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30 September 2019

00:00, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Salomon Klass

... that when a German colonel found out that Finnish captainSalomon Klass(pictured) was Jewish, he said "I have nothing personal against you as a Jew" and gave him theHitler salute?
... that a 2008 plea bargain to settle criminal charges against financierJeffrey Epstein has been described as asweetheart deal?
... thatJohn Deane and his crew of theNottingham Galleycannibalised in desperation the ship's deceased carpenter when the ship wrecked onBoon Island in 1710?
... that the 56-storyEssex on the Park in theChicago Loop was built on a former swimming pool?
... that Swedish scientistMarie Dacke discovered thatdung beetles can use theMilky Way to navigate at night?
... thata clandestinely-distributed poem about theKurds became aUkrainian symbol of national revival and resistance against the Soviet Union?
... thatDorothy Olsen was one of only twelve American women certified for night flight in World War II?
... that theSeventh German Inner Africa Research Expedition served as cover for a secretFirst World War espionage mission?
... that in June 2019,Hamilton Tiger-Cats placekickerGabriel Amavizca became the first non-Canadian or non-American player to score points in aCanadian Football League regular season match?
... that high school radio stationWGAG-FM had a yearly budget of US$200, which it raised by selling donuts and clearing lawns?

29 September 2019

00:00, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

White-Robed Guanyin,
by Qiu Zhu

... that 16th-century Chinese painterQiu Zhu was known for her depiction ofGuanyin(pictured), the goddess of compassion popular among women?
... that in theZambrów massacre, during the September 1939invasion of Poland, GermanWehrmacht soldiers murdered more than 200 Polish prisoners of war?
... thatJ. J. Stiffler's "unparalleled" and "landmark" bookTheory of Synchronous Communications (1971) sprang fromNASA's need for power-efficient synchronization of data transmission for itsspace probes?
... that whenHarley-Davidson demanded that William Morris take its signs down from his store, he put them on display in hisBill's Old Bike Barn?
... thatAndrea Ihle performed the role of Ännchen in Weber's operaDer Freischütz in the opening performance of the rebuiltSemperoper in Dresden?
... that thephoulkon was ashield wall formation of thelate andEast Roman army, which classical writers described as both atestudo and aphalanx?
... that two months after being unable to walk properly, Indianlong jumperM. Sreeshankar won the bronze medal at the2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships?
... that following astrike atLundy's Restaurant in New York City, its owner announced that it would "never reopen" – only to have it reopen a few months later?

28 September 2019

00:00, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Bangs's monument atRosehill Cemetery

... thatGeorge Bangs's cemetery memorial features amail car(pictured), carved to scale, commemorating his leadership of theRailway Mail Service?
... that in September 1610,Monteverdi dedicated toPope Paul V hisVespro della Beata Vergine, a complexvespers composition which included the style of theemerging opera?
... thatJihan Wu co-foundedBitmain, the world's largest computer chip company forbitcoin mining?
... thatSheep Meadow in New York City'sCentral Park has been used as a sheep pasture, for festivals and concerts, and as a helicopter landing site?
... thatfootballerSean Morrison was described as being "45 minutes from death" before undergoing emergency surgery?
... that thedune hairy-footed gerbil locates its burrows close to plants, where the roots stabilise the shifting sand?
... thatSemin Öztürk Şener is Turkey's first female professional civilianaerobatic pilot?
... that during thecapture of Wakefield, some historians claim that the town's commander led a counterattack "in his nightshirt" because he washungover?

27 September 2019

00:00, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Type 273Q atop the mast ofHMSDuke of York

... that one of the firstmicrowave radars, the BritishType 271(Type 273Q pictured) on boardHMSDuke of York, led to the night-time sinking of theGerman battleshipScharnhorst?
... that Philadelphia-based physicianCharles Sajous, called the "father of Americanendocrinology", received the FrenchLegion of Honour and the VenezuelanOrder of the Liberator?
... thatNg On-yee won the2018 Women's World Snooker Championship without losing a singleframe in all six of her tournament matches?
... that at his death in 1881,Victoriano G. de Ysasi owned a nearly complete collection of the stamps of Spain?
... that afterKSJU radio was forced off FM and onto a cable system, students at theCollege of Saint Benedict could not listen to it on campus, even though their activity fees supported it?
... thatJeni Bojilova-Pateva became a women's rights activist when she was barred from teaching because she was married?
... that theiPhone 11 Pro is the first iPhone to feature a "Pro" designation, which was previously used only for larger Apple devices?
... that just prior to his arrest in 2019, investigative journalistIvan Golunov was examining the links between Moscow funeral businesses and theFederal Security Service?

26 September 2019

00:00, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Central Park

... that in the 1860s, the land for New York City'sCentral Park(pictured) was purchased for a higher price than was paid forAlaska?
... that Emirati geneticistHabiba Alsafar was named as one of the "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" of 2015?
... that at approximately 5,000 years old, theLothagam North Pillar Site is thought to be the earliest and largestmonumental cemetery in eastern Africa?
... that a mural ofWilliam Rath depicts him drinking from aFountain of Youth?
... that despite its title, the Venezuelan filmMuchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo ('Kids bathing at the lagoon of Maracaibo') also features street shots of the city ofMaracaibo?
... that a court incommunist Romania found bankerAristide Blank guilty of high treason, based on his meetings with foreigners and notes from Blank's unpublished novel?
... that the folk tales inBernard Binlin Dadié'sThe Black Cloth express the "African sense of community" and the "wisdom of an ordered society" in the face of French claims of moral superiority?
... that Russian journalistVsevolod Kukushkin said theSoviet Union national ice hockey team was nicknamed "The Red Machine" due to a Minneapolis newspaper headline?

25 September 2019

00:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Jawaharlal Nehru and his sister Nan

... that the bookBefore Freedom contains 38 years of letters fromJawaharlal Nehru to his sisterNan(both pictured), including some he wrote while imprisoned duringIndia's fight for independence?
... that in 1822John Henry Wishart gave the first description in English oftype 2 neurofibromatosis?
... thatsome protesters have described "Glory to Hong Kong" as the unofficial national anthem of Hong Kong?
... that with his appointment to head the 12th Submarine Squadron, Rear-AdmiralAndrei Volozhinsky commanded nearly 14 percent ofstrategic Russian warheads and 63 percent of Russia's naval strategic nuclear forces?
... that theGeorgetown University School of Dentistry was established duringJerome Daugherty's tenure asuniversity president?
... thatTove Lo wrote the plot for the music video of her song "Timebomb", inspired by the "kind of love that can't last forever because it isn't allowed to or it's not socially accepted"?
... thatNational Route 280 was of defensive importance to the Japanese, who feared a Russian incursion intoEzo?
... that American writerJan Fortune was born in the back of a post office inWellington, Texas?

