Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2006 DYK Blurbs

2006 DYK Blurbs: Transcluding 10 of 163 2006 DYK blurbs
 * ... that Gregoria de Jesus was the founder and vice-president of the woman chapter of the Katipunan partisan society during the Philippine Revolution? (2006-12-31)
 * ... that, after having spent much of her 8 years in Communist prisons in complete solitude, and willing herself to memorize events in daily succession, the Romanian artist Lena Constante published her recollections in a diary? (2006-12-30)
 * ... that Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Guy Bush gave up Babe Ruth's last two career home runs on May 25, 1935, just five days before Ruth retired? (2006-12-28)
 * ... that Erin Bode performed with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for three seasons before starting her recording career as a singer? (2006-12-28)
 * ... that American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich was the first woman to receive the Doctor of Musical Arts in composition and to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music? (2006-12-24)
 * ... that Portuguese Josefa de Óbidos was one of the few women dedicated to painting (pictured: still life by her) in the Baroque era? (2006-12-23)
 * ... that Emily Helen Butterfield was Michigan's first licensed female architect, and designed many college fraternity and sorority crests thanks to her interest in heraldry? (2006-12-22)
 * ... that American composer Alla Pavlova lived close to ground zero and dedicated her first symphonic work to the memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks? (2006-12-21)
 * ... that Spanish government minister and European Commissioner Loyola de Palacio deflected speculation that she was an Opus Dei member, noting that she was named after Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus? (2006-12-20)
 * ... that Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter each wrote a chapter of the short story "A House to Let"? (2006-12-20)
 * ... that the American singer Mary Fahl's first full-length solo album contains a song first written over 800 years ago in the extinct language of Mozarabic? (2006-12-19)
 * ... that as a teenager, Chiri Yukie prepared the first Japanese translations of several of the yukar sagas of the Ainu people? (2006-12-17)
 * ... that Broadway actress Evelyn Hoey was found shot dead in the bedroom of oil heir Henry H. Rogers's grandson in 1935? (2006-12-16)
 * ... that the support that Australian author Mary Grant Bruce gave to racial stereotypes and social Darwinism in her books was redacted from later editions? (2006-12-15)
 * ... that of the 64 women in the 39th Canadian Parliament, only one, former New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough, represents a riding in Atlantic Canada? (2006-12-13)
 * ... that The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook to be published in the United States? (2006-12-11)
 * ... that the costume for the fairy Carabosse in the 1921 ballet The Sleeping Princess was designed to have the silhouette of a rat? (2006-12-08)
 * ... that Pauline Cushman (pictured), an actress and Union Army spy during the American Civil War, was caught posing as a Confederate soldier, but escaped hanging by three days? (2006-12-08)
 * ... that Ruth Gruber was the first journalist to enter the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan? (2006-12-07)
 * ... that the Crouching Venus, a Hellenistic type of Aphrodite or Venus (pictured), is known from dozens of Roman copies? (2006-12-07)
 * ... that Mary Jones walked 25 miles across the Welsh countryside to buy a copy of the Bible, unintentionally inspiring the creation of the British and Foreign Bible Society? (2006-12-04)
 * ... that Empress Zhang Yao'er refused to hand over control of China's Chen Dynasty until threatened with violence, as she hoped her captive son would be freed to take the throne? (2006-12-01)
 * ... that Soviet sniper Roza Shanina's declaration "I shall return after the battle" would be paraphrased in a book title? (2006-12-01)
 * ... that Maria Fyodorovna was the tallest Russian tsarina ever, and experienced difficulties while dancing with her husband, Emperor Paul, as a result? (2006-11-25)
 * ... that Minnie Evans received inspiration for her colored pencil drawings from her dreams? (2006-11-21)
 * ... that illiterate American slave quiltmaker Harriet Powers sold her now-museum-quality quilts (pictured) in the 1880s for only a couple of dollars? (2006-11-17)
 * ... that the body of the victim of the Red Barn Murder, in Suffolk, England, was discovered in 1828 after her stepmother reported dreaming about it? (2006-11-15)
