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31 December 2020

00:00, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Black-on-black ware pot fromSan Ildefonso Pueblo

... thatblack-on-black ware(example pictured) has been created by generations ofPuebloan Native American ceramic artists inNorthern New Mexico?
... thatSoetran was nicknamed the "Clove Governor" after he obligated families inPapua to cultivate cloves?
... thatGreat American Bank, based inSan Diego, was the firstsavings and loan association founded inSouthern California?
... that the diaries ofLady Lacoste, a 19th-century philanthropist from Montreal, give historians a rare look into how emotions impacted the lives of women in her social class?
... that theAtlantic dancing shrimp is often associated withsea urchins orsea anemones?
... that pioneering lesbian columnistDeb Price's same-sex wedding announcement inThe Washington Post was one of the first in a major national newspaper?
... that in apre-game ceremony before the last game of the 1972 ice hockeySummit Series, the Canadian delegation presented atotem pole to the Soviet Union?
... thatScottsdale, Arizona, repealed its ban on dancing so that theSafari Hotel could open a nightclub?

30 December 2020

00:00, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Portrait of John Hunter Littler byStephen Pearce

... that British generalJohn Hunter Littler(depicted) had two horses shot from under him during the 29 December 1843Battle of Maharajpore?
... that in the balletWest Side Story Suite, some of the dancers also sing?
... thatSoedardjat Nataatmadja's instruction for parliamentary observers to wear traditional Sundanese clothing cost him his reelection?
... that the social studyThey Live on the Land was based on interviews with nearly the entire population ofa rural Alabama town during theGreat Depression?
... thatMax Crabtree's "Big Daddy" was his brotherShirley?
... that the colonial bryozoanBeania magellanica, widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, has recently turned up in the Mediterranean Sea?
... that during the1973 oil crisis, material scientistHenry Ehrenreich assessedphotovoltaic cells and was an advisor to theU.S. Department of Energy?
... that a stereotypicalTrue Pole is a Roman Catholic?

29 December 2020

00:00, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Aribosome translates mRNA into the encoded protein

... thatmodified mRNA(mRNA translation depicted) is a key technology in theModerna andBioNTech/Pfizer vaccines againstCOVID-19?
... thatDick Kaegel began working as a full-time sportswriter while he was still in high school?
... that 50 years ago today, a military tribunalhanded down six controversial death sentences to members of the Basque separatist groupETA?
... thatWilliam Gates LeDuc led abison through the streets of New York City as part of theMinnesota exhibition at the1853 World's Fair?
... thattrench nephritis caused 35,000 British casualties during the First World War?
... that "Filipino Baby", a song about a sailor's love for a Filipino girl, described as "my treasure and my pet", was a top-five hit for three different artists in 1946?
... that Canadian modernist architect and urban plannerGeoffrey Massey was part of a movement that prevented freeways from being built inVancouver?
... that the first official resolution of theInternational Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology was that they would never meet in a place with anti-sodomy laws?

28 December 2020

00:00, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Temple and Robinson in the staircase tap dance fromThe Little Colonel (1935)

... thatShirley Temple said of her relationship with her favorite dance partnerBill "Bojangles" Robinson(both pictured): "It was kind of a magic between us"?
... that theWallace rule of nines to calculate the area of a burn was introduced byA. B. Wallace ofBangour General Hospital?
... thatWisconsin was the leading producer of dairy products in the United States from 1915 to 1993?
... that New Zealand mountaineerMarmaduke Dixon came within 100 ft (30 m) of the summit in his attempt to make the first ascent of the country's highest mountain,Aoraki / Mount Cook?
... that the life cycle of theNeptune-grass bryozoan is synchronized with the growth cycle of the seagrass on which it lives and the availability of thephytoplankton on which it feeds?
... that academic and philanthropistGuido Goldman convinced West German chancellorWilly Brandt to set up and endow theGerman Marshall Fund on the 25th anniversary of theMarshall Plan?
... that theCistercian monastic order createdan early competitor to Hindu–Arabic numerals with which they wrote years as a single character?
... that American football playerHarry Field married a Hawaiian princess and is a 2021 finalist for induction into thePolynesian Football Hall of Fame?

27 December 2020

00:00, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

The Mock Election (1827) byBenjamin Haydon

... that the former member of parliamentRobert Stanton took part in amock election(depicted) while in prison?
... thatPsalm 148, calling heaven and earth to be glad, inspired the 17th-century Christmas carol "Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde", whichMaria Luise Thurmair expanded with more details from the psalm in 1963?
... that the irrigationintake for which New Zealand farmerMarmaduke Dixon long campaigned is now a historic structure registered byHeritage New Zealand?
... thatHespress, the most popular news website in Morocco, initially relied on non-staff bloggers for its articles?
... thatSylvia Pengilly used anAmiga computer to integrate graphics with music and herself dancing?
... that although theEuclidean distance and thePythagorean theorem are both ancient concepts, the Pythagorean formula for distance was not published until 1731?
... thatUdyavara Madhava Acharya is credited with the modernisation of the theatre formYakshagana?
... that whileEbenezer Joshua joined the government after the1974 Vincentian general election, his wifeIvy became theleader of the opposition?

