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=== 31 January 2009 ===
*'''''20:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Xipe Totec 1.jpg|100x100px|Xipe Totec]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Charles B. Moores.png|100x100px|Charles B. Moores]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:WTBBL 01.jpg|100x100px|Washington Talking Book & Braille Library]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Semipermeable_membrane.png|100x100px|osmotic pressure in a semipermeable membrane]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Wisent.jpg|100x100px|Wisent]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:SS Empress of Russia 1918 (closeup).jpg|100x100px|SS Empress of Russia]]
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*... 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?


*'''''08:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Ripening olives.jpg|100x100px|ripening Lucques olives]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Letharia vulpina JHollinger.jpg|100x100px|wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina)]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Vladas Jurgutis.jpg|100x100px|Vladas Jurgutis]]
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*... 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]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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)'''''
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[[File:Siemens Viaggio Light train at Tel Aviv Central train station, 2008-12-26.jpg|100x100px|Israel Railways' Siemens Viaggio Light train]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Albatros fuligineux.jpg|100x100px|Light-mantled albatross]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Goneplax rhomboides.jpg|100x100px|Goneplax rhomboides]]
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*... 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 ===
*'''''21:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sorgenfri.jpg|100x100px|Sorgenfri Palace]]
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*... that [[Grand Duchess]] Sophie Caroline of [[East Friesland]] instructed [[Denmark|Danish]] royal [[architect]] [[Lauritz de Thurah]] to demolish '''[[Sorgenfri Palace]]''' in 1756 to make way for a new palace ''(pictured)''?
*... that in [[Maya civilization|Maya]] mythology, '''[[wayob]]''' were the powerful spirit forms of lords, priests and gods?
*... that during the '''[[Battle of Tipton's Island]]''', [[John Tipton|Colonel Tipton]] punished a talkative soldier under his command by tying him to a [[tree]]?
*... that '''[[Nijaguna Shivayogi]]''', a petty [[chieftain]] in 15th-century [[Karnataka]], India, was a visionary writer and poet in the [[Kannada language]]?
*... that '''[[tab show]]s'''—cut-down versions of [[Broadway]] and other [[Musical theatre|musicals]], with portable scenery—often shared the bill with early 20th-century [[vaudeville]] and [[burlesque]] shows in the USA?
*... that [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''[[Charles Powell Hamilton]]''' was present at both the loss of [[HMS Alexander (1778)|HMS ''Alexander'']] in the [[Action of 6 November 1794]], and her recapture at the [[Battle of Groix]]?
*... that '''[[Filipinos in Qatar|Filipinos]]''' are expected to become the second-largest group of [[foreign worker]]s in [[Qatar]] by the end of 2009?
*... that [[New York City]]'s [[Ramaz School]], with 1,100 students in 2007, was named for Rabbi '''[[Moses S. Margolies|Moses Margolies]]''' and founded by his grandson Rabbi [[Joseph Lookstein]], whose son was in the opening class of six in 1937?


*'''''15:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Warsaw Uprising - Small PASTa - Flamethrower.jpg|100x100px|K pattern flamethrower]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg|100x100px|Golden Gate Bridge]]
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*... 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)'''''
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[[File:Trondheim tram 1.jpg|100x100px|Trondheim Tramway Class 8 tram]]
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*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Thomas-paine-cottage.jpg|100x100px|Thomas Paine Cottage]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Paul Bocuse 2007.jpg|100x100px|Paul Bocuse]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:St Luke's Church, Queen's Park, Brighton 01.jpg|100x100px|St Luke's Church, Queen's Park, Brighton]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Mike Murphy (trainer).jpg|100x100px|Mike Murphy]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Cookeina spp.jpg|100x100px|Cookeina]]
</div>
*... 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?


*'''''16:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:RoyalPenguins2.JPG|100x100px|Royal penguin, a species of crested penguin]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Delacroix barque of dante 1822 louvre 189cmx246cm 950px.jpg|100x100px|Delacroix barque of dante 1822 louvre]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:NMMP dolphin with locator.jpeg|100x100px|A trained bottlenose dophin]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Cortinarius mucosus.jpg|100x100px|orange webcap mushroom (Cortinarius mucosus)]]
</div>
*... 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 US$250,000 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hypholoma capnoides - Lindsey 4a.jpg|100x100px|<!-- THE ROLLOVER CAPTION GOES HERE -->]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Thomas_Eakins,_The_Agnew_Clinic_1889.jpg|100x100px|The Agnew Clinic]]
</div>
*... 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]] adapation 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Barnet_Burns.jpg|100x100px|Barnet Burns]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Wadi Zin Ein Avdat200704.JPG|100x100px|Wadi Zin Ein Avdat]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Clavulina cristata sasata.JPG|100x100px|Clavulina cristata]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Keene Fitzpatrick 1894.jpg|100x100px|Keene Fitzpatrick]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Kosciuszko Monument in Krakow.jpg|100x100px|Tadeusz Kosciuszko Monument in Krakow]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:William H. Harrison.jpg|100x100px|William Henry Harrison]]
</div>
*... 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 US$600&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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:S P Moore CSA surg-gen.jpg|100x100px|CSA Surgeon General Samuel P. Moore]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:GreekSquatterToilet.JPG|100x100px|A squat toilet]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Philip Bartelme.jpg|100x100px|Philip Bartelme]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:73sett_sydVestby_04.jpg|100x100px|Upgraded section of the Østfold Line]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:View_of_Carneros_Sonoma_from_Artesa.jpg|100x100px|View of Carneros Sonoma from Artesa]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Scarlet elf cap cadnant dingle.jpg|100x100px|Scarlet elf cap]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:GT Quirigua StelaE.JPG|100x100px|Quiriguá]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:SS City of Erie.jpg|100x100px|SS City of Erie]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:T-26tankinSpain.jpg|100x100px|T-26 tank in Spain]]
</div>
*... 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]]''' 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:BM93_Signatur.JPG|100x100px|Type 93 2-carriage diesel multiple unit]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Chthamalus stellatus cropped.jpg|100x100px|Chthamalus stellatus]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Muhammad Ali NYWTS.jpg|100x100px|Muhammad Ali NYWTS]]
</div>
*... 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 ===
*'''''19:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Western Meadowlark.jpg|100x100px|Western Meadowlark]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:"Human_Pyramid",_by_Juste_de_Juste.jpg|100x100px|Human Pyramid, etching by Juste de Juste, 1540s]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:British drifters Otranto barrage.JPG|100x100px|Etching by Juste de Juste]]
</div>
*... that the largest surface action during [[World War I]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Dr. Hedgevar.jpg|100x100px|Dr. K. B. Hedgewar]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Flekkefjord stasjon.jpeg|100x100px|Flekkefjord Station]]
</div>
*... that from 1904 to 1927, passengers travelling by rail from [[Stavanger]] to [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], needed to change to steam ship at '''[[Flekkefjord Station]]''' ''(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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Capture of Hermione.jpg|100x100px|Capture of Hermione]]
</div>
*... 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 ''(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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Potosi unter vollen Segeln.jpg|100x100px|Potosi]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Square milk jug side.JPG|100x100px|Square milk jug]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Charles Baird (Michigan).jpg|100x100px|Charles Baird]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Lysurus_mokusin.jpg|100x100px|Lysurus mokusin]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:SS_Milazzo.jpg|100x100px|SS Milazzo]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Soeren jaabaek.jpg|100x100px|Søren Jaabæk]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Paul Dresser Birthplace 1.JPG|100x100px|Paul Dresser Birthplace, Terre Haute, Indiana]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Linotype matrix.png|100x100px|Linotype matrix]]
</div>
*... 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 conveyer 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:1964-05-31 Günter Klass - Porsche.jpg|100x100px|Günter Klass - May 1964]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Jaffa StPeter church.jpg|100x100px|St. Peters Church, Jaffa]]
</div>
*... 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)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Shelbourne,-Dublin.jpg|100x100px|Shelbourne Hotel]]
</div>
*... 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 US$148,000, 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?


*'''''11:01, 16 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Platax orbicularis.jpg|100x100px|''Platax orbicularis'']]
</div>
*... that the [[genus]] '''''[[Platax]]''''', composed of five species of [[Seawater|marine]] [[batfish]]es ''([[orbicular batfish]] 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]]?


*'''''05:28, 16 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Rhapsody_en_el_Puerto_de_la_Bahía_de_Cádiz.jpg|100x100px|MS ''Rhapsody'']]
</div>
*... that the [[cruise ship]] '''{{MS|Rhapsody}}''' ''(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?

=== 15 January 2009 ===
*'''''23:10, 15 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Czesław Wycech.jpg|100x100px|Czesław Wycech]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Czesław Wycech]]''' ''(pictured)'', Polish [[peasant movement]] activist, was also involved with [[Education in Poland during World War II|underground education in occupied Poland]] during WWII?
*... that '''[[Maria Kinnaird]]''', who was adopted by the politician [[Richard Sharp (politician)|Richard "Conversation" Sharp]], married the surveyor who first used the [[Drummond Light]]?
*... that '''''[[Conolophus rosada]]''''', a newly described species of [[Galapagos land iguana|iguana]], diverged some 5.7&nbsp;million years ago, making it among the oldest incidents of [[evolutionary divergence]] recorded in the [[Galápagos Islands|Galápagos archipelago]]?
*... that in 1820, the [[missionary]] '''[[William Jowett]]''' bought the 9,539-page [[manuscript]] of [[Abu Rumi]]'s first-ever translation of the [[Bible]] into [[Amharic]] "on terms which appeared... equitable to all parties"?
*... that the 2005 '''[[Operation Iron Hammer (Iraq 2005)|Operation Iron Hammer]]''', aimed to clear [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]] from the Hai Al Becker region in western [[Iraq]], resulted in no reported casualties and no use of deadly force?
*... that twin brothers '''[[Robert H. Hume|Robert]]''' and '''[[H. Ross Hume|Ross Hume]]''' became known as the "Dead Heat Kids" after finishing nine straight mile races, including the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] and [[NCAA]] championships, holding hands in dead heat victories?
*... that the [[studio band]] of [[radio station]] WRAG (now '''[[WREN (AM)|WREN]]''') in [[Carrollton, Alabama]], is credited with popularizing [[bluegrass music]] in central [[Alabama]] and eastern [[Mississippi]]?
*... that Scottish [[association football|football]]er '''[[Jim Baxter]]''' once taunted opponents in an international match by playing [[keepie uppie]] during the game, and that he described his style as "treating the ball like a woman"?


*'''''17:49, 15 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Rafflesia 80 cm.jpg|100x100px|Rafflesia keithii]]
</div>
*... that ''[[Rafflesia keithii]]'' ''(pictured)'', a [[parasitic plant]] endemic to [[Sabah]], is named in honour of forester and [[plant collecting|plant collector]] '''[[Harry Keith]]'''?
*... that when '''[[Robert de Bethune]]''' was nominated [[Bishop of Hereford]] in 1130, [[Henry I of England|King Henry I of England]] did so because he felt he needed one "godly bishop" around?
*... that concerns were raised in 2001 that [[anthrax]] research done by the U.S. [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] as part of '''[[Project Jefferson]]''' violated the [[Biological Weapons Convention]]?
*... that at great risk, [[Squadron Leader]] '''[[Phil Lamason]]''' of the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force|RNZAF]] negotiated the transfer of 166 [[Allies of World War II|allied]] [[airmen]] from [[Buchenwald concentration camp]], a week before their scheduled [[Capital punishment|execution]]?
*... that '''[[James Bennet]]''' was set to become [[Beijing]] correspondent for ''[[The New York Times]]'' when he instead was appointed the fourteenth editor-in-chief of ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'' in March 2006?
*... that in '''''[[Blood of the Irish]]''''', presenter [[Diarmuid Gavin]] examined the claim that 20% of men in the north-west of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] are descended from [[Niall of the Nine Hostages]], an ancient [[High King of Ireland]]?
*... that '''[[Edward D. Hamilton]]''' was appointed as the [[Oregon Secretary of State|Secretary of the Oregon Territory]] after later U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] declined the position?
*... that the [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian team]] at the [[1958 World Cup]] had not assigned '''[[squad number (association football)|squad numbers]]''' in advance, and a 17-year old [[Pelé]] was randomly assigned the number 10, which he wore for the rest of his career?


