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2008: 1
2007: 20
2006: 25+1
2005: 28
2004: 1

I have created and submitted 75 articles and added 1 suggestion. My most productive time was July and August 2006 with 17 new articles.

[edit] 2008 (1 article)

[edit] January 08

• 17th ...that Stubbins Ffirth drank vomit and smeared bodily fluids over himself in an attempt to prove that yellow fever was not contagious?

[edit] 2007 (20 articles)

[edit] August 07

• 27th ...that a picture of Mary Ann Bevan, "the ugliest woman in the world", featured on a birthday card until a complaint led to its withdrawal?
• 26th ...that children up to the age of five can find it difficult to distinguish between television programmes and toy advertising campaigns?
• 24th ...that Malcolm X, James Brown, and the current President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva all worked as shoeshiners when they were young?
• 21st ...that A Tragedy by 19th century poet, singer and composer Theo Marzials is frequently referred to as the worst poem ever written in the English language?
• 18th ...that the Spanish Paralympic basketball team were stripped of their gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Games because ten of their players did not have a disability?
• 10th ...that towns across the United States and Australia have memorials dedicated to the birth of their first white child?
• 9th ...that snail races usually start with the words "Ready, Steady, Slow!"?
• 7th ...that the 850-ton Belle Tout lighthouse was pushed 17 metres (56 feet) away from a cliff face to save it from coastal erosion?
• 3rd ...that Étienne-Gaspard Robert terrified audiences with his pioneering phantasmagoria shows and greatly influenced others with his ballooning feats? 05:47, August 2007

[edit] July 07

• 6th ...that the inmates of San Pedro prison run a hotel for visiting tourists and sell cocaine to the local community?

[edit] June 07

• 19th ...that Horace Liveright published the works of numerous important authors, including Ernest Hemingway and T. S. Eliot, and hired Béla Lugosi for Dracula, but still died penniless?
• 11th ...that worm charming, grunting, and fiddling competitions are held around the world? violet/riga
• 8th ...that giant vegetables are entered in competitions around the world, with seeds being traded over the Internet?
• 2nd ...that the £4.2m ($7m) estate of Gregory Hemingway, the youngest son of Ernest Hemingway, could not be left to his wife because of the same-sex marriage laws in Florida?
• 1st ...that the pasilalinic-sympathetic compass was an attempt to communicate across vast distances using the telepathic link between snails?

[edit] May 07

• 4th ...that Bold Lane car park, used by shoppers in Derby, England, is one of the ten most secure places in the world alongside Air Force One, Area 51, and Fort Knox?

[edit] April 07

• 1st ...that the Tempest Prognosticator is a device that employs a "jury" of twelve leeches that use small hammers to ring a bell to indicate the approach of a storm?

[edit] February 07

• 20th ...that children as young as three were employed to hurry around British coal mines?

[edit] January 07

• 17th ...that the Rouse Simmons, known as "The Christmas Tree Ship", was transporting over 5,000 Christmas trees to Chicago when it sank in 1912?
• 15th ...that the failure to meet standards for toy safety has led to numerous deaths and injuries of babies and small children, with millions of products recalled worldwide?

[edit] 2006 (25 articles +1)

[edit] September 06

• 21st ...that stereotypes of animals are common in television and film and usually emphasise particular traits of the species?
• 17th ...that "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically valid sentence?
• 4th ...that "bin bugs" are being attached to British wheelie bins to monitor the amount of domestic waste produced by each household?
• 4th ...that Rembrant's portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III is the most stolen painting in the world?
• 1st ...that at the height of the Cold War U.S. President Ronald Reagan committed a microphone gaffe by inadvertently informing the nation that he had ordered the bombing of Russia?

[edit] August 06

• 29th ...that the sport of mobile phone throwing can be judged by the throwing distance or by the creative choreographics of the throw?
• 29th ...that structure relocation has been used to save several buildings from destruction by moving them without the need for disassembly.
• 22nd ...that unfinished buildings can be found throughout the world that will never be completed or demolished because of the costs involved?
• 9th ...that the largest body parts do not all belong to the largest animal, and that there are numerous Guinness World Records for the largest human body parts?
• 9th ...that Albert Bigelow Paine was the literary executor for Mark Twain, a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee, and a recipient of the title of Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur for his books about Joan of Arc?
• 8th ...that there are many examples of unfinished work in the arts, some of which remain incomplete but others have been finished by other people?
• 7th ...that Frederick Lorz was initially greeted as the winner of the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics despite having been driven for ten miles in the car of his manager?
• 3rd ...that animals have delivered mail throughout history, with different postal services using pigeons, reindeer and even cats?
• 1st ...that conger cuddling was once described as the "most fun a person could have with a dead fish"?

