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30 September 2023

00:00, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Chelsea Waterside Park

... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park (pictured) was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys?
... that Himmatul Aliyah was born in Tangerang and represents Jakarta in Indonesia's House of Representatives, while Himmatul Alyah was born in Jakarta and represented Tangerang?
... that a $10 calculator was among the best-rated Nintendo Switch games?
... that EastEnders producers decided to kill off Chantelle Atkins at the conclusion of a domestic-abuse plot after learning of the high statistic of women killed by a partner?
... that the 1874 Alabama gubernatorial election was marred by violence and fraud?
... that soprano Vera Curtis was the first singer trained exclusively in the United States to perform with the Metropolitan Opera?
... that the Daft Punk track "Infinity Repeating" is considered by the duo to be their "last song ever"?
... that Nunuk Nuraini was described as a hero for developing the mi goreng flavor of Indomie instant noodles?

29 September 2023

00:00, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Jonathan Allen

... that Jonathan Allen (pictured) left journalism for politics before quitting 40 days later?
... that the Dvorichna settlement hromada has remained divided between Russia and Ukraine since the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive?
... that Chanig ar Gall joined her husband Charlez ar Gall in Breton-language broadcasting after learning Breton?
... that South Korean band Seventeen partnered with Apple to let fans create remixes of their song "Darl+ing" on GarageBand?
... that tickets on secondary markets for the 2023 Leagues Cup final ranged from $484 to $12,000 within a day of release?
... that 13 contemporary Dubliners reenacted The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci for a mural installed in their city's "Italian Quarter"?
... that Chaimas Kaplanas took part in four hunger strikes during his imprisonment at Kaunas Prison?
... that a reviewer for The Sims 2: Nightlife said that a more accurate name would be "The Sims: Slutting About"?

28 September 2023

00:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Te'omim Cave

... that the Te'omim Cave (pictured) in Israel was home to a Bronze Age alabaster quarry, a refuge cave during the Jewish–Roman wars, and a possible center for necromantic activity in late antiquity?
... that the 1989 Serbian general election was the last one-party election in Serbia?
... that fans of Taylor Swift solved 33 million puzzles in less than a day to find out 1989 (Taylor's Version)'s "vault" tracks?
... that John Romita Sr. has been credited with introducing romance comic themes to Spider-Man comic books?
... that the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve is the only known nesting area for the eastern great egret in New Zealand?
... that Ben Brown was the seventh member of his family to play American football for the Ole Miss Rebels?
... that according to David Baddiel's book Jews Don't Count, antisemitism has become perceived as a "second-class racism"?
... that one reviewer described a TV station in St. Louis as appearing to be "not serious about the news"?

27 September 2023

00:00, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Cyprian Norwid

... that the 19th-century poet Cyprian Norwid (pictured), now recognized as one of the most important Polish poets, led a poverty-stricken life and his works were rarely appreciated until decades after his death?
... that ancient Rome's Temple of Piety was closely connected with the legend of a daughter who breastfed an imprisoned parent?
... that the librarian Paul Needham has argued for the "respectful burial of the human remains" included in a book bound in human skin?
... that the Solution and EU Party aimed to represent 30 percent of Turkish Cypriots, but failed to enter the Northern Cypriot parliament?
... that Seattle Sounders FC players held their practices over Zoom during part of their 2020 season?
... that according to Rolling Stone, Lauren Jenkins blended music and acting for No Saint "in ways not currently common practice" in country music?
... that Thorfinn's journey to Vinland in the manga Vinland Saga was influenced by the author's anxieties during the Cold War and the September 11 attacks?
... that the bicolor molly inevitably goes off the deep end in adulthood?

26 September 2023

00:00, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

The Big Apple

... that there is a 7.5-metre-tall (25 ft) statue of an apple (pictured) in Waitomo, New Zealand?
... that Julian Hill was the first player from Campbell University to make an NFL roster, but Brevin Allen was the first to play in a game?
... that a freelance game developer successfully pitched a video game with a picture of a car driving around a lake?
... that when Valerie Cowie was appointed a senior lecturer, one of her referees wrote that his "only reservation is that the post ... does not adequately do justice to her high academic status"?
... that the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell operated as a residence, a house of correction, a factory, and finally a museum?
... that Charlotte Haining was an International Jury Member for the selection of Finland's 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entry?
... that a Maine TV station was so protective of its evening newscast that it preempted nearly 40 percent of all NBC Sports programming in 1994?
... that Hồn – trăng – máu, Hạc San's concept album, consists solely of the 29-minute title track?

