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31 January 2021

12:00, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Cortinarius ainsworthii

... that amongKew's highlights of speciesdescribed in 2020 were six Britishwebcaps:Cortinarius ainsworthii(example pictured),C. heatherae,C. britannicus,C. scoticus,C. aurae, andC. subsaniosus?
... that "Paint It Black" bythe Rolling Stones, which was inducted into theGrammy Hall of Fame, was almost scrapped?
... thatKafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani translated the Islamic law bookFatawa 'Alamgiri fromArabic intoUrdu?
... that the development ofThomas Jefferson Park was intended to help Italian Harlem, described as "for many years the black spot of Harlem"?
... that the 9th-centuryAbbasid caliphal-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians to be unremarkable, was heavily fictionalized in the 18th-centuryGothic fantasy novelVathek?
... that both theMayotte Marine Natural Park and theGlorioso Islands Marine Natural Park entirely cover theexclusive economic zones of the islands within them?
... thatMillicent Taplin left school at 13 and never studied art full time, yet became one ofWedgwood's main ceramics designers?
... that theU.S. Supreme Courtwill decide whether a frustrated high-school student whoSnapchatted "fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything" can be suspended from cheerleading for a year?

00:00, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

George Harper

... that although New Zealand lawyerGeorge Harper(pictured) had been declared bankrupt in 1893, hewas knighted in 1937?
... that the writing and publication ofJustice and Jurisprudence in 1889 has been described as "theMagna Carta of black people"?
... thatManek Premchand estimated that 4,334 Hindi films made between 1930 and 1970 depicted around 36,000 songs?
... thatStonecrop Gardens in theHudson Highlands featuresalpine vegetation and a sunkenEnglish garden?
... that theA.P. No. 3 landmine could be neutralised with a "safety spider"?
... that the addition of theAlly 400 to the2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule was considered a surprise as the host venue, theNashville Superspeedway, had been up for sale since 2012?
... thatBTS's song "Blue & Grey" was originally intended to be included on band memberV's solo mixtape?
... that Ethiopian-Italian refugee environmentalistAgitu Ideo Gudeta was nicknamed the "Queen of Happy Goats"?

30 January 2021

12:00, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Pallas's cat

... that thePallas's cat(example pictured) has up to 9,000 hairs per cm² (58,000/in²) of fur?
... that after quarterbackJoe Montana invested inCrowd Cow,PETA sent him a letter filled withfootball puns imploring him not to invest in a company that facilitates the slaughtering of animals?
... that "I Did Something Bad" is the first song in whichTaylor Swift uses profanity?
... thatMahadevi Varma chose to live anascetic life despite being married?
... that the treatiseZabân-e Pâk, written byAhmad Kasravi, was one of the first works that sought to suggest refinements to the Persian language?
... that Anna Martina Gottschick wrote the hymn "Herr, mach uns stark" becausea composer wanted to makeRalph Vaughan Williams's 1906 melody of "For All the Saints" available for German church singing?
... thatTomoki Suzuki won the men's wheelchair race at the2020 Tokyo Marathon by over eight minutes?
... thatCoventry City's winning goal in the1987 FA Cup Final was anown goal scored inextra time offGary Mabbutt's knee?

00:00, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Mahdist wearing ajibba (1936)

... that thejibba(pictured), a Sudanese coat, symbolised a dedication to a religious way of life and denoted the military rank of the wearer?
... that during the filming of6 Day Bike Rider, sixteen bicyclists hit the cameraman's motorcycle, which resulted in nine of them being injured?
... thatPierre Daumesnil refused to surrender theChâteau de Vincennes after the French Empire had been defeated at theBattle of Paris in 1814?
... that in advance ofthe 2021 general election, Morocco outlawed the making of certain types of online posts?
... that the true identity of the British crime writerFrancis Duncan was unknown until after a reprint of his 1949 novelMurder for Christmas?
... that when a proposed sale ofOrlando-area radio stationWVCF fell through, the attempted buyer startedhis own station?
... thatJoe Jackson's 1984 albumBody and Soul emulated the artwork of the 1957 jazz albumSonny Rollins, Vol. 2?
... thata Latin translation ofWinnie-the-Pooh spent 20 weeks onThe New York Times Best Seller list?

29 January 2021

12:00, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Saint or sibyl?

... that art historians disagree as to whether two figures ina painting(detail pictured) by theMaster of Delft are saints orsibyls?
... that American Brigadier GeneralHarold Francis Loomis was in charge of the rearmament of French forces during World War II?
... thatOverdrawn at the Memory Bank was recorded on videotape instead ofphotographic film so as not to be as expensive asBlade Runner?
... thatKathleen Heddle was one of two Canadians to win three gold medals at theSummer Olympic Games?
... that eleven people, nine of them minors, died ina sugar plantation fire inCagua, Venezuela, while trying to hunt rabbits?
... thatMinnie Lou Crosthwaite, the first Black woman to pass the teacher exam in Nashville's segregated school system, andMinnie Lee Crosthwaite, one of Kansas City's first Black social workers, both attendedFisk University?
... thatSampson's snakeroot is traditionally used to help knit broken bones and as a salve on wounds, ulcers and boils?
... thatZéna M'Déré led a protest movement inMayotte in which women tickled their political opponents, forcing them to comply with their demands?

00:00, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Mangrove jewel bug adults on a river poison tree leaf

... that larvae of themangrove jewel bug(pictured) feed only on the seeds of theriver poison tree?
... thatLisa Nishimura started out in the music industry before producingNetflix documentaries includingChef's Table andMaking a Murderer?
... thatNima Yooshij was threatened with death for presenting his school of poetry,She'r-e Nimaa'i?
... that the1839 city plan forAustin, Texas, is thought to have been inspired by the original 1682 city plan forPhiladelphia?
... thatMichael Cretu ofEnigma has been accused of puttingsatanic content into the band's debut albumMCMXC a.D.?
... thatLeszek Sibilski was supported byTurkmenistan in establishingWorld Bicycle Day?
... thatmalaria is expected to become more prevalent due to the impacts ofclimate change in Kenya?
... that formerAmerican football playerBruce Taylor owned eighteenBurger King locations?

28 January 2021

12:00, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Adlai Stevenson II

... that in the1948 Illinois gubernatorial election,Adlai Stevenson II(pictured) won with a 572,067-vote margin of victory, a record at the time for Illinois gubernatorial elections?
... thatSylvie Fortier retired from competitivesynchronized swimming at only 18, saying she was happy with what she had achieved?
... that the memoirJust Mercy tells the story ofan innocent black man who was convicted and condemned to die for the 1986 murder of a young white woman in the town in whichTo Kill a Mockingbird was written?
... thatOlga Petit – the first female lawyer in France – was a Russian?
... that 6,800 Columbia University students and faculty signed a petition to remove an entrance to the116th Street–Columbia University station?
... thatBangladesh is the onlyTest-playing nation that has not been involved in anytied internationalcricket matches?
... thatJerome Kohl, a music theorist of theUniversity of Washington, was recognized internationally as an authority on the composerKarlheinz Stockhausen, publishing a book on hisZeitmaße in 2017?
... that theUmberslade Obelisk has been described as a "monument of nothing in particular"?

