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28 February 2019

12:00, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

The Balcony

... thatMair von Landshut's prints(example shown) "resemble whimsical stage sets, and are endowed with an unreal character, like something from a fairy tale"?
... that when the ground is not flooded,Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin monkey has been known to raidaquatic turtle nests to eat the eggs?
... thatSolrad 1 was the first satellite to successfully observesolar X-rays?
... that in the 2015 filmFrankenstein vs. The Mummy, the director designedFrankenstein's monster to look like a muscular zombie with long black hair?
... thatAlberto Jorge is the onlyassociation football manager to have won theLiga MX title ascaretaker, doing so withToluca in 2003?
... thatBach set the phrase "Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks" fromPsalm 75 in German to begina cantata, and in Latin in hisMass in B minor?
... thatChuang Shu-chi was the first licensed female practitioner oftraditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan?
... thatVaunda Micheaux Nelson, author ofBad News for Outlaws, asked that US black deputy marshalBass Reeves appear unclothed in an illustration to ensure its historical accuracy?

00:00, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Tom Barrass

... thatAustralian rules footballerTom Barrass(pictured) injured his back while using adustpan and missed six matches?
... thatXTC'sOranges & Lemons, released 30 years ago today, reinterpreted 1960spsychedelic music styles using 1980s instrumentation and technology?
... thatChen Chao-long performed the first liver transplant in Asia, as well as Taiwan's first living donor liver transplantation?
... that the 1945Bierut Decree nationalized all land in the Polish capital ofWarsaw afterthe city's destruction by the Nazis?
... thatWilliam McSherry arranged forthe sale in 1838 of the slaves who worked theJesuit province inMaryland?
... thatHintersche, a historicalcard game played by farmers, foresters and journeymen in thePrincipality of Fürstenberg, is still played in theBlack Forest today?
... that the sopranoJulia Kleiter has appeared internationally inMozart operas, as both Susanna and the Countess inFigaro, and both Papagena and Pamina inThe Magic Flute?
... that theinnkeeper worm catches its food with a net and then swallows the net?

27 February 2019

12:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Mouth and tentacles of thespotted wobbegong

... that prey of thespotted wobbegong(pictured) have been known to approach its mouth and nibble on its tentacles?
... thatReina Ueda voiced 18 sisters in the anime seriesTesagure! Bukatsu-mono?
... that the first attempt of theBritish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company to lay asubmarine telegraph cable to Ireland failed because the cable would not reach that far?
... thatAmbrosia Tønnesen is regarded as the first professional female sculptor in Norway?
... thatCleitarchus'sHistory of Alexander, written in the fourth century BC, was criticized by contemporaries as being overly sensational?
... thatKarl Plagge's efforts to rescue Jews during theHolocaust succeeded because he entered a "grey zone" of moral compromise?
... that role-playing video gameDungeon Siege III has so many items with unexplained statistics that it left reviewers confused?
... that quarterbackSammy Baugh was investigated by theNational Football League after missing the1942 NFL All-Star Game because he had the flu?

00:00, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

"Wolf's teeth" badge from a 1645 map of Transylvania

... that "wolf's teeth" were once a feature ofTransylvanian state symbols(example shown)?
... thatEdris Allan, the first telephone operator for the Jamaica All Island Telephone Service, marriedSir Harold Allan, the first Afro-Jamaican to be knighted?
... that the main venue of theLandestheater Detmold was built from 1914–18, after the 1825 court theatre of thePrincipality of Lippe burnt down?
... thatYu-chien Kuan fled China using a stolen Japanese passport, was jailed in Egypt, and then became asinologist and advisor to the German chancellor?
... that actorMichael Rennie andtemperance activistCatherine Gurney are buried inHarlow Hill Cemetery?
... that Chinese soybean geneticistWang Lianzheng was elected a foreign fellow of the Indian and Russian national academies of agricultural sciences?
... that aCleveland film critic said the acting in the 1923 filmThe Net "doesn't warrant complimentary adjectives"?
... that in 1844Thomas Barry sailed along theRiver Thames in a tub pulled by four geese?

26 February 2019

12:00, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Sophie Karthäuser

... that among theMozart roles sung by sopranoSophie Karthäuser(pictured) areIlia,Tamiri, andSerpetta?
... thatcardiac allograft vasculopathy is a complication ofheart transplantation that affects up to half of recipients within ten years?
... thatLiang Weiyan and his team designed thewater turbines of the world'slargest power plant?
... that otters and seabirds seem to be able to detect whenbutter clams are toxic, but humans cannot?
... thatNina Morrison was nominated for the2019 AFL Women's Rising Star award on debut – but suffered a season-ending knee injury in training the next week?
... that in 1407, AdmiralZheng He's treasure fleetdefeated the pirate force ofChen Zuyi, who had occupiedPalembang in today's Indonesia, and sent him back to China for execution?
... that thePayún Matrú volcano, last active about 500 years ago, is the source of the longestQuaternary lava flow on Earth?
... that in 1832, sugar planterHamilton Brown argued that slaves in Jamaica were better off than the poor in Britain?

