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31 December 2024

12:00, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Vienna porcelain trembleuse cup and saucer

... that trembleuse cups and saucers (examples pictured) enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that during one of his Diddy parties, Sean Combs promised not to spill champagne on the Declaration of Independence?
... that the release of the top-level domain .zip was condemned by cyber-security experts?
... that grand claims that the ruler of Mwene Muji once had imperial status were dismissed by Belgian colonial authorities?
... that John Mascarenhas simultaneously served as the chairman of his country's legislature and the president of their Olympic committee?
... that Ekin Cheng agreed to make a cameo appearance in A Nail Clipper Romance after learning that it would be filmed in Hawaii?
... that Emil Bove prosecuted Nicolás Maduro and defended Donald Trump?
... that a Florida radio station DJ's attempt to break a world record was foiled by blown transmitter tubes?
... that The Sausages' first sausage was filled with three courses and an espresso?

00:00, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Grapefruit

... that the grapefruit (examples pictured) was described as the "forbidden fruit" in 1750?
... that British war correspondent Ian Fyfe was killed on D-Day while landing in a glider with troops attacking the Merville Gun Battery?
... that the 1976 Philippine film Itim was described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history" in a 2022 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art?
... that Phoebe Plummer was "unfortunate" to draw Christopher Hehir as judge when they stood trial over the Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest?
... that the only death from the Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse was the one audience member who bought a concert t-shirt from Crypta that night, according to their lead singer?
... that the cover art of Music from the Merch Desk (2016–2023) was derived from bootleg merchandise?
... that Michael O'Kane never received approval to begin constructing a building for the College of the Holy Cross?
... that in the 1980s, when Moturoa Island lost all its endangered kiwi to pests, experts reintroduced seven birds – today there could be as many as 300 kiwi on the island?
... that Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, donated her body to science because "funerals are a bore"?

30 December 2024

00:00, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Mawali tribal sheikhs, 1880s

... that in the 18th century the Mawali tribe (pictured) was driven from the Syrian steppe to the regions of Hama and Idlib, where their descendants live today?
... that a reviewer described Ceechynaa, who entered the UK singles chart earlier this month with "Peggy", as "proudly waving the sexual liberation flag"?
... that vitamin E was named "tocopherol" as it was identified as essential for live births in rats?
... that in the 1950s Michel Klein opened one of the first veterinary practices in Paris?
... that the sexual onomatopoeia puff-puff was censored in English releases of Dragon Quest until Dragon Quest XI?
... that newspaper publisher Jacob Frolich built trapdoors and hiding places in his house in case it was raided by Radical Republicans?
... that nearly 300 construction workers showed up at 8 am to continue building Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6, despite the Chernobyl disaster earlier that day?
... that war correspondent Bernard Gray was killed while travelling as an unofficial passenger aboard a Royal Navy submarine during the Second World War?
... that Good Gravy!, a Thanksgiving dinner–themed roller coaster, was first tested with a train full of plush turkeys?

29 December 2024

00:00, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Kwan Man-ching

... that Kwan Man-ching (pictured), who directed more than fifty films in forty years, entered the industry hoping to meet his celebrity crush?
... that the style of Hermann Weyl's Gruppentheorie und Quantenmechanik has been likened to "a smiling figure on horseback, cutting a clean way through ... with a swift bright sword"?
... that international adult figure skating champion Naz Arıcı learned to skate at the age of 29?
... that in 1967 two mathematicians published PhD dissertations independently disproving the same thirteen-year-old conjecture?
... that Shalom Nagar, executioner of war criminal and Nazi Party official Adolf Eichmann, said he was selected at random for the role?
... that Kevin Roose wrote a viral article about artificial intelligence rhetoric after an AI bot attempted to convince him to leave his wife?
... that Karl Thielscher began refereeing American football games less than a month after retiring from playing the sport professionally?
... that between February and August 1918 the Petergofsky District mobilized more than 20 combat units for the Red Army?
... that a South Korean actor sold his belongings and went $7 million into debt to keep his amusement park running?

