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31 August 2017

00:00, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

O'Toole's Pub

... that after gunmenmurdered her father in a pub(pictured), Irish politicianEmma Rogan campaigned with the Loughinisland Justice Group to uncover their identities?
... that themobile libraryStreet Books useslibrary cards but does not set or enforce due dates?
... that producerMara Brock Akil was hesitant to castTia Mowry asMelanie Barnett due to the actress's wholesome image fromSister, Sister?
... that the formerImperial Square of Strasbourg is decorated withginkgos that were presented byEmperor Meiji of Japan to theGerman Emperor?
... that in 1975,Barbara May Cameron, a member of theHunkpapa Lakota, co-founded thefirst gay Indian organization in San Francisco?
... that populations of thelittle green woodpecker in Africa are increasing due to logging and clearing of the forests?
... that in the 1920s,Dolly Rudeman was one of the most prolific designers of movie posters and programs for the Dutch cinema, and the only woman working in the field at the time?
... that earlyoccupational epidemiology studies established health risk factors for gold and silver miners,chimney sweeps, and workers usingasbestos?

30 August 2017

00:00, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Joseph and Amalie Joachim

... thatJoseph andAmalie Joachim(pictured) receivedtwo songs fromJohannes Brahms, one to begin their marriage, the other decades later to repair it?
... that therosy razor clam tries to evade capture by rapidly burrowing deeper into the sediment?
... that in 1978, airline captainGordon Vetterescued a Cessna pilot who was lost over the Pacific Ocean andrunning out of fuel?
... thatsupporter liaison officers are claimed to be a major factor in the 20 percent reduction of crowd disorder inSwedish football?
... thatAmabel Anderson Arnold, aSt. Louis lawyer and law professor, received degrees from both Benton College of Law and City College of Law and Finance within a five-day period?
... that theCatholic University of Madagascar awarded the country's firsttheology degree in 1961?
... thatChristian William Miller, inventor of a water desalination device promoted byFranklin D. Roosevelt, was considered one of the most beautiful men in the 1940sNew York gay society?
... that theJugendkulturhaus Dynamo, a youth center inZürich, was built from an old brewery afteryouth riots in the city were sparked by a grant of 61,000,000Swiss francs to the Zürich Opera?

29 August 2017

00:00, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Alderia modesta

... that the sea slugAlderia modesta(pictured) transfers sperm to a partner by hypodermic injection?
... thatCecilia Dapaah, Ghana's minister for aviation, has vowed to start a new national carrier and make the country the aviation hub ofWest Africa?
... that the first Croatianfictional film,Brcko in Zagreb, is now consideredlost?
... thatMaria Riccarda Wesseling appeared as Gluck'sOrfeo in Paris and at theAncient Theatre of Epidaurus, and as Henze'sPhaedra in Berlin?
... thatAnne Curtis plans to perform her own stunts in the upcoming Philippineaction filmBuy Bust?
... thatC. Louise Boehringer, the first female Superintendent of Schools inYuma County, has often been called "the mother of theArizona educational system"?
... thatvideo game walkthroughs are typically designed to assist other players in accomplishing certain feats within video games?
... that pirateJohn Bear married "a strumpet ... daughter of a rum-punch-woman" and tried to convince people she was a runaway noblewoman?

28 August 2017

00:00, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

St Peter's Church, Henfield, West Sussex

... that whenSt Peter's Church(pictured) inHenfield needed a bell in the 17th century, the churchwarden stole one fromSt Leonard's Church in Aldrington?
... that suspected anarchistLazarus Averbuch was shot and killed in the home of Chicago's Chief of Police?
... that theHistory of Medicine Society, founded by SirWilliam Osler in 1912, is one of the oldest in the world?
... that juvenileangular brittle stars can re-enter aplankton phase, allowing them to relocate to a more suitable location?
... thatMervyn Brogan was the first AustralianChief of the General Staff to have a university degree?
... that theStadttheater Minden, a municipal theatre without an ensemble, received international attention for itsWagner opera project?
... thatHoward B. Meek was the founder and dean ofthe first college to train professional hotel managers?
... that the prize in a tournament ofUrban Jungle, adriving game developed and set inCroatia, was free real-world driving lessons?

