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27 May 2007
...that the St. Philomena's Church (pictured) in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany?
...that during his research into women's olfactory selection of potential mates, Swiss biologist Claus Wedekind conducted what has become known as the "Sweaty T-shirt Study"?
...that emigration of physicians and nurses poses a major problem for Nigeria's health care system, as there were 21,000 Nigerian doctors practising in the US alone?
...that the events in the novel The Dig take place during the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk England?
...that Kona lows bring severe weather to Hawaii two to three times each year between October and April?
...that while leader of the short-lived secessionist state of South Kasai, Albert Kalonji gave himself the title of Supreme Chief of the Muluba People and Protector of the Associated Tribes?
...that when noted American poet Lucretia Maria Davidson (pictured) died at age 16, she had written over 278 poems of varying lengths?
...that a slogan of the Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire is "Prolétaires de tous les pays, caressez-vous" (Workers of the world, caress yourselves!)?
...that the DC comic book Batman: The Last Arkham drew on the influences of psychology and biology books such as "Superstition in the Common Pigeon"?
...that over 100 million people in Indonesia lack access to safe water and more than 70 percent of the country’s 220 million population relies on water obtained from potentially contaminated sources?
...that Sungai Tujoh is the westernmost point of Brunei and is one of the four land crossing points into the Malaysian state of Sarawak from Brunei?
...that in Ancient Roman entertainment, a desultor was a performer who towed several horses in full gallop—as many as six or eight at once—and leaped from one to another?

26 May 2007
...that the mosque of Kalenderhane (pictured) in Istanbul contained the most ancient cycle of frescoes portraying Saint Francis of Assisi still extant?
...that Maharaja Suraj Mal took over Bharatpur, India , and established it as the capital of Mewat state?
...that New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart uses an obsolete camera and photographic paper that no longer exists?
...that Batasio sharavatiensis, a species of bagrid catfish discovered near Jog Falls in India, is named after the Sharavathi river in which it was found?
...that Joseph-François Lambert was a French adventurer who tried to overthrow the "Mad Queen" Ranavalona I of Madagascar?
...that according to Greek mythology, the festival of Delia was instituted by Theseus after slaying the Minotaur (pictured)?
...that the red column of the Kruty Heroes Memorial recalls the colonnade of the famously red-colored main building of the Kiev University where many of the Ukrainian cadets slain at the 1918 Battle of Kruty had studied?
...that the play Four Nights in Knaresborough, which tells the story of the aftermath of Thomas Becket's murder using modern language and idiom, is to be re-made as an action movie in the style of Young Guns?
...that William R. Bell, the District Officer for Malaita in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1915 to 1927, was killed while collecting a head tax from the resistant Kwaio?
...that Jack Fingleton, a journalist who was press secretary to former Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes, represented Australia in Test cricket?

25 May 2007
...that during Expo 67's first week (pavilion pictured) it set the still standing single-day attendance record for a World's Fair?
...that the Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids?
...that cloud suck has dragged paragliders to altitudes as high as 9,946 meters (32,600 feet)?
...that the snakeskin gourami is one of Thailand's five most important aquacultured freshwater species?
...that the artistic creations of Tommaso Francini marked a distinct stage in the importation of Italian features in the French formal garden?
...that Tran Kim Tuyen, the intelligence chief of South Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem was referred to as "Vietnam's Goebbels"?
...that researchers believe the monotypic New Zealand genus Oreostylidium represents an extreme example of floral paedomorphosis and should be transferred back to the related Australian genus Stylidium?
...that Kirk o' Field (pictured) in Edinburgh was the location of one of the world's great unsolved historical mysteries, the murder of Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, in 1567?
...that the Youth Olympic Games are planned to teach Olympic values to teenage athletes?
...that Manuel Gamio conducted the first scientific excavations in the Valley of Mexico?
...that Western Ganga literature included Kannada poetry and prose written by royalty, on topics ranging from religion to elephant management?
...that the time traveling premise featured in the Chrono series of video games was inspired by such television programs as The Time Tunnel?
...that Marshal Soult's last offensive against the Duke of Wellington's forces in the Peninsular War was lost before a single red coat could join the battle?
...that the Short Knuckleduster gull-winged flying boat never entered military service, but data from its handling and engine steam-cooling aided the design of Short's Empire and Sunderland aircraft?
...that the founder of the Caucasus branch of the Qadiriyyah Tariqah, Kunta-haji (pictured) is often referred as the "Chechen Gandhi" because of his doctrine of nonviolence?
...that although people from the Isle of Man are British citizens, they do not have freedom of movement or employment throughout the European Union?
...that the Scientology Task Force of Hamburg, Germany reported on what it called brainwashing in Scientology's Rehabilitation Project Force?
...that Gaius Pontius, the Samnite general and victor at the Battle of the Caudine Forks, is believed to be an ancestor of the Roman governor of Judea Pontius Pilate?
...that ten days before the ratification of the Peace of Szeged, Vladislaus, King of Hungary, swore an oath which invalidated it and all future treaties with the Ottoman Empire?
...that Eddie Ingram played for the Irish cricket team for 25 years, after making his debut at the age of 17?
...that in 2002 Nicaragua had 15 times fewer banks than its Central American counterparts with only six compared to the regional average of 107 per country?