25 September 2023

00:00, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Curiosity's descent seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

... that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed Curiosity (pictured) as it landed on Mars?
... that the Orangeburg Massacre was the first time police shot and killed students on an American university campus?
... that heritage properties cared for by An Taisce include a guildhall, a marsh, a castle, a Quaker cemetery, and Babe's Bridge?
... that David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, argues in his 2020 book that monopolies are so interwoven with our lives that it is impossible to escape them?
... that much of the research in dress history has been done from documents, illustrations, and photographs rather than by studying items of clothing?
... that when Zhu Cilang was asked why his family lost the Mandate of Heaven, he blamed it on their "treacherous ministers"?
... that State Auto Mutual's life-size nativity scene was donated to the Museum of Catholic Art and History in 2023 for display at St. Joseph Cathedral?
... that Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf are Doppelgangers?

24 September 2023

00:00, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Chambers Street station

... that the Chambers Street station (pictured) was once called "easily one of the most decrepit stations" in the New York City Subway system?
... that Arsjad Rasjid said that he learned of his appointment as chairman of Ganjar Pranowo's presidential campaign from a friend showing him the news?
... that the Brazilian military government changed the ochre on the proposed flag of Mato Grosso do Sul to blue so as to match the colors of the national flag?
... that The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival has been considered one of the worst video games of 2023?
... that Kevin Feige perceived a "direct parallel" between the experiences of real people during the COVID-19 pandemic and those of fictional characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe during the Blip?
... that the 1930s Polish Andean expeditions have been credited with several first ascents and the tracing of a new route to the summit of Aconcagua, the Andes' highest peak?
... that "Gam3 Bo1", a song from the EP Your Choice, contains references to NFTs and Zoom?
... that Lord McAlpine commissioned 100 heads from Big John Dodo?

23 September 2023

00:00, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Ruby Diamond

... that prominent Florida State University benefactor Ruby Diamond (pictured) had the middle name Pearl?
... that the slogan "One Nation, One Language" has been used to justify the imposition of Hindi?
... that Swedish naval officer Axel Lagerbielke was imprisoned in Lima for over a year, held in Callao and eventually escaped from Panama on an English packet boat to Jamaica?
... that the title of Olivia Rodrigo's song "All-American Bitch" was derived from an essay by Joan Didion?
... that attending the 1984 Summer Olympics inspired Bob Barney to establish an institution to research the Olympic Games?
... that CBS executive Laurence Tisch found out on a tennis court in the U.S. Virgin Islands that rival network NBC had bought his company's affiliate station in Miami?
... that Mihai Eminescu's poem "Out of All the Masts", which Eminescu himself never intended to publish, has won posthumous praise as a "perfect combination of words"?
... that Saunders Island has a lava lake and is populated by penguins?

22 September 2023

00:00, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Chrigel Maurer

... that Christian "Chrigel" Maurer (pictured), eight-time winner of the X-Alps "hike-and-fly" paragliding endurance race, and his future wife Karin both won gold medals at the same World Cup event?
... that due to the 1955 Brazilian coup d'état, Brazil had three presidents in the span of a single week?
... that artist Joan Brigham is best known for her work with steam?
... that following its closure, the former Admiral Beatty Hotel was converted into a senior citizens' apartment building?
... that even though Mother Mary Corona received no formal teacher training, she was the president of Alverno Teachers College?
... that the 1968 book Yanomamö: The Fierce People led to a major and decades-long controversy in the field of anthropology?
... that Major League Baseball player Wade Meckler was 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 metres) tall and weighed 75 pounds (34 kilograms) when he was a high-school freshman?
... That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd that once led to the Jergins Trust Building in Long Beach, California?

21 September 2023

00:00, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

The Pepperpot, Godalming

... that the old town hall in Godalming, Surrey, is nicknamed "The Pepperpot" (pictured) after its distinctive cupola?
... that KFC rice may have originated as a quick, cheap Christmas dinner, owing to the popularity of KFC in Japan?
... that Mary Burt Messer was researching and writing about the sociology of divorce as early as 1924?
... that following the release of Olivia Rodrigo's song "The Grudge", fans speculated that it was about her supposed feud with Taylor Swift?
... that the Reichsgesetzblatt was last issued five days before the Battle of Berlin began?
... that employees resigned from an Illinois TV station after ownership decided there were too many people on the payroll?
... that the heavy metal band Cradle of Filth released a T-shirt that was so offensive that several people were arrested for wearing it?
... that bugs reported during the development of The Sims 2: University included "zombies can't fall in love" and "zombies walk on water"?