[edit] July 06

• 31st ...that overacting can be intentional for some roles, particularly when exaggerating the evil characteristics of a villain, but is often the subject of parody and satire?
• 29th ...that footprints have revealed clues about the activity of criminals and dinosaurs, and have also been the source of several myths and legends?
• 11th ...that supernumerary body parts can include fingers, toes, and ribs, or can even be as extreme as additional sex organs or heads?
• 10th ...that cow fighting, unlike bull fighting, is a sport that does not have human participants but is fought between cows, and that it often does not include any physical contact?
• 9th ...that there is a long history of animals in sport, ranging from common horse racing and fox hunting events to the more unusual rabbit show jumping and camel wrestling competitions?
• 4th ...that hollowed-out books have been used in bombings, for smuggling, and for covertly photographing people?
• 2nd (nom only) ...that the highest scoring word in Scrabble is OXYPHENBUTAZONE, which uses a bingo, and can theoretically score 1778 in one go?
• 2nd ...that there have been several proposals for space advertising projects, including the use of a giant, 1km² billboard that could be seen from Earth?
• 1st ...an increasing number of countries are looking to regulate fast food advertising in order to avoid childhood obesity?

[edit] January 06

• 31st ...that secret passages have helped people to hide in or flee from a building, or even to enter it without being spotted?
• 27th ...that placenta accreta can see the placenta attach itself not only to the muscle of the uterus but also to the bladder or other organs?
• 9th ...that there are many multi-headed animals in mythology and fiction, but there have also been numerous real animals that had two heads?

[edit] 2005 (28 articles)

[edit] December 05

• 6th ...that there have been many castaways both in fiction and on real desert islands?
• 4th ...that the Havengore is a ceremonial vessel that was used to carry the body of Winston Churchill during his state funeral on 30 January 1965?

[edit] November 05

• 28th ...that geographical renaming can take place to change the name of a city or country for many reasons, including as part of a sponsorship deal?
• 18th ...that the parents of Rachel Whitear allowed a photograph of her dead body to be used in a campaign against heroin?
• 1st ...that there have been many toilet-related injuries throughout history as well as in urban legends?

[edit] October 05

• 29th ...that the 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be the third London Olympics and that no other city has hosted the games three times?

[edit] September 05

• 24th ...that virtual plagues can infect and kill the characters in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game and are usually caused by unexpected problems with the programming code?
• 6th ...that there have been many attempts to deliver mail by rocket, but none have met with much success?

[edit] August 05

• 22nd ...that the largest organism in the world is a honey fungus which covers more than 3.4 square miles (8.9 km²) and is thousands of years old?
• 21st ...that umchwasho is a traditional chastity rite in Swaziland that restricts the sexual relations of unmarried women?

[edit] July 05

• 30th ...that alcohol advertising is heavily restricted in many countries to avoid associating the drinking of alcoholic beverages with sexual success and physical attractiveness?
• 30th ...that Wayne McLaren, an American model who portrayed the Marlboro Man in the famous cigarette advertising campaign, died of lung cancer?
• 26th ...that superfecundation is the fertilisation of two or more ova by sperm from separate acts of sexual intercourse and can lead to twins with different fathers?
• 21st ...that the hyaloid artery helps the lens of the eye to develop during the fetal stage but is usually fully regressed before birth?
• 21st ...that the Working Group on Internet Governance is a United Nations body set up to investigate the future governance of the Internet and the role of ICANN?
• 11th ...that tobacco advertising one of the most highly-regulated forms of marketing, along with alcohol, and is banned in many countries?
• 8th ...that the Olympic Javelin is a high-speed rail service announced as part of the public transport regeneration of London in readiness for the 2012 Summer Olympics?

[edit] June 05

• 11th ...that the virtual economy of massively multiplayer online games sometimes attracts virtual crime, which is punishable by real laws in some countries?
• 2nd ...that facial symmetry is a determinant of the health, physical attractiveness and beauty of a person and is a factor in interpersonal attraction?
• 1st ...that macrosomia refers to a fetus that is above a defined weight at childbirth, and occurs in up to 10% of pregnancies?
• 1st ...that MOMO syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder characterised by obesity, macrocephaly and ocular abnormalities?

[edit] April 05

• 8th ...that a smokie is a West African delicacy made by blowtorching the carcass of a sheep or goat without removing its fleece?
• 7th ...that a love letter is a popular way to express feelings of love in written form?

[edit] March 05

• 30th ...that an automatic number plate recognition system uses optical character recognition to read the license plates on vehicles.

[edit] February 05

• 24th ...that Empty nest syndrome is a form of depression that affects parents when a child leaves home?
• 14th ...that Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome is a form of dyslexia which makes it very difficult for a person to read black text on white paper?

[edit] January 05

• 18th ...that in January 2005 Romanian Adriana Iliescu became the oldest woman to give birth at the age of 66?
• 16th ...that a modern baby monitor can use a digital camera similar to a web cam to watch the baby as well as listen to them?
• 14th ...that BBC television series Watchdog helped uncover the Hoover Company "free flights" scam?

[edit] 2004 (1 article)

[edit] December 04

• 8th ...that Tunde Baiyewu, the singer from Lighthouse Family, is the step-son of Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo?