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... that to celebratethe 40th anniversary of theBBC soap operaEastEnders, viewers were given the opportunity to vote on the outcome of a love triangle storyline?
... that Japan's celebrity chimpanzeeRita, who dressed as ageisha and smoked cigarettes, became a wartime "propaganda icon"?
... that despite being known as "lucky" by colleagues, journalistDavid Griffin died in an airplane crash?
... that the Japanese live-action television drama adaptation ofAccomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was first broadcast in Taiwan before being broadcast in its home country?
... that ayeshiva student turned magician went from practicing card tricks in his free time to performing for major league baseball teams?
... that theManchurian hare(pictured), unusually amonghare species, is a forest dweller?
... thatRobert J. O'Brien said that he did not drink alcohol, despite owning a saloon and being elected asalderman by a district containing more than 250 bars?
... that, near the ending of the 2005interactive storytelling video gameFaçade, two characters portrayed through AIchatbots ask the player for relationship advice?
... thatAquilegia vulgaris was associated with a fertility goddess in ancient Greece, symbolized sacredness for Flemish painters, and was an omen of death inHamlet?
... thatEdwin Rist stole hundreds of rare birds to make into fishing lures?
23 April 2025
00:00, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Consistometer measuring barbecue sauce
... that ketchup in the US must be measured with aconsistometer(example pictured) to be graded?
... that theMitsubishi G6M was intended to be anescort gunship, but is best known as one of the transport aircraft that carried the Japanese surrender delegation toIejima?
... thatJohn Boyer was forced to train his ownguide dog because the training program could not support people who were both blind and deaf?
... thatComputer Mah-jong Yakuman was Nintendo's first handheld device providing multiplayer gaming via a link cable, an innovation that would later be integral to the success of the Game Boy?
... that there could have been as many as five individual leaders of theBig Three in World War II?
... that, nearly 50 years after the formation ofCarlos y José, their grandsons, also named Carlos and José, formed Carlos y José Jr.?
... that Seattle mayorThomas J. Humes went missing for more than 30 hours in 1902?
... that the Africanthin mouse shrew may have diverged from its nearest relative due toglacial cycles?
... that the founder ofa Mississippi radio station compared selling advertising time to campaigning for political office?
... thatŠediváčkův long is considered one of Europe's most challenging dog sled races, with teams climbing more than 7,500 metres (24,600 feet) during the event?
... that SenatorJames A. Reed asked "Who the hell isWebb?" when he was nominated to be Webb's running mate?
... thatA Polish Book of Monsters features stories in which the line between monster and human is blurred, reflecting what the editor saw as a quintessentially Polish view of monstrosity?
... that a lightning strike on theSt. George Utah Temple(pictured) was interpreted byLatter-day Saint officials as a beyond-the-grave request from a former church leader to change the design?
... thatAmman was renamedPhiladelphia around 255 BC by a Greek ruler who was nicknamed Philadelphus for marrying his sister?
... thata dam failure at a Chinese-ownedcopper mine released 50 million litres of highly toxic waste into theKafue River in Zambia, devastating ecosystems at least 100 kilometres (62 mi) downstream?
... thatnovvot, a popular traditional candy in the Middle East and Central Asia, is often served with tea and has roots in Persian cuisine?
... that the 2001Zug massacre resulted in changes to security measures for public buildings, but not toSwiss gun laws?
... that Juan Soto, beforehis blockbuster trade, rejected a 15-year, $440 million contract extension, which would have been the largest deal in Major League Baseball history at the time?
... that about 25 percent of people experienceheartburn at least once a month?
... that four-timeNAIA scoring championGrace Beyer has scored more career points than any female basketball player at a four-year college or university?
... that United States senatorJoe Biden felt that his decision torun for a fourth term in 1990 was less difficult than deciding to run for his previous terms?
... that the snowboarderHiroto Ogiwara landed the first ever 2340, rotating six and a half times, with a fractured forearm?
... thatThe Source was the highest-selling music magazine on the newsstands in the United States?
... that Marshallese chiefKabua Kabua was described as "probably the only person ever to serve as a judge under both the Japanese and U.S. judicial systems"?
