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23:10, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Abraham Lincoln greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe (pictured) at the White House in 1862 by saying, "So this is the little lady who made this big war."?
... that Mary Queen of Scots was crowned queen when she was only 6 days old?
... that the Keel-billed Toucan is the National Bird of Belize?
... that Dick Van Dyke was once offered a role in the 1976 movie The Omen, but turned it down because of the movie's violent gory content?
... that Chan's megastick is the longest insect in the world?

19:34, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Susan Bogert Warner (pictured) is believed to be the first American writer to sell 1,000,000 copies of a book?
... that many Chicago Cubs fans believe that the Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908 because of a curse that involved a goat?
... that 2,000 people attended the 1863 wedding of General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren?
... that The Children's Magazine was the first magazine for children published in the United States?
... that Richard Matheson came up with the idea for his novel I Am Legend after seeing Tod Browning's Dracula?

13:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

... that Jikji (pictured) is the world's oldest book printed from movable metal type?
... that Bill Clinton was the first sitting President of the United States to be sued?
... that Pope Francis is the first pope from the Americas and the first from the Southern Hemisphere?
... that Jumbo was killed in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada?
... that Ted Turner is the largest private landowner in the United States with a total of 1.75 million acres?

19:05, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

... that Mill Ends Park (pictured) is the world's smallest park, with a total area of 452 sq in (0.292 m²)?
... that Sean Connery is the tallest actor to have played James Bond in the entire James Bond movie series?
... that the first skyscraper in the world was built in Chicago, Illinois?
... that The Color of Friendship was based on actual events between two girls from different races who overcame their racism?
... that Love Brewster's 16-year-old servant Thomas Granger committed bestiality upon his master's livestock and was executed with the animals as the Bible commanded?

05:31, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

... that bloodletting (pictured) is still used to treat a number of diseases today?
... that the Daruma doll is a good luck symbol in Japan?
... that Ronald Reagan is the only President of the United States to have been divorced?
... that the Bijou Theater in Chicago is the longest-running gay adult theater and sex club in the United States?
... that Canute was the only man to reign as King of England, Denmark and Norway?

14:31, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

... that according to folklore, people looking into the eyes of Eternal Silence (pictured) will see a vision of their own death?
... that Johann Sebastian Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias are often used by keyboardists as preparation for The Well-Tempered Clavier?
... that Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy was advertised as "The Human Skye Terrier, the crowning mystery of nature's contradictions"?
... that Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate won the first Tony Award for Best Musical?
... that H. Price McGrath opened the first gambling house in the South, and bred Aristides, the winner of the first Kentucky Derby?

20:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)‎

... that in 1987, President of Ecuador León Febres Cordero (pictured) was kidnapped for 11 hours by members of the Ecuadorian air force?
... that the United States has no official language even though the most spoken language in the country is English?
... that Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was the oldest former United States Senator before his death at the age of 98?
... that French dancer Auguste Vestris was so famous that Parliament stopped sitting to see him perform?
... that Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution which helped abolished slavery in the United States?

07:50, 23 September 2013‎ (UTC)‎

... that the Punch and Judy show (pictured) was named one of 12 icons of Englishness by the British Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport?
... that the Moon drifts away from Earth at a rate of 4 centimeters per year?
... that Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the first female Prime Minister of Denmark?
... that Richard Griffiths got a standing ovation when he ejected an audience member whose phone rang three times during his performance on stage?
... that Johnny Cash once broke his toe while trying to escape from jail by kicking the bars of his jail cell?

12:24, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the design of the Leather Pride Flag (pictured) was presented at the 1989 International Mr. Leather event in Chicago, Illinois?
... that General Tom Thumb's wife, the midget Lavinia Warren, claimed descent from five Mayflower Pilgrims?
... that Frank Lloyd Wright once had an apprentice who was married to Joseph Stalin's daughter?
... that Quito was the first city in the world to be designated a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978?
... that if documents support his claim, Carmelo Flores Laura might become the world's oldest person ever known?

04:04, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

... that Caroline Kennedy (pictured) could become the first female ambassador to Japan if confirmed by the United States Senate?
... that Franklin D. Roosevelt once had an affair with his wife's secretary and later avoided seeing her to protect his political career?
... that Brian Sims was the first openly gay American football team captain in NCAA history?
... that 16-year-old Giuseppina Bozzacchi was the first to play Swanhilda in Coppélia?
... that Mike Embley was the first news reporter with a foreign crew to reach the 1989 San Francisco earthquake?

04:26, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

... that a fountain (pictured) to the memory of Greyfriars Bobby was erected in Edinburgh in 1873?
... that Buster Crabbe is the only actor to have played Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Tarzan — the three most popular pulp fiction heroes of the 1930s?
... that José Sarria was the first openly gay candidate for a public office in the United States?
... that Steven Spielberg helped establish the PG-13 movie rating for the Motion Picture Association of America?
... that the O'Hare International Airport was originally built as a manufacturing factory for airplanes during World War II?