00:00, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Mary Jones in 1865

... that pioneering Chicago abolitionistMary Richardson Jones(pictured) helped hundreds of people escape slavery via theUnderground Railroad?
... that the soft crafting materials used inJudith Weinshall Liberman's artworks were described as providing "an important contrast to theHolocaust tragedy"?
... that an artificial turf soccer field in New York City'sRed Hook Park, donated by the Norwegian government, was destroyed by arson ten days after its dedication?
... thatRadio Quarantine was founded in India by a group of professors, directors and PhD students in response tosocial isolation protocols following the outbreak of thecoronavirus pandemic?
... thatCapitol Police officerEugene Goodman has been credited with having "saved American Democracy" on January 6, 2021?
... that theblack swan leech attaches itself to the skin or eye of a fish before working its way to the gill chamber?
... thatJulio César Gandarilla Bermejo, a founder of the CubanNational Revolutionary Militia, ignored instructions from the Cuban presidentMiguel Díaz-Canel to make aTwitter account?
... that one of the most recognizablevideo-game glitches,a bug that forcedMahatma Gandhi inCivilization to usenuclear weapons heavily, never actually existed?

27 January 2021

12:00, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Vision wrapping of the Ringturm

... that theRingturm, a 65-year-old skyscraper in Vienna, has been wrapped by artists in summer, such asMihael Milunović'sVision(pictured) in 2017?
... that the formation of the Central Irian Jaya province in Indonesia, which was headed byHerman Monim, caused a civil war between the supporters and opponents of the province?
... that the 1951 filmThe Basketball Fix is based on a real-life scandal involvingcollege basketball betting?
... that architectPiers Taylor had to carry the materials for building his award-winning home "Moonshine" over a 600-metre (2,000 ft) woodland incline?
... that the bookIn Praise of Blood was described as "an immediate, destabilizing influence on the world of orthodox Rwandan scholarship"?
... thatSusan Estes is the first woman to have her own company in the historically malebond-trading business in the U.S.?
... that during theYamagata Hanagasa Festival, ten thousand people sing and dance onJapan National Route 112?
... that "New Year's Day" byTaylor Swift was recorded in "scratch takes" that did not filter out unwanted sounds from the outside environment?

00:00, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Shamsa on the ceiling of theTomb of Hafez, Iran

... that in Islamic art, theshamsa is found in places as diverse as on carpets, inside domes(example pictured), and forming the frontispiece of books?
... that American local car dealerSigmund Strochlitz was a confidant ofElie Wiesel and a leader in theHolocaust remembrance movement?
... that theyawara is a Japanese weapon that is used for martial arts and was used by American police?
... thatWalt Whitman called one ofhis lectures on Abraham Lincoln "the culminating hour" of his life?
... thatplaces of worship in Elmbridge, Surrey, include the "ferocious"Weybridge United Reformed Church?
... that formerNew York City Ballet principal dancerJanie Taylor appeared in the filmCenter Stage as a background dancer, and served as a motion caption dancer forBarbie of Swan Lake?
... thatIpswich Town won theFootball League First Division intheir 1961–62 season having been promoted from theSecond Division the previous season?
... thatBob Wells created aBurning Man for retirees?

26 January 2021

12:00, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Manjappada roadshow

... thatManjappada(pictured), asupporters' group ofKerala Blasters FC, coordinated and brought forty-one busloads of their fans acrossKerala to the venue for the opening match ofthe 2019–20 season?
... that despiteJames Snyder having taught ata women's college for over 20 years, hisNorthern Renaissance Art of 1985 was criticized for usinggender stereotypes?
... that horse-mounted elements of theFrench 1st Cavalry Brigade helped hold up the advance of tanks from the1st Panzer Division for a day in May 1940?
... that the root of theslimflower scurfpea can be eaten raw or cooked, or ground up and used as an ingredient in bread-making?
... that with "Homura" andLeo-Nine,LiSA became the first female artist in 16 years to debut a song and an album simultaneously at number one in Japan sinceUtada Hikaru?
... thatEleanor Keaton, who at age 21 became the third wife of silent-film comedianBuster Keaton, was widely credited with rehabilitating his life and career?
... thatThe Magic of Chocolate's volumes are ordered alphabetically rather than numerically?
... that afterSaint Eustadiola, a 7th centuryabbess inBourges, France, prayed with her nuns for rain during a drought, they got drenched before they were able to return to the convent?

00:00, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Gotthilf Fischer

... thatGotthilf Fischer(pictured) founded theFischer-Chöre, who appeared with 1,500 singers at the final of the1974 FIFA World Cup?
... that thepeppermint stick insect possesses anaposematic coloration and a robustchemical defense mechanism?
... that after a 15-year campaign, activistCécile Nobrega completed fundraising for the first public monument to black women to be on permanent display in England?
... that Theodore Roosevelt conducted one of his last bison hunting excursions atYule Ranch?
... that theFour Ds include demilitarisation, denazification, decentralisation, and democratisation?
... that by paying attention to mundane decision-making among activists, thecritical theoristEva Haifa Giraud troubles the notion ofstaying with the trouble?
... that contractors digging New York City'sJoralemon Street Tunnel found the remains of a ship?
... thatNapoleon's penis, which was cut off after his death, has been described as comparable to a "piece of leather or a shriveled eel"?

25 January 2021

12:00, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Hearst Tower

... that theHearst Tower(pictured) was built nearly eight decades after its base was completed?
... that clergymanDavid Williamson's time as an outlaw is commemorated in the traditional Scottish song "Dainty Davie"?
... thata political feud in theEastside of Los Angeles began whenGloria Molina was told byArt Torres that she was not the chosen candidate to run for an office?
... thatSetiadi Reksoprodjo, who was appointed Minister of Information at the age of 25, had a junior minister twice as old as him?
... that after theMorning Star sank onLake Erie, the death toll was unknown because many of the passengers were not on the ship's manifest?
... that the Japanese television dramaOssan's Love is credited with popularizing theboys' love genre for a general audience outside ofanime andmanga fans?
... thatMat and Savanna Shaw's cover of "The Prayer" went viral at the beginning of theCOVID-19 pandemic, after which they released their debut album that was ranked 54th on theBillboard 200?
... that Americanconservation officerTerry Grosz busted an illegalsnagging boat on theEel River by waiting in the water and getting reeled in?

00:00, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Antoinette Dinga Dzondo

... thatAntoinette Dinga Dzondo(pictured), Minister of Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action of the Republic of the Congo, set up a fund to help refugees in the country return home?
... that before the creation ofGood Job!, Paladin Studios had wanted to collaborate withNintendo for about a decade?
... that the American writerMark C. Yerger was honored by the veterans' organization of theWaffen-SS for his works that embellished its history?
... that theChristuskirche inIdstein-Walsdorf received this name in 1993, 600 years after a first chapel in the village was mentioned?
... that abody-shaming comment from aNew York Times critic led to ballerinaJenifer Ringer's appearances onThe Oprah Winfrey Show andThe Today Show?
... thatKyren Wilson set fire to hiscue stick at the2021 Masters?
... that at the 1783Siege of Bednore a British force of 1,600 faced aMysore army of more than 100,000?
... that the pig bank at theFreedom Farm Cooperative loaned out pigs to families who paid interest in the form of piglets?