20 September 2023

12:00, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Julia Masli

... that clown Julia Masli (pictured) found success by shaking hands with audience members using her feet?
... that in 2021, Tropical Storm Danny became just the third named system to make landfall in South Carolina in the month of June since 1867?
... that Salar de Pedernales in Chile features dark slope streaks resembling dark slope streaks on Mars?
... that House Gospel Choir's very first gig was at Glastonbury?
... that William Nixon performed abortions in the NHS before the passing of the Abortion Act 1967?
... that three American bombers were downed over the Romanian village of Suslănești in May 1944?
... that the Lava Ridge Wind Project proposal has faced opposition for putting 740-foot-tall (230 m) wind turbines next to the former Minidoka internment camp?
... that Georgia's racketeering law has been used to prosecute an assisted-suicide group, schoolteachers in a cheating scandal, a fake dentist, and Donald Trump?

00:00, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Philippeion, a tholos in Olympia

... that in Greek architecture the round tholos form (example pictured) offered an escape from the "austere conventions" of Greek temple design?
... that novelist Erskine Childers was an artilleryman in the British Army, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, a major in the Royal Air Force, and a staff captain in the Irish Republican Army?
... that Catechumen, a Christian first-person shooter, was funded only in the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre?
... that upon establishing Georgia's first printing press for Vakhtang VI, Mihai Iștvanovici published Romanian verse in Georgian script?
... that a rapper coined the term "Dongbei renaissance" to describe the cultural resurgence of China's rust belt?
... that American football player Doug Turley reportedly had some of his best performances after he fractured a bone in his wrist?
... that "Updown", the first solo single released by Piri and Tommy Villiers after their breakup, was about Piri having cowgirl sex with Villiers?
... that during the 2021 Nabisco strike, Kotaku published an article discussing the ethics of buying Pokémon-themed Oreos?

19 September 2023

12:00, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Van E. Chandler in his P-51 Mustang

... that at the age of 19, Van E. Chandler (pictured) was the youngest pilot in the United States Armed Forces to become a flying ace during World War II?
... that the Canadian government implemented the Peasant Farm Policy to force First Nations farmers to use the methods of European peasants?
... that the first organized football game of C. J. Okoye's life was in the National Football League?
... that a number of bus drivers who participated in a strike were unaware that it was illegally held?
... that the earliest-known Jewish writer in the Americas was the nephew of a conquistador?
... that the song "Hot" features samples of car alarms?
... that Moran Zer Katzenstein led a women's march inspired by The Handmaid's Tale in protest of Israeli judicial reform?
... that the spiky inedible grass Triodia scintillans tastes like salt and vinegar chips?

00:00, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Tamás Király

... that when the Hungarian Arts Fund denied a grant application by Tamás Király (pictured) for a fashion show, he used the rejection letter as a poster?
... that HMS Redpole, one of the aptly-named coffin brigs, sank in an action with a pirate vessel in August 1828?
... that NBA owners won a binding arbitration that blocked a third NBA–ABA all-star game between the rival basketball leagues?
... that the Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is one of the few surviving madrasas dating from the Mughal Empire, and the oldest continuing school in Delhi, India?
... that Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company alleging that the release strategy for Black Widow breached her contract?
... that Roman or Trajan lettering was popular for official use in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century?
... that the day before William J. McGarry was set to leave for the Pontifical Biblical Institute, he was instead appointed a professor at Weston College?
... that the name of the video game mod series Bomba Patch was inspired by éclairs?

18 September 2023

12:00, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Adult ashy flycatcher

... that one way to tell the African dusky flycatcher apart from the ashy flycatcher (example pictured) is that the former is "cuter"?
... that scholarly study of the poetry of Kishvari, one of the most important Azerbaijani poets of the 15th and 16th centuries, only started in 1928?
... that the George S. Bowdoin Stable has variously served as a garage, private residence, art gallery, cultural center, and office?
... that in 2018, breast surgeon Liz O'Riordan arrived for her breast cancer treatment dressed as Mrs Incredible?
... that in season three of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Oliver personally forgave nearly $15 million of medical debt for 9,000 Americans?
... that E. F. Bleiler conducted research for Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years by reading all 1,835 stories published in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1936?
... that the Buffalo Sabres drafted a fictional player in the 1974 National Hockey League Amateur Draft?
... that the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station has a Hook, Line, and Sinker?

00:00, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Evdokia Kozhevnikova

... that the fieldwork of Soviet ethnologist Evdokia Kozhevnikova (pictured) for her unfinished dissertation provides a valuable record of the culture and the language of the Georgian province of Svaneti?
... that the Kingstree jail fire killed 22 freedmen amidst the "unsettled" labor conditions of Reconstruction in South Carolina?
... that Ivan Beshoff, the last survivor of the mutiny on the Potemkin, emigrated to Ireland where he established a fish and chip shop that is still run by his descendants?
... that The Cormac McCarthy Journal is one of the few academic journals about a specific author from the United States founded while its subject was alive?
... that according to family tradition, admiral and painter Jacob Hägg decided to become a naval officer after seeing a Franco-British naval force during the Crimean War?
... that a complaint signed by 52 people resulted in curriculum standards at New York State's private schools being subject to structured regulatory oversight for the very first time?
... that Imagining Mars: A Literary History "presents a compelling case that 'Mars matters'"?
... that a 1903 New York Times editorial predicted it would take one to ten million years to develop an operating flying machine?

