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31 July 2018

00:00, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

... that theDonald Trump baby balloon was flown over London'sParliament Square and Edinburgh'sthe Meadows(pictured)?
... that sinceBrett Cantor's fatal stab wounds 25 years ago today were similar to those ofNicole Brown Simpson andRon Goldman,O. J. Simpson's defense team was allowed to review the police case file?
... thatGevninge, a Danish village dating to theViking Age or earlier, may have been the port for the seat of theScylding kings?
... thatKateryna Kasper appeared at theLos Angeles Opera as Belinda in Purcell'sDido and Aeneas, staged byBarrie Kosky, and inFrankfurt as Antonida in Glinka'sIwan Sussanin, staged byHarry Kupfer?
... thatSigmund Freud regularly played the popular Austriantarot card game,Königrufen?
... thatWilliam Chong Wong, the son of Chinese immigrant parents, twice served as Minister of Finance inHonduras?
... thatDafydd Gibbon is particularly concerned withendangered languages and has received awards from the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Poland?
... that the peanut wormNephasoma minutum has been referred to as a "taxonomic wastebasket"?

30 July 2018

00:00, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Enoch zu Guttenberg

... thatEnoch zu Guttenberg(pictured) conductedVerdi's Requiem in a concert in Rome forPope Benedict XVI?
... thatMarvel Comics published a solo comic book about the teenager Jean Grey from thetime-displaced X-Men?
... thatJean-François Bony designed fabrics for the rulers of France before, during, and after theFrench Revolution?
... thatStanwood station was once served by the "Dinky", claimed by local residents to be the world's shortest steam railway?
... that afterShane Filan'sdemo for "Beautiful in White" was leaked in 2010, it became a popularwedding song in Asia?
... that thefatal shooting of her son inspiredLucy McBath to advocate forgun control and ultimately run for theUnited States Congress?
... that thecopepodMetridia longa cannibalizes up to 85% of its eggs?
... thatfootballerEddie Jenkins turned down a move toTottenham Hotspur because he thought that "there were better prospects in the milk business"?

29 July 2018

00:00, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Timișoara Fortress in 1602

... that after his first visit to Timișoara in 1307,Charles I of Hungary rebuiltTimișoara Fortress(pictured) in stone, using Italian craftsmen?
... that nearly every person inVal Gagné, Ontario, died in the 1916Matheson Fire, and the settlement was renamed to honour the heroic efforts of the parish priest?
... that spiders in the genusPlato have cubicalegg sacs?
... that theoratorioSankt-Bach-Passion byMauricio Kagel, which premiered in 1985 for the tricentenary ofBach's birth, "changed the game by making Bach himself the suffering protagonist"?
... thatVince Lombardi'sPackers sweep has been called one of the most famousAmerican football plays in history?
... thatCuitláhuac García Jiménez lost the 2016Veracruz gubernatorial election toMiguel Ángel Yunes Linares, but defeated Linares' son in 2018?
... that the song "Saving Light" was released as part of "Make Trance #1 Again", an initiative that encouraged fans to purchase the song onBeatport to support ananti-bullying charity?
... thatStuart W. Jamieson pioneeredpulmonary thromboendarterectomy?

28 July 2018

00:00, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

SMSNovara during World War I

... that theNovara-class cruisers(SMS Novara pictured) were the largest warships of theAustro-Hungarian Navy to be used by the victors ofWorld War I?
... thatAntonio Banderas, who voices the characterPuss in Boots in theShrek films, stated that Puss is his alter ego?
... thatGrand Canyon explorerJack Sumner intentionally castrated himself?
... thatAustralian rules football playerBen Cousins co-produceda documentary film depicting his struggle with drug addiction?
... thatLiu Boli was tasked with cleaning up China's nuclear waste?
... thatInterstate 86 follows a section of the historicOregon Trail?
... that according toPeter Wilmot-Sitwell, young well-connected stockbrokers in his firm were known as "orchids" because they were "beautiful but utterly useless"?
... thatLiebe und Eifersucht (Love and Jealousy), an 1807 opera with libretto and music byE. T. A. Hoffmann, premiered in 2008?