26 December 2020

00:00, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Jesus examiningMelchior's gift in Mostaert'sAdoration

... that theMostaert AmsterdamAdoration(detail pictured) includes three scenes from theOld Testament and one from Christian legend?
... thatOne Voice at Christmas involvesAled Jones duetting Christmas carols with his younger self and the lateTerry Wogan?
... thatGiovanni Garbini's studies helped scholars interpret the biblical narrative in the larger context of the history of the ancient Near East?
... that the classic children's Christmas storyThe Littlest Angel was written in just three days?
... that in 1975, Finland's Minister of EducationMarjatta Väänänen sent a petition to theArchbishop of Turku with almost 1 million signatures, advocating for the introduction of female priests?
... thatO magnum mysterium, amotet for double choir byMorten Lauridsen, is a setting ofa medieval Latin text for Christmas to music described as "ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness"?
... that when Donald Trump owned thePlaza Hotel, he requested a cameo inHome Alone 2: Lost in New York in exchange for allowing the film crew to shoot in the lobby?
... that sending the real animals and personnel inThe Twelve Days of Christmas resulted in a letter from G. Creep, solicitor?

25 December 2020

00:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Marley's Ghost byJohn Leech, 1843

... that after a visit to aragged school, Charles Dickens wroteA Christmas Carol, in which he uses the ghost ofJacob Marley(illustrated) as a mouthpiece for his own views on social responsibility?
... thatJames W. Nance tested theDouglasA-3 Skywarrior aboardUSS Forrestal, which he later commanded?
... thatSt. Michael, a 17th-century chapel on a hill nearKaubenheim, Bavaria, which offers services in summer and for Christmas, received electricity around 1980?
... that afterHoukje Gerrits Bouma won one of the earliest women's speed skating competitions in 1809, women's competitions were not held anymore because women skating with bare arms was considered obscene?
... that a football club in Finland calledFC Santa Claus has competed as high asthe third tier?
... thatFriedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen", a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song, evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy?
... that the staff of theEmbassy of the Philippines in Tokyo at one point formed the entire Philippine foreign service?
... thatFishbait Miller, thedoorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives, greetedPrincess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom in 1951 by saying, "Howdy, Ma'am"?

24 December 2020

00:00, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Osborne Apartments

... that when theOsborne Apartments building(pictured) was slated to be torn down and replaced, its residents saved it by jointly raising $500,000?
... thatRudolf Steglich, a musicologist who wrote his habilitation thesis onrhythm in 1930, was a co-editor of theHallische Händel-Ausgabe, the critical edition ofHandel's complete works, from 1955?
... that the femaleAgelenopsis aperta spider enters acataplectic state during mating, which means it loses control of its body and is unconscious?
... that cartoonistTrung Le Nguyen's graphic novelThe Magic Fish is inspired by his experience as a child of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States?
... that scholars have speculated that failure to punish the perpetrators of theArmenian Genocidecontributed to the Holocaust?
... thatCynthia Fierro Harvey is the first Hispanic woman to serve as the president of theUnited Methodist Council of Bishops?
... that the2021 Somali presidential election was originally scheduled for 2020, but was delayed by concerns offamine,war,pestilence, andcivil disorder?
... that despite being awarded the militaryLegion of Merit four times, as well as the civilianMedal of Freedom,Lewis Strauss is often viewed as a villain of American history?

23 December 2020

00:00, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Nadia Fink

... thatpicture books in theAnti-Princess Series by Argentine writerNadia Fink(pictured) define words like "dictatorship", "surrealism", and "revolution"?
... that theLondon Theatre Studio was the first English drama school to teach theatrical design as well as drama?
... thatThomas J. White estimated that he gave more than $75 million to charity after resolving "to die as close to penniless as possible"?
... that theRoyal Pioneer Corps could build aTwynham hut in four minutes?
... thatIn Praise of Forgetting makes the case against collective memory: "whereas forgetting does an injustice to the past, remembering does an injustice to the present"?
... thatCharles Green was probably the youngest Australian Army infantry battalion commander during World War II?
... that theArlington Hotel, rebuilt after a devastating fire, was severely damaged in the1925 Santa Barbara earthquake?
... thatThe European said ofGeorge Saxby Penfold'ssermons that "they are distinguished by a pleasing mediocrity"?

22 December 2020

00:00, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Short-haired Segugio Italiano

... that theSegugio Italiano(example pictured) was highly prized during theItalian Renaissance, being used in elaborate hunts with large numbers of servants and followers mounted on horseback?
... thatJenna Ellis was a stern critic ofDonald Trump before she became his legal adviser?
... that Australian pop bandAutumn was one of four artists co-credited with a number-one hit in the Australian charts on 31 October 1970, each with a version of the song "Yellow River"?
... thatBernie Sanderswon the election to become Mayor ofBurlington, Vermont, by ten votes in 1981?
... that during theNazi occupation of Poland,Halina Kwiatkowska acted in an underground theatre alongsidea future pope?
... that in his bookThematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein,Gerald Holton argues that philosophy fromEither/Or influencedNiels Bohr's concept ofcomplementarity?
... thatRobert Hammerstiel wrapped Vienna's Ringturm tower in a painting showing stations of human life in simplified and brightly coloured figures?
... that the marine wormNeanthes arenaceodentata is both an environmental monitor and a caring father?

21 December 2020

00:00, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Miniature from the Ravenelle Hours

... that the only thing known about Johannete Ravenelle is that she owneda book of hours now carrying her name(detail pictured)?
... that the nearly identical130 and140 West 57th Street are among the few remaining artists' studio buildings in New York City constructed with distinct living and working spaces for occupants?
... thatYusuf Sayfa, commander of Ottoman forces in Syria against the Kurdish rebelJanbulad, became the latter's subordinate?
... that inNun komm, der Heiden Heiland, a cantata in eleven movements forAdvent,Georg Böhm set all eight stanzas ofLuther's hymn, and all differently?
... that shortly after winning a conference tournament championship withVanderbilt's soccer team,Sarah Fuller became the first woman to playfootball in aPower Five conference game?
... that although nothing remains of Fort La Cloche inLa Cloche Provincial Park, it was an economic hub for the area in the 19th century?
... thatBlack Futures, a 544-page collection of Black art and writing, was originally going to be azine?
... thatMatthew Cobb, winner of the 2021JBS Haldane Lecture, started his academic career by getting twins drunk?

