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29 February 2020

01:06, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

[[File:|x110px|Russian naval operations off the coast
of Syria ]]

Russian naval operations off the coast
of Syria

... that Vice-AdmiralViktor Sokolov was thanked by thechief of the Russian general staff for commanding a naval task force during theintervention in Syria(naval operations shown)?
... thatMark Williams won a snooker match at the2020 World Grand Prix despite suffering fromgout?
... that the U.S. government has tried to preventOmar Lorméndez Pitalúa from accessing the international financial sector?
... thatAlte Liebe (Old Love) is a novel about a couple married for 40 years, told by a couple married longer but separated, with chapters written alternately by wife and husband?
... that South Korean businessmanChung Mong-won, an honorary consul of Slovenia, will be inducted into theInternational Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2020?
... that themilitary of the Sasanian Empire used an uncharacterized device or technique calledpanjagan to fire a volley of five arrows?
... thatJohn Thomas Baldwin, a botanist at theCollege of William & Mary, fined a group of students $100 after they cut down one of his specimens for use as a Christmas tree?

28 February 2020

01:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Model ofFengyun-2

... thatWei Zhongquan, the chief designer of theFengyun-2 satellite(model pictured), was rescued by his colleagues when it burst into flames on the eve of its scheduled launch?
... that in addition to its retail operations, Japanese used goods chainK-Books operates abutler café?
... that Canadian professorGeorges Larivière conducted a research project in which atransceiver is inserted into ahockey helmet to communicate directly with ice hockey players?
... that the 2018 indie video gamePast Cure was developed by a team from Turkey, Belgium, Egypt, Romania, England, and North Macedonia?
... thatSuki Lopez auditioned forSesame Street by having aheart-to-heart conversation with someone performing asElmo?
... thata fishing boat capsized and sank in 1948 off the Maltese island ofGozo after too many passengers had insisted on boarding it?
... thatMargaret Barr Fulton was the first qualifiedoccupational therapist to work in the UK?
... that Deno Vourderis promisedConey Island'sWonder Wheel to his future wife as a gift 36 years before buying it?

27 February 2020

00:56, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Oscar Pfaus

... thatAbwehr agent and Nazi propagandistOscar Pfaus(pictured) once served in theU.S. Army?
... that 2019 concerts in the 19th-centuryBergkirche inWiesbaden, Germany, included Pärt'sPassio and Handel'sMessiah?
... thatDorothy Doolittle, winner of the inauguralChicago Marathon, was later an assistant coach for the U.S. team at the1992 Summer Olympics?
... that in a Europe-wide study, theboreal ensign scale was found to be the most commonscale insect present in soil?
... thatChun Chik-yu, a descendant ofHawaiian chiefs, served as governor ofGuangdong province in China?
... that theBand of the National Police of Peru has the oldest music library in the country?
... that in 2016,Alice Dearing became the first British swimmer to win a gold medal at the World Junior Open Water Championships?
... thatVint Cerf performed a striptease in a three-piece suit during theProtocol Wars?

26 February 2020

00:00, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Huer's Hut

... that a lookout known as ahuer would be posted to theHuer's Hut(pictured) inNewquay, Cornwall, to watch for the arrival ofpilchards?
... that in 1965, U.S. civil rights activistJohn Hulett became one of the first two black voters inLowndes County, Alabama, in more than six decades?
... thatWerner Herzog, who playsThe Client inThe Mandalorian, has called the show's producers "cowards" for considering the use of computer-generated imagery for "Baby Yoda"?
... thatIrish republican activistMichael Davitt hated the British empire, but actually liked English people?
... that in his 1831 chorale cantataVerleih uns Frieden,Mendelssohn setLuther's Germanprayer for peace to a new melody?
... that British screenwriterGaby Chiappe has worked with theRape Crisis centre inLeeds to develop a storyline about rape?
... that New York City'sDowntown Athletic Club, for white-collar workers ofLower Manhattan, did not accept female members for 51 years?
... that cricketerAtharva Ankolekar's father placed acricket bat near his crib on the day he was born?

25 February 2020

00:00, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Five views of a laciniate conch shell

... that thelaciniate conch(shell pictured) is able to flip itself off the seabed using its muscular foot?
... thatVirginia Walker was signed to a Hollywood film contract on the basis of her picture in a magazine advertisement for soap?
... that Scandinaviansagas were the first to useEistland as aname for Estonia?
... thatEnno Stephan's bookGeheimauftrag Irland caused embarrassment in Ireland when it revealed details ofNazi espionage in the country?
... thatThe Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith was filmed in Fiji to take advantage of the country's 47-percent tax rebate for films made there?
... that theLeeds-based software companyVisionware represented amanagement buyout success story from the failure of a once much larger British company?
... that afterCaroline Pafford Miller won thePulitzer Prize for Fiction for her first novel, she received a letter fromMargaret Mitchell saying that it was her "favorite book"?
... that rappersFuture andDrakeworked at McDonald's for a day?

24 February 2020

00:00, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Flag of Spokane, Washington

... that theflag of Spokane, Washington(pictured), was taken to the summit ofMount Everest in 1981?
... thatHildegard Heichele, a soprano of theOper Frankfurt known for performing Mozart roles, appears as Adele on a DVD ofJohann Strauss II'sDie Fledermaus from theRoyal Opera House?
... thatThe Patient Assassin, a biography ofUdham Singh byAnita Anand, uses evidence from documents released under the UK'sFreedom of Information Act?
... that after being treated foruterine cancer,Ai Kidosaki taught cooking to hospital employees?
... thatMichael Waltrip's 2019 documentary filmBlink of an Eye has been called "NASCAR's answer toSenna"?
... thatAl Ahed FC became the first Lebanese association football club to win theAFC Cup?
... that in 2003, a painting byNazlı Ecevit was hung in the workplace of theTurkish prime minister, an office that her sonBülent Ecevit had previously held?
... that theBattle of Drepana was ill-fated for the Romans because theirsacred chickens refused to eat?
... that at the age of 17,Esther Arditi saved a pilot and a navigator from a burning plane?

