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30 September 2018

00:00, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Bavarian-pattern playing cards used in Grasobern

... that the game ofGrasobern(card deck pictured) is easy to play, without the mental or psychological demands of otherBavarian card games likeSchafkopf andWatten?
... that during theattack on Pearl Harbor,USSTrever lefther captain behind when she put to sea?
... thatthe Queen andPrince Charles each travelled onLondon Underground trains fromGreen Park tube station when they carried out the official openings of theVictoria andJubilee lines?
... that during his long acting career,Walter Renneisen has presented Patrick Süskind'sDer Kontrabaß (The Double Bass) in his own touring production?
... thatAdivasi-organizedprotests in Plachimada, India, succeeded in removing aCoca-Cola factory that was polluting the groundwater?
... that while mayor ofTorreón, Mexico,Miguel Riquelme Solís led the construction of a cable car to theCristo de las Noas statue which he dedicated asgovernor of Coahuila?
... that the venom of thespeckled brown snake is 1.6 times more toxic than that of theIndian cobra?
... thatHoratio Seymour did not want to be the 1868 U.S. Democratic presidential nominee, butwas given the nomination anyway?

29 September 2018

00:00, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Olivia Giacobetti at her lab bench

... thatOlivia Giacobetti(pictured) popularized the use offigs inperfumery?
... that theRose Street Club in 19th-centurySoho has been described as bridging the political gap between an earlier generation ofchartists and a newer trend towardsanarchism andsocialism?
... thatManuel Añorve Baños was appointed byhis cousin, the interimGovernor of Guerrero, Mexico, to serve as the interim mayor ofAcapulco?
... that English rock bandXTC hired a 40-piece orchestra for their 1999 albumApple Venus Volume 1, to get a sound akin to "Vaughan Williams with a hard-on"?
... that thepotato stalk borer used to be considered a serious pest of potatoes but modern management practices, such as the burning or removal of crop residues, have reduced its impact?
... that thelongest-lived member of the British royal family isPrincess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, who died aged 102 years and 309 days?
... thatKevin Rashid Johnson was charged with inciting a riot for organizing aprison strike that may or may not have happened?

28 September 2018

00:00, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Abbess house of Kloster Gnadenthal

... thatKloster Gnadenthal(building pictured) was aCistercian nunnery from 1235, a Protestant women'sStift from 1564, and became an ecumenical community in 1969?
... thatOakland mayoral candidateCat Brooks performs in a one-woman show inspired by the death ofNatasha McKenna in police custody?
... thatRudolf Sellner engagedRichard Wagner's grandson to stage aVerdi opera as part of the opening of theDeutsche Oper Berlin?
... that about 11,000 eggs of theFlorida blenny were once found in an old can?
... thatDavid Green campaigned for new design standards following the collapse of a ferry walkway that killed six people?
... thatCreedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 song "It Came Out of the Sky" was one of the first to criticizeRonald Reagan?
... thatDerek Holmes said the purpose ofHockey Canada was to beat theRussians?

27 September 2018

00:00, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Portrait of Thomas Hawker byCharles Foot Tayler

... that a successfulPeninsular War charge led byThomas Hawker(pictured) was said to prove that the use ofcarbines by cavalrymen was "nothing short of insanity"?
... thatCampanino apples are used to make a sweet-and-hot condiment,mostarda di Mantova, that has been eaten since theMiddle Ages?
... that basketball playerZach Hankins helpedFerris State win its firstDivision II title in 2018, being named the tournament's most valuable player?
... that a loop from the anthemO clap your hands, a setting of verses fromPsalm 47 byRalph Vaughan Williams for choir, brass, organ and percussion, was used by the Beatles for "Revolution 9"?
... thatManshuk Mametova was the first Kazakh woman to become aHero of the Soviet Union, after she refused to follow the rest of her unit in retreating from battle inNevel?
... thatGrappenhall Heys Walled Garden has ponds which were originallymarl pits?
... thatVijay Shastri has written more than 200 short stories inGujarati?
... that theSega Technical Institute released fourSonic the Hedgehog games in three years?

