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Did you know that Husn Camp was established in Jordan in 1968 as an emergency camp to house 12,500 refugees who were displaced from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War?
Did you know that Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which premiered on television in 1957, never played on Broadway until its 2013 production?
Did you know that Saint Illtyd Church on Caldey Island, established in the 6th century, is reputedly the oldest Celtic church in Wales?
Did you know that Song Hoot Kiam is credited as the "first local Christian pioneer in Singapore"?
Did you know that Steffen Peters is the first person to be awarded the United States Equestrian Federation's Equestrian of the Year Award three times?
Did you know that Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, a giant, hot pink slug, is specific to a single mountaintop in southeast Australia?
Did you know that Vano Siradeghyan, one of Armenia's most influential politicians, is wanted by Interpol?
Did you know that award-winning set designer Rob Howell is also a nominee for Best Costume Design at the 67th Tony Awards?
Did you know that chinamen (card pictured) formed a ring at the auctions of the East India Company?
Did you know that having paid a large fine, Repton Priory was reestablished after the first Dissolution of the Monasteries, only to be dissolved again the following year?
Did you know that in 1989 the Singapore Parliament reversed the effect of a 1988 Court of Appeal case holding that the Internal Security Act did not exclude judicial review of decisions to detain without trial?
Did you know that in the Roman Empire, the Rosalia was a floral commemoration of the dead observed by pagans, Jews, and Christians?
Did you know that of the five early grounds of Manchester City F.C., four were originally unused wasteland, most had no stands or facilities, and none served for more than two seasons?
Did you know that sequences in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Bound" were choreographed by Travis Payne, who had previously worked with Madonna, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears?
Did you know that storm chaser Tim Samaras recorded the lowest pressure ever observed on Earth's surface when adjusted for altitude?
Did you know that the Koehler Depressing Carriage, which allowed cannon to be fired downwards, included a forerunner of the recoil systems that are standard features of modern artillery pieces?
Did you know that the endangered Hygrocybe lanecovensis is only known from Lane Cove Bushland Park in suburban Sydney?
Did you know that two 1963 bombings in Birmingham, Alabama (effects pictured), caused a crisis that eventually involved 18,000 federal troops?
Did you know that Devereux Emmet, a pioneering golf course architect, won the Bahama Open when he was 66 years old?
Did you know that Johan Ankerstjerne, a Danish cinematographer, founded a firm which became the leading film laboratory in Denmark for 16 mm and 35 mm films?
Did you know that Little Nescopeck Creek's width has more than tripled since 1894, partially due to the construction of the Jeddo Tunnel?
Did you know that Orlando Cornejo Bustamante was the first Mayor of Pichilemu, Chile to be elected in democracy after Augusto Pinochet's regime ended?
Did you know that St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Wales, contains a reading desk made out of 15th-century bench ends, one of which is decorated with a carving of a mermaid?
Did you know that fish heads are eaten (dish pictured) in Singapore with a range of ingredients including milk, brandy, and fried noodles?
Did you know that in the 2010 film The Tourist, Johnny Depp walked across the roof of Hotel Danieli in Venice in his pajamas?
Did you know that small, low-cost microconsoles like Ouya, GameStick, and GamePop comprise a new field of video game console alternatives?
Did you know that the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" scene from Fantasia, which fused wizardry with conducting, is the central concept of Disney Interactive and Harmonix's 2014 video game, Fantasia: Music Evolved?
Did you know that the 2012 film Knuckleball! followed the 2011 Major League Baseball season of Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey, the only Major League Baseball knuckleball pitchers that season?
Did you know that the Eagle MkIII was so dominant in IMSA Camel GT racing that it has been blamed for causing the demise of the series?
Did you know that the Nagato-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts to be launched with guns larger than 15 inches (381 mm) even though they were not the first to be laid down?
Did you know that the acting Governor of Curaçao, Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede, signed the Act of Abdication of Queen Beatrix?
Did you know that Colorado mining magnate Horace Tabor's wife, Baby Doe Tabor, went from being one of the best dressed women in the West to freezing to death in a mining shack?
