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31 October 2018

00:00, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Regina Kapeller-Adler ]]

Regina Kapeller-Adler

... that in 1934, the Austrian biochemistRegina Kapeller-Adler(pictured) developed an innovativetest for early pregnancy based on the presence ofhistidine in urine?
... thatan island in New York City used to be a summer campsite, with up to half a million visitors by 1917?
... that at the age of 23,Adam Holland became the youngest person to run 100 marathons?
... that the French town ofBergerac was captured after aportcullis jammed on a wounded horse?
... thatVictoria Lederberg was aSimCity mayor ofProvidence, Rhode Island, before becoming a state supreme court justice?
... thatHeinrich Himmler may have given permission for the Red Cross to visit thefamily camp atAuschwitz II-Birkenau, just a few hundred meters from the gas chambers?
... that in 2018, storyboard artistDomee Shi became the first woman to direct aPixar short film?
... thatCharles XI of Sweden triedmounting his cavalry on moose?

30 October 2018

00:00, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

A lake in the Oasis of Mosquitos

... that the volcanicOasis of Mosquitoes in the Sahara has multicoloured lakes(example pictured) and can be seen from space?
... thatAnne Patzwald works as an occupational therapist at a clinic that employs three other current or former members of the German women'swheelchair basketball national team?
... that the Austro-Hungarian cruiserKaiser Franz Joseph I sank during a gale in October 1919?
... that military officerFrancisco Javier Arana, who briefly ruledGuatemala as part of a three-personjunta, was subsequently killed in a shootout after threatening a coup?
... thatMax Reger composed 20Responsories in Englishfor use in the American Lutheran church, although he did not speak English?
... that when suspected Mexican drug lordRaúl Meza Ontiveros was arrested, police found he was storing 348 kilograms (767 lb) ofcocaine?
... that theOregon Military Museum has more than 14,000 artifacts in its collection, including 50 vehicles, 750 weapons, and 5 military aircraft?
... thatRenee Powell was the first female golfer to compete in a British men's tournament?

29 October 2018

00:00, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Stephanus serrator female laying egg

... that having located a beetle larva in dead timber, the female parasitic waspStephanus serrator(pictured) may take several hours to drill a hole towards it in which to lay its egg?
... thatGreen Bay Packers defensive tackleDave Roller, who weighed 270 pounds (120 kg) at the time, was carried offLambeau Field by fans after a victory against theDetroit Lions?
... that the 2013Perkins Review found that only 24% of British parents considered engineering a suitable career for their daughters?
... that the Georgianhearth goddessLamaria was venerated exclusively by women, either in private rituals within the home or in private shrines outside the boundaries of villages?
... thatSaturday Zoo hostJonathan Ross was described as "humour-resistantTeflon"?
... thatRobert of Nantes was "an old and venerable man aged eighty years" when he was imprisoned along withLouis IX of France during theSeventh Crusade?
... that in his operaTri sestry (Three Sisters), composerPéter Eötvös wants the three sisters fromChekhov's play to be sung bycountertenors?
... that basketball playerDonte Ingram owns at least 50 pairs ofsneakers?

28 October 2018

00:00, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Sagrada Família

... that the designs for theDoctor Who serialThe Sensorites were inspired byAntoni Gaudí's design of theSagrada Família(pictured) inBarcelona, which has no right angles?
... thatSS-UntersturmführerKarl Friedrich Titho was dubbed the "Executioner of Fossoli" by the Italian media for his role in the execution of 67 prisoners atFossoli di Carpi?
... that "The Witch's Promise" is the onlyJethro Tull single to feature aMellotron?
... thatJos Canale won theCHL Coach of the Year Award and ledTeam Canada to a gold medal at theWorld Juniors?
... that a section ofU.S. Route 97 Alternate in central Washington state was rebuilt on higher ground in the 1950s to prevent inundation from anew hydroelectric dam?
... that theSoviet-German Syphilis Expedition of 1928 sought to explain the endemicsyphilis among the "primitive"Buryat people?
... that Israeli songwriterRachel Shapira's first hit song was set to music without her knowledge?
... thatNeatsville, Kentucky, has been relocated twice?

