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Tahukah Anda ...... ??
...that the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees is Aneto?
...that Orson Squire Fowler, who popularized the octagon house, was also a phrenologist?
 ... that Voltaire's dismissive line about Canada being but "A few acres of snow" is, in fact, a misquote?
...that Tetricus I was the last of the Gallic Emperors?
...that Wite-Out correction fluid was invented in 1966?
...that the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo attacked workers who were building the Uganda Railway which connects Uganda and Kenya?
...that Oriental metal is a kind of death metal music that originated in Israel which has traditional Jewish and "Oriental" influences?
...that Chicago mayor Jane Byrne moved into the notoriously miserable Cabrini-Green housing project in 1981?
...that George H.W. Bush flew a TBF Avenger while he was in the U.S. Navy?
...that Henry Wade never lost a case until Roe v. Wade?
...that most "tin cans" are actually made of steel?
...that the Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber used during World War II?
 ... that the author Pai Hsien-yung's father was Kuomintang general Pai Chung-hsi?
...that left-handed specialists in baseball frequently enjoy long careers since their pitching arm suffers less stress?
...that American Zoetrope was originally housed in a warehouse in San Francisco in 1969?
...that the 555th Parachute Infantry Company was the first African-American airborne unit in the United States Army?
...that Singapore's first elected President was Ong Teng Cheong?
 ... that the gestation period of the ring-tailed lemur is approximately 146 days?
 ... that NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has logged 497 hours in space?
...that the original "dreamer of dreams" was British poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy?
...Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, was the father of the infamous Vlad the Impaler?
...that Enrico Fermi was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1942?
...that the improper use of a flag of truce or of the national flag is a forbidden ruse of war?
...that the Palau Congressional Library was founded in 1981, and has a staff of two?
...that Thutmose I was the first Pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings?
...that the Reduced Shakespeare Company performs a pastiche of 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes?
...that children born between 1901 and 1910 are said to be from the Interbellum Generation?
...that because of an effort to curb the spread of STDs, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s?
 ... that the Chinese tallow tree is used to make soap, candles, and medicine?
...that Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation can be used to treat anxiety, depression, and insomnia?
...that the friction coefficient is very important in determining the friction between two objects?
...that the Cochin Jews have had a settlement in India since the 16th century?
...that Clare Boothe Luce's play The Women has been made into a movie twice, and revived on Broadway several times?
 ... that in electrical engineering, a Smith chart is a common way of graphing the reflection coeffecient of a line?
...that the Thue-Morse sequence has applications in number theory, combinatorics, differential geometry and chess?
...Belgian artist Henry Van de Velde was one of the leading representatives of the Art Nouveau movement?
 ... that U.S. President LBJ once physically attacked Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson over Canada's Vietnam War policy?
...that Kao Neaw, a Thai sticky rice dish, is often served with ripe mangos and coconut milk as Kao Neaw Mamuan?
...that Len Wein created the Swamp Thing character for DC Comics?
Golden lion tamarin
 ... that the endangered golden lion tamarin has a long, but not prehensile, tail?
...that the catchphrase "Kowabunga!" was popularized by the NBC program Howdy Doody?
...that Sweden had a neutrality policy during World War II?
...that in 1916, Berlin, Ontario changed its name to Kitchener due to World War I-era anti-German sentiment?
...that the U.S. Postal Service's POSTNET uses a checksum to verify ZIP Codes?
 ... that 16 tunnels, many for tube lines, run beneath London's River Thames?
...that the Tokyo Monorail, which travels at speeds of up to 80 km/h, was constructed to coincide with the 1964 Summer Olympics?
...that the Balkan comic opera Ero the Joker was first performed on November 2, 1935?
...that jumping plant lice and aphids are considered to be the "primitive" group within the Hemiptera order of true bugs?
 ... in 1971, Pakistani writer Eqbal Ahmad was indicted on charges of conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger?
source : wikipedia.com
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Tahukah Anda ...??
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Tahukah Anda ...?
.. that Clint Malarchuk sustained one of the most horrific in-game injuries in NHL history?
... that Monique Serf was only ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II?
... that in the 1930s, Australia was home to a paramilitary Fascist organization called the New Guard?
 .. that Dolmabah鏴 Palace was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1923?
... that the U.S. Academic Decathlon was first organized in Orange County, California?
... that until the 1930s, methanol was the most widely used antifreeze?
... that the Auditorium Building in Chicago, Illinois was intended to rival New York City's Metropolitan Opera House?
 ... that NASA offers interested individuals opportunities to fly small experiments aboard the space shuttle called Getaway Specials?
... that Dido class cruisers fought in the Battle of Cape Matapan, Battle of Okinawa, Operation Overlord, and Operation Torch?
... that Zenna Henderson's story "Pottage" was made into an ABC-TV Movie, The People, starring William Shatner?
 ... that Anne Isabella Milbanke was certain her husband, Lord Byron, had gone mad?
... that the Kharosthi script was in use from the middle of the 3rd century BC until around the 3rd century AD?
... that the governor of Texas during the American Civil War was Francis Lubbock?
... that Measure 51 would have repealed Oregon's Death with Dignity Act?
 .. that, in the U.S. Navy, advancement to Petty Officer First Class is dependent on time in service, performance evaluations, and rate examinations?
... that Joan of Arc and Mahatma Gandhi were protagonists in Clone High?
... that Signing Exact English is easy for parents and teachers of deaf children to master quickly?
 ... that Jane Delano, a relative of U.S. President FDR, founded the American Red Cross nursing service?
... that the Persian king Cyrus the Younger invented the scythed chariot?
... that there is no widely accepted explanation for geographic features called Carolina bays, but that meteors may be the cause?
... that Ferryland was the first permanent European colony in Newfoundland?
... that there is a collection of neurons in the basal forebrain of reptiles called a nucleus accumbens that is implicated in reward responses?
... that New York City has been working on the Second Avenue Subway project since 1919?
 ... that the Rift Valley lakes of Africa are a freshwater ecoregion?
 ... the brains of spider monkeys weigh twice as much as the brains of howler monkeys of equal size?
... that the UK's Workers Socialist Federation began as a suffragette group?
... that people who suffer from anosognosia deny or do not know that they have relatively significant challenges such blindness or paralysis?
... that Captain & Tennille now reside in Nevada, United States?
... that siblings raised separately may experience genetic sexual attraction if they meet as adults?
 ... that according to the ancient doctrine of signatures, the plant hepatica was useful for treating liver disorders?
... that cartoon Irving proposed to cartoon Cathy on Valentine's Day 2004?
... that Church House is the headquarters building for the Church of England?
