Did you know…

Did you know…

From Wikipedia’s newest content:

Black bird with yellow head and back perched on a stem

  • … that when the male Yellow-crowned Bishop (pictured) is ready to mate, his head and back turn a brilliant yellow color?
  • … that the duet aspect of Sonny & Cher’s first recorded hit single, “Baby Don’t Go“, was not originally planned but established the pair’s unusual harmonic style?
  • … that there were two Carlisle Houses in 18th-century London’s Soho Square; one housing Domenico Angelo’s fencing and riding school and another Madame Cornelys‘ masquerades and illegal operas?
  • … that Angel Delgadillo helped inspire the film Cars and has been called the “guardian angel of Route 66”?
  • … that Berwick Rangers 1-0 defeat of Rangers in 1967 has been described as “the most astonishing result ever returned in Scottish football”?
  • … that in 2001, James Hedges of Thompson Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, became the first Prohibition Party member elected in a partisan election since 1959?
  • … that the Tema Motorway, which was commissioned in 1964, is Ghana’s only motorway?