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30 November 2019

00:00, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Gongnyong Ridge

... thatGongnyong Ridge(pictured) inSeoraksan National Park, South Korea, acquired its name (lit. 'Dinosaur Ridge') from its peaks looking as "vigorous and dynamic as a dinosaur rising from the ground"?
... thatEllie Morrison is the first woman to serve as thenational commissioner of theBoy Scouts of America since its incorporation in 1910?
... that the massiveSasanian fortification ofIraj Castle lacks any structure in its interior?
... that actingU.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityChad Wolf stated that, as chief of staff, it was not his responsibility to determine whether theTrump administration family separation policy was right or wrong?
... that the parasitic waspLathrolestes luteolator has adopted theamber-marked birch leaf miner as a newhost?
... thatHedwig Porschütz, whorescued Jews during the Holocaust, was not honoured as an "unsung heroine" inWest Berlin because she had been a prostitute?
... thatVermont's first FM radio station renamed itselfWQCR, standing for "Wonderful Queen City Radio", in 1972?
... thatthe Queen briefly lived at 77South Audley Street?

29 November 2019

00:00, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Opening night of "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" at the OTL in Berlin, 1961

Opening night of the film
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder

... thatMutter Courage und ihre Kinder, a film adaptation ofBertolt Brecht's play with theBerliner Ensemble, premiered on the author's birthday(opening night pictured)?
... that American politicianSafiya Wazir came to Uzbekistan as a refugee from Afghanistan?
... that the 2019Basshunter song "Home" was described as a throwback to thebounce music of the 2000s?
... thatZeng Rongsheng organized a Sino-American joint investigation of the geology of theTibetan Plateau and examined the collision process of theIndian Plate with theEurasian Plate?
... that theNorthwestern Lumberman, known originally as theLumbermen's Gazette, was the firsttrade magazine for the U.S.lumber industry?
... that the ambrosia beetleEuplatypus parallelus cultivates fungi in the galleries it creates for its larvae?
... thatAlexandrea Owens became known as "theTitanic girl" after performing withLeonardo DiCaprio in theJames Cameron epic at the age of eight?
... that a local story suggests that, in 1912, a cow swam the entire 1,630-yard (0.93 mi; 1.49 km) length of theFoulridge Tunnel before being pulled out and revived with somebrandy?

28 November 2019

00:00, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Eugen Ernst

... that the appointment ofEugen Ernst(pictured) as president of the Berlin police prompted theSpartacist uprising of 1919?
... that a man claiming to beLynyrd Skynyrd'sBilly Powell fooledSioux Falls radio stationKRRO into letting him sing in their studios?
... that Chinese archaeologistDuan Qingbo found that theMausoleum of the First Qin Emperor bore similarities to theMausoleum at Halicarnassus built a century earlier?
... that women vendors at Victoriancharity bazaars were criticized for using the events to flirt with men?
... that 19th-century bridge builderZenas King built thousands of bridges across the continental United States, some of which are still standing?
... that thegreen spruce aphid often continues breeding throughout the winter, but thenymphs become dormant in the summer?
... thatIsabelle Kabatu, a Belgiansoprano of African origin, recorded the role of Dolly inErmanno Wolf-Ferrari's operaSly alongsideJosé Carreras in the title role?
... that the 2018 teen dramaSkate Kitchen was partly filmed with a camera mounted on a motorized skateboard deck traveling at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)?

27 November 2019

00:00, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Painting of lotus flowers
and birds by Li Yin

... thatLi Yin's paintings(example shown) were so sought after that as many as forty imitators in her area turned out fakes of her work?
... that British submarineHMS Sceptre towed anX-class midget submarine tasked with attacking German battleships off Norway?
... thatCarolyn F. Ulrich, who began her career with no formal library training, eventually became the chief of the periodicals division at theNew York Public Library?
... that England's 2019Tree of the Year, theAllerton Oak, was reportedly damaged inan 1864 gunpowder explosion?
... thatAaron Hawkins usesnail polish to guide laser light intooptofluidic devices to detectantibiotic resistance?
... that thesouthern black korhaan, native to South Africa, is becoming rarer due to loss of its natural habitat to agriculture?
... thatReuben Hill is considered the "founding father" of thesociology of the family discipline?
... that after recording material later compiled into the albumBreaking It Up!, Louis Prima leftColumbia Records in a disagreement over "Come On-a My House"?