24 September 2019

00:00, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Sketch of the hall of the Ringkirche by Otzen

... that in 1894, theRingkirche was the first Protestant church to follow theWiesbadener Programm ofJohannes Otzen, which focused on providing a clear view of the combined altar, pulpit, and organ areas (architect's sketch shown)?
... thatMary van Kleeck, a social reformer and labor activist, was the first woman appointed to a position of authority in theAmerican government during World War I?
... that themetabolic rate ofRhoptropus bradfieldi is about a quarter of that of other desert lizards?
... that following an injustice suffered by the British consul,Charles Sotheby trained his frigate's guns on theBey of Rhodes' house and opened fire?
... thatthe Lake, completed in 1858, was the first feature to be finished in New York City'sCentral Park?
... thatLeo Frobenius led 12German Inner Africa Research Expeditions between 1904 and 1935?
... that Filipino-born scientistYe Zhupei foundedchemical metallurgy in China, while his American wife became an English professor who taught the future Chinese foreign ministerLi Zhaoxing?
... thatKatharine Hepburn is said to have encountered snakes in the living room ofMisty Mountain?

23 September 2019

00:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

General Bernard A. Schriever of the United States Air Force

Bernard Schriever

... that whenBernard Schriever(pictured) was promoted to general in 1961, GeneralCurtis LeMay looked at his four stars and said that had it been up to him, Schriever would not be wearing them?
... that during theBattle of Bovey Heath,Royalist officers escaped by "throwing their stakes of money", which the enemy soldiers paused to collect?
... thatKevin Harlan said his "first good move" in sports broadcasting was getting into radio atWGBP-FM?
... that after 78-year-oldMaggy Hurchalla was ordered to pay US$4 million for interfering with a mining company, herkayaks were seized?
... that theCelebes warty pig has been domesticated and introduced into other Indonesian islands?
... thatbassistFred Thomas performed withJames Brown for over thirty years?
... that the African tropical treePouteria adolfi-friedericii was named after aGerman explorer?
... that the gynaecologistMargaret Puxon, who started studying law to prevent boredom while on maternity leave, eventually became a barrister?

22 September 2019

00:00, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

A child picks chili peppers in an Indonesian home garden.

... thatjackfruits andchili peppers(pictured) are among the many crops planted inIndonesian home gardens?
... that in his novelA Time of Terror,Douglas Morey Ford imagined anarchists attempting to overthrow the British government?
... that despite its large screen size, theSamsung Galaxy A90 5G can be operated with one hand?
... that it has been claimed that theCrawley Edge Boatshed is the most photographed travel attraction inPerth, Western Australia, ahead ofElizabeth Quay,Cathedral Square, and theSwan Bells?
... that the1985 World Snooker Championship holds the record for the highest-rated post-midnight broadcast in the United Kingdom?
... that whenYu Dunkang was denounced as a "rightist" and banished from academia for twenty years, he found solace in the early Chinese philosophy ofXuanxue?
... that theBa Congress failed to prevent theAllies of World War II from breaking off contact withDraža Mihailović'sChetnik movement?
... thatScyller Borglum anda deceased candidate both won the same election?

21 September 2019

00:45, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Ignacio Garriga

... thatIgnacio Garriga(pictured) is the first politician of African descent in the recently formed Spanish populist partyVox?
... that nests of theblack-tailed tree rat resemble those of thered-billed buffalo weaver?
... thatGeorge Fayad is depicted ina painting of eminent international surgeons that was shown at theNational Portrait Gallery in London?
... thatthe Battery inLower Manhattan containsan old fort that later served as a theater, immigration processing center, and aquarium?
... thatDer Club, a weekly German-language talk show onSwiss television discussing current topics, was first aired in 1985 asZischtigsclub ('Tuesday Club')?
... that Yale University pediatricianGrover Powers gave liver extract as a nutritional supplement to children withceliac disease?
... that theNinth German Inner Africa Research Expedition recorded 2,000 examples ofrock art?
... that afterU-2 spy aircraft piloted byYeh Changti andChang Liyi were shot down over China, the United States began prioritizing the development of drones atArea 51?

20 September 2019

12:00, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Janice Kavander

... thatJanice Kavander(pictured) once sang both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems at a hockey game – in Sweden?
... that althoughSchreber's yellow bat is believed to be aninsectivore, the relatedwhite-bellied yellow bat has been observed to eat dead bats in captivity?
... that African-American suffragistMaud E. Craig Sampson Williams was denied membership in theNational American Woman Suffrage Association?
... thatWhat Did You Eat Yesterday? was one of the first pieces of mainstream Japanese media to substantially depict acohabiting gay male couple?
... thatSir Donald Douglas was President of theRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and his sonSir Neil Douglas was President of theRoyal College of Physicians of Edinburgh?
... that the death penalty inMissouri was restored in large part due to thelynching of Jay Lynch?
... thatPolish resistance memberAlicja Iwańska became an academic and compared political, religious, and racial persecution in Europe to U.S. segregation restrictions?
... that in 1975, afield mouse knockedMichigan radio stationWKJR off the air for 45 minutes?

00:00, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Hurricane Dorian approaching peak intensity over theAbaco Islands on September 1

... thatHurricane Dorian(pictured) wasthe strongest hurricane on record to strikethe Bahamas?
... that whenOsama bin Laden issued his 1998fatwa proclaimingjihad against the U.S. and its allies, many Islamic jurists stressed that he was not qualified either to proclaim jihad or to issue a fatwa?
... thatCatherine Lutz was the first female general in theMississippi National Guard?
... that thephloem sap ofPhyllanthus balgooyi contains up to 16.9 per centnickel by weight, giving it a bright green color?
... that according toJohannes Latuharhary, the education system of theDutch East Indies inAmbon, Maluku, was designed to create "scribes and clerks, soldiers and sailors"?
... that theShore Theater, originally designed to satiate "the great need inConey Island for an all-year amusement", is being redeveloped into Coney Island's first new hotel in 50 years?
... thatWilliam Smith was prompted to writeThe Annals of University College after theCourt of King's Bench proclaimed the wrong person to be the founder ofUniversity College, Oxford?
... that animplicature might tell you that the nephew of Mrs Jenkins, an old windbag, is standing right behind you?