19:09, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

... that the brown recluse spider (pictured) can go without food or water for more than a year?
... that Frank Kameny was fired by the US Army in 1957 for being gay?
... that as many as 12,000 animals were killed in the Berlin Zoo during the bombings of World War II?
... that Frank Lloyd Wright's proposed skyscraper The Illinois would have been one mile (1,600 metres) high?
... that Miley Cyrus's twerking at the MTV Video Music Awards program was the most tweeted about event in history, with 360,000 tweets per minute?

04:55, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

... that the Jack-o'-lantern (pictured) has its origin in the story of Stingy Jack?
... that Edward Brooke was the first African-American politician to be popularly elected to the United States Senate?
... that Mozart's opera Don Giovanni was first performed on October 29, 1787 in Prague?
... that "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was one of the first works of fiction by an American writer to become popular outside the United States?
... that John Williams has been nominated 48 times for an Academy Award, but only won five of them?

19:10, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

... that The Wizard of Oz (poster pictured) was named the most-watched movie in history by the Library of Congress?
... that Walter Camp is known as the "Father of American Football"?
... that Ecuador has one of the greatest densities of volcanoes in the world?
... that Lady Gaga bleached her hair blonde so she wouldn't look like Amy Winehouse?
... that in 1945, then-Princess Elizabeth joined the British army as a truck driver and mechanic?

06:19, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

... that Alice Liddell (pictured) inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass?
... that the 1927 movie Wings was the first movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?
... that that Jewish law says that Shabbat is the most important Jewish holiday?
... that Jimmy Carter was the first President of the United States to be born in a hospital?
... that the New Jersey Zombie Walk in October 2013 had the largest number of zombie walk participants ever?

9:04, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

... that the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) (pictured) was the first naval aircraft carrier to be named after a living former President of the United States?
... that the city of Paris was originally named Lutetia Parisiorum by the Romans?
... that Jack Klugman was the last surviving actor from the twelve jurors in the 1957 movie 12 Angry Men?
... that Claude Debussy did not like his music to be called Impressionist?
... that Bobby Fischer was 14 years old when he won his first United States chess championship?

18:40, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

... that Tadeusz Mazowiecki (pictured) was the first non-communist prime minister of a country in the Eastern Bloc after World War II?
... that contrary to popular belief, goldfish have a memory of at least three months and can be trained to perform tricks?
... that Detroit, Michigan filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in United States history?
... that the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, gets its name from a set of waterfalls in a city park?
... that Oprah Winfrey is the only African-American among the 400 richest people in the United States?

05:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

... that in 1963, Walter Cronkite (pictured) was the first television news reporter to broadcast the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
... that the 1906 movie The Story of the Kelly Gang was the world's first full-length feature movie?
... that Nelson Mandela got a job as a night watchman after being expelled from Fort Hare University?
... that from the Willis Tower it is possible to see four U.S. states at once; Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin?
... that London's Big Ben is the biggest four-faced, chiming clock in the world?

22:11, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

... that Robert G. Heft (pictured) designed the current United States 50-star flag as a school project?
... that Mikhail Gorbachev won a Grammy Award in 2004 for his recording of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf?
... that for hundreds of years, Vietnamese was written in Nôm, which looks like Chinese, but few people today can read this script?
... that South Africa has separate legislative, executive, and judicial capitals: Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein?
... that Douglas Wilder was the first African American governor of any U.S. state since the 1870s?

06:50, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

... that Peter O'Toole (pictured) holds the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win by an actor?
... that a great white shark's liver can weigh up to be 24 percent of its body weight?
... that Benjamin Harrison was the first president of the United States to use electricity in the White House?
... that William Ramsay discovered four elements, argon, neon, krypton, and xenon, and showed that they belong to a family of elements now called the noble gases?
... that it took Frank Lloyd Wright 700 draft sketches of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum until the final design was created?

00:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

... that the original Rainbow flag (original flag pictured) had a pink stripe, but was removed due to low mass production of pink cloth?
...that although few people in modern times can read Sino-Vietnamese characters, thousands are being added to Unicode?
... that Dad's Army star Clive Dunn had surgery to remove a third nipple as a child and nearly died of complications?
... that Fred Stobaugh, 96, is the oldest artist ever to appear in the Billboard Hot 100?
... that the deepest hole ever made was the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia, which reached 12,261 meters (7.6 mi) below the surface?

20:22, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

... that the American artist Albert Newsam (pictured) was born deaf and mute?
... that Family Guy is the first animated series to be nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series since The Flintstones in 1961?
... that Roger Ebert was the first movie critic to be honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
... that as a child, Benjamin Franklin secretly wrote articles for his brother's newspaper?
... that Batman made its first appearance in 1939 under the name "Bat-Man"?

03:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

... that President José Mujica of Uruguay (pictured) donates 90 percent of his salary to charity?
... that the first case of someone with Alzheimer's disease was diagnosed in 1906 by Alois Alzheimer?
... that there is an urban legend about Walt Disney's body being cryonically frozen and buried at a Disneyland theme park?
... that the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the largest presidential library in the United States?
... that Eugene Allen served as a White House butler for eight presidents of the United States from 1952 to 1986?

