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30 September 2022

02:36, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Danny Kaleikini in a publicity photo for a 2005 concert

... that Danny Kaleikini (pictured) once worked as a singing hotel busboy in Waikiki before becoming the headline entertainer at the Kahala Hilton for 28 years?
... that the new curriculum in Wales allows schools to set their own curricula?
... that Frank Goadby said that he served on 44 committees after his retirement from the British Army?
... that supply-side progressivism is a response to rising costs of housing, healthcare, and other essential goods in the United States?
... that Vikki Blanche did not take her Neighbours audition seriously, thinking that she would not be cast so soon after graduating from school?
... that an attempt to jazz up a South Carolina radio station did not get much response from listeners?
... that Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said that Ukrainians care less about her being transgender than Americans do?
... that shoshin is a Zen Buddhist term that means having a "beginner's mind"?

29 September 2022

04:36, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Tulainyo Lake

... that in 1937, water from Tulainyo Lake (pictured) was carried by runner, horseback, donkey, covered wagon, twenty-mule team, stagecoach, train, car, and plane to Death Valley to mark a highway opening?
... that The Last of Us Part I features three accessibility presets for those requiring hearing, motor, or visual aids?
... that Earle M. Chiles, a businessman and philanthropist from Portland, Oregon, was also a senator of the board of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany?
... that China Miéville's novella This Census-Taker fluctuates between the first and third person to convey the trauma felt by the protagonist?
... that the development of the Port of Tanjung Api-Api resulted in a bribery scandal implicating the incumbent governor?
... that Open Philanthropy has made grants to causes ranging from recession prevention to cancer vaccines for dogs?
... that Ukrainian baritone Danylo Matviienko, who holds a master's degree in mathematics, appeared as Demetrius in Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Oper Frankfurt?
... that Univel was an early-1990s attempt to compete with Microsoft on the desktop, but one industry consultant said of the company's goal, "they're dreaming"?

28 September 2022

00:00, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

383 Madison Avenue

... that at one point in 2008, the Bear Stearns Building (pictured) was worth approximately five times the price offered for the acquisition of Bear Stearns?
... that a European settler in Kenya who tortured a black employee to death in 1920 was sentenced to just two years' imprisonment?
... that the California Golden Bears men's basketball team won the 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game by a single point over West Virginia?
... that Saudi Arabian poet Hamad al-Hajji lost three members of his family during his childhood and later suffered from schizophrenia until he died at the age of 49 after a lung disease?
... that riders on the Jolly Rancher Remix can smell one of five randomly chosen Jolly Rancher flavors?
... that television production companies working in Bhadun, Bangladesh, can hire a local woman as an extra for ৳500 (US$5.30) per day?
... that Bob Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie" was misspelled on several international releases of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2?
... that a civil servant sued his own minister for libel?

27 September 2022

00:00, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Marysia Nikitiuk

... that the first film written and directed by Marysia Nikitiuk (pictured) has been called one of the "most iconic" works of modern Ukrainian cinema?
... that subgroup distortion theory, introduced by Misha Gromov in 1993, can help encode text?
... that according to climate scientist Chip Fletcher, "our communities are scaled and built for a climate that no longer exists"?
... that Cowbridge Girls School, built in 1896, was unusual for its time in providing a science laboratory for the students?
... that Jim Nettles followed his older brother to San Diego State University and the Minnesota Twins, but preceded him in being diagnosed with prostate cancer?
... that the current lighthouse at the Port of Tanjung Kalian was built by a Dutch company in 1862 based on a British design?
... that Rakhel Feygenberg wrote her first novel at age 13, but was forced by her relatives to burn it?
... that Microsoft made a Mac enhancer?

26 September 2022

00:00, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats

... that Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (pictured), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an important migration stopover for the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper?
... that Eddie Keenan was once the largest American football player?
... that physical applications of Euclidean minimum spanning trees range in scale from the particles in bubble chambers to the dark matter halos of galaxies?
... that the court-martial of William T. Colman, the commander of a U.S. air base, created a storm of protest when he was merely reduced in rank after shooting a black soldier?
... that lemur health is threatened by climate change in Madagascar due to the spread of parasites with warmer temperatures?
... that the radio station at Western Washington University interfered with telephone and television services in a campus dormitory?
... that Kannada-language author M. V. Seetharamiah established that the Rashtrakuta emperor Nrupatunga did not write the classic Kavirajamarga?
... that Union Carbide bought 270 Park Avenue in 1976 while moving out of the building?

25 September 2022

00:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption

... that after the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption (pictured) was named a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2022, this was announced on the vigil of the Assumption of Mary?
... that a Carolingian military sermon promises soldiers victory, provided they do not engage in sexual activity or looting?
... that the slopes near Bass Lake at Flat Top Manor in North Carolina were covered with hundreds of apple trees?
... that Rockstar Vancouver developed most of the "Beta 5" update for Counter-Strike?
... that Iraqi psychologist Nuri Ja'far, in his youth, was denied admission to the College of Medicine University of Baghdad by Harry Sinderson?
... that Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell wrote the melody for their four-time Grammy-nominated song "Happier Than Ever" on an $80 guitar?
... that South African politician Speedy Mashilo was kidnapped for seven hours?
... that The Random Years includes a version of strip poker played to Antiques Roadshow?

