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31 May 2023

00:00, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Depiction of the four sons of Horus

... that the four sons of Horus (pictured) were believed to have protected deceased people in the afterlife by creating a specialized connection with the deceased's internal organs?
... that duplex stainless steel can undergo 475 °C embrittlement that causes a loss of plasticity when it is heated between 250 °C and 550 °C?
... that Vietnam War photojournalist Art Greenspon was wounded in the face by a shot that had first passed through colleague Co Rentmeester's hand?
... that programs at a Cleveland public TV station had to be recorded in between school bells and fire drills?
... that actress Eula Morgan performed opera in her 1940s film roles, such as Madame Rinaldi in The Great American Broadcast?
... that the ownership group of San Diego's MLS team includes a Native American tribe and baseball player Manny Machado?
... that chef Lata Tondon once set a Guinness World Record with a cooking marathon lasting 87 hours 45 minutes?
... that the relatively low standards of player selection for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1883 have been described as being "determined with a nod and a wink over drinks"?

30 May 2023

00:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Carbatinae

... that the carbatinae (examples pictured), shoes worn in ancient Greece and Rome, were single pieces of leather tied onto the foot?
... that Lamia Al-Gailani Werr helped rebuild the Iraq Museum after it was looted in the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq?
... that of approximately 140 men stranded after a shipwreck on Wager Island in 1741, only 36 returned alive to Britain, according to Rear Admiral C. H. Layman?
... that Roy McGrath, who was the chief of staff to Maryland governor Larry Hogan, was wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was killed during a shootout by agents?
... that the 2003 book The Reconstruction of Nations describes how "national reconciliation is possible after even the most terrible conflicts", including ethnic cleansing?
... that the bird subspecies Alcippe dubia genestieri is named after Annet Genestier, a French missionary-botanist in China who also built Zhongding Catholic Church in 1908?
... that the historical-romance novel My Tender Matador includes a fictionalized version of the attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet?
... that in college, American football lineman Zack Johnson played directly next to Zack Johnson?

29 May 2023

00:00, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

February Azure

... that Russian artist Igor Grabar dug a trench in snow to paint February Azure (pictured)?
... that actor Glenn Strange was unaware that he was being called to play Frankenstein's monster in House of Frankenstein until he reported to the make-up room?
... that when journalist and trade unionist Nisn Pups was released from jail, the Communist Party of Lithuania instructed him to change his name?
... that scientists initially could not determine which direction Weywot was orbiting?
... that Samuel Dexter Lecompte, the pro-slavery chief justice of Kansas Territory before the Civil War, administered oaths to the Fugitive Slave Act instead of the United States Constitution?
... that records of transgender people in Finland stretch back to the 19th century?
... that crew members had to sign non-disclosure agreements to stop them revealing that the Inside No. 9 episode "Hold on Tight!" was fake?
... that evangelist Bob Harrington would drive miles out of his way to avoid the sight of a steeple?

28 May 2023

00:00, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Marvin Harrison Jr.

... that one NFL scout compared watching Marvin Harrison Jr. (pictured) to "window shopping at a Lamborghini dealership for the model that doesn't come out until next year"?
...that the Locumba uprising was thought by many to be a cover for the escape of Vladimiro Montesinos, Peru's de facto leader from 1990 to 2000?
... that Edward D. Boone was the last surviving member of his 1851 graduating class from the College of the Holy Cross?
... that the Easter composition Surrexit a mortuis ('He rose from the dead') was scored for choir and two organs by Charles-Marie Widor, the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris?
... that one abolitionist said that William L. Breckinridge's anti-slavery views would "disqualify [him] from political usefulness"?
... that variations of the Latin legal maxim ius civile vigilantibus scriptum est have been used by American, European and Lesotho courts?
... that the Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern, the funicular railway with the highest transport payload capacity (215 tonnes), was built to move four transformers 882 m (2,894 ft) uphill?
... that before becoming a legislator, Bettina Petzold-Mähr played volleyball for Liechtenstein when they defeated Lichtenstein?

27 May 2023

00:00, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

French soldier wearing the pantalon rouge

... that French Army infantrymen wore red trousers (example pictured) from 1829 until 1914?
... that Zayn al-Din Qaraja was imprisoned and executed by the Mamluk Sultanate after he declared the independence of the Beylik of Dulkadir?
... that "London shrunk" garments can go for several weeks without needing ironing?
... that Katharina von Schnurbein is the European Commission's first coordinator on combatting antisemitism, having served in the role since 2015?
... that the show Protection Court continued to air episodes during an investigation launched by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission alleging that litigants were filmed without their consent?
... that a giant sculpture of melting whipped cream with a cherry on top transmitted a live feed of passers-by in Trafalgar Square, London?
... that Jordan St. Cyr, a Christian songwriter from a small town in Manitoba, won the first Juno Award for which he was nominated?
... that the late-Victorian Pagan Review lasted for a single issue and all of its content was written by one person?

