...that Emperor Frederick II ran an experiment which involved raising infants in isolation to discover what language God spoke?
...that snail races usually start with the words "Ready, Steady, Slow!"
...that one fan's elaboration of Quake's plot became the nearly four-hour film The Seal of Nehahra, the longest work of machinima at the time?
...that the call of Mangrove Black Hawk is a distinctive piping spink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink...?
...that the original tunnel built to connect the Kalka-Shimla Railway at Barog, Himachal Pradesh was abandoned as the two constructed ends did not meet?
...that there is some debate about whether a F9 or a Dm7sus4 (a major subtonic, bVII or dominant, V) chord opens the Beatles' ""A Hard Day's Night"?
...that 3D Construction Kit, a utility for creating 3D worlds in Freescape, typically ran at one frame per second on the Commodore 64?
...that the Ottawa rules are a set of guidelines for doctors to aid them in deciding if a patient with foot or ankle pain should be offered X-rays to diagnose a possible bone fracture?
...that most "tin cans" are actually made of steel?
...that the container vessel Hansa Carrier spilled over 80000 Nike shoes into the Pacific Ocean and that they were used by scientists to track ocean currents?
...that New York City authorities asked the Museum of Sex not to locate itself within 500 feet of a church or school?
...that a dead-rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches?
...that modern Romania's most notorious serial killer, Ion Râmaru, was himself the son of a serial killer?
...that the story of Sada Abe, a woman who cut off her dead lover's genitals and carried them around with her for days, is one of Japan's most notorious scandals?
...that left-handed specialists in baseball frequently enjoy long careers because their pitching arms suffer less stress?
...that the only recorded use of the phrase "We who are about to die salute you" in Ancient Rome was at a naumachia, a theatrical naval spectacular, not said by gladiators as is widely believed?
...that because of an effort to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s?
...that Time predicted 1973 to be a "gilt-edged year" for the stock market, just three days before the stock market crash of 1973–4 began, wiping 45% off the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
...that the original scatological lyrics of Lick Me in the Ass, a canon composed by Mozart, were only rediscovered in 1991?
...that a Roman man once received the surname of "Tricongius" for his ability to drink three congii of wine (9.8 litres; 2.6 gallons) in one sitting in a feat that he once performed before Emperor Tiberius?
...that while performing the Viking ritual of Heitstrenging Harald Hairfair swore not to cut or comb his hair until he conquered all of Norway?
...that Belarus Free Theatre is an underground theatre project created to oppose Belarusian government pressure and censorship?
...that Robert Desoille guided patients through waking dreams as a form of psychotherapy?
...that Tom Hanks was in the 1982 TV movie called Mazes and Monsters about a group of college students and their interest in the eponymous role-playing game?
...that Texas has a long history of producing wine with grape vines planted by Franciscan missionaries over 100 years before vineyards were planted in California?
...that Alexander Campbell in 1877 slapped a muddy handprint on to the wall of his prison cell declaring his innocence, and the mark would never go away, despite extensive efforts to have it removed?
...that the Korean poetic form of sijo resembles the Japanese haiku?
...that most of the 8000 speakers of the Niuean language live outside the borders of Niue?
...that exploding head syndrome isn't fatal?
...that high jumper Ulrike Meyfarth, at age 15, became the youngest individual Olympic champion in athletics?
...that a catholicon was a purported universal remedy taken orally or rectally?
...that the floor of the Church of St. Wojciech (pictured) in Old Town, Kraków is up to 2.6 m below the level of the Main Market Square, repeatedly overlaid with new pavement in the course of eight centuries?
...that poorly written Regency romance novels can often be identified by their incorrect use of styles and titles of peers?
...that many Mexicans pray to a figure known as Saint Death?
...that in the Finnish wilderness, a backpacker can spend the night in a rent-free wilderness hut? 
...that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley found Tom Riddle's diary in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom?
...that a chick sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings?
...that the Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band played a record-setting 10-hour drum roll in 1934?
...that the Chinese government requires any living Buddha who wishes to reincarnate to submit a Reincarnation Application?
...that one of the stories of the Jain teacher Haribhadra relates how he ordered some Buddhist monks to leap into a vat of hot oil for killing his nephew?
...that an operational nuclear reactor and an orbiting satellite are high points in 2007 of science and technology in Colombia?
...that strikebreakers are used more frequently in the US than in any other industrialized country?