27 July 2018

00:00, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Fanjingshan

... thatFanjingshan(pictured), a sacred Buddhist mountain, was recently designated a UNESCOWorld Heritage site?
... that by 1969, presidentFelton Grandison Clark had expandedSouthern University into America's largesthistorically black university by enrollment?
... that despite being unaffected byrabies orpseudorabies, the sea urchinTripneustes depressus contains antivirals to these diseases?
... thatGujarati theatre actorPransukh Nayak was entered in the 1989Guinness Book of Records with 22,455 performances in his career?
... that the siting ofa trolley station in front of the new courthouse inSan Diego, California, was opposed by court officials and the county sheriff?
... that an army commander in theBanat Republic of 1918 claimed it could raise 40,000 troops against theFrench Danube Army, but in reality it had less than 4,000?
... that Alaska'sCaptain Cook State Recreation Area was a traditionalsalmon fishing spot for theDena'ina people, before being used forcommercial fishing?
... that when Byzantine emperorAnastasius I died, he left a treasury with over 23 million goldsolidi, equivalent to 420long tons of gold?

26 July 2018

00:00, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Dawson atOriole Park in 2015

... that 8-year-oldHailey Dawson(pictured) wants tothrow out the first pitch in all 30Major League Baseball stadiums using her 3D-printedrobotic hand?
... thatBiggs jasper is one of the most sought-after extremelysiliceous gemstones?
... that whenMinna Lammert,Lilli Lehmann and her sisterMarie rehearsed as theRhinemaidens for the first performance ofDas Rheingold inBayreuth,Wagner thanked them "with tears of joy"?
... that thereticulated pufferfish can produce and build up toxins in its skin, gonads, and liver, includingtetrodotoxin andsaxitoxin?
... thatWang Jian co-foundedHainan Airlines and transformed it into the world's 170th largest company with US$53 billion in revenue?
... thatTechnological University Dublin, or TU Dublin, is the first university of its type inIreland?
... thatfootballerColin Hudson scored in a 6–1 victory forCardiff City on the same day he was married?
... that thewitch of Agnesi comes from a circle andkisses it?

25 July 2018

00:00, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

A mosaic of
Empress Zoë

... that the same dayher husband was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine EmpressZoë Porphyrogenita(pictured) marriedher young lover and had him crowned emperor the next day?
... that thesand burrowing brittlestar is often found in association with thesea potato?
... thatPetra Schmidt has performed operatic title roles such as Dvořák'sRusalka and Ponchielli'sLa Gioconda at theMusiktheater im Revier?
... that New York City'sGowanus Canal is so heavily polluted thatEnterococcus, which is found in human fecal matter, has been detected at more than 100 times above safe levels?
... that according to a 17th-century missionary inSafavid Georgia, the literateGeorgians in the province preferred to read Georgian versions ofPersian works rather thanreligious texts?
... that despite earning the second-highest score in the2018 U.S. Championships at junior level,Alysa Liu was too young to compete at theWorld Junior Figure Skating Championships?
... that a unique geological formation, includingdacitic magma at approximately 1050°C (1920°F), was encountered atPuna Geothermal Venture in 2005 when drilling a newgeothermal energy well?
... that biochemistChen-Lu Tsou was praised for criticizing his boss?

24 July 2018

00:00, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Alchon king with elongated skull

... that the kings of theAlchon Huns practicedartificial cranial deformation(pictured) to elongate their skulls?
... that one side of Euston Square may have "tried to bury the murderous memories attached thereto" by changing its name toEndsleigh Gardens?
... thatHilmar Hoffmann, who wanted "culture for all", initiateda 15-museum complex in Frankfurt, including thefirst independent Jewish museum in postwar Germany?
... that in May 2018, the 8,000th animal was photographed forThe Photo Ark project, which aims to document all 12,000 species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries worldwide?
... that SocialistMarie-Guite Dufay was not elected president of theregional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the first round of voting, although the left held an absolute majority of seats?
... that in 1917, a soldier ofTroop B, Washington Cavalry wrote home that France was a "strange but wonderful land"?
... that coached byHarendra Singh, India's field hockey teams won gold at the2016 Men's Junior World Cup, gold at the2017 Women's Asia Cup, and silver at the2018 Men's Champions Trophy?
... that theShadwell forgeries, crude 19th-century fake medieval artefacts, are now sought-after collectibles in their own right?

