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... thatEdward S. Morse describeddoban(example pictured) as "curious clay objects"?
... that Maki Narukido researched the characters' travel times in her mangaThe End of the World With You using Google Maps?
... thatAnnel Silungwe was a judge in Seychelles, a supreme court justice in Namibia, and the chief justice of Zambia?
... that after theGreat Savannah Fire of 1820, the city government rejected a donation from New York City because it was stipulated that the funds be allocated "without distinction of color"?
... that Italian artistGianni Benvenuti, known for his children's book illustrations, also had a diverse career as a painter, sculptor, andprintmaker?
... that the sustainability of theBaggu reusable bag is challenged by collector culture?
... that NFL playerObe Wenig was named anAll-Pro even though he played only one game?
... that directorIsao Takahata reportedly stayed overnight at adoss-house to ensure that the Japanese animated filmJarinko Chie accurately depicts the city ofOsaka?
... that the least populous ofOregon's cities has three people?
... that journalistIvan Miller was once bitten by a disgruntled Santa Claus?
29 March 2025
00:00, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
1868 view of the Amman valley
... thatAmman's downtown area is located in a valley(pictured) that has attracted urban settlement for millennia?
... that the FrenchJesuit priest and archaeologistRené Mouterde contributed to the documentation of 3,405 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria?
... that tea-garden labour leaderPrem Oraon lost his right leg in 1970 during a protest against a factory closure?
... that when the Brighton Town Commissioners wanted to buildQueen's Road through a slum district, they invited all the residents to a festival and demolished their houses while they were away?
... that Green Bay PackerWally Ladrow worked as a packer?
... that the outbreak of theJava War, which lasted five years and killed more than 200,000 people, was triggered by a government road project?
... thatHerzog Wine Cellars produces approximately 250,000 cases of kosher wine annually?
... that when the crime ofmugging gained attention in the UK, one book argued that mugging was not distinct from existing crimes?
... that in the essay "Toward European Unity"George Orwell presumed that one of the greatest obstacles to a federal Europe would be economic pressure by the United States?
... thatFadel al-Utol considers preserving Gaza's archaeological sites to be a peaceful act of resistance against Israel?
... that an attempt to use automated dialogue replacement in theReservation Dogs episode "Deer Lady" failed because the voice sounded too much likeYoda?
... that the expansion of glaciers created two distinct forms ofAquilegia confusa, with individual populations better adapted to different elevations?
... that the identity ofCleo, who provided online answers to complex mathematics problems without showing any work, was revealed over a decade later in 2025?
... thatTim Urban stated that a procrastinator's brain is distracted by an "instant gratification monkey" and saved at the last minute by a "panic monster"?
... thatWayne Davenport, in a six-year span, went from playingcollege football to coaching football, returning to college, playing in the NFL, returning to coaching and then back to college football?
20 March 2025
12:00, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Loudon depicted as a "human battering ram"
... thatPaul Loudon was described as a "human battering ram"(pictured)?
... that theBattle of the Bosporus, one of the largest naval battles in theMiddle Ages, was fought during the night in a storm in a narrow strait?
... thatTerry Davis created TempleOS, a Bible-themed operating system that had more than 120,000 lines of code?
... thatRoger Tocotes was suspected by the Duke of Clarence of masterminding the Duchess of Clarence's death, but Tocotes avoided capture until the King got involved?
... that scholarAxinte Frunză wanted Romania to join theCentral Powers in 1916, espousing "a vision that was profoundly anti-statist (with hints of anarchism), populist, and virulently anti-Russian"?
... that an effort toban one German political party revealed that it was so heavily infiltrated that the German government partially controlled it?
17 March 2025
12:00, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Ana María Iriarte
... thatAna María Iriarte(pictured) made her professional opera debut in 1945, retired from the stage in 1960, and created a foundation promotingzarzuela in 2006?
... that during thesiege of Utica in 204 BC the Romans tied their whole fleet together prior to battle?
... that formerGriqualand West cricketerMike Doherty was the team's chairman when they won their first trophy in over 100 years?
... that onlybroken Japanese can be used on the social networking applicationTsuita?
... that somepale stonecrops(example pictured) in Spain closely resemble Israeli specimens, while neighboring plants in Spain can look vastly different?
... thatJohn Stacy warnedthe Duke of Suffolk that a Tower would be dangerous to him; Suffolk was later murdered by sailors on a ship calledThe Nicholas of the Tower?