00:00, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Thatched barnacles (left) and channeled dog winkles (right)

... that thechanneled dog winkle drills into shells of thethatched barnacle(both species pictured) and injects a toxin to gain access to the soft parts?
... thatJoyce Sumbi, one of thirteen black librarians in the 242-librarianLA County Library system in 1971, charged her employer with discrimination against minorities?
... that the "sleepy town" ofTarraville, Australia, with a population of around 80, was once the largest town inGippsland?
... thatFreeman Dyson used a result byMarian Pour-El on themathematical undecidability of thewave equation as evidence for the superiority of analog to digital forms of life?
... thatSt. John the Evangelist Church was the first Catholic church inFrederick County, Maryland, and the first church consecrated in theArchdiocese of Baltimore?
... thatIsabel Chan is part of the singing trio MKB48, whose full name is Mega Karaoke Bitches 48?
... that, in the United States,mobile field forces are used by police to deal withcivil disorder by targeting "agitators"?
... that British-Pakistani directorSarmad Masud describes his 2017 filmMy Pure Land as "a modern-day feminist Western set in Pakistan"?

25 February 2019

12:00, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Abby Franquemont

... thathand-spinning writerAbby Franquemont(pictured) spent her early childhood inPeru, where women "spun to eat and pay for the home they lived in"?
... that larvae of thered tube worm do not settle onbull kelp, probably because that seaweed inflates its float chambers withcarbon monoxide?
... that professional worldbarrel-racing championHailey Kinsel won $433,333.33 in one day at the American Rodeo in February 2017?
... that theeconomy of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos saw its first crisis in 1969 because of heavy borrowing in preparation for theMarcos re-election campaign?
... thatSoni Sumarsono served as acting governor of threeprovinces of Indonesia without being elected?
... thatPortland'sMAX Red Line light rail, initially planned decades into the future, was built ahead of other projects because of an unsolicited proposal byBechtel?
... that OlympiansJacques andPhilippe Lacarrière were the second father–son pair to be inducted into theInternational Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame?
... thata short story about a child raised without a gender served as an inspiration for a 1975 scientific experiment?

00:00, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Trout Lake, Colorado (1879)

... thatHamilton Hamilton, best known for his landscapes of theAmerican West(example shown), was born in England and lived most of his life in theAmerican East?
... thatManchester City conceded only one goal in regular time en route to the2019 EFL Cup Final againstChelsea today?
... that on a 1932 visit to the Soviet Union,S. Ramanathan was not allowed to meetJoseph Stalin because the Indian politician had also met withTrotskyists?
... thatSuoyang City, a major commercial and cultural center on theSilk Road for more than a millennium, was listed as aWorld Heritage Site in 2014?
... that a bunker built by prisoners ofKaufering concentration camp is still in use by the German Air Force?
... thatVincent Boussard stagedManon forVilnius,San Francisco, andSeoul, andI puritani forLiège andFrankfurt?
... that in 2014, theZoo Interchange inMilwaukee became the first place that orangepavement markings were tested in the United States?
... that after informing on adrug cartel,José Manuel Garza Rendón may live the rest of his life like a "hunted rabbit"?

24 February 2019

12:00, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

HMSSickle

... that after sailors fromHMSSickle(pictured) boarded a small enemy ship, they brought 1,000 oranges and lemons from the ship's cargo back to their submarine?
... thatMadame A. C. Bilbrew directed the choir that appeared as cotton pickers singingspirituals inHearts in Dixie, one of the first all-blacktalkies?
... that... sofferte onde serene ... ("serene waves suffered") is a composition for piano and tape written byLuigi Nono in collaboration with pianistMaurizio Pollini?
... that actorCarl Au shaved the back and sides of his head for the final arc of hisWaterloo Road characterBarry Barry, in a style he dubbed "TheFerret"?
... thatJohn Buddle Blyth andAugust Wilhelm von Hofmann were the first to reportphotopolymerisation?
... that the voice of theErckel's francolin has been described as "an insane cackled laughter"?
... thatGaspar Jiménez, who was indicted in 1981 for a bombing attack on radio newscasterEmilio Milián, was later convicted for plotting to assassinate Cuban presidentFidel Castro?
... that the rare, much sought after record inDeadwax has killer sound?

00:00, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Eugène de Mirecourt

... thatEugène de Mirecourt(pictured) wrote 100 biographical articles on his contemporaries, includingAlexandre Dumas,Hector Berlioz, andGeorge Sand?
... that the British Army'sDeolali transit camp is the origin for the slang term "doolally", meaning mentally ill?
... thatLiang Jingkui designed an instrument to measure the temperature innuclear tests?
... that theNeo-Bechstein was a pioneeringelectric grand piano in which the mechanics of the piano were no longer involved in the direct production of sound?
... that before being appointed to theSupreme Court of Texas,William F. Ramsey served as president of three banks, in different cities, at the same time?
... that the larger feeding tentacles of thesea gherkin carry food to its mouth, where two smaller ones help push food in?
... that during theSecond World War,Rachel Dübendorfer received sensitive German military information, includingplans for the German invasion of the USSR?
... that Thomas Forsyth stockedhis cellar with wine until his wife cut the pipes and drained it all?