24 January 2021

12:00, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Northern masked owl

... thatnorthern masked owl(example pictured) chicks hiss to ask for food, while adults hiss to defend nests?
... thatJoseph McLain held 30 patents, including for smoke grenades, underwater torches, and flares?
... thatArtémis, cœur d'artichaut is a female buddy film inspired byGreek mythology,Carl Jung andÉric Rohmer?
... that the specific name ofLaudakia nupta comes from the Latin word for a bride who veils herself?
... thatZintkala Nuni, who survived theWounded Knee Massacre, gave birth to a stillborn boy in Nebraska'sMilford Industrial Home, at one time the only state-funded institution in the US for unmarried pregnant women?
... that due toBrian Crabtree's closeness with his brothers in professional wrestling,Kendo Nagasaki once refused to wrestle "Big Daddy" Crabtree with Brian refereeing?
... that the 1978science-fiction novelDreamsnake includes a named character for whomgender pronouns are never used, thereby subverting gender expectations?
... thatSvetlana Lloyd accidentally became a model forChristian Dior, after wandering into his Paris boutique looking for a receptionist job?

00:00, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

DC-XA Clipper Graham

... that theMcDonnell DouglasDC-X experimentalSSTO rocket(pictured)was launched twelve times but never flew higher than 3.14 kilometres (1.95 mi)?
... thatChristian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, who succeeded C. P. E. Bach as the music director of Hamburg, edited an early publication of theThe Well-Tempered Clavier in whichthe first prelude had an extra measure?
... that U.S. senatorDaniel Patrick Moynihan proposedan expansion of New York Penn Station as a homage tothe original station, where he had once shined shoes?
... that the two participants in ayaoi relationship are referred to asseme ('top') anduke ('bottom'), terms derived frommartial arts that were later appropriated as JapaneseLGBT slang?
... that the defeat of the consulGaius Porcius Cato by a Celtic tribe in 114 BC led to the last human sacrifices inancient Rome?
... that during the trial ofFrancis Gary Powers, Kansas radio stationKBTO presented summaries ofRadio Moscow broadcasts alongside other international reports?
... that members of theNyasaland Volunteer Reserve fought in the first naval action of theFirst World War?
... thatDoug Grimston insisted on a smoking ban atQueen's Park Arena and took financial responsibility for lost attendance?

23 January 2021

12:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Vilma Núñez

... that the discriminationVilma Núñez(pictured) experienced as a child born out of wedlock motivated her career as a Nicaraguan lawyer and human-rights activist?
... thatEli Wallach agreed to play the role of Tuco inThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly immediately after watching the main title sequence ofFor a Few Dollars More?
... thatAnna Feldhusen was for a long time the only female German artist to acquire abusiness license?
... that the First World WarZanzibar Volunteer Defence Force included practically every able-bodied British man residing inthe protectorate?
... that a memorandum written byDouglass Cater convincedLyndon B. Johnson to focus on education policy during his administration?
... that whenJoe Brown andGeorge Band made thefirst successful ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955, they deliberately turned back a few feet below the summit?
... that the freighterJohn V. Moran andher sister ship were both sunk by ice onLake Michigan, ten years apart?
... that the manga anthologyNanohana was inspired by efforts in Chernobyl and Fukushima touse plants to absorb radioactive material?

00:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Richards Building

... that a U.S. secretary of commerce wrote of theRichards Building(pictured), "were there such a function as a publicincendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"?
... that ProfessorShabir Madhi, who led trials of theOxford–AstraZenecaCOVID-19 vaccine in South Africa, did not originally want to study medicine?
... thatMinnesota'sWinsted Municipal Airport once hosteda country-music festival?
... that a fakefamily tree was created forJeyran, the beloved wife ofNaser al-Din Shah of Persia, linking her to theSassanids and theIlkhans?
... that bothJochen Klepper andHildegard Schaeder sought solace amidst the horror of the Nazi regime in Paul Gerhardt's 17th-century New Year's song "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten"?
... thatEdmilsa Governo won Mozambique's first medal at aParalympic Games in 2016?
... that to record his narration forA Perfect Planet at home,David Attenborough hung duvets from his dining room walls to make asound stage, and bought a hut for the sound recorder?
... thatKehinde Wiley wanted to express "absolute joy – break dancing in the sky" when he createdGo?

22 January 2021

12:00, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

To the Rescue by Hilda Annetta Walker

... thatfigurative artistHilda Annetta Walker(work pictured) objected toModernist works because she found it difficult to tell what they represented?
... thatSpider-Man 2 is considered to be one of the best and most influential superhero films of all time?
... thatprogressive house music producer and DJGuy J prefers analog equipment over software, describing its sound as "a bit dirty and warm"?
... that about 27 men and newsboys were killed in theChicago circulation wars in the early 1900s?
... that according toAmnesty International, pre-trial detentions, bans on gatherings, and censorship have occurred in Chad in the lead-up tothe 2021 presidential election?
... that ballerinaJennie Somogyi was offered an apprenticeship at theNew York City Ballet when she was 15, becoming one of the youngest dancers to join the company?
... that theAtlantic partridge tun preys onsea cucumbers much larger than itself?
... thatTexas Motor Speedway's president once "just laughed" at the idea ofNASCAR at COTA?

00:00, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

SS Edward L. Ryerson

... that thelake freighterEdward L. Ryerson(pictured) is not only the last steam-powered freighter built on theGreat Lakes, but also the last built without aself-unloading boom?
... that most Russian citieswere destroyed as a result ofthe Mongol invasion?
... that associate justiceWilliam Johnson was the first member of theU.S. Supreme Court who was not a member of theFederalist Party?
... that according to legend,Växjö Cathedral in Sweden was founded byan English saint?
... thatDominic Thiem, winner of the2020 US Open, is the first player since the2004 French Open to come back from two sets down in a Grand Slam final to win the title?
... thatVeronica Maggio's 2011 song "Jag kommer" was accused of plagiarizingthe Strokes' "Reptilia", but the singer denied any connection?
... thatCharles G. Hopkins accompaniedQueen Emma of Hawaii to Europe and the United States, where she visited Queen Victoria, Emperor Napoleon III, and President Andrew Johnson?
... that due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, Japanesecheer screenings, which encourage audience participation, have been replaced by viewers'text messages being superimposed on the screen?

21 January 2021

12:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Ingrid Bergman inGaslight (1944)

... that Swedish actressIngrid Bergman(pictured) did not think she would be believable as Israeli prime ministerGolda Meir, buther performanceadded a Primetime Emmy to her awards shelf?
... that theRoyal Victoria Arcade, Ryde, had an underground market that is now used as a local history museum?
... that ballerinaKyra Nichols danced with theNew York City Ballet for 33 years, retiring shortly before she turned 49?
... that "I Love You" by2NE1 integrates traditional Koreantrot music with electronic to create a different sound and "new genre" of music?
... thatEmil Aaltonen went from being a 13-year-old shoemaker's apprentice to owning and running the largest shoe manufacturing business in theNordics?
... that theTrinidad euphonia lacks the musculargizzard that most birds have as part of their digestive tract?
... that theUr-Quan from the 1992science-fiction gameStar Control II are ranked among the best game antagonists of all time, and have influenced character design in modern games?
... that someone ateKoos van der Merwe's cake?

00:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Theodore Roosevelt desk in the Truman Oval Office

... that theTheodore Roosevelt desk(pictured) was the first desk used by aUS president in theOval Office?
... that the Scottish distillerSandy Grant Gordon pioneered the creation ofsingle malt Scotch as a whisky category?
... thatKEVT, the first Spanish-language radio station inTucson, offered English lessons from aUniversity of Arizona professor?
... thatJincheon Gilsangsa is a shrine dedicated to the portrait of GeneralGim Yu-sin?
... thatHannah J. Patterson and other suffragists hauleda replica of the Liberty Bell across Pennsylvania to gainthe right to vote?
... thatDua Lipa's livestream concertStudio 2054 had a record-breaking attendance of five million paid viewers?
... that theBharatanatyam dancerSangeeta Isvaran works with deprived communities and uses dance and theatre in an effort to bring about social reform?
... thatGeorge H. W. Bush drowned a rat in theWhite House swimming pool?

