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31 March 2018

00:00, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

SSPrincess Anne

... that when it entered service in 1936, the ferrySSPrincess Anne(pictured) was considered "svelte" and "ultra-modern"?
... thatProRodeo Hall of Fame steer roperGuy Allen's record streak of 11 consecutive world titles was ended by Buster Record?
... that despite its "tasty flesh" and abundance, the southern cuttlefishSepia australis is currently of little interest to fisheries?
... that the EnglishradiographerEthel Armstrong has worked for theNational Health Service since the day it was founded in 1948?
... that several composers of the 18th century usedPaul Gerhardt's hymn "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld" to begin theirPassion music?
... thatSusan O'Malley was the first female president of anNBA franchise?
... thatdeliberately stopping a phone call before it is answered can be a form of communication in its own right?
... thatWillem Ravelli was thevoice of Christ in Bach'sSt Matthew Passion more than 400 times, including the first complete recording of the work conducted byMengelberg?

30 March 2018

00:00, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Da Heding

... that theDa Heding(pictured), the only known ancient Chinese bronze decorated with human faces, was sold as scrap metal?
... that thebaritoneJohannes Hill was the voice of Jesus and Pilate inBach's Passions, and ofPope Francis in the premiere ofLaudato si'?
... thatMajor League Baseball has authenticated a smashed telephone and some dirt?
... that Mexican-AmericanHolocaust survivorAnthony Acevedo mixed snow and urine with the ink of his pen to ensure he could maintain his concentration-camp diary?
... that thespymaster andcricketer J. C. Masterman trained at theRoyal Naval College, Osborne?
... thatSharon Calahan is the first member of theAmerican Society of Cinematographers whose feature film background is entirely incomputer animation?
... that "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" (Lord Jesus Christ, you highest good) is the beginning of twoLutheran hymns, one forpenitence, the other forcommunion?
... thatOpening Day for theSeattle Mariners in 1982 was delayed when a player hid the keys to thebullpen car?

29 March 2018

00:00, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright

... that Welsh sistersJessie Ace and Margaret Wright(pictured) used their shawls as a rope to rescue lifeboat crew who had fallen overboard during the rescue of a Germanbarque in 1883?
... that the American-made schoonerMeteor III was the largest yacht in the world when built forGerman Emperor Wilhelm II?
... thatGujarati poetPanna Naik was inspired to write byAnne Sexton'sLove Poetry?
... that the two-millennia-oldNijmegen Helmet was found in a river bank?
... that during the First World War theBritish Armyrecruited Maltese waiters to serve itsSalonika Army?
... thatEmily Riehl, former bassist for the band Unstraight, wrote about "unstraightening" in her research as a professional mathematician?
... that the extinct antUsomyrma was thought to be ancestral tospider ants when first described?
... that thenew World Trade Center was once projected for completion in 36 years, longer than theoriginal complex had existed?

28 March 2018

00:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Gorteria diffusa flowerhead

... that dark spots on the flowers ofGorteria diffusa(pictured) are thought to resemblebee flies to attract other bee flies?
... that when the English surgeonFrances Ivens joined the military hospital atRoyaumont in France during the First World War, she had no experience in treating men?
... that a sculpture of the godNeptune on one of the parapets of theUniversity of Washington'sGerberding Hall represents the academic disciplines ofoceanography andfisheries science?
... thatLady Camilla Bloch has spoken out against those who callher father a murderer?
... thatdimension stone from theSulphur Mountain Formation has been used extensively in buildings aroundBanff, Alberta?
... thatDanielle Herrington, cover model for the 2018Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, booked her first swimsuit shoot four months after moving toNew York City to pursue modelling?
... that in the aftermath of theGajda Affair, the government ofCzechoslovakia moved to disenfranchise the army's officer corps?
... that during theAmerican Civil War,Barney Prine made money by running races against fellow soldiers in the1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment?

