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31 March 2021

12:00, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Siuro railway station

... that theSiuro railway station(pictured), located in the Finnish town ofNokia, was proclaimed a nationally significant built cultural environment by theFinnish Heritage Agency?
... that physicianRoopa Dhatt has highlighted the disproportionate number of women working on the frontline of theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that British singerRita Ora and Kazakh DJImanbek collaborated with translators over videotelephony softwareZoom to record their collaborative EPBang?
... thatAndy Crosby captainedScunthorpe United to victory in the2009 League One play-off Final, the last match of his 715-game career?
... that the encrusting bryozoanChorizopora brongniartii has a strategy for avoiding being overgrown byworm tubes?
... that althoughPeter Doyle wasWalt Whitman's intimate companion for over twenty years, he was almost not permitted to attend Whitman's funeral?
... that the elderly Widow Mulchrone baked griddlecakes at theKelly homestead forPrincess Grace andPrince Rainier?
... thatRichard W. Wells claimed that before he brought severaleastern brown snake eggs into the office ofa local newspaper, the species had never been photographed hatching?

00:00, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Advertisement forAround the World in 90 Minutes

... thatAround the World in 90 Minutes featuredElizabeth Taylor cutting a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) cake,Walter Cronkite reporting, andHubert Humphrey delivering a speech?
... that after his baseball career,Byron Houck worked as acamera operator onBuster Keaton's production crew?
... that theRiver Poddle, the main water source of the city ofDublin for over 500 years, was later so polluted by industry that it allegedly killed cattle and horses drinking from it?
... thatAlexander Bielaski was friends withAbraham Lincoln and the grandfather of a director of what became theFBI?
... that theDisability Day of Mourning was first observed in 2012, in response to the media coverage of a murdered autistic man focusing on his murderer's "love and devotion"?
... that one ofElizabeth Cressener's nuns entered her priory asa ten-year-old princess?
... that theNorddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock was the first symphony orchestra to perform as a full ensemble following a hiatus caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic in Germany?
... that Japanese artistMacoto Takahashi stopped makinggirls' comics in the 1960s because he considered himself incapable of adopting the point of view of a girl?

30 March 2021

12:00, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

[[File:|140px|Ana Kansky painted byHenrika Šantel (1932) ]]

Ana Kansky painted byHenrika Šantel (1932)

... that chemistAna Kansky(pictured) became the first person to be awarded a doctoral degree by the newly establishedUniversity of Ljubljana in 1920?
... that beforethe consulate was ready,the first Russian consul inHakodate lived in local temples?
... that whenFred Stewart was appointed themanager ofCardiff City F.C., he paid thetransfer fee of his first signing himself?
... thatBerwind, a miningghost town in Colorado, was a battle site during theColorado Coalfield War in 1913 and 1914?
... thatChristina Adane's free school meal campaign created a UK government U-turn?
... that the firstRoute 128 station was built in just one week?
... thatIrish Times columnistRóisín Ingle has penned more than 4,000 pieces, including "It was love at first riot" about meeting her life partner inNorthern Ireland?
... that theNew York Produce Exchange's business was described in 1886 as "callithumpian discord" with "fiendish screeches"?

00:00, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Comic Takaoka in 2015

... thatComic Takaoka(pictured) opened in 1880 as a general used bookstore and operated continuously until 2019, closing only for theSecond World War?
... thatSatyavathi Rathod is the first woman from ascheduled tribe to serve as a minister in the Indian state ofTelangana?
... thatVasari disliked the "clumsy Greek style" ofItalo-Byzantine painting that preceded the Renaissance?
... thatWilliam Lyon Mackenzie was the first mayor of Toronto?
... that theEast Bengal Ultras, founded in 2013, became India's firstultras group?
... that pianistDavid Kadouch, namedYoung Artist of the Year in 2011, recorded Shostakovich's24 Preludes and hisPiano Quintet on a single CD?
... thatJack Lemmon starred inThe Mystery of Thirteen as a real-life physician whoCharles Dickens called "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey"?
... thatStephanie Saland decided to become a ballet dancer because of computerized report cards?

29 March 2021

12:00, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Scott Brown

... that professional goalkeeperScott Brown(pictured) lost his father toParkinson's, witnessed the birth of his son, and then signed withAberdeen, all in the space of ten days?
... thatDreamcar's "All of the Dead Girls" was inspired by a comment made by American actorJosh Richman?
... that a child in command of the controlscrashed an airplane, killing all seventy-five occupants on impact?
... thatKolja Lessing, playing both violin and piano, focuses his repertoire on neglected composers, including numerous former students ofFranz Schreker?
... thatSailor Moon contributed significantly to the development ofyuri, a genre of media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters?
... thatJohn Frankenheimer's World War II dramaRumors of Evening led one critic to predict stardom forRobert Loggia?
... that the streetBorgo Santo Spirito in Rome was named after a fortified complexfor Anglo-Saxon pilgrims to Rome?
... that after aFalklands War adventure withrigid inflatable boats,Tommy Turtle'sSAS troop called itself "The South Georgia Boating Club"?

00:00, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Three-circle depiction of the Borromean rings

... that the common depiction of theBorromean rings as three linked but pairwise-unlinked circles(pictured) is animpossible object, because they cannot actually be circular?
... thatMLS Cup 1999 was played with new rule changes that were approved days before the game?
... that both grandfathers ofDonough MacCarty, who fought for theIrish Catholic Confederation, were Protestants?
... thatAaron Copland considered theShort Symphony to be "one of the best things I ever wrote"?
... thatCarl Craig became thestate auditor of Mississippi in 1936 after defeating aformer state auditor also named Carl?
... that asyzygy of celestial bodies causedVan Sickle Island to flood in 2017?
... that 19th-century Guyanese poetEgbert Martin, who died at the age of 29, is considered to be the country's first major poet?
... thatPseudolarix wehrii fossils can be mummies?

28 March 2021

12:00, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Composition with Grid No. 1

... that the 1918 paintingComposition with Grid No. 1(pictured) byPiet Mondrian is based on thegolden ratio?
... thatArora Akanksha, the firstmillennial candidate forSecretary-General of the United Nations, believes the organisation is wasteful?
... that "Wer unterm Schutz des Höchsten steht", a hymn paraphrasingPsalm 91, has been recommended instead of the psalm in theLiturgy of the Hours, and for memorial services after disasters?
... that only posthumously wasPatrick Francis Healy described as the firstblack American to become aJesuit, earn aPh.D., and become the president of a predominantly white university?
... that theBattery Maritime Building was used as a musical installation while it was awaiting redevelopment?
... thatSandra Wolin, a physician-microbiologist, devised an earlyribosome profiling method as a postdoctoral researcher inPeter Walter's lab at theUniversity of California, San Francisco?
... that three-quarters of the animated filmA Goofy Movie had to be reshot due to a single dead pixel on a faulty monitor, leading to a delayed release?
... that to attract commercial investment, stones were installed onStone Street in New York City?

00:00, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

John J. DeGioia

... that in 2001,John J. DeGioia(pictured) became the firstlay president of aJesuit university in the United States?
... thatA Winged Victory for the Sullen's albumInvisible Cities was composed as the score of a multimedia theatre production that was inspired byItalo Calvino's 1972novel of the same name?
... thatWill Arnett is the only voice actor to appear in theBoJack Horseman episode "Free Churro"?
... that, during his time in a Japaneseprisoner-of-war camp,footballerErnie Curtis would obtain extra food by teaching his captors how to play with a ball made of paper?
... thata high-rise residential building inSeattle is planned to incorporate aBoeing 747-400 fuselage into its indoor galleria?
... thatMuraina Oyelami started painting after attending aMbari Mbayo workshop?
... that a 2009 study found thatApple Fifth Avenue was geotagged in more photographs than the Statue of Liberty was?
... that1-pentadecanol is synthesized by creeping cucumbers, mutant fungus, and the Shell oil company?