20 December 2020

00:00, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

1933 Majestic Radio

... thatMajestic Radios(model pictured) were so highly regarded in 1929 that theGraf Zeppelin's navigator bought one when his airship landed in the U.S. to take back to Germany?
... that journalistBill Fitsell was reportedly scared of driving since he covered accidents?
... that the 1921 bookThe Meaning of Relativity representsAlbert Einstein's only attempt to provide an overview ofgeneral relativity that was both comprehensive and accessible to non-specialists?
... thatClaudia Chamorro Barrios married on the birthday of her assassinated father?
... that "Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder", a 1642Advent hymn, includes a call to penitence thatJohn the Baptist took from the prophetIsaiah?
... that future U.S. Navy rear admiralOral Swigartcompeted as a wrestler at the 1920 Summer Olympics?
... that theDachau camp trial was one of 489Dachau trials, the majority of which were held within the confines of the concentration camp itself?
... that on occasion,Stewart Friesen runsNASCAR anddirt on the same day?

19 December 2020

00:00, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Nabil Ahmad

... thatNabil Ahmad(pictured) became a comedian after a friend signed him up for a reality show as a prank?
... that theIndian wax scale wasfirst described in 1798 byFabricius, but was wrongly attributed to another author for nearly two hundred years?
... that poetLynda Schraufnagel, little known in her lifetime, was mourned after her death at 40 for her "funkiness" and "manic glee"?
... that the104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot marched 1,100 kilometres (680 mi), some of it in snowshoes, during the Canadian winter to fight in theWar of 1812?
... thatJimmy Bonner became the first African American to play baseball professionally in Japan in 1936, eleven years beforeJackie Robinson'sMajor League Baseball debut?
... thata museum in Sendai was built around a 20,000-year-old campsite?
... that whenCotton QueenFrances Lockett was crowned in 1930, souvenir handkerchiefs made from "Queenetta" fabric were sold?
... that while theGateway Generating Station was completed without controversy or setbacks, it was later the subject of a lawsuit overendangered butterflies?

18 December 2020

00:00, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

S.R. Kirby being fitted out inWyandotte, Michigan

... that in 825 feet (251 m) of water, the composite-hulled bulk carrierS.R. Kirby(pictured) is one of the deepest shipwrecks ever discovered in theGreat Lakes?
... that theheadlight fish gets its name from the large,bioluminescent patch of skin located between itsnostrils?
... thatFaith Smith, who grew up on theLac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe reservation inWisconsin, became the founding president of the first urban institute of higher learning led by and servingNative Americans?
... that the world's oldest lacquerware was found at theKakinoshima Site?
... thatEarl Dawson established a council to reverse the decline of ice hockey in rural Manitoba?
... that having collaborated on the albumFolklore months prior,Taylor Swift,Jack Antonoff, andAaron Dessner met in person for the first time for the filming ofFolklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions?
... thatTropical Storm Merbok flooded 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) of crops in 2017 and led to an economic loss ofCN¥600 million (US$88.3 million) in China?
... that essayistBriallen Hopper got her start writing sermons?

17 December 2020

00:00, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Bust of Beethoven by Franz Klein

... that the first of manymonuments to Ludwig van Beethoven is a bust(pictured) created in 1812 byFranz Klein during the composer's lifetime?
... thatGustav Classens, music director inBonn from 1933, performed Beethoven'sChoral Fantasy,Missa solemnis, andNinth Symphony during his first two seasons, offering the Ninth in both?
... that Finland became amember state of the International Labour Organization 100 years ago today?
... thatChristian Schreiber, a church administrator, philosopher and poet, wrote a German version of theLatin Mass for the publication, alongside the original, of Beethoven'sMass in C major?
... thatRuth Williams Cupp, the first woman admitted to the Charleston County Bar Association in 1954, was still barred by law from serving on juries, like all women in South Carolina until 1967?
... that theCrushed Rock quarry nearAbuja, Nigeria, is now a popular tourist destination?
... that whenJohannes Chum, a tenor in operatic roles fromNerone toLohengrin, performed inHarnoncourt's recording of Beethoven'sMissa solemnis, a reviewer described his singing as "seraphic"?
... that Beethoven'sThird Cello Sonata, first performed in 1809, has been described as the first sonata for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners?

16 December 2020

00:00, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Anjum Singh

... that the final exhibition of Indian artistAnjum Singh(pictured), titledI am still here, was an autobiographical depiction of her struggles with cancer?
... that 200,000 children were evacuated via thePiccadilly line during World War II?
... that inpositioning theory,positions are defined as a person's rights, duties, and obligations which are fluid in various social contexts, as opposed to fixed and long lastingroles?
... thatJulian Edelman weighed less than 100 lb (45 kg) when he played American football as a freshman in high school?
... that the founder of theCannabis Museum in Japan developed an interest in the subject after reading stories as a child in which ninjas trained by jumping over cannabis plants?
... that severalmemoirs by first ladies of the United States have outsold books written by their presidential husbands?
... thatOtto Jochum, the organist and later the director of theAugsburg Conservatory, received a German national composition prize for a sacred oratorio in 1932, but also composed patriotic anthems under the Nazi regime?
... that in 1875,streetcars in Santa Barbara, California, were drawn bymules?