26 May 2023

00:00, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Dierk Raabe

... that Dierk Raabe (pictured) received €2.5 million from the European Research Council to work on Green Steel?
.... that Prodigy Math Game was initially created as a school project?
... that Anggara Wicitra Sastroamidjojo, a regional councillor in Jakarta, Indonesia, received media attention for bringing his seven-month-old child into the legislative chamber?
... that a book about Mormon polygamy claims that polygamy was an early form of feminism?
... that the Mongol general Boroqul saved the life of the future Ögedei Khan by continually sucking clotted blood from a wound on his neck?
... that the word 'tissue' in textiles refers to types of fabric that are delicate, lightweight, and sheer in nature?
... that a world record has been set every year Gqeberha has held its Breaking Barriers 50km event?
... that film critic and censor D. I. Suchianu wanted Romanian moviegoers to cease "falling asleep whenever they're not shown a naked breast [or] a hip that's getting some action"?

25 May 2023

00:00, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Luo Wenzao

... that Luo Wenzao (pictured) became the first Catholic bishop from China in 1685, after initially declining the appointment in 1677?
... that the Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park, protecting the Otoskwin and Attawapiskat Rivers in Ontario, Canada, has archaeological and historical sites dating from 3000 BC to the 1800s?
... that Crying Ladies and Donsol, films starring Angel Aquino, were Philippine submissions for Best International Feature Film at the 77th and 80th Academy Awards, respectively?
... that to learn the rules of American football, Australian Adam Korsak, who was named the best college punter in 2022, played Madden NFL 06 and watched Any Given Sunday?
... that the Game Boy–released game Monster Max was considered by critics to be the closest in quality to The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening?
... that in 2019, a rockfall on the Spanish Autovia C-13 caused skiing holidays to be cancelled?
... that while Philippine Spanish has been described as an endangered language, a new generation of speakers has emerged?
... that Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for speeding in his horse carriage when he was a general?

24 May 2023

00:00, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza

... that actress Katharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza (pictured) when New York City officials said they would not widen the plaza?
... that several composers wrote coloratura arias specifically for the voice of Italian opera singer Maria Giustina Turcotti?
... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?
... that Curtis Aiken set the New York State Public High School Athletic Association single-season boys' basketball scoring record?
... that Deng Xiaoping called his actions during the Baise Uprising "one of the worst mistakes" of his life?
... that Asia Abdelmajid, a pioneering Sudanese actress, was killed in crossfire during the 2023 Sudan conflict?
... that confectioner William Westerfeld hired architect Henry Geilfuss to design his home in San Francisco, and then died in it?
... that the ancient Romans kept leopards in captivity to be used in the executions of criminals?

23 May 2023

00:00, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Tobit and Anna with the Kid

... that Rembrandt drew heavily on two copperplate engravings of earlier works by other artists for the composition of Tobit and Anna with the Kid (pictured)?
... that Polish-Jewish Post-Impressionist painter and Dadaist Marcel Słodki was arrested by the Germans in France and died in Auschwitz concentration camp?
... that Valley Public Television once raffled off a 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, according to the wishes of the man who bequeathed it to the station?
... that Sheila P. Burke was once known as the 101st U.S. senator?
... that after a guest smuggled a lion into the Hotel Belleclaire using a piano crate, the lion was thrown out of the hotel?
... that Vanessa Feltz's ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu sang on hits by Benz, Phats & Small, and Intenso Project?
... that the Chicano Liberation Front claimed responsibility for 28 bombings in Los Angeles in 1970 and 1971?
... that it once took two days to determine whether a slam dunk by Lester Rowe at the buzzer counted?

22 May 2023

00:00, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Barclays Bank, Enfield

... that in 1967, the world's first ATM was installed at a branch of Barclays Bank in north London (pictured)?
... that the Pimlico tube station is the deepest station below sea level on the Victoria line?
... that Dafne Navarro was the first trampoline gymnast to represent Mexico at the Olympics?
... that Dubuque, Arkansas, was destroyed in the American Civil War and is now covered by the waters of Bull Shoals Lake?
... that Japanese singer Noa became interested in music after watching the 2006 film High School Musical?
... that Aristotle's system of logic formed the foundation of logical thought in the Western world for more than 2,000 years until the advent of modern symbolic logic?
... that the art of Irma Blank, of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s?
... that Blood on the Floor uses scaffolding as an instrument?

