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31 May 2020

12:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Orlando Julius

... that Robin Denselow of The Guardian called Orlando Julius (pictured) "one of the heroes of Nigerian music"?
... that after a 20-year search, a gun barrel from the HMAS Sydney and a gun shield from the HMAS Adelaide, discovered on a rubbish tip, were fitted together and put on display at Leighton Battery?
... that damage to the Verizon Building during the September 11 attacks, though substantial, was limited by its heavy masonry construction?
... that with his victory at The Big House 9, Zackray became the first Japanese player to win a premier-tier Super Smash Bros. tournament held outside Japan?
... that the former operator of the Q38 bus route was not compensated for the route's takeover, as their equipment was considered obsolete?
... that the spiral galaxy NGC 3393 hosts the nearest known pair of supermassive black holes?
... that the birthplace of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr in the Welsh Streets, Liverpool, was nearly demolished in the 2000s?
... that William Henry Harrison III and William Henry Harrison served simultaneously in the Wyoming House of Representatives, and both had sons named William Henry Harrison?

00:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Sun bear

... that the sun bear (pictured) is the smallest of all bear species?
... that actress Natalie Portman was nominated for an Oscar for playing the First Lady of the United States?
... that in the Carceri Nuove jail in Rome, seventeen dungeons were named after saints?
... that the Jersey scrum-half Will Homer led criticism of plans by the Rugby Football Union to cut funding to RFU Championship clubs by 40 per cent?
... that on MTV's The Unplugged Collection, Volume One, Neil Young rescored "Like a Hurricane" using harmonica and pump organ?
... that the rough sex murder defense asserts that a victim died accidentally during consensual sex?
... that William Birchall may have impressed one of the local militia, but the rest were most unimpressed?
... that Badluram's body is buried, yet we get his rations?

30 May 2020

12:00, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Hilarimorphites burmanica

... that members of the fly family Apystomyiidae (example depicted) have been found in Late Jurassic sediments in Kazakhstan?
... that Tove Lo's song "Cool Girl" was inspired by the monologue of the same name by a character in the 2014 film Gone Girl?
... that the men of Wade's Battery attempted to tunnel beneath enemy lines during the Siege of Vicksburg?
... that Henrietta Garnett travelled England in a convoy of horse-drawn caravans in support of peace and love, later calling the group "chequebook hippies"?
... that the needle telegraph built by Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber had a needle weighing at least 25 lb (11 kg)?
... that months into the Philippines' coronavirus quarantine, the Bureau of Immigration Bicutan Detention Center remained grossly overcrowded, with only two pregnant women having been bailed?
... that in 2015, Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men's US Open tennis final?
... that the unlit tunnel at Salem station was "happily known as the 'Kissing-Bridge'" of the rail line?

00:00, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

"Never again" memorial at Treblinka

... that U.S. presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Obama vowed "never again" (memorial pictured), but genocide took place during each of their presidencies?
... that prior to the event, bookmakers' odds against Joe Johnson winning the 1986 World Snooker Championship were 150 to 1?
... that a redundant jail, saved from demolition when an author bought it for $25 for use as his writing studio, later became the Old Jail Art Center?
... that residents of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, blocked access to a local goldmine over fears of COVID-19, even though Nunavut had no confirmed cases?
... that Lady Bathurst, once described as "the most powerful woman in England, without exception other than royalty", lived in relative obscurity for the last four decades of her life?
... that the hymn "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier", a prayer for illumination because the human mind is "shrouded in darkness", became popular in English as "Blessed Jesus, at your word"?
... that a 2013 study by the National Park Service determined that the First Battle of Newtonia Historic District was not suitable for inclusion in its list of official units?
... that the frog Boophis fayi can be identified by its unusual green-and-turquoise eyes?

29 May 2020

12:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

DV4 electric dustcart

... that a DV4 electric dustcart (example pictured) continued to run after being hit by a bomb during the Second World War?
... that American-colonial minister William Tennent III was known as the "Firebrand Parson" due to his strong support of religious and civil liberty?
... that up to 75 percent of the surface of Pluto is both tropical and arctic?
... that music academy director Hermann Reutter composed "Hymne an Deutschland", which President Theodor Heuss suggested as a new German national anthem after World War II?
... that a normally closed entrance to Hynes Convention Center station is opened for Boston Marathon spectators and anime fans?
... that Möngke Khan was the only khagan to die in an attack on the Sichuan anti-Mongol fortresses?
... that Linda Liau has developed a personalized vaccine against brain cancer?
... that the audiobook Talking to Strangers has its own theme song, "Hell You Talmbout"?

00:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Doja Cat

... that in her self-made music video for "Mooo!", Doja Cat (pictured) raps in front of a green screen that alternates between cartoon GIFs of food, farms, and bouncing anime breasts?
... that the Midweek Herald edition for Cranbrook, Devon, accidentally published a news report about Cranbrook Rugby Football Club in Kent, 200 miles (320 km) away?
... that Australian actress Betty Bryant was honoured by Hillary Clinton for her humanitarian service?
... that Takapūneke, which is sacred to the Māori and may become a national reserve of New Zealand, is the site of Akaroa's sewage-treatment plant?
... that Thomas Brodie may have been in command of HMS Arrow at the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, not William Bolton as often recorded?
... that Sid Meier prototyped the interleaved turns system in XCOM: Chimera Squad using a game engine that he had developed over a period of around twenty years?
... that workplace hazard controls for COVID-19 include measures for psychosocial hazards such as stress and anxiety, for which social distancing may prevent typical coping mechanisms?
... that interior designer Valerian Rybar's dining room was lined with 400 fake books with titles about episodes in his life, including International Boredom, allegedly about his ex-wife?

28 May 2020

12:00, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Japanese incense burner in the Khalili Collection

... that Nasser Khalili's 1,400-piece collection of Meiji-era Japanese art (object pictured) is equalled only by the Japanese imperial collection in size and quality?
... that the video game The Longing can take up to 400 days to complete?
... that citizen journalist Chen Qiushi went missing while reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan?
... that after Congress limited presidential power granted by the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, President Theodore Roosevelt quickly protected 16 million acres of forest while the bill sat on his desk?
... that Quentin Edwards was asked not to return to Bradfield College after a schoolmaster found passionate letters sent to him by John Mortimer?
... that Venezuela won its first Olympic medal in 1952 with triple jumper Asnoldo Devonish, who competed while injured?
... that Ole Børud's guitar music on the album Sonrise, by the band Schaliach, was likened to a "metal symphony"?
... that after the 7th Infantry Regiment captured Hitler's Berghof on 4 May 1945, its commander, Colonel John A. Heintges, took Hermann Göring's 1941 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet B for his personal use?

00:00, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Detroit-style pizza in a traditional pan

... that Detroit-style pizza (example pictured) is traditionally baked in automotive drip trays?
... that James Blake spontaneously wrote the song "You're Too Precious" in his home studio after waking up at 4 a.m.?
... that the first monks at Villeneuve Abbey arrived in 1200 from Buzay?
... that the Roman army repelled an elephant charge at the Battle of Panormus by throwing javelins?
... that producer Paul F. Heard believed that techniques used in government propaganda films could also be applied to religious films to bring about "spiritual realizations"?
... that Lund Cathedral has been called the "most powerful representative" of Romanesque architecture in the Nordic countries?
... that Lassington Wood, owned by the Guise family since the 13th century, was given to Gloucester County Borough Council in 1921?
... that after a disgruntled worker dumped parts of 140 Broadway's air-conditioning system into a tank, 10,000 workers were "uncomfortably warm" for weeks until scuba divers retrieved the components?

