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Did you know that the New York-based Russian Symphony Orchestra Society gave the first American performance of Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird?
Did you know that the fourth-century Roman temple at Tasil in southern Syria was dedicated either to emperor Constantine the Great or to Constantius II?
Did you know that the listed buildings in Northwich, Cheshire, include three structures designed so that they could be lifted in the event of further subsidence in the town due to salt extraction?
Did you know that the modern-day Syrian village of Qarqur on the east bank of the Orontes was founded just west of Tell Qarqur, believed to be the site of the Battle of Qarqar?
Did you know that Central Powers offensive codenamed Operation Faustschlag forced the Soviet government to transfer its capital from Petrograd to Moscow?
Did you know that Christina Aguilera's song "Lotus Intro" was inspired by her passion for "chill-out" electronica music?
Did you know that Colin Trevorrow was falsely rumored to be the director of the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII?
Did you know that House actor Hugh Laurie had his first feature film lead role in The Oranges, released in October 2012?
Did you know that Mexican journalist Misael Tamayo Hernández was abducted and assassinated, probably by lethal injection?
Did you know that Norwegian football player Henning Hauger saw less activity after moving to Germany and was ultimately left out of his national team?
Did you know that Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates Alexander W. Monroe successfully protected a 27-mile (43 km)-long wagon train of General Robert E. Lee's forces retreating from the Battle of Gettysburg?
Did you know that William Yarrell's History of British Birds was "outstanding for ... its author's unassuming charm"?
Did you know that although Burnt Bridge Creek does not meet Washington Dept. of Ecology standards for fecal bacteria, temperature, pH, and oxygen levels, the lowermost part of the creek supports coho salmon?
Did you know that during the Byzantine civil war of 1341–47, Theodore Synadenos wanted to surrender Thessalonica to John Kantakouzenos, but was ousted by the radical Zealots faction?
Did you know that engineer James Dredge, Sr. was the father of James Dredge, Jr. who, because of paralysis, was unable to continue managing the journal, The Engineer?
Did you know that for the film Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray did not use any of Tagore's poems as he believed that people who heard the English translations would not consider Tagore "a very great poet"?
Did you know that in 1866 a Neogothic style school building was erected for the Kreuzschule in Dresden, which has educated members of the choir of the Kreuzkirche since 1300?
Did you know that in 1979 only two students registered to join Ai Tong School, now one of the most popular schools in Singapore?
Did you know that in the 1780s Livesey, Hargreaves and Company was the largest calico printer in Lancashire?
Did you know that the Gorce Mountains are home to the brown bear, black stork and fire salamander?
Did you know that "Do the Bartman", written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren, was never released as a single in the US yet it peaked at number 11 on Billboard's airplay chart?
Did you know that Canada's Miracle Child "captured the world with her smile," according to Stompin' Tom?
Did you know that Eddie Macon was the first African-American to play for the Chicago Bears?
Did you know that Kentucky native Morton M. McCarver helped found Burlington, Iowa, and Linnton, Oregon, before helping draft the California Constitution and founding Tacoma, Washington?
Did you know that Khurshid, the last ispahbadh of Tabaristan, poisoned himself when he learned that his family had been captured by the Abbasids?
Did you know that Lord Amberley allowed his wife's sexual partner, Douglas Spalding, to keep chickens in their drawing room and library, which terrified their guests?
Did you know that Nauru has the highest obesity rate in the world: 71.7% of its residents are obese and 94.5% are overweight?
Did you know that Roupala montana, Richeria grandis and Parinari campestris, all known by the common name bois bandé, are reputed to have aphrodisiac properties?
Did you know that a release by the Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z was partly in Furbish, the native language of Furbies?
Did you know that at the Battle of Lindley's Mill, militia general John Butler attempted in vain to rescue North Carolina Governor Thomas Burke, who had been captured by Loyalist militia leader David Fanning?
Did you know that in Bach's chorale cantata Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92, for Septuagesima, he created five different settings for five stanzas of the hymn by Paul Gerhardt?
Did you know that over 20 heads of state have paid tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims?