 * ... that the use of the word "yeoman" in the U.S. Naval Reserve Act of 1916, rather than "man" or "male", enabled women to enlist in the U.S. Naval Reserve with the rank of Yeoman (F) (pictured) during World War I? (2006-11-14)
 * ... that the Egyptian actress Faten Hamama has received more than forty awards and starred in almost one hundred films? (2006-11-14)
 * ... that Elizabeth Godfrey was the most outstanding female goldsmith of her generation in 18th century Britain? (2006-11-14)
 * ... that Loretta Perfectus Walsh was the first woman to enlist in the U.S. military? (2006-11-13)
 * ... that Maria Yakunchikova (pictured) was a Russian painter who lived in Paris and was active primarily in western Europe? (2006-11-11)
 * ... that Princess Louise-Marie of France, the youngest of the 10 children of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska, amazed the court when she asked her father to allow her to become a Carmelite nun in 1770? (2006-11-11)
 * ... that the monument to Mother Featherlegs near Lusk, Wyoming has been called the only monument to a prostitute in the United States? (2006-11-10)
 * ... that Marie Louise Élisabeth (pictured), later Duchess of Parma, was the eldest child of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska, had a younger twin sister Henriette, and was one of only two of Louis' children to be married, the other being her brother, Louis, dauphin de France? (2006-11-10)
 * ... that Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (pictured) kept her morganatic marriage secret until the death of her father, Nicholas I of Russia, in 1855? (2006-11-10)
 * ... that Kadambini Ganguly (pictured) was one of the first female graduates in the British Empire and the first female conventional doctor in South Asia? (2006-11-09)
 * ... that Princess Marie Adélaïde (pictured), the fourth daughter and sixth child of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska, died in exile in 1800 having outlived all nine of her siblings? (2006-11-06)
 * ... that Rita Dove selected the Norton Anthology of African-American Literature, co-edited by Nellie Y. McKay with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., for a time capsule kept by the U.S. National Archives that will be opened in the 22nd century? (2006-11-03)
 * ... that Anne Juliana Gonzaga became a Servant of Mary following the death of her husband, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria in 1595, after receiving a vision of the Madonna, to whom her parents had prayed to cure her of a childhood illness? (2006-11-03)
 * ... that Sigrid Hjertén (pictured), a crucial figure in Swedish modernism, suffered from schizophrenia and tragically died following an awkwardly performed lobotomy? (2006-11-01)
 * ... that Queen Anula of Sri Lanka is believed to have been the first female monarch in Asia? (2006-10-27)
 * ... that Lady Sybil Grant (pictured), the eldest daughter of the British Prime Minister Lord Dalmeny, in her later years, became an eccentric, spending most of her time in a caravan or up a tree, communicating to her butler through a megaphone? (2006-10-26)
 * ... that cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke showed that human beings are born with many innate skills? (2006-10-25)
 * ... that Susan L. Hefle's research led to the development of commercialized ELISA testing for food allergens? (2006-10-19)
 * ... that Leonarda Cianciulli, the "Soap-Maker of Correggio", murdered three women and turned their bodies into soap and tea cakes? (2006-10-18)
 * ... that Nancy Dickerson was the first female news correspondent on the CBS television network? (2006-10-17)
 * ... that Shahzia Sikander, 2006 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant", is a Pakistan-born American artist who specializes in Indian and Persian miniature painting? (2006-10-15)
 * ... that athlete Gretel Bergmann left Germany for America because she was discriminated against for being Jewish, and that she refused to return to attend festivities when the Berlin-Wilmersdorf sports complex was named in her honour? (2006-10-13)
 * ... that the Golden Madonna of Essen (pictured) is the oldest preserved sculpture of the Virgin Mary? (2006-10-11)
 * ... that Agatha, mother of Saint Margaret of Scotland, could have been either a daughter of Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev or a daughter of the Bulgarian Tsar? (2006-10-10)
 * ... that 19th century London song-writer Helen, Lady Dufferin was admired by Disraeli, compared with Helen of Troy in a poem by Browning, and had a village named after her? (2006-10-07)
 * ... that Fredesvinda Garcia was a Cuban singer who recorded just one album, a year before her death? (2006-10-06)