27 August 2017

00:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Sydney Metro Blues

... that the Sydney Metro Blues(pictured) are the 2017Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League champions?
... thatMarcus Bosch conducted a performance of Wagner'sTristan und Isolde at theStaatstheater Nürnberg that was shown live in 50 cinemas in Germany and Austria?
... that following a failed attempt earlier in the year, theIllinois General Assembly passed a bill establishingBarack Obama Day on May 19, 2017?
... thatTraci Hunter Abramson used her experience as a swim coach and a CIA employee to writeUndercurrents, a novel about an Olympic-hopeful swimmer inwitness protection?
... that of the 64first-round draft picks made by theNew England Patriots, 20 have been selected to play in thePro Bowl?
... that Ghanaian Member of ParliamentKwesi Ankama died on an official government delegation to theUnited Kingdom?
... that the green wormEulalia viridis does not breed until it is at least two years old?
... thatThomas Lyle Williams had the idea to create the first mascara,Maybelline, after seeing his sister Mabel use a mix of petroleum jelly and burnt cork to darken her eyelashes?

26 August 2017

00:00, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Caroline Risque

... thatCaroline Risque(pictured) made the bronze busts of the four founders ofStix Baer & Fuller?
... that some scenes inHome and Away: Revenge were filmed by the actors usingGoPro cameras and mobile phones?
... that art curatorUgochukwu-Smooth Nzewi described sound artistEmeka Ogboh'swork^ⓘ as capturing "the maddening hyper-visuality ofLagos"?
... that theJapanese embassy in Seoul has seen decades of protests, from weekly demonstrations to the throwing of Molotov cocktails, truck-ramming, self-immolation, and outright ransacking?
... that at the time of her death at age 105,Emma Clara Schweer was believed to be the oldest elected official in the United States?
... that 500 copies of Vietnamese singerSon Tung M-TP'scompilation albumM-tp M-TP sold out in 30 minutes?
... that in 1844,Latter Day Saints founderJoseph Smith became thefirst Mormon to run for President of the United States and the first American presidential candidate to be assassinated?
... that theshooter gamePrivates was created to raise awareness aboutsexually transmitted infections?

25 August 2017

00:00, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Chemical structure of Regrelor

... thatregrelor(pictured), a new experimentalantiplatelet drug, was withdrawn during a phase IIclinical trial due to an increased risk of bleeding?
... thatJohn O'Brien presided over the military court that tried and acquitted Japanese AdmiralSoemu Toyoda?
... that in 1999three perfectly-preserved child mummies were found on the summit ofLlullaillaco, a 6,700 m (22,000 ft) volcano, where they had been sacrificed under theInca Empire 500 years earlier?
... thatAkhamaman, the self-proclaimedking of Pegu, began his career as a rower on the royal yacht of KingNarathihapate ofPagan?
... that a marine organism described in 1971 as a new species ofgastrotrich was later identified as the larva of a bristleworm, probablyPolydora ciliata?
... that the introduction ofTicketer ticket machines onReading Transport buses meant that 11,000 pre-paid cards had to be reissued?
... that U.S. citizens areprohibited from engaging in business transactions with the owners of the Mexican newspaperUnomásuno?
... that when signing toMCA Records,Gregg Alexander allegedly received a $600,000 advance for the New Radicals'Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too?

24 August 2017

00:00, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Dunes of Abalos Undae

... that theMartian dunes of theAbalos Undae(pictured) may have formed from erosion ofRupes Tenuis, the polarscarp?
... thatVera Nemirova stagedLulu at theSalzburg Festival andThe Ring for theFrankfurt Opera?
... that pharmacists sometimes "QuEST" duringover-the-counter counseling?
... thatTvrtko I, the firstKing of Bosnia, maintained cordial relations with all three churches in his realm—Bosnian,Catholic, andOrthodox?
... thatPriya Jhingan is the first woman to join theIndian Army as an officer?
... that theaction RPGMoon Hunters changes depending on the players' choices in what the developer has described as a "personality test"?
... thatJuliet Starrett, a worldwhitewater rafting champion, and her husbandKelly Starrett, a national whitewater champion, co-founded one of the world's firstCrossFit gyms?
... thatPerseus and Andromeda byTitian "hung unglazed over a bath inSir Richard Wallace's dressing room" for over 20 years?