27 March 2018

00:00, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

A photo finish captures a triple dead heat

... thatdead heats between two or even three racehorses(example pictured) were more common before the introduction of thephoto finish?
... thatJames W. Downing, a survivor of theattack on Pearl Harbor, compiled lists of his shipmates' names and addresses to inform their families back home?
... thatstrandflats are the most studied coastal landform in Norway?
... thatRalph Abernathy was harshly criticized by otherAfrican-American civil rights activists for alleging inhis autobiography thatDr. Martin Luther King Jr. committed adultery the night before he was assassinated?
... thatAlliance Defending Freedom's first landmark case was the 1995 US Supreme Court lawsuitRosenberger v. University of Virginia?
... thatMary Nomura, a singer who was sent to theManzanar concentration camp as an orphaned teenager, became known as the "songbird of Manzanar"?
... that the terms of theTreaty of Livadia betweenQing China and theRussian Empire were so unfavorable to China that the negotiatorChonghou was sentenced to death?
... that sistersCarmen andRamona Brussig were born within 15 minutes of each other andwon Paralympic gold medals within 15 minutes of each other?

26 March 2018

00:00, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

J. Howard Miller's inspirational poster

... that theWoozle effect delayed the identification ofNaomi Parker Fraley as the most likely model forWe Can Do It!(pictured)?
... that people supposedly kept picking up avanishing hitchhiker outside theLower Bell pub inKent?
... thatGoldman Sachs bankersRichard andRobert Menschel are related toE. W. Priestap, assistant director of theFBI Counterintelligence Division?
... that the 1,000-year-oldButtington Oak, said to have been planted to commemorate the 893Battle of Buttington, fell last month?
... thatElsa Cavelti, who appeared in dramatic roles at theOpernhaus Zürich and taught voice at theMusikhochschule Frankfurt, was Wagner'sBrangäne atLa Scala?
... that the comic bookDamnation is aboutDoctor Strange fightingthe demon Mephisto for the souls ofLas Vegas citizens?
... that at the 2018 Winter Olympics,New Jersey-bornAnthony Watson became the first slider to representJamaica inskeleton at theOlympic level?
... that while most Indonesians do not speak Arabic, they learn to read theQuran using a textbook calledIqro?

25 March 2018

00:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

"Changing Bodies" diorama

... that at theBhagavad-gita Museum in Los Angeles,dioramas(example pictured) featuring almost life-sized dolls convey the philosophy ofKrishna consciousness?
... that the mutualisticaphidParacletus cimiciformis sometimes develops into a form that feeds on the young of the ants that care for it?
... that an arrow killedHugh of Fauquembergues,Prince of Galilee, in a skirmish when he was returning from a plundering raid?
... that in 2017Georgetown University named a building after Isaac Hawkins because his name appeared first on the list of enslaved peoplesold by them in 1838?
... that Swedish songwriterKenneth Gärdestad wrote the lyrics for theMelodifestivalen 1979 winning song "Satellit" performed by his brotherTed Gärdestad?
... that several astronomical observatories are constructed on thePurico volcanic complex?
... thatClarence G. Child, a scholar ofmedieval literature at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, was also a hobbyist mathematician?
... that theDomestic Partnerships Act 2018 madeBermuda the first national territory in the world to re-prohibit new same-sex marriages?

24 March 2018

00:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis

... that the search fornear-Earth asteroids large enough to cause a global catastrophe(example pictured) is almost complete, and efforts now focus on smaller asteroids?
... thatArchibald Cary Smith designed the first American iron yacht?
... that the land snail genusVatusila was named after a Fijian tribe known for killing and eating the missionaryThomas Baker in 1867?
... thatphilologistCaroline Brady wrote about the words used for weapons and warriors in theAnglo-Saxon poemBeowulf?
... thatKennington tube station, opened in 1890, is alisted building and the only one from theworld's first underground electric railway to retain its original appearance?
... that Victorian physician and discoverer ofarsenic in beer,Ernest Reynolds, did not believe in over-reliance on medical technology?
... that the Thai Buddhist templeWat Paknam Bhasicharoen organizesblood donations every three months?
... thatHenry Liebman hates "Henry Liebman's Noodle Soup"?

