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31 December 2019

12:00, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Mekong Bobtail

... thatMekong Bobtails(example pictured) were among 200 royal cats given toNicholas II of Russia by KingChulalongkorn of Siam in the 19th century?
... thatJohn Moutoussamy is the only African-American to have designed a high-rise building—which featured "colorful walls and psychedelic carpets"—in theChicago Loop?
... that the first owners of radio stationKSTO fledGuam after running up a debt of $60,000 in less than seven months of operation?
... that theIndian Air Force has launched two mobileair combat games,Guardians of the Skies andA Cut Above, to reach out to youth?
... that the 1988 opening of New York City'sArcher Avenue lines, expected to lessen congestion, ended up slashing ridership atParsons Boulevard station by half?
... thatMiley Cyrus gained over 2.3 million likes on the video-sharing platformTikTok when she danced and lip-synced withCody Simpson to "Stupid" byAshnikko?
... that theFatimid Caliphate preparedtheir conquest of Egypt in 969 through a long and patient propaganda effort, resulting in it being swift and almost unopposed?
... that computer scientistOdest Chadwicke Jenkins taught a robot to do theCabbage Patch by demonstrating the dance?

00:00, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Hellvi helmet eyebrow

... that theHellvi helmet eyebrow(pictured), made of iron, bronze, and silver, is one of severalVendel Period helmets for which only eyebrows remain?
... that due to Spanish singerMelody's three-year disappearance from the public eye, she was rumoured to be dead?
... that the director ofa 2018 documentary uncovered evidence ofFBI surveillance ofArab-American families in her hometown outside Chicago?
... thatTMNT Shellraiser, the world's steepest roller coaster, beat the previous record holder by half a degree?
... that GermanSS commander and convicted war criminalKurt Meyer falsely claimed that theOradour-sur-Glane massacre was the only war crime that SS troops ever committed?
... that theField Music albumPlumb was nominated for the 2012Mercury Prize, even though the band thought that their odds were "minimal to nil"?
... thatLu Youquan's book onPiaget's theory of cognitive development won a national education award in China?
... that pygmyOta Benga was moved to theHoward Colored Orphan Asylum after people objected to him being shown in theBronx Zoo?

30 December 2019

12:00, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Idham Azis

... thatIdham Azis(pictured), thechief of the Indonesian National Police, succeeded in enrolling at the nationalpolice academy on his third attempt?
... thatLynn Family Stadium shares its namesake withanother stadium in the same city?
... thatMarco Streng's Genesis Group has abitcoin mine in Iceland?
... thatHMS Melpomene missed theBattle of Trafalgar, but arrived in time to tow away damaged enemy vessels?
... that medical scholarRonald Grossarth-Maticek directed a long-term study involving 30,000 people from 18,000 households, spanning more than 20 years?
... that the songs on theKabir Singh soundtrack album, including "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" ('I have begun to really love you'), have been described as "saccharine rock"?
... that Mexican drug lordMaría Antonieta Rodríguez Mata controlled a drug trafficking ring that extended across Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and the U.S.?
... that inbaseball, it is not against the rules tosteal signs?

00:00, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Diners at Yume Wo Katare share their dreams.

... thatYume Wo Katare(pictured), aramen bar inCambridge, Massachusetts, encourages diners to share their dreams and aspirations with each other after finishing their meals?
... that actorRyan Reynolds haslent his voice to a garden snail, a caveman, andPikachu?
... that the sale ofWWIZ radio inLorain, Ohio, undertaken in order to raise capital to buildWXTV inYoungstown, prompted both stations to lose theirlicenses?
... that Polish courtier and writerKrzysztof Warszewicki was a respectedorator who spoke at the funerals ofCatherine, queen consort of Poland, andMaximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor?
... that theConcert Hall inside the BBC'sBroadcasting House was pressed into service as a dormitory at the outbreak of World War II?
... thatSally Milgrim designed the dress thatEleanor Roosevelt wore toher husband's first inaugural ball?
... that after laying its eggs on a leaf, the femalemango leaf-cutting weevil severs the leaf near its base and lets it fall to the ground?
... that the Jewisha cappella groupSix13 sings traditionalHanukkah songs and prayers to music fromStar Wars?

29 December 2019

12:00, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Meteorite in a blue-ice area
in theMiller Range

... thatblue-ice areas are places in Antarctica wheresnow evaporation and wind have exposed blue-colored ice, which often accumulates meteorites(example pictured)?
... that before entering journalism,G. Gould Lincoln was part ofThomas Edison's team that looked for nickel in Canada?
... thatMichler's Palace, a townhouse destroyed in theWarsaw Uprising, is remembered for a wartime song named after it?
... thatCulley C. Carson III's research has included treatments forPeyronie's disease, in which the penis curves when erect?
... thatChina's largest landfill closed in November 2019, having reached capacity 25 years early?
... that baritoneHeiko Trinsinger of theAalto Theatre appeared asAlberich inDer Ring in Minden, in which reviewers noted expressivity in every moment and a thunderous curse of the ring?
... that theBattle of Marshall's Elm has been described as the "first real confrontation" of theFirst English Civil War?
... that to maintain personal privacy, manga artistParu Itagaki wears a large chicken mask that obscures her face for all public appearances?

