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30 April 2019

00:00, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Aporometra wilsoni

... that thecrinoidAporometra wilsoni broods its young in cavities in the feathery pinnules on its arms?
... thatBunny Ahearne was inducted into three differentice hockey halls of fame, but never played the game?
... that, on average, Greece has changed its electoral law regardingapportionment in the Hellenic Parliament once every 1.5 elections?
... thatBent Norup, a Danishheldenbaritone, recorded the role ofOrest live in France, alongsideUte Vinzing as Elektra andLeonie Rysanek as Chrysothemis?
... that upon its completion atSilver Dollar City in 2018,Time Traveler became the world's firstspinning roller coaster to feature threeinversions?
... thatTyphoon Ofelia was the worst typhoon to hit eastern Taiwan in 30 years?
... that the arrest ofGilberto García Mena marked when the Mexican government stopped treatingdrug cartels passively and instead hunted them down?
... thata book-length interview withStanisław Lem was subject to cuts due tocensorship in Communist Poland?
... thatFlaps Rendall flewball bearings acrossoccupied Denmark at night inMosquitos?

29 April 2019

00:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Ānanda (left) and the Buddha

... thatĀnanda(sculpture pictured) became the Buddha's attendant, on condition that he would never receive any material benefit from the position?
... that the style of contemporary art known colloquially asbara belongs to a history ofhomosexuality in Japanese visual art dating back toshunga of theEdo period?
... thatKathleen Hite, scriptwriter forGunsmoke, accepted a job as a secretary atCBS so she could badger company officials into letting her write?
... thatXHCDMX-FM, operated by a consortium of women's organizations and activists, is the firstcommunity radio station inMexico City?
... that former astrophysicistAlejandra Melfo now works on preserving microbial life from Venezuela's rapidly receding last glacier?
... that theEthiopian Unity Patriots Front is officially opposed toethnic federalism andsectarianism, although almost all of its popular support stems from just one tribal group?
... that Chinese linguistYang Naisi was noted for his research on theʼPhags-pa script?
... thatbald eagles are removing pieces of garbage from theCedar Hills Regional Landfill and dropping them in surrounding neighborhoods?

28 April 2019

00:00, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Villa by Andrea Palladio

... that most majorVenetian Renaissance architects(villa byPalladio pictured) were not natives of the city, or even of theRepublic of Venice?
... thatAnn Wroe has writtenThe Economist's obituaries since 2003, with subjects includingPrince,Arthur Miller, andOsama bin Laden?
... that theyucca plum pine, thebastard briziletto, and theWest Indian sumac grow in thecloud forest on the summits of theSierra de Luquillo?
... that asPrime Minister of Hyderabad,Kishen Pershad passed theMulki regulations giving preference to local citizens over British citizens for state administrative appointments?
... that theBonin white-eye can evidently learn about new food sources by watchingwarbling white-eyes feed?
... thatEmma Ghent Curtis's 1889 novelThe Administratrix features a cowboy in favor ofwomen's suffrage?
... thatEpisode 8052 of the Australian soap operaNeighbours concerns the death of series regularSonya Rebecchi, whoseportrayer's contract was not renewed to reduce production costs?
... that art historianAndrew Tallon used lasers to collect one billion data points of the interior and exterior ofNotre-Dame de Paris, which could be used forits reconstruction?

27 April 2019

00:00, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Illustration fromThe Fox's Frolic

... thatHarry B. Neilson's illustrations forThe Fox's Frolic(example shown) depictfox hunting in which the foxes do the hunting?
... thatFriedrich Achleitner, aconcrete poet and architecture critic, wrote over decades about Austrian architecture in the 20th century, visiting each building he described?
... that Venezuela's economy still has not recovered fromBlack Friday in 1983?
... thatGeorgina Pazcoguin of theNew York City Ballet co-founded an initiative to combat Asian stereotypes in ballet productions such asThe Nutcracker?
... that the collapse ofSwadeshi Steam Navigation Company led to the murder of a district collector of theBritish Raj?
... that an original work by artistVirginia Overton was used as a prize at the 2016Tribeca Film Festival?
... that the young of thestriking sea star are nourished in a manner described as "cannibalistic ectoparasitism"?
... that Ukrainian helicopter pilotMykola Melnyk made 46sorties over the highly radioactiveChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and then continuedfirefighting flights into his 50s?
... thatJohn Virgo won the1979 UK Snooker Championship despite being docked twoframes for arriving late?

