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... that thefour sons of Horus(pictured) were believed to have protected deceased people inthe afterlife by creating a specialized connection with the deceased's internal organs?
... that the relatively low standards of player selection forSomerset County Cricket Club in 1883 have been described as being "determined with a nod and a wink over drinks"?
30 May 2023
00:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
Carbatinae
... that thecarbatinae(examples pictured), shoes worn in ancient Greece and Rome, were single pieces of leather tied onto the foot?
... that of approximately 140 men stranded after a shipwreck on Wager Island in 1741, only 36 returned alive to Britain, according to Rear Admiral C. H. Layman?
... that the 2003 bookThe Reconstruction of Nations describes how "national reconciliation is possible after even the most terrible conflicts", including ethnic cleansing?
... that the bird subspeciesAlcippe dubia genestieri is named afterAnnet Genestier, a French missionary-botanist in China who also builtZhongding Catholic Church in 1908?
... that evangelistBob Harrington would drive miles out of his way to avoid the sight of a steeple?
28 May 2023
00:00, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
... that oneNFL scout compared watchingMarvin Harrison Jr.(pictured) to "window shopping at a Lamborghini dealership for the model that doesn't come out until next year"?
... that theStandseilbahn Linth-Limmern, thefunicular railway with the highest transport payload capacity (215 tonnes), was built to move four transformers 882 m (2,894 ft) uphill?
... that the showProtection Court continued to air episodes during an investigation launched by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission alleging that litigants were filmed without their consent?
... that the late-VictorianPagan Review lasted for a single issue and all of its content was written by one person?
26 May 2023
00:00, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
Dierk Raabe
... thatDierk Raabe(pictured) received €2.5 million from the European Research Council to work onGreen Steel?
.... thatProdigy Math Game was initially created as a school project?
... thatAnggara Wicitra Sastroamidjojo, a regional councillor inJakarta, Indonesia, received media attention for bringing his seven-month-old child into the legislative chamber?
... that film critic and censorD. I. Suchianu wanted Romanian moviegoers to cease "falling asleep whenever they're not shown a naked breast [or] a hip that's getting some action"?
25 May 2023
00:00, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
Luo Wenzao
... thatLuo Wenzao(pictured) became the firstCatholic bishop from China in 1685, after initially declining the appointment in 1677?
... that actressKatharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden inDag Hammarskjöld Plaza(pictured) when New York City officials said they would not widen the plaza?
... that Japanese singerNoa became interested in music after watching the 2006 filmHigh School Musical?
... thatAristotle's system oflogic formed the foundation of logical thought in theWestern world for more than 2,000 years until the advent of modern symbolic logic?
... that the art ofIrma Blank, of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s?
... that the1943 North Texas Aggies went from "kitchen maid" to "queen of the ball" when the Marine Corps sent players from major universities "tumbling onto" the campus?
... that Montserratian playwrightEdgar Nkosi White only wrote his first play after he was dared by actorMartin Sheen?
... thatCusrow Baug inMumbai had only a few tenants in the 1950s even at a low rent of 40rupees per month?
... that in 1956,a Las Vegas TV station may have been the only 24-hour TV station in the U.S.?
... thata photograph inspired by one ofLeonardo da Vinci's paintings shows 14 Israeli soldiers and was described as a "homoerotic challenge to Israeli machismo"?
... that when the dance permit forEl Monte Legion Stadium was revoked,Johnny Otis accused the local city council of racism and, with theACLU andNAACP, successfully reversed their decision?
... that British designerAlexander McQueen partied so hard that he accidentally abandoned the entirety ofhis second collection among a nightclub's rubbish?
... that according to scholarship published in 2023,Maria de Knuijt, rather than her husband, was actually the main patron of Dutch painterJohannes Vermeer(work pictured)?
... that supporters ofa 2020 ballot initiative toexpand Medicaid in Missouri did not use the words "Medicaid expansion" to describe their proposal in some campaign material?