27 March 2021

12:00, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Dalby Church

... thatDalby Church(pictured) may once have been part of a Danish royal palace complex?
... that after hisprofessional baseball career,Joe Beggs was superintendent of prisons inKentucky and director of urban renewal forNewport, Kentucky?
... that theString Octet byMax Bruch was premiered in a live BBC broadcast in 1937 and then forgotten for several decades?
... thatCrewe Alexandra were promoted back to thesecond tier of English football for the first time in 101 years when they won the1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final?
... that of the ten Taiwanese delegates at the2017 National Congress of the Communist Party of China, only one,Lu Li'an, was born in Taiwan?
... thattemporary war buildings on theNational Mall in Washington, D.C., were blamed for "producing a depressing air of slovenliness", but some remained standing for over half a century?
... that the 13th-centuryBarnston Manor was owned by the same family for 700 years before being put up for sale in 2018?
... that whenMarjan Haydaree became the all-time top scorer for theAfghanistan women's national football team, she had never set foot in Afghanistan?

00:00, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Supersonus katydid

... that the katydid genusSupersonus(example pictured) has been considered to produce the highest-frequency ultrasonic noise in the animal kingdom?
... that the original name for theArrested Development episode "Motherboy XXX" was an advertisement forBurger King?
... that stamp dealerEverard F. Aguilar wrote a chapter onJamaican postage stamps forIan Fleming Introduces Jamaica (1965)?
... that theCambridge United team took a cold shower before winning the1990 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final?
... thatA Ruined Life was the first film by directorVictor Sjöström to be shown in Sweden because his earlier film,The Gardener, had been censored for 68 years?
... that during the 1986Rogers Commission investigation,Allan J. McDonald revealed a coverup byNASA engineers?
... that the 2018–2020Kivu Ebola epidemic was theDemocratic Republic of the Congo's 10th and longestEbola outbreak and the second largest in the world after theoutbreak in West Africa?
... thatTed Cohen's romance was set to music byIsaac Asimov?

26 March 2021

13:07, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Red Steer in the tail of an Avro Vulcan

... that operators of the Mark 1Red Steertail warning radar(pictured) joked that the Soviets would not attempt to jam it as such attempts would not make it any harder to read?
... that 29 years after their last album, alternative rock bandthe Dream Syndicate released a new studio album,How Did I Find Myself Here? in 2017?
... thatPhil Chisnall movedfrom Manchester United to Liverpool in April 1964, becoming the last player to be transferred directly between the two clubs?
... thatWoodrow Wilson's 1919Pueblo speech was the last time he gave a public oration?
... that when the ConservativeMary Morris claimed "never to have been a militant suffragette", the audience laughed?
... that Australian hotelier and television personality Simon van Kempen recorded a single, "I Am Real", in 2011?
... that Japan'sShirongo Festival seesama compete to be the first to catch and dedicate to thekami a pair of "beckoningabalone"?
... thatNoah Beck, a social-media personality and former college soccer player, worefishnet tights, cuffed jeans, andstiletto heels for a digital cover ofVMan magazine?

03:07, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Giovanna Tosato

... thatphysician-scientist andcancer researcherGiovanna Tosato(pictured) had just crossed the finish line when theBoston Marathon bombing started?
... that the 1952 filmGirls Marked Danger was classified as being morally objectionable for Catholics by theNational Legion of Decency?
... thatKanye West's inspiration for "Welcome to Heartbreak" wasDave Sirulnick showing him pictures of his children?
... that theSt. Clair Parkway travels throughCorunna, Ontario, a planned town intended to be the capital of aunited Upper and Lower Canada when it was established in 1823?
... thatShah Abdul Latif Bhittai is considered the greatestSufi poet in theSindhi language?
... that thePort of Spain Gazette was known for its strongly pro-slavery position in the 1830s, and it was said that it "spat its venom on anyone who spoke of the virtues of emancipation"?
... that in 2021,Jane Lunnon became the first woman head ofAlleyn's School since it was separated from theCollege of God's Gift in 1882?
... that theZ173 Shipyard changed its name seven times from 1965 to 2010 before it adopted its current public name,Hong Ha Shipbuilding One-Member Limited Liability Company?

25 March 2021

12:00, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Kaktovik numerals, representing 0 to 19

... thatKaktovik numerals(pictured) are aniconic,base-20 numeral system created by the AlaskanIñupiat, with shapes that visually indicate the numbers being represented?
... thatEdward Hewitt Nichols, the first leader ofHong Kong's Country Parks administrations, oversaw the designation of 40 per cent of the territory as parkland?
... that one of the first recorded cases of the rare genetic disorderring chromosome 22 was in a pair of identical twins?
... thatIsa Briones, who played Soji and other roles onStar Trek: Picard, sang a new arrangement ofIrving Berlin's song "Blue Skies" for the first season's finale?
... that until theCalendar (New Style) Act 1750 was passed, the new year began on 25 March in England, Wales, Ireland, and Britain's American colonies?
... that the currentUnited States Chargé d'affaires to China,Robert W. Forden, taught English at universities inShenyang andBeijing from 1981 to 1983?
... thatrecordings ofWie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, a Bach chorale cantata for theAnnunciation, includeFritz Lehmann's with theBerlin Philharmonic, andNikolaus Harnoncourt's usingperiod instruments?
... that at the opening ceremony forOntario Highway 105, a construction company presented Minister of HighwaysGeorge Doucett with a bear cub as thanks for his efforts towards the creation of the route?

00:00, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Jakob Grün

... thatJakob Grün(pictured),concertmaster of theVienna Court Opera Orchestra from 1868 to 1897, played violin solos standing, in Hungarian tradition?
... that the2002 Football League Third Division play-off Final was one of the last matches shown on theITV Sport Channel?
... that actressIsabel Bonner died on stage while performing ina play written byher husband?
... that the novelNick was written in 2015 but could not be published until after the copyright ofThe Great Gatsby expired in 2021?
... thatMyra MacDonald, whose career as a foreign correspondent forReuters spanned virtually three decades, and who coveredSouth Asia for a long time, wrote three books on India and Pakistan?
... that all video games byDigital Homicide Studios were removed fromSteam after the company sued 100 of the platform's users?
... thatBarnham Court inWest Sussex is built in a similar style toKew Palace in London?
... that the original trenches from the 1916 defensive battle of theOttoman Army againstRussians were identifiable from the satellite images of theMount Kop Defense National Historic Park?

24 March 2021

12:00, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Lucia Votano

... thatLucia Votano(pictured) was the first woman to be appointed director of theGran Sasso National Laboratory, the largest underground research center in the world?
... thatDoug Sahm's albumGroover's Paradise was produced by formerCreedence Clearwater Revival drummerDoug Clifford?
... thatNicola Formby has recalled growing up inSouth Africa when "dogs lived in kennels outside and never ever came into the house with their muddy paws"?
... that bothRobbie Williams andMichael Jackson played forBlackpool in the2007 Football League One play-off Final?
... that Australian talk-show hostPaul B. Kidd is a prolifictrue-crime writer who has written 37 books?
... thatPokémon Brilliant Diamond andShining Pearl will be the first main-seriesPokémon games not developed byGame Freak since the franchise's inception 25 years ago?
... thatRupert Richardson, a civil-rights activist, was known as the "grand dame" of theNAACP?
... thatRoxette's final studio albumGood Karma was recorded in a studio named "Tits & Ass"?

00:00, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Cromwell House

... that thelisting particulars ofCromwell House(pictured) call it a "splendid example of Renaissance brickwork"?
... thatLeRoy Woodson's photographs of steel-industry pollution were part of theEnvironmental Protection Agency'sDocumerica project?
... that many South Asian migrants are brought into theGulf Cooperation Council area under thekafala system, which isseen by human-rights groups as highly exploitative?
... that afterPokémon Legends: Arceus was announced, users pointed out that it was very similar to another hit game on theSwitch,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
... that the clarinetistNicola Jürgensen portrayed the character of Eve with herbasset horn in Karlheinz Stockhausen'sMichaels Reise um die Erde in Vienna and New York City?
... that beforehis 1868 impeachment, there had been several previousefforts to impeach Andrew Johnson?
... thatAndrew Russell Murray, pioneer ofpollicization and offinger joint replacement, was shot dead byKarl Kast in the Brisbane medical massacre?
... thatPaul Laurence Dunbar would "undoubtedly" have been killed if contemporary white society had fully understood his poem "We Wear the Mask"?