23 February 2019

12:00, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Lancewood

... that the bark of thelancewood(pictured) smells like violets when cut or exposed?
... thatArmenia's anthem is based onMikayel Nalbandian's poem, inspired byItalian unification?
... that Chinese directorYing Liang was exiled fromShanghai for filmingWhen Night Falls?
... that a 12-hour hearing for Mexican businesswomanRosalinda González Valencia was held behind closed doors because the government was presenting sensitive evidence about adrug cartel?
... that theCavalry Staff Corps is regarded as Britain's first standingmilitary police force?
... that African-American rapperLeikeli47 always masks her face while performing, saying it makes her feel "free"?
... that former prime minister of IndiaManmohan Singh called the events of theFirst War of Indian Independence in 1857 a testimony toHindu–Muslim unity?
... that an engraving in 1500 byMaster MZ shows a woman lifting her skirts to protect or hide an owl?

00:00, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Engraving of Canova's
statue of Washington

... that theNorth Carolina State House andCanova'sGeorge Washington(engraving shown) were both destroyed by an "awful conflagration" that began while the building was being fireproofed?
... that the opening of theSubmarine Telegraph Company's first oceanictelegraph cable was marked by remotely firing a cannon inCalais from a telegraph station inDover?
... that, influenced by theHarlem Renaissance, Los Angeles teacherDorothy Vena Johnson wrote poems such as "Epitaph for a Bigot" and "Post War Ballad"?
... that althoughMulatschak has been called thecard game of thestate of Salzburg, its rules were almost certainly unpublished before 2004?
... that Australian actorNick Russell quit his law career to concentrate solely on acting?
... that New York City'sGrand Central Terminal was built after a deadly crash between two trains in thePark Avenue Tunnel in 1902?
... thatGenia Kühmeier appeared as Mozart'sPamina at theVienna State Opera and theMetropolitan Opera, and recorded the soprano solo in Brahms'Ein deutsches Requiem withNikolaus Harnoncourt?
... that changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun over 10,000 years agoled to the disappearance of the Sahara desert?

22 February 2019

12:00, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene and Her MaidbyNicolas Régnier

... that paintings ofSaint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene(example shown) reflected the position of both Catholic and Protestant churches that people should not flee to avoid theplague?
... thatMarika Kouno was inspired to pursue a career invoice acting byIkue Ōtani, who playsPikachu inPokémon?
... that during construction of New York City'sSixth Avenue subway line in the 1930s, workers had to build around various utilities and tunnels, including anexisting railroad tunnel and anelevated line?
... that, playing in 1887,Emily Valentine is the first documentedfemale rugby player?
... that thespringtailOrchesella cincta moults repeatedly throughout its life, with feeding and reproductive phases alternating?
... thatBritish Army officerMichael Magill was killed alongside his brigade commander after treading on a land mine during a training exercise inYorkshire?
... thatMTMOL FSRU Challenger is the world's largestfloating storage and regasification vessel?
... that despite a ban on Indonesian nationalist hymns during theJapanese occupation of Indonesia, aJapanese army propagandist wrote one and it debuted in an official event?

00:00, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

A duck's webbed foot

... that some water birds use theirwebbed feet(illustration shown) as an aid in elaborate courtship displays?
... thatHerbert Seddon's textbook on nerve injuries took 30 years to write?
... thatKyle Busch won the2011 Food City 250 stock car race by 0.019 seconds over hisJoe Gibbs Racing teammateJoey Logano, the closest finish in aNationwide Series race atBristol Motor Speedway?
... that after being captured and imprisoned by British MajorLionel Bostock, theNuer prophetGarluark was restored to his former position as ruler of a region ofAnglo-Egyptian Sudan?
... that fares onTacoma Link are covered by a subsidy from local businesses?
... that at 8 minutes and 45 seconds, the released version ofNeil Young's song "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)" was much shorter than the original, which included a verse aboutgenocide of Native Americans?
... thatHelmut Kleinicke was dismissed from his job because he was caught helping Jews escape?
... that theGutta Percha Company, whose main product wassubmarine telegraph cable, started out making bottle stoppers?

21 February 2019

12:00, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Malathi Chendur

... that "Pramadaavanam", a weekly column byMalathi Chendur(pictured), was published uninterruptedly for 47 years?
... thatsquid can move byjet propulsion and some species can even glide through the air?
... thatfootballerEmiliano Sala is the most expensive signing in the history ofCardiff City F.C.?
... that for 25 years, pedestrians inHudson Heights, New York City, paid a subway fare to use the elevators in the190th Street station to avoid climbing an eight-story hill?
... that Major GeneralGao Changqing performed China's first fullyrobotic cardiac surgery?
... that thebrown algaeLaminaria sinclairii spends several months completely buried in sand?
... that the invention of the dry-air blast byJames Gayley led to such increased yields of iron that he set a world record for "making the most iron with the leastcoke" and was named the "pig iron king"?
... that the repertoire of theTucson Arizona Boys Chorus includes folk songs, spirituals, Western ballads, classical and pop music – andrope tricks?

