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 * ... that in the U.S., the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its Republican counterpart promote the election of members of their respective parties to the United States Congress? (2004-07-29)
 * ... that Senator William A. Blakley of the U.S. state of Texas worked as ranch hand as a young man? (2005-02-05)
 * ... that Republican California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore wrote a book that was banned in the People's Republic of China? (2005-08-04)
 * ... that the Ronald Reagan Trail is a collection of highways in central Illinois that connect villages and cities that were of importance to former United States President Ronald Reagan? (2006-03-20)
 * ... that Luís Alves de Lima e Silva was a Brazilian military hero praised for his victories in the War of the Triple Alliance, and that his birthday is celebrated annually as Dia do Soldado? (2006-07-13)
 * ... that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajnath Singh has been active in the party since age 13? (2007-01-04)
 * ... that the McCarthy-style interrogations of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee caused the firing or expulsion of scores of professors and students from Florida universities between 1956 and 1966? (2007-01-06)
 * ... that Nikki Haley of South Carolina is the first Republican Indian American state legislator in the USA? (2007-01-06)
 * ... that Lauren Nelson, newly crowned Miss America 2007, is the second consecutive winner from Oklahoma? (2007-02-05)
 * ... that the Minute Women of the U.S.A. was a militantly anti-communist organization for American housewives in the 1950s? (2007-02-13)
 * ... that Chabad rabbi Milton Balkany misappropriated more than $700,000 of federal grant money from a charitable organisation that cared for disabled children? (2007-04-06)
 * ... that British Conservative politician Robert Jones was the only person to represent the parliamentary constituency of West Hertfordshire from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997? (2007-04-22)
 * ... that the early 1980s recession was the most serious recession in the United States since the Great Depression? (2007-05-10)
 * ... that the Society for the Reformation of Manners, founded in England in 1691, included a network of "moral guardians" in London to gather information about moral infractions? (2007-05-30)
 * ... that Ronald Reagan is the only American President to have his diaries published into a best selling book? (2007-06-10)
 * ... that Virginia Lamp Thomas, wife of United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected résumés for appointments in the George W. Bush Administration while working at the Heritage Foundation? (2007-06-13)
 * ... that the lifelong Democrat Jim Naugle is in his sixth straight term as the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale and supported only Republicans for President since 1968? (2007-07-03)
 * ... that the Romanian Symbolist writer Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti was an anarchist, an associate of the occultist Sâr Péladan (both pictured), and a supporter of his country's alliance with the Central Powers? (2007-07-21)
 * ... that, except in 1987, the United States presidential candidate who wins the Ames Straw Poll has always gone on to win the Republican Party's Iowa Caucus? (2007-07-26)
 * ... that the Duncan Hunter presidential campaign, 2008 has been endorsed by both Chuck Yeager and Ann Coulter? (2007-07-29)
 * ... that towns across the United States and Australia have memorials dedicated to the birth of their first white child? (2007-08-10)
 * ... that U.S. President Ronald Reagan timed his first proclamation of National Sanctity of Human Life Day to coincide with the anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in the Roe v. Wade abortion case? (2007-10-11)
 * ... that Douglas Bruce is so associated with Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights that attempts to loosen its spending restrictions are known as "de-Brucing"? (2007-10-26)
 * ... that in his 1968 Declaration of Perth, British Conservative leader Edward Heath pledged his party's support for Scottish devolution, a policy later reversed by Margaret Thatcher? (2007-10-27)
 * ... that despite having only $300,000 to the incumbent's $4 million in campaign funds, Greg Ballard won the 2007 mayoral election in Indianapolis, one of the biggest electoral upsets in Indiana history? (2007-11-13)
 * ... that John Gouriet organised the "Operation Pony Express" in 1977, where 100,000 films from the strikebound Grunwick laboratory were posted across the United Kingdom, getting around the refusal of the local postal workers to handle them? (2007-11-22)
 * ... that Fred Ryan was instrumental in the development of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library? (2007-11-28)
 * ... that Ronald Reagan's autobiography, An American Life, reached number eight on The New York Times' bestsellers list? (2007-12-31)
 * ... that newly crowned Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund's grandmother competed at Miss America 1944? (2008-01-31)
 * ... that future Canadian Senator John Gilbert Higgins hung black crêpe paper on his door in mourning the day that Newfoundland joined Canada? (2008-02-23)