23 March 2021

12:00, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Ringyuichon Vashum

... that microcredit activistRingyuichon Vashum(pictured) was awarded theNari Shakti Puraskar for working to empower more than 13,000 female self-help organizations?
... thatThe Book of American Negro Poetry,Negro Poets and Their Poems,An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes, andCaroling Dusk, major poetry anthologies from theHarlem Renaissance, included poems by African-American poets ranging fromLangston Hughes to a nine-year-old girl?
... thatPaul Rolan has been the principal investigator in more than 700 clinical research studies of new medicines?
... that the bank initially refused to provide a mortgage for the 1932Alvar Aalto–designed houseVilla Tammekann inTartu until its flat roof was replaced by apitched one?
... thatMaryland running backJake Funk had his best college season after tearing hisACL in the two previous seasons?
... that so many people attended the golden-jubilee celebrations for the pastor ofGaleed Chapel in Brighton in 1932 that they had to be held in a different church?
... that the first words ever spoken in a feature film were uttered byAl Jolson after singing "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face"?
... thatPoème roumain was composed byGeorge Enescu when he was only 16 years old?

00:00, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Kangasala railway station

... that the now-closedKangasala railway station(pictured) in Finland was designed in theNational Romantic style, unlike many contemporaneous buildings?
... that theRhodesian Air Force'sGreen Leader once threatened to shoot down any Zambian Air Force planes that interfered withOperation Gatling after taking control of Zambian airspace?
... thatKQLO, the antecedent of today'sKIHM, was established after its founder drove fromNevada toVermont and found no Catholic radio stations on the trip?
... thatDwayne De Rosario is Canada's all-time leading malesoccer goalscorer, with22 international goals?
... that a rentedDucati SuperSport that was scratched during the making ofRoad Rash was kept and displayed in theElectronic Arts lobby?
... that whenJohn-Michael Caprio became the director of music at the Roman CatholicSt. Patrick's Cathedral, he ordered that the choir's robes be replaced because they looked "too Protestant"?
... that theEMER-K1 was created by Myanmar by reverse-engineeringQBZ-97 assault rifles sold to them?
... that theBoJack Horseman episode "The View from Halfway Down" received its title because series creatorRaphael Bob-Waksberg needed an episode title starting with the letter "V"?

22 March 2021

12:00, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Sammy Byrd

... thatSammy Byrd(pictured) is the only person to play in both aWorld Series and aMasters Tournament?
... that the music styles in thediscography of mewithoutYou range from screamed post-hardcore vocals to acoustic campfire songs?
... thatEliza Pottie was one of a small group of women who founded the firstYoung Women's Christian Association branch in Sydney?
... that at the2021 Welsh Open,Jordan Brown was the lowest-ranked snooker player to win aranking event since 1993?
... thatAndrew Logan assisted at the firstpneumonectomy in the UK and performed the country's firstlung transplant?
... that the 1938 filmGangster's Boy starred silent-film actressBetty Blythe, who took on roles that she liked despite a source saying that she was "more or less retired"?
... that the baritoneBenjamin Appl, the last private student ofDietrich Fischer-Dieskau, was namedGramophone's Young Artist of 2016?
... that when commenting on her decision to depictAchilles andPatroclus as lovers in her novelThe Song of Achilles, authorMadeline Miller remarked: "I stole it fromPlato"?

00:00, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Chemical graph of the overlapping substructures of caffeine

... that one of the firstgenerators of chemical graphs(example pictured) was developed in the context of NASA'sMariner program to facilitate the automated identification of chemical compounds in the search forlife on Mars?
... thatMillie Dienert was called the "first lady of prayer" for her work on behalf of evangelistBilly Graham?
... that theSonata in C major for piano four-hands byFranz Schubert was, for over a century after its publication in 1837, thought of as asymphony in disguise?
... thatJoseph B. O'Hagan resigned the presidency of theCollege of the Holy Cross to recuperate but soon thereafter died at sea?
... that theMississippi–Alabama barrier islands have shrunken rapidly and drifted westward since first being mapped in the 1800s?
... thatDomus Litonii is the only remaining 19th-century residential building in the entire centre ofHelsinki?
... that in the filmDog Day Afternoon,Al Pacino improvised the "Attica! Attica!" scene following the suggestion of an assistant director?
... thatHollis Taylor has argued that birdsong should be considered music?

21 March 2021

12:00, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Ava Cherry

... thatAva Cherry(pictured),David Bowie's partner and muse, spent a year searching for him in Europe after he cancelled a tour of Japan on which she was to be a backup singer?
... thatNeil Warnock leftHuddersfield Town shortly after they gained promotion by winning the1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final because he said the club chairman had told him a "porky pie"?
... that Turkish world-championpara-archerBahattin Hekimoğlu did not leave his home for two years after breaking his neck and becoming paralyzed?
... that the melody of a song toVenus became thetune for the 17th-century hymn "Auf meinen lieben Gott" (in English "In God, My Faithful God") and others?
... that the philosopherG. E. L. Owen was described byMartha Nussbaum as "an alcoholic and an attempted womaniser"?
... that theBritish Consulate of Hakodate was prone to catching on fire?
... that physicistJoseph Gelders was kidnapped and beaten, probably by members of theKu Klux Klan, for hiscivil rights andlabor organizing activities?
... that the signature fragrance ofAedes de Venustas perfumery is based on rhubarb and tomato leaf?

00:00, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building

... that theFederal Reserve Bank of New York Building(pictured) has been described as "a bigger Florentine palace than has ever stood in Florence"?
... that the death ofNME music journalistDele Fadele was not known within the music industry for more than two years after the fact?
... thatWashington State Route 539 is named the "Guide Meridian" because it follows asurveying meridian?
... that the1998 Football League Third Division play-off Final was the first play-off final to feature two brothers whenNeil andDavid Gregory played forColchester United?
... thatDennis Howard Green was such a productive book reviewer for theModern Language Review that they implemented a rule calledLex Green, which limits the number of reviews per person to three per year?
... thatChuck Connors, star of theABC showThe Rifleman, was an investor in TV stationKNBS, an ABC affiliate, in Washington state?
... that physicianClare Fowler and surgeonProkar Dasgupta were the first in the UK to useBotox injections, using a flexible cystoscope, to treat people with overactive bladders?
... thatWilliam Steig wroteShrek! at the age of eighty-three, two decades after leaving a career as a cartoonist atThe New Yorker?

20 March 2021

12:00, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Ebenezer Teichelmann after the first crossing of Harper Pass in 1905

... that whenEbenezer Teichelmann(pictured), Henry Newton andAlec Graham made the first ascent of Douglas Peak in New Zealand in 1907, they took more than 25 kg (55 lb) of camera equipment?
... thatAllen Mawer was the driving force behind the establishment of theEnglish Place-Name Society, which conducted a systematic survey ofEnglish place names?
... thatClaude McKay's poem "If We Must Die" has been cited as marking the beginning of theHarlem Renaissance?
... thatJohn Morkel captained the Rhodesia national rugby team to a victory over theAll Blacks?
... that the song "August" was written byTaylor Swift from the perspective of a girl who falls in love with somebody already in a relationship?
... thatBoris Johnson andTony Fernandes were present at the opening ceremony ofEpsom College in Malaysia in 2014?
... thatDorothy Henriques-Wells made 360 paintings for display on threeNorwegian Cruise Line ships?
... that livehuhu grubs have been served at theHokitika Wildfoods Festival?

00:00, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Singing male black-chinned sparrow

... that thesong of theblack-chinned sparrow(pictured) is said to resemble the sound of a droppedping-pong ball?
... thatÁngel Mangual'swalk-off single in the 20th inning on July 9, 1971, ended the longest scoreless game inAmerican League history?
... that inBegum v Home Secretary,Lord Reed quoted fromEleanor Roosevelt: "justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both"?
... thatMaha Jaafar, a Sudanese-Iraqi dentist who started producing YouTube videos to "have fun with her friends", has attracted almost two million views for a video mimicking Arabic dialects and stereotypes?
... that the co-founders of theBlack College Football Hall of Fame attended the samehistorically black university and were bothquarterbacks in theNational Football League?
... that the short documentary filmA City Called Copenhagen was initially not released due to thefilm commission disliking the film, but it was shown two years later to positive reception?
... thatAdolphus D. Griffin published thePortland New Age for Portland's African-American residents during a time in which they were legally excluded from the state?
... that oversimplifying a fictional character over the course of a show's run is calledFlanderization, afterNed Flanders ofThe Simpsons?