23 August 2017

00:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Aribert Reimann

... thatAribert Reimann(pictured) composedMedea for theVienna State Opera, based on the drama byFranz Grillparzer?
... that thesponge-dwelling branched wormSyllis ramosa has a single mouth and manyanuses?
... thatAlma Lutz was the biographer ofwomen's rights activists includingSusan B. Anthony,Elizabeth Cady Stanton, andEmma Willard?
... thatStar Sports'Mauka Mauka advertising campaign for the2015 Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan was a huge hit in India, but ignited significant opposition in Pakistan?
... thatMartin County, Florida, was named after GovernorJohn W. Martin while he was in office?
... that 21local councils and 68 women had already won seats byacclamation before theJordanian local elections took place on 15 August?
... that German poetBetty Paoli was a companion toPrincess Maria Anna Schwarzenberg?
... that Romans like to drink out oflarge noses?

22 August 2017

00:00, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Sycamore lace bug

... that thesycamore lace bug(pictured), native to North America, was first observed in Italy in 1964 and has since spread to much of Southern and Central Europe?
... that chefMaría Marte has atattoo of her first original dish, acaramelized hibiscus flower?
... that "Neon Blue" is aboutcoming out?
... thatKwesi Amoako Atta, Ghana's Minister for Roads and Highways, announced that 50 percent oftoll booth collectors will be people with disabilities?
... that the town ofEast Redmond, Washington, was found by theWashington Supreme Court to have been "illegallyincorporated"?
... that the composerGiselher Klebe wrote the libretto for his operaDie tödlichen Wünsche based on Balzac'sLa Peau de chagrin?
... thatJames A. Wetmore's name is inscribed on more federal buildings than any other U.S. citizen?
... that the extended playTo the Edge of the Earth byThirty Seconds to Mars was conceived to raise public awareness of global warming andgreen politics?

21 August 2017

00:00, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple

... that theThukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple(pictured) was greatly expanded byVikrama Chola after he was supposedly cured ofvitiligo by praying to the presiding deity for 48 days?
... that award-winning sopranoChristiane Karg appeared asSophie at theFrankfurt Opera, theSemperoper andLa Scala, and in Mahler'sSecond Symphony at theRheingau Musik Festival?
... that theClinton Liberal Institute existed in upstate New York from 1831 until it burned down in 1900?
... thatFrederick the Great felt sure he had lost theThird Silesian War after his defeat at theBattle of Kunersdorf in 1759, until a "miracle" restored his hopes?
... thatSupreme Court of India judgeDeepak Gupta once heard and disposed of 33 cases in a single day?
... that theiBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal is considered the first large scandal of its type to hit the competitiveCounter-Strike: Global Offensive scene?
... thatGao Minglu, founder of the Chinese avant-garde movement, was a herdsman in Outer Mongolia during theCultural Revolution?
... thatTitian'sFlaying of Marsyas (1570s) shows asatyr being skinned alive byApollo, and was once the prize in a lottery?

20 August 2017

00:15, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Venus and Adonis

... thatTitian's painting ofVenus and Adonis(pictured) exists in "two-dog" and "three-dog" versions?
... that when the Minneapolis School Board decided to includeNorth Germanic languages in the curriculum,Maren Michelet became the first teacher ofNorwegian in a public high school in the US?
... that in his memoirInterventions: A Life in War and Peace,Kofi Annan asserts that internal African politics and leadership are largely responsible for Africa's problems?
... thatBrian Bellhouse invented a needle-free and pain-free injection system which was eventually sold for £542 million?
... that four members of the Hawkins family died violent deaths after winningtheir lawsuit againstShaw, Mississippi?
... thatMarvel Comics briefly operated animprint dedicated to comics about musicians?
... thatcurrent places of worship on the Isle of Wight include two of England's oldest Catholic churches and several Anglican churches byThomas Hellyer, an architect described byPevsner as "very individualistic"?
... thatOmar Narváez hit his firstMajor League home run on his father's birthday?