21 May 2023

00:00, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Elizabeth Siddal

... that the coffin of Elizabeth Siddal (pictured) was exhumed at her widower's request to retrieve a book of poetry?
... that the microscopic organism Cafileria is the only living being that connects its nucleus to its mitochondria?
... that Lynda Simmons co-founded Architecture + Women NZ with Sarah Treadwell, Julie Wilson and Megan Rule to push for equity in New Zealand architecture?
... that the 1994 film The Devil Never Sleeps centers on director Lourdes Portillo investigating her uncle's death?
... that the team developing the action video game Knights Contract researched European folklore on witches and witch hunts?
... that literary agent Jacques Chambrun sold unauthorized, scandalous excerpts of a Marilyn Monroe memoir to a British tabloid?
... that gold(III) chloride can directly convert a primary amine to a ketone without any additional steps?
... that Jesse Marcel claimed that he recovered extraterrestrial debris from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico?

20 May 2023

00:00, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Fu-Go balloon bomb

... that the first intercontinental weapon was not a missile, but a Japanese balloon (example pictured)?
... that YouTuber Joey Santore is known for his "Bill Swerski–esque" Chicago accent and use of profanity on his channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't?
... that makwerekwere is the South African equivalent of "barbarians", an offensive and derogatory slur used to refer to foreigners?
... that Marisa Anderson organized and participated in multiple cross-country walks to raise awareness for various political causes?
... that the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service divides the entire ocean into just 21 radio areas?
... that the 1943 North Texas Aggies went from "kitchen maid" to "queen of the ball" when the Marine Corps sent players from major universities "tumbling onto" the campus?
... that Montserratian playwright Edgar Nkosi White only wrote his first play after he was dared by actor Martin Sheen?
... that Cusrow Baug in Mumbai had only a few tenants in the 1950s even at a low rent of 40 rupees per month?

19 May 2023

00:00, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

The Freshies

... that the 2019 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball recruiting class (pictured) is known as the Freshies after the name of the group chat they created before their freshman year?
... that in 1956, a Las Vegas TV station may have been the only 24-hour TV station in the U.S.?
... that a photograph inspired by one of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings shows 14 Israeli soldiers and was described as a "homoerotic challenge to Israeli machismo"?
... that John Sebastian composed the song "Rain on the Roof" after he spent a night listening to the rain with his wife?
... that Satrio Sastrodiredjo and Moerachman, both former mayors of Surabaya, Indonesia, were held as political prisoners in the same prison after the 30 September Movement in 1965?
... that the 2019 book Pacifying the Homeland was compared to an ice-cold shower for individuals acclimatized to mass surveillance in the US due to its pervasiveness in daily life?
... that in 1994, Anthony Pople created two computer programs to analyse classical music?
... that the Cantonese cooking channel Made With Lau began generating about US$50,000 per month in YouTube advertising revenue in under a year?

18 May 2023

00:00, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Edgar de Wahl

... that language creator Edgar de Wahl (pictured) escaped deportation by the NKVD by being placed in a psychiatric hospital?
... that when the dance permit for El Monte Legion Stadium was revoked, Johnny Otis accused the local city council of racism and, with the ACLU and NAACP, successfully reversed their decision?
... that a Connecticut TV station was dedicated to the state's first female governor, Ella Grasso, whose son was a minority owner?
... that the Los Angeles Sparks have the most wins and highest winning percentage in WNBA history?
... that Tim Watson-Munro was the psychologist responsible for treating mass murderer Julian Knight?
... that no law establishes whether a sitting U.S. president can be prosecuted?
... that Bob Dylan played the song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" 748 times in concert performances between 1976 and 2010?
... that British designer Alexander McQueen partied so hard that he accidentally abandoned the entirety of his second collection among a nightclub's rubbish?

17 May 2023

00:00, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

1910 International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park

... that American aviator John Moisant crashed his plane twice before participating in the 1910 International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park (pictured)?
... that the casualties suffered at the Battle of Plum Point Bend were very light given the amount of ordnance expended?
... that Jalen Redmond received the offer of a college athletic scholarship before having even played in a high-school football game?
... that the Church of St. Jacob, which had been used for centuries by Prussian Lithuanians in Klaipėda, was demolished by soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces using tanks in 1959?
... that Ruth Northway is the United Kingdom's first professor of learning disability nursing?
... that the Japanese destroyer Teruzuki was sunk by a single torpedo to the stern?
... that Angel Aquino received two nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 Gawad Urian Awards?
... that Whistling Dick was "of rather modest proportions"?