27 May 2020

12:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Meerkats

... that meerkats (examples pictured) use alarm calls that can identify the type of predator posing the risk, the level of danger, and the caller itself?
... that United States district judge Douglas P. Woodlock ordered Guatemalan general Héctor Gramajo to pay $47.5 million in damages for human rights abuses?
... that a series of bollards mark the route taken by the 2nd Armoured Division during the liberation of France?
... that after New York City's Q79 bus was discontinued due to low ridership, a private car service was provided, which was later also discontinued for the same reason?
... that the facade of the Collegio Ghislieri in Rome was preserved from the building's 1936 demolition and incorporated into the Liceo Classico Virgilio?
... that Galveston Bay, the largest of the estuaries of Texas, is home to the second busiest port in the United States?
... that on 22 April 2020, the UK House of Commons met virtually for the first time in its 700-year history due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that art patron and collector São Schlumberger had her portrait painted by Warhol and Dalí, but did not like the one by Dalí?

00:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Dmitri Smirnov

... that Dmitri Smirnov (pictured) composed the Triple Concerto No. 2 for the centenary concert of the London Symphony Orchestra, with the principal violinist, harpist, and double bassist as soloists?
... that Otis Barrett introduced Artocarpus integer, claimed to be superior to jackfruit, to Puerto Rico?
... that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation left a studio building in British Columbia unfinished in 1978, only to move in 34 years later?
... that the Hoby treasure found in Denmark contains two Roman silver cups with scenes from the Iliad?
... that when Pavel Schilling invited Tsar Nicholas I to touch two wires together, the tsar was greatly surprised by the resulting distant explosion?
... that by the time New York City's Richmond Hill station was closed, it averaged a single passenger per day?
... that two separate contests were held to determine the words and the music of the national anthem of Guyana?
... that TrueAnon bills itself as "the only non-pedophile podcast"?

26 May 2020

12:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Likelike

... that Hawaiian princess Likelike (pictured) died under mysterious circumstances in 1887 amid rumors that she had been malevolently "prayed" to death?
... that readings of The Crime and the Silence, a book about the Jedwabne massacre, have been picketed by the book's opponents?
... that CIA officer Howard Bane proposed that the Special Operations Group storm the Chinese embassy in Ghana and kill all its occupants during the 1966 coup?
... that the facade of the then 1,200-year-old Basilica of Sant'Alessandro was replaced with a Neoclassical one in the 19th century?
... that Dalma Iványi has won ten Hungarian women's basketball championships and played for three teams in the WNBA?
... that during the Battle of McDowell, Confederate soldiers attempted to use the dead bodies of their comrades to build breastworks?
... that when the Act of Parliament renaming the Royal Ulster Constabulary was passed, the force was not named the "Northern Ireland Police Service" because the acronym would have been NIPS?
... that it took more than eight hours to apply makeup for the first time to the actor playing the character Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi?

00:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Potpourri jar from Rouen

... that only nine pieces (example pictured) produced by the earliest French porcelain factory, which operated in Rouen around 1673 to 1696, are thought to survive?
... that Major Jim Gant of the U.S. Army Special Forces has been compared to both T. E. Lawrence and Colonel Kurtz?
... that Telegraph Plateau was so named because it seemed to be an ideal route for a transatlantic telegraph cable?
... that the Kearney County Gazette reportedly displayed the skull of 19th-century serial killer Stephen Dee Richards in their window?
... that a royal deer park in Sweden was made into a nature reserve in 2001 to protect a species of beetle?
... that the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame honors Na Lani ʻEhā as progenitors of the music and arts culture for which the islands have come to be known?
... that after England won the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, women's cricket received unprecedented coverage in the English press?
... that a 1967 study on voice confrontation found that only 38 percent of people could identify recordings of their own voice within five seconds?

25 May 2020

12:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Hudson Yards

... that at a cost of $25 billion, Hudson Yards (pictured) in Manhattan is one of the most expensive real-estate developments ever built in the United States?
... that effigies of Soedjono Hoemardani, a personal assistant to Indonesian president Suharto, were burnt by students protesting foreign investment?
... that the American-built clipper ship Gravina was named after a Spanish admiral who fought with the French at the Battle of Trafalgar?
... that Svan mountain climber Mikhail Khergiani was nicknamed the "Tiger of the Rocks" for his ability in attacking difficult routes?
... that the VI Corps of the North Korean People's Army was disbanded in the 1990s, allegedly after being involved in a coup attempt?
... that after his side defeated Leeds United in the FA Cup, Cardiff City chairman Sam Hammam had two BBC reporters forcibly removed and had an altercation with the opposing manager?
... that U.S. general George Mathews attempted a failed annexation of Spanish Florida just months before the outbreak of the War of 1812?
... that despite being known as the Mexican hydrangea, Clerodendrum bungei is neither from Mexico nor a species of hydrangea?

00:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Canada lynx

... that populations of the Canada lynx (pictured) undergo cyclic rises and falls in line with those of the snowshoe hare?
... that Robert De Niro won the first of his two Academy Awards for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II?
... that most potato farmers in Nigeria rely on hoes rather than tractors?
... that Jerry Bradley is the third member of his family to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
... that Droitwich Water Tower has been described as "one of the first things you see when you enter the town"?
... that Rómulo Escobar Bethancourt led the Panamanian delegation when the Panama Canal treaties were negotiated with the United States in 1977?
... that the developers of Elsinore, a video game based on Hamlet, drew inspiration for the game's time-loop mechanic from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, anime, and visual novels?
... that a golden statue was erected in Taiwan in honor of bank robber and murderer Lee Shih-ke?

24 May 2020

12:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Mustafa Wahbi Tal, late 1920s, colorized

... that Mustafa Wahbi Tal (pictured), Jordan's most prominent poet, was arrested in 1926 for displaying the Bolshevik emblem, getting drunk in a bar, and publicly reciting a poem that insulted the Emir?
... that the New York City Subway stations at 9th, 25th, 59th, and Union Streets, as well as Prospect Avenue, were opened with a competition between two trains heading to Coney Island?
... that the developer of Hardcoded wanted to create a game that would appeal to cisgender people with a futanari fetish?
... that with the growth of the Werl pilgrimage to a statue of Mary, a large Romanesque Revival basilica was built adjacent to the former Baroque style church?
... that during the rule of the Greek military junta, archaeologist and museum curator Semni Karouzou was banned from conducting research in the National Archaeological Museum because of her political views?
... that actress Ruth Warrick was said to have "stolen the show" as a sweet young bride who grows into a disillusioned, middle-aged woman in the 1950 Christian film Second Chance?
... that Nico Rosberg announced his retirement from Formula One motor racing five days after winning the 2016 World Championship?
... that author Clinton Heylin flew from England to California to hear Bob Dylan perform "Idiot Wind" live?

00:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

HMS Venomous

... that during the Battle of Boulogne on 23 May 1940, a shell from the British ship HMS Venomous (pictured) made a German tank turn "over and over, like a child doing a cart-wheel"?
... that Jon Godfread is the world's tallest politician, according to Guinness World Records?
... that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hymn "O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht" by Georg Thurmair was recommended for a celebration of Easter Vigil at home?
... that when introduced in 1974, the British Rail Passenger Timetable cost 50p (the equivalent of £10 today) and its 1,350 pages provided times for the entire year?
... that Dagmar Burešová hid a classmate after he escaped a communist prison, and enabled him to flee from Czechoslovakia to West Germany?
... that besides eating ants and termites, the waved woodpecker feeds on fruits, berries, and seeds?
... that although the 2018 release Hamari Paltan was promoted as the last film of veteran Indian actor Tom Alter, another one featuring him premiered later that same year?
... that Charles Kelman, the inventor of phacoemulsification for cataract surgery, was also a Broadway producer and a jazz musician with a musical comedy routine?

23 May 2020

12:00, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Michael Boddenberg

... that Michael Boddenberg (pictured), the minister of finance of the German state of Hesse, once directed a school for butchers and bakers?
... that the pencil sketch for Little Girl Observing Lovers on a Train is in the private collection of George Lucas?
... that Alexander H. Flax, the future chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, was part of a small team of engineers who developed the Piasecki HRP Rescuer, the first true twin-rotor helicopter?
... that many post-World War II anti-Jewish attacks in Slovakia were committed by former anti-Nazi partisans?
... that Carol Brightman first gained inspiration for her book Sweet Chaos from her younger sister, who worked as the Grateful Dead's lighting director and literary agent?
... that an incident in which a player clipped another's heel at the 2002 PDC World Darts Championship was the catalyst for the creation of the exclusion zone in darts?
... that 14 Wall Street in Manhattan was among the first skyscrapers to use a pyramidal roof?
... that Albert Camus's novel The Plague is based on an epidemic in Oran, Algeria, and examines how a government could turn tyrannical?

00:00, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims (1626)

... that plague victims are depicted as hopeful of relief in Rubens's altarpiece (pictured), but in despair in David's painting?
... that Pamela Chelgren-Koterba became the first female officer in the history of the United States' NOAA Corps in 1972?
... that some countries charge visitors a departure tax?
... that Megaceroides algericus is one of only two deer species known to have been native to Africa, alongside the Barbary stag?
... that on Good Friday 2020, Benedikt Kristjánsson sang all roles in a chamber arrangement of Bach's St John Passion, broadcast live from the composer's burial place?
... that radio station WSID, located in a suburb of Baltimore, claimed that a city court had no jurisdiction over it?
... that a draft condition of the Treaty of Lutatius to end the First Punic War, stipulating that Carthage pay Rome 57,000 kg (126,000 lb) of silver, was rejected as insufficient?
... that a large statue of a cottontail rabbit in Minneapolis was outfitted with a cloth face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota?

22 May 2020

12:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Diamond Head, Honolulu

... that volcanoes in Honolulu (example pictured) were active within the last 80,000 years, and future eruptions are possible?
... that although the Alvvays song "Archie, Marry Me" did not chart, it is still considered to be the band's breakout hit?
... that Helmut Machemer joined the army of Nazi Germany in the hope of winning a bravery award to save his part-Jewish family?
... that a new platform was built at the Bowling Green station in Manhattan after it became overcrowded just four years after opening?
... that public reaction to Agatha Christie's eleven-day disappearance in 1926 included speculation the incident was an attempt to frame Archie Christie, her then husband, for murder?
... that the Buruciye Medrese is considered one of the best examples of Seljuk architecture in Anatolia?
... that Clint Hocking was the level designer, game designer, and scriptwriter for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell?
... that the communications satellite LES-1, launched in 1965, spontaneously began transmitting again in 2012 after more than 40 years of silence, making it one of the oldest zombie satellites?

00:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Hynson–Ringgold House

... that paneling from the east room of the Hynson–Ringgold House (pictured), the current official residence of the president of Washington College, was sold to the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1932?
... that in the Danish card game of Brus, if a seven is led, the player risks it being beaten by the beggar king?
... that the bookseller George Robinson paid Ann Radcliffe £500 in 1794 to publish The Mysteries of Udolpho – equivalent to £58,735 today?
... that the Arizona dampwood termite exclusively colonizes dead parts of standing trees?
... that the physician and science writer Ben Goldacre announced that Noosha Fox was his mother after watching her on a Top of the Pops rerun?
... that after the demolition of much of the elevated Myrtle Avenue Line, service on New York City's B54 bus route was increased by 700 percent?
... that Exolaunch managed the launch rideshare of a satellite only 2.5 cm (0.98 in) tall?
... that FTI Consulting has concluded with "medium to high confidence" that Jeff Bezos's phone was hacked by a file sent from the Saudi Arabian crown prince's WhatsApp account?

21 May 2020

12:01, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Rainbow plaque outside Charlie's Nightclub

... that Leeds Civic Trust has created a trail of rainbow plaques (example pictured) to commemorate individuals, significant places, and events which have contributed to the LGBT+ history of Leeds?
... that Francis Augustus Silva was promoted to captain in the American Civil War and later dishonorably discharged by mistake?
... that the fictional village of Kattegat in the television series Vikings is located at the base of Luggala in County Wicklow, Ireland?
... that Scarlett Johansson was nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year?
... that the Slovak periodical Svedectvo (Testimony) receives a government subsidy, despite having published apologist articles defending convicted war criminals?
... that the founder of the media watchdog organization Ad Fontes Media has compared low-quality news sources to junk food?
... that James Strachan-Davidson, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, believed that the college should be as "wife and children" to its fellows?
... that in 1917, the crew of HMS Terror had to abandon ship after the captain refused to sail the damaged ship stern first?

00:00, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Eric Thorne as Baron Popoff

... that although Eric Thorne was never a big star in London's West End, he was "a great favourite in the provinces", including as Baron Popoff (pictured) in The Merry Widow?
... that the in-development fangame Bionicle: Quest for Mata Nui was praised for having better animation than the direct-to-video Bionicle films?
... that Turkish female international sailing competitor Ecem Güzel has finished in the top three of a competition five times in the last seven years?
... that the Indian film Chand Bujh Gaya (The Moon Is Eclipsed) was denied a censor certificate for fear of "inciting communal violence" and "communal disharmony"?
... that pediatrician Samuel Z. Levine was summoned by the White House in 1963 to treat President John F. Kennedy's premature baby son?
... that three of the 34 stanzas of "Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod", a Passion hymn by Paul Stockmann, were included in Bach's St John Passion?
... that the Northern Ireland subsidy is greater than the United Kingdom's annual net expenditure on the European Union before Brexit?
... that Christian television station KBFI-TV permanently ceased operations at 2 a.m. on Christmas Eve?

20 May 2020

12:00, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Wreck of the MV Coelleira

... that the ships MV Coelleira (pictured), MFV Elinor Viking, SS Ben Doran, and SV Illeri were all wrecked on the Ve Skerries in Shetland, Scotland?
... that Martin Scorsese filmed It's Not Just You, Murray! in his apartment?
... that Hege Lanes Steinlund is believed to have officiated more international football matches than any other Norwegian referee?
... that the 2010 Young Report cited a story about a clown being banned from wearing oversized shoes as an example of "health and safety hysteria in the media"?
... that there was once a 35 km-long (22 mi) glacier in Gusinje Municipality, Montenegro?
... that J. F. S. Stuart found the republican opinions of American colonists "obnoxious to a loyalist, and their barbarous manners repellent to a gentleman"?
... that in the Australian Journal of Herpetology, a first-year student and a high school teacher reassessed the taxonomy of Australia's entire reptile class, naming 33 novel genera and 214 new species?
... that one of the most common stereotypes of a Karen is asking to "speak to the manager"?

