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28 February 2021

00:00, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Washington Bridge

... that the first vehicle on New York City'sWashington Bridge(pictured) crossed it without permission?
... thatDick Callahan received his first opportunity as a PA announcer after claiming that he announced all the games at his high school, even though he had actually never announced a game before?
... that theGPT-2artificial intelligence can summarize, respond to, generate, and translate text, despite being trained to do nothing more than predict the next word in a sequence?
... that, after former presidentAbdurrahman Wahid,Rusdy Mastura was the second Indonesian public official to apologize for themass killings of 1965–66?
... that the 1928 recording byJimmie Rodgers of "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" influenced a line inJohnny Cash's song "Folsom Prison Blues"?
... thatSamuel Pepys wrote ofRoyal Navy CommissionerSir Thomas Hervey: "acoxcombe he is and will never be better in the business of the Navy"?
... that by 2001, almost 2000Trees For Life volunteers were growing 1.5 million plants every year?
... that winners of theKings Royal atEldora Speedway, such asShane Stewart, are given ascepter, robe, and crown, and pose on a throne in victory lane?

27 February 2021

00:04, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Wilhelm Knabe

... thatWilhelm Knabe(pictured), a co-founder of theGreens in Germany and a "green" mayor ofMülheim, participated inFridays For Future with the slogan "Opa For Future"?
... that the 1960 filmThe Purple Gang has an introduction by CongressmanJames Roosevelt, son ofFranklin D. Roosevelt?
... that the common-law wife ofthe ninth vice president of the United States wasJulia Chinn, an enslaved woman?
... that whileGerry House worked at Kentucky radio stationWCBR, the owner, a pastor, asked him whether he wanted to donate his salary?
... that the first cookbook edited byMaria Guarnaschelli helped introduce American cooks to Indian cuisine?
... that17q12 microdeletion syndrome, an underdiagnosed genetic disorder, is thought to be a major genetic risk factor for autism and schizophrenia?
... thatLee M. Hollander pioneered the translation of the works of the Danish philosopherSøren Kierkegaard into English?
... that the2010 Football League Two play-off Final atWembley Stadium was won by "a pub team from Essex"?

26 February 2021

00:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Contempra telephone

... that the firsttelephone designed in Canada,Nortel'sContempra(example pictured), became so famous it was featured on a stamp?
... that at the time of her death at age 90,Lilliane Brady was the mayor ofCobar Shire and the longest-serving female mayor inNew South Wales's history?
... that Britishjazz saxophonist Nubya Garcia's debut albumSource, which incorporatesreggae,cumbia,calypso,hip-hop, andsoul, is an ode to her musical history?
... thatLibuše Domanínská, a soprano of Prague'sNational Theatre, performed in all ofJanáček's operas, and a recording she made as hisJenůfa made his works better known beyond their home country?
... thatRoy Brown, credited with downing theRed Baron, suffered a serious accident not long after being posted toMarske Aerodrome?
... that in 2019Joel Farabee became the first player born in the 2000s to become aPhiladelphia Flyers player?
... thatblack-sided flowerpeckers camouflage the outside of theirnests withlichens?
... that theLanguage Integrator is a peep show intended only for inhabitants of the 82nd century to use?

25 February 2021

00:00, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam

... thatDileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam(pictured),Governor of Anguilla, attended her own swearing-in ceremony remotely due to quarantine restrictions?
... thatIsmith Khan's novelThe Jumbie Bird explores the transformation of immigrants from India intoIndo-Trinidadians?
... that translator and journalistFrederika Randall, who moved from the United States to Italy, identified as a "dispatriate" to distance herself from her homeland?
... that New York City'sWestern Union Telegraph Building was built on land once owned byThomas W. Evans, dentist to French emperorNapoleon III?
... that with compositions such asCon brio, clarinetistJörg Widmann was ranked the third-most-performed contemporary composer in 2018?
... thatTailors' Hall, a surviving guildhall of Dublin, hosted fencing and dancing classes, theUnited Irishmen and a British Army garrison, Dublin Corporation and an insolvency court?
... that theUConn student body voted 169–7 to fire the basketball coach after he benchedHarrison Fitch because a rival team refused to play against an African American?
... thatTroy, Montana, hasflying squirrels?

24 February 2021

00:00, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Humphrey Bogart inBrother Orchid (1940)

... that after signing his first movie contract,Humphrey Bogart(pictured) boasted: "I'm going to become the biggest movie star Hollywood's ever seen"?
... that American bandthe Body's albumI've Seen All I Need to See opens with a reading of the poem "The Kaleidoscope" by Scottish poetDouglas Dunn?
... thatCajun accordion musicianSheryl Cormier has been named the Cajun Queen in the United States and Europe?
... that when the manga seriesAntique Bakery was adapted into alive-action television drama in 2001, a character who was gay in the source material was changed to having afear of women?
... that veterinarianMatt Brash treated some of the owls that appeared inthe firstHarry Potter film and concluded that they hadleukocytozoonosis?
... that as part of theIsrael–Morocco normalization agreement, the US agreed to recognizeMorocco's claim toWestern Sahara?
... that whenImants Lešinskis defected from the Soviet Union while working for the UN in New York,Kofi Annan, future UN secretary-general, complained that he did not show up to work?
... that the medieval BretonGwerz Santes Enori tells the story of a woman who sacrificed a breast to cure her father, and is rewarded with a golden breast?

