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AFRICAN MANTIS
Did you know that
Sphodromantis viridis
, the Giant African Mantis, is kept worldwide as a
pet
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
27 July
,
2008
ALEX PERELSON
Did you know that that
Alex Perelson
is the youngest professional
skaterboarder
in the
vert field
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
15 July
,
2008
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ALLIANCE FOR OPEN SOCIETY
Did you know that that
Alliance for Open Society International
, operator of
drug rehabilitation
programs for
heroin
addicts
in
Central Asia
, sued the U.S. Government over the
anti-prostitution pledge
? - Created expanded by
Boston
, featured on
15 July
,
2008
AMEDEI PORCELANA
Did you know that ... that
Amedei Porcelana
chocolate
is used in a $1000
ice cream
sundae
? - Created expanded by
Boston
, featured on
18 August
,
2008
ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST
Did you know that
New York
writer and socialite
Anthony Haden-Guest
is both son of the
4th Baron Haden-Guest
and the brother-in-law of actress
Jamie Lee Curtis
? - Created by
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, featured on
10 April
,
2008
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ARTHUR STANLEY PEASE
Did you know that ... that
Amherst College
president
Arthur Stanley Pease
was an "
indefatigable
pedestrian
" and
mountaineer
who studied
plants
in the
White Mountains
? - Created by
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, featured on
21 August
,
2008
ATLANTIC HOUSE
Did you know at the
Atlantic House
on
Cape Cod
during
World War I
,
Pulitzer Prize
-winner
Eugene O'Neill
was arrested at
gun
point as a
spy
for the
Kaiser
? - Created by
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, featured on
19 January
,
2007
ARCHEDICTYON
Did you know that that
archedictyon
is a
hypothetical
scheme of
wing
venation
proposed for the
common ancestor
of all
winged insects
? - Created by
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, featured on
1 August
,
2007
BAUDET DE POITOU
Did you know that the
Baudet de Poitou
is a rare
breed
of
donkey
with a shaggy
coat
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
11 August
,
2008
BARTHOLOMEW GILBERT
Did you know that that that
Bartholomew Gilbert
is responsible for the failure to establish a
colony
on
Cape Cod
in 1602 which would have been the first
English
colony in
the Americas
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
13 July
,
2008
BAZ ASHMAWY
Did you know that
Irish television
celebrity
Bazil Ashmawy
was born in
Libya
and is half
Egyptian
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
21 August
,
2007
BEAR'S DEN
Did you know that that there are stories of
Metacomet
,
sachem
of the
Wampanoag
Indians
, meeting with allies near
Bear's Den Falls
to plan attacks on
Massachusetts
towns
during
King Philip's War
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
8 September
,
2008
BOSTONIAN SOCIETY
Did you that
The Bostonian Society
was formed in 1881 to prevent the
Old State House
, site of the
Boston Massacre
, from being moved to
Chicago
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
9 September
,
2007
BOTÀNICA
Did you know a
botánica
is a
Latin American
store that sells
religious
goods,
magical
paraphernalia
and
brand name
health care products? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
2 January
,
2007
BRIDGE ISLAND MEADOWS
Did you know that
Bridge Island Meadows
is an inaccessible
nature reserve
on the
floodplains
of the
Charles River
in
Massachusetts
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
14 September
,
2008
BUFFALO TREEHOPPER
Did you know that the
Buffalo Treehopper
is an
insect
named for its resemblance to the
American Bison
? - Created by
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, featured on
16 July
,
2008
DWARF CHAMELEON
Did you know that
Brookesia minima
may be the smallest
species
of
chameleon
?- Created by
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, featured on
15 August
,
2008
CAESARSBOOM
Did you know that
Julius Caesar
is believed to have taken a nap under the
Caesarsboom
yew
in
West Flanders
?- Created by
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9 September
,
2008
CANDYSTRIPE LEAFHOPPER
Did you know that the
Candystripe Leafhopper
is a
vector
for
Pierce's disease
?" - Created by
Boston
, featured on
16 July
,
2008
A Barnstar!