28 December 2024

00:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Graves at Bayonet Trench

... that a popular myth held that the French soldiers interred in Bayonet Trench (pictured) were buried alive with their rifles in their hands?
... that a lost chronicle of the kings of Kashmir is attributed to the author Ratnākara?
... that a critic described GNX, after its surprise release, as Kendrick Lamar's "greatest work" yet?
... that ballet dancer Nina Tikhonova taught dance to children who had been orphaned during World War II?
... that former adult actress Suzumi Suzuki's book Gifted was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2022?
... that George Bogaars, as head of Singapore's Secret Branch, oversaw the detention of more than a hundred suspected communist sympathisers?
... that the Green Bay Packers won a snowy NFL playoff game by scoring six straight touchdowns after they had been losing 14–0?
... that William C. Roberts had to resign a pastorate in Ohio because his wife's illness was believed to be curable if she returned to her home state?
... that anarchism without adjectives has been described as an ecumenical or non-denominational form of anarchism?

27 December 2024

00:00, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

FoodPharmer

... that a viral video by an Indian influencer (pictured) resulted in the sugar content of Bournvita being cut by almost 15 percent?
... that on 26 December 1724 J. S. Bach directed the first performance of Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121, based on a hymn written by Martin Luther in 1524?
... that actress Jane Barnes learned how to pilot a plane so that she could fly home to Massachusetts on her own?
... that the largest IMAX cinema in the Southern Hemisphere is in Melbourne?
... that Musa al-Gharbi argues that "symbolic capitalists" support social justice movements to amass social currency?
... that American president Zachary Taylor is mentioned in a poem about the conversion of Saint Paul?
... that Filipino violinist Gilopez Kabayao was nicknamed the "Mozart to the Barrios"?
... that Ian Holm, who died in 2020, was "resurrected" to appear in Alien: Romulus through a combination of animatronics, computer-generated imagery, and artificial intelligence?
... that NFL player Adrian Baril also was a "fat men's race" champion?

26 December 2024

00:00, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Adoration of the Magi in the Snow

... that the Adoration of the Magi in the Snow (pictured), recently re-dated, is now known to be the earliest of Bruegel's snow paintings?
... that the Philly Specials, formed by three football players from the Philadelphia Eagles, have recorded Christmas music with Stevie Nicks and Boyz II Men?
... that heavy spring rains caused a poor harvest of the Dickinson pumpkin, leading to a canned pumpkin shortage for Christmas in 2015?
... that Holiday Seasoning was promoted with the release of holiday seasonings?
... that HMT Night Hawk was sunk on Christmas Day 1914 while trawling for mines off Scarborough, England?
... that the National Gingerbread House Competition, despite its name, has featured gingerbread merry-go-rounds, sea monsters, and even the Statue of Liberty?
... that Pflaumentoffel, edible figures made from prunes, were sold by children in German Christmas markets in the 19th century?
... that "The Christmas Invasion" led to Christmas specials becoming a staple for Doctor Who?
... that A. krampus has been found living in southeastern Brazil?

25 December 2024

00:00, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Voltairine de Cleyre

... that after Senator Joseph R. Hawley offered $1,000 to shoot an anarchist, Voltairine de Cleyre (pictured) publicly accepted the challenge?
... that tourte de blettes, a sweet pie made with Swiss chard, is traditionally eaten in Nice on Christmas Eve?
... that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta built a bazaar in India?
... that Christmas: A Biography states that, despite its Christian origins, Christmas has been mostly secular since its inception in the fourth century?
... that Oh Hee-ok was the last surviving female Korean independence activist?
... that the Christmas carp traditionally swims in a bathtub for a few days before becoming Christmas Eve dinner?
... that Italian anti-Mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri survived three assassination attempts within three weeks?
... that in 2016 two thieves stole $350,000 worth of rare books in Oakland, California, and tried to sell some of them to Moe's Books nearby?
... that energy executive Chris Wright once drank fracking fluid to prove that it was not dangerous?

24 December 2024

00:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Footage of the 2022 Andover tornado

... that the 2022 Andover tornado (video featured) injured only three people, despite damaging more than 1,000 buildings?
... that Dithapelo Keorapetse was named Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana shortly after losing his bid for election to the legislature?
... that the 1962 space-age pop album Latin-esque was recorded with halves of the orchestra separated by almost a city block to heighten its stereo effects?
... that Bob Gandey founded a circus that continues to be operated by his descendants more than a century later?
... that Hudson's Bay Company ships reserved special rooms for important Lower Chehalis visitors due to their key role in regional trade networks?
... that referee Mike Hasenfratz acted in an ice hockey fight in Stay Tuned?
... that Planting a Rainbow has been praised for both its "deft use of colors" and the educational identification of seeds, bulbs, sprouts, and blossoms?
... that David Bookbinder was Margaret Thatcher's "least favourite local government leader"?
... that entitativity refers to how "groupy" a group is?