 * ... that feminism in Poland is traditionally divided into seven historical periods, the first one dating to the beginning of the 19th century? (2006-10-06)
 * ... that a statue stands where Matangini Hazra was shot in 1942 during the Quit India Movement? (2006-10-03)
 * ... that Harriett Everard (pictured) was hit by a piece of falling scenery during rehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance, and likely never fully recovered from her injuries? (2006-10-02)
 * ... that Sheffield Wednesday Ladies F.C. were formed at the Star Inn public house in Rotherham during 1971 following a charity match between men and women at the pub? (2006-09-28)
 * ... that the African-American dancer Lavinia Williams gave up ballet stardom in the United States to spend decades developing national schools of Caribbean traditional dance in Haiti, Guyana, and the Bahamas? (2006-09-27)
 * ... that the Swedish schlager singer Towa Carson competed in Melodifestivalen 2004 at the age of 68? (2006-09-26)
 * ... that Florence Mary Taylor was the first female architect in Australia? (2006-09-25)
 * ... that on 2 January 1990, 26-year old Nivedita Bhasin of Indian Airlines became the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft? (2006-09-24)
 * ... that St. Nilus reportedly foretold to princess Aloara of Capua, for her part in the murder of her husband's nephew, that none of her offspring should reign in Capua&mdash;a prophecy that came true in 999? (2006-09-24)
 * ... that Elizabeth Gould (pictured) completed much of the preliminary illustration of her husband's seminal work The Birds of Australia, but died during its production and was not credited for most of her contributions? (2006-09-20)
 * ... that French Communist Party politician Jeannette Vermeersch was elected to to every sitting of the National Assembly from 1946 to 1958? (2006-09-13)
 * ... that Polish politician and Sejm member, Joanna Senyszyn, gained media attention due to her distinctive, high-pitched voice? (2006-09-01)
 * ... that aviator Ruth Nichols, known at one time as the "Flying Debutante", flew every type of aircraft developed, from dirigible to supersonic jet? (2006-08-30)
 * ... that having served as both Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton, Maria Echaveste is one of the highest-ranking Latinas to have served in a Presidential Administration? (2006-08-30)
 * ... that the veteran Polish actress Irena Kwiatkowska is most remembered for her television series role in which she performed various unusual or absurd jobs? (2006-08-30)
 * ... that Ludwika Maria Gonzaga was the queen consort of two Kings of Poland? (2006-08-28)
 * ... that Haraldskaer Woman, who lived around 540 BC, is one of the best preserved bog people ever discovered, and that forensic analysis reveals her last meal was blackberries and millet? (2006-08-28)
 * ... that murdered Australian designer Florence Broadhurst opened a performing arts academy in Shanghai before she became famous for her wallpaper designs? (2006-08-28)
 * ... that acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare but life-threatening disease of pregnancy that is treated with urgent delivery? (2006-08-25)
 * ... that Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 (1874) by Dorothy Wordsworth—her "masterpiece"—was never published in her lifetime? (2006-08-24)
 * ... that Maria Kazimiera, the 17th-century Queen of Poland, became famous for the love letters she and her husband, King Jan III Sobieski, wrote to each other? (2006-08-22)
 * ... that Ida Lewis (pictured) is, to date, the only American lighthouse keeper for whom a light station has been named? (2006-08-22)
 * ... that Katie Blair became the first teenager from Montana to place in the Miss Teen USA pageant's 24 year history, when she won the Miss Teen USA 2006 crown? (2006-08-19)
 * ... that a gymslip is a sleeveless tunic commonly associated with British schoolgirls and sportswomen of the early 20th century? (2006-08-18)
 * ... that Scotland Yard, one of the world's most iconic police institutions, was built overtop the site of an unsolved murder? (2006-08-16)
 * ... that in June 2001, Olga Kern became the first woman in over three decades to win the Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition? (2006-08-16)
 * ... that Archduchess Isabella Maria of Bourbon-Parma (pictured) was in love with her sister-in-law, Archduchess Maria Christina? (2006-08-09)
 * ... that Claudia Alexander was the last project manager of NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter? (2006-08-06)
 * ... that Mount Burbidge in Namadgi National Park was named for Australian botanist Nancy Tyson Burbidge, who was instrumental in lobbying for the foundation of the park? (2006-07-31)