00:00, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

A parachute training tower

... that the British Empire's firstparachute training tower(example pictured) was built by the Polish military?
... thatKiuchi Kyō, believed to be the first Japanese woman to be a school principal, worked to improve the status of women teachers?
... that on May 9, 1970,Richard Nixon spent the two hours before dawnat the Lincoln Memorial talking to students protesting the Vietnam War?
... thatJay Shah oversaw theGujarat Cricket Association's project of constructing theworld's largest cricket stadium?
... that British actressNaomi Watts'roles includeCIA officerValerie Plame, journalistGretchen Carlson, andPrincess Diana?
... that during the2004 US presidential election,Hans Riemer ran an online campaign against the military draft, leading then-President Bush to coin the phrase "on the Internets"?
... that according to academic Yo Tomita, theBach Digital portal website has largely replaced printed reference works as first point of entry forBach scholarship?
... that as a child, American Civil War historianCharles P. Roland heard first-hand accounts of the war from veterans who served in it?

28 December 2019

12:00, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

A Still Life with Two Objects

... thatVytautas Tomaševičius is the first Lithuanian to win an Excellence Award at the TokyoArt Olympia Biennale, for his paintingA Still Life with Two Objects(shown)?
... that theGrandview Heights Aquatic Centre has the world's longestspanning timbercatenary arched roof?
... thatShetlanderJohnnie Notions, a physician with no formal medical background, developed a smallpoxinoculation that successfully immunised thousands of people beforeJenner's vaccine was available?
... that theChristmas darter is considered a priority species by the state ofSouth Carolina, but ofleast concern by theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature?
... thatStan Lee supported the viral fan campaign to allowDonald Glover to audition for the role of Peter Parker inThe Amazing Spider-Man‬?
... that the Enlightenment concept ofdoux commerce suggests that commerce civilizes people and can even eliminate violence?
... that the novelTzilla is based on authorJudith Katzir's great-grandmother, who invited her lover to live with her and her husband in Palestine?
... thatCrossroads Village in Genesee County, Michigan, has anarrow huckleberry?

00:00, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Mackintosh with his gun and a trophy

... thatDonald Mackintosh(pictured) was posthumously awarded an Olympic gold medal forshooting 22 live pigeons in a row?
... that "Baby Yoda", a character in theStar Wars spin-offThe Mandalorian, was named "2019's biggest new character" byThe Guardian?
... thatStribodh, first published in 1857, was one of the earliest magazines in India to be aimed at a female audience?
... that actressKathryn Crosby earned a nursing degree at theQueen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles?
... that a year afterFive Ash Down Independent Chapel opened, doctrinal differences caused some members to leave and formUckfield Baptist Church?
... that in 1982, theU.S. Supreme Court ruled that the refusal of theInternational Longshoremen's Association to unload cargo from the Soviet Union was illegal under theNational Labor Relations Act?
... thatLiang Baibo andYu Feng were among China's first female cartoonists?
... thatBurleigh House inEnfield, near London, was said to be haunted by a ghost wearing adoublet,hose, and aruffle?

27 December 2019

12:00, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Drawing of a Bersey electric cab

... that after the withdrawal ofWalter Bersey's1897 design(drawing shown), it took 120 years for fully electric-powered taxis to return to the streets of London?
... that althoughHalf Alive wrote their song "Still Feel" with the intention of making it unattractive for radio stations, it became their breakout hit?
... that when the Thai government ordered her return from the U.S. during World War II, PhD studentPoonsapaya Kraiyong joined theFree Thai resistance movement instead?
... that the demise ofSportsvue, which lost $2 million in its 10 months of operation, promptedJim Fitzgerald to sell theMilwaukee Bucks basketball team?
... that tenorMirko Ludwig took part in the opening of Hamburg'sElbphilharmonie as a member of a vocalquintet?
... that the sermons ofGreek Catholic priest Michal Mašlej inspired the villagers ofOľšavica to hide Jews during the Holocaust even though German soldiers were quartered in the village?
... that it can takeYvonne Walker Keshick up to a year to gather theporcupine quills and other materials she needs for a particular work of art?
... that the BritishSuper League XXV will feature a Canadianrugby league team for the first time?

00:00, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Desert Island inBrooklyn, New York

... that the New York City comic shopDesert Island(pictured) maintains a modified version of the signage used by the previous tenant, an Italian bakery?
... that Chinese economistWei Xinghua refused to be known as an "authority" and proclaimed that China had no world-class authority in economics?
... that theFamine Inquiry Commission has been criticized by scholars and Indian nationalists for exonerating the British government of responsibility for the1943 Bengal famine?
... that RabbiReuven Elbaz used to frequent pool halls and coffee shops around Jerusalem to talk withsecular Jewish youth about religion?
... that after writing aprogramming language used to publish books on thehumanities,Michael Barnett wrote theSNAP language to teach programming to humanities students?
... thattwo-spirit artistStorme Webber has used various media to retell her family's experience atThe Casino, one of the oldest gay bars on theWest Coast?
... that inRequiem for the Living, a setting byDan Forrest of selectedtexts from the Requiem Mass and an additionalmovement aboutVanitas, the choir sings seemingly endless melodies?
... that former naval diverEsther Tan has been dubbed "Singapore'sG.I. Jane"?