26 September 2018

00:00, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

The acoustic panels of the Aula Magna

... that the 31 acoustic panels(pictured) on the ceiling of theCentral University of Venezuela'sAula Magna auditorium were originally meant to be an art installation in the outside corridor?
... thatHonoka Inoue and her motherKikuko provided thevoices of a daughter and mother in the original net animationPokémon Generations?
... that theTrump presidential campaign filed for arbitration against the publication ofUnhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House byOmarosa Manigault Newman?
... that in 1904,Dawson Williams, editor of theBritish Medical Journal, commissioned research fromEdward Harrison that exposed numerous medications as "valueless"?
... that the reluctance ofSlavic speakers in Ottoman Macedonia to support national causes triggereda wave of terrorist violence from nationalist bands?
... thatWarcraft III: Reign of Chaos sold one million copies within a month of release in July 2002, making it the fastest-selling PC video game in history at that time?
... thatMoses Brown is the top-ranked player in aUCLA Bruins incoming class that also includes the son of aBasketball Hall of Famer?
... that the tinynematodesPanagrolaimus detritophagus andPlectus parvus were revived after more than 30,000 years frozen inpermafrost?

25 September 2018

00:00, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station

... that theOld Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station(pictured), built in 1897 to rescue shipwrecked mariners, was itself rescued from the sea and given a new lease of life?
... thatArthur Rook andIan Whimster wrote important articles onkeratoacanthoma and blistering skin diseases?
... that during theQuasi-War, theInspector General of the United States Army,Alexander Hamilton, acted as thede facto head of the United States Army?
... that sociologistAshley Mears conducted anethnography of the fashion industry while working as a model in New York and London?
... that the name ofMelimoyu, a volcano in Chile, means "four breasts"?
... thatManuel Torres was the first foreign diplomat to die in the United States?
... that theStratford Dialectical and Radical Club, formed in 1880, was one of the first openlysocialist societies in London?
... that the Israeli actorTopol, who won aGolden Globe for his performance asTevye in the 1971 filmFiddler on the Roof, played the role in shows and revivals about 3,500 times?

24 September 2018

00:00, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Bazoline Usher in 1982

... that in 1944, educatorBazoline Estelle Usher(pictured) became the firstAfrican American to have an office atAtlanta City Hall?
... thatThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, a 1991Newbery Honor book, was written in the style of a 19th-century travelogue?
... thatWalter Freudenthal distinguished between the skin conditionskeratoma senile andverruca senilis, before leaving Nazi-occupied Europe?
... that deserters from theSouth Sudanese army embarked on along march north, across the border intoSudan, to escape their former comrades?
... that singerElise Barensfeld is a possible dedicatee of Ludwig van Beethoven'sFür Elise?
... that the cover ofHouses of the Holy was designed byHipgnosis and based on photographs taken at theGiant's Causeway?
... that in 1901,Herbert R. Spencer described how toturn a baby should it be in thebreech position before birth?
... thatNational Hot Rod AssociationAltereds were notorious for running sideways?

23 September 2018

00:00, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

General Frisbie

... thatGeneral Frisbie(pictured) accidentally sank two ships and disabled a third, was renamedCommander, and then turned into asalmon cannery?
... thatIsraa al-Ghomgham could become the first Saudi woman to be beheaded as punishment for defendinghuman rights?
... that under lowrelative humidity conditions, protonymphpyroglyphid mites may die, or they may enter a state ofdiapause until conditions improve?
... that Austrian fencerErnst Königsgarten once performed in front ofKing Edward VII?
... that theexpedition to Valdivia seized and then abandoned the last Dutch possession on the Pacific coast of the Americas?
... that afterAustralian rules footballerNathan Murphy was drafted byCollingwood, cricketerShane Warne rang club presidentEddie McGuire to commend the selection?
... that a verse fromPsalm 36 is seen as endorsinganimal welfare andanimal rights?
... that the suspected Mexican drug lordJosé González Valencia possessed an official passport that had all the security features needed for international travel, issued under afalse name?

