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• 14:07, 28 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Perley A. Thomas was a Canadian millsmith who attended night courses, learned drafting and design skills, and became a renowned streetcar and bus manufacturer in High Point, North Carolina?
• ...that American actress Susan Oliver, after surviving a plane crash that almost ended her life, became the first woman to fly a single-engined aircraft solo from New York City across the Atlantic Ocean?
• ...that the Windows Template Library is perhaps the only open source library by Microsoft?
• ...that the two airplanes on the Bar Harbor Airlines fleet that had accidents were numbered N200WP and N300WP respectively?

• 17:19, 27 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that one-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of the United States, Canada and Australia until the early 20th century, and that they continue in some parts of Ireland today?
• ... that thousands of toads in Hamburg, Germany recently became mysterious exploding toads?
• ...that a kid hack was a horse-drawn vehicle used for transporting children to school in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States? This early form of school bus powered by both horses and mules, was usually loaded at the rear to avoid frightening the animals.
• ...that a remand prisoner may be entitled to wear their own clothing, rather than a prison uniform?

• 07:24, 26 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Madonna of the Trail is a series of monuments dedicated to the spirit of the pioneer woman in the United States? Created by German immigrant sculptor August Leimbach, 12 were placed from Maryland to California in 1928 and 1929.
• ...that the growing of heirloom plants may help increase the genetic variety of crops?
• ...that the Laotian Rock Rat is a new species of rodent that is unique enough to lead researchers to create a new family of mammals?
• ...that the International Dance Day has been celebrated on April 29 since 1982? It commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet.

• 02:54, 25 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that George E. Studdy was a British artist best remembered for his creation of Bonzo the dog, a fictional character, in the early 1920s?
• ...the USS Kidd (DD-661), currently a museum ship, was a Fletcher-class destroyer, and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd?
• ...that musical montage (montage meaning "putting together") is a technique where musical compositions or sound objects are created from collage?

• 20:30, 22 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the town of Baird, Texas, is named after the second owner of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Matthew Baird?
• ...that the child actor Tommy Rettig, who starred as Jeff Miller in the first four seasons of the Lassie television series, became a noted database software author as an adult?
• ...that Skyfox was one of the first games to popularize the cockpit view for flight action games?
• ...that Chrissy Snow from the American sitcom Three's Company was actually named "Christmas Snow"?

• 18:16, 21 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the U.S. National Arboretum, the new D.C. Convention Center, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Corcoran Gallery of Art are all located on or near New York Avenue in Washington, D.C.?
• ...that Benedict Arnold was an early American politician, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1829 despite the fact the person he was named after was revealed to be a traitor two weeks before he was born?
• ...that a police officer in the United States may only briefly detain and frisk a person if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in a crime?
• ...that the song "Delta Dawn" was first sung by Tanya Tucker and turned down by Barbra Streisand before gaining widespread pop success by Helen Reddy?

• 02:02, 21 April 2005 (UTC)
• ...that Pal, owned by animal trainers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax, was the name of the first dog to portray Lassie?

• 18:09, 20 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the Warren County Canal was a twenty-mile long canal in Ohio that linked Lebanon to the Miami and Erie Canal and which operated only eight unprofitable years?
• ...that The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor is a whodunit written in English by German-born sexologist Ernest Borneman when he was not yet 20 years of age?
• ...that the biodiversity of New Zealand is dominated by bird families that flew in from Australia and insects, frogs and plants that were on the island when it broke off from Gondwana?
• ...that a Sub Inspector or S.I. is the rank of an Indian police officer who is in command of a police station?

• 09:53, 19 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Keying was a three-masted Chinese junk, which sailed from China to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848?
• ...The Jeff Corwin Experience is an American television show about animals hosted by actor and conservationist Jeff Corwin on Animal Planet?
• ...that the French footballer Lucien Laurent scored the first ever World Cup goal, against Mexico in 1930?
• ...that the Nine Saints were a group of Christians from the Byzantine Empire who took part in converting areas of what is now Eritrea and Ethiopia in the late fifth century AD?

