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30 November 2018

00:00, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Einsatzgruppen murder Jews in Ivanhorod.

... that a right-wing West German newspaper claimed thata Holocaust photograph(pictured) depicting the murder of Jews inIvanhorod, Ukraine, was a Communist forgery?
... that thestring-of-sausage lichen is very sensitive to air pollution and has becomelocally extinct over much of its former range?
... thatbryologistMargaret Sibella Brown was awarded an honorary master of arts degree fromAcadia University at the age of 84?
... thatRobin Sparkles's "Let's Go to the Mall" was inspired byAlanis Morissette's material from her pre-Jagged Little Pill years?
... that neuroscientistYang Dan and her team discovered that mice either enter a dream state or eat more in response to activation of certain brain neurons?
... that a small group of besiegedNizari Ismailis in the fortress ofShahdiz refused an offer of a safe withdrawal and fought against theSeljuk army from tower to tower in a last stand?
... that theCubbington Pear Tree, votedEngland's Tree of the Year for 2015, is at risk of being felled during construction ofHigh Speed 2?
... that theMing dynasty awarded the pirateWang Zhi 100shoulder-loads of rice, which he dumped into the sea?

29 November 2018

00:00, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Lula Mysz-Gmeiner

... thatLula Mysz-Gmeiner(pictured), acontralto and influential voice teacher fromTransylvania, performedlieder written for her byMax Reger and other prominent contemporaries?
... thata unit of disabled and aged veterans garrisoned key parts of Great Britain in the 18th century?
... that in 1923,Andrew B. Turnbull helped convert theGreen Bay Packers into apublicly-held, non-profit corporation, and then was elected as that corporation's first president?
... thatNanchang Laoyingfang Airport, once an airbase used to attack Chinese communist rebels, is now the site of the communist provincial government?
... thatMary Ellen Cuper was the first postmistress atNew Norcia?
... that the United States wasordered by the World Court to lift somesanctions against Iran over humanitarian concerns?
... thatBurhan Uray worked as a logger andrubber tapper before becoming "the timber king" of Indonesia?
... that after being damaged twice by Allied ships, escorting a blockade runner, and hitting two mines, theGerman torpedo boatT24 was sunk by air-launched rockets?

28 November 2018

00:00, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Relocated cemetery at Georgetown University

... that 46 Jesuits were exhumed during the relocation of theJesuit Community Cemetery(pictured) atGeorgetown University in 1854?
... that footballerNeil Matthews was the firstRochdale player to win an international cap at any level?
... thatSolo 66 is a Germantrick-taking card game for five players in which a soloist always plays against the other four?
... that following his failed rebellion in 1926, governorXia Chao was executed and his severed head was displayed on a spike?
... that sites inFlorida Bay with an abundance ofloggerhead sponges experience fewblooms ofcyanobacteria?
... that in 1991, the founder ofEcclesia Athletic Association and seven other members were indicted for what a federal prosecutor termed "the largest child slavery ring in the history of the United States"?
... thatjellyfish can disable power stations?

27 November 2018

00:00, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

The Durant

... thatThe Durant(pictured) inFlint, Michigan, was opened as a hotel in 1920, vacated in 1973, acquired by the Genesee CountyLand Bank in 2005, and reopened as an apartment building in 2010?
... that Mexican suspected hitmanRené Velázquez Valenzuela shaved his head and grew his beard as a sign of loyalty tohis boss?
... that the concept of anethnographic group is more commonly found in Soviet and post-Soviet, rather than Western, scholarly works?
... that whenWilliam C. F. Robinson was sworn in as governor ofSouth Australia, the band played a song that he had composed himself?
... that for his role in the Holocaust,Adolf Eichmann was described as adesk murderer byHannah Arendt?
... that theherring-bone hydroid has two types of feedingpolyp which differ in their behaviour?
... thatClose But No Cigar, the debut album of theDelvon Lamarr Organ Trio, reached number one on the U.S. Contemporary Jazz Albums chart?