15 December 2020

00:00, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

King Ludwig Oak

... thatKing Ludwig Oak(pictured) is anatural monument named after its admirer,Ludwig I of Bavaria?
... that plastics researcherDavid S. Breslow's interest in chemistry began as a child when he used achemistry set to makestink bombs?
... thata bank robbery nearly derailed theNorthern Ireland peace process?
... thatThe Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant were the first memoirs to be written by afirst lady of the United States?
... thatAlexander Lindsay served as a general in theEast India Company while remaining ahalf-pay lieutenant in the British Army?
... that theright to truth has been recognized by theInter-American Court of Human Rights, theEuropean Court of Human Rights, and the United Nations?
... that Israeli physicistShikma Bressler, a researcher at theCERN particle accelerator in Switzerland, is also an initiator of the "Black Flag"protests against Benjamin Netanyahu?
... that inCassandre, an opera byMichael Jarrell based on the novel byChrista Wolf,Cassandra speaks and acts without singing?

14 December 2020

12:00, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Advertisement forThe Green Pastures

... that the 1957The Green Pastures(advertisement pictured) was critiqued in the white Southern press for having "bowed to the inverted prejudice which insists that Negroes shall never be portrayed as Negroes"?
... thatKatie Levick gave up the chance to play cricket for England in order to pursue a full-time job?
... that the gall waspSynergus japonicus is considered to be akleptoparasite?
... thatThis American Life producer andBoston nativeSean Cole spoke with an affected British accent from age 14 to 16?
... thatThe Alcestiad, an opera based ona Greek myth and written collaboratively byThornton Wilder and composerLouise Talma, was premiered by theOper Frankfurt in German?
... thatArizona Falls is a functioningsmall hydroelectric plant designed aspublic art?
... that theBanu Muhrizemirs were patrons of theAlawites ofSyria?
... that theCousteau Society visited the wreck of the yachtGunilda inLake Superior in 1980, calling it "the most beautiful shipwreck in the world"?

00:00, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Detlev Jöcker

... thatDetlev Jöcker(pictured) wrote and performed songs with movements first for his little son, and went on to sell 13 million albums?
... thatThe Color of Law byRichard Rothstein exposes policies ofracial segregation in nearly all United States presidential administrations dating back to the late 1800s?
... that a non-governmental organisation set up byHekani Jakhalu helps young entrepreneurs fromNagaland?
... thatRuth Bader Ginsburg wasthe second U.S. Supreme Court justice to lie in state at theU.S. Capitol?
... that after theBattle of Inverkeithing, Oliver Cromwell deliberately left open a route for the Scottish army to invade England?
... that despiteSandpaper Ballet being choreographed to music byLeroy Anderson, his piece of the same name is not used?
... thatCyclone Gati in November 2020 was the strongesttropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Somalia?
... thatLaura Garwin, one of the first femaleRhodes Scholars, left a career in science to become a full-time trumpeter?

13 December 2020

12:00, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Poster forIt Happened One Night (1934)

... thatClaudette Colbert,who won her only Academy Award for Best Actress forIt Happened One Night(poster pictured), privately called the film "the worst picture in the world"?
... that the1958 Lebanese presidential election was held during an armed rebellion while 10,000US troops were deployed in the nation?
... that ChinesecosplayerLiyuu is also ananime musician?
... that the male sea spiderPropallene longiceps carries fertilized eggs in bracelet-like masses wrapped around his legs?
... thatMLS Cup 2020 will featureSeattle Sounders FC for the fourth time in five years?
... thatElsa-Brita Nordlund, Sweden's first child psychiatrist, advocated for the humanization of care in children's hospitals?
... that a line of the 1840 song "Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit", claiming "no country more beautiful" and presented byits author as aVolkslied, is quoted as the title of books and television series?
... that upon being named president ofGeorgetown University,Gerard J. Campbell was described as a "new breed" of "Ivy League Catholic"?

00:00, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Medalta Potteries kilns

... that the kilns ofMedalta Potteries(pictured) were used as overnight accommodation by people travelling the country in search of work during theGreat Depression?
... that information provided by theConfederate draftsmanAnton R. Roessler was used by theUnion Army to determine the ordnance potential of Texas?
... that a section ofJapan National Route 105 is named after a group of hunters?
... that the wreck of the freighterSS Russia was discovered in 2019, only 1,200 feet (370 m) from where a different shipwreck hunter ended the search for her years earlier?
... that Turkish accordion-playing street musicianMadam Anahit also appeared in a number of films as anextra?
... thatRecollections of Full Years byHelen Taft was the first memoir published by afirst lady of the United States?
... that the 13th-century foundationSt Alban Hall, Oxford, closed in 1882 and was demolished?
... thatRachel Sennott stars in two 2020 queer Jewish films about funerals, but is neither queer nor Jewish?

12 December 2020

12:00, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Sandister Tei

... thatWikimedian of the YearSandister Tei(pictured) of Ghana is a former multimedia journalist forAl Jazeera?
... that theAdvent song "Kündet allen in der Not", an appeal to those in need to take courage, was written byFriedrich Dörr, based onIsaiah's prophecy, in preparation of the 1975 CatholicGotteslob?
... thatPennsylvania Treasurer-electStacy Garrity was nicknamed "The Angel of the Desert" in theIraq War?
... that the developers ofSerious Sam's Bogus Detour created a free version of the game to enticepirates to buy the original?
... that newly foundedExeter Chiefs Women were given a place in the top flight of English women's rugby union ahead ofRichmond Women, historically one of the most successful teams in England?
... that inJustifying Genocide,Stefan Ihrig argues that many 1920s German nationalists viewed genocide as the "cost of doing political and military business in the twentieth century"?
... that theWaikiki Biltmore, which opened in 1955, was the first high-rise hotel built inWaikiki?
... that GeneralCharles Barton commanded the2nd Life Guards in thePeninsular War, and his great-grandson "Banjo" wrote the lyrics of "Waltzing Matilda"?

