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Did you know that U Ba Nyan , a prominent Burmese painter, met George V of the United Kingdom in person, after he had saved one of the king's relatives from drowning?
Did you know that Modi Alon scored the Israeli Air Force 's first aerial victories on 3 June 1948 while flying an Avia S-199 , a derivative of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 ?
Did you know that the exterior of St Mary Magdalene's Church in Croome D'Abitot was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in Gothic Revival style, but the interior by Robert Adam is Georgian ?
Did you know that Saint Maximilian Kolbe was called the "Apostle of Consecration to Mary "?
Did you know that Usher 's song " Love in This Club, Part II ", which features Beyoncé and Lil Wayne , was originally planned to have guest appearances from Mariah Carey and Plies ?
Did you know that since 1952, the Austrian Consulate General in New York City is located in the former townhouse of the paper manufacturer Augustus G. Paine, Jr. ?
Did you know that parts of the shield volcano Fumarole Butte were once covered by Lake Bonneville ?
Did you know that in Oak Ridge, Tennessee , the guard stations where military police controlled access to atomic facilities are now listed historic properties used for meetings and education?
Did you know that the Luftwaffe command bunker and tower, and the German naval tactical headquarters were located in Saint Anne, Alderney during World War II ?
Did you know that strawweight mixed martial arts fighters Michael Willian Costa and Lincon de Sa are scheduled to face off for the inaugural Shooto South American Championship held in Brazil next month?
Did you know that ACI Club is the single largest marina chain in the Mediterranean ?
Did you know that William Dennison Clark , whose "wretched blunder" in 1905 ended Michigan 's 56-game unbeaten streak in football , killed himself 27 years later, reportedly expressing the hope to atone for his error?
Did you know that until the end of the 19th century, the bulk of the salt used in the United States came from salt producers in Syracuse, New York ?
Did you know that it was suggested for The Hives to rename their 2004 hit to " too dumb , and Dutch and broken bones "?
Did you know that the upthrust of Stark's Knob has been studied using snails in pillows?
Did you know that a 25 km (16 mi) stretch of the German Autobahn near Munich served as the venue for the cycling road team time trial event at the 1972 Summer Olympics ?
Did you know that Mikhail Beketov , a Russian journalist who opposed construction of the Moscow – Saint Petersburg motorway , was beaten up by unknown assailants in November 2008, leaving him wheelchair-bound?
Did you know that a series of diplomatic struggles between the major Mediterranean powers of the 15th century culminated in newly crowned Mehmed II ordering his first invasion of Albania ?
Did you know that a 3,000 ft (910 m) breakwater built by the British to protect its Navy in the 19th century shelters the Braye Harbour ?
Did you know that historian Paul H. Carlson co-authored a revisionist study of the 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker , seized by the Comanche in 1836, when she was a young girl?
Did you know that a boat made of seal skin dated to the Stone Age , as well as the world's oldest beer bottles , can be found in the Åland Museum in Mariehamn , Åland ?
Did you know that Walter Goodfellow obtained the type specimen of the Mikado Pheasant , comprising two long black tail feathers, from one of his porters who was wearing them in his head-dress ?
Did you know that Billy Hulen of the Philadelphia Phillies was the last regular left-handed shortstop in Major League Baseball history?
Did you know that records of christenings , marriages , and burials in the former parish of Fisherton Delamere , Wiltshire , England are preserved back to the 1560s?
Did you know that Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World , written by ornithologist James Greenway , was an inspiration for the IUCN Red List ?
Did you know that the rare Fitzgerald Woollybush is found along with the barrel cone bush , claw flower , and dwarf sheoak in the Fitzgerald River National Park ?
Did you know that Louis Ayres designed the chapel at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France ?
Did you know that in 2005, the Leeuwin Estate winery showcased musician Sting as part of its annual concert series , raising over A$ 4 million for Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami relief efforts?
Did you know that former Governor of Guam Templin Potts threatened to discharge any man under his command who married a native woman?
Did you know that when Andriza Mircovich chose to be executed by shooting , prison officials were unable to find five men willing to participate in the firing squad and had to build a shooting machine?
Did you know that as many as 5 million people per day come into the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City to work, shop or visit its cultural and historic sites?
