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George Henry Jenkins

... that George Jenkins (pictured) was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"?
... that the Golden State Valkyries are the first expansion franchise in the WNBA since 2008?
... that a 2021 Dutch translation of the Bible introduces five new animals?
... that in Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945, "the 'American people' appear with conspicuous infrequency"?
... that Julian Prégardien's performance as the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion was noted by one reviewer for its emphatic and penetrating "profoundly human" nature?
... that The New York Times called Teeth a "feminist awakening with a lethal bite"?
... that Debbie Currie once worked as a lollipop lady?
... that the Missoula Children's Theatre works with more than 65,000 children every year?
... that in two years the Thourots became the Brewers, who became the Palaces, who became the Jackaways, who became the Mules, who then disbanded?

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January 18

...that Malcolm Perry was the first doctor to attend to President Kennedy and performed a tracheotomy which inadvertently destroyed ballistics evidence key to determining who assassinated the president? — Scm83x ^talk 03:00, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

January 17

...that the Select Vestries Bill is customarily given a pro forma first reading in the House of Lords at the start of each session of Parliament before a debate on the Queen's Speech, to demonstrate that the House can debate on whatever it chooses and set its own business independently of the Crown? -- ALoan (Talk) 17:00, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that prehistoric inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay Area fished the bat ray in large numbers, while more recently in the same region it is taken mostly by oyster growers who mistakenly believe it feeds on their oysters? Demi ^T/_C 15:17, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Has a picture. Punkmorten 21:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

January 16

...that while they were part of the hit television war sitcom Dad's Army, Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender were also acting in the radio series Parsley Sidings? --Loopy ^e 05:00, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that Chuck Muncie was a star running back for The University of California during the 1970s, where he broke six school rushing records that remain standing until this day, among them most touchdowns and most yards in a single season. Self-nom --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 02:33, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński, a Polish general, one of the high-ranking commanders of the Polish Army, a veteran of World War I, Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Soviet War, was murdered by the Soviets during the Polish Defensive War of 1939? Self-nom, but much credit should go to Halibutt who de-stubbed and greatly expanded the article.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 04:22, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Even the nomination, let alone the article, is POV as hell. I fail to see how an agressive general, who led the Polish invasion of Russia in 1919 and was executed during another war, may be said to have been "murdered". Please modify inflammatory wording. --Ghirla | talk 07:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

January 15

...that the founders of the Communist League in Denmark, had departed from the Left Socialists in 1972 even though they had been in majority in that party? --Soman 16:33, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- stubby. --Gurubrahma 18:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Virgo Stellar Stream is the proposed name for a stream of stars in the constellation of Virgo which are thought to be the remains of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that is in the process of merging with the Milky Way? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- stubby. --Gurubrahma 18:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that Michael Bates was an Olympic bronze medalist sprinter and a Pro Bowl American football player? Zafiroblue05 05:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Rather stubby --152.163.100.197 21:42, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that in his design for Karlskirche in Vienna the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach aspired to synthesize the main ideas found in the most important sacred structures of past and present? --self-nom by Ghirla | talk 03:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- It is technically a new article, as it was a stub till date. --Ghirla | talk 03:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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...that Francis Birtles was an Australian adventurer who set many long distance cycling and driving records including becoming the first man to drive a car from England to Australia in 1927? (Francis in his car)
...that the Bulldozer Exhibition has got its name because the Soviet authorities actually used bulldozers to disperse the spectators and destroy the paintings of the participating Moscow nonconformist artists?
...that Akira Machida is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, and that there have been 15 Chief Justices of Japan since 1947?
...that Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club is the Venezuelan soccer club with the most appearances in the Copa Libertadores?

...that the French Navy's Le Napoléon (1850) was the first steam battleship in history? (Image:Napoleon(1850).jpg)
...that Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski was the only Muslim to be appointed General-Adjutant of the Emperor of Russia?
...that the 1927 silent film The Scar of Shame is an early example of a "race movie," in which a feature film was made by a black cast exclusively for black audiences?
...that quarterback Bill Kenney is the only player named Mr. Irrelevant (an "award" traditionally given to the last selection of the NFL Draft) to appear in the Pro Bowl?

...that sculptor Pavel Sokolov designed sphinxes for Egyptian Bridge, griffins for Bank Bridge, and lions for Bridge of Four Lions in Saint Petersburg? (Image:Sankt Petersburg Banken Brücke 2005 b.jpg)
...that the history of Judaism in Japan started in 1861 when approximately fifty Jewish families settled in Yokohama?
...that Kishan Shrikanth, age ten, is in the process of directing a Kannada-language feature film, C/o Footpath, which will almost certainly make him the youngest director ever to release a commercial feature film?
...that John Crocker, a British corps commander in World War II, served as a both a private and a general in the British Army?

...that the North American Phalanx was a mid-19th century Utopian community in Monmouth County, New Jersey based on the idea of French socialist Charles Fourier?(North American Phalanx)
...that prolific designer Adrian created costumes for over 200 films during his career at MGM?
...that Walther Flemming, a German histologist, discovered mitosis (cell division), chromatin and chromosomes, and that this is considered one of the 100 most important scientific discoveries in history?
...that The Chesterfield Kings, a veteran garage rock band from Rochester, New York, are currently suing their longtime record label over nonpayment of royalties, and are being represented by a lawyer who played keyboards on several of their albums?

...that Anatoly Durov was one of the founding fathers of the Soviet circus? (Anatoly Durov)
...that the history of writing began in the 4th millennium BC out of neolithic proto-writing?
...that Chemmeen, a popular Malayalam novel, was made into a colour Cinemascope film, one of the first in Malayalam film industry?
...that the official title of the "Stars on 45 Medley", which names a total of 11 different songs, makes it the longest-titled song ever to make the Billboard charts in the United States?

...that the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne was once described as "the best cinema that was ever built or is ever likely to be built"? (Capitol Theatre)
...that in 1911 baseball player Ed Konetchy and the St. Louis Cardinals were involved in a train wreck that killed 12 and injured 47, and Konetchy and manager Roger Bresnahan led the rescue effort?
...that the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor is a US$1 billion biotechnology initiative that gets its funding from Michigan's settlement with the tobacco industry?
...that many Russians celebrate the new year twice: once on the January 1 New Year of the Gregorian calendar and again on the Julian calendar Old New Year in mid-January?

...that Indonesia is the world's fourth largest producer of coffee? (Roasting of Coffee)
...that although Thomas S. Hamblin preferred ballet and opera, he staged low-brow melodrama, farce, and variety acts at the Bowery Theatre?
...that the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, though not written by Saint Jerome himself, was the most widely-used martyrology during the Middle Ages?
...that Gilles Joye, a Renaissance composer, was known for brawling and frequenting brothels—but later became a priest?
...that Dawn Steel was the first woman to head a major Hollywood film studio?

