# Did You Know… This is a novel-length text produced for NaNoGenMo 2018 inspired by the poetry of William Carlos Williams. * * * ### Did You Know… This is a text produced for [NaNoGenMo 2018](https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018/issues/71) inspired by the poetry of William Carlos Williams. M o r r i s ? ... that Neel Kashkari (pictured), six years a f t e r completing his MBA, was p u t i n c h a r g e o f the $700 billion U.S. Government bailout o f f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s ? o r ...that six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres are charged with globally t r a c k i n g t r o p i c a l c y c l o n e s ? a n d . . . t h a t t h e Fauna of Scotland includes a l m o s t h a l f of the EUâ��s b r e e d i n g seabirds, but only one endemic vertebrate species, and that although a population of Wild Cats (pictured) remains many of t h e larger mammals were hunted to extinction in h i s t o r i c t i m e s ? . . . t h a t the Phillips Mansion, described as having been built in the " C l a s s i c Haunted Mansion" s t y l e , was the home of the richest man in L o s A n g e l e s County from 1875 t o 1 9 0 0 ? o r ...that Lawrence Turner, who presented a Parliamentary petition calling for W. S. Gilbert's copyright o n the libretti of Gilbert and S u l l i v a n operas to be extended indefinitely, was t h e g r a n d s o n o f comic actor George Grossmith who starred in t h e m ? a n d ...that Philip J. Perry, the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is the son-in-law of Vice President D i c k C h e n e y ? . . . t h a t photos of the rogue wave encountered by the MS Stolt Surf c o n t r i b u t e d t o the growing evidence o f t h e i r presence in the deep o c e a n ? o r . . . t h a t Alan Davidson, r e g a r d e d a s one of the greatest left arm f a s t bowlers in the history of cricket, only took u p t h e skill when his uncle's w e e k e n d team ran out of fast b o w l e r s ? a n d ... that a l t h o u g h C h u c k Daly is a B a s k e t b a l l H a l l o f Famer now, when he s e r v e d as head c o a c h of the Cleveland Cavaliers he had a 9 â � � 3 2 record and w a s f i r e d m i d - s e a s o n ? ...that the Dethridge wheel (pictured), invented in Australia in 1 9 1 0 , m e a s u r e s t h e flow of water delivered to f a r m s f o r i r r i g a t i o n ? o r . . . t h a t Corné Krige and George Gregan, who respectively captained the S o u t h A f r i c a and Australia rugby union teams in both t h e 2002 and 2003 Tri Nations Series, were b o r n in the same h o s p i t a l i n Z a m b i a ? a n d . . . t h a t cricketer Roger Kimpton a l s o won an Oxford University tennis tournament and a g o l f blue, and was a w a r d e d a Distinguished Flying Cross as a Second World War f i g h t e r p i l o t ? . . . t h a t Field Marshal S i r John Stanier w a s the first British Chief of the General Staff after the Second World War who had not s e e n a c t i v e s e r v i c e ? o r . . . t h a t the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne was once described a s "the best c i n e m a that was ever built o r i s ever likely t o b e b u i l t " ? a n d ...that Jaroslav J i Å � à ­ k became the first player from a n Eastern Bloc nation to play in the National Hockey League when he appeared i n t h r e e g a m e s w i t h t h e St. Louis B l u e s i n 1 9 7 0 ? ... that g o a l k e e p e r Bob Roberts w a s the first West Bromwich Albion player t o win an i n t e r n a t i o n a l c a p ? o r . . . t h a t the Sion Causeway connected the i s l a n d of Bombay with S a l s e t t e ? a n d . . . t h a t t h e W e s t End Street Railway fired Cyrus S. C h i n g in 1901 after h e was nearly e l e c t r o c u t e d on the job, only to appoint him manager two months l a t e r ? ... that So Amazin', the third s t u d i o album by singer C h r i s t i n a Milian, was produced mainly by hip hop p r o d u c e r s Cool & D r e ? o r ...that Wee Siew K i m , a Singaporean MP, had to apologise a f t e r scandal broke out involving