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31 August 2018

00:00, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

St. Peter's Church, Malmö

... thatSt. Peter's Church(pictured) inMalmö, Sweden, was once the largest town church in Denmark?
... thatDoug Gurr, head ofAmazon UK, has said that ano-deal Brexit could lead to civil unrest "within two weeks"?
... thatthe Beach Boys'Transcendental Meditation-inspiredFriends (1968) was their last album of the 1960s to involve former bandleaderBrian Wilson?
... that refereeBob Nadin said he was referred to as the "pope of the rules", and received thePierre de Coubertin medal for ice hockey at the Olympic Games?
... that theGut Holzhausen estate is abiodynamic farm and the venue for a festival called Voices?
... thatGaqo Çako was the lead tenor for more than three decades at theNational Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania?
... that the entire editorial board of theInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health resigned in protest in November 2017 over disputes involving the new editor-in-chief?
... thatLeBron James Jr. received offers to play basketball atDuke andKentucky by the age of eleven?

30 August 2018

00:00, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Andrew Rowsey

... that in his finalcollege basketball game,Andrew Rowsey(pictured) brokeMarquette's single-season scoring record set byDwyane Wade?
... that thesecretary blenny is a slenderambush predator with large eyes?
... thatWilliam Preucil has served asconcertmaster for four American orchestras—theAtlanta Symphony,Utah Symphony,Nashville Symphony, andCleveland Orchestra?
... that the British Army'sPeninsular Warbattalions of detachments were commended for their gallantry on the battlefield but criticised for their conduct in camp?
... that Dutch dermatologistRudi Cormane pioneered research onimmunofluorescence of the skin?
... that the video gameDungeons 3 was described as the closest its developer came to creating a successor to the popularDungeon Keeper series?
... that Japanese singerReona was acosplayer before starting her music career?
... that the USDrug Enforcement Administration is looking for a man known asThe Claw?

29 August 2018

00:00, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

SMSAdmiral Spaun

... that after theassassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian cruiserSMS Admiral Spaun(pictured) escorted the ship carrying his body back toTrieste?
... that as a high school basketball player,Lometa Odom set theTexas single-game scoring record of 78 points in 1951?
... thatTakuyo-Daisan was once an island in theSouth Pacific but is now aseamount off Japan?
... that the Thai Buddhist monkLuang Por Dhammajayo launched an anti-smoking and drinking campaign that won an award from theWorld Health Organization?
... that after his death, politician, jurist, and generalLucius Torquatus was portrayed by Roman writerCicero as an advocate forEpicurean ethics?
... thatMigrant Architects of the NHS recounts how doctors from theIndian subcontinent immigrated to Britain and becamegeneral practitioners?
... that maritime fur traderThomas Humphrey Metcalfe and most of his crew were killed byNative Hawaiians in revenge for the flogging ofa chief byMetcalfe's father days before?
... that on its tenth anniversary, the webcomic "Loss" was replaced by an edited version titled "Found"?

28 August 2018

00:00, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Geyser cone in El Tatio

... thatEl Tatio(pictured) is the largestgeyser field in the southern hemisphere and one of two worldwide with the highest elevation?
... that during GovernorBill Clinton's1992 presidential campaign, political aideCarol Rasco took over Arkansas's "daily business"?
... that the British TV seriesAap Kaa Hak answered health, social and legal questions in Hindi and Urdu?
... that the 1810 Catholic hymnal byChristoph Bernhard Verspoell, with his melodies and organ settings, containsa song included in the Catholic hymnalGotteslob in 2013?
... that during World War II, futureOregon state senatorGordon W. McKay participated in theBattle of Tarawa as aSeabee?
... that the diet of the skeleton shrimpCaprella equilibra consists mainly ofdetritus, but it also feeds on thehydroids to which it clings?
... thatthe Carpenters received hate mail because theycombined a soft ballad with a loud electric guitar?
... thatMormon studies scholars have the sense that they are being watched, following previousexcommunications of Mormon historians in the field?