26 December 2019

12:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Tetsu Yasui

... thatTetsu Yasui(pictured), who was raised by devout Buddhists, later converted to Christianity and served as president ofTokyo Woman's Christian University for 17 years?
... thatUnd es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend, the second part of Bach'sChristmas Oratorio and written for the second day of Christmas, focuses on theannunciation to the shepherds?
... thatPomo basket weaverSusan Billy comes from a family of basket weavers that includesSusan Santiago Billy andElsie Allen?
... that the MexicanNetflix seriesThe House of Flowers has been compared to such disparate films asSharknado and the Oscar-winningAll About My Mother?
... that Turkish folk singer andbağlama playerArif Sağ helped introduceAnatolian music to the West in a 1996 concert with theGürzenich Orchestra Cologne?
... that in the absence of males in North America, the femalewoolly alder sawfly reproduces throughparthenogenesis?
... thatLeena Al-Hadid is Jordan's permanent representative to theOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the United Nations in Vienna?
... that afterJohn Lennon called the Beatlesmore popular than Jesus,KLUE radio responded by staging abonfire of Beatles memorabilia – and its transmitter was struck by lightning the next day?

00:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

2014 Anthem Christmas tree

... thatthe tallest Christmas tree in Arizona(pictured) is decorated with at least 5,000 ornaments and bows?
... thatYoshi Kasuya was appointed to theOrder of the Precious Crown for her contributions to women's education?
... that the German carol "Kommet, ihr Hirten", derived byCarl Riedel from a Bohemian song in Czech, addresses shepherds, men, and women?
... thatJames A. Ward was one of the last surviving graduates of the Jesuitnovitiate inWhite Marsh, Maryland?
... that theChristmas Island flying fox matures more slowly than nearly all other bats?
... that religious ministers revealed the winning numbers to illegal lotteries onWOOK radio, by hiding them in Bible references?
... that confectionerTom Smith is traditionally described as the inventor of theChristmas cracker, in 1847?
... thatA Rubber Band Christmas is a novelty album featuring popularChristmas songs played on rubber bands, staplers, and other office equipment?

25 December 2019

12:00, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Mystical Nativity,
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

... thatFilippo Lippi'sMystical Nativity(shown) ofc. 1459 includes "no cave, no shed, no Joseph, no angels, no ox, no ass"?
... that in later life,Paul Mickelson bought theorgan upon which he had made his first recording as a solo artist atNBC?
... that after the ancientShire Oak fell in 1941, part of it was carved into a sculpture of theMadonna and Child for a local church?
... thatKavya Manyapu led the development of a dust-repelling fabric for space suits usingcarbon nanotubes?
... thatTaylor Swift wrote, recorded, and released "Christmas Tree Farm" in six days?
... that as pastor of a Catholic church inBaltimore,William Francis Clarke worked to integrate black and Italian Catholics into parish life?
... that Austrian generalKonrad Valentin von Kaim was mortally wounded at theBattle of Pozzolo on Christmas Day, 1800?
... that "The Sinner's Redemption" was called a "rude old carol" favoured by peasants?

00:00, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Rosika Schwimmer

... that in 1929Rosika Schwimmer(pictured), a woman over 50 and thus ineligible to take up arms in the U.S.,was denied citizenship by the Supreme Court forpacifism and becamestateless?
... thatJohn Rutter wrote the text and music forAngels' Carol, a choral piece for Christmas, using the Latin "Gloria in excelsis Deo" from theChristmas story as a refrain?
... thatTlingit artistTanis S'eiltin's mixed-media installationHit includes video, a replicaM16 rifle, and a glass tank of oil and water?
... that the establishment of a secondary population ofChristmas white-eye has reduced its risk of extinction?
... thatFrench Resistance memberOdette Abadi was a co-founder of Réseau Marcel, which saved more than 500 Jewish children during theHolocaust?
... that1 William Street was described by theNew York Architect magazine as New York City's "most complete banking institution" upon its completion?
... thatErza Muqoli was a founding member of the French child music groupKids United, which had three number-one albums during her tenure?
... thata juniper tree in themedian ofInterstate 17 in Arizona is mysteriously decorated every year at Christmas?