...that at Cirque d'hiver (the "Winter Circus") in Paris, the idea of stylish evening circus performances for fashionable audiences was invented by Louis Dejean? (Metropolitan Board of Works)
...that "truthiness," a word made up by Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, was selected as the 2005 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society?
...that Yaroslav of Halych's repudiation of his wife led to a popular uprising, in the course of which his favorite concubine was burnt alive?
...that alligation is a practical method for solving arithmetic problems related to mixtures?

...that Frederick Marrable resigned his post as Chief Architect to the Metropolitan Board of Works in London when they offered him a derisory salary raise? (Metropolitan Board of Works)
...that hypostatic abstraction is the name given to the process describing how the proposition "X is Y" is transformed to "X has Y-ness"?
...that the city of Barreiras in Bahia, Brazil remained isolated for nearly a decade in the 1960s when the power plant closed?
...that Zhang Mao became the ruler of Former Liang when a magician had his brother (the then-governor) assassinated?

...that Tegernsee Abbey in Bavaria was founded by the nobleman Otkar, supposedly after his son had been killed during a game of chess by the son of King Pippin III with the chessboard? (Tegernsee Abbey)
...that in the iconic 1955 Richard Avedon photograph, supermodel Dovima posed wearing a Dior evening dress standing with circus elephants?
...that four EU-Russia Common Spaces were articulated during the Moscow EU-Russia summit in May 2005?
...that Count Orlov's Marble Palace, decorated with 32 shades of Russian marbles, currently houses the largest exhibition of Pop Art in Saint Petersburg? (Marble Palace)
...that Australian sprinter Stanley Rowley is the only Olympic participant to win medals for two countries at the same Olympic Games?
...that Kanyasulkam, written by Gurajada Apparao in 1892, is the first Telugu play dealing with social issues?
...that the Seleucid era was a system of numbering years from the return of Seleucus I Nicator to Babylon in 312 BC?

...that the French submarine Plongeur, built in 1863, was the first submarine in the world not to use human power for propulsion? (Plongeur submarine)
...that L. V. Prasad had the unique distinction of acting in the first talkies in three different Indian languages: Hindi, Telugu and Tamil?
...that the Mount Victoria Tunnel is 623 metres long and was the first New Zealand tunnel to have air conditioning?
...that the Caribbean Club in Key Largo, Florida was built by former millionaire promoter Carl Graham Fisher as "a poor man's retreat" and became famous as a filming site for the 1947 film Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall?

...that Brutus de Villeroi was a French engineer who created the USS Alligator, the U.S. Navy's first submarine, in 1862? (USS Alligator)
...that the Zagreb mid-air collision over Croatia in 1976 was one of the deadliest mid-air collisions?
...that apart from cellmate George McKnight, U.S. Navy officer George Thomas Coker was the only POW to escape from the "Hanoi Hilton"?
...that New York City authorities asked the Museum of Sex not to locate itself within 500 feet of a church or school?

...that the Khreschatyk is the main street of Ukrainian capital Kiev on which Orange Revolution and other historical events mainly took place? (Khreschatyk)
...that the Ramona Valley in San Diego County California is the country's 162nd American Viticultural Area, and only the third such AVA designated in Southern California by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau?
...that the nature of the female orgasm is a field of research for academics studying female sexuality?
...that the All Sky Automated Survey is a Polish astronomical project based in Chile, controlled remotely from Poland through the Internet, and that it has discovered two comets since 1996 with a tiny budget?

...that there are many multi-headed animals in mythology and fiction, but there have also been numerous real animals that had two heads?
...that the fighter pilot Aleksandr Kazakov destroyed 32 German and Austro-Hungarian planes during WWI, while his formal tally of 17 is explained by the fact that only planes crashed in the Russian-held territory were officially counted?
...that the asteroid 7796 Járacimrman, discovered in 1996 on Kleť Observatory and named after the famous fictitious Czech genius Jára Cimrman, proved to be the lost asteroid that had already been observed in 1973 on Brera-Merate Observatory in northern Italy?
...that the Russian singer Alla Bayanova, who celebrated the 80th anniversary of her stage performance back in 2003, recently collaborated with Marc Almond on several duets?

...that Albert Einstein's brain was preserved after his death, and has been used in debates about the correlation between neuroanatomy and genius? (Albert Einstein)
...that botanist Edgar Anderson was a founding member of the Society for the Study of Evolution and an active member of the Religious Society of Friends?
...that Chester Racecourse is the oldest horse racing course in the England, built on the site of a blocked harbour in 1533?
...that after Tony Kiritsis was declared "not guilty by reason of insanity" in 1977, Indiana legislators amended the law to provide for verdicts of "guilty but mentally ill" and "not responsible by reason of insanity"?

...that a Knox County, Ohio, tradition credits members of the Snowden Family Band with writing the song "Dixie"? (Lew Snowden from the Snowden Family Band)
...that Paul Posluszny, a linebacker for Penn State's football team, was recently named college football's best defensive player of the year?
...that Variation and Evolution in Plants is one of the four canonical texts of the modern evolutionary synthesis and that all four texts were compiled following the authors' presentation of the Jesup Lectures at Columbia University?
...that Drayton Hall, built 1738–42, near Charleston, South Carolina, is considered one of the most handsome Neo-Palladian houses in North America?

...that Central Fire Station, the oldest existing fire station in Singapore, had only four portable water pumps when it was completed in 1908? (Image:Central Fire Station, Dec 05.JPG)
...that Henry Paget, known as "the dancing Marquess", inherited his peerage at the age of 23 and spent so much on clothes, jewelry and parties that he went bankrupt with debts of £544,000 at the age of 28?
...that the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division was a Ukrainian military formation in the German armed forces during the World War II and that it fought against the Red Army in Graz, Austria?
...that Aliwalia is the earliest known carnivorous dinosaur, and was huge for its time?

...that the Pentastomida are parasitic invertebrates commonly known as tongue worms because of their resemblance to vertebrate tongues? (Linguatula taenioides a tongue worm)
...that Rattlesnake James, the last man to be hanged in California, was convicted of drowning his wife after a failed first attempt to kill her with rattlesnake venom?
...that Robin Williams' A Night at the Met won a Grammy for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical?
...that Richard Butler and his father were 31st and 23rd Premiers of South Australia, respectively?