26 April 2019

00:00, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

SARS coronavirus

... that the largest in-flight transmission ofSARS(virus pictured) took place onan Air China flight in March 2003?
... that Canadian investigative journalistBruce Dowbiggin won aGemini Award for his reporting onNational Hockey League pension fraud?
... that while investigating thecase of Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared 10 years ago today, the FBIbrought federal charges against someone who had already served stateprobation for the same crime?
... thatMark M. Ravitch andFélicien M. Steichen introducedsurgical staples, a time-saving replacement forsuturing by hand, to American operating rooms?
... that theEklakhi Mausoleum was the first square-shaped building with a single dome built in India?
... that Venezuelan politicianMiguel Pizarro was expelled from high school for starting protests against military education?
... that an "alarming" decline inarthropod populations inLuquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico has been linked to the warming climate?
... thatRonald Read, whose last job was working 17 years as aJ. C. Penney janitor, left US$1.2 million tohis local library and $4.8 million tothe hospital where he died?

25 April 2019

00:00, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Alai Darwaza

... that the 14th-centuryAlai Darwaza(pictured) was the first Indian monument built using Islamic methods of construction and ornamentation?
... that while afederal deputy,Virgilio Caballero Pedraza lost his apartment in the2017 Mexico City earthquake?
... thatIndra Devi helped publiciseyoga for women by enrolling film stars and other celebrities as her pupils?
... thatNoelle Sandwith produced the first portrait of aQueen of Tonga?
... thatAvi Nissenkorn, former chairman ofHistadrut, Israel's largest trade union, competed in his youth in the1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics?
... that the yeastCandida blankii, first described frommink organs, is now known to infect humans?
... thatJens Harzer, a German actor with Hamburg'sThalia Theatre as well as in film and television, was chosen byBruno Ganz to be the latest bearer of theIffland-Ring?
... that beforeSt Wilfrid's Church opened, Catholics inHailsham, East Sussex, had to worship in the hayloft of a brewery's stables?

24 April 2019

00:00, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Walter Stanley Haines

... thatWalter Stanley Haines(pictured) testified about theHaymarket bombing of 1886, the disappearance ofLouisa Luetgert in 1897, and the suspicious deaths in multimillionaireThomas H. Swope's family in 1909?
... that "der kleine Tag" ("the Little Day") is 23 April in the musical of the same name?
... thatKatharine Timpson Cook established training programmes for midwives inNamirembe, Uganda, but distrusted her students and censored their mail?
... that sinceSt George's Church opened inPolegate in 1938, the composition of its parish has changed five times?
... that the Italian cardiologistAttilio Maseri has been the physician to bothQueen Elizabeth II andPope John Paul II?
... thatdigger's speedwell is so named because it was thought to indicate the presence of gold?
... thatAntonia Franceschi starred in the 1980 filmFame, set at the sameHigh School of Performing Arts that she attended in real life?
... thatan engineer inadvertently took off in anEnglish Electric Lightning fighter jet after engaging theafterburner by mistake?

23 April 2019

00:00, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Fabiana Rosales

... that Venezuelan journalistFabiana Rosales(pictured) has assumed the role of international ambassador, soliciting support forher husband's opposition party, towards resolving thecrisis in Venezuela?
... that the 1996 video gamePolanie is considered acult classic in Poland?
... thatfootballerChris Summers set aWelsh Premier League record during the 2003–04 season by scoring in 11 consecutive matches?
... that among the threats facing the "critically endangered" freshwater crayfishEuastacus dalagarbe are domestic livestock andcane toads?
... that the tenorFerry Gruber performed at theStaatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich for 50 years, including in Prokofiev'sDie Liebe zu den drei Orangen alongsideIngeborg Hallstein in 1960?
... thatheight functions allow mathematicians to count and distinguish objects such asrational points ofalgebraic varieties?
... thatRachel Koopmans was part of a research team which discovered that twostained glass windows ofCanterbury Cathedral dated to the 1180s?
... that theButler matrix squints?