00:00, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Magellanic and gentoo penguins

... thatmine fields in the Falkland Islands are havens forMagellanic andgentoo penguins(pictured)?
... thatGérard Bolduc andPaul Dumont co-founded theQuebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, which began 59 years ago today?
... that the author of the 2018 picture bookLet the Children March left out "truly upsetting details" about the 1963Birmingham Children's Crusade to avoid frightening young readers?
... thatHenrikh Mkhitaryan was thefirst player to score a hat-trick for theArmenia national football team?
... that musicianTaina Asili studiedopera and fronted ahardcore punk band before starting theAfro-Caribbean group La Banda Rebelde?
... that "Episode 5820" of the soap operaEastEnders is set entirely inThe Queen Victoria pub and focuses on the characters' opinions onsexual consent?
... thatPrussian generalGeorg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch led a brigade at theBattle of Leipzig and a corps at theBattle of Waterloo?
... that the1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom was the only high school dance ever held in theWhite House?

20 February 2019

12:00, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Beaver Hall

... that in 1871,Beaver Hall(pictured) was demolished so that the neighbours could have a "privategreen belt"?
... thatJennie Jackson, an original member of theFisk Jubilee Singers, performed with the ensemble before US PresidentUlysses S. Grant,Mark Twain, andQueen Victoria?
... that the British submarineHMS P222 was ordered to escort anAllied convoy to Malta on the surface, with the intent that it would be spotted by enemy aircraft?
... thatJoseph Jenckes Sr., a 17th-century blacksmith in Massachusetts, was granted the first machinepatent in America?
... that the historicalcard game ofBriscan has been described as a "Gothic extravaganza", squeezing "a truly phenomenal range of scores and melds" from a 32-card pack?
... thatLouis Dreller was decorated by both the United States and Brazil for designing and building WorldWar II warships?
... that in 543 a Byzantine army was unexpectedly defeated by a force less than one-seventh its size, during theirinvasion of Sasanian Armenia?
... that TwittersatiristColdwar Steve creates most of his works on a phone while travelling to work by bus?

00:00, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

John L. Whitehead Jr.

... thatJohn L. Whitehead Jr.(pictured) was the first African American to graduate from theU.S. Air Force Test Pilot School?
... that most of the scenes inYucatán were filmed onboard theMSSovereign during atransatlantic crossing, with the ship's actual passengers and crew acting asextras?
... thatDavid Timm, the director of music atLeipzig University, recorded hisJazz-Messe together withReger'sDer 100. Psalm?
... thatSAP SE,Aetna,Mrs. Fields Original Cookies, andBrooklyn Union Gas have all beenmanaged by wire?
... that from 1977 to 1982,Pierre Cangioni presentedTéléfoot, France's first dedicatedfootball television programme?
... that artificial alternatives to DNA calledXNA have been proposed to reduce somehazards of synthetic biology by preventing gene flow to natural organisms?
... that German entomologistFerdinand Rudow was described as "undoubtedly the most incompetent" taxonomist working withIchneumonidae?
... that members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce stole thePioneer Square totem pole from aTlingit village in 1899 and gifted it to theCity of Seattle?

19 February 2019

12:00, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Emperor goose with stained head

... that the head of theemperor goose(pictured) frequently turns from white to reddish-brown in summer, due to its feeding in tidal pools withiron oxide?
... thatChang Ya-chung was elected to theNational Assembly in 2005, but resigned on the first day to protest the parliament's formation?
... thatConnect Airways, a consortium that includesVirgin Atlantic, was created to take overFlybe—which had previously absorbed Virgin's domestic operations atHeathrow Airport?
... thatShubulade Smith has spoken up against perceived racism atMaudsley Hospital?
... that theLeipziger Universitätschor, part of centuries ofmusic at Leipzig University, received anEcho Klassik for a recording ofHugo Distler'sLiturgische Gesänge?
... that Swedishhandball playerJohan Jepson was the first onhis team to be honoured with atestimonial match?
... that due toan illegal electoral pact, the Scottish burgh ofStirling lost the right to elect aMember of Parliament in 1773?
... that ina story known in the Middle Ages, the sons of a dead king shoot arrows at his corpse?

00:00, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Hilda Ranscombe

... thatHilda Ranscombe(pictured) captaineda team that won ten consecutiveLadies Ontario Hockey Association championships?
... that the seaweedPadina boergesenii has been investigated for use as abioindicator ofheavy metal contamination?
... thatManny Parra's perfect game in 2007 was just the third nine-inningperfect game in thePacific Coast League's hundred-year history?
... thatSaleh Mohammad is the first politician fromJaisalmer district to become a minister ofRajasthan, India?
... thatFrancis Ford Coppola said he added "five three-minute nudie sketches in color toa stupid German movie that had been shot in black-and-white"?
... thatOscar de Beaux, in his 1930 publication "Biological ethics", was one of the first people to argue that conserving nature is ethical?
... thatLouise Creighton andKathleen Lyttelton founded the Cambridge UniversityLadies Dining Society in 1890 "not without an idea of retaliating on the husbands who dined in College"?
... that lava can formgas-filled balloons that float on water?