... thatJeff Baena, while unable to film in Italy in 2020, createdCinema Toast from an idea during an online poker game to re-cut and dub old movies into new stories?
10 April 2025
00:00, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
1929 edition ofNa drugą planetę
... thatNa drugą planetę(cover pictured), published in 1895 as one of the earliest Polish science-fiction novels, was later criticized by communist-era censors for its perceived "adoration for America"?
... thatAbba Cohen, who advocates for the Orthodox Jewish community, has worked with seven presidential administrations and nineteen Congresses?
... that in 1343 the French and English armies marched to within 18 miles (29 km) of each other, then agreeda three-and-a-half year truce?
... thata former Uber driver is the nominee to be the deputy secretary of a U.S. government department?
... thatHong Wang's latest paper claims to have resolved theKakeya conjecture, described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory", in three dimensions?
... thatMongush Buyan-Badyrgy(pictured) helped his country go "right from a feudal system to a society of democratic norms"?
... that the trope of thefound manuscript, in which a fictional work refers to another fictional work of literature, dates as far back as ancient Egypt?
... that the Dutch author of books for children and adultsClare Lennart finally turned to full-time writing after her husband retired and took care of the household?
... that thePhilippine embassy in Pretoria responded to a South African newspaper's denunciation ofhorse fighting in the Philippines by saying that the practice was already illegal?
... that artisan bakerJules Rabin was inspired to bake bread after a 1971 visit to a commune in France where "they didn't speak of bread as holy, but they treated it as a holy object"?
... that the leechChtonobdella limbata (example pictured) can survive months without any water by entering an inanimate state?
... that two books of photos and drawings byMargot Dias were called "among the best-illustrated anthropological volumes ever produced"?
... that some legal documents inOld Frisian refer to the womb as a "fortress of the bones"?
... that the Mexican-American bandGrupo Frontera has been affected bya massive backlash because of an alleged endorsement ofDonald Trump after a viral video of the vocalist's grandmother?
... thata Missouri TV station was twice denied in its efforts to move its transmitter tower to Kansas to increase its coverage area?
... that the arts magazinePaper Chained was banned in some Australian prisons due to itspen-pal program?
... that a survivor of the1967 Belvidere tornado recalled being inside aschool bus when "the tornado picked up the bus and the bus ended up in someone's living room"?
... thatMargaret Lambert was the British historian responsible for examining theMarburg Files and deciding when they should be published?
... that the opening ofa Hejaz railway station inAmman in 1904 helped to transform the city from a small village into a major commercial hub in the region?
... thatGreek government officials tried to cover up theYugoslav corn scandal by forging documents and delaying investigations, only to later defend the scheme as being in the "national interest"?
... thatSharon Wylie has served in the state legislatures of both Oregon and Washington?
... thatTerraria was released earlier than planned because a beta version of the game was leaked to the public?
... that althoughNora Helmer was subject to extensive controversy upon her 1879 debut, she is now considered a focal point in analysis of gender roles?
... thatBurlesque(sheet music pictured) was a hit play of the 1927–28 Broadway season that was marked by its "depiction of seedy glamour and jazzy lingo"?
... that the themes ofSomuk's artwork range from the bombing of his island during World War II to the origin of trees and plants?
... thatHerman Brown's estate and most of the proceeds from the sale ofBrown & Root were donated after his death to hischaritable foundation, which has given more than $2 billion in grants in Texas?
... that more than a quarter of the population of Germany is ofmigration background?
... that aged 17,Hunter Schafer(pictured) was a plaintiff in a successful lawsuit against an act preventing trans people from using the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity?
... that players on theLaos national baseball team helped construct the country's first baseball stadium in 2019?
... that accountantDan Busby studied with a minor-leagueumpire in hopes of becoming one himself?
... that while filming a music video for herdebut album at a motel,Underscores had the police called on her by the motel staff because they thought she was shooting a pornographic film?
... that the author ofIf It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love made the main characters unfamiliar with each other so that she could draw all sorts of scenarios between them?
... that singer-songwriterSZA wore ahijab as a child, but stopped wearing it due toIslamophobia after9/11?
... that in an effort toreclaim "the most offensive word in the English language" as aspirational, some people describe being "powerful in an unapologetic and feminine manner" as "serving cunt"?
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