22 September 2018

00:00, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Long-stalk spiderhead

... that flowers of thelong-stalk spiderhead(pictured) produce a sweet smell late in the afternoon?
... thatKalākaua restored thehula, which had previously been banned from being publicly performed, and sponsored other Native Hawaiian traditions in the firstHawaiian Renaissance?
... thatbrownies, helpfulhousehold spirits from British folklore, are said to leave a house forever if offered a gift of clothing?
... thatBrian Kershisnik's experiences of the births of his children inspired his paintingNativity?
... thatLeonard Bernstein composedOpening Prayer on a commission fromCarnegie Hall for its reopening in 1986?
... that during theWars of the Roses, the son ofWilliam Bonville was killed at theBattle of Wakefield in 1460, and Bonville himself was executed a few months later after theSecond Battle of St Albans?
... thatFRoSTA, the largestfrozen food company in Germany, suffered huge losses when it adoptedsustainable sourcing and eliminatedfood additives from its products?
... that theTARDIS's Fast Return Switch featured in theDoctor Who serialThe Edge of Destruction appeared to have a label written in felt-tip pen?

21 September 2018

00:00, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Helen Woodrow Bones

... thatHelen Woodrow Bones(pictured), U.S. PresidentWoodrow Wilson's first cousin, became a "surrogateFirst Lady" for 16 months between the death of his first wife and his second marriage?
... that despite theDemocratic Republic of the Congo's $24 trillion in mineral reserves,more than 80% of its residents live in extreme poverty?
... thatMark Aubry is a lecturer onconcussion awareness, a team physician for theOttawa Senators, and the chief medical officer ofHockey Canada and theInternational Ice Hockey Federation?
... that science fiction writerHarlan Ellison's earliest known published work was afan letter to the comic bookReal Fact Comics?
... thatDorothy Papadakos, the first female organist at New York'sCathedral of Saint John the Divine, wrote a musical portraying Roman life in ancient Pompeii when it was destroyed by theeruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
... that thebluegrass billbug feeds on maize and other grain crops as well as onKentucky bluegrass?
... thatThe New York Times published the anonymous essay "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" despiteits history of publishing few such works?
... that duringOperation Mosaic, Group CaptainStewart Menaul flew aCanberra bomber through anuclear fallout cloud?

20 September 2018

00:00, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

The Windscale Piles (centre and right) in 1985

... that while the filters added to the chimneys of theWindscale Piles(pictured) were mocked as "Cockcroft's Follies", they prevented what might have been a disastrous radioactive accident?
... that as a child inPontianak, Indonesia,Sutarmidji used tohawk newspapers close to the mayor's office that he would later occupy?
... thatBig Tips Texas features scantily-clad waitresses fromRedneck Heaven, abreastaurant whose body-paint events led to nudity law changes in at least three Texas municipalities?
... thatTonatiuh Bravo Padilla stepped down as rector of theUniversity of Guadalajara to seek a return to elected office as aMexican federal deputy?
... thata former island is named after theMassachusetts Institute of Technology?
... that soldiers from the Axis powers ofGermany andItaly committedmore than 5,000 war crimes in Italy duringWorld War II?
... that apyemotid mite, commonly known as thestraw itch mite, has been investigated for use inbiological pest control?
... that after being rejected by European and Chinese teams,DeMario Mayfield began his professional basketball career inan Iraqi league?