16 May 2023

00:00, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Girl with a Pearl Earring, a Vermeer painting owned by de Knuijt

... that according to scholarship published in 2023, Maria de Knuijt, rather than her husband, was actually the main patron of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (work pictured)?
... that Winchester United Church, a place of worship in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, was built into the walls of the former county jail?
... that Kyren Wilson won the first four frames in all of his snooker matches at the 2023 Tour Championship?
... that supporters of a 2020 ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in Missouri did not use the words "Medicaid expansion" to describe their proposal in some campaign material?
... that in 2022 Marios Georgiou became Cyprus's first European champion in gymnastics?
... that in winning the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship, Alabama head coach Nick Saban broke the record for the most Division I college football national championships as a coach?
... that Chadd Cumberbatch, a Montserratian poet and playwright, wrote a play called 1768 to tell the story of the island's St Patrick's Day slave rebellion?
... that the developers of CT Special Forces: Back to Hell responded to criticism of their previous game's password save system by making even more detailed passwords?

15 May 2023

00:00, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Vanadium crystal bars and cube

... that vanadium (pictured) was named after the Norse goddess Freyja?
... that Emily Donelson stopped serving as First Lady of the United States due to illness?
... that transgender activist Ky Schevers transitioned to male, detransitioned to female, then retransitioned as transmasculine and genderqueer?
... that marrying Plautia Urgulanilla may have helped Claudius get first-hand information for Tyrrhenika, his work about the Etruscans?
... that one reviewer said that players should try using a guitar controller with Fret Nice "to gain a new appreciation for a traditional controller"?
... that the LGBTQ+ anthology This Arab Is Queer features 18 queer Arab writers?
... that Celine-Marie Pascale's work focuses on how race and class impact the way "business practices and government policies create, normalize and entrench economic struggles" to benefit the wealthy?
... that most blue bloods in college basketball coincidentally wear shades of blue in their uniforms?

14 May 2023

00:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

St. Mary's Church

... that parishioners collected the stones used to build St. Mary's Church (pictured) from the iron mines where they worked?
... that Lucy Salani is considered the only known Italian transgender person to survive the Nazi concentration camps?
... that during the early-access period of Hogwarts Legacy, the game set a new record on Twitch with the largest number of concurrent viewers for a single-player game in history?
... that the miniseries In the Best of Families was based on the book Bitter Blood which in turn is a recount of the real life murders of Fritz Klenner?
... that male blue-bellied limias spend more than 26 minutes per hour courting females?
... that two Americans, Jeff Yass and Arthur Dantchik, are large funders of the Kohelet Policy Forum, an intellectual driving force of the controversial 2023 Israeli judicial reform package?
... that a Houston TV station lost its broadcasting tower in a construction accident a month after going on the air?
... that the USC Trojans team that won the 2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship had been compared to the Marvel Comics' Avengers?

13 May 2023

00:00, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Portrait of Joseph by Géricault

... that Théodore Géricault's paintings of Haitian-born model Joseph (example pictured) are unusual in portraying him as "an actual, distinct person"?
... that a Kansas TV station claimed it had "The Look of a Leader" and then went on to become the leader in its market?
... that Wanda Szuman, a pioneer of special education in Poland, was also active in underground education?
... that one reviewer said that her favorite part of Cassette Beasts was that it is not "forced to cater to younger children", unlike Pokémon?
... that the incorruptibility of Wihtburh's body was considered a miracle?
... that declarative knowledge is an awareness of facts that differs from practical knowledge in the form of skills and knowledge by acquaintance based on experiential familiarity?
... that Christopher W. Shaw has called for the return of banking at the United States Postal Service?
... that English-speaking elephants can be okay on Neptune in fiction, but a solid surface is not?

12 May 2023

00:00, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Sluishuis

... that the Sluishuis (pictured) has a publicly accessible jetty where boats can moor?
... that Gagauz politician Dumitru Topciu was mocked by his colleagues in the Romanian Assembly of Deputies for speaking Romanian with a "boorish accent"?
... that an FBI investigation contributed to the cancellation of the Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic, which had been the longest-running U.S. high school all-star basketball game?
... that in 1976, William F. Matthews became the first bookbinder to receive the Insignia Award of the City and Guilds of London Institute?
... that German president Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor, visited St. Francis Cathedral in Xi'an, China, 300 years after construction began?
... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "snake woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes?
... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the N54 road in the Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without first travelling through Northern Ireland?
... that Xiphophorus milleri only rarely eats its young?