Did you know that after reading articles by Julian Huxley on the disappearance of Africa 's wildlife , Victor Stolan wrote to him with "the germ of the idea" that led to the World Wildlife Fund ?
Did you know that Ayame Koike was one of three recipients of the Judges' Special Acting Award from the Japan Movie Critics Awards in recognition of their performance in Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi ?
Did you know that the Metro Manila radio station NU 107 's program In the Raw was created as response to President Corazon Aquino 's executive order of at least three Original Pilipino Music tracks per hour?
Did you know that John Frullo , a new Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives , is active in an organization which promotes the restoration of bighorn sheep to Texas ?
Did you know that in 1962 the England cricket captain Ted Dexter hit a ball out of the 120,000 seat Melbourne Cricket Ground , a feat previously thought impossible?
Did you know that the writings of Czech national poet Karel Hynek Mácha , born 200 years ago today, include the poem Máj , novel Cikáni , diary of Journey to Italy and the Diary of 1835 which deals with his relationship with his fiancée Lori ?
Did you know that the Mount Whaleback mine at Newman , Western Australia , is the biggest single-pit open-cut iron ore mine in the world?
Did you know that singer-songwriter Fernando Osorio wrote the last song recorded by Cuban performer Celia Cruz ?
Did you know that the curator of the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington studied ballet under Russian prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova ?
Did you know that martial artist Erick Silva competed in "one of the wettest events in MMA history" when the outdoor event was subjected to torrential rain?
Did you know that the Royal Lichtenstein Quarter-Ring Sidewalk Circus was a ministry of the California Jesuits ?
Did you know that Arthur Conan Doyle used photos of the Cottingley Fairies to prove the existence of supernatural entities, though an analysis of the images by Geoffrey Crawley showed that they were a hoax?
Did you know that a malfunctioning starting gate at the luge venue during the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo would lead to the only tie in Olympic luge history?
Did you know that St Swithun's Church, Worcester , is described as "one of the best preserved examples of an early Georgian church in England"?
Did you know that Teslim Balogun was the first African to qualify as a professional football coach?
Did you know that the French Battalion 's bayonet charges at the Battle of Wonju impressed General Ridgway to encourage all American units to conduct bayonet fighting during the Korean War ?
Did you know that " Crumblin' Down " was John Cougar Mellencamp 's first single released with his real last name?
Did you know that Palo y hueso was Nicolás Sarquís ' first feature-length movie, shot in 1968 and costing just $15,715 to make?
Did you know that Robbie "The Flame" Olivier 's last fight was stopped after a fan riot made it impossible to continue?
Did you know that the Okomu and Cross River national parks in Nigeria , both home to many rare species including chimpanzees , are both increasingly threatened by illegal forestry?
Did you know that presenter Natasha Fatah said she broke down in tears in response to her interviewees' stories about being a refugee during the recording of the CBC Radio One program Promised Land ?
Did you know that Ashleigh "The Thunderball Kid" Grimshaw has had a negative record on two occasions in his career?
Did you know that Höfn , an Icelandic fishing town, has an entire museum devoted to glaciers ?
Did you know that the eponymous extended play by The Shadows , The Shadows to the Fore , Spotlight on The Shadows and The Boys all were number-one EPs in the UK ?
Did you know that Belvedere , one of the historical centres of sugar production in the United States Virgin Islands , contains a villa hotel which has been converted from an old sugar mill?
Did you know that boxer Lefty Satan Flynn was born Selvin Campbell and was nicknamed His Satanic Majesty ?
Did you know that an overactive thyroid gland can cause attacks of paralysis , particularly in young men of Chinese and Japanese origin?
Did you know that during World War II , when a new model of the Mitsubishi 'Zero' received its American code name , the prominent general it was named after was not very amused?
Did you know that in United States v. Carmack in 1946, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's power under the Condemnation Act to exercise eminent domain over land owned by a state ?
Did you know that a milestone found near Milecastle 17 on Hadrian's Wall is the only known contemporary record of the name of Gaius Julius Marcus , Roman Governor of Britain ?
Did you know that the entire 2009 NBA Development League Expansion Draft took place via teleconference ?
Did you know that British Army soldier Matthew Kilroy was found guilty of manslaughter in the Boston Massacre ?