... that the USSR named twelve cities and one city-fortress Hero Cities for valor during the Great Patriotic War?
... that in Vajrayana Buddhism, a Wisdom King is the third tier of deity after Buddhas and bodhisattvas?
... that Comiskey Park was the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball until its demolition in 1991?
 ... that a demisemiquaver is a musical note that is played for 1/32 the duration of a whole note?
 ... that "Persian violet" is another name for cyclamen?
... that Ancient Egyptian architect Senemut was allegedly the lover of the Pharoah Hatshepsut?
... that the music of the Pointer Sisters combined jazz, scat and be-bop?
... that the UN founded the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in 1975?
 ... that Venetian, spoken in and around Venice, Italy, is not a dialect of Italian?
... that collard greens is both a plant and a recipe?
 ... that Hong Kong is made up of a peninsula and 236 islands?
... that the Ancient Greek mathematician Polybius invented the Polybius square, a cryptographic technique?
... that William X of Aquitaine, father of Eleanor of Aquitaine, was a noted patron of troubadors?
... that the term Apostolic Fathers refers to the generation between the Apostles and the Church Fathers?
 ... that Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb led the successful German assault on Leningrad in 1941, but was relieved of duty by a distrustful Hitler?
 ... that Albert R. Broccoli produced Dr. No and remained involved with the James Bond series until his death?
... that famous epic poems like Beowulf and Judith were written in Late West Saxon?
... the ember days were formerly set aside for fasting and prayer in the Christian liturgical calendar?
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Banyaknya informasi...........
Terima kasih......:tq::tq::tq: |
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Meh aku nak test sendiri aku punya knowledge.....
:ah: maknanya aku tahu ...... tak tau !
...that the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees is Aneto? sebab insignificant
...that Orson Squire Fowler, who popularized the octagon house, was also a phrenologist? hehe siapa tuh...
... that Voltaire's dismissive line about Canada being but "A few acres of snow" is, in fact, a misquote? Voltaire tu bukan poet ke?
...that Tetricus I was the last of the Gallic Emperors?
...that Wite-Out correction fluid was invented in 1966?:ah:
...that the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo attacked workers who were building the Uganda Railway which connects Uganda and Kenya? :ah: Jadi filem 'Ghost and The Darkness' ....singa2 ni makan orang sebab saje suka2
...that Oriental metal is a kind of death metal music that originated in Israel which has traditional Jewish and "Oriental" influences?
...that Chicago mayor Jane Byrne moved into the notoriously miserable Cabrini-Green housing project in 1981?
...that George H.W. Bush flew a TBF Avenger while he was in the U.S. Navy? :ah: George Bush senior menjadi juruterbang pengebom masa WW2 dan pernah ditembak jatuh. Unit beliau VT-51 dari USS San Jacinto
...that Henry Wade never lost a case until Roe v. Wade? tapi kes Roe v. Wade tu aku tau sangat le
...that most "tin cans" are actually made of steel? :ah:
...that the Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber used during World War II? :ah: dan juga Fairey Albacore, Fairey Swordfish dan Grumman Avenger
... that the author Pai Hsien-yung's father was Kuomintang general Pai Chung-hsi?
...that left-handed specialists in baseball frequently enjoy long careers since their pitching arm suffers less stress?
...that American Zoetrope was originally housed in a warehouse in San Francisco in 1969? :ah:
...that the 555th Parachute Infantry Company was the first African-American airborne unit in the United States Army? :ah:
...that Singapore's first elected President was Ong Teng Cheong? should I?
... that the gestation period of the ring-tailed lemur is approximately 146 days?
... that NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has logged 497 hours in space?
...that the original "dreamer of dreams" was British poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy?
...Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, was the father of the infamous Vlad the Impaler? Vlad III tu kenal sangat ler
...that Enrico Fermi was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1942? Tahu siapa Enrico Fermi but not the award
...that the improper use of a flag of truce or of the national flag is a forbidden ruse of war? :ah:
...that the Palau Congressional Library was founded in 1981, and has a staff of two?
...that Thutmose I was the first Pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings?
...that the Reduced Shakespeare Company performs a pastiche of 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes?
...that children born between 1901 and 1910 are said to be from the Interbellum Generation? What is Interbellum Generation????
...that because of an effort to curb the spread of STDs, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s?
... that the Chinese tallow tree is used to make soap, candles, and medicine? :ah:
...that Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation can be used to treat anxiety, depression, and insomnia?
...that the friction coefficient is very important in determining the friction between two objects? sebab aku tak amik Fizik!
...that the Cochin Jews have had a settlement in India since the 16th century?
...that Clare Boothe Luce's play The Women has been made into a movie twice, and revived on Broadway several times?
... that in electrical engineering, a Smith chart is a common way of graphing the reflection coeffecient of a line? Tak amik engineering!
...that the Thue-Morse sequence has applications in number theory, combinatorics, differential geometry and chess? What is Thue-Morse sequence????
...Belgian artist Henry Van de Velde was one of the leading representatives of the Art Nouveau movement? Tak minat art!
... that U.S. President LBJ once physically attacked Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson over Canada's Vietnam War policy?
...that Kao Neaw, a Thai sticky rice dish, is often served with ripe mangos and coconut milk as Kao Neaw Mamuan? Tau tomyam aje!!
...that Len Wein created the Swamp Thing character for DC Comics? Tak minat Swamp Thing!
... that the endangered golden lion tamarin has a long, but not prehensile, tail?:ah:
...that the catchphrase "Kowabunga!" was popularized by the NBC program Howdy Doody? Ingatkan Ninja Turtle dulu!
...that Sweden had a neutrality policy during World War II?:ah: So did Switzerland and some other countries...some neutral at first but join war later...even US is neutral until 1941!
...that in 1916, Berlin, Ontario changed its name to Kitchener due to World War I-era anti-German sentiment?
...that the U.S. Postal Service's POSTNET uses a checksum to verify ZIP Codes?
... that 16 tunnels, many for tube lines, run beneath London's River Thames?:ah:
...that the Tokyo Monorail, which travels at speeds of up to 80 km/h, was constructed to coincide with the 1964 Summer Olympics?
...that the Balkan comic opera Ero the Joker was first performed on November 2, 1935?
...that jumping plant lice and aphids are considered to be the "primitive" group within the Hemiptera order of true bugs?
... in 1971, Pakistani writer Eqbal Ahmad was indicted on charges of conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger? |
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... that Henri Poincar |
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Part III
.. that Clint Malarchuk sustained one of the most horrific in-game injuries in NHL history? NHL is not my cup of tea anyway!