CASTLETOWNROCHE
Did you know shortly before
Christmas
1942
a man believed to be a
Nazi
spy
walked into the small
Irish
village
of
Castletownroche
and was apprehended by the
Garda
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
20 December
,
2007
(UTC)
CHILDREN'S WHARF
Did you know that
Children's Wharf
in
Boston
has a
40' tall milk bottle
that was built during the
Great Depression
and transported to the wharf by
barge
in the
1970s
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
8 March
,
2008
CHINESE HAND LAUNDRY ALLIANCE
Did you know that that members of the
Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance
faced
surveillance
,
interrogation
, and
harassment
by the
FBI
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
1 September
,
2008
CELEBRITY BAINISTEOIR
Did you know that
Celebrity Bainisteoir
is an
Irish
reality programme
about managing
Gaelic football
clubs? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
24 August
,
2008
CHOCTAW HOG
Did you know that the
Choctaw Hog
is a "critically rare"
breed
of
pig
found in the
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
13 August
,
2008
CHROOGOMPHUS
Did you know
Chroogomphus
is an edible
mushroom
that grows as a
parasite
in
pine
forests? - Greatly expanded by
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, featured on
10 January
,
2007
COLLEEN CAVANAUGH
Did you know that the that
chemosynthesis
, the process enabling
deep sea
invertebrates
to survive without
sunlight
, was discovered by
Colleen Cavanaugh
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
15 August
,
2008
A Barnstar!
COMMODORE NUTT
Did you know that George Washington Morrison Nutt, better known by his
stage name
Commodore Nutt
, grew only 37 inches (94 cm) tall? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
8 September
,
2008
COPEPODOLOGISTS
Did you know that the first president of the
World Association of Copepodologists
was a
veteran
of the
Polish resistance movement in World War II
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
22 January
,
2007
A Barnstar!
CROAKING TETRA
Did you know that that the
Croaking Tetra
is a
tropical fish
that "chirps" when it comes to the surface to gulp
air
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
15 July
,
2008
DAVID NEVINS, JR.
Did you know that that "
Methuen
Duck Cloth
" manufactured by
David Nevins, Jr.
was used to make
sails
and
tents
in the
tropics
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
13 August
,
2008
DAVI KOPENAWA YANOMANI
Did you know that
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
, a
shaman
of the
indigenous people of Brazil
, received an award from the
United Nations Environmental Program
? - Greatly expanded by
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, featured on
21 January
,
2007
DEXTER DRUMLIN
Did you know that
Fitchburg State College
researchers
in
Lancaster, Massachusetts
used
artificial lights
to mimic the
bioluminescence
of
fireflies
on
Dexter Drumlin
? - Created expanded by
Boston
, featured on
4 September
,
2008
DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS
Did you know that there are
Dinosaur Footprints
in the
Connecticut River Valley
? - Created expanded by
Boston
, featured on
22 August
,
2008
DORCHESTERWAY
Did you know
Frederick Law Olmsted
planned for
The Dorchesterway
to extend his
Emerald Necklace
park system all the way to
Boston Harbor
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
26 February
,
2008
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DRALASITE
Did you know that
Dralasites
are an
amoeboid
extraterrestrial race
depicted in
science fiction
role-playing games
for the past 25 years? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
26 January
,
2007
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DWYER'S SNAKE
Did you know that
Dwyer's Snake
is only weakly
venomous
and coils into a ball when threatened? - Created by
Boston
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7 September
,
2008
EDMONSON SISTERS
Did you know the
Edmonson sisters
were
African American
slaves
who tried to escape to freedom and became
celebrity
abolitionists
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