26 November 2018

00:00, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Kirchner acting in 2015

... thatIgnaz Kirchner(pictured) andGert Voss often played opposite each other at the ViennaBurgtheater, in roles such as Shakespeare'sAntonio and Shylock, and Tabori'sGoldberg and Mr. Jay?
... that theColonial replaced a train that often could not fill a single passenger car?
... thattrail runnerAurélia Truel gave up on playinghandball because she was too short?
... that theWehrmacht and theWaffen-SS were thought to havecommitted war crimes against Italians during WorldWar II in retaliation for Italy's surrender?
... thatYang Dan was awarded theTWAS Prize for synthesizing bioactive natural compounds?
... that during the University of London'sGeneral Examination for Women of 1869, a matron was in attendance in case the candidates became over-excited?
... that historical novelistElizabeth Byrd was the editor of a salaciousconfession magazine in the 1950s?
... that the 2004Taylor oil spill in theGulf of Mexico leaks 300 to 700 barrels of oil per day and could continue for the next 100 years if not contained?

25 November 2018

00:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Detail of chandelier in Thorne miniature room

... thatNarcissa Niblack Thorne commissioned approximately 100miniature rooms replicating historical interiors from Europe and North America on a1:12 scale(detail of chandelier pictured)?
... thatRatna Ani Lestari andher husband, theregent of Jembrana, were the first married couple to lead two adjacent Indonesian regencies?
... that theFrench submarineAmazone was named aftera mythological tribe of women warriors?
... thatRyan Kocer won theBest Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award in 2008 after losing his left leg the year before?
... that theshear vane was developed for testing soils, but has also been used on snow to determine the risk of anavalanche forming?
... that political scientistHu Fo counted among his students theformer president,vice president, andpremier of Taiwan?
... thatGorgonorhynchus repens has an unusual sticky, branchedproboscis with which it snares its prey?
... that in 1953,Francis D. Pastorius andEdward E. Hollowaywere elected to local offices that thePhiladelphia city government had abolished a month earlier?

24 November 2018

00:00, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Zdrojewicz(right) during theWarsaw Ghetto Uprising

... that a famousphotograph shows Małka Zdrojewicz(pictured), who smuggled weapons into theWarsaw Ghetto inside her boots?
... that the many lakes in theNancy Lake State Recreation Area were created during the retreat of glaciers 9,000 years ago?
... thatGilles Courteau made the switch from French to English as the official language used for coaching in theQuebec Major Junior Hockey League?
... that the AustralianFederal Court of Bankruptcy lost its jurisdiction in 1977 but was not formally abolished until 1995?
... that thegray grass mouse inhabits forests ofPodocarpus parlatorei andAlnus acuminata on steep hillsides on the eastern flanks of the Andes?
... thatGünther Morbach appeared in more than 180operatic bass roles, including Mozart'sSarastro in the newOpernhaus Dortmund and in aHarald Weiss world premiere at theStaatstheater Braunschweig?
... that until being murdered in May 2018, Mexican journalist andradio station founder Juan Carlos Huerta anchored the newscast on the television stationXHTVL-TDT?
... thatBill "Maverick" Golden drove theLittle Red Wagon,drag racing's firstwheelstander?

23 November 2018

00:00, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Ha! Ha! Pyramid

... that theHa! Ha! Pyramid (pictured), a monument commemorating a flood inLa Baie, Quebec, is covered in 3,000yield signs described by the designer as being similar to theGreek delta?
... that theHyperion proto-supercluster was discovered usingastroinformatics?
... thatArvo Pärt composedCecilia, vergine romana on an Italian text aboutSaint Cecilia for choir and orchestra, on a commission for theGreat Jubilee in Rome?
... that children have mistaken the poisonous fruits ofAdenia hondala for those of thepassion flower?
... thatIris Kadrić played international football forSweden under-17s, before switching to play forBosnia and Herzegovina?
... that dozens of Nazi concentration camps werestaffed by guards from theLuftwaffe?
... thatHaifan Lin's discovery ofpiRNAs was named byScience as one of the top breakthroughs of 2006?
... that aTrump resort isdirectly linked toMoscow?