23 March 2018

00:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Alhambra Nievas

... that in October 2017,Alhambra Nievas(pictured) became the first woman to referee a men's international rugby union match in Europe?
... that a 4 cm (1.6 in) longfragment of an Anglo-Saxon helmet was bought for £15,000?
... that traffic on theLondon, Huron and Bruce Railway was so dominated by farm produce that it was nicknamed the "Butter and Egg Special"?
... that amongStanley Gelbier's writings onpediatric dentistry is a 1962 study oftooth erosion in a boy who drank copious amounts of cola and soft drinks?
... that in its earliest years, New York City'sRainbow Room restaurant was frequented by the social elite and European royalty?
... that The Mount Carmel College of Nursing is still located on the campus ofMount Carmel West hospital?
... thatFragments of Horror wasJunji Ito's first return to thehorror genre after eight years of writing "manga about cats or about society"?

22 March 2018

00:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Wallachian peasant soldiers

... that the first Romanian-language references to "patriotism" are traced back to documents issued by both sides ofan armed uprising in 1821(peasant soldiers pictured)?
... thatDoreen Simmons was awarded Japan'sOrder of the Rising Sun for hersumo television commentaries?
... thata large lake formerly covered California'sDeath Valley, and occasionally reappears?
... thatAllanah Harper was responsible for introducingW. H. Auden,T. S. Eliot, andVirginia Woolf to the French people?
... that the founders ofSmashburger sampled 300 kinds of beef before settling onAngus for their restaurant's burgers?
... that during the Second World War, GeneralRonald Forbes Adam institutedaptitude tests for new recruits to the British Army?
... that to compose the entire score for the video gameHeavy Rain,Normand Corbeil was given two months, producing nearly 300cues?
... that the1900 English beer poisoning, in which more than 6,000 drinkers were poisoned byarsenic, was misdiagnosed for months asalcoholic neuritis?

21 March 2018

00:00, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Statue of Shaitan Singh

... that a badly woundedMajor Shaitan Singh(statue pictured), who was later awarded theParam Vir Chakra, ordered his soldiers to leave him behind rather than face enemy fire evacuating him?
... thatCiticorp chose to build a tower near theCourt Square–23rd Street station in Queens because it was one subway stop away from the company's headquarters in Manhattan, across the East River?
... that the performances ofMaaya Sakamoto andSanae Kobayashi inspiredSaori Ōnishi to pursue a voice acting career?
... that theOrange College of Breda was founded byFrederick Henry, Prince of Orange?
... that theinland free-tailed bat can survive the most extreme range of body temperatures of any mammal known?
... that upon her completion in 1885, theFrench cruiserMilan was considered the fastest warship afloat?
... that in 2016, annual global internet traffic reached 1.2zettabytes, leading some to label the current period theZettabyte Era?
... thatCharles Phillips, who excavated theSutton Hoo ship-burial, was tasked as a schoolboy with digging latrines nearStonehenge?

20 March 2018

00:00, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Bull and Mouth Inn sign

... that London'sBull and Mouth Inn(sign pictured) was originally known as the Boulogne Mouth, in reference to the town and harbour ofBoulogne which wasbesieged by Henry VIII in the 1540s?
... that in 1998,Dottie Lamm, former First Lady ofColorado, ran for aUS Senate seat againstthe same man who had defeatedher husband in theDemocratic primary for the same seat six years earlier?
... that theFlying Dutchman-related poems inJ. Slauerhoff's 1928 collectionEldorado are more likely inspired by aFrench romantic spirit than aGerman Romantic orDutch Calvinist one?
... thatCrimean Tom, a tabby cat, helped save British and French soldiers from starvation after theSiege of Sevastopol by locating hidden food supplies?
... that the groundbreaking for theNew York Coliseum was delayed for ten years, and the demolition took another fourteen?
... thatfootballerChris Stringer made his professional debut as a substitute after the starting goalkeeper received the fastest red card inEnglish Football League history?
... that theshortbeard codling crushes the molluscs on which it feeds with its beak-like jaws?
... that despite odds estimated at 17 trillion to one,Evelyn Adams won two multi-million-dollar lottery jackpots in the span of four months?

