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...that Léonce Verny was a French Naval engineer who directed the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal in Japan from 1865 to 1876, thus helping jump-start Japan's modernization? (picture)
...that the television movie Born Innocent is credited with airing the first all-female rape scene on American television?
...that Luis Rafael Sanchez is considered to be the greatest playwright to hail from Puerto Rico?
...that Johnny Temple became a sportscaster after he retired from Major League baseball?
...that Jemmy Button was an American Indian from Tierra del Fuego who was bought for a mother of pearl button in 1830 and taken on HMS Beagle to meet the King and Queen of England?(Image:HMSBeagle.jpeg))
...that although he was a German national, Ken Adam fought in the Royal Air Force during World War II?
...that the store that would eventually become Waldenbooks was started during the height of the Great Depression?
...that the first all-steel passenger car in the world was built by American Car and Foundry in 1904 for Interborough Rapid Transit in New York City?
...that in ancient Greece, small bowls, such as pateras, were used for libations? (picture:Image:Chawan.jpg)
...that Steve Kipner originally wrote Olivia Newton-John's biggest hit "Physical" for a "Mr Universe" pageant?
...that at over 310,000 words, the Alabama Constitution is the longest constitution in the world?
...that comedian Bill Saluga is the man behind the character Ray Jay Johnson, who is known for the catch phrase "You can call me Ray, you can call me Jay"?
...that King Christian IV of Denmark was probably the most notable person in history to be afflicted with the hair disease known as Polish plait?(picture)
...that Edgeworth's Limit theorem examines the range of possible outcomes resulting from barter or free market exchange between groups of traders of various sizes?
...that actress Michele Lee appeared in four episodes of Knots Landing without pay when the show suffered a budgeting problem?
...that the United States' National Governors Association serves as a key interface between state governments and the federal government?
...that the Smyth Report was the first official administrative history written on the development of the first atomic weapons?
...that songwriter Billy Steinberg spent more than a year trying to find someone to record his song Like a Virgin before it was accepted by Madonna?
...that in 1975 a freak typhoon caused the Banqiao Dam in China's Henan Province to fail, killing over 200,000 people?
...that American lions were probably cave lions who crossed the Bering land bridge into Alaska?

