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... thatIt Sticks Out Half a Mile is a radio sequel series toDad's Army that follows three of the main characters in their attempts to renovate a seaside pier in post-war Britain?
... thatUwe Boll has described his 2024 crime drama filmFirst Shift as the least violent in his body of work?
... that home repair and maintenance educator Mercury Stardust and her friend Jory Vizcaino have raised more than $4 million for transgender healthcare through theirTikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare?
... that the promotion and hype around obtainingMew in theoriginalPokémon games resulted in the games' sales increasing more than threefold?
... thatzombie-like obedience has been attributed toJesuits, the military, and followers of totalitarian regimes?
... thatWilliam O. Raymond's 1905Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John probably recorded the first known Black man in futureNew Brunswick?
... thatBlackpink's "Forever Young" was heard being played from the group's agency's headquarters three years before it was released?
... that the residents ofUkraina andGorham, North Dakota, were involved in a feud that started withEaster baskets?
... thatMirna El Helbawi(pictured) discovered a way to reconnect people in Gaza to the internet through donated eSIMs, and her organisationConnecting Humanity has connected more than 200,000 people so far?
... that John Bennet Lawes started producingsuperphosphate, the first chemical manure produced in the world, fromfossilised dinosaur dung on an industrial scale?
... that World Pilots' Day is celebrated on 26 April to commemorateFesa Evrensev's first flight, which took place 112 years ago today?
... that the design ofGenshin Impact'sFurina has elements inspired by classical stories and musicals?
... thatVicky López(pictured) took up horse riding during a six-month period when she was not allowed to play football?
... thatBlackpink's "Pink Venom" incorporates the sounds of traditional Korean instruments such as thegeomungo?
... thatIona Allen, "the only one to ever make a perfect pair of boots", constructed the pair worn by Neil Armstrong on the Moon out of thirteen layers of precisely fabricated material?
... thatVostok 2022 marked the most comprehensive participation of Chinese forces in a Russian military exercise to date?
... that theWest Georgia Wolves football team won 13 games in 13 years before folding, but upon returning two decades later compiled consecutive undefeated regular seasons and became national champions?
... thatFūka Izumi became a voice actress despite initially doubting that she could be one?
... thatAlbert Gumble andOwen Murphy's music score for the Broadway musicalRed Pepper was dismissed by one critic as not "real music" because of its embrace ofjazz?
... thatJenna Ortega almost quit acting to play soccer?
22 April 2024
00:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Calamophyton tree
... that trees of the extinct genusCalamophyton(example pictured) formed the earliest known forest?
... that Soviet politicianPavel Chioru wanted "Moldovan", which he developed froma dialect of Romanian, to serve as a language of the "exploited" against the supposedly upper-class Romanian?
... that opera singerCharles Holland(pictured) spent much of his career in Europe as opportunities in classical music for African Americans were limited?
... thatThorpe's secluded hills provided refuge from Scottish raiders andEnglish Civil War troops?
... that the damselfly-relativeOkanagrion is suggested to have eight species due to bothalpha andbeta diversity drivers?
... that even though a village said that it did not want a church, Indonesian politicianThoriqul Haq allocated land and money to build one along with amusalla?
... that librarianAmanda Jones won an award from theAmerican Library Association for not backing down after receiving death threats for speaking out against book censorship?
... thatTo Catch a Copper hoped to show "an enjoyable journey of officers solving cases", but discovered "a misconduct process that was unfit for purpose in addressing seriously concerning behaviour"?
... that in 1848Karl Schädler performed the first surgery with chloroform anaesthesia in Liechtenstein?
... that the planned sale ofa Texas TV station was the subject of a lawsuit more than seven years after it closed for the last time?
... thatBob Born became known as the "Father of Peeps" for automating the production of an Easter marshmallow treat?
... that alongsidea 7th-century BC Phoenician shipwreck, two additional wrecks from various historical periods were unearthed in Bajo de la Campana, situated off the coast ofCartagena, Spain?
... that shareholders ofUDC Homes received two settlements over claims that executives sought to inflate its stock price and conceal financial information?
... that inZaydi Shi'ism, theimamate was not inherited or appointed but had to be claimed by public summons for allegiance or even leadership of an armed revolt?
... thatMeghan Trainor had been a fan ofT-Pain for a long time before they finally collaborated on the song "Been Like This" from her upcoming sixth major-label studio album,Timeless?
... thatCrossing a Line compares Palestinian political expression on either side of theGreen Line between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories?
... thatJack White worked for the New York Yankees – and for the New York Yankees?
13 April 2024
12:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Grave with the Hands
... that theGrave with the Hands(pictured) commemorates a married couple, divided by society and religion, with hands clasped over a cemetery wall after death?
... that scholars have calledLiberty5-3000, the heroine of Ayn Rand'sAnthem, "an ideal Randian" and "a frivolous trophy wife"?
... that many employees ofCSL Plasma are themselvesplasma donors?
... thatIssey Cross's 2023 song "Bittersweet Goodbye" uses a sped-up sample of a sped-up sample of a sped-up cover version, which itself interpolates a cover version of a traditional gospel song?
12 April 2024
12:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Akshayapureeswarar Temple
... that the Hindu godShani is worshipped for protection from fear, accident, death and enemies in the 13th-centuryAkshayapureeswarar Temple(pictured)?