24 December 2019

00:00, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

University of WaterlooPorcellino

... that mathematics professorHenry Crapo donated a bronze sculpture of aboar(pictured) to theUniversity of Waterloo?
... thatAlku and Alku Toinen, built by Finnish immigrants, were the first nonprofit housing cooperatives in New York City?
... thatHong Kong protests in November 2019 included an escape by protesters at theHong Kong Polytechnic University, by rope and via underground sewers?
... thatMohammad Tabrani first proposed the term "bahasa Indonesia" for the national language of Indonesia?
... that one of the versions ofVivaldi'sMagnificat included fivearias to be performed by girl soloists from theOspedale della Pietà orphanage, who were named in the score?
... thatKunihiko Ikuhara, who was one of the directors ofSailor Moon,cosplayed asSailor Mars to promote his seriesSchell Bullet?
... that theLieutenant Governor of Kentucky,Jacqueline Coleman, is a basketball coach and the granddaughter ofa National Basketball Association player?
... thatDarren Appleton forfeited two matches at the2019 Antalya Open event after deciding to take a nap between matches?

23 December 2019

00:00, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Miniature altarpiece

... that the 1511miniature altarpiece(pictured) in theBritish Museum, sometimes attributed toAdam Dircksz, is the only survivingGothic boxwood miniature to have been inscribed with a date by its artist?
... that sopranoIrma Beilke appeared as Marzelline in Beethoven'sFidelio on 4 September 1945 in the first opera performance in Berlin after WorldWar II?
... that New York City's $4 millionSquibb Park Bridge was demolished less than seven years after it was built?
... thatShen Jilan, who successfully proposed the clause ofequal pay for equal work in China's first constitution in 1954, is still serving as a congresswoman 65 years later?
... that in 1817, theOntario became the first steamboat to see active service on theGreat Lakes atLake Ontario?
... that the surgeonThomas Morstede served the three successive English kingsHenry IV,Henry V, andHenry VI?
... thatThe History of Doing describes a fundamentalist Hindu protest, with many women part of it, in favour ofsati, the burning of widows?
... thatJef Raskin would prove hisFLOW language was easy to use by closing his eyes, typing randomly on the keyboard, and producingexecutable programs?

22 December 2019

00:00, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Sun after winning the 200-metre freestyle at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series

Sun Yang

... thatSun Yang(pictured) is the first swimmer in history to winOlympic gold medals in the 200-, 400-, and 1500-metrefreestyle events?
... that when lead miners discoveredDream Cave inDerbyshire in 1822, they found it to contain the near-complete skeleton of awoolly rhinoceros?
... thatU.S. Department of Defense civil servantLaura Cooper has noted that she has frequently been the "only woman in the room" for much of her career?
... that the1766 Istanbul earthquake claimed 4,000 victims, 880 of them in the city?
... thatWilhelm Keitel was promoted to Chief of theArmed Forces High Command because of his craven willingness to function asAdolf Hitler's mouthpiece?
... thatClairo drew inspiration for her songs "Sofia" and "Bags" from her crushes on women?
... thatShiza Shahid andMalala Yousafzai co-founded theMalala Fund in 2013 to promote education for every girl?
... thatIntelligence Community Campus-Bethesda buildings inMaryland were originally built without windows to conceal the classified work going on inside?

21 December 2019

00:00, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

1937 Stutz Pak-Age-Car

... that thePak-Age-Car(example pictured) is similar in appearance to a horse-drawn delivery carriage, which it was designed to replace?
... that after Chinese poetLiu Shahe was denounced as a "filial descendant of the landlord class" in 1957, he performedforced labour for eight years and was unable to publish for two decades?
... that since modernisation work in 2016, trains can only call atPilning railway station when travelling eastbound?
... thatAndrey Kelin, the newRussian ambassador to the United Kingdom, holds the diplomatic rank ofambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary?
... that thebanana weevil is considered the most serious insect pest of bananas?
... thatHIV researcherDiane Havlir was the U.S. nationalshort track champion in 1974?
... that in his 1915En blanc et noir for two pianos,Claude Debussy quoted Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg" and dedicated the work in part to Jacques Charlot, who fell in World War I?
... thatTom Chase has described himself as "theWally Cleaver of porn"?

20 December 2019

00:00, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Appasus japonicus malewith eggs

... thatAppasus japonicus(pictured), a species ofgiant water bug, provides an example of insectpaternal care?
... that the pianistClara Schumann, who toured Europe for decades, taught 68 students atDr. Hoch's inFrankfurt, including those from Britain and the U.S.?
... that to assist the Australians withINTERFET logistics, the U.S. Army brought in helicopters from Russia and Bulgaria?
... thatSharon Priest, theSecretary of State of Arkansas, launched the state's first internet-based information network in 1995?
... thatKSLN-TV, theABC television affiliate inSalina, Kansas, folded twice in three years under two different owners?
... thatLouie Cullen, known as "the last of the suffragettes", started a prisonhunger strike after her arrest for a 1908 attempt to rush into theHouse of Commons to promotewomen's right to vote in the UK?
... that aSony α7S II captured the first commercial4K footage in space from theInternational Space Station?
... that chess playerCarissa Yip defeated agrandmaster at the age of ten?

