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14 April 2016
- 12:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the Croatian Apoxyomenos (head pictured), a 2,000-year-old Ancient Greek bronze statue, was discovered on the seabed by a Belgian tourist?
- ... that Rhian Edwards' debut book of poetry was named the Wales Book of the Year?
- ... that the female southern masked chafer beetle attracts a mate by emitting a volatile chemical?
- ... that when her uncles sought to take her land and send her to a nunnery, Hawys Gadarn took an audience with Edward II and returned with English troops to take back her castle?
- ... that the 2016 documentary film The Smart Studios Story was crowdfunded at under $125,000?
- ... that Subhashni Raj of Fiji participated in the protests at the 2009 United Nations Climate Talks in Copenhagen?
- ... that Pu Songling wrote of a man and his hibernating dragon?
- ... that Park Hall is in England but is considered by UEFA to be Welsh?
- 00:00, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the Lord Baltimore penny (pictured) was the first copper coin issued for circulation in the Thirteen Colonies?
- ... that Major General Carlos Brewer asked to be demoted to colonel so he could command combat troops during World War II, because he was too old to command a division as a general?
- ... that the previews of Spec Ops: The Line, a game that depicts Dubai in a state of destruction, were banned in the United Arab Emirates?
- ... that Lin Duo, the new governor of China's landlocked Gansu Province, was a navy submariner?
- ... that "Road Rage" by the Welsh band Catatonia was nominated for best song at the Q Awards, the Brit Awards, and the Ivor Novello Awards?
- ... that Dame Lesley Fallowfield was the UK's first professor of psycho-oncology?
- ... that in promos for the series finale of Veronica Mars, The CW billed it as a season finale, even though the series had already been cancelled?
- ... that Japanese Emperor Hirohito had a Liverpudlian cousin named Paddy Murphy?
13 April 2016
- 12:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that in 1893, 16-year-old Tessie Reynolds cycled from Brighton to London and back in a rational outfit?
- ... that chestnut pie dates back to the 15th century in Italy, having been documented in an early cookbook written by Bartolomeo Platina?
- ... that Argentine president Raúl Alfonsín sponsored the Trial of the Juntas against the leaders of the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship?
- ... that the Brighton Herald, latterly based at 2–3 Pavilion Buildings in Brighton, was the first newspaper in England to report Napoleon's escape from Elba?
- ... that Ace Air Flight 51 crashed in the same area as a 2010 plane carrying nine people including U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe?
- ... that the commoner-born Theingaba successfully established himself as the first king of Toungoo during the last years of the Pinya Kingdom?
- ... that apart from matte-chamfered edges and an inset stainless steel rear Apple logo, the exterior design of the iPhone SE is nearly identical to that of the iPhone 5S?
- ... that Judge Guido Calabresi believes close cases lead to slippery slopes?
- 00:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the Tasmanian laurel (pictured) can flower in autumn after flowering in spring?
- ... that the regimental band of the U.S. Army's 369th Regiment (the "Harlem Hellfighters Band") is credited with introducing jazz to Europe during World War I?
- ... that Dara Nusserwanji Khurody established the Aarey Milk Colony and introduced affordable toned milk in Mumbai?
- ... that over a dozen pre-teen soldiers served supply and communications duty during Operation Phou Phiang II?
- ... that in 1932 Margareta Suber wrote Sweden's first lesbian novel?
- ... that Basang, a former slave, was the only woman leader in the Tibet Autonomous Region for more than two decades?
- ... that Saputangan, a film that follows a man who restores his beloved's eyesight, was banned in Singapore?
- ... that rather than accept an appointment as bishop, Father Louis de Barth told Archbishop Leonard Neale that he would burn the papal bull nominating him and flee to the wilderness?
12 April 2016
- 12:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that one of the oldest parts of the medieval St Mellons Church (pictured) is the base of the font, which was made from an old Norman pier?
- ... that Vanderbilt athlete Oliver "Doc" Kuhn helped start the athletics program at the University of Tampa and led the effort to plant podocarpus trees in downtown Tampa?
- ... that the Welsh goat's cheese Pantysgawn was created after a farmer was sent to market to buy a cow?