 * ... that the conservative Thai Social Action Party was founded in 1974 by politician and former Prime Minister of Thailand Kukrit Pramoj? (2008-03-05)
 * ... that the author of The Strange Death of Tory England advises UK Conservatives to learn from the conservatism of the socialist George Orwell? (2008-03-12)
 * ... that by 1901, £4m of shares in the Suez Canal bought by Benjamin Disraeli in 1875 during his premiership were rising in value by £2m per year and yielding an annual dividend of £880,000? (2008-05-18)
 * ... that the presidential campaign of Chuck Baldwin began only two weeks before the 2008 Constitution Party Convention yet still edged the campaign of political veteran Alan Keyes in the delegate count? (2008-06-17)
 * ... that according to his memoir My Grandfather's Son, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had his credit card cut up by a car rental clerk? (2008-08-08)
 * ... that Anita Bryant's participation in Save Our Children, a coalition working to overturn gay rights ordinances in Miami and other cities in 1977 and 1978, destroyed her career? (2008-11-20)
 * ... that Democrat Paul J. Carmouche and Republican John C. Fleming face off on December 6, 2008, in one of the final two U.S. Congressional races of the year, delayed due to Hurricane Gustav? (2008-11-28)
 * ... that Robert J. Morris lost a bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 1958, and then ran for the Senate in Texas in 1964 and 1970, losing both times to George H. W. Bush? (2008-12-02)
 * ... that Ueli Maurer (pictured), the former president of the nationalist Swiss People's Party, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Swiss governmental election? (2008-12-02)
 * ... that Romanian Symbolist poet, novelist, and critic Alexandru Macedonski sat on a throne during meetings of his esoteric circle? (2008-12-09)
 * ... that the appointment of Sever Voinescu as Romanian ambassador to the United States was rejected by a Senate committee on grounds that he was too close to President Traian Băsescu? (2008-12-10)
 * ... that English businessman David Ross was named one of the 100 richest people in the United Kingdom by The Sunday Times? (2008-12-16)
 * ... that Holly Coors, wife of beer magnate Joseph Coors, stated while planning to run for Governor of Colorado that the way to help women was "not the Equal Rights Amendment but through free enterprise"? (2009-01-29)
 * ... that author Jonathan Krohn gave a two-minute speech at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at age thirteen? (2009-03-10)
 * ... that the new Polish party called Forward Poland rejected an alliance with Declan Ganley's Libertas? (2009-03-13)
 * ... that in 1952, after giving the Checkers Speech, Richard Nixon dictated a telegram resigning as Eisenhower's running mate, but his campaign manager Murray Chotiner ripped it up unsent? (2009-03-18)
 * ... that when Eisenhower told Nixon that he was unsure if Nixon would stay on the ticket if the Checkers speech succeeded, Nixon replied that there are times “when you've either got to shit or get off the pot”? (2009-04-19)
 * ... that Richard Nixon was approached to run in California's 12th congressional district election, 1946 only after local Republicans failed to interest General George Patton in the race? (2009-05-08)
 * ... that Ohio teenager Vicki Lynne Cole held up a sign (which she hadn't read) saying "Bring Us Together Again" at a 1968 Nixon rally, and the candidate later mentioned it in his victory speech? (2009-05-13)
 * ... that Jens Wisløff, a Conservative Party of Norway politician, was called "the grand old man of asphalt"? (2009-05-15)
 * ... that during his 1950 U.S. Senate race, Richard Nixon was so angered by his opponent, Helen Gahagan Douglas, that he threatened to castrate her? (2009-05-27)
 * ... that a speaking engagement by Tom Tancredo at a Youth for Western Civilization meeting was canceled after police used pepper spray against student protesters who were gathered outside? (2009-05-31)
 * ... that the U.S. Senate rejected Ernest W. Lefever for a State Department human rights post, a nomination opposed by his two brothers who claimed he supported views that "blacks were genetically inferior"? (2009-08-11)
 * ... that Holby City woman is a voter demographic in the United Kingdom considered influential to the outcome of the next United Kingdom general election? (2009-08-16)
 * ... that the Taxpayer March on Washington (pictured) was the largest demonstration against President Barack Obama's administration to date? (2009-09-18)
 * ... that lawyer, politician and anti-immigration activist Erik Gjems-Onstad also initiated the cyclosportive Styrkeprøven? (2009-09-29)
 * ... that although Bonar Law originally had fewer than forty supporting Members of Parliament, he became Leader of the Conservative Party after both of the frontrunners simultaneously withdrew? (2009-10-05)
 * ... that Joseph Zack Kornfeder, a founding member of the Communist Party of America in 1919, became a vigorous anti-Communist after his wife was arrested by the NKVD during the Great Purge of 1937–38? (2009-10-25)
 * ... that the Romanian magazine Sămănătorul promoted pastoral imagery, antisemitic messages, and its own branch of Symbolist poetry? (2009-11-06)
