This day in history: Did you know...

Monday, 13 October 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that the prickly foliage of Grevillea juniperina (pictured) makes it a good shelter for birds in the garden?
... that Hoylande Young was the first woman division head at theArgonne National Laboratory?
... that the speed of the red whip snake enables it to feed largely on lizards?
... that Reginald's Tower in Ireland has served as a fortified tower, a mint, a prison, a military storehouse, an air raid shelter, and a museum?
... that at the request of an encomendero to the rector of the Society of Jesus in Manila, the Jesuits were assigned to Silang Church in 1599?
... that London's Endell Street was the site of a World War I military hospital staffed entirely by women?
... that Anastasios Tsonis's research has concluded that, as a result of natural processes, the Earth might have entered a new "climate state" in 2001 or 2002?

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