19 March 2021

12:00, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Peter Thorburn

... that rugby coachPeter Thorburn(pictured), who had a keen interest inThoroughbred racing, owned two horses that won multipleGroup I races?
... that New York City'sHudson Terminal, once billed as the world's largest office building by floor area, was demolished as part of an agreement to develop theWorld Trade Center?
... thatManuel L. Quezon defeated theNational Socialist Party and thecommunist-backedRepublican Party in1935?
... that formermasonic grand masterTobias Watkins served nine months in prison for embezzling $3,050 from theU.S. Treasury, then two more years for failing to pay it back?
... that many locations in themangaAria are based on real-lifeVenice?
... thatIdaho's first television station,KFXD-TV, was a two-man operation that lasted less than two months?
... that a copy ofEstella Hijmans-Hertzveld's poem "Stemmen en zangen" was gifted toHans Christian Andersen during his 1866 visit to the Netherlands?
... that theComanche Springs pupfish no longer lives inComanche Springs?

00:00, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Fossil echinoid

... thatfossil echinoids(example pictured)can be used to date the various chalk strata of theWhite Cliffs of Dover?
... thatElsa Dreisig appeared at theBerlin State Opera in soprano roles from Diane in Rameau'sHippolyte et Aricie to Natascha in the world premiere ofBeat Furrer'sVioletter Schnee?
... that a decade after passing on the opportunity to build a radio station, the owner of theOkmulgee Daily Times newspaper instead boughtKOKL?
... that four members of theUsmani family were co-founders of theDarul Uloom Deoband seminary, where theDeobandi movement began?
... thatRobert T. Kerlin was fired from theVirginia Military Institute for questioning the death sentences of African-American farmers?
... that the publication ofA Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien in 2014 byWiley-Blackwell has been described as proof that Tolkien had finally attained acceptance by the literary establishment?
... that the originalPittsburgh U.S. Marine Hospital became a saloon?
... thatArt Potter once ordered the "unusual scene" of five ice hockey players beginning a game in thepenalty box?

18 March 2021

12:00, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

James McHenry Jones

... thatJames McHenry Jones(pictured) was the president ofa university, a leader ofa fraternal organization, and a director of one of the firstAfrican American–owned fossil-fuel companies?
... that the ornamental dome of theGreat Mosque of Tlemcen is considered one of the most exceptional examples ofAlmoravid architecture?
... thatHeléne Alexopoulos was one of the fewNew York City Ballet dancers who had children?
... that the first episode of the British television drama seriesAckley Bridge was re-edited following theManchester Arena bombing, as scenes showed a student at the centre of a bombing hoax?
... thatLuis Salvador became the mayor ofGranada in 2019 even though his party won only four of twenty-seven seats?
... that the machine-learning modelDALL-E, widely reported on for its "surreal" and "quirky" output, also learned to solveRaven's Matrices (a form of IQ test) without being specifically taught to do so?
... that Icelandic footballerÞórdís Hrönn Sigfúsdóttir has had to self-isolate on four occasions during theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that the governor of Iowabanned the speaking of any language other than English in public in 1918?

00:00, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Blue asbestos from the Koegas region

... that theKoegas mine was once the largest producer ofblue asbestos(example pictured) in the world?
... that attorneyMark F. Pomerantz, who supervised the prosecution of mob bossJohn A. Gotti, is now assisting a criminal investigation intoDonald Trump's finances?
... that the song "I Didn't Know", representingSan Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, was written by a composer and a lyricist who had never met each other in person?
... that thesouthern brown howler is considered to be avulnerable species, partly because of the monkey's susceptibility toyellow fever?
... that onSaint Patrick's Day in 2003,Catholic WorkerClare Grady broke into an Army recruiting center and poured her blood on the walls, windows, and a US flag in a protest against theinvasion of Iraq?
... thatTamar, anepic poem by American writerRobinson Jeffers, makes references to theBooks of Samuel in theOld Testament?
... that the violinistRudolf Deman,concertmaster of theorchestra of the Berlin State Opera, took part in the first German radio broadcast from Berlin in 1923?
... that the shoe department of theSaks Fifth Avenue flagship store was the first individual story of a building in the United States with its own ZIP Code?

17 March 2021

12:00, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Jyoti Kumari

... that teenagerJyoti Kumari(pictured) travelled 750 miles (1,210 km) on a bicycle with her injured father, duringIndia's COVID-19 lockdown?
... thatThe Ghost Inside'sself-titled 2020 album was their first release since a deadly tour bus crash in 2015?
... that Irish sportswomanCarol Breen has played internationally in bothassociation andAustralian rules football?
... that within hours of theSocial Encounter Party in Mexico being stripped of its electoral registration, theSolidary Encounter Party was formed with the same initials, party structure and ideology?
... that ballerinaPatricia Delgado danced in a music video for indie rock bandthe National?
... thatKSBK, which has been described as the most influential radio station inOkinawa in the 1960s, became a casualty of thereversion of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan and closed in October 1973?
... that GovernorAndrew Cuomo, who was initially praised for his handling of theCOVID-19 pandemic in New York, is now implicated ina scandal related to it?
... thatPaul Newman andJoanne Woodward starred inThe 80 Yard Run as a couple in a troubled marriage, and were married in real life 13 days later?

00:00, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Folio depicting Alexander the Great at the Kaaba

... that theKhalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage has a 16th-century manuscript(pictured) showingAlexander the Great praying at theKaaba?
... thatMartina Vandenberg moved to Russia and founded the country's firstrape crisis center when she was 24?
... that a three-minute segment ofBoonie Bears: The Wild Life took an average of 20 hours per frame torender?
... thatfootballerBilly Hardy isCardiff City F.C.'s record appearance holder, having played in 590 matches between 1911 and 1932?
... that research incorporatingsex as a biological variable enhances therigor andreproducibility of results?
... that themusic video for theTaylor Swift song "Delicate" was accused by internet audiences of plagiarizing an advertisement forKenzo?
... thatChang Yun Chung, formerly the world's oldest billionaire, was captured duringthe Japanese occupation foraiding anti-Japanese resistance in Malaya?
... that when a fire broke out at1 Hanover Square's basement restaurant, engine crews simultaneously fighting a fire across the street got confused?

16 March 2021

12:00, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Al Gettel

... thatAl "Two Gun" Gettel(pictured) rode a horse onto thebaseball field in fullWestern wear for a game?
... that Andrew Bahr drove a herd of 3,000reindeer fromNome, Alaska, toReindeer Station, earning the nickname "The Arctic Moses"?
... that ballerinaKay Mazzo created roles in three ballets choreographed byGeorge Balanchine during theNew York City Ballet's Stravinsky Festival in 1972?
... that during the first public reading ofWolfdietrich Schnurre's short storyDas Begräbnis, part of the audience left the room in protest?
... thatGeoffrey Kirk captained afishing boat before becoming a professor ofancient Greek atCambridge University?
... that thetop-level domain.guru had 35,000 websites registered to it within the first three weeks of its release?
... thatLisa Martin captained theScotland women's national rugby union team in 2018 to their first victory in Ireland for 12 years?
... that a 1958 promotion byNashville radio stationWKDA, in which a "purple people eater" climbed a hotel sign, prompted the police chief to ask the station "never to pull a trick" like it again?

