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31 January 2022

12:00, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Umar Zahir

... thatUmar Zahir(pictured) built both an island of trash and an island of hope?
... thatKanye West originally wrote the chorus of "Gold Digger" from a female point of view?
... that in 2019,Paul Cosford and his colleagues found thatlung cancer was more common in non-smokers than was generally thought?
... that the video gamePyongyang Racer was developed in North Korea forKoryo Tours, which organises tours to the country?
... that AI expertTess Posner resigned her role as a CEO in order to concentrate on her music career?
... that the Syracuse House onClinton Square was described byCharles Dickens as "the worst inn that ever was seen"?
... that Zimbabwean colonelFlint Magama, who was responsible for the killing of opposition politicianNjini Ntuta, later receivedthe country's highest award for military bravery?
... that at various secondary schools and universities,students eat entire heads of lettuce as quickly as possible?

00:00, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

BP Building

... that theBP Building(pictured) features Europe's first example of "suspended construction"?
... thatDa'ud, the heir apparent of the lastFatimid caliph, spent almost his entire life imprisoned by the succeedingAyyubid dynasty?
... thatEncanto'sMirabel is the first Disney heroine to wear glasses?
... thatSiegfried Goldschmidt translatedKalidasa's epic poemSêtubandhu from Prakrit into German?
... that the headless body ofThomas Aquinas was boiled, possibly in wine, afterhis canonization?
... that after going off the air due to financial issues, the control room of Texas radio stationKBIL was set ablaze by an arsonist?
... thatElena Guseva's training as a choral conductor helped her analyse the score when playing Polina in Prokofiev'sThe Gambler at theVienna State Opera?
... that the vegan-food brandSqueaky Bean produces food that does not contain beans?

30 January 2022

12:00, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Obverse of a double florin

... that thedouble florin(example pictured), a British coin, was criticised both for being too close in size to thecrown and because thecrown on it was too small?
... that when journalistBill Fleischman was surprised by a radio advertisement about his next-day article, he just sat down and wrote it?
... that thePort of Shahid Rajaee is responsible for 85 percent of the total loading and unloading carried out at Iranian ports?
... that Lieutenant-ColonelJohannes Wilhelm Colenbrander and two others died on camera during the filming of the 1918 war filmSymbol of Sacrifice?
... that part of the funding for theColumbus Monument inSyracuse, New York, was provided by Italian dictatorBenito Mussolini?
... that in 2014, Trinidadian sprinterDeon Lendore wonthe highest award inNational Collegiate Athletic Association track and field while atTexas A&M University?
... thatHistoria narodu polskiego, the first modern history of Poland, was never finished but was highly influential on emerging Polish historiography?
... that a pornographic video service once offered NFL quarterbackGardner Minshew a one-million-dollar endorsement deal based on his habit of exercising in nothing but ajockstrap?

00:00, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

... thatJupiter is sometimes called a "cosmic vacuum cleaner" because offrequent impacts from asteroids and comets(example pictured)?
... that when baseball outfielderBrick Eldred was suspended by his team for refusing to pay a fine, another team acquired him, paid the fine, and gave him a raise?
... thatTana Tidung Regency is the smallest regency by land area inNorth Kalimantan and has the province's lowest poverty rate?
... thatMichael Koomen was shot and killed while trying to calm the situation?
... thatJackie Kennedy teased former love interestDeclan Costello that a 1955 double date involving them and their spouses had almost broken up the Kennedys' marriage?
... thatDavid Bowie's 1999 albumHours was the first by a major artist available for download from the Internet?
... that businessman and activistMatthew Glover's charity challengedPope Francis to become a vegan for Lent?
... that theAmerican Committee for the Defense of British Homes donated a hunting rifle fromTheodore Roosevelt to help defend Britain during the Second World War?

29 January 2022

12:00, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Woman presumed to be Louisa Bernie Gallaher

... thatSmithsonian archivists are rediscovering the works of photography pioneerLouisa Bernie Gallaher(pictured) after they were misattributed to her boss?
... that theDoctor Who serialThe Chase was to featurethe Beatles dressed as old men, performing as part of a fictional 50th-anniversary concert, but the idea was rejected by their manager?
... thatGarry Kasparov thought that a move bychess computerDeep Blue demonstrated its "superior intelligence", but the move was in fact caused by asoftware bug?
... thatAlbert Freedman was the first person indicted in the1950s quiz show scandals?
... thatDan Lanning, who coached his final game atGeorgia in the2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, will face Georgia in his first game as the new head coach atOregon?
... thatPaul Gutama Soegijo travelled from Germany to Indonesia to study thegamelan instruments ofJava for eight years?
... that theAmazon Venture oil spill, in which about 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 litres) of oil spilled into theSavannah River, was caused by three valves that simultaneously malfunctioned?
... thatPeruvian Viagra grows on the roots of plants?

00:00, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

St. James Theatre

... that a 40-foot-tall (12 m) mural outside Broadway'sSt. James Theatre(pictured) was painted over due to a broken foot?
... that in 1887, after spending three nights on the summit ofMont Blanc, scientistJoseph Vallot and his party were greeted with flowers by the mayor and all the inhabitants ofChamonix?
... that staff at the vegan food brandVFC interact with internet trolls on social media platforms to grow their online brand?
... that American musicianKenneth Kilgore, who was inducted into theOklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, had a bridge posthumously named after him?
... that in 1951, 22 Greenlandic children were sent to foster families in Denmark to bere-educated as "little Danes"?
... thatKate Foster is the British ambassador to Somalia, but there are no consular services at the embassy inMogadishu?
... that a billion dollars' worth ofcoal power in Turkey could bestranded?
... that theplay-by-mail gameVictory! The Battle for Europe takes about three years to play?

28 January 2022

12:00, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

John William Kiser

... thatJohn William Kiser(pictured), who arrived in Chicago "practically penniless", took advantage of a boom in bicycle usage when he formed the Monarch Bicycle company?
... thatPope Pius IX gave the monks ofSaint Vincent Archabbey permission to brewSaint Vincent Beer?
... thatDTK Computer was one of the first companies to have its computers sold via satellite television?
... that in Africa, thecriminalization of homosexuality was a colonial imposition and the decriminalization of homosexuality is resisted as a neocolonial imposition?
... thatFrancis Martin, aCistercian monk fromthe Bronx, became a leader in theCatholic charismatic renewal?
... that Singapore'sNorth East MRT line saw the first launch of the Art-in-Transit (AiT) programme – a public artwork showcase on the MRT network?
... that journalistJack Berry was influential in lifting the ban on female reporters in the locker room atThe Masters?
... that the artworkComedian, a fresh banana taped to a wall with duct tape, sold for $120,000 in 2019?

00:00, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

... thatVita Sackville-West described thegarden rooms she created atSissinghurst(pictured) as "a series of escapes from the world, giving the impression of cumulative escape"?
... that fashion modelVivienne Rohner, named after fashion designerVivienne Westwood, opened one of Westwood's shows during her first season as a model?
... thatWashington State Route 304 was accidentally removed from the state highway system by theWashington State Legislature for two years?
... thatBeate Ulbricht was subjected to harassment by theEast German government because her adoptive parents,Walter andLotte Ulbricht, did not approve of her marriage?
... that Henry Stoehr was able to spend more time producinghis band's debut studio album,Moveys, after losing his day job due to theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that one-sixth of all liquor establishments inBombay were attacked in the 1921Prince of Wales riots?
... that at the2016 Summer Paralympics, German para-cyclistHans-Peter Durst won atime trial despite having nosaddle for most of the event?
... that one radio station owner's decision to bring a "country cousin" toTallahassee, Florida, turned out to be a miscalculation?