26 November 2019

00:00, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Front view of Rye station

... that bothRye railway station(pictured) and its signal box areGrade II listed?
... thatCameron Chesterfield Alleyne was the first resident bishop in Africa for theAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion Church?
... thatVasily Kalinnikov composed hisSymphony No. 1 while suffering fromtuberculosis?
... thatAneurin Bevan led the establishment of theNational Health Service, which was inspired by theTredegar Medical Aid Society in his hometown?
... that in Nova Scotia, thetricolored bat roosts exclusively in the dangling fronds ofbony beard lichen?
... thatAdaora Adimora, an American professor who studiessexually transmitted infections among minorities, was named one of the top 100 African American leaders byThe Root in 2009?
... thatWXGM AM dropped its coverage ofWilliam & Mary Tribe athletics in favor of the smallerChristopher Newport University, since CNU offered to pay for the rights?
... thatPan Wen-Yuan is known as the "father" of theintegrated circuit industry in Taiwan despite having never studied, worked for pay, or settled there?

25 November 2019

00:00, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Flag flown by the NAACP

... that between 1920 and 1938, theNAACP flewa flag(pictured) at its New York headquarters to mark eachlynching that occurred in the United States?
... that as a 10-year-old,Lin Mei-hong joined a dance troupe in Taiwan founded by the Italian priestGian Carlo Michelini, and later choreographed for the troupe?
... that the treeDrypetes gerrardii was named afterWilliam Gerrard, who collected plants in southern Africa in the 1860s?
... thatCNN political correspondentMJ Lee became an American citizen during the2016 United States presidential election campaign, which she reported on?
... that thefirst Paleolithic sculpture of a woman found in modern times was excavated atLaugerie-Basse, one of thePrehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley?
... that in 2019, Ivorian footballerAmad Traoré became the first player born in 2002 to score in theSerie A?
... that the 1934 choral compositionTotentanz (Danse Macabre) byHugo Distler combinesmotets with spoken dialogue between Death and its victims?
... that Englishdiabetes specialistHarry Keen conducted a scientific study in which every adult in the town ofBedford was asked to provide a urine sample for testing?

24 November 2019

00:00, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Dulan village elders performing
at the 2016 Amis Music Festival

... that Taiwan'sAmis Music Festival(performers pictured) does not publish its schedule in advance, preferring to focus attention on the overall theme of aboriginal heritage rather than individual performers?
... that American diplomatGeorge Kent speaksUkrainian,Russian, andThai, as well as somePolish,German, andItalian?
... thatRed Dead Redemption 2 features1,200 actors and 500,000 lines of dialogue?
... that in 2005, multidisciplinary artistSerge Rezvani married actressMarie-José Nat, whom he had first met nearly half a century before?
... thatThe Boring Company plans to usecar elevators to lower cars into its proposed undergroundHyperloop system?
... that tropical ecologistWinifred Hallwachs helped develop and expand theÁrea de Conservación Guanacaste in Costa Rica, which is now a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site?
... that in 1972, theSchools Action Union organised two strikes by schoolchildren in London?
... that the main shrine of theHarshat Mata Temple depicts a royal figure and his consorts engaged in amorous activities?

23 November 2019

00:00, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Fred Rogers testifies before
a U.S. Senate subcommittee.