22 April 2019

00:00, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Depiction of Jesus afterhis resurrection

... that the 1862 Easter hymn "Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen!"(visual depiction shown) byGurney was virtually unknown until two revised versions were sent to the United States?
... that Indian folkloristJoravarsinh Jadav has written and edited more than 90 works?
... thatHMSSplendid attacked a heavy German merchant ship, but instead sank an Italian destroyer?
... that prospectorJohn Beaton triggered an Alaskangold rush by a discovery his team made on Christmas Day 1908?
... that someinsect populations have declined dramatically?
... thatMargit Schramm appeared as Hanna Glawari, the "merry widow" inLehár's operetta, more than 500 times?
... thatChurch Fathers such as Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, and Lactantius accepted the association of theangelic descent myth with the "sons of God" passage in Genesis 6?
... thatBarry Sage has earned US$22,000 for clapping his hands in 1981?

21 April 2019

00:00, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Fat innkeeper worm

... that in the 1970s,spoon worms(example pictured) helped promotebiodiversity around the effluent outlets from the Los Angelessewage system?
... that despite being demoted three times,Nikolai Kulakov rose to the rank ofvice admiral and became aHero of the Soviet Union?
... that the motetSicut cervus byPalestrina, suitable forHoly Saturday, has been described as the expression of "serene but fervent spiritual yearning"?
... that cinematographerMike Gioulakis was inspired by the photography ofGregory Crewdson when shooting the 2014 horror filmIt Follows?
... that duringCardiff City F.C.'s1921–22 season, trainerGeorge Latham became the oldest player in club history when called into action after members of the first team fell ill?
... thatShah Faesal, the first Kashmiri to top theIndian civil services exam, has become a politician?
... that in 1941, the far-rightFrench National-Collectivist Party proposed sending its women paramilitaries to fight forVichy France inSyria?
... thatNecdet Turhan, a visually impaired mountaineer and long-distance runner, ran five marathons and climbed five summits on five continents?

20 April 2019

00:00, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

[[File:|160px|A variant of Shepard's elephant illusion ]]

A variant of Shepard's elephant illusion

... thatRoger Shepard createdan elephant named "L'egs-istential Quandary"(variant pictured)?
... thatSophie Alexander wasconcussed in her firstAFL Women's match?
... thatHeinrich Schütz composedDie sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz, setting the sevenSayings of Jesus on the cross for theEvangelist, who sings in up to four voices, andJesus, who is accompanied byobbligato instruments?
... thatArio Pardee's gift of $20,000 toLafayette College in 1864 was the largest sum ever given to an educational institution in Pennsylvania at the time?
... that in the motetPopule meus byTomás Luis de Victoria, which sets theGood Friday Reproaches, two choirs alternate Greek and Latin versions of theTrisagion?
... that a columnist for the British Internet magazineSpiked created the fictional Twitter userTitania McGrath in order to mock contemporary "woke culture"?
... that the Good Friday hymn "My Song Is Love Unknown" asks what Jesus had done to deserve crucifixion?
... thatJeff "Beachbum" Berry has been described as "the Indiana Jones of tiki drinks"?

19 April 2019

00:00, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Superbloom in Riverside County, California, March 2019

Superbloom in California

... thatCalifornia deserts are experiencing the second wildflowersuperbloom(pictured) in three years?
... thatBambang Dwi Hartono championedbus rapid transit inSurabaya as mayor, but his plans were overridden bythe next mayor?
... that "Christus, der uns selig macht", a translation byMichael Weiße of a LatinPassion hymn, begins with Jesus arrested like a thief?
... that thedire whelk sometimes shares the prey of theochre sea star while it is being eaten?
... that Ivorian special advisorEuphrasie Kouassi Yao has worked as aUNESCO chair for Water, Women and Decision-making, and has been honoured by the Global Platform for Enterprising Women?
... that theMayan Train was approved in a public referendum that garnered only a one percentvoter turnout?
... that geneticistMuntaser Ibrahim, described byScience as "one ofSudan's most distinguished living scholars", was imprisoned in February 2019 after participating inpeaceful protests?
... thatHillary and Clinton is the first Broadway play to featureHillary Clinton as a lead character?