 * ... that, by involving working class women, Harriot Stanton Blatch helped reinvigorate the American women's suffrage movement in the early 20th century? (2006-07-21)
 * ... that the 1990 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was the only World Championship to permit bodychecking in women's ice hockey? (2006-07-20)
 * ... that in 1935, English cricketer Betty Snowball scored 189 runs against New Zealand in the fourth ever women's Test match, setting a world record that was not beaten for over 50 years? (2006-07-16)
 * ... that Margherita Gonzaga d'Este ran her own balletto delle donne in the late 16th century, comprised entirely of women who frequently cross-dressed? (2006-07-15)
 * ... that Olympic pair skating champions Andrée Brunet and Pierre Brunet refused to defend their title at the 1936 Winter Olympics because Nazi Germany was hosting the Games? (2006-07-15)
 * ... that British paediatrician June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury is commemorated in the coat of arms of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, as a supporter holding a staff of Aesculapius entwined with a double helix rather than the traditional snake? (2006-07-14)
 * ... that in 2003 Erin Crocker became the first woman to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals sprint car race? (2006-07-14)
 * ... that Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman, elected the first Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in 2006, was the first woman to give birth while serving as a British Member of Parliament in the 1970s, and is reported to have been the first woman to breast feed at the Palace of Westminster? (2006-07-09)
 * ... that Austrian figure skater Herma Szabo practiced on the first artificial ice rink ever made, and went on to win five world championships? (2006-07-07)
 * ... that several months after Vasili III of Russia divorced his wife, Solomonia Saburova, on account of her barrenness, she is believed to have given birth to a son, who became the Cossack robber Kudeyar? (2006-07-05)
 * ... that Celia Rosser, Australian botanical illustrator has the Banksia species Banksia rosserae and the cultivar Banksia canei 'Celia Rosser' named in her honour? (2006-07-05)
 * ... that Alevtina Kolchina was the first female Nordic skier and first person from the Soviet Union (now Russia) to receive the Holmenkollen medal in 1963? (2006-06-30)
 * ... that at the Roman festival of Quinquatria in 59, Emperor Nero invited his mother Agrippina to his villa, as part of his plan to assassinate her? (2006-06-27)
 * ... that choreographer Gillian Lynne took up dance as a child to recover from the violent death of her mother? (2006-06-27)
 * ... that the Roman festival of hilaria, which allowed anyone to masquerade as any rank, was used in a plot to assassinate Emperor Commodus, by conspirators planning to disguise themselves as members of the Praetorian Guard? (2006-06-26)
 * ... that Betsey Stockton, the first unmarried female foreign missionary, was a manumitted slave who established schools in Hawaii and Canada? (2006-06-25)
 * ... that the Greenbrier Ghost (Zona Heaster Shue, pictured) is the only ghost in American history whose alleged testimony influenced a jury trial? (2006-06-23)
 * ... that Russian composer Ella Adayevskaya took her pseudonym from the notes played by the kettledrum in Mikhail Glinka's opera Ruslan and Ludmila? (2006-06-22)
 * ... that Ann Hasseltine Judson was the first Protestant to translate a scripture into Siamese, and legitimized the missionary calling for Christian women? (2006-06-22)
 * ... that Chicago composer Margaret Bonds wrote her first work, the Marquette Street Blues, at the age of five? (2006-06-17)
 * ... that Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero, which premiered in 1625, was the first opera written by a woman? (2006-06-16)
 * ... that according to the U.S. NIH, elective c-section and natural birth have "similar degrees of risk" for most women? (2006-06-14)
 * ... that the prosecution of writer and poet Perihan Magden for urging defiance of mandatory military service has complicated Turkey's negotiations for membership in the European Union? (2006-06-11)
 * ... that Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai was married to Vikram Sarabhai, considered the Father of the Indian space program? (2006-06-11)
 * ... that the legendary Tamil stage and film artiste K. B. Sundarambal was also a political activist, and the first film personality to enter an Indian state legislature? (2006-06-11)
 * ... that economist Barbara Ward, an early advocate of sustainable development, was the first woman ever to address a synod of Roman Catholic bishops? (2006-06-11)