18 February 2019

12:00, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Banner of Kunság in 1618

... that the population ofKunság(banner pictured) was "almost entirely wiped out" during theOttoman occupation, before recovering through re-colonization?
... thatMaria Guajardo's doctoral dissertation on educational attainment amongLatina teens led to her hiring as Dropout Prevention Coordinator for theColorado Department of Education?
... that after winning aprofessional wrestling match atNWA New Years Clash,David Arquette shaved off the hair of his opponent?
... thatAndrew Cudworth popularised the classification of diabetes intotype 1 andtype 2?
... that theSurfSafebrowser extension is meant to combatfake news by spotting altered or misleadingly used images as they appear to a user?
... thatJoseph A. Sellinger oversaw the merger ofMount Saint Agnes College intoLoyola College in Maryland in 1971?
... that directorJon M. Chu pushed back production onCrazy Rich Asians by four months so actressConstance Wu could star in it?
... that in 1990, hornist, conductor, and composerSiegfried Geißler opened the inaugural session of the firstParliament of Thuringia?

17 February 2019

19:26, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

OK gesture

... that theOK gesture(pictured) can stand for theevil eye, the letter F, the number 9, the rising and setting of the sun, or to signal that ascuba diver is safe?
... that "Three Incarnations" byPu Songling may have been inspired by certain stories inFeng Menglong'sStories to Caution the World?
... thatArthur Blackburn was the firstSouth Australian to be awarded theVictoria Cross in WorldWar I?
... that the Indian organisationPoovulagin Nanbargal filed a case to prevent the commissioning of theKudankulam Nuclear Power Plant?
... thata small group of Holocaust survivors tried to kill six million Germans?
... thatStephen Twinoburyo, a Ugandan expatriate in South Africa, said that Ugandans were unhappy about the ticket prices for the2010 FIFA World Cup that took place in his new country?
... that while the Irish horror filmThe Green Marker Scare was animated by children, it is not made for them and may even unsettle some adults?
... that merchantGeorge Meade was once considered a patriot of theAmerican Revolution, but his firm actually profited from both sides during the war?

00:00, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Les Choristes (1877)

... thatEdgar Degas'sLes Choristes(shown), stolen in 2009 from theMusée Cantini inMarseille, France, was found in the luggage compartment of a bus outside Paris a year ago today?
... thatMegan Marie Hart has performed on stage inDetmold, Germany, as Puccini'sTosca and was soprano soloist in Mahler'sResurrection Symphony?
... thatRudyard Kipling may have coined the term "infantillery" to refer to theRoyal Artillery Mounted Rifles?
... that California and the entireeastern United States are undera quarantine restriction by the U.S. state of Washington designed to protect it fromapple maggot infestation?
... thatFirhad Hakim is the first Muslim to become theMayor of Kolkata since Indian independence?
... that an extract ofpeacock's tail is effective against thered cotton stainer?
... thatAsim Chaudhry, who plays Chabuddy G inPeople Just Do Nothing, starred as an AsianDonald Trump in the 2016 short filmDonald Mohammed Trump?
... that thecapital of the Arizona Territory moved fromPrescott toTucson, back to Prescott, and then toPhoenix in its first 25 years?
... that the name of theJapanese idol groupCrown Pop was not made public until their live debut?

16 February 2019

00:00, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Adele Spitzeder

... that some sources believeAdele Spitzeder(pictured) created the first documentedPonzi scheme in 1869?
... that the rhythm of the call of thefulvous owl has been likened toMorse code?
... that directorManoel de Oliveira completed the 2009 feature filmEccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl at the age of 100?
... that Hawaiian legislatorPius F. Koakanu was beaten by rioters because of his support for KingKalākaua in themonarchial election of 1874?
... thatBoybuloq Cave, the deepest in Asia, is located near Uzbekistan's highest village?
... that in 2017, theTucson Girls Chorus openedthe city's first public choir for girls and boys withspecial needs?
... that after he was named heir apparent to ownerGeorge Steinbrenner in 2005,Steve Swindal was bought out of theNew York Yankees in 2007?
... thatShin Hyun-hwak wasPrime Minister of South Korea for less than six months?

15 February 2019

00:00, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Au Bois de Boulogne

... thatGuth'sAu Bois de Boulogne(shown) depicts a fashionable crowd, including the courtesansLiane de Pougy andLa Belle Otero?
... that the work of physicianElizabeth Ross is still commemorated annually in Serbia despite her having spent only three weeks in the country?
... thatEidyn, aBrittonic district of the Early Middle Ages in present-day Scotland, is the source forEdinburgh's name?
... that Liberian-American authorWayétu Moore, once awar refugee, founded anonprofit organization which publishes culturally relevant books for children in countries with low literacy rates?
... that the Israeli video gamePiposh, to be released in 2019, will be areboot of the original 1999game of the same name?
... that thelaw center atWillamette University is named in honor ofOregon businessman and philanthropistTruman W. Collins?
... that construction on theThessaloniki Metro triggered the largest-everarchaeological dig in northern Greece, unearthing more than 300,000 individual artefacts?
... that theBAFTA-winning documentary73 Cows tells the story of Jay and Katja Wilde, beef farmers who gave most of their cows to theHillside Animal Sanctuary and took upvegan organic farming?