19 September 2019

12:00, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Baba Anujka at her1929 trial

... that Serbian poisonerBaba Anujka(pictured), aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?
... thatCarlton le Willows Academy alumni include cricketerMark Footitt,Air Supply singer/guitaristGraham Russell, and balloonistJanet Folkes?
... thatPara Mi, the debut studio album byCuco, touches on recent problems that he has experienced first-hand, including a tour bus accident that sent him and his band to the hospital?
... that althoughhoneynut squash originated about forty years ago, it has only been in markets for four years?
... that whenrag sorterMary Fitzpatrick was tried for murder, the jury included six aristocrats and the judge wasSir Henry Hawkins of the High Court, known as "Hanging Hawkins"?
... that theElevador de Aguas de Gordejuela housed the first steam engine onTenerife?
... that according toJennifer Foster,Iron Age metalsmiths of high-quality goodsin Britain might have been itinerant rather than having a fixed abode?
... thatLeo Frobenius announced the discovery of thelost city of Atlantis during hisFourth German Inner Africa Research Expedition?

00:00, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Temple of Bziza

... that theRoman temple of Bziza(pictured), dedicated to theSemitic godAzizos, was converted to a church by theByzantines?
... thatBetter Together's "The woman who made up her mind" advert opposingScottish independence so upset politicianSandra Grieve that she changed her mind and began supporting independence?
... thatRalph Henry Gabriel founded the American Studies Department atYale University but later resigned in protest during theCold War?
... that theCarroll Street Bridge is one of four remaining retractable bridges in the United States, and one of two in New York City?
... that obstetricianJames Scott showed that certain diseases in newborns were caused by their mothers'antibodies crossing the placenta?
... that the territory ofCentral Australia existed only from 1927 to 1931?
... that afterMary Ma orchestratedLenovo's acquisition ofIBM's PC division, she was named byForbes as the 57th most powerful woman in the world?
... that the cut flesh of thebitter tooth mushroom smells of watermelon?

18 September 2019

12:00, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Dogū with palmspressed together

... that thedogū with palms pressed together(pictured) is one of the fivedogū that have been designatedNational Treasures of Japan?
... thatSahraa Karimi is the first and only woman inAfghanistan who has a PhD in filmmaking?
... thatThe New York Times'sThe 1619 Project, which aims to re-examineslavery in the United States, was developed in collaboration with thePulitzer Center for use in schools?
... thatfootballerJosh Yorwerth received what is believed to be the longest doping-related ban in English football history?
... thatThomas's rope squirrel can communicate with other squirrels vocally or by stamping?
... that South African Member of ParliamentWynand Boshoff is the grandson of assassinatedapartheid-era Prime MinisterHendrik Verwoerd?
... that backlash overDodge City, Kansas, radio stationKTTL's racist programming and its refusal to pay property taxes left the station with just one advertiser by 1983?
... that during theFirst World War, theWomen's Reserve Ambulance Corps was criticised in the contemporary press for "encroaching too closely on male territory"?

00:00, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Brigitte Kronauer

... that writerBrigitte Kronauer(pictured), who won theGeorg Büchner Prize, theJean Paul Prize, and theThomas Mann Prize, was described as both "a master of spite" and having "great kindness"?
... that theNarsaq stick was the first Viking Agerunic artifact discovered inGreenland?
... that though she lacked her brothers' opportunities for formal schooling, the IrishsuffragistMary Ward was the first woman to pass theCambridge moral sciences tripos with first class honours?
... thatMonowai volcano is growing so quickly that it frequently collapses, generating landslides?
... thatfootballerMegan Wynne played forTottenham Hotspur while also working full-time in the club's human resources department?
... that there is a myth that the pieces of the broken tail of theslender glass lizard can grow into new lizards?
... that Russian ambassador to EgyptSergei Kirpichenko was the son ofVadim, former KGBresident to the country, andValeriya, a philologist specialising in Arabic literature?
... that an unauthorized student pilot was in control ofAeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 up until five seconds before it crashed?

17 September 2019

12:00, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Lady Burton's rope squirrel

... thatLady Burton's rope squirrel(pictured) was named in honour ofIsabel Burton, wife of British explorerSir Richard Burton?
... thatMajor League Baseball playerCole Sulser has two degrees in engineering fromDartmouth College?
... thatUlrike Sonntag, asoprano at theStaatsoper Stuttgart and an academic voice teacherin Stuttgart, recorded an oratorio byFanny Hensel and psalm settings byLili Boulanger?
... that the submarine volcanoVailulu'u was named after a sacred rain and might become an island in the future?
... thatBush Terminal, anintermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex in New York City, was once so large that it had its own judicial system?
... thatYang Hongxun designed the National Museum of Chinese Writing in the form of an ancient pictographic character fromoracle bones?
... that the final of the2017 World Women's Snooker Championship was the longest ever recorded best-of-11-frames match, lasting over eight hours of playing time?
... that formerOregon state representativeOle W. Grubb and his wife had nine children of their own and cared for about 160 foster children?

00:00, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Ye Zhemin at graduation from Peking University

... that asherd of pottery found byYe Zhemin(pictured) led to the identification of the kiln site for the rareRu ware of theSong dynasty?
... that the1805 Treaty of Potsdam committed Prussia to joining theWar of the Third Coalition, but was effectively ended by theBattle of Austerlitz less than a month later?
... thatDorothy Christian Hare was the first womangeneral physician to be elected a fellow of theRoyal College of Physicians?
... that despite theZulu serotine bat having a widespread distribution in Africa, it is not known where it roosts during the day?
... thatlieder singer and voice teacherFranziska Martienssen-Lohmann's textbook for singers was recommended for general readers interested in "the human instrument"?
... that while the American companyRoper was the largest stove producer in the world, they also produced artillery shells during World War II?
... thatJosé Naranjo delivered the head of his own brother toDiego de Vargas, theSpanish governor of New Mexico?
... thatTaylor Swift usesLeonardo DiCaprio as an example to explainsexism in her song "The Man"?

16 September 2019

12:00, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Chrysler Building

... thatArt Deco architecture of New York City was typified by the use of new metals, such as the stainless steel and aluminum of theChrysler Building(pictured)?
... thatKazuo Wada spent decades building his parents' grocery store into the multinational retailerYaohan, but became almost penniless after it went bankrupt during the1997 Asian financial crisis?
... that in 1991, theSacred Heart Church of the First Peoples became Canada's firstnational parish forindigenous people?
... thatJohn Howland established the United States' first full-time pediatric department at theJohns Hopkins Hospital?
... that after theSiege of Ghent, the victorious commander, theDuke of Marlborough, claimed the garrison was so numerous that it took their army "from ten in the morning till seven at night" to evacuate the town?
... that2016 Paralympics para-rowing gold medalistRoman Polianskyi started experiencing symptoms ofStrumpell disease at the age of ten?
... thatclover grass used to grow in the Pacific Ocean, but has not been seen there since a severe storm in 1996?
... that surgeon SirJames Dundas-Grant conducted his own orchestra?