...that a palinode is a type of retraction poem championed by Chaucer? (Image:Geoffrey_Chaucer.jpeg)
...that although there are 75 West Indian women who have played one-day international cricket, only 54 of them have represented the West Indies?
...that the same visual hallucinations of geometric patterns, known as form constants, are seen in near-death experiences, synesthesia, and drug-enduced hallucinatory visions?
...that Ampelosaurus was a European dinosaur that bore spikes on its back up to 20 cm long?

...that the Marian column on which Our Lady stands on Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome originally supported the vault of the Basilica of Constantine at the Roman Forum and was the only one such column to survive the Basilica's destruction in an earthquake? (Marian column in Rome)
...that as part of Fukubukuro, a New Year's custom in Japan, merchants offer bags of merchandise for prices much lower than the normal value of the items inside?
...that the first Australian national sporting team to wear the now traditional green and gold team colours were the Australian cricket team that toured England in 1899?
...that Estela Ruiz claims to have seen and spoken with the Blessed Virgin Mary in South Phoenix, Arizona continually from 1988 to 1998?

...that using an orthotropic deck instead of a concrete deck reduced the mass of the Golden Gate Bridge by 11,160 metric tons? (The Golden Gate Bridge now has an orthotropic deck)
...that Alice Nelson and Sam the Butcher were engaged to be married in the final season of the sitcom The Brady Bunch?
...that Space.com is a space and astronomy news website launched in 1999 by CNN anchor Lou Dobbs?
...that James McClinton was the first African American mayor of Topeka, Kansas, appointed by the city council in December 2003, but that the electorate of the city passed a referendum the following year to strip the office of political power?

...that the Chickens War of 1537 was a protest in Kingdom of Poland, and it was named so by the victorious opposition, who claimed that the instigators only succeeded in nearly total consumption of chickens in Lesser Poland? (Image:Roast chicken.jpg)
...that the Miranzai Valley is a fertile mountain valley in the Kohat district of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan?
...that the Cowboy Trail is the longest rails to trails conversion project in the United States?
...that James Sadleir was expelled from the British House of Commons in 1857 after helping his brother take £288,000 from the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank, fled from justice, and ended up murdered in Geneva?

...that the campus of Michigan State University has 676 buildings, with a total of 2.073 million m² of floor space? (Image:MSU South Campus skyline.jpg)
...that Teatro Campesino or "farmworkers theater" began perfoming in 1965 on flat bed trucks in the fields with the United Farm Workers in Delano, California and still puts on performances today?
...that The Squirrels, Seattle-based practitioners of the "Frankenstein method of song arrangement", recorded a "Stars on 45"-style medley of songs from The Wizard of Oz, which was among the 142 7-inch records that British DJ John Peel set aside in a box to grab if his house ever caught fire?
...that a quadrature phase booster is a specialised form of transformer used to control the flow of electric power on electricity transmission networks?

...that the Sky Ride at the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress carried 4.5 million fairgoers in "rocket cars" 60 m above ground, before being demolished in 1934? (Image:6a28300u Sky RideTower.png)
...that Earl Morrall was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1968, after replacing the injured Johnny Unitas, and led the Colts into Super Bowl III?
...that Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov was renowned for his expertise at artificially inseminating mares?
...that some scientists, in response to the popular idiom dismissing the possibility, have conducted experiments to compare apples and oranges?

...that the Family Viewing Hour was mandated by the FCC to keep the earliest one hour in U.S. prime-time television "safe" for the entire family? (Image:Family Watching TV in the 1950s.jpg)
...that by the time American football player Nat Moore retired in 1986, he had broken almost every receiving record of the Miami Dolphins?
...that Go.com partnered with Goto.com in 2001, even though a judge had ordered Go.com to pay Goto.com $21.5 million earlier for having a similar logo?
...that a dead-rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches?

...that the Cumberland Gap Tunnel between Kentucky and Tennessee replaced a stretch of road that had been called "Massacre Mountain" because of the number of motorists killed there? (Image:CGTunnel.jpg)
...that Sesame Beginnings was spun-off the long-running Sesame Street, and is designed to increase family interactivity?
...that The Berghoff restaurant in Chicago will close on 28 February 2006 after 107 years of operation by three generations of the Berghoff family?
...that the Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia attempted unsuccessfully to build a railroad from Djibouti to Addis Ababa in the 1890s?

...that Wilson Peak in Colorado has been used in dozens of national and local advertising campaigns because of its charismatic and characteristically rugged mountain appearance? (Image:wilson peak cropped.jpg)
...that, in 1974, intruder Marshall Fields drove a vehicle through the gates of the White House, prompting a review in security measures by the U.S. Secret Service?
...that Jöran Persson, King Eric XIV of Sweden's most trusted counselor, was executed by King John III of Sweden for his role in suppressing the nobility?
...the Stadion Graz-Liebenau in Austria was renamed after controversy over Arnold Schwarzenegger's decisions in recent death penalty cases in California?

...that the Moika River in St Petersburg was originally spanned by four bridges only: the Blue, the Green, the Yellow, and the Red? (Image:Moika.jpg)
...that Dimba was the top goalscorer of the 2003 Brazilian football championship?
...that PSUC viu was formed by a group of hardline communists in Catalonia, Spain in 1997, as the historical Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) became dormant?
...that Kellie Castle in Scotland dates back to 1150 and it is rumoured that the 5th Earl of Kellie hid there in a burnt-out tree stump for the entire summer following the Battle of Culloden in 1746?

...that the 14th-century Lennoxlove House in East Lothian, Scotland contains many important artworks and artefacts, including the death mask of Mary, Queen of Scots? (Image:Lennoxlove House.jpg)
...that ministeriales formed the core of the knightly class in the 15th-century Germany?
...that Garo Yepremian was voted as Kicker of the Decade by the Pro Football Hall of Fame between 1970 and 1980?
...that the 13th-century Tale of the Greenlanders is one of the main sources of information for the Norse colonization of the Americas?

...that it was at Petersberg where the Bonn Agreement concerning Afghanistan was actually negotiated and signed? (Image:Petersberg.jpg)
...that Frank Ticheli is an American composer whose works have become particularly notable as standards in concert band repertoire?
...that Corry v. Stanford was a California court case that declared Stanford University's speech code illegal under the freedom of speech protections of the state's Leonard Law?
...that Mifune Chizuko, a Japanese clairvoyant, was reported to have read messages written inside hidden envelopes?

...that the American Bridge Company, builders of four of the world's tallest buildings, was founded on land in Ambridge, Pennsylvania that was bought from the Harmony Society whose celibacy practice led to their decline? (Image:Sears tower orthogonal.jpg)
...that Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet was Franklin's proposal for a spelling reform of the English language?
...that several cases of interactions between Buddhism and the Roman world are documented by Classical and early Christian authors?
...that veduta was the most popular genre of landscape painting in the 18th century?

...that the Dunmore Pineapple was a folly where pineapples were grown in Scotland from 1761 and that it was built by the 4th Earl of Dunmore, John Murray, who later became governor of Virginia Colony in North America? (Image:Dunmore pineapple north elevation.jpg)
...that Murray Raney, who developed the Raney nickel catalyst, did not attend high school?
...that the greatest shrine of the Pochayiv Lavra in Ukraine is a footprint left by the Theotokos on the rock after she appeared to the monks in the shape of a column of fire?
...that the short-lived Apple Network Servers were the last non-Macintosh computers manufactured by Apple?

...that Cassiobury Park is the principal amenity area of Watford, Hertfordshire, in England? (Image:Cassiobury park 1888.jpg)
...that Nottinghamshire and England cricketer Charles Wright was the first captain to declare an innings closed?
...that Rickard D. Gwydir, an early settler of Washington state, was born in Kolkata and served in the Confederate army before being named Indian agent of the Colville Indian Reservation?
...that the English football player Eric Brook is the all-time record goalscorer for Manchester City F.C. with 178 goals?

...that Italian Renaissance architect and stage designer Nicola Sabbatini discovered that the l'œil du prince ("the prince's eye") has the best perspective of the stage of any seat in a theater's audience? (Image:Oeil-du-prince.jpg)
...that the first Superman character in Superman's publication history, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, was not a hero, but a villain?
...that the Dunmore Pineapple was a folly where pineapples were grown in Scotland from 1761 and that it was built by the 4th Earl of Dunmore, John Murray, who later became governor of Virginia Colony in North America? (Image:Dunmore pineapple north elevation.jpg)

...that Murray Raney, who developed the Raney nickel catalyst, did not attend high school?

...that the greatest shrine of the Pochayiv Lavra in Ukraine is a footprint left by the Theotokos on the rock after she appeared to the monks in the shape of a column of fire?

...that the short-lived Apple Network Servers were the last non-Macintosh computers manufactured by Apple? ...that Rue de l'Abbaye in Paris takes its name from an abbey where the Merovingian kings of France used to be interred?

...that the 1966 New York City transit strike at the start of the mayoralty of John V. Lindsay was led by the defiant Irish-born TWU founder Mike Quill, who was briefly jailed for leading the illegal strike, and died before the month was out?

...that sand festivals are held all over the world and not only on sandy beaches? (Image:Nn-003-kipling.jpg)
...that John Kemble, hanged in 1679 for his part in the Titus Oates plot, was subsequently canonized by the Roman Catholic Church?
...that a nineteenth century utopian socialist community known as Kaweah Colony identified the world's largest tree now called the General Sherman tree, and named it after Karl Marx?
...that the song "Wildwood Flower" evolved from a 19th century parlor song called "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" and that the song was most famously performed by the Carter Family?

...that Khabarovsk Railway Bridge, the longest in Eurasia, was originally named Alekseyevsky after Tsesarevich Alexis? (Image:Amurbridge.jpg)
...that Dan Brown's depictions of core aspects of Christianity and the history of the Roman Catholic Church in his most famous novel have generated numerous criticisms of The Da Vinci Code among critics who feel that much of what he wrote is factually inaccurate?
...that a new free trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore will come into effect on 1 January 2006?
...that electrogas welding is an arc welding process commonly used in the shipbuilding industry?

...that Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac sponsored the construction of Pažaislis monastery, one of the finest examples of baroque architecture in Lithuania? (Image:Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac.jpg)
...that a historic Water Village built on stilts above a river is home to ten percent of the population of the country of Brunei?
...that while the Berber scholar Arsène Roux of France collected and studied an enormous amount of Sous Berber texts and manuscripts, almost nothing from his scholarly work actually saw publication during his lifetime?
...that the defeat of the Welsh army in the Battle of Orewin Bridge effectively ended the independence of medieval Wales?

...that Cavenagh Bridge, the only suspension bridge in Singapore, was originally designed as a drawbridge but on its completion in 1869 was found to be suitable only as a fixed structure, and is now a pedestrian bridge? (Image:Cavenagh Bridge 6, Dec 05.JPG)
...that forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union was considered as part of war reparations to cover the damages inflicted by Nazi Germany on the Soviet Union during the World War II?
...that in 1994, Greg Landry was a key reason why Illinois had the second-best passing offense in the Big Ten, which eventually carried the team to a 30-0 win in the Liberty Bowl over East Carolina, the school’s first bowl appearance in 16 seasons?
...that dead yellow patches in suburban Australian lawns are often the work of Christmas beetle larvae?

...that the Nativity Church at Putinki was the last pyramidal church constructed in Muscovite Russia? Image:Putinki.jpg
...that the film I'm No Angel (1933) starred Mae West as a circus lion tamer, and that West did her own stunts including riding an elephant into the ring and putting her face between the lion's jaws?
...that the Housing Act 1980 was an Act of Parliament that gave residents of council houses in Great Britain the right to buy their residence?
...that the early Italian composer Gherardello da Firenze belonged to the Benedictine order of the Vallombrosa?

...that Francis Wayland Parker, creator of the Quincy Plan and founder of the School of Education at the University of Chicago, was called the "father of progressive education" by American educational reformer John Dewey? (Image:Francis W Parker.jpg)
...that the Karamanli dynasty of 18th century Tripoli depended almost entirely on piracy for its income?
...that the In Soviet Georgia advertisements for Dannon yogurt helped to reverse negative growth in the company's United States division?
...that David Tweed is an Australian share market trader who has attempted to purchase shares from small investors for less than the market price?

...that the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was inscribed on the World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of Central European Baroque artistic expression"? (Image:Holy Trinity Column.jpg)
...that Clinton v. Jones established that a President of the United States was not exempt from being sued by private citizens in civil lawsuits?
...that the Kanembu, an ethnic group of Chad, are generally considered the modern descendants of the Kanem-Bornu Empire?
...the chess Grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann is one of the world's leading experts on the French Defence?

...that the doshpuluur is a two-stringed lute of Tuva commonly used to accompany throat singing? (Image:Doshpuluur.png)
...that the National Museum of Mali is housed in a traditional mud brick structure?
...that Serge Chermayeff and Erich Mendelsohn designed the De La Warr Pavilion in 1934, and that the Pavilion is a significant work in the British modernist movement of architecture?
...that California's Leonard Law applies the United States Constitution's First Amendment protections to students at private colleges and universities?

