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1
...that the dome of
St. Francis de Sales church in Philadelphia is a prime example of the
Guastavino tile arch system ?
...that credit and royalties for the 1968
Arthur Brown song "
Fire " had to be shared due to similarities to another song, "Baby, You're a Long Way Behind"?
...that the
Wrinkled Toadlet (pictured ) is also commonly known as the Chubby Gungan? (
Image:Uperoleia rugosa.JPG )
...that Japanese historian and economist
Taguchi Ukichi has often been referred to as the
Adam Smith of Japan?
...that
Slimey the Worm is the smallest character on
Sesame Street ?
...that the
Leather cannon was an early 17th century attempt of making a mobile
cannon that would bridge the gap between
muskets and heavy stationary
artillery ?
...that
California 's
Rubicon Point Light , at 6300 ft above
sea level , is the highest
lighthouse in the
United States ?
...that
National Political Institutes of Education , elite
secondary schools in
Nazi Germany , only accepted students considered to be "racially flawless" and therefore did not admit pupils who needed
glasses or had bad
hearing ?
...that
Halltorps Manor (pictured ) on
Öland island has been the site of a
Viking settlement, a royal
game reserve used by
Swedish kings , and a medieval
manor house ? (
Image:Olandborgholmruin.jpg )
...that the failed
Pakistan coup attempt of 1995 aimed to establish an
Islamic
caliphate in
Pakistan by overthrowing
prime minister
Benazir Bhutto ?
...that
Hurricane Alberto of
2000 completed the largest loop ever observed over the
Atlantic Ocean ?
...that the
Himalayan Brown Bear is considered the source of the legend of the
Yeti ?
...that the
Largo , a
Socialist Classicism complex in central
Sofia ,
Bulgaria , accommodates a number of state institutions?
...that
William Garwood , an American silent film actor, starred in 149 films in under 10 years—between
1909 and
1919 ?
...that during the
Ulm Campaign (pictured ) in 1805, French forces under
Napoleon Bonaparte eliminated an entire
Austrian army by capturing 60,000 troops? (
Image:Ulm capitulation.jpg )
...that the first American ship sunk in World War II hit a German
mine off
Cape Otway in the
Southern Ocean ?
...that
Hugh Talbot was roundly panned for his performance as Frederic in the
premiere of
The Pirates of Penzance ?
...that the
Xiao'erjing is a system of writing
Sinitic languages such as
Mandarin in the
Arabic script ?
...that a co-founder of the
Slavophile movement,
Ivan Kireevsky , turned for wisdom to
the elders of the
Optina Monastery , rather than to Western philosophers?
...that
Mölle (pictured ), a
coastal
harbour town in southwest
Sweden , was built from
fishing wealth, but now hosts
high technology conferences? (
Image:Molleharbour.jpg )
...that wearing the
Gandhi cap became a steadfast tradition during the
Indian independence movement that is continued by
Indian politicians to this day?
...that
John de Havilland was one of only two
officers at the
College of Arms to have been born in the
United States ?
...that experiments with
winged tanks , meant to
glide into a
drop zone and provide support for
airborne forces , were tried but abandoned by several military forces?
...that the
Sevso Treasure is a
hoard of
silver objects from the late
Roman Empire ?
...that
Tadeusz Hołówko became one of the first victims of the
assassination campaign carried out by the members of the radical
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists despite his relatively moderate stance in the
Polish -
Ukrainian conflict?
...that a recent fire in the
Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine (traditional Ukrainian church pictured ) was
set to cover up the theft of 18th-century
cassones ? (
Image:Pirogiv church.jpg )
...that
British
Admiral of the Fleet
Michael Pollock , was gunnery officer on the
HMS Norfolk when she fought the German
battlecruiser
Scharnhorst during the
Battle of North Cape ?
...that a statue stands where
Matangini Hazra was shot in 1942 during the
Quit India Movement ?
...that
BŻ-1 GIL was the first
Polish experimental
helicopter ?
...that the English
nursery rhyme
Bobby Shafto was an electioneering song by the 18th Century British
MP , Robert Shafto?
...that when
Abraham Lincoln 's brother-in-law,
Confederate
Brig Gen.
Benjamin Hardin Helm was killed at the
Battle of Chickamauga , Lincoln's
White House went into mourning?
...that
Boletus calopus , a European
mushroom , derives its scientific name from the
Ancient Greek for "pretty foot," referring to its attractive stalk? (
Image:Boletus calopus.jpg )
... that 17th-century
Mughal
subahdar
Shaista Khan conquered
Chittagong and ousted the
British East India Company from
Bengal over a trade dispute?
...that a
subtlety was an elaborate
medieval dish that was supposed to entertain and surprise diners with extravagant decorations or by imitating other types of
food ?
...that the
Paramarines was a short-lived
parachute -trained unit of the
U.S. Marine Corps in
World War II , but its members were never dropped by parachute into combat?
... that the website
Machinima.com got its name when the founder misspelled his original
portmanteau of machine and cinema and liked the new version better?
...that
Harriett Everard (pictured ) was hit by a piece of falling
scenery during rehearsals for
The Pirates of Penzance , and likely never fully recovered from her injuries? (
Image:HarriettEverard.jpg )
...that the
immortal DNA strand hypothesis was proposed in 1975 by
John Cairns as a mechanism for
adult stem cells to minimize
mutations in their
genomes ?
...that
Bolko II of Świdnica was the last independent
duke of the
Piast dynasty in
Silesia ?
...that
Bearcat Stadium of
Northwest Missouri State University , originally opened in
1917 , is the oldest stadium of any
NCAA Division II school?
...that
Bellot Strait is a 2
km
passage of water separating
Somerset Island from the
northernmost point on mainland
North America ?
...that Kanken Toyama, who developed the
Shudokan school of
karate , was originally an elementary school
teacher ?
...that "
My Star " was the first song that
Latvia
entered into the Eurovision Song Contest , making them the last of the
Baltic states to debut at
Eurovision ?
...that Russian playwright
Pavel Katenin (pictured ) was deported from
St. Petersburg in
1822 for booing a favourite actress of the city's governor,
Count Miloradovich ? (
File:Pavel Katenin (1792-1853).jpg )
...that
psychedelic rock group
Circus Maximus was the launching point for the career of
country musician
Jerry Jeff Walker ?
...that
French
Olympic shooter
Léon Moreaux won his first of seven Olympic medals at the age of 38?
...that, in opposition to the orthodox architectural canon, a giant undulating
apse occupies the entire east façade of the
Church of the Holy Trinity in
Svishtov ?
...that
Marcelo Piñeyro ' s second film, Wild Horses , was the second-highest-attended
film in
Argentina during
1995 , and was screened at the
Museum of Modern Art in
New York ?
...that the
King/Drew Medical Centre , a major public hospital in
South Central Los Angeles , was founded in response to the 1965
Watts Riots ?
...That
Adeline Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre the widow of the anti-hero of the
Charge of the Light Brigade kept her coffin in the house and would often lie in it, asking for opinions on her appearance?