22 November 2018

00:00, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Constantin Cantacuzino around 1820

... that whenConstantin Cantacuzino(pictured) was madeCaimacam of Wallachia,his own son reportedly shouted in protest?
... that theDeccan Chargers, winners of the2009 Indian Premier League, finished last in the league stage in the previous season with just two wins in fourteen matches?
... that before becoming aYad Vashem historian,Shmuel Krakowski worked for Polish communist intelligence and security organizations?
... that viewers have watched 1.5 billion minutes ofBuzzFeed'sWorth It in 2018 alone?
... thata letter authored by Ali, the first Shia Imam, toMalik al-Ashtar, governor of Egypt, includes a model for governing based on justice for every place and every time?
... thatPeter Bielik was nominated for director of theNational Memory Institute, despite having blamed Jewish Holocaust survivors for the 1945Topoľčany pogrom?
... that thesea hedgehog hydroid ispredated by thenudibranchZelentia pustulata, which feeds on it and winds egg coils around its branches?
... that Lukas Radovich believed his audition for theHome and Away characterRyder Jackson went so badly that he booked a flight toPerth, but was then offered the role?

21 November 2018

00:00, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Bloodhound missile

... that the UK'sViolet Friendanti-ballistic missile system was designed to useBloodhound anti-aircraft missiles(example pictured) and radars to lower its cost?
... thatSir James Hamilton was largely responsible for the design ofConcorde's distinctive wings?
... that Slovak fascists and anti-fascists joined forces to intimidate returning Holocaust survivors, culminating in theTopoľčany pogrom?
... that whenfootballerWyn Griffiths suffered an injury during a 1945friendly match forArsenal, he was replaced by a player from another club who had attended the game as a spectator?
... thatAntonio Vivaldi composed three settings ofDixit Dominus, each an extended setting ofthe vespers psalm for five soloists, choir, and orchestra, and one even for double choir?
... thatSt. Peter's Pro-Cathedral became the first Catholicpro-cathedral in the United States in 1789?
... that the tombstone of Vietnamese anti-colonialistPhạm Thận Duật was buried face-down for nearly a century to conceal it from the French authorities?
... that former professionalOverwatch playerBrandon "Seagull" Larned was recruited toNRG Esports byShaquille O'Neal?

20 November 2018

00:00, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Cathedral of the Plains

... that farmers hauled 17 million lb (7.7 million kg) of KansasFencepost limestone in horse-drawn wagons to build theCathedral of the Plains(pictured)?
... thatUdo Zimmermann composedtwo operas about the resistance groupWhite Rose, one while he was a student?
... that in 1345, the Earl of Derbyattacked and defeated an army of 7,000 Frenchmen with a force of 1,200 Anglo-Gascons?
... that in 1975,Margaret Guilfoyle became the first woman in the history of the Australian parliament to hold a cabinet-level ministerial portfolio?
... thatDerrick Barnes based the main character ofCrown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut on his own son?
... that 65 percent of internees at theTopaz War Relocation Center wereAmerican citizens of Japanese descent?
... that during its time 200 million years ago,Ledumahadi's estimated weight of 12 tonnes (26,000 lb) made it the largest animal to have lived on Earth?
... that the Nazi doctorFriedrich Entress organised and administeredphenol injections directly into the hearts ofAuschwitz prisoners?
... that the calls of theblack-collared starling include akraak kraak sounding like ajay and a whistlingprrü like abee-eater?
... that theTwitter userdril published theDril Official "Mr. Ten Years" Anniversary Collection to preserve his best tweets in case of a futuresocietal collapse?