... that Monique Serf was only ten years old when she had to go into hiding during the German occupation of France in World War II? Who is she? But I guess she's not the only children hiding.....
... that in the 1930s, Australia was home to a paramilitary Fascist organization called the New Guard?:ah:
.. that Dolmabah鏴 Palace was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1923?:ah:
... that the U.S. Academic Decathlon was first organized in Orange County, California?
... that until the 1930s, methanol was the most widely used antifreeze?
... that the Auditorium Building in Chicago, Illinois was intended to rival New York City's Metropolitan Opera House?
... that NASA offers interested individuals opportunities to fly small experiments aboard the space shuttle called Getaway Specials?
... that Dido class cruisers fought in the Battle of Cape Matapan, Battle of Okinawa, Operation Overlord, and Operation Torch?:ah: because they are AA cruisers, they gave protection to the fleet against air attacks
... that Zenna Henderson's story " ottage" was made into an ABC-TV Movie, The People, starring William Shatner?
... that Anne Isabella Milbanke was certain her husband, Lord Byron, had gone mad? Who are these people?
... that the Kharosthi script was in use from the middle of the 3rd century BC until around the 3rd century AD?
... that the governor of Texas during the American Civil War was Francis Lubbock? Who is this guy? Please...tell me!
... that Measure 51 would have repealed Oregon's Death with Dignity Act?
.. that, in the U.S. Navy, advancement to Petty Officer First Class is dependent on time in service, performance evaluations, and rate examinations?:ah:
... that Joan of Arc and Mahatma Gandhi were protagonists in Clone High? Huh what is Clone High?
... that Signing Exact English is easy for parents and teachers of deaf children to master quickly?
... that Jane Delano, a relative of U.S. President FDR, founded the American Red Cross nursing service?
... that the Persian king Cyrus the Younger invented the scythed chariot?
... that there is no widely accepted explanation for geographic features called Carolina bays, but that meteors may be the cause?
... that Ferryland was the first permanent European colony in Newfoundland?:ah:
... that there is a collection of neurons in the basal forebrain of reptiles called a nucleus accumbens that is implicated in reward responses?
... that New York City has been working on the Second Avenue Subway project since 1919?
... that the Rift Valley lakes of Africa are a freshwater ecoregion?:ah:
... the brains of spider monkeys weigh twice as much as the brains of howler monkeys of equal size?
... that the UK's Workers Socialist Federation began as a suffragette group?
... that people who suffer from anosognosia deny or do not know that they have relatively significant challenges such blindness or paralysis?
... that Captain & Tennille now reside in Nevada, United States? Again, who are these guys?
... that siblings raised separately may experience genetic sexual attraction if they meet as adults?
... that according to the ancient doctrine of signatures, the plant hepatica was useful for treating liver disorders?
... that cartoon Irving proposed to cartoon Cathy on Valentine's Day 2004?
... that Church House is the headquarters building for the Church of England?
... that the USSR named twelve cities and one city-fortress Hero Cities for valor during the Great Patriotic War?:ah: Mainly cities invested by the Germans during the war....
... that in Vajrayana Buddhism, a Wisdom King is the third tier of deity after Buddhas and bodhisattvas?
... that Comiskey Park was the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball until its demolition in 1991? Tak minat baseball...so...
... that a demisemiquaver is a musical note that is played for 1/32 the duration of a whole note?
... that "ersian violet" is another name for cyclamen?
... that Ancient Egyptian architect Senemut was allegedly the lover of the Pharoah Hatshepsut? Yuck! Gays!!
... that the music of the Pointer Sisters combined jazz, scat and be-bop?:stp: aku tahu pointer sisters tapi blur genre music...hehe
... that the UN founded the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in 1975?:ah: Tapi apa jadi????
... that Venetian, spoken in and around Venice, Italy, is not a dialect of Italian?
... that collard greens is both a plant and a recipe?
... that Hong Kong is made up of a peninsula and 236 islands?:ah:
... that the Ancient Greek mathematician Polybius invented the Polybius square, a cryptographic technique?
... that William X of Aquitaine, father of Eleanor of Aquitaine, was a noted patron of troubadors?
... that the term Apostolic Fathers refers to the generation between the Apostles and the Church Fathers?
... that Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb led the successful German assault on Leningrad in 1941, but was relieved of duty by a distrustful Hitler?:hmm: Leningrad was besieged but never fell so 'successful' is pretty misleading. von Leeb was not the only one relieved by Hitler, others include von Rundstedt and von Manstein
... that Albert R. Broccoli produced Dr. No and remained involved with the James Bond series until his death?:ah:
... that famous epic poems like Beowulf and Judith were written in Late West Saxon?:hmm: Tahu Beowulf...but not the language it was written!
... the ember days were formerly set aside for fasting and prayer in the Christian liturgical calendar?
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Tahukah Anda ...?
... that the Korean poetic form of sijo resembles the Japanese poetic form of haiku?
... that poet Robert Hass, a two-term American Poet Laureate, is a neighbor of Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz?
 ... that the Mamayev Kurgan complex in Volgograd, Russia is a memorial to the Battle of Stalingrad?
... that Maia Chiburdanidze was the youngest woman ever to win the women's world chess championship?
 ... that the private income of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is known as the Privy Purse?
... that Pop-Tarts are the most popular product made by Kellogg's?
... that bone marrow transplants are used to restore stem cells in the bodies of cancer patients?
... that Villeurbanne and Lyon form the second-largest conurbation in France?
 ... that Jimmy McHugh was nominated five times for an Academy Award for Best Song, but never won?
... that one variety of baby blue eyes, a common California wild flower, is white?
... that actress Dorothy Kilgallen, who claimed to have information about the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, died under suspicious circumstances?
... that "God Save Ireland" was the unofficial national anthem of the Irish Free State?
... that Elaine May and Mike Nichols cofounded the Compass Players, which later became Second City?
 ... that most of the 8,000 speakers of the Niuean language live outside the borders of Niue?
... that Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele discovered the first refractory metal in 1781?
... that the romantic epistles Letters of a Portuguese Nun were from a nun to her lover?
... that the U.S. movement toward small claims courts began in the early 1960s, as Justice of the Peace courts became increasingly archaic?
 ... that Bodega Bay in California was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds?
... that rattlesnake venom contains hemotoxins?
 ... that Ernest Duchesne discovered penicillin's antibiotic powers 32 years before Alexander Fleming?
... that the Indrikis chronicles are the oldest written history of Latvia and Estonia?
... that the boundaries between American Georgia and Spanish Florida were defined by the 1796 Treaty of Madrid?
... that the term Fertile Crescent was coined by James Henry Breasted?
 ... that an important tool in surface mining is the drag line excavator?
