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Indian actress Kamalinee Mukherjee's poem was selected for an international poetry contest in Washington, D.C. just before she began her acting career in the Telugu film industry. 
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| The first expedition of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa ended disastrously, when the bishop and several others died of malaria. |
| quarterback Lindy Berry played in a game one week after suffering a broken jaw, and since it was the era before football helmet facemasks, he wore a hockey mask instead. |
| The rough skin of the nursehound (pictured) was once used as an abrasive called "rubskin", which cost a hundred times more than sandpaper. |
| An ad campaign for the MMORPG Evony featured depictions of scantily clad women and the tagline "Save the Queen!", despite the fact that there is no queen to save in the game. |
| Two Victoria Crosses were awarded for action during the Umbeyla Campaign led by Neville Chamberlain in 1863. |
| Under Your Spell, director Otto Preminger's first English language film, was a remake of the Spanish language release Las fronteras del amor. |
| professional wrestler Pablo Fuentes Reyna took the ring name "MS-1" from the highest rank of a Mexican Antiterrorist corps. |
| The Manggahan Floodway in the Philippines was built to reduce flooding along the Pasig River but in turn contributed to flooding along the shores of Laguna de Bay. |
| U.S. Army major William Stewart Walker was credited with leading 380 of his fellow soldiers to safety in Belgium from behind German lines during World War II. |
| The third officer of the MV Horizon-1, a cargo ship recently hijacked by Somali pirates, is a 24-year old Turkish woman. |
| The Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel (pictured) in Washington, D.C. has been described as a miniature Gothic gem. |
| airline pilots in the 1930s and 1940s flew with their ears when visibility was poor. |
| Nick Cave requested all television cameras be switched off during his performance of the song "Into My Arms" at the funeral of INXS singer Michael Hutchence. |
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