This day in history
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Thursday, 11 September 2014
Did you know...
Did you know...
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:
... that
Jan Matejko
(self-portrait pictured)
, one of the most famous Polish painters,
transported arms
to the insurgents' camp during the
January Uprising
of 1863?
... that the 2001 documentary
Mind Meld
features
Star Trek
'
s
William Shatner
and
Leonard Nimoy
discussing the effects the show had on their lives?
... that
Advanced Computer Techniques
, a software company begun in the 1960s, featured
language compilers
from its developers and showmanship from its founder and leader?
... that the chicks of
Cabot's tragopan
can fly within a few days of being hatched?
... that Hungarian Archbishop
Jozsef Grosz
was imprisoned in 1951, despite committing the Church to supporting the country's
Communist government
?
... that while
Fredrik Vogt
served as director general of Norway's
Water Resources and Energy Agency
, that country's total annual
hydroelectric
production capacity increased from about 2 to nearly 8
TWh
?
... that in the
1872 U.S. presidential election
, Arkansas'
electoral votes
were rejected by a
joint session of Congress
because the physical document reporting the votes carried the wrong
state coat of arms
?
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