18 April 2019

00:00, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Fritz Pollard

... thatFritz Pollard(pictured) became theNFL'sfirst black quarterback in 1923, but it was not until 2017 that all 32 modern NFL teams had started at least one black quarterback?
... thatAll India Trinamool Congress MPUma Saren was the first person to speak in the tribalSantali language at theInter-Parliamentary Union?
... that the weevil speciesSicoderus bautistai, described as resembling "black, shiny ants", is named after professional baseball playerJosé Bautista?
... that Czech chemistKarel Wiesner, unable to study at university under the German occupation, set up a laboratory in the basement of his parents' house to teach himselfpolarography?
... that theNatal Border Guard, established in 1878, was expected to defend theColony of Natal armed only with spears and shields?
... that American artistLydia Purdy Hess, best known for herPortrait of Miss E. H., sketched and painted while floating on the Ohio River during her two-month honeymoon?
... that theTroy Museum, located close to the ancient city ofTroy, is clad in rust-coloredweathering steel to resemble an excavated artifact?
... that at theQueen Charlotte's Ball, debutantes curtsey to a giant birthday cake?

17 April 2019

00:00, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Chatham shag

... that thescientific name of theChatham shag(pictured) commemoratesa former Governor of New Zealand?
... thatSatish Namdeo Ghormade has served as commanding officer of aguided missile frigate, asubmarine rescue vessel, and aminesweeper?
... that at the2019 Tour Championshipsnooker tournament the first-round match betweenNeil Robertson andMark Selby, played over 17frames, was decided by the finalblack?
... that, inspired at the age of five by herfootball-playing brother,Dilan Ağgül became a footballer in Germany and later played for theTurkey women's national team?
... that the tragic early life of thevisual-novel characterKiritsugu Emiya was written byGen Urobuchi as a prequel toFate/stay night, which has a happy ending?
... thatHeinz Hoppe performed as a lyric tenor at theHamburg State Opera, including world premieres, but became popular for operetta recordings and television shows?
... that more than one million people are buried onHart Island, thepotter's field for New York City?
... thatRam Singh Malam designed and decorated thePalace of Mirrors and its pleasure hall?

16 April 2019

00:00, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Gloucester Court of Probate

... thatThomas Fulljames designed theGloucester Court of Probate(pictured) in a "picturesque Gothic" style?
... thatthe Spider-Man created for the2018 video game by Insomniac Games has been used by Marvel Comics as analternate version of Spider-Man?
... that volleyball playerChen Zhaodi, who was nicknamed "One-armed General" despite having two arms, became an actual general after retiring from her volleyball career?
... that theroyal vole haslarder chambers in its burrow but not latrines?
... that during WorldWar II, the crew of theUSS Argonaut donated their ship's bell to theSubmarine Memorial Chapel before the submarine was lost in combat?
... thatRuth H. Alexander was the first woman selected to serve on thePresident's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition?
... that three times a day, the clock tower across fromSouthampton'sWatts Park tolls outIsaac Watts's hymn "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"?
... that whenHansgünther Heyme staged classic plays,Antigone was set in Calcutta,William Tell in Nazi Germany, andHamlet ended with the prince on a metal trolley?