19 November 2018

04:20, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales

... that thecoat of arms of the Prince of Wales(pictured) features theRed Dragon, but with a whitelabel of difference?
... thatLeo Holzer led a resistance group inside theTheresienstadt concentration camp?
... that oppositionist delegates to thePhilippine Constitutional Convention of 1971 were among the first to be arrested whenFerdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines?
... that an obscenity conviction for screeningKenneth Anger'sFireworks was reversed by theSupreme Court of California?
... thatCamille Saint-Saëns composed theMesse de Requiem, in memory of his patron, in just eight days, and conducted the first performance in 1878 atSaint-Sulpice in Paris?
... thatHesham Ashmawy was one of Egypt's most-wanted militants prior to his arrest in Libya last month?
... that the United Kingdomconducted 24 nuclear weapons tests in the United States between 1962 and 1991, and has conducted subcritical tests not involving explosions since then?
... thatTommy Lockhart booked a roller-skatinggrizzly bear to perform as the on-ice intermission entertainment at aHershey Bears game?

18 November 2018

00:00, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

King Kalākaua during his state visit

... thatKing Kalākaua's 1874–75 state visit to the United States(Kalākaua pictured) made the African-AmericanPacific Appeal newspaper wonder if there was "a sudden abandonment of colorphobia prejudice"?
... that historianFelix Römer found that 116 of 137 German WorldWar II combat divisions he researched implemented theCommissar Order, contrary topostwar denials?
... that afterSchafkopf andWatten,Wallachen is probably the most widely-played card game inOld Bavaria and an indispensable part of Bavarian pub culture?
... that the back cover ofLuis Miguel's albumMéxico en la Piel was changed in 2005 because the original had altered the colors of theMexican flag, which is illegal in Mexico?
... thatChang Chun-Yen, a pioneer of Taiwan's hi-tech industry, was forbidden from going abroad to study because of his father's involvement in theFebruary 28 incident?
... that neuroendocrinologistCatherine Woolley found evidence ofbrain plasticity usinga technique described in 1873?
... that an enclave ofEdmonds, Washington, was formed after several failed attempts at annexing the community ofEsperance?
... thatBrennan's Criterion Bar inBundoran, Ireland, had no television, discouraged live music, and banned swearing?

17 November 2018

00:00, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

A. tenuissima

... that the seeds ofAcacia tenuissima(pictured) were used byIndigenous Australians to makedamper?
... that "Love Interruption" was the first song American musicianJack White released after the breakup of rock duoThe White Stripes?
... that according toLea Hernandez, editor ofwebcomic subscription serviceGirlamatic, she originally wanted to call the website "ModernGirls" but the name was already taken by aporn site?
... that 17-year-old Dutch chess grandmasterLucas van Foreest has abrother,great-great grandfather, andgreat-great granduncle who have all beenDutch Chess Champions?
... that theEast Side Access railroad expansion in New York City has been estimated to cost about $3.5 billion per mile of new tunnel, seven times more than similar projects in other countries?
... thatHerman Pines, who could not attend university in Poland because ofJewish quotas, worked on developing aviation fuels that helped the Royal Air Force win theBattle of Britain?
... that thefirst woman voted in as head of state says she would not have got her job ifwomen in Iceland had not walked away from theirs?
... thatJoan L. Mitchell co-inventedJPEG?

16 November 2018

00:00, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Harrods at night

... thatZamira Hajiyeva spent £16.3 million at the London department storeHarrods(pictured) over a ten-year period?
... that the foliage of thecauliflower hakea is so prickly that gloves are recommended when collecting seed?
... that racist graffiti on mathematicianChawne Kimber's college campus, along withGeorge Carlin'sseven dirty words, inspired her to politicize herquilting?
... that theGeorgetown Car Barn, opened in 1897, operated as a terminal forcable cars for less than a year?
... thatMarcel Comeau was a minor leagueMost Valuable Player, and a junior leagueCoach of the Year, but never played or coached in theNational Hockey League?
... that 694 Italians have been recognised asRighteous Among the Nations for risking their lives to save Jews duringthe Holocaust in Italy?
... that following his retirement from playing,footballerAndy Kerr became a financial advisor in the Far East?
... thatPeter Kubelka's experimental filmSchwechater was originally commissioned as a beer commercial?

