Did you know????

[MimiHitam]

ALASKA<b
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

AMAZON
The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea, off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.

ANTARCTICA
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches. Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

BRAZIL
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

CANADA
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village."

CHICAGO
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

DETROIT
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M - 1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.

DAMASCUS, SYRIA
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula--and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

NEW YORK CITY
The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time- The Big Apple.
There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jewish people in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.

AFRICA

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28.
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38.

OHIO
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio; every one is human made.

PITCAIRN ISLAND
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4.53 sq. km.

ROME
The first city to reach a population of one million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C.
There is a city called Rome on every continent.

SIBERIA

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

S.M.O.M.
The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001, has a population of eighty, twenty less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

SAHARA DESERT
In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.

SPAIN
Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.v TEXAS
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20 Empire State Buildings but only 3 inches wide.

UNITED STATES

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips and in times of war or other emergencies.

WATERFALLS

The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.

[MimiHitam]

Did you know?...It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Did you know?...Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Did you know?...Coca-Cola was originally contain cocaine.

Did you know?...23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

Did you know?...In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Did you know?...If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

Did you know?...Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.[

Did you know?...More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Did you know?...The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

Did you know?...The Eiffel Tower in Paris weighs over 1000 elephants.

Did you know?...there are actually two types of humans? The slightly larger and less intelligent kind, males, have protruding external genitalia called "penises" that are used for making important life decisions. Meanwhile, females have these nifty things called "vaginas" that no one understands yet, especially males

Did you know?... In 1879, a mail service in Belgium employed 37 cats to carry bundles of letters to villages around the town of Liege, this experiment was shorted-lived as the cats proved thoroughly undisciplined. Just plain weird...even by my standards.

Did you know?... The greatest recorded number of children that have been born by one mother is 69! The poor lass gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and a measly 4 sets of quadruplets. Even in the days before IVF!

Did you know?...Males, on average, think about sex every 7 seconds.

Did you know?... Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus

Did you know?...13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese...yummy

Did you know?...The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Did you know?...If you could count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the correct temperature in celcius degrees... How do they know that?

Did you know?...Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes. Eeewwwwww

Did you know?...Hydrogen is an explosive gas. Oxygen supports combustion. Yet when these are combined it is water which is used to put out fires.

Did you know?...Walt Disney's autograph bears no resemblance to the famous Disney logo he was also impotent. Bwahahahahahaha!

Did you know?...The Dutch town of Leeuwarden can be spelled 225 different ways-

1. Leeuwaarden
2. Leewaarden
3. Leewarden
4. Leuwarden
5. leuwaardenn
6. Leuuwarrden......
224. Bradford

Did you know?...Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Go on, try it then

Did you know?...The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

Did you know?...Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Did you know?...Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
# Spades - King David
# Hearts - Charlemagne
# Clubs - Alexander the Great
# Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Did you know?...In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Did you know?...If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Did you know?...Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Did you know?...The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

Did you know?...101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die during the movie.

Did you know?...To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

Did you know?...You're most likely to win the UK's Lotto if you buy your ticket on a saturday rather than a wednesday. Because you are more likey to die before the number draw than win.

Did you know?... In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

Did you know?...On average, 90% Dutch teenagers can speak fluent English whereas only 80% American teenagers can speak fluent English. (Just incase you didnt know, English is not the first langauge of The Netherlands.)

Did you know?...In Texas, a recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. Only in Texas....

Did you know?...No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

Did you know?...The people who make school kitchens, also make electric chairs.

Did you know?... The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

Did you know?..."Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Did you know?...The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

Did you know?...1 in every 200 people are a psychopath and they look just like everyone else......

Did you know?...An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

Did you know?... All the chemicals in the human body have a combined value of approximately £4.00 (6.25 Euro)

Did you know?...In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

Did you know?...You are most likely to be murdered or raped by a family member or a close friend (98% of all murders). Whereas being murdered by a derranged lunatic down a dark alley is very rare.

Did you know?...Bill "Four eyes" Gates has enough money to buy every house in Alaska, greedy *****!

Did you know?...Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year

Did you know?...It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open? Next time you feel a sneeze coming try it!

Did you know?...The expression "to get fired" comes from long, long ago. When clans wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down.

Did you know?...The word 'corr' actually means 'odd' in Irish.

Did you know?...Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". In English this means 'The City of Angels'

Did you know?...In France, a five year old child can buy an alcholic drink in a bar

Area 51 was Established on August 18th 2001 © Copyright H. Bedford. All Rights Reserved.


Did you know?...Chocolate is healthy!
Chocolate is a vegetable; Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived from either sugar cane or sugar BEETS.Both of them are plants, in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.
To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So chocolate bars are a health food. Chocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.

Did you know?... During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.

Did you know?...Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.Another interesting fact about Donald Duck - never wore pants but always wore a towel when he came out of the shower!

Did you know?...Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

Did you know?... The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

Did you know?...The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Did you know?... The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

Did you know?...By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

Did you know?...Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Did you know?... Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Did you know?...An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!

Did you know?...The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

Did you know?... The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

Did you know?...If you removed the stomach, the spleen, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, one kidney, one lung, and virtually every organ from the pelvic and groin area, the human body would still be able to survive.

Did you know?...In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

Did you know?... On average,100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Did you know?...Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Did you know?...The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Did you know?... The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (coincidence? )

Did you know?...In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

Did you know?...Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.

Did you know?... American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

Did you know?... Sticking your two middle fingers up dates back from the middles ages. When archers were caught they had their two middle fingers cut of so that they couldn't shoot any more arrows. So when an archer was shooting people he would stick his fingers up to say "look I still have them, "hahaha".

Did you know?... A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

Did you know?...December is the most popular time for Conception. It's a great way to keep warm through the chilly festive season.

Did you know?...Over 75% of people who read this page will try to lick their elbow.

Did you know?...You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you cant pick your friends nose.

Did you know?...Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

Did you know?...This is why I hate Barbie. If she was of real life size, this is what her portions would be-

Height: 7ft 2 inches (average woman: 5ft 4in)
Neck: Twice the size of a normal human female which would make it very unable to support the weight of her head.
*****: 39 inches (or approximately an FF cup: average woman 36B)
Waist: 18 inches (which is only possible if you remove 2 ribs and carry both kidneys around in a bag)
Hips: 33 inches
Shoe Size: 5
Also Ken and Barbie are brother and sister!