...that the anarchy symbol can be seen as an embodiment of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's seemingly paradoxical maxim, "anarchy is order"?
...that the Swedish term yrast, meaning "dizziest", is used in nuclear physics to refer to nuclear states of high angular momentum?
...that by using measurements of the flux of solar neutrinos within the framework of the Standard Solar Model physicists have estimated the temperature of the core of the sun to within 1%?
...that the Greenbrier Ghost (Zona Heaster Shue, pictured) is the only ghost in American history whose alleged testimony influenced a jury trial? 
...that the Santa Fe courthouse ghost, the video of which got more than 80,000 hits on Youtube, appeared to be a bug?
...that the Sangam poems, an important source of ancient Tamil history, were composed by a total of 473 poets over a period of a few centuries?
...that the 457 visa is the most common way for employers to temporarily sponsor skilled overseas workers to come to Australia?
...that about 1,400 people of Fryštát died in 1623 because of bubonic plague?
...that Russian military man Boris Shaposhnikov successfully transitioned from the armed forces of czarist Russia to those of the USSR?
...that weather lore is essentially folk meteorology and varies widely in its veracity?
...that the fish Echiodon rendahli has a portion of its intestine protruding from its belly, so that while living inside sponges it can defecate outside its shelter without being exposed to outside dangers?
...that, according to Guinness World Records, carbon subnitride burns with the hottest flame of any chemical, at 5260 K (4987 °C, 9008 °F)?
...that Oriental metal is a kind of death metal music that originated in Israel which has traditional Jewish and "Oriental" influences?
...that Egyptian actor Farid Shawki starred in 361 films?
...that Pickles is George W. Bush's nickname for his wife?
...that the largely unexplored Buddhist archaeological site of Noapara-Ishanchandranagar in Bangladesh is conjectured to be the lost city of Karmanta Vasaka?
...that His Master's Voice, one of the most acclaimed science fiction novels of Stanisław Lem, is also one of Lem's strongest critiques of the science-fiction genre itself?
...that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera seria Idomeneo is set on the island of Crete following the Trojan War?
...that one of the three Hoenn starter Pokémon is Torchic?
...that there were six claimants for the title of Roman Emperor in the Year of the Six Emperors (AD 192–193)?
...that Information International, Inc. (Triple-I) used the Super Foonly, the world's fastest PDP-10, to render 3D animation for the 1982 film Tron?
...that the blood of the skink Prasinohaema virens is bright green, due to an accumulation of the bile pigment biliverdin?
...that Baron Karl von Reichenbach, the prolific German chemist who discovered paraffin, creosote and phenol, proposed the existence of a quack physical energy, the Odic force, that could be detected only by specially sensitive people?
...that prisoners in a Soviet Gulag seized control of their camp for 40 days, establishing their own government, militia, and propaganda department?
...that Polish Communists forbade the use of Wymysojer shortly after World War II, and now only about 100 native speakers remain?
...that the German actor Heinz Rühmann was 42 years old when starring as a high school student in the 1944 film Die Feuerzangenbowle?
...that a kammback is an aerodynamic drag-reducing car body style?
...that the California Gull is the state bird of Utah?
...that the evolution of sex is a major puzzle of evolutionary biology, due to the so-called two-fold cost of sex?
...that parasocial interaction is a one-sided social relationship between the audience and the performers?
...that during the Beslan school hostage crisis 74-year-old school teacher Yanis Kanidis refused to leave his students and ultimately died to save their lives?
...that the Brazil nut effect, a law of physics, dictates that when a mixture of granular material is shaken the biggest particles end up on the top?
...that visually impaired musicians can begin learning Music Braille once they are competent in grade-two level literary Braille?
...that Other Songs, an award winning novel by Jacek Dukaj, a Polish science fiction writer, describes a unique world in which the ideas of Aristotle and Hegel replace the laws of physics?
...that an increasing number of countries are looking to regulate fast food advertising to try to reduce childhood obesity?
...that William Henry Wright and his brother-in-law were hunting rabbits when they stumbled upon a quartz outcropping which eventually would yield 13.5 million ounces of gold?
...that even in perfect darkness, the retina spontaneously sends signals down the optic nerve, causing a sensation of gray called eigengrau?
...that one can live, work, and play in Fermont, Quebec without going outside, because the town is bordered on two sides by a long building containing living, shopping, work and recreational facilities all under one roof?
