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... that, althoughRichard Meier mostly designed white buildings, he used a black facade for685 First Avenue(pictured) because of his close relationship with its developer?
... that the110th U.S. Open Cup final was the first in the tournament's history to have an all-women team of referees?
... thatCianna Lieffers was once told to buy a ticket for a hockey game she was about to referee?
22 November 2025
00:00, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
French SS volunteers
... that recruitment for theFrench SS Volunteer Assault Brigade(members pictured) was promoted through a Waffen-SS exhibition in Paris that attracted thousands of visitors daily?
... that the "No Toilet, No Bride" campaign encouraged women's families to demand a toilet as a precondition for marriage?
... that GK Barry said that her girlfriend is used to Barry discussing their sex life onher podcast?
... thatKaia's Charice felt that she might run out of breath while recording the whisper-like chorus of "Walang Biruan"?
... that the data feed for a website created byRiley Walz tracking San Francisco parking enforcement officers in real time was shut down by city officials just four hours after the site's launch?
... thatMadeleine Tchicaya declined the president of Ivory Coast's offer to run for a second term in theNational Assembly, as she was reportedly "bored to death"?
21 November 2025
00:00, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
Recording of Masoud El Amaratly's folk singing
... thatMasoud El Amaratly, one of Iraq's most popular folk singers in the 1920s(recording featured), was amustarjil?
... that a British health campaign on recreational drug overdose recommended usingsoy sauce fishes to measure safe dosages?
... that when theCOVID-19 pandemic began,Masyita Crystallin was instructed by the Indonesian finance minister to study the Spanish flu to help formulate unconventional economic policies?
... that several parents opted against including their children's names on theNew London Cenotaph, with the designers leaving blank spaces on the memorial to commemorate them?
... that, despite popular myth, NFL playerJairo Penaranda didnot participate in llama-broncing?
... that golden trout disappeared fromSilver Lake?
19 November 2025
00:00, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Teck Lee when it was closed
... thatTeck Lee station(pictured) opened nearly 20 years after it finished construction?
... that local folklore linksBoghead(ruins pictured), a Northumbrian bastle house, to the story of Barty Milburn, an accomplished swordsman and killer of Scots?
... thatAdolf Real was re-elected as mayor of Vaduz in 1900, but he refused to take the office?
... that a crew member of the filmVelký vlastenecký výlet walked out after a protagonist justified rape?
... that periodontistAngela Pack called the Dental Council board "lily-livered chickens" for hesitating to allow training of dental hygienists in New Zealand?
... that the "books within books" of theEuropean Geniza are a collection of manuscript fragments recovered from medieval and early-modern book bindings?
... thatBob Barrabee studied tobacco farming in Cuba and played in the NFL in the same year?
... thatEschiva of Montbéliard left her children, fled toBuffavento Castle disguised as a monk, brought ample provisions, and joined an old knight in defending it?
... thatBayden Barber(pictured), the chair ofNgāti Kahungunu, has supported establishing a parliament for Māori?
... thatThe London Standard described the lyrics ina Taylor Swift song as "a car crash of outdated millennial cringe"?
... thatXavian Stapleton was given a list of 55 schools to which he was not allowed to transfer?
... that theKaman-Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum, opened in 2010 and styled as a mound covered by natural grass, received the US-based "Best Green Museum" award?
... thatTheo Waimuri's bid for the General Elections Commission caused three lawmakers to walk out of his assessment hearing?
... thatFort George(pictured) was the execution site ofMaurice Bishop, the prime minister of Grenada?
... that choreographerNat Horne's father, a Baptist minister, opposed dancing, and Horne began his dance training by sneaking out of Saturday-night prayer meetings?
... thatRed Seidelson worked as a dentist at the same time he played in the NFL?
... that in 1982HMS Junella carried a naval mine from the Falkland Islands to Great Britain on her deck, covered by a wet mattress to keep the explosives cool?
... that Indonesia's ambassador to the United NationsUmar Hadi co-produced a movie during his tenure as consul general in Los Angeles?
... that the Mongol forces at theChem River Battle used carts with iron-shod wheels to handle the rocky terrain?
... thatBijal P. Trivedi wrote on howcystic fibrosis went from being a "death sentence" for children to becoming a treatable condition due to new drugs that brought "weeping with joy"?
... that the school ofCorpus Christi Church educated at least eleven sets of twins during the 1953 school year?