19 August 2017

00:30, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Abebe Bikila in 1968

... thatAbebe Bikila(pictured) set a world record winning the1960 Men's Olympic marathon, running barefoot?
... that PresidentsWarren G. Harding andFranklin D. Roosevelt each created aFederal Real Estate Board?
... that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistDavid Wood has calledHeather Booth "one of the nation's most influential organizers for progressive causes"?
... that thewoodpecker has special adaptations to avoid damaging its brain while pecking and drumming?
... thatL. Fidelia Woolley Gillette was one of the first women to be ordained as aUniversalist minister in the United States, and the first woman ordained of any denomination in Canada?
... thatKFKU, the AM radio station of theUniversity of Kansas, ceased operations becauseits time-share partner went silent due to financial difficulties?
... that French composerPascal Dusapin wrote the Englishlibretto for his operaFaustus, the Last Night, which premieredin Germany in 2006?
... that the codename assigned toU.S. Senate president pro tempore James Eastland by theCentral Locator System was "FOURFINGER"?

18 August 2017

00:45, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Schloss Ledenburg

... thatSchloss Ledenburg(pictured), the residence of several families in succession, housedmusic that seemed lost?
... that surgeonPankaj Chandak and his colleagues are believed to be the first surgical team to act in a television drama, namelyThe Crown?
... that during the early winter, theamphipodParamoera walkeri nearly cover the underside ofAntarctic ice sheets?
... that "Gotta Get a Grip" is one of two new singles byMick Jagger, his first solo material since the albumGoddess in the Doorway was released in 2001?
... thatAyn Rand found the title for her novelThe Fountainhead, her first major success, in athesaurus?
... thatSeyyed Abdollah Behbahani, a Shia theologian and leader of theconstitutional movement, was assassinated in Iran and buried in Iraq?
... that video gameGodville is azero-player game, requiring no player interaction with the main character?
... that the bandLiimanarina take their name from a Finnish word for "glue" and the creaking sound a door makes when it is opened?

17 August 2017

01:00, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Golden Tea Room

... thatToyotomi Hideyoshi, theJapanese regent from 1585 to 1591, ordered the construction of theGolden Tea Room(pictured), achashitsu that was completely covered in gold?
... that the2017–18 London & South East Premier season will be the first under that name, as the Rugby Football Union felt the previous "National League 3" name was misleading?
... thatHenry Semon lost his seat in theOregon legislature when he accepted a position on the state's agriculture board, but was reappointed to the legislature after resigning from the board?
... that the operaAlceste, composed byAnton Schweitzer with a libretto byWieland, is regarded as a milestone of German opera?
... that the site ofKayak Point County Park was originally proposed as anoil refinery?
... that theJapanese pygmy woodpecker becomes smaller and darker from the north of its range to the south?
... thatBill McCann was awarded theDistinguished Service Order for "courage and fine leadership" during the capture of Crépey Wood?
... thata story about the state of American football in the year 17776 has been compared to the work ofDon DeLillo,Italo Calvino,Thomas Pynchon, and robottrolls onReddit?