27 August 2018

00:00, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Margot Fonteyn

... thatMargot Fonteyn(pictured) wasThe Royal Ballet'sprima ballerina for 45 years, before retiring to become a cattle rancher inPanama?
... that Robert Einstein, a cousin of Nobel Prize LaureateAlbert Einstein, committed suicide less than a year afterhis family was murdered by German soldiers in World War II?
... thatIna Hartwig, formerly on the editorial staff ofFrankfurter Rundschau, published a biography ofIngeborg Bachmann in 2017?
... thatRalph Vaughan Williams setPsalm 47 in English,O clap your hands, as a motet for choir and orchestra in 1920?
... that afterFIBA rules changes limited the availability ofNBA players, theU.S. men's basketball team decided to assemble rosters of primarilyG Leaguers for the2019 World Cup qualifiers?
... that a story by Argentine mathematicianMagdalena Mouján about aBasque family that travels back in time to their homeland was blocked by theFranco regime?
... that after being rebuilt in May 2018, the open-airSummer Theatre of Tirana held a show in which 400 artists participated?
... that the second test in theOperation Mosaic series under the command ofHugh Martell was the largest detonation of a nuclear device ever to take place in Australia?

26 August 2018

00:00, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Averroes by Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze (14th century)

... thatAndalusian philosopherAverroes(pictured) theorized thatall human beings share a single intellect, andThomas Aquinas wrote a treatise to refute this theory?
... thatAltars of the World was the final recipient of theGolden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film before the award was retired?
... that one of the financers of theSpire, a residential building inSeattle, joined the project as a result of a state visit by Chinese PresidentXi Jinping?
... thatÜlo Nugis was the first Estonian politician to publicly call for Estonia to joinNATO, even while Soviet troops were still present in the Baltic nation?
... that the ancestors of thegrey cuckooshrike most likely spread to Africa from theAustralo-Papuan region?
... thatSerge Blanc was the first to recordLeonard Bernstein'sSerenade after Plato's "Symposium" in France?
... that the single road bridge toGreat Island inCork Harbour is more than 200 years old?
... that in 1964, a school teacher survived for nine months after surgeonKeith Reemtsma transplanted chimpanzee kidneys into her?

25 August 2018

00:00, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Hall at the Palais du Trocadéro in 1878

... that on 24 August 1878,Charles-Marie Widor premiered hisSymphony for Organ No. 6 for the inauguration of theCavaillé-Coll organ at thePalais du Trocadéro(pictured) as part of theParis World Exhibition?
... thatHope not Hate released commemorative mugs and teatowels to mark the retirement ofBrian Parker, theBritish National Party's last district councillor?
... thatSeattle'sDenny Way was originally named "Depot Street" in hopes of luring a major train station?
... thatMagema Magwaza Fuze was the first native speaker to publish a book in theZulu language?
... that the preferred food of thecopepodPseudocalanus newmani includesdiatoms of the genusThalassiosira, which can be toxic to its young?
... that basketball playerNorvel Pelle holds citizenship in three countries—Antigua and Barbuda,Lebanon, and the United States?
... that at the end of the unsuccessfulSiege of Almería, some of the defeatedAragonese attackers were left under the protection of the Muslim defenders while awaiting their evacuation?
... that thedermatologistPeter Copeman was known as "Dr Spot"?

24 August 2018

00:00, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Ludwigsburg Palace

... thatLudwigsburg Palace(pictured), the "Versailles of Swabia", was home to four ofWürttemberg's rulers?
... thatLydia May Ames, one ofCleveland's earliest women artists, is sometimes considered its first impressionist painter?
... that the seeds of theNardouw fountain pincushion are carried underground by ants?
... that the writerİsmet Kür's father and sister were writers, and her daughter is also a writer?
... that theAustro-Italian ironclad arms race led to theBattle of Lissa, the first naval engagement between multiple armored warships?
... that in the midst of being chased byAṅgulimāla, a brigand and serial killer, the Buddha stated: "I am standing still, you are not standing still"?
... thatRed W Interactiva, a talk radio network in Mexico, operated for only 102 days?
... that a solar-powered device for extracting water from the air, co-designed byEvelyn Wang, has been compared to the moisture vaporators inStar Wars?