00:00, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Orange gumdrop sea slugs

... that acid secretions produced by theorange gumdrop sea slug(examples pictured) provide defence against predators such as sea anemones, fish, and crustaceans?
... thatsports photographerEleni Küreman was Turkey's first professional female photojournalist?
... thatAvengers: Endgame was untitled until December 2018, as its title was considered a spoiler for the film and its predecessor,Avengers: Infinity War?
... thatFactCheckArmenia.com falsely claimed that "no Armenians were harmed" during thedeportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915?
... thatIvan Camilleri, the incomingauxiliary bishop of theArchdiocese of Toronto, was an associate director of finance atBell Canada Enterprises before becoming a priest?
... that theBrooklyn Dodgers,New York Giants, andNew York Yankees played ina three-way baseball game in 1944?
... thatHelmut Koch, who conducted Monteverdi'sL'Orfeo in 1949, taught at theHochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", and continued the tradition of theBerliner Singakademie in East Berlin from 1963?
... thatLyndon B. Johnson usedthe same $80 desk as a senator, Vice President, and President of the United States?

11 December 2020

12:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Three young women, one seen from behind as she removes her sweater, one seated and pulling on stockings while the third looks on

1959 cover ofThe Girls in3-B

... thatThe Girls in3-B(cover pictured) was one of the first pulp-fiction novels to give a lesbian a happy ending?
... thatSilvio Meier has a street inBerlin and a square inBologna named after him?
... that the release of the 2001 Hindi filmChori Chori Chupke Chupke was delayed for several months due to allegations that it was funded by theMumbai underworld?
... thatCondescending Wonka is one of the most popularinternet memes?
... thatSheriff Paxton, who was called Canada's most beloved ice hockey official, would jokingly order a hanging for every individual who opposed him?
... thatTribhuvan andGyanendra each becameKing of Nepal twice?
... that after U.S. women secured theright to vote in 1920, those fromthe Southfought against paying a poll tax for the next 40 years?
... that medieval ceramics expertJean Le Patourel was also an expert in the archaeology of dog collars?

00:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Vivien Leigh andMarlon Brando inA Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

... that British thespianVivien Leigh(pictured) won both herAcademy Awards for Best Actressfor portraying women of theAmerican South?
... that cybercriminals usingRyuk malware took in more than $61 million in ransom payments between 2018 and 2019, according to theFBI?
... thatNCJW activistFlorence Lewis was invited by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy in 1963 to aWhite House discussion on how women's organizations could help solve civil rights issues?
... that in Russian folklore, theAlatyr is considered the "father to all stones"?
... thatBoom Hall was named after a defensive structure on theRiver Foyle that was breached during the 1689Siege of Derry?
... that thesopranoNina Dorliak recorded works byBach with her husband, the pianistSviatoslav Richter, sung in Russian?
... that theLos Angeles Times criticizedDisney for contracting their interactive storybooks to independent studios, deemingtheir series "a mere imitation" ofBroderbund'sLiving Books format?
... thatJohn Devonshire was supposed to stopUSS President putting to sea but didn't?

10 December 2020

12:00, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Shuttle-Centaur booster on display atGlenn Research Center

... that theShuttle-Centaur booster(test article pictured) was once intended to send a space probe to Jupiter?
... that the internal shell of the sea slugBerthella stellata is visible through its translucentmantle?
... that a video of ballerinaCarrie Imler dancing the 32fouetté turns fromSwan Lake went viral?
... that comedy groupPomato's creations include a skit about a boyfriend who did not understand the difference between asports bra and abra, and an advertisement for theHong Kong Police Force?
... thatorientalistGiuseppe Furlani organized the first and only Italian archaeological excavation inMesopotamia?
... that theRodin Studios has been described as "one of the most elegant studio and apartment buildings in New York", with a facade resembling cascades of Gothic decoration?
... that French writerMarie Chaix grew up unaware that her father was the right-hand man of the fascistFrench Popular Party leaderJacques Doriot, and later wrote a memoir about him?
... thatFukushima Industries' corporate mascot was originally calledFukuppy?

00:00, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Marjon Lambriks (right) with Paula Lindberg

... thatMarjon Lambriks, who studied voice in the Netherlands withPaula Lindberg(both pictured) and made a career in Vienna, recordedLa traviata alongsidePavarotti?
... thatHamro Lok Sanskriti (Our Folk Culture) was one of three books to win the firstMadan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour?
... thatThomas Paxton helped establish a saw mill, flour mill, foundry, and railway as a founding father ofPort Perry?
... that 18.33 inches (46.6 cm) of rain fell within 24 hours inGuam duringTyphoon Alice, a record for the territory that was not surpassed for another 23 years?
... that professional footballerShaun Brisley scored forPeterborough United in the2014 Football League Trophy Final after initially turning down a move to the club due to homesickness?
... that a two-year Native American housing protest group called theChicago Indian Village started next to theChicago Cubs home stadium,Wrigley Field?
... thatmedieval murals were discovered inBrönnestad Church in 1935, but not restored until 1980?
... that American historianSarah Wilkerson Freeman curated a photo exhibit depicting the fluidity of race, gender, and sexuality inNew Orleans during theMcCarthy era?

