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... thatan Oregon TV station planned to be off the air for two to four weeks to complete a move—but did not fully return to air for nearly two years?
... that theAcademy of Music was the name of three different theaters located on the same property on theAtlantic City Boardwalk which were all destroyed by fires?
... that Taylor Swift did not contact the family of actressClara Bow before releasinga song about her?
... thatJeremiah Chamberlain was murdered outside of his home by a local landowner?
... thatJeff Baena accidentally earned aminor in medieval studies at film school?
... that the European Athletics Championships first helda women's 400 metres race in 1958, twenty-four years after the first men's race?
... that theLutterodts were pioneers of African photography?
... that the filmmakers ofCyborgs wrote dialogue in both Russian and Ukrainian to show the diversity ofthe eponymous soldiers who defended Donetsk Airport in late 2014?
... that television producerPaul Graham insisted on "a big game feel" for the sportscast he considered his "baby"?
... that the author ofTackle! found its sex scenes difficult to write because of her age?
... thatStavatti Aerospace's only known facilities in 2021 were a "one-person office suite", a "machine shop ... slightly larger than a basketball court", and the CEO's house?
29 June 2025
12:00, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
Forrest modeling in 2018
... thatDiandra Forrest(pictured) was bullied for her white skin before becoming a professional model?
... thatCui Daozhi(pictured) has been called the Chinese Sherlock Holmes?
... that "whatever theGlossa does not recognize, thecourt does not recognize"?
... that American football playersTommy Akingbesote andKyonte Hamilton grew up in the same community, play in the same position, and were both selected in the seventh round of the2025 NFL draft?
... thatMighty Doom features a cartoonish aesthetic that contrasts with the dark, gritty tone of the mainlineDoom series?
... that sprinterAbdul Wahab Zahiri made his international debut in the same year that he competed at the Olympics?
... that the 14th-century builder of Gaza'sZofor Domri Mosque was buried in the mosque?
... that Black model Debra Shaw walked the runway inBellmer La Poupée wearing a metal frame that generated controversy over a perceived reference to slavery?
... that a spokesman for theKaw Nation creditedRobert L. Rankin with single-handedly preserving their language?
... that an actress who appeared in the 1915 filmA Welsh Singer did not act in a film again until 1948?
... thatIrve Tunick said he wrote about 700 to 800 scripts in his first 15 years of writing radio scripts?
... thatVatican Cycling is the first Vatican sports governing body to be recognized by a world governing body?
... that a newspaper columnist describedan Illinois TV station as one that would "illustrate a flood by showing its audience a hand-drawn picture of a lake in the corner of the screen"?
... thatEmpress Kōken, having resigned the Japanese throne in favor of a relative, shaved her head, became a Buddhist nun, and forced her way back into power?
... thatLorde wrote a song about herself titled "Man of the Year" the day after attendingGQ's "Men of the Year" party in 2023?
... that American football playerCurtis Burrow, the fourth differentkicker used by theGreen Bay Packers in 1988, played one game before being released?
... thatBukit Brown Cemetery is believed to be the largest Chinese cemetery outside of China, with over 100,000 burials?
... that an eight-week UK number-one single co-written byAudrey Hobert has a sexually explicit version?
25 June 2025
12:00, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
Sae Kitamura
... thatSae Kitamura(pictured) has had her university students contribute to the Japanese Wikipedia as part of their coursework?
... that the lead actress ofThe Grub-Stake brought her personal menagerie—which included bears and wolves—to the set for use as extras?
... thatJames Patrick Shea thought that an invitation to meet with Pope Benedict XVI at the White House was a hoax?
... that even before its first broadcast,a Florida TV station was the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case and a protest by a competitor over its antenna?
... that one historian considered the anachronisms of the historical novelThe Rival Chiefs to be unproblematic because readers wanted "not accuracy but thrill"?
... that the developers ofDucks Ahoy! deliberately omitted violence from the game?
... that when being visited by an NFL scout, college football playerBoyd Jones was acting as a coach since the normal coach was absent?
... that Indonesian legislatorAlifuddin pushed for the passage of an anti-LGBT "Family Resilience" law in response to the publicization of an incest-fantasy Facebook group?
... thatRacing Mount Pleasant sometimes asks concert audiences to sit instead of stand?