 * ... that demonstrations in Oslo, Norway in 2009, held by Arne Tumyr and the organization Stop the Islamisation of Norway, developed into street clashes? (2009-11-07)
 * ... that the local English political party the Devizes Guardians was formed after five trees were felled in a marketplace? (2009-11-08)
 * ... that prior to being hired as a columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Katherine Kersten worked as a lawyer and banker? (2009-12-06)
 * ... that prominent sociologist Nathan Glazer has, at different points in his career, been referred to as a Marxist, a neoconservative, and an espouser of "armchair intellectual liberalism"? (2010-02-17)
 * ... that when a teenager tore up a photograph of Canadian Prime Minister St. Laurent as the PM spoke, the ensuing fracas was seen as a turning point in the 1957 Canadian election? (2010-03-15)
 * ... that the idea for MyTwoCensus, a political watchdog of the 2010 U.S. Census, was first conceived by journalist Stephen Robert Morse as he was looking for a job on Craigslist? (2010-03-27)
 * ... that start-up conservative cable TV network RightNetwork features Frasier star Kelsey Grammer and new-media star Andrew Breitbart, and is being funded by Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider? (2010-04-26)
 * ... that at the United Kingdom general election on 6 May 2010 Helen Grant became the first black female candidate to be elected as a Conservative MP? (2010-05-13)
 * ... that New Jersey State Senator John P. Scott was described by The New York Times as "one of the most conservative Republicans in the Legislature"? (2010-05-28)
 * ... that one of the professors hired by Beck University, David Barton, was described by founder Glenn Beck as "the Library of Congress in shoes"? (2010-07-15)
 * ... that the State Rep. Leo Berman of Tyler, particularly known for his outspoken opposition to illegal immigration, is a candidate for Speaker of the Texas House in 2011? (2010-07-18)
 * ... that Democrat Mayor Thomas G. Dunn, national co-chairman of Democrats for Nixon, was "read out of the party" for his support of Republican President Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election bid? (2010-07-27)
 * ... that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed Senator George Runner's Ronald Reagan Day bill and the state will begin celebrating it on Reagan's 100th birthday? (2010-08-01)
 * ... that Olaf Gjerløw, grandfather of Socialist politician Tora Aasland, was a conservative editor of Morgenbladet? (2010-08-04)
 * ... that BioShock Infinite, Irrational Games' next title in its video game series, is set during 1912 in a giant airborne city constructed at the height of American exceptionalism? (2010-08-24)
 * ... that American blogger Pamela Geller has strongly defended former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic and denied the existence of Serbian concentration camps? (2010-08-31)
 * ... that Eugène Olaussen, a one-time personal acquaintance of Lenin, shifted views and wrote in Nazi publications during WWII? (2010-09-07)
 * ... that Glenn Beck introduced a "Black-Robed Regiment" of pastors from various denominations during his Restoring Honor rally in 2010, and launched a news website called The Blaze three days later? (2010-09-08)
 * ... that former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Daniel Webster (pictured) served in the Florida legislature for 28 years, making him the longest-serving legislator in Florida history? (2010-09-13)
 * ... that for his book Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass, Theodore Dalrymple interviewed over 10,000 people who had attempted suicide? (2010-09-17)
 * ... that accountant David J. Porter handily unseated Victor G. Carrillo in the 2010 Republican primary for Texas railroad commissioner? (2010-09-25)
 * ... that as a leader of the anti-Internet pornography organization Enough Is Enough, a former political sex scandal "other woman" became an influential Washington, D.C. lobbyist? (2010-09-30)
 * ... that Texas State Rep. Byron Cook is a leading supporter of maintaining the scenic Texas State Railroad from Rusk to Palestine? (2010-10-02)
 * ... that an anti-abortion movement commercial, featuring a depiction of President Barack Obama, was CatholicVote.org first advertisement and recorded over 700,000 hits? (2010-10-04)
 * ... that Steve Munisteri, the chairman of the Texas Republican Party, met his former wife on a bus trip from Austin to Kansas City to attend the 1976 Republican National Convention? (2010-10-09)
 * ... that Rich Iott, a first-time candidate in the 2010 House of Representatives elections in Ohio, came to media prominence due to his past participation in a World War II reenactment group? (2010-10-19)
 * ... that Michele Bachmann and Tom Emmer will appear in My War, a documentary about the Christian youth ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International? (2010-11-04)
 * ... that Scott Ashjian faced a legal challenge prior to the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Nevada as he changed parties after submitting his candidacy? (2010-11-05)
 * ... that The Mark Levin Show is the fourth most-listened-to radio program in the United States, with over 8.5 million listeners? (2010-11-06)