20 January 2021

12:00, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Isaac Newton

... that the 2017 bookPriest of Nature analyses theological writings ofIsaac Newton(pictured) that were never published due to his heretical views?
... that virtuoso organistFrederick Swann was seen weekly on television by an estimated audience of 20 million viewers in 165 countries?
... that the exact date of establishment of thePhilippine embassy in Cairo is unclear, despite the Philippines having first named an ambassador to Egypt in 1960?
... that the philosopherAndy Lamey challenges "new omnivorism", according to which it ispermissible to eat animals even if they havemoral status?
... that theIRT Powerhouse was intended to be the largest power generating station on earth when it was built in the 1900s?
... that Travancore Radio's first English-language broadcaster,Indira Joseph Venniyoor, was paid 69 rupees (then equivalent to US$14.50) for her broadcasts in 1949?
... that theJapanese-pop song "Snow Halation" byμ's has amusic video animated bySunrise?
... that more than 41 million hours ofonline chess have been watched onTwitch during theCOVID-19 pandemic?

00:00, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Cantata rehearsal in the Dreikönigskirche, 2020

... that after theDreikönigskirche escaped destruction in World War II, it became Frankfurt's leading venue of church music performances(example pictured)?
... that the 2009Nova episode "Darwin's Darkest Hour" was filmed for the bicentennial anniversary ofCharles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his workOn the Origin of Species?
... that New Zealand–born musicianMillie Lovelock wrote her English literature master's thesis onOne Direction?
... thatBernie Sanderswas the first socialist mayor in New England sinceJasper McLevy?
... that Japanese business executiveMinoru Makihara credited his association with activist shareholderRobert Monks, his roommate atHarvard, for some of the reforms atMitsubishi Corporation?
... thatColumbia University's small pressColumbia Global Reports has been described as "somewhere between a magazine and book publisher"?
... thatFraser's Hill in Malaysia was previously atin mining area that was converted into ahill station after the tin ore depleted in 1913?
... that when sports journalistLeo Monahan traveled overnight with theBoston Bruins by train, he feared moving while sleeping and keeping one of the team's players awake?

19 January 2021

12:00, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Twokusarigamas

... that thekusarigama(examples pictured), a traditional Japanese weapon, was more useful against a sword than against a spear, anaginata, or abō?
... thatBianca Smith, the first Black female coach in professional baseball history, has aJD degree and anMBA in sports management?
... thatconfectionery in the English Renaissance marks the transition ofsugar from a medicine to a sweetener?
... that whenRiot Games approached investors to fund the development ofLeague of Legends, publishers were baffled by the game'sfree-to-play business model?
... that in 2015,Alexe Gaudreault became the first independent artist to top theBDS charts in 15 years?
... that the wreck of the freighterVernon is one of the deadliest ever to have occurred inWisconsin?
... that the 1352Siege of Guines reignited theHundred Years' War after six years of uneasy truce?
... that after meetingMira Mendelson,Sergei Prokofiev described his future wife as "just some girl who wants me to read her bad poetry"?

00:00, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Historic buildings on South Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee

... that the site of the 1968assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. later became part of theSouth Main Street Historic District(pictured)?
... thatThe Doctor and Student byChristopher St. Germain was used as a primer by English law students for over two centuries?
... thatIzaac Hindom, a Papuan himself, actively promoted the assimilation of Javanese and Papuans, describing the latter as backward and self-centered?
... that the firstCincinnati Marine Hospital was taken by theDepartment of War, and the second byenvironmental health scientists?
... that in their 1962postal history of the Cayman Islands,Philip Saunders andEverard Aguilar were unable to find any surviving mail from the islands before 1889 in private collections, and very little in archives?
... that prior to becoming the highest-grossing film of 1965,The Sound of Music was initially criticized for its romanticism and sentimentality?
... thatBlackburn Rovers won thePremier League three seasons after winning the1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final?
... thatJohn Clark Mayden's images of African Americans were extolled byJames Baldwin as capturing the "majesty of black life" by portraying people who are "weary but not cast down"?

18 January 2021

12:00, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Kansas City Ballet dancers inTheme and Variations

... thatGeorge Balanchine choreographed the balletTheme and Variations(pictured) as a tribute to the imperialRussian ballet style?
... that according to a chaplain atNonnberg Abbey, an abbot was immediately struck blind after stealing one ofSaint Erentrude's relics 300 years after her death?
... thatCity of Champaign v. Madigan was the first decision by anIllinois court addressing whether the private emails of government officials are subject to public disclosure?
... that Chinese banditMa Xiang raised a thousands-strong rebel army in just one or two days, conquered threecommanderies, and declared himself emperor, only to be killed by a much weaker opponent?
... that a mental-health hotline inPuerto Rico recorded a spike in calls leading up toHurricane Beryl?
... thatGeorgina Schuyler led the campaign to have the poem "The New Colossus" byEmma Lazarus placed inside the pedestal of theStatue of Liberty?
... that the gill chambers of thetiger lucine, thedwarf tiger lucine, and thePennsylvania lucine containsymbiotic bacteria which help them live in sediments not suited to otherbivalves?
... that upon completing their apprenticeships, British printers might bedoused in ink and paper shavings and paraded through the streets?

00:00, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Statue of a cooper hammering a shaping truss onto the staves of a barrel

The Burton Cooper

... thatThe Burton Cooper(pictured) was moved insidea shopping centre in 1994 despite objections from theBurton upon Trent civic society?
... that during the reigns of KingKalākaua and QueenLiliʻuokalani, attempts were made to change the constitution togrant women of the Hawaiian Kingdom the right to vote?
... thatIqbal Qureshi composed the music for the 1964 filmCha Cha Cha, the first Indian film to feature Western dance?
... thatVine-Glo sold duringProhibition carried a warning telling people how to make wine from it, andAl Capone allegedly threatened to force it out of Chicago?
... that the artistThilagavathi teaches social interactions and facial expressions to children on theautism spectrum throughTherukoothu folk-theatre performances?
... thatMatt Czuchry, who plays Logan inGilmore Girls, recommended season 5's "You Jump, I Jump, Jack" as a good episode for new viewers to begin with?
... that theHomeward Bound leadership program organized the largest all-womanexpedition to Antarctica in 2019?
... that after 108-year-oldSarah Thomas woke up from a thirty-hour coma, she asked for her pipe and tobacco?

17 January 2021

12:00, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Saint Émilie de Rodat

... thatSaint Émilie de Rodat(pictured) founded theSisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche in 1815, a French religious order that provides free education for poor girls?
... thatBarack Obama's 2020 bookA Promised Land took longer to write than any other presidential memoir in the past hundred years?
... that Turkishartistic gymnastÜmit Şamiloğlu is the creator of a specialgrip in thehorizontal bar event?
... that after releasing their debut albumBlack Focus, the English band Yussef Kamaal was denied entry to the United States because one member's visa was revoked by the Trump administration?
... that attorneyStyles Hutchins was the first African American to argue a case in a court inGeorgia?
... that theflameback coral shrimp is often found in close proximity to theyellow-edged moray eel, suggesting that they may have acleaning symbiosis?
... that according to one critic, video-game designerKitty Horrorshow does not exploit theLovecraftian "fear of the unknown", but instead the "fear of the familiar"?
... thatthis year's Boat Race betweenOxford andCambridge will take place on theRiver Great Ouse instead of theRiver Thames for the first time since 1944?