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...that the Opinel knife has been manufactured since the 1890s in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in the Savoie region of France? (picture)
...that Carpenter is a lunar impact crater located in the northern part of the Moon, causing it to appear oval in shape when in fact it's nearly circular?
...that Evan Taubenfeld was Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist from Spring 2002 to September 2004?
...that Faye Glenn Abdellah's pioneering work in nursing research has been recognized with 77 professional and academic honors?
...that the Irazú volcano in Costa Rica erupted violently in 1963, on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy arrived in the country for a state visit?
...that Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were simultaneously hanged in 1923 for the murder of Thompson's husband, even though Bywaters committed the crime on his own?
...that there have been six submarines and ships named Nautilus in the U.S. Navy, some as early as 1803, 67 years before Captain Nemo's Nautilus appeared in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues under the Sea?
...that development on Star Wars Quake lasted for six years, and is probably the most famous Quake mod to never be completed?
...that, although normally run as the last car of a passenger train, the interiors of observation cars could include features of a coach, lounge, diner, or sleeper? (picture)
...that Pepsi offered a Harrier fighter jet in their Pepsi Billion Dollar Sweepstakes game and the Pepsi Stuff game for people accumulating a certain number of points?
...that on December 17, 1973 Pan Am Flight 110 was attacked by six gunmen of the Abu Nidal Organization at Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Rome?
...that communication bubbles (or communication balloons) are used in comic books and strips to allow the characters words and thoughts to be viewed by the reader? (temp picture)
...that with a total internal reflection fluorescence microscope (TIRFM) specimen regions of less than 200 nm can be observed? (picture)
...that the world's first four-engined bomber aircraft was the Russian Sikorsky Ilya Muromets and that it flew as early as 1913?
...that the Smithsonian American Art Museum is currently closed due to a major building renovation but is scheduled to reopen on July 4, 2006?
...that World No Tobacco Day is on May 31?
...that The Doll Family played munchkins in The Wizard of Oz and were popular circus performer? (picture)
...that John Randolph Tucker served as an officer in the navies of the United States, the Confederate States, and Peru?
... that the tallest of the Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert rises 200 metres above the surrounding terrain?
...that baseball player Jim Creighton's death at age 21, may have been caused by the force with which he swung his bat?
...that the Black Caiman is both the world's largest alligator and the Amazon basin's largest predator? (picture)
...that during the 1939 Battle of Wizna in Poland, German planes dropped leaflets asking the Poles to surrender?
...that Titanium is the most common material for body piercing jewelries?
...that the well-known Accidental Tourist is a Hungarian?
...that Barbary Sheep can jump over 2 metres from a stand-still? (picture)
... that actor David Manners lived for 67 years after starring in the 1931 film Dracula, but never watched it?
...that French tennis player Henri Leconte won 9 ATP titles in an 11 year period?
...that the peak of Mount Hikurangi (1620 metres) is the highest non-volcanic peak on the North Island of New Zealand?
...that the 91st Grey Cup was a football game in Regina, Saskatchewan that featured the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes? (picture)
...that the peak of Mount Hikurangi (1620 metres) is the highest non-volcanic peak on the North Island of New Zealand?
...that Where Did Our Love Go? became The Supremes' first number one hit after being rejected by The Marvelettes?
...that Keflavík International Airport is the largest airport in Iceland?
...that nearly all prominent American party switchers in the modern era have switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party?
...that geologically, Massacre Rocks State Park was created during repeated volcanic activity on the Snake River Plain? (picture)
...that the USS Cobbler (SS-344) was a Balao-class submarine, in the United States Navy named after a cobbler, the killifish of New South Wales?
...that Kashima Antlers is the name of a professional football club in the Japanese J. League?
...that comedian Nipsey Russell got his start as a car hop at the Atlanta drive-in restaurant The Varsity?
...that the Emerald ash borer currently threatens over 7 billion ash trees in the United States? (picture)
...that Emperor Qinzong of Song China was the last emperor of the Northern Song?
...that the Beaumont Children disappeared without a trace from a beach near Adelaide, Australia in 1966.
...that U.S. Marine Corps General Ray Davis rescued hundreds of American troops during the Battle of Inchon in 1950?
...that in the history of transportation in Los Angeles, the first first California freeway "traffic jam" occurred on January 1, 1940? (picture)
...that Hakuin Ekaku's systematization of koan practice brought about a major revolution in Zen teaching?
...that the Scheutzian calculation engine, was invented in 1837 and finalized in 1843 by Per Georg Scheutz?
...that Polar dinosaurs could have walked to Australia, because during the early Cretaceous the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica?
...that Seinfeld co-creator Larry David modeled the character Cosmo Kramer after his neighbor Kenny Kramer?(picture)
...that the Indian Cuckoo is a brood parasite? it lays its single egg mostly in Drongo nests.
...that the first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the World Matchplay championship in 1984 by John Lowe?
...that the Egyptian numeral for 100,000 was the hieroglyph of a tadpole or a frog?
...that the Yazidis think of their god, Melek Taus, as a golden peacock, although some Christians and Muslims think of him as Lucifer? (picture)
... that Medicine wheels are stone structures built by the natives of America and Canada for various spiritual and ritual purposes?
... that New Place is the name given to Shakespeare's final place of residence in Stratford?
...that Joy Page is the only actress from the fourteen credited performers in Casablanca to still be alive?
...that Muixeranga is a name given to ancient acrobatic street dances and human castles? (picture)
...that Europe's most powerful supercomputer, MareNostrum, will be used in human genome research, protein research, weather forecasting and the design of new drugs?
...that a waterbuck is a diurnal antelope from Western and Central Africa?
...that Jan Kulczyk is currently the richest Pole? His fortune is estimated at PLN 12.5 bn (around $4 bn).
... that Canadian painter Sophie Pemberton, who painted her award-winning "Little Boy Blue" in 1897, taught painting to local female artists? (picture)
... that 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared from MV Joyita in 1955?
... that Alexander "Sawney" Bean was rumored to be the head of an incestous family that murdered and cannabilized over 1000 people before they were all caught and executed?
... that the cathedral of the Armenian town of Zvartnots was depicted on the first emission of 100 AMD banknotes?
...that in aerial firefighting, fire retardants are colored red to mark where they've been dropped? (picture)
...that Long-billed Pipits breed on dry open slopes with rocks and low vegetation?
...that "POP" is a nickname for Pacific Ocean Park, a 28 acre amusement park built on a pier at Santa Monica, California?
...that Graftgold is an independant computer games developer formed in 1983 when Steve Turner decided to quit his day job as a commercial programmer?
...that the Adelaide O-Bahn is a guided busway in Australia that runs from Adelaide CBD to the Tea Tree Plaza shopping centre in Tea Tree Gully?
...that a shortage of amphibious vehicles made supply very difficult for the Americans in the battle of Guam? (picture)
...that a large titanosaur nesting ground was recently discovered in Auca Mahuevot, in Patagonia in Argentina, and another colony has reportedly been discovered in Spain?
...that the British Seafarers' Union was formed in Southampton in England in October 1911?
...that the film adaptation of the book Nochnoy Dozor, written by Sergey Lukianenko, was such a success ticket sales were only exceeded by The Lord of the Rings?
...that goanna oil was sold amongst early European settlers of Australia as a panacea much like snake oil was in the Old West? (picture)
... that Cameron Bright and Nicole Kidman wore flesh-colored swimsuits during the filming of the bathtub scene in "Birth"?
... that Thomas Middleton's 1624 play A Game at Chess was considered so scandalous that the Globe Theatre was closed and the actors and author were put on trial?
"...that the airfields captured in the battle of Tinian were used for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?"
...that Recess (or playtime) in schools teaches children the importance of social skills and physical education? (picture)
...that the Norse mythological figure Helgi Hundingsbane earned his nickname by killing a king called Hunding?
...that the Australian singer Jade MacRae started learning the piano at age 8?
...that collecting Toyon branches for Christmas became so popular in Los Angeles, California in the 1920s, that the state passed a law forbidding collecting?
...that the Pokémon character Sableye eats rocks and lives in a cavern?
...that British First World War officer James Edward Edmonds wrote nearly half of the 29-volume History of the Great War?