24 September 2022

00:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Adriana Salvatierra

... that Adriana Salvatierra (pictured), the youngest legislator to preside over the Bolivian Senate, accompanied her father to trade-union meetings while still a child?
... that the design of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set Streets of New Capenna is inspired by the Five Families of organized crime?
... that protesters demanded the closure of the embassy of the Philippines in Lisbon?
... that the Suquamish tribe opened their community house, the House of Awakened Culture, in 2009?
... that The Maiden in the Tower, the only opera by Jean Sibelius, was withdrawn after only three performances with the intention to revise it, which never happened?
... that Wes Freed was the secretary of Future Farmers of America before becoming the album cover artist for the Drive-By Truckers?
... that Die Brennessel was a satirical magazine devised by the Nazi Party as a propaganda tool?
... that when a computer journalist saw the IBM PS/2 Model 25 for the first time, he thought that he "was looking at a deformed Macintosh"?

23 September 2022

00:00, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

The San Remo

... that the San Remo (pictured) was once described as an "ATM for Democratic presidential campaigns" in the United States?
... that the shop in Cairo designed by Robert Williams for the Davies Bryan Company became a site of "pilgrimage for all Welsh travellers" to Egypt?
... that Pedro II of Brazil examined the signal system on the Fitchburg Cutoff?
... that when Francesco Lanzillotta conducted Dallapiccola's Ulisse at Oper Frankfurt in 2022, a reviewer noted that he "does not shy away from agglomerations of sound"?
... that in 2009, residents of Maine voted to repeal a law that would have legalized same-sex marriage?
... that yachting photographer Eileen Ramsay damaged many Rolleiflex cameras by attempting to take photos at water level?
... that "illegal operation" was a common euphemism for abortion in early-20th-century North American newspapers?
... that Ekuikui V was deposed as the king of Bailundo in 2021 and sentenced to six years in prison?

22 September 2022

00:00, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Comet Kohoutek

... that Kohoutek (pictured) was the first comet to be proven a dirty snowball?
... that according to one sociologist, Franklin Flores's landslide victory demonstrated his party's ability to win the rural vote "regardless of the candidates nominated"?
... that Northwest High School required transgender staff members of the student newspaper to use deadnames in bylines?
... that Drummie Zeb was one of the last two original members of Aswad still playing with the reggae group by 2006?
... that following the introduction of the round goby to Lake Erie, the Lake Erie watersnake's population recovered enough to be removed from the U.S. threatened species list?
... that in the lead-up to the 1919 Copa del Rey Final between FC Barcelona and Arenas Club de Getxo, fans broke the fencing twice to watch the sold-out match?
... that former Lincoln University president Armstead Otey Grubb was robbed and murdered outside his home on campus in 1968?
... that concerts of the Spannungen festival of chamber music, founded by pianist Lars Vogt in 1998, are played in a power plant?

21 September 2022

00:00, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Abbas II of Persia

... that the reign of Abbas II of Persia (pictured) was marked by peace with neighbouring nations, except for a war with the Mughal Empire in 1649 to recover the city of Kandahar?
... that Green Valley State Park in Iowa, which was dedicated exactly 69 years ago, had multiple species of fish added to its artificial lake in 1974?
... that according to Modern Times, a San Francisco–based bookstore collective, if there was only one book that you read in 1975 it had to be Canadian author and activist Helen Potrebenko's Taxi!?
... that a Duesenberg car was the first American car to win a French Grand Prix, doing so in 1921?
... that besides official retreats in Hyderabad and in Shimla, the president of India also has one in Dehradun?
... that actress Zita Moulton first starred in theatre performances after a bet with her fiancé that she would be able to get a stage job within 24 hours?
... that 48 of the 55 British participants in the August 1919 raid on Kronstadt received gallantry medals or were mentioned in despatches?
... that Malaysian businessman Lim Kok Wing was depicted as "King of Africa"?

20 September 2022

00:00, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Carriage at the 1910 funeral of Edward VII

... that a coffin carriage used in British state funerals (pictured) has been pulled by sailors since an incident at Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901?
... that Westminster Abbey's director of music James O'Donnell, who is responsible for the singing at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, is scheduled to become a professor at Yale University in 2023?
... that in 1988, Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to make an official visit to Spain?
... that in 1952, Douglas Chandor painted the first portrait of Elizabeth II that she posed for following her accession?
... that Elizabeth II approved the design of the state hearse used in her funeral?
... that Leverton & Sons were given the coffin of Elizabeth II when they were appointed funeral directors to the Royal Household in 1991?
... that today's funeral procession of Elizabeth II to Windsor Castle started at the gate to Shaw Farm?
... that the 1991 song "Queen's Road East" by Lo Ta-yu describes Elizabeth II as "beautiful even when saying goodbye"?