17 September 2023

12:00, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Cardinal of Portugal's Altarpiece

... that the Cardinal of Portugal's Altarpiece (pictured) commemorates a prince who fought in battle aged 14 and died aged 25?
... that Dear England tells the story of how manager Gareth Southgate helped change notions of masculinity for the men's national football team?
... that according to the Lotharian legend a medieval emperor declared Roman law the law of the Holy Roman Empire?
... that a pregnant Meghan Trainor, who considered her child a present, wore bows during the promotion for her album A Very Trainor Christmas?
... that the first imported copies of Norman Lindsay's Age of Consent were confiscated by Australian customs authorities?
... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
... that the tenor Graham Clark appeared at the Bayreuth Festival in 16 seasons, portraying the characters Loge and Mime in the 1988 Ring cycle?
... that the Hôtel Gabriel was rebuilt after its destruction in World War II?

00:00, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Angeline Quinto

... that Angeline Quinto (pictured) has recorded songs for at least 35 films and television soundtracks in the Philippines?
... that known books bound in human skin include a highwayman's memoirs bound in his own skin, a novel about a man being left by his lesbian wife, and a BDSM erotic poem?
... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Scott Reppert was a three-time Little All-American at running back and an Academic All-American in the classroom?
... that the Hotel Brexton in Baltimore was once home to Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée who married Edward VIII?
... that archaeological excavations in the historic town of Kharayeb revealed a rural settlement with a complex system of cisterns and a Phoenician temple?
... that according to sportswriter Jon Henderson, the 1943 Football League War Cup final was "widely regarded as the greatest club football match of the war"?
... that Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers formed Wet Leg on a Ferris wheel?
... that within 90 minutes of Donald Trump's release from jail, his 2024 presidential campaign began using his mug shot on merchandise?

16 September 2023

12:00, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Kansas City Ballet dancers in Petite Mort

... that Jiří Kylián's ballet Petite Mort (dancers pictured) uses slow movements from Mozart's most famous piano concertos to contrast the physicality of the choreography?
... that Graham Fraser pioneered cochlear implantation in the United Kingdom?
... that the Adelaide L. T. Douglas House, built for a New York City socialite, housed the United States Olympic Committee before being sold to Guatemala?
... that ice hockey player Mitch Love once fought 34 times in one season, more than any other professional player in the world that year?
... that BattleBit Remastered, a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, was created by three indie developers?
... that Chester Smith's California TV station ran its newscast on a "dental floss budget", as one former anchor put it?
... that medieval monks could be punished by being walled up alive in a special ecclesiastical prison called the Vade in Pace?
... that the best-selling novel of 1947 was described by Time magazine as "one of the worst ever published"?

00:00, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Stained glass at Debre Libanos

... that Hungarians Gyula Bajó and Endre Hevizi, who went on to design stained glass (example pictured) for the Debre Libanos monastery, worked as labourers in a British pottery after the Second World War?
... that the mayor of Antrim, Adrian Watson, said that he was overlooked for not being a "Cameron Cutie"?
... that Holocaust survivor Samuel Rajzman, a witness to the post-war Nuremberg and Treblinka trials, escaped from Treblinka concentration camp and was then sheltered by a local Polish farmer?
... that Occult America suggests that Abraham Lincoln may have turned to Spiritualism after the death of his son?
... that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nightclub scene in Simón used only 30 extras instead of the originally intended 250?
... that Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi, a National Football League player, had never heard of American football before watching a YouTube video when he was 18 years old?
... that while the laws governing Jewish astrology prohibit worshipping the stars, gaining knowledge of their influences on humans is permitted?
... that after the Battle of Lewinsville, the "Gray Ghost" wrote that he regretted "the glorious opportunity that I missed of winging their colonel"?

15 September 2023

12:12, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

George Griffith

... that George Griffith (pictured) wrote a book about the Boer War three years before it started?
... that the Siberian crane is considered more threatened than the whooping crane, despite there being an estimated ten times more of them?
... that John Ogilby saved the manuscript of his translation of the complete works of Virgil from destruction in a shipwreck by wrapping it in a waterproof cloth?
... that an "army" of women were congratulated by Pat Nixon for their fundraising efforts to bring public TV to Indianapolis?
... that comic book artist Barry Windsor-Smith wrote, drew, inked, and lettered every page of his graphic novel Monsters by himself?
... that a Harvey's franchise known for being a hub for sex work was described by one artist as a "legendary Toronto icon"?
... that William J. Ennis's office consisted of a folding bed?
... that there is a folk tradition in Korea where children who urinate while sleeping are made to wear a winnowing basket on their head and ask their neighbors for salt?