... thatFred Rogers's 1969 testimony(video shown) resurfaced in 2012 and 2017 to counter calls for defundingPBS and similar non-profit arts-related organizations?
... thatBenjamin Britten, who composedA Hymn of St Columba for the 1,400th anniversary ofSaint Columba's voyage toIona, wanted it sung "with fire"?
... that nurse and suffragetteMary Bartlett Dixon helped establish the first hospital inEaston, Maryland?
... that the male of the hoverfly speciesSyritta pipiens darts sharply in flight to facilitate mating?
... thatMustafa Güzelgöz was called the "Librarian with Donkey" as he circulated hundreds of books among villagers inÜrgüp, Turkey, on the back of a donkey?
... that theIsaac T. Hopper House, built during the development of one of New York City's wealthiest neighborhoods, is now ahalfway house for women?
... that Japanese fetish artistNamio Harukawa contributed artwork to aBDSM pulp magazine while still in high school?
... that in 1998 a buyer of Colorado radio stationKGRE risked his entire savings and maxed out seven credit cards to acquire it?

22 November 2019

00:00, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Jain temple atKiradu

... thatMāru-Gurjara architecture(example pictured) originated inGujarat andRajasthan from the 11th to 13th centuries, but can now be found inAntwerp andPotters Bar?
... that it tookPan Handian, a winner of theLifetime Achievement Award in Translation, 27 years to translateMachiavelli'sThe Prince into Chinese?
... that an owner of radio stationKPRB sold it to devote himself to his duties as the fire chief ofRedmond, Oregon?
... that in a Russian naval tradition, vice admiralViktor Mardusin presented the commander of one of his warships with a roast piglet?
... that infestations ofLeptoconops torrens biting flies have halted construction and farming projects in California?
... that during theApollo 11 program, biomedical engineerJudy Sullivan was instantly identifiable if she made an error as she was the only female voice onNASA's headset link?
... that after theBengal famine of 1943 was denied by authorities, news reports with images of the victims in English-language papers made it known internationally?
... that the unpaiddowry owed byLucia Visconti's family upon her marriage toEdmund Holland remained a source of friction betweenEngland andMilan for more than 60 years after her death?

21 November 2019

00:00, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Tamara Vrooman

... that in 2019,Vancity CEOTamara Vrooman(pictured) received theOrder of British Columbia for her contributions to a better quality of life in the province "and beyond"?
... that just prior to the construction of500 Fifth Avenue, the site on which it was built was reportedly the second most valuable undeveloped lot inManhattan?
... thatAkira the Hustler was a member of the Biters, aperformance art group whose members were both artists andsex workers?
... that the first incarnation of radio stationWYFI was described as running "on faith and LPs" and ending in an "Edsel-like burn" within a year?
... that Chinese government ministerXiao Han lost two sons in the1976 Tangshan earthquake?
... that in 2006,David Lehman said that poetJohn Ashbery had received more majorhonors and awards than any other living American writer?
... thatwith 21 goals, Hassan Maatouk is theLebanon national football team's all-time top goalscorer?
... that theSatanic nightjar can make a growling noise when disturbed?

20 November 2019

00:00, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Gara Medouar

... that a film set forThe Mummy was built atGara Medouar(pictured), an 11th-century fortress on a rock plateau nearSijilmasa, Morocco?
... that theWilliam Ulmer Brewery, the first brewery to be designated a New York City landmark, produced up to 3,200,000 U.S. gal (12,000,000 L) of beer per year?
... that withDanielle Dithurbide's appointment to anchor the morning newscast onLas Estrellas, a majority of Mexican news broadcasterNoticieros Televisa's news programs are hosted by women?
... that theRacecourse Ground, which hashosted more Wales home international matches than any other stadium, is the oldest stadium in the world still hosting international football fixtures?
... that Kurdish civil engineer and politicianHevrin Khalaf, who worked for tolerance among Christians, Arabs, and Kurds, was killed in the2019 Turkish offensive into Syria?
... thatSt. Charles College in Louisiana was the firstJesuit college established in the southern United States?
... that in addition to writing operas that premiered inPorto and Paris, Italian classical organist and composerFrancesco Filidei has collaborated with a singer-songwriter on a theatrical show?
... that soldiers were reduced to eating rats during theSiege of Masaka?