23 February 2021

00:00, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

George Washington by John Trumbull

... thatJohn Trumbull finished his paintingGeorge Washington(pictured) before he was arrested for high treason?
... that the creator of a video depicting the2021 Myanmar coup d'état, which featured Indonesian politically satirical song "Ampun Bang Jago", denied that it was politically motivated?
... that the American scholarKaren Hellekson published the first book in English devoted to analyzing thealternate history genre?
... that although its range is restricted to the island ofBorneo, themountain blackeye has evolved into four subspecies?
... that the biography of Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general,M. Bala Subramanion, was released atThe Fullerton Hotel, the site of the old General Post Office where he had worked for 35 years?
... thatDav Pilkey wrote the children's bookThe Paperboy, which received aCaldecott Honor, in fifteen minutes?
... that film researcherLillian Michelson interviewed elderly Jewish women about the appearance ofthe underwear they wore in the 1890s to develop accurate clothing forFiddler On The Roof?
... that a commercial for the food delivery appDomino's App feat. Hatsune Miku went viral on YouTube in 2013, and was described by journalists as "bizarre"?

22 February 2021

00:00, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Robert C. Pringle asChequamegon

... that the tugboatRobert C. Pringle(pictured) was discovered "remarkably intact" 86 years after it sank?
... thatPeter Herrmann composed a Second Symphony that premiered at the Gewandhaus withKurt Masur, and aKant Pop Symphony that premiered at theMusikhochschule Leipzig, where he had taught for decades?
... that British journalistGodfrey Hodgson, who covered American politics, society, and values, showed that the firstThanksgiving did not include turkey and cranberry sauce?
... that the documentaryChange the Subject is about lobbying efforts to replace the term "illegal aliens" with "undocumented immigrants" in theLibrary of Congress Subject Headings?
... that in 1897, former slaveGeorge Dinning was the first black man to successfully sue a mob of theKu Klux Klan?
... thatLloyd Percival'sThe Hockey Handbook was credited as being used bySoviet Union national ice hockey team coachAnatoly Tarasov?
... thatBradford City scored three goals in 13 minutes to secure promotion in the2013 Football League Two play-off Final?
... that thewind phone in Japan was set up to allow people to talk to the dead?

21 February 2021

00:00, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Pelican Rock at Martin's Beach

... that access toMartin's Beach(pictured) has been the subject of a contentious battle between a Silicon Valley billionaire and the State of California?
... that 50 books from a total of more than 150 authored by Pakistani historianAbu Salman Shahjahanpuri are about the Indian scholar and independence activistAbul Kalam Azad?
... that the owner ofWalsall F.C. described victory at the2001 Football League Second Division play-off Final as the greatest day in the club's history?
... that after finishing his term as Indonesia's minister of agriculture,Sjarifuddin Baharsjah was immediately succeeded byhis wife?
... that Canada'sNational Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls called for the abolition ofbirth alerts?
... that philanthropistSidney Hill began a new life in England as a gentleman farmer, adding stables to the estate, a dairy andLangford Bullock Palaces for his prizedshorthorn cattle?
... that the whaleback barge115 became the lastGreat Lakes shipwreck of the 1800s?
... that when women's championDotty Fothergill sued in 1970 for being denied the right to compete in men's tournaments, theProfessional Bowlers Association countersued for "disastrous ridicule"?

20 February 2021

00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Lucy Monroe

... thatLucy Monroe(pictured), the "star-spangled soprano", estimated that she performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" over 5,000 times?
... that the cover ofRed Meat Republic, a book on the history ofbeef production in the United States, has the look and texture ofbutcher paper?
... that the English clergymanFrank Thewlis was related to Prime MinisterHarold Wilson and wore a red handkerchief in his jacket pocket when preaching to show his support for Wilson'sLabour Party?
... that thewar in Uganda (1986–1994) involved rebel armies led by a prophetess, her father, spirits, "Hitler", ex-ministers, andJoseph Kony?
... thatAJ Rafael startedCrazy Talented Asians, a livevariety show, after being influenced by the filmCrazy Rich Asians?
... that although the 1786tignon law in Spanish Louisiana was intended to hinder free black women, those who followed it made thetignon a "mark of distinction"?
... that some of theSheffield Wednesday team participated in aconga on theM4 motorway after winning the2005 Football League One play-off Final?
... thatKeith Gill's username, "DeepFuckingValue", was chosen to reflect his belief invalue investing?

19 February 2021

00:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

1847 caricature of Barnett Nathan

... thatBarnett Nathan(caricature pictured) was famous for dancing thehornpipe, while blindfolded, on a stage covered with eggs and teaware?
... thatShandon Castle was destroyed in theSiege of Cork in 1690, and sandstone from its ruins used to build theChurch of St Anne in 1722?
... that baseball pitcherDennis Rasmussen nearly had to have his foot amputated when he was 14 years old?
... that theĆmielów Porcelain Works are Poland's oldest porcelain works, and Europe's largest thin-walled-china works?
... thatBiserka Cvejić, a Serbianmezzo-soprano who appeared at theVienna State Opera in 372 performances, made herMetropolitan Opera debut in 1961 as Amneris in Verdi'sAida?
... that the theme song for the tabletop role-playing gameF.A.T.A.L. was described by a reviewer as "sound[ing] like theCookie Monster chasing a drum kit being pushed down a flight of stairs"?
... thatFrancesca Coppa, a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology offan fiction for use in the classroom"?
... thatPliofilm, a pre-war food wrap, was used to waterproof firearms during theNormandy landings?

