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30 September 2020

00:00, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Trapped tiger (1854) by Eugène Delacroix

... that Eugène Delacroix's only work in the semiphotographic cliché verre printmaking technique depicts a tiger at bay (pictured)?
... that the 2020 World Series will be the first to be held at one ballpark since 1944?
... that Hainer Hill, who took hundreds of photographs documenting Brecht's Berliner Ensemble, created the stage design for Hindemith's Mathis der Maler at the new Opernhaus Dortmund in 1966?
... that at civil disobedience events, undocumented students from Freedom U wear painted monarch butterfly wings symbolizing migration's naturalness and their immigrant experience?
... that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that burqa bans may be "necessary in a democratic society"?
... that in 1995, French journalist Didier Roustan helped set up a world footballers union with Eric Cantona and Diego Maradona?
... that "On the Death of Mr. Crashaw", an elegy for Richard Crashaw, is considered one of Abraham Cowley's finest poems?
... that in 1949 the admirals were revolting?

29 September 2020

00:00, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Beulah Ream Allen receiving the Medal of Freedom

... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen (pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II?
... that the 74 artists who created the 95 original prints for the subscription portfolio L'Estampe originale included Toulouse-Lautrec, Gaugin, Renoir, Rodin, Pissarro, Whistler, Redon, and Bonnard?
... that Tom Hayden used his Campaign for Economic Democracy to help pass a rent-control measure in Santa Monica, California?
... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself?
... that the sketch-comedy series The Fuccons stars a cast consisting solely of mannequins?
... that with no prior work experience, William B. Jordan turned the Meadows Museum's collection into the most prominent collection of Spanish art outside Spain?
... that the chiton Tonicella marmorea was first described from Greenland by the Danish naturalist Otto Fabricius, who spent five years as a missionary in the country?
... that the 1831 Londonderry City by-election was the second of three in that constituency within nine months, all of which were won by Robert Ferguson?

28 September 2020

00:00, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Flag of Western Australia

... that the direction of the black swan on the flag of Western Australia (pictured) was corrected in 1953, even though this issue was identified 17 years earlier?
... that during the Second World War, Abkhazian female pilot Meri Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties and dropped 63 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy?
... that the Mutual Reserve Building was described as "a law office slum" and a 1920s center of the "personal injury underworld"?
... that the Spanish town of Cadrete removed a bust of the ruler who built its castle, for causing "division and confrontation"?
... that bridge designer James Barney Marsh gave Archie Alexander, the first African American to graduate as an engineer from the University of Iowa, his first job?
... that the owner of WSZE-TV started an air-taxi service to bring program tapes to Saipan?
... that Bristol's medieval Tolzey Court saw a surge in popularity in the 1960s because it had lower fees than the High Court or County Court?
... that Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ uses MSG in its spice rub, calling it a "flavor maker"?

27 September 2020

00:00, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Phyllium bilobatum

... that the leaf insect Phyllium bilobatum (pictured) can defend itself by spraying a foul-smelling liquid?
... that The New York Times named Forbes magazine editor Randall Lane one of the 922 most powerful people in America?
... that after the Greek Civil War, 20,000 leftists were exiled to the island of Gyaros, dubbed the "Dachau of the Mediterranean"?
... that Robert Utter resigned from the Washington Supreme Court in protest of the death penalty?
... that Nerotalanlagen, a park along a creek in Wiesbaden, was built in the late 19th century to enhance the town's spa quality?
... that the Bennett Building, once one of New York's most prominent buildings, is probably the world's tallest building with a cast-iron facade?
... that anime musician Kano's Virtual YouTuber 3D model is based on an avatar she uses in official artwork?
... that the 1932 Detroit Wolves won the pennant with an outfielder, first baseman, shortstop, and two pitchers who were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

26 September 2020

00:00, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Mary Schenck Woolman

... that early vocational-education advocate Mary Schenck Woolman (pictured) obtained her first teaching position as a result of her "harsh" review of a sewing manual?
... that the seeds of Guilandina bonduc, commonly known as nickernuts, are buoyant and remain viable while being dispersed by ocean currents?
... that Nihonga artist Yumeji Takehisa was arrested in connection with a plot to assassinate Emperor Meiji of Japan?
... that India has 66 chess grandmasters?
... that James Edwin Campbell, the first president of West Virginia State University, was among the first African-American poets to write poems in the African-American vernacular dialect?
... that the Third Punic War between Rome and Carthage ended in the complete destruction of Carthage and the death or enslavement of all of its citizens?
... that Jane Fonda paid for her political activism with the profits of her Workout videos?
... that during the Falklands War, a fishing trawler served in the Royal Navy as HMS Junella?

25 September 2020

00:00, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Convent of Santo Domingo

... that the Convent of Santo Domingo (pictured) in Valencia, founded in 1239 as a church, is now used as a Spanish Army headquarters?
... that Bill Callahan recorded his album Gold Record in just one week?
... that the 1872 Londonderry City by-election was the first parliamentary election held by secret ballot in Ireland?
... that a historical theory argues that Nixon sought a decent interval between American withdrawal and South Vietnamese collapse to avoid becoming the first president to lose a war?
... that writer Jeanne Humbert was repeatedly arrested for spreading information about birth control and abortion after they were banned in France in 1920?
... that the anime film Weathering with You was inspired by climate change affecting Japan?
... that Hermann Deiters translated Alexander Wheelock Thayer's Life of Beethoven and published it in German before it appeared in English?
... that the Korea Central Zoo houses a chimpanzee that smokes a pack of cigarettes a day?

24 September 2020

12:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains

... that Albert Bierstadt's landscape painting Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains (pictured) was removed from its frame and glued to an interior wall when Locusts on Hudson was rebuilt?
... that the Churchill caretaker ministry reduced the British bacon ration from four ounces (110 g) to three ounces (85 g) per week?
... that historian Jeffrey Kimball argued that the Vietnam War "was waged as much against Saigon as it was against the [Viet Cong / North Vietnamese] enemy"?
... that residents of Devdaha, Nepal, decided that a 13-year-old girl should marry her 25-year-old alleged rapist?
... that Zofia Poznańska, cipher clerk to the Red Orchestra espionage group, was captured in Belgium by the Abwehr in 1941 and hanged herself in prison in 1942?
... that the 1919 Detroit Stars, a Negro league baseball team, included three players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
... that when William R. Watson retired from his gallery for contemporary art in Montreal, one of his artists wrote: "You have known, and been a good friend to nearly all the artists"?
... that a chapel at the Confederate Memorial State Historic Site was formerly used for both religious services and the production of alcohol?

00:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Destroyed section of Rockaway Boardwalk

... that after the Rockaway Boardwalk (pictured) was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, a radio ad campaign using the Ramones song "Rockaway Beach" was aired to draw visitors to the adjacent beach?
... that Essop Moosa, who was of Indian origin, became the first non-white player to play for an all-white soccer team in South Africa, appearing under a pseudonym?
... that S&M2 is the highest-grossing rock cinema event of all time?
... that Du Shuzhen was the first woman in Henan, China, to perform the Hajj?
... that after shutting down in 1954, Indiana television station WRAY-TV was activated once a year to air the annual March of Dimes telethon?
... that the 16-bit Ferranti F100-L was the first microprocessor designed in Europe?
... that the $10 million Tri-City Mall in Mesa, Arizona, began to lose stores and customers ten years after opening, and even a multimillion-dollar renovation could not save it?
... that excavations in Romajë have revealed double-edged axes thought to have been related to sun worship?

23 September 2020

12:00, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Winston Churchill

... that Winston Churchill (pictured) was a keen amateur bricklayer, constructing buildings and garden walls at his home, Chartwell?
... that the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building's main banking hall was described as "the one real asset" of a nearly bankrupt New York City in the 1970s?
... that after contralto Florence Wickham made her debut in Germany, she was engaged for an American tour as Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal?
... that during the 1903 FA Cup Final, a cinematograph was sited on top of one of the stands?
... that South Carolina state senator Tom Corbin once referred to women as a "lesser cut of meat"?
... that the artwork for the 2017 Bonobo album Migration was captured in four hours?
... that less than 18 months after being launched, radio station KFNA of El Paso, Texas, declared bankruptcy after its format failed to attract listeners?
... that Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is the worst-ranked video game of all time on Metacritic and GameRankings?

00:00, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

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Ground Swell (1939) by Edward Hopper

... that the buoy in Edward Hopper's 1939 painting Ground Swell (pictured) alludes to impending doom, possibly the beginning of World War II?
... that Hildegard Uhrmacher, a coloratura soprano who appeared as Mozart's Konstanze and Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Marie, titled her 2006 autobiography Hilde, du schaffst das (Hilde, you'll manage)?
... that the jute hairy caterpillar is a serious pest of fibre crops in India, sometimes occurring in epidemic outbreaks?
... that Walter Mears has compared Donald Trump to populist senator Huey Long?
... that the European Commission of Human Rights found in 1969 that the Greek junta systematically tortured dissidents, leading to Greece's exit from the Council of Europe?
... that Theresa Plummer-Andrews sorted Bob the Builder's budget?
... that in the album title Not Our First Goat Rodeo, the term goat rodeo refers to a chaotic event in which many things must go right for the situation to work?
... that a flag pole named a city?

22 September 2020

12:00, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Night-time view of The Great Light

... that the large hyperradiant lens used in the Mew Island Lighthouse is now on display in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast as The Great Light (pictured)?
... that Kathy Arendsen had a windmill fastball pitch timed at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h)?
... that the U.S. Public Health Service was once reorganized eight times in seven years?
... that Muljadi Djojomartono once said that Sukarno would have been an Islamic prophet had he been born in 571?
... that upon opening at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in 1976, Python was the first roller coaster in Florida to feature inversions?
... that the Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC was nicknamed the "1000-Day Regiment" as its 1,181 days of service made it possibly the shortest-lived peacetime regiment in the British Army?
... that French novelist Claire Etcherelli's 1967 novel Elise, or the Real Life gained a brief cult following and was adapted into a 1970 film?
... that eyewitnesses at the Battle of Sedalia reported seeing Confederate soldiers riding barefoot because their boots were full of plundered whiskey?

00:00, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Jim Watkins

... that Jim Watkins founded a super PAC to back politicians who support the QAnon conspiracy theory, furthering belief by experts that he has close ties to, or is, Q?
... that the rhythm of "Solang es Menschen gibt auf Erden", a Dutch hymn translated into German, has been compared to a tango?
... that some works by the Baltic-German writer Laura Marholm were part of "feminist literary criticism", known as gynocriticism, 70 years before the term was coined?
... that in April 2009 a bomb blew a hole in the buttocks of the statue of Lenin at Finland Station, Saint Petersburg?
... that Wolfman Jack helped finance his nephew's Ampersand magazine?
... that Japanese occupying forces reportedly sentenced Fatah Jasin to death, but Japan surrendered and Indonesia became independent before he could be executed?
... that the site of Los Arcos Mall was dubbed the "most divisive piece of property" in the history of Scottsdale, Arizona?
... that Portuguese fado singer Cuca Roseta has a black belt in Taekwondo?

21 September 2020

12:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Interior of the Mahavira temple

... that only five Jain temples (one pictured) remain in the Kumbhariya district of Gujarat out of hundreds that were destroyed by volcanic activity?
... that Nellie Weekes ran for public office even before women received the right to vote in Barbados?
... that the merchant vessel MS Nordic Ferry was awarded a battle honour for service in the Falklands War?
... that Chinese peasants mostly armed with spears and swords repeatedly defeated modern warlord armies during the Spirit Soldier rebellions?
... that West Virginia State College professor Angie Turner King was an educator and mentor to entomologist Margaret S. Collins and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson of Hidden Figures?
... that Perspectiva corporum regularium, a 1568 book of engraved polyhedra, demonstrates visually the medieval theory that the complexity of the physical world comes from four basic elements?
... that the Postal Telegraph Building contained the first electric elevators, commissioned by Frank J. Sprague?
... that Newcastle architect Gibson Kyle lay in wait and caught a burglar who was absconding with 33 lb (15 kg) of lead belonging to Richard Grainger?

00:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup

... that a 1966 test flight (pictured) of a Gemini B spacecraft for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory was the first time an American space capsule intended for human spaceflight had flown in space twice?
... that the Ryūkyū Disposition saw the former Ryūkyū Kingdom incorporated into the nascent Empire of Japan?
... that though Calvin Royal III did not start formal dance training until he was 14, he went on to become a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre?
... that Kabul City Center is the only building in Afghanistan that is equipped with working escalators?
... that Leonhard Lechner, who trained as a chorister in Bavaria under Orlande de Lassus, composed a Passion for choir in 1593 that strongly influenced the genre?
... that the 1938 film Shadows Over Shanghai incorporates footage of the bombing of the city during the Second Sino-Japanese War, which was then underway?
... that Marie "Blanche" Wittman, formerly a hysteria patient of Jean-Martin Charcot, contracted radiation-induced cancer while working for Albert Londe?
... that the name "United States" was originally plural, but gradually transitioned after the Civil War to a singular noun?