...that a "rain of fish" (a tornado that travels over the ocean, sucks up fish and then drops them over villages) is a common theme appearing in Honduran art - part of the Culture of Honduras?
...that Body surface area is an important measure used in medicine to calculate chemotherapy dosage?
...that in Pac-Mania Pac-Man has the ability to jump?
...that the dried remains of cattle slaughtered under anti-BSE measures in the UK are burned for electricity?
...that there were three more cancelled Apollo missions planned to land on the Moon after Apollo 17?
...that passengers aboard JetBlue Airways Flight 292 were able to watch their own malfunctioning aircraft circle Los Angeles International Airport on the satellite television screens at each seat until the flight crew disabled the system in preparation for the aircraft's successful emergency landing?
...that the early 1980s recession was the most serious recession in the United States since the Great Depression?
...that former NCAA American football quarterback Wyatt Sexton's career for the Florida State University Seminoles ended when he did pushups in the street and proclaimed he was God?
...that the 1903 Tour de France often required riders to cycle through the night?
...that items which were "Banned in Boston" (i.e. censored) came to be seen as more sexy and attractive elsewhere?
...that the alloy hepatizon was highly valuable in classical antiquity, and was named due to its similarity to the colour of liver?
...that nine Irishmen died in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike?
...that Lake Urmia, Iran's largest lake, is too salty to support fish?
...that the Coconut Crab is the world's largest terrestrial arthropod?
...that the Glasgow Inner Ring Road was only half complete when it was abandoned in 1980, leaving several incomplete junctions, one of which ends abruptly in mid-air?
...that dabbawalas are Indian lunch carriers that make, on average, only one mistake in every 6,000,000 deliveries, even though they do all their work manually?
...that the 1953 movie Robot Monster was so poorly received, its director attempted suicide?
...that Leyton F.C. had to win a High Court action in order to call itself the oldest football club in London?
...that alligation is a practical method for solving arithmetic problems related to mixtures?
...that through the rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated Usenet newsgroup, Babylon 5 creator and writer J. Michael Straczynski is often credited as being the first TV producer to directly engage with his fans on the internet, and have their comments impact the look and feel of his work?
...that there have been many attempts to deliver mail by rocket, but none have met with much success?
...that the dominant art form of the English Renaissance was the play?
...that the cabriole leg (pictured) is a furniture style occurring in ancient China and Greece that re-emerged in Europe around 1700?
...that historical hearsay states John of Kolno came to the New World in 1476, 16 years ahead of Christopher Columbus?
...that the Roman abacus incorporated mixed-base arithmetic?
...that Yogi Rock is a rock found on Mars by the Mars Pathfinder mission that looks surprisingly like Yogi Bear's head?
...that some species of waterfowl lose all their flight feathers (pictured) at once while moulting, rendering them incapable of flight?
...that according to Greek mythology, the festival of Delia was instituted by Theseus after slaying the Minotaur (pictured)?
...that there are fifteen distinct police agencies enforcing law in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
...that the principles of bird flight are the same as used in aircraft, with lift being provided by an aerofoil?
...that the Blue Eagles are one of only two professional helicopter aerobatics teams in the world?
...that the Hoba meteorite is the largest known meteorite ever found on earth?
...that there are at least 60 different human and alien technologies in the fictional Stargate universe?
...that Władysław Orkan, a Podhale Polish writer and poet of the Young Poland movement, never passed his matura exams?
...that plant perception is a belief that plants feel emotion and can communicate with each other?
...that the Black slug is the only species of slug that when disturbed contracts into a hemispherical shape and starts rocking from side to side to confuse predators? 
...that Russian photography pioneer Karl Bulla (pictured) left more than 200,000 glass negatives that are now in the public domain?
...that NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw was a firm created by Germany in 1922 to illegally manufacture submarines?
...that many Russians celebrate the new year twice: once on the January 1 New Year of the Gregorian calendar and again on the Julian calendar Old New Year in mid-January?
...that the Kraków szopka is a unique Polish Christmas tradition that portrays artistic interpretations of buildings of Kraków along nativity scenes?
...that Malaysia's Sedition Act disregards criminal intent in passing judgement on sedition?
...that at the age of 21, Roman Emperor Nero (pictured) instituted the games of Juvenalia in recognition of the first shaving of his beard?
...that Australian author Ion Idriess wrote an average of one book every ten months for 42 years?