Did you know that Hansi Brand was involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust?
Did you know that Jennifer Lopez teamed up with Verizon Wireless to launch her retail service Viva Móvil?
Did you know that Myles Landick is St. Peter's groundsman?
Did you know that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings?
Did you know that during the famine of 1943, the Women's Self-Defense Association organised hunger marches across Bengal?
Did you know that in October 1518 Richard Jerningham was one of the "sad and ancient knights" appointed to King Henry VIII's reorganized Privy Chamber?
Did you know that the Mathura rape case, an incident of custodial rape in India on March 26, 1972, eventually led to amendments in Indian law?
Did you know that the McAfrika burger was sold by McDonald's in Norway for a limited time, just as a major famine was happening in Africa, creating a public relations disaster?
Did you know that the chorus of Rihanna's song "What Now" contains background sounds that resemble "sonic bombs"?
Did you know that the official coat of arms of Pichilemu, Chile, was created by a graphic design student?
Did you know that the old school building in Albany, New York where Joseph Henry co-discovered electrical inductance is now named after him?
Did you know that the two stars on the Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis represent the two islands that make up the federation?
Did you know that Edward John Thompson's critical biography of Rabindranath Tagore earned him a PhD from the University of London and displeasure from his subject?
Did you know that Grover Cleveland's 1888 running mate collapsed twice during the presidential campaign?
Did you know that Hollis Dow Hedberg led the Gulf Oil Corporation's geological operations in San Tomé and eastern Venezuela?
Did you know that Japanese tennis player Fumiteru Nakano reached the fourth round of the men's singles at the 1938 French Championships, a result that was not achieved again by a Japanese man until 2013?
Did you know that Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, is known as the "Quango Queen" due to her involvement in many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations?
Did you know that Plaza Rajah Sulayman in Manila, which was once a bathing area, is now considered the city's lovers' lane?
Did you know that Sir Robert Broughton was made a Knight of the Bath in 1478 at the marriage of the four-year-old Richard, Duke of York, one of the two princes later said to have been murdered in the Tower of London?
Did you know that Sue Sarafian Jehl, who served as Dwight Eisenhower's personal assistant, said the famous general believed women made efficient officers?
Did you know that after shooting a few scenes in Meendum Kokila, Rekha pulled out of the film citing no reason?
Did you know that after the famine in North Korea, a potato revolution (potato mound pictured) began?
Did you know that author Colum McCann described the subject of his 2003 novel Dancer, Rudolf Nureyev, as "a monster"?
Did you know that in 1912 Taraknath Palit donated money and property worth ₹15 lakh (US$18,000) to Calcutta University for the establishment of University College of Science and Technology?
Did you know that midwife Ruby Dediya, the first woman elected to the Parliament of Nauru, was its only female member in history of the country until 2013?
Did you know that seismologist Harry O. Wood was employed by the Carnegie Institution for Science to establish a small seismic network that eventually grew into the Caltech Seismological Laboratory?
Did you know that the Old Fresno Water Tower was originally designed to house a library?
Did you know that the region of Kastrati was awarded to Montenegro in 1878 under the Treaty of San Stefano, but the subsequent Treaty of Berlin restored it to the Ottoman Empire?
Did you know that Burma ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world in the 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ?
Did you know that Eva Perón established the Salon Rosado in the Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature as an exclusive space for women politicians, where they could discuss issues without men being present?
Did you know that Italian priest-poet Gian Carlo Passeroni lived in a cellar with threadbare clothing, minimal furniture and only a rooster as a companion?
Did you know that Julia Sand, a pen pal of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, might have had significant impact on his presidency?
Did you know that Lieutenant Henry Curling of the Royal Artillery was one of only five British officers to survive the massacre of the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War?
Did you know that Nelson Wong's Si Tjonat sparked a wave of bandit films in the Dutch East Indies?
Did you know that Shia cleric Abdul Amir al-Jamri succeeded in uniting Shia, secular and liberal forces during the 1990s uprising in Bahrain?
Did you know that Singaporean entertainer and singer Anna Belle Francis produced Dick Lee's Euranasia?