23 August 2018

00:00, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (1761)

... that social media users madeJoshua Reynolds'sDavid Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy(pictured) into a meme based on thedistracted boyfriend meme?
... thatAbu al-Juyush Nasr became the Sultan of Granada in 1309 following the ousting ofhis brother, only to be ousted in a civil war five years later?
... that the goose barnacleConchoderma virgatum rarely attaches directly to a fish, but four were once found attached to a single spine of aporcupinefish?
... that US PresidentDonald Trump's nomination of meteorologistKelvin Droegemeier to direct theOffice of Science and Technology Policy has been received positively by scientists?
... that Claude Debussy composedThe Little Nigar, acakewalk, for apiano method?
... that voice actressRie Murakawa's accolades include the Best Funny Radio and Best Comfort Radio awards in 2016?
... thatWestbourne Terrace was one of 19 different "Westbourne" streets that appeared in the LondonPostal Guide in the nineteenth century?
... thatGavin Buckley, the mayor ofAnnapolis, Maryland, thinks of himself as Australian?

22 August 2018

00:00, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Alfons Tracki in 1930

... thatAlfons Tracki(pictured), a German-AlbanianChristian martyr, worked to eradicateGjakmarrja (blood feuds) from Northern Albania?
... that hairs shed by caterpillars of thebrown-tail moth can be wind-borne and cause a rash in humans similar topoison ivy?
... thatMimi Mondal is the first writer from India to be nominated for aHugo Award?
... that after the original 1932 release of the filmScarface, it was removed from circulation and remained officially unavailable for nearly 50 years?
... thatJack Kirby created many famous comic book characters includingCaptain America, but his conception ofSpider-Man was rejected for being too heroic?
... thatAlexa Bank is probably a drownedatoll?
... thatNew Zealand-bornVance Drummond won theSouth Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry as aRoyal Australian Air Force pilot serving with theUnited States Air Force?
... thatNeal McCoy wanted hisanti-protest song "Take a Knee, My Ass (I Won't Take a Knee)" to "bring people together"?

21 August 2018

00:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Romani flag

... that theflag of the Romani people(pictured) was atriband, before the red stripe was removed over suspicions that itstood for communism?
... thatSir Cusack Patrick Roney was knighted for his role as secretary to theGreat Industrial Exhibition of 1853?
... thatpenis worms very similar toPriapulus caudatus createdtrace fossils in the earlyCambrian period?
... that minutes after a world record was set forSuper Mario World,SethBling completed a faster run, validating a technique used previously only on an emulator?
... thatNarmakosh, compiled byNarmad, is the first monolingual dictionary of the Gujarati language?
... that video artistJoan Bradermansuperimposed herself onto scenes from the television seriesDynasty to critique the characters, plots, and themes?
... that if theGreen Bay Packers football team, with an estimated value of $2.55 billion, was ever sold, all the profits would go toits charitable foundation rather than its shareholders?
... that opera singerCatherine-Nicole Lemaure was imprisoned overnight for refusing to perform?

20 August 2018

00:00, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Clay model of the statue of John of Nepomuk

... thatMatthias Rauchmiller, the son of a butcher, designed both thePlague Column in Vienna and theoldest statue on Prague's Charles Bridge(clay model pictured)?
... that the first screening ofVenom and Eternity ended early following directorIsidore Isou's attempt after the first scenes to play only its soundtrack to a darkened theatre?
... that EnsignRobert Duncan was the first person to shoot down aMitsubishi A6M Zero with aGrumman F6F Hellcat?
... that theRedneck Fishing Tournament has seen thousands ofAsian carp caught by its participants without the use of fishing poles?
... thatTelfair Hodgson was the original financial backer and first managing editor ofThe Sewanee Review, the oldest continuously published literary quarterly in the United States?
... that a pair of yellow "dolphin-like creatures" from a7th-century hanging bowl finds its closest parallel inmanuscript art?
... thatEric Rose performed the first successful paediatricheart transplant?
... thatflying fox teeth are used as currency onMakira?