- ... that John Sigismund Zápolya, the only Unitarian monarch in history, was the first Prince of Transylvania?
- ... that domestication of the Syrian hamster began in the 1930s?
- ... that in 1975 Najma Sadeque and seven others perturbed by human rights violations in Pakistan established a NGO called Shirkat Gah?
- ... that Graham Charlesworth has played first-class cricket in England and South Africa?
- ... that bodybuilding in China was once banned?
- 00:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the Welsh Mountain sheep (pictured), a traditional part of Welsh agriculture, was described by the agriculturalist Arthur Young as "the most despicable of all types"?
- ... that Charles A. Cogswell was the first attorney to practice law in Lakeview, Oregon?
- ... that Dyserth Castle was the last of the British fortified defence castles on the Clwydian hills in the Middle Ages?
- ... that Chen Peiqiu is the best-selling Chinese woman painter?
- ... that according to the Official Charts Company, Lady Gaga's song "Applause" sold over 10,000 copies within a few hours in the UK?
- ... that the sailor and navigator Michael Richey was awarded the inaugural John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for literature in 1942?
- ... that the champion Saddlebred horse Imperator's tail was 14 feet (4.3 m) long?
- ... that Hungarian politician Béla Grünwald telegraphed the news of his death to his party leader before committing suicide in Paris?
11 April 2016
- 12:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that Bai Yang (pictured), one of China's most popular film actresses, was imprisoned for five years during the Cultural Revolution?
- ... that the text for Bach's early cantata Actus tragicus, using Bible verses and three hymns, is similar to the sermon held at the funeral of a former mayor of Mühlhausen?
- ... that Marti Stevens used improvisational theatre to teach high school students about substance abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence?
- ... that Juhi Chaturvedi won two National Film Awards for writing the screenplay and dialogues of Piku?
- ... that the Igwisi Hills may be the youngest kimberlite volcanoes on Earth?
- ... that Meghan Trainor's "Watch Me Do" references a number of rap songs?
- ... that the long-lost names of 86 Jews killed for the Jewish skeleton collection planned by Nazi anatomist August Hirt over 70 years ago were published by Hans-Joachim Lang?
- ... that singer Marina and the Diamonds took up smoking in an unsuccessful attempt to get the voice of Brody Dalle from The Distillers?
- 00:25, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the U.S. Marine Band, a U.S. military premier ensemble, is the oldest continuously active professional music organization in the United States?
- ... that the fossil ant genus Gerontoformica is known from thirteen species?
- ... that Gov. Saw Yan Naung of Prome helped to tame Pinya's former southern vassals for his brother, King Swasawke of Ava?
- ... that Pakistani policeman Mumtaz Qadri was executed for killing the former Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer, who spoke against the blasphemy law and in favor of Asia Bibi?
- ... that after synthwave producer Com Truise made his third extended play Wave 1, he said he had not realized it was really a reflection of the previous few months of his life?
- ... that International Bus Roadeo competitors must stop their buses within six inches of a traffic cone?
- ... that jianbing is one of the most popular street breakfasts in China?
- ... that professional American football player Nikita Whitlock was named when his father pointed at a random name in a phone book?
10 April 2016
- 12:40, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that Charles I of Hungary (pictured) could "promote a daughter to a son" to entitle her to inherit her father's estates?
- ... that bioanalytical chemist Cynthia Larive uses NMR and mass spectroscopy to authenticate the contents of pomegranate juice?
- ... that the pastrami on rye sandwich has come to be a symbol of the classic New York Jewish deli?
- ... that in his book Mysterious New Mexico, Ben Radford describes the use of scientific techniques to investigate thirteen cases of purported paranormal phenomena?
- ... that according to one theory, Bintulu got its name from the gathering of severed heads from the headhunting activities in Sarawak, Borneo?
- ... that Catharine van Tussenbroek settled the question of the existence of ovarian pregnancy clinically and histologically in 1899?
- ... that in the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, during the wars between Alexander the Great's generals, Demetrius Poliorcetes defeated the fleet of Ptolemy I and conquered Cyprus?
- ... that both animals and plants self-advertise?
- 00:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the Hong Kong rose (pictured) is mainly pollinated by birds?