19 September 2022

00:00, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

The Vecihi K-VI

... that after building Turkey's first airplane (pictured), its builder was sentenced to jail for flying it without a permit?
... that Abraham Lincoln Davis cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., serving as his vice president?
... that the Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia organized partisan units behind the front lines during the Polish–Soviet War?
... that George F. Kosco filmed the signing of the Japanese surrender in color?
... that evidence of the battle of Benfleet was found in the 19th century in the form of charred timbers and human bones?
... that James W. Lugenbeel's journal became the only known record of the proceedings of the 1847 Liberian Constitutional Convention?
... that because of the increasing prevalence of sesame allergy, the U.S. will join the EU and Canada in 2023 in instituting mandatory food labeling?
... that baseball player Mark Littell developed an anatomically correct athletic cup called the "Nutty Buddy"?

18 September 2022

00:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1872)

... that Thomas Moran's 1872 painting The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (pictured) influenced the decision to preserve Yellowstone National Park for future generations?
... that Tala Bashmi played on the Bahrain women's national football team for seven years before opening a restaurant in a Manama hotel?
... that when The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is completed, it is expected to contain approximately 30,000 writings in 47 volumes?
... that Liu Yunbin, the son of the second president of the People's Republic of China, was a graduate in radiochemistry and contributed to the development of China's first atomic bomb?
... that Taylor Swift announced her upcoming album, Midnights, while accepting the 2022 Video of the Year award?
... that when Bill Renwick was asked to review a neo-Nazi case at the University of Waikato it was meant to take three weeks, but instead took nearly two years?
... that women- and minority-owned businesses built the Frequent Express high-capacity bus line in Portland, Oregon?
... that during the 1970s, future Indonesian president Habibie would go to a specific noodle shop every lunchtime?

17 September 2022

00:00, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Gaylord Perry

... that Gaylord Perry (pictured) admitted that he had cheated in baseball in his autobiography Me and the Spitter?
... that Jewish Indian theory, the erroneous idea that some lost tribes of Israel became ancestors to Native Americans, influenced the Book of Mormon?
... that Billie Eilish released two songs in July 2022, one of which was about a loved one's car accident?
... that a job offer from the Empire Cinema saved science fiction writer John Russell Fearn from factory-based war work that "damned near killed [him]"?
... that upon its completion, the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center had the largest sloped green roof in the United States?
... that Ruffian Games co-developed Kinect games to stay in business after the release of Crackdown 2?
... that the National Football League record for career punting yards is more than 40 miles (65 km)?
... that "gambling lord" Hong Taechawanit's mansion in Thailand became a police station?

16 September 2022

00:00, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Bhicoo Batlivala (1935)

... that in 1943, Bhicoo Batlivala (pictured) led a group of Indian women to the House of Commons to request the release of Gandhi from prison?
... that WNEW-TV Channel 5 used its early-morning Columbia Lectures in International Studies to offset criticism of its prime-time schedule of crime show reruns?
... that Moses Judah Hays leased a block of buildings to the Canadian Parliament after its seat was burned down in 1849?
... that though Haiti did not compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics, its presence there made Liechtenstein change its flag?
... that Robert Downey Jr. declared Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom his favorite album in a 2005 article for Uncut magazine?
... that datacasting tests by a Detroit TV station included a ceremonial broadcast of an early automobile patent from 1886?
... that Madeleine Swann's name is a tribute to Marcel Proust?
... that according to Ruth Marcus, the facts of Michael H. v. Gerald D. "more closely resembled a soap opera synopsis than a typical Supreme Court case"?

15 September 2022

00:00, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Mick Moloney

... that Mick Moloney (pictured) was a social worker in London before establishing the Green Fields of America, an Irish traditional music ensemble?
... that the working title of Alien was Star Beast?
... that Linus Roth, who plays the 1703 Dancla Stradivarius violin, recorded all compositions by Mieczysław Weinberg which feature a solo violin?
... that a bystander's video of the arrest of Randal Worcester in Mulberry, Arkansas, showed one law enforcement officer holding Worcester on the ground while two other officers beat him?
... that the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1969 for members from all four Swiss language regions, and meets twice a year for rehearsals and a tour program?
... that the video game Serious Sam: Tormental was originally inspired by Geometry Wars?
... that Robert Redford helped the Lion of Zion receive a federal grant?

14 September 2022

12:00, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Joseph Henry Gest

... that for fifteen years Joseph Henry Gest (pictured) was both the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the president of the Rookwood Pottery Company, spending mornings at one and afternoons at the other?
... that Zack Kelly received a $500 signing bonus, lost money in his first professional seasons, and was released by two organizations before he made his Major League Baseball debut?
... that Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt by Heinrich Schütz, a 1619 setting of Psalm 100 for double choir, was performed at the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in 1972?
... that Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin was born a Jew, became a Muslim, moved to Pakistan and died in poverty?
... that in the Troy axe murders a former fireman killed his wife, five-year-old daughter, and five stepchildren and left love notes on their bodies?
... that whilst serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, Tom Dorrien-Smith, a former leaseholder of Tresco, was involved in the sinking of the Bismarck?
... that construction of Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit uncovered tracks from the California Street Cable Railroad?
... that in Norse mythology, the sun and moon are each chased by a warg?