*'''''11:45, 15 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Huntington vehicle 1889.png|100x100px|Frank Atwood Huntington vehicle 1889]]
</div>
*... that in 1889, '''[[Frank Atwood Huntington]]''' [[patent]]ed a self-propelled [[gasoline engine]] vehicle ''(patent image pictured)'', four years before the [[Duryea Brothers]] built their first car?
*... that after [[Pope Alexander III]] absolved '''[[Gilbert Foliot]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Excommunication|excommunication]], [[Thomas Becket]] exclaimed that "[[Satan]] is unloosed for the destruction of the Church"?
*... that recommendations from the '''[[War Bureau of Consultants|U.S. War Bureau of Consultants]]''' in 1942 led to the founding of the [[War Research Service]] and a [[biological weapon|bio-weapons]] program?
*... that [[team handball|handballer]] '''[[Tonje Larsen]]''' was a part of the All-Star Team at the [[2008 European Women's Handball Championship|2008 European Championship]], sixteen years after debuting on the [[Norway women's national handball team|Norwegian national team]]?
*... that the first 8-''[[Spanish real|real]]'' [[banknote]]s were '''[[Currencies of Puerto Rico|printed in Puerto Rico]]''' in 1766?
*... that internal division caused when three sympathizers of the '''[[Agrarian Party of Moldova|Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova]]''' competed in the [[Moldovan presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential election]] was one factor that led to the party losing all [[Parliament of the Republic of Moldova|parliamentary]] seats two years later?
*... that the owner of '''[[Twin Oaks Plantation]]''' organized Company B of the [[36th Regiment Alabama Infantry]] in the [[Confederate Army]] on the lawn in front of his house?
*... that '''[[Benoît Sinzogan]]''', described as "too timid to mount a coup" during the 1960s and 1970s, was "one of [[Dahomey]]'s few senior officers not to attempt to"?


*'''''04:23, 15 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Master IAM allegory of transitoriness.jpg|100x100px|"Allegory of the Transience of Life" by Master I. A. M. of Zwolle]]
</div>
*... that [[Samuel Pepys]] and [[Ferdinand Columbus]] each owned works by the anonymous [[Engraving|engraver]] '''[[Master I. A. M. of Zwolle]]''' ''(example engraving pictured)''?
*... that the lyrics "'''[[suicide, it's a suicide]]'''", first used by [[rapper]] [[KRS-One]] in 1987, have since been re-used by artists such as [[Ice-T]], [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] and [[Jay-Z]]?
*... that '''[[Leonid Plyushch]]''', who sought to apply [[mathematical modeling]] to [[mental illness]], was later diagnosed with [[sluggish schizophrenia]] for his [[Soviet dissident|dissident]] activities?
*... that '''[[Operation Barga]]''' helped improve the social status of bargadars ([[sharecropper]]s) in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]?
*... that 1941 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] backstroke champion and [[University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor]] inductee '''[[Francis Heydt]]''' later owned a business that sold [[Military camouflage|camouflage]] clothing to the [[U.S. military]]?
*... that the [[hip hop]] magazine '''''[[Rap-Up (magazine)|Rap-Up]]''''' was founded by Devin Lazerine as a website when he was 15 years old?
*... that having witnessed the effects of a market attack in the [[2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict]] during a ban of international press, Norwegian doctor '''[[Mads Gilbert]]''' started a global [[Short message service|SMS]] campaign?
*... that [[Robert Redford]] made one of his last guest-starring appearances in a [[television series]] in a 1963 episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[psychiatry|psychiatric]] [[drama]] '''''[[Breaking Point (TV series)|Breaking Point]]'''''?

=== 14 January 2009 ===
*'''''22:48, 14 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hero of the Russian Federation medal.png|100x100px|]]
</div>
*... that during the [[Battle for Height 776]] in [[Chechnya]], '''[[Mark Yevtyukhin]]''' ordered artillery fire on his [[company (military unit)|company's]] position, an act which contributed to him being posthumously honoured as a [[Hero of the Russian Federation]] ''([[:File:Hero of the Russian Federation medal.png|medal pictured]])''?
*... that '''[[Jackson Lake State Park (Ohio)|Jackson Lake State Park]]''' in [[Ohio]], [[USA]], is now the location of a thriving [[second growth forest]], but was once home to the iron, coal and salt industries?
*... that '''[[Jim McColl]]''', the son of a butcher, reportedly became [[Scotland]]'s richest man in 2008?
*... that an area of more than {{convert|60000|mi2}} in the [[U.S. state]]s of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina|North]] and [[South Carolina]] was exposed to [[aerosol|airborne clouds]] of [[zinc cadmium sulfide]] during '''[[Operation Dew]]'''?
*... that '''[[Satenik]]''' was the [[Alans|Alanian]] wife of [[Artaxias I]], the king of [[Kingdom of Armenia|Armenia]] and the founder of the [[Artaxiad Dynasty]]?
*... that the '''[[12"/50 caliber Mark 8 gun]]''', an American [[naval gun]] mounted on the {{Sclass|Alaska|cruiser}}s, "was by far the most powerful weapon of its [[caliber]] ever placed in service"?
*... that while the British [[indie rock]] band [[Bombay Bicycle Club]] were recording their debut [[Extended play|EP]], '''''[[The Boy I Used to Be]]''''', they were in the same [[Academic term|school year]] as [[Cajun Dance Party]]?
*... that [[Tropics|tropical]] [[botanist]] '''[[Paul H. Allen]]''' assembled one of the most important collections of [[banana]] [[germplasm]]?


*'''''16:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Ayyanar cropped.JPG|100x100px|Ayyanar statue at a village near Gobi]]
</div>
*... that the [[South Indian]] [[Hindu deity]] '''[[Shasta (deity)|Shasta]]''' ''(statue pictured)'' is considered the son of [[Shiva]] and [[Mohini]], a female form of [[Vishnu]]?
*... that the [[Christmas carol]] '''''[[Personent hodie]]''''', first published in the 1582 [[Finns|Finnish]] song book ''[[Piae Cantiones]]'', is thought to be a [[Parody music|parody]] of a 12th-century carol?
*... that as a means to challenge the [[Microsoft]]/[[Intel]] PC architecture, [[IBM]] executive '''[[Jack Kuehler]]''' formed the [[AIM alliance]] that created the [[PowerPC]] microprocessor used in [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s computers from 1994 to 2006?
*... that despite being roughly only a square mile (2.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) in area, the tiny [[atoll]] of '''[[Kaben]]''' in the [[Republic of the Marshall Islands]] actually has a functional [[airstrip]]?
*... that [[pitcher]] [[Jesse Barnes]] made the '''[[List of Boston and Milwaukee Braves Opening Day starting pitchers|Opening Day start]]''' for the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Braves]] against the [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]] in the [[1925 in baseball|1925 baseball season]], after making the Opening Day start for the Giants against the Braves in 1920?
*... that labourers paving '''[[Saskatchewan Highway 641]]''' in 1942 earned 35&nbsp;[[Canadian dollar|cents]] an hour and a labourer with a [[tractor]]-drawn [[Drag harrow|drag]] earned 50&nbsp;cents an hour?
*... that the [[American Iron and Steel Institute]] formed the '''[[Steelmark]]''' in 1960 to promote American [[steel]], with the logo put on the '''[[Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers|helmets of the Pittsburgh Steelers]]''' in 1962 to further publicize the program?
*... that during the [[Song Dynasty]], the people of [[Sichuan]] worshipped [[Tang Dynasty]] general '''[[Wei Gao]]''' as a local deity?


*'''''10:10, 14 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:AJS Model 16MS 1953.JPG|100x100px|AJS Model 16MS 1953]]
</div>
*... that to boost US sales the [[Associated Motor Cycles|AMC]] marketing team rebranded the aging export '''[[AJS Model 16]]''' ''(pictured)'' with the new name ''The Sceptre''?
*... that '''[[Jeffrey A. Lockwood|Jeffrey Lockwood]]''' provides historical examples of [[Reduviidae|assassin bugs]], buckets of [[scorpion]]s, and [[catapult]]ed "[[beehive|bee]] bombs" as [[entomological warfare]] in his book, '''''[[Six-legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War]]'''''?
*... that the [[German rock]] group [[Tokio Hotel]] has released '''[[Tokio Hotel discography|six singles and an album]]''' in [[English language|English]]?
*... that [[Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco|Archbishop]] '''[[Edward Joseph Hanna]]''' was the chairman of the U.S. National [[Stevedore|Longshoremen]]'s Board during the [[1934 West Coast waterfront strike]]?
*... that the '''[[peridium]]''' of the [[Nidulariaceae|bird's-nest fungus]] forms its "nest"?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] official '''[[Pei Yanling]]''' was "so careless in his frivolousness and falsehood, as well as his jealousy of the talented and harmfulness to the good" that two centuries later it made historian Liu Xu weep?
*... that the opening of '''[[State Fair Community College]]''' was delayed for more than two years because of a [[legal dispute]] over [[Community college district|college districts]] in [[Missouri]]?
*... that German [[association football|football]] manager '''[[Horst Buhtz]]''' led both [[Borussia Dortmund|Dortmund]] and [[1. FC Nuremberg|Nuremberg]] to the [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] promotion playoffs, but was dismissed each time before the matches took place?


*'''''03:59, 14 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Clathrus_ruber.jpg|100x100px|Clathrus ruber]]
</div>
*... that the putrid stench of the "latticed stinkhorn" [[fungus]] '''''[[Clathrus ruber]]''''' ''(pictured)'' attracts insects to help disperse its [[spore]]s?
*... that as early as 1968, [[criminologist]] '''[[Lloyd Ohlin]]''' noted that the routine incarceration of youthful offenders does "more to develop than to stop career criminals"?
*... that thousands of people at '''[[Deekshabhoomi]]''', a pilgrimage center in [[Nagpur]], [[India]], embraced [[Buddhism]] on October 14, 1956?
*... that music critic '''[[Herman Klein]]''' wrote in [[New York City]] from 1901 to 1909 and advised [[Columbia Records]], but he acquired an unfavorable view of American musical life and returned to Britain?
*... that [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]], who in 2004 opened the village shop at '''[[Hewelsfield]]''' in [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]], described it as "a triumph of community spirit"?
*... that [[American football]] [[offensive tackle|tackle]] '''[[J.D. Maarleveld]]''' survived [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]] but was cut from the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] team anyway, transferred to [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]], and became a consensus first-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]]?
*... that the '''[[Lublin 1980 strikes]]''' marked the beginning of important socio-political changes in [[Poland]], such as the creation of [[Solidarity]] and democratization of the country?
*... that the name of '''[[Shelldrake, Michigan|Shelldrake]]''', a [[ghost town]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]], was translated from the [[Ojibwa language|Ojibwa]] word for a kind of [[duck]]?

=== 13 January 2009 ===
*'''''22:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Rhododendron-by-eiffel-public-domain-20040617.jpg|100x100px|Rhododendron]]
</div>
*... that the Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden in '''[[Rood Bridge Park]]''' includes some 550 varieties of [[rhododendron]] ''(pictured)'', the official flower of the city of [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], [[USA]]?
*... that former [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] '''[[James Tanis]]''' undertook a trip through some twenty fast-flowing rivers and creeks before being inaugurated as the second [[President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville|President of Bougainville]]?
*... that, despite being suspended for half the game, [[college football]] running back [[Da'Rel Scott]] set a school bowl record for [[rush (American football)|rushing]] for the [[2008 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland Terrapins]] in their '''[[2008 Humanitarian Bowl]]''' victory?
*... that author [[Beryl Bainbridge]] wrote a novel based on clergyman and translator '''[[John Selby Watson]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 1871 murder of his wife?
*... that after being closed in 1978, '''[[Sandefjord Airport Station]]''' reopened in 2008 with a new name to serve [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp]], [[Norway]]?
*... that '''''[[Gigantic (film)|Gigantic]]''''', a film about a single man deciding to adopt a baby, was inspired by [[screenwriter|writer]]–[[film director|director]] Matt Aselton's childhood wish for his parents to adopt a baby from [[China]]?
*... that '''[[Nick Scandone]]''' was named 2005 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, the first [[Paralympian]] to earn the honor, after winning the [[2.4 Metre (keelboat)|2.4&nbsp;meter]] world championship against 60 able-bodied and 27 disabled sailors?
*... that '''[[sugar pie|sugar cream pie]]''' is being considered to become the official state pie of [[Indiana]], USA?