Did you know?...Modern records do not compare with that of St Simeon the younger (C AD 521-97) called stylites a monk who spent the final 45 years of his life living at the top of a stone pillar on the hill of wonders near Antioch in Syria! What the *****?.....

Did you know?...14% of all facts and statisticts are made up and 27% of people know that fact.

Did you know?...Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Did you know?...Eskimos have over 15 words for the english word of 'Snow'

Did you know?...Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.... each

Did you know?...Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Did you know?...Contray to popular belief, the British flag is not called "The Union Jack" its actually called "The Union Flag". Its only called the Union Jack when out at sea on navy ships

Did you know?... You are most likely to get murdered at Christmas time due to more alcohol being drunk. Merry Christmas.

Did you know?...If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

Did you know?... TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

Did you know?...On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament buildings is an American flag.

Did you know?... Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Did you know?... Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

Did you know?...The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Did you know?...Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal'. The second was William Jefferson Clinton.

[MimiHitam]

Dividing by 0 = undefined,why?

Because there's just no sensible way to define it.
For example, we could say that 1/0 = 5. But there's a rule in arithmetic that a(b/a) = b, and if 1/0 = 5, 0(1/0) = 0*5 = 0 doesn't work, so you could never use the rule. If you changed every rule to specifically say that it doesn't work for zero in the denominator, what's the point of making 1/0 = 5 in the first place? You can't use any rules on it.

But maybe you're thinking of saying that 1/0 = infinity. Well then, what's "infinity"? How does it work in all the other equations?

Does infinity - infinity = 0?
Does 1 + infinity = infinity?

If so, the associative rule doesn't work, since (a+b)+c = a+(b+c) will not always work:

1 + (infinity - infinity) = 1 + 0 = 1, but
(1 + infinity) - infinity = infinity - infinity = 0.

You can try to make up a good set of rules, but it always leads to nonsense, so to avoid all the trouble we just say that it doesn't make sense to divide by zero.

What happens if you add apples to oranges? It just doesn't make sense, so the easiest thing is just to say that it doesn't make sense, or, as a mathematician would say, "it is undefined."

Maybe that's the best way to look at it. When, in mathematics, you see a statement like "operation XYZ is undefined", you should translate it in your head to "operation XYZ doesn't make sense."

0^0 = ?????

According to some Calculus textbooks, 0^0 is an "indeterminate form." What mathematicians mean by "indeterminate form" is that in some cases we think about it as having one value, and in other cases we think about it as having another.

When evaluating a limit of the form 0^0, you need to know that limits of that form are "indeterminate forms," and that you need to use a special technique such as L'Hopital's rule to evaluate them. For instance, when evaluating the limit Sin[x]^x (which is 1 as x goes to 0), we say it is equal to x^x (since Sin[x] and x go to 0 at the same rate, i.e. limit as x->0 of Sin[x]/x is 1). Then we can see from the graph of x^x that its limit is 1.

Other than the times when we want it to be indeterminate, 0^0 = 1 seems to be the most useful choice for 0^0 . This convention allows us to extend definitions in different areas of mathematics that would otherwise require treating 0 as a special case. Notice that 0^0 is a discontinuity of the function f(x,y) = x^y, because no matter what number you assign to 0^0, you can't make x^y continuous at (0,0), since the limit along the line x=0 is 0, and the limit along the line y=0 is 1.

This means that depending on the context where 0^0 occurs, you might wish to substitute it with 1, indeterminate or undefined/nonexistent.

Some people feel that giving a value to a function with an essential discontinuity at a point, such as x^y at (0,0), is an inelegant patch and should not be done. Others point out correctly that in mathematics, usefulness and consistency are very important, and that under these parameters 0^0 = 1 is the natural choice.

The following is a list of reasons why 0^0 should be 1.


Rotando & Korn show that if f and g are real functions that vanish at the origin and are analytic at 0 (infinitely differentiable is not sufficient), then f(x)^g(x) approaches 1 as x approaches 0 from the right.
From Concrete Mathematics p.162 (R. Graham, D. Knuth, O. Patashnik):


Some textbooks leave the quantity 0^0 undefined, because the functions 0^x and x^0 have different limiting values when x decreases to 0. But this is a mistake. We must define x^0=1 for all x , if the binomial theorem is to be valid when x=0 , y=0 , and/or x=-y . The theorem is too important to be arbitrarily restricted! By contrast, the function 0^x is quite unimportant.
Published by Addison-Wesley, 2nd printing Dec, 1988.


As a rule of thumb, one can say that 0^0 = 1 , but 0.0^(0.0) is undefined, meaning that when approaching from a different direction there is no clearly predetermined value to assign to 0.0^(0.0) ; but Kahan has argued that 0.0^(0.0) should be 1, because if f(x), g(x) --> 0 as x approaches some limit, and f(x) and g(x) are analytic functions, then f(x)^g(x) --> 1 .
The discussion of 0^0 is very old. Euler argues for 0^0 = 1 since a^0 = 1 for a not equal to 0 . The controversy raged throughout the nineteenth century, but was mainly conducted in the pages of the lesser journals: Grunert's Archiv and Schlomilch's Zeitshrift. Consensus has recently been built around setting the value of 0^0 = 1 .

WHO INVENTED TOOTHBRUSH????

The toothbrush as we know it today was not invented until 1938. However, early forms of the toothbrush have been in existence since 3000 BC. Ancient civilizations used a "chew stick," which was a thin twig with a frayed end. These 'chew sticks' were rubbed against the teeth.

The bristle toothbrush, similar to the type used today, was not invented until 1498 in China. The bristles were actually the stiff, coarse hairs taken from the back of a hog's neck and attached to handles made of bone or bamboo.

Boar bristles were used until 1938, when nylon bristles were introduced by Dupont de Nemours. The first nylon toothbrush was called Doctor West's Miracle Toothbrush. Later, Americans were influenced by the disciplined hygiene habits of soldiers from World War II. They became increasingly concerned with the practice of good oral hygiene and quickly adopted the nylon toothbrush.

Some other interesting toothbrush facts:

The first mass-produced toothbrush was made by William Addis of Clerkenwald, England, around 1780.
The first American to patent a toothbrush was H. N. Wadsworth, (patent number 18,653,) on Nov. 7, 1857.
Mass production of toothbrushes began in America around 1885.
One of the first electric toothbrushes to hit the American market was in 1960. It was marketed by the Squibb company under the name Broxodent

How much water does a camel's hump hold?

