Monday 28 May 2012

Did you know...

From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that the 2000 a cappella composition Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) was recorded by a Virtual Choir of 185 singers from 12 countries, conducted by its composer Eric Whitacre (pictured)? ... that Tia Norfleet is the first African American woman to receive a NASCAR racing license? ... that foreign relations between France and Serbia, established in 1879, were briefly severed after France's participation in the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999? ... that German anarchist Johannes Holzmann edited twenty-five issues of the journal Der Kampf, but eleven of them were banned? ... that Millennium's "Force Majeure" features stock footage from the 1996 Saguenay Flood in Quebec? ... that Yaakov Yosef Herman manufactured and sold kosher wine out of his home throughout the Prohibition era with the approval of a New York City judge? ... that a game between Belfast's Big Two once led to a cockerel and a blue pig being released onto a football pitch? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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