*'''''15:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Dorothy Lavinia Brown.jpg|100x100px|Dorothy Lavinia Brown]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Dorothy Lavinia Brown]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[African American]] female [[surgeon]] in the [[Southeastern United States]] and also first African American woman to serve in the [[Tennessee General Assembly]]?
*... that the '''[[mass finishing]]''' [[manufacturing]] processes, [[tumble finishing]] and [[vibratory finishing]], are often employed to [[deburr]] machined parts and clean up [[casting]]s?
* ... that Captain '''[[Woodes Rogers]]''' rescued [[Alexander Selkirk]], the model for [[Robinson Crusoe]], and later defeated the pirates of the [[Caribbean]]?
*... that '''[[Koradi Thermal Power Station]]''', near [[Nagpur]], [[India]], was commissioned in 1974 and currently operates seven units with a total capacity of 1,080&nbsp;[[Megawatt|MW]]?
*... that '''[[Paschal Eze]]''' resigned as editor-in-chief of ''[[The Daily Observer]]'', a newspaper in [[The Gambia]], after being pressured by management not to publish stories about a certain politician?
*... that the '''[[Bat Motor Manufacturing Co. Ltd]]''' was named after founder Samuel Robert Batson but was nicknamed "Best After Tests"?
*... that '''[[William Murphy (tennis)|William Murphy]]''' won two [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] doubles tennis championships with his twin brother, and later coached [[University of Michigan|Michigan]] tennis teams to 11 Big Ten and one [[NCAA]] team championships?
*... that '''[[Delaware State Park]]''' is not in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Delaware]] but rather in [[Ohio]]?


*'''''09:37, 13 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:William Henry Webb.jpg|100x100px|William H. Webb]]
</div>
* ... that the "floating palaces" '''[[Bristol (1866)|''Bristol'']]''' and '''[[Providence (1866)|''Providence'']]''', built in 1867 by '''[[William H. Webb]]''' ''(pictured)'', contained 500 canaries in cages, each one personally named by shipowner [[James Fisk (financier)|Jim Fisk]]?
*... that one form of the '''[[General mn-type image filters|general image filters]]''' invented by [[Otto Zobel]] is a particularly simple [[band-pass filter]] consisting of just [[resonator]]s coupled by [[capacitor]]s?
*... that the body of '''[[Eadulf Rus]]''', a man accused of killing [[William Walcher|Walcher]], [[Bishop of Durham]], was removed from the church of [[Jedburgh]] some years after it had been buried there on the orders of [[Thurgot|Turgot]], Prior of [[Durham Cathedral|Durham]]?
*... that '''[[A. P. Patro]]''' inaugurated the [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]] in [[Chennai]], [[India]], in 1925?
*... that while the '''[[Brooklyn Theater Fire|Brooklyn Theatre]]''' burned in 1876, the actors urged calm in the face of rising panic, and though nearest to the flames, they were among the last to leave the theater alive?
*... that the '''[[Cape Verde Shearwater]]''' is [[threatened]] by the [[muttonbirding|harvesting]] of its chicks by local [[fisherman|fishermen]]?
*... that in 1912, a '''[[Singer (motorcycle)|Singer motorcycle]]''' became the first 350cc [[motorcycle]] to cover more than {{convert|60|mi}} in one hour?
*... that college football [[quarterback]] '''[[Brian Johnson (quarterback)|Brian Johnson]]''' led the [[Utah Utes football|Utah Utes]] to become the [[2008 Utah Utes football team|only undefeated team]] in the [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008 season]], including an upset of [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings|fourth-ranked]] [[2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] in the [[2009 Sugar Bowl]]?


*'''''03:32, 13 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Pink ribbon.svg|100x100px|Breast cancer awareness ribbon]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Alexandra Penney]]''', author of the best-selling book ''How to Make Love to a Man'', has been credited as one of the creators and popularizers of the [[pink ribbon]] ''(pictured)'' as a symbol for [[breast cancer]] awareness?
*... that the "orange tooth" [[fungus]], '''''[[Hydnellum aurantiacum]]''''', is considered [[critically endangered]] in the [[United Kingdom]]?
*... that American boxer [[Muhammad Ali]] and Swiss tennis player [[Roger Federer]] have each won the '''[[BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year]]''' award three times?
*... that the translation of '''[[Sangiovese]]''' as the "blood of [[Jove]]" led to early theories that the grape's origins dated back to [[Roman times (wine)|Roman times]]?
*... that '''[[Joseph Leavitt]]''', nicknamed "Quaker Joe", was a [[conscientious objector]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]], having laid down his weapon after three months of fighting for the [[Continental Army]]?
*... that the '''[[History of agriculture in India|practice of agriculture]]''' in [[India]] had started by 9000&nbsp;BCE?
*... that [[Link TV]] partnered with several world artists to write "'''[[The Price of Silence (EP)|The Price of Silence]]'''" to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]?
*... that in '''[[Harold Nichols]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> 32 years as [[Iowa State Cyclones|Iowa State]] [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] coach, his wrestlers placed among the top three teams in the United States 25 times and won 38 individual and six team [[NCAA Wrestling Team Championship|NCAA championships]]?

=== 12 January 2009 ===
*'''''20:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:LtGenChristmas_adjusted.jpg|100x100px|Lieutenant General George R. Christmas]]
</div>
*... that '''[[George R. Christmas]]''' ''(pictured)'', then known as Captain Christmas, received the [[Navy Cross]] for "extraordinary heroism" in the [[Vietnam War]]?
*... that [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] is the first city to operate a [[reverse osmosis]] seawater [[desalination]] plant to provide '''[[Water supply and sanitation in Australia |drinking water in Australia]]'''?
*... that '''[[Dave Porter]]''' won the [[NCAA]] heavyweight collegiate wrestling championship twice and was subsequently drafted by the [[Cleveland Browns]] to play in the [[NFL]]?
*... that the 17th-century [[antiquarian]] '''[[Johan Hadorph]]''' performed Sweden's first archaeological excavation?
*... that at least 20 children were abducted during the 2008 '''[[Christmas massacres]]''' in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]?
*... that '''[[Anssi Koivuranta]]''' is leading the [[2008-09 Nordic Combined World Cup]] right now?
*... that '''[[William Glendon]]''' argued successfully before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] that the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon Administration]] could not use [[prior restraint]] to prevent printing of the [[Pentagon Papers]]?
*... that [[Susanna Clarke]]'s novel '''''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]''''' has 185 footnotes, which contain a meticulous false history of English magic and an entire [[List of fictional books in the works of Susanna Clarke|fictional corpus of magical scholarship]]?
*... that [[college football]] wide receiver '''[[Torrey Smith]]''' of the [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland Terrapins]] set the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] record for single-season [[kick returner|kick return]] yards, including a 99-yard return in [[2008 Humanitarian Bowl|a bowl game]]?


*'''''14:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:4wiki Daniel Forgang.jpg|100x100px|Daniel Forfang]]
</div>
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[ski jumper]] '''[[Daniel Forfang]]''' ''(pictured)'' retired due to [[body weight]] pressure in the sport, whose rules were earlier considered to fit Forfang "perfectly"?
*... that the [[Norfolk, Connecticut]]-based performing arts venue '''[[Infinity Hall]]''' was built in 1883 as a combination opera house, barber shop and saloon?
*... that '''[[Matt Smith (British actor)|Matt Smith]]''', who will portray the '''[[Eleventh Doctor]]''' in the British [[science fiction]] television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', is the youngest person to be cast in the [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|title role]]?
*... that '''[[Edward I. Schalon|Edward Schalon]]''', inducted into the [[University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor]] as a golfer, later became the president of a [[Fortune 500]] company, [[SPX Corporation]]?
*... that the '''[[King Mojo Club]]''' in [[Sheffield]], run by [[Peter Stringfellow]], hosted the [[Small Faces]]' first gig outside London?
*... that after becoming the first [[basketball]] player to lead the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] in both scoring and rebounds, [[University of Michigan|Michigan]]'s '''[[M.C. Burton, Jr.|M.C. Burton]]''' turned down a contract to play in the [[NBA]] to attend medical school?
*... that [[Morrissey]] was billed as the headliner of '''[[Saturday Night Fiber]]''' 2008, even though he was not the final act to play?
*... that '''[[Eliza Flower]]''' was a 19th-century [[England|English]] musician and composer with whom a young [[Robert Browning]] fell in love?
*... that '''[[George Cannon (wrestler)|George "Crybaby" Cannon]]''' got his nickname from being able to wipe sweat from his face to make it appear as though he was crying?


*'''''09:13, 12 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Pike Place Market from Western Avenue in Seattle.jpg|100x100px|Pike Place Market]]
</div>
*... that the [[Seattle]]'s [[Pike Place Market]] ''(pictured)'' was created '''[[History of the Pike Place Market|partly in response to price gouging]]'''?
*... that the [[East German]] company '''[[Jenapharm]]''' [[chemical synthesis|synthesized]] [[steroid]]s from hog [[bile]] because they lacked access to a source of the [[precursor (chemistry)|precursor]] [[diosgenin]]?
*... that '''[[Alice May]]''' starred as a [[soprano]] in [[comic opera]] in the 1870s but toured as a [[contralto]] in the 1880s?
*... that the house at '''[[Borden Oaks]]''' in [[Greensboro, Alabama]], features sidelights and [[transom (architectural)|transom]]s derived from an 1833 [[Asher Benjamin]] design?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Du Huangshang]]''' was credited with setting in motion [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Emperor Xianzong]]'s reassertion of imperial authority over warlords?
*... that George Goldman put '''[[Book Soup]]''', a "cultural fixture" of the [[Sunset Strip]], up for sale on January 2, 2009, and died a day later?
*... that [[India]]n [[historian]] '''[[V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar]]''' believed that ancient [[South India|South Indians]] may have known of [[Australia]] and [[Polynesia]] before their discovery by [[Europeans]]?
*... that [[Tommy James|Tommy James]]' 1971 single "'''[[Draggin' the Line]]'''" has appeared on 41 albums and in many media works, from ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me|Austin Powers 2]]'' to a documentary on the pornographic film ''[[Deep Throat (film)|Deep Throat]]''?


*'''''02:56, 12 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Livingston County Courthouse.jpg|100x100px|Livingston County Courthouse]]
</div>
*... that Judge Ronald Cicoria of '''[[Livingston County Courthouse (New York)|Livingston County Court]]''' in [[Geneseo, New York]] ''(courthouse pictured)'', retired in 2005 as the longest sitting judge in [[New York|New York State]]?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] official '''[[Yuan Zi]]''' wrote a five-volume work about his diplomatic mission to [[Nanzhao]]?
*... that [[Wallace Beery]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] and [[Frances Marion]] the Oscar for [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Original Screenplay]] for '''''[[The Champ]]'''''?
*... that species in the [[fungus|fungal]] genus '''''[[Cyathus]]''''' produce [[bioactive compounds]] with [[antibacterial]], [[antifungal]], and [[antioxidant|antioxidative]] properties?
*... that in June 2008, '''[[Pat Fleming (billiards)|Pat Fleming]]''' and [[Allen Hopkins (pool player)|Allen Hopkins]] became the 51st and 52nd [[pocket billiards]] players to be inducted into the [[BCA Hall of Fame]]?
*... that widespread economic crisis and food shortages resulted in several '''[[Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland|hunger demonstrations in Poland during the summer of 1981]]''', with the biggest one taking place in [[Łódź]]?
*... that '''[[Nino Martini]]''' appeared in numerous [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Hollywood films]] during the 1930s and 1940s while simultaneously starring regularly in leading [[tenor]] roles at the [[Metropolitan Opera]]?
*... that '''[[Tropenhaus Frutigen|a tropical greenhouse and sturgeon farm]]''' in the [[Swiss Alps]], powered by [[geothermal energy]] from the [[Lötschberg Base Tunnel|world's longest land tunnel]], is intended to produce two&nbsp;tonnes of [[caviar]] annually?

=== 11 January 2009 ===
*'''''20:39, 11 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Adam Worth (cropped).jpg|100x100px|Adam Worth]]
</div>
*... that a '''[[bounty jumper]]''', [[Adam Worth]] ''(pictured)'', became the inspiration for Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s fictional villain [[Professor Moriarty]]?
*... that [[African American]] civil rights activist '''[[Mel Boozer]]''' was the first openly gay person nominated for the office of [[Vice President of the United States]]?
*... that the '''[[Sion Causeway]]''' connected the [[Isle of Bombay|island of Bombay]] with [[Salsette Island|Salsette]]?
*... that ''[[New Pittsburgh Courier|The Pittsburgh Courier]]'' crusaded against the '''[[blue discharge]]''', calling it "a vicious instrument that should not be perpetrated against the American Soldier"?
*... that for the recent [[Philippine film]] '''''[[Iskul Bukol 20 Years After]]''''', stars [[Tito Sotto|Tito]], [[Vic Sotto|Vic]] and [[Joey de Leon|Joey]] paid a sum of [[Philippine Peso|PHP]]&nbsp;120,000 to bail actor Ritchie D'Horsie out of jail so that he could appear in the film?
*... that in 2008, [[college football]] [[running back]] '''[[Vai Taua]]''' and [[quarterback]] [[Colin Kaepernick]] became the first pair of [[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada]] players to both [[rush (American football)|rush]] for more than {{convert|1000|yd}} in the same season?
*... that in the 1950s, the [[Iraqi Communist Party]] accused the dissident [[communist]] group '''''[[Rayat ash-Shaghilah]]''''' of being "royalists", "deviationists", and police agents?
*... that [[Randal Kleiser]] saved money shooting his student film '''''[[Peege]]''''' by using the studio offices of a [[Steven Spielberg]] [[television movie]] which had [[wrap (filmmaking)|wrap]]ped ahead of schedule?