9 December 2020

12:00, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Bronze tiles of alewives at Alewife station

... that artwork atAlewife station includes curved benches,neon art, and depictions ofthe namesake fish(pictured)?
... that the far-right"Hannibal" network has been likened to a "shadow army"?
... thatKatie Lachapelle, head coach of theHoly Cross women's ice hockey team, was selected to be head coach of the 2021US women's national Under-18 ice hockey team?
... that the British Secretary at WarViscount Barrington anticipated the1766 food riots and pre-positioned troops to deal with them?
... that Kansas highwayK-23 is known as Main Street inCimarron,Dighton, andHoxie?
... thatcountertenorDavid Cordier performed operatic title roles such as Handel'sGiulio Cesare and one of the three sisters inTri sestry by Péter Eötvös?
... that beforeDaniel Chester French andHenry Bacon designed theLincoln Memorial, they collaborated on theJames Oglethorpe Monument inSavannah, Georgia?
... thatThe Descent of Woman by Welsh authorElaine Morgan contends that front-to-front sexual intercourse evolved from apes that lived in a semi-aquatic environment?

00:00, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Krzysztof Penderecki

... that aMagnificat was composed for the 1200th anniversary ofSalzburg Cathedral in 1974 byKrzysztof Penderecki(pictured) for two choirs of at least 24 voices, and conducted by him in the premiere?
... that in 2006, social-justice advocateRonnie L. Podolefsky represented six female athletes who accused their high-school basketball coach of sexual misconduct?
... that following theCommon Sense Revolution, the entire route ofOntario Highway 45 wasdownloaded from provincial oversight and redesignated as County Road 45?
... that in 1941, a group ofisolationist U.S. senatorsconducted an investigation into alleged "war propaganda" in Hollywood films?
... that whenPaulina died, her husbandPammachius received condolence letters fromSt Jerome andPaulinus of Nola?
... that the lighting ina portrait by David Hockney has been described as "icily arrogant"?
... that an extract ofnoodle seagrass inhibits the growth ofmicroalgae,mussels andlimpets?
... thatDouglas Stuart'sBooker Prize–winning debut novel,Shuggie Bain, was rejected by 32 publishers before being picked up?

8 December 2020

12:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Pere Marquette 18 under tow in the 1900s

... that the wreck of the train ferryPere Marquette 18(pictured) was discovered inLake Michigan 109 years after she sank?
... that London barristerImran Mahmood has written two thrillers, using the city's gang culture for one setting and its affluentMayfair district for the other?
... that part of the solution toair pollution in Turkey could beelectric ferries across theBosporus?
... that agun serial number can be any combination of numbers, letters or other symbols?
... that conductor and politicianKlaus Bernbacher was responsible for 600Radio Bremen music broadcasts, including of the original version of Schönberg'sGurre-Lieder?
... that some members of theUnited States Congress are assigned secret offices calledhideaways whose locations may be unknown even to their own staff?
... that the Bundestag apologized in 2016 for Imperial Germany's "inglorious role" in the Armenian Genocide?
... thatSalma wrote some of her works while sitting on the toilet, on pieces of paper ripped from calendars and notebooks?

00:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

David Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust Tour

... that on the final date of theZiggy Stardust Tour,David Bowie(pictured) said it was "the last show that we'll ever do"?
... thatBen Carter and his brother Tim played basketball for Team USA at the2013 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal?
... that an elevated section of theHigashi-Osaka Route lies over the remnants of a palace?
... that in paintingFirst Lady Michelle Obama,Amy Sherald was inspired by the way thequilters of Gee's Bend make clothing and fabric scraps into geometric works of art?
... that fossils of the extinct plantConcavistylon were first collected in the 1950s, but the genus was not formally described until 2018?
... that the Spanish writerEva Forest was imprisoned for alleged complicity in multiple terror attacks by the separatist groupETA?
... thatScary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular mixes 3D characters with 3D backgrounds black-edged to look 2D to avoid investors comparing it with theatrical CGI films?
... that in publishingLaura's Ghost, the author insisted the book cover show a photo ofLaura alive?

7 December 2020

12:00, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Surprise Attack title card

... that the 1951 British filmSurprise Attack(title card pictured) warned of the danger of not beingvaccinated against infectious diseases?
... thatRepresentative-electAugust Pfluger's great-great-great-great-grandfather foundedPflugerville, Texas?
... that in hisRequiem, premiered atLausanne Cathedral in 1973,Frank Martin scored the "Dies irae" for speaking choir and a "battery of percussion"?
... thatAbraham Pais's1982 biography of Albert Einstein was the first to focus onEinstein's scientific contributions as opposed to his life as a popular figure?
... thatPaul Foley, who played one match in hisfirst-class career, went on to co-found theMinor Counties Cricket Championship?
... that economistsWilliam Darity andDarrick Hamilton proposed the policy ofbaby bonds in 2010 as a mechanism to reduce theracial wealth gap in the United States?
... that the waspAndricus mukaigawae createsgalls onoak trees, and these may become occupied simultaneously by other species of wasp?
... thatPriscilla Jana, a South African human-rights lawyer of Indian descent, was the first woman to hugNelson Mandela in 13 years of imprisonment onRobben Island?