None.
A camel's hump does not hold water at all - it actually stores fat. The camel uses it as nourishment when food is scarce. If a camel uses the fat inside the hump, the hump will become limp and droop down. With proper food and rest the hump will return to normal.

The hump is not used for water storage, but camels can go for long periods of time without water. They drink large amounts of water - up to 20 gallons at a time. This water is stored in the animal's bloodstream.

What's your type???

In some ways, every person's blood is the same. But, when analyzed under a microscope, distinct differences are visible. In the early 20th century, an Austrian scientist named Karl Landsteiner classified blood according to those differences. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his achievements.
Landsteiner observed two distinct chemical molecules present on the surface of the red blood cells. He labeled one molecule "A" and the other molecule "B." If the red blood cell had only "A" molecules on it, that blood was called type A. If the red blood cell had only "B" molecules on it, that blood was called type B. If the red blood cell had a mixture of both molecules, that blood was called type AB. If the red blood cell had neither molecule, that blood was called type O.

If two different blood types are mixed together, the blood cells may begin to clump together in the blood vessels, causing a potentially fatal situation. Therefore, it is important that blood types be matched before blood transfusions take place. In an emergency, type O blood can be given because it is most likely to be accepted by all blood types. However, there is still a risk involved.

A person with type A blood can donate blood to a person with type A or type AB. A person with type B blood can donate blood to a person with type B or type AB. A person with type AB blood can donate blood to a person with type AB only. A person with type O blood can donate to anyone.

A person with type A blood can receive blood from a person with type A or type O. A person with type B blood can receive blood from a person with type B or type O. A person with type AB blood can receive blood from anyone. A person with type O blood can receive blood from a person with type O.

Because of these patterns, a person with type O blood is said to be a universal donor. A person with type AB blood is said to be a universal receiver. In general, however, it is still best to mix blood of matching types and Rh factors.


Why do geese fly in a V?

Energy conservation and visual assurance.
Why do geese fly in a V? Because it would be too hard to fly in an S! Just kidding. Scientists have determined that the V-shaped formation that geese use when migrating serves two important purposes:

First, it conserves their energy. Each bird flies slightly above the bird in front of him, resulting in a reduction of wind resistance. The birds take turns being in the front, falling back when they get tired. In this way, the geese can fly for a long time before they must stop for rest.

The second benefit to the V formation is that it is easy to keep track of every bird in the group. Fighter pilots often use this formation for the same reason.

[MimiHitam]

WHY IS THE SKY BLUE?

The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.

However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue.

# ...that the Mayslake Peabody Estate (pictured), built for Francis Stuyvesant Peabody between 1919 and 1921, has a secret staircase which leads from Peabody's private study to a bomb-proof basement?
# ...that at the peak of the 1979 student protests in Nepal, radicals tried to humiliate moderate student leaders by painting their faces black, garlanding them with shoes, and parading them on a push-cart through the streets of Kathmandu?
# ...that partially as a result of the mythical "bomber gap" between the USA and USSR, the USAF built an enormous fleet of over 2,500 jet bombers to deter what turned out to be only twenty Soviet aircraft?
# ...that Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited is the only company in India authorised to manufacture the indelible ink which is used in elections to prevent fraudulent voting?
# ...that the appearance of an outline of monkeys on a tree in Singapore drew large crowds as devotees believed that the images are a manifestation of the Monkey God and Hanuman?
# ...that the last chief of Clan MacQuarrie sold off his clan lands in Scotland and joined the British Army, at age 68, and fought in the American Revolutionary War?
# ...that the Leopoldov Prison in Slovakia was once the largest prison in the Kingdom of Hungary?

[New_Dudutz]

aaaaaaaa, to long..............
:confused::confused:

[MimiHitam]

yes, because it will train your skills on reading english and also increasing your knowledge.. so it's must be long isnt it?

[VileTooth]

It doesn't train s**t.

But at least it's a quality thread.

I will give a GRP.

[MimiHitam]

hey u dont have to use rude words

[VileTooth]

hey u dont have to use rude words

Sue me.

[MimiHitam]

of course i sue you, u use rude words

[MimiHitam]

# ...that Charles Willson Peale's 1822 self-portrait The Artist in His Museum (pictured) summarizes his career as a painter, taxidermist, and naturalist?
# ...that Tanjong Katong Primary School has the most diverse student population among all government-operated schools in Singapore, as its students come from 39 countries?
# ...that the winnings from the 1975 Yellow Sam betting coup were paid out in the form of over a hundred sacks of IR£1 notes?
# ...that although Ronald Bird was on the staff of Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1934, his first-class debut came eleven years later for their rivals Worcestershire?
# ...that the earliest bones of the rare Golden Guernsey goat, dating from 2000 BC, were found in dolmens in Guernsey on the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy?
# ...that the sale of the Libyan Arabian Cement Co. was the country's first initial public offering of shares and the biggest sale of a Libyan state-owned business?
# ...that nearby town officials caused an uproar when they moved highway markers from the Lincoln Highway in Omaha, Nebraska to their local roadway after the highway was rerouted there in 1930?

[MimiHitam]