 * ... that the term "death panels," which Sarah Palin (pictured) coined on her Facebook page, was named "Lie of the Year" by PolitiFact.com and the "Most Outrageous" word of 2009 by the American Dialect Society? (2010-12-05)
 * ... that former Georgia State Senator Nancy Schaefer died in what police concluded was a murder–suicide perpetrated by her husband? (2011-01-06)
 * ... that the 1968 pamphlet Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex? claimed that sex education was a Communist conspiracy? (2011-01-12)
 * ... that, in 1991, Texas political activist Clymer Wright led the successful initiative to establish term limits on municipal officials in Houston? (2011-02-07)
 * ... that scholars estimate that it takes two or three generations for a tradition to emerge? (2011-02-17)
 * ... that, in its campaign against a Romanian World War I alliance with the Entente Powers, the newspaper Seara employed conservatives, socialists and anarchists as contributors? (2011-03-05)
 * ... that ProtectMarriage.com was formed to pass California Proposition 8, a voter initiative against same-sex marriage? (2011-03-09)
 * ... that during World War I, future Norwegian politician and railroad chairman Egil Werner Erichsen was hit by the Spanish Flu, but did not spend one day in bed? (2011-03-18)
 * ... that former Washington Times editor James R. Whelan claims he was dismissed from the paper after control of it was "seized" by leaders of the Unification Church? (2011-04-07)
 * ... that after graduating from the University of Chicago Law School, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison H. Eid clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas? (2011-04-20)
 * ... that Blue Labour is a socially conservative trend in the British Labour Party that argues for Flag, Faith and Family? (2011-04-21)
 * ... that the first phase of Mitt Romney's 2012 U.S. presidential campaign was announced via a video message? (2011-04-23)
 * ... that born-again Christian political activist David Lane, who works to support right-wing politics in the US, was called the "stealth weapon for the right"? (2011-05-01)
 * ... that Conservative Party candidate Bernard Trottier won a seat in the 41st Canadian Parliament by defeating the incumbent Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2011 federal election? (2011-05-12)
 * ... that Romanian scholar Nicolae Iorga constructed a conservative vision of world history, contrasting Max Weber's Protestant Ethic? (2011-05-23)
 * ... that "unruly" diplomat Henry Labouchère was the first person to publish Truth in Britain? (2011-05-25)
 * ... that the State Policy Network of conservative "free market" political think tanks in every U.S. state has been likened to a franchising arrangement? (2011-06-05)
 * ... that Norwegian botanist and politician Olaf Alfred Hoffstad taught at Sandefjord Upper Secondary School for almost 43 years? (2011-06-07)
 * ... that the Faith and Freedom Coalition was founded by Ralph Reed as "a 21st century version of the Christian Coalition"? (2011-06-20)
 * ... that Harlan Crow collection of statues at his Dallas residence includes those of Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong? (2011-06-28)
 * ... that between 1932 and 1962, Iowa Republican Governor and U.S. Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper won 17 of 19 elections in which he was a candidate? (2011-06-29)
 * ... that journalist Nils Vogt was the first chairman of the Norwegian Press Association? (2011-07-04)
 * ... that Theodore Dalrymple's book Our Culture, What's Left of It describes British culture as a "moral swamp"? (2011-07-16)
 * ... that the Louisiana State Rep. Thomas G. Carmody obtained passage in 2009 of a bill strengthening penalities for the crime of indecent behavior with juveniles? (2011-07-23)
 * ... that when the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a "free-market think tank," criticized Al Gore's energy use, CNN mistakenly called the organization an environmental group? (2011-08-02)
 * ... that U.S. Congressman Thaddeus McCotter mounted a 2012 campaign for president after being asked to run by Red Eye satirist Greg Gutfeld? (2011-08-07)
 * ... that Ethical Oil, a book that argues in favour of the exploitation the Athabasca oil sands, won the National Business Book Award in 2011? (2011-08-12)
 * ... that the Hetman Party of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth called upon Russia to help defend their Golden Liberties? (2011-08-26)
 * ... that Nicolae Fleva, who helped prepare Romania's independence in 1877, allegedly sold his loyalty to the Central Powers in 1915? (2011-12-01)
 * ... that Norwegian newspaper editor Christian Friele was an honorary member of the Conservative Press Association, despite not attending any of its meetings? (2012-01-28)
 * ... that, shortly after being sentenced to death for treason, Ioan C. Filitti became manager of the National Theatre Bucharest? (2012-02-29)
 * ... that, in summer 1917, a plan existed to make septuagenarian Petre P. Carp (cartoon pictured) the dictator of German-occupied Romania? (2012-03-07)
 * ... that Anton Bacalbașa, who wrote the first Romanian introduction to Das Kapital, was elected to the Deputies' Assembly on a Conservative Party ticket? (2012-03-19)
 * ... that Nicolae Xenopol, who wrote a satirical novel about a Yankee visiting "disgusting" Romania, was later Romania's first ambassador to Japan? (2012-04-05)
