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3 May 2014
- 20:35, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
- ... that in 2005, about 1.5 billion people lived in earth structures (example pictured)?
- ... that Joseph D. Bryant secretly operated on President Grover Cleveland to remove a cancerous growth from the roof of his mouth?
- ... that both teams in the 2014 Coppa Italia Final lost the first leg of their semi-finals?
- ... that Preston Central Methodist Church was one of the first public buildings in England to be lit by gas?
- ... that G. Nagesh was one of the youngest candidates to be elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1994?
- ... that A Railway Collision, one of the first British films to use scale models, was thought to be so realistic that audiences were convinced that it showed a genuine rail disaster?
- 10:00, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
- ... that Chu Teh-Chun's (pictured) portrait of his wife was praised as the "Mona Lisa of the East"?
- ... that the February 4, 2014, debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham on the viability of Young Earth creationism was watched by about 3 million people live on the Internet, according to one estimate?
- ... that though Przevalski's Nuthatch has been treated as conspecific with the White-breasted Nuthatch, a 2014 phylogenetic study found them to be only distantly related within their genus?
- ... that Vika Lusibaea, only the second woman ever to sit in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, was elected to replace her husband Jimmy "Rasta", a former warlord convicted of assault?
- ... that the music video for the song "Adore You" appears to simulate a sex tape?
- ... that Major Digby Tatham-Warter disabled a Nazi armoured car with an umbrella while wearing a bowler hat?
2 May 2014
- 23:57, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- ... that during the Nazi era, Hedwig Bollhagen took over a Jewish workshop under "questionable circumstances" to make quality ceramics (example pictured)?
- ... that American pioneers following the Oregon and California trails passed over O'Fallons Bluff on their way west during the 19th century?
- ... that Léon Amédée François Raffenel and Charles Rondony, who were killed in action on 22 August 1914, were the first French generals to die in World War One?
- ... that the 2014 Newark mayoral election will be the first since the resignation of Cory Booker?
- ... that one reviewer said that the 1991 gay pornographic film Jumper was "modeled somewhat" on the 1978 film Heaven Can Wait?
- ... that Home Run Baker only hit 96 home runs, and never more than 12 in a baseball season?
- 15:42, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- ... that Ida Brun (pictured) captivated Europe with her mimoplastic art?
- ... that the 2012 Summer Paralympics was the largest Paralympics ever?
- ... that Ko Ko Gyi, a Burmese democracy activist who spent over 17 years in prison on multiple occasions between 1989 and 2012, may run for parliament in the next Burmese election?
- ... that the mayor of the municipal government of King, Ontario in Canada also automatically becomes a member of York Regional Council as a result of a "double direct" election?
- ... that Samuel Bowen introduced the soybean to North America?
- ... that 21 Squadron SAAF has an aircraft called "Fish eagle"?
- 07:27, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
- ... that 2014 Grand National winner Pineau de Re was ridden by Leighton Aspell (pictured), who retired in 2007?
- ... that rugby union player George Aitken captained New Zealand against South Africa before later playing for Scotland in their first ever Five Nations Grand Slam?
- ... that actor Rob Mayes once wanted to be a U.S. Navy SEAL?
- ... that the bomb detection dog Sasha is to be posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, known as the animals' Victoria Cross?
- ... that the performance of "Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free" can be changed and restricted by the President?
- ... that Pappa Umanath was not allowed by prison authorities to attend her mother's funeral because she refused to quit the Communist Party of India?
1 May 2014
- 15:21, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
- ... that the Liberec Region is home to 11 national cultural monuments including the Ještěd Tower (pictured)?
- ... that World War II resistance fighter Jerzy Zakulski, who rescued a Jewish mother and child from the Kraków Ghetto, was executed by Poland after the war?
- ... that United States president Abraham Lincoln learned his ABCs when he attended a blab school which he walked to in his youth?
- ... that Michael Kessler and Til Schweiger started their film acting career with Manta, Manta?
- ... that William T. Carneal was killed on Saipan on July 7, 1944, but his remains were not found until March 2013?
- ... that Passionate Journey contains only pictures, and was named as Thomas Mann's favourite film—but is a novel?
- 07:06, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
- ... that in 1888, in San Francisco Bay, RMS Oceanic rammed SS City of Chester and cut through her "as though she was a cheese" (accident pictured)?
- ... that a deceptive 1883 land deal between Josef Frederiks II and Adolf Lüderitz established the colony of German South-West Africa?
- ... that upon his being hired by the police, Commander X was hailed in the press as a "mystery supremo", yet journalists have claimed to know his identity?
- ... that American singer Jenni Rivera earned five posthumous awards in the 2013 Lo Nuestro Awards?
- ... that writer-director Sophie Barthes made the film Cold Souls after having a dream about Woody Allen's soul?
- ... that Ljiljana Raičević established the first shelter in Montenegro for victims of domestic violence?