23 December 2024

00:00, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

René Vallon

... that René Vallon (pictured) achieved the first aeroplane flight, and was the first aeroplane-related death, in China?
... that the creator of The Americans drew inspiration for the show from his time as a CIA officer and a 2010 Russian spy scandal?
... that Tjeerd van Andel was surprised to find heaps of giant clam shells around hot springs on his first dive to the Pacific ocean floor?
... that art historians believe that Ellen Thesleff's self-portrait may have been drawn in a trance-like state?
... that Charles Herman Allen, university administrator and American Civil War captain, opened the University of Wisconsin to female enrollment in 1863?
... that during World War I the organ of evacuated Polish railway workers in Moscow denounced the trade unions of the Warsaw–Vienna railway as "separatists"?
... that the Mingxing Film Company released more than 150 films in 16 years, but most are now lost?
... that St. Gregory the Great Seminary was founded in a former juvenile mental hospital?
... that Ritsuko Taho once had her students at Harvard University slaughter a chicken and turn its bones into a sculpture?

22 December 2024

00:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Bush speaking at the Islamic Center of Washington

... that George W. Bush quoted from the Quran in a speech he delivered (pictured) six days after the September 11 attacks?
... that Luo Shiwen led a secret cell of the Chinese Communist Party that negotiated better conditions for inmates at their concentration camp?
... that the Museiliha inscription hints at a border dispute between ancient Caesarea ad Libanum and Gigarta?
... that the fortune left by Zhu Baosan was believed to have been greatly diminished by his philanthropic activities?
... that less than a day after his dad died, Brett Favre played in "one of the greatest games of his fabulous career"?
... that a museum of tomato processing in Greece uses holographic mechanical fans to display images of workers?
... that Shelley Luther was elected to the Texas House of Representatives four years after being imprisoned?
... that the main cemetery of Mainz was established in 1803 and became the model for the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris?
... that David Green published more than 200 research papers before his 18th birthday?

21 December 2024

00:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Pablo Busch

... that German-born physician Pablo Busch (pictured) was labelled a "witch or curandero" by indigenous tribes in Bolivia?
... that the distant horse relative Palaeotherium was first misidentified as an amphibious animal, then as a canine?
... that Nikolaus Mollyn was the first book printer in Riga, and the first to print a book in Latvian within the present-day territory of Latvia?
... that in addition to millions murdered, Nazi crimes against children included compulsory sterilization, forced labor, forced institutionalization, medical experiments and Germanisation?
... that Chivas USA had eleven different managers over ten seasons?
... that literary critic Qian Xingcun brought several Communist writers into the Shanghai film industry?
... that the clergy of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis were upset about the sale of Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary after its closure?
... that Femke Bol successfully defended her 2021 title by winning the women's 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships?
... that Louis Abramson worked on the renovation of a building that he designed 57 years earlier?

20 December 2024

00:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Bubble wrap jacket from The Horn of Plenty

... that The Horn of Plenty by Alexander McQueen satirized the fashion industry with clothing sewn from expensive fabric made to look like household trash (example pictured)?
... that Fen Juhua became the "first of the lady knights in the Chinese cinema" after fighting for love in a 1925 film?
... that the offices of Hamm's Brewery in Saint Paul, Minnesota, were built on the site of the city's third cathedral?
... that Miles Rock served as chief of the commission that determined the disputed Guatemala–Mexico border?
... that the 2025 season of Inter Miami CF includes matches in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?
... that Anthony F. Ciampi fought his superiors to rebuild the College of the Holy Cross after it was destroyed by fire in 1852?
... that a documentary film built around the final interview of K-pop star Sulli employs elements of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a framing device?
... that Diane Leather was the first woman to run a mile in under five minutes?
... that a cat, Timoshenko, joined the British submarine HMS Unruffled on twenty patrols during the Second World War?

