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Until December 2008, the Red Lemur and the Red-fronted Lemur (pictured) were considered the same species.
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| The Niagara Engine House building is the only one of six engine company firehouses in Poughkeepsie, New York, still standing. |
| The Maya archaeological site of Xlapak (pictured) in Mexico features well-preserved examples of the ostentatious Puuc style of architecture. |
| Although the 1998 film Restless takes place in Beijing, only about 20 percent of the dialogue is in Chinese. |
| Spey casting is a two-handed fly fishing technique that was developed on the River Spey in Scotland. |
| Reba McEntire starred in a television movie based on her 1992 hit single "Is There Life Out There". |
| Local legend suggests that Ai-Ais Hot Springs in southern Namibia were discovered in 1850 by a nomadic Nama shepherd rounding up stray sheep. |
| The capture of Bologna on 21 April 1945 was the last battle of the Polish II Corps. |
| Sigurd Bødtker was Norway's first full-time theatre critic. |
| Fireflight's song "Unbreakable" was inspired by a fan's question asked on MySpace. |
| Louie Caporusso (pictured) led the U.S. in goals scored through most of the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, but when he only scored two in the last nine games, Michigan won eight of those nine. |
| Cyrus C. Miller believed the United States and Canada would one day become a single nation and that lacrosse could be its official sport. |
| American Slovenian-style polka musician Louis Bashell received Wisconsin's first National Heritage Fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Jack Billingham gave up Hank Aaron's record tying 714th home run as the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitcher in 1974. |
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