15 November 2018

00:00, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Lady Angela in 1921

... that the poetEdith Sitwell describedLady Angela Forbes(pictured) as "an elderly gorilla affected with sex appeal"?
... that thestretch limousine involved inthe recent crash nearSchoharie, New York, killing 20, appeared at twovehicle inspections earlier this year with differentlicense plates?
... that in 1800, a reviewer ofFrancis Hews's writings was unsure whether he should be sent to "Bridewell for correction, or toBedlam for a cure"?
... thatCliona orientalis is abioeroding sponge that tunnels into such corals asGoniopora tenuidens,Dipsastraea pallida, andAstreopora listeri?
... thatLiamani Segura, who sang theUS national anthem before 1,300 high school basketball fans at age six, taught herself by watching music videos onYouTube?
... thatTania Tetlow is the first female president ofLoyola University New Orleans?
... that Greenwich pensioners playedone-armed versus one-legged cricket?

14 November 2018

00:00, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Courthouse inBedford, New York

... that a museum in theBedford Village Historic District occupies the former courthouse(pictured), erected in 1787 and the oldest government building inWestchester County?
... that the Dutch playwrightLucretia Wilhelmina van Merken wrote very popular classicist tragedies, and sent an ode in French toGeorge Washington, for which he thanked her?
... that under the Byzantine Empire, theArab Christian tribe ofBahra' were tasked with guarding the Syrian holy city ofRusafa?
... thatPuisand Lai represented theCanada women's national wheelchair basketball team in 2018, and was also rated the world's seventh overall in girls'wheelchair tennis in 2017?
... thatDavid Benedictus dedicated his 1963 satirical novelYou're a Big Boy Now to "the only girl I've ever loved—wherever they may be"?
... that thenorthern striped dogwinkle lays around 550 eggs in a capsule, most of which are eaten by the 10 to 20 juveniles that eventually hatch?
... that formerFirst Lady of SloveniaBarbara Miklič Türk met her husband and former Slovenian presidentDanilo Türk while working as a librarian at theUnited Nations?
... that the first officialbaseball game in Germany took place under the Nazi regime at the1936 Summer Olympics?

13 November 2018

00:00, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Bust ofPtolemy I intheLouvre

... thatPtolemy I Soter(bust pictured), a companion ofAlexander the Great, founded thePtolemaic dynasty to whichCleopatra VII belonged?
... that the novellaAus dem Leben eines Taugenichts was translated asMemoirs of a Good-for-Nothing several times, the first in 1866 byCharles Godfrey Leland?
... thatfootballerBob Jones was signed byEverton as a goalkeeper, despite originally playing as aleft half, after the original goalkeeper failed to arrive at a trial?
... that the attacks on civilian villages bySoviet partisans in Finland were a forbidden topic in Finland until the 1990s?
... that WelshfootballerStan Griffiths was given amedical discharge during WorldWar II due to injuries suffered during his playing career?
... thatPSYCHLOPS has been adapted for children?
... thatBarbara P. McCarthy disagreed with philologistRudolf Helm about whether or notLucian originated a particular form of satiric dialog?
... that the seed pods ofAcacia ramulosa resemble horse tails?

12 November 2018

00:00, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Red remembrance poppy

... that thepurple remembrance poppy was created to commemorate animals that served during wartime, but is not endorsed byThe Royal British Legion which sells the official redremembrance poppy(pictured)?
... thatEdward John Granet proposed a successful WorldWar Iair raid on a German hydrogen factory andZeppelin depot using planes shipped in crates from England to Southern France?
... that the First World War memorial atWoodvale Park inBelfast is cut to resemble a stone fromGiant's Causeway?
... that afterfirst-class cricketerNoel Phillips rejoinedhis regiment during the First World War, he received theMilitary Cross for gallantry on the battlefield?
... that theBBC first televised theNational Service of Remembrance fromThe Cenotaph in 1937?
... that when theO'Byrne-class submarines were seized by France before their sale to Romania, the Romanian Navy had to wait 15 more years to get its first submarine?
... thatLeslie Joy Whitehead, a Canadian woman, enlisted in the Serbian Army as a man so that she might get closer to the front lines in WorldWar I?
... that during the First World War, the BritishMinistry of Munitions proposedtrading rubber for German binoculars?