"...that Fort Caspar in present-day Casper, Wyoming was founded in 1859 at a prominent crossing of the Emigrant Trail across the North Platte River?" (picture)

"...that Navajo codetalkers directed naval gunfire onto Japanese positions in the battle of Saipan?"

"... that Kaiyō Maru, a Japanese steam warship, was the flagship of Admiral Enomoto Takeaki of the rebel Republic of Ezo in the Boshin War of 1868–1869?"

"...that the Arctic Winter Games are held biennially for athletes from the "circumpolar North"?"

"... that in the Battle of the Rice Boats in the American Revolutionary War, on March 3, 1776, the militia of the Province of Georgia drove a squadron of the Royal Navy out of the Savannah River?"

"... that the 1961 vintage of Château Latour, one of the five First Growth Châteaux of the famous 1855 Bordeaux Classification, is consistently listed among the greatest red wines of all time?"

"... that Kotetsu, a Japanese ironclad battleship, was originally intended to be Stonewall of the Confederate States Navy but did not reach the United States until after the end of the American Civil War?" (good picture)

"... that the European Robotic Arm can travel around the exterior of the International Space Station under its own control, moving hand-over-hand between fixed basepoints?" (decent picture, but perhaps needing to be cropped for appearing on the main page)

"... that Prince Mikhail Vorontsov fought Napoléon at Craonne, founded the city of Odessa, and commanded the Russian invasion of the Caucasus in 1844?" (picture)

"... that the Ritz Hotel in London was the first hotel to offer a private bathroom for every guest room?" Rdsmith4— Dan | Talk 03:56, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

"... that the Munich Soviet Republic declared war on Switzerland, due to their refusal of lending sixty locomotives ?". Bogdan | Talk 18:21, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"... that the Dutch naval Lieutenant Jan van Speijk detonated his own ship in the harbour of Antwerp during the Belgian Revolution?" (page has a picture). --Mixcoatl 14:13, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"... that Operation Ten-Go was the last major Japanese naval operation in World War II?" (good picture. Gdr 23:04, 2004 Oct 28 (UTC))

"... that the British plan for the battle of Bazentin Ridge, 1916-07-14, was dismissed beforehand by one French commander as "an attack organized for amateurs by amateurs?" Gdr 12:02, 2004 Oct 29 (UTC)

... that rapper Eminem's new video, Mosh produced in collaboration with Guerrilla News Network was released for free download just prior to the U.S. presidential election -- "to inspire young people to vote because they too often disregard it as a powerless exercise". (self nomination (I extensively expanded the article), includes 2 images, animated gif preview, and links to stream or download the full video)

... that the first railroad steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, the Sandusky, built in 1837, was also the first locomotive to operate in the state of Ohio. (self-nom. slambo 10:31, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC))

"... that oldstyle numerals —a style of typesetting numerals with descenders— are the original style of Arabic numerals in the occident and still often used?" --- self nom. There's a small pic to it. Simon A. 11:31, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"... that the Comedian Harmonists was one of the most successful 20th century musical groups in Europe before World War II?" (self-nomination, includes a photograph) Simoes 02:03, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"... that the judges on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the supreme court of Maryland, wear red robes, not the traditional black?" -- Self nomination. Article includes two pictures. Jacob1207 19:41, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

~~"Did you know that, although it is seldom performed now, Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd was considered one of the greatest of English tragedies from 1682 to 1900?"~~

~~"Did you know that the Middle English work The Ormulum contains a pronunciation guide and is therefore one of our chief sources of knowledge on how Middle English was spoken?"~~

"Did you know that Jack Ketch, who is now a common word for death and a figure in Punch and Judy, was actually an executioner who worked for King Charles II. Ketch was either exceptionally inefficient or sadistic in the performance of his job."