15 April 2019

00:11, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

James Henry Marriott

... thatJames Henry Marriott(pictured) was the firstoptics professional in New Zealand to make atelescope?
... that the colour and texture of thetransparent lamellaria may vary according to the species ofsea squirt on which it is living?
... that in 684–85, CaliphMarwan I reestablishedUmayyad authority in Syria and Egypt after its collapse across the caliphate?
... that whenHMS Courageux was wrecked, more than 100 men escaped to the shore by clambering along a fallen mast?
... that "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig", a hymn about vanity byMichael Franck, is the basis ofa chorale cantata by Bach, and quoted inMauricio Kagel's Passion?
... that some leaves of the South African plantRomulea tortuosa are shaped like corkscrews?
... thatMinnesotan portrait and landscape artistGene Ritchie Monahan is known for work thatSigurd Olson said "caught the details of the changing seasons"?
... thatShadow the Hedgehog was originally going to appear only inSonic Adventure 2, but proved so popular that he became a recurringSonic the Hedgehog character?
... thatBandaru Dattatreya is the only minister from theTelangana state in the currentUnion Cabinet of India?
... thatMichelle Obama promisedGeorge W. Bush that she would rescuehis presidential portrait from a fire?

14 April 2019

00:11, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Agatha Christie'sThe A.B.C. Murders

... that theABC Rail Guide features inAgatha Christie's novelThe A.B.C. Murders and on the cover of two editions of the book(first edition cover pictured)?
... thatRob Morrison from Australia'sThe Curiosity Show was an expert witness at a Royal Commission of Inquiry intothe death of a girl by a dingo?
... that Raymund Weber wrote "Zeige uns, Herr, deine Allmacht und Güte" to be sung with a modern melody, but it appears inthe German Catholic hymnal with a Baroque melody?
... thatD. S. Kapoor designed a replica of theEiffel Tower to serve as an entrance to the annualChandigarh Carnival?
... that the U.S.Homeland Security Act of 2002 has been used to expedite government-wide hiring for medical, scientific, and cybersecurity positions into thecompetitive federal civil service?
... thatTom Oppé chaired the working party which produced a report for the British government in 1974 recommending that babies be fed with breast milk rather thanformula?
... that a calf grazing near the scene ofan 1814 battle between theRoyal Navy andUnited States Revenue Marine became the fight's only fatality?
... that Mexican federal deputyNay Salvatori invited the public to "smoke marijuana at my house and listen toThe Doors" if the drug was legalized in Mexico, despite never having smoked it herself?

13 April 2019

00:11, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Leroy Daniels (left)with Fred Astaire

... that choreographerAlex Romero hired ashoeshiner, Leroy Daniels(pictured), to dance withFred Astaire in the 1953 filmThe Band Wagon?
... that indigenous resistance bymainland Caribs andIsland Caribs played a major role in the failure of Dutch, British, French, andCourlander attempts to coloniseTobago in the 17th century?
... thatPatrick Lange, who conducteda Stephen Sondheim musical in a youth club production at age 16, becamechief music director of theWiesbaden State Opera at age 36?
... that theHolby City production team worked withParkinson's UK to create aParkinson's disease storyline for the characterAlex Adams?
... that Indian social workerSharda Mehta organised a protest againstindentured servitude in 1917?
... that the formerMarysville Cotton Mill now houses adata centre for departments and agencies of theGovernment of New Brunswick?
... thatTsutomu Kawabuchi was referred to as the "father ofJapanese women's ice hockey"?
... that themottled piculet likes todrum on bamboo?
... thatBulgaria's first cosmonaut,Georgi Ivanov, safely returned to Earth despite a failing main engine and a damaged backup engine on hisSoyuz 33 spacecraft?
... thatMeghan Trainor requested the removal of her song "Me Too" fromVevo, due to unapproved digital manipulation of her body in the video?

12 April 2019

00:15, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

American Adolf Hitler propaganda stamp

... that the Germanphilatelic writerWolfgang Baldus is a specialist in the forged andpropaganda stamps of the Second World War, such as the American Adolf Hitler skull stamp(pictured)?
... that theIndian Creek mushroom can be distinguished fromchanterelles by its staining dark purple when cut or bruised?
... that the Dutch-Belgian composerOscar van Hemel created two operas, one of them about a prostitute?
... thatMawjoudin Queer Film Festival, the firstqueer film festival in North Africa, does not disclose its location due to security concerns?
... that journalistRoman Sushchenko was named by the European Parliament as one of 30 Ukrainian citizens illegally detained or imprisoned in Russia?
... that theJohn D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act protected more than 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²) ofwilderness and created fourU.S. national monuments?
... thatMr Justice Orr granted the wife of British spyGeorge Blake adecree nisi for divorce on the grounds that a conviction fortreason can amount to cruelty?
... thatJohn Wozniak took less than an hour to writeMarcy Playground'sonly hit, "Sex and Candy", in his bedroom at 4 a.m.?