16 August 2017

01:15, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Clint Dempsey

... thatClint Dempsey(pictured) has57 international goals, ranking third among active malefootballers behindCristiano Ronaldo andLionel Messi?
... that a swamp in the watershed ofRed Brook is home to part of the largest population ofyellow-bellied flycatchers in Pennsylvania?
... that in 1977, symphony conductorHelen Quach was one of two women who led major orchestras anywhere in the world?
... that the "Whacky Tobaccy" music video from theToby Keith albumThe Bus Songs contains a cameo appearance byWillie Nelson?
... that the single species of the antAneuretellus is named from the Latin for "deformed"?
... thatHandel composed theFoundling Hospital Anthem in 1749 for a benefit concert for abandoned children in London?
... thatWilliam A. Starrett, builder of theEmpire State Building, sent hissteel construction technology to Japan to help design buildings to resistearthquakes?
... that anargument over a horse led to a law banning all black settlers fromOregon in 1844?

15 August 2017

01:30, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Grey-headed woodpecker

... that thegrey-headed woodpecker(pictured) wassplit into three separate species in 2014?
... thatElizabeth Mounsey became the organist ofSt Peter upon Cornhill when she was 14 years old?
... thatcheese and crackers has been described as one of the firstfast foods in the United States?
... thatIsaac Asiamah, Ghana's newMinister for Youth and Sports, was at one time the country's youngest legislator?
... that theMexican Seismic Alert System providedMexico City 80 seconds of advance notice prior to the2012 Oaxaca earthquake?
... thatRano M. Shaiza helped further theNaga peace accord by brokering a meeting betweenher uncle, the founder of the Naga separatist movement, and thePrime Minister of India?
... that the starS Coronae Borealis has been estimated as having around 1.34 times the Sun's mass but 308 times its radius?
... thatToronto Blue Jays baseball playerRiley Adams has ablack belt in karate?

14 August 2017

01:45, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Light rail train arriving atTarget Field

... thatMinneapolis–Saint Paul'sMetro system(train pictured) provided 23 million rides across its37 light rail stations in 2016?
... that thebanded woodpecker has adapted well to living in man-made surroundings and is of low concern to conservationists?
... that theTheater Bonn opened a new opera house in 1965?
... that theU.S. Supreme Court recently decided that "lines, chevrons, and colorful shapes" oncheerleading uniforms could be eligible forcopyright protection?
... thatLondon Fog 1966 features the earliest known live recordings bythe Doors?
... thatTyphoon Page was the record-setting sixthtropical cyclone to hit Japan in 1990?
... thatKatharine Peabody Loring taught history withAlice James at the firstcorrespondence school in the United States?
... thatKnuckles' Chaotix was not developed bySonic Team, but rather a separate, internal development team atSega?

13 August 2017

02:00, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

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Seth Ledyard Phelps

... that commanderSeth Ledyard Phelps(pictured) helped hoist the American flag over the ConfederateFort Henry after it fell to the Union?
... that the scorpionCheloctonus jonesii has been reported killing thered-billed quelea?
... that four years ago today,Tiffany Daniels left her job atPensacola State College early after telling her supervisor she would not be back for a few days, and has not been seen since?
... that theCAMS 54 long-rangeflying boat attempted an east-west transatlantic crossing, but was returned to France by ship from theAzores?
... that actressLucinda Dryzek secured the role ofJasmine Burrows inHolby City while she was training as a hairdresser?
... that additionalfire sprinklers were installed in Seattle'sWestlake station to accommodate parties and receptions on the station's mezzanine?
... that "5,6,7,8" is the third-highest selling and most streamed song ofSteps' career, despite being one of their lowest charting?
... thatKojo Armah once chaired a parliamentary committee to investigate the substitution ofcocaine withcorn dough in the Police Narcotics Exhibit Room of theGhana Police Service?

12 August 2017

00:00, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Detail of the Martian dunes

... that the dunes of theHagal dune field onMars (detail pictured) look like dots and dashes, and are called the "Martian Morse Code"?
... that formerSha Na Na memberJon "Bowzer" Bauman was the co-author ofTruth in Music Advertising legislation in most of the United States?
... thatBaa Baa Land, an eight-hourslow cinema film containing nothing but long shots of grazingsheep, is described by its producers as "the dullest movie ever made"?
... thatTarabya, the self-proclaimedking of Pegu, was executed on the order of KingWareru ofMartaban, who was his father-in-law and son-in-law?
... that San Francisco'sJulius' Castle onTelegraph Hill was once painted pink?
... thatLaurie Davidson was inspired for his role as William Shakespeare inWill byStraight Outta Compton and8 Mile, but not by modern depictions of Shakespeare such asShakespeare in Love?
... thatTyphoon Gene resulted in the cancellation of the final round of the 1990Top Cup Tokai Classic?
... that the obituary ofDewey Readmore Books, alibrary cat, appeared in more than 270 national and international newspapers?