... thatCeline-Marie Pascale's work focuses on howrace andclass impact the way "business practices and government policies create, normalize and entrench economic struggles" to benefit the wealthy?
... that during the early-access period ofHogwarts Legacy, the game set a new record onTwitch with the largest number of concurrent viewers for a single-player game in history?
... that the miniseriesIn the Best of Families was based on the bookBitter Blood which in turn is a recount of the real life murders of Fritz Klenner?
... that anFBI investigation contributed to the cancellation of theKentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic, which had been the longest-running U.S. high school all-star basketball game?
... thatVanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "snake woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes?
... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of theN54 road in the Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without first travelling throughNorthern Ireland?
... that grantees ofranchos of Los Angeles County submitted hand-drawn maps known asdiseños(example pictured) when making their land claims to the U.S. government?
... that medieval Muslim historians blamedal-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah for the loss of much ofPalestine to thecrusaders but, in reality, he played no role in theFatimid government during that period?
... that if you went to ananime convention in the 2000s, you might have been hit by ayaoi paddle(example pictured)?
... that Liberian minister of informationJoe Mulbah was suspended by PresidentCharles Taylor after a fist fight with the deputy minister of information?
... thatConstantin Bivol, who championed land reform inBessarabia, could only locate half of his tendessiatins of ancestral farmland, noting that "God only knows where the rest of them are"?
... thatFred Rogers created and hosted a television documentary series titledOld Friends ... New Friends due to his concern that older generations were getting more isolated from younger generations?
... that a court orderedJonathan Jacob Meijer to stop donating sperm or pay a €100,000 fine per donation?
... thatEdemariam Tsega published a book about his father whileAida Edemariam, Tsega's daughter, published a book about Tsega's mother in the same year?
... that after seeing a broken car,A.B. Quintanilla proclaimed his desire to make the song "La Carcacha" about it?
... that during his career inSurabaya,Radjamin Nasution worked as a customs official, an alderman, a doctor, a football club's president, and the city's mayor?
... that the Australian government tried to censor a film ofQuail Island's starving koalas?
... that authorJohn Green fundraises forPartners In Health by selling shirts with an image of his mustachioed face called "Pizza John"?
8 May 2023
12:00, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
Marie Meyer looping the loop, 1925
... thatMarie Meyer's aerobatic stunts included standing on the upper wing of a biplane while it looped-the-loop(pictured)?
... that before his 100th birthday,Herman Benson wrote his own obituary claiming that his "last, dying words" were a plea for generous donations to theAssociation for Union Democracy?
... that while studies have shownanti-trespass panels do reduce intrusions into rail track areas, there is concern that they could also trap trespassers on the tracks?
... thatBeibeilong was one of the largestoviraptorosaurs, with an estimated adult length of about 7.5 m (25 ft) and body mass of around 1.2 t (2,600 lb) or 2 t (4,400 lb)?
... that one of the longest civil trials in Utah history, with 1,000 exhibits, concerned the purchase ofa Salt Lake City TV station?
... that Vice AdmiralErnst Scheurlen was killed in action a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe while leading a hastily raised division of naval troops in defence of Germany?
... that in a rapid decline,Computer Applications, Inc. went from the second-largest independent software firm in the United States to being bankrupt and subject to liquidation?
... that theGreyster is a type of sled dog favored especially for dryland racing likecanicross andbikejoring?
... that duringher coronation,Caroline of Ansbach's dress was reportedly so covered in jewels that she required a pulley to lift her skirt for her to kneel?
6 May 2023
12:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
Westminster Abbey
... that before today, 39 English and British monarchs have been crowned atWestminster Abbey(pictured) since 1066?
... that as a college football player,Frank LeMaster changed from being afullback to the startinghalfback, to reserve halfback, totight end, tolinebacker, back to halfback and then linebacker again?
