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[edit] Did you know...

...that the English garden designer Batty Langley attempted to "improve" Gothic architectural forms by giving them classical proportions, described in his book Gothic Architecture, improved by Rules and Proportions?

...that in September 1842, performer George Washington Dixon walked a 15-foot (4.5-meter) platform for 76 hours without sleep, part of the long tradition of pole-sitting?
...that in the name of science, American nurse Clara Maass volunteered to be bitten by yellow fever-carrying mosquitoes seven times, caught the disease twice, and ultimately died from it?
...that Fort Pepperrell, built for the U.S. Army in Canada, was done in the shape of a cowboy hat and the streets named in honour of the Atlantic Charter?
...that A Commitment To Our Roots is the first charity devoted to helping comic book industry veterans in need?
...that Rabbi Judith Hauptman has written extensively on the treatment of women in her scholarly articles on the Jewish Talmud?

...that the autopsy depicted in Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, an oil painting by Rembrandt, was a real event which took place on 16 January 1632? (Image:Rembrandt Van Rijn, Die Anatomiestunde des Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.jpg)
...that Yusuf Adil Shah was the founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty that ruled Bijapur for two centuries in South India?
...that the "social contract" in Malaysia refers to the agreement made by its founding fathers in the Constitution at independence?
...that Capt. Robert Bartlett skippered the schooner Effie M. Morrissey to the Arctic 20 times in the name of science and research?

...that the Black Tree Fern is the largest of the tree fern species, endemic to New Zealand? (Image:Cyathea medullaris.JPG)
...that the Paper Clips Project of a small school in Tennessee received over 30 million paperclips from all over the world to honor the victims of the Holocaust?
...that there have been four attempts to make The Adventures of Ellery Queen into a TV series, starting in 1950 on the DuMont Network?
...that Christopher Strauli was the actor recruited to fill the gap left by the early death of Richard Beckinsale when casting the movie version of Rising Damp?

...that Bacon's Castle—a stronghold in Surry County during Bacon's Rebellion in the Virginia Colony in 1676—was never occupied by leader Nathaniel Bacon? (Image:571348locimagecropped.jpg)
...that the 1904 Scottish yacht Medea and the battleship USS Texas are the only surviving vessels that fought in both world wars?
...that Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a Muslim citizen of the United States who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks and who is specifically mentioned in Section 102 of the USA PATRIOT Act?
...that Cleese's Woolly Lemur is a newly discovered species of lemur that was named after John Cleese, due to his fondness for the creatures?

...that the Japanese submarine I-8 was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy submarine, famous for completing a technology exchange mission between occupation forces in France? (Image:I-8Submarine.jpg)
...that Ketuanan Melayu is the belief that the Malays are the "lords" of the Malay peninsula or Malaysia in general?
...that Bill the Goat is the mascot of the United States Naval Academy who first appeared at a Navy football game in 1893?
...that Charles Hicks played a key role in the formation of Brooker and Clayton's Georgia Minstrels, the first successful blackface minstrel troupe composed of all African American performers?

...that the Buner reliefs depict scenes of ancient Greeks in India during the 1st century?
...that in the past 5 years, Colin Campbell, a former ice hockey defenceman and coach, handed some of the longest suspensions in NHL history to Marty McSorley and Todd Bertuzzi?
...that Rudyard Kipling's 1890 poem "Danny Deever" caused the academic David Masson to cry "Here's literature! Here's literature at last!" to his students, and that it was later described as "Teddy Roosevelt's favourite song"?
...that the Witty worm self-replicating computer worm was the first worm to attack the pieces of software designed to defend against computer worms?

...that Sir Collingwood Schreiber played a key role in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and now has a township named after him? (Image:Sir Collingwood Schreiber.jpg)
...that both Charles Dibdin and Ira Aldridge were famed for their portayals of the black servant Mungo in the comic opera The Padlock?
...that Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia provides quotas and other affirmative action policies for the Malays and other indigenous people of Malaysia, but was intended as a temporary provision?
...that New Orleans Creole chef Leah Chase owns a restaurant named Dooky Chase which has served as a gallery for an extensive African American art collection since the 1950s, was a gathering place for Civil Rights leaders?

...that Edward George Honey is credited with first proposing the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the armistice of World War I, which later resulted in the creation of Remembrance Day? (Image:Poppy-closeup.jpg)
...that the 1959 Mexico Hurricane is the only known East Pacific hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5?
...that New York Sun columnist and critic Ward Morehouse stayed in so many hotels that he said his epitaph should read "room service, please?"
...that a few years after Richard Whitney had been heralded as Wall Street's "White Knight" for his efforts during the Stock Market crash of 1929 and made president of the New York Stock Exchange, he was sentenced to 5-10 years in Sing Sing for embezzlement?

...that Jane Wenham was the last subject of a witch trial in England in 1712 and eventually exonerated?
...that Victoire Thivisol was the youngest winner ever of the Best Actress award at the Venice International Film Festival for her title role in the 1996 French film Ponette?
...that Edward Falkingham ordered the construction of prisons in Ferryland, Bonavista and Carbonear in 1732 while he was Governor of Newfoundland?
...that Redline was the last game published by Accolade before being acquired by Infogrames in 1999?

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