18 February 2021

00:00, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Arik Brauer in front of his painting, 2009

... thatUniversalkünstlerArik Brauer(pictured) created paintings inFantastic Realism, songs inAustropop, stage sets for theParis Opera, and house facades in Austria and Israel?
... that the1888 eruption of Ritter Island reduced the 780-metre tall (2,560 ft) volcano to a height of just 140 metres (460 ft)?
... that sisters Amal, Hadia, and Hayat Talsam, known asAl Balabil, were referred to as "The SudaneseSupremes"?
... that academic analysis ofThe Diving Pool has interpreted the use of food as a way to poison others as a critique on Japanese femininity?
... that the world's richest self-made woman,Zhong Huijuan, started out as a middle-school chemistry teacher?
... that23 Wall Street has been called one of the "big little buildings of Wall Street"?
... that the 2018 comedy filmA Bread Factory, about the difficulty of producing meaningful artistic work in amarket economy, received acclaim from critics but earned less than $18,000 at the box office?
... thatGauthier Mvumbi has been called the "Shaq of handball", the "Congo Colossus", and "the most popular handball player on the Earth"?

17 February 2021

00:00, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Rice's whale washed up atEverglades National Park

... that the newlydescribedRice's whale(example pictured) is one of the most endangeredcetaceans, with fewer than 50 adult individuals believed to remain?
... thatBritish Columbia's oldest practicing lawyer, CanadianConstance Isherwood, who died at 101, closed her last case hours before her death?
... that theBabakale Castle supplied water to theOttoman Navy before the fleet set sail on campaigns?
... thatDorothee Manski, a soprano of theBerlin Court Opera, gave 335 performances at theMetropolitan Opera after being invited to appear there as the Witch in Humperdinck'sHänsel und Gretel in 1927?
... thatWilla Cather's final story,The Best Years, contains references to her previously published novels?
... that ballerinaMerrill Ashley is one of the last dancers to have worked with choreographerGeorge Balanchine?
... that due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the UK the entire2021 Netball Superleague season is being hosted at just two venues?
... that a 9-metre tall (30 ft)Malt Shovel in Burton upon Trent might actually be a scoop?

16 February 2021

00:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Puppet show at Expo 67

... thatMicheline Legendre organized Canada's first puppetry festival(pictured) in conjunction with the1967 World Expo in Montreal?
... that London-baseddream-pop duoStill Corners' albumThe Last Exit paints a picture of open-roadAmericana?
... that the administrator of theRoyal Society of New Zealand,Mimie Wood, correctly predicted that she would be replaced by five people upon retirement?
... thatStalin consideredinvading the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan in the last days of World War II?
... that Utah radio stationsKSUB andKSUB-FM both suffered tower collapses before going on air—39 years apart?
... that Austrian stamp collectorAdolf Passer sold most of his collection to concentrate on wooing his future wife?
... that theBedouin emirs of theTurabay dynasty presided over nearly a century of peace and prosperity in northernPalestine?
... thatHelen Dettweiler cofounded theLPGA, was acryptographer andB-17 pilot during World War II, and became the first female broadcaster in baseball?

15 February 2021

00:00, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Strängnäs stone

... that theSträngnäs stone(pictured), long considered a forgery, is probably authentic?
... that the silent filmThe Honeymoon Express was reported to have been withdrawn from release despite being screened later in 1926?
... thatElizabeth Pulane Moremi became regent of baTawana after the death of her husbandMoremi III?
... that the picture bookMaiden & Princess, in which a maiden and princess fall in love, shares a fictional universe withPrince & Knight, in which a prince and male knight do the same?
... that the church led byErnest T. Campbell sponsoredMarina Oswald, the widow ofLee Harvey Oswald, to study at theUniversity of Michigan?
... that the vocalist in "Erlkönig", published asSchubert'sOp. 1, portrays four characters that differ in vocal register, rhythm, and harmony?
... thatFrançois Henri Mouton fought for the Sikhs during theFirst Anglo-Sikh War whilst on leave from the French Army?
... that a scene from the music video for "End Game" featuresTaylor Swift playing the video gameSnake, a reference to her reputation as a "snake"?

14 February 2021

00:00, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Al Pacino as Frank Serpico

... thatSerpico was filmed in reverse, andAl Pacino(pictured) had to be shaved as the shooting progressed?
... thatEkkehard von Kuenssberg turned down an invitation to join theSS and migrated to Britain, carrying ahockey stick and atennis racquet?
... thatHigh Point has been described as "the severed head of some Japanese giant robot"?
... that the dance choreography forBabymetal,Perfume,Nosaj Thing's "Cold Stares" music video, the2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, and the Japanese 2016 viral sensation "Koi Dance" were all created byMIKIKO?
... that Canadian social activist and human rights pioneerCharan Gill started his career working in a sawmill?
... that after winning the 1814Battle of Champaubert, Napoleon instructed his representative at theCongress of Châtillon peace negotiations to "sign nothing"?
... that civil rights lawyerDeborah Archer is the first African-American to be president of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union in its 101-year history?
... that in the 1970s a saxophonist led Major Surgery ata pub in South London?