19 November 2019

00:00, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Page from Bach'sCredo,
revised by C. P. E. Bach

... thatmusicologistUwe Wolf conductedX-ray research to distinguishJ. S. Bach's handwriting in the score of hisMass in B minor from changes made by his son,Carl Philipp Emanuel(revised page pictured)?
... that in 1939, alert workers at West Virginia radio stationWBLK saved equipment from a devastating fire, and the station returned to the air within 45 minutes to report the blaze?
... that the diaries ofJames Humphreys, the "Emperor of Porn", were used to convict thirteen members of theMetropolitan Police Force of accepting his bribes?
... thatCalvert Vaux Park, named afterthe landscape architect found dead in a nearby bay, is largely made of landfill from the construction of theVerrazzano Bridge?
... thatXie Gaohua established theYiwu Market, which has grown into the world's largest small commodities market?
... that the last British troops left India in 1948, post independence, from theGateway of India?
... thatOrder of Canada recipientThelma Finlayson wasSimon Fraser University's first professor emerita?
... thatA. N. Wilson describedOxford'sClarendon Shopping Centre when it opened as "the most grotesquely horrible building I have ever seen"?

18 November 2019

00:00, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Female black-capped tanager

... that the femaleblack-capped tanager(pictured) moulds her nest by vibrating in it?
... that after having to leave her World War I posting in Greece upon contractingdysentery, Canadian nurseMabel Clint later re-enlisted to serve out the war in England and France?
... that more than 100 interviews were conducted for the 2019 documentaryQueer Japan?
... thatFrank Philipp Schlößmann designed the stage for Wagner'sRing cycle inBayreuth in 2006, and more recently created a large illuminated ring framing the stage forthe same work in Minden?
... that a scheme for declaring ten public and ten private institutions asInstitutes of Eminence has been approved in India?
... thatChen Zhongyi, an engineer born in Taiwan and educated in the U.S., taught the future Chinese presidentHu Jintao?
... that the stories inChestnut Street byMaeve Binchy, published posthumously in 2014, had been written over a period of decades and filed away in a drawer?
... thatCarla Lalli Music, the food director ofBon Appétit magazine, was the first general manager atShake Shack?

17 November 2019

00:00, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Naoshi Kanno

... that Japanesefighter aceNaoshi Kanno(pictured), credited with 25 confirmed kills, appears in the animeDrifters?
... that Irish republicanO'Donovan Rossa claimed that the phrase "England's difficulty is Ireland's opportunity" was typically used as an excuse for inaction?
... that having received the results of the1848 U.S. presidential election by telegraph,George F. Lewis helped publish the news ofZachary Taylor's win?
... that much of the stone material studied by archeologists at the 12th-century fortress ofTasghîmût nearMarrakesh has since been hauled off by local builders?
... thatDorothy Spiers was the first woman to qualify as anactuary in the United Kingdom?
... thatWACH-TV inNewport News, Virginia, pleaded with theFCC to regulate networks becauseanother station was "hogging" affiliations?
... thatRenatus Mészár, who made his opera debut at theMunich Biennale and then was a member of theNDR Chor, has appeared as Wotan in Wagner'sRing cycle, including on DVD?
... that theGuinness World Record for the largest bowl ofbraised pork rice is 647 kg (1,426 lb)?

16 November 2019

00:00, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

John Ystumllyn

... thatJohn Ystumllyn(portrait shown) has been described as the first black person ofNorth Wales "about whom we have detailed knowledge"?
... that in the 1858Staten Island Quarantine War, angry local residents burned down the United States' largest quarantine facility after years of opposition?
... that self-taught Israeli singer-songwriterIshay Ribo has released four studio albums, two of them certified gold and one platinum?
... thatRed Dead Redemption 2 wasdeveloped by a team of 1,600 people?
... thatSamuel May Williams borrowed against his brother's credit to purchase the 125-ton schoonerInvincible on behalf ofTexian rebels?
... that theIsla dela Victoria resort and casino under construction in Kawit Island,Cebu City, Philippines, is named for a city officer murdered for his role in the fight againstillegal fishing?
... thatMargaret Lyons, the first female vice president of theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation, was nicknamed the "Dragon Lady"?
... that for their 2019 documentary filmThe Elephant Queen, the two directors followed elephant herds for four years?

