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... that one of the blue stripes on theflag of El Salvador(pictured) represents the Atlantic Ocean, despite the country not having a coastline on it?
... that theBornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre was established after a 2004 report found that captive bears in Malaysia were largely inadequately cared for?
... thatHadiza Bazoum, a former first lady of Niger, has been imprisoned in the Presidential Palace sincea 2023 coup d'état?
... that the sculptureAgainst the Tide was inspired by a hand gesture of Michelangelo'sPietà?
... that NBA playerChris Mañon said that his role in college was to "make life hell" for the best opposing players?
... thatDutch Maid Bakery in Tennessee has survived fire, war, the Great Depression, and the rebranding of its fruitcake?
... thatYiddish poetMikhl Gordon's first collection under his real name was not published until 1889, a year before his death?
... that the New Zealand bandSachi gained prominence after throwing a USBdemo through the car window of music producerDiplo?
... that church chancellorBaldwin and knightBernard Vacher were sent to tell Pisa and Genoa to stop feuding and fight Muslims together instead, but the Italians refused?
30 August 2025
00:00, 30 August 2025 (UTC)
Sibylla crowning Guy as king
... thatQueen Sibylla agreed to divorce her unpopular husband,Guy, on the condition that she could choose her next husband, only for her to choose Guy again and crown him king(pictured)?
... thatJames Marriott's second album took its name from an incident involving a dog that was left behind during a childhood move?
... that singerTati Penna was considered one of the first feminists on Chilean television?
... that the submarineDmitry Donskoy has a gym, a swimming pool, a sauna, and an aviary?
27 August 2025
00:00, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
Zhou Bingde with her uncleZhou Enlai, Premier of China
... thatZhou Bingde, despite being the niece of the premier of China(both pictured), refused to use her family status for protection during the Cultural Revolution?
... that the video gameDanan: The Jungle Fighter allows the player to summon either an armadillo, an eagle, or a chimpanzee for help?
... that, when the dyingPatriarch Stephen was asked by his king how he was, he replied: "Sire, I am faring as you desire"?
... that the name ofDiaphoretickes, a group containing a huge diversity of organisms including plants and kelps, is derived from a Greek word meaningdiverse?
... thatKathleen Romoli became an anthropologist after witnessing the exploitation of natural resources while promoting a mining company?
... that a reviewer found the children's novelThe Cat Mummy "really quite disturbing"?
26 August 2025
00:00, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
Warming stripes illustrating global warming since 1850
... thatAndrey Zaliznyak(pictured) invented self-contained linguistic problems that require no prior knowledge of the language to solve?
... that soccer games were still played atMarquette Stadium while it was being demolished?
... thatFrederick E. Bakutis, then the US Navy commander in Antarctica, remarked in 1965 that it would "remain the womanless white continent of peace"?
... that, afterUstrzyki Górne was burnt down and depopulated following World War II, a students' club from Warsaw played the most important role in its reconstruction?
... that cyclistAlexandra Yeung raced with one hand during the final 20 kilometres (12 miles) of a race in the Himalayas, and still finished in second place?
... that thePerth Panthers, a Scotland-based ice hockey team, were composed mainly of Americans and Canadians?
... thatUndefeated's previous bassist was replaced by Lis Dunckel, who did not know how to play bass?
... thatRendon Labador was invited by the Philippine National Police to lead a 93-day fitness program, but his involvement ended abruptly after just a few days?
... that Indonesia's current state apparatus minister,Rini Widyantini, was appointed as spokesperson in a coffee morning event?
... thatFrank Page built roads in France during World War I and was put in charge of North Carolina's highway system after the war?
... that "New York City" has been described as a "stupidly funB-side"?
... that American football playerWillie Culpepper said that he was fined for dropping a pass in practice?
... that "Je te laisserai des mots" was the first French-language song to reach one billion streams on Spotify?
... thatCaquetá Department, despite its high Human Development Index score, had a 44.8% poverty rate in 2021?