23 February 2020

00:00, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Reception to Washington on April 21, 1789, at Trenton by Wyeth

... thata painting(pictured) byN. C. Wyeth portrayingGeorge Washington's reception at Trenton was the most expensive gift ever given toThomas Edison State University?
... thatRon Berteling is the first Dutch ice hockey player to beknighted by the Netherlands?
... that on this day in 1814,a tsar,a king, anda princemet at Troyes to discuss their war againstNapoleon?
... thatNino Tkeshelashvili and other earlyGeorgian feminists campaigned to uphold women's "moral standards", labelingprostitution a "social evil"?
... thatJohn F. Kennedy used the first satellite in ageosynchronous orbit to phone Nigerian prime ministerAbubakar Tafawa Balewa from a ship?
... thatGustav Brecher, who conducted the world premieres ofJonny spielt auf andRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at theLeipzig Opera, was dismissed by the Nazis in 1933?
... that a section ofJapan National Route 339 onCape Tappi is a staircase?
... that fashion historianCaroline Weber discovered two lost essays byMarcel Proust while researching one of her books?

22 February 2020

00:00, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Mrs. Samuel Powel byMatthew Pratt

... that it was reportedlyElizabeth Willing Powel(pictured) who askedBenjamin Franklin whether the United States was to be "a republic or a monarchy", to which he responded: "A republic ... if you can keep it"?
... that thespecific name ofPterophorus pentadactyla, commonly known as the white plume moth, comes from the Greek for 'five fingers'?
... that Dutch baritoneJohn Bröcheler first sang concerts including world premieres, but was "discovered" for opera in a role of Donizetti'sMaria Stuarda alongsideJoan Sutherland?
... that althoughveneration of the dead is often consideredblasphemy in Islam,Sukarno's grave inBlitar receives tens of thousands ofJavanese Muslims each year seeking his spiritual blessing?
... thatEphraim Bacon, a leader of theAmerican Colonization Society expedition that founded Liberia, fled to Barbados after coming down with a fever?
... thatSuper Lemon Haze is an award-winningcannabis strain that commonly exhibitslimonene, an organic compound also found in lemons?
... that researcherHeejung Kim found that the influence of theoxytocin receptor gene OXTR on social behavior depends on cultural context?
... that Mexican indigenous radio stationLa Voz de los Chontales returns today after beingsilent for more than 30 years?

21 February 2020

00:00, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Fountain figure byAndrea della Robbia, Florence,c. 1490

... that depictions ofurinating boys(example pictured) inRenaissance art could alternatively represent boyish innocence or erotic virility?
... thatKeith Sebelius voted against theWar Powers Resolution, but supported capping the U.S. military at 400,000 troops overseas?
... thatBlue Square owned the franchise rights for operatingIKEA in Israel during the 1990s?
... thatWilliam Dorsey Swann was the first American on record who pursued legal and political action to defend theLGBTQ community's right to gather?
... that theLittle Cross monument inElgin, Scotland, was listed as aCategory A building in 1971?
... thatJózef Walaszczyk had to collect one kilogram (2.2 lb) of gold within five hours to save 21 Jews?
... that the best-selling novelDear Edward was inspired bya real-life plane crash in which a nine-year-old boy was thesole survivor?
... thatKanye West sold hisMaybach to buy aPolar Bear?

20 February 2020

00:00, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Great Hall of the Cunard Building

... that the Great Hall(pictured) of New York City'sCunard Building was formerly used as a post office?
... thatFrench Resistance fighterHenri Fertet was executed byoccupying German forces during World War II at the age of 16?
... that Israeli supermarket chainYeinot Bitan purchased its rival, Mega, in 2015, becoming the country's second-largest by number of branches?
... that as a child, Indian archery championPravin Jadhav was undernourished and lived in a shack near a drain?
... that theFirst Baptist Church is Toronto's oldest black institution?
... that thecoloratura sopranoJulia Bauer played five roles inDer Ring in Minden, including her on-stage portrayal of the Forest Bird inSiegfried?
... that the local medical officer thought it "inconceivable" that theCroydon typhoid outbreak of 1937 was caused by contaminated water?
... thatDua Saleh's debut single "First Take" was recorded in a singletake?

19 February 2020

00:00, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Annelien Van Wauwe

... that theyoga breathing and meditation practiced by clarinetistAnnelien Van Wauwe(pictured) led to a specially commissioned concerto by composerWim Henderickx?
... that physicistJohn Bell publishedthe theorem that now bears his name in a journal sometimes called by the unusual titlePhysics Physique Физика?
... thatRoland Kotani, a member of theHawaii House of Representatives, was murdered by his estranged wife in 1989?
... thatKanye West credits creating "an album for God" for being able to collaborate withDr. Dre on the upcomingJesus Is King Part II?
... that Indonesian-bornWang Wenjiao andChen Fushou coached the Chinese national men's and women's badminton teams to win fourThomas Cups and twoUber Cups, respectively?
... that allJohn F. Kennedy talked about on his way to and fromchurch in England was theProfumo affair?
... thatTed Robbins was the longest-serving secretary in the history of theFootball Association of Wales?
... that as part of a restoration of New York City'sBryant Park, 84 miles (135 km) of bookshelves were built underneath it?

18 February 2020

12:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Blue Bridge on the A1206

... that the names of several side roads and buildings along theA1206(bridge pictured) in London relate to theIsle of Dogs' connection with the shipping industry?
... thatVasily Bakalov oversaw the design of weapon systems to destroy tanks, such as the9M113 Konkurs, and to protect tanks, such as theDrozd?
... thatNewsweek described theGoucher College campus inTowson, Maryland, as "unusually bucolic"?
... that in the 1830s, aMère inLyon, France, became famous for her creationTétons de Venus ('Venus's Breasts'), a dish of giant dumplings that was popular atbachelor parties?
... that the church ofSanta Maria della Purità in Rome was managed bycaudatari, priests whose main task was to carry thetrains of the pope or cardinals?
... thatSamuel Bacon, government agent on the firstAmerican Colonization Society expedition, died of "actual exhaustion" soon after arriving in Africa?
... thatThe Myth of the Eastern Front explores the parallels between themyth of the clean Wehrmacht and theLost Cause of the Confederacy?
... thatLisa Cristiani was the first European to hold public musical concerts inSiberia?

00:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Sir Thomas Byron

... thatSir Thomas Byron(pictured) was killed during theFirst English Civil War by one of his own soldiers over a pay dispute?
... that rapperJay Electronica began recording his debut studio albumA Written Testimony in December 2019, despite announcing a sequel tohis first mixtape 13 years ago?
... thatAnwar Tjokroaminoto was known as "Mr. Pervert"?
... that theRockville Centre train crash was one of twoLong Island Rail Road crashes in 1950 which collectively killed more than 100 people?
... thatFlying Apsaras Award winnerTian Chengren worked as an actor until the age of 92?
... that the demolishedBorgo Vecchio in Rome may have beenthe road down whichChristian martyrs walked when going to theCircus of Nero to be executed?
... thatClaudeen Arthur was the firstNavajo woman to be licensed as a lawyer in the U.S.?
... that Grace Buxner said when the developers ofSuperhot noticed her "cool frog game, they were like 'hmmm... what if..... money?????'"

17 February 2020

12:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

1873 cartoon ridiculing the Salary Grab Act

... that until theSalary Grab Act(cartoon pictured) was passed in 1873, PresidentUlysses S. Grant earned the same salary asGeorge Washington did 80 years earlier?
... thatZhang Changshou co-led a Sino-American archaeological project investigating sites that were sometimes buried under more than 10 meters (33 ft) ofalluvium?
... that "The Night We Met", a song by indie-folk bandLord Huron, was certifiedtwo-times platinum nearly two years after its initial release?
... that prior to becoming Google India's manager,Sanjay Gupta was credited for expandingStar India's sports business by launchingPro Kabaddi League andIndian Super League?
... that the copepodMesocyclops longisetus can be used in thebiological control of mosquitoes?
... that Egyptian radiologistSahar Saleem has used CT scans ofTutankhamun's body to theorise that he died from the effects of a knee fracture?
... that the third ofClaude Debussy's threeNocturnes for orchestra requires a women's chorus to sing wordlessly likesirens?
... that English footballerMark Bright was a foster child, started on wages of £10 a week, and has gone on to earn £1.2 million during his career?

00:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

William Morrison's electric automobile

... that in 1890William Morrison invented the first successful practical electric automobile(illustration shown) in the United States?
... thattime decompression is a common narrative technique insports manga, withone series stretching a four-month basketball season into six years' worth of weekly stories?
... thatAlbert William Bailey translated theGospel of John into theMbunda language in 1916?
... that theLittle Cut, a quarter-mile (0.4 km) branch of theLeeds and Liverpool Canal, had the only tunnel containing atowpath on the entire 127-mile (204 km) canal?
... thatWang Jin, one of China's first female archaeologists, participated in the discovery of the NeolithicQujialing culture?
... that the music video forFaith No More's "Anne's Song" features a cagedChuck Mosley being tormented byMetallica'sJames Hetfield?
... thatWolfgang Rehm worked on theNeue Mozart-Ausgabe from the beginning of the project in 1955 to its completion in 2007?
... that in 1979, the initialsCIRALG were said to "spell power in central Iowa"?

16 February 2020

12:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Teraupo'o and his family

... thatRaiatean chiefTeraupo'o(pictured) was captured on the night of15–16 February 1897 and sent into exile for leading an indigenous resistance againstthe French takeover of theLeeward Islands?
... thata fire training academy in the state ofWashington has been designated as a quarantine site duringthe current coronavirus outbreak?
... that in his balletAlice im Wunderland, composerHerbert Baumann madethe story's author a character?
... thatLeprous's 2019 albumPitfalls took shape from its songwriter's depression and anxiety?
... that American missionaryWilliam Harrison Anderson staked a land claim inRhodesia for theRusangu Mission by carving a message on a tree trunk?
... that groups ofsocial feather dusters sway in unison in the water current and retract into their tubes at the slightest disturbance?
... thatAnoosh Masood Chaudhry completed a medical degree before entering law enforcement and becoming anassistant superintendent of police?
... that to commemorate its newcall letters in 1938, radio stationKITE inKansas City, Missouri, gave away 15,000 kites to children?

00:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Façade of Swanage Town Hall

... that according to a 1930s critic, "If ever a book comes to be written onHow to Murder Architecture, theSwanage Town Hall(pictured) should find a place therein"?
... thatElke Heidenreich, two-time winner of theGrimme television award, wrote the bookNero Corleone featuring a tomcat as the bullying protagonist?
... that the 2020 operaEurydice was created by threegeniuses?
... that during theBattle of Kalijati, aRoyal Air Force pilot managed to creep into his plane under Japanese fire and take off with it?
... that while other 1978Chicago Marathon runners complained the late start meant finishing in 80 °F (27 °C) heat, winnerLynae Larson was concerned about its effect on her six-hour drive home?
... that theDoctor Who storyPlanet of Giants was inspired byRachel Carson's 1962 environmental science bookSilent Spring?
... thatJohn Clark Murray was the first professor atQueen's University at Kingston to offer courses to women?
... thatcommon lousewort owes its name to the belief that livestock that ate it would becomelousy?

15 February 2020

12:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

William S. Hillyer

... thatWilliam S. Hillyer(pictured) transcribed and deliveredUnion Army generalUlysses S. Grant's famous words, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted"?
... that two cinemas, a bank, and a pub are now used asplaces of worship in Portsmouth, England?
... that Swedish actorChristopher Wollter started his career as a teenage reporter for theSVT children's television showBarnjournalen?
... that the bookYoga Body asserts thatyoga as exercise is a radical break from the spiritualhatha yoga tradition?
... that several mechanics of theTurboGrafx-16 gameSoldier Blade were mistakenly changed due to miscommunication between the designer and staff?
... that the young, attractive, and date-able portrayal ofColonel Sanders ina parody dating sim is part of an effort byKFC to make the Colonel a "part of pop culture"?
... thatCarlos Vives once invited Paraguayan violinistAna Lucrecia Taglioretti to play with him on stage after she tried to sneak into his concert without a ticket?
... that viewers complained when the first episode ofLiving on the Veg, a vegancookery programme, was broadcast with a sponsor's advertisements showing animal products?

00:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Diego in 2009

... thatDiego(pictured) "had so much sex he saved his species"?
... that for three months afterMichael Rosenblum's disappearance 40 years ago today, the local police did not tell anyone that they had the car he had been driving?
... that theAger Vaticanusalluvial plain in Rome was known for its unhealthy climate and bad wine?
... thatShirley Temple's mother tried to get the "notably talented and cute"Johnnie Russell fired from the set ofThe Blue Bird so that he would not share screen time with her daughter?
... that even after losing at the2020 German Masters snooker tournament,Sunny Akani continued to play on the practice tables at the venue for a further two days?
... thatMilton Tower was the birthplace ofJohn Ogilvie, Scotland's only post-Reformation Catholic saint?
... thatCai Shaoqing's research showed that militarization and banditry fuelled each other during China'sWarlord Era?
... that at a meeting about zoning for a tower forKUCB-FM inDes Moines, Iowa, a radio station board member hurled a wastebasket at the chairman of the city zoning board?

14 February 2020

12:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

East face of St Leonard's Tower

... thatWilliam III's first proclamation in England was made near the site ofSt Leonard's Tower(pictured) inNewton Abbot?
... thatTeno Roncalio, the last Democratic representative from Wyoming, hadland claims along theSnake River worth an estimated US$7 billion in gold?
... that from 1938, theSlovak People's Partydenounced Czechs as "enemies and pests" of the nation?
... that neuroscientistKate Jeffery correctly predicted that her postdoctoral advisorJohn O'Keefe would win aNobel Prize in 2014?
... that American military personnel takenprisoner of war have aduty to escape?
... thatNintendo planned to supportAnimal Crossing Plaza for only a limited period, and discontinued the application after less than 17 months?
... thatThomas Jefferson Vance Owen, the first school commissioner ofCook County, Illinois, and Chicago's first town president, was responsible for indirectly namingGrand Avenue?
... that after the closure ofTranvía Villasegura,Tenerife's first tram system, in the 1950s, one of the trams was reused as a bar?

00:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

George Charles Moʻoheau Beckley

... thatGeorge Charles Moʻoheau Beckley(pictured) claimed that he beat KingKalākaua of Hawaii in a game of poker and asked for a tax reduction in lieu of cash?
... that theSeattle high-rise buildingThird and Lenora lost its main tenant,WeWork, before it was completed?
... thatEdward IV of England is traditionally said to have first met his wife,Elizabeth Woodville, under theQueen's Oak inNorthamptonshire?
... that civil servantLou Lefaive was described as a "key builder of the Canadian sport system"?
... that the 1941 essay "Who Goes Nazi?" byDorothy Thompson was referenced by media outlets in commentary on the2016 U.S. presidential election?
... that thehairy sea cucumber has longtube feet on its dorsal surface, giving it a furry appearance?
... that the airstrike that killed three-year-oldMilica Rakić during the 1999bombing of Yugoslavia also wounded five other civilians?
... that the champions of the2015 Camellia Bowl, theAppalachian State Mountaineers, became the first team to win a collegebowl game in their first year of eligibility?

13 February 2020

12:00, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Grave-watcher's hut at St Thomas à Becket Church

... that the churchyard ofSt Thomas à Becket Church, Warblington – aplace of worship in the Borough of Havant – has two huts(one pictured) in which grave-watchers kept a lookout forbody snatchers?
... thatGujarati humouristRatilal Borisagar was awarded theSahitya Akademi Award by India'sNational Academy of Letters in 2019?
... thatBrewer, the fictional Pennsylvania city inJohn Updike'sRabbit novels, reflects change in American society throughout the second half of the 20th century?
... that musicologistUlrich Konrad studied sketches thatWolfgang Amadé Mozart made for composition, and concluded that the composer planned his works more thoroughly than previously assumed?
... that Brenda Nelson, host of theTalk of the Town interview program onKTLO-FM inMountain Home, Arkansas, retired after doing more than 8,000 interviews over 34 years?
... that after examining serial rapistReynhard Sinaga's mobile phone, police discovered more than threeterabytes of digital video evidence of his assaults?
... that Dutch forces surrendered to Japanese invaders after their defeat in theBattle of Tjiater Pass because they did not want to fight inBandung?
... that in anAlden Rowing boat, you can expect your seat to slide out from under you?

00:00, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Lemon slug

... thatHack Fall Wood inNorth Yorkshire, England, hosts the rarelemon slug(example pictured)?
... that a pair of brothers – future meteorologistTom Skilling and futureEnron CEOJeffrey Skilling – worked atWLXT-TV inAurora, Illinois, while in high school?
... thatThe Duke's Diwan was built in 1924 as the first post office inAmman, Jordan?
... that painterFang Zengxian served as president of theShanghai Art Museum, and founded theShanghai Biennale?
... that one of the three gunmen involved in the 1991Boston Chinatown massacre has not yet been found despite a "worldwide hunt"?
... that a live-action video adapting scenes from the mangaThe Way of the Househusband was produced to commemorate the series reaching 1.2 million copies in print?
... that a stanza from "Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit", a GermanLutheran hymn, was used inPart V of Bach'sChristmas Oratorio?
... thatElin C. Danien, an expert on ancientMaya ceramics, claimed that "archaeology is the most fun you can have with your pants on"?