00:00, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Hellmut Stern pointing to Harbin on a map

... that violinist Hellmut Stern (pictured), whose family escaped Nazi Germany to Harbin, China, worked for 23 years to achieve his dream of a Berlin Philharmonic tour of Israel?
... that due to Pakistani actress Saeeda Imtiaz's role in Redrum, one of the film's producers said, "I am worried if my film will see the light of day"?
... that Barbara H. Bowman was one of the scientists who discovered the genetic difference responsible for variations in haptoglobin, a human blood protein?
... that Boston and Skegness is estimated to have the highest percentage of "Leave" votes in the 2016 EU referendum of any parliamentary constituency in the UK?
... that the 145th Street station in Manhattan was slated to be replaced with another subway station in the 1960s, but remained open following protests?
... that the male bigtooth cardinalfish broods a ball of eggs in his mouth?
... that Oregon state representative J. Patrick Metke flew two-engine Navy bombers on anti-submarine patrols during World War II?
... that Coleraine Cricket Club once became champions of the North West Cricket Union Premiership by default after their nearest competitors went on holiday?

19 May 2020

12:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Male vermilion flycatcher

... that Pyrocephalus, the genus name of the vermilion flycatcher (example pictured), literally means 'fire head'?
... that unlike most U.S. custom houses, which face the waterfront, the Alexander Hamilton Custom House in Manhattan faces inland?
... that every sixth person in the world who has diabetes is from India?
... that New Mexico radio station KARA was sued by a competitor who claimed that the station was impeding delivery of its mail?
... that according to numerous Sanskrit, Chinese, and Southeast Asian texts, Mahākāśyapa left his body in suspended animation to see the future Buddha?
... that shortly after the Battle of Cape Hermaeum, most of the victorious Roman fleet was destroyed in a storm, with the loss of over 100,000 lives?
... that Charity Anderson and her contemporary-dance partner Andres Peñate earned the first perfect score on a routine in the history of World of Dance?
... that in some situations, saying "please" may yield worse outcomes?

00:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Carrauntoohil

... that the most straightforward way to ascend Carrauntoohil (pictured), Ireland's highest mountain, is via the Devil's Ladder?
... that Grégoire Margotton replaced Christian Jeanpierre as the main presenter of the French football programme Téléfoot in 2018?
... that the book The Pink Swastika has been described as a product of American culture wars?
... that three nights of riots at Marsh Farm in Luton in 1995 came to an end when the Exodus Collective organised a nearby rave?
... that a "desperate" attempt was made to rescue Captain William D. Gregory and the crew of the sinking clipper Tejuca during an 1856 hurricane?
... that PewDiePie's first YouTube video, "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun", has been viewed more than 14 million times?
... that Yan, a fourth kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period of China, was conquered only one year after its establishment in 237?
... that when NASA Astronaut Group 6 were told that they were not required after reporting for duty, they started calling themselves the "Excess Eleven"?

18 May 2020

12:00, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Hurricane

... that Hurricane (pictured), built in Hoboken by Isaac C. Smith in 1851, was reputedly the most extreme clipper ever constructed?
... that five people have received Nobel Prizes for direct and indirect studies of vitamin B₁₂?
... that Riverside Park, designed by Central Park's architects, suffered from outdoor sewerage, squatters' shacks, and coal emissions in the late 19th century?
... that Noureddine Diwa was one of the first Tunisian footballers to play abroad?
... that interest in network synthesis research is now greater than at any time since the 1950s due to its new applications in mechanics, particularly in Formula One?
... that while researching for the role of Arthur Morgan for Red Dead Redemption 2, actor Roger Clark was inspired by the stoic but humorous demeanor of Toshiro Mifune's characters?
... that the prison in Pretoria where Pedi king Mampuru II was executed was renamed in his honour in 2013?
... that the Norwegian band Vardøger formed, recorded music, disbanded, re-formed to release Whitefrozen, disbanded again, re-formed to release Ghost Notes, and then disbanded yet again?

00:00, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Ernst Lauda's heraldic achievement

... that Austrian engineer Ernst Lauda, who worked on preventing the Danube from flooding, was granted his own coat of arms (depicted)?
... that an annual church service is said to have been held at the Gospel Oak in Polstead, Suffolk, for more than 1,000 years?
... that mesophyletid weevils have only been found in Burmese amber?
... that the producers of the 1990 American comedy film Home Alone were threatened with legal action by the French director of 3615 code Père Noël, who alleged that it was a remake of his film?
... that Italy helped to renovate a bridge between Israel and Jordan?
... that the role of Antonio Crutta, the interpreter for Polish king Stanisław August in the 1787–1792 Russo-Turkish War, was to "melt the suspicions of the Turks without arousing those of the Russians"?
... that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the musical Oklahoma! in a suite at the Berkshire Hotel in New York City?
... that a foul was given at the 2009 World Cup of Pool due to an arm-hair touching the cue ball?

17 May 2020

12:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Hunting lodge in Jaktstuguskogen

... that the hunting lodge (pictured) that gave its name to Jaktstuguskogen Nature Reserve in Sweden was built to resemble a Viking house?
... that Jordan Henderson is the first Liverpool captain to win the FIFA Club World Cup?
... that despite overcrowding at the Nostrand Avenue station in Brooklyn, two of its entrances remained closed for several decades?
... that Tetraponera tessmanni, a very aggressive ant, is able to establish dominance over the whole of the liana in which it lives, which may be 50 m (164 ft) long?
... that Ole Børud is featured on a song by a choir project that involved recordings from around the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that according to Oliver Heaviside, the law of squares does not mean that an electric current knows where it is going?
... that the book The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939–1944 resulted in a series of reviews and letters that were described as "particularly vicious"?
... that no admiral has ever lived at Admiral's House in Hampstead?

00:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Tatiana Calderón

... that Tatiana Calderón (pictured) increased her neck measurement through strength training by 9 cm (3.5 in) to cope with the g-forces generated by driving a Formula One car?
... that artwork at the Jackson Avenue station in the Bronx depicts images from six Latin American stories?
... that the fallacy of using ad hominem arguments was first discussed by Aristotle in his Sophistical Refutations?
... that King Kalākaua's committee to revive the Hale Nauā secret society consisted of nine women, and only one man other than himself?
... that flying ace Brian van Mentz survived the Battle of Britain, but was killed by a bomb that fell on a pub?
... that Martin Scorsese created his first film, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, as part of a summer program?
... that Kosala by Bhalchandra Nemade is regarded as the first existentialist novel in the Marathi language?
... that most of the known Gigantopithecus fossils are of teeth because the other bones are likely to have been eaten by porcupines?

16 May 2020

12:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Wigwag flags and torches

... that an officer continued to send wigwag flag signals (example flags pictured) with a bedsheet after the flagman retreated during Pickett's Charge in 1863?
... that Richard Grenfell Thomas and Isabel Bear scientifically described the smell of rain, for which Thomas coined the term "petrichor"?
... that Taunton bus station, built in the 1950s, was described as "a rare survivor" just five years before it was closed?
... that German war criminal Hans Walter Zech-Nenntwich gave a television interview after escaping from prison?
... that Travis Scott's guest appearance in Jay Electronica's song "The Blinding" has been described as "a cynical attempt to attract younger listeners"?
... that Miller's langur, one of the rarest primates in Borneo, was feared to be extinct until a 2012 study rediscovered it in an area where it was previously unknown?
... that feminist Mary Stuart Smith publicly admonished the aristocracy of Virginia in 1893 for their failure to recognize the talent of native artists?
... that the State Emblem of India was embossed on the wheels of the Chandrayaan-2 mission's lunar rover to leave behind patterned tracks on the lunar surface?

00:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Leal Douglas

... that Leal Douglas (pictured) was once called perhaps the most beautiful vampire on the English screen?
... that a pūloʻuloʻu presented to King Kalākaua during his coronation was made from a narwhal tusk?
... that in the early 20th century Plaza Cervantes, then the financial district of Manila, was likened to a scene out of Othello or The Merchant of Venice?
... that American bishop Lawrence Sabatini travelled to Mexico to learn the language and culture because the Italian parishioners at his church in Chicago had been replaced by Hispanics?
... that the small Ma On Shan Village in Hong Kong saw a large number of new arrivals after changes in methods of mining iron ore were implemented at a nearby mine in 1953?
... that Franz Klarwein, a tenor at the Bavarian State Opera from 1942 to 1977, appeared in world premieres such as those of Capriccio by Richard Strauss and Die Harmonie der Welt by Paul Hindemith?
... that a shortened route for the proposed Brooklyn–Queens Connector streetcar, announced in 2018, would be more expensive than the original plan?
... that the wet nurse of Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, was named Madame Poitrine, which can be translated as 'Madame Bosom'?

15 May 2020

12:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Mandarake store in Fukuoka, Japan

... that an original illustration from the manga series Ai to Makoto, believed lost in 1974, was discovered after being listed in an online auction by the Japanese retailer Mandarake (store pictured) in 2018?
... that the granting of a franchise to the Ogden Gas Company was referred to as "the most disgraceful act" in the history of the Chicago City Council?
... that Hans Herbert Jöris conducted the world premiere of Giselher Klebe's one-act opera Das Rendezvous, composed for the 125th anniversary of the Staatsoper Hannover?
... that Jean Arp designed the wavy form of the Berger des Nuages sculpture to simulate nature and express opposition to the machines that caused wars?
... that investigative journalist Jessica Lussenhop has written articles on corruption in the standardized-testing industry, and the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women?
... that the first earth-return telegraph was set up along the Nuremberg–Fürth railway line in 1838?
... that MLS Cup 1997 finalists Colorado Rapids had finished the regular season with a losing record?
... that musical theatre actress Kitty Loftus was praised as "a tricky sprite and a fantastic elf"?

00:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Tombstones in the churchyard
of St Thomas à Becket, Box

... that the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas à Becket in Box, Wiltshire, includes a pyramidical tombstone (pictured, right) said to have been contrived to prevent the deceased's wife from dancing on his grave?
... that in the song "12.38", Childish Gambino sings about a psilocybin trip while 21 Savage raps about police harassment?
... that Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma was nicknamed the "Red Princess" because of her socialist activism?
... that despite winning the First Battle of Newtonia, the Confederate army retreated from Missouri?
... that the tree Barteria fistulosa is associated with Tetraponera aethiops, an aggressive species of ant that lives in its hollow branches and twigs?
... that in a 2014 case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a group of police officers acted reasonably when they fired fifteen shots to end a high-speed car chase?
... that boxer Johnny Owen was so dedicated to his career that he never drank alcohol nor dated?
... that Britons are being urged to clap for their carers every Thursday evening during the country's COVID-19 pandemic?

14 May 2020

12:00, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Whitefish Maar

... that the largest maars (example pictured) on Earth, found at the Alaskan volcanic field of Espenberg, formed when magma explosively interacted with ice in the ground?
... that Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev was nicknamed the "Rasna girl"?
... that most of the tallest buildings in Myanmar are located in Yangon, where skyscrapers are not allowed?
... that when the New York City Board of Aldermen voted to end Tammany Hall's 38 years of control over the board, politician Augustus Pierce collapsed and died from shock in the chamber?
... that three Japanese emperors were imprisoned at Kongō-ji?
... that The Walt Disney Company once planned to build a large retail development on the site of what is now Burbank Town Center in California?
... that the peaks of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's highest mountain range, are all on private property?
... that a Malaysian sultan gave "The Singing Bishop" a marble statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a token of their friendship?

00:00, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Turkish-inspired Nevers designs

... that during the 17th-century heyday of French Nevers faience, its painted decoration drew from Italy, Turkey (example pictured), Persia, and China, as well as the Court style of Louis XIV?
... that the banning of Sargon of Akkad from Patreon led to the creation of a new social networking service called Thinkspot?
... that while the termite Pterotermes occidentis inhabits dead blue palo verde in the Sonoran Desert, Marginitermes hubbardi prefers dead saguaro?
... that Ross Perot met his wife on a blind date while a midshipman in Baltimore?
... that Horizon, once called "the most automated self-service store in Canada", went defunct less than seven years after it opened?
... that the Albanian tribe Gruemiri (literally 'good woman') was possibly named after a distinguished female leader?
... that video game developer Be-Rad Entertainment created Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! using code repurposed from Lame Castle, its previous release?
... that in the final movement of Die Sintflut (The Flood), a cantata for eight-part unaccompanied choir by Willy Burkhard, the voices paint Noah's rainbow?

13 May 2020

12:00, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Underwater volcanic eruption at NW Rota-1 in 2006

... that the first observed underwater explosive volcanic eruption (example pictured) occurred in 2004 at NW Rota-1?
... that Steve Wozniak designed Integer BASIC based solely on a copy of 101 BASIC Games and an HP manual?
... that Selin Şahin is the first Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player to be transferred to a foreign club?
... that Good Faith Collaboration has been described as a pioneering ethnographic study of the culture of Wikipedia?
... that the Carthaginian general Gisco was taken prisoner by mutinous soldiers while issuing their pay?
... that Miami Spanish-language radio station WLTO was sold in 1972 to a new owner who did not speak Spanish?
... that Canberra MRT station was designed with a nautical theme to reflect Singapore's historical role as a British naval base?
... that in Minneapolis, a 1,199-pound (544 kg) cherry sits atop a 5,800-pound (2,630 kg) spoon?

00:00, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Flag of Manitoba

... that the flag of Manitoba (shown) was adopted in 1965 to counteract the replacement of the Canadian Red Ensign with the Maple Leaf flag?
... that British-Hawaiian chieftess Maria Beckley Kahea served as lady-in-waiting to two queens, and was appointed keeper of the Royal Mausoleum?
... that a path up the Col de la Loze, the seventh highest mountain pass in France, opened one year ago today and was first used in professional cycling during the 2019 Tour de l'Avenir?
... that according to one theory, Xia Ruifang was killed for his Chinese translations of the Bible?
... that a collective of more than 200 migrants has squatted a chain of buildings in Amsterdam since 2012?
... that the Twenty One Pilots song "Level of Concern" frequently references the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that National Hockey League defenceman Sam Girard was able to continue playing ice hockey only after his older brother gave up the sport?
... that in the 1993 textbook Quantum Theory, "uncertainty principle" appears only once in the index, and its entry points back to itself?