19 December 2019

00:00, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Asahishō Kōta

... that sumo wrestlerAsahishō Kōta(pictured) is a regular guest on chat shows due to his sense of humour?
... that theCarolina Watchman newspaper supported theConfederacy during theCivil War, but backed theUnion cause both before and after?
... thatFrank Palmer started in the advertising business on April 1, 1969, and retired 50 years later to the day?
... that the 2001 manga seriesWorld of the S&M was released in English asThe World Exists for Me?
... that Mongol generalUriyangkhadai invaded the territory of theSong dynasty in southern China by going through Tibet and Vietnam?
... thatHirtodrosophila mycetophaga mate onbracket fungi, selectively choosing those with a lighter surface to enhance the visibility of their courtship displays?
... that in 2014, Moroccan-born long-distance runnerAdil Bouafif won his fourth gold medal in the10,000 metres at the Swedish national championships?
... that theAustin, Nichols and Company Warehouse is one of the fewEgyptian Revival buildings in New York City?

18 December 2019

00:00, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Ashvamedha horse, depicted on a gold coin

... that ancientGupta art of India includes gold coins commemorating theAshvamedha Vedic horse sacrifice(example pictured)?
... that English scientistNicola Curtin donated to charity the £865,000 she received for helping develop the cancer drugRubraca?
... that Nazi war criminalKlaus Barbie was personally present at theRue Sainte-Catherine Roundup?
... thatBerna Gözbaşı is the first woman president ofa football club playing in the Turkish top-level men's league?
... that 17 extensions and modifications of the construction permit were necessary before Hawaii radio stationKFSH went on the air in 1985, more than eight years after the permit was awarded?
... thatJacques Durand studied at theConservatoire de Paris together withClaude Debussy, and later published both Debussy's compositions and his edition ofChopin's piano works?
... thatCoelopa pilipes fly populations can live at temperatures of 40 °C (104 °F) within piles ofkelp, even in areas covered with snow and ice?
... thatMs. Monopoly replaces properties with inventions women contributed to, such asWi-Fi,chocolate chip cookies, and modernshapewear?

17 December 2019

00:00, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Christ Mocked

... thatChrist Mocked(shown), which recently sold for €24 million, is a long-lost painting byCimabue discovered in the kitchen of an elderly Frenchwoman?
... thatConcert Grove in New York City'sProspect Park is used as a sculpture garden because its acoustics turned out to be bad for musical performances?
... thatJuli Briskman, who received international coverage forflipping off President Donald Trump, went on to enter politics and win an election?
... that an article published in theSatyaprakash weekly, which criticised Hindu religious leaders, resulted ina libel case?
... that after her own childhood experiences,Carla Herrero foundedRompe el Silencio ("Breaking the Silence") to support youth who have suffered bullying, abuse, and psychological disorders?
... thatSt. Louis County police arrested engineers and announcers ofKXLW because their tower violated local zoning laws?
... that water damage postponed the premiere production of thescience fiction folk musicalRags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future?
... thatJohn Blackwell was dismissed for being "bigoted and obstinate" byIsambard Kingdom Brunel for suggesting a new road might cause alandslide, which indeed happened once the road was built?

16 December 2019

01:07, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Brownie Lake

... thatBrownie Lake(pictured) is one of twolakes in Minneapolis in which the surface and bottom layersdo not intermix?
... that beforeMinoru Yoneyama founded the sports-equipment companyYonex, he was a member of a Japanese suicide unit during World War II?
... that the Hong Kong biopicLost in the Fumes wasrated M18 in Singapore due to "political sensitivities" and screened only to members of the country's film society?
... thatNellie Two Bear Gates made beaded artwork that depicted YanktonaiDakota history and culture?
... that the2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan would have resulted in the elimination of two teams from MLB?
... thatBernd Loebe, who began his career as a music journalist, received the 2018International Opera Award in the category of Leadership in Opera?
... thatQaleh Kharabeh, a fort on theGorgan Plain in Iran, may have housed troops manning the defence of theGreat Wall of Gorgan?
... thatChris Morocco hasreverse-engineered dishes byGordon Ramsay,Jamie Oliver, andGuy Fieri from taste, touch, and smell alone?

15 December 2019

03:07, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Sara Braun

... that along with her business partners, philanthropistSara Braun(pictured), one of the first businesswomen inPunta Arenas, Chile, was involved in thegenocide of the Selk'nam people?
... that the side of theVictoria Warehouse inOld Trafford featured murals byWalter Kershaw for nearly 30 years?
... that Nevada radio stationKONE was sued in 1966 by the proprietors of 16 musical works, who claimed that the station did not payroyalties for playing songs such as "San Antonio Rose" and "Sweet Georgia Brown"?
... thatCatriona Ida Macleod has received a Social Change Award fromRhodes University for her work in promoting African-based psychology?
... that theRoyal Navy'sType 277 radar was so successful that it served as the basis for Navy radars for years, and was used on land by theRoyal Air Force and theBritish Army?
... that American tenorJeff Martin has appeared as the Astrologer inRimsky-Korsakov'sThe Golden Cockerel at Moscow'sBolshoi Theatre?
... that by the 12th century, therelics ofSt Adelphus attracted so many pilgrims to theNeuwiller-lès-Saverne Abbey that theBenedictines built a secondary church nearby?
... that the video game developerRockstar San Diego once worked onXGirl, an "interactive girlfriend" experience for theXbox console?

