This day in history: Did you know...

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Did you know...

Did you know...

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Fire Department engine

... that the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department's engines (one pictured) are and have always been white for increased visibility?
... that the Barry Docks were once the largest coal port in the world?
... that Mosaic by Jeri Taylor is one of two novels to have been considered canon in the Star Trek universe?
... that Yuxian was called the "Butcher of Shanxi", and blamed for ordering theTaiyuan Massacre – execution of Western missionaries in 1900 – but he probably only witnessed it and did not order it?
... that Kelaart's toad is considered "endangered" because its range totals less than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi)?
... that Victor Hartman was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal in 1882?
... that The Raid: Redemption's "Mad Dog", Yayan Ruhian, is scheduled to act in a Yakuza–vampire film?

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