Did you know that the 1999 constitution of Venezuela enabled the expansion of local government via the Local Public Planning Councils?
Did you know that the Barcelona Metro 9000 Series runs on rapid transit systems in three Spanish-speaking countries?
Did you know that the Indian Journal of Medical Research, first edited by Sir Pardey Lukis, is celebrating its centenary this year?
Did you know that the Israeli political party Eretz Hadasha ran in the January 2013 elections in Israel but did not receive enough votes to enter the Knesset?
Did you know that the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Wanderer sank five U-boats during World War II, more than any other ship of her class?
Did you know that the hierarchical generalized linear model is a useful statistical model in fields ranging from semiconductor fabrication to marketing research?
Did you know that while still a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, Martha B. Alexander stood as a candidate for president of the Episcopal House of Deputies?
Did you know that Alfred E. Montgomery was in command of the submarine USS F-1 when it collided with its sister ship USS F-3 during maneuvers and sank, after which he became a naval aviator?
Did you know that American printmaker Chaim Koppelman produced many works about Napoleon throughout his career, placing the French Emperor in surprising settings such as Napoleon Entering Brighton Beach?
Did you know that Blackbird Vineyards' red wine, Arise, features blackbirds sitting on a telephone wire in the same layout as the starting notes of the Beatles' song "Blackbird"?
Did you know that Brasília National Park is the largest park in the world which is situated in an urbanized area?
Did you know that Charles Spalding, who improved the diving bell by adding a system of balance-weights, also owned a sweet shop?
Did you know that Charles Stross's science-fiction novel Singularity Sky inspired a proposal to undermine the Taliban by giving every Afghan a free mobile phone?
Did you know that Cornulaca monacantha is a spiny desert plant that provides good grazing for camels?
Did you know that Edward Bowditch was an All-American football player, aide-de-camp to John Pershing, and member of the 1922 commission that concluded that Filipinos were not yet ready for independence?
Did you know that Ernest Melville DuPorte, "a father of confederation for entomology", was the first Black Canadian to teach at McGill University?
Did you know that Martin's Cave is named after the man who found it when he fell off the Rock of Gibraltar?
Did you know that Nockatunga Station occupies an area of approximately 8,500 square kilometres (3,282 sq mi), making it almost as large as Puerto Rico?
Did you know that Tyrannasorus rex had wings and six legs?
Did you know that William Fincke, an All-American quarterback at Yale in 1900, became a pacifist minister and founder of the Brookwood Labor College and Manumit School?
Did you know that because of the 2011 Bahraini uprising, the Philippine government temporarily banned the entrance of Filipinos into Bahrain?
Did you know that director Kamila Andini married director Ifa Isfansyah the year after their films competed against each other at the Indonesian Film Festival?
Did you know that if Welsh team Swansea City win in the 2013 Football League Cup Final, they will represent England in the Europa League?
Did you know that promotional efforts for U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor's best-selling memoir My Beloved World caused the time of Vice President Joe Biden's second-term swearing-in to be changed?
Did you know that the Umayyad ruler Mu'awiyah had building material from the ruins of Paltos, currently the village of Arab al-Mulk in Syria, used to reconstruct nearby Jableh?
Did you know that the music video of The Cure's 1988 single "Hot Hot Hot!!!" featured the band made up as "dwarves"?
Did you know that Andiva (fossil pictured), an enigmatic animal that lived 555 millions of years ago, perhaps had a convex carapace?
Did you know that Edward Page Gaston, European manager for Funk & Wagnalls, was a proponent for the repatriation of the remains of Pocahontas?
Did you know that George Selwyn Marryat, a British gentleman and fly fisherman was known as the "Prince of Fly Fishers"?
Did you know that Satyajit Ray's documentary, The Inner Eye (1972), features an artist's journey to blindness with his own words, "Blindness is a new feeling, a new experience, a new state of being"?
Did you know that Shrewsbury Road in Dublin is the location of the most expensive house ever sold in Ireland, which cost 58 million euros?
Did you know that Walter Smith, chief of staff of the U. S. Army's "All-American division" in the 1930s, was an actual All-American at West Point in 1900?