19 August 2018

00:00, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Snuffbox

... that the factory producingCapodimonte porcelain(snuffbox pictured), including forty workers and nearly five tons of material, was moved from Naples to Madrid in 1759?
... thatVicars Bell was the "village chronicler" ofLittle Gaddesden?
... thatStanwood, Washington, was formed by the consolidation of two rival towns in order to fund a modernsewage treatment system?
... thatMindy Alper, the visual artist featured inHeaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405, helpedMary Stuart Masterson prepare for her role as a mentally ill woman in the 1993 filmBenny & Joon?
... that the flowers of thecommon sunshine conebush are pollinated by beetles?
... thatJenny Sabin's installationLumen is knitted from solar active yarns that absorb light energy during the day and release it at night?
... that the 2018roguelike video gameWizard of Legend received nearly 50 percent more than its funding goal in itsKickstarter campaign?
... that U.S. ArmyHurricane Aircat airboats could ram and sinkViet Cong boats?

18 August 2018

00:00, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Candy striped flatworm

... that thecandy striped flatworm(pictured) appears to glide across the seabed, being moved bycilia on its underside?
... thatLeonard Owen oversaw the building ofCalder Hall, the world's first nuclear power station to produce electricity on a commercial scale?
... thatJohn F. Kennedy suggested theState of Washington replace its unofficial motto "Alki" with "For You and Me, a Destiny", a lyric from "Washington, My Home", the state song?
... that while working for the predecessor of NASA, Chinese physicistWu Zhonghua pioneered thethree-dimensional flow theory, which has been used to design many aircraft engines?
... thatBrugada syndrome is known in thePhilippines asBangungut, or "a scream followed by sudden death during sleep"?
... that American rapperGizzle worked as aghostwriter for other hip hop artists before releasing her debut mixtape in 2017?
... that the killer whaleTahlequah carried her dead calf for over two weeks in an apparent showing of grief?

17 August 2018

00:00, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Madonna

... thatMadonna's(pictured) 1991 song "Rescue Me" made the highest debut for a song on theBillboard Hot 100 chart sincethe Beatles' "Let It Be" 21 years earlier?
... that publisherTu Books was created via aKickstarter campaign, then purchased byLee & Low Books three months later?
... that adulttapeworms parasitise the intestines of vertebrates but do not have guts of their own?
... that air conditioning refrigerantHFO-1234yf, developed by a team led byBarbara Haviland Minor, is believed to be used in 50% of new vehicles produced in 2018, to help counterglobal warming?
... that although New York City'sBushwick Inlet Park was proposed in 2005, the land for the park was not fully purchased until 2016?
... thatperiodontistJohn Zamet was awarded a PhD after his death for his research on German and Austrian refugee dentists?
... that the publisher ofLife with My Sister Madonna, a tell-all book bythe singer's younger brother, sold it to retailers without revealing the title or the subject matter in order to create a media stir?
... that in 1394,John "Eleanor" Rykener was apprehended for committing a "detestable unmentionable and ignominious vice" inCheapside and later confessed to having had sex with bothfriars andnuns?

16 August 2018

00:00, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Damage to the painting in 1913

... that the paintingIvan the Terrible and His Son Ivan has been attacked and damaged twice(damage pictured)?
... thatChopin'sPiano Sonata No. 2 contains as its third movement aMarche funèbre, which was composed earlier than the other music?
... thatethnic Croat journalistŠtefica Galić has been called the "Schindler ofLjubuški" for helping save an estimated two-thirds of the town'sBosniaks during theCroat–Bosniak War?
... thatIndian Railways runs loss-making trains on thePatna–Digha Ghat line to preventencroachment?
... thatSouth Dakota architectHarold Spitznagel designed the originalMount Rushmore visitor center withCecil Doty as part ofMission 66, providing a setting forAlfred Hitchcock's 1959 filmNorth by Northwest?
... thatCharles Darwin made descriptive notes on theBrazilian sandperch after a specimen was caught with hook and line off the coast of Patagonia during thevoyage ofBeagle?
... that as CEO of Denver Health, Dr.Patricia A. Gabow streamlined operations, improved patient care, and cut excessive spending using a system based on theToyota Production System?
... that members of theDjajadiningrat family fought on both sides of theIndonesian Revolution?

