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... that even though about 100,000 mines were laid inLe Touquet during World War II, making it the most mined city in France, it was the first resort in northern France to open its beaches after theliberation?
... thatElizabeth Storie's doctor poured nitric acid into her mouth, causing her teeth to fall out?
29 May 2024
00:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|Gyōji with aPokémon-inspired kimono ]]
Gyōji with aPokémon-inspired kimono
... that since 2022,gyōji can be seen wearingPokémon-inspired kimonos(example pictured) in the ring to celebrate the 25th anniversary ofPokémon Red and Blue?
... thatMarie Catharine Neal, an expert on Hawaiian plants, authored the acclaimed bookIn Gardens of Hawaii in 1948, which described more than 2,000 species with detailed scientific information and illustrations?
... that Indonesian politicianSanusi's parents discouraged him from becoming a government employee, because his salary would be paid partly from taxes on alcohol and prostitution?
... that theLord Chamberlain's plays are a historical archive of play scripts curated through theatrical censorship that provide a unique insight into attitudes to race and sexuality?
... thatElizabeth Seifert, who was denied a medical degree due to her gender, went on to achieve success as a writer, penning more than 80 novels about the very field from which she had been excluded?
... that during the "trial from hell"Matthew Charles Johnson hurled abuse at the judge and one of his co-accused threw a bag of excrement at a member of the jury?
26 May 2024
00:00, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
Landing craft during Zapad 2009
... that the Russian and Belarussian military exerciseZapad 2009(pictured) involved nuclear-capable ballistic missiles?
... that theRobyn Gigl novelBy Way of Sorrow, which features a transgender lawyer as the protagonist, was described as "quietly groundbreaking" byThe New York Times?
... thata boot is the only monument in the United States dedicated to the traitorBenedict Arnold because it "was the only part of Arnold not to later turn traitor"?
25 May 2024
00:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Nellie McCoy
... that actressNellie McCoy(pictured) suffered amental breakdown after her theatre performance was criticized, leading to her being committed to asanatorium?
... that although theicosian game was advertised as a "highly amusing game for the drawing room", it was too easy to play and not a commercial success?
... that the architects of theEldridge Street Synagogue were Catholics who had never designed a synagogue before?
... thatTheo Benedet is the firstoffensive lineman to be named the best Canadian university football lineman two years in a row?
... thatLuo Wenzao became the firstCatholic bishop from China in 1685, after initially declining the appointment in 1677?
... that the historic mansionBulgur Palas inIstanbul hosted a birdhouse for hundreds of domestic canaries in one room during its ownership by theOttoman Bank?
... that women were 33 percent more likely than men to search forclown pornography onPornhub in 2016?
... that the chief editor of theUnited States' Telegraph allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office?
... that Romani Holocaust survivorPhilomena Franz wrote about her deportation to Auschwitz, internment in Ravensbrück, escape from a camp near Wittenberge, and concealment by a farmer?
... thata large basin on Neptune's moonTriton may have once been filled with liquid watercryolava, similar to how liquid silicates fill lava lakes on Earth?
... thatInman Jackson played "as though he were born with a basketball in each hand"?
... thatSpider began makingalternative music because she felt that not enough Black women were doing so?
... that the trowel and gavel used at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for theSouthern Railway Building were previously used by George Washington for the U.S. Capitol?
... thatChuck Eisenmann went from professionally pitching in baseball to owning and training the dogs that starred on the Canadian television seriesThe Littlest Hobo?
... that Czech industrialistJan Felkl founded a company in 1854 that would produceglobes in 17 languages?
... that the Russian and Belarusian military exerciseZapad 2013 was officially described as counterterrorist, but international observers concluded that it was a preparation for a conventional war?
... that avant-garde musicianMabe Fratti's religious upbringing restricted her to classical andChristian music until she discovered file sharing onLimeWire?
... thata North Carolina TV station broadcast from a "residential showplace" that was considered to be "one of [the] finest" houses in town?
... that Lithuanian communist activistValerija Narvydaitė spent more than 14 years in jails and detention centres?
... that "Not Strong Enough" byBoygenius describes conflicting mental states of self-hatred and self-importance?
... that manywinter wonderland fairs have become notorious as "winter blunderlands"?
19 May 2024
00:00, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Death camas miner bee on a death camas flower
... that the nectar and pollen of themeadow death camas and its relatives are so toxic that no bee except thedeath camas miner bee(pictured on flower) can eat them?
... that according toDadang Supriatna, his father gave him 1,000 bricks to fund his studies?