Did you know that Tejano singer Pete Astudillo won a Lo Nuestro Award with a song written as a tribute to late performer Selena?
Did you know that although miler Gene Venzke ran three world records during the 1932 indoor season, he failed to qualify for the Olympics that year and only made the team four years later?
Did you know that an internet radio service is buying a South Dakota radio station to dodge high music royalties?
Did you know that at age 19, Ron Franklin rode Spectacular Bid to wins in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes?
Did you know that both the Star Trek novels The Tears of the Singers and Uhura's Song included Uhura (Nichelle Nichols as Uhura pictured) as a main character as the authors thought she was underdeveloped in the show?
Did you know that in his late twenties, Phani Bora was appointed secretary of the Communist Party of India in Assam?
Did you know that Cygne blanc, a white-berried seedling of Cabernet Sauvignon, has been touted as the "first truly Australian grape variety"?
Did you know that Kristin Beck served as a Navy SEAL for 20 years before revealing her gender identity as a woman?
Did you know that María Gómez Carbonell, a Cuban stateswoman, was one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Havana?
Did you know that No. 36 Squadron (C-17 Globemaster pictured) became the first RAAF flying unit to be led by a woman when Wing Commander Linda Corbould was appointed commanding officer in 2006?
Did you know that Norway under-21 international footballer Anders Konradsen is the most expensive player ever sold by Strømsgodset IF?
Did you know that Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell and Captain Deak Parsons were the "Tinian Joint Chiefs" who coordinated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Did you know that Singaporean theatre director Natalie Hennedige's production company produced Nothing in 2007?
Did you know that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe was declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan?
Did you know that U.S. Army neurologist Dr. Geoffrey Ling described the problem of developing quality artificial arms, which include a proper sense of touch, as "doggone hard"?
Did you know that after dying in the indie shooter video game Super Time Force, the player fights alongside ghost replicas of their previous runs through the level?
Did you know that after retiring from government service, Canadian diplomat Morley Byron Bursey was "heavily involved" in developing the automotive portion of NAFTA?
Did you know that approaching the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Chinese internet censors blocked the term "big yellow duck"?
Did you know that paleobotanist Shya Chitaley named an extinct plant species for Cleveland's bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her?
Did you know that the Iris hut, used by the British in the Second World War alongside the better-known Nissen hut, had a major design flaw that caused it to collapse after snowfalls?
Did you know that the central event of the Game of Thrones episode "The Rains of Castamere" was the initial inspiration for the producers to adapt A Song of Ice and Fire for television?
Did you know that the spire of Fresno, California's Tower Theatre was inspired by the "Star Pylon" at the 1939 New York World's Fair?
Did you know that Barbadian singer Rihanna admitted that "Cold Case Love" was inspired by her hard relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown?
Did you know that Flight Lieutenant Bill Hely crash landed a Dragon Rapide in the Northern Territory in 1936, and later used the same aircraft to locate missing flying doctor Clyde Fenton?
Did you know that German-born Israeli Holocaust historian Leni Yahil, member of the editorial board of the Yad Vashem Studies journal, advocated an approach to Holocaust research relying on both Jewish and non-Jewish sources?
Did you know that Homer Lafian single-handedly destroyed six German tanks during World War II?
Did you know that Jeanne Galzy's novel Burnt Offering, winner of the 1930 Prix Brentano, explores a love between a teacher and a 12-year-old female student?
Did you know that Jugatram Dave, along with Jayaprakash Narayan and Vinoba Bhave, set up the Shanti Sena, which worked in war-affected NEFA and among Bengali refugees from East Pakistan?
Did you know that Karen Finney, host of MSNBC's Disrupt with Karen Finney, started her career in politics by volunteering at the 1992 Democratic National Convention?
Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi Road, previously known as Harrison Road, was the first street in Kolkata to be lit by electricity?
Did you know that Reuben T. Durrett was a founder of the Louisville Free Public Library?
Did you know that Titanfall is the first game created by Respawn Entertainment, the studio founded by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's creators and Infinity Ward's co-founders?