19 March 2018

00:00, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Bust of Pythagoras

... that Greek legends claimPythagoras(pictured) had a golden thigh, could fly thanks to a magic arrow, was greeted by name by a river, and when bitten by a snake, bit it back and killed it?
... thatColophina clematis was the first species of aphid to be identified as having a "soldier" caste?
... that oceanographer and formerFlorida State University deanNancy Marcus was also a magician andventriloquist?
... thatPinewood Hospital was located in apine wood inPinewood, as pine trees were thought to be beneficial fortuberculosis patients?
... that Japanese voice actressLynn was born to a Japanese-American father and a Japanese-Brazilian mother?
... that one of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth, atLa Pacana in Chile, erupted 2,451–3,500 cubic kilometres of rock?
... thatCaptain Marvel is expected to beMarvel Studios' first female-led film?
... that theSutton Hoo helmet weighs 2.5 kg (5.5 lb), but theSutton Hoo Helmet weighs 900 kg (2,000 lb)?

18 March 2018

00:00, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Female urinals

... thatfemale urinals available today(example pictured) are typically used in a "skiing" position?
... thatfootballerPaul Giles suffered an injury during a match in March 1982 after being fouled by his brother?
... that theBrown County Courthouse in South Dakota is built ofBerea sandstone from Ohio?
... thatAli Soozandeh was inspired to filmTehran Taboo, which explores sexual double standards in Iran, by a conversation he overheard on a train?
... that during their winter meetings, members of medical history society theOsler Club drink apunch made of tangerine oranges,Tarragona wine, rum, brandy whisky or gin, water, spices and cream?
... that Arthur andMorley Cowles Ballantine, co-publishers ofThe Durango Herald, sometimes wrote opposing editorials, as when he endorsedNixon and sheHumphrey for president in 1968?
... thatintegral bridges do not havemovement joints?
... that among those rescued by theBritish Army during theattack on the United States embassy in Addis Ababa was a reporter's petcheetah?

17 March 2018

00:00, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Zofia Posmysz
in Auschwitz

... thatZofia Posmysz(pictured),Auschwitz inmate No. 7566, wrote an audio play based on her memories, which formed the basis for her 1962 novelPassenger,a 1963 film, anda 1968 opera?
... that the spider genusSeycellesa and thenematode genusTraklosia were both originally namedRobertia, but had to be renamed?
... that architectWilliam Strudwick Arrasmith designed more than 60Greyhound bus stations?
... that theAustralian Air Corps has been described as "Australia's first independent air force, albeit an interim one"?
... thatLuo Haocai, who was jailed by the British and deported from Singapore, became Vice President of China'sSupreme People's Court?
... thatTillie Walden'sgraphic novelSpinning, a memoir of her adolescent career as a competitivefigure skater, was originally her thesis for theCenter for Cartoon Studies?
... that US Court of Appeals JudgeAmy Coney Barrett taught constitutional law atBlackstone Legal Fellowship?
... that thesolar eclipse of May 20, 2012, began on a Monday and ended on the previous Sunday?

16 March 2018

00:00, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Goat Canyon Trestle

... that theGoat Canyon Trestle(pictured) is the world's largest curved wooden trestle?
... that after arriving penniless inLiverpool in 1920, Indian physicianHarbans Lall Gulati walked to London to obtain work?
... that the waterfalls onCatlin Brook are the "holy grail" ofPennsylvania waterfalls?
... thatBenty Grange is designated aSite of Special Scientific Interest, but not because of theboar-crested helmet discovered there?
... thatElizabeth Kane wrote a book sympathetic to Mormon polygamists while simultaneously objecting to how polygamy subjugated women?
... thatThe Daily Telegraph saidThe Hatton Garden Job "begins to feel like a bizarre,Brechtian joke at the audience's expense"?
... that due to its proximity to acharter school, alcoholic beverages cannot be served atZions Bank Stadium?
... thatAkane Fujita decided to become avoice actress partly because she "wanted to do something that was fun"?