27 January 2022

12:00, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Veronica Volkersz

... that beauty queenVeronica Volkersz(pictured) was the first woman to pilot an operational jet fighter?
... that although theHouse Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight tried to endpayola, it just became more sophisticated?
... thatstar singers from the Munich parish ofSt. Martin, Moosach, were received byAngela Merkel in 2012?
... thatTyler Stockton was the second-youngestdefensive coordinator in theFBS each of the two times he was nominated for theBroyles Award?
... that larvae of thebaked bean ascidian settle onto the tunics of adult individuals?
... thatMary Healy, an international speaker onfaith healing in the Catholic Church, only became interested in the subject during her 2014sabbatical?
... that depictions of a sexual relationship betweenRichard the Lionheart and his sisterLady Joanna were cut from the script of theDoctor Who serialThe Crusade?
... that in 2021,Alabama state representativeSteve McMillan sponsored a bill that later became law allowing restaurants to have outdoor dining areas for dogs?

00:00, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Wellbee

... that in the 1960s, theCenters for Disease Control'sWellbee(pictured) encouraged Americans to get vaccinated againstpolio anddiphtheria?
... thatAndi Sudirman Sulaiman made it mandatory for Muslim civil servants to read theQuran before work?
... that according to legend, theRed Ghost trampled a woman to death, and killed and ate agrizzly bear?
... thatDavid Flitcroft was appointed asdirector of football atPort Vale after initially applying to be the club'smanager?
... that the driver ina 2019 truck crash received a sentence of 110 years in prison due tomandatory sentencing laws in Colorado?
... thatRudi Kappel, co-founder of the first airline of Suriname, was arrested both on entering and leavingSantiago de Cuba?
... thatThe Alignment Problem, a book discussingexistential risk from AI, was one of five "books that inspiredMicrosoft CEOSatya Nadella" in 2021?
... thatThomas Davey was part of a florists' cult?

26 January 2022

12:00, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Jessen's icosahedron

... thatJessen's icosahedron(pictured) has been used for both the "Skwish" children's toy and a NASA proposal for a "super ball bot" to cushion space landers on other planets?
... that after a dispute emerged over the terms of its lease, the owner of its broadcast tower forced Wyoming radio stationKNWT off the air by disconnecting its power?
...that theYamashiroikki has been characterized as the "people's parliament of theWarring States period"?
... that in 1848, theHartford and New Haven Railroad was "regularly run with greater speed than any other railroad in the United States"?
... thatLudwig Zottmayr, who created the role of King Marke in Wagner'sTristan und Isolde, was not the composer's first choice?
... that refereeJan Verhaas was informed of an error he made at the2022 Masters by a member of the crowd?
... thatCody Bellinger made amotion capture appearance inAssassin's Creed Valhalla as the Viking Otta Sluggasson, with Bellinger's own baseball bat serving as Sluggasson's weapon?
... thatUvariopsis dicaprio was the first new plant species described in 2022?

00:00, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Angela Cullen

... thatLewis Hamilton's physiotherapist,Angela Cullen(pictured), once cycled fromTierra del Fuego, Argentina, to northern Colombia?
... that whileWired recommended that readers bingeThe West Wing, it also advised readers to skip the fourth season episode "The Long Goodbye"?
... that sports broadcasterGene Principe had to choose between coveringhis hometown team at the2006 NHL playoffs and his "pure dream" of covering theItalian team at the2006 FIFA World Cup?
... that four years afterHarry Frazee opened hisLongacre Theatre, he sold his ownership stake in the theater to focus on baseball?
... that quotations of Cicero, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. about memory and love are engraved on theMemorial to Victims of Violence in Mexico?
... thatLeander Schnerr survived theGreat Chicago Fire and subsequently became the archabbot ofSaint Vincent Archabbey?
... thatFire and Sword, a film aboutTristan and Isolde, reused the stuntmen and horses from another Arthurian film,Excalibur?
... that there have been several attempts to makeColby cheese the official state cheese ofWisconsin?

25 January 2022

12:00, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Screenshot of a typical game ofWordle

... that the viral online word gameWordle(instance pictured) was originally created just for the developer and his partner to play?
... that an Indonesian road expansion project demolished the home ofa former public works minister?
... that aMāori military settlement atMāngere Bridge, New Zealand, was established in the 1840s to protectAuckland?
... thatDick Graves sold his casino to an employee on a handshake, telling him "pay me when you can"?
... thatUkrainian activists squattedViktor Yanukovych's opulent clubhouse at theMezhyhirya Residence?
... that journalistEddie MacCabe claimed to have been pinned to the ground with guns pointed at his head while acting as a golf caddie for the United States president?
... that some of the Japanese music unitSangatsu no Phantasia's songs were also written in novel form by its lead vocalist?
... that the fifteen bags of seaweed used as set dressing for theDoctor Who serialThe Web Planet emanated an overpowering vegetable smell under the hot studio lights?

00:00, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

60 Wall Street

... that J.P. Morgan & Co. received a tax exemption for its former60 Wall Street headquarters after the building's original developer had been denied the same exemption?
... thatOswald Spengler andthe artist can be seen in the paintingLate Visitors to Pompeii?
... that currentHawaii football defensive coordinatorTrent Figg coached for theUnited States national team in 2016?
... thatDyson Institute Village's modular student-housing pods were inspired byHabitat 67?
... thatBobbie Gentry defined her composition "Ode to Billie Joe" as a "study in unconscious cruelty"?
... thatAmanda Asay was the longest-serving member of theCanadian women's baseball team when she died at 33, having played on the team for sixteen years?
... that the more irreverent moments ofThe Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, such as a golf game with giant balls, were added to break up the story's intensity?
... that immediately afterColonel Drury-Lowe reassured his men that "[the bullets] are all passing over your heads",the officer next to him was shot and killed?

24 January 2022

12:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Preet Chandi

... thatPreet Chandi, the first known woman of colour to walk solo to the South Pole, contacted friends to be bridesmaids during her expedition?
... that in the 12th century, when wearing pure silk was forbidden for Muslim men, a silk-and-cottonblend known asmashru solved the problem?
... thatNathan Agostinelli stomped on aViet Cong flag during his campaign forConnecticut State Comptroller?
... thatLille langebro looks like a twisted ribbon when it is lit up after dark?
... that American business executiveWilliam M. Ellinghaus helped rescue New York City frombankruptcy in the late 1970s?
... thatLifetime Medical Television, "the network for physicians only", charged the highest advertising rates on cable?
... that afterGoo Hara's mother abandoned her and Goo died young, South Korean law was changed to prevent such parents from claiming inheritance?
... that you could be arrested for trying to arrange acontract killing throughRentAHitman.com?

00:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Sign that does not read "yonder lies Jackson Hole"

... that the name of theKHOL podcast "Yonder Lies" comes from a common misconception about the words on a sign(pictured)?
... that the astrologerLinn Nhyo Taryar was arrested after performingyadaya (magic rituals) against coup leaderMin Aung Hlaing?
... that despite digital solutions gaining market share, theDay-Timer personal organizer has returned to being a paper-only product?
... that British philatelistAlma Lee specialised in the "standing Helvetia"stamps of Switzerland?
... that theNashua and Lowell Railroad was the first railroad built in the state ofNew Hampshire?
... that in her 2021 compositionThis too shall pass with string orchestra,Raminta Šerkšnytė used avibraphone for the flow of time, a violin for the transience of humans, and a "heavenly" cello?
... thatCharles Thaddeus Russell's architectural designs helped to create the "Black Wall Street of America"?
... thatRosa the cow would attack French game show contestants and knock down sets but would not attack people on the ground?