00:00, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Clouded leopard

... that theclouded leopard(example pictured) is the first cat that diverged from thecommon ancestor of theFelidae more than four million years ago?
... thatDebbie Muir retired fromsynchronized swimming at age 20 and coached the Calgary Aquabelles to 22 national titles in ten years?
... that inPlaying the Whore,Melissa Gira Grant contends that categorizing all sex work as exploitation or empowerment creates afalse dichotomy?
... thatThe Ur-Quan Masters, anopen-source remake of the 1992science-fiction gameStar Control II, has been listed several times as one of the best freePC games ever?
... thatLucy Burwell Page Saunders's novelDora Lee features a French-speakingmacaw named Fanchon, inspired byDolley Madison's pet parrot, who attacks three different characters in eight pages?
... that although the Philippines and Denmarkestablished relations in 1946, thePhilippine embassy in Copenhagen only opened in 2019?
... thatTaylor Swift's 2020 song "Marjorie" has been described as "a heart-rending tribute" to her grandmother, opera singerMarjorie Finlay, who inspired Swift's musical career?
... that theIndex Thomisticus covered 10,631,980 words in fifty-six volumes and took an estimated one million hours to create?

16 January 2021

12:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Siegfried Pank

... thatSiegfried Pank(pictured), the director of the International Telemann Association, was a cellist of theGewandhausorchester and professor of cello andviol?
... that the2008 FA Cup Final betweenCardiff City andPortsmouth holds the record for the highest attendance for afootball match at thenew Wembley Stadium, with 89,874?
... thatKatherine Loker donated $30 million each toHarvard andUSC, and millions more to develop university, medical, and cultural programs in California?
... that prior to the arrival of theYear 24 Group, mostgirls' comics in Japan were written by men?
... that memorial directorJens-Christian Wagner blamesAlternative for Germany for the increase in heckling at former Nazi concentration camps in recent years?
... that in the1930 United States Senate election in Illinois,Ruth Hanna McCormick was the first woman ever nominated for the U.S. Senate by a major party?
... that the defenses of the soft coralLeptogorgia virgulata are useless against the barnacleConopea galeata?
... that comedianBlaire Erskine's mock interview dupedMichael Moore into believing she was a Donald Trump supporter stranded and freezing after his Omaha, Nebraska, rally?

00:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Page of illuminated manuscript showing John of Patmos and the coats of arms of Joan of France and Catherine of Armagnac

Miniature from the book of hours of Joan of France

... that theNational Library of France was able to buy thebook of hours of Joan of France(detail pictured) thanks to private donations?
... thatUtah Utes football playerTy Jordan died on Christmas Day, one day after being named thePac-12 Conference newcomer of the year for 2020?
... thatThe Gospel of Afranius, a 1995 Russian novel and polemic challenging an American evangelicalapologist text, has not yet been translated to English?
... thatOscar Fritz Schuh created a new style to directMozart operas at theVienna State Opera, focused on the psychology of the characters?
... that the wooden freighterJarvis Lord was one of the firstlake freighters ever built?
... thatAdele Rose wrote 457 scripts for the British soap operaCoronation Street, more than any other contributor?
... that PresidentBarack Obama celebrated his 50th birthday byplaying basketball withShane Battier,LeBron James,Magic Johnson,Maya Moore,Alonzo Mourning,Joakim Noah,Chris Paul, andDerrick Rose?
... thatGeorge Orwell described theHyde Park pet cemetery as "perhaps the most horrible spectacle in Britain"?

15 January 2021

12:00, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Patent diagram for the Deats plow

... that a Deats plow(illustrated), patented byJohn Deats in 1828 and manufactured by his sonHiram Deats, was donated by his grandsonHiram Edmund Deats toRutgers University for an agricultural museum in 1929?
... that the Argentine government took over operations oftelevision channel 8 at Mar del Plata in 1973, only to privatize it again a decade later?
... that actress and tennis playerFiliz Taçbaş, tired of city life, purchased agricultural land and obtained a farming certificate, and now grows olives and lemons?
... that inThe Autistic Brain,Temple Grandin suggests that the rise in autism diagnoses has been due to an inaccurate definition in theDSM-5 which groups other conditions under the term?
... that it is popularly believed that thePointer descends fromOld Spanish Pointers introduced to England in 1713 by soldiers returning from Spain after thePeace of Utrecht?
... thatSödermanland runic inscription 140 has arunic cross that is either a pagan invocation of the Norse godThor or one of the earliest mentions of Sweden?
... that theNukegate scandal was precipitated by the largest business failure in the history ofSouth Carolina?
... that duringFrancis Reynolds's command ofHMS Augusta, the ship ran aground and exploded with such force that the blast was heard 30 miles (48 km) away?

00:00, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Model of Galactic Radiation and Background satellite 1 (GRAB-1)

... thatGalactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) was the first successful U.S. orbital surveillance program(satellite pictured), revolutionizing American understanding of Soviet air defense radar capabilities?
... that Turkey threatened that Jewish lives would be put in danger if the 1982International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, which covered the Armenian Genocide, was not cancelled?
... thatCanadian football broadcasterErnie Calcutt coined the phrase "being as wide open as a church door on a Sunday morning"?
... that television stationWKAB-TV ofMobile, Alabama, broadcast for less than two years before it went off air due to financial difficulties?
... thatM. P. Alladin depicted ruralIndo-Trinidadian life in his art, and has been credited with giving "a new dignity" to the subject?
... that aU.S. Supreme Court case involving the French vesselEuryale considered whetherNapoleon III, as a foreign emperor, could bring cases in American courts?
... that theLectures on Theoretical Physics are based on thirty years of lectures given byArnold Sommerfeld, a manWolfgang Pauli once described as "the epitome of the scholar and the teacher"?
... thatBillie Holiday was paid $35 forher first recording?

14 January 2021

12:00, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Adi Utarini

... thatAdi Utarini(pictured) was listed as one ofNature's 10 in 2020 after she released infected mosquitoes all overYogyakarta to controldengue fever?
... thatIt's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School was the first film to provide educators with information on how to prevent discrimination against gay people?
... thatEsat Uras, a major perpetrator of theArmenian Genocide, later wrote "the ur-text of Turkish denialist 'scholarship'"?
... thata Canadian Supreme Court case aboutadministrative law granted citizenship to a child of covert Russian agents?
... that theconchfish conceals itself in themantle cavity of a livingmollusc?
... that2NE1's "I Am the Best" topped theBillboardWorld Digital Songs chart after being featured in aMicrosoft commercial?
... thatJoseph Bachelder III, pioneer of thegolden-parachute executive compensation structure, representedJohn Sculley at Apple Inc.,Jamie Dimon at Citigroup, andLouis Gerstner at RJR Nabisco and IBM?
... that campaigners to save theHappy Man Tree, named England'sTree of the Year for 2020, presented an axe made from papier-mâché to themayor of Hackney?

00:00, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Pencil towers in New York City

... that the new slender, super-tall skyscrapers in New York City are known aspencil towers(examples pictured)?
... that Governor of PapuaLukas Enembe pledged financial support to send Indonesian military commanderHerman Asaribab to theUnited States Army Command and General Staff College?
... that at 5,593 pages, theConsolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 is the longest bill ever passed by theU.S. Congress?
... that bothElfriede Jelinek's 2013 playDie Schutzbefohlenen andthe ancient Greek play that inspired it deal with refugees fleeing to Europe?
... thatBru McCoy transferred fromUSC to theUniversity of Texas and back to USC in less than six months?
... that women are prohibited from entering theChisapani Gadhi in Nepal due to the belief that this could bring them bad luck or even death?
... that the2020 EFL League Two play-off Final is believed to be the first competitive match playedbehind closed doors atWembley Stadium?
... that "Fujiyama Mama", an American rockabilly song that compared a woman's energy to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a number-one hit in Japan in 1958?