11 April 2019

04:23, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Chinese alligator

... that thecritically endangeredChinese alligator(pictured) may have helped inspire the mythology of theChinese dragon?
... thatAlfons Zgrzebniok commanded the first two of the threeSilesian Uprisings?
... thatMarianne Williamson, a candidate in the2020 Democratic presidential primaries,has called for $100 billion in reparations for slavery?
... thatSiegfried Vogel, a bass at theBerlin State Opera from 1965, appeared at theMetropolitan Opera in New York and at theBolshoi Theatre in Moscow?
... thatSternaspis scutata swallows mud?
... that American landscape andstill life painterIda O'Keeffe omitted her last name in her first exhibition to avoid comparison withher sister?
... that theTugnet Ice House, the largest survivingice house in the UK, is now a dolphin watching centre?
... that IndianMPSumedhanand Saraswati is also aHindu monk?

10 April 2019

00:00, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Pearl Doles Bell

... that American novelistPearl Doles Bell(pictured) traveled with theRingling Brothers Circus for six weeks to research her 1919 novelHer Elephant Man: A Story of the Sawdust Ring?
... that while thefan palmCoccothrinax jamaicensis is the onlyCoccothrinax species native to Jamaica, the neighbouring island of Cuba has 39 native species?
... that photographerNydia Blas has said she is intrigued by the use of photography to influence public opinion, for example the use of photographs byanti-lynching activists?
... that by winning promotion during the1920–21 season,Cardiff City F.C. became the first Welsh club to reach the top tier of English football?
... that according to research led byDana Lepofsky, someclam gardens on the Pacific Northwest Coast are up to 3,500 years old?
... that theAll India Azad Muslim Conference represented several Islamic organisations thatopposed the partition of India?
... that Finnish Ice Hockey Association presidentHarry Lindblad was a founding member of theFinnish Hockey Hall of Fame, and served as its first chairman?
... that theFlorida shuffle refers to recovering drug addicts caught between multiplerehab centers and "patient brokers" for their insurance money?

9 April 2019

00:00, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Pacu jawi

... that inpacu jawi(pictured), the traditional cattle race ofTanah Datar, Indonesia, the jockey holds the tails of two cattle while they sprint across a muddyrice field?
... thatRaphaëlle Boitel worked as acontortionist street performer at age eight to earn tuition forcircus school?
... that the storyline ofHolby City's two-part episode "A Simple Lie" was compared to theCharlie Gard case?
... thatU.S. Coast Guard Vice AdmiralLloyd Toulmin Chalker has been credited as the "father of Coast Guard aviation"?
... thatPromachocrinus is unusual amongcrinoids in having ten pairs of arms?
... that instead of attendingColumbia University, Taiwanese engineerYe Qingyao joined theFebruary 28 rebellion, was jailed, and then escaped to China on asampan?
... that the European Commission'sJoint Research Centre recommends using thespectral G-index rather thancorrelated color temperature to selectstreetlights that have low blue light content?
... thatLibrotraficante smuggled books into Arizona?

8 April 2019

00:00, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Ansel Adams

... thatAnsel Adams(pictured), known for his black-and-white landscape photographs, documented aJapanese-American internment camp during WorldWar II?
... that theinner core may rotate slightly faster than the rest of the Earth due to torque caused by Earth'sgeodynamo and the solidification of the core?
... that fees and penalties charged as part ofcriminal-justice financial obligations in the United States may lead to the justice system becoming both a result and a cause ofpoverty?
... that in a telegram toHitler,Hans Bredow, the former head of theReich Broadcasting Corporation, requested to be treated like his colleagues who were interned in theOranienburg concentration camp?
... that thepolychaete wormPoecilochaetus serpens digs a burrow with its head and lines it with particles of clay or mud cemented with mucus?
... that medieval historianMaria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol believed that the 14th-centuryMudéjar Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities inCatalonia andValencia co-existed due toreligious segregation?
... that some newspapers reported as many as 3,000 deaths inKey West, Florida, duringan October 1909 hurricane, but just two fatalities occurred in the city in actuality?
... thata British Guiana one-cent postage stamp thatNeil Ross McKinnon bought from a schoolboy later sold for US$9.5 million?