15 March 2018

00:00, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Camilla Nylund

... thatCamilla Nylund(pictured) appeared as the Countess inCapriccio by Richard Strauss at the Frankfurt Opera, staged byBrigitte Fassbaender, who set the opera inOccupied France?
... that in the United States, children ages 2–17 withmilk allergy are shorter on average than their non-allergic peers?
... thatFidel Castro Díaz-Balart led a failed twelve-year effort to build nuclear reactors in Cuba?
... thatLion Forge Comics was founded to provideethnically diverse creators an outlet to create ethnically diverse characters?
... that theMagill Youth Training Centre was described by aYouth Representative to the United Nations as being "the worst of its kind"?
... that Alaskans in coastal areas evacuated to higher ground where they waited to see if the2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake had caused atsunami?
... that the5th Marquess of Donegall married at the age of 80, gained ason and heir nine months later, and died within a year leaving an estate valued at £27?
... that during theAmerican Revolutionary War,George Washington participated in "a pretty little frisk" at theVan Veghten House?

14 March 2018

Rose aphids on a rose bud

... that therose aphid(pictured) and therose-grain aphid bothoverwinter on rose bushes, but the latter disperses to grass and cereal crops in summer?
... that thePugwashite,Patricia Lindop, worked with Nobel Prize winnerJoseph Rotblat on the effects of radiation on living organisms?
... that the historicChurch of Santa Maria Primerana in Tuscany was built atop thestylobate of an ancientRoman temple?
... that blind swimmerJohn Morgan won 13 gold medals across twoParalympic Games and climbedMount Kilimanjaro?
... thatIgor Stravinsky'sScherzo for piano was composed in 1902 but not published until 1970?
... thatVirginia Woolf was conceived despite her motherJulia Stephen and father doing "what they could to prevent me", since "contraception was a very imperfect art" in the 19th century?
... that according to writerCharlie Brooker, theBlack Mirror episode "San Junipero" was set in California as a "fuck you" to people complaining that the show would become Americanised?
... thatCharles Reynolds, who successfully persuadedthe Pope to excommunicateHenry VIII of England, was posthumouslyattainted for treason?

13 March 2018

Droxford station

... thatDroxford railway station(pictured) served asWinston Churchill's base of operations during preparations for theNormandy landings?
... thatMinol Araki, whose art drew on both Eastern and Western traditions, made a series of five paintings over 70 feet (21 m) long that were partly inspired by his mentorZhang Daqian's work?
... that theStephen Court fire, which killed 43 people, was caused by a short-circuit?
... that the English surgeonMarriott Fawckner Nicholls served in the British Army in both World Wars before ending his career as professor of surgery at theUniversity of Khartoum in Sudan?
... that theEpiscopal Seminary of Fiesole, formed after theCouncil of Trent, was unusually influenced by theSociety of Jesus?
... thatAmerican congers cross theGulf Stream twice during their lives?
... that in 2006,footballerSteve Flack scored the fastest hat-trick inExeter City's history?
... that the offices of thePortuguese Embassy in Bangkok are located in an old warehouse?

12 March 2018

00:00, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Catherine Lynch

... that at theinquest into the death ofCatherine Lynch(pictured), the presidingcoroner described her as "one of a class who were a nuisance to themselves, their husbands and everybody else"?
... that the appearance of Ash Lynx, the main character in the mangaBanana Fish, is based on tennis playerStefan Edberg and actorRiver Phoenix?
... that laughter, a signal ofamusement, helps us cope with stress?
... that theDiet of Transylvania electedSigismund Rákóczi prince in 1607, although he had proposed his former son-in-law to the delegates?
... that the landmarked 19th-centuryRobert and Anne Dickey House, which formerly housed the French consulate inNew York City, is being incorporated into a new school building?
... that theDhammakaya Movement teaches thatNirvana exists as a literal reality within each individual?
... thatRie Takahashi decided to pursue avoice acting career after noticing that many male characters were voiced by females?
... that theAmerican Bank Note Company Printing Plant included an office for a counterfeiter?