 * ... that mathematician Ioan Mire Melik was a member of the Romanian literary society Junimea, and recommended it invest in a salt mine to improve its finances? (2012-05-13)
 * ... that Vasile Pogor, a Romanian Buddhist scholar and co-founder of the Conservative Party, appeared to be "missing something upstairs"? (2012-05-14)
 * ... that Milo Yiannopoulos arranged a moonwalking flash mob at Liverpool Street station as a tribute to Michael Jackson shortly after his death? (2012-07-24)
 * ... that Time magazine ranked Ronald Reagan's speech (pictured) at the Berlin Wall in the top 10 greatest speeches? (2012-08-13)
 * ... that the 2012 political book Britannia Unchained attracted criticism for accusing British employees of being "among the worst idlers in the world"? (2012-09-21)
 * ... that former investment banker Paul Deighton described his appointment as 2012 Olympics chief executive as "the only job I would have considered leaving Goldman Sachs for"? (2012-09-21)
 * ... that Arizona Territorial Delegate Mark Smith was accused of receiving gold from the Wham Paymaster Robbery? (2012-09-24)
 * ... that a female literary critic and a Jewish senator were among the noted promoters of Romania's fascist movements? (2012-09-28)
 * ... that the ASA ruled that the New Labour, New Danger adverts portrayed Tony Blair as "dishonest and sinister"? (2012-09-30)
 * ... that Luke Messer served as John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign co-chair in Indiana? (2012-11-09)
 * ... that 2016: Obama's America, the fourth-highest-grossing U.S. documentary of the past 30 years, was initially released in only one theater? (2012-11-18)
 * ... that when she is inaugurated as Secretary of State of Washington in January, Kim Wyman will be the only Republican elected to statewide office on the West Coast of the United States? (2012-11-28)
 * ... that before he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, Andy Barr worked for Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, and Ernie Fletcher? (2012-11-29)
 * ... that producer and screenwriter Jeremy Boreing met future writing partner Joel David Moore by helping move Moore's couch with his pickup truck? (2012-12-12)
 * ... that an internet video by conservative blogger Bill Whittle criticizing the Occupy Wall Street movement has been watched by over 2.4 million viewers on YouTube since October 2011? (2013-01-01)
 * ... that the picture in the Labour Isn't Working poster was used by both the UK Conservatives and the US Republicans in their respective 1979 and 2012 election campaigns? (2013-01-11)
 * ... that Republican David Pendleton was the Hawaiian House Minority Floor Leader from 1998 to 2002, and now sits on the Hawaii Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board as an administrative law judge? (2013-02-10)
 * ... that the new far right party the British Democratic Party was established by current Member of the European Parliament Andrew Brons? (2013-02-17)
 * ... that former AT&T engineer Mike Cierpiot now reviews communications bills for the Missouri House of Representatives? (2013-05-12)
 * ... that former British National Party fundraiser Jim Dowson is registered as the leader of the recently founded loyalist party Protestant Coalition? (2013-05-17)
 * ... that Tony's Cronies included Tony Blair's former boss, school friend and office manager, who some viewed as appointed to official positions because of their personal friendships with Blair? (2013-05-20)
 * ... that Narendra Modi is the longest-serving chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party? (2013-08-10)
 * ... that Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty played first string quarterback ahead of NFL hall-of-famer Terry Bradshaw in college at Louisiana Tech University? (2013-08-30)
 * ... that to treat his cancer when he was a child, Marie Curie administered radiation therapy to future Arizona Governor Jack Williams? (2013-09-24)
 * ... that after being voted as the German Wine Queen in 1995, Julia Klöckner (pictured) went on to lead the Christian Democratic Union party in her native state of Rhineland-Palatinate? (2013-10-24)
 * ... that New Jersey Assemblywoman-elect Maria Rodriguez-Gregg plays for a local roller derby team? (2013-11-11)
 * ... that historian John Vincent called the New Social Alliance a "poor man's Young England"? (2014-01-06)
 * ... that Kansas House Bill 2453 would allow service providers in Kansas to refuse service to same-sex couples under the purview of religious liberty? (2014-02-28)
 * ... that Romanian linguist Sextil Pușcariu spent three years in Berlin during World War II, leading a propaganda effort against Hungary's hold on Northern Transylvania? (2014-04-04)
 * ... that the plaque on the memorial of Czech poet Viktor Dyk shows only his name? (2014-04-27)
 * ... that after The American Review owner expressed admiration for Hitler and Mussolini, a former contributor said he wouldn't write for it again "if it were the last publication left in America"? (2015-01-24)
 * ... that Romanian sociologist Traian Brăileanu, known to his students as "Socrates", was tried for "corrupting the youth"? (2015-02-19)
 * ... that 12-year-old conservative political activist C.J. Pearson defended former mayor Rudy Giuliani and criticized President Barack Obama in a YouTube video that got nearly two million views? (2015-06-27)