...that the Rule 184 cellular automaton (examples pictured) can simultaneously model the behavior of cars moving in traffic, the accumulation of particles on a surface, and particle-antiparticle annihilation reactions?
...that the current rendering of the mermaid in the coat of arms of Ustka (pictured) is the result of a two-year debate over the size of her breasts?
...that Yogo sapphires (pictured) are rarer than diamonds and are found only in Yogo Gulch, Montana?
...that a remand prisoner may be entitled to wear their own clothing, rather than a prison uniform?
...that Tibetan Buddhist monks attending a shedra university (example pictured) may be asked to completely memorize their school texts before they begin to study them?
...that the infant Red-bellied Lemur rides on both mother and father, but after age 33 days, only the father offers transport?
...that Corinthian brass was a priceless metal alloy allegedly created as the city's hoard of precious metals melted together during the burning of Corinth in 146 BC?
...that Dracorex hogwartsia was a dinosaur named for its resemblance to the Hungarian Horntail, a dragon in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series?
...that roars from lions and tigers in the menagerie at Exeter Exchange in central London scared horses in the street outside? 
...that according to his hagiography, Saint Severus of Naples temporarily brought a man back from death in order to testify on the size of his debt and save his widow from slavery?
...that Wiener sausages are named after the mathematician Norbert Wiener?
...that Bob Dylan's infamous performance of "Maggie's Farm" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was seen by his band's organist Al Kooper as "sort of a disaster"?
...that a sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he is not formally a member?
...that the first helicopter flight was in 1906 in Lisieux, France?
...that Indiana Jones suffers from ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes?
...that the Judean date palm, which was thought to have died out around 1 CE, was resurrected using a single seed found in the palace of Herod the Great on Mount Masada in southern Israel?
...that the Samara flag, presented as a gift from Russia to the Bulgarian volunteers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, is the only flag awarded a Bulgarian Medal for Bravery?
...that Jacobus de Teramo wrote a dialogue, in which Lucifer takes Jesus Christ to court, for trespassing in the Harrowing of Hell, with Belial as his lawyer?
...that thousands of toads in Hamburg, Germany recently became mysterious exploding toads?
...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?
...that a smokie is a West African delicacy made by blowtorching the carcass of a sheep or goat without removing its fleece?
...that a bass run is an instrumental break in which the main vocal or melody line rests and the bass instruments and line are given the forefront?
...that Elizabeth Barton was executed for high treason in 1534 for prophesying the death of King Henry VIII?
...that a self number is an integer that cannot be generated by any other integer added up to its digits?
...that after Tony Kiritsis was declared "not guilty by reason of insanity" in 1977, Indiana legislators amended the law to provide for verdicts of "guilty but mentally ill" and "not responsible by reason of insanity"?
...that Albert Einstein's brain was preserved after his death, and has been used in debates about the correlation between neuroanatomy and genius?
...that Leon Greenman was reportedly the only Englishman sent to Auschwitz?
...that Gerlachovský štít, Slovakia's highest mountain, has been renamed seven times due to regime changes?
...that Marn Grook is the name of ball game played by Australian Aborginals which is thought to be the basis for the modern game of Australian rules football?
...that NASA, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! are shipping their own GIS killer applications known as the "virtual globe"?
...that Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris accomplished the world's first powered flight in 1856, with a glider that was pulled behind a running horse? 
...that a freak decompression accident on board the oil rig Byford Dolphin in 1983 literally caused a man to explode?
...that the Z machine, operated by Sandia National Laboratories, is the most powerful X-ray generator in the world?
...that Doc Cheatham (1905–1997) has been called the only jazz musician to create his best work after the age of 70?
...that a palinode is a type of retraction poem championed by Chaucer?
...that the powerful ancient Egyptian courtier Yuya is thought by some scholars to have been the historical Joseph of Genesis?
...that Italian Renaissance architect and stage designer Nicola Sabbatini discovered that the l'œil du prince ("the prince's eye") has the best perspective of the stage of any seat in a theater's audience?
...that Skyfox was one of the first games to popularize the cockpit view for flight action games?
...that the F-Zero series of video games is renowned for its sheer visceral impression of speed?
...that Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") was a popular 15th century text on the proper etiquette of how to die?
...that in the music video for the Crazy Frog song "Axel F", the frog's genitalia have been censored for broadcasting?