11 August 2017

00:00, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Sabina Cvilak

... that the Slovenian sopranoSabina Cvilak(pictured) was Puccini's characterMimi inWashington, Wagner'sSieglinde inWiesbaden, and performed Britten'sWar Requiem inLondon on the composer's centenary?
... thatSonam Kapoor won theNational Film Award and theFilmfare Award for the 2016 biographical thrillerNeerja?
... thatRenga is a video game designed formovie theaters in which up to one hundred players uselaser pointers to control and defend a space ship?
... thatDevil's Bargain describes howSteve Bannon used his experience atBreitbart News to gather white men to support Donald Trump?
... thatPhillip Davey was awarded theVictoria Cross for killing an eight-man machine gun crew, which "saved his platoon from annihilation"?
... that ahotel shaped like a starship, based on theStar Wars franchise, is planned forWalt Disney World?
... thatGhanaian-born MajorNana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah is the first blackequerry to a British monarch?
... that in the 1970sAmtrak had two new locomotives, theGE E60 and theEMD SDP40F, which hadtrouble staying on the tracks?

10 August 2017

00:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Qadamgah

... that the rock-cut structureQadamgah(pictured) nearPersepolis, once thought to be an unfinishedAchaemenid royal tomb, may actually be a completed work with a possible religious function?
... that in 2017Dan Botwe, a former political exile, became a cabinet member and minister in Ghana's newly createdMinistry of Regional Reorganization and Development?
... that theChinese Expeditionary Force in theBurma Campaign was commanded byan American general?
... that following thedeath of Nicole van den Hurk, her stepbrotherfalsely confessed to killing her to get her body exhumed forDNA testing?
... that in 1963, over 200,000 students of theChicago Public Schoolsboycotted class to protest segregation and poor conditions?
... thatMahant Chandnath, aMember of the Indian Parliament, is also the head of theNath sect of Hinduism?
... that thedecorator worm lives in a tube adorned with shell fragments and tiny pebbles?
... that Foreign MinisterNicolae Petrescu-Comnen promised that Romania would only "take a few badly aimed potshots" atSoviet planes entering its airspace during theMunich Crisis?

9 August 2017

00:00, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Falls along the protected section of stream

... that the 1841conservation agreement between the owners of the land where theSaw Kill(falls pictured) drains into theHudson River is one of the earliest in American history?
... thatCéleste Mogador may have been the inspiration for the title character in Georges Bizet's operaCarmen?
... thatDarren Sammy tookseven wickets for 66 runs in his debut Test for theWest Indies in 2007?
... that the extinct ant speciesCephalotes hispaniolicus was first described from a singleMiocene fossil found in amber onHispaniola?
... thatbeer ice cream has been served at theGreat American Beer Festival?
... that theGuilden Morden boar may have adorned a helmet like those worn by the poetical warriorBeowulf?
... thatRené Morax founded the Thêatre du Jorat, where his playLe Roi David premiered with dramatic music byArthur Honegger?
... that the extinctNicarao people of pre-ColumbianNicaragua shared many cultural traits with theAztecs ofMexico, including their calendar, screenfold books, and human sacrifice?