5 January
,
2007
EMANCIPATION MEMORIAL
Did you know that the
Emancipation Memorial
, a
monument
in
Washington, DC
depicting
Abraham Lincoln
in his role of the "
Great Emancipator
", was paid for by former
slaves
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
16 March
,
2008
ESPIRITISMO
Did you know
Espiritismo
is the
Latin American
and
Caribbean
belief that
good and evil
spirits
can affect
health
,
luck
and other elements of
human
life
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
1 January
,
2007
EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK
Did you know that the 1983 song "
Everyday I Write the Book
" was
Elvis Costello
's first
hit single
in the
United States
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
26 January
,
2009
FART PROUDLY
Did you know that that "
Fart Proudly
" is an
essay
about
flatulence
written by
Benjamin Franklin
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
27 July
,
2008
FIGHT FIERCELY, HARVARD
Did you know that that "
Fight Fiercely, Harvard
" is a
satirical
college
fight song
written by a
mathematician
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
14 August
,
2008
FLOWER MANTIS
Did you know that
Creobroter
is a
praying mantis
that uses
ant mimicry
as a juvenile and
flower
mimicry
when adult? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
18 January
,
2007
GHOST MANTIS
Did you know that the
Ghost Mantis
is a small
species
of
praying mantis
that looks like a dead
leaf
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
22 July
,
2008
GIANT DEAD LEAF MANTIS
Did you know that that the
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis
falls to the ground and lies motionless when threatened? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
1 August
,
2008
GOLDEN RESOURCES MALL
Did you know the
Golden Resources Mall
in
Beijing
, the second-largest
shopping mall
in the world, has attracted as few as 20 shoppers in an hour? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
21 January
,
2007
GOODYERA
Did you know the 25 species of
Goodyera
comprise just one of over 800
genera of orchids
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
24 December
,
2006
GREAT TRAIL
Did you know the
Great Trail
created by
Native Americans
connected the
Great Lakes
region of
Canada
to
New England
and the
mid-Atlantic
and laid the foundation for modern
highways
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
29 December
,
2006
(UTC)
HAGHPAT MONASTERY
Did you know
Haghpat Monastery
in
Armenia
was placed on the
World Heritage List
over 1,000 years after it was founded? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
3 January
,
2007
HARRIET NEVINS
Did you know that that
philanthropist
Harriet Nevins
left an
animal shelter
, a
fountain
, and
Blackburn Hall
to the people of
Massachusetts
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
11 August
,
2008
HAWAYO TAKATA
Did you know that
Hawayo Takata
, a
Nisei
fluent in the language and culture of both
Japan
and the
United States
, introduced
Reiki
to the
Western World
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
19 January
,
2007
HAZEL LAVERY
Did you know the face of
Chicago
native
Hazel Lavery
adorned the
banknotes of Ireland
for seventy years? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
10 January
,
2007
HENRY COFFIN NEVINS
Did you know the widow of
Henry Coffin Nevins
left a million dollars for the construction of a
Home for Aged and Incurables
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
28 August
,
2008
HENRY TAYLOR PARKER
Did you know that
Henry Taylor Parker
, a critic nicknamed "Hard-to-Please", was "
Boston
's oracle on theatre and music" for 29 years? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
24 September
,
2008
A Barnstar!
HISTORICAL MARKER
Did you know that there are more than 1,200
historical markers
in
Ohio
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
11 September
,
2008
HOT 8 BRASS BAND
Did you know that three members of the
Hot 8 Brass Band
have died as a result of
gun violence
in
New Orleans
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
12 January
,
2007
A Barnstar!