*'''''15:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Turkey-bowl-Willowick-Ohio-2006.jpg|100x100px|Turkey bowling in a supermarket aisle]]
</div>
*... that '''[[turkey bowling]]''', protested by [[animal rights]] activists, was invented as a pastime in the aisles of a [[grocery store]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that 85&nbsp;percent of the [[tobacco]] grown in [[Cuba]] is produced by members of the '''[[National Association of Small Farmers]]'''?
*... that {{convert|180|lb|adj=on}} [[Guard (American football)|guard]] '''[[Dominic Tomasi]]''' was selected as both captain and Most Valuable Player of the undefeated National Champion [[1948 Michigan Wolverines football team]]?
*... that '''[[Interim Self Governing Authority]]''' was a power-sharing proposal made by the rebel [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] to the government of [[Sri Lanka]] to resolve the [[Sri Lankan civil war]]?
*... that [[disc jockey]]s at '''[[WLWI-FM]]''' in [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], [[Alabama]], USA, have been nominated for [[Country Music Association Awards]] six times since 1981?
*... that the presence of the [[metal]] [[ion]] in '''[[metalloprotein]]''' [[enzyme]]s allows them to perform functions, such as [[catalysis|catalyzing]] [[redox]] reactions, that other [[peptide|polypeptide]] enzymes cannot achieve?
*... that '''[[Charles Hawksley]]''' was elected [[List of Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers|President]] of the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] in 1901, nearly 30 years after his father, [[Thomas Hawksley]], was elected to the position?
*... that '''[[Tropical Storm Kay (2004)|Tropical Storm Kay]]''' of the [[2004 Pacific hurricane season]] reached its peak intensity just six hours after being named?


*'''''10:11, 11 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:1914-15 Schulze Baking Company Factory.jpg|100x100px|Schulze Baking Company Factory]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Schulze Baking Company Plant]]''' ''(pictured)'' once housed the largest [[wholesale]] business in [[Chicago]]?
*... that while the [[anime]] adaptation of the [[Japanese popular culture|Japanese]] [[visual novel]] '''''[[White Album (visual novel)|White Album]]''''' began its broadcast in 2009, it was actually first considered in 1998?
*... that '''[[Diane Geppi-Aikens]]''', despite being paralyzed by a terminal [[brain tumor]] and confined to a wheelchair, coached the [[women's lacrosse]] team of [[Loyola College in Maryland|Loyola College]] to the 2003 [[NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship|NCAA Final Four]]?
*... that the [[Minister of Culture (France)|French government]] database '''[[Joconde]]''' has over 220,000 online images of objects from nearly 300 [[List of museums in France|French museums]]?
*... that Rev. '''[[Wyatt Tee Walker]]''', pastor of [[Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Virginia)|Gillfield Baptist Church]] in [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], [[Virginia]], USA, was a co-founder of the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] in 1957?
*... that '''[[bush ballad]]s''' are a [[folk music]] and poetry tradition in the [[Australia]]n [[Outback]]?
*... that after the 1862 trial of poisoner '''[[Catherine Wilson]]''', the judge, '''[[John Barnard Byles]]''', described her as "the greatest criminal that ever lived"?
*... that the '''[[Skyscraper Index]]''' has shown that [[List of tallest buildings in the world|the world's tallest buildings]] have risen on the eve of [[economic downturn]]s?


*'''''04:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Schoharie_Creek_Bridge.gif|100x100px|A bridge collapse]]
</div>
*... that '''[[bridge scour]]''' is the most common cause of [[highway]] [[bridge]] failure ''(example pictured)'' in the [[United States]]?
*... that '''[[Cape Wolstenholme]]''' of [[Ungava Peninsula]] is the northern-most tip of the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]]?
*... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[John Hill (wrestler)|John Hill]]''' was forced to change his [[ring name]] from Guy Hill to Guy Mitchell due to a news reporter's error?
*... that [[Royal Australian Navy]] commissioned the [[bulk carrier]] '''[[HMAS Jeparit|''Jeparit'']]''' in 1969 to overcome [[Trade union|union]] protests against [[Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War|Australia's involvement]] in the [[Vietnam War]]?
*... that the '''[[Boulder Beer Company]]''', the first [[microbrewery]] in the U.S. state of [[Colorado]], was founded by two college professors who enjoyed [[homebrewing]]?
*... that a 1927 [[Wolseley Motor Company|Wolseley]] motor car used in the 2008 [[BBC]] television adaptation '''''[[The 39 Steps (2008 film)|The 39 Steps]]''''' was previously used in the 1960s BBC television series ''[[Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV & radio)|Dr. Finlay's Casebook]]''?
*... that [[University of Michigan]] track team captain '''[[Bob Osgood]]''' set a world record in the {{convert|120|yd|adj=on}} high [[hurdle]]s in a "driving rain" that turned the track at [[Ferry Field]] into "a miniature lake"?
*... that '''[[chee kufta]]''' is an [[Armenia]]n raw meat dish similar to [[steak tartare]]?

=== 10 January 2009 ===
*'''''21:59, 10 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:The Coffee Pot (Roanoke, Virginia).JPG|100x100px|The Coffee Pot (Roanoke, Virginia)]]
</div>
*... that '''[[The Coffee Pot (Roanoke, Virginia)|The Coffee Pot]]''' historic [[Roadhouse (facility)|roadhouse]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Roanoke, Virginia]], [[USA]], features a {{convert|15|ft|m|adj=on}} stucco coffee pot atop its roof?
*... that the '''[[1981 warning strike in Poland]]''' was the biggest [[Strike action|strike]] in the history of the [[Soviet Bloc]], with 12 to 14&nbsp;million participants?
*... that '''[[Charles Leigh]]''' played six seasons as a [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] despite never playing [[college football]]?
*... that the '''[[fluorotelomer alcohol]]''' 8:2 FTOH can [[biodegrade]] into the environmental contaminants [[PFOA]] and [[PFNA]]?
*... that the [[Nintendo DS]] video game '''''[[Texas Hold 'Em Poker (video game)|Texas Hold 'Em Poker]]''''' allows players to mimic certain nuances such as a card player's [[tell (poker)|tell]]?
*... that [[Namibia]]n politician '''[[Jesaya Nyamu]]''', who was expelled from [[South West Africa People's Organization|SWAPO]] for writing a private note on how to undermine [[List of Presidents of Namibia|President]] [[Sam Nujoma]], formed the [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] in 2007?
*... that '''[[Washington Park Court District]]''' is named after the [[Chicago Park District]]'s [[Washington Park (Chicago park)|Washington Park]] although it is neither in the park nor in the [[Washington Park, Chicago (neighborhood)|Washington Park]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]]?
*... that no [[rhinoceros]] is ever seen on camera in the 1974 film '''''[[Rhinoceros (film)|Rhinoceros]]'''''?


*'''''15:51, 10 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Plotnikov 4-5 09.jpg|100x100px|Sculpture by Nikolay Zherikhov]]
</div>
*... that architect '''[[Nikolay Zherikhov]]''' decorated one of his buildings with [[erotic art|erotic sculpture]]s ''(pictured)'' resembling [[Leo Tolstoy]] and [[Alexander Pushkin]]?
*... that the word '''''[[palengke]]''''', a type of [[public market]] in the [[Philippines]], was actually derived from a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word for [[palisade]]s?
*... that [[Major League Baseball]] player '''[[Barry Foote]]''' [[run batted in|batted in]] eight [[Run (baseball)|runs]], including a game-winning [[grand slam]], in a single game against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]?
*... that the riots which led to the '''[[1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état]]''' began with the murder of an official by his deputy?
*... that Rev. '''[[Frederick B. Williams]]''' at the [[Church of the Intercession, New York|Church of the Intercession]] in [[New York City]] created the first program of any religious community in the [[United States]] to respond to the [[AIDS]] epidemic?
*... that the '''''[[gokenin]]''''', [[Feudal Japan|Japanese feudal]] lords at the top of the power pyramid, were named after a semi-[[Slavery in Japan|slave]] [[caste]]?
*... that [[opera|operatic]] [[soprano]] '''[[Maria Zamboni]]''' was the first person to record the title role of [[Puccini]]'s ''[[Manon Lescaut]]'' in its entirety?
*... that [[2008 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt University's]] win in the '''[[2008 Music City Bowl]]''' came 53 years to the day after [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|the Commodores']] last [[bowl game]] victory and gave them their first winning [[American football|football]] season since 1982?


*'''''08:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Geastrum fornicatum.jpg|100x100px|Geastrum fornicatum]]
</div>
*... that when it was first described in the late 1600s, the [[Geastraceae|earthstar]] [[fungus]] '''''[[Geastrum fornicatum]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was named ''Fungus anthropomorphus'' for its resemblance to the human form?
*... that the '''[[Hershey Creamery Company]]''', founded in 1894 by five brothers from the Hershey family, has actually been owned and operated by the Holder family since the 1920s?
*... that [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[ski jump]]er '''[[Johan Remen Evensen]]''' finished among the top three already in his fourth proper [[Ski jumping World Cup|World Cup]] start?
*... that educational games from '''[[Playnormous]]''' were designed with assistance from [[Biomedical research|medical researchers]] at [[The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]] and [[Baylor College of Medicine]]?
*... that the [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Zheng Xunyu]]''' quit his responsibilities over an incident in which his colleague '''[[Wei Zhiyi]]''' left a chancellors' lunch to dine with [[Emperor Shunzong of Tang|Emperor Shunzong]]'s close associate Wang Shuwen?
*... that [[Heinrich Greinacher]] invented his '''[[voltage doubler]]''' circuit in 1913 because the 110&nbsp;[[volt]] power supply in [[Zürich]] was insufficient for his newly invented [[ionometer]] which required 200&nbsp;volts?
*... that '''[[Jeff Moronko]]''' is one of two [[Major League Baseball]] players to have attended [[Texas Wesleyan University]], the other being [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Famer]] [[Tris Speaker]]?
*... that the [[Italian wine|Italian]] [[sparkling wine]] '''[[Franciacorta (wine)|Franciacorta]]''' was first [[winemaking|produced]] in 1961?


*'''''02:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Withington Milestone2 cropped.jpg|100x100px|turnpike trusts in Greater Manchester]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[turnpike trusts in Greater Manchester]]''' ''(milestone pictured)'' had a huge impact upon the way business was conducted around [[Manchester]], [[England]]?
*... that '''[[Paul Hofmann]]''', who served as an interpreter for the Germans in [[WWII]], passed information to the anti-fascist resistance in [[Rome]]?
*... that, when writing about a homicide case in the ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' episode "'''[[The Dark Defender]]'''", [[Timothy Schlattmann]] was inspired by a [[snow globe]] on his desk which he believed "could easily be a murder weapon"?
*... that '''[[David Logan (Oregon politician)|David Logan]]''', onetime mayor of [[Portland, Oregon]], studied law under later [[U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]]?
*... that '''[[Operation Uranus]]''' led to the encirclement of the German [[6th Army (Germany)|Sixth Army]] and portions of the [[4th Panzer Army (Germany)|Fourth Panzer Army]], as well as surviving remnants of two [[Romania]]n armies, totaling over 200,000 soldiers?
*... that the village of '''[[Kodinji]]''' in [[Kerala]], [[India]], where [[multiple birth]] is a regular phenomenon, is home to over 204 pairs of [[twin]]s?
*... that [[George Brough]] used a '''[[Brough Superior SS80]]''' [[motorcycle]] nicknamed "Spit and Polish" to become the first [[flathead engine|sidevalver]] to lap [[Brooklands]] at over {{convert|100|mph|km/h}}?
*... that actor, writer and poet '''[[Stephen Haggard]]''' was the model for the character of Aidan Sheridan in [[Olivia Manning]]'s novel sequence, the [[Fortunes of War (novel series)|Fortunes of War]]?