00:00, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Prokofiev (on the podium, right) after the second performance of his Sixth Symphony

... that theSixth Symphony bySergei Prokofiev(pictured) was said to depict the "private world of modern man against the terrifying machinery of universal destruction"?
... thatLester Collins developedInnisfree Garden over 55 years, and it was listed in the USNational Register of Historic Places in 2019?
... thatFemme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter), an oil-on-canvas painting by Pablo Picasso, was one of themost expensive paintings ever sold at an auction in Europe?
... that no more than 50 mature individuals of thecritically endangerednorthern brown howler are estimated to remain?
... that the opening of a new church inGuston, Colorado, was said to have brought fire and "divine intervention" ona rival neighboring community?
... that Frenchrugby union playerAudrey Forlani scored a try in the decisive match of the2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, after which France won the tournament?
... that the owners ofKettlethorpe Hall used a relocated 14th-century chapel as a boathouse, and the chapel's remains are now ina public park?
... thatWilbur Nelson was known as the "singing evangelist" because he both sang and preached at his services?

15 March 2021

12:00, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Irena Solska byLeon Wyczółkowski (1899)

... that during theGerman occupation of Poland, the Polish dramatic actressIrena Solska(pictured) worked withŻegota and helped to hide and rescue Jews?
... that the whaleback barge104 was the first ship of its kind to be lost on theGreat Lakes?
... that theMarch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces was adopted after the previous march fell into disuse following mocking and parodying by activists?
... that American financial executiveRobert Glauber could watch an opera "infinite times"?
... that inEpidemiology in Relation to Air Travel (1933),Arthur Massey showed how air passengers could spread infectious diseases between countries before they showed any symptoms?
... that while atFiorentina,Mohamed Salah chose the shirt number 74 in honour of the victims of thePort Said Stadium riot?
... that the US government once mailed rural school districts scale models from which carpenters could construct actualtwo-room schools?
... thatKids See Ghosts andTy Dolla Sign were sued for allegedly sampling "The Spirit of Marcus Garvey (Garvey speaks to an all-Black audience)" in their song "Freeee (Ghost Town, Pt. 2)"?

00:00, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Illustration of the Statue of Liberty caricatured as a Black woman with exaggerated racial features

"Liberty frightening the world"

... thatDarktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures(example pictured), was a perennial bestseller forCurrier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production?
... that theKharijite leaderAbu Bilal Mirdas defeated a 2,000-strongUmayyad army with his band of forty?
... that "For the Night" wasPop Smoke's first single to reach the top ten on the USBillboard Hot 100, peaking at number six?
... thatAndanappa Doddameti was the first member to address theBombay Legislative Assembly in theKannada language?
... thatTIC 168789840 is the first known six-starstellar system in which the stars can be observedeclipsing one another from Earth?
... that during theGreat Depression,Ernest R. Fatland led an organization that helpedOregonian farmers reduce their mortgage payments and other debts to save their farms fromforeclosure?
... thatSwansea City made two appearances at theMillennium Stadium in 2006,winning the Football League Trophy but losingthe Football League One play-off Final?
... that thevariegated grasshopper can be de-winged, salted and fried to provide a tasty meal?

14 March 2021

12:00, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Vampira

... that the producers ofThe Jet Propelled Couch hired "Miss Color TV",Vampira(pictured in black and white), and severalMiss Americas to portray attractive creatures inhabiting an imaginary planet?
... that inAfter Us, or the World as it Might Be, surgeonJohn Lockhart-Mummery proposed that women should only be allowed to breed with physically perfect men?
... that whenMark Coles started coaching thePakistan women's national cricket team, he was not being paid, and he later lived in acompound withsnipers on the roof?
... that the music video for "Shake the Room" wasPop Smoke's first posthumous visual after he was shot and killed at the age of 20 during a home invasion?
... that at the2019 London Marathon, the total raised for charities surpassed £1 billion since the first race in 1981?
... thatCharles Sweeny was expelled fromWest Point twice, but went on to became a Polish Army brigadier general, a US Army lieutenant colonel, and an officer in theRoyal Air Force and theForeign Legion?
... that thecyberpunk setting ofNew Gods: Nezha Reborn is based on a mixture of 1920s–1930sManhattan andRepublic of China–eraShanghai?
... thatBarge 129 was sunk on Lake Superior by the ship that was towing her?

00:00, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Bilingual Romantic Road sign in Röttingen, Germany

... that theJapan Romantic Road was so popular that signs(example pictured) were altered on a road in Germany?
... thatElvis Presley's song "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" features a theme common to country music: "passive acceptance of the singer's fate"?
... that theRolls Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window commemorates the pilots of theRoyal Air Force and the contributions ofRolls-Royce engineering to theBattle of Britain?
... thatAmber McReynolds's advocacy forvote-by-mail supported US states' expansion of absentee balloting during theCOVID-19 pandemic so millions of people couldvote from home in the2020 elections?
... that the Rhodesian African Rifles' march "Sweet Banana" was created after their soldiers stopped to buy some bananas in South Africa?
... that the1991 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final was the firstFootball League play-off to be decided by apenalty shoot-out?
... thatRealSports Baseball, part ofAtari's response to anIntellivision marketing campaign fronted byGeorge Plimpton, won a best sports game award for 1983?
... that an engineer ofPittsburgh television stationWENS found out that its tower had collapsed when he looked out his window to find it missing?

13 March 2021

12:00, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Ada Ballin

... that dress reformerAda Ballin(pictured) warned of the dangers of poisonous dyes and tight lacing in women's clothing?
... that "Lob Gott getrost mit Singen" (Praise God confidently with singing), the first line of a 1544 hymn by theBohemian Brethren, was used for the title of a songbook aimed at senior citizens?
... that Turkish psychologistDoğan Cüceloğlu contemplated suicide due to his poor command of English while a doctoral student at theUniversity of Illinois, and later taught 16 years atCSU Fullerton?
... that the 2014 filmFires on the Plain, which includes madness, murder, andcannibalism, was intended to warn younger Japanese audiences of the horrors of war?
... thatBrian Lee Durfee, a prison guard atUtah State Prison, has a painting in the permanent collection at theGrand Canyon National Park visitor center?
... that although remaining a little-known monument inNeuquén, Argentina, theFotheringham Crossing Pyramid, inaugurated in 1947, is considered to be a symbol of the neighborhood of Sapere?
... that in 2020,Jasmin Taylor broke the record for themost medals won by a British skier at the World Cup and World Championships?
... that theRod Serling–hosted television productionThe Great Gatsby (1958) was described as being "neither 'Great' nor 'Gatsby'"?

00:00, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Dorking cockerel

... that a three-metre-tall (10 ft) statue of a five-toedcockerel(pictured) inDorking is a frequent target ofyarn bombers?
... that geographerJ. Russell Smith worked with the USDA to make 20 new varieties ofChinese chestnut, with the aim of creating ablight-resistant tree?
... that althoughThe Most Important Man was poorly received by critics, composerGian Carlo Menotti thought it was one of his finest operas?
... that a line from the 1899 poem "Sympathy" provided the title forMaya Angelou's autobiographyI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
... that several candidates running on the ticket of the new political partyForce for Mexico were previously members of theNational Regeneration Movement?
... thatCovington Hall was a member of theIndustrial Workers of the World and theSons of Confederate Veterans?
... that the upcomingSNLE 3G-class nuclear ballistic-missile submarines could remain in service with the French Navy until 2090?
... thatPlants vs. Zombies became the fastest-selling video game developed byPopCap Games in under a month?

12 March 2021

12:00, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Driss El Maloumi

... that Moroccanoud playerDriss El Maloumi(pictured) participated in the projectThe Routes of Slavery at New York'sLincoln Center?
... that GovernorGreg Abbott initially blamed the2021 Texas power crisis on frozenwind turbines?
... that after winning Olympic bronze inbobsleigh,"Paddy" Green went on toRAF night-fighter fame that won him awards from the US and Soviet Union?
... thatGeorge Balanchine choreographed the balletVienna Waltzes as a tribute to Austria, using music byJohann Strauss II,Franz Lehár andRichard Strauss?
... thatChris Redd won aPrimetime Emmy Award in 2018 for co-writing a song aboutBarack Obama?
... that tens of thousands of British city dwellers engaged intrekking during the Blitz, with most doing so to get a good night's sleep in nearby towns and rural areas?
... that New ZealanderFran Jonas made her debut at the top level of domestic cricket aged 15, and took three wickets in the final that season?
... that the God in the novelI Am God was described by a reviewer as "half heteronormative deity, half embarrassing uncle"?