15 August 2018

00:00, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Avro Vulcans

... that during theCuban Missile Crisis, each of Britain's "V force" squadrons kept one nuclear-armedV bomber(Avro Vulcans pictured) and crew at 15 minutes' readiness?
... thatMary Fenton, the firstAnglo-Indian actress of theParsi,Gujarati, andUrdu theatre, was introduced to acting by her husband,Kavasji Palanji Khatau?
... thatHelleria brevicornis is the only terrestrial woodlouse that has retained the ancestral aquatic isopod behaviour of mate guarding?
... that American video game producerBen Judd is fluent in the JapaneseKansai dialect?
... thatLoggerheads Country Park has a corn mill with a restoredwater wheel?
... that the South African composerStefans Grové wrote a setting ofPsalm 138 for choir, children's choir, African drums,marimba, and string orchestra?
... that the deposed Byzantine emperorMaurice was forced to watch his six sons executed before he was beheaded himself?
... thatAtlantis moved fromIreland toColombia?

14 August 2018

00:00, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

The Rhinemaidens in 1876

... thatMarie Lehmann, one of theRhinemaidens(pictured) at the firstBayreuth Festival in 1876, sang the soprano solo in Beethoven'sNinth Symphony for the groundbreaking of theBayreuth Festival Theatre?
... thatRobert Lebel was inducted in the inaugural class of threeice hockey halls of fame?
... that the Wirral Model Engineering Society operates a raised railway track for finescale models of full-sizesteam locomotives atRoyden Park?
... that when KingKamehameha III died in 1854, the throne of Hawaii passed to his nephewKamehameha IV instead of his sonAlbert Kūnuiākea?
... thatGheorghe A. Lăzăreanu-Lăzurică, a self-proclaimed "Voivode of the Gypsies", supported Romania's far-right groups, beginning with theNational Agrarian Party?
... thatOld North, built between 1794 and 1797, is the oldest standing academic building onGeorgetown University's campus?
... thatBadr Shirvani, a Persian poet fromShirvan in the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan, received patronage from numerous rulers at the same time?
... that the plot of the 1994 comic bookArchie Meets the Punisher was modeled after the 1948 filmAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein?

13 August 2018

00:00, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Zheng Pingru

... that Chinese spyZheng Pingru(pictured), who was executed after an assassination attempt on a Japanese collaborator, is believed to have inspired the novellaLust, Caution, and itsfilm adaptation?
... thatWood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the United States, is sometimes staffed by a single ranger?
... thatGrace Macurdy shaped the field ofclassics by pulling together both material and textual evidence as sources in her studies of individual women?
... that the flowers of theRedelinghuys pincushion are pollinated by rodents?
... thatChip Rives was one of the eight people namedSports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 1987?
... that theChurch of Saint Jacob in Nisibis in southeastern Turkey was originally thebaptistery of a Syriac Orthodox cathedral which no longer exists?
... thatMichael Martin, project director of the recently completed £1.4 billionQueensferry Crossing, was inspired to study engineering through reading back issues ofNew Civil Engineer?
... that according to some accounts, the legendaryGeorgian hunting dogQ'ursha had eagle's wings, a thunderous bark and a gigantic leap?

12 August 2018

00:00, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Frescos in Fulltofta Church

... that thefrescos(pictured) inFulltofta Church were discovered in 1907 after being hidden since theReformation?
... thatGeorge Whitney Calhoun andCurly Lambeau founded theGreen Bay Packers 99 years ago today?
... that in July 2018,U2 topped theBillboardDance Club Songs chart for the first time in seventeen years with "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way"?
... thatColombian Supreme Court judgeAugusto Ibáñez Guzmán claimed that in 2008, a dozen armed men stormed his house to steal his personal computer?
... that the flatwormProcerodes littoralis is tolerant of wide fluctuations in salinity, being able to survive both in freshwater and in seawater?
... that plastic surgeonPatrick Clarkson had the idea for theHand Club to help injured airmen, and established the Children's Burns Unit atGuy's Hospital?
... that theFisher Ridge Cave System is the fifth-longest cave in the United States and one of the longest in the world?
... that theBelgium international playerLeander Dendoncker is one of three footballer brothers from a pig-farming family?