 * ... that the Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority in the 2014 Indian parliamentary election, the first time any political party had done so since 1984? (2015-07-23)
 * ... that the Community of Royalist People's Party was a short-lived Cambodian political party that existed between April 2014 and January 2015? (2015-09-26)
 * ... that during his 2000 campaign for U.S. president, Donald Trump named Oprah Winfrey as his ideal running mate? (2015-10-30)
 * ... that Donald Trump's spokesperson Katrina Pierson appeared on CNN with a necklace made of bullets? (2016-01-13)
 * ... that during the period of state control known as State Shinto, Japan lost 80,000 Shinto shrines? (2016-02-16)
 * ... that despite being described by its leader as "liberal", the Social Encounter Party supported a constitutional amendment in Baja California to ban same-sex marriage? (2016-02-18)
 * ... that in August 2015, the term "social justice warrior" was one of several new words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionaries? (2016-04-07)
 * ... that when Newburgh city manager Joseph Mitchell summoned all the city's welfare recipients to City Hall to investigate their legitimacy, no cases of fraud were uncovered? (2016-04-08)
 * ... that Ieremia Cecan, a regional leader of the Romanian Nazi Party, campaigned for the unification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches? (2016-04-09)
 * ... that while he was mayor of Portland, Neal Dow ordered state militia troops to fire upon people protesting his Prohibition law? (2016-08-15)
 * ... that alt-right media hub The Right Stuff has a core principle of ethnic nationalism? (2016-09-19)
 * ... that FUNCINPEC started as a Cambodian resistance movement and later became a political party? (2016-11-01)
 * ... that Kentucky family court judge Timothy N. Philpot says he does not "mention Jesus inside the courthouse very much, even when I know he is absolutely the only answer to the problem in front of me"? (2016-11-10)
 * ... that Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells is a term given to people, traditionally ascribed as being from Royal Tunbridge Wells, who write letters of incensed conservative moral outrage? (2017-02-19)
 * ... that the aged, hernia-afflicted Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea reportedly ran in the Wallachian princely election only to hamper other candidates? (2017-03-05)
 * ... that Barbara B. Smith created the Monument to Women Memorial Garden to defend traditional women's values from the perceived threat of the Equal Rights Amendment? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that a rhyming passage from Mihai Eminescu's novel Poor Dionis proposes "that this world is merely dreamland and a cat's fantastic vision"? (2017-07-18)
 * ... that if elected to government, Independence from Europe would build a large condominium in London to house British Members of Parliament? (2017-07-19)
 * ... that Prince Știrbei, the Romanian arts patron, buried sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in Courbevoie, then fought over the remains with Carpeaux's widow? (2017-08-03)
 * ... that Ayn Rand found the title for her novel The Fountainhead, her first major success, in a thesaurus? (2017-08-17)
 * ... that the General Alliance against Racism and for Respect for French and Christian Identity sued Le Figaro for defamation against Catholics? (2018-02-14)
 * ... that in 2011, the National Coalition Party (poster pictured) became the largest political party in the Finnish parliament for the first time in its history? (2018-02-20)
 * ... that on Pulpit Freedom Sunday, conservative pastors give "blatantly political" sermons in defiance of the Johnson Amendment? (2018-03-02)
 * ... that US Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett taught constitutional law at Blackstone Legal Fellowship? (2018-03-16)
 * ... that San Diego attorney Charles LiMandri won a decades-long court battle against the ACLU to prevent the removal of the Mount Soledad Cross (pictured)? (2018-03-22)
 * ... that Alliance Defending Freedom's first landmark case was the 1995 US Supreme Court lawsuit Rosenberger v. University of Virginia? (2018-03-26)
 * ... that a blogpost made by David Frum predicting that Obamacare would never be repealed drew so many hits that it crashed the servers within hours? (2018-04-22)
 * ... that Both Lives Matter ran an advertising campaign in 2017 with billboards featuring the headline "100,000 people are alive today because of our laws on abortion. Why change that?" (2018-05-01)
 * ... that on his election in 2017, Alexander Curtis was thought to be the youngest mayor in Europe at only 20 years old? (2018-05-03)
 * ... that after being excluded from the National Front by his daughter Marine Le Pen in 2015, Jean-Marie Le Pen created the Comités Jeanne, named after Joan of Arc? (2018-06-04)
 * ... that according to the book Passing on the Right, conservative professors in the US often have to employ "coping strategies that gays and lesbians have used in the military and other inhospitable work environments"? (2018-06-07)