20 September 2020

12:00, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Geraldine Ferraro

... that the Hollywood Women's Political Committee was formed in 1984 to help elect Geraldine Ferraro (pictured), the first U.S. woman vice-presidential candidate for a major party?
... that during the Victorian-era London garotting panics, some citizens wore studded leather collars to protect themselves from attack?
... that William Bowery, who co-wrote two songs on Taylor Swift's album Folklore, appeared to have no online presence, and is possibly a pseudonym?
... that Zolotarev polynomials were introduced in 1868, but not applied to Zolotarev filters until 1970?
... that Len Lanzi was legally fired by the Boy Scouts of America after coming out as gay?
... that the 1997 Polish box-office-hit comedy Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku criticizes Polish and American myths such as the American Dream?
... that Vinmont Veteran Park traces its name to Robert Weinberg, whose German surname translates to Vinmont in French?
... that the colour of the blackstreak surgeonfish changes according to its mood?

00:00, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Barbarossa reliquary

... that St. Johannes Evangelist, a former abbey church built in Cappenberg in the 12th century, houses the Barbarossa reliquary (pictured)?
... that 54 years ago today, California television station KCFT-TV went off the air when General Electric showed up with a moving van, a locksmith, and a court order to repossess equipment?
... that according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pope John Paul II's canonisation of Chinese martyrs hurt the feelings of the Chinese people?
... that on the single "Bra Off" from Natalie Lauren's album Handle with Care, Lauren points out that women should not be subject to insult, assault, or sexism when they do not wear a bra?
... that to help counteract misleading online information on vaccines, the Vaccine Safety Net provides a list of scientifically reviewed websites?
... that although Major General Thomas Holden was twice elected to the Continental Congress, he does not seem to have taken up his seat?
... that sixteen people were injured while fleeing a non-existent terrorist attack during the Oxford Circus panic?
... that Licett Morillo closing Prada's fashion show was compared to an actor winning an Oscar?

19 September 2020

12:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Etching by Henry Farrer, c. 1875

... that the etching revival that began in the 1850s (work pictured) ended when prices collapsed after the 1929 Wall Street crash?
... that it was once illegal for civilians to pass U.S. military vehicles on Japan National Route 58?
... that the game developer Toys for Bob created Star Control after its founders Fred Ford and Paul Reiche met at Starflight creator Greg Johnson's house for a game night?
... that Alasdair Geddes worked on the WHO's smallpox-eradication programme in Bangladesh five years before diagnosing the world's last fatal case of smallpox in Birmingham, England?
... that in the 1789 Virginia's 5th congressional district election, two future U.S. presidents opposed each other?
... that the Arsenal footballer Matt Smith won an FA Cup winners medal without having made his debut for Arsenal?
... that U.S. senator Strom Thurmond's aides set up a bucket for him to relieve himself during his 24-hour filibuster?
... that "phantom borders" left behind by the partitions of Poland by imperial powers have an impact on which political parties Polish citizens vote for?

00:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Melinda Plowman

... that child actress Melinda Plowman (pictured), who appeared in many early television shows, was one of the original Mouseketeers?
... that in 1957, a bus ride from Calcutta to London cost £65?
... that Robert B. Landry was the United States Air Force aide to President Harry S. Truman?
... that a book on polyhedra by Piero della Francesca fell victim to "probably the first full-blown case of plagiarism in the history of mathematics" when Luca Pacioli copied it in his Divina proportione?
... that Canadian sportscaster John Badham reported on the 1976 Summer Olympics canoe and kayak events despite having no knowledge of the sport?
... that From Space I Saw Earth by Daníel Bjarnason was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic to be performed with three conductors simultaneously?
... that two Molotov cocktail attacks have set Club Feathers on fire?
... that the "Hot Air Line" was so-called due to shaky financial backing and grandiose claims?

18 September 2020

14:12, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Naturaleza muerta (1645–1650) by Tomás Yepes

... that Tomás Yepes (work pictured) settled a lawsuit his elder sister brought against him by giving her some religious paintings?
... that Peanuts Gallery, a 1997 piano concerto by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, portrays Peanuts characters in movements such as "Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy" and "Snoopy Does the Samba"?
... that sect leader Li Guangchang ruled as self-proclaimed emperor for five years in the 1980s before being arrested by the Chinese police?
... that seeds of the sea bean can be dispersed for long distances by ocean currents?
... that Coventry City won the 2017 EFL Trophy Final, earning their first major trophy since winning the 1987 FA Cup Final, despite being relegated from League One to League Two that season?
... that among rock critic Jacoba Atlas's many concert reviews was a "disastrous appearance" by Joe Cocker?
... that at Osthofen concentration camp, the camp doctor declared all new arrivals healthy and medically fit for imprisonment, even if they had been mistreated before?
... that Hurricane Sandy blew the roof off Paradise?

03:51, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Scarborough Town Hall and Queen Victoria statue

... that the only statue of a public figure in Scarborough is a memorial to Queen Victoria outside its town hall (pictured)?
... that Mariah Carey covered Aretha Franklin's rendition of "Don't Play That Song" at The Live Debut – 1990?
... that among proofs of the Sylvester–Gallai theorem, Kelly's has been praised as "simply the best", but also criticized as "like using a sledge hammer to crack an almond"?
... that professional athletes protested by refusing to play in response to high-profile police shootings of Black people in 2020?
... that Hardi dissuaded the Communist Party of Vietnam from inviting their Indonesian counterparts to a party congress in Hanoi?
... that the 2017 Bishop Maginn High School baseball team largely consisted of Karen refugees?
... that a flag was used to facilitate trade between Momoyama Japan and Ming China?
... that even though Judith Sims of TeenSet magazine was touring with the Beatles, she was not, "alas", sleeping with them?

17 September 2020

12:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Inuit reindeer-hide parka with dog-fur trim

... that modern studies have shown that the characteristic fur-trimmed hood on traditional Inuit skin clothing (example pictured) is more effective at preventing heat transfer than manufactured winter clothing?
... that the heart of Pierre David was found in a Belgian fountain in August 2020?
... that a 10 cm³ (0.6 cu in) sponge Hymeniacidon kitchingi can filter 22.5 L (5 imp gal; 6 U.S. gal) of water per day?
... that the Detroit Lions' tackle Tony Furst saw combat action in the Guadalcanal campaign and later became a florist?
... that Aoimori Park features plants that are symbolic of each municipality in Aomori Prefecture?
... that Felix Mendelssohn subtitled Sechs Lieder, Op. 59, six songs for four voices setting poems by Eichendorff and others, "Im Freien zu singen" ("To be sung outdoors")?
... that conventional religion is positively correlated with authoritarianism?
... that Susan Lydon wrote about fake orgasm and real addiction?

00:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Jackie Summers

... that Jackie Summers (pictured) quit his corporate job to pursue a "lifelong dream of day-drinking professionally"?
... that cavalry of both sides at the Battle of Ticinus fought on foot?
... that Alex Anderson became interested in quilting after finishing her grandmother's quilt, which had been started decades earlier, for a college credit?
... that irritant hairs on the seed pods of the horse-eye bean have traditionally been used to get rid of intestinal worms?
... that the largest Sephardi synagogue in Northeast Philadelphia is primarily composed of Hebrew-speaking Israeli expatriates?
... that blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore did not follow up his 1973 debut solo album Grinding Stone for another five years?
... that Franz Leuninger, a Catholic trade unionist in Silesia who ran against the Nazis for election to the Reichstag in 1933, was executed in March 1945?
... that after Ohio fined a woman $100 for not putting her name on a political leaflet, her estate appealed the fine all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court?

16 September 2020

12:00, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Hokitika Clock Tower

... that the Hokitika Clock Tower (pictured) on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island serves the unusual dual purpose of a war memorial and a town clock?
... that mercury pressure gauges as tall as 23 metres (75 ft) have been built to measure very high pressures?
... that when Bertha Park High School opened, all pupils were provided with iPads, but had to lock their own phones in lockers?
... that Sarika Kale, a kho kho player who has struggled financially for years, won ₹51,000 for her performance as captain of the India national team at the Third Asian Kho-Kho Championship?
... that Theodore Roosevelt considered a portion of the Northwest Branch Trail to be one of his favorite places?
... that the Latvian Boy Scout handbook, written in 1933 by Valdemārs Klētnieks, was destroyed by communists during the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940?
... that prior to the release of his album Restoration in August 2020, Lecrae decided to leave Columbia Records to be independent again?
... that Melati Suryodarmo went viral after dancing on butter?

00:00, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Light Vessel 72 in 2010

... that Light Vessel 72 (pictured), which helped mark the route to the Normandy landing beaches, has lain in a Welsh scrapyard since 1973?
... that sports team owner Dell Loy Hansen purchased a rare dime for $1.3 million?
... that the current Kenyan National Assembly is made up of 290 constituency elected members including Samuel Arama, 47 county woman representatives including Gladys Boss Shollei and Sabina Wanjiru Chege, and 12 appointed members including Dennitah Ghati?
... that the hermit crab Paguristes cadenati can help keep a reef aquarium clean?
... that Travis Denning illegally used David Ashley Parker from Powder Springs's identity before including him in a music video?
... that Tokyo's Shibuya Route is key to the plot of the novel 1Q84, where it contains a fictitious stairway to another reality in its storyline?
... that 1 Wall Street Court, a condominium building, was once the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa futures market?
... that Moop Mama, a band of seven brass players, two drummers, and a rapper, began "guerilla concerts" in Munich's Englischer Garten in 2009?

15 September 2020

12:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Cockfighting in Tamil Nadu, India

... that in 2019, despite a nationwide ban in India, an estimated more than ₹900 crore (US$130 million) was wagered on cockfighting (example pictured) in Andhra Pradesh in just three days?
... that Polish children's author Maria Kownacka wrote for an underground children's magazine during the Warsaw Uprising?
... that according to the Hebrew Bible, a perjurer should receive the same punishment he sought to inflict on the falsely accused?
... that the Gemmi Fault is a geological fault in Switzerland that was active in the last 10,000 years?
... that the young Troy Baker was cast as the older Joel Miller in The Last of Us because of his voice and movement?
... that a 2006 survey found that only 7.6 percent of participants were able to understand an auxiliary label with complex instructions?
... that Jim Drucker, the founder of the world's largest online-only comic bookstore, was also the commissioner of both the Continental Basketball Association and the Arena Football League?
... that Aldersbach brewery was founded more than 750 years ago at Aldersbach Abbey in Lower Bavaria?

00:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Kaiten Memorial Museum, Ōzushima

... that the island of Ōzushima is the site of a museum (pictured) commemorating the Japanese suicide-attack submarines used during World War II?
... that many of the teen actors in the Jane Withers comedy film High School had been guests at her thirteenth birthday party?
... that while Leslie Goonewardene was one of the largest landowners in Sri Lanka through inheritance, he re-introduced inheritance tax to the country?
... that New Jersey radio station WJJZ lost its license over an unauthorized payment of $25,000 to a competing applicant for its frequency?
... that the last British colour lost in battle was in 1880?
... that Interstate 5 in Seattle has express lanes that reverse direction to follow commuting patterns?
... that in 2005, prehistoric rock art paintings symbolic of the cycle of life were found in Vlashnjë, Kosovo?
... that the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen swore in the wrong person as her successor?

14 September 2020

12:00, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Alexander Ovechkin

... that NHL 21 marks the second time that Alexander Ovechkin (pictured) has appeared on the cover of an NHL video game, the first being NHL 07?
... that William H. Strayer was the only Democrat in the Oregon State Senate in 1931?
... that My Michael, a novel by Israeli author Amos Oz set in Jerusalem of the 1950s, was reviled by critics as being "politically dangerous and subversive"?
... that President Donald Trump watched the 2019 film Joker with his friends and family at the White House and reportedly enjoyed it?
... that Cheye Alexander became a professional footballer despite suffering acute knee pain as a teenager due to Osgood–Schlatter disease?
... that General Order No. 1's broad definition of "sexually explicit" material led to a ban on bodybuilding magazines and underwear catalogues for U.S. personnel during the Gulf War?
... that Christian Dierstein has played world premieres as the percussionist of Trio Accanto, which also includes a saxophonist and a pianist?
... that nearly half the milk produced in India, whose dairy industry is the largest in the world, comes from buffaloes?

00:00, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Elijah Thomas Webb Residence

... that the Elijah Thomas Webb Residence (pictured) was built with a family fortune amassed after John Webb discovered lead when plowing a corn field?
... that Alban Berg dedicated his Three Pieces for Orchestra "with immeasurable gratitude and love" to his teacher, Arnold Schönberg, for his fortieth birthday in September 1914?
... that Hoshimachi Suisei was part of the first live studio performance by virtual YouTubers in Japanese radio history?
... that the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India was ignored by the Soviet press, but was overemphasized in Chinese mass media?
... that the gravestone of Semahat Özdenses, a singer and composer of Ottoman classical music, was erected seven years after her death?
... that radio station WNLC in New London, Connecticut, was off the air for three weeks after the 1938 New England hurricane destroyed its tower and flooded the transmitter building?
... that in September 2019, far-right politician Milan Mazurek became the first Slovak parliamentarian to lose his seat due to a crime after comparing Romani children to "animals in the zoo"?
... that the album Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens features John Cale singing in Welsh?