Did you know that the sod -surfaced Larson Brothers Airport was described as the "finest airport in the state" of Wisconsin in 1932?
Did you know that on November 14, 1942, black gospel quartet The Jubalaires had a hit with " Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition ", a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor the previous year?
Did you know that Leopold II 's mistress Caroline Delacroix was so loathed by the Belgian public that on one occasion, her carriage was stoned in Brussels ?
Did you know that the "strange, flat-bottomed boat" in which Beatrix Potter rowed on Moss Eccles Tarn is now housed in the Windermere Steamboat Museum ?
Did you know that Johanna Bugge Olsen was convicted of treason for having printed some "un-national" material in Arbeidet during WWII ?
Did you know that one definition of judicial bias in Singapore is that a "reasonable and fair-minded person" who is present in court and knows all the relevant facts suspects that a fair trial is not possible?
Did you know that on 21 June 2001, on the Mount Newman railway , a BHP Billiton iron ore train consisting of 682 cars broke the world record for the heaviest train, weighing 99,734 tons and being 7.3 kilometres long?
Did you know that when playing for the Chicago Bulls in 1985, Quintin Dailey complained that Michael Jordan received more attention from the team's coaches, arguing that he was "a player who likes to shine a little bit myself"?
Did you know that in the 16th century people convicted of sedition had their ears nailed to the pillory in Norwich Market , and when their pillory time was completed their ears were cut off?
Did you know that the proposed North Bothnia Line will allow high-speed trains to travel from Stockholm to Luleå Central Station ?
Did you know that Jule Sugarman helped design and administer the Head Start Program , which has served 27 million American children from low-income families since its inception in 1965?
Did you know that a match at the World Wrestling Federation 's No Mercy (2000) event resulted from one wrestler hitting another with a car to protest racism?
Did you know that W. G. Grace was the first cricketer to score a century of first-class centuries ?
Did you know that pediatric trauma accounted for 59.5% of all mortality in the United States for children in 2004?
Did you know that Sir Walter Raleigh mentions the church of Tevont Evias in his Discoverie of Guiana (1596)?
Did you know that Botetourt , one of the best known mineral springs in Virginia and one of the chief sulphuric thermals in America, was visited by General Lafayette in 1824?
Did you know that the British National Grid saw a record 2800 MW increase in demand due to the boiling of kettles and the opening of fridge doors after the 1990 FIFA World Cup Semi-Final between England and West Germany ?
Did you know that after being wounded at the capture of Martinique , Lt-Gen. James Murray had to sleep sitting up for the rest of his life?
Did you know that, with 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) of track, Rio Tinto 's Hamersley & Robe River railway is the largest privately owned heavy freight rail network in Australia ?
Did you know that outfielder Harl Maggert was on pace to win a batting title when he was permanently suspended from professional baseball for throwing games ?
Did you know that Carl Scheibler ' s method of extracting sugar from sugar beet molasses with strontium hydroxide was widely used before World War I ?
Did you know that West Shore , a magazine published from 1875 to 1891 in Portland , Oregon , was well known for its illustrations of scenery, architecture, and commerce of the Pacific Northwest ?
Did you know that after beating the highly touted prospect Francisco "Massaranduba" Drinaldo via armbar, Yuri Alcantara was signed by World Extreme Cagefighting to appear on their last ever event ?
Did you know that the 2009 single " I've Got Nothing " was written entirely through crowdsourcing in 10 weeks?
Did you know that a few years after the ecological restoration of Hyderabad 's Saroornagar Lake in 2003, migratory birds returned to the lake in large numbers?
Did you know that there is an upcoming animated series starring Spider-Man based on the Ultimate Spider-Man storyline that will air on Disney XD ?
Did you know that, after breaking his nose in the 1906 World Series , Ed Hahn batted .429 to help the Chicago White Sox win their first championship?
Did you know that the ratepayer protest led by New Zealand lawyer William Wynn-Williams nearly bankrupted Christchurch City Council ?
Did you know that Yin Yin Nwe , a Burmese geologist, was appointed UNICEF Representative to China on December 1, 2006?
Did you know that all four football venues at the 1968 Summer Olympics would be used as FIFA World Cup stadia when Mexico hosted the Cup in 1970 and 1986 ?