11 May 2023

00:00, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Diseño del Rancho de los Palos Verdes

... that grantees of ranchos of Los Angeles County submitted hand-drawn maps known as diseños (example pictured) when making their land claims to the U.S. government?
... that medieval Muslim historians blamed al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah for the loss of much of Palestine to the crusaders but, in reality, he played no role in the Fatimid government during that period?
... that Tim Allen debuted in the 1988 film Tropical Snow?
... that Cathy Whims has opened several restaurants in Portland, Oregon, including the Nostrana, which has been described as "Portland's capital of the Negroni"?
... that at Capa House, photographer Robert Capa captured The Picture of the Last Man to Die, of American soldier Raymond J. Bowman?
... that Michalis Rakintzis said that he "came close to throwing down [his] microphone and walking off the stage" during his performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002?
... that in her first year with San Diego State, basketball player Tina Hutchinson set NCAA freshman scoring records and led the Aztecs to their first NCAA tournament?
... that most figures in 16th-century etchings by Jean Mignon have open mouths?

10 May 2023

00:00, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Sara Gadalla Gubara

... that despite her physical disability, Sara Gadalla Gubara (pictured) came third in a 50 km (31 mi) mixed-sex national swimming event in 1972?
... that the nadiri, a sleeveless overcoat, was personally designed by Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor?
... that singer Barbara Mandrell thought that when she saw Maureen McCormick play her in her biographical film, "all [she was] going to be able to think about is Marcia Brady"?
... that Soeparno moved the official year of establishment of Surabaya, Indonesia, from 1906 to 1293?
... that the acorn worm Balanoglossus gigas gives a strong iodoform-like smell when handled, possibly to ward off predators?
... that the musicians piri, venbee, Issey Cross, and Charlotte Plank are all part of the female and non-binary collective Loud LDN?
... that the New York Savings Bank Building later became "The Grand Palais of Rugs" and the "Temple of Food"?
... that before assassinating Umberto I of Italy, Gaetano Bresci spent most of the day eating ice cream?

9 May 2023

12:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Cosplayers holding a yaoi paddle

... that if you went to an anime convention in the 2000s, you might have been hit by a yaoi paddle (example pictured)?
... that Liberian minister of information Joe Mulbah was suspended by President Charles Taylor after a fist fight with the deputy minister of information?
... that zaï planting pits are an indigenous form of rainwater harvesting in the Sahel?
... that despite being marketed as Tages' international breakthrough, Studio was only issued in Sweden and Denmark upon original release?
... that Barbara Kennedy was the first player to lead NCAA Division I women's basketball in scoring?
... that Constantin Bivol, who championed land reform in Bessarabia, could only locate half of his ten dessiatins of ancestral farmland, noting that "God only knows where the rest of them are"?
... that Fred Rogers created and hosted a television documentary series titled Old Friends ... New Friends due to his concern that older generations were getting more isolated from younger generations?
... that a court ordered Jonathan Jacob Meijer to stop donating sperm or pay a €100,000 fine per donation?

00:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Liberty (standing) with the Leo Belgicus

... that the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution is surmounted by a statue of Liberty (pictured) inscribing the days of 23, 24, 25 and 26 September 1830 in a book?
... that Edemariam Tsega published a book about his father while Aida Edemariam, Tsega's daughter, published a book about Tsega's mother in the same year?
... that a TV station in Washington, D.C., held on-air monkey races as part of its children's programming?
... that Bessarabian legislator Anton Novakov, who was absent when his colleagues voted on union with Romania, sued the Romanian state for land benefits they had received for voting in favor?
... that after seeing a broken car, A.B. Quintanilla proclaimed his desire to make the song "La Carcacha" about it?
... that during his career in Surabaya, Radjamin Nasution worked as a customs official, an alderman, a doctor, a football club's president, and the city's mayor?
... that the Australian government tried to censor a film of Quail Island's starving koalas?
... that author John Green fundraises for Partners In Health by selling shirts with an image of his mustachioed face called "Pizza John"?

8 May 2023

12:00, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Marie Meyer looping the loop, 1925

... that Marie Meyer's aerobatic stunts included standing on the upper wing of a biplane while it looped-the-loop (pictured)?
... that Japanese voice actors provided voice-overs to El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for a domestic audience, although they were chosen for their "foreign"-sounding voices?
... that the owners of the Doll's Hospital building were the penultimate victims of the Acid Bath Murderer?
... that the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission listed former Council of State vice chair Isaac Musa among dead supposed perpetrators of human rights abuses and war crimes?
... that the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the first to feature two teams from the Pac-12 Conference?
... that Ali Mufiz was named advisor, without his consent, to a candidate's campaign in the 2013 gubernatorial election for Central Java?
... that an attempted British-Norwegian attack on the German battleship Tirpitz was abandoned after two Chariot manned torpedoes were lost due to bad weather?
... that Matty Healy is banned from Dubai?