... that New York Point lost out to Braille in the "War of the Dots"?
... that The Mississippi Rag has been reporting on traditional jazz and ragtime music since 1973?
... that a cousin of curling, ice stock sport, is played primarily in Germany and Austria?
... that four different continents host Red Fox populations?
... that a crystal set is the simplest kind of radio receiver?
... that Fanny Crosby wrote more than 8,000 hymns despite being totally blind?
... that Austrian journalist G黱ther Nenning is nicknamed Auhirsch, meaning "meadow deer"?
 .. that the white-tailed deer can be found in all 48 contiguous U.S. states?
... that the Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine powers the Harrier jet?
... that Herschel Island in Canada is named for scientist John Herschel?
... that Heaven Can Wait, a play by Harry Segall, has been filmed at least four times?
 ... that in 1929 the Graf Zeppelin completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes?
... that exploding head syndrome isn't fatal?
... that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley found Tom Riddle's diary in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom?
... that Sean MacDermott, a leader of the Easter Rising of 1916, was executed by firing squad?
... that patent ductus arteriosus is a kind of congenital heart defect?
... that there is a form of mental calculation called Vedic mathematics which is based on the ancient Indian Vedas?
... that California's Russian River is named for the Russian trappers who explored it in the early 19th century?
... that the Diners Club card was the first independent credit card?
 ... that in the late 1940s the USAF Northrop YB-49 set both an unofficial endurance record and a trans-continental speed record?
... that Power Girl is a cousin of Superman from the DC Comics universe?
... that linguicism is a prejudice based on someone's use of language?
 ... that a chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings?
... that a Klondike bar is a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla ice cream square coated with a thin layer of chocolate?
... the Report on the Affairs of British North America stated in 1839 that Canada consisted of "two nations warring in the bosom of a single state?"
 ... that Greeneyes are hermaphroditic?
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Pat IV...hehe (keep em coming fly!)
... that the Korean poetic form of sijo resembles the Japanese poetic form of haiku? kena tengok dulu tulisan tu....
... that poet Robert Hass, a two-term American Poet Laureate, is a neighbor of Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz?
... that the Mamayev Kurgan complex in Volgograd, Russia is a memorial to the Battle of Stalingrad? :ah: Mamayev hill outside the city...scene of terrible battles in 1942-43
... that Maia Chiburdanidze was the youngest woman ever to win the women's world chess championship? aku kenal Bobby Fisher dengan alamak sape nama Russian tu?
... that the private income of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is known as the Privy Purse?
... that Pop-Tarts are the most popular product made by Kellogg's? Ingatkan Cornflakes dia....
... that bone marrow transplants are used to restore stem cells in the bodies of cancer patients?:ah:
... that Villeurbanne and Lyon form the second-largest conurbation in France?
... that Jimmy McHugh was nominated five times for an Academy Award for Best Song, but never won?
... that one variety of baby blue eyes, a common California wild flower, is white?
... that actress Dorothy Kilgallen, who claimed to have information about the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, died under suspicious circumstances? Conspiracy?
... that "God Save Ireland" was the unofficial national anthem of the Irish Free State?
... that Elaine May and Mike Nichols cofounded the Compass Players, which later became Second City? Ape tu?
... that most of the 8,000 speakers of the Niuean language live outside the borders of Niue? Err Niue tu kat mana?
... that Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele discovered the first refractory metal in 1781?
... that the romantic epistles Letters of a Portuguese Nun were from a nun to her lover?
... that the U.S. movement toward small claims courts began in the early 1960s, as Justice of the Peace courts became increasingly archaic?
... that Bodega Bay in California was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds? Know the film not the location....
... that rattlesnake venom contains hemotoxins?:ah: toxins that attack the blood...among the effects, the blood cannot clot.
... that Ernest Duchesne discovered penicillin's antibiotic powers 32 years before Alexander Fleming? Huh? apasal dia tak publish finding dia ek?
... that the Indrikis chronicles are the oldest written history of Latvia and Estonia?
... that the boundaries between American Georgia and Spanish Florida were defined by the 1796 Treaty of Madrid?
... that the term Fertile Crescent was coined by James Henry Breasted?
... that an important tool in surface mining is the drag line excavator?
... that New York Point lost out to Braille in the "War of the Dots"?
... that The Mississippi Rag has been reporting on traditional jazz and ragtime music since 1973?
... that a cousin of curling, ice stock sport, is played primarily in Germany and Austria?
... that four different continents host Red Fox populations?:ah:
... that a crystal set is the simplest kind of radio receiver?:ah: banyak dibuat oleh prisoner of war untuk tahu berita luar semasa perang
... that Fanny Crosby wrote more than 8,000 hymns despite being totally blind?
... that Austrian journalist G黱ther Nenning is nicknamed Auhirsch, meaning "meadow deer"?
.. that the white-tailed deer can be found in all 48 contiguous U.S. states? tapi tak heran le.....
... that the Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine powers the Harrier jet?:ah: Selain kereta, RR juga pengeluar enjin termasuk pesawat....masa WW2, BMW juga pengeluar enjin pesawat
... that Herschel Island in Canada is named for scientist John Herschel?
... that Heaven Can Wait, a play by Harry Segall, has been filmed at least four times?
... that in 1929 the Graf Zeppelin completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes?:ah:
... that exploding head syndrome isn't fatal?
... that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley found Tom Riddle's diary in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom? Heheh...nice name eh?
... that Sean MacDermott, a leader of the Easter Rising of 1916, was executed by firing squad?:ah:
... that patent ductus arteriosus is a kind of congenital heart defect?
... that there is a form of mental calculation called Vedic mathematics which is based on the ancient Indian Vedas?
... that California's Russian River is named for the Russian trappers who explored it in the early 19th century?
... that the Diners Club card was the first independent credit card?:ah:
... that in the late 1940s the USAF Northrop YB-49 set both an unofficial endurance record and a trans-continental speed record?:ah:
... that Power Girl is a cousin of Superman from the DC Comics universe? Tak follow Superman
... that linguicism is a prejudice based on someone's use of language?
... that a chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings?:stp:
... that a Klondike bar is a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla ice cream square coated with a thin layer of chocolate? mcm sedap aje...hehe
... the Report on the Affairs of British North America stated in 1839 that Canada consisted of "two nations warring in the bosom of a single state?" Tapi tak heran sebab separuh keturunan British lagi separuh keturunan French....
... that Greeneyes are hermaphroditic?
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Tahukah Anda ..?
...that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan severely injured his back while filming the blockbuster hit Kal Ho Naa Ho?
...that iron deficiency anemia is the final stage of iron deficiency?