11 August 2018

00:00, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Sycamore Gap Tree

... that theSycamore Gap Tree(pictured) has been featured in a Hollywood blockbuster, aBryan Adams music video and a TV crime drama?
... that theRussian Liberation Army defected for the second time when it turned againstNazi Germany in thePrague uprising on 6 May 1945?
... that theblazarTXS 0506+056 is the first identified source of high-energyastrophysical neutrinos?
... that in 1965,Benjamin Steinberg, a violinist in theNBC Symphony Orchestra withArturo Toscanini, started the first racially integrated symphony orchestra in America, theSymphony of the New World?
... that Mexican federal deputyCarlos Hermosillo Arteaga and his wife were found to own six properties worth a total of 14 millionpesos in thestate of Chihuahua?
... that theUniversity Hospital inPleven was the first hospital in Bulgaria to performrobot-assisted surgery?
... that the research of 2017Spinoza Prize winnerEveline Crone has led the Netherlands to extend its juvenile detention age limit from 18 to 23?
... that despite being a crustacean, aparasitic copepod found on a flying fish was described as a "gill-worm" byHans Severin Holten, the Danish naturalist who discovered it?

10 August 2018

00:00, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Teuira Henry

... thatTeuira Henry(pictured) reconstructed her English missionary grandfather's lost manuscript describingTahitian history by using his notes?
... thatMexico was represented by a single athlete at the2014 Winter Paralympics?
... that the Argentinian mezzo-sopranoAlicia Nafé appeared in her signature role as Bizet'sCarmen alongsidePlácido Domingo inSan Francisco, and at theMetropolitan Opera with Domingo as conductor?
... that theantependium ofLyngsjö Church has been said to be "better suited for the high altar of a cathedral than a countryside church"?
... that theSamec'niero, written byIase Tushi, contains one of the earliest examples of aGeorgian–Persian dictionary, and is the earliest Georgian manuscript so far discovered inIran?
... thatbrass bands have been a feature ofVale Park since its opening in 1899, when one played the crowd in through the gates?
... thatNeocalanus plumchrus is able to uptake dissolvedglucose directly from seawater despite itsexoskeleton?
... that thefootballerMark Aizlewood once celebrated scoring a goal byflicking the V at fans of his own team?

9 August 2018

00:00, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Torrance Barrens

... that theTorrance Barrens(pictured) is Canada's firstdark-sky preserve?
... thatErinea Garcia Gallegos, one of the first college-educatedHispanic women in Colorado, was appointed postmistress of the city ofSan Luis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
... thatDeutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung, the governing body for the majority ofequestrian sports in Germany, promotes the status of the horse as a cultural asset?
... thatFarouk Topan described the English language as "the elephant in the room" in relation to the use ofKiswahili in East Africa?
... that when thebesieged town of Berwick-upon-Tweed refused to surrender, the governor's son was hanged outside the town gates?
... that thehistory of the Jews in Atlanta dates to 1845, the same year the city changed its name fromMarthasville?
... that the sea chubsGraus nigra andMedialuna ancietae, theChilean sandperch, and theGalápagos sheephead wrasse all live in the forest?
... thatJohn Joseph Merlin crashed into a mirror atCarlisle House while playing the violin on the roller skates that he had invented?