23 July 2018

00:00, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

John W. Brady

... that whenTexas judgeJohn W. Brady(pictured) heard his sentence for murdering his mistress, he cried out: "I didn't do it; I didn't do it. I do not deserve that sentence"?
... that in ancient Indian stories, a person "can bend the cosmic forces to his will" through an "act of truth"?
... thatLeonard Guthrie thought thatNapoleon Bonaparte's genital atrophy, sexual alopecia, and feminine appearance indicatedhypopituitarism?
... that "We Say Mabuhay" is performed following theinauguration of a president of the Philippines?
... thatLoren Klein is the third player to winWorld Series of Poker bracelets in three consecutive years since thepoker boom began?
... that there are accounts of amacuahuitl, aMesoamerican weapon made from wood and stone, decapitating a horse?
... thatKartik Aaryan made his acting debut in the 2011 filmPyaar Ka Punchnama after answering a casting call on Facebook?
... that aThameslink passenger likened the seats on theClass 700 trains toironing boards?

22 July 2018

00:00, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Samuel Croker-King's trepanning device

... that Irish surgeonSamuel Croker-King designed a newtrepanning device(pictured) for cutting into the human skull?
... that player choices fromThe Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit will have consequences in the upcoming video gameLife Is Strange 2?
... that the EgyptianfootballerTrézéguet was given his nickname due to his resemblance to former footballerDavid Trezeguet?
... that the adult tuatara tickAmblyomma sphenodonti can survive for over one year without feeding ontuatara blood?
... that before the cremation of former business executiveSun Fuling, Chinese PresidentXi Jinping paid his final respects at the cemetery?
... that in his bookFault Lines,Raghuram Rajan considered income inequality in the US to have been one of the underlying causes of the2008 financial crisis?
... that mezzo-sopranoPatricia Payne made her debut at theMetropolitan Opera in Ponchielli'sLa Gioconda, and took part in the first performance of Britten'sPeter Grimes in New Zealand?
... that in the kelp forests off the coast of Chile,sea urchins graze on thekelp, andstarfish prey on the sea urchins?

21 July 2018

00:00, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Rene Strange
and puppet

... that the puppets ofRene Strange(pictured) included Annie Pride of the Rockies, Mr Bertram, and Samoa the Hula Hula Girl?
... that the majority ofBloody Henry starfish are host to aparasitic copepod?
... that the conductorMichael Hofstetter has performed and recorded rarely played operas at theLudwigsburg Festival, includingSalieri'sLes Danaïdes?
... that more than 500 people were arrested at theWomen Disobey protest in Washington, D.C. in June, including U.S. RepresentativePramila Jayapal and actressSusan Sarandon?
... thatTuluhan Tekelioğlu made a documentary film onorgan transplantation while her father was undergoing and recovering frombypass surgery in a hospital inAntalya?
... that 2018Queen's Plate winnerWonder Gadot was named forWonder Woman actressGal Gadot?
... that the63rd Street Line, a three-station subway line inNew York City, was initially described as a "tunnel to nowhere" because it had no connections to other subway lines in the borough ofQueens?