...that Arcadia University changed its name from "Beaver College" because the latter "...too often elicited ridicule in the form of derogatory remarks"?
...that the history of nuclear weapons and the United States includes around 1,054 nuclear tests between 1945 and 1992?
...that when released, the film Waterworld was the biggest failure, in terms of financial returns?
...that the appearance of a dog in a Hutch ad campaign doubled sales of pugs in India in 2003?
...that not all Polish names end in -ski?
...that the word "high" in high treason differentiates that well-known crime from the more obscure petty treason?
...that a person having ordinary skill in the art is a legal fiction used by the patent law to check if an invention is too obvious?
...that broadcasting in the Soviet Union was so secretive that they didn't disclose the frequencies the domestic radio stations operated on, thus leaving SWLs wanting to tune into Soviet radio to memorize the frequencies and remember where the sites were?
...that the golden age of arcade games began with the release of Space Invaders in 1978?
...that Chinese BASIC is the name given to several Chinese versions of the BASIC programming language?
...that at the height of the Siege of Malta in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, food supplies were rationed to "three boiled sweets, half a sardine and a spoonful of jam a day"?
...that the Great Salad Oil Swindle was an infamous attempt at cornering the market?
...that as a result of t'aarof, it is not uncommon for Iranian employees to work unpaid for a week before even discussing wages?
...that the heaviest domestic pig on record weighed over a long ton but died before it could be exhibited at the Century of Progress in 1933?
...that the CornerShot is a gun that can shoot around corners?
...that one-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? All of the students met in a single room, and one teacher taught reading, writing and arithmetic to seven or eight grade levels of boys and girls.
...that Lover's Leap is a name given to a number of locations of great height where legends take place involving couples leaping to their mutual death?
...that Canada's tax policy does not include an inheritance tax?
...that amateur video footage of the September 11, 2001 attacks was sold to broadcasting corporations for as much as $45,000 U.S. dollars?
...that Ruffini's rule allows the rapid division of any polynomial by a binomial of the form x - r?
...that Jan Kulczyk is currently the richest Pole, with a fortune estimated at 12.5 billion Polish złoty (around 4 billion U.S. dollars)?
...that the supercontinent Pannotia lasted about 60 million years before dividing into four separate continents?
...that every film which actor John Cazale starred in received an Academy Award nomination for best picture?
...that in aerial firefighting, fire retardants are colored red to mark where they've been dropped?
...that the Marginated Tortoise is the largest European tortoise?
...that the opening theory of backgammon underwent profound changes after self-teaching robots were analyzed playing the game?
...that Saki's short story "Sredni Vashtar" plays an important role in Raymond Postgate's 1940 mystery novel Verdict of Twelve?
...that the Squander Bug was a propaganda character created to encourage saving in the United Kingdom during World War II?
...that the men's tournament of football at the 2004 Summer Olympics was played by "U-23" (under 23-years-old) player) teams, with up to three over-age players allowed per team?
...that holy cards are an important devotional practice for many Roman Catholics?
...that the Caucasian Shepherd Dog may seeming lethargic when not working, but extremely agile and convincing when it feels that its family is threatened?
...that in the presence of risk, subjective expected utility is a valuable method used in economic decision theory?
...that the Allied Bombing of Bucharest in World War II damaged the University of Bucharest and uprooted trees at the Botanical Garden of Bucharest?
...that the Battle of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska from 1942 to 1943, was the last battle fought on United States soil?
...that seven countries have more than one capital city?
...that aged 14, Sandra Morgan became the youngest Australian to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
...that commotio cordis is a sudden and unexpected cardiac arrest observed mostly in young people during participation in sports, and that is the most frequent cause of accidental deaths in Little League baseball games?
...that benshi were the people who narrated Japanese silent films until the 1930s?
...that Yi Kŭmch'ŏl has written approximately one-fifth of all North Korean science fiction literature?
...that klezmer musician Josef Gusikov became world-famous playing his invention — a xylophone made out of wood and straw? 
...that Interrabang was an Italian television adventure series about a secret treasure hidden inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
...that at the height of the Cold War, Lynne Cox swam the Bering Strait, becoming the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union?
...that writer Panait Istrati is known for his line, "All right, I can see the broken eggs. Where's this omelet of yours?"
...that 14 people died in 1995 when a scenic viewing platform collapsed in New Zealand, in the Cave Creek disaster?