00:00, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Maybole Castle

... that in the legend of John Faa, styled King of the Gypsies, the Countess of Cassilis was imprisoned for life in Maybole Castle (pictured) by her husband after he killed Faa for attempting to elope with her?
... that Adele moans in "Can I Get It", a song about desire for a real relationship instead of casual sex?
... that George Eisenbarth conducted twin studies showing that if one twin had type 1 diabetes, the other was also at risk of the disease?
... that the Romans enjoyed balneotherapy from geothermal energy in Turkey?
... that Dorli Rainey, at the age of 84, was pepper-sprayed by police at a 2011 Occupy Seattle protest, making her a symbol of the Occupy Wall Street movement?
... that Hartington Road Halt in Brighton, which closed after five years, was accidentally opened illegally?
... that audience members interrogated suspects in an Australian Cluedo game show based on the board game?
... that when asked who let New Jersey have a Twitter account, its manager simply replied, "your mom"?

13 September 2022

12:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Osmond J. Ritland

... that Osmond J. Ritland (pictured) was one of four men who selected Area 51 as the site for their Lockheed U-2 spy plane project?
... that the 8.2 M_w Biak earthquake of 1996 triggered disproportionately large tsunamis relative to its magnitude?
... that American psychologist Mildred Newman and her husband treated so many celebrities that the two were known as "therapists of the stars"?
... that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh from his residence in Dhaka before his arrest by the Pakistan Army?
... that Charley Frazier played in the American Football League even though he did not play college football?
... that despite two 16th-century books often being referred to as the Edwardine Ordinals, the word "ordinal" was not applied to them until the 17th century?
... that local regulation and law enforcement in Brighton's early history was carried out by the Society of Twelve, a beadle "in cocked hat and full regalia", and two "Old Charlies"?
... that a lion's head was preserved during construction of Gilman Square station?

00:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Kauai Plantation Railway train

... that when construction began on the Kauai Plantation Railway (pictured), "nobody in the crew knew how to build a train track"?
... that Saudi Arabian historian Sa'd ibn Junaydil took high school graduation exams with his students, as he had yet to obtain a high school diploma?
... that Chloe Bailey dances next to a leopard in the music video for her song "Treat Me"?
... that Twyla Tharp's ballet Nine Sinatra Songs, to songs sung by Frank Sinatra, features ballroom dance-inspired choreography?
... that the illustrations in the 1992 video game Tetris Classic are based on scenes from Alexander Pushkin's poem Ruslan and Ludmila?
... that Riddick Parker increased his weight by 26 pounds (12 kg) because he was regarded as "small" for a defensive end, at 274 pounds (124 kg)?
... that temples served as banks in ancient Rome?
... that artist Thomas Eakins remarked "I think you've got a heap of impudence" upon receiving the Temple Gold Medal for his portrait Archbishop William Henry Elder?

12 September 2022

12:00, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Louise McKinney

... that Louise McKinney (pictured) was the first woman in the British Empire to be sworn in as an elected legislator?
... that a television station spent so little on programming that a media columnist called it the "IOUs of Cincinnati"?
... that Sheila Egoff, Canada's first professor of children's literature, returned to her library work immediately after retirement?
... that the Indie sleaze era, from approximately 2006 to 2012, was described by singer Gwenno as "very debauched, and probably the last moment where kids had been able to do whatever they want"?
... that Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church bishop Yuhanon Meletius said that Christian Sangh Parivar sympathizers are "moving on a suicidal path"?
... that Ding Roman defeated his cousin Tet Garcia in the 1993 Bataan gubernatorial recall election?
... that after depopulating the island of Samson, Augustus Smith established a deer park there, only for the deer to escape to the neighbouring island of Tresco?
... that the man who built Cauley Square originally used the village to ship his tomatoes?

00:00, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Wind turbine on Bozcaada, Turkey

... that wind power in Turkey (turbine pictured) is so profitable that companies pay the government for licences?
... that E. Virgil Neal was a teacher, stage hypnotist, fraudster and finally a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer?
... that the first known publication of the phrase "any port in a storm" was in a 1749 erotic novel?
... that Benny Lefebvre had three sons who signed professional baseball contracts and four brothers who played football?
... that Vegeta is used to attack HTTP-based applications?
... that Home Depot CEO Ted Decker ran his own landscaping business in high school?
... that in Ireland, selling unauthorized Mass cards could lead to 10 years in jail or a €300,000 fine?
... that someone once paid $750 to enjoy a hurricane?