20 July 2018

00:00, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Zhou Jin Tang Ji, calligraphy by Zhu Yunming

... thatZhu Yunming, an iconoclast known for his "wild-cursive" calligraphy(example pictured), was born with eleven fingers?
... that the United States Army'sSix-String Soldiers once opened forCreedence Clearwater Revival'sJohn Fogerty?
... that SovietJeltoqsan protesterQairat Rysqulbekov died in mysterious circumstances in his prison cell less than a year after his death sentence was revoked?
... that the CEO ofAdvanced Cell Therapeutics is on theFood and Drug Administration'sMost Wanted List after sellingstem-cell therapy to people fraudulently?
... thatSarah Louvion, playing principal flute with theFrankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, recorded 20th-century French music with solo flute byAndré Jolivet,Jacques Ibert, and others?
... thatCline Falls andCline Buttes inCentral Oregon are named afterpioneer dentistCass A. Cline?
... thatDNS Certification Authority Authorization was developed after a series ofincorrectly issued digital certificates damaged public trust in issuing authorities?
... thatFeras Antoon described one of his companies as "masters of the big-tit-MILF niche"?

19 July 2018

00:00, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Serra Cross

... that theSerra Cross(pictured) inVentura, California, was sold in response to a threatened lawsuit challenging the use of public funds to maintain a religious symbol on public land?
... that Croatian concentration camp commanderVjekoslav Luburić's wife divorced him in 1957 after she was sent an anonymous letter detailing his crimes?
... that in its early years, theIndian National Theatre troupe travelled in two lorries and used them as a stage?
... thatChief was theUnited States Army's lastcavalry horse?
... that inDer goldene Drache, the ninth opera byPéter Eötvös, five singers perform 18 characters, switching age and gender?
... that when she successfully auditioned for theEastEnders role ofLouise Mitchell, actressTilly Keeper thought she was auditioning for another character?
... thatHu Wei became a division commander at the age of only 29, but soon suffered a setback at theBattle of Dengbu Island?
... that during thePetticoat Revolution, Laura Starcher became mayor ofUmatilla, Oregon, while keeping her candidacy a secret from her husband—the current mayor—until the afternoon of election day?

18 July 2018

00:00, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

The Earthquake,
1792–1799

... that the five versions ofJean-Pierre Saint-Ours' paintingThe Earthquake(one version pictured) show his growing disillusion with politics after theFrench Revolution?
... that the drinking gameHi, Bob may have been the first to use prompts from atelevision show to initiate player action?
... that the Irish surgeonSolomon Richards achieved fame by performing atracheotomy in public?
... thatJames Willing raided British forts, plantations, and other properties belonging toloyalists during theAmerican Revolutionary War?
... thateuthymia, a state of internal calm and contentment, is a goal of psychiatric intervention?
... that the 2016 song "Yōkoso Japari Park e", written byMasayoshi Ōishi, toppedAmazon Japan's soundtrack ranking and placed third on the country'siTunes song chart?
... that the 1944Report on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews accusedU.S. State Department officials of willfully obstructing attempts to rescueHolocaust refugees?
... that before becoming Emperor of Byzantium, the youngMichael IV was theprevious emperor's body servant and hiswife's lover?

17 July 2018

01:10, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Li Lin with her husband and parents

... thatLi Lin, her husband, and her father(pictured together with her mother) were all academicians of theChinese Academy of Sciences?
... thatBruce Conner found the soundtrack forA Movie while listening to the radio?
... thatmezzo-sopranoSara Sheffield is the first female feature vocalist in the history of the"the President's Own" United States Marine Band?
... that during the 6th-centuryGothic War,Rome was besieged three times andsacked twice by theGoths?
... that the Yiddish song "Papirosn", written after World War I, was later amended to mirror the tribulations of theHolocaust?
... thatPoralia rufescens, a deepwaterdiscomedusan jellyfish, is so fragile that most specimens brought to the surface are damaged?
... thatMartha Erika Alonso stopped usingher husband's last name in public during her campaign forGovernor of Puebla?
... that theSaturn Cafe serves classic Americandiner food without the meat and grease?