19 December 2024

00:00, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Yoon Do-young

... that Yoon Do-young (pictured) scored his debut goal for Daejeon Hana Citizen 50 seconds into a match against Gwangju FC?
... that the 2007 Greensburg tornado had ten smaller tornadoes orbiting it?
... that a music video for a song on the album Dostrotime was made with an oscilloscope?
... that the bacterium Ethanoligenens harbinense can produce hydrogen?
... that Bob Hainlen, at the age of 22, was both a player and an assistant coach for a professional American football team?
... that Izvestiya Askhabadskogo Soveta was the first Bolshevik newspaper published in present-day Turkmenistan?
... that after he did not come home for dinner, James Michael Reardon's assistant priests found that he had died in his basilica while praying?
... that the area around Sams Creek was excluded from Kahurangi National Park when it was formed in 1996 due to gold-mining interests?
... that Susan Finnegan was the first female head of the arachnids section at the Natural History Museum, London, but had to resign her job to marry?

18 December 2024

00:00, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Everett Railroad 11

... that Everett Railroad 11 (pictured) had to be modified after it met a sharp curve on its first trip?
... that David Fishwick went from a £27.50-a-week pebbledashing job to becoming the biggest minibus supplier in Britain?
... that modern Chinese drama was banned during the Cultural Revolution?
... that American football player Rich Romer was selected three times as an All-American by Pizza Hut?
... that the medieval font of St Peter's Church, Stapenhill, was restored in 1973?
... that as a nine-year-old, Anastasia Somoza lobbied U.S. president Bill Clinton?
... that Bini's performance of "Cherry on Top" at KCON 2024 was the first act by a Filipino pop group at the event?
... that French cellist Nicolas-Joseph Platel is considered to be the founder of the Belgian school of cello playing?
... that Saint George fought a dragon at the Paradise Theater until both were stolen?

17 December 2024

00:00, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Seunghan

... that Seunghan (pictured) was forced out of his band because of a cigarette and a kiss?
... that the Upper Chehalis people adopted horses widely after their introduction, becoming known as "equestrian" compared to their coastal neighbors?
... that an official investigation found the Fukushima nuclear accident was foreseeable and preventable?
... that basketball player Trey McKenney made all fourteen of his free throws in St. Mary's Preparatory's 2024 state championship victory?
... that members of the Trade Union Opposition Federation stormed the Copenhagen Stock Exchange?
... that Arne Slettebak revitalised interest in the field of stellar rotation after it had been abandoned for nearly 15 years?
... that of the 25 times the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks have played each other, 4 have come in the playoffs?
... that Amrita Sher-Gil painted a portrait of Helen Chaman Lall without expecting a fee?
... that SZA's "Snooze" happens to be a sleeper hit?

16 December 2024

00:00, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Light Vessel 93

... that Light Vessel 93 (pictured) was converted into a photography studio?
... that Zheng Zhegu urged his film students to bring their girlfriends when no women enrolled?
... that the Green Bay Packers lost the 2014 NFC Championship Game and a spot in the Super Bowl after they were considered to have a 99.9-percent chance of victory?
... that politician Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh was jailed for 12 months for protesting in favour of restoring the Manipur Legislative Assembly?
... that the newspaper Qizil Tugh (Red Banner) provided a publishing platform for young Uyghur-language poets and writers in the Soviet Union?
... that Gail Damerow was described by one magazine as "poultry's Cesar Millan"?
... that both Catholic and Orthodox Christian democrats received a higher share of votes in Kazansky District than in any other district of Petrograd in the 1917 Russian elections?
... that in a 2024 game, college football player Jordan Watkins scored an Ole Miss–record five receiving touchdowns – even though he had never before had more than one?
... that Haruki Murakami owns so many T-shirts that he published a book about them?

15 December 2024

00:00, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi

... that Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi (pictured) campaigned in Birmingham, England, while running to become the vice president of Somaliland?
... that most of the contributors to the Emancipation Pictorial, a Chinese women's magazine, were men?
... that Elin Falk caused a national controversy in 1913 with her proposals for reforming gymnastics in Swedish schools?
... that the discovery of a new waltz attributed to Chopin was announced in October 2024?
... that college basketball player Adou Thiero plays for the same head coach for whom his father played?
... that match-three video games such as Candy Crush Saga are often considered to be Bejeweled clones?
... that Hikari Kodama disguised herself with wigs during public performances because she went to a high school with strict rules?
... that although three witnesses are typically needed in linguistic reconstruction, only two are necessary if borrowing and innovation can be ruled out?
... that after seeing Taiwanese actor Mo Tzu-yi's work, a director sought to inquire about him at a film market, only to find Mo standing right behind him?