11 September 2022

12:00, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Platform at City Hall station

... that the City Hall station (pictured), intended to be the showpiece of New York City's subway system, has been closed since 1945?
... that endocrinologist Reginald Hall, who studied the thyroid gland and its diseases, received a heart transplant in 1984?
... that "Slapshot", a 1995 rock song commissioned by the New York Rangers, is widely considered to be the best goal song in the National Hockey League?
... that Eva Duldig, who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the Wimbledon Championships?
... that in Arnett v. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court justice William Rehnquist said public employees must accept "the bitter with the sweet" in their due-process rights when contesting dismissal?
... that the Indian independence movement's underground Congress Radio once submerged their equipment in the Godavari River?
... that Larry Herndon hit a game-winning home run in the 1984 World Series and a playoff-clinching home run on the last day of the 1987 season?
... that the 1987 video game Oriental Hero was panned as "so incredibly bad it's almost worth a look"?

00:00, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

... that Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, (pictured) was the father of two queens and a French regent, despite preferring his male lovers to his wives?
... that a 65-minute concert film starring Billie Eilish was filmed all in one week?
... that Seattle-based Tom Alberg, one of the earliest investors in Amazon, was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by Peter Drucker in his local bookstore?
... that Manfred Mann's 1966 single "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James" was amongst the first songs to utilize the Mellotron?
... that a New York pop-up restaurant opened by Louisa Shafia served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"?
... that the Iranian operation to liberate the town of Bostan during the Iran–Iraq War was described by Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, as "the victory of victories"?
... that Aaron S. Watkin is scheduled to become the artistic director of the English National Ballet three decades after he first danced there?
... that one DJ of a Texas radio station challenged another to a cow-milking contest on the streets of the city?

10 September 2022

12:00, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Assumption of the Virgin by Palma Vecchio

... that the Assumption of the Virgin (pictured) by Palma Vecchio depicts the legend of the Girdle of Thomas as part of the Assumption of Mary?
... that Saudi Arabian broadcaster beoutQ pirated and resold beIN Sports programmes during the Qatar diplomatic crisis?
... that Corky Palmer coached the Southern Miss Golden Eagles to their only College World Series appearance in 2009?
... that more than 1000 tons of paper were used every year printing car literature for the British Motor Corporation by the in-house Nuffield Press?
... that, before there was a Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building, William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson built motorcycles in a shed?
... that Alexander Marble, an expert in diabetes, was described as one of "the giant trees among the diabetes sequoias"?
... that the developer of Citizen Sleeper was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a non-binary person struggling to make ends meet through the gig economy?
... that Milt Wilcox, winning pitcher of Game 3 of the 1984 World Series, credited "throwing bowling balls" with rescuing his Major League Baseball career?

00:00, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Fernbrook farmhouse

... that Fernbrook Farms (pictured) was once a model breeding farm named New Warlaby?
... that Pier Giorgio Morandi first played as the principal oboist at La Scala in Milan, and conducted a 2019 recorded production of Verdi's Il trovatore at the Verona Arena, directed by Franco Zeffirelli?
... that Alexis Sharkey's last Instagram post before her murder documented her travels to Tulum, Mexico?
... that politician William Madocks built a privy in the shape of "an old broken tower" on his Dolmelynllyn Estate in Wales?
... that the choral music of Artemy Vedel, who is regarded as one of the Golden Three composers of 18th-century Ukrainian classical music, was censored but performed from handwritten copies?
... that Prabhudas Gandhi invented an innovative foot-driven spinning wheel and named it "Magan Charkha" in memory of his uncle Maganlal Gandhi?
... that Donald Trump and his attorneys John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani spoke to some 300 Republican state legislators in an effort to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
... that "Surprise" by Chloe Bailey was hand-picked by Beyoncé?

9 September 2022

12:00, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Buford Dam, depicting its steep slope of grass

... that Buford Dam (pictured) is maintained in part by a "Chew Crew" of sixteen goats?
... that Joseph-Alexandre Baile argued against the separation of the parish of Notre-Dame in Montreal, declaring it to be against civil law?
... that by switching to the smaller typeface Retina in the stock listings of their newspaper, The Wall Street Journal was able to save $6 to 7 million annually?
... that there were two failed attempts to adapt Sailor Moon into a Western live-action series?
... that Brizlincote in Burton upon Trent, England, was formerly known as "Little Switzerland" for its charm and recreational use by locals?
... that Captain Archie C. Kuntze, known as the "American Mayor of Saigon", was court-martialled for living "openly and notoriously in his official quarters" with his Taiwanese girlfriend?
... that despite a truce, the siege of Wark continued?
... that a conversion plan led to the "Battle of the Century"?

00:00, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Diagram of ring theory

... that Susan Silk developed ring theory (pictured) when a colleague said that Silk's breast cancer wasn't just about her?
... that in 2016, Lukáš Vondráček became the first Czech pianist to win the Queen Elisabeth Competition?
... that according to Jimmy Carter, "more of [Georgia's] business was probably conducted in the Henry Grady than in the state capitol"?
... that Freddy Mamani was motivated to become a teacher in part to help his parents overcome their illiteracy?
... that a TV station in New York state signed on just to carry the 1953 World Series, then went off the air and did not start scheduled programming for several weeks?
... that journalist Isabel Fernández likened her experience as a correspondent during periods of intense civil unrest to "[being in] a lion's cage"?
... that the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility is the second-largest concrete building in the U.S. – behind only the Pentagon?
... that educationalist Keith Sheen learned how to kill rats with a frying pan at his first job?