00:00, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Silver dirham minted in the name ofZiyad ibn Abi Sufyan

... thatZiyad ibn Abi Sufyan(dirhams pictured), the first governor of a unified Iraqi province, restarted the Muslim conquests inKhurasan?
... thatYella Beezy's father was murdered when the rapper was 12 years old?
... that a dark form of theAngolan slender mongoose is found to the south of theCunene River and a pale form to the north?
... thatThuy Trang became so ill on her voyage out of Saigon to seek political asylum in the US that other passengers wanted to throw her overboard, thinking she was dead?
... that theBronx–Whitestone Bridge's stiffening trusses accounted for a quarter of the weight held up by its suspension cables, contributing to the bridge's deterioration and necessitating their removal?
... that after studyingexcavated legal documents from the ancientQin dynasty,Gao Heng concluded that Qin's sentence ofpenal servitude was a lifelong punishment?
... thatAriana Grande's song "In My Head" includes a voicemail recorded by her best friend, Doug Middlebrook, because it suited the lyrics?
... that in 1862, the pilot of the steamboatSpread Eagle rammed into theEmilie in a desperate attempt to reachFort Benton first?

15 September 2019

12:00, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Pholiota squarrosoides

... that the mushroomPholiota squarrosoides(pictured) has decayed logs of the treesAcer saccharum andTilia glabra in theGreat Lakes region of the US?
... that whileGreenpeace activistSteve Sawyer was celebrating his birthday ashore with his crew, French agents bombed and sank their boat, theRainbow Warrior?
... thatBharatiya Janata Party politiciansManeka Gandhi andSantosh Gangwar, current members of the17th Lok Sabha, have been elected to theIndian lower house for the eighth time?
... that during theEnglish Civil War,Katherine Stuart smuggled messages fromCharles I to royalist sympathisers in London?
... that in 1949, the students ofNorthwestern Schools underwrote the US$40,000 cost to buildKTIS inMinneapolis, the first radio station ofNorthwestern Media?
... that Australian astrophysicistKirsten Banks was inspired to learn about herWiradjuri heritage while training at theSydney Observatory?
... thatAlexander's bush squirrel is named after LieutenantBoyd Alexander, a British Army officer, explorer, and ornithologist?
... that 19-year-oldmxmtoon, who recordslo-fi songs in her parents' guest bedroom, reached 100 million streams and nearly sold out an international tour before releasing her first album?

00:00, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Samarjitsinh Gaekwad

... that in 2013,Sangramsinh Gaekwad and his nephew,Samarjitsinh Gaekwad(pictured) – the unofficial Maharaja ofBaroda – settled a 23-year-long legal inheritance dispute worth more than₹20,000 crore (US$3 billion)?
... that the cause of the 1957 crash ofPan Am Flight 7 was never determined?
... that research by Chinese professorWang Buxuan resulted in the doubling ofammonia production at a major chemical plant inSichuan province?
... that theSamsung Galaxy A70's triple-lens camera can create abokeh effect through a 3D depth sensor?
... that Oregon state legislatorVernon A. Forbes drowned while fishing in an Oregon lake?
... that themyth of the clean Wehrmacht persisted in Germany until the 1990s, when it was eroded by theWehrmacht Exhibition?
... that Canadiandressage riderTina Irwin was forced to restart after a power outage at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, and achieved a 2017 world record small tour score on her next attempt?
... that in 1865,Confederate losses during theAmerican Civil War were characterized as "blessings in disguise"?

14 September 2019

12:00, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Empress Elisabeth Bridge

... that theEmpress Elisabeth Bridge(pictured), achain bridge over theElbe that opened in 1855, was named in honor of the newly marriedElisabeth of Austria?
... thatDonald Balfour, who began working at theMayo Clinic as a pathology assistant, later became the director of theMayo Foundation?
... that cricket coachGurcharan Singh survived the1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi with the help of his trainees?
... thatErnst Dammann, an early member of theNazi Party, was a founding figure of African studies inEast Germany – together withWalter Markov, a communist who spent much of the Nazi era in prison?
... that theTexas Reliability Entity monitors the state'selectrical grid to ensure its reliability?
... that twelve years after his death,Mou Zuoyun became the first Chinese person to be inducted into theFIBA Hall of Fame?
... that theAsian garden dormouse can entertorpor, a state in which it may remain for several days?
... that the novelDucks, Newburyport byLucy Ellmann usesstream of consciousness narrative and mostly consists of a single sentence running over more than 1,000 pages?

00:00, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Chinese sang de boeuf bowl

... that American potterHugh C. Robertson was left "nearly penniless" in 1889 by his years of attempts to recreate the Chinese porcelainsang de boeuf glaze(example pictured)?
... that in his bookABC of Alcohol,Alex Paton explained why women are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol?
... that the No. 8Toyota TS050 Hybrid won the2019 24 Hours of Le Mans after its sister No. 7 car had a tyre pressure sensor system wiring fault that incorrectly indicated a front-right puncture?
... that South Africantheoretical physicistAdriana Marais was one of 100 candidates chosen forMars One?
... that thenymphs of the mayflyEphemera simulans are able to burrow?
... that according toBert Cumby, China usedthought reform on Americanprisoners of war during theKorean War as part of a plan to create support for China-friendly policies in the United States?
... that theField Music albumCommontime received media attention afterPrince tweeted about one of its songs?
... that Mexican lawyerMaría José Cristerna, known as "The Vampire Woman" for her extensive body modifications, is recognized as the most tattooed woman in the world?

13 September 2019

12:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Trypanosoma parasites in blood

... thatRobert Michael Forde made the first definitive observation of the cause ofsleeping sickness(parasites pictured) in human beings?
... that in 1949, theKurtis Sport Car was driven byNational Hot Rod Association founderWally Parks to over 142.5 mph (229.3 km/h) on theBonneville Salt Flats in Utah?
... that theHong Kong Way was a peaceful political campaign held in Hong Kong on the 30th anniversary of theBaltic Way?
... that American actorMatt William Knowles was a "rotating mayor" ofDanzhai Wanda Village inGuizhou, China?
... thatFacebook has to vetfake news in India for 23 official languages, but has been able to cover only 10 of them?
... that footballerCarrie Jones made her international debut forWales despite being too young to play for her club side?
... thatWBBY-FM lost its license because the man who claimed to be its manager worked full-time at a car dealership 120 miles (190 km) away?
... that ice almost half a million years old has been found ona mountain named after asled dog driver?

00:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Nadia Murad

... thata 2018 documentary depictsNadia Murad(pictured), who escapedsexual enslavement by theIslamic State, alerting politicians and journalists to the atrocities being committed in her native Iraq?
... that Mexican drug lordAlfonso Lam Liu spoke over radio using a coded language, to prevent law enforcement from understanding his drug operations?
... thatSpoon frontmanBritt Daniel was inspired byFranz Ferdinand's 2004 song "Take Me Out" while writing "I Turn My Camera On", and was influenced byPrince to sing it withfalsetto vocals?
... thatDoris Bergen holds Canada's onlyendowed chair inHolocaust history?
... that some Buddhists believe that all beings could have been their parents in a previous life, so liberating people from suffering is a form offilial piety?
... that an hour and a half before fur trader Captain Joseph LaBarge died, he received a telegram from historianHiram M. Chittenden assuring LaBarge of the completion of his biography?
... that the parasiteEnteromyxum scophthalmi causes a severe illness in farmedturbot for which no cure is known?
... thatXu Xiaodong defeated a self-styledkung fu master, who claimed to possess supernatural powers, in 20 seconds?

12 September 2019

12:00, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Jean-François Champollion

... that after making a breakthrough in thedecipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs,Jean-François Champollion(depiction shown) cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days?
... that in 2008, Vice-AdmiralNikolai Maksimov was in charge of the largest Russian military manoeuvres in the Atlantic since 1991?
... thatPumpkin Spice Spam is a legitimate product that started out as a joke on Facebook?
... thatLiu Wenxi's art is universally known in China?
... thatC. P. E. Bach'sSonata in A minor for Solo Flute, composed around 1747 forflauto traverso withoutbass and printed during his lifetime, is one of the few significant pieces for solo flute?
... thatLeila Ernst barged into a dance audition to show theatre producerGeorge Abbott that she could sing and dance?
... that one of the weapons in the video gameVenetica was named as a result of a contest?
... that a mute coal miner is said to have spoken for the first time in several years after riding theConey Island Cyclone in 1948?

00:00, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Glastonbury Tor and the 14th-century
tower of St Michael's Church

... thatan earthquake on 11 September 1275 caused the destruction of the church onGlastonbury Tor(tor and rebuilt church pictured) and was felt across England and Wales, but itsepicentre is unknown?
... thatPandrosion may have been an earlier female contributor to mathematics thanHypatia?
... that the interviewer in the documentaryEnter the Anime did not know anything aboutanime?
... that in 1808,Joseph LaBarge traveled fromQuebec over a series of rivers and lakes and down the Mississippi River toSt. Louis in a birch-bark canoe?
... thatNational Treasures atHōryū-ji include theTamamushi Shrine and images inside theTachibana Shrine?
... that in 1945,Arnold Peter Meiklejohn supervised the medical students at the newly liberatedBergen-Belsen concentration camp?
... that at around 127 acres (51 hectares) in size,Crotona Park is known as the "Central Park of the South Bronx"?
... that when learning to playpool,Veronika Ivanovskaia stood on a crate ofCoca-Cola?

11 September 2019

12:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Map of Poland showing provinces and counties declared LGBT-free zones

... that as of August 2019, around thirtyLGBT-free zones have been declared in Poland, including four south-easternvoivodeships(depicted on map)?
... that hematologistSamuel Charache discovered the first effective treatment forsickle cell disease?
... thatSt Andrew's Cross inGlasgow is also known as Eglinton Toll, as it was the entry point to an inland dock fora canal established byHugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, in the early 19th century?
... that Chinese-American mathematicianStephen Shing-Toung Yau established the "Yau algebra" and the "Yau number"?
... thatAama was the first Nepalese film to be produced in Nepal?
... thatSiegel modular varieties naturally capture information aboutblack hole entropy instring theory?
... that billionaireMax Auschnitt bribed Romanian authorities, and worked with "an anti-Semite, but a civilized one", to help Jews escape the Holocaust?
... that in 1874, theNew York Herald wrote a hoax story to draw attention to inadequate safety precautions at theCentral Park Zoo?

00:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Carolina Reaper

... that according toGuinness World Records, theCarolina Reaper(pictured) is currently the leader in therace to grow the hottest pepper?
... thatJulius Tahija was the only Indonesian to receive anAllied nation's highest military decoration during World War II?
... that theString Quartet in A major, composed byArthur Bliss around 1913 as a student, was later withdrawn from performance and not revived until his widow gave permission in the 1990s?
... thatMathea Olin's gold and bronze medals at the 2017 Pan American Surf Games were Canada's first international medals insurfing?
... that the crew ofPlymouth Lifeboat Station saved aflying boat during World War II?
... thatWinnie Quagliotti protested against theAustralian Bicentenary by dressing in apossum-skin cloak and throwing awattle wreath into the sea atPrinces Pier?
... that there are believed to be fewer than 100 mature specimens ofDacrydium guillauminii, which is consideredcritically endangered?
... that during the political campaign for the1953 Italian general election, theItalian Nettist Party promised voters a free daily supply of steak?

10 September 2019

12:00, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

The Brooch, Eva Mudocci
by Edvard Munch

... that English violinistEva Mudocci(depiction shown) was a muse toEdvard Munch andHenri Matisse?
... that theNamib day gecko can sprint at 2.5 m/s (8 ft/s) in bright light?
... thatGuo Zhenqian and his successor,Guo Shuyan, both ended their governorships ofHubei prematurely due to disagreement withthe province's party secretary?
... that the video forMarilyn Manson's soft-rock ballad "Running to the Edge of the World" was widely condemned for its depiction ofviolence against women?
... thatNoelle Campbell-Sharp has led the Cill Rialaig project, hosting over 5,000 artists on residencies inCounty Kerry, Ireland, since 1991?
... that at theBattle of Sourton Down, aParliamentarian ambush by 108 soldiers successfully routed aRoyalist army of 3,600?
... that Russian breakdancerSergei Chernyshev, the2018 Youth OlympicsB-Boys champion, competes under the nickname Bumblebee, aftera robot superhero in theTransformers franchise?
... thatJonesBar-B-Q is old school, butJonesBar-B-Q is an American classic?

00:00, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Betula leopoldaeleaf fossil

... that the extinct birchBetula leopoldae(leaf fossil pictured) is named after conservationistEstella Leopold?
... that playwrightEugene O'Neill stipulated that actressMary Welch had to gain at least 50 pounds (23 kg) for a role in his playA Moon for the Misbegotten?
... thatred yeast rice is used both intraditional Chinese medicine and as a modern-day dietary supplement?
... that footballerJordon Garrick nearly gave up the game as a teenager to pursue a career inrugby league before being persuaded to change his mind by his mother and his coach?
... that until the 1930s, sheep grazed in a meadow in New York City'sProspect Park?
... thatBrad Leone, a chef andYouTube personality atBon Appétit, started at the magazine as a self-described "glorified dishwasher"?
... thatLučko Airport inZagreb, Croatia, is the helicopter base foran anti-terrorist police unit that gave former member andmixed martial arts championMirko "Cro Cop" Filipović his nickname?
... that DanishMEPPernille Weiss is asexologist?