23 January 2022

12:00, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Female Churah Valley kukri snake

... that theChurah Valley kukri snake(example pictured) was discovered because of anInstagram post?
... thatBilly Raimondi declined opportunities to play inMajor League Baseball?
... that Queen Victoria ordered the erection of thePrince Imperial Memorial on the spot wherePrince Napoléon was killed in battle with Zulus?
... that between 1878 and 1898, American inventorMaria E. Beasley patented a footwarmer, an improvedlife raft, several barrel-making machines and an anti-derailment device for trains?
... that the Royal Navy's4th Submarine Squadron operated from Sydney to train Australian personnel in anti-submarine warfare?
... thatAlice ofFriday the 13th became a catalyst for theslasher film trope of unexpectedly killing off the main surviving protagonist in the sequel?
... that the architectFriedrich Silaban submitted his design for theIstiqlal Mosque pseudonymously in order to conceal his Christian identity?
... that according to one critic, themath rock albumCryptooology byYowie "sounds like an explosion in aSlinky factory"?

00:00, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Kumeko Urabe

... that as well as having a film career spanning 60 years,Kumeko Urabe(pictured) became the oldest debut singer in 1984 with her singleOctopus Song?
... that Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby performed aLambeau Leap after a game-winning field goal, even though it is usually only done as atouchdown celebration?
... that whenGeorge Ross went bankrupt in 1867, his wifeSibella Ross started a school to sustain their large family?
... thatEveryone on the Moon is Essential Personnel includes fairy tale, body horror, and apocalyptic short stories, but all of them relate to the human body?
... that "Candy" byH.O.T. sparked a new wave of mainstream music in the young generation of South Korea?
... that ice hockey playerTrent Frederic was coached by former professional athletes in three of his childhood sports?
... that the immigrant-background narration ofI Am Zlatan Ibrahimović has been compared to that ofPhilip Roth's novelPortnoy's Complaint?
... thatThe Outdoor Circle opposed a 2009 visit to Hawaii by theWienermobile, believing its presence in the state was illegal?

22 January 2022

12:00, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Freedom

... that the 7,000-pound (3,200 kg) sculptureFreedom(detail pictured) offers visitors a photograph opportunity?
... thatcalypsonianMighty Bomber believed that the judges denied him the Trinidad and Tobago Independence calypso monarch title in 1962 because he was born in Grenada?
... that the windows ofSt. George's Episcopal Memorial Church inBismarck, North Dakota, contain stained glass fragments collected from English churches damaged during World War II?
... thatZdzisław Najmrodzki, a thief in 1970s–1980s Poland, escaped from law-enforcement authorities and prisons on 29 occasions?
... that according to the bookTo Kill a Democracy, when democracies destroy their social foundations, they lay the foundations fordespotism?
... thatChing Hammill died less than two months after making hisNational Football League (NFL) debut?
... that thewedding of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus van Amsberg was marred by protests over Amsberg's German heritage and past membership in theHitler Youth and theWehrmacht?
... thatCrackhead Barney picked a dead rat up off the street before confronting the National Guard at theinauguration of Joe Biden?

00:00, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Belt buckle from Finnestorp

... that archaeologist Bengt Nordqvist interprets aMigration Period belt buckle(pictured) found atFinnestorp as a depiction of a mythological scene known from the Old Norse poemVöluspá?
... that in her 2021 bookWhite Evangelical Racism, professor of religionAnthea Butler calledAmerican evangelicalism a pro-Trump, "nationalistic political movement"?
... that the steamshipClyde was wrecked in 1879 while carrying more than 500 replacements for the British24th Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses at theBattle of Isandlwana?
... that in his final collegiate game,Tufts University football playerCarl Etelman kicked afield goal with a broken ankle?
... that the construction of Auckland'sPanmure Bridge in 1865 involved underwater repairs usingHeinke diving suits?
... thatLeon Stynen has been called one of Belgium's greatest architects of the 20th century?
... that the glass surface on theBNL BNP Paribas headquarters has alternating angles that follow the principle of the "two-faced Janus"?
... that U.S. Virgin Islands suffragistElla Gifft smuggled rum duringProhibition by hiding it in herunderwear?

21 January 2022

12:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Elisa Ruiz Díaz

... that Paraguayan diplomatElisa Ruiz Díaz(pictured) helped developher country's constitution?
... that the 1938 filmRoad Demon contains footage of well-known accidents that occurred atIndianapolis Motor Speedway?
... that whenChristy Schwundeck was shot in a job centre in Germany, she had nine cents in her wallet?
... that theEthel Barrymore Theatre has never changed its name, owner, or use since its opening in 1928?
... that theSt Leonard's Place hoard of around ten thousand9th-century Northumbrian coins was discovered by workers digging a drain?
... that the short story collectionDrinking Coffee Elsewhere was chosen byJohn Updike as a selection for theToday Show book club onNBC?
... that theSpringburn Winter Gardens, the largest single-span glasshouse in Scotland, has been derelict since 1983?
... that themagic minute exposed a "secret" about baby carrots and criticizedJimmy Carter's sweaters?

00:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Mausoleum in Berggarten

... that theBerggarten, a historicbotanical garden since 1750 inHerrenhausen, features amausoleum(pictured), where members of the royal family were interred?
... that an observer once described aplay-by-mail game as "the most complex game system on Earth"?
... thatChappell Roan was signed toAtlantic Records at 17 years old?
... thatfactorials aremore likely to begin with small digits?
... that American footballwide receiverBo Hines transferred toYale University as afreshman to further his political ambitions?
... that a jury ruled that the killing of a policeman during theColdbath Fields riot wasjustifiable homicide?
... that news editorAmasa Converse officiated the marriage ofEdgar Allan Poe and Poe's teenage cousinVirginia Clemm?
... that the "wickedest man in the world" and the creator ofWinnie-the-Pooh both lived in London'sWellington Square?

20 January 2022

12:00, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Ravish Malhotra

... that after training for theSoyuzT-11 mission,Indian Air Force pilotRavish Malhotra(pictured) stayed on the ground as a backup astronaut forRakesh Sharma, who became the first Indian in space?
... that before theBiltmore Theatre was restored in 2003, there were proposals to lease the theater to a delicatessen owner or turn it into a hotel lobby?
... that the township ofHồ Xá in Vietnam was once known as the "B-52 bomb pocket"?
... that Nebraska's"Itch" Oehlrich was lured by the "scratch" of $100 per game to play in theNational Football League?
... thatGeorge Balanchine choreographed the balletIvesiana to music byCharles Ives, despite previously finding his works too complex for dance?
... that the lead role in the 2021 filmCry Macho was first offered toClint Eastwood in 1988?
... thatElfrida von Nardroff won $220,500 ($2.1 million today) on the game showTwenty-One in 1958, the highest winnings of any contestant?
... that after it broadcast for the last time,KHAT became Rock Steady and was part of aTriathlon?