24 May 2007
...that Vädersolstavlan (pictured) is the oldest known painting of Stockholm?
...that almost 60% of Belfast's adult population regularly participate in one or more sports?
...that trade unions in Argentina have traditionally played a strong role in the politics of the nation, with approximately 40% of workers in the formal economy being unionized?
...that the Sabine Free State, a border area between Spanish Texas and American Louisiana but administered by neither for 15 years in the early 19th century, attracted every kind of outlaw known from both sides, as well as settlers, adventurers and political refugees?
...that Ira Losco, who led Malta to a second place finish in the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest, sang the official anthem at the opening ceremonies of the 2003 Games of the Small States of Europe?
...that police officers in Croatia are only allowed to use their guns if there is a threat to their life or the lives of other people, or to prevent a crime from being committed for which the maximum prison sentence is five years or more?
...that the San Salvador was a galleon of the Spanish Armada whose capture supplied the English with a significant proportion of the gunpowder that they used in the campaign?
...that opponents of Cameroon's first president, Ahmadou Ahidjo, danced to show their displeasure (Cameroonian dancers pictured)?
...that the "Guild of Saint Luke" was the usual name for the painters' guild in cities of the Low Countries?
...that the cruiseferry M/S Nordlandia (originally M/S Olau Hollandia) was built to be NATO-compatible, so that she could easily be converted to a troopship?
...that Ivan Bogorov, who published the first Bulgarian newspaper in 1846 in Leipzig, was also an ardent supporter of Bulgarian linguistic purism and was known for his often amusing neologisms?
...that the ocean liner SS Paris, built in 1913, reached such heights of luxury and service that sea gulls purportedly followed it more than any other ship, hoping to feast on scraps of haute cuisine that were thrown overboard?
...that the Tooting impact crater on Mars was named after the London suburb of the same name because the discoverer "thought [his] mum and brother would get a kick out of having their home town paired with a land form on Mars"?

23 May 2007
...that Simon de Montfort was killed and had his testicles cut off at the Battle of Evesham (pictured)?
...that there are currently fifteen distinct police agencies enforcing law in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
...that Gustavus Blin Wright, a pioneer road builder and entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada, built the 127-mile-long Old Cariboo Road in 1862–3?
...that the 14th century Chinese military treatise of the Huo Long Jing edited by Jiao Yu described the use of cast iron grenades, firearms, fire lance flamethrowers, cannons, land mines, naval mines, rocket launchers, and winged rockets?
...that Bristol Byzantine was an architectural style used for industrial buildings in Bristol between 1850 and 1880?
...that the minesweeper USS Threat was transferred to the government of Mexico after being decommissioned by the US Navy and renamed the Francisco Zarco?
...that West Indies cricketer Sir Harold Austin, who captained the team twice on tours to England, later became the Speaker in the Barbados House of Assembly?
...that the longest river on the island of New Guinea, the Sepik, was named the Kaiserin Augusta by German explorers in 1884, after the German Empress of the day?
...that Horabagrus brachysoma, an endangered species of the genus Horabagrus, has been considered a potential flagship species for media attention to provide a focus for wildlife conservation of inland biodiversity?
...that the 18th century Bow porcelain factory in the district of Bow, London was a short-lived rival of the Chelsea porcelain factory in making the earliest soft-paste porcelain in Great Britain?
...that the Turkish tanbur is one of the four musical instruments that make up Turkish classical music's basic quartet?
...that Otto van Veen was Peter Paul Rubens' first master, but is now best known for his emblem books?
...that two separate newspapers called the Western Mail have been published in Perth, Western Australia, the first from 1885 to 1955 and the second from 1980 to 1988?
...that Władysław Orkan, a Podhale Polish writer and poet of the Young Poland movement, never passed his matura exams?
...that Pieter Brueghel the Elder's painting, Netherlandish Proverbs (pictured), features depictions of around 100 common sayings of the 16th century?
...that Conor McPherson's The Weir was performed on Broadway in 1998, less than a year after its original opening at The Royal Court Theatre in London?
...that Judge Henry F. Werker's rejection of unfair labor practice charges against baseball owners preceded the two-month 1981 Major League Baseball strike, even though his opinion ended by urging the parties to "PLAY BALL"?
...that the non-fiction book The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions analyzes cults from an evangelical Christian perspective?
...that the name of the Cheers episode The Gift of the Woodi is a reference to O. Henry's short story The Gift of the Magi?
...that the first Azerbaijani language newspaper, Akinchi was founded in 1875 by Hasan bey Zardabi?
...that Job Charnock landed at Sutanuti on 24 August, 1690 with the objective of establishing the settlement, which is now Calcutta?

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