...that Palace Bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is lifted every night, making communication between the downtown and Vasilievsky Island virtually impossible?(Image:Sankt Petersburg Dworzowy-Bridge 2005 b.jpg)
...that the Indian cricketer Bapu Nadkarni got the nickname Bapu—literally, father, and Mahatma Gandhi's sobriquet—for the curious reason that he used to wear loincloths (langotis) instead of modern underwear?
...that a violent incident at Pont-de-Montvert in the Cévennes, July 24, 1702, sparked the rebellion of the French Protestant Camisards?
...that the Adrar des Ifoghas, a sandstone massif in Mali's Kidal Region, is half the size of France?

...that the American photographer Arthur Rothstein is famous mostly for his photographs of Gee's Bend in Alabama, a poor African American tenant community? (Image:Pettway home.jpg)
...that French naturalist and explorer Théodore Monod had the same great-grandfather as biologist Jacques Monod and director Jean-Luc Godard?
...that string instruments are bowed, plucked, or have their strings struck, with three exceptions : the Aeolian harp uses air movement, the Hurdy gurdy a rotating wheel and for Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument it will take rosined hands?
...that it took half a century to construct Bolshoi Kamennyi Bridge, which was the first stone bridge in the city of Moscow?

...that prior to the construction of the Colonial Building the first legislative assembly for the Newfoundland government was held at a tavern and lodging house owned and operated by a Mrs. Travers? (Image:Colonial riot 500.jpg)
...that John Drainie was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles?
...that Steadicam camera magazines are specially designed with a pair of moving spindles that gradually change position as the film rolls through the camera in order to maintain a steady center of gravity?
...that Yusuf ibn Ali Karamanli, pasha of Tripoli, declared war on the United States in 1801 by ordering the flagpole of Tripoli's United States consulate cut down?

...that the Château de Lusignan, now in ruins, was so impressive that a 14th-century legend credited its construction to a water faery, Melusine—as a love-gift? (Image:Les_Très_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_mars.jpg
...that broadcasting in the Soviet Union was so secretive that they didn't disclose the frequencies the domestic radio stations operated on, thus leaving SWLs wanting to tune into Soviet radio to memorize the frequencies and remember where the sites were?
...that Seattle-based company Sur La Table is the second-largest specialty cookware retailer in the United States, after Williams-Sonoma?
...that John Surma is the president and chief executive officer of United States Steel Corporation?

...that Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was only twenty-eight years old when he helped found Pan American World Airways?
...that the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and design represented a drastic rupture with Byzantine traditions that had dominated Russian architecture for almost a millenium? Image:Pan Am 747 LAX.jpg
...that the Inca Dove is a small New World dove that ranges from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica?
...that Tom Bauer is a lawyer and politician from Saint Louis, Missouri who was recalled after supporting several redevelopment proposals using eminent domain?

...that Huangshan Pines are venerated in China for their unique rugged shapes, and are frequently portrayed in traditional Chinese paintings?(Image:Huang shan resa huangshan6.JPG)
...that Negro League catcher Biz Mackey was regarded in his prime as superior to Josh Gibson, won two batting titles, and mentored the young Roy Campanella?
...that there are more than 100 nature reserves in Russia, which cover an area of about 33 million hectares?
...that Rabbi David Wolpe proposed that the name of Conservative Judaism be changed to Covenantal Judaism to better encompass the view that rabbinic law is both binding and evolving?

...that Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator were both filmed in the ksar Aït Benhaddou in Morocco? Image:Aït Benhaddou, a Kasbah.JPG
...that Jorge Isaacs' only novel, María, became an immediate success in his native Colombia and is considered a representative work of the Spanish Romantic movement?
...that the exhumation of Yagan's head in 1997 first required a sophisticated geophysical survey of the gravesite to ensure that the remains of 22 stillborn babies would not be disturbed?
...that the tiny municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec was set up in 1722 to protect its only occupant, a hospital, from taxes?

...that the Cave Bath of Miskolc, Hungary is an unusual thermal bath with low salt content, in a natural cave, that allows people to take a bath for a longer time? (Image:Mtapolca_cave_bath_entrance.jpg)
...that the Afro-Brazilian trader Octaviano Olympio dominated the politics of Lomé, Togo, for the first 50 years after its inception?
...that the race horse Flockton Grey did not even run in the race for which it is best remembered?
...that the Russian Byzantine historian Alexander Vasiliev was persuaded by Michael Rostovtzeff to defect in 1925?

...that the La Tour d'Auvergne family held three ducal titles in the Peerage of France - those of Duc de Bouillon, Duc d'Albret, and Duc de Chateau-Thierry? (Image:Bouillonarms.jpg)
...that Interrabang was an Italian television adventure series about a secret treasure hidden inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
...that the Blijde Inkomst (the "Joyous Entry") of January 1356 was the basic charter of freedoms for Brabant, compared by Romantic historians to Magna Carta?
...that as a child, B.A. Rolfe was billed as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder", and that he went on to become a bandleader and significant film producer?

...that you can find the acceleration and the displacement of a moving object by analyzing its velocity vs. time graph? (Image:Velocity vs time graph.PNG)
...that the parents of Chicana fiction writer and Cornell University English professor Helena Maria Viramontes met while working in the fields, and that the impact of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers later influenced her fiction?
...that the John Lennon song "Beautiful Boy" features the lines "Every day in every way/It's getting better and better", which were inspired by the mantra of French psychologist Émile Coué?
...that the earliest known patrilineal ancestors of the Romanov Dynasty of Russian tsars were a certain boyar Andrei, nicknamed "The Mare," and his son Fyodor, nicknamed "The Cat"?

...that the Don Cossack rebel Stenka Razin was quartered alive at the Lobnoye Mesto in Moscow on June 6, 1671? (Image:Lobnoye.jpg)
...that the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was launched to secure oil for Britain and provide a route for Lend-Lease supplies desperately needed by the Soviet Union during World War II?
...that soul singer Bettye Lavette's album Souvenirs was recorded in 1972, but was shelved by Atlantic Records until a French music collector discovered it and released it in 2000, sparking a continuing surge of interest in the singer?
...that the English garden designer Batty Langley attempted to "improve" Gothic architectural forms by giving them classical proportions, described in his book Gothic Architecture, improved by Rules and Proportions?

...that Christopher Columbus's journal is housed in the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, in a building by Juan de Herrera that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site? (Image:Cathedral and Archivo de Indias - Seville.jpg)
...that Frisian literature refers to written works produced in West Frisian, a language spoken primarily in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands?
...that the Florentine Mannerist sculptor Niccolo Tribolo is often called "the father of the Italian garden" for his axial designs for Cosimo I de Medici at the Boboli Gardens and at Cosimo's villas?
...that in an effort to generate listenership for his Top-40 radio station WHB, owner Todd Storz coordinated a treasure hunt that caused traffic tie-ups across the Kansas City metropolitan area?