12 May 2020

12:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Rip Rapson

... that Rip Rapson (pictured), CEO of The Kresge Foundation, helped organize the "grand bargain" to rescue Detroit from bankruptcy and save the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts from liquidation?
... that the leech Limnatis nilotica can affect humans and livestock, entering hosts through the mouth, nose, or other orifices?
... that the Ming dynasty poet Chen Zilong edited a book on agriculture that was the "first compilation of statecraft writing" in China?
... that the American-led coalition has partially withdrawn troops from Iraq because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country?
... that the 2017 romantic thriller You Go to My Head does not use any artificial lighting?
... that with her victory at the 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship, Lisa Quick became the first person to win world titles in both pool and snooker?
... that New York City was divided into wards between 1683 and 1938?
... that "Spam" played a key part in the design of the urinals on the Royal Navy's Swiftsure-class submarines?

00:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Northern plains gray langur

... that the northern plains gray langur monkey (example pictured) is killed in India for food and to prevent crop raiding, despite being considered sacred by Hindus?
... that Jeff Butler was sacked as head coach of the South Africa national football team after it was discovered that he had passed off the playing career of another Geoff Butler as his own?
... that jue were small bronze vessels used for serving wine in ancestor-worship ceremonies in Bronze Age China?
... that Lewis Grant-Ogilvy had the entire village of Cullen demolished and rebuilt so that he could improve his garden at Cullen House?
... that Jerry Givens served as Virginia's chief executioner for 17 years before becoming a campaigner against the death penalty?
... that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common liver disorder worldwide, is present in approximately 25 percent of the world's population?
... that entomologist Frederick Vincent Theobald wrote a five-volume monograph and sixty scientific papers on mosquitoes?
... that the 1977 Golden Dragon massacre in San Francisco was the result of a gang feud originating in a dispute over fireworks sales?

11 May 2020

12:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Kalavati Devi

... that Kalavati Devi (pictured) has built 4,000 toilets so that people in Kanpur would not be subjected to a "living hell"?
... that the 1957–1958 influenza pandemic killed at least one million people worldwide?
... that the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox was inspired by Deborah Feldman's memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots?
... that Sampson Mathews was nicknamed the "master driver of cattle" for transporting more than 100 cattle 160 miles (260 km) through the Allegheny Mountains in 19 days for the Battle of Point Pleasant?
... that 48 Wall Street's cornerstone was laid on Alexander Hamilton's 171st birthday, and the building opened exactly one year later?
... that, although in ruins, the Forty Saints Monastery in Sarandë, Albania, still retains some religious importance for the local Greek Orthodox population?
... that Roderick Jones became general manager of Reuters after Herbert de Reuter killed himself?
... that some Taiwanese train tickets are collected because the combination of station names is considered to be auspicious?

00:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Columbia University campus

... that Morningside Heights in Manhattan became known as the Academic Acropolis of New York City following the development of colleges such as Columbia University (pictured)?
... that the book Geometric Exercises in Paper Folding was inspired by one of the Froebel gifts for kindergarten children?
... that Elzie Odom was the first black postal inspector in Texas, and the first black mayor of Arlington?
... that Ben Lugmore is the second-highest peak on the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) Mweelrea Horseshoe, which has been described as one of Ireland's "top three" mountain walks?
... that the deaths of the leading Muslim commanders in Syria from the plague of Amwas in 639 paved the way for the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate?
... that "Seht, er lebt" (Look, he lives) is a German Easter hymn by Lothar Zenetti sung to a traditional melody from Israel?
... that Julia Azari has shown that U.S. presidents increasingly defend their legitimacy by claiming to have a political mandate?
... that Australian racing driver Mark Webber was given an impromptu podium ceremony for finishing fifth at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix?

10 May 2020

12:00, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Queen Kapiʻolani wearing her peacock feathered dress

... that Irish Hawaiian James Washington Lonoikauoalii McGuire designed the peacock feathered dress (pictured) worn by Queen Kapiʻolani at the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887?
... that the history of the Wales national football team includes the first substitution ever used in international football?
... that older adherents of the Hindu sect Ramnami Samaj have the word "Ram" tattooed over their entire bodies?
... that when three deaths occurred at Elmhurst Hospital Center in 1978 and prompted a homicide investigation, the cause was found to be a shortage of nurses and beds?
... that Chinese women's rights activist Shen Zijiu spent some four years as a fugitive?
... that Palo Alto station was styled after a streamlined passenger train?
... that a Suara journalist was partially blinded while covering the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests?
... that John Oliver purchased the erotic furry watercolor Stay Up Late for $1,000, plus a $20,000 donation to a food bank?

00:00, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Stone in Stuivekenskerke, Belgium

... that a line of stone monuments (example pictured) marks the limit of the German advance on the Western Front in 1918?
... that in 1966, Baylor University student John Westbrook was the first African American athlete to play a game in the Southwest Conference of American football?
... that until the end of the 19th century, the Palazzolo hill in Rome was for the Romans synonymous with "madhouse"?
... that Addison E. Southard attended the coronation of Haile Selassie, served as a witness to the wedding of Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa, and was captured by the Japanese during World War II?
... that Nepali director Nischal Basnet based Loot's lead character on himself?
... that the Holden Block is the best-preserved example of Italianate architecture in Chicago's Near West Side?
... that as executor to the estate of Sir Sidney Herbert, one of Sir George Sidney Herbert's tasks was to ensure a locked tin box was "destroyed unopened by cremating"?
... that of the 41 active Broadway theaters, only 3 are actually on Broadway?

9 May 2020

12:00, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Murals in Bjäresjö Church

... that some of the early church murals in Sweden (example pictured) may have been commissioned by Danish kings?
... that Charlton Miner Lewis was a lawyer before becoming an English professor at Yale, and the first judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets?
... that the scale insect Saissetia coffeae attacks many other plants besides coffee?
... that 70 Pine Street used double-deck elevators due to its narrow plot?
... that in 2001, sixteen-year-old Alina Lebedeva struck Prince Charles of the United Kingdom in the face with three red carnations?
... that after the Battle of Prairie Grove, the bodies of dead soldiers had to be protected in homemade enclosures to prevent feral hogs from eating them?
... that Egypt's Deputy Minister of Culture Mohsen Shaalan was imprisoned for a year in connection with the unsolved theft of Van Gogh's Poppy Flowers?
... that the spinosaurid dinosaur Ichthyovenator had two sails on its back?

00:00, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguatá

... that Naiguatá (pictured) was recently sunk in a skirmish with the RCGS Resolute?
... that Canadian ice hockey manager Tubby Schmalz reportedly sheltered visiting teams in his hotel during inclement weather?
... that the Northern line, which already served the southernmost station on the London Underground, was proposed to be extended southward to North Cheam in 1946?
... that Kanuni is Turkey's third drillship?
... that Making a New World, a concept album by Field Music about the after-effects of World War I, originated from a commission by the Imperial War Museum?
... that after not having played Australian rules football competitively since she was 13, Erin Phillips won the inaugural AFL Women's best and fairest award in 2017 in her first season back at age 31?
... that angels seen radiating outward on an experimental radar led to the discovery of a curious flocking behavior of starlings?