9 September 2019

12:00, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Aerial view of Mikhailovsky Garden

... thatCarlo Rossi designeda pavilion anda bridge for his redevelopment of theMikhailovsky Garden(pictured) in Saint Petersburg?
... that comic books byMagdalene Visaggio have been nominated for twoEisner Awards and threeGLAAD Media Awards?
... thatAndi Herzog is themost capped footballer inAustrian history and the only player to win more than 100 caps?
... thatPetro Kilekwa from Zambia was enslaved because his mother could not pay the ransom – eight yards (7.3 m) ofcalico cloth?
... that after theSeptember 11 attacks, a seldom-staffed temporary border patrol checkpoint was installed onInterstate 91 nearWhite River Junction, Vermont, about 100 miles (160 km) from the Canadian border?
... that as general manager of themunicipal theatres in Frankfurt,Harry Buckwitz staged plays by Brecht includingMutter Courage, and recruitedGeorg Solti forthe opera?
... that China is the only country in the world to have a licensed vaccine forhepatitis E?
... that military historianDominick Graham was a prisoner of war in Italy during World War II, and later returned as a member of the British Olympic skiing team?

00:48, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Patricia Ortega

... that Venezuelan directorPatricia Ortega(pictured) has drawn strength from her filmBeing Impossible during both personal and political upheavals?
... that theprisoner of warmassacre in Ciepielów is the most infamous instance of thewar crimes of the Wehrmacht committed during theinvasion of Poland?
... that PrinceTarabya Minye Kyawhtin ceded the throne ofAva to his cousin PrinceMin Nyo after marryinghis deceased brother's favorite queen,Shin Saw Pu, in return?
... that the hard seeds of theGuinea plum are dispersed by elephants, and crushed and eaten bySanje mangabeys?
... thatWang Guodong painted some of the world's most recognizable portraits, which inspiredAndy Warhol?
... that before openingWest Point High School, theTolleson Union High School District in Arizona was so overcrowded that it had to turn students away and use teachers' lounges as classrooms?
... that in June 2019, Northern Irish pilotNorman Surplus became the first person to circumnavigate the globe using anautogyro?
... that twoRussian tortoises were aboard thefirst spacecraft to return safely from a trip around the Moon?
... that Turkish women's footballerAslı Canan Sabırlı was appointedtechnical director of her team while she was still a member of the squad?
... that theTarzan of Manisa planted thousands of trees onMount Sipylus inTurkey?
... thatThe O.C. is the "official, original, and only club that matters"?

8 September 2019

14:48, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

West Point cadets toss their hats.

... thatWest Point cadets fill their hats with notes and other items for small children to collect after the hat toss(pictured) during theirgraduation ceremony?
... that former Mexican police chiefGilberto Lerma Plata was ordered to forfeit US$10 billion in drug profits?
... thatZenker's fruit bat often forages in areas of forest whereHaumania liebrechtsiana grows, a plant favoured by gorillas and chimpanzees?
... that Chinese Muslim scholarYu Zhengui worked as alaogai labourer during theCultural Revolution?
... that theJewish Democratic Committee and theRomanian Communist Party together sentRomanian Jews to Israel, hoping to make it a communist ally?
... that the African-American conductorHenry Lewis conducted theSeventh Army Symphony Orchestra in support of America'scultural diplomacy initiatives afterWorld War II?
... that theSogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester ('So-called Left Radical Wind Band') played at demonstrations against nuclear power andfar-right politics, and at theBerliner Philharmonie?
... thatClaude Ruggieri describedpyrotechny as "a dark chaos which one cannot penetrate without the torch of chemistry"?

04:48, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Lebombo wattle in the sand forest

... that theLebombo wattle(pictured), thewater ironplum, and theZulu coshwood grow in theSouthern African Sand Forest, where they are often swathed inpinhead orchids and otherepiphytes?
... that an anti-suffragist threw rocks atNora Houston as she was giving a speech advocating forwomen's voting rights, and Houston kept one of the rocks for the rest of her life?
... that several entrants in the2019 Riga Masters professionalsnooker event—includingthe defending champion—missed the tournament because their flights were cancelled?
... that four species of reptile, a bird, and an amphibian were named afterArthur Lennox Butler?
... that Qatar expressed interest for its industrial security personnel to be trained at theNational Industrial Security Academy of India?
... thatSteve McClellan bookedPrince in the early 1980s, whenMinneapolis discouraged black musicians from playing downtown?
... that after the fall of thestate of Zhongli, its eponymous capital remained an "important governmental, economic, cultural, and military center" for over a thousand years?
... that HungarianMEPAnna Júlia Donáth represents the third generation of her family to enter political office, each time for a different party?

7 September 2019

13:42, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Samragyee RL Shah

... thatSamragyee RL Shah(pictured) is the highest-paid actress inNepali cinema as of 2019?
... that the melody of the Christian hymn "Ich steh vor dir mit leeren Händen, Herr" is written withoutbar lines, reflecting the singer's insecurity and questions?
... that inTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, theplayer characterCaveira's "Silent Step" ability featured a game-breaking bug?
... that the pollutedRoberts Landing onSan Francisco Bay, California, was cleaned up to create a housing development and a marsh, now home to the endangeredsalt marsh harvest mouse?
... that theRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh suspended a bylaw to enableThomas Chavasse to apply for a surgeon's post?
... that eight years to the day after it first signed on,WVOB radio inBel Air, Maryland, lost its tower when a construction worker clipped the tower'sguy wires?
... that with 20 goals,Hassan Maatouk is theLebanon national football team's joint top-scorer?
... thatJames Blake took inspiration from the 1967 filmBarefoot in the Park for hissong of the same name, despite never having watched it?

00:00, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt

... that theStädtische Bühnen Frankfurt manage stages foropera anddrama under one roof, in a building(pictured) incorporating the ruins of the bombed former playhouse?
... that a former member ofISIS who was arrested in 2016 and released in 2017attacked a police and army patrol in Tripoli, killing four people, in 2019?
... thatsnooker playerMandy Fisher played whilst pregnant, but lamented that this was more newsworthy than female players' skill?
... thatDuthie's golden mole and thelong-tailed forest shrew are among thewildlife of South Africa that are bothendemic and "vulnerable"?
... that GeneralCao Shuangming was dismissed as Commander of theChinese Air Force after it suffered an excessive number of accidents?
... thatThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia began when a 17-year-old missionary arrived from England in 1840?
... thatAbigail Mbalo-Mokoena's 4Roomed, a restaurant 30 kilometres (19 mi) outside Cape Town inKhayelitsha township, was one of only three in Africa named to a 2019 list of the best in the world?
... that for the fifth anniversary of video game developerDefiant Development, everyone who had been employed at the company for at least two years was gifted a sword?