...that according to Noongar culture, the Wagyl is a snake-like Dreamtime creature responsible for the creation of the Swan and Canning Rivers and other waterways around present-day Perth and the southwest of Western Australia? (Image:Swan River Map.png)
...that Cuban boxer Kid Charol fought former world middleweight champion Dave Chade and held him to a twelve-round draw despite being in critical condition due to tuberculosis?
...that the University of Arkansas owns SEFOR, a highly contaminated experimental research nuclear reactor that was deactived in 1972?
...that the Scouting movement's "one good turn" was inaugurated on behalf of British newspaper magnate Cyril Arthur Pearson, who founded several newspapers before going blind with glaucoma and then devoted his life in support of the blind?

...that the Soviet singer Lidiya Ruslanova financed the construction of two Katyusha batteries, which she presented to the Red Army in 1942? (Image:Ruslanova.jpg)
...that Rini Templeton created works of graphic art for the New Mexico Land-Grant movement before moving to Mexico to collaborate with the Labor movement there?
...that Lake Monger is one of the few remaining wetland areas in suburban Perth, Western Australia as up to 80% of the naturally occurring lakes and swamps north of the city have been reclaimed since European settlement in 1829?
...that Moctesuma Esparza is a Chicano filmmaker who produced the movie Selena?

... that according to legend, the Teufelstritt (Devil's Footstep), in the Munich Frauenkirche in Munich, Germany, marks the spot where the devil stood when he thought that the builder had constructed a cathedral with no windows? (Image:Frauenkirche München.jpg)
...that the trance producer Tatana Sterba is the only trance artist to have three consecutive album chart number ones in Switzerland?
...that in the mid-fourth millennium BC, at the "Eye Temple" at Nagar in northeastern Syria, hundreds of "eye idol" figurines with large watchful eyes were added to the very mortar used to build the temple?
...that in 1914, Lois Weber was the first American woman to direct a full-length feature film?

...that the Larkin Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was the first entirely air-conditioned modern office building on record? (Image:LarkinAdministrationBuilding1906.jpg)
...that the Soviet pop singer Klavdiya Shulzhenko performed more than 500 concerts in besieged Leningrad in 1941 and 1942?
...that the United States Air Force does not own the copyright to its official service song, "The U.S. Air Force"?
...that Jonas of Bobbio based his Life of St. Columbanus on the recollections of Benedictine monks who had known the Irish saint personally?

...that the Russian puppeteer Sergey Obraztsov owned one of the largest collections of puppets in the world? (Image:Obraztsov.jpg)
...that after the first demonstration by members of Catolicos Por La Raza at St. Basil's Cathedral, in downtown Los Angeles, California, the archbishop resigned?
...that the Christmas carol Carol of the Bells was originally a Ukrainian New Year's carol called Shchedryk?
...that Thomas Vorster, an alleged white supremacist terrorist in South Africa, was accused of plotting to throw poisoned oranges into the streets of Soweto?

...that Junípero Serra and Juan María de Salvatierra have both been called "the apostle of California," for their work establishing Spanish missions in Alta and Baja California, respectively? (Image:Juan María de Salvatierra.JPG)
...that the Girays of Crimea were regarded as the second family of the Ottoman Empire after the House of Ottoman?
...that of the hundreds of Sesame Street picture books illustrated, Ernie's Work of Art is one of the few with voice bubbles?
...that in 1977, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration banned the use of electroslag welding for joining certain bridge structural members due to quality concerns?

...that Momotus is a genus of green and blue birds with raquet-shaped tails? (Image:Blue-crowned Motmot back 2.jpg)
...that the submarine Nautile was used to probe the wrecks of the Titanic and Prestige?
...that Guyana won the first senior regional cricket tournament of the 2005-06 West Indian cricket season?
...that the Liverpool Scottish, a unit of the British Territorial Army, was raised in 1900 from Scotsmen living in Liverpool, England?
...that Agilisaurus was first discovered when construction workers were excavating a site for a new dinosaur museum in China?
...that the Norwegian politician Kåre Kristiansen, a former minister and chairman of the Christian People's Party, resigned from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in protest over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat?

...that there have been many castaways both in fiction and on real desert islands? (Image:Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday Offterdinger.jpg)
...that Man of the World was a 1960s UK television series starring Craig Stevens as a world-renowned photographer that spun off the series The Sentimental Agent?
...that leaders of Workers Resistance, a Trotskyist group in Ukraine, set up a swathe of invented parties in order to defraud other left-wing organisations?
...that The Clash's song "English Civil War," warning against the rise of far right groups in Britain, was adapted from a popular American Civil War song?

...that Edith Cowan was the first woman elected to a government in Australia? (Image:Edith Cowan.jpg)
...that the little-known Xiaosaurus may be an evolutionary missing link between Lesothosaurus to Hypsilophodon?
...that flutamide is a medicine used to treat prostate cancer?
...that on Christmas Eve 1969, when California lawyer and noted political activist Ricardo Cruz was a law student at Loyola Law School, he was arrested for leading a march of several hundred demonstrators protesting the newly constructed, $4 million St. Basil's Cathedral?
...that Baltimore, Maryland has a permanent Rumor Control Center?

...that Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" Gail Halvorsen would wiggle the wings of his plane to identify himself to children below? (Image:Gail-halvorsen-wiggly-wings.jpg)
...that selective yellow is a colour for automotive lamps, defined by UNECE Regulations, and that it was designed to improve vision and reduce glare by removing blue wavelengths from the projected light?
...that Senegalese marabout Mahmadu Lamine was executed by French soldiers for leading an 1886 rebellion against the French colonial government?
...that 1956 was the first time when a computer was able to play a chess-like game, Los Alamos chess?

...that the little borgo of Settignano, near Florence, Italy, was the birthplace of four sculptors of the Florentine Renaissance— Desiderio da Settignano, Bernardo Rossellino, Antonio Rossellino and Bartolomeo Ammanati? (Image:Telemaco Signorini 001.jpg)
...that the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. was an African Methodist Episcopal Church for 50 years before being rededicated last year?
...that the Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales of the Mexican-American War occured after the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was already signed?
...that the New Testament's "camel passing through the eye of a needle" is an example of adynaton, an extreme form of hyperbole used to imply impossibility?

...that Robert E. Brown was the ethnomusicologist credited with coining the term "world music"? (Image:RobertEBrown.jpg)
...that the Havengore is a ceremonial vessel that was used to carry the body of Winston Churchill during his state funeral on 30 January 1965?
...that the first gang injunction to make headlines was obtained by Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn against the West Los Angeles-based street gang the Playboy Gangster Crips in 1987?
...that the song "The Show Must Go On" by the British rock band Queen was written by guitarist Brian May, and is about lead singer Freddie Mercury's desire to continue making music even as his health was deteriorating?