8 May 2020

12:00, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Hunter/killer team of AH-1 and OH-58 helicopters as tested at Ansbach

... that when the Ansbach Tests pitted attack and scout helicopters (examples pictured) against tanks, the outcome was so lopsided that some claimed the era of the primacy of the tank was over?
... that Northern Dancer was the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby, setting a new track record of two minutes flat?
... that a documentary and a board game have been made about the New York City Subway's 14th Street Tunnel shutdown?
... that Nepali actress Swastima Khadka holds a three-year diploma in architectural engineering?
... that Muhammad and his followers in Medina originally faced Jerusalem as their direction for prayer?
... that UCLA basketball player Natalie Chou said that the use of a slang term for COVID-19 created "unnecessary xenophobia for people who look like me"?
... that the construction of Gappo Park in Aomori, Japan, led to the death of its designer in 1885?
... that catalog showroom retailer Luria's hired former Cuban diplomats in the 1960s due to their knowledge of china and silverware?

00:00, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Photograph of a man sneezing, with droplets dispersing widely

Respiratory droplets from a sneeze

... that surgical masks provide effective protection against diseases spread by respiratory droplets (examples pictured), but not those spread by airborne transmission?
... that Lin-Manuel Miranda saw "hip-hop songs rising off the page" when he read Ron Chernow's book Alexander Hamilton?
... that the design of the Japanese–Italian fusion restaurant Kissa Tanto was inspired by Hotel Okura Tokyo, Italian architect Gio Ponti, and covers designed by John Gall for Haruki Murakami's novels?
... that the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, held at the 90,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground, had an attendance of 3,326?
... that the Valley of the Volcanoes in Peru, with its many lava flows and scoria cones, is of interest both to tourists and scientists?
... that Awkwafina is the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a film?
... that the secret police of several German-speaking nations exchanged intelligence with each other through the Police Union of German States from 1848 to 1866?
... that Earl Dodge held a presidential nominating convention in his home with as few as eight delegates in attendance?

7 May 2020

12:00, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Depiction of the Umm al-Amad ruins in 1839

... that Ernest Renan abandoned his excavations of Umm al-Amad (depicted) in Lebanon when he found that the ruins were only about two thousand years old?
... that the Slovak authorities suspended restitution to Holocaust survivors after the Partisan Congress riots, as many partisans were unhappy at returning property to its original Jewish owners?
... that American ice hockey coach Lou Vairo introduced European coaching concepts to the United States?
... that early drafts of the television drama "CasualtyXHolby" included a vehicle striking an electrical substation to cause a blackout, before a cyberattack was substituted instead?
... that at New Albion, the Coast Miwok people honored Sir Francis Drake as if he were being proclaimed king?
... that NASA Astronaut Group 7 consisted of seven pilots who transferred to NASA from the U.S. Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory spy-satellite program?
... that British police officer Suzette Davenport was responsible for crime in Staffordshire and intelligence in the West Midlands?
... that New York City Subway riders could get their clothes dry cleaned at the Church Avenue station?

00:00, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Patsy Mink

... that after twelve medical schools rejected her applications, partly because of her gender, U.S. congresswoman Patsy Mink (pictured) became a lawyer instead?
... that Elie Wiesel's 1966 non-fiction book The Jews of Silence was based on his journey to the Soviet Union during the High Holidays of 1965 to report on the condition of Soviet Jewry in the post-Stalin era?
... that Sabine Lake initially marked the border between French Louisiana and Spanish Texas, then the United States and the Republic of Texas, and now the U.S. states of Louisiana and Texas?
... that the Ethiopian army participated in the Korean War?
... that four elevator accidents occurred in 150 Nassau Street in Manhattan within two years of its opening?
... that Edwin Arlington Robinson's 1897 poem "Reuben Bright", considered good teaching material for English classes, featured a "cow-killer converted" in a realistic, vernacular narrative?
... that neuroscientist J. David Jentsch's car was firebombed by animal-rights activists?
... that the first film entirely in American Sign Language was a 1975 vampire movie called Deafula?

6 May 2020

12:00, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Christopher Dresser jug by William Ault

... that the Ault Pottery is best known for making designs by Christopher Dresser (example pictured), some using second-hand moulds?
... that Charlotte Figi, a child who used cannabidiol to treat seizures caused by Dravet syndrome, had a medical cannabis strain named after her?
... that a wall and a statue of Mary that survived the World War II bombing of St. Kolumba in Cologne have been incorporated into a chapel within the Kolumba art museum?
... that Judy McClintock and her brother Joel were the first pair of siblings to win Water Ski World Championship titles?
... that KILO's broadcast license allowed the University of North Dakota to get out of the commercial broadcasting business?
... that the New South Wales Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse seemed to have been absent when Governor William Bligh was arrested during the Rum Rebellion?
... that Pacific Mall in Ontario, Canada, is the largest indoor Asian shopping mall in North America?
... that film director Fred Olen Ray made The Brain Leeches for $298.00?

00:00, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Slender Scotch burnet moth on a flower

... that populations of the slender Scotch burnet (pictured), a European moth that lives in dry, lime-rich areas, have been declining?
... that Norman K. Brown has worked on every United States Census from 1960 to 2020?
... that Carlos Celdran criticized the 2017 redevelopment of Plaza Moriones in old Manila for having "paved over his heart"?
... that a 1912 case in a Colorado district court yielded the first legal victory against educational segregation in the United States, although it was quickly forgotten afterwards?
... that South African MP Makoti Khawula insists on speaking and being addressed in isiZulu and isiXhosa while in parliament?
... that Habsburg-era Austria's internal security office, the Secret State Police, was established in 1786 with a staff of just three?
... that marshland around the Flushing River, considered "all but worthless", was later expanded into a park used for two world's fairs?
... that when a spectator tried to help Australia's first Olympian Edwin Flack after he collapsed during the 1896 marathon event, the athlete punched him to the ground?

5 May 2020

12:00, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1951

... that the Duke of Edinburgh (pictured) has been Admiral of the House of Lords Yacht Club since 1952?
... that Filipino Americans first settled in Louisiana in the 18th century?
... that Dreeg is a card game played with German-suited cards that is described as "a special Franconian form of Sixty-Six"?
... that the song of the Madagascan hoopoe differs markedly from that of the African hoopoe?
... that John R. Davis Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Poland, was known to host leaders of the banned trade union Solidarity at his home?
... that Lingua Ignota's 2019 album Caligula has been described as "a murderous amalgam of opera, metal, and noise"?
... that the company that built Six Pillars House also constructed Highpoint I, and the penguin enclosure at London Zoo?
... that eight-year-old Nigerian refugee Tanitoluwa Adewumi won a New York state chess championship while his family was living in a homeless shelter in Manhattan?

00:00, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Photograph of a round brick tower with a ramp spiralling from the ground to the roof, with several goats standing on the ramp

Goat tower in Illinois

... that many goat towers (example pictured) have become tourist attractions?
... that A. H. M. Jones called his assistant J. R. Martindale's contributions to the Prosopography a "worthy contender for the thirteenth labour of Hercules"?
... that Benno Bikes manufactures an e-bike designed to carry cargo?
... that Emilie Widemann Macfarlane was the first president of the women's branch of Hui Aloha ʻĀina, which was formed in opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893?
... that most branchiobdellids use crayfish as hosts, living on their heads, carapaces, or claws, but in some instances inside their gill cavities?
... that the Toronto-based Human Computing Resources was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Unix operating system?
... that according to the 2019 documentary Toxic Beauty, thousands of carcinogenic and hormone-disrupting chemicals are used in cosmetic products in the U.S. without adequate government regulation?
... that Swiss World War II spy Otto Pünter used crosswords and lemon juice as means of encryption?