14 February 2019

00:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Golden-headed cisticola

... that thegolden-headed cisticola(pictured) has been described as the "finest tailor of all birds"?
... thatGord Renwick was part of the inaugural class of theOrder of Hockey in Canada in 2012?
... thatSPLA rebels captured a large amount of military equipment from theSudanese Armed Forces duringOperation Thunderbolt, but found much of it had degraded and was of no use?
... that whenWillem Kloos said toJacques Perk that they were the only two young talented poets in the Netherlands, Perk mentioned his childhood friendAugusta Peaux as a third?
... that in a review forMr. Shivers, debut novelistRobert Jackson Bennett was favorably compared toStephen King andJohn Steinbeck?
... that local residents had to wait ten years for step-free access atNewbury Park tube station?
... that in 2014, the Australian actorJackson Gallagher escaped without injury from arockfall during a climbing expedition at theFranz Josef Glacier in New Zealand?
... that after the release of the Netflix showTidying Up with Marie Kondo, charity shops in Washington D.C. reported a 66% increase in donations?

13 February 2019

00:00, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Kamehameha III,c. 1849

... that Hawaiian king Kamehameha III(pictured) relied on American and British advisors to fill hiscabinet?
... that after recapturing escapedLuftwaffe prisoners, the British officerGuy Dury is said to have remarked: "one really has to take off one's hat to them ... I really regret having to lock them up"?
... that a river will be diverted for the construction ofHohhot Shengle International Airport?
... thatWilliam Hoskins, the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk, also invented the electric heating coil, used to create the first electric toasters?
... that thecypress aphid is avector forcypress canker?
... that sopranoIldikó Raimondi, who appeared at theVienna State Opera in more than 40 roles includingPamina andMimì, sang the role ofMarzelline in the opening season of theValencia Opera?
... that the first discovered fossil of the dinosaurWeewarrasaurus was noted for being preserved in green-blueopal?
... thatStephen Godin was a steward of a house of penitent prostitutes?

12 February 2019

00:00, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

British ambulance stores during the war

... thatBritish ambulance units(stores pictured) served alongside armies of both combatants in theFranco-Prussian War?
... that for nearly 100 years, people thoughtManuel Trujillo Durán introducedcinema to Venezuela, though he was just a film technician at the time?
... thatBierlachs, a variant of Germany's national card game,Skat, is predominantly played for beer in pubs and restaurants?
... thatArthur R. Gralla was theUS Navy's fourth JewishVice Admiral?
... that the poem "The Aboriginal Mother" expresses grief about themassacre of at least 28 Aboriginal Australians at a time when a white settler said, "Why, we are poisoning the Blacks; which is much safer; and serve them right too!"?
... that Japanesevoice actressKaede Hondo decided to pursue a career in acting due to a misunderstanding?
... thatEarth's circumference aroundthe poles is almost exactly 40,000 kilometres or 21,600 (i.e. 360 × 60)nautical miles, because it was used to define those units of measurement?
... that after amastectomy ended her professional modeling career,Sue Miller assembled a fashion show featuring only models who have had breast cancer?

11 February 2019

00:00, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger

... that theInter-Allied Women's Conference, which opened in Paris 100 years ago today, marked the first time women were granted formal participation in an international treaty negotiation(conference organizerMarguerite de Witt-Schlumberger pictured)?
... that mountaineerMary Jobe Akeley was hailed as "the first white person and probably the first human being" to explore a remote peak in theCanadian Rockies that she called "Big Ice Mountain"?
... thatTyphoon Ofelia was the worst typhoon to hit eastern Taiwan in 30 years?
... thatJames Park Woods was awarded theVictoria Cross in 1918 for leading a small squad in the capture of a "very formidable" enemy post and the subsequent repulsion of multiple counterattacks?
... that the 1954social psychology bookThe Nature of Prejudice is considered a classic that defined the field ofintergroup relations?
... thatWilhelm Kempf,Bishop of Limburg from 1949 to 1981, took part in theSecond Vatican Council and introduced its innovations in his diocese, including spiritual discourse and open dialogue?
... thatAlabama's 28-point loss againstClemson in the2019 College Football Playoff National Championship was their worst-ever defeat under head coachNick Saban?
... thatGeoff Harvey, former musical director for theNine Network Australia, composed the theme song forThe Sullivans for his wife's cousin's wedding?

