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... that the red bands on theflag of Mauritania(pictured) were added in 2017 to represent the blood shed for the country's independence from France?
... that, according to the ruling party, the citizenry overwhelmingly allowed the president to be re-elected in the1939 Salvadoran presidential election?
... that three-quarters of Turkey's bird species live in theKızılırmak Delta?
... thatAdamsochrysa fossils from British Columbia and Washington are most similar to an Australiangreen lacewing?
... that doctorNandipha Magudumana received payment for the use of her archives in theNetflix documentaryBeauty and the Bester, which she subsequently attempted to prevent from being aired?
... thatCharles Bornou once served as a minister of finance and a mayor at the same time?
... that the demolition of61 Molesworth Street in Wellington, New Zealand, revealed the possessions of illegal residents?
... thatSunaryanta ran 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) from his home to register for an election, and later ran 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) back home after losing re-election?
... thatEuclid'sElements has been estimated to be second only to the Bible in its number of published editions?
... thatLinda Anne Hutchison performed as a leading soprano of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, including during its first visit to continental Europe since the 1880s?
... that the moderncinnamon fern has existed since the Cretaceous?
... that prior to becoming prime minister of Canada,Paul Martin frequently searched the basement ofDevonshire Lodge for a bootlegging tunnel?
... that the world's longest continuous rock climbing route is a horizontal 4,500-metre (14,800 ft)traverse onEl Capitan, according toGuinness World Records?
... that Olympic wrestlerRobert Diouf twice defeated an opponent who was nearly 20 kilograms (44 lb) heavier than him?
... thatByrnihat was ranked by an air technology company as the world's most polluted city in 2024?
... that the 2013murder of Mark Carson, a hate crime involving the killing of an openly gay man, took place less than a quarter-mile (400 m) from theStonewall Inn?
... thatFort Duvernette played a role in saving the survivors of a 1795 Carib attack on a British supply convoy?
... thata plane crash was watched in real time by a bedridden woman through her mirror?
... that, as the University of Edinburgh's chaplain,Harriet Harris(pictured) appointed more than 40 honorary chaplains to serve traditions including Daoism, humanism, paganism and mindfulness?
... thatBadingah became the first female regent ofGunung Kidul after her predecessor died of a heart attack?
... that First Nations actor and musicianErroll Kinistino grew up in a two-room, mud-shack cabin?
... thatGilles of Saumur was given the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tyre as compensation for the loss of the Archdiocese of Damietta during the Seventh Crusade?
... that Dutch filmmakerRichard Raaphorst claimed that a boss character inResident Evil Village copied the design of a monster he created for his 2013 filmFrankenstein's Army?
... that, during the 2012Weezer Cruise, band members oversaw wedding vow renewals, a shuffleboard contest, a midnight movie screening, and a 1980s-themed prom?
... thatMuhammad Ahmed Miftah was arrested while leading prayers 20 years before becoming prime minister of theHouthi-led government of Yemen?
... that theIrwin Union Bank's glass walls and open-plan layout, uncommon for an American bank building of its time, led to its designation as a historic landmark?
... that circus performerFranz Taibosh began his career dancing for British soldiers during the Second Boer War?
... that one issue with understanding theculture of Champa is that surviving inscriptions are concerned almost exclusively with the elite?
... thatJuventus Women were champions of Italy every year for their first five years of existence?
14 October 2025
00:29, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Shreen Abdul Saroor
... that women's rights activistShreen Saroor(pictured) was sent to a Catholic convent for her education after her mother became concerned with her tomboy-like behavior?
... thatSarah Kraning perceives sound as color, texture, and movement?
... that theependytes, originally a Persian male tunic, became a luxury fashion statement in classical Athens, where it was worn by women and children?
... that part of the bonus paid to bartenderGary Hoffman after he was selected in the1984 NFL draft was a round of drinks for his friends?
13 October 2025
00:00, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
The Accidental Burning of the USS Missouriin Gibraltar
... that the only casualty ofUSS Missouri's destruction(pictured) was a pet bear?
... thatAlexander McQueen's second runway show featured a pregnant woman with a shaved head, a model in a plaster corset, and a woman pretending to put her finger in her vagina?
... thatTyler Neville overcame being born deaf, asunken chest, a fractured back, more than 20 surgeries, and cancer to sign with an NFL team?
... thatZinaida Nevzorova entered into a marriage of convenience withGleb Krzhizhanovsky to keep their activist group together, but they later developed a genuine romantic relationship?
... that Indonesia's ambassador to Serbia,Andreano Erwin, joined the foreign ministry because histrading company went bankrupt?
... thatsabotage in World War II involved delaying the Nazi nuclear program, derailing trains, freeing Jews, and ... explosive rats?
4 October 2025
00:00, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
Anne
... thatAnne(pictured) was the last circus elephant in the United Kingdom?
... that priestSuitbert Mollinger served five years for fraud in a Dutch prison before founding one of the world's largest relic chapels in the United States?
... thatagate gemstones have been found on every continent, including Antarctica?
... thatJackson Findlay is a fourth-generation Canadian Football League player?
... thatAnne Bayley's clinical research in Zambia showed that, contrary to widespread opinion in the early 1980s,HIV could be spread through heterosexual sex?
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