... that U.S. Route 127 in Michigan (pictured) was tripled in length by extending the highway to replace its parent route, U.S. Route 27 in 2002?
... that the Young Religious Unitarian Universalists protested against Victoria's Secret for allegedly printing their catalogues with paper sourced from endangered forests?
... that the yuja hwachae, Korean traditional fruit punch made with Korean pear and yuja, is often served with flower pancakes made of chrysanthemum?
... that mathematician Nathan Mendelsohn was on the first Putnam Competition-winning team in 1938, but also won second prize in an International Brotherhood of Magicians contest, behind Johnny Carson?
... that the Webster ruling is a legal precedent clarified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2008, which extends to professional footballers in Europe the same contractual freedom of movement as workers in other industries?
... that Zaha Hadid's architectural design won an international competition for the upcoming Vilnius Guggenheim Hermitage Museum?
... that father and son James E. Bolin and Bruce M. Bolin both served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as a state district court judge – thirty-eight years apart in each case?
... that after serving three terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Conservative Party, Georg Apenes took over as director of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate?
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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