11 March 2018

00:00, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

X-ray of Norah Schuster's hands

... that in 1896,Arthur Schuster illustrated his lectures on the newly-discoveredX-rays with images of his daughterNorah Schuster(hands pictured) that required a 10-minute exposure?
... that theYalu River Broken Bridge, which connected China and North Korea, was built by Japan and destroyed by the United States?
... thatJackie Wallace told the coach of theLos Angeles Rams to "kiss my ass" for failing to field him inSuper Bowl XIV, his final NFL game?
... that the deepsea starfishNovodinia antillensis has large eyespots on the tips of its arms, but these may be non-functional?
... that pianistKatharina Sellheim and two other women played piano trios byBeethoven,Waterhouse, andMendelssohn at theBeethovenfest?
... that two months after theCandia massacre, the lastOttoman soldiers leftCrete, ending 253 years of Ottoman rule?
... that theChurch FatherOrigen drew heavily on the teachings ofPlato and tried to harmonize Greek philosophy with Christian teachings?
... that there is aneight-sided barn onMissouri Route 48?

10 March 2018

00:10, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Rockefeller Center construction progress in 1933

... that in preparation for theconstruction of Rockefeller Center(pictured) inMidtown Manhattan, 4,000 tenants were evicted from 228 properties?
... that the founder ofBanks Beer,Peter D'Aguiar, was also a prominentGuyanese politician?
... thatChi Pu's song "Từ hôm nay (Feel Like Ooh)" received an overwhelmingly negative reception, with some reviewers calling it "disastrous"?
... that theMuseum of Geometric and MADI Art inDallas is the only museum in North America dedicated to theMadí art movement?
... thatJai Tirath Dahiya won his seat in the2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election by a margin of three votes?
... that between 1992 and 2016, Scottish football clubAberdeen did not win a single match atIbrox Stadium, home oftheir rivalsRangers F.C., in 41 attempts?
... thatHanging Sword Alley was also known as "Blood Bowl Alley" after its infamous night life?
... thatDavid Meade's prediction of a hidden planet namedNibiru hitting Earth on September 23, 2017, was based on what he says are coded messages hidden in theGiza Pyramids in Egypt?

9 March 2018

00:00, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Women sellers onFleet Street, 1908

... that Britishsuffragettes(pictured) had to stand in the gutter to sell their newspaperVotes for Women, or risk being arrested for obstructing the pavement?
... thatKrishna Kohli is the first HinduDalit woman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan?
... thatHeroin(e), an Academy Award-nominated short film, follows three women fighting theopioid epidemic inHuntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is ten times the US average?
... thatCatherine Rückwardt, who wasGeneralmusikdirektorin at theStaatstheater Mainz for a decade and one of only four women in such a position in Germany, conducted a recording of the First Symphony byHans Rott?
... thatEmma Jane Gay, known for her photographs of theNez Perce people in the late 19th century, is identified as the first American lesbian photographer?
... thatan illiterate Thai nun became a highly revered spiritual leader in her community, and more than 250,000 people attended her funeral?
... thatAnnalisa Crannell bringschopsticks to art galleries as a tool for findingvanishing points?
... thatMary Ann Kerwin, co-founder ofLa Leche League, said that whenbreastfeeding in the US in the 1950s, "we would practically smother our babies with blankets to avoid showing any breast"?

8 March 2018

00:00, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

USSSanta Olivia

... thatUSS Black Arrow,USS Eten,USS Paysandu,USS Radnor, andUSS Santa Olivia(pictured) were among 56 ships converted to troopships for the repatriation of American soldiers after World War I?
... thatcell isolation techniques can be used to help study individual living cells from tissue normally discarded duringopen heart surgery?
... that the British government'sTransforming Infrastructure Performance report aims to save the construction industry £15 billion per year?
... thatGreen Bay Packers running backDevante Mays played for two different community colleges before transferring to Utah State?
... that when thestiff-footed sea cucumbereviscerates, it gets rid of theparasitic sea snail which lives attached to its gut?
... that while his parents wanted him to serve in the church,Albert Methfessel pursued his interest in music, becoming a key figure inGerman folk and male voice singing in the 19th century?
... that nearly US$700 million was allocated to the process of downgradingInterstate 895 in New York City from a freeway to a boulevard?
... thatPrince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann was awet bob atEton?