...that in 1968, Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall became the first Olympian disqualified for drug use, for drinking two beers?
...that one way to calculate distances in terms of latitude and longitude is the Haversine formula?
...that we know about Latin profanity from both graffiti at Pompeii, and from the poems of Martial, Catullus, and Horace?
...that graves in Singapore are exhumed 15 years after burial, and the remains are cremated or re-buried?
...that there are so many species of Murinae (Old World rats and mice) that it is said they are in the process of taking over the world, and humans just came along in the middle of it?
...that Pepsi offered a Harrier Jump Jet in their Pepsi Billion Dollar Sweepstakes game and the Pepsi Stuff game for people accumulating a certain number of points?
...that a basketball league was ordered by a U.S. federal court to let two schools into its tournament, but both were knocked out in the first round?
...that the broadfish tapeworm is the longest tapeworm in humans, averaging ten meters long and that it can shed up to a million eggs a day?
...that the title of the movie I Married a Communist was so unappealing to audiences that their response led the film to be rereleased under the title The Woman on Pier 13?
...that Knecht Ruprecht, a figure in Germanic folklore, is often depicted as traveling with Santa Claus?
...that in mathematics, an Apollonian gasket is a fractal generated from three circles, any two of which are tangent to one another?
...that a diplomatic bag is a term of art in both international relations and cryptography?
...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?
...that the Birdsville Races in Queensland, Australia used to have separate races for horses that ate grass and those that ate corn?
...that Playland, often called Rye Playland, is America's only government owned and operated amusement park?
...that animals have delivered mail throughout history, with different postal services using pigeons, reindeer and even cats?
...that J002E3 was at first thought to be a new moon of Earth when discovered in 2002 but was later found to be the third stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V?
...that the bending of starlight around the Sun during the solar eclipse of 1919 was a testimony to the predictive power of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity?
...that the Defaka people of Nigeria are gradually abandoning their language in favour of the language of the Nkoroo, their close neighbours?
...that the City of Amsterdam spent €160,000 on an unsuccessful soil sanitation program to save the Anne Frank Tree, one of the oldest chestnut trees in the area?
...that toilets in Japan are among most technologically advanced toilets in the world today?
...that Dutch magician Fred Kaps was the only magician to win the magic world championship three times?
...that rain unexpectedly began to fall moments after the monsoon song began at same place, twice?
...that a bull terrier named Stubby attained the rank of sergeant during World War I?
...that Kevin O'Halloran, a swimming gold medallist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died after accidentally tripping and shooting himself?
...that Lód, the most recent book by Polish science-fiction writer Jacek Dukaj, is an alternate history novel of over 1000 pages?
...that when Edwin J. Cohn gave public demonstrations of the newly-invented blood fractionation machine, he used his own freshly-drawn blood which, when the machine exploded after clogging, led to the first several rows of the audience being covered in blood?
...that there were only three steel dams built in the United States, although at one time steel dams were thought to offer many competitive advantages over other types of dam?
...that Cameron Bright and Nicole Kidman wore flesh-colored swimsuits during the filming of the bathtub scene in Birth?
...that a house was held to be haunted by poltergeists as a matter of law in the 1991 New York case Stambovsky v. Ackley, making the Nyack, New York house the only legally haunted house in the United States?
...that Monty Norman is the film composer who wrote the James Bond theme, although John Barry is usually credited for it?
...that DONKEY.BAS was a computer game cowritten by Bill Gates and included with early versions of the PC DOS operating system for the original IBM PC, in which the player must avoid hitting donkeys?
...that Boneless Fish is a Japanese frozen food made from fish, which is deboned by hand and then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme?
...that in 1990, Czech and Slovak politicians "fought" the Hyphen War, a political battle over whether "Czechoslovakia" should be spelled with a hyphen?
...that the Skyscraper Museum in New York City, USA was forced to close temporarily as its space was commandeered as an emergency information center after the September 11, 2001 attacks?
...that the 1961 vintage of Château Latour is consistently listed among the greatest red wines of all time?
...that Frederick Lorz was greeted as the winner of the 1904 Summer Olympics marathon but later admitted to having travelled by car for ten miles of the race?
...that German-American inventor Philip Diehl invented the ceiling fan in 1887 using a sewing machine motor?
...that while most tornadoes form from supercell thunderstorms, tornadogenesis is a widely varied process, and can even occur under a normal cumulus cloud?