8 August 2018

00:00, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Flight Stop,Toronto Eaton Centre

... that each of the sixty geese inMichael Snow'sFlight Stop(pictured) is decorated with the image of the same deadCanada goose culled fromToronto Island?
... thatClifford Braimah, head of theGhana Water Company, is a supporter ofOperation Vanguard and its mission to endillegal mining?
... that the rising prosperity of the Wang family ofLingshi County during theQing dynasty financed the multi-generation construction of agrand residential complex of hundreds of courtyards with over 2,000 rooms?
... thatGovernor-elect of Jalisco,Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, was the first winning gubernatorial candidate to come from theMovimiento Ciudadano party?
... that theYouTube channelContraPoints releases humorous,left-leaning educational videos responding to the arguments of the growing community ofright-wing YouTubers?
... that the mezzo-sopranoCarla Henius performed in the premiere of Luigi Nono'sIntolleranza 1960 atLa Fenice, and had a composition byDieter Schnebel written for her voice?
... thatNeocalanus cristatusnauplii feed off theiryolks during the 40 days it may take them to ascend to the surface of the sea?
... that chemical engineerRobert Edgeworth-Johnstone invented a flute made from the aluminium brass tubing used in oil refineries?

7 August 2018

00:00, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Chang and Eng Bunker in their 60s

... that the conjoined liver of theSiamese twinsChang and Eng Bunker(pictured) is on display at theMütter Museum in Philadelphia?
... thatMalala Yousafzai's 2013 autobiographyI Am Malala was banned in 152,000 private schools in Pakistan?
... that followers of the second-centuryCarpocratian Christian leaderMarcellina venerated Greek philosophers alongside Jesus?
... that in 1918,Richard Strauss composedSechs Lieder, Op. 68, based on poems byClemens Brentano, with the voice ofElisabeth Schumann in mind?
... thatCarrie Goldberg, who is representing two women accusingHarvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, once served as a case manager forHolocaust victims?
... thatUS Senate page boys were required to wearknickers when the film Adventure in Washington‎ was made in 1941?
... that British surgeonJim Dempster published more than 100 scientific articles on kidney transplantation in dogs?
... thatjewel anemones split apart but stay together?

6 August 2018

00:00, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Flag of Sioux Falls, South Dakota

... that the pinkish-red portion of theflag of Sioux Falls(pictured) represents theSioux Quartzite stone which was quarried nearby and used to build early Sioux Falls buildings?
... that whenGaius Hospes wore hisaward for valour at public gatherings, it was expected that he be applauded by every person present?
... that verses 2 to 6 ofPsalm 97 in Czech were set to music byAntonín Dvořák in hisBiblical Songs?
... that despite being portrayed favorably in aSoviet propaganda film,Konstantin Petrovich Nechaev was later accused byLeon Trotsky of supporting Chinese monarchism?
... that thepharmacist-to-pharmacy technician ratio has generally increased aspharmacy technicians have become less like retail clerks and taken on more responsibilities?
... thatScott Smith's management and marketing of international events was cited by theStanford Graduate School of Business as a reason for the growth ofHockey Canada?
... that the announcement ofSteel Division 2 came after half the team atEugen Systems, the video game's developers, went on strike?
... that afterIsaac Stevens, the governor ofWashington Territory, was found guilty of contempt over his conduct duringmartial law in Pierce County, he pardoned himself?

5 August 2018

00:00, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Franz Schubert

... thatFranz Schubert(pictured), a prolific composer ofsongs, symphonies and other works, gave only one public concert presenting his own works?
... thatbutyrolactol A, apolyketide derived fromStreptomyces rochei, demonstrates broad antimicrobial activity against fungi, includingCandida albicans?
... thatJohn Davy Rolleston highlighted the seriousness ofotitis media as a complication ofscarlet fever?
... that the video gameDetroit: Become Human has three playable characters, each with their own composer and style of cinematography?
... that themangrove kingfisher, found in Africa, migrates away frommangroves to breed?
... thatKelly M. Quintanilla, the first person in her family to attend a university, became the first female president ofTexas A&M University–Corpus Christi?
... that theWorld Wide Web inventorTim Berners-Lee created theSolid Project to reclaim the Web from corporations and return control of data to users?
... thatMaria and Bogdan Kalinowski were recognized as the most avid filmgoers inPoland, having seen more than 13,000 movies together?