... that a New Zealand dairy co-operative adjusted their collection schedule so thatAndy Oliver could go to bed on time?
21 August 2025
00:00, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
MaleOrthetrum japonicum dragonfly
... thatOrthetrum japonicum(pictured) was one of the first species of Japanese dragonfly to be recognized and described by Europeans?
... thatGraham Crowley's paintingSpider with Mushroom Soup uses a jagged tin can to evoke the image ofvagina dentata?
... thatQueen Melisende was so infuriated by her husband's treatment ofCount Hugh II of Jaffa(attack pictured), her cousin and alleged lover, that her husband feared for his own life?
... that recent coups in Sudan, Mali, Tunisia and Niger have been described as "coupvolutions"?
... thatArdian Wicaksono adopted an orangutan during his posting as consul general in Hamburg?
... thata house in Jackson, Mississippi, was named in reference to an Ayn Rand novel, whose main character was reportedly based on the house's architect?
... thatRusiate Rogoyawa saw snow for the first time in 1982 and competed at the Winter Olympics six years later?
... thatThomas Lincoln Tally, considered the pioneer movie-theater exhibitor of Los Angeles in 1916, is credited with coining the term "moving picture"?
... that a line delivered byPelé in the 1980 movieOs Trombadinhas went viral as a meme in Brazil?
... that a Roman historian reported thatPerdiccas, Alexander the Great's regent after his death, was nominated as king with great support, but hesitated to accept the role?
... thatMagical Girl Witch Trials received full voice acting after crowdfunding raised more than 30 times the original goal?
... that whenEdgewood was built in Stanleytown, Virginia, itsGreek Revival style was unknown to most people in the area?
... that toy designerShunsaku Tamiya was placed under government surveillance for speaking to Soviets about their tanks?
18 August 2025
00:00, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
Iblis guarding the divine garden
... that the dispute over the fundamental nature ofthe leader of the devils in Islam(pictured) dates back to the religion's formative stages?
... that223 East 25th Street was auctioned off in 1973, triggering a bidding war that drove the price up ninefold?
... that the tomb(pictured) ofLouis Adrian is surmounted by a sculpture of the helmet that he developed for the French Army?
... that thecoconut octopus walks on two legs to look like a floating coconut?
... that a theme-park attraction based onHarry Potter'sDiagon Alley cost approximately US$400 million to build?
... thatMatt Koart forced himself to eat 2000 calories in addition to his regular meals to increase his weight?
... that a cruise ship off the coast of Tahiti was the first floatingOlympic Village?
... thatErna Meyer urged the Jewish immigrant readers ofHow to Cook in Palestine to try olives and eggplants, but doubted their ability to eat spicy food like the "native population"?
... that there are eleven ways(pictured) to unfold acube?
... thatJeong Haneul went from being a North Korean soldier to a South Korean YouTuber?
... that themosaic effect is the act of combining seemingly unrelated data to reveal sensitive or classified information that individual pieces of data would not disclose?
... thatSimón Radowitzky was forced to pay a fare for his own deportation?
... thatPalaeocarpinus fruit fossils have been recovered from Cold Ash and Hells Half Acre?
... that painterLow Kway Song founded the first Straits Chinese Methodist church inMalacca?
... thata Virginia TV station broadcast an all-Black variety show on its first day in 1950?
... thatPhyllis Lightbourn-Jones andPhyllis Edness both competed in the 1948 Olympics and were respectively the first woman and first black woman to compete for Bermuda?
... that the novelVera, or Faith was described by a reviewer as "probably the most endearing book about anxiety ever written"?
... that thejury of matrons who assessed whetherAnn Davis was pregnant after she was sentenced to death were the first civilian jurors for a criminal trial inNew South Wales?
... thatin Burundi there is a belief that healers can perform temporary abortions?
... thatQueen Melisende wanted to get rid of her husband's friendElias, so she made him an offer that he could not refuse?
... that the joint-most successful team in the Indian Premier Leaguefinished last in 2025?