00:00, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Las Tarascas

... that although the sculptor ofLas Tarascas(work pictured) based their faces on that of a real woman, their bodies were invented?
... that in 1976,Karen Ferguson founded thePension Rights Center, a nonprofit pensioner advocacy organization, with encouragement and monetary support fromRalph Nader?
... that the Nishi-Okoppe and Yubetsu stations on the formerNayoro Main Line are now the site of a hotel and fire station respectively?
... thatHurley Goodall was appointed back onto the school board inMuncie, Indiana, following the death of his successor in a plane crash?
... thatThe Romans was the firstDoctor Who serial with a humorous tone?
... that in October 1981, American doctor and mountaineerPeter Hackett became the third known person to complete a solo ascent ofMount Everest?
... that the landscapes in the manga seriesStar Red were drawn from photographs taken byNASA during theViking 1 Mars exploration mission?
... that whenLou Almada brought hisyounger brother with him tospring training, the team gave his brother his job?

19 January 2022

12:00, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Wilderness atHam House

... that in garden history, awilderness is a highly artificial and formalized type of woodland, forming a section of a large garden?
... thatBlack Garnet Books was founded in response to themurder of George Floyd?
... thatProgress, composed byWinsford Devine and recorded bycalypsonian King Austin in 1979, was declared "the song of the last millennium" by theTrinbago Unified Calypsonians' Organisation?
... that for its ReadRight software,OCR Systems recommended users block out graphics on the page with aPost-it Note?
... that 2020 Europeanpommel horse championMatvei Petrov won Albania's first medal at theEuropean Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
... that the season-one finale ofRiverdale, "Chapter Thirteen: The Sweet Hereafter", almost includedSabrina Spellman fromChilling Adventures of Sabrina?
... that the text of "In dir ist Freude" ("In Thee is Gladness") was written in the 16th century to a 1591 dance song melody byGiovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, and first published in a collection of Christmas carols?
... thatJonathan Reynolds deep-fried a real turkey during his performance ofDinner With Demons at theSecond Stage Theater, New York?

00:00, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Mary Zicafoose withikat weaving

... that dyeing the threads for a weaving byMary Zicafoose(pictured) may involve wrapping, tying, and untying as many as 80,000ikat ties?
... that according to theChronicon Wormatiense, EmperorFrederick II would have conquered the entireHoly Land if the pope had notinvaded his kingdom while he was away on crusade?
... thatRita Humphries-Lewin, a former chair of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, entered the industry as a secretary?
... thatKanye West's "24" was recorded in tribute toKobe Bryant a few days after his death?
... that the subdistrict of Komet inBanjarbaru was named afterKomet Windpump?
... that after theNCAAvacated their national championship in men's lacrosse,Syracuse made a new trophy without the NCAA logo?
... thatcalypsonianKenny J was best known for his "well-crafted, risquéparang soca contributions"?
... that acondor is a stretchedbutterfly?

18 January 2022

12:00, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

US Corozal

... that theCorozal(pictured) was the most powerful dredger ever built when she was launched in 1911 to work on thePanama Canal?
... that as a youth,Jim Johannson handed out shoes and jackets toice hockey players on theUnited States national team, then later became general manager of the team?
... thata statue of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, was installed despite his opposition tocults of personality?
... thatBeverly Russell's 1992 bookWomen of Design: Contemporary American Interiors was the first survey of femaleinterior designers?
... that two versions ofEmbrace Again were released, one inStandard Mandarin and another in theWuhan dialect?
... thatTiancheng Lou is currently the most successfulcompetitive programmer from China?
... that the medievalLooe Bridge had 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or 18 arches?
... that Japanese voice actressKaori Maeda citesMister Donut fortune-telling as one of her hobbies?

00:00, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Marshall Sherman with the 28th Virginia battle flag

... that the28th Virginia battle flag(pictured) is stored at an undisclosed location in the Minnesota Historical Society, and has not been returned to Virginia despite multiple requests across three centuries?
... that after first alerting authorities to theOmicron variant in South Africa, bioinformaticianTulio de Oliveira insisted that its origin is unknown?
... that the 1912 production ofMan's Genesis was the first "primitive man" film ever made and created aprehistory film boom in the years following its release?
... that development economistJohn Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?
... that the surnameWaering is Anglo-Saxon, butWaring may be Norman?
... that the street from which Mississippi radio stationWMPR broadcasts was renamed in honor of the station's longtime owner and general manager, former politicianCharles Evers?
... that whenHelena Braun visited New York "just for the trip", she sang the role of Brünnhilde in Wagner'sDie Walküre at theMetropolitan Opera with four hours' notice?
... thatGeorge H. W. Bush hated broccoli so much that he banned it fromAir Force One?

17 January 2022

12:00, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Memorial to the First Homosexual Emancipation Movement

... that 120 years after the founding of theworld's first homosexual organization in 1897,a monument near its former headquarters(pictured) was unveiled in Berlin?
... thatPaul R. Howe was first on the scene in the real-life "Black Hawk Down"?
... that before writingThe Space Museum,Glyn Jones had never seenDoctor Who?
... that whilst serving as theCentral African ambassador in Paris,Sylvestre Bangui held a press conference confirming that his government had massacred children and resigned?
... that theProfessional Esports Association suspended its plans for aCounter-Strike: Global Offensive league four months after its announcement?
... that the Irish judgeMaureen Harding Clark studied Malay in Malaysia and French in France before she was appointed to theKhmer Rouge Tribunal by KingNorodom Sihamoni?
... that in 2006The New York Times described thePalácio das Cinzas, then the presidential palace of East Timor, as "a glorified bungalow really"?
... thatGloria Gould, the manager of New York City'sEmbassy Theatre, wanted an all-woman staff because women "were more efficient than men"?

00:00, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Donn Piatt

... thatDonn Piatt(pictured) threw his mathematics teacher out of the window?
... that thestay of exit has trapped possibly hundreds of British people?
... thatAla Stanford established the Black DoctorsCOVID-19 Consortium to fightracism in medicine, vaccinating nearly 4,000 people?
... that as a result of theRöhm scandal,a Nazi became the world's first openly gay politician in 1932?
... that in 1960,Zoe Progl became the first woman to escape over the wall ofHM Prison Holloway?
... that in its first two decades, theMansfield Theatre had only two "outstanding hits", both performed by all-Black casts?
... that economist andanti-apartheid activistVella Pillay arranged for South African revolutionaries to receive military training in the Soviet Union and China?
... that the Apache leaderGeronimo soaked inTruth or Consequences Hot Springs?

16 January 2022

12:00, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Terras Bridge, Cornwall

... that vehicles crossingTerras Bridge(pictured) pass overa tidal river, anungated level crossing, and the remains ofa canal?
... that record-setting airplane spinnerCatherine Cavagnaro is also a professional mathematician?
... that Canadian doctor James Maskalyk's bookSix Months in Sudan was based on his blog?
... that afterGeorge Alexander Albrecht collapsed when conductingBeethoven's Ninth Symphony during a New Year's concert, he returned to composing and beganhospice work?
... that during the1979 Boston University strike, some striking professors carried picket signs with quotes fromPaul the Apostle,William Shakespeare, andVoltaire?
... that the sea slugAglaja tricolorata wraps its egg string around its body, forming a tangled skein?
... thatAnne Emerman refused to allowMother Teresa and theMissionaries of Charity to convert a building inthe Bronx into a homeless shelter without installing an elevator?
... that somenuisance ordinances include the forced eviction of tenants if they call foremergency services?