00:00, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Abingdon County Hall

... that today, to mark the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, Abingdon Town Council throws thousands of currant buns from the roof of the County Hall (building pictured)?
... that an Iowa TV station's prior decision to disaffiliate from the Fox network meant that The Simpsons were originally unseen in the Quad Cities?
... that before his 100th birthday, Herman Benson wrote his own obituary claiming that his "last, dying words" were a plea for generous donations to the Association for Union Democracy?
... that across his thirty-six collections, fashion designer Alexander McQueen contemplated religion, told fairy tales, and criticized the fashion industry?
... that Martine Froger was elected to the National Assembly of France without the support of the national leadership of her party?
... that while studies have shown anti-trespass panels do reduce intrusions into rail track areas, there is concern that they could also trap trespassers on the tracks?
... that under Soekotjo Sastrodinoto, the municipal government of Surabaya signed up the city's homeless population for the transmigration program?
... that There I Ruined It aims to ruin as many songs as possible?

7 May 2023

12:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Eclipse scene in Barabbas

... that the 1961 film Barabbas portrayed a solar eclipse (pictured) by shooting during a real one?
... that Beibeilong was one of the largest oviraptorosaurs, with an estimated adult length of about 7.5 m (25 ft) and body mass of around 1.2 t (2,600 lb) or 2 t (4,400 lb)?
... that one of the longest civil trials in Utah history, with 1,000 exhibits, concerned the purchase of a Salt Lake City TV station?
... that Vice Admiral Ernst Scheurlen was killed in action a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe while leading a hastily raised division of naval troops in defence of Germany?
... that before winning The X Factor: The Band as part of RLY, Luena Martinez had released two singles as part of an anti-bullying campaign?
... that in a rapid decline, Computer Applications, Inc. went from the second-largest independent software firm in the United States to being bankrupt and subject to liquidation?
... that Elaine Marshall became the first woman elected to the North Carolina Council of State in its 246-year existence?
... that the Instrument 1 can be a guitar, piano, violin, or drum kit?

00:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Crowning of Edward VII

... that a British monarch arrives at their coronation wearing the Robe of State, is crowned (example depicted) while wearing the Supertunica, Stole Royal, Robe Royal and a single white glove, and leaves Westminster Abbey wearing the Imperial Robe?
... that the Cross of Wales, leading the procession at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, features two relics of the True Cross gifted to the King by Pope Francis?
... that the 2018 Te Deum for choir by Peter Reulein uses the same instruments including a bandoneon as Palmeri's Misatango, and is inspired by tango, habanera and huapango?
... that Helene Lecher's presentation at the Women at the Hague conference, which Mary Heaton Vorse described as the "most moving speech of all the Congress", urged for peace?
... that today the Bishop of Edinburgh plays a ceremonial role at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla as a representative of the Walker Trustees?
... that the tower of a defunct TV station turned into a Christmastime landmark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina?
... that the Greyster is a type of sled dog favored especially for dryland racing like canicross and bikejoring?
... that during her coronation, Caroline of Ansbach's dress was reportedly so covered in jewels that she required a pulley to lift her skirt for her to kneel?

6 May 2023

12:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Westminster Abbey

... that before today, 39 English and British monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey (pictured) since 1066?
... that as a college football player, Frank LeMaster changed from being a fullback to the starting halfback, to reserve halfback, to tight end, to linebacker, back to halfback and then linebacker again?
... that the documentary Lynch/Oz incorporates hundreds of film clips to illustrate the influence of The Wizard of Oz on the work of filmmaker David Lynch?
... that 19th-century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody was converted to Christianity in the stock room of a shoe store by his Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball?
... that Edward VI was only nine years old on the day of his coronation?
... that Bachtiar Djafar was the first mayor of Medan, Indonesia, to be of Malay descent?
... that the destroyed plinth of Gürdal Duyar's nude sculpture Güzel İstanbul contained reliefs of a fig, a pomegranate, a honeysuckle and a bee to represent different aspects of Istanbul?
... that Caity Baser followed up her 2022 singles "Friendly Sex", "X & Y", and "Kiss You" with "Friendly Sex (Angrier)", "X & Y (What I Didn't Say)", and "Kiss You, Pt. 2", respectively?

00:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

"Life on Uranus" by Frank R. Paul

... that in early depictions of Uranus in fiction, the planet was portrayed as solid (example pictured)?
... that Mari Shimizu is nicknamed the "mother of voice actors" in Japan?
... that the shores of Kesagami Lake in Kesagami Provincial Park (northern Ontario, Canada) are surrounded by "exceptional" peat cliffs reaching 4 metres (13 ft) in height?
... that John C. Carson built the first sidewalk in Portland, Oregon?
... that the 1928 Book of Common Prayer was adopted by the Episcopal Church in the United States, but the Church of England's 1928 Book of Common Prayer was rejected by Parliament?
... that Victor Wembanyama has been described as the most anticipated NBA prospect since LeBron James in 2003?
... that Percy Kelly hoarded his drawings and paintings until the end of his life, saying that his cottage would someday "upstage Beatrix Potter's home"?
... that the title of Lemnis Gate refers to the lemniscate?

5 May 2023

12:00, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Lixia rice dogs

... that Lixia traditions include weighing people, brewing seven-family tea, and making rice dogs (examples pictured)?
... that Jay Versace went from poking fun at SZA's music to producing songs for her?
... that the 1965 song "Wie als een God wil leven", written by Huub Oosterhuis, was listed in 2013 as a hymn in German successful with young people?
... that witch-hunts in India are still prevalent?
... that table tennis commentator Adam Bobrow's nickname "Snakeman" comes from a trick shot called "the snake"?
... that dying Unit 731 war criminal Shirō Ishii was baptized by Jesuit priest and playwright Hermann Heuvers?
... that although Alexander the Great founded two cities named Boukephala and Nikaia during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent, we do not know which was which?
... that vampire amoebae are naked?

00:00, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Medjed

... that an ancient depiction of Medjed (pictured) became an Internet meme on Japanese social media?
... that an earlier title going viral on TikTok prompted Meghan Trainor to take it back to doo-wop, which made them look again?
... that in 2020 Robert Tvorogal became Lithuania's first European champion in gymnastics?
... that during the 2023 Fort Lauderdale floods, 25.91 inches (65.8 cm) of rain fell in Fort Lauderdale, equivalent to a third of the city's annual rainfall total?
... that the existence of Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues was accidentally leaked when it was displayed on an animator's résumé?
... that Zenith Data Systems's $242 million contract with the United States Department of Defense in 1986 was the largest federal computer contract until then?
... that respected travelling bandleader Otto Schwarz and his Bavarian String Band were interned in Douglas, Isle of Man, during World War I?
... that when part of New York City's Hotel Riverview became a theater, some people thought that the hotel's overflowing toilets and leaky ceilings were part of the show there?

4 May 2023

12:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility

... that Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility (pictured) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
... that Filipina actress Angel Aquino has been described as a "perennial villainess" for portraying several antagonistic roles on television?
... that the purple shore crab has evolved to survive in oxygen-deprived waters?
... that before joining the girl group XG, Japanese singer Amy Harvey won the most awards when she participated in a modeling contest?
... that the court in BP Refinery v Tracey upheld a decision to reinstate an employee fired by BP for posting a meme video from the 2004 film Downfall?
... that Fletcher Loyer made a game-winning three-point shot in Columbus, Ohio, in January 2023 and missed a game-tying one in Columbus in March?
... that after the 2023 New York City parking garage collapse, a robotic dog named Digidog was deployed by the New York City Fire Department?
... that a beer named after the barley variety Golden Promise was not brewed using the variety?

00:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Poster for Island of Lost Souls

... that in 1935 Paramount wanted to reissue the film Island of Lost Souls (poster pictured) but was denied by the Hays Code, due to the film's excessive horror?
... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband?
... that a monument to honor the Jewish artist Jozef Israëls was destroyed during World War II, but the pieces were saved and it was restored and unveiled in 1946?
... that nearly two years after getting into a serious car accident that sidelined him for a full season, football player Juice Scruggs returned to the field, and was named All-Big Ten one year later?
... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor?
... that Mary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable?
... that a "hacker" with blog posts written by ChatGPT was at the center of an online scavenger hunt promoting Avenged Sevenfold's album Life Is but a Dream...?
... that tyrant Thrasybulus of Miletus ended the 12-year Lydian–Milesian War with a fake party?

3 May 2023

12:00, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

K-222

... that the Soviet submarine K-222 (pictured) was the fastest submarine ever built?
... that linguist Aníbal Otero was imprisoned for espionage while working on fieldwork for the Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula?
... that future NFL linebacker Eldridge Milton liked playing with alligators at a young age?
... that Nebraska TV station Big 8 was a big bust, losing nearly $5 million between 1983 and 1986?
... that a fantasy novel by Irish poet and author Sarah Maria Griffin was sent to around 200,000 ticket-holders of the music festival Tomorrowland?
... that a gameplay demonstration of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six boosted its popularity when it accidentally showed AI teammates rescuing hostages by themselves?
... that Wanda Wesołowska has named 40 genera and 572 species of animals?
... that despite plans to restore the Sam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum?