15 November 2019

00:00, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Michigan Firehouse Museum

... that theMichigan Firehouse Museum(pictured) is home to the largest collection offire truck bells in the United States?
... that Rear AdmiralMa Weiming has led the development of the electromagneticcatapult system for China's futureaircraft carriers?
... that the bark ofGuibourtia tessmannii is much esteemed in traditional medicine and is often removed from living trees?
... thatGeorge W. Hotchkiss published the world's firstlumber journal, theLumberman's Gazette?
... that a fake version ofBish's albumCarrots and Sticks became the sixth-bestselling album in Japan for the week of its release?
... thatGeorge Wimpey CEOJoe Dwyer thoughtgeneral contracting was a "mug's game" and converted the firm into a housebuilder?
... that the death of atrack marshal as a result of a two-car collision on lap five of the2001 Australian Grand Prix was not announced until after the race ended?
... thatJohn Cule was forced to learn Italian because hisbatman spoke no English?

14 November 2019

00:00, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Walk-in-the-Water

... thatWalk-in-the-Water(pictured), which made her maiden voyage fromBuffalo toDetroit in 1818, was the first steamboat to run on LakesErie,Huron, andMichigan?
... thatManisha Moun kept herboxing interest a secret from her father until he read in a newspaper that she had won a medal?
... that in hisPurcell Realizations,Benjamin Britten created arrangements for voice and piano of songs byHenry Purcell, as a commemoration of the 250th anniversary in 1945 of Purcell's death?
... thatAnne C. Morel was the first woman to become a full professor of mathematics at theUniversity of Washington?
... thatShinori Fort inHokkaido was twice sacked by theAinu?
... that businessmanDelford M. Smith acquired theSpruce Goose for theEvergreen Aviation & Space Museum inMcMinnville, Oregon?
... that subjects ofVenezuelan films of the 1890s includea dentist pulling teeth in a hotel anda man getting into a brawl with a stagecoach driver?
... that botanistGeorge R. Proctor collected more than 55,000 specimens, had 31 species named after him, and was convicted of a conspiracy to murder his wife?

13 November 2019

00:00, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

John A. Barnes III

... that 52 years ago today,PFCJohn A. Barnes III(pictured) was killed afterjumping on a grenade to save wounded comrades during theVietnam War?
... that New York City'sBeekman Tower, built as housing for women in college sororities, was later patronized by United Nations delegates?
... that cricketerYashasvi Jaiswal lived in a tent and soldpanipuri before becoming the youngestList A doublecenturion?
... that the assassin bugRhynocoris marginatus injects venomous saliva into its prey to paralyse it?
... thatRhode Island Public Radio's 2007 acquisition ofWAKX broughtNPR service to communities in southern Rhode Island for the first time?
... thatHelmuth Froschauer, a former member of theVienna Boys' Choir, later conducted the ensemble on 22 international tours?
... thatMassport is expanding itsLogan Express service, expecting to remove up to three million vehicle trips from the roads in and around Boston'sLogan International Airport?
... thatTsai Ying-wen jokingly said that his award-winning book had sold well because readers mistook the author as Taiwanese presidentTsai Ing-wen?