12 February 2020

12:00, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Ruins of Castle Folds and Great Asby Scar

... thatCastle Folds is surrounded byGreat Asby Scar(pictured)?
... thatDagmar Schmidt, elected to theBundestag shortly after giving birth to a son withDown syndrome, stated in a debate aboutprenatal testing that there should be a "right not to know"?
... thatFry'svegan meat was created by a former livestock trader?
... that the child queenMargaret, Maid of Norway, died before reaching Scotland, so her place in the list of Scottish monarchs is in dispute?
... that the2002 World Matchplay saw the firstnine-dart finish to be broadcast live in the United Kingdom?
... that the Hong Kong government withdrew their decision to useFai Ming Estate as a quarantine facility following protests from nearby residents?
... that since its completion in 2015,Liberty Plaza inAtlanta has hosted demonstrations for bothMarch for Our Lives and theSeptember 2019 climate strikes?
... thatBrian Lohse was elected to theIowa House of Representatives in 2018, six years after he and his wife wonUS$202 million in the state'sPowerball lottery jackpot?

00:00, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Gudrun Pausewang

... thatDie Wolke ('The Cloud'), a young-adult novel byGudrun Pausewang(pictured) written after theChernobyl disaster, was translated into English asFall-Out?
... thatMa Guoqiang, the top government official inWuhan, served as chairman ofChina's largest steelmaker until less than two years ago?
... thatNeil Robertson won the2020 European Masters snooker tournament in a9–0whitewash, the first time since 1989 that a two-session finalist did not win aframe?
... that radio stationKROF derived itscall sign from the three major products ofVermilion Parish, Louisiana – rice, oil, and furs?
... thatLe Than Bwa, a 15th-century commander-in-chief ofAva forces, left the battle scene after receiving a large bribe fromthe enemy, forcing KingNyo to fleeAva shortly afterwards?
... that the 2018 American superhero filmDeadpool 2 wasnominated for fifteen Golden Trailer Awards?
... that prior to becomingpresident of Loyola College in Maryland,Joseph A. Canning spent eight years as a missionary in Jamaica?
... that by the end of theNapoleonic Wars, France was conscriptingmen shorter than five feet (1.5 m) tall?

11 February 2020

12:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Cadets of the Far Eastern Higher
Combined Arms Command School

... that Russia'sFar Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School(cadets pictured) celebrates its 80th anniversary today?
... that gerontologistElaine Brody used the term "women in the middle" to refer to women who care for their elderly parents while raising their children?
... that the Australian national cricket team's1999 tour of the West Indies was the first four-match series in the history ofTest cricket to finish2–2?
... that award-winning typeface designerColin Brignall had no formal training intypography?
... that the 1939 defeat ofRepublican Spain in theSpanish Civil War marked the end of the "classical era" of thehistory of anarchism?
... that the 67-storyQueens Plaza Park inQueens will incorporate the borough's first skyscraper, a 14-story clock tower?
... thatOsbern fitzRichard is considered anEnglish feudal baron because he heldRichard's Castle as tenant-in-chief in 1086?
... thatMarisol loves Julio, but not enough to die for him?

00:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Exterior of the pilgrimage church

... thatMaria, Königin des Friedens(pictured), aBrutalist pilgrimage church inNeviges, Germany, has become architectGottfried Böhm's signature building?
... that debate over theCranfield experiments ininformation retrieval went "well beyond the boundaries of civility"?
... that French historianJean Delumeau was a prominent figure in thehistory of mentalities?
... thatWCAE, the first educational television station inIndiana, received more support from viewers inIllinois than in its own state?
... that Swedish pianistPutte Nelsson has backed upRicky Martin,Mariah Carey, andMary J. Blige?
... thatJen Wang wroteThe Prince and the Dressmaker in part because she wanted to tell the story of a superhero who could create clothes that transformed those who wore them?
... that although thebird of paradise fly was first described from anAngophora tree, it is quite likely that this is not the insect's host plant?
... that after her speech on the subject of marriage to the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales in 1891,Eliza Ashton was accused of promoting "free love" and prostitution?

10 February 2020

12:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Sand sculpture ofChamundeshwari inMysore

... that 115 truckloads of construction sand were used to create 150sand sculptures(example pictured) at theMysore Sand Sculpture Museum?
... thatGai Mizuki andTakeshi Matsu are among the artists featured inMassive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It, the first English-language anthology ofgay manga?
... that theAmerican Express Building inManhattan replaced a pair ofbrownstone structures that were described as being "among the ancient landmarks" onBroadway?
... thatEgon Hartmann won a competition to designStalinallee in East Berlin?
... that equipment from defunct television stationWTVI inFort Pierce, Florida, was sold to start an unrelatedWTVI inCharlotte, North Carolina?
... that theTedder certificate was awarded by the British government to foreign citizens who assisted Allied prisoners of war to escape German captivity during the Second World War?
... that after the devastating2010 and2011 Christchurch earthquakes, the New Zealand government "red-zoned", purchased, and demolished 8,000 houses?
... that the idea for theTwilight novel series came toStephenie Meyer in a dream?

00:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Chapel of Greenwich Hospital

... thatJohn Papworth created theplasterwork on the ceiling of theGreenwich Hospital chapel(pictured) in London when it was rebuilt in the 1780s after a fire?
... that participants in one ofDirshu's intensive study programs are tested on their knowledge of all2,711 pages of theTalmud at the end of the seven-and-a-half-yearDaf Yomi cycle?
... that epidemiologistLi Lanjuan was the first to proposea lockdown ofWuhan duringthe present coronavirus outbreak?
... thatSitka Sedge State Natural Area, a pristine estuary in Oregon, almost became a golf course?
... that different versions of the song "Danzen! Futari wa Pretty Cure" byMayumi Gojo were used inthe first two seasons andthe 25th movie of thePretty Cure anime franchise?
... thatIvan Ustinov, a Soviet officer of theNKVD andSMERSH during the Second World War, threatened to shoot any soldier who wanted to surrender?
... thatNick Nolte, who voicesKuiil in theStar Wars television seriesThe Mandalorian, was seriously considered for the role ofHan Solo over 40 years earlier?
... that before the release ofThe Baseball Encyclopedia, aMajor League Baseball committee passed a rules interpretation that would have alteredBabe Ruth'shome run total, before reversing its decision?

