This day in history: Did you know...

Friday, 5 December 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that New York's famous Sleepy Hollow was named after "Slapershaven", an old Dutch name for the Pocantico River(pictured)?
... that the Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club established Cuba's first free public library?
... that Last.fm users selected a single from Lucky Soul's debut album The Great Unwanted for a "Christmas Chart Attack"?
... that in 1942, a drunken pilot crashed his plane at Herdla Airport in occupied Norway, burning down the operations center?
... that a female Neotropical wasp Parachartergus colobopterus can only become a queen if the workers don't suppress her?
... that the Chicago Fire of 1874 led to the reorganizing of the city's fire department along military lines?
... that test screening participants for the film The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc asked, "Why does she have to die at the end?"

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