Wikiaira: "King Richard" lost his ear in a car accident

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Did you know...

From Wikipedia's newest articles:

... that the yellow wart (pictured) is often confused with the fly agaric?
... that Rudolf Caracciola once drove a car on public roads at 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph)?
... that a mummy was found in a cave in Wyoming?
... that "King Richard" lost his ear in a car accident, but still scored 24 times for his country?
... that Mexican land grant Rancho Los Medanos was called "New York of the Pacific" by the New York army colonel who bought it?
... that in 1967 Kōji Seki directed Perverted Criminal, Japan's first 3-D film and the world's first 3-D sex film?
... that "A slumber did my spirit seal" is the only poem in William Wordsworth's Lucy poem series that does not mention the dead Lucy by name?
... that Richard Leroy Walters, a homeless man who managed his money from the billiards room of a senior center in Phoenix, Arizona, converted to Catholicism on his deathbed and left $4 million to charity?

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