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30 July 2004

• ...that the death toll from the 1942 Sook Ching Massacre is unknown, but probably lies between 25,000 and 50,000?
• ...that the casque of the Tarictic hornbill is hollow and made of keratin?

29 July 2004

• ...that Colin Pitchfork was the first person to be convicted using DNA fingerprinting?
• ...that in Pac-Mania Pac-Man has the ability to jump?
• ...that the larvae of the Cameraria ohridella moth destroy
• ...that Danielle Reyes finished second place on the American version of Big Brother in 2002?
• ...that in the United States, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its Republican counterpart promote the election of members of their respective parties to Congress?
• ...that the IBM 350 was the first important milestone in early IBM disk storage?
• ...that in the presence of risk, subjective expected utility is a valuable method used in economic decision theory?

27 July 2004

• ...that Stella McCartney, the fashion designer daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design?
• ... that the U.S. Trade Representative tried to stop Singapore from hosting the first World Trade Organization ministeral meeting because of the caning of Michael P. Fay?

• ...that according to Buys-Ballot's law wind travels counterclockwise around low pressure zones in the Northern Hemisphere?
• ...that the extreme points of the United Kingdom include Out Stack as the northernmost, Rockall as the westernmost, The Lizard as the southernmost and Lowestoft Ness as the easternmost?

26 July 2004

• ...that the Dog Rose was often planted in victory gardens during World War II?
• ...that the Malmédy Massacre Trial is often used in extreme right-wing German propaganda?

25 July 2004

• ...that the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was responsible for American weights and measures from 1836 until the establishment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1901?
• ...that Youppi of the Montreal Expos was the first mascot to be thrown out of a major league baseball game?
• ...that the creator of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups once worked as a dairyman for famed chocolatier Milton S. Hershey?
• ...that enharmonic scales are the third genus of musical scales?
• ...that no admiral has ever served as Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces?
• ...that many of Ford Motor Company's car makes are based on the same automobile platform?

24 July 2004

• ...that Cairine Wilson was Canada's first female senator?
• ...that the Fifth and Sixth Crusades were turned back by Al-Kamil, a nephew of Saladin?
• ...that actuarial notation uses a halo system with superscript or subscript symbols placed before or after the main letter?
• ...that script breakdowns are the intermediate step between script and production in theater, film, television and comic books?

23 July 2004

• ...that Chidiock Tichborne wrote his only known poem on the eve of his execution for treason?
• ...that sidewinding is unique to caenophidian snakes like vipers?
• ...that Kolkota, India is called the City of Palaces because of its abundance of European-style buildings?
• ...that seven countries have more than one capital city?
• ...that in basketball technical fouls are rule violations that occur outside the play of the game?

22 July 2004

• ...that Jane Avril was the inspiration for Nicole Kidman's character in the film Moulin Rouge!?
• ...that bond convexity is a measure of the sensitivity of bond prices to interest rate changes?
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