16 July 2018

00:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Javier "Chicharito" Hernández

... thatJavier "Chicharito" Hernández(pictured) is the firstMexican footballer toscore 50 international goals?
... thatfootballerMohamed El-Shenawy declined his man of the match award afterEgypt's opening match of the2018 FIFA World Cup?
... thata new soccer team inAlbuquerque, New Mexico, will schedule its home games around theAlbuquerque Isotopes baseball team, with whom it will share a stadium?
... thatfootballerAdrian Alston performed theCruyff Turn at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, beforeJohan Cruyff made the move famous?
... thatRashad Sadygov is themost capped Azerbaijani international footballer of all time?
... that in 2018Trent Alexander-Arnold became only the fourth teenager to start a match forEngland at the FIFA World Cup?
... that thefootballerKahraba ("Electricity") was given his nickname due to his pace and energy?
... that the jerseys of Americansoccer teamLas Vegas Lights FC feature asmiley face on the underside for use ingoal celebrations?

15 July 2018

03:20, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Conesville Power Plant

... that two protestors fromGreenpeace climbed up one ofConesville Power Plant's smokestacks(pictured) to protest againstacid rain?
... that "Go England" was written as an adaptation ofThe Jam's "Going Underground" to support England at the 2002 FIFA World Cup?
... that the leechTheromyzon tessulatum is a parasite of waterfowl, invading their mouths, noses, and respiratory passages?
... thatYan Jizhou's 1957 filmEarly Morning Chill was repeatedly criticized in China for portraying traitors to the Communist revolution in a sympathetic light?
... that public art atSouth Tacoma station includes a graniterailroad spike and a pair of 18-foot (5.5 m) arches shaped liketrain wheels?
... that the title of "Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß", a long Passion hymn byNikolaus Herman published in 1560, alludes to theLast Supper?
... that under the leadership of Lieutenant ColonelArdeshir Tarapore, thePoona Horse regiment, 17th Battalion, destroyed sixty Pakistani tanks during theBattle of Chawinda?
... thatJohn Gorrie has no memory of directing the third episode of theDoctor Who serialThe Reign of Terror, despite official documentation stating he did?

14 July 2018

03:35, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Castle Lake viewed from the air, 2016

... thatCastle Lake(pictured) was created by the1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens?
... that Welsh internationalfootballerDarcy Blake left the professional game at the age of 25 and later played amateur rugby?
... thatJohn Philip Sousa composedthe dirge performed at his own funeral?
... that Egyptian-American physicianAdel Mahmoud oversaw the development of theGardasil HPV vaccine?
... that the gut ofPiscicola geometra harbourssymbiotic bacteria which help the leech to digest fish blood?
... thatJoseph Samuel Clark turned downHerbert Hoover's offer to serve as theUnited States Ambassador to Liberia in 1931 to remain the president ofSouthern University?
... that theLonsdale Belt is the oldestchampionship belt in Britishboxing?
... thatTheodora was dragged from a monastery and forced to become Empress of theByzantine Empire against her will?

13 July 2018

03:50, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Tina Strobos in 1941

... that Dutch psychiatristTina Strobos(pictured), who rescued over 100 Jewish refugees duringWorld War II, said that her grandmother was the only person she knew who scared theGestapo?
... that in the bookThe Lucifer Effect, authorPhilip Zimbardo examines parallels between his 1971Stanford prison experiment and theAbu Ghraib prisoner abuse case in 2003?
... that the centenary of theProtestant Church Wilnsdorf in 2013 was celebrated by the same hymn, and a sermon from the same biblical text, employed at its consecration?
... that theHolby City production team worked withParkinson's UK to create aParkinson's disease storyline for the characterAlex Adams?
... that days after theKent train station opened, a robbery was foiled there by thestation agent armed with an iron poker?
... that Chinese scientistLiu Xinyuan is a member of theNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine?
... that aNIS20,000 offer byBurger Ranch to distribute the Israeli video game seriesPiposh was turned down by the developers because they were vegetarians?