00:12, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Detail of a discharge-printed textile

... that discharge printing (pictured) creates patterns by stripping dye from dyed cloth?
... that Jonathan Blow thought that he may not have finished creating the videogame Braid were he not simultaneously learning kung fu?
... that judge Robert Bork's leaked list of video rentals included movies such as Citizen Kane, The Philadelphia Story and Sixteen Candles?
... that in 2023, footballer Funso Ojo was named as Port Vale's PFA community player of the year for his efforts at becoming more environmentally friendly?
... that the founding manager of an Oregon radio station named it after his wife's former name?
... that after Irish post office clerk Maureen Flavin Sweeney reported worsening weather conditions, Dwight D. Eisenhower agreed to postpone D-Day by 24 hours?
... that Pont Abraham Services, at the end of the M4, were one of the first in the UK to sell fuel for over £2 per litre?
... that The Impossible Quiz is possible to beat?

14 September 2023

12:00, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Vladimír Mandl

... that Vladimír Mandl (pictured) wrote the first book on space law 25 years before Sputnik 1 was launched into space?
... that the bankruptcy of Penn Central in 1970 was the largest in American history at the time?
... that five years after retiring as the president of the Green Bay Packers, judge Robert J. Parins ruled on a case related to American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer?
... that the former Lyster Sanatorium, which was used as the setting for the horror movie Villmark Asylum, is being renovated as a hotel?
... that it is not known what happened to the 25 pregnant women who were given iodine-132 in Keith Halnan's study?
... that the success of Kingdom Rush prompted plans to grow the video game industry of Uruguay?
... that when Erice van Leuven's brothers posted a video of her mountain biking as a 10-year-old, she received four offers of sponsorship?
... that Covanta Hempstead's predecessor smelled so bad that it caused nearby shoppers to vomit and its workers to strike?

00:00, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Diana Ingro

... that actress Diana Ingro (pictured) was known as the "Argentine Katharine Hepburn"?
... that following the energy price shock caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Turkish government intervened to have the country's renewable energy subsidise coal and gas?
... that Adam Exner, the archbishop of Vancouver from 1991 to 2004, played polkas and waltzes on the accordion well after he became a bishop?
... that a Baltimore TV station aspired to be "the Cadillac of independents"?
... that Mark Murphy played safety for the Washington Redskins from 1977 to 1984 while Mark Murphy played safety for the Green Bay Packers from 1980 to 1991?
... that the Costco hot dog and soda combo deal has cost $1.50 since its introduction in 1984?
... that "Rich Men North of Richmond" by Oliver Anthony was the first single to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with no previous chart history for its artist?
... that dwarf mollies hit rock bottom when they grow up?

13 September 2023

12:30, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Restless Heart

... that record executive Tim DuBois locked the members of Restless Heart (pictured) in an office for seven hours until they came up with a name for the band?
... that William L. Keleher fired three teachers who said Boston College was teaching heresy?
... that it took nearly five years for Tetsuya Tsutsui to find out that the first volume of his work Manhole was banned in Nagasaki Prefecture?
... that John Koniszewski was wounded by machine-gun fire at the Battle of Saipan, returned to the battle after "a brief rest", and later played three years in the National Football League?
... that it took almost as long to renovate New York City's Borough Hall station in the 1980s as it did to construct the original subway line?
... that the assassination of Shinzo Abe motivated a former believer of the Unification Church, Sayuri Ogawa, to become a prominent anti-cult activist?
... that according to an art historian, the painting The Temple evokes a sense of both crisis and "enduring power"?
... that JPEGMafia did not use Pro Tools when Scaring the Hoes?

03:16, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Frances Vorne in a parachute swimsuit

... that a photograph of Frances "the Shape" Vorne wearing a swimsuit made from remnants of a captured Nazi parachute (pictured) was one of the most sought-after pin-ups of World War II?
... that the play-by-email game Blood Pit was so complex that even its programmer had trouble winning?
... that José Cobo Cano compared officiating same-sex marriages to celebrating the Eucharist with Coca-Cola?
... that Eternal Blue, a metalcore album, was inspired in part by 1980s pop music?
... that Loud LDN co-founder Maisi came joint last in the 2022 Maldon mud race, behind a naked runner who had been forced to start after everyone else?
... that the perpetrator of the 1976 Spring Hill shooting allegedly committed the attack in a rage after being denied membership to a model plane club?
... that CBS News and Stations president Wendy McMahon helped bring local evening news back to the network's Detroit station after 20 years?
... that the dwarf merry widow is not very brave?