13 February 2021

00:00, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves

... thatEastman Johnson'sA Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves(pictured) is "virtually unique in art of the period" in depicting African-American slaves as "independent agents of their own freedom"?
... that music educatorSiegfried Borris was dismissed from theMusikhochschule Berlin by the Nazis, but after World War II became a professor there and president of theDeutscher Musikrat?
... that theBoeing 247DZ203 flew forUnited Airlines and theRCAF before theRAF used it to perform the world's first completely automated approach andblind landing?
... thatMother Oya, born into a wealthy family, lived and worked without salary in an orphanage for more than 60 years?
... that theChurch of the Saintes Maries de la Mer wasfortified to protect the townfrom Vikings andSaracens?
... that fashion designerMonika Tilley's nipple-baring white mesh swimsuit worn byCheryl Tiegs in the 1978Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is an exhibit at theMetropolitan Museum of Art?
... that theTaylor Swift song "Gorgeous" features an introduction voiced by James Reynolds, daughter of actressBlake Lively and actorRyan Reynolds?
... that New Zealand ornithologistArthur Pycroft ate ahuia about two years before the last confirmed sighting of that bird species?

12 February 2021

12:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Virol jar

... thatVirol(jar pictured) was dispensed by the Virol Lady in British primary schools in the 1940s?
... that during his2020 campaign for the leadership of theConservative Party of Canada,Erin O'Toole made a platform catering toQuebec nationalist voters?
... that theKnoxville Raceway will hostthe first NASCAR nationally sanctioned race in its 120-year history in 2021, joininga race at Bristol Motor Speedway as dirt-track races onthe NASCAR Truck Series schedule?
... thatClaude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint was theprefect ofMarne from 1800 to 1838, surviving numerous regime changes?
... that after winning the2013 Football League One play-off Final,Yeovil Town were promoted to the secondtier of English football just ten years after being anon-League club?
... thatJackie Robinson Park was selected as the site for a pool in Harlem aftera 1935 riot?
... that amanga series byNanae Sasaya is credited with influencing the adoption of new Japanesechild-abuse laws?
... that theBernie Sanders mittens meme has raised nearly $2 million for Vermont charities?

00:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Thomas catching Mary's belt

... that medievaldepictions of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary(example pictured) often show her droppingher belt toThomas the Apostle as she rises?
... thatDaryn Pittman was the first American to win theWorld Series Sprintcars championship and the first Oklahoman to win theWorld of Outlaws title?
... thatInnisfree Garden inMillbrook, New York, was developed from the 1930s by a painter fascinated withan 8th-century Chinese artist, and a landscape architect fromHarvard?
... that the earliest book in English ofSudanese literature is the memoir ofSelim Aga, who was born in 1826 and sold as a slave, but published his autobiography in "faultless idiomatic English"?
... that British historian and South-Asian history expertDavid Washbrook called the UKHome Office out on its misrepresentation of slavery and British colonization?
... that despite boasting it was the most powerful television station in the Midwest, Missouri'sKACY left the air because it could not secure the right to carry network programs?
... that the original version of the First World WarGarland grenade was made from a food tin packed with barbed wire and spent bullets?
... that if a student atKemptville Agricultural School had a problem to solve, the standard advice was to askMr. George?

11 February 2021

12:00, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Facade of the Attara Kacheri, Bangalore

... that unable to demolish the colonial-styleAttara Kacheri(pictured),Kengal Hanumanthaiah,Chief Minister of Mysore, instead ordered that theDravidian-styleVidhana Soudha be built opposite it at a slight elevation?
... thatKonrad Rupf, a long-term singer of theLeipzig Opera, made his stage debut in 1955 as Dulcamara inL'elisir d'amore and appeared as Tevje inFiddler on the Roof in 2000?
... that afterAmanda Gorman recited the poem "The Hill We Climb" atthe inauguration of US presidentJoe Biden, she gainedTwitter followers at a faster rate than the president?
... that some members ofNapoleon I'sGuards of Honour considered themselves to be hostages of the emperor?
... that a seven-figure deal was made forSoman Chainani's debut bookThe School for Good and Evil to make afilm adaptation less than two weeks after the book's publication?
... thatHilda Ellis Davidson played an important role in rescuing the field offolklore studies from its eccentric postwar image?
... thatCoastal Virginia Offshore Wind is the firstwind farm to be built inU.S. federal waters?
... thatBilly Kee was going to include "Wembley" in the name of his child who was being born during the2014 Football League Two play-off Final if he scored?

00:00, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Gwendolyn Garcia dancing to "Mabuhi!"