• 10:08, 18 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the complex communication patterns of Weaver ants used in nest building is studied and modeled in various disciplines of generative sciences?
• ...that Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is the largest producer of diamonds by value in the world?
• ...that Will Harvey created his first commercial computer game when he was only 15 and still in high school?
• ...that the internet casino GoldenPalace.com won a bid to name the recently discovered type of New World monkey: the GoldenPalace.com Monkey?

• 21:24, 16 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Queen's Gambit Accepted is a chess opening in which Black takes a White pawn after two moves, but is not a real gambit because Black cannot count on keeping his advantage?
• ...that actor Philip Ahn was the first child of Korean ancestry to be born in the United States?
• ...that Boneless Fish is a Japanese frozen food made from fish, which is deboned by hand and then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme?
• ...the callsign of KFRC in San Francisco, California in the U.S. stood for "Known For Radio Clearness"? In fact, when the AM radio station signed on with 50 watts in 1924, it was heard as far away as New Zealand, far exceeding anyone's expectations.

• 10:08, 15 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the Bhutan Broadcasting Service had transmitted radio broadcasts for many years, but only commenced with television broadcasts in 1999?
• ...that every British monarch since Queen Victoria has worshipped at Crathie Kirk, a small parish church near Balmoral Castle?
• ...that Giovanni Bugatti was the longest-serving executioner in the Papal States?
• ...Humber College's TVO series Distinguished Artists is the first network television show produced by a college or university?

• 19:46, 14 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Marie-Anne Gaboury was the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in the Canadian west?
• ...that Terri Irwin, co-owner of the Australia Zoo and co-star of The Crocodile Hunter series on television, began caring for injured wildlife as a child and ran her own rehab facility for 5 years before she met Steve Irwin?
• ...that the MCC beat Warwickshire in the first game of the 2005 English cricket season?

• 11:57, 13 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the Galápagos tortoise is the largest living tortoise in the world, only native to the Galápagos Islands, where about 15,000 of them live?
• ...that Edgar Buchanan was a dentist before becoming an American actor with a long career in both movies and television, and is probably best remembered as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction and Green Acres television sitcoms of the 1960s?
• ...that Dismal Swamp Canal which runs along the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina is the oldest continually operating man-made canal in the United States?

• 11:54, 12 April 2005 (UTC)

• ... that the F-Zero series of video games is renowned for its sheer visceral impression of speed?
• ...that James A. Bland (1854-1911) an African American musician and song writer wrote over 700 songs, including "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" in 1878, which was later the official State Song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997?
• ...that Fisher Automobile Company in Indianapolis, Indiana is believed to have been the first automobile dealership in the United States?
• ...that the Lebanon Correctional Institution and the Warren Correctional Institution are on land once owned by the Shakers?

• 01:06, 12 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Dr. Hunter McGuire was a physician who amputated General Stonewall Jackson's arm during the American Civil War and later helped found several hospitals and a prominent medical school in Richmond, Virginia?
• ... that a physical paradox is thought to be either an artifact of error or incompleteness because reality is assumed to be completely consistent?
• ...that Mountain Lake, one of only two natural lakes in Virginia, was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in New York's Catskill Mountains for the 1987 feature film Dirty Dancing?

• 20:08, 10 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Varina-Enon Bridge, which carries Interstate 295 across the James River in Virginia, hosts an award-winning VDOT project to provide nesting locations for peregrine falcons which are traceable on a website?
• ...that although England centre forward Geoff Hurst had scored a hat-trick and was therefore entitled to keep the match ball, it was German striker Helmut Haller who took it home after the 1966 World Cup final?
• ...that Caesars Creek State Park has 7,900 acres centered around a 2,800 acre lake created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?

• 19:49, 9 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that video footage can be worth up to $45,000 in U.S. dollars, such as in the case of the broadcasting corporation payment of amateur's footage of the September 11, 2001 attacks?
• ...that Cetartiodactyla is a hypothesis based on DNA that suggests whales and hippos are related?
• ...that "Gigantour," a six-week heavy metal music festival devised by Megadeth front-man Dave Mustaine, will travel North America in late-July?
• ...that Ohio's College Township was given by Congress for the benefit of Miami University?