19 September 2018

00:00, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Romelu Lukaku

... that Belgian footballerRomelu Lukaku(pictured) hasscored two international hat-tricks, but only one is recognised byFIFA?
... that themurder of Deborah Linsley on a train in 1988 hastened the speed with whichBritish Rail abolished the use of the type ofcompartment coach in which she died?
... that from 1660 to 1700, the majority ofJapanese porcelain wasmade to be exported?
... that attorneyKristin Cooper, the currentFirst Lady ofNorth Carolina, has performed in several plays with her daughters?
... thatArrowe Country Park sits on land purchased in 1800 by the Mayor of Liverpool with money earned from theslave trade?
... that the German composerKarl Ludwig Drobisch andhis brother calculated planetary movements?
... thatSabrina, a critique of the modern "fake news" era, is the firstgraphic novel to be longlisted for theBooker Prize?
... thatAlexander Polycleitos Cawadias denied there was such a thing as a truehermaphrodite?

18 September 2018

00:00, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Brown-hooded kingfisher

... that thebrown-hooded kingfisher(pictured), about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) long, has been recorded eating reptiles as long as 25 centimetres (9.8 in)?
... that basketball playerTrey Kell signed with the Bosnian teamIgokea over nine other European offers?
... that "Wenn ich, o Schöpfer, deine Macht", part of German Protestant and Catholichymnals, began as a poem byChristian Fürchtegott Gellert from theAge of Enlightenment?
... thatKaʻiminaʻauao, a younger sibling of Hawaii's QueenLiliʻuokalani, died in an epidemic that killed more than 10,000 people, mostlyNative Hawaiians?
... thatNiel Gow, a Scottishfiddler, is said to have composed many of his best-known tunes undera tree on the banks of the River Tay?
... that in 1381, during thePeasants' Revolt,John Fresshe—later to beLord Mayor of London—was widely suspected of encouraging the mob to burn down theMarshalsea Prison?
... that the United States government purchasedJohn Lennon's boyhood stamp album for theNational Philatelic Collection?
... thatBob Wood, co-creator of the comicCrime Does Not Pay, served three years in prison for manslaughter, and was murdered a year after his release?

17 September 2018

00:00, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Dancers, c. 1763

... that someLudwigsburg porcelain figures from the 1760s(example pictured) show the lighter dance costumes pioneered by the ballet masterJean-Georges Noverre?
... that a record reward was raised by the localCrime Stoppers in the month-long search for missingUniversity of Iowa studentMollie Tibbetts, who was found dead in a cornfield?
... that around one millionpilgrims visit theSanctuary of San Gerardo Maiella inMaterdomini, Italy, each year?
... that in 2018,Diede de Groot became the first woman inwheelchair tennis to win both the women's singles and doubles events atWimbledon?
... that theApple Capital Recreation Loop Trail inWenatchee, Washington, was funded by a local utility company as part ofenvironmental mitigation forhydroelectric dams?
... that juvenileladder hornsnails tend to live underwater while the adults mostly live above the high water mark?
... that with theUSC Trojans, beach volleyball playerSara Hughes won 103 consecutive matches and 2NCAA Championships?
... that during theBattle of Neville's Cross, KingDavid II of Scotland was shot twice in the face by arrows and taken prisoner after knocking out the teeth of his captor?

16 September 2018

00:00, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

All-black crew of theYarmouth

... that on arriving in Cuba in 1920, theSS Yarmouth(crew pictured), flagship ofMarcus Garvey'sBlack Star Line, was hailed as the "Ark of the Covenant of the colored people"?
... that "Love Men Holic" byShiena Nishizawa is a love song that usesramen-related puns in its lyrics?
... that theÜberwasserkirche, a Gothichall church inMünster, was the location of the second of three sermons held in 1941 by BishopClemens August Graf von Galen in defiance of the Nazi regime?
... that common names forEucalyptus exserta include Queensland peppermint, bendo, and messmate?
... that thePrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India has sometimes been more influential than seniorgovernment ministers?
... thatUnited States Route 66, decommissioned in 1985, was recently designated asa bicycle route?
... that in 1855,Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty became the first Indian to pass theIndian Medical Service examination?
... that perfumerAlberto Morillas has created nearly 7,000 fragrances?