Did you know that current Nashville actress Kourtney Hansen has appeared in music videos for Keith Urban, Luke Bryan as well as her new husband Jeremy McComb?
Did you know that despite a crackdown on illegal narcotics, as of 2012, some 300,000 households are still involved in opium production (opium field pictured) in Burma?
Did you know that in the 1919 English cricket season, two-day County Championship matches were played, but they were not popular?
Did you know that the N.C.O. Building in Alturas, California, has a single metal bell in its belfry and several wooden ones?
Did you know that the Spanish town of La Línea de la Concepción was built on top of the ruins of an 18th century fortification built to stop Britain invading Spain?
Did you know that white box are used for railway sleepers and fences in Australia?
Did you know that Alasdair Cochrane was one of the first writers to consider the relationship between animal ethics and political theory?
Did you know that Christopher O'Neill declined a royal title upon marrying Princess Madeleine of Sweden?
Did you know that Hungarian writer Károly Pap lived in desperate poverty?
Did you know that Kissa Kursi Ka, a satirical film on the politics of Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi, was banned by the Indian Government during The Emergency period and all prints confiscated?
Did you know that Minneapolis politician Mark Andrew owns stands that sell french fries and s'mores at the Minnesota State Fair?
Did you know that West Virginia's Daniel Vineyards' best-selling style of wine is made from blackberries, not the normal grapes?
Did you know that all the nominees for Pop Song of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1998 reached number-one on the Billboard Latin Songs chart?
Did you know that despite not charting in Billboard magazine, the music video for "Chika Ideal" reached the Top 10 on Terra Networks' Top Music Video countdown?
Did you know that former U.S. Marine Armando Torres III was recently kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico?
Did you know that publication of one of Adam Mickiewicz's first poems, "Ode to Youth" (manuscript pictured), was delayed due to censorship?
Did you know that the Agiorgitiko wine of Nemea is nicknamed the "Blood of Hercules" after the legend of the Greek hero slaying the Nemean lion?
Did you know that the first edition of the Star Trek novel Killing Time included overtones of Kirk/Spock (Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner pictured) slash fiction?
Did you know that British Army soldiers traditionally drink Gunfire in their beds on Christmas?
Did you know that Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano once owned one of the top ten largest producers of Brunello di Montalcino?
Did you know that Jack Carroll, the recent runner-up in Britain's Got Talent, performed with comedian Jason Manford as part of his live show at the age of 12?
Did you know that Kabang, who was hailed as "hero dog" for saving two girls from a traffic accident, received donations from 47 countries to repair her badly injured face?
Did you know that Maganlal Dresswala & Co, a costume designer for Bollywood, has supplied costumes for films such as Ram Rajya, Mughal-e-Azam, Anarkali and for TV series including Ramayan and Mahabharat?
Did you know that Norton Juxta Twycross's former rectory has been a zoo since the 1960s?
Did you know that Tio Ie Soei's novel Sie Po Giok has been called the only work of Chinese Malay literature fit for children to read?
Did you know that World War II Luftwaffe ace Ulrich Steinhilper was credited by later employer IBM with the concept of word processing?
Did you know that a Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a province in Pakistan?
Did you know that archaeological excavations conducted in May 2013 at the Sobibór Museum (monument pictured) unearthed an escape tunnel made by Holocaust victims in the Sobibór extermination camp?
Did you know that baritone Robert Leonhardt was released from the Metropolitan Opera when it was determined he was an enemy alien?
Did you know that in the 1970 Cold War spy film The Executioner, George Peppard plays the role of a secret agent who kills his colleague and assumes his identity?
Did you know that much of the success of the Christianization of Moravia is attributed to the work of Saints Cyril and Methodius?
Did you know that passages of Bach's Nur jedem das Seine have been compared to the descent into earth in Das Rheingold and the love duet of L'incoronazione di Poppea?
Did you know that production on Star Trek: Enterprise was shut down for a day to mourn the death of assistant director Jerry Fleck?
Did you know that the Hôtel du Palais made Biarritz, France, the "queen of resorts and resort of Kings"?