12 July 2018

01:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Mustafa Tamimi moments before being hit

... that theIsrael Defense Forces exonerated the soldier whokilled Mustafa Tamimi with a tear-gas canister(incident pictured), saying the soldier had not seen "any people in the line of fire"?
... that theUniversity of Texas at Austin'sLittle Campus was previously used as an asylum for the blind, a residence forGeneral Custer, and a hospital for the senile?
... thatWang Yinglai, considered a potential candidate for aNobel Prize after he successfully synthesizedinsulin, became a virtual prisoner during theCultural Revolution?
... that an allied force ofRepublican soldiers andParthiansswiftly overran much of the eastern Roman lands that were underMark Antony in 40 BC?
... thatfootballerAli Ghazal was the first Egyptian player to be appointed permanent captain of atop-division European club?
... that between 1957 and 1972, the market price of oil was less than theposted price of oil?
... thatAndreas Großmann commissioned the oratorioLaudato si' for the 50th anniversary of the CatholicDiocese of Limburg's church music department, which he heads?
... that the city ofLynnwood, Washington, was named after the wife of a local realtor?

11 July 2018

00:00, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

USSBaltimore byFred S. Cozzens

... that naval historian and artistOscar Parkes became interested in ships after seeing a picture of theUSSBaltimore(pictured) on abiscuit tin?
... that since their founding in 1919, theGreen Bay Packers haveretired the uniform numbers of only six players?
... thatInnocenzo Leonelli gave his wealth to the poor and renounced his name to become ahermit?
... that French mezzo-sopranoIsabelle Druet is a fan ofreggae?
... thatLion's Choice, based inSt. Louis, was founded by a chemical engineer?
... thatConstantine Dalassenos twice came close to marryingZoë Porphyrogenita and becomingemperor of Byzantium – and twice failed?
... thatMagnolia Way, officially designated asMississippi Highway 780, is unsigned at both ends?

10 July 2018

02:35, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Alma Mahler byKokoschka, 1912

... that of thrice-married composerAlma Mahler(pictured),Tom Lehrer crooned, "Alma, tell us! / All modern women are jealous / Which of your magical wands / got youGustav andWalter andFranz"?
... that theVilama caldera volcano on the border between Bolivia and Argentina produced over 1,200 cubic kilometres (290 cu mi) of rock in a single eruption?
... that the head ofConstantine III was presented to his co-emperorHonorius on the end of a pole?
... that comic book writerCullen Bunn included "touchstones" likeStar Trek andFirefly in his pitch forAsgardians of the Galaxy?
... that Mexican-American human rights activistAlicia Cuarón became a Franciscan nun in her fifties?
... that the 1980Finniston Report found that only 56% of British people consideredengineering a good career for a woman?
... thatKeith M. Davidson, the former attorney ofStormy Daniels, slept in a closet during his years atBoston College?
... that aGerman plan for the invasion of the United Kingdom became part of the plot fora best-selling novel?

9 July 2018

00:40, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Warty sea star

... that among its red, pink, violet or white warts, thewarty sea star(pictured) has greenpedicellaria?
... thatTony Ridley was described as "a very brainy backroom boy" with "no management experience whatever" when appointed director-general of theTyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive?
... that the2017–18 Thai temple fraud investigations, which led to the imprisonment of high-ranking Buddhist monks, were seen by critics as being politically motivated?
... thatCornelia Wulkopf made her operatic debut in thecentenary production of Wagner'sRing Cycle at theBayreuth Festival and recorded the alto part in Bach'sMass in B minor withSergiu Celibidache?
... that Hocking Lake was renamedLake Logan afterChief Logan of theMingo Native American tribe?
... that Chinese generalZhao Nanqi, who fought alongside the son ofMao Zedong in theKorean War, was born in what is now South Korea?
... that a secret compartment ofQueen Elizabeth I'sChequers Ring contains miniature portraits of the Queen and an unknown woman?
... thatbasketball playerCharles Bassey was discovered at the age of 12 selling fried chicken by a coach in Nigeria?