... thatGwendolyn Garcia(pictured), the governor of the Philippine province ofCebu, hasa signature song?
... that one of Finland'slongest unsolved crimes,a 1987 murder on board thecruiseferry MS Viking Sally, is going to court after 33 years?
... that American Nobel Prize laureateHerbert A. Simon underwent surgery atUPMC Presbyterian to remove a cancerous tumor in his abdomen in January 2001?
... that Jewish-RussianZinaida Vengerova, a pioneer in Russiandecadence, allowed a circle of intellectuals to drink her blood in a ritual described as anti-Semitic?
... that members of theWomen's Auxiliary Army Corps of New Zealand were known as Tuis, aftera native bird?
... thatSibongile Khumalo, who sang both national anthems at the1995 Rugby World Cup Final, said that it was "the one and only time I've ever watched a rugby match, at any level, of any kind"?
... thatsolar radio emission was first observed in 1942 duringWorld War II by Britishradar operators?
... that New Zealand geneticistNeil Gemmell hunted theLoch Ness Monster to show how science works?

10 February 2021

12:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Plate of the Sèvres Egyptian Service

... thatEmpress Joséphine rejected the secondSèvres Egyptian Service(plate pictured), given as a divorce gift byNapoleon?
... that while held in a concentration camp,Zhu Min sabotaged Nazicartridge boxes by spitting into them?
... that "People" bythe 1975 was written as a response to the passing ofAlabama'scontroversial abortion ban?
... thatPhilip Seymour Hoffman's roles included a storm chaser, an arms dealer, and a cult leader?
... that surgeonHerbert Haxton proved that thekneecap was not just to protect the knee but also important for straightening the leg?
... that theDreikönigskirche inDresden, a Baroque church completed in 1739, was bombed in 1945, not restored until 1984, and served as the seat of the state parliament from 1990?
... that the young ofCoquerel's coua leave the nest after about nine days when still covered with down and unable to fly?

00:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

HOE hit-to-kill missile

... thathit-to-kill weapons(example pictured) require no warhead as their high velocity gives them many times the energy per kilogram ofTNT?
... thatRuth Wright Hayre's philanthropic programTell Them We Are Rising was named after a phrase said byher grandfather, which also inspired the poem "Howard at Atlanta"?
... thatJapan National Route 350 serves remoteSado Island without any bridges connecting it to its termini onHonshu?
... thatCyclone Meena was the first of foursevere tropical cyclones to impact theCook Islands inFebruary 2005?
... that2021 New York City Comptroller candidateZach Iscol was awarded theBronze Star for bravery during theSecond Battle of Fallujah in theIraq War?
... that theTexabama croton was nearly simultaneously discovered atFort Hood andBalcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge in 1989?
... thatNilüfer Verdi is the first femalejazz pianist in Turkey?
... that after his side won the2008 Football League One play-off Final,Doncaster Rovers managerSean O'Driscoll said he could "murder a cup of tea"?

9 February 2021

12:00, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Bottle of Un Jardin sur le Nil

... that the perfumeUn Jardin sur le Nil(pictured) was inspired by green mangoes?
... that comedianAtsugiri Jason became the first non-Japanese finalist on theR-1 Grand Prix in 2014?
... that theCook Islands Local Defence Force was expected to "uphold the prestige of theCook Islands" by putting up a token resistance if the islands were invaded?
... thatLiolaemus sarmientoi is one of the two southernmost species of lizard in the world?
... thatZeyan Shafiq developed KashBook during an Internet ban in theKashmir Valley, operating without avirtual private network?
... thatSucker Punch Productions had trouble finding apublisher for their debut video game,Rocket: Robot on Wheels?
... thatAnne Bierwirth has performed thealto part in Bach'sChristmas Oratorio, and in a recording of the firstPassion oratorio in German byReinhard Keiser?
... that all dialogue in the filmNostos: The Return is in a made-up language based on ancient Greek, Sanskrit and Latin?

00:00, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Newspaper cartoon of Mary Aldis published in 1897

... that "noted controversialist"Mary Aldis(depicted) tried to get Auckland City Council to stop a woman being fired from a cannon in 1887?
... thatJimmie Rodgers's appearance onThe Singing Brakeman made him the firstcountry musician to be featured in a film?
... thatthe new chairman of the BBC hasa twin sister who is a leading judge?
... that the 1989 bookSerendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science examines the role of happenstance in the history of science?
... that the manufacturing of knife cutlery atBabakale in Turkey goes back to the 1720s, started by masters who immigrated from Kazakhstan?
... that gospel pianistRudy Atwood, heard onOld Fashioned Revival Hour radio broadcasts of the 1930s to the 1960s, attributed his hymn arrangements to the influence ofJ. S. Bach?
... that the Bangkok neighbourhood ofBang Rak is home to Buddhist temples, mosques, a Chinese shrine, andthe city's Catholic cathedral?
... that station officials climbed the 500-foot (150 m) tower ofthe firstWFMZ-TV, smashed a bottle of champagne against the top, and christened it "MissUltra High"?

8 February 2021

12:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French

... thatDaniel Chester French resigned from theUnited States Commission of Fine Arts to createhis most famous public sculpture,Abraham Lincoln(pictured)?
... that the emptyShibuya Crossing featured on the seriesAlice in Borderland was filmed on a large green-screen set outside Tokyo?
... thatAbudureheman Abulikemu was the firstboxer fromXinjiang to compete at theOlympics?
... thatNew York New York is noted as among the firstyaoimanga series to depict social realism in its treatment of gay identity?
... thatGabriel Sterling has debunkedDonald Trump's allegations of voter fraud in the2020 U.S. presidential election?
... thatDeepMind'sprotein-folding programAlphaFold 2 has made significant progress towards solvinga decades-old grand challenge of biology?
... thatBlackpool became the most successful club in the history ofEnglish Football League play-offs when they won the2017 EFL League Two play-off Final againstExeter City?
... that the1st Weather Squadron, the 2016 Weather Squadron of the Year, reports on future battlefield weather conditions and assists during natural disasters?

00:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Monumento a la Raza

... that part of the remains ofRodrigo Arenas Betancourt rest next to hisMonumento a la Raza(pictured)?
... thatSayidiman Suryohadiprojo, a former ambassador of Indonesia to Japan, authored the first book about Japan in the Indonesian language?
... thatMortimer Taube designed hisUnitermindexing system for easyautomation, and then built apunched-card version as the IBM 9900?
... that there are other causes ofclimate change in Brazil besides thedeforestation of the Amazon rainforest?
... thatRonald Graham, president of theAmerican Mathematical Society and theMathematical Association of America, also became president of theInternational Jugglers' Association?
... thatSarah Cooper andHelen Mirren lip synched theDonald TrumpAccess Hollywood tape inSarah Cooper: Everything's Fine?
... that the music video forHarry Styles's song "Lights Up" was interpreted as a "bisexual anthem" by critics and viewers due to it being released onNational Coming Out Day?
... thatJohn Atcheler claimed to be "Horse Slaughterer to Her MajestyQueen Victoria"?

7 February 2021

12:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Mimbres fish pot,c. 1000–1150

... thatPueblo pottery(example pictured) has been created byPueblo people and their antecedents in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico for almost two thousand years?
... thatLeon Rains, a bass singer who studied in New York City and Paris, took part in the world premiere ofSalome and an early recording ofTannhäuser?
... that theAustralian Army nameda programme to acquire new armoured vehicles afteran Australian horse?
... thatthousands of football players are trafficked every year?
... thatBambang Suryadi, a politician from theIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, was buried with the flag of the party above him?
... that "Me & You Together Song" bythe 1975 was originally intended for the soundtrack ofGerman, a film that lead singer Matthew Healy was writing?
... thatMartin Luther King Jr.'s secretaryMaude Ballou edited early versions of his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech?
... that thelargescale four-eyes does not have four eyes?

00:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Hall of Famer Phyllis Stadler

... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame includeda WASP pilot,a World War II Marine, a "Chickie",a Hall of Fame lacrosse player,a world-champion softball player,an All-College basketball player,the founder of the first collegiate squash program in the United States,a professor anda valedictorian of Ursinus College, anda resident of Atlantis(pictured)?
... that "The House of Asterion" byJorge Luis Borges was one of the first works by a major author to examine a well-known tale from the monster's perspective?
... thatDriveways directorAndrew Ahn said that the experience of directing a script he did not write improved both his writing and directing?
... thathelicopters fromAcer cascadense were found in Moose Mountain?
... that in the beginning of the 18th century, an estimated 2,100 Cherokee people inhabited more than sixteenCherokee settlements in villages east of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
... thatDuo Yun Xuan held the first art auction on theChinese mainland?
... thatAFC Wimbledon were promoted for a sixth time since their formation in 2002 when they won the2016 Football League Two play-off Final?
... that rapperZane One does not listen to much hip hop music, and herdebut album features samples from classic rock and folk songs?

6 February 2021

12:00, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Lithograph ofInnisfallen Abbey after Crofton

... that artistFrances Emilia Crofton hadlithograph copies made of eight of her paintings(example pictured), and sold them for charity?
... that formerSpeaker of the Oregon House of RepresentativesFrank J. Van Dyke was born inPenang,Straits Settlements,British Malaya, in 1907?
... thatCamille Saint-Saëns dedicated hisCaprice on Danish and Russian Airs to a Danish princess who became Empress of Russia?
... that stocks ofmustard gas, thought to have been destroyed in the 1940s, were discovered atRAF Bowes Moor in 1997?
... thatAlbuquerque radio stationKRZY broadcast a college football game without permission by smuggling in gear under blankets and disguising an announcer in the opposing team's student section?
... that in a 1982 book about the printing industry of 16th-centuryStrasbourg, historianMiriam Usher Chrisman demonstrated the scholarly potential of thedigital analysis of large archival datasets?
... that the first scene of the 2010 filmThe Social Network took 99 takes to finish?
... that when thechimpanzeeSami escaped from theBelgrade Zoo for the second time in less than a week, thousands of people cheered him on?

00:00, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Statue of Sir Nigel Gresley

... that the decision not to include a duck with thestatue of Sir Nigel Gresley(pictured) led to "possibly the most acrimonious argument in the long, pedantic history of the railway hobbyist"?
... thatF. Andrieu was the composer ofArmes, amours/O flour des flours, a doubleballade lamenting the death of his colleagueGuillaume de Machaut?
... thatProton 3, launched on 24 March 1966, was one of the first satellites equipped to look forquarks?
... thatSarran Teelucksingh was the firstperson of Indian descent elected to theLegislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago?
... thatJerome Robbins's balletIn the Night is set to fournocturnes byFrédéric Chopin?
... that Germanfighter aceKurt Wolff decorated his room with machine guns from planes he shot down?
... that it took authorities only one day to repair damage onJapan National Route 116 following the2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake?
... that Barbara Danish wroteThe Dragon and the Doctor in 20 minutes?