13 January 2021

12:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Black and white engraving of a woman in elaborate costume

Rosalbina Caradori as Zora, the slave girl

... that a few years after Pacini's operaLa schiava in Bagdad premiered in Turin,Rosalbina Caradori performed the title role of the slave girl(pictured) in London?
... that duringSir George Smith's term asgovernor of Nyasaland, the area of land used for the cultivation of tea, cotton, and tobacco increased a hundredfold?
... that according to his 2020 biography,Atomic Spy,Klaus Fuchs felt thatpassing secrets from his work on theManhattan Project to the Soviet Union was for "the betterment of mankind"?
... thatCristin Milioti appears inDeath to 2020 as a stereotypical "Karen", having previously worked with its creatorsCharlie Brooker andAnnabel Jones inBlack Mirror episode "USS Callister"?
... thatIti Tyagi said, "I urge every woman to come out of their shells and to break the stereotype" after receiving theNari Shakti Puraskar?
... that the music video forTaylor Swift's single "Willow" avoids showing some dancers' faces because they were wearing masks as aCOVID-19 precaution?
... that the video gameBad Rats was a populargag gift onSteam?
... thatWall Street Journal architecture columnistJulie V. Iovine caused an uproar when she wrote thatYale University had a reputation for being a "gay school" in 1987?

00:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Konrad von Altstetten, his lover, and his falcon

... that the poetKonrad von Altstetten(depicted) is shown in theCodex Manesse splitting his attention between his falcon and his lover?
... that the owners and residents of theAlwyn Court argued over the legal definition of a window in 1985?
... thatMasochistic Ono Band was created by two Japanese voice actors as thehouse band for their radio programDear Girl: Stories?
... that the Scottish gynaecologistBenjamin Philip Watson was examined in surgery byJoseph Bell, the model forSherlock Holmes?
... that theSave Uganda Movement grew from a few hundred members to around 17,000 in a matter of months?
... that "Macorina", the first erotic song dedicated to one woman by another, became a "lesbian hymn"?
... thatBernie Sanders received significant support fromDemocratic voters in the1983 Burlington mayoral election despite not being the Democratic nominee?
... that competitive swimmerMeenakshi Pahuja encountered water snakes in one river race atMurshidabad, and a corpse in another?

12 January 2021

12:00, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Aramaic document in the Khalili Collection

... that theKhalili Collection of Aramaic Documents(example pictured) includes the earliest known use in Aramaic of the name "Alexandros" to refer toAlexander the Great?
... that the environmental journalistSwati Thiyagarajan investigated claims ofinterspecies communication made by the conservationistAnna Breytenbach?
... that six different dams were proposed for the lowerSanpoil River?
... that British businessmanWilliam Brooks Close and his two brothers started a colony inIowa while owning at times almost 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) of the best soil in the United States?
... thatAtalanta reached the semifinals of theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup in 1988 while playing in theItalian second tier?
... thatOlive Whitlock Klump was the firstindustrial nurse to work for the U.S. government?
... that the developers ofPaper Mario: Sticker Star de-emphasized a proper story because fewer than one percent of players found the plot ofthe previous game interesting?
... thatWhopperCoin attempted to turn a burger into an "investment vehicle"?

00:00, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Werner Heisenberg

... that the biographiesUncertainty andBeyond Uncertainty show, contrary to popular belief, that there is no evidence thatWerner Heisenberg(pictured) impeded theGerman nuclear weapons program to prevent Hitler from obtaining a bomb?
... thatHector Munro Chadwick postulated theHeroic Age as a distinct stage in the development of human societies?
... that radio stationWWBC inCocoa, Florida, was forced to remove its transmitter tower from theIndian River when the site was sold to condominium developers?
... thatWolfgang Marschner was the violinist in the first public performance of a work byKarlheinz Stockhausen, hisSonatine, with the composer as the pianist?
... that whenNichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment was formed, about two-thirds of its men were unarmed?
... thatRohana Muthalib, the first Indonesiancosmetologist, was also the first woman mayor ofPontianak?
... that it tookZachary Levi an average of twenty minutes to get into costume asthe titular character inShazam!?
... thatan album of poetry read byJohn Wayne reached the number-13 spot onBillboard's Hot Country Albums chart?

11 January 2021

12:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

M42 sub-basement

... that theM42 sub-basement(pictured) was featured in a navy training film as the safest place in New York during a nuclear strike?
... thatPaper Mario: Color Splash was accidentally playable two weeks before its launch?
... thatRosalynn Carter's 1984 memoirFirst Lady from Plains outsold her presidential husbandJimmy Carter's 1982 memoir?
... that the choral conductorMichael Gläser was called in to lead theThomanerchor in Leipzig when its musical directorGeorg Christoph Biller fell ill?
... that thePeople's Liberation Army in China developed theDongfeng EQ2050 armored vehicle after seeing theHumvee in action on television during theGulf War?
... that league executives voted ice hockey playerMitchell Miller as one of the bestblueliners in theUnited States Hockey League?
... thatCallimachus'sAetia explains how a lock of hair becamean astronomical constellation?
... thatArchie Andrews has been described as the "simpiest of thesimps"?

00:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara inThe Quiet Man

... thatMaureen O'Hara andJohn Wayne(both pictured)had such a strong rapport on screen that some people believed that they were married in real life?
... that hermit crabs such asPaguristes puncticeps raid octopusmiddens, both for food and for empty mollusc shells?
... that as the health commissioner ofChicago in the 1920s,Herman Bundesen advocated the distribution ofprophylactics by the city to combatsexually transmitted diseases?
... that "Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit", a 17th-century morning hymn, has been variously translated as "Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star", and as "Dayspring of Eternity"?
... thatwomen's rights activistMebrure Aksoley founded an elementary school before serving for more than 40 years in theTurkish parliament,Constituent Assembly, andSenate?
... thatLouis Prima being credited as a featured artist onKids See Ghosts' "4th Dimension" marks the third timeKanye West has given this type of posthumous credit?
... that the German anthropologistAparna Rao studied the impact of theKashmir conflict on both lives and the environment?
... that after discovering a giant larva on the fourthDana expedition,Anton Frederik Bruun said, "I believe in the sea serpent", and lectured on its possible existence?

10 January 2021

12:00, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Stockton Flyer

... that thekinetic sculptureStockton Flyer(pictured) appears at 1 pm each day inStockton-on-Tees High Street?
... that turbine manufacturerS. Morgan Smith Company made large gun lathes during World War I and large aircraft carrier, gun, and tank parts during World War II?
... that whenAbbey House Museum curatorViolet Crowther wanted to add old-fashioned household objects or "bygones" to the collection, she advertised for a pair of bellows in the local newspaper?
... that while it is now considered a classic work ofgirls' comics, the 1974 manga seriesThe Heart of Thomas was almost cancelled five weeks into serialization due to poor initial reader response?
... thatJohn Montgomery Cooper advanced the theory that both South American and North American Indians were "marginal peoples" who were cultural relics from prehistoric times?
... that thejudiciary of the Philippines has recognized thelegal standing of dolphins?
... that after ice hockey executiveHanson Dowell suspended players onCape Breton Island, local coal miners threatened to strike in protest?
... thatIndustry facesTherapy?