... thatWes Carlson used a different last name than his father because of a schoolteacher's mistake?
... thatSedum palmeri is common on windowsills in the Mediterranean because it is easy to share with other people?
... that the runway show forScanners byAlexander McQueen concluded with a mostly nude model struggling through an artificial snowstorm in a wind tunnel?
... that the lord of Bitchū Matsuyama Castle isa cat?
... that a series of agreements at theUpstalsboom in 1323 prohibited bride kidnapping, provided the right to a speedy trial, and created a judicial veto in allSeven Sealands?
... that the political and media storm around so-calledAfrican gangs in Australia has been described by academics as a moral panic?
... that Palestinian singerZeinab Shaath assumed a short film featuring her had been destroyed until a researcher discovered a copy in the archives of theIsrael Defense Forces?
... that before playing in the NFL,Rip Owens worked at a steel mill?
... that researchers confirmed that they had discovered toilets at theArchaeological Site in Wanggung-ri by finding a high concentration of parasite eggs there?
... that "Plaza", a recognized Basque surname, comes from the Spanish language?
... that therock stonecrop can go in a soup as well as on a roof?
00:00, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
NGC 1700
... that the galaxyNGC 1700(pictured) has a rotating hot gas disk glowing inX-rays after merging with another galaxy three billion years ago?
... that coachEd Storm, after seeing his American football team losing late in a game, put on a uniform, entered the game, and made the game-winning score?
... that the 1731 novelManon Lescaut did not become popular in France until after it was banned for immorality?
... that it took 12 and a half hours forRashid Israr to reach his highest score in cricket?
... that the American playHis Majesty Bunker Bean was a national hit that had "been seen by most of the country east of the Mississippi River" before it reachedBroadway?
... that theSantander anarchist newspaperAdelante had to be printed in neighbouringTorrelavega, as no printing shop in the city was willing to print it due to its political orientation?
... that the first owners ofFallingwater(pictured), a house in Pennsylvania, were rumored to hide tables when the house's architect visited?
... that in 2008, artistRutherford Chang collected around 4,000ink-dot portraits fromThe Wall Street Journal and reorganized them alphabetically into a yearbook-style publication?
... that the private showings of Alexander McQueen's posthumous final collectionAngels and Demons(final look pictured) ended with a whisper saying "There is no more"?
... that theGuantanamo Migrant Operations Center, a facility for holding undocumented immigrants to the United States, is set to have its capacity expanded from about 130 to 30,000?
... that the music video for "Breakfast" was reimagined byDove Cameron after the Supreme Court of the United States' decision to overturnRoe v. Wade?
... that Czech Romani social worker and human rights activistElena Gorolová worked as a metalworker in her youth?
... thatEpisode 8055 of the Australian television soap operaNeighbours is the first episode in the show's history to star and be directed and written entirely by women?
... thatDanielle Sassoon, a former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, credits her study of theTalmud for preparing her for her future legal career?
... that the ending of the music video forHoshimachi Suisei's "Bibbidiba" was called inspiring to struggling women?
... thatShirley A. Pomponi helped to create a cancer drug out of a sea-sponge compound?
... that censorship in communist Poland delayed the publication of the novelZaziemskie światy for nearly a decade due to its "inappropriate ideological basis" and positive portrayal of the United States?
... that an author referred to her bookAccidental Gods as "dad non-fiction"?
00:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Grain Belt Brewery
... that theGrain Belt Brewery(pictured) was built with four distinct architectural sections, in homage to the four companies that combined to form it?
... thatMadmuin Hasibuan's father punished him for not fasting in Ramadan by not giving him food for three days?
... that theMing dynasty fantasy novelJourney to the South – whose protagonist accidentally amputates his right leg and converts toBuddhism – alludes to popular one-legged spirits?
... thatVince Gill oncemooned a crowd that poorly received him as an opening act forKiss?
... thatReine Abbas chose the name Wixel Studios, a blend of "Weird Pixel", in recognition of being one of the only gaming studios in Lebanon?
... that the Ibn Shillif brothers, evading theOttoman authorities' pursuit after leading a local rebellion, found safe haven in theAlawite villages ofAyn al-Kurum andAnnab?
... thatTina Leung dressed as her comic book alter ego when accepting an award for theHouse of Slay?
... that although nine alibi witnesses placedTemujin Kensu more than 400 miles from a shooting inPort Huron, Michigan, in November 1986, he was convicted of murder and has been in prison ever since?
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