 ...that fetal hemoglobin synthesis is used to treat adults with sickle cell anemia?
...that the "Pardoner's Prologue and Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is about three revellers who set out to kill Death?
...that Assyriologist Archibald Sayce discovered that the Hittite hieroglyphic system was predominantly syllabic?
...that writer Panait Istrati is known for his line, "All right, I can see the broken eggs. Where's this omelet of yours?"
...that the heavyweight class in boxing has no maximum weight limit?
...that the descent of Elizabeth II leads back directly 1500 years and fifty generations to Cerdic of Wessex?
...that Anglo-German novelist Elizabeth von Arnim was a cousin to New Zealand short story writer Katherine Mansfield?
...that one way to calculate distances in terms of latitude and longitude is the Haversine formula?
...that the longest NHL overtime game in the history of hockey was a 1936 match between the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Maroons?
 ...that lumpsuckers are fish that have modified pelvic fins which have evolved into adhesive discs that allow them to adhere to their substrate?
...that the satiric New Zealand McGillicuddy Serious Party wanted to return to a medieval lifestyle and establish a monarchy based on the Scottish Jacobite line?
...that Eric Coates was an English composer who wrote some songs for lyrics by Arthur Conan Doyle?
...that Chinese Taipei is the designated name the Republic of China (Taiwan) uses in most international organizations?
 ...that a suikinkutsu is a type of Japanese garden ornament and a music device?
...that Kimono de Ginza are a group of kimono and Japanese clothing enthusiasts in Tokyo that meet monthly in full-dress in front of a department store and then later in an izakaya?
...that the unmanned Apollo VI space capsule was recovered by the USS Okinawa (LPH-3) 380 miles north of Kauai, Hawaii?
 ...that some plants have tentacles, but octopuses have none (they have arms)?
...that the founders of College of Charleston included three signers of the Declaration of Independence and three fathers of the United States Constitution?
...that a chroot jail is a sandbox environment on a Unix system?
...that the 2000 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the heptathlon was Denise Lewis?
 ...that Queen Elizabeth I of England may have been named for her grandmother Elizabeth Boleyn?
...that Knecht Ruprecht, a figure in Germanic folklore, is often depicted as traveling with Santa Claus?
...that the Genghis Khan defeated Jelal ad-Din Mingburnu, sultan of the Khwarezmid Empire, at the Battle of Indus in 1221?
...that Oklahoma's Price Tower is one of the only two Frank Lloyd Wright skyscrapers ever built?
 ...that a dichroic prism splits light into two beams of different color, or wavelengths?
...that image intensifiers, which are similar to night-vision, were invented by Vladimir Zworykin, a World War II-era RCA employee?
...that the journalistic practice of muckraking began at McClure's magazine?
...that Pieter de Hooch, a genre painter from the Dutch Golden Age, died in an insane asylum?
...that the Zhang Zhung culture of Tibet is the source of the B鰊 religion?
...that Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park was originally an ostrich farm?
...that, according to cat coat genetics, two different X chromosome alleles must be expressed to create a calico?
 ...that the site of the Franklin Dam was blockaded for seven months before its construction was halted by the High Court of Australia?
 ...that one of the three Hoenn starter Pok閙on is Torchic?
 ...that the Fairey Seafox was a Second World War reconnaissance floatplane of the Fleet Air Arm?
...that Connie Mack managed for 53 baseball seasons, winning nine pennants and five World Series?
...that Peter Mitchell called for mercy on Louis Riel and blamed John A. Macdonald for causing the Riel Rebellion?
...that a 2002 BBC World Service global poll voted A Nation Once Again the world's most popular tune?
...that a theme in Robert Heinlein's science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land is group marriage?
 ...that Pope Stephen VII exhumed the remains of Pope Formosus for the Cadaver Synod?
...that circles and Reuleaux triangles are examples of curves of constant width?
...that the Antarctic ecosystem cannot support vascular plants?
...that a diplomatic bag is a term of art in both international relations and cryptography?
 ...that Prambanan, on Java, is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia?
...that the scandalous murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor has never been solved?
...that Benguela current of the Southern Ocean has a small El Ni駉 effect?
...that the fundamental complexity of chemical synthesis impedes many efforts at drug design?
 ...that the Jerusalem cricket is sometimes called "the old bald-headed man"?
 ...that autonomic ganglions are cell bodies within the autonomic nervous system?
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 ...that the saliva of a Common Garter Snake may be toxic to amphibians and other small animals?
...that the Maltese alphabet contains 29 letters but does not contain the Latin letter Y?
...that clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch was founded in 1892 and originally sold hunting, camping and fishing gear?
...that in the 19th century the W鰎thersee became an exclusive summer retreat for Vienna's nobility?
...that Broadmoor Hospital is the most famous mental institution in England?
...that the longest extra inning game in professional baseball history was an International League game that lasted 33 innings?
...that the Three-Self Patriotic Movement is part of the only government-sanctioned Protestant church in the People's Republic of China?
...that an American thoroughbred racehorse named Cigar was the first winner of the Dubai World Cup?
 ...that all members of the genus Zigadenus are unpalatable to livestock because of the presence of alkaloids?
...that in 1169 Denny Abbey was handed over to the Knights Templar?
...that Dave Righetti was the first player in Major League Baseball history to pitch a no-hitter and lead the league in saves in a career?
...that the co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize was Nicholas Butler?
 ...that although opera contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink had a son fighting on the other side, she toured the United States to raise money for the USA in World War I?
...that Taiwan celebrates a national Teacher's Day holiday each September 28?
...that both serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors and novel antidepressants like bupropion work on multiple neurotransmitters?
...that the HMS Finisterre replaced her sister-ship the Hogue in Far Eastern service after the latter was destroyed by a collision with an Indian cruiser?
 ...that Notre-Dame de la Paix Basilica in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire is the world's tallest cathedral?
...that the film The Titfield Thunderbolt was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales?
...that pole stars change over time because stars exhibit a slow but distinct drift with respect to the Earth's axis?
...that high jumper Ulrike Meyfarth became the youngest individual Olympic champion in athletics?
 ...that the Allies organized the South East Asia Command, led by Lord Mountbatten, to manage operations in the southern Pacific Theater during World War II?
...that there are at least 10 Malay-based creoles?
...that Herb Robert, a species of cranesbill, is believed by traditional herbologists to be a toothache palliative?
...that Mickey Marcus is the only person buried at the United States Military Academy who died fighting under a foreign flag?
...that in the United Kingdom a County palatine was one which had special autonomy and was ruled by an Earl or Count?
...that many Mexicans pray to a figure known as Saint Death?