10 February 2019

00:00, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Flag of Somerset County, Maryland

... thatSomerset County, Maryland, adopted the style of the Union Jack astheir flag(pictured) before Great Britain did?
... thatRoy Inwood was awarded aVictoria Cross in 1917 for several actions including the capture of a German strongpoint and a machinegun nest, mostly singlehanded?
... thatMLS Cup 2005 featured the same teams and ended with the same scoreline asMLS Cup 2002?
... that the arrest ofAdán Medrano Rodríguez marked a shift in how the Mexican government tackleddrug cartels?
... thatFlorida's Amendment 4reenfranchised an estimated 1.4 million ex-felons?
... that Swedish pool playerMarcus Chamat has represented Europe at theMosconi Cup on 10 occasions?
... thatGeorge Tabori wroteGoldberg Variations as a play within a play, presenting biblical scenes satirically as a series of disasters?
... that thepenumbral lunar eclipse originally predicted to occur on18 August 2016 did not happen?

9 February 2019

00:00, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

The Hague map ofCrusader Jerusalem

... that almost all pre-modernmaps of Jerusalem(example pictured) were made by Christians for a Christian European audience?
... that in 1908,Silver Quilty was the first man to play theflying wing position inCanadian football?
... thata ditch in Scotland has been the subject of acts of parliament since 1696?
... that Australian actorGeorge Pullar attended an army boot camp to prepare for his role in the drama seriesFighting Season?
... thatLarry Kramer frequently invoked theAIDS–Holocaust metaphor and comparedReagan Administration officials to Nazi war criminals?
... that the role-playing video gameKenshi was inspired by stories of wanderingrōnin, and the idea of a survivor traveling a wasteland?
... thatJuan Gabriel's owncover of "Así Fue", which he originally composed forIsabel Pantoja, was the best-performing Latin single of 1998 in the United States?
... thatAlexina Maude Wildman's biting, sarcastic gossip column inThe Bulletin was headed by the cartoon image of an old woman, disguising the fact that she was in her 20s?

8 February 2019

00:00, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Walt Torrence

... thatWalt Torrence(pictured) was anAll-American college basketball player forUCLA before joining theUS Army and winning a gold medal at the1963 Pan American Games?
... that representatives from more than a dozen nations are reported to be attending today'sInternational Conference on the Situation in Venezuela inMontevideo, Uruguay?
... that NASAexobiologistDarlene Lim studies underwater volcanoes and desert stations in theCanadian High Arctic to prepare humans for missions toMars?
... that theCasualty production team wore medical scrubs on-set during the filming of the episode "One" so they could disguise themselves if they were caught on camera?
... thatMarshmello was listed byForbes as one of the ten highest-paid DJs, with $21 million in earnings in the twelve months before June 2017?
... that Slovak ultranationalists have exaggerated the number ofpresidential exemptions issued, in order to minimize the complicity ofJozef Tiso inthe Holocaust in Slovakia?
... that when taxonomistGloria Galeano first saw pictures of the newly discoveredSabinaria magnifica she described it as "the most beautiful of all Colombian palms"?
... that educatorJoseph Forbes had twenty-four children and two wives?

7 February 2019

00:00, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

La Grande roue de Montréal

... that the 60-metre-high (200 ft)Grande roue de Montréal(pictured), built inMontreal for the 375th anniversary of the city, is the tallestFerris wheel in Canada?
... thatHarold W. Chase argued thatconscription in the United States benefited theAir Force,Navy, andMarines at the expense of theArmy?
... that an egg strand of thesouthern reef squid is most commonly fertilized by three different males?
... that thebass-baritoneAlbert Dohmen appeared as Berg'sWozzeck at theSalzburg Festival in 1997, and as Wagner'sPogner atLa Scala in 2017?
... that the freighterSelah Chamberlain sank onLake Michigan after a collision with another ship?
... thatVictoria Loke, who had a role inCrazy Rich Asians, has advocated for therights of sex workers anddomestic workers?
... that theHomeric Minimum may have been responsible for permanent snow onMount Olympus, as referred to byHomer and inGreek mythology?
... that thePadule di Fucecchio massacre, in which at least 174 Italian civilians were murdered, has been described as "one of the worstNazi atrocities in Italy"?
... thatNazo Dharejo fought off 200 bandits in a gun battle that earned her a reputation as "Pakistan's toughest woman"?

6 February 2019

00:00, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Chun Afong

... that Chinese millionaire merchantChun Afong(pictured) made his fortune in the "Sandalwood Mountains" and had sixteen children witha descendant of Hawaiian royalty?
... that theNortheast Syrtis region onMars once had flowing water, and has sulfate and carbonate minerals?
... that topNational Hockey League prospectsQuinn andJack Hughes learned how to skate from their mother,Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, a world championship silver medalist?
... that indigenous peoples in theNorthern Territory of Australia would toss fruit of theriver fig into rivers to attract turtles?
... thatCharles J. Donlan was responsible for selecting theMercury Seven astronauts and led the team selecting theMercury spacecraft they flew?
... that in the presence ofred rock crabs, the shell of thefrilled dogwinkle tends to grow thicker, whereas whenpredatory starfish are around, it tends to grow longer?
... that two years before it closed due to lack of funds, theGustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights published the "Sheroes Womyn Warriors Wall Calendar" to raise money?
... that the Romanian pianistRadu Lupu's public debut at the age of 12 featured his own compositions?