14 November 2025
00:00, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Sidney Gish
... thatSidney Gish(pictured) has described her composition process as "Frankensteining"?
... that the roof ofAljunied station has been described as a "caterpillar" and a "rib cage"?
... thata Japanese YouTuber launched a project aiming to "eradicate poverty in Ghana"?
... that the Coldplay song "Politik", written on September 11, 2001, was inspired by theSeptember 11 attacks?
... thatPedro Berroeta Morales, a diplomat and later the president of a Venezuelan television channel, has also written fiction and essays on topics from science to esotericism?
... that archaeologistArne Furumark intended to follow a career in business until he visited theBritish Museum as a teenager?
... that the 2025 bookThe World After Gaza was deemed "repugnant" and "monstrous" for being both overly and insufficiently critical of Israel?
... that future NFL playerKato Serwanga's family fled Uganda when he was a child after three of his uncles were murdered and his father was nearly killed byIdi Amin's regime?
... thatYew Tee station has akampong-styled roof and a colour scheme that blends in with its surroundings?
... that Formula One drivers are required to wear fire-resistant underwear forsafety reasons?
... thatBurger Continental served dishes like "Chicken Erotica" to jurors in high-profile cases, including the trials of O. J. Simpson and the Menendez brothers?
... that after a Florida family moved intoa house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, one acquaintance said, "How could you let an atheist design your house"?
... that most portrayals ofhypnosis in fiction are negative stereotypes—usually depicting it as criminal, or seductive?
... thatAgus Budianto adopted the nickname "Black Hoe" from his skin color and his work on his parents' farm?
... that the cover art and nickname (Tripod) ofAlice in Chains'1995 self-titled album was inspired by an aggressive three-legged dog that chased the band's drummer?
... thatDale Berry used his fencing experience to choreograph fight scenes in his comic series?
... that in November 2024Typhoon Man-yi was one of four tropical cyclones simultaneously active in the western Pacific, the first such occurrence in November since records began in 1951?
... thatBerenice Olmedo once sold products made from dog carcasses at a flea market?
... thatLuis Estrada declined to produceThe Dead Girls as an English-language film before directing it as a Spanish-language television series?
... that, in a civil case betweenMark Aldridge and a shop owner,South Australia's district court found that a person can be liable for the defamatory comments of others on their social media posts?
... that Japanese businessmanYasuyoshi Kato used embezzled funds to support his wife, who bought twenty Arabian horses, several emus, llamas, potbellied pigs, miniature cattle, and nurse sharks?
... thatfield propulsion comprises types of spacecraft propulsion that move a ship without conventional rocket engines?
... that Argentine admiralEnrique Molina Pico commanded the destroyerARA Hércules during the Falklands War, and later coordinated the operations of Argentine forces in the Gulf War?
... that the filmThe Taverna was shot at a Greek restaurant in Melbourne over sixteen days?
... that future Olympic runnerMaher Abbas(pictured) switched from basketball to track over his frustration of referees being "easy to bribe"?
... that non-destructivevirtual unfolding was used to read burned or otherwise highly damaged scrolls?
... that theHongguang Emperor was betrayed by his troops and handed over to the enemy, who criticised his poor battle strategy and allowed locals to humiliate him?
... that in 2025 thePfizer Building was cited as the largest office-to-residential building conversion in the United States?
... that tenorJean Bonhomme played for seven years on his university'sCanadian football team before becoming an international opera star?
... thatSoebekti Soenarto performed the duties of the governor, vice governor, and provincial secretary of theSpecial Region of Yogyakarta simultaneously for several weeks in 1998?
... that theSursock bronze(pictured) was discovered in a damaged state with hacked parts, possibly after being vandalized by early Christian iconoclasts?
... thatMy Dad, the first entry inMy Family Member, a series of illustrated children books, was inspired by the author's discovery of his father's old gown?
... thatCthulhu,Dagon, andHydra are actually mud dragons living off the coast of Madagascar?
... that photographerHal Hirshorn recreated the 1865 funeral of a wealthy Manhattanite for a 2011 photo series?
... thatCharlie the goat hospitalized his co-star three times on the set ofThe Witch?
... that when a prospective funder called the script for his horror filmAll You Need Is Death "weird and confusing",Paul Duane got the phrase tattooed on his arm and funded the film himself?
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