge was established by scholars leaving the University of Oxford after a fight with the locals?
02:00, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
... that the Sovereign's Orb was made for the 1661 coronation of Charles II of England (pictured, holding the Orb)?
... that more than 600 million tons of hydrogen undergo fusion every second on the Sun?
... that cawl is widely considered the national dish of Wales?
... that Saint Patrick used the shamrock to explain the doctrine of the Holy Trinity?
... that the Sacred Band of Thebes was completely destroyed at the Battle of Chaeronea?
07:27, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
... that the first record of Cheddar cheese (pictured) dates to 1170 when King Henry II of England bought 10,240 lb. (4,640 kg) of it, at a farthing a pound?
... that Chopin wrote the "Minute Waltz" while watching a little dog chasing its tail?
... that the U.S. Postal Service's 1983 Pearl S. Buck stamp was issued ten years after she died?
... that cartoonist Matt Groening named Homer Simpson after his father?
... that the farthing ceased to be legal tender after 31 December 1960?
03:22, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
... that the plantation song "Oh! Susanna" by Stephen Foster (pictured) was first performed in the Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States?
... that more doughnuts are eaten by Canadians than by any other nationality?
... that Pocahontas died in England and was buried there?
... that 20% of all living mammal species are bats?
... that White wins more often than Black in tournament games of chess?
16:19, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
... that "Sue" (pictured) in Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History is the largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever found?
... that every number in Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite was encored at its first performance in March 1892?
... that Belgium produces over 1100 varieties of beer?
... that the most grown vegetable in Australia is the potato?
... that the Charminar in Hyderabad, India was constructed to celebrate the end of a deadly plague?
06:56, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
... that many Japanese origami artists fold their models (pictured) in the air rather than upon a flat surface?
... that artificial food coloring agents can make the symptoms of ADHD worse?
... that Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen worked in a tobacco factory as a child?
... that when the four color theorem was proved in 1976, over a century after it was stated, the New York Times refused to publish this fact, fearing the proof was wrong?
... that the Goldberg Variations were originally used to lull an insomniac to sleep?
16:37, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
... that Japan's Steel Dragon 2000 (pictured) is the longest roller coaster in the world?
... that the Greek philosopher Aristotle tutored the young Alexander the Great?
... that The Tale of Peter Rabbit was privately printed after the manuscript was rejected by several publishers?
... that methamphetamine ("meth") is used legally to treat narcolepsy, ADHD, and obesity?
... that antlers grow faster than any other mammal bones?
15:49, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the Fountain of Apollo (pictured) in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles incorrectly depicts Apollo rising in the west rather than the east?
... that Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the world's first elected female head of state?
... that Death Valley is the hottest, driest, and lowest place in North America?
... that the witchetty grub (a large, white moth larva) was a diet staple of Aboriginal people in the Australian outback?
... that Titanoboa, a snake of the Palaeocene epoch, was about 40 to 50 feet long (12–15 m), and weighed over a ton?
13:55, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
... that rumours about astronauts being able to see the Great Wall of China (pictured) from the moon are false?
... that the only American writer represented with a bust in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
... that Chaturanga is the earliest known form of chess?
... that Christopher Lee is the only cast member of the The Lord of the Rings movie series who met author J.R.R. Tolkien?
... that Strom Thurmond was the oldest person ever to serve in the United States Senate?
00:46, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
... that the tube design of Chicago's Willis Tower (pictured) was inspired by an advertisement for a package of cigarettes?
... that the rumor about George Washington having wooden teeth was actually proven false?
... that the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living reptiles?
... that John Bunyan began writing The Pilgrim's Progress in jail?
... that Prudence Crandall, an early 19th century New England educator of African American girls, was named Connecticut's state heroine in 1995?
12:36, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
... that Martha Washington was the first historical female figure to have her picture on United States currency (1886 dollar bill pictured)?
... that Roger Ebert was the first movie critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism?
... that the Chicago River is the only river in the world to have the direction of its flow reversed by civil engineering?
... that John Adams defended the British soldiers who were involved in the Boston Massacre?
... that Patrick Leahy is the only elected Democratic U.S. Senator in Vermont's history?
16:07, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
... that the State of Israel offered Albert Einstein (pictured) the presidency in 1952?
... that Mary Ann Lee danced the first American performance of Giselle in 1846?
... that the Fluffernutter has been proposed as the official state sandwich of Massachusetts?
... that women are diagnosed with depression more often than men?
... that Jonathan Winters was the first comedian in the United States to appear on color television?
00:58, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
... that Christopher Plummer (pictured) is the oldest actor to win an Academy Award, at the age of 82?
... that The Huckleberry Hound Show was the first animated television series to win an Emmy Award?
... that the Jerusalem artichoke was involved in a pyramid scheme in the United States in the 1980s?
... that Serbia is one of the world's biggest producers and exporters of raspberries?
... that epistaxis (nosebleed) is most frequent in the winter?
22:25, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
... that Frank Lautenberg (pictured) was the last World War II veteran to serve in the United States Senate?
... that Gorboduc is the first English tragedy in blank verse?
... that Sixto Durán Ballén, a former President of Ecuador was born in Boston, Massachusetts?
... that Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is the first Superman movie that didn't use John Williams' original Superman theme song?
... that Jiroemon Kimura is the oldest man proven to have reached the age of 116?
19:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
... that Sharon Tate killer Charles Manson (pictured) once kissed Brian Wilson's feet?
... that The Birth of a Nation was the first movie to be shown in the White House?
... that the Chicago Board of Trade Building has a faceless statue of Ceres as a reference to the exchange's heritage as a commodity market?
... that C. Everett Koop is the only Surgeon General of the United States to win an Emmy Award?
12:06, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
... that John Quincy Adams (pictured) was the first President to be the son of a President?
... that songwriters Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer had never been to a baseball game when they wrote Take Me Out to the Ball Game in 1908?
... that people have become violent while sleepwalking?
... that the urban legend about Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield being decapitated in a car crash is untrue?
12:52, 11 August 2013 (UTC)~
... that White Zombie (poster pictured) was one of the few American horror movies to be approved by the Nazis?
... that Ulysses S. Grant was the first President of the United States to have both living parents attend his inauguration in 1869?
... that Nelson Mandela was the first South African President who was elected in a democratic election?
... that Hal Holbrook is the oldest Academy Award-nominated actor at the age of 82?
... that because they can decompose phenol, some halophiles might be used to clean up oil spills?
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