Did you know...  - ...that the 18th-century Cabañas Hospital (pictured) in Guadalajara was built on one level, so as to facilitate the movement of the sick, the aged, and children?
- ...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?
- ...that during the Beslan school hostage crisis 74-year-old school teacher Yanis Kanidis refused to leave his students and ultimately died to save their lives?
- ...that the Christmas carol "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" was originally written as dance music for French nobility?
- ... that Lost and Found in Translation, an episode of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, marks the first use of footage of Japanese Super Sentai actors in a Power Rangers series?
- ...that on arrival at Buckingham Palace, all 3,000 guests to the Children's Party at the Palace received a hamper with snacks put together by Jamie Oliver?
  - ...that Lake Washington, the main reservoir for Newburgh, New York, holds enough water to supply the city for a year?
- ...that SS Rajputana, a P&O liner traveling between Plymouth, England and Lahore, British India, was converted into a cruiser and eventually sunk by a German U-boat west of Iceland?
- ...that at the end of his 13-match first class cricket career, John Howarth had a batting average of 0.00, setting a new world record and leading to him being dubbed one of cricket's worst batsmen?
- ...that although the presence of Armenians in Bulgaria dates to the Early Middle Ages, their large-scale emigration to the country only began in the 19th century?
- ...that P57, a steroidal glycoside isolated from the African cactiform Hoodia gordonii, is believed to be the active chemical constituent responsible for the appetite suppressant activity of Hoodia extracts?
- ...that some historians claim that Russian engineer Fyodor Pirotsky built the world's first electric tramway?
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