This day in history: Did you know...

Saturday, 29 November 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that London's Philharmonic Hall building (pictured) once had one of 30 car showrooms all in the same street?
... that during rainfall, the desert lizard Phrynocephalus versicolor adopts a bottom-up, head-down stance in order to trickle water towards its mouth?
... that Vincent Hanna, the lead character in both L.A. Takedown and its 1995 remake Heat, was inspired by real-life police officer Chuck Adamson?
... that Royal Lao Army troops fled 150 km (93 mi) after their defeat at the Battle of Luang Namtha?
... that baseball player Jacob Hannemann is a cousin of Mufi Hannemann, the former Mayor of Honolulu?
... that in the book Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine, pediatrician Paul Offit criticizes the use of vitamin C to treat the common cold?
... that Charles D'Almaine was the first person to make a record using the Stroh violin?

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