00:00, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Clarence E. Willard, with a photographic effect showing his increase in height

... thatvaudeville performerClarence E. Willard could add7+1⁄2 inches (19 cm) to his height by stretching(pictured)?
... that the2021 Challenge Cup will not feature any amateur rugby league teams due to theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... thatgestural abstract painterJackie Saccoccio experimented with randomness in her works by pouring paint, tilting canvases, and even pressing wet canvases together?
... thatHarper Pass, a remote hiking trail crossing theSouthern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana in New Zealand, was once the most important overland connection betweenCanterbury and theWest Coast?
... thatAnil Kapoor calledAK vs AK "the fastest film I have done in my career"?
... that in the 19th and early 20th centuries, theU.S. Department of Agriculture had members of Congressdistribute millions of free seed packets to Americans?
... that whileUte Trekel-Burckhardt was a leadingmezzo-soprano of theState Opera of East Berlin, she appeared as theRosenkavalier in Vienna, and in the premiere ofSutermeister'sLe roi Bérangerin Munich?
... that the largestheroin seizure in the New York City Police Department's history occurred at the luxury apartment towerCentral Park Place in 1993?

9 January 2021

12:00, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Santal 33

... that the social theory ofdistinction could explain why the more popular the perfumeSantal 33(pictured) became, the less some people liked it?
... that the demesne ofRostellan contains an 18th-century folly, built by the landowner in honour of the actressSarah Siddons?
... thatFran Todman, who fundraised for theRetina Foundation for decades, was honored with an electrophysiology laboratory at theSchepens Eye Research Institute being named for her?
... that theIdalion bilingual, one of sixPhoenician inscriptions found in 1870 atDali, Cyprus, was the "Rosetta Stone" for the decipherment of theCypriot syllabary?
... that Shanghai-born lawyerEzekiel Toeg formed leading collections of the stamps of theBritish West Indies?
... that inMy Memoir, former United States first ladyEdith Wilson detailed how she becameWoodrow Wilson's gatekeeper after his stroke, prioritizing his official duties?
... that Ethiopian runnerHelen Bekele Tola has stated a desire to compete for Switzerland at the2020 Summer Olympics?
... that voice actorJustin Roiland got drunk to record the part of Rick in theRick and Morty episode "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender"?

00:00, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Mercy dog carrying a soldier's helmet (1918)

... thatmercy dogs(example illustrated) were trained during World War I to comfort mortally wounded soldiers as they died inno man's land?
... thatPope Pius VI namedLeonard Neale thecoadjutor bishop of Baltimore in 1795, but Neale did not learn of this until 1800?
... that theUrdu novelFasana-e-Azad consists of about 3,000 pages?
... that at theSchaubühne in Berlin,Jutta Lampe playedOphelia "as if in a trance", and male and female roles on a time voyage as the only actor in the premiere ofRobert Wilson'sOrlando?
... that theCominform Resolution of 28 June 1948 publicly announced theTito–Stalin split?
... that after theU.S. Supreme Court upheld a Montana abortion law inMazurek v. Armstrong, state courts struck down the law as a violation of theMontana Constitution?
... that Canadian ethnomusicologistJudith R. Cohen dispels the myth thatJudeo-Spanish songs have medieval origins and are unique toSephardic Jews?
... that inThe Trouble With Gravity,Richard Panek suggests that our universe's gravity originates in aparallel universe and is leaking into our own?

8 January 2021

12:00, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Recumbent stone (centre) at Aikey Brae

... that at 21.5 tonnes, the recumbent(pictured) atAikey Brae stone circle is one of the largest inAberdeenshire?
... thatMolly Gray, the newlieutenant governor of Vermont, is a former competitive skier and the daughter ofan Olympic skier?
... that bathrooms in some German bars havevomiting basins?
... thatEleanor Roosevelt wrote four autobiographical memoirs:This Is My Story (1937),This I Remember (1949),On My Own (1958), andThe Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1961)?
... thatRosl Zapf, amezzo-soprano of theOper Frankfurt who took part in world premieres, appeared at theSalzburg Festival in Mozart'sDie Zauberflöte conducted byGeorg Solti?
... thatLiDAR can be used to make adigital terrain model?
... that theButler mansion was built withparquette oak floors, elaboratefrescos,wainscot paneling—and a fireproof wing to store the archives of theU.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey?
... that during a spacewalk,Jean-Pierre Haigneré, a Frenchspationaut and crew member of theMir space station, deployedSputnik 99 onto its orbit by simply releasing the satellite by hand?

00:00, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Clara Bow

... that despite receiving 30,000 monthly fan letters,top box-office silent-film starClara Bow(pictured) was convinced that talking pictures would ruin her career?
... thatDerrick Tovey recognised early cases ofsmallpox duringan outbreak in Bradford in 1962?
... that fossils of the cypressTaxodium dubium have been found as far north asSpitsbergen andDenali?
... that Massachusetts-born activistAlmira Hollander Pitman was given credit for the passage of a bill forwomen's suffrage in Hawaii?
... thatDTM is the largestgay club in Northern Europe?
... thatSocrates Nelson sold a block of land to the city ofStillwater, Minnesota, for $5 in 1867 for the building of a new county courthouse?
... that theLaw for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour, created during World War II to quash opposition toMacedonian nationalism, remained in force until 1991?
... thatSunny Lam, a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, performed a love song withSiri?

7 January 2021

12:00, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange

... that construction of theDosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange(pictured) in Los Angeles in the 1950s displaced an entire neighborhood primarily inhabited by people of color?
... that Australian and Greek troops under Lieutenant ColonelIan Ross Campbell held off a force of over 1,000 German paratroops onCrete for ten days?
... that when designing the characterMadoka Kaname,Ume Aoki used Yuno, the protagonist of her manga seriesHidamari Sketch, as a basis?
... thatElaine Van Blunk finished third at the1994 Chicago Marathon, her second marathon event?
... that vaccines are commonly administered viaintramuscular injection?
... thatKAVU-TV inVictoria, Texas, did not know their signal was being seen on cable inCorpus Christi until family of station employees living there said that they had enjoyed that morning's newscast?
... that arachnologistEkaterina Andreeva wrote the first original monograph published in the USSR about Central Asian spiders?
... that an obituary ofNeil Peart said he was "sent to Earth to destroydrummer jokes"?

00:00, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Christine Nagel

... thatChristine Nagel(pictured) once createda strawberry-and-popcorn perfume forDior?
... that the formerASCE Society House in New York City has been home to a tire showroom, a restaurant, and an art shop?
... thatShanti Stupa, Delhi, was inaugurated bythe Dalai Lama in 2007?
... thatWilliam Cline Borden wrote the first American textbook onX-rays?
... thatBechevinka, an abandoned Soviet submarine base inKamchatka, is now aghost town that attracts tourists?
... thatOpenload, a defunct file-sharing site that once received more traffic thanHulu, was labelled anotorious market?
... that thepermeability of rocks affected by faults can increase or decrease as a result of seismic activity?
... thatTaylor Swift offered to postpone the release date ofEvermore by one week so as not to coincide withPaul McCartney'sMcCartney III?