...that smocking (sampler pictured) is an embroidery technique that mimics the effects of elastic?
...that experiments with winged tanks, meant to glide into a drop zone and provide support for airborne forces, were tried but abandoned by several military forces?
...that the Comal River is the shortest river in the U.S. state of Texas, running entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels?
...that Layman Pang, a wealthy merchant and Zen Buddhist in Tang Dynasty China, once put all of his possessions in a boat and sank them in a river?
...that a subtlety was an elaborate medieval dish that was supposed to entertain and surprise diners with extravagant decorations or by imitating other types of food?
...that the death of baseball player Jim Creighton at age 21 may have been caused by the force with which he swung his bat?
...that the Scheutzian calculation engine was invented in 1837 and finalized in 1843 by Per Georg Scheutz?
...that the true identity and current whereabouts of Philip Staufen, also known as "Mr. Nobody", who wandered into a Toronto hospital in 1999 and was diagnosed with amnesia, are still unknown despite an international search?
...that Kordylewski clouds are large concentrations of dust that orbit Earth at the distance of the Moon?
...that North Korean footballer Tak Yong-bin scored the game-winning goal in a match that was the last time South Korea played in the North for 29 years?
...that the Galápagos tortoise is the largest living tortoise in the world, endemic to the Galápagos Islands, where about 15,000 of them live?
...that Bruce Webster was so burned out from writing the computer game SunDog: Frozen Legacy for the Apple II, that he gave up programming for four years?
...that the mysterious objects known as black triangles may actually be hybrid airships?
...that some Australian Aboriginal languages use the aversive case to indicate that an object is feared?
...that the first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the World Matchplay championship in 1984 by John Lowe?
...that according to Externism, a pseudophilosophy proposed by the famous fictitious Czech genius Jára Cimrman, in the end of every learning process we know nothing, but we know it precisely?
...that Carpenter is a lunar impact crater located in the northern part of the Moon, causing it to appear oval in shape when in fact it is nearly circular?
...that the "Deluxe" version of Outrage! is the most expensive board game in the world?
...that a physical paradox is thought to be either an artifact of error or incompleteness because reality is assumed to be completely consistent?
...that Norwegian football commentator Bjørge Lillelien famously taunted Margaret Thatcher after Norway's victory over England in 1981?
...that the website Machinima.com got its name when the founder misspelled his original portmanteau of machine and cinema and liked the new version better?
...that Fredesvinda Garcia was a Cuban singer who recorded just one album, a year before her death?
...that the film BloodSpell, licensed under Creative Commons, is the first feature-length production made using the computer game Neverwinter Nights?
...that the literary genre known as Bangsian fantasy sets its action wholly or partially in Hell?
...that credit and royalties for the 1968 Arthur Brown song "Fire" had to be shared due to similarities to another song, "Baby, You're a Long Way Behind"?
...that the SS leader Felix Landau temporarily spared the life of the Jewish artist Bruno Schulz, because Landau liked his art and wanted the artist to paint a set of murals for his young son's bedroom?
...that at over 310,000 words, the Constitution of Alabama is the longest constitution in the world?
...that the Organ Pipe Cactus (pictured) takes 150 years to reach maturity and can reach a height of eight meters?
...that the popular German snack Strammer Max takes its name from a slang expression for an erection?
...that some stationery companies produce scented paper and envelopes specifically for love letters?
...that Mitsubishi Motors manufactures a keicar simply named "i"?
...that the blind cave beetle Anophthalmus hitleri is threatened by poaching due to its curious name, which is a dedication to Adolf Hitler?
...that the invention of the electronic digital computer was put into the public domain in 1973 by the decision of one of the longest federal court cases in the history of the United States?
...that the Battle of the Lower Dnieper is considered to be one of the largest battles in world history, involving almost 4 million men on both sides and stretching on a front 1,400 km wide?
...that the Egyptian numeral for 100,000 was a hieroglyph of a tadpole or a frog?
...that Katsu! is a shout used in Zen Buddhism to induce enlightenment, as well as in the martial arts to focus one's energy?
...that Apple Computer's PowerBook 5300 got the nickname "HindenBook" after the Lithium ion batteries used in the original design were shown to burst into flames under certain circumstances?
...that just over 50 kilometres above its surface, the atmosphere of Venus has very similar pressure and temperature as does Earth, making it the most Earth-like area in the solar system?