14 December 2024

00:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Anchorage White Raven

... that a raven in Anchorage, Alaska (pictured), ate tater tots and toast, fought over ice cream, and disassembled a streetlamp?
... that Wang Hanlun used proceeds from her company's only film to finalize her divorce?
... that Benjamin Britten wanted the score of his An American Overture destroyed after it was rediscovered?
... that Dr Disrespect's first videos featured a bombastic "champion" trash-talking game-play footage?
... that Cordova, Alabama, was hit by two tornadoes on the same day in 2011, the second of which was on the ground for more than two hours?
... that Arthur France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the first Caribbean carnival in Europe, in 1967?
... that Spectrum HoloByte published Tetris without permission from the Soviet Union?
... that a future World War II aircraft carrier was used as a hotel during the 7th National Eucharistic Congress in 1935?
... that John Moore's mother, after learning that UCLA's student-body president was Black, said "this is where he's going to school"?

13 December 2024

00:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Carlyle Hotel

... that a staff member at the Carlyle Hotel (pictured) once lent his own bow tie to Laurence Olivier?
... that Yangginu plotted to defeat Khan Wan to avenge his murdered father?
... that to prepare for her role in The Last Dance, actress Michelle Wai learned to perform a Taoist funeral ritual traditionally performed only by men?
... that the city council of Hamtramck, led by Mayor Amer Ghalib, banned the pride flag from publicly owned flagpoles?
... that the death rate from adrenal crises can reach as high as 6 percent?
... that Shane Connolly has provided flowers for two royal weddings and the coronation of Charles III?
... that the Child Law Project reports on Ireland's child-care system?
... that U.S. Army chaplain Patrick Ryan celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for 10,000 people after the liberation of Rome?
... that Perplexities after Escher, a composition for heckelphone, string quartet and double bass, is based on five graphic artworks by M. C. Escher?

12 December 2024

00:00, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Scene from Orphan Rescues Grandfather

... that Zhou Jianyun pawned his wife's jewellery to make Orphan Rescues Grandfather (scene pictured), saving his studio?
... that Verificado 2018 was a fact-checking collaboration between at least 90 organizations to counter disinformation during the 2018 Mexican federal election?
... that Tommy Suggs recommended using Also sprach Zarathustra as his college football team's entrance music, because he saw Elvis Presley do it first?
... that "unusual choices" at Liliget Feast House included wind-dried salmon and pan-fried oolichans?
... that Rada Dyson-Hudson was denied academic tenure at Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University despite her academic record and capabilities?
... that the Jiangwan Racecourse hosted horse races, a golf club, and prisoners of war?
... that a manuscript of the New Testament was bound in the wrong order, which a scholar decried: "the bookbinder has messed everything up"?
... that Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi was a fan of the series as a child?
... that the backflip ban in figure skating was lifted in 2024 alongside other "somersault type jumps"?

11 December 2024

00:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Head of the God of Amiens

... that the God of Amiens (head pictured) seems to have lost his serpent?
... that Bob Hobman recreated a possible sea journey by Palaeolithic humans after 130,000-year-old tools were found on the island of Crete?
... that Aucklanders have a reputation for making false earthquake reports on New Zealand's earthquake monitoring website GeoNet?
... that in his first electoral victory, Aaron Kennedy defeated the premier of New Brunswick?
... that "Vanishing" is the first song that Mariah Carey produced by herself?
... that Kenneth Creer supported applying cosmology to geological problems?
... that during World War II, Soviet atrocities against prisoners of war included the murder of tens of thousands of Polish soldiers in the Katyn massacre?
... that basketball player Charel Allen was a five-time Bulgarian Cup champion despite knowing only a few words of Bulgarian?
... that coconut cups were believed to have medical benefits?

10 December 2024

00:00, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Lizzie Esau

... that Lizzie Esau (pictured) covered a 1955 song for a 2024 series about a 1553 queen?
... that a Syrian filmmaker repurposed footage from his first film in his last film in order to criticize his younger self?
... that Celeste Caeiro's actions led to the naming of the 1974 coup in Portugal as the Carnation Revolution?
... that Operation Blooming Onion uncovered instances of "modern-day slavery" amongst H-2A visa workers in the state of Georgia?
... that L'Attaque, the board game that became Stratego, was patented in 1908 by its designer, a 57-year-old woman?
... that the Australian Light Weight Air Warning Radar was once loaded using canoes and later manhandled up a 200-foot cliff?
... that Thomas Sewell said that in 2017 he attempted to recruit the perpetrator of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings into the Lads Society?
... that while supporting a law easing restrictions on abortion in Gabon, Prime Minister Rose Christiane Raponda said "it is not yet the right time"?
... that "the world's loneliest duck" arrived on the remote Pacific island country of Niue in 2018?