5 February 2019

00:00, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

David Johnson

... that photographerDavid Johnson(pictured) was the first African-American student ofAnsel Adams?
... that the cable shipAlert almost completely isolated Germany from the worldwide telegraph network by cutting itssubmarine telegraph cables just hours after the outbreak ofWorldWar I?
... thatEdward Stanley scored no runs, and took no catches or wickets, during hisfirst-class cricket career?
... that cases against 9,700 Kashmiri youth in India were withdrawn by the government as part of its "healing touch" policy forpeacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir?
... that in reviewingJude the Obscure forLife,Cyclops found thatAlex Marshall as Arabella "steals the series"?
... that "Joy to the World" is one of the hymns based onPsalm 96, "Sing to the Lord a new song"?
... that in 1956, Germancivil servantErica Pappritz co-wrote a book onetiquette which included sections on correct odour and on howBonn diplomats liked to carry umbrellas?
... that after a nearby railroad station burned down, 12 horses pulled the oldCaldwell station on rafters to the site to replace it?

4 February 2019

00:00, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Kansas City Union Station

... thatKansas City Union Station(pictured) was constructed using cement manufactured by a mill inYocemento?
... thatJames Mason landed a role inNeighbours after two-thirds of the other actors in the audition dropped out upon learning the character was gay?
... that after becoming king,Kamehameha V proclaimed a constitution which restricted the power of thePrivy Council of the Kingdom of Hawaii?
... that an interview withSammy Woodhouse sparked an inquiry revealingthe sexual abuse of about 1,400 children inRotherham, England, between 1997 and 2013?
... that more than half the organic content of thetunic of theshiny orange sea squirt consists ofcellulose?
... that bass singerCarlos Feller made his debut at theTeatro Colón in 1946, and at theMetropolitan Opera in 1988 in his signature role of Don Alfonso in Mozart'sCosì fan tutte?
... that the1978–79 Penn Quakers men's basketball team was the only nine-seed to reach the Final Four of theNCAA Tournament until 2013?
... that members of the British Parliament are entitled to free snuff from theParliamentary snuff box, despite it being illegal to distribute it for free elsewhere?

3 February 2019

00:00, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Friedrich Spitta

... that whenFriedrich Spitta(pictured) revised "Im Frieden dein, o Herre mein", a 1530 German Lutheran communion hymn based on the biblicalNunc dimittis, he completely changed the meaning?
... that theSteinbrenner family hopes to own theNew York Yankees for "eternity"?
... that thethornback cowfish has plate-like scales which are fused together to form a solid, box-likecarapace?
... thatAmnon Rubinstein coined the term "enclave law" to describeIsraeli law in the West Bank settlements?
... that in 1909,Ivy Woodward became the first female member of theRoyal College of Physicians?
... that theChiquimula Department of Guatemala contains theBlack Christ of Esquipulas, one of the most important centres for religious pilgrimage in Central America?
... that Ugandan military commanderIsaac Maliyamungu reportedly wept after witnessing how much destruction his country's army had caused in Tanzania?
... that the restoration of theChesapeake and Ohio 1309 locomotive was set back when an employee stole thousands of pounds of brass fittings to sell as scrap?

2 February 2019

00:00, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Loschbour man

... thatDNA testing suggests thatLoschbour man(pictured), an 8,000-year-old human skeleton found in Luxembourg in 1935, had dark skin?
... thatCemile Timur founded, played for, and now coachesa football club recently promoted to theTurkish Women's First League?
... that the recently rediscovered and restored 1898 short filmSomething Good – Negro Kiss counters racist caricatures?
... thatPhilip Petty received theMedal of Honor for raising his regiment's colors during theBattle of Fredericksburg?
... that a storyline about domestic abuse from theeighteenth series ofHolby City sparked 177 calls to the BBC's support line?
... thatMamie Shields Pyle was instrumental in winning the right to vote for women inSouth Dakota?
... thatgreen-legged curly-tail lizards living in more open, exposed locations, tend to have longer limbs and faster sprint speeds?
... thatZura Karuhimbi saved the lives of more than 100 refugees during theRwandan genocide by pretending to be a witch?

1 February 2019

00:00, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Skeletal diagram ofPuertasaurus

... thatPuertasaurus(illustration shown), one of the largestdinosaurs, is known from only fourvertebrae?
... that French surgeonChristian Cabrol performed Europe's firstheart transplant in 1968?
... thatGrand Central Palace, a former exhibition center in New York City, was used at different times as a hospital and a U.S. Army induction center?
... that one wrestler was injured and another stripped of her championship after aprofessional wrestling bout involvingLady Shani went off script?
... that the lead singer of the English rock bandThe 1975 wrote the song "Sincerity Is Scary" in order to "denounce all of that postmodern fear of ... being real"?
... that Canada has enacted acap and trade program totax carbon emissions?
... that whenClive Garthwaite played on the same school cricket team as his identical twin brotherPeter, they caused confusion due to their similar looks?
... thatCrooked Billet was the site of the first house in London that had a telephone, as well as electricity for illumination, boiling a kettle, and ironing?

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