15 September 2018

00:00, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Ignaz Brüll

... thatDas goldene Kreuz (The Golden Cross), the second opera byIgnaz Brüll(pictured), was an immediate international success but was later banned by the Nazi regime?
... that in 1985,Shiv Pande arranged for a joint India-Pakistan cricket team to play "the rest of the world" in aid ofMother Teresa's charity and the orphans of theBhopal gas disaster?
... that the comic bookThe Accelerators was originally conceived as ascreenplay?
... thatJames T. Mullen was the firstSupreme Knight of theKnights of Columbus?
... that a reconstruction of aRoman bath house at theHull and East Riding Museum includes an originalmosaic and a life-sized bather?
... that Mexican senatorDelfina Gómez Álvarez entered politics at the urging of a former mayor who later ran for the Senate alongside her?
... that the2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship took place at theEdel-optics.de Arena inHamburg?
... thatRadio Times critic Alison Graham called the characterJacob Masters "a cocky narcissist" following his debut inCasualty?

14 September 2018

00:00, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Male Luna moth

... that the long tails on the hindwings of theLuna moth(pictured) are thought to interfere withecholocation detection used by predatory bats?
... that five years ago today,Tiffany Whitton left her handbag andflip-flops behind when she ran out of aWalmart at 2 a.m., and has not been seen since?
... that theHanbo scandal, one of South Korea's largest corruption cases, involved presidential aides, a former minister, and top banking executives?
... thatMagne Dæhli was part of the gold-winning team in the men's relay of theWorld Orienteering Championships for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018?
... that a Jewish prisoner at theAuschwitz concentration campescaped disguised as an SS guard along with anSS-Rottenführer?
... that in 2017,Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros joined eight otherMexican senators in switching parties after a dispute over commission seats, more than doubling theLabor Party's ranks?
... that a line of T-shirts produced byMassive Goods featuring art byGengoroh Tagame became popular in theLGBTQ hip-hop scene?
... that American pediatricianFrank Spooner Churchill believed thatbreast milk could be spoiled if the mother was anxious?

13 September 2018

00:00, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Mount Cayley massif

... that theMount Cayley massif(pictured) inBritish Columbia has been investigated as a potentialgeothermal energy resource?
... thatReginald St John Battersby joined the British Army aged 14, wascommissioned at 15, and lost a leg at 17?
... thatVanessa Delgado's 112-day term in theCalifornia State Senate will be the shortest tenure since 1903?
... that pieces ofHirado ware decorated with seven boys chasing butterflies were once made only for theshōgun andemperors of Japan?
... that in 2001,HIV/AIDS campaignerMinoo Mohraz defied a media ban by using the word "condom" onIranian national television?
... thatseason 9 is the longest-running ofSpongeBob SquarePants seasons, airing for four and a half years?
... that in 1948,Ralph Ellison,Richard Wright, andFredric Wertham helped establish theLafargue Clinic in New York City, one of the first to provide low-cost psychiatric services to black patients?
... that thebioluminescent scales of the wormLepidonotus squamatus adhere to any predator that feeds on it, making the attacker more visible to its own predators?

12 September 2018

00:00, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau,
c. 1870

... thatElizabeth Kekaʻaniau(pictured) was the last surviving royal student from theChiefs' Children's School, a select school for the nobles and rulers of theKingdom of Hawaii?
... that theRoyal Air Force's "Winkle" system tracked aircraft by listening for theirradar jammers?
... that editorial cartoonistEtta Hulme began her artistic career atWalt Disney animation studio underWard Kimball?
... that the breakout single "broken" bylovelytheband was inspired by its vocalist after he split up with his previous band,Oh Honey?
... thatFredy Hirsch saved the lives of children atAuschwitz by impressingSS guards, even though he was Jewish and openly gay?
... that theoceanic two-wing flyingfish exhibitscountershading?
... thatRoberto Benedicto was so close to his fraternity brother, Philippine PresidentFerdinand Marcos, that he had full access to the presidential quarters inMalacañang Palace?
... that sections ofWashington State Route 821 are shut down for annualcattle drives, a marathon, and a heritage tractor run?