=== 9 January 2009 ===
*'''''17:28, 9 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Fort2.jpg|100x100px|St. Augustine in the American Civil War]]
</div>
*... that '''[[St. Augustine in the American Civil War|secessionists in St. Augustine, Florida]]''', captured the [[Castillo de San Marcos#The Confederate period|town's fort]] ''(pictured)'' three days before [[Florida]] actually seceded from the United States?
*... that in 1998, the [[Khmer Rouge]] attacked a casino in the city of '''[[Koh Kong (city)|Koh Kong]]''' with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars?
*... that [[Indianapolis]] claims '''[[Charles H. Black]]''' as the inventor of the first [[internal combustion engine]] [[automobile]], although his vehicle's [[ignition system|ignition]] called for a [[kerosene]] torch?
*... that the imposition of an '''[[all-women shortlists|all-women shortlist]]''' caused the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] to lose one of its safest [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliamentary]] [[Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency)|seats]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005]]?
*... that '''[[Rob MacCachren]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s victory at the 2007 [[Baja 1000]] marked the first time that a [[Trophy Truck]] won the event's overall title?
*... that '''[[Washington Park Subdivision]]''' land owners signed 20-year [[restrictive covenant]]s excluding renting to [[African American]]s, leading to the landmark [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]] case of ''[[Hansberry v. Lee]]''?
*... that [[canoe racing|sprint canoer]] '''[[Thomas Zereske]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s life was commemorated by the dedication of his former teammate [[Christian Gille]]'s gold medal at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-2 1000 metres|C-2 1000 m event]]?
*... that the '''[[1933 Treasure Coast hurricane]]''' blew 16&nbsp;percent of the total fruit crop from [[Florida]] trees?


*'''''11:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Bob-Marley-in-Concert Zurich 05-30-80 cropped.jpg|100x100px|Bob Marley, in 1980]]
</div>
*... that [[Jamaica]]n singer [[Bob Marley]] ''(pictured)'' gave '''[[Vincent Ford]]''' writing credit for the song "[[No Woman, No Cry]]", but [[Rita Marley|Marley's wife]] and manager were granted the rights after claiming that Marley had written it himself?
*... that the '''[[Kappe Residence]]''', described as "a virtual tree house poised over a steep hillside", was named one of the top ten houses in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] by an expert panel selected by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''?
*... that '''[[Nizar Rayan]]''', a top [[Hamas]] commander, sent his own son on a [[suicide attack]] mission?
*... that according to [[Iroquois]] tradition, [[Onondaga Lake]] was the site of a meeting of peace between [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] leaders '''[[Tadodaho]]''', [[Hiawatha]] and [[Deganawidah]]?
*... that during his [[Victoria Cross]]-winning action, '''[[Percy Statton]]''' rushed four [[machine gun]] posts before returning to his battalion lines where he was cheered by his fellow Australians?
*... that '''[[Carl Fredriksens Transport]]''', an operation that saved 1,000 Norwegians during the [[Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany|Nazi occupation of Norway]], was code-named after King [[Haakon VII of Norway|Haakon VII]]'s original name?
*... that [[radio station]] '''[[WLWI (AM)|WLWI]]''' in [[Montgomery, Alabama]], founded in [[1930 in radio|1930]] as WSFA, gave [[country music]] legend [[Hank Williams]] his start as a professional musician?
*... that the world's first [[Monowheel|mono]]-[[motorcycle]], the '''[[Uno (motorcycle)|Uno]]''', was invented by [[Canadian]] teenager Ben Gulak?


*'''''05:06, 9 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Tessinerbrot.jpg|100x100px|Pane ticinese]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Pane ticinese]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[white bread]] from the [[Cantons of Switzerland|Swiss canton]] of [[Ticino]], is made of small individual loaves intended to be broken off by hand?
*... that after the '''[[murder of Robert Eric Wone]]''', his widow was represented [[pro bono publico|pro bono]] by prospective [[United States Attorney General]] [[Eric Holder]]?
*... that the [[Jola people|Jola]], the majority ethnic group in '''[[Carabane]]''', are distinct from other major '''[[ethnic groups in Senegal]]''' by their lack of social hierarchy and [[Jola languages|their languages]]?
*... that the '''[[Sierra Highway]]''' was described in a promotional book to recruit teachers to [[California]] as "a highway with a hundred by-ways, each by-way with a hundred wonders"?
*... that the popular [[Israel]]i [[singer]] '''[[Aya Korem]]''' works part-time as a [[bartender]] in [[Tel Aviv]] in between recording and performing?
*... that '''[[Pocahontas Island, Virginia|Pocahontas Island]]''', where evidence of prehistoric [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] artifacts were found, would later become the first [[free black]] settlement in the [[Virginia|U.S. state of Virginia]]?
*... that '''''[[Roystonea regia]]''''', also known as the Cuban royal palm, was the first [[monocotyledon]] found to have [[root nodule]]s capable of [[nitrogen fixation]]?
*... that [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Stan Frazier]]''' was also known for selling fake [[Rolex]] watches?

=== 8 January 2009 ===
*'''''22:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Amanitore bust.jpg|100x100px|Kandake Amanitore]]
</div>
*... that [[Nubian]] queen '''[[Amanitore]]''' ''([[relief]] pictured)'' ruled over so much building work that her reign is considered the most prosperous time in [[Meroe|Meroitic history]]?
*... that the '''[[MC-1 bomb]]''' was the first [[cluster bomb|non-clustered]] [[U.S. military|U.S.]] [[chemical weapon]]?
*... that [[First-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er '''[[Bryan Lobb]]''' was such a poor judge of a run that he was once [[run out]] by a fielder who overtook him as he strolled down the wicket?
*... that after the [[Mexican War of Independence]], the influence of [[positivism|positivists]] led to a renaissance of '''[[science and technology in Mexico|scientific activity in Mexico]]'''?
*... that '''[[Gillfield Baptist Church, Virginia]]''', the second oldest [[Black people|black]] congregation in [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]], [[USA]], resisted a consolidation with the white congregation at Market Street Church in 1829?
*... that the [[Slavs|Slavic]] [[Duke of Silesia|Silesian Duke]] and monastic patron '''[[Bolko I the Strict|Bolko I]]''' encouraged [[Ostsiedlung#Silesia|German settlement in his region]] and patronised [[German poetry]]?
*... that the 1916 Early Modern '''[[Walter L. Dodge House|Dodge House]]''' in [[West Hollywood, California]], called one of the fifteen most significant houses in the United States, was demolished in 1970 to make way for apartments?
*... that '''[[Fritz Otto Bernert]]''', [[List of World War I flying aces|World War I flying ace]], scored five victories in a twenty-minute timespan, earning the one-armed pilot the [[Pour le Merite]] in 1917?


*'''''15:37, 8 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Modern 3T MRI.JPG|100x100px|Modern high field clinical MRI scanner]]
</div>
*... that toxic [[gadolinium]] is often injected for [[mri scan#Image contrast and contrast enhancement|contrast enhancement]] in [[MRI]] scans ''(scanner pictured)'', but is prevented from harming patients by being administered as a [[DTPA]] complex that has a high '''[[stability constants of complexes|stability constant]]'''?
*... that '''[[Darleen Ortega]]''' became the first [[Latina]] judge on the [[Oregon Court of Appeals]] in 2003?
*... that the '''[[John Keats's 1819 odes|1819 odes]]''' of [[English poet]] [[John Keats]], including '''''[[Ode on Melancholy|On Melancholy]]''''', '''''[[Ode to a Nightingale|To a Nightingale]]''''', '''''[[Ode to Psyche|To Psyche]]''''', and '''''[[To Autumn]]''''', created "a new tone for the English lyric" according to critic [[Walter Jackson Bate|W. Jackson Bate]]?
*... that '''[[Petelo Vikena]]''', one of the three reigning [[Tu'i#Wallis and Futuna|traditional monarchs]] within [[Wallis and Futuna]], previously served in the [[French Army]]?
*... that '''[[First Baptist Church (Petersburg, Virginia)|First Baptist Church]]''' in [[Petersburg, Virginia]], the first [[African-American]] [[Baptist]] congregation in the [[United States]], had only black pastors until 1832?
*... that the [[Fishing industry in Russia|'''Russian fishing industry''']] operates on the second longest [[coastline]] in the world, which gives it access to twelve [[sea]]s in three [[ocean]]s?
*... that '''[[Kelly Paris]]'''{{'}} three career [[home run]]s were all hit in {{by|1988}} in 44 [[at bat]]s with the [[Chicago White Sox]] of [[Major League Baseball]]?
*... that the [[listed building|Grade I listed]] '''''[[Franks Hall]]''''', in [[Horton Kirby]], [[Kent]], [[England]], was used as a [[barn]] in the 1850s?


*'''''08:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:HarlanEstate cropped.jpg|100x100px|The bottle label of Harlan Estate]]
</div>
*... that the bottle label of [[California wine|California]] "[[cult wine]]" producer '''[[Harlan Estate]]''' ''(pictured)'' was ten years in the making?
*... that [[theologian]] and [[preacher]] '''[[Carl Fredrik Wisløff]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 1946 book ''I Know in Whom I Believe'' was recognized in 2008 as one of [[Norway]]'s most influential books of [[prose]]?
*... that after the [[U.S. military|American]] '''[[E86 cluster bomb]]''' was canceled, its '''[[E14 munition|E14 sub-munition]]''' was altered to deliver [[Aedes aegypti|yellow fever mosquitoes]] and [[rat flea]]s?
*... that '''[[Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London)|Richard Martin]]''', [[Lord Mayor of the City of London|Lord Mayor of London]] in 1589 and 1594, is not the '''[[Richard Martin (Recorder of London)|Richard Martin]]''' who was "thrashed" by the poet [[John Davies (poet)|John Davies]] in the Hall of the [[Middle Temple]] in 1598?
*... that the '''[[Timeline of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season|1992 Atlantic hurricane season]]''' produced the first recorded [[Subtropical cyclone|subtropical storm]] in April since tracking began in 1968?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] official '''[[Gao Ying]]''', in his youth, offered to die in his father's stead when his father was captured by [[Anshi Rebellion|rebel]] [[Yan (Anshi)|Yan]] forces, causing Yan officers to release them both?
*... that [[Lesser Whistling Duck]]s are the most prominent species among the [[migratory bird]]s that visit the lake in the '''[[Santragachhi]]''' area of [[Howrah]], [[India]], during winter?
*... that [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] referee '''[[Dan Marsh|Danny Davis]]''' also competed as "Mr. X" while wearing a mask?


*'''''02:22, 8 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:1906 Patrie gondola bow.jpg|100x100px|Patrie (airship)]]
</div>
*... that the [[airship]] '''[[Patrie (airship)|Patrie]]''' ''(pictured)'' broke free from its [[Mooring (watercraft)|moorings]] at [[Les Souhesmes-Rampont|Souhesmes]], [[France]], blew across [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]], and was eventually lost in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]?
*... that [[African American]] actor [[Lorenzo Tucker]], the star of the 1932 [[race film]] '''''[[Veiled Aristocrats]]''''', was dubbed the "black [[Rudolph Valentino|Valentino]]" because of his striking good looks?
*... that '''[[Bugle Rock]]''' in [[Bangalore]], [[India]], is a peninsular [[gneiss]] formation from which warning [[bugle (instrument)|bugle]] calls were made to alert citizens of intruders?
*... that '''[[WLVV]]''', the oldest [[radio station]] in [[Mobile, Alabama]], was once known as WMML (for "M-M-Mel") as a play on then-owner [[Mel Tillis]]' famous [[stutter]]?
*... that '''[[Ismo Alanko Säätiö]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Accordion|accordionist]] [[Kimmo Pohjonen]] has been dubbed the "[[Jimi Hendrix]] of the accordion" by the [[Finland|Finnish]] music press?
*... that '''[[Operation Winter Storm]]''' was an attempt by [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Army Group Don]] to relieve the trapped [[6th Army (Germany)|Sixth Army]] in [[Volgograd|Stalingrad]], during [[World War II]]?
*... that '''[[M. C. Rajah]]''' was the first member of the [[Dalit]] community to be elected to the [[Madras Legislative Council]] in [[India]]?
*... that '''[[Dick's Last Resort]]''', an [[United States|American]] bar and [[restaurant chain]], encourages the staff to act obnoxiously towards their customers?

=== 7 January 2009 ===
*'''''20:18, 7 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Intellivision - gi 1326971.jpg|100x100px|Intellivision with the game ''AstroSmash'']]
</div>
*... that '''[[General Instrument CP1600|CP1600]]''' [[microprocessor]]s saw little use in their intended role, but millions were produced for use in the [[Intellivision]] [[video game console]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that the [[Duke of Silesia|Silesian Duke]] '''[[Henry V the Fat]]''' spent some of his youth at the court of [[Ottokar II of Bohemia]] in [[Prague]]?
*... that students from '''[[Tualatin Valley Junior Academy]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Ring of Fire handbell choir performed at both [[inauguration]]s of [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] in 2001 and 2005?
*... that [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance]] member '''[[Zofia Baniecka]]''' and her mother hid over fifty [[Jews]] in their [[Warsaw]] apartment during the [[Holocaust]] between 1941 and 1944?
*... that the '''[[Thimpu principles]]''' were put forward by [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] delegates at [[Thimpu]], [[Bhutan]]?
*... that [[architect]] '''[[Bennie Gonzales]]''' designed most of the major [[municipal building]]s in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], [[USA]], including Scottsdale City Hall, which features a [[kiva]] for meetings?
*... that as well as the [[Nativity of Jesus]], [[Olivier Messiaen]]'s [[pipe organ|organ]] composition '''''[[La Nativité du Seigneur]]''''' was inspired by [[Bird vocalization|birdsong]], the [[French Alps]], and medieval [[stained glass]]?
*... that the [[U.S. military|American]] '''[[E23 munition]]''' failed in 1954 field trials causing the crew of an aircraft to be bitten by [[rat flea]]s?