4 May 2020

12:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Renate Brümmer

... that Renate Brümmer (pictured) and Heike Walpot were the only two women originally selected for the German astronaut team, but neither has gone to space?
... that fan-recorded footage of a live DJ set revealed the existence of 100 Gecs' song "Ringtone (Remix)" a month prior to its release?
... that cloth face masks were routinely used by surgeons before being replaced by modern surgical masks in the 1960s?
... that St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn, raised money for a stained-glass window in 1934, but ended up spending it on a church hall instead?
... that A Case of Spring Fever, a film in which springs disappear, was parodied in an episode of The Simpsons?
... that the Vietnam mouse-deer, which had been feared to have gone extinct nearly 30 years ago, was sighted again in 2019?
... that Zofia Nehringowa set speed-skating world records in all individual distances?
... that Aquarium has a problem with water getting in?

00:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Potter Building

... that the Potter Building (pictured) in Manhattan replaced a structure that "made itself notorious the country over for burning up in the shortest time on record"?
... that Florence Boot introduced the sale of books, stationery, and perfume at the pharmacy chain Boots?
... that the writer of the hymn "Angel Voices, Ever Singing" banned it from being published with a tune composed by Arthur Sullivan?
... that after spending World War II in the Philippines, Flora Arca Mata returned to Stockton to become California's first Filipino-American teacher?
... that the 1938 deportation of Jews from Slovakia was justified by blaming them for a recent territorial concession to Hungary?
... that while commanding one of the last Confederate units north of the Potomac River during the retreat from Gettysburg, J. Johnston Pettigrew was mortally wounded but refused to be left in Union hands?
... that both members of the French musical duo Les Frangines learned to play the guitar by watching online video lessons?
... that Hammersmith Town Hall in London, designed by Ernest Berry Webber, was called an "unfortunate building" by architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner?

3 May 2020

12:00, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Feed sack dress in the Smithsonian collection

... that an estimated 3 million women and children in the United States were wearing clothing made from feed sacks (example pictured) at any given time during World War II?
... that racing driver Justin Wilson entered the 2003 Formula One World Championship through an investment programme listed on the London Stock Exchange?
... that the Romans besieged Lilybaeum for nine years without capturing the Carthaginian city?
... that the Prohibition Party considered Horace Greeley for the presidential nomination at its first national convention, but rejected him because he was not supportive enough of women's suffrage?
... that India developed nuclear power when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was prime minister?
... that "Democracy Manifest" is a top Australian viral video and meme?
... that Richard Curzon inherited Kedleston Hall and a recently created peerage from his Uncle George?
... that in the song "LA Monster", Kanye West claims that Los Angeles lets Satan run the city's streets?

00:00, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Illustration of a man in a train carriage sneezing without covering his face, and other riders reacting with anger and disgust

Poster by H. M. Bateman

... that coughs and sneezes spread diseases (poster shown)?
... that Anatoliy Mokrenko, a baritone and future director of the Ukrainian National Opera, performed in a Russian film based on Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor?
... that the saint to whom the church of San Filippo Neri in Via Giulia in Rome was originally dedicated was the patron of people with gout?
... that Neil Malhotra found evidence that voters reward incumbents for disaster-relief spending, but not for disaster-preparedness spending?
... that Tetraponera penzigi is one of several species of ant that protect whistling thorn trees in East Africa from grazing giraffes and rhinoceroses?
... that Hawaiian chieftess Haʻaheo Kaniu converted to Christianity and attended classes taught by American missionaries?
... that according to legend, the 6th-century Irish monk Brendan spent days fasting on Mount Brandon before voyaging across the Atlantic to discover Saint Brendan's Island?
... that the Serbian flag was flown from the White House in 1918?

2 May 2020

12:00, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Drum majors of the Jackson State University marching band

... that the distinctive style of the drum majors of HBCU bands, such as those of Jackson State University (pictured), was inspired by performers in minstrel parades?
... that actress Cecilia Suárez first met director Manolo Caro when he was 14, and would later go on to star in almost all of his films?
... that Manchester United opened Manchester City's former training ground after floodlights were installed?
... that having served as acting governor for five Indonesian provinces, Eddy Sabara was known as the "acting governor specialist"?
... that to win It's a Crime, a play-by-mail game, players had to first succeed as a gang leader before rising to mob boss level, and achieve victory as "Godfather"?
... that the Buddhist disciple Śāriputra made a pact with his friend Maudgalyayana that they would tell each other if one of them found the path to nirvana?
... that the 2013 album Group Therapy by Sivion features 26 guest artists?
... that the marriage bed of Henry VII, valued at £20 million, lay dismantled for a while in a hotel car park?

00:00, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē dressed in his finest

... that the fashionable hula master ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē (pictured) was mistaken for a prince in his prime but ended his days blind and begging for money on the streets of Honolulu?
... that a finishing gap of 0.002 seconds at the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 was the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history since the introduction of electronic scoring in 1993?
... that the modern legacy of South Wales colliery proprietor James Harvey Insole is his Victorian mansion Insole Court at Llandaff, Wales?
... that sympathetic accounts of Norway's first Christian kings include descriptions of them committing gruesome torture against pagans, but non-sympathetic accounts do not?
... that the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has used the popularity of 2020 Netflix documentary Tiger King to help investigate the 1997 disappearance of Don Lewis?
... that the video game Xenon 2: Megablast was named after its theme music, "Megablast (Hip Hop on Precinct 13)" by Bomb the Bass?
... that businesswoman Jayne Spain hired one physically handicapped individual in every ten employees she chose?
... that after performing at a squatted slaughterhouse in 1976, Leonard Cohen called it the "best place in Vienna"?

1 May 2020

12:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

432 Park Avenue

... that the design of 432 Park Avenue (pictured) was inspired by a trash can?
... that Charli XCX, while under self-isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic, is collaborating with her fans to record her album How I'm Feeling Now?
... that the Rowridge Valley in the Isle of Wight is the only known location for the wood calamint in Britain?
... that Chicano labor and civil rights activist Pancho Medrano started out as a boxer?
... that the pursuit of new ceramic glaze effects led to some pieces of art pottery still being slightly radioactive today, nearly a century later?
... that the 1951 short film A Wonderful Life, starring James Dunn, was an adaptation of Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life for the Christian film industry?
... that Mahatma Gandhi championed the concept of composite nationalism, which led to a massive expansion of the Indian independence movement?
... that Neanderthals went fishing?

00:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Bowl with two panthers, glazed with "Rouge Dalpayrat"

... that the Art Nouveau ceramicist Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat invented a red glaze known as "Rouge Dalpayrat" (example pictured)?
... that the melt-blowing technology used to create N95 respirators was previously used to produce ready-made ribbon bows and bra cups?
... that Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar said: "The word and seal of Mir Jumla III are the word and seal of Farrukhsiyar"?
... that a temporary period of snowfall was added to Red Dead Online to celebrate Christmas in 2019?
... that Sallyanne Payton, Stanford Law School's first African-American graduate, served as an adviser for the Clinton Health Care Reform Task Force?
... that coconut mites can be dispersed by wind, or perhaps by hitching a lift?
... that 15th-century documents from the Notarial Archives of Malta were almost thrown away in 2008?
... that Captain Tom, who turns 100 today, has raised more than £32 million for NHS Charities Together by walking laps of his garden?