6 January 2021

12:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Detail fromAdoration of the Magi by the Master

... that the existence of the painter known as theMaster of the Lille Adoration(painting detail pictured), active in 16th-centuryAntwerp, was only proposed in 1995?
... thatGernot Roll, considered an expert in literary adaptations, was the cinematographer for the 11-part television seriesThe Buddenbrooks based onThomas Mann's novel?
... that althoughfracking is banned inMaryland, state officials support theEastern Shore Pipeline, which carries fracked gas?
... thatMichael White served inthe same regiment as his father and married the daughter of another of its officers?
... that in theMediterranean Sea, recruitment of the bryozoanCallopora lineata takes place in February and March, whereas in theIsle of Man, it takes place all year round?
... that in his first run forTexas House of Representatives,El Franco Lee had to pay a $400 fee to remain on the ballot because hisnominating petition did not have enough verifiable signatures?
... that dissections forGray's Anatomy were carried out at the medical school in London'sKinnerton Street?
... that ina 2018 U.S. district court case, software companyStardock unsuccessfully tried to claim trademarks for the names of aliens from the gameStar Control?

00:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Max Born

... that according toa 2005 biography,Max Born(pictured), the author of the classic textbookPrinciples of Optics, felt dejected when he did not share in the 1932Nobel Prize that was given to his assistantWerner Heisenberg?
... thatLaura Purser-Rose became the first woman to sign her name on theGreen Monster atFenway Park?
... thatLenín Moreno, who was elected president of Ecuador in 2017, is not seeking re-election in the2021 general election?
... thatAnton Colella was named the chief executive of theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland even though his only qualifications were in teachingCatholic theology?
... that in "Body",Megan Thee Stallion name-drops animal-rights activistCarole Baskin, who had previously criticized the rapper's use of big cats as props in a music video?
... that according to historianStefan Ihrig, the Nazis sought to emulate Turkey, which they viewed as a "postgenocidal paradise"?
... thatecological speciation can give rise to new species by the way animals interact with their environment and each other?
... that Hawaiian princessKaʻiulani was an avid surfer and professed in an interview, "I'm sure I was a seal in another world because I am so fond of the water"?

5 January 2021

00:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

View of El Paso at Sunset (c. 1922–1925)

... thatView of El Paso at Sunset(pictured), a 22-foot-long (6.7 m) painting byAudley Dean Nicols, spent years in a janitor's closet atEl Paso High School?
... that people with afish allergy are unlikely to be allergic to shellfish, because fish and shellfish do not have the same allergenic protein?
... that American-Israeli basketball playerBryan Cohen is the only athlete in the history of thePatriot League to win its Defensive Player of Year award three times?
... thatsocial projection may explain political polarization?
... thatGertrude Degenhardt illustrated her brother-in-lawFranz Josef Degenhardt's song albums in the 1960s, and created art books such asWomen in Music andVagabondage in Blue in the 1990s?
... thatChoctaw was one of only three semi-whaleback ships ever built?
... that armed robbersstole an estimated $30–45 million worth of paintings from Sweden'sNationalmuseum in December 2000, including twoRenoirs and aRembrandt?
... thatthe Strokes lose a game of baseball by a score of56–1 against a team of robots in the music video for their song "The Adults Are Talking"?

4 January 2021

00:00, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Kathleen Byron as a nurse inLife in Her Hands

... that the British filmLife in Her Hands(scene pictured) was produced to recruit women into nursing?
... that ballerina andrépétiteurSara Leland was able to stage more than 30 ballets due to her ability to remember choreography accurately?
... that thefrog pond effect describes how it is better for self-evaluation of competence to be a "big frog in a little pond"?
... thatOregon state representativeJohn H. Carkin was unanimously electedSpeaker of the Oregon House in 1927, with support from allDemocratic House members as well as his fellowRepublicans?
... that a section ofJapan National Route 114 that was closed following theFukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has since been reopened?
... that theAva PrinceThray Sithu led two ceasefire negotiations withHanthawaddy during theForty Years' War?
... that messages could be sentby pneumatic tube in central Paris until 1984?
... thatMildred Mottahedeh's personal collection of porcelain was described byNelson Rockefeller as "utterly fabulous, an artistic and cultural treasure without comparison in its field"?

3 January 2021

00:00, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Panchkuta Basadi, Humcha

... that PanchkutaBasadi(pictured), in theHumcha Jain temple complex, houses a golden-coloured idol ofPadmavati carrying a lotus, a goad, and a noose?
... that US civil-rights leaderJohn Warren Davis was the longest-serving president ofWest Virginia State University and helped to establish theNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund?
... thatU-710 was sunk only ten days after beginning her first patrol?
... that as aPorto Alegre city councillor,Rodrigo Maroni proposed a bill that would have imposedlife imprisonment on offenders who commitcruelty to animals?
... that 6,000 square feet (560 m²) of development rights above theArt Students League Building cost $31.8 million?
... thatEnid Szánthó, a leadingcontralto of theVienna State Opera, appeared as Erda in Wagner'sRing cycle at theBayreuth Festival in 1930, but was no longer invited by 1938?
... thatPaper Mario: The Origami King uses office supplies forboss battles to complement its origami theme?
... that climate journalistKendra Pierre-Louis is a critic ofmayonnaise?

2 January 2021

00:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Dinah Washington

... that a ranking of the greatestdouble-entendre songs of all time included "Big Long Slidin' Thing" byDinah Washington(pictured), "Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" byBessie Smith, "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" bythe Swallows, "Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)" byWynonie Harris, and "Big Ten Inch Record" byAerosmith?
... thatXO was one of the lowest-selling games in theSuper Robot Wars series due toXbox 360's unwelcomingcommercial and critical reception in Japan?
... thatFrances Spatz Leighton was called the "Queen of Female Ghosts" forghostwriting many memoirs?
... that the 1988Bruges speech byMargaret Thatcher has been described as "setting the UK on the path toBrexit"?
... that afterIllinois overhauledits Freedom of Information Act on January 1, 2010, the law became regarded as one of the most liberal public-records statutes in the United States?
... that in 1982, aMagnificat in German composed in 1707 for soprano,traverso, strings, andcontinuo and attributed toBach andTelemann, was identified as a composition byMelchior Hoffmann?
... that Spanish physicistTeresa Rodrigo worked on the discovery of theHiggs boson atCERN and the discovery of thetop quark atFermilab?
... thatManner, a Macau entertainment company, opened a store that sellsalmond biscuits withcondom-looking wrapping, and gives customers free beefjerky if they show aparking ticket?

1 January 2021

00:00, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Micrograph of fumarole minerals fromTolbachik

... that volcanicfumaroles deposit more than 240 distinct, rarefumarole minerals(examples pictured)?
... thatBritish Army officerSir Augustus FitzGeorge served asequerry to his father,Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, and accompaniedAlbert Edward, Prince of Wales, on his visit to India?
... that the 1983 memoirHome Before Morning, which details the author's time as aVietnam War nurse, is dedicated to "all of the unknown women who served forgotten in their wars"?
... that Israeli lawyerGonen Ben Itzhak, a prominent figure in theprotests against Benjamin Netanyahu, is a formerShin Bet handler ofHamas mole "The Green Prince"?
... that the results of the2021 Uzbek presidential election are expected to mirror thosefrom 2016, which were widely considered illegitimate?
... thatLaVon Mercer, who was homeless as a teenager, played in theIsraeli Basketball Premier League for 14 years and was its 1980–81 season MVP?
... that Milestone House at theEdinburgh City Hospital was the first custom-built AIDS hospice in the UK?
... that in a three-month period in mid- to late 2020, nearly half of Americans were subject to anSSA impersonation scam robocall?

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