This day in history: Did you know...

Friday, 24 October 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that one of the designers of the Swedish Navy stealth shipHSwMS Visby (pictured) said it looked like a "lunchbox"?
... that although Don Bitterlich scored the first points in Seattle Seahawks history, he was released after three games?
... that a beaver attack killed a fisherman in Belarus?
... that Nicolae Colan was the only Romanian Orthodox bishop who remained inNorthern Transylvania after the region was ceded to Hungary in 1940?
... that the fossil ant Azteca eumeces is one of two Azteca species found in Dominican amber?
... that Emily Sartain was the first woman in Europe and the United States to practice the art of mezzotint engraving?
... that The Caravan Club in London claimed to be "the most unconventional spot in town" with "All night gaiety" and "Dancing to Charlie"?

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