Did you know that the Indian Navy's Chennai is a Kolkata class destroyer being built in Mumbai?
Did you know that the fortifications of Gibraltar (Princess Anne's Battery pictured) have made it probably the most densely fortified place in Europe and possibly the world?
Did you know that Carl Genian, who flew 66 missions during World War II, wrote to his mother, "We're all sick and tired of killing one another"?
Did you know that Darrell Tryon, who completed the first systematic survey of the languages of Vanuatu, identified more than 100 languages as part of the Austronesian language family?
Did you know that Hans Mauch worked on early jet engine development in Germany, but was better known as the inventor of the S-N-S artificial leg?
Did you know that Jean Metzinger's painting En Canot (pictured in black and white) appeared in the Nazi Degenerate Art catalogue with the notation "Even this was once taken seriously and bought for good money!"?
Did you know that Longleat Priory was suppressed in 1529, seven years before Henry VIII started his Dissolution of the Monasteries?
Did you know that Roy Lichtenstein's Hopeless and both versions of Crying Girl were mid-1960s romance comic-based works that may have been inspired by his marital difficulties or Pablo Picasso's weeping women?
Did you know that St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, Wales, was extended in 1988 by demolishing and reassembling St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl?
Did you know that Vazgen Sargsyan is the founder of the Armenian army?
Did you know that Virginia judge Robert White studied law under his uncle Alexander White while recovering from injuries received in the American Revolutionary War?
Did you know that crab ice cream is sweet in taste and has been compared to "frozen crab bisque"?
Did you know that on June 19, 1963, White American business leaders and philanthropists raised $800,000 over breakfast in support of the Black Council for United Civil Rights Leadership?
Did you know that the 1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team was recognized as college football national champions by the Associated Press after they defeated Nebraska in the Orange Bowl?
Did you know that the Wong brothers' film Sorga Ka Toedjoe was the first in which Roekiah did not act alongside Rd. Mochtar?
Did you know that the daughter of New Zealander actress Sarah McLeod played her character's infant son in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?
Did you know that the vault of St. Augustin holds the remains of a Brazilian princess, a Bulgarian tsar, a French princess and twelve more royal Coburgers?
Did you know that within Sydney Gardens in Bath even the public conveniences are listed buildings?
Did you know that English Heritage considers cross dykes (example pictured), earthwork barriers built throughout upland Britain, to be Bronze Age territorial boundaries of national importance?
Did you know that Francis White served as a U.S. Congressman, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Senator, and county sheriff?
Did you know that GeoGuessr was criticized for having too much Australia?
Did you know that HMS Aldenham, which struck a mine near the island of Pag, was the final destroyer lost by the Royal Navy in World War II?
Did you know that Heather Preceptory was founded around the turn of the 13th century by the Knights Hospitaller?
Did you know that Joe Murray became better known as "Corporal Murray", despite being a Sergeant Major, due to his work in Bad Lads' Army?
Did you know that Paul Ireland was a fishmonger before acting in Neighbours?
Did you know that Petroglyph Canyon is one of Montana's most important petroglyph sites?
Did you know that Prince Peter of Greece lost his dynastic rights by marrying a twice-divorced Russian commoner soon after Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry a twice-divorced U.S. commoner?
Did you know that Robert Žák was the first manager to lose his job in the 2009–10 Gambrinus liga?
Did you know that a scene in the Psych episode "Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" was criticized due to its inclusion of pine trees in the background?
Did you know that although Lindsay Doran did not want to enter the profession of her father, the film industry, she eventually became the president of film studio United Artists?
Did you know that during the French and Indian War, Major Robert White fortified his residence with a stone addition and stockade to shelter neighboring settlers from Native American attacks?
Did you know that iTunes Radio includes an automatic playlist of Twitter's trending songs?
Did you know that songwriter and lyricist Elaine Laron once wrote a Kool-Aid jingle that was recorded by The Monkees?
Did you know that the Battle of Arkansas Post was the only battle of the Anglo-Spanish War fought in what is now the state of Arkansas?