ICHABOD WASHBURN
Did you know the
university
mascot
called "the Ichabod" is named after
Ichabod Washburn
, an owner of the world's largest
wire
mill
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
3 January
,
2007
IHSAN ALI AL-SHEBAZ
Did you know that
Iraqi American
scientist
Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz
is the world authority on
bladderpods
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
3 January
,
2007
INTERNATIONAL MANGO FESTIVAL
Did you know that more than 550
varieties of mango
are showcased in the
International Mango Festival
held in
Delhi
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
19 January
,
2007
JAMES BROWN IS DEAD
Did you know "
James Brown Is Dead
" is an
electronic dance music
reference to
James Brown
and the widespread
sampling
of his
music
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
29 December
,
2006
IRANISTAN
Did you know that
Mark Twain
and
General Custer
visited
P. T. Barnum
in
Iranistan
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
26 August
,
2008
JOAO MARIA DE SOUSA
Did you know that that
João Maria de Sousa
is the
current
Attorney General
of
Angola
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
28 August
,
2008
J-SKA
Did you know that
J-ska
is contemporary
Japanese music
with origins in the
music of Jamaica
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
26 January
,
2007
JUNQUEIRÒPOLIS
Did you know that
Junqueirópolis
, a municipality in
São Paulo
,
Brazil
, is
nicknamed
"
Acerola
Capital" for its
agriculture
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
21 January
,
2007
KAZABAZUA RIVER
Did you know that that
CBC News
referred to "the pristine
Kazabazua river
, where
Pierre Trudeau
was known to
paddle
?" - Created by
Boston
, featured on
22 August
,
2008
LAKE CHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUG
Did you know
Lake
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
is often cited as the longest
place name
in the
United States
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
28 December
,
2006
(UTC)
LAKE WINNECUNNETT
Did you know that some
Norton
,
Massachusetts
residents complain they have trouble
selling their homes
because
Lake Winnecunnett
is "a
weed
-
infested
,
mosquito
breeding
swamp
"? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
19 March
,
2008
LANDMARKS FOUNDATION
Did you know the
Landmarks Foundation
helps
conserve
sacred
sites such as the
stone spheres of Costa Rica
and the
moai
of
Easter Island
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
7 January
,
2007
LARANTUKA
Did you know that
Larantuka
is an
Indonesian
district known for
Roman Catholic
Holy Week
processions
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
29 January
,
2007
LARS ANDERSON BONSAI COLLECTION
Did you know the
Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection
in
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
has a
Hinoki Cypress
over 250 years old? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
6 December
,
2006
LEONARD CROFOOT
Did you know that
Leonard Crofoot
, a dancer in
The Singing Detective
, has had three
Star Trek
roles? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
29 January
,
2007
A Barnstar!
LIST OF MANTIS SPECIES...
Did you know that that there are approximately
2,000 species of mantis
and dozens of
genera
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
25 July
,
2008
LUCIEN PRICE
Did you know that "Woolwick" was a fictional name for
Kent, Ohio
in the writing of
Boston Evening Transcript
journalist
Lucien Price
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
11 September
,
2008
HENRI LHOTE
Did you know that
French
ethnographer
Henri Lhote
believed that
prehistoric
rock art
in the
Sahara Desert
was evidence of
ancient astronauts
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
4 September
,
2008
MACLEAY'S SPECTRE
Did you know that
Macleay's Spectre
is a
stick insect
that grows up to 20 cm (8 inches) long? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
15 August
,
2008
MAXIME DE LA FALAISE
Did you know that
Maxime de la Falaise
, called "the only truly
chic
Englishwoman
" by
Cecil Beaton
, said that "no
straight
man was attractive" in the 1970s'
fashion
industry? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
21 September
,
2008
MELLER'S CHAMELEON
Did you know that that
Meller's Chameleon
catches
insects
and
birds
50 cm (20 inches) away with its
tongue
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
24 August
,
2008
MEDITERRANEAN MANTIS
Did you know that the
Mediterranean mantis
(
Iris oratoria
) is capable of
virgin birth
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
16 January
,
2007
MIZUNA
Did you know that
mizuna
is a cold-resistant
mustard
green
grown extensively during winter in
Japan
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
11 July
,
2008
MOBILE TIGERS
Did you know that the
Mobile Tigers
, a
Negro League
baseball team
, paid
pitcher
Satchel Paige
"$1 when the
gate
was good and a
keg
of
lemonade
when it wasn't"? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
14 September
,
2008
MSPCA
Did you know that
John Quincy Adams II
,
Ralph Waldo Emerson
, and
William Gordon Weld
helped form the
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
8 August
,
2008
NARRAGANSETT TURKEY
Did you know that the
Narragansett Turkey
is a breed of
domestic turkey
unique to
North America
and named after
Narragansett Bay
in
Rhode Island
? - Created by
Boston
and featured on
16 July
,
2008
MUDRUNNER
Did you know that that
symbiotic
moss animals
live on the bristles of the crab known as the
MudRunner
- Created by
Boston
and featured on
28 January
,
2008
NEW ZEALAND MANTIS
Did you know that ... that
Orthodera novaezealandiae
is a
praying mantis
native
only to
New Zealand
? - Created by
Boston
and featured on
20 August
,
2008
NORMAL SCHOOL FOR COLORED GIRLS
Did you know the
Normal School for Colored Girls
was incorporated into the
University of the District of Columbia
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
4 January
,
2007
PEMBERTON MILL
Did you know that the sudden collape of the
Pemberton Mill
was one of the worst
industrial accidents
in
American history
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
16 August
,
2008
PENNSYLVANIA FIREFLY
Did you know that
Photuris pennsylvanica
, a
species
of
lightning bug
, is
Pennsylvania
's
state insect
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
23 August
,
2008
PETTICOAT HILL
Did you know that that
Petticoat Hill
, a
nature reserve
in
Williamsburg, Massachusetts
, is said to be named after
laundry
hung on a
clothesline
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
24 August
,
2008
A Barnstar!