- ... that Easter Hero's second-place finish in the 1929 Grand National has been described as the greatest performance in the history of the race?
- ... that Lin Zongsu's article reporting her discussion of women's suffrage with Sun Yat-sen brought the right to vote into the public arena in China?
- ... that Jyotisha was an ancient Vedic study of time keeping and astronomy, that later adopted astrology ideas and the zodiac from the Greeks?
- ... that installation of the Middleton Beach shark barrier in Albany, Western Australia was delayed when sharks attacked pygmy whales just a few meters from the beach?
- ... that novelist Louie Myfanwy Thomas had to re-write one of her manuscripts after it was thrown into a fire?
- ... that in 1839, the landlord of The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny was found guilty of failing to provide sufficient hay to horses of the 12th Royal Lancers?
- ... that Eddy Merckx gave the bike he used to win the men's road race at the 1974 UCI Road World Championships to Pope Paul VI?
9 April 2016
- 13:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the 18th-century Vizianagaram fort's Rajasthani style western gate (pictured) was traditionally used for removing dead bodies from the fort?
- ... that Mārtiņš Nukša, an architect and a diplomat, was sentenced to death and killed during the Soviet occupation of Latvia?
- ... that the fossil ant Camelomecia has distinct cup-shaped mandibles?
- ... that Richard Strauss composed Die Tageszeiten, setting poems about four times of the day, for the men's chorus that serenaded him for his 60th birthday?
- ... that the success of Elizabeth Aston's first published novel, Mr. Darcy's Daughters, encouraged the publisher to release more stories adapted from the works of Jane Austen?
- ... that when it was built in 1846, Llandinam Bridge became the first cast-iron bridge in the historic Welsh county of Montgomeryshire?
- ... that Ieremia Cecan, a regional leader of the Romanian Nazi Party, campaigned for the unification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches?
- ... that in "Twenty Years a Dream", Pu Songling refers to a woman's breasts as "lotus kernels"?
- 01:25, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that Alex Ferguson gave Danny Higginbotham (pictured) a four-year professional contract whilst Higginbotham was serving a year-long ban from football?
- ... that the Cork Public Museum building was used to host visiting royalty in the 1900s, and as an air-raid protection office in the 1930s?
- ... that Beth Shapiro's book How to Clone a Mammoth discusses the science involved in resurrection biology and how one would resurrect a mammoth?
- ... that when Newburgh city manager Joseph Mitchell summoned all the city's welfare recipients to City Hall to investigate their legitimacy, no cases of fraud were uncovered?
- ... that for his 1973 film version of A Doll's House, director Joseph Losey expanded Henrik Ibsen's original script with new scenes?
- ... that the beetle Cyclocephala castanea has a mutually beneficial relationship with a water lily?
- ... that Kayin Ba, the 14th-century governor who transformed Toungoo into a powerful vassal state of Pinya, began his career as the chief of prisons?
- ... that within a day of the release of the Microsoft chatterbot Tay on Twitter, it was taken offline because it started making inflammatory tweets?
8 April 2016
- 13:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
![Maison Carrée in Nîmes, one of the best preserved Roman temples](https://web.archive.org/web/20160414170738im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/MaisonCarr%C3%A9e.jpeg/120px-MaisonCarr%C3%A9e.jpeg)
Maison Carrée in Nîmes, one of the best preserved Roman temples
- ... that Roman temples (example pictured) developed out of Greek and Etruscan forms?
- ... that Lenny Schultz kept his day job as a high school gym teacher while gaining popularity on late-night talk shows and in comedy clubs?
- ... that Operation Black Lion III was a land grab before the Secret War ended?
- ... that the Spanish footballer Airam López once scored three penalty kicks in the same game?
- ... that the Lamar County Historical Museum in Paris, Texas, is home to the Biard Cabin, built in 1846 and now relocated inside the museum structure?
- ... that by winning the 2016 Rebelión de los Juniors tournament, professional wrestler Danny Casas earned a match for the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship?
- ... that Azealia Banks originally devised Slay-Z as a tribute to American rapper Jay-Z?
- ... that the crab Lauridromia dehaani prefers to wear sponge?