00:00, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Echinocereus websterianus, named after Gertrude Webster

... that a cactus(pictured) is named afterGertrude Webster, who helped found theDesert Botanical Garden in Arizona?
... thatGamaliel's principle has been used to supportreligious pluralism andreforms within religious groups?
... that the photographerVáclav Jírů was sentenced to death for resisting theGerman occupation of Czechoslovakia and spent years in Nazi prisons?
... that the recreation area inCleadon contains the remains of an 18th-century grotto?
... that West Virginianursing professorChristine Elizabeth Abrahamsen wrotescience-fiction andGothic novels under thepseudonyms Christabel and Kathleen Westcott?
... that theCaslon Type Foundry mademetal type in London for more than two hundred years?
... thatSt. James AME Zion Church, the oldest known standing church inIthaca, New York, was a site on theUnderground Railroad?
... that in the lead-up to the Second World War, the British governmentstockpiled more than 100,000 tons of whale oil?

15 January 2022

12:00, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Christine Haidegger

... that the novelMama Dear byChristine Haidegger(pictured) details her childhood in post–World War II Austria?
... that the oldest rocks of theDharwar Craton aretonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite gneisses andgreenstone sequences between 3 and 3.4 billion years old?
... thatGeorge L. P. Weaver chaired the U.S. delegation toInternational Labour Organization conferences under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon?
... thatThe Lost Homestead describes how Kuldip Singh recovered her childhood "paradise", lost after India's partition, in an English country cottage?
... thatAlison H. Clarkson, the majority leader of theVermont Senate, worked as atheatrical producer and onNew York Theatre Workshop's board?
... that belief thathomosexuality can be acquired has motivated Nazi persecution, discriminatory age-of-consent laws, censorship of LGBT publications and employment discrimination?
... that Colorado public television stationKTSC operates from two studios named forthe same benefactor?
... that from 1996 to 2019,Turkish Airlines operatedan aircraft that would not move a meter on the ground when "she didn't feel like it"?

00:00, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Tristan and Isolde (Death)

... thatRogelio de Egusquiza'spaintings of Tristan and Isolde(one pictured) arose from his decades-long fascination with the works ofRichard Wagner?
... thatAlisha Kramer worked to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and inequity in women's health in Africa and Europe as a program coordinator for theCenter for Strategic and International Studies?
... that many Germans' belief that homosexuality was a communicable disease limited the success of thefirst homosexual movement?
... that after New Jersey attorney generalWalter D. Van Riper busted betting rooms protected by party bossFrank Hague, Hague had Van Riper charged withcheck kiting and black-market gasoline sales?
... thatRangoon kept its own time for more than two decades afterBurma Standard Time first came into effect?
... that the bookOur Hindu Rashtra claims that India is a de facto Hindu-majoritarian state?
... thatJeffrey Paparoa Holman gave himself his middle name, after thePaparoa Range?
... that Georgia radio stationWMGA was so "atrocious" that its announcers would invite listeners to donate their records?

14 January 2022

12:00, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Square pyramid of cannonballs

... that thenumber of cannonballs in a square pyramid(pictured) with $n {\displaystyle n}$ cannonballs along each edge is ${\frac {n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}}$ ?
... thatThomas Binger, the lead prosecutor in thetrial of Kyle Rittenhouse, unsuccessfully ran fordistrict attorney ofRacine County, Wisconsin, in 2016?
... that after theWar of Padua, the victoriousRepublic of Venice executed thelord of Padua and two of his sons?
... that before the Swiss surgeonRené Prêtre specialized in surgeries on children's hearts, he treated victims of gunshots and stabbings atBellevue Hospital in New York?
... that the series of protests that led to the2021 North Kosovo crisis was caused by a ban on Serbian license plates from the Kosovan Government?
... thatBruce Davis and his son, who both played forUCLA in college and professionally for theRaiders, are one of the few father–son duos to have played on teams that reached theSuper Bowl?
... that at the2021 Dublin Bay South by-election, voters were asked to bring their own pen or pencil?
... that the sourdough starter atDiamond Bakery is believed to be more than a century old?

00:00, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Florence Church Bullard

... that American nurseFlorence Church Bullard(pictured) gave her FrenchCroix de Guerre medal with a bronze star to theSisters of Saint Marys, believing that her heroic deeds were a reflection of their teachings?
... that theBlack Prince'schevauchée of 1356 was the most important campaign of theHundred Years' War?
... that constableJoseph Luker, the first police officer killed on duty in Australia, was a former convict?
... thatRoswell, New Mexico, radio stationKBIM was so successful that its owner was able to start two other stations with its profits?
... that Austrian mountaineerFranz Oppurg was the first person to achieve a solo ascent ofMount Everest, climbing alone from theSouth Col to the summit on 14 May 1978?
... that Broadway'sImperial Theatre, opened in 1924, was theShubert family's 50th theater in New York City?
... that when elected as mayor, Venezuelan politicianGloria Lizárraga de Capriles did not have her own office and worked from a shopping mall?
... that two nude bathers inArnold Comes of Age were "nearly obliterated"?

13 January 2022

12:00, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Moylough Belt-Shrine

... that the 8th-century Irishreliquary known as theMoylough Belt-Shrine(pictured) was found in 1945 by a workman while cuttingturf?
... thatMargaret A. Mahoney, who in 1949 became themajority leader of theOhio Senate, is still the only woman to hold the top leadership role?
... thatmachine learning can be used to recognize rock fractures?
... thatKip Andersen andKeegan Kuhn were co-nominees for the 2018Cinema for Peace Award for their documentaryWhat the Health?
... that the taxi driver in theLiverpool Women's Hospital bombing was later commended for "incredible presence of mind and bravery"?
... that American medical pioneerIsabella Coler Herb designed the Herb–Mueller apparatus to help doctors and dentists administerether to patients?
... thatMaroparque received more than 250 exotic animals that were evacuated due to the2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption?
... thatAlexander Tahy became a pilot viaon-the-job training?

00:00, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

The Battle of the Saints (1782) byThomas Luny

... thatFrederick Thesiger was anaide-de-camp toAdmiral Rodney at theBattle of the Saintes(pictured)?
... thata 1963 gas explosion in Indianapolis during aHoliday on Ice show was one of the worst disasters in Indiana history?
... thatSuper Mario 64 has been the subject of medical literature showing a correlation between habitual playing of3D platformers and increasedgrey matter in the brain?
... that 1920s actressSusie Sutton created her ownvaudeville troupe and toured her company throughout theTOBA circuit?
... that despitea 2016 commitment to channel a quarter of humanitarian aid through local aid organizations, only 2.1 percent of 2020 funding went to them?
... that composersCharles Ives,Charles Tomlinson Griffes, andElliott Carter attendedScriabin conferences held atKatherine Ruth Heyman's loft?
... that the replacement of arts listings television show01-for London was described as "like having to swap a bright yellow curvy Japanese sports car for a dumpy little khaki-coloured old Ford Fiesta"?
... that in 2002, a python was left in anamnesty bin at a Hawaii airport?

12 January 2022

12:00, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Motoo Ōtaguro

... that music criticMotoo Ōtaguro(pictured) held private piano concerts in his own residence despite not being a professional musician?
... that Adam Kincaid of theNational Republican Redistricting Trust defended lowered competition inUS House elections, arguing that the changes would save the party money?
... that theNational Democratic Redistricting Committee supported lawsuits inNorth Carolina andOhio against allegedgerrymandering byRepublicans?
... that the brutal torture andlynching ofLuther Holbert in 1904 was not recognized in theNational Memorial for Peace and Justice until 2018?
... thatwoody plant encroachment can harm the habitats of thecheetah,plains zebra andsecretarybird?
... that actressEthelyn Gibson was the first person to star in and produce aserial film that had sound?
... that the2016 Jim Beam strike was the first labor strike in the company's history?
... that British Army brigadierCyril Barclay certified that he was neither a polygamist nor an anarchist who wished to overthrow the United States government?