13 September 2020

12:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Anandalahari

... that the anandalahari (pictured) is an Indian chordophone musical instrument used by religious singers of the Baul faith?
... that Trunkey the Elephant has been teaching kids about zoo animals for over 50 years?
... that The Life and Death of the Radical Historical Jesus was described as a "giant step forward for the field of working class intellectual history"?
... that greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey might be reduced by the introduction of a national electric car?
... that August Göllerich wrote a biography of the composer Anton Bruckner, having been his student, secretary, and friend?
... that radio station WKXL in Concord, New Hampshire, was started by a sitting governor and is owned by a former senator?
... that a witness said he saw Thomas David Morrison wearing glasses in the Upper Canada Rebellion, but his defence attorney said Morrison wore sunglasses and would not have worn them at night?
... that the founder of the pornography zine S.T.H. once joked that it was "the only gay-sex magazine funded by the U.S. government"?

00:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

2017 Miss Supranational finalists

... that Jenny Kim's victory in the 2017 Miss Supranational beauty pageant (finalists pictured) marked the first time that a contestant representing South Korea won a major international pageant?
... that FBI informant Ricardo Morales, who testified against Cuban militant Orlando Bosch in 1968, shared a hotel with Bosch in 1976?
... that in a viral video of a man doing nothing for two hours, a viewer counted him blinking 362 times?
... that writer Doris Willens, Lee Hays of the Weavers, and actor Alan Arkin were all Baby Sitters?
... that more than 130 revolutionaries were hanged on the premises of Sikri Mata Temple during the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
... that Beth Langston has played for the England women's cricket team six times: twice in 2013 and four times in 2016?
... that the book Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism has been described as a "bleak account of the West's slide toward tyranny"?
... that driving on Coventry ring road has been likened to a roller coaster and a Scalextric?

12 September 2020

12:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Nihonga painting by Kimura Buzan

... that a gallery of 80 paintings near Meiji Shrine in Tokyo commemorates the life and times of the Meiji Emperor, including his viewing of cherry blossoms (depicted)?
... that Major O. S. Kalkat stumbled upon plans of an invasion of Kashmir in 1947, but no one believed him until the invasion actually started?
... that the Red Caboose Motel has the largest privately owned collection of railroad cabooses in the world?
... that Klaviermusik mit Orchester, a 1923 piano concerto for the left hand by Paul Hindemith, was first performed in 2004 by Leon Fleisher and the Berlin Philharmonic?
... that the Polish activist Bartosz Staszewski created a series of photographs of LGBT people who live in "LGBT-free zones"?
... that 14 players and the coach of the 1970 Wichita State Shockers football team died when its "Gold" plane crashed in the Colorado mountains?
... that zebra tangs often associate with shoals of convict tangs?
... that John H. Dudley and his wife both worked on the Manhattan Project, but did not tell each other because of security restrictions?

00:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers

... that a twice-lifesize statue (pictured) on the Scarborough seafront serves as a memorial to a man who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
... that Japanese essayist Mineko Nomachi's 2006 book I'm Queer But I'm An Office Lady details her experience as a transgender woman in a pink-collar job?
... that injector pens increase patient adherence in part by reducing the stigma surrounding injecting medication in public?
... that the design of the Broadway–Chambers Building received a medal from the Paris Exposition of 1900, addressed solely to "Monsieur Broadway-Chambers, Etats-Unis"?
... that in 1833, English magistrate John Peele Clapham edited a children's hymn book which had numerous editions and a wide circulation?
... that the Turkey men's U23/U24 team won the CMAS World Age Group Underwater Hockey Championships in 2019 for the third time in a row, becoming the only national team to accomplish this?
... that U.S. Marine Corps captain Harold Willens returned four samurai swords to Japan after 27 years?
... that in some societies, your spouse's sibling is also your sibling's spouse?

11 September 2020

12:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

A flattened corn field near Roland, Iowa

... that the August 2020 Midwest derecho destroyed millions of acres of Iowa corn (pictured) and soybean crops in just 14 hours?
... that Johanna André, who appeared in dramatic soprano roles such as Wagner's Isolde, took part in the 1882 world premiere of Parsifal?
... that the Battle of Chippenham was part of a coordinated strike by Guthrum and Ubba to take Wessex?
... that Durbin Feeling was named a Cherokee National Treasure for his contributions to the preservation of the endangered Cherokee language?
... that the title of the ballet Polyphonia is a reference to micropolyphony, a kind of musical structure developed by composer György Ligeti?
... that a purchaser of Delaware radio station WJWL called the transaction "the longest deal in my lifetime"?
... that a Christian writer claimed to have seen Yusuf II of Granada putting on a poisoned tunic, which caused the Sultan's death within thirty days?
... that female spiders of the genus Diguetia stridulate while mating, and make a noise loud enough for humans to hear when they are harassed?

00:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Lydia Mendoza

... that when Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza (pictured) was a child returning to Texas with her parents in 1920, border agents immersed her and other Mexican children in gasoline baths?
... that after the Battle of Leptis Parva, the losers were spared—except for their commander, who was tortured to death?
... that during the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, Tash Farrant took a hat-trick, but her team still lost the match?
... that US diplomats asked Poland not to name their new military base Fort Trump lest it be perceived as a vanity project and not a serious military proposal?
... that the Singer Building, the world's tallest building when completed, later became the world's tallest building to be demolished?
... that Helen Reddy said that her single "No Sad Song" sold poorly "because it put down men too much"?
... that Thomas Edward Wilkinson was made Bishop of Zululand after his predecessor in South Africa, John Colenso, was excommunicated?
... that three Prix Gémeaux categories for best drama were created after a boycott by Quebec production studios?