7 April 2019

00:00, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Nazir Wani's wife (right) receives the Ashoka Chakra on his behalf from thePresident of India.

... thatNazir Ahmad Wani, the firstAshoka Chakra recipient fromKashmir(posthumous award ceremony pictured), was a militant before he surrendered and joined theIndian Army?
... thata New Jersey shopping mall has a California-style design?
... thatOrder of Australia recipientHelen Brownlee was the first woman to be elected as one of the vice presidents of theAustralian Olympic Committee?
... that the ParisInternational Air Navigation Conference of 1910 was held after France became concerned about the number of foreign balloons carrying German officers that were entering their airspace?
... thatJames F. Short served as director of theOregon Department of Agriculture under four governors?
... thatFelix Mendelssohn first composed themotetDenn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (For He shall give His angels charge) for an eight-part choir, then included it with orchestra inElijah?
... thatCynthia García Coll from Puerto Rico has researched thepsychological resilience of children born toteen mothers and of immigrant children?
... thatBoston Manor tube station once featured aTiffany lampshade?

6 April 2019

00:00, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

Judah Samet

... that attendees at U.S. PresidentDonald Trump's 2019 State of the Union Address sang "Happy Birthday" toJudah Samet(pictured), a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped the 2018Pittsburgh synagogue shooting?
... thatWilliam Kempster's 8.44-metre-long (27.7 ft) muralBritish Air Transport – The Pioneering Days depicts people and aircraft from British aviation between 1919 and 1934?
... thatCole Porter's nickname for his romantic partnerNelson Barclift was "cute little nose"?
... thatCape Fugui, the northernmost point on Taiwan, includes a beach withventifacts?
... that bothTom Ballard and his motherAlison Hargreaves died climbing in theHimalayas, more than 23 years apart?
... thatHubbard's angel insects groom themselves and each other, perhaps in order to avoid the fungal diseases that kill manyzorapterans?
... thatDai Fudong designedMao Zedong's villa and askedRonald Reagan to havehis father'sLegion of Merit medal reissued?
... thatMarjorie Paxson was twice demoted and replaced by a male editor when two different newspapers replaced theirwomen’s sections with features sections?
... thatLa Région Centrale was filmed by a robot?

5 April 2019

00:50, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Building

... that theCharles Stewart Mott Foundation Building(pictured) inFlint, Michigan, made its film debut in the 2008 sports comedySemi-Pro?
... thatzinc oxide nanoparticles, thought to be one of the most-producednanomaterials, are commonly used in sunscreens?
... that Dutch pool playerAlex Lely won the 1999World Pool Masters Tournament and collected autographs from his opponents?
... that the means of raising the late 18th-century BritishProvisional Cavalry was likened to the medieval-erafeudal system?
... that, at age 60,Carrie Langston Hughes made herBroadway debut as Sister Susie May Hunt inHall Johnson'sRun Little Chillun?
... thatCoccothrinax jimenezii, a palm tree native to the island ofHispaniola, was listed as acritically endangered species within two years of itsformal description?
... thatHorst Laubenthal appeared in Mozart operas at theGlyndebourne Festival asBelmonte, in Paris asTamino, and in Turin asOttavio?
... thatMoston Brook was one of the most polluted waterways inGreater Manchester but, following improvements, it is now a recreational resource for local residents?