9 December 2024

00:00, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Barquq Castle

... that the 14th-century Barquq Castle (pictured) was damaged during the Israel–Hamas war?
... that David Hilchen played a key role in the establishment of Renaissance humanism in the area of the present-day Baltic states?
... that Gutidara is played with balls made from water buffalo horns?
... that the 1931 Barcelona rent strike resulted in 18 deaths, dozens of injuries and arrests, and an agreement on the reduction of rents?
... that several local residents mistook the production set of Miss Shampoo for a real shop and entered during filming?
... that a columnist described Bern Shanks as "the most open and accessible state wildlife chief in memory"?
... that Ngiam Tong Dow negotiated Singapore's first and largest purchase of gold from South Africa in 1968 by comparing two halves of a United States one-dollar bill?
... that Tiny Glade was developed by a two-person studio and was the fourth most-played demo on 2024's Steam Next Fest?
... that Chen Qiyou, a would-be assassin, later became part of the Chinese Committee for World Peace?

8 December 2024

00:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Regulus

... that a man stabbed Regulus (pictured) because he disliked the "misty state of the picture"?
... that Annie Huggett, aged 103, was the oldest living suffragette at the time of her death in 1996?
... that cellist Rohan de Saram's background as a geta bera drummer inspired Luciano Berio's Sequenza XIV?
... that a priest canceled 1,600 subscriptions to The Catholic Bulletin over a front-page photograph of nuns dancing?
... that comic-opera performer Celie Ellis Turner pursued a stage career against her family's wishes?
... that the oldest surviving wooden lightship, dating to 1840, is now an Airbnb property?
... that Henry Parnell was the youngest British parliamentarian to die in the First World War?
... that after signing a peace agreement in 1919, Azerbaijan prepared another invasion of southern Armenia that was foiled by a rebellion in Nagorno-Karabakh?
... that schoolteacher Thomas Curnow used a red scarf to stop a train from derailing, leading to the capture of notorious outlaw Ned Kelly?

7 December 2024

00:00, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Kang Ju-hyeok

... that Kang Ju-hyeok (pictured) became the youngest player in FC Seoul's history at the age of 17 years, 9 months, and 6 days?
... that the political opposition in Saint Kitts and Nevis has viewed the national broadcaster, ZIZ, as a government mouthpiece?
... that Richard Du Cann acted for the defence in the Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial and the trial of the MP John Stonehouse?
... that the funds from the sale of burial lots at Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia were intended for the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul?
... that Mary Robertson was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science degree in medicine from the University of Cape Town?
... that Karl Amadeus Hartmann completed his Hungarian-influenced composition Kammerkonzert during his period of inner emigration after Hitler's seizure of power?
... that one Canadian football announcer refused to mention Tony Pajaczkowski in game broadcasts for several years?
... that Augustus Pugin called St John the Evangelist Church, Islington, a "deformity"?
... that residents of Port Mercer, New Jersey, profited from passing vessels by dragging their tow mules into the Delaware and Raritan Canal and having local boys "rescue" them for a fee?

6 December 2024

00:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Jack Russell Terrier

... that dogs (example pictured) have much more sensitive noses and ears than humans, but have trouble distinguishing red from green?
... that in 1809, two ministers leading the British war effort against Napoleon fought a duel against each other?
... that in his first year in the NFL, Lou Rash was told he was released and began flying back home, but was told upon landing that the release was a mistake and he was to return?
... that muthkwey was not harvested or walked over, because oral tradition held that it had grown from the droppings of a two-headed serpent?
... that the Mongol princess Al-Altan was rumoured to have poisoned her brother Ögedei Khan?
... that the Saybrook Colony was sold to Connecticut for an annual payment of 180 pounds of equal quantities of wheat, peas, and either rye or barley?
... that future Olympic weightlifter Chiu Yuh-chuan received a job offer in marketing after media coverage about his difficulty securing employment?
... that out of 148 candidates in the 1957 Manipur Territorial Council election there was only one woman?
... that basketball coach Trisha Stafford-Odom left the Eagles to join the Eagles?