8 July 2018

00:00, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Erlöserkirche in Munich-Schwabing

... that theErlöserkirche(pictured) at today'sMünchner Freiheit is the oldest Protestant church inSchwabing, and was consecrated in 1901?
... thatfootballerYoussef "Obama" Ibrahim was given his nickname due to his likeness toBarack Obama?
... thatTuzex shopping vouchers were used as unofficial parallel currency in communistCzechoslovakia?
... thatClaire Ptak baked the lemon andelderflower wedding cake forPrince Harry and Meghan Markle?
... that creating human hairwreaths is a part ofMormon folklore, and a wreath containing hair from prominent church leaders was on display in theSalt Lake Temple until 1967?
... thatErik Adolf von Willebrand originally used the term "hereditary pseudohemophilia" to describe what came to be known asvon Willebrand disease?
... thatInterstate 84 is the longest freeway inOregon and the only one to traverse the state from west to east?
... that the British physicianRaymond Crawfurd described the custom oftouching to curethe King's evil?

7 July 2018

00:00, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Tammie Jo Shults with anF/A-18 Hornet ofVAQ-34 squadron

... thatTammie Jo Shults(pictured), captain ofSouthwest Airlines Flight 1380, was one of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy?
... that the decision by theOfficial Charts Company to include streaming in theUK Singles Chart in 2014 led tofewer chart toppers?
... thatBritta Stallmeister, theForest Bird inBayreuth in 2001, appeared as Germa in a new chamber opera at theSchlachthof Wiesbaden in 2018?
... that theIndian Peace Commission, established by theUnited States Congress in 1867 to negotiate with and "civilize" Native American tribes, ultimately ushered in a decade of war?
... thatLiu Yichang, considered the founder of Hong Kong's modern literature, wrote novels that inspired two award-winning films byWong Kar-wai?
... thatcharacterization of nanoparticles' size, shape, andagglomeration state is necessary to understandtheir health and safety hazards?
... thathip hop/metal recording artistScarlxrd was once a "smiley"YouTube personality?
... thatNinjala is an upcoming video game centered onbubblegum-blowingninjas?

6 July 2018

00:00, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

The Vyne estate

... that beforeWilliam Wiggett Chute improvedThe Vyne estate(pictured), access was so bad that it had to be "approached upon stilts"?
... that at theBattle of Negapatam, when most of the fleet turned away from the action,HMS Sultan was one of four British ships that turned into it?
... that 98 years ago, biologistEdith Roberts founded the first ecological laboratory in the U.S., inspiring landscape architectElsa Rehmann to use nativeplant communities ingarden design?
... that thediscography of pianist Daniil Trifonov includes oneGrammy Award-winning album and two others that were nominated?
... that during theBoxer Rebellion,Xu Yingkui collaborated with other high-ranking Chinese officials to defy the declaration of war made by theQing imperial court on Western countries?
... that the ant speciesZatania electra is named for the amber in which it was found entombed?
... thatGethsemane Lutheran Church inAustin, Texas, was built of bricks salvaged from the recently burnedTexas State Capitol?
... thatCarmen y Laura, sisters who formed a duo for mostlyTejano music, learned to harmonize by singing together while doing chores in separate rooms?

5 July 2018

00:00, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Megaloolithus siruguei nesting site

... that more than 1,000dinosaur fossils, eggs, and tracks have been found in theTremp Formation(pictured) of the SpanishPre-Pyrenees, prompting its designation as aGlobal Geopark?
... thatAlan Menken collaborated on one of his first musicals,Dear Worthy Editor, with his mother?
... that the ninth-century astronomerAl-Mahani claimed his estimates of the start times of three consecutivelunar eclipses were accurate to within half an hour?
... that although he fought awar in Ningxia against theChinese government and was defeated,Sun Dianying was appointed to a high-ranking military position just a month later?
... that New Jersey musician070 Shake was featured in aVogue essay on rising queer stars in rap music?
... thata 2003 English court case ruled that someone who lies about having sharp items in their pocket while being searched can be charged with assault if the searcher is injured as a result?
... thatMary Walker overcame a tragedy and a serious injury to win the 2012 WorldBarrel Racing Championship?
... thata British ornithologist namedWinchell's kingfisher, found in the Philippines, afteran American geologist?