...that Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, founder of the United States Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team, chose the name based on a nightclub advertisement in The New Yorker magazine? (Image:Butch Voris 1941 Flight Training Oakland CA.jpg
...that basketball coach Bob Knight told a radio program that if he had not been fired from Indiana University in 2000, he would have fired his assistant Mike Davis, who replaced him as IU coach?
...that Hurricane Alma was a rare June major hurricane in the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the earliest Continental U.S. hurricane strike since 1825?
...that the Gleason score is a measure of how different prostate cancer cells are from normal cells?

...that the island of Pseira, off the coast of Crete, has an archaeological history from the end of the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, with Minoan ruins being the most studied? (Image:Minoan Crete.png)
...that César Sampaio is a former Brazilian football player who played offensive midfielder for Palmeiras and the Brazilian national team?
...that Felipe Pinglo Alva is known as the father of Peruvian Musica criolla, and is best known for his often covered song "El Plebeyo"?
...that Pastoral Care was a book written by Pope Gregory I around A.D. 590 to address the responsibilities of the clergy?
...that Steve Steen was given a role in the movie version of Porridge, but his character did not say anything during the film?

...that the mattenklopper was used not only for cleaning rugs, but also for spanking naughty children on the buttocks, leaving behind a distinctive pattern? (Image:Mattenklopper.jpg)
...that Tomás Rivera, a Chicano author, poet, and educator, was the first Mexican American chancellor of the University of California system?
...that during World War II, the United States developed Who me?, a top secret stench weapon designed to humiliate German officers?
...that The Clash's single "Complete Control" was actually produced by famed dub and reggae musician Lee "Scratch" Perry?

...that the Battle of Gingindlovu showed for the first time that the British Army could defeat the Zulu tactics that had wiped them out at the famous Battle of Isandlwana? (Image:Ginginpainting.jpg)
...that sporotrichosis is a chronic fungal infection that commonly affects farmers?
...that footballer Alan Taylor scored two goals in the quarter final, two goals in the semi final and two goals in the final of the 1975 FA Cup as his club West Ham United won the competition?
...that the Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers is a union that represents pizza-delivery drivers, and is one of the first unions in the United States to operate entirely over the Internet?
...that Hurricane Fico caused significant damage in Hawaii without making landfall?

...that the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat is a manuscript of medieval music made in a Catalan monastery for pilgrims to sing? (Image:Mariam matrem virginem.jpg
...that prostate cancer staging is the process by which physicians evaluate the spread of prostate cancer?
...that Christine Witty is both a speed skater and a cyclist who has won three Olympic medals in speed skating and holds the 1000-metre world record?
...that Jack Jouett, known as the "Paul Revere of the South", saved Thomas Jefferson and other Revolutionary leaders in Virginia by warning them of a British cavalry raid meant to capture them?

...that St Martin Orgar, a church in the City of London most famous as being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons, was all but destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666? (image:St_Martin_Orgar.jpg)
...that Kasturbhai Lalbhai represented the mill-owners when Mahatma Gandhi undertook his first ever fast for a political cause in support of the mill workers during the 1918 Ahmedabad strike, but later became Gandhi's staunch follower?
...that Rabbi Judah ben Ilai was a second century Talmudic scholar who said "Who teacheth his son no trade, guideth him to robbery"?
...that Korean American cartoonist Lela Lee created the cartoon Kim, the Angry Little Asian Girl after being enraged at racist cartoons she had seen at Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation?

...that Bangor Cathedral in North Wales was completed without a tower or spire because of a cracking foundation? (Bangor Cathedral)
...that the Sri Lanka National Pharmaceuticals Policy was established in the 1970s to ensure that Sri Lankans could get high-quality, reasonably priced medications at correct dosages, and later became a model for national drug policies worldwide?
...that Uładzimir Karatkievič was a Belarusian writer whose novels deal predominantly with Belarus's history, including the January Uprising?
...that Socks was one of Bill Clinton's two pets while President of the United States?

...that the parish church of James Parkinson, after whom Parkinson's disease is named, was St Leonard's, Shoreditch, a church just outside the City of London and most famous for being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons"?
...that geographical renaming can take place to change the name of a city or country for many reasons, including as part of a sponsorship deal?
...that a Hi-point 995 Carbine Rifle was used in the Columbine High School massacre?
...that fossil remains of the dinosaur species Aralosaurus were found in Kazakhstan after the Aral Sea started shrinking significantly?

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...that the Bowery Theatre in New York City was burnt down five times in 17 years?
...that the decidua is the maternal contribution to the placenta?
...that Jaja, one of the most successful merchant kings in 19th-century Nigeria, began his life as a slave in Bonny?
...that Raghib Ismail became the highest paid player in gridiron football history when he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League?

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...that a Grand Illumination is an outdoor ceremony involving the simultaneous activation of electric Christmas lights and is derived from an English tradition of placing lighted candles in the windows of homes and public buildings to celebrate a special event?

...that invasion literature, such as The War of the Worlds, was a literary genre influential in foreign politics during the years leading up to World War I?

...that Come Out by composer Steve Reich was made out of the recorded speech of a young man injured in a race riot who was wrongly arrested for murder?

...that the Combined Islands cricket team were dissolved the year after they won their first — and thus last — domestic trophy in West Indian cricket?

...that over 50 parents contacted Gonzaga University's athletic department on the first day that a Sports Illustrated issue featuring a story on Gonzaga basketball player Adam Morrison and his life with Type 1 diabetes was available at retail outlets?

...that the Baldock Beer Disaster occurred on March 14, 1904 when an unstable storage room floor collapsed at the Simpson Brewery, in what is now the Twitchell, in the North Hertfordshire town of Baldock?

...that Chetan Sharma, a former Indian cricketer, was the first Indian ever to get a ten wicket haul overseas, taking 10/188 against England in a Test Series in 1986?

...that the Suramadu Bridge, connecting the islands of Java and Madura, will become the longest bridge in Indonesia when completed in 2008?

...that George W. Atherton served as president of the Pennsylvania State University for 24 years and is buried on the university's main campus?
...that Lamb Chop is a fictional sheep that was created by comedienne and ventriloquist Shari Lewis and first appeared on the children's morning television show Captain Kangaroo in 1957?
...that the Alfa Romeo Montreal was so named because it was first unveiled in prototype form at Montreal's Expo 67 world's fair?
...that F.I.B.S is the earliest backgammon server on the internet and has been actively operating since July 19, 1992?