 * ... that at oral argument in NIFLA v. Becerra, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan questioned whether a California law was "gerrymandered" in order to discriminate against crisis pregnancy centers? (2018-06-10) ... that at oral argument in NIFLA v. Becerra, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan questioned whether a California law was "gerrymandered" in order to discriminate against crisis pregnancy centers? (2019-06-13)
 * ... that Elias Polk, one of U.S. President James K. Polk's slaves, became a conservative political activist after the Civil War? (2018-06-14)
 * ... that Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa feminist group New Wave Feminists was removed as a partner of the 2017 Women's March after organizers discovered the group was pro-life? (2018-06-17)
 * ... that Gheorghe A. Lăzăreanu-Lăzurică, a self-proclaimed "Voivode of the Gypsies", supported Romania's far-right groups, beginning with the National Agrarian Party? (2018-08-13)
 * ... that the citizens of Târgoviște, Romania, put a jinx on boyar Emanoil Băleanu, which was seen as being fulfilled when his wife died in childbirth? (2018-10-31)
 * ... that when Constantin Cantacuzino (pictured) was made Caimacam of Wallachia, his own son reportedly shouted in protest? (2018-11-21)
 * ... that U.S. Representative-elect Dan Crenshaw lost an eye to an improvised explosive device while serving with SEAL Team Three in Afghanistan? (2018-12-12)
 * ... that Operation Hope Not was the codename for planning Winston Churchill's funeral (procession pictured), the largest state funeral in British history? (2019-01-30)
 * ... that despite a ban on the National Peasants' Party (logo shown) taking effect on this day in 1947, the party still organized in the Romanian underground, attempting to field a candidate in the 1985 election? (2019-07-29)
 * ... that U.S. Border Patrol agents reported that some migrant detainees at the U.S.–Mexico border in 2019 were housed in standing-room conditions for days or weeks? (2019-08-18)
 * ... that the International Agrarian Bureau was criticized by the right as advocating the "peasant-boot dictatorship", and by the left as a vehicle for "peasant individualism"? (2019-09-02)
 * ... that Beth Van Duyne, the mayor of Irving, Texas, from 2011 to 2017, initially became involved in politics due to a zoning dispute? (2019-09-03)
 * ... that newly appointed U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler co-owns the women's basketball team Atlanta Dream? (2020-01-06)
 * ... that during the 1952 U.S. presidential election, the Constitution Party gave its presidential and vice-presidential nominations to Douglas MacArthur and Harry F. Byrd, respectively, without their permission? (2020-04-08)
 * ... that actor James Stewart displayed his only Oscar, which he had won for The Philadelphia Story, in his father's hardware shop? (2020-04-23)
 * ... that India developed nuclear power when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was prime minister? (2020-05-03)
 * ... that Ryan T. Anderson wrote an anti-transgender book that topped the Amazon bestsellers list in the Gay & Lesbian Civil Rights History category? (2020-06-29)
 * ... that Lauren Boebert encourages her servers to openly carry firearms inside her restaurant in Rifle, Colorado? (2020-07-22)
 * ... that Troy Nehls, the sheriff of Fort Bend County, is the son of a sheriff and brother of a sheriff? (2020-07-29)
 * ... that Stella Immanuel claims that space alien DNA is used in medical treatments, that reptilians run the United States government, and that she uses hydroxychloroquine to cure COVID-19? (2020-09-02)
 * ... that the anti-gender movement claimed that the proposed 2016 Colombian peace agreement was "an instrument to impose gender ideology"? (2020-09-05)
 * ... that Winston Churchill (pictured) was a keen amateur bricklayer, constructing buildings and garden walls at his home, Chartwell? (2020-09-23)
 * ... that the Churchill caretaker ministry reduced the British bacon ration from 4 oz to 3 oz per week? (2020-09-24)
 * ... that as a lobbyist for Bacardi, Otto Reich, a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, played a role in passing legislation that stripped trademark protection from Havana Club rum? (2020-11-05)
 * ... that Ted Heath stated "rejoice, rejoice" at the 1990 resignation of Margaret Thatcher, echoing words she had used after the 1982 recapture of South Georgia? (2020-11-07)
 * ... that a 14 ft steel cutout of Donald Trump stands outside the Trump House in Latrobe, Pennsylvania? (2020-11-09)
 * ... that Andrew Clyde became involved in politics after being subject to a civil asset forfeiture of nearly $1 million by the Internal Revenue Service? (2020-12-05)
 * ... that Representative-elect August Pfluger great-great-great-great-grandfather founded Pflugerville, Texas? (2020-12-07)
 * ... that the far-right "Hannibal" network has been likened to a "shadow army"? (2020-12-09)
 * ... that the 1988 Bruges speech by Margaret Thatcher has been described as "setting the UK on the path to Brexit"? (2021-01-01)
 * ... that Senegalese turtle biologist Tomas Diagne drove 1200 mi to pick up the carcass of a Nubian flapshell turtle? (2021-02-01)
 * ... that some Brexit supporters have called for the UK to transform itself into a deregulated, low-tax "Singapore-on-Thames" to prosper outside of the EU? (2021-04-09)