27 October 2018

00:00, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

George G. Eitel,
c. 1914

... thatMinneapolis surgeonGeorge G. Eitel(pictured) was falsely rumored to have been shot at sunrise atFort Snelling?
... thatBenedicite, composed byAndrew Carter for choir, children's choir, and orchestra, was inspired by restored ceilingbosses inYork Minster?
... that severalMajor League Baseball teams adopted the "opener" strategy during the2018 season?
... that in 2017,Willem de Kooning'sWoman-Ochre was found for sale in aNew Mexico antique store, 32 years after it was stolen from theUniversity of Arizona Museum of Art?
... that despite being the son of a professional basketball player,Luka Šamanić did not begin playing the game until the age of 11?
... that the flatwormMicroplana terrestris can use a trail of mucus as a "suspension bridge" to pass from one leaf to another?
... thatJohn "Jabo" Starks was one of the originators offunk drumming?
... thatDoom was Dutch?

26 October 2018

00:00, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Kaiserin Elisabeth on 8 December 1892

... that theKaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiserKaiserin Elisabeth(pictured) accompaniedArchduke Franz Ferdinand on his circumnavigation of the world between 1892 and 1893?
... thatMichael Frenzel, the former CEO of European tourism groupTUI, escaped fromEast Germany with his father when he was nine years old?
... thatMasters of the Sun Vol. 1 is the first album by theBlack Eyed Peas in eight years?
... that theEnglish amateur footballerReg Anderson was killed during WorldWar II when his aircraft was shot down?
... thathurricane responders face hazards from floodwater such as chemical and biological contaminants, and electrocution?
... thatJean Yancey was known inDenver as "the mother of all businesswomen", having helped more than 1,000 women launch their ownstartups?
... that thePadule di Fucecchio massacre, in which at least 174 Italian civilians were murdered, has been described as "one of the worstNazi atrocities in Italy"?
... that Canadian national basketball playerÉlodie Tessier is 3 feet 11 inches (1.19 m) tall?

25 October 2018

00:00, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Bockenheimer Depot in 2015

... that theBockenheimer Depot(pictured) inFrankfurt, built to house trams, is now a theatre which staged the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth'sLost Highway?
... that photographs of theValle de Guadalupe andBahía de los Ángeles byJulio Rodríguez appeared inNational Geographic magazine?
... that more than 20 million people watchedChronicle during its three-day live coverage of the raising of theMary Rose in 1982?
... thatDenise Mueller-Korenek is the only woman to hold the world record forpaced bicycle land speed since its establishment in 1899?
... that despite being structurally weakened, it may be beneficial to theporous star coral when the bivalveLithophaga simplex bores into it?
... that the procession after the 1920 funeral ofWilliam G. Blakely reportedly included the longest line of automobiles ever seen at a funeral inKingman, Arizona?
... that as theSalton Sea dries up, thegryphons are multiplying?

24 October 2018

00:00, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Mary and Henry Pitman

... thatMary Pitman Ailau and her brotherHenry Hoʻolulu Pitman(pictured) were educated at aHilo school with other biracial students of Hawaiian descent?
... that in 2004, the Israel Antitrust Authority declared thata copyright collective for authors and musicians was essentially amonopoly?
... thatOSS agentRoderick Stephen Hall was betrayed and captured during a one-man mission in northern Italy in January 1945, and murdered by theSS?
... that mostred porgies change sex from female to male at some point during their lives?
... that topNBA draft prospectSekou Doumbouya signed his first professional basketball contract at age 15?
... that Julia Yates, head of the New Zealand fashion labelTrilby Yates, was once spat at in the street for wearing trousers?
... that in 2018,police raided the house of former Argentine presidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner, and confiscated a letter written by the 19th-century national heroJosé de San Martín?
... that ReverendJames Abercrombie once admonished PresidentGeorge Washington during his sermon for not setting an example in church by receivingcommunion?

23 October 2018

00:00, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

White rust onshepherd's purse

... thatwhite rust(pictured), a plant pathogen affecting thecabbage family, predisposes its host to developdowny mildew?
... that pictures of suspected 18-year-old assassinRaúl Meza Torres inspired other teenagers in Mexico to join organized crime?
... that aggregations ofpainted urchin have been recorded with a density of 80 individuals per square metre?
... that college basketball playerJohnny Dee played through a knee injury for most of a season while leading theNCAA Division I infree throw shooting percentage?
... thatOrlande de Lassus setPsalm 134, one of theSongs of Ascents, in Latin for seven voicesa cappella, using a wide range from low bass to very high soprano?
... that during WorldWar II,Huang Qingyun published the only Chinese children's magazine in Hong Kong and China, and corresponded with her readers to help them cope with life in wartime?
... that at over fourteen hours in duration,La Flor is the longest film inArgentine cinema?
... that in 2017,Sofía Gómez broke theCMAS Constant Weight Bi-Finsfreediving world record, and then broke her own record two days later?

22 October 2018

00:00, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

May'n performing in 2014

... that Japanese musicianMay'n(pictured) adopted her stage name because she wanted her fans to consider her their "main" singer?
... thatan underwater mountain between Greenland and Norway has been compared to acoral reef?
... that Germanwheelchair basketball playerBarbara Gross plays for theUniversity of Alabama team, which includes two other Germans?
... that whenNeil Gaiman andDave McKean pitchedDC Comics on reintroducingBlack Orchid in 1988, editorKaren Berger had never heard ofthe main character?
... that the company set up byhorticulturistTheodosia Burr Shepherd is considered the foundation of the California seed industry?
... thatTheater Bremen, the state theatre inBremen for operas, plays, dance, and student programs, was selected as opera house of the year byOpernwelt in 2007?
... thatAdam Marshall was the first Catholic chaplain in theUnited States Navy, albeit unofficially?
... that the entirefourth serial ofDoctor Who ismissing after being erased by theBBC in 1967?

21 October 2018

00:00, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Choir windows in the Überwasserkirche ]]

Choir windows in the Überwasserkirche

... thatValentin Peter Feuerstein created a cycle of seven stained-glass windows(three pictured) for theÜberwasserkirche inMünster?
... that in 1906, Russian-Jewish immigrant Abe Spring first proposedAlaska as arefuge for Jews, but the suggestion was rejected by the US Congress?
... thatKarolin Margret Natasa is the firstDayak woman to serve as a regional head in Indonesia?
... that on May 14, 1980, Salvadoran forcesmassacred more than 300 civilians while Honduran soldiers prevented them from escaping across the border?
... thatE. C. Stoner was one of the first blackAmerican comic book artists?
... that thepalebelly searsid undertakes daily vertical migrations in the deep sea?
... that British pathologistIan Whimster was part of the medical team that entered theBergen-Belsen concentration camp after the Germans had left?
... that the name of the undersea volcanoIta Mai Tai (No Damn Good) was given by a scientist presumably upset by unsuccessful attempts to drill into it?

20 October 2018

00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Selangor silvered langurs

... that wildSelangor silvered langur monkeys(pictured) atBukit Melawati in Malaysia sometimes touch or even climb onto human visitors?
... that the Israeli team at the1972 Summer Olympics attended the German production ofFiddler on the Roof as guests of its star, Israeli actorShmuel Rodensky, the night before theMunich massacre?
... thatNanchang Xiangtang Airport served 102 passengers in its first full year of operation, and more than 800,000 four decades later?
... that sugar refinerWilliam Camden was also a partner in a business shipping slaves to the Caribbean?
... that the 2011 horrorwebtoon "Bongcheon-Dong Ghost" was released with a warning for "pregnant women, the elderly, and those suffering from serious medical conditions"?
... thatAbhilasha Kumari, the first female Chief Justice of theManipur High Court in India, served for only 13 days?
... that theshooting of Oscar Grant motivatedAngie Thomas to write a short story that became the basis for her debut novel,The Hate U Give?
... that Canadian wheelchair basketball playerSandrine Bérubé is a brown belt in karate?

19 October 2018

00:00, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Figure on the Pumuckl fountain

... that passersby in Munich'sLuitpoldpark may get soaked when a figure on the Pumuckl fountain(pictured) spits intermittently?
... that during a 15-year period researchingGeorge Washington's correspondence,William Wright Abbot read or edited more than 135,000 documents?
... thatFilipinos became the first Asians to have a documented presence in the Americas when theylanded in what is now California on 18 October 1587?
... that basketball playerBol Bol received his firstNCAA Division I offer at the age of 15?
... that the slots in thetest of thesix-holed keyhole urchin may help prevent it from being washed away by the current?
... that in 2017,Renee Rabinowitz successfully suedEl Al after the airline forced her to move at the request of aHaredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her?
... that there is in excess of 150 million tons ofphosphorite ore onIoah Guyot, aseamount in the Pacific Ocean?
... that professionalLeague of Legends playerImaqtpie was married in a T-shirt and shorts?

18 October 2018

00:00, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Ana María Campos Monument inMaracaibo

... thatAna María Campos, who died 190 years ago today, is celebrated(monument pictured) as a heroine of theVenezuelan War of Independence?
... thatFloyd Bennett Field, New York City's first municipal airport, was not commercially successful due to its remoteness fromManhattan?
... thatJohn Lennon was inspired to write the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by his anger over the1972 Bloody Sunday massacre?
... that in 1981,Elnora M. Gilfoyle became the firstoccupational therapist to receive an honoraryDoctor of Science degree?
... that the full implementation of theCalais Conference proposals was thwarted by the threatened resignations of Field MarshalDouglas Haig and GeneralSir William Robertson?
... thatthe regent ofKarawang, Indonesia, claims to have been named aftera car?
... that during the American Revolution, the British stronghold ofFort Granby in the South Carolina colony was attacked with aQuaker gun?
... that while in prison,Richard W. Meade wrote a political pamphlet about rotten cheese?

17 October 2018

00:00, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

1655 engraving byMerian

... thatSchloss Weilburg, a Baroque garden palace, contains a Renaissance palace(engraving pictured)?
... thatReggie Upshaw was considered one ofTennessee's best high school athletes in American football, basketball, and the high jump?
... thatPope Pius XII did not condemn theroundup and deportation of more than a thousand Jews "under his very windows" 75 years ago today?
... that former ballerinaMiranda Esmonde-White claims that people can practice "aging backwards" througheccentric exercise?
... that theGerman-language weeklyDer Nordstern (The North Star) was founded in 1874 to serve the Minnesota area's largeGerman immigrant community?
... thatTan Tjoen Tiat, the secondMajoor der Chinezen of Batavia, advised the colonial government in 1870 that women should not act as guardians for minors?
... that the adventure video gameUnavowed usespixel art because the development studio lacked the resources to create a 3D video game?
... thatMary Jane Reoch rode 12 miles (19 km) to the hospital on her racing bike to give birth to her daughter?

16 October 2018

00:00, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Spyridon Louis in 1896

... that Greekwater-carrierSpyridon Louis(pictured) became a national hero as a result of winning the inaugural modernOlympic men's marathon?
... that Venezuelan political activistRafaela Requesens was aflamenco dancer for fifteen years from the age of six?
... that theHarvard Graduate Students Union, a labor union representing 5,000 student workers atHarvard University, is affiliated with theUnited Automobile Workers?
... that the fee in excess of £2,000 paid byBlackburn Rovers in 1921 for thefootballerFergie Aitken was the record thatBury had received for a player?
... thatWandersong was one of the firstGameMaker Studio titles to be released on theNintendo Switch, along withHyper Light Drifter andUndertale?
... that basketball playerTrey Lewis transferred toLouisville with hopes of reaching theNCAA Tournament, but the team declared itself ineligible for the tournament after he joined?
... that DonRaimondo Viale was honoured asRighteous Among the Nations for assisting Jews who had escaped from theBorgo San Dalmazzo concentration camp?
... thatHenry G. Hanks left Cleveland to join theCalifornia Gold Rush, only to end up selling paint and studyingmineralogy?

15 October 2018

00:00, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Porcelain basket of fruit

... that in the mid-18th century, small "Toys" inscribed with "amorous suggestions"(example pictured) weremade in Chelsea?
... thatMatt Mobley set anAtlantic 10 basketball tournament record with nine3-pointers in a victory overRichmond?
... that the contents of theBiblioteca della Comunità Israelitica in Rome, with volumes dating back to the 16th century, were looted byNazi Germany 75 years ago today, and never recovered?
... thatMax Jessner travelled toBuriat-Mongolia as part of theSoviet-German Syphilis Expedition?
... thatBontecou Lake, nearMillbrook, New York, is divided between twodrainage basins, making it abifurcation lake?
... that in 1903, the25-year-old daughter of an illiterate Irish immigrant became the first woman to stand for theAustralian House of Representatives?
... that the hymn "Mein ganzes Herz erhebet dich", a paraphrase ofPsalm 138 based on the ProtestantGenevan Psalter, is also sung by German-speaking Catholics?
... that businessmanJose Yao Campos admitted in 1986 to having organized 40 differentshell companies through which Philippine dictatorFerdinand Marcos could hide his wealth?

14 October 2018

03:30, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Cinder cones in the Cima volcanic field

... that humans carvedpetroglyphs into the cooled lava flows of theCima volcanic field(pictured)?
... that today isNo Bra Day, on which women are encouraged to go braless to promotebreast cancer awareness andgender equality?
... that footballerSandy Allan was the first player to score a headedhat-trick in aEuropean club competition?
... that in hisBerceuse,Chopin created alullaby for piano in 16 continuous variations on anostinato ground bass?
... thatGiovanni Fornasini, an Italian priest murdered by the Nazis in 1944, was posthumously awarded Italy'sGold Medal of Military Valour and is a candidate for sainthood?
... that thespot-winged glider is amigratory dragonfly?
... that after his ban on playingLeague of Legends was lifted,Loltyler1's return set a new record for viewership onTwitch.tv?
... that the leader of theCaiazzo massacre on 13 October 1943 eluded arrest for nearly 50 years because authorities were searching for him under the wrong name?

13 October 2018

00:00, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Madeleine Thompson

... that at the age of 13,Madeleine Thompson(pictured) was the youngestwheelchair basketball player ever to represent Great Britain?
... thatGalán, one of the largest exposedcalderas in the world, contains the Laguna Diamante lake, where life has to tolerate extreme environmental conditions?
... thatEmil Mattiesen, a composer oflieder, chamber and organ music, also wrote books onparapsychology?
... thatMiami University'sHerron Gymnasium, listed on theNational Register of Historic Places, was demolished and replaced with a parking lot?
... that American missionaryClarissa Chapman Armstrong led Bible study meetings for QueenKalama in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under KingKamehameha III?
... thatGroßtarock, acard game played with a 78-cardTarot pack that originated in Germany and spread to the Netherlands and Scandinavia, has survived only in the Danish variant known asTarok?
... thatHenry Weston Farnsworth served in theFrench Foreign Legion and was one of the first American soldiers killed in WorldWar I?
... thatEast Sutherland Gaelic has just one remaining native speaker?

12 October 2018

00:00, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Frogmore Paper Mill in 2008

... thatFrogmore Paper Mill(pictured) is the oldest surviving mechanicalpaper mill in the world?
... thatBeerbohm, a cat owned by theGielgud Theatre, became famous for entering actors' dressing rooms, attacking props, and wandering across the stage during performances?
... that photographerEvgenia Arbugaeva won the trust of a Siberian mammoth-tusk hunter by stitching up his injured hand?
... thatSam Hornish Jr. ofPanther Racing won the2002 Delphi Indy 300 by 0.0024 seconds, the closest margin of victory inIndy Racing League history?
... thatTürkan Rado was the first female professor of law in Turkey?
... that despiteJohn Fogerty's agreement withhippie generation political concerns, his lyrics forCreedence Clearwater Revival's "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" were critical of hippie attitudes?
... thatfootballerWillie Anderson agreed to join thePortland Timbers despite not knowing where the team was based?

11 October 2018

00:00, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Yvonne Lerolle and her sister Christine, byRenoir

... thatClaude Debussy dedicated a piano piece to Yvonne Lerolle(pictured) in 1894, and included it in his suitePour le piano in 1901?
... that according to family lore,George FitzGeorge Hamilton, a godson ofGeorge V, was killed in a WorldWar I bombing raid while retrieving hisleave pass?
... that pieces of the originalNew York Penn Station have been found at a recycling center inthe Bronx, underneath theNew Jersey Meadowlands, and in other U.S. states?
... thatBaby Rani Maurya, who in August 2018 was sworn in as the seventhgovernor of Uttarakhand, India, is the second woman to hold that post?
... that theflooding of a tunnel on theSingapore MRT, causing more thanS$2 million in damages, was blamed on falsified maintenance records?
... thatPietro Bandini, a Catholic priest, establishedTontitown, Arkansas, as a colony of Italian immigrants in 1898?
... that the waspNealiolus curculionis is aparasitoid of thesunflower stem weevil?
... that at age 14,Luc Van Slooten was the youngest player at the2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship?

10 October 2018

00:00, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Advertisement for Nazi cigarettes ]]

Advertisement for Nazi cigarettes

... that despite the party'santi-smoking faction, theSturmabteilung was funded by aNazi cigarette company(advertisement pictured)?
... that to receive a work permit to play inLuxembourg, BosnianfootballerSanel Ibrahimović had to pretend to be a specialist inhis country's cuisine?
... that in his 1994 operaLa Belle et la Bête,Philip Glass wrote dialogue and music for soloists and ensemble to matchthe 1946 film byJean Cocteau?
... that architectRose Connor found in 1958 that only one percent of registered architects in the U.S. were female, and seven states had nofemale architects at all?
... that themitochondrial DNA molecules ofMedusozoa are linear rather than circular as in almost all other animals?
... that in 2015,Maya Krishna Rao became the first artist to return theSangeet Natak Akademi Award?
... thatSoulard Farmers Market is reputed to be the oldestpublic market in the US west of theMississippi River?
... that "Beatles-ologist"Kolya Vasin proposed a 210-foot (64 m) tall "temple" be constructed inSaint Petersburg in honour ofJohn Lennon?

9 October 2018

00:00, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Chaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi

... thatChaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi(pictured) wrote a manual on etiquette in order to teach proper manners toSiam's newly educated class?
... that the unsolvedkilling of a Chinese immigrant family inGuilderland, New York, four years ago today was the first quadruple homicide in the state'sCapital District?
... thatEleonore Trefftz was the second woman to become a scientific member of theMax Planck Society?
... that in "Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt", a 1936 hymn byGeorg Thurmair, every stanza declares three times, "How beautiful is Your world"?
... thatZena Edosomwan was the first top-100 high school basketball recruit to commit toHarvard?
... thatProject Harvest Moon intended to commercialize space by sellingmoon rocks to pay for further lunar experiments?
... that ships ofThomas King's firmCamden, Calvert and King carried more than 20,000 slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean?
... thatWorking with Lemons participated in an event inProvo, Utah, that broke the world record for most people participating in a livenativity scene re-enactment?

8 October 2018

00:00, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

A witness's drawing of Białystok children

... thatchildren from the Białystok Ghetto(pictured) panicked when their hair was cut and they were told to undress and shower upon arriving at theTheresienstadt concentration camp, because they knew aboutgas chambers?
... that most offootballerLaurence Abrams'stransfer fee for his move fromHearts was never paid, afterChelsea claimed it would force them to fold?
... that a section ofWashington State Route 24 throughHanford was closed to traffic during WorldWar II, and never reopened?
... that in 1833,Ursula Newell Emerson drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use?
... thatCristin Milioti describes her character Nanette Cole from theBlack Mirror episode "USSCallister" as "a woman in charge [fighting] against a small-minded, misogynist bully"?
... thatEmilio Álvarez Icaza will enter theMexican Senate as an independent, refusing to affiliate with any of thethree parties that supported his candidacy?
... thatWillem Adriaan van der Stel introduced theivy-leaved pelargonium to the Netherlands from South Africa in 1700?
... that the Hindu goddessMatangi is worshipped with the taboo offering ofleftovers?

7 October 2018

00:00, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Exterior ofLanger's Deli

... that American surgeonDallas B. Phemister created abone grafting technique which nowbears his name?
... thatVelters Cornewall Berkeley infuriated some of his fellow British officers by failing to engage the 130-gunSantisima Trinidad?
... that the release ofLed Zeppelin III was held up for two months because of itsvolvelle-based sleeve design?
... thata Chinese Indonesian billionaire became the oldest medal winner for that country at the2018 Asian Games?
... thatCruz Pérez Cuéllar ran forGovernor of Chihuahua, Mexico, in 2016 on a platform that called for voters to decide if the governor should be removed midway through his term?
... that thesandalled anemone reproduces bylongitudinal fission?
... that two years after winning the throne of theByzantine Empire in battle,Isaac I voluntarily abdicated and retired to a monastery?
... that the No. 19pastrami on rye atLanger's Deli(pictured) in Los Angeles has been called "theMarilyn Monroe of pastrami sandwiches"?

6 October 2018

00:00, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Juvenile European pilchards

... that overfishing ofEuropean pilchard(pictured) andanchovy in theAdriatic Sea can cause dramatic changes in the ecosystem?
... that tenorDaniel Behle had a single day to learn rarely performedromantic duets when he stepped in at short notice for a 2018Rheingau Musik Festival concert withAnnette Dasch?
... thatOur Lady of Pompeii in New York City was founded in 1892 as a church forItalian immigrants?
... that during his time in Slovakia to play professional basketball,J. R. Cadot was assaulted and followed to the hospital by a racist mob?
... that the 1980s-themed cover forMuse's albumSimulation Theory was made byStranger Things artistKyle Lambert?
... thatLucius Neratius Marcellus was involved in the establishment of the defensive line that later becameHadrian's Wall?
... that during World War II, theUnited States Lake Survey published 370 tons of maps including 8,109 different charts and maps, distributing over 9 million items to the armed forces?
... thatSam Frost received death threats after herHome and Away characterJasmine Delaney's first scenes were aired?

5 October 2018

00:00, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Schlosstheater Schönbrunn in 2014

... that the palace theatreSchlosstheater Schönbrunn(hall pictured), commissioned byMaria Theresa, opened on 4 October 1747, her husband'sname day?
... thatBob Lowes is a two-time winner of theCoach of the Year Award in theCanadian Hockey League?
... that theFurgate scandal in the late 1990s, described as one of the largest in South Korea, involvedinfluence peddling through the giving of luxury items?
... that upon its completion in 2016 at SeaWorld Orlando,Mako became the tallest, longest, and fastestroller coaster in theOrlando area ofFlorida?
... that French poetRené Ghil worked towards developing an ideal poetic language that would "subsume and supersede all the other arts" by establishing his own system of verbal instrumentation?
... that to create the fireball effect inepisode 1094 ofCasualty, the show's production team packed ten different explosions into one blast?
... thatAlmeda Eliza Hitchcock became the first female lawyer in theKingdom of Hawaii in 1888?
... thatone of the dogs belonging to Imran Khan, the Pakistani prime minister, accompanies him on his daily helicopter ride to the office and in official meetings at his home?

