User:Daniel/DYK
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- ...that Bellot Strait is a 2 km passage of water separating Somerset Island from the northernmost point on mainland North America? October 1, 2006
- ...that only 48 hat-tricks have been scored in the history of the FIFA World Cup, spanning 700 matches and 18 editions of the tournament? October 11, 2006
- ...that Beaumont House (pictured) was constructed for Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide and founder of St Peter's Cathedral? January 13, 2007
- ...that Sir Samuel Davenport, a South Australian parliamentarian, had an electoral district named after him? January 16, 2007
- ...that the Australian steamer TSS Kanowna (pictured) was requisitioned twice during World War I, first as a troopship and then as a hospital ship? January 18, 2007
- ...that the Loch Arkaig treasure, a large amount of specie provided by Spain to finance the Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1745, is said to be still hidden at Loch Arkaig (pictured) in the Scottish Highlands? February 1, 2007
- ...that the non-fiction book Inside Scientology, published in 1972 by Olympia Press, was the first to disclose secret Scientology materials? February 17, 2007
- ...that during the 100 point game, Philadelphia Warriors player Wilt Chamberlain became the only player in history to score at least 100 points in a National Basketball Association match? February 17, 2007
- ...that the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, an annual and televised footrace held at Mount Cameroon, was first held in 1995? February 24, 2007
- ...that Henry le Chen was put in control of a sheriffdom by King Edward I, despite being a senior royal councillor during the reign of King John, whom Edward deposed? February 24, 2007
- ...that Chip Berlet's non-fiction book Clouds Blur the Rainbow: The Other Side of New Alliance Party was referenced in a 1993 United States Federal Court lawsuit involving the FBI? February 25, 2007
- ...that A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant had its name changed due to threats of litigation from the Church of Scientology? February 27, 2007
- ...that the location of tropical cyclone formations are traditionally divided into seven basins? March 1, 2007
- ...that the Leo J. Ryan Federal Building, which opened in 1973, was named in honor of Congressman Leo J. Ryan, the first and only United States Congressman to die in the line of duty? March 3, 2007
- ...that the Church of Scientology attempted to ban the non-fiction book Scientology: The Now Religion in Canadian libraries during 1974? March 4, 2007
- ...that after the publication of the non-fiction book Cults of Unreason, other writers used the title to refer to strange groups, including UFO cults? March 8, 2007
- ...that Scieno Sitter, a content-control software package created by the Church of Scientology, was referred to in the 2006 fictional film The Bridge? March 13, 2007
- ...that somewhere between 25–33% of Icelanders living in Iceland died due to the 1783 eruption of Laki, and the subsequent famine? April 20, 2007
- ...that Alex Leake was offered a £10 bribe by Manchester City player Billy Meredith to throw the final match of the 1904–1905 season? August 29, 2007
- ...that Michelle Rocca, longtime girlfriend of singer Van Morrison, was the first woman to appear on one of Morrison's album covers since his then-wife Janet Minto in 1971? August 30, 2007
- ...that Iftikhar ad-Daula, Fatimid governor of Jerusalem during the siege of 1099, surrendered Jerusalem to Raymond of Saint-Gilles in the Tower of David and was then escorted out of the city with his bodyguard? August 30, 2007
- ...that a rock-cut basin may eventually form a circular holed stone, and passing through the hole was considered to have healing properties according to legend? August 30, 2007
- ...that during the World War II amphibious offensive known as the Kerch-Eltigen Operation, the Red Army landed 75,000 men and over 10,000 tons of munitions and material near Kerch in eastern Crimea? August 30, 2007
- ...that McGregor Lake, a man-made reservoir in Southern Alberta, receives most of its water from canals linked to the Bow River despite being in the Oldman River drainage basin? August 30, 2007
- ...that the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College were given powers of governance after the College charter was signed by George III of the United Kingdom in 1769? August 30, 2007
- ...that Mormon abstinence from drinking caffeinated beverages goes back to a 1918 Improvement Era article by Frederick J. Pack? August 31, 2007
- ...that Clarence Herbert Smith (pictured), who invented the stump-jump plough under the direction of his brother, later produced the machine for sale because the patent taken out by his brother was left to lapse? August 31, 2007
- ...that David Fung performed Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Sydney Symphony in the Sydney Opera House at only 19 years of age? August 31, 2007
- ...that New Zealand's North Island Robin was originally thought to be a subspecies of the New Zealand Robin, but mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis has shown that the two lineages split prior to the Pleistocene? August 31, 2007
- ...that Gord Bamford, a country music singer, was one of only two Canadian artists invited to perform at the Global Artist Party at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville during 2007? September 1, 2007
- ...that the United States threatened privately to cut off aid to Ngo Dinh Diem's Catholic regime as a result of chemical attacks on Buddhist protestors in Huế, Vietnam in 1963? September 4, 2007
- ...that the Mayslake Peabody Estate (pictured), built for Francis Stuyvesant Peabody between 1919 and 1921, has a secret staircase which leads from Peabody's private study to a bomb-proof basement? September 21, 2007
- ...that the only remnants of Mecklenburg Castle, a medieval castle located in present-day Germany, are parts of an earthen wall (pictured)? September 22, 2007
- ...that the wine-producing region of Blackwood Valley is named after the longest continually flowing river in Western Australia? October 18, 2007
- ...that the 1999 Sydney hailstorm is the costliest natural disaster in Australian history, causing over A$1.7 billion in insured damages? October 29, 2007
- ...that the Fightmaster Cup is the first and only international golfing tournament for one-handers? November 7, 2007
- ...that the shrimp scad (pictured) was first scientifically described by Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål in 1775, who mistook it for mackerel? November 18, 2007
- ...that the northern whiting (pictured) has been declared an invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean, having passed through the Suez Canal as part of the Lessepsian migration? November 19, 2007
- ...that historian Holden Furber was appointed as a social science analyst to the Office of Strategic Services after the United States entered the Second World War? November 19, 2007
- ...that American academic Jackson Bailey was decorated with the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1988, the highest possible honor given by Japan to a foreigner? November 19, 2007
- ...that following his term as Mayor of Boston, Frederick O. Prince advocated and oversaw the construction of the Boston Public Library's McKim Building in Copley Square? November 19, 2007
- ...that Julius Garfinckel, founder of the department store Garfinckel's, died from pneumonia on his 64th birthday? November 19, 2007
- ...that Brigadier Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls is the only member of the Coldstream Guards to have won the George Cross, the highest civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations? November 19, 2007
- ...that three out of every seventy-seven rainbow runners (pictured) have five spines, as a result of not being born with the normal six? November 20, 2007
- ...that at the time of his death, A. Ronald Walton was estimated to have reviewed more language programs than anyone else in the world? November 21, 2007
- ...that Gordon K. Douglass qualified for the Canadian national canoe paddling team, but was not allowed to go to the 1936 Olympics because he was American? November 24, 2007
- ...that a series of storms in south-east Queensland spawned two of the most powerful tornadoes in recorded Australian history? November 25, 2007
- ...that Richard Whitaker's research into the correlation between surface temperature in the Pacific Ocean and rainfall in Australia contributed to the discovery of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation? November 27, 2007
- ...that at the time, the 1947 Sydney hailstorm, which hospitalised at least 350 people, was the most severe storm to strike the city since records began in 1792?
- ...that Ron Halcombe was the first player to be called for throwing in major Australian cricket by three different umpires?
- ...that Jack Brod was the last remaining original tenant of the Empire State Building, New York City, at the time of his death in 2008? January 25, 2008
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