*'''''13:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Cullen Performance Hall Front cropped.jpg|100x100px|Cullen Performance Hall]]
</div>
*... that [[List of Nobel Laureates|Nobel Laureates]] [[James D. Watson]] and [[Eric Kandel]] lectured at '''[[Cullen Performance Hall]]''' ''(pictured)'' in 2008?
*... that the '''[[FN-6]]''', a third generation [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[MANPAD]], was specifically designed to be used against targets flying at low and very low [[altitude]]s?
*... that [[Paul Robeson]]'s contract for the 1925 [[race film]] '''''[[Body and Soul (1925 film)|Body and Soul]]''''' included a US$100 per week salary plus three percent of the gross after the first US$40,000 in receipts?
*... that '''[[Willie McCartney]]''' was listed by the ''[[Sunday Herald]]'' newspaper as the 22nd greatest [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[association football|football]] [[head coach|manager]] of all time, even though he never won a major trophy?
*... that some members of the [[fungus|fungal]] [[family (biology)|family]] '''''[[Orbiliaceae]]''''' can lasso [[nematode]]s using outgrowths of their [[hypha]]e?
*... that the crime television series '''''[[Heist (Irish TV series)|Heist]]''''' detailed the 1974 [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Irish Republican Army]]'s seizure of nineteen well-known paintings estimated to be worth £8&nbsp;million at [[Russborough House]]?
*... that, during the [[Anshi Rebellion]], the future [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Qi Kang]]''' took his mother and fled to [[Shaoxing]]?
*... that in the middle of the [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96 National Hockey League season]], the '''[[List of Dallas Stars head coaches|head coach of the Dallas Stars]]''', [[Bob Gainey]], fired himself?


*'''''07:03, 7 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Kamianets-Podilskyi-1.jpg|100x100px|Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle]]
</div>
*... that according to legend, a tunnel leads from the '''[[Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle]]''' ''(pictured)'' to the [[Khotyn Fortress]] which is {{convert|20|km}} away?
*... that [[List of World War I flying aces|World War I flying ace]] '''[[Friedrich Ritter von Röth]]''' was posthumously granted a lifetime pension by the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]?
*... that '''[[IR-40]]''', an [[Iran]]ian [[heavy water reactor]], could produce {{convert|10|kg|lb}} to {{convert|12|kg|lb}} of [[plutonium]], enough to build two [[nuclear weapons]], each year?
*... that '''[[Jean-Baptiste Hachème]]''' supervised the government of [[Maurice Kouandete]], being the ''[[de facto]]'' head of state of [[Benin]]?
*... that according to [[Stop Prisoner Rape, Inc.|Just Detention International]], 67&nbsp;percent of all '''[[LGBT people in prison]]''' report being assaulted?
*... that actress '''[[Yanna McIntosh]]''' has been nominated for six [[Dora Award]]s, winning twice?
*... that the last '''[[Silk Engineering|Silk]]''' [[motorcycle]] ever built was a 500cc model based on a prototype that was never produced and was used as a competition prize?
*... that '''[[Juan Davis Bradburn]]''', commander of the [[Mexico|Mexican]] fort at [[Anahuac, TX|Anahuac]], was described as "incompetent to such a command and ... half crazy part of his time"?

=== 6 January 2009 ===
*'''''23:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Rabacja galicyjska.JPG|100x100px|Galician slaughter]]
</div>
*... that in 1846, the [[Austrian Empire]] encouraged a '''[[Galician slaughter|peasant revolt]]''' ''(pictured)'' to weaken local nobility in [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] who were planning a rebellion of their own?
*... that the [[U.S. military|U.S.]] '''[[E61 anthrax bomblet]]''' was perceived as superior to another, earlier [[anthrax]] weapon, the [[M114 bomb]]?
*... that one of the few criticisms against [[Tang Dynasty]] [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] '''[[Du You]]''' was that, after the death of his wife, he married a [[concubine]]?
*... that despite producing {{convert|123|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} winds, rainfall from the '''[[1941 Florida hurricane]]''' reached only {{convert|0.35|in|mm|abbr=on}} in [[Miami, Florida]], [[USA]]?
*... that [[music critic]] Claude Rostand described [[Olivier Messiaen]]'s '''''[[Trois petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine]]''''' as a "work of tinsel, false magnificence and pseudo-mysticism"?
*... that the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], a [[Major League Baseball]] team located in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], has had a losing record under each of '''[[List of Tampa Bay Rays managers|its four managers]]'''?
*... that no member of the [[Indian National Congress]] political party has been elected as [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu#Madras State|Chief Minister of Madras state]] since '''[[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]''' served from 1963 to 1967?
*... that '''[[Hal Fryar]]''' received a number of complaints from [[English language|English]] teachers because he appeared in a film with the grammatically incorrect title ''[[The Outlaws Is Coming]]''?


*'''''15:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Small Flag of the United Nations ZP.svg|100x100px|United Nations logo]]
</div>
*... that as part of a team led by '''[[Oliver Lincoln Lundquist]]''', '''[[Donal McLaughlin]]''' designed a logo ''(pictured)'' for the 1945 [[United Nations Conference on International Organization|UN Conference on International Organization]] that became the model for the [[Flag of the United Nations]]?
*... that the '''[[Marble Mountain Wilderness]]''' has one of only two stands of [[subalpine fir]] tree in [[California]], and both are more than {{convert|50|mi}} from the next closest stand in southern [[Oregon]]?
*... that [[England|English]] [[primary school]] '''[[Watercliffe Meadow]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s decision to call itself "a place of learning" rather than a "school" was attacked as being too [[Political correctness|politically correct]]?
*... that the 20-storey '''[[Gillender Building]]''', built in 1897, was demolished only thirteen years later to make way for [[14 Wall Street]]?
*... that in a May 1983 attack on '''[[Iraqi Partisan movement, 1979–1988|communist partisans]]''', forces of the [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan]] killed 150 communist cadres in northern [[Iraq]]?
*... that abolitionist '''[[Charles Bennett Ray]]''' was the first black student enrolled at [[Wesleyan University]] in 1832, only to have his enrollment subsequently revoked after complaints from white students?
*... that the Swedish culture magazine '''''[[Artes (magazine)|Artes]]''''' often featured future [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] laureates when edited by [[Östen Sjöstrand]], a member of the [[Swedish Academy]]?
*... that the talent of [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[ski jump]]er '''[[Jon Aaraas]]''' was first discovered in [[kindergarten]]?


*'''''09:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Crucibulum laeve.jpg|100x100px|Crucibulum laeve]]
</div>
*... that [[bird's nest fungi]] from the genus '''''[[Crucibulum]]''''' ''([[Crucibulum laeve]] pictured)'' rely on falling rain to help disperse their [[spore]]s?
*... that '''[[John II, Bishop of Jerusalem]]''', consecrated the [[Cenacle|Church of the Holy Zion]] on the day of [[Yom Kippur]] 394&nbsp;CE?
*... that the American '''[[M47 bomb]]''' had a steel cover just 1/32 of an inch thick, causing it to leak when it carried [[sulfur mustard]]?
*... that 12-year-old actress '''[[Caitlin Sanchez]]''', selected to perform the voice of the title character in [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'', grew up as a fan of the show with a Dora-themed bedroom and backpack?
*... that the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliamentary]] deadlock due to the "'''[[In and Out scandal|In and Out]]'''" [[political scandal]] was one of reasons for the [[Canadian federal election, 2008|snap election of 2008]]?
*... that the characteristics of '''[[iminoglycinuria]]''' include the presence of [[glycine]] and [[imino acid]]s in the urine, and aside from that it is considered to be a relatively [[benign]] disorder?
*... that '''[[Dorothy Sarnoff]]''' taught presentation skills to [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] that included having him tone down his smile?
*... that the power station that powered the '''[[Terminal Arcade]]'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[interurban]]s from 1907 to 1940 had a [[999-year lease]]?


*'''''01:42, 6 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:White-faced Heron.jpg|100x100px|white-faced heron]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[White-faced Heron]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''(pictured)'' techniques to find food include standing still and waiting for prey, walking slowly in water, wing flicking, foot raking or chasing prey with open wings?
*... that '''[[Edward Stirling Dickson]]''', who would eventually rise to the rank of [[Admiral (United Kingdom)|Vice-Admiral]], joined the [[Royal Navy]] in 1772, at the age of seven?
*... that the original screenplay for '''''[[A Life of Her Own]]''''' was deemed "shocking and highly offensive" for its portrayal of "adultery and commercialized prostitution" and rejected by the [[Joseph I. Breen|Breen Office]]?
*... that in the '''[[Battle of Sio]]''', [[Papuan]] Corporal Bengari and his five companions ambushed 29 [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] soldiers and killed them all before they could fire a shot?
*... that [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s '''''[[Howard K. Smith: News and Comment]]''''' was cancelled after [[Howard K. Smith|Smith]] aired a controversial and, as it proved, premature program in 1962 titled "The Political [[Obituary]] of [[Richard M. Nixon]]"?
*... that '''[[François Charles Archile Jeanneret]]''' was a student, chairman, and principal at the [[University of Toronto]] before becoming its 22nd [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] in 1959?
*... that '''[[Operation Parthenon|Operations Parthenon]]''', '''[[Operation Boris|Boris]]''', '''[[Operation Finery|Finery]]''', '''[[Operation Shed|Shed]]''' and '''[[Plan Giralda]]''' were all [[United Kingdom|British]] plans for military intervention in [[Zanzibar]] following the [[Zanzibar Revolution|1964 revolution]]?
*... that the educational [[Nintendo DS]] [[video game]] '''''[[futureU]]''''' helps students prepare for the [[SAT]]s?

=== 5 January 2009 ===
*'''''19:11, 5 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath (IoE Code 363337).jpg|100x100px|St Michael and All Angels Church]]
</div>
*... that only one original building, '''[[St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath|St Michael and All Angels Church]]''' ''(pictured)'', survives in the former village of '''[[Lowfield Heath]]'''—destroyed by the expansion of [[London Gatwick Airport]]?
*... that '''[[Paul Verner]]''' fled Germany's nationalists and fought as a volunteer in the [[International Brigades]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]?
*... that a [[trading post]] was set up in '''[[Kangirsuk, Quebec]]''', in 1921 but the [[Inuit]] did not settle there permanently until the 1960s?
*... that the '''[[Battle of Suez]]''' was the last major battle of the [[Yom Kippur War]]?
*... that '''[[Averill Park Central School District]]''' encompasses an area of approximately 120&nbsp;square miles (310&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)?
*... that [[Tang Dynasty]] official '''[[Zhao Zongru]]''' served under six emperors—[[Emperor Dezong of Tang|Emperors Dezong]], [[Emperor Shunzong of Tang|Shunzong]], [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Xianzong]], [[Emperor Muzong of Tang|Muzong]], [[Emperor Jingzong of Tang|Jingzong]], and [[Emperor Wenzong of Tang|Wenzong]]?
*... that '''[[polyamino carboxylic acid]]''' compounds have extensive applications in [[chemistry|chemical]], [[biomedical]] and [[environmental science]]s?
*... that in 1978, [[American football]] [[fullback (American football)|fullback]] '''[[Roland Harper]]''' [[Rush (American football)|rushed]] for 992&nbsp;yards for the [[Chicago Bears]], falling just 8&nbsp;yards short of 1,000 in the same season teammate [[Walter Payton]] rushed for 1,395&nbsp;yards?


*'''''13:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Golden coat of arms of Singapore (cropped) - 20081001.jpg|100x100px|Golden coat of arms of Singapore]]
</div>
*... that the [[tiger]] in the '''[[Coat of arms of Singapore]]''' ''(pictured)'' represents [[Malaysia]]?
*... that one of Russia's most famous writers, [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]], was a proponent of the '''[[Russian autocracy]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Cape Grim massacre]]''', in which four [[shepherd]]s killed up to thirty [[Tasmanian aborigines]], was an escalation of a previous fight over women?
*... that the '''[[Southworth House (Cleveland, Ohio)|Southworth House]]''' has been a [[retirement home]], a [[fraternity house]], and an office building in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]?
*... that players in the video game '''''[[I Love Katamari]]''''' control a highly adhesive ball which is used to run over and collect objects of increasing size to make the ball bigger?
*... that the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' noted the "scattergun screech" of '''[[Dirty Epics]]''' vocalist Sarah Jane Wai O'Flynn?
*... that [[baseball]] player '''[[Esix Snead]]''' stole 507 bases in the [[minor league baseball|minor-leagues]] but had just four [[stolen base]]s in the [[Major League Baseball|major leagues]]?
*... that [[Simon Cowell]] signed the [[Teletubbies]] to his record label for their [[hit single]] "'''[[Teletubbies say Eh-oh!]]'''"?