Did you know that William Allen was a co-founder of the first bank to be opened in Manchester, and was also the father of a future bishop?
Did you know that cultural conflict can lead to ethnic cleansing or wars?
Did you know that in the Glee episode "Naked", when Lea Michele's character Rachel was "Torn" over having to do a topless scene, Michele had to film the song twice so she could duet with herself?
Did you know that mayor Irving Freese of Norwalk, Connecticut, was re-elected despite his opponent having the endorsement of the Republicans, the Democrats, and even his own Socialist Party?
Did you know that sports writer Jean Giambrone was the first woman to be awarded full press credentials at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia?
Did you know that the Fleetwings BQ-1, Fleetwings BQ-2 and Fairchild BQ-3 were all planned for use by the United States Army Air Forces as remote-controlled flying bombs?
Did you know that the Sheep Creek Hatchery in Juneau, Alaska was established in 1980 for incubating about 40 million pink and/or chum salmon for commercial fisheries?
Did you know that the U.S. release of the Samsung Ativ Tab was cancelled due to concerns surrounding the marketability of its Windows RT operating system?
Did you know that the painting In the Sun by Russian artist Alexander Samokhvalov is a portrait of his wife, artist Maria Kleshchar-Samokhvalova?
Did you know that Bach scored his cantata Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18, for four violas and basso continuo, creating a "magically dark-hued sonority"?
Did you know that Bach's solo cantata Ich habe genug, BWV 82, based on the Canticle of Simeon, has been recorded more than 100 times?
Did you know that Carmenelectra was named after the model because both have "splendid" bodies?
Did you know that Inez McCormack, a Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights campaigner, was the first female president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (1999–2001)?
Did you know that John Ferolito, co-founder of Arizona Beverage Company, was sued after he allegedly took a mulligan and knocked a fellow golfer unconscious with a tee shot taken at "point-blank range"?
Did you know that after commanding submarines during World War II, Mochitsura Hashimoto became a Shinto priest?
Did you know that composer and music director August Röckel, who was active in the May Uprising in Dresden along with his friend Richard Wagner, was arrested and was the last prisoner released?
Did you know that creator Suda 51's upcoming video game Killer is Dead maintains the same essence as his previous "assassin" games, Killer7 and No More Heroes?
Did you know that one part of the Gorički zbornik, a Serbian medieval manuscript collection, was written by Jelena Balšić between 1441 and 1442?
Did you know that the 1969 song "It's Too Bad" by Jimi Hendrix was considered newly discovered thirty years later when it was added to The Jimi Hendrix Experience (2000) album?
Did you know that the 1987 Indiana Hoosiers football team defeated Ohio State for the first time since 1951, Michigan for the first time since 1967 and lost to Tennessee in the Peach Bowl?
Did you know that the Magnates of Poland and Lithuania often had private armies, and exerted significant political influence on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
Did you know that the Marathi play Wada Chirebandi, directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni, is an eight-hour-long trilogy?
Did you know that the Portland Breakwater Fort was built between 1868 and 1875 to defend Portland Harbour?
Did you know that the urchin crab is named for its habit of carrying a sea urchin such as the false fire urchin on its back?
Did you know that Andy Dirks gained celebrity status in the Dominican Republic due to his performance in the Dominican Winter League's postseason?
Did you know that Jack Finch had a pit full of black rat snakes that he used for experiments to protect bluebirds?
Did you know that Loyalist militia commander David Fanning was captured by the Patriots 14 times during the American Revolutionary War, and was refused a pardon by the State of North Carolina in 1783?
Did you know that Ratna Moetoe Manikam, with a love triangle involving goddesses, was inspired by The Thief of Bagdad?
Did you know that US Army paratrooper Jake McNiece was the leader of the Filthy Thirteen, a unit whose exploits inspired the novel and movie The Dirty Dozen?
Did you know that Yoni Chetboun, who will be entering the Israeli parliament for the Jewish Home party, was awarded the Chief of Staff Citation for his actions as a combat officer in the Second Lebanon War?
Did you know that a Bermudan culinary specialty is to serve fish chowder with black rum and sherry peppers?