14 December 2019

05:07, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Southern block of the Warwick Road Estate

... that there have been calls for theWarwick Road Estate(pictured) in London'sEarl's Court to belisted to prevent it from demolition?
... that afterSteven Koecher's disappearance ten years ago today, his family ate atInternational House of Pancakes for four straight nights in response to a tip?
... that infestations of thecotton jassid can be reduced by growing a cotton cultivar with hairy leaves?
... that prior to debuting as avoice actress in 2018,Iori Saeki had been self-publishing songs as adōjin musician for several years?
... that after ineffective counsel led to a man's prison sentence being increased a hundredfold, theU.S. Supreme Court ruled that attorneys are obligated to inform their clients aboutplea bargain offers?
... thatSiegfried Matthus composed the operaJudith for the reopening of the restoredSemperoper, but it premiered at theKomische Oper Berlin, staged byHarry Kupfer?
... thatconcentration of land ownership has been linked todeforestation in 48 developing countries?
... thatEsther Killick repeatedly "gassed herself for science" in order to studycarbon monoxide poisoning andacclimatisation?

13 December 2019

07:07, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Hoffman's packing puzzle

... that it is possible topack 27 equal cuboids(pictured) into a cube?
... thatFred Thomas has been described as "the greatest Canadian athlete you've never heard of"?
... that the television seriesThe Bold Type is inspired by the life and career of formerCosmopolitan magazine editor-in-chiefJoanna Coles?
... that Beethoven's only opera,Fidelio, was a failure in its original form, but was revised partly at the behest ofCarl Weinmüller, who then appeared in the premiere in thebass role of Rocco?
... that becausephotomicrographs ofLongan witches broom-associated virus were not published, the virus was not initially accepted as the cause of the eponymous disease?
... that according to theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers,Thomas Evans Blackwell was the firsthydraulic engineer in England?
... that in theNewar festival ofDepukhu, young men compete for the carcass of a young female goat that is first sacrificed by drowning in the Deopokhari pond inKhokana, Nepal?
... that there isa lighthouse under theGeorge Washington Bridge inFort Washington Park?

12 December 2019

01:00, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Gucci Mane

... that American rapperGucci Mane(pictured) recordedTrap Back as his "comeback mixtape"?
... thatMerryll Saylan helped pioneer the application of color and the use of secondary materials inwoodturning art?
... thata moth is being used inbiological pest control of thesugarcane planthopper?
... that Chinese economistZhang Peigang's dissertation was translated into Spanish and used as a university textbook in Latin America in the 1950s, but was not published in Chinese until 1984?
... thatA Stanislaw Lem Reader showcases the work ofone of the most widely read science fiction writers, including interviews on the relation of literature to philosophy and science?
... thatEducational Media Foundation's 2006 acquisition ofWSMU-FM marked the "first major foray" by Christian FM broadcasting intoNew England?
... thatColleen Barrett, the first female president of a major airline, appeared in patriotic advertisements forSouthwest Airlines after theSeptember 11 attacks?
... thatTell Qudadi, a buriedIron Age era fortress, was unknowingly used as the site of a military stronghold during World War I?

11 December 2019

00:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Elizabeth Richards Tilton

... that althoughElizabeth Richards Tilton(pictured) was a central figure in a six-month-long trial, she was never allowed to speak in court?
... that theSandyhills area ofGlasgow once contained two coal mines, a factory making foamslag blocks, and a chemical works producing tar?
... that British juristBin Cheng invented a legal theory which states that a customaryinternational law may be created "overnight"?
... that theBroe helmet, an artefact of theVendel Period, was discovered while digging up a garden?
... that althoughErnest Fahmy played forAbertillery RFC in Wales, he opted to playinternational rugby for Scotland?
... that after taking the unprofitable station off the air, Harold Orr hired a crew of young announcers to broadcast onKSVY 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, to keep the license?
... thatLu Shijia, founder of China's first universityaerodynamics program, twice declined nominations to theChinese Academy of Sciences?
... that theBalloon went up in 1784 and added air in 1802, but nowHighways England wants to blow it up?

10 December 2019

00:00, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Bodega cat in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York

Bodega cat in Brooklyn, New York

... thatbodega cats(example pictured) are used as a form ofpest control in New York City?
... that German painterGebhard Fugel led the team creating the monumentalCrucifixion Panorama inAltötting, which became a UNESCO-listed monument?
... thatSarazanmai was conceived as ananime series aboutsupernatural monsters for an adult audience?
... that Russian vice admiralMikhail Motsak, who oversaw the salvage of thewreck of the submarineKursk, is buried inthe same cemetery as a number of the crew who died aboard the vessel?
... that the2001 BDO World Darts Championship featured an independent women's tournament for the first time in the competition's history?
... that in 2018,Maëlle became the first female and youngest contestant ever to win theFrench version ofThe Voice?
... that theSeven Wonders of the Waterways include the UK'slongest and highest aqueduct, itslongest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel, andthe world's only swinging aqueduct?
... that later in life,Jo Walker-Meador would beinducted intothe hall of fame that she helped create?