8 August 2017

00:00, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Cherry Garciaice cream

... that "Cherry Garcia"(pictured) is acherry ice cream named afterJerry Garcia of theGrateful Dead?
... that aclinical pharmaceutical scientist is both a practicingpharmacist and ascientist?
... that the specimen from which the blind snakeTyphlops meszoelyi was described had a diameter of 3 millimeters (0.12 in)?
... that the 2017 comics seriesX-Men Gold andX-Men Blue take their titles from a storyline from the early 1990s?
... thatBart Sawyer's pro wrestlinggimmick was inspired byBart Simpson?
... thatMelusine, the second opera byAribert Reimann, premiered at theSchlosstheater Schwetzingen in 1971 and was revived in 2016 bystudents in Berlin for the composer's 80th birthday?
... thatTyphoon Caitlin provided drought relief toOkinawa, where reservoir levels rose from 35% to over 80% capacity?
... that the family ofPulitzer Prize-winning journalistAlex Tizonkept a slave for 56 years?

7 August 2017

00:00, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Gevninge helmet fragment

... that theGevninge helmet fragment(pictured) once adorned a pre-Viking Age helmet?
... thatMatthew Pottinger, a member of theU.S. National Security Council, was a journalist in China for seven years before becoming aU.S. Marine?
... that both the adult andfledgling of themoustached hawk-cuckoo have a moustache?
... that pianistAbdullah Ibrahim recorded theCape jazz instrumental "Mannenberg" in response to the forced relocation of Coloured families by the South African government duringapartheid?
... thatCUBRIC atCardiff University can createa map of someone's brain?
... thatTyphoon Hattie was the fifth of a record six tropical cyclones to hit Japan in1990?
... that the East Asian holidayWhite Day served as the basis for the horror gameWhite Day: A Labyrinth Named School?
... thatClementina Anstruther-Thomson andVernon Lee openly lived together as alesbian couple during theVictorian era?

6 August 2017

00:00, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Theater Magdeburg

... thatTheater Magdeburg's opera house(pictured), an operetta and variety theatre, is a reconstruction of the original destroyed in World War II?
... that consistent misrepresentation of afrequently-cited 1980 letter to the editor inThe New England Journal of Medicine has been blamed for contributing to the U.S.opioid epidemic?
... thatSekondi MPAndrew Mercer helped repay the debt owed to theGhana Football Association bySekondi Eleven Wise, a Division 1 league club in his constituency?
... that cargo had to be loaded and unloaded by hand onto theSSJohn Sherman, the first freight ship used onLake Michigan?
... thatAriana Grande said she wanted her "Baby I" music video to emulate the "breeziness" of early 1990s music videos byTLC andWill Smith?
... that Poland'sNational Council of the Judiciary has been criticized for including only 6 women among its 25 members?
... that theLife sculpture was designed byJoseph Drapell shortly after landing inHalifax, Nova Scotia, as a refugee?
... that around the shores ofLong Island, theghost anemone can cause "clam diggers' itch", while thelined anemone is responsible for "seabather's eruption"?

5 August 2017

00:00, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

First drop on the Airplane Coaster

... that numerous writers have called theAirplane Coaster(pictured) the greatest roller coaster ever built?
... that freedom fighterK. E. Mammen was expelled fromMadras Christian College for participating in theQuit India Movement?
... that maleserpentine leafminers sometimes feed at leaf wounds made by females, as they are unable to puncture the leaves themselves?
... thatMichael Boder conducted new operas, including Penderecki'sUbu Rex for theMunich Opera Festival, Henze'sPhaedra in Berlin, and Reimann'sMedea in Vienna?
... that theRabbitkettle Hot Springs in theNorthwest Territories are both the largesttufa mounds in Canada and the only known tufa mounds onpermafrost?
... that as you progress through your 90-minutesleep cycle, yourbrainwaves change and your body secretes differenthormones?
... that the1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the firstNCAA title game to feature a majority of black starters?
... that the call of thedusky long-tailed cuckoo is faster inLower Guinea than it is inUpper Guinea?

