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...that the mathematician Alexander Kronrod thought female computing staff members were more accurate than males and was known for helping terminal cancer patients?

On December 23, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander Kronrod, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 13:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Mhym created the article Alexander Kronrod. Thanks to you both! -Susanlesch 17:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

...that in 1967, Mac Hack became the first computer chess program to defeat a person in tournament play?

On December 29, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article MacHack (chess), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 12:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

...that in 1962, Peter Samson and fellow students at MIT built T-Square, an early drafting program and ancestor of CAD (pictured) software?

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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 02:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

...that David Gross and Alan Kotok built Expensive Tape Recorder, a digital audio program that ran on MIT's TX-0 computer circa 1960?

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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 22:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

...that Sharon Sayles Belton was the first female and first African-American mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota?

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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 22:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

...that W. Harry Davis, who helped desegregate Minneapolis, overcame childhood polio to become a Golden Gloves coach and manager of US Olympics boxing teams?

On January 25, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article W. Harry Davis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 15:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

...that Jeannette Piccard piloted a hydrogen balloon to the stratosphere for Jean Piccard, likely namesake of Captain Picard of Star Trek?

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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 15:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

...that the artist and illustrator N. C. Wyeth (pictured) was the grandfather of Howard Wyeth, the stride pianist and drummer for Bob Dylan?

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--Mgm|^(talk) 09:55, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

...that Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the oldest church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was originally built by a Universalist Society but soon acquired by a Catholic French Canadian congregation?

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--howcheng {chat} 06:10, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the steam generated by the Southeast Steam Plant on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota is enough to heat 55,000 homes?

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--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 05:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

...that Charles M. Loring was the father of the park system in Minneapolis, where Horace Cleveland designed the Grand Rounds and Theodore Wirth placed a park near every home?

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--howcheng {chat} 16:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

...that before the Great Depression, the oligopoly of Pillsbury - Northwestern Consolidated (pictured) and General Mills in Minneapolis - was the world's largest flour miller?

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--ALoan (Talk) 12:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

...that the main Post Office (pictured) for Minneapolis, Minnesota contained peepholes to protect the mail, and recreation rooms, a rifle range and a hospital unit for employees?

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--Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 23:35, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

...that MinnPost plans a non-profit Minneapolis-Saint Paul online newspaper that readers who wish for hard copies can print on demand?

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--Daniel 01:28, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

...that the Mona Lisa is named for Lisa del Giocondo?

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--Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 21:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

...that Leonid Hurwicz, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics at the age of ninety, is the oldest recipient of any Nobel Prize in any category?

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--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 09:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

...that descendants of Betsy Mix Cowles's brother Edwin founded Cowles Publishing Company, the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, and the Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company?

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--chaser - t 16:13, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

...that the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis began in the home of Harriet G. Walker and her husband T. B. Walker?

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Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:38, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

...that Earl Bakken who invented the wearable cardiac pacemaker and co-founded Medtronic also created The Bakken, the world's only library and museum devoted to electricity in life?

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--Archtransit (talk) 22:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

...that cyber law author and professor Jonathan Zittrain co-founded StopBadware.org to distribute the task of collecting data about malware to Internet users at large?
Second choice of hook but thank you.

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Cheers, Bobet 15:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

... that US-CERT developed the Einstein program that monitors and protects the computer networks of U.S. departments and agencies?

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--BorgQueen (talk) 03:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

... that the Dictionary of Information Security by Robert Slade has five forewords, each by an expert in the field of information security?

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--BorgQueen (talk) 13:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

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