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... that the exterior ofShamsher Khan's tomb originally featured richly painted designs, of which only traces survive?
... thatBargain Hunters, a game show with elements ofhome shopping, was described as having "all the most irritating traits of game shows"?
00:00, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
Mariann Budde
... that US congressmanMike Collins called for BishopMariann Budde(pictured) to be "added to the deportation list" after she urged PresidentDonald Trump to "have mercy"?
... that among thefossils of Finland are the remains of a woolly mammoth and a woolly rhinoceros?
... that upon learning of the conditions atSidi Azaz labor camp, the Tripoli Jewish community organized a food relief effort for the prisoners?
... that a botanist initially dismissedthis little cactus as "probably just a phase" but came to take it seriously?
27 February 2025
12:00, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
Animation of the Plutonium Finishing Plant's demolition
... that thePlutonium Finishing Plant, which processed more than 66 metric tons of plutonium between 1949 and 1989, was demolished(animation pictured) between 2016 and 2021?
... that the hashtag #AlDubEBTamangPanahon set aGuinness World Record in 2015 with 40,706,392 uses in 24 hours, coinciding with the television event "Tamang Panahon"?
... thatElizabeth Teeter was originally cast as Lydia Deetz in Broadway'sBeetlejuice in 2020, but did not get to play the role until 2022?
... that the musical career ofLouise Beach has ranged from nationally recognized compositions to a children's book about theviola?
... that thealpine columbine has been cultivated for centuries, and other columbines have often been mistaken for the species for decades?
... that the Lutheran pastorThéodore Beck employed modern education methods at theÉcole alsacienne in Paris in the 1880s: no prizes and no corporal punishment?
... that thethumb cactus crawls over other plants in cultivation – unless you grow it upside down?
25 February 2025
00:00, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
Diana Vicezar
... thatDiana Vicezar(pictured) created recycled housing forstreet dogs, a recruitment platform for international students, and a podcast about Latin American students in Ireland?
... that theWeeping Angels, despite appearing as stone statues, are portrayed by actresses?
... thatseries fiction often suffers from "melodramatic inflation", requiring increasingly dramatic threats, which can lead to prequels and spin-offs?
... that9 to 5 actorDabney Coleman flew to New York City to pursue acting the day after an actor stopped by for a drink?
... that theCalifornia FAIR Plan could have nearly $5 billion of exposure to damage from thePalisades andEaton Fires while only having $377 million on hand to pay claims?
... that statements about the characterRidley's reasons for not being in the fighting game seriesSuper Smash Bros. led to Internet memes about the character's large size?
... that duringa 1989 visit to the United States,Boris Yeltsin said that "there would be a revolution" if the average Soviet citizen knew of the quality of grocery stores in the United States?
... thatNourah al-Qahtani was sentenced to 45 years in prison based on alleged social media activity?
... thatChina has sanctioned more than 100 foreign individuals and entities with asset freezes and other restrictions?
... that technical issues in the minute before their November 2024BBC Radio 1 performance meant thatSouth Arcade had to set up while the presenter was announcing them?
... thatKasey Morlock was one of fiveNCAA Division II women's basketball players selected for the 25th-anniversary team?
... thatDoctor Who series 13 told only a single story, the first time for the show since 1986?
... that the scientific name of a species of crustacean is in honor of ambassadorLamtiur Andaliah Panggabean and her two children?
... thatJoanna of Montfort became known as the "Flame of Brittany" after she led the successfuldefence of Hennebont against a besieging French army in 1342?
... that until 1827University of Oxford graduates had to swear never to reconcile withHenry Symeonis, although it appears that by the 1650s everyone had forgotten why, or who he was?
... that the communist-era science-fiction novelMałe zielone ludziki presents a futuristic depiction of Africa that reflects Polish perceptions of the continent during the Cold War?
... thatBill Pulte describes himself as the "inventor of Twitter philanthropy"?
... thatA Foreign Sound includesa song thatCaetano Veloso called "a fake American song written by a Brazilian", anda song he called "a fake Brazilian song written by Americans"?
... that whileGeorge Rolph sued six of his assailants in theAncaster incident for £1000 each, the trial only awarded him £20 from two of the assailants?
... thatHans Dieter Beck(pictured), a co-head of the publisherC. H. Beck, rode a bicycle to work until he was 92?
... that the2023 Aston by-election was the first time in more than 100 years that the governing party won a seat from the opposition at an Australian by-election?