12 November 2019

00:00, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

Australian guard of honour on Remembrance Day, 1943, resting on arms reversed

Australian guard of honour,
Remembrance Day, 1943

... that therest on arms reversed command(pictured) is used as a mark of respect at funerals and occasions of mourning in some militaries?
... that a cross from the grave of a Canadian World War I soldier was brought back to Canada byW. A. Fry, and now hangs in St. Paul's Anglican Church inDunnville, Ontario?
... thatLouisiana radio stationWBOX lost more than 90 percent of its advertisers as a result of a 1965 boycott by theKu Klux Klan?
... that Chinese businessmanZhang Zhenxin bought a majority share of the Castlemartyr Resort in Ireland afterKanye West andKim Kardashian spent part of their honeymoon there?
... that eachXyloterinus politus larva has its own individual cradle?
... thatGwendolyne Cowart – the "youngest girl in the south" to obtain a commercial pilot's license – went on to serve as aWomen Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II?
... that the song "A Pittance of Time" was written to remind people to observe the two-minute silence onRemembrance Day?
... that the "GOETHE 1" car registration plate ofUC Irvine professorThomas P. Saine was featured in a German novel?

11 November 2019

00:00, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Lois Ellen Frank

... that whenLois Ellen Frank(pictured) first proposed her 2003James Beard Award–winning cookbook onNative American foods, publishers told her there was no such cuisine?
... that players are only likely to hear around one-third of all themusic created forRed Dead Redemption 2 in a standard playthrough?
... that before becoming a film director, Nepal'sNischal Basnet went to Australia to study3D animation, but ended up studyinghospitality and becoming a chef?
... that today'sMLS Cup 2019 will be the third cup final in four years to featureSeattle Sounders FC andToronto FC?
... thatChristof Nel staged the world premiere ofThomas Brasch's playRotter and the first production in German ofAulis Sallinen's operaKullervo?
... that in a single week in 1992, a four-man team includingMick Fowler andAndy Nisbet climbed all the main stacks ofthe Drongs?
... thatChristina Maria Rantetana was buried in a combined military-traditional funeral, with a salvo of shots as her body wasplaced in a niche 30 metres (100 ft) up a cliff?
... that Hawaii radio stationKKON's change of format from "beautiful music" to a rock-and-roll/country mix in 1974 lasted just one day?

10 November 2019

00:00, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Checkpoint Charlie on the night of 9/10 November 1989

... that thefall of the Berlin Wall(immediate aftermath pictured) was the result of a bureaucratic mistake?
... thatAnne L. Stevens disguised herself in order to enroll in the male-only mechanics pit crew at a race track?
... that UK prime ministerBoris Johnson said he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than seek an extension toBrexit under the terms of theEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019?
... that paediatricianJi Xiaocheng co-founded the firstneonatal intensive care unit in China?
... that thelamenting grasshopper seems to be expanding its range northwards in Italy, possibly as a result of climate change?
... that BelgianbassTijl Faveyts, recognized internationally since his 2006 performance as Mozart'sSarastro at theAix-en-Provence Festival, has portrayed both Fasolt and Hunding inDer Ring in Minden?
... that for hisnarrative poetry novelThe Long Take,Robin Robertson became the first poet and first Scot to win theWalter Scott Prize?
... thatJack Hadley founded his own black history museum inThomasville, Georgia?

9 November 2019

00:00, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Tumour cells in peripheralblood smear

... that in a condition known ascarcinocythemia, cells from cancerous tumours can be seen in patients'blood smears(example pictured)?
... thatJennifer Morgan, co-chief executive officer atSAP SE, is the first woman CEO of a company on theDAX index?
... that after a secret purchase from Europe, theSpecial Group became the first Indian troops to be equipped with theAK-47?
... that the death ofTony Renna and major accidents involving four other drivers led theIndy Racing League to lower car speeds and engine horsepower from the2004 Indianapolis 500 onward?
... that two men who plotted to assassinate KingGeorge I were arrested in theGreen Man public house in 1722?
... thatPeng Yuxing was a "czar" of China'smilitary–industrial complex?
... that a vandal "knew what he was doing" when he disconnected the fuse blocks toWEYY's transmitter, keeping it off the air for two and a half hours?
... that directorKunihiko Ikuhara sought to make the 1999 filmAdolescence of Utena "more naughty" than thetelevision series it was adapted from?