Did you know that the 27-million-year-old Cobb Seamount is so heavily encrusted in sea life that no bare rock surface has been found in dives ?
Did you know that Saint Sava likely had a hand in the murder of 13th-century Bulgarian noble Strez , a largely independent ruler in Macedonia ?
Did you know that the Charles A. Miller House was built for the oldest funeral director in Cincinnati , Ohio ?
Did you know that Great Migrations , the largest programming event of the National Geographic Channel , is part of the largest cross-platform initiative since the founding of the National Geographic Society in 1888?
Did you know that the artifacts on display at the Alderney Society Museum are as diverse as 1940 census papers, cinerary urns , dulcie cups, and curry powder bottles?
Did you know that gifts to monasteries in medieval Normandy were often rerecorded on pancartes ?
Did you know that Sir Alan Huggins was one of the first non-permanent Hong Kong judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal appointed in 1997?
Did you know that to promote Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes , two human-sized tomatoes picketed Super Bowl XVII ?
Did you know that despite operating from 1878 to 1896, Dartmouth Lifeboat was only required for one shipwreck?
Did you know that Abraham Curry and his business partners purchased a large portion of Eagle Valley for a US$ 300 down payment and set aside 10 acres ( 4 ha ) to build the Nevada State Capitol ?
Did you know that the new Commonwealth boxing champion Liam Walsh and his two brothers made their pro boxing debuts on the same night?
Did you know that when Dutch officials took control of the BredoLab botnet , they were able to use it against itself?
Did you know that State Representative Jim Landtroop was also a winning varsity basketball coach in Plainview , Texas ?
Did you know that the SimplySiti cosmetic line was founded by and named after Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza , and some of its products are named after her recordings?
Did you know that an upcoming soundtrack album will feature actress Gwyneth Paltrow performing a censored version of Cee Lo Green 's " Fuck You! " for an episode of Glee ?
Did you know that in 1937, a BSA Empire Star motorcycle ridden by Walter Handley won a race at Brooklands with a fastest lap of 107.57 miles per hour (173.12 km/h)?
Did you know that the Ducoudray Holstein Expedition planned to invade Puerto Rico ?
Did you know that the world's first glass summit cross was erected on the Schartwand in Salzburg 's Tennengebirge mountains?
Did you know that when Paul McCartney offered Isla Blair a ride home, his fans attacked her?
Did you know that Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations, consisting of the Brockman 2 , Channar , Eastern Range , Hope Downs , Marandoo , Mesa A , Mesa J , Mount Tom Price , Nammuldi , Paraburdoo , West Angelas and Yandicoogina mines , produced 202 million tonnes of iron ore in 2009, accounting for almost 13% of the world production?
Did you know that the short-lived CBS adventure series Spencer's Pilots starred character actor Gene Evans as the owner of a small aviation company?
Did you know that after hanging for nineteen years in a staff cafeteria and eleven in a living room, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri 's painting Warlugulong sold at auction in 2007 for a record-breaking A$ 2.4 million ?
Did you know that Bach composed four dialogues for his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 , three between Fear and Hope, and one between Fear and the Voice of Christ ?
Did you know that Fowey Lifeboat Station was opened in the nearby village of Polkerris in 1859, and was not moved into the town of Fowey itself until 1922?
Did you know that Cockfield Football Club , from the tiny "two-street pit village" of Cockfield, County Durham , was dubbed the "Village Wonder Team" after reaching the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup in 1923?
Did you know that Kastelholm Castle is one of only five surviving Finnish medieval fortresses that is also considered to be architecturally substantial?
Did you know that because the Polavaram Project would submerge 276 villages in India , it was opposed by human rights and environmental activists , political parties , and neighboring governments?
Did you know that Nick Fazekas , the number one overall selection in the 2010 NBA Development League Draft , was a D-League All-Star before he was even picked?
Did you know that two major rivers of Borneo originate in the same area, flow in different directions, but have the same name ?
Did you know that Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan became the first female recipient of the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award in 2008?
Did you know that Appianoporites , Margaretbarromyces , and Quatsinoporites are all fossil fungi from Vancouver Island , British Columbia ?
Did you know that the Slovenian - Italian brotherhood was one of the platforms of the United Trade Unions of the Free Territory of Trieste ?
