Did you know...
Detail from A Boyar Wedding Feast
- ... that A Boyar Wedding Feast (detail pictured) by Konstantin Makovsky was once in the art collection of the creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not!?
- ... that towards the end of her life, biologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson had hallucinations of the Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson?
- ... that a review of Chieftain's Salute by Graham Waterhouse called the Great Highland Bagpipe the orchestra's "real partner in this virile, rousing piece of music"?
- ... that the Lenape potato was withdrawn because it was toxic, but it is used to breed other varieties for potato chips?
- ... that Charles Beetham was a four-time United States champion in the 800-meter run, but fell in the final at the 1936 United States Olympic Trials and failed to qualify for the Olympics?
- ... that Hanlin, Burma, was inscribed by the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in October 1996 for its archaeological heritage traced to more than 1,000 years between 200 BC and 900 AD?
- ... that the quality of the embroidery of the Albanian xhamadan reflected social status?
- ... that one reviewer liked Shamus: Case II so much that they suggested rushing out and buying it to ensure there would be another sequel?