# ...that the Trinitarian Church (pictured) in Bratislava was built on the place of older settlement which was demolished in 1529 due to the Ottoman wars?
# ...that Hugo Award-winning science fiction fan and editor Earl Kemp served a year in prison for publishing an illustrated edition of the Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography?
# ...that the last surrender of the American Civil War took place aboard the British HMS Donegal after the CSS Shenandoah completed a 9,000 mile voyage specifically to do so?
# ...that plant physiology is the subdiscipline of botany concerned with the function, or physiology, of plants?
# ...that a scathing obituary of British author Lord Michael Pratt in The Daily Telegraph called him "an unabashed snob and social interloper on a grand scale", who habitually outstayed his welcome?
# ...that during his tenure as curator at Université Laval, François-Xavier Bélanger built a thousand-specimen strong collection of Canadian birds from the ground up?
# ...that the 22,200 meter Shimizu Tunnel was the world's longest tunnel when it was completed in 1982?
# ...that even though the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly was held in the house of statesman Carsten Anker, he was not present himself?
# ...that Henri II's Edict of Châteaubriant (1551) assigned the regulation of the French press to the Faculty of Theology of the University of Paris?
# ...that tōgyū (pictured) is a bullfighting sport practiced in Okinawa, Japan, in which two bulls wrestle in a ring in a manner compared to sumo?
# ...that Bykivnia, a former village, now part of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, was the burial site of thousands of enemies of the Soviet power?
# ...that the Defense (Emergency) Regulations first enacted in British Mandate Palestine in 1945 were incorporated into Israel's domestic legislation in 1948 and remain in force to this day?
# ...that long-time University of Oregon track coach Bill Hayward also played lacrosse for the world champion Ottawa Capitals?
# ...that Japanese artist Atsuko Tanaka wore a costume made of lit lightbulbs—her 1956 work Electric Dress—to exhibitions?
# ...that a total of 4156 films were submitted to the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and 349 of those, from 55 countries, were selected?
# ...that an edition of Alpin, a supplement of the Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo, was banned by the caretaker government for publishing a controversial cartoon in relation to the Islamic prophet Muhammad?
# ...that after Robert William Hughes shot and wounded future Virginia Governor William E. Cameron, he was appointed a federal judge by Ulysses S. Grant?
# ...that during the siege of Constantinople in 626 AD, 12,000 Byzantine cavalry successfully fought off 80,000 Avars?
# ...that the first session of the Legislative Council of Mysore State in India was held in the Jaganmohan Palace (pictured) in July 1907?
# ...that the Grant Park Music Festival, a Chicago tradition since its 1931 introduction by Anton Cermak, is America's only remaining free, outdoor concert series featuring classical music?
# ...that China's leadership for the next five years will be unveiled at the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which will open on October 15 in the Great Hall of the People?
# ...that after the defeat of his British Band in the 1832 Black Hawk War, Chief Black Hawk was taken captive and exhibited to large crowds throughout the United States?
# ...that Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, having lost his position on the Historic Churches Preservation Trust (for which he denounced the Archbishop of Canterbury as having "held a pistol to my face while the Dean of Gloucester plunged his dagger into my back"), founded his own, more intransigent, committee, the Friends of Friendless Churches?
# ...that a graffiti artist from the Bronx named PHASE 2 invented the famous "bubble letter" style of graffiti writing when tagging trains on the New York City Subway system in the early 1970s?
# ...that more than 75% of kraft pulp is bleached without chlorine?
# ...that Baduanjin qigong (pictured) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise?
# ...that Luník IX, a borough in Košice, Slovakia, although originally built for army and police officers, now houses the largest Roma community in Central Europe?
# ...that Wurzbach Parkway, an unnumbered freeway in San Antonio, Texas, does not connect directly to the city's other freeways?
# ...that by using automatic number plate recognition, a CCTV network known as ANPR, police in the United Kingdom are able to track the movement of cars in real time and store vehicle movement information for five years?
# ...that four-time Moscow chess champion Nikolay Grigoriev won ten awards in an endgame study composing tourney in 1935?
# ...that the Ukrainian Marines were from May 1996 until 1998 part of the Ukrainian National Guard, but were transferred to the Navy in 1998?
# ...that Juan de Arphe y Villafañe was a renowned engraver, goldsmith, artist, anatomist and author?
# ...that autobiographer Lois Mark Stalvey's 1960s anti-racist activism in Omaha, Nebraska was responsible for her husband's job transfer to Philadelphia?

[MimiHitam]

* ...that the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees is Aneto?
* ...that Orson Squire Fowler, who popularized the octagon house, was also a phrenologist?

* ...that the dismissive line about Canada being "a few acres of snow," commonly attributed to Voltaire is, in fact, a misquotation?
* ...that Tetricus I was the last of the Gallic emperors?
* ...that Wite-Out correction fluid was invented in 1966?
* ...that the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo attacked workers who were building the Uganda Railway, which connects Uganda and Kenya?
* ...that Oriental metal is a kind of death metal music that originated in Israel which has traditional Jewish and "Oriental" influences?
* ...that Chicago mayor Jane Byrne moved into the notoriously miserable Cabrini-Green housing project in 1981?
* ...that George H.W. Bush flew a TBF Avenger while he was in the U.S. Navy?
* ...that Henry Wade never lost a case until Roe v. Wade?
* ...that most "tin cans" are actually made of steel?

Kuomintang flag

* ...that the Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber used during World War II?
* ...that the author Pai Hsien-yung's father was Kuomintang general Pai Chung-hsi?
* ...that left-handed specialists in baseball frequently enjoy long careers because their pitching arms suffer less stress?
* ...that American Zoetrope was originally housed in a warehouse in San Francisco in 1969?
* ...that the 555th Parachute Infantry Company was the first African-American airborne forces unit in the United States Army?
* ...that the first elected president of Singapore was Ong Teng Cheong?

* ...that the gestation period of the ring-tailed lemur is approximately 146 days?
* ...that NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has logged 497 hours in space?
* ...that the original "dreamer of dreams" was English poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy?
* ...Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, was the father of the infamous Vlad III the Impaler?
* ...that Enrico Fermi was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1942?
* ...that the improper use of a flag of truce or of the national flag is considered perfidy, an illegal ruse of war?
* ...that the Palau Congressional Library was founded in 1981 and has a staff of two?
* ...that Thutmose I was the first pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings?
* ...that the Reduced Shakespeare Company performs a pastiche of 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes?
* ...that children born between 1901 and 1910 are said to be from the Interbellum Generation?
* ...that because of an effort to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s?
* ...that the Chinese tallow tree is used to make soap, candles, and medicine?

* ...that Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation can be used to treat anxiety, depression, and insomnia?
* ...that the friction coefficient is very important in determining the friction between two objects?
* ...that the Cochin Jews have had a settlement in India since the 16th century?
* ...that Clare Boothe Luce's play The Women has been made into a film twice, and revived on Broadway several times?

* ...that in electrical engineering, a Smith chart is a common way of graphing the reflection coefficient of a line?
* ...that the Thue-Morse sequence has applications in number theory, combinatorics, differential geometry and chess?
* ...Belgian artist Henry van de Velde was one of the leading representatives of the Art Nouveau movement?
* ...that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson once physically attacked Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson over Canada's Vietnam War policy?
* ...that Kao Neaw, a sticky rice-based Thai dish, is often served with ripe mangos and coconut milk as Kao Neaw Mamuan?
* ...that Len Wein created the Swamp Thing character for DC Comics?