12 September 2023

12:44, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum

... that according to historian Mark Summers, Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum (pictured) could be read as "an invitation to regicide"?
... that Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 is an example of irredentism?
... that Sinéad O'Connor said that tearing up her mother's picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live put her "back on the right track"?
... that Romanian literary scholar Dan Simonescu, who edited a chronicle dealing with the reign of Michael the Brave, had to delete any mention of Michael having "all the Jews murdered"?
... that UK prime minister Rishi Sunak complained when a joint declaration was made at a summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that used the term Islas Malvinas?
... that according to Ron Howard, his high school classmates teased him by whistling "The Andy Griffith Show Theme"?
... that as of 2018, the opera house in Harrington, Washington – which opened in 1904 – had never staged an opera?
... that invisible ships are a myth?
00:00, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

South fork of Chollas Creek

... that a California sea lion, later named Freeway, was thought to have traveled up Chollas Creek (pictured) before getting onto California State Highway 94?
... that Akbelen Forest is being cut down to make way for a coal mine?
... that Gage and Tollner used to close from June to September because of oyster shortages?
... that small Poecilia gillii males have longer sex organs than larger males, to facilitate mating with females that flee from them?
... that kids could fight the Great Chicago Fire at Freedomland U.S.A.?
... that despite being the first women's football team in Northern Ireland to sign players on professional contracts, Cliftonville Ladies F.C. were not the first club to register them?
... that Art Rooney Jr. presided over what one Pro Football Hall of Fame selector described as "the best drafting run in NFL history"?
... that Leskov Island is probably inaccessible for penguins?

11 September 2023

12:00, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Terracotta bust of an Etruscan woman

... that frescoes, sarcophagi, urns, and trousseaux found in the tombs of Etruscan women (bust pictured) show the important roles they played in society?
... that it is controversial whether indoctrination forms part of education?
... that Megan Abbott's 2018 novel Give Me Your Hand uses menstruation as a metaphor, which she compared to comments made by Donald Trump during the 2016 election?
... that Towa Tei's "Sometime Samurai" remained unfinished for eight years until Australian singer Kylie Minogue re-recorded the song in 2004?
... that readers of Detroit columnist Nancy Brown funded the reforestation of 560 acres of land in her honor during the Great Depression?
... that fans of Castle in the Sky twice broke the record for largest number of tweets posted per second?
... that pilot Henry Biard made his first flight before taking his first flying lesson?
... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?

00:00, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Thwaites Glacier

... that Thwaites Glacier (pictured) in Antarctica is expected to add 65 cm (26 in) to global sea levels over the coming centuries?
... that The Librarian was part of the shift by computer programmers away from using punched cards?
... that DeepStateMap.Live, an interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, received up to 120,000 visitors in 30 minutes during the Battle of Izium in the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive?
... that several science fiction critics praised "Rock Diver", the first short story by American writer Harry Harrison, for its compelling take on technology for passing through matter?
... that the first road tunnel in England, opened in 1823 in Reigate, Surrey, runs under the site of a medieval castle?
... that an initial gameplay concept for Diggin' Dogs was "possibly going to be worms eating into a diseased brain", with design input from Edmund McMillen?
... that Wagner Group head of logistics Valery Chekalov, who was killed in the 2023 Tver Oblast plane crash, used the call sign "Rover"?
... that Australian politicians may face the pub test?

10 September 2023

12:00, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Mimodactylus reconstruction

... that Mimodactylus (reconstruction pictured) is the first complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent?
... that one of the earliest models of communication was developed by Aristotle?
... that African porters in Salvador, Bahia, went on strike after the provincial government passed a law requiring them to wear metal identification tags?
... that one NYPD captain called the 1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis the "birthplace of hostage negotiation"?
... that Japanese voice actress Akiho Suzumoto can recite 70 digits of pi from memory?
... that one reviewer for Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century was let down by the book's lack of poetry?
... that since being left vacant the grade II–listed Occleshaw House in Leyland, Lancashire, has been used as an illegal cannabis farm and suffered a suspected arson attack?
... that a wolf reportedly ate Boris Johnson's dongle at an Italian castle owned by a Russian billionaire?

00:00, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Twitter's headquarters

... that Twitter's headquarters building (pictured) in San Francisco was built as a trade center for furniture wholesalers in 1937?
... that more than 60 scientific papers authored by mathematician Paul Erdős were published posthumously?
... that an album of collectible cards from the German margarine brand Echte Wagner in 1930 presented a vision of the future that incorporated concepts such as wireless personal phones with screens?
... that the New York City-based fashion label Sandy Liang is inspired by grandmothers in Chinatown, and often features Liang's own grandmother as a model?
... that the Campanile, a bell tower in Portmeirion, north Wales, was built in 1928 using stone from a nearby 12th-century castle?
... that Adam W. Oberlin, the 1917 Republican nominee to be the mayor of Canton, Ohio, went missing and was found seven months later working as a carpenter in Norfolk, Virginia?
... that in 2023 the IFLA named the Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez the "best new public library in the world"?
... that merry widows like soft bottoms?