00:00, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Marquois scales

... that entry to the British Royal Military Academy required the use of adrawing triangle(examples pictured) with a completely different purpose from those used today?
... that the starfishLuidia savignyi feeds on sea urchins and starfish, swallowing its prey whole?
... that artistMarie Herndl was arrested after trying to meet with President Theodore Roosevelt about her art?
... that theGujarati poem "Shav Vahini Ganga" criticises the Indian government's handling of theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... thatByron Root Pierce was Michigan's last livingCivil War general?
... thatKen Johannson became the captain of theUniversity of North Dakota ice hockey team despite attending the school on a football scholarship?
... that a photo shoot on the Japanese survival programWho Is Princess? was published in the magazinePopteen?
... thatPlay featuresKaty Perry interacting with a giant toilet and a giant face mask?

11 January 2022

12:00, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Wheat Field with Reaper and Sun

... that the first painting(pictured) inVincent van Gogh's 1889 seriesReaper may have been gifted to contemporary artistPaul Gauguin?
... thatHarold A. Littledale went undercover as a prisoner for his Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation into theNew Jersey prison system?
... that after it bombed in Canada,John Richardson removedanti-American passages fromThe Canadian Brothers to publish it in New York?
... thatTandiono Manu worked in a tax office, took part in guerrilla warfare and then became Minister of Agriculture?
... that a future president of the United States played halfback for the1912 Army Cadets football team?
... that the clinical trials of British scientistPeter Pharoah helped eradicatecongenital iodine deficiency syndrome (cretinism) in Papua New Guinea?
... that in 1959, the new owner of theCoronet Theatre wanted to rename the theater after his favorite playwright,Eugene O'Neill, whose widow objected?
... that China's "lipstick king",Li Jiaqi, once sold 15,000 lipsticks in five minutes in a faceoff againstAlibaba Group's CEO?

00:00, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Depiction of Osnas winning the Cross of St. George

... that Russian-Jewish medical studentLeo Osnas won the firstCross of St. George of the First World War by saving his regiment's colours from capture(pictured)?
... thatTulsa andOld Dominion, who played in the2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl, each had to win their final regular season game to achievebowl eligibility?
... that the BritishUniversity of Nottingham has named a building at theirJubilee Campus after Chinese Communist Party politicianXu Yafen?
... that though Broadway'sAmbassador Theatre was characterized as having a "relatively lackluster career", it has hosted the same musical since 2003?
... thatAlexander Wehrle was denied a move toVfB Stuttgart because his parents wanted him to focus on his studies?
... that the owner of Mississippi radio stationsWGUF andWGUF-FM purposefully fell behind on hisroyalty payments because he did not like copyright fees?
... thatAlicia Girón García was the first woman to become the director of theBiblioteca Nacional de España?
... thatThe New York Times describedChina Chalet "as if New York's art world had been transported to aHoliday Inn in the Midwest"?

10 January 2022

12:00, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Ladoga Skerries National Park

... thatLadoga Skerries National Park(pictured) in Russia has more than 350 species of variousliverworts,hornworts andmosses?
... that Surinamese trade unionistLouis Doedel wasinvoluntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital by the governor-general for 43 years?
... that the 1999 video gameInterplay Sports Baseball Edition 2000 used apublic-address announcer while its rivals were switching to twocommentators as featured onreal MLB game broadcasts?
... that Austrian master metalsmithCyril Colnik chose to close his shop rather than make armaments for World War I?
... thatThe New-England Courant has been noted as the first newspaper to publish a writing byBenjamin Franklin?
... that British architectChris Wilkinson redeveloped Victorian-era industrialgasholders inKings Cross, London into modern residential apartments?
... that afterThe West Wing'slive, open presidential debate episode,MSNBC polled viewers on whom they thought won?
... that Vancouver-basedbinner turned social entrepreneurKen Lyotier took the2010 Winter Olympics torch with him so that other binners could take photographs with it?

00:00, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

KiHa81-3 car at theKyoto Railway Museum

... that to promote theKiHa 80 series train(example pictured), a film was made of a nine-car set on the Kawagoe, Jōban and Tōhoku Main Lines?
... that although Alfred Hitchcock rejectedJames P. Cavanagh's script forPsycho it contained many elements used in the final film, including the iconic shower murder scene?
... that the music hall song "Let's All Go Down the Strand", with its line "stay away from Germany, what's the good of going down the Rhine?" was popular with British soldiers during the First World War?
... that the lynching ofLation Scott took more than three hours while thousands watched?
... that theplay-by-email gameTribeNet, launched in the 1980s, allows players to gameplay activities ranging from combat tobeekeeping?
... thatStanton Catlin won aGrammy Award in 1965 for an essay on Mexican art?
... that inDie Schneekönigin, an opera for children byGeorge Alexander Albrecht after Andersen's "The Snow Queen", members of a children's choir play the roles of birds and ice crystals?
... that while preparing forWar Horse, theatre set designerRae Smith spent weeks pretending to be a First World War British Army captain?

9 January 2022

12:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Poster for Shirley Chisholm's 1972 presidential campaign

... that the first black female candidate for a major party's U.S. presidential nomination,Shirley Chisholm(campaign poster pictured), is largely credited for paving the way for future candidates Barack Obama and Kamala Harris?
... that when it rains,Turkey burns less gas?
... that a federal marshal seized a car and a truck because there was no other way to satisfy a debt owed by Arkansas television stationKRZB-TV?
... thatTitane, the first feature film of French actressAgathe Rousselle, won thePalme d'Or at the2021 Cannes Film Festival?
... that after many years of farming crops,Russ Island was deliberately flooded forsalt farming?
... that Papuan anthropologistMarlina Flassy is the first woman to be appointed a dean atCenderawasih University?
... that agiant puppet dragon calledThe Hatchling was paraded throughPlymouth and flown as akite over the sea?
... that in 1969, the man fromDel Monte said yes toEldorado Electrodata?

00:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

... that theChippewa have smoked the root of theNew England aster(pictured) in pipes to attractgame?
... that a recentNew York Times article recommended four educational charities:Catherine Omanyo's school,Children International,Khan Academy and theWikimedia Foundation?
... that the fortunes of theHardwick and Woodbury Railroad were inextricably linked to those of theWoodbury Granite Company?
... that in 18th-century England, buyers could pay to include theircoat of arms in some bookspublished by subscription?
... that American martial artistJohn Giordano, who taught karate to women alongside men and disabled people in the 1970s, held plays similar tokabuki theatre?
... that the villagers ofAkuşağı in Turkey have used theirtractors to take tourists to a local attraction?
... that theLittle Cleo fishingspoon lure previously featured a scantily dressedexotic dancer?
... that "Prawo Jazdy", once considered the worst traffic violator in Ireland, is actually the Polish term for 'driving licence'?