* ...that the endangered golden lion tamarin has a long, but not prehensile, tail?
* ...that the catchphrase "Kowabunga!" was popularized by the NBC program Howdy Doody?
* ...that Sweden had a neutrality policy during World War II?
* ...that in 1916, Berlin, Ontario changed its name to Kitchener due to World War I-era anti-German sentiment?

* ...that the U.S. Postal Service's POSTNET uses a checksum to verify ZIP codes?
* ...that 16 tunnels, many for tube lines, run beneath London's River Thames?
* ...that the Tokyo Monorail, which travels at speeds of up to 80 km/h, was constructed to coincide with the 1964 Summer Olympics?
* ...that the Balkan comic opera Ero the Joker was first performed on November 2, 1935?
* ...that jumping plant lice and aphids are considered to be the "primitive" group within the Hemiptera (true bugs) order?
* ...in 1971, Pakistani writer Eqbal Ahmad was indicted on charges of conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger?

Sharpener

* ...a pencil sharpener "is a device for sharpening a pencil's point by shaving the end of the pencil"? Well, OK, you probably did.

[MimiHitam]

# ...that the orca Springer (pictured) is the only whale in history to have been successfully re-integrated into a wild pod after human intervention?
# ...that the leader of the Tran Cao rebellion, a peasant revolt against the Le Dynasty in Vietnam in 1516, claimed to be a reincarnation of the Hindu deity Indra?
# ...that the White House has an official position called Chief Floral Designer?
# ...that despite being made from the same grape variety and less than 10 miles apart, the Barbaresco and the Barolo are two distinctly different Italian wines?
# ...that cricket writer Gerald Howat won the Cricket Society's golden jubilee award for his biography of Learie Constantine?
# ...that on June 14, 1835, USRC Ingham became the first United States warship to engage a Mexican ship in combat?
# ...that nobody knows the meaning of "Delmo", the subtitle given by Rachmaninoff to his 1899 composition Morceau de Fantaisie in G minor?
# ...that millionaire's daughter Rose Dugdale joined an IRA active service unit and took part in the first helicopter bombing raid on the British Isles in 1974?

[MimiHitam]