 * ... that Julia Letlow won the special election for a seat in the United States House of Representatives after her husband died from COVID-19 before he could be sworn into office? (2021-04-16)
 * ... that although Margaret Thatcher announced to the House of Commons on 14 June 1982 that Argentine troops were flying "white flags over Port Stanley", they were probably just laundry on a washing line? (2021-06-14)
 * ... that the 1976 "Britain Awake" speech by Margaret Thatcher (pictured) led to her being nicknamed the "Iron Lady" by a Soviet newspaper? (2021-06-19)
 * ... that in 1981 the Conservative Party leadership feared that 25 of its members of parliament would vote against Margaret Thatcher's economic policies and cause a split in the party? (2021-06-22)
 * ... that the slogan of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, "Make America Great Again", was also used by Ronald Reagan in his 1980 presidential campaign (campaign button pictured)? (2021-06-27)
 * ... that during Sam Brownback's 2008 presidential campaign, he mentioned the yellow brick road in both the speech that began and the speech that ended his candidacy? (2021-07-24)
 * ... that two school districts in Kentucky protested against a statewide mandate to hang a copy of the United States national motto by showing oversized $1 bills and 1¢ coins, which contain the motto? (2021-08-26)
 * ... that Margaret Thatcher had to wait while a series of parish ministers objected before she could give her "Sermon on the Mound"? (2021-10-19)
 * ... that when Dan Quayle announced his 2000 presidential campaign, Larry King congratulated him by telling him "you're not a joke like you once were"? (2021-10-28)
 * ... that Jacob Wohl was banned for life by the National Futures Association when he was only 19 years old? (2021-10-30)
 * ... that the conservative organization Moms for Liberty wants a book about Galileo Galilei to be taught in a way that is more positive towards the Catholic Church, for balance? (2021-12-19)
 * ... that Adam Kincaid of the National Republican Redistricting Trust defended lowered competition in US House elections, arguing that the changes would save the party money? (2022-01-12)
 * ... that the 1810s reign of Ioan Caragea introduced Wallachia to carom billiards, sugar sculptures, and an eponymous plague? (2022-02-01)
 * ... that Gheorghe Eminescu, nephew of Romania's national poet, spent time in communist prisons, including one which allocated him a 25-centimeters-wide (10-inch) sleeping area? (2022-02-15)
 * ... that the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation has argued that octopuses should be considered sentient? (2022-03-13)
 * ... that QAnon has used feminine aesthetics to lure in mothers? (2022-04-08)
 * ... that the dark-money American Accountability Foundation aims to "take a big handful of sand and throw it in the gears of the Biden administration"? (2022-06-07)
 * ... that Boris Rhein failed to become the mayor of his hometown, but was later elected the minister-president of his home state? (2022-06-21)
 * ... that during Orrin Hatch's presidential campaign in 2000, his wife told him that his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses was a "sign from God" to end his campaign? (2022-07-17)
 * ... that some analysts considered Víctor Hugo Zamora appointment as hydrocarbons minister to be a gesture to oil companies, guaranteeing "covert continuity" between the Áñez and Morales governments? (2022-10-18)
 * ... that Oscar Ortiz continued his 2019 presidential campaign even after his own running mate asked him to withdraw? (2023-01-28)
 * ... that Eudoro Galindo, who was nearly elected Vice President of Bolivia, was also a three-time national fencing champion and a two-time Bolivarian Games bronze medallist? (2023-02-04)
 * ... that out of 84 people running for governor seats in Bolivia in 2021, Mirtha Arce was one of just seven women and was the first in the Tarija Department to ever do so? (2023-03-30)
 * ... that Americano Media wants to be "Fox News in Spanish"? (2023-04-30)
 * ... that N. Porsenna, who translated The Ballad of Reading Gaol into Romanian, spent seven years in communist prisons? (2023-05-02)
 * ... that former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said that she would swim in Loch Ness naked if the SNP won more than 50 seats at the 2019 United Kingdom general election? (2023-07-07)
 * ... that former German chancellor Angela Merkel grandfather likely fought against Germany in World War I? (2023-08-17)
 * ... that even though the Legislative Assembly of Quebec ordered a monument of Maurice Duplessis in front of its building, later premiers hid it for 16 years to avoid political tensions? (2023-11-12)
 * ... that as Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad called the outcomes of the 1992 Earth Summit "eco-imperialism"? (2023-11-30)
 * ... that PragerU's hashtag #DETRANS, originally meant to promote their short film, was hijacked by Twitter users? (2023-12-28)
 * ... that the first theatrical run of A Stormy Night by Ion Luca Caragiale (pictured), featuring a journalist nearly beaten up by the Civic Guard, saw Caragiale nearly beaten up by the Civic Guard? (2024-01-30)
 * ... that online social and "Barstool conservatives" spent their Christmas holidays arguing about whether a beer promotional calendar was "demonic"? (2024-03-17)