8 January 2022

12:00, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Providence and Worcester Railroad train

... that theProvidence and Worcester Railroad(train pictured) became independent in 1973 after 85 years of being leased?
... thatcoir is saving theGreat North Bog?
... thatSteve Hamas played in theNational Football League and later beat two former boxing champions in the ring?
... thatfiction about journeys to the Moon has been written since at least the second century?
... thatMakoto Soejima is the onlyInternational Mathematical Olympiad gold medalist with a perfect score to have won both theGoogle Code Jam and theFacebook Hacker Cup?
... thatThe Massachusetts Gazette was one of the fewLoyalist newspapers commissioned by the British ministry for its support prior to theAmerican Revolution?
... thatThe Travelers were made to represent emigrants who have left a part of themselves behind?
... that before being electrocuted for his crime,Julius Morgan said that the whisky made him do it?

00:00, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Johanna Quaas

... thatJohanna Quaas(pictured), the world's oldest competitive gymnast, did atandem skydive from about 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) in 2016, dedicating it to QueenElizabeth II?
... thatThe Betty White Show was the subject of significant controversy afterBetty White refused to fire a black cast member?
... that whenStefan Keil moved toYekaterinburg, Russia, as the German consul general, one of his first appearances was at the European Christmas market, dressed asSaint Nicholas?
... thatWhen Harry Met Santa, an advert forPosten Norge featuringSanta kissing a man, commemorated 50 years since the repeal ofNorway's anti-gay laws?
... thatEdward M. Kirby proposed the first Pageant of Peace, to follow the lighting of theNational Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.?
... that rugby league's2022 Challenge Cup final will take place atTottenham Hotspur Stadium instead of its traditional location ofWembley Stadium due to a scheduling conflict?
... thatCOVID-19 vaccine scientistPaul Duprex got his start in microbiology by experimenting with his high-school classmates' spit?
... that the origin ofChristmas is uncertain?

7 January 2022

12:00, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Times Square Church at the Mark Hellinger Theatre

... that theMark Hellinger Theatre(pictured) has been occupied by theTimes Square Church since 1989, when its then-owner said the church's five-year lease will "pass before you know it"?
... thatRudolf Szepessy-Sokoll shot down a pair ofMacchi L.3 seaplanes to become aflying ace?
... that the continuing influence of the Catholic Church in thepolitics of the Philippines means that the country lacks a divorce law?
... thatFrancis Bacon played in the firstNational Football League game and became the first NFL player to return a punt for a touchdown?
... that theDemocratic Society Party was the 25th political party to be banned in Turkey since 1962?
... that whenAntonia Urrejola was president of theInter-American Commission on Human Rights, her vice presidents were women as well?
... that the pictogram ofZapotitlán metro station depicts an indentedsapote tree as the wordtlantli means 'tooth' inNahuatl?
... that the completion ofInterstate 205 in Oregon was delayed to mitigate air and noise pollution for a jail that closed a few months later?

00:00, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Madonna and Child statue in Nothgottes

... thatNothgottes(interior pictured), a pilgrimage destination in theRheingau since the 14th century, is a monastery ofCistercians from Vietnam?
... that American engineering managerJack Lemley, credited with rescuing theChannel Tunnel project, flew over 7 million miles (11 million kilometres) or about 300 times around the globe?
... that certain bamboo speciesrelease large numbers of seeds in synchrony after numbers of years thathave only 2, 3, and 5 as their prime factors?
... that theRichard Rodgers Theatre has hosted 11 Tony Award-winning plays and musicals, more than any other Broadway theater?
... thatFrancis Bourgeois is pursuing full-timetrainspotting?
... that the2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election was the first recall held in the city since 1975?
... that mayorPero Pirker was largely forgotten despite leading recovery and rebuilding efforts after the devastating1964 Zagreb flood?
... thatWTVK inKnoxville, Tennessee, won a years-long battle to move fromUHF to a VHF channel, only to be sent by new management to "that big TV station in the sky"?

6 January 2022

12:00, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Mike Gapes

... that a pro-EU explanation of howBaileys is made, given by British MPMike Gapes(pictured), was described as being "infinitelymemeable" and giving him a "bizarre online infamy"?
... thata bicycle shop in Maryland became a major BMX bike manufacturer in the 1980s?
... that the only stained glass exported to the United States byBarton, Kinder and Alderson had to pay import duty, unlike much artwork in places of worship, because of its low cost-to-size ratio?
... thatJohn J. Slocum tried in vain to returnJames Joyce's body to Ireland?
... thatCanticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, a 1971 composition for three male solo voices and piano byBenjamin Britten, setsa T. S. Eliot poem to music?
... that the recently restoredHoly Trinity Anglican Church in Roebourne is the oldest church in North West Australia?
... that after offering to be an extra inThe Walking Dead,Zoe Colletti was cast as a main character in its spin-offFear the Walking Dead?
... that during a match at thesnooker2021 UK Championship, playerMark Williams fell asleep?

00:00, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Loess landscape near Hunyuan, Datong, Shanxi Province, China

... that one of the largest and thickestloess plateaus in the world is theLoess Plateau(pictured) in China?
... thatBobbi Kristina Brown died less than four years after her motherWhitney Houston died in similar circumstances?
... that during theJanuary 1998 North American ice storm, an employee atCornwall Electric used a bow and arrow to provide power to a city?
... that colonial printerPeter Edes was arrested by British forces for openly expressing support and sympathy for the patriots when they lost theBattle of Bunker Hill?
... thatlesbians in Nazi Germany, unlike gay men, did not face systematic persecution?
... that formerNFL halfbackArt Pharmer pursued, tackled, and captured a shoplifter who ran from the sporting goods store where Pharmer worked?
... that theDegenerate Art auction in 1939, which included paintings byVan Gogh andPicasso, raised only $115,000?
... that actressMiya Cech was praised for "do[ing] what [she] can with nothing" in the ill-regardedThe Darkest Minds?

5 January 2022

12:00, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Bhupinder Singh of Patiala

... that the 19-year-oldMaharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala(pictured) was the captain of thefirst all-Indian cricket team to tour England in 1911?
... that theBancroft region is the only place in Canada and one of very few places in the world where uranium has been mined frompegmatite rock?
... thatMally Nydahl, "one of the greatest backs ever to come out of the Middle West", used his football earnings to pay for medical school and became a professor of orthopedic surgery?
... thatLevantine Arabic is often written inHebrew characters online byBedouin,Arab Christians, andDruze in Israel?
... thatRebecca Odes played bass guitar forLove Child before going on to createGurl.com?
... that in 2008, Macau transferred a woman to mainland China beforeher habeas corpus case was heard?
... thatTwitch streamerJerma985 hosted a stream in which viewers could control him in a real-life version ofThe Sims?
... that 88.1.2.1 is abroken toe, while 78.1.1.1 is abroken finger?

00:00, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Abel Tasman Monument

... that more than 20 ofErnst Plischke's designs for theAbel Tasman Monument(pictured) in New Zealand'sTarakohe were rejected before he designed a tall, tapering column referencing the Greek funerarystele?
... thatMaw Htun Aung, aShan Nationalities League for Democracy candidate in the2020 Myanmar general election, isKachin, notShan?
... thatGreyhound Electronics enlisted the help of theScarfo crime family to sell its video poker machines?
... that the economy ofReineh, now in northern Israel, was so strong in theMamluk era that they could afford imported pottery from Syria and Italy?
... thatJunji Ito had no particular ending in mind while writingSensor?
... thatDaniel Henchman was considered the "most eminent and enterprising" publisher and bookseller in all of British America prior to theAmerican Revolution?
... that according toGeorge Orwell, "serious sport has nothing to do with fair play ... it iswar minus the shooting"?
... thatClaudia Watkins, the only "lady judge" inMecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1969, thought it was "no big deal"?