00:00, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

A Line bus at a station inSaint Paul, Minnesota

... that while its predecessor had 80 stops, Minnesota'sMetro A Line(bus pictured) has only 20, and completes the same route six to eight minutes faster?
... that computer science professorRuth Aylett performed with a robot poet in the EdinburghFree Fringe?
... that "Nun singt ein neues Lied dem Herren" is a 1967 paraphrase ofPsalm 98 by the Catholic theologianGeorg Thurmair set to a 16th-century melody?
... that the Belgian-bornPeter Verhaegen became a missionary toMissouri and obtainedSaint Louis University's state charter?
... thatCloudwater Brew Co's name is a translation of theZen Buddhist termunsui, meaning "cloud, water"?
... that amulti-component gas analyzer system can allow for real-time forecasting ofvolcanic eruptions?
... thatGalician Jewish scholarReuven Fahn wrote about theKaraite community ofHalicz?
... thatDonald Trump,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez andAlex Jones have all been described asExtremely Online?

6 December 2020

12:00, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Neil Druckmann

... that the themes of violence inThe Last of Us Part II were inspired byNeil Druckmann's(pictured) memories of watching footage of the2000 Ramallah lynching?
... that 25 million tourists—more than twice the population of the entire state—visited theMandakini River inUttarakhand in 2011?
... thatMichelle Curran is the only female flying with theUnited States Air Force Thunderbirds in the 2020 season?
... that in its early years, theUniversity of Calcutta held examinations in theKolkata Town Hall and in tents in theMaidan urban park?
... that as the governor of North Sumatra,Ulung Sitepu donated 2,400 bottles ofpassion fruit drinks for the inauguralGames of the New Emerging Forces?
... that224 West 57th Street was built as two separate automobile showrooms, which were occupied by their original clients for less than a decade after completion?
... thatHermann Schey, a Jewishbass-baritone, travelled regularly from Berlin to Amsterdam to perform in Bach'sSt Matthew Passion, and went into hiding there during World War II?
... that despite ampleepigraphic evidence mentioning his name, nothing is known aboutPhoenician kingYatonmilk's reign?

00:00, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Vivianne Miedema playing for Arsenal

... thatArsenal footballerVivianne Miedema(pictured) is the all-time leading scorer in theFA Women's Super League and has scored more goals at the international level than any other Dutch player?
... that in the 17th-centurycard game ofPenneech, named after its highest card, the seven of diamonds, thetrump suit changes with eachtrick?
... that to promote their 2011concept albumDavid Koresh Superstar, based on the 1993Waco siege, UK indie rock bandthe Indelicates created the video gameSuper David Koresh Attack?
... that Maine'sLewiston Daily Sun and its successor, theSun Journal, were owned by the same family—Louis B. Costello, his son, and grandson—for more than 70 years?
... that a petition by Canadian member of parliamentPierre Poilievre to stop theGreat Reset amassed 80,000 signatures after a conspiracy theory spread about it?
... thatAndrew Clyde became involved in politics after being subject to acivil asset forfeiture of nearly $1 million by theInternal Revenue Service?
... that thePlessey AR-3D made use of the annoying problem of "squint" to produce a simple3D radar?
... thatChorabari Lake no longer exists?

5 December 2020

12:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Christ Church, Marylebone, now Greenhouse Centre

... thatChrist Church, Marylebone(pictured), is now a sports centre?
... that as Master ofPierson College atYale University during World War II,Arnold Wolfers recruited students for theOffice of Strategic Services?
... that thestatue of Heydar Aliyev in Mexico City was meant to be displayed for 99 years, but was removed after five months?
... thatKylie Minogue wore aHysteric Glamour minidress on the cover of her fourth studio album,Let's Get to It?
... that Polish abstract painterPiotr Potworowski influenced the creative thinking of British painters at theBath Academy of Art?
... thata 2017 global women-leaders conference found that the chief barrier to leadership roles for women was a lack of mentoring?
... thatVerrucosa arenata is one of the few known largeorb-weaver spiders that sits facing upwards in its web?
... thatEric Kimaiyo won the 2003Baltimore Marathon in asprint finish with one of the athletes that he trained?

00:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Barbara Stanwyck inBall of Fire (1941)

... that prolific actressBarbara Stanwyck(pictured) received fourBest Actress nominations without a win, and was given an honoraryOscar in 1982 forher contributions to the film industry?
... that on this day in 1914,W. F. Taylor became the first president of theCanadian Amateur Hockey Association?
... that Nazi officials took advantage ofnational indifference to sign more people up to theVolksliste?
... that 185 Spanish-language radio stations aired the astronomy programUniverso produced byKXCR ofEl Paso, Texas?
... thatTarabya I of Pakhan became governor ofPagan despite his subpar performance in theForty Years' War?
... thatOxonmoot is an annual conference and fan convention in Oxford dedicated to the life and works ofJ. R. R. Tolkien?
... thatMary Fowkes's autopsies onCOVID-19 victims helped identify long-term debilitating effects of the virus, including its impact on the heart and the brain?
... that afterSwampy was evicted fromJones Hill Wood, rarebarbastelle bats were discovered to be living there?

4 December 2020

12:00, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

510 Fifth Avenue

... that the primarily glass facade of510 Fifth Avenue(pictured) was said to have "led the banking profession out of the cellar and onto the street"?
... thatArsenal Women's11–1 win over Bristol City at Meadow Park in 2019 was the widest margin of victory in the history of theFA Women's Super League?
... thatPierre Dufault reported on theMunich massacre at the1972 Summer Olympics and claimed to have been the first reporter at the scene?
... that the1985–86 Hormel meatpacking plant strike was the subject of bothan Academy Award–winning film and a stage play by theChildren's Theatre Company?
... that due to theliving instrument doctrine, theEuropean Court of Human Rights ruled that "it is no longer considered to be necessary or appropriate" to criminalize homosexuality?
... thatGolden Age of Radio singerHarriet Lee had her own television show in 1931?
... that the bacteriumDelftia lacustris could be used in combination with acrust fungus in thebioremediation of petrochemical wastewater?
... that folklorist and archaeologistEthel Rudkin was the first to quantify and categorise sightings of ghostlyblack dogs?