10 September 2020

12:00, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Felimida krohni

... that the sea slug Felimida krohni (pictured) can sequester toxins from the sponges on which it feeds?
... that stuntwoman Betty Danko earned $35 for riding the Wicked Witch's smoke-spewing broomstick in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and was hospitalized for eleven days after it exploded on her?
... that the 500 brass rods that make up Walter De Maria's The Broken Kilometer are polished every two years?
... that Cristian Montaño spent 18 months out of English football after being sacked and arrested on criminal charges that were never proven?
... that a 2020 study found that African countries which allowed foreign funding of NGOs had a higher voter turnout?
... that finishers of the Sheffield Star Walk were rewarded with a hot mug of Oxo?
... that of the four set-piece land battles during the 23 years of the First Punic War, Hasdrubal took part in three as a general?
... that Iowa's Matchstick Marvels Museum has large models created out of thousands of matchsticks that are glued one at a time?

00:00, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Ekaterina

... that a painting of Ekaterina (pictured), officer Adam Laxman's vessel on his 1792 expedition to Japan, may be found at Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature in Hokkaido?
... that among the U.S. women's high school basketball class of 2016, ESPNW ranked Crystal Dangerfield as the best point guard?
... that supplied-air respirators, unlike N95 masks, can be used in atmospheres that are oxygen-deficient or immediately dangerous to life or health?
... that LaNada War Jack, a leader of the Third World Strike at UC Berkeley and the Occupation of Alcatraz during her student days, is today a distinguished professor of Native law and governance?
... that the Friends of the Soviet Union was founded in 1941 with poet Rabindranath Tagore as its patron?
... that Bronx Skate Park was built to prevent accidents in a nearby McDonald's parking lot?
... that contralto Simone Schröder performed as a soloist at the Bayreuth Festival while she was still studying, and went on to sing there in three different productions of Parsifal?
... that a one-legged engineer rode the escalators at Earl's Court tube station on their first day of operation to reassure passengers of their safety?

9 September 2020

12:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Autobahnkirche Siegerland

... that Autobahnkirche Siegerland (pictured), a 2013 road church on the A 45 that looks like a piece of folded paper, is always open?
... that Gary Moore bought Peter Green's Gibson Les Paul for around £100?
... that a brass rod with a length of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) was inserted into the ground as a permanent art installation in Kassel, Germany?
... that American logistics in the Northern France campaign was impacted by a critical shortage of jerrycans, more than 2 million of which had been discarded or abandoned in Normandy?
... that University Press Limited has won the National Book Centre Award of Bangladesh sixteen times since 1981?
... that Go Nagai toned down the character of Akira Fudo, a human-like demon, in the manga Devilman in order to convey an anti-war message?
... that Farooq Khan headed the Kashmiri Special Operations Group credited with the killing of more than 2,000 militants between 1994 and 1996?
... that six years before releasing Total Freedom, Kathleen Edwards quit creating music and opened a coffee shop called Quitters?

00:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Shirley MacLaine

... that Shirley MacLaine (pictured) served as an usher at her brother Warren Beatty's political concert Together for McGovern, and he returned the favor at her political variety show Star-Spangled Women for McGovern?
... that a print of Badnam Basti, often described as India's first gay film, was discovered in 2019 after having been lost for 40 years?
... that American industrialist Roy James Carver's company supplied self-priming pumps to the United States and Allied Forces navies during World War II?
... that elements of the video game Fall Guys were inspired by the game shows Takeshi's Castle and Total Wipeout?
... that Hanna Ludwig appeared in the title role of Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State Opera, and in five roles at the first Bayreuth Festival after World War II?
... that the hazards of artificial intelligence include algorithmic bias, blaming humans for machine errors, and human–robot collisions?
... that footpaths in Knutsford, England, built intentionally narrow by Jane Stanley to prevent 18th-century couples walking arm-in-arm, were only replaced in 2014?
... that the A479 is one of Wales's most dangerous roads?

8 September 2020

12:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Liberty Tower

... that New York City's Liberty Tower (pictured), now a residential building, was once occupied by Franklin D. Roosevelt's law office and by German spies plotting to intervene in World War I?
... that Matthias Hölle, a regular bass singer at the Bayreuth Festival, appeared in the world premieres of Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht and Samstag aus Licht at La Scala in Milan?
... that the Maypole in the Strand ended up being Isaac Newton's telescope stand?
... that a protest against the trial of Indonesian journalist Asa Bafaqih drew some 1,000 journalists and supporters, and a fire-brigade band?
... that The Unknown Comic in the 1984 film Night Patrol is a real-life stand-up comedian?
... that the first item of the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract?
... that Florence "Johnny" Frisbie's 1948 autobiographical children's novel, Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka, was the first published literary work by a Pacific Islander woman author?
... that the teaser trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War features fragments of an interview with real-life KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov?

00:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Axe

... that professional Super Smash Bros. player Axe (pictured) is known for a "lightning-quick" style of play with Pikachu, which enables him to predict his opponent's attacks and swiftly retaliate?
... that 4chan owner Hiroyuki Nishimura claims that 2channel, once "Japan's most popular online community", was stolen from him?
... that the pipe organ of the Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College consists of 3,519 pipes, and weighs 40,000 pounds (18,000 kg)?
... that all three of the pleasure gardens run by the entrepreneur Thomas Clapham in Leeds and London failed due to debt and were sold for housing?
... that the 2000 anime film Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! draws inspiration from WarGames, Speed, and Dr. Strangelove?
... that Alfredo Di Stéfano scored 6 international goals for Argentina and 23 for Spain?
... that the hashtag #KHive, used by an online support community for Kamala Harris which defends her from racist and sexist attacks, is a play on a hashtag used by fans of Beyoncé?
... that when his widowed mother remarried, James Gordon seized Rusco Tower and imprisoned her to ensure that she did not make it over to her new husband, whom he later killed?

7 September 2020

12:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Elastomeric respirator in cybergoth fashion

... that elastomeric respirators are used not only to protect against COVID-19 and tear gas, but also as fashion items (example pictured)?
... that cellist, composer, and conductor Rudolf Hindemith was the brother of the famous Paul Hindemith, with whom he played in the Amar Quartet, but later used pseudonyms to hide the relation?
... that misogynist terrorism is listed as a "rising threat" by counter-terrorism researchers?
... that to raise desperately needed money, the first president of Pomona College, Cyrus G. Baldwin, built the first hydroelectric power station with high-voltage transmission in California in 1892?
... that the nesting of the bare-shanked screech owl has only been studied once, within the cavity of an oak tree?
... that Sir Robert Fletcher rose to command the East India Company's Madras Army, despite being cashiered for his involvement in the 1766 Monghyr Mutiny?
... that the founder of Reynolds Brothers retired as chairman on his 100th birthday?
... that sculptor Alfred Gilbert fled England twice—once for love, once for money?

00:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Mizrah wall hanging

... that Jewish homes in the Diaspora often feature a mizrah wall hanging (example pictured) to indicate the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem?
... that Vermont radio station WFAD was ordered to shut down just two weeks after it launched?
... that Kanon Shizaki, the second voice actress for BanG Dream!'s Rinko Shirokane, was quickly embraced by fans and her Roselia bandmates, as her shyness mirrors her character's personality?
... that a portion of the 2017 ballet The Times Are Racing is inspired by the video game Dance Dance Revolution?
... that the sponge Biemna variantia broods its young, and can also reproduce by budding and fragmentation?
... that Edward B. Foley described the blue shift, a phenomenon in US elections showing that provisional ballots are more likely to be for Democrats and can change projected results after election day?
... that many dishes in Lebanese cuisine can be traced back thousands of years to eras of Roman, Greek, Persian, Byzantine, Arab, Egyptian, and Phoenician rule?
... that "a rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings"?

6 September 2020

12:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman

... that married actors Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman (both pictured) fronted for the Malibu Mafia?
... that in the 1815 Secret Treaty of Vienna, Britain and Austria sided with their former enemy France against former allies Prussia and Russia?
... that Providence College president Brian Shanley invited Rhode Island Public Radio to broadcast over the college's station, WDOM, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy?
... that prior to his singing career, Thanasit Jaturaput was an international exchange student in Boise, Idaho, through the AFS Intercultural Programs?
... that the 1998 books Jews and the American Slave Trade and Jews, Slaves and the Slave Trade rebut the earlier work The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, calling it a "handbook of hate" and "nine parts fable"?
... that Patriarch Joseph el-Ruzzi promulgated the use of the Gregorian calendar in the Maronite Church, the first Eastern Christian church to do so, in 1606?
... that, during their 1928–29 season, Cardiff City F.C. were relegated from the First Division of the Football League despite conceding the fewest goals in the league?
... that imam Mahmoud Dicko, one of the most influential political figures in Mali today, announced that he was leaving politics despite never having run for office?

00:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Equestrian statue of Ferdinand III of Castile in Seville

... that Joaquín Bilbao first studied drawing, watercolour, and law before launching a career as a sculptor with works such as the equestrian statue of Ferdinand III of Castile (pictured) located in Plaza Nueva, Seville?
... that the anti-gender movement claimed that the proposed 2016 Colombian peace agreement was "an instrument to impose gender ideology"?
... that sumo wrestler Kitaharima Seiya reached the top division 85 tournaments and 14 years after making his debut?
... that Aminé delayed the release of the music video for the song "Riri" from his album Limbo in order to participate in the George Floyd protests?
... that the Soviet Army during the early Cold War had a smaller number of military personnel per division than the US Army, partly because it used civilian labourers and anti-aircraft gunners?
... that Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley was allowed to stand as a candidate for a seat in the senate of the Territory of Hawaii in 1920, but was legally prevented from holding the office if she won?
... that the nudibranch Aeolidiella alderi attacks sea anemones with the stinging cells it has already acquired from other anemones?
... that WHUM-TV featured a cooking show hosted by a woman who did not know how to cook and scoured for recipes at the local public library?

5 September 2020

12:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (1636)

... that Juan Mateos and Alonso Martínez de Espinar, both writers on hunting in Spanish Baroque literature, are depicted in Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (pictured) by Diego Velázquez, whose half-length portrait of Mateos was similarly identified from an engraving by Pedro Perete, son of Pieter Perret?
... that the 1986 Soviet song "Khochu Peremen" is frequently sung by opponents of Alexander Lukashenko during the ongoing 2020 Belarusian protests?
... that World War II war correspondent James R. Shepley has been called the "father" of HBO?
... that the poem "Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust" was first set to music by Schubert, and became a popular German Volkslied with the melody by Carl Friedrich Zöllner?
... that "fap" as an onomatopoeia for masturbation originates from the manga series Heartbroken Angels?
... that Mübeccel Argun, a Turkish-language presenter for the BBC World Service in London for 25 years, was formerly a physical-education teacher and one of the first female athletes in her country?
... that the City Bank–Farmers Trust Building had a shooting gallery in the basement for the guards protecting the bank vault to practice in?

00:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

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McWhorter (top right) on the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal

... that Hamilton McWhorter III (Congressional Gold Medal pictured) was the first F6F Hellcat pilot to achieve double-ace status?
... that all that remains of Willenhall House in north London are the gateposts?
... that construction of the 195 m (640 ft) Gorkha Bridge in Nepal reconnected seven remote villages and reestablished a portion of a popular hiking trail?
... that the Nazis blamed the Jews for starting World War II?
... that Stuart Threipland's 18th-century medical chest is preserved in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh?
... that Coventry City's promotion following the 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final was their first for 51 years, since they were guided into the 1967–68 Football League First Division by Jimmy Hill?
... that the tiger snake eel uses its well-developed sense of smell to locate prey buried in the seabed?
... that in Switched on Pop, a musicology professor uses the Britney Spears song "Oops!... I Did It Again" to explain counterpoint?

4 September 2020

12:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Saint Francis of Assisi

... that a 1618 work by scholar Juan Márquez claims that Saint Francis of Assisi (depicted) was probably an Augustinian hermit?
... that Alice Sheldon authored two stories in the feminist science fiction collection Aurora: Beyond Equality, as the editors were unaware that her two pseudonyms represented the same person?
... that in both his 2010 film roles, Kjartan Hewitt's characters notably attend a Broken Social Scene concert?
... that by the time it closed this year, KissAnime was described as the world's most popular illegal anime streaming site?
... that Kurt Szafranski, who was responsible for the success of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung in Germany, emigrated to the United States in 1935 where he co-founded the Black Star photo agency?
... that Kanye West asked the collaborators on his album Jesus Is King not to engage in premarital sex?
... that Ugandan commander Godwin Sule was reportedly run over by one of his own tanks, contributing to the Ugandan defeat during the Battle of Lukaya?
... that a 1967 promotion by Virginia radio station WHIH, anticipated to receive 15,000 entries, instead received nearly 180 million?

00:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik

... that despite an extensive history of Islam in the Arctic, the first mosque (pictured) in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010?
... that the Indiana Hoosiers' victory in the 1976 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game completed the last undefeated season in NCAA Division I men's college basketball?
... that the memoirs of the eunuch chamberlain Jawdhar are one of the most important sources on the history of the Fatimid Caliphate in the mid–10th century?
... that death squad commander Otto Ohlendorf claimed that the extermination of 90,000 Jewish men, women, and children was a justified act of self-defense?
... that in 1975, Dick Bond introduced legislation to ban the sale of intoxicating beverages on university, college, and community campuses in Washington?
... that the path of Typhoon Yancy wobbled in a trochoidal pattern as it approached Taiwan?
... that Rembrandt's later prints make great use of surface tone, by leaving a thin film of ink on parts of the printing plate?
... that a U.S. Republican candidate criticized rappers Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's song "WAP", stating that it made him want to "pour holy water" in his ears?