... that the documentaryLynch/Oz incorporates hundreds of film clips to illustrate the influence ofThe Wizard of Oz on the work of filmmakerDavid Lynch?
... that 19th-century American evangelistDwight L. Moody was converted to Christianity in the stock room of a shoe store by his Sunday School teacherEdward Kimball?
... that the destroyed plinth ofGürdal Duyar's nude sculptureGüzel İstanbul containedreliefs of a fig, a pomegranate, a honeysuckle and a bee to represent different aspects ofIstanbul?
... thatCaity Baser followed up her 2022 singles "Friendly Sex", "X & Y", and "Kiss You" with "Friendly Sex (Angrier)", "X & Y (What I Didn't Say)", and "Kiss You, Pt. 2", respectively?
... thatPercy Kelly hoarded his drawings and paintings until the end of his life, saying that his cottage would someday "upstageBeatrix Potter's home"?
... that respected travelling bandleaderOtto Schwarz and his Bavarian String Band were interned inDouglas, Isle of Man, during World War I?
... that when part of New York City'sHotel Riverview became a theater, some people thought that the hotel's overflowing toilets and leaky ceilings were part of the show there?
... that a beer named after thebarley varietyGolden Promise was not brewed using the variety?
00:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Poster forIsland of Lost Souls
... that in 1935Paramount wanted to reissue the filmIsland of Lost Souls(poster pictured) but was denied by theHays Code, due to the film's excessive horror?
... that for several decades, Soviet actressMaria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband?
... thata monument to honor the Jewish artistJozef Israëls was destroyed during World War II, but the pieces were saved and it was restored and unveiled in 1946?
... that nearly two years after getting into a serious car accident that sidelined him for a full season, football playerJuice Scruggs returned to the field, and was named All-Big Ten one year later?
... that New York City'sMansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors fromVermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor?
... thatMary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable?
... that Nebraska TV stationBig 8 was a big bust, losing nearly $5 million between 1983 and 1986?
... that a fantasy novel by Irish poet and authorSarah Maria Griffin was sent to around 200,000 ticket-holders of the music festivalTomorrowland?
... that a gameplay demonstration ofTom Clancy's Rainbow Six boosted its popularity when it accidentally showedAI teammates rescuing hostages by themselves?
... thatWanda Wesołowska has named 40 genera and 572 species of animals?
... that despite plans to restore theSam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum?
... thatPatrick O'Brian'sTestimonies received reviews that variously described it from "clumsy in construction to the point of amateurishness" to "rare and beautiful"?
... that to film the seriesQuarterback, the NFL allowed quarterbacks to wear microphones for every game ofthe 2022 season?
... that Indonesian politicianMuhammad Rapsel Ali founded a motorcycle racing team?
... that at the trial of theRumrich spy case, US Army deserter Guenther Rumrich stated he was instructed to determine how many US soldiers were based on the country's east coast?
... that the main village set of the 2019 horror filmImpetigore was so remote that the crew had to build toilets and a path for vehicles?
... thatUncle Waffles learned how to DJ during theCOVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being anEswatini TV presenter once her music career took off?
... that after bailing out of his aircraft over France,Stanley Browne was able to evade any German soldiers searching for him with the help of local villagers?
... thatquantum materials researcherTina Brower-Thomas's attempts at chemistry as a youth led to her concoctions eating holes into her coat?
... thatDžuvljarke written byVera Kurtić includes interviews with members of theLGBT community in Serbia and concludes thatRomani lesbian women are often "invisible"?
... thata New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"?
... that three years prior to this month'smassive plastics fire in Indiana, a court determined that the site was a fire hazard "unsafe to people and property"?
... that formerEast Java provincial secretaryTrimarjono was known for his habit of standing in front of the governor's office lobby every morning?
... that the 12th-centuryLundie Kirk was left as "a charred roofless shell" after a fire in November 2022?
... that goalkeeperSophie Whitehouse, who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to playsoccer for the Republic of Ireland?
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