* ...that the odds of Sir John Eardley Wilmot (pictured), an eminent judge, also having a eminent grandson were calculated in Galton's book Hereditary Genius as 30 to 1 against?
* ...that the famous quote "No man who hates dogs and children can be all bad" generally attributed to Leo Rosten was actually first used in 1930 by future war correspondent Byron Darnton?
* ...that the most famous archeological finding of Bronze and Iron Age Poland is the Biskupin fortified lake settlement?
* ...that the Port of Geelong, located on the shores of Corio Bay in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, is the sixth largest in Australia by tonnage?
* ...that Security Advisory Opinions, which can take more than 120 days to resolve, are the source of long delays in issuing United States visas?
* ..that Singaporean Teresa Hsu, a 110-year old social worker who teaches yoga and selfless service to the needy, was named 'Hero for Today' by the Chinese edition of the Reader's Digest?
* ...that Jan Czerski (pictured), exiled to Siberia after the January Uprising, became a self-taught scientist and Siberian explorer, thrice decorated with the gold medal by the Russian Geographical Society?
* ...that Tui bei tu, a banned 7th century prophecy book about China which has been compared to the work of Nostradmus, became a bestseller in the 1990s?
* ...that the Palestinian Fedayeen campaign against Israel was one of the causes of the 1956 Suez Crisis?
* ...that the Reverend Sir Frederick Ouseley founded his &#163;30,000 1856 church near the small village of Middleton on the Hill?
* ...that during the 1991 NFL season, Cris Dishman had a seven game stretch where he forced at least one turnover in each game?
* ...that the Stillwell Avenue/Surf Avenue intersection in New York City is the site of the world's largest subway station?
* ...that a lift attached to the side of the viaduct at Calstock railway station was used to lower railway trucks to the quays on the River Tamar 113 feet below?
* ...that during the process of maceration (pictured) the clear-grayish color of grape juice gets its red wine coloring?
* ...that according to the book The World Without Us radioactive waste, bronze statues, and Mount Rushmore will be the longest lasting evidence of human presence on Earth?
* ...that 10TP was a Polish tank design, which advanced the Polish armor programme but came too late to provide the Polish Army with tanks of sufficient number and quality before the German invasion of Poland in 1939?
* ...that Marrack Goulding, a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, was Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford from 1997 to 2006?
* ...that Cornelius, Oregon is named after pioneer Thomas R. Cornelius, who served in the both the Territorial and State legislatures?
* ...that the Ferranti Argus was developed to control the Bristol Bloodhound missile, but went on to be Ferranti's most successful industrial control computer?
* ...that Thai filmmaker Aditya Assarat writes his scripts in English and then translates them to the Thai language?
* ...that chryselephantine sculptures (fragments pictured) were monumental statues made of gold and ivory that depicted the gods in Ancient Greek temples?
* ...that Bolivia-Chile relations have been strained due to a border dispute unresolved since the 19th century?
* ...that the transport ship USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg is scheduled to be sunk in 2008 to form an artificial reef off the Florida Keys?
* ...that there is no statutory body in India to investigate academic misconducts such as scientific plagiarism?
* ...that Acme Tackle Company's Little Cleo fishing lure was deemed by Field & Stream Magazine to be one of the 50 greatest lures of all time?
* ...that IKB Deutsche Industriebank was the first European bank to announce substantial losses from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis?
* ...that the 13th century Venetian troubadour Bertolome Zorzi composed songs while a prisoner of war for seven years in Genoa?
* ...that Marcela de Agoncillo, who made the first Philippine flag, was married to the first Filipino diplomat?
* ...that the Fayum mummy portraits (pictured) are detailed paintings of individuals from 1st to 3rd century CE Egypt, representing a rare survival of ancient Graeco-Roman painting?
* ...the Provisional IRA attack on Derryard checkpoint was carried out by a flying column of volunteers, created in an attempt to avoid infiltration by informers?
* ...that the Bushy-tailed Woodrat is the original "pack rat" due to its strong affinity for shiny objects such as coins and spoons?
* ...that French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien received thirty-six given names at his baptism?
* ...that the harvesting of wine grapes can happen every month of the calendar year somewhere in the world?
* ...that Horace King was the architect of dozens of bridges in the Southern United States in the 1800s, despite being a slave?
* ...that the far right in Switzerland has experienced a revival in the 2000s with a membership growth of around 20&#37; in 2005 alone, according to police?
* ...that Kirsten Sheridan, director of the new movie August Rush, got her start in film portraying the younger sister of Irish artist Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis) in her father Jim Sheridan's 1989 film, My Left Foot?
* ...that Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett was born in the United States to a Scottish father, educated in England and eventually became the Australian Chief of the Air Staff?
* ...that Matthew Vassar's Springside estate (pictured), Andrew Jackson Downing's only extant work, has been a proposed site for a cemetery, high school and condominiums?
* ...that the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis began in the home of Harriet G. Walker and her husband T. B. Walker?
* ...that Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard and his seven siblings all had first names beginning with the letter "M"?
* ...that China supported the Zimbabwe African National Union's fight against British rule in the country and recognized it right from independence day on April 18, 1980?
* ...that the history of Rioja wine has been greatly influenced by the Bordeaux wine industry with many Riojan bodegas benefiting from the influx of Bordeaux winemakers into the region following the phylloxera epidemic of the 1860s?
* ...that visitors to the House of the Binns in Scotland can see the table where General Tam Dayell is supposed to have played cards with Satan?
* ...that Elijah White's only two children drowned in separate instances in Oregon Country during 1838?
* ...that the principles of learning pioneered by Edward Thorndike nearly a century ago are still widely used in practical instruction?
* ...that rabbi Balfour Brickner was selected as one of the 50 sexiest New Yorkers at age 77?
* ...that Australian rock band Small Mercies first encountered their producer, Matt Wallace, when he left a message on their MySpace?
* ...that when the Texan schooner Austin (pictured) led the brig Wharton and several Yucatecan ships to victory over a Mexican fleet in the Battle of Campeche in 1843, it was the only time that steam-driven warships were defeated by sailing ships?
* ...that although the first specimen of the smallmouth scad, a tropical fish endemic to northern Australia, was already taken in 1984 and deposited in the Queensland Museum, it was not officially named till 1987?
* ...that when English composer Sir Edward Elgar died in 1934, he left more than 130 pages of sketches for a third symphony?
* ...that in Sell v. United States, the Supreme Court decided a dentist was unconstitutionally jailed for eight years without trial for refusing to be medicated with psychiatric drugs?
* ...that Julian Howard Ashton, a prominent figure of media and art in Britain and Australia in the 19th and 20th century, won the Sydney sesquicentenary prize for landscape drawings for his art work?
* ...that the Nachtigall Battalion of the German army consisting of Ukrainian volunteers actively participated in the murder of around 4,000 Jews of Lviv in July 1941?
* ..that Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda, maintained a fleet of large outrigger canoes, which allowed commandos to raid any shore on Lake Victoria?
* ...that the Great French Wine Blight, caused by the deadly phylloxera (cartoon pictured), destroyed over 40% of France's vineyards in the mid-19th century?
* ...that measuring the oxidizable carbon ratio is a way to determine the age of charcoal samples up to 35,000 years old?
* ...that the Pitsa panels from 530 BCE are the only surviving examples of ancient Greek panel painting, the most important art style of Ancient Greek art?
* ...that Billy the pygmy hippo was the pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, outlived him by 23 years, and sired 18 children all named Gumdrop?
* ...that Canada was the first Western country to recognize Ukraine's independence in 1991?
* ...that in 1918, the National Federation of Federal Employees became the first labor union in the United States to win the legal right to represent federal employees?
* ...that Apaliunas, a Luwian deity of Wilusa (Troy) attested among gods in a treaty inscription, ca. 1280 BCE, is a likely precursor of Apollo of Greek mythology?
* ...that the Apocalypse of Zerubbabel is a seventh-century Hebrew apocalypse in which the angel Metatron revealed to Zerubbabel that the Messiah would appear in 1058?
* ...that the Joseph Priestley House (pictured) in Northumberland, Pennsylvania was the site of the first and only laboratory Priestley designed, built and outfitted himself, as well as several American Chemical Society celebrations?
* ...that Scouting in displaced persons camps was very active during and after World War II and that Scout groups provided postal delivery in Displaced Persons camps?
* ...that vaudeville performer Birdie Reeve was billed as the "World's Fastest Typist" in the 1920s, typing 200 words a minute using just two fingers of each hand?
* ...that Slovak collaborationist Ferdinand Durčansk&#253; was both dismissed by the Nazis as pro-Jewish and later condemned to death for complicity in the murder of Jews?
* ...that Simon Sainsbury, who had given funds to establish the Judge Business School in the old Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge, also gave paintings worth &#163;100 million to the Tate and National Gallery?
* ...that the Fightmaster Cup is the first and only international golfing tournament for one-handers?
* ...that runemaster Ulf of Borresta was a successful Viking who returned from England thrice with a share of the Danegeld?
* ...that the irises of Saint Gaugericus Island became a symbol of Brussels, and the iris is now on the flag of the Brussels-Capital Region (pictured)?
* ...that Series III of the Sri Lanka Navy's Ultra Fast Attack Craft is the fastest of its class of patrol boats in the South Asian region, with a maximum speed of 53 knots?
* ...that in 2006, only 79% of the population in Peru had access to electricity, well below the 94.6% average for Latin America?
* ...that the Knightly Order of Vit&#233;z, formed by Mikl&#243;s Horthy, the Regent of Hungary, for distinguished World War I veterans, was originally established by Imre Th&#246;k&#246;ly, Prince of Transylvania, during an anti-Habsburg uprising in the late 17th century?
* ...that a small silicon disc containing goodwill messages from 73 countries was left on the Moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts?
* ...that for his part in the Bangladesh Liberation War, Dutch Australian commando officer William Ouderland is the only foreign recipient of Bir Pratik, Bangladesh's fourth highest gallantry award?
* ...that the &#222;ingali&#240; was a standing army of 3,000 elite Viking warriors, whose main purpose was to defend England against other Vikings?
* ...that the Berlin Committee was formed during World War I by Indian nationalists to foment a revolution against the British Raj?
* ...that "Professor" Jerry Thomas (pictured), who wrote the first book of cocktail recipes in the United States in 1862, at one time earned more than the Vice President of the United States?