00:00, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Male pygmy swordtail

... that female pygmy swordtails prefer male Panuco swordtails, which court them, to males of their own species (pictured), which merely sneak up on them?
... that Patrick O'Brian's Testimonies received reviews that variously described it from "clumsy in construction to the point of amateurishness" to "rare and beautiful"?
... that during World War II, Oscar Holmes became the first black US naval aviator only because the still-segregated Navy initially thought that the light-skinned Holmes was white?
... that Green Day wrote a tribute song for singer Amy Winehouse following her death, despite never having met her?
... that N. Porsenna, who translated The Ballad of Reading Gaol into Romanian, spent seven years in communist prisons?
... that the contrabass trombone has experienced a revival in film music and video game soundtracks?
... that after he retired from professional baseball, Paul Hinrichs became a Lutheran minister?
... that the African Union has set up a space agency in a Space City?

2 May 2023

12:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Brenzoni Monument

... that a wall tomb in Verona (pictured) has a ten-figure Resurrection scene in marble by Nanni di Bartolo and paintings by Pisanello?
... that to film the series Quarterback, the NFL allowed quarterbacks to wear microphones for every game of the 2022 season?
... that Indonesian politician Muhammad Rapsel Ali founded a motorcycle racing team?
... that at the trial of the Rumrich spy case, US Army deserter Guenther Rumrich stated he was instructed to determine how many US soldiers were based on the country's east coast?
... that Radomir Lazović and other activists protested against the redevelopment of the Belgrade Waterfront by bringing a giant rubber duck to the House of the National Assembly?
... that the main village set of the 2019 horror film Impetigore was so remote that the crew had to build toilets and a path for vehicles?
... that Uncle Waffles learned how to DJ during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being an Eswatini TV presenter once her music career took off?
... that American teenagers of the 1960s and 1970s used to chat and arrange dates over the sound of the busy signal?

00:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

May Day 1948 issue of Licurici

... that Vladimir Cavarnali, who edited a communist children's magazine (cover pictured), had previously been a member of the fascist Crusade of Romanianism?
... that the Koryo-saram newspaper Koryo Ilbo was once known as Lenin's Banner and is the oldest active Korean newspaper outside of Korea?
... that Rufina Bazlova has used traditional embroidery to depict protests in Belarus?
... that an episode of Sesame Street featuring the Wicked Witch of the West only aired once because it terrified children?
... that after bailing out of his aircraft over France, Stanley Browne was able to evade any German soldiers searching for him with the help of local villagers?
... that in 2020, COVID-19–related articles across all Wikipedias received more than 579 million pageviews?
... that defenceman Roman Josi is the Nashville Predators single-season points leader?
... that shōnen manga protagonists often possess "insanely spiky hair"?

1 May 2023

12:00, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Remains of a lock structure

... that the construction of the Masurian Canal (lock structure pictured) was paused for the World Wars and hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic before being abandoned?
... that after becoming one of the Mongolian Armed Forces' first female recruits, Bolor Ganbold is now its first female brigadier general?
... that a 2023 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit invalidates a law preventing people from owning firearms while under restraining orders for domestic abuse?
... that in the remake of Resident Evil 2, Mr. X walks at four times his normal speed when the player cannot see him?
... that no contemporary source identifies the praefectus vigilum who commanded the night watch during the Great Fire of Rome under Nero?
... that quantum materials researcher Tina Brower-Thomas's attempts at chemistry as a youth led to her concoctions eating holes into her coat?
... that Džuvljarke written by Vera Kurtić includes interviews with members of the LGBT community in Serbia and concludes that Romani lesbian women are often "invisible"?
... that a New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"?

00:00, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Henri Deglane

... that 1924 Gold Medal Olympian Henri Deglane (pictured) co-founded a professional wrestling promotion in France which featured catch wrestling?
... that the Alexander McQueen collection Neptune drew negative reviews comparing the clothing to 1980s science fiction, Xena, and Wonder Woman?
... that three years prior to this month's massive plastics fire in Indiana, a court determined that the site was a fire hazard "unsafe to people and property"?
... that former East Java provincial secretary Trimarjono was known for his habit of standing in front of the governor's office lobby every morning?
... that the 12th-century Lundie Kirk was left as "a charred roofless shell" after a fire in November 2022?
... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse, who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to play soccer for the Republic of Ireland?
... that during the Battle of Nicopolis in 1798, Revolutionary French troops placed their artillery on top of an ancient burial mound?
... that while feathers are light, and light opposes darkness, feathers do not oppose darkness?

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