7 March 2018

00:00, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Marcel Cordes

... thatMarcel Cordes(pictured), a German baritone known for Italian opera, appeared as the King in the first recording ofCarl Orff'sDie Kluge?
... thatWestJet Encore, a Canadian airline which began flights in 2013, deactivates water lines in the lavatory sinks to prevent freezing on cold nights?
... thatCamilla Gray's attempts to stage an exhibition ofRussian art in Britain were hindered by Soviet antipathy toabstract art?
... that the 2014Carlton Complex Fire was the largest wildfire inWashington state history up to that time?
... that when the Boy Scouts of America tried changing their name in 1977 toScouting/USA, they were accused of chauvinism for not considering the effects on the Girl Scouts?
... thatEastEnders filmedthree mini episodes in Paris to coincide with the1998 FIFA World Cup?
... thatEnlil, the chief god of the Sumerian pantheon, was regarded as so glorious that not even the other deities could look upon him?
... thatManhattan vegetarian restaurantDirt Candy is "waging war on the 'eat your vegetables' mind-set"?

6 March 2018

00:00, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Monkey beetle onRomulea monadelpha

... that the flower ofRomulea monadelpha is pollinated by a species ofmonkey beetle(both pictured)?
... thatAlysia Rissling was the pilot for the first ever all-woman team in an official four-manbobsleigh race after the event becamegender neutral?
... that theNeues Bachisches Collegium Musicum was founded in 1979 byMax Pommer and members of theGewandhausorchester afterBach's model?
... that the British dentistNeil Swallow often made night calls to make feeding plates for babies born withcleft palates?
... that until it closed in 2009,J.E. Rhoads & Sons was the longest continually-operating company in the United States, having been in business for more than three centuries?
... that after failing to get playing time atABC Futebol Clube, footballerRodriguinho Marinho considered becoming afutsal player?
... that the 2010Infrastructure Cost Review led to annual savings of £3 billion in British government expenditure on infrastructure by 2014?
... that theComet Ping Pong pizzeria's name comes from a sign that one of the founders discovered at a liquor shop?

5 March 2018

00:00, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Bianjing Drum Tower

... that theBianjing Drum Tower(pictured) in Shangguan,Shanxi, boasts a 1.9-metre (6 ft 3 in)-tall stone lantern carved into the shape ofMount Wutai?
... thatSusan Goldberg was the first woman editor-in-chief ofNational Geographic magazine?
... that theGilwell Oak was named the United Kingdom's "Tree of the Year" for 2017?
... that a modern bus station was built to resemble the formerBrockton train station, designed byBradford Gilbert?
... that aColumbine cup was amasterpiece resembling the shape of a cluster of doves?
... that four-timeProfessional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Champion Bull RiderJ.W. Harris suffered five concussions in 2008?
... thatDer Gemischte Chor Zürich sang the premiere ofNänie in 1881, conducted by its composerJohannes Brahms, and the premiere of a commission by Edward Rushton in 2013 for the choir's 150th anniversary?
... that a last-second, game-winningtouchdown by theMinnesota Vikings was dubbed theMinneapolis Miracle?