00:00, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Bridge at Aix repaired with a German railway-gun carriage

... that in support ofAllied logistics in the Southern France campaign, engineers repaired a bridge(pictured) using thecarriage of a Germanrailway gun?
... that when his attempt to buildRCA into aconglomerate failed,Robert Sarnoff was ousted from the board in a "palace revolt"?
... thatWycombe Wanderers secured back-to-backpromotions when they won the1994 Football League Third Division play-off Final?
... thatGirma Bekele Gebre finished third at the2019 New York City Marathon, despite not having a coach or sponsor, and having to pay to enter the race?
... that a landmarked house onAbolitionist Place inDowntown Brooklyn may have been a stop on theUnderground Railroad?
... that scenes ofHoney Wright driving inCasualty had to be filmed carefully as actress Chelsee Healey could not drive?
... that the termiteOdontotermes formosanus grows its own food?
... that billionaireJulia Koch once worked as a fashion designer's assistant and did fittings forNancy Reagan?

11 March 2021

12:00, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Gengoroh Tagame

... that a 1994 manga series by artistGengoroh Tagame(pictured) was the firstgay comic in Japan to turn a profit?
... that 23-year-oldMichael Oliver refereed the2009 Football League One play-off Final atWembley Stadium the day after his father had officiated the2009 Football League Two play-off Final?
... thatanti-vaccine activistSimone Gold participated in thestorming of the U.S. Capitol?
... that whenBig Red Envelope was released, nearly half of its audience came fromfourth-tier Chinese cities?
... thatJoachim Herz was the stage director of an unconventional production of theRing cycle at theLeipzig Opera, completed in 1976, and of the opening performance of the restoredSemperoper in 1985?
... thatLittledale's whistling rat can be distinguished fromBrants's whistling rat by the pitch and length of its calls?
... thatCandace Brightman was theGrateful Dead's longtime lighting engineer?
... thatJohn Rennie the Elder builtKen Bridge twice?

00:00, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Right-sided pleural effusions caused by urinothorax

... thaturine can enter the pleural cavity(x-ray pictured) through pores in the diaphragm?
... thatClair McCollough rose from being a carrier boy forLancaster Newspapers to presiding over the broadcast station group spawned by the company?
... that the10th Texas Field Battery fired at a courthouse during theBattle of Pine Bluff?
... that theBach Archive in Leipzig, directed byPeter Wollny, acquired in 2021Gustav Mahler's copy of theBach edition, in 59 volumes with handwritten annotations by Mahler?
... thatStop AAPI Hate was formed in 2020 in response to increased racially motivated violence against Asian people, which now includes themurder of Vicha Ratanapakdee?
... thatMus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, theZubayrid governor of Iraq during theSecond Fitna (680–692), fought theUmayyad army at theBattle of Maskin almost alone?
... thatMillwall finally gainedpromotion through theplay-offs on the sixth attempt after winning the2010 Football League One play-off Final?
... thatPius Schwert died after giving a speech announcing his candidacy formayor ofBuffalo, New York?

10 March 2021

12:00, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Kristoffer Domeij

... thatKristoffer Domeij(pictured) set a record when he died after 14 tours of duty in more than 10 years as a Special OperationsRanger?
... thatArthur C. Clarke's short story "Time's Arrow" from 1950 predicted thatpaleontologists may learn about dinosaurs by analyzingtheir footprints before the method was implemented in real science?
... thatWilliam Wernigk performed four roles inDer Rosenkavalier during his decades at theVienna State Opera, including the Innkeeper on a 1933 recording conducted byRobert Heger?
... that the board gameGlory to Rome, despite being well-received, led to its publisher's bankruptcy in the mid-2010s and has been out of print since?
... that philanthropistGeorge McDonald founded the advocacy groupDoe Fund after his homeless friend "Mama Doe" died in the cold on Christmas day after she was ejected from New York'sGrand Central?
... that a fire atMarl Chemical Park in 2012 interrupted the world supply of a chemical that was crucial to the auto industry?
... thataviation medicine pioneerJarnail Singh's work launched the firstultra long-haul flight betweenSingapore and New York in 2004?
... that a former owner of Illinois radio stationWRBA carried an expired police badge to allow him to get to its transmitter site quickly if need be?

00:00, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

[[File:|140px|Lurie Children's Hospital ]]

Lurie Children's Hospital

... that whenLurie Children's Hospital(pictured) moved within Chicago to a new location in June 2012, it took more than 10 hours to transfer nearly 200 children?
... that South African association footballerAmanda Sister has played for clubs in Hungary and Italy?
... thattelevoting forSan Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest is simulated by a pre-selected group of countries?
... thatEdward McClaren was one of only three black doctors inGreenville, South Carolina, in 1950?
... that theCrash Bandicoot characterDoctor Neo Cortex was kept stationary in many of his early appearances because his model's short legs kept him from walking properly?
... thatin his dissent in theStraub v. BMT by Todd case,Indiana Supreme Court Justice Roger Owen DeBruler argued that a promise to pay someone else's share ofchild support should be considered legally binding?
... that a group ofDayak burned aGolkar party office after their gubernatorial candidate,Yurnalis Ngayoh, failed to receive an endorsement from the party?
... thatBabe Ruth calledMarty McHale "the best goddamn singer I ever heard"?

9 March 2021

12:00, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

New York Stock Exchange Building

... that the New York Stock Exchange opposed makingits building(pictured) a New York City landmark?
... that historianGary Kates turned down recruiters seeking to help make him a college president so that he could teach undergraduate history?
... that afterTurkey's environment ministry granted a one-year temporary licence to reopen the coal-firedÇatalağzı power station, theRight to Clean Air Platform complained that it was still emitting thick smoke?
... thatElliot Mazer's only taste ofNeil Young's music before meeting him was his girlfriend incessantly playing "After the Gold Rush"?
... that theJaffna Stallions took home the trophy for the inaugural season of theLanka Premier League in 2020, besting theGalle Gladiators, theDambulla Viiking, and theKandy Tuskers, despite failing to record a win against theColombo Kings?
... thatArthur Walworth took a decade to write his biography onWoodrow Wilson and twenty-five years to write another book on him?
... thatPrimrose Hill Tunnel was the first railway tunnel to be built in London?
... that the English classicistNeil Hopkinson hosted events at which only dessert was served?

00:00, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Krishna Yadav receiving theNari Shakti Puraskar

... thatKrishna Yadav's journey from finding jobs for her family growing vegetables in Delhi to creating jobs for others won her an award(pictured) onInternational Women's Day?
... thatChichester & Selsey Ladies F.C. broke away from Chichester City for an undisclosed reason but retained their colours and football league position?
... thatYaYa Gosselin booked her first job a month after signing with an agent at the age of five?
... that for 300 years aKathakali dancer had to be a high-caste man until theTripunithura Kathakali Kendram Ladies Troupe was formed in 1975?
... thatAndréa Guiot appeared internationally in Frenchsoprano roles such asMireille,Marguerite,Manon, and Micaëla in Bizet'sCarmen, which she recorded alongsideMaria Callas in the title role?
... that after being told that women could not compete in athletics at the1924 Summer Olympics, theFSFSF set up their ownWomen's Olympiad?
... thatPat Lundvall was the first female chair of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, but garnered controversy for some of her decisions relating to mixed martial arts?
... thatSusan B. Anthony took British citizenship to avoid testifying before theHouse Un-American Activities Committee and later spent nine years trying to repatriate?

8 March 2021

12:00, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Kagganapalli Radha Devi

... that theVenkateswara Temple only allowed male barbers to shave off the ton of hair that is donated every day untilKagganapalli Radha Devi(pictured) challenged the rules?
... that theDuchess Bridge in Dumfries and Galloway is thought to be the oldest surviving iron bridge in Scotland?
... that in 2021,Christina Soontornvat became the first author to win twoNewbery Honors in the same year for both fiction (A Wish in the Dark) and nonfiction (All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team)?
... that badminton playerP. V. Sindhu became the inaugural recipient of theBBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award in 2020?
... thatPolly Batic appeared at theSalzburg Festival in roles such as Annina inDer Rosenkavalier from 1931 to 1937, and became a member of theVienna State Opera in 1948?
... that the spaces between the shelves of theUnited States Senatebill hopper get shorter near the top as so few proposed bills became law?
... thatSadhana Mahila Sangha protectedBangalore sex workers from the police and fromHIV, but they now help feed them duringthe pandemic?
... that theTaylor Swift masters controversy was described byRolling Stone as one of the "most important moments" in music of the 2010s?