* ...that the Catholic Church denied the German-Nicaraguan Enrique Gottel burial in a Managua cemetery?
* ...that Excello Records did not release south Louisiana black Creole musician King Karl's 1958 rock and roll ballad "This Should Go On Forever" until it had already become a national hit for Karl's hometown friend, Cajun swamp pop musician Rod Bernard?
* ...that NHS Together, a group of unions which support Britain's National Health Service, are supported by celebrities such as football (soccer) player Geoff Hurst, adventurer Ranulph Fiennes, actress Tamsin Greig and comedian Arthur Smith?
* ...that the highly toxic all-white toadstool Amanita virosa, one of several species known as the destroying angel, can be confused with the common mushroom when young?
* ...that despite losing almost one third of their men in the Battle of Osuchy (reenactment pictured), Polish resistance in the Zamość region successfully engaged Germans during the nationwide Operation Tempest only a month later?
* ...that milestone home runs by Barry Bonds have caused crowd m&#234;l&#233;es, necessitating police escorts, and that special baseballs were issued to avoid counterfeiting?
* ...that the Texan schooner Zavala was the first steamship-of-war in North America?
* ...that the Gothic king Radagaisus abandoned his forces and tried escaping after a counterattack by the Roman army in 406?
* ...that Rev William Cotton, vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, introduced the skills of beekeeping to New Zealand in the 1840s?
* ...that your biological chronotype characterizes your morningness or eveningness?
* ...that Singapore’s Sungei Road, formerly a place designated for affluent Europeans and Asians, is now the largest and oldest flea market better known as the Thieves' Market?
* ...that at 24, Wilfred Arthur was the youngest Group Captain in the history of the Royal Australian Air Force?
* ...that the Lesser Antillean Iguana (pictured) uses a nasal salt gland to rid its body of excess potassium from its herbivorous diet?
* ...that the slang term brass razoo is speculated to have originated from Egyptian or Indian currency?
* ...that the fight scene between Peter Griffin and a giant chicken on Family Guy episode Blind Ambition was originally created for the episode Cleveland Loretta Quagmire?
* ...that conservative radio talk show host Moon Griffon, who broadcasts statewide from Monroe, is sometimes known as the Rush Limbaugh of Louisiana?
* ...that the Raichur Thermal Power Station is the first thermal power plant to be set up in the Indian state of Karnataka and accounts for about 40% of the total power generated in the state?
* ...that tradition states Severus of Barcelona was given the position of Bishop of Barcelona because a pigeon landed on his head?
* ...that Siniloan River in the Philippines is known by tourists for its five waterfalls and clear and easily accessible headwaters?
* ...that the Valle d'Aosta DOC in the Alps of northwestern Italy is home to the highest elevated vineyards in all of Europe?
* ...that the Japanese-backed Empire of Vietnam (flag pictured) of Tran Trong Kim reunified the country in 1945 for the first time since French colonisation?
* ...that businessman Peter Bynoe oversaw the development of New Comiskey Park, which was instrumental in keeping the Chicago White Sox from leaving the city?
* ...that the Visigothic Reccopolis, founded in Hispania in 578 by King Leovigild, and lost until 1944, was one of only two new cities founded in Western Europe between the 5th and 9th centuries?
* ...that Lavinia Fisher is widely recognised as the first female serial killer in the United States of America?
* ...that the series of unconventional aircraft designed by Jonathan Edward Caldwell may be responsible for reported sightings of flying saucers in the United States throughout the 1950s and 60s?
* ...that the Articulating Propulsion System with thrust vectoring control allows the Super Dvora Mk III to function in shallow waters at drafts of 1.2 meters for various mission environments?
* ...that upon completion, the thirteen-volume History of Lithuania will be the largest and the most comprehensive academic publication covering Lithuania’s history ever released?
* ...that there is more variation in the design of direction signs (example pictured) internationally than in any other class of road sign?
* ...that in 2007, the Trinity Tigers threw 15 backward passes in 62 seconds to defeat the Millsaps Majors with the longest play in college football history?
* ...that the Jami al-Tawarikh, a work of Persian literature by Rashid al-Din, was initially commissioned to document the history of the Mongols, but later expanded to cover the history of the entire world as known to Persians from the time of Adam to the 14th century?
* ...that some U.S. commercial airliners are now being equipped with the Northrop Grumman Guardian anti-missile system to counter terrorist attacks with shoulder-launched missiles?
* ...that during the Peninsular War, French forces in Extremadura led by Marshal &#201;douard Mortier took barely an hour to kill 1,000 Spanish soldiers and take 4,000 prisoners in winning the Battle of the Gebora?
* ...that Praejectus, Bishop of Clermont, was assassinated for his supposed involvement in the earlier death of a lord of Marseilles?
* ...that Batesian and M&#252;llerian mimicry provided early evidence for the theory of evolution put forward by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace?
* ...that French poet Ronsard correctly predicted that Tuileries Palace, one of the many building projects of Catherine de' Medici (pictured), would be deserted within a hundred years?
* ...that water absorption is responsible for most of the incoming sunlight and outgoing thermal radiation absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere?
* ...that the police officer who illegally shot Nathaniel Levi Gaines in 1996 became the third officer from the New York City Police Department to be sentenced for committing a crime while on active duty?
* ...that Khoo Kheng-Hor, a Malaysian author, was appointed as honorary Assistant Superintendent of Police in Singapore, in recognition for his contemporary application of Sun Tzu's Art of War?
* ...that David Letterman parodied Werner Erhard in the 1978 Mork & Mindy episode Mork Goes Erk?
* ...that the American Ceylon Mission founded Asia's first all girls boarding school in 1824, in Sri Lanka?
* ...that Juan Bautista Villalpando proposed that the classical orders were derived originally from Solomon's Temple, not from ancient Greek architecture as Vitruvius had written?
* ...that California's 2007 Santiago Fire (pictured) was started deliberately?
* ...that Andrew Michael Dasburg's three "daringly experimental" Cubist pieces at the 1913 Armory Show introduced many Americans to modern art?
* ...that the Lw&#243;w dialect was one of the first dialects of the Polish language to be properly classified?
* ...that the human mouth is colonized by microorganisms around puberty?
* ...that Judge Henry Stump of Baltimore's circuit court was the only jurist in the history of Maryland to be removed from the bench by the Maryland General Assembly?
* ...that BBC journalist Leonard Miall worked on psychological warfare in New York and San Francisco with the Political Warfare Executive during World War II?
* ...that granular cheese is produced by repeatedly stirring and draining a mixture of curds and whey?
* ...that the monastery of Nea Moni on the island of Chios, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, contains some of the finest surviving mosaics (example pictured) from the Macedonian Renaissance?
* ...that Prema Karanth is the first woman to direct a Kannada film?
* ...that the astronomical observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica is named after physicist Martin A. Pomerantz?
* ...that a T-54 tank of the Polish Army killed seven children watching on the sidewalk during a military parade in Szczecin in 1962?
* ...that Shaukat Usmani was a candidate for the Communist Party of Great Britain in the 1929 UK general election while imprisoned in India?
* ...that Node Magazine, a hypertext version of William Gibson's Spook Country, is a fictional magazine named after a fictional magazine in the novel?
* ...that Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb (pictured) was jailed for his failure to submit to a U.S. Special Registration program from which he was supposed to be exempt?
* ...that the First International Syndicalist Congress in 1913 was compared to "Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark" because the world's largest syndicalist organization was absent?
* ...that Sir John Port, patron of Oxford University was involved in the trials of two saints and a Queen?
* ...that though it started as a block party in 1975, Capital Pride in Washington, D.C., is now the fourth-largest gay pride parade and festival in the United States?
* ...that William Couper is considered one of the first prominent entomologists in Canada?
* ...that Shoyna, on a peninsula of Russia's Nenets Autonomous Okrug, is more than half buried by sand dunes caused by permafrost and trawling?
* ...that the foundation of the largest dam in Iraq is subject to so much erosion that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has warned about the risk of a collapse that would kill up to 500,000 people?
* ...that BBC cameraman Charles de Jaeger got the idea for the Panorama April Fools report on the Swiss spaghetti harvest from a phrase used by one of his school teachers in Vienna?
* ...that fossil Thelodont fish (depiction pictured) surprised scientists by showing that stomachs evolved before jaws?
* ...that the Treaty of Reichenbach signaled both Prussia's first retreat from the policies of Frederick the Great, as well as the beginning of its decline?
* ...that an explanation for the derivation of Aughanduff, a townland in Armagh, is that it means ford of the ox or &#193;th an Daimh in Irish?
* ...that Song Hye-rang is a North Korean defector who looked after Kim Jong-nam, the child of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il?
* ...that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Beard v. Banks that it is not unconstitutional to deny newspapers to violent prison inmates, who can use them to start fires and make weapons?
* ...that the Australian lamington cake is believed to have been named after Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, the then-Governor of Queensland?
* ...that during the Lithuanian press ban from 1864 to 1904, it was illegal in Lithuania to print, import, distribute, or possess any publications that were written in the Lithuanian language using the Latin alphabet?
* ...that Chef Morou Ouattara opened his own restaurant after he lost his job as Signatures Restaurant's executive chef in the fallout of the Jack Abramoff scandals?
* ...that RAOC officer George Styles was awarded the George Cross in 1972 for defusing booby-trapped bombs planted by terrorists in Northern Ireland, including two bombs left at the Europa Hotel in Belfast within a matter of days?
* ...that Joshua Jebb designed equipment for siege warfare and famous prisons like Pentonville (pictured), Mountjoy and Broadmoor?
* ...that the programmable metallization cell is one of many contenders aiming to become a Flash RAM replacement?
* ...that in the year 2004, both the Tamil and Telugu language versions of the Kannada novel Parva won the Sahitya Akademi of India's translation award?
* ...that a church was built in memory of Parkin Jeffcock who led a rescue during the Oaks colliery explosions which killed over 350?
* ...that the paddle-wheel cyclogyro aircraft design refuses to die after almost a century of failed attempts to build one?
* ...that Powderfinger's "Living Type" was about Charles Manson's cult victims, not about love or menstruation as had been speculated by some lyrical analysts?
* ...that Luzerne County Commissioner, former professional athlete and University of Michigan Wolverine offensive lineman, Greg Skrepenak, was inducted into the Pennsylvania State Sports Hall of Fame?