... that the mansions in theHerodian Quarter contain frescoes with burn marks and charred wooden beams, serving as evidence ofJerusalem's destruction in 70 AD?
... that 28 Jews hid inVerteba Cave for almost six months during the Holocaust?
... thatJoseph Drummond, a key figure ofNew Brunswick's branch of theNAACP, staged asit-in at a local barbershop whose owner proclaimed that he had "never cut a colored person's hair in 55 years"?
... that 1 + 1 = 1, according to some forms of non-Diophantinearithmetic?
00:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Oakland California Temple
... that the Federal Aviation Administration uses the brightly litOakland California Temple(pictured) as a navigation beacon, despite complaints about light pollution?
... that the design ona New Zealand coin was incorrectly alleged to represent a "personified phallus"?
10 April 2024
12:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Sturmabteilung officer burning confiscated books on 10 May 1933
... that in just one night, thousands of books on the experiences and medical care oftransgender people in Nazi Germany were burned(pictured) for being "un-German"?
... thatGerald McGinnis founded his first medical device company from his own home, working at night and using his kitchen oven as akiln?
... that according to Lois N. Magner,Hildegard of Bingen'sPhysica is "probably the first book by a female author to discuss the elements and the therapeutic virtues of plants, animals, and metals"?
... thatCliff Christl, who became theGreen Bay Packers team historian in 2014, estimated that he had recorded more than 250oral histories with past players and coaches since the 1990s?
... that Muslims believe that giving to the poor on thelast Friday of Ramadan(prayers pictured) will bring them wealth and blessings during the year and in the future?
... that the wordalgebra is derived from an Arabic term for the surgical treatment ofbonesetting?
... thatThe Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven,Jo Clifford's 2009 play featuringJesus as atrans woman, was called an "offensive abuse of Christian beliefs" by ArchbishopMario Conti?
... thatIllieston House, a castle built around 1600, was sold for £890,000 in 2019?
... that in the3:16 game, Tim Tebow threw for 316 yards with 31.6 yards per completion, the ratings for the game were 31.6, and the opposing team's time of possession was 31 minutes 6 seconds?
... thatAphaena submaculata(pictured) uses specialized mouthparts to suck the sap of trees?
... thatCanadian peacekeepers participated in every UN peacekeeping effort from its inception until 1989?
... that in 1890Cornelius N. Dorsette, often referred to as the first African-American physician in Alabama, foundedHale Infirmary, a hospital for Black patients and staff inMontgomery?
... that onePotteries derby game was decided by a goal scored twelve seconds into the match?
... that Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant winnerLouisa Mak is aCambridge law graduate?
... thatHibiscus Rising(pictured), a 9-metre-tall (30 ft) artwork inLeeds, commemoratesDavid Oluwale, a Nigerian man who drowned in 1969 after police harassment?
... thatEllen Bernstein was called the "birthmother of Jewish environmentalism"?
... that after his movement's victory in theCuban Revolution, television broadcasts showedCamilo Cienfuegos(pictured) freeing parrots from birdcages, declaring that the birds had "a right to liberty"?
... thatWayne Jacobs said that withoutfootball he would have been "dead by 30, or in prison"?
... thata Holocaust memoir translated in 2023 described prisoners so dehumanized by the Nazis that they introduced themselves in past tense, as in "My name was ..."?
... thatWFMT classical music radio hostDon Tait owned such a large collection of recordings that he had to buy a house and have its floor reinforced to accommodate the weight?
... thatGeorge Schollenberger was so well known as a high-school football coach that teams in the National Football League sometimes asked for his opinions?
... that as the title character inMarcelle, actressLouise Gunning portrayed a Parisian barmaid who masquerades as her brother, a soldier?
... that the anarchistRosa Laviña opened the first vegetarian restaurant inTolosa?
... that the ancient Jewish town ofModi'in housed a monumental mausoleum for theHasmonean family, built in the 2nd century BC, that remains undiscovered?
... that having specific rather than vague goals tends to increasemotivation and performance?
... thatTilmann Köhler directed Mozart'sLe nozze di Figaro in 2023 with playful "serious games" in which the women win by "wit, cleverness and presence of mind"?
... that insemantics,antonym is an antonym ofsynonym whilesynonym is not a synonym ofantonym?
4 April 2024
12:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Hell Gate Bridge
... that in 2005, a magazine estimated that theHell Gate Bridge(pictured) could last a thousand years if humans disappeared?
... that anEdmonton politician began mouthing his words when he saw a cameraman forA-Channel walk in, mocking the frequent audio difficulties on its newscasts?
... thatAhmad Nasuhi ordered a subordinate to attack theIndonesian Communist Party's offices with grenades as "psychological warfare against the central government"?
... that theVan Tran Flat Bridge was restored in 1984 using original construction techniques from the 1860s?
... that theCanadian League for Peace and Democracy organized a 10,000-person rally at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to protest a 2,500-person fascist rally?
... that the Indonesian city ofGorontalo is nicknamed the "Porch ofMedina"?
... thatJohn Holahan recalled both being called a "lunatic" by his school's president for seeking afootball game at night and being told afterward by the president, "I was the lunatic, not you"?
... thatSodankylä Old Church(pictured) is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in Finland?
... that due to his Hungarian background, composerHenri Berény was banned from living and working in Paris duringWorld War I and his home was seized by the French government?
... that despite its name meaning 'unscented',Hypericum × inodorum can smell strongly of goat?
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