11 September 2018

00:00, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

God inSeder-Masochism

... that the 2018 animated filmSeder-Masochism was said to turn parts ofthe Exodus(God figure pictured) "intoBusby Berkeley-style song-and-dance numbers"?
... that the surgeonGraham Stack advocated naming the fingers of the hand, rather than numbering them, in order to avoid surgical errors?
... that theUnited States Lifesaving Association calculated that a person has a 1 in 18 million chance ofdrowning at a beach patrolled by lifeguards affiliated with the association?
... that mezzo-sopranoSybille Specht appeared as La Belle ina chamber opera byPhilip Glass at theStaatstheater am Gärtnerplatz?
... thatGodfrey's Cordial, a popular infant sedative in Victorian Britain, led to numerous fatalities?
... that American missionaryMary Sophia Hyde Rice taughtSanford B. Dole, who later becameHawaii's only president?
... that though caterpillars feed on the leaves ofHypericum punctatum, the foliage is toxic to mammals?
... thatMax Steiner was often criticized for his excessive use of "Mickey Mousing" in his film scores?

10 September 2018

00:00, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

IranPride Day logo

... that despite homosexuality beingpunishable by death, Iranian LGBT activists celebrateIranPride Day(logo pictured) by secretly photographing themselves holdingrainbow flags inTehran and other cities?
... thatMilton Griepp was receivingunemployment benefits when he co-foundedCapital City Distribution, which became the largest comic book distributor in the United States?
... that the skeleton shrimpCaprella penantis may take on some of the coloration of whatever it is feeding on?
... that in 2016,Jaime Bonilla Valdez invited current Mexican president-electAndrés Manuel López Obrador to his suite atPetco Park to watch theMajor League Baseball All-Star Game?
... that Australian artistJohn Peter Russell painteda portrait of Vincent van Gogh and gave it to him as a mark of their friendship?
... that police investigating the 1988murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley believed that the murderer also left threatening notes with used condoms on girls' bicycles in 2004?
... that if completed, the proposed 1,422-foot (433 m)Tribune East Tower would be the secondtallest building in Chicago, behind theWillis Tower?
... that in 1985, Victor Almaraz made acharro outfit which consisted mainly ofpull tabs from 2,500aluminum cans?

9 September 2018

00:00, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Leleiohoku in uniform

... that PrinceWilliam Pitt Leleiohoku II(pictured) formed the Kawaihau Glee Club, said to be composed of the "very purest and sweetest male voices to be found amongst theNative Hawaiians"?
... that despite winningRoush Fenway Racing's 100th NASCAR Cup Series race in the2007 Dodge Dealers 400, driverCarl Edwards was penalized for his car being too low at the right-rear?
... that whenCastile invitedNavarre to join an alliance againstMuhammad VII of Granada,Charles III of Navarre informed Muhammad VII of this scheme, called him "my brother" and sent him military aid?
... that thefirst NCAA Basketball Championship Game was attended byJames Naismith, the inventor of basketball?
... that Japanesevoice actressAzumi Waki initially wished to pursue a career as a flight attendant, but gave up because she felt that her English language skills were inadequate?
... that in most of the killings of theBangladesh Drug War the victims were shot at night, and weapons and drugs were found near the bodies?
... that before becoming a college professor,Alan L. Gropman flew more than 670 combat missions duringtwo tours of Vietnam?
... thatevery Australian has the right to a free portrait of the Queen?

