This day in history: Did you know...

Saturday, 18 October 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that Mostafa Salameh (pictured) rang his partner, his parents, and the King of Jordan via satellite phone from Mount Everest?
... that the first Wikipedia Monument in the world will be unveiled in Słubice, Poland, in late October 2014?
... that when the gynecologist Thomas Ashby died in 1916, he was the only University of Maryland faculty member to have served in the Maryland State Legislature?
... that the parasitoid wasp Kollasmosoma sentum can deposit its egg within the abdomen of an ant in as little as 0.052 seconds?
... that Florian Znaniecki was the founder of sociology in Poland?
... that The Fine Young Capitalists produced a series of videos about the achievements of female game developers at the request of 4chan members?
... that even as Brian Kim was speaking on CNBC as a guest expert on the legality of dark pools, he was running an illegal Ponzi scheme?

This day in history