...that the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C. received ten tons of broccoli (pictured) from Barbara Bush after it was banned from the White House and Air Force One by George H. W. Bush?
...that Martyn J. Fogg, a doctoral student in planetary science at the University of London and a dental surgeon, wrote the first technical book on terraforming and planetary engineering?
...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?
...that the Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica erupted violently in 1963, on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy arrived in the country for a state visit?
...that Australian sprinter Stanley Rowley is the only Olympic participant to win medals for two countries at the same Olympic Games?
...that the 1672 treatise Loimologia is a rare first-hand account of the Great Plague of London, written by one of the few physicians to remain in the city during the plague?
...that in 1804, the frigate Apollo and forty merchant ships in her convoy were wrecked off Portugal, the result of a single badly adjusted compass?
...that Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour featured frontman Chris Martin performing songs after inhaling a helium balloon?
...that Slimey the Worm is the smallest character on Sesame Street?
...that the catastrophe was the final resolution of Ancient Greek tragedies, in which one or more main characters usually died?
...that the Svinsky Monastery later changed its name to Svensky, in order to avoid connotation to the word "swine"?
...that guards on the mail coach had to remain outside for the entire journey and sometimes froze to death?
...that some astrologers claim Earth has a second moon they call Lilith?
...that in Japan, the Simpsons are better known for appearing in C.C. Lemon commercials than for their television show?
...that the world's first airline was DELAG, which operated with zeppelin airships?
...that New Australia was a utopian settlement founded in Paraguay in 1893 by former members of the Australian labour movement?
...that a Millwall brick is an improvised weapon made from folded newspaper?
...that shark threat display is an exaggerated swimming style exhibited by some sharks when they perceive they are in danger?
...that Suriname's worst air disaster was Surinam Airways Flight 764, which crashed after the pilots ignored repeated warnings that they were flying too low?
...that if you ever responded to a shaky telemarketing or sweepstakes solicitation, chances are that you have been placed into a sucker list and in the future you will be approached with a reloading scam?
...that Providence, Ohio became a ghost town in the mid-nineteenth century after suffering both a catastrophic fire and a cholera epidemic?
...that the starting point for the History of Australia is usually taken to be the first undisputed sighting of Australia by the Dutch in 1606, although many researchers alleged that other sightings took place a hundred years earlier?
...that Francis Birtles was an Australian adventurer who set many long distance cycling and driving records including becoming the first man to drive a car from England to Australia in 1927?
...that, in the history of wound care, the ancient Greeks were the first to differentiate between acute and chronic wounds, calling them "fresh" and "non-healing," respectively?
...that the Ch'ŏnma-ho is a little known, indigenously produced North Korean tank; information on which has proven to be elusive even to the United States Government?
...that National Political Institutes of Education, elite secondary schools in Nazi Germany, only accepted students considered to be "racially flawless" and therefore did not admit pupils who needed glasses or had bad hearing?
...that before natural selection was understood there were several now-discredited theories of speciation, including Lamarckism and orthogenesis?
...that development on Star Wars Quake lasted for six years, and is probably the most famous Quake mod to never be completed?
...that the Longfin Bannerfish are a popular marine fish that can clean parasites off other fish?
...that before Newton's law of universal gravitation, the universe was thought to have an absolute centre called the Central Fire towards which that all objects must fall?
...that a client was an Ancient Roman who traded his vote for protection, in a similar way to the activities of modern organized crime?
...that Polish politician and Sejm member, Joanna Senyszyn, gained media attention due to her distinctive, high-pitched voice?
...that Brian Boitano narrowly won the Battle of the Brians, a 1988 Winter Olympics figure skating rivalry between two elite skaters named Brian?
...that the 1960 Summer Olympics champion heavyweight weightlifter Yury Vlasov was a candidate in the Russian presidential election, 1996 but received only 0.02% of the vote?
...that cosmonauts such as Grigori Nelyubov, dismissed from the Soviet space program, were airbrushed out of official photographs, leading to early Cold War speculation of failed missions even when the actual reasons for dismissal were sometimes mundane?
...that from 1926 to 1940, the Union Minière du Haut Katanga had a virtual monopoly of the world uranium market?
...that the fictional Document 12-571-3570 was a hoax that purported to describe sex experiments done in space?
...that zoomusicology is the study of sounds, vocalizations, and the organization of the noisy communications of animals?