4 August 2018

00:00, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Several creeping comb jellies on Luzon sea star

... that thecreeping comb jelly lives on the surface of astarfish(pictured) in the familyEchinasteridae?
... that the 27-year-old Uzbekistani pianistBehzod Abduraimov has already performed at theBBC Proms twice?
... that anillegal Jewish organization in anAxis puppet state proposed an ambitious scheme to bribeHeinrich Himmler into halting thesystematic extermination of European Jews?
... that despite never completing his university studies,R. H. Wilenski was appointed a special lecturer in thehistory of art at the University of Manchester?
... that specimens of the fishPalatogobius grandoculus were collected as early as 1976 but not identified as a new species until 2002?
... thatGerd Hatje went from being atypesetter to founding the internationally renownedpublishing house which still bears his name?
... that somerailway surgeons opposed the introduction offirst aid kits on trains, maintaining that only doctors should carry out this work?
... that the developers ofVampyr chose to include only onesave slot, so that the player's actions would have "real, meaningful impact"?

3 August 2018

00:00, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Delta Beta Tau pledge class of 2018 sitting in meditation

... thatDharma Bum Temple helped organize the firstBuddhist college fraternity in the United States,Delta Beta Tau(pledge class pictured), atSan Diego State University?
... that Chinese-Indonesian businessmanSutanto Djuhar was the last surviving member of the "Gang of Four" of theSuharto era?
... that the trunk of theKing Oak is more than 8 metres (26 ft) in girth?
... thatSara Hershkowitz, who usually appears on the opera stage as theQueen of the Night andZerbinetta, parodiedDonald Trump in Ligeti'sMysteries of the Macabre at theLowlands Festival?
... that prior to the firsttown council elections inLoxahatchee Groves, Florida, a political forum for the candidates was hosted at anudist resort?
... thatMichael Peter Kaye was the first director of what became the largestregistry of heart and lung transplantation data in the world?
... that thepurple eagle ray (Myliobatis hamlyni) was named afterRonald Hamlyn-Harris, director of the Queensland Museum?
... that the sport ofduck netting may be unique to theImperial House of Japan?

2 August 2018

00:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Seielstad's vision of a "giant meteor" strike

... that in 1939,Benjamin Seielstad drew four different versions of the end of the world("giant meteor" collision pictured) forPopular Science Monthly?
... thatincendiary balloons—made from condoms or party balloons—andincendiary kites have been launched from theGaza Strip and started hundreds of fires in Israel in 2018?
... thatCatherine Gayer, who was acoloratura soprano for four decades at theDeutsche Oper Berlin, premiered Nono'sIntolleranza 1960 in Venice, and Reimann'sMelusine at theSchwetzingen Festival?
... that the time limit in the puzzle gameCloud Kingdoms is calculated in 99 intervals called "manukas"?
... that when biochemistLi Lin was a Ph.D. student, he often went to slaughterhouses andwet markets to buy chicken and pig livers for his experiments?
... that the $4 billionWorld Trade Center Transportation Hub, built after the September 11 attacks, has been described as the world's most expensive train station?
... thatAverroes wrote on subjects as diverse asphilosophy,Islamic jurisprudence,medicine, andastronomy?
... that the first episode of thefirstDoctor Who series had to be rerecorded because theTARDIS doors would not close?

1 August 2018

00:00, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Gustaf Gabriel Hällström

... that scientistGustaf Gabriel Hällström(pictured) initiated the first regularmeteorological observations in Finland?
... that theFlint Public Library created theJulia A. Moore Poetry Contest to celebratebad poetry?
... that whenMarcus Bibulus opposed a law proposed byJulius Caesar, he was publicly soaked with excrement?
... thatNinurta, the Mesopotamian god of hunting, is believed by many scholars to be the source of the biblical figureNimrod?
... that at the time of its release in 2002, economic simulations likeSea Trader: Rise of Taipan were uncommon on handheld systems like theGame Boy Advance?
... thatJoseph Mohr left Germany whenJesuit institutions were dissolved, and wrotehis popular hymn abroad?
... that someleeches feed only twice a year?
... that before she became a star inGorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,Dee Booher's first professional match was against a 700-pound (320 kg) bear?

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