6 September 2019

12:00, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Joseph J. Himmel

... thatJoseph J. Himmel(pictured), oncepresident of Georgetown University, lived out his final years as arecluse in the university's archives?
... that India is creating the post ofChief of the Defence Staff twenty years after it was officially suggested?
... thatUrsula Boese, a long-time member of theHamburgische Staatsoper, appeared as Stravinsky'sIocaste atLa Scala, and at theSan Francisco Opera in the presence of the composer?
... that radio stationKSUN inBisbee, Arizona, sold its call letters toa station in Phoenix after going off the air due to financial troubles?
... that whenChen Shunyao served as deputy party chief ofTsinghua University, the future Chinese presidentHu Jintao was a protégé of hers?
... that the father of athleteSafia Abukar Hussein disliked the idea of her competing forSomalia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as he thought it would prevent her from finding a husband?
... thatCelso-Ramón García oversaw early clinical trials of the first contraceptive pill inPuerto Rico?
... that aNeanderthal man, whose upper jaw was found in theCova Foradà in Spain, used a toothpick because he had sore gums?

00:00, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

The Buckie Cathedral,viewed from the sea

... thatJames Kyle, Roman Catholic bishop of Aberdeen, designed aBuckie parish church so grand that it is known locally as theBuckie Cathedral(pictured)?
... that the fictional characterForrest Gump was portrayed as serving during theVietnam War with the47th Infantry Regiment?
... that although theFazzan Basin in Libya currently averages less than 20 mm (0.8 in) of annual rainfall,paleohydrological study shows that it has periodically contained a large lake?
... that investigation by detectiveWu Guoqing, who was acclaimed as "China'sSherlock Holmes", led to the murder conviction and death sentence of a prosecutor?
... that research intodigital media use and mental health has found that females are more likely to be affected byproblematic social media use while males are more likely to havegaming disorder?
... that aWaterford Crystal trophy, won by Russianpool playerKristina Tkach at the Women's Pro Players Championship, shattered when it was dropped as it was being carried out of the arena?
... that the novelTrust Exercise was inspired by discussions about sexual abuse which followed the publication of theDonald TrumpAccess Hollywood tape?
... that theWomen's World Cup and theCONCACAF Gold Cup finals both involved the United States and were played on the same day?

5 September 2019

12:00, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Aleksei Grishin and his Olympics gold medal on a 2010 Belarusian stamp

Aleksei Grishin on aBelarusian stamp

... thatAleksei Grishin(depiction shown) put his2010 Winter Olympics gold medal—Belarus' first gold in the Winter Olympics—up for auction to raise money for another person's surgery?
... that the dark and fatalistic humour ofCanadian comedians has been attributed to the dangers ofCanada's climate and geography?
... thatDavid Morgan, the most successful British fighter pilot in theFalklands War, had ahole in the heart that was only discovered after he applied to join the military?
... that psychoanalystCarl Jung could afford to build his mansion onLake Zürich (now theC. G. Jung House Museum) after his wifeEmma inherited her father's fortune?
... that themes of British bandEverything but the Girl's 1985 albumLove Not Money include sexism,social andeconomic stratification, andThe Troubles in Northern Ireland?
... thatKihaule's mouse shrew is named after the medical-entomological technician who collected thetype specimen from theUdzungwa Mountains in Tanzania?
... thatChen Jiayong was the first Chinese scientist to have a satellite named after him?
... that US Attorney GeneralThomas Watt Gregory accused theUnited States Guards of imposing a "reign of terror" inButte, Montana?

00:00, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Enischnomyia fossil inDominican amber

... that thebat flyEnischnomyia(pictured) was first described from a specimen fossilized withVetufebrus malaria in its gut?
... thatPeter Hamm, a successful writer, literary critic, and jury member for literary prizes, dropped out of school when he was 14?
... that experimental folk bandHouse and Land have reinterpreted traditional ballads to removemisogyny by focusing on female protagonists?
... thatJohann Schwarzhuber, the leader of theAuschwitz men's camp, was sentenced to death during the firstRavensbrück concentration camp trial?
... thatmulti-level marketing companyYounique was valued at US$1 billion at the time of its acquisition byCoty?
... that amongIbuki Kido'svoice acting roles is a vacuum cleaner?
... that theArizona Miner, a newspaper published inPrescott,Arizona Territory, changed its political leanings fromRepublican toDemocrat and back again over a succession of owners?
... thatmotorsport officialCharles Faroux was also a three-timeFrench carom billiards world champion?

4 September 2019

12:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Carlisle Military Academystudents, 1910

... that whileCarlisle Military Academy was nominally aschool for boys, it also accepted a "limited number of girls"(female students pictured)?
... that social workerDamodar Ganesh Bapat helped around 26,000leprosy patients?
... that thescaly ground roller mostly eats earthworms and centipedes, but has been known to also eat frogs, lizards, and shrews?
... that in 1877, theWellington County House of Industry and Refuge spent less thanCan$0.76 per week on the care of each resident?
... that after theU.S. Congress passed a resolution urging theIOC to reject Beijing's bid for the2000 Olympics, the city's vice mayorZhang Baifa threatened to boycott the1996 Olympics in Atlanta?
... that thePalembang Light Rail Transit, which opened last year, is the first operational light-rail system in Indonesia?
... that Vice-AdmiralAleksandr Nosatov was appointed head of theRussian Naval Academy in 2016, but spent only one and a half months in the post?
... that in its early years, New York City'sSunset Park could only be reached by 60-foot (18 m) ladders?

00:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Montanhof in Hamburg'sKontorhaus District

... that a cholera outbreak was ultimately responsible for the development of Hamburg'sKontorhaus District(building pictured)?
... that Chinese entrepreneurFrank Tsao co-founded the national shipping lines of both Malaysia and Thailand, and was awarded the nobility titleTan Sri by the king of Malaysia?
... that theLebanon women's national football team's first official qualification campaign took place eight years after their inception?
... thatBeth Van Duyne, the mayor ofIrving, Texas, from 2011 to 2017, initially became involved in politics due to azoning dispute?
... that theendorheic salt lakeSebkha el Melah in Algeria has two parts, the upper one pond-like and biodiverse and the lower one salt-encrusted and nearly devoid of vegetation?
... that British actress and scriptwriterBetty Paul wrote for the first rural soap opera,Weavers Green, in collaboration with her third husband?
... that theMapuche-Huilliche of southern Chile defeated a slave-hunting Spanish army at theBattle of Río Bueno in 1654?
... that shortly after serving asPresident of Georgetown University,David H. Buel quit theJesuits and secretly married?