9 February 2020

12:00, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Edwin S. Votey (right)
with the player piano

... thatEdwin S. Votey, while president of theFarrand & Votey Organ Company withWilliam R. Farrand as partner, is credited with inventing the first practicalplayer piano(pictured)?
... that theBattle of the Aegates in 241 BC ended theFirst Punic War after 23 years?
... thatKapoli Kamakau, who composed music witha future queen anda princess, later contractedleprosy and died in exile?
... that the2001 International Formula 3000 Championship featured the series's first round in the modern era to be held outside Europe?
... thatBishop Monkton Ings inNorth Yorkshire, England, provides a habitat to the semi-parasiticmarsh lousewort?
... that actorCarl Weathers agreed to playGreef Karga on theStar Wars television seriesThe Mandalorian on the condition that he direct future episodes of the show?
... that heat from theMount Rittmann volcano in Antarctica allowsmosses to grow?
... thatBonanza City, New Mexico, was founded in 1880 and largely abandoned by 1890?

00:00, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Esther Lurie

... thatEsther Lurie(pictured) used photographs of drawings to reconstruct most of her artwork that did not survive World War II?
... that even after narrowing the list of suspects inGeetha Angara's unsolved killing, 15 years ago today, down to three men, police could not charge any of them?
... thatRichard Scrob builtRichard's Castle, one of the few castles in England built before theNorman conquest?
... thatCapricorn Seamount is anunderwater mountain that is breaking up as it enters theTonga Trench?
... that theCymmer Colliery explosion of 1856 in Wales resulted in a "sacrifice of human life to an extent unparalleled in the history of coal mining of this country"?
... thatSupreme Court of British Columbia justiceDev Dley previously served as commissioner of theWestern Hockey League?
... thatCaptain Tilly Park contains the "smallest island in the smallest natural body of water" within New York City?
... thatrioters in Leicester, England, destroyed a hydrogen balloon in 1864?

8 February 2020

12:00, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Partial view of Borgo Nuovo,c. 1930

... that Italian Renaissance artistRaphael died in 1520 inhis palace on the now demolishedBorgo Nuovo(pictured) in Rome?
... thatV. S. Lelchuk joined dissident and revisionist historians in a "historicalglasnost" during thecollapse of the Soviet Union?
... thatJon Favreau created the role ofCara Dune inThe Mandalorian with former mixed martial artistGina Carano in mind, and did not audition any other actresses for the role?
... thatMar Field Fen is "one of the best examples offen habitat in theVale of York"?
... that during her final performance at the 1994New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,Louisiana Creole singerInez Catalon chastised female audience members for dressing immodestly?
... that the title of the bookA Very Stable Genius comes from a tweet byDonald Trump?
... that Iranian women's rights activistMastoureh Afshar organized the second Eastern Women's Congress, held inTehran in 1932, which drew delegates fromAfghanistan toZanzibar?
... that television stationWETV inKey West, Florida, was forced off the air by an act of Congress?

00:00, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Jerusalem in 1839, from Roberts'sThe Holy Land

... thatDavid Roberts'sThe Holy Land, a collection of 250orientalist lithographs(example shown), has been called the "most pervasive and enduring" 19th-century depiction ofthe East inthe West?
... that software engineerDavid Notkin worked to expand computer science research to a wider demographic, particularly women?
... thatsalmon conservation measures are threatening the survival ofa fishing technique first brought to Britain a thousand years ago by theVikings?
... that Italian mathematicianGiovanni Prodi was initially drafted into theNational Republican Army and trained as a telephonist during World War II?
... that images of the widowed queen who commissioned the first major work of IndianDeccan painting were erased afterher son rebelled and imprisoned her?
... thatJean Bégin was the first coach in theQuebec Major Junior Hockey League to make three appearances at theMemorial Cup?
... thatFort Tryon Park, located on steep terrain inManhattan, was designed as a landscaped park withthe Cloisters museum as the main point of interest?
... thatEdda Tasiemka was known as the "human Google"?

7 February 2020

12:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

A. acetabulum caps

... that the algaAcetabularia acetabulum(pictured) resembles a green parasol?
... thathedge fund manager Jacob Gottlieb hiredStatus Labs to counteract negative news coverage of him over the closure ofVisium Asset Management?
... thatWolfgang J. Fuchs, an early Germancomics scholar who co-wrote a 1971 standard work on the topic, translatedGarfield andMom's Cancer?
... that according toThe Independent,KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps "renders the unimaginable evil of the camps relatable"?
... thatEric Bowen's paintings were inspired bytantra?
... that the studio building used byOklahoma City radio stationKJEM was the last structure that was demolished to make way for theAlfred P. Murrah Federal Building?
... thatThomas H. Lee, who developed thevacuum interrupter atGeneral Electric, won an Asian table tennis championship while in college?
... that the Austins Quarter ofNewton Abbot inDevon, England, is named aftera department store?

00:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Johann Baptist Sigl

... thatJohann Baptist Sigl(pictured) was imprisoned multiple times for publishing insulting articles about the German chancellorOtto von Bismarck and the German emperor?
... that theCourtois Hills region has the most rugged terrain and steepest average slopes of any sub-region of theMissouri Ozarks?
... thatSkandinavskii sbornik (Scandinavian Review) was the principal forum for Soviet scholars of Nordic studies for 35 years until thecollapse of the Soviet Union?
... that during theCultural Revolution,Zhu Yuli was denounced as a counterrevolutionary and suffered beatings which caused disability in his right hand?
... that theTulsa Club Building suffered four major fires in 2010, including three in a two-week period, yet remained strong enough to allow conversion to a hotel instead of demolition?
... thatCueros de Purulla volcano had a large eruption 7820 years ago and was later a source ofobsidian?
... that at the time of her retirement in 2008,Florida State Seminoles coachJoAnne Graf held the record for most wins in the history of NCAADivision I softball?
... that the differences between live versions ofRush's "Witch Hunt" were seen as an instance of "translation" à laWalter Benjamin?