4 January 2022

12:00, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Ed Sullivan Theater

... thatStephen Colbert initially balked at hostingThe Late Show at theEd Sullivan Theater(pictured), but called for the theater's restoration after learning about its neo-Gothic dome?
... that visual effects artistRoy Field worked on the first seven officialJames Bond films?
... that the board gameViticulture has a Mafia-themed expansion set?
... thatSinan Selen worked at the travel agencyTUI before he became the vice president of theGerman domestic intelligence service?
... that a woman in Texas attempted to haveTiger Flowers removed from the library collection at her daughter's school?
... that communist propagandistJian Xianfo gave birth to her son in an earthwork during theLong March?
... thatInterstate 90 is the longestfreeway in the United States, at 3,020 miles (4,860 km)?
... that GeneralAntonio Valero de Bernabé is said to have used his skills as aventriloquist to fool his enemies into believing that their weapons were possessed?

00:00, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

... that South Africananti-apartheid activistEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim(pictured) confused warders at theRobben Island maximum security prison by playingBollywood music?
... that the 100-player board gameCartographers has acrowdfunded expansion set?
... thatbass-baritoneJohann-Werner Prein took part in the 1994 premiere ofErwin Schulhoff's only opera,Flammen, which the Nazis had suppressed?
... that the director of the 1936 filmThe Love Wanga was threatened by having awanga placed in his car?
... that artistHeather Doram wonAntigua and Barbuda's national competition to design a new national costume?
... thata 1999 legal case guaranteed the right of transgender people in England and Wales to accessgender reassignment surgery?
... thatWAAF CorporalElspeth Henderson remained at her post despite a direct hit by aLuftwaffe bomb?
... that theGlen Rock is verygneiss?

3 January 2022

12:00, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

40-foot radio telescope

... that the40-foot radio telescope(pictured) atGreen Bank Observatory was the first automated telescope?
... thatSandy Heribert was inspired to become a journalist after seeing coverage of theGulf War when she was nine years old?
... that "the crowning achievement" ofFrancis Hopkinson Smith, the novelFelix O'Day, was not published until after his death?
... that the French lawyer and politicianFrancis Szpiner defendeda former emperor in court before becominga district mayor of Paris?
... thatMarc Jacobs's fragranceDaisy iscottagecore?
... thatorange sea grapes contain substances that have acytotoxic effect?
... that even thoughCharles P. Adams meant to hire someone else,Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones remained atGrambling State University for 51 years?
... that theChronicle of the 20th Century was so heavy that it was said to be "the first coffee table book seriously to threaten the well-being of coffee-tables"?

00:00, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

IndividualE. persephone with 1,306 legs

... that with more than 1,000 legs,Eumillipes persephone(example pictured) is the first known "true"millipede?
... that theUSFL is in talks with officials fromBirmingham, Alabama, with the goal of hosting the entirety of the2022 USFL season in the city?
... that when flying aceJulius Busa's aircraft was hit at 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), his observer leapt overboard without a parachute?
... that Ethel Barrymore, Marilyn Miller, Mary Pickford, and Rosa Ponselle have been standing at1552 Broadway since 1929?
... that blind botanistJohn Grimshaw Wilkinson used his tongue to tell the difference between plants?
... thatthe world's only museum devoted to American actor Phil Silvers is located in Coventry, England?
... thatSumitro Djojohadikusumo expected the majority of the beneficiaries of his economic policy might turn out to be "parasites"?
... that about three million people employedDr. Halo between 1984 and 1993?

2 January 2022

12:00, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Yasmin Miller

... that children copied British champion 60 m hurdlerYasmin Miller(pictured) while she was training in her local park during theCOVID-19 lockdown?
... thatRobert D. Bullard has emerged as the "father of environmental justice" since the publication of his 1990 book,Dumping in Dixie?
... that after the arrival of guerilla commanderGoliath Tabuni,Puncak Jaya Regency became "the most violent" region inPapua?
... that the presence of illegal colleges inSaumlaki was compared to "mushrooms growing in the rainy season"?
... thatWest Virginia lawyerArthur G. Froe served asD.C. Recorder of Deeds under three presidents and was appointed by President Wilson as adraft board legal advisor during World War I?
... that clashes between theMyanmar military and local armed groups broke out inLay Kay Kaw six years after it was established as a "town of peace" between the parties?
... that in 1896, theNew York Driving Club was sued for damaging their neighbor's garden?
... thatDaviesia devito andD. schwarzenegger are two Australianpeas?

00:00, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

First African Baptist Church in Christian Street Historic District

... that the proposedChristian Street Historic District(building pictured), originally settled by Irish immigrants, is also known as "Black Doctors' Row"?
... that twenty-a-day cigarette smokerTrudi Thomson suffered from bulimia and rheumatoid arthritis before she became a successful runner?
... thatDash for Cash, an event in which teachers competed to grabone-dollar bills to pay for school supplies, was criticized for being dehumanizing?
... thatparacyclistJuan José Florián fought for both sides in theColombian conflict?
... that theThird Street Railroad Trestle is the last remaining woodentrestle bridge in downtownAustin, Texas?
... thatXie Fei, one of the thirty women participating in theLong March, was imprisoned during theCultural Revolution?
... that theSei pezzi per pianoforte wereOttorino Respighi's first published works?
... thatPittsburgh Panthers endSteve Jastrzembski was nicknamed "Jazz" because his teammates could not correctly pronounce his surname?

1 January 2022

12:00, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

"Drinka pinta milka day" on a 1959 poster

... that many British people refer to one-pint milk bottles as "pintas" because ofa 1958 advertising slogan(pictured)?
... that New Mexico television stationKIVA-TV received angry phone calls and a bomb threat after switching away from a tied football game?
... that conductorRudolf Pohl, a member of theAachen Cathedral choir as a boy, brought the Charlemagne-era choir to international recognition in the 1960s?
... that on initiative of theVolkswagen worker organizations,Volkswagen formed one of the firstGlobal Works Councils in 1998, an extension of the existingEuropean Works Council?
... thatLou Swarz became famous for her "One Woman Show" involving monologue performances as various characters, includingPhillis Wheatley andSojourner Truth?
... thatMonmouth Coffee Company inCovent Garden was one of the foundations for thethird wave of coffee in London?
... thatJuan Juárez may have been the first bishop-elect within the territory of the United States?
... that the leader of the Japanese bandFriends was chosen via a game ofUno?

00:00, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

The twelve lucky grapes

... that in Spain, it is considered lucky toeat twelve grapes while wearing red underwear received as a gift(pictured) at midnight on New Year's Eve?
... thatMoldavian rebelTeodor Boldur-Lățescu was twice beaten up on circus grounds: once for insultingWallachian officers of theRomanian Army, and a second time for cruelty to animals?
... that theTokio platform for theRust programming language uses awork stealing scheduler?
... that lingering disabilities ledflying aceJohann Frint to join theAustro-Hungarian Aviation Troops?
... that the last edition ofThe Knoxville Journal was printed 30 years ago today after a 106-year run?
... thatAdolph Schoeninger faced financial ruin three times before becoming one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the world?
... thatLunt andFontanne retired from Broadway after theLunt-Fontanne Theatre was renamed after them?
... thatKarolína Huvarová quipped that she earned her position as men's hockey coach "in bed"?

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