This day in history: Did you know...

Saturday, 22 November 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that Northern Irish architecture firm Hackett Hall McKnight created the Belfast MAC (pictured), described as one of the "most stunning new British buildings of the century"?
... that, when complete, the PandaX dark matter detection experiment will be one hundred times as sensitive as the current most-sensitive detector?
... that the niece of Pat Chan, Singapore's "Golden Girl", is also an international competitive swimmer?
... that Davis Run is one of two streams in the watershed of Catawissa Creek that has a substantial population of brown trout?
... that the nests of the South American wasp Protopolybia chartergoides have transparent envelopes?
... that the 1842 University Boat Race was Oxford's first victory on "London water"?
... that Sakakibara Kenkichi and Yamaoka Tesshū once engaged in a forty-minute sword duel without either striking a single blow?

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