00:00, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Sadko

... that the submarineSadko(pictured) carries up to 40 tourists and has 22 underwater portholes?
... thatRudolf Gerlach-Rusnak was the stage name of atenor from Ukraine, with the first name chosen for his favourite role inLa bohème?
... thatCoretta Scott King condemned the music video forPublic Enemy's "By the Time I Get to Arizona", which depicts violent revenge for her assassinated husband?
... that the 1922 electoral platform of theUnion of Town and Country Proletariat called for the creation of a World Federation of Socialist Republics?
... that NASA engineerWilliam H. Robbins worked on what was the world's largest windmill when it was dedicated in 1979?
... that theCanadian Toy Testing Council often had a waiting list of families wanting to test toys and games?
... thatDolores Cabrera y Heredia, a SpanishRomantic poet and novelist, was a prominent member ofHermandad Lírica (Lyrical Sisterhood)?
... thatLeonardo DiCaprio actually set actors on fire with his flamethrower in the 2019 filmOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood?

3 December 2020

12:00, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg

... that actressNorma Shearer posed for a glamor photoshoot to convince her producer-husbandIrving Thalberg(both pictured) that her sexual allure would translate to filmfor the lead role inThe Divorcee?
... that thegoldenrod crab spider can change colors between white and yellow depending on the color of the flowers on which it lives?
... thatHermann Wiedemann, who sang the role of Beckmesser inToscanini's recording ofDie Meistersinger, appeared as Faninal inDer Rosenkavalier at theVienna State Opera 196 times?
... that thelehenga was the traditional dress of women belonging to theBettiah Christian ethnoreligious community of India?
... thatJames M. Canty became the first Superintendent of Mechanical Industries atWest Virginia State University following a recommendation fromBooker T. Washington?
... that at least 90 percent of intermarried spouses in Nazi Germany and Austriarefused to divorce Jewish partners despite intimidation by the Gestapo?
... thatJapan National Route 281 served as an evacuation route for the city ofKuji following the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami?
... that music criticGreg Kot described "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" as "despicable misogyny", but listed it among his guilty pleasures because the "rawwwk doesn't get much rawer"?

00:00, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Donat Henchy O'Brien

... that during the Napoleonic Wars,Donat Henchy O'Brien(pictured) escaped French captivity atBitche and rejoined the Royal Navy atTrieste?
... that the developers of the video gameSerious Sam: Next Encounter kept up morale by sharing their highscores via internalmessage boards?
... thatDavid Bonnar, the incomingbishop of Youngstown, served as chaplain of thePittsburgh Steelers and editor ofThe Priest?
... thatinter-service cooperation was one of the most important lessons of theBangladesh war for India?
... that for a halfpenny fare, children could ride on a small chariot drawn by four muzzledmastiffs to theFarthing Pie House?
... that SwissbassPeter Lagger performed in the world premieres of Louise Talma'sDie Alkestiade at theOper Frankfurt and of Penderecki's "Magnificat" at theSalzburg Festival?
... that when news reporters were accused of trying to force the outcome of the1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, one of them said he was prepared to be shot if found guilty?
... that Britain's 1977Coal Queen won her weight inBabycham?

2 December 2020

00:00, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Saint Ninnoc

... thatSaint Ninnoc(depicted) is often shown with a stag lying at her feet, said to represent the at-risk women who came under her guardianship?
... that Ugandan presidentIdi Amin reportedly shot dead the leader of theArube uprising when the latter tried to arrest him?
... that a reviewer ofThe Collapse of Price's Raid stated that the lack of maps in the book would force many reviewers to use an atlas to follow the narrative?
... that as a music teacher, Canadian classical pianistMargaret Miller Brown was known as a "tough taskmistress"?
... that theGainsborough Studios, a cooperative apartment for artists, was legally classified as a hotel to circumvent zoning restrictions on residential building heights?
... thatBodashtart,King of Sidon, left some 30 dedicatory inscriptions at theTemple of Eshmun?
... that thePorcupine Freedom Festival has been described as "thelibertarian version ofBurning Man"?
... thatSydney D. Bailey, an expert on international affairs and author of 17 books, left school by the age of 16 and taught himselfpolitical science?

1 December 2020

00:00, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Squared stone arch reading "Talat Pasa 1874-1921" over a stone sarcophagus

Talaat Pasha's tomb at theMonument of Liberty, Istanbul

... that the architect of the Armenian genocide,Talaat Pasha, isburied under a monument(pictured) dedicated to "heroes of the fatherland"?
... thatMauree Turner is the first publiclynon-binary individual elected to aU.S. state legislature?
... that theannual Indian sports awards ceremony at thePresidential Palace includes awardsfor adventure,for the top-performing university, andfor sports promotion?
... that, by choosing the content included in his classic1953 introductory textbook on the subject,Charles Kittel helped define the field ofsolid-state physics?
... thatKwangchul Youn, abass from South Korea, appeared as Gurnemanz inParsifal at theBayreuth Festival, asMephisto at theVienna State Opera, and asKing Marke at theMetropolitan Opera?
... that the U.S. and Canada engaged ina fishing war in the 1990s?
... that a reviewer expressed doubts that the plot of24 Japan would be accepted by the viewing public since a major terror attack had not occurred in Japan for decades?
... that White House correspondentBryson Rash started in radio at the age of 12 by voicingBuster Brown?

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