11 November 2018

00:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Luther Monument on a 1902 postcard

... that the main statue ofMartin Luther in the 1868Luther Monument(pictured) inWorms appears in several copies in the United States, includingin Washington, D.C.?
... that the lake at the bottom ofKauhakō Crater has a greater depth-to-surface-area ratio than any other lake in the world?
... that theMexican Army leaked a picture ofMisael Torres Urrea that ended up popularizing severaldrug ballads?
... that despite the coralStylophora pistillata being a common species with a wide distribution, andStylophora madagascarensis being common around the coast of Madagascar, theIUCN has assessed one as "near threatened" and the other as "endangered"?
... thatAnne Ratna Mustika,her husband, and her uncle all served asregents of Purwakarta, Indonesia?
... that despite clear orders to fire only if fired upon, theGerman torpedo boatAlbatros crippled the Norwegian shipPol III after being rammed, thus firing the first shot of theNorwegian Campaign?
... thatGary Wiren is estimated to have taught golf to more than a quarter of a million people in 32 countries?
... that in 1976, theGilling sword was found in a river by a nine-year old boy, and was subsequently awarded its ownBlue Peter badge?

10 November 2018

00:00, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Chalfont Viaduct in 2009

... that theChalfont Viaduct(pictured in 2009) on theM25 motorway was famous for its graffiti slogan "Give Peas A Chance"?
... thatAnn Thomas Callahan was one of the firstindigenous graduates of theWinnipeg General Hospital's nursing school?
... that in the fairy-tale operaDer Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin byUdo Zimmermann, two orchestras play on stage, representing two empires in conflict?
... that BrigadierLeonard Cuthbert Lucas was decorated for his part in the construction of facilities for the BritishOperation Totem nuclear tests atEmu Field, South Australia?
... that despite opposition from withinhis resistance group,Andrej Steiner orchestrated the arrest of Jewish collaboratorKarol Hochberg?
... thatChangchun Dafangshen Airport was controlled by four different armed forces between August 1945 and May 1946?
... that as an adult,Marcy Tigner sold more than two million albums featuring her natural child-like voice?
... that duringstorms on 1–2 July 1968,hailstones the size oftennis balls fell in Cardiff andblood-red rain covered Southern England?

9 November 2018

00:00, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Mark 1A Light Weight Air Warning Radar

... that Wing CommanderAlfred George Pither established a network of radar stations(example pictured) in northern Australia?
... thatDonald Trump "accidentally" contributed toa children's book?
... thatFrisian poetCynthia Lenige died in 1780 at age 24, her work being published two years after her death?
... thatSeattle's replica of theStatue of Liberty stands at around five percent of the original's height?
... that in theUEFA matches played byAthletic Bilbao in European football, the club used only one player who was afull international for a country other thanSpain?
... that activistAndy Stapp joined the U.S. Army during theVietnam War to build ananti-war movement within the military?
... that one of the earliest accounts of the use of cocaine for spinal anaesthesia was given byWilliam Keiller, anatomy professor at Galveston, Texas?
... that theLonely Tree was namedWelsh Tree of the Year in 2014 despite having been blown over during a storm?