* ...that Edward Abbott was the first judge to sit in a permanent civil court in the Australian State of Tasmania?

* ...that Olegarius, Archbishop of Tarragona, became a canon priest when he was only ten years old?
* ...that John Phillips (jurist) was one of the first judges appointed to the Victorian Court of Appeal and that his nickname was "Equity Jack"?
* ...that the 74181 chip (pictured) greatly simplified the development and manufacture of computers during the late 1960s and 1970s?
* ...that Bartolom&#233; Calvo became President of the Granadine Confederation after his predecessor's term ended and no new president had been elected?
* ...that during the Italian War of 1542–1546, the population of Toulon, France was expelled to make room for an Ottoman naval base?
* ...that an aircraft which misses the arrestor cables on an aircraft carrier and needs to accelerate away is referred to as a bolter?
* ...that the exploits of the 6th century Roman general John Troglita are the subject of one of the last epic poems of Antiquity, the Iohannis by Flavius Cresconius Corippus?
* ...that Singaporean conscript Dave Teo gained national headlines when he went AWOL with an assault rifle and was subsequently caught in an upscale shopping district twenty hours later?
* ...that Gladstone's Land (pictured) is a restored six-storey-high tenement building, built in 1550, and situated on Edinburgh's Royal Mile?
* ...that Julia Ward Howe, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and champion of emancipation and women's suffrage, was also a founder of the Women's Rest Tour Association of Boston?
* ...that Michael Jordan's Restaurant in Chicago received as many as 7,000 telephone calls per day during its first few months of operation?
* ...that Hare Field was the first all-weather high school football field in Oregon?
* ...that founder Beulah Burke organized and was the first regional director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's Midwestern region?
* ...that Sardarji jokes are the most popular ethnic jokes in India?
* ...that John Fowler won the 1858 prize of the Royal Agricultural Society for mechanical cultivation using winches and a steam engine?
* ...that Sagittarius B2 is a giant molecular cloud near the Galactic Center where half of all known interstellar molecules were first discovered?
* ...that there are seven dialectal groups of the Polish language, each primarily associated with a certain geographical region?