9 December 2019

00:00, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Member of genusChrysomya

... thatChrysomya putoria(genus member pictured) and other flies that feed on decomposing flesh are used as important tools inforensic entomology to establish thepost-mortem interval?
... thatVirginia Kirkus reviewed 16,000 books forher bookshop service between the 1930s and 1960s?
... thatDixit Maria, amotet in Latin byHans Leo Hassler, sets to music the narrative ofMary's consent to theAnnunciation?
... that Chinese doctorKang Laiyi spent more than 30 years researching theepidemiology ofHIV?
... thatBrooklyn's13th,14th, and23rd Regiment Armories, all built significantly over budget, were later converted to homeless shelters?
... thatBen Kimura was among the firstgay artists in Japan to achieve crossover success with a female audience inyaoi publications?
... that future U.S. senatorHoward Baker campaigned for president of theUniversity of Tennessee student body on a platform to establisha campus radio station?
... thatMyname's record label was forced to destroy 20,000 CDs ofthe group's second single album after accidentally includingPsy's "Gangnam Style" as its sixth track?

8 December 2019

00:00, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Etrich Taube monoplane

... thatZee Yee Lee, who flew anEtrich Taube(example pictured) over Shanghai in 1912, was one of China's first aviators?
... that theConsolidated Edison Building has been called one of New York City's most "beautiful and magnificent structures", with a "Tower of Light"?
... thatBarrie Marmion spearheaded the development of the first vaccine againstQ fever?
... that inDer Ring in Minden,the orchestra played at the back of the stage, and the singers all turned towards it to listen to the musicat the end?
... thatHewahewa, a high priest of theHawaiian religion, supported the abolition of thekapu system and the introduction of Christianity?
... that low water levels atLoch Vaa threatened the remains of a historiccrannog?
... thatGayl King became the first female darts player to compete in thePDC World Darts Championship after theProfessional Darts Corporation invited her to play inthe 2001 tournament?
... that there was a campaign togive Captain America a boyfriend?

7 December 2019

00:00, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

M.O.N.T busking inHongdae

... thatM.O.N.T(pictured) was the firstKorean idol group to film a music video on the disputedLiancourt Rocks?
... that the use ofretentions in the British construction industry, which is now commonplace, had its origins in theRailway Mania of the 1840s?
... that Indian-American chefRaji Jallepalli, who is credited with "originating the fusion of classic French and Indian cuisines", originally trained as amicrobiologist?
... that thePeleng tarsier, a small carnivorousprimate, can rotate its head nearly 180 degrees in either direction?
... that German World War II generalHeinz Guderian issued post-war apologetics for Hitler, writing that "his struggle was about Europe, even if he made dreadful mistakes and errors"?
... that a young Bob Smith, later famous asWolfman Jack, got his first radio job as "Daddy Jules" atWYOU inNewport News, Virginia?
... thatWilliam Chapple discoveredEuler's theorem andPoncelet's porism?
... that sculptures of rats outside theGraybar Building, nearGrand Central Terminal, were included to signify New York City's role as a "great transportation centre"?

6 December 2019

00:00, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Site of the Battle of Muster Green

... that the site(pictured) of theBattle of Muster Green inHaywards Heath was the farthest aRoyalist army advanced throughSussex during theFirst English Civil War?
... thatAlois Ickstadt founded a children's choir and an adult choir for the public broadcasterHessischer Rundfunk, conducting the latter for 45 years?
... thatRed Dead Redemption 2 was thehighest-rated game on Metacritic in 2018?
... that despite fighting for more than two years to stop the other station from signing on,WGVL's last day on the air was alsoWSPA-TV's first?
... that before becoming a professional mathematician,Chikako Mese was a record-breaking high schoolsoftball player?
... that the otherwise inconclusivePolish–Bohemian War of 1345–1348 cemented Bohemian control ofSilesia?
... thatKodama Naoko, creator ofI Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up, called theyuri manga series her first "light" work "in a long time"?
... that feministCarole De Saram caused the closure of aCitibank branch?

5 December 2019

00:00, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Rick Cluff

... that radio hostRick Cluff(pictured) accepted a position at theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation despite his father's belief it was "full of left-wing communists" and that radio was "a dead-end career"?
... that thegranulate ambrosia beetle is native to Asia but has spread as an invasive species to Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania?
... that the brother of Ugandan presidentIdi Amin was once delivered in acar boot to military commanderHussein Mohammed?
... thatMemory: The Origins of Alien defines theAlien franchise as "a collective art form" inspired byH. P. Lovecraft,Francis Bacon, and theGreek Furies?
... thatCharles Blackwell was the third Blackwell (afterhis father andhis grandfather) to be elected to theInstitution of Civil Engineers?
... that jazz musiciansBen Tucker andBilly Taylor boughtSavannah, Georgia, radio stationWSOK and expanded its album collection from 20 to 4,000?
... that letters whichCharlotte Pistorius, the self-taught wife of a country pastor, wrote to intellectualsFriedrich Schleiermacher andErnst Moritz Arndt were published with their works?
... that there is a man in tweeds on agallows outside theGreen Man, Ashbourne?