5 December 2024

00:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Marie Denizard

... that Marie Denizard (pictured) stood as a candidate in a French presidential election in 1913, thirty years before French women achieved suffrage?
... that The Crystal was one of few publications in early-20th-century China that regularly covered same-sex intimacy?
... that Hanif Kureshi transformed shadows cast by the Sun into street art?
... that Gigarta, a settlement mentioned by Strabo and Pliny the Elder, is believed to have been located on the slopes of Mount Lebanon, although its exact location remains under debate?
... that Al LeBoeuf was diagnosed with a rare condition in 2012 from an injury that he suffered in 1985?
... that the Swedish broadcaster organising the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 refused to allow the contest to be shown in Chile, as a protest against the country's military dictatorship?
... that the Polish manga and anime fandom arose in the 1990s and now numbers over 100,000 people?
... that Frank A. Kimball brought a transcontinental rail terminus to National City, California, in exchange for thousands of acres of land?
... that Aldous Huxley developed his "feelies" in response to the emergence of "talkies"?

4 December 2024

00:00, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Former tin mining pit in Belitung, Indonesia

... that water-filled pits (example pictured) left behind by tin mining activities in Indonesia have become tourist attractions?
... that a senior colonel with 30 years' experience in North Korean intelligence agencies defected to South Korea in 2014?
... that an underground tunnel between two houses in what is now Jugtown Historic District was used to hide fugitive slaves?
... that when John of Montfort was captured in 1341 during the Breton Civil War, his wife took command of the Breton army?
... that Sehome was an incorporated town for only three years?
... that five of the six people killed in the 2011 Cullman–Arab tornado were members of the same family?
... that Ornithoprion was studied primarily using X-rays of its fossils?
... that the author of Oh My Mother! has written about the phenomenon of giving Asian-American girls the name "Connie"?
... that the Campo Valdés Roman baths were rediscovered during the construction of a sewer system in 1903?

3 December 2024

00:00, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy

... that more than one hundred million stars are visible in Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy (pictured)?
... that Karen Tei Yamashita realized the structure of her novel, I Hotel, by cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes, each representing a year in the book?
... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
... that due to the near-miss effect, gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill?
... that tacklers "bounced off" Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?
... that the author of the comic book Timeless Voyage was the leader of a UFO religion?
... that Chief Constable James Smart flooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove the impracticality of leaving homeowners with the responsibility for lighting stairs?
... that an Indiana university recently argued in court that The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate, a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection?
... that Piri Reis did not map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?

2 December 2024

00:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Carmen, canoe designed by Carl Smith in 1882

... that a canoe (pictured) designed by Carl Smith accompanied a circumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885?
... that although no people died in the 1984 Southland floods, about 12,000 sheep perished?
... that while conducting research for Kingdom of Characters, author Jing Tsu visited archives across multiple countries and continents?
... that Patriarch Amalric was, according to the archbishop of Tyre, "reasonably well educated but bereft of intelligence and virtually useless"?
... that according to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the 1913 Polish novel The Cross and the Crescent is "perhaps the first example" of the genre of military science fiction in Polish literature?
... that the director for Yuzuru Hanyu's Echoes of Life Tour choreographed the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony?
... that the MrBeast Lab toy line first debuted in a pop-up store in the shape of an overturned tanker truck carrying toxic waste?
... that Peel's Cut, a watercourse in Staffordshire, lasted more than 100 years longer than the mill it was excavated to power?
... that no actual voting took place in the 1939 Liechtenstein general election?

1 December 2024

00:00, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Nayib Bukele

... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) has referred to himself as the "coolest dictator in the world"?
... that following its deconsecration, the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Venice and its grounds have been used as a stable, a tobacco warehouse, and a prison?
... that television director Diana Edwards-Jones introduced earpieces to permit direct communication between a control room and newsreaders?
... that St Francis of Assisi Church, Notting Hill, contains a font designed by John Francis Bentley and in which he was later baptised?
... that the 1983 Spanish floods were the most economically damaging in Spain until the 2024 Spanish floods?
... that the medieval Castle Knob was the site of a Cold War nuclear monitoring station?
... that Zhou Houkun wrote a thesis on the use of bamboo to reinforce concrete?
... that Burrito Express began shipping out its burritos by mail because of demand from former customers who had moved away from California?
... that weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu drank six huge glasses of beer to help himself urinate for a drug test?

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