...that Nadezhda Durova was a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars, started as a private in 1807 and retired with the rank of stabs-rotmistr in 1816?
...that silicosis is a lung disease caused by inhalation of silica, the second most common mineral on earth's crust?
...that a sheriff officer is an officer of the Scottish Sheriff Court, responsible for serving documents and enforcing court orders within the area of their commission?
...that Odoardo Beccari was an Italian naturalist best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878?

Planting Fields, estate of William R. Coe, Oyster Bay, New York

...that Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay, New York was the historic 353-acre estate of Gilded Age millionaire William R. Coe?

...that the first person shooter computer game Requiem: Avenging Angel was influenced by the Bible and Christian Mythology?

...that the genera Bergerocactus and Bergeranthus are named after Alwin Berger, a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti?

...that a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, directly elected by citizens of member countries, has been proposed by legislators in an effort to counter the influence of the World Trade Organization and other unelected international bodies?

Nockamixon dam

...that Lake Nockamixon is the start of a whitewater kayaking course going through northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania?
...that as of 2005 James Neil Tucker was the last person executed in the United States using the electric chair?
...that Amos Urban Shirk was a prodigious reader of encyclopedias?
...that during the Indian Independence Movement, Tanguturi Prakasam bared his chest when the police threatened to shoot and that after the incident, he was respected with the epithet of Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra)?
...that A Different Corner by George Michael became the first #1 in the UK singles chart to be written, sung, played, arranged and produced by the same person?

...that Typhoon Vamei formed only 92 nautical miles north of the equator, a record at the time?
...that the Sanhedrin, which is part of the Mishnah, a major Jewish religious text, focuses on criminal law, and that commentaries on the Sanhedrin by rabbis, as recorded in the Talmud, are noteworthy as precursors to the development of common law principals?
...that Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and co-author of the definitive Language of Psycho-Analysis, is also an accomplished vintner?
...that Beau Sia, a perennial Nuyorican Poets Cafe favorite, first discovered slam poetry through MTV as a teenager?

...that the Schmidt-Pechan prism is a type of roof prism used for image erection in binoculars?
...that Jacob Bruce, a Russian nobleman of Scottish descent and one of the most educated people in Russia at the time, was famous among the 18th century Muscovites as an alchemist and mage?
...that the 1972 case of Yvonne Wanrow, a Colville Indian, charged with the murder of a child molester, brought about changes in U.S. criminal law as it affects women and Native Americans?
...that Badruddin Amiruldin is a Member of the Parliament of Malaysia who has told those who oppose Malaysia's status as an Islamic theocracy to leave the country?

Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1st January 1864

...that according to Breton folklore, not completing the 600km long Tro Breizh in one's lifetime would condemned their soul to repeating an equivalent length tour every seven years from within their coffin.
...that the first Intercolonial cricket match in Australia was played in Launceston, Tasmania between players from Port Phillip and Van Diemen's Land in February 1851?
...that a condenser is used to condense steam from a steam turbine to obtain maximum efficiency?
...that Samuel Andrews (1836-1904) was a English-born chemist and inventor whose request for investment capitol to build an oil refinery in 1862 led to a partnership with John D. Rockefeller and formation of the Standard Oil companies?
...that Sandia Pueblo in central New Mexico was discovered by Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1539 while on an expedition to discover the seven Cities of Cibola?

Aztec calendar stone

...that Chicanismo is a cultural movement by Mexican Americans to recapture their Mexican, Native American culture, which began in the 1930s in the Southwest United States?
...that Newman and Baddiel in Pieces was the final show on which the comic partnership of Robert Newman and David Baddiel worked together before going their separate ways?
...that the parents of Rachel Whitear allowed a photograph of her dead body to be used in a campaign against heroin?
...that at 67 years old, Elias Syriani was the oldest person executed in the United States since James Hubbard was executed by Alabama at the age of 74 in 2004?

...that polydactyl cats, with extra toes as a genetic trait, were long considered good luck by many sailors, as the cats' extraordinary climbing and hunting skills were helpful in controlling shipboard rodents? (Image:Tootsie a polydactyl cat in Virginia.jpg)
...that the video for the Tori Amos single "Silent All These Years" is #98 on Rolling Stone 's top 100 videos of all time?
...that fashion designer Katharine Hamnett once met with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher while wearing her own t-shirt with the slogan "58% Don't Want Pershing"?
...that the wedding of the parents of Anne of Cleves took place at Schloss Burg, now the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia?

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 *...that while they were part of the hit [[television]] [[World War II|war]] sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]'', [[Arthur Lowe]] and [[Ian Lavender]] were also acting in the [[radio]] series '''''[[Parsley Sidings]]'''''? --[[User:Loopy|Loopy]] <sup>[[WP:EA|<font color="green">e</font>]]</sup> 05:00, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 *...that '''[[Chuck Muncie]]''' was a star running back for The [[University of California]] during the 1970s, where he broke six school rushing records that remain standing until this day, among them most touchdowns and most yards in a single season. Self-nom --[[User:Aranda56|Jaranda]] [[User_talk:Aranda56|<sup>wat's sup</sup>]] 02:33, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
-*...that '''[[Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński]]''', a [[Poland|Polish]] [[general]],  one of the high-ranking commanders of the [[Polish Army]], a veteran of [[World War I]], [[Polish-Ukrainian War]] and the [[Polish-Bolshevik War]], was murdered by the [[Soviets]] during the [[Polish Defensive War]] of [[1939]]? <small>Self-nom, but much credit should go to [[User:Halibutt|Halibutt]] who de-stubbed and greatly expanded the article.</small>--[[User:Piotrus|Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus]] <sup><font color="green">[[User_talk:Piotrus|Talk]]</font></sup> 04:22, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
+*...that '''[[Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński]]''', a [[Poland|Polish]] [[general]],  one of the high-ranking commanders of the [[Polish Army]], a veteran of [[World War I]], [[Polish-Ukrainian War]] and the [[Polish-Soviet War]], was murdered by the [[Soviets]] during the [[Polish Defensive War]] of [[1939]]? <small>Self-nom, but much credit should go to [[User:Halibutt|Halibutt]] who de-stubbed and greatly expanded the article.</small>--[[User:Piotrus|Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus]] <sup><font color="green">[[User_talk:Piotrus|Talk]]</font></sup> 04:22, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
+**Even the nomination, let alone the article, is POV as hell. I fail to see how an agressive general, who led the Polish invasion of Russia in 1919 and was executed during another war, may be said to have been "murdered". Please modify inflammatory wording. --[[User:Ghirlandajo|Ghirla]] | [[User talk:Ghirlandajo|talk]] 07:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
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