4 March 2018

00:00, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Napue rye gin label by the Kyrö Distillery Company

... that the FinnishKyrö Distillery Company uses a custom typeface(label pictured) based on memorial engravings of the 1714Battle of Napue?
... that thedisappearance of Suzanne Lyall from theSUNY Albany campus 20 years ago led to changes in federal and state laws on how campus police departments handle major investigations?
... that in the mid-3rd century BC, the governor of Zhao'sYanmen Commandery lured 100,000 nomad horsemen over the Great Wall before defeating them?
... that vocalistJuliana Walanika's updated versions of oldmeles andchants set the style for the Hawaiian music of her day?
... that in the 1960s,sugarcane cultivars developed inTiruvadi Sambasiva Venkataraman's laboratory sustained the sugar industries of 22 countries?
... thatKiyono Yasuno furthered her interest invoice acting at a young age by watching videos ofdubs being recorded?
... that inBlueford v. Arkansas, theUS Supreme Court allowed a man to be retried on murder charges after a jury unanimously voted to acquit him of those same charges?
... thatParalympianTommy Taylor won 16 medals across five sports, including 10 gold medals?

3 March 2018

00:00, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Innocent Victims

... thatInnocent Victims(pictured) is a memorial sculpture toDiana, Princess of Wales, andDodi Fayed?
... that onPulpit Freedom Sunday, conservative pastors give "blatantly political" sermons in defiance of theJohnson Amendment?
... thatHuang Xuhua, the "father of China's nuclear submarines", spent two years raising pigs?
... that theAubervilliers Congress of theFrench Socialist Party will take place near theFront Populaire Paris Métro station, a symbolic reference to the left-wingPopular Front coalition of 1936?
... that aprow house is named after a ship'sprow?
... that last year, there was asimulated nuclear weapons attack against theNew York metropolitan area?
... thatSankaralinganar died after fasting for 76 days while demanding that the name ofMadras State be changed toTamil Nadu?
... thatCommand and Destroy'spassword save system was kept when it wasported from theGame Boy Advance to theNintendo DS, to the annoyance of critics at its 2008 release?

2 March 2018

00:00, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Yampa in 1893

... thatKaiser Wilhelm II was so charmed with the American yachtYampa(pictured) that he purchased her himself and had another larger yacht built in America based on her design?
... that the lyric sopranoAnny Felbermayer, who performed 54 roles at theVienna State Opera, created the role of Xanthe inDie Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss at the 1952Salzburg Festival?
... that hundreds of Jewish communities used to celebratemore than one Purim a year?
... that the 2011Löfstedt Report proposed to exempt many British self-employed people from health and safety regulations?
... that Polish mountain climberTomasz Mackiewicz went missing on January 27 during his seventh attempt to reach the summit of the 8,126-metre (26,660 ft) highNanga Parbat in Pakistan?
... that people have underestimated the role offaith in Buddhism, according to translator and monasticBhikkhu Bodhi?
... that theOriental Basin pocket gopher was designated a species in 1895, demoted to a subspecies ofMerriam's pocket gopher in 1968, then restored to species status in 2005?
... thatMichael F. Adubato tried to block a bill givingNewark, New Jersey, $18 million in added tax revenue, to protest salary increases for Newark's city council totalling $150,000?
... that the bassDmitry Belosselskiy appeared internationally in title roles, asBoris Godunov,Macbeth,Simon Boccanegra, andIvan Susanin?

1 March 2018

00:00, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Marițica Bibescu

... that the recognition ofMarițica Bibescu(pictured) as Princess-consort ofWallachia involved "complicated maneuvers", including the ousting of anEcumenical Patriarch?
... thatYale law professorStephen L. Carter received one of the largest-ever advances fromKnopf to secure the rights to publish his debut novelThe Emperor of Ocean Park?
... that theClementi rail accident on theSingapore MRT was caused by a 50-litre (11 imp gal; 13 US gal) oil spill?
... that the New York City neighborhood ofCanarsie struggled withschool integration and conflict overdesegregation busing between the 1960s and 1980s?
... thatphase precession is part of how the brain codes for location?
... that theMemorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has collected the names of 183,108 Chinese soldiers killed in theKorean War?
... that the bassDmitry Belosselskiy appeared internationally in title roles, asBoris Godunov,Macbeth,Simon Boccanegra, andIvan Susanin?
... that theAMES Type 823D radar got a job withArchie, then tendedBloodhounds, and finally found steady work inair traffic control?

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