4 October 2018

00:00, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

The Hungry Tree

... that theHungry Tree in Dublin is "eating" a park bench(pictured)?
... thatWally Schirra, one of theoriginal seven astronauts in NASA'sfirst manned spaceflight program, wasWalter Cronkite's co-anchor during the seven Moon landing missions?
... that in 1889, theEdinburgh College of Medicine for Women was established in direct competition withSophia Jex-Blake'sSchool of Medicine for Women?
... thatHarry Kupfer, the stage director at theKomische Oper Berlin for decades, presented Wagner'sDer fliegende Holländer at the 1978Bayreuth Festival as a psychological drama?
... that when theColonial Plaza shopping center opened in 1956 inOrlando, Florida, its sidewalks were tinted green to reduce glare?
... thatWilma Mankiller faced sexism during her campaign forDeputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation, despiteCherokee society being traditionallymatrilineal?
... thatQuodlibet is a card game played by student fraternities withWilliam Tell cards, where the dealer is known as the "beer king"?
... that despiteAlexis Sánchez's seven goals in qualification,Chile failed to qualify for the2018 FIFA World Cup?

3 October 2018

00:00, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Aglantha digitale

... thatAglantha digitale(pictured) has a slow swimming action but a rapid escape response?
... that one of the two temples visited most often bythe Buddha was built byVisakha, a wealthy aristocratic woman who was considered his chief female lay disciple?
... that theScottish Gaelic poetSorley MacLean askedDouglas Young to destroy some of the poems inDàin do Eimhir, now regarded as MacLean's masterpiece?
... that professional basketball playerDaniel Dixon enrolled in military school after drawing interest from only one college during high school?
... that a scandal at theadministrative post ofLioma led to a landmark decision that provided better legal protection for all students in Mozambique?
... thatJake was one of twoOverwatch League players invited to a summit between the International Olympic Committee and theeSports community?
... that the designs for the 170-gunHMSDuke of Kent may have been fabricated in an attempt to claim credit for several ship-building innovations?
... thatJustin I arrived at Constantinople as an illiterate teenage peasant and died asEmperor of Byzantium?

2 October 2018

00:00, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Ronald J. Shurer

... that US Army combat medicRonald J. Shurer's(pictured)Silver Star commendation for service in Afghanistan is being upgraded to aMedal of Honor today?
... that upon their return to the Philippines after attending college in the United States,pensionados were referred to as "American boys" and faced discrimination?
... that heavy metal vocalistJill Janus performed at theWorld Trade Center the night before theSeptember 11 attacks?
... that when the designerMariano Fortuny established his studio in thePalazzo Pesaro Orfei in Venice, he was one of about 350 people using the building?
... thatNeeru Chadha is the first Indian woman to be elected as a judge to theInternational Tribunal for the Law of the Sea?
... that the boys choirWiesbadener Knabenchor has performed as an "ambassador" ofWiesbaden, Germany, including in Bulgaria and Australia?
... that in 1887, elevenLepidodendron stump fossils were discovered in theFossil Grove inGlasgow, Scotland, during excavation work?
... that after the arrest of suspected drug lordEl 85, shootouts, burning vehicles, and roadblocks were staged inGuadalajara, Mexico, possibly to allow his allies to escape undetected?

1 October 2018

00:00, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Two survivors of Nordhausen concentration camp

... thatNordhausen concentration camp(survivors pictured), where more than a thousand corpses were found, was described as "the most horrifying example of Nazi terrorism imaginable"?
... thatHome and Away actressSarah Roberts met with gambling addicts as research forWillow Harris's storylines?
... thata volcanic field inDeath Valley formed only about 2,100 years ago?
... thatOrthodox Jewish sports agentMarc Kligman organizesHanukkah candle-lighting for Jewish attendees at the baseballWinter Meetings?
... that theIndigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada was created as a result ofa commission calling for "culturally appropriate curricula" for Aboriginal Canadian students?
... that Afro-Cuban poetry reciterEusebia Cosme performed only in Spanish, but packed American venues such asCarnegie Hall?
... that the2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship saw the best-ever performance by Team Great Britain, which won the men's competition and was runner-up in the women's?
... thatAdrienne Maree Brown writes forBitch?

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