3 September 2020

12:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Franklin La Du Ferguson

... that Pomona College's "missing president", Franklin La Du Ferguson (pictured), is the only past president not honored by the college with a portrait?
... that having routed their Scottish opponents at the Battle of Dunbar 370 years ago today, the cavalry of the English New Model Army sang the 117th Psalm?
... that eight judges recused themselves from proceedings following the fatal shooting of Greg Gunn?
... that multimedia artist Suki Seokyeong Kang paints a gouache painting every day as part of her work?
... that Mark Williams won the most successive frames at the 2003 World Snooker Championship, despite losing the first two?
... that Jean Kurt Forest played violin in German film orchestras in the 1930s, defected to the Red Army in 1945, and composed operas and film scores from 1954 onwards?
... that the verse "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" was left out of the slave bible due to fears that it could incite rebellion?
... that Los Angeles Dodgers ball boy Chico Herrera became a fan favorite after making impressive plays in pre-season games, and inspired the catchphrase "Don't Run on Chico"?

00:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

The Fitting (1890)

... that it sometimes took Mary Cassatt and a printer eight hours to make eight or ten coloured prints using à la poupée inking (example pictured)?
... that Turbopolsa is the only player to win four Rocket League Championship Series titles?
... that in the 1942 film Johnny Doughboy, former child stars Bobby Breen, "Alfalfa", and "Spanky" play themselves as members of a club of Hollywood "has-beens"?
... that ousted Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda left 400 pieces of unlawfully acquired jewelry in their palace and were caught smuggling out another $5–10 million worth of gems?
... that Vera Little from Memphis, Tennessee, was for four decades a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she appeared as Bizet's Carmen and in the world premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord?
... that when the sea cucumber Holothuria hilla reproduces by fission, the regenerated part is often paler in colour than the original one?
... that during World War II, the Polish-Jewish charity CENTOS cared for orphans in the Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland?
... that Stella Immanuel claims that space alien DNA is used in medical treatments, that reptilians run the United States government, and that she uses hydroxychloroquine to cure COVID-19?

2 September 2020

12:00, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Necci from Tuscany

... that although nowadays neccio (pictured) is considered a dessert, peasants used to eat it with salty food?
... that the Confederate Army's 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment was considered a cavalry regiment, an infantry regiment, and an infantry battalion at different points of its existence?
... that Theodor Scheidl, who participated in the pentathlon at the 1906 Olympic Games and in the 1928 Bayreuth Festival, appeared as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca to celebrate his 75th birthday?
... that a medal depicting Minerva, sometimes identified as the East India Company's Monghyr Mutiny Medal, may in fact be a Freemasons' award?
... that D'Alton Corry Coleman was the first Canadian Pacific Railway president who was not listed in Burke's Peerage, and was described by Maclean's as "the Great Commoner"?
... that in Eurovision Song Contest history, over 1,500 songs, representing 52 countries, have been performed?
... that Argentinian LGBT-rights activist Carlos Jáuregui had a station named after him on the Buenos Aires Underground?
... that the Three Brothers was part of the English crown jewels for more than 90 years, but was lost to history after Charles I tried to pawn it?

00:00, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

George V (right) and Nepalese prime minister Chandra Shumsher with a shot tiger

... that in 1911, George V (pictured) killed 21 tigers, 8 rhinos, and 1 bear in Nepal?
... that the Spanish city of Algeciras took down a statue of a medieval Islamic Spanish ruler for restoration in 2013 and has yet to put it back?
... that Frank Howard was the oldest sitting member of the Louisiana House of Representatives by 2016?
... that the adoption of early contractor involvement was a recommendation of the 1994 Latham Report into systemic failings in the British construction industry?
... that in 1977, three ex-members of the Byrds formed a rock supergroup partly modeled after Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young?
... that after the army he served in mutinied, Mathos became the leader of a 90,000-strong force in a war against ancient Carthage?
... that some medicines, such as vancomycin, may require higher doses in critically ill patients, due to augmented renal (kidney) clearance?
... that Rihanna was asked to stay at the Def Jam Recordings office until 3:00 a.m. in order to sign a contract, so that she would not sign with another label?

1 September 2020

12:00, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Earth Dome II under construction

... that the first superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?
... that Ulster Unionist Party politician Rosemary Barton highlighted concerns of intimidation from Gaelic football fans towards those who do not follow the sport?
... that the Casa Fuerte de Adeje was built in Tenerife in the 1550s to protect a sugar mill against pirates, but the complex was destroyed by fire in 1902 and has yet to be rebuilt?
... that before the Sunday Service Choir's "Revelations 19:1" rendition was released, Kanye West sampled it on his song "Selah"?
... that despite its name, Napoleon's Champ de Mai ceremony took place in June?
... that almost a century after African-American brothers Irving and Herman Arthur were burnt alive at a fairground in Paris, Texas, their names were listed on a lynching memorial?
... that the tower of St. Michael, a church begun in the 12th century, dominated Fürth's skyline for centuries?
... that Royal B. Lord collected money for the 1931 Army–Navy Game at Yankee Stadium in Evangeline Booth's tambourine?

00:00, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Alexandra of Denmark

... that the Alexandra Girls' English Institution in Mumbai was named after Alexandra of Denmark (pictured), as its founder believed that she would be an "ideal" for the girls to look up to?
... that transmission of COVID-19 is known to occur through respiratory droplets, contaminated surfaces, kissing, and aerosol-generating medical procedures?
... that Carl Linde, a Swedish football Hall of Fame inductee, also participated in the founding of the International Table Tennis Federation?
... that Henry Cavendish calculated that the time difference between Church Row in Hampstead and Great Marlborough Street was 10.2 seconds?
... that in 1921, before the partition of Ireland, Fermanagh County Council did not recognise the government of Northern Ireland and pledged allegiance to the Dáil Éireann?
... that Catholic priest Herbert Leuninger, a co-founder and speaker of Pro Asyl, is remembered as a "loudspeaker" for the interests of refugees?
... that 1952's Exercise Ardent was the largest air exercise since World War II, involving around 1,300 aircraft and 200,000 personnel?
... that Rolando Del Maestro used the principles of flight simulation to measure how well surgeons perform brain surgery?