Did you know...

Posted on 13 September 2014 at 18:26

... that Johannes Jørgensen said the dog in P. S. Krøyer's Summer Evening at Skagen. The Artist's Wife and Dog by the Shore (pictured) was "an ugly and unpleasant animal to behold"?
... that 1898 All-American football player Arthur Tipton prompted a rule change when he kicked a loose ball down the field and fell on it for a touchdown after it crossed the goal line?
... that Starr Long, executive producer of the video game Shroud of the Avatar, was also the original director of the pioneering game Ultima Online?
... that the role of the two Admiral Spiridov-class monitors in Russian war plans during the 1890s was to defend the Gulf of Riga against an anticipated German amphibious landing?
... that Chicago High School, the first secondary school in Chicago, survived the Great Chicago Fire?
... that Alton Lemon was surprised to have a leading piece of First Amendment jurisprudence, the "Lemon Test", bear his name?
... that Shep the Dog was considered to have given a superior performance to that of his child co-star in A Dog's Love?