- 01:55, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the passengers of the Lawa Railway (rail car pictured) had to cross the Suriname River via cable car?
- ... that in 1958 Anil de Silva planned an all-woman expedition to China to study the cave paintings in Dunhuang and Maijishan in the Gansu province?
- ... that Something Beautiful by Jordan Smith had the highest Billboard debut and best sales week of any album by a contestant on The Voice?
- ... that baseball pitcher Tim Melville underwent surgery to correct his pectus excavatum when he was 11 years old?
- ... that the snaggletooth avoids the sea surface when the latter is illuminated?
- ... that the journalist Kamadjaja raised funds for the Indonesian National Revolution by smuggling opium?
- ... that several riders were forced to withdraw from the 2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling race due to travel restrictions imposed after the Brussels bombings the previous day?
- ... that Joan Bates was a queen before she was a princess?
7 April 2016
- 14:10, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that Jordanian Army Chief of Staff Ali Abu Nuwar (pictured) was accused of conspiring to overthrow King Hussein and was consequently exiled?
- ... that singer Madonna dressed up as a clown for her one-off acoustic show in Australia?
- ... that Shamsi Hekmat was a founder of the Jewish Ladies' Organization of Iran and the Iranian Jewish Women's Organization of Southern California?
- ... that King Sisavang Vatthana wanted Black Lion to attack Paksong?
- ... that in August 2015, the term "social justice warrior" was one of several new words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionaries?
- ... that Stephen Jurika was one of 18 crewmen of the USS Franklin (CV-13) awarded the Navy Cross for their actions on 19 March 1945?
- ... that in 1921 more than 95% of the Czechoslovak citizens of Polish ethnicity lived in the Těšín electoral district?
- ... that after he won the 2011 Gran Alternativa with Último Guerrero, wrestler Escorpión anointed himself King?
- 00:01, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that two researchers have argued that some cobbles (pictured) should be called "very small boulders"?
- ... that the Scottish international rugby player Andrew Ross joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the start of World War One?
- ... that contestants on 1000 Song Challenge race to the microphone in order to get a chance to sing karaoke?
- ... that Cumans, Bulgarians, and Vlachs supported Duke Glad in the late 9th century, according to the Gesta Hungarorum?
- ... that the first video game based on Star Trek was Phaser Strike, released for the Microvision handheld console in 1979?
- ... that educator, author, and speaker Esther E. Wood became known as the "town historian" of Blue Hill, Maine, though she disliked the moniker?
- ... that the flagship of the Fujian Fleet, the Chinese corvette Yangwu, was destroyed 27 seconds into the opening engagement of the Sino-French War?
- ... that the fossil egg Ageroolithus may have been laid by a theropod dinosaur?
6 April 2016
- 12:16, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that the celebrity vet Buster Lloyd-Jones compared living in the penthouse flat of Courtenay Gate (pictured) in Hove to "living in a lighthouse"?
- ... that the Irish rugby player and physician Major Robertson Smyth was killed by the effects of gas exposure in World War I?
- ... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government can withhold Social Security payments to collect on student loans that have been delinquent for over 10 years?
- ... that Yun Bulong, Chairman of Inner Mongolia, was killed when a train hit his car at a railway crossing?
- ... that the proportion of ground beef that contained pink slime, in the United States, declined from 70% in March 2012 to around 5% in March 2013, in part due to media coverage about it?
- ... that Hollyoaks character Diego Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz caused controversy with viewers because a Confederate flag decorated his van?
- ... that the battalions imported from Military Region 3 during Operation Sinsay held their objective for three days before being returned?
- ... that Doris Mackinnon had a reputation for never repeating a lecture in 30 years?
- 00:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that insects that pollinate plants include butterflies, moths, beetles, flies (example pictured), wasps, and ants?
- ... that the political scientist Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that animal activists should focus on the inconsistent treatment of animals relative to other animals, not relative to humans?
- ... that the 12-gun brig HMS Constant captured at least seven French and Dutch vessels while at sea between 1806 and 1813?
- ... that the first original novel in the Gujarati language, Karan Ghelo, was published in 1866 by Nandshankar Mehta?
- ... that Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl played their first performance together since the death of Kurt Cobain at 1994's Yoyo A Go Go punk rock festival?
