User:Staceydolxx/DYK



Did you know ...

 * 1) ... that in the UK, social workers do not have the power to remove children without a court order, yet police do? June 9, 2013 357
 * 2) ... that Sir Robert Peel couldn't be bothered to fix his cotton mills, so he proposed an Act of Parliament to do it for him? May 17, 2013 with User:Worm_That_Turned 3.5k
 * 3) ... that life story work can be beneficial to adults with dementia? February 26, 2013 3.5k
 * 4) ... that the Beatles played at New Brighton Tower (pictured) a total of 27 times, more than any venue except the Cavern Club? July 14, 2013 7.8k
 * 5) ... that Iota Sigma Pi National Honorary Member award has gone to chemists Marie Curie, Gerty Cori, and Dorothy Hodgkin? December 31, 2014 778)
 * 6) ... that former Oregon State defensive end Bill Swancutt broke school records in sacks and tackles for loss, and went on to become a financial advisor? January 11, 2015 719)
 * 7) ... that on 11 September 2002 Andrew Dallmeyer premiered a one-man show in which he played Osama bin Laden as a shopping-mall Santa Claus? March 6, 2015 1.3k)
 * 8) ... that Christian Ramsay (pictured), honorary member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, was so dedicated to botany that she died with a list of plants in her hand?' January 5, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 4.4k
 * 9) ... that Mary Amdur gassed her own guinea pigs to prove that breathing sulphuric acid was dangerous? January 22, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 5.1k
 * 10) ... that Fanny Knight excavated a Roman villa, repaired a castle, wrote a book and was an accomplished botanist and artist? January 25, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 3k
 * 11) ... that Cicely Blair discovered that people with albinism can't get blackheads? January 28, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 3.1k
 * 12) ... that one of the first women to work in radio astronomy, Elizabeth Alexander, actually preferred geology? January 30, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 1.8k
 * 13) ... that Angela Hartley Brodie's award-winning research led to the development of steroidal aromatase inhibitors as new treatments for breast cancer? January 30, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 1k
 * 14) ... that Olga Tufnell assisted in unearthing the biblical city of Lachish? March 11, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 1.3k
 * 15) ... that the British plant pathologist, Mary Glynne, climbed Mount Fuji when she was 68? March 13, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 960
 * 16) ... that the Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society encouraged membership by holding meetings at cafes with poetry, singing, and dance performances? March 26, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 450
 * 17) ... that the British trade union organiser Jeannie Mole, an early follower of dress reform, liked to wear an outfit reminiscent of Greek robes? March 26, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 2k
 * 18) ... that the largest single collection of one woman's clothes owned by a UK museum came from Emily Tinne? March 29, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 2.2k
 * 19) ... that Doris Mackinnon had a reputation for never repeating a lecture in 30 years? April 6, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 3.1k
 * 20) ... that in 1893, 16-year-old Tessie Reynolds (pictured) cycled from Brighton to London and back in a rational outfit? April 13, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 6.1k
 * 21) ... that when three and a half years old, Elizabeth Randles (pictured) played piano for King George III and his family? April 15, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 7.1k
 * 22) ... that many people believe there is no such thing as Welsh food? April 19, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 10k
 * 23) ... that British poet Anne Penny was criticised for poor grammar? April 26, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 2.2k
 * 24) ... that Sairat, which is set to be released today, is the first Indian film to include a symphonic score recorded in Hollywood? April 26, 2016 33.3k!!!
 * 25) ... that Emilia Baeyertz preached to crowds on Christianity but her son, Charles Nalder Baeyertz, was concerned about the moral dangers of "a prevalence of bad English"? May 9, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned |Charles_Nalder_Baeyertz 2k & 3.5k!
 * 26) ... that Sabrina Sidney (pictured) was groomed to be the perfect wife, using techniques such as pouring hot wax on her arms? June 28, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 26.2k!
 * 27) ... that the botanist Ethel Thomas designed the University of London's botany garden in Regent's Park? July 20, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 814
 * 28) ... that educationist Elizabeth Lachlan was purportedly asked to be Queen Victoria's governess? August 9, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 1.7k
 * 29) ... that Chief Whip Freda Corbet was known within her party as the 'tiny tyrant'? August 18, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 3.4k
 * 30) ... that the gothic arches of the Grade I listed Avon Bridge cannot be seen due to a later girder bridge widening it? August 19, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 3.3k
 * 31) ... that Elizabeth Casson set up an early occupational therapy school with funds borrowed from her brother Lewis? August 24, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 1.6k
 * 32) ... that Mabel Mudge became the longest serving landlady in the UK in 1995, having run Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton for 75 years? August 24, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 3.6k
 * 33) ... that the first public house officially visited by Queen Elizabeth II was the Bridge Inn, Topsham? August 26, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 6k
 * 34) ... that a judge shot a doctor at Exeter Racecourse during the last duel in Devon? August 28, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 2.7k
 * 35) ... that the clothing historian Janet Arnold was still working on clothes for the Mermaid Theatre just two days before her death from lymphoma? August 29, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 3.9k
 * 36) ... that the King William Ale House in Bristol was built in the 17th century as a women's refuge? August 31, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 5.3k
 * 37) ... that the artist Sandra Blow was asked to create glass screens for a departure lounge at Heathrow Airport? August 31, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 4.2k
 * 38) ... that the Luppitt Inn is a public house in the front room of a farm house? September 1, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 5.3k
 * 39) ... that all the other doctors at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children resigned in protest after the appointment of Eliza Walker Dunbar? September 3, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 6.5k
 * 40) ... that the Bristol and Bath Science Park includes an open area where children come to skateboard? September 3, 2016 with User:Worm That Turned 1.4k