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black-billed magpies

Black-billed_magpie

... that black-billed magpies are known to eat ticks off deer and other large mammals ?

... that <b id="mwBhw"><a href="./Black-billed_magpie" id="mwBh0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Black-billed magpie">black-billed magpies</a></b> are known to eat <a href="./Tick" id="mwBh4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tick">ticks</a> off <a href="./Deer" id="mwBh8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Deer">deer</a> and other large mammals <i id="mwBiA">(example pictured)</i><span about="#mwt101" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"-?","href":"./Template:-%3F"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBiE" style="padding-left:0.15em;" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><span typeof="mw:Entity">?</span></span>

nevoid melanoma

Nevoid_melanoma

... that unlike most skin cancers, a nevoid melanoma may have an almost perfectly symmetrical shape?

... that unlike most skin cancers, a <b id="mwBiM"><a href="./Nevoid_melanoma" id="mwBiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nevoid melanoma">nevoid melanoma</a></b> may have an almost perfectly symmetrical shape?

Storm Poly

Storm_Poly

... that Storm Poly caused hundreds to be stranded at Amsterdam's central station as it passed the Netherlands?

... that <b id="mwBiY"><a href="./Storm_Poly" id="mwBic" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Storm Poly">Storm Poly</a></b> caused hundreds to be stranded at Amsterdam's central station as it passed the Netherlands?

Hackaball

Hackaball

... that children have programmed Hackaball as a Magic 8 Ball, a whoopee cushion, and an alarm clock?

... that children have programmed <b id="mwBik"><a href="./Hackaball" id="mwBio" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hackaball">Hackaball</a></b> as a <a href="./Magic_8_Ball" id="mwBis" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Magic 8 Ball">Magic 8 Ball</a>, a whoopee cushion, and an alarm clock?

Cisco wine

Cisco_(wine)

... that Cisco wine was nicknamed "liquid crack"?

... that <b id="mwBi0"><a href="./Cisco_(wine)" id="mwBi4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cisco (wine)">Cisco wine</a></b> was nicknamed "liquid <a href="./Crack_cocaine" id="mwBi8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crack cocaine">crack</a>"?

American Anthropometric Society

American_Anthropometric_Society

... that Walt Whitman's brain was donated to the American Anthropometric Society but was accidentally destroyed?

... that <a href="./Walt_Whitman" id="mwBjE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Walt Whitman">Walt Whitman</a>'s brain was donated to the <b id="mwBjI"><a href="./American_Anthropometric_Society" id="mwBjM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Anthropometric Society">American Anthropometric Society</a></b> but was accidentally destroyed?

an empty room would look like

Sun_in_an_Empty_Room

... that Edward Hopper wondered what an empty room would look like with no one to see it?

... that Edward Hopper wondered what <b id="mwBjU"><a href="./Sun_in_an_Empty_Room" id="mwBjY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sun in an Empty Room">an empty room would look like</a></b> with no one to see it?

Let's All Go to the Lobby

Let's_All_Go_to_the_Lobby

... that Let's All Go to the Lobby, a one-minute filmed advertisement, has been preserved by the US National Film Registry?

... that <i id="mwBjg"><b id="mwBjk"><a href="./Let's_All_Go_to_the_Lobby" id="mwBjo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Let's All Go to the Lobby">Let's All Go to the Lobby</a></b></i>, a one-minute filmed advertisement, has been preserved by the US <a href="./National_Film_Registry" id="mwBjs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Film Registry">National Film Registry</a>?

a California TV station

KSEE

... that a California TV station had a cartoon bee as its mascot?

... that <b id="mwBko"><a href="./KSEE" id="mwBks" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="KSEE">a California TV station</a></b> had a cartoon bee as its mascot?

Winter Renouf

W._C._Renouf

... that Winter Renouf, a British member of the Indian Civil Service, thought that farmers in the Punjab should grow Canadian wheat varieties?

... that <b id="mwBk0"><a href="./W._C._Renouf" id="mwBk4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="W. C. Renouf">Winter Renouf</a></b>, a British member of the <a href="./Indian_Civil_Service" id="mwBk8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indian Civil Service">Indian Civil Service</a>, thought that farmers in the <a href="./Punjab" id="mwBlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Punjab">Punjab</a> should grow Canadian wheat varieties?

Moles

Moles_(nightclub)

... that Van Morrison performed and recorded a collection of ancient Irish poems for Moles nightclub in Bath, Somerset?

... that <a href="./Van_Morrison" id="mwBlI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a> performed and recorded a collection of ancient Irish poems for <b id="mwBlM"><a href="./Moles_(nightclub)" id="mwBlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moles (nightclub)">Moles</a></b> nightclub in <a href="./Bath,_Somerset" id="mwBlU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath, Somerset</a>?

Coriolanus Snow

Coriolanus_Snow

... that Donald Sutherland asked to play Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games films as he hoped the series would inspire a revolutionary movement among young people?

... that <a href="./Donald_Sutherland" id="mwBlc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donald Sutherland">Donald Sutherland</a> asked to play <b id="mwBlg"><a href="./Coriolanus_Snow" id="mwBlk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coriolanus Snow">Coriolanus Snow</a></b> in <a href="./The_Hunger_Games_(film_series)" id="mwBlo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Hunger Games (film series)"><i id="mwBls">The Hunger Games</i> films</a> as he hoped the series would inspire a <a href="./Revolutionary_movement" id="mwBlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Revolutionary movement">revolutionary movement</a> among young people?

Video Games Chronicle

Video_Games_Chronicle

... that a story about Call of Duty: Warzone led to Video Games Chronicle's Twitter account being temporarily locked?

... that a story about <i id="mwBl4"><a href="./Call_of_Duty:_Warzone" id="mwBl8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Call of Duty: Warzone">Call of Duty: Warzone</a></i> led to <i id="mwBmA"><b id="mwBmE"><a href="./Video_Games_Chronicle" id="mwBmI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Video Games Chronicle">Video Games Chronicle</a></b></i><span about="#mwt103" class="nowrap" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;'s&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:'s&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}" id="mwBmM" style="padding-left:0.1em;" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><span typeof="mw:Entity">'</span>s</span> <a href="./Twitter" id="mwBmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> account being temporarily locked?

Alex novels

Alex_(novel_series)

... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist?

... that the author of the <b id="mwBmY"><a href="./Alex_(novel_series)" id="mwBmc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alex (novel series)"><i id="mwBmg">Alex</i> novels</a></b> says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist?

Ryokuoushoku Shakai

Ryokuoushoku_Shakai

... that the band Ryokuoushoku Shakai was named after its members misheard "vegetables" (野菜, yasai) as "society" (社会, shakai)?

... that the band <b id="mwBmo"><a href="./Ryokuoushoku_Shakai" id="mwBms" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ryokuoushoku Shakai">Ryokuoushoku Shakai</a></b> was named after its members misheard <span about="#mwt104" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"nihongo","href":"./Template:Nihongo"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"\"vegetables\""},"2":{"wt":"野菜"},"3":{"wt":"yasai"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBmw" typeof="mw:Transclusion">"vegetables"</span><span about="#mwt104" id="mwBm0" style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">野菜</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">yasai</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> as <span about="#mwt105" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"nihongo","href":"./Template:Nihongo"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"\"society\""},"2":{"wt":"社会"},"3":{"wt":"shakai"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBm4" typeof="mw:Transclusion">"society"</span><span about="#mwt105" id="mwBm8" style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">社会</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">shakai</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>?