PINK TIDE
Did you know that
pink tide
is a term for the growing influence of
left-wing politics
in
Latin America
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
14 August
,
2008
POECILOSTOMATOIDA
Did you know that
Poecilostomatoida
are
parasitic
crustaceans
frequently with
antennae
modified to terminate in small hooks or claws that are used in attachment to host
organisms
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
27 January
,
2007
POLI'S STELLATE BARNACLE
Did you know that
Poli's Stellate Barnacle
is
hermaphroditic
and has a
penis
significantly longer than its body? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
21 January
,
2008
POMERANIAN GOOSE
Did you know that the
Pomeranian Goose
was developed by
Northern German
farmers
centuries ago, but only officially recognized as a
breed
in 1912? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
15 August
,
2008
PRETTY GIRL BULLSHIT
Did you know that
Foxy Brown
namechecks
Sean Combs
on the song
Pretty Girl Bullshit
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
2 April
,
2008
PRINCE JOSEPH WENZEL
Did you know that 11-year old
Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
is regarded by
Jacobites
as third in line for the throne of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
, and
Ireland
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
10 January
,
2007
PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
Did you know "
Push It To The Limit
", a
pop rap
song by
Corbin Bleu
backed by
The Walt Disney Company
, was recently the most
downloaded
song at the
iTunes Store
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
16 January
,
2007
PTERIDOMANIA
Did you know that
pteridomania
is the
Victorian era
craze
for
fern
collecting
and for fern
motifs
in
decorative art
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
11 July
,
2008
QUEEN OF JAPAN
Did you know
Queen of Japan
members use
aliases
that sound like
Japanese names
and are known for
synthpop
covers
of artists such as
John Lennon
and
Bob Dylan
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
14 January
,
2007
RENE AND GEORGETTE MAGRITTE...
Did you know that
Paul Simon
's
ballad
"
Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War
" portrays
Belgian
surrealist painter
René Magritte
as a secret admirer of
doo-wop music
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
14 March
,
2008
(My 50th DYK).
RIVER CARRON
Did you know the
River Carron
in the
Scottish Highlands
has given its name to a type of
naval
cannon
, a line of
bathtubs
, two
warships
and an
island
in the
Southern Hemisphere
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
25 December
,
2006
RUBY BUNDLEFLOWER
Did you know that
Ruby Bundleflower
, an abundant
weed
in parts of
Mexico
, produces
beans
used in
salsa
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
21 August
,
2008
RUFUS SONGLARK
Did you know that the
Rufous Songlark
is an
Australian
songbird
that often ends up as
roadkill
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
, featured on
21 August
,
2008
A Barnstar!