... that the roar of theYeti fromDoctor Who was made by slowing down the sound of a flushing toilet?
00:24, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
Warren Truitt
... thatWarren Truitt(pictured) served as a legislator in Oregon and a judge in Alaska in the 19th century, and as both a legislator and a judge in Idaho in the 20th?
... thatLisa McCorkell co-authored the first major study oflong COVID while battling the condition herself?
... that some researchers have studiedTetris as a potential form of psychological treatment?
20 June 2025
14:24, 20 June 2025 (UTC)
T britannicum
... that althoughTaraxacum britannicum(pictured) is commonly called the British dandelion, specimens have been collected as far north as Iceland?
... that formerUniversity of Indonesia deanAsri Rasad used to work as a liaison officer for the Indonesian Army to the Allied Forces headquarters?
... that theRephaim text, a 14th-century BCE Ugaritic poem, tells of mysterious warrior beings who ride for three days to a threshing floor – only to spend the next seven days eating there?
... thatWarren Kilbourne led a strike against a professional football team because he was not paid for participation in a charity game?
... that the knightWilliam Longsword was expected to succeed his sickly brother-in-lawKing Baldwin IV, but succumbed to an illness that the king survived?
02:23, 20 June 2025 (UTC)
Welsh presbytery meeting, 1940
... that the term "middle judicatory", which many denominations use for their mid-tier organizations, originated inPresbyterian courts(example pictured) for church discipline?
... that texting someone apoop emoji in Japan is a way to wish them good luck?
... that an anime programming block that originally aired on the American television channelTechTV was the inspiration for the co-founder of a Japanese animation studio?
... thatratline organizerIvo Omrčanin once beat a suspected informant with an umbrella?
... that the author ofOctavia based one character on a former lover?
... thatRae Lil Black, who was at one point one of the 20 most popular models onPornhub, left the adult industry and converted to Islam after visiting Malaysia?
... that the Roman lawyer Cicerodefended Gnaeus Plancius in 54 BCE, but neither the verdict nor exactly what Plancius was accused of have survived?
... thatLarry Steinbach did not start high school until the age of 22?
... that the 1946Aviators Affair saw more than a dozen Soviet air force commanders and aircraft industry officials purged on Stalin's orders?
... thatThe Naulahka byRudyard Kipling depicts the barriers Indian women faced in receiving health care, and the efforts of Western women to help them?
... thatHasto Wardoyo required his municipal employees to buy at least 10 kg (22 lb) of locally produced rice every month?
... thatthe fourth first lady of Poland manufactured and smuggled nitroglycerin used by the Polish independence movement to attack Russian officials?
... that digitally removing a spider bite froman episode ofThe Last of Us cost thousands of dollars per shot?
... that officials of theWorcester Bus Company blamed television for declining ridership?
11 June 2025
00:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
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... thatan 1895 painting(pictured) stood out to a critic who had describedthe artist's previous works as a "list of disasters"?
... thatPaul Tiulana lost his leg in World War II, and afterwards helped to bring back anIñupiat dance that had not been fully performed in more than fifty years?
... that upon being drafted by the NFL'sChicago Bears,Ralph Jarvis wanted to thank the judge who sent him to thereform school where he first played American football?
... that some bodies atChalandriani were buried with "frying pans"?
6 June 2025
00:00, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
Antimonumento 49 ABC
... that sculptures of children's shoes at theAntimonumento 49 ABC(pictured)—honoring those killed in a fire—were later stolen?
... that marmalade, mashed potato and fish knives were all used in the bookClass to identify different British social classes?
... that until the 1990s, linguists often confused theNizaa language with a similarly named local language?
... that the director of the lesbian filmThe First Girl I Loved based the plot on true stories gathered from all-girls school graduates he interviewed?
... that butcherLeo Franciosi was also a four-time Olympian?
... that a homily written byPseudo-Evodius features Jesus and the devil competing in a fishing tournament in the desert?
2 June 2025
00:00, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
Sylvilagus aquaticus
... that theswamp rabbit(pictured) is both territorial and a great swimmer?
... that no other month in a calendar year starts with the same day of the week asJune?
... thatSamantha Kane led an unsuccessful takeover bid forSheffield United F.C. and, after a gender transition, was interviewed to become its chief executive?
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