5 February 2021

12:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Rānui Ngārimu

... thatRānui Ngārimu(pictured) helped weaveTe Māhutonga (the Southern Cross), the Māori cloak worn by the flag bearer of the New Zealand Olympic team since 2004?
... that theMusic City Grand Prix will cross theCumberland River inNashville, Tennessee, making it one of the few auto races to cross a significant body of water?
... that after losing theBattle of Kinghorn in 1332, the Earl of Fife was "full of shame" at being defeated by such a small force?
... that2021 New York City mayoral candidateKathryn Garcia resigned as Commissioner of theNew York City Sanitation Department after budget cuts forced a 60-percent reduction in public trash basket pickups?
... that the bookLost Feast discusses extinct culinary foods, particularly the herbsilphium that was prized by Roman and Egyptian societies?
... that the eagle on top of theMonumento a la Raza in Mexico City was originally cast for theFederal Legislative Palace's dome?
... that lawyer andpress freedom advocateFrank LoMonte helped pass legislation in 14 U.S. states outlawing censorship ofstudent media by school administrators?
... that theWillie Nelson Statue inAustin, Texas, was unveiled on420 day at 4:20 p.m.?

00:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

A Reading from Homer

... that everything inA Reading from Homer(pictured) is classicist but not everything is ancient?
... that theBangladesh women's team won the firstOne Day International cricket match they played?
... thatBenedict Joseph Fenwick was unable to generate interest in opening theCollege of the Holy Cross in the wilderness ofMaine and so founded it instead inWorcester, Massachusetts?
... that the opposing managers watched thepenalty shootout that decided the2015 Football League Two play-off Final together?
... thatRadio City Music Hall organistRichard Leibert eloped twice with the daughter of a U.S. congressman?
... that the documentaryAidan Walsh: Master of the Universe explores the life of the musician who signed "Ireland's fastest ever record deal"?
... that the video gameWild Woody contains anEaster egg that displays a toplessmermaid if certain items are collected in order?
... thatJoe the Pigeon was granted apardon by the Australian government after being sentenced toeuthanasia?

4 February 2021

12:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

First-issue stamp of the Ottoman Empire (1863–1865)

... thatMehmet Ismet Başaran's research into thefirst stamps of the Ottoman Empire(example pictured) was hampered by the loss of the official records?
... that after twelve years of attempts,Kyle Larson won theChili Bowl Nationals back-to-back in the first two years when he participated underhis own team?
... that Pakistani historianSuhail Zaheer Lari and his wife, architectYasmeen Lari, threatened to elope to Scotland to get married because the legal marriageable age there was lower than in England?
... that theRemsen Cemetery, one of the few remaining private burial grounds on Long Island, contains the remains of an American Revolutionary War colonel and his family members?
... that journalistCharles Mayer proposed an election procedure change in his attempt to become president of theNational Boxing Association?
... thatSee You in the Cosmos, published as a children's book, has adult themes throughout?
... thatSpiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern, a 1965 album and song thatFranz Josef Degenhardt wrote and sang to his guitar, anticipated the opposition of thestudent movement?
... that althoughWalt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never met,Whitman once wrote "I love the President personally"?

00:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Schloss Freudenberg

... thatSchloss Freudenberg(pictured) and its park inWiesbaden-Dotzheim offer an exhibition for the senses, with aDunkelbar for drinking in darkness?
... that when New York City'sHarlem Ship Canal Bridge had to be replaced, it was floated down the river to become theUniversity Heights Bridge?
... thatAnna Utenhoven, who wasburied alive in 1597, was the last person executed forheresy in theLow Countries?
... that afterNBCUniversal shut downKMAS-TV inSteamboat Springs, Colorado, its chief engineer suggested it be donated to his former employer,Rocky Mountain PBS?
... that the English and French agreed toa draft treaty in 1354 to end what was to become the Hundred Years' War, but the French reneged and the war continued for a further 101 years?
... thatWahsayah Whitebird'sCommunist Party membership was not publicly known until after he was elected?
... thatValentina, with her song "J'imagine", brought France its first victory at theJunior Eurovision Song Contest?
... thatElsa Schiaparelli preventedSalvador Dalí from adding mayonnaise to herlobster dress?

3 February 2021

12:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Pelican Portrait

... that thePelican Portrait of QueenElizabeth I(pictured) is named for the pendant on her breast in the form of apelican in her piety?
... thatHamilton Fish Park, whose pool was used for Olympic practice, was one of the New York City Parks Department's "worst problem areas" by the 1970s?
... that ballerinaGeorgina Parkinson created several roles in ballets choreographed byKenneth MacMillan, includingRomeo and Juliet,Manon andMayerling?
... that the extinct mooneye fishHiodon woodruffi was not described until 1978, although the earliest finds date to 1906?
... that in 1781, Dutch rear admiralWillem Krul was determined to fight a British fleet with a single warship and died?
... that Gore Vidal's novelLive from Golgotha has been called a "masterpiece of blasphemous vulgarity"?
... thatMy Love from the Star's popularity led to it being discussed at China'sNational People's Congress?
... that journalistTom Fitzgerald reportedly held theGuinness world record for "the accumulation of complimentary raincoats,Panasonic radios andCross pens"?

00:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela

... thatF. W. de Klerk'sspeech announcing the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela(both pictured) was given 31 years ago today?
... that the film poster forLooking for Magical Doremi appeared in an episode ofHealin' Good Pretty Cure to promote the film?
... that althoughDallas ministerWalker Railey was acquitted of the attempted murder of his wife in a criminal court, a civil court awarded an $18 million judgment against him?
... that theRegent of Thousand Islands is the only regent in Indonesia to be appointed by the governor instead of being elected by the people?
... that journalistKelsey Piper sees herVox column as a way to popularize discussion ofglobal catastrophic risks?
... thatDistichia muscoides provides good grazing all-year-round in the High Andes for domesticatedllamas andalpacas, and non-native livestock?
... thatDax Reynosa began his hip-hop career as abattle rapper who would burn the rhyme books of defeated opponents, and later co-produceda documentary depicting battle rap inLos Angeles?
... that a reviewer fromEurogamer consideredKing of Crabs to be the "best crab-based Battle Royale" video game he had ever reviewed?

2 February 2021

12:00, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Monk and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (middle) showing Canada's gift to President Gerald Ford

... that Canadian photographer and producerLorraine Monk's bookBetween Friends / Entre Amis was Canada's gift to the United States ontheir bicentennial in 1976(pictured)?
... thatArea 51 was originally called Paradise Ranch to encourage workers to move there?
... that theSt Peter's Medal of theBritish Association of Urological Surgeons was first awarded for the detection ofbladder cancers in the dye industry?
... that the music style of singer-songwriterKui Lee featured a blend of traditionalHawaiian music,jazz,blues, androck and roll?
... that in a rareleapfrog appeal theUK Supreme Courtdecided that insurance companies can be liable for businesslosses arising due to theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that after thelynching of her son,Beulah Mae Donald successfully sued theKu Klux Klan, winning a $7 million judgment?
... thatNaimur Rahman tooksix wickets for 132 runs in the very firsttest Bangladesh played in2000?
... thatTwitter andDiscord usesnowflakes asunique identifiers for their messages and users?

00:00, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

The Troopie

... that the Rhodesian Light Infantry's statueThe Troopie(pictured) was smuggled out of Rhodesia following the establishment of Zimbabwe prior to the regiment's disbanding?
... that Canadian citizenSusan Thomson had her passport confiscated and spent five weeks in "re-education" in 2006 due to her ethnographic research in Rwanda?
... that one student's entire semester at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay in 1979 consisted of programming its student radio stationWGBW?
... that children's writerIsrael Wachser died inKryve Ozero while defending the local Jewish population from apogrom?
... that the men ofWood's Missouri Cavalry Battalion made defenses out of cotton during theBattle of Pine Bluff?
... thatAicha Mekki was one of the very few crime reporters and female journalists in Morocco during theYears of Lead in the latter half of the 20th century?
... that cricketerHasan Ali was picked as a wildcard at the2021 Pakistan Super League players draft?
... that the 1.5 million cubic yards (1.1 million m³) of asbestos waste at theBoRit Asbestos Superfund site inAmbler, Pennsylvania, was known colloquially as the "White Mountains" by local residents?

1 February 2021

12:00, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

... thatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez(pictured) is theyoungest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress?
... that inDenial of Violence,Fatma Müge Göçek argues thatArmenian Genocide denial is one of the ideological foundations of the Turkish nation-state?
... that theSeptet for trumpet, strings and piano was composed byCamille Saint-Saëns for a mathematician?
... that Senegalese turtle biologistTomas Diagne drove 1,200 miles (1,900 km) to pick up the carcass of aNubian flapshell turtle?
... that despite a $34 million advertising campaign in the United States byGeneral Mills, their breakfast cereal snackFingos only lasted from 1993 to 1994?
... that thenorthern water dragon migrated fromNew Guinea intoWallacea less than one million years ago?
... that American educatorAlan T. Busby was the firstAfrican-American student to attend theUniversity of Connecticut, graduating in 1918?
... that a journalist lived for a year using only goodsmade in Canada?

00:00, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Veiled Vestal

... that the sacred flame carried by theVeiled Vestal(pictured) in the 2005 filmPride & Prejudice has been described as representingElizabeth Bennet's "virginal sexual desire"?
... thatJoseildo da Silva beatRoy Dooney at the1991 Chicago Marathon by six seconds in the slowest winning time for 10 years?
... that the British design historianCheryl Buckley claimed in an influential 1986 article that women's contributions to design have been "consistently ignored"?
... thatAstoria Park was intended to be New York City's first large park with active recreational facilities?
... that thetomb ofMuhammad Ahmad in Sudan was desecrated by British forces after theBattle of Omdurman in 1898?
... that "Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit", for New Year in the current Catholic hymnalGotteslob, takes twostanzas from a 1851 song byHeinrich Bone, a third stanza and refrain from 1969, and a 1529 popular melody byLuther?
... that theStrax affair started in the library?
... that the phrase "landfill indie", coined in 2008 by the English music journalistAndrew Harrison, was intended as a pejorative term to describe the perceived bland guitar rock that dominated the UK charts in the early 2000s?

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