... thatÍvar Bárðarson's 14th-century reports of feral livestock inhabitinga failed Greenlandic colony were corroborated by the discovery of a frozen goat and animal feces inside an abandoned home?
... that according to legend, troubadourJaufre Rudel fell in love withCountess Hodierna of Tripoli without ever having seen her, sailed to Tripoli to meet her, and promptly died in her arms(pictured)?
... that despite the song "French Letter" being banned in all French territories, members of theFrench Foreign Legion sang along to the song when the bandHerbs performed it while playing in Tahiti?
... thatKit Nascimento, a spokesperson for thegovernment of Guyana during the aftermath ofJonestown, disagrees with current proposals to open the former Jonestown site as a tourist attraction?
... that it is said thatAntoinette Lubaki, Congo's first named woman artist, painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight?
... that Polish 1960 sci-fi novelWielka, większa i największa was very influential for Polish young-adult literature?
... that theEucharistic liturgies ofSeek, a Catholic young-adult conference which attracts thousands of attendees, are planned more than a year and a half in advance?
... that in the early 1170sHumphrey III of Toron may have been the lord of Transjordan, but he also may have been dead?
... thatJane Remover was inspired to createCensus Designated after a self-described "near-death experience" traveling through a blizzard?
... thatMaria Einsmann claimed to be her own husband, Josef, when she registered the births of her companion Helene Müller's two children in 1921 and 1930?
... thatMetropolitan Opera directorMaurice Grau(pictured) was "important in the growth of popular musical theatre in America"?
... that televangelistGene Scott went 65 hours without sleep when he barricaded himself in the studios ofhis Connecticut TV station to protest an order to pay taxes?
... that photographerPeter Miller stated in 2014 that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
... that a group of Jewish refugees continued work ontheir Yiddish encyclopedia after fleeing from Germany and France?
... thatLouis Malet de Graville(coat of arms pictured) began a successful career at the centre of French politics after his father was captured by the English?
... thatan Ohio TV station bribedABC to obtain a network affiliation, only to lose it within the year?
... thatScholastique Dianzinga edited a post-independence history of women in the Republic of the Congo that discussed why women's emancipation has been hindered?
... that a host of theLongform.org podcast once interviewed a writer while accidentally high onedibles?
8 February 2025
00:00, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Aeropetes tulbaghia, a species in Dirini
... that the relationship between theDirini(example pictured) andits closest relative has been described by researchers as "odd"?
... thatZhang Zhiyun, crowned "movie queen" in a newspaper poll in 1926, is reported to have died homeless in Hong Kong?
... that a summons to theCouncil of Tripoli was issued in the name of the Church to bypass the issue of whether a king could summon a prince?
... that aSwim School song described by one reviewer as "a heavy dystopian doom rocker" was originally performed byTaylor Swift?
... that the Japanese manga seriesMink featured futuristic technology even though its creator was unfamiliar with computers?
... thatthe 1972 collapse of theSidney Lanier Bridge(pictured), which was caused by a collision with a cargo ship, caused ten deaths and over a million dollars in damages?
... thatChristian death metal has been called the least likely musical development at the close of the 20th century?
... thatWu Yun wrote a treatise on immortality but apparently declined to discuss the subject withEmperor Xuanzong of Tang?
... thatNotre Dame's win in the2025 Orange Bowl American football game madeMarcus Freeman the first Asian and first Black head coach to earn a spot in anFBS national championship game?
... thatPanchiko released their first studio album,Failed at Math(s), more than 20 years after the band's formation?
... that Syrian vloggerHayla Ghazal used online humour to explore the limitations placed on women in the Arab world?
... that the Polish subgenre of speculative fiction known asklerykal fiction emerged in the 1990s as a response to societal fears of church influence in politics?
... that thebugia, a ceremonial candlestick used byLatin Catholic bishops, is named after the Algerian city ofBéjaïa, which was a source of candle wax?
... that Brooklyn'sRoll-A-Palace has been called "the front-runner of the roller-disco craze"?
... thatErnesius, a 12th-centuryarchbishop of Caesarea, was once prevented from crossing the sea by such a severe storm that he refused to make a second attempt?
... that some locals have criticised theflag of Kagoshima Prefecture, which is supposed to depict the prefecture's topography but omits its outlying islands?
... thatRichard Davis made the earliest known continuous land-based weather recordings in New Zealand?
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