8 September 2022

12:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Captain John Purves and His Wife, Eliza Anne Pritchard

... that according to art historian Margaretta M. Lovell, Captain John Purves and His Wife (pictured) reflects the late eighteenth century's turn toward companionate marriage?
... that "Spotlight", the best-selling digital single in Chinese music history, saw its Douban rating drop from 10.0 to 3.2 less than two days after its release?
... that the melting of the Platigliole Glacier in Italy has revealed artefacts of the White War, including clothing and hay more than 100 years old?
... that eleven years after serving as a Super Bowl usher, Rodney Parker came back to the game as a player?
... that Shenseea almost named Alpha after her dead mother?
... that Eli N. Evans authored three books about the culture and history of Jews in the American South?
... that the selection of Palu as capital of Palu Regency led to protests from the nearby town of Donggala, concerned they would lose out on economic development?
... that elderly showman Bronco Charlie Miller would light matches, held in the mouths of Boy Scouts, using a 20-ft bull whip?

00:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Lài dog

... that Lài dogs (pictured) were instrumental in the Vietnamese Lam Sơn uprising against Ming China in 1418–1428?
... that American racing driver Emory Collins won the International Motor Contest Association sprint car national championship in 1938, 1946, 1947, and 1948?
... that the Polish science fiction novel Extensa marked the growing recognition of its writer, Jacek Dukaj, in Poland?
... that Constance Fozzard was told during her surgical training that women with children could not become consultants?
... that the LARIAT platform simulates users on computer networks to be targeted for staged cyber attacks?
... that Melissa Clark-Reynolds, who was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, developed the now-defunct virtual world MiniMonos?
... that guests to the Delmonico's restaurant at 56 Beaver Street touched a pair of columns at the entrance for good luck?
... that Matti Lehtinen, a baritone of the Finnish National Opera and professor of singing at the Sibelius Academy, was the voice of God at age 93?

7 September 2022

12:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Shady Rest Clubhouse

... that the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club (pictured) was the home of John Shippen, the first African American to compete in the U.S. Open?
... that after Mehmet Şerif Fırat helped the Turkish military defeat the Sheikh Said rebellion, he was internally exiled with relatives of the leaders of the rebellion?
... that a report commissioned by the Jews of Color Initiative described "Jews of color" as "an imperfect, but useful umbrella term"?
... that the Iowa state auditor Rob Sand modeled in Milan and Paris while he was in college?
... that the word "dirge" for funeral hymns can be traced to primer prayer books?
... that Washington College is investigating the possibility of turning the Chestertown Armory into a bed and breakfast?
... that papyrologist Walter Cockle produced a new edition of a tragedy by Euripides based on fragments found in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri?
... that a Chicago TV station was expelled from the National Association of Broadcasters by mistake?

00:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Fannie Salter tending the bell at Turkey Point Light

... that Fannie Salter (pictured) was personally appointed keeper of Turkey Point Light by U.S. president Calvin Coolidge?
... that fictional depictions of Jupiter have portrayed human habitation on the planet and its moons both by altering the environment to suit humans and altering humans to be suited to the environment?
... that Parker Goins and Taylor Malham have played high school, club, college, and professional soccer together?
... that a scene from the television adaptation of the manga It's All About the Looks was filmed at the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion show?
... that Peachtree Arcade, a shopping arcade in the U.S. state of Georgia, was conceived after a local businessman visited the Cleveland Arcade?
... that Henry Baylis kept the bullet that wounded him, as a good-luck charm?
... that East Somerville station is planned to open more than 95 years after its predecessor closed?
... that customers at Karen's Diner pay to be insulted?

6 September 2022

12:00, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Bowl of cooked elvers

... that no elvers (examples pictured) are eaten during the Elver Eating World Championships?
... that Reina Scully has worked with Crunchyroll because of her skill in translating Japanese anime for English dubs?
... that the player of a 1990 video game can recreate the 14.5-hour-long Battle of Rorke's Drift in real time, controlling each of the 137 British defenders?
... that rhythmic gymnast Gemma Frizelle won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games performing to her mother's favourite song?
... that U.S. regulators determined that a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
... that 11th-century French peasant Leutard of Vertus is said to have preached heresy against the Catholic Church after dreaming his body had been invaded by bees that entered through his genitals?
... that nine songs from Mary Lou Williams's Zodiac Suite were composed during a live radio improvisation?
... that Chief of the General Staff Zdravko Ponoš began military cooperation between Serbia and Ohio?