00:00, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Tom Acker

... that pitcherTom Acker(pictured), who had a keen interest in horses, worked at theMeadowlands Racetrack after hisMajor League Baseball career?
... that Singapore'sPunggol station is the longest station on theNorth East line, at 320 m (1,050 ft)?
... that after going viral,Robin Schreiber danced at the2017 NBA All-Star Weekend withStephen Curry, who later wore shoes featuring designs in her honor?
... thatAnwoth Old Church, whereSamuel Rutherford preached in the early 17th century, was used as a location in the shooting of the classic horror filmThe Wicker Man?
... that in 1973, jockeyRobyn Smith won a race while riding a horse named after her?
... that the music video for "Fantastic Baby" byBig Bang is the first by aK-pop boy band to reach 100 million, 200 million, and 300 million views onYouTube?
... that the studio ofFrancis Chit, the first Thai professional photographer, was in a floating raft-house?
... that becauseAccolade had focused their success around sports games, the packaging for thescience-fiction gameStar Control II accidentally included a sticker calling it the "Best Sports Game" of 1992?

7 March 2021

12:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Brian Sicknick

... thatUS Capitol Police officerBrian Sicknick(pictured) wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement since high school, and joined theNew Jersey Air National Guard "as a means to that end"?
... that the 1959 short story "Now: Zero", while sharing some concepts with the popular 2003 mangaDeath Note, has been described as one ofJ. G. Ballard's weakest works?
... thatMalysha Kelly's return to theJamaica national netball team after a three-year absence was halted by theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that the American reality TV seriesThe Bachelor took 18 years and 25 seasons tostar its first black man?
... that for the 2015 filmA Heavy Heart, German actorPeter Kurth gained and then lost 35 pounds (16 kg) to portray his character's physical decline due toamyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
... that the 1996 bookBreton Ballads studies examples of the Breton genre ofgwerz, and discusses theBarzaz Breiz controversy?
... that in 2020,Eli Savit was elected the prosecuting attorney ofWashtenaw County, Michigan, on a promise to abolish thecash bail system?
... that at the2010 Belgian Grand Prix,Formula One driverLewis Hamilton slid off the wet track into a gravel trap, but was able to re-join the circuit and win the race?

00:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Cippus in the form of a warrior head

... that Etruscancippi were sometimes used ascinerary urns in the shape of a human torso with the head as a lid(example pictured)?
... that writerJames Kendall Hosmer chose to fight on the front lines in theAmerican Civil War instead of serving on the staff of GeneralNathaniel P. Banks?
... thatCheltenham Town lost the2012 Football League Two play-off Final, their first defeat in nineplay-off matches?
... that inThe Age of Phillis (2020), American poetHonorée Fanonne Jeffers "fills in the gaps" in a white woman's biography ofPhillis Wheatley (1753–1784)?
... that the fossil pinePinus latahensis was named for the wrong geologic formation?
... that plant scientistNorman C. Deno's research on seedgermination techniques resulted in him writing a book with germination methods for thousands of species?
... that while waiting to filmLondon Hughes: To Catch a D*ck for Netflix,London Hughes talked about the worddick inHistory of Swear Words?
... thatJohn Lockhart-Mummery was the king of therectum?

6 March 2021

12:00, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

George Poynter Heath

... thatGeorge Poynter Heath(pictured), the first portmaster ofQueensland, Australia, was responsible for establishing 33lighthouses,Booby Island Light being the last one?
... that theAtlas Cinema in Istanbul was established as a 1,800-seater movie theatre in 1948 replacing a notable music hall, which was in turn established in the horse stable of a 19th-century residential building?
... thatNyeema Morgan collaborated in the design of a woodenAfrofuturist replica of theMillennium Falcon?
... that thePaper Mario series was changed fromrole-playing games toaction-adventure games because the developers found it to be too similar toNintendo's other role-playing series,Mario & Luigi?
... that on 13 August 2020, Australian-born cricketerJanet Ronalds became the first player, male or female, to score acentury forGermany inTwenty20 Internationals?
... that South Carolina low-power television stationWPDF-LP was bumped off the air byanother station'sdigital signal?
... thatBukhari Daud was considered to be the first regent in Indonesia to attempt to resign from his office?
... that the proposers of theimprinted brain hypothesis, which claims that autistic andschizotypal traits are opposites, had no background inbehavioural genetics before proposing it?

00:00, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Conflagration of the Houses of Parliament, 1834

... thatThomas Picken's lithograph of the 1834conflagration of Britain's Houses of Parliament(detail pictured) was created when he was around 16 years old?
... that "The Present Crisis" byJames Russell Lowell has been called a "poetic anthem" for the American antislavery movement?
... that conductorVolker Wangenheim opened theBeethovenhalle inBonn for music byKarlheinz Stockhausen on 15 November 1969, including the world premiere ofFresco for four orchestral groups?
... thatFHProductionHK, aYouTube channel with videos that have reached two million views, features someone who always wears abear mask to hide his appearance?
... thatFrank Greenleaf designed a new style ofhockey net which prevented thepuck from rebounding?
... that the horse in theequestrian statue of William Henry Harrison hasstirrups, but nosaddle?
... that Spanish designerAlberto Corazón was considered one of the fathers of graphical modernization in Spain with the advent of democracy after the death ofFrancisco Franco?
... that a carpet for theChamber of Commerce Building was so large that part of the building's outer wall was temporarily removed so the carpet could be put inside?

5 March 2021

12:00, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Mr. Touchdown pictured in 1951

... thatBobby Reynolds(pictured) was known as "Mr. Touchdown" after winning a promotional contest for the song "Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A."?
... that Mexican political partyProgressive Social Networks allowed party members to vote in internal elections using a smartphone app?
... thatJoel S. Levine led a team of 12 NASA scientists to investigate why theU.S. Constitution was deteriorating?
... that when Dubliners donated more than 630 trees foramaptocare inBallymun, artistJochen Gerz offered a face-to-face meeting to each sponsor to choose their tree's personal permanent inscription?
... thatNathan Abshire was considered an "accomplished musician" at eight years old after learning to play on an accordion that cost $3.50?
... that NASCAR races on theDaytona International Speedway infieldroad course forthe Cup Series,the Xfinity Series, andthe Camping World Truck Series were added to the schedule two years in a row due to theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that theadult i phenotype, a rareblood type, has been associated withbeing born with cataracts in some populations?
... that the world's richest farmer,Qin Yinglin, started out with just 22 pigs?

00:00, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Kansas City Ballet dancers inThe Four Temperaments

... thatGeorge Balanchine's balletThe Four Temperaments(production pictured) premiered at a high-school auditorium?
... thatGerman cricketerChristina Gough, who scored 348 runs inWomen's Twenty20 Internationals in 2020, completed a Master of Arts degree in Modern Languages (German) atSt Hilda's College, Oxford?
... thatbiotin has been proven to benefit hoof health in cattle and horses, but evidence for human nail health is very weak?
... thatJohn Moffet set an Olympic swimming record despite injuring himself during the same race?
... that the co-founder of Arkansas radio stationKTOY, the first Black-owned radio station in the state, continued teaching math after starting it?
... that the Frenchclassical scholarFrançois Guyet kept his composure during alithotomy by readingLucan'sPharsalia?
... that despite containing crystals and chemicals which are thought to deter herbivory,Hypericum sechmenii is still under threat of extinction fromgrazing?
... thatAsuka Langley Soryu's surname was taken from two warships used inWorld War II?