8 November 2018

00:00, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

The Surrey Stag

... that a steel sculpture(pictured) at the entrance to theUniversity of Surrey'sStag Hill Campus was strength-tested before being placed to ensure it could bear the weight of students attempting to climb it?
... thatdrag racerRoberta Leighton was the first woman licensed by theNational Hot Rod Association to race in aGas class?
... that the Sanskrit grammarianPāṇini provided aphonetic theory of voicing around 350 BCE?
... thatWen Fong co-founded the first Ph.D. program in Chinese art and archaeology in the United States, atPrinceton University?
... that the crabZebrida adamsii lives among the spines of asea urchin?
... thatRoman Twardy conducted theWiesbadener Knabenchor in the first recording of a rediscoveredPassion oratorio byJohann Mattheson?
... that 65 percent of internees at theTopaz War Relocation Center wereAmerican-born citizens of Japanese descent?
... thatIndian Medical Service officerArthur Francis Hamilton was affectionately nicknamed "Alu", the Hindi word for potato?

7 November 2018

00:00, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Catherine Kerrison

... that historianCatherine Kerrison(pictured) thinks beauty is still important for any woman in the public eye?
... that the French video game developerQuantic Dream would consider moving to Canada if itstax breaks were taken away?
... that in 1997, the annualChildren's Book Award for children's fiction was renamed in honor ofJosette Frank?
... that theassassination of John F. Kennedy overshadowed the launch of thefirst season ofDoctor Who?
... thatMaurice Rossel's report onTheresienstadt concentration camp has been described as emblematic of the failure of theRed Cross during theHolocaust?
... that subscription-based airlineWheels Up provides a "Same Day Game Day" airline service tocollege football games?
... that the 1227 Gothic church of theCistercianMarienstatt Abbey escaped demolition because it became a parish church in 1831?
... that thecustom cars built byDick Megugorac were described as having "bomb-proof reliability" and "could be driven anywhere, anytime"?

6 November 2018

00:00, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Avis Crocombe and husband, 1886

... that Victorian cookAvis Crocombe(pictured, right) prepared "dead man's leg" for the servants' hall atAudley End House?
... that despite being only 8 miles (13 km) long,Washington State Route 546 is considered a major freight highway due to its connections toInterstate 5 and theCanadian border?
... that the name of thetheropod dinosaurCristatusaurus means "crested reptile", in reference to a thinsagittal crest located on top of its snout?
... thatGreg Fitzgerald, the CEO ofBovis Homes, started his career in construction as a tea boy?
... that a ruling by theEuropean Court of Justice allowing employers to ban staff from wearing thehijab has been described as a normalization ofhijabophobia?
... that despite playing as adefender,Ildefons Lima is theleading goalscorer in the history of theAndorra national football team?
... that the completePsalm 131 and the first verse ofPsalm 133 in Hebrew comprise the text of the last movement ofChichester Psalms byLeonard Bernstein?
... that Chicago aldermanDorsey Crowe survived falling 800 feet (240 m) from a plane and being thrown through the roof of a car?

5 November 2018

00:00, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Mount Judd

... thatMount Judd(pictured) is also known as the "Nuneaton Nipple"?
... thatJobst Oetzmann directed the filmThe Loneliness of the Crocodiles, presented at international film festivals, and the award-winning 484th episode of the police crime dramaTatort?
... thatNanchang Qingyunpu Airport, once China's largest airport, was destroyed during theSecond Sino-Japanese War?
... that in 1931,William Robins carried acolour ofBarrell's Regiment in a ceremony to unite it with that ofClan Stewart of Appin, their adversaries at the 1746Battle of Culloden?
... thatRock and Roll Hall of Fame guitaristLou Reed considered the guitar-playing onNeil Young's "Danger Bird" to be the best he had ever heard?
... that because the court described him as a "simpleton",Stefan Baretzki's admission that he knew the Holocaust was a crime was used to convict other defendants at theFrankfurt Auschwitz trials?
... that during its time 200 million years ago,Ledumahadi's estimated weight of 12 tonnes (26,000 lb) made it the largest animal to have lived on Earth?
... that Mexican drug lordMartín Arzola Ortega complained about the increase in price ofpotato chips in prison?