...that the Von Willebrand factor is a blood protein used by the coagulation function of the circulatory system?
...that Cousin problems have nothing to do with difficult relatives?
...that the Battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War?
...that most garden flowers and herbs are forbs?
...that The Most Dangerous Game has been repeatedly used as source material by television shows like Gilligan's Island?
 ...that Russian military man Boris Shaposhnikov successfully transitioned from the armed forces of czarist Russia to those of the USSR?
...that Fort Caroline, near present-day Jacksonville, Florida, was the first permanent French colony in North America?
...that the Henrician Articles, passed in 1573, laid out the principles of government in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
...that June and Jennifer Gibbons communicated via a twin language?
 ...that the geology of the Grand Canyon area includes more than 40 identified rock layers?
...that the Schneider CA1 was the first French tank?
 ...that Pale Flax may be an evolutionary predecessor to Common Flax, from which the fiber is derived?
...that the lowest ranks in the Norwegian military are the menig (Army), flysoldat (Air Force) and Utskrevet menig (Navy)?
 ..that Boris Yeltsin wanted to remove the body of Vladimir Lenin from public display in Lenin's Mausoleum but failed to achieve his goal while in power?
...that China's peaceful rise is the current non-threatening foreign policy doctrine of the People's Republic of China?
...that gravitational collapse is a leading cause of star death?
...that the history of the periodic table records at least two pre-Mendeleevian attempts to organize the elements?
 ...that the United States Navy practiced burial at sea as recently as World War II?
...that weather lore is essentially folk meteorology and varies widely in its veracity?
...that the British judicial practice of Quarter Sessions existed until 1972?
...that Beijing opera did not originate in Beijing but in the Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei?
 ...that the California Manroot has five-centimetre round fruits covered in one-centimetre spines, and a bitter taste?
...that Russian humor thrived even during the Soviet stagnation period of the 1970s and 1980s?
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...that many old buildings near Government Center in Boston once hid fugitive slaves who traveled along the Underground Railroad?
 ...that the Irish Supreme Court sits at the Four Courts building in Dublin?
...that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned literacy tests as a voting qualification in the U.S.?
...that surgery patients who experience anesthesia awareness may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder?
...that rapid single flux quantum is an electronics technology that relies on quantum effects in superconducting materials rather than the present-day transistor standard?
...that Pizza Hut was founded by Dan and Frank Carney?
...that the cucumber sandwich is an integral part of polite tea?
...that in 1934 Leonid Nikolaev was executed for the murder of Sergei Kirov, the popular chief of the Leningrad Communist Party?
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...that Stonehenge is surrounded by 56 pits known as Aubrey holes?
...that Chicago's Lincoln Park was originally a cemetery?
...that the ventral stream makes up one half of the visual cortex?
...that devout Catholics believe in the Perpetual Virginity of Mary?
 ...that the Sitka is the largest species of spruce tree?
...that the Outlawries Bill has been read in the British House of Commons nearly every year since 1727?
 ...that the U.S. Navy experienced its largest peacetime loss of ships in the 1923 Honda Point Disaster?
...that Japanese Imari porcelain was made specifically for export to Europe?
...that in Upper and Lower Canada, the colonial government used concession roads to define lots which were to be developed?
...that the collections of the Chicago Public Library began with the 8,000-volume "English Book Donation" which came in response to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871?
 ...that the Chislehurst Caves of Kent are actually mines that were first worked in 1250?
...that short leading men often stand on apple boxes to make themselves look taller on film?
 ...that a member of the Gelechiidae family of moths is used to control spotted knapweed?
...that the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal established the legal basis for the Nuremberg trials?
...that the Sacramento River Delta is an inverted river delta and that it once had an extensive system of cable ferries?
...that the singer Scott Walker produced an album for British band Pulp?
 ...that the nectar of Yellow Jessamine causes brood death when gathered by honeybees?
...that the Humboldt River in Nevada is the longest river in the Great Basin and furnished the route of the Central Pacific segment of the transcontinental railroad?
...that the Trumpeter Swan is the largest swan native to North America?
...that Scandinavia's High North Alliance works to protect the whaling interests of member countries?
...that the Brazil nut effect, a law of physics, dictates that when a mixture of granular material is shaken the biggest particles end up on the top?
...that 1943 Triple Crown winner Count Fleet was both sire of and sired by Kentucky Derby winners?
...that the music genre known as bouncy techno originated in Scotland?
 ...that the original orange-red Fiestaware dinnerware contained a substantial quantity of uranium?
...that visually impaired musicians can begin learning Music Braille once they are competent in grade-two level literary Braille?
...that the 1539 Ordinance of Villers-Cotter阾s, which mandated the use of French in official documents, contributed to the rise of French nationalism?
...that the indigenous peoples of Brazil domesticated cassava?
 ...that the Oxford University Museum was the site of a major debate in evolutionary biology?
.. that a "rain of fish"梩he result of a tornado traveling over the ocean, sucking up fish and then dropping them over villages梚s a common theme appearing in Honduran culture?
...that Charley Fox, a Canadian flight lieutenant, was credited with injuring Erwin Rommel?
...that body surface area is an important measure used in medicine to calculate chemotherapy dosage?
 ...that British Columbia provincial highway 2 is a short road from Dawson Creek to the B.C./Alberta border?
...that four planes were simultaneously hijacked in the 1970 Dawson's Field hijackings?
...that the caterpillars of the Anise Swallowtail butterfly like to eat fennel?
...that Battleship Row bore the brunt of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor?
...that Sale of the Century was Australia's longest-running game show?
...that freak waves are common near Cape Algulhas off the southern tip of Africa?
 ...that Andante in C was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first composition?
...that in Irish politics, no ordinary referendum has ever occurred?
 ...that the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington was the first major volcanic eruption to occur in the U.S. since the 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California?
...that bag people were common in the USSR following the Russian Revolution?
...that women are twice as likely as men to have pulmonary hypertension?
...that some people believe that the Angels of Mons helped protect British forces during World War I's Battle of Mons?
 ...that the most popular brand of absinthe was Pernod Fils?
...that Canada's tax policy does not include an inheritance tax?
...that an oast house is a traditional Kentish structure for drying hops before brewing?
...that George Rogers Clark, older brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, captured two British forts during the American Revolutionary War?
...that Emilio Carranza was known as "the Lindbergh of Mexico"?
 ...that Kawaiahao Church is known as the Westminster Abbey of Hawaii?
...that corals, graptolites, brachiopods and trilobites are frequently used as index fossils?
...that the assassination in Sarajevo of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria led to World War I? (Okay, you probably did know that one.)