8 September 2018

00:00, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Tropical two-wing flyingfish byM. E. Bloch

... that while attempting to escape from underwater predators, thetropical two-wing flyingfish(pictured) may find other hazards above the waves?
... that Canadian basketball playerGrandy Glaze made his professional debut in theLiga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, which he led inrebounding?
... that the surrender of the Polish garrison at theBattle of Westerplatte on 7 September 1939 ended what has been described as the opening battle of World War II?
... thatMargaret Storkan made seven trips to the developing world on the hospital shipSSHope where she was the only dermatologist?
... that in 2016, fifty years after theBatman villainPoison Ivy was introduced, she starred in her owncomic book miniseries?
... that the first victim of the Turkishserial killerHamdi Kayapınar was his sibling?
... that sand fromSandy Hook, New Jersey, and New York City'sRockaway Peninsula was brought by barge toOrchard Beach?
... that the social and political theoristDinesh Wadiwel argues that humans are waging a war on animals?

7 September 2018

00:00, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Paper car wheels

... thatpaper wheels(pictured) provided a quiet and smooth ride inPullman dining and sleeping cars?
... that the 19th-century writerAthalia Schwartz addressed the conditions and lives of prostitutes in England, the Netherlands, and Belgium?
... that the proposedYbor Stadium would be the smallest inMajor League Baseball by seating capacity?
... that as avolunteer infantryman in the American Civil War,Felix Agnus saved the life of CaptainJudson Kilpatrick?
... thatMIS416, a drug derived frombacteria that cause acne, was used to treatmultiple sclerosis in New Zealand under acompassionate use law before clinical trials were unable to prove its efficacy?
... thatMulshankar Mulani introducedtragedy toGujarati theatre?
... thatThe Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland was the first official document to inform theWestern Allies aboutthe Holocaust?
... that by the end of the 2017–18 season,IFK Kristianstad had won 66 consecutive home matches against domestic opposition?

6 September 2018

00:00, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Raindrop cake

... thatraindrop cake(pictured) is a dessert made of water andagar, and has practically no calories?
... that Slovene-AmericanKatka Zupančič wrote children's poetry about the austerity of immigrant life?
... that there are no rules against reverse rotational lifts, in which the woman lifts the man, ascompetition elements in ice dance?
... that theB&B Carousell, built over 100 years ago, is the last operatingcarousel inConey Island?
... thatTosia Altman's blonde hair and fluency in Polish enabled her to pass as a gentile and travel betweenJewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland to organizearmed resistance tothe Holocaust?
... that theJordan Misja Artistic Lyceum inTirana counts among its alumni most Albanian professional artists, as well as thecurrent Prime Minister of Albania?
... thatMary Blair Moody became the first woman to earn an MD fromBuffalo Medical College?
... that one of the scientific names in use for theKimberley death adder was given in honour of actorBurt Lancaster?

5 September 2018

00:00, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Nell Gwyn

... that one account has it thatKing Charles II offered his mistressNell Gwyn(pictured) "all the land she could ride around before breakfast"—and the next morning she rode out early and encircled what would becomeBestwood Park?
... that 15 future professors of medicine in Japan worked inKen Hashimoto's American laboratory?
... that the sea anemoneDiadumene cincta reproduces bybasal laceration, with pieces of tissue becoming detached from the base and developing into new individuals?
... that in 1608, Greek spyPetros Lantzas devised a plan to assassinate the Ottoman Sultan by placing a present containing explosives in front of him?
... thatArthur Machen's novellaThe Great God Pan has influenced such writers asH. P. Lovecraft,Peter Straub, andStephen King?
... thatRamiz Kovaçi, abaritone at theNational Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania, was also a jury member for alight music festival?
... that in 1959, the US Supreme Courtruled it unconstitutional for a prosecutor to knowingly use false testimony, even if the testimony does not directly relate to the defendant's guilt?
... thatManchester City playerClaudio Gomes won a trophy atWembley Stadium one second into his professional debut?