... that a priest refused to perform the wedding ceremony for Austrian socialistJosef Peskoller and his fiancée Maria Griel on political grounds in 1928?
... thatdata breaches are rarely detected by the compromised organization?
... that Puerto Rican singerYoung Miko composed "Classy 101" in Los Angeles and had never met Colombian singerFeid before he recorded the song with her?
... thatGeorge Jenkins(pictured) was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"?
... that as part of illegal wildlife trading,Oophaga solanensis frogs are bought for US$3 in their native Colombia and sold for up to US$1,000 overseas?
... that before becoming a voice actor,Kikunosuke Toya was the keyboardist of an all-malePrincess Princess cover band in high school?
... thathallucinogenic honey(pictured) was used as a biological weapon more than 2000 years ago?
... that after failing to qualify for prestigious races as an athlete,Mounir Akbache became arabbit?
... that the memorialIvančena was created to honor members of the Silesian Scout Resistance who were executed for their part in theresistance to Nazi occupation during World War II?
... thatLewis W. Green was one of the two members of the first graduating class ofCentre College and later became its president?
... thatHarrogate War Memorial, byErnest Prestwich, names 1163 casualties of the First and Second World Wars, of whom more than 300 have unknown graves, and the youngest was 15 years old?
... that no voting was held in four out of sixcuriae in the1916 Warsaw City Council election, as the Polish and Jewish parties had agreed on a single joint candidate slate?
... thatThe Ugly Black Bird, a Polish book that discredited the autobiographical value ofKosiński'sThe Painted Bird, initially received reviews that were "more negative than favourable"?
... that under the rule of the first Macedonian president,Kiro Gligorov(pictured), the Republic of Macedonia was the only state that seceded from Yugoslavia peacefully?
... that due toRichard Louhenapessy's arrest, the Indonesian city ofAmbon had four mayors in May 2022?
... that football playerDick Harris was selected in professional drafts four times, including twice as a first-round pick, but never played professionally?
... that a year after objecting to the unauthorised use of his ownAI-generated vocals,Drake used vocals of other rappers generated that wayto respond to a diss against him?
... that in 1919 nurseHilda Hope McMaugh became the first Australian woman to qualify as a pilot?
... that employees ofa Florida TV station joked that their studio building would survive "as long as the termites don't stop holding hands"?
9 May 2024
00:00, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Editors Building
... that new employees of a business headquartered in theEditors Building(pictured) chose their office decorations from a 7,000-piece collection of historic memorabilia of Washington, D.C.?
... that the fossil insectAllenbya holmesae was named after its finder's mother's maiden name?
... that the 2023 drama filmFly Me to the Moon was Sasha Chuk's debut as a director, screenwriter and lead actress, making it her first feature film in all three categories?
... that the perpetrator of the2017 Aztec High School shooting had previously been investigated by theFBI, but the investigation was closed after he convinced them that he was simply "trolling"?
8 May 2024
00:00, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Joseph Redding
... that opera composer and librettistJoseph Redding(pictured) was also a chess expert and lawyer who argued alandmark decision before the United States Supreme Court?
... thatKooraban National Park has provided a habitat for more than twenty vulnerable animal species, includingkoalas?
... that a bust of the notorious slave traderIsaac Franklin was placed on the prow of his slave ship, theIsaac Franklin?
... that the video gameManor Lords was wishlisted more than three million times onSteam after its developer had estimated it would receive around 14,000?
... thatWalid Daqqa wrote several works ofprison literature, including a children's novel about a boy who uses magical olive oil to visit his imprisoned father?
... that the production team of the TV seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier created a digital highway more than five miles (8 km) long to capture visual effects for a truck action sequence for the episode "The Star-Spangled Man"?
... thatLore Harp McGovern went from being a housewife to the CEO of a US$36 million computer company in six years?
... that police officers had to be flown in by helicopter to seize hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of cannabis plants found growing illegally inJerrawangala National Park?
... that more than 100 European royals boarded theCruise of the Kings, a 1954 cruise organised by the Greek queen consortFrederica of Hanover to promote tourism in Greece?
... thatNCVs can assign different values to the lives of civilians of different nationalities?
... that Yuu Nagira, the author ofMy Beautiful Man, did not expect readers to love one of the main characters because she had written him to be creepy?
... that actressAgnes Mapes had to improvise a complex choreographed dance from basic poses for the 1907 playThe Holy City?
... that when offered a chance to repent before being burnt at the stake,one crypto-Jew allegedly told his tormentors to "throw more wood on the fire"?
... that according to witnesses, the plutonium charge in the bomb used in the nuclear weapons testGerboise Verte was transported inan economy car?
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