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...that Henry Wade never lost a case until Roe v. Wade? tapi kes Roe v. Wade tu aku tau sangat le
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Originally posted by punchup at 16-6-2005 11:24:
alpha....kes Roe v. Wade tu leh tolong citer sikit tak :tq::tq::tq:
Extremely short version.... Jane Roe ni ibu tunggal nak gugurkan kandungan dia tapi undang2 Texas tak benarkan kecuali kandungan membahayakan ibu. Jane Roe kata undang2 tu bertentangan dengan perlembagaan US jadi dia challenge kat court. Mahkamah Persekutuan US akhirnya ambil keputusan undang2 Texas tu salah dan pregnant ladies boleh gugurkan kandungan mereka jika mereka mahu...kes ni kat US mmg hangat sebab dua pendapat : pro-life yang nahukan bayi dilahirkan dan pro-choice yang mahu kebebasan diberi kepada ibu2. |
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Tahukah Anda ...?
 ...that the Battle of Tarawa was the first time in World War II that the U.S. faced serious opposition to an amphibious landing?
...that the Siege of Malta cost 1,493 civilian lives?
...that Shuri Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
 ...that Edmund Beckett, the designer of Big Ben, said, "I am the only architect with whom I have never quarrelled."?
...that the Great Salad Oil Swindle was an infamous attempt at cornering the market?
...that the political party at European level is a type of organization in the European Union eligible to receive funding from the Union, and is recognized in the Maastricht Treaty and the draft European Constitution?
 ...that the Frankfurt kitchen was the first built-in kitchen, and was designed with space efficiency in mind?
 ...that the Pergamon Museum in Berlin hosts a reconstruction of a 113 meter long sculptural frieze?
...that dramatic structure has been diagrammed by both Aristotle and Gustav Freytag?
...there are two known Polyomaviruses which infect humans?
...that Ruffini's rule allows the rapid division of any polynomial by a binomial of the form x - r ?
 ...that California's Owens River has been entirely diverted for irrigation and drinking water?
...that the Communist League of America was formed after some members of the Communist Party USA were expelled for Trotskyism?
...that Polish Communists forbade the use of Wymysojer shortly after World War II, and now only about 100 native speakers remain?
...that a 1939 conflict between Soviet and Japanese troops in the village of Nomonhan is thought to have led to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
 ...that there are many uses for trigonometry?
...that Dudley Pope wrote many of his books aboard a 54-foot wooden yacht?
...that the tallest structure in California is a television antenna tower, while in Arizona it is a chimney?
 ...that in his later years Dick Dastardly was often Yogi Bear's nemesis?
...that the Snellen chart is used to measure visual acuity?
...that a wrecking amendment is added to legislation in bad faith?
 ...that the Honolulu Police Department became a deputized military force during World War II?
...that a kammback is an aerodynamic drag-reducing car body style?
...that both Cliff and Nina and Greg and Jenny are considered soap opera supercouples?
...that while Tom Foley was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, he was not re-elected by his constituents?
...that the California Gull is the state bird of Utah?
...that the flags of the Yugoslav Socialist Republics were the old flags of the constituent nations, with a red star added to represent communism?
...that the United States Mint produced a half dime coin from 1792 until 1873?
...that the edge of space is about 100 kilometers above mean sea level?
 ...that American feminist magazine Ms. has not carried advertisements since 1989?
...that the Brown Dog affair, a Edwardian era vivisection controversy, led to massive riots?
...that the ideal cellular network has evenly distributed hexagonal cells?
...that the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis was sparked by a visit to Cornell by Lee Teng-hui?
...that king Naresuan ruled Thailand at its greatest territorial extent?
 ...that the Union Pacific Railroad still has offices in the historic Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot?
...that the Iliad and the Odyssey were just two parts of the eight-part Trojan War cycle of epic poems?
...that automatic differentiation is a method for evaluating the derivative of a function at a given point?
...that in Canada there were once eight districts of the Northwest Territories?
...that Occidental Petroleum head Armand Hammer bought into Church and Dwight in order to hold a stake in their Arm and Hammer baking soda trademark, apparently finding humor in the coincidence of their names?
 ...that Hurricane Audrey, which killed 390 in Louisiana in 1957, was one of the first hurricanes observed by weather radar?
...that in linguistics, the La Spezia-Rimini Line separates eastern Romance languages from the western Romance languages using isoglosses?
...that the dog called the Miniature Fox Terrier (or Mini Foxie) originated in Australia?
...that the Great Basin tribes of North America began the Ghost Dance movement?
...that manscaping is the practice of men shaving their body hair?
 ...that Jacaranda grows almost everywhere in the world that does not have frost?
...that since the introduction of antivenin in 1956, only one person has died from the bite of the Australian red-back spider, a cousin of the black widow?
...that the 1922 Red Ruhr Army workers' revolt was a response to the Kapp Putsch?
...that postoperative nausea and vomiting is an unpleasant complication affecting about two million people in the United Kingdom annually?
 ...that the Royal Poinciana has been called the most colourful tree in the world?
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Tahukah Anda ...?
 ...that a forage harvester is used to create silage feed for livestock?
...that Norman architecture is a form of the Romanesque?
...that 18th century French salons were often led by those who were creating the Encyclop閐ie?
 ...that there are several different kinds of baseball gloves, including catcher's mitts, pitcher's gloves, first basemen's gloves and infield and outfield gloves?
...that the Elton John-Bernie Taupin song "Candle in the Wind" is the bestselling single of all time?
...that some Trotskyists described the Soviet system under Josef Stalin as one of bureaucratic collectivism?
...that the 1903 Tour de France often required riders to cycle through the night?
...that scientist Arvid Carlsson won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work leading to the treatment of Parkinson's Disease?
...that the 1984 Summit tunnel fire in England may have been the biggest underground fire in transportation history?
...that within Superman's Fortress of Solitude there is an apartment set aside for Supergirl?
...that the Germanenorden had an early influence on mysticism in Nazi Germany?
...that items which were "Banned in Boston" (i.e. censored) came to be seen as more sexy and attractive elsewhere?
...that there are at least four methods of plastic welding?
...that sex determination in sports is no longer practiced at the Olympic Games?
 ...that the Supreme Court of Pakistan meets in Islamabad?
...that the Venetian polychoral style arose because of the unique architectural and acoustical characteristics of San Marco di Venezia, aka St. Mark's Cathedral, in Venice, Italy?
...that Thomas Macaulay referred to Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times as "sullen Socialism"?
...that holidays celebrated in Greece include Το Όχι, literally Day of the "No,", which honors Greece's refusal to surrender to the Axis Powers in 1940?