4 April 2019

00:00, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Memorial to Dortan victims

... that theWehrmachtkilled at least 35 French civilians in the village ofDortan(memorial pictured), and then burned the entire village to the ground?
... thatTang Aoqing is known as the "Father ofQuantum Chemistry" in China?
... thattelegraphy in the United Kingdom included a system that strung wires from rooftop to rooftop of domestic premises?
... that conservationistTom Cade was so successful in his efforts to save theperegrine falcon that it was removed from the US Endangered Species List in 1999?
... thatMaurice Ravel wrote texts and music forTrois Chansons, his only composition for choira cappella, in response to the outbreak of WorldWar I?
... thatEleanor Barrow Chase was instrumental in gettingEastern Washington University admitted to theBig Sky Conference in 1987?
... that theMoscow State Jewish Theatre's internationally acclaimed production ofKing Lear in 1935 contained veiled critiques ofStalin's regime?
... that Austrian ice hockey administratorHans Dobida was inducted into theGerman andSlovenian hockey halls of fame?

3 April 2019

00:00, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Queen Elizabeth 2

... thatDennis Lennon hoped his design for the interior of theQueen Elizabeth 2(pictured) would be the "setting for the world's best party"?
... that the albumLiaisons features works by dozens of composers "re-imagining"Stephen Sondheim's music?
... thatJohn W. Beschter, a LuxembourgishJesuit who ministered throughout ruralPennsylvania, became thePresident of Georgetown University in 1829?
... that thewildlife of Spain includes 8000–9000 species ofvascular plants, more than any other country in Europe?
... thatSabine Hyland discovered that theIncas may have written phonetic information in knotted cords calledkhipus?
... that the interior of the churchMariä Heimsuchung, a tall concrete landmark ofWiesbaden, features two large, abstracttriptychs?
... thatTore Johannessen was the youngest person to become president of any Norwegian sports association?
... that in local folklore, the ancestor of thekings of Banggai hatched from a serpent egg?

2 April 2019

00:00, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

A squirrel

... thatsquirrels may be a major cybersecurity threat(suspect pictured)?
... that the bloodyflag of Blackbeard probably wasn't?
... that 1,900 people inSeattle rode the city'sslut on a daily basis?
... thatPatsy, the recently deceasedIrish king, personally welcomed visitors who landed in his realm?
... thata giant has been seen stomping buses underfoot in Arizona?
... thatthe United States Supreme Court had a divorce and the daughter was sent to Scotland?
... that Australians refused to callthis bastard a bastard?
... that amud pie is not meant to be eaten and may containpebbles as an ingredient?
... thatBill Gates' converted dustbin lorry helped old people get aroundWorthing?
... that people sometimes send lewd objects toIBM?

1 April 2019

12:00, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

The pedestal

... that a bronze statue co-created byFiona Peever apparently stepped off its pedestal(pictured) and sat down on some nearby steps?
... thatzombies can be arrested before they've even committed a crime?
... that not enough people enteredCrinkley Bottom to keep it open?
... thatJesse James eliminatedWarren G. Harding?
... that mobile mechanics were needed for thestationery service?
... that you are onto a winner if you can catch foursows with theJaggl, Zanggl and Buggl?
... thatBizzarro serves in the Connecticut Senate?
... that aGenie and threeBeavers recognizedYoung People Fucking?
... thatthe United States once sued 422 casks of wine, and the wine won?

00:00, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Linda Sarsour

... that activistLinda Sarsour(pictured) was a leader of the2017 Women's March and the2019 Women's March?
... that in 1905,three days of violence in Warsaw were possibly sparked by aBund activist trying to save his sister fromsexual slavery?
... that a 2016 song byTaiiku Okazaki went viral in Japan as it parodied commonly used tropes in Japanesemusic videos?
... that theGovernment Employee Fair Treatment Act ensures retroactive pay forUS federal employees affected bygovernment shutdowns?
... that the Indian Member of ParliamentAnju Bala believes that violence against cows can be curbed by declaring it the national animal of India?
... thatNegatiw was named the "Champion Stallion" at theAll-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow in 1954?
... that due to sponsorship issues,NASCAR teamMelling Racing hiredJeff Davis to run a race for the team using his own car?
... thatDippy is the most famous dinosaur skeleton in the world?

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