*'''''06:40, 5 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Rev Dr Alexander Scott.jpg|100x100px|Alexander John Scott]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Alexander John Scott]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]]'s [[military chaplain|chaplain]] at [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]], was once struck by [[lightning]] while asleep in his [[Cabin (ship)|cabin]]?
*... that the '''[[East Ghor Main Canal]]''' diverts nearly all the annual flow of the [[Yarmouk River]] for [[irrigation]] in [[Jordan]]?
*... that '''[[Joseph Dennie]]''' was one of the foremost [[men of letters]] in the United States during the [[Federalist Era]]?
*... that the prelude to '''[[Operation Pleshet]]''' saw [[Israel]] use its first ever fighter plane, the [[Avia S-199]]?
*... that '''[[Alvah Chapman, Jr.]]''' helped orchestrate the 1974 merger of Knight Newspapers and Ridder Publications to form [[Knight Ridder]], the largest such transaction as of that time?
*... that a member of the [[Montana National Guard]] ended a [[prison riot|riot]] at the '''[[Montana State Prison]]''' by firing a [[WWII]] [[bazooka]] at the southwest tower of Cellblock 1?
*... that the '''[[Scottish Six Days Trial]]''' has been running since 1909 making it the oldest [[motorcycle trials]] event in the world?
*... that the Virginia Board of Censors found the 1927 [[race film]] '''''[[The House Behind the Cedars]]''''' "so objectionable, in fact, as to necessitate its total rejection"?


*'''''00:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Sydney Hobart 2005 winner Wild Oats.jpg|100x100px|Wild Oats XI]]
</div>
*... that by winning the [[2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]], 30-metre [[maxi yacht]] '''''[[Wild Oats XI]]''''' ''(pictured)'' set a new record of four wins in a row?
*... that '''[[Paul Boucherot]]''' and his partner [[Georges Claude]] built an [[ocean thermal energy conversion]] plant in [[Cuba]] as long ago as 1926?
*... that '''[[Kelley Point Park|Kelly Point]]''', where the [[Willamette River]] meets the [[Columbia River]] in Oregon, was part of the former Pearcy Island?
*... that '''[[Jerzy Putrament]]''', a Polish communist writer and politician, in his youth flirted with the right-wing ''[[endecja]]'' movement?
*... that [[HarperCollins]] published '''[[the Green Bible]]''' with passages mentioning the environment printed in green ink?
*... that "The Flying Parson" '''[[Gil Dodds (athlete)|Gil Dodds]]''', record holder in the mile run in the 1940s, suffered a [[hernia]] in high school and ran with a [[Truss (medicine)|truss]] to protect himself?
*... that '''[[quantitative precipitation forecast]]s''' are issued up to five days into the future within the [[United States]] by the [[Hydrometeorological Prediction Center]]?
*... that a [[messenger pigeon]] named '''[[Commando (pigeon)|Commando]]''' received the [[Dickin Medal]] in 1945 for carrying crucial intelligence from agents in [[occupied France]] to [[Great Britain|Britain]] during [[World War II]]?

=== 4 January 2009 ===
*'''''18:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Qianling.jpg|100x100px|Qianling Mausoleum]]
</div>
*... that, while serving as [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]], [[Tang Dynasty]] official '''[[Cui Sun]]''' was responsible for rebuilding or repairing the funereal palaces at eight imperial tombs, one of which was [[Qianling Mausoleum|Qianling]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that [[Rabbi]] '''[[Joshua L. Liebman]]'''’s [[self-help]] book ''Peace of Mind'' spent more than a year at #1 on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]]?
*... that the '''[[Djibouti Francolin]]''', a [[critically endangered]] species of [[bird]], is only known from two isolated locations in [[Djibouti]]?
*... that '''[[Zaprešić]]''' is the most densely populated city in [[Zagreb County]], [[Croatia]]?
*... that '''[[June Buchanan]]''', co-founder of [[Alice Lloyd College]], was mayor of [[Pippa Passes, Kentucky]]?
*... that the crash of [[Turkish Airlines]] '''[[Turkish Airlines Flight 634|Flight 634]]''' on 8 January 2003 was the worst crash involving a [[BAe 146]]?
*... that longtime [[Albert Speer]] associate '''[[Rudolf Wolters]]''' briefly worked with future [[West Germany|West German]] president [[Heinrich Lübke]] in 1945 in an architectural office in [[Höxter]]?
*... that the [[2008 New York Giants season|2008 New York Giants]] became the fifth [[National Football League]] team to have '''[[List of NFL teams with multiple 1000 yard rushers|two players rush for at least 1,000&nbsp;yards]]''', [[Brandon Jacobs]] and [[Derrick Ward]]?


*'''''11:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Kamila Skolimowska 2008.jpg|100x100px|Kamila Skolimowska in 2008]]
</div>
*... that at age 17 years and 331 days, [[Poland|Polish]] [[hammer throw]]er '''[[Kamila Skolimowska]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest [[Olympic champion]] in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that the [[Nintendo DS]] video game, '''''[[Cradle of Rome]]''''', requires that players match jewels of the same type to build the [[Roman Empire]]?
*... that the former '''[[Youngstown and Southern Railway]]''', [[Ohio]]'s last [[interurban]], was out of service for five years after being illegally sold to a scrap dealer?
*... that '''[[Choa Chu Kang Community Library]]''' was the first [[library]] in [[Singapore]] to install self-check machines for borrowing and returning of books?
*... that '''[[Terrence Oglesby]]''', a United States citizen, was the leading scorer for Norway's basketball team in the [[FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]]?
*... that the final screen role of [[BAFTA Award]] winning actor Sir [[Norman Wisdom]] was that of a [[vicar]] in the 2007 British short film '''''[[Expresso (film)|Expresso]]'''''?
*... that Rabbi '''[[Arnold Jacob Wolf]]''' supported [[Barack Obama]]'s 1996 [[Illinois Senate]] bid, telling him "someday you will be [[Vice President of the United States]]", to which Obama replied "Why vice president?"
*... that '''''[[Leaving Springfield]]''''' is a non-fiction [[anthology]] of essays analyzing the impact of the television program ''[[The Simpsons]]'' on society?


*'''''05:22, 4 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Khadra Mosque Minaret.jpg|100x100px|al-Khadra Mosque]]
</div>
*... that according to tradition, '''[[al-Khadra Mosque]]''' ''(pictured)'' in present-day [[Nablus]] is situated at the site where [[Jacob]], a [[Patriarchs (Bible)|biblical patriarch]], was presented with a blood-soaked [[tunic]] belonging to his lost son [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)|Joseph]]?
*... that "'''[[Barack the Magic Negro]]'''" is a controversial [[Political satire|satirical]] song by [[Paul Shanklin]] which refers to [[Barack Obama]] as a [[magical Negro]]?
*... that [[East Germany|East German]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[bronze medal]]ist '''[[Wilfried Hartung]]''' was once married to two-time Olympic silver medalist [[Gabriele Wetzko]]?
*... that the '''[[Fishing industry in the United States|fishing industry]]''' in the [[United States]] operates the largest [[exclusive economic zone]] in the world?
*... that authentic '''[[Picón Bejes-Tresviso]]''' cheese must be matured in traditional [[limestone]] caves until covered in ''[[Brevibacterium linens]]'', the bacterium responsible for human [[foot odour]]?
*... that '''[[Cisero Murphy]]''' was the first [[African American]] professional [[pocket billiards]] player to ever win a World or U.S. National billiard title?
*... that the '''[[City of Clarence]]''', [[Tasmania]], was established in the traditional hunting grounds of the [[Tasmanian Aborigines|Moomairemener]], eventually leading to the [[Black War]]?
*... that [[Arthur Ransome]]'s [[fictional character|fictional]] [[pirate]] '''[[Nancy Blackett (character)|Nancy Blackett]]''', captain of the ''[[Swallows and Amazons|Amazon]]'', does not use her real name ''Ruth'' because "Amazons are ruthless"?

=== 3 January 2009 ===
*'''''23:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hwanbyeokdang.jpg|100x100px|Hwanbyeokdang]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Hwanbyeokdang]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Korean garden|pavilion]] in [[South Korea]], is associated with a tale regarding a [[Korean dragon|dragon]] and 16th century poet [[Jeong Cheol]]?
*... that [[Australian cricket team in England in 1948|''Invincibles'']] members '''[[Colin McCool with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Colin McCool]]''', '''[[Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Doug Ring]]''' and '''[[Ron Hamence with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Ron Hamence]]''' referred to themselves as "ground staff" because they were rarely given an opportunity to play [[cricket]]?
*... that '''[[Independence Dam State Park]]''' in [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance County]], [[Ohio]], is named for a dam built for the [[Miami and Erie Canal]] and features some of the canal's ruins?
*... that [[Alec Bennett]], riding the '''[[Norton CS1|CS1]]''' on its first race, won the [[Isle of Man TT|Isle of Man Senior TT]] in 1927?
*... that news of '''[[Rufus T. Bush]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s victory in a [[transatlantic]] yacht race took up the whole front page of the ''[[New York Times]]'' on March 28, 1887?
*... that although done in spurts, it took until the mid-20th century to finish paving '''[[Pennsylvania Route 664]]'''?
*... that the [[piriform]] shape of the [[uterus]] is given as the reason for the [[predominance]] of '''[[cephalic presentation]]s''' at [[childbirth|term]]?
*... that the [[refrain|chorus]] [[melody]] of "Be Alright", a track from [[DecembeRadio]]'s 2008 album '''''[[Satisfied (album)|Satisfied]]''''', was written by [[bassist]]/[[vocalist]] Josh Reedy while showering?


*'''''13:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Johnlstevens.jpg|100x100px|John L. Stevens]]
</div>
*... that '''[[John L. Stevens]]''' ''(pictured)'', a former [[Universalist]] pastor, helped stage a coup in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Kingdom of Hawai'i]] to overthrow [[Liliuokalani|Queen Lili'uokalani]] in 1893?
*... that in [[Scotland]], anybody who tries to prevent a mother from '''[[Breastfeeding in public|breastfeeding in a legally permitted public place]]''' can be fined up to [[Pound sterling|£]]2,500?
*... that in 1965, [[East German]] politician '''[[Albert Norden]]''' accused 1,900 politicians and other prominent personalities in [[West Germany]] of having worked for the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi regime]]?
*... that the 1774 '''[[Schiehallion experiment]]''' to calculate the [[density]] of the [[Earth]] also made the first use of [[contour lines]] to represent height?
*... that ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine predicted '''[[William Watson (track and field athlete)|"Big Bill" Watson]]''', the first African-American to win the U.S. decathlon championship, would be America's No. 1 hero at the [[1940 Summer Olympics|1940 Olympics]], later cancelled due to [[World War II]]?
*... that the [[specific epithet]] of the [[mushroom]] species '''''[[Crepidotus versutus]]''''' is derived from the [[Latin language|Latin]] word meaning "clever"?
*... that the song "'''[[Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino|The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino]]'''", one of the best-known Polish war songs, was written during the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] in May 1944?
*... that in 1926, [[Albert Einstein]] solved the '''[[tea leaf paradox]]''', which states that if the [[tea]] in a [[teacup]] is stirred, the [[tea leaf|tea leaves]] will collect in the middle rather than at the edges?


*'''''06:58, 3 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Kaka -Stewart Island-1c.jpg|100x100px|Kākā parrot]]
</div>
*... that all species of the [[New Zealand]] [[parrot]] family '''[[Nestoridae]]''' (''[[Kākā]] pictured'') are either [[endangered]] or have gone [[extinct]] due to human activity?
*... that [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] '''[[Stanley A. McChrystal]]''' commanded the [[Joint Special Operations Command]] forces responsible for the death of [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]] leader [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]?
*... that the [[Cretaceous]] terrestrial [[crocodilia]]n '''''[[Araripesuchus]]''''' is known from five distinct species, two from [[Africa]] and the other three from [[South America]]?
*... that, in 1935, [[Jimmie Guthrie]] set five world speed records on a '''[[Norton International]]''' at the concrete bowl track in [[Montlhéry]], France?
*... that the early '''[[Chola Navy|Chola naval]]''' ships from the 1st century had a rudimentary flame thrower and a catapult-type weapon?
*... that '''[[Winlock W. Steiwer]]''' founded the first bank in [[Wheeler County, Oregon]], after he had pled guilty during the [[Oregon land fraud scandal]]?
*... that '''[[Emil Løvlien]]''' was the last member of the [[Storting|Norwegian Parliament]] to be elected from the [[Communist Party of Norway|Communist Party]] ticket?
*... that [[Larry Dierker]] is the only '''[[List of Houston Astros managers|Houston Astros manager]]''' to have had his [[Squad number#Retired numbers|uniform number retired]] by the [[Houston Astros]] franchise of [[Major League Baseball]]?
*... that '''''[[Super Mario Kart]]''''' sold eight million copies, making it the third highest-selling [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] game of all time?