"Did you know that the Cotton library was the personal collection of Sir Robert Cotton made of the materials from the dispersed monasteries in England and is the chief source of Anglo-Saxon literature?"

~~All these by me. Geogre 15:38, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)~~

~~Note that these should not all be added at once as they are all British in scope. Warofdreams 15:51, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)~~ Sorry, while insteresting, they are all are well over 72 hours old. Warofdreams 15:57, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

... that the charity organization Child's Play raised over $250,000 in 2003 in the form of cash and toy donations from the readers of popular web comic Penny Arcade? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:51, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
... that the new Bibliothèque nationale du Québec premises will allow for free consultation of four millions documents from the national library and from Montreal's central public library in one downtown location. --[[User:Valmi|Valmi ✒]] 19:24, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC) (it's mine ;-)
... that former World War One veteran and Tour de France winner Ottavio Bottecchia was either killed by fascists or an angry farmer. --Mixcoatl 19:35, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
~~... that the Tasmanian Legislative Council (Tasmania's upper house) has always had a majority of independent representatives? -- Chuq 23:53, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC) (article used to be a redir)~~ :( too short, sorry
... that Operation Predator made over 1,000 arrests in it's first three months, and is a quickly growing force against child sex tourism? -Lifefeed (self-nom)
The Clay Oliver Hill article, IMHO, is not ready for DYK. (1) stub; (2) less than 200 words ; (3) this man is of no importance. -- Toytoy 15:51, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)
The John Bull became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world (150 years old) when it ran under its own power on September 15 1981. (self nom.) slambo 10:42, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Economic theories of intertemporal consumption seek to explain people's preferences in relation to consumption and saving over the course of their life.
wire chamber Simon A. 09:01, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Cotton candy (self nom - note that this is a new article despite it not appearing in new articles because there was a redirect to candy on the page) . ...that cotton candy was first sold to the public at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. They sold 68 655 portions.
Alfred J. Kwak: "...that Alfred J. Kwak is a duck from a Dutch tv cartoon who lives in a clog?"--Mixcoatl 18:21, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Geertgen tot Sint Jans: "...that only fragments of the famous altar triptych by Geertgen tot Sint Jans could be saved after the siege of Haarlem?" Guus 17:36, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
Dhabawallah, I recently saw something about these on tv and decided to write the article. Possible blurb:"...that dhabawallahs are Indian lunch carriers that make only 1 mistake in every 6000 deliveries, even though they do all their work manually." [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|^(talk)]] 11:11, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
J/Psi particle, an article I just wrote after stumbling over a red link: "...that the discovery of the J/Ψ particle in 1974 earned two physicists the Nobel prize as it confirmed the idea that baryonic matter (such as the nuclei of atoms) is made out of quarks." Simon A. 16:10, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
~~Weight transfer~~ (written Sept 26 by User:Kay): Blurb could be "...that the effects of weight transfer cause the traction of tires on a car to vary?" The only problem I see with it is that it kind of clashes with the current four. - RedWordSmith 18:55, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- No objections, so added. - RedWordSmith 18:12, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
André Maginot (Self-nomination, has pictures). Possible trivia blurb: "...that André Maginot, for whom the Maginot Line was named, was awarded the Medaille Militaire for valor during WWI?" Jacob1207 03:58, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
List of the longest English words with one syllable (Self-nomination; no picture; "list of" article; uses OED as a source. OTOH: has a fair bit of explanatory text; OED is not the only source; could possibly use a squirrel image to illustrate the longest word squirrelled. Possibility if some of the other DYK articles start getting stale. • Benc • 18:04, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC))
Lake Urmia (2004-09-16)
Paul Popenoe (founder of marriage counseling in the United States was also a prominent advocate of compulsory sterilization) (don't want to add it myself since I wrote it) (2004-Sep-15, article created Sep-13)
Communication with submarines (2004-Sep-9)
Well, I decided to on a fact from an article I wrote. I figured I would do this, since it was an interesting piece of information that I discovered today while I was researching the article. I am somewhat glad that I live in "Calgary", Alberta instead of "Brisebois", Alberta. I also figured it would be a nice addition, since I found a good public domain photo from Library and Archives Canada. I hope no one think that this is too cocky of me. -- JamesTeterenko 19:09, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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