6 February 2020

12:00, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Umayyad Mosque,c. 1895

... thatreligious timekeepers employed by theUmayyad Mosque(pictured) in Damascus includeda 14th-century astronomer who proposedgeocentric models mathematically identical to those later proposed byCopernicus?
... thatMollie Hughes is the youngest woman to ski solo to the South Pole?
... that the firstpresident of the University of Kentucky,James Kennedy Patterson, personally financed its first three buildings?
... that although authorLao She declared his satirical novelCat Country a failure, it has been translated into at least six languages?
... that despite an early career spent with the Soviet andRussian Airborne Forces,Viktor Astapov is currently a deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy?
... that there have been49 captains in theBig Bash League?
... that American missionaryVernon Andy Anderson noted that those accused of witchcraft in theBelgian Congo were likely to be women over 55 and subject to murder by vigilantes?
... that the final of the2020 Masters snooker tournament was interrupted by a "whoopee cushion" device?

00:00, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

FemaleA. diabolicum flowers with curled stigmas

... thatAcer diabolicum, the devil maple, gets its scientific and common names from the curlystigmas of its flowers(pictured)?
... thatJosef Protschka, who sang as a soloist in Stockhausen'sGesang der Jünglinge at age 12, later appeared in leadingtenor roles in the Mozart cycle staged byJean-Pierre Ponnelle at theCologne Opera?
... that when theLineageOS operating system refused to integrateMicroG software, the projectforked its own version, with MicroGpre-installed?
... that Romanian neuroscientistViviana Gradinaru was part of the research team fromCaltech that found thatserotonin is necessary for sleep inzebrafish and mice?
... that drag queensTrixie Mattel andKatya Zamolodchikova have hosted the entertainment seriesUNHhhh,The Trixie & Katya Show, andI Like to Watch?
... that theNational Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management has conducted research to improve the taste and nutrition of a children'sdietary supplement distributed by the government ofKerala?
... thatHarun el-Raschid Hintersatz, a German convert to Islam, led a MuslimSS unit comprisingTurkmens andTatars during World War II?
... that during a renovation of New York City'sBowne Park, some fish from its pond ended up in refrigerators of nearby homes?

5 February 2020

12:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Citizen Kane film poster

... thatWilliam Rose illustrated dozens offilm posters of theClassical Hollywood era, but only a fraction – including an alternate poster forCitizen Kane(pictured) – have been attributed to him by name?
... that theblue pitta is a shy, secretive bird, but will respond to a recording of its call?
... that Italian sopranoCarolina Crespi was born in Prague, appeared in Barcelona in a child role, mether husband in Paris, and performed with him in world premieres of operas atLa Scala in Milan?
... that in 2016,New York became the 50th U.S. state tolegalize and regulate mixed martial arts?
... thatBill Gates is a foreignmember of the Chinese Academy of Engineering?
... that theserial novel andmanga seriesNokemono to Hanayome was inspired by theTokyo subway sarin attack?
... that theSurvey of Palestine was led bythe man who "wants you",the man who wastoo late to save Gordon of Khartoum,a Jack the Ripper suspect, andthe police chief who chased him?

00:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Memorial to the victims of
Leitmeritz concentration camp

... thatLeitmeritz concentration camp(memorial pictured) was not liberated, but dissolved by theGerman Instrument of Surrender?
... thatEdith Hern Fossett, one ofThomas Jefferson's slaves, was taught French cuisine in theWhite House and became the head chef atMonticello?
... that before becoming a passenger ferry, theMV Star of Malta made a round-the-world cruise, belonged toa Dominican Republic dictator, and served in theUnited States Navy?
... thatLin Zonghu was China's first graduate student to major inboilers?
... that nofungi oralgae arelisted as endangered or threatened by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board?
... that the 16-pieceDetroit News Orchestra was the first symphonic orchestra in the world organized specifically to play on radio?
... that theFatimid military commanderDirgham abandoned his pupilRuzzik ibn Tala'i, thevizier, to be deposed and killed byShawar, only to overthrow the latter a few months later?
... that the short story "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter", intended to subvert atransphobic Internetmeme, was retracted after accusations of transphobia?

4 February 2020

12:00, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

"The Minute Man" (1874) by Daniel Chester French

The Minute Man by
Daniel Chester French

... thatThe Minute Man(pictured) was cast from the metal of ten cannons captured from theConfederate Army during theAmerican Civil War?
... that the antAcropyga exsanguis shares its nest with several species ofmealybug, includingGeococcus coffeae?
... that archaeologistWinifred Lamb had previously worked inRoom 40, theRoyal Navy's cryptanalysis section, during World War I?
... that in 1952, Los Angeles radio stationKFAC boasted a recording library weighing 28 tons, enough to program the station for a year without repeating a selection?
... that entomologistKarim Vahed led the team that founda cricket species in which thetestes accounted for 14 percent of the insect's body mass?
... that after regular service toLeavenworth station ceased, annual trains continued to run to serveski jumping spectators?
... thatBach used the first, fifth and seventh stanzas of the 1533 hymn "In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr", a paraphrase ofPsalm 31, aschorales in three vocal works, includingin theSt Matthew Passion?
... that before the creation ofRoy Wilkins Park in 1976, the site was described as a wasteland with eighteen "rat-infested" buildings and a "leaking swimming pool full of dead dogs"?

00:00, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Therese Huber

... that the cultural and literary journalMorgenblatt für gebildete Stände was most successful under its only female editor,Therese Huber(pictured)?
... that the largestcivil rights demonstration of the 1960s took place whenmore than 450,000 New York City students boycotted school to protest segregation in public schools?
... that Canadian professor and writerW. G. Hardy was given the honorarytribal chief title of "Chief Running Eagle" by theSarcees?
... thatSunrise, Inverness Copse, a World War I watercolour byPaul Nash, was one of what he described as "fifty drawings of muddy places onthe Front"?
... that of the initialcluster of people confirmed to have beeninfected by a novel coronavirus in China, two-thirds had been directly exposed to theHuanan Seafood Wholesale Market inWuhan?
... thatSarah Ellerby's flight to the United States to play professionalpool was diverted due to theSeptember 11 attacks?
... that growth in the brown seaweedZanardinia typus occurs at the base of the hairs that grow around the edge of the frond?
... thatJames Thompson, who made the firstplat of Chicago, declined an offer of land in the city in favor of $300?