4 December 2019

00:00, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

The Straight Mile

... thatthe Straight Mile(pictured) is not amile, and includes the Culvert, which is not aculvert?
... that public health historianElizabeth Fee wrote on topics as varied as thehistory of HIV/AIDS, the racialized treatment ofsyphilis,bioterrorism, and the history of the toothbrush?
... that the government of Thailand hasbranded the Buddhist celebrationMagha Puja as a day of spiritual love and gratitude, to compete withValentine's Day?
... thatSara Wesslin, featured on the BBC's100 Women for 2019, is one of only two journalists in the world broadcasting inSkolt Sami?
... that thePolish–Bohemian War of 990 resulted in Poland taking control ofSilesia?
... thatIgnaz Saal, for decades a bass with theImperial Court Theatre in Vienna, performed the bass parts in the world premieres of Haydn's oratoriosDie Schöpfung andDie Jahreszeiten?
... that radio stationKEYZ inWilliston, North Dakota, owned aBeechcraft Bonanza aircraft and used it for news coverage, promotional events, sales calls, andsearch and rescue efforts?
... thatUnhappy the Land argues that the Irish are not the "most oppressed people ever"?

3 December 2019

00:00, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Steven Matz

... that before they wereNew York Mets teammates, baseball pitchersSteven Matz(pictured) andMarcus Stroman faced each other in a high school game that a Mets scout called "one of the best duels I've ever seen"?
... thatRhagoletis juglandis is a species of fly that infests walnuts?
... that formerPlayboy modelSusie Owens hand-produced up to 50,000 vials of perfume and lotion each year in her garage?
... thatThe Cedars School is the first senior school in Great Britain to be based on the ethos ofOpus Dei?
... that plant physiologistHu Dujing cultivatedEucommia ulmoides to produce a substitute for rubber?
... that theLord & Taylor Building in New York City incorporated innovative window displays that could be lowered into the basement and swapped out?
... that British journalistAnna Kessel co-founded the charity Women in Football, and initiated theBlue Plaque Rebellion, to promote gender equality forwomen in sport?
... thatHKmap.live, an app trackingprotests and police presence in Hong Kong, was removed byApple from itsApp Store less than a week after being approved?

2 December 2019

00:00, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

The Farthing Pie Housein 1780

... that for a halfpenny fare, children could ride on a small chariot drawn by four muzzledmastiffs to theFarthing Pie House(pictured)?
... thatYang Enze, who built China's firstfiber-optic communication system approved for practical use, taught until the age of 99?
... that after development builds of the cancelled video gameLego Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui leaked online,Bionicle fans created avideo game development studio to complete the game?
... thatKathrin Göring portrayed both Fricka and Waltraute inDer Ring in Minden, and a critic called her scene inGötterdämmerung a highlight, noting her dramatic mezzo-soprano and intense acting?
... thatWXXX'sbroadcast license was challenged in the 1970s because the station employed no African Americans inHattiesburg, Mississippi, a city that was 30 percent black?
... that research onpain in fish byVictoria Braithwaite resulted in new rules in the UK, Europe, and Canada to make fisheries more humane?
... that string quartetWell-Strung has performed "Chelsea's Mom", a reimagining of "Stacy's Mom", for Hillary Clinton?
... that the chirps of thesnowy tree cricket can be used to estimate the temperature?

1 December 2019

00:00, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Yūki Yamato

... that screenwriter and directorYūki Yamato(pictured) created her first film,That Girl is Dancing by the Seaside, while studying philosophy atSophia University?
... that following thedefense of Katowice on 4 September 1939, dozens of defenders, including a number ofPolish Boy and Girl Scouts, weresummarily executed?
... thatJedediah Sanger foundedNew Hartford, but gave his name toSangerfield?
... thatRainbow Valley, one of the books in theAnne of Green Gables series, draws heavily onLucy Maud Montgomery's life in theLeaskdale Manse?
... that Chinese virologistGeorge F. Gao led a test laboratory in Sierra Leone during the peak of the2014 Ebola outbreak?
... that theEberhard Faber Pencil Factory inBrooklyn, originally built for one of the world's largest pencil makers, now contains theKickstarter headquarters?
... that baritoneHans Braun, who performed 75 roles at theVienna State Opera, appeared as Mozart'sCount Almaviva at theRoyal Opera House and as Wagner'sWolfram atLa Scala?
... that the tapping sound of thedeathwatch beetle has long been considered an omen of an impending death?

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