- ... that Wu Qing won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2001, the first Chinese woman to receive the honour?
- ... that upon its 1641 premiere in Venice, the opera La finta pazza was performed twelve times in seventeen days?
- ... that the ancient Maya lightning god Yopaat was said to have helped with the rebirth of the maize god by breaking the shell of a turtle with his thunderbolt?
5 April 2016
- 09:06, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
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- ... that before he started racing, NASCAR driver Josh Reaume (pictured) grew up in Nigeria for 13 years while his parents worked in humanitarian aid?
- ... that the Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad of Hinduism states the liberated person lives by the divine secret and ancient value that "there is no one different from me"?
- ... that physicist Kurt Gottfried worked on behalf of Russian dissident Yuri Orlov to obtain his release from Siberia and employment at Cornell University?
- ... that an explosion in March 2016 at Güvenpark in Ankara, Turkey, caused the death of more than 30 people and injured about 100?
- ... that Tracey Ross based her soap opera performance as Eve Russell on Eve White from the film The Three Faces of Eve and Catherine Halsey from Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead?
- ... that the Transportation Security Administration's program SPOT was developed by psychologist Paul Ekman?
- ... that Milos Raonic is the first tennis player born in the 1990s to win an ATP title, be ranked in the top 10, and qualify for the ATP Finals?
4 April 2016
- 20:51, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that Chen Shu, whose works (example pictured) were collected by the Qianlong Emperor, was praised by her son as an "exemplar of Confucian virtue"?
- ... that the lanternfishes Notoscopelus bolini, N. caudispinosus, N. elongatus, N. kroyeri and N. resplendens make daily vertical migrations between the deep ocean and surface waters?
- ... that after Gene Roddenberry left the production of Star Trek in 1968, he attempted to turn Isaac Asimov's I, Robot into a film?
- ... that Engy Ghozlan is known as the "voice and face" of efforts to eradicate sexual harassment of women in Egypt?
- ... that hula hoops and Tide detergent boxes were two consumer products that used the fluorescent pigments invented by the Day-Glo Color Corp.?
- ... that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's nemesis system was inspired by sports games?
- 00:00, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that pitcher Ned Garvin (pictured) was fined US$100 and released by the Chicago White Stockings in 1902 after he shot a bar owner and pistol-whipped a policeman?
- ... that The True Cost links fast fashion to consumerism, globalization, capitalism, structural poverty, and oppression?
- ... that Annie Furuhjelm of Finland was the first elected woman legislator to speak before the British Parliament?
- ... that the tube worm Salmacina dysteri grows on harbour installations, on the hulls of ships and at depths of 600 m (2,000 ft)?
- ... that the ideas in the pre-4th-century Indian text Mahavakya Upanishad are similar to Neoplatonic Greek philosophy presented by Proclus in the 5th century?
- ... that after the release of Counter-Strike: Falklands, two of the developer's websites were targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack?
- ... that Ida Sedgwick Proper was a founding member of the feminist group Heterodoxy?
- ... that by 2014, Effortless Mastery had sold over 90,000 copies?
3 April 2016
- 12:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that bean dip (example pictured) may be prepared using reconstituted dried bean flakes?
- ... that the initiation ceremonies for Japan's blind necromancers, known as itako, involve "sleeplessness, semi-starvation and intense cold"?
- ... that Kansas v. Carr included the final majority opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia before his death in February 2016?
- ... that the bass-baritone Jacques Villisech recorded Bach cantatas, including the Actus tragicus, the Hunting Cantata, and the secular solo cantata Amore traditore?
- ... that Barcelona's Les Tres Torres district is named after three large houses built there between 1901 and 1903?
- ... that Professor Mary Ryan earned her BA from the Royal University of Ireland, though rules forbade her attending University classes?
- ... that although Konsert Satu Suara, Vol. 2 served as a contingency plan for Siti Nurhaliza, it was later recognized as the highest-grossing, locally produced concert at Istana Budaya for 2015?
- ... that Japanese eelgrass is believed to have travelled to North America in the company of oysters?
- 00:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that Vassar College's Bridge for Laboratory Sciences (pictured) crosses a stream?