...that Louis Mountbatten invented Mountbatten pink, a camouflage paint used during World War II?
...that a Greek hero cult usually focused on a great man of history (e.g. Oedipus) or the founder of a city (e.g. Battus of Cyrene)?
...that The Sun Sessions album included all of the Elvis Presley tracks recorded by Sam Phillips?
...that Chicago Freight Subway was abandoned in 1959 and the tunnels flooded catastrophically in 1992?
...that the people of Thailand use the Thai six-hour clock in addition to the usual 24-hour clock?
 ..that Long Ashton Research Station closed in 2003 having served agriculture and horticulture for exactly 100 years?
...that actress Hunter Tylo sued producer Aaron Spelling and won after she was fired from Melrose Place?
...that the village name Ynysybwl, in South Wales, UK, is pronounced "Un-is-u-bull"?
...that the supercontinent Pannotia only lasted about sixty million years before disintegrating into four continents?
...that when Lauri Lehtinen narrowly won his gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics, he was booed?
...that nine Irishmen died in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike?
 ...that the Coconut Crab is the world's largest terrestrial arthropod?
...that every film which actor John Cazale starred in received an Academy Award nomination for best picture?
...that Lion Beer was Asia's first brand of beer?
...that Joseph Guillemot, winner of the 5000 m at the 1920 Olympics, was a pack-a-day smoker?
...that the phantom island of Brazil supposedly emerged from the mists only once every seven years?
 ...that the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia has 1.7 million coins in its collection?
...that the case Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company established the precedents for UK contract law?
...that Cockaigne was a legendary peasant utopia of medieval Europe?
...that the execution of Flor Contemplacion strained relations between Singapore and the Philippines?
...that a madrigale spirituale is a madrigal with a spiritual rather than secular topic?
...that a Baja Bug is a Volkswagen Beetle that has been modified to operate on sand dunes?
...that there are fewer than 2000 Indian Rhinoceroses left in the wild?
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...that the Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever attracts waterfowl by making a fool of itself?
...that the 1702 Spanish treasure fleet was destroyed in the Battle of Vigo Bay?
...that the Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy is our nearest galactic neighbor?
 ...that the Melisende Psalter, produced in the 12th century, is the most notable example of Crusader art?
...that Indiana's Eel River once served as informal boundary between the lands of the Potawatomi people in the north and Miami people in the south?
...that in 1960 the American Ballet Theatre became the first American ballet company to dance in the Soviet Union?
 ...that the Milky Way's galactic halo contains many globular clusters?
...that the Thor, Baldur and Vidar are the best-known sons of Odin but that Snorri Sturluson names at least five others?
...that during the Great Depression confidence man Oscar Hartzell defrauded thousands of people with false promises of access to the estate of Sir Francis Drake?
...that more than 50 members of the Japanese Diet were involved in the Recruit Scandal of the 1980s?
 ...that holy cards are an important devotional practice for many Roman Catholics?
...that the Death's Head moth is named for the mark on its back, which resembles a human skull?
...that St. George, Bermuda was founded by sailors headed for Plymouth Colony in Virginia?
...that chalcocite, a profitable and desirable kind of copper ore, was particularly plentiful in the now-depleted copper mines of Cornwall, England and Bristol, Connecticut?
...that the Cementerio General de Chile is the final resting place for Chilean presidents?
 ...that Colin Pitchfork was the first person to be convicted using DNA fingerprinting?
 ...that the casque of the Tarictic Hornbill is hollow and made of keratin?
...that the death toll from the 1942 Sook Ching Massacre is unknown, but probably lies between 25,000 and 50,000?
...that in Pac-Mania Pac-Man has the ability to jump?
...that the larvae of the Cameraria ohridella moth destroy the leaves of the horse-chestnut tree?
...that Danielle Reyes finished second place on the American version of Big Brother in 2002?
 ...that in the U.S., the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its Republican counterpart promote the election of members of their respective parties to the United States Congress?
...that the IBM 350 was the first important milestone in early IBM disk storage?
...that in the presence of risk, subjective expected utility is a valuable method used in economic decision theory?
...that Stella McCartney, the fashion designer daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design?
...that the U.S. Trade Representative tried to stop Singapore from hosting the first World Trade Organization ministeral meeting because of the caning of Michael P. Fay?
...that according to Buys-Ballot's law wind travels counterclockwise around low pressure zones in the Northern Hemisphere?
 ...that the extreme points of the United Kingdom include Out Stack as the northernmost, Rockall as the westernmost, The Lizard as the southernmost and Lowestoft Ness as the easternmost?
...that the Dog Rose was often planted in victory gardens during World War II?
...that the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was responsible for American weights and measures from 1836 until the establishment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1901?
 ...that Youppi of the Montreal Expos was the first mascot to be thrown out of a major league baseball game?
...that the Malm閐y Massacre Trial is often used in extreme right-wing German propaganda?
...that enharmonic scales are the third genus of musical scales?
...that no admiral has ever served as Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces?
...that many of Ford Motor Company's car makes are based on the same automobile platform?
 ...that Cairine Wilson was Canada's first female senator?
...that that the Fifth and Sixth Crusades were turned back by Al-Kamil, a nephew of Saladin?
...that actuarial notation uses a halo system with superscript or subscript symbols placed before or after the main letter?
...that script breakdowns are the intermediate step between script and production in theater, film, television and comic books?
...that Chidiock Tichborne wrote his only known poem on the eve of his execution for treason?
 ...that sidewinding is unique to caenophidian snakes like vipers?
...that seven countries have more than one capital city?
...that Kolkota, India is called the City of Palaces because of its abundance of European-style buildings?
...that in basketball technical fouls are rule violations that occur outside the play of the game?
 ...that Jane Avril was the inspiration for Nicole Kidman's character in the film Moulin Rouge!?
...that bond convexity is a measure of the sensitivity of bond prices to interest rate changes?
...that Chetham's Library in Manchester, England is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world?
...that Dunash ben Labrat, a medieval Jewish writer, introduced Arabic language poetic meter into Hebrew poetry?
...that blue boxes used for phreaking were also called Spiros, which was a reference to disgraced U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew?
...that, according to legend, one of the Holy Nails used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was incorporated into the Iron Crown of Lombardy?
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that the colorful Sri Lanka Junglefowl is part of the junglefowl family from which our modern domestic chickens derive?
...that the Berry Islands of the Bahamas were settled in 1836 by a group of freed slaves?
...that the white eagle on the Coat of Arms of Poland references the story of Lech, the legendary founder of Poland, who saw a white eagle's nest and was inspired to establish the city of Gniezno (literally nest)?
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