4 July 2018

00:10, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Avro Vulcan XM607

... that duringOperation Black Buck,Avro Vulcan bomber XM607(pictured) flew for nearly 15 hours to drop 21 bombs on theFalkland Islands?
... that internationalwindsurfing championLena Erdil is the daughter of a Turkish father and a German mother, who met each other while windsurfing?
... that thehymn tune of the 16th-century "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" ("By the rivers of Babylon") was largely popularized with the text of a17th-century Passion hymn?
... thatAndrea L. Thompson served in theUnited States Army for 28 years before becoming National Security Advisor to theVice President?
... thatsupplements and "symposia" published byacademic journals may bepaid publications, neither independently peer-reviewed nor edited by journal staff?
... that theChicago Express Loop is a proposed undergroundhigh-speed rail rapid transit system that will connectChicago's Loop withO'Hare International Airport?
... thatZhang Xiaoqian, one of China's top doctors, was spared from persecution during theAnti-Rightist Campaign byMao Zedong, who called him a "simpleminded person"?
... thata veteran tree near Brig o' Turk in the Trossachs has "eaten" a bicycle?

3 July 2018

00:00, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Tacora

... thatTacora(pictured), Chile's northernmostvolcano, was the site of substantialsulfur mining operations that were explicitly given to Chile in a1929 treaty with Peru?
... that Danish dermatologistCarl Rasch coined the term "polymorphic light eruption"?
... thatAmazon responded to the proposedSeattle head tax by threatening to halt development of a downtown office tower?
... thatCarmen Casco de Lara Castro, founder of one of the firsthuman rights organizations in Latin America, was arrested, denied a passport, and monitored by theStroessner regime?
... that in 2013Iceland had thehighest number of writers, books published, and books read per capita?
... thatOfir Ben Shitrit was suspended from herreligious girls' high school after singing onThe Voice Israel?
... that with an area of 2,772 acres (1,122 ha),Pelham Bay Park is the largest public park inNew York City?
... thatQ wrote "Wikipedia"?

2 July 2018

00:00, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Beethoven, age 13

... thatBeethoven(pictured) composedthree Piano Quartets at age 15, which were published only after his death?
... that during the 2017–18 season, Moroccan-bornfootballerWalid Azaro broke theEgyptian Premier League record for the most goals scored by a foreign player?
... that Alaska'sStormy Lake had to be poisoned to remove invasive species not once but twice?
... thatJoachim von Sandrart praised the Flemish painterJoannes de Cordua'svanitas still lifes?
... that the 1962 mainframe gameMarienbad, based on the logic puzzleNim, is often considered the first Polish video game?
... that more than 400female Red Guards were shot after being captured during the 1918Finnish Civil War, with some being raped before execution?
... that thearchives of the British civil nuclear industry are housed alongside historical documents dating to the 16th century?
... that theArctic Monkeys song "Four Out of Five" jokes about critics who rarely give perfect scores in their reviews?

1 July 2018

00:00, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Vera Gedroits with patients

... that PrincessVera Gedroits(pictured)—good author but indifferent poet, lesbian but married a man—was a Russian military surgeon who pioneered battlefieldlaparotomy?
... thatNumber 12, an investigative documentary by award-winning journalistAnas Anas, shed light on football corruption inGhana?
... thatClaus Wisser founded the services company Wisag, and co-founded theRheingau Musik Festival which staged a concert of Orff'sCarmina Burana for his 60th birthday?
... that locomotives completed a circuit on theBoston and Albany Railroad'sHighland Branch?
... thatZhang Youshang was the only student from mainland China at theUniversity of Cambridge in the mid-1960s?
... that chemicals found in members of theSt. John's wort family can causephotosensitivity in grazing animals?
... thatGordon Juckes received theOrder of the British Empire prior to being inducted into theHockey Hall of Fame?
... that theH. J. Heinz Company complex includes buildings named Meat, Bean, and Cereal?

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