9 September 2023

12:00, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Budae-jjigae

... that the Korean stew budae-jjigae (example pictured) commonly includes baked beans, Spam, corn, and American cheese?
... that the U.S. Marine Hospital in Lahaina collapsed due to vibrations from neighboring construction, was rebuilt, and then was destroyed by the 2023 Hawaii wildfires?
... that Daniela Ceballos worked with the Football Federation of Chile to supervise safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic while playing football herself?
... that a seat was reserved for Buddhist monks and nuns in the Sikkim State Council?
... that when the New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station was built, the park above it was raised?
... that Taiwan used to have a consulate general in Latvia before it was downgraded?
... that Script Ohio has been called "one of the most impressive examples of American folk art in existence"?
... that it can be horrifying to people to choose to use too many tos?

00:00, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Bridgeman Island

... that Bridgeman Island (pictured) was the first volcano in Antarctica to be seen erupting?
... that provatura cheese was mentioned in a 12th-century chronicle?
... that when the J. Lewis Crozer Library was founded in 1769, it had 163 books?
... that Singaporean broadcaster Lee Fook Hong legally changed his name to Lee Dai Sor (literally 'Lee Big Fool' in Cantonese) after being accused of tax evasion?
... that the Aubinadong River in Ontario, Canada, was an indigenous canoe route and is still used for canoe camping as its main recreational activity?
... that Indianapolis's 2023 gun control ordinance – which bans assault weapons, among other measures – is a trigger law that only goes into effect if Indiana's state preemption law is repealed or struck down?
... that the waltz from Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite has been called "spooky" and is often played for Halloween?

8 September 2023

00:00, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Male Phallichthys fish

... that Phallichthys (literally 'penis fish') species are so called because the males (example pictured) have "comparatively huge" sex appendages?
... that the organisation Netsafe created an email chatbot that replies to scammers with questions indefinitely?
... that 30 Ukrainian anarchists defeated more than 500 Austrian imperial soldiers at the Battle of Dibrivka?
... that in the 1920s, a guard was posted outside the New York City Subway's Clark Street station to prevent sailors from using it at night?
... that El Yucateco was the first Mexican brand of hot sauce sold in the United States?
... that Le langaige du Bresil, one of the earliest documentary sources of any South American language, demonstrates that Europeans and Brazilian indigenous peoples maintained intimate social contacts?
... that the Japanese-language children's show Kikaida, popularized in Hawaii by a Honolulu TV station, beat Sesame Street in the local ratings?
... that cannibals used hooks to kidnap people during a famine in Fatimid Egypt?

7 September 2023

00:00, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon

... that Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (pictured) fetched nearly $1 million at auction despite questions about both its artist and subject?
... that before having bracelets thrown at him in July, Harry Styles had been the target of Skittles, chicken nuggets, kiwi fruit, tampons, feather boas, cowboy hats, pride flags, and Dr. Simi dolls?
... that Quechua senator Carmen García helped pass reforms to education in Bolivia that incorporated indigenous and traditional knowledge?
... that the rights to build Incheon Station in the Korean Empire were temporarily given to an American company in an attempt to protect it from the Empire of Japan?
... that Mark Fabish was recruited to play college football by coach Al Bagnoli and 30 years later succeeded him as head coach of the Columbia Lions?
... that the entire development team of Lego Island was fired the day before the game was released?
... that when Edgar Jaffé died, D. H. Lawrence wrote to his widow to say that he was glad?
... that Igor Stravinsky called his 1955 orchestral work Greeting Prelude "a kind of singing telegram"?

6 September 2023

00:00, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Frock coat from Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims

... that the clothing tags for Alexander McQueen's first collection, Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims (garment pictured), had McQueen's own hair encased inside?
... that Helene Ollendorff Curth was first to introduce a set of criteria for associating some rashes as possible indicators for internal cancers?
... that according to a popular legend, the tomb of Humayun Shah split open when he was interred?
... that the legal battle over awarding channel 9 in Orlando, Florida, the longest case in FCC history at the time, filled 55 volumes?
... that the Munich Mouser, Neville Chamberlain's pet, and Nelson, Winston Churchill's pet, had a rivalry during World War II?
... that circulation numbers for early comic books featuring Captain America remained close to a million copies per month, outstripping news magazines such as Time?
... that Blockchain Chicken Farm is about chicken farms run by people who have never heard of blockchain?
... that raw material waste from the West influenced a generation of rock music in China?