4 November 2018

00:00, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in 2018

... that theStaatstheater am Gärtnerplatz(pictured) in Munich, a royal theatre for operettas in the 19th century, presented the German premiere of Harold Rome's musicalFanny in 1955?
... that in 1958,Preben von Magnus was the first to describemonkeypox in monkeys?
... that theWisconsin School is aschool of thought that uses economic interpretations to explain much ofAmerican diplomatic history?
... thatfootballerÓscar Sonejee scored the goal that won theAndorra national football team their first-ever point in an international fixture?
... that most Germans who committed war crimes in Italy during WorldWar II neverfaced justice?
... that on her hundredth birthday, British sopranoCarrie Tubb was made a Fellow of theRoyal College of Music?
... that theBrooklyn Naval Hospital treated almost a quarter ofUnion casualties during theAmerican Civil War?
... thatwomen brewsters were the primary producers of beer before commercialization of the industry?

3 November 2018

00:00, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

A decorated trajinera by Romero

... that theDay of the Dead was commemorated byBetsabeé Romero in Mexico City in 2016 with an installation of 103trajineras(example pictured) decorated asmemorial offerings?
... that after the withdrawal of German forces, left-wing partisansdefeated and summarily executed some 400 to 2,500 Nazi collaborators inMeligalas, Greece?
... thatOded Muhammad Danial, as the deputy mayor ofBandung, Indonesia, established a program fordakwah in city buses?
... that small femalePatagonian octopuses often choose an emptymollusc shell to lay their eggs in?
... thatAkshay Nanavati is aUS Marine Corps veteran who overcame drug abuse and alcoholism to publish a book endorsed by theDalai Lama?
... that the inter-governmentalWorking Definition of Antisemitism has generated controversy over its inclusion of examples ofcriticism of Israel?
... thatJohn Lennon andYoko Ono were heckled fornot riding in a hot air balloon?
... thatPraeludium, a 1992 composition byGraham Waterhouse, has been described as a "dramatic concert piece"?

2 November 2018

00:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Warsaw Ghetto boy

... thatthis photograph(pictured) was taken to glorify the SS men who suppressed theWarsaw Ghetto Uprising, but helped convict them of murder?
... thatMary Paton Ramsay argued for the influence ofmedieval mysticism on the poetry ofJohn Donne?
... that decorative patterns usingisosceles triangles date back to theEarly Neolithic?
... that the Indonesian actorAdipati Dolken adopted his stage name from the owner of the villa where he stayed on vacation inPuncak?
... that a reviewer came to likeJohn Rutter's anthemO clap your hands better, many years after he first found the jollity of its beginning "a bit relentless"?
... thatCarl J. Seiberlich was the first naval aviator qualified to land airships, airplanes, and helicopters on an aircraft carrier?
... that asociophonetic study found that young boys lower the pitch of their voice even before puberty to seem more masculine?
... that by pushing a glass tube into his ear, pioneeringbiotremologistFrej Ossiannilsson discovered that theleafhopper inside the tubeproduced faint vibrations?

1 November 2018

00:00, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Late sixth-century BCred-figure plate of anithyphallic satyr

... thatsatyrs(example pictured) are male nature spirits inGreek mythology known for their mischievous and bawdy behavior?
... that the citizens ofTârgoviște, Romania, put a jinx onboyarEmanoil Băleanu, which was seen as being fulfilled when his wife died in childbirth?
... thatThe Hexer, the first attempt to portrayThe Witcher universe in film, was "crushed by the reviewers and laughed out by fans", and has since been described as "the film we all want to forget"?
... that the spongeOscarella lobularis can multiply by forming drips and bubbles?
... that between 1933 and 1936,Max Troll betrayed hundreds of fellow communists to theBavarian Political Police, a forerunner of theGestapo?
... that the rock bandXTC were a key influence onBritpop and laterpower pop acts?
... that following theJuly Revolution in France,Heinrich Heine wrotea history of emancipation in Germany, beginning with Luther'sReformation?
... thatDonald Liebenberg experienced 74 minutes oftotality aboard aConcorde during thesolar eclipse of June 30, 1973?

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