... thatBishop Anselm,Abbot Geoffrey, andViscount Rohard were sent in 1142 to delicately inform the Byzantine emperor that he was welcome in Jerusalem—just not with an army?
8 August 2025
00:00, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
Franco Testa
... that Olympic championFranco Testa(pictured) quit cycling to become a butcher?
... that a writer fromThe Spinoff called the children's bookCliffhanger a "win for the nerds"?
... that an English translation ofAt 25:00, in Akasaka was released as a launch title of aboys' love manga reading service?
... that a nomad known as "Mule" sued to protect the "sacred relationship between man and horse to travel together with reverence and respect for this beautiful place in which we all reside called Earth"?
... thatFrederick L. Scarf(pictured) developed the plasma-wave detector for the Voyager program, which recorded the "sounds of space", described as "an eerie symphony of hisses, pops, and whistles"?
... thatSerge de Beaurecueil, having spent a "wretched childhood" dreaming of journeying to a faraway land, became the only Catholic priest in Afghanistan?
... that when theWesthope house(pictured) was being built, neighbors were confused as to its design, so its owners said it was supposed to be a pickle factory?
... that Swiss nationalCharles Champaud represented Bulgaria at the 1896 Summer Olympics?
... thata TV station went from being potentially named after a deceased investor to being named after "the crossroads ofMiddle Georgia"?
... that actressEva O'Hara pushed for herHollyoaks character to be given "something more meaty" rather than have a happy ending?
... thatPlotkin's Vaccines was written by the inventor of the rubella vaccine because he felt that vaccinology had become a distinct field of medicine?
... thatArthur Newnham was born in India, played first-class cricket in England, and served as amilitary attaché in Moscow?
... thatLuis Aranaz was named an "adopted son" ofSabadell after captaining the city's football club to two Spanish second-division titles in the 1940s?
... that theSWAT unit in Regina recruited their first female officer from the Regina Police Service in May 1991?
... that "the Psycho" controlled the drug trade inFinglas,Cabra, andBallymun from the early 1990s until his death in 1996?
4 August 2025
00:00, 4 August 2025 (UTC)
A Balloon in Mid-Air
... thatA Balloon in Mid-Air(pictured) depicts a flight by artistJules Tavernier with aeronaut Étienne Buislay, who died in a balloon accident a week later?
... thatIsoup Ganthy, who was part of Cambodia's first Olympic team, later died in prison after being accused of working to overthrow the Khmer Rouge?
... that supporters of candidates in the2024 Serang mayoral election fought during a public debate and the ballot-number lottery?
... thatWilf Pine, manager of Black Sabbath, had his arm dislocated by a vibrating bed because Ozzy Osbourne kept feeding itquarters?
... that the wreck ofSS Virago, which sank offAlderney in 1882 with the loss of all crew members, was not discovered for 127 years?
... thatJoão Barrento had been a distinguished equestrian in Portugal since he was a teenager, but only made his Olympic debut in his forties?
... that Kylie Minogue released "Timebomb" after attracting 25,000 tweets in less than 45 minutes?
... that a community mural inspired byJohn Jonik's pet duck was destroyed by a cleanup crew who mistook it for graffiti?
... that the British Army deliberately kept conditions atBlargies prison camp poor to prevent soldiers from viewing it as a "soft" alternative to combat?
... thatTerry Brown is reported to have founded an escort service using helicopters for remote rural areas?
2 August 2025
00:00, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Air pollution from a brick factory
... thatair pollution(example pictured) increases the risk of miscarriages, strokes and dementia?
... thatBroadway Jones refused to join the original production of the musicalShow Boat due to low pay, despite the song "Ol' Man River" being created for him?
... thatHarriet Converse Moody's restaurant and catering business failed after almost 40 years in part because of her lavish spending as a patron of poets?
... thatClaude-Charles Bourgonnier was barred from exhibiting his art at theSalon in Paris after tearing up one of his own paintings while it was on display?
... thatAstoria the turkey evaded capture by the New York City Police Department?
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