 * ... that Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (pictured) was noted as a patroness of Schiller, Goethe, and Liszt? (2006-06-10)
 * ... that former movie actress Vera Ralston personally insulted Adolf Hitler in the 1936 Winter Olympics, and won a silver medal? (2006-06-09)
 * ... that Arthur Rimbaud evoked the iconic image of Venus Anadyomene in a sardonic poem that introduced cellulite to high literature? (pictured: Venus Anadyomene by Titian) (2006-06-06)
 * ... that Jane Colden was the first female botanist to describe flora in the United States? (2006-06-04)
 * ... that Gestrinone, a medication for endometriosis that is banned by the IOC for its anabolic effects, has also been studied as a postcoital contraceptive? (2006-06-04)
 * ... that Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first female dentist in the United States? (2006-05-30)
 * ... that Ilsa Konrads, former editor of Belle, was an Australian Olympic swimmer who set 12 world records? (2006-05-30)
 * ... that partly because of issues highlighed by the London matchgirls strike of 1888, the Salvation Army opened up its own match factory in Bow, London in 1891, which used harmless red phosphorus and paid better wages? (2006-05-23)
 * ... that Patience Dabany, former First Lady of Gabon, is also a successful recording artist? (2006-05-15)
 * ... that Marie Selipha Sesenne Descartes, better known simply as Sesenne, was a Saint Lucian singer and cultural icon who was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1972? (2006-05-11)
 * ... that disqualification protests were lodged against Clare Dennis, the winner of the 200 m breaststroke at the 1932 Summer Olympics, on the grounds of her "inappropriate" costume, which exposed her shoulderblades? (2006-05-08)
 * ... that Sara Christian was the first woman to compete in a NASCAR race, the only woman to have a Top Five finish, and the recipient of the 1949 United States Drivers's Association Woman Driver of the Year award? (2006-05-06)
 * ... that the affair between Teresa Bagioli Sickles and Philip Barton Key was the motive for the murder committed by Teresa's husband, who became the first person to successfully use the insanity defense in U.S. legal history? (2006-05-03)
 * ... that Michelle Ford was the first woman to win individual swimming medals at the Olympics in two distinct specialized strokes? (2006-05-03)
 * ... that Russian sculptor Anna Golubkina used the same model for her sculpture, The Old Age, as Auguste Rodin had used for his sculpture, The Thinker, 14 years earlier? (2006-05-03)
 * ... that firing of Anna Walentynowicz, a Polish free trade union activist, was one of the events that led to the giant wave of strikes in Poland and eventually the creation of Solidarity? (2006-05-02)
 * ... that the Capitoline Wolf, the icon of the founding of Rome, is actually an Etruscan bronze statue depicting a she-wolf suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus? (2006-04-30)
 * ... that French singer Édith Piaf dedicated her recording of the song, "Non, je ne regrette rien", to the French Foreign Legion? (2006-04-29)
 * ... that Saint Thomas Becket professed to owe a "debt of gratitude" to Margaret of Navarre, who was the regent of Sicily between 1166 and 1171? (2006-04-25)
 * ... that a Mercedes roadster was colloquially named after a wealthy German call girl, Rosemarie Nitribitt, who was murdered in Frankfurt in 1957? (2006-04-15)
 * ... that canoe racer Josefa Idem, a 1984 Olympic bronze medalist for West Germany, later took an Italian citizenship and became the first female Olympic medalist in canoeing for her new country? (2006-04-14)
 * ... that Women Strike for Peace played a crucial role in bringing down the HUAC and were acknowledged by both U Thant and John F. Kennedy as a factor in the adoption of the Limited Test Ban Treaty? (2006-04-12)
 * ... that the General Union of Syrian Women released a ground-breaking report on domestic violence against women in April 2006? (2006-04-11)
 * ... that Anna Marly originally wrote Chant des Partisans, the song that became the anthem of the French Resistance following the prohibition of La Marseillaise, in Russian? (2006-04-08)
 * ... that Marguerite Porete, author of the mystical text The Mirror of Simple Souls, was burnt at the stake for heresy in 1310? (2006-04-06)
 * Clare Winger Harris (article's talk page missing blurb) (2006-04-04)
 * ... that Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) once worked as a lorry driver? (2006-04-02)
 * ... that the term Cicisbei refers to legal and generally respected companions and often lovers of married women in eighteenth-century Italy? (2006-03-31)