Did you know that a unique sample of a pyrite crystal from the Crystal Mine in Alaska with a large amount of terminated crystals of gold on its surface, is on display in the Smithsonian Institute?
Did you know that a viral video of Buttermilk Sky, a Nigerian dwarf goat kid, has been commented on by Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and featured on The Today Show?
Did you know that actor Reza Rahadian has "flawlessly" represented the mannerisms of former Indonesian president B. J. Habibie?
Did you know that although the Fourth Siege of Gibraltar ended with Muhammed IV of Granada still in control of Gibraltar, he was assassinated by his nobles soon after?
Did you know that out of eleven presidents of Pakistan, three came into power through one of the successful military coups?
Did you know that the Bespoke Collection's retail store, Ma(i)sonry, is located in a former farmhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
Did you know that the Tholing monastery of the Purang-Guge kingdom was built by Yeshe-Ö, the first notable lama-king in Tibet?
Did you know that Østre Porsgrunn Church, a church in the Rococo style built in 1760, was destroyed entirely in a 2011 fire?
Did you know that "Flip" Carli, son of a soldier, went from footballer to film director?
Did you know that Balagansk in Siberia is a new township established after the old town was submerged by the construction of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station?
Did you know that Bill Longmore, the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Police, won the 2011 BBC Midlands Sports Unsung Hero Award for his efforts to improve sporting facilities in Shropshire?
Did you know that King Richard III disinherited his niece, Anne St Leger, whose descendants provided DNA samples necessary for identification of his remains?
Did you know that Lady Courtney hosted the first meeting of the committee from which the Save the Children Fund would develop?
Did you know that Lieutenant general William G. Webster oversaw the US Third Army move its headquarters from Fort McPherson, where it had resided for over 62 years, to Shaw Air Force Base?
Did you know that Mount Jackson with an elevation of 3,184 metres (10,446 ft) is the highest mountain in the Antarctic Peninsula?
Did you know that Rhachitomi, a group of temnospondyl amphibians, was established as a clade in 2013?
Did you know that Spittal Pond Nature Reserve is the largest nature reserve in Bermuda?
Did you know that according to music critic Chris Payne, the Maroon 5 song "The Man Who Never Lied" contains one of the most "memorable" choruses on their album Overexposed?
Did you know that five days after the unopposed German capture of Arendal, local citizens formed occupied Norway's first organized resistance group?
Did you know that on her way to winning Miss America 2013, Mallory Hagan performed a tap dance routine to James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing"?
Did you know that the Fishing Creek confederacy was an alleged military uprising in northern Columbia County, Pennsylvania and southern Sullivan County, Pennsylvania?
Did you know that with the assassination of Adrián Silva Moreno, nearly 100 journalists, writers and bloggers have been kidnapped or killed in Mexico?
Did you know that Caleb Moore became the first competitor to die as a result of injuries sustained during the X Games?
Did you know that DNA digital data storage has been called "apocalypse-proof" by one of its creators due to its longevity under certain conditions and its resistance to obsolescence?
Did you know that Gabriel Ruhumbika wrote his first novel in English, but all of his subsequent novels in Swahili?
Did you know that Ivar Rønningen was the first goalscoring goalkeeper at Vålerenga?
Did you know that West Virginia State Senator Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy also served three terms as mayor of Romney, West Virginia?
Did you know that despite his parents' plans for Foon Sien to have a career in Imperial China, he became an activist for the rights of Chinese Canadians and redress for the head tax?
Did you know that during their honeymoon, Jennifer Lopez wrote the lyrics to "Alive" for the film Enough over a melody that her husband Cris Judd composed?
Did you know that it will probably never be known for sure whether the Phoenicians ever sailed to the Americas?
Did you know that siltstone deposits have allowed three-dimensional fossils of the extinct mushroom crinoid to be excavated from Indiana?
Did you know that the 19th-century London publishing firm Dean & Son was the first to mass-produce children's toy books (illustration pictured) with movable pictures?
Did you know that the 9.2 inch Mark X gun at Breakneck Battery was described as one of the "crowning glories" of the defences of Gibraltar?
Did you know that the Native American Straight dance recounts the stories of war parties searching for the enemy?