Did you know that after Ell Persons , an African American man, was lynched and decapitated in 1917, his head was thrown at a group of African Americans?
Did you know that the Mignot Memorial Hospital in Alderney is not covered by the National Health Service ?
Did you know that the last engraving by William Blake was a visiting card for his friend George Cumberland , which Blake decorated with children hoop rolling and flying kites ?
Did you know that American burglar Johnny Hope , the son of another burglar , may have been part of his father's gang that robbed the Manhattan Bank in 1878, netting nearly $3 million in cash and securities?
Did you know that in the 1777 Battle of Machias , a British amphibious assault seized stores of flour, rice, corn, shoes, and ammunition, but was driven off by United States forces assisted by Maliseet , Passamaquoddy , and Penobscot Indians?
Did you know that William Donald Albright homesteaded in Alberta 's Peace River region in 1913 and conducted studies there that led to his farm becoming Canada 's northernmost agricultural experiment station ?
Did you know that female R&B group Faya was discovered singing at a youth centre in Slough , and went on to sign a six-album deal with Def Jam Recordings ?
Did you know that in the 1949 municipal election in the Free Territory of Trieste , the communist -led Slavic-Italian Anti-Fascist Union won 97% of the votes in Monrupino ?
Did you know that American novelist Harold "Hal" King earned the title "the crown prince of suspense" with the publication of his 1979 anti- Nazi thriller Closing Ceremonies ?
Did you know that in Bach 's St John Passion in the Philharmonie Luxembourg , Christoph Prégardien was the Evangelist and Andreas Pruys sang the words of Christ ?
Did you know that first baseman Babe Borton bribed opponents so that his team could win the 1919 Pacific Coast League championship?
Did you know that most leading Norwegian communists hit by the Nazi Operation Almenrausch in 1944 – including Peder Furubotn , Ørnulf Egge and Roald Halvorsen – survived?
Did you know that the Canfield-Wright House was built for an oil tycoon who developed Beverly Hills and Del Mar, California ?
Did you know that Sex, Slander, and Salvation was published just before David Berg 's death and the Love Charter 's reorganization of the Family International ?
Did you know that according to the FBI , purported mobster Joseph Miranda once owed his life to family boss Sam DeCavalcante ?
Did you know that Menara Kudus Mosque is the only mosque in Java known to have a Majapahit -style Hindu drum tower?
Did you know that, in 1946, Marv Rackley was hired by his teammate Jackie Robinson to play for the "Jackie Robinson All-Stars"?
Did you know that the chancel arch in St Michael's Church, Stretton en le Field , Leicestershire , appears to be made of stone, but is actually wood covered with stucco , giving the appearance of stone?
Did you know that Hangar No. 1 , once used by Charles Lindbergh , was built at Los Angeles International Airport when it consisted of a dirt landing strip in the middle of bean and barley fields?
Did you know that athletes from the Tønsberg FIK Norwegian track and field club have won national championships in distance running , throwing and sprints ?
Did you know that the extended play Hits by The Beach Boys spent 34 weeks at number-one in the EP chart ?
Did you know that Cefn Golau , a disused cholera cemetery near Tredegar in Wales, has many graves dating from August and September 1849 ?
Did you know that Vic Tandy was the first researcher to link infrasound and ghosts together?
Did you know that the lyrics of Yes 's last top-ten rock hit " The Calling " were inspired by singer Jon Anderson 's concept of "local history"?
Did you know that executioner Thomas Henry Scott was fired for being with a prostitute on the night before a hanging job?
Did you know that a classic hypothetical example of the Wednesbury unreasonableness doctrine in administrative law , which applies in Singapore , is a public authority dismissing a teacher because of her red hair ?
Did you know that Arne Wam , as director of the Norwegian State Railways , ended the practice of turning all the seats in whatever direction a train was facing?
Did you know that the vocal quartet of Monika Frimmer , Christa Bonhoff , Dantes Diwiak , and Peter Kooy recorded the Augsburger Tafel-Confect ("Augsburg Table Confectionary") of Valentin Rathgeber and Johann Caspar Seyfert ?
Did you know that British engineer Bert Perrigo , who helped develop the BSA Blue Star motorcycles in the 1930s, was paid one-half-penny royalty for every motorcycle sold?