an elitist blog entry made by his d a u g h t e r ? a n d ... that Norwegian Parliament member and priest Søren Georg Abel was the father of m a t h e m a t i c i a n Niels Henrik A b e l ? o r ... that the p r e s e n t - d a y city of Davenport, Iowa i s n a m e d a f t e r George Davenport, a 19th century American f r o n t i e r s m a n , trader and U S A r m y o f f i c e r ? a n d . . . t h a t Nestorianism was one of the first f o r m s of Christianity to be introduced i n M o n g o l i a ? ...that George Hennet built and operated depots on b e h a l f o f the South Devon R a i l w a y after it was s h o r t o f m o n e y ? o r . . . that Admiral Henry W o l s e y B a y f i e l d had joined t h e Royal Navy by the age of e l e v e n ? a n d ...that Pulau S e j a h a t w a s a British military encampment in Singapore during W o r l d War II, but i t s g u n batteries were never used against the invading J a p a n e s e ? ... that novelist Lucy J a n e Bledsoe, a Stonewall B o o k Award winner a n d four-time Lambda Literary Award f i n a l i s t , primarily writes L G B T l i t e r a t u r e ? o r ...that Obaysch became t h e f i r s t living hippopotamus in England since prehistoric times when he joined the London Zoo in 1 8 5 0 ? a n d . . . t h a t on Dagen H ("H Day") on September 3, 1967, Sweden switched from d r i v i n g on the left to driving the right at exactly at 5 a . m . ? ... that the Plaza Historic District was the historic c e n t e r o f Los Angeles in t h e days of Spanish and Mexican r u l e ? o r . . . t h a t I n d i a n chess player U m a k a n t Sharma was banned from p l a y i n g competitive chess for 1 0 y e a r s after being caught cheating with a Bluetooth device sewn i n t o h i s c a p ? a n d ...that Marguerite P o r e t e , author of the mystical text The Mirror of S i m p l e Souls, was burnt a t the stake for heresy in 1 3 1 0 ? ...that "Blue Tail F l y " or "Jimmy Crack Corn" is a blackface minstrel song d a t i n g from the 1 8 4 0 s , and that on the surface, it is a b l a c k slave's lament over his master's death; the subtext is t h a t h e is glad his master is dead, and may have killed him by deliberate n e g l i g e n c e ? o r ...that Barthélemy d ' E y c k w a s a n Early Netherlandish artist, famous in the 15th century, who h a s o n l y been attributed specific works (one pictured) in recent d e c a d e s ? a n d . . . t h a t when former New Mexico Governor Tom Bolack died, his ashes were scattered over his ranch by 1 6 s p e c i a l l y - m a d e f i r e w o r k s ? ...that former Anglican clergyman and Liberal Party life p e e r T i m Beaumont was t h e only Green Party r e p r e s e n t a t i v e in the Parliament of the U n i t e d Kingdom from 1999 until his death in 2 0 0 8 ? o r ... that bananas grown in B r a z i l account for approximately ten percent of the entire w o r l d ' s b a n a n a p r o d u c t i o n ? a n d ...that the d i s a p p e a r a n c e o f jellyfish from KÄ�ne'ohe B a y has generated concerns about maintenance of the local yellowtail scad p o p u l a t i o n ? . . . that the success of the W o r l d War II b o m b i n g c a m p a i g n Operation Strangle was unrelated t o its original o b j e c t i v e ? o r . . . that the Carey M i s s i o n was a headquarters for settlers and a point from which the American f r o n t i e r w a s e x t e n d e d ? a n d ... that T h e J a n u s Man, a thriller c o n c e r n i n g espionage and betrayal, is the fourth book in the "Tweed and Co." series, f o r which Colin Forbes published a book every single year from 1 9 8 2 to his death i n 2 0 0 6 ? ... that on every May 1, the hamlet of I c k w e l l celebrates May Day with dancing a r o u n d a M a y p o l e (pictured) and with t h e crowning of a May Q u e e n ? o r . . . that the song with which Thor Salden won the Belgian preselections of the Junior Eurovision Song C o n t e s t 2006 reached Number 1 i n t h e Flemish music c h a r t s ? a n d ...that football r e f e r e e s i n E n g l a n d officiate at eleven d i f f e r e n t l e v e l