8 November 2019

00:00, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Robert Hunter

... thatRobert Hunter(pictured) wrote the lyrics to the Grateful Dead song "Dire Wolf" after watching a film adaptation ofThe Hound of the Baskervilles the night before?
... thatTogashi Masachika was restored to power by arebel army, only to later commitsuicide when confronted by a similar force?
... thatEdite Estrela MEP received 80,000 emails in opposition toa nonbinding European Union resolution in favour of sex education and other reproductive rights?
... thatMelissa Leilani Larson's playPilot Program imagines a future where members ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are asked to practicepolygamy again?
... that the Qarhan Playa's Bieletan subbasin – including theSuli,South Suli,Dabiele, andXiaobiele salt lakes – is China's largest source of brine lithium?
... that for his role in theannexation of Crimea in 2014,Yevgeny Bushmin was awarded themedal "For the Return of Crimea" by Russia, and placed under sanctions by the United States?
... that theUnion Literary Institute was established after theIndiana General Assembly barredAfrican Americans from attending public schools?
... thatwheelchair rugby co-inventorDuncan Campbell is nicknamed "the Quadfather"?

7 November 2019

00:00, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Xia Peisu

... thatXia Peisu(pictured), the "mother of computer science" in China, and her husbandYang Liming, who helped explainmagic numbers, were elected to theChinese Academy of Sciences at the same time?
... thatSeneca Village, a community composed mainly of free black people, was destroyed in the 1850s to make way for New York City'sCentral Park?
... that German engineerHermann Oestrich became a Knight of theLegion of Honour for developing theSnecma Atar turbojet engines?
... that just three years after starting radio stationWESQ,North Carolina Wesleyan College sold it, partly because of a failure to integrate the station into its curriculum?
... thatJames Brown, a visually impairedParalympian, recently climbed atop an aeroplane to protest against government inaction onclimate change?
... that theSociety of Gentleman Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity sought to increase the fees payable to solicitors and attorneys, which had been fixed for more than a century?
... thatPresident of Georgetown UniversityLawrence C. Gorman worked to have the first black students admitted as undergraduates?
... that one user said ofJOSS, an interactive programming system atRAND, "it's better than beer"?

6 November 2019

00:00, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Lang Ayre

... that theLang Ayre(pictured), the longest beach inShetland, has red sand?
... thatHall of Fame playersCurly Lambeau andArnie Herber both played in theGreen Bay East–Green Bay West football rivalry?
... that in 1985,Hezi Shai and two other captured soldiers were returned to Israel inexchange for 1,150 Palestinian and Lebanesesecurity prisoners?
... that the first chapter ofGo For It, Nakamura! was commissioned to fill a gap of empty pages in themanga magazine in which it was published?
... thatAbraham Groves is credited with performing the firstappendectomy in North America?
... that theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation wound up operating a radio station when it seized a failed Tennessee bank, which in turn had seizedWIDD?
... thatDing Shisun considered his own tenure as President ofPeking University a failure, but scholarJi Xianlin called him one of the two best presidents in the institution's history?
... thatpoison devil's-pepper has been used both as rat poison and as a traditional medicine for humans?

5 November 2019

00:00, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Michael Hargrave with other
medical students who assisted
at Bergen-Belsen

... that in 1945, British medical studentMichael Hargrave(pictured, second from right) volunteered to provide assistance in the Netherlands, but was sent to help survivors atBergen-Belsen concentration camp instead?
... thatToki Pona, aconstructed language devised in 2001, uses only around 120 to 125 root words?
... thatRamatoulie DK Sanneh, The Gambia's first woman general, has campaigned against gender-based violence?
... thatRamin Djawadi was nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for an episode of theWestworld season 2 soundtrack, but lost out to his own work onGame of Thrones season 7?
... thatJiang Weipu has been called the "patron saint oflianhuanhua"?
... that theassassin bugRhynocoris longifrons will feed on moth larvae in preference tosap-sucking pests?
... thatMikhail Semyonov swapped a career in mining for one in politics, rising to the position of Chairman of thePeople's Khural of Buryatia?
... thatMill Creek, Washington, was not named after a mill or a creek?