3 September 2019

12:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

[[File:|124px|Figurines of Jewish men in Kraków, the one at left holding a coin and bag ]]

Figurines of Jewish men in Kraków

... that in some Polish homes, animage of a Jew holding a coin(example pictured) hangs to the left of the doorway, and is customarily turned upside down on theSabbath so that good fortune may fall upon the household?
... thatYola Letellier is widely believed to be the model for the main character inColette's storyGigi?
... that the depiction of the ruins of the leper colonyNagashima Aiseien Sanatorium inAtsushi Fujiwara's 2015 photobookPoet Island was inspired by the poetry ofKaijin Akashi, who lived, wrote, and ultimately died there in 1939?
... thatClarence Ervin became the first African-American brigadier general in the history of theNorth Carolina Air National Guard in 2015?
... that in his operaSirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens,Rolf Riehm included instruments such as archaic wood planks, amusical saw, anaccordion, and a piano?
... thatUCLA football playerJoshua Kelley's career-high 289rushing yards againstUSC last season were the most by any player on either team in the history ofthe schools' crosstown rivalry?
... thatan endemic species of trout inLake Aguelmame Sidi Ali became extinct after thecommon carp was introduced in 1934?
... thatMeghan Trainor's 2019EPThe Love Train was promoted through a press release which drew controversy because of its "graphic nature and bizarre phrasing"?

00:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Brooklyn Army Terminal

... that upon its completion one hundred years ago this month, theBrooklyn Army Terminal(pictured) was the world's largest concrete building complex?
... thatWerner Müller managed a reduction in Germany's dependence on coal in a socially responsible way asFederal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and as CEO of major energy companies?
... that theEthiopian epauletted fruit bat uses its hind feet to comb its fur and its tongue to wash its face, wing membranes, and genital region?
... that the work ofC. Doris Hellman on theGreat Comet of 1577 led historians of science to recognize the comet's key role in the success of theCopernican Revolution?
... thatAli Sayyad Shirazi, deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces,was assassinated in 1999 by aMojahedin-e Khalq agent disguised as a street cleaner?
... that whenNational Basketball Association revenue in Canada grew 224 percent in five years, vice-presidentDan MacKenzie attributed it to marketing strategy and the sport's appeal to youngAsian Canadians?
... that theInternational Agrarian Bureau was criticized by the right as advocating the "peasant-boot dictatorship", and by the left as a vehicle for "peasant individualism"?
... that when offered the award of theIron Cross from Nazi Germany,Leo Skurnik, a Jewish major in theFinnish Army, refused, reportedly saying "I wipe my arse with it"?

2 September 2019

12:00, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

John Hiller in 1976

... that after suffering a heart attack at the age of 27,relief pitcherJohn Hiller(pictured) made a comeback and brokeMajor League Baseball's record forsaves in a season?
... that the Spanish idiom "¿Cuándo hemos comido en el mismo plato?" ('When have we eaten from the same dish?') is used associal commentary about poor manners or incivility?
... thatPatricia Marshall's role in the 1947 filmGood News was originally meant forGloria DeHaven?
... that theanti-MuslimEłk riots in Poland led to the launch of the ironicThe Kebab War website, which listed attacks onkebab eateries?
... that the lightning-causedSwan Lake fire in Alaska has burned over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) of wildland?
... that a critic described the song "Lover" as a throwback toTaylor Swift's "country days"?
... that inSu Shuyang's tragedy depicting the last day ofLao She's life, the celebrated writer converses with dead characters from his own works before committing suicide?
... thatThe Urology Foundation carried out a survey of how often British mencheck their testicles?

00:00, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Largest knife and fork
of 1876

... that theBeaver Falls Cutlery Company manufactured the "largest knife and fork in the world" of its time(pictured) in 1876?
... that ProfessorLu Yonggen was named byHarvard Kennedy School as the second most generous Chinese philanthropist of 2017 after donating his entire life savings toSouth China Agricultural University?
... that a 1946United States proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark remained classified until the 1970s, when Danish newspaperJyllands-Posten discovered documents related to it?
... that PrinceMin Nyo of Kale seized the throne ofAva by having his lover, QueenShin Bo-Me, assassinate his eight-year-old nephew, KingMin Hla?
... thatJebel ech Chambi, the highest mountain in Tunisia, is one of the few places in which theCuvier's gazelle survives?
... that as state health commissioner ofIndiana,Woody Myers supported the right ofRyan White, a teenage boy withHIV/AIDS, to return to public school in the face of anti-AIDS discrimination?
... that Libyan presidentMuammar Gaddafi ordered his air force toattack a city during the Uganda–Tanzania War, but his bomber instead hita game reserve and killed antelopes?
... that London surgeonLaidlaw Purves was described as the "fairy godfather of ladies' golf"?

1 September 2019

12:00, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Apple dumplings

... that whenPehr Kalm explored North America in the mid-1700s, he reported being servedapple dumplings(pictured) at every meal?
... thatvoice actressAi Fairouz's interest inanime andmanga was influenced by her reading the seriesJoJo's Bizarre Adventure in onlineSkype sessions?
... thattrace amounts of snowfall account for up to 80 percent of all precipitation that falls in some areas of northern Canada?
... thatAgadzagadza is a mythological trickster fromNigeria who is responsible for bringing death to humankind?
... that thePATH train system was sold to allowthe first World Trade Center in New York City to be built?
... that legal scholarWang Jiafu gave lectures to China's top leaders, including PresidentJiang Zemin and PremierLi Peng?
... that theNatal cycad and thedune false currant are among the 1,900endemic plant species found in theMaputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot?
... thatPetra Klingler finished third in the Ice Climbing World Cup while climbing on one leg?

00:00, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Bruce McCandless II duringa 1984spacewalk

... thatBruce McCandless II(pictured) flew in space for the first time in February 1984, nearly eighteen years after being chosen as a member ofNASA Astronaut Group 5?
... thatVicky Knight, who played an acid-attack victim in herdebut film role, works as a healthcare assistant in the hospital where she was treated as a child?
... that Mexican drug lordCarlos Landín Martínez was arrested while buying watermelons?
... that theVel blood group was discovered when a patient experienced a severe transfusion reaction, and her blood type was found to be incompatible with all but five out of ten thousand blood donors?
... thatTong Daoming wrote plays without antagonists?
... that the chase scene from the 1968Steve McQueen filmBullitt starts onCesar Chavez Street (then Army Street) before continuing through San Francisco?
... thatTonic Trouble, released in 1999, was the first video game developed byUbisoft Montreal?
... thatJohn Pierce has performed Wagner roles internationally, such asTannhäuser andLohengrin at theStadttheater Minden, andTristan in Prague, Rotterdam, and Rio de Janeiro?
... thatFreeConferenceCall.com faced a public backlash for trying to change itshold music?

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