*'''''00:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Elizabeth II greets NASA GSFC employees, May 8, 2007 edit.jpg|100x100px|Monarchies in Oceania]]
</div>
*... that there are six '''[[monarchies in Oceania]]''' and five of them share [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] ''(pictured)'' as their respective [[head of state]]?
*... that '''[[William Phelps (colonist)|William Phelps]]''' was [[foreman]] of the first [[grand jury]] in colonial America and played a key role in establishing the first written [[Democracy|democratic]] town government at [[Windsor, Connecticut]], in 1657?
*... that [[Chris Robinson (singer)|Chris Robinson]] invited '''[[Buffalo Killers]]''' to open for [[The Black Crowes]] on a 2007 tour after hearing their 2006 album ''Buffalo Killers''?
*... that, after returning to his native [[England]], [[New York City|New York]] [[composer]] '''[[Manuel Klein]]''' suffered a trauma during the [[Zeppelin]] attacks in London during [[World War I|WWI]] that reportedly contributed to his early death?
*... that the '''[[al-Muallaq Mosque]]''', also known as the Mosque of Dhaher al-Omar in [[Akko|Acre]], [[Israel]], is located on the site of the town's ancient [[synagogue]]?
*... that the [[Tang Dynasty]] official '''[[Zheng Yuqing]]''' restored the use of drums in palace music, after drums had been abolished in light of rebellions to avoid alarming the populace?
*... that the [[German language|German-language]] [[socialist]] newspaper '''''[[Kattowitzer Volkswille|Volkswille]]''''' in [[Katowice]], [[Poland]], went from daily to weekly publication after the 1933 [[Machtübernahme|Nazi takeover]] stopped the newspaper's financial subsidies from [[Germany]]?
*... that [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Abe Hartley]]''' used to place a rolled-up [[cigarette]] behind his ear prior to [[Kick-off (association football)|kick-off]] and then smoke it in the [[Changeroom|changing room]] at [[half-time]]?

=== 2 January 2009 ===
*'''''18:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Asclepias cordifolia.JPG|100x100px|Asclepias cordifolia]]
</div>
*... that the stems of '''''[[Asclepias cordifolia]]''''' ''(pictured)'', or Heart-leaf [[milkweed]], were made into rope and string by the [[Miwok]] and used for skirts and capes?
*... that [[Owain Gwynedd]] led [[Welsh people|Welsh]] forces to victory against King [[Henry II of England]] at the '''[[Battle of Crogen]]''' in 1165?
*... that in 1872, '''[[Western University (Kansas)|Western University]]''' in [[Kansas]], [[USA]], selected [[Charles Henry Langston]], [[abolitionism|abolitionist]], politician and future grandfather of poet [[Langston Hughes]], as principal of its new [[normal school]]?
*... that '''[[genopolitics]]''' studies the [[genetics|genetic]] basis of political behavior and attitude?
*... that '''[[Noel Dossou-Yovo]]''' is presently President of the [[Professors World Peace Academy#Educational organizations|Professors World Peace Academy]] in the Republic of [[Benin]]?
*... that after [[Nazi Germany]]'s [[Anschluss|annexation]] of [[Austria]] in 1938, the parliamentarians of the '''[[German Christian Social People's Party]]''' in [[Czechoslovakia]] joined the [[Sudeten German Party]]?
*... that the [[Liberty ship]] '''{{SS|Timothy Bloodworth}}''' was the first ship to be hit by a [[V-2|V-2 rocket]]?
*... that '''[[Robert McKechnie]]''' was the [[University of British Columbia]]'s longest-serving [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]]?


*'''''11:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Hopewell3.JPG|100x100px|Pillars of the Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System]]
</div>
*... that the pillars of the cancelled '''[[Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System]]''' project ''(pictured)'' have been described as "a [[Bangkok]] version of [[Stonehenge]]"?
*... that [[Turkey|Turkish]] female [[aviator]] '''[[Nezihe Viranyalı]]''' was educated in [[civil aviation]] at the [[University of Tennessee]] following an invitation by the renowned American pilot [[Jacqueline Cochran]]?
*... that the '''[[Boga (noisemaker)|boga]]''', an improvised plastic cannon used in [[New Year]]'s celebrations in the [[Philippines]], has been banned by the government since 2006?
*... that '''[[Mario Menéndez]]''', who was the [[governor]] of the [[Falkland Islands]], surrendered [[Argentina|Argentine]] forces to [[the United Kingdom]] during the 1982 [[Falklands War]]?
*... that the '''[[Switzerland in the Roman era|history of Switzerland in the Roman era]]''' includes about 300&nbsp;years of peace and prosperity?
*... that '''[[Roderigue Hortalez and Company]]''' was a fictitious [[front organization]] set up by [[France]] to help [[American revolution]]aries fight [[England]]?
*... that [[kibbutz]] '''[[Re'im]]''' has started a project to become the first community in [[Israel]] with its domestic power consumption provided entirely by [[solar energy]]?
*... that [[Dave Fanning]] described '''''[[2TV]]''''' as "not rocket science, it's moron television"?


*'''''05:33, 2 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Moet and glass.jpg|100x100px|Moet and glass]]
</div>
*... that for most of its '''[[History of Champagne|history]]''', [[Champagne (wine)|Champagne]] ''(pictured)'' was [[rosé|pinkish]] and non-[[sparkling (wine)|sparkling]]?
*... that '''[[DeShawn Sims]]''' is the first [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball]] player to have at least 20 [[Point (basketball)|points]] and 20 [[Rebound (basketball)|rebounds]] in a single game since [[Phil Hubbard]] did so in the [[1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1977 NCAA Tournament]]?
*... that the [[engine block]] of the '''[[Scott Flying Squirrel]]''' [[motorcycle]] was painted either green or red for racing or road, respectively?
*... that the owner of '''[[Fairhope Plantation]]''' near [[Uniontown, Alabama]], organized his own [[artillery]] unit during the [[American Civil War]]?
*... that [[Australia]]n cricketer '''[[Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Ernie Toshack]]''', tired of signing [[autograph]]s, had a friend sign for him, who incorrectly signed ''Toshak''?
*... that the [[Cobb and Frost]]-designed '''[[Chicago Opera House]]''', built 1884–85, was one of the first buildings constructed using [[general contractor|general contracting]]?
*... that the [[monastery]] of '''[[Champmol]]''' was founded in 1383 as the dynastic burial-place of the [[Valois]] [[Dukes_of_Burgundy#House_of_Valois_.281361-1482.29|Dukes of Burgundy]], but only ever contained two monumental tombs?
*... that [[Peter Benchley]] wanted to write about pirates, but editor '''[[Thomas Congdon]]''' preferred his idea for a [[novel]] about sharks that became the bestseller ''[[Peter Benchley#Jaws|Jaws]]''?

=== 1 January 2009 ===
*'''''23:26, 1 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:DonTallon.jpg|100x100px|Don Tallon]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Don Tallon with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Don Tallon]]''' ''(pictured)'' was preferred as [[Australian cricket team|Australia]]'s first-choice [[wicket-keeper]] over '''[[Ron Saggers with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Ron Saggers]]''' during the [[Australian cricket team in England in 1948|''Invincibles'' tour]], despite conceding a higher rate of [[bye (cricket)|byes]] in the warm-up matches?
*... that '''[[Iolani Luahine]]''', considered the high priestess of the ancient [[hula]], was said to be able to "call up the wind and the rain" and to "make animals do her bidding"?
*... that '''[[Grower Champagne]]s''' have been described as "[[artisanal]] [[winemaking]]" for their focus on ''[[terroir]]'' rather than on producing a consistent "house style" that is associated with larger [[Champagne houses]]?
*... that '''[[Francis S. Hoyt]]''', the first President of [[Willamette University]] in [[Oregon]], [[USA]], graduated from [[Wesleyan University]], a school his father helped to found?
*... that the [[Sri Lankan Army]]'s '''[[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]]''', a covert [[special operations]] unit, has assassinated several top level [[Tamil Tigers]] commanders during the [[Sri Lankan civil war]]?
*... that '''[[Walter Galbraith]]''' selected an [[Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891)|Accrington Stanley]] team of eleven [[Scottish people|Scots]] for an [[The Football League|English Football League]] match?
*... that [[Israel]] has the highest '''[[Solar power in Israel|solar energy]]''' use [[per capita]] in the world?
*... that at the 41st [[International Eucharistic Congress]], [[Lutheran Church in America]] President '''[[Robert J. Marshall]]''' received a lengthy standing ovation after opening with the two words "Fellow Christians"?


*'''''15:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Prosecco di Conegliano bottle and glass.jpg|100x100px|Prosecco di Conegliano bottle and glass]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Prosecco]]''', an Italian [[sparkling wine]] increasingly popular internationally, is believed to have also been produced in [[Ancient Roman]] times?
*... that the extent of '''[[rainbands]]''' around a [[tropical cyclone]] can be used to determine its intensity?
*... that filmmaker '''[[Daniel St. Pierre]]''' led the team that developed the [[Tarzan (1999 film)#Deep Canvas|Deep Canvas]] system for the [[animated film]] ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]'' for enhancing the apparent depth of backgrounds?
*... that when '''[[Brackley railway station]]''' was visited by the [[British Royal Train|Royal Train]] in 1950, the [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen]] had to step on a box when leaving the train because its door was far above the [[Railway platform|platform]]?
*... that the [[Situationist International|Situationist]] pamphlet '''''[[On the Poverty of Student Life]]''''' accused French students of taking refuge from their [[Ideology#Ideology_as_an_instrument_of_social_reproduction|ideological subservience]] in miserabilism and [[bohemianism]]?
*... that [[Alfred Stieglitz]]'s '''''[[Equivalents]]''''' series of cloud photographs are regarded as the earliest examples of [[Abstract art|abstract photographic art]]?
*... that the '''[[Colombo Cricket Club Ground]]''', a small multi-use stadium in [[Sri Lanka]], has hosted three [[Test cricket|Test matches]]?
*... that after [[Lavrentiy Beria]] was arrested in June 1953, '''[[Sergei Kruglov]]''' succeeded him as the Soviet Union's [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Minister of Internal Affairs]]?
*... that '''[[The Beggar's Benison]]''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[gentlemen's club]] devoted to "the convivial celebration of male sexuality"?


*'''''09:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em">
[[File:Undegorgierter Champagner.jpg|100x100px|Undegorgierter Champagner]]
</div>
*... that as [[Champagne (wine)|Champagne]] [[ages (wine)|ages]] on its [[lees (wine)|lees]] ''(pictured)'', the '''[[autolysis (wine)|breakdown of yeast cells]]''' imparts unique flavors of [[acacia]], [[biscuit]]s and [[nut]]tiness as well as a creamy [[mouth feel]]?
*... that '''[[McIDAS]]''' software has been used to process [[meteorological]] data and images from [[space probe]]s?
*... that [[Swiss illustrated chronicles|illustrated medieval chronicles]] are among the first works of '''[[Historiography of Switzerland|Swiss historiography]]'''?
*... that a schoolteacher from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]] donated the first {{convert|14|acre}} of '''[[Mary Jane Thurston State Park]]''', named in her honor?
*... that the '''[[Zarqa River]]''', which is Jordan's third largest, is so polluted that it is considered an "environmental blackspot"?
*... that the [[sarin]]-filled '''[[M125 bomblet]]''' was a [[sub-munition]] in the [[M34 cluster bomb]] and four American [[missile]] systems?
*... that the '''[[Alberta Taciuk Process]]''', an above-ground dry thermal retorting technology, is named after its inventor William Taciuk and the '''[[Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority]]'''?
*... that the isolation of [[Antibody|antibodies]] and [[flu virus]]es from birds on '''[[Tryon Island]]''', a [[coral]] [[cay]] off the coast of [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], led to the development of [[antiviral drug]]s, such as [[Oseltamivir|Tamiflu]]?
*... that '''[[Brett Sutter]]''' became the eighth member of the [[Sutter family]] to play in the [[National Hockey League]] when he made his debut for the [[Calgary Flames]] on December 23, 2008?