- ... that Gehan Mendis was part of the Lancashire cricket team that won the 1990 Benson & Hedges Cup and Natwest Trophy?
- ... that screenwriter Jason Hall is making his directorial debut with Thank You for Your Service?
- ... that Ibn al-Sal'us, an Arab merchant from Nablus and vizier of Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil, participated in the Mamluks' siege of Acre in 1291?
- ... that Bad Milk, developed by two brothers in their apartments in Queens, New York, won the grand prize at the 2002 Independent Games Festival?
- ... that the gold thrymsa was superseded by the silver sceat after about 675?
- ... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou co-founded a Greek suffrage organization and then served as its president for decades?
- ... that the Spanish aizoon uses jet propulsion to disperse its seeds?
2 April 2016
- 12:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that a pre-8th-century sculpture of a Tandava-dancing Shiva (pictured) can be found at the Badami cave temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate?
- ... that John Edgcumbe, a collateral descendant of Joshua Reynolds and co-editor of The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, was Devon's first consultant haematologist?
- ... that Gregory the Great preached at San Menna?
- ... that SS officer Herbert Mehlhorn was involved in the camouflage of the mass graves of the Jewish victims at the Chełmno extermination camp?
- ... that a 1960 telecast of Night of the Auk was the first time William Shatner played a spacecraft crew member on television?
- ... that Benjamin D. Wood produced the first multiple choice test?
- ... that the parliament of the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine met only once for a single day?
- ... that as a child, British chef Margot Henderson would cook garden snails with breadcrumbs for her parents' dinner parties?
- 00:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that US officials grabbed a Tyrannosaurus that entered the country illegally?
- ... that Taco Cabana paid $22 million for two pesos?
- ... that the Hidden Report was published?
- ... that a bird grew nearly 4% a year for forty years?
- ... that Althea McNish is not American, but she is descended from a Merikin?
- ... that hurling poo-poo at your opponent is frowned upon?
- ... that The Frog God comes in front of you?
- ... that Pu Songling says: Lie down with dogs, wind up in pieces?
1 April 2016
- 16:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that somebody stole the show in Ghostbusters, Breaking Bad, and SpongeBob SquarePants, and his name is—JOHN CENAAA!? (pictured)
- ... that motorists may use warp drive in Dulles, Virginia?
- ... that a British giant swallowed a little red virgin?
- ... that everybody's eating makeup?
- ... that Northern Ireland recently outlawed the practice of sitting in two places at the same time?
- ... that computer says no?
- ... that He was gay?
- ... that President Obama lost his cannonball, cowpuncher, and corkscrew, but retains his crown and palace?
- ... that one method of defying gravity is to fall for your own prank?
- 08:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that a storm in the stars spawned Frankenstein (monster pictured)?
- ... that space travel cost only US$50–75 in 1969?
- ... that Parvoblongoolithus appears to be a fossilized dwarf?
- ... that black ghosts were once sold in China?
- ... that hu created utopia?
- ... that Melitta Marxer and Sleeping Beauty won women the right to vote in Liechtenstein?
- ... that a dispute over hacking led to the split between rugby and association football?
- ... that you can look through a window made of shrubby seablight, then wash your hands with it before eating it?
- 00:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
- ... that Ferruccio Busoni (pictured) composed his Concerto for Piano and String Quartet, a four-movement work lasting 20 minutes, at the age of twelve?
- ... that freestyle swimmer Yusra Mardini pushed a boat in the Aegean Sea for over three hours while fleeing Syria?
- ... that Inca archaeological sites have been found on the Aracar volcano, which may have erupted in March 1993?
- ... that ten years ago today, Brian Shaffer walked into a bar in Columbus, Ohio, and hasn't been seen since?
- ... that Mandala-brahmana Upanishad, a Yoga text of Hinduism, suggests that the spiritually-liberated person's conduct is like a child?
- ... that the colonial hydroid Pennaria disticha has two types of tentacles?
- ... that artist and textbook author Elina González Acha de Correa Morales was the driving force for creating the Geographical Society of Argentina?
- ... that Pyongyang Maternity Hospital is equipped with video call booths for visiting family members?