23:53, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

... that Huckleberry Finn author Mark Twain's (pictured) real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
... that serial bomber Theodore Kaczynski was an assistant mathematician at the University of California, Berkeley?
... that the Tianhe-2 is the fastest computer in the world?
... that Alice Herz-Sommer was the oldest Holocaust survivor until her death, aged 110, in February 2014?
... that the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan was planned by John Hinckley, Jr. to impress actress Jodie Foster?

14:18, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

... that Aron Ralston (pictured) amputated his own right arm to free himself from a boulder in south-central Utah?
... that fungi are not plants, but are a separate kingdom of living things?
... that Walter D. Ehlers was the last living Medal of Honor recipient who fought at Omaha Beach on D-Day?
... that the innate immune system is in every animal and plant?
... that there are at least three stories that tells why the food dish eggs benedict was named Benedict?

12:54, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

... that the Vezina Trophy (pictured) is awarded every year to the best goaltender in the National Hockey League?
... that the common wombat is the largest burrowing, planting-eating mammal in the world?
... that the economic policy Reaganomics is a portmanteau word of Reagan and economics created by Paul Harvey?
... that the Octopus card is the second contactless smart card system in the world?
... that Robert A. M. Stern designed the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts?

19:01, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

... that the Willis Tower has glass balconies (pictured) that stretch four feet out of the tower and allow visitors to see 1,353 feet (412 m) below them?
... that Killer whales, or Orcas, hunt in family groups called pods?
... that James Brady's death was said to be a homicide caused by a gunshot wound he received about 33 years ago?
... that in 1852, 300 baby girls in Boston were named Eva after the character in Uncle Tom's Cabin?
... that Jerry Maren is the last surviving munchkin character from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz?

18:12, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

... that in 1982, Ronald Reagan (pictured) became the first American president to address the British Parliament?
... that the 2012 NATO Summit was the first NATO summit held in the United States outside of Washington, D.C.?
... that in 1943, George H. W. Bush was the youngest pilot in the United States Navy at the time?
... that the Great Chicago Fire started as nine separate fires?
... that Adolfo Suárez was the first democratically elected prime minister of Spain after the dictator Franco?

17:38, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

... that on every St. Patrick's Day, the entire Chicago River (pictured) is dyed green?
... that Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first President of the United States to be President of all 50 states?
... that Nancy Reagan created the anti-drug campaign "Just Say No"?
... that RMS Titanic captain Edward J. Smith was set to retire after the Titanic's maiden voyage, but died when it sank in 1912?
... that the Space Needle was built to withstand winds up to 200 miles per hour (89 m/s) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude?

14:21, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

... that Ronald Reagan's speech "Tear down this wall!" (Reagan pictured) was originally delivered to honor the 750th anniversary of Berlin?
... that James Madison was the shortest United States president at 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m)?
... that the Home Insurance Building was the first building to be called a skyscraper?
... that Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that isn't partly in Canada?
... that the Capybara is the world's largest rodent?

01:48, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

... that the date that Elizabeth I (pictured) became queen was a national holiday for two hundred years?
... that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy?
... that Washington National Cathedral was the site for the state funerals of three American presidents?
... that the official name of Mexico is Estados Unidos Mexicanos, which means United Mexican States?
... that Geoffrey Rush was the first Australian-born actor to win an Academy Award for acting?

15:59, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

... that Coco Chanel (pictured) was the only fashion designer to be named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century?
... that former President of Ecuador Abdalá Bucaram was removed from office because he was declared as mentally unfit to rule by the Ecuadorian congress?
... that Arsenal tube station is the only London Underground station named directly after a football club?
... that Roman Emperor Caligula appointed a horse as priest?
... that the windows of the 13th century La Sainte-Chapelle have 6,458 sq. ft. of glass?

17:54, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

... that Juan Bosch (pictured) was the first democratically-elected President of the Dominican Republic?
... that Emile Griffith was the first person from the U.S. Virgin Islands to become a world champion in boxing?
... that Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was the first Independent politician to be elected to the U.S. Senate by a majority of the popular vote?
... that Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest and lost?
... that Edmund Muskie held the highest office by any Polish American in American history?

16:24, 9 December 2014

... that Hans Christian Andersen (pictured) always carried a rope on his travels to use as a fire escape?
... that Jennie Wade was the only Gettysburg civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg?
... that Uruguay was the first country in the world to legalize the use and sale of cannabis?
... that Laika, the first animal to orbit the Earth, died in outer space when her spacecraft overheated?
... that in 1978, Pope Paul VI offered his life as an exchange for the release of kidnaped-Italian Prime minister Aldo Moro?

02:50, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

... that George McGovern (pictured) decided to run for President of the United States in 1968 because Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated?
... that Iran is the world's largest exporter and producer of caviar?
... that Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer is the great-grandson of Canadian prime minister John Abbott?
... that Americans eat eight billion chickens every year?
... that former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt bought 38,000 cigarettes due to a fear of them being banned in Europe?

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