4 September 2018

00:00, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Cocoi heron

... that thecocoi heron(pictured) is the largest heron in South America?
... thatRonald Smelser's 2008 bookThe Myth of the Eastern Front focuses on themyth of the clean Wehrmacht?
... that for his song of praise "Lobet den Herren alle, die ihn ehren",Paul Gerhardt used theSapphic stanza?
... that Hawaiian diplomatJohn Mākini Kapena was sent to Japan in 1882 to discussJapanese immigration to Hawaii?
... that prior to headingGhana's petroleum authority, lawyerHassan Tampuli secured the release of a journalist who had been detained for writing aboutthe country's president?
... that thePalembang Light Rail Transit, which opened last month, is the first operational light rail system in Indonesia?
... that clothes created byMatilda Etches in the 1940s were the first modern fashion items to be honoured as key acquisitions by London'sVictoria and Albert Museum?
... thatMajor League Baseball umpires have visited 131 hospitals since 2006, giving seriously ill children more than 12,500 stuffed toys, through their‎UMPS CARE charity?‎

3 September 2018

00:00, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

1790s Vienna porcelain

... that exports ofVienna porcelain(example pictured) to theOttoman Empire reached 120,000 pieces a year in the 18th century?
... that alost film byAndy Warhol shows the production ofJack Smith'sNormal Love?
... thatminoritized languages are languages targeted for extermination, even when spoken by a majority of the population?
... that Japanese erotic film starMitsu Dan writes fiction for literary magazines?
... thatHMSRomulus usedfalse colours to capture a Spanish corvette without a shot being fired?
... that formerCIA agentLuis Posada Carriles twice escaped from prison in Venezuela, where he faced trial for thebombing of Cubana Flight 455?
... thatLeasowe Lighthouse had the only known femalelighthouse keeper when it ceased operating in 1908?
... thatMunafri Arifuddinran unopposed for mayor ofMakassar, Indonesia, won more than 250,000 votes,and lost?

2 September 2018

00:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Wieluń town center after German Luftwaffe bombing on 1 September 1939

... thatWieluń, Poland, became the first city to sustainmajor damage and casualties from German bombing(pictured) in World War II?
...thatKeanolani was the illegitimate daughter of KingKamehameha V, who died in 1872 without naming an heir to the throne?
... thatbiblical criticism was dominated by white male Protestant Christians until the late twentieth century?
... thatSpaceX's Rocket Development and Test Facility is on the site ofBluebonnet Ordnance Plant, a former World War II bomb-making facility?
... that Texas-bornMario Alberto Peña became a suspected regional leader of theGulf Cartel and a gangster folk hero on both sides of theMexico–United States border?
... that Charles Wood'sMagnificat and Nunc dimittis in D has been regarded as an "epitome of Church of England worship"?
... thatIan Aird performedchest surgery on a wounded German officer after the British surgeon had been captured by a German Panzer column during theNorth African Campaign?
... thatWikipedia has a rule allowing its editors to "ignore all rules"?

1 September 2018

00:00, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Two sprat eye-maggots on a sprat

... that the parasiticsprat eye-maggot(pictured) attaches to itssprat host through its eye?
... that voice actressAya Hirano played the lead role in the multi-award-winninganime seriesThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya?
... that a 156-foot (48 m) tunnel for theLower Manhattan Expressway was built in New York City in the 1960s, but was never used?
... thatBulgaria's first cosmonaut,Georgi Ivanov, safely returned to Earth despite a failing main engine and a damaged backup engine on hisSoyuz 33 spacecraft?
... thatAnastasia Soare is the "Eyebrow Queen"?
... that the creators of the video game franchiseGod of War named their main characterKratos without knowing thatan actual god by that name appears in the Greek tragedyPrometheus Bound?
... that despite havingStage IV lung cancer,Sutopo Purwo Nugroho continues to act as spokesman for theIndonesian National Board for Disaster Management?
... that where the United States hasFAANG, China has BAT?

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