00:00, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

A Cheetah Hunt train cresting a hill

... that the design of Cheetah Hunt (pictured) was inspired by a Star Wars film?
... that while experimenting for the music of Red Dead Redemption, Woody Jackson recorded the heartbeat of his unborn daughter on his iPhone?
... that Chicago Radio public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence Indian National Congress during the British Raj?
... that the first woman mayor in Metropolitan Toronto, Beth Nealson, ran against True Davidson in a 1966 mayoral race called the "Battle of the Belles"?
... that the founder of a Massachusetts radio station credited Gayle King, then a local news anchor, for mentoring her to pursue a broadcast license?
... that rugby union flanker Gavin Thomas had his contract cancelled by the Scarlets after he missed more than 26 weeks of the 2008–09 season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon?
... that overcrowding at the Marine Air Terminal prompted one airline owner to buy a boat?
... that one witness claimed that not even God could have prevented the Battle of Omagh?

5 September 2022

12:00, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Taras Bulba

... that in the history of opera in Ukraine, Mykola Lysenko's historical Taras Bulba (title character pictured) was the first grand opera, but not performed during his lifetime because he refused a performance in Russian?
... that before he made his Major League Baseball debut, Nate Fisher worked as a commercial lending analyst for the First National Bank of Omaha?
... that a two-year-old food bank contributed 150 semi-trucks of supplies to relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina?
... that Michelle O'Bonsawin is the first Indigenous person appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada?
... that Bob Dylan's "4th Time Around" has been interpreted as a parody of the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"?
... that the Romans would advertise their goods with a type of inscription known as Titulus pictus?
... that Univision bought a Chicago TV station that wasn't for sale?
... that prolific Italian forger Tobia Nicotra once toured the United States impersonating conductor Riccardo Drigo, who had died two years earlier?

00:00, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Hernández in 1976

... that Puerto Rico's Willie Hernández (pictured) became the highest paid player in Detroit Tigers history after winning Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards and a World Series?
... that The Story of Mr Sommer, a 1991 novella by Patrick Süskind with illustrations by Sempé, has been described as "a children's tale for adults"?
... that KECH 22 was associated with two simultaneous bankruptcy proceedings?
... that medical doctor Brian McMahon was named "ANZAC of the Year" in 2011?
... that Sofia the First was deemed "risky" but subsequently became the most-viewed program in its category?
... that Yesenia Yarhui, the youngest parliamentarian in Bolivian history, was sworn into the Chamber of Deputies at just 19 years old?
... that the soldier guarding the West Farms Soldiers Cemetery went missing for six years?
... that players of the fantasy play-by-mail game Quest once voted on the game's "most useless item"?

4 September 2022

12:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Alnus parvifolia fossil leaf

... that damage patterns on Alnus parvifolia fossil leaves (example pictured) were initially misidentified as flea beetle eggs?
... that David Dexter, who wrote the New Guinea volume in the series Australia in the War of 1939–1945, was a commando who served in East Timor and New Guinea?
... that a pending case at the United States Supreme Court, Haaland v. Brackeen, "could completely erase tribal sovereignty"?
... that after the Swiss federal councilor Josef Martin Knüsel lost a complimentary election to the National Council in 1875, he resigned?
... that a Kansas City TV station sold for $1 in 1953?
... that Indian footballer Narender Thapa played for both of Calcutta's football clubs Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting at different times in his career?
... that during meetings at the United Nations headquarters, the United Nations Plaza Hotel was said to have more security than guests?
... that Antony Hodgkinson danced so vigorously onstage with Nirvana at the 1992 Reading Festival that he gave himself whiplash?

00:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Aircraft involved in Turkish Airlines Flight 301

... that Turkish prime minister Bülent Ecevit's first order in office was to send the minister of transport to the crash site of Turkish Airlines Flight 301 (aircraft pictured)?
... that the Assembly Rooms in Belfast, which housed a branch of the Belfast Banking Company for more than 100 years, were the venue for the court-martial of leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798?
... that Emma Dean Powell received a pass from General Ulysses S. Grant to accompany her husband to battlefield camps during the American Civil War after he lost his arm?
... that the Eocene Okanagan Highlands span approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) through British Columbia and Washington?
... that Mihi Edwards did not use her own name as a young woman because of discrimination against Māori people in New Zealand?
... that in 1933, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Italian wing of Rockefeller Center's International Building was interrupted by a fascist chant led by an unemployed bricklayer?
... that Sacco Saito, who arranged and performed the theme song for Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation, was not told the content of the game until after the song had been recorded?
... that Bumper Pool legally changed his name to Bumper when he was 16 because of his father's childhood love for bumper pool?

3 September 2022

12:00, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

280 Broadway

... that 280 Broadway (pictured), once called the "cradle of the department store", later hosted The Sun newspaper and then the New York City Department of Buildings?
... that Aymara legislator Rafael Quispe's humorous style of political activism led one Bolivian parliamentarian to describe him as the "Chapulín Colorado" of the Legislative Assembly?
... that Russia launched an Iranian satellite into orbit just three weeks after Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed to cooperate against the West?
... that medieval literature scholar Theodore Silverstein's unit in World War II took over the Eiffel Tower to intercept communications of German aircraft?
... that the Office for National Statistics defines a golden logistics triangle in the English Midlands that lies within four hours driving distance of 90% of the British population?
... that "King of Torts" Harry Lipsig persuaded a jury that a man had been scared to death by a car?
... that the tallest captive elephant in Asia has been commemorated in verse, sculpture and film?
... that the pediatrician Daniel C. Darrow "was tolerant of students, but they were rather terrified of him"?