RUM SWIZZLE
Did you know that the
Rum Swizzle
is a often called "
Bermuda's
national
drink
? - Greatly expanded by
Boston
and others, featured on
16 July
,
2008
SAJAMA LINES
Did you know the
Sajama Lines
in
Bolivia
took 3,000 years to make and might be considered the largest
artwork
in the world? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
12 January
,
2007
SANDIA HAIRSTREAK
Did you know that according to the
New Mexico Legislature
, the
Sandia Hairstreak
butterfly
"symbolizes the ability of
New Mexican
residents to thrive year-round in a
semiarid climate
"? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
29 August
,
2007
SANG PIAO XIAO
Did you know that that
sang piao xiao
is
praying mantis
egg case
used in
traditional Chinese medicine
to treat
impotence
and
premature ejaculation
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
27 August
,
2008
SEXUAL CANNIBALISM
Did you know that male
spiders
,
scorpions
and
mantids
have special strategies to avoid
sexual cannibalism
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
18 January
,
2007
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SHAMBALA
Did you know that the song "
Shambala
" by
Three Dog Night
has a
gospel music
sound and
Tibetan Buddhist
subject matter? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
7 January
,
2007
SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW
Did you know
Shreve, Crump & Low
, the oldest jeweler in North America, opened across the street from the
smithy
of
Paul Revere
and has designed such prestigious awards as the
Davis Cup
and the
Cy Young Award
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
19 December
,
2006
SILVER APPLEYARD DUCK
Did you know that that the
Silver Appleyard
is one of the best
egglayers
amongst large
breeds
of duck? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
7 August
,
2008
SILVER MARTEN
Did you know that the
Silver Marten
rabbit
likes
playthings
to toss around its
cage
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
16 August
,
2008
SKINNY HOUSE
Did you know that at less than 11 feet (3.4 m) wide, the
Skinny House
(pictured) is the narrowest house in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
2 April
,
2008
A Barnstar!
SLEEVE GARTERS
Did you know
sleeve garters
were first used in the
19th century
and are still worn by
poker dealers
and
barbershop musicians
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
1 January
,
2007
SPRAY POOL
Did you know that the that the
spray pool
on
Boston Common
doubles as an
ice-skating rink
in winter? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
21 July
,
2008
ST. PATRICK'S BLUE
Did you know that
St. Patrick's Blue
, rather than
green
, was long the
colour
most associated with the
patron saint
of
Ireland
, and is present on
Ireland's
Presidential Standard
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
St. Patrick's Day
,
2008
TANIUSQUES
Did you know
Tantiusques
, a
graphite
mine
which
John Winthrop the Younger
purchased from the
Nipmuck
in
1644
, became the basis for today's
Dixon Ticonderoga
pencil
company? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
27 December
,
2006
A Barnstar!
THEMBA MABASO
Did you know that according to
Themba Mabaso
, the State
Herald
of
South Africa
, the
flag of South Africa
is read like a written document? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
28 January
,
2007
THYROCOPA
Did you know that
Thyrocopa
is a
genus
of
flightless
moth
endemic
to
Hawaii
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
10 August
,
2007
A Barnstar!
TIIA PIILI
Did you know that the career of
Tiia Piili
, four-time
FISAF
World Champion in
sport aerobics
, was threatened when she got
food poisoning
attending a competition in
Morocco
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
24 March
,
2008
TREPANGING
Did you know
trepanging
is the harvesting of
sea cucumbers
and
Macassan
trepangers traded with
Indigenous Australians
generations before the arrival of
Europeans
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
26 December
,
2006
A Barnstar!
VALRI BROMFIELD
Did you know that
Valri Bromfield
performed
stand-up comedy
on the first episode of
Saturday Night Live
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
4 July
,
2008
ULYSSES PRENTISS HENDRICK
Did you know that
pomologist
Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick
devoted separate
monographs
to
cherries
,
grapes
,
peaches
,
pears
, and
plums
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
21 August
,
2008
WASQUE
Did you know that that
Travel + Leisure
named
Wasque
("way-squee") on
Chappaquiddick
the number one
beach
in
New England
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
22 August
,
2008
WHITE PARK
Did you know that ancient
herds
of
White Park
, a rare
breed
of
horned
cattle
, have been preserved in
Great Britain
from the
Middle Ages
? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
15 August
,
2008
YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART
Did you know that
Yokohama Museum of Art
has
Pablo Picasso
,
Paul Cézanne
,
Salvador Dalí
and
Henri Matisse
represented in its collection? - Created by
Boston
, featured on
11 March
,
2008