• 10:02, 8 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that an American Silver Eagle coin contains a guaranteed minimum of one troy ounce of .999 pure silver?
• ...that some stationery companies produce scented paper and envelopes specifically for love letters?
• ...that a smokie is a West African delicacy made by blowtorching the carcass of a sheep or goat without removing its fleece?
• ...that Reverend John Chilembwe is celebrated as the first Malawian nationalist, and was a martyr for his cause?

• 19:35, 6 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the broadfish tapeworm is the longest tapeworm in humans, averaging ten metres long and that it can shed up to a million eggs a day?
• ...that during the Elizabethan era in England, theatres were constructed of wood and were circular in form, open to the elements and with a large portion of the audience standing directly below the stage?
• ...that "I Want You Back", the 1969 debut single by The Jackson 5, was originally intended for both Gladys Knight & the Pips and Diana Ross, and has been sampled by Blackstreet, Jay-Z, and Lil' Romeo?

• 19:26, 5 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Wilfredo Gomez and Wilfredo Benitez share not only their first name, but also their Puerto Rican nationality? They also won three world boxing titles each.
• ...that DJ Grand Mixer DXT is credited with inventing turntablism, the rhythmic scratching of a record on a turntable using different velocities to alter the pitch of the note or sound on the recording, making the turntable a fully performable and improvisational instrument?
• ...that Robert Dick Wilson was a leading Bible scholar who was able to read the New Testament in nine different languages while still at Princeton University, and strongly defended the Bible's historical accuracy?

• 20:18, 4 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the 1459 Fra Mauro map reports that "a junk from India" rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1420, around 70 years before the navigations of Vasco da Gama?
• ...that The Brady Bunch actress Maureen McCormick was one of the many people who voiced the 1960s toy Chatty Cathy?
• ...that Flying Dog Brewery employs the unusual artwork of Ralph Steadman on its labels, best known for his work as the illustrator of the works of Hunter S. Thompson?
• ...that Arthur Owens, codenamed SNOW, was a vital double agent who supplied information to German intelligence under the direction of British MI5 during the early years of World War II?

• 08:23, 4 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that the history of sushi shows that although sushi is famous for its use in the Japanese cuisine, it actually originated in China in the 3rd or 4th century BC, more than 900 years before its first known appearance in Japan?
• ...that Ray Wilson, who was the eldest member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup team, became an undertaker after he retired from football?
• ...that pilot Victor Chapman died after being attacked by German enemies while on flight to carry oranges to a wounded friend?
• ...that Eli H. Janney whittled the prototypes for his railroad coupler design out of wood in 1873?

• 13:12, 3 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that Bunchy Carter founded the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party?
• ...that Adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD) affects an estimated 30% of people who suffered from Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in their childhood?
• ...that from 1926 to 1940, the Union Minière du Haut Katanga had a virtual monopoly of the world uranium market?
• ...that on March 4 1839, William F. Harnden became the first person to send an express freight shipment by rail?

• 11:56, 2 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that although Gridley Bryant invented many of the basic railroad technologies in the early 1820s, including tracks and wheels, he never patented them?
• ...that Arcadia University changed its name from Beaver College because the latter "too often elicited ridicule in the form of derogatory remarks"?
• ...that the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas' recently rediscovered last novel The Knight of Sainte-Hermine has a pivotal encounter with the British admiral Horatio Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar?
• ...a coping skill is a behavioral tool used to overcome adversity, disadvantage, or disability without correcting or eliminating the underlying condition?

• 18:17, 1 April 2005 (UTC)

• ...that a bulbous bow can increase a ship's fuel efficiency by as much as 15%?
• ...that Jesus spelled backwards sounds a bit like sausage?
• ...that the Sedlec Ossuary is a chapel decorated with the bones of 40,000 people?
• ...that A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke is a humorous look at the tense Franco-British relations during the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq?

• 11:16, 1 April 2005 (UTC)
• ...that the BMT Sea Beach Line has at times hosted the fastest express train service between Manhattan and Coney Island, but now carries only local trains of the New York City Subway, and doesn't even reach Coney Island due to reconstruction?