4 March 2021

12:00, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Portrait ofQueen Victoria's dog, Spot, by F. C. Fairman

... that artistFrances C. Fairman painted portraits ofQueen Victoria's dogs(example pictured) by royal command?
... thatOsborne's ligament is a tissue under some people's elbows that can compress theulnar nerve when the elbow is flexed, causing numbness and weakness in the fingers?
... that even though low interest prompted the Associated Students ofMontana Tech to cut funding for student radio stationKMSM-FM, it still filed to renew the station'slicense?
... that the investigations of Scandinavianplace names byMagnus Olsen were instrumental in restoring confidence inIcelandic literature as a useful source for information onOld Norse religion?
... thatWinston Churchill, an amateur painter, held the first exhibition ofhis paintings in Paris under a pseudonym?
... thatVerna Grahek Mize was given the title "First Lady of Lake Superior" for her campaign to stop a mining company from dumping 67,000 tons of "gray gunk" into the lake each day?
... thatGeorge Balanchine choreographed the balletStravinsky Violin Concerto in 1972, a year afterIgor Stravinsky's death, having previously choreographed another ballet tothe same score in 1941?
... that during a bloody assault with his unit on theWestern Front in 1914,Stephan Westmann was amazed to see the British stop firing and send stretcher-bearers to rescue his wounded German comrades?

00:00, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

The Thankful Poor by Henry Ossawa Tanner

... thatThe Thankful Poor(pictured), an 1894 painting byHenry Ossawa Tanner, was discovered in a storage closet in 1970?
... thatMolly Clutton-Brock treated the spines of African babies until she was deported by the government ofRhodesia?
... that at the 1997Bully Hill Vineyards 150,Ron Fellows, driving for a team that did not have garage space, became the first Canadian to win aNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race?
... thatCaleb Grafton Roberts, head of the Second World WarAllied Intelligence Bureau, was a highway engineer before the war?
... that the architect of Singapore'sStadium MRT station rotated the original plan on its side after being forced to revise the station's design?
... that former Minnesota governorHarold LeVander jokingly said that he servedunder state senatorGordon Rosenmeier?
... that in 1356 Henry of Lancaster marchedan English expedition through Normandy 330 miles (530 km) in 22 days while successfully avoiding battle with the French king's far larger army?
... thatMichael van der Veen, who representedDonald Trump athis second impeachment trial, also represented a man claiming to have been served a fried rat at aKFC?

3 March 2021

12:00, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Lil Stoner

... thatpitcher and "smokeball artist"Lil Stoner(pictured) also enjoyed baking and growing flowers?
... thatJia Ling's directorial debut filmHi, Mom has made her the highest-grossing female director in Chinese box-office history?
... thatGeorge A. Palmer continued his liveMorning Cheer radio broadcast from his house while it was on fire?
... thatAmonovula piriei is a master of camouflage?
... thatRobert Dean was one of the fewAnglophone Quebecers to join the separatistParti Québécois?
... that at the conclusion of the2006 Football League Two play-off Final, the losing manager said his side did not deserve to win and the winning goalscorer said he did not mean to score?
... thatCaroline Parker, a deaf performer, signed the song "I Am What I Am" at the2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony?
... thatDiana, Princess of Wales, wore herrevenge dress on the night that her husbandadmitted to having been unfaithful in a televised interview?

00:00, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Government House, Bulawayo

... that the president of Zimbabwe has access toState House which has a "drunk" "Superman"statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds, and to the formerRhodesian prime minister's house andCecil Rhodes'sGovernment House in Bulawayo(pictured), but not to Mugabe'sBlue Roof mansion?
... that botanistRosemary Margaret Smith had bothan entire genus anda separate species named after her for her major discoveries and classification ofginger?
... thatKirka Sharif houses acloak believed to be that of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam?
... that when thefireman's pole was invented at Chicago'sEngine Company 21, other firefighters thought its use was crazy—until 21 started being the first crew to arrive at fires?
... that British bandBlack Country, New Road, who are known for experimenting withpost-punk sound, showcased a clear preference for atmospherics on their albumFor the First Time?
... that runners training to representLaos at the 2012 Summer Olympics usedbarbell weights made from concrete, tires, and paint cans?
... that the investigation into theKoh Tao murders and the subsequent trial were widely criticised by human-rights organisations, pathologists and legal experts?
... thatLeslie Rowan wasPPS toWinston Churchill andClement Attlee, butHugh Dalton called him "A bit too pi for me"?

2 March 2021

12:00, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Tiffany & Co. flagship store

... that in 2017 you could finally have breakfast atTiffany's(pictured)?
... that the British mycologistDenis Garrett, "one of the last 'string and sealing wax' scientists", once bought plastic lavatory cisterns for his laboratory to use in experiments?
... that sand in the stomach of theocean surgeon helps to grind up its food?
... thatVera Wülfing-Leckie translated in Senegal a novel byBoubacar Boris Diop written in theWolof language, titledDoomi Golo: The Hidden Notebooks in English?
... thatLangston Hughes's poems "Mother to Son", "Harlem", and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" have been described as "anthems of black America"?
... thatMiki Satō would write song lyrics while commuting by train from home to university?
... that after winning the2004 Football League Second Division play-off Final, some of theBrighton & Hove Albion players dropped the trophy while celebrating and damaged it?
... that poetMary Custis Vezey, an eleventh-generation American, published much of her work inRussian?

00:00, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

FM213, painted asVR-A

... thatFM213(pictured) spent a decade insearch and rescue and another as agate guardian before being restored as one of only two remaining airworthyAvro Lancaster bombers?
... that the 2020 bookStuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start and Why They Don't Go Away byHeidi Larson addressesmisinformation related to vaccination?
... thatQuentin Tarantino directeda Mother's Day–themed episode ofER after being encouraged to do so byGeorge Clooney?
... thatBob McCallister is the only golfer to win both thePac-8 Conference andSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles in back-to-back seasons?
... that "Lasst uns Gott, dem Herrn, lobsingen", a hymn of praise, was written byDominican Petronia Steiner in 1944 to a melody whichJohann Georg Ebeling created in 1666 for a hymn byPaul Gerhardt?
... thatMary Kate Barlow was made adame of the Holy Sepulchre in recognition of her contribution to theEucharistic congress of 1928 held inSydney, Australia?
... that IndianKathakali artistMathoor Govindan Kutty specialized inKathakali Stri Vesham, the portrayal of female characters on stage?
... thatJohn Oliver was sued fordefamation after a man in a squirrel costumetold a coal industry CEO to "eat shit" on his show?

1 March 2021

12:00, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

1959 Michigan football team

... that when the1959 Michigan football team(pictured) defeated Ohio State, opposing coachWoody Hayes whirled and hurled pieces of clothing, drawing a comparison to a "hot stripper"?
... that the Indonesian drama filmAve Maryam focuses on a forbidden romantic relationship between a Roman Catholic nun and her pastor?
... that before she was elected to the Kansas Senate,Beverly Gossage worked as an elementary school teacher and an insurance agent?
... that the 2020 crime filmCaught in Time is based on the real-life robber and serial killerZhang Jun?
... that for nearly two decadesAlfred Woodford was the sole professor inPomona College's geology department?
... that the tinytrue bugMicrovelia macgregori spends much of its time on the surface of water?
... that attorneyDavid Schoen held up a copy ofMao's Little Red Book while defendingDonald Trump at hissecond impeachment trial?
... that the former graveyard ofSt Michael and All Angels Church, Sunninghill, is in the front garden ofthe house next door?

00:00, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Richard Platt

... thatRichard Platt(pictured), a master brewer, foundedAldenham School and arranged for theCompany of Brewers to pay the boys beer money?
... that even thoughWilla Cather asked that her final novel,Hard Punishments, be destroyed when she died, new fragments were discovered in 2011?
... thatGuan Bee Ong was the first person of Chinese descent to be professor of surgery at theUniversity of Hong Kong?
... thatlogging camps were placed next to a river so that harvested logs could be floated to lumber mills in the spring?
... thatDoris Stockhausen's husband dedicated several compositions to her, beginning withChöre für Doris in 1950 before they married?
... thatAlbert H. Blumenthal jumped into theAsser Levy Recreation Center's pool while campaigning for the1973 New York City mayoral election?
... that in 1955, physicianCount Gibson became the first person outside theTuskegee Syphilis Study to criticize its ethics, but the study continued for 17 more years?
... that the opening goal of the1992 Football League Third Division play-off Final was described as a "Russian linesman job"?

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