This day in history: Did you know...

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that the underparts of the male Sicilian wall lizard (pictured)may be suffused with orange, pink or red during the breeding season?
... that Nadav Ben Yehuda, an Israeli mountain climber, abandoned his attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest to rescue a fellow climber?
... that the old Ancoats Hall was demolished and later rebuilt as an art museum?
... that one of the founders of Lemurs' Park near Antananarivo is the grandson ofPierre Boiteau, the Founding Director of the Tsimbazaza Zoo?
... that Johann Konrad Kern was a major author of Switzerland's first federal constitution in 1848?
... that Mthatha Airport was turned into a military zone and no-fly zone to accommodate the body of Nelson Mandela and heads of state attending his funeral in the nearby village of Qunu?
... that the pro-Beijing Alliance for Peace and Democracy was established to counter the Occupy Central with Love and Peace movement?

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