5 September 2023

00:00, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Ludovic Antal

... that in 1968, actor Ludovic Antal (pictured) recited a Romanian nationalist poem in front of tourists from Soviet Moldavia, causing them to flee for their bus for fear of a "provocation"?
... that a public TV station in Texas held an eight-hour telethon before it even began broadcasting?
... that Governor Lauk Shein of Bassein fled the city along with "ten elephant loads of gold and silver", but could not outrun the pursuing Hanthawaddy troops?
... that C/1990 K1 (Levy) was the first comet observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, but only short exposures were obtained as the telescope was not yet able to track Solar System bodies?
... that the pastor of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral made Nicholas Russo celebrate Mass in the basement of the church because Russo was Italian?
... that Nicola Griffith's novella Spear examines how the Roman conquest made Britain an ethnically diverse society?
... that Major League Baseball pitcher Charlie Gray was billed as his team's pitcher "of six fingers and six toed fame" and called "a freak" by the Sporting Life?
... that "the first rule of the Dunning–Kruger club is you don't know you're a member of the Dunning–Kruger club"?

4 September 2023

00:00, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Patricia Mancilla

... that Patricia Mancilla (pictured) pushed to have restrictions on abortion in Bolivia expunged from the legal code – even after leaders in her own party came out against it?
... that an unfinished cut of Revolution+1, a film about the life of the suspected assassin of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, was released in theaters the day before Abe's state funeral?
... that the murderer of Yadira Arroyo was reportedly found mentally unfit to stand trial three times?
... that Nāmākēhā was sacrificed in 1797 after he led an unsuccessful rebellion against Hawaiian king Kamehameha I?
... that the Roman historian Marcus Junius Gracchanus adopted his last name to show his support for Gaius Gracchus?
... that the debut season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver beat seasoned HBO counterpart Real Time with Bill Maher in the ratings?
... that Regina Purtell took such great care of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders that the press called her the Florence Nightingale of the Spanish–American War?
... that in Yugoslavia, Rudi Čajavec, the electronics company that produced various components of the M-84 tank, also made guitar amplifiers?

3 September 2023

00:00, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Peace dollar from the Binion Hoard

... that charges of murder and grand larceny followed the theft of the Binion Hoard (coin pictured), which was valued at US$4 million in 1998?
... that Slovenian-born singer Ben Dolic was set to represent Germany at Eurovision in 2020?
... that the deity of the Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb remains unidentified due to the absence of names of specific gods in unearthed inscriptions?
... that Scholastic requested Maggie Tokuda-Hall remove the phrase "virulent racism" from the Author's Note in Love in the Library, a children's book about Japanese-American internment camps?
...that in 1819, members of the Catholic Tübingen school first published the Theologische Quartalschrift, which remains in print as the oldest journal of Catholic theology in the world?
... that American football player Tanner Brown went from being a walk-on to a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award as the best college placekicker in the United States?
... that the unus testis, nullus testis rule has been criticised because it makes convictions in rape cases very difficult?
... that butterfly collector Ian Heslop was once required to supervise an execution?

2 September 2023

00:00, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Republicopteron douseae fossil

... that with all known Palaeorehniidae fossils (example pictured) being incomplete, the relationships of the family are uncertain?
... that when Kentuckians discover unwanted bourbon, there is something they can do with it?
... that William J. Murphy's presidency of Boston College began 16 days before the start of World War II and concluded five days after hostilities ended?
... that Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son Lee Hsien Loong donated the "unsolicited discounts" from their controversial purchase of condominium units to charity?
... that Sienna Shaw of the slasher film Terrifier 2 was envisioned by Damien Leone as symbolizing an Old Testament angel?
... that Le Vin herbé is a 1942 musical setting of the story of Tristan and Iseult by Frank Martin for twelve vocalists, seven strings and piano?
... that Casey Johnston's writing about weightlifting is intended for people who feel their bodies are "never hot enough"?
... that today is independence day for Philly 57?

1 September 2023

00:00, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Grant's Tomb

... that by the late 20th century, many tourists did not know who was entombed in Grant's Tomb (pictured)?
... that King Seonjo considered necromancy for Crown Princess Gonghoe's funeral because her remains were lost during the 1592 Japanese invasion of Korea?
... that in 2019, Chinese electronics company Xiaomi posted a video of their third-quarterly financial report featuring a parody of the anime song "Renai Circulation"?
... that Xochitl Gomez was aged 13 when she first auditioned for the 18-year-old America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?
... that Forbes named German chancellor Angela Merkel the world's most powerful woman fourteen times?
... that future Loud LDN member Parthenope left her 200-year-old violin on a train?
... that MrBeast's Squid Game re-enactment was described as "perverse" and a misunderstanding of the original?
... that Project Carryall proposed the detonation of 23 nuclear devices in California to build a road?

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