4 November 2019

00:00, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Brants's whistling rat

... thatBrants's whistling rat(illustration shown) seldom ventures more than 30 cm (12 in) from one of the many entrances to its burrow?
... thatKhema, one of the Buddha's chief female disciples, attainedenlightenment before even becoming a nun?
... that none of the people who established North Carolina radio stationWVSP had any prior experience in radio broadcasting?
... that Hungarian pianistsMárta Kurtág andher husband performed together for 60 years, often from his collection entitledJátékok ('Games')?
... that Brazil was the only country with an exhibit at the 1918Bronx "World's Fair"?
... that RabbiShimon Baadani, a senior leader of Israel'sShas party, once said that those who did not vote for the party would go to hell?
... that theSierra de Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin mountain range in Mexico is made up of more than one hundred volcanic cones?
... thatErnest Graves Jr. was one of four generations of his family to go toWest Point, all of whom graduated first or second in their class?

3 November 2019

00:00, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Mother Poulard in front of her restaurant

... thatan omelette created byMother Poulard(pictured) is one of the major tourist attractions inMont-Saint-Michel, France?
... that today's2019 Rugby World Cup Final between England and South Africa is a repeat ofthe 2007 final?
... thatThomas Sturgis was a prisoner of war in theAmerican Civil War, a prominent cattle grower, andNew York City Fire Commissioner?
... that a 1945 ordinance by theCebu City Council was the first to regulatecockfighting venues in the Philippines?
... that inThe Book of Gutsy Women, the mother-and-daughter authors feature, among others, the 17th-century nunJuana Inés de la Cruz and climate activistGreta Thunberg?
... that CanadianSoundCloud rapperbbno$ became interested in music after suffering a back injury that prevented him from pursuing his dreams as a competitive swimmer?
... that theAll Blacks were oncedefeated by Rhodesia, a non-test rugby playing country?
... thatKurt Rackow and his soldiers were trapped for hours during theBattle of Verdun, even though their comrades were just 20 ft (6 m) away?

2 November 2019

00:00, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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Protesters in Hong Kong

... that "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times", a slogan commonly chanted at the2019 Hong Kong protests(shown), was first used for aLegCo campaign in 2016?
... thatBill Walton made 21 of his 22 field goal attempts in the1973 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game?
... that Swedish sociologistUlf Himmelstrand has been called the "father of sociology in Nigeria"?
... thatXHFAMX-TDT "La Octava", which opens tonight, marksGrupo Radio Centro's return toMexico City television for the first time since 1972?
... thatGrigory Skornyakov-Pisarev wrote onmechanics, investigateda tsarina, was in charge of theLadoga Canal, and sported with concubines as commandant ofOkhotsk?
... that the filmUnder the Knife argues that Britain's state-runNational Health Service is being intentionally privatised?
... that in his 1950 speech at the United Nations, Chinese diplomatWu Xiuquan demanded that the United States withdraw its forces from Taiwan and Korea?
... thatrings of modular forms arestacky thanks toGAGA?

1 November 2019

00:00, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Shey, the capital of Maryul

... thatLadakh was originally calledMaryul(capital pictured), the "lowland" of West Tibet?
... that AmericantenorJoshua Guerrero stepped in at late notice to sing Almaviva in aGrammy Award-winning production ofThe Ghosts of Versailles?
... that the common name of theHalloween darter refers to the orange and black coloration that individuals develop during the breeding season?
... thatZdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková established the first girls' secondary school inMoravia?
... that theskeleton frogBoophis popi can be identified by its bright red irises?
... that the namesake ofBetsy Head Park left half her estate to the New York City parks system and only $5 to her daughter?
... that theCoffin Cave mold beetle may not actually be found in Coffin Cave?
... that forensic artists at theUniversity of Dundee used 100-year-old photographs of a skull to digitally recreate the face ofan accused witch in Scotland?

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