 * ... that Emperor Paul of Russia ordered the name of his mistress Anna Lopukhina to be given to warships and to be inscribed on the standards of his Leib Guard? (2006-03-28)
 * ... that in the 26 uses of the Page playoff system in championship curling tournaments, only once has a third- or fourth-placed team won the tournament? (2006-03-27)
 * ... that Natalia Goncharova, the wife of the poet Alexander Pushkin, was rumoured to have had a liaison with Nicholas I of Russia after the death of her husband? (2006-03-27)
 * ... that the White House Tee Ball Initiative was created by President George W. Bush to promote baseball and softball by allowing youth Tee Ball events on the grounds of the White House in 2001? (2006-03-22)
 * ... that jazz singer Ilse Huizinga is known in the Netherlands as the First Lady of Jazz? (2006-03-13)
 * ... that Stephanie von Hohenlohe, a Jew, was a close friend of Hitler and according to a MI6 report, perhaps the only woman who could exercise influence on him? (2006-03-10)
 * ... that Anna of Kashin, a Russian medieval princess, was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives? (2006-03-07)
 * ... that the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service was a non-combat branch of the Royal Australian Navy that recruited women, in order to alleviate manpower shortages resulting from men being assigned to combat roles during World War II? (2006-03-01)
 * ... that Vanessa Mendoza, Miss Colombia 2001, was the first Black woman to win that title? (2006-02-24)
 * ... that the Provençal women troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries were known as trobairitz? (2006-02-23)
 * ... that the popular music artist Maarja-Liis Ilus has entered the Estonian Eurovision Song Contest pre-selection event Eurolaul a record three times, in 1996, 1997 and 2004? (2006-02-22)
 * ... that Isabelle Romée was the mother of Joan of Arc and petitioned the Pope before her daughter's conviction for heresy was overturned? (2006-02-14)
 * ... that Vera Kholodnaya, the first Russian silent film star, was rumoured to have been poisoned by the French Ambassador with whom she reportedly had an affair and who believed that she was a spy for the Bolsheviks? (2006-02-13)
 * ... that "La Vie en Rose" is the signature song of French singer Édith Piaf? (2006-02-06)
 * ... that the Chicana artist Yolanda Lopez became famous with the painting "Virgen de Guadalupe", which represents Lopez's personal investigation into Virgen de Guadalupe's status in Mexican society? (2006-02-05)
 * ... that Sofia Petrovna, a book by Russian writer Lydia Chukovskaya written in 1939-1940, and published in the West in 1960s, was published in the Soviet Union only in 1988? (2006-02-03)
 * ... that Robin Miller was a female Australian pilot and nurse who borrowed money to buy a Cessna 182 and then began flying to remote outback areas in Western Australia to vaccinate Indigenous Australian children against polio and thus became known as the "Sugarbird Lady"? (2006-02-02)
 * ... that the physician Marie Equi (pictured) became an anarchist after being attacked by police while she was picketing during a strike supported by the Industrial Workers of the World? (2006-02-01)
 * ... that placenta accreta can see the placenta attach itself not only to the muscle of the uterus but also to the bladder or other organs? (2006-01-29)
 * ... that Durga Khote was famous for her character roles and was the heroine of the first Marathi talkie? (2006-01-23)
 * ... that Peter the Great's eldest daughter, Anna Petrovna, died in childbirth aged 20, but all the living Romanovs descend from her? (2006-01-20)
 * ... that Dawn Steel was the first woman to head a major Hollywood film studio? (2006-01-13)
 * ... that in the iconic 1955 Richard Avedon photograph, supermodel Dovima posed wearing a Dior evening dress standing with circus elephants? (2006-01-12)
 * ... that the nature of the female orgasm is a field of research for academics studying female sexuality? (2006-01-10)
 * ... that the Russian singer Alla Bayanova, who celebrated the 80th anniversary of her stage performance back in 2003, recently collaborated with Marc Almond on several duets? (2006-01-09)
 * ... that the Marian column on which Our Lady stands on Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome originally supported the vault of the Basilica of Constantine at the Roman Forum and was the only one such column to survive the Basilica's destruction in an earthquake? (2006-01-05)
 * ... that although there are 75 West Indian women who have played one-day international cricket, only 54 of them have represented the West Indies? (2006-01-05)