4 August 2017

00:00, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Sea aster mining bee

... that one of the largest colonies in England of the raresea aster mining bee(pictured) is in an artificial mound of sand?
... thatPrince Știrbei, the Romanian arts patron, buried sculptorJean-Baptiste Carpeaux inCourbevoie, then fought over the remains with Carpeaux's widow?
... that "Denes nad Makedonija" was chosen to be the national anthem of theRepublic of Macedonia, even though it finished runner-up in a contest held soon after independence in 1991?
... that in a pioneering study, AmericanpedagogueFlorence E. Bamberger quantified the effects of book design on stimulating a child's interest in reading?
... that theUnited States Marine Corpstiara was designed by the New York fashion houseMainbocher?
... that those implicated in the1957 alleged coup attempt againstKing Hussein ofJordan were later pardoned and given senior posts in the government?
... that at age 18,Daniel Schiebeler wrote the libretto foran opera by Telemann based on an episode from Cervantes'Don Quixote, which he could read in Spanish?
... that people may be fined US$250,000 for importingmonkey meat into theUnited States?

3 August 2017

00:00, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Bagel and cream cheese

... that thebagel and cream cheese(example pictured) was a very popular dish in the United States in the early 1950s, having permeated American culture?

... thatradioactive nanoparticles are being investigated as a treatment for cancer?
... thatDaniel Tilton, one of the first three judges of theMississippi Territory, lacked any legal experience prior to his appointment?
... that thestag beetleGeodorcus servandus is unable to fly, and is known to occur only on a single mountaintop inNew Zealand?
... thatSeattle'sInternational District/Chinatown station is located under a large concrete lid that supports several office towers and a public plaza?
... thatAngelo De Donatis is the first non-cardinal to be appointedVicar General of Rome since the sixteenth century?
... that the 2008 filmDostana inspired several fashion trends in India, withPriyanka Chopra's silversari, worn in the song "Desi Girl", becoming very popular?
... that the various versions ofTitian'sVenus and Musician include organists,lute-players,Cupids, and dogs, but always a nudeVenus?

2 August 2017

00:00, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Patent diagram of Giant Cyclone Safety Coaster "Jazz Track"

... that Harry Traver'sJazz Railways,Sesquicentennial Cyclone, andGiant Cyclone Safety Coasters (including the notoriousPalisades Park Cyclone,Oaks Park Zip,Crystal Beach Cyclone, andRevere Beach Lightning) all included rapidly undulating "Jazz Track"(diagram pictured)?
... thatMitali Madhumita is the first female officer in theIndian Army to receive a gallantry award?
... that despite living in complete darkness atbathyal depths, the sea anemoneAllantactis parasitica synchronises its breeding activity with the phases of the moon?
... thatGeorge Huebner is known as the "father of the automotive gas turbine engine"?
... thatTyphoon Phyllis andTyphoon Rita were responsible for the majority of Japan tropical cyclone casualties in the1975 Pacific typhoon season?
... that anultra-Orthodoxmother of eleven runs the office of thePresident of Israel?
... that in 2017, theBrooklyn Street Circuit hosted theNew York City ePrix, the city's first automobile race since 1896?
... that Ghanaianhighlife musicianPaapa Yankson was first signed to a band while performing at his mother's funeral?

1 August 2017

00:00, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

King Kamehameha III

... thatKing Kamehameha III(pictured) held a grandluau at his summer palace ofKaniakapupu for ten thousand guests during the 1847 celebration ofHawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day?
... thatChristoph Bock, the 2017Overton Prize recipient, is a leading scientist in theInternational Human Epigenome Consortium?
... that "Kum-A-Kye" was the regimental march of theBritish South Africa Police inRhodesia?
... that the relationship ofmanga characterBoruto Uzumaki with his fatherNaruto was based on the artistMasashi Kishimoto's own relationship with his children?
... that thewhite anemone has been found growing in grooves in the shell of aloggerhead sea turtle?
... thatDavid Asante-Apeatu, actingInspector General of Police of Ghana, once oversaw a police operation that led to the seizure of 588 kg (1,296 lb) of cocaine worth US$38 million?
... thatepisode 5276 of the BBC soap operaEastEnders features a transgender character being rejected by his mother?
... that during theannexation of Austria into Nazi Germany,Arpad Weixlgärtner refused to hand over the keys to theImperial Treasury to theSS?

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