Did you know that the historic-landmarked Church of Our Saviour in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, was built just one year after the parish was founded?
Did you know that wolves and bears cannot be introduced into Alladale Wilderness Reserve until the owner obtains a zoo licence?
Did you know that Frank Newman, the eighth president of the University of Rhode Island, was made a High Officer of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1977?
Did you know that Joshua Naples, a British grave robber, was unable to sell a corpse deemed putrid?
Did you know that Lady Fanny not only scandalously refused to deny her sexual escapades, but also advertised them in her 1751 memoirs?
Did you know that Lionel Richie "quit while he was ahead", taking a long hiatus after releasing the chart-topping Dancing on the Ceiling?
Did you know that Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr recalled thinking they had "completely blown it" with the sound of their album Life in a Day after hearing Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division?
Did you know that even before the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race, the Chilean Navy was stronger than the United States Navy?
Did you know that juvenile cusk-eels are believed to seek protection from predators by hiding among the spines of the sea urchin Phormosoma placenta?
Did you know that the Little Mix song "Change Your Life" was compared to "Never Ever" by All Saints?
Did you know that the Matanaka Farm buildings are the oldest farm buildings in New Zealand?
Did you know that the awards and nominations received by reggaeton rapper Ivy Queen include five for her song "Dime"?
Did you know that the concept for the Canadian neighbourhood of Metrotown originated in Baltimore, Maryland?
Did you know that the historic Rosecroft mansion in San Diego, California played host at various times to Ronald Reagan, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, and Dr. Seuss?
Did you know that the joint Polish/Italian film September Eleven 1683 used over 10,000 extras and 3,000 horses in the battle scenes?
Did you know that the sea urchin Echinus tylodes lives among deep-water corals up to 0.8 km (0.5 mi) below the ocean surface?
Did you know that trade globalization is an economic indicator and one of the measures of economic globalization?
Did you know that two months after Baruch Ben Haim arrived in Brooklyn to serve as Assistant Chief Rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community, he was engaged to the Chief Rabbi's daughter?
Did you know that Antonio Andrews led the Football Bowl Subdivision in all-purpose yards in 2012?
Did you know that Derek Minor was featured in the video game Altered Pro, a take on Sega's Altered Beast, to promote his third studio album?
Did you know that Hungry Bay Nature Reserve is the most northerly mangrove swamp in the Atlantic Ocean?
Did you know that Nina Dobrev's initial audition for the role of Elena Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries was described as the "worst audition" ever?
Did you know that Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is said to have told himself in his "Affirmations" that "Men are your slaves"?
Did you know that Way of the Knight, a chess variant invented by Ralph Betza, was an attempt to blend chess with role-playing games?
Did you know that a forthcoming encyclopedia by Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri is said to challenge long-held views on epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata?
Did you know that attorney Harriet Pilpel counted Betty Friedan, Mel Brooks, Stalin's daughter and Dr. Spock among her clients?
Did you know that in 1951, the Thai Army, Police and Air Force sank the Navy's flagship HTMS Sri Ayudhya, despite Prime Minister Plaek Pibulsonggram being held hostage on board?
Did you know that in 2012, it was estimated that there were 961,000 internet users in Bahrain?
Did you know that the signature of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey's first President, was designed by Hagop Vahram Çerçiyan, an ethnic Armenian?
Did you know that tourism in Gibraltar was boosted when the territory's first marina (Ocean Village pictured) was built in 1961?
Did you know that within the United States, dinosaur fossils (example pictured) have been found in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wyoming, but not in Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wisconsin?
Did you know that Alaska's gold production began with the 1869 discovery of gold placers in Windham and Sumdum Bays?
Did you know that Boston merchant Augustus Hemenway spent over a decade recuperating from a nervous breakdown after making a fortune in Valparaíso, Chile?
Did you know that Hillsboro, Oregon-based Omega Morgan used Dawn dishwashing liquid to move the Sellwood Bridge?
Did you know that Pall Mall's win at the classic 2000 Guineas in 1958 was a first classic for Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and a second for Queen Elizabeth II, who missed the race through illness?