s a c c o r d i n g to ability, activity a n d a g e ? ... that the Haas L o l a F o r m u l a One team's cars were not built or designed by Lola Cars International, but were entered as Lolas because C a r l Haas was their official importer to the U n i t e d S t a t e s ? o r . . . t h a t in February 2008, rugby league player Dan Dempsey was named in the list o f Australia's 100 G r e a t e s t P l a y e r s ? a n d ... that ABC's Howard K. Smith: News and Comment was cancelled after Smith aired a controversial a n d , as it proved, premature program in 1 9 6 2 titled "The Political Obituary of R i c h a r d M . N i x o n " ? . . . that the 1 9 0 2 discovery of gold i n I n t e r i o r Alaska by Italian immigrant Felix Pedro (pictured) marked the start of the F a i r b a n k s G o l d R u s h ? o r . . . t h a t Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko is famous for his anti-Stalinist w o r k ? a n d . . . t h a t the Fairfield Osborn Preserve is home to a great variety of fauna including one of t h e w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t s a l a m a n d e r s ? . . . t h a t Liverpool actor and guitarist Ozzie Yue used to flick pieces o f paper at Paul McCartney in a r t class when they attended the Liverpool Institute High School f o r B o y s ? o r ...that after the non-profit Internet service provider Public Netbase began supporting w e b s i t e s that opposed his political party, Austrian politician Jörg Haider a c c u s e d the organisation of sponsoring c h i l d p o r n o g r a p h y ? a n d ...that furry convention attendees (pictured) often wear ears, tails, badges, or fursuits as i d e n t i f i c a t i o n ? . . . that Drukair flights between Kathmandu, Nepal and Paro, Bhutan pass c l o s e t o M o u n t E v e r e s t ? o r . . . that the Villa Medici del Trebbio was one of the first of the Medici villas outside F l o r e n c e ? a n d ... that San M a r i n o debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest 2 0 0 8 with "Complice", a song performed b y M i o d i o ? ...that the Mochovce Nuclear P o w e r Plants complex in Slovakia became the first Soviet-era nuclear plant in Eastern Europe t o have safety standards c o m p a r a b l e to Western o n e s ? o r . . . t h a t Robert McGill Loughridge co-authored the English a n d Muskogee Dictionary in 1890, the first English dictionary of the Creek l a n g u a g e ? a n d ...that the Aston Martin DBR1 sports car won the 1 0 0 0 k m Nürburgring round o f the World Sportscar C h a m p i o n s h i p in all three years it e n t e r e d ? . . . that in 2000, an ammonia discharge into a tributary of the River Clun ( p i c t u r e d ) i n Wales killed its e n t i r e p o p u l a t i o n o f E u r o p e a n b u l l h e a d s ? o r . . . t h a t Monk Estill, w h o was captured by the Wyandot p r i o r t o t h e Battle of Little Mountain and escaped during the battle, was the f i r s t s l a v e t o b e freed in the K e n t u c k y ? a n d ... that as Texas Attorney General from 1957 to 1963, Will W i l s o n cracked down on prostitution rings operating in such Texan cities as G a l v e s t o n , Beaumont, Texarkana and V i c t o r i a ? ... that t h e Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, stands on t h e s i t e of a 1777 Second Continental C o n g r e s s m e e t i n g ? o r ...that Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich, cousin of N i c h o l a s II of Russia, was called "the terror of jealous husbands as well as of w a t c h f u l m o t h e r s " ? a n d ...that in an attempt to speed up t h e longest papal election in history, the magistrates of Viterbo removed the roof of the P a p a l P a l a c e ? . . . that the W e s t m i n s t e r Retable, a 13th-century panel painting at Westminster Abbey, is the oldest known altarpiece in E n g l a n d ? By [John Ohno](https://medium.com/@enkiv2) on [December 1, 2019](https://medium.com/p/42b7d3857d36). [Canonical link](https://medium.com/@enkiv2/did-you-know-42b7d3857d36) Exported from [Medium](https://medium.com) on September 18, 2020.