00:00, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

David Meeting Abigail, from Rubens's workshop

... that an auction of the art collection of Welbore Ellis Agar was abandoned when all of it, including works by Velazquez, Poussin, Lorrain, Murillo, and Rubens (example pictured) was bought by Earl Grosvenor?
... that Naikilah Perusahaan Minang is the oldest operating autobus company in Indonesia?
... that an article by Dave Wasserman two months before the 2016 U.S. presidential election correctly predicted that Donald Trump would win despite losing the popular vote?
... that CLODO's initialism is also a French slang term for 'bum' or 'homeless'?
... that while Joseph Longworth thought that he would be remembered only as "the son of his father and the father of his son", there is today a wing of the Cincinnati Art Museum named for him?
... that Professor of History Lorenzo Kamel deems Umma–Lagash the first recorded war in human history?
... that after playing professional football, Furlong Flynn became an aviation pioneer?
... that before Godley & Creme were one half of 10cc, they were Frabjoy & the Runcible Spoon?

2 September 2022

12:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

... that getting the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit (launch pictured) consumed far less fuel than was planned, effectively doubling its expected operational life?
... that 2022 Commonwealth Games women's squash gold medallist Georgina Kennedy was once a promising runner, ranked number one in England at the 1500 metres, before focusing on squash?
... that a Chinatown in the logging community of Sugar Pine was intentionally burned down by the Madera Sugar Pine Company in 1922?
... that hedge fund manager Patrick Degorce was an early investor in Moderna, with the hope that they could find a cure for his wife's stage-IV lung cancer?
... that Ingrid Andress said that she wished she had included a parrot which startled her in the music video for her single "The Stranger"?
... that the writer of Elden Ring compared the game's mythology to using a dungeon master's handbook in a tabletop RPG?
... that the Romanian soprano Iulia Maria Dan was Hamlet's Ophelia in the Bregenz Festival's revival of Franco Faccio's revived opera Amleto?
... that the owner of a Montana TV station changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "SUNBELT"?

00:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Interior of the United Nations General Assembly Hall

... that according to one account, planners put a dome above the United Nations General Assembly Building (interior pictured) so the UN headquarters could be funded more quickly?
... that the German conductor Kai Bumann was the music director of the Warsaw Chamber Opera, and toured Japan with the company twice?
... that the genetic deletion of the protein Rubicon increases the lifespan of roundworms and female fruit flies?
... that Creekfinding was inspired by epidemiologist Michael Osterholm's efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier?
... that when the British government discovered that John Jarvis-Smith was not dead, they gave him a medal?
... that the Alabama Crimson Tide's loss to the LSU Tigers in their 2019 football game broke a 31-game home winning streak?
... that the woodcarver Violet Pinwill of the Pinwill sisters was still working on a life-size figure of Saint Peter days before her death in 1957, aged 82?
... that some regular users of the Schiller Woods magic water pump near Chicago believe that it was covertly blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1979?

1 September 2022

12:00, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

November 1924 issue of Shōjo Club

... that the founder of the magazine Shōjo Club (issue pictured) hoped that the publication would instill in its readership the "inner modesty and fortitude of samurai women"?
... that Stanford's E. J. Smith, son of Emmitt Smith, the National Football League's all-time rushing leader, was named a 2022 breakout candidate at his father's position?
... that members of a 250,000-strong crowd sang the refrain of the Christian hymn "Ich lobe meinen Gott, der aus der Tiefe mich holt" during the 2015 Kirchentag?
... that Judith Schiff, as chief research archivist at the Yale University Library, helped determine that skeletons exposed by a tree uprooted by Hurricane Sandy dated to the 18th century?
... that neighboring British Sierra Leone and Liberia disputed their border, and the British Empire seized the disputed territory in 1885?
... that William Heath Byford performed the first ovariotomy in Chicago in 1860?
... that Barclays House in Poole, England, has been sinking since its construction in 1975?
... that getting bitten by an eel led Sean Barber to become an umpire?

00:00, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Dancing pallbearers in Suriname

... that there is an annual holiday for dancing pallbearers in Suriname (examples pictured)?
... that the Eyes of Buddha is a Buddhist symbol commonly painted on stupas in Nepal?
... that Herb Roedel retired from professional football after only one season to become an engineer?
... that Oskar Kokoschka's painting The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac was confiscated by the Nazis after his work was labelled "degenerate"?
... that Canadian architect Barry Downs contributed to the redevelopment of the Expo 86 site in Vancouver, the largest private development in North America at the time?
... that Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a €100-billion investment in the German armed forces?
... that when the sale of its San Diego TV station failed, United States International University asked some of its employees to wait to pick up their paychecks?
... that Cursed to Golf has been referred to as the "Dark Souls of golf" due to its difficulty?
... that Mama Lee lived for more than a decade on a cruise ship?

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