3 February 2020

12:00, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Painting of the Shelton Oak

... that the hollowShelton Oak(pictured) nearShrewsbury was so big that a party of eight could dance aquadrille inside it?
... that artist and illustratorRune Naito, credited with pioneering the culture and aesthetic ofkawaii, also contributed erotic illustrations to the gay men's magazineBarazoku?
... that a bus shelter on New York City'sQ26 route was the subject of two 1948 lawsuits that alleged negative effects on nearby property values?
... thatHenry Eastburn studied under his uncleJohn Smeaton before undertaking his owncivil engineering projects, such as theBasingstoke Canal?
... that theCreedence Clearwater Revival song "Keep On Chooglin'" popularized theneologism "chooglin'", which has been interpreted as a sexual term?
... that the life expectancy atGusen concentration camp was as short as six months?
... thatGirmay Zahilay defeated a six-term incumbent onKing County Council in Washington?
... thatIG-11, from theStar Wars seriesThe Mandalorian, so closely resembles the characterIG-88 that fans and journalists initially confused the two?

00:00, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Rooks Nest House

... thatRooks Nest House(pictured) inStevenage was the childhood home of authorE. M. Forster, who described it in his 1910 novel,Howards End?
... that Hawaiian pastorMoses Kuaea raised funds forKaumakapili Church, which was later burned down in theGreat Honolulu Chinatown Fire of 1900?
... that "Die Himmel rühmen!" ('The heavens praise'), which begins an 1803lieder collection byBeethoven settingGellert's paraphrase ofPsalm 19 to music, is also the title of a concert series by pop singerHeino?
... thatSallie Shearer's brothel inReading, Pennsylvania, was "magnificently furnished" with fine velvet carpets and beautiful mirrors?
... that over 100Moroccan Hajj pilgrims died on theSS Sardinia when it caught fire offMalta in 1908?
... that huge lakes of oil created following the discovery of Oklahoma'sGlenn Pool Oil Reserve would sometimes catch fire when struck by lightning?
... thatcomputer scientistSheree Atcheson has been recognised byComputer Weekly as one of the "most influential women in UK tech"?
... thatThe Coca-Cola Company proposed paintinga gasometer inGothenburg, Sweden, to resemble aCoke can?

2 February 2020

12:00, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Syd's coffee stall

... that aRoyal Air Force serviceman was recalled from a Second World War secret mission to help runSyd's coffee stall(pictured) in London?
... that theGrotta del Gelo cave on theEtna volcano is partially filled with ice?
... that mathematicianPamela E. Harris co-founded the online platform Lathisms to promoteHispanic and Latino American participation in mathematics?
... that the mobile gameBleach: Brave Souls features story arcs from the mangaBleach that did not appear in its anime adaptation, including the unaired final arc?
... that theSiege of Hull took place in 1642 after the governor twice refused to admit KingCharles I to the town?
... that German politicianDiether Dehm employed former terroristChristian Klar to work on his website?
... that theDedham Covenant was meant to be eternally binding?
... thatMary Gordon, the first British female prison inspector, once forestalledrecidivism by supplying men's clothes and a train fare to South Wales to a female inmate who wanted to live as a man?

00:00, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Thistle broomrape

... thatQuarry Moor is one of the few locations in England where the rare parasitic plantthistle broomrape(example pictured) grows?
... thatDave Hakkens foundedPrecious Plastic, anopen hardware plastic recycling project, to enable individuals to set up "their own miniature recycling company"?
... that knights are depicted in theFreydal illuminated manuscript enjoyingcross-dressing after a day'sjousting?
... thatc. 1900, theMissouri Lumber and Mining Company provided health care to field workers with a mobile clinic transported by railroad flatcar?
... thatChurch of the Cosmic Skull released a single to celebratea solar eclipse?
... that in 1939,Lawrence Milner testified against Australian-born longshoremen union leaderHarry Bridges in whatTime magazine called "the most important deportation hearings of the decade"?
... that one surveyor's proposal for removing theBlackwall Rock obstruction in theThames involved using explosives he knew would likely kill some of the labourers?
... thatWestern Hockey League coachPunch McLean was born in a coal mine?

1 February 2020

12:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Crepereia Tryphaena's doll

... thatCrepereia Tryphaena's doll(pictured) had its own kit, comprising several jewels, a wooden casket, two silver mirrors, and two tiny bone combs?
... thatdiversity ideologies are intended to reduce prejudice, but can backfire and promote more hostility instead?
... that former residents of Chicago'sAldine Square held a reunion at a hotel?
... that CanadianYves Abel, the chief conductor ofa German symphony orchestra, founded Opéra Français de New York, which focuses on rarely played French operas?
... thatNearlyFreeSpeech was considered a "safe haven" foralt-right Twitter alternativeGab?
... that the 1978 Japanese manga seriesCalifornia Story was inspired byAmerican New Wave cinema, particularlyMidnight Cowboy?
... that the owner ofWRSL AM andFM inStanford, Kentucky, built adinner theater on the station's property?
... that marketing for the Venezuelan filmThat's the Woman I Want told prospective viewers it was so funny they would forget aboutfoot-and-mouth disease?

00:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

World's Largest Stove

... that theMichigan Stove Company, started byJeremiah Dwyer, made theWorld's Largest Stove(pictured), a 15-ton replica conceived byGeorge H. Barbour and designed byWilliam J. Keep?
... that2020 AV2 is the first asteroid discovered to have an orbit completely withinVenus's orbit?
... that the song "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" from the Netflix television seriesThe Witcher became a viral hit within days of the show's release?
... that in 1138–39,Fatimid vizierRidwan ibn Walakhshi attempted to overthrow theIsma'ili caliphate and replace it with aSunni regime headed by himself?
... that juvenileornate surgeonfish are quite different in colouring from the adult fish?
... thatWidener University Commonwealth Law School is one of two independent law schools run byWidener University?
... thatfield hockey playerAvtar Singh Bhurji was shot in the leg during a robbery in 1996?
... thatRue du Brexit in France was named as a tribute to the British people after the United Kingdom voted toleave the European Union?

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